[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Protasov, Nikolay1"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1514"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. Bb3 a6 8. h3 d5 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Rfd8 13. 0-0 h6 14. Nh4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Qe6 16. Qf3 Rd7 17. b4 Bf8 18. b5 Ne7 19. Nhf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Kh7 21. g4 g6 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Ra5 Bg7 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Qe2 Qb3 27. Bc1 Rb6 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Qxa6 c5 30. Qe2 c4 31. g5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Rd3 33. h4 Qb7 34. Re1 Qd7 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Rh1 Nh7 37. Ra1 Qb7 38. Ra4 Nxg5 39. hxg5 Qc6 40. Rb4 Bf8 41. Rb8 Qd6 42. Rb5 Qd7 43. Rxe5 Bd6 44. Rd5 Rxd5 45. exd5 Bxg3 46. Kxg3 Qxd5 47. f4 Kh7 48. Kf2 Qc5+ 49. Ke1 Qd5 50. Qd2 Qe4+ 51. Kf2 Qb1 52. Ke3 Qg1+ 53. Ke4 Qb6 54. Qd5 Kg8 55. Qxc4 Qxb2 56. Qd4 Qg2+ 57. Kd3 Qf1+ 58. Kc2 Qg2+ 59. Qd2 Qe4+ 60. Kd1 Qf3+ 61. Ke1 Qh1+ 62. Ke2 Qe4+ 63. Qe3 Qc2+ 64. Kf3 Qd1+ 65. Ke4 Qd7 66. c4 Qc6+ 67. Kd3 Qd7+ 68. Kc3 Qa4 69. c5 Qa3+ 70. Kd4 Qa4+ 71. Kd3 Qb3+ 72. Ke4 Qb7+ 73. Kd4 Qd7+ 74. Kc3 Qa4 75. Qe5 Qa3+ 76. Kc4 Qa4+ 77. Kd5 Qb3+ 78. Kc6 Qa4+ 79. Kd6 Qa8 80. Kd7 Qa7+ 81. Qc7 Qa4+ 82. c6 Qb5 83. Qd6 Kh7 84. Ke7 Qe2+ 85. Kd8 Qa6 86. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Nuritdinov, Nizomitdin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1639"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. a3 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. b4 a5 13. c5 b5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Bxb5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b5 Ra8 18. Rab1 Qc8 19. Qa4 Bxc5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Rfc1 e5 24. Qh5 Re7 25. Ng3 Rc7 26. b6 Rc6 27. b7 Nxb7 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rxb7 Qc1+ 31. Nf1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grekhov, Roman"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e4 Qc7 9. Qe2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 0-0 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Rad8 16. a4 Rfe8 17. h4 Qd7 18. a5 Nc8 19. g4 Nh7 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxh4 23. Rxc5 Qe7 24. b4 e4 25. b5 Ng5 26. Rd1 Nd6 27. b6 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. Qxf3 Ne4 30. Rc7 Qa3 31. Kg2 h5 32. g5 Bxg5 33. Bxg5 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 35. Kg2 Re4 36. f3 Re2+ 37. Kg3 Kh7 38. Rxb7 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Rg2 40. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Mulishov, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. a3 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. e3 e6 10. Bd3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng8 12. h4 Bc6 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Bd7 16. a4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Rc8 18. h5 Ne7 19. Qb1 h6 20. Rh3 Nf5 21. g4 Ne7 22. Rg3 Bd2 23. Qd1 Bb4 24. g5 d4 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. e4 Kd8 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qc5 29. Bxh6 Qxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rxh5 31. Bb2 Rxe5 32. Rh3 Rg5 33. Bxd4 e5 34. Bb6+ Ke8 35. Rh8+ Rg8 36. Rxg8+ Nxg8 37. Bc7 Bh3+ 38. Kg1 f6 39. Bc4 Ne7 40. Kh2 Bg4 41. Kg3 Bh5 42. Nc1 