[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 63rd"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "2010.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. h3 Na6 8. Bf4
Nb4 9. Qb1 g6 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. g4 Be6 13. a3 Na6 14. Qb3 Bd6 15.
Bxd6 Nxd6 16. e3 Nc7 17. Na4 O-O 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Bg2 Rae8 20. O-O Bc8 21. Rce1
Ne6 22. Qc2 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Qe2 Qh6 25. b3 Nb5 26. Qb2 f5 27. a4 Nd6 28.
Qe2 b6 29. Nd3 Ba6 30. Rc1 f4 31. Rxc6 Ne4 32. exf4 Nc5 33. Bxd5+ Kh8 34. Qf3
Nxd3 35. f5 Nf4 36. Bc4 Bb7 37. d5 Bxc6 38. dxc6 gxf5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Kf1 h6 14. Ra2 Nh7 15. g4
Qf6 16. Ng1 Nh4 17. f3 Rfb8 18. Rf2 g5 19. Ne2 a6 20. Ng3 b5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
exf5 bxc4 23. Be4 Rb3 24. Rc2 Qd8 25. Qe2 Qa5 26. Qxc4 Rab8 27. Kf2 Nf6 28. Bd3
Qc7 29. Rd1 R8b6 30. Be2 Qb7 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Qa2 e4 34. f4 Rxc1 35.
Rcxc1 gxf4 36. Kf1 Qe7 37. Bc4 e3 38. Qh2 Qe5 39. Rc2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

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. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nc6 11. O-O e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Bb2 Rad8
15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxe4 Qe5 21.
Ng3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Qd2 Nc6 25. f4 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 f5 27.
Qc2 Kf8 28. Bb1 Qxa3 29. Qd2 Qb4 30. Qd6+ Kg8 31. Bxf5 Qxc4 32. Be4 f6 33. Nh5
Kf7 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. f5 Qd5 36. fxe6+ Qxe6 37. Qd3 Qe5+ 38. Nf4 a5 39. Qxh7+
Ke8 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Qf7+ Kd6 42. Qb3 c4 43. Qxc4 Qxe3 44. Qd3+ Qxd3 45. Nxd3
c5 46. Nb2 Ke6 47. Kg3 Kd5 48. h4 c4 49. Na4 Ke6 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Kf5 Kg7 52. g4
Kf7 53. h5 Kg7 54. Ke6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 66th"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
Ne1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. e3 Nb6
15. d3 Bd5 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. c4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rad8 19. Rd1 Ne7 20. a4 Ng6 21. a5
Nc8 22. Qf2 c6 23. a6 bxa6 24. h4 Re6 25. h5 Nf8 26. Bb2 Qe7 27. Rxa6 Nb6 28.
Be5 c5 29. Qg3 Rd7 30. Be2 Ng6 31. d4 Nxe5 32. fxe5 g6 33. Kf2 Kh8 34. Qf4 g5
35. Qxf5 Qe8 36. Kg3 Rf7 37. Qe4 cxd4 38. exd4 Rf4 39. Qe3 Re7 40. Rf1 Rxf1 41.
Bxf1 Qxh5 42. Be2 g4 43. Kg2 Qf5 44. Ra1 Qe6 45. Rc1 Re8 46. Bd3 Re7 47. Qe4
Nd7 48. Kg3 Qb6 49. Rf1 Qc7 50. Rf5 Qa5 51. c5 Qa1 52. Kg2 g3 53. c6 Qa2+ 54.
Qe2 Qd5+ 55. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup-A 9th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bb8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. g3 Bh3
15. Re1 Bc7 16. Qd4 Bb6 17. Qd3 Ng4 18. Na4 Bxe3 19. Bxg4 Bxc1 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Bxh3 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Re1+ 23. Bf1 Ra1 24. Qa6 h6 25. Nd3 Qe6 26. Nf4 Qe1 27.
h4 g6 28. a4 Rd1 29. h5 g5 30. Ng2 Qe6 31. Ne3 Rb1 32. Qxa7 Rxb3 33. Qd4 Ra3
34. Qb2 Rxa4 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Bd3 Re4 37. Bxe4 Qxe4 38. g4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[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
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Na5 g6 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Rhe1 exf4 18. gxf4 O-O 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bh3 Rc7 21.
