[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fuzik, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 e5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Nxf4 18. Qg4 Bxe5 19. g3 h5 20. Qh4 Ne2+ 21. Kg2 Nd4 22. Nf3 Qxh4 23. Nxh4 Rxf1 24. Kxf1 Kg7 25. Re1 Rf8+ 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Nxc7 e5 28. Nd5 Bxh4 29. gxh4 Nf5 30. Rxe5 Nxh4+ 31. Kg3 Nf5+ 32. Kg2 b6 33. b3 Kf7 34. Nf4 Rg8 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Nd5 Re8 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Ke3 Nc2+ 39. Ke4 Nb4 40. Nc3 Ke7 41. a3 Nc2 42. Nd5+ Ke6 43. a4 Nd4 44. b4 Nf5 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Nf4+ Kf6 47. Kd5 Ne3+ 48. Kxc5 Nf1 49. Kd6 Ne3 50. Nd5+ Nxd5 51. cxd5 g5 52. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Rotaenko, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 0-0 10. Qd2 g6 11. f5 exf5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh6 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 fxe4 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Qf4 d5 18. Na4 Qb8 19. Qg5 Kg7 20. b3 Ng8 21. Qe3 Bf5 22. c3 Bd6 23. g4 Be6 24. Rf2 Nh6 25. Raf1 f5 26. gxf5 Nxf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qf6+ Bf7 30. Rxf5 Qc7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxa8 Be8 33. Bxa6 e3 34. Rf3 d4 35. cxd4 Bf4 36. Nc5 Bh5 37. Rh3 Qa5 38. Qb7+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Be8 40. Qf5+ Bf7 41. Qxf4 Qe1+ 42. Qf1 Qd2 43. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Takhistova, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Kh1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 a6 14. f5 Bd7 15. Na4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rc6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. c3 Qd8 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Be2 Qd7 21. Nd4 Rcc8 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. Qf4 Bh6 24. Ng5 f6 25. Bxg4 Qc6 26. Be6+ Kg7 27. Qg4 Bxg5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. h4 Bh6 30. h5 g5 31. Qf5 Kg8 32. Qg6+ Bg7 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sevriukov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 Qh4 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Be2 c6 14. Rf1 Bf5 15. Qe1 Be4 16. h3 f5 17. Ng5 Rae8 18. hxg4 fxg4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qg3 g5 21. Bxg4 Qh6 22. Qh3 Qg6 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Melnichuk, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Qxf2+ 12. Kh1 Kxg7 13. Qe2 Qxe2 14. Rxe2 Nge5 15. Bb5 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nxf3 18. Bxc6 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be6 8. Nd5 g5 9. Bg3 a6 10. c3 Ba7 11. 0-0 Na5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. d4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 exd4 16. e5 Qe6 17. Qa4 dxc3 18. exd6 b5 19. Qc2 0-0 20. Qxc3 Qc4 21. Qd2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qe2 cxd6 24. Rad1 Qc4 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. Bxd6 Rfe8 27. b3 Qe2 28. Qh3 Rad8 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Qf6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. Bg3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Re2 34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 Ra2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Kf1 Rxa4 38. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Musienko, Olexiy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. b4 Be7 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nc2 0-0 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. f4 Bf6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bd4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Bxd4+ 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Qb2 Nb6 25. Re1 Na4 26. Qd2 f5 27. Rb1 Nc3 28. Rb2 Qc4 29. e3 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. h4 h5 32. Ra2 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Rc4 35. d5 Kf7 36. dxe6+ Kxe6 37. Rb2 Rc3 38. Kf2 Kd5 39. Rd2+ Ke6 40. Ke2 Rb3 41. Rd4 Rb2+ 42. Kf1 g6 43. Ke1 Rg2 44. Rd8 Rxg3 45. Kf2 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rh3 47. Rb8 Rxh4 48. Rxb5 Rh2+ 49. Kf1 h4 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. b5 h3 53. b6 Rb2 54. Kg1 Ke6 55. Rg7 Kd5 56. Rxg6 Kc4 57. Rd6 Kc5 58. Rf6 Kc4 59. Rxf5 Kd3 60. Ra5 Kxe3 61. Ra3+ Kxf4 62. Rxh3 