[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 {
A somewhat surprising choice from Kramnik's second. Peter has never played
this move before. Possibly his choice is also based on the fact that St.
Petersburg Grandmaster has never won a single tournament game against
Sveshnikov Sicilian (according to MEGA 2005 database) and he just wanted to
try new type of positions. However, it will turn out that this was an
unispired decision.} Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {The most popular move, traditionally
considered the best by the theory. But these days E.Sveshnikov himself
considers the alternative 8...Ne7 to be at least not worse.} 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3
Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Bg5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. b4 a5 (15... b6 {is a
reasonable alternative (without taking on c1 first).}) 16. a3 axb4 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qe3 20. Be2 {This variation gained some popularity
after Leko's win against Krasenkow in 2002. Later black players found ways to
achieve the draw in a slightly worse endgame. Kramnik himself played such an
endgame in 2003 versus Leko and achieved an easy draw. My impression is that
the value of 20.Be2 was overestimated, partially because both Leko and
Krasenkow considered it to be a very strong move.} Nb8 {Filippov's
continuation is more ambitious than 20...b5.} (20... e4 21. Qc1 $1 $14 {
/+/- 1-0 Leko,P-Krasenkow,M/Essen 2002 (41)}) ({Svidler must have found an
improvement somwhere after 20...b5. Here is the game between Leko and Kramnik
in this variation:} 20... b5 21. Qc1 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 bxc4 23. Nb5 Bb7 24. Nxd6
Bxd5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 e4 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Kg1 e3 29. Re4 Nf6 30. Rxe3
Rd8 31. Re6 Rb8 32. Re7 Rxb4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 2003}) 21.
Qb2 $146 {This novelty hardly changes anything. White is unable to make
progress on the queenside anyway. Svidler soon reaches a very similar position
from Belozerov-Filippov, with an additional possibility to play Nc3-d1 at some
point, but as the game proved, that was a very doubtful achievement.} (21. Qc1
Qb6 22. Qa3 (22. Nb5 Na6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. c5 Qd8 25. Qc3 Qh4 26. f4 exf4 27.
b5 Qe7 $19 {0-1 Salgado Lopez,I-Khairullin,I/Heraklio 2004 (43)}) 22... Na6 23.
Rb1 Qf2 24. Qb2 Bd7 {Compare this position to the one after move 22...Bd7 from
the main game.} 25. Bf1 (25. Nd1 $4 Qe1+) 25... Qd4 $15 {0-1 Belozerov,
A-Filippov,V/Tomsk 2004 (35)}) 21... Na6 22. Rb1 (22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Nd1 Qd4 (
23... Qb6 24. b5 Nc5 {is also completely okay for Black.}) 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. b5
Nc5 26. Kg1 Re8 27. Kf2 $13) (22. c5 $2 {just loses a pawn:} dxc5 23. Bxa6 bxa6
24. bxc5 Qxc5 $19) 22... Bd7 {In Belozerov-Filippov black queen was on f2 and
White could not play Nd1 because of the mate on e1.} 23. Nd1 Qd4 ({I don't see
any clear advantages of having the knight on d1 after, say} 23... Qb6) 24. Qxd4
exd4 25. Kg1 ({No time for} 25. c5 {due to} Re8 $19 ({but not} 25... dxc5 $2
26. Bxa6 bxa6 27. bxc5 $36)) 25... Rb8 $1 {An amazing prophylactic move
against the advance c4-c5. At the same time Black wants to play ...b5.} (25...
Re8 26. Kf2 (26. Kf1)) (25... Rc8 26. Nf2 $13) (25... Kf7 $6 26. c5 dxc5 27.
Bxa6 bxa6 28. bxc5 $16) 26. b5 (26. Nf2 b5 27. cxb5 Bxb5 28. Bd3 g6 $15 (28...
Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Rb5 30. Rc1 $13 Kf7)) (26. c5 $2 dxc5 27. Bxa6 bxa6 $19 {and the
b-pawn is pinned.}) 26... Nc5 $15 27. Nf2 {Svidler wants to attack the pawn d4,
but Black has a very nice idea to counter that.} (27. Ra1 $142 {at least
preventing Black from taking control of the a-file.}) 27... Ra8 $1 28. Rd1 Ra4
$1 29. Nh3 (29. Rxd4 Bxb5 $17) 29... h6 $1 {White has troubles to find any
good moves.} (29... d3 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxc4 32. b6 Rb4 33. Rc3 $132) 30.
Rxd4 (30. Nf4 g5 $17) 30... Bxb5 31. g4 {This looks like a sort of desperation.
Black has considerable positional advantage thanks to his better pieces.} Bd7
$17 32. Rd2 (32. Nf2 b5 {is no fun either.}) 32... fxg4 33. fxg4 Nb3 34. Rb2
Nd4 35. Bf1 (35. Bd1 Ra1 36. Nf2 Ba4 37. Kg2 Bxd1 38. Rd2 Bf3+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40.
Kf4 Bxg4 $17) 35... Bxg4 36. Nf2 Bf3 37. Nh3 Bg4 38. Nf2 Bf3 39. Nh3 g5 $17 {
/-+} 40. Kf2 Bg4 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Bg2 Rd1+ 44. Kc3 Rc1+ 45. Kd3 Re1
46. Nf2 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Re2+ 48. Kc3 Rxb2 49. Kxb2 Ne3 50. Kc3 Bf5 ({also
possible is} 50... Bd7 {or 50...Bc8.}) 51. Be4 Bd7 (51... Kf7 $5) (51... Bxe4
52. Nxe4 Nf5 53. c5 dxc5 54. Kc4 Kf7 55. Kxc5 $132) 52. Kd4 Nf5+ 53. Bxf5 Bxf5
54. c5 dxc5+ 55. Kxc5 Kf7 56. Kb6 (56. Kd6 h5 57. Kc7 b5 58. d6 b4 59. Ne4 g4
60. Ng3 Be6 61. Ne4 Kf8 $19) 56... Ke7 57. Kc7 (57. Kxb7 Kd6 $19) 57... b5 $19
58. d6+ Ke8 59. Nd3 (59. Ne4 b4 60. Nf6+ Kf7 61. Ne4 b3 62. d7 Bxd7 63. Kxd7 b2
64. Nc3 g4 65. Kd6 Kf6 (65... h5 $4 66. Ke5 h4 67. Kf4 g3 68. hxg3 h3 69. Kf3
$11) 66. Kd5 Kf5 67. Kd4 Kf4 68. Kd3 Kf3 69. Kd2 h5 70. Ke1 Kg2 $19) 59... h5
60. Ne1 g4 61. Ng2 b4 62. Ne3 Be6 63. Nc2 h4 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 {Diese Variante ist
heutzutage wieder populär. Früher spielte man 5...Qc7, aber in diesem Fall ist
6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 0-0-0 eine gefährliche Variante.} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 {Dieser Zug ist sehr prophylaktisch - Schwarz entscheidet noch nicht,
wie er seine Leichtfiguren am Königsflügel entwickeln wird. Der Nachteil des
Zuges liegt in den schwarzen Entwicklungsproblemen. Meiner Meinung nach ist
die Alternative 8...Nf6!? sicherer.} (8... Nf6 $5) 9. f4 (9. Re1 $5 Bb7 10. Qf3
Bd6 11. e5 $1 $14 (11. h4 Nf6 12. h5 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Rublevsky,S/Poikovsky
2005/CBM 106 (12)}) 11... Bf8 (11... Bxe5 12. Qh5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 $44) 12. Ne2
Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. c4 Bg7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Svidler,P/
Dortmund 2005/CBM 108(40)}) (9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e5 h6 12. Bh4 Nd7 13.
Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Rae1 c5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Nd1 Nb6 17. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,
Z-Volokitin,A/SF Katernberg - Werder Bremen 2005 (40)}) 9... Nf6 10. Kh1 Be7 (
10... Bb7 $5) 11. Qf3 (11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 c5 (12... Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. c4
$14) 13. c4 d4 14. Be4 $1 Bb7 15. Qf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 (16... O-O 17. b3 {
1-0 Medvegy,Z-Kragelj,I/Salgótarján 2003/(47)}) 17. b3 Qc6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bd2
f5 20. exf6 (20. Nb2 Kh8 {/\ Rg8, g5}) 20... Bxf6 21. Rae1 e5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23.
Kg1 $1 {1-0 Adams,M-Timman,J/Dortmund 1999/[45)}) 11... Bb7 (11... O-O 12. Bd2
Bb7 13. Qh3 $14) 12. f5 {Dieser Zug ist viel gefährlicher für Schwarz, als die
Alternative 12.e5 Nd7.} e5 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 $40) (12... d4 $5 13. Nb1 exf5
14. Qxf5 Qc8 $14) 13. Qg3 d4 (13... g6 14. Bg5 $16) 14. Nb1 {[%csl Yc4][%cal
Gb1d2,Gd2c4] Der Springer geht zurück, um das Feld c4 zu okkupieren.} c5 15.
Nd2 h5 $5 $13 {[%cal Gh5h4][%mdl 4] Schwarz versucht Gegenspiel am
Königsflügel zu erlangen. Dieser Zug scheint mir besser, als die passive
Alternative 15...0-0.} (15... O-O 16. Nc4 (16. b3 $14) 16... Rfe8 (16... Kh8
17. Re1 Nd7 18. Bd2 a5 19. a4 {1-0 Adams,M-Suetin,A/Hastings 1991/(32)}) 17.
Bh6 Bf8 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Rf3 Bc6 21. b3 Qd8 22. a4 {1-0 Schmaltz,
R-Raupp,T/Ladenburg BM 1992/GER 04 (35)}) 16. Qe1 h4 17. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4] Der
weiße Springer steht stark auf c4.} h3 18. g3 Bc6 {[%cal Gc7b7,Gb7h1] Die
schwarze Drohung ist jetzt 19...Qb7.} 19. Kg1 (19. a4 $2 Qb7 20. Nxe5 Bxe4+ 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Kg1 O-O $17) 19... Bb5 (19... Qb7 $5 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nxc6 Qxc6)
20. Qe2 Nd7 (20... O-O) 21. a4 Bxc4 $6 (21... Bc6 $13) 22. Bxc4 $14 a5 23. Bd2
Nb6 24. Bb5+ Kf8 25. c3 $1 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c7] Mit diesem Zug möchte Weiß die
Stellung am Damenflügel öffnen. Schwarz hat kein Gegenspiel.} Qd8 (25... c4 26.
cxd4 exd4 27. Rac1 $16) 26. cxd4 cxd4 (26... exd4 27. e5 $16) 27. Rac1 $16 {
[%csl Gb5,Gd2][%cal Gc1c6] Weiß hat ausgezeichnetes Figurenspiel, das
Läuferpaar und sein Turm auf c1 steht ebenfals stark.} Bg5 28. Rc6 $1 (28. f6
Bxf6 29. Bc6 Ra7 30. Qb5 $16) 28... Nc8 (28... Bxd2 29. Qxd2 $16) 29. Bxg5 Qxg5
30. f6 $40 {Weiß verfügt über einen starken Angriff.} Rh6 31. Rf5 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3
dxe3 33. fxg7+ $2 (33. Rxe5 $1 {Es droht 34.Re8+ Kxe8 35.Rxc8#.} Rxf6 (33...
gxf6 34. Re8+ $18) 34. Ra6 {[%cal Re5e8,Re8f8]} (34. Re8+ Kxe8 35. Rxc8+ $18)
34... Na7 35. Rxa7 $18) 33... Kxg7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxh6 $16 {Nach den
Vereinfachungen hat Weiß "nur" einen Bauern mehr, aber seine Figuren stehen
sehr aktiv, während die schwarzen Bauern schwach sind.} Ne7 36. Rxh3 Rd8 37.
Kf1 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd4 (37... Rd2 38. Rh7+ Kf6 39. h4 $16) 38. Rh7+ (38. Rh4)
38... Kf6 39. Rh6+ Kf7 40. Rh4 Ng6 41. Rh7+ Kf6 42. Ra7 Nf8 (42... Rxe4 $2 43.
Ra6+ Kf7 44. Rxg6 Kxg6 45. Bd3 $18) 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Ke2 Rxe4 45. Bc6 (45. Rxa5
Ne6 46. Bd3 Nd4+ 47. Ke1 Nf3+ 48. Kd1 Rb4 49. Be2 e4 (49... Nxh2 50. Kc2 $18)
50. Kc2) 45... Rb4 46. Kxe3 Ne6 47. Bd5 Nc5 (47... Nd4 48. Ke4 $18) 48. Rc6
Nxa4 49. b3 Nb6 50. Be6 {[%csl Gc6,Ge6]} Nd7 (50... a4 51. bxa4 Nxa4 52. h4 $18
) 51. Bc4 a4 52. bxa4 Rxa4 53. Ke4 Ra5 (53... Nb8 54. Rc8 Nd7 55. Kf5 $18) 54.
Kf5 $18 {Die weißen verbundenen Freibauern sind sehr stark.} Ra3 55. Bd5 Rd3
56. Re6+ Kf7 57. Bc6 (57. Rxe5+ $2 Kf8 $11) 57... Rd2 58. Bxd7 Rxd7 59. Rxe5 {
Das Turmendspiel ist mit zwei verbundene Bauern leicht gewonnen.} Rd3 60. Ra5
Rf3+ 61. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2
Nxe5 (8... c5 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 d4 12. Qe2+ Kf8 13. Nd5 $16 {
1-0 Smagin,S-Antoshin,V/Moscow 1982/MCD (41)}) 9. Qe2 (9. Nxd5 Bd6 (9... O-O $5
) 10. Nb5 c6 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6+ Kxd6 14. Ne4+ Kc7 15. Bf4 f6
16. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Ivanisevic,I-Tratar,M/Ljubljana op 2004 (46)}) 9... Nec6 (
9... Nbc6 $5 10. Nxc6 (10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. f4 $44) 10...
Nxc6 11. Nxd5 O-O (11... Bh3 $5 12. Nf6+ gxf6 13. Bxh3 Qd5 14. O-O Nd4 15. Qd3
Nf3+ 16. Kh1 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Nd4 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Rfe1 $16) (11... Be6 12. Nf4 Nd4
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qd1 $16) 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 (12... Nxe7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Rd1 Qe8
15. Bf4 $16) 13. Qxe7 Nxe7 14. Bf4 $14) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4+
(12... Bg5 13. f4 c6 (13... Re8 $5 14. Be3 Be7 15. O-O-O $36) 14. O-O (14.
O-O-O $5 cxd5 15. fxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rxd5 Nc6 18. Re1 $14) 14... cxd5
15. fxg5 Nc6 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Qf2 (17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rad1 $14) 17... Be6 18. h4
Qa5 19. c3 $14 {1-0 Vesselovsky,S-Novak,I/Tatranska Lomnica 1997/EXT 99 (56)})
(12... Bd6 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bc3 Bf5 15. Qb5 Qc8 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Qd3 Be6 18.
