[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {The Advance French has been a topical line already
since the sharp polemic about its value between Nimzowitsch (a great
propagator of 3.e5) and Tarrasch (an equally adamant opponent). Nowadays the
system still has its fans even among the best. Grischuk plays it quite often,
even more so Movsesian, for whom it's the main weapon against the French
Defence. However, clearly the most committed contemporary GM is Sveshnikov -
not only does he have the most games with the system in MegaBase, but he has 
(just as Nimzowitsch in his days) more than once written about 3.e5 as almost
the refutation of 1...e6. Of course this is hardly the case, but advancing the
central pawn leads to a heavy positional struggle in a typical French position
with a closed centre.} c5 4. c3 Qb6 {In accordance with Nimzowitsch, Vitiugov
puts pressure on the base of the P-chain. However, modern chess is more
concrete and philosophical concepts are quite often simply a burden. Although
it's played less often, Black can adopt a different, but viable strategy with}
(4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 {After} 6. a3 {he has} ({In this case} 6. Be2 {is the
preferred move-order.}) 6... f6 $5 {, attacking the front P:} 7. Bd3 (7. b4
fxe5 8. b5 Nxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Gd5,Ge6] is perhaps not so
clear, but in practice Black scores excellently with his threatening P[+].})
7... Qc7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Bxb3 g5 13. Be3 g4
14. Ne1 Na5 15. Bc2 f5 16. Nd3 Kb8 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. Qe1 b6 20. Na3
Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Ne7 22. Nb4 Qb7 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. a5 b5 26. a6 Qa8
27. Qe2 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 $36 {Van Wely,L (2655)-Topalov,V (2788)/Dortmund.
2005/ For more details see the notes by Psakhis in CBM 108.}) 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3
{[%csl Gb4][%cal Yb2b4] A favourite of both Grischuk and Svesnikov, the
text-move controls the b4-square in case Black takes on d4 and also aims for a
<< expansion (b4).} ({On the other hand, Movsesian mostly prefers the
developing} 6. Be2 cxd4 $142 (6... Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 (7... Qxb2 $2 8. Be3 $1
Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 $1 {and rescuing the trapped Q costs material after}
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ba3 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O Qb2 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Qa6
$1 $18) 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 Bd7 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6
13. Nc2 a5 14. a4 Bd7 15. Bb5 Raf8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Rf4 18. Nd3 Rxd4 19.
Qe3 Be8 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxh6 Bg7 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 d4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.
Kf2 Bc6 26. g4 $16 {Movsesian,S (2723)-Werle,J (2574)/Bundesliga 1011/2010/}) (
10... f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 a6 15. a4 Be8 16. b5
axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ne7 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Ng4 $16 {Movsesian,S (2721)
-Ponomariov,R (2744)/WCh 5' Moscow/2010/}) 11. Nc2 a5 12. Ne3 h5 13. Rad1 cxd4
14. cxd4 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rf8 19. Kh1 Bh6 20.
g3 Bg6 21. Bd3 Rac8 22. Qe2 Rc7 23. Ng2 Rfc8 24. f5 $1 $36 {Movsesian,S (2723)
-Berg,E (2616)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 (8. Bxh6 $6 Qxb2
$1 $15 {doesn't work as above, here Black can free his Q in time.}) 8... Nf5 9.
Na4 Qa5+ 10. Kf1 $5 ({This is more enterprising than} 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5
12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 O-O
18. O-O Rfb8 19. Rab1 Rb6 20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. Rc2 h6 22. g3 a5 23. Kg2 a4 24. Ra1
Be8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Rac1 Rc6 27. g4 Ne7 $11 {Shirov,A (2713)-Ivanchuk,V (2711)/
Monte Carlo blindfold/2005/}) 10... b5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nb1 Ba6 13. Be3 Be7 (
13... Bxe2+ $5 14. Kxe2 Be7 15. g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Qd3 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6
$15 {Simonovic,A (2422)-Stojanovic,M (2539)/Vrnjacka Banja/2006/}) 14. Nbd2 O-O
15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. g4 Nxe3+ 19. Qxe3 a5 20. Kg2 Rfc8
$132 {Movsesian,S (2718)-Vitiugov,N (2689)/CZE-chT 0910/2010/}) 6... c4 {
[%csl Rb3] Releasing the [+] tension is certainly committal, but Black's most
usual reaction is strategically justified by White's previous move. By fixing
><b3 Black's K would like to feel more comfortable on the <<. However, in our
game king safety will prove to be only an illusion, so it's worth considering
alternatives already now:} (6... a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. O-O ({Even the restrained} 8.
Bc2 $5 {enables White to fight for an opening advantage.}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4
Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 {leads to a position, in which the inserted moves
a3 and a5 increase White's -> chances:} Qb6 12. Qg4 g6 13. Be3 Bc5 {Shirov,A 
(2746)-Anand,V (2762)/FIDE WCh Tehran/2000/ For more details see notes by
Ftacnik in CBM 80.} 14. Qf4 $5 $44) ({More to the point seems to be} 6... Nh6
$5 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. Nd2
Rc8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Qe3 O-O 16. h4 f6 17. h5 Nh8 18. Rc2 Nc6 19.
Na4 Qd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 e5 22. Nxb7 exd4 $17 {Motylev,A (2632)
-Ponomariov,R (2704)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2005/}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14.
Nd2 Qc6 15. Nce4 Nc8 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Ne3 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Bc6 19. f3 Nb6 20. Kf2
Be7 21. h4 Na4 $44 {Umansky,M (2664)-Timmerman,G (2696)/corr/2008/}) 7. Nbd2
Na5 8. g3 ({White used to play} 8. Be2 {much more often (for example this goes
for Sveshnikov's earlier games), but this is not the most active post for the
B:} Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 (10. Re1 Nc8 {is similar and can transpose.}) 10...
Qc7 11. Re1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bf4 Nb3 14. Ng3 (14. N3d2 Na5 15. Ng3 Ba4 {
shows how the Be2 cramps White's Q, after} 16. Qc1 O-O-O 17. Nh5 Kb8 18. Nf3
Bb3 $1 $132 {White was already satisfied with} 19. Nd2 Ba4 20. Nf3 Bb3 21. Nd2
{1/2,Ni Hua (2533)-Bareev,E (2721)/Beijing/2003/}) 14... Ba4 15. Bf1 O-O-O 16.
Nh5 h6 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. Re2 Qe8 20. g4 Be7 21. Rbe1 Qg8 22. Qc1 Qh7
23. Qb1 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 g6 25. Ng3 Bb3 26. Bh3 Na4 27. Rf1 b5 28. Be3 Nc6 29. Ne1
a5 30. f4 b4 $132 {/=/+,Zhigalko,S (2668)-Andreikin,D (2635)/Moscow/2010/})
8... Bd7 9. Bg2 {Simple development. White mostly strives to put his B on the
more active h3-square, moreover he can use the g2-square to transfer his N to
the ideal e3-square. However, even here Black is not without <=>:} (9. h4 O-O-O
(9... f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 $6 (10... gxf6 11. Bh3 O-O-O {-9...0-0-0}) 11. Ne5 Bd6
12. Bh3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng8 14. Qg4 g6 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nf3 Nb3 17. Be3 Qc7 18.
Rad1 h6 {Grischuk,A (2712)-Apicella,M (2501)/FRA-chT/2003/} 19. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 O-O-O 21. Rb1 {/\b3|^}) (9... Ne7 10. Bh3 (10. h5 h6 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Bh3
Kb8 13. O-O Rg8 14. Kh2 g5 $5 15. Ng2 Bg7 16. Ne3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 Bg7
19. Qe2 Nec6 20. Nf3 Nb3 21. Rb1 Be8 $1 $17 {Berbatov,K (2481)-Radulski,J 
(2592)/Albena/2010/}) 10... h6 11. O-O Nec6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nf1 Nb3 14. Rb1
Nxc1 15. Qxc1 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Qd1 Bc6 18. h5 Kb8 19. Nh2 Bd7 20. Kh1 Bc8
21. Rg1 Nc6 22. f4 f6 23. Nf3 fxe5 24. fxe5 Rdf8 25. Qe2 Qd8 26. Ng2 Bg5 27.
Nfh4 Ne7 28. Rbf1 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Rf8 30. Rf3 Qe8 $11 {Wohl,A (2452)-Eingorn,V 
(2595)/Bad Woerishofen/2006/}) 10. Bh3 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Re1 Rg8
14. Rb1 (14. Nf1 $13) 14... e5 $1 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Nf1 (16. dxe5 $2 Rxg3+ $17
) (16. b3 $142 $5 $132) 16... e4 17. N3h2 {Vysochin,S (2599)-Ljukin,S (2365)/
Zaporozhye/2004/} Nf5 $15 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4] ׻}) ({Advancing the Ph2 made
White's >> vulenerable in some of the above lines, so he can try the immediate
} 9. Bh3 {However, here apart from the standard plan as e.g. in Wohl-Eingorn,
Black can also play} Be7 $5 (9... Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Ng2 g6 13.
Rb1 Qc7 14. Qf3 Rh7 15. b4 Nac6 16. Ne3 h5 17. Bg2 h4 18. Nexc4 $5 dxc4 19.
Nxc4 Nd5 20. Bg5 $44 {Gaujens,A (2565)-Proshkin,A/corr/2001/}) 10. O-O h5 11.
Qe2 (11. Bg2 Nh6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Bh3 (14. Nf1 $13) 14... g6 $6 (
14... g5 $1 $15) 15. Nf1 Rdg8 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Qc1 Ba4 18. Re2 Kb8 19. Qf4 Ka8
20. Ne3 Rf8 21. Ng2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E (2536)-Rotoni,M (2133)/Cesenatico/2010/})
11... O-O-O 12. Ne1 g6 13. f4 Nh6 14. Ndf3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Rdg8 17.
Ng5 Qd8 18. Qd2 b5 19. Nc2 Kb8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Nb4 Ka8 22. Ra1 a5 23. Nc2 Rb8
24. Rfb1 Rb6 25. Bg2 Kb8 26. Bf3 $11 {1/2,Movsesian,S (2624)-Radjabov,T (2610)/
Sarajevo/2002/}) 9... O-O-O 10. O-O f5 $6 {[%mdl 32] Without the tactical
chances along the <->g as in Vysochin-Lukin above, this move seems too
ambitious and strategically dubious: Black will have too much trouble holding
together his [+] and taking care of the b3 break at the same time.} ({Possibly
the right way to go is the restrained} 10... h6 $142 $5 {, introduced by
Petrosian:} 11. Rb1 (11. h4 $5 {/\h5~~}) (11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nf1 (12. Rb1 $142 {
still allows White to fight for an edge}) 12... Nf5 13. Ne3 (13. g4 Ne7 14. Rb1
f5 $5 $132) 13... Nxe3 14. Rxe3 (14. Bxe3 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qa2 $1 {/\} 16. Re2 Qxa3
17. Ra1 Qb3 $17) 14... Be7 15. Re1 Qb3 16. Qe2 Ba4 17. Be3 Kb8 (17... Qc2 $1
$15) 18. Rad1 Qc2 19. Rd2 Qf5 20. Rf1 g5 $5 21. h3 h5 22. Nh2 Rdg8 23. g4 Qg6
24. Bf3 (24. f4 $5 $132) 24... hxg4 25. Bxg4 Nc6 26. f3 (26. Kh1 $15 {/\f4})
26... Bd8 27. Bf2 Ne7 28. Re1 Rh6 29. Nf1 Rgh8 30. Bg3 Rxh3 $1 31. Bxh3 Rxh3
32. Qg2 Qh7 33. Ne3 Ng6 34. Ng4 Nf4 $19 {Clarke,P-Petrosian,T/Munich/1958/ A
nice display of refined strategy, crowned by a positional exchange sacrifice -
vintage Petrosian!}) 11... Ne7 12. Ne1 Kb8 (12... Nf5 $142 $5 $13) 13. Qf3 Be8
14. Nc2 Nb3 (14... Nf5 15. Ne3 $11 {/+/=}) 15. Nxb3 Qxb3 16. Na1 $1 Qa4 17. b3
cxb3 18. Nxb3 Nc6 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. Bd3 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. c4 dxc4
24. Bxc4 Bc6 25. d5 $40 {Sedina,E (2345)-Cugini,W (2255)/Toscolano/1996/ A
model example, this time from White's point of view. Black didn't play ideally
and allowed a complete break in the [+] (b3,c4,d5).}) (10... Be7 11. h4 Kb8 12.
Rb1 Rc8 13. Qc2 Nh6 14. Bh3 Nf5 15. Re1 h6 16. h5 Rcg8 17. Nf1 g6 {1/2,
Kotrotsos,V (2323)-Rusev,K (2516)/Plovdiv/2008/} 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. N1h2 $13) (
10... Nh6 11. Rb1 Kb8 12. Qc2 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. b3 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Ba4 16.
Nfd2 Nf7 17. Qa2 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qc7 {1/2,Scetinin,A (2315)-Naumkin,I (2500)/
Cappelle la Grande/1995/} 19. Qe2 e5 20. c4 $1 $36) (10... Kb8 11. Re1 Ne7 12.
Nf1 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nc6 $6 14. Bf4 Ka8 15. N1d2 Nca5 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Nd2 Ba4 18.
