[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "266"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Nb6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Nxa8 16. Nbd2 Nb6 17. Nf1 c4 18. N3h2 g6 19. g4 h5 20. Ng3 h4 21. Ne2 Nh7
22. Bh6 Re8 23. f4 g5 24. fxg5 Nxg5 25. Qd2 Qd8 26. Qe3 f6 27. Bxg5 fxg5 28.
Nf1 Nd7 29. Qa7 Nc5 30. Ra1 Bb7 31. Ne3 Qd7 32. Qa2 Qc7 33. Qa5 Qd7 34. Qa2 Ra8
35. Qb1 Rxa1 36. Qxa1 Bd8 37. Nf5 Qc7 38. Kg2 Qb6 39. Qf1 Qc7 40. Ng1 Kh7 41.
Nf3 Kg6 42. Qc1 Bc8 43. N3xh4+ Kf7 44. Nf3 Bxf5 45. gxf5 Qe7 46. Nh2 g4 47.
Nxg4 Qg5 48. Qe3 Qxe3 49. Nxe3 Bg5 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Bd1 Kf7 52. Nc2 Na6 53. Na3
Nc7 54. b3 Bc1 55. Nb1 cxb3 56. Bxb3 Na6 57. Ke2 Kf6 58. Kd1 Bh6 59. Na3 Kg5
60. Nxb5 Bf8 61. Ke2 Kh4 62. Bc4 Nc5 63. Kf3 Kxh3 64. Nc7 Kh4 65. Be2 Kg5 66.
Ne8 Be7 67. Ke3 Kh6 68. Bf3 Kg5 69. c4 Bf8 70. Be2 Kh4 71. Bd3 Kg5 72. Bc2 Kh6
73. Bd1 Kh7 74. Bh5 Kh6 75. Bf3 Kg5 76. Bg2 Kh4 77. Nf6 Bg7 78. Ne8 Bh6+ 79.
Kf3 Bf8 80. Nf6 Bg7 81. Ne8 Bf8 82. Bf1 Kg5 83. Ke3 Kh4 84. Bd3 Kg5 85. Kd2 Kh6
86. Kc3 Kh7 87. Bc2 Kg8 88. Kb4 Kf7 89. Nc7 Ke7 90. Ka5 Kd7 91. Nb5 Be7 92. Nc3
Bh4 93. Kb6 Bf2 94. Kb5 Be1 95. Nd1 Kc7 96. Ne3 Nd7 97. Ng4 Bh4 98. Nh6 Bg5 99.
Nf7 Be3 100. Nh8 Nf6 101. Ng6 Nd7 102. Bd1 Bg5 103. Ba4 Bf6 104. Kb4 Nc5 105.
Bc2 Bg5 106. Nh8 Kb6 107. Nf7 Bd2+ 108. Ka3 Kc7 109. Nh8 Nd7 110. Ng6 Nf6 111.
Nf8 Kb6 112. Ne6 Be3 113. Kb4 Bd2+ 114. Kb3 Be3 115. Kc3 Bg1 116. Kd3 Kb7 117.
Ba4 Kc8 118. Bc6 Bf2 119. Ke2 Bb6 120. Kf3 Ba7 121. Ba4 Bg1 122. Nf8 Kd8 123.
Ng6 Bc5 124. Bc2 Bb6 125. Kg3 Bc5 126. Kh4 Be3 127. Nf8 Ke8 128. Ne6 Ke7 129.
Bd3 Bf2+ 130. Kg5 Be3+ 131. Kg6 Bd2 132. c5 Ne8 133. f6+ Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 exd4 12. cxd4 g5 13. e5 $5 gxh4 $2 (13... d5
14. Bb3 gxh4 15. exf6 Qxf6 $13) 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Nh7 16. Ne4 f5 (16...
Rg8 17. Nf6 Bf5 (17... Rg7 18. Bd3 $18)) 17. Nfg5 Qe7 18. Nf6 Qg7 19. Qxh7+
Qxh7 20. Ngxh7 Rfd8 21. Ng5 $16 dxe5 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nh5+ Kg6
25. Nxe5+ Kxh5 26. Be2+ Kg5 27. Nf7+ Kf6 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Rad1 Re8 30. Bf3 Bc8
31. Rfe1 Rg8 32. Bd5 Rh8 33. Bb3 Bc5 34. Rd3 Bd6 35. Bd5 b6 36. g3 Bd7 37. Rf3
Rh5 38. Re4 hxg3 39. hxg3 f4 40. Rfxf4+ Bxf4 41. Rxf4+ Ke7 42. Rd4 c5 43. Rd2
b5 44. f4 c4 45. Kf2 a5 46. Ke3 Rh3 47. Rg2 Rh1 48. a4 b4 49. Bxc4 Bxa4 50. g4
Bc6 51. Rg3 Re1+ 52. Kd2 Rb1 53. b3 a4 54. Re3+ Kf8 55. bxa4 Bxa4 56. Bd3 Rb2+
57. Kc1 Rg2 58. g5 Be8 59. Re6 b3 60. Rb6 Rg4 61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Bc4 Ba4 63. Bd5
Rg3 64. Kb2 Re3 65. Rb6 Re2+ 66. Ka3 Ra2+ 67. Kb4 Rf2 68. Rb7+ Kg6 69. Be4+ Kh5
70. Rf7 Be8 71. Rf8 b2 72. Kc3 Bg6 73. Rh8+ Kg4 74. Bxg6 Rxf4 75. Kxb2 Kxg5 76.
Bd3 Kf6 77. Re8 Kf7 78. Re3 Kf6 79. Kc3 Rh4 80. Bc4 Kf5 81. Kb4 Kf4 82. Re7 Rh5
83. Kc3 Re5 84. Rf7+ Rf5 85. Re7 Re5 86. Rh7 Re3+ 87. Bd3 Re8 88. Rh4+ Ke3 89.
Rh1 Rc8+ 90. Bc4 Rd8 91. Be6 Rd3+ 92. Kc4 Rd4+ 93. Kc5 Ra4 94. Rh3+ Kf2 95. Bc4
Ra8 96. Kd4 Ra4 97. Rc3 Ra7 98. Ke4 Rh7 99. Rf3+ Kg2 100. Bd5 Rh4+ 101. Ke5 Kg1
102. Be4 Rh2 103. Rf4 Rd2 104. Kf5 Rf2 105. Bf3 Rb2 106. Rh4 Rb8 107. Kf4 Kf2
108. Rh2+ Ke1 109. Be4 Rb3 110. Bf3 Rb4+ 111. Kg3 Rd4 $2 (111... Rb3 $1 $11)
112. Re2+ Kf1 113. Re3 Rd2 114. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4
h5 9. g5 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Bxg4 hxg4 13. Qxg4 g6 14. b3 Bg7 15.
Bb2 Qc5 16. Rg3 e5 17. Qe2 Rxh4 18. O-O-O Rh2 19. Re3 Bf8 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Rd3
Bg4 22. Rg1 Bh5 23. Kb1 O-O-O 24. Rf1 Rg2 25. Qe3 Kb8 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Qxg5
28. Qxf7 Qe7 29. Qc4 Qc7 30. Bc1 g5 31. Qe6 Qd7 32. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 (1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 cxd4
8. exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1) 1... c5 2.