Be4 f5 19. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Abeln,M/Saint Vincent ITA 2005/(38)}) 13. Nxb4
Qxd4 14. c3 Qc5 (14... Qd8 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Palac,M-Stevic,H/
Zagreb 2004/CBM 105/[Huzman] (36)}) 15. Nd5 {I already commented this opening
line for CBM. To my opinion White has a clear advantage due to the active
position of his pieces.} (15. O-O-O c6 16. Rhe1 Be6 $14) 15... Be6 16. b4 Qd6
17. Rd1 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 {The Bd5 will dominate over the Nb8 now.} Qb6 19. O-O a5
(19... c6 20. Bb3 a5 21. Qe7 $16) 20. Rfe1 ({White could win a pawn by} 20.
bxa5 $5 Qxa5 (20... Rxa5 21. Qe7 $16) 21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Qe7 c6 23. Rfe1 $16)
20... c6 21. Bb3 axb4 22. Qe7 {[%mdl 132] White starts to attack using his
development advantage and full control over files "d" and "e".} (22. Qf3 Qc7
23. cxb4 Na6 24. Re4 $36) 22... Na6 23. Re5 (23. Rd7 $1 Nc5 (23... bxc3) 24.
Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Rd4 $1 bxc3 26. Rh4 Qd8 27. Rxh7+ $1 (27. Bg6 Qxe7 28. Rxh7+ Kg8
29. Rxe7 Rf6 30. Rexg7+ Kf8 31. Bb1 $16) 27... Kxh7 28. Re5 Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qd1+
30. Kg2 Kh6 31. h3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg3g4]}) 23... bxc3 24. Rd7 Qb4 (
24... Kh8 $5 25. Rh5 Qb4 26. Qe2 $40) 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qg5 h6 (26... Qb2 27.
Qh5 h6 (27... Qb1+ 28. Kg2 b5 29. Bb3 $18) 28. Rd6 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Rad8 30. Rxd8
Rxd8 31. Bb3 Nc7 32. Qg6 $18) 27. Qg6 Qb2 $2 (27... c2 28. Qxc2 Rad8 29. Rde7
$36) 28. Rh5 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. Rd1 $18 Qc2 31. Rxh6+ gxh6 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33.
Rd7 1-0

[Event "Taiyuan schev"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2006.07.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.07.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Nh4 Nbd7 13. Rad1 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
Ng6 Rfe8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Rxd6 Qb5 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7
21. Nb6 Rdd8 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Bd2 Nd6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bxb4 Nxe4 26. a3 Rc8
27. Re1 Nf6 28. Re2 e4 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Bc3 Nd5 31. Bd4 b4 32. axb4 Nxb4 33. Bc3
Na2 34. Re3 Kg6 35. Ke1 Kf5 36. Kd1 Rd8+ 37. Bd2 Nb4 38. Rc3 Nd5 39. Rc5 Ke5
40. Ke2 g5 41. g3 Kd6 42. Rc4 Rb8 43. b3 Ke5 44. Ra4 Kf5 45. h3 h5 46. Ra5 Kg6
47. c4 e3 48. fxe3 Nf6 49. b4 Ne4 50. Be1 Nd6 51. c5 Nc4 52. Ra6 Kf5 53. Bc3
Rd8 54. c6 Ke4 55. c7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 e6 7. Bb5+ Nfd7 8.
Qf3 f6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Be3 Ke8 13. O-O-O e5 14. Qe4
Kf7 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. Qxc5 Qd7 18. d4 Rhc8 19. Qb5 exd4 20. Qxd7+
Bxd7 21. Ne4 Rc7 22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. f3 Re7 25. Rhd1 Re2 26. R4d2
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Ke7 28. Nc4 b6 29. b3 h5 30. a4 h4 31. h3 g5 32. Re2+ Kd7 33. Kd2
Bd5 34. Ne3 Be6 35. c4 Rc8 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. Kd4 f5 38. Nd1 g4 39. Nc3 Bd7 40.
fxg4 fxg4 41. hxg4 Bxg4 42. Rf2 Rg8 43. Rf7 Bc8 44. Ne4+ Ke6 45. Rc7 a6 46. b4
Rd8+ 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Re7+ Kf5 49. Rh7 Kg4 50. Rg7+ Kh5 51. Nf6+ Kh6 52. Rc7 Bf5
53. Kf4 Bc2 54. Rc6 Bxa4 55. Rxb6 Rd4+ 56. Ne4+ Kg7 57. Ke5 Rxc4 58. Nd6 Rg4
59. Nf5+ Kh7 60. Rh6+ Kg8 61. Kf6 Rf4 62. Rxh4 Rf2 63. g4 Bc2 64. Ke5 Re2+ 65.
Kf6 Rf2 66. Kg5 Kf7 67. Rh7+ Kg8 68. Rd7 Ba4 69. Ra7 Bb5 70. Kg6 Be8+ 71. Kf6
1-0

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4
15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Bb5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. b3 Kh8 21.
g3 Bg4 22. O-O Bf3 23. Rfe1 Qc8 24. Bd7 Qb7 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 f5 27. Qc6 Bd2
28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Bc6 Rbb8 30. Reb1 Bxe4 31. Rb3 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxb4 33. Rxb4
Bxb4 34. h5 g6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 Kg7 38. f3 Kf6 39. Bd5 e4
40. fxe4 Ke5 41. Bf7 fxe4 42. Bxg6 d5 43. Kf2 d4 44. g4 d3 45. g5 Be7 46. Ke1
Bxg5 47. Kd1 Kd4 48. Bh5 e3 49. Bf3 Be7 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[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 "Cheboksary Elara"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 Rc8 13. Re1 c5 14. Nb3 Nbc4 15. f4
Qb6 16. e5 Nxb2 17. Bxb2 c4+ 18. Kh1 cxb3 19. axb3 Nxb3 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Ba1 Qa6
22. Bf1 Qa5 23. Qd4 a6 24. Bb2 Bf5 25. Ra1 Nb3 26. Rxa5 Nxd4 27. Bg2 Red8 28.
Ra4 Nb3 29. Re3 Nd2 30. Ba1 Nb3 31. Bb2 Nd2 32. Ba1 h5 33. h3 Nb3 34. Bb2 Nd2
35. Re2 Nc4 36. Ba1 Bd3 37. Re1 b5 38. Rxa6 b4 39. Nd1 Ne3 40. Ra5 0-1

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Rac1 {The set up
chosen by White is well known. Despite the harmony and good cooperation of his
forces he finds it difficult to aspire for an advantage against the flexible
defense of the opponent.} Rfe8 14. Kh1 Bf8 15. f4 g6 (15... e5 16. fxe5 Qxe5
17. Nf5 Nxe4 18. Qf3 Nef6 19. Rb1 g6 20. Nd5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Bxf6 $14)
16. e5 $6 {Timofeev seemes to have failed in preventing his opponent realizing
his positional dream of advancing the e pawn.} dxe5 (16... Nh5 17. Nf3 Nxf4 18.
Qd2 Nh5 19. g4 Ng7 20. exd6 f5 $13) 17. fxe5 Qxe5 $5 (17... Nh5 18. g4 Ng7 (
18... Bh6 19. gxh5 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxe5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Ne4 $16)
19. Ne4 $16) 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxf6 Nd3 20. Rb1 (20. Rcf1 Bg7 21. Ba3 Red8 22.
Nde2 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rc2 26. Nec3 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Rdd2 28.
h3 Nd3 $17) 20... Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Bg7 22. Ne4 {Ni Hua has begun to understand
the depth of the enemy's piece sacrifice and offered a draw. Black has bravely
turned him down, since his ambitions were already aiming much higher.} (22.