Nxb3 Bxb3 19. Qd2 h6 20. Re2 Be7 21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Be3 Rh7 23. f4 g6 24. g4 h5
25. f5 hxg4 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bg5 $16 {Alexander,C-O'Kelly de Galway,A/
Hastings/1953/ is an example of what Black should avoid - exchanging the N
gave White a free hand on the >>.}) 11. exf6 ({Keeping the [+] closed limits
White's options:} 11. Rb1 Nh6 (11... h6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Ba4 14. Nfd2 Ne7
$13) 12. b3 Qc7 $6 (12... cxb3 $142) 13. Re1 (13. bxc4 $36) 13... Nf7 14. bxc4
Nxc4 15. Qb3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 h6 17. Rec1 Kb8 18. c4 $16 {->,Bossio,D-Hughes,C/
corr/1995/}) 11... gxf6 12. Re1 (12. Rb1 Ne7 (12... Nb3 $2 13. Nxb3 cxb3 14.
Re1 Re8 15. Be3 Bh6 16. Nd2 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ba4 18. Bxd5 $1 exd5 19. Qg4+ f5 20.
Qxf5+ {1-0,Veroci,Z (2290)-Laakmann,A (2160)/Buenos Aires olw/1978/} Kc7 21.
Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Qe5+ $18) 13. Re1 Ng6 (13... Nec6 14. Qc2 (14. b4 $5 $36) 14...
Bd6 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc7 18. Bh6 Na5 19. Rbb1 Nc4 20. Qa2
Rhg8 21. Nd2 b5 22. a4 Qa5 23. Ra1 Rg6 24. Be3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 bxa4 26. Rb1 Kc7
27. c4 $40 {Buckley,G (2417)-Wheeler,D (2239)/Telford/2005/}) 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Nxb3 Ba4 16. Nfd2 Kb8 17. Qc2 e5 18. Qa2 Qc7 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. c4 Bc6 21. Re3
exd4 22. Re6 Rd6 {Vihinen,T (2145)-Raaste,E (2340)/Jyvaskyla/1997/} 23. Nb3 Qc3
24. cxd5 Rxe6 25. Bd2 $1 Qd3 26. dxc6 $1 $40) 12... Bd6 $146 {A novelty, but
it doesn't solve Black's opening problems.} (12... Ne7 13. Rb1 $14 {transposes
to 12.Rb1}) (12... Bh6 13. Rb1 Nb3 $2 14. Nxb3 Qxb3 15. Qxb3 cxb3 16. Bxh6 Nxh6
17. Nd2 $16 {Septien Lopez,V (1876)-Gutierrez Garcia,J (1654)/Benidorm/2010/})
(12... Bg7 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. Qe2 (14. b4 $14) 14... Nec6 15. b4 cxb3 16. c4 Nxd4
$2 (16... Qa6 $1 $13) 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Rde8
21. Be3 Qe5 22. Rc1+ Kd8 23. Rxb7 $18 {Pilz,D (2260)-Kranewitter,N (1925)/
Wattens/1993/}) (12... Nh6 13. Nf1 (13. Rb1 $5 $14) 13... Nf7 14. Bh3 Re8 15.
Ne3 Be7 (15... Bd6 $142 $13) 16. Ng2 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rhg8 19. Nf4 Bd8
{Nagy,E (2305)-Rezsek,G (2085)/HUN-chT/1994/} 20. b3 $1 cxb3 21. c4 $36) 13.
Bh3 Bc7 (13... Re8 14. Rb1 $14 {Black can't develop his Ng8 and} e5 $2 {
is premature:} 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Nc6 17. b3 $16 {/+-}) 14. Rb1 Kb8 (14...
Ne7 $142 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc6 18. Bf1 $14) 15. b4 cxb3 16.
Nxb3 Ne7 (16... Ba4 17. Nfd2 (17. Nxa5 Bxd1 18. Rxb6 Bxb6 19. Bf4+ Ka8 20. Nxb7
$5 Bxf3 21. Nxd8 Bxd8 22. Bxe6 Ne7 23. Re3 $44 {|^ is interesting, but White
can do without complications.}) 17... e5 18. Qg4 $1 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 Bxb3 20. Qg7
Ne7 21. Qxe7 $36) (16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 $1 (17. Rxb3 Ba4 18. Rxb6 Bxd1 19. Rxb7+
Kxb7 20. Rxd1 $14) 17... Qxb3 18. Rxb3 Re8 19. Rb2 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rb2e2] /
\Rbe2+/-, ><e6}) 17. Nfd2 Qc6 (17... Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Bc8 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. Nc5 Nf5
(20... f5 21. Bg5 Rhe8 22. Bf1 $18) 21. Rxe6 $5 (21. Qf3 b6 22. Nxe6 $18) 21...
Bxe6 22. Rxb7+ Kc8 (22... Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. Qb1+ Kc6 25. Bxf5 $18) 23.
Rxa7 Nxd4 (23... Bb6 24. Ra6 Ng7 25. Bf1 $5 Rd6 26. Bf4 $18) 24. cxd4 Bxh3 25.
Ra6 Bb6 26. Ba5 $18 Rd6 27. Rxb6 Qxb6 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Qc2 Kb8 30. f3 $18) 18.
Nc5 $16 {White strengthens his position with natural moves.} Nf5 (18... f5 19.
Bf1 Bc8 20. Bb5 Qd6 21. Nf3 $18) 19. Ndb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b6 21. a4 $5 {Swapping
the N for any of the B gives White an advantage, but Grischuk rightly senses
he can postpone this exchange and strengthen his position even without it.} (
21. Na6+ Kc8 22. Nxc7 Kxc7 23. a4 $40) (21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. a4 $16) 21... Bc8
22. a5 e5 {This is the only <=> Black has, otherwise he would be just overrun
by the <<->.} 23. axb6 axb6 (23... Bxb6 24. Bg2 $40 {/\} exd4 25. Bf4+ Ka8 26.
Qxb6 $1 $18) 24. Ba3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Grischuk, possibly in his habitual
time-pressure, loses control over the position and allows a tactical blow.} (
24. Qa2 Qa8 (24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 Bxh3 26. Bg5 $1 fxg5 (26... Bc8 27. Bxf6 Qxf6
28. Ra1 $18) 27. Na6+ Kb7 28. Rec1 $18) (24... Nh4 25. Bxc8 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Rxc8 (
26... Nxe1 27. Bb7 $18) 27. Re3 Ng5 (27... e4 28. Qa6 $18 {[%cal Re3f3,Rc1f4] /
\Rf3, Bf4}) 28. Re2 {[%cal Ra2a6,Rc1g5,Re2b2] /\Reb2, Qa6, Bg5} Ne4 29. Nxe4
dxe4 30. d5 Qb7 (30... Qa8 31. Ra1 $1 Qxa2 32. Rexa2 Bd6 33. Ra8+ Kc7 34. R8a7+
Kd8 35. Be3 $18) (30... Qxc3 31. Be3 Kb7 32. Reb2 Ra8 33. Rxb6+ Bxb6 34. Rxb6+
Kc7 35. d6+ $18) 31. Be3 $18 {->} (31. Rxe4 $18)) 25. Qxa8+ (25. Qe2 $5) 25...
Kxa8 26. Ra1+ Kb8 27. Na6+ Bxa6 28. Rxa6 Kb7 29. Ra2 Ng7 (29... Ne7 30. dxe5
fxe5 31. Bg5 Rhe8 32. Bg2 e4 33. c4 $18) (29... Nd6 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Ne4
32. Re7 $16) 30. Bh6 Rhg8 31. Rea1 $16) (24. Qa3 {is almost the same as 24.Qa2.
}) ({Possibly even more incisive is the quiet} 24. Bf1 $5 $40 {/\} exd4 25. Qa3
Rde8 (25... dxc3 26. Qxc3 Be5 27. Na6+ Kb7 28. Qa5 Bd4 29. Bf4 {[%cal Re1c1] /
\Rec1+-}) 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxb7 Re1 (29... dxc3 30.
Bf4 $1 Bxf4 31. Ba6 $18) 30. Qa8+ Kd7 (30... Bb8 31. Bf4 Qxb7 32. Qxb7+ Kxb7
33. Rxe1 Bxf4 34. gxf4 dxc3 35. Bd3 $18) 31. Bd2 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 dxc3 33. Bxc3 {
/\} Qxb7 34. Bh3 $18) 24... Nh4 $1 25. Bg2 $1 {[] This calm move is the only
sensible continuation.} (25. Bxc8 $2 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Kxc8 $17 {[%cal Rb6c5,Rf3d2,
Rf3e1]}) 25... Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rde8 27. Na4 (27. Kg1 $5 exd4 28. cxd4 Rxe1+ 29.
Rxe1 $14) 27... exd4 28. Rxe8 $6 (28. Rec1 $5 d3 (28... Bf5 $2 29. cxd4 $18)
29. Nxb6 Bf5 $5 (29... Bxb6 30. Qxb6+ Qxb6 31. Rxb6+ Kc7 32. Rxf6 $36) 30.
Nxd5+ (30. Rd1 Bxb6 31. Qxb6+ Qxb6 32. Rxb6+ Kc7 33. Rxf6 Bg6 $14 {<=>}) 30...
Kc8 31. c4 d2 32. Rd1 Bxb1 33. Qxb1 Re1 $14) (28. cxd4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 $14) 28...
Rxe8 29. cxd4 Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Vitiugov repays the favour.} (29... Bf5 {
was necessary:} 30. Rc1 Qe6 31. Qc3 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Bf4 $5 33. Rb1 Bc7 $132 34.
Rc1 $11 (34. Nxb6 $4 Qe4 35. Nd7+ Kc8 $19) (34. Nc5 Qe2 35. Qa5 Qf1+ 36. Rxf1
bxa5 37. Rb1+ Kc8 38. Rc1 Kd8 39. Nb7+ Kd7 40. Nc5+ $11)) 30. Bc5 $18 {Now
Black has no <=> and as the Pb6 falls, his position collapses.} b5 (30... Kb7
31. Bxb6 $1 Bxb6 32. Nxb6 Qxb6 33. Qxd5+ $18) 31. Nc3 Ba6 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33.
Qxb5+ Qxb5 34. Rxb5+ Kc8 35. Bf8 $1 {The final blow, Black will lose another P.
} (35. Ba3 $143 Ra6 $1) 35... Bb6 (35... Bd6 36. Rb6 $18 (36. Bh6 $18)) (35...
Re8 36. Ba3 (36. Bg7 $18) 36... Rd8 37. Be7 $18) 36. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Bd5
15. Bc3 Rf7 16. Bh5 g6 17. Bf3 Bf8 18. Qc2 a6 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. a4 Nd7 21. b5
axb5 22. axb5 Qe6 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rdc1 Bh6 25. Bd2 Ra2 26. Rb2 Rxb2 27. Qxb2
Bxd2 28. Nxd2 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Nb8 30. Rc5 Nc6 31. Rb5 Qd7 32. Qb3 Kg7 33. e3 Qc8
34. Kg2 Rd7 35. Nd2 Ne7 36. Ne4 Qc6 37. Rc5 Qa6 38. Rb5 Qc6 39. h4 Nd5 40. Qc4
f5 41. Rc5 b5 42. Rxc6 bxc4 43. dxc4 Nxe3+ 44. fxe3 fxe4 45. c5 Rd2+ 46. Kf1
Rc2 47. g4 Kf7 48. Ke1 Ke7 49. Kd1 Rc4 50. h5 Kd7 51. hxg6 hxg6 52. Rxg6 Rxc5
53. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Bf5 8. d3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Qc2 b5 14. h3 Qb6 15.
Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Nb8 17. a3 h6 18. Ba1 Nfd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne4 Kg8 21. Nfd2
Ne5 22. Qc3 Nbd7 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc6 25. Qb2 Na5 26. d4 Be6 27. Rc3 Bd5
28. Rdc1 Bb7 29. Qb4 Nc6 30. Qb2 Na5 31. Qb4 Nc6 32. Qb1 Na5 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Qb4 Nc6 36. Qc3 Bb7 37. Bd3 a5 38. Nc5 Nxc5 39. dxc5 b4 40. cxb6
bxc3 41. Nb1 Ne5 42. Bc2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[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.
Qf3 Bg4 16. Qg2 Qh5 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Re7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Bf4 Bh3 21. Qf3
Bg4 22. Qg2 Bh3 23. Qf3 Bg4 24. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nf2 Re8 11. O-O e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15.
Bd2 a5 16. Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. b3 Qf8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qe7 21. Be3
Rac8 22. a3 Ne6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nb6 25. Qb3 Ra8 26. g3 Qf6 27. Rd3 Qb2 28.
Qxb2 Bxb2 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxb6 fxe4 31. Nxe4 cxb6 32. Nxd6 Red8 33. Red1 Ra3
34. Rxa3 Bxa3 35. Nf5 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Bxb4 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Bb3 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4
40. Bd5 Kg7 41. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Ra7 16. f5 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 e5 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. dxe5 Bxb4 21.
Rb1 Re8 22. Na2 c5 23. Qe3 Qb8 24. Nxb4 cxb4 25. e6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Qd6 27. Nd4
Nc5 28. Rxb4 Nxe6 29. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. Qd3 a6 11. a4 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Ng4 13. Ne2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxb5 f5 17. Bc4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 e6 19. Ra3 Qb7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qf3
exd5 22. Nc3 Kh8 23. Kh2 g5 24. Nxd5 Nfxd5 25. Rd3 gxf4 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5
Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Be5 29. Kg1 f3 30. Be3 fxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc8 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bc5 Re8
15. h3 Nh6 16. h4 c6 17. h5 cxd5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nxd5 Qc5 21.
f5 e6 22. fxg6 exd5 23. Rxh6 Rxe4 24. gxf7+ Kf8 25. Rh5 Rf4 26. Qg3 Rxf7 27.
