[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Astengo, Corrado"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Kf2 Qb6 10. g3 g5 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 gxf4 13. f7+ Kxf7 14. Bxf4 Nf6 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Bd3 Raf8 17. Nh3 Ke8 18. Rc1 Ng4 19. Qe2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rhd1 Qg7 22. Bb5 Ba5 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24. Bg5+ Nf6 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capitelli, Paolo"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. Bb3 0-0 9. Nf1 d5 10. Ng3 Be6 11. 0-0 a5 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. d4 dxe4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Qxe4 Bd5 20. Qc2 Qh4 21. f3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. c4 Be6 24. b3 Bf5 25. Qc3 Re6 26. Bf2 Qg5 27. Rfe1 Bh3 28. g3 Rae8 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 h5 32. Kh2 Bf5 33. Qxa5 Qc1 34. Bc3 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qc2+ 37. Ke3 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Qb6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Be2 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Rc1 b6 13. a3 Ne7 14. Rxc8+ Nxc8 15. Nc3 Bxa3 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Qc1 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Rxa7 Be7 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5+ Qxb5 26. g3 Bd8 27. h4 h5 28. Qf4 0-0 29. g4 Qb4 30. Kh2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Qb6 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. Nd2 Nd5 10. Ndxc4 Qb4 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd6 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. a3 Qb6 15. Qd3 0-0 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Be3 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Barberi, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nh5 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ng5 Nc6 9. c3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nxe5 12. Be2 Rd8+ 13. Ke1 Bf5 14. Rf1 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Rxd3 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. g4 Rad8 18. Nd2 Ng7 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Ke2 R3d5 21. Nf3 Ne6 22. Be3 f4 23. Bf2 b6 24. Rad1 R5d6 25. Rg1 h6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Rg4 Kf6 28. Nh4 Ke5 29. Rg6 Rh8 30. Kd3 Rh7 31. c4 Nc5+ 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Rg8 Rf7 34. Nf3+ Kf5 35. h3 e5 36. Nh4+ Ke6 37. Rg6+ Rf6 38. Rxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ke4 a5 40. b3 Kg5 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Nd2 h5 43. Nf3 Kg6 44. Nd2 Kg5 45. Nf3+ Kg6 46. h4 Kf6 47. Nd2 Kg6 48. Nb1 Kf6 49. Nc3 Ke6 50. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Na3 a6 11. Bc4 h6 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. Ne3 Nf4 14. Qc2 0-0 15. Re1 Rae8 16. b3 Na5 17. Ba3 c5 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Nxf4 Nxc4 22. Nxe6 Nxa3 23. Qc1 Rxe6 24. Qxa3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf1 f5 27. Rd5 Rc8 28. c4 f4 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30. Nd2 Ra6 31. Qc1 Ra2 32. h3 Kh7 33. Qc3 Rc7 34. Nc4 Ra8 35. Red1 Rb8 36. R1d3 Qe8 37. Kf1 Qb5 38. Ke2 Qe8 39. Qa5 Rcb7 40. Nd6 Ra8 41. Qd2 Qc6 42. Nxb7 Qxb7 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Rd7 Qb5 45. Qc3 Kh8 46. Rxg7 Kxg7 47. Qxe5+ Kf7 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qxf4+ Kg7 50. Qc7+ Kf6 51. Rd6+ Kg5 52. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gallo, Enrico"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. h3 Qe8 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. b4 f5 13. Nbd2 Nc8 14. Bh4 h6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nh2 e4 17. Ra3 Ne5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Nc4 Nb6 20. Ne3 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. g4 Qg6 23. Kh1 fxg4 24. f5 Qh5 25. Qxg4 Qxg4 26. Nhxg4 h5 27. Nf2 Nc5 28. Nfd1 Ncd7 29. Rf4 Nxd5 30. Rxe4 Nc5 31. Rc4 Nxe3 32. Nxe3 b5 33. Rb4 Rxa4 34. Raxa4 bxa4 35. Nd5 Rf7 36. Rf4 c6 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. f6 Bh6 39. Rf1 Ne4 40. Nxc6 Nxc3 41. Nd8 Ra7 42. f7 a3 43. Bf6 Ne4 44. Kg2 Nxf6 45. Rxf6 Bf8 46. Ne6 Ra8 47. Nxf8+ Rxf8 48. Rxd6 Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Fuggetta, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Be3 g6 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. Ne2 a6 8. a4 e5 9. d5 h5 10. g3 Rb8 11. Bh3 Nb6 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Na3 Rb8 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. 0-0 0-0 17. a5 Kh7 18. Nc1 Ng8 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bh6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Rf3 Ne7 23. Qf2 f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne2 Nh5 26. Rf1 Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Rf8 28. Qh3 Qc8 29. Qg2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qf8+ 31. Ke1 Nf4 32. Qg4 Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Bh6 34. Qh3 Ng8 35. Qd7+ Bg7 36. Nxd6 Nf6 37. Qe6 Nh5 38. Nf7 Nf4+ 39. Bxf4 exf4 40. Ng5+ Kh8 41. Qxg6 f3+ 42. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Verona op 12th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2006.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bg5 Ke7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Nf1 g5 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Re2 Rd3 19. Rae1 Rhd8 20. h3 Nh5 21. Bh2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nh2 h5 24. Kf1 Rg8 25. Nf3 g4 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Rd8 28. Re2 b5 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. f3 g3 31. Ke1 Bf2+ 32. Kd1 Rh8 33. Nb3 Rh2 34. Kc2 Rxg2 35. Nc5+ Kf6 36. Nd3 Rh2 37. Nxf4 Kg5 38. Nd3 Bb6 39. Kd1 Rxe2 40. Kxe2 g2 41. Nf2 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Schiraldi, Mauro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. c4 Nb4 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxd4 b5 9. Bc3 Na6 10. Qe2 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nc7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. 0-0 Nb5 14. Qd3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Nf6 16. Rac1 g6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. exd5 Qc5 20. b4 Qc7 21. Qb5+ Qd7 22. Qb8+ Qd8 23. Qb5+ Qd7 24. Qb8+ Qd8 25. Qxa7 Bg7 26. Qa4+ Qd7 27. Qa8+ Qd8 28. Qc6+ Kf8 29. b5 Bf6 30. b6 Kg7 31. Rc1 Qb8 32. Rc2 Re8 33. b7 e5 34. Qc8 Rd8 35. Nd2 Bg5 36. Ne4 Rxc8 37. bxc8Q Qb1+ 38. Rc1 Bxc1 39. Nc3 Qc2 40. g3 Bb2 41. Qc6 Bxc3 42. a4 Qb2 43. Qxd6 Bd4 44. Kg2 Qxf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kh4 Qf6+ 47. Qxf6+ Kxf6 48. a5 h6 49. g4 Bf2+ 50. Kh3 g5 51. Kg2 Bd4 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. h3 Ba7 55. a6 Bd4 56. Kf5 Kxd5 57. Kf6 e4+ 58. Kxf7 Ke5 59. Kg6 Kf4 60. Kxh6 e3 61. h4 gxh4 62. g5 h3 0-1

