[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr3"]
[Site "Albufeira Algarve"]
[Date "1999.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1999.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porto Boavista"]
[BlackTeam "Montecatini Surya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 cxd4 7. Nb5 Nc6 8. Nf3
f6 9. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 fxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 e4 14. Ng5
Nf6 15. b4 h6 16. Nh3 Kd6 17. b5 Na5 18. b6 Bd7 19. Nc7 d3 20. Rb1 Nc4+ 21. Kc1
Rc8 22. bxa7 Kxc7 23. cxd3 Na5 24. Kd2 Ra8 25. f3 exf3 26. gxf3 Rxa7 27. Rg1
Ne8 28. Nf4 Nc6 29. Bh3 Kd6 30. Ne2 Ne5 31. Rg3 g5 32. Rb6+ Kc7 33. Rb3 Ra4 34.
Ke3 Ng6 35. Rg4 Ra7 36. Rgb4 Nd6 37. f4 Ra8 38. Rc3+ Bc6 39. Kd2 Re8 40. Bg4
gxf4 41. Bh5 Rg8 42. Bxg6 Rxg6 43. Nxf4 Rf6 44. Rc1 Nf7 45. Rf1 Kd6 46. Ke2 Ne5
47. Nh3 Rxf1 48. Kxf1 Nxd3 49. Rh4 Ke5 50. Rxh6 Kf5 51. Ke2 Bb5 52. Kd2 Bc4 53.
Ng1 e5 54. h4 Nf4 55. Nf3 Be2 56. Ne1 d4 57. Nc2 b5 58. Rh8 Ke4 59. Rd8 Bc4 60.
Rh8 Be2 61. Rf8 Bc4 62. Rh8 Be2 63. Nb4 Bg4 64. Rb8 Ng6 65. Nd3 Nxh4 66. Nf2+
Kf4 67. Nxg4 Kxg4 68. Rxb5 e4 69. a4 Nf3+ 70. Kd1 d3 71. Rd5 Kg3 72. a5 Kf2 73.
Rxd3 exd3 74. a6 Ne5 75. a7 Ke3 76. a8=Q Nc4 77. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 (5... Bb4+ 6. c3
Bd6 {is the other alternative provoking c3 depriving the N from that square.})
6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 (7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 {- Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg Fontys 1998
EXT 99}) (7. dxe4 Na6 $11) 7... Nxe4 8. dxe4 {This old opening doesn' yield
any advantage for White.} Qe7 $2 {Surprisingly enough after this light-hearted
move Black is already in a big trouble.} ({There was nothing wrong with the
equalizing move} 8... Bg4 {for example:} 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 (10. Be3 Na6 11. Qd2
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bc5 {Depriving White from the ^^ Black can hope for an advantage
because of White's corrupted P structure.} 13. Rg1 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 g6 15. f4 exf4
16. Qxf4 O-O 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Rd6 Kg7 19. Rg5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rg3 Qe7 $15
{Hartson-Beliavsky, Hastings, 1974}) 10... Na6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13.
Bxc5 Bxc5 {Black has got the ^^ in an open position.} 14. Rd3 O-O 15. Rhd1 Rad8
16. g4 {(Godoy Bugueno-Utman, Santiago op 1999)} Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Bg6 $11) (8...
O-O {is also safe.} 9. O-O (9. Bg5 {wins a tempo, but even this is not much.}
Qc7 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Nc5 $11 {
Hergott-Arlandi, Wch U20 Copenhagen 1982}) 9... Bg4 10. Bc4 h6 11. Be2 {
This B manoevre is not very impressive.} Qe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. b3 Rd8
15. Qe1 b5 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Bg4 Nc5 {1/2:1/2 V.Atlas-Rabiega, AUT-chT 1998}) (
8... Bb4+ {leads also to simplifications, which cannot favour White.} 9. Nd2 (
9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. O-O Na6 $11) (9. c3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bd6 11. Ke2 f6
12. Rd1 Ke7 13. Nd2 Na6 14. a4 Nc5 15. Bc4 a5 16. b3 Rd8 $11 {with a complete
equalization, Short-Westerinen, Brighton 1982}) 9... O-O (9... Qe7 10. Qh5 $142
$1 {The Q is very active here.} (10. O-O Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13.