Rd3 g5 22. Red1 Re8 23. a3 h5 24. Rxd6 $5 {An intrepid exchange sacrifice, but
it was probably both unnecessary and incorrect.} Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Rb8 (25... Nc8
$1 26. Rxa6 Rxc3 $1 27. bxc3 Rxe4 {and White's position is in serious problems.
Once h2 falls the kingside paw ns start rolling down the board.}) 26. Bf1 Kg7
27. Bd3 Be8 28. e5 Rd7 29. Rf6 Rdd8 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rdc8 32. Rd6 Rd8 33.
Rc6 Nd7 34. e6 Rb6 $2 35. Rc7 $2 (35. f6+ $1 {A devastating move!} Nxf6 (35...
Kh6 36. e7 Rdb8 37. Rxb6 Nxb6 {and the passed pawn on e7 is too po werful.})
36. Rxb6) 35... fxe6 36. Ne4 Kh6 37. fxe6 Rxe6 38. Nc5 Re1+ 39. Ka2 Nf8 {
Black is slowly stablizing. Once his king is completely safe he will collect
h2 and push his pawns.} 40. Rc6+ Kg7 41. Ne4 Rh1 42. Nxg5 Rxh2 43. Rxa6 h4 44.
Rb6 Rd5 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Nf3 Rh3 47. Be4 Rh5 48. Rb6+ Ne6 49. Bb7 Rc5 50. c3
Ke7 51. Kb3 Nf4 52. Rh6 Rh5 53. Rxh5 Nxh5 54. Kb4 Rg3 55. Kxb5 h3 {Black only
needs his h-pawn to win. The three passed pawns on the queenside are trouble,
b ut they can be handled.} 56. a4 Kd6 57. Ka6 $2 (57. a5 {White had to at
least keep pushing.} Kc7 58. a6 Rg2 59. b4 Nf4 $1 (59... h2 60. Nxh2 Rxh2 61.
Bf3 {actually loses for Black.}) 60. Be4 Ra2 61. c4 Ne2 $19 {Black should
somehow be winning this endgame.}) 57... Rg2 58. b4 h2 59. Nxh2 Rxh2 60. c4 Nf6
61. c5+ Kc7 62. Ka7 Rh4 63. b5 Rxa4+ 64. Ba6 Nd7 65. c6 Nc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. d3 a5 10. Rb1 h6 11. a3 Bb6 12. h3 Ne7 13. e4 c6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. d4 a4
16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nd7 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. Bf3 Nf8 22.
Bg4 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Bxd7 Nfxd7 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. f3 Rec8 27. Kg2 Nb3 28. Qf2 Qd8
29. Rbd1 Qe7 30. Nc2 Kg7 31. Rd3 Nc5 32. Rdd1 Nfd7 33. Qe2 Nb3 34. Rd3 Nbc5 35.
Rdd1 Kh7 36. Rf2 Rg8 37. Rh1 f5 38. exf5 gxf5 39. f4 Qf7 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Rhf1
f4 42. Rf3 Ra6 43. Kh1 Rag6 44. Ne4 Nxe4 45. Qxe4 Kh8 46. Ne1 Qf6 47. Ng2 Rxg3
48. Rxg3 Rxg3 49. Rf3 Qg6 50. Qxg6 Rxg6 51. b3 Rd6 52. bxa4 Rxd5 53. Rb3 Rd1+
54. Kh2 Nf6 55. Nxf4 exf4 56. Rxb7 Ng4+ 57. Kg2 Rd3 58. Rf7 Rg3+ 59. Kf1 f3 60.
a5 f2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2
a6 {A rare move. Black wants to play ...c7-c5 preparing the a7-square for his
bishop in the event of d4xc5 Bf8xc5 b2-b4. Still, it is too slow. Common
continuations:} (8... dxc4 9. O-O c5) (8... c5 9. dxc5 dxc4) (8... b6) 9. O-O
c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. cxd5 {This pawn exchange creates an isolated pawn in
Black's camp but opens up lines for his pieces.} ({It was probably better for
White to "meet Black's expectations":} 11. b4 Ba7 12. Qc2 {, it is unclear how
Black is going to equalise. In the following game he was easily outplayed:}
dxc4 (12... d4 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. c5 e5 15. Bf3 $14) 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15.
