[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. f3
Bd6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nh6 17. g4 Nf7 18. Kf2 Ne5 19. b3 a5 20. Ncd5 c4 21.
h4 cxb3 22. cxb3 Rhf8 23. h5 Kb7 24. Rc1 Rf7 25. Ne3 Bb5 26. Rcd1 Kc8 27. Nfd5
Bc6 28. Kg3 Nd7 29. Rc1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Kb7 31. Rcd1 Ne5 32. Rd8 Rff8 33. Rxe8
Rxe8 34. f4 Nc6 35. Kf3 Re7 36. Nf5 Rf7 37. Ke3 Kc8 38. Rg1 Ne7 39. Nd4 Kd7 40.
Rd1 Nc6 41. Nf3+ Ke8 42. Rc1 Nb4 43. a3 Na6 44. Nd4 Re7 45. Nc6 Re6 46. f5 Rd6
47. Nd4 Nc5 48. Rc4 Rd7 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 Na6 51. Ne6 c5 52. bxc5 Nxc5 53.
Nf4 Ra7 54. Nd5 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kc3 Ra3+ 57. Kb2 Ra4 58. Nxb6 Rxc4 59.
Nxc4 Nxe4 60. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 h6
9. c5 g5 10. Bb2 Be6 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Nd2 d5 13. Na4 Nbd7 14. Nc5 Bf7 15. Rc1
a5 16. Ba3 axb4 17. Bxb4 Re8 18. Rc2 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Bb4 e4 21. Nb3 Ra4
22. Bd2 d4 23. Qc1 Qd5 24. h4 f4 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. dxe4 Nxe4 28.
Bxf4 Qf5 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Bg3 Ra8 31. Qd2 Bd5 32. f3 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 d3 34. Qe3
dxc2 35. Nd4 Qg6 36. Ne2 Re8 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. g3 Rac8 13. Bg2 c5 14. Qa4 Bb7
15. Qxa7 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. Be5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bxd4 Rc2 20. e3 Qe6
21. O-O Qc6 22. Qa6 Rc4 23. b3 Ra8 24. Qxa8+ Qxa8 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Rc1 Qa4 27.
Rfd1 h6 28. Rd2 b5 29. Ra1 Nb8 30. Rb2 Nc6 31. Rab1 Nxd4 32. exd4 c3 33. Re2
Qxa3 34. Rxb5 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qd1 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Rc5 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nf4
O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14. Bc2 Qd6
15. Qd2 Re8 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Rac1 b6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Rc3 Na5 20. Ba2 Re4 21.
Rfc1 Rae8 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd5 25. Rc8 h5 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. h3 Rd8 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Kf1 a5 32. Rc4 Be7 33. bxa5 Rxa5
34. a4 b5 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Ke2 Bg5 37. Bxg5 Rxg5 38. g3 Ra5 39. Kd3 Kf6 40.
Rc6+ Ke7 41. h4 Ra2 42. Rc2 Ra5 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Rb2 Rf5 45. Ra2 Ke6 46. Ra6+
Ke7 47. Ra2 Ke6 48. f3 Rb5 49. Ra3 Kd6 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. Rc6 Rb3 52. d5 Rb1 53.
Rc7+ Kf6 54. Rc6+ Ke7 55. Ke5 Re1+ 56. Kf4 Rd1 57. Rc7+ Kf6 58. Ke4 Rd2 59. g4
hxg4 60. fxg4 Rh2 61. g5+ Kg7 62. Ke5 Rxh4 63. d6 Rh1 64. Kd5 Rd1+ 65. Kc6 Rd2
66. d7 Rc2+ 67. Kb7 Rd2 68. Kc8 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h4 b5 13. Ne2 d5 14. e5 Nd7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe3 O-O 17. Nd4 Qc5 18. Re1 b4 19. h5 Bb5 20. Bd3 Bc4 21. Rh4
Qa5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rg4 Rfe8 24. Qh6 g6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rxg6+ hxg6 27.
Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Re4 Rf8 31. Rh4 Ke8 32. Qg6+ Rf7 33.
Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. Qf3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1 12. Qxh1 Bxg5 13. Qh8 Kf8 14. Bd6+ Be7
15. Bf4 Ndf6 16. Bd3 Qc8 17. f3 Bf5 18. e4 Bg6 19. Nge2 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qg4 21.
Qh2 Qf3 22. O-O-O Ng4 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. Bxg3 Rd8 25. Rg1 N8f6 26. Bc2 Ne3 27.
Bb1 b5 28. e5 Nfd5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Bf2 Kf7 31. Ne4 Nf5 32. Rg4 Rh8 33. N2g3
Nh6 34. e6+ Kxe6 35. Rxg6+ Bf6 36. Nh5 Nf5 37. Nxg7+ Kf7 38. Nxf5 Kxg6 39. Nfd6
Rh2 40. a3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Black "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 f5 9. Qb3+ e6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nf3 a6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. g3 a5 14. Rd1 a4 15.
Qc2 a3 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. b3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. O-O b5 20. Qd3 Ba6 21. Rc1 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxc7 e5 24. Be3 b4 25. Qd2 Bxe2 26. Bxd4 Qd6 27. Rfc1 Bb5 28.
Qg5+ Qg6 29. Qxg6+ hxg6 30. Bxe5 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bd6 Re8 34.
Bxb4 Re2 35. Bxa3 Rxa2 36. Bd6 Rb2 37. b4 Bd3 38. h3 Be4 39. Bc5 Kf7 40. Kh2
Ke6 41. g4 f4 42. Re1 Ke5 43. h4 Rc2 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Kf5 46. h6 Rd2 47. h7
1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Ne1 h5
9. Be3 h4 10. f4 Qb6 11. Qd2 c5 12. Nd3 Qc7 13. Qd1 Be7 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Nf3 Be4
16. Rc1 a6 17. Nf2 Nb6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 Ne7 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qc2 Nbd5 22.
Qxe4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf5 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. b4 Bxb4 26. cxb4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nxd4 28.
Kf1 O-O 29. a3 Nf5 30. Bf3 a5 31. Qxb7 Qe3 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. bxa5
Qxa3 35. Be4 Kg6 36. Qc2 Qxa5 37. g4 hxg3 38. hxg3 Qa6+ 39. Kg1 Qb6+ 40. Kg2
Qe3 41. Bxf5+ exf5 42. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. d4 d5
9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. a5 Nc5 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Qe3 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd7
15. f4 O-O 16. Rg1 f5 17. Qg3 Rf7 18. Be3 Nd8 19. Qf3 Ne6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Qe2
Qc8 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Qf3 c6 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Qe6
28. Qd3 Ra8 29. c4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Kh8 31. c4 g5 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. fxg5 Qxe5+ 34.
Kf1 Qxh2 35. Rxd5 Rc8 36. Bd4+ Kg8 37. Bb2 Qf4 38. g6 hxg6 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40.
Rxa6 Bh4 41. Qe2 Qg4 42. Qxg4 fxg4 43. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
N2f3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 f6 12. Bh4 h5 13. a3 Be6 14. h3 Nh6 15.
Qc2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 g5 17. Bg3 h4 18. Bh2 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. f3
Be6 22. Nd5 Rd7 23. Kh1 Bh6 24. Nf1 Rg7 25. Nde3 Nb8 26. Qf2 Qh5 27. b3 Nc6 28.
Nc2 Kh8 29. Nfe3 Rfg8 30. Nd5 Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 f5 33. Re1 fxe4 34.
Rxe4 Bf5 35. Rae1 Qg5+ 36. Kf2 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Qc1 38. Ncb4 Qb2+ 39. Re2 Qxb3 40.
Nxc6 bxc6 41. Bxe5+ Bg7 42. Nf6 Qxc4 43. Re4 Qc2+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qh6 46.
Rf4 h3+ 47. Kh2 Qg5 48. Kxh3 Qxe5 49. Rh4+ Bh6 50. Rxh6+ Kg7 51. Ng4 Qc3 52.
