[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Rb1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qc7 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh4 Bf5
15.Rb2 Rfe8 16.Bh6 b5 17.Bb3 Re4 18.Qf6 Bf8 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.d5 cxd5 21.
Bxd5 Qe7 22.Qc6 Re1 23.Qxb5 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Qc7 25.Kg1 Qxc3 26.h3 Qc1+ 27.
Kh2 Qf4+ 28.g3 Qd4 29.Qb7 Be6 30.Bxe6 fxe6 31.Kg2 Qd5+ 32.Qxd5 exd5 33.
Rb5 Rf7 34.Rxd5 Kf8 35.Ra5 Kg7 36.f4 Rc7 37.g4 Rb7 38.Ra6 Rc7 39.Kg3 Kf7
40.g5 Kg7 41.Kg4 Rf7 42.h4 Kg8 43.Ra4 Kg7 44.h5 Kf8 45.Rc4 Rd7 46.Rc6
Kf7 47.a4 gxh5+ 48.Kxh5 Rd4 49.Rf6+ Kg7 50.a5 Ra4 51.a6 Ra1 52.Rc6 Rh1+
53.Kg4 Rg1+ 54.Kf5 Rb1 55.Rc7+ Kg8 56.Rb7 Rc1 57.Rxa7 Rc5+ 58.Ke6 Rc6+
59.Kd5 Rc8 60.Rb7 Rd8+ 61.Ke6 Re8+ 62.Kd7 Re2 63.a7 Rd2+ 64.Ke6 Re2+ 65.
Kf6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Be3
Qc7 9.Qd2 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Rfd1 a6 12.Ne1 c5 13.f3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc5 15.
Be3 Rfd8 16.Nd3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 d5 18.Qc1 Rac8 19.Bf2 Nh5 20.Nxd5 Qxc1 21.
Nxe7+ Kf8 22.Raxc1 Kxe7 23.Bc5+ Rxc5 24.Rxc5 Bd4+ 25.Kh2 Bxc5 26.b4 Bd4
27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.g3 Bf2 30.g4 Nf4 31.Bf1 Bd4 32.Kg3 g5 33.h4
h6 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.e5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 g6 7.N1f3 Bg7 8.
Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.c3 Qd5 13.Bf4 Bxf3 14.gxf3
Nh5 15.Bg3 O-O-O 16.Bc4 Qf5 17.O-O-O e6 18.Qe4 Nf6 19.Qxf5 gxf5 20.Bh4
Rdg8 21.Rhg1 Nh5 22.Kd2 Bf6 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Ke3 Kd7 25.f4 Rxg1 26.Rxg1
Rg8 27.Rg3 Rg4 28.h3 Rg6 29.Rxg6 fxg6 30.h4 Kd6 31.Be2 h5 32.c4 Kc7 33.
Bf3 b6 34.b4 Kd7 35.Kd3 Kc7 36.a4 a6 37.Bd1 Ne4 38.Ke3 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5
40.Bb3 Kd6 41.f3 Nf6 42.c5+ Ke7 43.Bc4 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.d5 f5 7.Qd3 e6 8.c4
b5 9.dxe6 fxe6 10.Qc3 Rg8 11.cxb5 Bg7 12.Qa3 a6 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.Qb3 axb5
15.Nxb5 Bd5 16.Qc2 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.e5 Ne8 8.Ng5
e6 9.h4 c5 10.h5 cxd4 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Nce4 dxe5 13.Qg4 f5 14.Qh4 Ndf6 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.fxe5 Qa5+ 17.Kf1 Qxe5 18.Bf4 Qd5 19.Re1 Bd7 20.b3 Nh5 21.
Kg1 Rac8 22.Be2 Rxc2 23.Bf3 Qa5 24.Nxe6 Re8 25.b4 Qxa2 26.Nxg7 Rxe1+ 27.
Qxe1 Nxf4 28.Rh4 Rxg2+ 29.Kh1 Rb2 30.Rxf4 Rb1 31.Bd1 Bc6+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5
Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 f4 12.b4 g5 13.c5 Nf6 14.f3 h5 15.h3 Rf7
16.Rc1 Ng6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nf2 Bf8 19.a4 Rg7 20.Nb5 Nh4 21.Qc2 g4 22.
fxg4 hxg4 23.hxg4 Nxg4 24.Nxg4 Bxg4 25.Bxg4 Rxg4 26.Be1 Nxg2 27.Qxg2 Rxg2+
28.Kxg2 Qg5+ 29.Kh3 Qh5+ 30.Bh4 Be7 31.Rg1+ Kf7 32.Rg4 Rg8 33.Rcg1 Bxh4
34.Nxd6+ Kf6 35.Rxg8 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Nbd7 5.c3 Be7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2
exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Be2 Ne5 12.N2f3 Ng6 13.Bd3 a6 14.Re1 Bg4
15.Bg5 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Bd6 17.Rad1 Bc5 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Rxd5 Bb6
21.Red1 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Qd2 Qe7 25.Qd3 Qc5 26.Nd4 Qd5
27.b3 Bc5 28.a4 Qd7 29.g3 Kh7 30.Qe4 Kg8 31.Kg2 Be7 32.c4 Bf6 33.Ne2 Kh7
34.Qd5 Qe7 35.Nf4 g5 36.Nd3 b6 37.b4 g6 38.c5 bxc5 39.Nxc5 Bg7 40.Nxa6
f5 41.Nc5 Qe1 42.b5 Qb4 43.Ne6 g4 44.Qb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.f3
Nbd7 9.O-O a6 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Nc2 O-O 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.
Qe1 Bd8 16.g4 Ne5 17.Na3 Ng6 18.Qf2 Nd7 19.Rd2 Bh4 20.Qg2 Bf6 21.Qf2 Be5
22.f4 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 Bxe4 24.h4 f5 25.h5 Ne7 26.g5 h6 27.g6 Ba8 28.Bd4 e5
29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.fxe5 dxe5 31.Rd7 Nc6 32.Nc2 Rc7 33.Rcd3 e4 34.R3d6 Rxd7
35.Rxd7 Ne5 36.Rd1 f4 37.Qh4 f3 38.Bf1 f2+ 39.Kg2 e3+ 40.Kh3 Rf3+ 41.Kh2
Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 Rb8 9.Bd3 h6 10.Ne4 Nd5 11.b3 Nf4 12.Bb2 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Bd6 14.Qg3 O-O
15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Qe2
Qc7 9.a5 Rb8 10.Rd1 b5 11.axb6 axb6 12.d5 b5 13.Bb3 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nf6 16.Bb3 Bb7 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nxf7 Rxf7 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Ra7 Ra8 21.
Rxa8 Bxa8 22.f3 d5 23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Be3 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Qf2 Qc6 27.c3
Kg8 28.Qe3 e4 29.fxe4 Bxe4 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Qa7 Bxg2 32.Qf2 Be4 33.Qd4 Qe6
0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 e5 7.Nb5 Be6 8.
Bg2 Na6 9.O-O Bc5 10.N1c3 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 Qe7 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Qc4 Rc8 14.Qb3
Bc6 15.Bxc6+ Rxc6 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.e4 O-O 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 b6 20.Qa3 Nc5
21.Rac1 Kh8 22.f3 a6 23.Nxb6 Rxb6 24.Qxc5 Rfb8 25.b3 h6 26.Rfd1 Rb5 27.
Qc6 Qxc6 28.Rxc6 R8b6 29.Rxb6 Rxb6 30.Kf2 Rc6 31.Ke3 Kh7 32.b4 Kg6 33.Rd5
Kf6 34.Rc5 Rb6 35.a3 Ke6 36.Kd3 Kd6 37.Kc4 f6 38.Rc8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Black "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4
Nf5 9.Bb2 Bd7 10.Be2 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.O-O O-O 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.b5 Na5 15.
a4 f6 16.Ba3 fxe5 17.Bc5 Qc7 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Ra3 e4 20.Qd2 h6 21.f4 Be7
22.Rc3 Qb6 23.Rg3 Bf6 24.Rd1 e5 25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.Ra3 Bf4 27.Qe1 Qg6 28.h3
Bc7 29.Rc3 Qd6 30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Nc3 Be6 32.Bf1 Rf3 33.Ne2 Nc4 34.Bg2 Ra3
35.Qb4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Black "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O Qc7 8.b3
O-O 9.Bb2 b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Qe2 Rac8 12.Rfd1 Qb8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Rfd8
15.Neg5 Nf8 16.Ne5 N6d7 17.Ngxf7 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bf6 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Rc3 Qd6
21.c5 Qe7 22.g3 Rc7 23.Be4 Rcd7 24.cxb6 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Rxd4 26.Rc2 Rxe4 27.
Qxe4 axb6 28.h4 Bf6 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Qd4 e5 31.Qxb6 Qd7 32.Rc1 Ne6 33.b4
Kf7 34.Kh2 e4 35.Qe3 Qd5 36.a4 Kg6 37.a5 Ba6 38.Re1 Bd3 39.a6 Bxa6 40.
Qxe4+ Qxe4 41.Rxe4 Kf5 42.Re3 Nc7 43.Rf3+ Ke4 44.Rxf6 Bb5 45.Rf7 Nd5 46.
Rxh7 Nxb4 47.Rf7 Nd3 48.Bc3 Bc4 49.Rf8 Nc5 50.h5 Ne6 51.Rf6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Black "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Bc5 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.
Be2 O-O 9.O-O Rd8 10.Rad1 d6 11.f4 e5 12.Nb3 Nc6 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Nd5 Nxd5
15.exd5 Nd4 16.c3 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Bf5 18.Qf2 Bg4 19.Rd2 Rac8 20.fxe5 Qxe5
21.Qxf7+ Kh8 22.Bxc5 Be6 23.Qxe6 Qxe6 24.dxe6 Rxd2 25.e7 Kg8 26.Rf8+ Rxf8
27.exf8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Patsovsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9.O-O Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Nd7 12.Rad1 Nf6 13.Rfe1 Ne4 14.Qc2
Rb8 15.d5 Nc5 16.b4 Nd7 17.Nd4 e5 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.dxc6 Nf6 20.e4 Ra8 21.
c5 Ne8 22.f4 f6 23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Qe6 a5 25.a3 axb4 26.axb4 bxc5 27.bxc5 Qc8
28.Qe7 Kg8 29.Bf1 Ra4 30.Qd7 Qb8 31.Bh3 dxc5 32.Be6+ Kh8 33.Qe7 Nd6 34.
Rxd6 cxd6 35.c7 Qa8 36.Qxf8+ Qxf8 37.c8=Q Qxc8 38.Bxc8 exf4 39.gxf4 Rd4
40.Be6 g6 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Kf3 Kf8 43.Ra1 Ke7 44.Bd5 h5 45.Ra7+ Ke8 46.Bf7+
Kf8 47.Bxg6 d5 48.e5 fxe5 49.fxe5 Rg4 50.Bf5 Rg1 51.Kf4 c4 52.e6 d4 53.
Ke5 d3 54.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.a3 Bd6 6.d4 O-O 7.Nbd2 Re8 8.Ne5
c5 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.f4 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Qf3 c4 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Be2 Rec8 15.
c3 cxb3 16.Bd3 a5 17.Nxb3 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Qe2 Ra7 20.Nd2 b5 21.e4
dxe4 22.Nxe4 Nd5 23.g3 Rac7 24.Nxd6 Qxd6 25.Qxb5 Nxc3 26.Bxc3 Rxc3 27.Qe5
Rd8 28.Rfd1 Qxe5 29.dxe5 Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 g6 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Kg2 Rxa3 33.h4
a4 34.Rd7 Rb3 35.Ra7 a3 36.Kh3 h5 37.Ra8 Rc3 38.Ra7 Kf8 39.Ra8+ Ke7 40.
Ra7+ Ke8 41.Ra8+ Kd7 42.Ra7+ Kc8 43.Rxf7 Rc7 44.Rf8+ Kb7 45.Rd8 a2 46.Rd1
Rc2 47.g4 Rc3+ 48.Kg2 hxg4 49.Ra1 Ra3 50.h5 gxh5 51.f5 exf5 52.e6 Kc7 53.
e7 Kd7 54.Re1 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Black "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Qe1 c6 8.e4
dxe4 9.dxe4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 e5 13.Bg2 O-O 14.Ne3 Re8
15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Qe2 g6 17.Nh6+ Kg7 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Rad1 Re6 20.Kh2 Ng8 21.
Nxg8 Kxg8 22.h4 h6 23.Be3 Nf6 24.Qf3 Bg7 25.Bh3 Ree8 26.Bxh6 Bxh6 27.Qxf6
Bg7 28.Qg5 Rad8 29.Kg2 Rd4 30.c3 Rxe4 31.Rd7 Qb6 32.h5 c5 33.hxg6 fxg6
34.Qd2 Qc6 35.Kg1 Ra4 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.Bd7 Rd4 38.Bxc6 Rxd2 39.Bxe8 Rxb2
40.Rd1 Rxa2 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.Rxb7 Rc2 43.Rxa7 Rxc3 44.Ra6+ Kg5 45.Rxg6+ Kf5
46.Rc6 Rc1+ 47.Kg2 c4 48.f3 c3 49.Bg6+ Kg5 50.Be4 Kh5 51.Rc5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.b3 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.a4 e6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2
Bc8 9.d4 c4 10.a5 a6 11.Ba4 Bb4 12.c3 Bxa5 13.bxc4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 b5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16.Bc2 Qc7 17.O-O Bb7 18.Ne5 Nbd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.f3 Rfd8 21.e4
Rac8 22.Qd3 Ne8 23.Rfd1 e5 24.d5 Nd6 25.Bb3 f6 26.Rdb1 Nc4 27.Bc1 Qd6 28.
h3 Qc5+ 29.Kh2 g6 30.Qe2 Nd6 31.Bd2 Kg7 32.Ra2 Rd7 33.Rd1 Nc4 34.Bc1 Nd6
35.Bd2 Nc4 36.Bxc4 Qxc4 37.Qxc4 Rxc4 38.g4 Kf7 39.Kg3 f5 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.
Re1 fxe4 42.fxe4 Rxe4 43.Rxe4 Bxd5 44.Rxe5 Bxa2 45.Be1 Bc4 46.Kf4 a5 47.
Bf2 Rd3 48.Re3 Rd2 49.Rf3 Ke6 50.Bc5 Kd5 51.Be7 Rd3 52.Re3 Rxe3 53.Kxe3
Bf1 54.h4 Kc4 55.Kd2 Kb3 56.Bf6 a4 57.Kc1 Bd3 58.Kd2 Bf5 59.h5 a3 60.h6
Bg6 61.Kc1 Bd3 62.Be5 a2 63.c4 bxc4 64.Kd2 Bb1 65.Ba1 Kb4 66.Bd4 Bd3 67.
Ba1 Kc5 68.Kc3 Bb1 69.Kd2 Kd5 70.Bg7 Ke6 71.Ba1 Kf7 72.Kc3 Kg6 73.Kxc4
Kxh6 74.Kb3 Kg5 75.Bc3 h5 76.Kb2 h4 77.Be5 h3 78.Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Black "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Nbd2 Bf5 4.Nh4 e6 5.Nxf5 exf5 6.g3 Bd6 7.Bg2 Nd7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9.c4 Rc8 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Qc2 g6 12.Nc4 Bb8 13.Bh6 Qf6 14.Bxd5
cxd5 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.Qxc8+ Ke7 17.Qc1 Qxd4 18.Rd1 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.
Rxd5 Ne4 21.Be3 b6 22.Rad1 Rd8 23.f3 Nc5 24.Bg5+ f6 25.Bxf6+ Kxf6 26.
Rxd6+ Rxd6 27.Rxd6+ Ke7 28.Rd2 h6 29.Kf2 g5 30.Ke3 a6 31.Kd4 Ke6 32.e4
fxe4 33.fxe4 Nd7 34.e5 Nc5 35.b4 Nd7 36.g4 Nf8 37.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.
Bc4 O-O 9.e5 Nd5 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxe5 12.Re1 Bf6 13.h4 d5 14.Bb3 e5
15.h5 e4 16.Qe3 Be6 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Ba3 Rf7 19.Qc5 Qc8 20.Rad1 a5 21.Ba4
Be7 22.Qxe7 Rxe7 23.Bxe7 Qc7 24.Bh4 Qb6 25.Rb1 Qc5 26.Bf6 Rc8 27.Rb7 Bf7
28.Bd4 Qd6 29.Reb1 h5 30.R1b6 g5 31.Ra7 h4 32.Rbb7 Rf8 33.Rxa5 g4 34.Bc5
Qf4 35.Be3 Qf6 36.Rc7 Qxc3 37.Bb6 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 g3+ 39.fxg3 hxg3+ 40.Kh3
Be6+ 41.Kh4 Qd2 42.Raa7 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Black "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.O-O e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.Nc3
a6 9.Bd3 Bf6 10.Be3 Nge7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5
15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qxe5 Ng6 18.Qg3 Qh4 19.Qxh4 Nxh4 20.Rfd1 Bc6
21.f3 Rfd8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Bg5 Rd4 24.Bxh4 Rxh4 25.Rd1 Kf8 26.h3 Ke7 27.
Kf2 Rc4 28.Rd2 b5 29.a3 a5 30.Nd1 Bd5 31.Ne3 Rc1 32.Rc2 Rxc2+ 33.Nxc2 Kd6
34.Ke3 Kc5 35.Kd3 Bb3 36.Ne3 a4 37.Kc3 Ba2 38.h4 Bb1 39.g4 f5 40.h5 f4
41.Nc2 e5 42.g5 e4 43.h6 gxh6 44.gxh6 exf3 45.h7 f2 46.h8=Q f1=Q 47.Qd4+
Kc6 48.Nb4+ Kc7 49.Nd5+ Kc6 50.Nb4+ Kc7 51.Qc5+ Kd7 52.Qc6+ Ke7 53.Nd5+
Kf7 54.Qf6+ Kg8 55.Qg5+ Kf7 56.Qxf4+ Qxf4 57.Nxf4 Kf6 58.Nd5+ Ke5 59.Nc7
Kd6 60.Nxb5+ Kc5 61.Nd4 Ba2 62.Ne2 Bc4 63.Nf4 Bb3 64.Nd3+ Kb5 65.Kd4 Bc2
66.Nf4 Bf5 67.Nd5 Bc2 68.Nc3+ Ka5 69.Kc5 Bb3 70.Ne2 Bd1 71.Nd4 Bg4 72.
Nc6+ Ka6 73.Ne5 Bd1 74.Kb4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Nf3
Nc6 9.dxc5 Qe4+ 10.Qe2 Qxc2 11.Qd3 Qa4 12.Be2 Nge7 13.O-O Ng6 14.Bd1 Qa5
15.Qe3 Qc7 16.Re1 O-O 17.Bc2 f5 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.c4 dxc4 20.Bc3 e5 21.Ng5
Bf5 22.Bxf5 Rxf5 23.Nxh7 Qe7 24.Qh3 Qf7 25.g3 Nge7 26.Re4 Rh5 27.Rh4 Rxh4
28.Qxh4 Nf5 29.Ng5 Nxh4 30.Nxf7 Kxf7 31.gxh4 Rd8 32.Rb1 Rd7 33.Kg2 Kg6
34.Re1 Kf5 35.Re3 Kf4 36.Rf3+ Ke4 37.Re3+ Kd5 38.Kf3 Rf7+ 39.Kg3 Kxc5 40.
Bxe5 Nxe5 41.Rxe5+ Kd4 42.f4 c3 43.Re1 Kd3 44.Kg4 Kd2 45.Rg1 Re7 46.Ra1
c2 47.Kg5 Re1 48.Ra2 Rg1+ 49.Kf5 Kc3 50.Rxc2+ Kxc2 51.h5 Kd3 52.Ke5 Re1+
53.Kf5 Kd4 54.h4 Kd5 55.h6 gxh6 56.a4 Rh1 57.Kg4 Ke4 58.f5 Rg1+ 59.Kh5
Kxf5 60.a5 b5 61.axb6 axb6 62.Kxh6 b5 63.h5 b4 64.Kh7 b3 65.h6 b2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 c6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Ne5
Re8 9.f4 Nf8 10.g4 c5 11.Qf3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qb6 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Kb1 b5 15.
Nc6 Qb6 16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nb3 a5 19.f5 e5 20.g5 e4 21.Qg3 Kh8
22.Rhg1 Ng6 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.gxf6 Rf7 25.Qe5 Bf5 26.Qxd5 Raf8 27.Bxe4
Bxe4+ 28.Qxe4 b4 29.c4 a4 30.Nc5 a3 31.b3 Qxf6 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.dxe5 Rf2
34.Ne6 Rb2+ 35.Ka1 Rff2 36.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Kosov, Igor"]
[Black "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8 8.e4 Nd7
9.O-O g6 10.Bh6 Ng7 11.Qd3 Nf6 12.Rad1 Kh8 13.h3 Ng8 14.Bc1 Bd7 15.Nh2
a6 16.f4 f6 17.fxe5 fxe5 18.Rxf8 Bxf8 19.Nf3 Be7 20.Qe3 h6 21.Rf1 Kh7 22.
Nd1 b5 23.b3 Bf6 24.Nf2 Nh5 25.Nh1 Qe7 26.Nh2 Bg5 27.Qf3 Bxc1 28.Qf7+ Kh8
29.Qxg6 Be3+ 30.Nf2 Ngf6 31.Re1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Fateev, Michail"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O
b6 9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nc5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nfd7 14.b4 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nb7 16.Qxf7+ Kd8 17.Nxe6+ Kc8 18.Nxc7 Kxc7 19.e6 Rd8 20.Bf4+ Nd6 21.
c5 bxc5 22.bxc5 Kc6 23.cxd6 Bxd6 24.Bxd6 Kxd6 25.Rad1+ Kc6 26.exd7 Rhf8
27.Qe6+ Kc7 28.Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Black "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.h4
Nb6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nxd5
Qxd5 15.Qxd5 cxd5 16.f4 Bd7 17.Bg2 Rfc8 18.Kb1 a5 19.Rhf1 Rab8 20.f5 Bb4
21.Rf2 Bc3 22.b3 Rb4 23.Rf4 Rxf4 24.Bxf4 Bb5 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.
Rxf1 Rf8 28.Rf3 Be5 29.Re3 Bxf4 30.Rxe6 g6 31.c3 Bg3 32.Ra6 Bxh4 33.Rxa5
Bxg5 34.Rxd5 Rf5 35.Rd3 h5 36.b4 h4 37.a4 Re5 38.Rd1 Re3 39.Kb2 Bf6 40.
b5 Bxc3+ 41.Kc2 Ba5 42.Rd4 h3 43.Rh4 Kg7 44.Kd1 g5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Krylov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 Bf5 5.e3 e6 6.Ne5 Bd6 7.f3 Nf6 8.g4
Bg6 9.h4 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nfd7 11.h5 Bxc2 12.Qxc2 c5 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Nd2 Qa5
15.Qc3 Nb4 16.O-O Qb6 17.Bc2 Qa6 18.a3 Nc6 19.b4 c4 20.a4 Qb6 21.b5 Ne7
22.Qd4 Nc5 23.Rab1 O-O 24.Bg5 Qc7 25.h6 g6 26.Qf4 f5 27.exf6 Qxf4 28.
Bxf4 Nc8 29.Be5 Nd7 30.Bc3 Nxf6 31.a5 Nd7 32.Bg7 Rf7 33.f4 Nf6 34.Bxf6
Rxf6 35.Nf3 Nd6 36.Ne5 Rff8 37.Kg2 Rfd8 38.b6 Nf7 39.Nxf7 Kxf7 40.a6 Rdb8
41.Kf3 Ke7 42.Ke2 Kd6 43.f5 gxf5 44.gxf5 e5 45.f6 e4 46.bxa7 Rxa7 47.
Rb6+ Kc7 48.Rfb1 Rf8 49.Rxb7+ Rxb7 50.Rxb7+ Kc8 51.f7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.g3
Nbd7 9.Bg2 b4 10.Ne4 c5 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.O-O Rc8 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Be3 O-O
15.Rfd1 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Rc7 18.Rd4 Qe7 19.Rad1 Ne5 20.Be4 f5
21.Bd3 Ng4 22.Qd2 e5 23.Rxb4 Rd8 24.Rxg4+ fxg4 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qxd8 Qxd8
27.Rxd8 Kg6 28.e3 Kf5 29.Kg2 Ke4 30.Rb8 f5 31.a4 a6 32.Rb6 Rc2 33.Rxa6
Rxb2 34.a5 Rb5 35.Ra8 Kd3 36.a6 Ra5 37.a7 Ke4 38.h4 gxh3+ 39.Kxh3 Ra4 40.
Kh4 Kf3+ 41.Kg5 Kxf2 42.Kxf5 e4 43.Kf4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3
Qc7 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.O-O-O Na5 11.g4 Nxb3+ 12.axb3 b5 13.g5 Nd7 14.Qh5 g6 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16.b4 Nb6 17.Kb1 Nc4 18.Bc1 O-O-O 19.Rhe1 Kb8 20.f4 Rc8 21.Rd3
Rhe8 22.Rh3 Rh8 23.Rd1 Rcd8 24.b3 Nb6 25.Bb2 e5 26.Nf3 Bc8 27.Rh4 f6 28.
Qd3 exf4 29.Rxf4 fxg5 30.Rf7 Bg4 31.Nd5 Nxd5 32.exd5 Rhe8 33.Re1 Bxf3 34.
Qxf3 Rf8 35.Bd4 g4 36.Qf1 Rxf7 37.Qxf7 Bh4 38.Rf1 Rd7 39.Qg8+ Rd8 40.Qe6
Qd7 41.Rf7 Qxe6 42.dxe6 Re8 43.Rxh7 Bg5 44.Ba7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Black "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxe7 Bxe7 10.Nbd2 Qb6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b3 O-O 13.h3 Bf5 14.b4 Be7 15.a4
Qc7 16.Nd4 Qxe5 17.N2f3 Qf6 18.Nxf5 Qxf5 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Bf6 21.Qd2
Rac8 22.Rac1 Be5 23.f4 Bd6 24.c4 Rfd8 25.Kh1 dxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 27.Bxc4
Qe4 28.Bb3 Qxb4 29.Qd3 Be7 30.Qc2 g6 31.Bxe6 Kg7 32.Bg4 h5 33.Bd1 Rd2 34.
Qc7 Bd6 35.Qc8 Bxf4 36.Bxh5 gxh5 37.Qf5 Rf2 38.Rd1 Qxa4 39.Qxh5 Qc6 40.
Qg4+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Black "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.Nxe5
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Be6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Qd7 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Be3 Bxe3
15.Qxe3 f6 16.Rfe1 fxe5 17.Qxe5 Rae8 18.Qd4 Bf7 19.Rad1 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Re8
21.Re3 Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Qe6 23.Qxe6 Bxe6 24.f4 c6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Kf3 Bf5 27.
g4 Be4+ 28.Ke3 c5 29.f5 Kf6 30.Kf4 g5+ 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.g5+ Ke6 33.Bd1 Bb1
34.Bg4+ Kd6 35.a3 a5 36.h4 b4 37.h5 bxc3 38.bxc3 gxh5 39.Bxh5 Bh7 40.Bf7
Be4 41.g6 Ke7 42.c4 Bxg6 43.Bxg6 dxc4 44.Ke5 Kd7 45.Kd5 Kc7 46.Kxc5 Kb7
47.Kb5 Ka7 48.Kxa5 Kb7 49.Kb4 Ka6 50.Kxc4 Ka5 51.Be8 Kb6 52.Kb4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c3 g6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2 Bg7 8.
Ne5 O-O 9.O-O Bxb5 10.Qxb5 Qc8 11.Nd2 a6 12.Qe2 Nfd7 13.f4 e6 14.Ndf3 Nc6
15.Bd2 f6 16.Nd3 Re8 17.Rae1 Qc7 18.Qd1 Nd8 19.Qb3 Nf7 20.Re2 Nd6 21.
Rfe1 Ne4 22.Nf2 f5 23.Nxe4 fxe4 24.Ng5 Nf6 25.Be3 b5 26.g3 Qc4 27.Qxc4
bxc4 28.Nh3 Rab8 29.Bc1 Rb7 30.Nf2 Reb8 31.Nd1 Ne8 32.Ne3 Nd6 33.Kg2 Nf5
34.Nxf5 exf5 35.Rc2 a5 36.Ree2 a4 37.a3 Kf7 38.Kf2 Bf6 39.Kg2 h6 40.h4
Rg8 41.Kf1 Ke6 42.Be3 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Rg2 Rgg7 45.Rce2 Rh7 46.Rh2 Rhg7
47.Rhg2 Bd8 48.Rc2 Kf7 49.Rce2 Kg6 50.Rh2 Rh7 51.Rxh7 Kxh7 52.Rh2+ Kg6
53.Kf2 Bf6 54.Kf1 Rb8 55.Kg1 Be7 56.Bc1 Rb3 57.Kf1 Bxa3 58.fxg5 Bf8 59.
Rc2 Be7 60.Bf4 Bxg5 61.Be5 Kh5 62.Kg2 Kg4 63.Bd6 f4 64.gxf4 Bxf4 65.Bb4
Kf5 66.Kh3 e3 67.Re2 Ke4 68.Kg2 Bg5 69.Kf1 Bf6 70.Ba3 Rb7 71.Rh2 Kd3 72.
Ke1 Rg7 73.Rh1 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Black "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2
Ne4 9.Ne5 Nd7 10.f4 Ndf6 11.Be3 Nd6 12.b3 Nf7 13.Nxf7 Rxf7 14.Kh1 Ng4 15.
Bg1 g5 16.e3 Rg7 17.Ne2 Bd7 18.fxg5 Bxg5 19.Nf4 Qe8 20.Qe2 h5 21.Bf3 h4
22.h3 Nf6 23.Nh5 Nxh5 24.Bxh5 Qe7 25.g4 Be8 26.Bxe8 Rxe8 27.cxd5 fxg4 28.
dxc6 gxh3 29.cxb7 Qxb7+ 30.Qf3 Qb5 31.Bh2 Qd5 32.Be5 Qxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Rf7 34.
Raf1 Ref8 35.Rxf7 Rxf7 36.Rg1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Black "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3
exd5 9.cxd5 c4 10.Be3 Bb4 11.Bxb6 Qxb6 12.Bxc4 Qe3+ 13.Nge2 Bc5 14.Rf1
Qxe5 15.d6 O-O 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.
O-O-O Nd7 21.Kb1 Nf6 22.Nb5 Rd8 23.Nf4 Kf7 24.Nh3 h6 25.a3 a6 26.b4 Bxb4
27.axb4 axb5 28.Nf2 Ke8 29.Rd3 Kd7 30.Nd1 Kc6 31.Nc3 Rxd6 32.Rxd6+ Kxd6
33.Nxb5+ Ke5 34.Kc2 Nd5 35.Kb3 Ne3 36.g3 Nf1 37.Na3 Nxh2 38.Nc4+ Kd4 39.
Nd6 b6 40.Nc4 Nf1 41.Nxb6 e5 42.Nc4 e4 43.b5 Kc5 44.b6 Kc6 45.b7 Kxb7 46.
Nd6+ Kc6 47.Nxe4 Kd5 48.Nc3+ Kd4 49.Nb5+ Ke3 50.g4 Nh2 51.Nd6 g6 52.Nc4+
Kf4 53.Kc3 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Black "Zhukov, Klim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 Nc6 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Nb8 7.e4 Nf6 8.Bd3
Na6 9.Rb1 Nc5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Be3 Nfxe4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Bd2 Nc5 14.Be3 Ne4
15.Qb2 f5 16.O-O f4 17.Bd2 Bg4 18.Be1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qh4 20.fxe4 Qg4+ 21.
Kh1 Qf3+ 22.Kg1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Black "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.
Be2 Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.c4 Be6 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Rc1 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1
c6 15.f4 Rfd8 16.g4 g6 17.b4 Nd7 18.b5 Nb6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.h3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Bb4 22.Rc1 Ba3 23.Rc2 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Bc4 a5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rd2
Rd8 28.Rd3 Bb4 29.a3 Be7 30.Bb6 Rb8 31.Bxa5 Bc5+ 32.Kf1 Rb1+ 33.Ke2 Rb2+
34.Bd2 d4 35.Kd1 Ra2 36.Bb4 Ba7 37.Rd2 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Rh1 39.Rd3 Rh2+ 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41.f5 Kg7 42.e6 f6 43.Rd2 Ra1+ 44.Kg2 gxf5 45.gxf5 Kh6 46.e7 Re1
47.Rd3 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Black "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 e6 5.e4 d6 6.b3 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bb2
Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.a4 a6 12.Ne2 c4 13.a5 Qc7 14.Nd2 cxd3 15.
cxd3 Rac8 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Qe2 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Rec1 Qd7 20.Nf3 Bb7 21.
Qd2 Rxc1+ 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.b4 Qd8 24.Nd4 Nd7 25.Nb3 Rxc1+ 26.Nxc1 Qc7 27.d4
Nf6 28.f3 Nd7 29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.Bxc3 Kf8 31.Kf2 g6 32.Nd3 Bf6 33.Ke3 Ke8 34.
f4 Bg7 35.Bf3 h5 36.h3 Bf8 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Be7 39.Be2 Nf6 40.Nf2 Kd8
41.g5 Nd7 42.e5 d5 43.Nd3 Bc6 44.Nf2 Nb8 45.Nd3 Nd7 46.Bg4 Nb8 47.Nc5
Bxc5 48.dxc5 Ke7 49.Kd4 Nd7 50.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6 4.c4 e5 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.d3
O-O 9.Qd2 h6 10.O-O Be6 11.e4 f5 12.Nd5 Qd7 13.Nh4 Kh7 14.f4 exf4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nxf4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Bf7 18.Qb2+ Ne5 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.d4 cxd4 21.
Qxd4 N7c6 22.Qc3 Kg8 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5+ Kh7 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Nxe5 dxe5
27.Rxf8 Rxf8 28.Re1 Re8 29.Rf1 Qd7 30.Qf3 Re7 31.Rd1 Qe6 32.Qe4 Rf7 33.
Re1 Qf6 34.Qe2 Re7 35.Qe4 Qd6 36.Kg2 h5 37.h4 a5 38.Re3 Kg7 39.g4 hxg4
40.Qxg4 Rf7 41.h5 Rf6 42.Rg3 c5 43.Qc8 Qd4 44.Rxg6+ Rxg6+ 45.hxg6 Kxg6
46.Qg8+ Kf6 47.Qf8+ Kg5 48.Qg7+ Kf4 49.Qf6+ Ke3 50.Qf2+ Kd3 51.Qf1+ Kc2
52.Qf5+ Kb2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O d5 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Qd7 7.c4 e6 8.b3
Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 d4 12.a3 Rad8 13.Qc2 Rfe8 14.Bc1 e5 15.
Bg5 Nh5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nd2 f5 18.b4 cxb4 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Rfb1 Qe7 21.
Bd5+ Kh8 22.Qa4 Rd7 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Qxc6 Nf6 25.Ra5 e4 26.Nf1 f4 27.gxf4
exd3 28.exd3 Qf7 29.Ng3 h6 30.Re5 Red8 31.Qe6 Qg6 32.Qf5 Qf7 33.Kg2 Rf8
34.Ra1 Rb7 35.Rea5 Rd8 36.Qc5 Rdd7 37.Rb5 Rbc7 38.Rb8+ Kh7 39.Qe5 Qg6 40.
f5 Qg5 41.Ra6 h5 42.f4 Qh6 43.Rxf6 Qxf6 44.Qe8 g6 45.Ne4 Qg7 46.f6 Re7
47.Ng5+ Kh6 48.fxg7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bc2 Qd7 8.d3
Rg8 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd3 Nxc2 13.Qxc2 Qc6 14.Nc3
O-O-O 15.Be3 Kb8 16.Rac1 e6 17.Qb3 b6 18.Nb5 Qa8 19.Nxa7 Qxa7 20.Bxb6 Qb7
21.Bc7+ Ka8 22.Qa4+ Qa7 23.Qc6+ Qb7 24.Bxd8 Qxc6 25.Rxc6 Nxe4 26.Rfc1 d5
27.Rc8+ Kb7 28.R1c7+ Ka6 29.Ra8+ Kb5 30.a4+ Kb6 31.Rxf7+ Kc6 32.Ba5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fateev, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4
d6 9.c3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qe2 Na5 15.
Bc2 c5 16.b3 Qc7 17.Nh4 g6 18.Be3 b4 19.cxb4 cxb4 20.Bd3 Nc6 21.Bc4 Kh7
22.Qf3 Bg7 23.Nhf5 gxf5 24.Qxf5+ Kh8 25.Bxh6 Bxh6 26.Qxf6+ Bg7 27.Qh4+
Kg8 28.Nh5 Kf8 29.Qg5 Bh8 30.Qh6+ Ke7 31.Bxf7 Rf8 32.Bd5 Nd8 33.Rac1 Qd7
34.Red1 Bxd5 35.Rxd5 Qa7 36.Qd6+ Ke8 37.Rcc5 Rf7 38.Rxe5+ Bxe5 39.Rxe5+
Re7 40.Ng7+ Kf7 41.Rf5+ Kxg7 42.Qf6+ Kg8 43.Qf8+ Kh7 44.Rh5+ Kg6 45.Rh6+
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Zhukov, Klim"]
[Black "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.c4
Be7 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Bf4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Na5 13.Bd3 Bh5 14.Bxh7+
Kxh7 15.Ng5+ Bxg5 16.Qxh5+ Kg8 17.Qxg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 f6 20.
Bf4 c6 21.f3 Kf7 22.g4 g5 23.Bg3 Nc4 24.h4 gxh4 25.Bxh4 Ne3 26.Rab1 b5
27.Kf2 Nd5 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Rc1 Nf4 30.Rc2 Nd3+ 31.Kg2 Nf4+ 32.Kf1 Re3 33.
Kf2 Rd3 34.c4 b4 35.Bg3 Ne6 36.d5 cxd5 37.cxd5 Rxd5 38.Ke3 Ra5 39.Rb2 Ra4
40.Bd6 a5 41.f4 Ra3+ 42.Ke4 Rc3 43.Rd2 a4 44.f5 Ng5+ 45.Kd5 b3 46.axb3
axb3 47.Kd4 Rc6 48.Bf4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Krylov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.Nec3 Nfd7 8.Bg5
Na6 9.Be2 Bd4 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Na3 Nc7 12.h4 f6 13.Bh6 Ne5 14.O-O-O Nf7 15.