Nf3 a6 $6 {An interesting, but to be honest, a dubious move. The move a7-a6 is
mostly useful in the Sicilian, but anyway it is a loss of time at the moment.}
3. c3 $5 {This White's reaction is principled. He strives to exploit the
drawback of Black's last move and transpose the game into the 2.c3 line, where
the move a7-a6 isn't very useful for Black.} ({Other attempt to exploit the
downside of Black's last move is} 3. c4 $5) ({Of course, White can continue
the common way} 3. d4) 3... d5 {This continuation, together with} (3... Nf6 {
is considered advantageous for White} 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 $14) ({But interesting is
} 3... e6 $5 {with intention to transpose the game into the French} 4. d4 d5)
4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 ({Usually only the transposition of moves is} 5... Nf6 6.
Be2 e6 {, as the other moves are weaker:} (6... cxd4 $6 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6
9. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ye2f3]} Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... Qxc6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bf3 Qd7
13. Bg5 O-O 14. Qb3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 $16 {1-0 Skripchenko,A (2489)-Onischuk,A 
(2224)/Germany 2004/EXT 2005 (61)}) 11. Bf3 Be7 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. O-O Nd5 14. Be5
$16 {1-0 Topalov,V (2707)-Kurajica,B (2567)/Sarajevo 2001/CBM 084 (40)}) (6...
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ye2f3]} O-O (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5
11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 $16 {1/2 Karjakin,S (2527)-Kurajica,B (2548)/Benidorm
2002/CBM 093 (49)}) 9. Bf3 Qd8 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bxh5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5
Qxe5 14. Bf3 Qxc5 15. Nd2 $14 {1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M (2626)-Kurajica,B (2541)/
Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (55)})) ({Other Black's option is} 5... Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7.
O-O Nf6) 6. Be2 ({The idea of} 6. Be3 {is to force the exchange on d4, then to
play Nb1-c3 and to develop light squared bishop to the more active position on
d3, for example} cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qc2 Bd7 13. b4 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A (2540)-Franklin,M (2345)/Hastings 1971/
MCD (37)}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 {Black increases his pressure against the d4
pawn.} ({After} 7... Be7 {is interesting} 8. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ye2f3]} ({possible
is also common} 8. Be3) 8... O-O 9. Bf3 Qd8 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Rxd4
$14 {1-0 Minasian,A (2510)-Nazarov,A (2210)/Azov 1991/CBM 025 (29)}) ({and
after} 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 $5 (8. cxd4) 8... Be7 9. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2c4]} O-O 10.
Nc4 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Gipslis,A-Taimanov,
M/Tbilisi 1966/URS-ch (67)}) 8. Be3 {This move is the most frequent, White
forces the exchange on d4.} ({But deserves attention also} 8. c4 $5 Qd8 9. Be3
cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. g3 O-O 15. c5 $1
$14 {1-0 Dolmatov,S (2535)-Ivanov,A (2425)/Tashkent 1980/MCL (42)}) 8... cxd4
9. cxd4 ({An equivalent alternative to the text is} 9. Nxd4 {, for example}
Nxd4 (9... Bd7 10. Bf3 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2606)-Lima,
D (2525)/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080 (49)}) 10. Bxd4 Bc5 (10... Be7 11. Bf3
Qd8 12. Nd2 $14) 11. Bf3 Qd6 $14) 9... Be7 10. Nc3 Qd8 {Black retreats his
queen to its initial position as after} (10... Qd6 {White continues} 11. Nd2 {
and will gain a tempo by attacking it, for example} Nb4 (11... O-O 12. Nc4 Qd8
13. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Sax,G (2600)-Fernandes,A (2440)/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (30)})
12. Nde4 (12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Bf3 Nbd5 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Gufeld,
E-Taimanov,M/Leningrad 1963/URS-ch (68)}) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd8 14. Nc3 O-O
15. Bf3 $14 {1/2 Ciric,D-Taimanov,M/Rostov 1961/MCD}) 11. Ne5 $1 Bd7 {Black
finishes his development.} ({The transfer of Black's Nc6 to d5 takes much time:
} 11... Nb4 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qb3 Nbd5 14. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Almasi,Z (2580)-Csom,I 
(2475)/Hungary 1993/TD (36)}) 12. a3 {[%csl Gb4] White takes the b4 square
under control to avoid the manoeuvre of Black's Nc6 to d5 mentioned above.} ({
After} 12. Bf3 {Black covers the c6 by} Rc8 $14 {1-0 Petukhov,D (2095)
-Bespalov,A (2325)/Novokuznetsk 2001/CBM 085 ext (33)}) 12... O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8
14. Bd3 {White chooses the b1-h7 diagonal as the working one for his light
squared bishop.} ({Possible is also} 14. Bf3 $14 Qa5 $2 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d5
$16 {1/2 Rahls,P (2291)-Rueggeberg,W (1814)/Bad Bertrich 2002/EXT 2006 (77)})
14... Bd6 (14... g6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bc4 $14 {0-1
Huzman,A (2570)-Zilberman,Y (2485)/Israel 1996/CBM 052 ext (54)}) 15. f4 {
[%csl Ge5] A new move. White strengthens the position of his knight on its e5
outpost and prepares the transfer of the queen or the rook to the h file.} (15.
Nxd7 $6 {gives White nothing} Qxd7 $11 {1/2 Kramnik,V (2751)-Karpov,A (2710)/
Dortmund 1999/CBM 072/[Huzman] (27)}) ({But interesting alternative is} 15. Bf4
$5) 15... Ne7 {[%csl Gd5]} 16. Ne4 (16. Qf3 $5 $14) 16... Ned5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6
18. Rf3 $6 {[%cal Yf3h3]} (18. Qf3 $5 $14) 18... Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Qb6 $11 20. Be3
Rc8 $6 (20... Qxb2 $4 21. Nc4 $18) (20... Bb5 $142) 21. Qb1 $6 (21. Nxd7 $142
$5 Nxd7 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 $13 (22... Kxh7 $2 23. Rh3+ Kg8 24. Qh5 $18)) 21... Bb5
$15 22. Bc2 Qc7 23. Bb3 Nd5 {White doesn't want to suffer passively and starts
an incorrect attack.} 24. Rh3 $6 g6 25. Bxd5 $2 exd5 $17 26. Qe1 Qc2 27. Ng4 $6
Qxb2 $2 {And Black blunders just before the goal.} (27... h5 $142 $19) 28. Nf6+
Kg7 (28... Kf8 $2 29. f5 $18) 29. Rxh7+ Kxf6 30. Qh4+ Ke6 31. Qg4+ Ke7 $2 {
The second error loses the game.} ({After} 31... Kf6 $142 {White has only the
perpetual check} 32. Qg5+ (32. Qxc8 $2 Qe2 $19 33. Qd8+ (33. Qc1 Bxa3 $1) 33...
