[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Acikel, Mert"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. f4 d6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f5 e5 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qf3 Be7 15. Be3 0-0 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h4 h5 18. Bg5 Ng4 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 g6 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. Rde1 Qxg5 25. Be2 Rfe8 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. a4 Kg7 28. a5 bxa5 29. Qc3 f6 30. Ra1 Rh8 31. Rxa5 g3 32. Rf3 Qh4 33. Rxg3 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Rh5 35. Rxa6 Rf5+ 36. Rf3 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Rxf3 38. Qxf3 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 e4 40. Ra7+ Kg8 41. Qxd4 cxd4 42. b4 e3 43. Kf1 d3 44. Re7 e2+ 45. Ke1 Ra8 46. d6 Kf8 47. c5 Ra1+ 48. Kd2 Rd1+ 49. Kc3 e1Q+ 50. Rxe1 Rxe1 51. Kxd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Baradaran Tamadon, Arian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. d4 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Qb3 Ndf6 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. a3 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Rac1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra4 19. h3 Rfa8 20. Qc3 Ra3 21. Nb3 c6 22. e4 Kg8 23. Ra1 Qc8 24. Qb2 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nd7 26. Be2 cxd5 27. cxd5 Rxa1+ 28. Nxa1 Nf6 29. Bd3 Nh5 30. Qd2 Qa8 31. Nb3 Qa3 32. Nd4 Qa1+ 33. Bf1 Nf6 34. f3 Nd7 35. Nc2 Qb2 36. Bd3 Ne5 37. f4 Nxd3 38. Qxd3 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf4+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Bc8 42. Ne3 Bd7 43. Qd4 h5 44. Nc4 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 b5 48. Nb6 Bf5 49. Na8 Bxe4 50. Nc7 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Bxg2 52. Kxg2 Qxc7 53. Kf3 Qd7 54. Kg3 Qc8 55. Qd3 Qb7 56. Kh2 Qb6 57. Kg2 Kg7 58. h4 Qb7 59. Qc3+ Kh7 60. Qc6 Qa7 61. Qxb5 Qa2+ 62. Kg3 Qb3+ 63. Kg2 Qc2+ 64. Kg3 Qc3+ 65. Kg2 Qd4 66. Kg3 Qg4+ 67. Kf2 Qxh4+ 68. Ke3 Qg3+ 69. Kd2 h4 70. Qd7 h3 71. Qxe7 Qf2+ 72. Kd3 h2 73. Qxd6 h1Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ghevondyan, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. e3 Bd7 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 a5 14. a3 Be8 15. Rac1 Bh5 16. h3 g5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rfe1 h5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Qf2 g4 21. hxg4 Bh4 22. Qe2 hxg4 23. Rf1 Bg3 24. fxg4 Qh4 25. Bf3 Bd3 26. cxd3 Kg7 27. Qg2 Rh8 28. Rfd1 Raf8 29. Rf1 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Bf4+ 31. Kg1 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Loef, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bc6 10. Qc2 0-0 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. e4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bb7 18. Be3 f5 19. Bg2 Kh8 20. Qe2 e5 21. b4 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bc1 Qh4 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Bf3 Rg5+ 26. Kh1 Bd4 27. Bb2 Rd8 28. Bxd4+ Rxd4 29. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Mamedjarova, Turkan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 a5 8. b5 c6 9. bxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Qc2 e5 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. Rab1 exd4 15. exd4 c5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. d5 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Qc7 20. h3 Ne4 21. Bb2 Rab8 22. a4 Nb6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bd3 f5 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Ng5 Kg8 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 h6 29. Ne6 Qe7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Rb3 Nd7 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Rg3+ Kf7 34. Rg7+ Ke8 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. h4 Ne5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Mende, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. Nc3 Re8 10. a3 a5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. e4 e6 14. Qb3 a4 15. Qa2 c6 16. Rd1 exd5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Be3 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qf6 22. Rad1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3 24. Rxb7 Rad8 25. Rdd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Ra7 Rb8 29. Rxa4 Rb3 30. Ra7 Bg7 31. a4 Ra3 32. a5 e5 33. Kg2 Bf8 34. Ra8 Kf7 35. a6 Be7 36. a7 Ra2 37. Rb8 Rxa7 38. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nurgaliyeva, Zarina"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bh4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Nbd4 Nce7 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Bf1 a6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qg5 Bc8 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. h4 h6 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Qg3 Rd8 25. h5 Nf8 26. Re7 Qb6 27. Rb1 Rf6 28. Bd3 Be6 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Rd7 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Bg6+ Ke7 35. f3 Kd6 36. Kf2 Ne5 37. Bc2 Nc4 38. b3 Ne5 39. Ke3 b5 40. Rd1 Nc6 41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4 Kc5 43. cxd5 exd5 44. Bb3 d4+ 45. Ke4 Rd6 46. Rc1+ Kb6 47. Bd5 Nb4 48. Bc4 d3 49. a3 d2 50. Rd1 Nc2 51. Bd3 Ne1 52. Rxd2 Kc5 53. Ke3 a5 54. Bf1 Re6+ 55. Kf2 Re5 56. Be2 Nxg2 57. Kxg2 Rxh5 58. f4 Rf5 59. Kg3 g5 60. fxg5 hxg5 61. a4 Rf4 62. Bb5 Rb4 63. Rc2+ Kd4 64. Rc8 Ke3 65. Rg8 Ke4 66. Rxg5 Rb3+ 67. Kg4 Kd4 68. Bc6 Kc3 69. Rxa5 Rb4+ 70. Kf5 Rb6 71. Bb5 Kb4 72. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schirmbeck, Lilian"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d3 0-0 6. Nf3 h6 7. 0-0 d6 8. a3 Bg4 9. b4 Qd7 10. Bb2 Bh3 11. Qd2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 a5 13. b5 Nd8 14. a4 Ne6 15. Ba3 Nh5 16. Nd5 f5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxe5 Rfe8 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. d4 Ne4 21. Qd3 N6g5 22. Rae1 Ne6 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 f4 25. d5 Ng5 26. Qxf4 Rf8 27. Qd4 b6 28. f3 Rf7 29. e4 Re8 30. h4 Nh7 31. e5 Qf8 32. e6 Rf5 33. Bb2 Re7 34. Re4 Nf6 35. Ree1 h5 36. Kh3 Qe8 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. fxg4 Rxf1 39. Rxf1 Qg6 40. h5 Qc2 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Qxf6 Qd3+ 43. Kh4 Rh7 44. e7 Qe4 45. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Souleidis, Georgios"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. a4 a5 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. b3 0-0 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Bd2 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Ra1 d4 18. Nd2 Nd5 19. Nc4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bf3 Rae8 22. Qd2 Bd8 23. g3 Bc7 24. Rae1 Rf6 25. Qg2 Rd8 26. Kh1 b6 27. Re2 Qf7 28. Rfe1 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30. Qg3 Nxe2 31. Bxe2 Rg6 32. Ne5 Qb7+ 33. Bf3 Rxg3 34. Bxb7 Rg5 35. Nf3 Rf5 36. Be4 Rf4 37. Kg2 h6 38. Kg3 g5 39. h4 e5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Nxg5 Rd6 42. Nf3 Rf7 43. Kf2 Rdf6 44. Rg1+ Kf8 45. Rg5 Re7 46. Ke2 Rh6 47. Rxe5 Rxe5 48. Nxe5 Rh2+ 49. Kd1 Ra2 50. Nd7+ Ke7 51. Nxb6 Kd6 52. Bd5 Ra1+ 53. Kc2 Kc7 54. Nc4 Ra2+ 55. Kb1 Rd2 56. b6+ Kb8 57. Be4 Rd1+ 58. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tan, Ralph"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nde2 d6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Bf4 b6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. b4 0-0 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Na4 Rd4 18. c5 b5 19. Nb6 Rcd8 20. f3 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rc3 Bc6 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Rc2 e5 26. Rcd2 Bg5 27. Re2 h5 28. g3 Qe7 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. h4 Be3 31. Bc2 g5 32. Qd3 Re8 33. Rxe3 dxe3 34. Qxe3 gxh4 35. Rd6 Re6 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. gxh4 Qxh4 38. Bb3 Qf6 39. Qd2 Be8 40. Qd6 Bf7 41. c6 Qg5+ 42. Kf1 Qe3 43. Bd1 Kg7 44. c7 Qc3 45. Qd8 Qc4+ 46. Be2 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qe3+ 48. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velikanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2024.