[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Nb1 e5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 Nhf6 13. f4 Bf8 14. Bf3 g6
15. b3 Bg7 16. Bb2 Nc5 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Qb8 19. g4 h6 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nxe6
Bxe6 22. c5 h5 23. g5 Nd7 24. Bg2 a5 25. Nd5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 axb4 27. axb4 Bxd5
28. Rxd5 Ra6 29. b5 Ra5 30. e5 Nxc5 31. exd6 cxd6 32. f5 Qd8 33. fxg6 fxg6 34.
Qd2 Ne4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. g4 Nd6 14. Bh4 Nfe4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. g5 cxd4 17. exd4 f6 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Qh3 Qxf4 22. Rf1 Qxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 Rf5 26. Rg1 Rh5 27.
Ng4 Rh4 28. Kf2 h5 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nd7 Rxh2+ 31. Ke3 Rxb2 32. Ne5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nfd2
d5 9. Nc3 f5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rc1 a6
15. e3 Nd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Rf1 Rae8 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. Rf2 c5 21.
dxc5 Qxc5 22. Rcf1 Re5 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. Rf4 h6 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. Nd4
Bd7 28. a3 Kg8 29. Qd2 Nd5 30. R4f2 Qg5 31. Re1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 Ng6 7. Ng5 Be7 8.
f4 Bxg5 9. fxg5 d6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Ng3 f6
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nh8 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. f6 Qe6 20. fxg7 Kxg7
21. b4 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Rf7 23. Rxf7+ Nxf7 24. Rf1 c5 25. Bf6+ Kg8 26. Qh4 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Black "Bazeev, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Bc1 Re8 13. Bb2 c6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15.
e4 c5 16. Nxd5 cxd4 17. Ng4 Nxd5 18. exd5 d3 19. Qxd3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Ba6 21. Bxg7
1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Bazeev, German"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Ngf3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nd3 f6 13. O-O e5 14. Bh2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 f4 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. b4 Rae8 19. a4 Qf7 20. Qa2 a5 21. b5
Nd8 22. f3 Nb7 23. Nf2 Rd8 24. Kh1 Nd6 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Nc4
28. Red1 Bf6 29. Ne4 Bh4 30. Bg1 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Bf2 Kf7
34. Kg1 Ke6 35. Kf1 Nb2 36. Ke2 Nxa4 37. Kd3 Nb2+ 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Kb3 Kd5 40.
g4 Nd6 41. c4+ Ke6 42. Nc3 e4 43. fxe4 f3 44. c5 bxc5 45. Bxc5 Bf6 46. Nd1 Nxb5
47. Kc4 Nd6+ 48. Kd3 Bg5 49. Nb2 Bc1 50. Na4 Nf7 51. Bd4 Ne5+ 52. Kc2 Ba3 53.
Kd2 Nc6 54. Bb6 Bb4+ 55. Ke3 Ne5 56. Bd4 Be1 57. Nc5+ Kd6 58. Nb7+ Ke6 59. Nc5+
Kd6 60. Nb7+ Ke6 61. Nc5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. h3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. O-O c6
15. Ne2 h5 16. f4 g4 17. Qb3 Bc8 18. e4 gxh3 19. exd5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 cxd5 22. Nf4 hxg2 23. Rf2 Be6 24. Rxg2 Kf8 25. Rc1 Ne8 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27.
Bg6 Rg8 28. Rf1+ Ke7 29. Rf7+ Kd8 30. Rxb7 Nc7 31. a4 Kd7 32. Bxh5 Rxg2+ 33.
Kxg2 Rf8 34. Kg3 Rf1 35. Be2 Ra1 36. b3 Kc6 37. Rb8 Rc1 38. a5 Kd7 39. Kf2 Rc3
40. b4 Rb3 41. Rb6 Ke7 42. Ke1 Rb2 43. Kd1 Rb3 44. Kc2 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f3 Be6 10. Nge2 Rc8 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. h3 b5 13. Nf4 Qb6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Ne2 O-O 16. Nd4 Kf7 17. h4 Nc6 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. g3 Nc6 21. Bh3
Bh6 22. g4 Be3 23. Rd3 Bf2 24. Nf4 Nd8 25. g5 Nd7 26. h5 Nc5 27. hxg6+ hxg6 28.
Bg4 Nxd3 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Nxg6 Rf7 31. Rh8+ Kd7 32. cxd3 Be3 33. Nf8+ Rxf8 34.