Kf5 {[%cal Yf5e4,Ye4d3]}) 32... Ke6 33. Qg4+ $11) 32. Qxc8 Qe2 $6 (32... Qa1+
33. Qc1 Qxa3 $16) 33. Qc1 $18 Bd3 ({The difference between the line above is,
that now after} 33... Bxa3 {White captures the bishop with check} 34. Qxa3+)
34. f5 $1 Bxf5 35. Bg5+ Kf8 36. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Ilyumzhinov Cup"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2006.05.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2006.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Rc1 Be6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nf3 f6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bc5
Bd6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Rd2 Rfb8 19. d4 e4 20. Ne1 Ba4
21. Ng2 Rb7 22. Ne3 Bb3 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Rc6 Rd8 25. Nf5 Rbd7 26. f3 g6 27.
Ne3 f5 28. a4 Rb8 29. Ra6 Rb4 30. Rxa5 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. Nxd5 Rb7 33. fxe4
fxe4 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Nxe4 Ke6 36. Nc3 Bb3 37. e4 Ra7 38. Rf2 Ra1+ 39. Rf1 Ra8
40. Kf2 Bc4 41. Rd1 Rb8 42. Rd2 Rb4 43. Ke3 Bb3 44. g4 g5 45. h4 h6 46. hxg5
hxg5 47. Ne2 Bc4 48. Nc1 Bb5 49. Nd3 Rb3 50. d5+ Ke7 51. Kd4 Ba6 52. Nc1 Rb4+
53. Ke3 Rc4 54. Ne2 Rb4 55. Nd4 Rb3+ 56. Nxb3 Bc4 57. Nd4 Kf6 58. Rh2 Kg6 59.
Rh5 Ba6 60. Ne6 Bc8 61. Rxg5+ Kf6 62. Rf5+ Kg6 63. e5 dxe5 64. Rxe5 Bd7 65. Kf4
Kf6 66. Nd4 Kf7 67. g5 Be8 68. Nf3 Kg7 69. Nh4 Bf7 70. Re7 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Ilyumzhinov Cup"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2006.05.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2006.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. c3 Ng6 12. Bg5 Nce7 13. Re1 h6 14. Be3 a6
15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Bc5 Be4 18. Rxe4 Bxc5 19. Rg4 Bb6 20. Nbd4 Qd7
21. Qd2 Rfe8 22. Rd1 Re4 23. Nh2 Rae8 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Ng4 h5 26. Ne3 Ne5 27.
Ndf5 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Nd3 29. Kf1 Bc5 30. b4 Bf8 31. Ng3 Nf4 32. Rd4 g6 33. Rxe4
Ne6 34. Nd5 Bg7 35. Ne2 Rd8 36. c4 b5 37. Ne3 Rd2 38. cxb5 Rxa2 39. g4 axb5 40.
gxh5 gxh5 41. Nf4 Nxf4 42. Rxf4 Rb2 43. Nf5 Bf8 44. Ng3 Rxb4 45. Rf5 h4 46.
Rg5+ Kh7 47. Ne2 Rb1+ 48. Kg2 b4 49. Rg4 Bg7 50. Rxh4+ Kg8 51. Rg4 Kf8 52. Nf4
b3 53. Nd3 Rd1 54. Rg3 b2 55. Nxb2 Bxb2 56. Rg4 Bg7 57. h4 Rd6 58. h5 Rh6 59.
Rh4 Bf6 60. Rh3 Ke7 61. Kf3 Ke6 62. Ke4 Be5 63. f4 f5+ 64. Kf3 Bf6 65. Rh1 Kf7
66. Rh3 Rh8 67. Rh1 Rc8 68. h6 Kg6 69. Rg1+ Kxh6 70. Rh1+ Kg6 71. Rg1+ Kf7 72.
Rd1 Rc3+ 73. Kg2 Ke6 74. Re1+ Kd5 75. Rb1 Bd4 76. Rb5+ Ke4 77. Rb4 Rd3 78. Kf1
Kxf4 79. Ke2 Ke4 80. Ke1 f4 81. Ra4 f3 82. Ra2 f2+ 83. Kf1 Rd1+ 84. Kg2 f1=Q+
85. Kg3 Qf3+ 86. Kh4 Rh1+ 87. Kg5 Rh5+ 88. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Paris-ch op"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5
Rb6 15. b3 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Be5 d6 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6
21. c4 e5 22. Rad1 Kf7 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. Rfe1 h5 25. Qd2 Qc8 26. Qc3 h4 27. Qh3
Rh8 28. Bd3 Rh5 29. f4 Qe6 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Qe3 e4 32. Be2 Rh8 33. Qxc5 Rc6
34. Qe3 Qe5 35. Rf1 Qc5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. b4 Re5 38. Rd6 Rb8 39. a3 a5 40. b5
Ke7 41. Ra6 Rd8 42. Rxa5 Rd2 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Re1 f4 45. Bf1 Rg5 46. Ra6+ Kf7
47. Rxf6+ Kxf6 48. Rxe4 Kf5 49. Re2 Rd3 50. Ra2 Rb3 51. a4 Ke4 52. a5 Kd4 53.
a6 Rg8 54. Kf2 Kc5 55. a7 Ra8 56. Be2 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bd7 13. d4 Qc7 14. d5 c4 15. Nbd2 Nb7
16. Nf1 Nc5 17. g4 h5 18. N3h2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Qc8 20. f3 Nh7 21. Ng3 Bg5 22. Nf5
Qd8 23. Kg2 g6 24. Ng3 Kg7 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. Nhf1 Qf6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Ng5
29. Qe2 Rag8 30. Raf1 Qf4 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Nxh1 Nd3 34. Bxd3 cxd3
35. Qf2 d2 36. Ng3 Nxf3 37. Qxf3 Bxg4 38. Qf2 d1=Q 39. Nxd1 Bxd1 40. Qe1 Bf3+
41. Kg1 f5 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Qf2 Kg6 44. b3 e4 45. c4 bxc4 46. bxc4 Qg5 47. c5
f4 48. cxd6 fxg3 0-1

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Lenzerheide"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bg2 Nbd7 13. f4 b5 14. Qf3 Rac8
15. O-O Nb6 16. Rad1 Nbd5 17. Ne2 c5 18. Bc1 g6 19. g4 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Ne7 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. b3 Ned5 23. Bb2 Bf8 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Ne7 27. Be5
Qa5 28. Nd4 h5 29. Nb5 hxg4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Qxg4 Nf5 32. Nd6 Bxe5 33. fxe5
Qxe5 34. Nxf5 exf5 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Rc5 37. Rd4 Re7 38. Rd5 Rec7 39. Rxc5
Rxc5 40. Bd5 Kg7 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf3 g5 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Kd3 g4 45. Re1+ Kf6 46.
Kd4 Rc7 47. c5 f4 48. c6 f3 49. Rb1 Kg5 50. Ke5 f2 51. Kd6 Rc8 52. Kd7 Rh8 53.
c7 f5 54. c8=Q Rxc8 55. Kxc8 Kf4 56. Kd7 Ke5 57. Bg2 f4 58. Rf1 g3 59. Rd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 d5 17. Bg5 b4 18. c4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. exd5 exd4 21. Ne4 Qd8
22. a5 f5 23. Ng3 c5 24. h4 h5 25. Ng5 Ne5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qxh5 Qd7 28. Qh7+
Kf8 29. Nxf5 Qc7 30. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nc4 15. b3
Nb6 16. Bb2 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. c4 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nc8 20. Nf1 Na7 21. Ne3 b4 22.
Nd5 Qd6 23. Bc2 Bc8 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. f4 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Qxf4 27. e5 Nh7 28. Qd3
Ng5 29. Rf1 Qh4 30. e6 Nb5 31. Rxf7 Nd6 32. Qg6 Nxh3+ 33. Kf1 Nf5 34. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup (Women) 17th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monte Carlo (W)"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM Nashe Nasledie (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Be5 13. Nc5 Rc8 14. Nd3 Bb8
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qd6 19. Rf2 Kg7 20. Qd2 Qxg3 21.