Bb2 Ne5 16. Nce4 $1 Qxc2 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxc2 Nd7 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd6 $16 {
1-0 (74) El Debs,F (2514)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2466) Praia da Pipa BRA 2014})
11... exd5 12. Bf3 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Be5 {The exchange of dark-squared
bishops is rather good for White.} (14... Nc6 $142 15. Na4 Ne5 16. Nc5 Qe7 17.
Be2 a5 $1 {, and Black is close to equality.}) 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Nc6 17.
Nd3 Qb6 18. Rc1 (18. Qc1 $5 {[%cal Yf1d1]}) 18... a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. axb4 Rad8
(20... d4 $1 {, and Black has no problems as} 21. e4 Bc4 {is favourable for
him.}) 21. b5 Na5 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Ndf4 Nc4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nd4 Bc8 (25... Bd7
$142 {tying White's pieces to the b5-pawn.}) 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Qb3 {White
occupies the dark squares. Black must look for counterplay.} Qh6 28. Rc5 b6 29.
Rd5 (29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Nc6 Qd6 {was not enough for any advantage.}) 29... Bb7
30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Qg5 32. Kf1 g6 33. h3 Nd3 34. Nc6 Bxc6 35. bxc6 Qc5 36.
Qa4 Kg7 37. Qa1+ Kg8 38. Qa4 Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 64] Black rejects the repetition of
moves and misses a tactical blow.} 39. Qa8+ $2 {So does White.} (39. c7 $1 Qxc7
(39... Rc6 40. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Ra4c6,Ra4e4]}) 40. Qe8+ $1 Kg7 41. Qxe4 f5 (41...
Nxf4 42. Qe5+) 42. Ne6+ Kf7 43. Qxf5+ $1 gxf5 44. Nxc7 {with an extra pawn and
a winning endgame.}) 39... Kg7 40. Qa1+ (40. c7 {was already too late due to}
Qc2) 40... Kh6 41. Nxd3 exd3 42. Qh8 Qc2 $2 {Unbelievably, this obvious move
is wrong.} (42... Rxc6 43. Rxd3 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qc2+
47. Kf3 Qxd3 48. Qf8+ Kg5 49. Qe7+ Kh6 $11) 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Kg1 $3 {White
sacrifices a rook, after which, surprisingly, Black's king can't get out of
the mating net created by White's queen and pawns.} Qxd1+ $2 {Black should
have rejected the gift.} ({True,} 44... Qxc6 45. Qxf7 Rf6 46. Qe7 Kh6 47. Rxd3
{should be winning for White.}) ({but he had an amazing, really non-human
defence:} 44... Rd5 $3 45. Kh2 $1 (45. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 46. Kh2 Rf5) 45... Kf6 $3 {
White has a strong attack but no forced win.} (45... Qxd1 $2 46. c7) (45...
Qxc6 $2 46. Qg7 $3 {[%cal Rf2f4]})) 45. Kh2 {[%csl Gc6,Rg5][%mdl 128] There is
no rescue for Black now.} Rxc6 (45... d2 46. Qxd6 {[%cal Rd6f4]} Kh6 47. c7 Qc2
48. Qf8+ Kg5 49. f4+ Kf6 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Qd8+ Ke6 52. c8=Q+ $18) (45... Rd5
46. c7 Qc2 47. c8=Q Qxc8 48. Qxc8 d2 49. f4+ Kf6 50. Qc6+ $18) 46. Qe7+ Kh6 47.
Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qxf7 $1 {[%cal Rf4f2,Rf7f4]} Rf6 49. f4+ Kh6 50. Qxf6 Qe2 51. Qf8+
Kh5 52. Qg7 h6 53. Qe5+ Kh4 54. Qf6+ Kh5 55. f5 gxf5 56. Qxf5+ Kh4 57. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 14th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Nbd7 7. Nd4 Be4 8.
