[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Argyo, Nora"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. g3 Ng5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxf4 17. gxf4 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Nxf4 19. Rg1 Bd7 20. Qg4 Qf8 21. Bf5 exf5 22. Qxf4 Rc8 23. Rac1 Bc6 24. h4 Re8 25. Rg5 Qe7 26. Rxf5 g6 27. Rg5 d4+ 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. Qxd4 Rf3 30. Rc3 Qf8 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Qxf6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Kg3 Bd7 36. Rc5 Bc6 37. Kf4 h6 38. b4 a6 39. Re5 Bd7 40. Rd5 Ke6 41. Rd2 Bc6 42. Rd8 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigore, Nicolae Petre"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. h4 Bd7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh4 0-0-0 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bf1 Rdf8 15. g3 Nf5 16. Rg4 Be8 17. Nh4 Nce7 18. Bc1 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Qe2 e5 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Ba3 Bxh5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Bh3 Kd8 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxd1 29. Rb4 Bxc2 30. Rxb7 Bxa4 31. Rb8+ Nc8 32. Rxc8+ Ke7 33. Rc7+ Kd6 34. Rxa7 Rb8 35. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. 0-0 b5 13. Rc1 0-0 14. Ne2 Rfc8 15. Nf4 Ne4 16. Nd3 f5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nc5 Na5 19. b3 Qd5 20. Qd2 Nc6 21. Rc2 Ne7 22. Rfc1 e5 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. dxe5 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raut, Cristian"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nb6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. Kf2 Rc8 11. g4 Qc7 12. f5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. fxe6 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 fxe6 16. b3 0-0 17. Kg3 Qc2 18. Qe3 Bb5 19. Neg1 Bb4 20. Bd2 Ba3 21. h4 Qb2 22. Nh3 Qc2 23. Nf4 Bd7 24. Rae1 a6 25. Re2 Qc6 26. Ng5 Rce8 27. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foisor, Sabina Francesca"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f4 0-0 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. 0-0 b5 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qc2 c4 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. b4 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Nxd5 19. Bb2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxe4 22. Bd3 Rxf4 23. Rf1 Qg5 24. Rxf4 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mateia, Benone"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nd4 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb6 14. e3 Qxb2 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Rb5 Ra6 18. Rfb1 b6 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Rxb6 a4 21. Rb7 axb3 22. Rxc7 bxa2 23. Ra1 Bf5 24. Bc6 Bb1 25. Bb5 Ra3 26. Kf1 Rfa8 27. Ke1 Rd3 28. c5 Rxd4 29. exd4 Bxd4 30. cxd6 exd6 31. Bc4 Bxa1 32. Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ormuz, Bogdan"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxb5 8. Na3 Bc6 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. a4 Ne7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. dxc5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxb5 17. Qa3 0-0 18. 0-0 Qb8 19. b4 Nf5 20. Ra2 Qe5 21. Qa6 Qxc3 22. Qxc6 Nd4 23. Qd6 Qxb4 24. h3 Qc4 25. Rfa1 Rxc5 26. Ra8 Rxa8 27. Rxa8+ Rc8 28. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pachia, Mihai"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nh4 b5 9. f4 Qb6 10. c3 f6 11. Qh5 Bd7 12. exd5 g6 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qe2 exd5 15. Ndf3 Rae8 16. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Ciornei, Dragos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nge2 Nh5 8. Be3 Bg5 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. b4 b6 14. Rab1 Qe7 15. Rb2 g6 16. Bc2 Ng7 17. Rfb1 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Qf2 Rad8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. a4 Nge8 22. a5 Na8 23. Na4 Bxa4 24. Bxa4 Nd6 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Bc6 Nc7 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra2 Nce8 29. Qe1 Nc8 30. Qc3 Ned6 31. Rca1 b5 32. cxb5 Nxb5 33. Bxb5 Rxb5 34. Ra5 Nd6 35. Ra7 Qg5 36. Rd7 Nf7 37. Rc7 Rfb8 38. Rxc5 Rb1+ 39. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 40. Nc1 Qh4 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7 g5 43. Qxe5+ Kg6 44. