[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Be3 Nbd7
8. Nc3 c6 9. Nge2 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Rd8 13. b3 Nd5 14. Rd1 f6
15. Bb2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bd2 Nh5 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Ng3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Qxf4 Nd7 14. O-O Ne5 15.
Be2 h5 16. Qd2 h4 17. Nh1 g5 18. f3 Bd7 19. Nf2 Qe7 20. Rac1 a6 21. b3 Rae8 22.
Nd3 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxb5 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Bd3 Kh8 28.
Qe2 f5 29. Rc2 Qf7 30. Qd2 fxe4 31. Bxe4 g4 32. Qg5 Re5 33. Qxh4+ Rh5 34. Qg3
Be5 35. f4 Bxf4 36. Qd3 Bxh2+ 37. Kg2 Be5 38. Rh1 g3 39. Bf3 Rxh1 40. Kxh1 Bf5
0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Re1
cxd4 9. cxd4 Rc8 10. e4 e5 11. b3 b5 12. Qe2 Qc3 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Bxf8 Kxf8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Qb6 18. Ra3 a6 19. Nc4 Qb4 20. Qd3 Ke7 21. Ra4
Qc5 22. Ra5 Qb4 23. Rea1 Bxe4 24. Qe3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rhd8 26. R1a4 Qb8 27. Nxe5
Nxe5 28. Rxe5+ Kf8 29. Rxa6 Qb4 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Be4 f5 33. Bxf5
Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qb7+ 35. Be4 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Qb6 9. Bd3 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qb4 11. a3 Qa5 12. f5 Bxe5 13. fxg6 Nf6 14. gxf7+ Kxf7
15. O-O-O Nbd7 16. g4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. Qf5 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qxa3+ 20. Kb1
hxg4 21. Bd4 Rag8 22. hxg4 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Ne4 24. Rd1 Qd6 25. Qh3 Ke8 26. Ka2
Qg3 27. Qh7 Rf8 28. Qh5+ Kd7 29. Kb2 Nd6 30. Kb3 Nb5 31. Be5 Qf3 32. Rd3 Qe4
33. Rd2 Rf1 34. Qh3 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. O-O e5 8. Nb3
c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. c5 Na6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rfc1 h6 14. Rc2 Ng4
15. Rac1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Bd2 18. Rf1 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 g6 20. Nf2 e4
21. Nd1 Bxc5 22. e3 Rd3 23. g4 Rf8 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Bh3 Bxe3 26. Rg2+ Bg5 27.
Nf2 Rxb3 28. Nxe4 Rxh3 29. Ng3 Kh7 30. Re2 Nb4 31. Re6 Nd5 32. b4 Rh4 33. b5
Bf4 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. Rfe1 Be7 13. Ne4 Nf4 14. g3
Ne6 15. Nfd2 c5 16. Rad1 Kf8 17. Nc4 b6 18. f4 Nd8 19. Ne3 Nc6 20. f5 h5 21. h4
a5 22. a4 Kg8 23. f6 gxf6 24. Nd5 Kh7 25. Nxc7 Bg4 26. exf6 Bxd1 27. fxe7 Nxe7
28. Nxa8 Rd8 29. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8.
O-O e6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. c5 Qd8 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 e5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qb1 exd4 20. exd4 Qd8 21.
g3 Ra3 22. Qb4 Qa8 23. Kg2 Nhf6 24. Re1 g6 25. Re3 Ra1 26. Ne5 Kg7 27. h3 Ra7
28. Qb2 Qc8 29. Qe2 Ra8 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Re7 Qc8 32. Qe5 Ra3 33. Ne2 cxb5 34.
Nf4 Qf5 35. Ne6+ Kh8 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Rxf7 Ne4 38. Rxb7 Ra2 39. c6 Rxf2+ 40.
Kg1 Rf3 41. c7 Rxg3+ 42. Kf1 Nd6 43. Rxb5 Nc8 44. Rxd5 Rg8 45. Rd7 Re8 46. Rd8
1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
d6 9. Nf3 Nfd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 N8d7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Rb1 Ra7 14. b3 Qa8 15.
