[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2009.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bakin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Qd3 b6 7. Nge2 Ba6 8. Qe3 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Bb7 10. g4 c5 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf5 d4 14. Qf2 Bxc3 15. Bxf6 Bxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Qxf6 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. g5 Qb6 20. Qg3 Qc7 21. g6 Kh8 22. gxf7 g6 23. Nxd4 Bc8 24. Nxb5 Qe7 25. Rd6 Kg7 26. Rg1 Ra6 27. Qg5 Qxg5 28. Rxg5 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 Kf6 30. h4 Bd7 31. Nc4 Nc6 32. Nb6 Be6 33. Nd5+ Kxf7 34. c3 h6 35. Rg2 Kg7 36. Ne7 Nxe7 37. Bxe6 Rxf3 38. c4 Kf6 39. Bd7 g5 40. hxg5+ hxg5 41. c5 Rd3 42. c6 Rd6 43. Rc2 g4 44. Be8 Rd8 45. Bd7 g3 46. Rg2 Rg8 47. Kb3 Nc8 48. Ka4 Nb6+ 49. Kxa5 Nc4+ 50. Kb5 Ne3 51. Rg1 g2 52. c7 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2009.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bekhovskiy, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Qb3 Ned7 11. Rd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Nd5 Qa7 17. Nxc7 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. h3 Nf6 22. Be5 Nh5 23. g4 Ng7 24. Qc3 b5 25. Qf3 f5 26. Qe3 Rfe8 27. Rd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Qd4 Re7 30. Bf6 Ne6 31. Bd5 Rf7 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. cxb5 Rd7 34. Qe3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd5 36. b6 fxg4 37. hxg4 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Kf4 Rgc1 40. b7 R1c4+ 41. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2009.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Dmitriev, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. g4 a6 11. f5 b5 12. Ne2 c4 13. Be3 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Ng3 cxd3 16. cxd3 Rc8 17. Rc1 Ne8 18. Qe2 e6 19. g5 gxf5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Nh4 Nd4 22. Qf2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 f4 24. Bxf4 Ne6 25. Nhf5 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Bxb2 29. Rc8 Be5 30. Qh4 Qa5 31. Be4 h5 32. Qxh5 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Kf1 Qf4+ 35. Ke1 Bf6 36. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2009.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Letov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Bd3 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Rc1 0-0 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bf4 Na5 16. Na4 b5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Nb3 19. Rc3 Nxc5 20. Rfc1 Nxd3 21. Rxc8 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Ne4 24. Rc7 Qf6 25. Qe2 e5 26. Bh2 Ng5 27. Qc2 d4 28. exd4 exd4 29. Rc6 Re8 30. Bg3 d3 31. Rc8 Rd8 32. Qc7 Ne6 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxd8+ Nxd8 35. Kf1 f5 36. Be5 Ne6 37. b4 Nf8 38. g3 Ng6 39. Bb2 Kf7 40. Ke1 Ke6 41. Kd2 Ne5 42. Bxe5 Kxe5 43. Kxd3 Kd5 44. f3 g6 45. g4 fxg4 46. fxg4 g5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Kf2 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2009.07.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kazennov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. a3 b5 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. c3 0-0-0 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Qe2 Nxc3 19. Nxb5 Nxe2 20. Nxc7 Nxf4 21. Bxa6 Kxc7 22. Bxb7 Kxb7 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. g3 Ng6 25. Rbe1 Rc7 26. Rhf1 Rhc8 27. Kd3 Kb6 28. h4 h5 29. Re2 Rf8 30. b3 Ne7 31. Rf4 Nf5 32. Rb4+ Kc6 33. Rg2 Kd7 34. a4 Rfc8 35. Ke2 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 0-1

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2009.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kolmakov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Ne2 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. 0-0 Bd7 16. c3 Qb6 17. Rf2 g6 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Bb1 0-0-0 20. Qe3 Kb8 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Rd2 Rc6 23. Nd4 Rc7 24. Qh3 h5 25. Qe3 Rhc8 26. Nf3 Na4 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Nd4 Nc4 29. Rf2 Rc5 30. g3 Bd7 31. Kg2 a5 32. Bd3 a4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. a3 R4c5 35. Kh3 Bb5 36. Rd2 Kc7 37. Kh4 Kd7 38. Kg5 Ke7 39. Nc2 Rc4 40. Rd4 Rxd4 41. Nxd4 Bd3 42. Rd1 Bc4 43. Rd2 Bf1 44. Nc2 Bc4 45. Ne3 b5 46. Kh6 Rg8 47. Kh7 Kf8 48. Nc2 Rg7+ 49. Kh6 Rg8 50. Nd4 Rh8+ 51. Kg5 Ke7 52. Nc6+ Kd7 53. Na5 Ke7 54. Nb7 Rb8 55. Nd6 Rh8 56. Rf2 Bd3 57. Kh4 Rb8 58. Kh3 Bf5+ 59. Kg2 Bd3 60. Kf3 f5 61. Ke3 Bc4 62. Kd4 Kd7 63. Kc5 Kc7 64. Rg2 Rb6 65. Nf7 Rb8 66. Ng5 Kd7 67. Nf3 Rc8+ 68. Kb4 Bd3 69. Nd4 Rb8 70. Rg1 Re8 71. h3 Rf8 72. g4 fxg4 73. hxg4 Rxf4 74. gxh5 gxh5 75. Rg7+ Ke8 76. Kc5 Bf5 77. Kd6 Rg4 78. Nxf5 exf5 79. Rh7 Re4 80. e6 Kf8 81. Rxh5 f4 82. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2009.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Ne2 b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. c3 Qd7 11. 0-0 0-0-0 12. b4 Ne7 13. Qb3 Nf5 14. Rfb1 Qe7 15. Qa4 Qe8 16. Qxa7 Be7 17. Nf6 Bxf6 18. Qxb7+ Kd7 19. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2009.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mironov, Vadim"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Be2 Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. b4 Qc7 12. Nxd4 b5 13. Nb2 Be7 14. 