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Domanyek, Erno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Qc2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Be3 Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Rad1 Nfd7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Ndb5 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. f4 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Nd7 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. a3 Nec5 20. Qc2 b6 21. Nd5 Nf6 22. Bf2 Nxd5 23. exd5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT2"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Neamtu, Serban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. 0-0 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f3 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Bb2 20. Rb1 Bc3 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 b4 23. Rbc1 a5 24. Bc4 a4 25. Rc2 axb3 26. axb3 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Ba4 28. Rxc3 Bxd1 29. Rc2 Ra3 30. Bg1 Rd3 31. c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5 b3 33. Rb5 Rxf3 34. h3 Rc3 35. Bc5 b2 36. Bd4 Bb3 37. Bxc3 b1Q+ 38. Kh2 Qc2 39. Bb4 Qxe4 40. Rb7 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Tincu, Radu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Be3 Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. Ndb5 b6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 a4 19. Bd4 Ba6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 Qd7 24. Nd4 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Ra3 26. Ra1 Rea8 27. Rxa3 Rxa3 28. Qc1 Ra8 29. b4 Nd3 30. Qb1 Ra3 31. Ra2 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Nxb4 33. Qa3 c5 34. dxc6 Nxc6 35. Qa8+ Nd8 36. Qb8 Kg7 37. Qxb6 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Vasilescu, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. f3 f4 12. c5 g5 13. a4 Ng6 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. Nc4 Bf8 16. a5 Nf6 17. Rb1 h5 18. b5 g4 19. b6 dxc5 20. bxc7 Rxc7 21. Kh1 gxf3 22. gxf3 Rg7 23. Rg1 b6 24. Na4 Bd7 25. axb6 Bxa4 26. Qxa4 axb6 27. Qc6 Rb8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Bd6 31. Qf5 Bf8 32. Bb2 Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Bg7 34. Rg6 Rb7 35. Bxf6 Bxf6 36. Rxf6 Qe7 37. Qxh5+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Ghiocelul op"]
[Site "Ghiocelul"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tirziu, Mircea"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. c3 b6 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Ne1 c5 10. d5 Ba6 11. f4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nc4 Nb6 15. Qd3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qa5 17. Rc1 Rab8 18. Nd3 Rb7 19. e5 Nc7 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Nxb4 Rxb4 22. Qxc7 Qxd5 23. Qd7 Rf8 24. Bxe7 Rxb2 25. Qh3 dxe5 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. Qd7 Qe7 30. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Timisoara op"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcanu, Constantin"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 0-0 7. Bd3 e6 8. 0-0 exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nfd7 12. Qd1 Na6 13. Be2 Nc7 14. f4 Re8 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nf2 b5 18. Qc2 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb4 20. Qc2 Nfxd5 21. Nd3 Rb6 22. Kh1 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Rxb4 24. Qd1 Ne6 25. Bd5 Nd4 26. Qd3 Ne2 27. Kh2 Bh6 28. Bc6 Re7 29. g3 Nd4 30. Bg2 Qe8 31. Bd2 Rb8 32. Bc3 Bg7 33. Bxd4 Bxd4 34. b3 Qb5 35. Qc2 Re2 36. Qd1 Rbe8 37. Kh1 Rxg2 38. Kxg2 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Qb7+ 40. Kxe2 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogdan, Dan"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Nbd2 Qxc5 8. Nb3 Qb6 9. c4 d6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Bc6 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Bc3 Ba4 16. Qd3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Ra1 Ra7 21. Ra3 Nfd7 22. Kg1 Ne5 23. Rfa1 Rea8 24. Nf1 Bh6 25. Qd1 Nc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Qd4 f6 28. b4 axb4 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Bxb4 Kf7 32. Bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxc5 dxc5 34. e3 f5 35. f4 Bg7 36. b3 Bc3 37. Kf2 e5 38. fxe5 Ke6 39. Nh2 Kxe5 40. Nf3+ Kf6 41. Ng1 g5 42. g4 h6 43. Ne2 Be5 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Nc1 Bd6 46. Nd3 h5 47. e4 hxg4+ 48. hxg4 fxg4+ 49. Kxg4 Kf6 50. Kf3 Be7 