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esposito, Luca"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Ne7 8. Be2 c6 9. 0-0 h5 10. Bg3 Qb6 11. c5 dxc5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Na4 b6 16. Qb3 Rf8 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rd2 Be6 20. Qg3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qg5 Rf8 23. g3 Ke8 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Qd6 26. Nc3 Qd2 27. Qg3 h4 28. Qxh4 Qxb2 29. Qg3 Rg8 30. Kh1 b5 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qe5 b4 33. Qxe6 bxc3 34. exf5 Rh8 35. f6 Qb7 36. fxe7 Qxe7 37. Qc8+ Qd8 38. Bh5+ Ke7 39. Re1+ Kf6 40. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 Nc7 6. cxd4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qg4 h5 9. Qg3 h4 10. Qg4 d6 11. Nf3 h3 12. 0-0 hxg2 13. Re1 e6 14. Ng5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. Nxf7 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Rxh4 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nd4 20. Bd1 0-0-0 21. Bg5 Rxh2 22. Kxh2 Rh8+ 23. Kg3 Nf5+ 24. Kg4 Rh1 25. Rxh1 gxh1Q 26. Nc3 Qg2+ 27. Kh5 Bf3+ 28. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kg6 Nxd6 30. Re1 Nf7 31. Kh7 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ndf6 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. c3 Qd5 10. Bc4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qd7 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. 0-0-0 b5 15. Bb3 Ngf6 16. f4 Nd5 17. f5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 0-0-0 19. Qe4 Qd6 20. Rh4 a5 21. Re1 Rhe8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Rd6 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd6 exd6 27. Kd2 Rf8 28. f4 Kd7 29. f5 gxf5 30. Nxh5 Rh8 31. Rh3 Kc6 32. Nf4 Re8 33. Rh7 Rg8 34. Ne6 Bh8 35. Re7 Rg6 36. Ke3 b4 37. Kf4 Rg8 38. cxb4 axb4 39. Kxf5 Ra8 40. Rh7 Bxd4 41. Nxd4+ Kc5 42. Ne6+ Kc4 43. Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Danieli, Enrico"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. d5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 0-0-0 14. Qh5 Nc5 15. Be3 Rd5 16. Qh3 f5 17. Rad1 Qd8 18. Rd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Rg8 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne5 Qd2 22. Rf1 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qe1+ 24. Rf1 Qxe5 25. Qxh6 Qe2 26. g3 Rd8 27. Rf2 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kh3 Qg4+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kh3 Rd8 32. Qg7 b5 33. Qc3+ Kb7 34. Rf4 Qe2 35. Qf3+ Qxf3 36. Rxf3 Rd2 37. Rc3 a6 38. Kh4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg5 Rd2 40. Kf6 Rd7 41. Rc5 Rc7 42. Re5 Rxc2 43. Kxf7 Rxb2 44. a4 bxa4 45. Ra5 Rb5 46. Rxa4 e5 47. g4 fxg4 48. Rxg4 a5 49. Ke6 Kc6 50. Ra4 Kb6 51. Re4 Rb4 52. Rxe5 Rd4 53. Re1 a4 54. Ke5 Rd2 55. Rb1+ Kc5 56. Ke4 Kc4 57. Ke3 Kc3 58. Ra1 Rd3+ 59. Ke2 Rd2+ 60. Ke3 Rd3+ 61. Ke2 Rd4 62. Ke3 Rc4 63. Rc1+ Kb3 64. Kd2 Rd4+ 65. Ke3 Rd5 66. Rb1+ Kc3 67. Ra1 Re5+ 68. Kf4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Moser, Eva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. f4 exd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Nc3 Nh6 9. Be3 c6 10. Bf2 Qb6 11. Qd2 Na6 12. a3 Ng4 13. h3 Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Nc5 15. Rd1 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Bf5 17. Rd2 Qb3 18. Nge2 h5 19. 0-0 h4 20. Kh1 Be7 21. Nd1 Rh5 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Nc1 Qb6 24. Qf3 0-0-0 25. Qd1 Kb8 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28. a4 Kc7 29. Ra2 Ra8 30. f5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Nd3 Qc3 34. Nf4 Qe3 35. Ne2 Rg8 36. Rb2 Ba3 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. Rxb3 Be7 39. Rf3 Rg5 40. Nf4 Kd7 41. Rb3 Kc8 42. Rf3 Bb4 43. Ne2 b6 44. Kg1 Kd7 45. Kf2 c5 46. Rb3 Kc6 47. Ng1 Ba5 48. Nf3 c4 49. Re3 Rh5 50. Ke2 Bb4 51. Kd1 Rh6 52. Re2 Be7 53. Rf2 Kd7 54. Rb2 Kc6 55. Rf2 Rg6 56. Ne1 Rg5 57. Kc2 Kd7 58. Kd1 Kc6 59. Rb2 Bd8 60. Nf3 Rg8 61. Kc1 Kd7 62. Kb1 Rh8 63. Rb5 Kc6 64. Rb2 Be7 65. Kc1 Ra8 66. Ra2 Kd7 67. Kb1 Ra5 68. Kc1 f6 69. Kb1 Ke6 70. Re2 Rxa4 71. exf6+ Kxf6 72. Nxh4 Ra7 73. Re5 Rd7 74. Nxf5 Bf8 75. g4 b5 76. h4 b4 77. Ne3 c3 78. Rf5+ Kg7 79. Rxd5 Rb7 80. Nf5+ Kg8 81. Rd8 b3 82. Rc8 c2+ 83. Kb2 Kf7 84. Ne3 Ba3+ 85. Kxa3 b2 0-1

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petraki, Maria"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 Be6 9. f4 Qd7 10. Kh2 Rfe8 11. g4 exf4 12. Nxf4 h6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Nd5 Nh7 15. c3 Rf8 16. d4 0-1

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Facchetti, Gianni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. 0-0 Rc8 10. Rc1 0-0 11. Bb1 Re8 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. e4 N6d7 15. Ngf3 f6 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. f4 Rcd8 18. Rc3 e5 19. f5 Nb8 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. Bxd3 Rd8 22. Qg4 Nc6 23. Rf3 Bd6 24. h4 Qe7 25. Bc1 Bc7 26. Nf1 Nd4 27. Rg3 Rd7 28. h5 Kh8 29. Ne3 Qf7 30. h6 g5 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Kh7 34. Nf3 Nxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Bd8 36. Bc4 Rd6 37. a4 Qd7 38. Qg3 a5 39. Bb5 Qf7 40. Qg4 Nd7 41. Be3 Nf8 42. Qc8 Qc7 43. Qh3 Qf7 44. g4 Qg8 45. g5 fxg5 46. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Verona op 11th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. Nfd2 0-0 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. Qf1 Bb4+ 13. c3 Be7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be3 c6 16. g4 Bg6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. N1d2 Qc8 19. Nc5 Re8 20. Ndb3 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. Bf4 Rbd8 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. 0-0 Rd3 26. Bg3 Bg5 27. Nc5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 f5 29. h4 f4 30. hxg5 fxg3 31. fxg3 hxg5 32. b4 e3 33. Kg2 Qc7 34. Rd4 Qe5 35. Nd7 Be4+ 36. Kh2 Qe6 37. Qxe3 Qh6+ 38. Kg1 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Re7 40. Qe2 Rf7+ 41. Ke3 Bf3 42. Qf2 Re7+ 43. Kd3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Corsico op 29th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Massironi, Marco"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[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 g6 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. e5 Qb6 8. Qd3 a6 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Bxe5 11. Qe2 d6 12. f4 f6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Qc6 15. 0-0 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qxe5 Qxc4 18. Qxf6 Kd7 19. Rf4 Rhf8 20. Qg7+ Rf7 21. Rd4+ Ke8 22. Qg8+ Rf8 23. Rxc4 Bxg8 24. Rxc7 Rf7 25. Rc3 Rd7 26. Bg5 Bf7 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30. a3 Rc8 31. Bc3 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Bb4 Bf7 34. Rd3 Rxd3 35. cxd3 Bd5 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. g3 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kf5 39. Bd6 Ke6 40. Bf4 Kf5 41. h3 h5 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Kc5 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsico op 29th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Guidi, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. Bc4 Rfc8 12. Nge2 Qb4 13. Bd3 Na5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Kxe7 18. exd6+ Nxd6 19. Bxa5 b6 20. Bb4 a5 21. Ba3 b5 22. Bc5 Bc6 23. Nc3 Kd7 24. Bxd6 Kxd6 25. Bxb5 Rab8 26. a4 Bxb5 27. Nxb5+ Kd5 28. b3 Rc6 29. Rc1 Rbc8 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kxc1 h5 33. Kd2 Bh6+ 34. Kd3 Bf4 35. h3 f5 36. Nc3+ Kc6 37. Kc4 g5 38. Nd5 Bd6 39. Ne3 f4 40. Nf5 Bf8 41. d5+ Kb6 42. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Corsico op 29th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Canova, Luca"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[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 f5 5. d3 fxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Re1 Be7 9. h3 0-0 10. Nc3 Qe8 11. Bb3+ Kh8 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Kh2 Qg6 15. Bd2 Nd4 16. Re3 c6 17. Nc3 Nf4 18. Qg1 Nxh3 19. gxh3 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Qxg1+ 21. Kxg1 Rxf3 22. Kg2 Rxh3 23. f4 Bg4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rf1 Bf6 26. Na4 Rd8 27. Bc3 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Corsico op 29th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. a3 Ba5 11. Rb1 c4 12. Be2 0-0 13. b4 cxb3 14. cxb3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qd3 Nc7 18. 0-0 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. b4 Ne8 21. b5 Rc7 22. Rc6 Rxc6 23. bxc6 Nc7 24. a4 h6 25. Ne1 Qe8 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rb7 Na6 29. Qxa5 Qxc6 30. Rxa7 Nc7 31. Qd2 0-1

