[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dudin, Denis"]
[Black "Makalov, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D69"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Rd3 Bf5 17. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rfe1
Bd7 15. a3 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Rxe2 19. Bxe2 Bc6 20. Rad1
Qg5 21. Bf1 f4 22. Rd3 h5 23. Re5 Qg6 24. Re7 Qf5 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Bc3 Re8 27.
Rd6 Re6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Rg5 Be4 30. Rxh5 Qg6 31. Rh4 f3 32. Rf4+ Ke8 33. g3
Bc6 34. h4 Qb1 35. Rd4 Bd7 36. g4 b5 37. Rf4 Bc6 38. Rf5 bxc4 39. Re5+ Kf7 40.
h5 Qc1 41. Re3 Bd7 42. Rxf3+ Kg8 43. Rg3 Qd1 44. g5 Bf5 45. Kg2 Bd3 46. Bxd3
cxd3 47. h6 Qe2 48. g6 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Black "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Ng5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Makalov, Denis"]
[Black "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Rxd5 18. Bxd5 Qe8 19. Bh6 e6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. fxg4
exd5 22. gxh5 Rh8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. Qg5 Qh5 26. Qe7+ Kh6 27. Rf1
dxe4 28. a3 Nf3 29. Nxf3 Bh3 30. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 h6 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb5 b2 14. Ra2 cxb5 15. Qb3
Bd7 16. Ba5 Qc6 17. Nfd2 Bd8 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Nd6 b4 20. N2c4 Qc7 21. Na5 Nc3
22. Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dudin, Denis"]
[Black "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O b6 7. Qc2 Ba6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e4 d4 14. Rxd4 Bc5
15. Rd1 O-O 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Qc6 19. h4 h6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Qxc6 Nxc6 22. Na4 Nd4 23. Kh2 Ne2 24. Nxc5 Nxc1 25. Nxa6 Nd3 26. Be3 Nxb2 27.
Bf1 Nd1 28. Bf4 Nxf2 29. Nc7 Nxe4 30. Nb5 Rd1 31. Bg2 Nf2 32. Nxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Black "Makalov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Rb1
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. e4
Qxa2 15. Bg5 e5 16. Nb5 Qc4 17. Be7 Nc6 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Qd5 Qc5 20. Red1 a6
21. Nd6 Ra7 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Nc4 a5 24. Rb6 Rc7 25. Ra6 Kg7 26. Rb1 Be7 27.
Rbb6 Nd8 28. Nxe5 Ne6 29. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Black "Dudin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Bg3 Bh4
15. Bxh4 Qxh4 16. Kh2 Ne6 17. f4 Nf8 18. Rae1 Nd7 19. e4 Nf8 20. e5 Ne6 21. Ne2
g6 22. b4 Bd7 23. a4 Rac8 24. Qb2 Ng7 25. Ng3 Ne6 26. Ne2 Ng7 27. Ng3 Ne6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Ne4 5. c3 Nc6 6. cxd4 Ng5 7. d3 Ne6 8. Nf3
Nexd4 9. Nexd4 Nxd4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Be3 Qd5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qf4 e6 14. O-O Be7
15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Qg3 Rfd8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. d4 Ne7 20. Bd3 Nf5 21.
Qh3 h6 22. Bf4 Qb3 23. g4 Ne7 24. g5 Nf5 25. Nh4 Nxd4 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. gxh6 Ne2+
28. Rxe2 Rxd3 29. Qg4 Qd5 30. f3 g6 31. Nxg6 Qd4+ 32. Rf2 Bc5 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34.
Qg8+ Kxe7 35. Bg5+ f6 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Makalov, Denis"]
[Black "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Ne4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nexd4 Nxe5 8.
