[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qb8 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5
Qb7 15. e4 Nb6 16. Rg5 f6 17. Rf5 Be7 18. e5 O-O 19. e6 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Bf8 21.
Re1 Rad8 22. Rf4 Nc4 23. Bc3 Rd6 24. b3 Rdxe6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nd6 27.
h4 Qd5 28. Re1 Qd3 29. Ba1 h5 30. b4 Nf5 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rfe4 Kh7 33. R4e2
Bb4 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 e5 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. a4 b6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. Qb3 h6 15.
Bd2 Nf8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rdb8 19. Qc2 N6d7 20. Bxa5 Qd6 21.
Nd2 Ng6 22. g3 Bd8 23. Nc4 Qf6 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Bh3 Ngf8 26. Ra2 Ra7 27. Rea1
Rba8 28. Qd3 f6 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 Ng6 31. Qg3 Qxe4 32. Nd2 Qxf4 33. Qxg6
Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Bc7 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Qe4 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Qh5 38. Nf3 Nf8 39. Bg4 Qf7
40. Rg1 Re8 41. Qd3 Rd8 42. Rd1 a5 43. Nh4 Bb8 44. b3 Bc7 45. Qf3 Ra6 46. Bh5
Qd7 47. Ng6+ Nxg6 48. Bxg6 Rd6 49. Bf5 Qb5 50. Bc2 Kg8 51. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Bb5 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nge7 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. Qe3 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h3 Bc8 13. g4 b5 14. Nd4
b4 15. Nce2 d5 16. Nf5 Re8 17. Neg3 Bb7 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Nh5+ Kg6 20. Qd4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Nh6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Qc2 Nf7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Rb8 13. Nc4 Qh5 14. Nfd2
f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nf3 d6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Nc4 h6 20. Re1 Bf6 21.
Rad1 Kh8 22. Nfe5 Be8 23. Nd3 Ng5 24. Bg3 Ne4 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. b3 Rg8 27. Ne3
Bd7 28. Nf1 Rb4 29. Ne2 Qg7 30. Qd3 a5 31. Nd2 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Qe3 Nxd2
0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 a6 4. Nxc4 b5 5. Na3 Bb7 6. d4 e6 7. Nc2 c5 8. e3
Nf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 Bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Be2 Ke7 14. Bd2 Ne4
15. Rfc1 Rhd8 16. Be1 Rac8 17. a4 b4 18. a5 e5 19. Ra4 Bd6 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Rxb4 Rc1+ 24. Bf1 Bd5 25. h3 f6 26. Ra4 g5 27. Rb4
h5 28. Ra4 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Nh2 Nd2 31. Rxg4 Bc4 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. Rb7 Nxf1
34. Rb6+ Ke7 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. Rb6+ Kf7 37. Nxf1 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "Pamplona op"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Kh1 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Rad1 Be7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 b4
15. Nb1 O-O 16. Rd3 Nd6 17. Nd2 f5 18. e5 Nb5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. N2b3 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rac8 22. Rh3 g6 23. b3 Be4 24. Bb2 Bc5 25. c4 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qb6 27. Rg3
Kf7 28. Nf3 Be7 29. Nd2 Bd5 30. Nc4 Qb5 31. Nd6+ Bxd6 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. exd6
Rc6 34. Be5 Ra8 35. Rh3 h5 36. Rg3 Rxa2 37. h3 Rcc2 38. Rg1 h4 39. Rg5 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Nge7 6. g3 Nf5 7. Bg2 h5 8. d3 b6
9. Ne2 Bb7 10. c3 d4 11. h3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qd7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ne1 Nce7 15. Bxb7
Qxb7 16. Qa4+ Rd7 17. Qe4 Nd5 18. a3 c4 19. d4 h4 20. g4 Ng3 21. Nxg3 hxg3 22.