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Docenko, Feodosij"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. Re1 Nh5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bc2 Nf4 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bb3 g5 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. Ne3 Rfd8 20. Red1 h5 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Nf5 h4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. h3 Be5 25. f3 Qb6+ 26. Kh2 Qb5 27. Rd1 b6 28. a4 Qc6 29. Rd5 Bf6 30. Qd1 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. exd5 Kf8 33. d6 c6 34. d7 b5 35. axb5 cxb5 36. Nd6 Ke7 37. Nxb5 a5 38. d8Q+ Kxd8 39. Nd6 Kd7 40. Nb7 a4 41. Nc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mashevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. h3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Be3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 0-0 10. Qd3 b6 11. g4 Nh7 12. h4 Na5 13. 0-0-0 c5 14. Nd5 Nb7 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. g5 Be7 17. gxh6 g6 18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qd7 21. f4 Na5 22. Qd3 Nc6 23. Rh2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Bxe5+ dxe5 26. Qg3 Rae8 27. Rf2 Re6 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. b3 a6 30. a4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. cxb5 Qxb5 33. Nc7 Qa5 34. Nxe6 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qa5+ 36. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Regalov, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Ba4 Nge7 8. 0-0 Nf5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. Be3 c4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. b3 b5 15. b4 Be7 16. a3 0-0 17. Bg5 Ra4 18. g3 Bd7 19. Ra2 Rfa8 20. Rfa1 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 Kf7 23. Nf1 e5 24. Ne3 e4 25. Ne1 Bd6 26. Nd1 Bg4 27. Nb2 R4a7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Nxa4 Ne7 32. Ng2 Nf5 33. Bd2 Ke7 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. Bxe3 Bh3 36. Nb6 Bc7 37. Na4 Ke6 38. Nc5+ Kf5 39. Nd7 Kg6 40. Nc5 Kh5 41. Na6 Bd6 42. Bf4 Bxf4 43. gxf4 Bc8 44. Nb8 Bb7 45. Nd7 f5 46. h3 Kg6 47. Kg2 Kf7 48. f3 Ke7 49. Nc5 Bc8 50. fxe4 fxe4 51. Na4 Kf6 52. Nb2 Kf5 53. Kg3 h5 54. h4 e3 55. Kf3 e2 56. Kxe2 Kxf4 57. Kf2 Kg4 58. Na4 Kxh4 59. Nb6 Be6 60. Na8 Kg4 61. Nc7 Bd7 62. b5 cxb5 63. Nxd5 Bc6 64. Ne7 Bb7 65. d5 Kg5 66. d6 Kf6 67. Ng8+ Ke6 68. d7 Kxd7 69. Nf6+ Ke6 70. Nxh5 Ke5 71. Ke3 Kd5 72. Ng3 Kc5 73. Nf1 b4 74. cxb4+ Kxb4 75. Kd2 Kb3 76. Kc1 c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vinogradov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. Nf3 c6 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nh7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. 0-0 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Rf3 f5 19. Rg3 Rf6 20. Qe2 Qf7 21. b4 a6 22. a4 b5 23. a5 Bd7 24. Kf1 Qe7 25. Ke1 Qxb4+ 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kf7 28. Kc3 g6 29. Kb4 Ke7 30. Kc5 Rc8 31. Rf3 Kd8 32. Rg1 Kc7 33. Rf2 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Rgf1 Rcf8 36. g4 f4 37. exf4 Bxg4 38. f5 Bh5 39. Rg1 g4 40. Rf4 R8f7 41. Be2 Rxf5 42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. Bxg4 Bxg4 44. Rxg4 Rf2 45. Rg7+ Kd8 46. h4 Rc2+ 47. Kd6 Ke8 48. h5 Kf8 49. Rb7 Rc4 50. h6 Kg8 51. Ke5 c5 52. dxc5 Rxc5 53. Rb6 b4 54. Kf6 Kh7 55. Rxa6 Rb5 56. Rb6 Rxa5 57. Rxb4 Ra6+ 58. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bulgakova, Oksana"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 Nxe4 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. f4 c6 14. f5 Bc8 15. c3 Qb6 16. a5 Qa7 17. Kh1 bxc3 18. bxc3 g6 19. Bc2 Bg7 20. f6 Bh6 21. Nf3 Bxc1 22. Qxc1 h5 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Qe3 Ne6 25. Nxc6 Bd7 26. Nb4 Qc4 27. Rfd1 d4 28. Qe4 0-0 29. Nd5 Kh7 30. Nb6 Qxc3 31. Nxd7 Rfd8 32. Nb6 Ra7 33. Bd3 Nc5 34. Qe2 Ne6 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. Qg4 Nf8 37. Qh4 Qc5 38. Nc4 Rb8 39. Rab1 Rab7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Nd6 Rd7 42. Qh6 Ne6 43. Bxg6 fxg6 44. Qxg6+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Gorbov, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Qxd5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Rd8 14. Rd1 b6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. 