[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lezin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. c3 Qc7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 0-0 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rc1 d5 15. exd6 exd6 16. d5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Rxb2 19. Rxc6 Qb7 20. Bf4 Bg4 21. h3 Be6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rb5 24. Qc1 Rxd5 25. Bf6 Rf5 26. Bb2 g5 27. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Rzali, Sabina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. 0-0 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 a5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. a4 Bb4 14. Rad1 h6 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nc5 Nbd5 18. Be5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Ng4 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Rc2 Qd4 25. Qxb7 Rfe8 26. Qxc6 Re6 27. Qc4 Qf6 28. f3 Ne5 29. Qc3 Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Ra1 33. Bc6 Rdd1 34. Bb5 Rdc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. c4 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rxh2 38. c5 Rc2 39. c6 Kf8 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Kd4 Ke7 42. Bc4 Kd6 43. Bxf7 Rxc6 44. g4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Isfandiyarli, Kamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. e5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxa4 17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 Rfe8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Nxc7 Rd8 21. d4 Rd7 22. Ra1 Nxb2 23. Rxa5 Bxe5 24. Ra8+ Kg7 25. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Letskiy, Maksim"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1000"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bb5 d4 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Na4 0-0 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qd2 f6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Bg3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Qe2 Rae8 23. Qf1 Qd7 24. Nh2 Qd5+ 25. Nf3 h5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. gxh5 Bxh5 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Qh1 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barkasheva, Sofia"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nb3 Qd8 9. Qd2 f5 10. Bd3 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Bg7 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. h4 Be6 14. h5 h6 15. g4 Bxb3 16. cxb3 e6 17. f4 d5 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Kb1 Nb4 20. g5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qa5 22. gxh6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Rdg1+ Kh8 25. Qxc3+ Rxc3 26. Rg7 d4 27. Kb2 Rc5 28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Rd3 Rxh5 30. Rxd4 Rxh6 31. Rg5 Rf6 32. f5 Kh7 33. Rh5+ Rh6 34. Rxh6+ Kxh6 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Rd7 Rb8 37. Re7 Kg6 38. Rxe6+ Kf7 39. Re3 Kf6 40. Re2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Melnikov, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1622"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be3 e5 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Bc5 Bd7 15. Qb3 b5 16. f4 Re8 17. fxe5 Be6 18. Qa3 Ng4 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rac8 22. Bd4 Ng6 23. d6 Qd7 24. Be4 Nh6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxa6 Rc2 27. Qa7 Qh3 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Bxf2 Ng4 30. d7 Qxh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Rxe5+ 33. Qe3 Rxe3+ 34. Bxe3 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qxg3+ 36. Kd2 Qc7 37. Ke2 Qc4+ 38. Rd3 Qxd3+ 39. Kxd3 Ne5+ 40. Kc3 Nxd7 41. Kb4 Kf8 42. Kxb5 Ke7 43. Bf4 Kd8 44. a4 Kc8 45. Kc6 Nb8+ 46. Kd6 Kb7 47. Ke7 f6 48. Kf7 g5 49. Be3 g4 50. Kxg7 Nd7 51. Bf4 Nc5 52. Kxf6 g3 53. Bxg3 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balandina, Alisa"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. 0-0 Be6 9. h3 Be7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c3 f5 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. b4 Qd6 17. b5 Na5 18. Qa4 b6 19. c4 f4 20. c5 bxc5 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxa5 Bf6 23. Rad1 Qb6 24. Qa4 Bd4 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rfd1 Rfd8 27. Qc2 c4 28. Bxc4 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Bxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qxd2 Be3 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ g6 35. Qc2 Bb6 36. a4 Qe3 37. Qd2 Qc5 38. Qd7+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. Nxe5 Kf6 42. Nc4 Ke6 43. a5 Bc7 44. a6 Kd5 45. b6 Bb8 46. bxa7 Bxa7 47. Nd2 g5 48. Ke2 h5 49. Kf3 Kd4 50. Ne4 g4+ 51. hxg4 hxg4+ 52. Kxf4 Kd5 53. Nf6+ Kc6 54. Kxg4 Kb5 55. Kf4 Kxa6 56. g4 Bc5 57. g5 Kb7 58. g6 Bf8 59. Kf5 Bg7 60. Ke6 Kc8 61. Kf7 Bh6 62. Ne8 Kd7 63. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Filippov, Kirill P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. e3 d6 7. d4 0-0 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. 0-0 f5 10. b4 g5 11. c5 a5 12. Bb2 Kh8 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nd6 Bb3 19. Rd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Rc2 Bd3 22. Rd2 e4 23. Rc1 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 axb4 25. axb4 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxb4 27. g4 Na2 28. Rce1 Nc3 29. Rb2 b5 30. gxf5 Kg7 31. Rb3 Rac8 32. f3 exf3 33. Bxf3 Kf6 34. Be2 Rc5 35. e4 Ke5 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Re3 Rc2 38. Rh3 g4 39. Rh5 Kf4 40. f6 Rxh5 41. f7 Ne2+ 42. Bxe2 Rc8 43. Bxb5 Rf8 44. Be8 Kxe4 45. Rb4+ Kf5 46. Kg2 Rg5 47. Kg3 Rg6 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Rh5 Kg7 50. Rh4 Rh8 51. Rh5 Rh6 52. Kxg4 Rxh5 53. Kxh5 h6 54. h3 Rf8 55. Kg4 Kg6 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Kg4 Rh8 58. Kh5 Kg7 59. h4 Kf6 60. Kg4 Ke5 61. Kh5 Kf5 62. Bb5 Kf6 63. Be8 Kg7 64. Kg4 h5+ 65. Kg5 Rh7 66. f8Q+ Kxf8 67. Bxh5 Kg7 68. Bg6 Rh8 69. h5 Rh6 70. Kf5 Rh8 71. Kg5 Ra8 72. h6+ Kf8 73. Bf5 Ra5 74. Kg6 Re5 75. Kg5 Re1 76. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chertkov, Maksim"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qd3 a6 9. Nf5 Nb4 10. Qd2 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qxf5 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Qg5 14. Qc2 Qxg2 15. 0-0-0 Qc6 16. Kb1 d5 17. Qb3 e6 18. Rhe1 Rd8 19. f4 f5 20. Ne2 Bg7 21. d4 Rd6 22. Ng3 Kd8 23. Nh5 Bf8 24. Qg3 Be7 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Qg7 Rf8 27. Red1 Rc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Nf6 Kc7 30. Nxh7 Ba3 31. b3 Re8 32. Ng5 Qb5 33. Nxf7 Qe2 34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. dxe5 Bc5 36. Rd3 Rg8 37. Ng5 Kd7 38. Rh3 Rg7 39. Rf3 Rg6 40. Rh3 Rg7 41. Kc2 Be7 42. Rh5 Bxg5 43. fxg5 f4 44. h4 f3 45. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Savitskiy, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. 0-0-0 Bxh4 16. g5 0-0 17. Qb4 Qb6 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. gxh6 Bd7 20. Rxg7+ Kh8 21. Nd6 Be6 22. Qc3 f6 23. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eraschenkov, Denis"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Re1 d4 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Qf3 Kd7 16. Bd5 Ne7 17. Bxa8 c6 18. Rad1 Rxa8 19. Qa3 Bd5 20. Nf3 b4 21. Nxg5 bxa3 22. b4 Rg8 23. Rxd4 Rxg5 24. bxc5 Nf5 25. Rd3 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 Rg4 27. f3 Rc4 28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Kf2 Kc7 30. Rxa3 Rxc5 31. Rxa6 Rc3 32. Ra4 Rxf3+ 33. Ke1 Rf4 34. c4 Nf3+ 35. Kd1 Nxe5 36. Ra7+ Kb6 37. Re7 Nxc4 38. Rc2 Kc5 39. Ke2 Kd4 40. Rc1 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Permin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bb3 Ng6 8. Bc2 f5 9. g4 Be7 10. gxf5 Nh4 11. Qh5+ Nf7 12. d6 Bxd6 13. Bb3 g6 14. Qg4 Nxf5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Nbd2 N7h6 17. Qh3 Bf8 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Bd5 Qa6 20. Bg5 Bg7 21. 0-0-0 d6 22. Kb1 c6 23. Bb3 d5 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 0-0 26. Bxe5 Nf7 27. Qg2 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qe2 29. Rhe1 Qh5 30. c4 Nh4 31. Qh1 Bf5+ 32. Ka1 Be4 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34. c5+ Kh8 35. Qxe4 Nf5 36. Rd7 Rae8 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. Nd6+ Ne7 39. Nxe8+ Rxe8 40. Rxe7+ Rxe7 41. Qxe7+ Kh6 42. h4 Qf3 43. Qe1 Qh3 44. Qd2+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kh6 46. Qf4+ Kg7 47. Qf7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh5 49. Bd1+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Musaev, Rasul"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ne4 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qg4 Nd5+ 11. axb4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 0-0 13. Bd3 f6 14. 0-0 fxe5 15. Qh5 Rf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxf5 Qe7 18. c3 d5 19. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kolesnikova, Kristina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bf6 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. b3 g6 15. a4 a5 16. Ba3 Qd8 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Qe3 f5 19. h4 Nd7 20. f4 Qb6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Re2 Ng4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Rh2 Qc7 26. Kf2 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rdh1 Re8 29. Rxh7 Qxh7 30. Rxh7 Kxh7 31. Nf7 Bd7 32. Nd6 Rf8 33. Nxb7 Ra7 34. Nc5 Re8 35. Qe5 Bc8 36. Qd6 Kg6 37. Qxc6 Rh8 38. Nxe6 Re7 39. Nf8+ Kf7 40. Qg6+ Kxf8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bublei, Pavel"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nf2 Qb6 10. Qc2 e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. h3 Nh5 14. f4 Bh6 15. Qc1 Ng3 16. Rg1 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Qb4+ 18. Bd2 Nd3+ 19. Nxd3 Qxe4 20. Nf2 Qxd5 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. Bc3 Rae8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Kf2 Qe4 26. Rae1 Bb5 27. Qd2 h5 28. Nc3 Qb4 29. a3 Qb3 30. Ne3 Bc6 31. Ned5 h4 32. Nc7 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Rf7 34. Ne6+ Kg8 35. Nd8 Rf8 36. Nxc6 bxc6 37. Re7 d5 38. f5 g5 39. Qe2 Qb8 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Ne2 Qd8 42. Rd7 Qe8 43. Qd6 d4 44. Re7 Qc8 45. g4 a5 46. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Yakovlev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b5 3. e4 a6 4. a4 b4 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Na5 Rb8 12. Nxb7 Rxb7 13. a5 Nd7 14. Nd2 e5 15. Be3 h5 16. Nc4 Nh6 17. Qxh5 Nf6 18. Qe2 Nhg4 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nh5 21. Bf3 Nf6 22. Kg2 Kd7 23. c3 Kc7 24. Nb6 bxc3 25. bxc3 Kb8 26. d4 Rxb6 27. axb6 Qc8 28. g4 Nd7 29. Rfb1 Kb7 30. Be2 c4 31. Ra4 Nxb6 32. Rxc4 Qd7 33. Rcb4 Bd8 34. d5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd4 Nc6 8. Bb5 dxc5 9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Bxa4 Be6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bxc5 Nb8 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Be3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Ke2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Kd8 20. Bxa7 b6 21. a4 Kc7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Ra8 24. Ra1 f5 25. Bd4 Rxa1 26. Bxa1 Nc5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Bb2 Kd5 30. Ba3 Ne6 31. Bxe7 Kc4 32. Bf6 Nc7 33. Be5 Nd5+ 34. Kf3 Ne7 35. g4 Kd5 36. Bf6 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Nc6 38. f5 Nb4 39. c3 Nc2 40. Bd4 Na3 41. Kg5 Nc4 42. