[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be3 Bc7
15. Bc5 Re8 16. Bc2 Qd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nbd4 a6 19. Qd3 Bg6 20. Qd2 Bh5 21.
Nh4 Qd6 22. g3 Bb6 23. Qd3 Bg6 24. Nxg6 Nxg6 25. h4 Re5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Rd1
Re8 28. a4 Kf8 29. Kg2 Qh5 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. Bxf5 Ne5 32. b3 g6 33. Bb1 Ng4 34.
Kf3 h5 35. b4 Rc8 36. Ne2 Bxf2 37. Rxd5 Re8 38. Bd3 Re3+ 39. Kg2 Be1 40. Kf1
Bd2 41. Be4 Bxc3 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Rb8 Bxb4 44. Rxb7+ Kd6 45. Rxb4 Kc5 46. Rb7
Rxe4 47. Rc7+ Kb6 48. Rxf7 Rxa4 49. Nf4 a5 50. Nxg6 Ra2 51. Nf4 Ne3+ 52. Ke1 a4
53. Re7 Ng2+ 54. Nxg2 Rxg2 55. Re3 Kc5 56. Kd1 Rb2 57. Kc1 Rb3 58. Re5+ Kb4 59.
Re4+ Ka3 60. g4 hxg4 61. Rxg4 Rh3 62. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Nd4 Rab8 14. f3
b5 15. g4 b4 16. Nce2 a5 17. Ng3 Rdc8 18. Nh5 Ne8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. g5 g6 21.
Ng3 e5 22. Nde2 a4 23. h4 Rb5 24. h5 d5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nd4 exd4 27. exd5 Qd6
28. dxc6 b3 29. Ne4 bxa2+ 30. Ka1 Qxc6 31. Rc1 Qb6 32. c4 dxc3 33. Nxc3 Rbc5
34. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Qd6 36. Qe3 Rxc1+ 37. Qxc1 Qd5 38. f4 Kf7 39. Nc3 Qd4
40. Kxa2 Ng7 41. b3 Qd3 42. Na4 Ne6 43. Nc5 Qe2+ 44. Ka3 Nd4 45. Qc4+ Qxc4 46.
bxc4 Kg7 47. Kb4 h5 48. Nd3 Ne6 49. Kc3 h4 50. Kd2 h3 51. Ke3 h2 52. Nf2 Kf7
53. Kf3 Ke7 54. Kg3 Kd6 55. Ne4+ Kc6 56. Kxh2 Nxf4 57. Kg3 Ne6 58. Kg4 Kb6 59.
Nf6 Kc5 60. Nd5 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg5 15.
Bg4 Rc8 16. c3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Qc1
Ne5 16. Ng5 Rb8 17. a5 h6 18. Nf3 g5 19. Na4 Bd7 20. Nb6 Bb5 21. Re1 Qf7 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 f4 25. g4 Nf6 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 h5 28. gxh5
Qxh5 29. b4 cxb4 30. Qxb4 Rbd8 31. Qxb7 Rd7 32. Qxa6 g4 33. Ra3 Qh4 34. Qb6 f3
35. Bxf3 gxf3 36. Rxf3 Rg7+ 37. Kh1 Qg5 38. Rg3 Qxd5+ 39. Kg1 Ne4 40. Rxg7+
Kxg7 41. f3 Ng5 42. Kg2 Nxh3 43. Qc7+ Kh6 44. Kxh3 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Rg8+ 46. Kf2
Qh4+ 47. Ke3 Qxe1 48. Qxd6+ Rg6 49. Qf8+ Rg7 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ Rg6 52. Qf7+
Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bc3
Bf8 16. h3 Qb6 17. Nd2 cxd3 18. cxd3 Nc6 19. Qb3 Re7 20. Rec1 Rd7 21. Nf3 Na5
22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Qd1 Rb8 25. Bc4 Qb6 26. Rc3 Qd8 27. Ng4 Nxg4
28. hxg4 Qf6 29. Rb3 Rbd8 30. Bxa6 Bxa6 31. Rxa6 Qf4 32. Nd2 d5 33. g3 Qg5 34.
Kg2 Qe7 35. Rab6 Qc5 36. R6b5 Qa7 37. Qf3 dxe4 38. Nxe4 f6 39. Rb7 Qd4 40. Rxd7
Qxd7 41. Qf5 Qd5 42. Rc3 Kh8 43. Kh2 Qf7 44. Rc4 Qd5 45. Rc3 Qf7 46. Kg1 Qd5
47. b4 Rb8 48. Rc8 Rxc8 49. Qxc8 Kg8 50. Qc3 Kf7 51. Nc5 Bd6 52. Na6 Ke7 53.
Qc4 Qd4 54. b5 Qb6 55. Nb4 Bxb4 56. Qxb4+ Ke6 57. Qc4+ Kd6 58. Qf7 Qc7 59. Qf8+
Kd5 60. Qb4 Qb6 61. Kg2 Ke6 62. Kf3 Kd7 63. Ke2 g6 64. Qc4 Ke7 65. Qd5 Qc7 66.
Qe4 Qc2+ 67. Kf3 Qb1 68. Qb7+ Ke6 69. Qc6+ Ke7 70. Qc7+ Ke6 71. Qc4+ Ke7 72.
Kg2 f5 73. Qc7+ Ke6 74. Qc6+ Ke7 75. b6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. f4 $5 {
Grischuk is using a rarely played idea in the position, where at least three
other ideas have been tested extensively.} (14. Nd5) (14. Qf2) (14. Rg1) 14...
exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Ne5 $2 {White will display such a comfortable way
of handling the position, that Black probably needs a better idea at the
moment. I presume that the knight move to b6 might offer much better chances
in the fight for equality.} (16... b5 17. Nd4 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a5 20.
h4 Ne5 21. h5 (21. Bh3 Rf8 22. Nc6 $16) 21... a4 22. g6 Bf6 23. Bh3 a3 24. Bxc8
Rxc8 25. gxf7+ Qxf7 26. h6 $18 {1/2-1/2 De la Paz Perdomo,F (2461)-Mosquera,M 
(2434)/Havana 2005 (46)}) (16... Nb6 $5 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 $14) 17. h4 (
17. Nd4 Re8 18. h4 Rac8 19. h5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nf5 b5 22. Ne3 Qa5 23.
Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Rdf1 Rf8 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. Rhg1 Qe8 27. Nf6+ $1 $18 {1-0 Pavel,M 
(2190)-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2217)/Budapest 2006 (30)}) (17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. h4 Rac8 $132) 17... Qb6 {The second critical
moment of the opening fight. It seems that both the text and also 17...b5 fail
to promise fair chances. Black may have contemplated the exchange sacrifice
after the more modest retreat 17...Qd8!?} (17... b5 18. Nd4 $1 (18. Rh2 b4 19.
Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 a5 21. Nd4 a4 22. Rh3 Ra5 23. Qe4 Bf8 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. cxd3
a3 26. Nc6 axb2 27. Rh2 b3 $15 {0-1 Jaracz,B (2306)-Kadziolka,B (2289)/
Bogatynia 2009 (42)}) 18... b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qb7 (20... a5 21. Bh3 Rf8
22. Nc6 $16) 21. Bg2 Rc4 22. b3 Rc3 23. Nc6 $16) (17... Qd8 $5 18. Bh3 Rxc3 19.
bxc3 Bc4 20. Bf1 (20. Qe3 a5 $132) 20... Be6 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. Bh3 Nc4 23. Qf2
Qc7 $14) 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $1 {The reacapturing with the rook is desirable,
since it helps to slow down Black's counterplay. Quite often the openness of
the diagonal a2-g8 can be used to White's benefit.} (19. exd5 a5 20. Rd4 (20.
a4 Rxc2 21. Kxc2 Rc8+ 22. Kb1 Qxb3 23. Rc1 (23. Bb5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qf5
Rxa4) 23... Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qxa4) 20... a4 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Qxa4 Qe3 23. Bb5
Qf3 24. Re1 Qxd5 $14) 19... a5 (19... Qd8 20. Be2 b5 21. Nd4 Ra7 22. Rf1 $16)
20. Rb5 Qc7 21. Nd4 a4 22. a3 $1 Ra5 {Sjugirov has a hard time coming up with
anything, that could give him real counterplay.} 23. h5 (23. c3 Rxb5 24. Bxb5
Qb6 25. Rh3 $16) 23... Bf8 $6 (23... Rxb5 24. Bxb5 Qc5 25. c3 Ra8 26. Rf1 Qc8
27. Be2 $16) 24. g6 $1 {[%mdl 128] Grischuk plays in great style seemingly
without much effort. Storming the kingside position has devastating
consequences.} Rxb5 (24... fxg6 25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. Qf5 Rxb5 27. Bxb5 Ra8 28. Bd7
$18) 25. Bxb5 Qb6 (25... fxg6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Qf5 Ra8 28. Bd7 $18) 26. gxf7+
Kh8 (26... Nxf7 27. Rf1 Ne5 28. Bxa4 $1 Qxd4 29. Bb3+ $18 {The diagonal has
decided the game!}) 27. h6 $1 {Opening up access to the black king before its
army can organise better resistance.} Qxd4 (27... gxh6 28. Ne6 Bg7 29. Nxg7
Kxg7 30. f8=Q+ Rxf8 31. Qxh6+ Kf7 32. Rf1+ $18) 28. hxg7+ Bxg7 (28... Kxg7 29.
