[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. e4 dxc4 7. b3 Qa5 8. Nd2 e5
9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Be2 Nxe5 11. O-O Be7 12. bxc4 Be6 13. Nd5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15.
Bb2 f6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Kh1 Qa4 19. Qd2 Bb4 20. Bc3 a5 21. e5 O-O
22. e6 Rc8 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb3 25. Qd4 c3 26. Rfb1 a4 27. Rxb3 axb3 28.
exd7 Nxd7 29. Bg4 b2 30. Rg1 Rcb8 31. Bf5 Rxa3 32. Bb1 Rc8 33. Qb4 Ra1 34. Qb7
Rca8 35. d6 g6 36. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a5 11. b5 c6 12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. Bb2 a4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Qb1 Qb3 20. Rd7 Bc6 21.
Rxe7 Kf8 22. Rxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bh3 Re8 24. Qc1 Bd5 25. Bd4 Kg8 26. Rb1 Qc4 27. Qe3
Be6 28. Bg2 Rad8 29. Rb4 Rxd4 30. Rxc4 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Bxc4 32. Qxe4 b5 33. f4 Ra1
34. Qe3 Be6 35. Qc3 Rb1 36. Qc6 Re7 37. Kf2 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Bg2 Kf7 40.
Qd6 Rb5 41. Qa6 Rb4 42. Qa5 Rd4 43. Ke3 Rdd7 44. Qxa4 Ra7 45. Qb4 g6 46. Bc6
Ra6 47. Qd6 Rd7 48. Qc5 Rd8 49. Bb5 Rc8 50. Qb4 Ra7 51. Bd3 Rac7 52. Kf3 Bd5+
53. e4 Ba8 54. Qd6 Rc3 55. Kg4 Bc6 56. e6+ Ke8 57. Qd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. d4
g6 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bb2 Bg7 15. Nd2
O-O 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qc7
22. Qd6 Qc8 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Qe7 Re8 25. Qd7 Rd8 26. Qxc8 Raxc8 27. Rd6 Rxd6
28. cxd6 Rd8 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. c4 c5 31. Kf1 Bf8 32. d7 Ke7 33. Ke2 f5 34. g4
Rxd7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. g5 Bd6 37. Be5 Bxe5 38. fxe5 b6 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. h4 Kf7
41. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qa4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. Rad1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxc4 Rfc8 14.
Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 b6 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. c4 Rd8 18. Nc3 Be8 19. e3 Qf6 20. Nb5 c6 21.
Nc3 c5 22. dxc5 Qe7 23. Ne4 Nb7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. a4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4
Nxc5 28. Bf3 Qc7 29. Kg2 g6 30. h4 h5 31. Kg1 Qe5 32. a5 Rd6 33. Qb5 Kg7 34.
Qb2 Kf6 35. Qxe5+ Kxe5 36. axb6 Rxb6 37. Ra1 a6 38. g4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Rb8 40. h5
f5 41. Bf3 gxh5 42. Bxh5 Rb2 43. Bf3 Kd6 44. Kg2 Kc7 45. Kg3 Rc2 46. Kg2 Rd2
47. Kg3 Rb2 48. Bg2 Rb4 49. Kf4 Kd6 50. e4 Rxc4 51. f3 fxe4 52. fxe4 Ra4 53.
Rd1+ Ke7 54. Rd2 a5 55. Rc2 Nd3+ 56. Ke3 Ne5 57. Bf1 Ng4+ 58. Kf4 Nf6 59. Rc4
Ra1 60. Bd3 Nd7 61. Rc6 Ra3 62. Bc4 e5+ 63. Kf5 Rf3+ 64. Kg5 Rg3+ 65. Kf5 Rf3+
66. Kg5 Rg3+ 67. Kf5 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Be2
Ne4 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Ne5 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Nbd7 14. O-O a5
15. a3 Be7 16. b4 O-O 17. Rab1 Rfc8 18. Nc5 Qa7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. bxa5 Bd8 21.
Rfc1 Nf6 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Bd6 Nf6 24. Qf5 Qa6 25. a4 Bc7 26. Be5 Ne8 27. h4 Bxe5
28. Qxe5 Rd8 29. Rb6 Qa7 30. Qe7 Nd6 31. Nb5 Qxa5 32. Nxd6 Qxb6 33. Qxf7+ Kh8
34. Qe6 Rf8 35. Nf7+ Rxf7 36. Qxf7 h6 37. g4 Qb2 38. Rf1 Qe2 39. Qf5 Re8 40.
Rb1 Kg8 41. g5 Rf8 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Rf1 hxg5 44. hxg5 Qf3 45. g6 Rf5 46. Qe8+
Rf8 47. Qe5 Qg4+ 48. Qg3 Qxg3+ 49. fxg3 Rxf1+ 50. Kxf1 Kg8 51. a5 Kf8 52. Ke2
Ke7 53. Kd3 Kd6 54. Kc3 c5 55. dxc5+ Kxc5 56. Kd3 Kb5 57. Kd4 Kxa5 58. Kxd5 b5
59. e4 Kb6 60. g4 b4 61. Kc4 Ka5 62. g5 b3 63. Kxb3 Kb5 64. Kc3 Kc5 65. Kd3 Kd6
66. Kd4 Ke6 67. e5 Ke7 68. Kd5 Kd7 69. e6+ Ke7 70. Ke5 Kd8 71. Kd6 Ke8 72. e7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qb5
Bd7 22. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc5 11. O-O-O Rd8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 h6
15. g4 Be8 16. Qe3 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qb6 19. Rxd8 Nb3+ 20. Kb1 Qxe3 21.
Rxa8 Qe1+ 22. Ka2 Nc1+ 23. Ka1 Nb3+ 24. Ka2 Nc1+ 25. Ka1 Nb3+ 26. Ka2 Nc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Qb3
Bc8 9. Bd2 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Na4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Qb6 Qe8 16. Bb4 Rb8 17. Qa5 Bc7 18. Qxc7 Rxb4 19. b3 d4 20. e4 Nxe4 21. O-O
Nf6 22. Rfe1 Qd8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxc6 Bd7 25. Rxa6 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27.
bxa4 Nd5 28. a5 Nb4 29. Bb5 Kf8 30. a6 d3 31. a3 d2 32. Rd1 Na2 33. a7 Nc3 34.
Rxd2 Ra8 35. Bc4 Rxa7 36. g3 Nb1 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Rg8 Nxa3 39. Bd3 g6 40. Rb8
Rc7 41. Rb3 Nc2 42. Bxc2 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
Ba7 9. a3 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. d3 Qd7 12. Bb2 Rae8 13. Rac1 Nh7 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. c5
Qf5 16. Ne1 Ng5 17. f3 Bh3 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Qh5 21. f5 dxc5
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Rc4 e4 25. dxe4 Ng5 26. Ngf4 Nf3 27. Nxh5 Nxd2
28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Rc1 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxc6 Nxe4 32. Nd4 Nd6 33. g4 Rxe3
34. Rxc7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nf1 b4 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. d4
bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Re8 18. Ba3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nb4 20. Ndf5 Bf8 21. Bb1
Bc6 22. Qd4 a5 23. Bb2 Bxe4 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Ng4 Nbd5 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Nxf6+
Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 Rf4 30. Bc3 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. g3 Rd4 33. Re7
Rb2 34. Ra3 Rb8 35. Ra7 Rd5 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. Rb3 Rc8 38. Rf3 Rf8 39. Rb3 Rc8 40.
Rf3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 Qc8 8. Kh2
Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. e4 Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. b3 e6 15. Nc3
e5 16. Ng1 Nd4 17. Nge2 b5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 b4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nb1 Nh5
22. Nd2 f5 23. c5 dxc5 24. e5 g5 25. Rxc5 Qe7 26. Qc2 Rbc8 27. Qc4+ Be6 28.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bd5 Rxc5 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Bc4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ba5 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 Bc7 14. e4 Nb6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Nf4 Qe8 19. Re1 g5 20. Ne2 f6 21. Bc3
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Ndxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qg3 Nc4 26. f4 Qg6 27. Nd4
Nd2 28. f5 exf5 29. Rbd1 Ne4 30. Qe5 Qf7 31. Nc2 d4 32. Rxd4 Rae8 33. Qd5 Qxd5
34. Rxd5 f4 35. a3 Kg7 36. Nd4 Kg6 37. Nf3 Nf6 38. Rd6 Rxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Re8 40.
Nd3 Kf5 41. b5 a5 42. b6 Re7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. d4 e4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe4 Nxd5 13. a3 Ba5 14. Nd2 Nf6 15.
b4 Bb6 16. e3 c6 17. a4 a5 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Qc2 d5 20. Nb3 Bc7 21. Bd2 Bg4 22.
a5 Be2 23. Rfb1 Ne4 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Ba6 26. Bf1 Bd6 27. Qb6 Bc7 28. Qc5
Bd6 29. Qb6 Bc7 30. Qb3 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Ra7 32. Qd3 Qa8 33. Bc3 Qc8 34. Kg2 h5
35. h4 g6 36. Rb3 Qg4 37. Rab1 Bxa5 38. Bxa5 Rxa5 39. Rxb7 Ra2 40. R1b2 Rxb2
41. Rxb2 Qe4+ 42. Qxe4 dxe4 43. Kh3 Re6 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kf8 46. Kf4 Ke7
47. Ra2 Ke8 48. Rb2 Ke7 49. Rc2 Kd6 50. Kg5 Ke7 51. Rc5 Kf8 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rf5
Rg6+ 54. Kxh5 Ke7 55. Rf4 Rg2 56. Kh4 Ke6 57. Rxe4+ Kd6 58. Rf4 Ke6 59. Kh3 Rg5
60. Re4+ Kd6 61. Rg4 Rd5 62. Rg8 Kd7 63. Ra8 Rg5 64. Ra7+ Ke8 65. Rc7 Rg6 66.
Rb7 Kf8 67. Kh2 Ke8 68. Ra7 Kf8 69. Ra1 Ke7 70. Rg1 Rh6+ 71. Kg2 Kd6 72. Rc1
Rh5 73. Kf3 Rf5+ 74. Ke2 Ra5 75. Rc2 Rb5 76. Kf3 Ra5 77. Kf4 Rb5 78. f3 Ra5 79.