51. Nf2 Ke6 52. Ke3 Bd6 53. Nd3 Be7 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Kf3 Bf8 56. Kg3 Be7 57. Kf3 Bf8 58. Kg4 Bd6 59. Kh5 Be7 60. Kg4 Bd6 61. Kf3 Be7 62. Nf2 Ke6 63. Ke3 Bd6 64. Nh3 Be7 65. Ng1 Bd6 66. Nf3 Be7 67. Kf2 g4 68. Nh2 Ke5 69. Nxg4+ Kxe4 70. Ke2 Bg5 71. Nh2 Bh6 72. Nf3 Bf4 73. Ne1 Kd4 74. Nd3 Bg5 75. Nf2 Bf4 76. Ng4 Kc3 77. Nf6 Kxb3 78. Kd3 Be5 79. Nd7 Bd6 80. Nb8 Bf4 81. Nxc6 Bg3 82. Nb8 Bf2 83. Nd7 Bg1 84. Nb6 Kb4 85. Ke4 Ka5 86. Nd7 Ka6 87. Kd5 Kb7 88. Nxc5+ Bxc5 89. Kxc5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dracea, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 0-0 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Qh5 h6 12. 0-0 c4 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Re1 Qa5 15. Ne5 Ngxe5 16. dxe5 Rf5 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qh5 Qxc3 19. Bxh6 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bd2 Nc6 22. Bf3 Nd4 23. Bd1 Bd7 24. c3 Nc6 25. Bg4 Kf7 26. Bf4 Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kd6 28. Rad1 Rf7 29. f4 b5 30. Bh5 Rff8 31. Bg6 a5 32. Bh4 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. cxb4 Rab8 35. f5 e5 36. g4 Rxb4 37. Bg3 c3 38. h3 d4 39. Re2 Rc4 40. Be1 Be8 41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. Rc2 Kc5 43. Ra1 e4 44. h4 Nb4 45. Rcc1 Nd3 46. Ra5+ Kb6 47. Rca1 Nxe1 48. Ra6+ Kb5 49. R6a5+ Kc6 50. Ra6+ Kd5 51. R6a5+ Kd6 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. R1a5+ Kf4 54. f6 Nf3+ 55. Kf2 e3+ 56. Ke2 Ne5 57. Rxe5 Rxe5 58. Kd3 c2 0-1

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 e5 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Timisoara op"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pachia, Mihai"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qe2 f6 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. c3 d4 12. h4 b5 13. N3h2 e5 14. h5 Nd8 15. g4 Rc8 16. Ng3 Nf7 17. Nf5 Nc6 18. Bh3 Ncd8 19. Nf1 Ng5 20. Bg2 Nde6 21. N1g3 Be8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bd2 Rf7 27. Rec1 Qb7 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qd1 Bf7 32. a3 Ne6 33. Bf1 Qd7 34. f3 Nc7 35. Qc2 Na6 36. Be2 Be6 37. Bd1 Qd6 38. b4 Kf7 39. Qb2 Nc7 40. a4 a6 41. a5 Qc6 42. f4 Kf8 43. f5 Bf7 44. g5 fxg5 45. Bxg5 h6 46. Bh4 Ne8 47. Bg3 Qd6 48. Be1 Nf6 49. Qc2 Bxh5 50. Bxh5 Nxh5 51. Qc8+ Kf7 52. Qb7+ Kg8 53. Qb6 Qf6 54. Qxf6 Nxf6 55. Kg2 Kf7 56. Kf3 Nh5 57. Bd2 Nf6 58. Be1 Nd7 59. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Ciosa, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 a6 6. a4 d6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. h3 0-0 9. Nge2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Re8 12. 0-0 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Qf3 h6 15. Be3 Nh7 16. Rae1 Ndf6 17. Bc1 Qd7 18. Bc4 Rf8 19. e5 Ne8 20. Qd3 Kh8 21. e6 Qe7 22. f5 Bd4+ 23. Be3 Be5 24. Bxh6 Rg8 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. fxg6 f6 27. Nf5 Qc7 28. d6 Rd8 29. Nd5 Rxg6 30. dxc7 Nxc7 31. e7 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Rg8 34. Qxg8+ Kxg8 35. Nd6 Ng5 36. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Timisoara op"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Foisor, Cristina Adela B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Nc3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nb3 Rd8 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. h3 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 a6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qf3 e5 19. Ba5 Rf8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Nd2 Rac8 22. Rac1 e4 23. Qe2 b5 24. b3 Be5 25. Nb1 Qf6 26. Bb4 Rfe8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bd6 Bb2 29. Ba3 Bxa3 30. Nxa3 Qc3 31. Qd2 Kf7 32. Qd6 Qc5 33. Qxa6 Rb8 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Ke7 36. Rd4 Ra8 37. Nxb5 Rxa2 38. b4 Rb2 39. Nc7 Bd7 40. Nd5+ Ke6 41. Nc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Geaman, Horia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 0-0 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rfd1 c5 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Be1 Rc8 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 d4 16. e5 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Nd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Ba5 Qg5 22. f4 Qe7 23. b3 Rf8 24. Ba6 Nf6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Rd2 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Rdc2 1-0