Bb4 Na6 14. Ba3 c5 {closing the /^.} 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rad8 $11 {
Izmukhambetov-Aleferenko, RUS-Cup2 Moscow 1996}) 10... O-O 11. c3 Bc5 12. O-O
$14) 10. Qh5 Nd7 11. c3 Be7 12. O-O a5 (12... g6 13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Nc4 Nxb3 15.
axb3 Qc7 (15... f6 $5) 16. Bh6 Rd8 17. Qe3 c5 18. Qg3 f6 19. f4 $16 {and White
grabs the |^ on the >>, Mitkov-Westerinen, Moscow ol (Men) 1994.}) 13. Nf3 a4
14. Bc2 {Now the B is forced to abandon the strong a2-g8 /^.} Ra5 15. h3 Qc7
16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qh4 Nd5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nb6 20. b3 Be6 21. c4 axb3 22.
axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 f6 $11 {with a passive B on c2, Mitkov-Villavicencio, Santa
Cruz de la Palma op 1995.}) 9. Ng5 $1 (9. O-O {misses the unexpected
opportunity.} Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd3 Na6 13. Rfd1 Bc5 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qc3 Nxe4 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rfd8 $11 {and the draw is inevitable,
Fedorov-Aleksandrov, Russian Cup 1997.}) 9... O-O {[#]} 10. Nxh7 $3 {[%mdl 512]
A bold from the blue!} (10. Qh5 h6 11. Nf3 Be6 $11) 10... Kxh7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12.
Bg5 Qc7 (12... Qe8 13. Bh6 $1 {Other tries fail to impress:} (13. Bf6 Be7) (13.
Rd1 Be7 $1 14. Rd3 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Be6) 13... Be7 (13... gxh6 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15.
Qxh6+ Kg8 16. O-O-O {and the R will join the -> just in time.} Bc5 17. Rd3 Bxf2
18. Rg3+ $1 Bxg3 19. Qg5+ $18) (13... Qe7 14. O-O-O Be6 (14... gxh6 15. Qg6+
Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Rd3 Bg4 18. Rh3 $1 $18) 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Rd3 $18 {
bringing the R into -> on the third rank.}) (13... Be6 14. Qg5 $18) 14. Rd1 $1
Bf6 (14... Be6 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Rd3 Bb4+ 17. c3 Rg8 18. Qxe5+ $16) 15. Rd3
Na6 (15... Be6 16. Rg3 g6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rxg6+ fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Bxf8
$18) 16. Rg3 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Bxg7 18. Qg6 $18 {and the mate is inevitable!}) 13.
Rd1 $1 (13. O-O-O {would have given Black some chances on the c1-h6 /^.}) 13...
Nd7 (13... Be7 14. Rd3 $1 {Black is completely helpless against White's
threats.} c5 (14... Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Kh7 (15... Be6 16. Rg3 g6 17. Bxe6 $18) 16.
Qh5+ Kg8 17. g4 $1 {preparing Rh3} Re8 18. Rh3 Kf8 19. Rf3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6
21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 $18 {and >< f7 falls.}) (14... Na6 15. Rg3 Nc5 {- 13...
Nd7}) 15. Rg3 $1 {Now the target is >< g7.} c4 (15... Nc6 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Rxg7+
Bxg7 18. Qg5 $18) 16. Bh6 $1 Bf6 (16... Bb4+ 17. c3 g6 18. Bxc4 $1 $18) 17.