[Event "Corsico op 29th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2004.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Rossi, Giampiero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bc4 0-0 11. 0-0 Rd8 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Be8 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. h3 Bf6 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rd8 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. Qd3 Nc6 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Qg3 g6 29. Qc7 Rc8 30. Qf4 h5 31. Ng5 Nd8 32. Qe3+ Ne6 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Qxa7 Bc6 35. Qd4 Kf7 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Qd6 Kf7 38. Kh2 Re8 39. Kg3 e5 40. b4 Re6 41. Qc7+ Re7 42. Qa5 Kf6 43. b5 Bd5 44. Qb6+ Be6 45. a4 Rd7 46. a5 Kf7 47. Kh4 Kf6 48. Kg3 Kf7 49. Qc5 Bd5 50. Qc8 Be6 51. Qb8 Kf6 52. Qf8+ Bf7 53. Qh8+ Kf5 54. Qh6 Kf6 55. Kh4 Kf5 56. Qg5+ Ke6 57. Qe3 Kf6 58. Qb6+ Be6 59. a6 bxa6 60. bxa6 g5+ 61. Kg3 h4+ 62. Kh2 Rf7 63. a7 Rf8 64. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Verona op 10th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2004.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 0-0 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. c5 Ne8 11. Bg3 f5 12. Be2 Nef6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 e5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qa5 18. 0-0 Qxc5 19. Nxd5 Qxc2 20. Nxe7+ Kf7 21. Rxc2 Kxe7 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Rcd2 Rfd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. a3 Kc7 27. f4 c5 28. Kf2 b5 29. Bf3 g5 30. g3 c4 31. e4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Kb6 33. Ke3 Kc5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Be4 Bh3 36. f5 a5 37. f6 Be6 38. Bg6 Kd5 39. Kf4 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. f7 Bxf7 42. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Verona op 10th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2004.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Lettieri, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. 0-0-0 Bc6 10. Kb1 Nf6 11. f4 Qc5 12. Qxc5 dxc5 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Bxc6+ Rxc6 15. Rd2 Be7 16. Rhd1 Rc8 17. e5 Ng4 18. Rd7 Ne3 19. R1d3 Nxg2 20. Rxb7 Nxf4 21. Rdd7 Ng6 22. Rxa7 Rf8 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Rxe7+ Nxe7 25. Nd6+ Rxd6 26. exd6 Ng6 27. Bxg7 Rg8 28. Bf6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Marche Estate op 1st"]
[Site "Marche Estate"]
[Date "2003.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tribuiani, Renato"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. f4 h5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Nd2 h4 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nc5 b6 12. Bb5 Qd6 13. Nd3 0-0 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. 0-0 c5 16. c3 Nf5 17. Bd3 Ng3 18. Rfd1 c4 19. Bc2 Nfe4 20. Be1 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Bxg3 Nxg3 23. Qg4 Kg7 24. Rd4 b5 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Kf2 Rh8 27. Qf3 a5 28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qc5 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Qf2 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qb4 34. Qc2 Qe1+ 35. Kf3 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Kxe4 b4 38. a3 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Kd2 Kd7 41. Kc2 Kc6 42. b3 cxb3+ 43. Kxb3 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Marche Estate op 1st"]
[Site "Marche Estate"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 0-0 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qb3 b6 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qa4 Qe7 12. Be2 a6 13. 0-0 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Bf3 Nbd7 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qg5 Ne4 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Nde2 Ndf6 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bxb6 Ng5 24. Na4 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rc8 26. Nd4 Ne8 27. Nb3 Bf6 28. Nbc5 Re7 29. Nxb7 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rxb7 31. Rc8 Kf8 32. Nc5 Rxb6 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxb6 Bxb2 35. Nxd5+ Kd7 36. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Corsico op 26th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2003.05.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zigura, Oleg"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[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 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Qe7 7. 0-0 c5 8. h3 Bd7 9. d3 Nh6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Nc4 Nf7 12. a4 0-0 13. Bc3 Nd6 14. Qc1 Nxc4 15. bxc4 a5 16. Qb2 b6 17. Nh2 Bh6 18. Rae1 Bg5 19. h4 Bh6 20. Qa1 Rf7 21. Re2 Raf8 22. g3 Bg7 23. f4 Qe8 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Ref2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bxa4 28. Ng4 Bxc2 29. Bxe5 h5 30. Bxg7 hxg4 31. Bh6 Qf7+ 32. Bf4 Bxd3 33. Qe5 a4 34. h5 Bxc4 35. Qg5 Bb5 36. hxg6 Qa2+ 37. Bd2 Qc4 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxc7+ Kxg6 40. Qxb6+ Kg7 41. Qh6+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Ke7 43. Bg5+ Kd6 44. Bf4+ Ke7 45. Qg5+ Ke8 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47. Qc7+ Ke8 48. Qc8+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ Ke8 50. Qh5+ Ke7 51. Qg5+ Ke8 52. Qg6+ Qf7 53. Qd6 Qa2+ 54. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsico op 26th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kidane, Robel"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[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 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 c5 8. Qe5+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. c4 fxe4 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bc2 b5 13. cxb5 d5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Rd1 axb5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Corsico op 26th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Bozzali, Ermanno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qa4 Be7 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bb1 Nc6 14. 0-0 Nb4 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 Rf4 17. a3 b5 18. Qb3 Bd5 19. Qe3 Bg5 20. axb4 Rg4 21. Nxg4 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Qg5 23. Rc5 Qf4 24. Rd1 Rf8 25. Rf1 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qxb4 27. Rc2 Qf4 28. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 exd5 30. Nf3 Qe3 31. Ba2 Rf5 32. Bxd5+ Kf8 33. h3 g5 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Re1 Qxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Rxd5 37. Nf3 h5 38. Kh2 a5 39. Kg3 a4 40. Re8 Rd3 41. Re5 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Kxg4 Rb3 44. Re2 Kf6 45. Rf2 Ke7 46. Kf5 b4 47. Re2+ Kd8 48. Nd4 Rd3 49. Ke4 Rd1 50. Nc2 d5+ 51. Ke5 a3 52. Nxb4 axb2 53. Rxb2 Ke7 54. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Corsico op 26th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Damia, Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nd2 f5 9. f4 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qb3 Qf7 12. Nf3 c6 13. c4 Be6 14. c5 Bb8 15. a4 h6 16. Qc2 Bc7 17. b4 Qh5 18. Be2 Qe8 19. Bd2 Bd8 20. b5 g5 21. Rab1 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Bg5 23. Ne5 Bd7 24. Rb3 Kh7 25. Qb2 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Rb8 27. Rh3 Rf6 28. Bd3 b6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. d5 Be6 31. Nxc6 Rg6 32. dxe6 Rc8 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Rxf5 Qxe6 35. Qe5 Qa2 36. Rg3 Rxg3 37. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Corsico op 26th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qd2 f5 9. Bg5 f4 10. f3 Bf6 11. h4 Bxg5 12. hxg5 a6 13. Qf2 Rf7 14. 0-0-0 Nf8 15. Nge2 c5 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. g3 fxg3 18. Qxg3 b5 19. Rdf1 Rb8 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rb4 24. b3 Nc8 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Nc1 Nb6 27. Bxa6 Bf5 28. Bd3 Rd4 29. Bc2 Bh3 30. Rf3 Bc8 31. N1e2 Nfd7 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Nb5 Ne5 34. Qf6 Qxf6 35. Rxf6 d3 36. Bd1 Nf7 37. Nxd6 Nxg5 38. Nxc8 Nxc8 39. Rc6 Ne7 40. Rc7 Kf8 41. d6 Ng8 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. d7 1-0