Bxe4 Nc5 9. Qb5+ c6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Ncd7 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Qa4 Rc4 14. b4
Qc7 15. Qb3 Rxc2 16. Nc3 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb7 18. O-O Bd6 19. Qe3+ Kf8 20. Bb2 h5
21. Rac1 h4 22. Bd4 Kg8 23. a3 Rh6 24. Rc2 Nf8 25. Qf3 Ne6 26. Be3 g5 27. Rfc1
Kg7 28. Rc6 Qd7 29. Qf5 Rg6 30. d3 d4 31. Bd2 Qe7 32. a4 Nf4 33. gxf4 Qxe2 34.
fxg5 Qxd2 35. Kh1 Rxg5 36. Rg1 Ng4 37. Rc2 Qf4 38. Qxf4 Bxf4 39. b5 Kf6 40. a5
Bxh2 41. Rxg4 Rxg4 42. Kxh2 Rg5 43. Rb2 Rg8 44. Rb4 Ke5 45. b6 axb6 46. axb6 f5
47. b7 Rb8 48. Kg2 Kd5 49. Kh3 Ke5 50. Kxh4 Kf4 51. Kh5 Kf3 52. Rb2 Rxb7 53.
Rxb7 Kxf2 54. Kg5 Ke3 55. Kxf5 Kxd3 56. Kf4 Ke2 57. Rb2+ Kd3 58. Kf3 Kc3 59.
Rg2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {Svidler played this move quickly....} a6 {....while
Khismatullin took a full five minutes to consider his reply!} 3. Nge2 $5 {
Maybe Svidler doesn't really want to go into the lines of closed Sicilian.
Khismatullin too decides to keep his options open.} d6 {Four minutes! That's a
lot of time to make this move but Denis is making sure that Svidler doesn't
move order him.} 4. g3 g6 {Once White has played g3, Black doesn't feel too
worried if the game is transposed into Dragdorf (Dragon+Najdorf) territory.} 5.
d4 {Now was Svidler's turn to think. After five minutes he decides that Open
Sicilian is after all the best way for white to play!} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2
Nf6 {We are in the fianchetto variation of the Dragon but with the move a6 I
am tempted to call this more of a Dragdorf than a pure Dragon. Whatever be the
name, one thing is pretty clear - Black has no problems out of the opening.} 8.
b3 $5 {0-0 is of course the main move but Svidler wants something original on
the board.} O-O 9. Bb2 Bd7 (9... Nc6 {was also fine.}) 10. Qd2 (10. O-O {
Wasn't this your first thought! Well, then Svidler is not going to play that!
He comes up with the ultra original plan of 0-0-0.}) 10... Nc6 11. Nde2 (11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O-O $11 {was much better than what happened in the game.})
11... b5 $1 {Black has not only equalized out of the opening but is already
slightly better.} 12. O-O-O {The main problem for White is that his b3 pawn is
a ready made hook for the black queenside pawns to attack. At the same time
the g6 pawn is also a hook but Black is the first one to launch an attack.} Ng4
$5 {This was a slightly unusual decision. Natural moves to consider would have
been Rc8 or Qa5. But Khismatullin decides to attack the f2 pawn. White has to
make an uncomfortable move like Rdf1 in order to defend it and hence this
knight lunge can be jusitifed.} 13. Rdf1 Qa5 14. h3 Nf6 15. Kb1 b4 (15... Rac8
{was once again the most natural.} 16. f4 Rc7 17. g4 Rfc8 {with an interesting
position.}) 16. Nd1 $6 {What exactly happened to Svidler on this particular
day is unclear. He refuses to play the most natural moves. Of course Nd5 was
obvious and I can't see any reason to avoid it and make this retreat.} (16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxb2 18. dxc6 $1 (18. Kxb2 Qa3+ 19. Ka1 Na7 20. c3 $13) 18... Bc3
$5 19. Nxc3 bxc3 20. Qe3 Be6 21. h4 $14) 16... Qc7 {Clearing the way for the
a-pawn to ram up the board.} 17. Ne3 a5 18. f4 a4 $1 {A very bold decision by
Denis who is not at all afraid to sacrifice an exchange.} 19. e5 {Black was
already making inroads on the queenside, it was high time that Svidler did
something concrete. But the central break is tactically flawed.} dxe5 20. fxe5
Nxe5 $1 {This sacrifice of the a8 rook is very natural and easy for a player
like Khismatullin to assess. Here after Bxa8 Rxa8 his f8 rook takes the place
of the a8 rook. Hence effectively Black is sacrificing the f8 rook which is
not really participating in the attack.} 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17 22. Rf4 {Making
some space for the h1 rook so that a move like Bc6 would not trap it in the
corner.} (22. Qxb4 {looked pretty natural but after} axb3 23. axb3 Bc6 {