Bf4 a6 16.Nc2 Be5 17.Be3 Bg3 18.f4 b5 19.Bf3 g5 20.hxg5 fxg5 21.e5 dxe5
22.Qd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5
Be6 9.e4 Nbd7 10.f4 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Ne8 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Qe2 b5 14.a4 a6 15.
axb5 axb5 16.e6 Bxe6 17.e5 b4 18.Ne4 Bd5 19.Nc5 Nc7 20.Bh3 Rxa1 21.Rxa1
f6 22.Bd2 Nb5 23.Ne6 Qd7 24.Nf4 Qb7 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Qg2 Nc7
28.Bd7 fxe5 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Qxf1 Qb6 31.Qf2 Qd6 32.Ba4 exd4 33.Bf4 e5 34.
Bg5 h6 35.Bc1 d3 36.Qf7 c3 37.bxc3 bxc3 38.Be3 d4 39.Bb3 Qf8 40.Qxc7 dxe3
0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.c3 b6 8.h3
Bb7 9.Qb1 Re8 10.b4 Nf8 11.a4 Ng6 12.Bh2 Bd6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.
Nf3 Ndf8 16.O-O Nd7 17.Bg3 a5 18.h4 Ngf8 19.h5 h6 20.Bh4 Qc8 21.Re1 c5
22.Bb5 Ba6 23.Bxa6 Qxa6 24.b5 Qc8 25.c4 Qc7 26.Qb2 g6 27.Bg3 Qb7 28.hxg6
Nxg6 29.Rad1 Rad8 30.Rd2 Ndf8 31.Red1 Rd7 32.Qc2 Red8 33.Nh2 dxc4 34.Ng4
Kg7 35.Nf6 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Qc7 37.Rd6 Kh8 38.Qxc4 Ne7 39.e4 Nc8 40.Qc1 Kg7
41.Bf4 Rxd6 42.Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 c6 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.O-O Bg7 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9.Bb3 O-O 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.Nce5 Nd7 12.Qe2 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Rad8 14.Bd2
c5 15.c3 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qb6 17.Bc3 Be6 18.Qf3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Bxb3 20.axb3 a6
21.Nd3 Qxb3 22.Nc5 Qd5 23.Qxd5 Rxd5 24.Nxb7 e5 25.dxe5 Bxe5 26.Rxa6 Bxc3
27.Nd6 Re5 28.Ra2 Re6 29.Nc4 Rc8 30.Ne3 Bd4 31.Nd5 Kg7 32.g3 Rc5 33.Nf4
Rec6 34.Rd2 Bf6 35.h4 Rc4 36.Nd5 Be5 37.Rfd1 Rc2 38.Ne3 R2c3 39.Rd3 h5
40.Kg2 Rxd3 41.Rxd3 Rc7 42.f4 Rc3 43.Rxc3 Bxc3 44.f5 Be5 45.fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Black "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.d4 c6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Nxc4 b5 8.
Nce5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Qd5 10.Be2 Ne4 11.O-O a6 12.f3 Nf6 13.e4 Qd6 14.Be3 Bb7
15.Rc1 Be7 16.Nd3 Qd7 17.Qb3 O-O 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Qc3 Rac8 20.Nc5 Qc7 21.
b4 Nd7 22.Nb3 Bd6 23.h3 e5 24.a3 Nb6 25.Nc5 exd4 26.Bxd4 Bf8 27.Be5 Rxd1+
28.Rxd1 Bxc5+ 29.Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5
8.exd5 Qe7+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Nxd5 11.Bd2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Black "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd3 b6 8.g3
Ba6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Rc8 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Na5 13.b3 Ne4 14.Qe3 Nxg5
15.Nxg5 Nxb3 16.Ne4 Nxa1 17.Rxa1 d5 18.Rd1 Bxc4 19.h4 Qe7 20.Ng5 Qf6 21.
Rd2 Ba6 22.Rd4 Rc4 23.Rd1 Qc3 24.Rd3 Qc1+ 25.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5
Qa5 9.Ne5 Rc8 10.O-O Bb4 11.Rc1 Bxc3 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Rxc3 Ne4 14.Rxc6
Rxc6 15.Nxc6 Qxa2 16.f3 Nf6 17.Bd6 Qa6 18.Qc1 Bd3 19.Ne5 Qxd6 20.Qc8+ Qd8
21.Qc6+ Nd7 22.Ra1 a6 23.Nxd3 O-O 24.Qxa6 Qb6 25.Nc5 Qxa6 26.Rxa6 Nxc5
27.dxc5 Rc8 28.b4 Kf8 29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Ra7+ Ke8 31.Ke2 Rb8 32.c6 h5 33.b5
g6 34.b6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.O-O d5 8.c3 O-O
9.e5 b5 10.Be3 c4 11.Bc5 cxd3 12.Qxd3 a5 13.Qd2 b4 14.Nd4 Re8 15.Rc1 Ba6
16.a3 bxc3 17.Nxc3 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Nf5 19.Bf2 Rb8 20.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.c4 c6 8.Rb1
Bd6 9.b4 O-O 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Nh4 g6 12.e4 d4 13.Bh3 c5 14.b5 Nh5 15.Qd1
Ng7 16.Ndf3 f5 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.Nd2 f4 19.Bh6 Nf6 20.a4 Bc8 21.Bxc8 Qxc8 22.
Kg2 fxg3 23.hxg3 Ng4 24.Bxg7 Rxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Ne3+ 26.Kh2 Nxd1 27.Rxd1 Kxg7
28.Rdf1 Qd7 29.Ndf3 h6 30.Kg2 Qe6 31.Ra2 a6 32.Rfa1 Be7 33.bxa6 Rxa6 34.
a5 Bxh4 35.Nxh4 h5 36.axb6 Rxa2+ 37.Rxa2 Qxb6 38.Rf2 Qb1 39.Rf3 Qc2+ 40.
Kh3 g5 41.Nf5+ Kh7 42.g4 Qe2 43.Rg3 h4 44.Nxh4 gxh4 45.Kxh4 Kg6 46.Rh3
Qe1+ 47.Rg3 Qf2 48.g5 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Black "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nd7 3.e3 Ngf6 4.Nd2 e6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.f4 c5 7.c3 c4 8.Bc2 b5
9.a3 a5 10.Ngf3 Bb7 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qf3 b4 14.axb4 axb4 15.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 16.Nexc4 O-O 17.Nxd6 bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxd6 19.O-O Qa3 20.Nb1 Qb2
21.Rf2 Qa1 22.f5 Ne4 23.Rf1 exf5 24.c4 Qb2 25.Qe2 dxc4 26.Rxf5 c3 27.Rf1
Nd2 28.Qd3 Be4 29.Qxc3 Qxc3 30.Nxc3 Nxf1 31.Bxe4 Nxe3 32.Kf2 Ng4+ 33.Kg3
Nf6 34.Bf3 Rc8 35.Ne2 Rc2 36.Kf4 Kf8 37.Ke3 Ke7 38.Kd3 Rb2 39.Kc3 Rb1 40.
Kc2 Ra1 41.Nc3 g5 42.h3 h5 43.Kd2 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Bd1 g3 46.Bf3 Ra5
47.Ne2 Rg5 48.Ke3 Nh5 49.Bxh5 Rxh5 50.Nxg3 Rh2 51.Nf5+ Ke6 52.g4 f6 53.
Ke4 Re2+ 54.Ne3 Re1 55.Kf4 Kd6 56.Ke4 Re2 57.Kf3 Re1 58.Kf2 Rc1 59.Kf3
Ke6 60.Ke4 Ra1 61.Kf4 Ra4 62.Ke4 Ra5 63.Nf5 Rb5 64.Ng7+ Kf7 65.Nf5 Kg6
66.Kf4 Ra5 67.Ne7+ Kf7 68.Nf5 Ke6 69.Ke4 Kd7 70.Ne3 Rg5 71.Kf4 Kc6 72.
Ke4 Kb5 73.Kf4 Kb4 74.Ke4 Kb5 75.Kf4 Kc6 76.Ke4 Kd6 77.Nf5+ Ke6 78.Ne3
Kf7 79.Kf4 Rb5 80.Ke4 Kg6 81.Kf4 Rb1 82.Ke4 Kg5 83.Kf3 Rb8 84.Ke4 Re8+
85.Kf3 Re7 86.Nd5 Rd7 87.Nf4 Rd6 88.Nh3+ Kh4 89.Nf2 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Black "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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.h4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.g4 Ne5 13.Nd4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4
15.h5 Rfc8 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Kb1 a5 18.g5 Nh5 19.Nd5 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Rc6 21.
Nxe7+ Kf7 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Bc3 Ke7 24.Bf6+ Ke6 25.f4 Rc8 26.f5+ Kf7 27.
Qxd6 Nxf6 28.Qxf6+ Kg8 29.fxg6 Qxf6 30.gxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Black "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O Nh5 8.Bg3
Nxg3 9.fxg3 d6 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Na3 O-O 12.Qc2 f5 13.Bc4 d5 14.Be2 a6 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nd4 Qe7 17.Nb1 g6 18.b4 Bd6 19.a3 Rac8 20.Nd2 e5 21.N4b3 Qg5
22.Kf2 Nf6 23.Bf3 d4 24.exd4 e4 25.Rfe1 exf3 26.gxf3 Qh6 27.Kg1 f4 28.
Kg2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.Bd3
b5 9.e5 b4 10.Ne2 Nd5 11.e6 N7b6 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.O-O Bf5 14.Rfe1 Qd7 15.
c4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Bf6 17.c4 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nb4 19.Qb1 a5 20.Bxf6 exf6 21.a3
Na6 22.Qd3 Rhe8 23.Ng3 c5 24.h4 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.h5 Kg7
28.dxc5 Nxc5 29.Qxd6 Nbd7 30.hxg6 Qxg6 31.Qe7+ Kg8 32.Nh4 Qf7 33.Qe3 Qxc4
34.Ngf5 Qb3 35.Qe7 Qd1+ 36.Kh2 Qg4 37.Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Krasnov, Vasiliy G."]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.a3 Bg4 8.O-O
O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nbd7 11.f4 c5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Na4 Qc6 14.f5 gxf5
15.Nxc5 Qc8 16.Qf3 e6 17.Kh1 Kh8 18.Rg1 Qc7 19.c3 b6 20.Nb3 Rg8 21.Rg2
Bh6 22.Rag1 Rg6 23.Nd2 Rag8 24.Qe2 Rxg2 25.Rxg2 Rxg2 26.Kxg2 Qd8 27.Qf3
Qg8+ 28.Qg3 Qxg3+ 29.Kxg3 Ne4+ 30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.c4 Bf8 32.f3 exf3 33.Kxf3
dxc4 34.Nxc4 f6 35.b4 Kg7 36.b5 Kf7 37.e4 Ke7 38.h4 Kd7 39.Kg4 Bh6 40.a4
Bg7 41.Kh5 Bf8 42.Kg4 Bh6 43.h5 Ke7 44.Kf3 Bg7 45.Ke3 Bh6+ 46.Kf3 Bg7 47.
a5 bxa5 48.Nxa5 Kd6 49.Nc4+ Kc7 50.d5 exd5 51.exd5 Bh6 52.Ke4 Kd7 53.Kf5
Bg5 54.Ke4 Bh4 55.h6 Bg5 56.Kf5 Bxh6 57.Kxf6 Bf8 58.Kf7 Bc5 59.Kg7 h5 60.
Kf6 h4 61.Kf5 h3 62.Ne5+ Kd6 63.Nf3 Bg1 64.Ng5 h2 65.Ne4+ Kxd5 66.Ng3 Kc5
67.Ke4 Kxb5 68.Kf3 a5 69.Kg2 a4 70.Ne2 Kc4 71.Nc1 a3 72.Kh1 Kc3 73.Na2+
Kb2 74.Nb4 Kb3 75.Nd3 Be3 76.Kxh2 a2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Qc7 3.d3 e6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Nf3 d6 8.Qe2 Nd7
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.Be3 Ngf6 12.Bf2 O-O 13.O-O Rfe8 14.g4 Nf8 15.g5
N6d7 16.Nf3 b4 17.Nb1 Ng6 18.Bg3 a5 19.Ne1 Ba6 20.Nd3 Rac8 21.Rc1 Nc5 22.
Nd2 Nxd3 23.cxd3 Qxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25.Kf2 Rc2 26.b3 Rec8 27.Bf1 Rxa2 28.
Ke3 Rcc2 29.Be1 e5 30.h4 Nxf4 31.Qd1 Ne6 32.Qb1 h6 33.gxh6 g6 34.Nc4 Nd4
35.Bd2 Bxc4 36.dxc4 Rxd2 37.Qc1 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Patsovsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxe5 Be7 9.d4 Ne6 10.Be3 O-O 11.c4 Re8 12.Nc3 Nf8 13.d5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Bd6
15.Bd4 Ne6 16.Qh5 Rf8 17.Bc3 c6 18.Ne3 Nf4 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.Nf1 Ng6 21.Nxg6
Qxg6 22.Ng3 Be6 23.Qe4 Rfd8 24.Ba5 Re8 25.Qxg6 hxg6 26.b3 b5 27.cxb5 axb5
28.b4 Bd5 29.Red1 f5 30.a3 f4 31.Nf1 Be5 32.Rab1 Be4 33.Rbc1 Bb2 34.Rc5
Bxa3 35.Rd2 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Black "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 g6 8.Nc2
Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.f4 Rc8 12.f5 Bd7 13.g4 Ne5 14.g5 Ne8 15.Nd5
Bc6 16.f6 exf6 17.gxf6 Nxf6 18.Bb6 Qd7 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Rxf6 Bxe4 21.Ne3
Rc6 22.Qd4 Qe7 23.Raf1 Nd7 24.Ng4 Ne5 25.Qxe4 Rxb6 26.Nh6+ Kh8 27.c5 d5
28.Qh4 Rxf6 29.Rxf6 Kg7 30.Ng4 h5 31.Nxe5 Qxe5 32.Rf2 Qxb2 33.Bxh5 Qc1+
34.Rf1 Qe3+ 35.Kh1 gxh5 36.Rg1+ Kh7 37.Qxh5+ Qh6 38.Qf5+ Kh8 39.Qe5+ Kh7
40.Rg5 f6 41.Qf5+ Kh8 42.Rh5 Kg7 43.Qg4+ Qg6 44.Qxg6+ Kxg6 45.Rxd5 Re8
46.Rd7 Rc8 47.Rxb7 Rxc5 48.Rb2 Kf5 49.Kg2 Ke4 50.Rb4+ Ke5 51.Ra4 a5 52.
Kf3 f5 53.Ra3 Kf6 54.h4 Kg6 55.Ra4 Kh5 56.Kg3 Kg6 57.Kf4 Kh5 58.Ke3 Re5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Black "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bc4 a6 8.a4 Nbd7
9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bh2 h6 13.g4 Nhf6 14.e5 Ne8 15.e6
fxe6 16.dxe6 Nb6 17.Bd3 Rf6 18.a5 Na8 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxg6
Bxb2 22.Bf7+ Kg7 23.Nh4 Bxa1 24.Qd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Black "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Qc7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O
Bd6 9.h3 b6 10.Kh1 Bb7 11.Ndb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Qb8 13.Nxd6+ Kf8 14.Nxb7 Qxb7
15.Bf3 e5 16.Be3 h6 17.b4 Kg8 18.b5 Na5 19.Rc1 Rc8 20.Qa4 Qa8 21.Bxb6
Nb7 22.Qxa8 Rxa8 23.Rc2 Kh7 24.Bc7 Rhe8 25.c5 Re6 26.Bg4 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Rc8
28.b6 Ra8 29.Rd1 Re7 30.Rdd2 Ra4 31.f3 Rb4 32.Bd6 Re6 33.Bf8 Rd4 34.Rxd4
exd4 35.a4 Rc6 36.Rd2 Kg8 37.Be7 Re6 38.Bd6 Na5 39.Rxd4 Nc6 40.b7 Re8 41.
Rd1 f6 42.a5 Kf7 43.a6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1
e5 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 exd4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Qxd4
Qc7 15.Bg5 c5 16.Qh4 f6 17.Qc4+ Qf7 18.Qxf7+ Kxf7 19.Rad1 Be7 20.Bf4 Be6
21.a3 Rfd8 22.Bc7 Rd5 23.Rd2 Rc8 24.Rde2 Rxc7 25.Rxe6 Bf8 26.h3 Re7 27.
Ra6 Rdd7 28.Rxe7+ Bxe7 29.Ra4 Bd8 30.Kf1 Bb6 31.Re4 Rd1+ 32.Re1 Rd3 33.
Ke2 Rb3 34.Rb1 Ba5 35.Nd2 Rb7 36.Nc4 Re7+ 37.Kf3 Bc7 38.Rd1 Ke6 39.Re1+
Kd7 40.Rxe7+ Kxe7 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.g4 g6 43.f4 f5+ 44.gxf5+ gxf5+ 45.Kf3 Kd5
46.Ne3+ Ke6 47.b3 Ba5 48.Nd1 Bd2 49.Ne3 Bc1 50.a4 Bxe3 51.Kxe3 Kd5 52.
Kd3 h5 53.h4 a5 54.Kc3 Ke4 55.Kc4 Kxf4 56.Kxc5 Ke3 57.b4 axb4 58.Kxb4 f4
59.a5 f3 60.a6 f2 61.a7 f1=Q 62.a8=Q Qb1+ 63.Kc5 Qf5+ 64.Qd5 Qc8+ 65.Kd6
Qd8+ 66.Ke5 Qxh4 67.Qb3+ Kf2 68.Qd3 Kg2 69.Qe2+ Kh3 70.Qf1+ Kg4 71.Qf4+
Kh3 72.Qf1+ Kh2 73.Qe2+ Kg1 74.Qd1+ Kg2 75.Qe2+ Kg1 76.Qd1+ Kf2 77.Qd2+
Kf3 78.Qd3+ Kg2 79.Qe2+ Qf2 80.Qxf2+ Kxf2 81.Kf4 Kg2 82.Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Nge7 6.Re1 Na5 7.Bf1 d5 8.d4
dxe4 9.Nxe4 Ng6 10.Bb5+ Bc6 11.Bxc6+ Nxc6 12.d5 Nb4 13.c4 Be7 14.a3 exd5
15.Neg5 dxc4 16.Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.axb4 O-O 18.Be3 Bxb4 19.Rec1 a5 20.Rxc4 c5
21.Rcc1 Rd3 22.Rd1 Rfd8 23.Rxd3 Rxd3 24.Kf1 f6 25.Ne6 Kf7 26.Nc7 Rb3 27.
Nd5 Rxb2 28.Nxb6 Ke6 29.Nc4 Rc2 30.Nxa5 Kd5 31.Rd1+ Ke4 32.Nc6 Rb2 33.
Nxb4 cxb4 34.Rd4+ Kf5 35.Rd7 Ne5 36.Nxe5 fxe5 37.Rd2 Rb1+ 38.Ke2 h6 39.
Kd3 h5 40.h4 b3 41.Kc3 Kg4 42.g3 Kf3 43.Rd7 b2 44.Rxg7 Re1 45.Kxb2 Rxe3
46.fxe3 Kxe3 47.g4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.b3 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rfe1 Qf6 14.Qxf6
Nxf6 15.e5 Nd7 16.exd6 cxd6 17.Rad1 d5 18.Re7 Nf6 19.Na4 Bg4 20.Nc5 a5
21.a4 Rfe8 22.Rde1 Kf8 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Rxe8+ Kxe8 25.Nb7 Kd7 26.Nxa5 c5
27.Nb7 c4 28.b4 Bxf3 29.gxf3 d4 30.Na5 Nd5 31.b5 d3 32.cxd3 cxd3 33.Kf1
Nc3 34.Ke1 Kc7 35.Nc4 Nxa4 36.Kd2 Nc5 37.Kc3 h5 38.Kd4 d2 39.Nxd2 Kb6 40.
Kc4 Nb7 41.Kb4 Nd8 42.Nc4+ Kc7 43.Ka5 Ne6 44.Ka6 Nc5+ 45.Ka7 Nd7 46.f4 g6
47.Ne5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Bd3 Nge7 6.Ne2 Qd7 7.Ng3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 h5 9.h4 Ng6 10.Ne2 Nce7 11.b4 b6 12.Nf4 c5 13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.bxc5 bxc5
15.Bg5 Rb8 16.Nd2 c4 17.Qc2 Ba3 18.Rb1 O-O 19.O-O Ne7 20.Bxe7 Bxe7 21.
Nf3 g6 22.g3 Rfc8 23.Nd2 Qe8 24.Rfe1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rb8 26.Nf1 a6 27.Nd2
Rxb1+ 28.Qxb1 Qb5 29.Kf1 Qa5 30.Qc2 Ba3 31.Ke2 Qb5 32.Nb1 Bb2 33.Kd2 a5
34.a4 Qb6 35.Ke2 Kf8 36.f3 Ke8 37.g4 Qb7 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.f4 Qb3 40.Qxb3
cxb3 41.Kd3 Bc1 42.c4 dxc4+ 43.Kxc4 Bxf4 44.Kxb3 Bg3 45.Nd2 Bxh4 46.Nf3
Bf2 47.Kc4 h4 48.Kb5 h3 49.Kxa5 Bxd4 50.Kb5 Bxe5 51.a5 h2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Black "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Nxf3 h5 8.c3
Bg7 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Nh4 Nf8 12.Qc2 Ne7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.g4 Kb8
15.Kb1 Rc8 16.f4 c5 17.f5 gxf5 18.gxf5 Bh6 19.Bf6 Rg8 20.Be2 cxd4 21.
Bxh5 Nxf5 22.Nxf5 exf5 23.Rxd4 Ne6 24.Rh4 d4 25.Bxf7 Qxf7 26.Rxh6 dxc3 27.
bxc3 Rg3 28.Rh8 Rxh8 29.Bxh8 Qh5 30.Bf6 Qf3 31.Rd1 a6 32.h4 Rg2 33.Rd2
Rg8 34.Qd3 Qxd3+ 35.Rxd3 f4 36.Kc2 Rg2+ 37.Kd1 Rxa2 38.Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Nc6 9.Be2 Bd7 10.O-O a6 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6
15.f3 Qd7 16.b4 b5 17.a4 bxc4 18.b5 Bb7 19.bxa6 Bxa6 20.Rb6 Rc6 21.Rdb1
Rec8 22.a5 e6 23.Bd1 Rxb6 24.Rxb6 Ra8 25.Ba4 Qc7 26.Bc6 Ra7 27.Qe2 Nd7
28.Bxg7 Nxb6 29.axb6 Qxc6 30.bxa7 Qc5+ 31.Qf2 Qxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Bb7 33.Bd4
Kf8 34.Nb5 Ke7 35.Nc7 Kd7 36.a8=Q Bxa8 37.Nxa8 Kc6 38.Ke2 d5 39.exd5+
Kxd5 40.Be3 e5 41.Nb6+ Ke6 42.Nxc4 f5 43.Bc1 Kd5 44.Ne3+ Ke6 45.Bb2 e4
46.fxe4 fxe4 47.Kf2 g5 48.g4 Kf7 49.Nf5 Kg6 50.Ng3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.O-O
c5 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Rd1 a6 12.a3 Qc7 13.Bg5 Bd7 14.Rac1 h6 15.
Bh4 Rfe8 16.Bd3 Rad8 17.Bb1 Bc8 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 f5 20.Qe3 Bxh4 21.
Nxh4 Qb6 22.Nf3 Qxb2 23.Rc2 Qb6 24.Rcd2 Ne7 25.Ba2 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.
Qc3 Bd7 28.Rb2 Rb5 29.Rxb5 Qxb5 30.h3 Rc8 31.Qe3 Qb2 32.Ne5 Ba4 33.Nd3
Qb3 34.Rc1 Rxc1+ 35.Nxc1 Qxe3 36.fxe3 Bc2 37.Kf2 Kf7 38.Na2 a5 39.Nc3 Bd3
40.a4 Kf6 41.Ke1 Kg5 42.g3 h5 43.h4+ Kg4 44.Kf2 Bc2 45.Ne2 Bxa4 46.Nf4
Bb3 47.Nd3 Bd5 48.Ne5+ Kh3 49.Ng6 a4 50.Nf4+ Kg4 51.Nd3 a3 52.Ne1 a2 53.
Nc2 b5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Qe7 7.Nc3 a6 8.cxd5
exd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Ba3 11.Bxa3 Qxa3 12.h3 d4 13.Na4 b5 14.Qc1 Qd6 15.
Nb2 Bb7 16.Nd3 Ne4 17.a3 Na5 18.Qb2 c5 19.Rac1 c4 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.Nb4 c3
22.dxc3 dxc3 23.Qc2 Rac8 24.Red1 Qc5 25.e3 Nc4 26.Nd3 Qxa3 27.Nd4 Nb2 28.
Ra1 Qe7 29.Nxb2 cxb2 30.Qxb2 Rc5 31.Rdc1 Rfc8 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Rb1 Bc8 34.
Qb6 Nxg3 35.fxg3 Qxe3+ 36.Kh2 Qxd4 37.Re1 g6 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Black "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Qc2
O-O 9.e4 e5 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 c5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Qd7 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Re2 Bd8 19.Rae1 Rxe2 20.Qxe2 Bc8 21.
Qe3 h6 22.h4 Qf5 23.Be4 Qg4 24.Bf3 Qf5 25.Qe4 Qxe4 26.Bxe4 g6 27.Bd3 Bd7
28.Kg2 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.Kf3 h5 31.Bc3 a5 32.a4 Bd7 33.Ke3 f5 34.Kf3
Kf7 35.Bd2 Bf6 36.Bg5 Bxg5 37.hxg5 Ke7 38.Kf4 Kf7 39.Be2 Bc8 40.Bd3 Bd7
41.f3 Bc8 42.Be2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Black "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4
d6 9.Qd2 Kh7 10.Nd1 Nd7 11.c3 b5 12.h3 b4 13.Nh2 Rb8 14.f4 bxc3 15.bxc3
Qa5 16.Rc1 Ba6 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.Be1 Na4 19.Kh1 Rb7 20.Rc2 Rfb8 21.f5 Rb1 22.
fxg6+ fxg6 23.Nh4 Ne5 24.Qe3 Bxd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd1 26.Be2 Ra1 27.Qg3 Rbb1 28.
Bc4 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Nxc4 31.Qg3 Ne5 32.Qe3 Qb5 33.Qc1 Qd3 34.
Rf2 Nxc3 35.Nf3 Nxe4 36.Rc2 Nxf3 37.gxf3 Qxf3+ 38.Rg2 Ng3+ 39.Kh2 Nf1+ 40.
Kg1 Bd4+ 41.Kh1 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Black "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qf5 16.Bc2 Qf6 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.Re1 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 Rfe8 20.Ne4 Qg6 21.Bd2
Nf6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Qd3 h5 24.Re4 Re6 25.Rxe6 Qxe6 26.Qe3 Qf5 27.Re1 Qc2
28.Bc1 Qb1 29.Qe4 Qxe4 30.Rxe4 Kf8 31.Kg2 f6 32.Re6 Rd8 33.Bf4 Bxf4 34.
gxf4 Rc8 35.Kf3 Kf7 36.f5 a5 37.Ke4 g6 38.h4 Rc7 39.Kf4 Rc8 40.f3 Rc7 41.
Rd6 Ke7 42.Re6+ Kf7 43.Re2 gxf5 44.Kxf5 Rd7 45.f4 Rd8 46.Rg2 Rd7 47.Re2
Rd8 48.b3 Rd7 49.Rd2 Rd8 50.c4 bxc4 51.bxc4 Rb8 52.Re2 Rb4 53.Rc2 a4 54.
d5 c5 55.a3 Rb3 56.Re2 Rc3 57.Re6 Rxc4 58.Rxf6+ Ke7 59.Re6+ Kd7 60.Re4
Rc1 61.Rxa4 Kd6 62.Ra8 Kxd5 63.Rd8+ Kc4 64.Kg6 Rf1 65.f5 Rf4 66.f6 Rxh4
67.f7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A72"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2
O-O 9.Bf4 Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Bf8 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.O-O Ne5 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.
Qxc4 Nd7 16.Qd3 Ne5 17.Qd2 Bg7 18.Rab1 f5 19.f3 Qc7 20.Rfc1 Bd7 21.b3 Nf7
22.Be3 Rac8 23.Bd3 Ne5 24.Nd1 b5 25.Nb2 Qb7 26.Bc2 fxe4 27.Bxe4 Ng4 28.
Nd1 Nxe3 29.Nxe3 Bd4 30.Kh1 Re7 31.Nc2 Be5 32.Ne1 Rf8 33.Nd3 Bg7 34.Qc2
Qa7 35.Qd2 bxa4 36.bxa4 Bxa4 37.Qa2 Bb5 38.Nxc5 Rc8 39.Ne6 Rxc1+ 40.Rxc1
Qe3 41.Qc2 Bh6 42.Rd1 Qe2 43.Qxe2 Bxe2 44.Ra1 Ra7 45.f4 a5 46.Kg1 Bg4 47.
g3 Bxe6 48.dxe6 Kf8 49.Ra4 Bg7 50.g4 Ke7 51.f5 gxf5 52.gxf5 Bc3 53.Kf2
Rc7 54.Ke3 Bb4 55.Kf4 Kf6 56.Ra2 Rc4 57.Kf3 Rc3+ 58.Kf4 Rc4 59.Kf3 Rc3+
60.Kf4 Rc4 61.Kf3 Bc3 62.Bd3 Rc5 63.Ra4 Bb4 64.Ra2 Rc3 65.Ke4 Rc5 66.Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Khan, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 g6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O e6 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Ne2 Ne7 11.Ng3 Nf5 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Rae1 b6 14.h4 d5
15.h5 c6 16.Ne5 Qd6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Nxg6 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Qxg6 20.Bf3 Ba6 21.
Be2 Bxe2 22.Rxe2 Bxd4+ 23.Qxd4 Qxg5 24.Re6 Rac8 25.Qe5 Qg4 26.Rh6 Qg7 27.
Qd6 Qf7 28.Rf3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Black "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be6 10.f3 Nd7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Qxd5 c6 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Be2
Qc7 15.g4 Rad8 16.Kb1 Rfe8 17.Qc3 Ng6 18.Bg3 Qb6 19.Qd4 Qa5 20.f4 Bf6 21.
Qd3 Qb4 22.c3 Qxe4 23.Qxe4 Rxe4 24.Bd3 Ree8 25.g5 Be7 26.h4 d5 27.f5 Nf8
28.Rhe1 Bc5 29.b4 Bb6 30.Kc2 a6 31.a4 Ba7 32.a5 Bb8 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Bxb8
Rxb8 35.Re1 Rd8 36.Re7 Nd7 37.f6 gxf6 38.gxf6 c5 39.Bf5 Nxf6 40.Rxb7 cxb4
41.cxb4 d4 42.Bd3 Nd5 43.Bxa6 Ra8 44.Bd3 Nxb4+ 45.Rxb4 Rxa5 46.Rxd4 Kg7
47.Rg4+ Kh6 48.Rf4 Ra2+ 49.Kc3 Rh2 50.Bc4 f5 51.Be6 Kh5 52.Bf7+ Kh6 53.
Kd4 Kg7 54.Be6 Kf6 55.Bc8 Kg6 56.Bd7 Kh5 57.Be8+ Kh6 58.Ke3 Rh1 59.Kf2
Rh3 60.Bd7 Kg7 61.Be6 Kf6 62.Bc8 Rc3 63.Rxf5+ Kg6 64.Be6 Rc6 65.Rg5+ Kh6
66.Re5 Rc3 67.Bg4 Rc1 68.Re6+ Kg7 69.Bf5 Rh1 70.Kg3 Rg1+ 71.Kf4 Rf1+ 72.
Ke5 Re1+ 73.Be4 Rf1 74.h5 Rf7 75.h6+ Kf8 76.Bd5 Re7 77.Rxe7 Kxe7 78.Bb3
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.d5 Nb8 6.Be2 c6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nf3
cxd5 9.exd5 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bd4 Nbd7 12.Kh1 Nb6 13.a4 Bh6 14.Bxf6 exf6
15.a5 Nd7 16.Nd4 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 f5 18.a6 bxa6 19.Nc6 Qb6 20.Qe7 Qb7 21.
Qxd6 Nb6 22.Ne7+ Kg7 23.Rf3 f6 24.Nc6 Rfe8 25.Nd4 Nc4 26.Ne6+ Kg8 27.Qxa6
Qxb2 28.Rb1 Qxc2 29.Qxc4 Rac8 30.Qb3 Qxb3 31.Rxb3 Bf8 32.g3 Bd6 33.Nb5
Rc1+ 34.Kg2 Bc5 35.Nxc5 Rxc5 36.d6 a6 37.Nc7 Re2+ 38.Rf2 Rcc2 39.Rxe2
Rxe2+ 40.Kf3 Rd2 41.Rb6 a5 42.Ke3 Rd1 43.Ke2 Rd4 44.Nb5 Rd5 45.Nc3 Rd4
46.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Ne5 e6 8.f4
c5 9.Nc3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Qf3 Nfd5 13.Bf2 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7
15.Bb5 Rb8 16.Rac1 a6 17.Bd3 b6 18.Be4 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Qh3 Rbc8 21.
g4 b5 22.Bh4 Rc7 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.g5 Rc7 25.Rf3 Rfc8 26.a3 Qe4 27.Rcf1 Qc2
28.R1f2 Qc1+ 29.Rf1 Qxa3 30.d5 Qc5+ 31.Re3 Qxd5 32.Rff3 b4 33.c4 Qd1+ 34.
Rf1 Qc2 35.Ref3 Bxe5 36.fxe5 Qxc4 37.Kh1 Qe4 38.Qg2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nbd2 h6 5.Qc2 g6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Bg7 9.Be2 Bf5 10.Qf4 Na6 11.Bd2 c5 12.Bc3 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Qa5+ 14.Kf1
O-O 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.g4 Be6 17.h3 Rad8 18.Kg2 Qb6 19.b3 Nb4 20.Qe5+ Kg8
21.Qc3 a5 22.Rhd1 Rxd1 23.Bxd1 Rd8 24.Be2 Qc5 25.a3 Nc6 26.Qe3 Qxe3 27.
fxe3 Bc8 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Bxd1 f5 30.gxf5 Bxf5 31.h4 e5 32.Kg3 Kf7 33.Nd2
Ke7 34.Bf3 Bc2 35.Bd5 Kd6 36.Ne4+ Kc7 37.Nd2 Ne7 38.e4 Nc6 39.Bf7 Nd4 40.
b4 a4 41.Bxg6 b5 42.Be8 Nb3 43.Nf3 bxc4 44.Bxa4 Bxe4 45.Nxe5 Nd2 46.Kf4
c3 47.Ke3 Bh7 48.Kd4 Nb1 49.Nd3 Nxa3 50.Kxc3 Nb1+ 51.Kd4 Nd2 52.Ne5 Nf1
53.Kc5 Ng3 54.Bc6 Be4 55.b5 Bxc6 56.bxc6 Nf5 57.h5 Ng3 58.Nf7 Nxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Black "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3
Ba7 9.c4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 b5 11.Nce5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bb7 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Bg5 Rd8
15.a4 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nf3 Qd7 18.Rfd1 bxa4 19.Bc2 Qc7 20.Bxa4+ Ke7 21.
Rdc1 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5
Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bb2 h6 15.
Nh3 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qb3 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Kh7 21.
Bg2 Qd6 22.b5 Rad8 23.Ba3 Qf6 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Bxd5 e4 26.Rad1 Qg5+ 27.Kh1
Rxf2 28.Bxe4 Rdd2 29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.hxg3 Rh2+ 31.Kg1 Bd4+ 32.Kf1 Rdf2+ 33.
Kg1 Rfg2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.a3 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.Ba2 a6 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.f4 b5 12.f5 e5 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Qd3 h6 15.Bd5
Rc8 16.Bxc6 Rxc6 17.a4 b4 18.Nd5 a5 19.Bd2 Nxd5 20.exd5 Rc5 21.c3 bxc3
22.Bxc3 Bf6 23.Rfe1 Qd7 24.g4 Rfc8 25.Re4 Qb7 26.Rd1 Qb3 27.Rde1 Rxd5 28.
Qa6 Rcc5 29.Kg2 Rd1 30.Rxd1 Qxd1 31.Qe2 Qb3 32.Kg3 Qd5 33.h4 Qc6 34.Re3
Qxa4 35.Kh3 Qc6 36.Qd1 Rc4 37.Rd3 Qe4 38.b3 Rc8 39.Bxa5 h5 40.g5 Qxf5+
41.Kg2 Be7 42.Qf3 Rc2+ 43.Bd2 Qg6 44.Rd5 Bxg5 45.hxg5 Qxg5+ 46.Kf1 Rxd2
47.Rxd2 Qxd2 48.Qb7 Qd3+ 49.Kg1 h4 50.b4 Qg6+ 51.Kh1 Qb1+ 52.Kg2 d5 53.
b5 Qe4+ 54.Kf2 Qf4+ 55.Ke1 Qe3+ 56.Kf1 Qf3+ 57.Kg1 h3 58.Qc8+ Kh7 59.Qc2+
g6 60.Qf2 Qxf2+ 61.Kxf2 e4 62.b6 h2 63.Kg2 e3 64.b7 e2 65.b8=Q h1=Q+ 66.
Kxh1 e1=Q+ 67.Kg2 Qe4+ 68.Kh2 d4 69.Qa7 Qd5 70.Kg1 d3 71.Qa1 d2 72.Qd1
Qd4+ 73.Kf1 Qe3 74.Kg2 Qe1 75.Qf3 Kg8 76.Qa8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 b6 7.Ne5 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qxd8+ Bxd8 11.Bxd8 Kxd8 12.O-O-O+ Ke7 13.Rd4 Bb7
14.Be2 f6 15.Rhd1 Rad8 16.Bg4 fxe5 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Rxd8 Kxd8 19.Bxe6 a5
20.Kd2 Ke7 21.Bg8 g6 22.Kc3 c6 23.b4 axb4+ 24.Kxb4 Kf8 25.Bxh7 Kg7 26.
Bxg6 Kxg6 27.c5 b5 28.Ka5 Bc8 29.Kb6 Bd7 30.Kc7 Be8 31.a3 Kf5 32.Kd6 Kf6
33.h3 Kf5 34.Ke7 Bg6 35.Kd7 Kf6 36.Kxc6 Ke6 37.Kxb5 Kd5 38.Kb6 Be8 39.h4
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Black "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4
Na6 9.e4 Nb6 10.h3 Nc7 11.a4 Ne6 12.a5 Nd7 13.Be3 Nc7 14.Qb3 e5 15.d5
cxd5 16.exd5 Na6 17.Nb5 Ndc5 18.Qc4 b6 19.b4 e4 20.Nfd4 Nd3 21.Nc6 Qd7
22.Rab1 bxa5 23.bxa5 f5 24.Nbxa7 Kh8 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.Bd4 Qd7 27.Rb6 Nb8
28.Bxg7+ Qxg7 29.a6 Qf6 30.Rxb8 Rfxb8 31.Nxb8 Rxb8 32.a7 Ra8 33.Qb5 Qd8
34.Qb7 Nc5 35.Qc6 Rc8 36.a8=Q Rxa8 37.Qxc5 Ra5 38.Qd4+ Kg8 39.d6 Qd7 40.
