[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pankova, Julia"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nf6 9. 0-0 Qd8 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Be7 12. Bf4 0-0 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne3 Re8 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. Nxg4 Re7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Kf1 f6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Re1 Nb6 25. b3 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Ke6 27. Ke2 h5 28. Nf2 g6 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. Ke3 a5 31. Nb2 b5 32. c4 g5 33. cxb5 cxb5 34. a3 f5 35. Nd3 f4+ 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Kf2 Nb6 38. Nb2 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Kd3 Kf5 42. Kc3 g4 43. Kb4 gxf3 44. gxf3 Kg5 45. Nxa4 Nc4 46. Nc3 Nd2 47. Nxd5 Nxf3 48. Nxf4 Nxd4 49. Nxh5 Nc2+ 50. Kb3 Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Scheglov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Na3 0-0 9. c4 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 e4 13. Nh4 Ng4 14. g3 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 16. Kg2 Qe7 17. Nc2 dxc4 18. Rad1 Be5 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 Bxb2 21. Rxb7 cxb3 22. Rxb3 Rab8 23. Rb1 Rxb3 24. axb3 Bc3 25. Na3 Rb8 26. Nc4 f5 27. f3 exf3+ 28. Kxf3 a5 29. e4 fxe4+ 30. Kxe4 a4 31. Kd3 Bf6 32. b4 Kf8 33. Ke4 Ke7 34. Kd5 Kd7 35. b5 Be7 36. Ne5+ Kc7 37. Rc1+ Kb7 38. Nc6 Rc8 39. Ra1 Bf8 40. Rxa4 Ra8 41. Rxa8 Kxa8 42. Nd8 Bb4 43. g4 g6 44. Ke6 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kf5 h4 47. Kg4 Be7 48. Ne6 Kb7 49. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bezobrazov, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. b3 Bf5 10. Nge2 Nb4 11. Ne4 c5 12. a3 Na6 13. N4g3 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nf4 Bh4 16. d5 Qf6 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Kf2 g5 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Be2 g4 21. Rhe1 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Qg6 23. Nf4 Qg7 24. Nfh5 Qg6 25. Bf4 Bc2 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Qxe1 f5 29. Qe7 Bxe7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frolov, Lev"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qb3 b6 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bxb5 11. Qxb5 c6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rac1 e5 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Rae8 17. g4 fxg4 18. fxg4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rf8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. d5 c5 23. Kg2 h6 24. Qf1 Qd7 25. h3 Kg8 26. Qc4 Kh7 27. Nf3 g5 28. Bf2 Ng6 29. Bg3 Qf7 30. Qd3 Nf4+ 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. e5+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. c4 Kf7 35. a4 Ke7 36. Kf2 a6 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kf5 Bf8 41. d6 Ke8 42. Ke4 Kd7 43. Kd5 Bg7 44. e6+ Kd8 45. Kc6 Bf6 46. Kxb6 Bd4 47. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maksimov, Dmitri"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. h4 d5 6. h5 g5 7. e3 Be6 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qf3 g4 10. Qg3 Bd6 11. Qh4 h6 12. f3 Rg8 13. 0-0-0 Qe7 14. fxg4 Rxg4 15. Qf2 Qh7 16. Nge2 Nd7 17. Rh4 Rxh4 18. Qxh4 0-0-0 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Rg8 21. g4 Rg5 22. Rf1 Qg8 23. gxf5 Bf7 24. e4 Rg1 25. Qxh6 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qg1 27. Qf4 Bxh5 28. exd5 Qg5 29. Qxg5 fxg5 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Ne4 g4 32. Be2 Kd8 33. Ng3 Nf6 34. Nxh5 Nxh5 35. Bxg4 Nf6 36. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Mrykhin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. d3 Rb8 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 0-0 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bg7 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Kh1 a5 16. Rb1 Be6 17. c4 Rb7 18. f5 Bd7 19. b3 Be5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bb2 Bd4 22. Ne2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 a4 24. Qc2 Rfb8 25. Nc3 a3 26. Na4 Qb4 27. h3 f6 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. Qf2 Be6 30. Rbe1 Rh8 31. Re3 Rbb8 32. Kg1 Rh6 33. Rf3 g5 34. Qe1 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 g4 36. hxg4 Bxg4 37. Rg3 Rh4 38. Nc3 Kf7 39. Nb1 Ra8 40. Nd2 Ke6 41. Kf2 Kd7 42. Nf1 f5 43. exf5 Bxf5 44. Rge3 e5 45. Ng3 Rf4+ 46. Kg1 Bg6 47. Ne2 Rg4 48. g3 Kc7 49. Rf1 Bh5 50. Rf5 Rh8 51. Kg2 Rg7 52. Kf2 Bg4 53. Rf6 Rh1 54. Nc3 Rgh7 55. Re2 Rc1 56. Kg2 Bxe2 57. Nxe2 Rc2 58. Kf3 Rxa2 59. Nc3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedov, Elmin"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Qf6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Qg6 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. Nf4 Qf5 13. h3 h6 14. Ne2 d5 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Ng3 Qg6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bf4 a5 19. a3 Na6 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Be3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Bd7 25. Bf4 Ra6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 g5 28. Bh2 Re8 29. Nc2 f5 30. f4 Bf6 31. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Bxd6 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 Kf7 37. Nf3 Bf6 38. g3 Bb5 39. Bc5 g4 40. hxg4 fxg4 41. Nd2 Bd3 42. Kg1 Bc3 43. Nf1 b6 44. Bxb6 Bxb4 45. Ne3 Be4 46. Kf2 Bd6 47. Nc4 Bxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Bxd5 49. Ne5+ Ke6 50. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Cheremnova, Tamara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. c3 Bd6 9. Qd3 0-0 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 Rae8 13. Rae1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Qe7 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Qf3 c5 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. Qc4 Kg8 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Re3 Rd2 26. Rg3+ Rg5 27. Rxg5+ hxg5 28. Qf1 Qxe4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. exf5 e4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nd4 Qe5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Nd4 Qe5 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Nd4 Qe5 13. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvereva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Rb1 a6 10. c4 Nb6 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Be3 Na4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. c3 Nc5 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Ne1 f5 17. f3 f4 18. Bf2 Qg5 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nexd4 21. Bd3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qd5+ Qxd5 24. cxd5 Ne7 25. Rd1 Bd7 26. Nc2 Ba4 27. Rd2 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Nxd5 29. Rfc1 Re6 30. g4 Rbe8 31. Rc5 c6 32. R1c2 Re2 33. a3 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Re6 35. Rb2 b5 36. Bc5 Kf7 37. h4 h6 38. h5 g6 39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40. Rh2 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Rc1 42. Bf8 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Rxh2 44. Kxh2 h5 45. gxh5+ Kxh5 46. Kh3 a5 47. Bd6 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Kg2 b3 50. Be5 Ne3+ 51. Kf2 Nc4 52. Bc3 b2 53. Bxb2 Nxb2 54. Ke2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Egorov, Daniil"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. d3 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 Qe8 11. b4 Nd8 12. Nd2 g5 13. Nb3 Qg6 14. e3 Ne6 15. f4 h6 16. Nd5 Rf7 17. c5 Bf8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bb2 gxf4 20. exf4 Bg7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rbe1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bd5 Kh7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Qf2 Qd7 27. Re2 b6 28. Rfe1 Bb7 29. Re7 Qd5 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 32. Bxd4+ Kf7 33. cxb6 cxb6 34. Bxb6 Rc8 35. Bc5 Rc7 36. Re5 Bc8 37. d4 Kf6 38. Kf2 Kg5 39. d5 h5 40. d6 Rd7 41. Ke3 Kg4 42. a4 Rd8 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Kh3 45. b6 Kxh2 46. Kf4 Kh3 47. Re7 Rg8 48. b7 Rg4+ 49. Ke5 Bxb7 50. Rxb7 Kxg3 51. d7 Rg8 52. Kxf5 h4 53. Bb6 Rf8+ 54. Ke6 h3 55. d8Q Rxd8 56. Bxd8 Kg2 57. Bc7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Klimshin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Nb5 Qd8 6. Be2 a6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. c3 e6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Ncd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bg6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Kh1 Bxd4 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 0-0-0 18. a4 c6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bf3 Kb7 21. g3 Rxd4 22. Re1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 25. Kg1 Rd8 26. Ra3 Rd3 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28. b4 Kc7 29. Kf2 Kd6 30. Ke3 Bg6 31. d4 Kd5 32. g4 Kc4 33. Bd2 Kd5 34. h4 h5 35. g5 f6 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. Bc3 Kc4 38. Bd2 Kd5 39. Bc3 Bf5 40. Be1 e5 41. dxe5 fxe5 42. fxe5 Kxe5 43. Bc3+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 d6 7. Qc2 Qe8 8. 