[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Buescu, Neculai"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nfd7 7. c3 h6 8. Bc4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. b3 Nc6 15. 0-0 f5 16. b4 Qf6 17. Bb3 f4 18. Bc5 Rfd8 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rfd1 Kh7 21. Nh2 Rd7 22. Ndf3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qf7 24. Qc2 Ra3 25. Nd2 Bf6 26. Qd3 Ra8 27. Nhf3 Rd8 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. Nb1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qd7 31. Qxd7+ Bxd7 32. Na3 Nd8 33. Nc4 Nf7 34. Kf1 Bc6 35. Nfd2 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Nb2 Nd6 38. Kd3 b5 39. Nd1 h5 40. Bd5 Bd7 41. Bb3 g5 42. c4 bxc4+ 43. Nxc4 Nxc4 44. Bxc4 f3 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 b5 47. Bb3 Bxg4 48. Ne3 Be6 49. Bxe6 Kxe6 50. Ng4 Be7 51. Kc3 c5 52. a3 cxb4+ 53. axb4 Bd8 54. Nh2 Kf6 55. Nxf3 g4 56. Ne1 Bb6 57. Nd3 Kg5 58. Kd2 Bd4 59. Ke2 Kh4 60. Kf1 Kh3 61. Ne1 Bc3 62. Nc2 Bd2 63. Na3 Bxb4 64. Nxb5 Kh2 65. Nc7 Bc5 66. Ne6 Bb6 67. Ng5 Bd8 68. Nf7 Bc7 69. Nh6 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burnoiu, Nicolae Costel"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Nd4 Qc7 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. f3 Ne5 11. Nb3 b5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qb6 Qxb6 14. Bxb6 Be7 15. 0-0-0 0-0 16. Be2 d6 17. g4 Bb7 18. Bc7 Ne8 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. h4 Nf6 21. Be3 Nd7 22. f4 Nb4 23. a3 Nxc2 24. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 25. Kc1 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Bf6 27. Nd4 Nc5 28. Kb1 g6 29. Bf3 d5 30. Bd1 Rfd8 31. Bc2 Bg7 32. Na2 Ne4 33. Rd1 Nf6 34. g5 Nh5 35. Nb4 Rd6 36. Nb3 Ng3 37. Bc5 Rdd8 38. Nxa6 Ne2 39. Bd3 Nxf4 40. Bxb5 Ng2 41. Be7 Ne3 42. Rd2 Nc4 43. Bxc4 Re8 44. Bxd5 exd5 45. Bc5 Re4 46. Nb4 Rxh4 47. Nxd5 Rb8 48. Nd4 Rg4 49. Nc6 Re8 50. Be7 Rc4 51. Bf6 Kh8 52. Nce7 Re4 53. b4 Bxf6 54. Nxf6 R4xe7 55. Nxe8 Rxe8 56. b5 h6 57. Rh2 Kg8 58. gxh6 f5 59. a4 f4 60. a5 Re1+ 61. Ka2 f3 62. h7+ Kh8 63. b6 Re5 64. b7 Rxa5+ 65. Kb1 Rb5+ 66. Rb2 Kxh7 67. Rxb5 f2 68. b8Q f1Q+ 69. Kb2 Qe2+ 70. Ka3 Qe3+ 71. Ka4 Qd4+ 72. Ka5 Qa1+ 73. Kb6 Qf6+ 74. Ka7 Qa1+ 75. Kb7 Qh1+ 76. Ka6 Qa1+ 77. Ra5 Qf1+ 78. Ka7 Qf2+ 79. Qb6 Qf7+ 80. Qb7 Qxb7+ 81. Kxb7 Kh6 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carmaciu, Lucian Catalin"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. f3 e5 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. 0-0-0 Kc7 12. a3 a5 13. Kc2 a4 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Rhe1 Nd7 16. Nd5+ Kb8 17. Bb4 f6 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne3 Kc7 20. Kc3 Nb3 21. Bc2 Nd4 22. Rd2 Ra6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rd8 25. f4 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kd6 28. fxe5+ fxe5 29. Kd3 b6 30. Ke4 Ra7 31. Re2 Ra5 32. g4 Rc5 33. Rc2 h6 34. h4 Ke7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Kf7 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Re2 Kf7 39. Re4 Ke7 40. Kc3 Kf7 41. Kd3 Kf8 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Kg4 Kf7 45. Kh5 b5 46. cxb5 cxb5 47. Re2 Rd5 48. Rc2 Rd7 49. Rc6 e4 50. g6+ Kf8 51. Kg5 Rd8 52. Kf4 Re8 53. Rc2 Ke7 54. Kxe4 Kd6+ 55. Kf4 Re1 56. Rg2 Rd1 57. Kg5 Rf1 58. Rd2+ Ke5 59. Re2+ Kd6 60. Re6+ Kd5 61. Re7 Rg1+ 62. Kh4 Rh1+ 63. Kg3 Rg1+ 64. Kh3 Rh1+ 65. Kg2 Rh5 66. Rxg7 Rxf5 67. Kg3 Rg5+ 68. Kf4 Rg2 69. Rd7+ Kc6 70. Rg7 Rxb2 71. Rh7 Rg2 72. Kf5 b4 73. axb4 a3 74. Ra7 a2 75. Ra5 Rf2+ 76. Ke6 Re2+ 77. Kf7 Rf2+ 78. Kg8 Rg2 79. Kg7 Kb7 80. Kf7 Rf2+ 81. Kg8 Rg2 82. g7 Kb6 83. Ra8 Kb5 84. Kf7 Rf2+ 85. Ke7 Rg2 86. Kf6 Rf2+ 87. Ke5 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Covlea, Vlad"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. b4 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8. 0-0 e5 9. c3 e4 10. Ne1 Nf8 11. c4 c6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 h5 14. f3 Ne6 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. Nc2 Nc7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Bc4 Re7 20. Rf4 Bf5 21. Raf1 Bg5 22. R4f2 Ne8 23. d5 Nd6 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Be2 Bd7 26. Kh1 Qc7 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hristodorescu, Daniel"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. a4 b6 8. d3 a5 9. Na3 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Nf6 14. f3 0-0 15. Nh3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Nf2 Qe7 18. Red1 Bf6 19. Nd3 Bg5 20. Rd2 Ng7 21. Rad1 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 f6 23. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Babici, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. c4 c5 8. d5 Ne8 9. Qc2 Nc7 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Nd1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Na8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ Kg8 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Rfb1 Qc7 19. Rb3 Rb6 20. Nd2 Rfb8 21. Ng4 f6 22. h4 Rb4 23. h5 Nab6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Be4 Kg7 26. Qe3 Rh8 27. Bd3 Nf8 28. Rc1 Bc8 29. Nh2 a5 30. a3 Rxb3 31. Nxb3 a4 32. Nd2 Kf7 33. Rb1 Rh5 34. f4 Bb7 35. g4 Rh8 36. Qg3 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Rf1+ Kg7 39. g5 Qe7 40. Ne4 Nbd7 41. Ng4 Bc8 42. Nh6 Rxh6 43. gxh6+ Kxh6 44. Rf2 Kg7 45. Rh2 Nf6 46. Qh4 Bf5 47. Ng5 N6h7 48. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Berechet, Otiliu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d6 12. Qd2 a5 13. b3 Rb8 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. a3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Be8 19. Rbd1 Kh8 20. Rfe1 Bf7 21. Bd4 a4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 axb3 24. Qb2 Qc7 25. Qxb3 Ng4 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. h3 Nf6 28. Qe3 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Rf7 30. Rc1 Qa7 31. Rc3 Ra8 32. Qd4+ Rf6 33. Rce3 Kf8 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Qxb6 Rxa3 37. Qb7+ Kf8 38. Qb2 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Boteanu, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 0-0 9. Qh4 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. b3 h5 14. h3 Re8 15. g4 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. g5 Nh7 20. Qa4 Qd8 21. h4 Nc5 22. Qf4 Nf8 23. b4 Nce6 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Nb5 Ra8 26. Bh3 Bxf3 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. exf3 Rf8 29. Nc7 Rxa2 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qxa2 1-0

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Carnic, Srdjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Bc5 5. d3 Nge7 6. a3 a6 7. e3 d6 8. d4 Ba7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 exd4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxe2 15. Be3 Be6 16. Rac1 b6 17. f3 c5 18. Qc3 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. a4 a5 21. Rfe1 Qa6 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Re5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Qd3 25. Qd6 h6 26. Re1 Qd4+ 27. Be3 Qb4 28. Bf2 Be6 29. Re2 Qb3 30. h3 Qc4 31. Re1 Qxa4 32. Qxb6 Qb4 33. Qxc5 Qxb2 34. Bd4 Qd2 35. Qe5 Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Re5 a4 38. Rxg5 g6 39. Re5 Rd8 40. Bb2 Rb8 41. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Florescu, Codrut Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. 