[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Usov, Aleksandr E"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nb5 0-0 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. 0-0 Rad8 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 16. Qxb7 Rb4 17. Qxe7 Rxb2 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Qd6 Rd8 20. Qc6 Nd7 21. Be4 Ne5 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Rxa2 24. Nc3 Rad2 25. h3 Nd3 26. Bxd3 R2xd3 27. Ne4 a5 28. Nc5 Rc3 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Rc1 Bb2 31. Rc2 Be5 32. Kf1 Rc8 33. Rc1 a4 34. Nd3 Rxc1+ 35. Nxc1 Kg7 36. Ke2 Bd4 37. f3 Bb2 38. Na2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Bc5 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 e5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nxb4 15. Nfxe5 b5 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6+ Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Qa8+ Qd8 20. Qe4+ Qe7 21. Qa8+ Qd8 22. Qe4+ Qe7 23. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramich, Aliaksei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 Bd7 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb5 0-0-0 12. Bxd7+ Rxd7 13. 0-0 Bc5 14. Na3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Nd4 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nc6 18. Nac2 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Re2 21. Rd2 Rde7 22. Rfd1 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Ne4 27. Be3 b6 28. Kg1 Kb7 29. Kf1 a5 30. c4 dxc4 31. bxc4 Nd6 32. Bd4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. c3 Rb8 16. Nc2 Bg5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Ncb4 Nxb4 19. cxb4 0-0 20. Rxa4 a5 21. b5 Bd7 22. Nc3 d5 23. Nxd5 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. 0-0 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hryharovich, Aliaksei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. e3 Nfd7 7. Be2 e5 8. Bh2 Nc6 9. 0-0 f5 10. c4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Nb8 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Nb5 a6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Rc1 f4 18. b3 Bd7 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 h5 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. Qd3 g5 26. f3 Re3 27. Qd1 Rf7 28. Bg1 Re2 29. Rc2 Rfe7 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Bd4 b6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qd4+ Qe5 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. Kg1 Kf6 36. Kf2 a5 37. Rd1 Re3 38. Rd2 Ke5 39. Rd1 h4 40. Rd2 a4 41. b4 a3 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 dxc5 0-1

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Norman, Kseniya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 h6 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. b3 Qc8 14. Kh2 a5 15. f3 Re5 16. Nde2 g5 17. Be3 h5 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Re8 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. e5 Nh7 22. Ng3 h4 23. Nh5 Bf5 24. Rg1 Rd8 25. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koishman, Karina"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 h6 5. Bxf6 Nxf6 6. e4 e6 7. e5 Nd7 8. f4 c5 9. Nge2 Nb8 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 Rb8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. c3 a5 16. Nc2 Rc8 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Qe3 0-0 20. Bd3 a4 21. g4 a3 22. b3 Rc3 23. Kb1 Rfc8 24. h4 Ba5 25. Na1 Ba4 26. Rc1 Bxb3 27. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 28. Ka1 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gorovykh, Eduard"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. 0-0 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 b6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be2 e5 14. Nb5 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 a5 16. Bf3 Ra6 17. 0-0 Bd7 18. Nc7 Ra7 19. Nd5 b5 20. Rfc1 Rd8 21. Nb6 Be6 22. Rc5 b4 23. Rxe5 Nd7 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Rb5 Ke7 26. Nd5+ Bxd5 27. Rdxd5 bxa3 28. bxa3 Rc8 29. h3 Rc3 30. a4 Rc4 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. exd4 Nf6 33. Kf1 Ne8 34. Ke2 Nd6 35. Rc5 Kd7 36. Kd3 Ra6 37. Bd5 h6 38. f4 Ra7 39. Bc6+ Ke7 40. g4 Ra6 41. d5 Kd8 42. Bb5 Ra7 43. Kd4 Re7 44. Bd3 Nb7 45. Rc6 Re1 46. Ba6 Rb1 47. Bxb7 Rxb7 48. Ra6 Rb4+ 49. Ke5 Rxa4 50. Kd6 Kc8 51. f5 Kb7 52. Rc6 h5 53. Rc7+ Kb6 54. g5 f6 55. g6 Rf4 56. Rxg7 Rxf5 57. Rg8 Kb7 58. Ke6 Re5+ 59. Kxf6 Rxd5 60. Re8 Rd6+ 61. Kg5 Rd3 62. h4 Rg3+ 63. Kh6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. e4 N5b6 15. Nxb6 Bxb6 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bc4 18. Qxb4 Qf6 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. a5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 g5 22. Nc1 gxf4 23. Kg1 f3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Blechzin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 201 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 a5 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 c6 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Bc2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Nh4 19. f3 Qd6 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qd2 Bxf3 23. Qf2 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Be4 25. Qxh4 Bxc2 26. Bxh6 Bd3 27. Nd2 Qg3 28. Qxg3 Nxg3 29. Be3 Re6 30. Bf2 Ne4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Bxe4 33. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sysolyatin, Evgeny Valerievich"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.12.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Be6 11. Qb4 Nd7 12. Bg5 a5 13. Qb5 h6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 a4 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. h3 h5 21. Bb6 Qc3 22. Be3 Rxc2 23. Qxb7 Nd3 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Rf1 Bf6 26. b4 h4 27. g4 Qc4 28. b5 Nf4 29. Qc6 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Qb4 31. b6 Nd4 32. Qc7 Qb3 33. b7 g5 34. Be4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Navumenka, Mikhei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.12.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 0-0 6. Ngf3 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. N2f3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. a3 Bd6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. e4 Qe5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rdc8 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Kf1 Rc2 27. Bxd5 Rxb2 28. Bc4 g6 29. a4 Kg7 30. Bb5 Rc2 31. Ke1 h5 32. h3 Kf8 33. Rc4 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Ke7 35. Ke2 Nd7 36. Ke3 f6 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. f4 g5 39. h4 gxf4 40. gxf4 a5 41. Be2 Nc5 42. Bb5 Ne6+ 43. Ke4 Ng7 44. f5 Kc5 45. Bd7 Kd6 46. Bc8 Ne8 47. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mickevicius, Juras"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.12.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Nc3 Bxa6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 0-0 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. b3 Qa3 14. Ne1 Bb7 15. Nc2 Qa6 16. a4 Ne8 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nca3 Qd8 19. e4 Nc7 20. Re1 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 Ba6 22. Bf1 Rc8 23. Bc4 Ne5 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. h3 f5 26. f4 Nxc4 27. bxc4 e6 28. Qc2 Re8 29. Kh2 Bc8 30. Bc3 fxe4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxe4 e5 33. g4 exf4 34. Qb2+ Kh6 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Nc7 Qe3 37. Nxa8 Kg5 38. Rg1 Kh4 1-0

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sirosh, Ilja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3 e6 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Ngf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd1 b5 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Nb3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Dubrovin, Robert"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. b4 Be6 7. c5 Nbd7 8. Be2 a5 9. bxa5 Ne4 10. Bd2 Ndxc5 11. Rc1 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. Bc4 e6 16. Nh3 c6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rb1 Qxa5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxb7 c5 21. dxc5 Bc3+ 22. Kf1 Rxa2 23. g3 Rc8 24. Kg2 Rxc5 25. Rd1 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Jarvet, Juri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. d5 0-0 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. 0-0 Qxd5 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qa4 Qc6 21. Qa3 h5 22. Rbc1 Qd7 23. h3 a5 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qf5 26. Rc5 Qb1+ 27. Rc1 Qb5 28. Rc5 Qe2 29. Rxa5 Rb8 30. Ra8 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 Qxd2 33. Rxb8+ Bxb8 0-1

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kapp, Viljar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bb5 0-0 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Be3 d4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Be2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. Qc4 Rc8 16. Ne5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Otsmann, Villu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bg2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 0-0 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxc5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Bd4 Ba6 16. Re1 Bb4 17. Nd2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Uurits, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Rd1 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qc2 c6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e4 Qe7 15. a4 Rd8 16. Ne5 Qb4 17. Nd3 Qe7 18. a5 Nbd7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. a6 Nf8 22. axb7 Bxb7 23. Nc5 Ne6 24. Ra5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Re8 27. Ra1 Re7 28. f4 g6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke8 31. Bf1 Kd8 32. Bd3 Ke8 33. g4 g5 34. f5 Kd7 35. f6 Ree8 36. Rca5 Kc7 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Kb6 39. Ra3 Rb8 40. b4 Bc8 41. Bf5 Ba6 42. Kd2 Rf8 43. h4 Rh8 44. Rh3 Bf1 45. Rh2 Ba6 46. hxg5 Kc7 47. gxh6 1-0