0-0 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. b4 c6 12. a4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 g5 15. Qe2 h5 16. g4 fxg3 17. fxg3 Qg6 18. Be3 Nbd7 19. c5 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Nf8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 g4 24. Bg2 Qf7 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Bf1 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Ne6 28. Bc4 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. Ke2 Nh7 32. Kd3 Bf6 33. Kc4 Bg5 34. Be1 Be3 35. b5 Ng5 36. Nd1 Bg1 37. a5 cxb5+ 38. Kxb5 Nxe4 39. Bb4 Kd7 40. Nb2 Kc7 41. Nd3 a6+ 42. Kc4 Bxh2 43. Kd5 Nxg3 44. Nxe5 Ne2 45. Bd2 Bxe5 46. Kxe5 g3 47. Be3 Kc6 48. Ke4 g2 49. Kf3 g1Q 50. Bxg1 Nxg1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 d5 5. e5 c4 6. d4 cxd3 7. Bxd3 Bc5 8. Nc3 a6 9. a3 Qc7 10. b4 Nxb4 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. Ra3 Bb4 14. Rb3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Ba7 16. Bb2 Ne7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh4 Nc6 20. Nf3 b5 21. Qf6 Rg8 22. Qh4 Rh8 23. Qf6 Rg8 24. Qh4 Bb7 25. Rb1 Na5 26. Rc3 Nc4 27. Ba3 Bc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rcb3 Qe7 30. Qxh6 0-0-0 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. Nxg5 Kb8 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34. Rh3 Rd2 35. Rg3 Rgd8 36. h3 Rxc2 37. Nxf7 Rxg2 38. Nxd8 Rxg3+ 39. Nxb7 Kxb7 40. Kh2 Rb3 41. Rg1 c3 42. Rc1 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 c2 44. Kg4 b4 45. Kg5 b3 46. Kxg6 Rb1 47. Kf6 Rxc1 48. Kxe6 Rf1 49. f5 c1Q 50. f6 b2 51. Ke7 b1Q 52. e6 Qc7+ 53. Ke8 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lazarev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. Na4 0-0 9. Nb6 d5 10. Nxa8 d4 11. Bd2 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. 0-0 Nd7 15. a3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Ba5 Qf6 18. Qe2 h5 19. Bc4+ Kh7 20. Rf2 Qc6 21. Bb4 Qf6 22. Na5 Bc8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxa6 Nb6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. b4 Qc3 28. Rb1 Qc7 29. h3 Bf6 30. Qd3 Bh4 31. Re2 Na4 32. Rd2 Nc3 33. Ra1 Kh6 34. Nb3 Qb6 35. Nc5 Be7 36. Qa6 Qc7 37. Nd3 Bd6 38. a4 Kg5 39. a5 Rb8 40. Ra3 Nb1 41. Ra2 Nxd2 42. Rb2 Nc4 43. Rb3 Ne3 44. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Demura, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 e6 7. a3 Qc7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Nce4 N7f6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Rc1 a6 22. Qe3 Ne7 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qf4 Rac8 25. g4 Ng6 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Ree1 Nxg4 30. h3 Nf6 31. a4 Rcd7 32. Ra1 Ne8 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. cxb5 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Nd6 37. Ra6 Nxb5 38. Rxb6 Nxd4 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Ree6 g5 41. Rec6 R8d7 42. Ra6 Kg8 43. Ra8+ Rd8 44. Ra7 R4d7 45. Raa6 Kh7 46. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiseleva, Arina"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Bd7 9. Nd4 c6 10. Rb1 Na6 11. b4 Nc7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 f4 16. Re1 Nh5 17. Bb2 e5 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 fxg3 22. hxg3 Ne8 23. Red1 Rf7 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Rb8 Nhf6 26. Rdb1 Rc7 27. Rc1 Rd7 28. Rcc8 Kf7 29. Kg2 h5 30. Rb3 Be7 31. Rcb8 d5 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. R8b7 Nd6 34. Nc5 Rxb7 35. Nxb7 Nc4 36. Rb4 Nb6 37. Rb5 Kd7 38. Ra5 Nc8 39. Nc5+ Kc6 40. Nd3 Kb6 41. Ra3 e4 42. Rb3+ Kc7 43. Rc3+ Kb8 44. Nf4 g5 45. Rc6 gxf4 46. Rxf6 fxg3 47. Kxg3 Kb7 48. Kf4 h4 49. Rh6 h3 50. Ke5 Nb6 51. Rxh3 Kc6 52. Kd4 Kb5 53. Rb3+ Kc6 54. Ra3 Kb7 55. Ra5 a6 56. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Be2 Qxf3 8. Bxf3 Ba6 9. b3 Ne7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. c4 Rfe8 12. 0-0 Rad8 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. g3 Ne5 15. Bg2 d5 16. exd5 Ng4 17. Nc3 Nxf2 18. Kf1 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Bc8 21. Bg2 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Bg4 23. Nc3 Bd4 24. h3 Bf5 25. Bd5 Bxh3+ 26. Bg2 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Re3 28. Nd1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Malyshev, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nc6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 a6 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bg2 0-0 11. 0-0 h6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. f4 d6 15. Rad1 b6 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Qf2 b5 20. Nc3 Ba8 21. Ne2 Rb8 22. c3 Nf6 23. h3 Ne7 24. e5 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 dxe5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Kh2 Ned5 28. Bd4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. Nf4 Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Re2+ 32. Rf2 Rbe8 33. Rdf1 Nd5 34. Nc1 Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 g6 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Bc5 Bc7 38. Kg2 h5 39. Bd4 Ne3+ 40. Bxe3 Rxe3 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 Bd6 43. Nc1 Kg7 44. Nb3 Kf6 45. Nd4 Kg5 46. Nc2 h4 47. g4 fxg4+ 48. hxg4 h3 49. Ne3 h2 50. Kg2 Bf4 51. Nd5 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosov, Igor"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. Bg5 c6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qh4 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rae8 18. b3 Qg7 19. Qe3 b6 20. Rad1 Bg4 21. Rd6 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 c5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Bc6 Rf7 25. Red1 Ree7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Kg2 Qc8 31. h3 Qa6 32. a4 Qa5 33. Qe3 Qb4 34. g4 Qa3 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kf6 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Qe3 Qb2 40. g5 Kf7 41. Qf3+ Ke6 42. Qd5+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. Qc8+ Ke7 45. Qc7+ Ke6 46. Qxh7 Qxb3 47. Qxg6+ Ke5 48. Qf6+ Ke4 49. Qe6+ Kd4 50. Qd5+ Kc3 51. Qf3+ Kxc4 52. Qxb3+ Kxb3 53. g6 c4 54. g7 Kxa4 55. g8Q 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Emdin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 0-0 12. Ned4 f6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rb8 16. b3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nxe5 18. 0-0 Qf6 19. Qe3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rb7 21. Rae1 Re7 22. d4 Bd7 23. f4 Kf8 24. Re2 Be8 25. Qe5 Bg6 26. Qxf6+ gxf6 27. Rff2 Rg7 28. Re3 Ke7 29. Rg2 Rf7 30. Rge2 Bf5 31. Rc3 Kd6 32. Rg2 Bg6 33. b4 Rb7 34. Rb2 Rb6 35. Rc5 Bd3 36. Rc3 Bg6 37. Kf2 e5 38. fxe5+ fxe5 39. dxe5+ Kxe5 40. Re3+ Kd6 41. Ree2 d4 42. a4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nezbailo, Dmitry"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qd6 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 0-0 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Nb3 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 a6 21. Nc3 a5 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. e4 d4 24. f3 Kf8 25. Ne2 d3 26. Nc1 d2 27. Nb3 Ke7 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 b5 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Ke3 a4 32. Kd4 Nd7 33. f4 f6 34. Nf3 Nb6 35. Nh4 g5 36. Nf5+ Kc6 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Ng7 Nc4 39. Kc3 Ne3 40. g3 h6 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Nf5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. 0-0-0 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qd7 14. Rhe1 0-0-0 15. Re3 Qd6 16. Qxd6 Rxd6 17. Rde1 g6 18. f4 h5 19. Bxg6 Rg8 20. Bxh5 Rxg2 21. R1e2 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Rd8 23. Re5 c6 24. f5 Bd7 25. Bxf7 Rh8 26. Be6 Rxh2 27. Bxd7+ Kxd7 28. f6 Rh7 29. Rg5 Rf7 30. Rg7 Ke6 31. Kd2 Kxf6 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kiselev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. c3 0-0 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Nxe4 8. Qe2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nh4 a5 16. Nhf5 a4 17. a3 Re8 18. Qf3 Bf8 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Nxg7 Bxg7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Re6 23. Qg5 Qe7 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. h4 f6 26. h5 Bf7 27. Nf5 Rg8 28. Nxe7 Rxg4 29. Nxc6 Bxh5 30. Bd1 Rg5 31. Bxh5 Rxh5 32. f3 f5 33. Kf2 f4 34. Rh1 Rg5 35. Nd8 Re7 36. Rh6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc6 9. 0-0 e6 10. f4 Be7 11. Bd2 0-0 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Kh1 Rfd8 14. Bc1 b5 15. h3 Qb7 16. Rde1 Rac8 17. a3 a5 18. Nd1 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Kh2 Bc5 21. Qd3 b4 22. f5 Bb5 23. Qf3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 exf5 25. Qxf5 Qd7 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qf3 Bd4 28. axb4 Bxe5 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 axb4 31. Ne3 f5 32. g4 Qd6 33. gxf5 Qxf4+ 34. Rxf4 g5 35. Rf1 Nf6 36. Rf2 d4 37. Ng4 Nxg4+ 38. hxg4 b3 39. cxb3 d3 40. Rd2 Rc2 41. Rd1 d2 42. Kg1 Rc1 43. Bf3 Rxd1+ 44. Bxd1 Re8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. a3 Qc7 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Qd3 d6 15. b3 Na5 16. Bb2 b5 17. Ne2 Bb7 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Nc6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Rad8 22. b4 Rd7 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Kg1 Bd8 26. Re1 Bb6+ 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Nf4 Nd4 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Nd3 Rc7 32. Re4 Bb6 33. Re2 Rc3 34. Rd2 Ke7 35. Ke2 Rxa3 36. Kf3 Rc3 37. Re2 Rc4 38. Rd2 Bd4 39. Re2 Kd7 40. Re4 Ba7 41. Rxc4 bxc4 42. Nb2 Kc6 43. Nxc4 Bb8 44. Ke4 Kb5 45. Na5 Bc7 46. c3 Bxa5 47. bxa5 Kxa5 48. c4 Kb4 49. Kd4 a5 50. c5 Kb5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dobronravina, Anna"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Qg3 f5 8. 