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Klimentiev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "1727"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. Bf4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bc6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Bb1 Bf8 18. b5 Be8 19. Be4 axb5 20. cxb5 Qd7 21. a4 d5 22. Qb6 Rdc8 23. Bd3 Be7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. a5 Qc7 26. a6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 bxa6 28. bxa6 Bd7 29. a7 Bd8 30. Ba6 Ra8 31. Bxd8 Rxa7 32. Bd3 Kf8 33. Rb1 Ra8 34. Bc7 Be8 35. Bd6+ Kg8 36. Bb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5 Rd8 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Bxb8 f6 40. Kg2 Kf7 41. f4 Kg6 42. Kf3 h5 43. h3 Kf7 44. e4 dxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Kg6 46. Bd6 Kf7 47. Bb4 Kg6 48. Bd2 Kf7 49. Kd4 Kg6 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kf7 52. Kc5 Ke7 53. Kc6 g6 54. Bc1 e5 55. fxe5 fxe5 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. Bd2 Kg7 58. Kxe5 Kf7 59. g5 Ke7 60. Be3 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bezstrakhov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Rg1 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 exf4 14. 0-0-0 Ne5 15. Nd5 Qc6 16. Qxf4 Be6 17. Rg3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. Bd4 0-0 20. Re1 b5 21. Bd3 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rac8 23. c3 b4 24. Rde3 Bd8 25. Kb1 a5 26. Qf5 Rb8 27. Rh3 g6 28. Rxh7 Kxh7 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be3 Qc7 12. 0-0 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. f3 Qa5 18. b3 Ne6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. f4 Ned4 21. Bd3 e6 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qd3 Rce8 26. Nd5 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxf5 Rxe3 29. Qb1 Qxf5 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Rf1 Re6 32. Qd5 Rfe8 33. g3 R8e7 34. Kg2 b6 35. Rf2 Bc3 36. Rf4 Rg6 37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Rg4 Be5 39. Qa8 Rxg4 40. Kxg4 Bd4 41. Qd8 Re6 42. Qa8 a5 43. Qd5 Bc5 44. Qd2 Re4+ 45. Kf3 Rd4 46. Qb2 Kg8 47. a3 d5 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Bd4 51. Qa2 Re3+ 52. Kd2 dxc4 53. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nasibullin, Iskander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 Bf5 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. g4 Be6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Bf4 c5 15. d5 Bd7 16. Be5 Rac8 17. a3 h5 18. Nh2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. Bxg4 Bxe5 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Qe4 Qg5+ 25. Qg2 Qh5 26. Re3 Kg7 27. Rfe1 f6 28. Rh3 Qf5 29. Ne2 e6 30. Ng3 Qc2 31. Qh2 g5 32. Rxe5 fxe5 33. Nh5+ Kf7 34. Qxe5 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qg6 36. Rf3+ Ke8 37. Ng7+ Kd7 38. Nxe6 Qh6 39. Rh3 Qg6 40. Rg3 g4 41. Qf4 Rg8 42. Nf8+ Rxf8 43. Qxf8 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. d4 Nge7 8. Ba3 Qb6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd4 Bf5 14. Bf3 Bxc2 15. Rfc1 Bg6 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. Qg4 h5 19. Nxd6 hxg4 20. Nxb7 gxf3 21. Rxc6 Rdc8 22. Rac1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 fxg2 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Kxg2 d4 26. Kf3 Bb1 27. Nc4 Bxa2 28. Nd2 Rb8 29. Ra6 Bxb3 30. Ke4 Be6 31. Rxa7 Rb2 32. Nf3 d3 33. Kxd3 Rb3+ 34. Ke4 Bd5+ 35. Kxd5 Rxf3 36. Ra2 f5 37. Ke6 Kh7 38. Re2 Kg6 39. Re3 Rxf2 40. Rg3+ Kh5 41. Rxg7 Kxh4 42. Ke5 Rf3 43. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Smirnov, Timofey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qe2 0-0 11. bxc3 Nxc4 12. Qxe4 Nd6 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Ba3 b6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. c4 c5 18. Bb2 Qf4 19. Re3 f6 20. Rh3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22. Ng4 Nd6 23. Rc3 Rfe8 24. Ne3 Re4 25. a4 Rc8 26. f3 Ree8 27. Kf2 Ba8 28. Rb3 Rb8 29. Rc1 Rb7 30. g4 Nf7 31. h4 d6 32. Nf5 Rbb8 33. Rg1 Bb7 34. g5 Bc8 35. Ne3 fxg5 36. hxg5 g6 37. Bf6 Bd7 38. Ra3 Rb7 39. f4 Bc8 40. Kf3 a6 41. Rb1 Bd7 42. Ng4 Bf5 43. Rb2 Bxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Re4 45. Kf3 Rxc4 46. Re3 Kf8 47. Rbe2 Rb8 48. Re7 b5 49. Rxf7+ Kxf7 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Rxh7 Re8 52. Rh8+ Kf7 53. Rh7+ Kf8 54. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bezhenar, Georgy"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. 0-0 a6 11. h3 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 13. b3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb4 15. a3 Rxc4 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Nd1 Bb5 18. Qb1 Ra4 19. Ndc3 Nc4 20. Bc1 Ra5 21. a4 Bd7 22. Qb3 Nb6 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Rfb1 Rb8 25. Rb2 Be8 26. Nb5 Rxb5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rba2 Na4 29. f4 Nd7 30. Rb1 c4 31. Qb4 Ndc5 32. Qa5 Qxa5 33. Bxa5 exf4 34. Bc7 Rb7 35. Bxd6 b4 36. e5 b3 37. Ra3 fxg3 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Ra8 Re7 40. e6 c3 41. Rc8 Nb7 42. Nxc3 Nd6 43. Rd8 Bxc3 44. Rxd6 fxe6 45. dxe6 b2 46. Be4 Be5 47. Ra6 Kg7 48. Kg2 Rc7 49. Ra8 Re7 50. Bd5 g5 51. Be4 Rxe6 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. Bxh7 Bc6+ 54. Kf1 g2+ 55. Ke2 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kokhnover, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. g4 h5 10. gxh5 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 Bh3 14. Re1 0-0-0 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 g6 17. Re3 Qd7 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Qc4+ Kd7 21. Rb3 Qa8 22. Qa4+ Kc8 23. Rc3+ Kb8 24. Rxh3 gxh5 25. Rb3+ Kc8 26. Rc3+ Kb8 27. Rc6 Rhg8+ 28. Kf1 Rd7 29. Rd1 a5 30. Rd3 Rb7 31. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dushin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. Bb3 Bg7 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Bc2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. d4 e4 17. N3d2 Ndf6 18. Nc4 Nxg3 19. Nxg3 Be6 20. Ne3 d5 21. f3 Qb6 22. fxe4 Qxb2 23. e5 Qxc3 24. Rc1 Qb4 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Nef5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Qd3 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Na5 15. Bc2 g6 16. Ne5 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. Qe4 Rfd8 21. Bd3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd6 23. Nf3 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Rc8 Kg7 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. a4 Qf6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qb4 Nc4 30. b3 Qb2 31. Qxb5 Nd2 32. g3 Nxb3 33. Kg2 Qc3 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. Bxc4 Nd2 36. Bd3 e5 37. f3 f5 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. Ke2 Nb3 40. Ke3 Nc5 41. Bc4 Nd7 42. Bd5 Ke7 43. Bc4 Nf6 44. Bb3 Kd6 45. Bf7 g5 46. Bb3 Nd5+ 47. Kd3 h5 48. h4 f4 49. gxf4 Nxf4+ 50. Ke3 gxh4 51. Kf2 Kc5 52. Bc2 Kd4 53. Be4 Nd3+ 54. Kg1 Ke3 55. Bg6 Ne1 56. Bxh5 Nxf3+ 57. Kg2 e4 58. Kh3 Kf2 59. Be8 e3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vunder, Andrei"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. e4 f5 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 d5 9. Be2 c5 10. c4 cxd4 11. cxd5 e5 12. Re1 Bc2 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. Na3 a6 15. Qc4 Be4 16. Nxd4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 exd4 18. Rxe4+ Kd8 19. Bg5+ Ngf6 20. Rae1 b5 21. Bb3 Kc8 22. Re7 Bf8 23. Rf7 Bb4 24. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Monin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. 0-0 e5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nfd2 Be7 8. Nc3 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na4 Qd7 11. Ne4 b6 12. f4 f5 13. Ng5 b5 14. e4 bxa4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. exf5 exf5 18. fxe5 Kc7 19. Rxf5 Raf8 20. Raf1 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Rf8 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. Bxc6 Kxc6 24. Qf3+ Qd5 25. Qxf8 Qxe5 26. Qa8+ Kb6 27. Qe4 Qh5 28. Qe6+ Ka5 29. Qe1+ Kb6 30. a3 Qf3 31. Qf1 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Qf2 Qd1 34. h3 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. h4 Qc1 37. Kg3 Qxb2 38. h5 Qc1 39. Kxg4 Kb5 40. Qh2 Qh6 41. Qb8+ Ka6 42. Qc8+ Kb6 43. Qd8+ Ka6 44. Qd7 Kb6 45. Qf7 Qd2 46. Qf6+ Kb5 47. h6 Qg2+ 48. Kf5 Qxc2 49. Ke4 Qg2+ 50. Ke5 Qg3+ 51. Kd5 Qg8+ 52. Qe6 Qg2+ 53. Kd6 Qg3+ 54. Kd7 Qxd3 55. Qc6+ Ka5 56. Qxc5+ Ka6 57. Qd6+ Ka5 58. Qb4+ Ka6 59. Qxa4+ Kb6 60. Qb4+ Ka6 61. Qd6+ Ka5 62. Qc5+ Ka6 63. Qc6+ Ka5 64. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Opanasenko, Mikhail"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. f3 h4 16. Be1 a5 17. a4 Nc5 18. Bc3 f6 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Ne3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rd8 22. Qe2 Kf7 23. b3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Qd3 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Nd5 Qc5 29. Bd2 Bxd5 30. Qxd5+ Qxd5 31. exd5 Ke7 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Kd6 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Kc5 36. f4 Kxc4 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. d6 Kd3 39. Bc1 e4 40. Kg2 e3 41. Kf1 a4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Rd1 Nd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 e5 10. c3 a6 11. Na3 b5 12. Bb3 0-0 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Qd3 d5 16. e5 Ng4 17. Re1 Be6 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qf4 d4 21. d3 a5 22. Qe4 Nf5 23. Bd2 Ne7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. b4 axb4 26. Bxb4 Nd5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Rac1 Rf4 29. Qe2 Rxa2 30. Qd1 Qf8 31. Re4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 f5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Qd2 a6 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 d6 10. Nge2 e5 11. 0-0 Qd8 12. Ng3 e4 13. Be2 Qh4 14. f4 Bd7 15. Nh5 Bh8 16. g3 Qe7 17. Kh1 h6 18. Rg1 Kh7 19. Qc2 b5 20. Rg2 b4 21. Nd1 a5 22. Nf2 Na6 23. Rag1 b3 24. axb3 Nb4 25. Qd1 a4 26. g4 fxg4 27. f5 Bxf5 28. bxa4 Bd7 29. Nxg4 f5 30. Nxh6 Kxh6 31. Nf4 Bxa4 32. Qf1 Bf6 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Qh3+ Bh4 35. R1g5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Bb4 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Bg5 Bxc3 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd6 Qe3+ 14. Rf2 Qb6 15. f5 Qb2 16. Raf1 Qe5 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Rf7+ Kd6 21. Rg7 Rb8 22. Rff7 Rb2 23. Rxh7 Rg8 24. a3 Rxc2 25. Rf2 Rc1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kc5 28. g4 Kd4 29. h4 a5 30. g5 Ba6+ 31. Kg1 d5 32. Bf7 Rb8 33. g6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb2+ 35. Kh3 Bf1+ 36. Kg4 Rg2+ 37. Kh5 dxe4 38. Bxe6 e3 39. Bg4 Rxg4 40. Kxg4 e2 41. g7 Bh3+ 42. Kh5 Be6 43. Rh6 Bf7+ 44. Rg6 e1Q 45. g8Q Bxg8 46. Rxg8 Qe2+ 47. Kh6 Qe3+ 48. Rg5 e4 49. h5 Qf4 50. Kg6 Qd6+ 51. Kg7 Qe7+ 52. Kg6 e3 53. h6 e2 54. h7 Qe8+ 55. Kg7 e1Q 56. Rg4+ Kc3 57. h8Q Q1e5+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. 