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB17_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. h4 h6 10. e5 Nd7 11. h5 Qc7 12. Bf4 0-0-0 13. Nc3 g6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. e6 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. exd7+ Qxd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rhe8 20. Qf6 gxh5 21. Kh2 Kb8 22. Qxh6 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qf5 24. f4 d4 25. Bxb7 Kxb7 26. Re5 Qd7 27. Qf6 Re8 28. Qg5 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qg4 30. f5 Ka6 31. Qe4 Qd1 32. Qg2 f6 33. b3 Ka5 34. a3 a6 35. Qf2 Qc1 36. Kh3 Qg5 37. Qf4 Qg8 38. Kh4 Qf7 39. Qd2+ Kb5 40. Qe2 Qg7 41. Qxh5 a5 42. Qe8+ Ka6 43. Qa8+ Kb5 44. a4+ Kb4 45. Qc6 Kc3 46. Qxb6 Qh6+ 47. Kg4 Qg5+ 48. Kf3 Qxf5+ 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Kf2 Qf5+ 51. Kg2 Kxc2 52. Qxa5 Kxd3 53. Qe1 Kc2 54. Qe2+ Kxb3 55. a5 d3 56. Qd1+ Kc3 57. a6 Qe4+ 58. Kg1 Qe2 59. Qa1+ Kc4 60. a7 Qe3+ 61. Kh2 Qf2+ 62. Kh3 Qf5+ 63. Kh4 Qg5+ 64. Kh3 Qf5+ 65. Kg2 Qe4+ 66. Kh2 Qe2+ 67. Kg1 Qe3+ 68. Kh2 Qe2+ 69. Kh1 Qf3+ 70. Kh2 Qf2+ 71. Kh3 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abdi, Farzad"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. h3 h5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Qd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. f5 Ne5 19. Ndxb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qxb5 22. Rc8+ Bd8 23. Qxd6 Ned7 24. fxe6 Qb7 25. exd7+ Nxd7 26. Rb8 Qxb8 27. Qc6 Rh6 28. Qa4 Qxg3 29. e5 Rg6 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. Qa8 Qxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 Bc7 34. e6 fxe6 35. Kf3 g5 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. b4 Bd6 38. Bc3 Nb6 39. Bd4 Na4 40. a3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Ke3 g3 43. Kf3 Kd7 44. Kg2 Kc6 45. Kf3 Kd5 46. Ba7 Kc4 47. Be3 Kb3 48. b5 Kxa3 49. b6 Kb4 50. b7 Bb8 51. Bf4 e5 52. Bxg3 Kb5 53. Ke4 Nc5+ 54. Kd5 Nd7 55. Ke6 Kc6 56. Ke7 e4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 a6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 d6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne5 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. d4 Ng6 13. d5 e5 14. f4 Rfe8 15. f5 Nf8 16. g4 h6 17. h4 N6h7 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Qe1 b5 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. e4 Nh7 23. Rc2 Rb8 24. Bc1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Ba4 26. Re2 Rb1 27. Qg3 Be7 28. Be3 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Bd1 30. g5 Bxe2 31. Bxe2 hxg5 32. hxg5 f6 33. g6 Ng5 34. Qh4 Qa5 35. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bonaveri, Agustin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. Nc3 exd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. h3 Bd7 15. d5 Ne4 16. Qc2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qf6 18. Qc2 Ng5 19. Nh2 Nxh3+ 20. gxh3 Bxh3 21. Kh1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qf4 23. Qc1 Qh4 24. Kg2 Re5 25. f4 Rh5 26. Rh1 Qh3+ 27. Kf2 Qxd3 28. Nf3 Rxh1 29. Qxh1 Re8 30. Qc1 Re2+ 31. Kg3 Re3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ho, In Hei Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Bg3 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qe2 Ba8 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Ba6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc5 20. Bc4 Qc8 21. Bd3 Qb7 22. f3 Rd8 23. Bb1 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. Bf2 Rd5 26. b4 Nd7 27. Be4 Qb8 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Bg3 Qf8 30. a3 Nf6 31. Be5 Nd7 32. Bd4 a5 33. Rc7 Qd6 34. Qc2 axb4 35. Rc8+ Nf8 36. axb4 Bb7 37. Rc4 Ba6 38. b5 Bxb5 39. Bxg7 Bxc4 40. Bxf8 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Mende, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. h3 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Ng5 Bc4 16. Re1 Red8 17. Qa4 Bb5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qa3 Nd4 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Nf3 Rd3 24. Rab1 Rad8 25. e5 Bc6 26. Ng5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rd2 28. e6 f5 29. Nf3 Rc2 30. Rec1 Rdc8 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. b3 Rxa2 33. Rc1 Bf6 34. Rc7 b5 35. Rb7 a6 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 h6 38. g5 hxg5 39. Nh2 Bd4 40. Rxe7 Rxf2+ 41. Kg3 Rf6 42. Ng4 Rf1 43. Rd7 Bc5 44. e7 Bxe7 45. Rxe7 Rb1 46. Re3 a5 47. Ne5 a4 48. bxa4 bxa4 49. Nc4 Rb3 50. Kf3 Rxe3+ 51. Kxe3 Kf7 52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Na3 Ke6 54. Nc4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Schut, Han"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. d4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Be2 Ne4 9. 0-0 a5 10. b5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 cxb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Nd6 14. Be2 Qa7 15. a4 Nc6 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Bc5 Qb8 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bc4 e6 21. Bxe6 Bxf3 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. gxf3 Qc8 24. Be6 Qc7 25. Bb6 Qe7 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. f4 Bxd4 28. exd4 Nxd4 29. Qb6 Rd6 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rg8+ Kh6 32. Qc5 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Qh4 34. h3 Rxe6 35. Qc1 Qxh3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Tarnowska, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 c6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. 0-0 Nc7 15. Rc1 Ne6 16. Rfd1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. Ng3 f5 20. f4 Bh4 21. Nf1 Bf6 22. Nd2 g5 23. g3 gxf4 24. gxf4 Kf7 25. Nf3 Rg8+ 26. Kh1 Rg6 27. Ne5+ Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qe7 29. Qd3 Ke6 30. Rxc6+ Kf7 31. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kvaloy, Aksel Bu"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. a4 Be7 9. 0-0 a6 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e4 0-0 13. Qd3 g6 14. g3 Nf6 15. Nd2 Nbd7 16. Nc4 Rab8 17. Na3 Ra8 18. Rae1 Nh5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Rfe8 21. Nc4 Rab8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. d6 Rd8 27. Qc4 Nf6 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rohwer, Paul"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be3 b6 8. f3 Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rc1 h5 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. h3 h4 15. f4 Nc5 16. Qf3 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Rce1 0-0 20. Qh5 fxe4 21. f5 Nc5 22. Qg6 Bf6 23. Rf4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Rg4 Qf7 26. Rd1 Qxg6 27. fxg6 d5 28. Rxd3 dxc4 29. bxc4 Rc6 30. Rd7 Bc8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rose, Felix"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. f3 Bd6 10. Ndb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Bg3+ 12. hxg3 Qxg3+ 13. Kf1 0-0 14. Qd6 Qg6 15. Bd3 Ne8 16. Qh2 d5 17. Nd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 dxe4 19. Bc2 Rc8 20. Qxb6 Ba6 21. Bxe4 Bxc4+ 22. Kf2 Ra6 23. Qb7 Qf6 24. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Titarov, Vasilii"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. 0-0 d5 5. d3 Be7 6. c4 d4 7. Bg5 0-0 8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. a3 a5 15. Nc2 a4 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Nb4 Nb3 18. Nd5 c6 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Qc2 Rd8 22. Rbe1 Bf8 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Ne4 Nb3 25. Re2 Bg4 26. f3 Bf5 27. Rfe1 Bg6 28. f4 Bf5 29. Nf2 Qd7 30. Be4 Be6 31. Bf3 Bd6 32. Ne4 Bc7 33. Rf2 Bf5 34. Bd1 Ba5 35. Ree2 Kh8 36. Qb1 Bg4 37. Bxb3 Bxe2 38. Bxa4 Bg4 39. Bd1 Bf5 40. Bf3 Bb6 41. c5 Bc7 42. b4 Be6 43. Qb2 Qe7 44. Re2 Qd7 45. Nd2 Bd5 46. Bxd5 Qxd5 47. Qb3 Qf5 48. Ne4 Re8 49. Qd1 Re6 50. Nf2 Qd5 51. Qe1 Rxe2 52. Qxe2 Qb3 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qe4+ g6 55. Qxd4 Qxa3 56. Ne4 Qc1+ 57. Kg2 Qd1 58. Nf6+ Kh8 59. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Re1 d6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. a4 g6 10. a5 Bg7 11. Nc4 0-0 12. c3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne3 Nc5 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Nec2 Nce4 18. Be3 Re8 19. Nb4 Bf8 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. g3 Qc8 22. Bf4 Bf8 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bg2 Qf5 25. h3 Nc5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Nb4 Nce4 28. Nc2 h5 29. Nd4 Qc8 30. Nc2 Bc5 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Qd3 Bd6 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 34. Qc2 Qc7 35. Qc1 Kg7 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Nc5 38. f5 g5 39. Rd1 Re5 40. b4 Nce4 41. Re1 Re8 42. Re3 Rc8 43. Ne2 Kf8 44. Rd3 Ke7 45. f3 Nd6 46. f4 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Bxd5 Rc7 49. Ng3 Nxd5 50. Rxd5 Nb5 51. Re5+ Kd8 52. Ne4 Nxc3 53. Nf6 Rc4 54. Re8+ Kc7 55. Re7+ Kc6 56. Rxf7 Rxf4 57. Nh5 Rf3 58. f6 Ne4 59. Rg7 Rf5 60. Rxg4 Nxf6 61. Rg6 Rxh5 62. Rxf6+ Kc7 63. Kf2 Rb5 64. Rf4 b6 65. axb6+ Rxb6 66. Ke3 Kc6 67. Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ershova, Svetlana"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 0-0 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Be3 a6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. h3 Rec8 18. Qa2 Rc7 19. d5 e5 20. Nd3 Rbc8 21. Nb4 Nb8 22. Ne2 Bf8 23. f4 Re7 24. Ng3 exf4 25. Bxf4 Ree8 26. b3 a5 27. Nc2 b5 28. Nd4 bxc4 29. bxc4 g6 30. Kh2 Ne4 31. Re1 Nc5 32. Qd2 Qa6 33. Bh6 Nbd7 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Qh6 Kh8 37. Ngf5 gxf5 38. Nxf5 Rg8 39. Re1 Qa8 40. Nxd6 Qf8 41. Qf4 f6 42. Re3 Qg7 43. g4 Rf8 44. Nf5 Qg5 45. Qd6 h5 46. Qe7 Rb8 47. Kg3 Rg8 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 hxg4 50. Ng3 gxh3 51. Kh2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Chernov, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 b5 7. cxb5 0-0 8. Bc4 a6 9. Qe2 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. 0-0 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Nbd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Rfd1 g5 16. Bc1 Re8 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Nc3 Na4 19. Bd2 Reb8 20. b3 Nb6 21. Rab1 Qg4 22. Be1 Nh5 23. h3 Qd7 24. Ne2 Kh8 25. Nh2 Rg8 26. Bc3 Nf4 27. Nxf4 gxf4 28. Kh1 Qa7 29. a4 c4 30. Qd2 Bxc3 31. Qxc3+ f6 32. Qf3 cxb3 33. Qxf4 Rg6 34. Rxb3 Qxa4 35. Rbb1 Rag8 36. Nf3 Kh7 37. Nh4 Rg5 38. Nf5 Re8 39. Rd4 Qa6 40. Rdb4 Nc8 41. Nxh6 Qe2 42. Nf5 Reg8 43. Ng3 Qd3 44. R4b3 Qc4 45. Rb8 Qc7 46. Nf5 R8g6 47. Qh4+ Kg8 48. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. f4 e5 11. f5 Nf6 12. Qf3 h5 13. h3 h4 14. a4 Nh5 15. 0-0 Qe7 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. a5 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Bc4 Rh6 20. Kh2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Be8 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qa3+ Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nc3 g6 27. b4 Bd7 28. fxg6 Rxg6 29. Na4 Rg7 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. Be2 Rg3 32. Rf3 Rg8 33. Bc4 Rg7 34. g4 hxg3+ 35. Rxg3 Rh7 36. Be2 Rh8 37. Kg2 Rh4 38. Rg5 Kd6 39. Bg4 Nxg4 40. hxg4 Rh8 41. Kg3 Re8 42. Kf3 Rh8 43. Kg3 Re8 44. Rg7 Ke7 45. g5 Kf8 46. Rh7 Kg8 47. g6 fxg6 48. Rc7 Rf8 49. Kh4 Bf5 50. Kg5 Bh3 51. Kxg6 Rd8 52. Rxb7 Rd6+ 53. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Garnazhenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e3 Nb6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. Nd2 f5 15. Qe2 e4 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Ndb1 Nac4 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. b3 Qe7 21. Qd2 Red8 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 Qd6 24. Bg2 Re8 25. Rfe1 Qb4 26. h3 Nf7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Kh2 Qd6 29. Qd4+ Qf6 30. Qb4 Qd6 31. Qd4+ Qf6 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Qd3 Nd6 34. a4 f4 35. gxf4 Qxf4+ 36. Kg1 Re3 37. Qd2 Qe5 38. a5 Nbc8 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Bxh3 41. Bxh3 Rxh3 42. b4 Ne7 43. Kg2 Rh5 44. Nd2 Nef5 45. Rd3 Rh4 46. b5 Rb4 47. Nf3 Kf6 48. Kf2 g5 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solovyev, Artem"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 a6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. a3 0-0 9. d3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Rd8 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Be4 Rab8 19. Be3 Be5 20. b5 Nf5 21. Nf4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bd4 23. Qc1 Qc5 24. Kg2 h6 25. h3 Bd7 26. Ne2 Bxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Qh5+ 28. Kg2 Qxe2 29. Qa3 axb5 30. Rxb5 b6 31. Rf5 Rd7 32. Qc1 Rbd8 33. Qf4 Re7 34. Bd5 Be5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Be4 Bd4 38. Rh1 Qd2 39. Rh5 Bc5 40. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goreskul, Alyona"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Be3 0-0 6. g4 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. Nde2 Nxe4 10. Qxd5 Nxc3 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Be2 Be6 15. 0-0 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bg5 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 h6 20. Bf4 c5 21. Nc3 g5 22. Be3 Be6 23. a4 f5 24. f3 f4 25. Bf2 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rd8 27. a5 Bc4 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rb1 Rd6 30. h4 Kf7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Rh1 Kd7 34. Rh7+ Kc6 35. Rg7 Rd5 36. Rg6+ Kb5 37. Be1 Be2 38. c4+ Bxc4 39. Bc3 Be2 40. Bf6 Rd2 41. Rxg5 Bd1+ 42. Kf1 Bxf3 43. c3 Be4 44. Re5 Bd3+ 45. Ke1 Rg2 46. Re6 f3 47. Bh4 Rxg4 48. Bd8 Rg2 49. Rxb6+ Kc4 50. Bh4 Re2+ 51. Kd1 f2 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Mischuk, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 a5 13. b5 Na7 14. Be2 Be6 15. d4 a4 16. 0-0 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rac1 c5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Nh4 f6 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Rd2 Ba5 25. Rd3 Kf7 26. Bf3 Rab8 27. Kg2 Nc8 28. Bd5+ Ke7 29. f4 Nb6 30. g5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Kf7 32. Rf1 exf4 33. Bxf6 Rd7 34. Rxf4 Kg8 35. Rh4 Re8 36. Kf3 Bd8 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. e4 Bc7 40. h4 Rh7 41. Kg4 Kd7 42. Be5 Re7 43. Bf4 Rxe4 44. h5 gxh5+ 45. Kf5 Re8 46. g6 Rf8+ 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Rxh5 Kf6 49. Rf5+ Kg7 50. Rxf8 Kxf8 51. Kd5 Kg7 52. Bxd6 Bd8 53. Kxc5 Kxg6 54. Kb4 Kf5 55. Kxa4 Ke6 56. Bc5 Kd7 57. Kb4 Kc8 58. a4 Kb8 59. a5 Ka8 60. Bb6 Bxb6 61. axb6 Kb8 62. Kc5 Kc8 63. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Grygoriev, Oleksii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. 0-0 g6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe7 16. c5 Rd8 17. Qf4 Bd7 18. h4 Be8 19. Qe3 Rd7 20. h5 gxh5 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Bc2 f6 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. Nd6 Rxd6 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Bb3 Bf7 27. Re1 Re7 28. Rcd1 Qb4 29. d5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Rd7 f5 32. Red1 Bxb2 33. Qxa7 Re7 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. R1xd6 Kf6 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Poluektov, Yury"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Ncb1 0-0 13. Bd3 Re8 14. 0-0 Nbd7 15. f4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Rf1 Nhf6 19. Kh1 Nb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. a5 Nd7 22. Nc4 Bg7 23. Nbd2 Bb7 24. Nf3 Rbd8 25. Rae1 Qb8 26. Qf2 Rf8 27. f5 Nf6 28. g4 g5 29. h4 Nh7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kg2 f6 32. Rh1 Rf7 33. Rh5 Bf8 34. Reh1 Rdd7 35. Nb6 Rde7 36. Nd2 Re8 37. Kf3 Ree7 38. Ndc4 Rc7 39. Qh2 Qd8 40. Qe2 Qb8 41. Nd2 Qa7 42. Bc4 Rce7 43. Ke3 Rc7 44. Kd3 Rce7 45. Kc2 Kh8 46. R1h3 Rc7 47. Rh2 Rg7 48. Qd3 Rcf7 49. Rh6 Be7 50. e5 dxe5 51. d6 Bd8 52. Bxf7 Rxf7 53. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zinchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. d4 e5 7. Be2 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Nb3 Qe7 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Qc1 Bf5 13. Qc3 Rad8 14. a3 Nd4 15. exd4 Qxe2 16. Re1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qh5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Nd2 Nh5 20. Qc1 Nf4 21. Bxg7 Nd3 22. Ne4 Nxc1 23. Bxf8 Nd3 24. Be7 Nxe1 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Bxd8 Nd3 27. Rf1 Qc8 28. Be7 Qxc4 29. h4 Qe6 30. Bd8 Kh8 31. Rb1 b6 32. Rb5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plaksin, Valeriy"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. Nd2 Re8 10. 0-0 Na6 11. f4 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bf3 Ba6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Nf1 Nd7 16. Be3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 a6 18. Qd2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. e5 dxe5 21. d6 Ne6 22. Nd5 exf4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Ne5 26. Nc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 Re6 28. Qxf7 Qxd6 29. Ra7 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Burlai, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. d4 b6 6. e3 c5 7. a3 d5 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. 0-0 Bd5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Ba6 Nb8 14. Bb5 Ne8 15. Rc1 Nd6 16. Bd3 f6 17. Nec4 Bh6 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. Bb1 e6 20. Ba2 Re8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Nf3 Na6 23. Rc2 Bg7 24. Ne5 Qb5 25. Nd3 Rac8 26. Nf4 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Bc8 28. Bb3 Bd7 29. Qb1 Kh8 30. Qa2 e5 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Nfd5 Bc8 33. Qa1 Qd7 34. Rd1 Nc7 35. Nxc7 Qxc7 36. Nd5 Qb7 37. f4 Nf7 38. fxe5 Nxe5 39. Ne3 Qe7 40. Re1 Bb7 41. Bc2 Qh4 42. Re2 Be4 43. Ba4 Re7 44. Nf1 h6 45. Ng3 Ng4 46. Bxg7+ Rxg7 47. Nf1 Bd3 48. g3 Qf6 49. Qxf6 Nxf6 50. Rd2 Bf5 51. Ne3 Be4 52. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilinitsky, Gennadiy"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 a6 4. 0-0 b5 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 e6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. c3 Be7 11. a3 0-0 12. h4 b4 13. Nf1 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Bg5 Bc6 16. Ne3 Rb8 17. Ng4 Re8 18. Ra2 Nf8 19. Qe2 Rb3 20. Qd2 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Qf4 Bg7 26. h5 Rxd3 27. h6 Bh8 28. Nge5 Bd5 29. Rae2 Rxa3 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Nxd4 fxe5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Nf5 Nc4 34. Qh5 e4 35. Rb1 Ne5 36. Kg2 Nf3 37. Qg4 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Bxa1 39. Ne3 Qd6 40. Ra2 Bd4 41. Nf5 Qg6 42. Qh3 Be5 43. Ne3 d4 44. Ng4 d3 45. Nxe5 Nxe5 46. Qh4 Nf7 47. Ra5 Qxh6 48. Rh5 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Be2 a4 15. 0-0 Nd7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. h3 f5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. g4 fxg4 21. hxg4 Nb3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Kg2 e5 24. Bf3 e4 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Rd5 Re6 27. Rh1 Rae8 28. Rdh5 R8e7 29. g5 Rg6 30. Bg4 Rf7 31. Kg3 Nd3 32. Bf6 Rfxf6 33. gxf6 Ne5 34. f7+ Kf8 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Rxh7 Bc5 37. Kh3 Rg7 38. Rh8+ Kxf7 39. Bd1 Bxa3 40. Bxa4 Bb4 41. Rh5 Kf6 42. Bc2 Rg5 43. Rh7 Rg7 44. Rh6+ Kg5 45. Rh4 Rf7 46. Rg4+ Kh6 47. Bxe4 Rxf2 48. Rg6+ Kh5 49. Re6 b6 50. Rxe5+ Kh6 51. Kg4 Bd6 52. Rg5 Rf6 53. Bf5 Bc5 54. e4 Bd6 55. Rg8 Be5 56. Re8 Bd4 57. Re7 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bytchek, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd4 Rb8 14. e4 c5 15. Qd2 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 c4 19. Be5 Rb5 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. bxc4 Rb4 22. Bf4 Rxc4 23. Bg2 Bd6 24. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Bf3 Be6 28. a4 Rd4 29. Bc6 Kf8 30. a5 Rb4 31. Kg2 Rb2 32. Rc5 Rb4 33. Bf3 Bc4 34. Rc7 Ra4 35. h4 h5 36. Bxh5 Bd5+ 37. Bf3 Bxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rxa5 39. Ra7 Ra2 40. g4 a5 41. Kg2 a4 42. Kg1 a3 43. Kg2 Ra1 44. Kh2 a2 45. Kg2 Kg8 46. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreev, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. g4 Nfd7 9. g5 g6 10. h4 h6 11. Bg2 hxg5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Nb2 b6 16. Nd3 Bb7 17. Nf4 Qc7 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Rg8 20. Nfxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qc6 22. Rh7 Nf8 23. Qh5+ Neg6 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Bb2 Qc5 26. Qf3+ Ke8 27. 0-0-0 Qxg5+ 28. Kb1 Rf8 29. Rh5 Rxf3 30. Rxg5 Bxe4+ 31. Ka1 Bxg5 32. Rxd6 Rd3 33. Re6+ Kf7 34. Rxe4 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 6th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2010.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Matjushin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 d5 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Na6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Bc3 Rfd8 13. e3 Bh3 14. c5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e5 16. b4 exd4 17. exd4 Nc7 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Bd2 a6 20. a4 Re8 21. Rc3 Re4 22. Be3 Rae8 23. Qd3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krupko, Alexey"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 f6 9. a3 Rb8 10. c3 a5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nf1 Bc6 16. Rb1 a4 17. Re6 Ra8 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. Qc2 Ng6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Bb4 Qd8 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 24. Ne3 Qb6 25. Qd2 Re8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. Bxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rc5 Qd8 29. f3 Re8 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Re1 h5 32. Ng2 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qf5 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. Qe2 h4 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. hxg3 Bd7 38. Qd3 Qg5 39. Qc2 Bc6 40. Qe2 Qf5 41. Qd3 Qd7 42. Qg6+ Kg8 43. Qd3 Bb5 44. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. b3 d4 10. Na2 Qe7 11. b4 Bb6 12. d3 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nb3 Bd7 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Nb4 Rab8 20. Rfb1 Ne7 21. Rb2 a5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 b5 24. Rab1 Qd6 25. Qd2 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Rc8 28. Qb7 Qc6 29. Qa7 Be6 30. Rb6 Qc5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qa6 Rf8 33. Rxe6 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qe1 35. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kh4 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 a5 8. b3 d5 9. Bb2 d4 10. Qc2 d3 11. Qc3 e4 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. 0-0-0 Nb4 14. Kb1 Nc2 15. Ka2 Nb4+ 16. Kb1 Nc2 17. Ka2 Nb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peskov, Alexsey"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 0-0 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Be3 Nf8 12. b4 Bd7 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. h3 Ng6 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf3 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Bf4 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bg3 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bd6 25. Rc6 Qd8 26. a4 Bb8 27. Qc3 e4 28. Be2 e3 29. Bxb8 exf2+ 30. Kf1 Qxb8 31. Bf3 Nd7 32. Bd5 Qh2 33. Kxf2 Ne5 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Nxc6 36. bxc6 Re7 37. Kf4 Kf8 38. h4 Ke8 39. g4 a5 40. b5 Kd8 41. Bb3 Kc7 42. Kg5 Re5+ 43. Kf4 f6 44. g5 Re2 45. Bf7 fxg5+ 46. Kxg5 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 c6 6. e3 0-0 7. Be2 a5 8. b5 cxb5 9. cxb5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. 0-0 a4 12. Ba3 Be6 13. e4 Nh5 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Bb4 Rfc8 16. Ng5 Nf4 17. Bf1 Bc4 18. Qf3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 fxe6 23. Rad1 Rc4 24. a3 Rac8 25. Rd3 Qg7 26. Nd1 Qd7 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. e5 Nd5 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Ne3 Rc3 31. Nxd5 Rxd3 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Qxd3 Rf8 34. Rc1 Qf6 35. Qe3 Qf5 36. Rc5 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qb3 38. Qxb3 axb3 39. Rc3 b2 40. Rb3 Ra8 41. Rxb2 Rxa3 42. Rc2 Rb3 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Rxb7 h5 46. h4 e5 47. b6 e4 48. Rb8 Rb1 49. b7 Kg7 50. g4 hxg4 51. Kg3 Rb4 52. Kf4 Kh7 53. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Veremiy, Bogdan"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 e6 5. Bxd3 a6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Rac1 b6 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. f4 h6 18. Bh4 Bd8 19. Nf3 Bc7 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. f5 e5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bd8 26. Rf1 Nf8 27. Qf2 N6h7 28. Bxd8 Rcxd8 29. Nh4 Re7 30. Rc3 Rdd7 31. Rf3 Qd8 32. Rf6 e4 33. Rf4 e3 34. Qb2+ Kg8 35. Nxg6 Nxg6 36. Bxg6 Re5 37. Qe2 Rg7 38. Bxh7+ Kxh7 39. Rf6 Qe7 40. g3 h5 41. Rf8 Qg5 42. R1f6 Qg4 43. Qc2+ Qe4+ 44. Qxe4+ Rxe4 45. Rf1 h4 46. gxh4 b5 47. cxb5 axb5 48. Rd8 e2 49. Re1 Rg6 50. h5 Rg5 51. Rxd6 Rf4 0-1