Bd1 43. Nb3 Nc8 44. Nxa5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rybakov, Sergey2"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. d5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Kh1 Bf6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qd2 g6 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Rac1 Qb7 24. Rc2 Nd3 25. a3 Qb5 26. Rg2 Rb8 27. Bg5 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 f6 29. Qh6 Rf7 30. h4 Rg8 31. Qd2 Nf4 32. Rh2 h5 33. Ne2 c3 34. Qd1 cxb2 35. Nc3 Qb3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Beznosov, Timofey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. e4 d6 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 0-0 11. Be2 a5 12. b5 Nbd7 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Rfe1 d5 16. e5 Nh5 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Re2 dxc4 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Be4 f5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Ra3 Bxa3 24. Bxa3 Ng6 25. Nxe6 Nh4 26. Ne4 Qd5 27. g3 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. c3 Be6 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Rc2 Qb7 22. Rca2 e4 23. Nd4 exd3 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Ra5 Ne5 27. h3 Nc4 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Qxd3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 g6 32. Nh6+ Bxh6 33. Bxh6 f6 34. Bf4 Qa7 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. g4 Kf7 37. Qe4 Qe7 38. Qd4 g5 39. Bg3 Kg7 40. Qd3 Ne5 41. Qe2 Qd7 42. Kg2 Qf7 43. Qxb5 h5 44. gxh5 Qxh5 45. Bxe5 fxe5 46. Qd7+ Kh8 47. Qxd6 g4 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Volgin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Nge2 Bb7 11. 0-0 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Rac8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rac1 Qc6 19. f3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 Qb6 22. Qb3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxe3+ 24. Bf2 Qg5 25. h4 Qh6 26. Qxb5 Bc8 27. g3 Qh5 28. Kg2 g5 29. Rc6 Bd7 30. g4 Bxc6 31. Qxc6 Qh6 32. Ng3 gxh4 33. Nh5 Bg5 34. Qxh6 Bxh6 35. b4 Bg5 36. b5 Rd8 37. Be4 Rd2 38. f4 exf4 39. b6 h3+ 40. Kf1 Rb2 41. b7 h2 42. Ba7 f3 43. Bxf3 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kd3 Bf4 46. Nxf4 Rb3+ 47. Kc4 Rxf3 48. b8Q+ Kg7 49. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sannikov, Fedor"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. h3 c6 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb3 Qc7 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rc1 Be6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Rad8 21. Qc2 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Ng3 Nf4 24. Re3 b6 25. Rce1 Ng6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd6 28. g3 Qc8 29. Nh4 Nxh4 30. Qxh4 f6 31. Qe4 Red8 32. f4 Rd4 33. Qg6 Qxh3 34. fxe5 Rg4 35. Qc2 Rxg3+ 36. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 fxe5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Anisimov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nxd5 Nxd4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e4 Be6 9. Be3 a6 10. 