White loses his exchange.} 24. Rhg1 Nf3 25. Rg2 Qa7 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga7a2,Ga7e3]}
) 22... axb3 23. axb3 $2 {It's very easy to give this move a question mark
when you have an engine running in front of you. During the game things are
not so simple. It makes sense to not open the a-file completely but with the
bishop on b2, a mate is not very probable. Atleast that is what Peter must
have thought. And somehow cxb3 doesn't seem correct as it opens he h7-b1
diagonal. However, in such positions it is much more important to play
concretely rather than on feel. cxb3 would have kept White in the game while
after axb3 it is all over.} (23. cxb3 Bh6 $5 24. Rd1 (24. Rd4 Bf5+ 25. Ka1
Rxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Qa7+ 27. Ba3 Qxa3# {What was I saying about the h7-b1
diagonal?!!}) 24... Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qa5 26. a3 bxa3 27. Qxa5 Rxa5 28. Bc3 Rb5 $17
{Black has a clear advantage but it will be some work before the full point
comes home.}) 23... Qa7 $1 24. Nd4 (24. Rxb4 Ne4 $3 25. Rxe4 Qa2+ $19 {with a
finish similar to the game. I don't want to spill the beans right now.}) 24...
Nh5 {Black is clearing the pieces off the all important h8-a1 diagonal. Now
only the two knights remain.} 25. Nd5 {Diagram [#]} (25. Rf2 Nc6 $1 $19) 25...
Bc6 $3 {This is not at all an easy move to see. But Khismatullin is helped by
the fact that he has to clear the pieces of the crucial h1-a8 diagonal. The
knight on d5 is pinned to the rook on h1 and is hanging. There is no real way
to protect it. Svidler made the most obvious move after four minutes but he
must have soon realised that it was a nice little trap!} 26. Nxc6 Qa2+ 27. Kc1
Qa1+ $1 (27... Qxb2+ {also wins but it's not a mate.} 28. Kd1 (28. Kxb2 Nd3+
29. Kb1 Ra1#) 28... Qa1+ 29. Ke2 Qxh1 $19) 28. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 29. Kb2 Nc4# {
Very sporting of Svidler to allow Khismatullin to mate him. While we could say
that Peter was off colour today, Denis must be given his due. He played a
nearly fawless game.} (29... Nd3# $1) 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 d5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bb6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Qxa4+ Nbd7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Ne5 14. Qb5 Rb8
15. Qa6 Rc8 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bd2 h5 18. Na3 h4 19. Rfd1 hxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. e3
Qg5 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. c4 f5 24. c5 Bc7 25. Nb5 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Nxf2 27. Qxf2 Bxg3
28. Qg1 Qh4 29. Nd4 f4 30. Ke2 f3+ 31. Bxf3 Rxf3 32. Be1 Ne5 33. Rac1 Bxe1 34.
Rxe1 Rg3 35. Qh1 Rh3 36. Qg1 Rh2+ 37. Kd1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Rc8
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nf6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c4 Rg8 12. Qd3 f5 13. exf5 Rc5 14. f6
Bh3 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rcg5 17. Kh1 Rxg2 18. Nc3 e6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Qc6
21. b4 R2g4 22. f3 (22. Rfe1 $16) 22... Rg2 23. a4 Rb2 24. b5 Qc7 25. Rf2 Rxf2
26. Nxf2 Rg5 27. Ne4 Rf5 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Rb1 Rh5 {[#] Das schwarze
Gegenspiel fußt auf dem Angriff gegen h2. Allerdings hat Schwarz einige
Defekte zu verwalten: Der König steht unsicher und der Lf8 ist noch nicht
entwickelt.} 30. Qe2 ({Richtig war} 30. Qb3 $5 {mit der möglichen Folge:} d5
31. Qb8+ Qxb8 32. Rxb8+ Kd7 33. Rxf8 dxe4 34. fxe4 ({Weniger gut ist} 34. Rxf7+
Ke8 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. Rxe6 exf3 {mit Gegenspiel.}) 34... e5 (34... Re5 35. Rxf7+
Ke8 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rc7 Rxe4 38. c5 Rxa4 39. c6 Rc4 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. c7 $18 {
und gewinnt.}) 35. Rxf7+ Ke6 36. Ra7 Kxf6 37. Rxa6+ Kg5 38. a5 $18) 30... Kd8 (
{Besser war} 30... Kd7) 31. Rb3 $2 (31. Qb2 d5 32. Qb8+ $18) 31... d5 {Nun ist
Schwarz voll im Spiel.} 32. Qb2 (32. cxd5 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. Nxc5 Rg5+ 35.
