[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akchelov, Sergey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 Nf6 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c5 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Rxd4 e5 15. Rd2 exf4 16. Qxf4 0-0 17. Qh6 Qe7 18. Rdf2 c6 19. Rf4 f5 20. exf5 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Rxf5 22. Qh4 Rxf4 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Kg7 25. Kg1 Re8 26. Rd4 d5 27. Ra4 Ra8 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Rf4+ Ke6 30. Ne2 c5 31. c3 Ne5 32. Nc1 g5 33. Ra4 h5 34. b3 Kd6 35. Ke3 a5 36. Ne2 Nc6 37. Ng3 Rh8 38. h4 d4+ 39. cxd4 cxd4+ 40. Kd3 gxh4 41. Nf5+ Ke5 42. Nxh4 Rg8 43. Nf3+ Kd5 44. Nxd4 Nb4+ 45. Kc3 Rc8+ 46. Kb2 Kxd4 47. a3 Rc2+ 48. Kb1 Kc3 49. axb4 Rb2+ 50. Kc1 Rxg2 51. Kd1 axb4 52. Ra5 h4 53. Rh5 Rh2 54. Rh7 Kxb3 55. Rh8 Kb2 56. Rh7 b3 57. Rh8 Kb1 58. Rb8 b2 59. Rh8 Rh3 60. Kd2 Ra3 61. Rxh4 Ka2 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akst, Viktor"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 h6 6. d3 Nf6 7. a3 0-0 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. 0-0-0 Be6 11. b3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 c5 13. Kb2 Kh7 14. Ne1 Ba5 15. Qd3 Bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 b5 17. cxb5 Qa5+ 18. Kb2 Nxb5 19. a4 Nd4 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Ka2 Rab8 22. Rb1 Rfc8 23. Qe3 c4 24. b4 Qc6 25. b5 Qxe4 26. f3 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 Nd5 28. Bd2 c3 29. Bc1 Rc4 30. Rb3 Rxa4+ 31. Ra3 Nb4+ 32. Kb1 Rxa3 33. Bxa3 Rxb5 34. Bxb4 Rxb4+ 35. Kc1 Ne2+ 36. Kd1 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkhipov, Nikolai G"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. g4 fxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Be3 Nh5 16. Kg2 Ng6 17. Rh1 Ngf4+ 18. gxf4 gxf4 19. Rxh5 Qf6 20. Kh1 fxe3 21. Nd3 Kh8 22. Qg1 Rg8 23. Qh2 h6 24. Nd1 Bf8 25. Nxe3 Rg6 26. Nf5 Rg5 27. Rxg5 Qxg5 28. Rg1 Qd2 29. Qg2 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Rxg5 Bxf5 32. exf5 Be7 33. Rh5+ Kg7 34. Nf2 Re8 35. Ne4 b6 36. Bd1 a6 37. Ba4 Rb8 38. Bc6 b5 39. cxb5 axb5 40. a3 b4 41. a4 Rb6 42. b3 Ra6 43. Kg2 Rb6 44. Be8 Rb8 45. Bg6 Bd8 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. f6 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beznosov, Ilia"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e3 Bf5 7. dxc5 0-0 8. Nd4 Qc8 9. N2b3 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 e6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qg4 Ne5 15. Qg3 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 f5 17. Rab1 e5 18. f4 Qc6 19. fxe5 Qa6 20. Kd2 Nxe5 21. Rhd1 Qxa2 22. Bh6 Nc4+ 23. Kc1 Rf7 24. Nd4 Kh8 25. Bxg7+ Rxg7 26. Qf2 Na3 27. Kd2 Nxb1+ 28. Ke1 Rag8 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Nxc3 31. Rc1 Na4 32. Rc2 Qb1+ 33. Kd2 Nxb2 34. Ne6 Nc4+ 35. Kc3 Qa1+ 36. Kb4 Qa3+ 37. Kb5 a6# 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogachev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Ngf3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. e4 e5 8. c3 Re8 9. Re1 Nh5 10. a4 Bf8 11. Qb3 Ng7 12. a5 Ne6 13. Nc4 Bg7 14. d5 Nec5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Nfd2 Nh5 17. b4 Na6 18. Ne3 Rf8 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Ba3 Ne8 21. Nb3 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Ng2 Qf6 24. Be2 f4 25. gxf4 Bh3 26. Bf3 exf4 27. Nd4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qh4 29. Rad1 Be5 30. Kh1 Kh8 31. Rg1 Ng7 32. Rg2 Rae8 33. Qd3 Nb8 34. Rdg1 Re7 35. Bb2 Nd7 36. c4 Qf6 37. Bc3 Bxd4 38. Bxd4 Ne5 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. Rg5 Rf5 41. R5g4 Rf6 42. Qd2 Rf8 43. Rg5 Qf6 44. c5 Ne8 45. Qd3 Rg7 46. Rxg7 Nxg7 47. cxd6 cxd6 48. Bg4 Nf5 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Duedin, Sergei"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Bc4 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 e4 13. Nh2 Qe7 14. Rab1 Be6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Na4 