[Event "Timisoara op"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Grecescu, Gabriel Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nxd4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Na3 Nxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nb5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Be5 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. a4 Be6 17. f3 Nd2 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. b3 Na5 20. b4 Nc4 21. e4 Nb2 22. Qb3 Nc4 23. Qd3 Nb2 24. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Timisoara op"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Timisoara op"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Mateia, Benone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 f5 14. Ne2 Ne6 15. b4 Bd7 16. b5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Rac8 19. Qb3 Nc7 20. Rxb7 a6 21. Nf4 Red8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxd5+ Kf8 25. Qxf5+ Nf6 26. Ng5 Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Tincu, Radu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Qe2 Nc7 9. b3 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Ba3 Bf5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd7 16. Rc3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Nf5 18. Qc2 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Qe6 20. Qc7 Bh6 21. Qxb7 Rf8 22. Kh1 a5 23. Qc7 f6 24. Qxa5 Qe4 25. Bb2 Nd6 26. a4 f5 27. Ba3 f4 28. Bxd6 fxe3 29. Bg3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kh2 Bf4 32. Qe1 exf2 33. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Ungureanu, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. Bd3 Bg5 6. Ne2 Bxc1 7. Qxc1 Nd7 8. Nbc3 a6 9. 0-0 Ngf6 10. Ng3 g6 11. a3 h5 12. b4 h4 13. Nge2 Nh5 14. Na4 b6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Nb2 Ng3 19. Re1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Qg5 21. Nbd3 h3 22. g3 Bg4 23. Rf2 0-0 24. Qc3 Rae8 25. Ne1 Qe7 26. Nc2 g5 27. Ne2 Nd7 28. Ne3 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Redo, Giorgio"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. Be2 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 Qh4+ 8. Kf1 Nf6 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d3 0-0 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. Qe1 Qg5 13. e4 d4 14. Bc1 Rae8 15. Nc4 Qh5 16. Qg3 b5 17. Nb2 Bd6 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Nd7 21. Qg4 Re5 22. Rg1 g6 23. h4 Qxg4 24. fxg4 f5 25. gxf5 Kh8 26. Rg5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rfxf5+ 28. exf5 Rxf5+ 29. Kg2 Nf6 30. a4 a6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Kxf1 Nd5 34. Nd1 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. Kg3 c6 38. Kf3 Nb4 39. c3 Nxd3 40. cxd4 Nc1 41. Ne3+ Ke6 42. b4 Na2 43. Nc2 Kd5 44. h5 Kc4 45. Ke4 Nxb4 46. Ne3+ Kc3 47. h6 Nd5 48. Ng4 b4 49. Nf2 b3 50. Ke5 Ne3 51. Ne4+ Kc2 52. Nf6 b2 0-1

[Event "Mos Craciun Cup op "]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Nh4 Rb8 10. f4 f6 11. c3 b5 12. Qe2 d4 13. Ndf3 e5 14. fxe5 fxe5 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Bg4 Qd7 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Bxe7 Bxe7 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qg4 Rbc8 25. Rf1 Kg7 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Timisoara op"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silaghi, Cristina"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nfd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nde5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Rb1 Qb4 15. a3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Kf2 Rfb8 19. Rhd1 Rb7 20. Bd4 Bb3 21. Rd2 Bh6 22. Be3 Bf8 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Ne2 c5 25. e5 Rc8 26. exd6 exd6 27. Nc3 f5 28. Bf4 Rd8 29. Bg5 Rdd7 30. Re1 d5 31. Ne2 d4 32. Nc1 Bf7 33. Nd3 h6 34. Bf6 a5 35. Rc2 Rbc7 36. Be5 Rc6 37. Bf4 Rc8 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 g5 40. Ne5 Rb7 41. Bd2 c4 42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. Re5 c3 44. Be1 Rd8 45. Rxf5+ Kg6 46. g4 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Timisoara op"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tirziu, Mircea"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nce2 Qc7 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. Nh3 f6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nhf4 Bf7 14. Kb1 b6 15. h4 c5 16. c3 c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. g4 b4 19. Ka1 a5 20. g5 a4 21. cxb4 a3 22. b3 Rab8 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Rb1 Rfe8 25. b5 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rhf1 Qd8 28. Nc3 Bf7 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Qa5 31. Qd2 Re2 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogdan, Dan"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Bd6 4. 