[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

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
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. Nh4 Bc8 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 e5 9. Qe1 h6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. b3 Be7 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Nh4 Bc5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Bd4 18. c3 Bc5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21.
Rae1 Rad8 22. Bg2 e4 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd2 26. Bc1 Rd5 27. Qe7
Rxf5 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. Re7 Rc8 30. Rfe1 Kf8 31. R7e2 Bd6 32. Rd1 Rd5 33. Red2
Rxd2 34. Bxd2 Be5 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. c4 Rd8 38. Be3 Rxd1 39. Kxd1 Bc3
40. a3 a5 41. Bd2 Bxd2 42. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Manin, Viktor"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e4 e5 8.
d5 b6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 a5 11. O-O Nh5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. b3 Na6 15.
a3 b5 16. Bf3 Ng7 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Be2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Ne6 21. Nhf3
Rfc8 22. Rc1 Nb8 23. Nc4 Nxc6 24. Nb6 Ncd4 25. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Qg5 27. Re3
Nf4+ 28. Kf1 Nxh2+ 29. Kg1 Ng4 30. Rf3 Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Black "Askerov, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Nd4 Re8 14. b4 Nbd7 15.
Qe2 Rac8 16. Nb3 Qb8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rfe1 g6 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. a4 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 b5 25. a5 Nfg4 26. Be3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Ng4
28. Qb6 Qxb6+ 29. axb6 Ne5 30. Rc1 Bh6 31. Rc3 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Bxb6 33. Be2 Kf8
34. Rc2 Ra8 35. h3 Ke7 36. Ra2 Ra7 37. Nd2 Rc7 38. Nb3 Rc3 39. Rxa6 Be3 40. Bd1
Rc4 41. Na5 Rxe4 42. Nc6+ Nxc6 43. dxc6 Rxb4 44. Bf3 Ra4 45. c7 Kd7 46. Bc6+
Kxc7 47. Rxa4 bxa4 48. Bxa4 d5 49. Ke2 Bc1 50. Be8 f6 51. Bf7 Kd6 52. Bg8 h6
53. h4 Ke5 54. Bh7 g5 55. hxg5 fxg5 56. g4 Kf4 57. Bf5 h5 58. Be6 Ke5 59. Bc8
h4 60. Bb7 h3 61. Kf2 h2 62. Kg2 Bf4 63. Bc6 Kd4 64. Bb7 Kc4 65. Bc6 d4 66. Kf2
d3 67. Ke1 d2+ 68. Ke2 Kc3 69. Be4 h1=Q 70. Bxh1 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nbd2 Qc7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Bg4 8. a4
Na6 9. c3 O-O-O 10. b4 Qd7 11. Qc2 h5 12. b5 cxb5 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nc4 Bxf3 16. Ra5 Qd7 17. Bxf3 Nb6 18. Be3 Bc7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 f6 21.
Ra5 Qxd3 22. Qb2 Rhe8 23. Be2 Qd6 24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Qc7 26. Bxb6 axb6 27.
Rfa1 Qb7 28. Rxb6 Qf3 29. Rb8+ Kd7 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Re1+ Kf5 32. Qc2+ Kg4 33.
Rb4+ Kg5 34. Rf1 Kh6 35. Qc1+ Kh7 36. Rf4 Qc6 37. Qc2+ Kh6 38. h4 Re5 39. Qc1
Kh7 40. Rd4 Rde8 41. Qc2+ Kh8 42. Rdd1 f5 43. Qd2 Qf3 44. Rde1 Re2 45. Rxe2
Rxe2 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qa5 Rc2 48. Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nb5
Ne4 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Bb3 a6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7
15. a4 Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nd3 Nf6 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21.