Rhxd5 Qc7 28. Qh4 Bf6 29. Qh6+ Bg7 30. Qg5 Bf6 31. Qh6+ Bg7 32. Qh4 Bf6 33.
Qb4+ Be7 34. Qg4 Qf4 35. Qxf4 Rxf4 36. Kf1 Rxa2 37. R1d2 Bf6 38. Rb5 Bd4 39.
Bd3 Bc5 40. Kg2 Rg4+ 41. Kf3 Raa4 42. Ke2 Raf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. e4 e5 15.
h3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Nf5 b4 18. Na4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Rcd8 21. Qf3
Be5 22. Be3 g6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Rd8
28. b3 Bc8 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Nc5 h5 31. Qe2 Qh4 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. f4 Bc7 34. Qf2
Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. Qb2+ f6 37. e5 fxe5 38. fxe5 Be7 39. Qf2 Qd5 40. Bd4 Bf5
41. Na4 c5 42. Nxc5 Bxc5 43. Bxc5 Qxe5+ 44. Kg1 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4 c6
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Ne5 14. Qd1 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Rab1 a5 18. Na4 Rb8 19. b3 Re8 20. Rc2 Qc7 21. Rd1
Rec8 22. Rcc1 Qd8 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Be3 Rab8 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. c5 Qc7 27. cxd6
exd6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qd3 Bf8 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7
Rb4 34. f3 c5 35. Nb2 a4 36. Nxa4 c4 37. Nc3 cxb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Nd5 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Rad1 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. c4 Red8 20. cxd5
cxd5 21. Nd4 Qg6 22. Rc1 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bh3 24. f3 Rdc8 25. Kh1 Be6 26. Qf4 h6
27. h4 a6 28. Qe5 Kh7 29. Kh2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. b4 Bd7 33.
Qxd5 Be6 34. Qa5 Bc4 35. Qe5 Bxa2 36. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Re8 11. f4 Ng6 12. a5 Bf8 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Bd2 c5 15.
Nf3 Bc6 16. Bf1 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rad1 b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 c4 22. Qd4 Ne7 23. h3 Ra2 24. g4 Nfxd5 25. f5 Nc7 26. Bg5 h6 27. Bh4 Ne8
28. b3 d5 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc2 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxe8 f6
34. Nd4 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Kf7 36. Rd8 Nb6 37. Bg3 Rd1 38. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Rc4 Qb8 13. Ra4 Qc7 14. Rc4 Qb8
15. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. g3 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8
15. Nf1 h6 16. Bd2 Nfe7 17. h4 Bf5 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20. Re1 Qh3 21.
N1h2 c6 22. Qf1 Qxf1+ 23. Nxf1 h5 24. Ne3 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nf8 27. Kd3
Ne6 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Ng2 Bc7 30. b3 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rh8 32. Ng2 Nf5 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34.
Bxe3 Rd8 35. Ng1 Rh8 36. Ne2 g5 37. c4 Kg6 38. f3 Ng7 39. Bf2 g4 40. f4 Nf5 41.
Rc1 Rd8 42. c5 Kf7 43. a3 Ke6 44. Nc3 Kd7 45. Nd1 Re8 46. Ne3 Nxe3 47. Bxe3 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[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. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. c3 c5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Re8 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. a4 Bf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21.
Bd3 Qd7 22. b3 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Be3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Rc8
28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc2 b4 31. Nd4 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 g6 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34.
Qc4 Qc8 35. Qd5 Be6 36. Qxe4 Qd7 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Qa8 Qxe5 39. Bh6 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Qd6 42. Kg2 f5 43. Qxf8+ Qxf8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke3
Kd6 47. Kd4 g5 48. Kc4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. a3
Bb7 16. Nf2 b4 17. Ng4 h5 18. Ne3 g6 19. Rf3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxa6
22. g4 hxg4 23. Nxg4 Rb8 24. Rh3 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Nf6+ Kg7
28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. f5 exf5 30. Rd1 Ne4 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34.
Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 {Not such
a long time ago, this move was considered to be a side line, but now it almost
enjoys the same popularity as 7.Nb3.} Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 {
I have played this position twice: in 2007 I won a nice game against van Wely
and in 2008 I was lucky to draw with Nakamura.} Be6 {This move does not look
so precise. 10...b5 was played against me before, and later Jan played it in
the tie-break against me.} 11. Nd5 b5 12. Bb3 {Playing like in the line 10...
b5 11.Bb3. White also had different possibilities, for example:} ({Even after
the simplest} 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 {White's position is
preferable.}) ({Also interesting is} 12. Bf1 {like Movsesian played against
Jan.}) 12... Bxd5 {Playing like this Black is acceptoing having to play a
slighlity worse position, but it was not easy to recommend anything better.} ({
For example after} 12... Nxe4 {White has the strong move} 13. a4 $1 {and
Black's pieces are hanging.}) 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 ({The simplest, but also an
interesting move was} 14. c4 $5 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Bg5 {
with the initiative!}) 14... Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 {With the idea Ne7.} 16. Red1 ({
A more precise move was} 16. a4 $1 Ne7 17. Qd3 Qc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8
20. Rd1 {getting a position from the game, but with Black's move! But it does
not change the evalution as slightly better for White.}) 16... Rfd8 17. a4 Ne7
18. Qd3 Qc6 $2 ({Carelessness! I did not see what to do after} 18... bxa4 19.
Rxa4 d5 {and Black is very close to equalising.}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 (
20... Qxa8 {was not much better:} 21. Bb6 Rf8 22. Bc7 Nc8 23. Qxb5 Qxe4 24. Nd2
Qc2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Nxb3 Re8 27. Na5 {and White has an advantage in the
ending.}) 21. h4 ({I was keen on the idea in the game, but probably stronger
was} 21. Ne1 $1 {followed by Nc2-b4 with a clear advantage for White.}) 21...
h6 ({After} 21... h5 {one possiblilty is} 22. Qxd6 (22. g3 $14) 22... Qxe4 23.
Bg5 Nf5 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 f6 27. Rxb5 {with an advantage in
the ending.}) 22. Bg5 $5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rd8 ({Rather better was} 23... Bxg5 24.
Nxg5 f6 (24... Ra6 25. Qh3 $36) 25. Ne6 Kf7 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Nc8 28. Nd8+
Ke7 29. Rd2 {keeping winning chances.}) 24. gxf6 gxf6 {Now Black's structure
seems to be in ruins!} 25. Nh2 d5 26. Ng4 ({Also very strong was} 26. Nf1 {
and then, depending on circumstances Ne3 or Ng3 with a big advantage!}) 26...
d4 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Qf3 (28. Nh6+ $1 {was more precise:} Kf8 29. Qf3 {and White
is dominating!}) 28... Kg7 {Now Black more or less manages a defence.} 29. Ne3
Ne7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Rd3 {Bringing to the fight a rook...} Qb6 {
Defending the rook and preparing dxe3.} ({The computer suggests} 32... b4 {
after which the only way to keep the iniative is...} 33. Rd1 $3 bxc3 34. bxc3 {
and White is slightly better!}) 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Qg4+ ({There was a forced
draw with} 34. e5 dxe3 35. Rxd8 exf2+ 36. Kf1 Qxd8 37. exf6+ Kg6 (37... Kf8 $4
38. fxe7+ Qxe7 39. Qh8#) 38. fxe7 Qd3+ 39. Kxf2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 f6
$11) 34... Kf8 35. Qd1 {The key position! Till here Jan was defending well,
but here he probably made the decisive mistake!} Ke8 {Threatening to take the
knight. Black misses my reply.} ({After the game we thought that Black should
have played} 35... Rd6 {with the threat dxe3 Rxd6 e2!, but after the simple}
36. Nf1 {followed by Ng3 White keeps the pressure.}) ({The most precise was} 
35... Qc5 {and White is slighlity better, but the position is playable.}) 36.
Qh5 $1 Rd6 ({Black is losing after} 36... dxe3 37. Qh8+ Ng8 38. Qxg8+ Ke7 39.
Rxd8 ({but not} 39. Qxd8+ $4 Qxd8 40. Rxd8 e2 $19) 39... exf2+ 40. Kf1 Qxd8 41.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 42. Kxf2 Kd7 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Kd4 Kc6 45. b4 Kd6 46. g4 Kc6 47. e5
$18) 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Ng4 {Now White's attack plays itself.} Qc6 39. e5 {
The most direct, but also strong was 39.Ra3.} Ng6 $2 ({The last chance was} 
39... Qc1+ 40. Kh2 fxe5 41. Qxe5 {but here White wins a pawn with an attack!})
40. Nxf6+ Ke6 41. Qh3+ Kxe5 42. Ng4+ Kd5 (42... Ke6 43. Nh6+ Kd5 44. Qe3 $1 $18
{did not leave Black chances to survive.}) 43. Rd1 $1 {The last difficult move
in the game! Now Black's king is under attack from all fronts! And there is no
defence any more.} Qe8 (43... Re6 44. Ne3+ $18) 44. Qf3+ Qe4 45. Qxf7+ Qe6 46.
Ne3+ Ke5 47. Ng4+ ({Everything wins, but a nicer finish was} 47. Nc4+ bxc4 48.
Re1+ Kd5 49. Qb7+ Kc5 50. b4+ cxb3 51. Rc1+ Qc4 52. Qc7+ Rc6 53. Rxc4+ Kxc4 54.
Qxc6+ $18) 47... Kd5 48. Qb7+ Kc4 (48... Rc6 49. Ne3+ Ke4 50. Qxb5 $18) 49.
Rc1+ {and because of 49...Kb4 50.Qa7 Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Kb1
Rfe8 15. Bh3 Nh5 16. Ng3 Ndf6 17. Bg4 Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxh5 Nxh5 20. Qb3
g6 21. Qe3 b6 22. Nxh5 Qxh5 23. Qf4 Qb5 24. Qe3 Qa4 25. b3 Qb5 26. h4 a5 27. a4
Qe5 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Kc2 Kf7 31. Rd3 Ke6 32. Kd2 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3
Rd8+ 34. Ke3 Rd4 35. Rc1 c5 36. f4 exf4+ 37. Kxf4 Rd3 38. Rb1 Kf6 39. f3 h6 40.
Rb2 Rd1 41. Ke3 Re1+ 42. Kd3 Rf1 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. a3 N4d5 12. Nh3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Qc2 Nc4
15. Bg5 b5 16. d5 Bxd5 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nf4 c6 19. Ne6 Qa5 20. Nxg7 Qxa3+ 21.
Kd2 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Kxg7 23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Qc1 Rdb8 25. Rd1 Qb2+ 26. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 27.
Rd2 Rb7 28. Rda2 Kf7 29. Ke3 Rd7 30. h4 Be6 31. Kf2 Rc7 32. Be3 c5 33. Ra5 Bd7
34. Kg3 Ke8 35. Kf4 Kf7 36. Kg3 Ke8 37. Kf4 Kf7 38. Kg3 Bc8 39. R1a4 Be6 40.
Ra1 Ke8 41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Kg5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 Bf8 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. b4 Ng6 12. b5 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Nh4
15. Bh3 Ne4 16. Be1 Qg5 17. g3 Qg6 18. Bg4 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Re4 20. Bh3 Qh6 21. a3
Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Rf2 Qxc3 26. Rb1 Re8 27. Qh5
Ng6 28. Qxd5 Nf4 29. gxf4 Qxh3 30. Qf3 Qf5 31. Rb3 g6 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. Qxe3
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb5 35. f5 Qd7 36. h4 Be7 37. Qe4 Qd6 38. Rf3 Bf6 39. d5 Kg7 40.
fxg6 hxg6 41. a4 b6 42. Kh3 Qd7+ 43. Kg2 Qd6 44. Kh3 Qe5 45. Re3 Qa1 46. Re1
Qc3+ 47. Re3 Qa1 48. Re1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Ne2
Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bc3 Bg4 17. Bxe5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxe2 19. Rd7 Rac8 20.
Rdc7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 f6 22. Bd4 Rf7 23. Rc8+ Rf8 24. Rc7 Rf7 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 {The clever idea of waiting for the opponent's
action with the waiting move 10.Re1 was seriously undermined during Khanty
Mansiysk ol 2010. White players are struggling to get any advantage from the
opening.} 11. Qc2 {Khismatullin is trying to be clever, since the main
discussion in this variation is linked to the position after 11.Qe2.} (11. Qe2
Be6 12. Nd2 (12. Rd1 Bc4 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb1 e5 15. a3 exd4 16. exd4 (16. axb4
dxc3 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. bxc3 Rd1+ 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Qc2 Be2+ 21. Kg2 {1/2-1/2
Amanov,M (2506)-Young,G (2296)/Las Vegas 2010}) 16... N4d5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2
Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 20. Qc2 Bd5 21. Re1 Qc6 22. Nh4 Nc4 $11 {0-1 Pozo Vera,S 
(2470)-Espinosa Veloz,E (2407)/Santa Clara 2010 (38)}) 12... a4 13. Rd1 f5 14.