0-0 Ne7 5. c4 c6 6. Qc2 e5 7. d3 f6 8. Nc3 d4 9. Ne4 Be6 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Nf5 12. Bc5 Na6 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. a3 0-0 15. b4 Rf7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. c5 Qd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Rfd1 Bf5 20. Qc4 Be6 21. Qf1 d3 22. Rxd3 Qe8 23. Re1 Qc8 24. Rd6 Nc7 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. b5 Ne7 28. Ne6 cxb5 29. Rd8+ Qxd8 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxb5 Nc6 32. Qc4 Ne5 33. Qe4 Re7 34. Kg2 Rdd7 35. Qb1 Nc6 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Qd3 g6 38. h4 Kg7 39. Qd6 Kf7 40. h5 Kg7 41. h6+ Kf7 42. g4 a6 43. Kg3 Re6 44. Qd7+ Re7 45. Qc8 Na7 46. Qh8 Ke6 47. f4 Nc6 48. Qc8+ Kd5 49. f5 g5 50. Qg8+ Ke5 51. Qf8 Rd7 52. Qg8 Re7 53. Qc4 Nd4 54. a4 Nc6 55. Kf3 Rd7 56. Qe4# 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. h3 e6 8. Bg5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. a3 Bd7 13. 0-0 a5 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Nd4 Qb7 16. Qf3 Nh5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Be5 20. g4 Ng7 21. Qe3 Nd7 22. f4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Ngxe8 26. g5 Nd7 27. Qe4 Nc7 28. Qe7 Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Nf8 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. f5 Qc5 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Ne4 Nxd5 34. Nf6+ Nxf6 35. gxf6 Qd5+ 36. Be4 Qf7 37. Kg3 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Rb1 Bc6 10. Qd4 Nd7 11. Qb4 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. axb4 a6 14. Bd3 0-0 15. Bd4 Nc8 16. h4 Na7 17. h5 Bb5 18. h6 g6 19. Kd2 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nb5 21. Be3 Rfc8 22. Rhc1 Rc7 23. Rb3 Rac8 24. Bf4 Nb6 25. Ng1 Na4 26. Ne2 Rc6 27. Be3 R6c7 28. g4 Rc6 29. f4 R6c7 30. Bf2 Kf8 31. Be1 Na7 32. Ra1 b5 33. Bf2 Nc6 34. Rc1 Rd7 35. Ng1 Rdc7 36. Nf3 Nd8 37. f5 Nc6 38. Be3 Kg8 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Bd4 Nd8 41. Ng5 Rc6 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Rbb1 Rc8 44. Rf6 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Grunberg, Sergiu Henric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 d6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nh3 c6 6. d5 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nf4 Qe8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Rb1 Nc7 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Qc2 g5 13. Nd3 h6 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qb3 e5 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. e3 Ng4 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Bd2 f4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Ndxe5 dxe5 22. exf4 gxf4 23. g4 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qf6 25. Nf5 Nc5 26. Qa3 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rfd8 28. Qxc5 Rxd2 29. Be4 Bf8 30. Qa5 Rd4 31. Rfe1 Kh8 32. b3 Bd6 33. Kh2 Qh4 34. Rb2 Rg8 35. Qc3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Popescu, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. Rb1 Qe8 10. d5 Nh5 11. Ne1 Nf4 12. Nd3 g5 13. a3 f5 14. f3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 f4 16. Bf2 a4 17. c5 h5 18. Kh1 g4 19. b4 axb3 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Rxb3 Qg6 22. Rb6 g3 23. Bg1 gxh2 24. Bxh2 Rf6 25. Nb5 Bf8 26. a4 Nb8 27. Qc2 Nd7 28. Nc7 Rb8 29. Rb2 Nc5 30. Nxc5 dxc5 31. a5 Qg7 32. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boros, Daniel"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxc5 11. Bd3 b5 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. Ne2 b4 15. Rae1 g6 16. b3 Na7 17. Ned4 Rb7 18. c4 bxc3 19. Qxc3 0-0 20. Bb1 Rc8 21. Qd2 Nb5 22. b4 Na4 23. f5 Nac3 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qh6 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb4 28. Rbd1 Rf8 29. Qe3 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Bb5 31. Rd1 Ba4 32. Rf1 Bb5 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bubalovic, Davorin"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Bh5 12. Bh4 Rae8 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Bg6 