[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 a5 4. e4 Na6 5. Nc3 Nc5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bxc5 dxc5 8. Nf3
Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nb5 Nh5 11. g3 g6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. O-O a4 14. Nd2 Bd7 15.
Qe2 Ng7 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Re8 18. Rae1 Bh3 19. Rf2 Qh4 20. Qf3 Nh5 21. Re3
Bd7 22. e5 Kh8 23. Nf1 Bg4 24. Qg2 Re7 25. exd6 Ree8 26. Re5 Bd7 27. Qf3 Qf6
28. Ng3 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Ra6 33. f5 Kg7
34. f6+ Kf8 35. Kg2 Rxd6 36. Kg3 h6 37. Rf3 Rb6 38. Rf2 g5 39. Kg2 h5 40. Kg1
h4 41. Bf5 Bxf5 42. Rxf5 g4 43. Rf4 Rxb2 44. Rxg4 Rb6 45. Rxh4 Rxf6 46. Rh8+
Ke7 47. Ra8 Rf4 48. Rxa4 Kd6 49. Kg2 Ke5 50. Ra7 Rxc4 51. Rxb7 f5 52. Ra7 Kxd5
53. a4 Re4 54. a5 Kc6 55. Rf7 Kb5 56. Rxf5 Re6 57. Kf2 Kb4 58. Rd5 c4 59. a6
Rxa6 60. Ke2 Kc3 61. Kd1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Continental op 45'"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Kh1 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. a3 Re8 15. Bb1
Bf8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Nd2 Qb8 19. Nf3 Rcd8 20. b4 g6 21. Bd3 Ba8 22.
Qf2 Qb7 23. Ng5 Bg7 24. Qh4 h5 25. Be2 Ne7 26. Qf2 Qb8 27. Na4 Nc8 28. f5 exf5
29. exf5 Re7 30. Bd3 Ne5 31. Bf4 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Rc1 h6 8.
Bh4 Re8 9. e3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd6 Re6 12. Qd1 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Bxc3
15. Rxc3 Qe8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd6 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qe6 20. Rd3 g5
21. Bg3 Re8 22. b3 h5 23. f3 b5 24. e4 h4 25. Rd6 Qe7 26. Bf2 bxc4 27. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Be7 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Nb3 O-O 15.
Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Nf8 19. Nfxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Qxd4 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Be3 Qxe5 24. d4 Qd6 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. a3 a5 27. Rc6
Qd7 28. Ra6 b4 29. Rxa5 bxa3 30. bxa3 Rb8 31. Be4 f5 32. Bd3 Rb3 33. Qd1 Rxa3
34. Rxa3 Bxa3 35. Qb3 f4 36. Qxa3 fxe3 37. fxe3 Qc7 38. Be4 Qg3 39. Kf1 Qh4 40.
Bf3 Nh7 41. Ke2 Ng5 42. Qe7 Kh7 43. Qb7 Nxf3 44. Qxf3 Kg8 45. Kd3 Qe1 46. Kc4
Qc1+ 47. Kb5 Qc2 48. Kb6 Qc4 49. g4 Kh7 50. Qe4+ Kg8 51. Qe5 Qb3+ 52. Kc7 Kf7
53. Kd8 Qa3 54. Qf4+ Kg8 55. Ke8 Qb3 56. Ke7 Kh8 57. Qe5 Qb7+ 58. Kxe6 Qc8+ 59.
Kf7 Qb7+ 60. Kf8 Qf3+ 61. Qf4 Qa8+ 62. Ke7 Qb7+ 63. Kd8 Qa8+ 64. Kc7 Qa5+ 65.
Kc6 Qa4+ 66. Kc5 Qc2+ 67. Kd6 Qc8 68. Qf7 Qc3 69. Qe8+ Kh7 70. Qe4+ Kh8 71. d5
Qf6+ 72. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. h4
Qb6 9. h5 g5 10. Nxg5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 h6 14. O-O Qb4
15. Be3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bd7 18. b3 Bg7 19. f4 O-O 20. Rf3 Rfc8 21.
Rd1 Rc7 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Kh2 Rg8 24. Bf2 Rgc8 25. Qe2 Rc1 26. Qg4 Qf8 27. Rxc1
Rxc1 28. Rd3 f6 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Qxe6 fxe5 31. Rxd5 Rc2 32. Bh4 Qxf4+ 33. Bg3
Qf6 34. Qe8+ Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Bxf8 36. Bxe5+ Kg8 37. a4 Kf7 38. Bf4 Ke6 39. Re5+
Kd7 40. Rf5 Ke8 41. Rf6 Rf2 42. Bg5 Rxf6 43. Bxf6 Kf7 44. Bd4 Ke6 45. Bxa7 Kf5
46. Kh3 Kg5 47. g4 Kf4 48. Bd4 Ke4 49. Bf6 Kf3 50. g5 hxg5 51. Bxg5 Ke4 52. Kg4
Kd3 53. Kf5 Kc3 54. Kg6 Kxb3 55. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 31st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Na7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Rd1 a4 15.
Nc1 a3 16. b3 Nb4 17. O-O Be6 18. Qf2 Qc8 19. Na4 Rxa4 20. bxa4 d5 21. Qg3 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 f6 24. Rf2 Kh8 25. a5 Qc4 26. c3 Qxc3 27. Qf3 Rc8 28. h3
Qc6 29. Bb6 Qa4 30. Rfd2 h6 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Bd8 Bf8 33. Bb6 Rc4 34. Re1 Nc2 35.
Rf1 Bb4 36. Rdf2 Bxa5 37. Bxa5 Qxa5 38. Nd3 Nd4 39. Qh5 Qc7 40. Rb1 b5 41. Qe8
Rc2 42. Rff1 Bxa2 43. Ra1 Bc4 44. Rxa3 Bxd3 45. Rxd3 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Qc2+ 47.
Rf2 Qxd3 48. Rxf6 Qxe4+ 49. Kh2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2001.09.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Nh5 12. Re1 f5 13. Bb4 bxa5 14. Ba3 Nf4 15.
Bf1 fxe4 16. Nd2 Nd3 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Nde4 Nf5 19. Qxd3 Bh6 20. Bc1 Bxc1 21.
Raxc1 a4 22. Rb1 Nd4 23. Rb4 Bf5 24. Rb7 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. h3
Rb8 28. Kh2 a3 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. c5 dxc5 31. Qa6 Qf8 32. Kg1 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Qf4
34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qxc7+ Kh6 36. Ng3 c4 37. d6 e4 38. Qxc4 e3 39. Qf1 exf2+ 40.
Qxf2 Qxd6 41. Ne4 Qb4 42. Qf4+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Kh2 Nf5 45. Nf6+ Kf7 46.
Nxh7 Qh4 47. Qc7+ Kg8 48. Kg1 Ne7 49. Qc3 Kxh7 50. Qxa3 Qd4+ 51. Kh2 Nf5 52.