Rbf2 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 b5 $17) (22. Rbf2 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 b5 $17) 22... Red8 23. Rd2
b5 24. Nf3 (24. c5 Bxf6 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nd7 (26. Ne4 e5 27. Nf3 Rxd2 28.
Nexd2 Rxc5 $19) 26... Rc7 27. c6 Rdxd7 28. Nxe6+ Kh6 (28... Kf6 29. Rxd7 Rxc6
30. Rxf7+ Kxe6 31. Rf1 Rc2 $17) 29. Rxd7 Rxc6 30. Kg1 fxe6 $17) 24... bxc4 25.
bxc4 (25. Rf4 Rxd2 26. Nfxd2 c3 $19) 25... Rxd2 26. Nfxd2 Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kg7
28. Nfe4 {[%mdl 1024] The two knights without squares of support are a clumsy
pair in the battle against the rook. On top of all the other problems the
white king is far away from the center and the c4 pawn is weak.} (28. Nde4 Rxc4
29. g4 Ra4 $19) 28... f5 (28... Rd8 29. c5 Rd3 30. c6 Re3 31. g4 Re1+ 32. Kg2
Rc1 $17) 29. Nc3 (29. Ng5 e5 30. g3 h6 31. Nh3 Rc5 32. Kg2 Ra5 $19) 29... Rd8
30. Ncb1 (30. Ndb1 Rd4 31. Na3 Kf6 $17) 30... e5 31. Kg1 e4 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Ke2
Ke5 34. Nb3 g5 35. Nc3 (35. N1d2 Rd3 36. g3 Rc3 $17) 35... h5 {The Black
pieces are so domineering, that White finds it difficult to arrange sufficient
defense against the advance of the pawns.} 36. Nd5 f4 37. Nb6 (37. Nd2 Rd6 (
37... Kd4 38. Nc7 Rd6 39. c5 Rc6 40. Nb3+ Ke5 41. Na8 $15) 38. a3 (38. Nc3 Rd3
39. Ndxe4 Re3+ 40. Kf2 Rxe4 41. Nxe4 Kxe4 $19) 38... Kd4 39. Ne7 Rb6 $17) 37...
h4 38. h3 (38. c5 g4 39. Nc4+ Kd5 40. Nb6+ Kc6 $17) 38... Rd3 39. c5 Re3+ 40.
Kf2 (40. Kd2 Rg3 $19) 40... Rc3 41. Na5 (41. Nd7+ Ke6 42. Nb6 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Rxa2
$19) 41... Rc2+ 42. Kf1 f3 $1 {The knights are far away from the kingside, the
white king is completely helpless.} 43. gxf3 exf3 44. c6 g4 $1 45. c7 (45. hxg4
h3 46. Kg1 Kf4 47. Nb3 Kg3 $19) 45... Rxc7 46. Nac4+ Kd4 47. hxg4 h3 48. Nd2 (
48. Kg1 Kd3 49. Ne5+ Ke2 $19) 48... Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rfc8 12. Qd2 Qh5 13. Nde2 Qa5 14. Rad1 Be8
15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf4 e5 18. Nfe2 b5 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qe3 Rab8 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Ne7 23. Bb3 Qb6 24. Qf3 b4 25. Ng3 Qc7 26. Qg4 Qc8 27. Qh4
Ng8 28. Rd3 Bb5 29. Nh5+ Kh8 30. Rg3 Rd7 31. c4 Bxc4 32. Nf6 Qd8 33. Bxc4 Qxf6
34. Qg4 Rbb7 35. Qd1 Kg7 36. Qa4 Qd8 37. Bd5 Rb8 38. Rb3 a5 39. Rd1 Nf6 40.
Rbd3 Qb6 41. Bc6 Rdd8 42. Bd5 Rbc8 43. a3 Rc5 44. axb4 axb4 45. Qb3 Rd7 46. Rf3
Qb5 47. Rxf6 Kxf6 48. Bxf7 Rxf7 49. Rxd6+ Kg7 50. Qe6 Rc1+ 51. Kh2 Qc5 52.
Qxg6+ Kf8 53. Qxh6+ Ke7 54. Qe6+ Kf8 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "2007.11.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 {Going back to the 19th century! Nowadays,
4.d3 is more popular, replacing the previous main line 4.Nc3.} Nxd4 $6 {
This move hasn't yet appeared at a high level, therefore doesn't have a good
reputation.} ({The main and old line continues with} 4... fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6.
dxe5 c6 {and here White can sacrifice a piece by} 7. Nc3 $5 {which leads to
immense complications.} (7. Bc4 {is a quieter possibility.})) 5. Nxd4 exd4 6.
O-O c6 (6... fxe4 $4 {loses right away to} 7. Qh5+) 7. Bc4 {An obvious move.
However, if White has ambitions to punish his opponent for not developing
pieces at all, his play has to be more tempting and attacking.} ({A piece
sacrifice seems to yield White a promising attack:} 7. exf5 $1 cxb5 8. Qh5+ Ke7
9. Na3 (9. Bf4 $6 d6 10. Re1+ Kd7 11. Qf7+ Be7 12. Qxg7 Nf6 $13) 9... Nf6 (9...
a6 10. Re1+ Kd6 11. Bf4+ Kc5 12. Re8 Nf6 13. b4+ Kxb4 14. Rb1+ Kc5 15. Qe2 Qxe8
(15... Qb6 16. c4 $1 $18) {[%tqu "En","Can Black's king escape?","","","b1b5",
"",5]} 16. Rxb5+ $1 axb5 17. Qxb5#) 10. Re1+ Kd6 11. Nxb5+ Kc6 12. Nxd4+ Kc7
13. Bf4+ d6 14. Qf3 $40) 7... Nf6 {Now Black gets a fairly reasonable position.
} 8. e5 Ne4 (8... d5 9. exf6 dxc4 10. Re1+ Kf7 11. Bg5 g6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4
Qd5 $13 (13... g5 $4 14. Qh5+ Kxf6 15. Bxg5+ hxg5 16. Qxh8+ $18)) 9. f3 $6 (9.
Nd2 d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Bb3 Qf6 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Nf3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Ne4) 9...
Nc5 10. Qxd4 b5 $1 11. Bd3 d5 {Now it's clear that Black has solved his
opening problems.} 12. Qf2 ({Black is just fine after} 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Re1+
Kf7) 12... Qb6 ({I would seriously consider a move like} 12... g6 {,
protecting Pf5 and intending to place the knight on a perfect blockading
square e6.}) 13. Re1 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Be6 (15... c5 $2 16. Nc3 $16
{[%csl Rb5,Rd5]}) 16. d4 c5 17. Nc3 a6 18. b3 Rc8 (18... cxd4 19. Ne2 Bc5 20.