Rxc7 Rd8 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Rfc1 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Kf8 25. h3 Rb8 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4
Bd7 28. f4 Rbc8 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. f5 exf5 31. Bxd5 fxg4 32. e4 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Bc6
34. Bxc6+ bxc6 35. Kg3 Rd4 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Askerov, Marat"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. e3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qc3 dxc4 11. Na3 Nd5 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Qb5 Qf6 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6
Rxb2 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qa4 Rxa2 23. Rd1 Qf8 24. Qh4 f6 25. Nb5 h6 26. Nd4 Bf7
27. Nf5 Ra5 28. e4 Bg6 29. Rd7 Bxf5 30. exf5 Qc5 31. Qe4 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33.
Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. g5 Nfd7 8. e3 a6
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. g6 f6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nge2 Nb6 14. a3 Bd6 15. e4
Nxd4 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd3 d4 20. Ne2 O-O-O 21. Kb1
Qc7 22. f4 Kb8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rhf1 Qd6 25. Rf5 Rh6 26. c3 Rxg6 27. cxd4 exd4
28. Nf4 Rg4 29. e5 Qe7 30. e6 Qxh4 31. Qe4 Ka8 32. Rf7 Nd5 33. e7 Re8 34. Qxd5
Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Qxf4 36. Rxd4 Qf1+ 37. Rd1 Qe2 38. Qd8+ Ka7 39. Rd7 Qe4+ 40. Kc1
Qe1+ 41. Kc2 Qe2+ 42. Kb3 Qe6+ 43. Kc3 Qe3+ 44. Kc4 Qe4+ 45. Kc5 Qe5+ 46. Kb4
Qe4+ 47. Kb3 Qe6+ 48. Kc3 Qe3+ 49. Kc2 Qe2+ 50. Kb1 Qe1+ 51. Ka2 Qe6+ 52. b3
Qe2+ 53. Kb1 Qe1+ 54. Kc2 Qe2+ 55. Kc3 Qe3+ 56. Kc4 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Manin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Ne3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 g6 19. Bd2 Nh5 20. Ng4 Qc4 21. Qa3 f5
22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nxe5 Qc2 24. exf5 Qxd2 25. Nf3 Qf4 26. Rxe7+ Kxh6 27. Rxb7
Rxf5 28. g4 Rxd5 29. gxh5 Rf8 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Re1 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Qxf3 33. Qxf3
Rxf3 34. h4 Rgf5 35. Re2 R3f4 36. Rb6 Rxh4 37. Rxa6 Rg5 38. Re6 Rh1+ 39. Ke2
Rb1 40. b3 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 Rg2 42. Rexd6 b4 43. Rf6 Kh5 44. Rf7 g5 45. Ra4 Rg4 46.
Rh7+ Kg6 47. Rh3 Rc2 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. Rf3+ Ke5 50. Ra5+ Ke6 51. Rff5 Rc3+ 52.
Ke2 Re4+ 53. Kf1 g4 54. Rfc5 Rf3 55. Ra6+ Kd7 56. Rg5 Ke7 57. Rg7+ Kf8 58. Rh7
Kg8 59. Rc7 Rf8 60. Rc2 Kg7 61. Kg2 Rf7 62. Rac6 Rff4 63. R6c4 Kf6 64. Rxe4
Rxe4 65. Kg3 Ke5 66. Rc5+ Kd6 67. Rg5 Re2 68. Rxg4 Kc5 69. Rg5+ Kd4 70. Ra5 Rc2
71. Rb5 Rxa2 72. Rxb4+ Kd5 73. Rb8 Ra7 74. f4 Rg7+ 75. Kf3 Rg1 76. b4 Ke6 77.
b5 Rf1+ 78. Ke3 Kd5 79. b6 Rb1 80. Kf3 Rg1 81. f5 Rf1+ 82. Kg4 Rg1+ 83. Kf4 Kc6
84. Ke5 Kd7 85. Kf6 Rb1 86. Kg6 Ke7 87. Rb7+ Kd6 88. f6 Rg1+ 89. Kf7 Rh1 90.
Rb8 Kd7 91. Rg8 Rb1 92. Rg7 Kc6 93. Kg8 Rxb6 94. f7 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Qf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bxf4 7. Qxf4 Qf6 8.