Bd2 Rxh3 23. Nf3 b5 24. f5 Nb6 25. Qb1 Qc6 26. Kg2 Rh8 27. Kxg3 exf5 28. gxf5
g6 29. f6 Kd8 30. Rh1 Rg8 31. Ng5 a5 32. Rh7 Qd5 33. Qh1 Qxh1 34. Raxh1 Bxa3
35. Nxf7+ Kc8 36. e6 Rc7 37. Bf4 Nd5 38. Bxc7 Nxc7 39. Rh8 Rxh8 40. Rxh8+ Kb7
41. e7 b4 42. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
Qc7 9. h3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Be3 a6 12. g4 exd4 13. Nxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nf5
Bc5 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Rae1 Bb4 18. Bf2 Nc5 19. Ra1 a5 20. Qe3 Ba6 21. Rfd1 Rb8
22. Ne2 Ne6 23. Ned4 Qd7 24. c3 Bc5 25. Rac1 N8c7 26. Ng3 Rfe8 27. f5 Nd8 28.
Qf4 Bf8 29. h4 c5 30. Nc2 Nc6 31. Re1 Rbd8 32. Rcd1 b5 33. axb5 Bxb5 34. c4 Ba4
35. cxd5 Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Bxc2 37. Rc1 Bb3 38. Bxc5 Nxd5 39. Qd4 Rxe5 40. Qxe5
Bxc5+ 41. Rxc5 Nf6 42. g5 Ng4 43. Qf4 Qa7 44. Ne4 Bd5 45. Qc7 Qxc7 46. Rxc7 Ne3
47. Bf3 Nxf5 48. Nd2 Be6 49. Ne4 Nxh4 50. Be2 Nf5 51. Ra7 Nd4 52. Bf1 Nb3 53.
Bb5 h6 54. gxh6 gxh6 55. Kf2 Rb8 56. Ba4 Nd4 57. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 58. Ke3 Nf5+ 59.
Kf4 Rb4 60. Bc2 Nd6 61. Ra8+ Kg7 62. Ke5 Nxe4 63. Bxe4 h5 64. Ra1 h4 65. Bc6 h3
66. Rg1+ Rg4 67. Rh1 Rc4 68. Be4 Kh6 69. Rg1 Kh5 70. Rg8 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.02.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nd4 7. Nge2 c6 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. h4 Bg4 11. f3 Bc8 12. h5 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf4 O-O 15.
Bd2 Re8 16. h6 Bh8 17. O-O b6 18. Qb3 Bb7 19. Rae1 a5 20. exd5 Qd6 21. Qb5 Red8
22. Rf2 Nf5 23. Rfe2 Ne3 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Kh2 Bd4 26. Rxe3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rac8
28. Qa4 Qf8 29. Bh3 Qxh6 30. Kg2 Rb8 31. Qd4 Bxd5 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Nxd5 Qd2+
34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Re2+ 36. Bg2 Qf2 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nxg6+ hxg6 39. Qh8+ Ke7
40. Qh4+ f6 0-1

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 9th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2001.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nge7 14. Rd1 Na5
15. Rb1 h6 16. Ne1 Rc8 17. Rd3 b6 18. Qh5 Rc7 19. g4 Qc8 20. Bd2 Nc4 21. Bc1
Ng6 22. f4 Ncxe5 23. fxe5 Rxc3 24. Rd1 Qc4 25. Ng2 Qa2 26. Be3 Qxa3 27. Ra1 Qe7
28. Rf1 Qc7 29. Ra2 O-O 30. Raf2 a5 31. g5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Qc4 33. Be3 Qd3 34.
Rf3 Qe2 35. Qg5 Rc2 36. R3f2 Qc4 37. h4 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Kh7 39. h5 Nh8 40. Nh4
Qd3 41. Rg2 Rg8 42. Ng6 Qd1+ 1-0

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 9th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2001.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. c3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Qb3 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. O-O-O Nf4
15. Rhg1 a6 16. g3 Ne6 17. h4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Ra1+ 20. Nb1 Nc5 21. f3
Rb8 22. b4 Ne6 23. Qb2 Rba8 24. Bc4 c5 25. b5 Nd4 26. Bg5 Qc7 27. b6 Qc8 28.
cxd4 cxd4 29. Qc2 Qf8 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. Kb2 Rca8 32. Bd2 Qd6 33. Qb3 R8a2+ 34.
Qxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Bxa2 Qxb6+ 36. Rb3 Qa7 37. Rc1 Ba6 38. Rc6 Bf8 39. g4 d3 40. h5
gxh5 41. gxh5 Qd4+ 42. Bc3 Qa4 43. Rbb6 d2 44. Bxd2 Bd3 45. h6 Bb5 46. Rf6 Bc4
47. Bxc4 Qxc4 48. Bc3 Qc5 49. Rfc6 Qf2+ 50. Nd2 f6 51. Rxf6 Qh2 52. Rb8 Qxd2+
53. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd (Women) playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Na3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Nd2 Qxa3 11. Nc4 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd6+
Kf8 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. Bd4 Qxe4+ 17. Be2 e5 18. Bc5+ Kg7 19. O-O Nc6 20. Nd6 Qh4
21. Ne8+ Kh6 22. Be3+ g5 23. Qd6+ f6 24. Qf8+ Kg6 25. Qg7+ Kf5 26. Qxh8 Nce7
27. Qg7 d5 28. Nxf6 Nxf6 29. Qxe7 Be6 30. Rac1 d4 31. Bd2 Bd5 32. f3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd (Women) playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. e4 d6 8. d3
O-O 9. Rb1 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Ne1 f5 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Be6 15.