Bb2 Bb7 16. e4 Rc8 17. Bh3 Rd8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Rb7 21. Nd1 Nf6
22. Ne3 Rdb8 23. Bc3 Bh6 24. a5 Nc8 25. Nc4 Rb5 26. Rb2 Bg7 27. Rd1 Qb7 28.
Rdb1 Qa6 29. Qd3 e6 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Ng5 d5 32. exd5 Nxd5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34.
Re1 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Kh8 13. f4 b5 14. Bb3 b4 15.
Ne2 f6 16. Nxg6+ Nxg6 17. f5 Ne7 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Nd5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Bg3
Nd7 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Ba4 Qb6 24. Rfe1 Rfd8 25. Re6 Nf8 26. g5 fxg5 27. Be5 Nd7
28. Rcxc6 Nxe5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxe5 Nf4 31. h4 Qf6 32. Qe3 Rf8 33. Re8 Qxf5
34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. hxg5 h6 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Kf2 Nh3+ 39. Kg3 Ng5
40. Qe5 Kg7 41. Bb3 Qxe5+ 42. dxe5 Kf8 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Bd5 Ne6+ 45. Ke3 h5 46.
Bf3 h4 47. Bg4 Nc5 48. b3 a4 49. bxa4 Nxa4 50. Kd3 Nb6 51. Kd4 Nd7 52. Bf5 Kd8
53. e6 Nf6 54. Kc5 Ke7 55. Kxb4 Nd5+ 56. Kc5 Nf4 57. a4 Nxe6+ 58. Kb6 Kd6 59.
a5 Nc5 60. Kb5 Kd5 61. Bh3 Kd6 62. Bg2 Ne6 63. Kb6 Nc5 64. Bh3 Na4+ 65. Kb7
Nc5+ 66. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bf1 e5 14. cxd5 e4 15.
Qe2 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Rac1 Rec8 19. Qa5 Bf8 20. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Bd3 Ne7
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 h4 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bf2 Nd7 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. b3 Qa3 15. c4
O-O-O 16. c5 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rfc1 Kb7 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rb1 Bf8 21. Kh2 Bb4
22. Ng1 b5 23. Qe2 Nb6 24. Nf3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Na3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc8 14. Rb1 Qc7 15.
Bd2 Rb8 16. b4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qc1 Re8 19. h3 Nh5 20. Kh2 f5 21. Bf3 Nf6
22. bxc5 b4 23. c6 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Ne7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Qa1 Nexd5 27. Bxd5+ Nxd5
28. Bxg7 Bxc6 29. Bh6 Qe7 30. Nc4 f4 31. Qd4 Rb4 32. gxf4 Nf6 33. Bg5 Qe4 34.
Qxe4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 Nc6 8.
d3 e5 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qh5 dxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. d4 d6
15. Rad1 a5 16. Rd3 f6 17. Bc1 Na7 18. Ba4 Be6 19. Red1 Qc4 20. Nc5 Bf7 21. Qg4
dxc5 22. Bh6 g6 23. Bb3 Qb5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd7 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 f5 27. Qg5 Bxb3
28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Qe7 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 g6 2. h4 h6 3. h5 g5 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 gxf4 6. Bxf4 c5 7. Qg4 Bxd4 8. e5
Kf8 9. c3 d6 10. Qg3 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Nf6 13. Qxc5 Nc6 14. Na3 Qd2+
15. Kxd2 Ne4+ 16. Ke3 Nxc5 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. Rh4 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Nfe5 Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Rg5 22. Nf3 Ng4+ 23. Kd3 Rd5+ 24. Ke2 Bf5 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Kf3 e5 27.
Nb3 f5 28. Bc4 Rd6 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Be2 Kf7 31. Kg3 f4+ 32. Kh3 Ne3+ 33. Kh2 Rg8
34. Bf3 Bc6 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Rg1 Rg3 37. Rh3 Ng4+ 38. Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nd2 Qb6 8. Qb3
c4 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bc2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Nd4 Ne6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. h4 Re8 14. Bd3
Be6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Qc2 g6 17. h5 Bd6 18. Bg5 Bg4 19. Rdg1 Qe6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21.
f3 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rh5 Re2 25. Bd2 Rf8 26. g4 fxg4 27.
