Karpov drew first classical game at Valjevo

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First round pairings

GM Karpov Anatoly 2668 – GM Nikolic Predrag 2631
GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2614 – GM Pavasovic Dusko 2567
GM Atalik Suat 2584 – IM Stojanovic Mihajlo 2588
GM Georgiev Kiril 2653 – GM Roiz Michael 2616
GM Iordachescu Viorel 2587 – GM Damljanovic Branko 2585

PGN round 1, Valjevo 2007

[White “Georgiev, Kiril (BUL)”]
[Black “Roiz, Michael (ISR)”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2653”] [BlackElo “2616”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 e5 9.h4 dxc4 10.g5 hxg5 11.hxg5 Nd5 12.Bxc4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Nb6 15.g6 fxg6 16.Bd2 Qf6 17.Bd3 g5 18.0-0-0 Bd7 19.f4 Nd5 20.fxg5 Nxc3 21.gxf6 Nxd1 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Bc4 0-0-0 24.Kxd1 Be5 25.Bxg8 Rxg8 26.Bc3 Rxg7 27.Rxg7 Bxg7 28.Kd2 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[White “Atalik,Suat (TUR)”]
[Black “Stojanovic,Mihajlo (SRB)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2584”] [BlackElo “2588”]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.h3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb4 9.a3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 Be7 12.e3 0-0 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.0-0 Re8 15.f4 Bf8 16.Rae1 Qd8 17.Nf3 c5 18.Ng5 g6 19.f5 Bg7 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.dxc5 Re5 22.Nf3 Re7 23.e4 dxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Be6 26.Ng5 Qd4+ 27.Kh1 Rae8 28.Rd1 Qxb2 29.Nxe6 Rxe6 30.Qxb2 Bxb2 31.Bd5 Kg7 32.Bxe6 Rxe6 33.Rd7+ Kh6 34.a4 b6 35.Rd6 1-0

[White “Iordachescu,Viorel (MDA)”]
[Black “Damljanovic,Branko (SRB)”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2587”] [BlackElo “2585”]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.f4 e5 10.Kh1 Bd6 11.f5 Bd7 12.Be3 h5 13.a4 Ng4 14.Bg1 Bb4 15.Nb1 Rd8 16.Nd2 Bc8 17.Nb3 a5 18.Qe2 b6 19.Rf3 Nf6 20.Raf1 Be7 21.Nd2 Bb7 22.Nc4 c5 23.b3 Kf8 24.Rh3 Kg8 25.Bf2 Ba6 26.Bh4 Bxc4 27.Bxc4 Ng4 28.Be1 Nf6 29.c3 Qb7 30.Bh4 Ng4 31.Bd5 Qc7 32.Bg3 Nf6 33.c4 Re8 34.Bh4 Ng4 35.Bg3 Nf6 36.Rd1 Rh6 37.Bh4 Ng4 38.Be1 Nf6 39.Bd2 Rh7 40.Rd3 Kf8 41.g3 Rh8 42.Kg2 h4 43.Be3 Rd8 44.g4 Nh7 45.Qd2 Rd6 46.g5 Qd8 47.Qc3 Bxg5 48.Qxe5 Bxe3 49.Rxe3 Nf6 50.Red3 Rh6 51.Kh1 Nd7 52.Qf4 Qe7 53.Rg1 Qe5 54.Qg5 Qf6 55.Qf4 Qe5 56.Qg5 Qf6 57.Qf4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[White “Ivanisevic,Ivan (SRB)”]
[Black “Pavasovic,Dusko (SLO)”]
[Result “1-0”] [WhiteElo “2614”] [BlackElo “2567”]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.Bd2 b5 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.a4 f6 12.Ng4 Bb7 13.e4 Nb6 14.Qb1 bxa4 15.Bc1 N8d7 16.Ba3 Re8 17.Ne3 Bc6 18.Qa2 Bb5 19.f4 Ra7 20.Rad1 Qa8 21.g4 Qc8 22.Qf2 c5 23.d5 e5 24.f5 Qb8 25.h4 Nc8 26.g5 Nd6 27.Ng4 Qd8 28.Qe3 Nf7 29.g6 Nd6 30.gxh7+ Kh8 31.Rf2 Rb7 32.Bf1 a5 33.Rg2 Nf7 34.Rb1 Qe7 35.Be2 Reb8 36.Kh2 Ba6 37.Rbg1 Rb1 38.Bd1 Kxh7 39.Nf2 Rg8 40.Qg3 Nh6 41.Bxa4 Rxg1 42.Rxg1 Nb6 43.Qg6+ Kh8 44.Ng4 Qf7 45.Nxh6 Qxg6 46.Rxg6 Nxa4 47.Nxg8 Kxg8 48.Rg3 Bb5 49.h5 Kf8 50.Kh3 Be8 51.Kh4 Bf7 52.d6 Be8 53.h6 gxh6 54.Bc1 Bc6 55.Bxh6+ Ke8 56.Rg8+ Kd7 57.Bf8 Bxe4 58.Rg7+ Kc6 59.Kg4 Nxc3 60.Rc7+ Kb6 61.Be7 Bc6 62.d7 Bxd7 63.Rxd7 Ne4 64.Kf3 c3 65.Rd1 Nd2+ 66.Ke3 Nc4+ 67.Ke2 a4 68.Bxf6 a3 69.Bd8+ Kb7 70.f6 Nd6 71.Be7 1-0

[White “Karpov,Anatoly (RUS)”]
[Black “Nikolic,Predrag (BIH)”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2668”] [BlackElo “2631”]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 h6 10.c3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 d5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Ng3 Nf6 17.Ba2 Qd7 18.b4 Bb7 19.h3 Rd8 20.Qb3 Bd6 21.Bd2 Re8 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.dxe4 Nd8 24.c4 bxc4 25.Qxc4 Bc6 26.Bc3 Bb5 27.Qd5 c6 28.Qd2 Qc7 29.Rd1 Nb7 30.Qb2 Qe7 31.Nh2 Bc7 32.Nf3 Kh7 33.h4 f6 34.h5 Rd8 35.Rxd8 Qxd8 36.Qb3 Nd6 37.Qe6 Qe8 38.Qxe8 Nxe8 39.Nh4 Nd6 40.f3 Bb6+ 41.Kh2 Bc4 42.Bxc4 Nxc4 43.Nf5 c5 44.Ne7 cxb4 45.Bxb4 Bd8 46.Nf5 Kg8 47.Kg3 Ba5 48.Be7 Kf7 49.Kf2 Bb6+ 50.Ke2 Na5 51.Kd3 Nc6 52.Ba3 Nd4 53.Nd6+ Kg8 54.Bc1 Bc5 55.Nb7 Be7 56.Be3 Ne6 57.Kc4 Nc7 58.Na5 Kf7 59.Nb3 Bf8 60.Nd2 g6 61.hxg6+ Kxg6 62.Nf1 h5 63.Ng3 Bh6 64.Bb6 Ne6 65.Nf5 Bd2 66.Kd3 Bc1 67.Kc2 Ba3 68.Be3 Bc5 69.Kd3 Bxe3 70.Kxe3 Kf7 71.g3 Nf8 72.f4 Nd7 73.Kf3 Nc5 74.Nd6+ Ke6 75.Ne8 Kf7 1/2-1/2