Rxf8 Bxg5 35. d4 Kc7 36. Rg8 Bf6 37. d5 Nb7 38. Rxc8+ Kxc8 39. Bxe6+ Kd8 40.
Bxf6 exf6 41. b4 a5 42. a3 axb4 43. axb4 Ke7 44. Kc2 Nd8 45. Bc8 Nf7 46. f4 Kd8
47. Be6 Nh8 48. Kd3 Ng6 49. Ke3 Nh4 50. Kf2 Ng6 51. Kg3 Kc7 52. Kg4 Kd8 53. Bf5
Ne7 54. Kh5 Ke8 55. Be6 Kf8 56. Kh6 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a6
9. Bg5 Ne8 10. Bd2 Nc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 a5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Rxb4 g6 19. Qb2 Kg7 20. Rb3 Bd8 21.
Bxb7 Be6 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bf6 24. Rb7 Qc5 25. Qa2 Rc8 26. Nd2 e4 27. Nxe4
Qxc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. g3 Bd4 30. Kg2 h6 31. Rb4 Ba7 32. d4 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. b4
e5 9. d5 f5 10. exf5 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qe8 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. h3 Kh8 14. Rg1 b5 15. cxb5
Nxd5 16. g4 Qe8 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Be3 N8d7 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Bb7 21. Na5 Bf3
22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qe2 e4 25. Bf4 Ne5 26. O-O-O c6 27. bxc6 Nec4 28.
Kb1 Nxa3+ 29. Ka1 Nac4 30. Rg3 Nxa5 31. bxa5 Nc4 32. Rxd5 Qxc6 33. Qd1 Rac8 34.
Rc3 Qb7 35. Rb3 Qe7 36. Qd4 Na3 37. Bd6 Nc2+ 38. Kb2 Qf7 39. Qxe4 Rfe8 40. Be5
Qe7 41. f4 Qh4 42. Rd7 Re7 43. Qc6 Rxd7 44. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
Ne7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Qf3 bxc3
15. bxc3 Ba6 16. h5 gxh5 17. g4 cxd4 18. exd4 Nxg4 19. Rxh5 f5 20. Nxg4 fxg4
21. Qxg4 Rf5 22. Rh6 Raf8 23. Qg6 Qf4 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Qh7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 a4 10. Qc1 a3 11. Bxa3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bxd4 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Be6
15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nf3 f6 18. b4 Qa4 19. Ne1 Rd8 20. Nd3 Bf7 21.
Nf4 Qb5 22. e4 Nc6 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxb4 25. Qe2 Ne5 26. Rab1 Qc4 27.
Qxc4 Nxc4 28. Rxb7 Kf8 29. Re1 Re8 30. Re2 Ra5 31. h4 Nd6 32. Rd7 h5 33. Rc7
Nb5 34. Rc5 Rea8 35. Rb2 Nd6 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Bf3 Nc4 38. Rc2 Ne5 39. Bg2 Ke8
40. Rd2 Kd7 41. Rb2 Kc7 42. Kf1 Ra3 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Rc2 g5 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. f4
gxf4 47. gxf4 Ng4 48. Ke1 h4 49. Rc6+ Kd7 50. Rg6 Nf6 51. Rh6 Rxa2 52. Bh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. a3
Be7 9. Be2 d6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qb8 15.
b4 O-O 16. Rab1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 h5 18. Bg5 h4 19. Bxh4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxh4 21. Ng5
Nf6 22. g3 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qa7 24. Qd2 Red8 25. Kg2 g6 26. Qh6 Ba8 27. Qg5 Nh7
28. Qe3 e5 29. Nb3 Nf6 30. Rb2 Kg7 31. Rd2 Qb8 32. Qg1 d5 33. cxd5 Rxc1 34.
Qxc1 Bxd5 35. Qb2 Qa8 36. Kf2 Rh8 37. h4 Qc8 38. Kg2 Qf5 39. Qc3 Rc8 40. Qe3
Qe6 41. Na1 e4 42. f4 Bb7 43. Nc2 Nd5 44. Qd4+ Qf6 45. Qxf6+ Kxf6 46. Ne1 Rc1
47. Kf1 Ne3+ 48. Kf2 Nf5 49. Nc2 Rh1 50. Ne3 Nxe3 51. Kxe3 Ke7 52. Rd1 Rh3 53.
Rd7+ Kxd7 54. Bg4+ Kd6 55. Bxh3 Kd5 56. Bd7 Kd6 57. Be8 Ke7 58. Ba4 a5 59. bxa5
bxa5 60. g4 f5 61. g5 Ba6 62. Bb3 Bb5 63. Bg8 Ba4 64. Kd2 Bb5 65. Bb3 Be8 66.
