[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 4"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Na6 13. Na5 Nb4 14. Nxb7 Nc2 15. Ra4 Rfb8 16. Na5 Be4 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nb4 19. Nexc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Rb7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bd2 Rb7 23. b4 Nd5 24. Rfa1 Rc8 25. e4 Nf6 26. e5 Nd5 27. Rxa7 Rbb8 28. Bc3 Nxb4 29. Rd7 Nd5 30. Raa7 Rf8 31. Rab7 Rbc8 32. Bb4 Nxb4 33. Rxb4 Rc2 34. Rdb7 g5 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Kg7 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 g4+ 39. hxg4 hxg4+ 40. Ke3 Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf5 42. Rg7 Rc7 43. b4 Rc3+ 44. Kd2 Rc7 45. Kd3 Rb7 46. b5 Rd7 47. b6 Rb7 48. Kc4 Rxb6 49. Rxf7+ Kg5 50. Rf6 Rb2 51. d5 exd5+ 52. Kxd5 Rd2+ 53. Ke6 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 4"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kim, Sergey2222"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nc4 0-0 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 c5 12. a3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 a6 15. Rac1 b5 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. b4 Nd5 18. N2b3 N7f6 19. Na5 Rfe8 20. Ndc6 Bf8 21. Rfd1 Ne7 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Qf3 Nfd5 24. Be5 Qb6 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. e4 Nf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Nxc6 29. Nxc6 Ra8 30. Rc3 Bg7 31. Qg5 h6 32. Qg4 Kf8 33. Rg3 Qxc6 34. Qxg7+ Ke7 35. e5 Rf8 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. Rgd3 Qc7 38. h4 Rc8 39. g3 h5 40. Kh2 a5 41. bxa5 Qxa5 42. Rd7 Qxa3 43. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 4"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Klimenko, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. e4 Bd7 8. Nge2 Qc8 9. 0-0 Bh3 10. Nb5 Ke7 11. Qd3 h5 12. Bg5 a6 13. Nbc3 h4 14. Bxh4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 g5 16. Bxg5 Qh3+ 17. Kf3 Qh5+ 18. Kg2 Qxh2+ 19. Kf3 Qh5+ 20. Ke3 Qxg5+ 21. Kf3 Qg4+ 22. Kg2 Qh3+ 23. Kf3 Qh5+ 24. Kg2 Qh3+ 25. Kf3 Nbd7 26. Rh1 Qg4+ 27. Kg2 Rh5 28. Rxh5 Nxh5 29. Rh1 Nf4+ 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Rh7 fxg3 32. fxg3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 4"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Kodinets, Konstantin L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. e4 a6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Ne8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. d5 Ndc5 16. Nd2 h6 17. f4 Bf6 18. f5 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Nf3 f6 21. h4 Nb4 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. Kh1 g4 24. Nh2 cxd5 25. cxd5 Bd7 26. Bf1 Nb3 27. Qxg4 Nc2 28. Qg6 Re7 29. Ng4 Kh8 30. Re2 Be8 31. Qxe8+ Raxe8 32. Rxc2 Nd4 33. Rh2 Rc8 34. h5 Nf3 35. Rf2 Ng5 36. Re2 Rec7 37. h6 Rxc3 38. bxc3 Rxc3 39. Kg2 Qb3 40. hxg7+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 4"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. c4 Qh5 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. f3 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Rac8 21. Bf1 Rc7 22. a4 Ba6 23. Rc1 Rdc8 24. c5 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Nd7 26. Rg5 h6 27. Rg4 Nf6 28. Rg3 Nd5 29. Ba3 g5 30. h4 Ne3+ 31. Ke2 Nf5 32. Rg4 Nxh4 33. Rh1 Nf5 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. f4 Kg6 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Re1 Rd8 38. Kc4 Rd5 39. a5 bxa5 40. Rge4 Rcd7 41. Rd1 Rc7 42. Rb1 Nd6+ 43. Kd3 Nxe4 44. Kxe4 f5+ 45. Kd3 e5 46. Bb2 Rcxc5 47. Re1 e4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 4"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Mashinskaya, Iulia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Ng5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxg5 7. e4 Qg6 8. d5 cxd5 9. exd5 Bf5 10. Bxc4 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Nf6 12. Qb3 Bc8 13. Be3 g6 14. 