Qc4 19. Ng3 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Nc4 21. Nd4 b6 22. b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 c6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nbc3 Re8 27. Ne2 b5 28. Nac3 Nxa3 29. Rd6 Bxc3 30. Nxc3 Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Nxe4 Nxc2 33. Kf1 Nb4 34. Ke2 e5 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nxh7 Ke7 37. h4 c5 38. g4 c4 39. Ng5 Nd3 40. Ne4 b4 41. Kd2 Nb2 42. Kc2 Na4 43. f4 Ke6 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 exf4 46. exf4 Nb6 47. h6 Kf7 48. f5 Kg8 49. Ng5 Nd5 50. Kc1 Nf6 51. Kb1 Ng4 52. h7+ Kh8 53. Kc1 Nf6 54. Nf7+ Kxh7 55. Nd6 c3 56. Kc2 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorov"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. d5 e5 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Ng5 Qe7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. e4 h6 11. Nf3 e5 12. Nh4 Kh7 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Re8 15. Qd3 Nf8 16. Bd2 Nh5 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 18. e5 Rg8 19. Nd5 Qh4 20. Be1 Qg4 21. h3 Qf5 22. Be4 Qxh3 23. Bxg6+ Kh8 24. Ne7 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Qxf4 27. Bg3 Qg5 28. Nxg8 Kxg8 29. Rg1 Bd7 30. Bh2 Qh4 31. Bf7+ Kh8 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qg7 Qg5 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khramzov, A."]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Nf6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. Qb3 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. a5 Ba7 12. b5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. Nc4 Nd8 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Nc6 18. Nc4 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Ra6 20. Nh4 Rba8 21. Qxb7 Nxa5 22. Nxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Nf5 g6 25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. Ne3 Ra3 27. Qb2 Qa4 28. g3 Ra2 29. Qb8 Ra1 30. Kg2 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Kg7 32. Qb7 Qa5 33. Qc6 h5 34. h3 Qa7 35. Nc4 Qb8 36. Na5 Qc8 37. Nc4 Qd7 38. Qxd7 Nxd7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. d4 d5 42. Nxe5 Nxe5 43. dxe5 Kxe5 44. f4+ Ke6 45. e5 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lavrov, Andrey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 h6 9. Bf1 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. d5 Nh7 12. a3 f5 13. Bb2 f4 14. h3 g5 15. Nh2 Ndf6 16. Be2 Bd7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qc8 20. c5 g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. f3 Bh3 24. cxd6 Ng5 25. Bf1 cxd6 26. Nb5 Qd8 27. Re2 Qb6+ 28. Rf2 Bf6 29. Qa7 Bd8 30. gxh3 Qxa7 31. Nxa7 Bb6 32. Kg2 Bxf2 33. Nb5 Bd4 34. Nxd6 Ra8 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Bc4 Ra4 37. e5 Rxb4 38. e6 Kf8 39. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leisle, D."]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Bc5 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Ng5 Nd8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nh3 Ne6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh4 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 b5 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Qf6 Kd7 19. Nf4 Bc4 20. Rxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Nxg6+ Kf6 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Nb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. Kf1 c5 27. Ke2 Re8+ 28. Kd3 Re6 29. Ra5 Ke5 30. g3 f4 31. c4 dxc3 32. bxc3 fxg3 33. hxg3 Kf5 34. c4 Rb6 35. Ke3 h5 36. f3 Re6+ 37. Kf2 Rb6 38. Ke2 Re6+ 39. Kf1 Rb6 40. Kf2 Ke5 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. g4+ hxg4 43. fxg4+ Ke5 44. g5 Kf5 45. Kf3 Ke5 46. Kg4 Kd4 47. Kf5 bxc4 48. bxc4 Kxc4 49. g6 Kd4 50. g7 Rb8 51. Rxa6 c4 52. Rd6+ Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "52"]