Ke3 Bf7 67. Bd1 Kd6 68. Kd4 Be8 69. Bb3 Ke7 70. Bc4 Bf7 71. Ba6 Kd6 72. Be2 Bb3
73. h5 gxh5 74. Bxh5 Be6 75. Be8 Ke7 76. Bb5 Bf7 77. Ke5 Bh5 78. Kd4 Bd1 79.
Ba6 Kf7 80. Bc8 Kg6 81. Bd7 Bg4 82. Be8+ Kg7 83. Bb5 Kg6 84. Bf1 Kg7 85. Kc4
Kg6 86. Kb5 e3 87. Kxa5 e2 88. Bxe2 Bxe2 89. a4 Kh5 90. Kb6 Kg4 91. a5 Kxf4 92.
g6 Ke3 93. g7 f4 94. g8=Q f3 95. Qg3 Bd3 96. Qe1+ Be2 97. Qg3 Bd3 98. a6 Bxa6
99. Kxa6 Ke2 100. Qg4 Ke3 101. Kb5 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bh5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Qe3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Ne1 Rf8 18. Nd3 Be7 19. Rfc1 g5 20. Bg3 Rf7 21. a5 a6
22. b4 Nb8 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Nc6 25. Qd2 h6 26. h3 Rc8 27. Rcb1 Qe8 28. Rb6
Rd7 29. Qd3 Qf7 30. f3 Rcc7 31. Bf2 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nbd7 7. Qf3 Nxe5 8.
Bxe5 a6 9. Qg3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h4 b5 13. Bf3 Ra7 14. h5 Bb7 15.
h6 Bh8 16. O-O-O Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd7 18. Rhe1 Qe7 19. g4 b4 20. g5 Ne8 21. Na4
Qxg5 22. Nxc5 Rd5 23. Bxh8 Rxc5 24. Bd4 Rd5 25. Qe3 Qf5 26. c4 bxc3 27. dxc3
Ra5 28. a4 Nf6 29. f3 Rc8 30. Kb2 Rb8 31. b4 Rxa4 32. Qe5 Raxb4+ 33. cxb4 Rxb4+
34. Ka3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxb4 Nd5+ 36. Kc4 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15.
Kh1 Bc6 16. Bd3 Qb7 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Rf3 Qc7 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qg3 Bb7 21. Rff1 Kh8
22. Re2 Nh5 23. Qh3 Nf6 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qh3 Nf6 26. e5 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Bazeev, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Na6 4. c3 Nc7 5. Bd3 g6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nd2 Nh6 8. Nf1 f6
9. exf6 exf6 10. Nfg3 Ne6 11. h4 Qd6 12. Bd2 Nf7 13. Qb3 f5 14. h5 Nfg5 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. f3 b6 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Rh1 Bg7 20. Qc2 O-O-O 21.
Kb1 Kb7 22. Qc1 Nf7 23. Rh7 Rg8 24. Nf4 Nf8 25. Rh1 Bf6 26. Qf1 Bg5 27. Nge2
Bd8 28. Nh3 Qf6 29. Nf2 g5 30. Ng3 Bc7 31. Nh5 Qd8 32. Qc1 c5 33. dxc5 bxc5 34.
Qc2 Bc6 35. Bxf5 c4 36. Be3 Nd6 37. Bd4 Nxf5 38. Qxf5 Be8 39. Ka1 Bg6 40. Qg4
Nh7 41. Ng7 Qd6 42. Qe6 Qxe6 43. Nxe6 Bg3 44. Rh6 Bxf2 45. Bxf2 g4 46. b4 cxb3
47. axb3 gxf3 48. gxf3 Bf5 49. Nc5+ Kb8 50. Bd4 Ng5 51. Rf6 Bc8 52. Be3 Nh3 53.
b4 Re8 54. Bd4 Ng5 55. Bf2 Ne6 56. Bg3+ Ka8 57. Nxe6 Rxe6 58. Rf8 Kb7 59. Rf7+
Kb6 60. Bf2+ Kb5 61. Bd4 Re2 62. Kb1 a5 63. bxa5 Kxa5 64. Kc1 Kb5 65. Kd1 Re8
66. Rc7 Be6 67. Ke2 Rf8 68. Ke3 Rf7 69. Rc5+ Ka4 70. Rc6 Bd7 71. Rb6 Bh3 72.
Be5 Bg2 73. f4 Ka5 74. Rb2 Bh1 75. Rh2 Be4 76. Kd4 Bf3 77. Rf2 Bh1 78. f5 Kb5
79. f6 Kc6 80. Rf1 Bg2 81. Rg1 Bh3 82. Ra1 Bg2 83. Ke3 Kd7 84. Kf4 Rf8 85. Ra7+
Kc6 86. f7 d4 87. Bg7 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
h5 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Rf1 Ne5 14. Rad1 b5 15.