Qh6+ Kxf7 30. Qxh7+ Bg7 31. Qf5+ Bf6 32. Qxc8 $18) 29. Qf5 Ng6 (29... h6 30.
Qxc8+) 30. Qxc8+ Nf8 31. Qc3 Qxe4 (31... Qxc3 32. bxc3 Bxc3 33. Rg1 Bg7 34.
Bxa4 $18) 32. Rg1 {White's convincing performance represents the dream of
attacking chess in the Sicilian Defence.} (32. Rg1 Qe5 33. Qxe5 dxe5 34. c3 Ng6
35. Bd3 Nf4 36. Kc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Ne6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 d4
15. exd4 Bf6 16. O-O Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rfd1 Ne7 14. Rd2
c5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. h4 Bg4 18. Nh2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nxh4 20. Ng4 h5
21. Ne3 Ng6 22. Red2 c4 23. Rd7 cxb3 24. cxb3 Bc5 25. Rxf7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Nf8
27. Rc1 Ne6 28. Re7 Nc5 29. b4 Kd8 30. Rxg7 Ne6 31. Rd1+ Ke8 32. Rg6 Ke7 33. b5
Rad8 34. Ba3+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Be7 Re8 38. Bxd8 Rxd8 39. Rc6
Rd7 40. a4 Kf8 41. Kf2 Rf7+ 42. Rf6 Rxf6+ 43. exf6 Kf7 44. Kg3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {According to the Megabase a first for Riazantsev, who usually plays
either the Caro-Kann, or the French Defence. One can only speculate about his
reasons - perhaps a combination of his bad start (0,5/4) and loss in the
Advance Caro-Kann against Svidler (Round 3), plus a will to experiment.} 2. e5
Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {Grischuk has always played this solid continuation, only
once in a rapid game he went for the wild line} (4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5
Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. e6
fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bxh1 18. gxh4 Qf6 19. Bb5
c6 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. e7 Rfe8 22. Rxh1 $2 (22. Nf5 $13) 22... cxb5 23. Nf3 Nd3+ (
23... Qc5 $1 $17) 24. Kc2 $6 (24. Kb1 $142) 24... Qd6 25. Rd1 Nf2 26. Rxd6 Nxg4
27. Rd4 Nf6 $19 {Grischuk,A (2748)-Svidler,P (2726)/Odessa rpd/2009/}) 4...
dxe5 {Black strives for a position with a Caro-Kann pawn structure after all.}
({The other main moves are the most popular} 4... Bg4) ({and Alburt's pet line
} 4... g6) 5. Nxe5 ({As} 5. dxe5 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 {allows Black to develop
freely and with ease, White invariably opts for the text move, which gives him
more () in the [+].}) 5... g6 ({More in the Caro-Kann spirit is the solid, but
slightly passive} 5... c6) ({When Larsen introduced this line of the Alekhine
to high-level practice in the 1960s, he tried the provocative} 5... Nd7 {After}
6. Nxf7 (6. Nf3 $5 {is a less committal way to fight for an edge.}) 6... Kxf7
7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 $13 {White has a dangerous attack,
but the issue is still not fully clear.}) 6. Bc4 {The main line.} (6. c4 Nb6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 (9. Qf3 f6 10. Nd3 e5 $5 $132 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Qd1
Nc6 13. Nc5 Qe8 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Nxb6 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1
axb6 19. c5 h6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. h4 b5 22. Nf7+ Kh7 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kh7
25. Ng5+ {1/2,Polgar,J (2630)-Agdestein,S (2600)/Isle of Lewis/1995/}) 9... c5
10. Be2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bh6 (11... Be6 $5 12. b3 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qc8 $13) 12. Ra1 f6
13. Ng4 Bxg4 14. Bxg4 Nc6 15. Bc5 {Grischuk,A (2606)-Baburin,A (2590)/Torshavn/
2000/} f5 16. Bf3 Ne5 $13 {Grischuk}) (6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Re1
Bf5 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Nbd2 N7f6 $6 ({Now Black will come under
pressure, the principled move is} 12... e5 $1 $132) 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nce5 Ng4
15. Nh4 Nxe5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. dxe5 e6 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. f4 Nd5 20. c4 Ne7 21.
Be3 Rad8 22. b4 $36 {Anand,V (2720)-Adams,M (2640)/Linares cm/1994/}) 6... Be6
({Black often plays} 6... c6 7. O-O Bg7 {, but we will see the less usual text
move can lead to similar positions.} 8. Nd2 (8. Bb3 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 (9... Nd7
10. Nf3 N7f6 11. c4 Nc7 12. h3 $1 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16.
Qxd4 Be6 17. Qh4 Qa5 18. c5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. b4 a6 21. Bf4 $16 {Kasparov,
G (2795)-Adams,M (2660)/Linares/1997/}) 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 e6 13.
h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 a5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bh4 N7f6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Ne5
Nh5 20. Bh2 Bh6 21. Qf3 Qf6 $14 {/=, Topalov,V (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2717)/Monte
Carlo rpd/2002/ A typical situation - White has the ^^ and (), but Black's
setup is solid and resilient. Such situations can arise also frm the Caro-Kann,
or Rubinstein French with 3...dxe4; all in all White is slightly better.}) 8...
O-O 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. Nd3 $1 (10. h3 $6 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Bb3 Nc7 13. Re1
Bxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Be3 Nb5 $36 {Movsesian,S (2747)-Svidler,P (2726)/Odessa
rpd/2009/}) 10... N7b6 11. Bb3 Bg4 (11... a5 12. a4 Bf5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bg5
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 e6 16. c3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. g3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qa6 20. h4 h6 21.
Bd2 Rad8 22. Qc1 h5 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. Ne5 Nf8 25. Nd3 $14 {Bologan,V (2688)
-Miroshnichenko,E (2690)/SRB-chT/2009/}) 12. c3 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15.
Qg3 a5 16. a4 Re8 17. Re1 Qb6 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Bf4 Rec8 21. Rad1
b5 22. Bb3 Bf8 $14 {Nijboer,F (2578)-Vaganian,R (2641)/NED-chT/2001/}) 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Re1 (8. Nd2 O-O 9. Ne4 (9. Re1 {transposes to the game}) 9... c6 10. Re1
Nc7 11. Bb3 Bxb3 (11... Nd7 $142 $1) 12. axb3 Ne6 13. c3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
b4 a6 16. Qf3 Rae8 {Stein-Honfi,K/Budapest/1968/} 17. h4 $14) 8... O-O 9. Nd2
Nd7 ({Weak is} 9... Nf4 $2 10. Qf3 Bxc4 11. Ndxc4 Nd5 12. Na5 $1 e6 13. Nxb7
Qc8 14. Nc5 c6 15. c4 Nb4 16. Re2 f6 17. Ned3 $19 {Korneev,O (2540)-Jung,K 
(2210)/Metz/1995/}) ({Riazantsev again avoids Caro-Kann structures, but here
more solid is} 9... c6 $142 {The resulting type of positions has already been
mentioned in the note to Black's 6th move:} 10. c3 (10. h3 Nd7 (10... Nc7 11.
c3 Bxc4 12. Ndxc4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nb5 15. Bg5 Nd6 16. Ng4 Re8 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2596)-Alayola Montanez,J (2199)/Merida/2001/} 17. Re2 $36 {
Dominguez}) 11. Nef3 b5 12. Bb3 c5 $1 13. c3 c4 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bg5
a5 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nh4 e6 $5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Ng3 Rae8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1
Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nf8 $11 {Gomez Celdran,F (2263)-Duran Vallverde,J (1800)/corr/
2006/}) 10... Nd7 11. Nef3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 14. Bg5 (14. a4 Qc7 15.
Bg5 Rfe8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Re2 Qd6 18. Rae1 Qf8 19. Bb3 N7b6 20. Qc1 Rac8 21. h4
c5 {Ivanov,A (2415)-Kengis,E (2475)/Pavlodar/1987/} 22. dxc5 {/\h5+/=}) 14...
Qc7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 a5 17. a4 b6 18. Re2 Qb7 19. Bh6 b5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Bb3 Rad8 22. Qc2 N7b6 23. Ne5 $14 {Unzicker,W (2435)-Moor,R (2330)/Zuerich/
1998/}) ({Interesting, but risky is} 9... Bxe5 10. dxe5 (10. Rxe5 $5 Nc6 11.
Rxe6 fxe6 12. Nf3 $44) 10... Nc6 11. Ne4 Ne3 (11... Ndb4 $5) 12. Bxe3 Bxc4 13.