Rxg4+ Kh8 28. Kd1 Rf2 29. Bh6 Re8 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Rf5 Re6 32. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Ne8 8. Ng3
g6 9. O-O Bg5 10. Nce2 Nd7 11. a3 Ng7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. b3 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Bb2
Nf6 16. Qc3 Nfe8 17. Rae1 h5 18. f4 Bf6 19. Qc2 h4 20. Nh1 exf4 21. Nxf4 Be5
22. Bc1 Nf6 23. Nf2 Bd7 24. Ne2 Nh7 25. Bh6 h3 26. g3 Ng5 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Bxg5
Qxg5 29. Ng1 Qh6 30. Qc1 g5 31. Qd1 f6 32. g4 Qh4 33. Re3 Kg6 34. Rxh3 Rh8 35.
Rxh4 Rxh4 36. h3 a5 37. Nf3 Rh6 38. Nxe5+ dxe5 39. Qf3 Ne8 40. Kg2 Nd6 41. Nh1
1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba3 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Qb1 a6
15. Rcd1 Bb4 16. Qa1 Ba3 17. Qb1 Na7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Ba1 Nb5 20. e4 Bb4 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Qd3 Bc3 23. Nef3 Nb4 24. Qe4 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Nc2 26. Nc4 Nxa1 27.
Rxa1 Bc6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Rd1 Nc3 30. Rd2 Qg6 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Nfe5 Bxg2 33.
Kxg2 Nb5 34. Nf3 f6 35. a4 Nd6 36. Nb6 Rc6 37. a5 Nb5 38. Nc4 Kf7 39. g4 Nd6
40. Nb6 Rc3 41. b4 Nc4 42. Nxc4 Rxc4 43. Rb2 Rd5 44. g5 Rb5 45. Rd2 Ke7 46. h4
Rcxb4 47. Rc2 Kd7 48. Re2 Rxa5 49. gxf6 gxf6 50. Re4 Ke7 51. Rg4 Kf7 52. Rf4
Rf5 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 9. d3 Nf6 10. c4 c6 11. h3 h6 12. Kh2 Re8 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Rb1 Qa5 15.
Bd2 Qa6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qf3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Kg7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Ne4 Nh7 21.
Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qf5 Kg8 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxf6 Bf8 25. Re4 Rd4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27.
Qxd4 Re7 28. Qg4+ Bg7 29. Rb2 f5 30. Qg6 Qa3 31. Rb1 Qxd3 32. Rb3 Qd7 33. h4
Qe6 34. Qxe6+ Rxe6 35. Rxb7 Bd4 36. Rc7 Bxf2 37. Bxc6 Rg6 38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Rc8+
Kh7 40. Kg2 Bxg3 41. h5 Rg5 42. Kf3 Be5 43. Re8 Bd4 44. Bf7 Kg7 45. Bg6 Kf6 46.
Rd8 Be5 47. c5 Rg3+ 48. Ke2 Rc3 49. Rf8+ Ke6 50. Bxf5+ Kd5 51. Rf7 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5
Nc6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Ba2 h6 12. f4 hxg5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg5 f6 15.
Bd2 Bg4 16. Ba5 Rc8 17. Bc4 Rc6 18. O-O Be6 19. Qd3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qe6 21. Qe2
c4 22. Rad1 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 c5 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bc2 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. b3 Rac8 19. Bb1 f5 20. f3 e5 21.
Bg5 Ne6 22. Bh4 exf3 23. gxf3 Rc3 24. Kd2 Rc6 25. Ke2 f4 26. Be4 Ra6 27. Bd5
fxe3 28. Bg5 Rxa2+ 29. Kxe3 Ra6 30. Bxb7 Ra5 31. Rhg1 Kh8 32. Kf2 e4 33. Be3
Rxf3+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Rd2 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Bh6+ 37. Kxe4 Rxd2 38. Ke5 Nc5 39.
Bf3 Nxb3 40. Rb1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rae8
15. Re1 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. a3 Kh8 18. Bb1 g5 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Nxg5 e5 21.
dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. h3 Re7 24. Ng3 Rg7 25. N5e4 Qe7 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Ba2
d4 28. Bd5 Qd6 29. Be4 Rgf7 30. Rc2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Qf4+ 33. Bf3
Ne5 34. Nh5 Nd3+ 35. Kf1 Qg5 36. Re4 Ne5 37. Rc5 Nxf3 38. Rxg5 Nxg5 39. Rxd4
Bb5+ 40. Kf2 Ne6 41. Rd6 Nf8 42. g4 Kg8 43. Kg3 Bc6 44. Rf6 Nd7 45. Rf2 Nc5 46.