Ne2 Qxf4 9. Nxf4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Manin, Viktor"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3
Qe7 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Qh4 Qe6 18. Be1 Rc6 19. Rd4 Rfc8 20. Rcd1 Rc5
21. e4 dxe4 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Ne8 24. Qxe4 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bd2 Nc6
27. Bf3 Nd6 28. Qd5 Nf5 29. Bg4 Nce7 30. Qe4 h5 31. Bf3 Nc6 32. Qc4 Nfd4 33.
Be4 Qe8 34. Qd5 Ne6 35. Be3 f5 36. Bc2 f4 37. Bb3 fxe3 38. Qxe6+ Qxe6 39. Bxe6+
Kf8 40. fxe3 Nb4 41. Nd1 Ke7 42. Bg8 Nd3 43. b3 b5 44. Kf1 a5 45. a3 a4 46. b4
Ne5 47. Ke2 Nd7 48. Kd3 Kd6 49. Nc3 Kc6 50. Bd5+ Kb6 51. Be6 Ne5+ 52. Ke4 Nc4
53. Nxa4+ bxa4 54. Bxc4 Bb2 55. Bf7 h4 56. Bxg6 Bxa3 57. g4 hxg3 58. Kf3 Bxb4
59. Kxg3 Kc7 60. Kf4 Kd8 61. Bb1 Bd2 62. h4 Ke7 63. Kf3 Bxe3 64. Kxe3 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7 12. Bd4 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. g3 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Ng4 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxe5 fxe5
21. Rad1 e4 22. Re3 Re5 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Rd2 Rfe8 25. Qc4 Qd6 26. Rd4 b5 27. Qb3
Qc5 28. d6+ Kh8 29. Qd1 cxd6 30. Rxd6 Qc8 31. Qd4 h6 32. Rc3 Qf5 33. Rd7 Rf8
34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Qc8 Qf6 37. Rc6 Qf3 38. Rc3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qd5 40.
Qc6 Qxa2 41. Rc5 Qxb2 42. Rxe5 Qxe5 43. Qxa6 Qd5 44. Kg1 b4 45. Qb6 b3 46. h4
e3 47. Qxe3 b2 48. Qe1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd3 d6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. h3 h6 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Kh2 Rc8 17. Qd2 b5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rg1 Bd7 20. f4 a5 21. Qf2 Rb8
22. f5 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Bc1 Bc6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qb6 27. Qe2 a4 28. c3
Rb5 29. Qc4 Qa5 30. Rge1 Rdb8 31. Re2 Rb3 32. Rc2 Qa7 33. Qe2 Bd8 34. Bf3 Qd7
35. Qd3 Qe8 36. Bg2 Qd7 37. Bf3 Qb5 38. Qd2 Qc5 39. Bg2 Nd7 40. h4 Nb6 41. Qe2
Qc4 42. Qf3 Nd7 43. Bf1 Qc8 44. Bh3 Bf6 45. Qg4 R8b4 46. Qe2 Rb8 47. Qg4 Nc5
48. Qh5 Qd8 49. Qe2 Kf8 50. Bg2 Qd7 51. Qf2 Qd8 52. Kh3 e4 53. Qe2 Qe7 54. Qc4
Qe5 55. Be3 Qxf5+ 56. Kh2 Rxb2 57. Rxb2 Rxb2 58. Bxc5 dxc5 59. Rf1 Qe5 60. Rf4
Qxc3 61. Qxa4 Be5 62. Rg4 Rxg2+ 63. Kxg2 Qf3+ 64. Kh2 Qxg4 65. Qa8+ Ke7 66.
Qa7+ Qd7 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Black "Askerov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. c5 e5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nxc5 14. Qc2
b6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rac1 Bg4 17. Qc7 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd2 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rfd1
Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rd7 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. f4 g6 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. Rc6 Rf8 26. Kg3 f6 27.
h4 h6 28. b5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rg8 30. f4 Rg7 31. Kf3 h5 32. Ke3 Rg8 33. Rd3 Rg7
34. Kd4 Rg8 35. Rf3 Rdd8 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Rg3 Rdf8 38. Rc6+ Ke7 39. Ke3 Rc8 40.
Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Rxg6 Rc5 42. f5 Rxb5 43. Kd4 Rb4+ 44. Kxd5 Rb5+ 45. Ke4 Rb4+ 46.