0-0 Qb6 6. c4 cxd4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nb3 Bf6 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Nge7 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rb6 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Qc2 f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Bg2 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 21. Re1 Rb2 22. Qc3 Qf5 23. Rf1 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bb7+ 25. Kg1 Qe4 26. Kf2 Rf8+ 27. Ke1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qg2+ 29. Ke1 Bf3 30. Qxc4 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qxa1 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qxf3 Qxa2+ 37. Ke1 Qxa3 38. Qf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. Rc1 a4 12. bxa4 Ra6 13. Ne3 Be4 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. N3c4 Qa8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. a5 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Rusan, Paul Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Qh4 Rc8 12. b3 Rc5 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Be3 Bxh3 15. Bxc5 Bxf1 16. Bxa7 Bh3 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Qh1 Qa8 19. Bd4 Rb8 20. a4 Qa5 21. Kg2 h5 22. Nb5 Bg4 23. Qe1 Bxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Qd8 25. Kg2 h4 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. gxh4 Kg7 28. Qh1 Qb6 29. Qh3 Rh8 30. Qf3 Bxh4 31. Rh1 Rh5 32. e4 Qc5 33. Nc3 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qd2 35. Ne2 e5 36. Ng3 Bxg3 37. Rxh5 gxh5 38. Qxg3+ Kf8 39. Qh3 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qg5+ 41. Qg3 Qd2 42. c5 Qd4 43. cxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Taras, Iulian Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3 Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Qc2 b4 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. b3 Na7 14. Bb2 c6 15. Ne1 Qb6 16. Nd3 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. d5 e5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rxd7 Nb5 24. e5 Rfc8 25. Nf4 g5 26. Nd3 Ne6 27. Nb2 Nbd4 28. Nc4 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Na5 Rc8 31. Kf1 Rc7 32. Rc1 Ra7 33. Nxc6 Rxa2 34. Nxd4 Nxd4 35. Bd5 Ra5 36. f4 Nf5 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 Nd4+ 39. Kg4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Ra5 41. f5 Kf8 42. Kg5 c4 43. bxc4 b3 44. Rb1 Rc5 45. Kf6 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Vajda, Szidonia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. Rc1 0-0 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. g3 Be6 20. Bg2 Rbc8 21. 0-0 Rfd8 22. f4 f5 23. b5 Na5 24. fxe5 Rxc4 25. Nb4 Rc3 26. Rxc3 dxc3 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Bd5 Nb3 29. Bxb3 Bxb3 30. Kf2 c2 31. Ke3 Rc5 32. Kd2 Rxe5 33. Nxc2 Bxc2 34. Rxc2 Rxb5 35. Rc7 a5 36. Ke3 Rb3+ 37. Kf4 Kg6 38. Rd7 b5 39. Rd5 b4 40. a4 Ra3 41. Rxa5 b3 42. Ra6+ f6 43. Rb6 Rxa4+ 44. Kf3 Ra3 45. Rb7 b2+ 46. Kf2 f4 47. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Patrascu, Andrei"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 b5 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Rae1 Nbd7 12. f4 e5 13. Kh1 Be7 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 Rb8 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Na5 Nc5 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Bc4 0-0 20. b3 Rbe8 21. f5 Ra8 22. Bg5 Ncd7 23. Nd5 Rae8 24. Bxa6 Qb8 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Bc4 Qb6 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Bd5 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bg5 32. g3 Qd4 33. Ra4 Qb2 34. Ra6 g6 35. g4 gxf5 36. gxf5 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Be3 38. Rxd6 Bc5 39. Rc6 Qg5+ 40. Kh3 Be7 41. Qg4 Qe3+ 42. Qg3 Qe2 43. Qxe5+ Bf6 44. Rxf6 Qh5+ 45. Kg3 Qg5+ 46. Kf3 Rxf6 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qg8+ Kh6 49. Qxg5+ Kxg5 50. h4+ Kxh4 51. Kf4 Ra6 52. e5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrenko, Svetlana"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4 Be6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne8 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf6 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. R1d2 Re8 23. h3 Kf8 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. Rb4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Puskas, Janos"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Bg2 Qh5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qc3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 Qb5 15. Na3 Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 b6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Rc1 Nb8 20. Nc4 Bb5 21. Be5 Ne8 22. Bf4 Nd7 23. d3 h6 24. Ne4 Ba6 25. Bd2 f5 26. Nc3 e6 27. Na2 c5 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxc5 Nd7 30. Ra5 Bc8 31. Bb4 Rf7 32. Ra8 Nb6 33. Rb8 Ra7 34. Rxb6 Rxa2 35. Bc6 Rxe2 36. Rb8 Ba6 37. Rxe8+ Kh7 38. Re7 Bxd3 39. Bc3 e5 40. f4 Rc2 41. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Raceanu, Valentin"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 c5 9. d5 Kh7 10. g4 a6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nf3 g4 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. h3 Ne5 15. hxg4 b5 16. f3 bxc4 17. 0-0-0 Rb8 18. Rh3 Qa5 19. Rdh1 Nfxg4 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Bf4 Bxh3 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxh3 Rb7 24. Bxc4 Rb4 25. b3 Rfb8 26. Qf2 Bf6 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Kd1 Rxc4 30. Qh2 Rd4+ 31. Kc2 Rd2+ 32. Qxd2 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Kxh7 34. Qxe7 Kg8 35. Qxd6 Qb6 36. Qe7 c4 37. b4 Qxb4 38. Qxb4 Rxb4 39. d6 Rb8 40. Nd5 Kf8 41. Nf6 Rd8 42. e5 Kg7 43. Kc3 g5 44. Kxc4 Kg6 45. Kd5 Kf5 46. d7 g4 47. Kd6 g3 48. Nh5 g2 49. Ng3+ Kf4 50. Ne2+ Ke3 51. Ng1 Ke4 52. Ke7 Rxd7+ 53. Kxd7 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raut, Cristian"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. cxd6 Nxe4 6. Be3 Nxd6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Na3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nc4 Nxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 0-0 15. Rd1 e4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 e3 18. fxe3 Qf6 19. Re4 Kh8 20. Be2 Qh6 21. Rh4 Qxe3 22. Qe4 Qc1+ 23. Kf2 Bc5+ 24. Kf3 f5 25. Rxc1 fxe4+ 26. Kxe4 Rfe8+ 27. Kd3 Rad8+ 28. Rd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Re7 30. Bg4 Kg8 31. Rc5 Kf7 32. Rf5+ Ke8 33. Rc5 g6 34. a4 Kf7 35. a5 Rd6 36. Rc8 h5 37. Bh3 g5 38. Bf5 Kf6 39. Rf8+ Rf7 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Be4 b6 42. a6 Rf6 43. h3 Rf2 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. b3 Ra2 46. Bb7 Kf6 47. Kc4 Kf5 48. b4 Kf4 49. b5 Rd2 50. Kc3 Ke3 51. Bf3 Rd3+ 52. Kc2 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Kf1 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Be3 e6 11. Kg1 Be7 12. Kh2 Rd8 13. Re1 0-0 14. a4 Qc8 15. Qc1 b6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd5 19. g4 Bg6 20. a5 Bh4 21. Bg3 Bxg3+ 22. fxg3 Nb4 23. axb6 axb6 24. Na2 Nc6 25. Nc3 Nb4 26. Na2 Nc6 27. Nc3 Nd4 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Re2 Qd6 32. Ra7 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34. Qf4 Qc5 35. Qe5 Rc8 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. dxe4 e5 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. g5 Rc4 42. Ke1 Ra4 43. Kd2 Ra2 44. b3 Ra7 45. Rf2 Ra1 46. Kd3 Rh1 47. h4 Rg1 48. Rf3 Re1 49. c3 dxc3 50. Re3 Rxe3+ 51. Kxe3 b5 52. b4 f6 53. gxf6+ gxf6 54. Kd3 Kf7 55. Kxc3 Kg6 56. Kd3 Kh5 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. Kf2 h5 59. Kg2 f5 60. exf5 Kxf5 61. Kf3 e4+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vasilescu, Lucian Mihail"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 d5 18. Nd2 e4 19. Rd1 exd3 20. exd3 Bg4 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. c4 e5 8. Nc3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Nb3 Rb8 12. Qc2 b6 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Rad1 a5 16. a3 Ne6 17. Nb5 a4 18. Nb1 Nec5 19. N1c3 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Ra8 21. f4 Qb8 22. Bf2 Bf8 23. g4 h6 24. Bg3 c6 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. h4 Nf6 27. Bf3 Nh7 28. Kg2 Bg7 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Re7 31. Re2 Rae8 32. Nxa4 Nxe4 33. Nc3 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Rxe2 35. Ndxe2 Qe7 36. Qd2 Qd7 37. Qd3 Bc8 38. Ng1 Bf8 39. Ne4 Rd8 40. b4 d5 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. Nc3 d4 43. Nd5 Bg7 44. Nxb6 Qc7 45. Nxc8 Rxc8 46. Ne2 Rd8 47. Rc1 Qb8 48. Rc5 Nf8 49. Rb5 Qc7 50. Rc5 Qe7 51. Rd5 Re8 52. Nxd4 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Bxd4 54. Rxd4 Qh4 55. Re4 Rc8 56. Qd2 Qh8 57. Bg4 Ra8 58. Re3 Qa1 59. Qc3 Qa2+ 60. Re2 Qb1 61. Re1 Qa2+ 62. Re2 Qb1 63. Rb2 Qe4+ 64. Bf3 Qe8 65. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 66. Qf3 Qa4 67. b5 Ne6 68. Rb4 Qc2+ 69. Qf2 Qf5 70. Kg3 Ng7 71. b6 Qd3+ 72. Kh2 Qxa3 73. Rb2 Qd6 74. b7 Qb8 75. Qf3 Kh7 76. Rc2 Qd6 77. Rb2 Qb8 78. Kh1 Nh5 79. Qd5 Qxf4 80. b8Q Qc1+ 81. Kh2 Ng7 82. Qxf7 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. Na3 a6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. d5 Rfe8 13. Bc4 Rad8 14. Qb3 Nf8 15. Rad1 e5 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Nc4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Qc6 24. Qxb6 h5 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. a5 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Ne5 Bb5 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. h4 Be8 32. Ke3 f6 33. Nd3 Kd5 34. b4 c4 35. Nc5 Bb5 36. f5 gxf5 37. Kf4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Qh4 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. b3 h5 14. h3 Re8 15. g4 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. Bd2 axb5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Nd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxa2 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Qxe7 Bxf3 23. Qxd7 Bxg2 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. Qxf7 Qxd2 26. Kxg2 Qxe2 27. Re8 Qd3 28. Qf3 Qd2 29. Re3 d5 30. Qg4 d4 31. Rf3 Qc2 32. Qe6 d3 33. Qe4 Qxb3 34. Kh2 Qd1 35. Qd5 Qe2 36. Rf7 Kh6 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. Rxf3 d2 39. Rd3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. 0-0 a6 8. e4 Nfd7 9. Qe2 b5 10. Rd1 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Qc2 e6 15. h4 Qe7 16. e5 d5 17. h5 Rc8 18. Bg5 Qf8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qc1 N8d7 21. Qf4 c5 22. Bh3 Qe8 23. b3 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Rc7 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Qf8 27. Nb5 Rcc8 28. Qf4 Qb4 29. Nbd4 a4 30. Kg2 axb3 31. axb3 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nc5 33. Ra7 Nbd7 34. Be7 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nh6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bg5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxg5 11. Qb5+ Bd7 12. Qxb7 0-0 13. Qxd7 Bxd4 14. 0-0 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Ne5 9. Nf3 Neg4 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. Qe2 d6 12. Na4 Ba7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nde5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Kh1 0-0 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd7 19. Nc3 Qc5 20. e5 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. exd6 Rac8 23. Ne2 Bc5 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. f5 e5 26. b4 Bxd6 27. Bg5 Ba4 28. Bxd8 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd8 30. Nc3 Be7 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. g4 Kf8 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. Kf3 Kd6 35. Ke4 f6 36. Kd3 Kc6 37. c5 b6 38. cxb6 Bxb6 39. Kc4 Bd4 40. Ne4 Bg1 41. h3 Be3 42. a4 Bg1 43. g5 fxg5 44. Nxg5 Kd6 45. Nxh7 e4 46. f6 gxf6 47. Nxf6 Ke5 48. Nd5 Ba7 49. Nc7 Kf4 50. Nxa6 e3 51. b5 e2 52. Nb4 e1N 53. a5 Bg1 54. b6 Nf3 55. Nc6 Nd2+ 56. Kb4 Ne4 57. b7 Bc5+ 58. Ka4 Bd6 59. b8Q Nc3+ 60. Kb3 Bxb8 61. Nxb8 Nb5 62. a6 Kg3 63. Kb4 Na7 64. Kc5 Kxh3 65. Kb6 Nc8+ 66. Kc7 Na7 67. Nc6 Nb5+ 68. Kb6 Nd6 69. Ne7 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ardeleanu, Alin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Nd5 Ned7 15. Nd4 e6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Be3 Ne5 12. h3 c5 13. Nde2 b5 14. f4 N5c6 15. f5 f6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. g4 Kh8 20. Nef4 g5 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. fxe6 N7c6 23. Rad1 Qc8 24. e7 Rf7 25. Qf2 Qe8 26. Qf5 Nxe7 27. Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Kh8 14. f3 Nf6 15. c5 g5 16. Nc4 g4 17. fxg4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bf6+ Bg7 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Bh4 Bd7 24. Qc2 Be8 25. Bf3 Bb5 26. Qxe4+ Kg8 27. Be2 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 0-0 11. d4 d6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 e5 14. d5 a5 15. b3 Nd7 16. a3 Rf7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. b4 a4 20. c5 c6 21. b5 cxd5 22. c6 Bc8 23. exd5 f5 24. Bc3 e4 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Bh3 Qf6 27. Ng2 g5 28. Ne3 Ng6 29. Nc4 Ne5 30. Nxb6 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Rb8 33. Nxc8 Rxb5 34. c7 Rc5 35. Ne7+ Rxe7 36. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berescu, Alin Mile"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Re1 Bf5 8. Ne5 e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Be7 14. c3 0-0-0 15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Qa5 Bb8 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Ree1 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Rd6 21. Kg2 g6 22. Kf3 Kd7 23. h4 h5 24. Ke3 Ke7 25. Kf3 Rc8 26. Ke3 Kf6 27. Rg1 Rc4 28. Rgb1 b5 29. a3 a5 30. Rd1 Kf5 31. Kf3 Rd7 32. Rd3 Rdc7 33. Re1 Ra4 34. Re5+ Kf6 35. Re1 Ke7 36. Ke3 b4 37. Rc1 bxa3 38. b3 Rb4 39. Rb1 a2 40. Ra1 Rxb3 41. Rxa2 Rcxc3 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Qd2 h6 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. e4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. 0-0-0 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Bc4 Bg7 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Qd6 Ne6 15. Nd5 cxd5 16. Rxd5 Bf8 17. Qxe5 Qc7 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Qxh8 a6 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bb3 Bg7 22. Qh7 Bb7 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rh4 g5 26. Rf5+ exf5 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Kd8 29. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 a6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Rb8 11. a4 Nc6 12. Be3 Nde5 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Qd3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. cxb5 Qa5 20. Rfd1 Bxb5 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Rb1 Be6 24. Qd2 Rb7 25. Kh2 Qb8 26. f4 Bd4 27. e5 dxe5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. fxe5 Bf5 31. Qf4 Bxb1 32. Rxb1 Ra8 33. Rd1 Ra2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Qxd2 Qxb3 36. Ne4 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 f5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 Rxa5 14. g3 Nh5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nb3 Ra8 17. Ne4 h6 18. a4 Nf6 19. Bb2 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 h5 21. c5 Nh6 22. Bg2 Ng4 23. Re2 h4 24. h3 Nf6 25. g4 Bh6 26. Qc2 Kg7 27. Nd2 Bf4 28. Nc4 Nh7 29. Rae1 Ra6 30. c6 bxc6 31. dxc6 Ng5 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Rd5 Kh7 34. Rb5 Ra8 35. Rb7 Bxb7 36. cxb7 Rab8 37. a5 c6 38. a6 Qe7 39. Na5 Qc7 40. Nxc6 Rbe8 41. Nxe5 Qxc2 42. Rxc2 dxe5 43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. a7 Ne6 45. Rc4 e4 46. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1999.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Vasilescu, Lucian Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1999.04.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. 