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boryshkevich, Roman"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. a4 d5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. g3 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nf6 10. Nf2 0-0 11. c3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ke2 Na5 14. Be3 Nb3 15. Ra2 Rfd8 16. Bc2 Na5 17. b3 Nc6 18. g4 b5 19. h4 b4 20. c4 h5 21. Rg1 hxg4 22. Nxg4 Nh5 23. Raa1 Nd4+ 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bd2 a5 26. f5 Bxh4 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Nh6+ Kh7 29. Nf7 Ng3+ 30. Rxg3 Bxg3 31. Nxd8 Rxd8 32. Rf1 Kg8 33. Bg5 Rd7 34. Kd3 Bc7 35. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dumansky, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Bg4 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. e4 Rfd8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nd1 Qb5 18. Qc2 Bc5 19. Nc3 Qb8 20. Na4 Ba7 21. Rae1 d4 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qf4 Nf8 24. f3 Ne6 25. Qd2 Bh5 26. Ba3 Qb5 27. Bd6 Bb8 28. Nb2 Bxd6 29. exd6 Bf7 30. Nc4 c5 31. f4 Nf8 32. Re5 g6 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Nd7 35. Re1 Re8 36. Re7 Qc6 37. Qg2 Rxe7 38. dxe7 Re8 39. Rd6 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rxe7 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Matjushin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qb3 e6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a4 Rab8 13. a5 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Qf4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rab1 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. h3 Rfd8 25. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljukin, Sergei"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. 0-0 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. f3 Re8 12. Qf2 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Nb3 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Rxd6 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rc6 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. R6d2 Bf8 21. Be3 e5 22. Bg5 Be6 23. Bxf6 Bxb3 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Qc7 26. Bg5 Be6 27. Qd2 Rd6 28. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Rudak, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4 exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. h3 0-0 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. Re3 Rec8 20. Rae1 Qa6 21. Qb1 Qb6 22. Bc2 h6 23. Rb3 Qc6 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5 Qxa4 26. Rxb7 Qc6 27. Rb3 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Rab8 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. g4 Rd8 32. Re2 Qd7 33. Qf4 Qb5 34. Qe3 Kg8 35. h4 g6 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Bg7 38. Ne5 Bxe5 39. Qxe5 Qd7 40. f3 Qd6 41. Kf2 Qxe5 42. dxe5 Kf8 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Rc2 Rd7 46. Rc6+ Kf5 47. Rd6 Rb7 48. Rf6+ Kxg5 49. Kxd5 Rd7+ 50. Kc6 Re7 51. Kd6 Rb7 52. b4 Kh6 53. Kc5 Kg7 54. f4 Re7 55. Kd5 Rb7 56. Kc4 Re7 57. Ra6 Rc7+ 58. Kd5 Rb7 59. Kc5 Rc7+ 60. Rc6 Rb7 61. b5 Rd7 62. Rd6 Rc7+ 63. Kb4 Kf8 64. Ra6 Ke7 65. Rf6 Rc1 66. Ra6 Rc7 67. Ka5 Ke8 68. Rf6 Rc1 69. Ka6 Ra1+ 70. Kb7 Ra5 71. Kc6 Ra1 72. Rd6 Rc1+ 73. Kb7 Rb1 74. Rd5 Ra1 75. Rc5 Ra5 76. Kc6 Ke7 77. Rd5 Ra1 78. Rd6 Ra5 79. Rd7+ Ke6 80. Rd6+ Ke7 81. Kc5 Ra1 82. Ra6 Rc1+ 83. Kd5 Rc7 84. Rc6 Rb7 85. Kc5 Kd7 86. Ra6 Rc7+ 87. Kb4 Kc8 88. Ra1 Kb7 89. Rh1 Kb6 90. Rh7 a6 91. bxa6 Kxa6 92. Rg7 Kb7 93. Kb5 Kc8 94. Kb6 Rb7+ 95. Kc6 Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iljin, Timofey"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 0-0 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. g3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. h3 a5 13. Bb2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Bxa1 Na6 16. b5 Nc5 17. Bg2 d6 18. 0-0 Bf5 19. Kh2 Nd3 20. f3 Qe7 21. Na4 Qxe2 22. Nxb6 Ne1 23. Rxe1 Qxe1 24. Qxe1 Rxe1 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nc4 Bd3 27. Nxd6 Re7 28. f4 Kf8 29. b6 f5 30. g4 Rd7 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. gxf5 Rd6 33. f6 Ke8 34. Be4 h6 35. Kg3 Kd7 36. Bf5+ Kd8 37. Be4 Rxb6 38. d6 Rb5 39. Bh7 Kd7 40. f5 Kxd6 41. Kg4 Ke5 42. Kh5 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Prihodko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. d4 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Be2 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. e4 0-0 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nxb5 Nxe4 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Qf3 a6 18. Nbxd6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Qh4 20. Bf4 Bd4 21. Nd6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qf6 23. b3 h5 24. Nc4 Qf5 25. h3 Nf6 26. d6 Rd8 27. Bg3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Nd5 29. Kf1 f6 30. Re2 Kf7 31. a3 g5 32. Rd2 Ke6 33. b4 Nf4 34. bxc5 Bxc5 35. Bxf4 gxf4 36. Re2+ Kd5 37. Re4 Bd4 38. Nd2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pasko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Qd3 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Be7 12. Nb3 0-0 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Bd8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bg4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Qe7 22. Rf3 Nd7 23. Rg3 f6 24. Nf3 g6 25. Nh4 Rg8 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Nf5 Qf8 28. Nd6 Rc7 29. Bh6 Qe7 30. Nf5 Qf7 31. Nd6 Qe7 32. Nf5 Qf7 33. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zinchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Ndf3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. Nfe5 Rac8 16. f3 Nef6 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Rfd1 c4 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Ne5 Bb4 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 b5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. f4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Qd6 26. h3 Rb8 27. Qc2 Rb4 28. Ra3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Ra5 Rfb8 31. Rc5 Bb5 32. Qe2 Be8 33. Kh2 R4b5 34. Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Qg4 Rb8 36. f5 Ba4 37. Rf1 Qf6 38. Qg3 Rd8 39. Ng4 Qd6 40. Rf4 h5 41. Ne5 Qf6 42. Qe1 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Varchenko, Grigory"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nc6 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b4 12. e5 Bc5 13. Qh4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qxe5 15. Na4 Be7 16. Nb6 Nd5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qe4 0-0 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. b3 Nf6 21. Qe2 d5 22. Ne3 Ne4 23. Be1 a5 24. f3 Nc3 25. Qd3 Qc6 26. Rf2 f5 27. Bd2 Bf6 28. Re1 Nxa2 29. h4 Nc3 30. Nd1 g6 31. Bf4 Rfe8 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Qd6 34. Qd4 Rc5 35. Ne3 Qc7 36. h5 Nb5 37. Qf4 d4 38. Nc4 Rxe5 39. Nxe5 Qg7 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Re2 g5 42. Qd2 Rd8 43. Nc6 Rd6 44. Nxa5 Nc3 45. Nc4 Nxe2 46. Nxd6 Nc3 47. Qd3 g4 48. Qa6 gxf3+ 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. Qc8 f4 51. g4 Qxg4 52. Qb7+ Kh6 53. Nf7+ Kh5 54. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 55. Kxf3 Kg6 56. Ne5+ Kf5 57. Nc6 e5 58. Nxb4 e4+ 59. Kf2 Kg4 60. Nc6 e3+ 61. Ke1 f3 62. Nxd4 f2+ 63. Kf1 Ne4 64. Ke2 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krupko, Alexey"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. h4 h6 12. Nf1 0-0-0 13. N1h2 Rdg8 14. Ng4 Nf8 15. h5 Nh7 16. c3 Ng5 17. a3 Nd8 18. b4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 gxf6 21. d4 Rf8 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Nxh6 f5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. c4 Bg5 26. cxd5 Bxh6 27. dxe6 Re8 28. e7 Nc6 29. Qe6+ Qd7 30. Qxh6 Nxd4 31. Bxb7+ Qxb7 32. Rab1 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Qa8 34. Qa6+ Kc7 35. Qa5+ Kd6 36. Rbd1+ Nd4+ 37. Kg1 Qd5 38. Qa6+ Kc7 39. Qxa7+ Kc8 40. Qa6+ Kc7 41. Qa7+ Kc8 42. Rxd4 Qxd4 43. Rc1 1-0

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Andreev, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxc3 Qc7 11. 0-0 Be6 12. e4 a5 13. c4 a4 14. Be3 0-0 15. Ne1 f6 16. Nd3 Ra5 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. f3 Qf7 20. Qc3 Rba8 21. Rc2 h5 22. Rdc1 Qe7 23. g3 Bf7 24. Qe1 Be6 25. Bf2 Bf7 26. Qc3 Qc7 27. Re1 Rb8 28. f4 Rb3 29. Qd2 exf4 30. gxf4 Ra8 31. Rc3 Rd8 32. Rxb3 axb3 33. Qc3 Qd6 34. Nxc5 Qxf4 35. Nxb3 h4 36. c5 Rd1 37. Nd4 Qxe4 38. Rxd1 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qxd1+ 40. Be1 Bd5 41. Ne2 Qb1 42. b4 Qe4 43. Bf2 Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Qxh2 45. Ng1 Qf4 46. Qd4 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kravchenko, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. h3 Bb8 12. Rfe1 e4 13. Nh2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Qd1 Qh4 17. f3 Bxh3 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. fxe4 Bg4 20. Qb1 Ng3 21. e5 Ne2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxe2 23. Qf5 Qh5 24. Qf2 Bc4 25. Bc2 Bc7 26. Ng3 Qh4 27. Qf3 g6 28. Kf2 Bd5 29. e4 Be6 30. Rh1 Qg4 31. Qc3 Bc4 32. b3 Ba6 33. Qe3 h5 34. Bd1 Qe6 35. Bxh5 gxh5 36. Rxh5 Bd8 37. Nf5 Qg6 38. Qh3 Bf6 39. exf6 Qxf6 40. Rh6 1-0

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Nazarevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. 0-0 c5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. d3 Rfe8 14. e4 Nb8 15. b5 Nbd7 16. Nh4 Rc7 17. f4 Rd8 18. a4 Nf8 19. a5 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rfe1 Ne8 22. d4 g5 23. d5 gxf4 24. gxf4 Qh4 25. Rf1 exd5 26. cxd5 Re7 27. Rcd1 Qh6 28. Rd3 Bc8 29. Rg3 Kf8 30. f5 Qf6 31. Qa3 Re5 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qa7 Rd7 34. Qxb6 Rb7 35. Qa5 Qe7 36. Rh3 Qd7 37. b6 f6 38. Bf3 g5 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. Rh6 Qd8 41. Bh5 Kg7 42. Rg6+ Kf8 43. f6 Bh3 44. Rh6 1-0