Qg4 $6 Nxe5 14. Qh4 f6 15. Bf4 Nf7 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Be3 Nd6 18. Bc5 Bf7 19. Bb4
Nf5 20. Qf4 Rd8 21. g4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd6 23. Re1 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c5 25. Bc3 {
Zakhariev,Z (2310)-Donev,I (2350)/Elenite/1986/} g5 $17) 10. Nef3 $1 {We have
already seen this typical motif - having a space advantage, White avoids
exchanges. He prepares not only Ng5, but also his following move...} N7f6 $6 {
Too provocative.} (10... N7b6 $142 11. Bf1 Nf6 ({Black has a lot of trouble
with effectively placing this B and he should probably just swap it with} 11...
Bg4 $5 $14 {, although here the situation is perhaps more promising for White
than in the examples after 6...c6 and 9...c6.}) 12. c4 (12. h3 $5) 12... c6 13.
b3 a5 14. a4 Re8 15. Bb2 Nc8 16. g3 Nd6 17. Bg2 (17. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Qe2 $16)
17... Nf5 $2 ({This was the last chance to play} 17... Bg4 $14) 18. Qc2 Qc7 19.
h3 Red8 20. g4 Nd6 21. Rxe6 $1 {A taste of things to come...} fxe6 22. Ng5 Rdc8
23. Nxe6 Qd7 24. Re1 Nf7 25. g5 Nh5 26. Bf3 Be5 27. dxe5 {1-0,Paavilainen,J 
(2280)-Nokka,R (2250)/FIN-chT/1989/}) 11. Rxe6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 520];Tal,
M-Kolarov,A EU-chT (Men) 04th 1970 (3.6) 1-0 White doesn't hesitate. While in
this concrete position the exchange sacrifice is (perhaps surprisingly) new,
Grischuk could draw upon similar examples from the past. We have already
mentioned one above; notable is also the game} ({Plausible, but less incisive
is} 11. Bf1 c6 12. c4 Nc7 13. b3 Bf5 (13... b5 $2 14. Ba3 a5 15. Ne5 b4 16. Bb2
Bd7 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bg2 Rc8 19. Ndf3 Rc7 20. a3 Qb8 21. axb4 axb4 22. Nd3 Rd8
23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Ra4 $18 {Unzicker,W (2525)-Williams,A (2390)/Buenos Aires olm/
1978/}) (13... Bg4 $5 $14 {again deserves attention.}) 14. Ba3 (14. Bb2 $5 {()}
) 14... Re8 15. h3 Nd7 $6 (15... Ne6 $5 {/\} 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 $44) 16.
g4 Be6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nxe6 (19. Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yf1g2,
Yd3e5] /\Bg2,Nde5+/-}) 19... Nxe6 20. Bg2 Nd7 21. Qd2 $14 {Kosmol,H (2270)
-Robidoux,M (2090)/corr/1997/}) 11... fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd6 13. Qe1 b5 $6 {׫} (
13... Ng4 $2 14. Qxe6+ Qxe6 15. Nxe6 $16) ({Black had better tries, than the
text move, but White in any case has excellent compensation:} 13... Nf4 14.
Ndf3 (14. Nb3 $5 $14) (14. g3 h6 15. Nxe6 (15. Ngf3 $5 N4d5 16. Bd3 {\/->׻})
15... Nxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. c3 $44) 14... N6d5 15. Bxf4 $1 Nxf4 16. Qe4 $36 {
/\Re1,g3}) (13... c6 $5 14. Ndf3 $5 (14. Nxe6 $2 Ng4 $36) (14. Qxe6+ Qxe6 15.
Nxe6 $44) 14... Bh6 15. Nxe6 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxh6 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nef6 18. Qe2
Kf7 $13) 15... Bxc1 16. Rxc1 $36) 14. Bb3 (14. Bxb5 $5 {/\} Nb4 15. Ba4 $16)
14... a5 15. a4 $5 $16 {White is in no hurry take the poor Pe6 and creates
other >< first.} (15. Qxe6+ Kh8 $142 $1 (15... Qxe6 $6 16. Nxe6 Rfc8 (16... Rf7
17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 $36) 17. a4 $1 c6 18. Nf3 $44 {/+/-}) 16. Nde4 (16. Nf7+
$4 Rxf7 17. Qxf7 Rf8 $19) 16... Qxe6 (16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 c6 $14) 17. Nxe6 Nb4
$1 18. Nxf8 Nxe4 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. a3 c5 $13) (15. Nxe6 Ng4 (15... a4 16. Bxd5
$8 Nxd5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Nf3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxd4 20. Qe4 Be5 21. f4 $16) 16.
Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Nf3 Bxd4 18. Qe4 Bxf2+ 19. Kf1 $16 {is also promising, but White
quite rightly feels he doesn't need to allow any complications at all.}) 15...
bxa4 (15... c6 16. Ndf3 $1 {/\Ne6+/-}) 16. Nc4 (16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Nc4 $1 $16)
16... Qc6 17. Rxa4 Ra6 $8 {Black must stop Ne6.} (17... Ng4 18. Nxa5 Qd6 19.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Rxf2 21. h3 $5 $18) 18. Rxa5 (18. Nxa5 $5 Qd7 (18... Qb6
19. Nc4 $18) 19. c4 Nb6 20. Ra3 Rfa8 21. c5 Nbd5 22. Bc4 R6a7 23. Bb5 Qc8 24.
Bd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5e6,Yb2b4,Yb5c6] /+-,/\Ne6,b4,Bc6 and Black is almost
paralysed.} (24. Bc6 $143 Rb8 25. Nxe6 Nb4)) 18... Rfa8 (18... Ng4 19. Rxa6
Qxa6 20. Nxe6 Rxf2 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. h3 $18) (18... Rxa5 19. Nxa5 {/\Ne6->})
19. Bd2 (19. Rc5 $1 Qd7 20. Ne5 Qd8 21. Bc4 Rb6 (21... Rd6 22. Nef7) 22. Nxg6
$5 {/\} hxg6 23. Nxe6 $18) 19... Bh6 20. h4 Bxg5 $2 {Exchanging the B is a
positional mistake, which seriously weakens the dark squares.} (20... Qb7 $142
21. g3 $5 $16) 21. hxg5 Nd7 (21... Nh5 22. Ne5 $40) 22. Rxa6 $6 ({Here White
had a pretty immediate win} 22. Ba4 $1 Qxc4 23. Bxd7 Rxa5 (23... Kf7 24. Bb5 $1
Rxa5 25. Bxc4 Ra1 26. Bc1 Rb1 27. Kh2 Raa1 28. Qe4 Rxc1 29. Bb5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Re4f3,Rb5e8] /\Qf3,Be8}) 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 (24... Kh8 25. Qe5+ Nf6 26. Bxa5
Rxa5 27. Bxc4 Rxe5 28. dxe5 $18) 25. Qe5 $3 {with a mating ->.}) 22... Qxa6 (
22... Rxa6 23. Na5 Qd6 (23... Qb6 24. c4 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Qxb3 26. Qxe6+ $18) 24.
Ba4 $5 (24. c4 Nf4 25. c5 Qxd4 26. Bxf4 Nxc5 (26... Qxf4 27. Bxe6+ $18) 27. Be5
$16 (27. Be3 $16)) 24... Nf8 25. Bb5 Ra8 26. Nc6 $40) 23. Na5 $1 {/\c4,Ba4
Stops any <=> on the <->a and enhances his own threats.} c5 $6 {Desperation.} (
{More resilient was} 23... Nf8 $142 24. c4 Qb6 (24... Nb6 25. Bc3 $40) 25. Bd1
$1 (25. cxd5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 Qxb3 27. Bxc7 Qxb2 $14) 25... Nf4 26. Nb3 Nh5 27.
Bc3 $16 {->}) (23... Qd6 24. c4 Nf4 25. g3 $18) (23... Qb6 24. Qe4 $40) 24. Ba4
Ra7 (24... Nf8 25. dxc5 $18) (24... Qd6 25. Nb7 $18) 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. dxc5 $18
{[%csl Gb2,Gc2,Gc5][%cal Ra1h8] With o^ on the >> in connection with the -> on
the /^a1-h8 Black's position is beyond hope.} Nc7 (26... Kf7 27. c4 Nc7 28. b4
$18 (28. Bc3 $18)) 27. c4 Qa8 (27... e5 28. c6 Rd3 (28... Rd6 29. Bc3 $18) 29.
b4 (29. Qxe5 $5 Rxd2 30. Qxc7 Qa8 31. Qxe7 {/\b4} Qxa5 32. c7 Qf5 33. Qd8+ $1
$18) 29... Qc8 30. b5 $18) 28. c6 {Here White already has a wide and pleasant
choice.} (28. Bc3 $18) 28... Rd3 29. Bc3 Qf8 (29... Kf7 30. Qe5 Ne8 31. Qh8 $18
) 30. Qe5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 (31. Kh2 Na6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qxh7+ Ke8 34. Qxg6+ Qf7 (
34... Kd8 35. Be5 $18) 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. b4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Rb8
15. f4 g5 16. O-O gxf4 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21.