0-0-0 Bd6 11. Nf4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. f3 0-0 14. Ngh3 a5 15. g4 Nb4 16. g5 a4 17. Qc4 b5 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Kb1 Qc8 20. Nf2 Be6 21. a3 Ba2+ 22. Ka1 Bb3 23. Rc1 Na2 24. Rc6 b4 25. e5 Bxe5 26. N2d3 Bd6 27. Nc5 bxa3 28. bxa3 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petukhov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Rxe4 Ne7 12. d6 cxd6 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Qd5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. Rd4 b5 18. Bb3 Rb6 19. Rg4 Bb7 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Qd2 Nxg2 22. Rxg2 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Zhevakina, Anastasiya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Ba3 f5 14. 0-0-0 fxe4 15. Re1 Nf6 16. f4 b6 17. Be2 Be6 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. b3 Red8 20. Bc1 Rd7 21. h3 Rcd8 22. Be3 Ne8 23. Kc2 Nc7 24. g4 Na6 25. a3 Nb8 26. h4 Nc6 27. Nh3 Bd4 28. Bc1 Bf6 29. Be3 Bxh4 30. Rd1 Bf6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Nf4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Bxd1 Bd7 35. Nd5 Be5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. c5 bxc5 38. Be2 Bd4 39. Bc4 Kg7 40. Bf4 h5 41. Ne3 Kf6 42. Ng2 Ne5 43. Be2 Bg4 44. Kd2 Kf5 45. Ba6 Nf3+ 46. Kc1 Kf6 47. Bb8 h4 48. Nxh4 Nxh4 49. Bxa7 e3 50. b4 Ng6 51. Bxc5 Ke5 52. Bxd4+ Kxd4 53. Kc2 Ne5 54. Bf1 Nc4 55. a4 Bf3 56. a5 Nd2 57. Bd3 Bd1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirjaeva, Jaroslava"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a4 Qc7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. Rad1 0-0 15. g4 Nd7 16. g5 Na5 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Bc1 Re8 19. h4 Bf8 20. Qg2 Bb7 21. h5 g6 22. f5 e5 23. Nde2 b5 24. b3 b4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Bxe4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Ne3 30. Qf3 Nxf1 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rxf1 Ne5 33. Qg2 Rb7 34. Qg3 Nc4 35. Bxg6 Qxd5+ 36. Kg1 Rxe2 37. bxc4 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 d5 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qf3+ Kg7 41. Qxe2 Kxg6 42. Qe6+ Kh5 43. Qh6+ Kg4 44. g6 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qg3+ 48. Kf1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Qg3+ 50. Kf1 Qh3+ 51. Qxh3+ Kxh3 52. cxd5 Rd7 53. Bd2 a5 54. Bf4 Kg4 55. Be5 Rxd5 56. g7 Rd8 57. Ke2 Re8 58. Kd3 Kf5 59. Bc7 Rg8 60. Bxa5 Rxg7 61. Bxb4 Ra7 62. a5 Ke5 63. Kc4 Rc7+ 64. Bc5 Ke6 65. a6 Kd7 66. Kb5 Rc8 67. c4 Kc7 68. Bb6+ Kb8 69. c5 Ka8 70. Kc4 Rg8 71. c6 Rg6 72. Kb5 Rg5+ 73. Bc5 Rg8 74. c7 Re8 75. Be7 Rc8 76. Bd8 Ka7 77. Ka5 Ra8 78. Be7 Rc8 79. Bc5+ Ka8 80. Kb6 Rh8 81. Be7 Rc8 82. Bd8 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Bb1 Ne8 16. Bg3 Nd6 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Nd3 23. Rc4 e5 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. f3 Rf6 26. b4 Kh7 27. a4 b6 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Qc3 Rg6 33. Kh2 c4 34. Rb1 Qc5 35. b6 Qxe3 36. Bxe5 Qf2 37. Rg1 Qxb6 38. Qxc4 Nxe5 39. Qxe4 Qd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Danila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8. Qg3 Nc5 9. Bd3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 e5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc2 0-0 13. Ne3 Bg5 14. Ned5 f5 15. h4 Bf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Qf3 fxe4 18. dxe4 Be6 19. 