Raf1 Re7 22. c3 Ne5 23. cxd4 Nc4 24. Qb4 Rcc7 25. Rc1 Ne3 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qd2
Nf5 28. Ne5 Nd6 29. Rf1 Qh4 30. Qd3 Qg3 31. Qd2 Nf5 32. Qd3 Nd6 33. Qd2 Nf5 34.
Qd3 Qf4 35. Bxb7 Qxd4+ 36. Qxd4 Nxd4 37. Ba6 Rc2 38. Rf2 Rc1+ 39. Rf1 Rc2 40.
Rf2 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Rd2 Nf5 43. Rf2 Nd6 44. Bd3 h4 45. Rf1 Rc7 46. g3 Re7
47. Nf3 Re3 48. Ba6 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Nf5+ 50. Kh2 g4 51. hxg4 Nxg4+ 52. Kh3 Ne5
53. Bb7 Nd6 54. Ba8 f5 55. Kg3 Nd3 56. Kh4 Kf6 57. b3 Re8 58. Rd1 Rxa8 59. Rxd3
Ne4 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 6. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:45]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:36]
} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 13.
Be3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} (13. Bf4 Nde5 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. b3 Rac8 16. Bb1 Nxf3+ 17.
Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Be3 e5 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Ne2 Rce8 22. f3 f5 23. exf5
Re3 24. Qd2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxf3 26. Nxd4 Rxh3 27. Qg2 Rh5 28. Ne6 Qe7 29. Rf1
Be5 30. Rf3 Rf6 31. Rh3 Rxh3 32. Qxh3 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Qf7 34. Rf1 Kh8 35. Kh1 b5
36. Ng5 Qb7+ 37. Be4 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Qe7 39. Qf5 Bf6 40. Qxh7+ Qxh7+ 41. Nxh7
Be7 42. Kg2 bxc4 {Hou,Y (2629)-Dzagnidze,N (2557) Beijing 2013 1-0}) 13... b6 {
[%emt 0:01:49]} 14. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 15. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:06:07]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:10:48]} 16. Bb1 {[%emt 0:06:52]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:05:
39]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:08:21]} f5 {[%emt 0:18:27] Dzagnidze essayed the Kan
Sicilian again, and Kosteniuk also used a Maroczy type system against her,
more or less how Hou Yifan did it to beat the Georgian player in an earlier
round. Dzagnidze's f5 pawn break was maybe too abrupt and the opening of
diagonals and files seemed to favor Kosteniuk. The game became double-edged in
time pressure, and both players blundered. However it was the Russian that
emerged up a pawn and with good technique she finished the game off.} 18. exf5
{[%emt 0:24:38]} gxf5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (18... Ne5 19. Nd4 gxf5 20. f4 Nc6
21. Nf3 Rf6 22. Qe2 Qf7 23. Rd2 h6 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. a3 a5 26. Nb5 d5 27. cxd5
exd5 28. Bf2 Rf7 29. Nbd4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Ne4 31. Re2 Qxa3 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33. Bxe4
Rxf4 34. Bxb6 Bd4+ 35. Bxd4 dxe4 36. Rc7 Qd6 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rd2 Rf5 39. Rxb7
Rd5 40. Qf1+ {1-0 (40) Groetz,H (2355)-Braun,P (2237) Salzburg 2004}) 19. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 21. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Nd7
{[%emt 0:05:17]} 23. Nce2 {[%emt 0:12:59]} Nde5 {[%emt 0:13:38]} 24. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 25. Ba2 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 26. c5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 27. bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:26]}
bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 29. Nxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 30. Ndxe6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:
01:32]} 31. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 32. Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34.
Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rf6 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 36. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Be4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 37. Rd7 {[%emt 0:
01:25]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 38. Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 39.
Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 40. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 42. Bc4 {[%emt 0:
05:53]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 43. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 44.
Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Rxg2+ {
[%emt 0:00:35]} 46. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 47. Bb3 {[%emt 0:
07:13]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 48. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49.
Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 50. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:02:00]} Kh5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Bd1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} f3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 52. Rg5+ {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kxh3 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 54. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 55. Nh6 {[%emt 0:01:49]}
1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb4+
{[%emt 0:01:29]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
01:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:15]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} (7...
O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14.
Bd2 Nhf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Ne8 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. b3
f5 21. Be1 Nb8 22. e3 Nc6 23. f3 Qd7 24. Nc3 Rc7 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26. Bf1 Ne8 27.
Nb5 Nb4 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rc1 Ne8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. a3 Be7 33.
Nxa7 Qc1 34. Nb5 g5 35. b4 g4 36. fxg4 fxg4 37. Qc3 {Giri,A (2734)-So,W (2719)
Wijk aan Zee 2014 1/2-1/2}) 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:11:37]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 9. a4 {
[%emt 0:03:37]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:06:32]} a6 {[%emt 0:06:
14]} 11. e4 $13 {[%emt 0:04:18][%csl Gd4,Ge4] The Catalan-like sacrifices on
c4 come with risks for both sides, always. White's strong pawn center is many
times overwhelmed by black's massive queen-side pawn structure. In this case
both sides held their advantages closely, but at some point Muzychuk lost her
way in the tactical complications and Kosteniuk capitalized fully on her
opponent's mistakes.} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:09:03]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:11:26]} b4 $146 {
[%emt 0:10:13]} (12... O-O 13. Rad1 {Shabalov,A (2570)-Gerzhoy,L (2469)
Bahamas op Nassau 2012 (5) 1/2}) 13. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:37]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
14. d5 {[%emt 0:10:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 15. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:04:57]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 17. Rfe1 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} Be4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 18. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 19. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:12]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:12:07]} Nbd5
{[%emt 0:01:13]} 21. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 22. Qc4 {
[%emt 0:09:11]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 23. Nc1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:15:
34]} 24. axb6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 27. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:07:53]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:
03:05]} 29. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 30. Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:24]}
Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 31. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 0-1

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ju Wenjun played this game as if it was the last game of a knock-out and she
had to win to remain in the tournament. Of course, all she needed was a draw
for a good chance to clinch second place. Her plan backfired badly and
Kosteniuk was able to win against a pawn structure that was simply too
shattered from the early aggression.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7
5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 $5 8. c3 g5 $5 {Ju Wenjun was not in a do or die
situation, which makes this move very strange.} (8... Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O {is an edge for White but nothing special.}) 9. Nxg5 Rg8 10.
d4 h6 11. Nf3 Bxh3 {it is unclear that this h-pawn is worth as much as the
g-pawn. In the long run Ju Wenjun's structure will be terrible while her
opponent's is intact.} 12. dxe5 (12. Be3 {keeping the tension in the center
was probably preferable.}) 12... dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nbd2 {Black has some
initiative thanks to her superior development. She has to use this in order to
balance the game.} Be6 15. a4 Be7 16. Nc4 Ng4 17. Be3 f5 $2 {This is too much.}
(17... h5 $1 {The simpler and more logical plan to ram the h-pawn down the
board gives White some real headaches and the game remains unclear.}) 18. exf5
Bxf5 19. Nh2 {Black's structure is just too weak now.} Nxh2 (19... Nxe3 {
at least having the pair of bishops might provide some relief.}) 20. Kxh2 Kf7
21. g3 Be6 22. Rad1 h5 23. Be2 Kg6 24. Nd2 Na5 $2 (24... Nd4 $1) 25. Nf3 Nc6
26. Nh4+ Kg7 27. Bf3 Rh8 28. Be4 {White is positionally better now and Black
has nothing to show for it.} Bb3 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Nf5+ $18 Kf6 31. Nd6 Na5 32.
Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Bxb7 Be7 34. Bxa6 Bxa4 35. f4 e4 36. b4 Ra8 37. Bb7 Rb8 38. Bxe4
cxb4 39. Bd5 $1 Kg7 40. Ra1 Bc2 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. cxb4 {the pawn is taboo. The
rest of the game is easy for Kosteniuk.} Rd8 (42... Rxb4 43. Rxe7 $18) (42...
Bxb4 43. f5 $1 Be7 44. f6 $1 Bxf6 45. Rf7+) 43. Be6 Rd3 44. Bc5 Bxc5 45. bxc5
Rc3 46. Rc7 Be4 47. Kh3 Ke8 48. f5 Rf3 49. c6 Bxf5+ 50. Bxf5 Rxf5 51. Rh7 Kd8
52. Kh4 Rc5 53. c7+ Kc8 54. Rxh5 Rc4+ 55. g4 Kxc7 56. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque (Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 c5
9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15.
Ne3 Bg7 16. a3 Na5 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nh5 19. Bb1 Nf4 20. Qg4 g5 21. Re1 h5
22. Qd1 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Qc2 f5 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Qc5 27. Rcd1 Rcd8
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qd4 31. Qa4 Qd8 32. Bc2 a5 33. Qb5 Ne2+
34. Kf1 Nd4 35. Qe5 Kf7 36. Bd1 g4 37. h3 Nc6 38. Qf4 Qd3+ 39. Kg1 Ke7 40. Bc2
Qd4 41. Qc7+ Qd7 42. Qxb6 gxh3 43. Ba4 f4 44. Qc5+ Qd6 45. Qg5+ Kd7 46. Nc2
hxg2 47. Qg7+ Kc8 48. Qh8+ Kc7 49. Qg7+ Kb6 50. Qb2+ Ka7 51. Qb5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "WchT (Women) 5th"]
[Site "Chengdu"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Russia (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O dxe5 12. Ba3 Qf6 13. Qe3 c6 14. Bf3 Bb6
15. Qe2 Be6 16. Rab1 Qf4 17. g3 Qxc4 18. Qxe5 O-O-O 19. Qxg7 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Bxf2+
21. Kh1 Qc2 22. Qf6 Bb6 23. Be7 Rde8 24. Bd6 h5 25. Rae1 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bxc6 Bd3 29. Rf3 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Bc4 31. Rf4 Rg1+ 32. Kh3 Be6+ 33.
Kh4 bxc6 34. Kxh5 Rd1 35. Be7 Rd5+ 36. Kh4 Rd2 37. h3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. f3 f5 12. b4 Ne6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Nd5 Rc8 16. Qe1 Ne5 17. Qh4 Rf7 18. Be3 b6 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Bh5 Rf6 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. Qh3 Kh8 23. Bg6 Qg8 24. Bxf5 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd4 27. Qh5
Nxf5 28. Nxf5 Qe6 29. g4 Qxa2 30. g5 Qg8 31. g6 Be6 32. Rc7 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 hxg6
34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Qh7 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. b5 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40.
Kg4 d5 41. Rd8 d4 42. h3 Kf7 43. Kf3 e5 44. Rd6 Be7 45. Rc6 exf4 46. Kxf4 Bc5
47. Ke4 Kg7 48. Kd3 Kh6 49. Rc7 Kg5 50. Rxa7 Kf5 51. Rc7 Ke5 52. h4 Bd6 53. Rc6
Kd5 54. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ironically this was possibly one of my best games in Qatar but unfortunately
the end was not favourable for me.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5.
Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12.
dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bf6 {It looks very close to = but some
accuracy is required from Black.} 15. Rc2 {Preparing Nf5.} Qd7 $1 {Now Black
threatens ...Bxd4 followed by ...Ne6 and ...d4, equalising.} 16. Be3 $1 {
I really liked this retreat, reinstating the influence over d4 and preventing
any possible simplifications.} (16. b4 Bxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Ne6 18. Qd3 d4 $11)
16... Rfe8 17. Qc1 ({The computer's suggestion is} 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qb4) 17...
Rac8 18. Rd1 {Slowly overprotecting d4 and preparing for some manoeuvres.} h6 (
18... Ne4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qb1 {slowly trying to push back Black's active
pieces.}) 19. h4 $1 {Kh2-Bh3 up next!} Ne4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qb1 Ba6 22. Kh2
Qe8 (22... Rc4 $5 {with a complex game.}) 23. Bf3 Be5 $6 {An inaccuracy which
allows me to improve my piece placement.} (23... Rc4 $142 $5 {maintaining
strong pressure on the centre which makes it difficult for White to embark on
any manoeuvres.}) 24. Nf5 $1 Nf6 25. Bd4 {Now White has a comfortable position
with pressure against the isolani.} Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qe5 27. Kg2 (27. e3 Ne4 28.
Kg2 {would lead to the same.}) 27... Ne4 28. e3 {I tried to avoid making this
so as to maybe use the e3-square and keep more control over the light squares
but it is a compulsory move!} Rc5 29. Qa1 $1 {The point is to get b4 without
having to worry about ...Nc3 and also White can activate the queen via a4-Qa3.}
Qf6 $6 (29... Bc8 $1 $132 {with the idea of Bh3+, but I think my opponent
didn't think much of my Qa1 :).}) 30. a4 Bc8 31. b4 {Now White has a clear
advantage.} Rc4 32. Rc1 (32. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 33. Rc1 $16 {was more clear with a
spectacular knight on d4.}) 32... Qe5 33. Be2 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Bd7 35. Bb5 $5 Bg4
(35... Bxb5 36. axb5 {looked like a improvement for me.} (36. Nxb5 {was also
possible, not changing the pawn structure.})) 36. Qc6 {White has made
considerable progress on the queenside.} Kh7 (36... g6 $5 {was more tenacious.}
37. a5 {with a slight pull.} (37. Qa8+ {doesn't work due to} Kg7 38. Qxa7 Bh3+
$1 $11)) 37. Bd3 $1 g6 38. Qb7 Kg7 39. Qxa7 Bh3+ ({During the game I thought} 
39... Nxg3 $5 {was more critical:} 40. Qxb6 Ne4 41. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 42. a5 $18)
40. Kg1 Nxg3 41. Nc6 $4 {Just one move which spoiled an entire game! Funnily
if it was the 40th move it would have been easy to explain :). But playing
this just after the time control is really difficult to explain!} (41. Qxb6 $1
{was easily winning.}) 41... Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qh1+ 43. Kxg3 g5 44. hxg5 (44. Bf1 {
is met by the pretty} Qg1+ $1 45. Kxh3 g4#) 44... Qg2+ 45. Kf4 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bf6 {
Diagramm [#] Die Eröffnungsbehandlung von Schwarz ist ungewöhnlich, aber
nicht schlecht. Es gibt zwar einen gewissen Raummangel, aber beide Läufer
sind frei und auch den anderen Figuren der Nachziehenden stehen
Entwicklungsfelder zur Verfügung.} 8. Qd3 Ne7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ne2 b6 {Es drohte Db3.} 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rad1 Ng8 $6 (15...
Nc6 {war möglich.}) 16. e5 Be7 $2 (16... Bd8 {war besser, denn es würde
nicht nur c7 gedeckt werden, sondern e7 stünde auch für den Sg8 zur
Verfügung.}) 17. Nd4 d5 {Diagramm [#]} 18. Qb5 ({Den Computern gefällt} 18.
f5 exf5 19. e6 {am besten.}) 18... Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Rfc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 (21.