Kg3 a5 53. Re6 Qxa3 54. Rxc6 Qe7 55. f4 Qe1+ 56. Nf2 Qe3+ 57. Kg2 Qxf4 58. Rc3
Qe5 59. Ra3 Qc5 60. Ra1 Qb4 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Qc7 12. Na5 g6 13. c4 Bg7 14. Be2 b6 15.
Nc6 Nb8 16. Rd1 O-O 17. O-O a5 18. Qd3 Re8 19. Qb3 Nbd7 20. Kh1 Nc5 21. Qc2 Qd7
22. b3 e4 23. Bd4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Nfe4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. a3 Ng5 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 Nce4 29. Qb2+ Kg8 30. Be2 f5 31. Qd4 Qg7 32. Bd3 Ra2 33. Kg1 h4 34. h3
Nxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qh6 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. Bxe5 Nd7 7. Bb2 e5 8.
Bb5 Bd6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxe5 Bc6 14. O-O-O
Re8 15. f3 Bf8 16. Qf4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Bd6 18. Qf3 Be5 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Rhf1 Qc7
21. Qd3 Bxh2 22. Bxd4 Rad8 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. Bc5 Qa6 25. Kb1 Rxe4 26. g3 Qg6 27.
Rf3 b6 28. Ba3 h5 29. Rdf1 Rde8 30. d4 Re2 31. d5 h4 32. gxh4 Qe4 33. d6 Re1+
34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kb2 Rd1 37. c4 Bxd6 38. Kc2 Rd4 39. Bxd6 Rxd6
40. Kc3 a5 41. b4 axb4+ 42. Kxb4 f6 43. a4 Kh7 44. Kb5 Kh6 45. a5 bxa5 46. c5
Rd8 47. c6 Kh5 48. Rg3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. exd5 Qe7+ 11. Nge2 Nb4 12. a3 Bg5 13. Qd1 Na6 14. g3
Nc5 15. Bg2 Bf5 16. O-O O-O 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Bf1 Bf6 20. Nb3 Rc8 21.
Rc1 Bg5 22. Ra1 Bf6 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qd4 Qa5 27.
Qb4 Qxb4 28. axb4 a6 29. Rad1 Rb3 30. d6 Rd8 31. Rd4 Kf8 32. Bxb7 a5 33. Re5
Rxb4 34. Rxb4 axb4 35. Rb5 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Black "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Bf8 12. Ng3 a5 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 N7f6
15. Rad1 a4 16. bxa4 Qa5 17. Bc4 Bg4 18. Bb3 Nb4 19. Qb1 Nh5 20. a3 Nd5 21. Ng5
g6 22. Nxh5 Bxh5 23. f3 Bh6 24. Ne4 Bxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Nxe3 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qb2
Kh6 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rde1 Qb6 30. Rf2 g5 31. Bxf7 Qxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxf7 33. Rbe2
Ra8 34. Rxe3 Rxa4 35. Re7 Bg6 36. R1e3 b5 37. Rc3 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. g4 Rb2
40. Re5 Rb5 41. Rxb5 cxb5 42. Rc6 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Be3 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Qb5 Qxb5
15. Nxb5 Bb8 16. Rac1 Nfd5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Bg4 8.
Ng5 Bf5 9. f3 e6 10. Nge4 Qd7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. c4
Bg6 15. h4 h5 16. Be2 f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 f6
21. Rh3 Kd7 22. Rg3 Bf7 23. f4 e5 24. Kc3 Ke6 25. Rg7 Ne7 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Bg5
Ng6 28. c6 bxc6 29. c5 Ne7 30. Bxa6 Nd5+ 31. Kd2 Rb8 32. Kc2 Rb4 33. Bc8# 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Qb3 f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
d6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Nb6 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. dxe6 Ne4 13. O-O Qa6 14. f3 Nf6 15.
e4 Qxc4 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bh3 Nfd5 18. Bxf5 Nxc3 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. Bh6 d5 21.