Qa8 Qe5+ 53. Kg1 Ng3 54. Qa7+ Kh6 55. Kf2 Qf4+ 56. Kg1 Qc1+ 57. Kf2 Nh1+ 58.
Ke2 Ng3+ 59. Kf3 Nf5 60. Qf2 Kg5 61. g4 Qc3+ 62. Ke4 Ng3+ 63. Kd5 Kh4 64. Qg2
g5 65. Ke6 Qe3+ 66. Kf6 Ne4+ 67. Kg6 Nf2 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2001.09.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.09.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Be2 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bg7 9. Bf4 d6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 d5 14. O-O Be6 15.
b3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. h3 Nf5 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bh2 a6 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. a4 h5 22.
a5 Na8 23. Bd3 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Nh4 Bh7 27. Na4 Qf7 28. Bd6
Rfe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Re1 Qh5 31. g3 Rc2 32. Qb4 Nc7 33. Qxb7 Qf7 34. Nc5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
f3 e4 (8... Qd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O $14) 9. Qb3 {Ilia Smirin
bekommt als 1.e4-Spieler nicht häufig eine Stellung der
Tschigorin-Verteidigung aufs Brett. Mit dem neuen Stellungstyp konfrontiert,
findet man nicht selten eine neue und interessante Idee. Dies war auch hier
der Fall, schon im nächsten Zug präsentiert Ilia eine Neuerung.} ({Die andere
für Weiß aussichtsreiche Fortsetzung ist} 9. c4 Qd6 10. Qb1 Bf5 11. f4 O-O 12.
Ne2 {In dieser Stellung hat Schwarz einige Möglichkeiten:} a5 $5 (12... h5 $6
13. d5 $1 Ne7 14. Bb4 Qd7 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Be2 $14 {Avrukh,B-Miladinovic,I/
Istanbul 2000}) (12... Rfe8 13. h3 (13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 $14) 13... h5 14. Qb2
a5 15. a3 Ne7 16. Nc3 c6 17. Na4 b5 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Bxa5 bxc4 20. Qc1 Nfd5 21.
Nxc4 Qg6 22. Kf2 h4 23. Kg1 Be6 24. Be1 Nf5 $44 {Avrukh,B-Peek,M/Amsterdam 2001
}) 13. d5 Ne7 (13... Nb4 $6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. a3 Na6 16. Bxa5 $16) 14. Nd4 Bd7
$132 {/\b6,/\Nf5}) 9... Qd6 10. Qb1 $1 $146 {Weiß verzichtet auf c3-c4, um
sein Bauernzentrum nicht vorzeitig zu schwächen und versucht stattdessen eine
zügige Entwicklung mit dem Druck gegen e4 zu verbinden.} (10. c4 O-O 11. f4 a5
$1 12. a3 Re8 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Bc3 a4 $1 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Nc1 b6 17. Be2 Ng4 18.
Bxg4 Bxg4 $11 {Hoang Than Trang-Botsari Miladinovic,A/Elista 1998}) 10... Bf5 (
10... Qe7 $5) 11. Ne2 Bg6 {/\ef3} (11... O-O-O 12. Ng3 Qe6 (12... Bg6 $2 13.
fxe4 Rhe8 14. Bd3 h5 15. O-O h4 16. Nf5 $16) 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. Be2 Qg6 15. O-O
$14) 12. Qb3 (12. Qxb7 $5 Rb8 13. Qa6 {schien Weiß zu riskant zu sein.} {
Dennoch ist es nach} O-O 14. Nf4 Rb6 15. Qa4 $16 {nicht leicht zu sehen, wie
Schwarz seine Initiative entwickeln soll.}) (12. Nf4 $6 exf3 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
gxf3 O-O-O {[%csl Rh2] ><h2}) 12... O-O 13. Nf4 Na5 $6 {Dieser Zug spielt Weiß
in die Hände, in dem entstehenden Endspiel wird das weiße Läuferpaar den
schwarzen Springern überlegen sein.} (13... Bf5 $6 14. g4 Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
g5 $16) ({In Frage kam} 13... b6 $5 {(mit der Idee Na5 und c7-c5)} 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Be2 Na5 $132 {[%cal Rc7c5]}) 14. Qb4 $14 Nc6 (14... b6 15. Qxd6 cxd6
16. c4 Rfc8 17. Rc1 $14) 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. h4 $1 exf3 17. gxf3 {/\e4,h5} Nh5
18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rg1 Rac8 20. c4 Ne7 21. Rb1 $16 Nf5 $2 {Diese Entscheidung
ist eindeutig falsch, der gesunde Bauer b7 ist mehr Wert als die Schwäche auf
h4.} (21... b6 22. e4 Nc6 23. Bc3 $16) 22. Rxb7 Nxh4 23. Kf2 Rb8 24. Rb3 Rb6
25. Bd3 Rfb8 26. Rgb1 Kf8 $2 (26... Nf5 27. Rxb6 axb6 (27... Rxb6 28. Rxb6 axb6
29. Bb4 $18) 28. a4 Ra8 29. Bc2 $16) 27. Bb4 $18 Ke7 28. Bxd6+ $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. h4 O-O 11. h5 cxd4 12. cxd4 gxh5 13. Nb3 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Bg5 Qd6 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 b6 21.
Be7 Re8 22. Bd6 Bb7 23. Rh4 Bd5 24. Rxh5 Rec8 25. Nd4 Bxa2 26. f4 a4 27. Rd3
Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Bb1 29. Rg3 Re8 30. f5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. Na3 Ne5 13. f4 Neg4 14. Bb6 Bc6
15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Nc4 Ngf6 17. Bf3 Nxb6 18. Nxb6 Ra7 19. a5 Nd7 20. f5 Ne5 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Be2 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bd8 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxa5 26. Bxe6+ Kh8
27. Qf4 Ra8 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Qf7 Qe8 30. Qf5 Rb8 31. Rf3 Bxd5 32. exd5 Qe7 33.
Rh3 h6 34. Rf3 Bd2 35. g3 Qg5 36. Qf7 Ba5 37. h4 Qe5 38. h5 Bd2 39. Qf8+ Rxf8
40. Rxf8+ Kh7 41. Bg8+ Kh8 42. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nb3 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. f4 Nd7 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nd5 f6 15.
Bh4 e6 16. Ne3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nd4 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. c3 Nc6 20. e5 Rhf8 21. Nc4
Kc7 22. Nd6 Ne7 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Bxa6+ Kc7 27.
