[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 a5 7. Bd3 Na6 8. O-O Nb4
9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be4 O-O 13. Ra3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Qe2 Qe7 16. h4 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ng5 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rg3 f5 21. Bxf5
Qxf5 22. Rf3 Qc5 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rd1 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Kxf7 26. Rd6 Kg8 27. c5 Nc6
28. Qe4 Rf8 29. f3 Rf7 30. Kh2 Bd7 31. Qd3 Raf8 32. Rxd7 Ne5 33. Qe4 Nxd7 34.
Qxb7 Nxc5 35. Qb5 Nb7 36. b4 axb4 37. a5 Ra8 38. a6 Nd8 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 6th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. g4 h6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. h4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxg4 13. Nxd5 O-O 14. Nf5 Bf6
15. Bb4 Re8 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bc3 Nde5 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Ne4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qxh4 22. Qd2 Bf5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nd6 Be6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qd4 f6 27.
Qe4 Bxa2 28. Qg6 Rd8 29. b3 Bxb3 30. Rg1 Rxd6 31. Rxg4 Qh1+ 32. Kb2 Kf8 33. Rg1
Qf3 34. Qxg7+ Ke8 35. Kxb3 Qd5+ 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first game of the tie-break rapid match from the third round of
the World Cup 2009. Black's convincing win had a big psychological impact for
the rest of the match (Malakhov won also the other two games).} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 {At a later stage of the
World Cup Svidler against Malakhov played 7.Bd3 and achieved a promising
position, although Black won nicely in the end.} Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Bd3 Be6 {
Black's plan is Qc7, Nbd7, exchange on e5, then retreat the knight from f6 to
d7 and play f7-f6.} ({The third game of the match continued:} 9... Qc7 10. O-O
Be6 11. g4 (11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Rfa8 16.
Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Qb3 Ra8 18. Rb1 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Qb4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22.
Qb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Malakhov,V (2706)-So,W (2640)/Khanty
Mansiysk 2009 (38)}) 11... Nbd7 12. f5 Nxe5 $1 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
Bd2 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Bxe5 17. Qe2 a5 {0-1 Eljanov,P (2729)-Malakhov,V (2706)/
Khanty Mansiysk 2009 (47). Black has good compensation for the piece.}) 10. g4
Qc7 11. Bd2 a5 (11... Nbd7 {is still possible, because} 12. f5 Nxe5 13. dxe5
Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 {as in the aforementioned third game is not problematic for
Black.}) 12. g5 {A questionable decision. Now Black takes control over the
light squares in the centre.} ({Better was} 12. f5 Bc8 13. O-O $13) ({or the
immediate} 12. O-O) 12... b4 $1 13. Na4 ({Also in the event of} 13. gxf6 exf6
14. Ne2 fxe5 15. fxe5 f6 16. Nf4 Qe7 {Black has sufficient play.}) 13... Ne4
14. Nb6 Ra7 {Black's play is very simple: he wants to open the centre with
f7-f6. It is White who must find a way to hold the balance.} 15. Qe2 ({Perhaps
the best was to accept that Black had solved all the opening problems and try
to keep the position closed with} 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nec4 {then Qe2, 0-0-0 and
h2-h4-h5. If} f6 {then} 17. h4) 15... f6 16. Nf3 $2 ({Necessary was} 16. Bxe4
fxe5 (16... dxe4 17. gxf6 exf6 18. Nec4 {[%csl Rd6]}) 17. Bc2 $13 exd4 $140 18.
exd4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. h4 $40 {[%csl Ra7,Rh8][%cal Gh4h5]})
16... Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. gxf6 {There is no choice.} (18. O-O-O $2 fxg5 19.