Bd3 Nb2 22. Bc2 d4 23. Bg7 O-O-O 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Rf2 d3 26. Bb3 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2
dxe2 28. Kf2 c4 29. Bc2 Rd8 30. Kxe2 c3 31. Bxh7 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 33. Be4 b5
34. a3 Rd2 35. Rc1 Nd1+ 36. Kf4 a5 37. g4 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Rb1 Nb2 40. g5
b3 41. g6 Rg2 42. Rc1 Na4 43. Ke3 b2 44. Rh1 c2 45. Bxc2 Rxc2 46. Kd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. axb5 axb5 18. d5 Nb4 19. Bb1 Qc7 20. Bd2 Nc2 21. Bxc2
Qxc2 22. Ra7 Qc7 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Ra5 Rc5 25. Bb4 Rc4 26. Bc3 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Bxa8
28. Ra1 Ra4 29. Rxa4 bxa4 30. Qa6 Bb7 31. Qb6 Be7 32. h3 g6 33. Nd2 h5 34. Bb4
Kg7 35. Ne2 Bxd5 36. exd5 Nxd5 37. Qa5 Nxb4 38. Qxb4 d5 39. Qa5 Bd8 40. Qc3 Bf6
41. Qc2 e4 42. Nb1 Qb5 43. Nec3 Qc5 44. Qd2 Bd4 45. Nd1 Bf6 46. Nbc3 Qb4 47.
Qc2 d4 48. Qxa4 Qb7 49. Qb5 dxc3 50. Qxb7 c2 51. Qxe4 cxd1=Q+ 52. Kh2 Qd6+ 53.
g3 Bxb2 54. Kg2 Bf6 55. h4 Qd4 56. Qc6 Be7 57. Qb7 Bc5 58. Qf3 Qf6 59. Qe2
Qxf2+ 60. Qxf2 Bxf2 61. Kxf2 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ke5 63. Kf3 Kf5 64. Kf2 Kg4 65. Kg2 f5
66. Kf2 f4 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Black "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 dxc4 8. e4 b5
9. Be2 b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Rg8 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qxc4 Bb7 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd5 18. Qxb4 Qxe5 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Rxb2
21. Bf3 Kf8 22. Rae1 Qf4 23. Bxc6 Ng4 24. g3 Qf6 25. Qa4 h5 26. Bg2 Rxf2 27.
Qe4 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qc3 29. Qf3 Qxc5+ 30. Kh1 Qa7 31. h3 Ne3 32. Qf2 f5 33. Re1
f4 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Qxf4+ Nf5 36. Rb1 Qc5 37. Rb7 Qd6 38. Qxd6+ Nxd6 39. Rd7
Nf7 40. a4 Rg5 41. Ra7 Nd6 42. a5 Rg7 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. a6 Nb5 45. Kg1 h4 46.
Kf2 Kf6 47. Bf1 Na7 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Bd3+ Kg5 50. Ke4 Nc6 51. Bb5 Na7 52. Be8
Kf6 53. Kf4 Ke7 54. Bh5 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Re1 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. b4 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Ba4 15.
Nfd2 Bh6 16. c4 Bxd2 17. Bxd2 Nxb3 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Qc7 21.
Rxe6 Rhe8 22. Ra6 Qxc4 23. Rc1 Bc2 24. Rxc2 Re1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxc2 26. Rxa7 Nc7 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. f4 exd4
9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qd1 Nh6 12. Nbc3 O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Qd2 Na5 16. b3 Bc6 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rad1 Nf5 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Qc1 Nd6 21. e5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Ne4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Qe3 Nxc3 27. Nxc3
f6 28. e6 Nc6 29. Nb5 Bf8 30. Qe4 f5 31. Qd5 Rd8 32. Qf3 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qe7 34.