0-0-0 Bd6 9. Qh3 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Nf3 0-0 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Ng5 Qc5 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7 d6 17. Be6 Nd4 18. Bc3 Nxe6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qh6 Qg5+ 21. Qxg5 fxg5 22. Rhe1 Bd7 23. f3 Kg7 24. Kd2 Rf8 25. Ke3 Rf7 26. Rd5 Bc6 27. Rd2 a6 28. Kf2 Nf4 29. Rh1 h5 30. h3 h4 31. Re1 Kg6 32. Kg1 Kh5 33. Kh2 Kg6 34. Rf2 Ba4 35. b3 Bb5 36. g3 hxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Bd7 38. h4 Nh5+ 39. Kh2 gxh4 40. Re4 h3 41. Rf1 Nf4 42. Rg1+ Ng2 43. Rc4 Be6 44. Rc3 Kg5 45. f4+ Rxf4 46. Rxc7 Rf2 47. Rxb7 Rxc2 48. Rb6 Rxa2 49. Rxd6 Kh4 50. Rd4+ Bg4 51. Kh1 Kg3 52. b4 Bf3 53. Rc4 h2 54. Rf1 Ra1 55. Rg4+ Kxg4 56. Rxa1 Kg3 57. Rf1 Ne3+ 58. Rxf3+ Kxf3 59. b5 axb5 60. Kxh2 b4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. c4 d4 7. b4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Rxe4 Nc6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Qe2 0-0 15. Na3 a6 16. Bc1 Rfb8 17. d3 Qa5 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Qe2 Rb7 20. h3 Rab8 21. Kh2 f5 22. Rh4 Bxh4 23. Nxh4 Qxe5+ 24. Qxe5 Ndxe5 25. Bf4 Nxd3 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Kg1 Rb2 28. Rb1 Rxb1+ 29. Nxb1 Na5 30. Kf1 Nxc4 31. Ke2 Nc1+ 32. Kd1 Nxa2 33. Nf3 h6 34. Ne1 Nb4 35. Nc2 e5 36. Nxb4 cxb4 37. Ke2 e4 38. f3 d3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozlov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Qd2 a6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Rb6 Qc7 17. Rfb1 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ra7 19. f4 Rd8 20. c4 Rd6 21. R6b3 Qa5 22. e5 Rd8 23. Rh3 e6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. dxe6 b5 26. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nce2 b5 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Rfd8 16. Bg1 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. c4 b4 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. f4 a5 22. Qf3 Qa7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Qc7 25. Bb2 a4 26. h4 e5 27. f5 Ra8 28. Kh2 Ra7 29. Rd5 axb3 30. axb3 Rxa1 31. Bxa1 Qa5 32. Qd1 Ra8 33. Bb2 Qa2 34. Rxc5 dxc5 35. Bxe5 Rd8 36. Qf3 f6 37. Bc7 Rd7 38. Bf4 Qc2 39. e5 Qxf5 40. exf6 Qxf6 41. Qa8+ Rd8 42. Bd5+ Kf8 43. Qb7 Bd6 44. Bxd6+ Qxd6 45. Kh3 Qd7+ 46. Qxd7 Rxd7 47. Kg4 g6 48. Kg5 Kg7 49. g4 Ra7 50. Bc6 Rf7 51. h5 h6+ 52. Kh4 g5+ 53. Kg3 Rf4 54. Bd7 Kf6 55. Bc6 Ke5 56. Bd5 Kd4 57. Bc6 Kc3 58. Ba4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koroliov, Aleksei"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Be6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Qd7 11. 0-0 Bf6 12. c3 0-0 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rfe8 16. h3 Re6 17. d5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Re3 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 a5 21. b3 g6 22. a4 b6 23. Kf1 Qe8 24. Qc4 Qe7 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 h5 27. a5 bxa5 28. bxa5 Qe5 29. Qa2 c5 30. a6 Qe8 31. a7 Qa8 32. Qa6 Kg7 33. g3 Bd4 34. Ke2 Bxe3 35. fxe3 c4 36. Qb6 f5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kh6 39. Qb8 Qxd5 40. a8Q Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+ 44. Kh1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qh4+ 46. Kg2 Qxg4+ 47. Kf2 Qh4+ 48. Ke2 Qh2+ 49. Kd1 Qg1+ 50. Kc2 Qf2+ 51. Kb1 Qe1+ 52. Ka2 Qd2+ 53. Qb2 Qxe3 54. Qah8+ Kg5 55. Qg2+ Kf4 56. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e5 Nh6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rac1 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. a3 Qd7 16. Qd1 Ne7 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. b4 Ng6 22. Bd2 Ba6 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. g3 f6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Be3 Kg7 27. Nd2 Bd3 28. f4 h5 29. Kf2 Ne7 30. Nf3 Nc6 31. Ne2 Bc4 32. Ne5 Nb8 33. Nc3 b5 34. Bd2 a6 35. Ke3 Be7 36. Bc1 Bd6 37. Nd1 Bc7 38. Bd2 Kf6 39. Nf2 Ke7 40. Nfd3 Bxd3 41. Nxd3 Nc6 42. Bc3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kharitonov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 d5 6. fxe4 dxe4 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. Nge2 Nd5 9. 0-0 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bb3 Na6 14. Nxe4 h6 15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc7 17. Qg6+ Kd8 18. Be5 Kc8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxa4 Nd5 21. Qxc6+ Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Nb6 23. Bxa8 Nxa8 24. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkova, Svetlana"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 Nf6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bb5 0-0 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne8 16. Re3 Bh5 17. Rae1 Nd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb3 Nd8 20. Nc5 c6 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. R1xe2 b6 23. Nd3 Ne6 24. Ne5 Rfc8 25. Qc2 c5 26. Qf5 Rc7 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 cxd4 30. cxd4 Rc7 31. f3 Rd8 32. b3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Rdc8 34. Kg3 Rd8 35. h4 Rdd7 36. Kf4 Rc1 37. Kg4 Rd1 38. Kf5 Rxd4 39. g4 Rd1 40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 g6+ 42. Rxg6 Re7 43. Rg7+ Kxg7 44. Rxe7+ Kf8 45. Rxa7 Rd3 46. f4 Rc3 47. Kf6 Rc6+ 48. Ke5 Rc5 49. Rd7 Ra5 50. a4 Rc5 51. Rxd5 Rc8 52. Rd7 Rc3 53. g6 Rc5+ 54. Ke6 Rc6+ 55. Rd6 Rc7 56. Kf6 Rc8 57. Rxb6 Kg8 58. a5 Rf8+ 59. Kg5 Kg7 60. Rb7+ Kg8 61. a6 Ra8 62. a7 Re8 63. Rb8 Kg7 64. a8Q Re5+ 65. Kg4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Fedoseeva, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Qa3 Kxf7 10. Qxa5 c6 11. Qxd8 Bxd8 12. 0-0 Bg4 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Be3 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nf6 16. f3 Be6 17. Rad1 Ke7 18. Rfe1 b5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Kf7 21. a3 a6 22. Ree1 Rhe8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd6 Rac8 25. Kf2 a5 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. Nc5 Bd5 28. Rd7+ Kg6 29. Ree7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Rf8 31. Ke3 a4 32. g3 Rc8 33. h3 Rd8 34. Nd7 Bf7 35. f4 f5 36. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Be2 0-0 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Rc1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. c4 Qa5 15. Qe2 Qb4 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Rf5 19. a3 Qe7 20. e4 Rxf3 21. exd5 Rc3 22. Qd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qa5 b6 26. Qe1 Qd7 27. Ne3 Re8 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4 Bf8 31. Nd5 Kg7 32. Kf1 Re4 33. f3 Re5 34. b5 f5 35. g3 Kf7 36. f4 Re4 37. Rd3 Bc5 38. g4 Rd4 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Rxd4 Bxd4 41. Nb4 Kd6 42. Nc6 Kc5 43. Kd3 Bf2 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Ne7 Kxb5 46. Nxf5 Bc5 47. Ng7 Kb4 48. Kc2 a5 49. f5 a4 50. bxa4 Kxa4 51. Ne8 Kb4 52. Kd3 b5 53. Nf6 Kb3 54. Nxh7 Kb2 55. Nf6 b4 56. Ne4 Bf8 57. Nd2 Be7 58. Kc4 Ka3 59. Nb3 Bh4 60. Nd4 Bf6 61. Nc2+ Kb2 62. Nxb4 Kc1 63. Nd5 Bg7 64. f6 Bf8 65. Kd3 Kd1 66. Ne7 Ke1 67. Ke3 Bh6+ 68. Kf3 Kd2 69. Ng6 Kd3 70. f7 Kd4 71. f8Q Bxf8 72. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Ishin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Nxg6 fxg6 9. d4 Ngf6 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Qxg6+ Kd8 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qf5 Bd6 15. Bg5 Ned7 16. 0-0-0 Kc8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxh5 Re8 19. Bg4 Rd8 20. Nxf6 b6 21. Nxd7 Kb7 22. Rhe1 a5 23. g3 a4 24. Qd3 Bf8 25. Qh7 Bb4 26. c3 Rh8 27. Qe4 Bd6 28. Qd4 Rh6 29. Re6 Rxe6 30. Bxe6 Be7 31. f4 a3 32. b3 Ra5 33. b4 Ra8 34. Qe5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Rc1 a5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Rfe1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Qf6 14. d4 Ng7 15. e4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Rf8 17. e5 Qd8 18. Nfd2 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc4 Qa7 21. Nd6 Ne8 22. Ne4 Nc7 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Nf6 Rh8 25. h4 h6 26. Qf4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qe3 a4 29. b4 a3 30. Rc3 Qa4 31. Rb1 Be6 32. Rbb3 Rhc8 33. Qc1 Qb5 34. Rf3 Ra4 35. Qd2 Rca8 36. g4 Qc4 37. Rfc3 Qb5 38. Rc5 Qb6 39. h5 Qd8 40. hxg6 fxg6 41. Rh3 Qh8 42. Rc1 R8a6 43. Kg2 Rb6 44. Rch1 h5 45. Qg5 Kf7 46. Rf3 Bxg4 47. Nxg4+ Ke8 48. Qxg6+ Kd8 49. Qd6+ Kc8 50. Rf8+ Qxf8 51. Qxf8+ Kc7 52. Qd6+ Kc8 53. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Chernov, Vladimir1111"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bd3 dxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Bf4 Nd4 15. Be4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Bxd1 18. Raxd1 Rfd8 19. b3 Rac8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Kf1 h6 22. Ke2 g5 23. Bg3 Rc8 24. Kd3 Nd7 25. f4 Nc5+ 26. Kd2 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Rd8+ 28. Kc2 Nd3 29. Rd1 Nb4+ 30. Kb1 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Nc6 32. e6 fxe6 33. Ne3 Kf7 34. a3 h5 35. b4 b5 36. Nc2 e5 37. Be3 Ke6 38. Ka2 Kd5 39. Bc5 e6 40. a4 bxa4 41. Ka3 a6 42. Kxa4 Bh6 43. Be3 Bf8 44. g3 Kc4 45. Na3+ Kd3 46. Bc5 Bxc5 47. bxc5 e4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kushka, Alena"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. f3 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. exd5 Nxd4 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. 