fxg5 Bg4 20. Rdf1 Nxg5 $19) (18. h4 $2 Ng3) 18... exf6 19. O-O-O Bf5 $17 {
White has completely lost the strategic battle, but his position is even worse
than just "bad strategically". Black has a nice tactical idea, which is easy
to overlook.} 20. Rdg1 $2 ({A move like} 20. Bb1 $17) ({Or even} 20. Nh4 Bg4
21. Nf3 $17 {was called for}) 20... b3 $1 21. a3 (21. axb3 a4 22. b4 a3 {
gives Black a strong attack.}) 21... Nf2 $1 {It's already over. After the
exchange of the light-squared bishop White remains with lots of weak squares
and on top of all his king is also very weak.} 22. Qxf2 (22. Bxf5 Qxf5 $19 {
[%csl Rc2]}) 22... Bxd3 $19 23. h4 h5 24. Rg3 Bf5 25. Bc3 a4 26. Nd2 ({The
only chance to avoid a quick loss was} 26. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2e1,Ge1f1,Gf1g2]})
26... Kh7 27. Rhg1 Bh6 28. Nb1 Re8 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Nc3 Qf5 31. Be1 Bxf4 $1 (
31... Bxf4 32. exf4 (32. Qxf4 Qc2#) 32... Re2 33. Nxe2 Qc2#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 c6 15. dxc6
Nxc6 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Na5 18. Bd5 Qc8 19. a4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc4 21. Ne4 Nb6
22. a5 Nd7 23. b4 Be7 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Re4 Qd8 27. Be3 Bg5 28. c4
bxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qd7 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rc6
Rd7 35. Rac1 Kf8 36. Rb6 Ke7 37. Rcc6 Raa7 38. g4 Rab7 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Rxb7+
Ke8 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O
9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Be6 11. g4 Nbd7 12. f5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
Bd2 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Bxe5 17. Qe2 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. Bc1 e5 21. e4 d4
22. Na2 Qd7 23. Nb4 Ne6 24. b3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. bxa4 f3 27. Qf2 c5 28. Nd5
c4 29. Kh1 d3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Nb6 Qxg4 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. axb5 Qd7 34. Qxf3
Qxb5 35. Qxd3 Qa4 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Rf7 h5 38. Rxe7 Rf8 39. Rg1 Qxa3 40. Rf7 Rc8
41. e5 Qe3 42. e6 Rc5 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qb7 Qe5 45. e7 Rc2 46. Rxg7+ Qxg7 47.
Qd7 Re2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The World Cup 2009 was one of the most successful tournaments in Malakhov's
career. His outstanding result with the Black pieces in the Chebanenko Slav
contributed enormously to this performance.  Malakhov's idea in the Chebanenko
Slav of not being bothered about getting slightly passive positions proved to
be very effective in Khanty Mansiysk. In their wish to take advantage of the
white pieces his opponents often crossed the line when trying to break through
Black's solid bastions. At those moments Malakhov made full use of his chances,
pointing out the weaknesses in opponent's positions. In the present encounter
Svidler was aiming for a sharp game and had prepared a novelty in order to get
a new and fresh position. The passivity would have led to unpleasant play for
Black, therefore Malakhov reacted in a very active way at an early stage,
which resulted in a highly tense battle which had already started on move 10.
Svidler's determined play led to a strong initiative on the kingside for White.
However, Malakhov kept his cool and in the end it was White who collapsed
under the pressure.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd3 Bg4 {After the exchange of the bishop for the knight White gets an edge,
but in the resulting positions it is generally difficult to make further
progress. In the event of the much more popular 7...Bg7 White can consider 8.
h3, preventing simplifications in a position in which he has a space advantage.
} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 ({Malakhov seems to be fond of the pawn structure arising
after} 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4 {which represents an important alternative for
White.}) 9... Bg7 10. g4 $5 $146 {An interesting and somewhat provocative
novelty. White prepares the optimal arrangement of pieces - Qg3 and f2-f4.} (
10. Qg3 Nbd7 11. f4 e6 12. Bd2 h5 $5 13. O-O h4 14. Qf3 Nh5 15. Ne2 a5 16. e4
f5 17. e5 Bf8 18. Kh2 Be7 19. g4 hxg3+ 20. Nxg3 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 Rh6 22. Rf3 Bh4
23. Qg2 Nf8 24. Be1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Ra7 26. Rg1 Rah7 27. Bf1 Rh4 28. Qd2 Ra7 {
1/2-1/2 Marcelin,C (2481)-Prie,E (2507)/Besancon 2006}) 10... e5 {This
standard advance is the most natural reaction to White's kingside actions. Now
the position becomes very sharp.} (10... Nbd7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. f4 $14) 11. Qg3 (
11. dxe5 $2 Nfd7 $17) 11... Nfd7 ({In the event of} 11... e4 12. Bc2 {White
will decide the moment when to open up the centre with f2-f3.}) 12. Ne2 Qe7 13.
O-O h5 ({Less committal and therefore more cautious is} 13... O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
Bd2 a5 $13) 14. f3 {Ruling out Black's possibility to close the centre with
e5-e4. Now White will himself prepare the advance e3-e4 in order to open the
position quickly, trying to exploit of his lead in development and the bishop
pair.} ({The immediate} 14. a4 b4 15. Bd2 a5 16. e4 {is too early:} dxe4 17.
Bxe4 hxg4 18. hxg4 exd4 {[%csl Re4]} 19. Bg2 (19. Rae1 $2 Qxe4 {[%cal Gh8h1]}
20. f3 Be5 21. Nf4 Qc2 $19) 19... Nxc5 $17) 14... Nf8 {Another standard
manoeuvre in such pawn formations - the knight goes to e6 where it will point
out the weakest point of White's structure: the pawn on d4. On the other hand
Black remains with development problems and the knight retreat helps White to
open the centre quickly.} (14... a5 15. Bd2 Na6 {deserved attention, since the
a5-pawn is not hanging:} 16. Bxa5 $2 Naxc5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga8a5]} 17. Bb4
$140 exd4 18. exd4 Qe3+ $19) 15. a4 $1 {Winning a tempo for development.} b4
16. Bd2 a5 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne6 $1 (18... exd4 19. Bf4 $36 {is much too
dangerous.}) 19. Rae1 h4 ({Another option was} 19... hxg4 $5 {/\ 20...0-0.})
20. Qf2 O-O 21. f4 {Very energetic play by Svidler.} exd4 ({Again Black had a
reasonable alternative:} 21... exf4 22. Bxf4 (22. Bb1 $5 Na6 $1 $13 (22... g5
23. Nxf4 $1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 $44)) 22... Nxc5 $1 23. dxc5 Qxe4 24. Bd6 Na6 25.
Bxf8 Rxf8 {and with a pawn and strong bishop Black has compensation for the
exchange, since White's structure is weak and the king quite exposed.}) 22. f5
{This logical desire to continue active actions without wasting time allows
Black to get counterplay.} ({After} 22. Nc1 {(bringing the knight to d3 or b3)
Black has no time to take the pawn c5 and White's prospects are clearly
preferable.} Nxc5 (22... Qxc5 23. f5 $40) 23. Bxc6) 22... Nxc5 23. Bb1 d3 $1
24. Nc1 (24. Nf4 Qd6 25. Be3 (25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Ba2+ b3 $19) 25... Ne4 26. Qf3
Ng3 27. Rf2 Nd7 28. Nxd3 Rae8 $17) 24... Qd6 25. Ba2 $2 {A blunder, losing
material.} ({It is understandable that Svidler rejected} 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Qxf6
Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qxg4+ 29. Kh2 (29. Kh1 $6 Ne4) 29... Qg3+ 30. Kh1 {
when Black is left with a pleasant choice between forcing a draw, or
continuing to play on with} Nbd7 $15) ({But} 25. Qxh4 $1 {would have kept the
result of the game entirely open. The concrete analysis shows that White is
hardly worse:} Bd4+ (25... g5 $2 26. Bxg5 (26. Qxg5 $6 Qg3+) 26... Bxb2 (26...