Kd3 Rxh4 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. f6 Rf4 49. Ke3 Rf1 50. Ke4 h4 51. Kd5 h3 52. Rh7 Rf3
53. Ke6 Kg8 54. Rh4 b5 55. Ke7 a5 56. e6 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Askerov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2
Qc7 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. a3 bxa3 12. Rxa3 Bb7 13. Qb1 e5 14. d5 Nb4 15.
Nc3 a5 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Qd1 Ba6 18. Rc3 Nd7 19. f4 Nc5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nb1
Rad8 22. N1a3 Nc6 23. Kh1 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Na7 25. Nxa7 Qxa7 26. Qh5 f6 27. b3 Qf7
28. Qe2 Qg6 29. h4 Rd6 30. Kh2 Rb8 31. Qe1 Qe8 32. Qe3 Qe7 33. Bh3 Rdd8 34. Rb1
Rb7 35. Rb2 Rdb8 36. Rd2 Qd6 37. Rc1 Rc7 38. Bf1 Ra8 39. Ra1 Rca7 40. Rda2 a4
41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. Rxa4 Rxa4 43. Rxa4 Nxa4 44. Qb3 Nc5 45. Qb1 Qc7 46. Qa2 Kf7
47. Bg2 Qb7 48. Qe2 g6 49. Qd1 Qc7 50. h5 Nb7 51. Qc1 g5 52. Qa3 Nd6 53. Qa8
Qc8 54. Qa7+ Qb7 55. Qa4 Qc7 56. Bh3 Nxe4 57. Qc6 Qd8 58. Qb7+ Qe7 59. Qxb6 Qa3
60. Qg1 Nd2 61. Qf2 Nxc4 62. Be6+ Ke7 63. Qf5 Qa2+ 64. Kh3 Qe2 65. Qxh7+ Kd6
66. Qd7+ Kc5 67. Qa7+ Kb4 68. d6 Qxh5+ 69. Kg2 Qe2+ 70. Kh3 Qf1+ 71. Kh2 Nxd6
72. Qe7 Qe2+ 73. Kh3 Qh5+ 74. Kg2 Qe2+ 75. Kh3 Qd2 76. Qxf6 e4 77. Qe7 Qd1 78.
Qxg5 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qa4 Bd7 9. Be3 Nf5 10. O-O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bc5 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Bc4
O-O 15. a3 b5 16. Bxb5 Bxb5 17. axb4 Bxe3+ 18. Kb1 Bc6 19. Rhe1 Bxf3 20. gxf3
Qg5 21. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4
b6 9. Ba2 a6 10. Nh2 Bb7 11. Re1 b5 12. d5 Rc8 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Ng4 Ra8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qd3 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ra4 20. b3 Ra5 21. c4
Qa8 22. Re2 Qa6 23. Qc2 Ra8 24. f4 e4 25. g4 g6 26. Be3 Nd7 27. Bd4 Bf6 28.
Bxf6 Nxf6 29. f5 Qa7+ 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Qb2 Nd7 32. Kg3 Nc5 33. f6 Qe8 34. h4 h6
35. Qd4 Kf8 36. Kf4 Ra3 37. Kg3 Qe5+ 38. Qxe5 dxe5 39. Rb2 Ke8 40. Kg2 Kd7 41.
Kf1 Kd6 42. Kg2 R8a5 43. Kf1 Ra7 44. Kg1 R7a6 45. g5 h5 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. Re2 Kc5
48. Rc2 Rxb3 49. Rd1 Rc3 50. Re2 Rc1 51. Bb3 Rxd1+ 52. Bxd1 Ra1 53. Rd2 b3 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Black "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
f4 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O Bb7 14. c4 O-O
15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Ng5 Bd6 20. Bc3 e5 21. f5
e4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bxe4 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Bxe4 Rd4 27. Rae1
Qg3 28. Qh5 Rdxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxf7 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Manin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nd2 Re8 7. c3 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Nfd4 Rad8 16. Nc1 a6 17. Nd3 Ba7 18. Nf4 Bb8 19. g3 Qc8 20. Bh5 Re7 21.