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Bb3 Ned7 15. e4 Rfe8 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Re1 Nfd7 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Rad1 a5 20. f3 h5 21. Qf2 b5 22. Bc1 Nf8 23. f4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxe4 26. Qd4 Ng3 27. Bd3 Ne2+ 28. Bxe2 Qxe2 29. f5 gxf5 30. Rf1 Qe4 31. Qf2 Ng6 32. Ba3 Qe3 33. Bc5 Qxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Re1+ 35. Kh2 f4 36. Rd2 Kg7 37. Bd4+ f6 38. Rf2 h4 0-1

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e3 Bxd2 9. Nfxd2 0-0 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. b3 Qe7 15. Qd2 h6 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Kh2 Bf5 18. e4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Bh7 20. Rad1 Qe5 21. f4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rxd6 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Rd7 a4 26. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Uukkivi, Raigo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nf3 h6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Qc2 d6 9. e4 a5 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Qd1 c5 12. d5 b6 13. a3 Na6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 exd5 16. cxd5 Bd6 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Qd2 Nh5 21. Be3 f5 22. d6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 f4 24. gxf4 Qh4 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Kh1 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Rae1 Rad8 29. Re5 Nc7 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Nb5 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Re7 Rfd8 34. Kg2 Kg8 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Ke3 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 20th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2019.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Ng1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Can, Isik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 Rc8 11. e3 b5 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Bb2 c5 14. Rfc1 Bh5 15. Qf1 a6 16. a3 Bg6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Bd6 19. Nh4 Bh5 20. Nhf3 Bg6 21. Nh4 Bh5 22. Nhf3 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. a4 Bd7 14. Ne3 h6 15. h3 Rc8 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bg5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Qd7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Ra6 b4 24. c4 Nb8 25. Ra5 Nc6 26. Ra6 Nb8 27. Ra5 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne2 Bxe2 8. Bxe2 e6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nd2 0-0 11. g3 Nc6 12. 0-0 h6 13. Qd1 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf5 Rfe8 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Re1 Qd6 20. Nb3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 g6 22. Bh3 Kg7 23. Rc2 b4 24. Rce2 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nc4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Nxe8 28. Bf1 Qa3 29. Qb3 Qc1 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Nxc2 a5 32. Bg2 Nc7 33. f4 Kf6 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Nd4+ Kd6 36. Ke2 Kc5 37. h4 Ne8 38. h5 gxh5 39. Nf5 Ncd6 40. Nxh6 Nf6 41. Kd3 Nfe4 42. Bxe4 dxe4+ 43. Ke2 Kc4 44. Kd2 a4 45. g4 h4 46. g5 h3 47. Ng4 Nf5 48. Ne5+ Kd5 49. Ng4 Kc5 50. Nh2 Kc4 51. Ng4 e3+ 52. Kc2 a3 53. Nh2 Ng3 54. Nf3 Ne4 55. f5 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Obgolts, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Na5 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. f4 b6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Rad8 19. Rf3 Qf7 20. Raf1 Nc6 21. h4 Ne7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rh3 Nf5 24. Rxh5 Rxd3 25. Rg5+ Kh8 26. Qxd3 h6 27. Qh3 Qh7 28. Rh5 Rg8 29. g4 Qg6 30. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khlebovich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Nf3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Putrenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 e5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. h4 f6 8. h5 g5 9. Be2 0-0 10. a3 Na6 11. Be3 Nc7 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. Nh2 Bd7 14. b4 b6 15. g4 Qe7 16. 