[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hon, Eric"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. Be3 Bg4 10. b3 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. b4 a6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. a4 Ne7 16. Qd2 Nbc6 17. b5 Na5 18. 0-0 Nb3 19. Qb2 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 axb5 21. axb5 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Qa8 23. Qb2 Nf5 24. Ne2 Qa4 25. g4 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bh6 27. Kf2 Ra8 28. e4 Qa3 29. Qxa3 Rxa3 30. exd5 exd5 31. Bxd5 Ra5 32. c6 bxc6 33. bxc6 Ra7 34. Kf3 Kf8 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. Nc3 Kd8 37. Nb5 Ra5 38. Nd6 Kc7 39. Nxf7 Bf8 40. Ng5 Be7 41. Nxh7 Ra3 42. h4 Bxh4 43. Nf8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Mesa Cruz, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. d4 g6 6. c3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qd4 Nc5 13. Rxa5 Nb3 14. Qa4 Nxa5 15. d6 e6 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qh4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. f4 Qf6 21. Bd3 hxg5 22. Bxg6+ Kd8 23. Qg4 Qxg6 24. fxg5 Bb7 25. Nd2 Qd3 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Qf6+ Kc8 28. Qf7 Rd8 29. Qf2 Qxd6 30. g6 Kc7 31. g7 Rg8 32. Nf3 Rxg7 33. g3 Rag8 34. Nd4 Rxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rxg3+ 36. Kh2 Rf3+ 37. Kg1 Rxf2 38. Nb5+ Kc8 39. Nxd6+ Kb8 40. Rxf2 Bd5 41. c4 Nxc4 42. Rf8+ Kc7 43. Nxc4 Bxc4 44. Kf2 b5 45. Ke3 e5 46. Re8 d6 47. Re7+ Kb6 48. Kd2 a5 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Rc7+ Kb6 51. Rd7 Kc6 52. Ra7 a4 53. Kb4 e4 54. Re7 d5 55. Kc3 Kd6 56. Re8 a3 57. Ra8 a2 58. Kb2 Ke5 59. Re8+ Kd4 60. Ka1 e3 61. Re7 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Porozhniak, Maya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 e6 3. b4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 cxb4 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Be7 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. d4 Nc6 13. f4 Na5 14. f5 exf5 15. Rxf5 Qc8 16. Qf1 Nb3 17. Ra2 Nxc1 18. Nxc1 g6 19. Rf3 Bg5 20. Nd3 Ba6 21. Raf2 Qe8 22. h4 Bh6 23. g4 Rc8 24. g5 Bg7 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Qd1 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Nb8 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Na3 a6 30. Nc2 a5 31. Ne3 Qd8 32. Ng4 Rc7 33. Nh6+ Bxh6 34. gxh6 Qxh4 35. Qf1 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Rodrigues Mota, Romulo Cardoso S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 d6 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qe1 0-0 10. Qh4 d5 11. f5 dxe4 12. dxe4 b5 13. Bh6 b4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6+ exf6 17. bxc3 Re8 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Qb7 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Rd6 g5 23. Qg4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qb1+ 25. Kg2 Qxc2+ 26. Kg3 Qe2 27. Qh5 Qe1+ 28. Kg4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Suarez, Mauricio Josue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d3 0-0 8. Qe1 Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Qd7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Rac8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qf2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. c3 Qxd3 17. Rad1 Qc4 18. a3 Rcd8 19. Rfe1 Qb3 20. Rb1 Na5 21. Nd2 Qc2 22. Rec1 Qd3 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Qf3 Qb3 26. Kf2 Qc2+ 27. Qe2 Qb3 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 c4 30. Qd2 Qb5 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. Kg1 a5 33. Qe2 Rc8 34. Rd2 Qc6 35. Qd1 Kg7 36. Kh2 b5 37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. cxb4 Qb5 41. Qd2 Rb8 42. Qc3 Kg8 43. Rxc4 Qf5 44. Rc7 Qe6 45. Rc4 h5 46. Kg1 Qf5 47. Qc1 Rd8 48. Qc3 Qd5 49. Kh2 Qd6 50. Rc8 Qxf4+ 51. Kg1 Rxc8 52. Qxc8+ Kg7 53. Qc3+ f6 54. b5 Qb8 55. Qc6 Qa7+ 56. b6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schuh, Karsten"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bd2 0-0 9. a3 Rb8 10. Rb1 a5 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Nc2 Nd4 13. Ne3 a4 14. Re1 Nb3 15. Ned5 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Ra8 18. e3 Ra7 19. Rf1 b6 20. Qc2 Kh8 21. Nb5 Ra5 22. Rbe1 Rd8 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxa4 f5 26. Nc3 Rf8 27. e4 f4 28. f3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 02nd Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Teiitbaev, Aktilek"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2024.