0-0-0 Bg7 15. d6 e6 16. d7+ Nfxd7 17. Bxe6 0-0 18. Bd5 Qxh2 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qe5 22. Bd4 Qg5+ 23. f4 Nc5 24. Qxa8 Qf5 25. Qf3 Nbd7 26. Rf2 Na4 27. Qc6 Ndb6 28. Qf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 Nc4 30. Re2 h5 31. Rde1 Kh7 32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8 g5 34. f5 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 4"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. c3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 c6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Qh4 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 h6 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qa5 Rd6 21. Rd4 Rad8 22. Qb4 Kf8 23. Red1 Rxd4 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 g6 27. Kf1 e5 28. Nb3 Kd6 29. Na5 b5 30. Nb7+ Kc7 31. Nc5 a5 32. Ke2 Nd5 33. g3 f5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Nxa4 Kc6 36. b3 e4 37. c4 Nb4 38. Ke3 Nc2+ 39. Kd2 Nd4 40. Kc3 Ne2+ 41. Kd2 Nd4 42. Kc3 Ne2+ 43. Kd2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 4"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Starosek, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. c4 c6 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Bh7 12. Bc3 Bd6 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rfe8 16. c5 Bc7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Ng4 20. Qb2 e5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nb3 e4 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Kh2 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bf5 26. Nd4 Bg6 27. Rf1 h5 28. Rd1 h4 29. Qf4 hxg3+ 30. Qxg3 Qd7 31. dxe4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Rg1 Bg6 34. e3 Qe7 35. h4 Qf6 36. Ne2 Re4 37. Nf4 Rxb4 38. h5 Bc2 39. Qg4 Bf5 40. Qg5 Qxg5 41. Rxg5 Bd7 42. h6 g6 43. Re5 Be6 44. Nxe6 fxe6 45. Rxe6 Kf7 46. Rd6 Rh4+ 47. Kg3 Rxh6 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Rxb7 Rh1 50. Rc7 Rc1 51. Rxc6+ Kf5 52. Kf3 g5 53. Ke2 Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Ke4 55. Kg2 g4 56. Re6+ Kf5 57. Rc6 Ke5 58. Rc8 Ke4 59. c6 d4 60. Re8+ Kd3 61. Rd8 Rxc6 62. Rxd4+ Ke2 63. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chebotarev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 a6 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. c3 Re8 12. Nbd4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Bd3 f5 16. h3 Qf6 17. Bh2 f4 18. Qb3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qd6 20. Rfe1 Bf5 21. h4 g4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Ne5 Bxd4 24. Rxe4 Bxe5 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. Rde1 b5 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Re1 g3 31. fxg3 Bxg3 32. Qf3+ Kg7 33. Rf1 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qc7 35. Qg4+ Kh7 36. h5 Be5 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ginzburg, Yakov"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bc3 Be6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Rac1 Bg5 18. e3 Bh3 19. Bh1 Bg4 20. Re1 Be7 21. Ne2 Rfe8 22. Nf4 Be6 23. Bg2 Bf8 24. h3 a6 25. Kh2 b5 26. a3 Qa7 27. Bxg7 Bxg7 28. Rxc6 d4 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. exd4 Qxd4 31. Qe2 Qxb2 32. Rxe6 Qxe2 33. R1xe2 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 a5 35. Ra6 b4 36. Rxa5 bxa3 37. Rxa3 Rd2 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. Kg1 Bd4 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalinichev, Andrey"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 d4 9. e3 0-0 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Na3 Rc8 14. Nc4 Re8 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bc5 17. Qe1 d3 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Ne5 Be2 21. Bxb7 Bd6 22. Nc4 Bc5 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bc3 f6 26. Kg2 Re7 27. Rc1 Re4 28. Nb2 Bf8 29. a4 h5 30. f3 Re8 31. b4 a6 32. Nc4 Rb8 33. Rb1 Kf7 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Ke6 36. b6 Kd5 37. Na5 Bc5 38. b7 Kd6 39. f4 g5 40. Bxf6 gxf4 41. gxf4 Rg8+ 42. Kh2 Ba7 43. b8Q+ Bxb8 44. Rxb8 Rg6 45. Be5+ Kd5 46. Rd8+ Ke4 47. Nb3 Kf3 48. Nd4+ Kf2 49. Nxe2 dxe2 50. Bd4+ Kf1 51. Re8 e1Q 52. Rxe1+ Kxe1 53. f5 Rg5 54. f6 h4 55. Bc3 Rf5 56. Kg2 Ke2 57. Kg1 Rf1+ 58. Kg2 Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Rf1+ 60. Kh2 Rf2+ 61. Kg1 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Asanov, Timur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Ng3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be2 h5 13. 