0-0 Na6 17. Rfb1 Rfb8 18. f3 Qd8 19. Nf1 Nc7 20. Bf2 a5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Ne3 Qe8 23. Bd1 Bf8 24. Bc2 Be7 25. Qd1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Ra7 27. Ba4 Bxa4 28. Qxa4 Qxa4 29. Nxa4 Kf7 30. Nd1 Ke8 31. Ndc3 Nf7 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 Nd8 34. Kf1 Nb7 35. Ke2 Bd8 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Kc4 Ra8 38. Be1 Ra7 39. b6 Ra8 40. Kb5 Be7 41. Nb2 Bd8 42. a4 c4 43. Nxc4 Nc5 44. Bxa5 Rc8 45. Bb4 Nd3 46. a5 Nxb4 47. Kxb4 Rc5 48. a6 Rc8 49. a7 Ra8 50. b7 Rxa7 51. b8Q Ba5+ 52. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salman, Pavel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 27th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Khaliullin, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. e4 Ng6 7. Nge2 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 d6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Ne8 13. h4 c5 14. h5 Ne7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 f6 17. Bd3 a6 18. Rdf1 Rb8 19. h6 g6 20. a4 Nc8 21. Rf2 Na7 22. Rhf1 Qe7 23. Qe3 Nc7 24. Qg3 Ne8 25. e5 f5 26. e6 Bc8 27. Bg5 Qb7 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Ng7 31. Rf7 Qxf7 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. hxg7 Kxg7 34. Qxd6 Rb7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nh4 10. Rg1 a6 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nh4 Nxh4 14. Bxh4 Be7 15. g4 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Na4 Bg5 19. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bg2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nxd4 8. Bg2 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. e3 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 0-0 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb3 b6 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20. Be1 Ndf6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 h5 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. f3 Nd6 26. e4 c4 27. Qd4 Nb5 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. a4 Nd6 30. Bc3 Nd7 31. Qg5 g6 32. Bh3 Qxh3 33. Qd8 f6 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qxd6 h4 36. gxh4 Kf7 37. Bb4 Qe6 38. Qxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kf2 a5 40. Ba3 Ne5 41. Ke3 Nc6 42. f4 f5 43. Bf8 fxe4 44. Kxe4 Nb4 45. f5+ gxf5+ 46. Kd4 Nd3 47. Kxc4 Nxb2+ 48. Kb5 f4 49. Bh6 Kf5 50. h5 Nd1 51. Bxf4 Nc3+ 52. Kxb6 Nxa4+ 53. Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nxe5 0-0 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d4 Nxe4 9. dxc5 Re8 10. Qd4 Qf6 11. Nf3 Ng3+ 12. Be3 Qxd4 13. cxd4 Nxh1 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Kd2 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Nf2 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Rf1 f6 19. Rxf2 fxe5 20. dxe5 Re8 21. Rf4 Rxe5 22. Ra4 a6 23. Rb4 Bc8 24. Rb8 Re8 25. Ne2 Rf8 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nf3 Ke7 29. Kc3 Kf6 30. Kd4 g5 31. Ne5 Be8 32. a4 h5 33. Nd3 Bd7 34. Ne5 Be8 35. a5 Ke6 36. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 0-0 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 Rfb8 16. Re2 a4 17. Nc1 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nd3 Nc3 20. Rd2 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Ne4 22. Rb1 Rb6 23. Nd2 f5 24. f3 Nd6 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 Nb5 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. Rc1 g5 29. g3 Kf7 30. Bf2 Rba6 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kd1 Kd7 33. Be3 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 35. Ke2 f4 36. Bf2 Rc1 37. Nf1 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2019.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2019.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. g3 d6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bg2 Qc8 10. g4 0-0 11. 0-0 Rd8 12. f4 e6 13. Be3 Be8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Qf2 Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Nxb2 19. Bxb2 Bxc3 20. Bc1 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 e5 23. f5 Rac8 24. Bf3 Qxc2 25. Qh4 Ng7 26. f6 Qxa2 27. Bd1 Rc3 28. fxg7 Rxb3 29. Bxb3 Qxb3 30. Be3 a5 31. Qf2 Bc6 32. Qf6 Rd7 33. Qf2 Bxe4 34. Rc1 Bc6 35. h4 d5 36. Bd2 Qh3 37. Rc3 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 d4 39. Rc5 e4 40. Rxa5 Rd8 41. Qf6 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Re8 44. Qxd4 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 0-0 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nf8 15. f4 Nd5 16. Rc1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qd6 18. Rg3 Bd5 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bd3 f5 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Ba6 Kg7 23. Rc3 Re7 24. Rfc1 Rd8 25. Qe3 Be4 26. Rc4 Bd5 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Qb4 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Bb7 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Bb4 Nd7 33. Nc6 a5 34. Bd6 b5 35. Be5 Nb6 36. Rd8 Bxe5 37. fxe5 Nd5 38. Rd6 Nb4 39. Nd8 Rb8 40. Nxe6+ Kh6 41. a3 Nc2 42. Ra6 Nxa3 43. Rxa5 Nc2 44. d5 Nb4 45. Nc7 Rb7 46. d6 Nc6 47. Rxb5 Rxb5 48. Nxb5 Nxe5 49. Nc7 Kg7 50. b4 Kf6 51. b5 Nd7 52. Kf2 Ke5 53. Ne8 g5 54. Ke3 f4+ 55. Kf3 h5 56. h3 Kd5 57. Kf2 g4 58. h4 Kc5 59. Ng7 Kxb5 60. Nxh5 f3 61. gxf3 gxf3 62. Ng3 Kc6 63. Nf5 Ne5 64. h5 Kd7 65. Kg3 Ke6 66. h6 f2 67. Kxf2 Ng4+ 68. Kf3 Nxh6 69. Nxh6 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gochelashvili, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 18. Rc2 Na6 19. Bxa6 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rxa6 22. Rc7 a4 23. b4 Rb6 24. Rfc1 Re8 25. R1c4 Bb2 26. Kg1 Rb5 27. Kf1 f5 28. Ke2 fxe4 29. fxe4 e6 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. h4 Ke5 34. Kd3 h6 35. Re7 1-0