0-0 Bb7 17. Rc1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd5 19. Ba6 Rxd4 20. Rc7 Nf5 21. Rfc1 g6 22. Bb7 Rad8 23. Be4 R8d7 24. Rc8+ Kg7 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Kg2 Rd2 27. R1c2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rd3 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 a5 31. c4 Kf6 32. f4 Ke7 33. Kf3 Kd6 34. Ke3 Kc5 35. Kd3 Kb4 36. Kc2 a4 37. bxa4 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Brodsky, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Rfb8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Qe6 15. h3 Qe5 16. Qe3 Rb4 17. a3 Rb7 18. f4 Qe6 19. Rae1 d5 20. exd5 Qxe3+ 21. Rxe3 cxd5 22. Rd3 e6 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Nd4 Ne4 25. a4 a6 26. Rff3 Rbc7 27. g4 Kf8 28. g5 Ke7 29. h4 Kd6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rh3 f6 32. Rxh5 fxg5 33. fxg5 Rg8 34. Nf3 Rxc2 35. Rxh7 Nxg5 36. Nxg5 Rxg5+ 37. Kf1 Rf5+ 38. Ke1 Rg5 39. Kf1 Rg4 40. Ra7 Rc6 41. Rb7 d4 42. b4 Rc3 43. Rd2 e5 44. b5 axb5 45. Rxb5 d3 46. Rb6+ Kc5 47. Rb8 Rf4+ 48. Ke1 e4 49. Rd8 Ra3 50. Rd1 Rc3 51. a5 Rh4 52. Kd2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eschenko, Maksim"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. a3 a5 7. Na4 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Nc3 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. g4 Bg5 15. h4 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qf6 17. Rf1 e4 18. dxe4 Qxb2 19. Ra2 Qf6 20. Ng5 Qe5 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Rg1 Nd7 23. Bd3 Nc5 24. Kd1 g6 25. c3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Kc1 Rae8 28. h5 Qxe3 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. Rc2 Rd3 32. Re1 Rf7 33. c4 Rxa3 34. Kb1 h5 35. Rh1 Kh6 36. Rch2 Rc3 37. gxh5 g5 38. Re2 Rxc4 39. Re6+ Kh7 40. Rg1 g4 41. Rge1 g3 42. Rg1 Rg4 43. Rg6 Rg7 44. Kc2 R7xg6 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46. Kd3 Kf5 47. Rf1+ Ke5 48. Ke3 Kxd5 49. Rf5+ Ke6 50. Rf1 g2 51. Rg1 a4 52. Kf3 Rg7 53. Ke3 a3 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kozlovskaya, Olga"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Bg2 0-0 6. h3 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. b3 Na6 9. 0-0 Qd7 10. Kh2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Rad8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxb7 Nb4 21. f4 Re2+ 22. Bg2 Nxa2 23. Rfe1 Rb2 24. Be7 Bxe7 25. Rxe7 h6 26. Rxa7 Nb4 27. h4 Nd5 28. R1a2 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Nc7 30. b4 Rb8 31. Rb2 Kg8 32. Bf1 Kf7 33. b5 Rb6 34. h5 g6 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rc2 Nd5 37. Rc6+ Rxc6 38. bxc6 Nc7 39. Kh3 Kf6 40. Kg4 Ne6 41. Kh5 Kg7 42. Bc4 Nc7 43. g4 Ne8 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Nc7 46. g6 Ne8 47. Kg5 Nc7 48. Bf7 Nb5 49. Kf5 Kf8 50. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Polishchuk, Taras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 h6 7. h3 c6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. e6 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Bxh6 Bxb2 17. Qf4+ Bf6 18. 0-0 e5 19. Qe3 e4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. f3 Qd4 25. fxe4 Qxe3+ 26. Bxe3 Ke6 27. Bf4 Bb7 28. e5 Be7 29. Rb1 Be4 30. Rc1 Ba3 31. Re1 Bxc2 32. h4 Rd8 33. Kf2 Rd1 34. Rxd1 Bxd1 35. g3 Bb2 36. Ke1 Bg4 37. a4 Bxe5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bg5 Bxg3+ 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Kc3 Bf4 42. Be7 g5 43. hxg5 Bxg5 44. Bf8 Ke4 45. Kb4 Be2 46. Bc5 Kd5 47. Bf2 Be7+ 48. Kc3 Bd8 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Stas, Vasilij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. a3 d6 8. h3 h6 9. Nh2 a6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Nh2 Ne5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf8 Qxf8 19. Rf1 Qe7 20. Ne2 Rf8 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 22. b3 Nf6 23. Nd4 Qe7 24. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 g5 26. Bd4 Nh5 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28. d4 Qg6 29. e5 Nf4 30. h4 Qf5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. exd6 cxd6 33. a4 Kg6 34. g3 Nh5 35. Qg2 Qg4 36. Kh2 Nf6 37. c4 b6 38. Qc2+ Qe4 39. Qxe4+ Nxe4 40. g4 Kf6 41. Kg2 e5 42. d5 Nc5 43. Nd2 e4 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ke3 a5 46. Nb1 Nxb3 47. Nc3 Nc5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. Nb5+ Kxc4 50. Nxd6+ Kxd5 51. Nf7 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanenko, Irina"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Ng5 c5 11. Ne2 Nf5 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Nh4 16. Rg1 Qh5 17. Rg4 Nxf3 18. Rg2 Nh4 19. Rg3 Nf5 20. Rg2 Qf3 21. Kg1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne5 26. Be2 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. f4 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Kg7 33. Kf3 f5 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Kd3 e5 36. h4 exf4 37. exf4 h6 38. Ke3 g5 39. h5 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 Ke6 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Ke2 Kf4 43. Kf2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. b3 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 Ne7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Bc4 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbc6 8. a3 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Be2 f5 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Bc4+ d5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nf3 Nxc4 15. bxc4 e4 16. Nh2 Nc8 17. Rb1 c6 18. d3 exd3 19. cxd3 Qa5 20. d4 c5 21. Ne2 Nd6 22. Bc3 Qc7 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb4 Qxc4 25. Bxd6 Rfe8 26. Rxb7 Ba4 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qa1+ Kg8 29. Nf4 Rac8 30. Qf6 Qc3 31. Qg5 Re1 32. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 33. Nxf1 hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Qg7 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Oleksii"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nge2 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 c6 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd3 Rd8 14. Bf4 Qb6+ 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qb6+ 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Qc1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Ng4 20. Bf1 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bd4 22. Kh1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Nd1 Be6 26. a3 Bb3 27. Rc1 Rd4 28. Nf2 h5 29. Rc3 Be6 30. Kg2 Rad8 31. Kf3 g5 32. Be2 Kg7 33. Ke3 Kg6 34. Kf3 f6 35. h3 c5 36. b3 Ra8 37. a4 Rf8 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 Rh8 40. Kg3 Bd7 41. Nd1 Rc8 42. Ne3 b5 43. Nf5 Bxf5 44. gxf5+ Kf7 45. axb5 b6 46. Rc4 Rcd8 47. Kg4 Ke7 48. Kf3 Ra8 49. Ke3 Rdd8 50. b4 Rac8 51. bxc5 Rxc5 52. Rxc5 bxc5 53. Bd1 Rd4 54. Bb3 Kd6 55. Bc4 Ke5 56. Kf3 Rd8 57. Kg3 Kd4 58. Kf3 Kc3 59. Kg4 Rb8 60. e5 fxe5 61. Kxg5 e4 62. dxe4 Kxc4 63. f6 Kd4 64. Kg6 c4 65. b6 c3 66. Kg7 c2 67. f7 c1Q 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leshchenko, Sofia"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bxe5 9. c3 Qf6 10. Nd2 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Bd6 12. Nd4 0-0-0 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 c5 16. Rad1 g6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Ng3 Bd6 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nxc5 Ne7 23. Ne6 Bd6 24. Bd4 Rg8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 a5 27. f3 b6 28. Ne6 h6 29. Kf2 c6 30. Rd6 h5 31. Nd4 Kc7 32. Rf6 c5 33. Nb5+ Kb7 34. Rf7 Kc6 35. c4 Nc8 36. Rc7# 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kureza, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. Bxf4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanenko, Irina"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Rc1 c6 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. 0-0 Nf4 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Rfd1 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rb8 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Ng3 Qf4 19. Qxf4 Nxf4 20. Ne5 h5 21. Rc2 a5 22. a4 Nd7 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nxa5 bxa4 25. Bxa4 Ra8 26. b4 Nb8 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Nxc6 h4 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. Nxc8 Rfxc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Nf1 Rb8 33. Nd2 Rxb4 34. Nf3 f6 35. Kf1 g5 36. g3 hxg3 37. hxg3 Nh3 38. Ng1 Nxg1 39. Kxg1 g4 40. Kf1 Kg6 41. Ke2 e5 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Rd3 exd4+ 44. Kxd4 Rb2 45. Ke3 Rb7 46. Rd2 f5 47. Rd4 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 Rf3+ 49. Ke5 Rxf2 50. exf5+ Rxf5+ 51. Ke4 Rf3 52. Rd6+ Kf7 53. Rd3 Rf1 54. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bondar, Dmitriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Kh1 0-0 10. f4 e6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. e5 Ng4 13. Qd2 d5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. b3 Rad8 17. a4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. c3 Nf5 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxb3 22. Ba3 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Rc8 24. Rfb1 Rc2 25. Rxb3 Rxf2 26. Rxb7 Rxf4 27. Rxa7 e3 28. Re1 Re4 29. a5 e2 30. Kg1 Bh6 31. Kf2 Be3+ 32. Kf3 Bxd4 33. Kxe4 Bxa7 34. Rxe2 Rc8 35. Rb2 Rc4+ 36. Kd3 Ra4 37. Rb5 f6 38. Bc5 Bxc5 39. Rxc5 fxe5 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Ra8 e4+ 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. Kf4 g5+ 44. Kg4 e3+ 45. Kf3 Ra3 46. a6 Ke5 47. a7 h5 48. g4 h4 49. Ke2 Ke4 50. Re8 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Rxa7 52. Rxe6+ Kf3 53. Rf6+ Kg3 54. Rf5 Kxh3 55. Rxg5 Re7 56. Rg8 e2+ 57. Ke1 Kg3 58. g5 h3 59. g6 h2 60. Rh8 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gorbov, Alexey"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 Ng6 5. Bc4 d6 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qb3 Nge7 10. Bxf4 Na5 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Bd3 Nc8 13. b4 b5 14. Qxa5 Qxa5 15. bxa5 Be7 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nbd2 Bd8 19. Nb3 f6 20. Rfc1 g5 21. Be3 Bf7 22. Nfd2 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Be4 Ne7 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Bf2 Nf4 27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Ne4 Nd3 29. Re3 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Re8 31. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Pogonets, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. h3 h6 10. b3 Be6 11. Be3 c5 12. Nc3 0-0-0 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Na4 Qc6 15. c4 Bf6 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd1 f5 19. 0-0 g5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd4+ 22. Be3 fxe4 23. Nxe4 b6 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rf6 Rg8 26. Qxh6 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxe4 28. Rf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxf8+ Kb7 30. Qf3 Bf5 31. Qxe4+ Bxe4 32. Rd8 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Kf2 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Rd4 Bd3 37. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chistiakov, Anatolij"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. c3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. d3 0-0 11. b4 Ne8 12. Na3 Be6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. f4 c5 16. Ndc2 Qb6 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Be3 Bh4 22. Rf1 Rad8 23. Qg4 Be7 24. f5 f6 25. Bh6 Ng5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. h4 Kh8 28. hxg5 fxe5 29. f6 Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. gxf6 Rg8 32. f7 Rxg4 33. f8Q+ Rg8 34. Qf6+ Rg7 35. Rd1 c4+ 36. Kh2 h6 37. Rd7 Qb7 38. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Rab1 Bd7 12. f4 Ng4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Bb5 18. Nxb5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Ne3 20. Rf3 Nc4 21. Rc3 axb5 22. b3 Qa3 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. cxd3 Nd6 25. h4 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Padalkin, Ilia"]
[Black "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 0-0 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Be4 f5 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. a3 Bxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. f3 Re8+ 21. Kd1 Red8 22. Rc2 Rxf3 23. Kc1 Rfd3 24. Re1 f4 25. Re4 f3 26. Rxg4 fxg2 27. Rxg2 Rf3 28. Rg1 Rf2 29. h3 Re2 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalchuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Ishchenko, Anatoliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Be3 Qd7 9. Qd2 Bh3 10. Nd5 Bxg2 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. Kxg2 Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3+ 14. Qxe3 f5 15. exf5 Qxf5 16. c4 Ng6 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. dxe4 Rf6 19. Ne1 Raf8 20. f3 Kf7 21. Nc2 Ke6 22. Ne3 R8f7 23. h4 Ne7 24. g4 Ng6 25. h5 Nh4+ 26. Kg3 Nxf3 27. Nf5 Ng5 28. Rae1 Kd7 29. Kh4 Ne6 30. Kg3 Nc5 31. Rf3 g6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Nh4 Rxf3+ 34. Nxf3 Rf4 35. Ng5 a5 36. Re2 Ne6 37. Nxe6 Kxe6 38. Rh2 Rxe4 39. Rh6 Kf6 40. b3 Kg7 41. Rh2 Re3+ 42. Kh4 Kh6 43. g5+ Kg7 44. Rf2 Rc3 45. Kg4 a4 46. Rb2 b6 47. Kh4 a3 48. Rd2 Rc1 49. b4 Rxc4+ 50. Kg3 Rxb4 0-1