Rc1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Black "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nd2 Qxc5 6.Ngf3 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.
Bg3 Nf6 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.Qe2 e5 14.Bc2 b6
15.e4 Bb7 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.O-O-O Nf4 19.Qb5 Rfd8 20.Nd6 a6 21.
Qc4 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Nc5 23.Nf5 Qf6 24.b4 Ncd3+ 25.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 26.Rxd3 Qxf5 27.
Rhd1 Re8 28.Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Black "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O Bc5 8.
c4 Ne7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 e4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Na4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Bxe4
Bh3 15.Bg2 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qe5 17.e3 Rac8 18.Nc3 Rc6 19.Qa4 Rh6 20.Rad1 Qh5
21.h4 Rf6 22.Rd4 Qf3+ 23.Kh2 h6 24.Qd1 Qf5 25.Rf4 Qe6 26.Rxf6 Qxf6 27.
Qa4 Rb8 28.Nd1 a6 29.Kg2 Nf5 30.Qf4 Rb5 31.Re1 a5 32.e4 dxe4 33.Rxe4 Qc6
34.Kg1 Nd6 35.Rd4 Nf5 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Qd2 Re5 38.Nc3 Qg6 39.Qf4 Re1+ 40.
Kh2 Ne7 41.Qf3 Nf5 42.Qa8 Qg4 43.Rh8+ Kg6 44.Qc6+ Re6 45.Qg2 Nd4 46.h5+
Qxh5+ 47.Qh3 Nf3+ 48.Kg2 Ne1+ 49.Kh2 Qxh3+ 50.Kxh3 Nd3 51.b3 Nxf2+ 52.Kg2
Nd3 53.Ra8 Rc6 54.Nd5 Rc2+ 55.Kf3 Rxa2 56.Ra6+ f6 57.Ra7 Ra3 58.Ne7+ Kg5
59.Nc6 Ne5+ 60.Nxe5 fxe5 61.Rxg7+ Kf5 62.Rf7+ Kg6 63.Rb7 a4 64.Ke4 Rxb3
65.Ra7 a3 66.g4 Kf6 67.Ra6+ Kg5 68.Kxe5 Rb5+ 69.Ke4 Rb4+ 70.Kd5 Kxg4 71.
Rxh6 Ra4 72.Rh1 a2 73.Ra1 Kf3 74.Kc5 Ke3 75.Kb5 Ra8 76.Kb4 Kd3 77.Kb3
Rb8+ 78.Ka3 Kc2 79.Rxa2+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Black "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Qe2
b5 9.a3 O-O 10.Rg1 Bb7 11.g4 Nc6 12.Nf3 Rc8 13.Bd2 Na5 14.Nd4 Nc4 15.
O-O-O Nxd2 16.Rxd2 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Nxe4 18.Rd3 Qa5 19.Kb2 Rc8 20.Qe3 Nc5 21.
Rd2 Bd5 22.Rb1 Bc4 23.Nf5 exf5 24.Bxc4 Bf6 25.Bb3 Bxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5
Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Ne5
Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.f4 Qb6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rh3 c5 19.Kb1 Rd7 20.Rg3 Rhd8
21.Rf1 Bf8 22.a3 Kb8 23.Rgf3 Ne7 24.Qe1 Nf5 25.c3 c4 26.Kc1 Rd5 27.Qd1
Bc5 28.Qa4 Be3 29.Rxe3 Nxe3 30.Re1 Nxg2 31.Rh1 Rb5 32.Qc2 Ne3 33.Qb1 Nf5
34.Re1 Rd3 35.Qc2 Qc6 36.Kb1 Ne3 37.Bxe3 b6 38.Nf2 Rd7 39.Bd4 Qf3 40.Qe4
Qxh5 41.Rg1 Rbd5 42.Rxg7 Qh4 43.Rg4 Qh2 44.Rg2 Qh5 45.Ka2 Qh4 46.Ng4 Rd8
47.Nf6 Rxd4 48.cxd4 Qh3 49.Rc2 Qb3+ 50.Kb1 Qb5 51.Rc3 h5 52.f5 a5 53.
fxe6 fxe6 54.Rg3 Qa4 55.Ka2 h4 56.Qxh4 Ka7 57.d5 exd5 58.e6 d4 59.Qf4 d3
60.Qd2 Qb3+ 61.Kb1 c3 62.Qxc3 Qxc3 63.bxc3 d2 64.Rg1 d1=Q+ 65.Rxd1 Rxd1+
66.Kc2 Re1 67.Kb3 Rxe6 68.Nd5 Re5 69.Nf4 b5 70.Nd3 Re3 71.Nf4 Rf3 72.Ne6
Kb6 73.Nd4 Rh3 74.Nc2 Kc5 75.Kb2 a4 76.Nd4 Kc4 77.Nc6 Rh2+ 78.Kb1 Kxc3
79.Na7 Kb3 80.Kc1 Rh1+ 81.Kd2 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc2 d6 7.Be2 Be6 8.Nd2
Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.Ne3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 Nc5 14.Rf3 Nd4 15.
Rg3 Kh8 16.b4 Na4 17.Nc2 Qd7 18.Bf1 Bf6 19.Nb3 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 Rg8 21.Re3
Rac8 22.Kh1 b5 23.c5 Bd5 24.Ba3 Be4 25.Rxe4 fxe4 26.Qxe4 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Black "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.Bg2 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qd7 8.
c3 O-O-O 9.Qe2 Bc5 10.b4 Bxb4 11.cxb4 Nd4 12.Qd1 Nxe4 13.Nxe5 Bxd1 14.
Nxd7 Nc3 15.O-O Rxd7 16.Nb3 Nce2+ 17.Kh1 Bc2 18.Nc5 Re7 19.Bxb7+ Kb8 20.
Bg2 Rd8 21.Be3 Nf5 22.Na6+ Kc8 23.Bxa7 Be4 24.Bc5 Bxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Re6 26.b5
Rd2 27.a4 Rc2 28.Rfe1 g5 29.h3 Nexg3 30.Rxe6 fxe6 31.Re1 Ne2 32.Kf3 Nf4
33.Be3 Nxh3 34.Kg4 Nxe3+ 35.Rxe3 Nxf2+ 36.Kxg5 Kd7 37.Nb8+ Kd6 38.Nc6
Rc5+ 39.Kh4 Rc4+ 40.Kg3 Ne4+ 41.Kg2 Rxa4 42.Rd3+ Kc5 43.Nd8 Kxb5 44.Nxe6
c5 45.Rd7 c4 46.Rb7+ Kc6 47.Rxh7 c3 48.Kf3 Kd5 49.Nf4+ Kc6 50.Rh6+ Kb5
51.Rh5+ Nc5 52.Nd3 Rc4 53.Ke3 c2 54.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4
f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O Qc7 12.h3 O-O 13.a3 Bd7 14.b4 a6 15.Bb2
Nh5 16.Ng5 h6 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Bg6 Bh2+ 19.Kh1 Nf4 20.Nxf4 Bxf4 21.Nf3 Rf6
22.Qc2 Be8 23.Bd3 Bh5 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rf4 26.Rac1 Qe7 27.g3 Bf3+ 28.
Kh2 Qg5 29.Qd2 Raf8 30.Rg1 R4f7 31.Qxg5 hxg5 32.Bg6 Rd7 33.Rc2 d4 34.Re1
Rd5 35.Rc5 Rxc5 36.bxc5 Rd8 37.Bc1 d3 38.Bd2 Be2 39.Rb1 Nxe5 40.Be4 Bf3
41.Bxg5 Bxe4 42.Bxd8 Nf3+ 43.Kg2 Nd2+ 44.f3 Nxb1 45.Ba5 Bc6 46.Kf2 d2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Zhukov, Klim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 c5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Rb1 a5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.e3 Ne7 15.Nxe7+
Qxe7 16.Ne4 f5 17.Nc3 e4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 exd3 20.Qxd3 Qd7 21.f4 b5
22.e4 c4 23.Qc2 Rac8 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Rfe1 c3 26.b3 Rce8 27.Bh3 Qa7+ 28.
Kg2 Qc5 29.Bxf5 Qxd5+ 30.Kh3 Rxe1 31.Bh7+ Kh8 32.Rxe1 Qh5+ 33.Kg2 Re8 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6 4.c3 Bf5 5.Nbd2 h6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Ne5 e6 8.Be2
Be7 9.Ndf3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Rc8 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 Rfd8 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Qa6
15.Nde5 c5 16.a4 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Nd7 18.Qb5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 c4 20.Qxa6 bxa6 21.
Rab1 Bd6 22.b4 cxb3 23.Rxb3 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Rc4 25.Rb7 Rxa4 26.Rfb1 Rc4 27.
Rxa7 Rxc3 28.Rbb7 Rf8 29.Rxa6 Rcc8 30.Raa7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.f3 b5 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Bd3 a6 8.Nge2
Qc7 9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Kb1 O-O-O 11.Nc1 c5 12.e5 cxd4 13.Bxd4 dxe5 14.Be3 Bg7
15.Bxb5 Nb6 16.Qf2 Nfd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Ba4 e4 19.Bd4 e3 20.Qe2 Nf4 21.
Qxe3 Nxg2 22.Qf2 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Nf4 24.Rhd1 Ne6 25.R4d3 Kb8 26.Rd7 Qa5 27.
Bb3 Rxd7 28.Rxd7 Re8 29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.Nb3 Qb5 31.Qd4 e5 32.Qd2 Qf1+ 33.Nc1
Qxf3 34.a4 Qf4 35.Rxb7+ Kxb7 36.Qd7+ Kb6 37.Qxe8 e4 38.Qd8+ Kc6 39.Qxe7
e3 40.Qe6+ Kb7 41.a5 Qd4 42.Qe7+ Kb8 43.Qxh7 Qe4 44.Qg8+ Kc7 45.Qf7+ Kd8
46.Qf8+ Kd7 47.Qf1 Qe6 48.Qd3+ Ke7 49.Ne2 Kf8 50.Nf4 Qe8 51.Nxg6+ Kg7 52.
Nf4 Qe5 53.Qd4 Qxd4 54.Ne6+ Kf6 55.Nxd4 Ke5 56.c3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Fateev, Michail"]
[Black "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Be3 Bg7 4.Qd2 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Nf6 7.f3 d5 8.exd5
Qxd5 9.c4 Qxd2+ 10.Bxd2 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nxc5 12.O-O-O O-O 13.h4 Rd8 14.Nd5 Bf5
15.Bg5 Na4 16.Rd2 Rac8 17.g4 Be6 18.Kb1 Kf8 19.Be3 a6 20.Nh3 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 Ne5 22.Be2 Nc4 23.Bxc4 Rxc4 24.Ng5 Rb4 25.Rhh2 Nc3+ 26.Ka1 Nxd5 27.
Bc5 Rc4 28.Bxe7+ Kxe7 29.Rhe2+ Kf8 30.a3 Rc1+ 31.Ka2 h6 32.Ne4 Rcc8 33.
Re1 Nf6 34.Nd6 Rc6 35.Red1 b6 36.h5 Ne8 37.Nxe8 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 Kxe8 39.hxg6
fxg6 40.Kb3 Ke7 41.f4 h5 42.g5 Ke6 43.Rd8 Kf5 44.Rd7 Kxf4 45.Rxg7 Kxg5
46.Ra7 a5 47.Ka4 h4 48.Kb5 Rf6 49.Kc4 Rd6 50.b4 axb4 51.axb4 h3 52.b5
Kg4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Krylov, Andrei"]
[Black "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Bb7 6.Nc3 e6 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5
d6 9.a4 Qxb6 10.a5 Qc7 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.f4 g6 13.Bf3 Bg7 14.Qe2+ Kf8 15.
Qc4 Re8+ 16.Nge2 g5 17.g3 g4 18.Bg2 h5 19.O-O Qd8 20.f5 Ne5 21.Qb3 Ba8
22.Bg5 Qb8 23.Qc2 c4 24.Nf4 Qb3 25.Qd2 Kg8 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Ne4 Be7 28.f6
Bf8 29.Ra3 Qb5 30.Ng5 Rh6 31.Nge6 fxe6 32.dxe6 Qc5+ 33.Re3 Kh8 34.e7 Bxe7
35.fxe7 Rxe7 36.Bxa8 Nf3+ 37.Rfxf3 gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 f5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nf6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O
Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 d6 11.Nd2 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rac1 c6 14.Rfe1 Nd7
15.f3 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Nf6 17.e4 fxe4 18.fxe4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Qd7 20.Rf1 Nxe4
21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Bxe4 Rd8 23.Rd1 Rf8 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Ba6+ 26.Kf2 Qe6
27.Qf4 Qd7 28.Ke3 g6 29.Qe5 Bc4 30.b3 Be6 31.Qb8+ Kg7 32.Qa8 Bd5 33.Qb8
Bxe4 34.Qe5+ Kf7 35.Qxe4 Qe6 36.Qe5 Qxe5+ 37.dxe5 Ke6 38.Kf4 Kd5 39.h4 c5
40.g4 b5 41.h5 c4 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.bxc4+ bxc4 44.a4 c3 45.Ke3 Kxe5 46.Kd3
Kf4 47.Kxc3 Kxg4 48.Kc4 Kf4 49.Kb5 g5 50.Ka6 g4 51.Kxa7 g3 52.Kb7 g2 53.
a5 g1=Q 54.a6 Qg7+ 55.Kb8 Qf8+ 56.Kb7 Qe7+ 57.Kb8 Qd8+ 58.Kb7 Qd7+ 59.Kb8
Qb5+ 60.Ka7 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.g5 hxg5 8.Bxg5
Nc6 9.Qd2 Qb6 10.Nb3 a6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.h4 Bd7 13.Be2 O-O-O 14.h5 Be7 15.
h6 gxh6 16.Rxh6 Rxh6 17.Bxh6 Ne5 18.Bg5 Bc6 19.f3 d5 20.Qe3 dxe4 21.Rxd8+
Qxd8 22.fxe4 Nfg4 23.Bxe7 Nxe3 24.Bxd8 Kxd8 25.Nd4 Kc7 26.Nxc6 Kxc6 27.b3
Kc5 28.Kd2 Kd4 29.a4 f5 30.exf5 exf5 31.Nd1 Nxd1 32.Bxd1 f4 33.c3+ Ke4
34.Be2 a5 35.b4 b6 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.Bb5 Kd5 38.Ke2 Kc5 39.Kf2 Kd6 40.Ke2
Kd5 41.Kf2 Ke4 42.Ke2 f3+ 43.Kf2 Kf4 44.c4 Nd3+ 45.Kf1 Ke3 46.Ba6 Nc5 47.
Bb5 Ne4 48.c5 Nxc5 49.Ke1 Ne4 50.Bc4 Nd2 51.Bb5 f2+ 52.Kd1 f1=Q+ 53.Bxf1
Nxf1 54.Kc2 Kd4 55.Kb3 Ne3 56.Kb2 Kc4 57.Ka3 Nd5 58.Kb2 Kb4 59.Ka2 Kxa4
60.Kb2 Kb4 61.Ka2 a4 62.Kb2 a3+ 63.Kb1 Kb3 64.Ka1 Ne3 65.Kb1 a2+ 66.Kc1
a1=Q+ 67.Kd2 Qd4+ 68.Ke2 Qe4 69.Kf2 Ng4+ 70.Kg3 Qf5 71.Kg2 Qf4 72.Kh3 Nh6
73.Kg2 Nf5 74.Kg1 Qf3 75.Kh2 Qg4 76.Kh1 Ne3 77.Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Black "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 e6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Nf3
d6 9.Nb5 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nc6 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bb3 a6
15.Nc3 Bd7 16.Ke2 Ne7 17.Rad1 Bc6 18.Rhe1 Nf5 19.g4 Ne7 20.Nd4 Nbd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Kd3 Rac8 23.Rc1 Kf8 24.f4 Bxb3 25.axb3 Nd5 26.Ke4 Ke7 27.f5
Nb4 28.Rc4 Rxc4 29.bxc4 Rxd4+ 30.Kxd4 Nc2+ 31.Kc5 Nxe1 32.Kb6 Nd3 33.Kxb7
a5 34.Kb6 Nxe5 35.c5 Kd7 36.Kxa5 Nc4+ 37.Ka6 Kc6 38.b4 Na3 39.Ka5 e5 40.
Ka4 Nb5 41.g5 e4 42.Kb3 Nd4+ 43.Kc4 e3 44.f6 gxf6 45.gxf6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Black "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.f4 Nc6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Nb3 Nb4 13.Bf3 Rfd8 14.a5 Qb8 15.
Bb6 Re8 16.g4 Bc6 17.g5 Nd7 18.Be3 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5
Qc7 22.Bxc6 Qxc6+ 23.Qf3 Rac8 24.Qxc6 bxc6 25.Rad1 Nb8 26.Rfe1 f6 27.Bc5
Kf7 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.Nc5 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 fxg5 31.fxg5 Rd8 32.Rf1+ Kg6 33.b4
Re8 34.h4 Kh5 35.Rf4 h6 36.gxh6 Kxh6 37.Kg2 g5 38.hxg5+ Kxg5 39.Rf7 Kg6
40.Rb7 Kf6 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Rxb8 Re7 43.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Krasnov, Vasiliy G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 h6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qxd7+ Kxd7 13.Rd1 Bd6 14.Nxd5
Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bxd5 16.Rxd5 Ke6 17.e4 f5 18.Be3 fxe4 19.Rad1 Rhd8 20.Bc5
Bc7 21.Rxd8 Bxd8 22.Rd6+ Kf5 23.Ra6 Rb8 24.b3 Bb6 25.Bxb6 axb6 26.Kf1 h5
27.Ra7 g6 28.Rc7 b5 29.Ke2 Ra8 30.Rc2 g5 31.Ke3 Rd8 32.Rc5 b4 33.Rc4
Rd3+ 34.Ke2 Rd4 35.Rc2 h4 36.Rc8 h3 37.Rf8+ Ke6 38.g4 e3 39.Kxe3 Rxg4 40.
Rh8 Rg1 41.Rxh3 Ra1 42.Rh6+ Kf5 43.Rb6 g4 44.Rxb4 Rxa2 45.Rb8 Ra1 46.f3
gxf3 47.Rf8+ Ke6 48.Rxf3 Rb1 49.Ke4 Re1+ 50.Re3 Rd1 51.h3 Rd4+ 52.Kf3 Kf5
53.Rc3 Rh4 54.Kg3 Rb4 55.Rf3+ Kg5 56.Kf2 e4 57.Rc3 Kf4 58.Ke2 Rb8 59.Kd2
Rg8 60.b4 Rg2+ 61.Ke1 Rb2 62.Rc4 Kf3 63.Rc8 Rb1+ 64.Kd2 e3+ 65.Kc2 e2 66.
Rf8+ Kg3 67.Rg8+ Kxh3 68.Rh8+ Kg4 69.Rg8+ Kf5 70.Rf8+ Kg6 71.Re8 e1=Q 72.
Rxe1 Rxe1 73.Kd3 Kf5 74.Kd4 Ke6 75.Kc5 Kd7 76.Kb6 Kc8 77.b5 Kb8 78.Ka6
Re6+ 79.b6 Rh6 80.Kb5 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Black "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Nb5 Nxe4 12.Nxc7 Nxg5 13.Nxg5 h6 14.
Ne4 Re7 15.Nxa8 f5 16.Nd6 Nc5 17.Nxc8 Re8 18.Nab6 axb6 19.Nxb6 e4 20.Rd5
Nd3+ 21.Bxd3 exd3+ 22.Kd1 Bxb2 23.Re1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Rb8 9.Rb1 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Ne2 Qd7 12.Qd3 e6 13.h3 Bf5 14.Qxa6 Bb4+
15.c3 O-O 16.Ng3 Bxc3+ 17.Ke2 Nxg3+ 18.Bxg3 Ra8 19.Qb7 Bxb1 20.bxc3 Rfb8
21.Qxb1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Rxa2+ 23.Kd3 c5 24.dxc5 Qa4 25.Rc1 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd2 Ne7 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd4 f6 12.c5 Qc7 13.Bc4 Qf4 14.O-O Ng6
15.g3 Qc7 16.f4 Kh8 17.Qd3 e5 18.f5 Ne7 19.Kg2 Bb7 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Qd6
Qxd6 22.cxd6 Nc8 23.Ba5 Rf8 24.Kf3 g6 25.Ke3 g5 26.b4 Kg7 27.Rd2 Rh8 28.
Rfd1 Na7 29.Be6 Bc8 30.a4 c5 31.bxc5 dxe6 32.d7 Nc6 33.dxc8=Q Raxc8 34.
Rd7+ Kh6 35.Bc3 exf5 36.exf5 Nb8 37.R7d5 Rc6 38.Bb4 Rhc8 39.Rd6 g4 40.Ke4
Kg7 41.Rxc6 Nxc6 42.Rd7+ Kg8 43.Bc3 Nb8 44.Rb7 Rd8 45.Rc7 Nd7 46.Ba5 h6
47.Rc6 Nxc5+ 48.Rxc5 Rd4+ 49.Ke3 Rxa4 50.Bd8 Ra3+ 51.Kd2 Rf3 52.Bxf6 Rxf5
53.Bxe5 Rf2+ 54.Ke3 Rxh2 55.Kf4 h5 56.Kg5 Kf7 57.Ra5 Ke6 58.Bf4 Rh3 59.
Rxa6+ Kd5 60.Rh6 Ke4 61.Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qd2 Bf5 14.Nxf6+
Qxf6 15.Nh4 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.b4 Qe5 18.a3 Rfe8 19.Ra2 Be6 20.Rb2 Bc4
21.Bf3 d3 22.e3 Qb5 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Qc3 Qe4 25.Re1 Be6 26.f3 Qd5 27.Rd2
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bd3 a6 5.O-O Nbd7 6.c4 b6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5
Nc5 9.Bc2 Nfd7 10.b4 Nb7 11.a3 c5 12.b5 Qc7 13.Qe2 Na5 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Bf4
Be7 16.Rfd1 O-O 17.Qd3 f5 18.exf6 Qxf4 19.Qxh7+ Kf7 20.Qxg7+ Ke8 21.Qxe7#
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Black "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.d4 Bxf3 5.exf3 Ngf6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9.Qe2 c6 10.Nd2 Qa5 11.a3 Rfe8 12.f4 Qb6 13.g4 Nf8 14.g5 N6d7 15.
Nf3 Ng6 16.Bc1 Bd6 17.Ne5 Ndxe5 18.dxe5 Qd4 19.Be3 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
exd6 Qxg5 22.c4 Rad8 23.c5 e5 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.fxe3 e4 26.b4 g6 27.Rf6 Re6
28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Rf1 Kg7 30.Bh3 Rf8 31.Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Black "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Be2 e6 5.O-O Bc5 6.d4 Bd6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Ne5
Bf5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd3 Ne7 11.g4 Bg6 12.f5 exf5 13.gxf5 Nxf5 14.Bxf5
Bxh2+ 15.Kg2 Bd6 16.Qg4 h5 17.Qh3 Qg5+ 18.Kh1 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 Qg4 20.Rf3 g5
21.Bd2 Qxh3+ 22.Rxh3 g4 23.Rh4 Bg3 24.Rh2 Bxh2 25.Kxh2 Kd7 26.Rf1 Ke6 27.
e4 Rh7 28.Bg5 Rg7 29.Bh4 Rg6 30.exd5+ cxd5 31.Re1+ Kd6 32.Bg3+ Kd7 33.
Nxd5 Re6 34.Be5 Rf8 35.Nf4 Rc6 36.c3 h4 37.Nd3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Nbd2 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3
b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Qc2 h6 13.f4 Nc5 14.Be2 Rc8 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16.Bf3 Nd7 17.Nb1 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 c4 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Qd2
Nf6 9.Qe3+ Be6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Ng5 O-O 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.O-O Nc6 14.Nd2 e5
15.Qg3 Rae8 16.Rfe1 Qe6 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.f4 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Nc6 20.Bf1 Rxe1
21.Rxe1 Qxb2 22.Re2 Qb6 23.h3 Qd8 24.Qg5 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Nf3 Qg6 27.
f5 Qe8 28.Qc1 Qe4 29.Qb2 Qe7 30.Qb6 Ne4 31.Qb2 Ng3+ 32.Kg1 Nxf5 33.Qd2
Qe3+ 34.Qxe3 Nxe3 35.Nd2 Nxf1 36.Kxf1 Kf7 37.Kf2 b5 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.g3 b4
40.cxb4 Nxb4 41.Kd4 Nxa2 42.Nf3 h6 43.Nh4 Nb4 44.Ng2 Kd6 45.Nh4 Nc6+ 46.
Kc3 Ke5 47.Ng6+ Ke4 48.Nh4 Ne5 49.g4 d4+ 50.Kc2 g6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Kosov, Igor"]
[Black "Patsovsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 b6 7.e4 Bb7 8.Bd3
h6 9.O-O d6 10.Be3 c5 11.d5 Nbd7 12.Rad1 Ng4 13.Bc1 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
f4 Nxd3 16.Rxd3 Bf6 17.Rg3 Re8 18.f5 Kh8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rg6 Rf8 21.Ne2
Qe7 22.Qd3 Rae8 23.Qg3 exd5 24.Bxh6 Rf7 25.Qh3 Bd4+ 26.Nxd4 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1
Qf7+ 28.Bf4+ Kg8 29.Rg4 cxd4 30.Rh4 Kf8 31.Kg1 Qe6 32.Rh8+ Kf7 33.Qh4 g6
34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.Qh6 Qf6 36.Bg5 Qe5 37.Qxg6+ Kf8 38.Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Black "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nf5 Bc5 6.Qe2 Bb6 7.Nc3 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Qc4 Bb6 11.Be3 c6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Qd4 Nf6 14.c4
Qe7 15.f3 O-O 16.Be2 d5 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qxb6 Nd7 19.Qd4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Qd8
21.O-O Re8 22.Qd4 Qe7 23.Kf2 Ra4 24.Qd2 Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Qe7 26.Bd1 Ra6 27.
Bf2 Nf6 28.Re1 Be6 29.Bb3 Rd8 30.Qf4 Nd5 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Rad1 Rd8 33.a3
h6 34.h3 Rc6 35.b4 Ra6 36.Bc5 Qe8 37.Qc7 Rc8 38.Qxb7 Rxa3 39.f4 Qc6 40.
Qxc6 Rxc6 41.Rc1 Rb3 42.Rb1 Rxb1 43.Rxb1 Bc4 44.Kf2 Bb5 45.Ra1 Rc7 46.Ra7
Rxa7 47.Bxa7 Kf8 48.Bc5+ Ke8 49.g3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9.Bf4 b6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Rfd1 Bb7 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.cxd5 Nxf4 14.gxf4
cxd5 15.Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 Bb7 7.Nc3 exd5 8.exd5
Bd6 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.Bg5 Be5 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 axb5 14.Kb2
c4 15.Ne2 h6 16.d6+ Kd8 17.Bxf6+ gxf6 18.Nd4 Ra5 19.a4 Rxa4 20.Nxb5 Re8
21.Rd4 Ba6 22.Nc7 Re1 23.Re4 Rxe4 24.fxe4 Bb7 25.Be2 Bxe4 26.Rf1 f5 27.
g4 Nc6 28.gxf5 Ne5 29.Rf4 Nd3+ 30.Bxd3 cxd3 31.Kc1 Ra1+ 32.Kd2 Ra2+ 33.
Kd1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.d5
Nc4 16.a4 Nb6 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Nh2 Qd8 20.b3 Qe7 21.Be3 g6
22.Qd2 Kh7 23.Ra1 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Nxa8 25.Bd3 Be8 26.Qa2 Qb7 27.Ne2 Nc7 28.
f4 exf4 29.Nxf4 Qa6 30.Qb1 Nd7 31.Nf3 Bg7 32.Ne2 c4 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.Bc2
Nb5 35.Nfd4 Na3 36.Qb2 Nc5 37.Nf3 Qa5 38.Bd4 Nxc2 39.Qxc2 Ba4 40.Qb1 Bb3
41.Kh2 Bxd4 42.Nfxd4 Qa2 43.Qf1 Qa7 44.Qf4 Qe7 45.Nc6 Qd7 46.Ng3 Ba4 47.
Nd4 Kg7 48.Ndf5+ gxf5 49.Nxf5+ Kf6 50.Nxd6+ Kg6 51.Qg3+ Kh7 52.Nf5 f6 53.
Qf4 Bc2 54.Qxh6+ Kg8 55.Qg6+ Kf8 56.Qxf6+ Kg8 57.Ne7+ Kh7 58.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3
e6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.Rc1 c5 11.a3 cxd4 12.axb4 dxe3 13.c5 Qxd1+ 14.Rxd1 Nd7
15.Bb5 O-O-O 16.Ke2 Be7 17.Bxd7+ Rxd7 18.Rxd7 Kxd7 19.Rd1+ Kc8 20.Nb5 a6
21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.exd6 Bg4 23.Kxe3 f6 24.Ra1 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Kd7 26.Kd4 Kc6
27.Kc4 g5 28.Ra5 Ra8 29.b5+ axb5+ 30.Rxb5 Ra7 31.Rb6+ Kd7 32.Kd4 h5 33.
h3 Kc8 34.b4 Ra3 35.b5 Ra4+ 36.Kc3 Ra3+ 37.Kc4 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.g4 Nhf6 11.Ng3 Nb6 12.h3 g6 13.Qd2 h6 14.b3 Bd7
15.a4 a5 16.f3 Qd6 17.Nge2 h5 18.g5 Nh7 19.h4 O-O 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Bg4
22.e5 Qb4 23.Ne4 Nd5 24.Qxb4 Nxb4 25.Kd2 Bf3 26.Rhf1 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Rfe8
28.Bd3 Nf8 29.Bc4 Ne6 30.Rf6 Rad8 31.Raf1 Rd7 32.Bxe6 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 fxe6
34.Rf6 Kg7 35.Rxe6 c5 36.Rd6 Rxd6 37.exd6 cxd4 38.Nxd4 Kf7 39.Kc3 Ke8 40.
Ne6 Nc6 41.Kd3 Kf7 42.Nd4 Nb4+ 43.Ke4 Na6 44.Kd5 Nb8 45.Nf3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.h3
Qc7 9.Be3 b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Rfe1 a6 12.Bh6 e5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rad1 b5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16.Qe3 b4 17.Nb1 c5 18.Nbd2 Rfe8 19.Bd3 Nb6 20.a5 Nc8 21.Nc4
Na7 22.c3 bxc3 23.bxc3 Nd7 24.Bc2 Bc6 25.Nd6 Re6 26.Nxf7 Kxf7 27.Bb3 Ke7
28.Bxe6 Kxe6 29.Qh6 Nf8 30.Ng5+ Kf6 31.Re3 Ne6 32.Rf3+ Nf4 33.g3 Rd8 34.
Rxd8 Qxd8 35.gxf4 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 exf4 37.Rxf4+ Ke5 38.Qf8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.f4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Ne4
9.Bd2 Bd7 10.Ne5 Be8 11.g4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bg6 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Qb3 b6 15.cxd5
exd5 16.c4 Qd6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Bb4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Black "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nc3
d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Bf4 Nc6 14.Re1 Qd7
15.Ng5 h6 16.Ne4 Rad8 17.Nc3 d4 18.Nd5 Bd6 19.Bxh6 Be5 20.Bf4 f6 21.Bxe5
fxe5 22.Qc2 c4 23.bxc4 Na5 24.Nb4 Bxc4 25.Nc6 d3 26.Qc3 d2 27.Red1 Nxc6
28.Qxc4+ Kh8 29.Qxc6 Qf5 30.Qf3 Qg6 31.Qe4 Qb6 32.e3 Qb5 33.Bf1 Qe8 34.
Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 d4
9.e4 Ng4 10.Bc1 b5 11.a4 Ne3 12.Bxe3 dxe3 13.axb5 Bxa1 14.bxc6 Bg7 15.
Na3 Qc7 16.e5 Qxc6 17.Nc4 a5 18.Nxe3 a4 19.bxa4 Rxa4 20.c4 e6 21.Nd2 f6
22.Bf3 Qe8 23.Ne4 fxe5 24.Nxc5 Ra5 25.Nb3 Ra3 26.fxe5 Qa4 27.Nd4 Qxd1 28.
Rxd1 Bxe5 29.Ndc2 Rc3 30.Be4 Bd7 31.d4 Bf4 32.Rd3 Rxd3 33.Bxd3 Bxe3+ 34.
Nxe3 Rf4 35.d5 Rd4 36.Be2 exd5 37.Nxd5 Be6 38.Kf2 Bxd5 39.cxd5 Kg7 40.Bf3
Kf6 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.h3 h5 43.g3 Ra4 44.h4 Ra2 45.d6 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 Rd3 47.g4
hxg4 48.Bxg4 Kf4 49.Ke2 Rxd6 50.Bf3 Kg3 51.h5 Re6+ 52.Be4 Rxe4+ 53.Kd3
Rg4 54.h6 Rh4 55.h7 Rxh7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Black "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Ne2 d6 8.O-O
Nd7 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nd2 c6 11.Rc1 a5 12.a4 Re8 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rb1
Re7 16.b4 axb4 17.Rxb4 Rae8 18.a5 Bc8 19.Nb3 g5 20.d5 f4 21.exf4 gxf4 22.
dxc6 bxc6 23.Rb6 Bd7 24.Nd4 Ng4 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Bxc6 fxg3 27.hxg3 Re1 28.
Nd5 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qc8 30.Bxe8 Qxe8 31.Qf5 h5 32.Qc8 Nh2+ 33.Kg2 Qxc8 34.
Ne7+ Kh7 35.Nxc8 Ng4 36.a6 Bd4 37.a7 Bxb6 38.Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Black "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.b3 e6 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Be2 h6 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.O-O
Nbd7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.c4 Qb8 11.f4 Qc7 12.Bf3 Rad8 13.Qe2 Bb4 14.g4 Bh7 15.
h4 Bxd2 16.Qxd2 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Ba3 Rfe8 20.Rf4 b6 21.
Bd6 Qb7 22.Raf1 Rd7 23.Qf2 Bd3 24.Rd1 dxc4 25.h5 Red8 26.Qg3 Qa6 27.bxc4
Qxc4 28.g5 hxg5 29.Qxg5 Qc2 30.Re1 Kh7 31.Rg4 Rg8 32.Rg2 Qc3 33.Qg3 Be4
34.Rh2 c5 35.dxc5 bxc5 36.Rh4 Bf5 37.Qf2 Rb7 38.e4 Rb2 39.Qe3 Qc2 40.Qg3
Rxa2 41.exf5 exf5 42.Rh2 Qxh2+ 43.Qxh2 Rxh2 44.Kxh2 Rc8 45.Ra1 c4 46.Rxa7
c3 47.Ba3 c2 48.Bc1 Rc5 49.Rxf7 Rxe5 50.Rc7 Re4 51.Kg3 Re2 52.h6 Re1 53.
Rxc2 gxh6 54.Kf4 Rf1+ 55.Ke5 h5 56.Kf6 f4 57.Rc7+ Kg8 58.Rc8+ Kh7 59.Bb2
Rb1 60.Bd4 f3 61.Kf5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qf3
Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.g4 b4 12.Nce2 Nc6 13.g5 Nd7 14.Ng3 Rc8 15.
Nh5 O-O 16.Kb1 Rfe8 17.f5 Nde5 18.Qh3 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxg5 20.Qg3 Qe7 21.
Rhg1 f6 22.h4 Bh6 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 g6 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Rdf1 Rf8 27.Qh6
Rf7 28.Rf2 Rcf8 29.Rfg2 Rh7 30.Rxg6+ Nxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.e5 fxe5 33.Nf6
Qg7 34.Qxh7+ Qxh7 35.Nxh7 Rf4 36.Ng5 Rxh4 37.Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 g5 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.b3 e5 5.dxe5 Bxe5 6.c3 g4 7.Bb2 Qf6 8.Qc2
Nc6 9.a3 h5 10.Nd2 Nge7 11.Ne2 h4 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.f4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 Bf5 15.
O-O-O O-O-O 16.Rhe1 Qg6 17.Nf1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 f5 20.Bc3 Kd7 21.
b4 a6 22.Nd2 Nc8 23.Kb2 Nd6 24.Kb3 Rde8 25.Bb2 Re7 26.a4 Rhe8 27.Ba3 Re6
28.Kc2 Kc8 29.b5 axb5 30.Bxd6 Rxd6 31.Ra3 Nxd4+ 32.Kd3 Ne6 33.axb5 Nxf4+
34.Kc2 Nxg2 35.Re2 h3 36.Kd3 Rde6 37.Ra8+ Kd7 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.Nb3 Nf4+
40.exf4 Rxe2 41.Kxe2 g3 42.Nc5+ Ke7 43.Nd3 gxh2 44.Nf2 c5 45.bxc6 bxc6
46.Kf3 c5 47.Kg3 d4 48.Kxh2 c4 49.Kxh3 Ke6 50.Kg3 Kd5 51.Kf3 Kc5 52.Ke2
Kb4 53.Kd2 Kb3 54.Nd3 Ka4 55.Nc5+ Kb4 56.Na6+ Kb5 57.Nc7+ Kc5 58.Ne8 Kd5
59.Nf6+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3
O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.e4 Bg4 15.
Qa4 d4 16.e5 dxc3 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.bxc3 Re6 19.Bxc6 Rc8 20.Bd7 Rc4 21.Qxc4
Qxd7 22.f3 Bh3 23.Rf2 g5 24.Bb8 Rc6 25.Qe2 Bd4 26.Rd1 Rxc3 27.Be5 Rc4 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Qxd4 30.Qe1 Kg7 31.f4 gxf4 32.gxf4 Kh7 33.Qb1+ f5 34.
Qb7+ Kg6 35.Qxa6+ Kh5 36.Qe2+ Kh4 37.Qe1 Kh5 38.Qe2+ Kh4 39.Qe1 Kh5 40.
Qe2+ Kh4 41.Qe7+ Kg4 42.Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Black "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.d3 Be7 7.Ne2 Nf6 8.O-O
O-O 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.c3 Rd8 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.Qb3 Be8
15.Nf4 b6 16.Rd2 g6 17.Nxe6 c4 18.Qxc4 fxe6 19.Qxe6+ Kg7 20.Bh6+ Kxh6 21.
Qxf6 Bd7 22.f4 Qf5 23.Qh4+ Kg7 24.Be4 Qf6 25.Qxf6+ Kxf6 26.Re2 Re8 27.