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Shulga, Jury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Ned2 Ngf6 10. Bd3 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd6 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 0-0-0 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Nf6 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Qa4 Kb8 22. Rfe1 Rde8 23. Ne5 h5 24. Ba6 Ka8 25. Bxb7+ Qxb7 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Nxc6 Rc8 28. Ne5 Rc7 29. a3 Rb8 30. Rd2 Rb3 31. Rc1 g4 32. Kf1 Kb8 33. Ke2 Kc8 34. Nc4 Kd7 35. Na5 Rb8 36. b4 Rg8 37. b5 Ke7 38. a4 Rg5 39. Nb3 Rb7 40. Nd4 Rg8 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Ne3 Ke5 43. c6 Re7 44. a5 Rb8 45. Rb2 Kd6 46. Nc4+ Kc7 47. Ne5 Kd6 48. Nd3 Rc7 49. Nc5 Rxc6 50. Ne4+ Ke5 51. Rxc6 Kxe4 52. Rc4+ Ke5 53. Kd3 Kd6 54. Kd4 Ne7 55. Ke4 f5+ 56. Kd4 Rb7 57. Rc5 a6 58. Kc4 axb5+ 59. Rbxb5 1-0

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Vinogradov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. e3 dxe3 8. fxe3 0-0 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 Nf5 11. d5 Qd6 12. Kh1 Qb4 13. Qb3 Na6 14. Nc3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nc5 16. Bf4 Nd6 17. Ra3 a6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. b4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Na4 21. Rc2 Bf5 22. Rd2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. b4 Raa8 25. Nd4 Rfc8 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rf4 Nb6 28. Bf1 Ra1 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. b5 Rc1 31. Rdd4 Rc2+ 32. Kh3 h6 33. Bd3 Rc3 34. Rxf5 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 R8xc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Rf6 Rc5 38. Rxd6 Rxb5 39. Kg4 Kg7 40. Kf5 Rb1 41. Rd8 b5 42. Rb8 b4 43. d6 Rd1 44. Ke5 Re1+ 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46. Kc6 Rc1+ 47. Kd7 Rb1 48. Kc7 b3 49. d7 Rc1+ 50. Kd8 Rb1 51. Rb6 b2 52. g4 f6 53. Rb7 Kg6 54. Rb5 h5 55. gxh5+ Kh6 56. h4 f5 57. Ke7 Re1+ 58. Kf6 Rd1 59. Rb8 Kxh5 60. Kxf5 b1Q+ 61. Rxb1 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shilin, Denis"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. g4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Rxf8+ Nxf8 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Rf1 Bg5 19. Nd1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Rf8 21. Nh3 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Bh4 23. Bg2 Bxg3 24. hxg3 h6 25. c3 Qc7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Bb5 28. Qd2 Qb6 29. Kh2 Ne7 30. Qb4 Nc8 31. g5 Be8 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. b3 Ke7 36. Kh3 Nd7 37. Bf1 Nb8 38. Bd3 Nc6 39. Ne2 Nb4 40. Bb1 Bb5 41. Nf4 Nc6 42. Bd3 Nxd4 43. Bxb5 axb5 44. Kg4 Kf7 45. b4 b6 46. Kh5 Nf5 47. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Sivayev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. d4 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 Ba6 14. Rac1 Na5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Bf1 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Ne8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Re1 Nc6 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 Rc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Bb1 Nb4 26. Ne5 Bf6 27. Bf5 Bxe5 28. Bxc8 Bxc8 29. Bxe5 Qc6 30. Rc1 Na6 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Nxe4 Be6 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 Bxa2 35. Ra5 Be6 36. Rxa7 f6 37. Bd4 Bf7 38. f4 Kg8 39. Bc5 Bg6 40. Kf2 f5 41. Bd4 Bf7 42. Be5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Derjabin, Ilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nd2 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Re8 12. Bf3 Nfd7 13. a4 Ne5 14. Be2 f5 15. a5 Nbd7 16. f4 Nf7 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Ra3 b5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rb3 Re7 23. Nb5 Ne4 24. c4 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Re8 26. Nc2 Qh4 27. Bd1 Ng3 28. Rf3 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Nh5 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. g3 Qe7 32. Qxd4 Qe1 33. Qd3 Nf6 34. Rf1 Qe7 35. Bf3 Ne4 36. Qd4 Ra8 37. Bd2 Nxd2 38. Qxd2 Ra6 39. Rf2 Qe3 40. Kg2 Qxd2 41. Rxd2 Nd8 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43. Bxe2 Nb7 44. b4 Kf8 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. c5 dxc5 47. bxc5 Ra5 48. d6+ Kd8 49. Rxb6 Nxc5 50. Bb5 Ne4+ 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Kd4 Nxd6 53. Rxd6+ Ke7 54. Rd7+ Ke6 55. Rxh7 Rxg3 56. Bc4+ Kd6 57. Rg7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be3 Ne5 9. Rc1 b6 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. f3 Nh5 13. 0-0 Nhf4 14. Bd1 Be7 15. g3 Nh5 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. Nb3 Bd8 18. c5 b5 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. b4 h5 21. Ndxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Qc6 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. b5 Qc7 25. a4 Ne8 26. b6 Qc6 27. Nxb7 Qxb7 28. a5 Ra8 29. Qa2 h4 30. g4 Nc7 31. bxc7 Be7 32. Rb1 Qc8 33. Rb5 Ne5 34. Bd2 Nc6 35. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 0-0 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Be2 Nxc5 8. 0-0 d6 9. Nd4 a6 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bb2 e5 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Qb1 g5 18. Bd3 g4 19. Nd2 Ng5 20. Re1 Qf7 21. Qc2 Qh5 22. Nf1 Qg6 23. Kh1 h5 24. Qe2 h4 25. Bc2 h3 26. gxh3 Nxh3 27. Ng3 Qf7 28. Bb3 b5 29. cxb5 Bxb3 30. axb3 axb5 31. Qxb5 Nxf2+ 32. Kg2 Nh3 33. Rcd1 Qxb3 34. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 35. Rxd5 f4 36. Ne4 fxe3 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Nxd6 Rf2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2 40. Kxg4 Nf2+ 41. Kf3 e4+ 42. Kxe3 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kobyliansky, Igor"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 Nd7 11. f5 e5 12. Qf3 Ngf6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 c4 18. Be4 Bd6 19. g4 h6 20. Kg2 Qb6 21. Rfe1 a5 22. c3 Qd8 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Rf1 Be7 25. d6 Bxd6 26. Bc6 Qb6 27. Bxd7+ Kxd7 28. f6 g6 29. Qd5 Qc6 30. Rxe5 Qxd5+ 31. Rxd5 Kc6 32. Rd4 Be5 33. Re4 Kd5 34. Rfe1 Bxf6 35. Rf4 Bh4 36. Rd1 Kc6 37. Be1 Bg5 38. Rxf7 Rcd8 39. Rd4 Rhe8 40. Kf1 Rf8 41. Rxf8 Rxf8+ 42. Ke2 Bc1 43. a4 Bxb2 44. axb5+ Kxb5 45. Rd5+ Kc6 46. Rxa5 Re8+ 47. Kd2 Rxe1 48. Ra6+ Kb5 49. Ra2 Bxc3+ 50. Kxc3 Re3+ 51. Kd4 Rd3+ 52. Ke4 Rd6 53. Rb2+ Kc5 54. Rc2 Re6+ 55. Kf4 Kb4 56. Rb2+ Ka3 57. Rb7 c3 58. Rc7 Kb2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Re2 Rc4 15. a3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Rcc8 18. a4 Qc7 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Re6 21. a5 Nc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Qb4 Rce8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd1 Nh5 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. Ne3 Nf4 28. Qxb7 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Qh4 30. Qf3 Nxd4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qxa7 Qxf2 33. Qxd4 Rxe3 34. Qxc4 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxd1+ 37. Qf1 Qd4+ 38. Qf2 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 0-0 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Na4 Rac8 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qd7 17. c4 f5 18. f4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Qe2 d5 22. Rxe6 dxc4 23. Rd1 Qb5 24. Rd2 h6 25. g4 Qa4 26. Qe4 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Bxb2 28. Rd7 Bf6 29. Rxf6 Qb2+ 30. Kh3 Qc3+ 31. Kg2 Rxf6 32. Bd4 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 Rcf8 34. f5 Qd3+ 35. Qxd3 cxd3 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ermolaev, Andrey Stanislavovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 0-0 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Bf3 Qd6 11. Qe2 Qe5 12. Rd1 Rab8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd3 c5 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. g3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Nf4 Bc7 19. Qe2 Be4 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 c4 22. h4 h6 23. Qf3 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Ne2 g4 26. Qf4 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 dxe4 28. Nd4 Be5 29. Rd2 Bxd4 30. exd4 a6 31. Rc2 Rxd4 32. Be3 Rd3 33. Rxc4 Rxb2 34. Bd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 