0-0 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Rb8 13. Qb5+ Qxb5 14. cxb5 Nd7 15. Kg2 0-0 16. Rac1 a6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Na4 Rb4 21. Bd2 Rb7 22. Be3 Rb4 23. Bd2 Rb5 24. Bc3 Bh6 25. Rc2 Bf4 26. Nb2 g5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nc4 Bf6 29. Re2 Kg7 30. Ne3 Be5 31. Nc4 Kf6 32. Rc1 Bd4 33. Rcc2 Rg8 34. h3 h5 35. Re1 Be5 36. Ne3 Bf4 37. Nc4 Rb4 38. Rg1 Be5 39. Kf1 Bd4 40. Ke2 Rbb8 41. Na5 Rb5 42. Nc6 Be5 43. Rc4 Bf4 44. Ra4 Rb6 45. Kd3 Bh2 46. Rc1 Bf4 47. Rcc4 e6 48. Ra5 Re8 49. Rca4 exd5 50. Rxa6 Rxa6 51. Rxa6 dxe4+ 52. fxe4 g4 53. hxg4 h4 54. e5+ Bxe5 55. Nxe5 Kxe5 56. Ra4 Rh8 57. Re4+ Kd5 58. Re1 h3 59. Rh1 h2 60. Ke3 Kc6 61. Kf4 d5 62. Ke5 d4 63. Ke4 Rh3 64. f3 Kb5 65. a3 c4 66. bxc4+ Kxc4 67. a4 d3 68. Rc1+ Kb4 69. Kxd3 h1Q 70. Rxh1 Rxh1 71. Ke4 Kc5 72. Ke5 Rh6 73. f4 Re6+ 74. Kf5 Kd6 75. g5 Ke7 76. Kg4 Ra6 77. f5 Rxa4+ 78. Kh5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.04.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 c6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Naxc4 Bd5 10. Bh3 Ne4 11. Ne3 Ng5 12. Bg4 h5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxg5 hxg4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Ba3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rad1 c5 20. Qb5 Rc8 21. Qc4 Nc6 22. Qxg4 Nd4 23. e3 Nb5 24. Qa4 a6 25. Rd7 Qe6 26. Rfd1 Nd4 27. Bxc5 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. Qh4 Qc6+ 30. R7d5 Ne6 31. Be7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ionescu, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. d4 Ngf6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a4 Qa5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. axb5 Rfc8 15. Ra2 Rc4 16. Rfa1 Nc8 17. Ra4 Rxa4 18. Nxa4 Bd6 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Rc1 h6 21. Bd2 Ndb6 22. Nc5 Nc4 23. Bc3 b6 24. Na6 Ne7 25. e3 Rc8 26. Be2 g6 27. Kf1 Nf5 28. g4 Ng7 29. h3 Ne8 30. Ke1 Bf8 31. Bb4 Bxb4+ 32. Nxb4 Ned6 33. Nc6 Rc7 34. Ne5 Nxb5 35. Nxc4 dxc4 36. Rxc4 Kf8 37. Rxc7 Nxc7 38. e4 Ke7 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Ke3 Ne8 41. f4 Nc7 42. h4 a5 43. e5+ Kc6 44. Ke4 b5 45. h5 gxh5 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 Kd7 48. Bxh5 Ke7 49. Be2 Kf8 50. Bd3 Kg7 51. Ke3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Velcheva, Maria"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. Bb3 0-0 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qd3 Bb7 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 g6 20. Nc4 Re8 21. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kostic, Misa"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bg5 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Solcanean, Serghei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. h3 e6 7. Nfd2 Bc5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bh7 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. Qh5 Nbd7 13. Nde4 Be7 14. Bf4 Bg6 15. Qe2 0-0 16. Rad1 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Ng6 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. h4 Rfd8 20. h5 Ngf8 21. b3 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Be4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Bd3 Rd5 26. Be4 Rd7 27. Qg4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qe5 29. Bf3 Qd4 30. Be3 Qxd1+ 31. Bxd1 b6 32. Bf3 c5 33. Bc6 Bd4 34. Bf4 e5 35. Bd2 Bb2 36. c3 Nh7 37. Kf1 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kd3 a5 40. a4 Kd6 41. Bb5 Ba3 42. Bc4 f5 43. Kc2 Nf6 44. Kb1 Nxh5 45. Ka2 Bb4 46. cxb4 axb4 47. Kb2 g5 48. Kc2 f4 49. gxf4 exf4 50. Bc1 Nf6 51. f3 Nd7 52. Bb2 Ne5 53. Bxe5+ Kxe5 54. Kd3 h5 55. Ba6 g4 56. fxg4 hxg4 57. Bc8 g3 58. Bb7 Kf5 59. Bf3 Kg5 60. Kc4 Kh4 61. Kb5 c4 62. Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Covlea, Vlad"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. bxc5 bxc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bf1 h6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Ne7 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Rg4 f5 18. Rg3 f4 19. Rg4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rb1 Rad8 22. Bb2 Qxb2 23. Qxd8 Qxb1 24. Qxe7 Qb2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qe7 Qf6 27. Qxb7 h5 28. Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Qxa7 Qe5 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Ra8 32. Bc4 g5 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. h3 Kf6 35. Bd5 Ra7 36. g3 Ke5 37. e4 Rc7 38. h4 g4 39. Kg2 Kd4 40. a4 Ke3 41. Kf1 Kf3 42. e5+ Kxg3 43. e6 Kf4 44. a5 Ke5 45. Bb3 Kf6 46. a6 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Kostic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. 0-0 Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. Qe1 Ngf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. a4 Bc5 10. Na3 0-0 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe2 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nxa5 Bb6 17. Qxb5 Rfb8 18. Kh2 Bxa5 19. Bxa5 Qxc2 20. Qa4 Qxb2 21. Ng5 Bb3 22. Qc6 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Bxc2 24. Bc3 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 h6 26. Nf3 Rb5 27. Nd2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Florescu, Codrut Constantin"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bb4 9. Na4 0-0 10. c4 Bd6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qc2 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Bf4 14. Bc5 Bd6 15. Bb6 Qe7 16. f4 e5 17. c5 Bc7 18. f5 Rb8 19. Rad1 Bxb6 20. Nxb6 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Rd6 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Rbd8 24. Bf3 Bc8 25. Rfd1 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Rd8 27. Qc5 Qf6 28. Qb6 Rd7 29. b4 h6 30. a4 Kh7 31. Qc5 Rd8 32. a5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Grigore, Nicolae Petre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Qa4 c5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Bc3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Qc1 Qd7 13. Re1 Nb7 14. Nbd2 Bh3 15. Bh1 Bh6 16. e4 Ng4 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. h3 Rxf3 21. Kxf3 Rf8+ 22. Kg2 Rxf2+ 23. Kg1 Qf7 24. hxg4 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Qf3 27. Re3 Qxg4 28. Rf1 Nd8 29. Ref3 e5 30. Bh6 Nf7 31. Bc1 Ng5 32. Bxg5 Qxg5 33. Rf8+ Kg7 34. R8f7+ Kh6 35. Kg2 Qe3 36. b3 Qxe4+ 37. Kh2 Kg5 38. R1f2 h5 39. Rxa7 Qe3 40. Rg2 e4 41. Rb7 Qd3 42. Re7 Kf6 43. Re8 Kf7 44. Rb8 e3 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Rb8 Ke5 47. Re8+ Kd4 48. Re6 Kc3 49. Re8 Qd4 50. Re6 g5 51. Re8 Kd3 52. Re6 h4 53. gxh4 Qxh4+ 54. Kg1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glodeanu, Ion"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Rad1 Bd8 14. Nf3 Bc7 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. h3 Qh5 17. Nd4 Qxe2 18. Ndxe2 Ne5 19. f4 Ned7 20. Ba3 Bb6+ 21. Kh2 Nc5 22. Ng3 h5 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 h4 25. exf6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bc7 27. Bxc5 Bxg3+ 28. Kg1 Rxc5 29. Ne4 Re5 30. Nxg3 hxg3 31. Kf1 Rf5+ 32. Kg1 gxf6 33. Rd3 Rg5 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Kf3 Rg8 37. c5 f5 38. Rd6 e5 39. Rb6 f4 40. Rxb7+ Ke6 41. c6 Rc8 42. c7 Kf5 43. b4 e4+ 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. b5 axb5 46. Rxb5+ Kd6 47. Rb7 f3+ 48. gxf3 g2 49. Rb1 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Breahna, Radu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 a6 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 0-0 12. Rc1 Re8 13. f4 Nbd7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Bf2 e5 16. Nf5 Qd8 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. f5 a5 20. Bh4 f6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Bf3 Bc6 23. Rc2 Kh8 24. b3 Rg8 25. Rg2 g6 26. fxg6 Rxg6 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Nfxe4 31. Bxe7 Nxd2 32. Bg2 e4 33. Bxd6 Rd8 34. Bxc5 bxc5 35. Kf2 Rxd5 36. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 37. Rxe4 Rd2+ 38. Re2 Rd3 39. Rc2 a4 40. bxa4 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest MI Festival"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vajda, Albert"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1999.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c4 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogdan, Dan"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. e3 0-0 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Rb1 Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. b4 h6 11. 0-0 Bh3 12. b5 Nd8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. f4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bg7 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 Qf5 18. Be3 Re8 19. Rf3 d5 20. c5 a6 21. b6 c6 22. Rb3 Ne6 23. Bf2 Nf8 24. h3 h5 25. Nc1 Re4 26. Rbd3 Rae8 27. Nb3 Ne6 28. Be3 Qf6 29. Qf1 Bh6 30. Bc1 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 Re1 32. Nxb7 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Rb8 34. Nc5 Rxb6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bf8 37. Nb3 Qe6 38. Rg3 Qe4+ 39. Rgf3 Rb8 40. Kg3 Qe2 41. R3f2 Qe4 42. Rf3 Bd6 43. g5 Qf5 44. Kg2 Re8 45. Be3 a5 46. Bd2 a4 47. Na5 Re2+ 48. R1f2 Qg4+ 49. Rg3 Rxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Qd1 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dumitrescu, Dragos"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 a6 9. a4 Ne5 10. Be2 Qb6 11. a5 Qxb2 12. Bd2 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxa1 15. Qxa1 Bxa1 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. 0-0 Rb8 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Rb1 Bf5 20. Nfd2 h6 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bh2 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Ng3 f4 25. Ne4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ardeleanu, Alin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1999.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. 0-0 Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 7. c4 Bd6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Nh6 10. Nb3 Qf6 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. Qe3+ Kf8 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Ne5 Nfxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Qxa7 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Bb4 20. Rec1 Qf7 21. Nd4 Bd6 22. Re1 Qe8 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Qxe2 25. Qxb7 Bc5 26. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qxb2 28. Rf1 Ke7 29. Bxd5 Rb8 30. Qc7+ Kf6 31. Qd6+ Kg5 32. h4+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Manole, Vasile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nfd2 e6 7. e4 Bg6 8. Nc3 a5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh2 h5 11. Qe2 a4 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Nh4 d4 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. e5 dxc3 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. bxc3 0-0 18. d4 Bd6 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Be4 Nf6 21. Bd3 Nd5 22. c4 Nf6 23. c3 Nh7 24. Be3 Rfe8 25. Qc2 Nf8 26. c5 Bc7 27. Rab1 Re7 28. Kg1 Ra7 29. Rb4 a3 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. Re1 Kh8 32. Re2 Rd5 33. Bc1 h4 34. Be4 hxg3 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Kg2 gxf2 37. Rxf2 Qe8 38. Rb1 Nh7 39. Bf4 Bxf4 40. Rxf4 Nf6 41. Rbf1 Ra6 42. Qb1 e5 43. dxe5 Qxe5 44. Qxg6 Qxc3 45. Rg4 Qd2+ 46. Kh1 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Vajda, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1999.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 h6 11. Rac1 Nd7 12. Rfd1 a5 13. Ne1 Nf6 14. Nd3 Bf5 15. e3 h5 16. Qe2 a4 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. b4 a3 19. Bc3 Bh6 20. b5 h4 21. f3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Qb6 23. Ne5 Bd7 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. f4 Qd6 26. e4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Rab8 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Bxd5 Rfd8 30. Bf3 g5 31. Bb4 Bf8 32. fxg5 Nb6 33. d5 Ra8 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. d6 exd6 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Bxb7 Ra4 38. Bxd6 Nc5 39. Bc6 Rb4 40. Be5 Ne6 41. Bf6 Bc5+ 42. Kg2 Bd4 43. Be7 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Bc5 45. Bxc5 Nxc5 46. Bd5 Kg7 47. Rf1 Ne6 48. Bb3 Nd4 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50. Kg4 Nxb3 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. axb3 Rxb3 53. Ra6 Rxb5 54. Rxa3 Rb1 55. Ra7+ Kg6 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Rc6 Ra1 58. Rb6 Rc1 59. Rb4 Kg6 60. Rf4 Rb1 61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Ra6 Rc1 63. g6 Rc5 64. Kh4 Rb5 65. Rc6 Ra5 66. g4 Rb5 67. g5 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch sf"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 0-0 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. c3 b5 9. d4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. a3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Ne4 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Be3 a6 21. Rac1 h6 22. Re1 Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ardelean, George Catalin"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd3 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg5 11. Rae1 Ne5 12. Qg3 Bf6 13. Be2 0-0 14. Kh1 d6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxd4 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Nd1 Bb5 19. Rf3 Bc4 20. c3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Bf6 22. Ne3 Kh8 23. Ng4 Qe7 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Red1 Qe7 27. Qe3 Rd7 28. Qb6 Rfd8 29. c4 h6 30. g3 d5 31. cxd5 exd5 32. e5 Qe6 33. Qc5 Qf5 34. Rd4 Qg4 35. Qc3 Qe2 36. Kg1 Rc7 37. Qxc7 Qe3+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qh5+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Timisu de Sus"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berescu, Alin Mile"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Qa5 9. c4 Bd7 10. b3 Bc6 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. Kh1 e5 13. Nxe5 Bxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. e4 Bxe5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Bxb4 Rfe8 20. c5 Rab8 21. Qb3 Nf6 22. Nb2 a5 23. Bd2 Qxc5 24. Nc4 a4 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Nd7 27. Rd5 b5 28. Na5 Nf6 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxf6 Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Nc6 Rb6 33. Nb4 e5 34. a3 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. Nd5 Rf7 38. Ba5 Rb7 39. Bd2 Rd7 40. Ba5 Rb7 41. Bb4 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Covlea, Vlad"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 h5 12. Be2 Nf8 13. 0-0 N8h7 14. Be3 h4 15. Nh1 Nh5 16. Nf2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Ng3 19. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bd7 21. Kh1 b5 22. Rg1 b4 23. Ncd1 Nf6 24. b3 Bb5 25. Ree1 Ba6 26. Nh3 Bb7 27. Ng5 Nxd5 28. Qf2 Qf6 29. Qxh4 Qg6 30. Bc1 Nc3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32. Rd1 Re7 33. Rd3 Rae8 34. Rg3 Rg7 35. Rh3 Rge7 36. Rg3 Rg7 37. Rh3 Rge7 38. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dinu, George Daniel"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nf4 e6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. 0-0 Ne5 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Bf1 Nd7 15. Qf2 Nd4 16. Nd3 e5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. b4 b6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Rab1 Qa5 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qd6 Bg7 25. Qxc5 Qxa2 26. Nb4 Qa4 27. Nd5 Qc2 28. Bd3 Qa2 29. Nc7 Be6 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31. Qd6 h5 32. Rb8+ Rxb8 33. Qxb8+ Kh7 34. Qb1 Bxc4 35. Qxa2 Bxa2 36. Bxa6 Bh6 37. Bd3 Be3+ 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Ra1 Be6 41. Ra4 Bg1 42. Bc4 Bxh2 43. Bxe6 fxe6 44. Rxd4 Kg5 45. Ra4 Kf4 46. Ra6 Ke5 47. Ra8 h4 48. Rf8 g5 49. Kd3 Bf4 50. Rf7 Bh2 51. Kc4 Bg1 52. Kb5 Bh2 53. Kc5 Bf4 54. Kc6 Kd4 55. Kd7 e5 56. Ke6 Ke3 57. Ra7 Kf2 58. Ra2+ Kg1 59. Kf5 Kf1 60. Kg4 Kg1 61. Rb2 Kf1 62. Kh3 Kg1 63. g3 hxg3 64. Ra2 Kf1 65. Rg2 Ke1 66. Kg4 Kf1 67. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Timisu de Sus"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Bd2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. 0-0 Rfb8 14. Re1 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nb6 17. b3 Nc8 18. Qc2 Na7 19. Na3 Nc8 20. Nc4 Ra7 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. e5 Ndb6 23. Na5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Qxa5 26. exd6 exd6 27. Re8+ Bf8 28. Rxd6 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glodeanu, Ion"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb5+ Nd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bf1 0-0 8. Bb2 Qc7 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 e5 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe3 Nh5 15. g3 Qd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rae8 18. Qf3 g6 19. Qg2 Ng7 20. Be2 Nf5 21. Bg4 h5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grigore, Nicolae Petre"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 Re8 9. Nd2 c6 10. b4 Be6 11. b5 d5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Rb3 Bh3 16. Rfb1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qf5 18. e4 Qe6 19. Rb7 d4 20. Nd1 Nbd7 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 h5 23. Nf3 Bh6 24. Rb7 g5 25. h4 Qg4 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 h4 28. Nh3 Qxd1 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Qxd7 Ra8 31. Bd6 hxg3 32. Qxc6 Rd8 33. Bxe5 Qxd3 34. Bxg3 Qc2 35. Ng5 d3 36. Qf6 Rd7 37. Be5 Kf8 38. Qg7+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Burnoiu, Nicolae Costel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. b3 Re8 10. h3 a5 11. Re1 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd4 17. Ba3 Ne5 18. Be7 Bxh3 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Gavela, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Nc3 h6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. e4 Bg6 16. Qe2 h5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 h4 19. Rbc1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 hxg3 21. hxg3 Rd4 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qf4 Qb6 24. e5 Rd8 25. Be4 d3 26. Bxg6 Qxg6 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Qe3 d2 29. Kh2 Qc2 30. Qe2 Kf8 31. a3 Ke7 32. Kg2 a5 33. b4 a4 34. b5 Rd4 35. f3 Kd7 36. b6 Kc6 37. e6 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kb7 39. Qe7+ Kxb6 40. Qe3 Kc5 41. Qe2 g5 42. Kf2 Rd5 43. Qe3+ Kc4 44. Ke2 Qc3 45. Qe4+ Rd4 46. Qe6+ Rd5 47. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ionescu, Doru Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. e4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bd2 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 d6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. a4 Qd8 13. Be3 0-0 14. g4 a6 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Ne2 f5 17. exf5 e4 18. Bxe4 Ne5 19. Qc2 gxf5 20. gxf5 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Ra7 Bf6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Nxf7 27. Bc1 Qe7 28. f3 Rb4 29. Kf2 Ng5 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. b3 Be5 33. Ng3 Qh4 34. Kh2 c4 35. Qg2 Rxb3 36. Kh1 Bd7 37. Nh5 Rb8 38. f6 Qxh3+ 39. Qxh3 Bxh3 40. Rg7 Ra8 41. f4 Bd4 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43. Ng3 Bc8 44. Rc7 Bxf6 45. Rxc4 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Bg4 47. Bf5 Ra2+ 48. Rc2 Rxc2+ 49. Bxc2 Bh4 50. Nf1 Be1 51. Ne3 Be2 52. Be4 Bd2 53. Kf2 Bb5 54. Kf3 Bd7 55. Ke2 Bc1 56. Kf3 Bd2 57. Nf1 Bc3 58. Ng3 Be1 59. Bg6 Kg7 60. Bh5 Ba4 61. Nf5+ Kf6 62. Ne3 Bd2 63. Bg4 Be8 64. Be6 Bh5+ 65. Ke4 Bg6+ 66. Kd4 Bh5 67. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Jevtic, Miodrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Qa4 c5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Bc3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Qc1 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Nbd2 Bh3 15. Bh1 Bh6 16. Qc2 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. a3 e5 20. b4 Nc6 21. e3 Rd7 22. b5 Nd8 23. Nh4 Bg5 24. Nhf3 Bh6 25. Nh4 Bg4 26. f3 Be6 27. f4 Bg4 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Nhxf3 Nf7 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Re8 32. Qd5 Rdd8 33. h4 Bg7 34. Ng5 h6 35. Ne4 Qe6 36. Qxe6 Rxe6 37. Nd2 Rde8 38. Nf3 exf4 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. exf4 Re4 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Nd2 Rd4 43. Rxe8+ Kxe8 44. Re1+ Kf8 45. Ke2 h5 46. Rc1 Nh6 47. Nf3 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Re8 49. Ng5 Nf5 50. Ne4 Rd8 51. Nc3 Kf7 52. Rg1 Re8 53. Nd5 Re6 54. a4 Re8 55. a5 bxa5 56. Ra1 Rd8 57. Rg1 a4 58. Ne3 Nxe3 59. Kxe3 d5 60. Kd3 d4 61. Ra1 Re8 62. Rxa4 Re3+ 63. Kd2 Rc3 64. Rxa7+ Ke6 65. Ra6+ Kf5 66. Rc6 Rxc4 67. b6 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Leskur, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb4 17. Rc2 Ne6 18. Bf1 f5 19. a3 Qxa3 20. Nd5 f4 21. Bf2 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxb7 Rff8 25. c5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qxe7 Rac8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. c6 Rc7 30. Bd3 Bf6 31. Be4 Kg7 32. Qc4 Rb8 33. Qd3 Qb4 34. Rc4 Qb6 35. h4 Bxh4 36. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Be7 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. cxd7 Rb4 40. Bc6 Rd4 41. Rb2 h5 42. Kf2 g5 43. Rc2 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 a6 12. 0-0 Qa5 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Popescu, Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 f6 5. e3 e5 6. exd4 cxd4 7. a3 Nh6 8. d3 a5 9. Be2 axb4 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Qb3 Be7 12. Nbd2 bxa3 13. Bxa3 Rxa3 14. Rxa3 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 Qa5 16. Qb3 0-0 17. Ne4 Nf7 18. c5 Ncd8 19. Nfd2 f5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Ned6 Qxc5 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Bxb7 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Bd5 Ne6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qc5 Rc8 31. Qa7 Qb3 32. Ra1 Qxd3 33. h3 Qc3 34. Rb1 d3 35. Qd7 Qc2 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Rb5 Qc4 38. Rd5 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 e4 40. Rxf5 Qb8 41. Rd5 Rc8 42. Qd6 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qb7 44. Rd4 Re8 45. Qd5 Qb8+ 46. Qd6 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Timisu de Sus"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Popescu, Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Be3 Bd6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Bf2 Red8 18. h3 c5 19. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Timisu de Sus"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 Ng4 10. Ne3 Na5 11. Ncd5 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Be6 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Rb1 Nxc4 15. Qxa7 Na5 16. Nd5 Ra8 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. a3 Bf5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 e6 21. Nb4 Na5 22. Be3 d5 23. Qd3 Qf6 24. Rfd1 Nc4 25. Bd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nd6 28. Rdd1 Rfc8 29. Rdc1 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. e3 f6 32. Ke2 g5 33. f3 h5 34. Kd3 g4 35. f4 Kd7 36. Ke2 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 h4 38. Nd3 b6 39. Nf2 hxg3 40. hxg3 Rg8 41. Kd3 Rh8 42. Nxg4 Ne4 43. Rc2 Rg8 44. Nf2 Nc5+ 45. Ke2 Rxg3 46. Rc1 Rg2 47. Rf1 Ne4 48. Kf3 Rg3+ 49. Ke2 Nd6 50. Nd1 Nc4 51. Rf3 Rg8 52. Rf2 Kd6 53. Kd3 Rg1 54. Ke2 Rh1 55. Rf1 Rh8 56. Rf2 Kc5 57. Rg2 f5 58. Rf2 Rh1 59. Rf1 Rxf1 60. Kxf1 d4 61. Ke2 dxe3 62. Kd3 e2 63. Kxe2 Kd4 64. a4 Ke4 65. b4 Kxf4 66. Kd3 Nd6 67. Kd4 Ne8 68. a5 bxa5 69. bxa5 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. 