Kh3 Rh5+ $11) 32... dxe4 33. Rb8+ Kd7 34. Rxf8 (34. Rb7 $2 Rxh2+ $19) 34... Kc6
35. Qe2 (35. fxe4 Qd7 36. Qe2 $11) 35... e3 ({Spekulierte Weiß auf} 35... exf3
$4 36. Qxf3+ {mit Schach und Turmverlust?}) 36. c5 $2 {[#]} Qb7 $2 ({Beide
Spiel übersehen} 36... Rxh2+ 37. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 38. Kxh2 e2 $19) 37. Rd8 (37. Rg8
$5 {um auf g1 die Grundlinie zu verteidigen.} Rxc5 38. Qxe3 $11) 37... Rxc5 {
[#]} 38. Rd1 $2 (38. Qd3 {hält die Partie. Es droht Matt auf d6.} Rd5 39. Qc3+
Kb6 40. a5+ Ka7 41. Qxe3+ {und Matt.}) 38... Rc3 {Nun ist Weiß in der
Defensive.} 39. h4 Qb6 40. Qg2 (40. Kg2 $17) 40... Qb3 (40... Qb3 41. Re1 Qxa4
$19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 b4 7. Ne2 d5 8. e5 Nc6
9. f4 Nh6 10. Nf2 Nf5 11. O-O Qb6 12. c3 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Bh1 h5 15. g5 f6
16. exf6 gxf6 17. Ng3 fxg5 18. fxg5 O-O-O 19. Qe2 e5 20. Nxh5 Kb8 21. Qg4 Ng6
22. Nf6 e4 23. dxe4 Nce5 24. Qg3 Bd6 25. h3 Qc7 26. Rd1 Nd7 27. Qf3 Nxf6 28.
gxf6 dxe4 29. Qg4 Rhg8 30. Kf1 Nf4 31. Qf5 e3 32. Bxe3 Bxh1 33. f7 Bg2+ 34. Ke1
Qe7 35. Ng4 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Tatarstan Rook"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Nh6 8. a5 Nf5
9. c3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. c4 Be7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a6 b5
16. Bxb5 O-O 17. g5 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Ba5 Rb8 20. Nc3 Be8 21. Be2 Bc6 22. b3
Qd7 23. Qd2 Na8 24. Rab1 Nc7 25. Rfc1 Rfc8 26. Rc2 Nb5 27. Rbc1 Na3 28. Rb2 Nb5
29. Rbc2 Na3 30. Rb2 Nb5 31. b4 Na3 32. b5 Ba8 33. Bb4 Nc4 34. Bxc4 dxc4 35.
Bxe7 Qxe7 36. h3 Rd8 37. Qe3 Rd7 38. Rd1 Bd5 39. Kh2 Qd8 40. Rdd2 Qb6 41. Rb4
Qc7 42. Rdb2 Rdd8 43. Na4 Rdc8 44. Qc3 Rb6 45. Nxb6 Qxb6 46. Ra4 Kf7 47. Kg3
Kg6 48. Kf2 h6 49. gxh6 gxh6 50. Ra1 Kh5 51. Rg1 Qd8 52. Qe3 Be4 53. Qe2+ Kh4
54. Rg4+ Kxh3 55. Rg3+ Kh4 56. Qe3 Kh5 57. Kg1 1-0