Rh2 f6 80. e4 Ke6 81. Rc2 Kd6 82. e5+ Kd7 83. Kf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bc3
Ne4 9. e3 Nd7 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. a3 b6 12. b4 a5 13. c5 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Bxa1 Ba6 16. Re1 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qb8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qa4 Bb5 20. Qb3 Rd8 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxe4 Qe5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Na3 Ba6 25. Rb1 Be2 26. Nc4 Qh5 27. Be4
Qg4 28. Nd6 Rxd6 29. f3 Bxf3 30. Bxf3 Qxf3 31. cxd6 Qe2 32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Qd1
Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Qe5 35. h4 Bd8 36. Qf3 f5 37. Qxc6 Qf6 38. b5 Kg7 39. Rf2 g5 40.
hxg5 Qxg5 41. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. c4 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. b4 b5
15. a4 a5 16. axb5 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nb1 cxb5 19. Bd2 Ne4 20. Qb3 Nxd2 21.
Nxd2 Nb6 22. Qd3 Nc4 23. Nb3 O-O 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Bh3 Rd8 27. Ra2 Na3
28. Ra1 Nc4 29. Ra2 Na3 30. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bc3
dxc4 9. a4 c5 10. Nbd2 Nd5 11. Nxc4 b6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd4 Na6 14. Qb3 Bb7
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a5 Rab8 17. e4 b5 18. Qxb5 Ndc7 19. Qa4 Bxe4 20. Nce5 Nb5 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qb4 Nc7 23. Qe1 Rxb2 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Rc4 f5 26. Nd4 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 Ne4 28. Nd3 Ra2 29. Kg1 Qd7 30. Nc5 Qc8 31. Ndxe6 Nxf2 32. Rd2 Nh3+ 33.
Kg2 Qc6 34. Kxh3 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Rf6 36. Rd4 Rh6+ 37. Rh4 Rxe6 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 39.
Rd4 Nf6 40. Rd6 Qe5 41. Qa2+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Ra8 Qe3 44. Rb8 Ng4 45. Kg2
Qe4+ 46. Kg1 Qd4+ 47. Kh1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Ne3+ 49. Kf2 Ng4+ 50. Kg2 Ne3+ 51. Kf2
Nc2 52. Rb7+ Kd6 53. Rb1 Qd2+ 54. Kg1 Qd4+ 55. Kh1 Qe4+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+ 57. Kh1
Qf3+ 58. Kg1 Qe3+ 59. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rac8 18. Nh4 Bg6 19. e3 Rfd8 20. Nxg6 hxg6
21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Kg7 24. a3 b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Bf1 Qc5
27. Qxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8.
Qb3 c5 9. d5 b5 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. h3 Rb8 18. Qa3 Bf5 19. O-O Ne5 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. f4 Bd6 23. g4 e6 24. gxf5 exd5 25. Ba6 c4 26. Qa4 Rb2 27. Nf3 Ree2 28.
Qc6 Qe7 29. Qa8+ Bb8 30. Qxd5 Bxf4 31. Rfe1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ne2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Bb7 14. Qxb7 c6
15. Ned4 O-O 16. b4 f5 17. c3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qe7 19. Ke2 Qxb4 20. Rd1 Qc4+ 21.
Ke1 g5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 g4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Qxd4+ 26. Kc2 Qc4+ 27.
Kb1 Qe4+ 28. Ka2 Qc2 29. Re1 f4 30. Qa3 Qc4+ 31. Kb1 b4 32. Qa4 f3 33. gxf3
gxf3 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. Be3 b3 36. Qd3 Rf5 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Bd4 Ke8 39. Rf1 c5 40.
Bxc5 Rxe5 41. Bf2 Re2 42. Bg3 f2 43. Rc1 d6 44. Bh4 Rd2 45. Qh7 Rc2 46. Qh8+
Kf7 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. b3 b4 8. Na4
cxb3 9. axb3 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Rfc1 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc4 a5 19. Rac1 Rb8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
dxc5 Bc6 22. e5 Qd5 23. Be4 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rfd8 26. Be3 Rd3 27. c6
Rxb3 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rd4 Kf8 30. Rd7 Ke8 31. Rcd1 Rxe3 32. fxe3 a4 33. Kf2 a3
34. Kf3 f6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Rc1 Ba6 11. Be2 b4 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O bxc3 14. Rxc3 Qd7
15. Ra3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Rxa6 e5 18. Ra3 exd4 19. Rd3 Qe6 20. Qe2 Re8 21.
e5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxd4 Re2 25. Ra4 a5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27.
Rxa5 Rcc2 28. Rf1 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 g6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. c5 Bg7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Rb8 15. b3 f5 16. Rfd1 Qh4 17. Ne2 Rfe8 18. Kf1 Re4 19. Qg3 Qd8 20. f3 Re3 21.
Rab1 a5 22. Rb2 Rb7 23. Nc1 a4 24. Qf2 a3 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qa8 27. Qe3 Rb4
28. Ne2 h5 29. h4 Rb8 30. g3 Re8 31. Qc3 Re7 32. Rd3 Qe8 33. Qd2 f4 34. Nxf4
Bh6 35. Kf2 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Re6 37. Re3 Qe7 38. Rxe6 Qxh4+ 39. Kg2 fxe6 40. b4
Kf7 41. Qe3 Qf6 42. Qe5 Qf5 43. Qc7+ Kf6 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Kf7
47. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nh4
Be4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rc1 b5
15. a4 b4 16. Na2 Rb7 17. Rc2 Ne8 18. Nc1 Nd6 19. Qa2 a5 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Nb3
Rc7 22. Rhc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qb6 24. Ka1 Qa7 25. Nc1 Rb8 26. Kb1 Bf6 27. Rc6 Rb6
28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Qb3 Qc7 30. Qc2 Nc4 31. Ka2 Bd8 32. g3 e5 33. dxe5 Ndxe5 34.
f4 Nxd2 35. Qxd2 Nc4 36. Qxd5 Nxe3 37. Qd3 Nf5 38. Nb3 Nd6 39. Qd5 Bf6 40. Bd3
Qb6 41. Bxg6 Kf8 42. Bc2 Nb7 43. g4 g6 44. g5 Bg7 45. Qd7 Nd8 46. Nc5 Kg8 47.
Qe8+ Kh7 48. f5 Qd6 49. fxg6+ fxg6 50. Bb3 Bf8 51. Nd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. e5 dxe5
8. Nxe5 Rc8 9. d3 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qf3 Bc6 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Be5
Nd7 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Qg3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Rb2 h6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. d3
Be7 15. Rb3 g5 16. Qf2 Rd7 17. a4 Kb8 18. a5 Rc8 19. Bd2 Qa4 20. Rfb1 Qxa5 21.
Rb5 Qd8 22. Be3 Rdc7 23. Nd2 b6 24. Nf1 Rb7 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. Nh5 Qc6 27. R5b2
Qc7 28. d4 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Bc5 30. Nf6 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Qc3 32. h3 Rc4 33. Kh1 Qxd4
34. Qe2 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Qe1 Be6 37. Rb4 Rbc7 38. Ne8 Rxb4 39. Rxb4 Qc3 40.
Qh4 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. Nd4 f6 25. Kf3 Kf7 26. Ke3 Ke8 27.
h4 Ne5 28. Ke4 Kd7 29. f4 Ng4 30. f5 e5 31. Nb5 Kc6 32. Na7+ Kb7 33. Nb5 Kc6
34. Nc3 Nf7 35. Kf3 h5 36. Ba3 Nd6 37. e4 Nb5 38. Nxb5 Kxb5 39. Bf8 Kc4 40.
Bxg7 b5 41. Bf8 Kd3 42. Be7 Nh2+ 43. Kg2 Ng4 44. Kf3 Kd2 45. Bb4+ Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd5 14. Rfd1
Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd3 b5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Rc1
Rd8 21. Kf1 a5 22. Ke1 a4 23. Rc5 axb3 24. axb3 Bxb3 25. Rxb5 Be6 26. Rb7 Kf6
27. h4 h5 28. f3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qe2
Ne7 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Ne3 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. b3 Qc5 18. O-O-O Ne7 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. Rhf1
Nc6 22. Kb1 Bc8 23. g4 Na5 24. f5 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 a5 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 h5 28.
Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 Ba6 30. Rg1 hxg4 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Rxg4 e5 33. Rg6 Be2 34.
Re6 Ra6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Nf5 g6 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Ne3 Rf6 39. Rxe5 Rf2 40. Rxa5
Rxh2 41. Ra7 Bf3 42. Nd5 g5 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. a5 Rh6 45. e5 g4 46. Rc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Ne5 g6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Rc1
Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ka1 Qe7 17. h4 h6 18. g3 Qf6 19. Rhf1 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5
21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 O-O-O 23. f5 Bd7 24. a4 Kb8 25. a5 Na8 26. Na4 Nc7 27. Qb3
Bc8 28. Rc3 Rhe8 29. Nc5 Rxe3 30. Ba6 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Nxa6 32. Nxa6+ Ka8 33. Nc7+
Kb8 34. Na6+ Ka8 35. Nc7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. c6 Nxe3 13. cxd7 Nxg2+ 14. Kf1 Qxd7
15. Kxg2 Qh3+ 16. Kg1 Be6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Ng5 Qh4 19. Qd2 Rc5 20. f4 b4 21.
Nd5 Rc2 22. Qe1 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 0-1

[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

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. e4 Nbd7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Rc1 a6 16. Qc2 Nb8 17. b4 Nc6 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Kf2 O-O 20. Be2 Qd8 21. Rhd1
g5 22. Be3 f5 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. a4 a5 25. b5 Nb4 26. Re1 Re8 27. Bd1 Rc8 28. Bb3
Rc7 29. Rcd1 g6 30. Re2 e5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Bf2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Kg7 34. Qd2 Rd7
35. Qc1 Qc7 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Be1 d4 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. Qc4 d3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3 41.