0-0-0 c5 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nh3 g5 14. Na2 f4 15. b4 Bb6 16. Rhe1+ Kf7 17. Be4 Bxh3 18. gxh3 f5 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Bxf5 Rhe8 21. Be6+ Kg7 22. Kd2 Rad8 23. Nc1 a5 24. Nd3 axb4 25. axb4 Rd6 26. Re5 Bc7 27. Nc5 Rb6 28. Rf5 Re7 29. c3 dxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Bd6 31. h4 Kg6 32. h5+ Kg7 33. Ne4 Bxb4+ 34. Kd4 Rbxe6 35. dxe6 Rxe6 36. Rb5 Ba3 37. Rxb7+ Re7 38. Rb6 Rd7+ 39. Ke5 Be7 40. Ke6 Ra7 41. Kf5 Ra5+ 42. Kg4 Ra7 43. Rg6+ Kh7 44. h4 gxh4 45. Nf6+ Bxf6 46. Rxf6 Rg7+ 47. Kxh4 Rg1 48. Rxf4 Rh1+ 49. Kg4 Rg1+ 50. Kf5 Rg5+ 51. Kf6 Rxh5 52. Rg4 Ra5 53. Rg7+ Kh8 54. Rb7 Ra6+ 55. Kf5 Ra5+ 56. Kg6 Ra6+ 57. Kh5 Rf6 58. Rb3 Kg7 59. Kg4 Kg6 60. f4 h5+ 61. Kg3 Kf5 62. Rb5+ Kg6 63. Re5 Kh6 64. Rg5 Rf7 65. Re5 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Golovenchits, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nge7 9. 0-0 Qf5 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nb5 Rd8 12. Nxd6+ Rxd6 13. Be3 0-0 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Qxf5 Bxf5 17. Bc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rxe3 19. d5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Ba2 c6 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Rf2 Be6 24. Bxe6 Rexe6 25. Rfc2 g6 26. b4 h5 27. Rc5 Re2 28. R5c2 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rd3 30. a4 Rd4 31. Rxc6 Rxb4 32. Ra6 Rb7 33. Kf2 Re7 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. g3 f6 36. h4 g5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Rc6 Rb7 39. Ra6 Kf7 40. Kf2 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Kh3 Kd7 44. Kxh4 Kc7 45. Kg3 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 Kb7 47. Re6 Rb4 48. Ke2 Rxa4 49. Kd3 a5 50. Kc3 Rb4 51. Rf6 Rb5 52. Rg6 a4 53. Kc2 a3 54. Rg1 Rb2+ 55. Kc3 Rf2 56. Ra1 a2 57. Kb3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kazakevich, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 h6 10. Bh4 g6 11. 0-0-0 Bg7 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Rhe1 Be5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Bf3 b6 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. d4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Rd3 Kd7 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. g4 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rg3 Re8 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Kf4 Kd5 32. c3 c5 33. dxc5 bxc5 34. Rg7 a5 35. Rf7 a4 36. Rxf5+ Kc4 37. b3+ axb3 38. axb3+ Kxc3 39. Rxc5+ Kxb3 40. Re5 Rf8+ 41. Ke3 Kc4 42. Rxe4+ Kd5 43. f4 Rg8 44. Re5+ Kd6 45. Kf3 Ra8 46. g3 Rg8 47. Re1 Rg7 48. g4 Kd5 49. f5 h5 50. gxh5 Rg5 51. Kf4 Rxh5 52. Rd1+ Kc6 53. Ke5 Rh2 54. Ke6 Re2+ 55. Kf7 Rf2 56. f6 Rf3 57. Ke7 Re3+ 58. Kf8 Rf3 59. f7 Rg3 60. Rd4 Rg5 61. Ke7 Kc5 62. Rf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khan, Andrey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd2 d6 7. 0-0-0 Nf6 8. Nd5 Ng4 9. Qg3 0-0 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bc3 Qe6 13. Kb1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Ne2 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Be2 a6 20. Rhe1 b5 21. Bf1 Rae8 22. Re4 Bc6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rde1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Ne5 26. c4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4+ bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rb8+ 29. Kc1 c5 30. Ra4 Rb6 31. Re4 Kf7 32. c4 Kf6 33. Kc2 h5 34. g3 g5 35. h3 Rb4 36. a3 Rb8 37. Re3 Rd8 38. Rd3 Ke5 39. Rd5+ Kf6 40. Kd3 Rd7 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 h4 43. Ke4 Re7+ 44. Kf3 Rd7 45. Kg4 a5 46. Kxh4 Rd8 47. Kg4 Rg8+ 48. Rg5 Re8 49. Rd5 Rg8+ 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Rg5 Rb8 52. Ke4 Rb3 53. f5+ Kf7 54. Kd5 Rxh3 55. Rg6 Rxa3 56. Rxd6 Rf3 57. Kxc5 Rxf5+ 58. Rd5 Rxd5+ 59. Kxd5 a4 60. Kd4 Ke6 61. Kc3 Kd6 62. Kb4 Kc6 63. Kxa4 Kc5 64. Kb3 Kb6 65. Kb4 Kc6 66. c5 Kc7 67. Kb5 Kb7 68. c6+ Kc7 69. Kc5 Kc8 70. Kb6 Kb8 71. c7+ Kc8 72. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor1111"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. e3 c5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. c4 b6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Re1 0-0 12. Nd2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Nc4 Bb4 16. Re2 Nf6 17. a3 Be7 18. Rc1 b5 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. b4 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Qa8 22. f3 Rc8 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 g6 25. Qc7 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Bxb7 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Ke3 Nd5+ 29. Kf2 Bh4+ 30. Kg1 Be1 31. Be4 Bd2 32. Nd7 a5 33. bxa5 Bxa5 34. Nc5 Bc6 35. Nd3 f5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Nxc6 Bb6 40. f4 h6 41. Ke3 g5 42. g3 Bc7 43. Na7 Bb6 44. Nxb5 Kd7 45. a4 Bd8 46. Ba3 h5 47. Bc5 g4 48. Nd6 Ke6 49. Nb7 Bc7 50. a5 Bb8 51. a6 Kd7 52. a7 Bxa7 53. Bxa7 Kc7 54. Na5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qe2 Ndf6 9. f3 Nd6 10. Bh6 Rg8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. c4 c6 13. c5 Nf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 Qe7 17. g3 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 f6 19. Qe2 Bf7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Kf2 Bh5 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Rb8 26. Re3 Bd1 27. b4 b6 28. Ra3 Rb7 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Ra8 h5 31. a4 Kc7 32. Rf8 Bxa4 33. Rxf6 Bc2 34. Rh6 Bd1 35. Nf1 Ra7 36. Rh7+ Kb8 37. Rxa7 Kxa7 38. Ne3 Bb3 39. Nxf5 Ka6 40. Nd6 Bc2 41. Ke3 Bg6 42. Kd2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Paliy, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. d4 0-0 9. Qh5 Nd7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 N7f6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. h3 Bc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd2 Bb4 17. a3 Ba5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. b4 Bb6 21. Nb3 Bd8 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Kf1 Nb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nd5 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Kd3 Ke8 30. Kc4 Kd7 31. Nc5+ Kc7 32. Ne4 a6 33. Bg5 b5+ 34. Kd3 Bxg5 35. Nxg5 Nf4+ 36. Ke4 Nxg2 37. Nxf7 Ne1 38. Ng5 Kd6 39. Nxh7 Nc2 40. Kd3 Nxa3 41. Ng5 Nc4 42. Ne4+ Kc6 43. Nc5 Kd5 44. Nxa6 e5 45. dxe5 Nxe5+ 46. Ke3 Kc4 47. Ke4 Nd3 48. Kf5 Nxb4 49. Nc7 Nd3 50. Nxb5 Kxb5 51. Kg6 Nf4+ 52. Kxg7 Nxh3 53. Kf6 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Simko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. d3 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 Be7 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 a5 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. Ng3 h6 13. 0-0-0 Be6 14. Kb1 c5 15. Nh2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qe2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 0-0 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nh5 Bf7 21. g4 Qd7 22. Nh4 Qd5 23. c4 Qe6 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Nf5+ Qxf5 26. gxf5 Kh7 27. Rhg1 Bh5 28. Rde1 Rad8 29. Kc2 Rg8 30. Rg3 Rg5 31. Reg1 Rdg8 32. Qe4 Bf7 33. h4 Rxg3 34. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kruglov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Qe3+ Be6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ng5 0-0 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Nd2 e5 15. Qg3 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qe6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Bf1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qxb2 22. Re2 Qb6 23. h3 Qd8 24. Qg5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Nf3 Qg6 27. f5 Qe8 28. Qc1 Qe4 29. Qb2 Qe7 30. Qb6 Ne4 31. Qb2 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Nxf5 33. Qd2 Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 Nxe3 35. Nd2 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Kf7 37. Kf2 b5 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. g3 b4 40. cxb4 Nxb4 41. Kd4 Nxa2 42. Nf3 h6 43. Nh4 Nb4 44. Ng2 Kd6 45. Nh4 Nc6+ 46. Kc3 Ke5 47. Ng6+ Ke4 48. Nh4 Ne5 49. g4 d4+ 50. Kc2 g6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Utkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 e6 5. 0-0 Nge7 6. Re1 Na5 7. Bf1 d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ng6 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. c4 Be7 14. a3 exd5 15. Neg5 dxc4 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. axb4 0-0 18. Be3 Bxb4 19. Rec1 a5 20. Rxc4 c5 21. Rcc1 Rd3 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Kf1 f6 25. Ne6 Kf7 26. Nc7 Rb3 27. Nd5 Rxb2 28. Nxb6 Ke6 29. Nc4 Rc2 30. Nxa5 Kd5 31. Rd1+ Ke4 32. Nc6 Rb2 33. Nxb4 cxb4 34. Rd4+ Kf5 35. Rd7 Ne5 36. Nxe5 fxe5 37. Rd2 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 h6 39. Kd3 h5 40. h4 b3 41. Kc3 Kg4 42. g3 Kf3 43. Rd7 b2 44. Rxg7 Re1 45. Kxb2 Rxe3 46. fxe3 Kxe3 47. g4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Qe4+ 10. Qe2 Qxc2 11. Qd3 Qa4 12. Be2 Nge7 13. 