Qd5 Nb4 35. Qd7 a6 36. Na7 Qxd7 37. exd7 Be7 38. a3 Nc2 39. Nc6 Kf7 40. a4 Na1
41. b4 Ke6 42. d8=Q Bxd8 43. Nxd8+ Kd7 44. bxc5 Kxd8 45. cxb6 Kd7 46. a5 Nb3
47. Be1 Nc5 48. Kf2 Kc6 49. g4 Nd3+ 50. Ke2 Nxf4+ 51. Kf3 Nxh3 52. gxf5 gxf5
53. Bd2 f4 54. Kg2 Ng5 55. Bxf4 Nf7 56. Kf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 c5 11. h3 Bc8 12. Bg5 Kh8 13. Qc1 Rg8 14. a3 Qf8 15. Nb5
Ne8 16. g3 f5 17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Qd1 Ne8 20. Nf3 h6 21. Bd2 Kh7 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. Nh4 Bf6 24. Qh5 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Qe2 Rg7 27. Kh2 Nac7 28. a4
Qf6 29. Ra3 Kg8 30. Rf3 Qg5 31. Rb3 Na6 32. Nf3 Qf6 33. Nd2 Nb4 34. f4 exf4 35.
gxf4 a6 36. Nc3 Qh4 37. Rf1 Nf6 38. Qf3 Re8 39. Ne2 Bxa4 40. Rxb4 cxb4 41. Kg1
Ne4 42. Nxe4 Rxe4 43. Qd3 Bb3 44. Nd4 Rg3 45. Qd2 Bxc4 46. Nxf5 Qxh3 47. Nxg3
Qxg3 48. Rf2 a5 49. Kh1 Re7 50. f5 Qe3 51. Qxe3 Rxe3 52. Rf4 b5 53. Rg4+ Kf7
54. Rg6 Re1+ 55. Kh2 Re2 56. Rxd6 Rxb2 57. Kg3 Rxg2+ 58. Kxg2 b3 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 exd4 11. Nd5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 c6 14. Bxd6 cxd5 15.
exd5 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nxd4 Qd7 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Ne6 Nf6 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21.
Qd4 Qd6 22. h4 Nb4 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Qd2 Ne4 25. Qd4 Nf6 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. Rc1 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Bd6 11. f3 c5 12. Kh1 a6 13. Qe1 b6 14. Qh4 Nf8 15.
g4 h6 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rxg5 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. f4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Bc3 Rf8 25. Qg2 Qf7 26. Rxg6 Bxf4 27. Nf5 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Na5 11. b3 b6 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Ba3 a6 15.
h3 Re8 16. Rac1 b5 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Rc3
b4 22. Re3 Na7 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Ng3 Nb5 25. Ne5 Na3 26. Nxf7 Qf4 27. Ne5 Rc2 28.
Nd3 Rxd2 29. Nxf4 Rxf4 30. Rxe6 Rfxf2 31. R1e2 Rfxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxd4 33. Nf5 Re4
34. Rd2 g6 35. Nd6 Re5 36. Nb7 Nb5 37. Nc5 a5 38. Nb7 Nc3 39. Nxa5 Re1+ 40. Kh2
Re4 41. Nc6 Kf7 42. Rc2 Ke6 43. Nxb4 Rxb4 44. Rxc3 d4 45. Rf3 Ke5 46. Kg1 Rb7
47. Kf1 Rc7 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Kd2 Ra1 50. a4 Ke4 51. Rf7 Ra2+ 52. Kc1 Kd3 53.
Rf3+ Ke4 54. Kb1 Rxg2 55. Rf7 d3 56. Rd7 Ke3 57. Re7+ Kd4 58. Kc1 Kc3 59. Rc7+
Kxb3 60. a5 Ra2 61. Rxh7 d2+ 62. Kd1 Kc3 63. Rc7+ Kd3 64. Rd7+ Ke3 65. Re7+ Kd3
66. Rd7+ Ke3 67. Re7+ Kd3 68. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Bb3 Na5 10. O-O-O b5 11. f3 Be7 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Kb1 O-O 15.