Qxd3 Qxc5 42. a5 Kh6 43. Bc2 Qc7 44. a6 bxa6 45. bxa6 Qa5 46. Kg2 Qa1 47. Qd6
Qc3 48. Bxf5 gxf5 49. a7 Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Qa1 51. Kg2 Kg6 52. Qd7 Qa2+ 53. Kg1 Qb1+
54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Kg1 Qc5+ 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Kg1 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 Qb2+ 59. Kf1 Qc1+
60. Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3
fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5
Nc5 21. Ba3 Rxf3 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Raf8 24. Rc7 Rxf2 25. Rxa7 Rc2 26. Rf1
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kg8 28. Kg1 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Ra7+ Kg8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Ra7+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. Ne4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Bc4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Rc1 Nb8
15. O-O Qd5 16. Nf2 Bb7 17. Qa4 Rc8 18. e4 Qc6 19. Qa3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Rc2 Bc6 23. Qxa6 Rb4 24. Bd2 Ra4 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Qd3
Rd8 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rb5 Qc7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Qd7 15. Bd4 b6 16. Rb5 Ba6 17. Rb3 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qh3+ 19. Ke2 Rac8 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qf4 Qd7 22. Rd1 Qa4 23. Rd2 Qa6+ 24. Ke1 Kg8 25. Qe3 Rc5 26. Qd3 b5
27. d6 exd6 28. Qxd6 Qc8 29. Qd7 Qb8 30. Qd6 Qc8 31. Qd7 Qb8 32. Qd6 Qc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Na4 a5 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Be6 17. a3 Bb3 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Nc4 Nb5 21. Be3
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Nd5 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Rc2 Qc7 25. Bh6 Bf6 26. Bg5 Bg7 27. Bh6 Bf6
28. Qe4 Raa8 29. Rc4 e6 30. h4 Bh8 31. Qc2 b6 32. Re2 Na7 33. cxb6 Nxb6 34. Rb4
Bf6 35. Bf4 Qd8 36. Bg5 Bxg5 37. hxg5 Rb8 38. Qc5 Re7 39. Ne5 Reb7 40. Bxc6 Rc8
41. Bxb7 Rxc5 42. dxc5 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Nd7 44. Bf3 Nxc5 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Ng4 Nd7
47. Rb7 Nc8 48. Rxe6 Qd2 49. Re2 Qd6 50. Re8 Ncb6 51. Nh6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qb3 c6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Rad1 Re8 11. Bc1 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Qb3 e5
15. Ng6 Qc7 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. e4 Qh5 19. f3 Be6 20. Qb4 Nfd7 21.
g4 Qh4 22. Qd4 Rad8 23. Bf4 Nf8 24. Qe3 Nc4 25. Qc1 Ng6 26. Bg3 Qf6 27. b3 Nce5
28. Qe3 Nh4 29. Bxh4 Qxh4 30. Qxa7 h5 31. gxh5 Nd3 32. Ne2 Rd7 33. Qe3 Red8 34.
Rd2 Nf4 35. Rxd7 Nxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxd7 37. f4 Bh3 38. Bxh3 Qxh3 39. e5 Rd3 40. h6
Re3 41. Qf2 g6 42. Qg2 Qxh6 43. Qg4 Qf8 44. Qg5 Qc5 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qf6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. bxc4 Re8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Bb1 cxd4
15. exd4 Qf4 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. Ng3 Bb8 18. Bc3 Ne7 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
a4 Nh5 22. Re1 Qh4 23. Be4 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nf6 27.
Re3 Rc8 28. Bb2 Rc6 29. f3 Rec8 30. Rec3 Ne8 31. g4 f6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 g5
34. Kd3 Rd8 35. Rb3 Nd6 36. Rbc3 Nb7 37. Ke3 Rdc8 38. Ba3 Na5 39. Kd3 Nb7 40.
Bb4 R6c7 41. c5 bxc5 42. Bxc5 a6 43. Bb4 Rxc3+ 44. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Ke8 46.
Kc4 Kd7 47. d5 e5 48. Bf8 g6 49. Bb4 f5 50. Bf8 Nd6+ 51. Kc5 Ne8 52. gxf5 gxf5
53. a5 g4 54. fxg4 fxg4 55. Kb6 Nc7 56. d6 Ne6 57. Be7 e4 58. Kxa6 Kc6 59. Ka7
e3 60. a6 Nc5 61. Bh4 e2 62. Be1 Nd7 63. Ka8 Nb6+ 64. Kb8 Nd7+ 65. Kc8 Nb6+ 66.
Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Be4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Qe5+ 11. Kf1 Qa5 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. d4
Be7 15. g3 O-O 16. Kg2 Bc6 17. Re1 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3 b6 19. Kg2 Bd6 20. Bd2 c6 21.
Re4 Rfd8 22. Rae1 h6 23. R1e2 Qf5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Qd1 c5 26. Re1 cxd4 27. cxd4
Rbc8 28. Qe2 a5 29. Rg4 Qh7 30. Bc1 Rd7 31. Bb2 Re8 32. h5 Qf5 33. d5 e5 34.
Re4 Rde7 35. g4 Qd7 36. Qf3 f6 37. Qf5 Bb4 38. Qxd7 Rxd7 39. Rc1 Rf8 40. f3 Bd6
41. Rb1 f5 42. gxf5 Rxf5 43. Bc3 Bc7 44. Rh1 Rdf7 45. Rh3 Bd6 46. Bd2 Bc5 47.
Bc3 Bd6 48. Bd2 Bc5 49. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 h6 13. h3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1
c5 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Be3 Qb7 18. d5 Reb8 19. Qd2 Be7 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bd3 Bd8 22.
a5 Be7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bb5 25. Qc2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Bd8 27. Bd2 Rb7 28. Nf5
Qd7 29. Bc3 Rab8 30. g3 Ne8 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Reb1 Ne7 33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. Rxb7
Qxb7 35. Nd2 Qc7 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Qxb1 Bd8 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Bf6 40. Qa1
Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Nf6 42. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Qc2
e6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qe2 b5 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Ba2 O-O 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bb1 Qb6 20. Qc2 f5 21. exf6 g6
22. Ba2 Bf5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Qe2 Rd7 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Bh6 Bd3 27. Qe5 Bd6 28.
Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 8. e4
fxe4 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O d6 11. Ng5 exf3 12. Bxf3 h6 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Qe8
15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Rae1 Qg6 17. c5 e5 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Bg3 Kh8 20. Bh4 Rf8 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Bh5 Qh7 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Bd7 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27.
Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. e4 Bg7 7. d5 b5 8. d6 Bb7
9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. a4 Qd7 12. dxe7 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. axb5 h6 15.
Be3 Bc2 16. Rc1 Ba4 17. Bxc4 Rb8 18. Ra1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Rxa7 Kxe7 21.
O-O Ke6 22. Bd4 Rhb8 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. e6+ Ke7 25. Bxg7 f6 26. Bxh6 Rxb2 27.
Be3 Rc8 28. Re1 c4 29. Nh4 c3 30. Bc1 Ke8 31. Nxg6 Rd8 32. Kf1 Rb4 33. Ne7 Rb5
34. Ng8 c2 35. Nxf6+ Ke7 36. Nd7 Ra8 37. h4 Ra1 38. Ke2 Kxe6 39. Nf8+ Kf7 40.
Kd3 Rd5+ 41. Kxc2 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Rxf2 43. Ne6 Rxg2 44. Ng5+ Kg6 45. Rh1 Rc5+ 46.
Kd3 Rg3+ 47. Be3 Ra5 48. h5+ Kf5 49. Ne4 Ra3+ 50. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1
b6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rb3 Rc8 18. Ra3 a5 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Rb1 Rc6
21. Rab3 Ng6 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 Ke7 24. Kf1 Nxe5 25. Ke2 f4 26. Ra6 Rb8 27.
Rxa5 Kd6 28. Ra4 Re8 29. Bb5 Re7 30. Ra8 g5 31. Rd8+ Kc5 32. Re8 Re6 33. a4
Nc6+ 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. c3 e5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kf3 h5 38. Bd3 Na5 39. Bg6 Kc4 40.
Bxh5 Kxc3 41. Kg4 Kb4 42. Kxh4 Kxa4 43. Bf3 d4 44. Kg4 Kb4 45. Kf5 Nc4 46. Be2
Kc5 47. Ke4 Nb2 48. Kxe5 d3 49. Bf3 d2 50. Kxf4 d1=Q 51. Bxd1 Nxd1 52. f3 Kd5
53. Kg5 Ke6 54. f4 Ne3 55. g4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. Qc1
Re8 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nb6 11. Qc1 Bg4 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nfd5 14. Bh6 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nc4 16. Re1 e5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bh3 20. e4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Qc7 22. c4 exd4 23. Qxd4+ Qe5 24. Rad1 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd4
27. Rxd4 c5 28. Rd7 Rxe4 29. Rxb7 Rxc4 30. Rxa7 Rc2 31. a4 c4 32. a5 c3 33. Rc7
Ra2 34. Rxc3 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5
9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bb2 Qb6 15.
h4 Qd6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qd4 h5 18. gxh5 Bxh5 19. e4 Qf4 20. Bxh5+ Rxh5 21. Ne2
Qf3 22. Ng3 Ne5 23. Rc3 Qg4 24. Qd1 Rxh4 25. Rxh4 Qxh4 26. exd5 exd5 27. Re3
Ng4 28. Rf3 Nf6 29. Qc2 Qg4 30. Re3 d4 31. Qc6+ Kf7 32. Rd3 e5 33. Qxa6 e4 34.
Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Bb4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxd4 38. Qxb5 Bc5 39. Qe2 Qd3 40.
a4 Qxe2 41. Nxe2 Ke6 42. a5 Nd5 43. Kg3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Na6 14. d5
Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Bc4 b6 19. Rc1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6
21. g4 f5 22. Ng5 fxe4 23. Ne6 Ra8 24. Rc4 Be5 25. Ra4 Nc7 26. Rxe4 Nxe6 27.
dxe6 Bd6 28. Ra4 Bc5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. g5 Rc8 31. Rxa7 c4 32. Rd7 Rc6 33. Kf1
Rxe6 34. Rc7 Ra6 35. Rxc4 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. e4
Bd6 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h4 a5 14. a4 h6 15.
Rd1 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. c3 Bc5 18. Be1 Nf6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qc4 h5 21. Rd1
Ba7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe2 g6 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Qc2 Kg7 27. Be2 Ng4
28. Qd3 Qe6 29. Qc4 Qf6 30. Bf3 Nh2 31. Bd1 Ng4 32. Bf3 Nh2 33. Bd1 Ng4 34.
Bxg4 hxg4 35. Qe2 Qe6 36. c4 Qd7 37. Bc3 f6 38. b3 Bd8 39. f3 gxf3+ 40. Qxf3 b5
41. Qe3 b4 42. Be1 Be7 43. Bf2 Qd1 44. Qa7 Kf7 45. Bc5 Qe2+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47.
Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3
Bg4 9. Bxb5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Bc4 Qxd4 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Kf1 Qd8
15. Rd1 Nbd7 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Ra7 20. Qc4 a5 21.
Bf5 Qe8 22. f4 Nc5 23. f3 Qf7 24. Qe2 Qxb3 25. Bd4 Re7 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Be5 Nd7
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Bh3 13. Qxd8 Raxd8
14. Bg2 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd7 17. Rb3 Rc8 18. Be3 Be5 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20.
Bxc1 f5 21. Be3 a6 22. Rb6 Rd6 23. Rb7 Kf7 24. Ra7 Rc6 25. a4 Bc7 26. h4 h5 27.
Kf3 Ke6 28. Bf4 Ba5 29. Bg5 Bb4 30. a5 Bxa5 31. Rxe7+ Kd5 32. e4+ fxe4+ 33.
Rxe4 Bc3 34. g4 a5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Rf4 Ra6 37. Rf5+ Kc4 38. Bc1 Rf6 39. Ke4
Re6+ 40. Kf4 Re1 41. Ba3 Bb4 42. Rxh5 Bxa3 43. Rxa5 Bc5 44. h5 Bxf2 45. Kf5 Rh1
46. Kg6 Be3 47. Ra3 Rg1+ 48. Kf7 Bh6 49. Ra5 Kd4 50. Rf5 Rg7+ 51. Kf6 Ke4 52.
Re5+ Kf4 53. Ra5 Rg8 54. Kf7 Rb8 55. Ra4+ Kf5 56. Ra5+ Kg4 57. Ke6 Bf4 58. Rc5
Rb6+ 59. Kd5 Kxh5 60. Rc6 Rb1 61. Ke4 Kg5 62. Re6 Rd1 63. Rc6 Re1+ 64. Kd4 Kf5
65. Rc5+ Be5+ 66. Kd3 Rh1 67. Rc8 Rh3+ 68. Ke2 Ke4 69. Re8 Rh2+ 70. Ke1 Kd4 71.
Kf1 Ra2 72. Re7 Bf4 73. Re2 Ra3 74. Re8 Be3 75. Ke2 Ra2+ 76. Kf3 Rf2+ 77. Kg4
Rf4+ 78. Kh5 Rf6 79. Kg4 Kd3 80. Ra8 Rf4+ 81. Kh5 Ke4 82. Ra4+ Bd4 83. Kg5 Kf3
84. Ra3+ Be3 85. Kg6 Rb4 86. Kf5 Rb5+ 87. Ke6 Ke4 88. Ra1 Rb6+ 89. Kd7 Bf4 90.
Re1+ Kd5 91. Rd1+ Kc5 92. Rd3 Be5 93. Rd1 Bd4 94. Rc1+ Kd5 95. Rd1 Rb7+ 96. Kd8
Ke5 97. Kc8 Rh7 98. Rd2 Bc5 99. Rd7 Rh1 100. Rd2 Bb4 101. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. Nge2
c6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 a6 11. a4 a5 12. h3 Na6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Qe8 15. Ra2
Nb4 16. Rd2 Qh5 17. f3 Qf7 18. f4 Qh5 19. Bg1 Bg4 20. Qe1 h6 21. Nc1 g5 22. Be3
Bxh3 23. Bxh3 g4 24. fxe5 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Nh5 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rh2 Qxg3+ 28.
Qxg3 Nxg3 29. Rxh6 Rf3 30. Bd4 Nc2 31. N1e2 dxe5 32. Bxe5 Bc5+ 33. Kh2 Nxe2 34.
Nxe2 Rf2+ 35. Kg3 Rxe2 36. Kxg4 Kf7 37. Bf4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 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 Rf8 17. Bf3 Rf7 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nce4 11. Qe5 Qxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd5 13. Bc1 Bd7 14.
f3 Nc5 15. e4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. g4 Ba4 19. g5 Ke7 20. Rg1 Rhd8
21. Rg4 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Rh4 Rc2 24. Rxh7 Nd2 25. Bxd2 Rdxd2 26. Rxg7 Rf2
27. Bd3 Rcd2 28. b3 Be8 29. Rh7 Ra2 30. Ra1 Rab2 31. Rb1 Ra2 32. Ra1 Rab2 33.
Rb1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3
h6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Re8
21. Qc1 Rd8 22. Rc7 Qd6 23. Rc4 Nd7 24. Be2 e5 25. Rc8 Rf8 26. d5 Nc5 27. Rc6
Qb8 28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Bg4 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Kf8 31. Bd1 Ke7 32. Bb3 Ne6 33. Qa6 Qc7
34. Bd5 Nc5 35. Qe2 Kd8 36. Qd1 Qd6 37. Qh5 Qf6 38. Bxf7 Nxe4 39. Qd1+ Qd6 40.
Qc2 Nf6 41. Qa4 a5 42. Bc4 Kc7 43. Qc2 Qxc6 44. a4 Qc5 45. Qe2 Kd6 46. Bb5 Qc1+
47. Kh2 e4 48. g3 Qc3 49. Qd1+ Nd5 50. Qg4 Qf3 51. Qd7+ Kc5 52. Qc6+ Kd4 53.
Qc2 Ke5 54. Qb2+ Qc3 55. Qe2 Qd4 56. Kg2 Kd6 57. Qg4 Kc5 58. Qc8+ Kb4 59. Qc2
e3 60. Qb1+ Ka3 61. fxe3 Qd2+ 62. Kf3 Qxe3+ 63. Kg2 Nc3 64. Qa1+ Kb3 65. Qf1
Qd2+ 66. Kf3 Qd5+ 67. Ke3 Qg5+ 68. Kd4 Qf6+ 69. Qxf6 Nxb5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 a5 11. e3 a4 12. Nd4 Qxc5 13. Nxa4 Qa5 14. b3 e5 15.
Bd2 Qa6 16. Nc5 Qa7 17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. b4 b6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. e4 Qa4 23. Rfc1 Be6 24. h4 h5 25. Qc3 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Bg5 Bxg5
28. hxg5 Qd4 29. Qxc5 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 31. Bf3 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 Re8 33. Bd1 Re7
34. Bc2 Kg7 35. f4 f6 36. Rc6 fxg5 37. f5 gxf5 38. exf5 Kf8 39. Rh6 Rc7 40. Be4
Rc4 41. Bg2 e4 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Rxg5 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kg1
Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 e3 49. Bf3 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rf2 52. Bxh5+
Kf6 53. Rg4 Rc2 54. Rd4 Bc4 55. Rd1 Kg5 56. Bf3 Rf2 57. Bg2 e2 58. Re1 Rxf5 59.
Bh3 Rf3 60. Bg2 Rf8 61. Bh3 Bd3 62. Ra1 Bc4 63. Ra5+ Kf6 64. Ra1 Ke5 65. g4 Kd4
66. g5 Kc3 67. Kh2 Kd2 68. Kg3 e1=Q+ 69. Rxe1 Kxe1 70. Bg4 Bd3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "277"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nbd2 Rc8 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nh2 Bf6 18. Rb1 Re8 19. f4 h6 20. Bf2 Bh4 21. Bxh4 Qxh4
22. Kg2 Qd8 23. b3 Bh7 24. Ndf3 b4 25. Qd2 c4 26. f5 cxb3 27. axb3 Qb6 28. Nd4
Rc3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Nf6 31. Qd2 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Nhf3 Nb7 34. Re1
Nc5 35. Nc6 a5 36. Nfd4 Kh8 37. Kf3 Qa6 38. Rxe4 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 Qxh3+ 40. Nf3
Nxe4 41. Kxe4 Qxg4+ 42. Qf4 Bxf5+ 43. Ke3 Qxf4+ 44. Kxf4 Bc2 45. Nfd4 g5+ 46.
Ke3 a4 47. bxa4 Bxa4 48. Nxb4 Kg7 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Nxd6 Bb3 51. Ke4 f5+ 52.