Rfe1 Ba7 22. Kg2 Bc5 23. Ndxe6 fxe6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Red7 26. Nxe6 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Bb6 29. Bb3 Kh8 30. f4 Ng4 31. Qg6 Ne3+ 32. Kh3 Qd7 33. g4
Qe7 34. g5 fxg5 35. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Manin, Viktor"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Re1 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Na5 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bb1 Nf4 19. Qc2 f5 20. d5 Qf6 21. Nd4 Qg5
22. g3 Bxd5 23. Qd2 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 f4 25. Re2 fxg3 26. Qxg5 gxh2 27. Qxd5 exd5
28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kxh2 Rxc3 30. Re7 Rh3+ 31. Kg1 Rh5 32. b3 Rg5+ 33. Kf1 Nh3 34.
f3 Rf6 35. Rc7 Rg1+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Rxd1+ 38. Kxd1 g6 39. Rxa7 h5 40. Ke1
Nc6 41. Ra4 Nxd4 42. Rxd4 g5 43. Kf2 h4 44. Ra4 Kg7 45. Ra7+ Rf7 46. Ra6 d4 47.
Rxb6 g4 48. Be4 g3+ 49. Kg1 Rc7 50. Rc6 Rxc6 51. Bxc6 d3 52. b4 h3 53. Ba4 Ne2+
0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 b6 8. e3
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. h5 g5 14. Ne5 c5 15.
Kb1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. Rhe1 Rae8 20. Ne2 Bd7 21.
Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Re6 23. Nc3 Rfe8 24. Rf1 Rf6 25. Qc2 Rf4 26. Qa4 Rd8 27. f3
Qf6 28. Qxa7 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Qc7 Re8 32. Rxd5 Qxf3 33. Rd8
Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kh7 35. Qd7 Be5 36. Kc2 Kg7 37. a4 Bf6 38. Kb3 Be5 39. Kc4 Qf1+
40. Kb3 Qf3 41. Qc8 Kh7 42. Qc4 Bxc3 43. bxc3 Qd1+ 44. Kb4 Qb1+ 45. Ka3 Qa1+
46. Kb3 Qb1+ 47. Ka3 Qc1+ 48. Ka2 Qc2+ 49. Ka3 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f3
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O e6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qb3 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rad1 Qe8
15. Bf4 dxe4 16. Bd6 exf3 17. Bxf3 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Rfc8 19. Rde1 Qd3 20. Nd5 Qxb3
21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. axb3 Bxf3 23. Nxc8 Bd5 24. Ne7 Bxb3 25. Nc6 Bd5 26. Nb4 Be6
27. Be5 Nd5 28. Nc6 Bd7 29. Rxf7 Bxe5 30. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Nf8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rfd1 Ne6 14. Ne5 c6 15.
e4 Bb4 16. exd5 cxd5 17. a3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 dxe4 20. d5 Bxd5 21. Rd2
f6 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Nb4 Ng5 24. Rxd5 Qh3 25. Rxg5 hxg5 26. Nd5 Qf5 27. Qc6 Rad8