Rc1 Nc5 16. c3 Rb8 17. Bd2 Naxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg3
Bg5 22. Rc2 Ba6 23. Qxa6 Nxa6 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 25. Nc6 Rb7 26. h4 Be3 27. Rd1 Nb5
28. Rd5 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. f4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bg7 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne3 Rc6 20. c3 Kc8
21. f5 Kb8 22. Rhf1 Rhc8 23. Rf4 d5 24. Rb4 Qd6 25. h3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27.
Qb5 Qc7 28. Rb3 Rxe3 29. Rb2 Rc3 30. a4 a6 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Neg5 g6 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qc4 Raf8 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Qxg4 Qxa2
21. Qc8+ Bf8 22. Ng5 Re7 23. f4 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 Qb4 11. a3 Qxb2 12. Qd3 Bg6 13. Qc4 Qxc2 14. Rfd1
Nd5 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Qf1 Qb3 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nd2 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc6
Nxd1 21. Nb3 e5 22. Na5 exf4 23. Bxb7+ Kd7 24. Qxd1+ Bd6 25. Qa4+ Ke6 26. gxf4
Rhe8 27. Nc6 Rb8 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 29. Qxa6 Kf5 30. Qc4 Kf6 31. Qc6 Bf5 32. a4 Bd7
33. Qc3+ Ke7 34. Bc6 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Bxc6+ 36. Qxc6 Ra1 37. Qb5 Rc1 38. a5 Rc2 39.
a6 Bc5 40. Qc6 Rxf2+ 41. Kg3 Bb6 42. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Black "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. c4 Qd4 11. f3 Qxe5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bc3 Qe6 14. Bd3
dxe4 15. fxe4 a5 16. O-O Bc5+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Qh5 Bb4 19. Bf6 Re8 20. e5 g6 21.
Qh4 Ba6 22. Bf5 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
c5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Nbd7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 O-O
15. e4 e5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Qe7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. a5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd2
Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 23. Nb3 Ba7 24. Bc4 Rd6 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Kh1 Kg7 27. g4 Qf6
28. Rf1 Qf4 29. Bd3 Rxd3 30. Rxc8 Rxb3 31. Rc7 Bxe4 32. f3 Bd3 33. Qd1 Qg3 34.
Rxa7 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "222"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 e6
9. Be2 Qe7 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bd7 13. a3 O-O-O 14. g4 Qf8 15.
Nf1 Ne7 16. Ng3 Rg8 17. O-O-O Kb8 18. Kb1 Bc8 19. Bf3 c6 20. Qc2 f5 21. Nh5 Bh8
22. Ng3 Re8 23. Be2 Qf6 24. Rh2 Rgf8 25. Bd3 Ng8 26. Rhh1 Rd8 27. Be2 fxg4 28.
Nce4 Qf7 29. Bxg4 d5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Bh5 Qh7 32. Nc3 Qxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Rxf2+ 34.
Rd2 Rdf8 35. Bf3 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Bd7 37. Ke2 Nf6 38. Kd3 Bg7 39. Nd1 Kc7 40. Nf2
Be8 41. Ke2 Kd6 42. Ng4 Nxg4 43. Bxg4 Bb5+ 44. Ke1 Rf7 45. Bh5 Rc7 46. Bd1 Bd3
47. Kd2 Bg6 48. Rf1 Ke7 49. Bh5 Bh7 50. Bd1 Rc8 51. Rf2 Bf6 52. Nh5 Bh8 53. Ng3
Rg8 54. Bh5 Bf6 55. Be2 g4 56. Rf1 Bh4 57. Nh5 Be4 58. g3 Bg5 59. Bd1 Bf5 60.
Be2 Bf6 61. Bd3 Rg5 62. Nf4 Bxd3 63. Kxd3 Rf5 64. Rc1 Kd7 65. b4 Be7 66. Rh1
Bg5 67. a4 Kd6 68. Rc1 Bxf4 69. gxf4 h5 70. Rc8 h4 71. Rh8 h3 72. Ke2 Rf7 73.