Bxg7 Bxg7 18. Qh6 $18) (13... c5 14. Bf6 $3 (14. Rd3 {is slow because of} c4
15. Rg3 f6) 14... Nd7 (14... Be7 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Rd3 $18) 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7
16. Qg5+ Kh8 (16... Kh7 17. Rd3 Nb6 18. Qh4+ $18) 17. Rd3 $18) (13... Be6 {
is again met by the standard} 14. Bf6 $1 gxf6 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rg3+ (16. Qh6 $4
Bb4+) 16... Kf8 17. Bxe6 Bc5 (17... Re8 18. Bxf7 $1 $16) (17... fxe6 $2 18.
Qh8+ $18) (17... Bb4+ 18. c3 $16) 18. Rf3 $16 {with a strong ->.}) 14. Rd3 $1 {
is simpler than} (14. Qg6 $5 Bb4+ (14... Kh8 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nc5 17. f3
$18) (14... Nc5 15. Bh6 $18) 15. c3 Nc5 16. Bh6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Ne6 18. Bxe6
fxe6 19. Rd3 Qf7 20. Qg3 $18) 14... Nc5 15. Rg3 Be7 (15... Nxe4 16. Qg6 $1 Be6
(16... Qa5+ 17. c3 Be6 (17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 $18) 18. Qxe4 $18) 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 (
17... Bxb3 18. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Bf6 Bf8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 (19... Rxe6 20. Rh3 Bb4+
21. c3 $18) 20. O-O $18) (15... Re8 16. Bf6 Bf8 17. Bxg7 $1 (17. Rxg7+ {
leads nowhere after} Bxg7 18. Qg6 Ne6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe8+ Kh7 $11) (17. Qh6
Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $13) 17... Bxg7 18. Qg6 $1 Ne6 (18... Bg4 19. Qxg4 Ne6 20. h4
Rad8 21. h5 $18) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe8+ Kh7 21. Rh3+ Bh6 22. Rd3 b6 23. Rd8
Qg7 (23... Bg7 24. h4 $18) 24. O-O $18) 16. Bh6 $1 Bf6 17. Qg6 $1 (17. Bxg7 {
leads only to a draw after} Bxg7 18. Rxg7+ (18. Qh6 $2 Ne6) 18... Kxg7 19. Qg5+
$11) 17... Qa5+ (17... Qd6 18. Bxg7 Nxb3 19. Qh6 $1 $18) (17... Qe7 18. Bxg7
Nxb3 19. Qh6 Qb4+ 20. Kf1 Nd2+ 21. Kg1 $18) 18. c3 Qd8 19. Bxg7 Nxb3 ({missing
the brilliant} 19... Qd2+ $3 {after which Black can simplify the position,
although the _|_ remains rather bad.} 20. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 21. axb3 fxg6 22. Bxf8
Kxf8 23. Rxg6 (23. Rd1 Be6 24. Kc2 Kf7 25. Rgd3 Rh8 26. h3 a5 $14) 23... Kf7
24. Rg3 Be6 25. Kc2 Rh8 26. Rd3 $16) 20. Qh6 $18 Qd2+ {This is already late.}
21. Qxd2 Nxd2 22. Bxf6+ Kh7 23. Kxd2 Be6 24. Kc2 a5 25. Rd1 Rg8 26. b3 a4 27.
Kb2 axb3 28. axb3 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Ra5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Bg4 32. Rd8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porto Boavista"]
[BlackTeam "Niksic Radonja"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {Der russische Großmeister spielt
gerne die Paulsen Variante.} 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 {Dieser Zug ist
natürlich gut, aber die Hauptfortsetzung wäre der Springertausch auf d4.} (7.