Nd5 Qd7 16. a3 Rae8 17. Nf3 b6 18. b4 Ng8 19. b5 Nd8 20. Bf2 Nf6 21. Nh4 Bxd5
22. cxd5 fxe4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Qd3 Qg4 25. Bg3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Re3
28. Qd2 Rxg3 29. Nf3 Qh5+ 30. Nh2 Rxa3 31. Rbe1 Nf7 32. Re6 Rg3 33. Qe1 Qh4 34.
Rf3 Rg4 35. Qe4 Rg8 36. Re7 Rg7 37. Rxa7 Ng5 38. Rxg7+ Bxg7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd (Women) playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 a6 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 Nd7 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Nc3 Bd4
15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nc5 20. Rd2 Be6 21.
b3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Qxa1+ 23. Bf1 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. g4 Qb2 26. Na4 Qd4 27.
Qxd4 Rxd4 28. f3 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nc5 Rd2 31. Nd3 f6 32. Nb4 c5 33. Na6 c4
0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Peptan, Corina Isabela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rfc8 13. b3 Qd8 14. Kh1 Nd7
15. Rb1 Qf8 16. Be3 Bh6 17. Qd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rab8 19. Rfd1 Qg7 20. Rd2 Nb4 21.
Nd4 Nc5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qe5 24. Qf2 Qf4 25. Re1 Re8 26. Re3 Rbc8 27. Qe1
Rc7 28. g3 Qf6 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 Kh7 31. f4 Nxa4 32. bxa4 Rxc4 33. Qd1 Rec8 34.
f5 Rc3 35. Qf3 Rxe3 36. fxg6+ fxg6 37. Qxe3 Qe5 38. Qxe5 dxe5 39. Nf3 Kg7 40.
Nxe5 Kf6 41. Nf3 Rc4 42. Ra2 Rc5 43. Rd2 Rc4 44. Rb2 Rxa4 45. Rxb7 Ra5 46. Ng5
Rb5 47. Ra7 a5 48. Ne4+ Kf5 49. Rxe7 Rxd5 50. Ng5 Rd6 51. Re4 Ra6 52. Ra4 Ke5
53. Kf3 Kd5 54. Ne4 Ra8 55. Kf4 Kc6 56. Kg5 Kb5 57. Nc3+ Kb6 58. Rc4 Rd8 59.
Kxg6 Rg8+ 60. Kxh5 Rxg3 61. Kh6 Rg1 62. h5 Rg3 63. Kh7 Rg5 64. h6 Rg3 65. Kh8
Rg6 66. Rh4 Rg3 67. Na4+ Kc6 68. Rh5 Kd6 69. Rxa5 Ke7 70. Kh7 Kf8 71. Nc5 Rc3
72. Ne6+ Ke7 73. Ng7 Rc6 74. Rf5 Ra6 75. Re5+ Kf7 76. Re6 Ra8 77. Rb6 Ra7 78.
Nh5 Ra5 79. Rb7+ Kf8 80. Kg6 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 $5 5. O-O Nd7 6. Nc3 a6 {This set-up
became very popular lately.} (6... Ne7 7. Be3 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7
10. Bd3 a6 11. Ne2 b6 12. c4 Bb7 13. b4 Nf6 $14 {Eigner,S-Burkhardt,H/Vorra
1990}) 7... a6 8. Qd2 h6 9. h3 b6 10. Nh2 Bb7 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bd3 c5 $13 {
Kuhn,N-Feustel,B/Germany 1995}) 7. a4 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Qd2 h6 10. h3 g5 11. Bh2
Ne7 (11... Ngf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 $132) 13...