0-0 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 f6 16. Bd3 0-0 17. Qh5 f5 18. Rf3 Rf7 19. g4 Nf8 20. a4 Rb8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Rb7 23. Ra5 Bd7 24. Nd1 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Qc8 26. Rf2 Bd8 27. Ra6 Rb8 28. Rfa2 Bc6 29. Ne3 g6 30. Nc2 Bb7 31. Ra7 Qc6 32. Kg2 Bc8 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qe2 Nd7 35. Na3 Ba6 36. Kg3 Be7 37. Nb1 Bd8 38. Nd2 Be7 39. Nb3 Qc8 40. h4 h5 41. f5 gxf5 42. Qxh5+ Kf8 43. Kf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qxa4 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. Re1 0-0 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bd3 Ng4 18. Rhf1 Bd7 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 Rae8 21. Rb1 Bc8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf1 24. Bxf1 Kf7 25. Rb6 Kg6 26. g4 h5 27. Be2 hxg4 28. Bxg4 Kf7 29. Kd4 Re7 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Bb7 32. Rb6 Bc8 33. Kc5 Rc7+ 34. Rc6 Rxc6+ 35. Kxc6 Ke7 36. Kc7 Bd7 37. Be2 Ba4 38. c3 a5 39. Kb6 Bc2 40. Kxa5 Kd7 41. Kb5 Kc7 42. Bg4 Bd3+ 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. a4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Babakhin, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. 0-0 Nb8 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qf3 Ne7 14. Bh4 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Qh3 f5 17. Ndf3 Bf6 18. g4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 g6 20. Qg2 Kh8 21. g5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 b5 23. h4 a5 24. Qd2 Rfb8 25. a3 Qb6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 c4 28. Ra2 Ra6 29. Rfa1 Rba8 30. Kf2 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Ra6 32. Ke2 Qa7 33. Rxa6 Qxa6 34. Qb2 Qa4 35. Kd2 Kg7 36. Kc1 h6 37. Kd2 hxg5 38. hxg5 Qa8 39. Ke1 Qh8 40. Qg2 Qh5 41. Kd2 Qh4 42. Kc2 Kf7 43. Kd2 Kg7 44. Kc2 Qh5 45. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kazakevich, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Nc3 Kh8 15. Nb5 Bb4 16. Rf1 a6 17. Nc3 Nxd4 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Bb1 Nc6 23. Qd2 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Ng4 25. Bg3 Bd6 26. h3 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Qb6 30. Qe2 Bb5 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Qh5 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qe5 e3 35. Rc7 Qxc7 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Rutman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Qd6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 c5 13. Ndf3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ngxf7 0-0 18. Nd6 Ba4 19. Ng6 Rfd8 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Ng6+ Kg8 22. Ne7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smoliar, Roman"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Bc5 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Na3 Qc7 13. g3 Ndxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxd4 b5 16. c3 Bxa3 17. bxa3 Qxc3 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Rc1 Qf6 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Re1 0-0 24. Qd2 Rb7 25. Rb1 Rfb8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Nf3 c3 28. Qd3 Bb5 29. Qc2 d4 30. Qe4 Rd7 31. Ne5 Rd8 32. Rd1 c2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Re8 8. c4 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Bh2 b6 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Qd2 Qg5 16. f3 exd4 17. cxd4 Qxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Kf2 Rbe8 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Bf4 R3e7 22. c5 d5 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Bb5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Bc8 27. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solovyov, Viktor"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 Ne4 7. Qc2 Bf6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 b5 17. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Klevets, Ksenia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. c3 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. f5 Re8 14. h3 d5 15. Qe2 d4 16. Bd2 Nh5 17. Rfd1 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nf4 19. Qe3 Ra3 20. Bxe5 Nxh3+ 21. gxh3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rd2 c5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rad1 Qa5 26. Qg3 f6 27. Rg2 Re7 28. Qd6 Rf7 29. Qd5 Qa4 30. Rc1 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 cxd4 32. Rd2 Rd7 33. Kf2 Rc3 34. Rb1 Rdc7 35. Rb4 Rd7 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Kf4 Ke7 38. e5 fxe5+ 39. Kxe5 Rc5+ 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Rc6 42. Rxc6+ bxc6 43. Rc2 Rd6 44. Rc5 Ke7 45. Ke5 Kd7 46. a4 Kc7 47. Ra5 Kb6 48. Kxd6 Kxa5 49. Kxc6 Kxa4 50. Kc5 Ka5 51. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gavrilov, Oleg"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. b3 Bf6 8. Bb2 c5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. a3 e5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nd5 Qf8 17. e3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. f4 e4 20. g4 g6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Kh1 Ne7 23. Rg1 Kf7 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Bh3 Qf6 26. Nf1 Bb5 27. Qe2 Qh4 28. Bxf5 Bxc4 29. Qg2 d5 30. Ng3 Rg8 31. Rc1 Kf6 32. Qb2+ Kf7 33. Bxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qe5+ Kd7 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. h3 Qe8 8. c4 e5 9. Bh2 Qe7 10. Nc3 c6 11. b4 Re8 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 b6 14. Rc1 bxc5 15. bxc5 Rd8 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. cxd6 Ne8 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Ne4 Nb6 21. Bf7 Bd7 22. Nc5 Bf8 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxc6 Red8 26. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. Nc3 Bf6 8. Qc2 d5 9. e3 c6 10. a3 a5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Be8 13. c5 Nd7 14. b4 Qe7 15. b5 Bh5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rab1 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rb6 Rf6 23. Rfb1 Raf8 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. Rc1 Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 d4 28. exd4 e3+ 29. Kg1 e2 30. Rbb1 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Bf3 32. Ra1 Be4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Kg1 Qxd4+ 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Qd3+ 37. Kf2 Qd2 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Re1 Kf5 40. h3 h5 41. g4+ hxg4+ 42. hxg4+ Kg5 43. Rh1 Qd3+ 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. Rhc1 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 e1Q+ 49. Rxe1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Dorokhova, Regina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 f5 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nd5 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Ng5 e6 12. Ne3 Qc7 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Re1 Rf6 16. Qh5 Bd7 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Qh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 Bd7 10. 