Nxf5 Bxd5+ 53. Nxd5 h5 54. Nde3 Kf7 55. Ke5 g4 56. Nh4 Ke7 57. Nef5+ Kd7 58.
Kd5 Kc7 59. Kc5 Kd7 60. Nd4 Ke7 61. Kd5 Kf6 62. Ne6 Ke7 63. Nf4 Kd7 64. Nfg6
Kc7 65. Ne5 Kb7 66. Nc6 Kc7 67. Ne5 Kb7 68. Kd6 Kb6 69. Nc6 Kb5 70. Kd5 Kb6 71.
Nd4 Kc7 72. Ke6 Kb6 73. Kd6 Kb7 74. Nb5 Kb6 75. Nc3 Kb7 76. Nd5 Ka6 77. Kc5 Ka5
78. Nb6 Ka6 79. Nc4 Kb7 80. Kd6 Kc8 81. Ne5 Kb7 82. Nd7 Ka6 83. Kc5 Kb7 84. Ne5
Kc7 85. Nc6 Kd7 86. Kd5 Kc7 87. Ne5 Kb7 88. Kc4 Kc7 89. Kc5 Kb7 90. Nc4 Kc7 91.
Nb6 Kd8 92. Nd5 Kd7 93. Nf4 Kc7 94. Ne6+ Kd7 95. Kd5 Ke7 96. Nf4 Kf6 97. Nfg2
Kf7 98. Nf5 h4 99. Nfxh4 g3 100. Nf5 Kf6 101. Nd4 Ke7 102. Kc6 Kd8 103. Nf5 Kc8
104. Ne7+ Kb8 105. Nd5 Ka7 106. Nc7 Kb8 107. Kb6 Kc8 108. Na6 Kd7 109. Kc5 Ke6
110. Kc6 Ke5 111. Nc5 Kd4 112. Ne6+ Kc4 113. Nef4 Kb4 114. Kb6 Kc4 115. Ne3+
Kd4 116. Nfg2 Ke5 117. Kc6 Ke6 118. Nd5 Ke5 119. Ndf4 Ke4 120. Kb5 Kd4 121. Kc6
Ke4 122. Kb5 Kd4 123. Kb4 Ke4 124. Kc4 Ke5 125. Kc5 Ke4 126. Kd6 Kd4 127. Ne6+
Ke4 128. Ng5+ Kf5 129. Nh3 Ke4 130. Kc5 Kf3 131. Nhf4 Ke4 132. Kd6 Kd4 133.
Ne6+ Ke4 134. Ng5+ Kf5 135. Nf3 Ke4 136. Ne5 Kd4 137. Nf3+ Ke4 138. Ne5 Kd4
139. Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 b5 8. b3 Bf5
9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 bxc4 13. bxc4 e6 14. Ba3 Re8 15.
Ne5 c5 16. cxd5 cxd4 17. Nxe4 d3 18. Nxd3 fxe4 19. Nf4 Bxa1 20. dxe6 Bf6 21.
exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Kg7 23. Qb7+ Qd7 24. Qxa8 Qxa4 25. Qb7+ Kg8 26. Qd5+ Kh8
27. Bd6 Nd7 28. Rb1 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Ne6 Bb2 31. Qb7 Be5 32. Ng5 Bg7 33.
Qd5 h6 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qg6 Qd7 37. Nd6 Rf8 38. Rb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. a5 a6 8. O-O Be7
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Re1 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qg4 g6 15. N2b3
Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Nf3 h5 19. Qf4 Nd7 20. Be3 Be7 21. Rad1 Qb5
22. Rd4 O-O 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. h3 Nf8 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxa5
28. Qf6 Nh7 29. Qf4 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. Rd7 Rf8 32. Bc5 g5 33. Qe4 b3 34.
Bxf8 Nxf8 35. Rd8 Qxf2 36. Qb4 Qf4+ 37. Qxf4 gxf4 38. Rb8 Kg7 39. Rxb3 h4 40.
Kg1 Ng6 41. Rb4 Kh6 42. Ra4 Kg5 43. Kf2 Nxe5 44. Rxa6 Ng6 45. Kf3 e5 46. Rb6
Kf5 47. Ra6 f6 48. Ra8 e4+ 49. Kf2 Ne5 50. Rh8 Kg5 51. Rg8+ Ng6 52. Re8 Kf5 53.
Rg8 Ne5 54. Rh8 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Be2
Rc8 15. Rb2 Bc6 16. a3 f5 17. d5 fxe4 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Rd2 Qe8 20. Ng5 Rxf4
21. Nxe6 Rf6 22. Bh5 g6 23. Bg4 Ne5 24. Bh3 Rc3 25. Rd5 Nd3 26. Rd4 Qc6 27. Qe2
Rc2 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Nxf2 30. Nd4 Nxe4 31. Rxf6 Bc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8.
Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. c3 c5 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Qe4
Qc8 15. Bb3 e6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rfd1 Nxb3
21. axb3 e5 22. Be3 b6 23. f4 Qe6 24. Qc4 Qg6 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bf4 Rfe8 27.
Rf1 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Re2 29. Rf2 Rae8 30. Raf1 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Re4 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33.
Rxf5 Re2 34. Rf2 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Re2 36. Rf2 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Re2 38. b4 Rxb2 39. Ra1
Rb3 40. Rxa7 Rxc3 41. Rb7 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bf4 Qa5 15.
Nc3 Nxe5 16. Nxa4 f6 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. e3 g6 20. Qg4 Be7 21. Rfd1
Rc7 22. Rd2 O-O 23. Rad1 Be8 24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 Rf5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Be4 Rg5
28. Qf3 Rh5 29. Kg2 a5 30. g4 Rh8 31. Qg3 Qc5 32. Nd5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Qb6 34. g5
Rh5 35. Qxe5+ Kh7 36. f4 c3 37. bxc3 Qb2+ 38. R5d2 Qxc3 39. Qe6 Qg7 40. Bf3 Rh4
41. Kg3 Rh5 42. Bxh5 gxh5 43. Qf5+ Bg6 44. Qxa5 Rc3 45. Kf2 Rc5 46. Qa7 Rc6 47.
Rd7 Re6 48. Qa2 Re4 49. R1d5 Qf7 50. Qd2 Kg8 51. Ra5 Qe6 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Raa7
Qb3 54. Rdb7 Qc4 55. Rc7 Qb3 56. Rab7 Qa3 57. Qd5+ Kg7 58. Rxe7+ Rxe7 59. Qe5+
Kf8 60. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nb3
Re8 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. c3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Nf6 13. f4 e6 14. Nc5 b6 15.
Nd3 Ne7 16. g4 Qd6 17. f3 Rec8 18. Re1 c5 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Qd2 Ne8
22. Ne5 Nb4 23. Rac1 f6 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Bxd3 f5 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. b3 Bf8 28. Bf2
Qb4 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. Qd2 h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. fxg4 Nf6 33. Qe3 Ne4 34. Bxe4 dxe4
35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. bxc4 Qb4 37. c5 bxc5 38. dxc5 Rc8 39. Rc1 Qxa4 40. Qc3 Qc6 41.
Be3 a4 42. Rb1 Be7 43. g5 Qa6 44. Kf2 a3 45. Qe5 Rd8 46. Rb6 Qc8 47. c6 Rd5 48.
Qa1 a2 49. Rb7 e5 50. Qxa2 Qxc6 51. Qa7 Qd6 52. Rb6 Qa3 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Qxa3
Bxa3 55. fxe5 Bb2 56. Re6 Kf7 57. Rf6+ Ke7 58. Rxg6 Bxe5 59. Ra6 Rb5 60. g6
Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Rb1+ 62. Ke2 Rb2+ 63. Kf1 f4 64. Bxf4 Bxf4 65. Ra4 Rb1+ 66. Ke2
Rb2+ 67. Kf1 Kf6 68. Rxe4 Bh6 69. Rg4 Rh2 70. Rg3 Ra2 71. Rg4 Bg7 72. Rg2 Ra1+
73. Ke2 Rh1 74. Kd3 Rxh3+ 75. Ke4 Bh6 76. g7 Bxg7 77. Ra2 Rh1 78. Ra6+ Kg5 79.
Ra2 Re1+ 80. Kd3 Be5 81. Re2 Rd1+ 82. Rd2 Ra1 83. Ke4 Re1+ 84. Kd3 Kf5 85. Ra2
Rd1+ 86. Ke2 Rh1 87. Ra8 Ke4 88. Re8 Rh2+ 89. Ke1 Ra2 90. Re7 Kf4 91. Kd1 Bd4
92. Re2 Ra1+ 93. Kc2 Be3 94. Kd3 Rd1+ 95. Kc4 Ke4 96. Rh2 Rc1+ 97. Kb5 Bd4 98.
Rh4+ Kd5 99. Rh5+ Be5 100. Rg5 Rb1+ 101. Ka5 Kd6 102. Ka4 Rb8 103. Rh5 Kd5 104.
Ka5 Re8 105. Kb5 Rh8 106. Rxh8 Bxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qc2 f4 14. Rad1 fxg3 15.
hxg3 Rae8 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. b4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qc1 c5 21. b5
g5 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Rde1 g4 24. Nb1 Be6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Bd5 Bxd5
28. Rxd5 Rde8 29. Nc3 Qf7 30. Qc2 Kh8 31. Qd3 Be5 32. Ne4 Qh5 33. f4 gxf3 34.
Rxf3 Rxf3 35. exf3 Qg6 36. Kg2 h5 37. f4 Bxf4 38. Nxd6 Qxd3 39. Rxd3 Bxd6 40.