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. f4 $14) 12. h4 $2 {Bad decision which could cost white a
pawn.} Ng6 $6 {Black doesn't take his chance after} (12... g4 $1 13. Ne1 Nc6 {
[%csl Rd4,Rh4]} 14. d5 (14. Ne2 Qxh4 $17) 14... Nce5 15. dxe6 Nxc4 16. exd7+
Qxd7 $17 {with clear advantage.}) 13. h5 Ne7 14. d5 e5 (14... exd5 $6 15. exd5
(15. Nxd5 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bg7 $15) 15... Nf6 16. Rfe1 Nxh5 17. Nd4 $36 {[%cal
Gd4f5,Ga4a5]}) 15. Ne1 {[%cal Gg2g4] Preparing g4} (15. g4 $2 Nf6) 15... f5 16.
exf5 Nf6 17. f3 Nxf5 18. Ne4 O-O (18... Nxh5 $2 19. g4) 19. c3 Kh8 20. Rd1 Qe8
21. Bb3 Ne7 $6 (21... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gd7f7]}) 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. g4 $1 {
[%csl Re7] Cutting off black knight on e7.} c6 24. c4 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rc8 $6 (
25... Qf7 26. Qd3 Rf8 $13) 26. Ng2 $1 Qf7 27. Qd3 Rf8 28. Ne3 $1 $36 Qe8 $2 {
[%csl Rh7] Permitting white to finish a game with nice combination.} (28...
Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Qxf3 30. Rf1 e4 (30... Qh3 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Bc2 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rh8]}) 31. Qd2 Qh3 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qd4+ Bg7 34. Qxe4 $16) (28... Qg8)
29. Bc2 Kg8 30. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. d6 {[%cal Gc2b3]} Rh8 33. Bb3+
Bd5 (33... Kf8 34. dxe7+ Qxe7 35. Qd3 Bxf3 36. Nf5 $18 {[%cal Gd3d8]}) 34. Nxd5
$1 {Very nice tactical blow.} Rxh7 35. Nxf6+ Kxf6 36. d7 Qd8 37. Rd6# 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 5th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2003.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O f5
15. c4 O-O 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. exf5 e4 18. Bxe4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bxa3 20. f6 Qe5 21.
Rfe1 Kh8 22. Qxa3 Qxf6 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 axb5 25. Bc6 Rg8 26. Bxb5 Bb7 27.
Bf1 Bd5 28. Qa5 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. d4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Ng4 16. Qf4 Qxb5 17. Qxg4 Rad8 18. e6 f6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. g4 h6
22. Re3 Rh8 23. Rh3 Qc6 24. Re1 Qc7 25. f4 Qxf4 26. Rf3 Qg5 27. Qf2 d4 28. h4
Bxf3 29. hxg5 Bxg4 30. gxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qf4 h5 32. Qc7+ Kh6 33. Bc1+ g5 34. Rf1
1-0

[Event "North Urals Cup (Women) 1st"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk"]
[Date "2003.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nh3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. g4 f5
9. gxf5 exf5 10. c3 h6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Be3 Qxb3 15.
axb3 Be6 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Bf2 fxe4 19. dxe4 d5 20. f5 dxe4 21. fxe6
Rxd2 22. Bxe4 Rxb2 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. e7 Re8 25. Re6 Rxe7 26. Rxc6 Bxc3 27. Rd1
Rxb3 28. Nf4 Kh7 29. Nd5 Rf7 30. Nxc3 Rxc3 31. Bg3 Re3 32. Rdd6 Rg7 33. Rd8 Rf7
34. Rdd6 Rg7 35. Rc8 Rf7 36. Rcc6 Rg7 37. Bh4 Re4 38. Bf6 Rf7 39. h4 Rg4+ 40.
Kh2 g5 41. h5 Rh4+ 42. Kg3 Rxh5 43. Bb2 Rh4 44. Rd8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup (Women) 08th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chisinau Ulim (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes Echecs (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Ng6 6. Bb2 f6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
a6 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d4 d5 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. a3 Bd6 14. b4 Nce7 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Nb1 Rc8 18. Nc3 Bg4 19. Na4 Rc6 20. Nc5 Bb8 21. h3
Bc8 22. a4 Rd6 23. Ba3 Rf7 24. Rac1 Ng8 25. Rc3 Re7 26. Rec1 Rc7 27. b5 a5 28.
b6 Rcc6 29. Bb5 Rxb6 30. Na6 bxa6 31. Rxc8 axb5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. axb5 Bf4 34.