Bb2 d3+ 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Red1 Bxd4+ 23. Bxd4 Rc2+ 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Rxd3 Rhc8 $11)
19. Ne2 c4 20. Bd2 b4 $6 {This move reflects Black's ambition to win this game.
Basically, Black could just keep his pawn structure as it is, playing simply
Kf7, Be7 and so on. In that case, White would probably close the queenside by
b3-b4 which will lead to a draw. Considering what happened later, it is easy
to recommend to Zvjaginsev to be content with equality as Black, and to try to
win with White on the next day (in the event the K.O. system applied).} 21. a3
$1 {This move was probably underestimated by Vadim Zvjaginsev. Opening the
a-file is in White's favour.} c3 (21... bxa3 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Reb1 {The Pa3
will fall anyway after Bd2-c1. Meanwhile, Black's weaknesses Pa6 and Pd5 will
become very apparent.}) 22. Bc1 c2 (22... a5 23. axb4 Bxb4 (23... axb4 24. Nf4
Rc6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Ra5 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. Ba3 {After the
exchange of dark-squared bishops, white's knight will dominate black's passive
bishop.}) 23. axb4 Bxb4 {[%tqu "En","White's rook is attacked. What would you
suggest?","","","a1a6","This exchange sacrifice is just as simple as it is
strong. In compensation for the exchange White will have a pawn, control over
the dark squares and good interaction between all his pieces.",10]} 24. Rxa6 $1
{This exchange sacrifice is just as simple as it is strong. In compensation
for the exchange White will have a pawn, control over the dark squares and
good interaction between all his pieces.} Bxe1+ 25. Kxe1 {Black's passed Pc2
is blocked, soon will be surrounded and captured. Meanwhile, Black has few
chances for counterplay since his pieces are very passive.} Bd7 26. Nf4 O-O {
Sacrificing Pd5 in order to open some lines and diagonals is Black's only
chance to achieve any counterplay.} (26... Bc6 27. Kd2 $16) 27. Nxd5 Rb8 $6 {
It was more logical to employ the other rook.} (27... Rfe8 28. Rd6 (28. Rb6 {
Defending the Pb3.} Be6 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. d5 $2 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxe5+ 32. Ne3 f4
$19 {Here we see the point of 27...Rfe8.}) 28... Be6 29. Kd2 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Re6
{[%csl Rg2,Rh2][%cal Ge6g6,Ge6h6] and Black is still in the game, as the Pc2
is still alive.}) 28. Rd6 Rfd8 29. Ne3 f4 (29... Rxb3 $2 30. e6 Rxe3+ 31. Bxe3
Re8 32. d5 $18) 30. Nc4 Bf5 (30... Rxb3 31. e6 Re8 32. Rxd7 Rd3 33. d5 Rd1+ 34.
Ke2 Rxc1 35. Kd2 Rg1 36. Kxc2 Rxg2+ 37. Kd3 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6]}) 31. Kd2 Rxd6
32. Nxd6 Be6 33. Kxc2 Rb4 $2 (33... Bxb3+ 34. Kc3 g5 35. Ne4 h6 36. h4 {
also bad for Black, but still was more stubborn.}) 34. Nc4 $1 {This way White
keeps all his extra pawns.} g5 (34... Bxc4 35. Kc3 Rxb3+ 36. Kxc4 Rb1 37. Bxf4
$18) 35. Kc3 Rb8 36. g3 $2 {I guess, a time-trouble mistake. This move could
spoil all White's previous efforts.} g4 $2 {Missing the chance.} (36... fxg3
37. hxg3 Rf8 38. f4 gxf4 (38... h5 {also possible.}) 39. Bxf4 h5 $44 {[%csl
Gh5][%cal Gh5h4]}) 37. fxg4 f3 38. Be3 Kf7 39. Nd2 Bd5 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. h3 Rf8
42. Bf2 {The Pf3 is safely blocked. The rest is a matter of technique.} Rb8 43.
Be3 Rf8 44. Bf2 {Gaining time on the clock.} Rb8 45. g5 Kf5 46. Be3 {Covering
the f4 square.} Kg6 47. g4 Rf8 48. h4 Rb8 (48... f2 49. Ke2 $18) 49. h5+ Kg7
50. Bf2 Kf7 51. Bh4 Ke6 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. Kf4 Kg7 54. Bf2 Ra8 55. Be3 Ra1 56. b4
{White has so many passed pawns, so one of them will definitely achieve a
promotion.} Re1 57. b5 Rd1 58. Ne4 Rf1 59. b6 Ba8 60. e6 Rb1 61. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 Rb8 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bc1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. a4 Nc4 18. Qb4 Qb7 19. a5 Bf6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5
Qxd5 22. Red1 Qc6 23. b3 Bg4 24. bxc4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Bxc4
Rb4 28. Bb3 h6 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. g3 Rc6 31. Nh4 Rd4 32. Ra1 Rb4 33. Nf5 Kf8 34.
Rd1 g6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Nxd6 f5 37. Bd5 Ke7 38. Nb7 Kd7 39. c4 Kc7 40. Nc5 Kd6
41. Nxa6 Ra4 42. Kf1 Rxa5 43. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-A 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Be7 16. Ne3 g6 17. Nh2 Nc6 18. Bb3 Nh7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Neg4 Kg7 21. Qd2 Ng8
22. Ne3 Ngf6 23. Rad1 h5 24. Nf3 Bc8 25. Nf1 Ra7 26. Bc2 d5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28.
Bb3 Qd6 29. d4 exd4 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. cxd4 c4 32. Bc2 Nhf6 33. Ne5 Re7 34. Qg5
Nh7 35. Qg3 Qf6 36. Ne3 h4 37. Qh2 Qd6 38. Qf4 Qf6 39. Qh2 Qd6 40. b3 c3 41.
Qf4 Qf6 42. Qe4 Bb7 43. Qd3 b4 44. N3g4 Qf4 45. Qc4 Nhf6 46. Qxb4 Nxg4 47. Nxg4
Rc7 48. Qa5 Nf6 49. Nxf6 Kxf6 50. d5 Qe5 51. Qb6+ Kg7 52. Qd4 Qxd4 53. Rxd4 Kf6
54. d6 Rd7 55. Rc4 Rxd6 56. Rxc3 Rd2 57. Kf1 Rd7 58. Rc4 Kg5 59. Rg4+ Kh5 60.
a4 f5 61. Rc4 Bd5 62. Rc3 Kg5 63. g3 hxg3 64. fxg3 Bf7 65. Ke2 Rb7 66. Kd2 Bd5
67. Bd1 Rb4 68. Rc5 Bxb3 69. Kc3 Bxa4 70. h4+ Kh6 71. Kxb4 Bxd1 72. Kc3 Bf3 73.
Kd2 Kh5 74. Ke3 Kg4 75. Kf2 Be4 76. Rc4 g5 77. hxg5 Kxg5 78. Rc7 Kf6 79. Ra7
Bd3 80. Ke3 Bf1 81. Kf4 Ke6 82. Ra8 Bb5 83. Rb8 Bd3 84. Rb3 Bc4 85. Re3+ Kd6
86. Kxf5 Kc5 87. Re8 a5 88. Ra8 Kb4 89. Ke5 a4 90. Kd4 Be2 91. Ke3 Bb5 92. Kd2
a3 93. Kc2 Bd7 94. Kb1 Be6 95. Re8 Bd7 96. Re4+ Kc5 97. Ka2 Kd5 98. Re3 Kd4 99.
Re7 Bf5 100. Kxa3 Kd5 101. Kb4 Be6 102. Kc3 Ke5 103. Kd3 Kf6 104. Ra7 Kg5 105.
Ke3 Kf5 106. Kf3 Bd5+ 107. Kf2 Be6 108. Ra5+ Kg4 109. Rc5 Bb3 110. Re5 Bg8 111.
Re4+ Kg5 112. g4 Kh4 113. Ke3 Kg5 114. Rd4 Be6 115. Kf3 Kh4 116. Kf4 Bxg4 117.
Rd8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. c3
Bd6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Qe1 b5 12. Bb3 h6 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Qh4 exd4 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. cxd4 Be6 17. e5 Bxb3 18. Qg3+ Kh7 19. exd6 Qb8 20. axb3 Re6 21.
Nh4 Qxd6 22. Qd3+ Kh8 23. Nf5 Qd5 24. Nxh6 Nc5 25. Qc3 Nce4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27.
