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M.Notkin. Gentlemen, make your mistakes!
M.Notkin. September best: Kramnik – Morozevich
M.Notkin. Sir G.Thomas Passion
M.Notkin. August Best: Alekseev – Wang Yue
M.Notkin. Best Games of August
M.Notkin. Black Misfortune
M.Notkin. Best in July: Tiviakov – Eljanov
M.Notkin. Best Games of July
M.Notkin. Knight's choice
M.Notkin. Best in June: Shirov – Ivanchuk
Maxim Notkin. Symptoms of Rook Madness
M.Notkin. May best: Morozevich – Ivanchuk
M.Notkin. April Window to Europe
Maxim Notkin. April best: NAJER – NEVEROV
Best Game 2006: Topalov - Aronian
M.Notkin. Best Games of April
M.Notkin. HEAD-ON AND OFF THE CUSHION
GAME IVANCHUK - MOROZEVICH BECOMES THE LAUREATE OF MARCH
M.Notkin. Best Games of March
M.Notkin. Long Trunks
M.Notkin. Who’s Afraid Of The Queens Exchange?
M.Notkin. The best game of February
Best game of January - Shirov-Radjabov
M.Notkin. The best game of January
M.Notkin. The best game of October
M.Notkin. The best game of September
The best games of December
14 best creative achievements of November
Peter Svidler and Andrey Belozerov become September’s laureates
The best game of July: Pelletier - Volokitin
VICTOR TOPOROV. A PARADOX OF THE MATCH
The best game of August: Zvjaginsev – Zhang Pengxiang
M.Notkin. Unbearable Heaviness of Rook
Maxim Notkin. Treasures of the Island of Freedom
Topalov-Anand becomes the best game of the year!
Tigran Petrosian and Evgeny Bareev become the March laureates
Maxim Notkin. Spicy dessert
M.Notkin. Topalov-Aronian becomes the best game of January
Beyond comparison in December: Motylev – Bareev
Rublevsky-Mamedyarov becomes the best game of June
Maxim Notkin. Two February laureates
MAXIM NOTKIN. HEAT IT UP
Game of the Month summary: Svidler-Kasimjanov is October's laureate
GAME OF THE MONTH - AUGUST. August special
GAME OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER. Ukrainian borscht with pampushkas
Game of the Month summary: Ivanchuk-Volkov wins in September!
PEARL OF THE DAY №10 : ANALYZE THAT, COMPARE THIS
PEARL OF THE DAY №2: CAME, SAW, GAMES ENDED IN A DRAW
PEARL OF THE DAY №8: WHO WILL DARE TO HURT OUR KING?
PEARL OF DAY №6: AS WITH GREENHORNS
PEARL OF THE DAY №4: LINARES HIRES LAWYERS
PEARL OF THE DAY №13: MAINTAIN THE DISTANCE
PEARL OF THE DAY: SEINING PEARLS
PEARL OF DAY №7: SAVIELLY, YOU ARE NOT RIGHT!
PEARL OF THE DAY №11: WHERE WILL MY PRANKSTER GALLOP?
PEARL OF THE DAY №9: A GOOD START THAT ENDED IN NOTHING
PEARL OF THE DAY №5: PEARL BARLEY, SIR!
PEARL OF THE THIRD DAY: TIGER PULLED BY WHISKERS, LION WITH OPEN JAWS, INSURGENT DRAGON
PEARL OF THE DAY №15: BEING POLITICS FREAKS…
PEARL OF THE DAY №14: DON PERLO FROM ARGENTINA
PEARL OF THE DAY №12 : CAPRICES OF WEAK-SIGHTED LADY
The game A.Dreev – L.Dominguez becomes the March laureate!
The game Ponomariov-Kramnik is the best one in January!
The best games of January 2005
M/Notkin. The artists are not only grandees (part 1)
M.Notkin Best Games of April
M.Notkin. SUMMER TIME, AND ...
The game Topalov – Anand becomes May's Laureate
April’s Laureates Moiseenko – Svidler
February's best games
E.Sutovsky - V.Kramnik - the best game of July
M.Notkin. The artists are not only grandees (part 2)
M.Notkin. Beauty will save the world
M.Notkin. Drinking May tea
The game A. Grischuk - A. Dreev becomes February's laureate!