Qe2 Qd5 9. Qb5+ Qxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7 11. Ne5 Nef6 12. f3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 c6
15. Ndxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 O-O-O 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. d4 Rh5 20. Bf4
Nd5 21. Bg3 f5 22. Be5 e6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. O-O Bd6 25. Rae1 Kd7 26. Rf2 Re8
27. Rfe2 g5 28. Bxd6 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Kxd6 30. Re5 g6 31. Re8 g4 32. fxg4 fxg4 33.
Rg8 Rh6 34. Rg7 Ke6 35. Rxa7 Kf5 36. Re7 Kf4 37. Kg2 Rh3 38. a4 Rd3 39. Re2 g3
40. h3 Rd1 41. b4 Rc1 42. Ra2 Rxc3 43. a5 Rb3 44. a6 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dudin, Denis"]
[Black "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bc4 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. f4 Nge7 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qh5 Bf6 13. Re1 g6 14. Qe2 b6 15.
Qf3 Bb7 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. Qh3 Nd6 19. Bb3 b5 20. a5 Rad8 21. Be3 Ba8
22. Bf2 Rc8 23. Re2 Qb7 24. Bh4 Bg7 25. Ng4 Nf5 26. Bf6 h5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Ne5 Qe7 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 c4 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Ba4 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qxa5 34.
Ree1 Qc7 35. Red1 Rfd8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Bc6 Rd2 38. Be4 Nd6 39. Qe3 Nxe4 40.
Qxe4 Qc5 41. h3 Qd5 42. Qxd5 exd5 43. Rxa6 Rxc2 44. Rd6 Rd2 45. Kh2 Kf8 46. Kg3
Ke7 47. Ra6 Rd3+ 48. Kh4 Rxc3 49. f5 d4 50. f6+ Kd7 51. Kg5 d3 52. Ra7+ Kc6 53.
Ra6+ Kd5 54. Ra7 Ke6 55. Ra6+ Kd5 56. Ra5+ Ke4 57. Ra7 Rc2 58. g4 hxg4 59. Rxf7
gxh3 60. Re7+ Kd4 61. Rd7+ Kc3 62. Rh7 Rg2+ 63. Kf4 Rf2+ 64. Ke5 Kc2 65. Ra7 d2
66. Ra2+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Black "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Ndf3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 12. Bg3 e5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. e4 Nd7
15. b4 dxe4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Qe2 a6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bh4 c5 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 cxb4 24. cxb4 Ra7 25. Bb3 Rc7 26. Rd3 Bg5 27.
h4 Bf4 28. Rh3 Rec8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rxh5 Rc1 31. g3 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bg5 33. Qg4
Rc1+ 34. Kg2 h6 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Re6 Qd8 37. Rxe5 Kh6 38. Re6+ Kg7 39. Qe4 Bf6
40. Re8 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Black "Makalov, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Qe8
9. Nge2 Nd7 10. a3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 exf4 14. O-O f3 15. Rxf3
Ne5 16. Rf1 Nc5 17. Nf4 Ncxd3 18. Nxd3 Nxc4 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Nf4 Qf7 21. Rc1 Ng6
22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Nb5 f4 24. Qf3 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Bb7 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28.
Re6 Qh5 29. Rc7 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Bb2 Qf6 8. c3
Nc6 9. Bc2 Qh4 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. g3 Qh3 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 a5 15.
a3 b5 16. O-O-O d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Rhe1 Nb6 20. Nf1 Rd7 21. Rd2
Rad8 22. Red1 g6 23. Ne3 Be7 24. Rd4 a4 25. b4 Qh5 26. Ng4 Nc4 27. Bc1 Bb7 28.
Re1 Qh3 29. Red1 h5 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. g4 Nxa3+ 32. Bxa3 Kxh6 33. Bc1+ Kg7 34. g5
Rc7 35. Rg1 Rxc3 36. Rg3 Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Qf1 38. f4 Rc8 39. Rc3 Rc4 40. Rcxc4
dxc4 41. Qc3 Bd5 42. Ka2 Kf8 43. Bb2 Qf3 44. Qxf3 Bxf3 45. Bc3 Bd5 46. Kb2 Bd8
47. Rd2 Be7 48. Ka3 Ke8 49. Bd4 Be4 50. Bc5 c3 51. Rd6 Bxd6 52. exd6 Kd7 53.
Bd4 c2 0-1

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Dudin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bc3
Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. e3 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Rc8 16. Bh3 Rb8 17. Ne5 f5 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f4 21.