Rb1 Bf7 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Na4 b6 19. Nf3 Na5 20. Ng5
Nxb3 21. Nxf7 Rxa4 22. Nd6 Qxd6 23. Qb5 Rd8 24. Qxa4 {1-0 Harikrishna,P (2657)
-So,W (2669)/Guangzhou 2010 (31)}) 11... e5 {[%mdl 4] Black can afford to open
up the position as the location of White's queen is giving him additional
possibilities.} (11... a4 12. Rd1 h6 (12... Bf5 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. d5 Na5 15. e4
Bh3 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c6 18. e6 f5 19. Be3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bd4 Bf6
22. Qe3 Nc4 23. Qh6 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxe6 25. Ng5 Qf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 {
1-0 Gunina,V (2448)-Lahno,K (2539)/Moscow 2010 (76)} 28. Rxd5 $16) 13. h3 Be6
14. e4 Qc8 15. Kh2 Nb4 16. Qb1 Bc4 17. Be3 e6 18. Qc1 Nd3 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Qc1
Nd3 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. b3 Ba6 23. Bf1 Nb4 24. Nxa4 Nxa4 25. Qxb4 c5 26. Qd2 Bxf1
27. Rxf1 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A (2605)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2706)/Plovdiv 2010 (30)} 30. Qf4 Qxd4 31. Rad1 g5 32. Rxd4
gxf4 33. bxa4 $14) (11... Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qb1 e6 15. a3 Na6 16.
dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Na6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.
d6 Qd7 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rombaldoni,D (2501)-Li,C (2633)/
Khanty Mansiysk 2010 (80)}) (11... Be6 12. b3 a4 13. Ba3 axb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Qc1 Qc8 16. Bb2 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nb4 18. Rd1 Qa8 19. e4 Bg4 20. Qc1 Nc6 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 Nb4 $11 {1-0 Gunina,V (2462)-Huang Qian (2447)/Ningbo 2010 (61)})
12. Nxe5 (12. d5 Nb4 (12... Nxd5 13. Rd1 Ncb4 14. Qb1 e4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Nh4
Bg4 17. Rd2 c6 $15) 13. Qb3 N4xd5 14. Rd1 Be6 15. e4 a4 16. Qa3 Bf8 17. exd5
Bxa3 18. dxe6 Bd6 19. exf7+ Kxf7 $17) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 c6 15. f4
{The first player believes that his chances must be good even though it is not
easy to complete his development.} (15. Be3 Nc4 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18.
gxf4 Bg4 19. Ne2 $11) 15... Bd4+ 16. Kh1 (16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Rxe3 Nc4 18. Rd3
Qb6+ 19. Qf2 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Nxb2 21. Rd4 c5 22. Rd5 b6 23. Bf1 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6
25. Rd7 $11) 16... Nd5 $5 {Please note: this is the first moment when
Nepomniachtchi exploits the d5-square for his pieces with great effect.} 17.
Rd1 (17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rd1 Bb6 19. h3 Qe7 $11) 17... Nb4 18. Qe2 (18. Qd2 c5
19. a3 Nc6 20. Qe2 $11) 18... Qb6 19. a3 Nd5 $1 {The second move was even more
precarious than the first one, Black had to calculate the consequences of his
courage rather carefully.} (19... Na6 20. Qd3 Bg7 21. e5 $14) 20. Qc2 (20. Na4
Qa7 21. Qd3 Ne3 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 (22... Nxd1 $2 23. Qxd1 Bf5 24. Nc3 $18) 23. Rxd4
Nc2 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd7 Nxa1 27. Rxb7 Raa8 $15) 20... Nf6 (20...
Bg4 21. Rd3 Nf6 22. h3 Bf5 23. Rd1 Be6 $15) 21. h3 Be6 22. Na4 (22. Rd3 Bb3 23.
Qd2 Rad8 $17) 22... Qa7 23. Bd2 (23. e5 Nd5 24. Qd3 Bf2 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. bxc3
h5 $17) 23... Rad8 24. Bc3 {Finally White has managed to develop all his
pieces, but Black is actually trying for more than equality.} Nh5 (24... Bxc3
$5 25. Qxc3 Bxh3 $1 26. Bxh3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nxe4 28. Qd4 Nxg3+ 29. Kh2 Qxd4 30.
Rxd4 Ne2 $17) 25. Bxd4 $6 (25. Kh2 Bf2 26. Be1 Bg1+ 27. Kh1 Bd4 $15) (25. Bf3
$1 $13) 25... Rxd4 26. Kh2 $2 {The naive defence of the g3-square is not
sufficient any more. White was obliged to seek salvation in active counterplay.
} (26. Qc5 Nxg3+ 27. Kh2 Qxc5 28. Nxc5 Ne2 (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nh5 30. Nxb7
Nxf4 31. Nxa5 c5 $15) 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Nxb7 Rb8 31. Nxa5 Rxb2 32. Rc1 $15)
26... Rxa4 $1 27. f5 (27. Qxa4 Qe3 28. Rf1 (28. g4 Qg3+ 29. Kg1 Nxf4 30. Rd2
Nxh3+ $19) 28... Qxg3+ 29. Kg1 Bxh3 30. Qc2 Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Bxg2 32. Qf2 Qg5 33.
Qh4 Qxh4 34. Rxh4 Bxe4 $19) 27... Rc4 28. Qe2 Bd5 {The final move of the black
piece to the forbidden square is decisive.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nhf6 14. Qa4 Bb7
15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Bd2 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[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 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {The latest word ine chess fashion in thise
extremely popular line. Black is preventing White's activity on the kingside
and hopes to play a general sort of position with the advantage of the bishop
pair.} 11. Ne2 {The relocation of the knight from c3 aspires to the title of
the main line. The first player has a real problem finding any sensible plan
with which to fight for the advantage.} (11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 (12. a3 Be7 13.
Rad1 h4 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Kh2 Bxg5 18. Nexg5 Ke7 19.
Rd1 a5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rh5 22. f4 f6 23. exf6+ gxf6 24. c4 {1/2-1/2
Amonatov,F (2602)-Karjakin,S (2747)/Moscow 2010}) 12... Be7 13. g3 (13. Rd2 Rd8
14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Nf4 Nh4
20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8 23. g3 Re1+ 24. Kh2 c6 25. Ra5 b6
26. Rxa7 Kxg5 27. gxh4+ Kxh4 28. Rxg7 Re2 $14 {1/2-1/2 So,W (2669)-Wang Yue 
(2756)/Guangzhou 2010 (52)}) (13. Rd3 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd3 15. Rxd3 f6 16. Bf4 Bd8
17. exf6 gxf6 18. g3 Rh7 19. Kh2 b6 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. g4 hxg4 23.
hxg4 Ne7 24. Kg3 Nd5 $15 {1-0 Kotronias,V (2591)-Mastrovasilis,D (2580)/
Vrahati 2010 (51)}) 13... f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Kh2 Kf7 17. Rd2 Rcd8
18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2804)
-Kramnik,V (2791)/London 2010 (39)}) (11. Ne4 Be6 12. Re1 Be7 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2
a4 15. Nfg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re4 axb3 19. cxb3 Rd8 20. Rc4 b6
21. b4 Rd2 22. Rb1 Rf8 23. bxc5 Ne3 24. fxe3 Rff2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Corrales
Jimenez,F (2597)-Korneev,O (2582)/Zaragoza 2010 (27)}) 11... b6 {The plan with
slowly advancing the pawn mass on the queenside is fairly standard. Black can
clearly play without any stress.} (11... Be7 12. Bg5 (12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 c5
14. Nb5 Kd7 15. c4 Kc6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. b3 Rhd8 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. Be3 g6
21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bf5 23. Nd5 Bf8 $17 {0-1 Shirov,A (2732)-Naiditsch,A 
(2697)/Villarrobledo 2009 (40)}) (12. Re1 a5 (12... Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Nd4
c5 15. Nb5 Kd7 16. Re4 Bd8 17. Be3 Kc6 18. a4 Be6 19. h4 Bd5 20. Rf4 g5 21.
hxg5 Bxg5 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Bxg5 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Berg,E (2616)-Cheparinov,I 
(2667)/Montcada 2009 (55)}) 13. Bg5 a4 14. a3 Be6 15. Nf4 Bd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17.
Rad1 c6 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh6 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rd4 g5 22. c4 dxc4 23. Rxc4
$16 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,A (2671)-Inarkiev,E (2656)/Moscow 2009 (46)}) 12... Be6 (
12... b6 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Bxe7 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Kxe7 16. g3 Rad8 17. Re4 Rd5 18.
Kg2 c5 19. c3 g6 20. Rae1 Ng7 21. R1e2 Rhd8 22. Ng5 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D (2612)-Wang Yue (2739)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (32)}) 13. Nf4
Bd5 14. Bxe7 (14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rd3 h4 17. Re1 Rh5 18. Bf4 g6 19.
a4 Rd8 20. Red1 Ng7 21. Be3 Ne6 22. a5 a6 23. c3 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2747)
-Pashikian,A (2639)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010}) 14... Kxe7 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Rad1 Ne6
17. Ngxe6 Bxe6 18. h4 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Rfe1 g6 21. f3 Ra5 22. c3 Rb5 $11 {
1-0 Carlsen,M (2772)-Jakovenko,D (2760)/Dortmund 2009/ (49)}) 12. Rd1 (12. Bf4
c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Ng5 Rh6 15. Ng3 Nh4 16. f3 Be7 17. Rfe1 Rg6 18. N5e4 Bc6
19. Kh2 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 h4 21. c4 hxg3 22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. b3 Bd8 25. Re4
Bb7 26. Bxg3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L (2645)-Kramnik,V (2791)/London 2010 
(139)}) 12... Ba6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf5 {The knights are moving
with the ambition of creating some weaknesses, Kurnosov is looking for a plan.}
(15. Nf3 Be7 $11) 15... Be2 (15... g6 16. Ne3 c6 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bb2 Bh6 $11)
16. Rd2 Bc4 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b3 c6 20. Ne3 {At this stage the
choices of the piece relocation were simply a matter of taste.} (20. Nc3 Bf5
21. Re2 Rd8 22. Bf4 Rd4 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Bf4 $11) 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.
Bb2 g6 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. f3 (24. Kf1 Bh6 25. Ke2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11) 24...
Bh6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 (26. Bc1 a4 27. g4 Kb7 $15) 26... b5 27. axb5 $6 {
[%mdl 4096] White is a very strong player, so his risky decision is actually
an ambitious move. Objectively speaking the exchange of the pawns is a risky
proposition.} (27. Ke2 Ra8 28. h4 $11) 27... cxb5 28. Nd5+ Kc6 29. Nc3 (29. c4
bxc4 30. bxc4 Bg5 31. Bc3 Ra8 $15) 29... Bf8 30. Rd8 (30. Ra1 Kb6 31. Ne4 Be7
32. Ke2 Ra8 $15) 30... c4 $5 {Karjakin is trying to get to the very top in the
world hierarchy so it is only natural that he seeks every chance to benefit
from his bishop pair.} 31. Ke2 b4 {Black is hoping for more than just the
slightly better endgame after exchanges on the queenside.} (31... cxb3 32. cxb3
Bxb3 33. Nxb5 Bc4+ (33... Kxb5 34. e6 Bc4+ 35. Kd1 Rh7 36. Rxf8 Bxe6 37. Rb8+
$11) 34. Kd1 Bg7 35. Nd4+ Kc7 36. Rxh8 Bxh8 37. e6 Kc8 38. exf7 Bxf7 $15) 32.
Ne4 cxb3 (32... c3 33. Bc1 Bg7 34. Rd6+ Kb5 35. Be3 Rb8 36. Ba7 Rb7 37. Rxe6
fxe6 38. Nd6+ Ka6 39. Nxb7 Kxb7 40. Bd4 Kc6 41. Kd3 Kb5 $11) 33. cxb3 Bg7 (
33... Bxb3 $2 34. e6 $18) 34. Rd6+ (34. Rxh8 $2 Bxh8 35. Nd2 Bg7 $17) 34... Kb5
35. Rd3 $2 {White is missing his golden opportunity to cement parity on the
board with the ingenious combination 35.Nc5!} (35. Nc5 $1 Bf8 (35... Re8 36.
Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Rd5+ Kc6 38. Rxa5 Kb6 39. Ra4 Bxe5 40. Rxb4+ Ka5 41. Ra4+ Kb5 42.
Bxe5 Rxe5+ 43. Re4 $14) (35... Kxc5 $4 36. Bd4+ Kb5 37. Rb6#) 36. Nxe6 Bxd6 37.
Nd4+ Kc5 38. exd6 Re8+ 39. Kd3 Rd8 $11) 35... Bh6 36. Kd1 (36. Nd6+ Kb6 37. f4
Rd8 $15) 36... Ra8 37. Kc2 Rc8+ (37... a4 38. bxa4+ Rxa4 $15) 38. Kb1 Rc7 {
Even a moderately trained chess eye can attest that Black has achieved a very
pleasant position. Each and every endgame would now be difficult for his
opponent.} 39. g4 (39. Nd6+ Ka6 40. g4 Bf4 $17) 39... Bf4 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Ne8
(41. Ne4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kb5 43. Nd6+ Kc6 44. Ne4 Rd7 $17) 41... Rd7 42. Rxd7
Bxd7 43. Nf6 (43. Nd6 Be6 44. Kc2 Bd5 45. Ne4 Bxe4+ 46. fxe4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kb5
$19) 43... Be6 (43... hxg4 44. Nxd7 gxh3 45. Nc5+ Kb5 46. Ne4 h2 47. Nf2 Kc5
$19) 44. gxh5 {White is hoping to generate enough counterplay to keep Black's
ambitions under control.} (44. Kc2 h4 45. Bd4 Kb5 $17) 44... Bxb3 45. Bc1 Bxc1
46. Kxc1 gxh5 47. f4 (47. Nxh5 a4 48. h4 a3 49. Ng3 Bc4 50. h5 b3 $19) 47... a4
48. f5 a3 49. Nd7 {Kurnosov must dance about in lines which are hopelessly
lost. The knight is a weak counterpart to the bishop in endings where the pawn
structure is very assymetrical.} (49. Ne4 Kb5 50. e6 fxe6 51. f6 e5 52. f7 Bxf7
53. Nd6+ Kc5 54. Nxf7 e4 $19) 49... Bd5 50. e6 fxe6 51. f6 (51. fxe6 b3 52.
Nc5+ Ka5 53. Kb1 b2 54. e7 Bf7 $19) 51... e5 52. Nxe5 b3 53. f7 {It was not
possible to stop the pawns at any cost.} (53. Nd3 b2+ 54. Nxb2 a2 $19) 53...
b2+ 54. Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kd2 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qc2+ 57. Ke3 (57. Ke1 Qc3+ 58. Kf2 a2
59. Qd6+ Ka5 60. Qd8+ Ka4 61. Qd7+ Kb4 62. Qd6+ Qc5+ $19) 57... a2 {Karjakin
is controlling vital squares on the board and enjoys the advantage of an
additional, passed pawn.} 58. Qd6+ Kb5 59. Qb8+ Kc5 60. Nd7+ (60. Qa7+ Kd5 61.