0-0 Be7 11. a3 a5 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Kg2 Be7 15. f4 f6 16. Rb1 0-0 17. Be3 a4 18. Bd3 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Rf3 Rac8 21. Rh3 Be8 22. Qf3 Qd8 23. Bf2 g6 24. Qe2 Na5 25. Kh1 Nc4 26. b3 Nxa3 27. Nxa3 Bxa3 28. bxa4 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rxb1 30. Bxb1 Bc1 31. e6 Qd6 32. Bg3 Rf6 33. Qc2 Qc6 34. e7 Re6 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 36. Bh4 Bxf4 37. Rf3 Bd6 38. a5 Bxe7 39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. h4 Kg7 41. Kg3 Re1 42. Bd3 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ke3 Rg4 45. h5 Rh4 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. Rf2 Rh3+ 48. Kd2 Bd7 49. Re2 Rf3 50. Re3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Gorbov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. h3 h6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Ne4 10. 0-0 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Bf1 0-0 16. Ne2 Nxf4 17. exf4 Ne6 18. g4 Bh7 19. f5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxe5 21. Qe3 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qd6 23. f4 a6 24. Re5 Rfe8 25. Rae1 Qd7 26. b4 Kh8 27. Bd3 f6 28. R5e3 Bg8 29. h4 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Re8 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Kf2 Qe7 33. a3 a5 34. Qb6 axb4 35. axb4 Bf7 36. Qd4 b5 37. Qc3 Qc7 38. Qd4 Qb7 39. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Qc7 11. Ncxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Qh5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qe6+ Rf7 18. Be3 Qe7 19. f4 Nd7 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Qg6 c5 22. Bd2 Rf6 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Bc3 Rg6 25. Qe2 e4 26. Qg2 Qf5 27. Re3 b5 28. b3 Nb6 29. Qe2 bxc4 30. bxc4 h5 31. Ba5 h4 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Kg2 hxg3 34. hxg3 b5 35. cxb5 Qxd5 36. f5 Rf6 37. g4 Qe5 38. Qf2 Rh6 39. Qf4 d5 40. g5 Qxf4 41. Rxf4 Rh5 42. g6 Rf8 43. b6 Rg5+ 44. Kh3 Rg1 45. Rb3 c4 46. Rb5 c3 47. Rc5 Rb1 48. Rxc3 Rxb6 49. Rc7 Rd6 50. Rh4 Rfd8 51. Kg3 e3 52. Rd4 e2 53. Kf2 Re8 54. Rc1 Rb6 55. Ke1 Rb2 56. a4 Ra2 57. Rxd5 Rxa4 58. Re5 Rf8 59. Rc7 Ra1+ 60. Kxe2 Ra2+ 61. Ke3 Rd8 62. Ree7 Ra3+ 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Ke5 Ra5+ 65. Kf4 Ra4+ 66. Kg5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Grigoryev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 d4 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 e5 8. a4 Be6 9. Ne1 Nf6 10. f4 Ng4 11. Ndf3 h6 12. f5 Bd7 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxg4 g6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qe2 0-0-0 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Nf3 g5 20. Nd2 g4 21. Nc4 Be5 22. Rf7 h5 23. Qd2 h4 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf4 Qh5 26. gxh4 Qxh4 27. e5 Rhe8 28. Qe4 Bc6 29. Qf5+ Bd7 30. Bxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rxd7+ Kb8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Ra3 Qd5 34. Rb3+ Ka8 35. Rb5 g3 36. hxg3 Rh8 37. Qe4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rumiantsev, Alex"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Qe1 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qa5 13. Rfb1 c4 14. Bf1 b5 15. a3 Rb8 16. Ne1 Qd8 17. g3 a5 18. Bg2 Qe7 19. f4 g6 20. Nf3 Kd8 21. Kf2 Kc7 22. Ne1 h5 23. Nf3 Rb7 24. h4 Rhb8 25. Ne1 b4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Ke3 c3 31. Ra3 Nxd4 32. Rxc3+ Kb6 33. Rd3 Nf5+ 34. Kd2 Bb5 35. Ra3 d4 36. Be4 Ne3 37. Bd3 Rb1 38. Ra8 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Bxd3+ 40. cxd3 Rc1 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. Rf8 Nf5 43. Rxf7+ Kd8 44. Rf6 Nxg3+ 45. Kd2 Rc6 46. Rxg6 Nf5 47. Rg5 Nxh4 48. Rxh5 Ng6 49. Nf3 Nxf4 50. Rh8+ Ke7 51. Nxd4 Ra6 52. Rh7+ Kf8 53. Rh6 Ke7 54. Nf3 Nd5 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Ng5 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Ra1+ 58. Kf2 Nf4 59. Ke3 Ng6 60. Nxe6 Re1+ 61. Kd4 Rxe5 62. Nc5 Re7 63. Rxe7+ Kxe7 64. Ke4 Kd6 65. Nb7+ Kc7 66. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Silivanov, Sergej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. e3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nd7 10. c4 Qxb3 11. axb3 0-0 12. Be2 Re8 13. 0-0 a6 14. b4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Nb6 Bg4 18. Bc4 e6 19. Rdc1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bf8 21. e4 Rbd8 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. d5 Red8 25. Bb3 exd5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Ra5 d4 28. b5 Bb4 29. Ra4 a5 30. Raa1 d3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kuzevanova, Evgenia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d5 6. 0-0 c5 7. c3 b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Bf3 Nc7 13. Qc2 Ne6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. c4 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. cxd5 Ng5 18. h4 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Qh5 20. e4 Bc8 21. Qd2 Bg4 22. Qf4 e5 23. Qf6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rad8 25. d6 Qh6 26. Qxe5 Qxh4 27. Rd5 Rd7 28. Rad1 a6 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. e5 Qe6 31. f4 c4 32. a4 Rb8 33. Qf3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rc5 b4 36. Rc7 Rbd8 37. Ra1 Kg7 38. Raa7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Rd7 40. Kh2 Rxc7 41. dxc7 Qf5 42. e6 c3 43. bxc3 Qxe6 44. cxb4 Qc8 45. Qc6 h5 46. b5 h4 47. b6 Qg4 48. c8Q Qxf4+ 49. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qd8 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f5 Nf8 15. Qg4 Bg5 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. h4 Bh6 19. 0-0 Qe7 20. f6 gxf6 21. exf6 Qe8 22. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kozlov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. c4 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb2 f6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Ne4 Bf8 16. f4 Bd7 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atlas, Eduard"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8. c5 Nc6 9. cxd6 cxd6 10. e3 d5 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qe2 Ndxe5 15. fxe5 Nb4 16. Rd1 Nd3 17. Rxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 a6 19. Bd2 b5 20. Ne2 g5 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Rf1 Rac8 23. a3 Rc4 24. Qd3 Rfc8 25. Bh3 Rc2 26. Bc3 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 g4 28. Bg2 Bxa3 29. Qd2 Be7 30. Ra1 Rc6 31. Bb4 Kf7 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Rc1 Qc7 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Bf1 Bd7 36. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Shlakich, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. c4 Nbd7 6. e3 Qc7 7. c5 e5 8. cxd6 Bxd6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nxf5+ Qxf5 15. Bd3 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. 0-0 Rhd8 18. Qe2 Kf8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Bc4 Kg7 21. b3 Qb4 22. a3 Qe7 23. a4 Qe5 24. Rac1 Ne4 25. Qc2 Rac8 26. Bd3 Nf6 27. e4 Rd4 28. f3 Rcd8 29. g3 Qg5 30. f4 Qa5 31. Kg2 Nxe4 32. Kf1 Nf6 33. Qe2 Qd5 34. Bc2 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Qxh2+ 36. Kf3 Qh5+ 37. Kf2 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Qh3 39. Qf3 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nuretdinov, Igor"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. Nc3 Bf6 8. Ne1 d5 9. f3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Ba3 Na6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd3 Re8 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 b6 16. Nd3 Ba6 17. f4 Rc8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Red8 21. Rfd1 Rc5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Qa4 24. Bg2 Bc4 25. Kh1 Qe8 26. Qf2 Rc7 27. Rd4 Qe6 28. Re1 g6 29. Red1 Rcd7 30. Bf3 h5 31. Qg2 Kf8 32. g4 Qf7 33. f5 gxf5 34. Rf4 hxg4 35. Bxg4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Denisov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. g3 Qe8 13. Nf4 Nh5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Nxh5 Qg6 17. Be3 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxh5 19. f4 g6 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. Qd2 b6 22. Bd4 Rae8 23. Re3 Re7 24. b4 Rf5 25. Bc3 Qh6 26. Qd4 Bc7 27. Rfe1 Bc6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Fedoseeva, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg3 0-0 7. Bd3 Bxg3 8. hxg3 h6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Qb3 Re8 11. 0-0-0 Nb6 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 Re8 16. e4 Qf6 17. exd5 Bg4 18. Rh4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf3 20. Rf4 Qh5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rf5 Qe2 23. Rxf7 Qxc2+ 24. Bxc2 Rac8 25. Bf5 Rf8 26. Bxc8 Rxf7 27. Bxb7 Rxf2 28. d6 cxd6 29. Rxd6 Nc4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Be4+ g6 32. Rd7+ Kh8 33. b3 Re2 34. Bxg6 Ne5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bc2 Re3 37. Kb2 Rxg3 38. a3 Rg2 39. b4 h5 40. b5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. 0-0 d4 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 h5 10. h4 f6 11. Nh2 Nb6 12. b3 Be6 13. Qe2 g5 14. hxg5 fxg5 15. f4 g4 16. f5 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Nd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rbe1 Bf6 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. c3 0-0-0 23. Qb3 Ndb8 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Rfe1 Rhd8 26. Bf1 Na6 27. Be2 Kb7 28. Nf1 Ka7 29. Kf2 Qg7 30. Rb1 Ncb8 31. Nh2 Bg5 32. Qd1 Qh6 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Qc1 Qg7 35. Kg2 dxc3 36. Qxc3 Nb4 37. Red1 Qg5 38. Qxe5 N8c6 39. Qc3 Qe3 40. Qd2 Qxe4+ 41. dxe4 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Rxd2 43. Kf1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bykov, Evgeny Mikhailovich"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. Qf4 Bd7 16. g4 Ne7 17. h5 a5 18. Nf3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. cxb4 Rxb4 21. Nh4 Ke8 22. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deriabina, Svetlana"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. h4 g4 13. h5 d6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. 0-0-0 Bd7 17. Bh4 c6 18. Kb1 d5 19. Ng6 Rf7 20. Ne5 Rg7 21. Rdf1 Be8 22. f3 exf3 23. gxf3 g3 24. Rfg1 g2 25. Rh2 Kh8 26. Ng4 Rxg4 27. fxg4 Ne4 28. Bxd8 Nxc3+ 29. bxc3 Rxd8 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Rgxg2 Bd7 32. g5 Bf5+ 33. Kc1 Be4 34. Rg4 Rg8 35. g6 Kg7 36. Rf4 Rf8 37. Rhf2 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gargolin, Pavel"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Qe7 10. Nf3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. 