28. Ne3 Qf3 29. Qb5 Re7 30. Qf5 Red7 31. Qxf3 exf3 32. Kf1 f5 33. Bc3 f4 34.
gxf4 gxf4 35. Nc4 Rd5 36. Re1 Rd3 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. a4 a6 39. Be5 b5 40. axb5
axb5 41. Bxf4 bxc4 42. bxc4 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Askerov, Marat"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 d6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Nc6 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rb1 Bf6 15. Qd3
Qc7 16. Rd1 Bd4 17. Nf1 O-O 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. f4 Rac8 20. Bb2 e5 21. Ne3 Rfe8
22. f5 f6 23. g4 Nb6 24. Rbc1 Qf7 25. h4 Rc7 26. Bc3 Na4 27. Ba1 Nb6 28. Kf2
Kh8 29. Rg1 Rec8 30. b5 a6 31. a4 Nxa4 32. bxa6 Bc6 33. Bh3 Ra8 34. Nd5 Rca7
35. g5 Bxd5 36. exd5 Qh5 37. Rg4 fxg5 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. hxg5 Nc5 40. Qg3 Rxa6
41. Rh4 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 R8a3 43. Qxa3 Qxg5+ 44. Rg4 Qxg4+ 45. Bxg4 Rxa3 46. Rb1
Rb3 47. Ra1 Rb8 48. Ra7 Kg8 49. f6 gxf6 50. Bf5 Rb7 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. Rd8 Rb6
53. Be6 d3 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Qg6 7. g3 e5 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Ngf3 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 dxe4 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Nxe4 Qxd4
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd4 c6 18. Qc4 Be6 19. Qb4 Rd8 20. Qxb7 Nd7 21.
Nxc6 Nc5 22. Qb5 Rd5 23. Nb4 Rf5 24. g4 Rf4 25. h3 Rc8 26. Rac1 Bd7 27. Qa5 Bh4
28. Rf1 Bd8 29. Qa3 Be6 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Nd3 Ra5 32. Nxf4 Rxa3 33. bxa3 Bxa2
34. Ra1 Bc4 35. Rc1 Bb3 36. Rb1 Bc4 37. Rb4 Ba2 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. Rd4 Be7 40.
Rxd5 Bxa3 41. Ra5 Bb2 42. Rxa7 Kg6 43. Rb7 Bd4 44. Rb5 f6 45. Kg2 Be5 46. h4 h5
47. gxh5+ Kh6 48. Kh3 Bd4 49. f4 Be3 50. Kg4 Bf2 51. Rb8 Kh7 52. h6 g6 53. h5
f5+ 54. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Askerov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Bf4 a5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nbxd4 Nc5 15.
Bc2 Bg4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qb1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bf6 21.
Bxg6 Rxe5+ 22. Kf1 Qe7 23. f4 Re6 24. Bf5 Nb3 25. Qd1 Nd4 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Bxe6
Qxe6 28. Qxe6 Nxe6 29. Re1 Nd4 30. Bg5 Bg7 31. Re7 Kg8 32. Rc7 Rb8 33. Bh6 Bxh6
34. Rxh6 Rxb2 35. Rhxh7 Ne6 36. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Black "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Qe2 Nxc3 8.
dxc3 Be7 9. c4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Be3 O-O 13. c3 Rb8 14. Rad1
Qa5 15. a3 Qa4 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rf2 Rbd8 18. Rc1 Bc4 19. Qe1 Rd3 20. Rd2 Rfd8
21. Rcd1 Qb5 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Bg5 Rxf3 24. Bxe7 Rd3 25. Rxd3 Bxd3 26. Qf2 c4
27. Bc5 h6 28. h3 Qb8 29. Bd6 Qc8 30. Qg3 Qf5 31. Be7 Kh7 32. Bf8 g5 33. Qf2
Qxe5 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf2 Kh7 36. Bc5 Kg6 37. Be3 Qf5 38. Qe1 h5 39. Bd2 Qe4
40. Qg3 Qd5 41. h4 g4 42. Qe3 Be4 43. g3 Kf7 44. Qf4+ Ke6 45. Kf2 Qf5 46. Ke3
Qxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Bg6 48. Be3 Kd5 49. a4 Be8 50. a5 c5 51. Kf5 Kc6 52. Ke6 Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 b6 8. exd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Manin, Viktor"]
[Black "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. c5 b6 11. Na4 bxc5 12. dxc5 e5 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Bg5
Be6 16. Rfd1 d4 17. Bc4 Ne4 18. Qa3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. Ne4 f5
22. Ned6 e4 23. Rac1 d3 24. Nb6 Kh7 25. Rc4 Qd8 26. b4 Ne5 27. b5 Nxc4 28.
Nbxc4 axb5 29. Qxa7 bxc4 30. Nxc4 Qa8 31. Qd7 Qxa2 32. Qd5 Rc8 33. g4 fxg4 34.