Rae1 a5 28.a3 Na7 29.Kg2 Nb5 30.h3 Nd6 31.g4 Bb5 32.Kf3 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 Kf7
34.d4 Rxe4 35.Rxe4 Re8 36.Rxe8 Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Krasnov, Vasiliy G."]
[Black "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 d5 5.g3 d4 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.a3 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 e5 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1 12.Bxa1 Bxb4 13.Nbd2 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.
exf3 Bc3 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.fxe4 Qa8 18.Qb1 Qa6 19.Bb2 Ra8 20.Bc1 Nb4 21.Rd1
Qa2 22.Qxa2 Rxa2 23.Bf1 Ra1 24.Be2 Nxd3 25.Bxd3 Bb2 26.Bc2 Rxc1 27.Rxc1
Bxc1 28.h4 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke7 30.Ke2 Kd6 31.Kd3 Kc5 32.Bd1 c6 33.Bh5 g6 34.
Bg4 b5 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.Bd7 Kb4 37.g4 f6 38.h5 gxh5 39.gxh5 h6 40.Kc2 Bg5
41.f3 Ka5 42.Kd3 Kb6 43.Be6 Kc5 44.Bd7 b4 45.Ba4 Bh4 46.Bb3 Be1 47.Ba2
Kd6 48.Bb3 Ke7 49.Bd5 f5 50.exf5 Kf6 51.Ke4 Bg3 52.Bc4 Kg5 53.Bd3 b3 54.
Kd5 Kf6 55.Kc4 b2 56.Kb3 Bh4 57.Kxb2 Kg5 58.f6 Kxh5 59.f7 Be7 60.Kc2 Kg5
61.Kd2 h5 62.Ke2 Kf4 63.Kf2 h4 64.Bf1 Bc5 65.Kg2 Ke3 66.Bc4 d3 67.Bb3
h3+ 68.Kg3 h2 69.Kg2 h1=Q+ 70.Kxh1 Kxf3 71.Bd1+ Kf2 72.Kh2 e4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Zhukov, Klim"]
[Black "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.d3 h5 7.g3 Nh6 8.Bg2 Nf5
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne2 Ncd4 11.Nexd4 cxd4 12.Bh3 Qb6 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.b3 Be6 15.
Bb2 Bc5 16.Qe2 Rfc8 17.Qf2 Qc6 18.Bxd4 Ba3 19.c4 dxc4 20.dxc4 b5 21.cxb5
Qxb5 22.Be3 Qd3 23.Rad1 Qa6 24.Nd4 Bc5 25.Nxe6 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 fxe6 27.Rf2
Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Qe2 Qc6 30.Qxh5 Qc1+ 31.Kg2 Qe1 32.Qe2 Qa5 33.Qc4
Qb6 34.Rc2 Kh7 35.Kh3 Rf8 36.Qc6 Qg1 37.Qxe6 Qf1+ 38.Rg2 Qf3 39.Rd2 Qf1+
40.Kh4 Qf3 41.h3 g5+ 42.fxg5 Qe4+ 43.g4 Qe1+ 44.Kh5 Qxd2 45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.
g6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Krylov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.
Bf4 e6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nh4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qf4 13.g3 Qg5 14.f4 Qd5
15.O-O Nd7 16.f5 O-O-O 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Ng2 Rde8 19.Nf4 Qd6 20.Rae1 Re7
21.Nh5 Rf8 22.Qg4 c5 23.b3 cxd4 24.cxd4 Kb8 25.Qf4 Qxf4 26.Rxf4 Kc7 27.
Ref1 Ref7 28.g4 Kd6 29.g5 f5 30.R4f2 Rg8 31.Rg2 Nb6 32.h4 Nd5 33.Rf3 Rc8
34.Nf4 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Nxf4 36.Rxf4 Re1 37.h5 Rg7 38.Rh4 Kd5 39.g6 h6 40.Rd2
Re4 41.Rxe4 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d6 4.g3 Qc7 5.Bg2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1 Nd7 8.a4 a6
9.Na3 Qb6 10.d4 Be7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Be3 b4 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.e5 dxe5 15.
Ncxe5 Nf6 16.Qe2 O-O 17.Bd4 a5 18.Nc4 Ncd7 19.b3 Rac8 20.Nfe5 Ba6 21.Nc6
Bc5 22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.N6xa5 Nd5 24.Qe5 Nc3 25.Nc6 Bxc4 26.Qxc5 Bd5 27.Ne7+
Kh8 28.Qxc7 Rxc7 29.Bxd5 exd5 30.Nf5 g6 31.Nd4 Kg7 32.a5 Ra8 33.a6 Rca7
34.Nc6 Rxa6 35.Rxa6 Rxa6 36.Nxb4 Rb6 37.Nd3 Nb5 38.Kg2 Nd4 39.Rc1 Rc6 40.
Nb4 Rc5 41.Nd3 Rc3 42.Nb4 Rc5 43.Rd1 Nxc2 44.Nxc2 Rxc2 45.Rxd5 Rc3 46.Rb5
h5 47.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 O-O 12.h4 Nd7 13.g5 Ne5 14.f4 Nc6 15.
Qd2 b5 16.h5 b4 17.Ne2 f5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Ng3 Ra5 20.Kb1 d5 21.Qf2 d4 22.
Bc1 Rxa2 23.Kxa2 Qa5+ 24.Kb3 Qd5+ 25.Bc4 Na5+ 26.Ka2 Nxc4 27.Qxd4 Qb5 28.
b3 Qa5+ 29.Kb1 Na3+ 30.Bxa3 bxa3 31.h6 Bf8 32.Nh5 a2+ 33.Ka1 g6 34.Nf6+
Kf7 35.Nd7 Bxd7 36.Qxd7+ Be7 37.Rhe1 Qc3+ 38.Kxa2 Qxc2+ 39.Ka1 Qc3+ 40.
Ka2 Qc2+ 41.Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.c4 d6 5.g3 e5 6.d3 Be7 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O
Qc8 9.Re1 O-O 10.e3 Bh3 11.Bh1 Bg4 12.a3 Rb8 13.Nbd2 a6 14.Qc2 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16.d4 Nd7 17.Rac1 f5 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.b4 e4 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.exd4
c4 22.f3 Bh5 23.fxe4 fxe4 24.Qxe4 Bf6 25.Nf3 Nb6 26.Ne5 Re8 27.Qc6 Na4
28.Bc3 Nxc3 29.Rxc3 Qd8 30.Qd5+ Qxd5 31.Bxd5+ Kh8 32.Rce3 h6 33.Kg2 Rbd8
34.Bf7 Rxe5 35.dxe5 Rd2+ 36.Kg1 Bxf7 37.exf6 gxf6 38.R1e2 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Bh5
40.Ra2 Kg7 41.h3 Rh1 42.Kg2 Rb1 43.Re7+ Bf7 44.Rc7 Kg6 45.Rc5 Rb3 46.Rc2
Rxa3 47.Rxb5 Rb3 48.Rb8 Bd5+ 49.Kh2 h5 50.Rb5 Rd3 51.Rxd5 Rxd5 52.Rxc4
Rd2+ 53.Kg1 Rb2 54.g4 hxg4 55.hxg4 Kg5 56.Kf1 f5 57.gxf5 Kxf5 58.Ke1 Ke5
59.Kd1 Kd5 60.Rh4 Kc6 61.Kc1 Rg2 62.Rf4 Kb5 63.Rd4 Ra2 64.Kb1 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Black "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 e6 6.Qd2 a6 7.a4 b6 8.h4 Bb7
9.Nh3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nf2 Nh5 12.Bd3 f5 13.g4 fxg4 14.fxg4 Nhf6 15.g5
Nh5 16.Rg1 c5 17.Be2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 e5 20.Qd2 Nf4 21.O-O-O Nc5
22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 b5 24.axb5 Nxe2+ 25.Nxe2 O-O 26.Ng4 axb5 27.Kb1 Nxe4
28.Rb6 Nd2+ 29.Kc1 Nc4 30.c3 Nxb6 31.Kc2 Kg7 32.Ng3 Nc4 33.Kb3 Rad8 34.
h5 Rf4 35.Nf6 Rxf6 36.h6+ Kf7 37.gxf6 Kxf6 38.Rf1+ Kg5 39.Rf7 Kxh6 40.Kb4
Bd5 41.Re7 Nxb2 42.Kxb5 Nd3 43.Ne2 Rb8+ 44.Ka5 Rb2 45.Ng3 Rg2 46.Nf1 Re2
47.Rd7 Bg2 48.Nh2 Ra2+ 49.Kb5 e4 50.Ng4+ Kg5 51.Ne3 h5 52.c4 Rb2+ 53.Ka5
h4 54.c5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 d6 8.Bc2
O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.Re1 d5 12.Nf1 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Bg4
15.Bg5 Nd7 16.Ne3 Be6 17.Nd5 Rac8 18.b4 Nd8 19.Be3 f6 20.Bb3 Nf7 21.Nd2
c6 22.Nb6 Nxb6 23.Bxb6 c5 24.Ba5 Nd6 25.Bd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Nb7 27.a4 Nxa5
28.bxa5 b4 29.Nc4 Rcd8 30.d6 Rd7 31.cxb4 cxb4 32.Rab1 Rb8 33.Rb3 Kf7 34.
g3 Ke6 35.Rdb1 Rdb7 36.Rd1 Kd7 37.Nb6+ Rxb6 38.axb6 Rxb6 39.Rc1 Bxd6 40.
Kf1 Rc6 41.Rxc6 Kxc6 42.Ke2 e4 43.f3 f5 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Rb1 Bc5 46.Kd2
Kd5 47.Rf1 Bd4 48.Rf5+ Kc4 49.Ra5 e3+ 50.Ke2 b3 51.Rf5 b2 52.Rf1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Black "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2
Nbd7 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Nc3 a6 11.e4 Nb6 12.e5 Nfd5 13.Bd3 c5 14.Ne4 cxd4 15.
Bd2 Nd7 16.Neg5 Bxg5 17.Rac1 Qb8 18.Bxg5 Nb4 19.Be7 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Re8 21.
Ng5 g6 22.Qh3 h5 23.Bd6 Qa7 24.Qf3 Nxe5 25.Qf6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Fateev, Michail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O
Re8 9.d5 Nc5 10.Qc2 a5 11.Be3 b6 12.Nh2 Bd7 13.Rfb1 Rf8 14.b4 axb4 15.
Rxb4 Ncxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bf5 18.Qf3 e4 19.Qg3 Bxa1 20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.
Bxg4 f5 22.Bh5 Be5 23.f4 exf3 24.Qxf3 Rxa2 25.Bh6 Ra1+ 26.Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Kosov, Igor"]
[Black "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c6 9.O-O Re8 10.Rc1 Nf8 11.Rb1 a5 12.a3 Ng6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Na4 Nd7 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Rfc1 Bg4 17.Nd2 Ngf8 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 b5 20.Nc5 Nb6 21.Ra1
g6 22.h3 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Bc8 24.Qa2 Qg5 25.Qa7 Bxh3 26.Bf1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
e3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 a5 13.Rfc1 Ne4 14.Na4
Qb4 15.b3 f5 16.g3 Rf6 17.Kg2 Rh6 18.h4 Qd6 19.Rc2 Rg6 20.Ng5 Nxg5 21.
hxg5 Rxg5 22.Rh1 Qg6 23.Nc3 Nf6 24.Ne2 Nh5 25.Rh4 Re8 26.Rc1 Re4 27.Rch1
Rxh4 28.Rxh4 Rg4 29.Rh3 Re4 30.Qd2 b6 31.Qd1 f4 32.Nc3 Nxg3 33.fxg3 Rxe3
34.Qd2 Qg4 35.Qc2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Khan, Andrey"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Black "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 e5 7.a3 Be6 8.Bxe6
fxe6 9.Ng5 Qd7 10.d3 h6 11.Nh3 g5 12.f3 Be7 13.Ne2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.
c4 Nh5 16.g3 Ng7 17.Kg2 O-O 18.Rf1 Rf7 19.Bd2 Raf8 20.Rf2 Bd8 21.b3 b6
22.Qe2 a6 23.Raf1 b5 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 e5 26.f5 bxc4 27.bxc4 Ne8 28.Rb1
Qc6 29.Kg1 Rb7 30.Rff1 Rff7 31.Qh5 Nf6 32.Qe2 Rg7 33.Nf2 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 Rb7
35.Rb4 Bb6 36.Ng4 Nxg4 37.Qxg4 Bd8 38.Qh5 Rxb4 39.axb4 Qa4 40.Qg6+ Kf8
41.Qxh6+ Ke8 42.Qh5+ Kd7 43.Kf2 Kc7 44.Qf7+ Kc8 45.Qe6+ Kc7 46.c5 Qd7 47.
Qc4 Qb5 48.cxd6+ Kxd6 49.Qe6+ Kc7 50.Ke2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.d3 Bf5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Qd7 7.h3 O-O-O 8.
Nh4 Be6 9.g4 Be7 10.b3 h5 11.g5 Ne8 12.f4 exf4 13.exf4 Bc5 14.Ndf3 f6 15.
c3 d4 16.b4 Bb6 17.a4 dxc3 18.b5 Na5 19.Ba3 Nd6 20.Bb4 Rhe8 21.Kf1 Bb3
22.Qc1 Nf5 23.Ne5 fxe5 24.Be4 Ng3+ 25.Kg2 Nxe4 26.dxe4 Qd2+ 27.Qxd2 Rxd2+
28.Kf1 Bc4+ 29.Ke1 Re2+ 30.Kd1 Rd8+ 31.Kc1 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Black "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Ne5 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 a6
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.e4 Nfd7 13.Nf3 Bb4 14.Be3 O-O 15.
d5 Bc5 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Nd4 Re8 18.Bh3 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 c5 20.Be3 Ne5 21.Qh5
Nf7 22.Bxc5 Qc6 23.Bd4 b4 24.Nd5 exd5 25.Bf5 g6 26.Qg4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Black "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Qa5 8.
Nb3 Qb6 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.c3 Be7 11.Qg4 O-O 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qg3 Re8 14.e6 Qxg3
15.exf7+ Kxf7 16.hxg3 Bg5 17.O-O-O Bxe3+ 18.fxe3 Rxe3 19.Rxd5 Nc6 20.Rxh7
Re1+ 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 d5 23.Be2 Bf5 24.Rh4 g5 25.Ra4 Bd7 26.Nc5 Bc8
27.Bf3 Ne7 28.Rd4 b6 29.Nd3 Be6 30.c4 Nc6 31.cxd5 Nxd4 32.dxe6+ Kxe6 33.
Bxa8 Kf5 34.Bf3 Nb5 35.Kd2 Nd6 36.g4+ Ke6 37.Kc3 Nb5+ 38.Kb4 Nc7 39.a4
Kd6 40.a5 Ke6 41.axb6 axb6 42.Kc4 Kd6 43.Kd4 Ke6 44.Ke4 Nb5 45.Nf2 Nd6+
46.Kd3 Nf7 47.Ne4 Ke5 48.Kc4 Ke6 49.Kb5 Ke5 50.Kxb6 Kd4 51.b4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Black "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.e4
Bxf1 9.Kxf1 Nbd7 10.Kg1 Bg7 11.h3 O-O 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qc2 Rab8 14.Nd2 Qb4
15.Rb1 Ne8 16.Kh2 Nc7 17.a3 Qb7 18.Rhc1 Qa6 19.a4 Rb4 20.b3 Rfb8 21.Nc4
Ne5 22.Na2 R4b7 23.Nxe5 Bxe5+ 24.g3 Bg7 25.Re1 Ne8 26.Bd2 Rc7 27.Qc4 Qxc4
28.bxc4 Rcb7 29.Nc3 Rb2 30.Rxb2 Rxb2 31.Nb1 Nc7 32.Kg2 Bd4 33.Kf3 Na6 34.
Be3 Bxe3 35.Kxe3 Rb4 36.Nd2 Rxa4 37.Rb1 Nb4 38.Rb2 Ra1 39.Nb3 Re1+ 40.Re2
Rb1 41.Nd2 Rc1 42.f4 Rc3+ 43.Kf2 Nd3+ 44.Kf1 Nb2 45.e5 Nxc4 46.Nxc4 Rxc4
47.exd6 exd6 48.Re8+ Kg7 49.Rd8 Rd4 50.Rxd6 Kf8 51.Rc6 Rxd5 52.Rc7 Rd3
53.Kf2 Rc3 54.Kg2 c4 55.Kf2 Kg7 56.Rc6 Rc1 57.Kf3 c3 58.Kf2 c2 59.Kg2
Kf8 60.Rc7 Ke8 61.Kf2 Kd8 62.Rc3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Black "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Bd7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2
Rc8 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Bd3 e6 12.g4 b5 13.g5 Nd7 14.f4 Nc5 15.
Rhf1 Qb7 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.f5 e5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Bd6 20.Be4 c4 21.h4 b4
22.Kb1 Qb6 23.h5 c3 24.Qg2 Rc7 25.h6 gxh6 26.gxh6 f6 27.Qh2 Rg8 28.Rg1
Kf8 29.Rxg8+ Kxg8 30.Rg1+ Kh8 31.Qg2 Qb8 32.Qe2 Qb6 33.Rg3 a5 34.Qg4 Qb8
35.Rg1 a4 36.Bd3 a3 37.b3 Qf8 38.Qh3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.d3 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 c6 7.Nc3 d6 8.h3
Be7 9.Be3 b6 10.Qd2 a5 11.Ne2 Qc7 12.Ng3 h6 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Kb1 c5 15.
Nh2 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qe2 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 O-O 19.Nf3 f6 20.Nh5 Bf7 21.g4
Qd7 22.Nh4 Qd5 23.c4 Qe6 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Nf5+ Qxf5 26.gxf5 Kh7 27.Rhg1
Bh5 28.Rde1 Rad8 29.Kc2 Rg8 30.Rg3 Rg5 31.Reg1 Rdg8 32.Qe4 Bf7 33.h4 Rxg3
34.Rxg3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Black "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9.Re1 b6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qd5 12.Nf3 Nd7 13.c4 Qa5 14.Nd4 Ba4
15.Bd2 Bxd1 16.Bxa5 Ba4 17.Bc3 O-O-O 18.Be4 Nc5 19.Bf3 Nd3 20.Re2 Bb4 21.
Bxb4 Nxb4 22.Nb5 a6 23.Nc3 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Nxc6 25.b3 Rd3 26.Rc1 Rhd8 27.f4
Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bf1 Nd4 7.c3 Nxd5 8.
Nxf7 Kxf7 9.cxd4 e4 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bxb5 Qxd4 12.d3 Bb4 13.O-O Bxc3 14.Bc4+
Kg6 15.bxc3 Qxc3 16.Bf4 Bg4 17.Qa4 Bd7 18.Qa6 Rab8 19.Bxc7 Rb2 20.Qd6 Qd2
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.c4 Be7 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Bxf6
Bxf6 9.cxd5 Bxd5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Rc1 Be7 12.a3 Rc8 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.e3 Bb3 15.
Qe2 O-O 16.Ned2 Be6 17.Rc2 Rfd8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Rfc1 a5 20.h3 a4 21.Kh2 Bf5
22.e4 Be6 23.Ne3 Qd7 24.Rd2 f6 25.Rdd1 b5 26.Bf1 Bb3 27.Re1 Nd4 28.Nxd4
exd4 29.Nd5 Rc6 30.h4 Bf8 31.Bh3 Qf7 32.Qf3 c4 33.Nf4 Rcd6 34.Ne2 cxd3
35.Qxd3 Bc4 36.Qd2 d3 37.Nf4 g6 38.Ng2 Rd4 39.f3 b4 40.Ra1 Bb3 41.Ne3
Bh6 42.Bg2 Bf8 43.f4 Rc8 44.Nd5 bxa3 45.bxa3 Rc2 46.Qe3 Bc5 47.Qf3 Rxd5
48.exd5 Bxd5 49.Re8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.c3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.
Bb5 Nd7 9.O-O e6 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Qa4 O-O 12.Bxc6 Nb6 13.Qb5 a6 14.Qe2 bxc6
15.Nf1 Qc7 16.g4 Bg6 17.Ne5 Rae8 18.Bf4 Be4 19.f3 f6 20.Nd3 Bxd3 21.Bxd6
Qxd6 22.Qxd3 e5 23.Re2 c5 24.dxc5 Qxc5+ 25.Kg2 a5 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Qe3 Qc6
28.b3 d4 29.cxd4 Nd5 30.Qe4 f5 31.gxf5 Qh6 32.Qg4 Nf4+ 33.Kf2 Nxe2 34.
Kxe2 Qa6+ 35.Kf2 exd4 36.Ng3 Qh6 37.Ne4 Kh8 38.h4 Rd5 39.Ng3 Qe3+ 40.Kg2
d3 41.Qe4 Qc5 42.Rd2 Rd4 43.Qe3 Qd5 44.h5 h6 45.Kf2 Qd8 46.Kg2 Rd5 47.
Qf4 Rd4 48.Ne4 Qd7 49.f6 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Black "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 O-O-O 6.c4 Qh5 7.O-O e5 8.
d5 e4 9.Nd4 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Qxe2 11.Nxe2 Ne5 12.b3 Nd3 13.Nbc3 f5 14.Nd4
Nxc1 15.Raxc1 g6 16.Ne6 Re8 17.Nb5 Bh6 18.Nbxc7 Re7 19.d6 Rxe6 20.Nxe6
Bxc1 21.Rxc1 Nf6 22.c5 Kd7 23.Nd4 Rc8 24.b4 Nd5 25.a3 a6 26.g3 Nf6 27.
Nb3 Ke6 28.Kf1 Nd7 29.Ke2 Ne5 30.Rc3 Rd8 31.Na5 Rd7 32.a4 Nf3 33.Nb3 Kd5
34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 Ne5 36.Na5 Nf3 37.c6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5
exd5 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Na4 Bxb2 11.Nxb2 d4 12.Rc1 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nxc6 Bxc6
15.Bxc6 Nxc6 16.Nd3 Qd6 17.a3 a5 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.Qc4 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 h5 21.
h4 Ne7 22.Nf4 Nc6 23.Qd5 Rcd8 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 25.Nd3 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.d3
Kf8 28.Rc4 Rc6 29.Kf1 Ke7 30.Rec1 Kd6 31.b4 Kd5 32.Ke1 Ree6 33.bxc5 b5
34.R4c2 Re7 35.Kd2 Rec7 36.Rb2 Rb7 37.e4+ dxe3+ 38.fxe3 Rxc5 39.e4+ Kd4
40.Rxc5 Kxc5 41.Rc2+ Kd4 42.Rc6 a4 43.Rd6+ Kc5 44.Rd5+ Kc6 45.Kc3 f5 46.
Kb4 fxe4 47.Rc5+ Kd6 48.dxe4 Ke6 49.Rxb5 Rd7 50.Kxa4 Rd4+ 51.Ka5 Rd3 52.
a4 Rxg3 53.Kb6 g5 54.hxg5 h4 55.a5 h3 56.g6 Rxg6 57.Rh5 Kd7+ 58.Kb7 Rg4
59.Rxh3 Rxe4 60.Rd3+ Ke6 61.a6 Rb4+ 62.Ka8 Rb6 63.Ka7 Rb1 64.Rd8 Ke7 65.
Rb8 Ra1 66.Rb6 Rd1 67.Kb7 Rd7+ 68.Kb8 Rd8+ 69.Kc7 Ra8 70.Kb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Black "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Qe2
b6 9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Ng8 11.cxd4 Nb4 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Nb1 Bd8
15.Nc3 Ne7 16.Nb5 O-O 17.a3 Nbc6 18.Qd3 a6 19.Nc3 h6 20.g4 b5 21.Ne2 Ng6
22.g5 h5 23.Ng3 h4 24.Nh5 Nce7 25.Kh1 Nf5 26.Rg1 Rc8 27.Nf6+ gxf6 28.
gxf6 Qc6 29.Ng5 Qc2 30.Qf3 Ng7 31.fxg7 Kxg7 32.Be3 Bxg5 33.Bxg5 Qxb2 34.
Bf6+ Kh6 35.Qe3+ Kh7 36.Qg5 Qc2 37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.exd5
Nxd5 9.Ne4 b6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 e5 12.c3 Nc7 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Bg4 15.
Bf4 O-O 16.Bxc7 Qxc7 17.dxc5 Kh8 18.h3 Rad8 19.cxb6 Qxb6 20.Qa4 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Nd4 22.Bg2 f5 23.Ng5 f4 24.Qc4 f3 25.Bh1 Qf6 26.h4 h6 27.Nh3 Ne2+
28.Kh2 Rd4 29.Qc7 Qf5 30.Bxf3 Qxf3 31.Rae1 Rd2 32.b4 Rxa2 33.Rd1 Nd4 34.
Qc4 Rc2 35.Qa6 Qe4 36.Qd3 Qg4 37.Kg2 Rf3 38.Qxc2 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Black "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 exf3 7.Nxf3 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.d5 c5 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Nd5 Kh8 12.Nxe7 Nxe7 13.Bf4 Ne4 14.Nd4 d5 15.
Nb5 Qb6+ 16.Qd4 Qxd4+ 17.Nxd4 Bd7 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Bd6 Rae8 20.g4 g6 21.
gxf5 gxf5 22.Rf2 Kg7 23.Raf1 Kg6 24.Rg2+ Kf6 25.Bb4 b6 26.a4 a5 27.Bc3
Kf7 28.Nb5 Bxb5 29.axb5 Rg8 30.Bd4 Rxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Rd8 32.e3 Rd6 33.Kf2 Ng6
34.Rc1 Nh4 35.c5 bxc5 36.Rxc5 Nf3 37.Bc3 Ke6 38.Bxa5 Ne5 39.Rxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Black "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.a3 c5 4.e3 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Qc7 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2
d6 9.c4 Nbd7 10.b4 O-O 11.Bb2 Rac8 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.Re1 a6 14.e4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Ne5 16.Qe2 Ng6 17.f4 Rfe8 18.N4f3 Qa8 19.h3 Nd7 20.Qe3 d5 21.cxd5
exd5 22.e5 Bf8 23.Bd4 a5 24.Qb3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rb1 h6 27.Ne1 Ne7 28.
g4 Nc6 29.Qxd5 Nxd4 30.Qxb7 Qxb7 31.Bxb7 Rc3 32.bxa5 bxa5 33.Ne4 Rxa3 34.
Rd1 Nc5 35.Rxd4 Nxb7 36.Rc4 Ra1 37.Kf2 a4 38.Rc8 a3 39.Ra8 Rd1 40.Nc2 Rd3
41.f5 Rd8 42.Ra7 Nc5 43.Nd6 Bxd6 44.exd6 Rxd6 45.Ra8+ Kh7 46.Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bg7 7.Qa4 Qd6 8.b3
Nf6 9.Ba3 Qc7 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.Nd4 O-O 12.Nce2 Ne4 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6
15.f3 Rfc8 16.Rxc6 Qxc6 17.Qxc6 Rxc6 18.fxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe7 Rc2 20.Bb4 a5
21.Bc3 Bxc3 22.Nxc3 Rd8 23.a3 f5 24.g4 Rdxd2 25.gxf5 Rg2 26.Nd1 gxf5 27.
h4 Kf7 28.h5 Rge2+ 29.Kf1 Rcd2 30.Rh3 Rh2 31.Rxh2 Rxh2 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4
Ke6 34.Nc3 Rxh5 35.Ne2 Rh1+ 36.Kg2 Rb1 37.b5 Ke5 38.Nd4 Rb2+ 39.Kh3 Rb1
40.Kg2 h5 41.Kh2 Re1 42.Nc6+ Kf6 43.Nb4 Rb1 44.Nd5+ Ke5 45.Nf4 Rxb5 46.
Kg2 h4 47.Ng6+ Kf6 48.Nxh4 Kg5 49.Kg3 Rb3 50.Ng2 f4+ 51.Kf2 Rb2+ 52.Kf1
Rxg2 53.exf4+ Kxf4 54.Kxg2 Ke3 55.Kf1 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6
8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.c3 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne5
Bxe5 15.Rxe5 Re8 16.Bc2 Qf6 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qh3 Kg7 19.Qg3 Rad8 20.b4 Re7
21.h4 c5 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Rxc5 Rd5 24.Rxd5 Bxd5 25.h5 e5 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.
dxe5 Rxe5 28.Bb3 Qe7 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.c4 Rg5 31.Qc3+ Qf6 32.Rc1 Rc5 33.Kf1
h5 34.Qxf6+ Kxf6 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Kd3 Kd6 37.Kc3 Rf5 38.Rc2 Kc5 39.Re2 g5
40.f3 h4 41.Re3 Kd6 42.a4 Rf4 43.Kb4 Rd4 44.Kc3 Rf4 45.Rd3+ Kc6 46.Rd5
g4 47.fxg4 Rxg4 48.Rh5 a5 49.Rxa5 Rxg2 50.Rh5 Rg3+ 51.Kb4 h3 52.Rh6+ Kb7
53.Kb5 Rb3+ 54.Kc5 Ka7 55.Rh7+ Ka6 56.a5 Rg3 57.Kb4 Rf3 58.Rh6+ Ka7 59.
Kb5 Rb3+ 60.Kc5 Ra3 61.Kb4 Rg3 62.Kc5 Rg5+ 63.Kc6 Rg3 64.c5 Ra3 65.Kd6
Rd3+ 66.Kc7 Rg3 67.c6 Rf3 68.Rh8 h2 69.Rxh2 Rf7+ 70.Kd8 Rf8+ 71.Ke7 Rg8
72.Rf2 Rg6 73.Rf6 Rg3 74.Kd7 Rg7+ 75.Kd6 Ka6 76.Re6 Rh7 77.Re7 Rh3 78.
Kd7 Rd3+ 79.Kc8 Rh3 80.c7 Rd3 81.Re8 Ka7 82.Rd8 Rc3 83.Kd7 Rd3+ 84.Ke6
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O
h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qb3 Re8 12.a4 a6 13.Rac1 Qd6 14.Bb1 Re7
15.Rfe1 c5 16.a5 cxd4 17.exd4 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Nd7 19.Ba2 Rd8 20.g3 g5 21.
axb6 g4 22.Ne4 Qc6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Ne5 Re8 25.Qa4 Re7 26.Re3 Nxe5 27.
dxe5 Rxe5 28.Qxg4+ Kf8 29.Qd4 Re6 30.Qc5+ Qe7 31.Qc3 Qf6 32.Qb4+ Kg7 33.
Qg4+ Kf8 34.Rxe6 fxe6 35.Qb4+ Kf7 36.Qd6 Qe7 37.Qb8 Kg7 38.Qe5+ Qf6 39.
Qc7+ Qf7 40.Qd6 Qf6 41.h4 Kf7 42.Qc7+ Qe7 43.Qb8 Kg7 44.Qe5+ Qf6 45.Qc7+
Qf7 46.Qd6 Qf6 47.Bb1 Kf7 48.h5 Qe7 49.Bg6+ Kf8 50.Qe5 Kg8 51.b4 Bc8 52.
Qb8 Qd7 53.g4 Kg7 54.Qe5+ Kg8 55.g5 Qg7 56.Qd6 Qf8 57.Qc7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 Be6 8.
O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.d4 e4 12.Nh4 Kh8 13.Qh5 Rg8 14.Nxe4 Be7
15.c3 Nd7 16.Ng3 Rg5 17.Qe2 Rag8 18.Bc2 Bd8 19.f4 Rg4 20.Nhf5 R4g6 21.
Ne3 Bg4 22.Nxg4 Rxg4 23.Bf5 Rxg3 24.hxg3 Nf8 25.Kf2 b5 26.a3 Qb6 27.Bd3
a6 28.Rh1 Qd6 29.Rh5 Bc7 30.Qf3 Ng6 31.Rah1 Rg7 32.Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Qb3 Qxb3 8.
axb3 h6 9.h3 g5 10.Bh2 Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.b5 Nd8 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Ngf3 f6 15.
O-O e5 16.Bf5 e4 17.Ne1 Nb6 18.Bxc8 Nxc8 19.Nc2 f5 20.Ne3 Nb6 21.Bc7 f4
22.Bxb6 fxe3 23.fxe3 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Ne6 25.Rxa7 Rf8+ 26.Ke2 Rf7 27.b3 h5
28.c4 Rd7 29.cxd5 Rxd5 30.Rxb7 Rxb5 31.Nxe4 Rxb3 32.d5 Rb2+ 33.Kd3 Nf8
34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Bd4+ Kg6 36.Bxb2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Black "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.f4 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qf3 Ne7 8.Nc3
Nbc6 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 b5 11.O-O-O b4 12.Nd5 O-O 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.g4 a5
15.Qc5 Qf6 16.f5 a4 17.Nd4 a3 18.h4 axb2+ 19.Kb1 Ra5 20.Qb6 Qe5 21.Nxc6
dxc6 22.Rd8 g6 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qd8+ Kg7 25.f6+ Qxf6 26.Qxa5 Qf3 27.Qe5+
Kg8 28.Rg1 Qe3 29.Kxb2 Qxg1 30.Qb8 Qxf1 31.Qxc8+ Kg7 32.Qxc6 Qe1 33.c3
Qxh4 34.cxb4 Qxg4 35.b5 Qe2+ 36.Kb3 h5 37.b6 Qa6 38.Kb4 Qxa2 39.b7 Qb2+
40.Kc5 h4 41.Qc7 Qc3+ 42.Kd6 Qb4+ 43.Kd7 Qb5+ 44.Kd8 Qd3+ 45.Ke8 Qb5+ 46.
Ke7 Qb4+ 47.Kd8 Qd4+ 48.Kc8 Qxe4 49.b8=Q Kh7 50.Qxf7+ Kh6 51.Qbf4+ Qxf4
52.Qxf4+ Kh5 53.Qf3+ Kg5 54.Kd7 e5 55.Ke6 e4 56.Qxe4 h3 57.Ke5 Kh5 58.
Kf4 Kh4 59.Qxg6 h2 60.Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O
8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Kb1 Be6 11.Nd4 Re8 12.Nxe6 Nxe6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15.Qh5 a6 16.Be2 Rab8 17.Bf3 Qa4 18.h4 c6 19.Be2 d5 20.Bc1 Rbd8
21.f4 Bd6 22.Rhf1 g6 23.Qg4 f5 24.Qg3 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Rxe2 26.Rc1 Bf8 27.h5
Re6 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Bc7 Rde8 30.Rxf5 Qe4 31.Rf4 Qe3 32.Rf3 Qe4 33.Bf4
R8e7 34.Bg5 Rf7 35.Rxf7 Kxf7 36.Qc7+ Be7 37.Qxb7 Qxg2 38.Bxe7 Rxe7 39.
Qxc6 g5 40.Qxa6 Re2 41.a4 g4 42.Qa7+ Kf6 43.Rg1 Qf3 44.Qd4+ Kf5 45.a5 g3
46.a6 g2 47.a7 Re8 48.Qd3+ Kf4 49.Qd4+ Kg3 50.b4 Qf1+ 51.Kb2 Kh2 52.
Rxg2+ Qxg2 53.b5 Qg8 54.b6 Qf7 55.Qb4 Qb7 56.Qh4+ Kg2 57.Qg4+ Kf2 58.Qf5+
Ke1 59.Qg6 Rc8 60.Qe6+ Kf2 61.Qf5+ Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Black "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E79"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Nc6 9.Be3 Nd7 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 12.Qxd4 Qb6 13.Qxb6 Nxb6 14.Rac1
Be6 15.Nb5 Rfc8 16.b3 Bd7 17.Nc3 a5 18.a4 Rd8 19.Rcd1 Bc6 20.Bg4 Rab8 21.
Rd3 Kf8 22.Rfd1 Ke8 23.Kf2 Na8 24.h4 h5 25.Bf3 Nc7 26.Re3 Ne6 27.Ne2 Nc5
28.f5 Nd7 29.Nf4 Ne5 30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Nd3 b6 32.Nxe5 dxe5 33.Red3 Rxd3 34.
Rxd3 Rd8 35.Ke3 Rd6 36.Rxd6 exd6 37.g4 hxg4 38.Bxg4 Kf7 39.Bc8 Kg7 40.Be6
Kh6 41.Bg4 g5 42.hxg5+ Kxg5 43.Be6 Be8 44.Bc8 Bh5 45.Be6 Bd1 46.c5 dxc5
47.Bc4 Kf6 48.Kd2 Bg4 49.Bd3 Ke7 50.Kc3 Kd6 51.Kc4 Bd7 52.Kc3 Bc8 53.Kd2
Bb7 54.Kc3 Kc7 55.Kd2 Kb8 56.Ke3 Ka7 57.Kf3 Ba6 58.Bc2 Kb7 59.Kg4 Kc7 60.
Kf5 Kd6 61.Kf6 c4 62.bxc4 Bxc4 63.Kf5 b5 64.axb5 Bxb5 65.Kf6 a4 66.Kf5 a3
67.Bb3 Bd3 68.Ba2 Bc2 69.Kf6 Bxe4 70.Kg5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Fateev, Michail"]
[Black "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nh6 8.Be2
O-O 9.f3 f5 10.Qd2 Nf7 11.exf5 gxf5 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 Be6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 exf4 17.Bxf4 Qe7 18.Kf2 Kh8 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.Rhe1 Qh4+ 21.
Bg3 Qf6 22.Kf1 Rae8 23.Bh5 Rc8 24.Rad1 f4 25.Bf2 Nxc4 26.Bd4 Ne5 27.Bc3
Qh4 28.Bf3 Rcd8 29.h3 Qg3 30.Qxb7 Bf6 31.Be4 Rd7 32.Qd5 Rg7 33.Qxd6 Rd7
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Krylov, Andrei"]
[Black "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5
Nd5 9.Qc2 b5 10.Be4 h6 11.a4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bb7 13.Bg2 Nd7 14.e4 N5f6 15.
f4 Qc7 16.g4 c5 17.g5 hxg5 18.fxg5 Nxe5 19.gxf6 Nd3 20.Qd2 gxf6 21.Rxf6
Nf4 22.Rxf4 Rfd8 23.Rg4+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Ke8 25.Bg5 cxd4 26.Bxd8 Rxd8 27.Rg8+
Kd7 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qg7 d3 30.Qxf7+ Qe7 31.Qxe7+ Kxe7 32.axb5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Black "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.d4 b6 5.c3 Bb7 6.Bd3 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nbd2
Bd6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qf3 Ne7 11.g4 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qh3 f5 14.Nf3 a5 15.
Rf2 Kh8 16.Bd2 Ng8 17.Kh1 g6 18.Rg1 Nf6 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Rfg2 Rg8 21.Ng5
Ba6 22.Bc2 Raf8 23.Be1 Bc8 24.Bh4 Ng4 25.Bd1 Nf6 26.Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Black "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.c4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.e3 d6 5.a3 Be7 6.Qc2 Bf6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Nd2
Rb8 9.Ngf3 O-O 10.Be2 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.Rad1 f5 13.Rfe1 b6 14.h3 Bb7 15.