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 Rb8 14. e4 Qd7 15. f4 Bh3 16. Nd5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 18. Rae1 Qf7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. a4 Rbc8 21. b4 Nd8 22. exf5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2024.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kozak, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. h4 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. h5 Nge7 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bd2 d6 11. Nd5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 0-0 13. Bb3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bb3 c5 16. 0-0-0 Kh8 17. Rdg1 Bg4 18. Ne1 Qd7 19. f3 Be6 20. g4 Bxb3 21. cxb3 f6 22. Nc2 a5 23. Ne3 a4 24. b4 Nc6 25. Nd5 Qf7 26. Kb1 cxb4 27. Nxb4 Nd4 28. Rf1 a3 29. b3 Rfc8 30. f4 exf4 31. Rxf4 Qe6 32. Rff1 Qxg4 33. Rfg1 Qe2 34. Qxe2 Nxe2 35. Re1 Nc3+ 36. Ka1 Rc5 37. Rc1 Rac8 38. d4 R5c7 39. Rce1 Nb5 40. Nd5 Rc2 41. Ne7 Nc3 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Ciocirlan, Bianca Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ng8 14. Nd5 Nge7 15. Be3 0-0 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Bxb6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19. Bc5 Rfe8 20. f4 N5g6 21. Rd7 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Kf8 24. f5 Ne5 25. Ra7 Nc4 26. Rxa6 Rc8 27. Bb4 Ke8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Bc3 Nd5 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Rxf6 Ke7 32. Rf5 Rg8+ 33. Kf1 Nd6 34. Re5+ Kf6 35. Rh5 Rh8 36. Bc2 h6 37. Bd3 b4 38. Rh4 Ra8 39. Rxh6+ Ke7 40. Rh4 Rxa2 41. Rxb4 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Rh1 43. Rh4 f5 44. b4 Ra1 45. Ke3 Ra2 46. Rf4 Rb2 47. Bxf5 Nxf5+ 48. Rxf5 Rxb4 49. Kf3 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stanciu, Andreea Briana"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qd2 b4 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. Bd4 f6 13. 0-0 e5 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 0-0 17. c4 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 d6 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. Bb6 Qc8 22. c5 dxc5 23. Ra5 Nc6 24. Rxc5 Kh8 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Rd1 Re7 27. Rd6 Qe8 28. c3 h6 29. Qd1 Kh7 30. Bb3 Rc8 31. Ba4 Re6 32. Rd7 Re7 33. Rcd5 Ba8 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8 Qf7 36. Rxa8 Qc4 37. Rc8 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Badica, Ariana"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1494"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. Be2 b4 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Qh4 Bb7 13. f3 Be7 14. Qe1 Nf6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nc4 0-0 19. Rf1 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Bb5 21. Bb6 Qc6 22. Ne3 Qxb6 23. f5 Qc5 24. fxe6 dxe6 25. Kb1 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. g4 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. b3 Bf6 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Petculescu, Diana Silvana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nb4 12. g3 d5 13. exd5 e4 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. 0-0 Rd8 16. Bf4 Qc5+ 17. Kh2 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qe2 Rxf5 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qe2 g5 23. Rae1 Qd7 24. Be5 Rxf1 25. Qxf1 0-0 26. Bc3 b5 27. Qe2 Bd8 28. Bb4 Bc7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rd1 Qf5 31. Rf1 Qd5 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Qf6 Qe2+ 34. Rf2 Qh5 35. Kg2 Qg6 36. Qxg6 hxg6 37. Rf6 Be5 38. Rxa6 Bxb2 39. Rb6 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hoanca, Alexia Ioana"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Ne2 Qxe4 11. Rg1 Qc4 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. 