0-0 Nh7 14. Qd2 h4 15. Nh1 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nf2 Qf6 19. Be3 Qg6 20. Kh1 Rb8 21. b3 Bd7 22. Nd3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf4 Qg5 25. Ne6 Qg6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Ra7 b4 28. Nd1 Nf6 29. Nf2 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bf3 Ra3 32. Rb1 Bg4 33. Nxg4 Nfxg4 34. Bxg4 Qxg4 35. Bh6+ Kg6 36. h3 Qh5 37. Bf4 Kh7 38. Rf1 Rxb3 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 41. Rf1 Qxe4 42. Qf2 Rxh3+ 43. Kg1 Rg3 44. Qf7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Rg7 46. Rf6+ Kh7 47. Rf3 Qd4+ 48. Kh1 Qg4 49. Rf2 h3 50. Qf5+ Qxf5 51. Rf4 hxg2+ 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Nxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Bc3 Nd5 14. Be5 Nxe5 15. Ncxe5 Qe7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Qa4 a6 18. b4 b5 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. h3 Bd5 22. Qb2 f6 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Qa1 Rc7 25. Nd4 Rfc8 26. Nb2 Be5 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Qb1 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qd6 32. Qe4 Qd5 33. Qd3 f5 34. Qd2 h6 35. h4 Kh7 36. h5 Rc7 37. Qe3 Rd7 38. Re1 Rd6 39. Qg3 Kh8 40. Qg6 Qxd4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Kodinets, Konstantin L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. e4 a6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Be3 h6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rab1 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Qd3 Bb7 16. Rbc1 Qb8 17. d5 Be7 18. b4 Rc8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Bd8 21. Nd2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc8 23. Qc3 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Bxb6 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Nc4 Qb8 27. Na5 Bd7 28. Nc6 Qb6 29. Qc4 Kf8 30. Rc2 Ne8 31. Bf1 Nc7 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Qxc7 Qxc7 34. Rxc7 Ke7 35. Rb7 a5 36. Bb5 axb4 37. Bxd7 Kd6 38. Bg4 Kc5 39. Rxf7 Kd4 40. Rb7 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ng5 g6 12. Ne4 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be4 Bb7 15. Bd5 Rad8 16. e4 Na5 17. f4 Ba6 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. Qa4 Bc8 21. Rae1 Be6 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Bd6 Rfd8 24. Be7 Re8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qd7 Qe5 27. Bf6 Qc7 28. Qd3 Nc6 29. e5 Rf8 30. h3 Rf7 31. Qe4 Rcf8 32. Rd1 Ne7 33. Rd6 Nf5 34. Rc6 Qd7 35. Qf3 Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Qxc8 37. Rd1 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40. Kh2 Ne7 41. Qh8 g5 42. Qxh7+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qh7+ Ke8 45. Qh5+ Kd8 46. Qxg5 Ke8 47. Bxe7 Qxe7 48. Qxe7+ Kxe7 49. g4 Kf7 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Kf4 Kh6 52. h4 Kg6 53. h5+ Kh6 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Kh3 Kh6 56. Kh4 Kg7 57. g5 Kh7 58. g6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander1111"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qf7 9. d5 h6 10. Nd4 Na6 11. Rb1 g5 12. b4 Qh5 13. e3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bd7 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Rbc1 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. b5 Nb8 20. bxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nxf5 Bf8 23. Nd5 Kf7 24. h3 Rab8 25. Bd4 Ne5 26. Bxa7 Rb7 27. Bd4 e6 28. Nb6 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nxd4 30. Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. Nxc8 Nf5 32. Nxd6+ Nxd6 33. Rxd6 Bf3 34. c5 Bf8 35. Rd2 Bxc5 36. Kg1 Bxa3 37. Ra1 Be7 38. Rda2 Rd7 39. g4 Kf6 40. Ra5 Bd6 41. Ra7 Rd8 42. Ra8 Bxa8 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Starosek, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 e5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. Nbc3 Nf6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 h5 9. d5 Ne7 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. c5 0-0 12. b4 Kh7 13. Kb2 Bd7 14. Nc1 Nc8 15. Nb3 Ng8 16. c6 Be8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Na5 Qe7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 