d2 $2 27. f6 $18) 27. Nxd3 $1 Nxd3 (27... Bd4+ 28. Kg2 $18) 28. f6 Nd7 (28...
c5 29. Qh6 {with mate}) 29. Rf3 $18) (25... Bf6 26. g5 Qd4+ (26... Bd4+ 27. Be3
(27. Kg2 $5) 27... Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 d2 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qc4+ Kh7
(31... Qf7 $2 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ $18) 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Qc4+ $11) 27. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 28. Kg2 Nbd7 29. Nxd3 Nxd3 30. Bxd3 Ne5 31. Bb1 Bxb2 32. Re2 Nd7 33. Ba2
$14 {favours White to some degree.}) (25... Nbd7 26. fxg6 Qxg6 (26... fxg6 $2
27. Ba2+) 27. Rf5 $36) 26. Kg2 Nbd7 (26... Qd5+ 27. Rf3 Nbd7 28. Ba2 $1 (28.
Nxd3 Nxd3 29. Bxd3 Rae8 $1 $36) 28... b3 (28... Bf6 29. g5 $18) 29. Nxb3 Nxb3
30. Bxb3 Qxb3 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Re7 Nf6 33. Rxf6 ({or even} 33. Qh6 Rf7 34.
Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6] must win}) 33... Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Rf4
$1 (35. Rxe5 Bxe5+ 36. Kg2 Rxf6 $13) 35... Rxf4 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38.
Qh6+ Kf7 39. Bxf4 $18) 27. Ba2 (27. Nxd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Bf6 29. Qg3 Qd5+ $1 30.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Ne5+ $17) 27... Bxb2 {and in this extremely sharp and
complicated position the chances are about equal. One possible fantastic
variation is} 28. Qg5 b3 29. fxg6 bxa2 30. gxf7+ Kh8 31. Rf3 $5 {in order to
prevent the check from d5.} (31. Rf5 {might be even better}) {and if} 31...
a1=Q {then} 32. Re8 $3 {[%cal Gg5g8] An incredible position. Black must look
for escape with an extra queen and knight!} Nf6 (32... Raxe8 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34.
fxe8=Q Rxe8 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Qh7#) 33. Qh6+ Nh7 34. Qxd6 Raxe8 35. fxe8=Q Rxe8
36. Qxc5 $16) 25... Bd4 {Now Black wins by force.} 26. Be3 (26. Re3 Ne4 $19)
26... Ne4 27. Qxh4 (27. Qg2 d2 $19) 27... g5 $1 {Malakhov is precise until the
end.} (27... d2 $2 {would have allowed White to escape after} 28. fxg6 Ng5 (
28... Qxg6 $2 29. Bxd4 $18) (28... Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qxg6 30. Nb3 $36 {[%cal
Ga2b1]}) 29. gxf7+ Nxf7 30. Qg5+ Bg7 31. Bxd2 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 $11)
28. Qh5 d2 29. f6 Qxf6 $1 ({Again it was easy to go wrong:} 29... Bxf6 $2 30.
Bxd2 $1 Nxd2 $2 31. Qg6+ $16) 30. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kg2 dxe1=N+ {The most elegant
solution.} ({White gets mated:} 31... dxe1=N+ 32. Kh2 (32. Rxe1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1
Ng3#) (32. Kh1 Ng3+ 33. Kh2 Nxf1+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Qf2#) 32... Qd2+ 33. Kg1
Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. e3 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bh4 exd4 14. exd4 b6 15.