Rb1 N8e7 35. Bc5 Re6 36. g3 Bb8 37. Qa3 Nf5 38. Re1 Re4 39. Qxa5 Rde8 40. b6 h5
41. Bb4 Rxe1+ 42. Bxe1 1-0

[Event "BL 0304 (Women)"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Michna, Marta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2003.11.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 b5
9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 Bxf3 15. Rxf3
cxd4 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Ne5 18. Rff1 Kd7 19. Qf4 Nd5 20. Qxd4 Qa7 21. Qxa7+
Rxa7 22. Be4 Ne3 23. Rfe1 N3g4 24. Rad1 a5 25. Rd4 Rd8 26. Bf3 h5 27. Bd5 Ke7
28. Bb3 Nf6 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Rf4 Rf8 31. Rd1 Rc7 32. Ne2 d5 33. Nd4 Nfd7 34.
Rxf8 Nxf8 35. Re1 Nfd7 36. Bxd5 Rc5 37. Be4 Kf7 38. Nb3 Rc7 39. Nxa5 Ra7 40.
Nc6 Rxa4 41. b3 Ra3 42. Nxb4 Nf6 43. Bd5+ Nxd5 44. Nxd5 Ke6 45. Ne3 Kd6 46.
Rd1+ Ke6 47. Rd4 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Rc1 49. h3 Nf7 50. Rd1 Rxd1 51. Nxd1 Ke5 52. Ke2
Nd6 53. c3 Ke4 54. g3 h4 55. Nf2+ Ke5 56. gxh4 Kf4 57. c4 Nf5 58. b4 Nxh4 59.
b5 Ke5 60. Kd3 Ng2 61. Ng4+ Kd6 62. Kd4 Nf4 63. c5+ Kc7 64. Nf2 g5 65. Ke5 Kd7
66. Kf5 Ne2 67. Kxg5 Nd4 68. Kf6 Nxb5 69. h4 Nc7 70. h5 Nd5+ 71. Kf7 Nf4 72. h6
Ne6 73. h7 1-0

[Event "Pulvermuehle 2nd"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 {The most optimal strategy. Black must quickly attack
White's central pawns in order to prevent a normal development or force the
opponent to take on d6.} (9... Nc6 $11 {with similar intentions also offers
Black a good play.}) 10. Bd3 (10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 {is more common, with
equal position. Black can choose between 11...0-0 12.0-0 b6, or the immediate
11...b6.} O-O 12. O-O b6) 10... dxe5 11. O-O Be7 (11... g6 $11) (11... exd4 12.
cxd4 $44) 12. Re1 O-O {This natural move is a novelty. Black follows a general
rule in such positions - first of all development and only then material.} (
12... exd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Rc1 $44 {[%cal Ge1e4]}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6
15. Rg5 (15. Qh5 g6 16. Rg5 f6 {[%cal Gc7h7] Black queen controls the seventh
rank, so no sacrifices are possible.} 17. Rg4 e5 $36) (15. Rh5 g6 16. Rh6 e5
$15) 15... f5 {[%csl Rg5] Basically there is no way back for White anymore. If
his attack won't succeed, he will be in troubles. And there are no objective
factors for a successful attack...} 16. Qh5 $6 (16. Rh5 Bd7 17. Rh3 $13) 16...
Bd7 17. Re1 Rf7 (17... Rf6 $15) 18. Bc2 Rf6 19. Qh3 h6 20. Rh5 Raf8 21. Bb3 Kh7
22. Rh4 {Still not clear what to do with that rook. Instead of h4 it should be
somewhere on c1.} Rg6 23. Bd1 (23. c4 $142 Bc6 $140 24. d5) 23... Bc6 24. Bf3
Bd5 $1 {A good play from Black. She slowly improves the position of her pieces.
} 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qf3 $2 (26. Qd3 $15 {hoping one day to return with the
rook via e3 was the only chance.}) 26... Qc4 $17 {[%csl Rh4]} 27. Bf4 (27. Qe2
Qxa2 $1 (27... Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Rc8 29. Rh3 Rc4 $15) 28. Bxh6 Qxe2 29. Bc1+ Kg8
30. Rxe2 Rc8 $17) 27... Qxa2 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. g3 Rf7 30. Rf4 Rdf6 31. h4 (31.
Re5 $2 g5 32. Rfxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qxf5) 31... a5 32. Kg2 (32. Re5
a4 33. Qxd5 (33. Rxd5 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 a3 $19) 33... Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Ra6 35. Re5 a3
36. Re1 a2 37. Ra1 Rff6 {[%cal Gf6b6]} ({or} 37... Rc7 38. Rf3 (38. Rxf5 Rxc3
39. Rb5 Rc2 $19 {[%cal Ga6f6]}) 38... Rcc6 39. Rd3 Rcb6 {[%cal Gb6b1]} 40. Rdd1
Rb2 $19) 38. d5 Rfb6 39. Rb4 Rxb4 40. cxb4 Kg6 $19) 32... a4 $19 33. Re8 Qc4
34. h5 a3 35. Ra8 a2 36. Ra3 Kg8 37. Ra8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40.