17.02.2007 M.Notkin. The best game of January

Aronian,L (2744) - Ponomariov,R (2723) [E32]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 14.01.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 Ґb4 4.¤f3 d6 5.Јc2 ¤bd7 6.g3 c5 7.Ґg2 0-0 8.0-0 a6 9.¦d1 cxd4 10.¤xd4 Јc7 11.b3 d5

12.¤a4 dxc4 13.Јxc4 Јxc4 14.bxc4 ¦e8 15.¦b1 Ґf8 16.Ґd2 e5 17.¤b3 e4 18.c5 ¤d5 19.Ґe1 ¤7f6

20.¤a5 ¦a7 21.e3 Ґd7 22.¤c3 Ґc6 23.¤xc6 bxc6 24.¤xd5 ¤xd5 25.Ґa5 g6 26.Ґf1 ¦aa8 27.¦bc1 Ґh6 28.¦c2 ¦ab8 29.Ґc4 ¤b4

30.Ґxb4 ¦xb4 31.¦d7 ¦f8 32.Ґxa6 ¦fb8 33.Ґc4 ¦4b7 34.Ґxf7+ ўf8 35.Ґe6 Ґg5 36.¦d4 ¦e7 37.Ґb3 Ґf6 38.¦d6 ўg7 39.¦xc6 1-0

Shirov,A (2715) - Radjabov,T (2729) [E97]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 15.01.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 Ґg7 4.e4 d6 5.Ґe2 0-0 6.¤f3 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.b4 ¤h5 10.¦e1 f5 11.¤g5 ¤f6 12.f3 ўh8 13.¤e6 Ґxe6 14.dxe6 ¤h5 15.g3 Ґf6 16.c5 f4 17.ўg2 ¤c6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.¤d5 ¤d4

20.Ґb2 ¤xe6 21.g4 ¤hg7 22.¤xf6 ¦xf6 23.Јd5 Јe7 24.¦ed1 ¦d8 25.Јa5 b6 26.Јd5 ¦ff8 27.¦ac1 h5 28.gxh5 Јh4 29.¦c6

29...g5 30.¦xd6 g4 31.¦xe6 ¦xd5 32.¦h6+ ўg8 33.Ґc4 gxf3+ 34.ўh1 ¤xh5

35.¦g1+ ¤g3+ 36.¦xg3+ fxg3 37.¦xh4 g2+ 38.ўg1 f2+ 39.ўxg2 f1Ј+ 40.Ґxf1 ¦d2+ 41.ўg3 ¦xb2 42.Ґc4+ ўg7 43.Ґb3 ¦b1 44.ўg2 ¦c8 45.ўf3 ¦c3+ 46.ўg4 ¦f1 47.ўh5 ўf6 0-1

 Kramnik,V (2766) - Anand,V (2779) [E05]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 19.01.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Ґg2 Ґe7 5.¤f3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Јc2 a6 8.Јxc4 b5 9.Јc2 Ґb7 10.Ґd2 ¦a7 11.¦c1 Ґe4 12.Јb3 ¤c6 13.e3 Јa8 14.Јd1 ¤b8 15.Ґa5 ¦c8 16.a3 Ґd6 17.¤bd2 Ґd5

18.Јf1 ¤bd7 19.b4 e5 20.dxe5 Ґxe5 21.¤xe5 ¤xe5 22.f3 ¤c4 23.¤xc4 Ґxc4 24.Јf2 ¦e8 25.e4 c6 26.¦d1 ¦d7 27.¦xd7 ¤xd7 28.¦d1 Јb7

29.¦d6 f6 30.f4 ¦e6 31.¦d2 ¦e7 32.Јd4 ¤f8 33.Јd8 ¦d7 34.¦xd7 Јxd7 35.Јxd7 ¤xd7 36.e5 fxe5 37.Ґxc6 ¤f6 38.Ґb7 exf4 39.gxf4 ¤d5

40.ўf2 ¤xf4 41.ўe3 g5 42.Ґxa6 ўf7 43.a4 ўe7 44.Ґxb5 Ґxb5 45.axb5 ўd7 46.ўe4 ¤e2 47.Ґb6 g4 48.Ґf2 ¤c3+ 49.ўf5 ¤xb5 50.ўxg4 ўe6 51.ўg5 ўf7 52.ўf5 ўe7 53.Ґc5+ 1-0