[White "Leonov, A."]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. Re1 Qh4 12. g3 Qh3 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qf3 Bxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc5 f4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. gxf4 Bd3 20. Qd1 Rad8 21. Re3 Qf5 22. Rg3 g5 23. Rxg5 Rg8 24. Rg3 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3 Rg8 26. Be3 Qh3 27. Qe1 h5 28. Bf2 h4 29. Rd1 Qg4 30. e6 hxg3 31. Bxg3 Qxf4 32. e7 Qf3 33. Rd2 Qf7 34. Rf2 Qxe7 35. Qe3 Qg5 36. Rf4 Qh5 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Qf6 Rg4 39. Qf7+ Qxf7 40. Rxf7+ Rg7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bxc7 Bc4 43. b3 Bd5 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Ke3 Kf5 46. h4 Bc6 47. Bg3 Ke6 48. h5 Be8 49. h6 Bg6 50. Kd4 a6 51. c6 Ke7 52. Bf4 Kd8 53. Ke5 e3 54. Bxe3 Kc7 55. Kd5 a5 56. Kc5 Bd3 57. Bf4+ Kc8 58. Kb6 a4 59. bxa4 Be4 60. a5 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lomakin, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 c4 9. Bb1 Bg6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 0-0 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qd5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Nd2 b5 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Bc7 Rd7 21. g4 Qg6 22. Bg3 Be7 23. f4 f5 24. Nd2 h5 25. g5 Rc8 26. Rfe1 Rd6 27. Nf3 Bd8 28. Nh4 Qe8 29. Nxf5 Rd5 30. Nh4 e5 31. dxe5 Bb6+ 32. Bf2 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rcd8 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Rd1 Qf7 36. Rxd5 Qxd5 37. Nf3 g6 38. Qd2 Qe4 39. h4 Ne7 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7 a5 42. e6+ Qxe6 43. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lomakin, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qd2 h5 6. e4 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10. h3 Nge5 11. 0-0-0 Nf7 12. Bd3 Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxg6+ Nxg6 15. Qxd8+ Kf7 16. Qxc7 Be5 17. Qc4 b5 18. Qxb5 Rb8 19. Qc5 Ba6 20. Rd7 Rhe8 21. Re1 Rbc8 22. Qa5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc6 24. Rxa7 Rec8 25. Rxa6 Rxc3 26. Re3 R3c5 27. Qb6 Nf8 28. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "43"]
[White "Lomantsov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxc7 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Rb8 15. Nd5 Bc5 16. h3 Kg7 17. g4 Be6 18. Rc1 f6 19. Kg2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. b3 Rd7 22. Rhd1 Rf8 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Bf3 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. e5 Rfd8 27. Kg3 Rf8 28. Kf4 Kh8 29. Rd1 Rg7 30. Nf6 Rd8 31. Bd5 Bc8 32. Rxd4 Rg2 33. Rd2 Rh2 34. Kg3 Rh1 35. Re2 f4+ 36. Kxf4 Rxh3 37. e6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Rf8 39. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Dadonov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Nd1 Ne7 9. c3 Ndc6 10. Bh6 0-0 11. h4 f6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 d5 14. g5 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Ne3 Ne5 17. Nxf5+ exf5 18. 0-0-0 d4 19. Re1 Re8 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Re1 Qf7 23. c4 Qc7 24. Re8 Rb8 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. Re7+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Bxe6 28. Rxc7 Bf7 29. Ne1 Re8 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Denisov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bc5 5. c3 0-0 6. Qe2 d6 7. h3 Qe7 8. d3 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Be3 Rab8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nbd2 Nd8 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. g3 Nd7 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. d4 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Kh2 Qf6 23. d5 Reb8 24. Ra7 R6b7 25. Rfa1 Qd8 26. Nb3 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Nf8 28. Na5 Qd7 29. Nc6 Rb6 30. Qg4 g6 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. Rxc7 Nf6 33. f3 Ra6 34. Na5 Rb6 35. Rc6 Nd7 36. Rc7 Nf6 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Kg2 Nd7 39. Rc7 Nf6 40. Kf2 Rb8 41. Nc6 Ra8 42. Ra7 Rc8 43. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. Bg2 Be6 8. Nge2 Nge7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Qd7 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bh3 15. Bf3 h5 16. c4 b5 17. b3 0-0 18. Qh6 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rab8 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Rg1 Rb7 22. g4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Rfb8 24. Rd1 Rb2 25. Qh6 Qf6 26. f3 Bg2 27. h4 Rxa2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 Rb2+ 30. Kc1 Ra2 31. Kb1 Rf2 32. Kc1 Bxf3 33. Bxf3 Rxf3 34. h5 Rf1+ 35. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kd2 Qg2+ 37. Kc1 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Qf2+ 39. Kc1 Qe1+ 40. Kc2 Qc3+ 41. Kd1 Qxd3+ 42. Ke1 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qe3+ 44. Qxe3 dxe3+ 45. Kxe3 gxh5 46. c5 dxc5 47. Ke4 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Khramzov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nc5 8. cxd4 Ne6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. d5 Nxb3 11. axb3 Ng5 12. d6 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 cxd6 14. exd6 Bf6 15. Qe2+ Kf8 16. 0-0 h6 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qf6 19. Ra4 Kg8 20. Rg4 Qxd6 21. Kh1 Qe6 22. Re4 Qxb3 23. Rg1 d6 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Qe4+ g6 26. Rxg6 Rxe8 27. Re6+ Kg8 28. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. Qd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bh6 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. h4 Qf6 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. h5 f6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. d4 Re8 16. 0-0-0 c5 17. Rh6 Nf8 18. Rdh1 Bd7 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. Rh8+ Kf7 21. R1h6 Bxf3 22. Bxg6+ Nxg6 23. R8h7 Bd5 24. Qd3 f5 25. Qg3 Qxh7 26. Rxh7+ Kf6 27. f4 Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Kuznetsov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 0-0-0 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Be7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe7 Rhe8 15. Bd2 Qb5 16. Rxg7 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rxa7 Kb8 20. Ra1 d3 21. c3 Qc2 22. Be3 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 h5 24. Bf4 Rd5 25. g3 Red8 26. Re7 Nd7 27. c4 Rd4 28. Be3 Rd6 29. Bf4 Rd4 30. c5 Rc8 31. c6 bxc6 32. Rb1+ Ka8 33. Be3 Rd5 34. Re4 Nb6 35. Bxb6 cxb6 36. Rxb6 Rc7 37. Reb4 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Lavrentiev, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 a6 9. b4 g5 10. g4 c5 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxg4 15. fxg4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. c5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qa7 20. h4 e6 21. Nc7+ Bxc7 22. Rxc7 Qb6 23. Qc3 Qb1+ 24. Kf2 0-0 25. hxg5 Qg6 26. gxh6 e5 27. Qxe5 f6 28. Qe7 Bxg4 29. Qg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rxg4 Rf7 32. Nf4 Rc8 33. Bd3 Rc3 34. h7 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Leisle, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Nd4 7. Nd1 Nf6 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Qa5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Bh3 Ne5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc4 Nxd3+ 15. Kd2 Qa6 16. Kxd3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Re1 0-0-0 19. Kc2 Qxc4 20. Qh3+ Kb8 21. Qe6 Ne4 22. Nf3 Rhf8 23. Qxe7 Qa4+ 24. Kb1 Rde8 25. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Nd2 Rxf2 28. Nc4 e3 29. Re1 e2 30. Nd2 Rxh2 31. Nf3 Rf2 32. Nd2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Leonov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 d6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8. Qa4 Kxf7 9. Qxa5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qf6 12. Kg2 Ne7 13. Qxc7 h5 14. d4 Rh6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Rg1 Rg8+ 17. Kf1 Rxg1+ 18. Kxg1 exd4 19. Qxb7 Qg5+ 20. Kf1 Qc1+ 21. Kg2 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Qc1+ 23. Kg2 h4 24. h3 d3 25. e5 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Qe1 