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 Nhf6 10. Bf4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Nf4 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nxe5 17. Qc3 Qf6 18. Rc1 0-0 19. 0-0 Rfd8 20. Kg2 Rab8 21. Rfd1 Be4+ 22. Kg3 g6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 h5 26. gxh5 g5 27. Ng2 Bf3 28. Qd4 Kg7 29. Ne1 Bxd1 30. Qxd1 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. d4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 Ne7 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. c4 Ba5 17. Re2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Bxb6 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Qd5 Rfe8 22. Rc1 Qxd5 23. cxd5 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Kf1 Rae8 26. f3 f5 27. Rc4 fxe4 28. Rexe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Kf8 30. b4 Re7 31. Ke2 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Oganian, Miran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 c5 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Nce5 Qb6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 a5 22. Rc2 f6 23. Rdc1 e5 24. Kf1 Rc6 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Nd2 Rdc8 27. g4 Ke6 28. h4 Kd5 29. h5 Bb4 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Kxc6 32. Ne4 Nf8 33. Kd3 Ne6 34. a3 Bf8 35. Bc1 Bd6 36. a4 Bb4 37. f4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Kd5 39. fxe5 Kxe5 40. Bb2+ Kd5 41. Bd4 Nf8 42. Ng3 Ne6 43. Nf5 Bf8 44. e4+ Kc6 45. Kc4 Nf4 46. e5 g6 47. hxg6 fxe5 48. Bxe5 Nxg6 49. Bc3 Kb6 50. Bf6 Kc6 51. Kd4 Nf4 52. Ke4 Nd5 53. Bd4 Nc7 54. Be3 Kd7 55. Nxh6 Bxh6 56. Bxh6 Ne8 57. Ke5 Nd6 58. Kd5 Nc8 59. Be3 Ne7+ 60. Kc5 Nc6 61. Bd4 Ne7 62. Bc3 Kc7 63. Bxa5+ Kb7 64. Bc3 Ng6 65. g5 Nf4 66. Kd6 Ka6 67. Bd2 Ng6 68. Ke6 Nh4 69. Kf6 Kb7 70. Be1 Ng2 71. Bg3 Ne3 72. g6 Nd5+ 73. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. a4 Qf6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Be5 22. Nc6 Nb8 23. Nxb8 Rxb8 24. b3 b4 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ra8 Rxa8 28. Bxa8 Kg7 29. e3 Bc3 30. Bf3 Kf6 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Archibald op 1st"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexeev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. Na3 Re8 9. d3 h6 10. Nc4 Bf8 11. Ne3 d5 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Qf3 Ne7 14. Nhf5 d4 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Qe2 dxc3 19. bxc3 c4 20. dxc4 Qa4 21. Re1 Rc7 22. h3 Rxc4 23. Qf3 Nd7 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. Qe3 Bc4 26. Bg2 Nc5 27. Bd2 Rd8 28. Reb1 b5 29. Be1 Qc2 30. Rc1 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Nxd3 32. Rd1 Rdd7 33. Bf1 Nxe1 34. Rxd7 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Bxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rxd7 37. Kxf3 Rd3+ 38. Kg2 Rxc3 39. Rb1 Rc5 40. Rd1 a5 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. h4 Kg6 43. Rd6+ f6 44. Rd7 h5 45. Ra7 a4 46. a3 Rc3 47. Rb7 Rb3 48. f3 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Rf2 50. Rxb5 Rxf3 51. Ra5 Rxa3 52. Ra7 Ra1 53. Kg2 a3 54. Kh2 a2 55. Kg2 f5 56. Ra6+ Kh7 57. exf5 e4 58. Ra3 e3 59. Rxe3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "LTU-chT"]
[Site "Lithuania"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Grybas, Gintaras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kaunas Ezerelio"]
[BlackTeam "Vilnius LASF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Qc2 c6 15. h4 b5 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nac7 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Bd2 g6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Bxa5 Qxa5 24. Nxb7 Qa7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nc5 Ng7 27. Rd3 Ne6 28. Qd2 Qe7 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Rdc3 Rc7 31. b4 Ra8 32. Qf4 Ra6 33. Kg2 Kg7 1-0

[Event "LTU-chT"]
[Site "Lithuania"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.01.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kaunas Ezerelio"]