Rxd8 Kxd8 28. g3 Nd5 29. Re1 Ke7 30. Bc4 Kd6 31. Kg2 Rf8 32. h4 Nc7 33. Kf3 Ra8
34. Rd1+ Ke7 35. b3 Rb8 36. Ke4 Rf8 37. g4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rg1 Ne8 40. Ke3
Nd6 41. Bd3 c4 42. Bxc4 Nf5+ 43. Ke2 Nxh4 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rb7 Ng6 46. Kf3 e5
47. Rxb6+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kf6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. a5 exf4 51. Re6 Nh4+ 52. Kf2 Rf5
53. a6 Ra5 54. b4 Ra3 55. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5
15. Be3 a4 {Black has gotten his P to a4 for free compared to a line like 13.
- Bd7. But is it an advantage to have the P:s on b5 and a4 rather than b5 and
a6?} 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 (17... a3 18. bxa3 Rxa3 19. Bb3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Van der Sterren,P-Ree,H/Amsterdam/Drachten 1982/EXT 2002 (85)}) 18. Nf1 $146 (
18. a3 Qb8 19. Bd3 exd4 (19... Na5 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. d5 h6 22. Nh2 b4 23. Rb1 b3
24. Rbc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Krakops,M-Yin Hao/Menorca 1996/Juniors (39)}) 20. Nxd4
Ne5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bb1 Bd8 23. f4 Ng6 24. Nf1 Bb6 25. Kh1 Qa7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Ivanov,A-Kholmov,R/Minsk 1985/MCD (68)}) 18... Qb7 19. Ng3 Rc7 20. Bb1 Rfc8 21.
Kh1 h6 22. Qd2 Bf8 23. a3 {Smirin is using the classical strategy of doing
very little, but doing it well. Black´s task is difficult when White keeps the
tension against e5 like this.} exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Ndf5 $14 {
White´s position is more pleasant to play.} Nc4 27. Qd4 Nxe3 28. Nxe3 {[%csl
Gd5,Gf5,Rf8]} Qa7 29. Qd3 Qc5 $6 (29... g6 $5 30. Ba2 {[%cal Ye4e5]} Kg7 $14)
30. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 31. exd5 g6 32. Ne4 $16 Qc4 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Qe3 Qh4 $2 {
After this mistake Black´s position starts to crack.} (34... Bc8 $142) 35. Qb6
$5 (35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Qe8 Qd8 37. Bd3 $16) 35... Qc4 36. Ne4 Bf5 37. Nxd6 Qc5
38. Qxc5 Rxc5 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. Rd1 f4 41. d6 Bxd6 42. Rxd6 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rxb1
44. Rxh6+ Kg7 45. Rh4 Rxb2 46. Rxf4 b4 47. g4 $1 bxa3 48. Kg3 a2 49. Rxa4 {
This ending is won for White. The a2-P is not much of a hinderance to White
who has lots of squares to operate from behind it. Hecht: '[#] Weiß muss erst
noch zu verbundenen Freibauern kommen. Die Seitendeckung des a-Bauern erlaubt
dem schwarzem Turm zwar mehr Freiheiten, doch dem weißen König dafür auch.
Achtung vor Seitenschachs mit gleichzeitigem Angriff auf den weißen Turm!'} Kg6
50. Ra6+ f6 (50... Kg7 {Hecht: ist etwas besser, gleichwohl verlagert sich
prinzipiell nur alles eine Reihe weiter nach oben.} 51. h4 Rb3+ 52. f3 Rb2 53.
h5 Kh7 54. g5 Kg7 55. Ra7 Kg8 56. h6 Kh8 57. f4 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gg4f5]}) 51. h4
Rb3+ 52. f3 Rb2 53. Ra7 Rc2 54. h5+ Kh6 55. Kf4 Rf2 56. Ra6 (56. Ke4 {Hecht}
f5+ 57. Ke3 Rb2 58. Kf4 $18 {z.B.} fxg4 59. fxg4 Rb4+ 60. Kg3 Rb3+ 61. Kh4 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Rg4g5]}) 56... Kg7 57. Ra8 Kh7 58. Ke4 Kg7 59. f4 Rb2 60. Ra7+
Kh6 61. Kf5 Rg2 62. Ra6 Kh7 63. g5 fxg5 64. fxg5 Rf2+ 65. Kg4 Rg2+ 66. Kf4 Rf2+
67. Kg3 Rb2 68. Ra7+ Kg8 69. h6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O Rd8 12. Ng5 $2 {About this line - see
CBM89, annotations to Kortschnoj-Balinov, which saw} (12. d5) {The text move
is a very unfortunate attempt of improvement.} 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qa6 $1 {
[%mdl 4] The right reaction.} (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Qf3 Qf6 (15... f6 $4
16. Ba5 $18) 16. Qh3 h6 17. Nf3 {leaves initiative with White.}) 14. Qxa6 (14.
Qf3 {can now be met with} f6 15. Nh3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rxd4) 14... Nxa6 {The
endgame is favourable for Black as the white pieces are not consolidated.} 15.
d5 (15. Rab1 cxd4 16. cxd4 b6 17. d5 e6 $17) 15... c4 $1 {A typical pawn
advance disconnecting the white c3 and d5 pawns and preparing ...Nc5.} (15...
e6 {was less solid but also good:} 16. Rab1 exd5 17. Rxb7 dxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19.
Bh6 $1 Bh8 $1 $17) 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Bxa7 (17. Rab1 b6 18. Rfc1 Nc5 $17) 17...
Bxc3 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. Be3 Bg7 $17 {[%csl Gc4]} 20. Rb5 {trying to prevent ...
Nc5 but the knight has another route.} (20. Rfc1 c3 21. f4 Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rh7h6]
} 22. e5 Nb4 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24. Rxc3 Rxd5 25. Rc8+ Bf8 $19) 20... c3 21. f4 $6 (
{According to GM I.Smirin,} 21. Nf3 {was correct, although after} Rc4 22. e5
Nb4 23. e6 Rxd5 24. Rxb7 {I.Smirin} fxe6 {Black's position is certainly
preferable.}) 21... c2 22. Rc1 (22. e5 $142 Rc4 23. a3 $1 {preventing 23...Nb4}
Rc3 $17 {I.Smirin}) 22... Rc4 $1 {[%cal Ra6b4,Rh7h6]} 23. a3 (23. e5 Nb4 24.
Rxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxc2 Rxd5 26. Rc8+ Bf8 $19) 23... h6 24. Nf3 Rxe4 $19 {The rest
is a matter of technique.} 25. Kf2 Rc7 26. Bb6 Rc3 27. Rb2 Rxa3 28. Rbxc2 Nb4
29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rd1 Nd3+ (30... Rd3 $19) 31. Kf1 Nxf4 32. Re8 f5 33. Bc7 Rd3
34. Rxd3 Nxd3 35. Rb8 Rb4 36. Re8 Bf6 37. Rd8 Nc5 (37... Rb2 $19) 38. d6 (38.
Be5 Bxe5 39. Nxe5 Kg7 40. d6 exd6 41. Rxd6 {doesn't help in view of} Rb1+ 42.
Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rf2+ $1 44. Kg1 Re2 45. Nxg6 Ne4 $19) 38... exd6 39. Rxd6 Bg7
40. h4 Ne4 41. Re6 Rb1+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kg1 g4 46.