Qd4+ Ke6 62. Nd7 Qc1+ 63. Kxe4 Qe1+ 64. Kf3 Qf1+ 65. Ke4 a1=Q 66. Nc5+ Kf7 67.
Qd7+ Kg6 $19) 60... Kc6 61. Ne5+ Kd5 62. Nf7 Qc3+ 63. Kf4 Qf6+ {The epic
struggle is over. Black was able to use his bishop pair to the fullest
possible advantage.} (63... Qf6+ 64. Ke3 Qf3+ 65. Kd2 Qf2+ 66. Kc3 a1=Q+) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Nbd2 d4 12. h3 Be6 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bb3 Qd7 15.
Rc1 h6 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21.
Bh4 Qxa2 22. Qc1 Bf5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 f5 25. exf6 Rxe4 26. dxe4 d3 27.
fxg7 Qe6 28. Qe3 c5 29. Qxd3 c4 30. Qe3 b4 31. Nd4 Qb6 32. e5 c3 33. bxc3 b3
34. Nxb3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Kxg7 36. e6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Ne5 11. h3 {The first new move, normal being Nc3, however
one wonders what it achieves that outweighs simple development.} Nf6 12. Bh6
Nh5 13. N1d2 $6 {Missing Black's strong and highly original idea.} ({In order
to prevent Svidler's concept, Kurnusov had to play} 13. f4 $1 Ng3 14. Qf2 Nxd3
(14... Nxf1 $2 15. fxe5) 15. Qxg3 Nc5 16. N1d2 {and White is better.}) 13...
Nxd3 14. Qxd3 {#} g5 $1 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qf3 Nf4 $1 {#The point is clear. Not
only has Black secured a fine outpost for the knight, but he is even
threatening the h6 bishop with a rather unpleasant Rg8-g6.} 17. Bg7 Rg8 18.
Bxe5 Qd3 19. c5 $6 ({Better was} 19. Qe4 f6 20. Bxf4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 gxf4 22.
Rad1 e5 {with a slight edge for Black, but nothing tragic.}) 19... Qxf3 20.
Nxf3 f6 21. Bd6 {White underestimates the strength of the knight, and should
have exchanged it while he had a chance.} e5 22. Nfd2 {#} g4 $1 {The protected
bishop on d6 may look big and strong, but it is really biting on dust.} 23. h4
Be6 24. g3 Nd3 25. Rab1 a5 26. Ne4 Nb4 27. Rfe1 a4 28. Nc1 Kf7 29. a3 Nc2 30.
Rd1 Bf5 31. Bxe7 $2 Bxe4 $1 32. Bd6 Nxa3 33. Ra1 Nc2 34. Ra2 Ke6 35. Rd2 Nd4
36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Re2 Bd5 38. Ra3 Bc4 39. Nd3 Nd4 40. Rc3 (40. Re1 Nb5) (40. Rd2
e4) 40... Bxd3 41. Rxd3 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Bd3 dxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf5 13. h6 gxh6 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. e6 Qe4+ 16. Kf1 Qc4+ 17. Qd3 Qxd3+ 18. cxd3 O-O 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxh6 d4
21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 b6 23. Rd6 Ba6 24. Ke2 Re8+ 25. Kd2 f4 26. a4 Rg7 27. a5
Bc8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rg1 Bh3 30. g3 fxg3 31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. fxg3 Rb8 33. Rd5
Rb7 34. Ke3 Rd7 35. Rb5 Re7+ 36. Kf4 Bf1 37. Rxb6 Bxd3 38. Nf5 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. Ne2 Qxd2
15. Rxd2 Bb7 16. Rg1 Rfc8 17. c3 a6 18. g3 Ne7 19. Nc1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Nb3 Rc7 22. Bd3 Bc8 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Nd4 Rbc8 25. Rdc2 Nc6 26. b3 Nxd4 27. cxd4
Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 a5 30. b4 a4 31. g4 g6 32. Kd2 Kg7 33. Ke3 h6 34.
Kf3 Bc6 35. Kg3 Bd7 36. Kh4 Be8 37. Bc2 Kh7 38. a3 Kg7 39. Bd3 Kh7 40. Kg3 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Nb4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be3 Bxb4 14. cxb4
Ba6 15. b5 Bxb5 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Qd4 Rac8 18. Na3 a6 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Rad1 h6
21. h4 Rc4 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Rd6 24. Bd4 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rdc6 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27.
Rd1 f6 28. f3 Ng3 29. Bc3 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 e5 {This sharp line was examined by GM R.Wojtaszek in
annotations to his game against A.Dreev - see CBM 130.} 10. e3 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new move order. In previous games Black had no problems:} (10. e4 $6
{[%csl Gd4]} a5 11. f4 (11. Nf3 $6 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O a4 15.
Nd2 Nxc5 $17 {0-1 Thorfinnsson,B (2383)-Hammer,J (2566)/Oslo 2009/CBM 130
Extra (44)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 exf4 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Nf3 Re8 $1 15. e5 Nxe5 16.
Rxd4 Qe7 $36 {1/2 Dreev,A (2688)-Wojtaszek,R (2608)/Budva 2009/CBM 130/
[Wojtaszek] (42)}) (10. Nf3 Re8 11. e3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O
Nxc5 15. exd4 exd4 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 $15 {1/2 Morozevich,A (2771)-Anand,
V (2791)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra (28)}) (10. O-O-O Nbd7 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7
12. Nf3 Qe7 13. g4 $6 Nxc5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Bg4 16. Rg1 d3 $1 17. Qc3 Nce4
$17 {0-1 Lorscheid,G (2345)-Babula,V (2566)/Pardubice 2009/CBM 131 Extra (32)})
11. e3 h6 12. Bh4 dxe3 13. fxe3 Qe7 14. Nf3 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Be2 Ra6 17. Rd6
Nxc5 18. Rxa6 bxa6 $15 {1/2 Flear,G (2485)-Riff,J (2507)/Le Port Marly 2009/
CBM 130 Extra (56)}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Re8 (11... dxe3 12. fxe3 Nbd7 13. b4 $5)
(11... Nbd7 12. exd4 exd4 13. O-O-O Nxc5 14. Nf3 {[%csl Rd4]}) 12. O-O-O Nc6
13. Nf3 b6 $5 {Black renounces any attempts to regain the c5-pawn in order
just to open up the files against the white king. However, he fails to obtain
sufficient counterplay.} (13... Bg4 14. Be2 Bh5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} 15. exd4 exd4
16. Rhe1 g5 (16... Bg6 $2 17. Bd3) 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Bd3 Nxc5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.
Bh7+ Kg7 21. h4 $5 $36) 14. exd4 exd4 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bd3 Qd6 {[%cal Rc6b4]}
17. Kb1 (17. Rhe1 $5 $16 Nb4 $2 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. axb4 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 $18) 17...
Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Bg3 Qc6 21. Be4 (21. Bxe5 $142 Rxe5 22. f4
Ree8 23. Rhg1 $16) 21... Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4+ (22... Qxc4 $1 23. Rxd4 (23. Bxe5
Rxa3 $1 {forcing a perpetual}) (23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxf3 25. Rd6 Re2 26.
Rxb6 Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Ne4 $132) 23... Nxf3 $1 24. Qxe8+ (24. Qxa8 Nd2+ $1 25. Ka1
Nb3+ $11) 24... Rxe8 25. Rxc4 Nd2+ 26. Kc2 Nxc4 27. Rd1 g5 $14 {was a better
version of the same endgame for Black.}) 23. fxe4 Nxc4 24. Rxd4 Rxe4 25. Rhd1
$16 {In such a position, with potential passed pawns on both sides, the bishop
is usually (when there are no more important factors) stronger than the knight.
} Rxd4 (25... Rae8 $5 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Kc2 {[%cal Rc2d3]} f5 28. Rd5 $1 f4 29.
Kd3 fxg3 30. fxg3 Re3+ 31. Kxc4 Rxg3 32. a4 Rxh3 33. Rd6 $16 {- White is
better here as his passed pawns are supported by his king.}) 26. Rxd4 {[%mdl
4096]} Nxa3+ (26... Rc8 27. Ka2 {etc. looks like a slow death for Black;
therefore he decides to give up his knight for White's queenside pawns.
Unfortunately, in the resulting ending White keeps good winning chances. Don't
forget that h8 is a "good corner" for the white bishop!}) 27. bxa3 Rxa3 28. h4
Rf3 29. Kc2 Rf5 30. Kd3 b5 31. Ke4 Rc5 32. Rd5 Rc4+ 33. Kd3 Rb4 34. Kc3 Rb1 35.
Kc2 Rb4 36. Rf5 f6 37. Kc3 Rb1 38. Rf4 Kf7 $6 (38... Rc1+ $142 {keeping the
b5-pawn for the time being.}) 39. Rb4 Rc1+ 40. Kd4 Rd1+ 41. Ke4 Ra1 42. Rxb5 {
and White gradually wins:} Ra4+ 43. Kd5 Ra6 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Ke4 Ra5 46. Rd7
Kh7 47. Rd5 Ra4+ 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kg8 51. Bf4 Kh7 52. Rc7 Ra5
53. Kg4 Ra2 54. Be3 Ra4+ 55. f4 Ra1 56. Bd4 Ra6 57. Bc5 Kg8 58. Kf5 Ra2 59.
Rc8+ Kh7 60. Bf8 Kg8 61. Be7+ Kh7 62. Ke6 Ra4 63. Kf7 Ra7 (63... Rxf4 64. Rg8
Rg4 65. Bf8) 64. Rc2 Ra4 65. Rg2 Rxf4 66. Rxg7+ Kh8 67. Rg6 {It is now up to
Black to find a decent reply to 10.e3.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Nge2 c6 6. a4 Be7 7. Bg2 b6 8. O-O
a6 9. h3 h5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. b4 O-O 12. b5 cxb5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rb1 Ra5 15. d5
Nc5 16. Nc1 Ra3 17. Bxc5 Rxc3 18. Bb4 Rc4 19. Qe2 h4 20. c3 Rc8 21. Nd3 hxg3
22. fxg3 Ra8 23. Nf2 Bc8 24. Nd1 Bd7 25. Ne3 g6 26. Rf2 Be8 27. Rbf1 Kg7 28.
Nc2 Ra2 29. Qd3 Nh5 30. Rf3 Qa8 31. Ne3 Rb2 32. Ng4 Qa2 33. R3f2 Rxf2 34. Rxf2
Qa7 35. Qe3 Rh8 36. Bf1 f6 37. Kg2 Bd7 38. Bd3 Qa1 39. Qf3 Rf8 40. Qe2 Qc1 41.
h4 Qa1 42. Ne3 Rh8 43. Nc2 Qa6 44. Na3 Qc8 45. Nxb5 Bh3+ 46. Kh2 Qd7 47. Qe3 g5
48. Ra2 gxh4 49. gxh4 Nf4 50. Qg3+ Qg4 51. Qxg4+ Bxg4 52. Bf1 f5 53. Ra7 Rxh4+
54. Kg1 Kf6 55. Nxd6 Bxd6 56. Bxd6 Nh3+ 57. Bxh3 Rxh3 58. Be7+ Kf7 59. Bd8+ Kg6
60. exf5+ Bxf5 61. c4 Rc3 62. Bxb6 Rxc4 63. d6 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. h3
exd5 9. exd5 Nfd7 $1 {This unusual move brings Black good results. Its idea is
to meet f2-f4 with ...f7-f5 while the other knight goes to c7 covering the e6
square. Details - see CBM 112, annotations to Topalov - Radjabov by IM L.Hazai.
} 10. f4 (10. b3 Re8 $1 11. Bd2 Na6 12. Rc1 Qh4 $6 (12... Ne5 $1 $13 {P.
Cramling}) 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bb1 {[%cal Rf2f4]} Bxh3 $6 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Be4 $1
Nb4 $5 17. Bg2 Qh5 18. Nf4 $1 Qh4 19. Nh3 $16 {0-1 Djurhuus,R (2495)-Cramling,
P (2520)/Reykjavik 1995/CBM 047/[Knaak] (49)}) (10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 Nxd3 12.