0-0-0 Ne7 14. Nh5 Nd5 15. Bd4 Rg8 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Bxh7 Rh8 18. Be4 0-0-0 19. Rge1 Kb8 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. h3 Ka8 22. Qd3 Qa5 23. Nxg7 Rg8 24. Nh5 Rg5 25. f4 Nc3+ 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Bxb7+ Kxb7 28. fxg5 d5 29. Qe3 Ba3 30. b3 Bc5 31. Qf4 Qa3 32. Qc1 Qb4 33. Rf1 Rc7 34. a3 Qb6 35. Rf3 d4 36. Rdf1 Be7 37. Ka2 e5 38. Rxf7 e4 39. Rd1 Qd6 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Qf4 Qc5 42. Qf2 e3 43. Qf3+ Ka7 44. Ng3 a5 45. a4 Qe5 46. Ne2 Rd7 47. Qf5 Qc7 48. Qd3 Qh2 49. Nxc3 Qxh3 50. Nb5+ Kb8 51. Qe4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cosman, Andreea Marioara"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. N2f3 bxa4 15. Rxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Ndxc6 Bd6 18. Bf3 a3 19. Bc3 Nd5 20. Ba5 Qb7 21. e4 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qb5 23. exd5 Qxa5 24. Nc6 Qc7 25. d6 Qd7 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bc6 Qa7 28. Bxa8 Qxa8 29. Qa1 Rd8 30. Qxa3 Qb7 31. h3 f6 32. Rc1 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Batagan, Ilinca Petra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. h3 h6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Bc2 Nb4 12. a3 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nexd4 Bd7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qd7 19. Nd4 Qxc6 20. Nxc6 Rfe8 21. f3 Ra6 22. Nb4 Raa8 23. Nc6 Ra6 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Bc3 Nc5 27. Rfd1 Na4 28. Rac1 Rc6 29. Bd4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 c5 31. Bc3 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Rd7 33. Rd3 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. f4 Ke6 36. Rd5 f6 37. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Iordache, Alexia Andreea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 g5 15. g3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rg8 17. Be2 gxf4 18. gxf4 Rg2 19. Rd2 0-0-0 20. Ne1 Rg7 21. Nd3 Na5 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Kd2 Rg2 25. Ke3 f6 26. Ng4 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Rxg4 28. Be2 Rg7 29. Rd1+ Kc7 30. Kf2 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Rg1 Rxg1 33. Kxg1 Kd6 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Kh4 Kg6 37. Bh5+ Kf6 38. Be2 Kg6 39. a4 Kf6 40. Kh5 Kg7 41. Bf1 Kh7 42. c4 Nc6 43. c5 Nd4 44. Bh3 Nc6 45. Bc8 Na5 46. c6 bxc6 47. Bxa6 c5 48. Bb5 Kg7 49. Bd7 Nb7 50. Bc6 Na5 51. Bd5 Kh7 52. Kg4 Kg6 53. h3 Kf6 54. Kh5 Kg7 55. Kg4 Kg6 56. Kh4 Kf6 57. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2024.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sunea, Sara Maria"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1573"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB10_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. 0-0 Rd8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c4 Qh5 11. Be2 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qh6 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Bf3 cxd4 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Ndf3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Ba8 Bd6 26. Qc3 a5 27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Nd4 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Nb3 Qf2 31. Qc1 Bf4 32. Qb1 a4 33. Na5 Qg3 34. Qg1 Be3 35. Qf1 Qc7 36. b4 Bb6 37. Qe1 Bxa5 38. bxa5 Qxc4 39. Qd2 Qc8 40. Bf3 Bb5 41. Bb7 Qb8 42. a6 h6 43. a7 Qxa7 44. Be4 Qd7 45. Qa5 f5 0-1

[Event "Sebes GP op"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cruz de la Osa, Reider"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CB46_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Nbd2 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nc4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 dxe5 18. dxe5 Ne7 19. Nd6 Nd5 20. Qd2 Nc3 21. Rac1 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bd5 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. N4b5 Bc6 26. Qc4 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Qxb5 28. Nxb5 g5 29. fxg5 Bxe5 30. Re1 Rd5 31. Nxa7 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 e5 33. Nc6 Kf7 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. h4 Kh5 37. Kd3 Kxh4 38. Rh1+ Kxg5 39. Rxh7 b5 40. Rc7 Kf4 41. Rc5 Rd7 42. Rxb5 Kg4 43. a4 Kg3 44. Rxf5 Kxg2 45. Rf4 Ra7 46. a5 Kg3 47. Rxd4 Kf3 48. Rd6 Kf4 49. Kc4 Ke5 50. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vylicil, Adam"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. 