0-0 g6 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Re1 Be5 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Nf4 Be5 21. Qf3 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 e5 23. Qg3 Bd7 24. Bd3 Qf6 25. Rad1 Kg7 26. Bc3 Rhe8 27. h4 d4 28. h5 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Igudesman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 Rb8 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 d6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 h5 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. Rc1 Ba6 16. Re1 Na5 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 b5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Red1 Rfc8 21. h3 Bf8 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nh6 24. Ne1 Be7 25. Nd3 Qb7 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 b4 28. Na4 b3 29. c6 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Koba, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 Qe7 8. Nxc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 b6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Kf1 Bg7 12. d3 e4 13. Qd1 Nf5 14. Ne2 Ba6 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bd5 exd3 17. cxd3 Qd6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Rc1 Qa8 21. Bf4 Bb7 22. Bc7+ Ke7 23. Rg1 Nh4 24. Nf4 Re8 25. Qb3 Bh6 26. Re1+ Kf8 27. Bd6+ Kg7 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qxb5 Qc8 30. Qc4 Qa8 31. Nh5+ gxh5 32. Qxh4 Qxa2 33. Qg3+ Kf7 34. f4 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qxb2+ 36. Kf1 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qb6+ 38. Qe3 Qxd6 39. g3 Bf8 40. Re1 Qd5 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe4 Qa2+ 43. Qe2 Bc5+ 44. Kf1 Qxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kolesnikov, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h3 0-0 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Qg4 f5 15. Qe2 c4 16. Bc2 Qe8 17. g4 Bh4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. g5 h6 20. gxh6 g5 21. Rg1 Kh7 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Rxg3 Kxh6 24. Kd2 Rf5 25. h4 Qf8 26. hxg5+ Kg7 27. Rf1 Qh8 28. Qg4 Raf8 29. Ke2 Qh2 30. Rg2 Qh7 31. g6 Qh5 32. Qxh5 Rxh5 33. f4 b5 34. Rg5 Rh2+ 35. Rf2 Rfh8 36. f5 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rxb2 39. fxe6 Kf6 40. g7 Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Vashurin, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d4 6. f4 Bd7 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. 0-0 h5 9. h3 Qc7 10. Nc4 f6 11. Nh4 0-0-0 12. Ng6 Rh7 13. a4 Be8 14. Nxe7+ Ngxe7 15. e5 f5 16. a5 Kb8 17. a6 b6 18. Nd6 Nb4 19. c3 Nbc6 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Be3 Nec6 22. Rc1 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Bd2 Nb5 25. Bc3 Nbd4 26. Qe1 g6 27. Rf2 Re7 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Qe5+ Qxe5 31. fxe5 Bb5 32. Rd2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Zhuravlev, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Ndf6 8. Ne5 Be6 9. c4 dxc4 10. bxc4 Qb2 11. f3 Qxa1 12. fxe4 Qxa2 13. d5 Bd7 14. Qf3 Qb3 15. Nd2 Qc3 16. Nb1 Qb4 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bc7 f6 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. dxc6 0-0-0 22. cxb7+ Qxb7 23. Bf5+ e6 24. Bxe6+ Kb8 25. Bd5 Qb6 26. Nc3 Bb4 27. Rb1 a5 28. Na2 g6 29. Nxb4 axb4 30. Qe4 Rhe8 31. c5 Qxc5 32. Rxb4+ Ka7 33. Rb7+ Ka6 34. Qa4+ Qa5 35. Ra7+ Kxa7 36. Qxa5+ Kb8 37. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Kostroma Volga Cup op"]
[Site "Kostroma"]
[Date "2008.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klochkovski, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 e5 8. d3 h6 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 f4 11. d4 Nbd7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a3 a5 14. Re1 g5 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ne6 19. c5 g4 20. Nxe5 Nd4 21. Bc4+ Kg7 22. Nd5 cxd5 23. Bxd4 dxc4 24. Qc3 Ra6 25. Rcd1 Be6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Bh4 Nd4 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Nd7 16. Bg3 Qc5+ 17. d4 Qb5 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 exd4 21. cxd4 Nf6 22. Bxc7 Nxe4 23. Bxb6 Rc8 24. Re1 Rc6 25. Rxe4 Rxb6 26. Re3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Rb4 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. Rc3 e5 31. dxe5+ Kxe5 32. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rodkin, Felix"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. Qe2 d4 9. c3 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. 0-0 Bc5 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Qd6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5+ Nd7 17. Qxb7 0-0 18. Qc6 Qe7 19. Qe4 e5 20. f4 f6 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Bh3 Bd6 23. Rc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. c3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Bd7 10. g4 Qb6 11. Nbd2 c4+ 12. d4 Na5 13. f5 gxf5 14. gxf5 e5 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Kh2 Nf4 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Nf1 f6 19. Ng3 Be8 20. Nh4 Bh6 21. Bf3 Rg8 22. Ng2 Bf7 23. Qc2 Rg7 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Ne2 d5 26. e5 fxe5 27. dxe5 Rag8 28. e6 Rxg2+ 29. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bg8 31. e7 Bf7 32. Nd4 Qf6 33. Re1 Be8 34. Re6 Qg5+ 35. Bg4 Bg7 36. Nb5 h5 37. f6 Bxf6 38. Qf5 f3+ 39. Qxf3 Bxe7 40. Qf5 hxg4 41. Qxg5 gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Bxg5 43. Rxe8+ Kg7 44. Nxa7 Kf6 45. Kg4 Bh6 46. Nb5 Nc6 47. Nc7 Ne7 48. Rb8 Ke5 49. Rxb7 Be3 50. a4 d4 51. cxd4+ Bxd4 52. Nb5 Bc5 53. a5 Nd5 54. a6 Ne3+ 55. Kf3 Nd1 56. a7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 e5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. h3 a6 9. d3 h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd1 Be6 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 c5 15. f4 Re8 16. g4 Bd7 17. Ng3 Nh7 18. Qd2 g6 19. Qf2 Qh4 20. Ne2 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Kh8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Bd5 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. b3 e4 27. f5 gxf5 28. gxf5 e3 29. fxe6 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 fxe6 31. Nf4 Rf8 32. Kg3 Rg8+ 33. Kh4 Ng5 34. Rf1 e5 35. Nh5 e4 36. dxe4 Nxe4 37. Nf4 Nd6 38. Ne6 Rg6 39. Re1 Nf5+ 40. Kh5 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Ng7+ 42. Kxh6 Nxe6 43. h4 Nf4 44. Kg5 Ng2 45. Kf5 Ne3+ 46. Ke4 Nxc2 47. a4 a5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Zhuravlev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Nh5 4. Bd2 d5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bc3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 c6 13. Qd4 Qf6 14. Rad1 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rae8 17. R4d2 f5 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Nd4 Bf7 20. b4 Re7 21. a4 Rfe8 22. Nb3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 b6 26. Kf1 Rc8 27. Rd1 c5 28. b5 Kg7 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. h4 Rc7 31. Kf3 Be6 32. Ke2 Rd7 33. Rd2 d4 34. exd4 Bc4+ 35. Kd1 Bxb3 36. cxb3 cxd4 37. f4 Ke6 38. Re2+ Kd6 39. Kd2 Rc7 40. Re8 Kc5 41. Rd8 Kb4 42. Rxd4+ Kxb3 43. Ke2 Rc4 44. Rd7 Kxa4 45. Rxa7+ Kxb5 46. Rxh7 Rc3 47. Kf2 Rc6 48. Rh6 Kc5 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rxh5 Rf6 51. g4 Kd4 52. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernenko, Ilya"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Bd3 Kh8 12. Na4 Qd8 13. 0-0 f6 14. Re1 fxe5 15. dxe5 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd1 b6 19. Qf7 Qg8 20. Qe7 Rb8 21. Bxh7 Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bc2 Bd7 24. g3 Rc8 25. Bb3 Bb5 26. f4 Bf6 27. f5 exf5 28. Rxd5 Rc1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Lupik, Marina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
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1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 b5 6. Nf3 Rb8 7. 0-0 d6 8. Nc3 b4 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. h3 0-0 11. g4 c4 12. g5 cxd3 13. cxd3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nh5 15. Kh2 Ba6 16. f5 Qb5 17. Ne1 Nd4 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 gxf5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Be4 Bb7 22. Ng2 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nd4 24. Rc1 Ne6 25. Qd5 Bxb2 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Rb1 Bc3 28. Rfc1 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 Bd2 30. Rf1 Bxf4+ 31. Rxf4 a5 32. h4 Rc5 33. Kg3 Rc2 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 0-0 8. Bd3 d6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. c3 Re8 11. 0-0-0 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. g3 Bd7 15. f4 Bf6 16. Qc2 g6 17. h4 Bf5 18. h5 Kg7 19. Nf2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. g4 Qf7 23. Kb1 Rh8 24. Rhf1 Rae8 25. Ka1 Rh4 26. g5 Bd8 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Nd3 Bxg5 29. Qxa7 Bxf4 30. Qxb7 g5 31. Qg2 Rh2 32. Qg1 Ra8 33. Nb4 c5 34. Nd5 Qb7 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qb3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bocharov, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 e5 10. c4 Qe7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Re1 e4 13. Nh2 c6 14. Qb3 h5 15. Bd1 Qg5 16. Nhf1 Nf6 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Qh6 19. Bc2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. N1d2 Re7 22. Re2 Bg4 23. Rce1 c5 24. d5 Qh8 25. Nb1 Rae8 26. Nc3 Be5 27. Nxe5 Bxe2 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Rxe2 Qe5 30. g4 Ref8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Be2 e5 6. Bg3 f5 7. c4 g5 8. h4 g4 9. Ng5 Qf6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Ne6 Nxe6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. f3 h5 15. Nb5 Qf7 16. Qa4 Kf8 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bg7 20. 0-0 Nf6 21. Bd3 a6 22. Nd4 Nd7 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rfe1 Qf7 25. Bf2 Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Rxb7 Rd8 28. Qc6 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Qxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Bc3 32. Rb1 Bb4 33. Bxf5 Rf6 34. Rd1 Kg8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Androsov, Sergey"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. Nf3 c4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Ng1 0-0-0 15. f4 Ne7 16. g4 h5 17. g5 Nf5 18. Rf3 f6 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. exf6 Rdf8 21. Nh3 Nh4 22. Rg3 Rxf6 23. Rag1 Be8 24. Rg7 Qd6 25. Rg8 Rf8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Qe3 Bg6 28. Ng5 Rf8 29. Rf1 Kd7 30. Qh3 Nf5 31. Nf3 Kc7 32. Ne5 Be8 33. Rg1 h4 34. Bg4 Qe7 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Rg4 Rh5 37. Qg2 Rh7 38. Rg8 h3 39. Qg5 Bh5 40. Rh8 Bd1 41. Ng6 Bf3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg5+ 43. fxg5 Rg7 44. Nf4 Rxg5+ 45. Kf2 Bg4 46. Nxh3 Rf5+ 47. Kg3 Bd1 48. Nf4 Rg5+ 49. Kf2 Kd6 50. h4 Rg4 51. Ke3 Bxc2 52. h5 e5 53. Rh6+ Kd7 54. dxe5 Rg3+ 55. Kd4 Rg4 56. Rf6 Be4 57. h6 Rh4 58. Nxd5 Bg2+ 59. Nf4 Bf1 60. e6+ Ke7 61. Ke5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Tukan, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Ne5 0-0 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Ndf3 Nh5 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Nxf7+ Rxf7 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Potyavin, Igor"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. Qc2 Bf6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. e3 Nd7 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nf6 18. Bg2 dxc4 19. Rac1 cxb3 20. axb3 Ne4 21. Rd7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qe5 Nf6 24. Qxc5 Bxg2 25. Qc7+ Kg8 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Kxg2 Ra3 28. b4 Rb3 29. Rc6 Rxb4 30. Rxe6 Kf7 31. Rc6 Rb1 32. Nd3 b5 33. Kf3 b4 34. Rb6 b3 35. Nc5 b2 36. Nd3 Rh1 37. Ne5+ Kf8 38. Rxb2 Rxh2 39. Ng4 Rh5 40. Nxf6 Rf5+ 41. Kg4 Rxf6 42. f4 Re6 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. e4 Ra6 46. f5+ Kf6 47. Kf4 g5+ 48. Kg4 h6 49. Rh7 Ke5 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Re6+ Rxe6 52. fxe6 Kxe6 53. Kh5 Ke5 54. Kxh6 g4 55. Kg5 Kxe4 56. Kxg4 Ke5 57. Kg5 Ke6 58. Kg6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be6 9. c3 h6 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nf1 0-0 13. Ne3 Rfd8 14. Bd2 Ng4 