Qxd3 Nd7 13. Qg3 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. g4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Bd3
19. Rae1 Qh4 $5 20. Qxh4 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxh4+ 22. Kg3 g5 $13 {1/2 Vovk,Y (2546)
-Golubev,M (2487)/Mukachevo 2009/CBM 128 Extra (65)}) 10... f5 (10... Qh4+ $5
11. g3 Qe7 (11... Bxc3+ 12. Kf2 $1 Bxb2 13. Bxb2 $1 $44 {[%cal Gb2h8]}) 12. O-O
Re8 (12... Na6 13. Kg2 Re8 14. Ng1 Nb4 15. Bb1 Nb6 16. a3 Na6 17. Qb3 Bf5 $13 {
1/2 Perelshteyn,E (2536)-Hernandez Guerrero,G (2536)/Lubbock 2007/EXT 2008 (46)
}) 13. Kh2 f5 14. Bd2 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rae1 Qf8 18. Ng1 Bd7 $11 {
0-1 Fercec,N (2464)-Krstic,U (2386)/Pula 2000/CBM 075/[Hazai] (40)}) 11. O-O (
11. g4 $6 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Nf6 13. g5 Ne4+ $1 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 b5 $1 $36 {
L.Hazai}) (11. Be3 $142 $1 Na6 12. O-O {- see 11.0-0 Na6.}) 11... Re8 $1 {
Preventing Bc1-e3 and solving all opening problems.} (11... Na6 $143 12. Be3 (
12. Bd2 $143 Nc7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 b6 16. Rae1 Re8 17. Ng3 Rxe1 18.
Rxe1 Qf8 19. Be2 Re8 $11 {0-1 Kacheishvili,G (2613)-Fernandez,D (2369)/Mesa
2009/CBM 130 Extra (38)}) 12... Nc7 13. Kh1 $5 (13. Qd2 Re8 (13... b5 $5 14.
Nxb5 Nxb5 15. cxb5 Bb7 $1 16. Nc3 Qa5 $44 {[%cal Ya7a6] T.Radjabov}) (13... Nf6
14. Bf2 Bd7 15. a3 a5 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nd4 Qd8 19. Nf3 Rxe1 20.
Rxe1 Re8 $11 {1/2 Dreev,A (2650)-Khairullin,I (2605)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (44)})
14. Bf2 (14. a4 Nf6 15. Kh1 Na6 16. Rae1 Nb4 17. Bb1 a6 18. Bf2 Qc7 19. Ng1 Bd7
20. Nf3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {1/2 Sokolov,I (2652)-Efimenko,Z (2616)/
Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext (61)}) (14. Rae1 $5) 14... Nf6 (14... b5 $5) 15. a3
a5 $1 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Rae1 Qf7 19. a4 Na6 $11 {0-1 Topalov,V (2801)
-Radjabov,T (2700)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112/[Hazai] (37)}) 13... Nf6 14.
Bf2 Bd7 15. Bh4 Qe8 16. Qb3 $1 Rb8 17. a4 Na6 18. Rae1 Nb4 19. Bb1 Qf7 {
1-0 Sokolov,I (2673)-Avrukh,B (2641)/Heraklio 2007/CBM 121 (40)} 20. Nb5 $1 $14
{I.Sokolov}) 12. Bd2 Na6 (12... Nf6 $144 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Nb5 Qb6 $1
$11 {1-0 Dydyshko,V (2415)-Mochalov,E (2450)/Minsk 1978/EXT 2003 (41)}) 13. Re1
(13. Qb3 Nb4 14. Bb1 b5 $1 {A typical pawn sacrifice in this structure.} 15.
cxb5 Nb6 16. a3 N4xd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Nec3 c4 19. Qd1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Ba5 Qxa5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qxc4 Qd2 24. Bd3 Rac8 25. Qb3 Re3 26. Rad1 Qxb2 27.
Qxb2 Bxb2 {1/2 Atalik,S (2564)-Czarnota,P (2575)/Polanica Zdroj 2007/CBM 120})
(13. a3 $5 {is the most logical but Black's position is solid enough after} Nc7
14. b4 b6 $11) 13... Nf6 14. Ng3 {Long manoeuvring starts now.} (14. a3) 14...
Rxe1+ 15. Bxe1 Bd7 16. a3 Kh8 17. Bf2 Rc8 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Re1 b6 20. Nf1 Nc7
21. Nd2 a6 22. a4 Nh5 23. g3 Be8 24. Nf3 h6 25. Qc2 Bf7 26. Qe2 Bf6 27. Qd2 Qd7
28. b3 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Ne2 b5 $6 {This break is unnecessary and only
allows the invasion of the white queen.} (30... a5 $11) 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qa5
$1 b4 33. Nh2 Ng7 34. g4 $1 Qe7 (34... fxg4 $5 35. hxg4 h5 36. g5 Bd8) 35. Nf3
(35. Nf1 $5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yf1e3]}) 35... Qd7 (35... fxg4 $5 36. hxg4 Qd7 37.
Nh2 h5 $1 38. g5 Bd8 39. Qa1 Kh7) 36. g5 $5 Bd8 37. gxh6 $6 {Too early. This
capture gives the black pieces some fresh air.} (37. Qa1 $5 h5 {, and now
White can try to break through by preparing a piece sacrifice on c5 or e5.} (
37... Kh7 $143 38. gxh6 Kxh6 39. Ng5 {[%csl Rh6]})) 37... Nh5 {[%cal Rc7d5]}
38. Qa7 Kh7 39. Bh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder. White loses sense of danger. He
was not better anymore and should have played quietly.} Bxh4 40. Nxh4 Qe7 41.
Ng2 $2 {White fails to switch to stubborn defence. After this move Black
simply wins a pawn and easily converts it.} (41. Qb8 $1 Na6 $5 (41... Nxd5 $2
42. cxd5 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qxd3 44. Qxe8) (41... Kxh6 $1 42. Ng2 Kg7 $15 {[%cal
Ye8f7,Yc7e8,Ye8f6] is Black's best chance to continue a positional fight for a
victory}) 42. Qc8 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 $3 (43. Kg2 $2 Qxd3 44. Qxe8 Qxe2+) 43... Nxf4
44. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 45. Kg2 $1 Qd2+ 46. Kg1 $1 {and surprisingly, Black has no win,
e.g.} Qe3+ (46... Bf7 47. Qf8) (46... Qxd3 47. Qxe8 Qd4+ 48. Kg2 Qxh4 49. Qf7+
Kxh6 50. Qf8+ Kg5 51. Qe7+ $11) 47. Kg2 Qg5+ $1 48. Kh2 Qe7 49. Kg2 $1 (49.
Qxa6 $2 Qxh4) 49... Nc7 50. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 51. Nxf5 {with sufficient counterplay.
}) 41... Nxd5 42. Qxe7+ Nxe7 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Ng3 Nxg3 45. Kxg3 Be4 46. Bxe4
fxe4 47. Kf2 Nf5 48. Ne3 Nd4 49. Ng4 Nxb3 50. Nf6+ Kxh6 51. Nxe4 Na5 52. Nxd6
b3 53. Ne4 Nxc4 54. Nc3 Na3 55. Na4 c4 56. Ke3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Ne6 16. Rfd1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bh6 18. Rb1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. b4
Qb7 22. a4 bxa4 23. b5 Bd7 24. Nxa4 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. e5 Bf5 27. Rbc1 Qa7
28. Nc3 Qa3 29. exd6 exd6 30. Qd2 Qb4 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rc5 33. Rc6 Rc8
34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Ne2 Rb8 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Kh2 Rb6 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. Rb1 Ke7 40.
Kf4 Kd6 41. Kg5 h5 42. Nf3 Ke7 43. Nd4 Kd6 44. h4 Kc5 45. Nc6 Be6 46. f3 Bc4
47. Nd8 Rb8 48. Nc6 Rb6 49. Kh6 Bxb5 50. Nd8 Rf6 51. Kg7 Rf4 52. Nxf7 Rxh4 53.
Kxg6 Rh2 54. Rg1 Kd4 55. Ng5 Ke3 56. Nh3 Bd7 57. Kg5 Bc6 58. Nf4 Bxf3 59. gxf3
Kxf3 60. Ra1 h4 61. Kf5 Ke3 62. Ra3+ Kd4 63. Rf3 Rh1 64. Nh3 Re1 65. Kg4 Re4+
66. Nf4 Re3 67. Rf1 Ke4 68. Nh3 Rg3+ 69. Kxh4 Rg2 70. Nf2+ Kd4 71. Ng4 Ra2 72.
Kg5 Ra8 73. Kf5 Rf8+ 74. Nf6 Rh8 75. Rd1+ Ke3 76. Ng4+ Ke2 77. Rd7 Re8 78. Ra7
Rb8 79. Ra4 Re8 80. Ne5 Rf8+ 81. Ke4 Re8 82. Ra2+ Kf1 83. Rb2 Rf8 84. Nd3 Re8+
85. Ne5 Rf8 86. Nd7 Rf7 87. Nc5 Rf8 88. Ke3 Ra8 89. Rf2+ Kg1 90. Ne4 Ra3+ 91.
Kf4 Ra8 92. Rb2 Rf8+ 93. Ke3 Ra8 94. Rc2 Ra3+ 95. Nc3 Ra8 96. Nd5 Kf1 97. Nc3
Kg1 98. Ne4 Ra3+ 99. Kf4 Ra8 100. Nd6 Rf8+ 101. Ke3 Kf1 102. Ne4 Ra8 103. Ng3+
Kg1 104. Nf5 Rf8 105. Ke4 Kf1 106. Ne3+ Ke1 107. Ng2+ Kd1 108. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. Nh4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qc6
15. f4 Ne4 16. Nb5 Ra8 17. Qf3 Rfc8 18. f5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Ndxf6 20. d3 a6 21. Na3
Nd6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Qf4 exf5 24. e5 Nb7 25. Qxf5 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Nf4 Re8
28. Nc2 Na5 29. Rcd1 Nxe5 30. Rde1 Nac6 31. Re3 g5 32. Nh5 Rf8 33. Rb1 Rab8 34.
a4 Rfd8 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ne4 h6 37. Nf2 Rf8 38. Re2 Rfd8 39. Re3 Rf8 40. Re2 a5
41. Kg2 Rf7 42. h3 Kf8 43. Re3 Ke7 44. Re2 Nf3 45. Re3 Nfe5 46. Re2 Kd6 47. Na3
Kd7 48. Nb5 Rbf8 49. Rbb2 Nb4 50. Re3 Nf3 51. Ng4 h5 52. Rxf3 hxg4 53. Rxf7+
Rxf7 54. hxg4 e5 55. Nc3 Kc6 56. Ne4 Nxd3 57. Re2 Rg7 58. Kf3 Nb4 59. Rh2 Rf7+
60. Ke3 Rd7 61. Rd2 Rd4 62. Nxg5 Rxc4 63. Nf7 Nd5+ 64. Kf2 Rd4 65. Nxe5+ Kd6
66. Rxd4 cxd4 67. Nf3 Nc3 68. Nxd4 Nxa4 69. g5 Nc5 70. g6 Ne6 71. Ke1 Ke5 72.
Nb5 Kf6 73. Nd6 a4 74. Kd2 Kxg6 75. Kc3 Nc7 76. Kb4 b5 77. Nxb5 Nxb5 78. Kxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[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 Ke8 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14.
Ne4 Re8 15. Re1 Kf8 16. Ng3 Be6 17. h4 Bd5 18. h5 Nf4 19. Nh4 Rad8 20. c4 Be6
21. b3 b5 22. h6 gxh6 23. Re4 Ng6 24. Nh5 bxc4 25. bxc4 f5 26. exf6 Bc8 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Nf3 Bg4 29. Ng7 Rd8 30. Nh2 Bc8 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Nh5 Re8 33. Rxe8
Kxe8 34. Nf1 Ne5 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. c5 Kg6 37. f4 Nd7 38. g4 Nxf6 39. Nxf6 Kxf6
40. Kf2 Be6 41. a3 h5 42. g5+ Kg6 43. Kg3 h6 44. gxh6 Kxh6 45. Nc2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 (11... Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 Bg7 14.
Bd2 Qb6 15. c5 Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 h6 19. h4 d5 20. cxd6
cxd6 21. Bc3 d5 22. Kc2 c5 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1
Nb4+ 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Kb3 Bf8 29. Rd7 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2734)-Leko,P (2734)/
Dortmund 2010/Mega2010 Update 32 (57)}) 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Kc2 c5 16. h4 d5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Kxg7 {#Not easy to
understand why Svidler accepted to enter this line, since the pawn structure
is shattered and weakened, and there is no obvious compensation for it.} 20.
Ne4 Nd7 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Bd3 a5 25. Rhe1 Bc6 26. Nb5
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 {#} 29. Kb2 $1 {White's plan to bring his king
to a3-a4 and pick up the pawn is straightforward and strong, and forces Black
to play precisely.} Kh6 30. Be2 {#To protect f3 and be able to answer Kh5 with
g3.} Ng7 $2 {A mistake. Black cannot capture the pawn with the king with Kh5,
since White has g3, so he goes for it with his knight instead. The problem is
that this takes far too much time.} ({The immediate} 30... g5 {was necessary.}
31. hxg5+ (31. g3 $2 gxh4 32. gxh4 Kh5) 31... Kxg5 32. g3 Ng7 33. f4+ Kh6 34.
Nxc7 Nh5 $11) 31. Ka3 Nf5 32. Ka4 Nxh4 33. Bf1 Nf5 34. Kxa5 Ne3 35. Nxc7 Nxf1
36. Kb6 Bd7 37. Nd5 Kg7 38. a4 Bc8 39. Ne7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Qg3 Qg6 9. Bd2 Ne7 10. f3 Qxg3+ 11. hxg3 Be6 12. O-O-O f6 13. g4 Ng6 14. Na4
Bf2 15. Ba6 Ne5 16. b3 Rb8 17. Rhf1 Bb6 18. g5 fxg5 19. Bxg5 O-O 20. Be2 Nd7
21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Kb2 Nf6 23. Rh1 h6 24. Bd2 b5 25. a3 c5 26. Rh4 c4 27. Bc3
Nd7 28. Rd2 Ne5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rh5 b4 31. axb4 cxb3 32. Rxe5 Bf7 33. b5 Rfd8
34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Rc5 Rd7 37. f4 Ke7 38. Kc3 bxc2 39. Bxc2 Kd8 40.
f5 Rd6 41. g3 Rb6 42. e5 Be8 43. Ba4 Rb7 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. g4 Kd8 46. Kd5 Ke7 47.