Rxd5 $1 c6 22. Nd6 g6 23. Rd3 {war stärker.}) 21... c6 22. Nd4 c5 $5 (22...
Bc5 $1) 23. Nb5 d4 24. Bf4 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. g3 g5 27. Bc1 a6 28. Nc7 h6
29. Rf1 Rc8 $2 (29... Rxf1+ $1 30. Kxf1 a5 31. Nd5 Bd8 $14) 30. Nd5 Rc6 {
Diagramm [#]} 31. Kg2 {Startet einen Königsmarsch, dem Schwarz letztlich
nichts entgegenzusetzen hat.} Kg7 32. Kf3 Re6 33. Ke4 Bd6 34. Rf5 Bb8 35. h4
gxh4 36. gxh4 Rg6 37. Rf2 Rg1 38. Bd2 Rg4+ 39. Kf5 h5 40. Nxb6 Ne7+ 41. Ke6 Ng6
42. Nd7 Bxe5 43. Nxe5 Re4 44. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Na3 a6 7. Ba4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. Nd3 Ba6 15.
Rf3 {[#]Four of the five white pieces are on the queenside but the rook still
tries its luck with a kingside attack. However, against a reasonably well
defended king such an attack rarely succeeds.} a4 16. Rh3 g6 17. Nc1 {With
knights on c1 and a3 White's positon fails to convince.} Nd6 18. d3 Bc8 19. Rf3
{The rook beats a retreat.} axb3 20. axb3 Nf7 21. Rf1 Bd7 22. Nb1 Rxa1 23. Bxa1
e5 24. Nc3 Be6 25. Na4 Qa7 26. Bb2 Bd6 27. Ne2 d4 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. exd4 Ng4 {
[#]The beginning of Black's counterattack. Black is clearly better.} 30. Nf4
Bf5 31. Rf3 cxd4 32. c5 Re8 33. Qc1 (33. cxd6 $4 Re1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1
Ne3+ $19) 33... Qa5 34. Rf1 Be5 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. Bxd4 Qd2 {Now Black's queen
joins the attack against White's king and Black's threats become overwhelming.}
37. h3 Bxf4 38. hxg4 Re1 39. gxf5 Be3+ 40. Kh2 Rxf1 41. Bxf6+ Kxf6 42. Qe6+ Kg5
43. Qe7+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad Women-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Ba3 b6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 f6 13. Bd6 Qd8 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Nh4 O-O 16. f4 Rf7 17. Qe1 Rg7 18. f5 exf5 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Qe3 Qg8 21. Qf4 Qf7
22. Rae1 Ng6 23. Qh6 Kg8 24. Re3 Nxh4 25. Qxh4 Kh8 26. Bh5 Qg8 27. Qxf6 Qd8 28.
Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Re8+ Qxe8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Bf8 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Ree7 33. Bxg7+ Rxg7
34. Qxf5 Ne7 35. Qf8+ Ng8 36. Qd8 Rf7+ 37. Ke2 Re7+ 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. Qxd5 Nf6
40. Qxc4 h5 41. Qb5 Rd7 42. Kd3 Kf7 43. c4 Ke7 44. a5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 66th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Qe2
Nf6 15. O-O Bd6 16. h5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Qg4 Rhg8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rd4 Qb6
21. Rad1 Qxb2 22. Qf3 gxh5 23. Ne4 Qa3 24. Nd6+ Rxd6 25. exd6 f5 26. Qxh5 Qxd6
27. c4 Nf6 28. Qf7 Rf8 29. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "BL 1617 (Women)"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.05.01"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bad Koenigshofen (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Qe2 Nb4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Ne5 Nfd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 f6 14. Nexc4 Nc6
15. e4 Nxd4 16. Qd3 bxc4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Nxc4 e5 19. Qc3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4+ Be6
21. Qc6 a5 22. Rac1 Ra7 23. f4 Bd7 24. Qd5+ Be6 25. Qc6 Bd7 26. Qc4+ Be6 27.
Qc3 exf4 28. gxf4 Qd6 29. Rcd1 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 c5 31. e5 fxe5 32. Qxe5 Bc4 33. Rd6
Qc7 34. Rc1 Bb3 35. Rxc5 Qf7 36. Qc3 a4 37. Rd4 Re7 38. h3 Qg6 39. Rg5 Qf6 40.
Be4 Rfe8 41. Qd3 Kh8 42. Rg4 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Qc6 44. f5 Bd5 45. Kg1 Bxe4 46. Qd4
Qc7 47. f6 Bg6 48. fxg7+ Kg8 49. Kg2 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Rh2 51. Rh4 Qb7+ 52. Ke3 Qe7+
0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
f4 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Ng3 Bh4 14. Bc5 Re8
15. Rae1 b6 16. Bd6 f5 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rf2 Rd8 20. c3 c5 21. Rfd2
Bb7 22. Ne2 Rd7 23. h3 Qe6 24. Kh2 Rad8 25. Qe3 Qc6 26. Qf2 Kg7 27. b4 Kg8 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Ng1 d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Nf3 d3 32. Ng5 Ba6 33. Qh4 Re8 34. Qh6
Ree7 35. Qh4 Qc7 36. Qg3 Rd8 37. Nf3 Qc4 38. h4 Bb5 39. h5 Kg7 40. Qh4 Kf8 41.
hxg6 hxg6 42. Rxd3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Qg8 44. Rd8+ Re8 45. Rd6 Bc4 46. Ng5 Re7 47.
Rd8+ Re8 48. Nh7+ Kg7 49. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.03.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Riehen"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Bg6 12. c5 Bb8 13. Nc3 f5 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. g3
Kh8 16. Nh4 Bh5 17. f3 Nexc5 18. Qd1 Ne4 19. Qc2 f4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. fxe4 Qg5
22. Ng2 Bd2 23. Rf1 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Bxd4 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nf4 Qh6 27. Ncxd5 Bf7
28. Be4 Rae8 29. Rad1 Be5 30. Qg2 Nc5 31. Bf3 g5 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Be6 34.
g4 Bxg4 35. Qg1 Qh3 36. Qg2 Qh4 37. Qg1 Bxf3+ 38. Rdxf3 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Bxh2 0-1

[Event "WchT (Women) 6th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "China (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c6 11. O-O b5 12. Bc2 Be6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rd1 Qb8
15. Bg5 b4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qh4 Re8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Ne4 Ke7 21.
Nd6 Rd8 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qb5 24. Bb3 Qe2 25. Re1 Qxb2 26. Qe4 Qd4 27.
Qxc6 Ra7 28. Rac1 Rd6 29. Qb5 Qb6 30. Qe2 g6 31. Rc4 Kf8 32. h4 Rad7 33. h5 Rd2
34. Qf3 R2d3 35. Rc6 Rxf3 36. Rxb6 Rf4 37. g3 Bd8 38. Rb5 Rf6 39. hxg6 Rxg6 40.
Rexe5 Rg4 41. Rb8 Kg7 42. Reb5 Be7 43. Kg2 Rgd4 44. Rf5 Bf6 45. Rbb5 Bd8 46.