f5 23. Bd3 f4 24. Qf2 g5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Kb3 Bf7 27. Ka3 Kg7 28. Qe2 Nb6 29. Nxb6 cxb6 30. Nb3 a5 31. b5 Qc7 32. Ra1 Bg6 33. Nd2 Ng8 34. Nc4 Nf6 35. Ka4 Rfb8 36. Rad1 Ne8 37. Qb2 Qe7 38. Qf2 Qc7 39. g3 fxg3 40. Qxg3 Qe7 41. Rdg1 Kh6 42. h4 g4 43. fxg4 hxg4 44. Qxg4 Bh5 45. Qd7 Ra7 46. Qxe7 Rxe7 47. Rf1 Rg7 48. Rhg1 Rxg1 49. Rxg1 Bf7 50. Rf1 Kg7 51. Rf5 Bg6 52. Rg5 Kh6 53. Rg3 Bh5 54. Ne3 Bf7 55. Nf5+ Kh7 56. Be2 Rd8 57. h5 Bg8 58. h6 Bf7 59. Rg5 Bg6 60. Ng3 Nf6 61. Bd3 Rc8 62. Nf5 Bxf5 63. Rxf5 Kg6 64. h7 Rh8 65. Rf1 Rxh7 66. Rg1+ Kf7 67. Kb3 Rh8 68. Kc3 Ke7 69. Rg7+ Kf8 70. Rb7 Ne8 71. Rxb6 Ke7 72. Rb7+ Kd8 73. b6 Nf6 74. c7+ Kd7 75. Rb8 Rc8 76. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lubashov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nd2 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 0-0 8. Qe2 f6 9. d4 fxe5 10. fxe5 Nb6 11. Ngf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 e6 14. 0-0 N8d7 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. a4 Rc8 17. a5 Na8 18. b4 Nc7 19. c3 Nb5 20. Rac1 Rf7 21. h4 Qf8 22. Bh3 Re8 23. Qe3 Na3 24. Nd2 Nb8 25. h5 Nb5 26. h6 Bh8 27. Bg4 b6 28. Be2 Nc7 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Rd1 Rfe8 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Rab1 Qc4 18. b3 Qg4 19. h3 Qh5 20. Na4 Ncxd5 21. Bxc5 Bc7 22. Bd4 Rbc8 23. Qd2 Bf4 24. Qd3 Bb8 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Nc3 Qa5 27. Nb5 Re6 28. Rbc1 Rce8 29. b4 Qb6 30. Nbd4 Re4 31. Qb5 Bf4 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Rc2 Ra8 34. g3 Be5 35. Nb5 d6 36. Kg2 g5 37. Nxd6 Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Kg7 39. Rc3 b5 40. Nd4 Rb8 41. Rf3 Ng8 42. Rd7 Rf8 43. Nf5+ Kg6 44. Nd6 Nf6 45. Rxf6+ Kxf6 46. Nxe4+ Ke6 47. Nc5+ Kf6 48. Rb7 Kg7 49. Rxb5 Ra8 50. a4 Rd8 51. a5 Rd2 52. a6 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. f4 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ngf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c3 b5 10. e5 a5 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Nf1 b4 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Bf2 bxc3 15. bxc3 Qb5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Rb1 Nb4 18. a3 cxd3 19. axb4 axb4 20. N1d2 c4 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Nd6 Qa5 23. Ra1 Qc7 24. Bf1 Rfb8 25. Ng5 b3 26. Qg4 Qe7 27. Qh3 h5 28. Bd4 Bc8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Nxc4 Qb4 31. Rd1 Qxc4 32. Bf2 b2 33. Bxd3 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 b1Q+ 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 2"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Kg2 Bg7 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. f4 Ned7 16. a4 Ra7 17. a5 Na8 18. Nc4 Nc7 19. e5 Qa8 20. Qf3 Ra6 21. Bd2 Qb7 22. Re2 Qb3 23. Qd3 Rfa8 24. Rae1 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nf8 26. d6 exd6 27. exd6 Nce6 28. Qd5 Rd8 29. Ne4 Qb5 30. Bc3 Nd4 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. Nxc5 Nxe2 33. Bxg7 Rc6 34. b4 Ne6 35. Rxe2 Kxg7 36. Rxe6 Rxc5 37. bxc5 fxe6 38. c6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Stavskij, Danil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 Na5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. a4 Ba6 15. axb5 Bxb5 16. Rfb1 a6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Be3 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. f4 Rfb8 24. Qe2 Ne8 25. f5 e5 26. Ne6 Nf6 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rad1 Qc6 31. Qd2 Rh8 32. Bg5 Raf8 33. Qe3 Nd7 34. Rxf8 Nxf8 35. Qa7+ Nd7 36. Kh2 Re8 37. Rd5 Kg8 38. Qf2 Qe6 39. Qd2 Qf7 40. Rd6 Re6 41. Qd5 Rxd6 42. Qxd6 Kg7 43. Bd1 Qf8 44. Qd2 Qf7 45. Bg4 Nf6 46. Qd6 Nxg4+ 47. hxg4 Kh7 48. Qxe5 Bc6 49. Bf6 Bxe4 50. g5 Bc6 51. Qe1 Kg8 52. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zaretsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 a6 8. f3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. Qf2 Rc8 13. 