0-0-0 Rc8 20. Kb1 Qa5 21. Nd5 Qa4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. b3 Qd7 24. Nxc8 Bg4 25. Rxd6 Bxf3 26. Rxd7 Bxe4+ 27. Kb2 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Bc6 29. Rf7 Rg8 30. f3 h6 31. Rxf4 g5 32. Rf6 Kg7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rf5 Kh6 35. Rd1 Rg6 36. Rh1+ Kg7 37. Rh5 g4 38. fxg4 Bxg2 39. Rf4 Re6 40. Rf2 Bc6 41. Rg5+ Kh6 42. Rg8 Kh7 43. Rgf8 Kg6 44. a4 Re3 45. R8f5 Rg3 46. g5 a6 47. Re5 Rxg5 48. Rxg5+ Kxg5 49. a5 Be4 50. Kc3 Bf5 51. Kd4 Be6 52. b4 Bh3 53. Ke5 Bd7 54. Rg2+ Kh4 55. Kd6 Bc6 56. Rg1 Kh5 57. Kc5 Kh6 58. Kb6 Be4 59. Re1 Bd5 60. Re5 Bf3 61. Re3 Bd5 62. Rg3 Be4 63. Ka7 Bd5 64. Rd3 Be4 65. Rd4 Bf3 66. Rd7 Kg6 67. Rxb7 Bxb7 68. Kxb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Terekhov, Andrey"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[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 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bf2 c5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb8 17. 0-0 Ba6 18. Nf4 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Nc6 20. Rae1 Na5 21. Bh4 Nc4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qf2 Qf5 24. Nb4 a5 25. g4 Qd7 26. Nd3 Qa4 27. Re2 Qb3 28. Rfe1 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nd6 30. Qd1 Qc4 31. Ne5 Qc2 32. Qe2 Qa4 33. Rd1 Rc2 34. Rd2 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Qd3 b5 37. Nd7 Qc4 38. Qxc4 Nxc4 39. Re2 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Rogovoi, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. a4 0-0 10. f4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Bc1 Rab8 15. f5 e5 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. g4 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qb4 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. bxc4 Rdc8 22. b3 Nd7 23. g5 f6 24. h4 Bc6 25. Rb1 Nc5 26. Rfd1 Kf7 27. Rd2 Nd7 28. b4 Ba8 29. Be2 g6 30. Kf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. c5 Nf8 33. Bxb5 dxc5 34. bxc5 Kg7 35. gxf6+ Bxf6 36. Kg3 Be7 37. f6+ Bxf6 38. Nd5 Bd8 39. Ra2 Bc6 40. Ra7+ Kh8 41. Bd3 Rxb1 42. Bxb1 Ne6 43. Ne7 Ra8 44. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Driamin, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 e6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. 0-0 Bg6 11. Rac1 Be7 12. Nb5 0-0 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Rc7 Qd8 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. Bd6 Qd7 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Rc1 b6 20. Rc7 Qd8 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Nxa7 Qc7 23. Qb4+ Ke8 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. Nc6 f5 26. Qa3+ Ke8 27. Qc3 Kd7 28. Nb4 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Kd6 30. h3 Nf6 31. f4 Kc5 32. Nc2 Kb5 33. Kf2 Bf7 34. Bf3 Nd7 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. Nd4 Nb8 37. Kd2 Nd7 38. e3 Nf6 39. Bd1 b5 40. Kc2 Nd7 41. Kb2 g6 42. Ka3 e5 43. Nb3+ Kb6 44. Kb4 exf4 45. exf4 Nb8 46. Nd4 Na6+ 47. Kb3 Nc5+ 48. Kc2 Na6 49. Kd2 Nb8 50. Ke3 Kc5 51. a4 bxa4 52. Bxa4 Na6 53. Nb3+ Kd6 54. Kd4 h6 55. h4 Nc7 56. Nc5 Be8 57. Nb7+ Ke6 58. Nd8+ Kd6 59. Bxe8 Nxe8 60. Nf7+ Ke6 61. Ne5 Nf6 62. Kc5 Nh5 63. Nf3 Nxg3 64. Nd4+ Kf6 65. Kxd5 Nh1 66. Ne6 Nf2 67. d4 Ne4 68. c4 Nc3+ 69. Kd6 Ne4+ 70. Kd7 g5 71. hxg5+ hxg5 72. c5 g4 73. c6 Nc3 74. c7 Nd5 75. Ng5 g3 76. c8Q Nb6+ 77. Kc7 Nxc8 78. Kxc8 g2 79. Nh3 Ke6 80. Kd8 Kd5 81. Ke7 Kxd4 82. Kf6 Ke4 83. Kg5 Kf3 84. Kxf5 Kg3 85. Ng1 Kf2 86. Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tulchinsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 g6 13. a3 Qb6 14. b4 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Nf6 17. 