Qxf5 a1=Q 41. Qe6+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "North Urals Cup (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 c5 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne7
15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Qe4 Qa5 17. a3 Qa4 18. Bc3 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. b4 a5 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 axb4 23. axb4 Kd7 24. b5 Na5 25. Bxg7 Rhg8 26. Bc3 Rxg2 27.
Rhg1 Rxg1 28. Rxg1 Nc4 29. Rg7 Nxd6 30. Rh7 Rg8 31. Bb4 Nxb5 32. Rxf7+ Kc6 33.
Rf6 Rg4 34. Bd2 Kd5 35. Rxh6 Nd6 36. Bg5 Nc4 37. Kd1 b5 38. Rf6 Rg2 39. Rf3 e5
40. Rb3 Kc6 41. Rh3 e4 42. Be3 Kd5 43. Bg5 Kc6 44. Be3 Kd5 45. Bg5 Ne5 46. Rb3
Kc4 47. Re3 Rg4 48. Bf6 Nf3 49. Rc3+ Kd5 50. h5 Rg1+ 51. Ke2 Rh1 52. Ke3 Rxh5
53. Be7 Ne5 54. Rc5+ Ke6 55. Kxe4 b4 56. Rb5 Rh2 57. Rxe5+ Kd7 58. Kd3 Rh3+ 59.
Re3 1-0

[Event "North Urals Cup (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nc3 cxd4
8. Qxd4 e6 9. Rd1 f6 10. Qc4 Nb6 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qg3 Kf7
15. a4 Be7 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. Be3 Nc6 18. c4 Rab8 19. f4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 f5 21.
exf5 exf5 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rhe8 25. Rad1 Qc5 26. Qf2 Bc6 27.
Rxd6 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Re7 30. Rd7 Rbe8 31. R1d6 g6 32. a5 Kg7 33.
b4 Kh6 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rb6 Kh5 36. c5 Rc7 37. g3 h6 38. h3 Rg7 39. Rd6 Rh7
40. g4+ Kh4 41. Rxg6 Kxh3 42. gxf5 h5 43. f6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. f3 Be6 8.
b3 c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Nh5 12. g3 Qf6 13. Qd3 Qg6 14. O-O-O Be7 15.
Rhg1 f5 16. c5 dxc5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qe3 g4 19. Qxe5 Qf6 20. Qe3 Qe6 21. Qxe6
Bxe6 22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Rde1 O-O-O 25. Nf4 Bf5 26. h3 h5 27. Bf2 Rd7
28. Re5 Bh7 29. Bxc5 Bd8 30. Ne6 b6 31. Nxd8 Kxd8 32. Be3 Nd5 33. Bg5+ Kc8 34.
Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 cxd5 36. Rf1 Be4 37. Kd2 Rh7 38. c3 Bg2 39. Rf8+ Kb7 40. h4
Bh3 41. Ke3 Rd7 42. Kd4 Bg4 43. Bf4 Kc6 44. Rf6+ Kb7 45. Be5 Bh3 46. a4 Bg4 47.
b4 Bd1 48. a5 Ka6 49. axb6 axb6 50. Bd6 Kb5 51. Kxd5 Bb3+ 52. Kd4 Ka4 53. c4
Rd8 54. c5 bxc5+ 55. bxc5 Kb5 56. Rf1 Be6 57. Rb1+ Kc6 58. Rb6+ Kd7 59. Ke5 Bg4
60. c6+ Ke8 61. Rb7 Ra8 62. Re7+ Kd8 63. c7+ Kc8 64. Re8+ Kb7 65. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Russia (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Kh1 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 Bb7 11. e5 Rd8 12. Qe1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Bd2 Qc6 16. Qg3 Be7 17. a3 d4 18. Ba5 Rd7 19. Rf2 Qc8 20. Rd1 Bd5 21. Rfd2
f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Re2 Kf7 24. Rde1 Qc6 25. Qh3 Re7 26. Bb4 Ree8 27. Ba5 Bc4