Ponomariov,K (2723) - Topalov,V (2783) [E71]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 20.01.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 Ґg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.Ґg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ґd3 exd5 9.cxd5 ¦e8 10.¤ge2 ¤bd7 11.0-0 h6 12.Ґe3 ¤e5 13.a4 ¤xd3 14.Јxd3 b6 15.¤g3 ¤h7 16.f4

16...h5 17.f5 h4 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.¤ge2 g5 20.¦f2 a6 21.¦af1 ¦a7 22.¤b1 g4 23.hxg4 Ґxg4 24.¤d2 Ґxb2 25.¤c3

25...¦g7 26.¤c4 Ґxc3 27.Јxc3 Ґh5 28.Ґf4 ¦xe4 29.¤e3 Јf6 30.Јc2 Ґg6 31.¤g4 Јd4 32.¤h6+ ўh8 33.Ґc1 ¦e1 34.Јd2 ¦xf1+ 35.ўxf1 Ґd3+ 36.ўg1 ¤g5 37.ўh2 ¤e4 38.¦f8+ ўh7 39.Јf4 ¤c3 40.Јxd4 cxd4 41.¤f7 ¤e4 42.Ґb2 Ґf1 43.¦h8+ ўg6 44.¦xh4 ўxf7 45.¦f4+ ўg8 46.¦xf1 ¦h7+ 47.ўg1 d3 48.¦d1

48...¦h1+ 49.ўxh1 ¤f2+ 50.ўg1 ¤xd1 51.Ґc1 ¤b2 52.ўf2 ¤xa4 53.Ґf4 ¤c3 54.ўf3 a5 55.Ґd2 ¤b1 56.Ґf4 a4 57.Ґxd6 d2 58.ўe2 ¤c3+ 0-1

Aronian,L (2744) - Karjakin,Sergey (2678) [E05]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (11), 26.01.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.¤f3 Ґe7 5.Ґg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Јc2 a6 8.Јxc4 b5 9.Јc2 Ґb7 10.Ґd2 ¦a7 11.¦c1 Ґe4 12.Јb3 ¤c6 13.e3 Јa8 14.Јd1 ¤b8 15.Ґa5 Ґd6 16.a3 ¤bd7 17.¤bd2 Ґd5 18.Јf1

18...c5 19.dxc5 Ґxc5 20.¦c2 Јb7 21.¦ac1 Ґb6 22.Ґxb6 Јxb6 23.¤d4 ¤e5 24.Ґxd5 ¤xd5 25.¤4f3 ¤xf3+ 26.¤xf3 ¦d8 27.Јd3 ¤e7 28.Јe4 ¦ad7 29.ўg2 f6

30.h4 e5 31.h5 Јb7 32.Јg4 ўf7 33.¦c5 ¦c8 34.¦xc8 ¤xc8 35.Јf5 g6 36.Јg4 ¤e7 37.hxg6+ hxg6 38.¦h1 f5 39.¦h7+ ўe6 40.Јg5 Јe4

41.Јh6 f4 42.Јf8 ¤c6 43.Јc8 ¤e7 44.Јe8 ўd6 45.Јf8 Јd5 46.e4 Јe6 47.¤g5 1-0

Atalik,S (2586) - Eljanov,P (2675) [E51]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 18.01.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 Ґb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Ґd3 d5 6.a3 Ґe7 7.¤f3 ¤bd7 8.0-0 c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ґc2 b6 11.dxc5 Ґa6 12.¦e1 ¤xc5 13.¤d4 ¦c8 14.Ґf5

14...¤fe4 15.Ґxc8 ¤xc3 16.Јc2 Јxc8 17.Јxc3 Ґh4 18.g3 Јh3 19.¦d1 Ґf6 20.Јe1 ¦e8 21.b4 ¤e4 22.f3 ¤g5 23.Јf2 Јh5 24.ўg2

24...Ґc8 25.Ґb2 Ґxd4 26.¦xd4 Ґh3+ 27.ўh1 ¤xf3 28.¦f4 ¤g5 29.Јd2 ¤e6 30.¦f2 d4 31.exd4 Јd5+ 32.ўg1 ¤g5 33.¦e1 Ґe6 34.h4 ¤h3+ 35.ўh2 ¤xf2 36.Јxf2 ¦c8