0-0 Ne5 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bb3 0-0 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 a5 15. Bg3 Ba6 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Qf4 Bf8 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Bb5 21. a4 Ba6 22. Rad1 Ng4 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Rad8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bc7 c5 27. Bd5 Nf6 28. Bf3 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Rd6 Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Bxa5 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Bc6 Kg7 35. Bb6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nedostup, Daniil"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Qd8 11. h4 h5 12. g3 g6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rc1 0-0 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Kg2 Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Qd2 f6 19. Rhe1 Rc8 20. Nd3 fxe5 21. Ndxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxc8 Nxf3 23. Bxf3 Qf6 24. Bxd5 Nxd4 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Bxb7 Nc2 28. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qc7 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 b5 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Bf1 Bc8 15. b4 Qxb4 16. axb5 Nb6 17. Ba3 Qc3 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Bd7 20. Rad1 cxb5 21. Nxe5 Be6 22. Nc6 Nc4 23. Nxb5 Nxa3 24. Rxa3 Bd7 25. Ncxa7 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Nxe4 27. Bc6 Nc3 28. Bxa8 Nxd1 29. Nb5 Rc8 30. Be4 Bf8 31. Rd3 Nb2 32. Rd7 Nc4 33. Bb7 Rc5 34. Rd5 Ne5 35. Rxc5 Bxc5 36. c3 Kg7 37. h3 Nd3 38. Nd4 Nc1 39. Kf1 Bxd4 40. cxd4 Nb3 41. d5 Nc5 42. Bc6 Kf6 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. h4 h6 45. Ke3 Nb3 46. Be8 Na5 47. Bxf7 Nc4+ 48. Kd3 Nb2+ 49. Ke2 Nc4 50. f4+ Kd4 51. Kf3 Nd2+ 52. Kg4 Ne4 53. f5 g5 54. hxg5 Nxg5 55. Be6 Ke5 56. Kh5 Ne4 57. g4 Kf4 58. Bg8 Ke5 59. Be6 Kf4 60. Bf7 Ng3+ 61. Kh4 Ne4 62. Bg8 Ke5 63. Kh5 Nf2 64. Bh7 Kxd5 65. g5 hxg5 66. f6 Ke6 67. Kg6 Ng4 68. Bg8+ Kd6 69. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. 0-0 a6 6. Bd3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bd6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. g3 h5 10. b3 Be5 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. Nd1 Ng6 13. c3 b6 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. d4 Bd6 16. Bg2 f5 17. Qe2 f4 18. Qd3 fxg3 19. fxg3 e5 20. Ne3 h4 21. Nf5 0-0-0 22. d5 hxg3 23. hxg3 c4 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. Qxc4+ Kb8 26. Qe2 Rdf8 27. Bc1 Nf4 28. gxf4 exf4 29. e5 Qg6 30. Qc4 Qg3 31. e6 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Qxe1+ 33. Bf1 Qg3+ 34. Qg2 Qxc3 35. Qf2 Ka7 36. Bb2 Qc6 37. Bg2 f3 38. Bf1 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bh6 13. Qd2 0-0 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. Qf2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qg7 17. 0-0 Bd7 18. Rce1 Rae8 19. Qb2 Rg8 20. Rf2 Ne7 21. Kh1 e5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Ng6 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nd6 Ref8 26. Bc4 Bc6 27. Bxg8 Kxg8 28. Ref1 Bf4 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. b5 e4 31. Ng5 Bxd6 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Qh6 34. g3 Be8 35. Rxb7 Qh3 36. Qb2+ Be5 37. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aleksanyan, Gor"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 d5 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 e5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c4 e4 13. Be2 d4 14. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd4 16. Kg1 Bb7 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 e3 19. Nb1 Qc5 20. Nc3 Qg5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxd5 25. Kf1 Qe5 26. Rf5 Qa1+ 27. Kf2 Rac8 28. Bc4 Qe1+ 29. Kf3 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Dzhangobegov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Nd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nf6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nc3 Qc8 15. Kh2 e5 16. Nb5 Rd8 17. d5 Ne7 18. c5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rxc5 c6 21. dxc6 Rxd1 22. cxb7 Rxe1 23. bxa8Q Qxa8 24. Bxa8 Rxe2 25. Kg2 Rxb2 26. Nd6 Rxa2 27. Rc7 Bf6 28. Nxf7 Kf8 29. Nd6 Bg5 30. Kf3 Bd2 31. Ra7 Bb4 32. Nc4 a4 33. Nxe5 Rxf2+ 34. Kg4 h5+ 35. Kh4 Bc3 36. Nxg6+ Nxg6+ 37. Kxh5 Ne5 38. Rxa4 Rf5+ 39. Kh4 Bd2 40. Be4 Rf6 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kd8 43. g4 Nf7 44. Kg3 Be1+ 45. Kg2 Rf2+ 46. Kh1 Ng5 47. Bg2 Rc2 48. h4 Bxh4 49. Kh2 Bf2 50. Rg7 Ne6 51. Rf7 Bc5 52. Rf5 Nf4 53. Kg3 Nxg2 54. g5 Bd6+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 Be6 12. b3 Ng4 13. Rd1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Nb7 15. 0-0 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. f4 f6 18. f5 Bf7 19. g4 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Rd2 Bh6 22. Rb2 b4 23. Na4 Be8 24. Nb6 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. d4 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f3 Bh5 12. e4 Bg5 13. g4 Be3+ 14. Kh1 Bf4 15. Qe1 Bg6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. c4 Nxe5 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Bxa7 Bxh2 22. Bb6 Qg3 23. a4 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 Bg3 25. Re2 Bf4 26. Bh3 h5 27. gxh5 Nxh5 28. Kg1 Nf6 29. Bg2 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nd7 31. Be3 Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Ne5 33. Nf3 Bh5 34. Rf1 Bxf3 35. Bxf3 Red8 36. Ra1 Rd2 37. Be2 c5 38. Kf1 Rad8 39. a5 Nc6 40. a6 Ra8 41. b4 Nxb4 42. a7 Nc2 43. Rea3 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Demianjuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. a3 f5 12. f3 Bf6 13. b4 f4 14. Bf2 Bh4 15. Qe1 Bxf2+ 16. Qxf2 g5 17. Nb3 b6 18. Rab1 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Nd2 Rf7 21. Rb2 h5 22. Rfb1 Rg7 23. h3 Nef6 24. Kf1 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Ke1 Rh7 27. fxg4 Rh1+ 