Ke4 Kd8 48. f6 gxf6 49. exf6 Bf7 50. Rc3 Rb6 51. Kf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Bc5 14. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Qh4 Rg8 18. Qxf6+ Rg7 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Rd8+
Rxd8 21. Qxd8+ Rg8 22. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 b5 7. a3 cxd4 8. cxd4
b4 9. a4 Ba6 10. f4 Nc6 11. b3 Be7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Nxf1 f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Bb2 Ne7 19. O-O Nf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Kh1
Rc7 22. Qd3 g6 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. Rbc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Nf8 27. Be3
a6 28. Bg1 Bd8 29. Qc2 Bc7 30. a5 Qd6 31. Qa2 Ne6 32. Qa4 Kg7 33. Be3 Qe7 34.
Qc6 Bxa5 35. Qxd5 Bc7 36. Qc6 a5 37. g3 Nd8 38. Qc4 Bd6 39. d5 Nf7 40. Bd4 Nxe5
41. Qe2 Qb7 42. Qf3 Qe7 43. Qe2 Qb7 44. Qc4 Qe7 45. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qxa2 12. Be2 Qa3 13. Nb5 Qxc5 14.
Bf4 Ne8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Rb1 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nf6 20. Bc7
Nfd7 21. Bg4 f5 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. g3 Rf6 25. Ra1 a6 26. Rb3 Kf8
27. Kg2 Ke7 28. Rab1 Rcc6 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Kd8 31. Kg3 Kc7 32. f3 Rc4 33.
Rd3 Nc8 34. e4 Ne7 35. e5 Rf8 36. f4 g6 37. Rf1 b5 38. f5 gxf5 39. Bh5 Rg8+ 40.
Kf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bb5
Qb6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qa3 Bb5 12. Nb1 Qc6 13. Nc3 Bc4 14. b3 Bd3 15.
Qa4 b5 16. Qa5 a6 17. Ba3 Nh6 18. Rd1 Be4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. d5 Qd7 21. d6 exd6
22. Rxd6 Qc8 23. Qb4 Nf5 24. Qxe4 Nxd6 25. Bxd6 Qc3+ 26. Ke2 Rc8 27. Nd2 Qc6
28. Qf4 Qxg2 29. Rd1 h5 30. Nf3 Qg4 31. Qe3 Bf8 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. Rf4 Qc2+ 34.
Nd2 Rh7 35. h4 Rd8 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Qa7 Qc6+ 39. Ne4 Bxd6 40. exd6
Rxd6 41. Kh2 Re6 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Ng5 Re1 44. Qa7+ Ke8 45. Qb8+ Ke7 46. Qa7+
Ke8 47. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 Nd7 14. exd5 exd5
15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Nf1 d4 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5
21. Bc4 dxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rd8 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Rb3 a5 26. Nf5 Kf8 27.
Ne3 Ne4 28. f3 Nd2 29. Rb6 Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Bd5 31. Nxa5 Bxa2 32. c4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2
Rd2 34. Rb5 g6 35. Rxc5 Rc2 36. Kg3 Ke7 37. Rc7+ Ke6 38. h4 h6 39. Rc6+ Kd7 40.
Rc5 Kd6 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Rc5 Kd6 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44. Kh3 Rc1 45. g4 Rc3 46. Kg3
Ra3 47. Rc5 Ra4 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Kd6 50. Nb7+ Kd7 51. Rf5 Ke6 52. Ra5 Rxa5
53. Nxa5 Ke5 54. f4+ Ke4 55. Nb7 Bxc4 56. Nd6+ Kd5 57. Nxf7 Be2 58. Nxh6 Bxh5
59. Kh4 Bg6 60. Kg5 Bb1 61. f5 Bxf5 62. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 a6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nxc6
Rxc6 15. Qd4 Bc5 16. Qd3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bf3 Qe5 19. Rcd1 Rb6 20. Na4 Rc6
21. Nc3 Rb6 22. Qe2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rd4 f5 25. Rfd1 Bb3 26. R1d2 Rh6 27.
h3 b5 28. Rd8 Rhf6 29. Qh5 h6 30. R2d4 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32. Qe8 Qxe8 33. Rxe8
Rd6 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Rd2 36. Ra8 Bc4 37. b3 Bd3 38. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 exd5
15. exd5 c4 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. dxe6 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Qxc3 20. Bb3 Qc1+
21. Rd1 Qc3+ 22. Ke2 a5 23. Rd7 a4 24. Rc1 Qb2+ 25. Rc2 Qb1 26. Nd2 axb3 27.
Nxb1 bxc2 28. Nc3 Nf5 29. Bd2 Re8 30. Kd3 b6 31. g4 Nh6 32. h3 Rxe6 33. Kxc2 f5
34. g5 Nf7 35. Nd5 Ne5 36. Rb7 Nf3 37. Be3 Rd6 38. Nxb6 f4 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40.
Rb7+ Kg8 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nc4 h6 15.
Bd2 Be6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21.
Qc2 Nb4 22. Qa4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. Ne2 b4
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ba6 17. f5 Rfc8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Nf8 20. h4 Rc6 21.
h5 Rbc8 22. Bh6 R8c7 23. Bd2 Rxc2 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Bxb4 Bxf1 26. Rhxf1 Nd7 27.
Bd6 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Kf7 31. b4 Ke8 32. a4 Nb6 33. a5
Nc4 34. Bc5 a6 35. b5 Kd7 36. bxa6 Kc6 37. Kc2 g6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bd4 Nxa5
40. Kd3 Kc7 41. Ke3 Nc6 42. Bc3 Kb6 43. Kf4 Kxa6 44. Kg5 d4 45. Bb2 d3 46. Bc1
Kb5 47. Kxg6 Kc4 48. Kf6 Kd5 49. g4 Nxe5 50. g5 Ng4+ 51. Kf7 Ne5+ 52. Kf6 Ng4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 dxe4 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nb6
Rb8 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Rxd5 exf3 19. gxf3 Be6 20. Rd2
Rfd8 21. Bd6 Rac8 22. b3 b5 23. Bg2 Bf5 24. c3 Nd4 25. Bb4 Nc6 26. Bd6 Nd4 27.
Bb4 Nc6 28. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 {The retreat of the knight to the b7-square seems strange at first
sight, but practice gives the idea full approval. Black can afford to take
some liberties as he can fall back on his bishop pair.} 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 f6
11. Re1 fxe5 12. Qxe5 {Recapturing with the queen is tied to the sound idea of
transferring it to the kingside for attacking purposes. Centralisation of the
knight seems to be more natural, but Black tends to equalise.} (12. Nxe5 Bf6
13. Bf4 (13. Qh5 Nc5 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Bg3 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 d6 17. Re3 Bd7 18. Rae1
Qf6 19. b3 Rae8 20. h3 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H (2430)-Pachman,L (2485)/
Geneve 1977}) 13... Qe8 (13... Nc5 14. Bg3 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 d6 16. Bd4 Ne6 17.
Rad1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qf6 19. Re4 Bd7 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Qd2 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 Qe5 23.
Qc3 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Liberzon,V (2545)-Pachman,L (2510)/Biel 1980 (50)}) (13...
Bxe5 14. Bxe5 d6 15. Bd4 Qh4 (15... Bf5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. b3 Nd8 19.
Ng3 Ne6 20. Be3 Bg6 21. Rad1 c5 22. f3 Qf7 23. Ne2 Rd8 24. Nc3 c6 25. Na4 Rfe8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Klovans,J-Liberzon,V/Alma-Ata 1968 (41)}) 16. Qd2 Qf4 17. Re3 Nd8
18. Ne4 Ne6 19. Bc3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. b3 Qh6 22. Rg3 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rf7 $14
{1/2-1/2 Tal,M (2615)-Dorfman,J (2405)/Moscow 1976 (41)}) 14. Qc2 Bxe5 15. Bxe5
Qf7 16. c5 d6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Bg3 Bf5 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Rad1 d5 21. f3 Nc5 22.
Qa3 Ne6 23. Re5 Bg6 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qd4 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mecking,H (2575)
-Panno,O (2580)/Petropolis 1973 (41)}) 12... Bf6 13. Qh5 {Adams retreated to
g3 right away since the queen can support the attack also from that square. It
certainly deserves attention as the candidate for the best move.} (13. Qg3 Nc5
14. Bg5 Nd3 15. Re3 Nxb2 16. Rae1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qf6 18. Rf3 Qd8 19. Nce4 Ba6
20. Nxh7 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Kxh7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qh4 $18 {1-0 Adams,M (2723)
-Howell,D (2611)/London 2010 (28)}) 13... g6 14. Qh6 Bg7 15. Qh3 d6 16. Qg3 Qd7
{Black could easily face some problems, if he were to underestimate the
situation. The queen is heading to g4 in order to exchange with its
counterpart.} (16... Bd7 17. Bg5 Qb8 18. Ne4 Nd8 (18... d5 19. Rad1 dxe4 20.
Rxd7 Nd6 (20... exf3 21. Ree7 Bxb2 22. Qh3 $18) 21. Ne5 Qb4 22. Rf1 Bxe5 23.
Qxe5 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Nxf7 25. Qe6 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Bf6 $14) 19. Be7 Rf5 20.
Nh4 Rf7 21. Ng5 $14) 17. h3 Nc5 18. Qh4 Ne6 (18... Rf7 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Be3 Qe7
21. Qg3 $14) 19. Ng5 Nxg5 $2 {Only Malakhov can explain why he played this
reckless move. In a flash the white pieces became dominant and the defender
has no time to parry the main threats.} (19... Bf6 $1 20. Nce4 Bd8 21. Be3 c5
$11) 20. Bxg5 Rf7 (20... Re8 $2 21. Ne4 Qf7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.
Bxf6 $16) (20... Qf5 21. Re7 Rf7 22. g4 $1 Qd3 (22... Qf3 23. Re3 $18) 23. Rae1
$18) 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black might easily have missed this fine
idea, that will create a critical weakness on the d6-square.} (22. Bf6 h6 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 22... Raf8 (22... d5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Raf8 25. Bg5 $16)
23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rad1 c5 {Both armies are finally fully mobilised, but the
second player faces the impossible task of solving the problem of the d6-pawn.}
(24... Be5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxf6 $16) (24... d5 25. Nc5 Qf5 26.
Ne6 Qxf2+ (26... Rc8 27. Nxg7 Rxg7 28. Rd4 $16) 27. Qxf2 Rxf2 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29.
Re7 $16) 25. Nxd6 {The genuine proof of the defender's misery lies in the fact
that even the seemingly dangerous capture with the rook was very strong.} (25.
Rxd6 $5 Qf5 (25... Qc7 26. Bd8 $1 Qc8 27. Ng5 $18) (25... Qb5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27.
Bxf6 Qb4 28. Qxb4 cxb4 29. Bd4 $16) 26. g4 Qf3 (26... Qe5 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28.
Rxe5 Rxd6 29. Re1 Bd4 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rd2 32. e4 $16) 27. Re3 $18) 25...
Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bf8 {The fight of the black army against ideally
coordinated white pieces will be quite instructive.} (27... Bd4+ 28. Rxd4 cxd4
29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Re7+ $18) 28. Re8 $1 Qg7 (28... Kg7 29. Rd8 Qe6 30. Re1 Qxa2
31. Ne8+ Kg8 (31... Kh8 32. Kg1 Qa6 33. Rf1 $18) 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Rd7+ $18) 29.
Kg1 Bc6 30. Rc8 h6 (30... Bd7 31. Ne8 Bxe8 32. Rxe8 h6 33. Bc1 Kf7 34. Red8 $18
) 31. Rxc6 {Svidler must have been quite happy, since any sensible move would
keep the dominant position.} (31. Bf4 Bd7 32. Rb8 Bc6 33. Bg3 Kh7 34. Rc8 $18)
31... hxg5 32. Ne4 Qe5 (32... Be7 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Nxg5+ Bxg5 35. Rd7+ Be7 36.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rc7+ $18) 33. Nf6+ Kh8 (33... Kf7 34. Ng4 Qxb2 35. Rd7+ Be7 36.
Rcc7 $18) 34. Ng4 Qe8 35. Rc7 {Without the benefit of the bishop pair the
defence of Black's position will be simply impossible.} Bg7 (35... a6 $2 36.
Rh7+ $18) (35... Qb8 36. Rcd7 c4 37. Rd8 Qb6+ 38. Kh1 Qc5 39. Rf1 $18) 36. Rxc5
Qb8 (36... Bxb2 37. Rc7 Bg7 38. Rxa7 $18) 37. Kh1 Qxb2 (37... Bxb2 38. Rb1 Qf8
39. Rb5 $18) 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rd7 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qb6 (40... Qf5 41. Rcc7 $18) 41.
Rf8 $1 {The final idea is very witty and actually merciful on the defender. He
has no chance to prevent the mating combination.} (41. Rf8 $1 a5 42. Nf6+ Kh6
43. Rh8+ Bxh8 44. Rh7#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be3 Nh5 6. Qd2 h6 7. Ne2 Bg5 8. Nbc3
Nd7 9. g3 Nb6 10. h4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nf6 12. g4 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nc1 O-O 15.