Ne2 O-O 16. b4 Nc4 17. Qc3 Bb6 18. e5 d5 19. Qf3 g6 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Rfe1 Nb2
22. Bh6 Qe7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rb1 Bxd4 25. c3 Nc4 26. cxd4 Nd2 27. Qf4 Nxb1 28.
Rxb1 Rc8 29. Rb3 Rc4 30. a3 g5 31. Qd2 f5 32. Bf1 Kh7 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Rc3 Qd8
35. Kf1 g4 36. Ke1 Qd5 37. Qe3 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qxh2 39. a4 h4 40. axb5 axb5 41.
gxh4 f4 42. Qe2 f3 43. Qe3 g3 44. Rc1 Qg2 45. Qg5 gxf2 46. Qe7+ Kh8 47. Qf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.31"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qc2 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15.
Ne5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rae1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qf5 Nb6 21.
Re3 Rae8 22. Rg3 f6 23. Qg6 Re6 24. f4 Kh8 25. f5 Re4 26. Qh5 Qe7 27. Rg6 Nd7
28. h3 Rf7 29. Rf3 Nf8 30. Rgg3 Qe8 31. Kh2 Rfe7 32. Rg6 Nxg6 33. fxg6 Rd7 34.
Bg3 Kg8 35. Rf5 Qe6 36. Bf4 Re2 37. Qg4 Qe4 38. h4 Rxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Qxf5 40. Qg3
Re7 41. Be3 Re8 42. Qd6 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qxg6+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Kg1 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.08.31"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Bc5 8.
Ng3 Qh4 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qe1 Nh5 13. f4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qe7
15. f5 e5 16. f6 gxf6 17. Qf2 d5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rg8 20. Qxf6 Qxf6 21.
Rxf6 Ke7 22. Rf3 Rg6 23. Bd2 Rag8 24. Kf2 f6 25. a4 b4 26. Rh1 R8g7 27. Rh5 Bd6
28. Ke2 Rf7 29. Rhf5 Rg4 30. Kf2 Rg6 31. Kg1 Rfg7 32. Be1 Rf7 33. Kf1 Rg8 34.
Ke2 Rg6 35. Rf1 Bc5 36. Kd1 Bd6 37. R1f3 Rf8 38. Kc1 Rh6 39. g4 Rh1 40. Kd1 h6
41. Rh3 Rg1 42. Rxh6 b3 43. Rh7+ Ke8 44. cxb3 Bb4 45. Kc2 Rxe1 46. Rb7 Bd6 47.
Rh5 Re2+ 48. Kd1 Rxg2 49. Rhh7 Rg8 50. Ra7 Rg1+ 51. Kc2 Be7 52. Rhxe7+ Kd8 53.
d6 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. O-O Be7 14. Qe3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Rb8 16. b3 f6 17. Bd2 fxe5 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qxe5 O-O 20. Qe2 Bf6 21.
Rad1 Bd4 22. Kg2 Qc7 23. Be4 a5 24. h4 Rf6 25. f4 Rbf8 26. Rf3 g6 27. Rdf1 Kg7
28. Qc2 h5 29. Qe2 Qd6 30. Bc2 Qc6 31. Be4 Qd6 32. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. O-O-O d5 12. Rhe1 Qd6 13. Bb3 d4 14. e5 dxc3
15. Qxc3 Nd5 16. exd6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 cxd6 18. Be7 Bxc3 19. Re3 Re8 20. Rxc3 Rxe7
21. Rxc6 Bb7 22. Rcxd6 Bxg2 23. Rxa6 Rb5 24. Rg1 Bf3 25. Rf6 Bh5 26. Rf4 Kg7
27. a4 Rc5 28. Kb2 g5 29. Rb4 Rf5 30. Rb5 Rxf2 31. Rbxg5+ Bg6 32. h4 Kf6 33.