28. Be4 Qd6 29. Rf2 Bd5 30. Bb4 Qd8 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Rfe2 h5 33. Qd3 Rhg8 34.
b3 Qc6 35. Kg1 Qc7 36. Bd2 Qc6 37. Bc1 Re7 38. Bb2 Rd8 39. Re4 Qc5 40. g3 a5
41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Qc6 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 45. Qxd4 Qxc2 46. Qe4
Qc5+ 47. Kg2 Qb4 48. Re2 Qb3 49. Qc6 Qd3 50. Re5 Qd2+ 51. Kh3 Qd1 52. Rg5 Qf1+
53. Kh4 Qe2 54. h3 Re8 55. Rxa5 Qb2 56. Qc7+ Re7 57. Qe5 Qb7 58. Rb5 Qd7 59.
Kg5 Kg8 60. Rb8+ Re8 61. Rxe8+ Qxe8 62. Qf6 Kh7 63. g4 h4 64. a5 Qb5+ 65. Kxh4
Qxa5 66. Qf7+ Kh8 67. Qxg6 Qd8+ 68. g5 Qb6 69. Qe8+ Kg7 70. Qe7+ Kg8 71. Kh5
Qe3 72. Qe8+ Kg7 73. Qg6+ Kh8 74. Qf6+ Kg8 75. h4 Qa7 76. g6 Qc5+ 77. Kh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 5. Ne2 e5 6. Be3 Ngf6 7. h3 exd4 8. Bxd4
O-O 9. c4 a6 10. Nbc3 Re8 11. Qc2 Ne5 12. Nd5 c5 13. Bc3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15.
O-O b4 16. Bd2 a5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rae1 Ba6 19. g4 Nb6 20. Kh2 Nxd5 21. e5 dxe5
22. f5 Rc8 23. g5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. f6 Bf8 26. Bf3 Bd3 27. Qa4 c4 28. Kg2
Rc5 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Nc6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1+ Nge7 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 h6 14. Ne3 O-O 15.
Ng4 Ng6 16. Bc2 f5 17. Qd3 fxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg6 Bxf3 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21.
Bg6+ Kf6 22. Bxh6 Rg8 23. Bf5 Ne7 24. Rxe7 gxh6 25. Re6+ Kg5 26. Rg6+ Kf4 27.
g3+ Kxf5 28. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 {This move was indicated by Ponomariov as possibly
the best, without any further illustrative line.} (10... Qc8 {Ponomariov,R 
(2734)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Dortmund 2010/CBM 138/[Ponomariov] (1-0, 36)}) 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. e4 $1 {White has to open the centre immediately, in order to take
advantage of his better coordination.} Nxe5 13. exd5 Be2 14. dxe5 Bxd1 15. Qxd1
exd5 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Rc8 $146 (17... Nxe5 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. f4 Re8 {A
curious decision. Most of the knight retreats lose at once, but one of them
may be playable.} (19... Nc6 $2 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qf5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1
Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Be4 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 $18) (19... Nd7 $2 20. Qg4 Bc5+ 21.
Kh1 f6 22. b4 Bd6 23. Qe6+ $18) (19... Nc4 20. Qg4 f6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxf6
Qxf6 23. Bxa8 $18) (19... Ng6 20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 $40) 20. fxe5 $16 {Yevseev,D 
(2531)-Grachev,B (2668)/Irkutsk 2010/CBM 138 (1-0, 60)}) 18. Bc3 b5 19. b3 Bc5
20. Qh5 (20. Qg4 $5 $40) 20... Ne7 21. Be4 h6 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Nd7
$2 (24. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Ng8 (24... Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 Be3 26. Bb4 Bc5 27. Nd7
$18) 25. Nd7 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Qd4 {This is by far less effective than ...Qe3 from
the game continuation.} 27. Bf5 g6 28. Qe2 $16 {White will retrieve the
sacrificed material, retaining a positional advantage.}) 24... Bxf2+ 25. Kf1
Qe3 $17 {Probably missed by White in her previous calculation.} 26. Nxf8 Qxe4
27. Qxf7 Bb6 28. Qxe7 Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. a4 e6 14. Qf3 Qe7 15.
Rfd1 Nd7 16. Rab1 Nb4 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Qd2 Ncd3 19. Na2 Nxa2 20. Qxd3 d5 21. Ne2
Nb4 22. Qd2 dxe4 23. Bb6 Nd3 24. a5 f5 25. Nc1 Ne5 26. Ne2 Bf6 27. Nc3 Nd3 28.