Bg3 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Bf4 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Bd3 Qd6 20. Ka1 a5 21. Ne5
Ba6 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Rfb8 25. Rc1 Rb5 26. Rc2 Nd7 27. Rc3
Nb6 28. Qc2 Nc4 29. a4 Rb6 30. b3 Rab8 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Nc1 Qxd4 33. Na2 Rb3
34. Rc1 Qb6 35. Rxb3 cxb3 36. Qb2 bxa2 37. Qxb6 Rxb6 38. Kxa2 Kf8 39. Rc5 Ra6
40. Kb3 Ke7 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. f4 Ra7 43. Kd4 f5 44. Re5 Ra8 45. g4 Rf8 46. g5 Rb8
47. Rxa5 Rb4+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rxh3 50. Ra7 Kd5 51. Re7 c5 52. a5 Ra3 53.
Rxh7 Rxa5 54. Rg7 Ra6 55. Rf7 c4 56. Kd2 Ke4 57. Rf6 Ra2+ 58. Kd1 Kxf4 59. Rxg6
c3 60. Rg8 Rg2 61. g6 Kf3 62. g7 f4 63. Kc1 Rg6 64. Kc2 Kg3 65. Kxc3 f3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bg2 Bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. e3 Qc7 15.
e4 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bd3 19. Bf4 Qf5 20. Rxd3 Qxd3 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Qd5 Bd4 24. Kg2 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Qc2 26. Qf3 Nxf2 27.
Rd2 Qf5 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Be3 Rd3 30. Nd5 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 O-O 7. Qe2 Nc5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Be3 dxe5 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Bd5 Rd8 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qh5 c6 17. Bc4 Nxc2 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bxc5 Bxc5
21. Ne4 Be7 22. f4 Ne3 23. f5 Nxd1 24. Qxd1 Qb6+ 25. Kh2 Qe3 26. f6 Bxf6 27.
Bd3 Be7 28. Qb3 g6 29. Qc3 Rd8 30. Qxe5 Bd6 0-1

[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 "2010.12.22"]
[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-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Khanty Mansyisk Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 Qxa2 13. Qd1 O-O 14. O-O Qa3 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Qxb4 17. Rc5 Qa3 18. Qc2 Nfd7 19. Rb1 Nxc5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Bb4 Qa4 22. Qxc5 Nd7 23. Qxc6 Rfc8 24. Qxd7 Kxh7 25. Qxf7 Qa2 26. Rf1 Rc6 27.
Bf8 Rg6 28. Qf5 Qe2 29. Bd6 Qc4 30. Bc5 Qe2 31. Rc1 a5 32. Bb6 Rf8 33. Qxf8 Rf6
34. Qd8 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxe3 36. Rg1 b4 37. Bxa5 b3 38. Qxd5 b2 39. Qa2 Qxd4 40.
Qb1+ g6 41. Qc2 Rf2 42. Qc7+ Kh6 43. Qb6 Qf4 44. Bc3 Rxg2 45. Rxg2 Qf1+ 46. Kh2
b1=Q 47. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Teknik Uni"]
[BlackTeam "Ceyhan Belediye"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Qb3
Kh8 16. Ng5 Ndf6 17. Na4 h6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Be1 Kh7 20. Qb6 Ng5 21. Qxd8 Rxd8
22. Ba5 Rf8 23. Bc7 Ne6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 f4 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Kh2 Ng5 28.
Nd4 Ne6 29. Nb3 Ng5 30. Rc3 fxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rxf1 32. Bxf1 Be6 33. Bg2 Rf8 34.
Nd4 Ng7 35. h4 Ne4 36. Rc1 Bg4 37. Bf3 h5 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. b4 Rg8
41. Rf1 Bxf3+ 42. Rxf3 e6 43. Kh2 Kg6 44. a4 Kf7 45. a5 Ke7 46. Kh3 Kd8 47. Na4
Nd2 48. Rd3 Nc4 49. Nb6 Rg4 50. Nxc4 Rxc4 51. Rb3 Rc2 52. g4 fxg4+ 53. Kg3 Rxe2
54. Kf4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Na4 f6 12. a3 fxe5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 Be4 19. Qb3 Qh4 20. Rf2 Qh3 21. Bd1
Rxf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Bf3 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxf3 25. Rf2 Qxg4+ 26. Kf1 Rf8 27. Re1
Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. O-O c6 8. a4 a5
9. h3 Na6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 e5 12. Rad1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ndc5 14. Bb1 Qb6 15. f4
Qb4 16. f5 Nxa4 17. f6 Bh8 18. Nc2 Qb3 19. Ba2 Qxb2 20. Nxa4 Qxa2 21. Nb6 Be6
22. Ra1 Qb3 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tianjin"]
[BlackTeam "Zhejiang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
O-O d6 9. b3 Nfg4 10. h3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Ne5 12. Qg3 f5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Rad1 Qf7 16. Nd4 h6 17. Be3 Kh7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Qf3 Nc5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21.