0-0 Ng6 14. Bd1 Qa5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Re1 0-0 17. Bc2 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bc3 e5 21. Ng5 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Nxh7 Qe7 24. Qh3 Qf7 25. g3 Nge7 26. Re4 Rh5 27. Rh4 Rxh4 28. Qxh4 Nf5 29. Ng5 Nxh4 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. gxh4 Rd8 32. Rb1 Rd7 33. Kg2 Kg6 34. Re1 Kf5 35. Re3 Kf4 36. Rf3+ Ke4 37. Re3+ Kd5 38. Kf3 Rf7+ 39. Kg3 Kxc5 40. Bxe5 Nxe5 41. Rxe5+ Kd4 42. f4 c3 43. Re1 Kd3 44. Kg4 Kd2 45. Rg1 Re7 46. Ra1 c2 47. Kg5 Re1 48. Ra2 Rg1+ 49. Kf5 Kc3 50. Rxc2+ Kxc2 51. h5 Kd3 52. Ke5 Re1+ 53. Kf5 Kd4 54. h4 Kd5 55. h6 gxh6 56. a4 Rh1 57. Kg4 Ke4 58. f5 Rg1+ 59. Kh5 Kxf5 60. a5 b5 61. axb6 axb6 62. Kxh6 b5 63. h5 b4 64. Kh7 b3 65. h6 b2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Turetsky, Mark"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 b6 7. d4 d5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 Nd7 14. 0-0 Rc8 15. Qd2 e6 16. Rac1 Qf6 17. Qe3 Kg7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 f6 21. exf6+ Kxf6 22. f4 Ke7 23. Bd3 Kd6 24. g3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rf7 26. Bf1 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Kxc7 28. Kf2 Kc6 29. Ke3 Kc5 30. Kd2 Kb4 31. Kc2 Ka3 32. Kb1 Be4+ 33. Ka1 h5 34. Bc4 Bf5 35. Be2 a5 36. Bd1 b5 37. Be2 Kb4 38. Kb2 Kc5 39. Kc3 b4+ 40. Kd2 Kd4 41. Bc4 e5 42. fxe5 Kxe5 43. Bd3 g5 44. Bxf5 Kxf5 45. Ke3 Kg4 46. Kf2 Kh3 47. Kg1 Kg4 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Kf3 g4+ 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Glazov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Rad8 13. b5 Nb8 14. Qc2 g6 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nbd2 d5 17. Rfb1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 axb5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 c6 21. Rbb1 Na7 22. Ne4 Nb5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qd2 h6 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Ne4 Nb8 27. h4 Na6 28. Ra4 Nac7 29. Nf6 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. a6 b6 32. Rba1 Ra8 33. g3 Rad8 34. Rc1 Na7 35. Kg2 b5 36. Raa1 b4 37. Rc4 Rb5 38. Rb1 Rdb8 39. Qb3 R8b6 40. Ra1 Qd7 41. Rc2 Qc8 42. Rca2 Qa8 43. Kg1 c5 44. dxc5 Rxc5 45. Ne1 Rc3 46. Qb2 Qe4 47. Qe2 Qc6 48. Rb2 b3 49. Ra3 Nb5 50. a7 Nxa3 51. Qd2 Ra6 52. Qd8 Qc8 53. Qf6+ Kg8 54. Rd2 Rxa7 55. Rd8+ Qxd8 56. Qxd8+ Kh7 57. Qf6 b2 58. Nf3 b1Q+ 59. Kh2 Qf5 60. Ng5+ hxg5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Busygina, Alena"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 Be7 8. Be3 b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. f3 Rc8 13. c4 Nh5 14. Bf2 Nf4 15. g3 Ne6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 0-0 18. 0-0 Nf6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qe6 22. g4 d5 23. Nd2 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rfd8 26. Qe3 Qe5 27. Bd3 Re8 28. Rae1 Ba8 29. Re2 f6 30. a3 h5 31. Rf5 Qd6 32. Rxh5 Red8 33. Bb1 g6 34. Ba2+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Koniukhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. f4 Bd6 10. e5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng8 12. Qd5 Qe7 13. Nc3 Nh6 14. Ne4 Ba7 15. Bd2 Qe6 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. c4 Nf5 18. Rae1 h6 19. Bd1 0-0 20. b4 b5 21. c5 Bb7 22. Bc2 Rad8 23. Be3 d6 24. Bg1 dxe5 25. fxe5 Ne7 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. a3 Nc6 28. Ng3 Ne7 29. Rd1 Nd5 30. Bb3 Bc6 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Nxf1 c6 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Kg1 Bb8 36. Kf2 Bc7 37. g3 Bd8 38. Ne3 Be4 39. Nd1 g5 40. Ke3 Bc2 41. Nc3 g4 42. Kd2 Bf5 43. Be3 Kg6 44. Ne2 Kf7 45. Nd4 Bc7 46. Bf4 h5 47. Nxc6 Be4 48. Nd4 Bd5 49. Kc3 Kg6 50. Nc2 Kf5 51. Kd4 Bc6 52. Ne3+ Kg6 53. Kd3 Bb8 54. Nd1 Bc7 55. Nc3 Kf5 56. Kd4 Bf3 57. a4 Bc6 58. axb5 axb5 59. Nd1 Kg6 60. Nf2 Kf5 61. Kd3 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averjanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Nb6 12. h3 a5 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Be3 Ne8 15. 0-0-0 e6 16. Rhe1 Nc7 17. Bf4 Na6 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Bc4 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. e5 Nc7 22. Ne4 b5 23. Bb3 Nd5 24. Nd6 Re7 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nxb5 Nb6 28. Nd6 Rc7+ 29. Kd2 Nc4+ 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Ke3 Rb8 32. Rd2 Rcb4 33. Rc1 a4 34. Rc3 h6 35. g4 Ba6 36. h4 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rxb2 38. Nd2 Rb4 39. f4 Bc4 40. f5 Ke7 41. Nxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 dxc4 43. Kd2 a3 44. Kc3 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. d5 f6 47. e6 Kd6 48. Kc2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Musaev, Shamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. exd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. 0-0 Qb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. c3 0-0 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Re6 19. Bf4 Rf6 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qe3 Rxf2 22. Ng3 Rxa2 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 g6 26. Re7 Rd8 27. Rf1 f5 28. Kh2 Rdd2 29. Kg3 Rxg2+ 30. Kf4 Rge2 31. Rc7 Re8 32. Rd1 Rae2 33. Rdd7 R2e4+ 34. Kg5 R8e5 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rcf7+ Ke8 37. Rxh7 f4+ 38. Kxg6 Re6+ 39. Rf6 Rxf6+ 40. Kxf6 f3 41. Rxa7 Rf4+ 42. Ke6 Kf8 43. Ra1 f2 44. Rf1 Kg7 45. Ke5 Rf3 46. c4 Rxb3 47. Rxf2 Rxh3 48. c5 Rd3 49. Ke6 Rd5 50. Rc2 Kh6 51. Rc4 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. f3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Qb4 Rfd8 17. d5 Qd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bf6 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke8 25. f4 Bd7 26. Ba6 Ba4 27. Bc3 Kd7 28. e5 Kc7 29. Bb4 Nb7 30. Bxb7 Kxb7 31. Bxd6 Bd7 32. Kf3 b5 33. g4 a5 34. a3 Kc8 35. h3 Kd8 36. Ke4 Bc8 37. f5 Kd7 38. Bc5 Ke8 39. e6 fxe6 40. dxe6 h5 41. Ke5 hxg4 42. fxg6 gxh3 43. g7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Marinin, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Ng5 d5 8. d3 Nd4 9. c4 bxc4 10. dxc4 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 h6 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Qc6 Qf6 16. Qxa8 Qxe5 17. g3 Nb6 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qb7 Bc8 20. Qc6+ Bd7 21. Qb7 Bc8 22. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. a3 0-0 10. b4 Be7 11. c5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. 0-0 d6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bc5 Qd7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qb3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qc2 g6 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rb8 28. f3 Kg7 29. Kf2 h6 30. Ke3 g5 31. Kd4 h5 32. Kc5 d4 33. Kxd4 g4 34. Bc4 gxf3 35. gxf3 Kg6 36. Bxf7+ Kg5 37. Rc5+ Kf4 38. Bxh5 Rd8+ 39. Kc3 Bxf3 40. Bxf3 Kxf3 41. h4 Rd6 42. h5 Ke4 43. Kb3 Kd4 44. Rg5 Rh6 45. Ka4 Kc4 46. Ka5 Kb3 47. a4 Kc4 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Rh8 50. Ka6 Ra8+ 51. Kb7 Ra5 52. h6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Pleshkov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 c6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxe5 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. f4 Qd4+ 10. Kh1 Ng4 11. e5 Qg1+ 12. Kxg1 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bxf2 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bazhenova, Dina"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Qe6+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Kxe2 c6 8. d4 e6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Kd3 Be7 13. a4 0-0 14. a5 Nbd7 15. a6 bxa6 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17. Bb7 Rcd8 18. Kc2 Nb6 19. c5 Nbd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rhd1 e5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. dxe5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxe5 26. Rd7 Bb8 27. Kb3 Rc8 28. Kc4 Kf8 29. b4 Ke8 30. Rd2 Ke7 31. g3 h6 32. Kd5 g5 33. Ra2 f5 34. Rxa6 f4 35. Bd4 Rd8+ 36. Kc4 Kd7 37. Rxh6 fxg3 38. hxg3 Rg8 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Rg7 Rxg7 41. Bxg7 a6 42. Bd4 g4 43. Be3 Bc7 44. Bf4 Bd8 45. c6 Bb6 46. Be3 Bc7 47. Kc5 Bd6+ 48. Kb6 Bxb4 49. c7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxf3 8. Nxf3 Nc6 9. Nb5 Kd7 10. c3 a6 11. Na3 b5 12. 0-0 Ke8 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. d3 e6 15. Nc2 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Rae1 Nd5 19. Bc1 f6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 f5 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Re5 Be7 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. R5e3 Bf6 26. Ke2 b4 27. Kd2 g5 28. g3 Rg8 29. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bf3 Ne4 9. 0-0 f5 10. Re1 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. c4 Qxd4 13. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Na5 Rd8 18. Nd2 Ba8 19. Nab3 Qe5 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Nf1 0-0 22. Nbd2 Rf7 23. Bf2 Rdf8 24. Bg3 Qd4 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qe3 Qd4 27. h3 Rxf1+ 28. Nxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qxe3 30. Rad1 Qg5 31. h4 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 e3 33. Rde1 Qg3 34. Re2 b3 35. a5 h5 36. Rb2 h4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Molchanov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[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. a4 b4 9. h3 0-0 10. c3 Rb8 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 a5 15. Na3 Ne8 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Bf1 Bf6 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rab1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 h6 22. Kh2 Be6 23. Nb5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Nd2 Bd3 26. Qb3 Bxb1 27. Nxb1 Ne7 28. Qc4 Rd1 29. Nd2 Qd7 30. Nb3 c6 31. Nc5 cxb5 32. Nxd7 bxc4 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Bxh6 Ra1 35. f4 exf4 36. Bxf4 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 Qc7 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nc4 0-0-0 11. Qe1 h6 12. a3 Be7 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 g5 15. h3 Nf6 16. b4 g4 17. b5 gxf3 18. bxc6 fxg2 19. cxb7+ Qxb7 20. Rf2 Rdg8 21. Rxf6 Qc6 22. Rxh6 Rxh6 23. Bxh6 Rh8 24. Be3 Qe8 25. Bg5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Airumian, Sergei"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Bf4 Na6 8. Bc4 c6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. 0-0 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Re1 g6 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Be5 Rg8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 exd6 22. Rxe6+ Kd8 23. Qe2 Kc7 24. c3 Qc4 25. b3 Qb5 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Nb4 Kb8 28. Nxd5 Bh6 29. Qxh6 Qxd5 30. Re7 Rgf8 31. Qxh7 Rxf3 32. Rxb7+ Qxb7 33. Qxb7+ Kxb7 34. gxf3 Rf8 35. Kg2 Kc6 36. Kf2 Rh8 37. Kg3 Kd5 38. Rd1+ Ke6 39. h4 Rh5 40. Re1+ Kd7 41. Kg4 Rd5 42. Re3 Rd2 43. a4 a5 44. Kg5 Rg2+ 45. Kf6 Kc6 46. b4 axb4 47. cxb4 Rh2 48. Re4 Rg2 49. Rg4 Rf2 50. f4 Ra2 51. Kxg6 Rxa4 52. f5 Ra8 53. Rf4 Kd5 54. f6 Ke5 55. Rf5+ Ke6 56. f7 Rf8 57. Kg7 Ke7 58. Rf1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Shpartko, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. d3 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rfe1 0-0-0 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. a4 Nd5 14. a5 Kb8 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. c3 Rhe8 17. d4 f6 18. a6 b6 19. Qb5 Rc8 20. Nd2 Qc6 21. Qb4 e5 22. f3 Re6 23. Nb3 Ka8 24. Nd2 Rce8 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Nb3 Nc5 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Qb7+ Qxb7 29. axb7+ Kxb7 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Rea1 a6 32. b4 Bd3 33. bxc5 g6 34. Rd1 e4 35. fxe4 dxe4 36. Re1 Re5 37. Ra4 Rce6 38. Rb4+ Kc7 39. Rd4 Kc6 40. Rd8 Kxc5 41. Rc8+ Rc6 42. Rxc6+ Kxc6 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. Ke3 Kc4 45. Ne2 Bxe2 46. Rxe2 Kxc3 47. Ra2 Re6 48. Ra5 Kb4 49. Rd5 a5 50. Rd7 h5 51. Rb7+ Ka3 52. g3 a4 53. h3 Ka2 54. g4 h4 55. Rb4 a3 56. g5 Ka1 57. Rb5 a2 58. Rb4 Re5 59. Rb6 Rxg5 60. Kxe4 Rg3 61. Kf4 Rxh3 62. Kg4 Rh2 63. Rb5 Rb2 64. Re5 Rb4+ 65. Kg5 Kb2 66. Re2+ Ka3 67. Re3+ Rb3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Nf3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. a3 c5 16. Be3 Qh4 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. b3 Rc8 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qxh4 Bxh4 24. Bf4 Bf6 25. Be5 Be7 26. Nf1 f6 27. Bh2 e5 28. Ne3 Be6 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf7 31. f3 Bd8 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Bg3 Bc7 34. Rh1 g6 35. Ng2 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Kg7 37. Re1 Kf7 38. g5 Rh8 39. gxf6 Kxf6 40. Ne3 Rh5 41. Nf1 Rh3 42. Nd2 Bd5 43. Kg2 Rh5 44. Bf2 Bd6 45. Ne4+ Bxe4 46. Rxe4 Rg5+ 47. Bg3 Rh5 48. Kf2 Rh1 49. Ke2 g5 50. Rc4 Rh3 51. Bf2 Rh2 52. Kf1 Kf5 53. Kg1 Rh6 54. Kg2 Be7 55. Bxc5 Bxc5 56. Rxc5 Kf4 57. Rc4+ Ke3 58. Rxb4 Rc6 59. Rc4 Rxc4 60. bxc4 Kd4 61. a5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. f3 e3 6. Bxe3 d5 7. Bb5 Qd6 8. Nge2 a6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Ba4 e6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Ng3 Qd6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Re2 c5 18. Rd1 Rae8 19. dxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qd4 b6 21. Red2 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. f4 g6 24. h3 b5 25. R1d2 Rc4 26. Nce2 Rfc8 27. c3 Kg7 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Nd4 Rb8 30. Re2 Rb6 31. Nf3 Bc8 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Nd2 Rxb2 35. Nxc4 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Bb7 37. Nd6 Bc6 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Nxe4+ Ke7 40. Kd4 Kd7 41. g4 h5 42. Ke5 Bb5 43. Nd2 h4 44. a3 Bc6 45. Ne4 a5 46. Nd2 Ba4 47. Ne4 Bb5 48. Nd2 Bc6 49. Ne4 Bb5 50. Kd4 Bc6 51. c4 Bb7 52. Ke5 Ba8 53. Kd4 Bb7 54. Ke3 Bc6 55. Ng5 Kd6 56. Kd4 Bg2 57. c5+ Kc6 58. Ke5 Kxc5 59. Kxe6 Kb5 60. f5 gxf5 61. gxf5 Ka4 62. f6 Bf1 63. Ke7 Kxa3 64. f7 Bc4 65. f8Q 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 h5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 Nge7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. b3 Rd8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc4 Bc6 16. Qc1 Rh6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nbd2 Rg6 19. Rb1 Qc6 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bb6 23. Qxc6+ Rxc6 24. Nh4 Rg4 25. Ndf3 g5 26. h3 Rgc4 27. Nxg5 Rxh4 28. Kh2 Rhc4 29. Nh7 Rc2 30. Nf6+ Ke7 31. Nxd5+ exd5 32. f4 Re2 33. Kg3 Rc3+ 34. Kh4 Rxg2 35. Rh1 Rcg3 36. Rh2 Be3 37. Rf1 Rxh2 38. Kxg3 Rb2 39. Kh4 Rxb4 40. Kxh5 Rxf4 41. Rb1 b6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Frolov, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. c4 Qd6 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. a3 Ng4 12. Rf1 a5 13. b3 0-0 14. Nc3 e5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bb2 Bf5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bc3 Nc5 22. b4 Na4 23. Be5 axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Bf3 f6 26. Bd5+ Bf7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd4 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nf5 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 g6 32. Ne3 Rc8 33. Rb1 Ke6 34. g4 Rc6 35. Kg2 h6 36. Rb5 b6 37. Nd5 Nd7 38. f4 Rxc4 39. Nxb6 Rxf4 40. Nxd7 Kxd7 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Rh7 h5 43. gxh5 g5 44. Ra7 Rh4 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Ra6 Kg7 48. Ra7+ Kh6 49. Rf7 Rf4 50. Kg3 Kxh5 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Ra7 Rb4 53. Ra3 Kf5 54. Kf3 Rb6 55. Ra5+ Kg6 56. Ra3 f5 57. Rd3 Kh5 58. Rd8 Rb3+ 59. Kg2 Rb6 60. Rh8+ Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kf6 62. Rf8+ Ke5 63. Re8+ Kf4 64. Re2 Rb3 65. Rf2+ Ke4 66. Re2+ Re3 67. Ra2 f4 68. Ra4+ Kf5 69. Ra5+ Kg6 70. Ra8 Rb3 71. Rg8+ Kf5 72. Rf8+ Kg6 73. Rg8+ Kf7 74. Rh8 Rd3 75. Ra8 Kf6 76. Ra6+ Ke5 77. Ra5+ Rd5 78. Ra8 Rd2+ 79. Kg1 Kf5 80. Rf8+ Ke4 81. Rg8 Rd5 82. Kf2 Rd2+ 83. Kg1 Rd3 84. Rxg5 Rxh3 85. Kg2 Rb3 86. Rg8 Rb2+ 87. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Molchanov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Qf6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. Bxe7 Bxe7 9. cxd4 a6 10. Bc4 d6 11. Re1 0-0 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. Bd3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Ne4 Raf8 19. Re2 Rf4 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Qd2 Qg6 22. Qc2 Rg4 23. f3 Rxf3 24. h3 Rxh3 25. Nxd6 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 cxd6 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Rf1+ Kg6 29. Rd8 Rhg3 30. Rxd6+ Kg5 31. Rf2 Rd3 32. Rd7 g6 33. Rxh7 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rh4+ 35. Rxh4 Kxh4 36. Rf7 Rxd5 37. Rxb7 a5 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4+ Rd4 40. Rxd4+ exd4 41. Kg1 Kg3 42. a4 Kf4 43. Kf2 Ke4 44. Ke2 d3+ 45. Kd2 Kd4 46. a5 Kc5 47. Kxd3 Kb5 48. Ke4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. b3 0-0 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. Be2 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. 0-0 a6 16. g3 N8e7 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Qd2 h6 19. b4 Qf6 20. Bg2 Ncxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rfd1 Bb2 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Rdc1 Rfc8 27. f4 Rc6 28. a4 b6 29. cxb6 Rxb6 30. Bf1 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 Be3 32. Rc7 a5 33. b5 Kg7 34. Kf3 d4 35. Bd3 Rd8 36. Rb2 Kf6 37. Rbc2 e5 38. R2c6+ Rd6 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. Ra7 Bd2 41. Ra6 Re6 42. b6 exf4 43. b7 Rxa6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timchenko, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. 0-0 Nd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rd8 15. h3 e5 16. d5 Na5 17. Rc2 b5 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. a4 Nb3 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Nd2 a6 22. Nxb3 cxb3 23. Rc3 f6 24. Rcxb3 Rdc8 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Bf8 27. Rb7 a5 28. Bb6 a4 29. Bc7 Ra6 30. d6 Rxd6 31. Bxd6 Bxd6 32. R1b6 Bf8 33. Ra6 a3 34. Rba7 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rf6 f4 37. gxf4 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc8 39. fxe5 Bc5 40. Ra4 Rc7 41. f4 Be7 42. Rfa6 Kf7 43. Rxa3 Bxa3 44. Rxa3 Ke6 45. Ra6+ Kf5 46. Rf6+ Ke4 47. e6 h5 48. f5 Rc8 49. e7 Re8 50. Rf7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. a4 Bd7 8. Bb5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. 