Rf3 Re4 47. Rh5 Red4 48. Rhf5 f6 49. Rb5 Be7 50. Re3 Bf8 51. f4 Re7 52. Kf3
Rxe3+ 53. Kxe3 Rd7 54. Ke4 Rc7 55. Rb8 Ra7 56. Kf5 Ra5+ 57. Kg4 Ra7 58. Kh4 Rd7
59. Kg4 Ra7 60. Rd8 Rc7 61. Kf5 Rc5+ 62. Bd5 Rc7 63. g4 Ra7 64. Rc8 Rd7 65. Bc4
Ra7 66. Rb8 Rc7 67. Bd5 Rd7 68. Rb5 Rc7 69. Rb6 Be7 70. Ra6 Rd7 71. Ke6 Rc7 72.
Be4 Bf8 73. Bc6 Re7+ 74. Kf5 Rc7 75. Bd5 Be7 76. Re6 Rd7 77. Bb3 Rc7 78. Re2
Ra7 79. Rd2 Rc7 80. Rh2 Bd6 81. g5 fxg5 82. Kxg5 Rc5+ 83. Kg4 Rc1 84. Rd2 Rg1+
85. Kf5 Rg6 86. Ke4 Be7 87. Rd7 Kf6 88. Rb7 Rg1 89. Rb6+ Kg7 90. f5 Re1+ 91.
Kd5 Rg1 92. Ke6 Re1+ 93. Kd7 Bc5 94. Rg6+ Kh7 95. Rg4 Re7+ 96. Kc6 Re5 97. f6
Bf8 98. f7 Rc5+ 99. Kd7 Bg7 100. Rxb4 Kh6 101. Rb6+ Kg5 102. Rb8 Rf5 103. Rg8
Kh6 104. Ke7 1-0

[Event "WchT (Women) 6th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Russia (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Bb2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Nf6 7. f4 Qd6 8.
Be2 Qxf4 9. O-O e5 10. b5 Be7 11. Ba3 c5 12. d3 e4 13. Bc1 Qe5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15.
Qc2 e3 16. Nf3 exf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qc7 18. Nh4 Ne4 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Bg4
O-O 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Rfe2 Nf6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Ndxe8 26. Bh3 Qf4 27. g3
Qe3+ 28. Kg2 g6 29. Qd1 h5 30. Kf1 Nd6 31. Ng2 Qe5 32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33. Nxe1 Ng4
34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. a4 Kf8 36. Nc2 Nc8 37. Na1 Nb6 38. a5 Nd7 39. Nb3 Ke7 40. Ke2
Kd6 41. Kf2 Ne5 42. Nc1 a6 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. Kg2 Nf3 45. h3 Ne1+ 46. Kh2 gxh3
47. Kxh3 Ke5 48. Kh2 f5 49. Kg1 g5 50. Kf2 Nc2 51. Nb3 Kd6 52. Kf3 Nb4 53. Ke2
Nc6 54. Kf3 Ne5+ 55. Ke2 g4 56. Nc1 Nc6 57. Nb3 Nd8 58. Kf2 Nb7 59. Ke2 Ke5 60.
Kf2 f4 61. Kg2 fxg3 62. Kxg3 Kf5 63. Kf2 Kf4 64. Ke2 g3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Brest"]
[Date "2018.05.31"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nd2 Re8 9. Be2 Bg4 10. f3 (10. Qd1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4
Qh4 14. g4 f5 15. Be3 Rxe4 16. gxf5 Qh3 17. f6 Qe6 18. fxg7 Rb8 19. b3 a5 20.
Rd1 a4 21. Qf3 axb3 22. axb3 Re8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Qxb3 25. Qxc6 Rxe3+ 26.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kf1 Qd3+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 31. Kf1 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Nakamura,H (2775)-Svidler,P (2769) Stavanger 2013}) 10... Bc8 $146
(10... Bd7 11. Qd4 Qe7 12. Qf2 Nh5 13. Nb3 a5 14. Be3 Rab8 15. Bf1 f5 16. Nc5
Be6 17. g3 Bf7 18. Bg2 f4 19. gxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. d4 Qg5 22. h4 Qh6 23.
b3 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bh5 25. Rh3 Bg4 26. Rg3 Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Rf8 28. e5 Bf3 29. Kf2
Qd2+ 30. Kg1 Bxg2 31. Ne6 Rf7 32. Qxg2 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Re8 34. Ng5 Rf4 {0-1 (34)
Schatz,H (2274)-Leisebein,P (2390) Remote email 2012}) 11. Qd4 Qe7 12. Qf2 Ba6
13. Kd1 Rad8 14. Kc2 Bf4 15. d4 (15. Qxa7 Bb5 16. a4 Ra8 17. Qf2 Rxa4 18. Rxa4
Bxa4+ 19. Kb1 $13) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxd2 17. Bxd2 dxe4 18. Bg5 c5 19. Rad1
cxd4 20. cxd4 h6 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. Kb1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. fxe4
Nxe4 26. Qc4 Nd6 27. Qd4 Re2 28. Qg4 Qf2 29. g3 Re4 30. Qh5 Rc4 31. Rd2 Qf6 32.
Qe2 Qf5+ 33. Qd3 Ne4 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 c5 36. Ka1 Nxg3 37. Qa4 Qf1 38. Qf4
g5 0-1

[Event "Porticcio op 5th"]
[Site "Porticcio"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ba2 Ba6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfd8
15. d5 e5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Qc1 Na5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qg5 Re8 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. c5
f6 22. d6+ Bc4 23. Rxc4 Naxc4 24. Qxe5 Qxc5+ 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 68th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Qf2 Qb6 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nce2 b4 13. O-O a5 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. Bb3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. f5 Kh8 21.
fxe6 Nxe5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Nf5 Qb5 24. e7 Nd3 25. Nh6 Nxf2 26. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Germany (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
h6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc1 Ng4 11. Bd2 h5 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Rd1 Nh7 14. b4 c6 15. c5
Qe7 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Bc4 Qe8 19. Qb2 Ndf8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Rd1 Bf6
22. Nb1 Be6 23. Na3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Be2 Ng5 26. Nd2 Qe7 27. Nac4 Bxc4 28.
Bxc4 Nge6 29. Nf3 Nd7 30. Qd2 Nd4 31. Ng5 Ne6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Nf3 Kf7 34. Qb2
Qd8 35. Qa3 Qb8 36. Qa4 Ke7 37. Nd2 Qa8 38. Nc4 Qb8 39. Bd2 a6 40. Qa3 Qc7 41.
Qg3 Nf8 42. Bh6 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.11.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Be6
15. Qd3 a5 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Nd5 Rfd8 20. Qg3 Qa7 21.
Rd2 b4 22. Rad1 bxc3 23. Nxc3 h6 24. b3 Qc5 25. Na4 Qa7 26. Bg4 Qc7 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. Qg4 Qc8 29. Rd3 d5 30. Qg6 Bf6 31. Rg3 Qc2 32. Rf1 Kh8 33. Qf7 d4 34.
Rh3 Rf8 35. Qxe6 d3 36. Qc4 Rbc8 37. Qxd3 Qxa2 38. Nb6 Rc2 39. Qd6 Be7 40. Qxe7
Rcxf2 41. Qxf8+ Rxf8 42. Rxf8+ Kh7 43. Rf1 Qc2 44. Kh1 Qxe4 45. Rg3 Qd4 46. Na4
h5 47. h3 e4 48. Re1 g6 49. Rge3 Qb4 50. Rc1 Qd2 51. Rce1 Qb4 52. Nb2 Kh6 53.