Rc5 h5 34. a5 Ra7 35. Ra1 Ke7 36. Ra4 Kd6 37. Rd5+ Ke7 38. a6 Bxc2 39. Bxc2 Rc7
40. Kb3 Rfxc2 41. Rd3 Rc1 42. a7 Rb7+ 43. Ka2 Rc2+ 44. Ka3 Rc1 45. Rd2 Ra1+ 46.
Ra2 Re1 47. Re4+ Rxe4 48. a8=Q Re3+ 49. Ka4 Re4+ 50. Ka5 Re5+ 51. Ka6 Rd7 52.
Rb2 Rdd5 53. Rb7+ Ke6 54. Qe8+ Kf5 55. Qe6+ Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. a3 Bf5 8. Rb1
Rc8 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 d4 11. Na4 b5 12. Nc5 Nd5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nge4 Qb6 16. Qc1 Rfd8 17. Qa3 Kh7 18. Ra1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nc5 Ncxb4 21.
Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Rxc5 23. Ra5 Rdc8 24. h4 Re5 25. Bf3 Rxc2 26. Rfa1 Rc7 27.
h5 gxh5 28. Ra6 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qxa6 30. Qxd4 Qa4 31. Qd7 Qa2 32. d4 Qe6 33. Qe8
Rxe2 34. d5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Qe5 36. Rc6 Qf6 37. Rxf6 Bxf6 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Bb3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Bd2 Bb8 16. Be1 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Rd4 Bf5 19. Qd1 Ne6 20. Rh4 Qg6 21. e4
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rg4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ng5 25. Qd1 Be5 26. Qc1 Qf6 27. Rb1
Bd4 28. h4 Ne6 29. Qc2 h5 30. Re4 Nc5 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Rd1 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. Nd4 a6 14. Re1
Nc5 15. Bf3 Bf6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. c3 Rfd8 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nb3 Na4
21. Qc1 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qb6 25. Nb3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8
27. Rd2 Qc7 28. Qd1 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 b5 30. Nd4 Qc4 31. h4 Qxa2 32. h5 Qd5 33. h6
e5 34. Qe3 Nc5 35. g3 f6 36. b4 Nd7 37. Nf3 Kf7 38. Qa7 Ke7 39. Nh4 Qc6 40. Qe3
Kf7 41. Qd3 Nf8 42. Qe3 Qb7 43. Qc5 Ne6 44. Qd6 Ng5 45. Qd8 Qc6 46. Kh2 Ke6 47.
Qg8+ Ke7 48. Qg7+ Ke6 49. Qg8+ Ke7 50. Qg7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
h5 9. h3 d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bg5 Rb8 15.
Qxa6 Nd5 16. Ne4 f6 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Bc1 h4 19. Kh2 hxg3+ 20. fxg3 f5 21. Qa7
O-O 22. Rd1 c5 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. c4 Rxb2 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Bc6
28. Qa6 Ra8 29. Qd3 e4 30. Qc2 d4 31. Bf4 Qd5 32. Rc1 Rxa2 33. Qxc5 e3 34. Qxc6
Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 Rf2 37. Kg1 Rf3 38. Kg2 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rf3 40. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Black "Bazeev, German"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Ba7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 exd4 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. e5 dxc3 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxc3 g5 14. Nxg5
hxg5 15. Bxg5 Bf5 16. exf6 Bd4 17. Rad1 c5 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Rd2 b4 20. Nd1 c4
21. Ne3 Be6 22. Rc1 c3 23. bxc3 Bxc3 24. Re2 c5 25. g4 Rd4 26. f4 Rad8 27. f5
Bd7 28. Rg2 Bc6 29. Rg3 Rd2 30. Bh6 Bxf6 31. Rxc5 Bb5 32. Rc2 Bh4 33. Rxd2 Rxd2
34. Rg2 Rd3 35. Rc2 Kh7 36. Bf4 Rd4 37. Bg3 Bg5 38. Kf2 Rd3 39. Nf1 Rc3 40.
Rxc3 bxc3 41. Ne3 Bd3 42. Be5 Bh4+ 43. Kf3 Be1 44. Ng2 Bd2 45. Bf4 Bf1 46. Ne3
Bd3 47. Ng2 Bf1 48. Ne3 Bb5 49. a3 Bc6+ 50. Ke2 Be4 51. Be5 Bc6 52. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 d6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Bb5 Kd8 14. c4 h5
15. Ne2 g6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nc3 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. h4 Ke7 20. b3 f5 21. Rd1
Rg8 22. Nf1 f4 23. g3 g5 24. hxg5 Rxg5 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Ne2 Ne5 27. Kf2 Rhg6