15. Nh4 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 Ndf6 20. Nhf3 Nd6 21. Qe3 Kf8 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. Qf4 Qe6 24. Ndf3 Kg8 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Qe5 Kf8 28. Kf1 Qe7 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd3 g5 32. g4 g6 33. b3 f6 34. c4 Nf7 35. Nb1 Nd6 36. Nc3 Nc8 37. c5 Ne7 38. b4 a6 39. Na4 Kd7 40. Ke3 Ng8 41. Nb2 Nh6 42. f3 Nf7 43. Nd3 Ke6 44. Kd2 Kd7 45. g3 Nh6 46. Kc3 Kc7 47. Kb3 Kb8 48. Ka4 Kc7 49. a3 Nf7 50. f4 gxf4 51. Nxf4 Ng5 52. Kb3 Ne4 53. Nxg6 Nxg3 54. Nf4 Kd7 55. a4 f5 56. gxf5 Nxf5 57. Kc3 Ne3 58. b5 axb5 59. axb5 Nf5 60. b6 Ne3 61. Kd3 Nf5 62. Ng6 Kc8 63. Ne5 Kb8 64. Nf3 Kc8 65. Ke2 Kb8 66. Kf2 Kc8 67. Kg2 Kb8 68. Kh3 Ne3 69. Kg3 Nc2 70. Kf4 Kc8 71. Ke5 Kd7 72. Nh4 Ne3 73. Kf6 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plecsko, Zoltan"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[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 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Re1 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne2 Qh6 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bc2 Rac8 22. Nd4 Nc4 23. N2f3 Rcd8 24. b3 Nd6 25. Ne5 Bc8 26. f3 Rfe8 27. Nd3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Nb4 Bd7 31. Bd3 Rc8 32. Kf2 a5 33. Nc2 Rc3 34. Re3 Kf8 35. Nd4 g6 36. Bb5 Rxe3 37. Kxe3 Ke7 38. g4 Bc8 39. Ne2 Kd6 40. Kd4 Ng8 41. Nf4 Ne7 42. h4 Nc6+ 43. Bxc6 bxc6 44. Nd3 Ba6 45. Nc5 Be2 46. Nb7+ Kc7 47. Nxa5 Kb6 48. b4 Bxf3 49. g5 c5+ 50. Ke3 Bd1 51. Nb3 cxb4 52. Nd4 Bg4 53. Nb3 Bd1 54. Nd4 Kc5 55. Kd3 Kd6 56. Ke3 Ba4 57. Nf3 Bc2 58. Nd4 Bb1 59. a3 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Dovzik, Juri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. b3 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Rad8 13. Rad1 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Eros, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. a4 e6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Be1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. b4 Bxc3 18. a5 Qxb4 19. Bxc3 Qe7 20. Rb1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Bb4 Qg5 23. Bxf8 Bxh3 24. f4 Qg6 25. Bc5 Bg4 26. Qd2 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rc1 Qe6 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Rd1 h6 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Re7 33. Rc5 Kh7 34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. Bxc7 Kg6 36. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Peter, Ambrus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. f3 Nh5 13. g3 Ne6 14. Rab1 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd1 Bh3 17. Re1 Qg5 18. Nf1 Nf4 19. Nf2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Be6 21. f4 Qc5 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Nd2 d3 24. Qxd3 Bd4 25. Qe2 Rad8 26. Nf3 Bg7 27. Kg2 a5 28. Rbd1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 a4 30. Qd3 h6 31. Nd4 Bc8 32. Nc2 Kh7 33. b4 Qh5 34. c5 Be6 35. Qa3 f5 36. Qxa4 fxe4 37. Qa3 Qe2 38. Ne3 Bb2 39. Qa7 Re7 40. Rb1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Szabo, Zsolt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. 0-0 Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. c3 Rd7 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. b4 b5 23. Nb2 Bb6 24. h4 Qd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 c5 27. Ne3 cxb4 28. cxb4 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qb6 30. Bf1 a6 31. Qd3 Kf8 32. Kg1 Ke7 33. a3 Nc7 34. Bh3 Qd6 35. Qc2 Ne6 36. Kf2 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kd8 38. Qc3 Kd7 39. Qb3 Ke7 40. Qd5 Nc7 41. Qb7 Qd8 42. Bc8 Qd6 43. Bh3 Qd8 44. Qc6 Qd6 45. Qc3 Kd8 46. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Vadasz, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 c6 12. e4 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. e5 Kg7 15. exf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxf6+ Kxf6 17. f3 Be6 18. Kf2 Nd7 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. g3 Nf8 22. Rhe1 Rh7 23. Rad1 Re7 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. b4 Ne6 26. Rd2 h5 27. Na4 b6 28. Nc3 Kd6 29. f4 Nf8 30. Re2 Nd7 31. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pecs op"]