0-0 h6 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. c4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Cerveny, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Nc3 g6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rc1 0-0 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. b3 Rab8 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. f4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Ne6 19. Ne2 Qa3 20. f5 Nc5 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. Rf1 Ne5 23. Be2 b5 24. Bh6 f6 25. Bf4 b4 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nd5 Nxe4 28. Qe3 Qc5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Bd3 Bh6 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Rcd1 e4 33. Be2 Rd8 34. g3 f5 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. h4 e6 37. Ne3 Kf6 38. Nc2 a5 39. Kg2 Ke5 40. Kf2 Bd2 41. Ne3 Nd3+ 42. Bxd3 Rxd3 43. Nc2 Rbd8 44. Kg2 Bc3 45. Rxd3 Rxd3 46. Rf2 Kd6 47. Re2 Be5 48. Ne3 Kc5 49. Nf1 Bg7 50. Kf2 Rd1 51. Kg2 Bh6 52. Kf2 Kd4 53. Ne3 Bxe3+ 54. Rxe3 Rd3 55. Re2 e5 56. Rc2 e3+ 57. Ke2 Rc3 58. Rb2 Ke4 59. Rb1 f4 60. gxf4 exf4 0-1

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krizek, Frantisek"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Qb3 0-0 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d3 d6 9. Rd1 Ne8 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Bf4 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Murko, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 h5 13. h4 Rd8 14. Rh3 Bh6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rd3 Bxe4 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Bb7 20. Rb6 Bc8 21. a4 bxa4 22. g3 Kd7 23. Rb4 a3 24. bxa3 Bf8 25. Rb3 Bc5 26. Nc3 f5 27. Na4 Bf2 28. Nb6+ Ke7 29. Nxc8+ Rxc8 30. Bxa6 Rg8 31. Be2 Rxg3 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Bxh5 Rg7 34. a4 Rh7 35. Be2 Rxh4 36. Rb4 Be3 37. a5 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 Bxf4 39. c4 Be3 40. Kc2 Ke5 41. a6 Bc5 42. Kb3 Kd4 43. Bh5 f6 44. Bf7 e5 45. Ka4 f4 46. Kb5 f3 47. Bd5 f2 48. Bg2 f5 49. Bf1 e4 50. Kc6 f4 51. Kb7 f3 52. a7 Bxa7 53. Kxa7 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mostek, Jan"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Ngf3 c4 8. Qa4 a6 9. Be2 e6 10. Nh4 b5 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Bg3 0-0 14. 0-0 Rfb8 15. Qc2 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Ne7 17. Rf4 Qe6 18. Re1 Rb6 19. Kf1 Rc8 20. g4 fxg4 21. e4 Ng6 22. exd5 Qd6 23. Rf5 Qxh2 24. Ne4 Nh4 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Bxg4 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2+ 28. Kd1 Qxg4+ 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Tomaszewski, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. f3 0-0 7. Be3 d5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nb5 Qe6 11. Qe2 Na6 12. Bd2 Qf6 13. 0-0-0 c6 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. g4 Bb4 19. Qf4 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shatil, Shir"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bb2 b5 10. Be2 0-0 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Ra7 13. a4 bxa4 14. bxa4 Qd5 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. N2xf3 Rc7 18. Qb3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Qxa3 h6 27. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Zpevak, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Bf1 Rfd8 16. b4 Bf8 17. a3 Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stare Mesto op"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stara, Zuzana"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1786"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 0-0 14. h4 d5 15. exd5 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. Rh3 Rac8 20. g5 Qe6 21. Rg3 Bc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. h5 Qf5 24. c3 Bxg5 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rc8 27. Kf1 Rd8 28. Qe1 Bf4 29. Rg4 Qc2 30. Kg2 h6 31. b4 Rd1 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Rd2 34. Kf1 Ra2 35. Bh4 Kf8 36. Rg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 Bd2 38. Kf3 Bxc3 39. Kg4 Bb2 40. Kf5 Bxa3 41. Be1 Bb2 42. Bf2 Bd4 43. Be1 Kg8 44. Bd2 Kh7 45. Be1 Kg8 46. Bd2 Kf8 47. Be1 Ke7 48. Bd2 Kd7 49. Be1 Kc6 50. Bd2 a5 51. bxa5 Kc5 52. Kg4 b4 53. a6 Kb5 54. Kf3 b3 55. Bc3 Kxa6 0-1