Rxd6 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 2] An important last-round encounter. With both Svidler and Malakhov
leading the tournament together with Vitiugov and Fedoseev, it was clear that
a win would be very valuable indeed.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 ({In St
Petersburg Svidler faced also the classical} 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {
, Black has a choice after} 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 ({
Avoiding the Chigorin-like} 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5) {More enterprising is}
10... b4 ({The manoeuvring struggle} 10... Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 h6 13. h3
Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1 c5 16. Ng3 (16. d5 Nh7 17. Be3 Be7 18. b4 c4 19. Qd2 Ng5
20. N1h2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rea1 axb4 25. cxb4 Bg5
$11 {Karjakin,S (2788)-Leko,P (2717) Ningbo 2011}) 16... Qc7 17. Be3 Qb7 18. d5
Reb8 19. Qd2 Be7 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bd3 Bd8 22. a5 Be7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bb5 25.
Qc2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Bd8 27. Bd2 Rb7 28. Nf5 Qd7 29. Bc3 Rab8 30. g3 Ne8 31. Kg2
Bf6 32. Reb1 Ne7 $14 {/=, Svidler,P (2765)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St Petersburg
2017 led to a rather passive, but solid position, which Black held in the end.}
) 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1 Re8 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Bb3 bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. h3
Be6 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Nc4 Ne7 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 d5 22. exd5 Rxe1+
23. Qxe1 Nxd5 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Nce5 Be8 26. Ba3 Bd6 27. Bc5 g5 28. Rc1 Nf4
$132 {Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris rpd 2017}) 11... Rb8 (11... d5
12. d4 $5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bg6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be3 Re8 20. Rb1 Bg5 21. Qxd8 Bxd8 22. Rfd1 Rxe5 23. Rb7 $44 {
Ponomariov,R (2709)-Michalik,P (2554) Czech Republic 2017}) 12. Re1 d5 13. a5
Bd6 (13... h6 14. Ba4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd6 16. Nc4 Re8 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Bd2 Qb7 19.
Nxd6 cxd6 20. cxb4 Bg4 21. Qe3 Red8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Qe3 d5 25.
exd5 Nxd5 26. Qxe5 Nxb4 27. Ra3 Nbc6 28. Qf4 Ne6 29. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 {Almasi,Z 
(2695)-Tomashevsky,E (2745) Tsaghkadzor 2015} 30. Bc3 $1 $40) 14. Bb3 dxe4 15.
dxe4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Ba2 Ng6 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Ne3
Bc5 22. Nf5 Qe8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Qe7 25. Bc4 h6 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. Bxa6 {
½, Balogh,C (2655)-Naroditsky,D (2633) Tsaghkadzor 2015} Ra8 $11) 4. Nc3 {
A rare transposition from the Ruy Lopez to the 4N game. However, fighting the
Berlin wall is tough, so White often tries to se the surprise factor.} ({
The main Antiberlin is} 4. d3 {, after} Bc5 {Magnus towards the end of the
year had some novel ideas with the B sortie:} 5. Bg5 (5. O-O {and}) (5. c3 {
are the more standard moves.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 {has also been played more often,
but not in connection with} 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 (7... Bxe3 $5 8. fxe3 Qe7 9.
h3 Ne8 10. O-O Nd6 11. Qe1 f6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. g4 g6 15. Qg3 gxf5
16. gxf5+ Kh8 17. fxe6 Qxe6 18. Kh2 Rg8 19. Qh4 Rg5 20. Rg1 Rag8 21. Rxg5 Rxg5
$11 {Gopal,G (2548)-Hammer,J (2522) Gjovik 2008}) 8. Bg5 $5 Re8 9. h3 c5 10.
Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb8 $2 (14... Nf8 $14)
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nc6 17. Qh5 b6 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Nf3 Be6 (19... g5 20. Rh4
$1 gxh4 21. Bxh6 Bd7 22. Bg7 $1 f5 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Bc3 $40) 20.
Rh4 f6 21. Qg6 Qf7 22. Qg3 Nb4 23. Bxh6 Nxc2 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qg6
Bxa2 27. Bg5 Rff8 28. Rh7 Rf7 29. Bf6 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S 
(2760) Riadh 2017}) 5... h6 (5... Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nd2 c6 9. Ba4
h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 Bb6 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bg4 16.
Qd2 Nh5 17. O-O O-O 18. Be1 Qe7 19. h3 Be6 20. Qe2 Bxb3 (20... Ng7 21. Bc2 $5)
21. Qxh5 Bc2 22. Qe2 Ba4 23. b3 Bb5 24. a4 Ba6 25. b4 b6 26. c4 Bb7 27. a5 $14
{[%csl Rg8] (),Carlsen,M (2837)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) 6. Bh4 Be7 $5 7. O-O
d6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 d5 13. Nbd2 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 Be6 15. b4 c5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. h3 Rb4 19. c3 Rb6 20. Qe3
Qe7 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Nc5 c6 23. a4 Rcb8 24. Qd4 a5 $132 {[%cal Gb8b1] Carlsen,M
(2837)-Eljanov,P (2711) Riadh rpd 2017}) (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 ({In Riadh White
preferred the riskless} 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 {, but didn't achieve anything
tangible after} Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {is nowadays the main position of the Berlin endgame,
which still remains fully viable. Black even has a choice:} Ke8 (9... Be7 10.
Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. g4 Re8 15. f4 h5 16. Rd4 c5
17. Re4 b6 18. Bf2 f5 19. Re3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 hxg4 21. hxg4 fxg4 22. f5 Kb7 23.
Rf4 Rh8 24. e6 Bc6 25. Rxg4 Rh5 $132 {[%csl Rf5] Navara,D (2737)-Grischuk,A 
(2783) Tbilisi rpd 2017}) (9... Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13.
Nd2 Be7 14. Ne4 h6 15. f4 Kc8 16. f5 c5 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Nc3 b6 19. Nd5 Bh4 20.
c4 Kb7 21. Rd3 Rhe8 22. Rad1 g6 $132 {Grischuk,A (2750)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2795) chess.com INT 2017 Black again has counterplay against the isolated
pawns.}) (9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ne4 Nf4 (
14... Kf8 15. Re1 Kg8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Kh2 Kh7 18. g4 a5 19. Kg3 a4 20. h4 Ra8
21. h5 Nf8 22. Nd4 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. Bc1 Ne6 25. Nf5 Bd8 26. Re2 b6 27. f4
c5 28. Be3 Ra8 29. Red2 Re8 30. Kh3 Bb7 31. Nfg3 Bc6 32. g5 hxg5 33. f5 Nf4+
34. Kg4 f6 35. e6 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Rxe6 $44 {1/2-1/2 (45) Zhak,B (2619)-Van Unen,
H (2499) ICCF email 2013}) (14... c5 $146 15. Nc3 Nf4 {Grischuk,A (2750)
-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017} 16. Bc1 Ne6 17. Nd5 $14) 15. Re1 Ne6 16.
Rad1 c5 17. Nfd2 b6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. g3 Rd8 20. f4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb7 22. Nf2 h5
23. f5 Ng5 24. h4 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. e6 Nd4 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Ne5+ Kf6 29.
Nc6 Bxf5 30. Bxd4+ cxd4 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Rxd4 Rh6 $11 {Boruchovsky,A (2557)
-Sargissian,G (2650) Minsk 2017}) 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5
Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 Rh6 $5 ({More forcing than} 22... g5 23.
c4 Nc3 $132 {Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 23. Rxh6
gxh6 24. Kh3 Nxc3 25. Kh4 Nxa2 26. Kh5 Nc3 27. Kxh6 a5 28. f4 a4 29. f5 Ke8 30.
g5 a3 31. e6 a2 32. Kg7 fxe6 33. f6 a1=Q 34. f7+ Kd7 35. Be5 Qa5 36. Bf6 Qc5
37. f8=Q Qxf8+ 38. Kxf8 Ne4 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Karjakin,S (2773)
Saint Louis 2017 Black will sacrifice his N for the Pg5 to hold the endgame.
It's quite likely that this was still home preparation.}) 4... Bb4 {This
symmetrical move is the most common reaction.} ({Both players have already
tried the original} 4... Bd6 $5 {Once Black plays 0-0 and Re8, the B is ready
to go to f8, or c5:} 5. d3 h6 (5... O-O 6. O-O (6. a3 Re8 7. g4 Bc5 8. Rg1 d5
9. g5 Ng4 10. Rg2 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 d4 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. Ng3 Bg4 15.
Qh1 Rf8 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. h3 Be6 18. Nh4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 f6 20. Nhf5 Nxf5 21. exf5
fxg5 22. Bxg5 $14 {Naiditsch,A (2687)-Malakhov,V (2713) Doha blitz 2016}) ({
Black must also reckon with} 6. Bg5 {, or the immediate}) (6. g4 $5) 6... h6 7.
a3 Re8 8. h3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bc4 c6 11. Re1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 b5
14. Ba2 a5 15. Ne2 d6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Rf1 d5 18. Rf2 Ra7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nf5
Kh7 21. Qg3 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Rc7 23. c3 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. a4 b3 $1 26. Bxb3 Qb8
{získal čierny výbornú protihru, Harikrišna - Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2017.
V tejto vetve však treba rátať s agresívnym 6.Sg5, alebo dokonca 6.g4!?}) (
5... a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. a3 b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9. h3 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Nd4 12.
Nxe5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 d5 15. exd5 (15. d4 $5 dxe4 16. b4 $14) 15...
Nxd5 16. Qd2 {Naiditsch,A (2702)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2455) Sharjah 2017} c5 $5
$44 {/+/=}) 6. Ne2 (6. a3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. h3 d6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Nxh5 Qxh5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rf6
18. Ra2 Raf8 19. Raf2 Nd8 20. Qa4 Qg6 $11 {Svidler,P (2741)-Yu,Y (2750)
Shenzhen 2017}) 6... a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 $5 $146 ({A very provocative
novelty instead of} 8... Bc5 9. O-O d6 10. Ng3 Na5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 O-O
13. Qe1 c5 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Nb7 18. a4 bxa4 19. d4
f4 20. exf4 exf4 $132 {Vorobiov,E (2543)-Sasikiran,K (2670) Cappelle-la-Grande
2006}) 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Bb7 $1 14.