Qg3 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Nf6 23. Bf3 Nh5 24. Bxh5 Rxh5 25. Rcf1 g5 26. Qg4 Rxh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Qe5 28. g3 gxf4 29. Rxf4 Ke7 30. Qh4+ Kd6 31. Rf6 Nd4 32. Kh3 Rg8 33. Nc3
Nf5 34. Qb4+ Kc6 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Ne3 37. Rh6 f5 38. Nf6 Rd8 39. Nh5 Kd7
40. Ng7 e5 41. Kh4 Rg8 42. Rh7 Kc6 43. Nh5 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Rd4 45. Re7 e4 46. Kh4
Rd2 47. Kg5 Rxb2 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. Kf6 Rxa2 50. Kf7 Nd5 51. Ng7 e3 52. Nxf5 Rf2
53. Re5 e2 54. Kg6 Nc3 55. Nd4 Kd6 56. Re3 Kd5 57. Nc2 Kc4 58. g4 b5 59. Na3+
Kb4 60. Nc2+ Kb3 61. Ne1 b4 62. g5 Kc4 63. Kh5 Rf1 64. Nd3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 Ng4 14. Nd2 Nge5 15. Be3
Re8 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. f3 Nd7 18. Qe1 a5 19. b5 Ncb8 20. Na4 d5 21. cxd5 Rxc1 22.
Qxc1 exd5 23. Bg1 Re6 24. Bd1 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Ne5 26. Bb3 Rg6 27. Rd1 Nbd7 28.
Nac3 Qh4 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rh6 31. Rd4 Qh5 32. Nf4 Qh4 33. Nd5 Qh5 34. Qf4
Qg6 35. a4 Qe6 36. Qd2 Qf5 37. Ne3 Qf4 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. Qxd7 Re6 40. Qd1 Qc7
41. Nd5 Qb7 42. Qd4 f5 43. Qc4 Kh8 44. Nf4 Re8 45. Ng5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. d3 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Qb3 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Be5 Bf5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qb4
Kg8 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Bxd3 17. Qh4 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bc4 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Qh6 Ng4
21. Qg5 Nf6 22. Qh6 Ng4 23. Qh4 Nf6 24. Bb1 Re8 25. Re3 Qb6 26. Ng5 Kg7 27. b3
Bb5 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rg3 Rg8 30. Qf4 Bd7 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Rge3 Re8 33. h3 Bf5 34.
Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Re5 Rc8 36. d6 Rxc3 37. Rxe7 Rg7 38. d7 Qd8 39. Re8+ Nxe8 40.
dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 41. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[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. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Ne4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd5
15. Nf3 f5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. dxc5 dxc4 12. Ne4 Bxd2 13. Bxc4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Ba5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. b4 Bc7 17. a3 Rad8 18. g3 g6 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Be5 24. a4 Bc3 25. b5 Bb4 26. bxc6 bxc6 27.
Be4 Bxc5 28. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. e4 h6 13. h3 g5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qe2
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd2 b4 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Ng6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. e5 Qd8 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bxc5 Rd8 25. Ne4 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rab1 Bg7
28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. Bxb4 Ba6 30. Rf3 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. e3
Rb8 9. Qe2 b5 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. a3 e5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d5 Ne7 14. e4 b4 15. axb4
Rxb4 16. Ra8 Qd7 17. Ne1 c5 18. Nc2 Rb3 19. Ne3 Bb7 20. Ra3 Rb4 21. Nc2 Rb8 22.
Bf1 Qd8 23. f3 Rb6 24. Na4 Ra6 25. Ne3 Raa8 26. Qc2 Ne8 27. Nc4 Bc8 28. Bd2 Bd7
29. Nab6 Rxa3 30. bxa3 Nc8 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. a4 Nc7 33. a5 Nb5 34. Qa4 Qd8 35.
Rb1 Nc3 36. Rxb8 Nxa4 37. Nb6 Naxb6 38. axb6 c4 39. b7 Qb6+ 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 {An old, well-forgotten line,
which hardly promises White any advantage.} 13. Rc1 {Other options:} (13. a4) (
13. e4) (13. Qb3) 13... Bd7 14. e4 {White opens up the centre before Black
consolidates his position. The other plans are quite harmless:} (14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nbd5 17. Nc5 {1/2 Skalik,P (2345)-Kaminski,M (2450)/
Polanica Zdroj 1993/EXT 1997}) (14. Qb3 $5 Bc6 15. Rfd1 (15. a4 Nbc8 16. Rfd1
Nd6 17. e3 a6 18. Na2 Qd7 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Nb4 Na5 21. Qa2 Qe7 22. b3 Rfc8 23.
Be1 Nf5 24. Kf2 {1/2 Ribli,Z (2610)-Hellers,F (2560)/Tilburg 1993/CBM 039})
15... Nf5 $5 (15... Nbc8 $143 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Qc2
Rfc8 20. e3 Rc7 21. g4 $14 {1-0 Vescovi,G (2475)-Pierrot,J (2400)/Mar del
Plata 1996/CBM 051 ext (77)})) (14. b3 Bc6 15. Qd2 Nbc8 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. g4 Rc8
18. Bh4 Be8 19. e3 f6 20. Nd3 b6 $11 {1/2 Wang Lei (2290)-Foisor,C (2345)/
Kishinev 1995/EXT 1997 (55)}) (14. g4 Rc8 15. e3 Nc4 $1 (15... f6 16. Nd3 Nc4
17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Qe2 b6 20. f5 $36 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2650)-Smirin,
I (2630)/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 050 (54)}) 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Bh4 f6 18. Nd3 b6 19.
a4 Bc6 20. a5 Qd7 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Ra1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 {1/2 Lugovoi,
A (2500)-Svidler,P (2650)/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 056}) (14. h3 Nf5 15. b3 Nd6
16. a4 Rc8 17. Rc2 f6 18. Nd3 f5 19. Qa1 Bc6 20. Rfc1 a6 21. e3 Nd7 22. Be1 Re8
23. Ne2 Ne4 $11 {1/2 Karpov,A (2735)-Peng Xiaomin (2535)/Beijing 1998/EXT 1999
(41)}) (14. Qd3 Rc8 15. g4 Bc6 16. Bg3 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. e3 f6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6
20. Na4 f5 $11 {1-0 Lomako,P (2417)-Kashlinskaya,A (2344)/Serpukhov RUS 2009/
The Week in Chess 763 (36)}) (14. e3 Rc8 15. b3 Rc7 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Rc2 Rfc8
18. Rfc1 Be8 19. g4 a6 20. h3 Nd7 21. Nd3 b6 22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24.
Qxc2 Qc8 25. Qxc8 {1/2 Drasko,M (2543)-Popovic,D (2557)/Vogosca 2007/CBM 118
ext}) 14... Be8 (14... dxe4 {is quite possible, too:} 15. Nxe4 {[%cal Ye4c5]} (
15. Bxe4 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nbd5 19. Na4 Qa5 20. b3 Rfd8
21. Rc5 Qc7 22. Rdc1 Qb8 $11 {[%csl Gd5] 1/2 Beim,V (2570)-Smirin,I (2615)/Tel
Aviv 1996/CBM 052 ext (36)}) 15... Bc6 (15... Nbd5 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 {
1/2 Akhmilovskaya,E (2415)-Pupols,V (2240)/Seattle 1995/EXT 1997 (24)} 18. Qa3
$5) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 $1 $11 {Black is not concerned about his c6 pawn as White's
d4 pawn is even weaker.} 17. Ng5 $6 Nbd5 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. a3 Rab8 20. Qe2 Rb3
21. Ne5 Rfb8 22. Rc2 Qb5 $1 $15 {0-1 Cyborowski,L (2425)-Kaminski,M (2535)/
Ksiaz 1998/CBM 063 ext (40)}) 15. Qb3 a5 $5 16. Rfd1 (16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. Qxb7 (18. Rc5 a4 $1) 18... Rb8 19. Qa7 Rxb2 $132) 16... dxe4 17. d5 $5
{A spectacular break but Black has enough resources to defend.} (17. Bxe4 Ned5
$1 $11 18. Nxd5 $140 exd5 {[%cal Re8a4,Rd5e4]}) 17... Nbxd5 (17... Nexd5 18.
Bxe4 (18. Bc5 f5 $1 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... a4 $1 19. Qa3
Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bc6 $13) 18. Nxd5 $6 (18. Nxe4 $142 $44 Bc6 $140 19. Bc5) 18...
exd5 $1 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxe4 Bc6 $1 20. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Ra8b8] leads to
equality but Black wants more!}) 19. Bb6 $6 (19. Bxe4 Bc6 $15) 19... Qb8 20.
Bc5 a4 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 21. Qc3 (21. Qa3 Nc6 22. Rxd5 (22. Bxf8 Bxf8 $19) 22...
Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bc6 $19) 21... Qc7 (21... Nc6 $142 $1 22. Bxf8 (22. Rxd5 Nxe5 23.
fxe5 Bc6 $1 24. Bxf8 Bxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 22... Bxf8 23. Ng4 (23. Rxd5 Nb4
$17) 23... Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Bg7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 27. Rc7
a3 $17) 22. Ba3 $2 {Black now simply keeps his material advantage. With the
black queen on c7, White could have won the exchange by means of} (22. Qa3 Nc6
23. Rxd5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bc6 25. Bxf8 {[%cal Gc1c7] although after} Rxf8 26. Qxa4
Bxe5 {Black obtained an excellent compensation: a bishop pair and strong
central pawns.}) 22... Bc6 $19 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Bxb2 26.