Bxc5 dxc5 22. Kh2 c6 23. Na4 Bd4 24. b4 b6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Qxc6 Rac8 27. Qd5
Qxd5 28. cxd5 Rfd8 29. Rf3 Kg6 30. Ra3 Rxd5 31. Rad3 Kh5 32. Nxc5 Rcxc5 33.
Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rc2 35. Ra4 Kh4 36. Ra5 h5 37. a3 Ra2 38. Rxf5 a5 39. Rc5 a4
40. f5 Kg5 41. f6+ Kxf6 42. Rxh5 Rxa3 43. Ra5 Kg6 44. h4 Kh6 45. g3 Ra1 46. Kh3
a3 47. Ra6+ Kh7 48. g4 a2 49. Kh2 Kg7 50. h5 Kh7 51. g5 Kg8 52. Ra7 Kh8 53.
Ra8+ Kh7 54. Ra5 Kg8 55. Ra4 Kh8 56. h6 Rf1 57. Rxa2 Rf5 58. Rg2 Kh7 59. g6+
Kg8 60. Rg3 Rh5+ 61. Rh3 Rg5 62. g7 Kh7 63. Rg3 Rh5+ 64. Kg2 Kg8 65. Rh3 Rg5+
66. Kf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 b4
15. a5 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 bxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. c4 Rfc8 19. f3 e5 20. Rd6 Bc6 21.
Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Ne8 23. Rd2 Nc7 24. Rb1 Ne6 25. Be3 Be8 26. Rb6 Nc5 27. Bxc5
Rxc5 28. Rd5 Rc7 29. Rxe5 f6 30. Ree6 Rac8 31. Rxa6 Bf7 32. Re4 Bxc4 33. Bxc4+
Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Rb6 Ra4 36. a6 h5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Ke6 39. a7 g5 40.
Ke3 f5 41. Rh7 h4 42. Kd3 Ke5 43. g3 hxg3 44. hxg3 g4 45. f4+ Kd5 46. Rd7+ Ke6
47. Rb7 Kd5 48. Kc3 Ra1 49. Re7 Kd6 50. Rb7 Kd5 51. Kb3 Kc5 52. Rf7 Kd4 53. Re7
Kc5 54. Kb2 Ra6 55. Re5+ Kd4 56. Rxf5 Rxa7 57. Rg5 Rb7+ 58. Kc2 Rc7+ 59. Kb3
Rc3+ 60. Kb4 Rxg3 61. Rg8 Ke4 62. Kc4 Rg2 63. Re8+ Kxf4 64. Kd3 Ra2 65. Rf8+
Kg3 66. Ke3 Kg2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 O-O-O 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Be3 Nf6
8. a3 Qf5 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qd7 14.
c3 Bc5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qc4 Bb6 18. b4 h5 19. Nb3 Kb8 20. a4 a6 21.
