[Event "Match Karpov - Istratescu"]
[Site "Bucarest ROM"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.03.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Be2
Na5 15. Qc3 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. h3 c5 19. Qa3 Rc7 20. dxc5 Rd5 21.
Qb2 Rdxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd1 Be4 24. Nd4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd4 Rc7 27.
Bb5 Bc2 28. Rd2 Bf5 29. a4 Rc1+ 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Kh2
Qc5 34. Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Karpov - Istratescu"]
[Site "Bucarest ROM"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.03.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 c6 14. Bf1 b5 15.
Nh4 d5 16. f3 Bg6 17. Be1 Qb6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. e3 Ne8 21. g4 Nd6
22. Bg3 b4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rc6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qe2 Kf8
28. Qa6 Qxa6 29. Bxa6 Ke7 30. h4 Nf6 31. Bd3 Kd7 32. Kf2 Kc6 33. Ke2 Nfe8 34.
Kd2 Nb5 35. Be5 Nbd6 36. Bf1 Kb6 37. Kc2 Nb5 38. Bg2 Kc6 39. Kd3 Nbd6 40. e4
Kd7 41. Bh3 Ke7 42. Bf1 Kd7 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Bd3 Kd7 45. Bf4 Kc6 46. e5 Nc8 47.
Bg5 Nb6 48. Be7 Nd7 49. h5 Nc7 1-0

[Event "Match Karpov - Istratescu"]
[Site "Bucarest ROM"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2005.03.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nc5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Kb1 Qb5 15. Rh3 Rad8 16. Ng5 Bf8 17. a4 Qxa4 18. Qd3 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Qe4 20. Qe2
Qxg2 21. Rdh1 Qe4 22. Rh4 Qf5 23. Qc4 Re7 24. Rh5 Rde8 25. Qh4 Re4 26. Qh2 f6
27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Rxh7 R8e5 29. Qg2 d5 30. R1h6 Qf5 31. Bc5 Re7 32. Bxe7 Rxe7
33. Rh3 Qxh7 34. Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Qxb7 c5 37. Qd5 g6 38. Ka2 Rc7
39. c4 Rg7 40. f4 Kh8 41. Kb3 Rh7 42. Ka4 Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. f5 gxf5 45.
Qxf5+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ Rf7 47. c3 Kg7 48. b4 cxb4 49. cxb4 Kf6 50. c5 Bh6 51. Kb5
Bf4 52. Ka6 Re7 53. b5 Be3 54. Qf3+ Kg6 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qh4+ Kf7 57. Qc4+ Kf6
58. Qd5 Kg6 59. b6 axb6 60. cxb6 Bf4 61. b7 Rf7 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Qxf4 Rxf4 64.
b8=Q Rf5 65. Kb6 Kg6 66. Kc6 Rf6+ 67. Kd5 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf7 69. Qd8 Rf6 70. Qg8+
Kh6 71. Ke5 Ra6 72. Qd8 Ra1 73. Qd3 Kg5 74. Qc3 Ra4 1-0

[Event "Match Karpov - Istratescu"]
[Site "Bucarest ROM"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.03.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qc1 a4 14. Bh3 Qe7
15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Qc2 axb3 17. axb3 c5 18. Qb2 h6 19. b4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rfc8 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nf1 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Ne3 Bb7 25. b5 Qa3 26. Qxa3 Rxa3 27.
Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rd6 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxb6 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Rb1 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33.
b6 g5 34. f3 f5 35. Kf2 Rb4 36. e4 fxe4 37. fxe4 Bxe4 38. Ba6 Ra4 39. b7 Rxa6
40. Rh8+ Kxh8 41. b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qc7+ Kg6 43. Qc4 Bb7 44. Qb3 Be4 45. Ke3 Bf5
46. g4 Ra5 47. gxf5+ Rxf5 48. Qxe6+ Rf6 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. h4 gxh4 51. Qe7+ Kg6
52. Ke4 h3 53. Qe8+ Kg7 54. Qd7+ Kh8 55. Qxh3 Rg6 56. Kf5 Kh7 57. Qd3 Rg5+ 58.
Kf6+ Kh8 59. Qe4 Kg8 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61. Kf7 Rg8 62. Qf5+ Kh8 63. Qe5+ Kh7 64. Qe6
1-0

[Event "Match Karpov - Istratescu Rapid"]
[Site "Bucarest ROM"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.03.25"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qe2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 c5 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. Qf2 h6 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Rb1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Qa6 14. Rd1
Qxa2 15. O-O d4 16. c4 Nd8 17. Bc1 Qa6 18. e6 O-O 19. Qg3 Nxe6 20. Rde1 Qd6 21.
Ne5 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. h4 Nh7 24. Qf3 Rae8 25. Ng4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 b6 27. Re5
a5 28. Rd5 Qe7 29. Re5 Qxh4 30. Re2 Qg5 31. Nf2 Nf6 32. Qc6 Ng4 33. Nxg4 Qxg4
34. Re1 Qg3 35. Qe4 f5 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Re5 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Match Karpov - Istratescu Rapid"]
[Site "Bucarest ROM"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.03.25"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.27"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nc4 Qc7
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Rb8 11. O-O b6 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Na3 Rbe8 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. a5
a6 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. c4 e6 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc3 Rfe8 20. f3 Nfd7 21. Bf4 Ne5
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 R6e7 24. Rd2 h6 25. h4 Bc8 26. Rc1 Qb8 27. Kh2 f5 28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nc4 fxe4 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. fxe4 Rf8 32. Rf2 Qb7 33. Rcf1 Ree8 34.
Rf6 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Qg7 36. Rxd6 Bg4 37. Qxc5 g5 38. Qc3 Re5 39. Rxh6 Re8 40. Qc6
1-0

[Event "Match Karpov - Istratescu Rapid"]
[Site "Bucarest ROM"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.03.25"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxc5 13. Qxc4 Qb6 14. Qa4+
Kf8 15. Qh4 h6 16. Rd1 Kg8 17. a3 a5 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Bd2 Qxb2 20. Rac1 b6 21.
Bxa5 Qxa3 22. Bd2 Kh7 23. Be4 Rhd8 24. Bxf5+ exf5 25. Qh5 Rxd2 26. Qh4 Rdd8 27.
Ra1 Kg8 28. Rf1 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Match Karpov - Istratescu Rapid"]
[Site "Bucarest ROM"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.03.25"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "lmi"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.27"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. c5 Nb4 10. Qa4 a5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Bb5 c6 13. Be2 Nh5 14. a3 Na6 15.
Qxa5 Nf4 16. O-O Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 f5 18. Rd6 f4 19. Bd2 g5 20. Rc1 g4 21. hxg4
Bxg4 22. Rc3 Kh8 23. Rcd3 Qf7 24. Qc3 Qh5 25. a4 Rg8 26. Kf1 Nc7 27. b3 Ne6 28.
Neg1 Rae8 29. Be1 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. f3 Bc8 32. Rd2 Bf8 33. R6d3 b6 34. cxb6
Ba6 35. Nh3 Qg7 36. Bh4 Re6 37. b7 Bxd3+ 38. Qxd3 Qxb7 39. Qc4 Reg6 40. a5 Qg7
41. a6 h6 42. Qc2 c5 43. Qc4 Qa7 44. Ra2 Rd6 45. Nf2 Rgg6 46. Nd3 Rxa6 47. Nxe5
Rxa2 48. Nxg6+ Kg7 49. Nxf4 Qa6 50. Ne6+ Kf7 51. Nxf8+ Kxf8 52. Bf2 Ra1+ 53.
Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