Rb1 a3 27. Qxd5 Rfe8 {[%csl Ra2,Ge4] Black's passed e4 pawn decides the game,
especially as White has a second serious weakness: the a2 pawn.} 28. Re1 Rad8
29. Qc4 {Here and later, the e4-pawn is taboo:} (29. Rxe4 $2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Rxd5
31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Bxd5 Qd7 $19) 29... Rd2 $1 30. Kf1 (30. Rxe4 $2 Rxg2+) (30.
Bxe4 $2 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qf2) 30... Qd7 31. Re2 (31. Rxe4 $2 Rc8 32. Qb3 Rcc2 $19)
31... Rd4 32. Qb3 Kg7 33. Kg1 Rd3 34. Qc4 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Rc8 36. Qb4 e3 37. Be4
Bc5 38. Qb5 Qxb5 39. Rxb5 Rd2 40. Bf3 Bd4 41. Rd5 Rcc2 42. Rxd2 Rxd2 43. g4
Rxa2 $1 44. Rxd4 e2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qd3 Nd7 16. a4 a5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qb1 g4 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Ke2 Kf8 21. Rh4
Kg7 22. e4 h5 23. Qb5 e5 24. f3 Rag8 25. Nf1 Kf8 26. Ne3 Rg5 27. Qc6 gxf3+ 28.
gxf3 Rhg8 29. Rg1 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Nf5 Nf6 32. dxe5 dxe5 33. Rd1 Rxf5 34.
Rd8+ Ne8 35. exf5 Ke7 36. Rd5 Nd6 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Rxh5 Nxc4 39. Rh6+ Kxf5 40.
g4+ Kg5 41. Rc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. b4 Kh8 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bd6 Rc8 19. Bh3 Ne6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Qa4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 g6 23. Rfc1 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Kg7 25. Qc3+ Qf6 26. Qa5 Qe7 27.
Qc3+ Qf6 28. Qa5 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5
9. O-O c4 {Definitely too early.} (9... Qxb6 {is the most logical continuation
seen in a number of games. Here I prefer} 10. Bd2 (10. b3 {and}) (10. Na4 {
have been seen in practice, too}) 10... cxd4 (10... c4 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Rb1 $14
{[%cal Yb2b3]} (12. b3 $143 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Bd6 14. Rb1 Qa7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bc2
Rfc8 $11 {1/2 Mareco,S (2512)-Valerga,D (2523)/La Plata 2009/CBM 130 Extra (27)
})) 11. exd4 (11. Na4 $143 Qb8 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4
O-O 16. h3 Bb7 17. Qe3 Bc6 $13 {0-1 Krasenkow,M (2668)-Oms Pallise,J (2506)/
Barcelona 2007/CBM 121 (22)}) 11... Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. b4 Ne4 15.
Na4 Qa7 16. Nc5 Ndf6 17. Ne5 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Rfc8 20. Be3 $14 {1-0
Krasenkow,M (2639)-Balogh,C (2624)/Warsaw 2008/CBM 126 (49)}) ({To} 9... Nxb6 {
White should probably reply} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 {, e.g.} Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 13.
Qe2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Rb1 Nc4 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qf3
$14 {1/2 Gelfand,B (2733)-Fridman,D (2626)/Calatrava 2007/CBM 117 ext (53)}) (
9... Bb7 $5 {needs testing:} 10. Na4 c4 11. Be2 Bc6 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nc3 Bd6 14.
b3 Nxb6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nfd7 17. f4 O-O 18. Bc1 Qe7 19. Qd4 f6 $132 {
1/2 Acevedo Villalba,A (2569)-Forslof,L (2466)/Rochade 5171-Jub15 bd04 2005/
CBM 118 (43)}) 10. Be2 $5 (10. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4]} Bb7 11. Ne5 {is possible,
too.}) 10... Rb8 $6 ({The immediate} 10... Nxb6 {protecting the c4-pawn and
making e3-e4 more difficult, is more logical.}) 11. e4 $1 {White opens up the
position to make use of his development advantage.} Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2
Nxb6 (13... Bb7 14. Nxc4 Nxb6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Na5 $16) 14. Nxe4 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Yc1f4]} Bb7 15. Nc5 $1 Bd5 (15... Bd6 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. b3 $1 $16) 16. b3
$6 (16. Nxa6 {was quite good. White wants to win this pawn in a better
situation but hardly achieves it.}) 16... cxb3 (16... Bd6 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18.
Bxc4 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxc4 21. Bf4 e5 22. Rac1 $1 Rb4 23. Re1 $1 $16
{[%cal Rf4e5,Re1e4]}) 17. axb3 Bxc5 $4 {[%mdl 16384] A grave positional error.
White now obtains a pair of bishops and a strong passed pawn. Black should
have urgently completed his development:} (17... Bd6 18. Rxa6 O-O {White's
extra b3 pawn is now quite weak and not so easy to convert.}) 18. dxc5 Nd7 $6 (
18... Nc8 $142 19. Rxa6 Bxb3 $16) 19. Bf4 Rxb3 20. Bd6 {Preventing Black's
castling and obtaining a strategically winning position but} (20. c6 $5 Nb6 21.
Bxa6 O-O 22. c7 Qh4 23. Bd6 $18 {[%csl Gc7] may be even better.}) 20... Qg5 21.
g3 Qf5 22. Ra4 (22. Qd4 $5 f6 23. Rxa6 $16) 22... Rb2 $6 (22... Ne5 $5 {
enabled Black to put up stiffer resistance although White maintained a strong
attack, e.g.} 23. Rf4 Qh3 24. f3 f6 25. Qa1 Qh5 26. Bd1 $1 Nxf3+ $1 27. R1xf3
$1 Rxf3 28. Qa4+ (28. Bxf3 $2 Bxf3 29. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 30. Qxf6 Kd7 31. Qxh8 Qh6
$11) 28... Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kg6 30. Rxf3 Bxf3 31. Bc2+ Kh6 32. Qxe6 Qd5 $1 33. Bf4+
g5 34. Qxf6+ Kh5 35. Be3 $18 {[%cal Yh2h3,Yg3g4,Rc2b3]}) 23. Bd3 $1 Qf6 (23...
Qf3 24. Qxf3 Bxf3 25. Rxa6 Bb7 26. Ra7 $18 {[%cal Rf1b1,Rf1c1]}) 24. Be4 $1 $18
{[%mdl 32] White exchanges the bishop holding together Black's whole position,
and the latter immediately collapses.} Bxe4 (24... Bb3 25. Qa1 Bxa4 26. Qxa4
$18 {[%cal Rc5c6]}) 25. Rxe4 Qf5 26. Qa4 Qd5 27. Qxa6 Nb6 28. Ree1 Qa8 29.
Qxa8+ Nxa8 30. Ra1 Kd7 31. Ra7+ Kc6 32. Rfa1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Rfb1
Ra7 16. Nd2 Rfa8 17. Qf1 h6 18. Qc1 Bd8 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Nxa1 Ne8
22. Nc2 Bc7 23. Bxc7 Nxc7 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 bxc5 26. bxc5 e5 27. Qb1 Qxb1+
28. Nxb1 Nb5 29. Nd2 exd4 30. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Qxa2 10. O-O Qa5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Be7 Re8
15. Bb4 Qd8 16. c4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bd6 Qg5
21. d5 Bg4 22. Qd4 Bf3 23. Rf2 Rac8 24. Rcf1 h6 25. Kh1 Bh5 26. Qxe4 b5 27. Qd4
a5 28. h3 Bg6 29. Qa7 a4 30. Bc7 Qe7 31. d6 Qd7 32. Qd4 Rxc7 33. dxc7 Qxc7 34.
Qd6 Qe7 35. Qb6 Qxe5 36. e4 f6 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Qa7 Bxe4 39. Rc1 Rd8 40. Qb6 Rd3
41. Kg1 Kh7 42. Re1 a3 43. Ra2 Rb3 44. Rae2 f5 45. Qa5 Qd4+ 46. Kh2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. h4 Qc7 13. Be3 b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Bb6 Qa4 20. b3 Qa3 21. Ng3
Nxg4 22. Qe2 h5 23. Bd4 Nf6 24. Rhg1 Ba8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5
28. Nxh5 Rxh5 29. Qxh5 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 31. Kd3 Qxb3+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33. Rd2
Qe4+ 34. Kd1 Qb1+ 35. Ke2 Qe4+ 36. Kd1 Qb1+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Be4 Bd6 14. Rad1 O-O
15. Nbxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Rd4 Qb6 20. Bg3 Bxg3
21. hxg3 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Qe5 Kg7 25. Rd2 Qc5 26. Qe2 Qc4
27. Qe3 Qa2 28. Qe5 Qb1+ 29. Ne1 Rc5 30. Qe3 Rc4 31. Re2 Qxb2 32. Qb6 a5 33.
Qxa5 b3 34. Qb5 Rc3 35. cxb3 Qb1 36. b4 Rb3 37. Qe5 Rxb4 38. a5 Ra4 39. Re3 Qa1
40. Qxa1 Rxa1 41. f3 Nd5 42. Re2 h5 43. Kh2 Rxa5 44. Nd3 Ra3 45. Nc5 Ne3 46.
Ne4 Kg6 47. Re1 g4 48. Nd2 Rd3 49. Ne4 Rb3 50. Re2 Ra3 51. Re1 Nf5 52. Rf1 Ra2
53. Rf2 Ra1 54. Re2 Rf1 55. Nd2 Rh1+ 56. Kxh1 Nxg3+ 57. Kg1 Nxe2+ 58. Kf2 Nc3
59. fxg4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Rac8 19. h3 Na5 20. Ncd4 Nc4 21.