Bc3 h6 16.b4 Qe8 17.Nb3 Qf7 18.d4 cxd4 19.exd4 e4 20.Nfd2 Rbe8 21.b5 Nd8
22.d5 g5 23.a4 Ng6 24.Bh5 Bxc3 25.Qxc3 Re5 26.Nd4 Qf6 27.Bxg6 Qxg6 28.
Nc6 Ree8 29.Nxa7 f4 30.Qd4 g4 31.hxg4 Qxg4 32.Nxe4 Qg6 33.Nf6+ Rxf6 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Qxf6 Nf7 36.Nc6 Qe2 37.Qg6+ Kf8 38.Qd3 Qg4 39.Qf3 Qg5 40.
Rd4 Bxc6 41.bxc6 Qe5 42.Rxf4 Qe1+ 43.Kh2 Qe5 44.g3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Black "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.c3 h6 8.Re1
Be7 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 e5 11.Qc2 c5 12.Nh4 O-O 13.Nf5 Re8 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7
15.Nc4 Rad8 16.Ne3 Qe6 17.Nf5 c4 18.b4 cxb3 19.axb3 a6 20.Ba3 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22.c4 Kh7 23.h3 Qd7 24.Rad1 Qc7 25.Ne3 Rd4 26.Nd5 Qc6 27.Qc3
Nd7 28.Qf3 Qg6 29.h4 Nf6 30.Bh3 Kh8 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.e5 Qh5 33.Qxh5 Nxh5
34.Kf1 g6 35.g4 Bxd5 36.cxd5 Nf4 37.Bg2 Nd3 38.Ra1 Rxe5 39.d6 Re6 40.d7
Rd6 41.Rxa6 Rxd7 42.h5 Nb4 43.Rb6 d3 44.Ke1 d2+ 45.Kd1 Na2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Khan, Andrey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.O-O d6 8.Qe1
O-O 9.Qh4 a6 10.a4 d5 11.Bb3 Nd4 12.Kh1 Nxb3 13.cxb3 Nc6 14.Qh3 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16.Nd1 dxe4 17.dxe4 e5 18.f5 f6 19.Nf2 Bd7 20.Ng4 g5 21.Bd2 Qb6
22.Rf3 Rac8 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Ng4 Rc2 25.Bc1 Rfc8 26.Rf1 Qc6 27.g3 Qxe4+ 28.
Kg1 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Krasnov, Vasiliy G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nd7 3.c4 e5 4.e4 Ngf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3
c6 9.d5 c5 10.a3 a6 11.Nd2 Ne8 12.b4 b6 13.Nb3 f5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Bd2
Ndf6 16.f3 f4 17.Na4 Nh5 18.Ba5 Qg5 19.Rf2 Ra7 20.Rb1 Nef6 21.Nd2 Ng3 22.
Rb8 Nd7 23.Rb1 h5 24.Nf1 h4 25.h3 Nf6 26.Kh2 Nfxe4 27.fxe4 Nxe4 28.Be1
Nxf2 29.Bxf2 e4 30.Bg4 e3 31.Be1 Bf5 32.Rb6 Be5 33.Bf3 Re8 34.Nc3 Qf6 35.
Ne2 g5 36.Ng1 a5 37.Kh1 a4 38.Nh2 Bb2 39.Ne2 Bxa3 40.Bh5 Re4 41.Bc3 Qf8
42.Qb1 Bb4 43.Rb5 Re5 44.Qa1 Bxc3 45.Qxc3 a3 46.Ng4 a2 47.Qa1 Bxg4 48.
Bxg4 Qf6 49.Nc3 Re8 50.Be6+ Kg7 51.Rb2 Ree7 52.Nxa2 e2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.dxe6
Bxe6 9.Bf4 d5 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nxe4 Nbd7 13.Nd6 h6 14.Bh4 g5
15.Bg3 Nh5 16.c3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 b6 18.Rfd1 Ne5 19.Nb5 Bc4 20.Bxc4 Nxc4 21.
b3 Ne5 22.Nc7 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rc8 24.Nd5 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Kf8 26.c4 Bd4 27.Re1
Rb8 28.a4 a6 29.Nc7 Rc8 30.Nxa6 Bc3 31.Re3 Bd4 32.Re4 Bc3 33.Kg2 Rd8 34.
Nc7 Rd2 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Nd5 Ba5 37.Re3 Rb2 38.f4 Rb1 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.g4
Rb2 41.Kf3 Rd2 42.Kg3 Rb2 43.Rd3 Rb1 44.Kf3 Rb2 45.Ke3 Rb1 46.Ke4 Kg6 47.
Ke5 Re1+ 48.Re3 Rf1 49.f3 Bd2 50.Rd3 Re1+ 51.Kd6 Re6+ 52.Kd7 Ba5 53.f4
Kg7 54.f5 Re4 55.Rg3 Be1 56.Re3 Rxe3 57.Nxe3 Kf6 58.Nd5+ Ke5 59.Ke7 f6
60.Nxf6 Kf4 61.Nd5+ Kxg4 62.f6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Black "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.Re1 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nxc4 15.
Nd5 g5 16.Bg3 Nxb2 17.Qb3 Nxd4 18.Qxb7 e6 19.Bh5 Rf8 20.Ne7+ Kh8 21.Rab1
Rb8 22.Qxa7 Nb5 23.Qe3 Qxe7 24.Qf3 Nd4 25.Qa3 Nc4 26.Qd3 Ne5 27.Qd1 Rxb1
28.Qxb1 Qc7 29.Qe4 f5 30.Qb1 Rb8 31.Qd1 f4 32.Bh2 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Black "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nf3 Bb6 6.a4 a6 7.Nc3 Qf6 8.
Qe2 Nd4 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Nd5 Qc6 11.c3 Bf6 12.g3 d6 13.Bg2 Qd7 14.O-O Bd8
15.e5 Kf8 16.exd6 c6 17.Nb4 Nf6 18.Bf4 Qf5 19.Rfe1 Bd7 20.Nd3 Bb6 21.
Qe7+ Kg8 22.Ne5 Rf8 23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.Re7 Nf6 26.Rxb7 Bd8 27.
d7 Be7 28.Re1 Bc5 29.b4 Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Ng4+ 31.Kg1 h5 32.Bd6 Ra8 33.Re8+
Kh7 34.Rxa8 Rxa8 35.Rb8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 d4 8.a4
Nc6 9.Nc4 Re8 10.Ne1 e5 11.f4 Nd7 12.Nd6 Rf8 13.f5 Nf6 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.
g4 h6 16.g5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Nh7 18.Qd2 f6 19.Bh6 g5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qe2 Rh8
22.Nf3 Qe8 23.h3 Nf8 24.Nh2 Qh5 25.Ng4 Nd7 26.Qd2 Qf7 27.c4 Nb4 28.a5
Rh4 29.Ra3 Nb8 30.Nxe5 Qc7 31.Ng6 Rh6 32.e5 N8c6 33.Re1 Nd8 34.exf6+ Kxf6
35.Ne5 Rh5 36.Ng4+ Kf7 37.Qe2 Ndc6 38.Qe6+ Kf8 39.Nf6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Patsovsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 g6 7.Bb3 Bg7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 Ng4 12.Qf3 Bd4 13.Na4 Qa5 14.h3 Nf6
15.c3 Bb6 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.f5 Qe5 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Rae1 Be6 21.
Bf4 Qh5 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.a3 Qxf3 24.Rxf3 e5 25.Bg5 Kg7 26.Bxf6+ exf6 27.
Rd1 Rad8 28.Rfd3 Re6 29.g4 g5 30.c4 c5 31.b4 cxb4 32.axb4 Rc8 33.Rc3 b5
34.Rdc1 Re7 35.cxb5 Rxc3 36.Rxc3 Rb7 37.Kg2 Kf7 38.Kf2 Rxb5 39.Rb3 Ke6
40.Ke3 d5 41.exd5+ Kxd5 42.Kd3 e4+ 43.Ke3 Ke5 44.Rb1 Rd5 45.Rb3 Rb5 46.
Rb2 f5 47.gxf5 Kxf5 48.Rb1 Ke5 49.Rb3 Kd5 50.Rb1 Ke5 51.Rb2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Black "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bd3
Nbc6 9.a4 b6 10.Ba3 Na5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Re1 Nb7 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qf3 Nf5 15.g4
Nh6 16.Qf6 O-O 17.Qf4 Kg7 18.Re3 Ng8 19.Rf3 Bc6 20.Rh3 h6 21.Nf3 Qc8 22.
g5 h5 23.Nd2 Ne7 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.Ba6 Qc7 26.Nb3 Rfe8 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.dxc5
Bxa4 29.Nd4 Nf5 30.cxb6 Nxd4 31.cxd4 Bxc2 32.Rc1 Bf5 33.Rhc3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Black "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 Bd7 8.Qd2
b5 9.a3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Ne5 11.O-O Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Qc7 13.Rad1 Be7 14.Kh1 O-O 15.
f4 Bc8 16.f5 Ng4 17.Bg1 Ne5 18.Qg3 Bf6 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nce2 Ng6 21.c3 Be5
22.Rxf8+ Nxf8 23.Qg5 Ng6 24.Nf3 Bf6 25.Qd2 Be7 26.Bf2 Bb7 27.Ned4 Bc8 28.
Bg3 Nf8 29.Ng5 h6 30.Ngf3 Bb7 31.Qe3 Qb6 32.Qe2 Rd8 33.Bf2 Qc7 34.Bg3 Qc8
35.e5 Bd5 36.exd6 Bxd6 37.Ne5 Bxe5 38.Bxe5 Ng6 39.Bg3 Rf8 40.Rf1 Rxf1+
41.Qxf1 Qf8 42.Qxf8+ Kxf8 43.Kg1 Ke7 44.Kf2 e5 45.Nf5+ Kf6 46.Ne3 Bc6 47.
b3 h5 48.h3 Nf8 49.Bh2 Nd7 50.c4 e4 51.cxb5 axb5 52.Bd6 Ne5 53.g3 Nd3+
54.Kf1 Ke6 55.Bf8 g6 56.Bg7 Nc5 57.b4 Nd3 58.Ke2 Ne5 59.h4 Bd5 60.Bf8
Bc4+ 61.Kd2 Nf3+ 62.Kc3 Bd3 63.Bg7 g5 64.hxg5 Nxg5 65.Bf8 Nf3 66.Bh6 h4
67.gxh4 Nxh4 68.Bf4 Nf3 69.Bh6 Ne5 70.Bf4 Nc4 71.Nxc4 Bxc4 72.Kd4 Bd3 73.
Be3 Kf5 74.Bh6 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.dxe5
dxe5 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bg7 13.Nxc7 Rb8 14.e4 Bg4
15.Nd5 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bg4 b5 18.c5 b4 19.Bd1 Bf8 20.c6 Nxc6 21.Rc1
Nd4 22.Rc7 a5 23.Bb3 Bg7 24.Bc4 a4 25.f4 exf4 26.Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Black "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Bh3+ 18.Kg1 f5 19.Re1 f4 20.Bd2 Rf6 21.c4
Raf8 22.g4 bxc4 23.Bxc4 Bxg4 24.Nc3 Bf3 25.Ne4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 g4 27.Rae1 g3
28.hxg3 fxg3 29.Rg4+ Rg6 30.Rxg6+ hxg6 31.fxg3 Bxg3 32.Rf1 Rb8 33.b3 Kg7
34.Rf3 Bh4 35.Bf4 Nxf4 36.Rxf4 Bf6 37.a4 a5 38.d5 cxd5 39.Bxd5 Rd8 40.
Bc4 Rd2 41.Kf1 Bc3 42.Rf3 Bb4 43.Rf2 Rd6 44.Kg2 Bc5 45.Rf3 Bb4 46.Kg3 Rd4
47.Rd3 Re4 48.Rf3 Be1+ 49.Kg2 Rg4+ 50.Kf1 Bb4 51.Be6 Re4 52.Bc4 Rd4 53.
Kg2 Kh6 54.Rh3+ Kg7 55.Rf3 Rd2+ 56.Rf2 Rd4 57.Rf3 Rg4+ 58.Rg3 Rh4 59.Bd3
Rh6 60.Rh3 Bd6 61.Rxh6 Kxh6 62.Bc4 Kg5 63.Bf7 Kf5 64.Bc4 g5 65.Be2 g4 66.
Bc4 Kf4 67.Bf1 Ke3 68.Bc4 Be5 69.Bf1 Kd4 70.Be2 g3 71.Bc4 Kc3 72.Bg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 d6 2.f4 Nd7 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 c5 7.c3 Bb7 8.Nbd2
Ngf6 9.Qe2 c4 10.Bc2 Qc7 11.O-O Be7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 h6 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.
Ne5 N5f6 16.Nxd6+ Qxd6 17.f5 Nf8 18.b3 Bd5 19.Bf4 Qb6 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.
Ba4+ N8d7 22.Nxc4 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 O-O 24.Rab1 Qd8 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Qxe6+ Kh8
27.Rb7 Nb8 28.Bd6 Rg8 29.Be7 Qd5 30.Rxf6 Qxb7 31.Rxh6+ gxh6 32.Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O dxe5 7.Nxe5 Bd6 8.d4
O-O 9.Qh5 Nd7 10.Re1 cxd4 11.cxd4 N7f6 12.Qf3 Qc7 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.h3 Bc6
15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Nd2 Bb4 17.a3 Ba5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.b4 Bb6 21.
Nb3 Bd8 22.Bd2 Bf6 23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Kf1 Nb6 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Bxc1 Nd5 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Kd3 Ke8 30.Kc4 Kd7 31.Nc5+ Kc7 32.Ne4 a6 33.Bg5
b5+ 34.Kd3 Bxg5 35.Nxg5 Nf4+ 36.Ke4 Nxg2 37.Nxf7 Ne1 38.Ng5 Kd6 39.Nxh7
Nc2 40.Kd3 Nxa3 41.Ng5 Nc4 42.Ne4+ Kc6 43.Nc5 Kd5 44.Nxa6 e5 45.dxe5
Nxe5+ 46.Ke3 Kc4 47.Ke4 Nd3 48.Kf5 Nxb4 49.Nc7 Nd3 50.Nxb5 Kxb5 51.Kg6
Nf4+ 52.Kxg7 Nxh3 53.Kf6 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9.h3 Rb8 10.a4 a6 11.e4 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Qe2 b4 15.
Nd5 e6 16.Ne3 Qc7 17.Rd1 Nc5 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Ng4 h5 20.Ne3 Nd4 21.Qe1 Bd7
22.c3 Nb3 23.Ra2 Bb5 24.f4 Rfd8 25.e5 Bf8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Ra8 Rd7 28.
cxb4 Bc6 29.Ra3 c4 30.Kh2 Bxg2 31.Nxg2 Qb7 32.Rxb3 cxb3 33.Bd2 Rd4 34.Qe3
Qd5 35.Bc3 Re4 36.Qf3 Bxb4 37.f5 Bxc3 38.fxg6 fxg6 39.Qf6 Bxe5 40.Qxg6+
Bg7 41.Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.d4 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.dxc5 Qc7 7.a3 Qxc5 8.b4
Qc7 9.Bb2 d5 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.c4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.d4 d5 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4
Be6 9.Qb4 Qd7 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Nc3 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Rd1 Na6 14.Qa3 Qd6
15.Qxd6 exd6 16.d5 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Rad8 19.Be3 b6 20.Bd4 Rfe8
21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.e3 Re5 23.Rd4 Ra5 24.a3 Kf8 25.b4 Re5 26.Rc1 Ke7 27.Bf1
Nb8 28.Rc7+ Rd7 29.Rc8 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Kxd8 31.Rxd6+ Ke7 32.Rd4 f5 33.Rh4 h5
34.Rc4 Kd7 35.h4 Nc6 36.Bg2 Ne7 37.Kf1 a5 38.Ke2 axb4 39.axb4 Re6 40.Kd3
Nc8 41.Bd5 Rf6 42.Kd4 Nd6 43.Ke5 Ne8 44.Kf4 Rd6 45.Bf3 Ng7 46.Rc1 Ne6+
47.Ke5 Nc7 48.Rd1 Rxd1 49.Bxd1 Na6 50.Kf6 Nxb4 51.Kxg6 Nd3 52.Bxh5 Ke6
53.Be2 Nxf2 54.h5 Ne4 55.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Black "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.
Bf4 c6 9.Qc2 b6 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.b3 dxc4 12.Rfd1 cxb3 13.axb3 Bb7 14.e4 a5
15.Ne1 Rc8 16.h3 Nb8 17.Be3 Na6 18.Nd3 Nb4 19.Nxb4 Bxb4 20.Na2 Be7 21.g4
Qc7 22.Nc3 Nd7 23.Qe2 Qb8 24.Qf3 Rfe8 25.g5 c5 26.d5 exd5 27.Nxd5 Bxd5
28.Rxd5 Ne5 29.Qg3 Ng6 30.f4 Rcd8 31.e5 Bf8 32.Qg4 Rxd5 33.Bxd5 Nxe5 34.
Qd1 Kh8 35.Qd2 Ng6 36.Bxf7 Rd8 37.Qf2 Qb7 38.Bxg6 hxg6 39.f5 gxf5 40.Qh4+
Kg8 41.g6 Bd6 42.Qh7+ Kf8 43.Qh8+ Ke7 44.Qxg7+ Ke6 45.Qxb7 Rd7 46.Qxd7+
Kxd7 47.g7 Be5 48.Rd1+ Kc6 49.g8=Q Kb5 50.Qc4+ Kc6 51.Rd5 Bd6 52.Rxf5 Bc7
53.Bxc5 a4 54.bxa4 bxc5 55.Qxc5+ Kb7 56.Rf7 Ka6 57.Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.
dxc5 Qe4+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Nd7 11.Bb5 Ne7 12.f4 O-O 13.Be3 f6 14.Nf3
fxe5 15.fxe5 Nc6 16.Bd4 Ndb8 17.O-O Bd7 18.Bd3 h6 19.Rab1 Nd8 20.g4 Rf4
21.h3 Be8 22.Kg2 Nbc6 23.Kg3 Rf8 24.g5 Bh5 25.gxh6 gxh6 26.Nd2 Rxf1 27.
Rxf1 Nf7 28.Kh4 Nfxe5 29.Kxh5 Nf7 30.Bf6 e5 31.Rg1+ Kf8 32.Bg6 e4 33.Nf1
Re8 34.Ne3 Re6 35.Rf1 Kg8 36.Bd4 Ng5 37.Nxd5 Nxd4 38.cxd4 Kg7 39.Bf5 Re8
40.Ne3 Nf3 41.d5 Re5 42.d6 Kf7 43.Rd1 Ke8 44.Rd5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Ne4 8.Nxe4
fxe4 9.Nd2 Nc6 10.Nxe4 Nxd4 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Bg2 Bg4 13.h3 Bd7 14.O-O Qc8
15.Kh2 Bc6 16.f4 b6 17.e3 Nf5 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.Nc3 Qb7 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.
Qd5+ Qxd5 22.Nxd5 Rf7 23.g4 Raf8 24.Rad1 g5 25.f5 e6 26.Nc3 exf5 27.Rxd6
fxg4 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Rd8+ Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.hxg4 Ne8 32.a4 Kf7 33.Nb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Black "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.e3 Nge7 8.Nge2
h5 9.h3 h4 10.g4 f5 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.Rg1 Bf6 13.a3 Be6 14.Nd5 Bg7 15.Nec3
Kf8 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Bd2 b6 19.f4 Rg8 20.Bf3 Bf7 21.Kf2 Qd7 22.
Bc3 Nxd5 23.cxd5 Ne7 24.Qc4 c6 25.dxc6 Nxc6 26.Bxc6 Rxc6 27.Qa4 Rc5 28.
fxe5 dxe5 29.Qxh4 Rxb5 30.b4 a4 31.Rbc1 Qe7 32.Qh7 Qe6 33.Bd2 Rd5 34.b5
Rxb5 35.Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.Qc2 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9.c5 dxc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.h3 O-O 13.Nf3 Ne8 14.O-O
Nd6 15.Re1 b6 16.a4 a5 17.Bb2 Rae8 18.c4 Qe7 19.Qc3 f6 20.Ra2 Qf7 21.Bc1
Ne7 22.Nh2 g5 23.h4 h6 24.Ng4 Qg7 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Re3 Ng6 27.Rh3 Nh4 28.
Re2 Kf7 29.g3 Ng6 30.Nh6+ Ke7 31.Nf5+ Nxf5 32.exf5 Rh8 33.Rxh8 Nxh8 34.
d6+ Kxd6 35.Rd2+ Ke7 36.Qf3 Rd8 37.Rxd8 Kxd8 38.Qa8+ Ke7 39.Qc8 Qf8 40.
Qxc7+ Ke8 41.Qc8+ Kf7 42.Qe6+ Kg7 43.Qxb6 Qc8 44.Qe6 Qd8 45.Be3 Qd1+ 46.
Kg2 Qxa4 47.Bxc5 Qc2 48.Be7 Qe4+ 49.Kh2 Qf3 50.Bxf6+ Kh7 51.Qe7+ Kh6 52.
Qg7+ Kh5 53.Qxg5# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Fateev, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.c3 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2
Nc6 9.O-O a6 10.a4 cxd4 11.exd4 Rb8 12.Re1 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Nf1 Bd7 15.
d5 Na5 16.Ne3 b4 17.c4 Ne4 18.Qc2 f5 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Rxa5 b3 21.Qb1 Nc5
22.Nd1 Na4 23.Qa1 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.c5 dxc5 26.Bc4 Qf8 27.Ne5 Nb6 28.
Qc1 Re8 29.Nf3 Rxe1+ 30.Nxe1 Qe8 31.d6+ Kh7 32.Nf3 Nxc4 33.Qxc4 Bb5 34.
Qxb3 Qe2 35.h4 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Bc6 37.h5 c4 38.hxg6+ Kxg6 39.Qe3 Qxd1 40.Qe6+
Kh7 41.Qxf5+ Kg8 42.Qc8+ Bf8 43.Qxc6 Qxd6+ 44.Qxd6 Bxd6+ 45.g3 Bb4 46.Nd4
Be7 47.Nf5 Bf6 48.Nxh6+ Kh7 49.Nf5 Bxb2 50.Kg2 Kg6 51.Ne3 c3 52.Kf3 Ba3
53.Ke4 Bf8 54.Kd3 Bg7 55.Nd5 Kg5 56.f3 Kf5 57.Nxc3 Be5 58.Ne2 Bd6 59.g4+
Kg5 60.Ke4 Bb4 61.Nd4 Bd2 62.Ne6+ Kf6 63.Nf4 Kg5 64.Nd5 Bc1 65.Ne3 Kh4
66.f4 Bd2 67.Kf3 Bc3 68.Nf5+ Kh3 69.g5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.O-O
O-O 9.Rd1 Re8 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.d3 h6 14.Nbd2 Na5 15.
Bc2 Nh7 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nf1 Re8 18.Ng3 Ng5 19.Kh2 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 c5 21.Nf5
Bf8 22.Qg3 d5 23.h4 Qd7 24.Ne3 d4 25.Nd5 Rad8 26.h5 Bh7 27.g5 hxg5 28.
Bxg5 Kh8 29.Rg1 Re6 30.Bxd8 Qxd8 31.b4 cxb4 32.cxb4 Nc6 33.Bd1 Rh6 34.Rc1
Qd7 35.Bf3 f5 36.a3 fxe4 37.dxe4 Qf7 38.Kg2 a5 39.bxa5 Bxa3 40.Ra1 b4 41.
Qg4 Nxa5 42.Rgb1 Nc6 43.Qc8+ Bg8 44.Bg4 Rd6 45.Rh1 Rh6 46.Rhb1 Rd6 47.Rh1
Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Black "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Krylov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 c6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Qa5 8.Nd2
Nbd7 9.Be2 Ne4 10.cxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qxd5 12.O-O e5 13.Bg3 Nb6 14.a4 Qa5
15.Qc2 Bf5 16.e4 Be6 17.d5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Rfc1 f5 20.Rab1 Qc7 21.
Qb3 Rf7 22.c4 Nf6 23.c5 Bh6 24.Rd1 Nd5 25.Nc4 f4 26.Bh2 Bf8 27.Bf3 Bxc5
28.Rxd5 cxd5 29.Bxd5 Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Qc5+ 31.Ne3 Kg7 32.Bxf7 Rf8 33.Ke2
fxe3 34.Rf1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Black "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5
dxe5 9.Bg5 c6 10.Qc2 Qe8 11.Rad1 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.
Nb3 Nc7 16.Bxf4 gxf4 17.Bf3 Ne6 18.Ne2 Ng5 19.Nc3 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Bh3 21.
Rfe1 Qe6 22.Kh1 Qxc4 23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.Rxd3 Rfd8 25.Red1 Rxd3 26.Rxd3 b6 27.
Ne2 Kf8 28.Ng1 Be6 29.Kg2 Ke7 30.Nc1 Bf6 31.b3 a5 32.Rc3 Kd6 33.Kf1 a4
34.b4 a3 35.Nb3 Ra4 36.Nc1 Be7 37.Nge2 Kd7 38.b5 cxb5 39.Nb3 Bc4 40.Ke1
Bb4 41.Kd2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Black "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f4
d6 9.c4 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.f5 Nf6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Bf4 e5 14.Be3 Nbd7 15.g4
h6 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Nd2 Nh7 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Nf3 Nc5 21.Bf2 Ng5
22.Nxg5 Qxg5 23.Bb1 h5 24.b4 Nd7 25.Rfd1 Nf6 26.Be3 Qxg4+ 27.Qxg4 hxg4
28.Bxb6 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Bxe4 30.Rxd6 Bxf5 31.c5 Be6 32.a4 Bb3 33.a5 Rfe8 34.
c6 f5 35.c7 Kf7 36.Rc3 Be6 37.Rd8 f4 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.b5 axb5 40.a6 b4 41.
Rc1 b3 42.a7 Rc8 43.Ra1 Bd5 44.Ra5 Ke6 45.Kf2 g5 46.Ke2 b2 47.Rb5 Bc4+
0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 a6 9.Qc2 c5 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Rhe1
b5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.Qb3 O-O 17.Nxd5 Ng4 18.f3 Bxd4 19.fxg4 Be5 20.Nf4 Qc7
21.h3 Bc6 22.g3 Qb7 23.Bf5 Rce8 24.g5 g6 25.Bc2 Bf3 26.Rd2 Re7 27.h4
Rfe8 28.Rf1 Bxf4 29.exf4 Re3 30.Rd3 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32.Bd1 Be4 33.Kc1
Bxd3 34.Qxd3 Qc7+ 35.Kd2 Re8 36.Qc2 Qa5+ 37.Qc3 b4 38.Qb3 Qc5 39.Be2 Rd8+
40.Bd3 Qf2+ 41.Kc1 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Black "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 d6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.f4 c5 8.c3
Nd7 9.Ngf3 Qc7 10.g4 b6 11.e4 Bb7 12.g5 Be7 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 b5 15.c4
b4 16.Qe2 O-O-O 17.Be4 Nb8 18.a3 Nc6 19.axb4 Nxb4 20.O-O g6 21.Nb3 Bxe4
22.Qxe4 Qb7 23.Qxb7+ Kxb7 24.Rad1 Nd3 25.Ne1 Nxe1 26.Rfxe1 Kc7 27.Kf2 Rb8
28.Re3 Rhd8 29.Ke2 Rxd1 30.Kxd1 Rh8 31.Rh3 Kb6 32.Nd2 Bf8 33.Ke2 h5 34.
gxh6 Rxh6 35.Rxh6 Bxh6 36.Kf3 Ka5 37.Ne4 Kb4 38.Nd6 Kb3 39.Nxf7 Bf8 40.
Nd8 a5 41.Nxe6 Be7 42.h4 Kxb2 43.h5 gxh5 44.f5 a4 45.f6 Bf8 46.Nxf8 a3
47.e6 a2 48.e7 a1=Q 49.e8=Q Qf1+ 50.Kg3 h4+ 51.Kg4 Qxf6 52.Qe2+ Kb3 53.
Ne6 Qc3 54.Nxc5+ Kb4 55.Na6+ Ka5 56.Qa2+ Kb6 57.c5+ Kc6 58.Qe6+ Kb5 59.
Qb6+ Kc4 60.Kxh4 Qd4+ 61.Kg5 Qe5+ 62.Kg6 Qe4+ 63.Kf6 Qf4+ 64.Ke7 Qg5+ 65.
Kd7 Qg7+ 66.Kc8 Qg4+ 67.Kb7 Qd7+ 68.Nc7 Kd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Black "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nb5 Be7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nbd4 Nce4 13.Qb3 Nc5 14.
Qb5 a6 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Nf5 Re8 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Rd1 Ne6 19.b3 Rec7 20.Bb2
Ne4 21.Rac1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23.Bxc1 Qa5 24.Qb2 Qc3 25.h3 Qd3 26.Bd2 d4
27.exd4 Nxd2 28.Qxd2 Qxd2 29.Nxd2 Nxd4 30.Ne4 b6 31.Nc3 Kf8 32.Kf1 b5 33.
Ke1 Ke7 34.Kd2 Ke6 35.Kd3 Nc6 36.f4 f5 37.g4 g6 38.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Black "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bd3
Na6 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.Bxa6 b5 11.O-O Qb6 12.Bxb5 Qxb5 13.b3 Be7 14.Nd2 O-O
15.Re1 f6 16.Nf1 fxe5 17.dxe5 Rf7 18.Be3 Bc6 19.Qd4 a5 20.Nd2 Bb4 21.
Red1 Qe2 22.Nf1 Qa6 23.Ng3 Qb7 24.f3 Rc8 25.Rac1 Ba3 26.Rc2 a4 27.bxa4
Ra8 28.Rf2 Rxa4 29.Qb6 Qa8 30.Rb1 Rf8 31.Rd2 Be7 32.Rbb2 Ra5 33.Bd4 Rd5
34.Ne4 Ba3 35.Rb1 Ra5 36.Nc5 Re8 37.Bf2 Bxc5 38.Bxc5 Bxf3 39.Rxd7 Bd5 40.
Re7 Rxa2 41.Rxe8+ Qxe8 42.Bf2 h6 43.Qb8 Qxb8 44.Rxb8+ Kf7 45.Rb1 Kg6 46.
Re1 Kf5 47.h3 Be4 48.g3 Kxe5 49.Bc5 Rg2+ 50.Kf1 Rxg3 51.h4 Rc3 52.Bb4 Rb3
53.Bd2 Kf5 54.Kg1 e5 55.Re3 Rb2 56.Be1 g5 57.hxg5 hxg5 58.Bg3 g4 59.Kf1
Rb5 60.Kf2 Bf3 61.Kg1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Krasnov, Vasiliy G."]
[Black "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.h4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Be2 h5 7.Nh3 Be6 8.Nf4
Bf7 9.Qd3 c6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.g4 e5 13.gxf5 exf4 14.Bxf4 Qd8
15.fxg6 Be6 16.e4 Nb6 17.e5 Nfd7 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.f4 Rf8 20.Bxh5 Bf5 21.Qe2
Rh8 22.Bg4 Bxg6 23.f5 Bh7 24.h5 Nc4 25.h6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.g5 Nfd7 8.Be3
b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.h4 Nb6 11.h5 N8d7 12.g6 hxg6 13.hxg6 Rxh1 14.gxf7+ Kxf7
15.Qf3+ Nf6 16.Qxh1 Na4 17.Nxa4 bxa4 18.Bd3 Qa5+ 19.c3 Qh5 20.Qxh5+ Nxh5
21.f3 Rb8 22.O-O-O g6 23.Bc2 e5 24.Ne2 Bc6 25.Bb1 Bd7 26.Ba2+ Be6 27.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 28.Rd5 Rb5 29.Rd2 Be7 30.Kc2 Nf6 31.c4 Rb3 32.Nc3 Nd7 33.Rd3
Rb8 34.Nxa4 Rc8 35.b3 Rf8 36.Bg1 Nf6 37.Nc3 Nh7 38.Kd2 Ng5 39.Ke2 Nh3 40.
Be3 Bg5 41.Bxg5 Nxg5 42.Nd5 Rh8 43.Nc7+ Ke7 44.Nxa6 Ra8 45.Nc7 Rxa3 46.
Nd5+ Ke6 47.Re3 Ra2+ 48.Ke1 Nh3 49.b4 Ra1+ 50.Kd2 Ra2+ 51.Kc1 Nf4 52.Kb1
Ra4 53.Nxf4+ exf4 54.Rb3 Ke5 55.Kc2 Kd4 56.Rd3+ Kxc4 57.Rxd6 Rxb4 58.Rxg6
Kd4 59.Rd6+ Ke3 60.Rd3+ Ke2 61.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Black "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 d5 8.exd6
Bxd6 9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.gxf4 Nd7 12.O-O-O Ke7 13.Rd2 Nb6 14.Ne5
f6 15.Nd3 Nd7 16.Re1 Re8 17.Rde2 Kf7 18.Bh3 Nf8 19.Nxc5 b6 20.Nd3 Bb7 21.
f5 e5 22.f4 exf4 23.Nxf4 Rxe2 24.Rxe2 g5 25.Bg2 Bxg2 26.Nxg2 Rc8 27.Ne3
Rc5 28.Kd2 Nd7 29.b4 Rc6 30.c4 Ne5 31.Kc3 h5 32.Kd4 Rc8 33.a4 Nc6+ 34.
Kc3 Re8 35.b5 Nb8 36.Kd3 axb5 37.axb5 Nd7 38.Nd5 Ne5+ 39.Kc3 Rb8 40.Kd4
Nf3+ 41.Kc3 Ne5 42.Kb4 h4 43.c5 bxc5+ 44.Kxc5 Nd7+ 45.Kd6 Ne5 46.b6 Rd8+
47.Kc5 g4 48.b7 h3 49.Kb6 g3 50.hxg3 Rh8 51.Kc7 Rg8 52.b8=Q Rxb8 53.Kxb8
Nf3 54.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Qf3
Bd7 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Ne7 11.g4 Nc6 12.Be3 Be7 13.g5 b5 14.f5 Ne5 15.
Qf4 b4 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.g6 hxg6 19.Qg3 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Ba4 21.Nd4
Qc5 22.Qd3 Rc8 23.Qxa6 Bg5+ 24.Kb1 Bxc2+ 25.Ka1 Bxd1 26.Qb5+ Ke7 27.Bd3
Qxb5 28.Nxb5 Rc1+ 29.Bb1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Black "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.f3 e6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bb5 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3
O-O 9.Nge2 a6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.Qb3 Ba5 14.a4 d6 15.Rab1
Nd7 16.Qd1 Bb4 17.Kh1 Bc5 18.Bc1 a5 19.Nb5 f5 20.Bg5 f4 21.Bh4 Nf6 22.
Bf2 Bc8 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Qe1 g5 25.b3 Ng6 26.Rb2 Rf7 27.Nec3 g4 28.Ne2 Nh5
29.fxg4 Bxg4 30.Ng1 Qf8 31.Nf3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Qh6 33.Kg1 Qg5+ 34.Rg2 Qf6
35.Rg4 Kh8 36.Kh1 Qe7 37.Rfg1 Qf6 38.Bf1 Qe7 39.Bh3 Rg7 40.R4g2 Nf8 41.
Rxg7 Nxg7 42.Qf1 Ng6 43.Qg2 Rg8 44.Qg5 Qxg5 45.Rxg5 Rd8 46.Rg1 Kg8 47.Na3
Rb8 48.Rb1 Nh4 49.Bg2 Ne8 50.Nc4 Ra8 51.Kg1 Kf7 52.Kf2 Ke7 53.Bh3 Nc7 54.
Rg1 Ng6 55.Bf5 Kf6 56.Bxg6 hxg6 57.Nxd6 Rb8 58.Rb1 Rh8 59.Kg2 Na6 60.Nc4
Nb4 61.Nxa5 Nc2 62.Nc4 Nd4 63.a5 Rb8 64.Nb6 Rb7 65.b4 cxb4 66.Rxb4 Rc7
67.Nc4 Nc2 68.Rb6+ Kg5 69.Rc6 Rb7 70.d6 Ne3+ 71.Kf2 Nxc4 72.Rxc4 Kf6 73.
a6 Rb2+ 74.Kg1 Ra2 75.d7 Ke7 76.Rc6 Kxd7 77.Rxg6 Ra1+ 78.Kg2 Ra2+ 79.Kh3
Ke7 80.Rb6 Kd7 81.Rh6 Ke7 82.a7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Black "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 d6 8.
Rb1 O-O 9.e3 Re8 10.Bd3 e5 11.Qc2 Qe6 12.e4 Nd7 13.O-O Nf6 14.Nd2 Nh5 15.
f3 Qg6 16.Rf2 Nf4 17.Kh1 Ne6 18.Nb3 b6 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.c5 Nf4 21.cxb6
axb6 22.Bb5 c6 23.Bf1 Ba6 24.g3 Ne6 25.Nd2 Bxf1 26.Nxf1 Ra6 27.Ne3 Nc5
28.Nf5 Qe6 29.c4 Rea8 30.Qc3 Ra3 31.Qa1 Nb3 32.Qc3 Nc5 33.Qa1 Nb3 34.Qc3
Nc5 35.Qa1 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O c5 6.c4 Nc6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Re1
Nf6 9.Qa4 Qd7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Ne5 Ng4
15.Nxg4 Bxg4 16.Nc3 Rc8 17.Kf1 O-O 18.h3 Bf5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Rd7 f5 21.Be5
Rf7 22.Rxf7 Kxf7 23.gxf5 Bxf5 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Bc3 Nc4 26.Rd1 b5 27.Rd7 Ke8
28.Rxa7 b4 29.Be1 Nxb2 30.f4 Rc1 31.Kf2 Bxe4 32.Bxe4 Bc5+ 33.e3 Bxa7 34.
Bxb4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Black "Khan, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.Nf3
Nbd7 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Bg5 Ba4 12.Qa2 c6 13.c5 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7
15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.e3 Bb5 17.Bf1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 b5 19.Kg2 Rff8 20.a4 Rfb8 21.
Rhb1 bxa4 22.Qxa4 Rb7 23.Rxb7 Qxb7 24.Ra3 Qb5 25.Qxb5 cxb5 26.Ra6 Kf7 27.
h4 g6 28.Kf3 h5 29.Kf4 Kf6 30.f3 Ke7 31.Ke5 Kf7 32.Kd6 Rd8+ 33.Kc7 Ke7
34.Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Black "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5
Nf6 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.c3 Bg7 12.Nc2 f5 13.Bd3 Bxd5 14.exd5 Ne7
15.f3 Qb6 16.Qd2 h5 17.Qg5 Kf8 18.Qe3 Nxd5 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Bxf5 d5 21.