Rd8+ Ke7 74. Rh8 Rg7 75. Kf1 Kf6 76. Rh6+ Rg6 77. Rh7 a6 78. a5 Rg7 79. Rh6+
Kf5 80. Rh5+ Kg6 81. Rh4 Kf7 82. Rh6 Rg6 83. Rh7+ Kf6 84. Rh5 Ke7 85. Rh7+ Kd6
86. Kg1 Kc6 87. Kf1 b6 88. Rh5 bxa5 89. bxa5 Kb5 90. Kg1 Kc4 91. Rg5 Rh6 92.
Rxg4 h2+ 93. Kh1 Rh3 94. Rg6 Rxe3 95. f5 exf5 96. Rxa6 Re2 97. Ra8 Kxd4 98. Rf8
Ra2 99. Rxf5 Rxa5 100. Kxh2 Ra7 101. Kg2 Re7 102. Kf1 Kc4 103. Rf2 d4 104. Ra2
Kb3 105. Ra8 d3 106. Kf2 Kb2 107. Rb8+ Kc2 108. Rc8+ Kd2 109. Rf8 Kd1 110. Rd8
d2 111. Rf8 Rc7 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. a4 b4
9. Nb1 c5 10. d5 Ngf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 a5 13. Kh1 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Qe2
Ba6 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Rxa6 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Rf3
Nb6 22. Ra3 f5 23. exf5 Nxd5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. g3 Rb6 26. Rd3 e6 27. Kg2 Nf6
28. c4 d5 29. Ra2 Rb4 30. Rc2 Rxa4 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxc5 Raxf4 33. Rxa5 Rf2+
34. Kh3 Bh6 35. Nb3 Bxc1 36. Nxc1 Rc2 37. Nb3 Rff2 38. Nd4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg4 Rcf2
40. Nxe6 Nf6+ 41. Kg5 Ne4+ 42. Kg4 Nf6+ 43. Kg5 Nh7+ 44. Kg4 Nf6+ 45. Kg5 Ne4+
46. Kg4 Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
O-O e5 9. Nb5 Qc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 e4 12. Be2 O-O 13. c4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Na6 15.
a3 Bg4 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. b4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Ncd7 20. Ncb5 Qb7 21. Bf4
Nf8 22. Nf5 Ng6 23. Bg3 Qd7 24. Nbd6 h5 25. h3 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 h4 27. Bh2 a5 28.
b5 Qe6 29. Rad1 Ne5 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxc4 32. Qf3 Rac8 33. Rfe1 Rxd1 34.
Qxd1 Qf5 35. a4 Nb2 36. Qd4 Nd3 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Qxh4 Ne6 39. Bg3 Qc2 40. Qg4
Rc4 41. Qf3 Rxa4 42. Rd7 Qg6 43. h4 Rd4 44. Rb7 Rd3 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. h5 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 e5 7. N4f3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 f6 11. c3 Nd7 12. Ke2 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. b3
Bb5+ 15. c4 Bc6 16. Bb2 Ne6 17. Rhd1 Bc5 18. a3 a5 19. Bc3 Bxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Bd4
21. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Be4 Rhe8 25. Bd5+ Kg6 26. Rd1
Rab8 27. Rxd4 f5 28. g4 fxg4+ 29. Rxg4+ Kf6 30. Rf4+ Ke5 31. Ke3 b6 32. Rh4 h6
33. Rf4 Kd6+ 34. Kd4 Rf8 35. Rg4 Rxf2 36. Rg6+ Rf6 37. Rxg7 Rf4+ 38. Ke3 Rh4
39. Rg2 Ke5 40. Kd3 Rh3+ 41. Kc2 Rf8 42. Re2+ Kd4 43. Rd2+ Kc5 44. Re2 Kd6 45.
b4 Rxa3 46. Re6+ Kd7 47. Rxb6 Rf2+ 48. Kb1 Re3 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. Nc3 fxe4 6. Nxe4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qh5+ Ng6 10. Bxd5 Bg4 11. Bc6+ Bd7 12. Qd5 Bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf7 14.