Qg4 Qd5+ 22. f3 Rf6 23. Ne4 Rh6 24. Qxf4 Rf8 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Nd7
Nc4 28. Qe2 Rc8 29. Qe7 Qf5 30. Qe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Rf8+ Ke7 33. Rxf5
Ne3+ 34. Kg1 Nxf5 35. Nb8 Kf7 36. Nc6 a6 37. Re1 Kf8 38. g4 Nh4 39. Kf2 Rf6 40.
Re3 a5 41. d5 Ng6 42. Kg3 Nf4 43. c4 g5 44. Nd4 Kf7 45. Nf5 Ng6 46. Rb3 Nh4 47.
Rxb6 Nxf5+ 48. gxf5 h5 49. h4 Rxf5 50. hxg5 Rxg5+ 51. Kh4 Rf5 52. Rxd6 Rf4+ 53.
Kxh5 Rxc4 54. Kg5 Ra4 55. Kf5 Rxa2 56. Rd7+ Ke8 57. Ra7 a4 58. f4 a3 59. Ke6
Re2+ 60. Kd6 a2 61. f5 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Makalov, Denis"]
[Black "Dudin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. h4 Nf4 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Be7 Rb8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bd6 Rd8
21. Be7 Rb8 22. Bd6 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. O-O
Rb8 9. h3 Bd7 10. a4 Na5 11. b3 c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. f4 Qa5 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Qc3 17. dxc6 Qxe3+ 18. Kh2 Bxd4 19. Re1 Qc3 20. Rc1 Qb4 21. c7
Rbe8 22. Qxd4 Bc6 23. Re3 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rcxc3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
f6 28. b4 Rf7 29. b5 Rxc7 30. c5 axb5 31. axb5 Rec8 32. c6 bxc6 33. bxc6 Rxc6
34. Ra3 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Reb3 R8c7 37. g4 f5 38. g5 Ke6 39. Ra6+ R7c6 40.
Rxc6+ Rxc6 41. Rb7 e4+ 42. Ke2 f4 43. Rxh7 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 f3 45. Rh8 Rg2 46. Ke1
Rxg5 47. Kf2 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qf2 Rdc8 21. Bg4
Nd6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. g6 hxg6 24. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Makalov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. c4 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Rac8 15.
Rc3 Qb8 16. Rg3 Bf8 17. f4 g6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxf6 Bd6 21. Rh3 h5
22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Ng4 24. Rf1 Nxh2 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Black "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qc8 16. Nb5 Be4 17. Qc3 Qc6 18. Qg3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Bh6 Bg6 21.
Bg5 Bd6 22. Qh4 Be5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Qd6 27.
Bc1 Qb4 28. Kf1 h6 29. Be2 a5 30. Qh3 Qd6 31. Qb3 Ne4 32. g3 Nc5 33. Qa3 Qc6
34. f3 h5 35. Qe3 Qe8 36. Nf2 Qa4 37. a3 Qc2 38. Bd2 Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dudin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 b6 6. f3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Qc2 c5
9. d5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nxe4 12. Qe1 Nef6 13. dxe6 Ne5 14. exf7+
Nxf7 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qc3 Ne5 17. Bb1 Qe7 18. Nh3 Qf7 19. b3 Rad8 20. Rhe1 Nc6
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Be4 Rd7 24. Bd5+ Kf8 25. Re4 Nd4 26. Nf4 Bxd5
27. Nxd5 Rg6 28. Rd2 Kf7 29. Rf4+ Kg8 30. Re4 Kf7 31. Rf4+ Kg8 32. Re4 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Makalov, Denis"]
[Black "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Qc7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nd2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. N4b3 Be7 11. f4 Bb7 12. a5 O-O 13. Bd3 d6 14. Qf3 e5 15. f5
Na7 16. g4 d5 17. g5 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfc8 21. f6 Bf8
22. Rf2 Nb5 23. Bb6 Qc4 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qf4 Re4 26. Qf3 Rae8 27. h3 Qd5 28.
Raf1 g6 29. Nd2 R4e5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nf3 Nd6 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Re5 34.