37.¦c1 ¦d8 38.¦c7 a6 39.Јg2 Јb3 40.¦c3 Јd1 41.¦e3 h6 42.Јe2 Јb1 43.Ґc3 Јf5 44.ўg1 b5 45.¦e5 Јb1+ 46.ўf2 Јc1 47.Ґb2 Јc6 48.¦c5 Јh1 49.Јf1 Јe4 50.Јe2 Јb1 51.¦c1 Јa2 52.¦c3 Ґg4 53.Јd2 Јd5 54.ўg1 Ґe6 55.¦c5 Јf3 56.Јg2 Јb3 57.ўh2 Ґd5 58.Јe2 Ґc4 59.Јf2

59...f6 60.ўh3 ¦e8 61.d5 Јd1 0-1

Vachier Lagrave,M (2573) - Bologan,V (2658) [B12]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 19.01.2007

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ґf5 4.Ґe3 e6 5.¤d2 ¤d7 6.c3 Јb6 7.b4 f6 8.¤b3 ¤e7 9.Ґe2 Ґg6 10.¤f3 Ґf7 11.¤c5 Јc7 12.¤xd7 Јxd7

13.h4 h5 14.0-0 ¤f5 15.Ґf4 Ґe7 16.Ґd3 Ґg6 17.¦b1 ўf7 18.¦e1 a5 19.b5 c5 20.dxc5 Ґxc5 21.c4 ¦ad8 22.Јe2 ¤e7 23.¦bd1 Ґxd3 24.¦xd3 Јc8 25.Ґe3 Ґxe3 26.exf6 gxf6 27.¦xe3 Јxc4

28.¤g5+ fxg5 29.¦f3+ ўe8 30.Јxe6 ¦d7 31.hxg5 ўd8 32.Јe5 ¦g8 33.¦c3 ¦xg5 34.Јb8+ ¤c8 35.¦xc4 dxc4 36.Јf4 ¦xb5 37.Јxc4 ¦bd5 38.Јf4 ¤d6 39.¦e5 ¦xe5 40.Јxe5 b6 41.Јxh5 ўc7 42.g4 1-0

Eljanov,P (2675) - Smeets,J (2538) [D43]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (10), 24.01.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.Јb3 e6 5.Ґg5 ¤bd7 6.¤c3 Ґe7 7.e3 h6 8.Ґh4 0-0 9.Ґd3 dxc4 10.Јxc4 c5 11.Ґc2 cxd4 12.¤xd4 ¤e5 13.Јb5 ¤fd7 14.Ґg3 a6 15.Јe2 Ґb4 16.0-0 Јe7 17.¤e4 ¦d8 18.Јh5 ¤c4 19.Ґb3 ¤d6

20.Ґh4 g5 21.¤xd6 Ґxd6 22.Јxh6 gxh4 23.¤xe6 Ґe5 24.¤xd8 Ґg7 25.Ґxf7+ ўf8 26.¤e6+ ўxf7 27.¤xg7 Јf6 28.Јxf6+ ¤xf6

29.¦fd1 ўxg7 30.¦d8 b5 31.¦c1 Ґb7 32.¦c7+ ўg6 33.¦xa8 Ґxa8 34.¦a7 1-0

Jakovenko,D (2691) - Vachier Lagrave,M (2573) [B96]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (10), 24.01.2007

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.Ґg5 e6 7.f4 Јc7 8.Ґd3 b5 9.0-0 Ґe7 10.ўh1 ¤bd7 11.Ґh4 Ґb7 12.a3 ¤c5

13.Јe1 ¤fxe4 14.¤xe4 Ґxh4 15.Јxh4 ¤xe4 16.¦ae1 ¤f6 17.¤f5 ¦g8 18.c4 ўf8 19.¤e3 bxc4 20.Ґxc4 ¦c8 21.b3 Јc5 22.Јf2 d5 23.b4 Јd6 24.Ґd3 g6

25.Јb2 ўg7 26.Јd4 ¦ge8 27.¤g4 Јd8 28.f5 gxf5 29.Ґxf5 ¦c4 30.Јb2 h5 31.¤xf6 Јxf6 32.Јxf6+ ўxf6 33.Ґxe6+ ўg5