0-0 Ra3 18. Rb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 Be6 20. Ra1 Rc8 21. Qc3 Qc7 22. Ra7 Ne8 23. Qc5 Nd6 24. h3 Qb8 25. Qb6 Rc7 26. Qa5 Rc8 27. Qb6 Rc7 28. Ra1 Nc8 29. Qc5 b6 30. Qc3 Ra7 31. Rxa7 Qxa7 32. Nf3 Ne7 33. Ne5 Qa4 34. b5 cxb5 35. Qc7 Qb4 36. Qxb6 Kg7 37. Qxb5 Qe1+ 38. Bf1 Nf5 39. Qe2 Qa1 40. Kh2 Qc1 41. g3 h5 42. Kg2 Nd6 43. Kh2 Ne4 44. Bg2 Nc3 45. Qf1 Qd2 46. Bf3 Qc2 47. Nd3 Nb1 48. Nf4 Nc3 49. Kg2 Ne4 50. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 51. Kh2 Kh6 52. Qg2 Qc2 53. Qf3 Kg7 54. Nxe6+ fxe6 55. Qf4 Qd2 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Qa5 58. Qd6 Qa2 59. Qe7+ Kh6 60. Qf8+ Kh7 61. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Malyshev, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 b4 11. Bxb4 Qb6 12. Bc5 Qxb3 13. Nd2 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Nd7 15. Nxc4 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nf6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. f3 0-0 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bc4 Bc6 21. Kc2 a4 22. Rhd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kc3 Kf8 25. Nxa4 Nd7 26. Kb4 Ra8 27. Bb5 Rb8 28. Nc3 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Ne5 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Rd1 Nc6+ 32. Kc3 Ne5 33. Kb4 Nc6+ 34. Kc3 Ne5 35. f4 Rxc5+ 36. Kb4 Rc4+ 37. Kb3 Rc5 38. Kb4 Rc4+ 39. Kb3 Rc5 40. Nc3 Ng6 41. g3 Ke7 42. Ra1 Rc7 43. Nb5 Rd7 44. Kc3 f6 45. h4 e5 46. f5 Nh8 47. Ra6 Nf7 48. Re6+ Kf8 49. Kc2 Rb7 50. Nc3 h5 51. Nd5 Ra7 52. Rb6 Kg8 53. Kb3 Nh6 54. Kc4 Ra4+ 55. Nb4 Ra3 56. Kd5 Rxg3 57. Nc6 Kh7 58. Nb8 Ng4 59. Nd7 Ne3+ 60. Ke6 Ng2 61. Nf8+ Kh6 62. Ng6 Nf4+ 63. Kf7 Nxg6 64. fxg6 Rxg6 65. Rb8 Kh7 66. Rh8+ Kxh8 67. Kxg6 Kg8 68. Kxh5 Kh7 69. Kg4 Kh6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Nh4 e5 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Nh5 11. Ndf3 Nd7 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. Rg1 Rae8 14. Qf1 Kh8 15. Rb1 Ndf6 16. Bd2 Bc8 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Qxh3 Bh6 19. Ng5 Bg7 20. Rbf1 Qd7 21. Qg2 Qa4 22. Bc3 d5 23. e5 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. exf6 Bh6 26. Nhf3 c5 27. Qh3 Bxg5 28. Nxg5 h5 29. Qg2 d4 30. Rf1 Qg4 31. Bd2 Re2 32. Qxg4 hxg4 33. Bf4 Kg8 34. Rc1 Rf2 35. Bd6 Rd8 36. Ne4 Re2 37. Be7 Rd5 38. b3 Kh7 39. Kg1 Kh6 40. Bf8+ Kh7 41. a4 Rf5 42. Ng3 Re8 43. Nxf5 gxf5 44. Be7 Kg6 45. Re1 Rc8 46. Kg2 Kg5 47. Re5 Rc6 48. Kg3 Rc8 49. Kg2 Rh8 50. a5 Kg6 51. a6 Rh3 52. Bd6 Kxf6 53. Re8 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. e3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 0-0 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. 0-0 Qd7 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 Ne8 15. e4 f5 16. Ng3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Nxf1 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Nac7 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Be5 Rd8 22. Qf3 Nef6 23. Nd2 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 Qf7 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rb6 Nd5 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rb7+ Kg6 31. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kiik, Kalle"]
[Black "Lopatin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qxd5 Ba6 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Qc5 Qd6 17. Qg5 Qc6 18. Rfe1 Rd4 19. Re7 Bxc4 20. Rae1 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rxd3 22. Qf4 Qd5 23. Qxc7 Qxa2 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kh6 27. Qf4+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