Kh4 a5 47. Rf5 Nb3 48. Kg5 a4 49. Kf6 Nd2 50. Ke7 h6 51. Rf8+ Kh7 52. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3 g6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bg7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. h3 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nac4 14. Bxf5 gxf5
15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Bh6 Rg8 18. Ng5 Qf8 19. Bxg7+ Qxg7 20. f4 h6 21.
Nf3 Qg3 22. e6 f6 23. Ne1 Qxh3 24. Rf3 Rg3 25. Kf2 Qh4 26. Rxg3 Rg8 27. Qe3 Nd5
28. Qf3 Nxf4 29. d5 Nh5 30. Qxh5 Qxh5 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Nf3 Qe8 33. Rd1 Kf8
34. Rd2 Qb8 35. Rd4 b5 36. Rh4 Kg7 37. Rd4 Kf8 38. a3 a5 39. Nh4 Ke8 40. Nxf5
Qe5 41. g4 h5 42. Kf3 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. d6 exd6 45. Nxd6+ Kf8 46. e7+ Qxe7
47. Nxc4 Qb7+ 48. Kg3 h4+ 49. Kf4 h3 50. Nd6 Qb6 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 Nh5
9. Bf3 Nd7 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Qe8 12. Nc1 f5 13. exf5 Nhf6 14. fxg6 Qxg6 15. Nd3
e4 16. Nf4 Qg5 17. Be2 Ne5 18. h3 Ng6 19. g4 Qe5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2 Bd7 22.
Rf1 Qe7 23. Bh6 Rae8 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Qe3 Nh7 26. O-O-O Qe5 27. Rde1 Qf4 28.
Bd1 Ng5 29. h4 Nf3 30. Bxf3 Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 exf3 33. g5 Bf5 34.
Kd2 Kg7 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Kxe1 Bd3 37. Kd2 Bxc4 38. a5 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Kxf3
Bb3 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. f4 Ke7 43. f5 gxf5 44. h5 Kf7 45. Kf4 Bc2 46. Ne2 Bd1 47.
Ng3 Bg4 48. Nxf5 Bxh5 49. Nxd6+ Ke7 50. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Qd3 Nxg5 6. Nxg5 g6 7. Qc3 f6 8. Nf3
Qb6 9. h4 Bg7 10. h5 O-O 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. e4 f5 13. e5 d6 14. Qe3 f4 15. Qd2
dxe5 16. Nc3 c4 17. d6 e6 18. a4 b4 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Ne7+ Kf7 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22.
Ne4 Qb6 23. Nxc8 Qc6 24. d7+ Nxd7 25. Ncd6+ Ke7 26. Rh7 Rg8 27. Bxc4 Nc5 28.
Nxc5 Qxc5 29. O-O-O e4 30. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Qb1 Bc6
15. Bb3 Qb7 16. f3 Qa6 17. Qb2 Bb5 18. Bd5 Nc6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Be3 Na5 21.
Nc3 Bc4 22. Qa3 e6 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. e5 Rfc8 25. Ne4 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Qxc1 Qc4 28. Qd2 Nc6 29. h4 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Nxe5 32. Qf2 Nxg4 33. Qf4
Nxe3 34. Qb8+ Bf8 35. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Nxd8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. c3 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Be3
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. Kf1 Be6 17. b3 Bf8 18. c4 Bb4 19. Bg5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 a5
21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Bg4 23. Rd5 Re8 24. Bf6 h6 25. Rb5 g5 26. Bxg5 Nd4 27. Rd5
Nf5 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Bxd8 Ne3+ 30. Kg1 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Bf5 32. a3 Bd2 33. Nd5 Bc2
34. b4 axb4 35. Nxb4 Bb3 36. c5 Bc1 37. Bf6 Bxa3 38. Bc3 Bc1 39. Kf3 Bg5 40.