Nxc6) 7... Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 {Das ist die klassische Fortsetzung - wegen der
Drohung 9...Ng4 kann Schwarz praktisch ein Tempo gewinnen und seinen
Damenspringer am Königsflügel benutzen.} 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 (10. f4 d6 $5 11.
fxe5 (11. Kh1 Ng6) 11... dxe5) 10... d6 11. f4 Ng6 {Diese Springerstellung ist
typisch für diese Variante - der Ng6 provoziert den Zug f4-f5, wonach der
Springer die Kontrolle über das Feld e5 erhält.} (11... Ned7) 12. Qe1 $5 {
[%cal Ge1g3,Ge1h4] Von e1 aus kann die Dame nach g3 oder h4 ziehen.} (12. Qd2)
(12. Qe2) (12. Qf3) 12... O-O 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh4 (14. g4 d5 $1 15. exd5 b5 $1
16. fxe6 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nxd5 $1 18. Nxd5 Bb7 19. Rc1 Bxd5+ 20. Kg1 $2 fxe6 $1
21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nf5 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qb7 $6 (23... Qf7 $1 24. Nd4 h5 $17) 24.
Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Lazarev,V/ Meisdorf 1996 (29)}) 14... Bd7 (14... b5
15. Rf3 $5 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Ne8 17. e5 (17. Rg1 g6 18. Rg4 b4 19. Nce2 e5 20. Qh6
d5 21. Rh4 f6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Bxc5 Rf7 24. fxe6 Rg7 25. Bxb4 {1-0 Nedev,
T-Comas Fabrego,L/Batumi GEO 1999 (25)}) 17... g6 18. Rg1 d5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20.
Bxg6 hxg6 21. Rxg6+ Ng7 22. Ndxb5 axb5 23. Rh6 Be7 24. Rh8+ Kf7 25. Qf4+ Ke8
26. Nxb5 Qxc2 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Bb6 Qb1+ {0-1 Tissir,M-Stefansson,H/ Istanbul
TUR 2000 (28)}) {[#]} 15. Rf3 $1 {[%mdl 4] Diese Neuerung kommt unerwartet und
ist sehr schön. Allerdings bin ich nicht völlig davon überzeugt, dass Weiß
einen objektiv siegreichen Angriff bekommt. Als Neuerung in einer praktischen
Partie aber ist ein solcher Zug mehr als gefährlich. Weiß opfert die Qualität
und mobilisiert alle Figuren am Königsflügel. Ich möchte darauf hinweisen,
dass dieser Zug schon im vergangenen Jahr von Nedev - einem Landsmann von GM
Mitkov - gespielt wurde, allerdings in einer Stellung mit Bc8 und b7-b5).} (15.
g4 Qb6 16. g5 Nh5 (16... Ne8 $2 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Rf1+ Kg8 20.
Qf2 Nc7 21. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gd4f5]} d5 (21... Nxc4 $2 22. Qf7+ $18) 22. Nc6 Qxc6
23. Bxc5 {[%cal Rf1f8,Rf8g8]} g6 24. Bd4 $40) 17. Qxh5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19.
f6 (19. Rf4 Qe3 20. Raf1 g6 21. Qh6 f6 $8 22. fxg6 $2 (22. Nd1 $13) (22. Rh4
Rf7 23. fxg6 Nxg6 $13) 22... Nxg6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 {0-1 Bakre,T-Horvath,
J/ Calcutta IND 2000 (24)}) 19... Bc6 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qf6 Qe3
23. Kh2 Nd7 24. Qh6 Ne5 25. Qf6 Nd7 26. Qh6 Ne5 27. Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Milos,G/ Rio de Janiero 1996 (27)}) 15... Nxf3 (15... Qb6 16. Rg3 Bxd4 (16...
Ne8 17. Nce2 Qxb2 18. Rf1 $132) 17. Qxf6 g6 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rf1 $40 {[%cal
Gf1f4,Gf4h4]}) 16. gxf3 {[%cal Ga1g1,Gg1g8] Die Hauptidee des Opfers ist, dass
Weiß die halboffene g-Linie bekommt.} Kh8 (16... Qd8 $5) (16... Qb6 17. Rg1 {
[%cal Gg1g8]} Bxd4 (17... Kh8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxg7 $1) 18. e5 $1 {[%cal Gd3h7]}
Bxe3 19. Rxg7+ $1 Kh8 (19... Kxg7 20. exf6+ Kh8 21. fxe6 $18) 20. fxe6 $18) 17.