Nh4 g3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group2"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. Qd5 Nbc6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5
15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. h4 Nc6 18. c3 Nf6 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. f3 g4 21. h5
gxf3 22. gxf3 O-O 23. Bg2 Nb8 24. f4 Nbd7 25. Nc4 Nc5 26. Bh4 Rfe8 27. Bf3 b5
28. Na5 Nce4 29. Rhg1 d5 30. Nc6 Rd6 31. Ne5 Red8 32. Rg2 Kf8 33. Rdg1 Ne8 34.
Ng4 Rc8 35. Kb1 a5 36. Ne3 N4f6 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Nxd5 Rd6 39. f6 exf6 40. Ne3
Rc5 41. Bg4 b4 42. cxb4 axb4 43. Nf5 Rd8 44. Bh3 Rd3 45. Rg3 Rxg3 46. Rxg3 Rc4
47. Rd3 Rxf4 48. Rd8 Rf3 49. Nd6 Re3 50. Bd7 f5 51. Rxe8+ Rxe8 52. Bxe8 Be5 53.
Nc4 1-0

[Event "Ashdod"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Rb8 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. Nb3 Qc8 13. a5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd7 15.
Na4 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Bd2 Rf7 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nf6 20. Nd2 Qg4 21. g3
Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Ng4 23. Rf3 Rf5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Nb3 h5 26. c4 Kf7 27. Kg2 g5 28.
Ned4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rc5 30. fxg5 Rxg5 31. Nf5 Rc8 32. Raf1 Rg6 33. Re3 Rc7 34.
b4 Rd7 35. b5 e6 36. Nd4 Rh6 37. Nf3 Rg6 38. c5 Nd5 39. Re4 Rf6 40. b6 Kg7 41.
Nd4 Rxf1 42. Nxe6+ Kg6 43. Kxf1 Kf5 44. Re2 dxc5 45. Nxc5 Rg7 46. Re8 Nb4 47.
Rc8 Ke5 48. Rh8 Rxg3 49. Rxh5+ Kd4 50. Nxb7 Nd3 51. Nd6 Rf3+ 52. Kg1 Rg3+ 53.
Kh2 Rg8 54. Rf5 Ne5 55. Nf7 Nc4 56. h4 Ke4 57. Rc5 Kd4 58. Rc7 Nxa5 59. h5 Rb8
60. h6 Rxb6 61. h7 Rb8 62. Ra7 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c5 8. d5
h6 9. Be3 h5 {Black's move serves two important purposes. It slows down
potential kingside attack with white pawns and prepares the counterplay with
f7-f5.} (9... Ne5 10. Ng3 Kh7 (10... h5 11. Bd3 h4 12. Nf1 h3 13. g4 Qb6 14.
Rb1 Nfxg4 15. fxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 f5 17. Bxg4 fxg4 {0-1 Kvakovszky,G (1940)
-Nightingale,D (1830)/San Antonio 1996/ (29)}) (10... e6 11. Qd2 Kh8 12. h4
exd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. h5 g5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Nf1 c4 18. a5 Ne8 19. f4
gxf4 20. Bxf4 f5 21. Ng3 {1-0 Jager,J (1441)-Schulzer,P (1725)/Melbourne 2001/
(33)}) 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Qc1 Nfd7 13. f4 Qb4 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. a3 Qb3 16. Nd1 Bg4
17. Bxg4 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 b5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Aumann,
W-Handke,F/Bad Driburg 1994/ (28)}) 10. Nc1 Nh7 (10... Ne5 11. Be2 Ne8 12. h3
f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bc8 16. f4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 Nxc4 18. Be6+
Rf7 19. Qd3 {1-0 Kunz,K (2230)-Gossmann,B/Wuerzburg 1998/ (23)}) 11. Be2 Ne5
12. O-O (12. f4 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qc2 $14) 12... f5 13. Qd2 (13. f4 $5 Ng4
(13... Nf7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxc5 Nf6 16. Nb3 $16) 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. e5 dxe5 16.
fxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Bxc5 Nf6 19. Bxd6 exd6 20. Nf4 $16) 13... fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nf2 (15. Ng3 e6 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. h3 exd5 19. Nxf5
gxf5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. f4 Nf6 $14) 15... Qb6 16. a4 (16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Rfc1 Nf6
18. Bf4 Nf7 19. Re1 $14) 16... Rac8 17. a5 Qd8 18. Na2 (18. a6 $5 Rb8 19. f4
Nf7 20. Bd3 $14) 18... e6 19. Nc3 (19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bd3 $1 21. Nxd3 $140 $2
Nxc4 $19) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 $6 {Grischuk was not in best form on this day,
much more challenging for black seems to be the recapturing with the knight.} (
20. Nxd5 Nf6 21. f4 $16) 20... Nf6 21. h3 Re8 22. a6 Rb8 23. Nb5 (23. f4 Nf7
24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Bd7 $11) 23... Qe7 24. Bf4 (24. Rfe1 bxa6 25. Nc3 Qb7 26.
g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bd7 28. g5 Nh5 29. Nfe4 Rf8 $11) 24... bxa6 25. Rxa6 $2 {
[%mdl 64] Grischuk was not suspecting, that his position could be so critical.
White already had to play carefully in order to tame potentially active white
pieces.} (25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Ra4 (26. Rxa6 Rd4 $15) 26... Reb8 $11) 25... Nxf3+ $1
26. Bxf3 (26. gxf3 Qxe2 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 28. Nc7 Ne8 29. Nxe8 Rbxe8 30. Bxd6 Bd4
$19) 26... Rxb5 27. Bxd6 (27. Rxd6 Nd7 $1 28. Nd1 Ne5 $17) 27... Qb7 28. Rc6 (
28. Ra2 c4 29. Qf4 Rc8 $15) 28... Rxb2 29. Qf4 (29. Qa5 Rb1 30. Qxc5 Rxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Bd7 $15 32. Kg1 (32. Rc7 $2 Qb1+ 33. Bd1 (33. Qc1 Bb5+ 34. Kg1 Re1+ $19)
33... Ne4 $19) 32... Bxc6 33. dxc6 Qa6 $15) 29... Rb1 30. Rxc5 $2 {The second
reckless move will cost white too much, since black can benefit from the witty
geometrical motive and win the material.} (30. Qc4 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bd7 32. Nd3
Bxc6 33. dxc6 Qf7 34. Nxc5 Bf8 $15) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qa6+ $1 (31... Qa6+ $1
32. Kg1 (32. Rc4 Ne4 33. Be2 Nc3 34. Bf3 Be4 $19) 32... Bh6 $1 33. Qxh6 Re1+
34. Kh2 Qxd6+ 35. g3 Qxc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Qh3 a5 15.
Nd4 Nc5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Kb1 h5 23. Be2 Qg5 24. Bf3 Bg6 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 a4 27. Ka1
Rh6 28. Rd2 h4 29. Nc6 b3 30. cxb3 axb3 31. Red1 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Na5 hxg3
34. axb3 Rh4 35. Ka2 Na6 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kg7 38. Nc6 e5 39. Ka3 Rh1 40.