Rd1 Rh6 22.O-O Rd6 23.f4 Re8 24.fxe5 Rxe5 25.Nd4 Nc4 26.Be6 Rdxe6 27.
Nxe6+ Rxe6 28.Rf2 Ne3 29.Rd3 Bh6 30.h3 Ke7 31.Rf3 Re5 32.Kf2 Nf5 33.g4
hxg4 34.hxg4 Nd6 35.Rd4 Ke6 36.Rdd3 Ne4+ 37.Kg2 Nc5 38.Rd1 f6 39.Rh1 Bg5
40.Rd1 Re4 41.Kh3 Re2 42.Rf5 Re3+ 43.Kg2 Nd3 44.Kf1 Ne5 45.Rd4 Rg3 46.
Kf2 Bh4 47.Ke2 Rg2+ 48.Kd1 Rxb2 49.a4 Bg5 50.axb5 axb5 51.Rf1 Kd6 52.Rf5
Kc5 53.Rf1 Be3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Black "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 e6 6.d3 Be7 7.Ne2 a6 8.a3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 b5 11.Ba2 Bb7 12.c3 O-O 13.O-O Rc8 14.Bb1 Nf6 15.N2g3
Ne5 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.f4 Qd5 18.Qe2 Ng6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Be3 Rfd8 21.Bc2 Nh4
22.Rad1 Qc6 23.Bf2 Nf5 24.g4 Nh6 25.Be3 a5 26.f5 exf5 27.gxf5 Nxf5 28.
Rxf5 Qg6+ 29.Ng3 Bh4 30.Qf2 Bxg3 31.hxg3 f6 32.d4 cxd4 33.Bxd4 Qg4 34.Rf4
Qe6 35.Bf5 Qb3 36.Re1 Rc6 37.Qe2 Bc8 38.Bc2 Qf7 39.Qxb5 Qc7 40.Bb3+ Kh8
41.Kf2 h6 42.Qh5 Bd7 43.Rxf6 Rxf6+ 44.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Bb5+ Kf8 8.Ba4
Nc6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.O-O a5 11.b3 Ne7 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.N2f3 Kg8 15.
Qd2 h6 16.Rab1 Qa7 17.a3 Bb6 18.b4 a4 19.Rb2 Kh7 20.Qc2 Qb8 21.Re1 Qd8
22.b5 c5 23.Ne2 Kg8 24.Nf4 Ne7 25.Bc1 Qe8 26.Qe2 c4 27.Nh5 Ng6 28.Nd4
Bxd4 29.cxd4 Bxb5 30.Qg4 c3 31.Rb4 Bd3 32.Re3 Bf5 33.Qg3 c2 34.Rc3 Rb8
35.Qe3 Rc8 36.Ng3 Ne7 37.Nxf5 Nxf5 38.Qd2 Kh7 39.Qxc2 Rxc3 40.Qxc3 Qc8
41.Qb2 Qa6 42.h3 Rc8 43.Kh2 Qd3 44.Qd2 Qxd2 45.Bxd2 Rc4 46.Rxc4 dxc4 47.
Bc3 Ne7 48.Kg3 Nd5 49.Bd2 Kg6 50.Kf3 h5 51.Ke2 Kf5 52.f3 h4 53.Kd1 Nf4
54.Kc2 Nxg2 55.Kc3 Nf4 56.Be1 g5 57.Kxc4 Nxh3 58.d5 exd5+ 59.Kxd5 Ng1 60.
f4 Nf3 61.Bf2 g4 62.Bxh4 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Patsovsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 e6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Be3
Nf6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.b3 Qc7 13.Qe1 Rfe8 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.
Nf3 Rf8 16.Bd3 Nh5 17.Qh3 g6 18.f5 Qd8 19.g4 Ng7 20.Qh6 Be8 21.fxg6 fxg6
22.Ng5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.a4 b6 12.Bf4 Ra7 13.Re1 Rae7 14.Qc2 h6 15.Nd2 g5
16.Bh2 Nh5 17.Nc4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 gxf4 19.Qe2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 b5 21.axb5 axb5
22.Nd2 Re5 23.Bxb5 R8e7 24.Qf3 Rg5 25.Kh2 Rb7 26.Bf1 Qf6 27.Ra8 h5 28.
Rb1 Bg4 29.Qd3 Qe7 30.Rxb8+ Rxb8 31.Rxb8+ Kg7 32.Nf3 Rg6 33.c4 Qf6 34.Qb3
Bxf3 35.Qxf3 Qe5 36.Rb3 h4 37.Qc3 f6 38.Be2 Qxe4 39.Bf3 Qe5 40.Rb7+ Kh6
41.Qa3 Rg3 42.Qa8 Qe1 43.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Black "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 c5 5.Be3 Nf6 6.e5 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Ne4 8.Nxe4
Bxe4 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.c3 Rc8 12.g3 Na5 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Bg2 Bc5 15.
O-O Bxd4 16.cxd4 Qc2 17.Rac1 Qxc1 18.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 19.Nf1 O-O 20.Qb5 Nc4 21.
Qxd7 Bd3 22.Qb5 Bxf1 23.Bxf1 Nd2 24.Qd3 Nxf1 25.Kg2 Rfc8 26.d5 exd5 27.
Qxd5 h6 28.e6 fxe6 29.Qxe6+ Kh8 30.Qd7 R8c2 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Qe4+ Kg8 33.
Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Black "Kosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.c4
b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Rb8 12.Re1 a6 13.e5 Ne8 14.Qc2 b5 15.exd6
exd6 16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.Ne4 Nf6 18.Qc3 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Re8 20.Rae1 Rxe4 21.Rxe4
Qd7 22.Qf6 Re8 23.Ng5 Rxe4 24.Nxe4 Ne8 25.Qf4 bxc4 26.bxc4 a5 27.h4 Bc8
28.h5 Qg4 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Qd2 Bf5 31.f3 Qh5 32.g4 Bxg4 33.fxg4 Qxg4 34.
Qg5 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Qe2 36.Qd2 Qxc4 37.Qxa5 Qe2 38.Qd2 Qh5+ 39.Kg1 Qe5 40.Qc3
Qh5 41.Qf3 Qe5 42.Qc3 Qh5 43.Kf2 Qf5+ 44.Bf3 Qf4 45.Qd2 Qh2+ 46.Ke3 Qg1+
47.Nf2 Qg5+ 48.Kd3 Qe5 49.Kc2 Nc7 50.a4 Qa1 51.a5 Nb5 52.Kd3 Qa3+ 53.Kc4
Nd4 54.Bd1 Qa1 55.Nd3 Qb1 56.Nb2 Qa2+ 57.Kd3 Qxd5 58.Kc3 Qa2 59.Kd3 Qd5
60.Kc3 Qa2 61.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Black "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 Bd6 10.Nbc3 Ne7 11.Be3 b6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Bd7 14.Nfd5
Nxd5 15.Nxd5 O-O-O 16.Rd2 Rhe8 17.f3 f5 18.Nc3 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Bf5 20.Rxd8+
Rxd8 21.Re1 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Rd2 23.Rc4 Kd7 24.Rc3 Ke6 25.a4 Ke5 26.b3 Kd5
27.h4 b5 28.f4 Kd4 29.Rg3 Rxc2 30.axb5 axb5 31.Rxg7 c4 32.bxc4 Rxc4 33.
Re7 b4 34.f5 b3 35.Kh2 b2 36.Rd7+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Bf4 Be7 7.Qh5 g6 8.
Qe2 Ndf6 9.f3 Nd6 10.Bh6 Rg8 11.Bg5 Be6 12.c4 c6 13.c5 Nf5 14.Bxf5 gxf5
15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.f4 Qe7 17.g3 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 f6 19.Qe2 Bf7 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.
Kf2 Bh5 22.Re1+ Kd7 23.Nd2 Rae8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Re1 Rb8 26.Re3 Bd1 27.b4
b6 28.Ra3 Rb7 29.cxb6 axb6 30.Ra8 h5 31.a4 Kc7 32.Rf8 Bxa4 33.Rxf6 Bc2
34.Rh6 Bd1 35.Nf1 Ra7 36.Rh7+ Kb8 37.Rxa7 Kxa7 38.Ne3 Bb3 39.Nxf5 Ka6 40.
Nd6 Bc2 41.Ke3 Bg6 42.Kd2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g4 Bxg4 7.f3 e5 8.fxg4
exd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qg1 Ne5 11.Be2 Be7 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.h4 b5 15.
a3 a5 16.Rh3 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Nd5 O-O 19.Kd1 Re8 20.Bd4 Bf8 21.Nxb4 d5
22.Nxd5 Nc6 23.Bc3 Nc5 24.Bd3 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Rd3 Qe8 27.Qg3 Qe6 28.
Ra6 Kh8 29.h5 Rg4 30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.Nxe3 Rxg5 32.h6 Kg8 33.hxg7 Bxg7 34.Rxc6
Rxc6 35.Rd8+ Bf8 36.Bb4 h5 37.Bxf8 Kh7 38.Rd4 Re6 39.Kd2 Rge5 40.Nd5 h4
41.c4 Kg8 42.Be7 h3 43.Rg4+ Rg6 44.Rh4 Rg2+ 45.Kc3 h2 46.Bf6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Black "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3
b5 9.e5 Ng4 10.h3 Nh6 11.g4 Bb7 12.Bg2 c5 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.
Rd1 e6 16.c6 Bxc6 17.O-O Qc7 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Nc5 21.Qc2
Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qc2 23.Qd4 Qxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Rc1 25.Qf1 Rd8 26.Ne1 Rdd1 27.g5
Rxe1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O
Nc6 9.h3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Ne8 11.d5 Nd6 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Re1 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 e6 15.
Bg5 Bf6 16.Bf4 Ne8 17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Qxb7 Ng7 19.Ne4 Nh5 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Be5 Qd8 22.Rad1 Qa5 23.g4 Ng7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Rxe6 Qxa2 26.Re7 Rab8 27.
Qxa7 Qxa7 28.Rxa7 Rxb2 29.Rdd7 Kf6 30.g5+ Ke6 31.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.e4 Nc6 5.c3 Nge7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d5 8.exd5
Nxd5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 Kh8 11.Na3 Bf5 12.d4 Bd3 13.Re1 e4 14.Nh4 f5 15.Bf1
Bxf1 16.Kxf1 g5 17.Ng2 f4 18.Rxe4 f3 19.Ne3 Nf6 20.Qxf3 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qf6
22.Qg2 Qg6 23.Kg1 Qd3 24.Qf1 Qe4 25.Qb5 Rf3 26.Rf1 g4 27.Nac2 Raf8 28.
Ne1 R3f7 29.Qd3 Qe7 30.Nxg4 Qe6 31.Ne3 Qxa2 32.Qb5 Nd8 33.Nd3 c6 34.Qc4
Qxc4 35.Nxc4 Rd7 36.Nc5 Rd5 37.Ra1 b6 38.Ne4 Rd7 39.Bf4 Ne6 40.Bd6 Rc8
41.Ne5 Rb7 42.f4 Bf8 43.f5 Ng7 44.g4 c5 45.dxc5 bxc5 46.Bxf8 Rxf8 47.
Nxc5 Rxb2 48.Rxa7 Re8 49.Ncd7 Nxf5 50.Nf6 Re7 51.Ra8+ Kg7 52.Nh5+ Kh6 53.
Ra6+ Kg5 54.gxf5 Rxe5 55.Ng3 Re1+ 56.Nf1 Rbb1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Black "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.c4 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4
exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 c6 11.Rb1 a5 12.Re1 Nc5 13.b3 Nfd7 14.Be3 Ne5 15.
Qc2 Qe7 16.Rbd1 Qf8 17.f4 Ned7 18.a3 h5 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Ne6 21.Nde2
Nc7 22.Bf2 Nf6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Bc5 Re7 25.fxe5 Nd7 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Nf4 Nxe5
28.c5 Bf5 29.Qf2 Qg5 30.Ne4 Bxe4 31.Rxe4 Nb5 32.Re3 Nc4 33.Ree1 Ra3 34.
Kh2 Ne5 35.Re3 Rxe3 36.Qxe3 h4 37.gxh4 Qxh4 38.Qg3 Qe7 39.Kh1 Qf6 40.Rf1
Qd8 41.Qf2 Qg5 42.Qa2 Nd4 43.Qf2 Nf5 44.Kh2 Qh6 45.Qe2 Qh4 46.Kg1 Qg5 47.
Qd2 Nc4 48.Qc1 Bd4+ 49.Rf2 Bxf2+ 50.Kxf2 Qg3+ 51.Ke2 Nd4+ 52.Kd1 Ne3+ 53.
Kd2 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Black "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3
Re8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bb2 e4 11.Nd4 c6 12.Qc2 e3 13.f3 a6 14.Qc1 Nc5 15.Rd1
Qb6 16.Nc2 a5 17.Kf1 Bf5 18.Nd4 a4 19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.Nxa4 Nxa4 21.bxa4 Rxa4
22.Qc2 Qb4 23.a3 Qxc4 24.Qxf5 Qe6 25.Qd3 Ra5 26.f4 Rh5 27.Kg1 Rb5 28.Be5
Ng4 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Bf3 Nf2 31.Qd4+ Qf6 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Rdb1 Rxb1+ 34.
Rxb1 Re7 35.Kg2 Rd7 36.Rb3 Re7 37.a4 Kf5 38.h3 f6 39.a5 Kg6 40.a6 bxa6
41.Bxc6 Nd1 42.Kf3 Rc7 43.Be8+ Kg7 44.Rd3 Nc3 45.Rd7+ Rxd7 46.Bxd7 Nd1
47.Ba4 Nc3 48.Bc2 a5 49.Kxe3 h5 50.Kd3 Nd5 51.Kd4 Ne7 52.Kc5 h4 53.g4
Kf8 54.Kd6 Nc8+ 55.Ke6 Kg7 56.e4 Nb6 57.e5 fxe5 58.Kxe5 a4 59.g5 Nc4+ 60.
Ke6 a3 61.Bb3 Nd2 62.Ba2 Ne4 63.Kf5 Nf2 64.Bb3 Nxh3 65.Kg4 Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 dxe4 7.Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Qd3 Nbd7 9.Bf4 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nd5 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Be2 e5 14.O-O f5
15.c4 Nf4 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.c5 Qc7 18.Bf3 g6 19.Rab1 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Kg7 21.c4
Rfe8 22.Qc3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rb1 Ne4 25.Qb2 Kf7 26.Qxb7 Re7 27.Qxc7
Rxc7 28.Bxe4 fxe4 29.Re1 Re7 30.d5 cxd5 31.cxd5 Re5 32.c6 Rxd5 33.Rxe4
Rc5 34.Rxf4+ Ke6 35.Ra4 a5 36.c7 Kd7 37.Rf4 Ke7 38.Re4+ Kd7 39.a4 Rxc7
40.Re5 Ra7 41.g4 Kd6 42.Rb5 Ke6 43.Kg2 Kf6 44.g5+ Ke7 45.Kg3 Kd6 46.Kg4
Ke6 47.f4 Kf7 48.h4 Ke6 49.h5 Kf7 50.h6 Ke6 51.Kf3 Ke7 52.Rb8 Kf7 53.Rh8
Ke6 54.Rg8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.cxd3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9.Rc1 Nh5 10.Bxc7 Qxc7 11.Nxd5 Qxc1 12.Qxc1 exd5 13.g4 Nhf6 14.g5
Ng8 15.Qc7 Bd8 16.Qxb7 Rb8 17.Qxd5 Ne7 18.Qc4 a5 19.d5 O-O 20.d6 Nc8 21.
Qc6 Ncb6 22.d4 f6 23.h4 Kh8 24.Kg2 Rf7 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Qxc8 Nxc8 27.Rxc8
Rf8 28.e4 Kg8 29.gxf6 gxf6 30.Nd2 Bb6 31.Rc4 Kf7 32.f4 Ke6 33.d5+ Kxd6
34.Rc6+ Ke7 35.Nc4 Rb8 36.e5 fxe5 37.fxe5 Bd4 38.b3 Nb6 39.Kf3 Nxc4 40.
bxc4 Rb2 41.Ke4 Bc3 42.Kd3 Bb4 43.c5 Rxa2 44.Re6+ Kd8 45.c6 Rd2+ 46.Ke4
Rc2 47.Rh6 a4 48.Rxh7 a3 49.Ra7 a2 50.d6 Rxc6 51.Rxa2 Rc1 52.Kd5 Kc8 53.
Ra8+ Kb7 54.Ra4 Rd1+ 55.Ke6 Bc5 56.h5 Be3 57.Re4 Bg5 58.Kd7 Rh1 59.e6
Rxh5 60.e7 Rh7 61.Rb4+ Ka6 62.Kc6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Black "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2
e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.h3 Bc7 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.c4 Be6 14.cxd5 Bxd5
15.e4 Bc6 16.Re1 Rfe8 17.a4 Qd6 18.g3 Qd7 19.Kh2 Bxa4 20.Nc4 Rad8 21.Bb1
b5 22.Ne3 Nxe4 23.Qf3 Nd2 24.Bxd2 Qxd2 25.Re2 Qd7 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qxc5 Bb6
28.Qg5 Bd4 29.Ba2 b4 30.Bc4 Bc6 31.Ng4 Rxe2 32.Bxe2 Qd5 33.Qxd5 Bxd5 34.
Rd1 Bb3 35.Rd2 Bb6 36.Nf6+ Kg7 37.Rxd8 Bxd8 38.Nd7 Bf6 39.Nxf6 Kxf6 40.
Kg2 a5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.O-O
Be7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bc2 Rd8 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd5 exd5 14.cxd4 Bg4
15.Be3 Nb4 16.Bb3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qa3 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Bxb4 Bxb4
21.Rf1 Qa5 22.Qe3 h6 23.h3 Be6 24.Rc1 Rc7 25.g4 Ba3 26.Rc2 Rxc2 27.Bxc2
Be7 28.Qd3 g6 29.Bb3 Qb4 30.Kg2 b5 31.Qc2 Qa5 32.Qc6 b4 33.Qe8+ Bf8 34.
Nh4 Qb6 35.Bc2 Qc7 36.Nxg6 Qxc2 37.Qxf8+ Kh7 38.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Black "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.e3 g6 5.a3 Bg7 6.d3 Nge7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nf3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O d6 11.Nbd2 Nf5 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Bc3 a5 15.h3
Rc7 16.Ba1 Rd7 17.Nb1 Nfe7 18.d4 exd4 19.exd4 Nf5 20.d5 Bxa1 21.dxc6 Bxc6
22.Nc3 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Rde7 24.Bf1 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Rxe1 27.Qxe1
Nd4 28.Qe3 Qg5+ 29.Qxg5 Nxf3+ 30.Kg2 Nxg5 31.Be2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 dxe5 6.fxe5 Ne4 7.Qf3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 e6 9.Bd2 Qd5 10.Qg4 c5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Be4 Qc4
15.Kf2 Nd5 16.Bd3 Qc7 17.c4 f5 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Qg5 Be7 20.Ke2 O-O 21.Qh4
g6 22.Ne5 Nh5 23.Qg4 Bf6 24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.Qxg6+ Qg7 26.Qxh5 Bxd4 27.Raf1
Bd7 28.Bg6 Rf5 29.Qg4 Raf8 30.Bxf5 exf5 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Bb4 Re8+ 33.Kd3
Bb6 34.Re1 Rd8 35.Be7 Rc8 36.Bc5 Bxc5 37.Rhf1 b5 38.Rd1 bxc4+ 39.Kxc4
Be6+ 40.Kb5 Be7 41.Rc1 Rb8+ 42.Ka6 Rb4 43.Kxa7 Ra4+ 44.Kb7 Rxa2 45.Rce1
Rb2+ 46.Kc7 Rc2+ 47.Kb7 Bd5+ 48.Ka7 Bc5+ 49.Kb8 Bd6+ 50.Ka7 Bc7 51.Ra1
Kg6 52.Ra6+ Kg5 53.h4+ Kg4 54.Rg6+ Kh5 55.Rxf5+ Kxg6 56.Rxd5 Rxg2 57.Rg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Black "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Bf3 Nc6 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qg3 Bc5
15.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16.Kh1 b5 17.Be2 Kh8 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Qh4 Rg8 20.Qxf6+ Rg7
21.Bd3 Be6 22.Ne2 Kg8 23.b4 Qd6 24.a3 Rg6 25.Qf2 a5 26.Rb1 axb4 27.axb4
Ba2 28.Rf1 Qxb4 29.Ng3 Bc4 30.Nh5 Qe7 31.Bxc4 bxc4 32.g4 Raa6 33.Qf5 Qe6
34.Rd1 h6 35.Qf3 Rd6 36.Rf1 c3 37.h3 Qc4 38.Kg2 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Rxc2 40.Nf6+
Kh8 41.Nd5 Qe2 42.Qxe2 Rxe2 43.Nxc3 Rc2 44.Nd5 Rc4 45.Rxf7 Rxe4 46.Nf6
Rxf6 47.Rxf6 Kg7 48.Re6 Re3+ 49.Kg2 e4 50.h4 Kh7 51.h5 Kg7 52.Rg6+ Kh7
53.Rf6 Kg7 54.Rf5 Rf3 55.Re5 Rf4 56.Kg3 Rf3+ 57.Kh4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Black "Krasnov, Vasiliy G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bb5 Nxe3 8.
fxe3 Bd7 9.O-O Ne5 10.Nf3 Bxb5 11.Nxb5 a6 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qxe5
axb5 15.Qxh8 Ra6 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qxb5+ Kf7 18.e5 Qc7 19.Rad1 Bg7 20.Rd7 Qxc2
21.Rxe7+ Kxe7 22.Qxb7+ Ke8 23.Qxa6 f5 24.Qa8+ Kf7 25.Qb7+ Kg8 26.e6 h5
27.Qf7+ Kh7 28.e7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Rc8 10.Nb5 Qb6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.f3 g6 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Bc3
Bg7 15.Bd4 Bxa2 16.Na7 Bh6+ 17.Rd2 Ra8 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Bxb6 Be6 20.g3
Bxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Kg7 22.Ke3 d5 23.e5 Nd7 24.Bxd7 Bxd7 25.Rd1 e6 26.Rd3 f6
27.Kd4 Rhf8 28.f4 g5 29.Kc5 fxe5 30.fxe5 Be8 31.Kd6 Rf1 32.Rc3 Kg6 33.
Rc7 Rf7 34.Rc3 Kf5 35.g4+ Kxg4 36.Kxe6 Rf1 37.Ke7 Bg6 38.e6 Re1 39.Kd6
Bf5 40.Re3 Rxe3 41.Bxe3 Bxe6 42.Kc7 Re8 43.Bc5 Kh3 44.Bd6 d4 45.Nb5 Rc8+
46.Kxb7 Rxc2 47.Nxd4 Rxb2+ 48.Kc6 Bc4 49.Kc5 Bf1 50.Nf3 Rb5+ 51.Kd4 g4
52.Nd2 Bg2 53.Ke3 h5 54.Bf4 Bd5 55.Kf2 Rb4 56.Be5 h4 57.Nf1 Ra4 58.Kg1
Ra2 59.Ne3 Bf3 60.Bf4 g3 61.hxg3 hxg3 62.Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Black "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 Nf6 7.Be3 b5 8.f4
d6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.O-O g6 12.Rae1 Bg7 13.Qg3 O-O 14.f5 e5 15.
Nb3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Kh1 Rac8 20.Nd2 Qc6 21.
c3 a5 22.Bg1 f5 23.Qh3 e4 24.Bb1 Nb6 25.Rf4 Na4 26.Rh4 Nxb2 27.Bd4 Bxd4
28.cxd4 Qf6 29.Rh6 b4 30.axb4 axb4 31.Nf1 Bf7 32.Ng3 Qxd4 33.Ba2 Qg7 34.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 35.Nxe4 Nd3 36.Rf1 Rfc7 37.Rh7 Nf2+ 38.Nxf2 Qxh7 39.Qb3+ Qf7
40.Qxb4 Rc1 41.Re1 Qe6 42.Nd3 Rxe1+ 43.Nxe1 Rc1 44.Qb8+ Kh7 45.Qb7+ Kh6
46.h3 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Black "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.
d5 O-O-O 9.Bd2 Nd4 10.Nb5 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Qb6 12.Be3 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Be3
c5 15.b4 e6 16.bxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Qd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Nxd5 20.O-O-O
Nf4 21.c3 a6 22.h4 Kc7 23.Rhg1 b5 24.Bf1 e5 25.Nf5 Bxf3 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Ne3 g6 28.c4 Kc6 29.cxb5+ axb5 30.Rg3 Ne2+ 31.Bxe2 Bxe2 32.Rg1 f5 33.Re1
Bf3 34.Nc2 Be4 35.Ne3 Rd4 36.Nf1 Kd6 37.Ng3 Bd5 38.h5 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Fateev, Michail"]
[Black "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 b6 8.f4
Qc7 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Kh1 e5 12.Nb3 h5 13.Be3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.
Nd4 Be7 16.Nf5 Kf8 17.Bg5 Nxf3 18.Qxf3 Rh7 19.Rae1 Re8 20.Bh4 Kg8 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.Bg5 Re6 23.Qf4 Ng4 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Ne5 27.
Qe4 f6 28.Be3 g5 29.b3 Re7 30.Bd4 Kg7 31.Qf5 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Rf1 Rf7
34.h4 gxh4 35.Rf4 Qa5 36.Qxh5 Qe1+ 37.Bg1 Qc1 38.Rxh4 Kf8 39.Qf5 Kg8 40.
Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qh8+ Kg6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Krylov, Andrei"]
[Black "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2
h6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 e5 12.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4
Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 g5 11.Bg3 a6 12.Ne2 Kg7 13.c3 Ng8 14.b4 Bb6 15.Bh2
Qf6 16.Qg4 Qg6 17.Ng3 Nge7 18.Nf5+ Nxf5 19.exf5 Qf6 20.Bd5 Rab8 21.Qe4 h5
22.g4 Rh8 23.Bg3 hxg4 24.hxg4 Rh3 25.Kg2 Rbh8 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Qxc6 Qh6
28.Qe4 Rxg3+ 29.fxg3 Qh2+ 30.Kf3 Rh3 31.Qe1 Qc2 32.Rc1 Qxa2 33.f6+ Kg8
34.Ra1 Qc2 35.Rxa6 Qxd3+ 36.Kg2 Rh6 37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.Qb1 Qxb1 39.Rxb1 Rxf6
40.Rf1 Kg7 41.Rg8+ Kxg8 42.Rxf6 Kg7 43.Rf5 f6 44.c4 Kf7 45.Kf3 Ke6 46.b5
Bd4 47.Ke4 Bb6 48.Rf1 Bd4 49.Rb1 Bb6 50.Rb2 Bd4 51.Ra2 Bc5 52.Rh2 Bd4 53.
Rh7 Bb6 54.Rg7 Ba5 55.Ke3 Bb6+ 56.Kd3 d5 57.cxd5+ Kxd5 58.Rd7+ Ke6 59.Rd8
Bf2 60.Ke4 Bxg3 61.Rd2 Bf4 62.Rc2 Kd6 63.Rc6+ Kd7 64.Rxf6 Ke7 65.Rc6 Kd7
66.Kd5 Bg3 67.Rg6 Bf4 68.Rg7+ Kd8 69.Rf7 Bg3 70.Rf5 Bf4 71.Rxe5 Kc8 72.
Re6 Kb7 73.Rc6 Bd2 74.Ke4 Bf4 75.Kf5 Be3 76.Rg6 Bd2 77.Re6 Bf4 78.Kg6 Bd2
79.Kh5 Bc1 80.Rg6 Bd2 81.Rxg5 Bxg5 82.Kxg5 Kb6 83.Kf5 Kxb5 84.g5 c5 85.
g6 c4 86.g7 c3 87.g8=Q Kb4 88.Qa2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Black "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Re1 e5 8.dxe5
dxe5 9.e4 Qe7 10.b3 b6 11.Ba3 Nc5 12.Nbd2 Rd8 13.Qc2 Ba6 14.Bf1 Bxf1 15.
Rxf1 Nfd7 16.Kg2 Qf6 17.Rad1 Qc6 18.Kg1 a5 19.Rfe1 Qf6 20.Nh4 Ne6 21.Ng2
Ng5 22.Re2 Nf8 23.Kf1 Qe6 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 Nh3 26.Re3 Qg4 27.Rg3 Qh5
28.Bc1 Ne6 29.Nf3 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 Rd8 31.Qc2 Bh6 32.f5 Neg5 33.Bxg5 Bxg5
34.Rxh3 Qxh3 35.Nxg5 Qg4 36.h4 h6 37.fxg6 hxg5 38.gxf7+ Kxf7 39.hxg5 Qxg5
40.Qf2+ Kg8 41.Ne3 Rd3 42.Ke2 Rxc3 43.Kd2 Rc6 44.Ke2 Qb5+ 45.Nc4 Qh5+ 46.
Ke3 Qc5+ 47.Ke2 Qxf2+ 48.Kxf2 Rh6 49.a4 Rh4 50.Nd2 Rh3 51.Nf3 Kf8 52.Ke3
Ke7 53.Kf4 Rh1 54.Nd2 Rh2 55.Ke3 Ke6 56.Kd3 Rh3+ 57.Kd4 c6 58.Kc4 Ke5 59.
b4 Ra3 60.bxa5 Rxa4+ 61.Kd3 bxa5 62.Nf3+ Kd6 63.Nd2 Ra3+ 64.Kd4 Ra2 65.
Nc4+ Ke6 66.Kc3 Ra4 67.Nd2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Bxb4 Nxb4
8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bc4 d6 10.O-O Be6 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.b3 a6 13.a3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Bxd5
15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Ne7 17.c4 f5 18.f3 f4 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.Qd2 Qb6+ 21.Kh1
Qxb3 22.c5 dxc5 23.d6 Nd4 24.Rfb1 Qd5 25.Rb6 Rf7 26.Rab1 h6 27.Qb2 Nf5
28.Nc3 Qe6 29.Ne4 Qd5 30.Nc3 Qc4 31.Ne4 Qd4 32.Rxb7 Qxb2 33.R1xb2 Rd8 34.
Rxf7 Kxf7 35.Rb7+ Ke6 36.Nxc5+ Kxd6 37.Nxa6 Kc6 38.Rb1 Rd2 39.Nb4+ Kc5 40.
Rc1+ Kb5 41.Re1 Ne3 42.g3 g5 43.Rb1 Ka4 44.Nc6 e4 45.gxf4 exf3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bb2
O-O 9.Qe2 c5 10.c4 Ne4 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Bf6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Ba6 Bxa6
15.Qxa6 Rc7 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 Qe7 18.Ba3 Re8 19.b4 Nb8 20.Qc4 Nd7 21.
bxc5 bxc5 22.Nb3 Nb6 23.Qb5 Qd7 24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.Bxc5 Be7 27.
Bxe7 Rcxe7 28.Rc2 g6 29.Rb1 Kg7 30.Kf1 Rd8 31.Ke2 Rdd7 32.Kd2 Rd5 33.Rcb2
Ra5 34.Rc1 Rh5 35.h3 Rg5 36.g3 Rf5 37.Ke2 Re6 38.Rc7 Ra5 39.Kf1 Rb6 40.
Rxa7 Rxa7 41.Rxb6 Rxa2 42.Rb7 Kf6 43.Kg2 Rd2 44.g4 Ra2 45.Rb5 Ra6 46.Re5
Rb6 47.Rxe4 Kg5 48.Kg3 Rb1 49.h4+ Kf6 50.Rf4+ Ke6 51.g5 Rb5 52.Rf6+ Ke7
53.e4 Rb4 54.d5 Rxe4 55.d6+ Ke8 56.d7+ Kxd7 57.Rxf7+ Re7 58.Rf6 Re6 59.
Rf4 Ke7 60.Rb4 Kf7 61.Kg4 Re1 62.Kf4 Rh1 63.Rb7+ Kg8 64.Kg3 Rg1+ 65.Kf3
Rh1 66.Rb4 Rh3+ 67.Kg2 Rd3 68.f3 Rd2+ 69.Kg3 Re2 70.Kf4 Re7 71.Re4 Rf7+
72.Kg4 Kg7 73.f4 h6 74.gxh6+ Kxh6 75.Re6 Rf5 76.Re7 Rc5 77.Re5 Rc1 78.
Re6 Rc5 79.Kf3 Rf5 80.Re8 Ra5 81.Rd8 Ra3+ 82.Ke4 Kg7 83.Rd7+ Kf6 84.Rd4
Rh3 85.Rd6+ Kg7 86.Ke5 Re3+ 87.Kd4 Rh3 88.Rc6 Rxh4 89.Ke5 Rh5+ 90.Ke6 Rf5
91.Rc4 Rf6+ 92.Ke5 Rf5+ 93.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d5 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.d3 b5 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Rac1 Qa5 14.a3 Nh5
15.d4 e6 16.Ne5 Nhf6 17.Nc6 Rxc6 18.Rxc6 Nb8 19.Rc2 h5 20.Rfc1 Nbd7 21.
h3 Rd8 22.Qd3 Bf8 23.b4 Qb6 24.Nb3 Qa7 25.Na5 Qa8 26.Qc3 Nb6 27.Qc6 Nc4
28.Qxa8 Rxa8 29.Nxc4 bxc4 30.Bc3 Rb8 31.Be1 Nd7 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 e5 34.
Bc3 e4 35.Kg2 Nb6 36.f3 Re8 37.Rh1 Na4 38.Be1 f6 39.Bg3 Re6 40.f4 Rc6 41.
Be1 Rb6 42.Bd2 Rb5 43.Kf2 Kg7 44.Ke2 Kg8 45.Be1 Rb6 46.Kd1 Rc6 47.Kc1 Rb6
48.Kb1 Rc6 49.Ka2 Rc7 50.Bg3 Rc6 51.Rb1 Rb6 52.Rh1 Rc6 53.Rch2 Bg7 54.f5
g5 55.Bb8 Rb6 56.Ba7 Rb5 57.Rc2 Rb7 58.Bc5 Rb5 59.Rhc1 Kf7 60.Bd6 Rb6 61.
Bc7 Rc6 62.Ba5 Rc8 63.Rh2 Kg8 64.Kb1 Bf8 65.Kc2 Bg7 66.Rb1 Rb8 67.Bc7 Rb7
68.Bd6 Rb5 69.Rbh1 Rb6 70.Bc5 Rb5 71.Rh7 Rb7 72.R1h6 Rb5 73.Rh1 Rb7 74.
R7h2 Rb5 75.Rc1 Kf7 76.Kb1 Kg8 77.Ka2 Kf7 78.Rg2 Rb7 79.Rgc2 Rb5 80.Bd6
Rb6 81.Bg3 Bf8 82.Rxc4 dxc4 83.Rxc4 Bd6 84.Bxd6 Rxd6 85.Rc7+ Kf8 86.Kb3
Nb6 87.a4 Nd5 88.Rc8+ Kf7 89.b5 axb5 90.axb5 Nxe3 91.Kb4 Rxd4+ 92.Ka5
Nc4+ 93.Ka6 e3 94.Rc7+ Kf8 95.b6 Nxb6 96.Kxb6 e2 97.Rc8+ Ke7 98.Kc5 Rd7
99.Rc6 e1=Q 100.Re6+ Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3
Bh5 9.Bg5 Qd7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd2 Nd8 12.Rb1 c6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Ne6 15.
Kh2 Nd4 16.Nde4 Be7 17.g4 Bg6 18.e3 Ne6 19.Ng3 Nc7 20.e4 f6 21.Nf5 Bd8
22.Ne3 Ne6 23.Qd2 Nf4 24.Ne2 Nxg2 25.Kxg2 Bf7 26.Nc3 Bb6 27.Rfc1 Rfd8 28.
Nf5 Be6 29.f3 g6 30.Ng3 Kg7 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Ba5 33.Qc2 Bxc3 34.Qxc3
Ra2+ 35.Rb2 Rda8 36.Rcc2 Ra1 37.Rc1 R8a3 38.Qc2 Rxc1 39.Qxc1 Rxd3 40.Qb1
Rd4 41.bxc6 Qxc6 42.Rxb7+ Bf7 43.Qb5 Qxc4 44.Qxc4 Rxc4 45.Rd7 Rd4 46.Kf2
Kf8 47.Ne2 Rd3 48.Nc1 Rd2+ 49.Ke3 Rd4 50.Ne2 Rd1 51.Nc3 Re1+ 52.Kd2 Rf1
53.Ke3 Rh1 54.Rxd6 Ke7 55.Rb6 Rxh3 56.Rb7+ Kf8 57.Rb6 Kg7 58.Rb7 h5 59.
gxh5 gxh5 60.Nb5 Kg6 61.Nd6 Be6 62.Re7 Bg4 63.Kd2 Rxf3 64.Ne8 Rf4 65.Ke3
Bf3 66.Nd6 h4 67.Re8 h3 68.Rg8+ Kh7 69.Rg3 Bg2 70.Nf5 Rxe4+ 71.Kf2 Rf4+
72.Kg1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Patsovsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nd2
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nf3 Qb4+ 12.Qd2 Qxb2 13.O-O Nxe5 14.Nd4
Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Qb4 16.f4 Qe7 17.Qb5+ Qd7 18.Qb2 c5 19.Nf3 O-O 20.Ne5 Qe7
21.a4 f6 22.Nf3 Bc6 23.Rfb1 Rfb8 24.Qa3 e5 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.c4 dxc4 27.
Nd2 Qg5 28.g3 Qg4 29.Qc3 Qh3 30.e4 Rd8 31.Qxc4+ Kh8 32.Nf3 Qh5 33.Rf1 Rd6
34.Qc3 Re8 35.Nxe5 Rde6 36.Rf5 Qe2 37.Raf1 Kg8 38.Nxc6 Rxc6 39.Qe5 Qxf1+
40.Kxf1 Rxe5 41.Rxe5 Kf7 42.Ke2 Rh6 43.h4 Re6 44.Rf5+ Ke7 45.Kd3 Kd7 46.
Rf1 Re7 47.h5 Kc6 48.g4 Kd6 49.g5 Re5 50.Rf5 g6 51.Rf6+ Re6 52.Rf7 Ke5
53.Rxa7 Kf4 54.Rxh7 gxh5 55.Rxh5 Rd6+ 56.Kc3 Kxe4 57.Rh6 Rd3+ 58.Kc2 Rg3
59.Rxb6 Rxg5 60.Kc3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.exd5 d6 5.Bb5+ Nd7 6.a4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Be2 b6 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 Nf8 13.Bf4 h6 14.Nd2 g5 15.