34.¦e5+ ўh6 35.¦f6+ ўg7 36.¦xf7+ ўg6 37.¦f1 ¦e7 38.ўg1 ¦e4 39.Ґf5+ ўg5 40.¦xe7 ¦xe7 41.Ґd3 ¦e3 42.¦f3 ¦e5 43.¦f7 ¦e3 44.¦f3 ¦e5 45.ўf2 d4 46.¦f7 ¦e3

47.h4+ ўxh4 48.¦f4+ ўg5 49.¦xd4 ¦e6 50.g3 ¦f6+ 51.ўe2 Ґc8 52.ўe3 Ґb7 53.Ґe2 ¦e6+ 54.ўd2 ¦f6 55.¦d7 Ґf3 56.Ґxf3 ¦xf3 57.¦d3 ¦f1 58.ўc3 ўf5 59.¦e3 ўg4 60.a4 ¦a1 61.ўb3 ¦b1+ 62.ўc4 ¦a1 63.a5 ¦c1+ 64.¦c3 ¦e1 65.b5 ¦a1

66.b6 ¦a4+ 67.ўc5 1-0

Negi,P (2538) - Spoelman,W (2414) [C78]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 13.01.2007

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.Ґb5 a6 4.Ґa4 ¤f6 5.0-0 b5 6.Ґb3 Ґb7 7.¦e1 Ґc5 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Ґb6 10.Ґe3 exd4 11.cxd4 ¤a5 12.Ґg5 ¤xb3 13.Јxb3 h6 14.Ґh4 g5

15.¤xg5 ¤xe4 16.¦xe4 Ґxe4 17.Јg3 hxg5 18.Ґxg5 Јe8 19.Ґf6+ Ґg6 20.¤c3 Јe6 21.Јh4 Ґh7 22.Јg5+ Ґg6 23.¤d5 Ґxd4 24.Ґxd4 c5 25.¤f6+ ўg7

26.¤e8+ ўg8 27.Јh6 1-0

Ivanchuk,V (2750) - Radjabov,T (2729) [E92]
1st ACP World Rapid Cup Odessa UKR (3.1), 08.01.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 Ґg7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3 0-0 6.Ґe2 e5 7.Ґe3 ¤g4 8.Ґg5 f6 9.Ґh4 g5 10.Ґg3 ¤h6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.c5 ¤c6 13.0-0 g4 14.¤h4 Ґe6

15.Јa4 Јd4 16.Јb5 Јb4 17.f4 gxf3 18.¤xf3 ¤g4 19.¦fd1 Ґh6 20.¤d5 Ґxd5 21.¦xd5 ¦ad8 22.¦ad1 Јxb5 23.Ґxb5 ¤e3 24.¦xd8 ¦xd8 25.¦xd8+ ¤xd8

26.Ґh4 ¤e6 27.Ґxf6 ¤xc5 28.Ґxe5 c6 29.Ґe2 ¤xe4 30.g3 ¤g4 31.Ґb8 Ґe3+ 32.ўg2 Ґb6 33.¤e5 ¤e3+ 34.ўh3 Ґd8 35.g4 a6 36.¤c4 ¤d5 37.ўg2 ¤g5 38.¤d6 b5 39.¤f5 Ґf6 40.h4 ¤e6 41.b3 ¤c3

42.Ґf3 c5 43.g5 Ґd4 44.Ґd6 ўf7 45.Ґh5+ ўg8 46.Ґg4 ¤e4 47.¤h6+ ўg7 48.Ґb8 ¤d8 49.¤f5+ ўg8 50.Ґf3 ¤c3 51.a3 a5 52.Ґc7 ¤e6 53.Ґxa5 Ґe5 54.Ґxc3 ¤f4+ 55.ўf1 Ґxc3 56.Ґc6 Ґb2 57.a4 bxa4 58.bxa4 Ґc3 59.ўf2 Ґa5 60.ўe3 ¤g6 61.ўe4 ўf8 62.Ґd5 ¤e7

63.¤d6 ўg7 64.¤c4 Ґe1 65.a5 ¤c8 66.h5 ¤a7 67.ўf5 ¤b5 68.h6+ ўh8 69.a6 Ґg3 70.¤e5 ¤a7 71.¤f7+ ўg8 72.g6 1-0

Akopian,Vl (2700) - Ippolito,D (2397) [D48]
Gibtelecom Masters Catalan bay ENG (4), 26.01.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¤f3 ¤bd7 6.Ґd3 dxc4 7.Ґxc4 b5 8.Ґd3 Ґb7 9.0-0 a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Ґc2 Јc7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.¤d4 ¤c5 15.Ґe3 e5 16.¤f5 ¤cxe4 17.¤xe4 ¤xe4