g3 Nd7 22. Bg2 Ne5 23. Qe4 Rde8 24. Nc5 h4 25. Rfe1 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Re6 27. Qf4
Ka8 28. Re4 Qe7 29. Rd6 f6 30. Red4 h3 31. Be4 Re8 32. Kf1 g6 33. f3 f5 34. Bc2
Ng4 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Qd2 Nxh2+ 37. Kf2 Qe7 38. Rd7 Qxc5+ 39. Qd4 Qa3 40. Qb4
Qxb4 41. cxb4 a5 42. bxa5 Re5 43. a6 bxa6 44. Rh7 Rd5 45. Ke2 Rc5 46. Bd3 Rc3
47. f4 Nf3 48. Bxa6 h2 49. Kf2 Nd4 50. Bf1 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 c5 52. a5 Ra2 53. a6
Nc2+ 54. Kd2 Nb4+ 55. Kc3 Nd5+ 56. Kb3 Rf2 57. Bb5 Nc7 58. Bc6+ Kb8 59. Rxc7
c4+ 60. Kc3 Kxc7 61. a7 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A"]
[Site "Bol"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Rijeka Liburnija"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. a4 b6 10. Nb1 O-O 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Re1 Ne4 16. Nb5 Bb7 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc2 21.
Rb1 Qd5 22. Re2 Rxf3 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. Kf1 Bf6 27.
Be3 e5 28. d5 Kf7 29. Rc1 Rxb2 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31. g4 b5 32. Rb7 b4 33. d6 Rb3 34.
Bb6 Rd3 35. Bxa5 b3 36. d7 e4 37. Kg2 h5 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. d8=Q Bxd8 40. Bxd8
Rxd8 41. Rxb3 Rd2 42. Ra3 Kg4 43. h3+ Kh4 44. Kf1 e3 45. fxe3 Kxh3 46. a5 g5
47. a6 Rd1+ 48. Ke2 Rd8 49. a7 Ra8 50. e4+ Kh2 51. Kf3 Kh3 52. e5 g4+ 53. Kf4+
Kh4 54. Ra6 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A"]
[Site "Bol"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Osijek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Qa5 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qxe6 Qb4 21.
Re2 c4 22. a3 Qa5 23. Qxe7 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. f3 b5 26. Rd1 a5 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Bb6 Ra8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Bf8 31. Bc7 Ra6 32. Rd2 Bh6 33. f4 Kg8
34. g3 Kf7 35. d6 Bg7 36. d7 Bf6 37. d8=Q Bxd8 38. Rxd8 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40.
Be5 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qb3 a5 13. Rfc1 b4 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15.
Rxc6 a4 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Rc2 Na6 18. b3 Qd7 19. Rac1 axb3 20. axb3 Nf6 21. Nf3
Qb7 22. Ne5 h6 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Rc6 Bb8 25. e4 Nc7 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Bxc7 Nf6 28.
exd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bxb8 Qxb8 31. Qf5 Qd8 32. R6c5 g6 33. Qf3 Qg5 34.
Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Rxd5 Ra3 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Rb2 Rb6 38. Kg2 h5 39. Rc5 Kg7 40. Kf3
Ra1 41. Rc4 Rd1 42. Ke2 Rh1 43. h4 f6 44. d5 g5 45. Rd2 Rd6 46. Rxb4 gxh4 47.
Rxh4 Rb1 48. Rd3 Kg6 49. Rc4 Kf5 50. Kf3 Rb2 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Ke3 f5 53. Kd4
Kf6 54. Kc5 Rd8 55. d6 Rc2+ 56. Kd5 Re2 57. Kc6 Rc2+ 58. Rc4 Rxf2 59. Kc7 Ra8
60. d7 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2015.08.21"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.04.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beijing"]
[BlackTeam "Tianjing"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

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. h3 h5 10. Nc3 Ke8 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nf3 Rh8 18. Nd4 a6 19. Bg5 c5 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. c4 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. a4 b6 24. f4 Ke8 25. Kf2 Nc6 26. c3 g6 27.
g4 hxg4 28. h4 Rh7 29. Kg3 Na5 30. Kxg4 Nxc4 31. Bf6 Rd7 32. Kg5 Kf7 33. Kh6 b5
34. axb5 axb5 35. h5 gxh5 36. Rg1 Nb6 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rg1 Nd5 39. f5 Nxf6 40.