[Event "Corsico op 26th"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Podini, Francesco"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Na5 6. Bb3 Nxb3 7. axb3 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. Nf3 c6 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. d4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Ra4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 16. Re1 Re8 17. e5 Bf5 18. Raa1 g5 19. Nh2 Qe6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 a6 23. Re2 Re6 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Kf1 R8e7 26. f3 Kg7 27. Kf2 Kg6 28. g3 f6 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Kg2 a5 31. Kh3 Kg5 32. Kg2 h5 33. gxh5 Kxh5 34. Kf2 Kg5 35. Ra1 b6 36. b4 Ra7 37. exf6 Kxf6 38. Rxe6+ Kxe6 39. Ke2 a4 40. Kd3 b5 41. c4 Rh7 42. Re1+ Kd6 43. c5+ Kd7 44. Rg1 Re7 45. Kd2 Re3 46. Rg7+ Kc8 47. Rg6 Kb7 48. Rg7+ Ka6 49. Rg6 Kb7 50. Rg7+ Kc8 51. Rg6 Kd7 52. Rg7+ Re7 53. Rg1 Re6 54. Rg7+ Kd8 55. Rf7 a3 56. Ra7 Re3 57. c3 Rxf3 58. Rxa3 Re3 59. Ra7 Ke8 60. Rh7 Re4 61. Rc7 Re6 62. Rh7 Kf8 63. Rh4 Re4 64. Rh6 Kg7 65. Rxc6 f3 66. Ra6 Re2+ 67. Kd3 Kf7 68. Ra1 Rf2 69. Rg1 Rh2 70. Rf1 Rh3 71. Rf2 Ke6 72. Ke3 Rh1 73. Rxf3 Re1+ 74. Kd2 Rh1 75. Re3+ Kf5 76. Re5+ Kf4 77. Rxd5 Rh2+ 78. Kd3 Rh3+ 79. Kc2 Rh2+ 80. Kb3 Ke4 81. Re5+ Kd3 82. c6 Rc2 83. Rc5 Rc1 84. c7 Rb1+ 85. Ka2 Kc2 86. Rxb5 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 g6 7. b4 Bg7 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nbd2 Kh7 11. Nf1 Ne8 12. Ne3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qd1 Nb8 16. d4 c6 17. Ne3 e4 18. Nd2 d5 19. Be2 f4 20. Nc2 Nd6 21. f3 Bf5 22. Nf1 Bg6 23. Kh1 Nd7 24. g3 exf3 25. Bd3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxf4 Nf6 28. Nd2 Ng4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rf1 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Qh4 32. Qd2 f2 33. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 34. Kg2 Nh3 35. Rf1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Lebel, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d5 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 f6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. c3 0-0 11. Be3 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Nxc5 15. Bd4 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Ne6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h3 Bf5 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 21. Qe5+ Kg8 22. Nh4 Ng7 23. Qd5+ Be6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Dragojlovic, Andjelko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nge2 Na5 8. 0-0 c6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Nxc4 11. dxc4 d6 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rd2 0-0 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. b3 b6 17. a4 g6 18. Qe3 Kh7 19. f4 Bg4 20. Rf1 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qg5 22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rxd8 Bf5 26. Rd2 Kg7 27. Re2 Kf6 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. Ke3 Rh7 30. g3 g4 31. Rd2 a5 32. Nd1 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Nf2 Kc5 36. c3 Kd6 37. Nd1 Kc5 38. Ne3 Kd6 39. Kc1 Kc5 40. Kb2 Be6 41. Ng2 Bf5 42. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Bf5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. 0-0 f5 9. c4 Ngf6 10. a4 a6 11. c5 Qd8 12. b4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nbd2 Kf7 15. Rab1 Be7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rhc8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb7 Ke8 20. g3 g5 21. h3 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Nd4 f4 26. exf4 Rab8 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Re1 Kd7 30. Qh7 Rf8 31. Nf5 Rf7 32. Qxf7 Qxf7 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 35. f4 Kf6 36. fxg5+ Kxg5 37. Kf2 Kf5 38. h4 Kg4 39. Ke3 Kf5 40. h5 Kg5 41. g4 Kf6 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. Kf5 Kg7 44. g5 Kg8 45. g6 Kg7 46. Ke5 Kf8 47. h6 Kg8 48. g7 Kh7 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Crippa, Gabriele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nbxd4 a6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qb6 13. a4 Bd7 14. a5 Qa7 15. c3 Bc5 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Ne5+ Ke7 18. b4 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Ne4+ 21. Kf3 Nxc3 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bc5+ Kf6 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Ng4+ Kg6 26. Bd3+ f5 27. Rxe6+ Kf7 28. Bxf5 g6 29. Ne5+ Kg7 30. Be4 g5 31. Nc4 h5 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke8 34. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Nb3 0-0 9. Be3 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. h3 Re8 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Nbd4 Bd6 14. 0-0 Bf4 15. Rfd1 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qc7 17. Ra3 Re7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qb5 Nfe4 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Rad8 22. Nd4 Qg3 23. Qb5 Nf2 24. Ne2 Nxh3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Qh4 27. Rf1 Ng4 28. Rf4 g5 29. Rf5 Rd6 30. Qxa5 b6 31. Qc3 Rh6 32. Kf1 Re8 33. Qc7 Nh2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Bg6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. fxe4 Bd6 9. Qh5 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Bc4 g6 13. Bxf7+ Kg7 14. Qh4 g5 15. Qh5 Rxe4 16. h4 g4 17. Ng5 fxg5 18. hxg5 Nf8 19. Rdf1 Bf4+ 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. g6 Rxf7 22. gxf7 Qf6 23. Qxg4+ Kxf7 24. Qe4 c6 25. Qd3 Kg7 26. Rf1 Qg5+ 27. Kb1 Re8 28. a3 Qg6 29. Qc3 Qe6 30. Qb4 b6 31. Qc3 Kg8 32. b3 Ng6 33. Kb2 Qd5 34. Rf3 Rd8 35. Rd3 a5 36. Qd2 Re8 37. Re3 Rd8 38. Rd3 Re8 39. Re3 Rd8 40. Rd3 Qe4 41. c4 Nf4 42. Rg3+ Kh8 43. d5 cxd5 44. c5 bxc5 45. Qxa5 Qe2+ 46. Kc1 Qf1+ 47. Kc2 Qf2+ 48. Kd1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Sareen, Vishal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 d5 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 e6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Na4 Nd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. a3 0-0 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nd2 f6 18. f4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Bg5 21. Qe1 Bh4 22. Qd1 Bg5 23. Qe1 Bh4 24. Qf1 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Crespi op 23rd"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "2002.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zanetti, Alberto"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.12.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. h3 Qc7 11. e4 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Ba2 Rd8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. a5 Nbd7 19. Qc4 Re8 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Rd2 h6 22. Rad1 Re7 23. g4 g5 24. Rd6 Nf8 25. e5 Ne8 26. Ne4 Qxa5 27. h4 b5 28. Qc2 Nxd6 29. exd6 Rf7 30. Nexg5 hxg5 31. Nxg5 Rd7 32. h5 Qa4 33. Qe2 Qb3 34. Ne4 Qxb2 35. Qf3 Rf7 36. Qg2 Qe2 37. Rd2 Qf3 38. Nxc5 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 a5 40. g5 Rxc5 41. Bxc5 Rf5 42. Be3 Rd5 43. Kf1 Rxd2 44. Bxd2 a4 0-1

[Event "Verona op 8th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Medancic, Rikard"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nd2 Nbd7 7. h3 e6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Ne4 10. Ngf3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. Bh2 exd4 13. exd4 Be7 14. g4 Bg6 15. f4 f5 16. g5 Kf7 17. Bd3 a6 18. Kf2 h6 19. h4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rh3 21. Bg3 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Bd8 23. Rh8 Nf8 24. Nf3 Bh7 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. g6 Nxg6 27. Rxh7 Nxe5 28. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Verona op 8th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mussanti, Diego"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. 0-0 d6 10. Kh1 0-0 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. f3 Nge5 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Nc4 a5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. g4 Qf6 18. Nf5 g5 19. Bd2 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rae8 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nd5 23. Qxd5 Rxe2 24. Rae1 Qe7 25. f6 1-0

[Event "Verona op 8th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piantoni, Roberto"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 e5 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 f5 13. Rh4 Be7 14. Rh3 e4 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Bf7 Rxf7 18. Ng6+ Kg8 19. Rxh7 Rf8 20. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Verona op 8th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 e6 10. a4 b4 11. a5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Ba4+ Ke7 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. Ne3 Bc7 16. Bb3 Nc6 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Bxb4+ Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Rab8 20. Bc4 Nc5 21. c3 Rhd8 22. Ke2 f5 23. f3 Kf6 24. h3 Rdc8 25. Rhd1 Bf4 26. b3 Be5 27. Rac1 Bc7 28. Ra1 Be5 29. Rac1 Rc7 30. Rc2 Bc8 31. Nf1 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxb4 33. Rdc1 Nb7 34. Bxa6 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Bd7 36. Bxb7 Rxb7 37. Kd2 Rb5 38. a6 Ra5 39. Rc7 Bb5 40. Rc5 Ra2+ 41. Kc3 Bxf1 42. g4 Bxh3 43. gxf5 Bxf5 44. b4 Ra3+ 45. Kd4 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Verona op 8th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Cetkovic, Miodrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. 0-0 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6 9. Qb3 0-0 10. h3 Qe7 11. a5 Ba7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nbd2 b5 14. axb6 Bxb6 15. Ra4 a5 16. b5 Nd8 17. Ba3 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne6 19. Nfxe5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nc6 Qe6 22. Rxa5 Bb6 23. Raa1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nd7 25. Qa2 Nc5 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27. Nb4 Qf6 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Qc4 Re8 30. f3 Kh7 31. d4 Ne6 32. Qc6 f5 33. exf5 Ng5 34. f6 Re2 35. Ra8 Nxh3+ 36. gxh3 1-0