Qh3 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia-A 38th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nh3 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15.
d5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc5 19. Rfe1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8
21. Rad1 Bb4 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd6 24. Rg5 Be7 25. Re5 Bd6 26. Rg5 Rc8 27.
Be5 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Bxd5 29. Nf4 Be3 30. Rg4 Rcd8 31. Re1 Bd2 32. Rg1 Be3 33. Re1
Bd2 34. Rg1 Bb7 35. Ne6 Bc8 36. Nxd8 Bxg4 37. Nc6 Re8 38. Bg3 Re2 39. h3 Bd7
40. Ne5 Bf5 41. Nc6 Be4 42. Nd4 Re3 43. Kh2 Rd3 44. Nb5 Bb4 45. a3 Bc5 46. Re1
Rxb3 47. a4 Bc6 48. Nxa7 Bxa4 49. Nc8 Rb2 50. Bd6 Bxd6+ 51. Nxd6 Bc6 52. Ne4 b5
53. Kg3 b4 54. Nf2 b3 55. Re3 Bd5 56. Rd3 Rxf2 57. Rxd5 Rf5 58. Rd2 Rb5 59. Rb2
Kf7 60. Kf4 Kf6 61. Ke4 h5 62. h4 Rb4+ 63. Kf3 Kf5 64. g3 Rb6 65. Kf2 Ke4 66.
Ke2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 61st"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[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
d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Rg3 g6
22. Nf3 Ned3 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Nxh6+ Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Qf6 26. Re2 Nxb2 27. Qf1 N2d3
28. Kh2 Ra1 29. Be3 Ne5 30. Nd4 c3 31. Bg5 Ng4+ 32. Rxg4 Qe5+ 33. Kg1 Qxd4 34.
e5 Qc5 35. exd6 Rea8 36. d7 c2 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Rxa8 Rxa8 39. Bxc2 Nxc2 40.
d8=Q Rxd8 41. Bxd8 f5 42. Rg3 Qxd5 43. Qd3 Nd4 44. Bb6 Ne6 45. Qc3+ Kf7 46. Qh8
g5 47. Ba5 Ke7 48. Kh2 Qe4 49. f3 Qd5 50. h4 gxh4 51. Qxh4+ Kd7 52. Qf6 Kc6 53.
Bc3 f4 54. Rh3 Kc5 55. Rh6 Bc8 56. Qh8 Qc6 57. Bd2 b4 58. Qb2 Qb7 59. Rh5+ Kc4
60. Qc2+ Kd4 61. Be1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Nf1 Bf6 14. Ne3 g6 15. b4 {
With the help of a subtle move order white has manage to ovoid the unpleasant
Marshall counter attack connected with the sacrifice of the pawn after 8.c3 d5.
He paid the heavy price, since black could develop his pieces without
hindrance.} (15. Ng4 Bg7 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bb3 Qe7 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. g4
Rad8 21. Be3 Na8 22. Qd2 Nc7 23. a4 Ne6 24. g5 f5 25. gxf6 Rxf6 {0-1 Bousmaha,
A (2205)-Lin Ta (2300)/Luzern 1985 (44)}) (15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4
Rc8 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. Bh6 Ne5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. Rb1 Nac4 23. Nxc4
Rxc4 {0-1 Jamison,C (1979)-Tuvshintugs,B (2278)/Tulsa 2008 (41)}) 15... Nc6 16.
Nd5 Bg7 17. Bg5 {The new move that is hoping to instill some tension into the
enemy defensive build up.} (17. Bb3 Kh8 18. a4 Ne7 19. Ne3 h6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Bb2 f5 22. Bc2 Rc8 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nf1 Ne6 25. d4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 d5 27. Bc2 e4
28. N3h2 Qc7 {0-1 Kalugin,S (2355)-Lastin,A (2558)/Novgorod 1999 (37)}) 17...
f6 18. Be3 Kh8 $6 {The alibistic retreat of the king is not solving any
problem and is losing a tempo.} (18... Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Qd2
$14) 19. bxc5 dxc5 (19... Nxc5 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. a4 $16) 20. d4 Rc8
$6 (20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Rc8 24. a4 Re8 $14) 21. a4
{The annotator assisted with the modern technique is hard pressed to explain,
why both players are ignoring the problem of the c5 pawn grab.} (21. dxc5 $5
Na5 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. cxb6 Rxc3 24. Bd2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxb6 26. Be3 $16) 21...
cxd4 22. cxd4 Re8 (22... exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Re8 $14) 23. axb5 axb5 24.
Re2 Re6 $2 {[%mdl 256] Inarkiev is an excellent chessplayer with sufficient
feeling for position able to detect problems after the exchanges on the d4
square. Despite that his ambitious solution with the transfer of the rook to
d6 square is not sufficient.} (24... exd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Nc5 27. Ra7 $1
Nxe4 28. Rxb7 Qxd5 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Bxe4 Qc4 (30... Rxe4 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32.
Qxd5 Rxe2 33. Qf3+ $18) 31. Rc2 Qe6 32. Be3 $16) 25. Rd2 Rd6 (25... Qe8 26.
dxe5 Ndxe5 27. Nxe5 fxe5 28. Nb6 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qd5 Rd6 31. Qxb5 $16)
26. Nc3 $1 {The kingdom for the horse! should be rephrased to: The kingdom for
tempo! Black's grand concept is failing, since the time and initiative belong
to Timofeev.} Nb6 (26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 (27... Rxc3 28. Ne6 $1 Rxd2 (28...
Rxe6 29. Rxd7 $18) 29. Bxd2 $18) 28. Nxb5 Ra6 (28... Rd5 $5 29. Nxd4 Rd6 30.
Ne6 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qe7 32. Ra7 $16) 29. Rxa6 Bxa6 30. Nd6 $16) 27. Nxb5 Rd7 28.
Bb3 exd4 (28... Na8 29. dxe5 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Nxe5 32. Nd6 $18) 29.
Nfxd4 Ne5 $2 {It is difficult to accuse black for the unwillingness to play
the sorry position after the exchanges on the d4 square. Keeping more pieces
on the board will open white the scope for winning with the help of
combination.} (29... Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 (30... Bxe4 $2 31. Nd6 $18) 31. Qxd4
Qxd4 32. Bxd4 Nc4 33. f3 $16) 30. Ne6 $1 Rxd2 31. Nxd8 Rdxd8 (31... Rxd1+ 32.
Rxd1 Ba6 33. Na7 Rc3 (33... Rb8 34. Ndc6 $18) 34. Nf7+ Nxf7 35. Bxf7 $18) 32.
Nd6 $5 (32. Qe2 Nbc4 33. Bd4 $18) 32... Bf8 (32... Rc6 33. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1
$18) 33. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Nxc8 35. Rd8 {From the point of higher chess
justice it seems sympatethic, that white is scoring in the end with the help
of combinatory battle along the d file.} Kg7 36. f4 Nf7 (36... Nc6 37. Rd7+ $18
) 37. Rd7 Ncd6 38. Bxf7 {The game is over, witty black's defense was seriously
punished.} Bc6 (38... Nxf7 39. Rxb7 $18) 39. Rc7 Bxe4 40. Be6+ Kh6 41. Bc5 (41.