[Event "Brasov GP RO"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. Bb4 Qxf4 11. Bd6 Qh4+ 12. Kd1 Rc8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nd6 Nf6 15. Nxc8 Bxc8 16. Be2 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Rf1 d5 19. a4 a5 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bb5 d4 22. b4 axb4 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Ke7 25. Ra7+ Bd7 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Rb7 Rb8 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rxf7+ Kd6 30. Rxg7 b3 31. cxb3 Rxb3 32. Kd2 Kd5 33. Rxh7 e5 34. Rc7 Ke4 35. Rc2 Ra3 36. Rb2 Ra1 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. Rb5+ Ke4 39. Rb2 Rg1 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Re2+ Kd5 42. Ra2 e4 43. g4 e3+ 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Rf8 46. g5 d3 47. g6 d2 48. g7 Rg8 49. Ra7 e2 0-1

[Event "Brasov GP RO"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Schitco, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2023.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 0-0 7. 0-0 a5 8. h3 c6 9. Ba2 Qc7 10. Be3 h6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Qc4 Rf8 13. Qe2 Nh7 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ne2 Be7 18. Ng3 Ndf6 19. Bc4 Bb4 20. c3 Bf8 21. Qc2 Rb8 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Be3 b6 24. Nh4 Rb8 25. Qe2 Be6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Nhf5 b5 28. Rd2 Ree8 29. Qf3 Red8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe2 Rb8 32. Qd2 h5 33. f3 g6 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Nf1 Kg7 36. g4 Rd8 37. Qf2 Rd3 38. Ng3 h4 39. Nf1 Nd7 40. Qxh4 Bc5 41. Nxf7 Bxe3+ 42. Nxe3 Ndf8 43. Ng5 Qe7 44. Re1 Nxg5 45. Qg3 Qc5 46. Kf2 bxa4 47. h4 Nge6 48. h5 g5 49. Qg1 Kf7 50. Kg3 Nf4 51. h6 Rd2 52. h7 Nxh7 53. Qh1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Solta op 6th"]
[Site "Grohote"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. e3 c6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Nc3 e5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. e4 0-0 10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3 Bf8 12. d5 a6 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rc8 15. Rec1 g6 16. b4 c5 17. a3 Nh5 18. g3 b6 19. Rab1 Qf6 20. Qg4 Qd8 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Rb4 Nfd7 24. Rcb1 f5 25. Nb3 Qf6 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27. R4b3 f4 28. Bd2 Bd6 29. Qf3 Re7 30. a4 Rf8 31. Rf1 h5 32. Rbb1 Rh7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Na4 Qd8 35. Qe2 g5 36. Rb3 Nf6 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Kh1 Ng4 39. f3 Qd7 40. Nb6 Qd8 41. fxg4 hxg4 42. Qxg4+ Kh8 43. Rg1 f3 44. Rxf3 Be7 45. Rxf8+ Qxf8 46. Nd7 Qc8 47. Bc3 Bf6 48. Qg8+ Qxg8 49. Rxg8+ Kxg8 50. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Solta op 6th"]
[Site "Grohote"]
[Date "2023.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Markotic, Gordan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 f6 10. Nbd2 Nf7 11. c4 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bg4 14. Be4 Nd5 15. Bg3 e6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb3 f5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nce5 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bh6 23. f4 a6 24. Rec1 Kf7 25. Rc4 Bg7 26. Rac1 Bxe5 27. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Solta op 6th"]
[Site "Grohote"]
[Date "2023.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milovic, Jovan"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Re1 Qxb2 11. Na4 Qa3 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 0-0 15. Re3 Qd6 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qb4 18. Nb6 Ra5 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rc1 Rf8 22. Bc4 e5 23. Rb3 Qa4 24. Bxd5 Qxf4 25. Rc4 Qg5 26. Be4 1-0