[Event "Verona op 8th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Giretti Kanev, Jasen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bf4 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. g3 b5 14. c3 a6 15. b3 Rc8 16. c4 Ne7 17. 0-0 Ng6 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. d5 bxc4 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc4 Qd7 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Qxa6 Be7 26. Bh6 Bd8 27. Rc3 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Ne5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Rd3 Qh5 31. Qc6+ Ke7 32. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Verona op 8th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2002.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5 7. Qe2 Bd7 8. c3 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ngf3 Nf6 14. Nxe6 Qc8 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Be3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Qg4 18. 0-0-0 Qxg2 19. Ng5 Qg4 20. Qd4 Qf5 21. Qf4 Bd7 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qxb7 h6 24. Rhg1 hxg5 25. Rxg5 Qe4 26. Rd4 Qh1+ 27. Rd1 Qxh2 28. Rxg6 Qe5 29. Rdg1 Bf5 30. R6g5 Qe4 31. Rxf5 Qxf5 32. c6 Kf7 33. Bc5 Qf4+ 34. Kb1 Qe4+ 35. Ka1 Rg8 36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Qxa6 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Verona op 7th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d4 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Qe7 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Qxe3 17. hxg4 Qxf2+ 18. Kh2 Rd6 19. Nh4 Re8 20. Rc2 Rh6 21. Nd4 Rxh4+ 22. gxh4 Bc7+ 23. Kh1 Re1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Verona op 7th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "2001.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Qa4 Bd7 5. c5 e5 6. Qa3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. b4 dxe3 9. dxe3 e4 10. Nfd2 a5 11. Qb3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 axb4 14. Qxb4 Bc6 15. Bd4 Qd5 16. Nc3 Qf5 17. h3 0-0 18. Nb3 Rfb8 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. 0-0 Be6 21. Qb5 c6 22. Qe2 Nd7 23. Rfc1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxc5 26. Ra5 b5 27. Ra6 Qe6 28. Qc2 f5 29. Ne2 Qd6 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Ra7 Ne6 32. Kh1 Rd8 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. exd4 Qxd4 35. Qxc6 Qxf2 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qe5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qg1+ 39. Kg3 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Qg1+ 41. Kg3 Rd3+ 42. Kh4 Rxh3+ 43. gxh3 Qf2+ 44. Kh5 Qf3+ 45. Kg5 Qe3+ 46. Kxf5 Qf3+ 47. Ke6 Qxh3+ 48. Kd6 Qd3+ 49. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Corsico op 21st"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2000.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsico op 21st"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barlocco, Carlo"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Qc2 Re8 7. 0-0 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Ne5 Na6 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. f3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qa6 19. Kf2 Ne6 20. Qd2 Qxa2 21. Be5 Qb3 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. e3 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Qc4 28. Bc3 Nc5 29. Qd2 Nb3 30. Qc2 g6 31. h4 b5 32. Qb1 b4 33. Bf6 a5 34. g4 a4 35. h5 Kf8 36. Qh1 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 a3 38. bxa3 bxa3 39. e4 g5 40. exd5 Qd2 41. Qb1 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Corsico op 21st"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Astengo, Corrado"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rad8 12. a3 Bh7 13. b4 a6 14. Qb3 Qb8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rfe8 18. h3 a5 19. Qa4 axb4 20. axb4 Rc8 21. Qb5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nf8 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qc6 Bxb4 25. Be5 Qd8 26. Bc7 Qd7 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bd6 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsico op 21st"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galli, Fabio"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 Qd7 8. Nbd2 0-0-0 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. d4 Qe6 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qe5 14. f4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd1 16. Raxd1 Bxf4 17. Nc4 Bh6 18. Bc3 Ne7 19. e5 f5 20. e6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Nf7 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Rxe6 25. Bd2 b5 26. Re1 h6 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxe3 Nxe3 29. Kg1 f4 30. Kf2 Kd7 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Nh8 Kf6 33. g3 fxg3 0-1

[Event "Corsico op 21st"]
[Site "Corsico"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Qa5 7. Bb5 Qxa4 8. Bxa4 f6 9. c4 Bd7 10. Bd2 e6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. 0-0 0-0-0 13. Rc1 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Nxh6 15. Rc5 Kb8 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Re1 Bxa4 18. Rxe7 Nf5 19. Rf7 Nd6 20. Re7 Nf5 21. Re6 b6 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Nxd5 Bd1 24. Rxf6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rc8 26. Nc3 Nxd4 27. Kg2 Nf5 28. f4 Nh4+ 29. Kg3 Nf5+ 30. Kf3 Rd8 31. Ke2 Nd4+ 32. Ke3 Nf5+ 33. Ke2 Nd4+ 34. Kd3 Nf3+ 35. Kc4 Nxh2 36. Rf7 Rc8+ 37. Kb4 Rc7 38. Rf8+ Kb7 39. Nb5 Rd7 40. f5 a6 41. Nc3 Ng4 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Kb3 Ne5 44. Rf6 b5 45. a4 bxa4+ 46. Nxa4 Rc7 47. f4 Nd3 48. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Caruso, Augusto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. 0-0-0 0-0 8. Bc4 Re8 9. f3 Na5 10. Bd3 d5 11. Qg5 h6 12. Qh4 d4 13. Na4 b6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nb2 Nb7 16. g4 b5 17. Ne2 c5 18. g5 Nh7 19. f4 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nd6 21. Rdf1 Rc8 22. Ng3 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxf7 Nxf7 26. Bxc4 Be6 27. Bd3 Ne5 28. Rf1 Bxa2 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. exf5 Nxd3+ 31. cxd3 Qc7+ 32. Kb2 Rb8+ 33. Kxa2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. f5 e5 9. fxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. Rf3 c5 15. Na3 Nbd7 16. Nf5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bd5 18. Rh3 h5 19. g4 c4 20. Bc2 Kg8 21. g5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. f6 Bh8 24. Rxh5 Bg6 25. Rh6 Nxf6 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 27. gxf6 Qd7 28. Qg2 d5 29. Rf1 Rfe8 30. Qg3 Re4 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Qh3 33. Qg3 Qxg3+ 34. hxg3 Re8 35. Kf2 a6 36. b3 b5 37. g4 Kh7 38. Kf3 Bd3 39. Kf4 Kg6 40. g5 0-1

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Rf7 16. Ng5 Nc5 17. Qc4 Bg6 18. Bf4 h6 19. Nxf7 Bxf7 20. Qd4 Ne6 21. Qe5 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Bc5 24. Bc4 Qc6 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Rd2 Kh8 27. Qf3 Bg8 28. Bb3 Rf8 29. Qe4 Nf6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Bxg8 Kxg8 32. b4 Bb6 33. Rd3 Nd5 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Nxc3 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rc8 Nxa2 38. Rxc6 Nxb4 39. Rc4 Nd5 40. Re4 a5 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. f4 Bc7 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Rd4 Ke6 45. Ra4 Bb4 46. Ra2 Nc3 47. Rc2 a4 48. Ke3 a3 49. Kd3 a2 50. Rc1 Nb1 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52. Ra6 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ravagnani, Tiziano"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nd2 d5 11. Nf5 Nxf5 12. exf5 Qd6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nb3 Qd6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Qd4 c5 17. Qe3 b6 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Rfe1 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qf3 Qd6 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Re5 Rfe8 24. Rde1 Kf8 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Qe7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Kxe1 Re8+ 30. Kd1 Qxf5 31. g4 Qe6 32. Kc2 Rd8 33. f5 Qd5 34. Qe3 Re8 35. Qf4 Rd8 36. Qe3 Re8 37. Qf4 Rc8 38. c4 Qd7 39. Nf3 Rd8 40. Nd2 Qd3+ 41. Kc1 Qd4 42. Qxd4 Rxd4 43. h3 Ke7 44. Kc2 Kf6 45. Kc3 h5 46. b4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rxg4 48. bxc5 bxc5 49. Nb3 Rg3+ 50. Kc2 Rxb3 51. Kxb3 Kxf5 52. Ka4 g5 53. Kb5 g4 0-1

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Di Lazzaro, Gabriele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. g4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be2 f6 14. 0-0 Nc6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bd1 Bb5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Rf2 Rc8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rc1 b6 22. Nc3 Na5 23. b4 Nb7 24. Nd2 Bd7 25. Ne2 0-0 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bb3 Nd6 28. h4 b5 29. Kg2 Nc4 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Bc2 Kg7 32. Nc3 Rf8 33. Kg3 Bd6+ 34. Kg2 Be7 35. Kg1 a6 36. Kg2 Bd6 37. g5 f5 38. Ne2 Be8 39. Nf4 0-1

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Nbd2 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Na5 11. Bxf7+ Qxf7 12. Qb5+ c6 13. Qxa5 Nxe4 14. Nxe5 Qf5 15. f3 dxe5 16. fxe4 Qe6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Rd5 Rf8 23. Rxe5+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artizzu, Giulio"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 g5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. g3 Bg7 8. gxf4 g4 9. c3 gxf3 10. Qxf3 Qh4 11. f5 Nf6 12. Be2 Qxe4 13. Qg3 Kf8 14. Bf3 Qd3 15. Bf4 Ne7 16. Nd2 Bxf5 17. Rae1 Bg6 18. Ne4 Nf5 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxg6 fxg6 0-1