Na4 Be5 29. Qe3 Bf4 30. Qd4 Be5 31. Qe3 Rc6 32. Rxd3 exd3 33. Qxe5 Qd6 34. Qxd6
Rxd6 35. f4 g5 36. g3 gxf4 37. gxf4 d2 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Be3 Rxb3 41.
Rxd2 Re8 42. Nc5 Rb4 43. Nd3 Ra4 44. Ne5+ Kg7 45. Rd7+ Kh6 46. Nf7+ Kh5 47. Ne5
Kh6 48. Bb6 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Rg8 50. Kd4 Rg3 51. Kc5 Rxh3 52. Rxb7 Rc3 53. Kd6 Rb3
54. c5 Rxa5 55. Bxa5 Rxb7 56. c6 Rg7 57. Kxe6 Kh5 58. c7 Rg8 59. Kxf5 Kh4 60.
Nf7 Rf8 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Nc3 a6
9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Nf2
Rc8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bf3 Na4 18. c3 Nb6 19. Qd3 Nc4 20. Bc1 Qb6 21. Be2 a5 22.
Qh3 Nxd4 23. cxd4 b4 24. Bd3 g6 25. Qh6 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28.
Qxg6+ Bg7 29. Rd3 Rf6 30. Qg5 Rf5 31. Qg4 bxa3 32. bxa3 Nd6 33. Rg3 Qxd4 34.
Rd1 Qf6 35. Be3 Rc4 36. Rb1 d4 37. Bd2 Rc2 38. Qd1 Rfc5 39. Ng4 Qe7 40. Bxa5
Nf5 41. Bb4 Nxg3 42. hxg3 Rxg2+ 43. Kf1 Rgc2 44. Qxc2 Rxc2 45. Bxe7 Ba6+ 46.
Kg1 d3 47. Rd1 Bd4+ 48. Kf1 d2+ 49. Kg2 Be2 50. Nh6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Bf4
Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. e5 Nf8 11. O-O Ne6 12. Ne4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Rfe1 Rd8 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxe5 19. Qd2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 O-O 21.
Rd1 Qf4 22. f3 c5 23. Qa4 Qc7 24. Nc3 c4 25. Qb5 Kh7 26. a3 Rc8 27. Ne4 Qf4 28.
Qb4 Qc7 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Qd4 Qb5 31. Kf2 Bf5 32. Re1 Be6 33. Rd1 Qh5 34. Qc3
Qh4+ 35. Ke3 Qh5 36. Kf2 Qb5 37. Qd4 a5 38. Qc3 Qc6 39. Qe5 b5 40. Ke3 Qb6+ 41.
Ke2 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. h4 c3 44. b3 Qa6+ 45. Ke3 Qa7+ 46. Kf4 Qb6 47. Kg3 Ra8
48. h5 Rg8 49. hxg6+ Rxg6+ 50. Kh2 Rg8 51. Nc5 Rg5 52. Qe4+ Bf5 53. Qxe7 Qg6
54. Qe2 Bxc2 55. Rd8 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. a4 Nb6 13. c3 Bxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Bxd5
15. exd5 Ne7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Qa2 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Nf5 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. Rfe1 Nh4 21.
Bxh4 Qxh4 22. a5 f5 23. b4 Rbc8 24. Rac1 Rf7 25. Qb3 g5 26. g3 Qh5 27. Qd1 Qg6
28. Qd3 h5 29. Re2 Kg7 30. Kg2 Qh6 31. Rb1 h4 32. bxc5 Rxc5 33. Reb2 hxg3 34.
hxg3 Rxa5 35. Rxb7 Ra2+ 36. R7b2 Rxb2+ 37. Rxb2 g4 38. f4 exf4 39. Qd4+ Kg6 40.
Qxf4 Qxf4 41. gxf4 Rc7 42. Re2 Rxc4 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Rxd6 a5 45. Ra6 a4 46.
Ra7+ Kf6 47. Kg3 Rxc3+ 48. Kg2 a3 49. d6 Ke6 50. d7 Ke7 51. Ra5 Rc2+ 52. Kg3 a2
53. Ra7 Kd8 54. Kh4 Rh2+ 55. Kg3 Rd2 56. Kh4 Rg2 57. Kg5 Rh2 0-1