Nb3 Nb8 16. Na5 c6 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. g6 d5 24. f4 Nd7 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Rhe1 e4 27. f5 Nf6
28. fxe6 Rab8 29. Qd4 Rb6 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Rg1 a5
34. b3 a4 35. Kb1 a3 36. Qa7 d4 37. Qxa3 d3 38. cxd3 Qe3 39. Rd1 Qe2 40. Qc1
Kh8 41. Re1 Qxd3+ 42. Qc2 Qg3 43. Qe4 Rf8 44. Rd1 Qh3 45. Qf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rad1 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. Qg4 Qa7 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. f5 Nxe5 20. Qg3 f6 21. fxe6
Qb6 22. Nxd5 Qxe6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Qg4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rc6 26. e4 Bc5 27. Qxe6+
Rxe6 28. Rc1 Bd4 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kf8 31. g4 h5 32. Kg2 hxg4 33. hxg4 g5
34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 a5 38. Rc1 Kg7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40.
Kg3 Rh6 41. Rc1 Kg7 42. Rb1 Rc6 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rb5 Rc2 45. Rxa5 Re2 46. Kf3
Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Re2 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. g4 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd5 Qa3 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Qb5 a6
21. Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 Ne4
27. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. e4 d5
9. e5 Ne8 10. Ng3 f6 11. f4 fxe5 12. fxe5 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qh4 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Qh5 Qxh5 17. Nxh5 Ra3 18. Bd2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Rc1 Nd6 21. Ng3
dxc4 22. Be2 b5 23. Rf1 Nf5 24. Nce4 Bb2 25. Rc2 Be5 26. Rc1 Bb2 27. Rc2 Be5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. h3 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Be5 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Qd2 Rac8 21.
Ba5 Qa7 22. Qb4 b5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 Rb8 26. Qc4 Rbc8 27. Qb4
Rb8 28. Qc4 Rbc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxb5 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bd4 Bxc3+ 14.
Bxc3 Nc6 15. g3 Bc4 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qf3 e5 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bxb3 20. axb3
Rg4 21. Ke2 Rxe4 22. Kf3 f5 23. Rhd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ke7 25. h3 h5 26. Rc1 a6 27.
Be1 Kd6 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. Rc1 Kd5 30. Rd1+ Ke6 31. Rc1 Kd5 32. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 Be6 10. Qa4 Nc6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4
Bxd4 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Bxb7 Rad8 17. Bc5 Bxa2 18. Bxa7 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8.
Ne2 e6 9. f3 Nd6 10. Bxd6 Bxd6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nd2 Qc7
15. g3 Na5 16. Rf2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Kf1 Re4 19. Ng1 Rae8 20. Nf3 Qc6 21.
Kg1 b5 22. Qf1 Re3 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd1 h5 26. Qg2 Qe4 27. Ng5 Re1+
28. Rxe1 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxe1 30. Nf3 Rb1 31. Rd2 g6 32. d5 Ra1 33. Nd4 Ra5 34.
Nc6 Ra2 35. Nd4 Ra5 36. Nc6 Ra2 37. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 {Black can afford to decentralise the knight, since he enjoyis a
relative advantage in the development of his pieces.} 9. Bg5 Be7 {The retreat
of the bishop is not the best solution. Previously players with Black have
trusted the witty tactical solution after the move of the knight to the
d4-square.} (9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qd2 Nb3 11. Bxd8 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Rxd8 13.
Nde4 Be7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. e4 b6 17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19.
cxb5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,M-Cebalo,M (2510)/Borovo 1981}) 10... Qxg5 11. Nf3
(11. Ne4 Qe7 (11... Qe5 12. Nxc5 Qxd4 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. e3 d6 15. c5 dxc5 16.
Nxc5 Rd8 17. Be2 Nf6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22.
Bxd1 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Toth,B (2390)-Robatsch,K (2440)/Rome 1980 (49)}) 12. Nxc5
Qxc5 13. e3 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Qa4 Qg5 18. Bf3 Bxf3
19. Nxf3 Qh5 20. Qd1 Rc7 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. Rc3 d5 $11 {0-1 Whiteley,A (2395)
-Parma,B (2530)/Moscow 1977 (56)}) (11. Ne4 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14.
e3 b6 $11) 11... Qd8 12. e3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O Qa5 15. g4 b5 16. Nd2 Bb7
17. Rac1 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I (2535)-Csom,I (2500)/Budapest 1981
(19)}) 10. h4 f5 $6 (10... f6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. O-O-O b6 14. Bg5
Bb7 15. e3 $11) 11. O-O-O h6 (11... Nf6 12. e4 $1 fxe4 13. Nxe4 $16) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 (12... Nxe7 13. Nd4 d5 14. e3 Nf6 15. cxd5 Nexd5 16. Bc4 $14) 13. e4 $1 {
Zvjaginsev did not manage to justify the displacement of the knight on h5 with
the dubious advance 10...f7-f5. Vitiugov is rushing to open the centre before
Black can get his pieces to decent squares.} g6 (13... Nf4 14. g3 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Nh5 16. Be2 $16) 14. exf5 gxf5 (14... exf5 $2 15. Nd5 Qg7 16. c5 $16) 15. Rg1
Nf6 16. g4 $5 {[%mdl 128] White has excellent chances to succeed with his
attack, since the black bishop on c8 diminishes coordination and needs time to
get into play.} fxg4 (16... Nxg4 17. Nb5 Kh8 (17... d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5
Be6 20. Rd6 $16) 18. Nd6 b6 19. Kb1 $16) 17. Nh2 h5 18. f3 Ne5 (18... Qh7 19.
fxg4 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Kh8 21. Be2 $16) 19. fxg4 (19. Be2 Qg7 20. fxg4 hxg4 21.
Ne4 $16) 19... hxg4 (19... Nfxg4 20. Be2 Rf4 (20... Qxh4 21. Nxg4 hxg4 22. Bxg4
Qg5+ 23. Rd2 Nxg4 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Rdg2 $16) 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Rde1 d6 23. Re4
$16) 20. Ne4 Qg7 21. Be2 d5 {Black is desperate to solve the problem of his
coordination. Opening the centre could bring the c8-bishop to life.} (21...
Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Qg6 23. Rd4 $1 Kh8 24. Nxf6 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rxf6 26. Nxg4 Rg6 27.
h5 Rg5 28. Rf1 $16) 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nxg4 Rg6 24. h5 {Vitiugov is forcing
the clarification on g4, he did not have the nerve to go with the more precise
idea 24.Rd4!} (24. Rd4 $1 Kh8 (24... Nxc4 25. Nf6+ $18) 25. h5 Rxg4 26. Rdxg4
Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Qh6+ 28. Kb1 e5 29. Rg1 d4 30. Ka2 Bd7 31. Qe4 Re8 32. Rg6 $18)
24... Rxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Qg2 e5 {The defender is clearly suffering, but
the game is not over yet. The check on g5 might have prolonged the agony.} (
26... Qg5+ 27. Kb1 e5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Ka1 Bf5 30. Qxb7 Rg8 31. Qxa7 $16) 27.
Qxd5+ Kh8 (27... Qf7 28. Qe4 Bf5 29. Rxg4+ Kf8 30. Qf3 Bxg4 31. Qxg4 $18) 28.
Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Kh8 (29... Kh6 30. Qd2+ Kh7 31. Qc2+ $18) 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31.
Rd6 {Possibly even more convincing was the manoeuvring of the rook via the
d2-square.} (31. Rd2 $5 Qf7 32. b3 e4 33. Qg5 $18) 31... Bf5 (31... Qf7 $1 32.
Qg5 Qf4+ (32... Qxc4+ 33. Kb1 Qf7 34. Rxg4 Qf5+ 35. Ka1 $18) 33. Qxf4 exf4 34.
Rd8 Nh6 35. Re1 $16) 32. Qxa8 Qc7 33. Rxg4 $1 Bxg4 34. Qd8 $6 {The future
winner is complicating his own life. It was much more exact to move the queen
to f8, which controlled the f4-square.} (34. Qf8 $1 Qxc4+ 35. Kd2 Qe2+ 36. Kc3
Qe3+ 37. Kb4 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4 39. h6 $18) 34... Qxc4+ 35. Kd2 Qe2+ $6 {
The last chance to put up some resistance is slipping away with this less
convincing continuation.} (35... Qf4+ $1 36. Kc3 Bxh5 37. Qc7+ Bf7 38. Rd1 Qf3+
39. Kd2 Qf4+ 40. Kc2 Qe4+ 41. Kc1 Kg6 $16) 36. Kc3 Qe3+ 37. Kb4 Qf4+ 38. Ka5
b6+ (38... Bxh5 39. Rd7+ Bf7 40. Rxb7 $18) 39. Ka6 Qf7 40. b4 $1 Be2+ 41. b5 {
The final position features an unusual spot for the white king.} (41. b5 Bg4
42. Rc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Be3 Nde5 12. Nf4 b6 13. Rc1 e6 14. Be2 Ba6
15. b3 Nb4 16. O-O Ned3 17. Nxd3 Nxd3 18. Rcd1 Nb4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Nxa2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. Ra1 Bc8 26. Ra4 Nc2 27.
Bf4 f6 28. e5 Nd4 29. Bd1 Nc6 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. Ke1 e5 32. Be3 Nd4 33. h4 Rc7
34. Ra2 Be6 35. Rd2 Rd7 36. g4 Nc6 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Kd2 h5 39. Kc3 Ke6 40. b4
Kd6 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. f4 Be8 43. f5 Ne7 44. Bc2 Bf7 45. Be4 Kd7 46. Bg5 Nc6 47.
Be3 Ne7 48. Bc2 Nc6 49. Bd3 Ne7 50. Be4 Kc7 51. Bf2 Ng8 52. Be3 Ne7 53. Bh6 Kd6
54. Bf8 Kd7 55. b5 Nc8 56. Bc6+ Kd8 57. f6 Bg6 58. Bb4 Bf7 59. Ba3 Be6 60. Bd5
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O
9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O a5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. a4 b4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Qb3+ e6
16. Bc4 Qe7 17. g4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Na6 19. Qd1 Nc7 20. b3 Qg5 21. Ra2 Qxg4+ 22.
Qxg4 fxg4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rg2 h5 25. h3 g5 26. hxg4 h4 27. Bd2 Ba6 28. Be1
Kg7 29. Rc2 Rf8 30. Rb2 Rf3 31. Bf2 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Rb1 Kd7 34. Rc1 Kc8 35.
Rb1 Kb7 36. Rh1 Ka7 37. Re1 Nd5 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. e6 Rf6 40. Bg1 Rxe6 41. Bh2
Re7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nfd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Bxb7 Bxa4 18. Ra1 Rc7 19. Be4 Be8 20. Qd3 g6
21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bf6 23. Rad1 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qe3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6
8. d4 e6 9. Qg3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. e4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 f6 13. Qe3 e5 14. Rb1 b6
15. Bb5 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. h4 Na5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. h5 Re8 20. hxg6 exd4 21.
gxh7+ Qxh7 22. Nxd4 Qxe4 23. Qh6 Nc4 24. f3 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Rbd1 Nb2 27.
Rc1 Na4 28. Nf5 Re2 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. c4 Rd2 33. Ra1
Nb2 34. Rxa7 Rd7 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. Nd5 Nxc4 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[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. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe4 14.
Ne5 Rc8 15. Rd4 Bd5 16. c4 Bxg2 17. Rg1 f6 18. Nd7 Ke7 19. Rxg2 g6 20. Rg3 Rc7
21. Rgd3 Rd8 22. Rh4 Rdxd7 23. Rxh7+ Ke8 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25. Rh7+ Ke8 26. Rh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Rc6 16. Nc3 Rcc8 17. Na4 Rc6 18. Nc3 Rcc8 19. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[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. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe3 Qd8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4
Qa5 15. g4 b5 16. g5 b4 17. Nce2 Qc5 18. h4 a5 19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 a4 21. c4
bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb6 23. Rhc1 Rc5 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Nc2 Rb8 26. Qc3 Bb5 27. Ng3
Bd3 28. Ka1 c4 29. a3 Qf2 30. Qe5 Rb3 31. Nh5 Bf8 32. Nb4 Qf3 33. Nxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. Qa4 Nb6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qb7 Bc8 11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qb7 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Nc4 b5 8. Bg2
Rb8 9. Ne3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. a4 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qf3 Rb8 16. Ned5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 e6 18. Qe4 Qb6 19. Re1 Rbc8 20. Be3 b4 21. Nd1
f5 22. Qg2 b3 23. f4 Nf6 24. c3 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Nd5 26. Bf2 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Ra1 30. Re1 Rb1 31. Kf1 Bf8 32. Ke2 Nb6 33. d4 c4 34. d5
Nxd5 35. Bd4 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Kd2 Kf7 38. Re5 Nf6 39. Ra5 Ne4+ 40. Ke2 Rc1
41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rxh7 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Nf6 44. Rc7 Ng4 45. h3 Nh2+ 46. Ke1 Nf3+ 47.
Kf1 Nd2+ 48. Ke1 Ne4 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Ne3 Rxb2 51. Nxc4 Rb1+ 52. Ke2 b2 53. Rb6
Nxc3+ 54. Kf2 Na4 55. Rb7+ Ke6 56. g4 Kd5 57. Nd2 Rd1 58. Ke3 Rh1 59. Rb5+ Kc6
60. Rb4 Kc5 61. Rc4+ Kb5 62. Rc8 Rxh3+ 63. Kd4 fxg4 64. Rb8+ Nb6 65. Rg8 Rh2
66. Nb1 Rh1 67. Nc3+ Ka6 68. Rxg6 Rc1 0-1