Bc5 g5 42. Rd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. a3
Ba5 9. Ng3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bg5 Qd6
15. Rae1 Be6 16. Qf2 h6 17. Bd2 Bc7 18. Qh4 Bf7 19. Bxf5 g5 20. Qh3 Qf6 21. Ne2
Ng7 22. Bd3 h5 23. g4 Bg6 24. f4 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Bxd3 26. cxd3 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4
28. Rxf4 Qe7 29. Ref1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qxd3 31. Rg1 Qh7 32. Qg2 Rae8 33. Rg4 Rf7
34. Nf4 Qh6 35. Rg6 Qh7 36. Nh5 Ree7 37. Qg4 Kf8 38. Nxg7 Rxg7 39. Qf5+ Rgf7
40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Bxc3 {Black
players are not enjoying an easy life in this variation, since the white's
initiative is very dangerous. The examples are proving, that not even the
retreat to e7 is promissing equality.} (13... Be7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 (14... Bxf6 15.
Nb5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. Rc2 a6 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. Nxf7 Qe7 20. Nxg5 Rxf3 21.
Rxe6 Rxc4 22. Rxe7 Rxc2 23. gxf3 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2630)-Perunovic,M (2559)/
Vrnjacka Banja 2005/ (56)}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Qxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3
Qxd4 19. Nb5 Qxb2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Qe6 Rf8 24. Nd8+
Kh8 25. Qe7 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2770)-Kasparov,G (2849)/London 2000/}) 14. Rxc3 Rc7
$6 {Svidler is preparing the transfer of the queen to a8, but this will prove
to have been an exceptionally unfortunate solution. It seems that only the
very exact attacking of the bishop g5 can offer chances for the successful
defense.} (14... h6 $1 15. Bh4 Qe8 16. Ne5 (16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Rcc1 f5 (17... N7f6
18. Bf1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. Bg3 Nf4 21. f3 Rd8 22. Qe3 N6d5 23. Qe1 Nf6 24.
Bf2 Rc8 25. a3 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 e5 27. Qe1 exd4 28. Bxd4 {1/2 Zvjaginsev,V (2631)
-Ramesh,R (2467)/Linares 2001 (77)}) 18. f3 a6 19. a4 Qg6 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. Qd3
f4 22. Bf2 Qe7 23. Qe2 Nc7 24. Ne4 {1/2 Timofeev,A (2663)-Grigoriants,S (2592)/
Moscow 2007 (69)}) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Bb5 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qa8 20. f3 Nc5
21. Qb4 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Qb5 Qc8 {1/2 Pelletier,Y (2604)-Bologan,V (2673)/
Pamplona 2003 (47)}) (14... Qe8 $6 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 17. Rh3 Rxc4 18.
Nxc4 Kg7 19. Qg3+ Kh7 20. Qd3+ Kg7 21. Nd6 Qb8 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Rg3+ Ng4 24.
Rxg4+ Kf6 25. Qh7 {1-0 Onischuk,A (2641)-Vescovi,G (2611)/Poikovsky 2002}) 15.
Ne5 Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 128] The retreat of the king smacks of alibism and will only
make the defenders plight worse. The only chance for resistance was connected
with the queen move to e7 squre.} (15... Qa8 16. Bxe6 Rxc3 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18.
bxc3 Bxg2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Nxf6 20. c4 Bf3 21. c5 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23.
Qxd5 Nxd5 24. c6 $18) 20. Nxd7 Bh3 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd7 23. Re7 {1-0
Alsina Leal,D-Vilar Lopez,M (2130)/Lisbon 2001 (35)}) (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd4
17. exf6 Qg4 18. g3 Qxg5 19. Bxe6 $1 Qa5 (19... Rxc3 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Qxc3 $16
) 20. Rd1 $16) (15... Qe7 $1 16. Bh4 $5 Rfc8 17. Nxf7 Rxc4 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19.
Rxc4 $14) 16. Rh3 $1 (16. Qa3 Qa8 17. Qe7 Nxe5 18. Qxc7 Nxc4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Rxc4 Rg8 (20... Bxg2 21. Qe7 $18) 21. g3 Bh1 22. f3 Qxf3 23. Rc2 $16) 16... Qa8
(16... Kg8 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Bd3 $18) 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 (17... Nxd7 18. Bd3 g6 19. f3
Bd5 20. Qb4 Kg8 21. Bf4 $16) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxh7+ $1 {The charming decision
that is very painful for black. Svidler stopped the clock as he is not able to
avoid mate.} (19. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Qh3+ Kg7 21. Qg4+ Kh6 22. Re3 Bxg2 23. Qh4+
Kg6 24. Rg3+ Kf5 25. Qg4#) (19. Qd3 f5 20. Qe3 Rg8 21. Qe5+ Rg7 22. Rg3 $16)
1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 44th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2009.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. h4
dxe4 9. h5 Nd7 10. fxe4 Ngf6 11. h6 Bf8 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Be2 Be6 15.
Rh4 f5 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Ng5 Na3 19. Rxb7 Bc4 20. Qd2 O-O-O 21. Rb2
Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Qxd2+ 23. Bxd2 Bxh6 24. Bf4 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rd7 26. Rh3 Nc4 27. Rb4
Nb6 28. c4 h6 29. e6 Rb7 30. Bf4 a5 31. Rb1 Nxc4 32. Rc1 g5 33. Bxg5 Nd6 34.
Rxc6+ Rc7 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Bxe7 Ne4 37. d5 Rb8 38. Nc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 62nd"]
[Site "Ulan-Ude"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Rf2 Qe8 14. h3 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bb5 f5 17. e5 Kh8 18. exd6 exd6 19. Re2 a6 20. Ba4 g5 21. Rxd6
gxf4 22. Bxc5 Qf7 23. Ree6 Nd8 24. Re7 Rxc5 25. Rxd8 Qg6 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.
Rxb7 f3 28. g3 Qd6 29. Rd7 Qb8 30. Rf7 Qd6 31. Bb3 Rc8 32. Rxf5 Re8 33. Qf2 Bg7
34. Rd5 Qh6 35. Qxf3 Qxh3 36. Ne2 Qe6 37. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosna op 40th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2010.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nxe5 dxe4 18. Ng4 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Be5 Rc8
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 f6 24. Qf3 fxe5 25. dxe5 h5 26. Qf5 hxg4 27. Qh7+ Kf7
28. Qh5+ Ke7 29. Bf5 Nf4 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qxf4 Kg8 32. Qxg4 Qb6 33. Qh5 Qh6 34.
Qxh6 gxh6 35. Bxc8 Bxc8 36. Rac1 a5 37. Kh2 h5 38. Rc6 Be6 39. g4 Bd5 40. Rg6+
Kh7 41. Rg5 hxg4 42. hxg4 Bh6 43. Rh5 Kg6 44. Kg3 Rf8 45. e6 Bf4+ 46. Kh4 Bg2
47. e7 Re8 48. Rxb5 Bd2 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Re2 Bb4 51. Rf5+ Kg7 52. Kg3 Bf1 53.
Re6 Bd3 54. Rd5 Bb1 55. Re2 Kf6 56. f4 Rxe7 57. g5+ Kf7 58. Rxe7+ Kxe7 59. a3
Bxa3 60. Rxa5 Bd6 61. b4 Bd3 62. Rd5 Be2 63. Rd4 Bb5 64. Kg4 Ke6 65. g6 Bf8 66.