b4 Ra1+ 41. Kb3 Rc1 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43. Ra7 Bd3 44. Bd5 e4 45. Nd4 Nc7 46. Bg8 e3
47. b5 Nxb5 48. Nxb5 e2 49. Re7 Bxb5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qf4 hxg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. Qxg5 Bh6 16. Qxh6 Rxh6 17. Rxd6 Nf2 18. Rg1 Rxh2 19. Be2 Ke7 20. Rd4
Rg8 21. Bf3 Ng4 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Nd5+ Kf8 24. Ne3 Rg5 25. Nc4 Ng6 26. b3 Kg7 27.
a4 Nh4 28. Rd2 Ng6 29. Rd4 Rh4 30. Rd8 Rf4 31. Kd2 Nh4 32. Ke3 Rf6 33. Rh1 Rh6
34. Kf2 Rc5 35. Ne3 Nxf3 36. Rxh6 Ng5 37. Rh4 Nxe4+ 38. Ke1 f5 39. Kd1 Nf6 40.
Rhd4 Ne4 41. Rc8 Nc3+ 42. Kd2 Ne4+ 43. Kc1 Rc3 44. Nc4 Kf6 45. Na5 Bd5 46. Rxc3
Nxc3 47. Kd2 Ne4+ 48. Ke1 Nc5 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Rb4 Be4 51. Nc4+ Kd5 52. Ne3+ Kc6
53. g3 b5 54. axb5+ axb5 55. Rd4 Bf3 56. Kf2 Bh1 57. Rd8 Ne4+ 58. Kg1 Bf3 59.
b4 Nd6 60. Rh8 Be4 61. Rh6 Kd7 62. Rh7+ Kd8 63. Kf1 e5 64. c3 f4 65. Rh8+ Kc7
66. gxf4 exf4 67. Ng2 f3 68. Ne1 Bd5 69. Kf2 Ne4+ 70. Kxf3 Nxc3+ 71. Ke3 Bc4
72. Kd4 Ne2+ 73. Kc5 Nf4 74. Rh7+ Kd8 75. Rh4 Ne6+ 76. Kd6 Ng7 77. Rh8+ Ne8+
78. Kc6 Ke7 79. Nf3 Nf6 80. Nd4 Nd5 81. Kc5 Nc3 82. Rh3 Ne4+ 83. Kc6 Ng5 84.
Re3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bb4 10. Rd4 Bc5 11. Rd3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nxe5 13. Rg3 O-O 14.
Bf4 Bd6 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. Kf1 Nc4 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rgd3 Rfd8 19. Ke2 Kf8 20.
Na4 b5 21. b3 Na3 22. Nc5 Nxc2 23. Nxa6 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Ra8 25. Nc5 Nb4 26. Rd2
Nxa2 27. Rd7 Nb4 28. Rxc7 Ra2+ 29. Ke3 Rc2 30. Nb7 Rc3+ 31. Kd4 Rc2 32. f4 Na6
33. Rc8+ Ke7 34. g4 Kd7 35. Rf8 Ke7 36. Rc8 Kd7 37. Rf8 Ke7 38. Rc8 Kd7 39. Rf8
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Qe3 b6 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Bb1 a5 18. Nc3 h6 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Nb5 Qg5 21. Nf1 Rfd8
22. Rd2 Na7 23. Na3 Nc6 24. Nb5 Na7 25. Nxa7 Rxa7 26. Qe1 Rb7 27. Qe2 Rdb8 28.
Ne3 b5 29. cxb5 Rxb5 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 31. Qe1 Qf4 32. Rcd1 Bxa2 33. Bc2 Bb3 34.
Bxb3 R2xb3 35. Rc6 Nd3 36. Qf1 Qxe4 37. Rc4 Qh7 38. Rc6 Kh8 39. Rd6 e4 40. f3
Qg8 41. fxe4 Ne5 42. Nf5 Qc8 43. h3 Qc4 44. Qe1 a4 45. Kh2 Qc3 46. R1d2 Nc4 47.
Rd8+ Kh7 48. Rxb8 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "Nakhchivan op"]
[Site "Nakhchivan"]
[Date "2011.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Nh5 12. Re1 f5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nb3 fxe4 15.
Bb4 bxa5 16. Bxa5 Nf5 17. Nb5 e3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Bd2 Bxe3+ 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21.
Qd2 Nf5 22. a4 Bd7 23. Bd3 Qb8 24. Kh1 Ng4 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. h3 Nf6
28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh4 f4 30. Nd2 Bf5 31. a5 Qd7 32. Nc3 Qg7 33. a6 Rg8 34. Rg1
Bg6 35. Kh2 Nh5 36. Nde4 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Qg6 38. Qe1 Rgb8 39. Qe2 Rb3 40. a7 Rb7
41. Rgb1 Rxb1 42. Rxb1 Rxa7 43. Qg4 Kg7 44. Rb8 Qxg4 45. hxg4 Nf6 46. Ng5 Nxg4+
47. Kh3 Nf2+ 48. Kh4 Ra1 49. Rb7 Rh1+ 50. Nh3 Kf6 51. Rxc7 e4 52. Rxh7 Nxh3 53.
gxh3 e3 54. Rh6+ Kf5 55. Re6 0-1

[Event "George Marx Memorial 9th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2011.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Ne5 Ne4 7. O-O Nd7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. f3 Nc5 14. Qe3 Na6
15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. f4 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. a3 Rac8 20. b4 Qxa3 21.
Nxd5 Qa4 22. Nc3 Qxb4 23. Bc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qa5 25. Rb1 Nxe5 26. Bb4 Nc4 27.
Qxe6 fxe6 28. Bxa5 Nxa5 29. Ne4 h6 30. h4 Rc4 31. e3 Kf7 32. Rd1 Bb2 33. Rd8
Bc1 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Nc4 36. Rd7 Nxe3 37. Bh3 Nf5 38. Rxb7 Ra2 39. Bxf5
exf5 40. Nd6+ Kf6 41. Nc8 Bb2 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 h5+ 44. Kf3 Bd4 45. Nxe7
Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Bc5 47. Nc6 Ra4+ 48. Kd5 Be3 49. Re7 Rd4+ 50. Nxd4 Kxe7 51. Nc6+
Kf6 52. Ke4 Bf2 53. Kf3 Bb6 54. Nb4 Kf5 55. Nc6 Bc5 56. Na5 a6 57. Nc6 Bd6 58.