Nd1 a4 54. bxa4 Qxa4 55. Nf2 Qc2 56. Nxe4 Qa2 57. Kh2 Qa5 58. h4 Qe5+ 59. g3
Qb5 60. Ng5 Qf5 61. Nh3 Qg4 62. Nf4 g5 63. Re6+ Kh7 64. Re7+ Kg8 65. Rc7 1-0

[Event "WchT (Women) 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Nxb6 Nxe3 21.
Rxe3 axb6 22. a4 Ra8 23. Rae1 Bf5 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Nf1 c5 26. Qd1 Qd7 27. Ra3 c4
28. Ne3 Bd3 29. Qf3 Red8 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. Qh4 Re8 32. f4 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 Qxa4 34.
f5 Qc6 35. f6 Rg8 36. fxg7+ Rxg7 37. Ra1 Rg8 38. Nxd5 h6 39. Qf6+ Qxf6 40. Nxf6
Rc8 41. Ra7 Kg7 42. Rxb7 b5 43. d5 Kg6 44. d6 Kf5 45. Re7 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament (Women)"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.05.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Nc3 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 d5 14. Ne1 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Re3 Qf7 19. b3 Nc6 20. Red3 Ne7 21. Bd6
Rfc8 22. Nf3 Ng6 23. Re3 Rc6 24. Bg3 Rac8 25. Qe1 a6 26. Na4 b6 27. h4 Ne7 28.
Ne5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Nf5 30. Rh3 Qe7 31. Qe2 Qa3 32. Qxa6 Qxa2 33. Qb7 Qe2 34.
Qxd7 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qc1 36. Rg3 Qh6 37. Rg4 Rc2 38. Nc5 Ra8 39. Nxe6 Rxf2 40.
Qxd5 Ra5 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online 2300+ Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "232"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nc6 Qd7 12. Nxb8 Raxb8 13. h4 f5 14. Bh3 Bc8 15.
e4 Qe8 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qe2 a6 19. Ne4 Qa4 20. b3 Qa3 21. O-O
Rbf8 22. Kg2 Bd8 23. Rac1 Rf3 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rd1 a4 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Be7
28. Qc3 axb3 29. axb3 Ra8 30. h5 Qa1 31. Rc1 Qxc3 32. Nxc3 Kf7 33. Kf3 Bg5 34.
Rb1 Ke8 35. Kg4 Be7 36. Kf5 Kd7 37. Ke4 Bg5 38. Kd3 Be7 39. Kc2 Rf8 40. Ne4 Rf5
41. Rh1 Rf3 42. Rh2 h6 43. Nd2 Rf5 44. Kd3 Rf8 45. Ne4 Rf3+ 46. Kc2 Rf8 47. Rh1
Rf5 48. Kd2 Rf3 49. Kc2 Rf5 50. Rh3 Rf3 51. Rh2 Bd8 52. Nd2 Rf5 53. Kd1 Be7 54.
Ke2 Rf8 55. Rh1 Ra8 56. Ne4 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Rb2 58. Kg4 Ke8 59. Ra1 Rxb3 60. Ra8+
Bd8 61. Ra4 b5 62. cxb5 Rxb5 63. Kf5 Rxd5 64. Ke6 Rd4 65. Rxd4 exd4 66. Kd5 Kd7
67. Kxd4 Ke6 68. g4 c6 69. f4 Bb6+ 70. Kd3 d5 71. Ng3 Bd8 72. Nf5 Bf6 73. Ne3
c5 74. Nd1 c4+ 75. Ke3 Kd6 76. Nf2 Kc5 77. Nh3 d4+ 78. Kd2 d3 79. g5 Bb2 80. f5
hxg5 81. Nxg5 Be5 82. f6 gxf6 83. Ne6+ Kd5 84. Ng7 Ke4 85. h6 Bf4+ 86. Kc3 Bxh6
87. Ne6 d2 88. Kc2 Kd5 89. Nc7+ Kd4 90. Ne8 Bg5 91. Ng7 Ke3 92. Kd1 Kd3 93. Ne6
c3 94. Nc5+ Kc4 95. Ne6 Kb3 96. Nc5+ Kb2 97. Na4+ Kb3 98. Nc5+ Kc4 99. Ne4 Bh4
100. Kc2 d1=Q+ 101. Kxd1 Kd3 102. Nc5+ Kd4 103. Ne6+ Kc4 104. Kc2 Bg5 105. Ng7
Bd2 106. Ne8 Bg5 107. Ng7 Kd4 108. Ne6+ Ke5 109. Ng7 Bd2 110. Kd3 f5 111. Nh5
f4 112. Ke2 Kf5 113. Ng7+ Ke4 114. Ne6 f3+ 115. Kd1 f2 116. Ke2 Be3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Online 2300+ Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Qd6 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. d4 O-O 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. a3 Rb5
15. Re1 Rd8 16. Qc4 a5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Ne5 h5 19. b3 Bf6 20. Bd2 Qc8 21. a4 Rb4
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. a5 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Qd3 Qh4 26. Re4 Qg5+ 27. Qg3 Qf5
28. Rae1 Nc3 29. Rf4 Qc2 30. Nxc6 Rd5 31. Qd3 Qb2 32. Nxb4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4
34. Qc2 Qa3 35. Ncd3 Qxa5 36. Qd2 Nd5 37. Qa2 Qc7 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qxd5 Qg3+
40. Qg2 Qh3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Online 2300+ Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 c5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ncd2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15.
Rc1 Rac8 16. Qd2 b4 17. Qg5 f6 18. Qh4 Kh8 19. Rc2 g5 20. Qh5 Rg8 21. Rfc1 Rg6
22. d4 Nf4 23. gxf4 Bxe4 24. Rd2 gxf4 25. Kh1 Rcg8 26. Bh3 Qg7 27. Rdd1 Rh6 28.
Qxh6 Qxh6 29. Bxe6 Qh5 30. Bxg8 Bxf3+ 31. exf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Kxg8 33. dxc5 Ne5
34. c6 Nxc6 35. Rd7 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup (Women)"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana"]
[Date "2021.08.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.08.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Qc1
Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Rxc4 Bd7 12. a3 a5 13. Nbd2 a4 14. Ne5 Na5 15.
Rc2 Bb5 16. Re1 Ra6 17. h4 Rd6 18. Qc3 c6 19. e3 f6 20. Nef3 e5 21. b4 axb3 22.
Nxb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3+ Kh8 24. a4 Ba6 25. dxe5 Rd3 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 fxe5 28.
Qxe5 c5 29. h5 c4 30. h6 Bf6 31. hxg7+ Bxg7 32. Qh5 Qf6 33. Ng5 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2
Qc2 35. e4 h6 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Qd5 c3 38. Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Nf7 Qf2 40. Ng5+ Kg6
41. Rh1 Qd4 42. Nh3 Qxd5 43. exd5 Bh6 44. Re1 Bd3 45. Nf4+ Bxf4 46. gxf4 Rxf4
47. d6 Rxa4 48. Bxb7 Rd4 49. Kg3 Bf5 50. Bf3 c2 51. Rc1 Kf6 52. Kf2 Ke5 53. Ke3
Rd3+ 54. Ke2 Rxd6 55. Ke1 Kd4 56. Bd1 Ke3 57. Rxc2 Bxc2 58. Bxc2 Rd2 59. Bf5
Rf2 60. Be6 Rf6 61. Bd5 Rd6 62. Bb3 Rb6 63. Bc2 Ra6 0-1