0-0 Nf5 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 0-0 14. Qd3 Be7 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. Na2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rac1 Be8 19. Qd2 Bg6 20. b4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Bd3 23. Rfe1 Rc6 24. Qb3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Be4 26. Qc3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qd6 28. Qc5 Be7 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. f4 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Bd7 Kf7 33. Kg2 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 b6 35. h3 Kf6 36. Kf3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pavlik, Leonid"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Qf6 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. d3 h6 7. a3 0-0 8. b4 Bd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bc4 d6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qg6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Qd2 c5 15. b5 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qf2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Re5 21. Qxd4 Rfe8 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf4 Rg5 24. Rf2 Bh3 25. Qf3 Bg4 26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qe2 Bh3 28. d4 Bf5 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Qxf5+ 32. Kxg2 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Bd2 0-0-0 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 h5 17. f5 exf5 18. e6 hxg4 19. exf7 Bxf7 20. Qf2 g6 21. Qxa7 Rxh2 22. Rhf1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 b5 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Bd3 g3 26. Bxf5 g2 27. Rg1 gxf5 28. Rdxg2 f4 29. Rf2 Be6 30. b3 Rf8 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Ne3 33. c5 Ng4 34. Re2 f3 35. Rxe6 f2 36. Rf1 Nh2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Re7+ Kc8 39. Re6 Kb7 40. Re7+ Ka6 41. a4 Rf5 42. Kb2 Rxc5 43. Kb3 Ng4 44. Kb4 Rc1 45. Re6 Nf2 46. Re8 Nd3+ 47. Kb3 Nf4 48. Ra8+ Kb7 49. Rf8 Nd5 50. Rf7+ Kb6 51. Rf8 Rc3+ 52. Kb2 Ka5 53. Ra8+ Kb4 54. a5 Rb3+ 55. Kc2 Ra3 56. a6 Kb5 57. a7 Nb6 58. Rd8 Rxa7 59. Kb3 c5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krylov, Andrei"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Qb3 c6 8. Nc3 Qe8 9. Bf4 Kh8 10. Rad1 Nh5 11. d5 Nxf4 12. gxf4 c5 13. Nb5 Na6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qb8 17. a3 Nc7 18. Nc3 Nxe6 19. Nd5 Nd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Nxe7 Qe8 22. Qxb7 Kh7 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25. e4 dxe3 26. Qxe3 Rf6 27. Re1 Qb8 28. a4 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kg2 Qd1 31. a5 Qg4+ 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rf8 34. a6 Bd4 35. Nc6 Bc5 36. Kf3 Ra8 37. Nb4 Ra7 38. Nd3 Rxa6 39. Nxc5 dxc5 40. Kg2 g5 41. Bb7 Ra3 42. Bc8 Kg6 43. g4 fxg4 44. Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor1111"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bb5 Nb6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qxc6+ Bd7 9. Qf3 Bg7 10. d4 0-0 11. Qd1 Qc8 12. Nge2 Qb7 13. 0-0 Bc6 14. f3 Rad8 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. a4 Rfe8 18. a5 Nc8 19. a6 Qb6 20. Kh1 Ba8 21. f4 Bg7 22. f5 Qc6 23. e4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Bf4 Nd6 29. Rad1 Bf8 30. Bg5 Rb8 31. Rb1 Rb6 32. Bd8 Rxa6 33. Bxc7 Nb5 34. Bb8 Bg7 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. Rfe1 Bc6 37. Re7 Bxb2 38. Bxa7 Bf6 39. Rc7 Be4 40. Rbc1 Ra2 41. Rg1 Kg7 42. Bb6 g5 43. Ra7 Rb2 44. Bc7 Bd4 45. Raa1 Rxg2 46. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Bxa1 48. Bg3 f5 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. h4 Bd4 51. Kg2 g4 52. Bf4 Kg6 53. Kg3 Bf6 54. Bd6 Bd8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gavrilenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 b5 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Kb1 Nbd7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nc1 f5 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Be2 Nf4 19. Bb5 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Bc6 Raf8 22. Rhg1 Nh3 23. Rg3 Nf4 24. Nd3 Qd4 25. Nxf4 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxf4 27. Rdg2 g6 28. b3 Kg7 29. a3 Rxf3 30. Rg4 R8f4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Be8 Rxg4 33. Rxg4 Rf1+ 34. Kb2 Rf4 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. Bb5 Bf6+ 37. Kc1 Bc3 38. Be2 Kf6 39. h3 Kg5 40. Kd1 Kh4 41. Bg4 Kg3 42. Ke2 h5 43. Be6 Kg2 44. h4 f3+ 45. Ke3 f2 46. Bh3+ Kxh3 47. Kxf2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harshkou, Mikita"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. c4 Nh6 4. Nf3 Nf7 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3 Kh8 9. c5 Qe8 10. Bc4 d5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Qc2 e5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. f4 Qe7 17. 0-0 Nd8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 cxb5 24. Qb2 Bc6 25. Rfe1 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Qd7 27. Bf2 Ra4 28. Bd1 Ra6 29. Be2 Rfa8 30. Rxa6 bxa6 31. Ra1 Qb7 32. Be1 Kg7 33. Bc3 Qe7 34. g3 h5 35. Ra5 h4 36. Bd2 hxg3 37. hxg3 Qf8 38. Qc1 Qh8 39. Be3 Qh3 40. Bf2 Rh8 41. Bf3 Nxd4 42. Bxd4 Qxg3+ 43. Bg2 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Rh4 45. Bf2 Rc4 46. Qb2 Qf4 47. e6+ d4 48. Bxc6 Rc1+ 49. Ke2 Qe5+ 50. Kf3 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 f4 52. e7 Qg5+ 53. Kf1 Qg4 54. Bxd4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kobzar, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. d5 Nxc4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Nxb2 16. Bxb2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Qxc6 Bf5 19. Rbd1 Qa5 20. Ng3 Rac8 21. Qb7 Rc7 22. Rd5 Qc3 23. Qb5 Be6 24. Rd3 Qf6 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5 Bc4 27. Ra3 Bxf1 28. Nxf1 Rc1 29. g3 Bd4 30. Kg2 Rb8 31. Ra4 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Rb2+ 33. Ke3 Rxf1 34. Rxa7 Rxh2 35. a4 Ra2 36. Ne4 f5 37. Nc5 Rc1 38. Nd7 Rc4 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Nb6 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Elfert, Aleksandr V"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. h4 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. d4 Qd6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. c4 h6 11. c5 Qd7 12. Qb1 a6 13. b4 b5 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Nb3 c6 16. a4 Kf7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra5 Rxa5 19. bxa5 Ra8 20. Kd2 h5 21. Ne1 Ng8 22. Ng2 Bh6 23. g4 hxg4 24. h5 g5 25. Qc2 Ne7 26. Kc3 Qc7 27. Kb2 Ra6 28. Be2 Kg7 29. Qd1 Ra8 30. Ne1 Qb8 31. Nc2 Bc8 32. Nb4 Ba6 33. Qc2 Qc8 34. Bd3 Qe6 35. Re1 Bc8 36. Ka3 Qf7 37. Rh1 Qe6 38. Re1 Qf7 39. Rh1 Qe6 40. Kb2 g3 41. Rf1 g2 42. Rg1 Qf7 43. f4 Qxh5 44. Qxg2 Qe8 45. fxg5 Bxg5 46. Qh2 Qh8 47. Rxg5+ fxg5 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qxe7 Qh4 50. Nc1 Qe1 51. Qxg5+ Kf8 52. Nxc6 Qd2+ 53. Bc2 b4 54. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Matrosov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Bc2 Ng6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. b4 Rac8 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nc5 b6 15. Na6 Qb7 16. b5 Nb8 17. Bd3 Bxb5 18. Nxb8 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxb8 20. Ng5 Rfc8 21. Be3 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rc4 23. Rfc1 Rbc8 24. g3 h6 25. Be3 Ne7 26. g4 R8c7 27. Kg2 Qc8 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. h3 Qa6 30. h4 Qa4 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Qc2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Rh1 Ne7 35. Kf3 Nf5 36. a4 R7c3 37. Rhd1 Kh7 38. a5 b5 39. a6 b4 40. Ra5 b3 41. Rb5 Ra2 42. Kf4 Nxe3 43. fxe3 Rxa6 44. g6+ fxg6 45. Rb8 g5+ 46. Kxg5 g6 47. Rh1+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. Kf6 Rc8 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novikov, Valeri"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. 0-0 a6 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ne5 Qd6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Nc4 Qxf4 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 15. Qc5+ Kf6 16. Qxc6+ Be6 17. Nxd5+ Kg5 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. h4+ Kh6 20. Qe4 g5 21. hxg5+ Kxg5 22. Qe5+ f5 23. g3 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Bxc4 25. Qg7+ Kh5 26. Rh1 Bd5+ 27. f3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a4 Nge7 9. Ba3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. 0-0 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nxb5 15. axb5 Qc7 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Rc1 Qf4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qa4 f5 20. Rxc4 Qg5 21. Rc7 b6 22. Qb4 Bd7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Qd6+ Kc8 25. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Krasnov, Vasiliy G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Bd2 d6 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Qc2 d5 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 0-0-0 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Kb8 17. h6 Rc8 18. Qb2 Na5 19. 