Qxb7 c6 15. Ned4 O-O 16. b4 f5 17. c3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qe7 19. Ke2 Qxb4 20. Rd1
Qc4+ 21. Ke1 g5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 (22... Rad8 $142 $5 $44 {is the engine preference
}) 23. Qxa6 g4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 $1 Qxd4+ 26. Kc2 $14 {Inarkiev,E (2689)
-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) (4... Nd4 {has a good reputation as
well:} 5. Bc4 (5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5
11. O-O f6 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. f4 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Bf5 16. a4 Bc7 $1 17. b3
fxe5 18. Ba3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxe5 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nf7 $11 {Kasparov,G 
(2812)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) 5... Bc5 (5... d6 6.
Ng5 d5 $5 7. exd5 h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. d3
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb2 f6 17. c4 Nf4 18. Rfe1
Kf7 19. Rab1 b6 20. a4 Ne6 21. a5 g5 $11 {Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Kramnik,V 
(2754) Monte Carlo rpd 2005}) 6. d3 (6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 d5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5
9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bd6 $44 {was played already by Rubinstein.}) 7... d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O {has been analysed to a draw after} 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Rxd5 $1 12. exd5 Re8 13. c3 (13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4 15. f4 Bd6 16. Kg2 Nxc2
$1 17. Qxc2 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 
(21) Short,N (2678)-McShane,L (2640) London 2017}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qh4 15.
Kd2 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Qf2+ 17. Kc1 Bxf3 18. Qe1 Bxe3+ 19. Kb1 Bxh1 20. Qxh1 Qe2 21.
a4 Qxd3+ 22. Ka2 Qc4+ $11 {Wei,Y (2727)-Ding,L (2759) China 2017}) {More
natural and logical is} 6... d6 $142 (6... c6 7. Nxe5 O-O $6 (7... d5 $142 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ (9. Bb3 $5 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Re1 Bf5 {Stanton,
T (1520)-Stein,R (1952) email 1999} (12... Qc7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxe5 15.
c3 Bg4 16. Qxg4 Bxf4 17. cxd4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bd6 $14 {Fedoseev})
13. Bg3 $14) 9... Nxb5 10. Nxb5 Qb6 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nc4 $14) (10...
d4 $5) 11. d4 Qxb5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Be3 $14 {Fischer,
D (2427)-Benko,B (2329) email 2003}) 8. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Be3 Ne6
$2 (10... d5 $5) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. e5 Ne8 13. d4 Ne6 14. O-O d6 15. f4 dxe5 {
Fedoseev,V (2731)-Nakamura,H (2792) Tbilisi 2017} 16. dxe5 $1 Qxd1 17. Raxd1
$16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4] /+-}) 7. Na4 (7. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11) 7... b5 (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3
Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh3 Qd7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. f4 h6
15. fxe5 hxg5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. a3 Raf8 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 $11 {Svidler,P (2749)
-Karjakin,S (2785) Moscow 2012}) 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 (9. Ne2 Ba6 $5 $132) 9...
Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bg5 (12. cxd3 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 14. Qf3 Rfd8
$132) (12. Qxd3 Qxd3 13. cxd3 O-O-O 14. Ke2 Nd5 $1 $11 {Fedoseev}) 12... e4 13.
cxd3 exd3 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Qc4 Qe5 18. Rac1 Qxf5 {
½, Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Cheparinov,I (2687) Varadero 2016} 19. Qxc5 $11) 5. O-O
O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 {Another option are the lines in which Black strives to retain
the B, this gives the game a somewhat different character:} (6... d6 7. Bg5 (7.
Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 Bb6 13. Be3 d5 14.
dxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Re1 Bf5
20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qe2 g6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8+
Kg7 $11 {Wei,Y (2738)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Danzhou 2017 White's slight
initiative quickly evaporated.}) (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Ng3 d5 $132 10.
Qe2 Bd6 11. h3 h6 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qh4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5
Bc5 17. Be3 Bb6 18. f3 Rab8 19. Rab1 a5 20. Bf2 Qe7 21. g4 Rb7 22. Kg2 Bxf2 23.
Qxf2 Reb8 24. b3 f6 $132 {Grigoryan,K (2590)-Petrosyan,M (2449) Yerevan 2015})
7... Ne7 $5 {This was played already in the 19-th century by players as
Steinitz and Janowsky!} (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 {can still transpose into our game.}
) 8. Nh4 (8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $1 13. g3 d5
14. Kg2 d4 15. Ne2 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nd7 18. a3 Kh8 19. Kg2 Nc5 20.
Ba2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 Qf6 23. f4 Rf8 $15 {Naiditsch,A (2706)-Carlsen,M 
(2865) Baden-Baden rpd 2015}) (8. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 9. Ne2 f5 10. c3 Ba5 11. Bc4 Ng6
12. Ng3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Bb6 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Ne3 c6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. a4 a5 18. b4
Rg8 19. b5 Rg7 20. Rb1 Bc5 21. Rb2 Nf4 $44 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg8g1] Vallejo
Pons,F (2722)-Granda Zuniga,J (2614) Bahia Feliz 2011}) 8... c6 9. Bc4 (9. Ba4
Ng6 (9... Nd7 $5 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. c3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bc5 13. d4 Bb6 14. Rad1 Bg4
15. f3 Be6 16. Kh1 f6 17. Bc1 Qe8 18. f4 c5 $1 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
d5 Bg4 22. Nf3 c4 $1 23. Ng3 Bc5 $36 {[%csl Gc5,Gg4] Negi,P (2615)-Sargissian,
G (2673) Sestao 2010}) 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Ne2 (11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6
gxf6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf5 16. exf5 Ne7 17. f4 Nd5 $132) (
14... d5 $5 $13) 15. exf5 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nxf5 17. c3 Ba5 (17... d5 $1 18. Nxf6 Bd6
$11) 18. Nxf6 Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kg6 20. g4 Ng7 21. f4 $11 {/+/=, Nikolova,A (2358)
-Motycakova,M (2109) Baku 2016}) 11... h6 12. Nxg6+ fxg6 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. c3 Qe7
(14... Bb6 15. Qe1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. Qe4 Bf5 $1 20.
Qh4 Bd3 $13 {Sanchez,J (2491)-Godena,M (2540) Bratto 2009}) 15. d4 Bb6 16. Bc2
g5 17. Re1 Be6 18. a4 a5 $11 {/=/+} 19. Ng3 $6 exd4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qd7
22. Re6 d5 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxg5 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 hxg5 $17 {Naiditsch,A (2710)
-Georgiev,K (2637) Bol 2013}) 9... d5 10. Bb3 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3
Bxc3 13. bxc3 a4 14. Ba2 Ng6 15. Qh5 $6 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. d4 $2 f5 $1 18.
Nxf5 Nf4 19. Qh6 Rg6 20. Qh4 Bxf5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. exf5 Rxg2 23. dxe5 Rdg8 {
0-1, Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Ponomariov,R (2733) Medias 2010 For more details see
the notes to this game in CBM 137 by Rogozenco.}) 10... Qd6 11. f4 (11. Qf3 d4
(11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Kh8 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bc1 Bg4 15. Qg3 dxe4 16.
dxe4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 {Svoboda,S (2330)-Talla,V (2447) Czech Republic 2016
}) 14... Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. d4 $1 $14) 12. Nb1 (12. a3 $5 $13) 12... Bg4
13. Qg3 Be2 14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Qh3 h6 16. Nf3 hxg5 17. Qxh5 Qf6 18. Qxg5 Bxf3 19.
Qxf6 gxf6 20. gxf3 Ng6 21. Kh1 Kg7 22. Rg1 Rh8 $40 {Hindermann,F (2337)-Godena,
M (2527) Switzerland 2012}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. dxe4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 (16. Nf5 Bxf5 $5 (16... Qxc3 17. Qc1 $6 (17. Ng3
$142 $1 $44 {[%cal Rg3h5] /\Nh5}) 17... Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Qh6 Ng4 20. Qh4 {
Caruana,F (2709)-Aronian,L (2801) Moscow blitz 2010} Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Qg5 $15 {/-/+
}) 17. Rxf5 (17. exf5 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Qd4 Qg5 $15) 17... Qxc3 $13 {/=/+})
16... hxg6 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ (17... Kg7 18. Rf2 c5 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Raf1 f6 21.
Bd5 Rb8 22. c4 b6 $11 {Tisdall,J (2375)-Formanek,E (2410) Lone Pine 1977}) 18.
cxd4 f5 19. Rae1 a5 20. a4 b5 21. h3 Rb8 22. exf5 bxa4 $11 {Batik,F-Strand,R
corr 1958}) 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Bd7 ({Black plays} 8... Qe7 {[%cal Yc6d8,Yd8e6,
Ye6f4,Yf4g6] far more often, intending to unpin the Nf6 with the manoeuvre
Nd8-e6-f4-g6. However, this takes time and White can try to develop his
initiative here:} 9. Re1 (9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 Nd8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nf4 13. Ne3
c6 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Bb3 Qd7 $5 (16... a5 17. Qb1 Rfb8 18. a4 Nh5 19.
d4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 b5 21. Qd1 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Qc7 23. Re2 Ne7 24. Rd2 $14 {
Kasimdzhanov,R (2698)-Batchuluun,T (2525) Chengdu 2017}) 17. Rf1 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Qe1 Rfe8 20. Nc4 Ndf4 21. f3 {Kosanski,S (2340)-Toth,B (2470)
Catanzaro 1979} f6 $11 {/=/+}) 9... Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13.
g3 Nf8 ({Passive, but solid is} 13... Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Bg5 N6d7
17. Nf5 f6 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. c4 Bd7 20. h4 Nc8 21. h5 Ne7 22. Nh4 Qc8 23. Be2 h6
{½, Negi,P (2639)-Harikrishna,P (2678) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012}) 14. Nh4 h6
15. a4 N6h7 (15... Qc7 16. a5 Bd7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3
Qc6 21. Bd3 c4 22. Nxc4 Bg4 23. Qe3 Be6 24. Nxe5 Qxc3 25. Ba3 $1 $16 {Ivanchuk,
V (2731)-Nakamura,H (2786) Antalya 2013}) 16. Bg2 (16. Nf5 $142 $1 Bxf5 17.
exf5 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1]}) 16... Qf6 17. Be3 Ng5 18. Qd2 Bh3 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20.