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Diotallevi, Maurizio"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qd8 16. Rbe1 Nf6 17. h3 b6 18. g4 c5 19. Qg2 cxd4 20. exd4 Bb7 21. Re5 Rxe5 22. fxe5 Ne4 23. Qf3 Ng5 24. Qg2 Qe7 25. Ne2 Qb4 26. h4 Ne6 27. Qf2 Rf8 28. b3 Qa3 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qf6 Ng7 31. Qf4 Ba6 32. Bxa6 Qxa6 33. Ng3 Qxa2 34. Qxh6 Qxb3 35. Qf4 Ne6 36. Qf2 Qd3 37. Nf5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Qxd4 39. fxe6 Qxf2+ 40. Rxf2 fxe6 41. Ra2 Rf7 42. Kg2 b5 43. Ra6 b4 44. Rxe6 b3 45. Re8+ Rf8 46. Re7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Padova op"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. f4 Be4 8. Nf3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c4 0-0 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Ne5 f5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. c5 Nxe5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. dxe5 Qd4+ 17. e3 Qxc5 18. Qb3 Qd5 19. Qxb7 Bc5 20. Qa6 Rfd8 21. b3 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Kf2 Rcd8 24. Ke2 Rc3 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Rfd1 Bb4 27. Rac1 Rdxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 29. Kf1 Rxa2 30. Rxc6 Kf7 31. Rc7+ Be7 32. h4 a5 33. Ra7 Ra3 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. Ra6 Kf7 37. Ra7 g6 38. Rb7 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Verona op 5th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Perich, Stefano"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Nbd2 h5 10. Qc2 0-0-0 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Rh7 15. Bd4 h4 16. h3 e5 17. Bxa7 hxg3 18. hxg4 b6 19. fxg3 Qxa7 20. Kf1 Qc7 21. Rad1 Rdh8 22. Qc3 Bf6 23. b4 Nf8 24. Nb3 Ne6 25. a4 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rd5 Rd8 28. Qe3 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Nd4 30. Nfxd4 exd4 31. Qe2 c4 32. Rc1 d3 33. Qe3 Bb2 34. Rb1 Ba3 35. Nc1 Bc5 36. Qf3 Rh2 37. Qf6 d2 38. Ne2 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 40. Kf1 Bxb1 41. Qa6+ Kd8 42. Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Verona op 5th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. h3 Bh5 9. c4 Qd6 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 cxd4 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Qb5 Qc7 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. b4 d3 17. bxc5 dxe2 18. Re1 0-0 19. Nc3 Bh5 20. Nh4 Nd4 21. Qb2 Ne5 22. Ne4 Nef3+ 0-1

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nge7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0-0 d6 8. Qg3 f5 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. f3 fxe4 11. fxe4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Nge2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxe2 15. Rd2 N7g6 16. Rxe2 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rf2 h6 22. g3 Ng6 23. Rf7 Rc8 24. h4 Rf8 25. Rxc7 Rf3 26. h5 Nf8 27. Bf7 g5 28. hxg6 Rxg3 29. Rxb7 Nxg6 30. Be6 h5 31. Rxa7 h4 32. b4 Nf4 33. Bf5 h3 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. b5 Rg2 36. Rxh3 Nxh3 37. Bxh3 Rg6 38. a4 Kf7 39. Kb2 Ke7 40. Bf5 Rh6 41. Kb3 Kd8 42. a5 Kc7 43. Kb4 Rh2 44. c4 Rb2+ 45. Kc5 Kb7 46. Bd7 Ra2 47. Bc6+ Ka7 48. a6 Rd2 49. Bd5 Rh2 50. Kd6 Rh5 51. c5 Rg5 52. Bb7 Rh5 53. b6+ Kb8 54. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 Bxg5 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Nc5 11. Nd2 b5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rfd1 Na4 14. Nb3 f6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Kf7 18. a4 a6 19. Ra3 Rhd8 20. Rda1 Rac8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Ra7 Ke8 25. c3 h5 26. h4 Rb8 27. Bd1 Nc8 28. Ra6 Ne7 29. Bb3 Rd8 30. Ra7 Rb8 31. Be6 Rd8 32. Rc7 f5 33. f3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Nc8 1-0

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. 0-0 d6 7. h3 Nxc4 8. dxc4 Be6 9. b3 Nh5 10. Nd5 g5 11. Nd4 Ng7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne3 0-0 14. Bb2 b6 15. a4 a5 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. g3 Qg6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Kh2 Rf7 20. Rad1 Raf8 21. Ng4 Ng7 22. Rd3 h5 23. Nf2 Ne8 24. Kg2 Nf6 25. g4 Rh7 26. Rh1 Nd7 27. Bc1 Rff7 28. Bd2 Qg7 29. Be1 Nf8 30. Nd1 Ng6 31. Bg3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qf8 33. Rxh7 Rxh7 34. Nf2 Rh4 35. Rd1 Qh6 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Nxh1 Nf4+ 38. Bxf4 gxf4 39. Qe1 Bh4 40. Qg1 Qg5 41. Qh2 Kg7 42. Nf2 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 c6 44. Kf1 d5 45. Qe2 Kf6 46. exd5 exd5 47. cxd5 cxd5 48. Qb5 e4 49. Qxb6+ Ke5 50. Qc7+ Kd4 51. Ke2 Qh6 52. c3# 1-0

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Giacomini, Massimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Qc7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. d3 0-0 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ne3 a6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Nd8 14. a4 Kh8 15. a5 Ne8 16. Qd1 Nc7 17. Bb3 Nc6 18. Nc4 Qe8 19. Qg4 Rf6 20. f4 Rg6 21. Qe2 exf4 22. Bxf4 e5 23. Bd2 Rd8 24. Rf1 Rf6 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. Rf1 Qb5 28. Bc4 Qxa5 29. Qh5 d5 30. exd5 Qb6 31. Ng4 Ng6 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. Qf3 Ne8 34. Bh6 Qd6 35. Qe4 b5 36. Ba2 Ng7 37. c4 Rf8 38. Bxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qf5 Ne7 40. Qg4+ Kh8 41. Rf3 f5 42. Qh5 Qg6 43. Qxg6 hxg6 44. Re3 e4 45. dxe4 fxe4 46. Rxe4 Nf5 47. g3 Nd4 48. b4 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Nd2 50. Rh4+ Kg7 51. bxc5 b4 52. Rd4 Nf3 53. Rd1 Ng5 54. c6 Ne4 55. c7 a5 56. d6 Rf2+ 57. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Corvi, Marco"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. 0-0-0 c4 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. f4 a6 15. g4 b5 16. Bxf6+ Bxf6 17. g5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Bg2 Qa5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Nb4 23. Qc1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rfd8 25. e4 Rac8 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3 h6 28. gxh6+ Kxh6 29. Kc2 Kg7 30. h4 Rh8 31. f5 Rc5 32. f6+ Kf8 33. Kd2 Rh5 34. Ke3 Rc8 35. e6 fxe6 36. Ne7 Rd8 37. Nxg6+ Kf7 38. Nf4 Re5 39. h5 Kxf6 40. h6 Rh8 41. h7 Rg5 42. Rh6+ Kf7 43. Nxe6 Rg6 44. Rxg6 Kxg6 45. Nc7 Rxh7 46. Nxa6 Rd7 47. Nb4 Kf6 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. Nc6 Rf7+ 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Nd4 Kc5 52. e5 Kd5 53. e6 Rh7 54. a3 Rh8 55. Kf4 Rf8+ 56. Ke3 Re8 57. Kf4 Rxe6 58. Nxe6 Kxe6 59. Ke4 Kd6 60. Kd4 Kc6 61. a4 bxa4 62. Kxc4 a3 63. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd7 5. Nf3 Nb6 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Be6 8. a4 Nb4 9. b3 a6 10. a5 Nd7 11. Ra4 c5 12. f4 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. f5 Nxa4 15. Nxa4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bd7 17. e6 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Qc7 19. c3 Qf4 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Nf3 Nc6 22. Bd3 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qe3+ 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Kf6 26. g4 e6 27. Rb1 Rd8 28. g5+ Ke7 29. Ne5 Ke8 30. Bxa6 Be7 31. Bb5+ Kf8 32. Nd7+ Kg8 33. f6 gxf6 34. gxf6 Bd6 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Rg7+ Ke8 37. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 e4 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Qd7 9. Nf4 0-0-0 10. Qa4 h5 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bf4 a6 13. Rfc1 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Rxd6 15. b4 Kb8 16. b5 Na7 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qb3 Ne7 19. Na4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 e3 21. Rab1 h4 22. Qb3 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 b5 24. Qc3 hxg3+ 25. Qxg3+ Ka8 26. e3 Rh5 27. Rb3 Nf5 28. Qc7 Nd6 29. Qd8+ Ndc8 30. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 0-0 11. g3 f6 12. Bh3 fxe5 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 e4 16. Nh4 Nb6 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. b3 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nb4 20. Rhc1 Nd3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne3 Kg7 24. Rf1 h6 25. f5 g5 26. Nc3 Rd8 27. f6+ Kf8 28. Rf5 Nb4 29. Ng4 Nc6 30. Ke3 Nb4 31. Kd2 Nc6 32. Ne2 h5 33. Nh6 e3+ 34. Kd1 h4 35. Rxg5 hxg3 36. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Padova op-A 1st"]
[Site "Padova"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Ng5 Bc7 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. a4 h6 14. Ba3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nge4 Qe7 17. c5 Nd5 18. Rfc1 N7f6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Qe4 Nf6 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. Rab1 a5 25. Nxc8 Rfxc8 26. Rxb7 Rcb8 27. Rxb8+ Rxb8 28. Be4 Ra8 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. f4 Ke7 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. c6 Ke6 33. c7 Rc8 34. Rc1 Kf5 35. Kf2 g5 36. Kf3 g4+ 37. Ke2 Ke4 38. g3 h5 39. Rc6 h4 40. gxh4 d4 41. exd4 Kxd4 42. h5 Ke4 43. h6 1-0