Nd4+ Kf6 59. Nc6 Ke6 60. Ke4 Bc7 61. Nd4+ Kf6 62. Nb3 a5 63. Nc5 Bd6 64. Na4
Bb4 65. Nb6 Be1 66. Nd7+ Kg7 67. f5 a4 68. Nc5 a3 69. Nb3 a2 70. Na1 Bxh4 71.
fxg6 Kxg6 72. Nc2 Bf6 73. Kf4 h4 74. Kg4 Kf7 75. Kh3 Ke6 76. Kg4 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Nh3 O-O 14. Bf4
e5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Ng6 Bxf4+ 17. Nhxf4 Re8 18. Nd5 Qa5 19. Nde7+ Kh7 20. Ne5+
g6 21. Nxf7 Ng8 22. Bxg6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Qxf5 24. Qxe8 Qxg6 25. Nd6 Nb6 26. Rhe1
Bd7 27. Qxg6+ Kxg6 28. Nxb7 Rc8 29. Nd6 Rc7 30. Rd3 Bc6 31. Re6+ Kh7 32. Rc3
Nd5 33. Rc4 Nb6 34. Rc3 Nd5 35. Rc5 Nge7 36. Ne8 Rc8 37. Nf6+ Nxf6 38. Rxe7+
Kg6 39. Rxa7 Ne4 40. Rc4 Nd6 41. Rc3 Ne4 42. Re3 Nxf2 43. Ra6 Kg5 44. Rg3+ Kh4
45. Rc3 Rd8 46. b3 Bxg2 47. Rg3 1-0

[Event "IND-ISR m"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2012.04.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.04.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Rfd8 15.
Qf2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bc4 Rd4 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nb1 Bc5 21. Bd3
Nh5 22. g3 g6 23. Nd2 Rf8 24. Kg2 a5 25. Rac1 Bc8 26. Nb3 Bb4 27. c3 dxc3 28.
bxc3 Ba3 29. Ra1 Be7 30. Nd2 Bc5 31. Nc4 Re8 32. Ne3 Qd7 33. Ng4 Kg7 34. Bb5
Qe7 35. Bxe8 Qxe8 36. Rd5 f6 37. Rad1 Qxa4 38. Rd8 Be6 39. h3 Be7 40. Rb8 Qc6
41. Qd2 g5 42. Ne3 Qc7 43. Re8 Kf7 44. Ra8 Ng7 45. Nd5 Qb7 1-0

[Event "IND-ISR m"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2012.04.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.04.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
d4 Bd6 9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O Bxe5 11. dxe5 Rxe5 12. dxc6 Ba6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Be3
Qxc6 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Qf3 Rae8 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qxc6 Nxc6 19. Nf3 Re4 20. b3 f5
21. Bc5 Bb7 22. Red1 Bc8 23. h3 h6 24. Re1 a5 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. a4 Re8 27. Nd4
Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Be6 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Re5 Rb8 31. Rxa5 Rxb3 32. Ra7 Rb4 33. Rxc7+
Ke8 34. Bxg7 Rxa4 35. c5 Kd8 36. Rc6 1-0

[Event "IND-ISR m"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2012.04.04"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2012.04.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nd4 e6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rc2 Ne4 18. f3 Nd6 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qa4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qb6 Bf8 24. Rc1 Qd3 25. e4 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Bxa2 27. Qc6
Rb8 28. Qc2 e5 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Nxe5 Bg7 31. Ng4 Qb3 32. Qxb3 Bxb3 33. Bxg7 Kxg7
34. h4 h5 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Rc3 Be6 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Kg3 Rb2 39. Kf4 Ra2 40. Nc2
Rb2 41. g3 Rb3 42. Rxb3 Bxb3 43. Nd4 Bc4 44. Ke5 Ba6 45. Kd6 Bc4 46. Ke7 Ba6
47. e5 Bc4 48. f4 Bd5 49. e6 fxe6 50. Nxe6+ Kh7 51. Kf6 Kh6 52. Ng5 Bb3 53. Ke7
Kg7 54. Ne6+ Kh6 55. Kf6 Bc2 56. Nd4 Bb1 57. f5 gxf5 58. Nxf5+ Kh7 59. Kg5 Bd3
60. Nd4 Bg6 61. Ne2 Be8 62. Nf4 Bd7 63. Nxh5 Bc8 64. Nf6+ Kg7 65. g4 Ba6 66.
Nh5+ Kh7 67. Nf6+ Kg7 68. Nd5 Bc4 69. Ne3 Bd3 70. Kf4 Be2 71. h5 Kh7 72. Nf5
Bd1 73. Kg5 Be2 74. Kh4 Bd3 75. Nd4 Be4 76. g5 Bb1 77. Kg4 Bd3 78. Kf4 Bc4 79.
Nf5 Bf7 80. Ng3 Bb3 81. Kf5 Bc2+ 82. Kf6 Bd3 83. g6+ Kh6 84. g7 Bc4 85. Ne4
Kxh5 86. Nd6 Bg8 87. Ke7 Kg6 88. Kf8 Bh7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nf1 b4 14. Bg5 bxc3 15.
bxc3 h6 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. Ne3 Be7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd7 20. Bd5 Rb6 21. Qa4
Bxh4 22. Qc4 Bf6 23. Bxc6 Rf8 24. Ra7 Nc5 25. Bd5 Qc8 26. d4 exd4 27. cxd4 Nb7
28. Ra6 Rb2 29. g4 c5 30. h4 Rb4 31. Qa2 cxd4 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. Be6 Qd8 34. Qd2
Nc5 35. Rc6 Qa5 36. g5 Nxe6 37. fxe6 Be7 38. Rc4 d5 39. Rxb4 Qxb4 40. Qxb4 Bxb4
41. Rb1 Bd6 42. Rb6 Rd8 43. g6 Kg8 44. Kf1 d3 45. h5 Kf8 46. Rb7 Re8 47. Nd4
Be5 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Nf5 Bc3 50. Ne7+ Kh8 51. Nxd5 Be5 52. e7 Kg8 53. Ke1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3
Bb7 9. a4 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 b4 14. Ne2 d5
15. d4 Be7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ng3 Qf6 21.
Rd1 h6 22. h3 Re6 23. Qd3 Qd8 24. Bd2 Rg6 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Re5 Qa8 27. Kh2 Qa1
28. Qc2 Qa7 29. Qc4 Qb7 30. f3 Kh7 31. Nf5 Rf6 32. Qd3 Kh8 33. Ne7 Nxe7 34.
Rxe7 Qb8 35. Qc4 Kg8 36. Qxb4 Qd8 37. Qc5 Rd6 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Bf4 Rd5 40.