Bh2 Ng6 16.Nc4 Ra7 17.Bf3 Bf8 18.Rxe8 Nxe8 19.Qd2 Rb7 20.Na3 Bg7 21.Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 d5 5.O-O e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.b3
c5 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.e4 d4 11.Rf1 Qc7 12.Ne1 Ne5 13.h3 Nc6 14.f4 g6 15.Nef3
Nh5 16.Kh2 e5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Nh4 Nxg3 19.Kxg3 Bxh4+ 20.Kh2 Kh8 21.Qh5 Bg3+
22.Kxg3 f4+ 23.Kh2 Rg8 24.Bf3 Nb4 25.Rg1 Nxc2 26.Rxg8+ Rxg8 27.Rg1 Rxg1
28.Kxg1 f6 29.Bg4 Qg7 30.Qe8+ Qg8 31.Qe7 Qg7 32.Qd8+ Qg8 33.Qxf6+ Qg7 34.
Qd8+ Qg8 35.Qe7 Qg7 36.Qe8+ Qg8 37.Qxe5+ Qg7 38.Qb8+ Qg8 39.Qxf4 Ne3 40.
Qxe3 Qg7 41.Qf4 Bc8 42.Qb8 h5 43.Qxc8+ Kh7 44.Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Black "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.f4 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb2 g6 6.Bb5 Bg7 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxd7
Qxd7 9.O-O O-O 10.d3 a6 11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.Nd2 b5 13.Qf3 Rac8 14.Be5 Nd7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qh3 c4 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.d4 Rb8 19.Nf3 Rb2 20.Rf2 Nf6 21.f5
Ne4 22.Rff1 Rxc2 23.Ne5 Qd6 24.Ng4 Rb8 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.Ne5
Nf6 28.Rf3 Rcb2 29.Raf1 Rb1 30.h3 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 c3 32.Nd3 c2 33.Nc1 Rb1
34.Qh4 Qa3 35.Qe1 Ne4 36.Kh2 Qd6+ 37.Kg1 Qb4 38.Qxb4 Rxb4 39.Re1 Rb1 40.
Kf1 Nc3 41.Kf2 Nd1+ 42.Ke2 Rxc1 43.Kd2 Ra1 44.Kxc2 Rxa2+ 45.Kxd1 Ra1+ 46.
Kd2 Rxe1 47.Kxe1 Kf7 48.Kd2 Kf6 49.Kd3 Kf5 50.g3 h5 51.Kd2 Ke4 52.Ke2 a5
53.g4 a4 54.gxh5 gxh5 55.Kd2 a3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.g4
Qc7 9.g5 Nfd7 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Nxe6 Qc4 12.Nxg7+ Kf8 13.Nf5 Qe6 14.Bf4 Ne5
15.Nd5 Bd8 16.Qe2 Nbc6 17.O-O-O Nf7 18.h4 Nce5 19.Rhg1 Bd7 20.h5 Rg8 21.
Qe3 Rc8 22.b3 Bb5 23.Kb1 Rc5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.g6 hxg6 26.hxg6 Ng5 27.Rxg5
Bxg5 28.Qxg5 Be2 29.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Black "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 exd5 6.exd5 Be7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bf5 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Re8 14.g4 Bg6
15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Qd3 a6 17.a4 Qa5 18.Nd2 Bf8 19.Nc4 Qb4 20.Bg3 b5 21.Nxd6
c4 22.Rxe8 cxd3 23.Rxa8 Qxb2 24.Ra2 dxc2 25.Rxb2 c1=Q+ 26.Nd1 Qxd1+ 27.
Kh2 Qxd5 28.Rxa6 Nc5 29.Rxb5 Nxa6 30.Rxd5 Nxd5 31.Kg2 Nc5 32.a5 Be7 33.
Nc4 f6 34.h4 Kf7 35.f4 Ke6 36.Kf3 Nb4 37.Be1 Nbd3 38.Bc3 Kd5 39.Ne3+ Kc6
40.g5 f5 41.h5 Ne4 42.Bxg7 gxh5 43.Nxf5 Nxg5+ 44.fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Khan, Andrey"]
[Black "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O d6 8.
f3 Be6 9.Kb1 Re8 10.Qf2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Bd3 Bxd2 14.Rxd2
Ndb4 15.a3 Nxd3 16.Rxd3 Bf5 17.Re3 Rad8 18.Ne2 Bg6 19.g4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Qd6
21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Nc3 Qd4 23.Qg3 Qe5 24.Qxe5 Nxe5 25.Re1 Kf8 26.Re3 Nc4
27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.Kc1 Ne5 29.Nb5 Kd7 30.Nd4 c5 31.Ne2 Nxf3 32.h3 Ng5 33.
Nf4 Ne4 34.Kd1 g5 35.Nd3 Ke6 36.Ke2 f5 37.Kf3 b6 38.a4 c4 39.Nb4 Nc5 40.
Nc6 Nxa4 41.b3 cxb3 42.cxb3 Nc5 43.b4 Nd3 44.Ke3 fxg4 45.hxg4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 d4 8.
Nb1 Qd5 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Bc1 Nc6 11.a3 Bf5 12.Bg2 Rd8 13.O-O Qe6 14.b4 Bb6
15.Bb2 a6 16.Qa4 O-O 17.b5 axb5 18.Qxb5 Na5 19.Nh4 Bg6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Bxe4 Qxe4 22.Qxb6 Nc4 23.Bc1 Nxb6 24.Nd2 Qxe2 25.Nb3 Nc4 26.Bf4 Rfe8 27.
a4 d3 28.Nc1 Qxf1+ 29.Kxf1 d2 30.Bxd2 Nxd2+ 31.Kg2 Re1 32.h3 Rc8 33.Ra2
Rcxc1 34.Rxd2 Rcd1 35.Rb2 Re7 36.a5 Rd5 37.Ra2 Ree5 38.Rb2 Rb5 39.Rc2
Rxa5 40.f4 Re3 41.Kf2 Raa3 42.Rc8+ Kh7 43.Rc7 Rf3+ 44.Ke2 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Black "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3
Nc6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb8 14.c4 Nbd7
15.Rac1 Nh5 16.g3 f5 17.Qb4 b6 18.Qa4 f4 19.Bf2 Nc5 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.g4
Nf6 22.Qc2 Qd7 23.h3 Ne8 24.Bd3 g6 25.Kg2 Qd8 26.h4 Bxh4 27.Rh1 Bxf2 28.
Kxf2 Qg5 29.Rh3 Rc7 30.Rch1 Rff7 31.Rh6 Rg7 32.Qa4 Qe7 33.a3 Rb7 34.b4
cxb4 35.axb4 Nf6 36.g5 Nh5 37.R1xh5 gxh5 38.Re6 Qd7 39.Qxa6 Rxb4 40.Qa8+
Kf7 41.Rf6+ Ke7 42.Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Kosov, Igor"]
[Black "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.Rab1 h6 12.Bh4 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.b4 Ne6
15.b5 Nf6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Na4 Bd7 18.Ne5 Rec8 19.Rb7 Nd8 20.Ba6 Rcb8 21.
Rxb8 Rxb8 22.Rb1 Ra8 23.Nc5 g6 24.Bb7 Rb8 25.Ncxd7 Nxd7 26.Nxc6 Nxc6 27.
Bxc6 Rxb1+ 28.Qxb1 Nb6 29.Qb3 Qd6 30.Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5
Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.Ne5 Nf6 11.Qf3 Ra7 12.Bb4 Bb7 13.Qg3 Nh5 14.Qg4 g6
15.Be2 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.O-O f5 18.Qh3 Nf6 19.b3 cxb3 20.Rac1 Qd7 21.
Qg3 Kf7 22.Bc5 Rb7 23.e4 b2 24.Rb1 Nxe4 25.Qe5 Rhb8 26.Rxb2 Nc3 27.Rc2 b4
28.Ba6 Qd5 29.Qxd5 Bxd5 30.Bxb7 Rxb7 31.f3 Na4 32.Ra1 b3 33.Rd2 b2 34.
Rxb2 Nxb2 35.Rxa5 Nd3 36.h3 f4 37.Bd6 g5 38.Kf1 Rb2 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Be5
Nxe5 41.dxe5 Bc4+ 42.Kg1 Re2 43.Rc7 Bd5 44.Rc8 Rxe5 45.Rg8+ Kh5 46.Kf2
Kh4 47.Rh8 h5 48.Rc8 Bb7 49.Rc4 Ba6 50.g3+ Kxh3 51.gxf4 Re2+ 52.Kxe2
Bxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Black "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6
8.h4 O-O 9.Bd3 c5 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.O-O-O e5 12.Qe4 g6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Bc4
Nb6 15.Qxe5 Qxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Rd8 18.Rhe1 Be6 19.Ne5 Rac8 20.Kb1
Bf5 21.Rd2 Re8 22.b3 Re6 23.Nf3 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 Rd8 25.Kc1 Rd7 26.Nf3 Be4
27.Ne1 Bc6 28.g3 Kg7 29.Nd3 Kf6 30.a4 h6 31.f4 Rd6 32.Ne5 Ke7 33.Re2 Re6
34.Kd2 Be8 35.Nf3 Rxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Kd6 37.Nxd4 Kc5 38.c3 Bd7 39.Kd3 a5 40.
Ke4 f6 41.Kd3 Bh3 42.c4 Bd7 43.Kc3 b6 44.Nc2 Bc6 45.Ne1 Be4 46.Nd3+ Kd6
47.Kd4 Bf5 48.c5+ bxc5+ 49.Nxc5 Bc8 50.Ne4+ Ke6 51.Nd2 Kf5 52.Ke3 Kg4 53.
Kf2 Kf5 54.Nc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.c3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1
e6 9.Qe2 h6 10.Nf1 Re8 11.h4 e5 12.c3 b6 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.N1d2
Qd7 16.a4 Rad8 17.Nc4 Ba6 18.Qb3 Nc7 19.Nfd2 Kh7 20.h5 g5 21.a5 Nxa5 22.
Nxa5 bxa5 23.Rxa5 Bxd3 24.Rxa7 Re7 25.Ne4 c4 26.Qb6 Kg8 27.Be3 Qc8 28.Nd6
Qe6 29.Nb5 Qxb6 30.Bxb6 Rb8 31.Nxc7 Rxb6 32.Ra8+ Bf8 33.Nd5 Rbe6 34.Nxe7+
Rxe7 35.Bd5 Rd7 36.Rxe5 Kg7 37.Bf3 Be7 38.Rb5 f5 39.Rb7 Rxb7 40.Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9.Nge2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O Ng7 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Bxb4 14.a5 O-O 15.
Rfb1 Be7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Na4 Ne8 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Nxc8 Qxc8 20.Nc3 Nd6 21.
Na4 Be7 22.Nc5 f5 23.g3 Ne4 24.Ra4 Nd6 25.Kg2 Nb5 26.Rc1 Bxc5 27.Qxc5 Qe6
28.Ra2 Nd6 29.Rb2 Rbe8 30.h4 Re7 31.Re2 Kg7 32.Rb1 Rf6 33.Rc1 h6 34.Rh1
Qf7 35.Rb2 Ree6 36.Rbb1 Re8 37.Rb2 Rh8 38.Rbb1 Qe6 39.Rbe1 Re8 40.Qb4 Re7
41.Rb1 Ne4 42.Rbe1 Rc7 43.Rc1 Rff7 44.Rc2 Rfe7 45.Rhc1 Re8 46.Rb1 Rf7 47.
Qe1 g5 48.hxg5 hxg5 49.Rcb2 Nd6 50.Qe2 Rh8 51.Rh1 Rxh1 52.Kxh1 Qh6+ 53.
Kg1 Rf8 54.Qf3 Rh8 55.Rb1 Qh2+ 56.Kf1 Qh1+ 57.Ke2 Qxf3+ 58.Kxf3 Rh2 59.
Rg1 Kf6 60.Rb1 Ke6 61.Ke2 Nb5 62.Bxb5 axb5 63.a6 bxa6 64.Ra1 Kd6 65.Rxa6
Rh7 66.Ra8 Rb7 67.Rg8 g4 68.Rg6+ Kc7 69.Rf6 Kb6 70.Rxf5 Rg7 71.Kd3 b4 72.
Rf8 Kb5 73.Rb8+ Ka4 74.Kc2 Rf7 75.Ra8+ Kb5 76.Kb3 Rxf2 77.Rb8+ Ka5 78.
Ra8+ Kb6 79.Rb8+ Ka5 80.Ra8+ Kb6 81.Rb8+ Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9.exd6 exd6 10.Qd4 Qf6 11.Be3 Be7 12.O-O-O Qxd4 13.Bxd4 O-O 14.Be2
d5 15.Rhe1 Bf6 16.Bf3 Ba6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.g4 Rfe8 19.g5 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Re8
21.Rxe8+ Nxe8 22.Na4 f6 23.Nc5 Bc8 24.c4 Nc7 25.b4 fxg5 26.fxg5 Kf7 27.
Kd2 Ke7 28.Kc3 Kd6 29.Kd4 dxc4 30.Ne4+ Ke7 31.Kxc4 Be6+ 32.Kd3 Bxa2 33.
Nf6 h6 34.Bxc6 hxg5 35.Ng4 Kd6 36.Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bd3
b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.f4 Ne7 11.Qf3 Nf5 12.Bf2 Be7 13.g4 Nd6 14.g5 Nfe4 15.h4
cxd4 16.exd4 Nxd2 17.Kxd2 Ne4+ 18.Kc2 Bd6 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Rac1 f5 21.gxf6
gxf6 22.Ng4 f5 23.Ne5 Kh8 24.Rcg1 Rac8 25.Bd2 Nxd2 26.Kxd2 Bxe5 27.fxe5
Qf7 28.Qf4 Rg8 29.Rg5 Rxg5 30.hxg5 Rg8 31.Rh6 Rg6 32.Qh4 Qg7 33.Rxg6 Qxg6
34.Be2 h6 35.gxh6 Bc6 36.Qd8+ Be8 37.Bb5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1
Ndf6 9.h3 Nh6 10.Rxg7 Nf5 11.Rg1 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bd3 Nd6
15.Ne5 Nfe4 16.Qa4+ Kf8 17.Nd7+ Ke8 18.Nxb6+ Kf8 19.Nd7+ Ke8 20.Nc5+ Kf8
21.Nxb7 Nxb7 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Bxe4 Qb6 24.Bc3 Rg8 25.Rxg8+ Kxg8 26.Qd7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Ne5 Qe7 6.Nd2 Nfd7 7.c3 g6 8.Bd3
f6 9.Nxd7 Nxd7 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.e4 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Kf7 14.exd5
Qxd5 15.O-O Rd8 16.Nf3 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 a6 19.Be2 Ke7 20.h4 e5
21.h5 Be6 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.b3 a5 24.Nd2 Rd8 25.Kf1 f5 26.Nf3 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 Ne4 28.Nxe5 Nxc3 29.Bf3 b6 30.Nxg6+ Kd6 31.Nf4 Bf7 32.Ne2 Nxa2 33.
Nd4 Ke5 34.Nc6+ Kf6 35.Nd4 Nc1 36.Bd1 Ke5 37.Nf3+ Kd6 38.Nd4 Kc5 39.Nxf5
Bxb3 40.Ke1 Nd3+ 41.Kd2 Bxd1 42.Kxd3 b5 43.Ne3 Bh5 44.Kc3 b4+ 45.Kb2 Bg6
46.f4 a4 47.f5 a3+ 48.Ka1 Bh7 49.Nc2 b3 50.Nxa3 Bxf5 51.Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9.e5 Ne4 10.a4 Nc5 11.Qxd4 Nxb3 12.cxb3 b4 13.Re1 Qe7 14.Be3
Qe6 15.Nd2 Be7 16.Rac1 Bc6 17.Nc4 Qg6 18.g3 Qh5 19.Nd6+ Kf8 20.Ne4 Qf3
21.Rc4 a5 22.h3 h6 23.Kh2 Kg8 24.Rg1 Kh7 25.Qd3 g6 26.g4 Bh4 27.Nd2 Qd5
28.Qxd5 Bxd5 29.Rxc7 Bc6 30.Nc4 Rhe8 31.f4 Kg7 32.Ra7 Bd8 33.Rxa8 Bxa8
34.Rd1 Bc6 35.Bb6 Bxb6 36.Nxb6 g5 37.Kg3 f6 38.Nxd7 fxe5 39.Nxe5 Be4 40.
Rd7+ Kf6 41.Rd6+ Kg7 42.Ra6 Bc2 43.Rxa5 gxf4+ 44.Kxf4 Bxb3 45.Ra7+ Kf6 46.
Nd7+ Kg6 47.h4 Re7 48.Ne5+ Kf6 49.Rxe7 Kxe7 50.a5 Kd6 51.Nd3 Kc6 52.a6
Kb5 53.a7 Bd5 54.Ke5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.a4 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 b4 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.h3 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Ra2 O-O 12.b3 Qa6 13.Qc2 e5 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.a5
Nc8 16.Bc1 Ne7 17.Bb2 Rad8 18.Nbd2 Qc8 19.Ng5 Bf5 20.e4 Bd7 21.f4 h6 22.
Ngf3 Nh5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.f5 Kh7 25.Qd1 Ng3 26.Re1 gxf5 27.e5 Be6 28.Nf1
Rg8 29.Nxg3 Rxg3 30.exd6 Rxd6 31.Qe2 Ng6 32.Bb1 Qg8 33.Kh1 Qg7 34.Qf2 Nf4
35.Nh2 Nd3 36.Bxd3 Rgxd3 37.Qxc5 Rd1 38.Qxb4 Qg3 39.Rae2 R6d2 40.Nf1 Rxe1
0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Black "Fateev, Michail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9.Qe4 Nb6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bd3 g6 12.O-O Bg7 13.f4 O-O-O 14.Be3 d5
15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Qd4 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qc5 d4 19.Qxe7 Bxe7 20.Bd2 dxc3
21.Bxc3 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Rxd3 23.Bxh8 Rd2 24.Rf3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Bd4 26.Re1 Bxh8
27.Re8+ Rd8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O f5 14.exf5
d5 15.c3 e4 16.Bc2 Qe5 17.Bb3 Bb7 18.Qg4 O-O 19.Nc2 Kh8 20.Qh5 Rad8 21.
Ne3 b4 22.Ng4 Qf4 23.f3 Rg8 24.fxe4 Qxe4 25.Rae1 Bd4+ 26.cxd4 Qxg4 27.
Qxg4 Rxg4 28.Re7 Bc6 29.Rxf7 Re8 30.f6 Rxd4 31.Bc2 Rh4 32.Bd3 d4 33.g3
Rh5 34.Rc1 Bd5 35.Re7 Rf8 36.Rcc7 Bxa2 37.Bxa6 Bb1 38.Rc8 Rxc8 39.Bxc8
Bg6 40.Rd7 Kg8 41.Rg7+ Kf8 42.Be6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.c4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 e6 9.Nc3 Rc8 10.Bd2 Bc5 11.Qd3 O-O 12.O-O-O exd5 13.Nxd5 Ba4 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Rf1 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Black "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9.O-O d6 10.f4 Qxe4 11.Bf2 Bxd4 12.cxd4 N5g6 13.Nc3 Qxf4 14.Nb5
O-O 15.Nxc7 Rb8 16.d5 b6 17.Nb5 Qg5 18.Bg3 Qe3+ 19.Kh1 Nf5 20.Rxf5 Bxf5
21.Nxd6 Bd7 22.Nc4 Qg5 23.Bxb8 Rxb8 24.Qd4 Re8 25.Bf3 Nh4 26.Rg1 Nf5 27.
Qf2 Qf4 28.b3 Bb5 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Black "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Qb6 4.Qc1 Bg4 5.Nd2 h6 6.Bh4 Nd7 7.c4 e6 8.Bd3
Be7 9.Bg3 Ngf6 10.a3 Nh5 11.f3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bf5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.cxd5 cxd5
15.Ne2 O-O 16.Qc2 Qe6 17.Kf2 Nb6 18.Rac1 Bd6 19.Nf4 Qd7 20.Qd3 Rfe8 21.
Rh5 Rac8 22.Rch1 Bxf4 23.gxf4 Nc4 24.Nxc4 Rxc4 25.Rxf5 Rec8 26.Rfh5 Qb5
27.Kg3 Qxb2 28.Rxd5 Rc2 29.Rh2 R2c6 30.f5 Qc1 31.Qe4 Qxa3 32.Qf4 a6 33.
Rd7 b5 34.d5 Rc4 35.e4 Qc3 36.Rd6 Re8 37.Kg4 f6 38.Re6 Rd8 39.Re7 Qc1 40.
Qxc1 Rxc1 41.g3 Ra1 42.Rd2 b4 43.Rb7 a5 44.d6 Ra3 45.f4 Re3 46.Re7 b3 47.
e5 fxe5 48.fxe5 a4 49.e6 a3 50.f6 gxf6 51.d7 b2 52.Re8+ Kg7 53.Rxd8 b1=Q
54.Rg8+ Kh7 55.d8=Q Qe4+ 56.Kh3 Qh1+ 57.Rh2 Qf1+ 58.Kh4 Re4+ 59.Rg4 Rxg4+
60.Kxg4 f5+ 61.Kh4 Qc4+ 62.Kh3 Qg4+ 63.Kg2 Qe2+ 64.Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Black "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O
Qc7 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.f4 Re8 12.b3 b6 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.g4 Nc5 15.Qc2
e5 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.g5 Nfd7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 a5 21.a3 Qd8
22.Ng3 Rc8 23.Bh5 g6 24.Bg4 Rc7 25.Qf2 Nb8 26.Rc3 Bg7 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4
Na4 29.Rxc7 Qxc7 30.Rc1 Qd6 31.b5 Bf8 32.Ra1 Nc5 33.Ra7 Be7 34.Qc2 Rd8
35.h4 Nbd7 36.Kg2 Bf8 37.Kh2 Qb8 38.Ra1 Rc8 39.Rc1 Qa7 40.h5 Ra8 41.hxg6
hxg6 42.Rf1 Qa2 43.Qxa2 Rxa2+ 44.Rf2 Ra3 45.Re2 Rb3 46.Bd2 Rxb5 47.Bc3
Rb3 48.Rc2 Be7 49.Bd2 Nf8 50.Bd1 Rb1 51.Rc1 Rxc1 52.Bxc1 Nh7 53.Bc2 Bxg5
54.Bb2 Bf4 55.Kg2 Ng5 56.Ne2 Ncxe4 57.Nxf4 exf4 58.Bxe4 Nxe4 59.Kf3 Nc5
60.d6 Kf8 61.Bf6 Ke8 62.Kxf4 Kd7 63.Ke5 Kc6 64.Be7 Nd7+ 65.Kd4 b5 66.Kd3
Kc5 67.Kc3 f5 68.Bg5 Kxd6 69.Kb4 Kc6 70.Kb3 Nc5+ 71.Kb4 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Black "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 b6 6.e3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 Bb7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nxc3 11.Rxc3 d6 12.d5 e5 13.e4 Nd7 14.Nd2 f5 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16.Bd3 Rf4 17.Ne4 Raf8 18.b4 Nf6 19.Qc2 Bc8 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.c5
dxc5 22.bxc5 e4 23.d6 Qe5 24.Be2 Bf5 25.Qc1 cxd6 26.cxd6 Qxd6 27.Rd1 Qb8
28.Rg3+ Bg6 29.Bh5 Kg7 30.Bxg6 hxg6 31.Rd7+ Rf7 32.Qd2 Qe5 33.Rxf7+ Kxf7
34.Qd7+ Qe7 35.Qd5+ Kg7 36.Qd2 Rf5 37.Re3 Re5 38.Rh3 g5 39.Re3 Qe6 40.g3
g4 41.Rc3 Rc5 42.Ra3 a5 43.Ra4 Qf5 44.Rd4 Rb5 45.Rxe4 Rb1+ 46.Re1 Rxe1+
47.Qxe1 Kf7 48.Qe2 b5 49.h4 gxh3 50.Kh2 b4 51.g4 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Black "Krasnov, Vasiliy G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Be2 e5 6.d3 Bf5 7.O-O O-O-O 8.
Ne1 e4 9.Qa4 exd3 10.Bf3 Qd7 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Be3 Nge7 13.Nd2 a6 14.b4 cxb4
15.cxb4 Ne5 16.Rc1+ Kb8 17.Qb3 Be6 18.Qb2 Nf5 19.Bc5 Bc7 20.Bd1 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 Qxd4 22.Qb1 g5 23.a4 g4 24.a5 Qf4 25.Qb2 Nc4 26.g3 Qxd2 27.Qb1 Na3
28.Qa1 Qxb4 29.Nxd3 Rxd3 30.Qxh8+ Rd8 31.Qa1 h5 32.Rc3 Nb5 33.Re3 Nd4 34.
Rfe1 Bxa5 35.Re4 Qd2 36.R1e3 Bb6 37.Qb1 Nb5 38.Be2 Bxe3 39.Rxe3 Nc3 40.
Qf1 Nxe2+ 41.Rxe2 Qd1 42.Re1 Qd3 43.Re5 Qxf1+ 44.Kxf1 Rd5 45.Re3 Rd1+ 46.
Ke2 Rh1 47.f4 Rxh2+ 48.Kd3 h4 49.Kd4 h3 50.Ke5 Rg2 51.f5 h2 52.fxe6 fxe6
0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Black "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.Bg5 Ng6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bxf6
Qxf6 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Ne2 Bg4 14.Nd2 Bxd2
15.Qxd2 a5 16.f3 Bd7 17.e4 g5 18.Qe3 b6 19.b3 Qf7 20.a3 Qg6 21.Rf2 Rf6
22.Rcf1 Raf8 23.g4 Qh7 24.Ng3 g6 25.h3 Qf7 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Qd2 Ra8 28.Rh1
Qe7 29.Rff1 Rff8 30.Rh2 Qf6 31.Qe3 Qf4 32.Qe2 Rh8 33.Nh1 h5 34.Nf2 Raf8
35.Nd3 Qf6 36.Rf2 hxg4 37.fxg4 Qe7 38.Kg3 Rxf2 39.Rxf2 Rf8 40.Rxf8 Qxf8
41.Qe3 Qf6 42.b4 Qf4+ 43.Qxf4 gxf4+ 44.Kf3 Ba4 45.Nb2 Bc2 46.b5 g5 47.a4
Kf6 48.c5 dxc5 49.Nc4 Bd1+ 50.Kf2 Bxa4 51.d6 cxd6 52.Nxb6 Bxb5 53.Nd5+
Kf7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Black "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 Bxf4 8.gxf4
O-O 9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Ne5 Qh4 11.e3 Nd7 12.f3 Nd6 13.b3 Qf6 14.Nd2 h6 15.Rf2
Rd8 16.Nf1 Nb8 17.Ng3 g6 18.e4 b6 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Rc1 Bb7 21.exf5 Nxf5
22.Nxf5 gxf5 23.Bh3 Bc8 24.Rg2+ Kh7 25.Kh1 a5 26.Rcg1 Ra7 27.Rg6 Qf8 28.
Rg8 Qxg8 29.Bxf5+ Bxf5 30.Qxf5+ Kh8 31.Ng6+ Qxg6 32.Qxg6 Rad7 33.Qxh6+ Rh7
34.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Patsovsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qc7 8.Be3
Bd7 9.Rc1 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Rc8 11.Be2 Nf6 12.O-O e5 13.Be3 Be7 14.f5 Qb8 15.
g4 h6 16.Kh1 b5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bd8 19.Qe1 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Bb6 21.g5
hxg5 22.Bxb6 Qxb6 23.Qxg5 Qd4 24.Bh5 Qxe4+ 25.Kg1 Qxd5 26.Qxg7 Rf8 27.b3
Bc6 28.Bf3 Qd4+ 29.Kg2 Qd2+ 30.Rf2 Bxf3+ 31.Kxf3 Qd3+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.Kg1
d5 34.h4 d4 35.h5 d3 36.Qg5 f6 37.Qg6+ Ke7 38.Qg7+ Rf7 39.Qh6 Qg4+ 40.
Rg2 Qd4+ 41.Kh1 e4 42.Qf4 Qe5 43.Qf1 Rh7 44.Rh2 Qd5 45.Qg2 Qxf5 46.h6 d2
47.Qe2 Qf4 48.Kg1 e3 49.Qd3 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Black "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.d4 Bb7 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qe2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3
Nb4 9.Bc4 Rc8 10.Ne5 Be7 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 dxc6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Qg4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Kf8 16.Qf3 Qd7 17.O-O h5 18.Rd1 g6 19.Bb3 Kg7 20.c4 h4 21.h3 c5 22.
d5 exd5 23.cxd5 c4 24.e6 fxe6 25.dxe6 Qxe6 26.Bb2+ Kh6 27.Qxb7 cxb3 28.
Re1 Qf5 29.Qxe7 Rhe8 30.Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Black "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 a6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.c4 Qd7 13.h3 Nc6 14.N2f3 Rfd8
15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Rac8 19.b3 Qc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8
21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 g5 23.Bg3 Ne4 24.Kf1 Bf6 25.Qe1 Nxg3+ 26.fxg3 Kg7
27.Qe4 b6 28.g4 Qd6 29.Ke2 Qg3 30.Kf1 Qd6 31.Ke2 Qa3 32.Qc2 Qb2 33.Qxb2
Bxb2 34.a4 a5 35.Kd3 Kf8 36.Nd2 Ke7 37.c5 bxc5 38.Nc4 Bd4 39.Nxa5 Kd6 40.
Ke4 f6 41.Nc4+ Kc6 42.b4 Bf2 43.b5+ Kc7 44.a5 Bg3 45.a6 Be5 46.Kd3 Bg3
47.Nd2 f5 48.Kc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.b3 O-O 5.Bb2 d5 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Ne4 8.
Nbd2 c5 9.c4 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 dxc4 11.dxc5 Bxb2 12.Qxb2 cxb3 13.c6 bxc6 14.
Nd4 Bb7 15.Qxb3 Rb8 16.Rfd1 c5 17.Ne6 fxe6 18.Qxe6+ Rf7 19.Rxd7 Qb6 20.
Qxb6 axb6 21.Rxb7 Rd8 22.Rxb6 Kf8 23.a4 e5 24.Rc6 Rd2 25.Kf1 Rc2 26.Be4
Rc3 27.a5 Ra7 28.a6 Ke7 29.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Be3
Nd7 9.f4 c4 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bh3 h6 13.O-O Nb6 14.g4 Qa5 15.Bd2
Na4 16.Nh4 Qd8 17.f5 Nxf5 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.gxf5 Qh4 20.Bg2 Rd8 21.Qf3 b5
22.Be1 Qg5 23.h4 Qe7 24.f6 Qf8 25.Bh3 Bxh3 26.Qxh3 g6 27.Bd2 Kh7 28.Kh1
Nb6 29.Rg1 Rab8 30.Rg2 Na8 31.Rag1 Nc7 32.h5 g5 33.Qf5+ Kh8 34.Bxg5 hxg5
35.Qxg5 Ne6 36.Qd2 Kh7 37.h6 Rb6 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.Qe3 Ra6 40.Qg3 Rxa3 41.
h7 Rxc3 42.Qxc3 Nxg7 43.fxg7+ Qxg7 44.Rxg7 Kxg7 45.Qa5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5
Nf6 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Qh5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Ne7 13.Nxb5 Qb6 14.Nxd6+
Qxd6 15.O-O-O f5 16.Bc4 Bg7 17.g4 Qh6+ 18.Kb1 Qxh5 19.gxh5 Nc8 20.Rhg1
Bf6 21.d6 Nb6 22.Bb3 a5 23.c3 e4 24.f3 a4 25.Bc2 Rb8 26.fxe4 fxe4 27.Rg4
a3 28.Rxe4+ Kd8 29.Rf1 Nd7 30.b3 Rb6 31.Ra4 Rxd6 32.Rxa3 Bxc3 33.Rxf7 Nb6
34.Raa7 Re8 35.Bxh7 Rd2 36.Rf1 Ree2 37.Rb7 Nd7 38.a4 Ra2 39.Kc1 Ra1+ 40.
Bb1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bd3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9.h3 Qc7 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.Bf1 Ne6 12.Qe2 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.g3 b5
15.a3 a5 16.Rad1 Be7 17.Bg2 b4 18.Nb1 Ba6 19.Qd2 Rfd8 20.Qc1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Be2 22.Re1 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Bg5 24.Qd1 Rd8 25.Qe2 Nd4 26.Qd3 c5 27.b3 a4
28.Bg2 axb3 29.cxb3 bxa3 30.Nxa3 Qb6 31.Nc4 Qb4 32.Rb1 Bf6 33.Kh1 Nb5 34.
Qc2 Na3 35.Nxa3 Qxa3 36.Bf1 Qb4 37.Bd3 Qd4 38.Bc4 h5 39.Bd5 h4 40.Rd1 Qb4
41.g4 Qa5 42.Qc4 Rf8 43.Kg2 Bg5 44.Rb1 Kh7 45.b4 cxb4 46.Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Black "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 d5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3
cxd4 9.exd4 Ne4 10.Bb2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bf6 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.Ng4 Be7 14.c5 Qc7
15.b4 f5 16.b5 fxg4 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Bxg4 Rf6 19.g3 Bd7 20.Qe2 Raf8 21.f4
Bd8 22.Rab1 Bc8 23.Rfe1 Kh8 24.Rb3 Qf7 25.Rb2 Bc7 26.a4 h6 27.Qg2 Qg6 28.
Be2 Qf7 29.Bd3 Qh5 30.Qe2 Qh3 31.Qg2 Qh5 32.Be2 Qf7 33.Rf1 Qg6 34.Rd2 Qf7
35.Bd3 Qh5 36.Qe2 Qh3 37.Qg2 Qh5 38.Rdf2 Qf7 39.h4 Qh5 40.Qf3 Qxf3 41.
Rxf3 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Bd2 e5 44.dxe5 Bxe5 45.Kg2 Bg4 46.Rh1+ Kg8 47.Re3
Bd4 48.Re7 R6f7 49.Rxf7 Rxf7 50.Rh6 Bd7 51.Rg6+ Rg7 52.Bb4 Rxg6 53.Bxg6
gxf4 54.gxf4 Kg7 55.Bd3 Kf6 56.Kf3 Bf5 57.Ba6 Bd7 58.Bf1 Kg6 59.Ke2 Bf5
60.Kd2 Kh5 61.Be2+ Kh4 62.a5 Kg3 63.Bh5 Bd7 64.f5 Kf4 65.Bg6 Bf6 66.Bc3
d4 67.Bb4 Bxf5 68.Be8 Be4 69.a6 Ke5 70.Bf7 Bg5+ 71.Ke1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Black "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Kg6 12.Qd3+ Nf5 13.g4 Ne5 14.
gxf5+ Bxf5 15.Qg3 Ng4 16.h3 Nxf2 17.Kh2 Rh8 18.Kg2 Qb6 19.b4 Ng4 20.hxg4
Be4+ 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.bxc5 Qb2+ 23.Nd2 Rad8 24.Qe3 Rhe8 25.Bd6 Re5 26.Rae1
Re6 27.Rf2 Qxa2 28.Qf4 f6 29.Nxe4 Qc4 30.Qf5+ Kf7 31.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ne4 6.Qc2 f5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 Bb7 9.f3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O Na5 13.Bd2 d6 14.e4 Qd7
15.exf5 exf5 16.Rfe1 Ba6 17.Rab1 Bxc4 18.Bg5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Rae8 20.Kf2 h6
21.Bd2 d5 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 Nc4 25.Bc1 Kf7 26.h3 Kf6 27.
g4 g5 28.Qxf5+ Qxf5 29.gxf5 Kxf5 30.Kf2 Nd6 31.Kg3 h5 32.h4 gxh4+ 33.Kxh4
Kg6 34.Kg3 c5 35.Kf4 Kf6 36.dxc5 bxc5 37.Be3 Nb7 38.Bf2 a6 39.Bh4+ Ke6
40.Kg5 d4 41.cxd4 cxd4 42.f4 Nd6 43.Kg6 Nf5 44.Be1 h4 45.Kg5 h3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Black "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b6 8.O-O
Bb7 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.a3 Bd6 11.h3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bc3 Nf6 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.
f3 Nd5 16.Qe2 Qh4 17.f4 Qg3 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.e4 Bb7 20.e5 Be7 21.Ne4 Qg6
22.Rae1 a5 23.Rf3 Bh4 24.g3 Rfd8 25.Kh2 Be7 26.g4 Bh4 27.f5 exf5 28.gxf5
Qc6 29.e6 Bxe1 30.d5 Rxd5 31.Qxe1 fxe6 32.Qg3 e5 33.f6 g6 34.f7+ Kf8 35.
Qg5 Kg7 36.f8=Q+ Rxf8 37.Qe7+ Kh6 38.Qxf8+ Kh5 39.Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Black "Khan, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.c3 Qg5 6.Bf1 Bc5 7.d3 Qg6 8.
c4 d6 9.g3 Nf6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.a4 a5 12.Be2 Ng4 13.h3 Ne5 14.Na3 c6 15.Nc2
f5 16.Bh5 Qf6 17.O-O fxe4 18.dxe4 Bxh3 19.f4 Bxf1 20.Qxf1 d3+ 21.Ne3 Nxc4
22.Qf2 Qxb2 23.Rd1 g6 24.Bg4 Rae8 25.Kg2 Qd4 26.Re1 Rxe4 27.Bf3 Ree8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.f3 e6 4.Ne2 g6 5.Ng3 Bg7 6.c3 Ne7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Na3 Nd7 10.Nc2 Rc8 11.c4 c5 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Be2
b5 16.b3 bxc4 17.bxc4 Ba6 18.Na3 Qa5 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.f4 Nd7 21.Bg4 Bd4+ 22.