Rab1 h6 22. Bc2 b5 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Re2 b4 25. Ne1 a5 26. Nd3 Ne4 27. Nf4 Re8
28. f3 Nc5 29. b3 Na3 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. h4 Rce7 32. Rde1 Rb7 33. Rd2 Rbe7 34. Kf2
Bd7 35. Rde2 Nb5 36. Nxb5 Bxb5 37. Nxd5 Rd7 38. Rd2 Bc6 39. Red1 Rxe5 40. Ne3
Rxd2+ 41. Rxd2 Ne6 42. Rd6 Bb5 43. Rb6 Nd4 44. Be4 f5 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Bb1 g6
47. h5 gxh5 48. Rd8 Ne6 49. Ra8 Nd4 50. Rxa5 Kg7 51. f4 Rc5 52. Bd3 Kf6 53. Bc4
Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kd8 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kd8 57. Rb7 h4 58. Rb6 Bxc4 59. Rd6+ Kc7
60. Rxd4 Be6 61. Rxb4 Rc1 62. Ra4 Kb6 63. Rd4 Kc7 64. Rd2 Ra1 65. Nd1 Bf7 66.
Nc3 Bh5 67. Nd5+ Kb7 68. b4 Bg4 69. b5 h3 70. gxh3 Bxh3 71. b6 Bf1 72. Rc2 Bb5
73. Rc7+ Kb8 74. Nc3 Be8 75. Rh7 Bc6 76. Ke3 h5 77. Kd4 Bf3 78. a4 Rc1 79. Kc4
Ra1 80. Kb4 Rf1 81. a5 Ra1 82. Kb5 Bb7 83. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[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 Bd7 13. b3 c4 14. Ba3 Bd8 15. Nbd2
cxb3 16. axb3 Qb8 17. Bd3 Bb6 18. b4 Nb7 19. c4 Rc8 20. Bb2 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bc7
22. Qd2 Bb5 23. Ne3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 a5 25. Ba3 Bd8 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Nc4 Nc5 28.
Qe2 Ra6 29. Nfd2 Nfd7 30. Qg4 Nf6 31. Qe2 Nfd7 32. Bxc5 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Rxc5 34.
Ra6 Be7 35. Qe3 Bf8 36. Qa3 Qc7 37. Qb4 g6 38. Ra4 Qd8 39. Ra6 Nf6 40. Ra7 Rc7
41. Ra6 Kg7 42. Qa5 Rc8 43. Qxd8 Rxd8 44. f3 h5 45. h4 Ne8 46. Na5 Rb8 47. Nc6
Rb7 48. Ra8 Nf6 49. Nc4 Nd7 50. Rd8 f5 51. exf5 gxf5 52. Kh2 Rc7 53. Ra8 Nf6
54. Ne3 f4 55. Nd8 Kh6 56. Ne6 Rf7 57. Nf5+ Kg6 58. Ng5 Nxd5 59. Nxf7 Kxf7 60.
Rd8 Be7 61. Nxe7 Kxe7 62. Rg8 Ne3 63. Rh8 Nf1+ 64. Kg1 Ng3 65. Rh6 d5 66. Kf2
e4 67. Ke1 e3 68. Kd1 d4 69. Ra6 d3 70. Ra4 Nh1 71. Re4+ Kd6 72. Rd4+ Ke6 73.
Rxd3 Nf2+ 74. Ke2 Nxd3 75. Kxd3 Ke5 76. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. Bd2 h5 10. g3 a6 11. Rc1 b5 12. a4 Be7 13. Ra1 f6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Bd3
Re8 16. h3 Bh7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Re1 g5 19. Be5 Rf8 20. Qd2 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6
22. Nc5 Kh8 23. c3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2
Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. a3 f6 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Rd1 Qb3 15.
Rc1 Nb6 16. Rc3 Qa2 17. Bd3 Nbc4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bc1 b5 20. O-O b4 21. axb4 Bxb4
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Re3 c3 24. Re2 cxb2 25. Qxb2 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 Nc6 27. Bd2 Bxd2
28. Rxd2 Nb4 29. Ra1 Bb7 30. Ne1 a5 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Rfd8 33. Nf1 Be4 34.
Rda3 Rxd4 35. Rxa5 Rb8 36. R5a4 Rd3 37. h4 h6 38. R4a3 Rb2 39. R3a2 Rb4 40. Ra4
Rb2 41. R4a2 Rb4 42. Ra4 Rbb3 43. R1a2 Rd1 44. Rd2 Rbb1 45. Rxd1 Rxd1 46. Kf2
Bd3 47. Nh2 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Rb2 49. Ra7 Be4 50. Nf3 Bxf3 51. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[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. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Qf5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 c5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne4
Rxe4 22. Bc2 cxd4 23. fxe4 Qc5 24. Qf2 Ng4 25. cxd4 Qc7 26. Qe2 Bxg3 27. hxg3
Qxg3+ 28. Qg2 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qg3+ 30. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Qa4 Bf6 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Qb5 b6 20. Rad1 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Nb8 22. Qb3 c6 23. a4 Rf8 24. Re3 Qd8 25. g4 Bg6 26. h4 Qd7 27. Ne5 Bxe5
28. Bxe5 Qxg4+ 29. Rg3 Qh5 30. Bd3 Kh7 31. Bd6 Bxd3 32. Bxf8 Bg6 33. Be7 Nd7
34. f3 Qf5 35. Qc4 Qf4 36. Kh2 Qd2+ 37. Rg2 Qf4+ 38. Rg3 Qd2+ 39. Rg2 Qf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. a4
Be7 9. Ne1 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 f5 12. h3 a5 13. Ndf3 c5 14. Be3 Kh8 15. b3
Na7 16. Nd3 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qc8 20. g5 Rd8 21. Qe1 Bxc5
22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 b5 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Bxc4 Nc7 27. Rfb1
Be8 28. Rb6 a4 29. Ke3 Rdb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Nd4 Rb6 32. Ra3 h6 33. g6 Rb4 34.
Kd3 Nd5 35. Nxe6 Nb6 36. Ba2 Bxg6 37. c4 Bf7 38. Kc3 Rxc4+ 39. Bxc4 Nxc4 40.
Kxc4 Bxe6+ 41. Kc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qh4 13. g4 Bb7 14. O-O-O
Rad8 15. Rhg1 Ba8 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxd3 19. cxd3 Nd5 20. f4
Rd8 21. Rdf1 c5 22. f5 Nb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Qe3 b3 26. Kb1 Qb4 27.
a3 Qb5 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. d4 Qd5 30. Rg3 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kc1 exf5 33. gxf5
Bxf5 34. d5 Re8 35. d6 Kf8 36. Rxb3 Bd7 37. Re3 Re6 38. Rdd3 Ke8 39. Rc3 a5 40.
Kd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 {"We
surprised each other in the opening", said Timofeev after the game. Indeed,
White chooses a sideline only to be confronted with a novelty soon after that.}
(7. Nxc4 {is the main continuation.}) 7... Nxe5 (7... b5 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. Ne5 (9.
d5 Bb7 10. a4 Bxc6 11. dxc6 Qxc6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Qxa8 14. Nxb5 Qa5+ 15.
Nc3 e5 16. Bg3 Bb4 $36 {0-1 Ortega Hermida,D (2365)-Drozdovskij,Y (2458)/Las
Palmas 2003 (48)}) 9... Bb7 10. Be2 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. a4 Rc8 (12... g6 $142
13. Bf3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. axb5 O-O $11) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rg5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5
Bc6 16. Bf3 $36 {1-0 Dao Thien Hai (2583)-Le Quang,L (2297)/Dalat City 2004 
(23)}) 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ $146 ({Previously Black played only} 8... Nd5 {but wasn't
able to show equality after} 9. Bxc4 $14) 9. Rxd1 Nd5 10. Rxd5 $1 {The only
way to fight for an advantage.} ({In the event of} 10. Bxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5
12. Bb3 e6 13. Ke2 Bb7 {Black's chances are at least equal.}) 10... cxd5 11.
Nxd5 Ra7 $8 (11... Rb8 $2 {runs into the obvious} 12. e6 fxe6 (12... Bxe6 13.
Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxe6 $18) 13. Nb6 $18) (11... Kd8 $2 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. e6 {[%cal
Gf4b8]} a5 14. exf7 Be6 15. Bxc4 $18) 12. Nb6 Be6 13. a4 {When sacrificing the
exchange three moves ago White had to evaluate how big his compensation is. It
is clear that the rook on a7 is out of play, but on the other hand it's not
easy for White to exploit this factor, since Black has no obvious weaknesses
and will soon complete development. Taking the pawn on c4 is not really an
option for White, who would like to keep the knight on b6. The course of the
game proves that although White is better, with accurate defence Black is able
to keep the balance.} g5 $5 {Jakovenko feels that Black's main priority is to
complete his development quickly and return the extra material in order to
make a draw. He succeeded in doing this.} (13... g6 $13) ({One of the
questions is whether White or Black must hurry up to place his own pawn on a5.
In the game both players decided that this is not a priority.} 13... a5 14. e4
Ra6 15. Be3 $13) 14. Bxg5 Bg7 15. Bf4 (15. f4 $6 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Bh4 f5
$132) 15... O-O 16. Be2 f6 17. e4 $1 (17. exf6 Bxf6 $132 {[%csl Rb2]}) 17... f5
$1 (17... fxe5 18. Be3 $44 {[%csl Ra7,Rg7]}) 18. a5 (18. Kd2 fxe4 19. Ke3 a5
$13) 18... fxe4 19. g3 Raa8 $1 {A good practical solution. Jakovenko simply
follows his initial plan to neutralize White's initiative. Material is less
important.} (19... Rd8 20. O-O $44) 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Kd2 Rc8 22. Rc1 Bf8 {
The evaluation hasn't changed - White's advantage is minimal. Black's main
problem is now the passivity of his dark-squared bishop. This factor will
count only if White can create targets on Black's queenside.} 23. f3 {White
has many attractive possibilities, but there is no clear way to increase the
advantage.} (23. Ke3 Bd5 24. b3 {leads by force to an interesting draw:} (24.
Bf1 e6 25. Bg2 Bc5+ 26. Ke2 Bd4 27. Rc2 c3 $132) (24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26.
Kxf3 Rc5 27. Ke4 Kf7 $11) 24... cxb3 $1 25. Rxc8 b2 26. Bh6 Kf7 27. Bh5+ (27.
Rxf8+ $2 Kg6) 27... Ke6 28. Bg4+ (28. Rxf8 {is a more complicated draw:} Kd7 (
28... b1=Q $4 29. Bg4+ Kxe5 30. Bf4#) 29. Be8+ Kc7 30. e6 Kd6 31. Kd4 b1=Q 32.
Bf4+ Kxe6 33. Bf7+ Kd7 34. Bxd5 Qb2+ 35. Kxe4 Qc2+ 36. Ke5 Qc3+ 37. Kf5 Qd3+
38. Ke5 Qc3+ 39. Ke4 Qc2+ 40. Kd4 Qb2+ $11) 28... Kf7 29. Bh5+ Ke6 $11) ({
After the immediate} 23. b3 {Black has a check on d8 to unpin the rook:} Rd8+
24. Kc3 cxb3) 23... exf3 24. Bxf3 Rb8 $1 (24... Rc7 25. b4 $1 (25. Kc3 Rc5 $14)
25... Rd7+ 26. Kc2 Bg7 27. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rc4]}) (24... Rc5 $2 25. b4 Rc7 26.
Kc3 {[%cal Gc1d1,Gd1d8]} Rd7 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 $16 {/+-}) 25. Rd1 (25. Kc3
b6 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Be4 Rb3+ 28. Kc2 Rb4 $5 $13 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc4c3,Gb4e4]
/+/=}) 25... b6 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Kc1 Rb3 $1 28. Be4 c3 {After the exchange of
White's last queenside pawn Black has nothing to fear any more and easily
secures the draw.} 29. bxc3 Rxc3+ 30. Kd2 Ra3 31. Rc1 Ra2+ 32. Rc2 Rxc2+ 33.
Kxc2 $11 Bg7 34. Kc3 a5 35. Bc6 Kf7 36. Ba4 Kg6 37. Kd4 (37. Bc2+ Bf5 38. Bb3
Bh6 $11) 37... Bh6 38. Bc2+ Kg7 (38... Kh5 39. Bxh7 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Kg4 41. Ke3
a4 42. Bb1 a3 43. f5 Bxf5 44. Ba2 $11) 39. Kc5 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Bd7 41. f5 a4 42.
Kb4 h6 43. Be4 Kf8 44. Bc2 Kg7 45. Be4 Kf8 46. Bc2 Kg7 {An interesting game,
where both players showed creativity and where in the end the defence
prevailed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. Re1 Qa5
15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Ne4 Qxa4 18. Ne5 Qb4 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Na2 Qa5 21.
Bb3 Be8 22. Nf3 Nd5 23. Nc1 Ncb4 24. Ne5 Qb6 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. Qf3 Bb5 27. Ne2
Nc6 28. Qe4 Nf6 29. Qe3 a5 30. Nc3 Bxc4 31. Bxc4 Nxd4 32. h3 Qc5 33. Bd3 Nf5
34. Qxc5 Bxc5 35. Bc7 Rc8 36. Nb5 Bb4 37. Rf1 Ne7 38. Bg3 Rfd8 39. Na7 Ra8 40.
Nb5 Ned5 41. Bb1 Rac8 42. Rc1 Rxc1 43. Rxc1 Bd2 44. Rc4 Bf4 45. Kh2 Bxg3+ 46.
Kxg3 g5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 a6 13. a4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Qa5
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Kf1 Qxd4
21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rb1 a5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Kd2 Kf7 25. Kc2 g5 26. Nd5 h5 27. Ne3 h4
28. Rd5 Rc6 29. Rbd1 Rdc8 30. Rf1 Rb6 31. Rb1 Rbc6 32. Rd2 Ne6 33. Kc3 Nc5 34.
Nd5 Ne6 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Ne3 Rb8 37. Nf5 Rb6 38. Rfd1 Ra8 39. Rd5 Nc7 40. Rb5
Nxb5+ 41. axb5 Ke8 42. Ra1 e6 43. Ne3 d5 44. exd5 Rd6 45. c5 Rdd8 46. Kd4 Rac8
47. Rxa5 e5+ 48. Kc4 b6 49. b4 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ra8 51. a6 e4 52. fxe4 Kd7 53. Nf5
Re8 54. c6+ Kd8 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kc5 f5 57. exf5 Re2 58. Nb7+ Ke8 59. d6 Rxg2
60. d7+ Ke7 61. f6+ Kxf6 62. c7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[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. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4
g6 16. d5 Nc4 17. a4 Nb6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. b3 c4 22. bxc4
Nxc4 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Nc5 27. Ra3 Reb8 28. Bc2
Bc8 29. c4 Ra7 30. h4 Qd8 31. h5 Qh4 32. Qe3 Rc7 33. Ba5 Rcb7 34. Bc3 Be7 35.
hxg6 fxg6 36. Nf1 Bg5 37. Qe2 Qg4 38. Qxg4 Bxg4 39. Nh2 Bc8 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Ra5
Rc7 42. Nd2 g5 43. Rb1 Rxb1+ 44. Bxb1 g4 45. Bc2 Bg5 46. Ra3 Bd7 47. Bb4 h5 48.
g3 Be8 49. Nb3 Nxb3 50. Bxb3 Rb7 51. Bxd6 Bc1 52. Ra1 Bb2 53. Rb1 Rxb3 54. Bxe5
Bg6 55. Rxb2 Rxb2 56. Bxb2 Bxe4 57. d6 Kf7 58. c5 Ke6 59. Kf1 Kd7 60. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Nf1 Qc8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Bd8 16. Ne3 Nh7 17. Bg3 Bb6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qxd6 Bd4 21. Be4 Qf6
22. Nb5 Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Bc3 25. Re3 Bd4 26. Reb3 Na2 27. Bxb7 Rab8
28. Nf5 Nc3 29. Re1 Rbd8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nc6 Rde8 32. Kf1 Nf6 33. Nxe5 Nxa4
34. Bc6 Nc5 35. Nxf7+ Kg8 36. Bxe8 Nxb3 37. cxb3 Nxe8 38. Ne5 Nf6 39. Nc4 Nh5
40. f3 Nxg3+ 41. hxg3 Rb8 42. Nxa5 Bc3 43. Nc6 Rxb3 44. Re3 Rb1+ 45. Ke2 Rb2+
46. Kd3 Bf6 47. Re2 Rxe2 48. Kxe2 h5 49. Kd3 g6 50. Ke4 Bc3 51. Ne5 Kg7 52. g4
hxg4 53. Nxg4 Kf7 54. f4 Ke6 55. Ne5 Kf6 56. g4 Bd2 57. f5 gxf5+ 58. gxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nd5 14. Qb3 c6
15. Bc5 Rf7 16. Qb2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7
21. Qb3 Rd8 22. Rc5 b6 23. Rc3 h5 24. Rbc1 h4 25. Qc2 e4 26. Rc7 Qe8 27. Rxe7
Qxe7 28. Qc7 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. gxh4 exd3 31. exd3 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Kf3
Ke5 34. Ke3 Kf5 35. h3 g6 36. Kd4 Rh7 37. Kxd5 Rd7+ 38. Kc6 Rxd3 39. a4 Rd4 40.
