[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Nogin, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. Qd2 a6 10. f3 Bd7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 d5 17. e5 Qb8 18. Nc3 Nxe5 19. b3 f5 20. Qe3 Bd6 21. f4 Nf7 22. g6 Bxf4 23. Qxe6 Bg3+ 24. Kd1 Qb4 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 27. Kc2 Qa7 28. Qxd5 Kh8 29. Rad1 Rff8 30. h5 Qc7 31. Qc4 Qe7 32. Qd3 Be5 33. Qe3 Qf6 34. a4 f4 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Bc4 Qa3 37. Rhe1 Rae8 38. h6 gxh6 39. Qh5 Bxc3 40. Rxe8 Bg7 41. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karnaukh, Anatolij"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Nce2 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Bd6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Nb6 13. Bb3 0-0-0 14. c4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nbd7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Qf4 Qc5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qf4 Ng4 25. Re1 Rd3 26. Bc2 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Nxe3 28. b4 Nd5+ 29. bxc5 Nxf4 30. Kf2 e5 31. g4 e4 32. h4 Ne6 33. c6 bxc6 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxf5 Nc5 36. Bd1 h4 37. Bg4 Kc7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 a5 40. a3 a4 41. Bh3 Nd3 42. Bf1 Nf2 43. Ke3 Ng4+ 44. Kxe4 h3 45. Kf4 h2 46. Bg2 Nf2 47. Kg3 h1Q 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Chichkin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Ne5 8. Be2 g6 9. 0-0-0 Bg7 10. h3 c6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Be3 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf5 14. Qb3 0-0-0 15. Rhe1 h5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qa4 a6 18. c5 dxc5 19. g4 Rd4 20. Qa3 hxg4 21. Qxc5 Qd6 22. Qxd6 exd6 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Re7 Bf6 25. Rf7 Be5 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Rg1 Be6 28. Re7 Bf5 29. b3 Rdh4 30. Na4 R4h7 31. Nb6+ Kd8 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. Nc4 Bh2 34. Bg5+ Kd7 35. Re1 b5 36. Ne3 Be5 37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. Kd2 f4 39. Kd3 Rh5 40. Rg1 d5 41. Ke2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Omelia, Artiom"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Be7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nd7 8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Bg5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. a5 Ngf6 12. Na4 0-0 13. 0-0 Ne8 14. Ra3 Bg5 15. f4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Qe7 18. Rb3 Ne5 19. Nab6 Ng6 20. Rf1 Rd8 21. Re3 f6 22. Kh1 Nc7 23. Qh5 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Nf8 25. Kg1 Ng6 26. Rh3 Nf8 27. Ree3 Qf7 28. Qf5 Qg6 29. Rhg3 Qf7 30. h4 Kh8 31. h5 h6 32. Qf1 Qe7 33. Qf5 Nh7 34. Qg6 Nf8 35. Qf5 Nh7 36. Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Gerber, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 a6 6. d3 d6 7. 0-0 h6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Kh2 0-0 11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 d5 13. Nh4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qd7 16. g4 Rab8 17. Qc3 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Rf2 Rbd8 21. a3 Rd7 22. Raf1 f6 23. Ng3 Ne7 24. Ne4 b6 25. Rf3 c5 26. R1f2 Rdd8 27. a4 a5 28. b3 f5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Ng3 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qe1 Kg8 34. Qf2 Nd5 35. Nf5 Kh7 36. e4 Nf4 37. Qg3 g6 38. Ne3 h5 39. Qf3 Kh6 40. Nd5 Qd6 41. Kg3 g5 42. Ne3 Qe6 43. Nf5+ Kg6 44. Qd1 Qd7 45. Qd2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kernazhitsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qh5 e5 12. Be3 0-0 13. Na4 Be6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rfd8 16. Rad1 b6 17. Be3 c5 18. Qe2 a5 19. a3 f6 20. f3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25. Bxd2 a4 26. Bc3 Bc4 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. g3 g5 29. Kd2 h5 30. h4 g4 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Bd2 Bf7 34. Kd3 c4+ 35. Ke3 Bg6 36. Bb4+ Ke6 37. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Semenova, Lidia K"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Bg4 7. f3 Bf5 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qe2 e6 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. 0-0-0 Nd7 14. Nh3 Bd6 15. g5 Qc7 16. gxf6 0-0-0 17. Bg5 Be5 18. d4 Bd6 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rhe8 22. Nf2 Nd5 23. Ne4 Bf4 24. Rhe1 Kb8 25. c4 Bxg5 26. cxd5 Bf4 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Qb3 Qb6 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Rg1 Be3 31. Rg7 Bxd4 32. Rxf7 Bxf6 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Ng5 Re2 35. f4 Bc7 36. Rf8+ Ka7 37. a3 Rf2 38. Ne6 Bd6 39. Rf5 b5 40. b4 Kb6 41. Rxh5 Bxf4 42. Rf5 Rf1+ 43. Kc2 Rc1+ 44. Kb2 Be3 45. Rf3 Re1 46. Kc2 Bh6 47. Rf6 Bc1 48. h5 Bxa3 49. h6 Rh1 50. Ng5 Bxb4 51. h7 Be7 52. Rg6 Bxg5 53. Rxg5 Rxh7 54. Rg2 Rh3 55. Kb2 c5 56. Ka2 Ka5 57. Rc2 c4 58. Rg2 Ka4 59. Rc2 b6 60. Kb2 Rb3+ 61. Ka2 c3 62. Rc1 Ra3+ 63. Kb1 Kb3 64. Rc2 Ra1+ 65. Kxa1 Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Moiseev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qd2 h5 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. 0-0-0 Bg4 11. Be2 Bh6 12. f4 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 h4 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 0-0-0 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qe1 h3 19. g3 Kb8 20. Rd3 e6 21. Ne3 Rc8 22. Qe2 Be7 23. Rhd1 Rc5 24. Qg4 Qc6 25. f5 Re5 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. c3 Qb5 28. Rb4 Qa6 29. Rbd4 d5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Qf4 Bc5 32. exd5 Ka8 33. R4d3 Bxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 exd5 36. Rxd5 Qf1+ 37. Kc2 a6 38. Rd2 Qb5 39. b3 Re8 40. Qd3 Qa5 41. Kb2 Re1 42. Qd8+ Qxd8 43. Rxd8+ Ka7 44. Rd2 Rg1 45. Kc2 Kb6 46. Kd3 Kc5 47. Rf2 Rh1 48. Rf5+ Kd6 49. Rxf6+ Ke5 50. Rf2 b5 51. c4 Rg1 52. cxb5 axb5 53. Ke3 b4 54. Kf3 Kd4 55. Kg4 Rg2 56. Rf4+ Kc3 57. Rc4+ Kd3 58. Kxh3 Rxa2 59. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 5th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chistiakov, Anatolij"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Be2 Ne4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ne1 0-0 12. f3 Nf6 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nc6 15. Qb2 Na5 16. Qe2 e5 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. g3 h6 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Rae1 Nc6 22. d5 Na5 23. Nh4 Qa4 24. Nf5 Rad8 25. Ne3 Bc8 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. g4 Qe8 28. h3 Ng8 29. g5 g6 30. Nxh6 Nxh6 31. gxh6 Bxh3 32. Rf2 Qe7 33. Qe3 Qh4 34. Rxf8 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Shvydchenko, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rhe1 0-0-0 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Qg3 h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. f5 Nb6 17. Qe3 b4 18. Ne2 d5 19. exd5 Nbxd5 20. Qc1 Be7 21. Ng1 e4 22. Bf1 Qxh2 23. Bf2 Ng4 24. Bd4 Bg5 25. Nd2 Rhe8 26. Nh3 Be3 27. Bxg7 f6 28. Rxe3 Ngxe3 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Babiy, Petr"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc4 0-0 11. 0-0 e5 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rac1 exd4 15. exd4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Qf4 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. h3 Nd5 20. b5 f5 21. Nf3 Kh8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfe1 f4 24. Qd2 Ra3 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. Bxb3 Qa3 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Nxf4 Bb4 29. Qc1 Qa5 30. Re5 Bb7 31. Ne6 Rf6 32. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Myrza, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Nf4 Bg4 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. 0-0 c6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. g4 Bd6 14. Kg2 Qc7 15. Nfe2 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Na4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. h4 Nd5 20. Nc5 Bf8 21. Bd2 a5 22. Rac1 Qd8 23. Nf4 Bxc5 24. Nxd5 Be7 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Bg5 Qe2+ 27. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 28. Rf2 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 a4 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Be7 Be6 32. Be4 Bxa2 33. Bxb4 Ra6 34. Rc5 Rb6 35. Bc3 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Ra5 Bb3 38. Ra7+ Nd7 39. Ba5 Ke6 40. Bxb6 Nxb6 41. Bxc6 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 Nxb2+ 43. Kc3 Nd1+ 44. Kb4 Ne3 45. Bxa4 Bd5 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. Bc6 Be6 48. Kc5 Ng2 49. h5 Bc8 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ostapenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be3 Qc7 11. h3 Ne5 12. Na3 Be6 13. Nd4 Nc4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nd7 18. Bxa7 b6 19. b4 Rfc8 20. Ra3 Ne5 21. Rfa1 Nc4 22. R3a2 Nxb2 23. Bxb6 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Bxc3 25. Ba7 Ra8 26. b5 Bd4 27. Rxb2 Rxa7 28. Rd2 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 e5 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Bc4+ Kg7 32. h4 h6 33. Bd3 Rb3 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Ke2 Rb4 36. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kliun, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 0-0 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 h5 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. b3 Rad8 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Bg1 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 Nd3 21. Na4 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Re6 23. Qe3 g6 24. Nxb6 gxf5 25. Nd5 f4 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Nxc7 fxe3 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. e5 e2 30. Re1 Ne4 31. Bf3 Ng3+ 32. Kg2 Bxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rd3+ 34. Kg2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Docenko, Feodosij"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Ne5 d6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. c4 0-0 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. cxb5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qa6 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Qb5 Bd8 17. b4 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 a5 19. 0-0 axb4 20. Nxd6 Rc2 21. Bd4 Be7 22. Nb5 Ra5 23. a4 bxa3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nd4 Rc7 26. Ra2 Ra6 27. g3 Rb6 28. Rfa1 Rc3 29. Nc2 Rb2 30. Nxa3 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Rxa3 32. Rb2 f5 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. Rc2 Rb3 35. Kf3 Rb2 36. Rc5 Kg7 37. h4 Bd8 38. Rc4 Ba5 39. Rc1 Kg6 40. Rf1 e5 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. Kh3 h5 43. f4 e4 44. Rc1 Bxe3 45. Rc6+ f6 46. Rc8 Bg1 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Trotsenko, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. Ne4 Ngf6 15. g3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. c4 Rhd8 20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qe2 c5 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qxc5 26. Nxf7 Qxh5 27. Qxh5 Nxh5 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Ne5 Kd6 31. Kd4 Nf6 32. c5+ Kc7 33. b4 Nd7 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Ke5 a6 36. a4 Ke7 37. b5 a5 38. c6 bxc6 39. bxc6 h5 40. f4 g6 41. c7 Kd7 42. c8R Kxc8 43. Kxe6 Kc7 44. Kf6 Kc6 45. Kxg6 Kc5 46. f5 Kb4 47. f6 Kxa4 48. f7 Kb3 49. f8B Kc4 50. Kxh5 Kd5 51. Kh6 Ke6 52. g4 Kf7 53. Ba3 Kg8 54. g5 Kh8 55. g6 Kg8 56. g7 a4 57. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lukyanov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nge2 Bg4 6. d3 c6 7. f3 Bf5 8. Be3 e6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. a3 h6 11. b4 Qc7 12. Nd4 Bh7 13. f4 Bd6 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Bb3 0-0-0 16. b5 c5 17. Nf3 Bxf4 18. a4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nbd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. a5 Rhe8 23. Qf2 Re6 24. b6 axb6 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Ra8+ Kd7 27. Ne5+ Qxe5 28. Qxf7+ Qe7 29. Qxd5+ Rd6 30. Qxb7+ Ke8 31. Qb5+ R6d7 32. Raa1 Bg8 33. Qc6 Bd5 34. Qg6+ Bf7 35. Qxg7 Rd6 36. Qh8+ Qf8 37. Rae1+ Kd7 38. Qh7 Kc8 39. Rxf7 R6d7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Qg6 Qd6 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Re7 Rf6 44. g3 Rf5 45. Kg2 Kd8 46. Rh7 h5 47. h3 Re5 48. Kf3 Rf5+ 49. Ke4 Rf2 50. c4 Re2+ 51. Kf3 Rd2 52. Ke3 Rg2 53. Rg7 h4 54. Kf3 Rd2 55. gxh4 Rxd3+ 56. Kg2 Rd2+ 57. Kg3 Rd3+ 58. Kh2 Rc3 59. Rg4 Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Rc3+ 61. Kg2 Rc2+ 62. Kf3 Rc3+ 63. Kg2 Rc2+ 64. Kf1 Rc3 65. h5 Rxh3 66. Rg5 Rh4 67. Rxc5 Ke7 68. Ke2 Kd6 69. Rd5+ Kc6 70. Kd3 Rh3+ 71. Kd4 Rh4+ 72. Kc3 Rh3+ 73. Kb4 Rh1 74. Rg5 Rb1+ 75. Kc3 Rh1 76. Kd4 Rh4+ 77. Kd3 Kd6 78. c5+ Ke6 79. Ke3 Kf6 80. Rd5 Ke6 81. Rd6+ Ke5 82. Rh6 Rh3+ 83. Kf2 Rc3 84. c6 Kf4 85. Rg6 Rc2+ 86. Ke1 Kf3 87. Kd1 Rh2 88. c7 Rxh5 89. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 4th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Tomashevich, Georgiy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbxd5 11. Nf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qe2 Qa5 15. Bb2 e6 16. Rad1 a6 17. h4 Qc7 18. Nd3 Qc6 19. f3 Nd5 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. Rc1 Bh6 23. Rc2 Bf4 24. Re4 Bg3 25. Qd2 f5 26. Re2 f4 27. Nd3 Rce8 28. Nc5 Qe7 29. Nxb7 Qxh4 30. Re5 Ne3 31. Rxe3 fxe3 32. Qxe3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+ 34. Qg1 Rxf3+ 35. gxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Rf2 Bxf2 37. Qxf2 Qxb7 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Qe3 Qxe3+ 40. Kxe3 Kf7 41. c4 bxc4 42. Bxc4 Rc8 43. Bd3 a5 44. a4 h5 45. Kf4 Rb8 46. Bb5 Rc8 47. Bd3 Rd8 48. Be4 Rb8 49. Bc3 Rf8 50. Ke5 g5 51. Bxa5 Rh8 52. d5 exd5 53. Bxd5+ Kg6 54. Be4+ Kh6 55. Bb4 Rb8 56. Bd6 Rb2 57. Bf8# 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grigorchuk, Sergey"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 b6 9. Rg1 Bb7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. h4 c5 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Ne4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxg5 17. Kb1 Qe7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qf5 Rd8 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Rxg5 Rh2 24. Rf5 Ke7 25. Kc2 Ke6 26. Rf4 Rdh8 27. e4 d4 28. Bc4+ Kxe5 29. Rf5+ Kd6 30. Bd2 R2h4 31. Rxf7 Rxe4 32. Bf4+ Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Kc6 34. Rg4 Rf8 35. Rg6+ Rf6 36. Rxf6+ gxf6 37. a4 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Gavriliuk, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. Na4 Bg4 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 Qd6 12. Be3 0-0-0 13. Qd2 Kb8 14. 0-0-0 Qa6 15. Kb1 Rhe8 16. Qc3 Nd7 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 Rf8 19. Rf2 b5 20. Rdf1 Qd6 21. g4 a6 22. Qe1 g5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. h4 Ne6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rf5 Rg8 27. Rh1 Rg6 28. Bf3 Nd4 29. Rh5 Rdg8 30. Qh1 Ne6 31. Rh7 Nf6 32. Rh8 Nd4 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8 34. Rxg5 c4 35. Rxg8+ Nxg8 36. dxc4 bxc4 37. g5 Ne7 38. Bg4 c3 39. b3 Nb5 40. Qh6 Qb4 41. Qf8+ Kb7 42. Bc8+ Kc6 43. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhesterev, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 a6 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nf3 g5 14. h3 Nc5 15. Bc2 b5 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ba3 Nb7 18. c4 dxc4 19. bxc4 b4 20. Bb2 Nca5 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Rec1 Nc5 23. Bd4 Ncb7 24. Rab1 Nc6 25. Ba1 Nc5 26. Qe3 Qa5 27. Nf3 Nb7 28. a3 b3 29. Rxb3 Nc5 30. Rbb1 Ne7 31. Nh2 h5 32. Bc3 Qc7 33. Qxg5 Bc6 34. f3 Ba8 35. Qe3 Rg8 36. Nf1 Qc6 37. Nd2 Nf5 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. Bd4 Qg6 40. Qe2 Ne6 41. Be3 f4 42. Ba7 Ng5 43. Kf1 Nxh3 44. gxh3 Qg3 45. Bf2 Qh2 46. Ke1 Rg2 47. Rb3 Rd8 48. e6 Rxf2 49. Qxf2 Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Ivanchenko, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[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 Nc6 10. Nb3 0-0 11. Bd3 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Qh3 Nb4 14. Rhe1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 b4 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Ned4 a5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qe3 Bd8 21. h3 a4 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Be7 26. Nf5 Bc5 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxc8 Bxc8 29. Qe4 Ba6 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. dxc4 a3 32. b3 Qd8 33. Kc2 g6 34. Rd1 Qg5 35. Rd7 Qg3 36. Qf3 Qxf3 37. gxf3 g5 38. Kd3 h5 39. Rc7 Bf2 40. c5 Bg3 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. Kd4 g4 43. fxg4 fxg4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Ke4 Bh2 46. c6 Ke8 47. Rg7 Kd8 48. Rxg4 Kc7 49. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shapoval, Alexandr"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qf3 Qxd4 13. 0-0-0 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qg3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qc5 17. Rhd1 Be7 18. Be3 Qa5 19. g5 Nd5 20. Bd4 Nb4 21. R3d2 Nxa2+ 22. Nxa2 Qxa2 23. c3 0-0-0 24. Bxg7 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rh5 26. Bf6 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qa4+ 28. Kc1 Bxf6 29. Qd6 Bxg5 30. Qd7+ Kb8 31. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Mashevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 Nc5 14. h4 b4 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. Qa4 Kf8 19. Nc6 a5 20. Bg2 Nb6 21. Qb3 Nc4 22. Rhe1 Ne5 23. Kb1 Rg8 24. Qh3 Bd7 25. g5 Rc8 26. gxh6 Rh8 27. Qg3 Rxh6 28. Rg1 Bxf5 29. Be4 Rg6 30. Bxf5 Rxg3 31. Rxg3 Nxc6 32. Rdg1 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Trotsenko, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. 0-0 a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. e4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. a3 h6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bf4 0-0 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Nxe4 18. Be3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rc7 Bd5 24. h3 Rb8 25. Ne5 Rb7 26. Rc2 Kf8 27. Nd3 Ke7 28. Nc5 Ra7 29. f3 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Kxd7 31. Kf2 Rc7 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Bd3 g5 35. Be2 Ke5 36. g3 Bc4 37. f4+ gxf4+ 38. gxf4+ Kd5 39. Bf3+ Kd6 40. Bb7 Bd5 41. Bxa6 Bc6 42. Kd4 f6 43. Bc8 Bd5 44. Ba6 Kc6 45. h4 Kb6 46. Bc8 Kc7 47. Ba6 Kc6 48. Bc8 Kd6 49. Ba6 Bc6 50. Bc8 Bd5 51. Ba6 e5+ 52. fxe5+ fxe5+ 53. Ke3 Bc6 54. Bc8 Kd5 55. Kd3 e4+ 56. Ke3 Kc4 57. Bf5 Kb3 58. Bxe4 Bxe4 59. Kxe4 Kxa3 60. Kf5 Kxb4 61. Kg6 Kc5 62. Kxh6 b4 63. Kg7 b3 64. h5 b2 65. h6 b1B 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Rybkin, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nb3 Qd8 9. 0-0-0 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. f3 Be6 12. g4 Na5 13. h4 Nxb3+ 14. cxb3 Rc8 15. Kb1 b5 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Be7 19. g5 h5 20. g6 fxg6 21. Qe6 Nf6 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Qh3 0-0 24. Rhg1 Kh7 25. Rg2 Ne8 26. Rcg1 g5 27. Bxg5 Rg8 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxh5 Nf6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. Bg6 Re8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Bxe8 Qxe8 36. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 06th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorokin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. h4 h5 9. Nge2 Nd4 10. Nd1 Rb8 11. c3 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 b5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. g4 hxg4 15. Qxg4 b4 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 e5 19. Qg3 Ba6 20. Re1 Qa5 21. f3 exd4 22. Bf4 d3 23. Bxd6 Bxa1 24. Bxb8 Qb6+ 25. Nf2 Bc3 26. Bc7 d2 27. Rd1 Qd4 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rc8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Bd6 Ng8 32. Ng4 Qc4 33. Be5+ f6 34. Bxc3 Qxc3 35. Qd6 Qc7 36. Qxc7+ Rxc7 37. Rxd2 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ne3 Rh7 40. Kg3 Rc7 41. Nd5 Rb7 42. Nf4+ Kf7 43. a4 Ne7 44. Rd6 Rc7 45. Nd5 Nxd5 46. Rxd5 Ke6 47. Ra5 Rh7 48. Ra6+ Ke5 49. f4+ Kxe4 50. Rxf6 Rc7 51. Rxg6 Rc1 52. Re6+ Kf5 53. Re5+ Kf6 54. h5 Rh1 55. Ra5 Rg1+ 56. Kf3 Rg7 57. Rb5 Rh7 58. a5 a6 59. Rb6+ Kf5 60. Rxa6 Rxh5 61. Ra8 Rh3+ 62. Kg2 Ra3 63. a6 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Ra1+ 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66. Kd3 Ra3+ 67. Kc4 Ra4+ 68. Kb5 Ra1 69. a7 Rb1+ 70. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kosikov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. 0-0-0 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng3 f5 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Nce2 Qf7 17. b3 a5 18. Nf4 a4 19. b4 Nd7 20. f3 Nb6 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Ka1 Bb3 23. Qc5 Nd7 24. Qg5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 h6 26. Qf5 Qxf5 27. Nxf5 Nf6 28. Nd6 Re7 29. Ng6 Rd7 30. Nc4 Nd5 31. Nf4 Rf8 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Ng6 Rf7 35. Nf4 Rd6 36. h4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Nh3 Rg6 39. Rc1 Rf5 40. Rc5 Rxc5 41. bxc5 Kg7 42. Kb2 Kh6 43. Nf2 Kh5 44. Kc3 Re6 45. Kc4 Kh4 46. d5 Re5 47. d6 g4 48. g3+ Kxg3 49. d7 Kxf2 50. d8Q Rd5 51. Qh4+ Kf3 52. Qh6 Rf5 53. Qh7 Rd5 54. Qh6 Rf5 55. Qh7 Rd5 56. Qxb7 g3 57. Qxc6 g2 58. Qxd5 g1Q 59. Qd2 Qg8+ 60. Kb4 Qe8 61. Qd4 Qe6 62. Kxa4 Qxa2+ 63. Kb5 Qb3+ 64. Ka6 Qd3+ 65. Kb6 Qxd4 66. exd4 e3 67. c6 e2 68. c7 e1Q 69. c8Q Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grinev, Valeriy"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. b3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qd4 18. Ndb1 Qd3 19. Rd1 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Nb5 21. Bb2 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxe5 Rd1+ 24. Ng1 Bc5 25. Na3 Rxa1 26. Bxa1 Nxa3 27. Bf1 Nc2 28. Bb2 Nb4 29. a3 Nc2 30. b4 Bd4 31. Bxd4 Nxd4 32. Bd3 Kf8 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. Ne2 Nxe2 35. Bxe2 Kd6 36. f4 c5 37. e5+ Kc6 38. Bf3+ Bd5 39. b5+ Kxb5 40. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tchoubar, Vladimir"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nc6 7. c3 g6 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bg7 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Bf7 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 a5 18. a3 e5 19. f4 exd4 20. exd4 Rfe8 21. f5 Qd8 22. fxg6 Bxg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rae1 axb4 25. axb4 Qd6 26. Re2 Kf7 27. Rfe1 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Qd7 29. Qf3 Re8 30. Rf1 Qe6 31. Bg5 Re7 32. h4 Qe4 33. Qg3 Ra7 34. Qf2 Qe6 35. Re1 Qd6 36. Bf4 Qd8 37. Rf1 Kg8 38. Qg3 Qe8 39. Re1 Re7 40. Ra1 Kh7 41. Kh2 Qc8 42. Bd6 Re4 43. Ra7 Qe8 44. Bf4 Re7 45. Ra6 Re6 46. Qg4 Re4 47. Rb6 Qe6 48. Qxe6 Rxe6 49. b5 Re4 50. bxc6 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Docenko, Feodosij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[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 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 Bb7 17. Bh3 b4 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Qa5 20. Rde1+ Kd8 21. Kb1 Kc7 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qb6 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Bg2 Kb8 26. Qxf7 Qc7 27. Qc4 Qb6 28. Bd5 Rc8 29. f7 Bh6 30. Rg8 Bd2 31. Ree8 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Anatolij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Ne7 6. Nc3 e4 7. d3 g6 8. Bg5 Nbc6 9. Bf6 Rg8 10. 0-0-0 Be6 11. dxe4 Na5 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. exd5 Qb6 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. g5 Qb6 16. Bh3 Rd8 17. Nf3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bg7 19. Bxe7 Nc4 20. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shcherbenko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. 0-0 e6 9. Ne4 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. c4 N5f6 15. b4 Bd6 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Re1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rh5 19. c5 Be7 20. a4 Rd8 21. Ra3 Kf8 22. Nf4 Rf5 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. g4 Rfd5 25. Nf4 R5d7 26. Nxg6+ fxg6 27. Ng5 Kg8 28. Nxe6 Qb8 29. Qg5 Re8 30. Qxg6 Bf8 31. g5 Nd5 32. Re4 Rde7 33. Rf3 Rxe6 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Rh4+ Rh6 36. gxh6 g5 37. Qg6 Nf4 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Chornozem, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 d6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Be7 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Re1 g6 15. Bf2 Rac8 16. Bf3 Qb8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Nb3 exf4 19. gxf4 Bf8 20. Nd2 Bh6 21. Bg3 Nc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Nd5 Bg7 25. Qd3 Nd4 26. Bg4 f5 27. exf5 Bxd5 28. f6 Ba8 29. Qxd4 Nxf6 30. Bf3 Ne4 31. Qd3 Nxd2 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Qxd2 b5 34. f5 bxc4 35. fxg6 c3 36. Qd3 hxg6 37. Bxa8 Qxa8 38. Qxg6 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Qf3 40. Bf2 c2 41. Rc1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qxc1 43. Qh5+ Qh6 0-1

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanets, Sergey"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. Rb1 Qd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. 0-0 e6 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Be7 13. Qf3 Ra7 14. Rd1 0-0 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. h4 Nfd7 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. Rb3 Kh8 22. Rbd3 Nc6 23. Rd7 Nxe5 24. Rxe7 Nxg4 25. Rxf7 Kg8 26. Re7 Nh6 27. Rdd7 Nf5 28. Rxe6 Raa8 29. Rxc7 Rae8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. f3 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 Nd5 33. Rc6 a5 34. a3 Rb8 35. c4 Ne7 36. Rc7 Nf5 37. h5 Nd4 38. Nd6 Rd8 39. Ne4 Nc2 40. a4 Rd1 41. c5 bxc5 42. Rxc5 Nb4 43. Rxa5 Ra1 44. Nd6 h6 45. Nf5 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 Nd3 47. Ra7 Ne5 48. f4 Nf3+ 49. Kf1 Rd2 50. Nh4 Nxh4 51. gxh4 Rd4 52. Kf2 Rxf4+ 53. Kg3 Rb4 54. a5 Rb3+ 55. Kg4 Rb4+ 56. Kg3 Rb3+ 57. Kf4 Rb4+ 58. Ke5 Rxh4 59. a6 Rxh5+ 60. Kd6 Ra5 61. Kc6 h5 62. Kb6 Ra2 63. Rc7 Rb2+ 64. Kc6 Kh7 65. a7 Ra2 66. Kb7 Rxa7+ 67. Kxa7 Kh6 68. Kb6 h4 69. Kc5 g5 70. Kd4 Kh5 71. Ke3 Kg4 72. Kf2 Kh3 73. Rc1 Kg4 74. Kg2 Kh5 75. Rc5 Kg4 76. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kiselev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 d5 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qd3 b5 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Nh7 17. Bg3 Ne7 18. Bc2 f5 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. f4 b4 21. fxg5 Rg8 22. Nf4 Rxg5 23. Nce2 Qd7 24. Bb3 Be4 25. Rf2 d5 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Rg6 28. N2f4 Rg3 29. Rc1 Rag8 30. Rc7 Re8 31. Ba4 b3 32. axb3 Reg8 33. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Kiev-ch"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dzhangirov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qg4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nxe6 Qe5 18. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golichenko, Ilja"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a4 Ne4 11. a5 Rc8 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 14. Qb3 c5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b6 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Rfb1 Bd8 20. Qa4 Qc6+ 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxa7 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rbb7 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rd6 26. e3 Kg7 27. Kf3 Kg6 28. g4 Rd5 29. Ke4 f5+ 30. Kf4 fxg4 31. Kxg4 Rg5+ 32. Kh3 Rh5+ 33. Kg2 Rg5+ 34. Kh1 Rf5 35. f4 Rc8 36. Rc7 Rb8 37. Rab7 Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 Re2 40. Rb3 Ra5 41. h4 h5 42. Kf3 Rh2 43. Rc5 Rxc5 44. dxc5 Rc2 45. Rb5 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. Rb7+ Ke8 48. Rc7 Rh2 49. c6 Rxh4 50. Rxf7 Rh1 51. c7 Rc1 52. Rh7 h4 53. Kf3 h3 54. Kg3 Rc3 55. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey1111"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 a6 8. h3 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc7 13. Rc1 Ne6 14. Bg3 b4 15. Nd5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nec5 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Bh4 Nxe5 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. f4 g5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Be1 gxf4 24. Bxb4 Rg8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Rxf4 Nc3 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28. Kh1 Bh6 29. Rf5 Qg3 30. Qf1 Rc8 31. Qf2 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Qxf2 33. Rxf2 Be3 34. Rf5 Rd1 35. Kh2 Rxd5 36. Bxa6 Ra5 37. Bb7 Rxa2 38. Kg3 Bd4 39. Kf4 Ng6+ 40. Ke4 Bb6 41. Kd3 Kg7 42. Rb5 Bc7 43. Bd5 Nf4+ 44. Ke4 Nxd5 45. Rxd5 Rxg2 46. Rd7 Bb6 47. Rd3 Re2+ 48. Kf3 Re5 49. Kf4 Rb5 50. Ke4 Kg6 51. Rg3+ Kf6 52. Rc3 Ba5 53. Rg3 Bc7 54. Rc3 Bd6 55. Rd3 Ke6 56. Kf3 f5 57. Rc3 Be5 58. Rd3 Rd5 59. Re3 f4 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Evchin, Maxim"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. 0-0 Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Qe2 Qd8 16. f4 g6 17. Rf2 Qe7 18. Bd2 0-0-0 19. b3 f6 20. c4 gxh5 21. cxd5 e5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. g5 Qg7 24. Qxh5 e4 25. Rc1+ Kb8 26. Bxe4 Qxd4 27. Rc4 Qb6 28. Kg2 Rdf8 29. Re2 Nf6 30. Qh4 Rhg8 31. Bxh7 Nxh7 32. Qxh7 Rh8 33. Be3 Rxh7 34. Bxb6 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Stratulat, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 e5 14. 0-0 Bb7 15. Re1 h5 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Be7 Rb8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ngf6 20. Qf5 Qa5 21. Re2 Qd5 22. Rae1 g6 23. Qg5 e4 24. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovaliova, Valeria"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qa6 10. Qxa6 Nxa6 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Nc3 0-0 13. a3 Rfd8 14. b4 Nc7 15. Rfb1 Ncd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Be1 Nd6 20. h3 h5 21. f3 Bf6 22. Nd3 Nf5 23. Bf2 Bg5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Kf1 Nd6 26. Ke2 Kf8 27. Be1 Ke8 28. a4 a6 29. a5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Nxc8 32. Nc5 Nd6 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Be7 35. Kd3 Kd8 36. e4 dxe4+ 37. Nxe4 Kc7 38. Nxd6 Bxd6 39. Bd2 Kc6 40. Kc4 Be7 41. Be3 Bh4 42. Bc1 Be1 43. Be3 Kd6 44. Bg1 Bd2 45. Bh2 Kc6 46. Bg3 Be3 47. Kd3 Bc1 48. Kc4 Bd2 49. Bh2 g6 50. Bg3 Be3 51. Kd3 Bc1 52. Kc4 Bd2 53. Bh2 Be3 54. Kd3 Bf2 55. Kc4 f6 56. g5 f5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Ke2 Bxd4 59. Kd3 Ba7 60. Bg3 Bb8 61. Bh2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Levenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d4 4. Qb3 c6 5. d3 Qc7 6. h3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. 0-0 Ng6 9. e3 dxe3 10. fxe3 Be7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Qc2 f5 14. d4 fxg4 15. hxg4 Na6 16. Qe4 exd4 17. exd4 Bd7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rae8 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Qf3 Qb6 22. Qf2 Ne6 23. Be3 Rf8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Ne2 Qd8 26. d5 Nec7 27. Bg5 Qc8 28. Re1 Bxg4 29. Nd4 cxd5 30. cxd5 Ne8 31. b4 Nb8 32. Be7 Rf7 33. d6 Qd7 34. Bd5 Nxd6 35. Qf4 Nf5 36. Qxb8+ 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pishchida, Valentin"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. a3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bb5 0-0 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. g4 Nxd3 21. cxd3 a6 22. h4 Nd7 23. Bg3 Nc5 24. Rc3 Na4 25. Rc2 Rc5 26. d4 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qd7 28. Rc1 Nb6 29. b3 Rc8 30. Qd2 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qc6 32. Qg5 Qe8 33. h5 f6 34. Qxg6 Qxg6 35. hxg6 Nc8 36. Kf1 Ne7 37. Bd6 Nxg6 38. f4 f5 39. g5 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Bc5 Kc6 43. Bb4 b6 44. a4 a5 45. Ba3 b5 46. axb5+ Kxb5 47. Bd6 a4 48. bxa4+ Kxa4 49. Kd2 Kb3 50. Kd3 Nh4 51. Be5 g6 52. Ke3 Kc3 53. Kf2 Kd3 54. Kg3 Ke2 55. Kxh4 Kf2 56. Kh3 Kf3 57. Kh2 Kf2 58. Kh1 Kf1 59. Bd6 Kf2 60. Kh2 Kf3 61. Be5 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Semenov, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. d3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nd2 d5 15. Qc2 c6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Bc3 f4 19. Rb7 Nf5 20. gxf4 Nh4 21. Rfb1 Rxf4 22. Nf1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Qh4 24. f3 Bh3+ 25. Kg1 Raf8 26. Nb6 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Don, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 0-0 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf8 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. b4 Qd5 18. Rad1 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Ng6 20. c4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qd7 22. c5 Qd5 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bf4 Red8 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Re2 a5 27. Rb2 axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 29. Qb3 Qd5 30. Qg3 Qc4 31. Qe3 Ra4 32. Qb3 Qxb3 33. Rxb3 Rda8 34. b5 Bxc5 35. dxc5 Rxf4 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Rb6 g6 38. Rxc6 Ra2 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rf1 Rc2 41. Kg2 Rfc4 42. Kg3 R2c3+ 43. f3 e5 44. Kg2 Rxc5 45. Rxc5 Rxc5 46. g5 h6 47. h4 hxg5 48. hxg5 Kf8 49. Re1 Ke7 50. f4 Ke6 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. fxe5 Rxe5 53. Rg1 Ra5 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kd4 Rf3 56. Kd5 Rf4 57. Kd6 Rg4 58. Rf1+ Kxg5 59. Rxf7 Rf4 60. Ra7 Re4 61. Kd5 Re1 62. Ra3 Kf5 63. Rg3 Rd1+ 64. Kc4 g5 65. Kc3 Kf4 66. Rg2 g4 67. Kc2 Rd8 68. Rf2+ Kg3 69. Rf1 Kg2 70. Rf5 g3 71. Rg5 Kf2 72. Rf5+ Kg1 73. Rg5 g2 74. Rg7 Rd4 75. Rf7 Kh2 76. Rh7+ Kg3 77. Rg7+ Rg4 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Dolzhikova, Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Ngxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Qxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxd4 10. Kd1 Bf5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. b3 0-0-0 13. e3 Nc6 14. e4 Be7 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Kc2 h5 17. f4 h4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Bd4 c5 22. Bg1 Nh6 23. g3 Kc7 24. Bd3 Bf6 25. Re1 Rde8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Kd2 Kd7 28. Bf2 Ng4 29. Bg1 Nh6 30. Bf2 Ng4 31. Be1 h3 32. Bf1 Bc3+ 33. Kxc3 Rxe1 34. f6 Ke6 35. Kd2 Ra1 36. Kc3 Kxf6 37. Bg2 Rxh1 38. Bxh1 Nxh2 39. Bxb7 Nf1 40. g4 Ne3 41. g5+ Kf5 42. Bc8+ Kxf4 43. Bxh3 Kxg5 44. Kd3 Ng4 45. Bg2 f5 46. a3 a5 47. Kc3 Ne3 48. Bh1 Nd1+ 49. Kc2 Nf2 50. Bg2 Kf4 51. Bf1 Ke3 52. b4 cxb4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Kb3 Nd3 55. Kc2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rudovskya, Regina"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Nbd2 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. c4 0-0 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qb1 Ne5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Nd4 Bb4 19. Rc2 Ng6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. h3 Bd7 22. N2f3 Bd6 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Nd2 Be5 25. N2f3 Bd6 26. Rcd2 Qf7 27. Qd3 Bb8 28. Nh4 Kh7 29. Ne2 Bb5 30. Qb1 f5 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. Nf3 b5 33. b4 Rd7 34. Qb2 Rfd8 35. Ne2 Qe7 36. Ned4 Bb7 37. Ne2 Qg7 38. Qb3 Qf6 39. Nc3 Qe6 40. Ne2 Qe4 41. Rd4 Qe6 42. Nf4 Qf7 43. Nd3 Rd6 44. Nc5 Ba8 45. R4d2 Qf6 46. Nd3 g5 47. Nd4 R6d7 48. Nc5 Rf7 49. Qd3 Kh8 50. Nf3 g4 51. hxg4 fxg4 52. Nd4 g3 53. f4 Re8 54. Nf3 Rfe7 55. Qd4 Qxd4 56. Rxd4 Rxe3 57. Nxa6 Bd6 58. Nc5 Re2 59. a3 Ra2 60. Nd7 Ree2 61. Nd2 Bc7 62. Rd3 Bxf4 63. Rf3 Bxd2 64. Rxg3 Be3+ 65. Kh1 d4 66. Nf6 Bxg2+ 67. Kh2 Bf4 68. Rxd4 Bf1+ 69. Kg1 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Zhukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Bxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Ng5 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d6 11. Rb1 h6 12. d3 Ng4 13. e4 Nge5 14. Nd4 Ne7 15. h3 c5 16. Nf5 Kh7 17. Qh5 Ng8 18. Qe2 g6 19. Ne3 Rb8 20. d4 Nc6 21. Rxf7+ Kh8 22. Qd3 Re7 23. Rf2 Qe8 24. Nd5 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Bf4 Qe6 27. dxc5 Ne5 28. Qd4 g5 29. cxd6 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kh7 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. fxe5 Bd7 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. exf6 Kg6 35. e5 b6 36. c5 Bf5 37. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goncharov, Oleh"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 f6 11. b4 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 c5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nbxd4 Rac8 17. Qd2 Bd5 18. e4 Bf7 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. d4 Rfd8 21. Qf4 Bf8 22. Bh3 Qb3 23. d5 Rc3 24. N5d4 Qa4 25. Be6 Bxa3 26. Ng5 Bxe6 27. Ngxe6 Rd7 28. Nf5 Qc4 29. Qg4 g6 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Qf4 Be7 32. Ng4 g5 33. Qf5 Nxd5 34. Nxg5 fxg5 35. Qxd7 Qxe4 36. Rae1 Qc4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Rxe7+ Nxe7 39. Qxe7+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Nh6# 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Logvinenko, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Rc1 e6 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. Qb4 Bf8 16. Qe1 Nc5 17. Nc3 Bg7 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Na4 Rab8 20. Qf2 Ne8 21. Nb3 Bc8 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 b5 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. cxb6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qe7 27. Bc5 Qf6 28. e5 Qxe5 29. Rd8 h5 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. Bd4 Qd6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Ra8 35. Nc6 Bb7 36. Rxa8 Bxa8 37. Na5 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moiseev, Igor"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. 