28. Nd2 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxd2 30. Qe4 Qe3 31. e6+ Kf8 32. Rf1 d2 33. Qxh4 Qxe6 34. b4 Be3 35. Rd1 Bg5 36. Qg3 Nf5 37. Qf2 Be3 38. Qg2 Bf4 39. Qf2 Be3 40. Qg2 Qe5 41. f4 Qxf4 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Kf6 44. Qg2 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Nazarenko, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. d3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Be3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Rfe1 e5 15. Ne4 Bc6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Ned2 f6 18. Qe4 Ne7 19. Qb4 Nf5 20. Be3 b6 21. Nh2 Bb7 22. Ng4 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 f5 24. Ndc4 c5 25. Qd2 e4 26. Rad1 exd3 27. Qxd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Red8 29. Red1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 b5 31. Na5 Be4 32. Rd7 Bxb2 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc8 35. Nb7 Bd4 36. b4 Re8 37. g4 Re2 38. bxc5 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Rxc2 40. c6 Bb6 41. Rxb5 Rxc6 42. gxf5 Rf6 43. Rb3 Rxf5+ 44. Ke2 Rd5 45. Ra3 Kf7 46. Rc3 Ke7 47. Kf3 Rb5 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Neshtukov, Genadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 0-0-0 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Rg8 13. Bg5 Rd5 14. h4 h6 15. Qe2 Qf7 16. Bf4 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Qa6+ Kd8 20. Ne5 Qxf4 21. Nxc6+ Ke8 22. Re1+ Kf7 23. Qc4 Qd6 24. Re5 Qxc6 25. Rf5+ Kg7 26. Qxc6 Rxf5 27. Qxc7+ Rf7 28. Qe5+ Kg6 29. Qe4+ Kh6 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh7 32. Qxd4 Rg6 33. c4 Rd6 34. Qe4+ Kh6 35. Qc2 Rdf6 36. f3 Bc5+ 37. Kf1 g4 38. Qd2+ Kg6 39. b4 Bf8 40. Qd3+ Kg7 41. Qc3 gxf3 42. gxf3 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Karpunov Memorial"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Pereboev, Konstantin Gennadie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. d3 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Qd2 c6 11. Ne2 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Ba3 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. 0-0 b5 15. Bb3 Bc5 16. Kh1 a5 17. a4 g5 18. d4 exd4 19. f4 Bb4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 c5 23. Nb5 Bd7 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rf3 Rab8 26. c4 Bc6 27. Rg3 f6 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Rxd6 Bxe4 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Nd6 Bd2 32. Bb5 Bc2 33. Rh3 Rfd8 34. Rdh7 Rxd6 35. g4 Be4+ 36. Kg1 Be3+ 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rd2+ 39. Kxe3 Rd3+ 40. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be3 g6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. g3 Rb8 7. Bg2 b5 8. f4 e6 9. e5 Nd4 10. exd6 f5 11. Nf3 Qxd6 12. 0-0 Ne7 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 0-0 17. Nf2 Rbd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "58"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Shukan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Qf3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxb7 c5 16. dxc5 Rb8 17. Qe4 g6 18. b4 Bg7 19. Rac1 Ba4 20. Bc2 Be8 21. Red1 Qc7 22. Rd6 Rd8 23. Rcd1 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qxc3 25. d7 f5 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. Nxc6 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 Rc8 29. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Simashev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Kf8 9. Bg5 gxf6 10. Bh6+ Kg8 11. Nc3 f5 12. Ng5 Be6 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. Nce4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Qg6 16. Qxg6+ fxg6 17. Nxc5 Bd5 18. Nxb7 Nb4 19. Re7 Bf7 20. Nc5 Nd5 21. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Storchak, Vitalij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 a6 3. Be3 Nd7 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Bxd4 e6 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. h3 Rc8 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 0-0 17. Nce2 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Nb6 19. Qg3 Nc4 20. b3 Bh4 21. Qxh4 Nxe3 22. Rfc1 Nd5 23. c4 Nxf4 24. cxb5 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qb6+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 axb5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 Bd5 31. Ke3 f5 32. exf6 gxf6 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 Bc6 35. a5 Kg7 36. Ne2 Bb7 37. Ng3 Kg6 38. Nxe4 f5 39. Nc5 Bd5 40. Kf4 fxg4 41. hxg4 h6 42. a6 Kf6 43. Nd7+ Ke7 44. Nb6 Bh1 45. Ke5 Kf7 46. Nd7 Ba8 47. Nc5 Bf3 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Taburchinov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 h5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. f3 Qa5 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. a3 b5 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. b4 Qb6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Rfb1 Ne5 15. h3 a6 16. f4 Nc6 17. e5 Nh7 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Nxc5 Nb8 20. d4 e6 21. Bb7 Rd8 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Nxa6 Qc8 24. Nc5 Bc6 25. Nc3 Bf8 26. Nd3 Qd7 27. Nb4 Ba8 28. Qe2 Rb8 29. Na6 Rc8 30. Nxb5 Be7 31. Nb4 0-0 32. c4 Qb7 33. Kh2 Rxc4 34. Nd3 Qe4 35. Rb2 Rfc8 36. Nc5 Qd5 37. Rd1 Nf8 38. a4 Nd7 39. Na3 Rc3 40. Nb5 Rxe3 41. Qxe3 Rxc5 42. Nc3 Rxc3 43. Qxc3 Bc6 44. a5 h4 45. Rc1 hxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Bb5 47. Qf3 Bh4+ 48. Kg2 Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Tretjakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 a6 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. Ne2 Nc5 10. Nexd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bc5 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. f5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bb5 16. Rf2 exf5 17. Rxf5 0-0 18. a4 Bd7 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Rf2 Qc4 21. Qd2 Rae8 22. b3 Qg4 23. Bf4 Bc6 24. Rf3 Kh8 25. Rg3 Qf5 26. Rg5 Qe6 27. Qd3 g6 28. Re1 f6 29. Rg3 g5 30. Bd2 fxe5 31. Rxg5 Qf6 32. Qe2 d4 33. h3 e4 34. Rg4 e3 35. Bb4 Rg8 36. Bc5 Rxg4 37. Qxg4 Re4 38. Qf3 Rf4 39. Qd1 Bxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Volodarsky, Yury Aleksandrovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 0-0-0 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Qf5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nh4 d3 15. cxd3 Qxd3 16. Qxd3 Rxd3 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Ng6 Rd8 19. Kf1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. a3 Rd2 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Re8+ 24. Kd3 Re6 25. Nh4 Be5 26. Re1 Rd6+ 27. Kc2 Bf6 28. Nf5 Rb6 29. b3 Rc6+ 30. Kb1 Rc3 31. Re3 Kd7 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Kc2 Be5 34. h3 Ke6 35. Ne3 Bd4 36. Kd3 c5 37. f4 b5 38. g4 Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Kd5 40. f5 Ke5 41. a4 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. a5 c3 44. h4 c2 45. Kd2 Kf4 46. Kxc2 Kxg4 47. Kd3 Kxf5 48. h5 Kg5 49. Kc4 Kxh5 50. Kb5 g5 51. Ka6 g4 52. Kxa7 g3 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mezentsev, Igor"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3 Re8 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Kh8 11. Nc4 Nfg8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. Qc2 f4 16. Nc4 g5 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. Nh2 h5 19. Kf1 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Ke2 c6 22. Rh1 Kg8 23. dxc6 d5 24. Na3 b6 25. Rad1 Nh4 26. Kf1 g3 27. Nf3 dxe4 28. Bc4+ Nd5 29. Nxh4 e3 30. fxe3 fxe3 31. Bxe3 Ba6 32. Ke1 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Qf6 34. Qe4 Rf8 35. Nf3 Rfe8 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Bc5+ Ne7 38. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk final op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "61"]