Rb1 Rxh4 41. Rb3 g5 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Ra4 44. Rb5+ Ke4 45. Kb7 Kf3 46. Rf5+
Ke4 47. Rc5 Kf3 48. Kxa7 Kxf2 49. Kb6 Kg2 50. a6 Kxh3 51. Ra5 Re4 52. a7 Re8
53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Rxa8 g4 55. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d5 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bd2 Bc8 20. Qc4 Bf5 21. b4
e4 22. dxe4 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Bxe4 24. Bc3 Bd5 25. Qa4 Qe7 26. e4 Be6 27. Ba5 Rd3
28. Bf1 Rd7 29. f3 Nh7 30. f4 f6 31. Qc2 Qf7 32. a3 Rde7 33. Bd3 Bb3 34. Qf2 f5
35. e5 Nf8 36. Qb2 Bd5 37. Bf1 Ne6 38. Bd2 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Re2 f4 41. Rf2
Qh5 42. Be2 Qh7 43. Bf3 Bxf3 44. Rxf3 Qe4 45. Qb3 Rd7 46. Bb4 Rd5 47. Re1 Qf5
48. Bc3 Nxc5 49. Qa2 Ne6 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Kh1 Kf7 52. Qb2 Re7 53. Qg2 Red7 54.
Rg1 Ke7 55. Bb4+ c5 56. Be1 Rxe5 57. Qg8 Qe4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6
9. Nf4 b6 10. Be2 a5 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Bxe2 15. Ncxe2
Ra7 16. Nd3 axb4 17. axb4 Rfa8 18. Qb2 Qb7 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Qxa1
Ne8 22. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nh4
Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Qc2 Nb6 16. b3 a5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. a4 Qe6 20. f3 Bb4 21. Bxb4
axb4 22. Kf2 Qe7 23. Qc5 Nbd7 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rc2 Ra5 26. Nc1 c5 27. Nd3 b6
28. Rhc1 Kd6 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 cxd4 31. Rc4 Ne5 32. Rxd4+ Ke6 33. Nxe5 Kxe5
34. Rxb4 Rc5 35. Rbc4 Nd7 36. Ke3 Ra8 37. Bf1 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Ra5 39. Rd4 Nf6 40.
Rb4 Nd7 41. Bb5 Nc5 42. Bc4 Nxe4 43. Bxf7 Nd6 44. Bg6 b5 45. Bd3 bxa4 46. Rxa4
Rc5 47. Ra7 Rc3 48. Rxg7 Rxb3 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 50. Rd5 Nf7 51. Kf4 Rb4+ 52. Be4
Ke6 53. h4 Rb2 54. Ra5 Nd6 55. Bd5+ Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Ke5 Nb5 58. Rf7+ Ke8
59. Rb7 Re2+ 60. Kf6 Rf2+ 61. Kg6 Nd6 62. Ra7 Rf4 63. Be6 Re4 64. Bf5 Rb4 65.
Kf6 Kf8 66. Ra8+ Ne8+ 67. Kg5 Ke7 68. h5 Nd6 69. Ra7+ Kf8 70. Bg6 Nc4 71. h6
Ne5 72. Ra8+ Ke7 73. Re8+ Kd6 74. Rxe5 Kxe5 75. h7 Rb8 76. Bf7 Rh8 77. Bg8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 f6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 fxe5 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. Be3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 b6
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 a6 17. Bc7+ Ke7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Bxb6 Bb7 20. Rac1 Bd6 21.
Bd4 Rhf8 22. c5 Bc7 23. Rc2 h5 24. h4 Nd5 25. Nxd5+ Bxd5 26. Rg1 Bh2 27. Rf1
Bxg2 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Bxg7 Bf3+ 30. Kf1 Rf7 31. Rxh2 Be4+ 32. Ke2 Bxd3+ 33.
Kxd3 Rxg7 34. Re2 Rg3+ 35. Re3 Rg2 36. b4 Rxa2 37. Re5 Ra4 38. Kc3 a5 39. bxa5
Rxh4 40. Kb3 Rh1 41. Kb2 Kd8 42. c6 dxc6 43. Rxe6 Kc7 44. Re7+ Kb8 45. a6 h4
46. Rb7+ Ka8 47. Rc7 h3 48. Rxc6 h2 49. Rh6 Ka7 50. Ka2 Rg1 51. Rxh2 Kxa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the previous round I lost a terrible game against Riazantsev, and in spite
of the fact that a draw gave me good chances for the third place, I played
only for a win, because I was in a very aggressive mood.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 {In my opinion the Saemisch System is one of
the most dangerous systems against the King's Indian.} a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nge2
c6 9. Bh6 $5 {Risky, but va ery concrete plan. Both sides need to play very
exactly.} b5 10. h4 Bxh6 (10... Nb6 $6 11. Ng3 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. h5 $36)
11. Qxh6 e5 $1 {Denis makes the correct desicion - to play in the centre.} 12.
h5 b4 13. Na4 d5 $5 {The position was totally unclear, but I was optimistic,
because my opponent spent a lot of time in the opening.} 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Qg5
{An useful move - now the queen is more active here. Also I wanted to move the
knight to f5.} dxe4 (15... Re8 $6 16. Ng3 exd4 17. Nf5 Qe5 18. g4 $40) 16. Ng3
exd4 (16... exf3 17. gxf3 exd4 18. Nf5 Qe5 19. Bd3 $40) 17. Nf5 $5 {The most
important move in the game. I understood that it wasn't objectively the
strongest move in the position, but, practically speaking, on that day in that
game it was the strongest.} ({The alternative is} 17. Nxe4 Re8 18. hxg6 fxg6
19. Bd3 {with quiet play.}) 17... Qe5 (17... Qe6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Nxd4 Qe5 20.
Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. c5 $44) 18. g4 d3 $2 $138 {It's impossible to play
this position in time trouble without any mistakes.} ({Only Rybka can recommend
} 18... exf3 $1 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nc5 Nxg4 21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23.
Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Bd3 Qh2 $1 $17) 19. Nb6 $2 {A nice move, but probably a mistake.}
({The easiest way was} 19. Bxd3 $1 exd3 20. Rde1 d2+ 21. Kxd2 Qc7 22. hxg6 fxg6
23. Re7 $18) 19... Qe6 $4 {The second and the last mistake by Black.} ({
But how can you find this variation with two minutes on your clock? -} 19...
Kh8 20. f4 Qc5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Rg8 23. Qf7 Qxb6 24. Bxd3 Qd8 $1 25. Bxe4
Qf8 26. Qxf8 Nxf8 27. Bxc6 Bxf5 28. Bxa8 Rxg4 $13) 20. Qh6 gxf5 21. gxf5 Qxf5
22. Rg1+ {I was very happy after this game - it was my first victory over
Khismatullin, I got the bronze medal and a place in the next Superfinal. Also,
I was satisfied with my play.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Nd2 a6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
N2f3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. e3 Qa5 14. a3 Rfd8
15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Nd4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 d5 21.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qb6 23. Nf3 Qb7 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Kf1 Ne4 27.
Nxe4 dxe4 28. Ke1 Bd5 29. b4 f5 30. Bf1 Bc6 31. h4 Kf7 32. Be5 g6 33. Kd2 Ke8
34. Be2 h5 35. Kc3 Kd7 36. Kd4 Bf8 37. Bf4 Kd8 38. Ke5 Ke7 39. Bg5+ Kf7 40. Bf6
Bd7 41. Bd1 Bc6 42. Bb3 Bd7 43. Ba2 Bc8 44. Bd8 Ke8 45. Bg5 Kf7 46. Bf6 Bd7 47.
Bb3 Bh6 48. Bd8 Bg7+ 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. Be7 Be5+ 51. Kxe5 Kxe7 52. Bc2 Be8 53. Bd1
Bc6 54. Be2 Be8 55. Bf1 Bd7 56. Bh3 Be8 57. Bg2 Bc6 58. Bf1 Be8 59. Be2 Bc6 60.
Bd1 Be8 61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Kc3 Bd7 63. Kb2 Kd5 64. Bb3+ Ke5 65. Bd1 Kd5 66. Bb3+
Ke5 67. a4 bxa4 68. Bd1 Kd5 69. Ka3 Kc4 70. Bxa4 Bc8 71. Be8 Kd3 72. Bxg6 Ke2
73. Bxh5+ Kxf2 74. Bd1 e5 75. h5 f4 76. gxf4 exf4 77. h6 Bf5 78. exf4 e3 79. b5
Bc2 80. b6 Bxd1 81. h7 Bf3 82. h8=Q e2 83. Qh4+ Kf1 84. f5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Qc3 a5 14. O-O d6
15. Rfd1 Qb4 16. Rac1 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 c6 18. d4 Re8 19. e3 Kf8 20. Kf1 Be6 21. d5
Bh3+ 22. Bg2 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 c5 24. Rb3 Reb8 25. a4 e4 26. h4 g6 27. Rb6 Ra6 28.
Rb5 b6 29. g4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Rb3 Ra7 33. Rh5 f6 34. Rc3 Kg6
35. Rc1 Rh7 36. Rxh7 Kxh7 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Kg6 39. e4 Rh8 40. Kg3 Re8 41.
Kf3 Rh8 1/2-1/2