Nf3 Rf5 35. h4 Nc4 36. Bd4 h6 37. Kg2 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rxa5 39. b3 Nd6 40. Re1 Kh7
41. Rh1+ Kg8 42. Re1 Kh7 43. Rh1+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Dudin, Denis"]
[Black "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nc2
d4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. e3 dxe3 13. Nxe3 b5 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Bd7 16. Rh4 Ra7 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Be4
Rc8 22. Bxh6 Bf8 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Be3 Rac7 25. f4 Bg7 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. d6 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Re1 Qh5 12. Re5 Qg4 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Be2 Nd7
15. h3 Qg6 16. Bd3 f5 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxf5 Nxe5 19. Bxg6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 hxg6
21. Bf4 Rxh3 22. Bg3 Kg8 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Re1 Rxf3 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Kg2 Rhxg3+
0-1

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Makalov, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. f3 Bb7 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Be3
a6 9. Rc1 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Qb8 15.
Qf2 Bd8 16. Nb3 Bc7 17. h3 Kh8 18. Na1 Rg8 19. Nc2 g5 20. Bd4 Rg6 21. Bd3 Rg7
22. g4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. b4 Ng8 25. Na4 Bc6 26. b5 Be8 27. Nb4 axb5 28.
cxb5 Qa7 29. Na6 f6 30. Rc2 Rd8 31. Nxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxb6 Qxb6+ 34.
Nxb6 Bxb5 35. Be2 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Ne7 37. a4 Ba6 38. Bb3 Nc6 39. Kf2 Kg7 40.
Bxe6 Na5 41. Bd5 Kf8 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Nb8 Bc8 44. Nc6+ Nxc6 45. Bxc6 Ba6 46.
Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Dudin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Nf1 h6 8. b4
Ba7 9. a4 O-O 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. Bxe3 Bf5
15. d4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Qc4 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qb2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rfe8+ 20. Kd1 Re2
21. Qxe2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Black "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Be6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. a3 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Bg3 Bb3 16. Qxb3 Qxd3 17. Qd1 Rfe8+ 18. Ne2 Rxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Re8 20. Be5
Rxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Makalov, Denis"]
[Black "Avdeeva, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Nc6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. f4 Bd7 14. g5 hxg5 15.
fxg5 Nh5 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. Rhe1 Nb4 18. Bb6 Nxa2+ 19. Nxa2 Qxa2 20. Qd4 Be7 21.
Rxe5 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Ba4+ 23. Kd2 dxe5 24. Qxe5 O-O 25. Bd5 Bb4+ 26. Ke3 Bb3 27.
Bd4 Kh7 28. g6+ Kh6 29. Kd3 fxg6 30. Be3+ g5 31. Bxg5+ Kxg5 32. Rg1+ Kh6 33.
Rg6+ Kh7 34. Qc7+ Rf7 35. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Likhoman, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smirnov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qb6 14. Qf3 Ng4
15. h3 Nh2 16. Qh5 Nxf1 17. Qxe5 f5 18. Bc4+ Kh7 19. Qe7 Bd7 20. Qxd7 fxe4 21.
Rxf1 Qg6 22. Be7 Rf5 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Qualify chess tournament"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Dudin, Denis"]
[Black "Tropin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb1 Bb4 13. Rc1 a6 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qe7 16. Qb2 h6 17. h3 Ne8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Qb4 Rc6 20. a4 Re8 21. Nd2 e5 22.
Bg3 Qe6 23. Bb1 f5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Qd4 Rc4 28. Qxf6
gxf6 29. gxf5 Rec8 30. Kh2 Rxc3 31. Rcd1 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rg1+ Kf7 34. Nd4
b4 35. Ba2 Ne4 36. Rb1 Nxf2 37. Rxb4 Ba8 38. Rb2 Ne4 39. Rbg2 Rc1 40. Rg7+ Kf8
41. Rg8+ Ke7 42. R1g7+ 1-0