Ke4 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Qc2 b5 12. Rae1 Qc7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Bg1 Nd8 15. Re2
a5 16. e5 d5 17. g4 c4 18. d4 b4 19. Qc1 a4 20. a3 bxa3 21. bxa3 Ndc6 22. Bf2
Na5 23. Bh4 Ng8 24. Qe1 Rb2 25. Bh3 Nb3 26. Nb1 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5
29. Bg2 Be8 30. Ng5 Qd7 31. Bf3 Ne7 32. Bh5 Ng6 33. Bxg6 Bxg6 34. Rg1 h6 35.
Nh3 Qf7 36. Nf2 Kh7 37. h3 Rg8 38. Kh2 Bh5 39. Qe3 Bf8 40. Rxg8 Qxg8 41. Bf6
Na1 42. Nh1 Qf7 43. Ng3 Qb7 44. Nxh5 Qxb1 45. Bh4 Qc2+ 46. Bf2 Qd3 47. Nf6+ Kh8
48. Qc1 Qf3 49. Qg1 Bg7 50. Be3 Nc2 51. Ne8 Bf8 52. Nf6 Bg7 53. Ne8 Bf8 54. Nf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
e4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qxh4 12. Qf3 f5 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7
15. Qe3 Qg5 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Qd6 Re8 19. Qg3 Nd5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21.
Kf1 Nxc3 22. Bxc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. g3 Rc8 26. h4 g4 27. Ng5
Nxg5 28. hxg5+ Kg7 29. Rd1 Re7 30. Rd5 Kg6 31. Rd6+ Kg7 32. g6 Kg8 33. Rh5 Rf8
34. Rd5 f4 35. gxf4 Kg7 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Re6 38. g7 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
d3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. c3 Bc5 11. O-O a5 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nc3 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qc2
15. Qe1 Bb4 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Qe3 e5 18. Kh1 O-O 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxa3 21. f4
d6 22. f5 Kh8 23. f6 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. fxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. Bd2 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nbxd4 Bc5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O f6 12. Kh1 Ne7 13. b4 axb4 14. cxb4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 fxe5 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxe5 O-O 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. Bg1 Ra3
21. Rfc1 h5 22. Rc7 Nf6 23. Ne5 Kh7 24. Bd3 Ne4 25. Rac1 Ra8 26. a4 Rxa4 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Rxb4 29. Re8 Rb2 30. Rxe6 b5 31. Nf3 g6 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33.
Rxe4 b4 34. Nd4 Nd6 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Re6 Nc4 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Rc6 Nd2 39. Rh6
Rb1 40. Rxh5 b3 41. Rb5 b2 42. Nf3 Ne4 43. Ng5+ Nxg5 44. fxg5 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. h3 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bg5 a5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
g4 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nb1 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qb6 20. Kh2 Nf8 21. f4
Qxd4 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd4 dxe5 26. fxe5 Ra1 27. Nd2
Rc8 28. Nf3 Rc1 29. Rxb4 R8xc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 31. Kg3 Ne6 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxb2 34. Rxd5 Rb3+ 35. Kg2 Re3 36. h4 h6 37. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 a5 12. f3 Na6 13. e3 Nb4 14. a3 Na6 15. a4 Nb4
16. Qe2 c5 17. Nb1 Rad8 18. Rcd1 Bb8 19. Nc3 Ne8 20. Rd2 Nd6 21. Rfd1 Nf7 22.
Nb5 Nd6 23. Bc3 Nxb5 24. axb5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rd7 26. f4 Rfd8 27. g4 g6 28. gxf5
gxf5 29. Qh5 dxc4 30. Bxb7 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 Qxb7 32. Bxb4 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qg7+ 34.
Kf2 axb4 35. bxc4 Qe7 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Qd3 Ke8 38. h3 Qd8 39. Qb1 Qa8 40. Qg1
Kf7 41. Qg5 Qg8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. h4 Qd8 45. Qf7+ Qe7 46. Qg8 Qxh4
47. Qg2 Qd8 48. Kc2 h5 49. Qc6+ Ke7 50. Qb7+ Ke8 51. Qc6+ Kf7 52. Qb7+ Kg6 53.
Qc6 Kf7 54. Qb7+ Kg8 55. Qc6 Kf7 56. Qb7+ Kg8 57. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Black "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Rac8 14. Be2 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Bc3 d4 18. exd4 Nc6 19. O-O Nd5 20. Rd1 Re8 21.