Bxh3 gxh4 21. d5 Nh7 22. Qe3 Re8 $11 {Hjartarson,J (2605)-Aleksandrov,A (2660)
Groningen 1997}) 9. Rb1 {A natural move, occupying the semi-open file and
protecting the Bb5.} (9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $5 11. Bg3 Ne7 $132 {s protihrou.}
12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Ne3 Nd7 15. c4 f5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qf7 18.
f3 Kh7 19. Rb1 b6 20. h3 Qg6 21. c4 Rf7 22. a4 a5 23. Re1 h5 24. Bf2 Raf8 25.
Rb2 Nf6 26. Qc1 g4 $36 {Maze,S (2613)-Kollars,D (2500) chess.com INT 2017}) (9.
d4 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. dxe5 (12. Bd3 Bg4 13. d5 Nb8 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nbd7 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. c4 Qe7 18. Re3 Nfd7 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4,Gc5,Rd3,Gd7,
Rg3] Urzica,A-Karpov,A Stockholm 1969}) 12... dxe5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd7 axb5
15. Qxc7 Qe6 16. h3 (16. Red1 Rxa2 17. Qxb7 Rxc2 18. Qxb5 Rxc3 19. Rac1 Nd4 20.
Nxd4 exd4 21. f3 Rec8 $36 {Blomqvist,E (2552)-Dubov,D (2648) Novi Sad 2016})
16... Re7 17. Qb6 Nd4 18. Qxe6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxe6 20. Reb1 Rf6 21. Kg2 Ra3 $44
{½, Shirov,A (2699)-Jakovenko,D (2675) Sochi 2006}) 9... a6 10. Ba4 Rb8 ({
Black plays the text-move more often, than} 10... b5 $5 {, but as Malakhov
will advance his Pb7 anyway, he could have spared himself the rook move. Black
seems to be OK after} 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Re1 Rad8 (13... Na5 14. d4
Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qe6 17. d5 Qe7 18. c4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 g5 20. Bg3 bxc4
21. bxc4 Rfb8 22. Rb3 Nd7 $11 {Sengupta,D (2583)-Dai,C (2438) Bangkok 2017})
14. h3 Kh7 15. Qc1 Rg8 16. d4 Rde8 17. Qd2 Bc8 18. Rbd1 Na5 19. Qe3 Bb7 {
[%cal Yg7g5,Yc7c5]} 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxf6 $6 (21. Bg3 Nxe4 22. Nxe5 $11) 21...
Qxf6 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Red1 Bc6 24. R7d3 {Grandelius,N (2644)-Hansen,S (2566)
Reykjavik 2015} Nc4 $1 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. R3d2 Qf4 $15) 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 b5 $5
$146 {[%mdl 40] Black has a solid position, but he will have to find a way to
cope with the pinned Nf6 without excessive concessions. Occupying some extra
space on the queenside is probably a good idea.} ({Until now the usual
alternative was} 12... Qe7 13. Re1 (13. Nd2 $5 g5 14. Bg3 Na5 15. Re1 Nxb3 16.
cxb3 Ne8 17. d4 Ng7 18. Nc4 f6 19. Ne3 Be6 20. c4 b6 21. b4 (21. f3 $14) 21...
a5 $5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Qd2 {Bologan,V (2640)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha blitz
2016} Rxb1 24. Rxb1 f5 $5 $132 {/+/=}) 13... Na5 14. d4 Rbd8 {, po} 15. Qc1
Nxb3 16. axb3 (16. cxb3 Rfe8 17. Rb2 Bg4 18. Nd2 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. h3 Bc8 21.
Nf1 Nf4 22. Ne3 Qf6 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Nd5 Qg6 25. Nxc7 Bxh3 26. f3 Rf8 27. Nd5
Kh7 $13 {[%cal Gg8g1] Naiditsch,A (2687)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha blitz 2016})
16... Bg4 17. Nd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. Ne3 Be6 21. f3 Kh7 (21... Qf6
22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Rbd1 h5 24. Kh1 Rg8 25. c4 h4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
exd5 $36 {Nunn,J (2615)-Smejkal,J (2535) Germany 1992}) 22. Qa3 f6 23. c4 Rf7
24. Rbd1 $14 {Gallagher,J (2490)-Ekstroem,R (2490) Biel 1998}) 13. h3 Re8 14.
Qc1 Na5 15. Re1 Nxb3 {However, Black could have postponed this swap.} ({After} 
15... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Ya5b3,Ye7e6] /\Nb3,Qe6} 16. d4 Rbc8 $132 ({or} 16... Bc6 $5
$13 {White must still come up with a plan how to achieve something tangible.
The position resembles the examples from the note to move 10.})) 16. cxb3 ({
Svidler probably didn't fancy} 16. axb3 a5 $5 {[%csl Ga5] and the o^a5 can
give Black counterplay.}) 16... Bc6 17. c4 $1 bxc4 $6 (17... b4 18. c5 $14 {
is pleasant for White.}) ({Better was the more restrained} 17... Rc8 $142) 18.
Qxc4 Bb5 19. Bxf6 $1 {Malakhov probably underestimated this well-timed swap.} (
{Black has no problems whatsoever after} 19. Qc2 c5 $11 (19... g5 $5 $11))
19... Qxf6 $8 (19... gxf6 $6 20. Qc1 $16 {, out of question is} Bxd3 $2 21. Nh4
$1 $18) 20. Qxc7 Rec8 (20... Bxd3 21. Rbd1 (21. Rbc1 $5 $14) 21... Rec8 (21...
Rbc8 22. Qb7 $1 {/\} Rb8 23. Qd5) 22. Qa7 $36 {is only a transposition.}) 21.
Qa7 Bxd3 (21... Ra8 22. Qe3 Rc3 23. a4 $1 $16 Bxd3 $2 24. Rbd1) ({If Black
wanted to sacrifice a pawn, a better version was} 21... Qd8 $5 22. Qe3 Rc3 $44
{/+/= with some compensation.}) 22. Rbd1 Bb5 $2 {After this error White's
pressure will increase rapidly.} ({Far more resilient was} 22... Ra8 $142 $1
23. Qb7 (23. Qb6 Rab8) 23... Bb5 $14) 23. a4 Ra8 24. Qb6 Bc6 25. Rc1 Bd7 (25...
d5 26. Nxe5 $1 $16 {drops a pawn.}) 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc6 Rb8 28. Qc7 Ra8 29.
Qc6 Rb8 30. Qc7 Ra8 31. Re3 $1 $16 {After repeting moves Svidler finds the
right way to proceed. The R protects both Pb3 and the Nf3, preventing any
tactical tricks.} (31. Rd1 $6 Bxh3 $132) (31. Nd2 $6 Bxh3 $1 $11 {/\} 32. gxh3
Qg5+) 31... Qg6 (31... Be6 32. Qxd6 $16) 32. Nd2 ({A good move, but even
stronger was the energetic} 32. Nh4 $142 $5 {/\} Qf6 (32... Qe6 33. Nf5 $18)
33. Qc6 Rb8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Nf5 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Ra8 36. Nxg7 $1 Bb7 (36... Qxg7
37. Rg3 $18) 37. Qd7 $18) 32... Qe6 (32... Be6 $5 $16 {was still the best way
to prolong the game.}) 33. Qd8+ (33. Rd3 Qd7 $16 {is already not enough}) 33...
Kh7 34. Rd3 Bb7 (34... Qd7 35. Rxd6 Qa7 36. Qa5 $18) 35. Qc7 $1 $18 {Keeping
the queens on, White both wins material and keeps his attack going.} Qc8 $6 (
35... Bc8 36. Rxd6 (36. Nc4 $16 {/+-}) 36... Ra7 37. Qc5 $5 $18) 36. Qxf7 Qc6
37. Nc4 Qxe4 (37... Rg8 38. Nxd6 $18) 38. Rg3 Rg8 39. Nxd6 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Be4 (
40... Bc6 41. Nf5 $18) 41. Ne8 {[%cal Rg3g7,Re8f6]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bf5 15.
b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ra1 Nd6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Ra6 Qc7 22. Rfa1 Qb7 23. Qe2 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qb2 25. Nd1 Qc2 26. Qa2 Qxa2 27.
Rxa2 Ne4 28. Rc2 Ra8 29. Kf1 Ra6 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 Ra2+ 33.
Kf1 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Ke1 Ra1+ 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Rc2 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Kf8 39.
Kb3 Ke7 40. Ne1 Kd6 41. Nd3 Kc7 42. Ka4 Kb6 43. h3 Be7 44. Ne5 f6 45. Nd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. O-O-O Rxe3
15. Bxg4 Rxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Qxg4 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. g3 a6 20. Rhe1 Nhf6
21. Nd2 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qa5 Rb8 24. Ka2 Be5 25. Rb1 Qd4 26. Qc3 Nxd5 27.
cxd5 Qxd5+ 28. Qc4 Qxd2 29. Red1 Rxb2+ 30. Ka3 Qb4+ 31. Qxb4 cxb4+ 32. Kxa4
Nc5+ 0-1