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barbu, Bogdan Andrei"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Bd7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Nce7 7. a4 Bxb5 8. axb5 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Ne1 0-0 12. f4 Re8 13. Nf3 Bf8 14. f5 Nh8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bf2 Bg7 19. Rad1 Ng4 20. e5 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 d5 22. Rdf1 Bf8 23. h3 a6 24. Nh2 axb5 25. Ng4 Be7 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Ng4 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nxd5 Qxd4 31. Qxc7+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Nxh8 Kxh8 35. f6 Rg8 36. Qf7 Qh4 37. Qxb7 Rab8 38. Qf3 g4 39. Qf4 b4 40. f7 Rgf8 41. Qe5+ Kh7 42. Rf5 Rb6 43. Rh5+ Qxh5 44. Qxh5+ Rh6 45. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Coca, Silviu Victor"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nge7 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd1 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. f4 f5 14. e5 Rad8 15. Qd5+ Qf7 16. e6 Qe7 17. Bf2 a6 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3+ Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. e7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7+ Rf7 24. Bd4+ Kg8 25. Rae1 Rdf8 1-0

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Furca, Aurelian Andrei"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1645"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be3 Kh8 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6 Nxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. h3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ianocichin, Victor"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Be3 Qb6 9. Nf5 Qxb2 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Bd4 e5 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Nb5 Qa5+ 14. Bc3 Qd8 15. Qxd6+ Kxg7 16. fxe5 Nxe4 17. e6+ Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Nb6 19. Qf4 Bxe6 20. 0-0 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Rfd1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Calugar, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Bb3 e6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ba2 h5 14. 0-0-0 Rc8 15. Rhe1 Bh6 16. g3 h4 17. Kb1 Ke7 18. gxh4 Bxf4 19. b4 Nd7 20. Qg4 Be5 21. Nce2 Rcg8 22. Qh3 Bxe4 23. Rd2 d5 24. Nc3 f5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxf5+ Kf8 27. Nxd5 Qb7 28. Nde7 Bf4 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nxg8 Rxg8 31. Ne3 Qd2 32. Rd1 Qxe3 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Qxe3 Bxe3 35. Rxg8 f5 36. c3 e5 37. Kc2 e4 38. Kd1 Kf6 39. Ke2 Bc1 40. h5 f4 41. Kd1 Be3 42. h6 f3 43. h7 1-0

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Finiseri, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 Qb6 9. 0-0 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Ligia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. 0-0 e6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. d3 Bd6 10. g3 Qf5 11. g4 Qe5 12. f4 Qd4+ 13. Kg2 g5 14. Kg3 gxf4+ 15. Bxf4 Qe3+ 16. Rf3 Bxf4+ 17. Kg2 Rxh2+ 18. Kf1 Rh1+ 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qe5 21. d4 Qg5 22. Rh3 Nbd7 23. Kh1 0-0-0 24. Rf1 Nb6 25. Bb5 Qxg4 26. Rff3 e5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Bd3 Bxc3 29. Bf5+ Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Bxb2 31. Rf2 Bc1 32. Rf1 Bh6 33. Rxh6 gxh6 34. Rxf6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Rxc2 37. Rxf7 Rxa2 38. Rf8+ Kd7 39. Rh8 Re2 40. Rh7+ Re7 41. Rxh6 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Pal, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 c6 5. a4 Bg7 6. f4 0-0 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Kh1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 Nh5 12. Bg5 Bxf3 13. Qd2 Bxg2+ 14. Qxg2 Bf6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Deva tt"]
[Site "Deva"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Rosa, Alin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 c4 4. Bxc4 Bc5 5. dxe6 Qf6 6. exf7+ Qxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qd5+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Verona op 4th"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Turzo, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. 0-0 e6 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Bf4 h6 16. h4 g6 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxb7 Ra7 20. Rac1 Rxb7 21. Rxc6 Nb8 22. Rc2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. b3 Kd7 25. Kf1 Nc6 26. Ke1 Rb5 27. Kd1 h5 28. Re2 Nb4 29. Rd2+ Nd5 30. Kc2 Ke8 31. Bg5 Ne7 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Re2 Kd7 34. Kc3 Rc5+ 35. Kd4 Kc6 36. a4 Bf8 37. Ng5 Rd5+ 38. Kc4 Bc5 39. g3 Rd7 40. f3 Be7 41. Ne4 Rd1 42. Re3 Rc1+ 43. Rc3 Ra1 44. Rd3 Rc1+ 45. Kd4 Rb1 46. Rc3+ Kb7 47. Nc5+ Bxc5+ 48. Kxc5 Kc7 49. Kb4+ Kb6 50. Rd3 a5+ 51. Kc4 Rc1+ 52. Kd4 Rb1 53. Rc3 Rb2 54. Ke4 Rd2 55. Kf4 Rd5 56. g4 Kb7 57. Re3 Rd8 58. Kg5 Rh8 59. Kf6 hxg4 60. fxg4 Kc6 61. Rh3 Kd5 62. Kxf7 0-1

[Event "Venice op"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 g6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Bc2 a5 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. 0-0 Qe8 12. Rae1 b5 13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Qxb5 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. f4 exf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Nh5 19. Re7 Qd6 20. Qe2 Rab8 21. Bd1 h6 22. Bh4 Nf6 23. Re1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. b3 Nd3 26. Rf1 g5 27. Bc2 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Ne5 29. Qe4 f5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Venice op"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Crispi, Guido"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Be7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Nd2 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. g4 Be6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. 0-0 c5 14. Rac1 c4 15. f4 Bd7 16. Qd1 Bc6 17. f5 b5 18. a3 Re8 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. e3 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Rb1 Rcd8 23. Qf3 Ne4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Ndxe4 dxe4 26. Qf4 f6 27. Rfd1 Bd5 28. Ra1 Nc6 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Ra6 Rd6 31. Rda1 Red8 32. Bxe4 Nxd4 33. exd4 Rxd4 34. Re6 Qc5 35. Qf2 h6 36. Re1 a5 37. Bg2 Qb5 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Qxd4 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. Bf3 a4 43. Kg2 a3 44. bxa3 c3 45. Qd1 Qe7 46. a4 Qb4 47. Qc2 Qc5 48. Be4 Qe5 49. Qb1 Qf4 50. Qd3 Qe5 51. Qc2 Qc5 52. Qf2 Qc4 53. Bc2 Qd5+ 54. Kg1 Qe5 55. Kf1 Qd5 56. Qg2 Qc4+ 57. Qe2 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Qd4 59. Qd3 Qc5 60. Kf3 Qe5 61. Kg2 Qc5 62. Qe4 Qa3 63. Qd3 Qc5 64. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op 3rd"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Bortoli, Peter"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. 0-0 gxh2+ 7. Kh1 d5 8. Bxd5 Nf6 9. Nxh4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Qxh4 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Re3 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Kxe8 14. Qe2+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. c4 Bf5 17. d4 Bxb1 18. Rxb1 Na6 19. b4 Re8 20. b5 Nb8 21. c5 Nd7 22. Bf4 Kd8 23. d6 cxd6 24. Bxd6 Nf6 25. Bb8 Kc8 26. Bxh2 Nd5 27. Rg1 g6 28. Rf1 f5 29. Be5 f4 30. a4 g5 31. a5 Nc3 32. a6 bxa6 33. bxa6 Re6 34. Rf3 Nd5 35. Rb3 Rxa6 36. Rb4 Kd7 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rxh7 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 g4 40. Rh6+ Kf5 41. c6 Rc1 42. c7 Ne3+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 g3 45. Rf6+ Kg5 46. Bxf4+ Kxf6 47. Bxe3 Rxc7 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. Bf4 a5 0-1