Bf1 Re6 22. Kh1 Rg6 23. Re1 h6 24. Bd3 Rg5 25. Qxb7 Nf6 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. d5
Rxd5 28. Re8+ Nf8 29. Be4 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Nd8 31. f4 Nde6 32. f5 Nc5 33. Bf3 Rd7
34. Rc8 Nd3 35. Be4 Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Nh3 37. Ke3 Ng5 38. Bb4 Ngh7 39. f6 g6 40. Be7
Rd1 41. Ra8 Re1+ 42. Kd3 Rd1+ 43. Ke2 Rd4 44. Ke3 Ra4 45. a3 Ra6 46. h4 h5 47.
f3 Re6 48. Kd3 a6 49. b4 Rb6 50. a4 Re6 51. a5 Re5 52. Rxa6 g5 53. f4 gxf4 54.
Ra8 Re6 55. a6 Nxf6 56. Rxf8+ Kg7 57. Bxf6+ Kxf8 58. a7 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 Bb7 5. c4 a6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. Ra2 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 b4 13. b3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 15.
Qg3 dxc4 16. Bb1 Nd5 17. Rc1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 cxd4 19. Rxc4 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Qf6 21.
Ra2 Rab8 22. Bd3 Nb6 23. Rf4 Qe7 24. Rd4 a5 25. Rd2 Qf6 26. Be4 g6 27. g3 Rfc8
28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Qc3 Kg7 30. Rf1 Rb3 31. Qxb3 Qxd4 32. Bg2 Nd2 33. Qd1 e5 34.
Re1 Rc3 35. Qa1 a4 36. Rd1 Qc5 37. Qb2 Rc2 38. Qb7 e4 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. f4 Nh6 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O f5 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bg1 Bc6 13. a5 Nf7 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2
e5 16. c3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Qd7 18. d4 exf4 19. Rxf4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Kh8 21. Qd2 Bd5
22. Raf1 Rac8 23. Nf6 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qe7 26. Qf3 Kg8 27. Be3 Rce8
28. Bd2 Kg7 29. Kg1 Kg8 30. Qf4 Nd8 31. Qxd6 Rxf6 32. Qxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Nf7
34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Bc3 Kf8 36. Ke3 Rd7 37. Rb6 Nh6 38. Kf4 Nf5 39. d5 Ke8 40. Re6+
Kf7 41. Ke4 Nd6+ 42. Ke5 Nc4+ 43. Kd4 Nd6 44. Kc5 Nf5 45. g4 Nh6 46. h3 Ng8 47.
Rd6 Re7 48. Kb6 h5 49. g5 h4 50. Rd8 Re3 51. d6 Rxh3 52. Rxg8 Kxg8 53. d7 Rd3
54. Kc7 Kf7 55. d8=Q Rxd8 56. Kxd8 Ke6 57. Be1 h3 58. Bg3 Kf5 59. Kc7 Kxg5 60.
Kxb7 Kg4 61. Bd6 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. h3
Ne8 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. Qe2 Bd7 15.
f4 Bg7 16. e5 f6 17. exd6 exd6 18. Bh4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. f5 c4 21. Be4 b4
22. Nb1 Qe8 23. Qf3 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qe5 26. Nd2 Qxd5 27. Qxd5+ Nxd5
28. Nxc4 Rbc8 29. Nxd6 Rxc2 30. Nf5 Re2 31. Rf2 Rfe8 32. Ra5 Rxf2 33. Bxf2 Ne7
34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Rb5 Nc6 36. Rb6 Rc8 37. Bc5 Kg6 38. Kh2 Ne5 39. Bd4 Nc6 40.
Bc5 Ne5 41. Be7 Nc6 42. Bxb4 Nxb4 43. Rxb4 Rc2 44. Kg3 f5 45. Kf3 Rd2 46. Rb8
Kg5 47. Ke3 Rc2 48. Kd3 Rf2 49. Ke3 Rc2 50. Kd3 Rf2 51. Rg8+ Kh4 52. b4 Rb2 53.