[BlackTeam "Vilnius MRU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bg2 e6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. e3 Be7 11. b3 0-0 12. Qc2 b5 13. Nb1 bxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Qe2 N7b6 18. dxc5 Na4 19. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiik, Kalle"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 a5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd4 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4 d4 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Nf4 Rhe8 19. Ng6+ Kd6 20. Rad1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. 0-0 d5 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. c4 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Nc3 d4 10. c5 dxc3 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. bxc3 0-0 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Qxb7 Qxc3 18. Qe4 Rac8 19. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Laine, Panu"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qc4 Be6 13. Qc6+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Narva, Triin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. 0-0 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. a4 Nd5 12. Ne4 f6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bd2 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Uurits, Karel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. e3 Ne4 8. Qa4+ Qxa4 9. Nxa4 Bd7 10. b3 Bxa4 11. bxa4 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kruusiauk, Kaupo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Ne8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 f5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Bd4 Qf6 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Qd2 Bh3 20. b3 Ng7 21. Ne4 Qf5 22. Ng5 Rf6 23. Re7 Rbf8 24. Rae1 Bg4 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Re7+ R8f7 27. Nxf7 Qb1+ 28. Re1 Qxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxf7 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. Qa5 Kf6 32. Qxc7 Ke6 33. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leito, Priit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qd3 Be8 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. e4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 b5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nce5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Meidla, Lauri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bxc3 11. exf5 exf5 12. bxc3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. a5 Nc8 17. c4 Nf6 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nd6 20. Rfe1 Nfe4 21. Qd4 f6 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 Rc8 24. Re6 Ne4 25. d6 Kg7 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. d7 1-0

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Schuls, Olev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 a6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nd7 10. a4 c6 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Rfc1 d5 14. b3 Nb6 15. e4 Qb7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qe2 e6 19. cxb5 Bd6 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. d5 0-0 23. dxe6 Nc5 24. Rd1 Be7 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Qc4+ Ne6 28. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sepp, Olav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. c5 dxc5 9. Na4 Qb5 10. Nxc5 a5 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Nxa6 Qxa6 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. N4b3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Medar, Marti"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c3 0-0 5. Nd2 d6 6. a4 c5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. Nc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Bg3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be2 e4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Be5 Be6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rc8 19. b3 Nf5 20. d5 Qf6 21. 0-0 Nd6 22. Rac1 Qe5 23. Qe3 b6 24. f4 Qf6 25. g4 Rc5 26. g5 Qe7 27. Qd4+ f6 28. Ba6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Kg8 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. Qe5 Qd8 32. Rc6 Kg7 33. b4 Kg8 34. Bc8 Kg7 35. Be6 Qe7 36. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c4 d4 7. b4 Nc6 8. bxc5 Nd7 9. 0-0 Nxc5 10. d3 0-0 11. Ba3 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Puhajarve rap op 19th"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Valgmae, Toomas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "35"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. 0-0 c6 11. Rc1 0-0 12. Bb1 Qc7 13. Qd3 Rfe8 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Nh2 Bf5 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Overtime"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Qd8 12. c5 0-0 13. h4 e5 14. a3 Ba5 15. dxe5 Bc7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Qc2 Rf4 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Qe2 Qh5 20. b4 a5 21. Bc4 Ne5 22. Ng3 Qg4 23. Nxe5 Qxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Re4 25. f4 Bxe5 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Bd3 Rxf4+ 28. Nxf4 Bxf4 29. b5 Ke7 30. Rg8 Kf7 31. Rd8 Ke7 32. Rg8 Kf7 33. Rh8 cxb5 34. Bxb5 Rb8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Rd1 Bc7 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rd3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Drejtesia"]