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. h3 Nf6 17. g4 Bc4 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Ne7 20. N3h4 Qc6 21. f3 Qe6 22. Kf2 Nc6 23. Be3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxa2 25. Nd6 b6 26. Nhf5 Rd8 27. h4 Bxd6 28. Nxd6 Qe6 29. Nf5 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. Ke2 f6 33. Kd3 Kf8 34. Kc4 Ne7 35. Nxe7 Kxe7 36. Kb5 Nb8 37. g5 fxg5 38. hxg5 h5 39. f4 exf4 40. Bxf4 Nd7 41. Ka6 h4 42. Kxa7 h3 43. Ka6 Ke6 44. Kb5 Ne5 45. Kxb6 c4 46. Kb5 Nd3 47. Bg3 Nxb2 48. Kc5 g6 49. Kd4 Nd1 50. Bc7 Nf2 51. Kxc4 Nxe4 52. Kd3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bazeev, German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 e5 6. Ne2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 d4 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Ne8 11. a4 f5 12. e5 Be6 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. c4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. d4 Nd5 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nb3 21. Qb2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Ne3 23. Ned4 Bd5 24. Bh1 Be4 25. Re1 Nd5 26. Qb3 h6 27. e6 Qe7 28. Ne5 Qh4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. e7 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Kh7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Bc5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rd1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 f5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. dxe4 Bxf2+ 14. Kh2 Rf7 15. Nd2 Raf8 16. Nf3 Bb6 17. b4 Qc8 18. Bd2 a6 19. Be1 Nd8 20. c4 Nec6 21. Rac1 Ne6 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. h4 Kh8 27. Bh3 Qe8 28. Qc4 b6 29. Bg4 h6 30. Nh3 Nd4 31. Bb4 Qg6 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Bf5 Rxf5 34. exf5 Qxf5 35. Nf4 Re8 36. Qxd4 Ne4 37. Ba3 Nf6 38. Bb2 Ng4+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Nf2+ 41. Kg2 Nd3+ 42. Kh3 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Na6 8. Nc3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. 0-0 Qa5 11. Nd2 Rfc8 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. a4 Be6 14. d5 Bd7 15. f3 Qf8 16. g4 Rc5 17. e4 Rac8 18. Qb3 R5c7 19. Nb5 Nc5 20. Qc2 Bxb5 21. axb5 b6 22. b4 Ncd7 23. Ra2 Bh6 24. g5 Nh5 25. Be3 Bg7 26. f4 Ng3 27. Rc1 f5 28. exf5 Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Qxf5 30. Rd2 Qe4 31. Rdc2 Qf5 32. Nxd6 Qxc2 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Qg4 exd6 35. Qxd7 Rf8 36. Qxd6 Re2 37. Bf2 Rc8 38. Kf1 Rcc2 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf8 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg2 0-0 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. Ne2 fxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Rf1 Be3 16. Ng5 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Nc5 18. Bxh7 Bd7 19. Qb1 Ne7 20. b4 Na4 21. Bc2 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nf3 Rac8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Nc3 26. Qb2 Nd1 27. Qd4 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Rc8 30. Nce2 Rc4 31. Rc1 Rxb4 32. e6 Ba4 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. e7 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Ng4+ 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. Nxf5 Bd7 38. Rf8 Rb6 39. Ned4 g6 40. Ne3 Kg7 41. g4 Rb2+ 42. Nec2 Rxa2 43. g5 Ne8 44. Kf3 b5 45. Ne3 Ra3 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Kc1 Ra4 50. Nf3 d4 51. Ne5 dxe3 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rf8+ Kg7 54. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Malinovsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. 0-0-0 Nbd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bh6 Qc7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Qe3 Ne6 14. Nge2 Bd7 15. Kb1 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nf4 19. d6 Qc6 20. Qxe5+ f6 21. Qxf4 Qxh1 22. f3 g5 23. Qg3 f5 24. Nc3 f4 25. Qf2 b4 26. Qc5 Kh6 27. Ne4 Rg8 28. Be2 Qxh3 29. Nf6 Rg7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Qf5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Goldobin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. c4 b5 5. Bf4 d6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Qb3 bxc4 8. Nxc4 0-0 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Nfd2 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. 0-0 Nge5 15. Rfe1 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. Rb1 Nb6 19. Qa6 Qa8 20. Qxa8 Rxa8 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Na4 23. Be4 Nc3 24. Rxb2 Nxe4 25. Rc2 Nf6 26. Rd2 g5 27. Be3 h6 28. f3 Kg7 29. g4 Rb8 30. Bf2 a4 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Bg3 Rb5 33. Rc2 Nb6 34. e4 a3 35. Be1 Na4 36. Rc4 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Nb6 38. Rc1 Rxa2 39. Bc3+ f6 40. Rb1 Na4 41. Rb3 Nxc3 42. Rxc3 Ra1 43. Kf2 a2 44. Ra3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Smirnov, Artyom"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 Be7 12. Bd3 0-0 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. g5 Ng8 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rg1 a6 19. Nh4 g6 20. f4 Rfb8 21. Kf1 Bf8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 Nce7 25. e6 fxe6 26. g6 h6 27. g7+ Bxg7 28. Qf7 Qb5+ 29. Kf2 Bf6 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8 31. Qxf6+ Rg7 32. Rg1 Rag8 33. Ng6+ Kh7 34. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. 0-0 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. Na3 f5 10. Be3 a6 11. Nc4 d5 12. Nce5 d4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Bf2 Qd6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. e5 Qb4 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Rfc1 Bf8 19. Rc4 Qb6 20. Rac1 Qa7 21. a3 Be7 22. b4 Bd7 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Qb8 25. Bb6 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.08"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Martynov, Pavel1111"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