28. Nxf4 Rf6 29. Ke3 Nxf3 30. Rxh5 Rxh5 31. Nxh5 Rf8 32. Nfg3 Ne5 33. Rf1 Ra8
34. Ng7 Rxa2 35. N3f5+ Bxf5 36. Nxf5+ Kd7 37. Rd1 Ra3 38. Rxd6+ Kc7 39. Kf4 Nc6
40. Rd3 Nb4 41. Rg3 Ra1 42. e5 Rf1+ 43. Ke4 Na6 44. e6 Nc5+ 45. Ke5 Re1+ 46.
Re3 Rf1 47. b4 Na6 48. e7 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.02"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. b3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Nc5 14. Rc1 Bd7
15. Qd4 Ne6 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Nc2 h6 18. Rfe1 Ng5 19. e4 Bc6 20. f3 Ne6 21. Rcd1
Nd7 22. f4 f6 23. Ne3 Ndc5 24. Ncd5 b6 25. Nf5 Nd7 26. e5 fxe5 27. Nde7+ Rxe7
28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Bxc6 Nef8 30. Qc3 Kh8 31. Kh1 Qf7 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Re2 Rd8
34. Ree1 Rb8 35. Qg2 Qf7 36. Rf1 exf4 37. gxf4 Nf6 38. Rde1 N8d7 39. Bxd7 Nxd7
40. Qe4 Rf8 41. Qe6 Nc5 42. Qxf7 Rxf7 43. Re3 g5 44. Ref3 g4 45. Re3 h5 46. Kg2
h4 47. h3 gxh3+ 48. Rxh3 Kg7 49. Rxh4 Kf6 50. Rfh1 Ne6 51. Rh6+ Kf5 52. R1h5+
Kg4 53. Rh4+ Kf5 54. Kf3 Nd4+ 55. Ke3 Nc2+ 56. Kd2 Nd4 57. Rh7 Rf6 58. Kd3 Nf3
59. R7h5+ Ke6 60. Rg4 c5 61. Ke4 Nd4 62. Rgg5 Rf8 63. Rh7 Rf6 64. Rg8 {Kd5+}
1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 b6 8. a3
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 d6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. b4 Rac8 15.
Na4 Qb8 16. Rc2 Bd8 17. Kh1 Bc7 18. Bg1 h5 19. Rb1 h4 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 Bf4
22. Qe1 bxc5 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. Nbxc5 Bc6 25. Nd3 Qg5 26. Nxf4 Bxa4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8
28. Nh3 Qg6 29. Bxa6 Rc2 30. Bf1 Ra2 31. Rc1 Rxa3 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qc1 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. a5 Qa6
15. Rfd1 f5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 O-O 18. Rxe6 Rae8 19. Be7 Ng6 20. Bxf8 Rxe6
21. Bc5 Bc8 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Qd6 Ne7 24. Bf3 Kf7 25. Qc7 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Bxb7 27.
a6 Ba8 28. Bxa7 Rd8 29. Be3 Nc8 30. a7 Rd6 31. Ra6 Ke8 32. Bc5 Re6 33. e4 g6
34. e5 Kd7 35. Bd4 Kc7 36. Bg2 Kb7 37. Ra5 Kc7 38. f4 Re8 39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Be3
Nb6 41. Ra1 Na4 42. Rb1 c5 43. b3 cxb3 44. Rxb3 Kb6 45. e6 Bxg2 46. Kxg2 Kxa7
47. Rxb5 Ka6 48. e7 Re8 49. Rxc5 Nxc5 50. Bxc5 Kb5 51. Ba3 Kc6 52. Kf3 Ra8 53.
Bb4 Kd7 54. h4 Rb8 55. Bc5 Rb5 56. Bd6 Rd5 57. Bb4 Rd3+ 58. Kg2 Rd4 59. Bc5 Rc4
60. Bd6 Re4 61. Ba3 Rxe7 62. Bxe7 Kxe7 63. h5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nc3 b6 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4 O-O 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. c5 Rf7 15. c6
Nf8 16. Qc1 f5 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. f4 h6 19. Nf3 exf4 20. Bd4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Rf7 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 25. Qxf6 Nxd5 26. Qd4 Ne3 27. Qxf4 Nxf1