Rg1 Qd8 $2 (17... Rg8 18. fxe6 fxe6 (18... Bxe6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 g6 22. Qf6+ Rg7 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Bxg7+ Bxg7 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6 Rd8 $11)
19. e5 {[%cal Gd3h7]} dxe5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 g6 (21... h6 22. Bxh6 $18) 22.
Rxg6 Rxg6 23. Bxg6 Bc8 (23... Bc6 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Ng5 Bxf3+ 26. Kh2 Bxe3 27.
Nf7+ Qxf7 28. Bxf7 $18) 24. Nf5 (24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Bxc5 Kg8 26. Be4 Qxc5 27.
Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Bg8 29. Qf6+ Bf7 $11) 24... Bf8 25. Qf6+ Bg7 26. Nxg7 Qxg7
27. Qd8+ Qg8 28. Qf6+ $11) 18. e5 $1 dxe5 (18... Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne8 20. f6 g6
21. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 22. Bxg6 $18) 19. Rxg7 $3 $16 {[%mdl 512] Weiß opfert auch
noch den zweiten Turm!} Rg8 (19... exf5 20. Nd5 $1 Rg8 (20... Kxg7 21. Qh6+ Kh8
22. Nxf6 $18) 21. Rxf7 Rg7 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Bg5 $18) (19... Bxd4 20. Rxh7+ $1
Nxh7 21. f6 $18) (19... Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kh8 21. Bg5 Be7 22. fxe6 $18) 20. Rxg8+
Kxg8 (20... Nxg8 21. f6 $1 Nxf6 22. Bg5 $18) 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Ne4 $1 Nd5 (22...
Nxe4 23. Bxe7 $18) 23. f6 $1 $18 {Schwarz hat großen Materialvorteil, aber das
hilft ihm nichts - seine Königsstellung ist nicht zu verteidigen.} Qb6 (23...
Bb4 24. Bh6 $18) (23... Bf8 24. Nd6 $18) 24. Nc5 (24. Qg3 $18) (24. Nd6 $18)
24... Qxc5 25. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porto Boavista"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. O-O g6 12. Kh1 Bg7 13. Rae1 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5
15. f5 exf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. exf5+ 1-0

[Event "North American op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qb3 b6 8. Nc3
Ba6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Qf4 a5 17. Bc3 Ba6 18. a4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qe7 20. Rcd1 Rac8 21.
e4 d4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc5 24. Qd2 Nxe5 25. f4 Ng6 26. Qd3 Rfc8 27. Rd7
Qe8 28. Rb7 Qxb5 29. Rd1 Qxb2 30. f5 Rc2 31. Bf1 Nf8 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Rb2
34. fxe6 Nxe6 35. Rdd7 Ng5 36. Rd3 h6 37. h4 Nxe4 38. Rf3 Nf6 39. Re3 Rc1 40.
g4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Terme Zrece"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nc5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bxd6 Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Rad8 16. Qe5 Nfd7 17. Qd4 Qxb2 18. Rd2 (18. Qe3 Qa3 19. Rb1 Rb8 20.
Red1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Tratar,M/Istanbul TUR 2003/(48)}) 18... Qa3 19. Red1
{White are ready to exchange Qd4 for two rooks of Black as Kg8 is weak and the
chances for attack are good.} (19. e5 $5 h6 (19... Nb6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+
Kf7 22. Ne4 Nbxa4 (22... Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Qc1+ 24. Kh2 $16 {[%csl Rf7]})) 20. Kh2
$5 Nb6 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kh7 23. Ne4 Nbxa4 24. Nd6 $44) 19... Nb6 20.
Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kf7 22. Ne2 (22. Rb1 Nbxa4 23. Nxa4 Qxa4 $17) 22... Qxa4
23. Ned4 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Ke7 24. Rg8 Kf7 25. Rd8 Ke7 26. Rg8 Kf7 27. Rh8 h6 28.
Ne5+ Kf6 29. f4 $36 {[%csl Rf6]} Nbd7 30. Nb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Nxd7+ Nxd7
31. e5+ Kf7 (31... Ke7 32. Rg8 Kf7 33. Rc8 $16) 32. Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c7]} Nc5
33. Rc7+ Kg8 34. f5 $16) 30... Nxe5 31. fxe5+ Kg6 32. Nd4 (32. Nxc5 Qxc2 $19) (
32. Re8 $8 Qc4 $1 (32... Nxb3 33. Rxe6+ Kg5 34. cxb3 Qxb3 35. Red6 $132 {
[%cal Ge5e8] /-+}) 33. Nd4 (33. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxe5 $19) 33... a4 $19)
32... Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ya3e3]} 33. Re1 (33. Kh2 Qe3 34. Ra8 a4 $19) 33... Qc3 34.
Nf3 Qxc2 35. Nh4+ Kh5 36. Nf3 Nxe4 37. g4+ Kg6 38. Rf1 (38. Nh4+ Kg5 39. Nf3+
Kf4 40. Rf8+ Kg3 $19) 38... Nd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 Rb8 11. c4 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. h3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8
15. Qf3 Be6 16. b3 d4 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rfe1 Qa5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6
Rxd6 22. Qf4 Rdd8 23. Re5 Qb4 24. Nc5 Qa3 25. Rc2 Re8 26. Qxd4 Rbd8 27. Qb2
Qxb2 28. Rxb2 a5 29. Be2 Bc8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bf3 Bf5 32. Rd2 Kf8 33. g4 Ne4
34. Bxe4 Bxe4 35. f4 f5 36. Kf2 g5 37. fxg5 fxg4 38. hxg4 Bg6 39. Rd6 Rc8 40.
Rd7 Bb1 41. Ra7 Bxa2 42. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 bxc4 7. Bxc4 Nxd5 8. Bxd5
exd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nge2 Ba6 13. Kf2 Ba5 14. b3 Nb4
15. Qf5 Nd3+ 16. Kg3 Bc7+ 17. f4 Rb6 18. Nd5 Re6 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Nc3 Qa5 21.
Bd2 Bb7 22. h4 Qa6 23. Rdf1 Rfe8 24. h5 Qd6 25. Rh3 Nb4 26. Bc1 Nxa2 27. Nxa2
Bxe4 28. Qg4 Qd3+ 29. Kf2 Qc2+ 30. Kg1 Bf5 31. Qd1 Qxa2 32. Rg3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qc1 d5 5. e3 Nh5 6. Be5 Nd7 7. Be2 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 g6 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O f6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rab1 Ng7 15.
b4 Bd7 16. b5 Qc7 17. Qb3 Rfc8 18. Rdc1 Kf8 19. h3 Rab8 20. Bf1 dxc4 21. Bxc4
g5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qc2 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 h5 25. Ne2 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Nfd4 c5
28. Nxe6+ Bxe6 29. Bxe6 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Nf4 Qb4 32. g3 Bg5 33. Qd3 Bxf4
34. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YEM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qg6 11. h4 Bd7 12. Qd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Kf1
Rad8 15. Qb1 Bf5 16. Qa2 Rfe8 17. h5 Qf6 18. Kg1 Bg4 19. Bd5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Na5
21. Rh3 Re7 22. Rg3 c5 23. Rg6 Qf5 24. e4 Qc8 25. Bg4 Qc7 26. d5 c4 27. d6 Rxd6
28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Rd5 Re8 31. Bf5 Nb3 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. g3 a6 34. a4
b6 35. Kg2 Nc1 36. Qe3 Nd3 37. a5 bxa5 38. Rd7 Qb8 39. Ra7 Qd6 40. Rd7 Qb8 41.