hxg4 Qe2 35. Ne3 Rf8 36. Rf1 Qf3 37. c6 Qf4 38. Qd7 Rf7 39. Nd5 Qf3 40. Qe6 Bd4
41. Kh2 Bxf2 42. Qxf7+ Qxf7 43. c7 Qf3 44. Nf6+ Qxf6 45. c8=Q Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. b4 Nd7 14. f4 Kh8 15.
a4 f6 16. f5 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Bg8 18. b5 e6 19. Bd3 f5 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne2 Nf6
22. Rab1 Ne4 23. a5 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 e5 25. Bxf5 Rae8 26. Bd3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bh6
28. Rf6 Qg7 29. Rxh6 Qxh6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. dxe5 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Qh4+ 33. Ng3 Qa4
34. Be2 Be6 35. a6 Kg8 36. e4 Kh8 37. exd5 Bxd5 38. e6 Qa1 39. Nf5 Bxe6 40.
Qd8+ Bg8 41. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Manin, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. b3 c3 15. f4
Qa5 16. a3 Rd8 17. Bh4 Rd7 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 g6 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Rf4 h5 22.
Bf6 Rg8 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qxh5+ Rf7 26. Raf1 Qf8 27. Bxc3 Nd8 28.
Ba5 Qg7 29. g4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 Nxg5 31. Rxf7 Ngxf7 32. h3 Nc6 33. Bc3 Ng5 34. Nc5
Bc8 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Bb2 a5 37. Ra1 e5 38. Rd1 Be6 39. Ba3 Nb4 40. Nd3 Kd6 41.
c3 Nxh3 42. cxb4 Rxg4+ 43. Kh2 d4 44. bxa5+ Kd5 45. a6 Rg7 46. e4+ Kxe4 47.
Nc5+ Kf3 48. Rd3+ Ke2 49. Nxe6 Ra7 50. Rxh3 Rxa6 51. Nxd4+ exd4 52. Bc5 d3 53.
Kg3 d2 54. Rh2+ Kd3 55. Rh1 Ke2 56. Rh2+ Kd3 57. Rh1 Ke2 58. Rh2+ Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. d3 c5 6. O-O Bb7 7. e4 d6 8. b3 Be7
9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Rae1 Nd7 13. Nh4 b4 14. Ne2 Qd8 15. f4
Bxh4 16. gxh4 Qxh4 17. Rf3 e5 18. Rh3 Qe7 19. Ng3 f6 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Qe2 Rf7
22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. Qxe6 exf4 27. Kh1
Nde5 28. Rg1 Rd8 29. Bf1+ Kf8 30. Qh3 Ke7 31. Qxh6 f3 32. h4 Rdf8 33. Rg7 Bc8
34. h5 Ng4 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qh8 Rf8 37. Qg7+ Rf7 38. Qh8 Rf8 39. Qh7+ Rf7 40.
Qg6 Nce5 41. Bxe5 Nxe5 42. Qg8 Rf8 43. Qg7+ Rf7 44. Qg8 Rf8 45. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Askerov, Marat"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. e4 Nf6 12. Nc3 c6 13. d5 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 O-O 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 Kf7 18. Bd6 Re8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Kg8 21.
Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Qd7 23. Ra1 Bb7 24. Ra7 Na6 25. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7
8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Bf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6
8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Be2 a6 13. h3 Re8 14.
g4 c5 15. Nb3 b6 16. g5 Nfd7 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bf3 Ra7 19. Ne4 Ndf8 20. Nd6 Rd8
21. h4 Be6 22. h5 Ne7 23. Ne4 Rad7 24. Nc3 Nf5 25. e4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 Ne3 28. Nd2 Nxd1 29. Nxd1 Bg4 30. Ne3 Bxh5 31. Nd5 Ne6 32. Nc4 Bf3 33. Nd6
b5 34. Kd2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Bd1 36. Nc3 Bc2 37. Nf5 b4 38. Nd5 a5 39. Nb6 f6 40.
gxf6 gxf6 41. Ng3 Kf7 42. Nc4 a4 43. a3 Bb3 44. Nd6+ Ke7 45. Ndf5+ Kf8 46. Nd6
c4 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Askerov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Ng3 a6 9. c3 c5 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Ne5 c4 13. Qh5 Rf8 14. Bd1 Bxg2 15.
Rg1 Bd5 16. Bf3 b4 17. Ne2 Ra7 18. Nf4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd7 20. Nxf7 Qa5 21. Nxd5
Rxf7 22. Rg7 Ne5 23. dxe5 Ba3 24. Nf6+ Kd8 25. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Manin, Viktor"]
[Black "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Bg5 c6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Kh8 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. Bh4 Bd2 15.
Rad1 Bg5 16. Bg3 d5 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. h4 Bxe3 21. fxe3
h5 22. g5 Ng4 23. Nc3 d4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kh7 27. exd4
Qd6 28. Rf3 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 b5 30. a3 Be8 31. Re1 Bc6 32. Ne4 Qxb2 33. Re2 Qxa3
34. Be1 Qc1 35. Kg2 Qd1 36. Nc3 Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qc1 38. Kg2 Qf4 39. Kg1 Ne3 40.
g6+ Kg8 41. Bd2 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Ng4+ 43. Kg3 b4 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 h5 6. h3 f5 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. d4 e4
9. h4 g6 10. Nf4 Bh6 11. dxc5 Bxf4 12. exf4 dxc5 13. Qxd8+ Nxd8 14. Be3 b6 15.
O-O-O Bb7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb7 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bd2 exf3 20. Bxf3 Nfe4 21.
Bc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Kd7 23. Rhe1 Rae8 24. Re5 Rh7 25. Kc2 Rhe7 26. Rxe7+ Rxe7 27.
Kd3 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rb1 Ra4 30. Re1 Kd6 31. Re6+ Kxd5 32. Rxg6 c4+ 33.
Ke3 Ra3 34. Rf6 Rxc3+ 35. Kd2 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Ke4 37. Re6+ Kd4 38. Rf6 Rxg3 39.
Rxf5 Rg2+ 40. Kd1 c3 41. Rxh5 Rf2 42. Rh7 a5 43. Rb7 Kc5 44. h5 b5 45. h6 Rxf4
46. h7 Rh4 47. Rg7 Rh2 48. Ra7 Kb4 49. Kc1 Ka4 50. Rc7 b4 51. Ra7 Kb5 52. Rb7+
Kc6 53. Ra7 Kb6 54. Rf7 a4 55. Rf6+ Kc5 56. Rf5+ Kc4 57. Rf4+ Kd3 58. Rf3+ Ke4
0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Siagodnik, Anton"]
[Black "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. e4 Na6 12. Rfb1 Nb4 13. Qc3 Ba6 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Ne5 Nc2 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Qxb3 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Qa6 21.
d5 a4 22. Qa2 exd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. f4 Rad8 25. Ndf3 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Ne4 27. h4
Nxg3+ 28. Kh2 Nf5 29. Ng5 Qe3 30. Ngxf7 Qxf4+ 31. Kg1 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxh4+ 33.
Kg1 Rxe5 34. Nxd8 Qxd8 35. Rb1 Qb6+ 36. Kh1 Qh6+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Askerov, Marat"]
[Black "Manin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. a3 Qd7 15.
Kh2 Ne5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bd4 Nc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e4 Bxc3 20. exd5 Bxb2 21.
dxc6 Qe7 22. Rc2 Bxa3 23. cxb7 Rad8 24. Qh5 e5 25. Be4 Qf6 26. Rd1 Bc5 27. Qg6
Qb6 28. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg 2017 IM"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Bajarani, Ilgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 h6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 O-O 1/2-1/2