28. Rxf1 Qe7 29. Qxh6 Re8 30. Kh1 Qe3 31. Qh4 Qd3 32. Rc1 Qe4 33. Qf6 Nh7 34.
Qc3 Qe3 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. h3 b5 37. Qc2 Qf4 38. Qb2+ Nf6 39. Rf1 Re6 40. Qa1
Qxb4 41. a3 Qc5 42. Qb2 Kg8 43. Nd4 Re3 44. Nc2 Ne4 45. Qa2+ Kh8 46. Rf8+ Kh7
47. Qf7+ Kh6 48. Rh8+ Kg5 49. Qe7+ Kf4 50. Rf8+ Kg3 51. Nxe3 Nf2+ 52. Kg1 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. e3 Re8 13. Bd2 exd4 14. exd4 Nf8
15. Be3 h6 16. h3 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Ne1 Bf5 19. Bf1 Nc7 20. b4 a6 21. Ng2 Nce6
22. Be2 Nh7 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Bd1 Rae8 26. Bb3 Bh7 27. Bd1 Bf5 28.
Bb3 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Bd1 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 f5 32. Bc2 Rf7 33. Kh2 h5 34. Bb1
Rff8 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. Rfd1 Ree7 37. Bg5 Nxg5 38. hxg5 f4 39. Bg6 Rf8 40. gxf4
Rxf4 41. Bxh5 Ree4 42. Kg3 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rff4 44. Kg3 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rff4 46. Kg3
Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.03"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxd4 10. Nxe6 Bxb5 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ 13. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. e5 Rd8 11. Bd3 c5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Be4 Bc8 15.
Bg5 Ne7 16. f4 h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. Rad1 f5 20. a4 b4 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. Nd1 g5 23. Qh5 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nf2 Qxa4 26. Rd1 Qe8 27. Qe2 Qb5
28. Qh5 Qe8 29. Qf3 Kg8 30. Rd6 Bf8 31. Rxa6 Rh7 32. Qb3 Re7 33. Qc4 Qd7 34.
Rd6 Qc8 35. Nd3 Re8 36. Ra6 Qd7 37. b3 Qd5 38. Qxd5 exd5 39. Rc6 c4 40. bxc4
dxc4 41. Rxc4 Rd8 42. Ne1 gxf4 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Ke2 Be7 45. Nd3 Ke6 46. Rc6+ Kd5
47. Rc7 Bf8 48. Kf3 Kd4 49. Ke2 h5 50. h3 Ke4 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Rxf4 Rc8 53. Kd1
Ke6 54. Rh4 b3 55. cxb3 Rc3 56. Nf4+ Kxe5 57. Ng6+ Kf6 58. Nxf8 Rd3+ 59. Kc2
Rd8 60. Nh7+ Kg6 61. g4 hxg4 62. hxg4 fxg4 63. Rxg4+ Kxh7 64. b4 Rb8 65. Kb3
Kh6 66. Kc4 Kh5 67. Rg7 Kh6 68. Rg1 Rc8+ 69. Kd5 Rb8 70. Kc5 Rc8+ 71. Kd6 Rb8
72. Rb1 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.04"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nfd2
d5 9. Nc3 f5 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. f3 Bf6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e4 Qb6 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4 h6 15. Nf1
a5 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. Bf4 Ba6 18. Qd2 d4 19. Bxh6 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qf4 Bf6
22. Bg5 Qxb2 23. Bxf6 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.04"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Black "Bazeev, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bf4 f6 8. Qb3
Qd7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. g4 Bf7 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. cxb5
Nd5 15. Bg3 Nc3 16. Rde1 Nxb5 17. Kb1 Nxa3+ 18. bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rc1 Rd5 20. Rxc7+
Kxc7 21. e6+ Kb6 22. exf7 Rc8 23. Ka2 Bf8 24. Rb1+ Ka6 25. Ne1 Rb5 26. Be4 Rxb1
27. Kxb1 g6 28. Nc2 Rd8 29. Bd3+ b5 30. Ne4 Rd7 31. Nxf6 Rxf7 32. Nd5 Bc5 33.
Nc7+ Kb6 34. Nxb5 Rd7 35. Nba3 Bxa3 36. Nxa3 Kc5 37. Nc2 Rb7+ 38. Ka2 Nb3 39.