[Event "Verona op 3rd"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Farina, Saverio"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. 0-0-0 c6 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 Rd8 13. Bd3 c5 14. Rhe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 g6 16. f4 Nd5 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Nb5 Rf8 19. Be4 Nc6 20. Rd6 Na5 21. b3 a6 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. c5 Re8 24. Bf3 Kg7 25. g4 Re7 26. Nd5 Rd7 27. Nb6 Rc7 28. b4 Nc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Red1 e5 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Rd8 exf4 33. Kd2 Rb7 34. Rxc8 Re7 35. Nc4 f3 36. Ne3 f2 37. Ke2 Rxe3+ 38. Kxf2 Rh3 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. Rxc6 g5 41. Rb6 f6 42. c6 Kg6 43. c7 Rxa2+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. Rb7 h5 46. h3 f5 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. gxf5 Rxc7 49. Rxa6 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Rc5 52. Ke4 Rc4+ 53. Ke5 Rxb4 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Kf6 g4 56. Kg6 Rb8 57. Rg7+ Kf8 58. Rh7 Ke8 59. f6 Rb6 60. Rc7 Rb8 61. Rh7 Rb6 62. Ra7 Rb8 63. h4 g3 64. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice op"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qd7 11. N1a3 a6 12. Nd4 c5 13. Ne2 b5 14. f4 N5c6 15. f5 Be5 16. Qd3 f6 17. Be3 g5 18. Rad1 Qb7 19. b3 Rc8 20. Kh1 Na5 21. c4 b4 22. Nc2 Kd7 23. Bf2 Kc7 24. Bg3 Rcd8 25. Be1 Nac6 26. Ne3 h5 27. Bf2 a5 28. Ng1 Nd4 29. Nd5+ Nxd5 30. exd5 a4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Nf3 Bc3 33. bxa4 Qa6 34. a3 Qxa4 35. axb4 cxb4 36. Nd4 Kb6 37. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Venice op"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Bianchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Re1 Be7 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Qxb7 Rf6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Rg6 15. Bf1 Bd6 16. g3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 f4 18. Bg2 Qg5 19. Nf1 Qh5 20. gxf4 Rh6 21. Re5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Bf5 23. Qa4 Rg6 24. Ng3 Qg4 25. h3 Qh4 26. Nxf5 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qe4+ 28. Kg3 Nxe5 29. Qd1 Rb6 30. Nh4 Ng6 31. Qg4 Qd3+ 32. Kh2 h6 33. Bxh6 gxh6 34. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Venice op"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bc4 d6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Rae1 Rae8 13. Qe2 a6 14. h3 Na5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qf2 e4 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. f5 Re5 20. Qh4 Qc6 21. g4 Rfe8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. c3 Qe6 26. Re2 Rd3 27. a3 b6 28. Kh1 c5 29. Qf2 Re7 30. Qg2 Qd5 31. Qf2 Qe5 32. Qg2 Qe6 33. Kg1 Qd5 34. Kh1 Rd1 35. Ref2 Qd3 36. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 37. Rf1 Qd3 38. Qf2 Bh6 39. g5 Bg7 40. Kg2 Qd5 41. h4 Re5 42. Qg3 Qb3 43. Rf2 Qb5 44. h5 gxh5 45. Qh4 Re6 46. Qxh5 Rg6 47. Qh3 Qe8 48. Kh1 Be5 49. Qf5 Bc7 50. Rd2 Qe6 51. Qxe6 Rxe6 52. Kg2 Bd6 53. Kh3 Kg7 54. Kg4 Kg6 55. Rd5 Be7 56. a4 f6 57. gxf6 Kxf6 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rd5 Bd6 60. Rh5 Kf6 61. Rh6+ Ke7 62. Rh7+ Kd8 63. Kf5 Re5+ 64. Kf6 Re8 65. Ra7 Bb8 66. Rb7 Bc7 67. a5 b5 68. Ra7 Rf8+ 69. Ke6 Re8+ 70. Kd5 Re5+ 71. Kc6 Re6+ 72. Kd5 Rg6 73. Kxe4 Bxa5 74. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice op"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Pagnoncelli, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. Rd1 a6 14. Be3 h5 15. Nf3 Qf5 16. c4 h4 17. h3 Rh5 18. Rac1 g5 19. Nh2 Rh8 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ng4 Qf4 23. a3 Rg6 24. b4 Bd6 25. c5 Bc7 26. Rc4 Qf5 27. Rcd4 e5 28. Rd5 Re6 29. Qd2 f6 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Ne3 Qe6 33. Nd5+ Kf7 34. Nxc7 Rxc7 35. Qd8 Qe7 36. Qh8 Kg6 37. Qg8+ Qg7 38. Qd8 Qe7 39. Qg8+ Qg7 40. Qd8 Qe7 41. Qg8+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op 3rd"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Peric, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. c3 c6 5. e5 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Ne2 Qd7 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Ng3 g6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Re1 c5 12. h4 Nf5 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Be3 0-0-0 15. a3 Kb7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Be7 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qd2 Rc4 21. a5 b5 22. a6+ Ka8 23. Nd4 Bxh4 24. Ra5 Bd8 25. Nxb5 Re4 26. Rea1 Bxa5 27. Rxa5 Rxe5 28. Nd4 Re4 29. f3 Rh4 30. Qf2 Rh5 31. Rc5 Qd6 32. Nb3 Rg8 33. f4 Qxa6 34. Ra5 Qb7 1-0

[Event "Verona op 3rd"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 c6 8. h3 b5 9. Bf1 Bb7 10. Bg5 b4 11. Nb1 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. Nc3 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op 3rd"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popa, Florin"]
[Black "Tommasi, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. Rd1 Qc6 13. Rd3 0-0 14. Rg3 g6 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Rf3 Nd7 17. c4 e5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxd2 20. Qxe7 Qxc4 21. Qxb7 Rad8 22. h3 a5 23. b3 Qe6 24. a4 h5 25. Qc7 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd5 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Re3 Rd4 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qe3 Rd3 33. Qe5 Qxe5+ 34. Rxe5 Rxb3 35. Rxa5 h4 36. Ra7 Kg7 37. a5 Ra3 38. a6 Ra2 39. Kg1 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Ra2 41. f3 Kf6 42. Ra8 Kf5 43. Ra7 f6 44. Rh7 Rxa6 45. Rxh4 Kg5 46. Rg4+ Kh5 47. h4 Ra2 48. Kg3 Ra6 49. Rb4 g5 50. Rb5 Ra4 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. Rb6 Rc4 53. Re6 Ra4 54. Rf6 Rb4 55. Kh2 Rh4+ 56. Kg1 Ra4 57. g3 Ra2 58. Re6 Rb2 59. Kf1 Ra2 60. Re2 Ra6 61. Kg2 Rb6 62. Re5 Kg6 63. Kh3 Ra6 64. Kg4 Ra4+ 65. Re4 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op 3rd"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sciortino, Massimo"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Ba4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Be6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qf3 Nf5 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Rfe1 Bd5 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Be6 19. Ne4 Bxa2 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Bc2 Bd5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Re7 Rb8 27. Rd7 Kf6 28. Rxd5 Ke6 29. Rd4 b5 30. Kf1 a5 31. Ke2 b4 32. Kd3 bxc3 33. Kxc3 Rg8 34. g3 Rc8+ 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Rc5 a4 37. Rc4 Rb3+ 38. Kc2 Rf3 39. Rh4 Rxf2+ 40. Kc3 Rf3+ 41. Kb4 Rb3+ 42. Kxa4 Rxb2 43. Rxh7 Kf6 44. Ka3 Rb8 45. Rh4 Kg5 46. Rh7 Rb7 47. Rh4 Kf6 48. Rf4 Ke5 49. Ka2 Rb6 50. Rh4 Rf6 51. Kb2 f4 52. gxf4+ Rxf4 53. Rh7 Ke4 54. h4 f5 55. Kc3 Kf3 56. Kd3 Re4 57. h5 Re6 58. Kd4 f4 59. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Verona op 2nd"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leoncini, Mario"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[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. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. axb3 d5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. N3d2 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 17. 0-0-0 Bf8 18. Qd2 b4 19. Qxf4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qe7 21. Kc2 a5 22. Ra1 Reb8 23. Ne3 Qe6 24. Nc4 Rb7 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. gxf5 Rab8 27. Rhb1 f6 28. Nxa5 Nxa5 29. Rxa5 Rb5 1-0

[Event "Verona op"]
[Site "Verona"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Delanoy, Arnaud"]
[Black "Popa, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 b6 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Re3 Bb7 16. Rg3 Qe6 17. Qh5 Bxe4 18. dxe4 g6 19. Qe2 a5 20. c4 Rad8 21. Rd3 Be7 22. Rd5 c6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Be3 c5 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Kf8 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. cxd5 b5 29. Bd2 Bd8 30. c4 b4 31. Be3 Be7 32. g3 Ke8 33. f4 f6 34. Kf2 Kd7 35. Bc1 a4 36. bxa4 Kc7 37. Ke2 Kb6 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Kd3 Ka5 40. Kc2 Kxa4 41. Kb2 1/2-1/2