0-0 e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Bd2 0-0 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. a3 b6 12. b4 cxb4 13. Na2 Bb7 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. axb4 f6 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rc2 Qd6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nf5 Qd8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Kxg2 Qd8 23. Qc6 Kf7 24. Qc4+ Ne6 25. Qxa6 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Qd5+ 27. f3 b5 28. Rc6 Rd8 29. Be3 h5 30. Rb6 Nd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Rxb5 Qb2 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qe4 Rd4 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Qb7+ Kg6 39. Kf2 Qc1 40. Rg8 Qh6 41. h4 e4 42. dxe4 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Karnaukh, Anatolij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. f4 h6 13. f5 Bh7 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Qf3 c6 16. Rad1 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nfd5 18. Bf2 f6 19. Ne4 Rf7 20. g4 Kh8 21. Bg3 Rd7 22. Nc5 Re7 23. Ne6 Qd7 24. Bc2 a5 25. a3 Nc4 26. Qb3 b5 27. a4 Nb4 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Kh2 Ree8 30. Nc5 Qa7 31. Re2 Bg8 32. Qf3 bxa4 33. Rde1 Red8 34. Ne6 Rd7 35. Rc1 Nb6 36. Bxc6 Nxc6 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Qxc6 Qb7 39. Qc3 Qd5 40. Nc5 Rd8 41. Bc7 Rc8 42. Bxb6 Qd6+ 43. Kh3 Qxb6 44. Qe3 Bc4 45. Rc2 Qb5 46. Qc3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avramenko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[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. Be2 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Bd3 g5 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Be2 0-0-0 20. Bb4 Bf4 21. c4 Bh3 22. Re1 Be3 23. Qa4 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Salimsky, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Qxb4 axb4 15. Bb1 c6 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. h4 Re8 18. Kd2 c5 19. g4 c4 20. f4 Nd7 21. h5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Rh3 Re7 25. Rf3 Kg7 26. Rf5 Rd8 27. e4 Be8 28. exd5 Bb5 29. Rg1 Rd6 30. Rg3 Bd7 31. Rf4 Rxd5 32. a3 Rb5 33. Re4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 c3+ 35. Kc2 cxb2 36. Kxb2 bxa3+ 37. Kxa3 Rg5 38. Rc3 Bxg4 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Bg6 Bxh5 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Bxh5 Rxh5 43. Rxf6 Kg7 44. Rxb6 Rd5 45. Rb4 h5 46. Kb3 h4 47. Kc4 Rh5 48. Rb2 h3 49. Rh2 Kf6 50. d5 Ke5 51. Kc5 Ke4 52. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Semenenko, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. a3 Nd3+ 7. Bxd3 Qxd3 8. Qe2 Qd7 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 g6 11. Nd5 Qa5 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxb5 Be6 15. d4 Nc6 16. d5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bg7 19. Bf4 e6 20. Bg5+ Kc7 21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. exf6 Kd6 23. dxe6 Kxe6 24. 0-0 Bc6 25. Rae1 Rhd8 26. Nd5 Rac8 27. Rf3 b6 28. g4 h5 29. g5 Bb7 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. Nf4+ Ke5 32. Nd3+ Kd4 33. Rd1 Rcd8 34. Nf4+ Kxe4 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Nxg6 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rd1 38. Nh4 Rg1+ 39. Ng2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Ke5 41. Kf2 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 b5 43. h4 Kf5 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. Kd3 Kf5 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. b3 Kf5 48. a4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Perun, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 a6 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. a4 Rb8 15. a5 Nf6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. Qb6 Rfc8 18. Rab1 e5 19. Nf3 Qc5 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Rb2 Nd7 22. Qb4 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxb6 Nxb6 26. Ra1 Rxc3 27. Rxa6 Rc1+ 28. Nf1 Rb1 29. h4 g6 30. Ra2 Be6 31. Rc2 Nc4 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Rc3 Re1 34. e3 Kg7 35. g4 Nd6 36. Kg3 Rxf1 37. Rd3 Rg1 38. Rxd6 Bxg4 39. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 40. Kf3 Rg1 41. Ke4 Rg4+ 42. Kxe5 Rxh4 43. f4 Rh5+ 44. Kd4 Rh1 45. Ke5 Ra1 46. e4 Ra5+ 47. Kd4 h5 48. e5 Ra1 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kf3 g5 51. fxg5 Rxe5 52. Kf4 Re6 53. Rd3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karnaukh, Anatolij"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. d3 0-0 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Bf2 Rc8 13. e3 Qa5 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. a3 a6 16. Rfd1 Be8 17. Be1 Qb6 18. Rc2 Na5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Rb1 Qc5 22. d4 Qc7 23. Ra2 b5 24. Ne4 Nc4 25. Rxa6 Bc6 26. Ned2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Qb7 28. Ra5 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Bb4 Rd7 31. Rc1 Ra7 32. Ne1 Bxg2 33. Qxg2 Qd8 34. d5 Nc7 35. Rd1 Ra4 36. Nc2 Na6 37. Qd2 Nxb4 38. Nxb4 Qd6 39. Rb1 Qc5 40. Nc6 Bc3 41. Qd3 b4 42. Qe4 Kf8 43. Ne5 Qa7 44. Nc6 Qc5 45. Ne5 Qd6 46. Nc6 h5 47. h4 Qc5 48. Ne5 Ke8 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 Rd2 51. Nd3 f5 52. Nxc5 fxe4+ 53. Nxe4 Rxd5 54. Nxc3 bxc3 55. Rc1 Rc5 56. Ke2 Kf7 57. Kd3 Kf6 58. e4 Ra5 59. Rxc3 Ra2 60. Kd4 Ra5 61. Ke3 Rb5 62. Kf3 Rb1 63. g4 Rf1+ 64. Kg2 Rxf4 65. gxh5 gxh5 66. Rc5 Rxh4 67. Kf3 e6 68. Rc8 Ke5 69. Rc5+ Kd4 70. Rg5 e5 71. Rf5 Rh3+ 72. Kg2 Rh4 73. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baranovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Qc7 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 g5 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. Nc4 Bf4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 h5 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. g3 b5 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Ncd6+ Ke7 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 N5b6 24. Na5 fxg3 25. f4 Nd5 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Nb3 h4 28. Nbc5 a5 29. f5 Rcf8 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Nc5 Qc7 32. fxe6 f6 33. Qh5 Rg7 34. Qxh4 axb4 35. axb4 Qd8 36. Qh6 Rfg8 37. Nd7 Rg6 38. Qh7+ R8g7 39. Qh5 Qc7 40. Qf5 g2 41. Rf3 Qa7 42. Nc5 Qa2 43. Rf2 Qa3 44. b5 Qa5 45. Rb1 Nc3 46. Nb7 Qb6 47. Rc1 Qxd4 48. Qc5+ Qxc5 49. Nxc5 Nxb5 50. Nd7 Nd4 51. Rc4 Nxe6 52. Nb8 c5 53. Na6 Kd6 54. Rd2+ Kc6 55. Rdc2 Rg5 56. Nb4+ Kb5 57. Nd3 Rd7 58. Nf2 Rdd5 59. Rg4 Rxg4 60. hxg4 Nf4 61. Rb2+ Kc6 62. Ne4 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Lukyanov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 d5 6. d4 Bf5 7. c4 e6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nc3 c6 10. Be2 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rac1 h6 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Na4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bxb5 Rb8 19. Rxc6 Qb7 20. f3 Bg6 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Qxc6 23. Qxb8+ Kh7 24. Nc3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 27. Qb5 Qe1 28. Qe2 Qc1 29. g3 Bh5 30. Qf2 Bg4 31. Kg2 Qg5 32. Be2 Bxe2 33. Qxe2 Qxe5 34. Nd1 Qd4 35. Nf2 Qe5 36. Nd3 Qd4 37. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vorobiov, Ivan"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. d3 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Re1 Bb4 10. a3 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 0-0 13. Neg5 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Ne2 h6 18. Ned4 Bf6 19. Qc1 a6 20. Ne2 b5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Bc3 e5 23. d4 e4 24. Nh2 Rac8 25. Ng4 Bg5 26. Qd1 Nb6 27. b3 Nd7 28. Ra2 f5 29. Ne3 Nf8 30. a4 f4 31. Nf1 f3 32. Neg3 Qxc3 33. Nh2 fxg2 34. Ng4 b4 35. Ne5 Be8 36. Kxg2 Ne6 37. Ng4 Nxd4 38. Ne3 Nf3 39. Re2 Bc6 40. Ngf5 d4 41. Nc4 e3 42. Na5 Nh4+ 43. Kh2 Nxf5 44. Nxc6 Rxc6 45. fxe3 dxe3 46. Qf1 Rd2 47. Qxf5 Rxe2+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Vinogradov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. 0-0 e5 11. Rc1 exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bg4 14. Qd3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Re5 Rfe8 18. Rce1 Kf8 19. R1e4 Nbd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rh4 Kg8 22. Bb1 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qh5 Rxe5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. dxe5 Rc8 27. g3 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rxb1 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 Qb5 31. Kf3 Rf1 32. Kg4 Rxf2 33. Rh8 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berezin, Viktor1111"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. 0-0 c6 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Na4 Bd6 12. Bd2 0-0 13. b4 e5 14. Rfc1 dxc4 15. dxc4 Rad8 16. h3 Rfe8 17. c5 Bc7 18. Nc3 Bh7 19. Be3 Nf8 20. Rd1 Ne6 21. Rd2 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rad1 Bd5 24. Nh4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Nf5 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 f6 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Ke4 g6 33. Ng3 Ne6 34. Kd3 Ng7 35. Bh6 Ne6 36. Bd2 Ke7 37. e3 Ng7 38. Bc3 Ke6 39. Ne4 f5 40. gxf5+ gxf5 41. Ng5+ Kd5 42. f3 e4+ 43. fxe4+ fxe4+ 44. Nxe4 Be5 45. Ng5 Bxc3 46. bxc3 Ne8 47. e4+ Ke5 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. Kf4 Ng7 50. e5+ Ke7 51. c4 Kd7 52. Ne4 Ne6+ 53. Kf5 Ke7 54. Nd6 Nd4+ 55. Ke4 Nc2 56. Nxb7 Nxb4 57. Na5 Kd7 58. Kf5 Nd3 59. e6+ Ke8 60. Nxc6 Nxc5 61. Ke5 Nb7 62. Kd5 a5 63. c5 a4 64. Nb4 Kd8 65. c6 Na5 66. Kd6 Nc4+ 67. Kc5 Ne5 68. Nd5 a3 69. e7+ Ke8 70. c7 Nd3+ 71. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 05th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Don, Anatoliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 Rac8 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Bf3 Ba8 17. Nb3 Nd5 18. Nc5 a5 19. Qd2 a4 20. Rc2 Rfd8 21. e4 Nb6 22. e5 Nd7 23. Qe3 Nb6 24. Be2 Nd5 25. Qd2 Nb6 26. f4 Rd5 27. Bf3 Rdd8 28. Be4 Nd7 29. Qe3 f5 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. f5 Nf8 33. Nc5 Rcd8 34. Rd2 Nd7 35. Ne6 Rc8 36. Qf4 Nb6 37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. dxe5 Nc4 39. Rd7 Rxe6 40. fxe6 Nxe5 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karnaukh, Anatolij"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. d3 c6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bg4 12. d4 c5 13. e5 Nb6 14. Qb5 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. a3 h6 21. Re4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne7 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxc8 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxc8 26. Re2 b6 27. Be4 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke8 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Bb3 Kd7 33. Kf4 Kd6 34. Kg4 Nf5 35. Kh5 Nd4 36. Bd1 e5 37. Kxh6 e4 38. Kg6 Ke7 39. h4 e3 40. h5 Kf8 41. Kxf6 e2 42. Bxe2 Nxe2 43. g4 Nf4 44. b4 a5 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. Ke5 Nd3+ 47. Kd4 Nb2 48. Kc3 Nd1+ 49. Kb3 Ne3 50. g5 Kg7 51. Kc3 Kh7 52. Kd3 Nd5 53. Kd4 Nc7 54. g6+ Kg7 55. Kc5 Ne6+ 56. Kb5 Nf4 57. Kxa5 Nxh5 58. a4 Nf6 59. Kb5 Nd5 60. a5 Nc7+ 61. Kb6 Nd5+ 62. Kc6 Nb4+ 63. Kc5 Na6+ 64. Kb5 Nc7+ 65. Kb6 Nd5+ 66. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Snizhko, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d3 a6 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. b4 b5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Nde5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Nd5 a5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h3 Nh6 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Rxb5 Bxb5 20. Qc2 c6 21. Rb1 Kg8 22. a4 Ba6 23. Nb4 Qb6+ 24. Kh2 c5 25. Nxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. dxc4 Rc8 29. a5 Nf5 30. a6 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iaresko, Aleksander"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. Qd3 e6 10. f4 Be7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Kh1 Nd5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qg3 Bh5 15. Bd3 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg3 17. hxg3 0-0-0 18. c4 Nb4 19. Be4 Nb6 20. Nxb6+ axb6 21. a3 Na6 22. Bc3 Rhg8 23. g6 f5 24. gxh7 Rh8 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Bxf5+ Kb8 27. d5 Rhe8 28. Rae1 cxd5 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. h8Q Rxh8 31. Bxh8 dxc4 32. Bf6 Rf7 33. Be5+ Ka7 34. Kg1 Be2 35. Rf2 Bd1 36. g4 Nc7 37. g5 c3 38. Bxc3 Bb3 39. g6 Rf8 40. Bc2 Bxc2 41. Rxf8 Bxg6 42. Rf6 Be4 43. Rf4 Bc2 44. g4 Nd5 45. Rf1 Ne7 46. g5 Ng6 47. Rf6 b5 48. Kf2 Ne7 49. Kg3 Nd5 50. Rd6 Be4 51. Rxd5 Bxd5 52. Kf4 Kb6 53. Ke5 Bc4 54. Kd6 Ka7 55. g6 Kb8 56. g7 Kc8 57. Ke7 Kc7 58. Kf8 Kd6 59. g8Q Bxg8 60. Kxg8 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Arutiunov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kh2 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rc4 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. g4 Rfc8 21. g5 Qc7 22. gxf6+ Kf8 23. Qe5 Rxd4 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. f4 Rcc4 26. f5 Bd7 27. Rad1 Bc6 28. e3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ke8 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Re4 32. Ra5 a6 33. Ra3 Re5 34. Rb3 Rxf5 35. Rxb7 Rxf6 36. Kg3 Rf5 37. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. 0-0 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Be7 11. Ngf3 0-0 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Ne5 h6 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 Qb6 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nb3 Nf6 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. Kh1 a6 21. f3 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Be7 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qe4 g6 28. Nc5 Rc8 29. Bc4 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Ne7 31. Be2 Rd8 32. Bf3 Qd2 33. Qb1 Nc6 34. Rd1 Qc3 35. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 bxc6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. g3 Qxe5 39. Qd7 Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qf3 43. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Ignatenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Rb1 a5 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. b3 Qc6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. h3 Bd4 20. Kf1 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Kf8 23. Rd4 Ke7 24. Rbd1 f6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Nd4 Ke7 28. h4 Be4 29. Ne2 Kd6 30. Nc3 Bc6 31. g3 Kc5 32. Ke2 Kb4 33. Kd3 Ka3 34. Kd4 Kb2 35. Kd3 g6 36. Kd4 h6 37. Kd3 g5 38. e4 h5 39. Kd2 g4 40. Kd3 Ka3 41. Kd4 Kb4 42. Ne2 a4 43. bxa4 Bxa4 44. e5 fxe5+ 45. Kxe5 Kxc4 46. Nf4 Be8 47. Nxe6 Kb4 48. Ng7 Bf7 49. Kf6 Bxa2 50. Nxh5 Kc5 51. Nf4 b5 52. h5 Bb1 53. h6 b4 54. Ng6 Bxg6 55. Kxg6 b3 56. h7 b2 57. h8Q b1Q+ 58. Kg5 Qc1+ 59. Kxg4 Qd1+ 60. Kf4 Qf1+ 61. Kg5 Qc1+ 62. Kg6 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Docenko, Feodosij"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 0-0 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Ne5 a6 12. Re1 Na7 13. a4 Bb4 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Re2 Rc7 16. Nb1 Rfc8 17. c3 Bf8 18. Re3 Nc6 19. Nd2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. cxd4 Nd5 22. Rh3 g6 23. Nc4 Qb4 24. Ba3 Qc3 25. Bxg6 Qxh3 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. gxh3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 Ke7 29. Ra1 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 b5 31. axb5 Bxb5 32. Qc1 Kd8 33. Qa3 Nf4 34. Ke1 Rg2 35. Qf8+ Kd7 36. Ra2 Nd3+ 37. Kf1 Rg6 38. Rc2 Nb4 39. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Melnichuk, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Rfc8 15. h4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Qd2 d5 18. Rfc1 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qd7 Rac8 23. Qxe7 R4c7 24. Qf6 h5 25. g4 Rc5 26. b4 Rd5 27. Qe7 Rc4 28. gxh5 Rxh5 29. Qxb7 Rhxh4 30. a3 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rhc4 32. Qxa7 Rc7 33. Qa5 Rc8 34. a4 R1c7 35. b5 Rb7 36. Qb4 Rcb8 37. Qc5 Kg7 38. Qb4 Kf6 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Kd3 Kg7 42. Kc4 Rc8+ 43. Kb3 Rcb8 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Kb4 Kf8 46. Qc5+ Ke8 47. a5 Rxb5+ 48. Qxb5+ Rxb5+ 49. Kxb5 Kd7 50. Kc5 g5 51. Kd5 g4 52. Ke5 Kc6 53. Kf6 Kb5 54. Kxf7 Kxa5 55. Kf6 Kb5 56. Kf5 Kc5 57. Kxg4 Kd6 58. Kf5 Ke7 59. f3 Kf7 60. f4 Kg7 61. Ke6 Kg8 62. f5 Kf8 63. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kalinkin, Boris"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[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. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Ne4 Qd8 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. 0-0-0 0-0-0 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Ka8 19. h4 Rd7 20. g3 Qa5 21. g4 Qc7 22. g5 Nd5 23. Qxf7 Bxg5 24. Qxg6 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 e5 26. Rhd1 Rxh4 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Qe1+ 31. Kc2 a6 32. Rd8+ Ka7 33. Qg3 Qe4+ 34. Kd2 Qf4+ 35. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 36. Kxe3 g5 37. Rg8 Rg4 38. Rg6 a5 39. b3 b6 40. Rg7+ Ka6 41. a4 Rg1 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Rg4 44. b5+ Ka5 45. Ra7+ Kb4 46. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Radchenko, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. a4 Bf5 5. e4 Bg6 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. e5 Ng8 12. Rfc1 Ne7 13. Na2 Nb6 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15. Bd2 Qxb2 16. Ra2 Nxc4 17. Rxb2 Nxb2 18. a5 Nd5 19. Bg5 Nd3 20. Ra1 h6 21. Bd2 0-0 22. Ra3 N3f4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Qb2 Rab8 25. Rb3 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. h3 Nd5 28. Nd2 b5 29. Ra3 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nb3 Nb6 32. Nd2 Ra4 33. f4 Nc4 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. g4 Be4 36. Qa1 Ra4 37. Qc3 Bd5 38. f5 b4 39. Qc5 b3 40. f6 b2 41. fxg7 b1Q+ 42. Kf2 Qc2+ 43. Qxc2 Ra2 44. Qxa2 Bxa2 45. Ke3 Kxg7 46. Kf4 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 d4 7. Nce2 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. f4 e5 10. Nf3 Be6 11. f5 Bd7 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. b3 Be7 14. 0-0 Qb4 15. Qc1 f6 16. g4 Bd8 17. a3 Qb5 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Nc4 Na5 20. g5 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Qc6 22. Ng3 0-0-0 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Qh6 Rdf8 25. Nh5 Be8 26. Ng7 Bd7 27. Kh1 Qd6 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. fxe6 Qe7 30. Bh3 Kb8 31. Rg1 Rfg8 32. Bf5 Qf8 33. Qxf8+ Rxf8 34. Rg7 Re8 35. Rag1 Bd8 36. Rf7 Re7 37. Rxf6 Rg7 38. Rxg7 Bxf6 39. Rf7 Bg5 40. e7 Bh6 41. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Peresada, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. e5 Ne8 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 Na6 9. 0-0 c5 10. Be3 Nec7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rb8 13. dxc5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. bxc3 Ne6 18. Bh6 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Rfd8 20. Bd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc7 22. Qf2 f6 23. Qe3 Nac5 24. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baryshpolets, Andrey"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nh4 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. f4 Nbd7 19. e4 a6 20. e5 axb5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 Bd4+ 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qf5 Bxd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxd5 Rd8 28. Qc5 d3 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Qe3 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Qa8+ 32. Kh3 Qc8+ 33. Kh4 Qd8+ 34. Kg4 Rc3 35. Qe5 Rc2 36. Rxd3 h5+ 37. Kxh5 Qxd3 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7 Rxh2+ 40. Kg4 Qd1+ 41. Kg5 Qd8+ 42. Kg4 Qf6 43. Qd5 Qg6+ 44. Kf3 Qh5+ 45. Qxh5+ Rxh5 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Dariy, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rfc1 e6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bh6 Rac8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qa4 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Ba6 24. Kf2 Bc4 25. a4 Nc6 26. Bd1 Bxe2 27. Kxe2 Nxd4+ 28. Kd3 Nc6 29. Kc4 a6 30. Be2 Kf6 31. Kc3 Nb8 32. f4 Ke7 33. e5 Kd7 34. Kb4 Kc7 35. g3 Nc6+ 36. Kc3 Kb7 37. Kc4 Ne7 38. Bf3+ Kc7 39. g4 Nc6 40. Be2 Na7 41. Kb4 a5+ 42. Kc4 b5+ 43. Kc5 bxa4 44. Bc4 a3 45. Ba2 Nc6 46. Kb5 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neporozhniy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. d3 h6 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. 0-0 d6 7. f4 0-0 8. Kh1 Be6 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bxh6 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf3 Nh6 15. Qf6+ Kh7 16. Qh4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe7+ Kg6 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. Qe7+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Brozhik, Vasilij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 c5 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 cxd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Rexd8 17. Rc7 Bd5 18. a3 a6 19. Rdc1 f6 20. h3 Kf8 21. Bc4 Rac8 22. Bxa6 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Ke7 24. Bb5 Kd6 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27. Kf1 Kc6 28. Ke2 Bc4+ 29. Kd2 Bf1 30. Ne1 g5 31. Kc3 h5 32. a4 h4 33. f4 gxf4 34. Nd3 Bxg2 35. Nxf4 Bf1 36. b4 Kd6 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 e5 39. dxe5+ fxe5 40. Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kabanov, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Qb5+ N8d7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nf3 cxb5 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 04th "]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minakov, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Gorbov, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Rc1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b6 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. c4 Qc7 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. c5 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Bg3 Qa7 23. c6 Bd6 24. c7 Re8 25. Nc6 Qxc7 26. Qb2 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qb7 28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Rc6 30. a5 Rec8 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. axb6 Rxb6 33. Qc4 Rb4 34. Qc5 Rb5 35. Qc4 Rd5 36. Ra1 a5 37. Ra4 g6 38. Qc3 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Rh5# 0-1