Rd8 Be2+ 67. Kg3 Ke7 68. Rb8 Bg7 69. b5 Kf6 70. b6 Kxg6 71. Ra8 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 7th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2010.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[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 Bd7 10. Rd1 Ke8 11. h3 Ne7 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Rd8 14. Be3
h5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. c4 h4 17. Rf1 Bc8 18. Rae1 a6 19. c5 Rh5 20. b4 Kf8 21. a4
f5 22. Nd6 cxd6 23. cxd6 Ke8 24. Nb3 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Na5 Re6 27. Nc4 b5
28. Nb6 Bb7 29. Bd2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1+ Kf7 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Rc1 Be4 33. Rc7+ Ke8
34. Be3 Ne7 35. Bc5 Nd5 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Re7+ Kd8 38. Rxg7 Ke8 39. Rg6 Rh8 40.
Bd4 Rg8 41. Rxg8+ Bxg8 42. Bf2 Kf7 43. Bxh4 Kg6 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. g4 Be6 46. Kg3
Bd7 47. Bd8 Be6 48. Kf3 Bd7 49. gxf5+ Bxf5 50. h4 Kh5 51. Ke3 Kg4 52. Bg5 Bg6
53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Kd5 Bh5 55. Kc6 Be2 56. Kb6 Kg6 57. Kxa6 Bd3 58. Kb6 Bc4 59.
Kc6 Be2 60. Kc5 Bf1 61. Kd4 Bh3 62. Ke5 Bg4 63. Bd8 Bd7 64. f5+ Kg7 65. Bf6+
Kh7 66. Bg5 Be8 67. Kd6 Kg7 68. Kc5 Kh7 69. h5 Kg8 70. h6 Bd7 71. Bf6 Be8 72.
Kd6 Bh5 73. Bd4 Bg4 74. f6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 63rd"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "2010.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2010.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 c5 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bd3
Rd8 15. O-O Nf6 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Be5 Be7 18. a4 Nd7 19. Qh3 Bf6 20. Bb5 Qc5 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Qg2 Rc8
27. c3 Qc6 28. Rd4 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 f5 30. Kf3 h5 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. Rc4
Rb8 34. Rc7 a5 35. c4 h4 36. gxh4 Rh8 37. b3 Rxh4 38. Rc6 Rh3+ 39. f3 Ke5 40.
c5 f4+ 41. Ke2 Kd5 42. Rc7 bxc5 43. Rxf7 Rxh2+ 44. Kd3 Rf2 45. Rxf4 e5 46. Rh4
Rxf3+ 47. Kc2 e4 48. Rh8 Kd4 49. Rd8+ Ke3 50. Rd5 Kf2 51. Rxc5 e3 52. Re5 Kf1
53. Kd1 Kf2 54. Kc2 Rf8 55. Kd3 Rd8+ 56. Kc4 e2 57. b4 axb4 58. Kxb4 Rd4+ 59.
Kb5 Rd5+ 60. Rxd5 e1=Q 61. a5 Qe8+ 62. Kc5 Qa8 63. Kd6 Ke3 64. Rb5 Kd4 65. Rb4+
Kc3 66. Rb5 Qa6+ 67. Kc5 Kd3 68. Rb3+ Kc2 69. Ra3 Kb2 70. Ra4 Kb3 71. Rb4+ Ka3
72. Rd4 Qxa5+ 73. Kc4 Qe5 74. Rd3+ Ka4 75. Rd4 Qc7+ 76. Kd3+ Kb3 77. Ke4 Qc6+
78. Ke3 Qc5 79. Kd3 Qf5+ 80. Kd2 Qf2+ 81. Kd3 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 63rd"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a4 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Bc4 15.
Qe1 b5 16. b3 Be6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qxc2 19. Na7 Qc7 20. b4 Qb7 21. b5
Nxe4 22. Nc6 d5 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. b6 Qb7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Ra7 Qc6 27. Rc7 Qa4
28. b7 Rab8 29. Ra1 Qb3 30. Qb1 Qd5 31. Ba7 e3 32. fxe3 Rbd8 33. e4 Qd6 34.
b8=Q Rxb8 35. Bxb8 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Bg4 37. Ra3 Qf2 38. Ba7 Bf3+ 39. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 40.
Kg1 h5 41. Qf1 Qb3 42. Qc4 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 h4 44. Bc5 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 hxg3 46. Bxf8
Qh6+ 47. Kxg3 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Kf3 Qd1+ 50. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
Bg4 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Nf1 O-O 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 d4 18. Qd1 Rd8 19. Bd2 dxc3 20. bxc3 b4 21. Qc1
Nd7 22. f4 Bh4 23. Re3 Qa3 24. Ne2 Ra8 25. Qd1 Qa1 26. Kh2 Qxd1 27. Bxd1 Ra1
28. Bb3 Na5 29. Bc4 Nxc4 30. dxc4 b3 31. Bc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2010.11.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Nb5 exf4 15. Rxf4
Nxb5 16. axb5 Nd4 17. Rxa7 Nxb5 18. Ra6 O-O 19. Nf5 Kh8 20. Be3 Nc7 21. Ra7 Nb5
22. Ra6 Nc7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Re4 Qf7 25. Ra5 Bc6 26. Rc4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd5+
28. Kg1 Ne6 29. Rxb4 Ng5 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. Re4 Qb7 32. Qd2 h6 33. Ra1 Qb6 34.
Qc3 c4+ 35. d4 Qf6 36. d5 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf5 38. Qd4 Qh3 39. d6 Rcd8 40. Kg1 Rf6
41. d7 Rxd7 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Qf5 44. Qxc4 h5 45. Qe4 Rd2 46. Ra5 Qxe4 47.
Rxe4 Kh6 48. Ree5 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Rdf1 50. g4 R6f2+ 51. Kh3 Rh1 52. gxh5 Rhxh2+
53. Kg3 Rhg2+ 54. Kh3 Rh2+ 55. Kg3 Rhg2+ 56. Kh3 Kxh5 57. Ra4 Rh2+ 58. Kg3
Rhg2+ 59. Kh3 Rxe2 60. Rh4+ Kg6 61. Rxe2 Rxe2 62. Rb4 Kh5 63. Rb7 g4+ 64. Kg3
Re3+ 65. Kg2 Kh4 66. Rf7 Rg3+ 67. Kf1 Rb3 68. Rf2 Kh3 69. Kg1 g3 70. Rd2 Re3
71. Rd1 g5 72. Rf1 g4 73. Rb1 Re2 74. b4 Rg2+ 75. Kh1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 64th"]
[Site "Taganrog"]
[Date "2011.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Qe8
9. Be2 Nf4 10. Bf3 f5 11. g3 Nxh3 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qd2 Na6 15.
O-O-O Nb4 16. Kb1 Nd3 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Nxe4 Nf4 19. f3 Bf5 20. gxf4 exf4 21.
Bd4 Bxe4+ 22. fxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Qd3 Qxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rae8 26. Kc2 g5
27. Rd2 Re3 28. Rg2 Rg3 29. Rxg3 fxg3 30. Ng4 g2 31. Rg1 h5 32. Ne3 Rf2+ 33.
Kd3 h4 34. Nxg2 Kh7 35. Ne1 Kh6 36. Ke3 Rxb2 37. Nf3 h3 38. Rg3 Rxa2 39. Rxh3+
Kg6 40. Rh8 Ra3+ 41. Ke4 Ra4 42. Nd2 b5 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. Kd4 bxc4 45. Ne4+ Kf5
46. Rxg5+ Kf4 47. Nc3 Ra6 48. Rg6 Kf5 49. Re6 Rb6 50. Ne4 Rb4 51. Rf6+ Kg4 52.
Nd2 Rb5 53. Nxc4 Rc5 54. Ne5+ Kg5 55. Rf3 Ra5 56. Nd3 Ra4+ 57. Kc3 Ra3+ 58. Kc4
Ra4+ 59. Kb5 Ra3 60. Ne5 Rxf3 61. Nxf3+ Kf4 62. Nd2 a5 63. Kc6 a4 64. Kxc7 Ke5
65. Kc6 Kd4 66. Nb1 Kc4 67. Kxd6 Kb3 68. Kc5 Kb2 69. Nd2 Kc3 70. Nc4 1-0