[White "Pantykin, Sergej"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 0-0 10. Nge2 Ne8 11. g4 Nc5 12. Bc2 a5 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. 0-0-0 b5 15. Rdg1 Qc8 16. Kb1 b4 17. Nd1 Qb7 18. Nc1 a4 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Bd3 Nd6 21. Ne3 Bb5 22. Qe2 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Rfc8 24. Nc4 Qa6 25. Nxd6 c4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Qf3 a3 28. b3 Rc3 29. Qg2 Rac8 30. f3 Bh6 31. Ne2 Qd3+ 32. Ka1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shukan, Alexander"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 Qh4+ 9. Bf2 Qf4 10. Be3 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qf4 12. Be3 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novokuznetsk Rating op"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yankin, Vadim Nailievich"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. 0-0-0 exd4 10. exd4 c6 11. g4 Qb6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 c5 14. h4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ng4 16. Nd5 Qa5 17. h5 f6 18. h6 Rf7 19. hxg7 fxg5 20. Qxg6 Rxg7 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotenko, Pavel"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. h4 e5 9. d5 Kh7 10. h5 g5 11. g4 Ne8 12. f3 a5 13. Nh3 Bf6 14. Nf2 b6 15. 0-0 Nc5 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. b3 a4 19. Bd2 axb3 20. axb3 Nd6 21. b4 Nb7 22. b5 Be7 23. Qc2 f6 24. Ra2 Rxa2 25. Qxa2 Qa8 26. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lavrentiev, B."]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Be3 a5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. b3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kh2 Bc8 18. f4 Nf6 19. Bf2 Qc7 20. Rd2 Re7 21. a3 Rde8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Na6 24. Qb3 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 c5 26. Qb3 cxd4 27. Nb5 Qa5 28. Rxd4 Rf8 29. Rxd6 Ne8 30. Rdd1 Be6 31. Bc5 Rd7 32. Bxf8 Bxf8 33. e5 Rd2 34. Nc3 Rf2 35. Ne4 Ra2 36. Nd6 Nxd6 37. exd6 Bxd6 38. Qb5 Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qa2+ 40. Kf3 Bxh3 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe2 Qa6 43. Qe4 Bg4+ 44. Kg2 Qa2+ 45. Kh1 Qf2 46. Qd4+ Qxd4 47. Rxd4 Bf3+ 48. Kh2 Bc5 49. Rd3 Bc6 50. Re5 Bb4 51. g4 f6 52. Re6 g5 53. fxg5 fxg5 54. Kg3 Ba5 55. Re7+ Kg8 56. Ra3 b6 57. Rd3 b5 58. cxb5 Bxb5 59. Rd5 Bb4 60. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lomakin, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. 0-0 h6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. e5 Ne4 9. d5 Nb8 10. d6 0-0 11. Qd3 Nc5 12. Qf5 a6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Kg8 16. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Akchelov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. Qd2 b5 11. a3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc7 18. b4 Be7 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Kf2 Kd6 22. Ke3 Bb6+ 23. Kd3 f5 24. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Duedin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Ng5 h6 11. f3 Bf5 12. g4 hxg5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. 0-0-0 f4 15. Bg1 d5 16. c5 Nc8 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 e6 19. Qg2 Bf6 20. Bf2 N8e7 21. Rhe1 Rc8 22. Bb3 Kf8 23. Qg4 Rc7 24. h4 gxh4 25. Qxf4 Nf5 26. Kb1 Bg5 27. Qg4 Nh6 28. Qh3 Ne7 29. Rg1 Bf6 30. Qh2 Nhf5 31. Ne2 Rc8 32. Rge1 b5 33. Nf4 Qd7 34. Bc2 a5 35. Re2 b4 36. Qg1 a4 37. Rde1 Rg8 38. Qh2 Qb5 39. Nxe6+ fxe6 40. Rxe6 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Gorlov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. c3 Bb6 7. b4 a6 8. Ba3 0-0 9. b5 Ne7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Nxe5 Re8 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. d4 Ng4 14. Nd3 Ba5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nb4 Rd6 17. Nd2 c6 18. e3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc2 Rh6 21. h4 Bf5 22. a3 Re8 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qb3 g5 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Nxc6 Qh5 27. Rfc1 Bg4 28. f4 exf3 29. Kf2 fxg2 30. e4 Rxc6 