Kasparov was lucky to escape from a completely lost position.
Širovs, Aleksejs (LAT) - Kasparov, Garry (RUS) 0 - 1
Sweet revenge for the defeat in Dortmund in 1992.
Kamsky, Gata (USA) - Kasparov, Garry (RUS) 0 - 1
A stunning queen sacrifice that exploited the awkward positions of White's pieces.
Hsu Li Yang (SIN) - Nunn, John (ENG) 0 - 1
Kramnik was by far the strongest FM ever seen at the Olympiads.
Costa, Jean Luc (SUI) - Kramnik, Vladimir (RUS) 0 - 1
Simple but spectacular punch.
Hjartarson, Jóhann (ISL) - Piket, Jeroen (NED) 1 - 0
White left a black piece en prise, having found a better plan.
Granda Zuñiga, Julio (PER) - Schandorff, Lars (DEN) 1 - 0
White's 52nd move was a nasty trick...
Landenbergue, Claude (SUI) - Gómez Esteban, Juan Mario (ESP) 1 - 0
Black's pieces were so cramped that the position eventually had to break open.
Beliavsky, Alexander (UKR) - Xu Jun (CHN) 1 - 0
The final blow worked because Black's pieces
were overloaded with defensive tasks.
Prasad, Devaki (IND) - Hurelbaatar, Chultemjamc (MGL) 1 - 0
Beating the Seychelles players may not be difficult,
but learning a new trick is always worthwhile.
Bryson, Douglas (SCO) - Pothin, Victor (SEY) 1 - 0
Black sacrificed everything, but achieved only perpetual check.
Vyzmanavin, Alexei (RUS) - Minasian, Artashes (ARM) ½ - ½
A fierce counterattack from a Stonewall pawn storm.
Širovs, Aleksejs (LAT) - Ivanchuk, Vasyl (UKR) 0 - 1
Black quickly showed that White's sacrifice was unsound.
Timman, Jan (NED) - Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) 0 - 1
Sometimes victories come from nothing.
That's the subtle difference between 2450 and 2700.
Garcia Palermo, Carlos (ITA) - Anand, Viswanathan (IND) 0 - 1
The Pakistani fought hard to stay in the game
but eventually reached a dead end: zugzwang.
Sarwar, Tauseef (PAK) - Hort, Vlastimil (GER) 0 - 1
White hoped that Black's positional dominance would be temporary,
but it lasted to the very end.
Beliavsky, Alexander (UKR) - Timman, Jan (NED) 0 - 1
The white Knight was the hero of the day.
Cámpora, Daniel Hugo (ARG) - Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) 1 - 0
A beautiful mating attack offered Milos some consolation for his defeat by Rogers.
Milos, Gilberto (BRA) - Atalik, Suat (TUR) 1 - 0
Adopting such an aggressive strategy against Anand seems suicidal.
Anand, Viswanathan (IND) - Robatsch, Karl (AUT) 1 - 0
An excellent, old-fashioned game in Motwani's favourite opening line.
Motwani, Paul (SCO) - Antunes, António (POR) 1 - 0
One can always expect an entertaining, creative game from IM Day,
and this was no exception.
Day, Lawrence (CAN) - Costa, Jean Luc (SUI) 0 - 1
White's attack was uncertain, so it might have been safer
to recover the material when the chance arose.
Haque, Nazmul (BAN) - Midjord, Jóan Pætur (FAI) 0 - 1
Shortest decisive game.
Imanaliev, Taalaibek (KGZ) - Xuereb, Joe (MLT) 1 - 0