0-0 Bc6 20. Qb4 Rhd8 21. Rab1 Ka8 22. Rfc1 b6 23. Ba6 Bb7 24. Bd3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Rf1 Be4 27. Rbe1 Bd3 28. Rf2 Rd5 29. Re3 a5 30. Qa3 Kb7 31. Ref3 Rd7 32. Qa4 Rcd8 33. Be1 Ka6 34. Rb2 Rd5 35. Rbf2 b5 36. Qa3 R5d7 37. Bd2 Bf5 38. Rf4 Qb7 39. Qb2 Rb8 40. a3 Qc7 41. Kh1 Rb7 42. Kg1 Qc6 43. Kf1 Rdc7 44. Kg1 Qd5 45. Kh2 Qd8 46. R4f3 Rd7 47. Bc1 Be4 48. Rg3 Qb6 49. Qd2 Rbc7 50. Qf4 Qc6 51. Re3 Bf5 52. Qf3 Qd5 53. Qxd5 exd5 54. Rfe2 Rc6 55. Rf2 Rb7 56. Rb2 b4 57. axb4 axb4 58. Ra2+ Kb5 59. cxb4 c3 60. Ra5+ Kxb4 61. Rxd5 Kc4 62. Rc5+ Rxc5 63. dxc5 Rb1 64. Re1 Kxc5 65. Kg3 Kc4 66. Kf4 Kd3 67. g4 Be6 68. Re3+ Kc2 69. Ba3 Rf1+ 70. Ke4 Rg1 71. Kd4 Rxg4+ 72. Kc5 Kb3 73. Bc1 Rc4+ 74. Kd6 Rd4+ 75. Ke7 Rd1 76. Ba3 Rg1 77. Kf6 Kc4 78. Re4+ Kd3 79. Rf4 c2 80. Kg7 Rxg5 81. Kxh7 Rg1 82. Kg7 g5 83. Rxf7 Rh1 84. Rf6 Bd5 85. h7 c1Q 86. Bxc1 Rxc1 87. h8Q Rc7+ 88. Kg6 Be4+ 89. Kxg5 Rh7 90. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Levanovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. 0-0 Qe8 11. h3 exd4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. Nxc3 Bb7 15. Rac1 b4 16. Nd1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 18. Nb3 c5 19. Re1 Bxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Qc2 a4 22. bxa4 Qxa4 23. b3 Qa2 24. Ne3 Bg5 25. Re2 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Rd1 29. Ra2 Re8 30. Ra7 d5 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Rc7 Kg7 34. Kg3 Kh6 35. Rf4 f5 36. Rh4+ Kg5 37. f4+ Kf6 38. Rc6+ Ke7 39. Rxh7+ Ke8 40. Rc8+ Rd8 41. Rhc7 Rf6 42. Rxc5 Rfd6 43. Re5+ Kf7 44. Rxd8 Rxd8 45. Re3 Rc8 46. Kf2 Rc2+ 47. Re2 Rc3 48. Re3 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. g4 Rh2 51. Kg3 Rc2 52. h4 Rc3 53. g5+ Kf7 54. Kf2 Rc2+ 55. Re2 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gratsianov, Igor"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Qb3 c6 7. c5+ Kh8 8. h4 Nh5 9. e3 Qe8 10. Be2 d6 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Nd2 d5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Qd1 h6 16. Bf4 Nf6 17. Nf1 Qe7 18. Neg3 Qb4+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Nxd2 Bd7 21. Be5 Rae8 22. Nb3 b6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxh5 Be7 25. Nf4 Bb4+ 26. Kd1 Rf6 27. h5 Kh7 28. g3 Rg8 29. Nd2 Bxd2 30. Kxd2 Be8 31. Rac1 Rg5 32. Rc3 a5 33. a4 Rd6 34. Rb3 c5 35. dxc5 bxc5 36. Rb8 Bxa4 37. Ra1 Bc6 38. Rxa5 d4 39. Rxc5 dxe3+ 40. Kxe3 Be4 41. Rcc8 Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rf8+ Ke5 44. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Dymshits, Galina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Qg4 Rd8 15. Bh6 g6 16. Qf4 b6 17. Re3 Bb7 18. h4 Rac8 19. Bf1 Rd5 20. c4 Rd7 21. Rae1 Rcd8 22. Bg5 Rd4 23. Qh2 Rd1 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. h5 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd4 27. Qg3 Qd8 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. a4 Ba6 30. Rc1 Qc7 31. Qg5 Qd8 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. a5 Rc8 34. axb6 axb6 35. f4 Rc6 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Chuvakov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Bf6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Nh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rd1 Nd8 13. Bd5 Be6 14. c4 Nc6 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 0-0-0 19. Ra3 Rdg8 20. Rg3 Bg5 21. Bxe6+ fxe6 22. Qh5 Bf6 23. Nd2 Rxg3 24. fxg3 Rg8 25. Qf3 Bg5 26. Nf1 Rf8 27. Qb3 Qf6 28. c5 Qf2+ 29. Kh2 Be3 30. Qxe6+ Kb8 31. Nxe3 dxe3 32. Qb6 e2 33. Rd7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bragina, Anastasia"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Ne4 Qd8 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. c3 0-0 12. cxd4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Rd3 Re8 16. Rad1 Ne7 17. Be5 Nd5 18. h4 Qb4 19. Bb3 Qe7 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qg4 Bg7 22. Nh3 Rf8 23. Qg3 Rd8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Qd6 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. Qe4 Qd6 29. h5 a5 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. a4 Ra6 32. Rh3 Qe7 33. Qe3 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. d5 Rd6 36. Rd4 g5 37. Rg4 f6 38. dxe6 Qh7 39. Re4 Qe7 40. g4 b6 41. Rd4 Rxd4 42. Qxd4 Kg7 43. Qxb6 Bb7 44. Qxa5 Bf3 45. Qf5 Qb7 46. Qb5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gnidenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Bxg5 13. Qxh5+ Bh6 14. g4 Re8 15. 0-0-0 Rxe3 16. fxe3 g6 17. Qb5 Bxe3 18. Qb3 Bh6 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qxf7+ Bg7 21. Nf3 Nxd4 22. Rhe1 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Ne6 b6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. h4 Rh8 28. Re5 c6 29. h5 gxh5 30. gxh5 Kf6 31. Ree1 Rxh5 32. Re8 Kf7 33. Ra8 a5 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Rf1+ Rf5 36. Rh1 Rf2 37. Rah7 Nf4 38. Kb1 Nd3 39. R7h2 Rxh2 40. Rxh2 Ke5 41. Rh8 Kd5 42. Rh5+ Kc4 43. Rh6 a4 44. Rg6 Kb4 45. Rh6 a3 46. bxa3+ Kxa3 47. Rh3 c4 48. Rh4 c5 49. Rh3 Ka4 50. Rg3 Kb4 51. Rh3 Kc3 52. Rh2 Nf4 53. Rh1 Kd2 54. Rh2+ Nfe2 55. Rh6 c3 56. Rxb6 c2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovlev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 0-0 12. Rd1 f5 13. Bc2 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. b4 Nc6 16. b5 Nb4 17. Bb3 a6 18. b6 a5 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Ne5 Ra6 22. Rb1 Rf6 23. Kd2 f4 24. Rhc1 Rf8 25. Rc7 Bf5 26. Rb5 Bc8 27. Rbc5 Ra8 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rd6 Rfe8 30. Rxb7 Rad8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nc6 Rd6 33. Rc7 Bd7 34. b7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Lyubimtsev, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Nf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. Bd5 Bc7 10. Na3 Ne7 11. Rd1 a6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rab1 Rb8 14. c4 b5 15. b3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd6 17. Nc2 0-0 18. Nh4 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. g4 Be7 21. Ng2 g5 22. Nce3 Nb6 23. d6 Bd8 24. Nd5 Bxg4 25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. dxe7 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 f6 28. h4 Kf7 29. Bf8 Nc8 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Bh6 Nxe7 32. Bxg5 Red8 33. Rc1 Rbc8 34. Be3 c4 35. bxc4 Rxc4 36. Ra1 Rxe4 37. Ne1 Nd5 38. Bg5 Rg8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donets, Valentina"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. c4 Bxc4 8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qxc4 Qb4+ 12. Nbd2 Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Nf5 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. 0-0-0 Nfd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rhe1 0-0-0 18. Bg5 Re8 19. a4 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 h5 22. f3 Rd8 23. Bf2 Be7 24. Re4 Nb3+ 25. Kc2 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 Nd4+ 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Kd3 Bc5 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rg8 32. Re5 b6 33. h3 Kd7 34. Ke4 Rg7 35. Nd2 Kc6 36. Nb3 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nxd4+ Bxd4 39. Kxd4 gxf3 40. gxf3 Rf7 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. Rd2 Kf6 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rh6 Rg7 46. b4 Rf7 47. f4 Kf8 48. f5 Re7+ 49. Re6 Rh7 50. Kd5 Rh5 51. Re5 Rh4 52. Re4 Rh1 53. Kc6 Ra1 54. b5 Rf1 55. Kb7 Rxf5 56. Kxa7 Rf6 57. Ka6 Rd6 58. a5 bxa5+ 59. Kxa5 Rd8 60. b6 Ra8+ 61. Kb5 Ra1 62. b7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharlamov, Igor1111"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e5 6. Bc4 d6 7. 0-0 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. f4 0-0-0 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 Nd4 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Nxe6 15. fxe6 Qxe6 16. Bxa7 Kd7 17. Nd5 Qg6 18. Qa4+ Ke6 19. Qc4 Kd7 20. Qc7+ Ke6 21. Qxd8 Kxd5 22. Rad1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Shushpanova, Nina Aleksandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d5 4. e5 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nh6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. 0-0 Nf5 10. Ne2 e6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. b4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nd5 14. a3 Nc7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. Rad1 a5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 axb4 19. axb4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Ra1 Ne3 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 Nc2 26. Bc3 Bf8 27. Kf2 Bxb4 28. Bxb4 Nxb4 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. g4 Ke7 31. Kd2 f6 32. g5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Nc6 34. Kd3 b5 35. Nc1 b4 36. Nb3 Nd8 37. Nc5 Nf7 38. h4 h6 39. gxh6 Nxh6 40. Na6 b3 41. Nc5 b2 42. Kc2 Nf5 43. Nb3 Nxh4 44. Kxb2 g5 45. Nd2 g4 46. Nf1 Nf5 47. Nh2 g3 48. Nf3 g2 49. Kc3 Kf7 50. Kd3 Kg6 51. Ng1 Kg5 52. Ke2 Nxd4+ 53. Kf2 Kf4 54. Kxg2 Kxe5 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Nh3 e5 57. Ng5+ Kf4 58. Nh3+ Kg4 59. Kg2 e4 60. Nf2+ Kf4 61. Nd1 Nf5 62. Nc3 d4 63. Nd5+ Ke5 64. Nb4 d3 65. Kf2 e3+ 66. Kf3 Kd4 67. Nc6+ Kc3 68. Ne5 d2 69. Ke2 Kc2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bd5 Qb6 13. Qc1 Rac8 14. c3 Be6 15. b4 Nc6 16. Rb1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd8 18. c4 Be7 19. a4 f5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. c5 Qa6 22. Rxe5 Bg5 23. Qc2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxa4 25. Rbe1 Nf7 26. Rxf5 Rce8 27. Rb1 Qd7 28. Rh5 a6 29. g3 Re5 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Kg2 Qf5 32. Rb3 Qe4+ 33. Kf1 Qc4+ 0-1