18.Јg4 ¤f6 19.Јh3 g6 20.Ґg5 gxf5 21.Ґxf6 ¦g8 22.¦fe1 Јc6 23.¦xe5+ ўf7

24.Ґe4 Јxf6 25.¦xf5 Ґxe4 26.¦xf6+ ўxf6 27.Јh4+ ўf5 28.Јxh7+ ¦g6 29.¦e1 ¦d8 30.Јh5+ ¦g5 31.Јf7+ 1-0

Greenfeld,A (2556) - Ippolito,D (2397) [A18]
Gibtelecom Masters Catalan Bay ENG (6), 29.01.2007

1.c4 e6 2.¤c3 ¤f6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Јxf6 7.¤f3 c5 8.Ґe2 ¤c6 9.0-0 e5 10.¦e1 Ґe7 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 e4 13.Ґg5 Јg6

14.Ґxe7 exf3 15.Ґxf3 ¤xe7 16.¦b1 ўf8 17.Јa4 Јd6 18.c5 Јd8 19.d5 h5 20.d6 ¤c6 21.Ґxc6 bxc6 22.Јxc6 Ґe6 23.d7 ¦h6 24.Јd6+ ўg8 25.c6 Ґf5 26.Јd5 Ґe6

27.c7 Ґxd5 28.cxd8Ј+ ¦xd8 29.¦e8+ ўh7 30.¦xd8 ¦d6 31.¦d1 ўg6 32.¦c8 1-0

Nakamura,H (2651) - Sulskis,S (2525) [E40]
Gibtelecom Masters Catalan Bay ENG (9), 01.02.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 Ґb4 4.e3 Ґxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Ґd3 e5 7.¤e2 e4 8.Ґc2 Ґe6 9.¤g3 Ґxc4 10.¤xe4 ¤xe4 11.Ґxe4 d5 12.Ґc2 0-0 13.Јh5 g6 14.Јh6 Јf6 15.h4 Јg7 16.Јxg7+ ўxg7 17.Ґb3 Ґxb3 18.axb3

18...¤d7 19.c4 f5 20.ўe2 ¤f6 21.ўd3 c6 22.f3 ¦fe8 23.Ґd2 h5 24.Ґe1 ўf7 25.Ґg3 a6 26.Ґf4 ¦ec8 27.¦hc1 ўe6 28.¦c2 ¦d8 29.¦a5 ¦d7 30.Ґg5 ўf7 31.¦c1 ¦e8 32.Ґf4 ¦dd8 33.Ґe5 ¦d7 34.ўe2 ¦ed8 35.¦f1 ¦e7 36.ўf2 ¦de8 37.ўe2 ¤d7 38.Ґf4 ¤f6 39.ўd3 ¦e6 40.Ґg5 ¦d6

41.cxd5 ¦xd5 42.¦xd5 ¤xd5 43.e4 ¤c7 44.Ґf4 ¤e6 45.Ґe3 ўe7 46.ўc4 ўd6 47.¦d1 fxe4 48.fxe4 ¦f8 49.ўb4 ўc7 50.¦c1 ¦e8 51.ўc4 ўd7 52.¦f1 ¦f8

53.¦xf8 ¤xf8 54.d5 cxd5+ 55.ўxd5 ¤e6 56.ўe5 ўe7 57.g3 ¤c7 58.Ґg5+ ўf7 59.ўd6 ¤e6 60.Ґe3 ўf6 61.b4 ўf7 62.e5 b5 63.ўc6 ўe7 64.ўb6 ўd7 65.ўxa6 ўc6 66.ўa7 ¤c7

67.ўb8 ¤a6+ 68.ўc8 ¤xb4 69.e6 ¤d5 70.Ґf4 b4 71.ўd8 ¤f6 72.e7 1-0

Sorokin,Maxim - Nakhapetiane,Pogos [A29]
Moscow Open 2007 Moscow (4), 30.01.2007

1.c4 ¤f6 2.¤c3 e5 3.¤f3 ¤c6 4.g3 ¤d4 5.Ґg2 ¤xf3+ 6.Ґxf3 Ґb4 7.Јb3 Ґe7 8.0-0 0-0 9.¦d1 d6 10.d4 ¤d7 11.¤d5 c6 12.¤xe7+ Јxe7 13.Јc2 f5 14.b4 e4 15.Ґg2 ¤f6 16.a4 Ґe6