Kh1 Ne3 23.Bxe3 f5 24.Bxd4 fxe4 25.Be6+ Rf7 26.Bb2 Re8 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.
cxb5 Qxa2 29.Qc2 Nf6 30.Qc3 Rxe6 31.dxe6 Qxe6 32.Ba1 d5 33.Qxc5 e3 34.Qd4
Kf8 35.Qe5 Qd7 36.Qxe3 Ne4 37.Qd4 Nf6 38.Qc5+ Kg8 39.Bxf6 Rxf6 40.Rbc1
Rf8 41.h3 d4 42.Rfd1 d3 43.Qc4+ Kg7 44.Qc7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Black "Kosov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 b6 8.Re1
Bb7 9.e4 c5 10.d5 Nbd7 11.h3 a6 12.Be3 b5 13.Nd2 b4 14.Na4 a5 15.Rb1 Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.a4 bxa3 18.bxa3 Qc7 19.Qa4 Rfb8 20.Rb5 Ba6 21.Rxb8+ Rxb8
22.Nb3 Qd7 23.Qxa5 Bxc4 24.Nd2 Bd3 25.Qc3 Bxe4 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Qc4 Nf6
28.Bd2 Ne8 29.a4 Rb2 30.Re2 Bd4 31.a5 Nc7 32.Bf1 Rb1 33.Kg2 Qf5 34.a6
Qxd5+ 35.Qxd5 Nxd5 36.Be3 Bxe3 37.Ra2 Bd4 38.a7 Nc7 39.Ra6 Ra1 40.Rxa1
Bxa1 41.Ba6 c4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 Nc6 6.e4 d6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Qd2
Re8 9.c3 Be6 10.Na3 a6 11.Rfe1 Rb8 12.h3 b5 13.d4 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e5
Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.e3 c5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.c4 b6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nd2 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
Nc4 Bb4 16.Re2 Nf6 17.a3 Be7 18.Rc1 b5 19.Ne5 Rc8 20.b4 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Qa8
22.f3 Rc8 23.Rc2 Rxc2 24.Qxc2 g6 25.Qc7 Qb7 26.Qxb7 Bxb7 27.Kf2 Kg7 28.
Ke3 Nd5+ 29.Kf2 Bh4+ 30.Kg1 Be1 31.Be4 Bd2 32.Nd7 a5 33.bxa5 Bxa5 34.Nc5
Bc6 35.Nd3 f5 36.Bxd5 exd5 37.Kf2 Kf7 38.Ne5+ Ke6 39.Nxc6 Bb6 40.f4 h6
41.Ke3 g5 42.g3 Bc7 43.Na7 Bb6 44.Nxb5 Kd7 45.a4 Bd8 46.Ba3 h5 47.Bc5 g4
48.Nd6 Ke6 49.Nb7 Bc7 50.a5 Bb8 51.a6 Kd7 52.a7 Bxa7 53.Bxa7 Kc7 54.Na5
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "276"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Qb6 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qd8 10.e3 e6 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.Nc5 O-O 13.O-O Qe7 14.b4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.g3 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Bc3 Qe7 20.Qd4 f5 21.
Rfd1 Bxc5 22.bxc5 Be6 23.c6 Rfc8 24.Bb4 Qf7 25.c7 Re8 26.Qb6 Bd5 27.Qa5
Bc4 28.Rd8 Qe6 29.Qc5 b5 30.Qd4 Rc8 31.Rd7 Qf6 32.Bc3 Qxd4 33.Bxd4 g6 34.
Rg7+ Kf8 35.Rxh7 Kg8 36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Rxg6 Rxc7 38.Rxa6 Rec8 39.Be5 Rc6 40.
Rxc6 Rxc6 41.a3 Kf7 42.h3 Ke6 43.Bd4 Kd5 44.Kh2 Ra6 45.Rc3 Rh6 46.Kg2 Rh7
47.g4 fxg4 48.hxg4 Rf7 49.g5 Rf5 50.Bf6 Rf3 51.Rc1 Rf5 52.Rd1+ Bd3 53.
Rh1 Ke6 54.Rc1 Kf7 55.Rc6 Be2 56.Bd8 Bh5 57.Rc7+ Kg6 58.Kg3 Be2 59.Rc6+
Kg7 60.Bf6+ Kf7 61.Rc7+ Kf8 62.Bd8 Ke8 63.Bf6 Kf8 64.Rd7 Rf3+ 65.Kg2 Rf5
66.Re7 Bd3 67.Kg3 Rf3+ 68.Kg2 Rf5 69.Rc7 Be2 70.Rb7 Bc4 71.Be7+ Kf7 72.
Bf6+ Kg6 73.Re7 Kh5 74.Kh3 Rf3+ 75.Kg2 Rf5 76.Re8 Be2 77.Bd8 Bc4 78.Rh8+
Kg6 79.Rh6+ Kf7 80.Rc6 Be2 81.Kg3 Rf3+ 82.Kh4 Rxf2 83.g6+ Kg7 84.Kg5 Rg2+
85.Kf5 Bg4+ 86.Kxe4 Bh5 87.Bf6+ Kxg6 88.Bd4+ Kf7 89.Rb6 Ra2 90.Bc5 Be2
91.Kf5 Bd3+ 92.e4 Re2 93.Rb7+ Ke8 94.Re7+ Kd8 95.Kf4 Re1 96.e5 Bc4 97.
Bd6 Re2 98.Rc7 Re1 99.Kf5 Rf1+ 100.Ke4 Rd1 101.Ra7 Bd5+ 102.Ke3 Bc4 103.
Bb4 Rd3+ 104.Ke4 Rd1 105.Be7+ Ke8 106.Bd6 Kd8 107.Rc7 Bd5+ 108.Kf4 Rf1+
109.Ke3 Rd1 110.Rc5 Kd7 111.Rxb5 Bc6 112.Ra5 Ke6 113.Ra7 Rb1 114.Kd4 Rb7
115.Ra6 Bb5 116.Ra8 Be2 117.a4 Bf3 118.Rf8 Rf7 119.Re8+ Kd7 120.Rh8 Rf4+
121.Ke3 Rf7 122.Rh6 Bd5 123.Kd4 Be6 124.Kc5 Rf1 125.Rh7+ Bf7 126.a5 Rc1+
127.Kb6 Rb1+ 128.Ka7 Ke6 129.Rh6+ Kd5 130.Bc7 Be6 131.Rh8 Kc6 132.Bb6 Kd5
133.Rb8 Bf5 134.a6 Kxe5 135.Re8+ Kf4 136.Kb7 Be4+ 137.Kc7 Ra1 138.a7 Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Golovankov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Rc1 Rd8 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 c6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O dxc4 13.Bxc4 b6 14.Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 a6 8.Rd1
Rb8 9.e4 c6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bd2 e5 13.h3 Nxf2 14.Kxf2 exd4 15.
Bf4 Qb6 16.Qb3 Qa7 17.Bxd6 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Qd3 Be6 20.Nbd2 b5 21.b3
f5 22.Rac1 bxc4 23.bxc4 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Rb2+ 25.Kg1 Qf5 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nfxd2
Qa5 28.a3 Rb8 29.Rf1 Qd8 30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.Qxg6+ Bg7 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Ne4 d3
34.Nd6 Qb6+ 35.Kh2 Qb2 36.Nf7+ Kh7 37.Kh1 Qe2 38.Be4+ Kg8 39.Nxh6+ Kh8
40.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5
Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4 f4 12.h4 Nf6 13.Nd3 Nh5 14.gxh5 gxh5 15.Rf2
Ng6 16.Kf1 Bf6 17.Rh2 Bxh4 18.Bd2 Qg5 19.Be1 Bg3 20.Rh1 Rf7 21.Bf2 h4 22.
Ke1 h3 23.Kd2 h2 24.Kc2 Rg7 25.Nb1 Bh3 26.Bf1 Bd7 27.Nd2 h5 28.Rc1 c5 29.
dxc6 bxc6 30.Kb1 Nf8 31.Qe1 Ne6 32.Qe2 c5 33.Ka1 Qh4 34.Nb1 Ng5 35.Nc3
Bh3 36.Nd5 Bxf1 37.Rcxf1 Qh3 38.Be1 Rf8 39.Bc3 Qh4 40.b4 cxb4 41.Bxb4 Nf7
42.c5 dxc5 43.Nxc5 Rg6 44.Nd3 Re8 45.Rc1 Rg7 46.Rc6 Kh8 47.Bc3 Qh3 48.
Nf6 Rc8 49.Rxc8+ Qxc8 50.Qb2 Bh4 51.Rxh2 Rg1+ 52.Nc1 Bxf6 53.Rxh5+ Kg8 54.
Rh2 Bg7 55.Rc2 Qd7 56.Qb3 Kh7 57.Kb2 Nh6 58.Rh2 Qe7 59.Qd5 Qg5 60.Qd2 Rf1
61.Rf2 Rh1 62.Rg2 Qf6 63.Qf2 Qe7 64.Nb3 Rh3 65.Nc5 Bf6 66.Nb3 Qf7 67.Rh2
Rxh2 68.Qxh2 Bg7 69.Qf2 Qg6 70.Qxa7 Nf7 71.Qf2 Qg3 72.Be1 Qg6 73.a4 Bf8
74.Qd2 Ng5 75.Qc3 Qd6 76.Nd2 Qb6+ 77.Nb3 Qd6 78.Nd2 Qb6+ 79.Nb3 Qd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Kurilov, Viktor"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4
Nf5 9.Be3 Be7 10.Bd3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 O-O 12.O-O f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 a6
15.Qc2 h6 16.Na4 Qd8 17.Nc5 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8
21.Rf1 Qd6 22.Qf2 Bf6 23.Qf3 a5 24.Bc2 axb4 25.axb4 Ra3 26.Bb3 Be6 27.
Qd1 Ra1 28.Qd3 Rxf1+ 29.Qxf1 Bf7 30.Qf5 b6 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Bc2+ g6 33.Qd7
Qf8 34.Ne6 Qe7 35.Qxe7 Bxe7 36.Nf4 Bxb4 37.Bb3 Bc5 38.Kf2 Bxe3+ 39.Kxe3
d4+ 40.Kxd4 Bxb3 41.Kc3 Bf7 42.Kb4 g5 43.Nd3 Be8 44.Ne5 b5 45.Kc5 Kg7 46.
Ng4 Kg6 47.Ne3 h5 48.Nd5 Kf5 49.Nc7 Bd7 50.Kd6 Bc8 51.Nxb5 Bb7 52.g3 Kg4
53.Ke5 Kh3 54.Kf5 g4 55.Kg5 Kxh2 56.Kh4 Be4 57.Nd4 Bg6 58.Ne6 Be8 59.Nf4
Bf7 60.Ne2 Kg2 61.Nd4 Kf2 62.Nc6 Ke3 63.Ne5 Be8 64.Nxg4+ hxg4 65.Kxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Black "Kostyuchenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a4 b4
9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Nc4 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Rd1 cxd4 13.exd4 O-O 14.Bf4 a5 15.
Rac1 Nd5 16.Bg3 N7b6 17.Nxb6 Qxb6 18.Ne5 Nf6 19.Bb5 Rfc8 20.Bc4 Rd8 21.
Bb3 Rac8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Bh4 Ba6 24.Qf3 Bb7 25.Qh3 Bd5 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.
Nd7 Qc6 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.Qg4+ Kh8 30.Bxd5 Qxd5 31.g3 Rd8 32.Qf4 Kg7 33.
Qg4+ Qg5 34.Qxg5+ fxg5 35.Kf1 e5 36.Ke2 exd4 37.Kd3 Rc8 38.Re1 b3 39.Re2
Kf6 40.Kxd4 Rc2 41.Kd3 Rc1 42.Kd2 Rc2+ 43.Kd3 Rc1 44.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.c4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.e4
Nb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 c6 11.Nd4 e6 12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.axb3 exd5 14.exd5 cxd5
15.Nxd5 Be6 16.Nxb6 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 axb6 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Bxb7 Ra1 20.Kg2 h5
21.Rd8+ Kh7 22.Be3 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Nxc4 8.
dxc5 O-O 9.b3 Ne5 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Rc1 b6 13.e4 Ba6 14.Re1 Rae8
15.e5 Nh7 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Ba3 Rxe5 19.Rxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxf8 Nxf8
21.Nxc7 Bc8 22.Qd6 Nfg6 23.Nd5 Nc6 24.Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Black "Fateev, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.d5 a5 8.Nd4
Nc5 9.a4 e5 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.e4 e5 12.Nde2 Qe7 13.h3 c6 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Qd2
Bc4 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.b3 Ba6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.f4 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Nh5 21.Qc4+ Kh8
22.Ne2 exf4 23.gxf4 b6 24.c3 Rde8 25.Bd4 Nf6 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.Ng3 Nxe4 28.
Nxe4 d5 29.Qxc5 dxe4 30.Rd6 Rf6 31.Rxf6 Bxf6 32.Bxe4 Rc8 33.Bg2 Qg7 {
}
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S."]
[Black "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3
a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Ne4 Nd5 12.O-O Qc7 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Be2 Be7 15.
f4 Nc6 16.Nb3 f5 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 O-O 19.a4 b4 20.cxb4 Nxb4 21.Ba3 Rd8
22.Qc1 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Bb7 24.a5 Qa7 25.Bxb4 Bxb4 26.Qc4 Bd5 27.Qxb4 Rdb8 28.
Qd6 Rxb3 29.Bf3 Qb8 30.Qd7 Qe8 31.Qd6 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Rd8 33.Qe5 Rd5 34.Qe2
Rbd3 35.Ra2 Qd7 36.Rb2 h6 37.Rg1 Rd1 38.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39.Kg2 Kh7 40.Qxa6 Qd4
41.Qb6 Rg1+ 42.Kh3 Qd1 43.Rf2 Qa4 44.Rg2 Rxg2 45.Kxg2 Qa2+ 46.Kg3 g5 47.
a6 gxf4+ 48.Kh3 Qe2 49.Qc6 Qf1+ 50.Kh4 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Qe1 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Bf3 Nbd7 13.Rd1 Rfe8 14.g4 Nc5 15.
Bc1 Bf8 16.g5 Nfd7 17.b4 Na4 18.Nxa4 bxa4 19.Qg3 a5 20.b5 e5 21.fxe5 Nxe5
22.Bg2 Rac8 23.Kh1 Nd7 24.Rde1 Qc5 25.Qf2 f6 26.h4 Re7 27.gxf6 Nxf6 28.
Bg5 Rce8 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Nf5 Rc7 31.Qg3+ Kh8 32.Rf4 Qe5 33.Rg1 d5 34.Bf3
Bc5 35.Rg2 dxe4 36.Bh5 Rd8 37.Kh2 Bd6 38.Nxd6 Qxd6 39.c4 Qe5 40.Be2 e3
41.Rg4 Bxg2 42.Qxe5 fxe5 43.Rxg2 e4 44.Rg3 Rd2 45.Rxe3 Rxc4 46.Kg3 Rcc2
47.Kf2 Rd4 48.Kg3 Kg7 49.Kf4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Black "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4
Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.g4 hxg4 17.h5 Rh8 18.fxg4 Bxg4 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Nd5 e5 21.
Nxf6 Rxd4 22.Rxh8 Rxd2 23.Rh7+ Kxf6 24.Rxd2 Qb6 25.b3 Kg5 26.Kb2 Kf4 27.
Rf7+ Kxe4 28.Rf6 Bf5 29.Rfxd6 Qc7 30.R6d3 Kf4 31.Rc3 Qg7 32.Rf2+ Kg5 33.
Rg3+ Kf6 34.c3 e4 35.Re3 Ke5 36.Rg2 Qh6 37.Rge2 Qf4 38.Ka3 Bg4 39.Re1 Bf3
0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Zhuravliov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3
d6 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 Re8 11.f4 f5 12.Rab1 Nec6 13.Nb5 Nxb5 14.cxb5 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16.Bf2 Qb6 17.a4 e5 18.Rfc1 Be6 19.Be1 Rac8 20.Qb4 a6 21.bxa6
Qxa6 22.Qa3 fxe4 23.Bxe4 exf4 24.gxf4 d5 25.Bg2 Bf7 26.Qb3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1
Qd6 28.Bg3 Bh6 29.Rf1 Qc6 30.Qb4 Bf8 31.Qd2 Qxa4 32.f5 Re3 33.fxg6 hxg6
34.Qf2 Qe8 35.Bf4 Re2 36.Qf3 Rxb2 37.Be5 Bg7 38.Bxg7 Kxg7 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.
Qxd4 Qe2 41.Rf2 Qxf2+ 42.Qxf2 Rxf2 43.Kxf2 Kf8 44.Ke3 Ke7 45.Kd4 Kd6 46.
h4 b5 47.Bf3 Be6 48.Bd1 b4 49.Bb3 Bg8 50.Ba4 Ke6 51.Kc5 Kf5 52.Kxb4 Bf7
53.Bd1 Kf4 54.Kc5 Kg3 55.h5 g5 56.h6 Bg8 57.d4 Kf4 58.h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Krasnov, Vasiliy G."]
[Black "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nd7 3.Nf3 Ngf6 4.e3 e6 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Re8 10.Rc1 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bg3 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Qb6 16.Bb1 c5 17.Qc2 f5 18.Qe2 c4 19.h4 Bd6 20.Ne5 Nf6 21.h5 Be4 22.
Bf4 Qb7 23.Bxe4 Nxe4 24.Qf3 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Qf7 26.Rfd1 Rac8 27.Rc2 Red8 28.
g3 Ng5 29.Qh1 Rd5 30.f4 Ne4 31.g4 Nf6 32.Bxf6 Qxf6 33.Rg2 fxg4 34.Rxg4
Qf5 35.Qf3 Kh8 36.e4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Black "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 Qc7 5.c3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 d5
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Bd2 Ne4 11.Be1 f6 12.Ng4 Nd7 13.Nd2 Kh8 14.Nf2 f5 15.Nf3 a6
16.Ne5 b5 17.Qh5 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Bc6 19.Nh3 Be8 20.Qe2 c4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.
Nf4 Bf7 23.g4 g6 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Kh1 Rg8 26.Bf2 Rg4 27.Rg1 Rxf4 28.exf4
Qc6 29.Be3 Qe8 30.Qg2 Bg6 31.Rae1 Qf7 32.Bf2 Rb8 33.Re3 b4 34.Be1 b3 35.
axb3 Rxb3 36.Rh3 Kg7 37.Qe2 Bd8 38.Qxc4 Qb7 39.Qxe6 Rb6 40.Qc4 Rxb2 41.
Re3 a5 42.h4 Kh6 43.h5 Bf7 44.e6 Bxh5 45.Qc5 Bf3+ 46.Rxf3 exf3 47.Qf8+
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.g5
Nfd7 9.Qh5 g6 10.Qg4 e5 11.Nb3 Nc5 12.Qg3 Nxb3 13.axb3 Be6 14.h4 Nc6 15.
h5 Rf8 16.Bh3 Nb4 17.Rc1 Bxh3 18.Rxh3 b5 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Kf1 Rc8 21.Kg2
Qd7 22.Rhh1 Qe6 23.Rhd1 Rh8 24.Rd2 Rh5 25.Rh1 Rxh1 26.Kxh1 Kd7 27.Kg1 Rh8
28.Kg2 Rh5 29.Nd5 Nxd5 30.Rxd5 f5 31.gxf6 Bxf6 32.c4 Rh4 33.c5 Be7 34.
Rxd6+ Bxd6 35.Qxh4 Be7 36.Qg3 a5 37.Bd2 b4 38.Qd3+ Kc8 39.Be3 Qg4+ 40.Kf1
Qd7 41.Qd5 Qxd5 42.exd5 e4 43.Bd4 Bg5 44.Be5 Bc1 45.c6 g5 46.d6 Bf4 47.
d7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Korennoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qc2 c6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nf6 10.Ne5 a5 11.f4 Nfd7 12.O-O f5 13.g4 fxg4 14.f5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 gxf5 16.Rxf5 Na6 17.Qd4 Rg8 18.Bd2 Qd7 19.Raf1 O-O-O 20.Na4 Kb8 21.
Bxa5 Rdf8 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.Qf4 Be7 25.Qf7 b5 26.Nb6 Qd8 27.
Qe6 Kb7 28.Nxd5 Qxd5 29.Qxe7+ Kc8 30.Qf8+ Kd7 31.Qf5+ Ke7 32.Qxh7+ Ke6 33.
Qg6+ Ke7 34.Qxg4 Qxe5 35.Qd4 Qg5+ 36.Kh1 Qf5 37.Qh4+ Ke6 38.Kg2 Nc5 39.
Qh3 Nd3 40.Qxf5+ Kxf5 41.b3 Nc1 42.Bd2 Nxa2 43.b4 c5 44.bxc5 b4 45.e4+
Kxe4 46.c6 b3 47.c7 b2 48.c8=Q b1=Q 49.Qe6+ Kd4 50.Be3+ Kc3 51.Qe5+ Kb3
52.Qd5+ Ka4 53.Qc6+ Kb3 54.Qd5+ Ka4 55.Bd2 Qc2 56.Qa5+ Kb3 57.Qd5+ Ka4
58.h4 Ka3 59.h5 Nc1 60.Kh3 Nb3 61.Bf4 Qc3+ 62.Kg4 Qg7+ 63.Bg5 Qc7 64.h6
Qc8+ 65.Kh4 Qc2 66.Kh5 Qe2+ 67.Kg6 Qc2+ 68.Kg7 Qc7+ 69.Qf7 Qe5+ 70.Qf6
Qd5 71.h7 Nd4 72.h8=Q Ne6+ 73.Kg6 Qe4+ 74.Qf5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "In't Veld, Daan"]
[Black "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg5 Qa5 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 e5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O
Nf8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd5 Qxd2 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bxd2 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.e4 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a4
d6 9.Nd2 Be6 10.Nc4 Qd7 11.Ne3 Bh3 12.Ned5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 f5 14.f4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Rf7 16.Be3 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxb2 18.Rb1 Bd4 19.Bxd4 Nxd4 20.Ng5 Rf5 21.
c3 Rxg5 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.Qb3+ d5 24.Qxb7 Qxb7 25.Rxb7 Re5 26.Rc1 g5 27.Nh5
a5 28.Rcc7 Kf7 29.Kh3 Ra6 30.Kg4 Rae6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Black "Ivanov, Viktor P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.d3 e5 8.h3
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.Qg3 Qc7 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.Qf3 g6 13.Qg4 Qd7 14.Qf3 h6 15.
g4 Ng7 16.Qg3 Bd6 17.f4 Qc7 18.Qf2 b6 19.Bd2 h5 20.Bc3 Ra7 21.g5 O-O 22.
f5 f6 23.Qg2 gxf5 24.exf5 fxg5 25.Qxg5 Qd8 26.Qxd8 Rxd8 27.f6 Ne6 28.Rf5
Nd4 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Raf1 Rh7 31.Nf4 Bxf4 32.R1xf4 Kf7 33.Kf2 Re8 34.Re4
Re6 35.Kf3 Rxf6 36.Ref4 Rxf5 37.Rxf5+ Ke6 38.Ke4 h4 39.Rg5 Kd7 40.Kf5
Rf7+ 41.Kg4 Rh7 42.Kf5 Rh6 43.Rg7+ Kd6 44.Ra7 b5 45.Rxa6 Rh8 46.a4 bxa4
47.Rxa4 Rg8 48.b4 Rg3 49.bxc5+ Kd5 50.Rc4 Rxh3 51.Kg4 Rh1 52.Kf3 Rg1 53.
c3 Rg3+ 54.Ke2 Rg4 55.Kf3 Rg3+ 56.Ke2 dxc3 57.Rxh4 Rg2+ 58.Ke3 Rg3+ 59.
Ke2 c2 60.Rc4 Rg2+ 61.Ke3 Rh2 62.Kf3 Rd2 63.Ke3 Rh2 64.Kf3 c1=Q 65.Rxc1
Kd4 66.Re1 Rh5 67.Rd1 Rf5+ 68.Ke2 Rxc5 69.Rd2 Re5+ 70.Kd1 c5 71.Re2 Rh5
72.Kc2 Rh4 73.Rf2 Rg4 74.Re2 Rh4 75.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Black "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.
Bb5 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Ne5 Nb4 11.Qc4 c5 12.Qxc5 Qd6 13.Qc3 Be6 14.Nd2
Nd5 15.Qg3 c5 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Nxc5 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.dxe5 Bf5 20.c3 Rfc8
21.Nb3 a5 22.Nd4 a4 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Rd1 e6 25.a3 Rc4 26.Rd4 Rxd4 27.cxd4
Rb8 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Ke2 Ke8 30.Kd3 Kd7 31.Rb1 h5 32.Bd2 Rb3+ 33.Kc2 h4 34.
Rd1 h3 35.g3 f4 36.Bc3 fxg3 37.hxg3 Nxc3 38.bxc3 Rxa3 39.Rh1 Ra2+ 40.Kd3
Rxf2 41.Rxh3 a3 42.Rh8 Rg2 43.Ra8 a2 44.g4 Kc6 45.Kc4 Kb7 46.Ra3 Kb6 47.
Kb3 Kc6 48.Rxa2 Rxg4 49.Kc4 Rf4 50.Ra6+ Kb7 51.Rd6 Kc7 52.Kc5 Rf3 53.c4
Rd3 54.Ra6 Kb7 55.Ra2 Rf3 56.Kd6 Rd3 57.d5 exd5 58.cxd5 Rh3 59.Rf2 Rh7
60.Rf6 Kc8 61.Ke7 Rh5 62.Rc6+ Kb7 63.Kf6 Rh7 64.Rc2 Rh6+ 65.Kxf7 Rh7+ 66.
Ke6 Rh8 67.Kd7 Rh5 68.Kd6 Rh6+ 69.e6 Rg6 70.Ke7 Rg5 71.d6 Rg3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5
Bh7 9.c3 e6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Ngf6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7
15.f4 O-O-O 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.O-O-O Nd3+ 18.Kb1 Ba3 19.Bc1 Nxc1 20.Kxc1 Bc5
21.Ne4 Qb6 22.g3 Kb8 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Be7 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Kc2 Be7
27.Qd3 Kc8 28.g4 Qa5 29.a3 Qd5 30.c4 Qxd3+ 31.Kxd3 c5 32.g5 Kc7 33.Kc3
a5 34.a4 b6 35.Kd3 Kd7 36.Ke3 Ke8 37.Kf3 Kf8 38.Kg4 Bd8 39.b3 f5+ 40.
gxf6 gxf6 41.f5 exf5+ 42.Kxf5 fxe5 43.Kg6 Be7 44.Kf5 Bd8 45.Kxe5 Ke7 46.
Kf5 Kf7 47.Nd6+ Ke7 48.Nb5 Kf7 49.Nc3 Ke7 50.Kg6 Ke6 51.Nd5 Bg5 52.Nxb6
Ke5 53.Nd7+ Kd6 54.Nf6 Ke5 55.Nd5 Kd4 56.Kf5 Kd3 57.Ke6 Kc2 58.Kd6 Kxb3
59.Kxc5 Kxa4 60.Nb6+ Kb3 61.Kb5 Be3 62.Na4 Kc2 63.c5 Kd3 64.c6 Bf4 65.
Nc5+ Ke2 66.Ne6 Bh2 67.Ng7 Kf3 68.Nf5 Kg4 69.Nxh6+ Kxh5 70.Ng8 Kg6 71.
Kxa5 Kf7 72.Nh6+ Kg6 73.Ng4 Bg3 74.Kb6 Kh5 75.Ne3 Bf4 76.Kb7 Kg6 77.Nd5
Bh2 78.Kc8 Kf5 79.Kd7 Ke4 80.Nf6+ Kd4 81.Ne8 Kd5 82.Nc7+ Kc5 83.Ne6+ Kd5
84.Ng7 Kc5 85.Nf5 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.e3 e5 3.Bb5 e4 4.Ng1 d5 5.Nc3 Qg5 6.Bf1 Nf6 7.f4 Qf5 8.Nge2
Bb4 9.Ng3 Qd7 10.Nce2 Bc5 11.c3 Qe7 12.Nd4 Nd8 13.Ndf5 Qf8 14.b4 Bb6 15.
a4 c6 16.a5 Bc7 17.b5 Bd6 18.d4 g6 19.Nxd6+ Qxd6 20.Be2 Bd7 21.bxc6 Qxc6
22.Qb3 Rc8 23.Bd2 h5 24.h3 h4 25.Nf1 Nh5 26.Rc1 Ng3 27.Nxg3 hxg3 28.c4
Be6 29.cxd5 Qxd5 30.Bb5+ Nc6 31.Qxd5 Bxd5 32.Rc5 Rd8 33.a6 O-O 34.axb7
Nb8 35.Ba5 Bxb7 36.Bxd8 Rxd8 37.O-O a6 38.Ba4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 e6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3
d5 9.e5 Qc7 10.Bf4 b6 11.Nbd2 Ba6 12.Nf1 Rac8 13.Qd2 Rcd8 14.h4 h5 15.
N1h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.b3 Nc6 2.Bb2 e5 3.c4 Nf6 4.a3 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8 8.e3 f5
9.Ne2 Bf6 10.O-O Be6 11.d4 e4 12.Qc2 d5 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5
Qxd5 16.f3 Bg5 17.Re1 exf3 18.Nc3 Nxd4 19.Qc1 Qxb3 20.Bf1 Qc2 21.Nd1 f2+
22.Nxf2 Nf3+ 23.Kh1 Qxf2 24.Bc4+ Kh8 25.Re2 Qg1+ 26.Qxg1 Nxg1 27.Kxg1 Nd6
28.Bd5 c6 29.Bf3 Rfe8 30.Bd4 Nc4 31.Rb1 Re7 32.Rb3 Rd7 33.Rc2 Nb6 34.
Rcb2 Re7 35.Kf2 Kg8 36.Rb4 Rae8 37.R2b3 Re6 38.a4 Be7 39.a5 Bxb4 40.axb6
axb6 41.Rxb4 c5 42.Rb3 cxd4 43.Bd5 dxe3+ 44.Rxe3 Kf7 45.Rb3 Kf6 46.Bxe6
Rxe6 47.Rb5 g6 48.Kf3 Ke7 49.Kf4 h6 50.h4 Kd6 51.Rxb6+ Ke7 52.Rxb7+ Kf6
53.Rb8 g5+ 54.hxg5+ hxg5+ 55.Kf3 g4+ 56.Kf2 Ke5 57.Rb5+ Kf6 58.Ra5 Rd6
59.Ke3 Rb6 60.Ra3 Kg5 61.Rc3 Rh6 62.Rc8 Rh7 63.Rg8+ Kf6 64.Rf8+ Kg6 65.
Rg8+ Kf7 66.Rb8 Rh2 67.Kf4 Rf2+ 68.Kg5 Rf3 69.Rb6 Rxg3 70.Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Komarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Patsovsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2
Be7 9.Bb3 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 O-O 12.Rhg1 b5 13.g4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6
15.g5 Nd7 16.Qh5 b4 17.g6 hxg6 18.Rxg6 fxg6 19.Bxe6+ Rf7 20.Qxg6 Raf8 21.
Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Black "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9.c4 Ng6 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 Bd7 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Qc2 Bg5 14.Qd2 Bxe3
15.Qxe3 O-O 16.O-O-O h6 17.Qd2 Qg5 18.Qxg5 hxg5 19.g3 Rac8 20.Kb1 e4 21.
fxe4 fxe4 22.Nxe4 Bf5 23.Bd3 Ne5 24.Bc2 Rxc4 25.Nc3 Bxc2+ 26.Kxc2 Ng4 27.
Kb3 Rfc8 28.Rd2 a5 29.a3 Nf6 30.Re1 R4c5 31.Re6 b5 32.Rd4 b4 33.axb4 axb4
34.Ne4 Nxe4 35.Rexe4 Rf8 36.Re2 Rf5 37.Red2 Rf3+ 38.R4d3 Rf8 39.Rd4 Rf3+
40.Kxb4 Rc8 41.R4d3 Rf7 42.b3 Rb8+ 43.Kc3 g4 44.Kb2 Rf3 45.Kc3 g5 46.b4
Kg7 47.Rb2 Kf6 48.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Re8 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.
f4 Nf8 9.c4 c6 10.b3 N6d7 11.Ndf3 f6 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Bb2 f5 14.Ne5 Bxe5
15.dxe5 Qe7 16.a4 a6 17.Ba3 Qf7 18.Qf3 Rac8 19.Kh1 c5 20.Rac1 Bc6 21.Qf2
b6 22.Be2 a5 23.Bf3 Qb7 24.Rfd1 Red8 25.Bb2 Rd7 26.Kg1 Rcd8 27.cxd5 Bxd5
28.Qe2 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qd7 32.Qc2 Ng6 33.Kf2 Ne7
34.e4 g6 35.Ke2 Nc6 36.exf5 gxf5 37.Qc4 Ne7 38.Bc3 Kf7 39.Be1 Qd5 40.Qb5
Nc6 41.Bf2 Nd4+ 42.Bxd4 Qxd4 43.Qxb6 Qxf4 44.Qxc5 Qxh2+ 45.Kd3 Qf4 46.Ke2
h5 47.Qc7+ Kg6 48.Qd6 Qh2+ 49.Kd3 Kg5 50.Qxe6 Kf4 51.Qc4+ Kxf3 52.Qd5+
Kf4 53.e6 Qg3+ 54.Kc4 Qg7 55.Qd4+ Qxd4+ 56.Kxd4 h4 57.e7 h3 58.e8=Q h2
1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Kosov, Igor"]
[Black "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.Be2 Qc7 13.h3 O-O-O 14.Qd2 Nc5
15.Qe3 Na6 16.O-O Nb4 17.Rac1 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6
21.f4 Rh6 22.Qe5 Kd7 23.Rfe1 Rg8 24.Bg4 Rgg6 25.f5 Rxf6 26.fxe6+ fxe6 27.
Qg5 Rhg6 28.Qh5 Qf4 29.Rcd1 Rh6 30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 b4 32.Rd2 a5 33.Kh2
Kd6 34.Kg3 a4 35.h4 Rf1 36.h5 Ra1 37.b3 axb3 38.axb3 Ra3 39.Kh4 c3 40.
Rd1 Bc8 41.Kg5 Rh7 42.Kg6 Raa7 43.h6 Raf7 44.Rf1 Rxf1 45.Kxh7 c2 46.Kg7
c1=Q 47.h7 Qc7+ 48.Kh6 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Khan, Andrey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd2 d6 7.O-O-O Nf6 8.
Nd5 Ng4 9.Qg3 O-O 10.f3 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bc3 Qe6 13.Kb1 Bxc3 14.bxc3
Qe5 15.Qxe5 Nxe5 16.Ne2 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Be2 a6 20.Rhe1 b5
21.Bf1 Rae8 22.Re4 Bc6 23.Nxc6 Nxc6 24.Rde1 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Ne5 26.c4 Nxc4
27.Bxc4+ bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rb8+ 29.Kc1 c5 30.Ra4 Rb6 31.Re4 Kf7 32.c4 Kf6 33.
Kc2 h5 34.g3 g5 35.h3 Rb4 36.a3 Rb8 37.Re3 Rd8 38.Rd3 Ke5 39.Rd5+ Kf6 40.
Kd3 Rd7 41.f4 gxf4 42.gxf4 h4 43.Ke4 Re7+ 44.Kf3 Rd7 45.Kg4 a5 46.Kxh4
Rd8 47.Kg4 Rg8+ 48.Rg5 Re8 49.Rd5 Rg8+ 50.Kf3 Ke6 51.Rg5 Rb8 52.Ke4 Rb3
53.f5+ Kf7 54.Kd5 Rxh3 55.Rg6 Rxa3 56.Rxd6 Rf3 57.Kxc5 Rxf5+ 58.Rd5 Rxd5+
59.Kxd5 a4 60.Kd4 Ke6 61.Kc3 Kd6 62.Kb4 Kc6 63.Kxa4 Kc5 64.Kb3 Kb6 65.
Kb4 Kc6 66.c5 Kc7 67.Kb5 Kb7 68.c6+ Kc7 69.Kc5 Kc8 70.Kb6 Kb8 71.c7+ Kc8
72.Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kharlamov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Ne5 c5 8.f4
Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.d3 Nd7 11.Qe1 Bg6 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nf3 d4 14.Ng5 Qf6 15.
Bf3 h6 16.Bxc6 hxg5 17.Bxd7 e5 18.fxg5 Qxg5 19.exd4 cxd4 20.Be6+ Kh8 21.
Rf3 Rae8 22.Rh3+ Bh5 23.Bd5 g6 24.Bf3 Re7 25.Bxh5 gxh5 26.Qe2 Rh7 27.Rf1
Qg4 28.Qe1 h4 29.Kh1 Rg8 30.Rf2 Rg6 31.c3 Rhg7 32.cxd4 exd4 33.Re2 Be7
34.Qf2 Bf6 35.Qf3 Kh7 36.Rf2 Re7 37.Rf1 Kg7 38.Bc1 Qxf3 39.Rhxf3 Re2 40.
R3f2 Rxf2 41.Rxf2 h3 42.gxh3 Be7 43.Rg2 Bd6 44.Rxg6+ Kxg6 45.Kg2 Kh5 46.
Bd2 Kg6 47.Be1 Kg5 48.Bf2 Be5 49.Bg3 Bf6 50.Kf3 Bg7 51.h4+ Kf6 52.Bb8 a6
53.Bc7 Ke6 54.h5 Kf6 55.h4 Bf8 56.Bf4 Bb4 57.h6 Kg6 58.h5+ Kh7 59.Bg5
Bd6 60.Bf4 Be7 61.Bd2 Bd6 62.a4 Kg8 63.b4 Kf7 64.b5 axb5 65.axb5 Ke6 66.
Bf4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Mukhamedzianov, Damir"]
[Black "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.f3 a6 8.Na3
b5 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Qxd5 Bd7 11.c3 Qb6 12.Nc2 Be6 13.Be3 Bxd5 14.Bxb6 Be6
15.Be2 d5 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.O-O Rb8 18.Bf2 Be7 19.Ne3 Be6 20.Rfd1 O-O 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rfd8 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Kozyrev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.O-O cxd4 14.
cxd4 e6 15.Qa4 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Ne5 17.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Rxd7 19.e5 h6 20.f4
b6 21.Rdc1 Kf8 22.Rc6 Ke7 23.a4 Rd5 24.Rc7+ Rd7 25.Rbc1 Kd8 26.R7c6 Bf8
27.Kg2 Rb7 28.Kf3 Kd7 29.Ke4 Bc5 30.d5 exd5+ 31.Kxd5 Bxe3 32.fxe3 Rd8 33.
h4 Ke7+ 34.Ke4 Rd2 35.Rc7+ Rxc7 36.Rxc7+ Rd7 37.Rc6 Rd2 38.Rc7+ Rd7 39.
Rc4 Rd2 40.f5 Rh2 41.f6+ Ke6 42.Rc6+ Kd7 43.Rd6+ Ke8 44.Kd5 Rxh4 45.e4
Rh2 46.e6 h5 47.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin CC Chmp 2008"]
[Site "St.Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 c6 4.b3 f5 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3
Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Bxe5 Be6 14.Nd2 Rc8
15.Qd1 Ba3 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.Bd4 Qe7 18.h3 Nh6 19.Ne1 Qd7 20.Nf3 Nf7 21.Qd2
Qe7 22.Rab1 Bb4 23.Qb2 Nd6 24.a3 Bc5 25.Be5 Nb5 26.b4 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6
28.Rfc1 d4 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Ng5 Bd5 31.Nf3 Be6 32.Rc1 Rc3 33.Rxc3 dxc3 34.
Qc1 Bb3 35.a4 Bxa4 36.Ne1 c2 37.Kf1 Bb3 0-1