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[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Qd3 0-0 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rac1 Qd8 16. Ne2 g5 17. g3 Kh8 18. Ne1 Rg8 19. f4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. fxg5 Bxg5 22. Nf4 Qd6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Nf3 Rg7 26. Nh4 Qe4 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. Nf5 Rgg8 29. b5 Na5 30. Ne3 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.07"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
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1. e4 c5 2. d3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. dxe4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nc4 Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Bb7 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Qe2 Qf8 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. Nfxd2 Qd8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Ng4 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bf3 Nxh2 23. Bxe5 Qxd2 24. Qd1 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 Ne4 7. Nc3 Bf6 8. Qc2 d5 9. Bf4 c6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. e3 b6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. a3 Rbc8 15. b4 c5 16. Qa4 cxb4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nd2 a5 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. Bh3 Rc6 22. c5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rfc8 24. Rb5 Ba6 25. Rxb4 Kf7 26. Nb3 Be7 27. Ra4 Kf6 28. Rda1 Bd3 29. Ra7 Rc3 30. Rb7 Bc2 31. Raa7 Bd3 32. Rxe7 Rc1+ 33. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bf1 Bxf1 35. Rf7+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kg4 37. Kh2 Rc2 38. Rf4+ Kh5 39. Rxg7 Be2 40. Rg5+ Kh6 41. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Pyatin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Na5 15. Qb5 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. 0-0 Be7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc3 b5 21. Kg2 Nh7 22. Rh1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 b5 14. Rg3 Rg8 15. a3 Qa5 16. Qf4 Bd7 17. Bh5 Be8 18. Rf3 Ke7 19. Qe3 Rb8 20. Ne2 Qc7 21. Rg3 Kd8 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. Bg4 Rb6 24. Nh5 Ng6 25. Rh3 Qe7 26. Qg3 f6 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Qe3 f5 30. Bf3 f4 31. Qe2 Bd7 32. Rhh1 Re8 33. Kc1 Qe7 34. Kb2 a5 35. Ka2 b4 36. Rb1 Kc7 37. Qd2 b3+ 38. cxb3 cxb3+ 39. Rxb3 Bb5 40. Be2 Bxe2 41. Qxe2 Rxb3 42. Kxb3 Rb8+ 43. Ka2 a4 44. Qa6 Qd7 45. Rb1 Rxb1 46. Kxb1 Qc6 47. Qxc6+ Kxc6 48. g3 fxg3 49. fxg3 e5 50. dxe5 Nxe5 51. Ng7 Kc5 52. Nf5 Nf7 53. Kc2 Kc4 54. Ne3+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. h3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd5 13. h4 f6 14. Nh3 e6 15. Bh2 e5 16. dxe5 Kh8 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rfc1 Nc5 21. b4 Nd3 22. Nxd3 exd3 23. Nd6 fxe5 24. b5 Bc8 25. e4 Be6 26. Rd1 a6 27. Rxd3 axb5 28. a3 b4 29. Re3 b3 30. Nb5 Ra4 31. f3 Rfa8 32. Ree1 Bc4 33. Nd6 Bd3 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nxe5 Bc2 36. Rac1 Rxa3 37. Nc4 R3a6 38. e5 b5 39. Ne3 Bd3 40. Nd1 Ra1 41. Nb2 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Bc2 43. Nd1 Kf7 44. Ne3 b2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Torshin, Anton"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 c6 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. c4 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 cxd5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. f4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qc3 Qf7 21. Ba3 Re8 22. Qb2 b6 23. Rd6 Ba6 24. Rbd1 Bd3 25. Qd4 Qxa2 26. e6 Qxa3 27. Rd7 Qf8 28. Rf7 Qxf7 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Rc7 Re7 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 33. Qe5+ Kf8 34. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qf6 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qd1 Nd4 14. Kf1 f4 15. d3 f3 16. g3 N6f5 17. Nh3 h6 18. a4 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Nd4 20. a5 Qf5 21. Ng1 Ba6 22. Nxf3 Bxd3+ 23. Kg2 Be4 24. Kf1 Bxf3 25. Qd2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Black "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Qd3 f6 13. Nc3 Ncxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nd1 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 fxe5 17. Bxe5 0-0 18. Ra2 Bf6 19. f4 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nd4 21. Nf2 Rc3 22. Re1 Bb5 23. Rd2 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Nxd3 Rc8 26. Rd1 Rc3 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nd7 Nf5 29. g4 Ne3 30. Rd2 Rc7 31. Nb8 Rc8 32. Na6 Nxg4 33. Re2 d4 34. b5 d3 35. Rd2 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karataev, Oleg"]
[Black "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. Bd3 f6 6. f4 Nh6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Be6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. Na3 Re8 11. Nc2 b6 12. h3 c5 13. Ne3 Nc6 14. g4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nf7 16. Bd2 Rf8 17. Qg2 b5 18. h4 Rab8 19. Kh2 b4 20. g5 bxc3 21. bxc3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rb2 23. h5 Nxd4 24. hxg6 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bxe5+ 26. Kg1 hxg6 27. Raf1 Bc3 28. Bxg6 Bxd2 29. Qh1 Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Bh3 31. Qxh3 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Nxg5 33. Rg3 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Ne6 35. Be4+ Ng7 36. Bxd5+ Kh7 37. Be4+ Kg8 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. Ra3 Rb5 40. Be4 a5 41. Rf3+ Kg8 42. a4 Re5 43. Bg6 Nh5 44. Kf2 Nf6 45. Rf5 Re6 46. Rg5 Kf8 47. Bd3 Rd6 48. Ke2 Nd5 49. Bc4 e6 50. Kf3 Kf7 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. Rh5 Nc3+ 53. Ke3 Nxa4 54. Rxa5 Nb6 55. Bb3 Rc6 56. Kd4 Nd7 57. Rh5 Rd6+ 58. Ke4 Rb6 59. Rh6+ Ke7 60. Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2