Ra7 Qb2 42. Rc7 Qxc3 43. Qa7 Qd4 44. Qxd4 exd4 45. Rxc4 Rb8 46. Kf1 Nb2 47. Rc2
Na4 48. Ke1 d3 49. Rd2 Nc3 50. e5 a4 51. e6 fxe6 52. Bxe6+ Kf8 53. Bc4 a3 54.
f3 Nb1 0-1

[Event "Mexican op 54th"]
[Site "Aguascalientes"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Ngf6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qc2 Nc5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nfd7 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Nb3 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qb6 18. Qc3 d4 19. Qd2 f5 20. Rab1 Ne5 21. Nc5
Rae8 22. Kg2 f4 23. g4 h5 24. a4 Kh8 25. Rbc1 Ng5 26. Ne4 Qd8 27. Rh1 Ng6 28.
Rc5 Re5 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Qb2 Qd8 32. b5 c5 33. Bxb7 f3+ 34. Kf1
Qf6 35. Be4 Qf4 36. exf3 Nxf3 37. Bc6 Ne5 38. Qe2 Nxd3 39. Kg2 c4 40. Rf1 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 17th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Be6 12. Qxb7 Nd7 13. Qb4 Rab8 14. Qa3
Rfc8 15. e3 Qg6 16. f3 Nxc5 17. Kf2 Qf6 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Kg1 Bd7 20. Re1 Rb1 21.
Re2 Rcb8 22. g4 h5 23. h3 Qh4 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. Qd6 Ne1+ 26. Kg1 R8b6 27. Qe5 Rd1
28. Rhh2 Nd3 29. Qc7 Rbb1 0-1

[Event "North American op 24th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Bh4+ 5. Ke2 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Bxf4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3+ 9. Kxf3 Bg5 10. Qd2 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Ne7 12. exd5 O-O 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Qg3
cxd5 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. c3 Qf6+ 17. Ke3 Na5 18. b3 Rae8+ 19. Kd2 Re6 20. h4 Rfe8
21. Qg5 Qf2 0-1

[Event "North American op 29th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Bd4 Bxd4+
15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfe1 Nc4 18. Rxe7 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Kf8 20. Ree1 Nxb2
21. Reb1 Na4 22. Rxb4 Re8 23. Kf2 Ra6 24. Rab1 Rc8 25. R1b3 Nc5 26. Re3 Rca8
27. a3 b5 28. Nc6 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Rxa3 30. Rxb5 Ra2 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Nd4 Bf5 33.
Rb6 Bxc2 34. Nxc2 Rxc2+ 35. Ke3 Rc3+ 36. Kd4 Ra3 37. Rxd6 Nd3 38. f5 gxf5 39.
Rd8 Ne1 40. d6 Rd3+ 41. Kc4 Rd2 42. Bc6 Rc2+ 43. Kb5 Rb2+ 44. Ka5 Nd3 45. d7
Ne5 46. Rg8+ Kh6 47. Ba4 Nxd7 48. Bxd7 Rd2 49. Bc6 Rb2 50. Ka4 Rb6 51. Bd5 f6
52. Ka3 Rb1 53. Bb3 Rh1 54. h3 Kh5 55. Kb2 Kh4 56. Kc3 Re1 57. Kd2 Re5 58. Bd1
h5 59. Rg6 f4 60. Rxf6 Kg3 61. Bf3 Ra5 62. Rg6+ Kh4 63. Rh6 Kg3 64. Rg6+ Kh4
65. Rd6 Kg3 66. Rd5 Ra2+ 67. Kd3 Ra3+ 68. Kd4 Ra4+ 69. Kc3 Ra3+ 70. Kc4 h4 71.
Rg5+ 1-0