[Site "Pecs"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Varga, Peter"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. h3 e6 8. Bg5 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 Na6 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. Nd2 b6 13. a4 Ba6 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rfb8 17. 0-0 a6 18. bxa6 b5 19. a7 Rb7 20. b4 Nd7 21. Ra5 Raxa7 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Nb3 Ra3 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Rc3 28. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 e5 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. d4 Ng6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qd3 Bb4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moraru, Marius"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 Ra7 12. g4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bh3 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re3 d4 18. Rf3 Bb7 19. g5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ne8 21. Qg2 g6 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. Qg4 Bg7 25. f4 Ra6 26. Qd7 Kh8 27. Bd2 b4 28. Re1 Qxd7 29. Bxd7 Ra7 30. Nxc5 Nd6 31. Bg4 Nf5 32. h5 Rc8 33. h6 Bf8 34. Ne6 Re7 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Rc5 38. c3 Kg8 39. Kf2 bxc3 40. Bxc3 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Varaciuc, Vivian Nicolae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. 0-0 0-0-0 8. Nbd2 Bh3 9. a3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nge7 11. b4 h5 12. h4 Ng6 13. Qa4 Qg4 14. Kh2 Kb8 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Qb3 Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Nxh4 18. gxh4 Qxh4+ 19. Kg2 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qxd2 21. Rfe1 Nxe5 22. Rad1 Qf4 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. fxg3 Nxc4 25. Bxd4 f6 26. a4 Nd6 27. Kg2 Nf5 28. Bf2 Rhe8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. e4 Ne7 31. e5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Nc6 33. Re4 a6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Na7 36. Re5 g6 37. b6 Nc8 38. bxc7+ Kxc7 39. Rc5+ Kd7 40. Rd5+ Nd6 41. Bd4 b5 42. Rc5 b4 43. Bg7 Ke6 44. Rc1 Nf5 45. Ba1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stoica, Gabriel"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Ng6+ hxg6 12. exf6+ Nxf6 13. Qxh8 e5 14. 0-0 e4 15. Re1 Kf7 16. Bb1 Qa5 17. Qh4 Nb3 18. axb3 Qxa1 19. Qf4 Qa6 20. Nf1 Bd6 21. Qg5 Qb6 22. Ne3 Be6 23. f3 Rh8 24. g4 Rh6 25. fxe4 Nh7 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Qxh6 gxh6 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Bxg6 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Be3 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Ne1 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Nd3 0-0 16. h4 Rfc8 17. h5 Nb4 18. Nde1 Qc6 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. Bg5 Bf8 21. Qf4 Qd7 22. Nh2 Qb5 23. Ng4 Nd7 24. Bf6 Nxf6 25. exf6 Qe8 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Ne5 Kh8 28. N1f3 Nc6 29. Ng5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Qd7 31. Rfe1 Rc6 32. Qh2 h6 33. Nf3 Qh7 34. Qh3 Re8 35. Ne5 Rb6 36. Rac1 Bb4 37. Re2 Rf8 38. Rec2 Rxf6 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Be3 d5 8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 dxe4 10. Ncxe4 Nd5 11. c4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nd7 13. Nf3 0-0 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Rd2 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf6 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. b3 Rad8 19. g4 g6 20. Kg2 Bg7 21. h4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. h3 Qa6 9. b3 b5 10. Nd2 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Ne3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nc2 Nb6 15. e4 Qa5 16. Re1 c5 17. d5 Bd7 18. Re3 Rb8 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Kh2 Qc8 21. f4 a5 22. Qe2 a4 23. e5 Ne8 24. Na3 axb3 25. axb3 e6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Qa6 28. Ra1 Qb6 29. Ra2 Nc7 30. exd6 Ne8 31. dxe6 Bxe6 32. d7 Bxd7 33. Nd5 Qxb2 34. Rxb2 Rxb2 35. Qd3 Be6 36. f5 Bxd5 37. Qxd5 Bd4 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Re7 Kg7 40. g4 Nf6 41. Qf3 Rc2 42. Re2 Rc3 43. Qf1 Rh8 44. Bf3 Nh7 45. Bg2 Ng5 46. Re7 Bf6 47. Rd7 Nxh3 48. Bxh3 Be5+ 49. Kg1 Rhxh3 50. Qxf7+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kg5 52. Qxc5 Rc1+ 53. Kg2 Rc2+ 54. Kg1 Rc1+ 55. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. a5 a6 9. d3 0-0 10. Re1 d5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne5 d4 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bd6 18. Nc4 Rxe4 19. dxe4 Bc7 20. g3 Qd7 21. Qd3 Re8 22. b3 Qc6 23. Re1 Qb5 24. Ra1 Qc6 25. Re1 Qb5 26. Ra1 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 a6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 0-0 11. f4 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Na4 Rd8 16. c5 Ba5 17. Rf3 Bc8 18. Rh3 g6 19. a3 Re8 20. Bd4 Bd8 21. Rc3 Ra7 22. Qc2 a5 23. Rb3 Qc7 24. Nb6 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Rh6 Kg7 28. Rbh3 Rh8 29. f5 Bg5 30. f6+ Kg8 31. Be3 Bxh6 32. Bxh6 a4 33. Bg7 Qa7 34. Qc1 Ra5 35. Rc3 Qb8 36. Qh6 Qxe5 37. h3 Qb8 38. Bxh8 Qf8 39. Bg7 Qb8 40. b4 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. Re1 Re8 9. b4 a6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. a3 Qd7 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Bh1 Nh5 15. d4 Kh7 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Bg2 f6 18. Nf1 Bh3 19. Ne3 Rf8 20. c4 Rae8 21. c5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. d5 Nd8 25. Rc1 Rf7 26. Nh4 Bf8 27. Qd1 Qd7 28. Qc2 Ng7 29. Qc8 Qxc8 30. Rxc8 Rd7 31. Rec1 Nf7 32. f4 exf4 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. gxf4 g5 35. fxg5 Nxg5 36. Rc8 Re7 37. Nhf5 Rxe4 38. h4 Kg6 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Kf3 Rf4+ 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Rb8 b5 43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. Rb6 Rxf5 45. Nxf5 Kxf5 46. Rxa6 Be7 47. a4 bxa4 48. b5 Nc7 49. Ra5 Nxb5 50. Rxb5 g4 51. Rb4 h5 52. Rxa4 Bg5 53. Ba3 Ke5 54. Ra6 h4 55. Bxd6+ Ke4 56. Ra4+ Kf5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Valentin"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. Qh4 h6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Qg3 Na6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Rd2 Nc5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Qh4 Nb7 19. Red1 g5 20. Qg3 Na5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Bd4 Nc6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bxg7 Rh7 26. Bd4 Qf8 27. Ne5 Qf4 28. Qd3 Qf5 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Bc3 Rad8 32. Bf6 Rc8 33. h4 Kf7 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Bxg5 d4 36. b3 Ke6 37. Bf4 Kd5 38. f3 a5 39. Rc1 Ra8 40. Rdc2 Nb4 41. Rd2 a4 42. a3 Nc6 43. b4 Na7 44. Re2 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qd8 9. f5 e6 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. 0-0-0 Nbd7 14. Bh3 Qc7 15. f4 b5 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Be6 0-0-0 18. Qg2 Rhe8 19. f5 Re7 20. Bg5 Kb7 21. Ne2 Nf8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qh3 Kb6 26. c3 a5 27. Ng3 Be3+ 28. Kc2 Bf4 29. Nh5 Nxe6 30. fxe6 Rxe6 31. Ng7 Qg6 32. Nxe6 Qxe4+ 33. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Nb3 h6 10. Re1 Qf6 11. Bb5 Nd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nh2 Nf4 14. Ng4 Qg5 15. Nd2 h5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Ne3 c6 18. Bf1 b6 19. Nc4 Nb7 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qc1 b5 22. Ncd2 Bd7 23. e5 Rfe8 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Ne4 Bxe5 28. Neg5 f6 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qxf4 exf4 31. Rxe7 Bc8 32. Bd3 Nd6 33. Bxg6 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Re2 h4 36. Rd2 Nb7 37. Be4 Kg7 38. Bxc6 Kf6 39. Nf3 b4 40. cxb4 Rc1 41. Bd7 Nd8 42. Bxc8 Rxc8 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rd2 Kf6 45. Nxh4 Ne6 46. Nf3 Rc4 47. h4 Rxb4 48. Kh3 Kf5 49. h5 Kf6 50. Kh4 Rb8 51. Nh2 Rc8 52. Ng4+ Ke7 53. b4 Rc1 54. Ne5 Rh1+ 55. Kg4 Rh2 56. f3 Kf6 57. Ng6 Ng7 58. Rd6+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Sibenik op"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maksimovic, Branimir"]
[Black "Popa, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 c6 6. g3 Be7 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. b4 Bd7 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nh3 h6 16. Kh1 Bb5 17. a4 Bc4 18. Ba3 b5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. f3 Kg6 23. Nf2 Bd6 24. g4 fxg4 25. fxe4 g3 26. hxg3 Bxg3 27. Rf1 Rhf8 28. e5 Nh5 29. Nd3 Nf4 30. Rf3 Bxd3 31. exd3 Nxg2 32. Qxg2 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Bf4 34. Bc1 Rf8 35. Qh3 Rf5 36. Ra5 Qb6 37. Bxf4 Rxf4 38. Qc8 Kh5 39. Qe8+ Kh4 40. Ra2 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 Rf4 42. Qd7 Rg4+ 43. Kh1 h5 44. Qf5 Qxd4 45. Rh2+ Kg3 46. Rg2+ Kh4 47. Rxg4+ hxg4 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Kh5 51. d4 a6 52. Kg3 Kh6 53. Kxg4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