O-O h6 15. Re1 Be7 16. a4 Nf6 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20.
Qxb5 Rg8 21. Qh5 Qa4 22. Qd5+ Kg7 23. d4 Qxc2 24. Bxh6+ Kxh6 25. Qxg8 Bb4 26.
Rf1 Qxb2 27. Qd8 Be7 28. Qxc7 Qxd4 29. Qc1+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Qb1 Qc6 32. Qf5
Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. h4 Nf6 7. h5 Rg8 8. hxg6
hxg6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Nf3 Qa6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6 12. d6 exd6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Ng5 Nxg5
15. Bxg5 Nc7 16. Rh7 Ne6 17. Bf6 g5 18. O-O-O Rg6 19. Be7 b6 20. g4 Bb7 21.
gxf5 Rg7 22. Rxg7 Nxg7 23. Bxg5 Be4 24. Rxd6 Bxf5 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. Rf6 Be6 27.
Bd5 b5 28. Bh6 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nb3 d3 16. Bxd3 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Be6 19. Nbd4 Bd7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5
Qb7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rad1 Bc5 24. Be5 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Qa8 a5 30. Qe4 a4 31. h4 h6 32. Bc3 f5 33. Qf4 Kh7
34. Be5 Kg6 35. f3 Nf6 36. Kh2 Nh5 37. Qb4 Kf7 38. Qc5 Nf6 39. Qb6 Ng8 40. h5
Ne7 41. Bc3 Kg8 42. Qb8+ Nc8 43. Kg3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Black "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Kh1 Bg7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5
15. f4 e6 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Rf3 Bg4 20. Rd3 a6 21.
Qd2 Be5 22. Nd1 Be6 23. Nf2 Qe7 24. c3 Kg7 25. g4 Bd7 26. Rf3 h5 27. Rd3 Rh8
28. gxh5 Rxh5+ 29. Kg1 g4 30. g3 Rch8 31. Rf1 f6 32. Bd1 f5 33. exf5 Bc6 34.
Rd5 Bxg3 35. Qd4+ Be5 36. Rxe5 dxe5 37. Qc4 Rxf5 38. Bxg4 Qh4 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Ba2 Qa5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Qd2 b5
15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rac1 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bb1 Qh5 19. Bg5 Bb7 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qf4 f5 22. d5 exd5 23. Ne5 Bf8 24. Qg3+ Bg7 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Ne2 Rac8 27.
Nd4 Bd7 28. h3 Qg6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qf4 Qf6 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Qh4 h6 33. Qh5 f4
34. Bf5 Rc4 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qg5 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Qxf5 38. Qxf5 Bxf5 39. Rxd5 Be6
40. Rxh5 Bxb2 41. Ra5 Bc8 42. Rc5 Bd7 43. Rd5 Bb5 44. Rf5 Bc1 45. Rc5 Ba3 46.
Rf5 Bd6 47. Rd5 Bc7 48. Rc5 Bd6 49. Rd5 Bf8 50. Rf5 Bh6 51. g4 fxg3 52. fxg3
Be3+ 53. Kg2 Bd2 54. Kf2 Kg7 55. Rd5 Bb4 56. g4 Bc6 57. Rg5+ Kh7 58. Ke3 a5 59.
Rf5 Kg7 60. Rg5+ Kf8 61. Kd3 a4 62. Kc4 Be7 63. Ra5 a3 64. Ra7 Be4 65. Kd4 Bb1
66. g5 a2 67. h4 Kg7 68. Ra6 Bd8 69. Kc3 Bc7 70. Kd4 Bf4 71. Ra7 Kg6 72. Ra4
Kf5 73. Ra5+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Black "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7
15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Bc5 Qg5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Qd4 Rfe8 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. e3 h5 21. h3
Ne5 22. f4 Qxg3 23. fxe5 Bxh3 24. Rc2 Rxe5 25. Rf3 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Bf5 27. Rcf2
1-0

[Event "FINEC 2008 GM-A"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 1/2-1/2