[BlackTeam "Overtime"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. 0-0 Qf6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. h3 h6 23. b3 b6 24. a4 a5 25. Kh2 Qc7+ 26. Kg1 Qc8 27. Kh2 Qc7+ 28. Kg1 Qc8 29. Kh2 Qc7+ 30. Kg1 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrov, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Overtime"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Qb4 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Rdc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Nc5 24. Bb5 Kg7 25. Ke2 h5 26. h4 e5 27. dxe6 Nxe6 28. Bc4 Bc5 29. Kd3 Nc7 30. a4 b6 31. Bc3+ Kf8 32. Bf6 Ne8 33. Bb2 Nc7 34. g4 Ke7 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Rg2 d5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. exd5 Kd6 39. Rg5 Re8 40. Bc1 Re1 41. Bf4+ Kd7 42. Rf5 Rf1 43. Bg5 Ke8 44. Kc4 Rb1 45. Bh6 Be7 46. Rxh5 Rf1 47. Re5 Kd7 48. Rf5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dunajska Streda"]
[BlackTeam "Overtime"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nge2 d6 9. 0-0 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a4 Rae8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Ne3 Bc8 15. c3 Kh8 16. Nf4 Bh6 17. Nfd5 Bg7 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Nfd5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Overtime"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 0-0 9. a3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. b3 c6 14. Qd3 Nfd7 15. a4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Rd2 Bd7 19. e4 Rad8 20. h3 Na8 21. Kh2 Nc7 22. f4 N7a6 23. Qd1 Nb4 24. Qf3 f6 25. Rfd1 Bc8 26. Re2 Qf7 27. Re3 f5 28. exf5 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qxf5 31. Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Schmidt, Martin1111"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dublin"]
[BlackTeam "Overtime"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 d6 11. a3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Bd4 Rac8 15. Rc1 Bh6 16. f4 Nxd5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. Bd3 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Nf4 21. Qe3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qb6 23. d4 Rc2 24. Qf3 Rxb2 25. Nc5 Rb1 26. dxe5 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qb1+ 28. Be1 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 0-0 9. 0-0 cxd5 10. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bf1 Rae8 16. c4 Be6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Qc2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 h6 21. Rec1 Rc8 22. Rc2 c5 23. Rac1 Qb7 24. Be3 Nb6 25. Qb5 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Ba3 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Nc6 Qe6 30. Nxa7 Nc4 31. Qb1 Nxe3 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. fxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kf1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. c4 c6 6. b3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. cxd5 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Reizniece Ozola, Dana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 Bg7 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Nb6 6. d4 d6 7. f4 dxe5 8. fxe5 0-0 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 c5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. 0-0 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Qd7 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Nd2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 exf6 20. Nf3 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 c5 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Kf2 Nc8 24. g4 Rd6 25. g5 Rfd8 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 27. gxf6 Kxf6 28. Re5 Re8 29. Rd5 Ne4+ 30. Kg2 g5 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5+ hxg5 33. Nh2 Nc3 34. Ng4+ Kg6 35. Rd6+ Kg7 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. Rd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shengelia, Davit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 0-0 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. 0-0 Rd8 9. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Be7 12. Nf3 Ngf6 13. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Ne1 Be7 16. Qe2 b6 17. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. e4 e6 14. 0-0-0 Kf7 15. g4 Bg7 16. Rde1 b6 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Rxh7 Nf8 19. Rh3 bxc5 20. dxc5 Kg8 21. g5 f5 22. e5 Qa5 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. Nb3 Qb4 25. f4 a5 26. Rd1 Qc4 27. Qf2 Reb8 28. Rd4 Qa6 29. Na4 Rb4 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Nb6 Nxb6 32. cxb6 Rb8 33. Kb1 Qxb6 34. Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Nc5 Kf7 36. Rh7 Kg8 37. Rh3 Kf7 38. a4 bxa3 39. Rxa3 Bf8 40. Ra7+ Be7 41. Nb7 Ke8 42. Nd6+ Bxd6 43. exd6 Rb4 44. g3 Rb3 45. Re7+ Kd8 46. Rxe6 Rxg3 47. Rxg6 Kd7 48. Rf6 d4 49. Rxf5 Kxd6 50. b4 Rg4 51. Kc2 Ke6 52. Rc5 Kd6 53. Rf5 Ke6 54. Rf6+ Kd5 55. g6 Rg2+ 56. Kd3 Rg3+ 57. Kd2 Ke4 58. f5 Rg2+ 59. Ke1 d3 60. Rxc6 Kxf5 61. b5 Ke4 62. b6 d2+ 63. Kd1 Kd3 64. Rd6+ Kc3 65. Rc6+ Kd3 66. Rd6+ Kc3 67. b7 Rg1+ 68. Ke2 Re1+ 69. Kf3 Re8 70. Kf4 Kc2 71. Rc6+ Kd3 72. Rd6+ Kc2 73. Kf5 d1Q 74. Rxd1 Kxd1 75. g7 Kd2 76. Kf6 Rb8 77. Ke6 Ke3 78. Kd6 Rg8 79. Kc7 Rxg7+ 80. Kb6 Rxb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. 0-0 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Bd6 Re8 14. e3 Rc8 15. Ne5 h5 16. Nd3 Ne7 17. Qe2 Nf5 18. Ba3 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Bh6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bh3 Qa5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Rec8 26. b3 Bf8 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Rc1 a6 29. Bxf8 axb5 30. Bb4 f6 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Ra8 33. Rxc6 Rxa4 34. Bd2 Kf7 35. Rd6 Ke7 36. Rxd5 Nb6 37. Rb5 Nc4 38. Bc3 Kd7 39. Rb7+ Ke6 40. Rg7 g5 41. d5+ Kxd5 42. Bxf6 g4 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Bd4 Nd2 45. Rg5 Ke4 46. Rxh5 Nf3 47. h3 Ne1+ 48. Kg1 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Ne1+ 50. Kg1 Nd3 51. hxg4 fxg4 52. Rh8 Nxf2 53. Rf8 Nh3+ 54. Kf1 Rc2 55. Ba7 Ra2 56. Bb6 Rb2 57. Ba7 Rb1+ 58. Ke2 Rb2+ 59. Kf1 Ra2 60. Bb6 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. c3 e6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. h5 Bc2 12. h6 g6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qa5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 0-0-0 17. 0-0 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Antony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. a4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc4 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Be3 Qa5 13. f4 d6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Qb3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bc5 Nxc2 18. e5 dxc5 19. Rxd7 Rfe8 20. Rxb7 Rab8 21. Rf2 Nb4 22. Rd2 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Kf2 f6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Kd2 h6 30. b3 Ke7 31. Bf3 Kd7 32. Ne4 Bd4 33. Be2 a5 34. Bb5+ Ke7 35. Ke2 Nd5 36. Nd2 Nb6 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Ke4 Bc3 39. Nf3 Nd5 40. Bc4 Nf6+ 41. Kd3 Bb4 42. Ba6 Ng4 43. Bb7 Kc7 44. Ba8 Kb8 45. Bc6 Kc7 46. Be8 Nf2+ 47. Ke2 Ng4 48. Bh5 Nf6 49. Bg6 Ng4 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kc4 e5 52. Kb5 exf4 53. gxf4 Kd5 54. h4 Kd6 55. h5 Bc3 56. Nh4 Ne3 57. Be4 Bb4 58. Ng6 Nd1 59. Bf3 Nc3+ 60. Kc4 Nb1 61. Kd3 Nd2 62. Bd1 Nf1 63. Ne5 Nd2 64. Ng4 Nf1 65. Nf2 Nd2 66. Ng4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Ng5 Be7 8. Bc4 Bxg5 9. Qh5 Be7 10. Qxf7+ Kd7 11. Be6+ Kc7 12. Bf4+ Kb6 13. d5 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Bg5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nd5+ Ka7 17. Bc7 Qf8 18. Bb6+ Kb8 19. Bc7+ Ka7 20. Bb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Golubka, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d5 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 Rd8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Rfd1 Nb4 11. Qc3 a5 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nb3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qe1 Qe8 19. e3 Ne5 20. Rac1 g6 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nf3 Rc5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. a3 b6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc6 Bb7 20. Rc2 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibissara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd3 Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Bg2 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Ne2 Nc5 15. Qd2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 f5 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Qxe4 Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Rab1 b6 23. Bd2 e4 24. Kg2 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 Bd4 26. Rd1 Be5 27. f3 c6 28. Rbc1 b5 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Kf2 Rc4 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Bc3 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Rf5 37. Rxc4 Rxd5 38. Rxe4 a5 39. a4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Rb2 Ra5 43. Ra2 Kf5 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Re2+ Kd5 46. Re4 Ra7 47. h4 h5 48. g4 hxg4 49. Rxg4 Ke6 50. h5 Kf5 51. Rd4 Ra5 52. h6 Kg6 53. Rh4 Kh7 54. Kc3 Ra8 55. Kb4 Rb8+ 56. Kc4 Ra8 57. Kb5 d5 58. a5 Rb8+ 59. Kc5 Ra8 60. Ra4 d4 61. Kxd4 Kxh6 62. a6 1-0