17.¦a3 h6 18.b5 g5 19.¦c3 Ґf7 20.h4 ¤h7 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.g4 Ґg6 23.h5 Ґf7 24.d5 ¦ac8 25.Ґb2 ¤f6 26.gxf5 ўh7 27.dxc6 ¦xc6 28.¦d4 ¦e8 29.Јd2 Јe5 30.¦e3 Јxf5

31.¦dxe4 ¤xe4 32.Ґxe4 ¦xe4 33.¦xe4 ¦b6 34.f3 g4 35.¦xg4 Јb1+ 36.Ґc1 d5 37.cxd5 Ґxh5 38.¦c4 Јf5 39.ўf2 Јf6 40.Јc3 Јf5 41.Ґb2 1-0

Shaposhnikov,Evgeny - Malakhov,Vladimir [B27]
Moscow Open 2007 Moscow (6), 01.02.2007

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 g6 3.d4 Ґg7 4.dxc5 Јa5+ 5.c3 Јxc5 6.¤a3 ¤f6 7.¤b5 b6 8.e5 ¤g4 9.Јd4

9...¤xe5 10.Јxc5 ¤xf3+ 11.gxf3 bxc5 12.¤c7+ ўd8 13.¤xa8 Ґb7 14.Ґe2 Ґxa8 15.Ґe3 d6 16.0-0 a5 17.¦ab1 ¤c6 18.f4 ўc7 19.a3 ¦b8 20.¦fc1 ¤d8 21.b4 Ґe4 22.¦b2 ¤e6 23.f3 Ґf5 24.Ґc4 Ґh6 25.¦e2 ўc6 26.b5+

26...¦xb5 27.Ґxb5+ ўxb5 28.c4+ ўc6 29.¦b2 ¤xf4 30.Ґxf4 Ґxf4 31.¦e1 e5 32.¦d1 Ґe6 33.¦b5 Ґxc4 34.¦xa5 f5 35.ўf2 e4 36.fxe4 fxe4 37.¦a4 d5 38.¦b1 Ґd3 0-1

Oleksienko,Mikhailo - Rakhmanov,Aleksandr [C43]
Moscow Open 2007 Moscow (8), 03.02.2007

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.d4 ¤xe4 4.Ґd3 ¤c6 5.Ґxe4 d5 6.Ґg5 Јd6 7.dxe5 Јb4+ 8.¤c3 dxe4 9.a3 Јxb2 10.¤d5

10...Ґc5 11.¤xc7+ ўf8 12.¦b1 Јxa3 13.¤xa8 exf3 14.Јxf3 Јxf3 15.gxf3 ¤xe5 16.ўe2 b6 17.¤c7 Ґb7 18.¦b3 f6 19.¤e6+ ўf7 20.¤xc5

20...Ґd5 21.Ґf4 bxc5 22.¦c3 ¤xf3 23.¦d1 ¤d4+ 24.ўf1 Ґe6 25.¦xc5 Ґh3+ 26.ўe1 ¤f3+ 27.ўe2 Ґg4 28.¦a1 ¦d8 29.¦xa7+ ўg6 30.¦a3 ¤d4+ 31.ўf1 Ґe2+ 32.ўe1

32...¤e6 33.Ґc7 ¦d7 34.¦c6 Ґh5 35.¦d6 ¦xc7 36.¦xe6 ¦xc2 37.ўf1 ¦c4 38.¦e7 ўh6 39.h3 g5 40.ўg2 Ґg6 41.¦f3 f5 42.¦e6 ўh5 43.¦b6 ¦a4 44.¦fb3 f4 1/2-1/2

Krivoborodov,Egor - Sergienko,Sergey [B15]
Moscow Open 2007 Moscow (8), 03.02.2007

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¤f3 Ґg7 5.h3 dxe4 6.¤xe4 ¤f6 7.¤xf6+ exf6 8.Ґc4 0-0 9.0-0 ¤d7 10.Ґf4 ¤b6 11.Ґb3 a5 12.a4 ¤d5 13.Ґh2