e3 36. Rf4 Kg7 37. Kf1 exf2 38. Rxf2 Rb5 39. Re1 Kg6 40. Re7 Rb4 41. Kg2 Rb6 42. Re3 Nh7 43. Rb3 Rc6 44. Rfb2 f6 45. Rb6 Rc1 46. Rxa6 Ng5 47. Ra4 Kh5 48. Rf4 Nh3 49. Rxf6 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Ra1 51. Rb5+ Ng5 52. Rff5 Rxa2+ 53. Kg1 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nominas, Kirill"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.05.02"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qe2 e5 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bg4 0-0 15. Rd7 Qb6 16. Rd6 Qc5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bd7 Be7 19. R6d3 a5 20. Rh3 h6 21. Rdd3 Bg5 22. b3 a4 23. Rhf3 axb3 24. cxb3 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Bc8 26. Rdd3 Bg4 27. h3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Bd8 29. a4 b4 30. Nb1 Bb6 31. Nd2 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qe1 33. Kg3 g6 34. Nc4 Bd4 35. Rd2 f5 36. Re2 Qb1 37. Qd3 Bxf2+ 38. Kf3 Qg1 39. Qd7 fxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Qxg2+ 41. Kd3 Qf3+ 42. Kd2 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bb1 Rfe8 15. N4f3 Rad8 16. Bd4 Qb8 17. h3 Qa8 18. Qe3 b5 19. b4 Bf8 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Qe2 e5 22. Bb2 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. a3 Bh6 25. Ne1 Qb7 26. Rc3 e4 27. Nc2 Nh5 28. Ne3 Nf4 29. Qf1 Bg7 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Nxe4 Qa8 32. Rf3 Bxb2 33. Rxf4 Nb6 34. Re1 Nc4 35. Ba2 Qc6 36. a4 Qe6 37. Bb3 Qd5 38. axb5 Qa8 39. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotsuba, Aleksander"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. a4 Nge7 8. Qe2 Ng6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Rd1 0-0 11. Be3 Qa5 12. h3 d6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Bb3 Qd8 18. a5 Qe8 19. Qa2 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Ba4 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxa4 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. f3 Rd4 26. Rcb3 Qd7 27. R3b2 Bg5 28. Qf2 Qd6 29. h4 Bd2 30. Kh2 Bxb4 31. h5 h6 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Chaika, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Bf6 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. e4 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. b4 c6 15. Nbd2 Nc7 16. Nc4 Ne8 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Rac1 Nd6 19. Nce5 Rc7 20. Bd3 Qa8 21. Bb1 Rfc8 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Qf4 a5 24. Qg4 g6 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Ba2 Rdc7 27. Ne5 Bf8 28. Qf4 Qb5 29. Rc2 Bg7 30. h4 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Ne8 32. Rd6 c5 33. Rxe6 c4 34. Rd6 Ng7 35. e6 fxe6 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxc7 Rd7 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qf4+ Kg8 40. Bxc4 Qa4 41. Rd2 Rxd2 42. Qxd2 Qc6 43. Qd8+ Ne8 44. Qd4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d5 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Na4 b5 9. a3 0-0 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Qb1 bxa4 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Rxa4 Qd6 14. f4 Rab8 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f5 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. f6 g6 20. h4 e5 21. Re3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Kh2 Re6 24. Re4 Qd5 25. g4 Rbb6 26. g5 h5 27. Rf3 Nc6 28. Ra3 a6 29. Rc3 Rb4 30. d3 cxd3 31. exd3 Nd4 32. Kg3 Reb6 33. Kh2 a5 34. Ra3 a4 35. Qa2 Qd7 36. Rc3 Rb3 37. Rxc5 Rxd3 38. Re3 Nf3+ 39. Kg3 Rd1 40. Qc4 Nd4 41. Kh2 Qb7 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Karanda, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 c5 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. d3 Qc7 12. e4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rae1 dxe4 15. dxe4 Ba6 16. Nh4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rac8 18. e5 Ng4 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. f4 Nxh2+ 21. Kg1 Ng4 22. Bd5 Nf8 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Kg2 Ne6 26. Qc4 Qd8 27. Kf3 h5 28. Rd1 b5 29. Qxb5 Nd4+ 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Rd7 32. Ke4 Qc8 33. Bc5 Rc7 34. b4 g6 35. Kd4 h4 36. Qd3 Nh6 37. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Be2 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Qxe4 Qxc4 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Re3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rg3 f6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. c4 Ne7 23. Bd2 b6 24. a4 Ba6 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Rac1 Nf5 27. a5 Rd7 28. axb6 axb6 29. Be3 Rdc7 30. c5 Ne7 31. R3c2 Nd5 32. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Prihodko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. Qc2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 fxe4 15. f3 Qg5 16. Qd2 Qh5 17. fxe4 Rfe8 18. Rf4 Rcd8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rh4 Qf7 21. Qg5 d4 22. Rxd4 h6 23. Rxh6 Rf8 24. Bf3 Rde8 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Rd6 Qf7 28. Rg6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshenko, Igor"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e4 0-0 9. h3 Re8 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. a4 Nfd7 12. 0-0 Bf6 13. Re1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nb5 Nd7 17. Na3 Qf6 18. Nc4 Bd4 19. Re2 a6 20. Qg3 Be5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. b3 Qd6 23. Qd3 Rec8 24. Rc2 Qg6 25. Bb2 Rab8 26. Qxa6 Qxe4 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 f6 29. Rac1 Ra8 30. Re1 Kf7 31. f4 exf4 32. Rxf4 Re8 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Kf2 Ne5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. a5 bxa5 37. Ra4 Rxd5 38. Rxa5 Ke6 39. Ra7 Rd7 40. Ra5 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ra7 Rd3+ 43. Kf2 g5 44. Ra6+ Ke5 45. Rb6 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Rb2 47. g4 h6 48. Rb5 Kd4 49. Kg3 Rc2 50. Rb6 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Ke5 52. Rc6 Ke4 53. Rxf6 Rxb3 54. Rxh6 c4 55. Rc6 Kd3 56. h4 gxh4 57. g5 Kd4 58. Rh6 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 Rxg5 60. Rxh4+ Kc3 61. Ke3 Re5+ 62. Kf3 Re8 63. Kf4 Kb4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zubov, Oleksander"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 b6 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. h3 Qe7 18. Qf2 Rac8 19. Ba3 Ned7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Rde1 Qc7 23. Qh4 Nfd7 24. Bc1 Nc5 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. Re3 Ncd7 27. Rg3 Rb8 28. Nf5 Bf6 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 f6 31. Qh6 Nf8 32. Nd4 Qc5 33. Qh4 Ned7 34. Bf5 b5 35. Be6+ Nxe6 36. Nxe6 Qa7 37. Qh6 Re7 38. Qf4 Ne5 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Qb4 Rd7 41. Rxf6 Qxa2 42. Qxb5 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Rdd8 44. Qe2 Rdc8 45. Rf1 Qa5 46. Qd1 Qa2 47. Qd4 Qa6 48. Qf4 Qb7 49. Rc3 Qe7 50. Rfc1 Rxc3 51. Rxc3 Qf7 52. Qc1 Re8 53. Rc8 Qe7 54. Rxe8+ Qxe8 55. Qc7 Nf7 56. b4 h5 57. b5 Qa8 58. Qe7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cherednichenko, Svetlana"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 11. Nh3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Bf2 c5 15. 0-0 Rac8 16. Rae1 Nf8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bd3 N8d7 19. Bf5 Ba6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rb8 22. b3 Rec8 23. Rc1 g5 24. Bg3 Rb6 25. Rc2 Re6 26. Re1 Nb6 27. f4 Ng4 28. Rce2 Re4 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. a4 c4 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Bxd6 f6 34. a5 Nd5 35. Nf2 Nxf2 36. Kxf2 Re6 37. Bg3 c3 38. Rc1 f5 39. h3 Kg7 40. Kf3 Rc4 41. Bb8 a6 42. Ba7 Nb4 43. g4 fxg4+ 44. hxg4 Nd3 45. Rh1 c2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golovanj, Andrej"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. 0-0 exd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Qd1 a6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. a4 Ne8 15. Ra3 Ne5 16. Bf1 f5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Kh2 Ndf6 19. g3 Nc7 20. a5 b6 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Bd3 Qb8 23. Re2 h5 24. Qc2 Re8 25. Nd1 Rxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qe8 27. Qxe8+ Ncxe8 28. Nf2 Kf7 29. b3 Nc7 30. Kg2 Rb8 31. Kf3 Nd7 32. Bc2 Bc3 33. Nd1 Bb4 34. Ra2 Re8 35. Be3 a5 36. Bd3 Nf6 37. Nf2 Na6 38. Rc2 Be1 39. Re2 Bc3 40. Bc1 Rxe2 41. Kxe2 Nb4 42. Bb1 Bd4 43. Kf3 h4 44. gxh4 Nh5 45. Nh1 Bc3 46. Ng3 Nxg3 47. Kxg3 Be1+ 48. Kf3 Bxh4 49. Bd2 Ke7 50. Ke3 Kd7 51. Bd3 Kc7 52. Be2 Kb6 53. Bd1 Na6 54. Bc3 Nb8 55. Bc2 Nd7 56. Kf3 Ka6 57. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gutman, Gennadi"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 0-0 7. Bg2 d5 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 d4 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. 0-0 Be6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5 Kg7 17. f4 f5 18. Nf3 e4 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. g4 Rh8 21. gxf5 Bxc4 22. Bxe4 Rhe8 23. Bf3 Rad8 24. Kh1 Bd5 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ fxg6 27. Rxg6 Qf7 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Rg7 Bxf3+ 30. exf3 Qxg7 31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32. b4 a6 33. Rd1 Re7 34. Qg6+ Kc7 35. f6 Red7 36. a4 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 0-0 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 a6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 b6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Nd3 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nb4 Rc7 17. b3 d5 18. Nxa6 Ra7 19. Nb4 Rxa3 20. Nc6 Qa8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bg5 Re6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. h3 Qd8 28. Rc3 Ra8 29. Qh5 Qe7 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qc4 Re4 32. Rd3 h5 33. Qb5 Rdxd4 34. Rg3+ Kf8 35. Qxh5 Qb4 36. Kh2 Qc5 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Ra1 Rd7 39. Ra8 Ke6 40. Rc8 Qd6 41. Rcc3 Rd8 42. Qh7 f5 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Qg5+ Ke6 45. Rc6 Qxc6 46. Qxd8 b5 47. Rg8 Qd6+ 48. g3 Qxd8 49. Rxd8 Rb4 50. Rd3 f4 51. g4 Re4 52. Kg2 Re2 53. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovalev, Denis"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 Ne5 9. Be2 Ng6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rac1 d6 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Bf1 Qb8 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Ne5 18. b3 h5 19. h3 Ng6 20. Nde2 Bd8 21. Nf4 Ne5 22. Nd3 Ng6 23. Nf4 Nf8 24. h4 b6 25. g3 Bc7 26. b4 Qb7 27. Rb1 d5 28. exd5 Bxf4 29. Bxf4 exd5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Ng6 32. Rd6 Nxf4 33. Rxb6 Qc7 34. gxf4 Qxf4 35. Rd1 Bxa4 36. Rd4 Qc1 37. Rxa6 Bc6 38. b5 Bxb5 39. cxb5 Rc2 40. Rc6 Rxc6 41. bxc6 Qxc6 42. Bc4 Qc7 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Rxd8+ Qxd8 45. Qa7 Qe8 46. Qc7 g6 47. Kf2 Kg7 48. f4 Qf8 49. Bd5 Kg8 50. Qa7 Kg7 51. Kf3 Qe8 52. Qa1+ f6 53. Qa7+ Kh6 54. Qa8 Qxa8 55. Bxa8 g5 56. f5 Kg7 57. Kg3 Kf7 58. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. Nc3 e5 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rfd1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bets, Anatolij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Na4 Ba6 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 c4 13. Bc2 e5 14. a3 b3 15. Bb1 Qa5 16. Nc3 0-0 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. h3 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Ne1 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. f3 Nd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Ne2 h6 17. a3 Bf7 18. Qd3 g5 19. Rab1 Bh5 20. Ba1 e6 21. c4 Qa6 22. Bb2 Na5 23. Qe3 dxc4 24. fxg5 cxb3 25. gxh6 Nc4 26. Qc1 Bf6 27. Nf4 Bf7 28. Qe1 Nxb2 29. Rxb2 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Qe3 e5 32. Rxb3 Qxh6 33. Rxb7 exf4 34. Qxd4 Nxg3+ 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kochetkov, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 0-0 6. Be2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Nc6 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. 0-0 Rac8 13. Rfd1 e6 14. Rd7 b6 15. Rad1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 17. Qd2 Qa4 18. Rb7 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Kg2 h6 22. Bf4 e5 23. Be3 c4 24. Rc7 Rd3 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 b5 27. e5 Qd1 28. Qxd1 Rxd1 29. Rxa7 Rb1 30. a4 Rxb2 31. Rb7 Rb3 32. axb5 Rxc3 33. e6 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Re1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kuzmenko, Yevgen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g4 0-0 8. g5 Ne4 9. Qe3 d5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. d3 Nd6 12. b3 Nc6 13. Qf4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Rg1 cxd4 17. Rxg2 Nf5 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. h4 Qa4 20. h5 Qc2 21. Rb4 e5 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Bxd2 Nd6 24. f3 Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rac8 26. Rg1 Re6 27. Rgb1 f5 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. a4 f5 30. a5 e4 31. Bf4 exd3 32. exd3 Nb7 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rxb6 Rxb6 35. Rxb6 Nc5 36. Ke2 Re8+ 37. Kd2 Ra8 38. Rb8+ Rxb8 39. Bxb8 Kf7 40. Be5 Ne6 41. c5 Nxc5 42. Bxd4 Na6 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kf4 Nb4 45. Kg5 Nxd3 46. Kh6 Kf7 47. Kxh7 f4 48. Bc3 Nc1 49. Kh6 Ne2 50. Bb2 Ng1 51. Kg5 Nxf3+ 52. Kxf4 Nd2 53. Bd4 Nc4 54. Kg5 Nd6 55. Be5 Nc8 56. h6 Kg8 57. Bd4 Ne7 58. Bc5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Labensky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Re8 11. Nh3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 c5 14. Bd3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Rd1 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qc8 18. b4 d4 19. Qxd4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxh3 21. Ke2 Rac8 22. Rd2 Qh5 23. Rg1 Re5 24. Qb2 Ne4 25. Rc2 Rxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 28. Rg2 Qh4+ 29. Ke2 Qd4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Rxf5 32. exd4 h5 33. Ke3 h4 34. Rd2 Kg8 35. Ke4 Rh5 36. Kf4 h3 37. Kg3 Kf8 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Re2+ Kd7 40. a4 a6 0-1

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Stets, Vasilij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 c5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a5 10. Qb3 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 cxb4 13. Qxb4 Bb7 14. 0-0 Qa8 15. Rb1 Qa7 16. Nb5 Qa2 17. Nc3 Qc2 18. Rd1 Qf5 19. d5 Ne4 20. Bd3 Ndc5 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxb6 Bc8 25. h3 Qxc4 26. Rd4 Qe2 27. Re4 Bxh3 28. Rxe7 Bg4 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Tokmina, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 c6 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Troshchenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rd1 Qc8 9. Nc3 a5 10. d5 Na6 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qc2 d6 13. Nd4 Re8 14. f4 Bf8 15. Bh3 Qd8 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Nc6 Qc8 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bg2 exd5 20. cxd5 Nf6 21. Bd2 Ba6 22. Re1 Qg4 23. Nd4 Nd3 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. a3 h5 26. Bf1 Nc5 27. Bxa6 Nxa6 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Nc7 30. Qb3 Qg6 31. Qc4 Nce8 32. Kg2 Ng4 33. Bd2 h4 34. f5 Qh5 35. h3 hxg3 36. Kxg3 Nh6 37. Qe2 Nxf5+ 38. Nxf5 Qxf5 39. Qxe8 Qg6+ 40. Kf2 Qc2 41. Ke2 Qxb2 42. a4 Qa1 43. Qe3 Qb2 44. Qe4 Qa3 45. Qd4 Qb4 46. Qd3 Be7 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Varitski, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 d5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Bxf4 9. gxf4 0-0 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Ndf3 Kh8 13. b4 g5 14. fxg5 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qh6 17. cxd5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. a4 Rg8 21. Kh1 Rg6 22. b5 Rag8 23. Rf2 Qh4 24. Qf1 Be8 25. Rd2 Rh6 26. Bf3 d4 27. exd4 Qxf4 28. Rcd1 b6 29. Rf2 Qh4 30. Rg2 Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Rg6 32. Qd2 Rg7 33. Rc1 Bh5 34. Rc8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Bxh5 Qxh5 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. d5 Qg4+ 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kushch, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. a3 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Re1 e6 11. Bf1 b6 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. cxd5 Nfxd5 15. Bh4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Bg5 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rac1 h6 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. f3 Qd6 23. Bf2 Rd7 24. Red1 Qd5 25. c4 Qg5 26. Rc2 Rcd8 27. Rcd2 Qa5 28. Rd3 Bc6 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4 b5 31. c5 Rd5 32. Be3 g5 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Ra1 R8d7 36. Ra6 Ba8 37. Rda3 Bxd4 38. c6 Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Re5+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. c7 Rc2 43. Rxa7 Bd5 44. Bd3 Rc1 45. Bxb5 h5 46. Ba6 h4+ 47. Kh3 g4+ 48. fxg4 Kg5 49. c8Q Rxc8 50. Bxc8 Re2 51. Bb7 f5 52. gxf5 1-0