Bxc7 Rxc5 41. dxc5 f6 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Bd6 g6 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke3 g5 46. g4 Kf7
47. b4 Kg6 48. Kd4 f5 49. Kc4 Bxf3 50. b5 fxg4 51. hxg4 Kf7 52. c6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Qa5 9. Ba2 h6 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Be3 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qe5 14. f4 Qxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nh5 16. e5 d5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Rd8 19. Ne2 b6 20. Be5 Bb7 21. c4 c5
22. cxd5 Re8 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Kf8 25. Bc4 a6 26. Bc3 Nf6 27. b4 Rxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Re8 29. Rb1 Ne4 30. Be5 cxb4 31. Rxb4 f6 32. d7 Rd8 33. Bc7 Rxd7 34. Bxb6
f5 35. g4 g6 36. a5 fxg4 37. Bd3 Nc3 38. Bc5+ Kf7 39. d6 g3 40. Rb3 Nd5 41. f5
Nf4 42. fxg6+ Kf6 43. Bd4+ Kg5 44. Be3 Rxd6 45. g7 Bd5 46. Rb4 Rf6 47. Rxf4
Rxf4 48. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bd6 8.
e4 O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Qf7
15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Ra4 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. fxe4 Qe8 20. Nc4 Nc8 21.
Rd1 h6 22. h3 Qa4 23. Qd3 Qb5 24. Bf1 Kh7 25. Bf2 Ra2 26. Qf3 Qe8 27. Bg3 Qf7
28. Qxf7 Bxf7 29. Bxe5 Rc2 30. Nxd6 cxd6 31. Bd3 Ra2 32. Bxd6 Bb3 33. e5+ Kg8
34. Bf5 Nb6 35. Rd4 Re2 36. Bc5 g6 37. Bg4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Ilit"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bb5 Be7 14. Bd2 a6
15. Bf1 O-O 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Rab1 Rac8 18. c3 Bd8 19. b4 Qa7 20. Be3 Bb6 21. Qd2
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rfd8 23. Rd1 h6 24. a4 a5 25. b5 Nce7 26. Nd4 Qc5 27. Qb2 Qc7 28.
Rde1 Nh4 29. Bd3 Nhf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 exf5 32. Qb1 f4 33. Rd3 Qc4 34.
Qd1 Re8 35. Rxd5 Qxc3 36. h3 Rc4 37. Rd7 Rxa4 38. Kh2 Rb4 39. Rxb7 Rxe5 40. Qd7
Rg5 41. h4 Rg6 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Rbb8 Re6 44. h5 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
N2f3 Nf6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. c3 a6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bd2 Qc7 15.
Bf1 Ne4 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxa6 Re6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21.
Be2 Bc8 22. a4 Rg6 23. Bh5 Rf6 24. a5 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 c5 26. b4 Be5 27. Rc1 Bf4
28. Bxc5 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Qe5 30. Be2 Rg6 31. Qe3 Kh7 32. b5 Rd7 33. a6 Rf7 34.
Bd4 Qe8 35. Rb1 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc2 e6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. Bf1 Rac8 16. Nc4 Ne7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Bc1 b5 20. Ncd2 c4 21. Ne4
Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxh6 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. a4 a6 27. Nc5
Rd2 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Nd6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Re2 Rd5 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4
Rd1 34. Re2 b4 35. f3 bxc3 36. bxc3 Rc1 37. Re3 Bd5 38. Kf2 g5 39. g3 Kg7 40.
Be2 Kf6 41. g4 Kg6 42. h4 gxh4 43. f4 Rh1 44. Bf1 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Rc2 46. Be2 Rc1+
47. Kf2 Rh1 48. Bf1 f6 49. Rh3 Rxh3 50. Bxh3 e5 51. Ke3 Kf7 52. Bf1 Ke7 53. Bh3
Kd6 54. Bf1 Kc5 55. Bh3 Kb5 56. g5 fxg5 57. fxg5 Kc5 58. g6 Kd6 59. g7 Ke7 60.
Bg2 Be6 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. Bh3 Bg8 63. Bf5 Bf7 64. Bg4 Bg6+ 65. Kd5 Bh7 66. Bh3 e4
67. Kxc4 Ke5 68. Bf1 e3 69. Bd3 Bg8+ 70. Kc5 h3 71. Bc4 h2 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6
9. f3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Bd1 ({Die Hauptvariante ist} 11. g4 h6 12. Be3 (12.
Bxh6 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4+ $17) 12... h5 {usw.}) 11... b5 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4
14. Nge2 Qb8 15. O-O Rc8 16. Be3 Be8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nec3 Bf6 19. Be2 Bd8 20.
b3 Nb6 {[#] Weiß stand bisher etwas bequemer, begeht nun aber eine
Unvorsichtigkeit, die taktisch bestraft wird.} 21. Nb2 $2 Rxc3 $1 22. Qxc3
N6xd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Nxe3 {[#] Und Weiß kann wegen 25... Lb6 nicht
wiedernehmen.} 25. Rfe1 Qxb3 {Bilanz der Kombination: Drei Bauern für die
Qaulität und sehr aktive Figuren für Schwarz.} 26. Bd3 Bb6 27. Kh1 Rc8 28.
Nd1 Nxd1 29. Raxd1 Bd4 30. Qe2 Ba4 ({Einfach mit dem a-Bauern losrennen, war
auch stark.} 30... a5) 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Qf1 Qd2 33. Bc4 {[#]} Rc5 ({Gut war
hier auch} 33... Bc2 {Nach} 34. Rbc1 (34. Rb7 Rxc4 $19) 34... Bb2 35. Re2 Qxc1
36. Qxc1 Bxc1 37. Rxc2 Rc5 ({oder auch} 37... d5 38. Bd3 Rxc2 39. Bxc2 $19) 38.
Rxc1 d5 $19 {ist das Endspiel leicht gewonnen.}) 34. Bb3 Bxb3 (34... Bb5 $1 35.
Red1 Qa5 $19) 35. Rxb3 a5 36. f4 e4 (36... a4) 37. Rbb1 e3 38. Red1 Qc3 39. Rd3
Qc4 40. Rbd1 $2 (40. Qd1 {leistete mehr Widerstand.}) 40... Rc8 41. f5 Bc5 42.
Qf3 Re8 43. f6 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bg2 Nc6 (11... Qd8 12. a5 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nc5 14.
Bxb4 Nxe4 15. O-O Be7 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qe2 d5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. c4 Nf6 20. cxd5
e4 21. Rfc1 Bxd5 22. Nc5 O-O 23. Nxa6 Rfc8 24. b4 Ng4 25. h3 Nf6 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8
27. Nc5 Rb8 28. Qd2 h4 29. g4 e3 30. Qxe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Rxb4 32. a6 Bxg2 33.
Kxg2 Rb8 34. a7 Ra8 35. e4 g5 36. Ra5 Kg7 37. Kf3 {1-0 (37) Smirin,I (2649)
-Kotrotsos,V (2337) Athens 2007}) 12. a5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Bc8 15. f4
exf4 16. gxf4 Bb7 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Ra4 Bd8 19. Nf5 ({Die schwarze Idee war} 19.
Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxb4 Bxa5) 19... Bc7 20. Rxb4 Ba8 21. Rc4 Rce8 22. Qg4 Bxa5 $2 {
[#]} ({Nötig war} 22... Qg6 $16) 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bxc6 {mit Figurengewinn,
denn die Dg6 ist überlastet.} 1-0

[Event "Warsaw Najdorf Memorial op-A 14th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. b4 Nh5 19. Bf1 Nf4 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. c4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 bxa4 24. c5 Ne6 25. Rec1 Rad8 26. Rxa4 Bc8 27. Nf3 Nf4 28.
cxd6 Qxd6 29. e5 Qb8 30. b5 Nd5 31. Rxc6 axb5 32. Rh4 Ne7 33. Rc1 Nf5 34. Rb4
Qa7 35. Bxb5 Re7 36. Bc4 h6 37. Rb8 Ree8 38. e6 Bxe6 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Bxe6
fxe6 41. Qf6 Ne7 42. Re1 Rd6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Qxe6+ Kh7 45. Ne5 h5 46. Qf7+
Kh6 47. Kh2 Qc5 48. f4 Qd6 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Warsaw Najdorf Memorial op-A 14th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Be3
b5 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. g4 Nc6 11. g5 Nd7 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. O-O g6 15. Qh3
Bg7 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Rad1 O-O-O 21. Qg4
Qc6 22. Bxc5 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qxh2+ 24. Ke3 dxc5 25. f6+ Kc7 26. Rf2 h5 27. Rxh2
hxg4 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Rg1 Rh3+ 30. Kd2 Nxd3 31. cxd3 Bf3 32. Ne4 Rh5 33. g6
fxg6 34. Nxc5 Kd6 35. b4 Rh2+ 36. Kc3 a5 37. f7 axb4+ 38. Kxb4 Rh8 39. Ne4+ Ke7
40. Kc5 Bxe4 41. dxe4 Rd8 42. Rxg4 Kxf7 43. Rg1 Kf6 44. Rf1+ Kg5 45. Rf2 Kh4
46. Rf6 g5 47. Re6 g4 48. Rxe5 g3 49. Re7 Rg8 50. Rh7+ Kg4 51. Rh1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 17th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O a5 8. a3 e4
9. Ng5 Re8 10. d3 exd3 11. exd3 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Qd2 d5 14. g4 Bc8 15. b5
Nbd7 16. Nc3 h6 17. Nh3 dxc4 18. dxc4 Ne5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. a4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 17th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 c6 12. Ba2 Ba7 13. d4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 exd4 16. Nf5 Ne5 17. Qd1 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Qc2 Rae8 21.
Rad1 Kh8 22. Bb1 Qe6 23. Ba2 Qd7 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxd6 Qc7 26. Rxe3 Nh5 27. Qd1
Nf4 28. g3 Nxh3+ 29. Kg2 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd8 31. Rd4 Qb6 32. Kg2 g6 33. Nh4 h5
34. Nf3 Ng4 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Qd2 c5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qf4 Rd7 39. Ne5 Re7 40.
Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 6. Bb3 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:29]
} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 9. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} axb5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 11. fxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:05]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Ne7 $146 {
[%emt 0:06:04]} (12... Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. e4 Ng6 16. Qd2 Ra8 17.
Ra5 Qb8 18. Rfa1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rxa5 20. Qxa5 Qf2 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. g3 Ng4 23. h3
Nh6 24. g4 Nf4 25. Kh2 f6 26. d4 Nf7 27. Qa5 Qb8 28. Qa7 Qc8 29. Qa6 Qb8 30.
Ra5 h5 31. Qxb5 Qc8 32. Qa6 Qd8 33. Qf1 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qd7 35. Kg3 Nh6 36. Nh2
Qf7 37. Ra7 Qg6 38. Kf3 f5 39. exf5 Nxf5 40. gxf5 Rxf5 41. Qh1 e4+ 42. Ke3 {
Fressinet,L (2638)-Grischuk,A (2719) playchess.com INT 2004 0-1}) 13. Nd5 {
[%emt 0:18:16]} Nfxd5 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 14. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} c6 {[%emt 0:
09:10]} 15. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 16. Qe1 {[%emt 0:02:06]}
c5 {[%emt 0:11:13]} 17. Ra7 {[%emt 0:05:45]} c4 {[%emt 0:24:59]} 18. dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 19. Ra5 {[%emt 0:05:56]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:
33]} 20. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Ra6 {[%emt 0:23:41]}
Qxb2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 22. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:09:11]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:13:07]} 24. c4 {[%emt 0:08:09]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:
20]} 25. Kh1 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qb4
{[%emt 0:07:12]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 28. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:01:38]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:
41]} 30. Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 31. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:54]}
Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 33. Qf7+ {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} 35. Qxg8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kxg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Rd8# {[%emt 0:00:04]}
1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. b3 Qe4
15. Qd2 Rg8 16. Rg1 Bd6 17. Bc4 Qg4 18. h3 Qg7 19. d5 e5 20. g4 f4 21. Nh4 Qf6
22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Bd3 h6 24. Be4 Rd8 25. f3 Rg5 26. Qf2 Rxf5 27. Bxf5 Qe7 28.
Bxd7 Rxd7 29. h4 Kg7 30. g5 h5 31. Rge1 Rd8 32. c4 c5 33. dxc6 Bxc6 34. Qe2 e4
35. fxe4 Re8 36. Nb6 Qxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Nd5 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Kg6 40. Kc2 Bxd5
41. cxd5 Kf5 42. Kd3 f3 43. Ke3 Kg4 44. Rf1 Bc5+ 45. Ke4 f2 46. Ke5 Kxh4 47.
Kf4 Kh3 48. Kf3 Kh4 49. Kg2 Kxg5 50. Rc1 Bd6 51. Kxf2 Kf5 52. Rh1 Kg4 53. Rg1+
Kf4 54. Rg7 f5 55. Rh7 Ke4 56. Rxh5 f4 57. Rh6 Bc5+ 58. Kf1 Kxd5 59. Ke2 a5 60.
Rh5+ Kd4 61. Kf3 Bb6 62. Rb5 Bc7 63. Rb7 Be5 64. Ra7 Kc3 65. Rxa5 Bb8 66. Ra8
Bd6 67. Rd8 Be5 68. Ke4 Bg7 69. Kxf4 Kb2 70. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bd7 8.
Nxd7 Nxd7 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. a4 Qb6 11. a5 Qxd4 12. a6 bxa6 13. Bxa6 Rb8 14. O-O e6
15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Ra6 Nce5 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Ra4 Nc4 21.
Be3 Qe5 22. Rxa7 Rc7 23. f4 Qd6 24. Ra6 Qxa6 25. Bxa6 Nxe3 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Nd4
Rb6 28. Ra1 Nxc2 29. Nxc2 O-O 30. Bb5 Nf6 31. Ra6 Rb7 32. b4 Ne4 33. Bc6 1-0