0-0 Ngf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. b3 c6 11. Bb2 Bc5 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14. Nh4 Ba3 15. h3 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Be2 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. Nf5 Qe5 19. Qc2 g6 20. f4 Qc7 21. Ne3 Nh5 22. Ndf1 f6 23. Bf3 Ng7 24. Rad1 h5 25. e5 fxe5 26. Qxg6 Nf8 27. Qc2 exf4 28. Nd5 Qf7 29. Nxf4 Nfe6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Kh2 Re8 33. Qd2 Qe5 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Qd6 Qf6 36. Ne3 Rf8 37. Kh2 Rd8 38. Qxe6+ Qxe6 39. Rxd8+ Kg7 40. Ng2 Qf5 41. Nf4 h4 42. Rd2 Qe5 43. Kg2 Qe1 44. Rf2 Bf1+ 45. Rxf1 Qxg3+ 46. Kh1 Qxf4 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Qe5 49. Bg4 b5 50. Rf5 Qe4+ 51. Rf3 c5 52. Bf5 Qe5 53. Rf2 c4 54. bxc4 bxc4 55. Kf1 c3 56. Bc2 Qe3 57. Bf5 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 Kf6 59. Bc2+ Ke5 60. Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Tugui, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 f6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 Ne7 7. 0-0 Nbc6 8. Na3 b6 9. f4 e4 10. c4 f5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. g4 g6 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. e3 Bg7 15. N3d4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Bf7 20. Nxc6 Bxb2 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rab1 Kxc6 23. Rxb2 Rhd8 24. Rc2+ Kb7 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 28. Bh3 Bg6 29. Kf2 Kd7 30. Ke1 Kc6 31. Kd2 Kc5 32. Kc3 a5 33. a3 h6 34. Bf1 Bf7 35. b4+ axb4+ 36. axb4+ Kd6 37. Kd4 Be6 38. Ba6 Bd7 39. Bc4 Bc8 40. Bb5 Be6 41. Bc4 Bd7 42. Kc3 Bc8 43. Bg8 Ba6 44. Kd4 Bc8 45. Bh7 Be6 46. Bg6 Bc8 47. Bf7 Ba6 48. Be8 Bc8 49. Kc4 Ba6+ 50. Bb5 Bc8 51. Kd4 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 a6 8. e4 Nfd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. c5 a5 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Ne1 dxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Nd3 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. h3 e5 19. f4 Ne6 20. Qf2 Nb4 21. Ne1 Bb7 22. a3 Na6 23. Rab1 a4 24. Nd3 Kg8 25. Kh1 h5 26. Ne2 exf4 27. gxf4 Rd7 28. f5 Rad8 29. Nef4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Qc8 31. Qf3 Rd4 32. Bd6 Bf8 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Qf6 R8xd6 35. cxd6 Rxd6 36. Qf4 Qd7 37. Rf1 Bg7 38. Ne5 Qe6 39. Nf7 Rd7 40. Ng5 Qe5 41. Qxe5 Bxe5 42. Nf3 Bg7 43. e5 Nc7 44. Rbd1 Rxd1 45. Rxd1 Nd5 46. Re1 Nf4 47. Ng5 Bh6 48. e6 Bxg5 49. e7 Bxe7 50. Rxe7 Nxg2 51. Kxg2 Ba6 52. Ra7 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mozes, Ervin"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Kf1 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Bf4 e6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 Be5 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Ke7 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Rd1 c4 21. Nf4 Rhc8 22. Bf3 Be5 23. Nxg6+ fxg6 24. d4 Bd6 25. c3 Rb2 26. Kg2 Rxa2 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Rc7 29. Ra4 Bf4 30. Kf1 Bd2 31. Ra3 Bc1 32. Ra2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Timisu de Sus"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. 0-0-0 Be6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 exf4 16. Bxf4 hxg4 17. Be2 Rc8 18. a3 0-0 19. Rg1 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Bc3 f6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Rxg4 Rf8 25. Rd7 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Kd2 Rh8 28. h4 Kf6 29. a4 g6 30. c3 Rh7 31. a5 Rh8 32. b4 Rh7 33. Kc2 Rh8 34. Kb3 Rh7 35. c4 Rd7 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 Rd4 38. b6 Rd3+ 39. Kc4 Rd4+ 40. Kc5 Ra4 41. Kd6 Rxa5 42. Kc7 Ra4 43. Kxb7 Ra1 44. Kb8 Rb1 45. b7 Rb4 46. Kc7 Rc4+ 47. Kb6 Rb4+ 48. Kc6 Rc4+ 49. Kb5 Rc1 50. Rg3 Rb1+ 51. Kc6 Rc1+ 52. Kd7 Rd1+ 53. Kc8 Rc1+ 54. Kb8 Rh1 55. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popescu, Daniel Dorin"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Re1 d6 9. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Qc7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Rc1 0-0 10. b4 Rac8 11. Qb3 Rfd8 12. a3 Qb8 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. f3 Bh5 17. Be4 c4 18. Nxc4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Be2 20. Na5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Bd6 22. c4 Bc7 23. c5 Bxa5 24. bxa5 Qc7 25. a6 bxa6 26. d6 Qd7 27. Qd5 Qe6 28. Qb7 Qc4 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. exd5 f6 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Rb4 f5 33. g3 g5 34. Ra4 f4 35. Bf2 Kf7 36. Rxa6 e4 37. Bd4 e3 38. Kf1 Re8 39. c6 Rxd6 40. Rxa7+ Kg6 41. Ra5 f3 42. c7 e2+ 43. Ke1 Rf6 44. Bf2 Rc8 45. Rc5 Rb6 46. Rc1 Rd6 47. Rc3 g4 48. Rc4 h5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Cup IM"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zlatic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Nf6 8. Bd3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. f4 d6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Rae1 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Kh1 0-0 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Bg5 Nfd7 19. Qh5 Nc5 20. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berescu, Alin Mile"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. a3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bd6 10. Kh1 Be5 11. Qd3 b5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 0-0 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rfc8 20. c4 Nc3 21. Rb3 Ne4 22. Be3 f5 23. Kg1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chB"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ionescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 0-0 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. 0-0 c5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Nc5 17. f3 a5 18. Bd3 h5 19. Rab1 Kh7 20. b3 Bh6 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. a3 b6 23. Be1 Rc7 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Rac8 26. a4 Qf8 27. Bc2 Qh6 28. Qe2 Na6 29. Rbe1 g5 30. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Predeal"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Berescu, Alin Mile"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 a6 11. e4 Qc7 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Rc8 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ncd7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7+ Nxd7 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Nd5+ Kd6 23. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chB"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ceteras, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bf5 11. Re1 0-0 12. c3 a5 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. a4 Re8 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Qa3 Qd8 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. d5 f4 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Bd4 c5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Bd6 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. Re2 h5 28. Rae1 fxg3 29. hxg3 f5 30. Qh4 Qf7 31. Bf3 g6 32. Re6 Rae8 33. Qg5 Kh7 34. Bxh5 1-0