31. c4 Rf6+ 32. Kxg2 Bf3+ 33. Kg1 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Leonov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Rb6 11. Qa4 Ne5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bb3 Nxe4 14. f4 Nc6 15. Bxf7 Nd8 16. Bb3 c6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 d5 19. Ba5 Rb8 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. Kh2 Nb7 22. Be1 Rhe8 23. Bf2 Re4 24. Rfe1 Rbe8 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Kg3 Bb6 27. Kf3 Nd6 28. g4 g5 29. fxg5 Nf7 30. Re1 Nxg5+ 31. Kg3 d3 32. cxd3 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Nxh3+ 34. Kf1 Rxg4 35. Re3 Rg1+ 36. Ke2 Ng5 37. Kf2 Rb1 38. Re2 Ne6 39. Kg3 Kd6 40. Rh2 Nc5 41. d4 Nxb3 42. axb3 Rd1 43. Rxh7 Rxd4 44. Rxa7 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 Rxb3 46. Ra2 c5 47. Ke2 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. Kc2 Rf3 50. Ra4+ c4 51. Ra8 Rf2+ 52. Kb1 Kd3 53. Ra3+ Kd2 54. Rc3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Black "Zavjalov, Valery N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Rb8 7. Bg2 b5 8. f4 Nd4 9. Nd1 b4 10. c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 Nb5 12. h3 Na3 13. Ne2 e6 14. 0-0 Ne7 15. g4 f5 16. Ng3 0-0 17. Kh2 fxe4 18. dxe4 Nc4 19. Qc2 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Qc7 21. f5 Be5 22. fxg6 Nxg6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Qf2 Ba6 26. c4 Rb2 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. g5 Nh4 29. Qg4 Nxg2 30. Nxg2 Bxc4 31. Rg1 Be2 32. Qh4 Bf3 33. Kh1 Qf7 34. g6 hxg6 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qh4 Rxa2 37. Qg5 Bf4 38. Nh5+ Bxh5 39. Qxf4 Qxf4 40. Nxf4 Bf3+ 41. Rg2 Bxe4 42. Nxe6+ Kf6 43. Ng5 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shukan, Alexander"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. e4 h6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. c3 Qd7 8. h3 g5 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 0-0 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2 Rad8 16. Rd1 f5 17. Qd2 Rf6 18. 0-0 Rdf8 19. f4 gxf3 20. Nxf3 f4 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Bc5 R8f7 23. d4 Rg6 24. d5 Bh3 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. Ng5+ Rxg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rfe1 Rf5 31. Bxa7 g4 32. Re7 Kg6 33. h5+ Rxh5 34. Rxc7 g3 35. Rd6+ Kh7 36. Bd4 Rg5 37. Rf6 c5 38. Rxf4 cxd4 39. Rh4+ Kg6 40. Rxh3 dxc3 41. bxc3 Kf5 42. Rc5+ Be5 43. Kg2 Ke4 44. Rh4+ Kd3 45. a4 Rf5 46. a5 Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Bxc3 48. Rh3 Bd4 49. Rxg3+ Rf3+ 50. Kg2 Rxg3+ 51. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Storchak, Vitalij"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. 0-0 Be6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bd2 h6 9. Qa4 0-0 10. Rfc1 Nh5 11. Rab1 f5 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Bc3 f4 14. Qd1 Nd8 15. Bb4 c6 16. Nc3 Nf7 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Ba3 Bh3 19. Qf1 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 fxg3 21. hxg3 b6 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Nc3 Rfe8 24. e4 Ng5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. b4 Rf8 27. b5 c5 28. Bc1 Qg4 29. Rf1 Rf3 30. Kh2 Rdf8 31. Bd2 Rxd3 32. Rbd1 Rdf3 33. Rde1 Nf6 34. Re3 Qh5+ 35. Qh3 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Novokuznetsk Autumn"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Volodarsky, Yury Aleksandrovic"]
[Black "Melnikov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qg4 Nxc3 7. Qxg7 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Ne4+ 9. c3 Nxf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxc6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Rc1 0-0-0 16. Be5 Rhe8 17. 0-0 c5 18. Bf6 Rd6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Be5 Rd8 22. Bf5+ Bd7 23. Bxh7 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxc4 25. h4 Be6 26. Bf6 Rd5 27. g4 Ne5 28. Be4 Rd4 29. f3 Rc4 30. Rxc4 Nxc4 31. h5 Ne5 32. h6 Bd5 33. h7 Ng6 34. Bxg6 1-0