Kc4 h5 54. b5 f4 55. Kc5 f3 56. gxf3 Kxh3 57. b6 Rc2+ 58. Kd6 Rd2+ 59. Kc7 Rc2+
60. Kb8 Rf2 61. b7 Rxf3 62. Kc7 Rb3 63. b8=Q Rxb8 64. Kxb8 h4 65. Kc7 Kh2 66.
Kd6 h3 67. Ke5 Kh1 68. Kf4 h2 69. Kg3 Kg1 70. Kh3+ 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 f5 7. exf5 gxf5 8. Qe2
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 e6 14. c3 Rb6 15. Ng5
Re8 16. Ne3 h6 17. Nh3 d5 18. g4 bxc3 19. bxc3 fxg4 20. Nxg4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Ne7
22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nf4 Rf8 24. Ng6 Rf7 25. Qh5 Rb2 26. Bf4 Rxa2 27. Rb1 Rb7 28.
Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Rb1 Qe8 30. Rxb7 Kh7 31. Nf8+ Qxf8 32. Bh3 Qf6 33. Rf7 Qg6+ 34.
Bg4 Qxh5 35. Bxh5 a5 36. Ra7 a4 37. Bf7 Bxc3 38. Bxe6+ Kg6 39. Bf7+ Kf6 40.
Bxd5 Bd4+ 41. Kh1 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Ne3+ 43. Bxe3 Bxe3 44. Kf3 Bd4 45. Kf4 Be5+ 46.
Kg4 Bxh2 47. Ra6+ Ke5 48. Bc4 Kd4 49. Rxh6 Be5 50. Kf5 Rf1+ 51. Ke6 Re1 52. Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nb3 h6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
Be6 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nac5 Bc8 11. e4 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nge2 c5 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Nxd4 Nc7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14.
Be2 Ke7 15. Bf3 Rab8 16. Rhe1 e5 17. g3 Rhd8 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Bd5
Kf8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re4 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Ng7 24. Ne3 h5 25. f4 Re8 26. f5 Rd8
27. Rc4 Rc8 28. Rb4 Rc7 29. Rb8+ Ne8 30. c4 Ke7 31. c5 Rd7 32. Kc2 h4 33. gxh4
Rd4 34. Rb4 Ng7 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Ng4 Nxf5 37. h5 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. b4 Nh4
40. Nxf6+ Ke6 41. Ne8 Ke5 42. Nd6 f6 43. h6 Ng6 44. h7 Nh8 45. Nc4+ Kd5 46.
Nb6+ axb6 47. cxb6 Kd6 48. a4 1-0

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Black "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. g5 bxc4 11. gxf6 gxf6 12. Ne4 Nb6 13. b3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 cxb3
15. axb3 Be7 16. Ba5 Rb8 17. Nfd2 f5 18. Nc5 Qd5 19. Bc3 Ra8 20. Ra5 Qd6 21. e4
Qxh2 22. Nf3 Qh3 23. d5 Rf8 24. Ne5 cxd5 25. Bd4 f6 26. Ng6 Rg8 27. Nd3 fxe4
28. Qc7 Bd7 29. Nc5 Rc8 30. Qxa7 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Qc3+ 32. Ke2 Rxc5 33. Qb8+ Rc8
34. Qd6 Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "FINEC 2009 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Kc8 11. Ne4 h6 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Kb7 14. Rad1
Be6 15. g4 Ne7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Nf4 Kc8 19. Rd3 Be8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Rd1+ Kc8 22. c4 Bd7 23. f3 Ng8 24. Kg2 Rh7 25. h4 g6 26. Kg3 Be7 27. h5 g5
28. Ng2 c5 29. Ne3 Bd8 30. Nd5 Be6 31. Kf2 Ne7 32. Ndf6 Rh8 33. Ng3 a6 34. Nge4
Nc6 35. Ke3 Be7 36. f4 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Nb4 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Nd5 Bxd5
41. cxd5 c4 42. d6 Bg5+ 43. Nxg5 Nd3+ 44. Kf5 Nxb2 45. d7+ Kb7 46. Rb1 hxg5 47.
Rxb2 c3 48. Rh2 Kc6 49. b4 Kd5 50. Kf6 c5 51. h6 cxb4 52. Kg7 Rd8 53. h7 Ke6
54. Rh6+ Ke7 55. Rf6 c2 56. Rxf7+ Ke6 57. h8=Q Rxh8 58. Kxh8 c1=Q 59. d8=Q Qc5
60. Qd7+ 1-0