28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Kd2 Nxg4 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. Kc2 Qg5 32. Nd2 Rh2 33. Nf1 Rh6 34. g3 Nd7 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Nd2 Ne5 37. Rg1 Rg6 38. Rh1 Rh6 39. Rg1 Rf8 40. Nf3 Nxf3 41. Qxf3 Rg6 42. Qf2 f3 43. Rbb1 Qf4 44. Rg3 Bh5 45. Rbg1 Rff6 46. Kd3 Kf7 47. Rxg6 Bxg6 48. Rf1 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Nikolay P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Be7 14. g5 Nf8 15. Bh3 Bd7 16. Rhg1 hxg5 17. hxg5 Ng6 18. Kb1 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Rxh3 20. Rgf1 f6 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4 Rh8 23. Nd4 Kf7 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Rg1 Qg8 26. Qf3 Qh7 27. Nb6 Rad8 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Qb3+ d5 31. Rxd5 Bd6 32. Rh5+ Ke7 33. Rxh7+ Rxh7 34. Qg8 Rf7 35. Rg7 Rxg7 36. Qxg7+ Ke6 37. Qg4+ Ke7 38. c3 Be5 39. Qg8 Kd6 40. Qc4 Rc7 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. c4 Rd7 43. Qc5+ Kd8 44. b4 Rd4 45. a4 Kd7 46. Kc2 b6 47. Qxb6 Rxc4+ 48. Kd3 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Rc6 50. Qb7+ Bc7 51. a5 Re6 52. b5 axb5 53. a6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nasybullina, Alfia"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Rd1 Bc5 9. Na3 0-0 10. Nb5 e5 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. b4 Be7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxa6 d3 16. Nd4 dxe2 17. Re1 Bxb4 18. Rxe2 Bc3 19. Bf4 Bxa1 20. Bxe5 Ng4 21. Re1 Bc3 22. Rc1 Nxe5 23. Rxc3 Qe4 24. Nb5 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nd4+ 26. Kh3 Ne2 27. Re3 Ng1# 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Kf8 9. Qf3+ Nf6 10. Ng4 Kg8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. e5 Nc6 13. Qd5+ Kf8 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. 0-0 d6 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Qg5 Bf5 18. Bb2 h6 19. Qg3 Kg8 20. c4 Re8 21. Nd2 Kh7 22. Nf3 Nb4 23. d5 Nd3 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bc3 Bg6 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. f3 Re3 28. Be1 Qf6 29. Rd1 a6 30. Qf2 Re7 31. Bc3 Qf7 32. h4 Nd3 33. Qg3 Ne5 34. Ne6 Nxc4 35. Nxg7 Ne3 36. Re1 Nxd5 37. h5 Rxe1+ 38. Bxe1 Bxh5 39. Nxh5 Qxh5 40. Qf2 Qg6 41. Qd4 Qb1 42. Kf1 Qb5+ 43. Kf2 Qb6 44. Qxb6 Nxb6 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Ke4 c6 47. g4 Nc4 48. f4 b5 49. Bh4 a5 50. f5+ Kg7 51. Kd4 a4 52. Bg3 a3 53. Bf4 Kh7 54. Bc1 Kg7 55. Bf4 Ne5 56. Kc3 c5 57. Kb3 b4 58. Bg3 Kf7 59. Bf4 Ke7 60. Bxh6 Nxg4 61. Bg5+ Nf6 62. Kc4 Kf7 63. Bc1 Ke8 64. Bg5 Ne4 65. Bc1 Kd7 66. Kd3 d5 67. Kc2 Ke7 68. Kb3 Kf6 69. Be3 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rybakova, Polina"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qe2 c5 12. e5 c4 13. exf6 cxd3 14. Qxd3 gxf6 15. Rd1 f5 16. Re1 Rg8 17. f3 Be7 18. Qd4 Qc6 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Be3 Rg6 22. Rad1 h5 23. Bc1 h4 24. h3 Rc8 25. Rd3 Bb8 26. Be3 a5 27. Nxb5 Qxc2 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd6 e5 30. Rxg6 Qxe2 31. Rg8+ Kd7 32. Rxe2 Rxg8 33. Bf2 e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Bxh4 f5 36. g3 Rc8 37. Bg5 a4 38. Be3 Ke6 39. Kg2 Ba6 40. Rd2 Bd3 41. Kf2 Rc2 42. Rxc2 Bxc2 43. Bf4 Kf6 44. Ke3 Bd3 45. h4 Kg6 46. Be5 Bc2 47. Bd4 Bd1 48. Kf4 Be2 49. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Gudkina, Zhanna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. 0-0 Rg8 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 0-0-0 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Qxh6 Rg6 15. Qe3 Qxe3 16. Nxe3 Rdg8 17. a4 Na7 18. Nd4 f6 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. b5 Bc5 22. Kh1 Bxe3 23. bxc6 Rxg2 24. cxb7+ Kxb7 25. Bf3 Rc2 26. exf6 Kc7 27. f7 Rf8 28. Bh5 Rxc3 29. Rf3 d4 30. Rb1 Rc5 31. Rh3 Bxf4 32. Bf3 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1+ Bxc1 34. Be4 Rxf7 35. Rxh7 Rxh7 36. Bxh7 Kd6 37. Bd3 a5 38. Kg2 Kc5 39. Kf3 Kd5 40. h4 Ke5 41. h5 Be3 42. Bc2 Bc1 43. Bd3 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. a4 0-0 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Nd4 Rb8 13. h3 Nc4 14. Bc1 b6 15. b3 Ne3 16. Bxe3 Qxc3 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nf5 d6 21. exd6 Bxf5 22. dxe7 Rxe7 23. Bd6 Rd7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Re1 Qxc2 26. Rc1 Qxd1 27. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kokhnover, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bb4 9. Na4 0-0 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bg3 f5 17. c4 Nc7 18. Qe2 Rf8 19. f4 Be7 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. b3 Bb4 22. Bf2 c5 23. Qb2 Rc6 24. Be2 Qc8 25. Bf3 Rb6 26. a3 Ne8 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. Rd3 Rf7 29. Rfd1 a5 30. Be1 Rb8 31. Qa3 d5 32. exd6 Nf6 33. Bxa5 Ra7 34. Qa4 Rb4 35. d7 Nxd7 36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. Bxc6 Rxa5 38. Bxd7 Rb6 39. Re1 Kf7 40. Rde3 Raa6 41. Bc8 Ra3 42. Bxe6+ Kf6 43. Bd5 g6 44. Re7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 0-0 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Na3 a6 15. Nc2 Na4 16. Rb1 Qe4 17. Bd4 Re6 18. Re1 Qg6 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 h6 23. Qd4 Rb5 24. a4 Rb3 25. Qd1 Qb6 26. Qd7 Rc7 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. g3 Rc6 29. Qd3+ g6 30. Qc2 a5 31. h4 h5 32. Re3 Rc4 33. Rf3 Kg7 34. Qe2 Qc5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Babaev, David"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Na2 Bd6 12. f4 Nxe4 13. Qg4 0-0 14. Qh4 f5 15. Rf3 Rf6 16. Bxe4 Rh6 17. Bxb7 Rxh4 18. Bxa8 Bc5 19. c3 Qa7 20. Nxf5 Bxe3+ 21. Nxe3 Qxa8 22. Nb4 Qe4 23. Raf1 a5 24. Nbc2 Nc6 25. f5 Ne5 26. R3f2 Nd3 27. Rf3 Rf4 28. fxe6 dxe6 29. Nd4 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Nxb2 31. Nb5 a4 32. Nd6 Qe5 33. Nf7 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ulanov, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bb5 0-0-0 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qe2 Kb7 9. Qe5 Qxe5+ 10. Nxe5 Bh5 11. Be3 f6 12. Nd3 e6 13. Ne4 Bf7 14. 