exf6 exf5 41. Kg6 Rd3 42. Rg5 h4 43. Rh5 Rg3+ 44. Kxf5 h3 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Rh7+
Kg8 47. Rxc7 h2 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rc7+ Kh8 50. f7 Kg7 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2017.05.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.05.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tremblay en France"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. a4 h6 14. Nh4 dxe4 15.
dxe4 c5 16. Nd2 c4 17. Nb1 Nc5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. Nd5 Qf7
22. Qc3 Nd4 23. Qxc4 Rac8 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. c3 Nb3 27. Rb1 Red8
28. Bf3 Nxc1 29. Rfxc1 Rd2 30. Rd1 Rcd8 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Kf1 a5 33. Be2 f5 34.
Ke1 Rd8 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. exf5 e4 37. Bc4+ Kf6 38. Ke2 Kxf5 39. Rg1 b6 40. Bf7
Rd6 41. Rg4 Be7 42. Bg8 Bg5 43. Bh7+ Kf6 44. h4 Bc1 45. b4 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 axb4
47. cxb4 Ra2 48. Bxe4 Rxa4 49. Bc6 Ra1 50. h5 Bg5+ 51. Kg2 Rc1 52. b5 Rc2 53.
Re4 Rd2 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Rc4 Rd3+ 56. f3 Ke5 57. Re4+ Kf5 58. Bb7 Rc3 59. Bd5
Re3 60. Rc4 Re1 61. Be4+ Ke5 62. Bg6 Rg1+ 63. Kf2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Legacy Square Capital"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Ne5 Qc8 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qa4+
Nfd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bc6 Rb8 11. Qxc4 Bxc6 12. Qxc6 Qb7 13. Qxb7 Rxb7 14. Nc3
b5 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Rfc1 Kd7 17. Ne4 Nc4 18. b3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rb6 20. Nc5+ Bxc5
21. Rxc5 Rhb8 22. Rac1 R8b7 23. e4 Ra6 24. R1c2 Ra3 25. e5 a5 26. R5c3 b4 27.
Rf3 Ke8 28. g4 a4 29. g5 c6 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. Rd3 Kd8 32. Rxc6 Rxa2 33. Rb6 a3
34. Rxb4 Rb2 35. Ra4 a2 36. Rc3 Rc7 37. Rcc4 Kc8 38. Ra7 Rxc4 39. bxc4 Kb8 40.
Ra4 Kc7 41. Kf3 Kc6 42. h4 h5 43. gxh6 gxh6 44. e4 Rc2 45. Ke3 Rh2 46. h5 Rh3+
47. Kf4 Rh4+ 48. Kf3 Rh2 49. d5+ Kc5 50. d6 Kc6 51. Ke3 Kc5 52. d7 Rh3+ 53. Kd2
Rh2+ 54. Kc3 Rh3+ 55. Kb2 Rh2+ 56. Ka1 Rd2 57. Ra5+ Kb4 58. Rd5 exd5 59. d8=Q
d4 60. c5 d3 61. c6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5
e6 9. f3 Bb4 10. e4 Bxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe4 12. Bd2 Qxd4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 14. Qe2
Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Qd5+ 16. Kc3 O-O 17. Qe3 b5 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. axb5
cxb5 21. Bf3 Rac8 22. Rxa7 b4+ 23. Kc2 Qb5 24. Kb1 g6 25. h4 c3 26. h5 cxb2 27.
Kxb2 Rc3 28. Qd4 Rd3 29. Be2 Qxh5 30. Qxd3 Qxh1 31. Bf3 Qe1 32. Qd4 e5 33. Re7
Rc8 34. Bd1 Qg3 35. Qxb4 Qxg2+ 36. Ka3 Ra8+ 37. Ba4 Qf2 38. Rb7 Kg7 39. Qe4
Qc5+ 40. Kb2 Qf2+ 41. Ka3 Qc5+ 42. Kb2 Rc8 43. Rb5 Qc3+ 44. Ka2 Rc4 45. Qa8 Qd4
46. Kb3 Rc1 0-1