0-0 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Rae1 d6 17. Re2 Ke7 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Nb1 e5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. b3 Rc3 22. Nb1 Rc7 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. b4 Nb6 25. Ra1 Bc8 26. Nf1 Be6 27. Ne3 g6 28. Kf2 Rhc8 29. g4 f6 30. Rd2 Rc3 31. Nd1 R3c6 32. Ne3 Na4 33. Nd1 Rd8 34. Be2 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Ne3 Bg6 38. c4 Nc3 39. cxb5 Nxb5 40. Bxb5 axb5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gajsin, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 b5 9. g4 h6 10. 0-0-0 b4 11. Nce2 Ne5 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Qxb4 Bxf4 16. exd5 Ne3 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bd3 Kf7 19. Rde1 Rb8 20. Qa3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Nge2 Be5 23. Qe3 Bd6 24. Nb3 Nd5 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. f4 Rhe8 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5 Qh4 29. Ned4 Kg8 30. Nf5 Qf4 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Qe2 Rf8 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. h4 Bc6 35. Rhe1 g6 36. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. 0-0 Qe8 12. b3 Nh7 13. f3 h5 14. a3 Bf6 15. Bf2 h4 16. Rb1 Bg5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qe7 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. d6 cxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Ra5 25. Nc4 Na4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxe5 Be6 28. Rxb7 Rc8 29. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Yakovlev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 a6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 Rb8 11. a5 0-0 12. 0-0 g5 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Ne3 h6 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Ra3 g4 18. Bd2 Nh7 19. Ncd1 Qh4 20. Nf1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qc1 Be4 23. Bf4 Ng5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Ng3 Rf7 26. Qd2 Rbf8 27. b4 Bd4 28. Re3 Bxd5 29. bxc5 dxc5 30. Qd3 Ne6 31. Rxe6 Bxe6 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qxe6 Rxf2 34. Kh1 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Qh3+ 36. Kh1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Rd1 a6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Ndxe7 15. Nc5 Rfd8 16. Ng5 Be8 17. Rdc1 Rac8 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. h4 Nf8 20. h5 h6 21. Nf3 Rd5 22. Qh4 Qb6 23. Nd3 Rcd8 24. Rc3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe7 Qa5 27. Qxb7 Qxh5 28. Bf3 Qf5 29. Rc8 Bb5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Be4 Qg5 32. a4 Bxd3 33. Bxd3 a5 34. Rd1 f5 35. Qc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Adarov, Arzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c5 8. d5 a6 9. a4 h6 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. g4 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Ne8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. e5 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nc7 20. 0-0 Qb4 21. Bg3 Nxb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxb2 27. Ra7 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Rxe7 Qd2 30. Ne4 Qd4 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nd7+ Qxe5 33. Nxe5 Kg7 34. Rc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gankin, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. a3 a5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Nfg5 g6 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Bg5 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxe4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Rd6 Bc6 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Red1 Rbd8 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qd4 Qc6 29. g3 h5 30. h4 b5 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Rd3 Qc4 33. Kf3 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Ke7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. Rf4 Rc8 37. Rf6+ Kxe5 38. Rxf7 Rc2 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2003.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Maksim"]
[Black "Orudzhov, Anar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Bg2 Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. b4 Nb6 15. Kd1 Kd7 16. Kc2 e6 17. Nb3 Re8 18. e4 Kc8 19. e5 Nfd7 20. Bg3 Be7 21. f4 Bh4 22. Bxh4 Rxh4 23. Nd2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