Bf4 a5 40. f3 a4 41. Bh6 Rf7 42. Bg5 Kd5 43. Nb4+ Kd6 44. Bc4 Rf8 45. Ka3 Re8
46. Bb5 Re6 47. Bf4+ Kc5 48. Bxa4 Na5 49. Nd3+ Kc4 50. Bd2 Rxe2 51. Bxa5 Re3
52. Bc2 Rxf3 53. h4 g5 54. hxg5 Rxd3+ 55. Bxd3+ Kxd3 56. Kb2 Ke3 57. Kc2 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.04"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qh5 Qc5 13. Qxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3
Ba7 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. h3 O-O 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bb5
21. c4 Be8 22. Red3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Ne4 24. Bd1 Nc5 25. Rd6 f6 26. Ng4 Bc6 27. b4
Ne4 28. Rd3 Kf7 29. Bf3 Ke7 30. Ne3 Nd6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. c5 Nb5 33. a4 Na7 34.
Nc4 Rd8 35. Nd6 Rb8 36. Rb3 Nc8 37. Nxc8+ Rxc8 38. Kf1 Rd8 39. b5 cxb5 40. axb5
axb5 41. Rxb5 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rc1 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rc7 Rc2+ 45. Ke3 h5 46. c6 Kg8
47. Kd3 Rc1 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kh7 50. f4 Kg6 51. Kd4 Rc2 52. g5 Rc1 53. Ke4
Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bykov, Oleg"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bg7 9. e4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Qd2 Qc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rac1 Qg4 15.
Qd2 Rac8 16. b3 a6 17. f3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Na4 b5 20. Nb6 Qe6 21. cxb5 Rxc1
22. Qxc1 axb5 23. Qc7 Ba8 24. Be3 d5 25. e5 d4 26. Rxd4 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28.
Qc5 Bc6 29. f4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qa6 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 e6 33. Rc4 Rb8 34. Qc6
Qa5 35. Rc2 Bf8 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qb5 Qe1 38. Re2 Qd1 39. Bb6 Rd5 40. Qc4 Bc5 41.
Bxc5 Rxc5 42. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 a6 7. c4 O-O 8. g4
Qe7 9. Nc2 b5 10. g5 Ne4 11. h4 bxc4 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. b4 c3 14. Bxc3 Nxc3 15.
dxc3 e4 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Nh3 a5 18. b5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Ba3 20. Rb1 Qc5 21. Nf4 Qxc3+
22. Kf1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 24. Qe2 Bd5 25. Kg2 Qxe2 26. Nfxe2 Bc4 27. Nc3 Bd3
28. Rb3 Bc5 29. a4 f6 30. Rc1 fxg5 31. Nd5 Bxd4 32. exd4 Rf3 33. Nxc7 Raf8 34.
Rb2 e3 35. fxe3 Be4 36. Kh2 g4 37. Rg2 Rh3+ 38. Kg1 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Rxe3 40. b6
Rb3 41. Nb5 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 h5 0-1

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.05"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. a3 c4 10. Qc2 Ba5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. f3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. f4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Qg7 19. O-O-O Ne7 20. g4 Be4 21. Bf3 Bxf3
22. gxf3 Ng6 23. Rh5 Nh4 24. f5 Rad8 25. Rh1 Rfe8 26. f4 Rd6 27. R1xh4 gxh4 28.
g5 Rb6 29. f6 Qf8 30. Qg2 Rxb2 31. Kxb2 Bxc3+ 32. Kc2 Rxe5 33. gxh6+ 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.05"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne8 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Bd4 Nd6 16. Rc1 Kh8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Nc4 19. e4 Nxa3 20. bxa5 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
c5 22. Qd1 d4 23. axb6 Qf6 24. Nd5 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bxd5 26. exd5 c4 27. b7 Rab8
28. Rf1 Qb2 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. d6 d3 31. Qg1 Qe5 32. Rf1 Rg8 33. Qb6 Qb5 34.
Qc7 1-0

[Event "SPb 2018 GM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.09.05"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Nf3 b5 12. Qe1 Qa5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Nd5 Qxe1 15.
Rxe1 Nh5 16. g4 Ng3 17. Rg1 Nxf1 18. Rgxf1 Rac8 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Bxb2 21.
Kxb2 e6 22. Nc3 Ne7 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. a3 Rc5 25. Re3 Nc8 26. Ne1 Rdc7 27. Ne2 a5
28. Nd3 R5c6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxe5 Rd6 31. Red3 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 f6 33. Rd8+ Kg7
34. Nd4 Re7 35. Nec6 Bxc6 36. Nxc6 Rc7 37. Nd4 Kh6 38. Nxe6 Re7 39. Nd4 Na7 40.
Kc3 Rc7+ 41. Kd3 b4 42. Rd5 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 Nc8 44. Rxa5 Nd6 45. axb4 Ne4+ 46. Kc1
Rxh3 47. b5 1-0