13...Ґf5 14.¦e1 Јd7 15.¤d2 ¦fe8 16.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 17.¤c4 Ґf8 18.Јd2 h5 19.Јxa5 Ґb4 20.Јa7 Ґxh3 21.gxh3 Јxh3 22.Јxb7

22...Ґe1 23.Ґe5 ¤f4 24.Ґxf4 Јg4+ 25.Ґg3 Ґxf2+ 26.ўf1 Јe2+ 27.ўg2 Ґxg3+ 28.ўxg3 Јg4+ 0-1

Shimanov,Aleksandr - Belov,Vladimir [E92]
Moscow Open 2007 Moscow (8), 03.02.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 Ґg7 4.e4 d6 5.¤f3 0-0 6.Ґe2 e5 7.Ґe3 ¤g4 8.Ґg5 f6 9.Ґc1 ¤c6 10.d5 ¤e7 11.h3 ¤h6 12.h4 f5 13.h5 f4 14.hxg6 ¤xg6 15.Ґd2 c5 16.a3 b6 17.b4

17...¤f5 18.exf5 Ґxf5 19.¦h5 e4 20.¦xf5 ¦xf5 21.¤xe4 ¦h5 22.¤g1 ¦h1 23.ўf1 Јh4 24.Ґg4 ¦e8 25.Ґe6+

25...¦xe6 26.dxe6 Јh2 27.ўe2 Јxg2 28.¤c3 ¤e5 29.Јa4 f3+ 30.ўd1 Јxg1+ 31.ўc2 Јg6+ 32.ўb3

32...¤xc4 33.Јd7 ¤xd2+ 34.ўa4 a6 35.¤e4 ¤xe4 36.Јd8+ Ґf8 37.e7

37...Јf7 38.Јxf8+ Јxf8 39.exf8Ј+ ўxf8 40.¦xh1 c4 41.¦c1 d5 42.¦c2 ўe7 43.b5 ¤c5+ 44.ўb4 ¤d3+ 45.ўc3 axb5 46.ўd4 ўd6 47.¦d2

47...b4 48.axb4 ¤xb4 49.¦d1 ¤c6+ 50.ўe3 ¤e5 51.ўf4 b5 52.¦h1 ¤c6 53.ўe3 b4 54.ўd2 ¤e5 0-1

Barua,D (2467) - Dreev,A (2658) [N58]
5th Parsvnath Open New Delhi IND (6), 18.01.2007

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 d6 6.Ґe2 e5 7.¤f3 h6 8.0-0 Ґe7 9.¦e1 0-0 10.h3 a6 11.Ґf1 Јc7 12.¤d5 ¤xd5 13.exd5 ¤b8 14.c4 a5 15.b3 ¤a6 16.Ґb2 ¤c5 17.Ґc3 Ґf5 18.a3 Ґg6 19.¤d2 b6 20.b4 ¤d3 21.¦e3 ¤f4 22.¤f3 f5 23.Јb3 Ґf7 24.Јb2 Ґf6 25.¦c1 axb4 26.axb4 b5 27.g3 ¤g6 28.c5 Ґxd5 29.cxd6 Јxd6 30.¦d1 e4 31.Ґxf6 ¦xf6 32.¤d4 ¦a2 33.Јb1 Јb6 34.¤e2 Ґf7 35.¤c3 f4 36.gxf4 ¦xf2 37.ўxf2 ¦xf4+ 38.ўe2 Ґc4+ 39.ўd2 Јd4+ 40.ўc2 ¦f2+ 0-1

Pashikian,A (2532) - Yegiazarian,A (2498) [E17]
ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (7), 22.01.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ґb7 5.Ґg2 Ґe7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d5 exd5 8.¤h4 c6 9.cxd5 ¤xd5 10.¤f5 ¤c7 11.e4 d5 12.¦e1 Ґf6 13.e5 Ґc8 14.exf6 Ґxf5 15.fxg7 ¦e8 16.¦xe8+ ¤xe8 17.¤c3 ¤d7 18.¤xd5 cxd5 19.Јxd5 ¤e5 20.Јxa8 Јd1+ 21.Ґf1 Ґd7 22.Ґf4 ¤f3+ 23.ўg2 ¤e1+ 24.ўg1 Јxa1 25.Јe4 Јd1 26.Ґe2 ¤f3+ 27.ўg2 Јg1+ 28.ўxf3 Ґc6 0-1


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