0-0-0 Bd6 15. Ndc5+ Kc8 16. Rd3 Bg6 17. Rc3 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Ne7 19. Rd1 Rhe8 20. Rc4 h6 21. Ra4 Kb7 22. Rd3 Ra8 23. c4 Nf5 24. g3 a6 25. Nd2 e5 26. Nf3 exd4 27. Nxd4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 c5 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Rb3+ Kc8 31. g4 Re4 32. h3 Kd7 33. Rd3+ Ke8 34. Raa3 Rxc4+ 35. Rac3 Rxc3+ 36. Rxc3 Kd7 37. Ng3 Re8 38. Kd2 Kc6 39. Ra3 c4 40. Rxa6+ Kb5 41. Ra7 Bc5 42. Rxc7 Bxe3+ 43. Kc3 Bf4 44. a4+ Ka6 45. Rxg7 Re3+ 46. Kxc4 Rxg3 47. Re7 Be5 48. Re6+ Kb7 49. b4 Rxh3 50. Kb5 Rd3 51. Re7+ Kb8 52. a5 Rd4 53. Re8+ Ka7 54. Re7+ Ka8 55. Re8+ Bb8 56. Rf8 Rf4 57. Ka6 Rxg4 58. Rxf6 Rxb4 59. Rxh6 Rg4 60. Re6 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Monin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 0-0 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. 0-0 Nxe5 14. d6 c4+ 15. Kh1 Nd3 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Be7 Bf5 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Bxf8 Qxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd2 Qxd6 22. Qc3+ f6 23. Nd4 Be4 24. Nxb5 Qc6 25. Nc7 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qb6+ 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Nxa8 Qb7+ 30. Kg3 Qxa8 31. Qxd3 Qb8+ 32. Kh3 Ne5 33. Qd4 Qc8+ 34. Kg3 Qa6 35. Qf4 h5 36. h3 Qb6 37. Qf2 Qa6 38. Kh2 Nd3 39. Qe2 Qd6+ 40. Kh1 Ne5 41. Qf2 Qa6 42. b4 Nd3 43. Qe2 Qd6 44. b5 h4 45. Qe3 Qd7 46. Qf3 Qd4 47. a4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Zimin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Re8 14. f3 Bh5 15. Qd2 Bg6 16. Rad1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxd4 Rad8 20. c3 Qxb2 21. Qc4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxa3 24. Qxf6 Qc5+ 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. cxd4 Rd8 27. Rb1 b6 28. Rb4 Rd5 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Ke4 Kd6 32. g4 b5 33. f4 a5 34. Rb3 b4 35. Kd3 Rb5 36. Kc4 a4 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. g5 b3 39. Kc3 Kd5 40. Kb2 Kxd4 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Ka3 Ke4 43. Re1+ Kxf4 44. Re7 Rb8 45. Rxf7+ Kxg5 46. h4+ Kg6 47. Rf1 b2 48. Rb1 Kh5 49. Kxa4 Kxh4 50. Ka3 h5 51. Ka2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krivonos, Nikolay"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Be3 f5 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd7 Bxd7 13. 0-0-0 Be6 14. Nd5 e4 15. Ne1 Rf7 16. Nc2 Ne5 17. Nce3 c6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxc4 20. b3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Bd5 22. Kc2 a5 23. a3 a4 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Kb1 Rxa3 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 b5 28. Rc1 Rfa7 29. Kc2 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1 31. f3 Ra2+ 32. Kc3 e3 33. Bf1 Ra1 34. Bh3 Rh1 35. Kd3 Rxh2 36. Bf1 Rh1 37. Bg2 Rg1 38. Bh3 Rxg3 39. Bf1 Rg1 40. Bh3 c5 41. Rh4 Rh1 42. Kxe3 b4 43. Kd2 Bf7 44. f4 Bd5 45. Kd3 Bg2 46. Bxg2 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kazantsev, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Be2 b5 8. f4 Bb7 9. Bf3 e5 10. Nf5 h6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 hxg5 13. fxe5 g4 14. exf6 gxf3 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. 0-0-0 Qe7 17. Qg3 fxg2 18. Rhg1 0-0-0 19. Rxg2 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rd3 Nc5 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Rd2 f5 25. Qxc5 Rxg7 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Qxa6+ Kh7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qa7+ Kh6 31. Qf2 f4 32. Kd2 Qd5+ 33. Ke2 Qe4+ 34. Kd1 Qd5+ 35. Ke1 Qh1+ 36. Qf1 Qxh2 37. Qxb5 Qg3+ 38. Kd1 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Qe3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qg3+ 42. Kd1 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 Nfd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Qc2 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Qh5 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Bc3 f6 14. 0-0 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rf7 17. g4 Qh6 18. f5 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nc7 Rc8 21. Ne6 gxf5 22. gxf5 Rf6 23. Kh2 Rxe6 24. fxe6 Qxe6 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. cxd5 Bh6 28. Rc3 Rf8 29. Rc7 Be3 30. Rg2 h5 31. Rxe7 Rf1 32. Re2 Bd4 33. Rc2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Tantsov, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. b4 Bb6 10. c4 Nxb4 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nf6 15. d6 Qd8 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Qf3 Bc5 18. Be5 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Rxb7 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Qf6 Bxd6 22. Nd2 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qd6+ 24. Qe5 Qxd2 25. Rab1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Qxf2 27. Rb8+ Ke7 28. Bf6+ Qxf6 29. Qc5# 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik 100 op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kornyukov, Alexey"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 h5 11. a4 Nh7 12. Nge2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Qe7 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. 0-0 Ne5 18. Qe4 Rae8 19. Rae1 h4 20. Nh1 Qd8 21. Qc2 h3 22. Ng3 hxg2 23. Kxg2 Qh4 24. Nce4 Rd8 25. f4 Ng4 26. Bg1 Bd4 27. h3 Bxg1 28. Rxg1 Nh6 29. Ng5 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Ne6 Rd7 32. Kh2 Ng5 33. Rxg5 Rxg5 34. fxg5 Kh8 35. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dolzhikova, Kateryna"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 h5 13. h3 Nc6 14. hxg4 Bxd4 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. Rxh5 Qxh5 17. Qxh5 gxh5 18. Bd2 Rf8 19. 0-0-0 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxf7 21. g3 Rf5 22. Kd2 Rd5+ 23. Ke2 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Ke6 25. Ke2 Kf5 26. a4 Kg4 27. Kf2 e6 28. Bf6 a6 29. c3 Na5 30. Be7 Nc4 31. a5 Nd2 32. Kg2 d5 33. Bc5 Nc4 34. b4 Nd2 35. Bf2 Ne4 36. Be1 Nd6 37. Kf2 Nf5 38. Kg2 Ne7 39. Kf2 Ng8 40. Ke3 Nf6 41. Kd4 Nd7 42. c4 dxc4 43. Kxc4 Kf3 44. b5 Ke4 45. b6 e5 46. Bd2 exf4 47. Bxf4 h4 48. gxh4 Kxf4 49. Kd5 Kg4 50. Kd6 Nxb6 51. axb6 Kxh4 52. Kc7 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 0-0 9. Be3 Nc6 10. c5 Bxc5 11. dxc5 d4 12. Nfd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd4 Qh4 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. Qd3 e5 16. Bc3 Nf4 17. Nxf4 Rxd3 18. Nxd3 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bxg4 21. Bg2 Bf5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. 0-0-0 Rd8 24. Nb4 Qf4+ 25. Rd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ajrapetian, Gevorg"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8. d5 Qa5 9. 0-0 b5 10. Qe2 b4 11. Nd1 Qa6 12. Qe1 Nf6 13. c3 b3 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Nd2 c4 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Qe2 0-0 18. Re1 Nc5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Nexc4 Nxf4 22. exd6 exd6 23. Nxd6 Rcd8 24. N2c4 Nxd5 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Be3 Be5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. a5 Kf8 32. a6 Ke7 33. a7 Ra8 34. Ra6 Kd7 35. Nd2 c4 36. Nxc4 Kc8 37. Nb6+ Bxb6+ 38. Rxb6 Rxa7 39. Rxb3 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Rb4 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 g5 43. Rc4+ Kd7 44. b4 f5 45. h3 Kd6 46. b5 Kd5 47. Rc6 Rb2 48. c4+ Kd4 49. b6 f4 50. c5 Rb3+ 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52. Ke1 Ke3 53. Re6+ Kd3 54. Rd6+ Ke3 55. Kd1 Rb5 56. Rd5 h6 57. Rd8 Kf2 58. Rd2+ Kf1 59. Rc2 Rb1+ 60. Kd2 Kxg2 61. c6 f3 62. Ke3+ Kg3 63. c7 Re1+ 64. Kd4 Rd1+ 65. Kc3 f2 66. Rxf2 Kxf2 67. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Glidzhain, Gor Mikhailovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Be3 Be6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxc5 Bxc4 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Bd5 Rd8 19. Qf3 e4 20. Bxe4 Rd2 21. Rad1 Rxb2 22. Bd5 b5 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qc6 Nf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Re8 Ne7 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Demina, Julia"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. Rb1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Qc7 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Qc1 Qc5 17. a3 Rfc8 18. e4 Bd7 19. h3 Bh6 20. Ncb1 Nc4 21. Qd1 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Qxa3 24. Qb3 Qc5 25. Rfb1 Be8 26. Bf1 Nd7 27. Qb4 Qa7 28. Nf3 Nb6 29. Qd4 Qa3 30. Rb3 Qc5 31. Bxb5 Nd7 32. Bc6 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Ne5 34. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 35. Rxf3 dxc5 36. Bxe8 Rxe8 37. Rc3 Rc8 38. Kf1 e6 39. Ke2 exd5 40. exd5 Kf8 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Kc4 f5 43. Ra3 Rc7 44. Ra6 Kd7 45. Rf6 Rc8 46. h4 Ke7 47. Ra6 f4 48. g4 Rb8 49. Re6+ Kd7 50. Rf6 Rb2 51. f3 Rc2+ 52. Kd3 Rc1 53. g5 Rh1 54. Kc4 Rc1+ 55. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Uyanik, Mehmet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qb6 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Kb1 0-0 12. Bd3 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxa8 Nc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Na5 Nxa5 18. Qf3 b4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qg4+ Kh6 22. Rd3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vlasenko, Miroslav"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. Ng3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Bg5 a6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Qa5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Rab1 Ne5 15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 c4 17. a4 axb5 18. axb5 Qb6 19. b3 cxb3 20. Rxb3 Bb7 21. Nge4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Nd7 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Rd1 Rbd8 26. Bc4 Re4 27. Qc2 f5 28. Bd3 Rd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Bc4 Kg7 31. Re1 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qc4 Rd6 34. Re7+ Kh6 35. h4 f4 36. g4 Qa5 37. g5+ Kh5 38. Rxh7+ Kg4 39. Qe2+ Kf5 40. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bolbot, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Qd8 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Be3 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. h4 Nc6 15. h5 e6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ng5 Rae8 18. Nxh7 Ne7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Menkov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 c6 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rc1 Qf8 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Be4 Nd4 21. Qd2 Bf5 22. Qe3 b6 23. b4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Ne6 25. Rcd1 Nf4 26. f3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rc8 28. Red1 Rf4 29. Qb7 Rfxc4 30. Rxd6 Rc1 31. Qd5+ Kg7 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Rc8 37. Rd7 Re8 38. Rxa7 Re7 39. Qd6 Rf7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Rxf7 Qxf7 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qxb6 Qxa2 44. Qc7+ Kf8 1-0