[Event "Calimanesti op"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Florescu, Codrut Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. h3 Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 Nh5 12. Nd3 Qe8 13. Rb1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. f4 e4 17. Ne1 b5 18. Nc2 bxc4 19. Ne3 Rb4 20. a3 Rb7 21. Rf2 Qf7 22. Bf1 Rfb8 23. Qd2 h6 24. Bh4 Ng6 25. Nxc4 Rb3 26. Na5 Ng4 27. Nxb3 e3 28. Qc1 exf2+ 29. Kh1 Nxh4 30. hxg4 Rxb3 31. gxh4 Qe7 32. Qd1 Qxh4+ 33. Kg2 fxg4 34. Qxb3 Bd4 35. Ne2 Bf5 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qxc7+ Bg7 38. Nc3 g3 39. Be2 Qh2+ 40. Kf3 g2 41. Qf7 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "ROM-chB"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. 0-0 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d4 7. a4 g5 8. Na3 h5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Nh6 12. Ndc4 0-0-0 13. Bd2 Rdf8 14. Na5 Nxa5 15. Bxa5 f5 16. exf5 Bd5 17. Qe2 Rxf5 18. Nc4 g4 19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. dxc4 Re5 22. Qd3 h4 23. Rae1 Nf5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Bd2 Ne3 26. Bxe3 hxg3+ 27. fxg3 dxe3 28. Rf5 Qc7 29. Qxe3 gxh3 30. Bxh3 Kb8 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Bd6 33. Re6 Kc7 34. Kg2 Rg8 35. Re3 Kb6 36. Be6 Rg5 37. g4 Re5 38. Rxe5 Bxe5 39. b3 Kc7 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. Bd5 b6 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Predeal"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Ne5 0-0 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Ne7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nd3 Ng6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. f3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calimanesti op"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. 0-0 Bc6 14. f3 a5 15. b3 Nc5 16. Rc2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Qf2 Qf8 20. Nd5 Nd7 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Be5 23. g3 Qg7 24. Bg2 Bc3 25. a3 Bf6 26. Qd2 a4 27. b4 g5 28. Bh3 Rcb8 29. b5 g4 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Bxg4 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Bxb6 34. Bd7 Bc5 35. Bxc6 Rb8 36. Bb5 Bxa3 37. Ra2 Bc5 38. Rxa4 h6 39. Ra2 Qf6 40. Qd3 Kg7 41. f4 Rg8 42. Kh1 Kh8 43. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chB"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. b3 Qd8 14. 0-0 Qa5 15. Rc2 a6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. Bf1 Rab8 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Be3 Rab8 20. Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chB"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Moraru, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. c4 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 Bxa6 8. Bg2 d6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. Rb1 Ng4 14. Bg5 Kf8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Moraru, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d5 Na5 7. 0-0 a6 8. Qc2 b5 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Rb1 bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 0-0 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Rbd1 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Rab8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. b3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. Bf1 a5 25. Bc4 Bf8 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rd5 f5 28. f3 Rb4 29. a3 Rb7 30. Qc4 f4 31. Bf2 Rf7 32. Kg2 h5 33. Red1 Rcc7 34. Rxc5 Qxc4 35. Rxc4 Rb7 36. Rd3 Bxa3 37. Rd6 Rf8 38. Rcc6 Kh7 39. Bc5 Bxc5 40. Rxc5 a4 41. bxa4 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Ra2 43. Rxe5 fxg3 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. hxg3 Rxa4 46. f4 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 Re8 9. e3 c6 10. Bb2 a6 11. a4 exd4 12. Nxd4 a5 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. e4 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. Bc1 h6 20. Be3 Nh7 21. Nce2 Nf8 22. Nc1 Qc7 23. Qf2 b6 24. Rd2 Bb7 25. Red1 Qe7 26. Bf4 d5 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. exd5 Rxd5 29. Nb5 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Nfe6 31. Bd6 Qf6 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Ne4 Qd4 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Nxc5 Bxc5 38. f4 Bc8 39. Bd5 Bh3 40. Ne2 Kf8 41. Ng1 Bf5 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Ne2 f6 44. Kf3 Bc2 45. Bc4 f5 46. Nc1 Be4+ 47. Ke2 g5 48. Nd3 Bd4 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. h4 f4 51. gxf4 gxh4 52. Nf2 Bxf2 53. Kxf2 Kf6 54. Kg1 Kf5 55. Kh2 Kxf4 56. Kh3 Kg5 57. Be2 Bf5+ 58. Kg2 Kf4 59. Kf2 Be6 60. Bd1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 c5 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 exf3 7. Nxf3 g6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. d6 exd6 11. Qxd6 Qb6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qe7 Nb8 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Ne4 Nc6 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Qd6 Rad8 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Qg3 Qb4 21. Rde1 Rd4 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qh3+ Rh4 24. Bxh4 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Bh6 26. Bg3 Qxf6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Re1 Qf5 29. Qh3 Qxh3 30. gxh3 Re8 31. Bd6 b6 32. c3 Kf7 33. Rf1+ Kg7 34. Bc7 b5 35. Rd1 e5 36. Rd6 Nb8 37. Rd5 e4 38. Rxc5 Nd7 39. Rd5 Nf6 40. Be5 Re6 41. Kc1 Kh6 42. Bf4+ Kg7 43. Rd4 Nh5 44. Bg5 Kf7 45. Bh6 Nf6 46. Kd2 Ne8 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Bf8 Kf5 49. Ke3 Nf6 50. Rd1 g5 51. Bg7 Ng8 52. Rd7 Kg6 53. Bf8 Nf6 54. Rd8 Nh5 55. Rd6 Nf4 56. Rxe6+ Nxe6 57. Be7 Kf5 58. h4 gxh4 59. Bxh4 Nf4 60. Bg3 Nd3 61. b4 Nb2 62. Kd4 Nc4 63. a4 Nb2 64. axb5 axb5 65. Kc5 Na4+ 66. Kxb5 Nxc3+ 67. Kc4 Na4 68. Kd4 Nb6 69. b5 Nc8 70. Bc7 Na7 71. b6 Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-chB"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Predeal"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moraru, Marius"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Nf5 b4 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bc5+ Ke8 16. Nd5 1-0

[Event "ROM-chB"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Bb2 e5 6. c4 Qe6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. 0-0 Nge7 10. Re1 f6 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Bf1 Qb6 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bg4 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxf3 0-0 18. Qxb7 Nec6 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Qd7 Ne5 21. Qa4 Nbd3 22. Reb1 Qd4 23. c5 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 f5 25. Nd6 Nxc5 26. Ra5 Ned7 27. Rc1 Rf6 28. Nb5 Ra6 29. Rxa6 Nxa6 30. Nc7 Nxc7 31. Rxc7 Nb6 32. g3 Rf8 33. Rxa7 Rf7 34. Ra6 Rf6 35. f4 Kf7 36. Bd3 Nd7 37. Ra7 Ke7 38. Kf2 g6 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 Ke8 8. a4 Bg7 9. c3 Nf6 10. f3 Nd7 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nd2 h5 14. h3 Kf8 15. f4 Bh6 16. Kf2 Nd7 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 f6 19. Kg3 Bg7 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. a5 Bg7 22. Ra4 c5 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. b4 b5 25. axb6 axb6 26. b5 Bf7 27. Be2 g5 28. f5 e6 29. Nc4 exf5 30. gxf5 Kg8 31. Ra6 Rb8 32. Ra7 Rd8 33. Rb7 Bxc4 34. Bxc4+ Kh8 35. Be6 Ne5 36. Bd5 Nd7 37. Kf3 Bf8 38. Ke2 Bd6 39. Be6 Ne5 40. Rxb6 Bc7 41. Ra6 Rb8 42. c4 Bb6 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Bxc5 Rb7 45. Bd4 Kg7 46. Bd5 Rb8 47. b6 Kf8 48. c5 Ke7 49. Bxe5 fxe5 50. Kf3 Rh8 51. c6 Kd6 52. c7 1-0

[Event "ROM-chB"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popescu, Daniel Dorin"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Bb7 15. Rhg1 Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. h5 Nb4 18. Qf2 Bf8 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popescu, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Istrate, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Nb8 13. Qd4 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. f3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Kh1 1/2-1/2

