[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Walseth, Tron"]
[Black "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 c4 11. b3 Rd8 12. bxc4 Qxc4 13. d3 Qa2 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Bxc6 Bg4 16. Rxb7 Rbc8 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Ne4 Rc2 19. Be3 Rdc8 20. Qb1 Rxe2 21. Bxe2 Qxe2 22. Rb8 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Re1 Qh5 25. Ng5 Bd5 26. Qb5 Ba8 27. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Zykova, Antonina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. e4 Qd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Na7 15. Bb2 Nb5 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ra2 19. Bf1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Nf6 24. Rb3 Qf5 25. Rd3 Kh7 26. f3 Rc2 27. h4 Rc1 28. Kg2 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 Rc1 30. Kg2 Nd7 31. Re3 Nb6 32. Re8 f6 33. g4 Qc2+ 34. Be2 Nd7 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Kf2 Ne5 37. Qa7 Kf8 38. Rh7 Kg8 39. Re7 Kf8 40. Re6 Qd2 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Re7+ Nf7 43. Qe8 Qd4+ 44. Kg2 Qxd5 45. Bd3 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. h5 f4 48. Rxf7+ Qxf7 49. Qe4 Qxh5 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Qh7+ Qf7 53. Qe4+ Kd8 54. Kf2 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozlov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. 0-0 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ f6 15. b4 Qc7 16. c5 a5 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Qd4 e6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Bg4 dxc5 22. bxc5 Re7 23. Rfe1 Bxg4 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxg4 Re8 26. h4 Qxc5 27. h5 Re5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rd1 Qxa3 30. Qc8 Re7 31. Rd8 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qe6 34. Qa8 b6 35. Rh8 Qf7 36. Rh4 Re8 37. Qc6 g5 38. Rd4 Qe6 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Qb7 Rh8+ 41. Kg2 Qh3+ 42. Kf3 Qh1+ 43. Ke3 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nbd7 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Qa5 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qxf5 gxf5 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Nh4 e6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Be5 c5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Bd4 Rb5 23. c4 Ra5 24. a4 f4 25. c5 Nd5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nf5+ Kf6 28. Nd6 Rb8 29. Ne4+ Ke7 30. Rec1 Rc8 31. b4 Nxb4 32. Rcb1 Nd5 33. Rxb7+ Rc7 34. Rab1 Rxa4 35. Rxc7+ Nxc7 36. Rb7 Kd7 37. Nf6+ Kc6 38. Rb8 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Rc2 41. Nxh7 a5 42. Ng5 a4 43. Rb4 a3 44. Ra4 a2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. c4 Nb6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nbd2 dxe5 16. f5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Bh6 20. Nde4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Ne4 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Nd6 Qd8 26. Nxf5 Qg5 27. Rf1 Rbe8 28. h4 Qg6 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. Be4 Rg8 31. c5 Bf4 32. Nd6 Qf6 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Nxe8 Qa6 37. Nd6 Qxa2 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qe8+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Ke6 42. Bf5+ Kd5 43. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Bratus, Petr P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 e5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Bh3 Bc5 9. Ke2 Ke7 10. Nd2 b6 11. Bxc5+ Nxc5 12. Bxc8 Raxc8 13. Nc4 Nfd7 14. Nh3 f6 15. Rhd1 Nb7 16. a4 Rhd8 17. a5 b5 18. a6 Nbc5 19. Nd6 Rb8 20. b4 Na4 21. Nb7 Nc3+ 22. Ke1 Nxd1 23. Nxd8 Kxd8 24. Kxd1 Rb6 25. f4 Nb8 26. fxe5 Rxa6 27. Rb1 Ra3 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Nf4 Ra2 31. Ne6+ Ke7 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. Rd1 a5 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. Nf5+ Kf7 36. Rd8 Ra4 37. Kd1 h5 38. Rh8 Ng4 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. Rxh5 Nf2+ 41. Ke2 Nxe4 42. Rh7 Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rc7 c5 45. h4 Ra3 46. h5 Nxg3+ 47. Nxg3 Rxg3 48. Rxc5 b4 49. Kf2 Rh3 50. Kg2 Ra3 51. h6 Kg8 52. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Markevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Nc6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Qh4 h6 10. a3 e6 11. Qe4 0-0 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Bf4 Rb8 15. Rab1 c5 16. Qd3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g5 19. g4 gxf4 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Qxf5 f6 22. e6 dxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Nh4 Re8 25. Qg4 f5 26. Nxf5 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Nd6 Re6 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxg5 Rg6 31. h4 Bf6 32. Kg2 Rb3 33. Rg1 Bxg5 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Rxg5 Rxg5 36. hxg5 f3 37. Kg1 Kg6 38. Rd1 Kxg5 39. Kh2 Kf4 40. Rd7 Rxb2 41. Rf7+ Kg4 42. Rg7+ Kf4 43. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Black "Samigullina, Diana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Rab8 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Rfc1 Bc6 17. Nc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfc8 19. Nb3 Bb4 20. Be5 Na8 21. Nd4 f6 22. Bf4 g5 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Nb5 Nd5 25. Bc5 c6 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Bxb4 Nxb4 28. Nc4 Rd5 29. e4 Rd4 30. Nxa5 Rxe4 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Nd3 33. Re3 Nxb2 34. Rb3 Nxa4 35. Nxc6 Nc5 36. Rb5 Re8 37. Rxc5 bxc6 38. Rxc6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rjabzev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qf4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Ndb4 8. Bc4 d5 9. exd6 Bf5 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qc4+ Ke8 12. Na3 Qxd6 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qe6 15. Qb5 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nxf4 17. Rxe6 Nxe6 18. Qxb7 Ned8 19. Qa6 Bg7 20. Nc4 Kf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. g4 Bd7 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. Ne3 e6 25. b4 h6 26. Nf3 Kh7 27. b5 Bc8 28. Qa4 Ne7 29. Qa5 Rc3 30. Rxd8 Nd5 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Qxa7 1-0