[Event "Pula op 35th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2023.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petran, Peter"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nbc3 Nge7 10. Be3 0-0 11. 0-0 Be6 12. Nf4 Nf5 13. Ncxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Ncxd4 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nec6 19. Bc3 Qd6 20. Qf1 Rd8 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Rd2 b5 23. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pula op 35th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2023.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olenik Campa, Rudi"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nd5 d6 10. c3 h6 11. Ne1 Bf8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Nc2 g6 14. Ne3 Qg7 15. h4 Be6 16. h5 Rad8 17. Bf3 Be7 18. Bg4 Bg5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bf6 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Qg4 Rde8 24. Rf2 b5 25. Rg2 Bd8 26. Qh3 g5 27. Nf5 Qg6 28. Bd2 c4 29. a4 cxd3 30. axb5 Bb6+ 31. Kh1 Nd8 32. fxg5 h5 33. Ng3 R6e7 34. Nxh5 Rxe4 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxe8+ Rxe8 37. Qh6+ Qxh6+ 38. gxh6+ Kh8 39. Rf1 Ne6 40. Re1 Kh7 41. Rg4 Nc7 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rxe8+ Nxe8 44. Rb7 Nf6 45. Re7 d5 46. Bf4 Ng4 47. Kg2 Bc5 48. Re1 Bf2 49. Re8+ Kh7 50. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Tatry op"]
[Site "Tatranske Matliare"]
[Date "2023.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nagy, Attila2222"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 d5 6. d3 e5 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. e4 d4 9. Ne2 0-0 10. Nh4 Be6 11. f4 f6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Bd2 b5 14. a4 a6 15. f5 gxf5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Bd5 20. g4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd5+ 22. Kg1 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. g5 cxd3 25. cxd3 Ra3 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Bc1 Ra2 28. Rf2 Nb4 29. Ng3 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qa2+ 31. Kf3 Kh8 32. Ne4 Nd5 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Bxd2 Kg7 35. Kg4 Be7 36. h4 Nf6+ 37. Nxf6 Bxf6 38. h5 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Ke4 Kd7 41. Kd5 Ke7 42. Bb4+ Kf7 43. Bd6 e4 44. Kxe4 Kg7 45. Be5 1-0

[Event "Tatry op"]
[Site "Tatranske Matliare"]
[Date "2023.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kulich, Filip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. 0-0-0 Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. c4 Qa6 15. b3 b4 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Rxe7 Ne4 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Ne1 f6 20. Bf4 Rad8 21. f3 Bb7 22. Nd3 Qc6 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Qf2 Bc8 25. Nf4 Re5 26. Nd3 Ree8 27. Nf4 Re5 28. Nd3 Ree8 29. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tatry op"]
[Site "Tatranske Matliare"]
[Date "2023.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bednar, Jan"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qb8 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. Bg5 0-0 14. Nf3 b4 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bxe5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nc5 19. Qg4 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bxb2 21. Ra2 Bc3 22. Rc2 Kh8 23. Kh1 f6 24. Bh4 Qe8 25. Rg1 Qf7 26. Re2 e5 27. f4 exf4 28. Qxf4 g5 29. Qd6 Qb7+ 30. Rg2 Rad8 0-1

[Event "Tatry op"]
[Site "Tatranske Matliare"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vojta, Tomas"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Qe2 d4 7. c4 e5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Ng4 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Na3 Ne3 12. Bxe3 dxe3 13. Rad1 exf4 14. gxf4 Bg4 15. e5 f6 16. Qxe3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Bxe5 19. Nc2 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Qh4 21. Qh3 Qxh3 22. Bxh3 Rd8 23. Bg2 Ne7 24. Be4 b6 25. b4 Kg7 26. Kg2 g5 27. b5 Bd4 28. Re1 h6 29. a4 Rd7 30. Bc6 Rc7 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Be4 Ng6 33. Bxg6 Kxg6 34. Re6+ Kf5 35. Rxh6 Re7 36. a5 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. axb6 axb6 39. Rxb6 Rxd3 40. Rb8 Rc3 41. b6 d3 42. Ke1 Kg4 43. b7 Rxc4 44. Rc8 Re4+ 45. Kd2 Re2+ 46. Kxd3 Rxh2 47. b8Q Rh3+ 48. Ke2 Rg3 49. Rc4+ Kh3 50. Qh8+ Kg2 51. Qh5 Rh3 52. Qxg5+ Kh2 53. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Tatry op"]
[Site "Tatranske Matliare"]
[Date "2023.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kalisky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Qf3 f5 10. Bf4 e6 11. Qg3 Rb8 12. h4 Rb4 13. b3 Qa5 14. h5 g5 15. h6 Nxh6 16. 0-0 Nf7 17. a3 Rxc4 18. bxc4 h6 19. Bd2 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Na4 Nxc4 22. Bc3 e5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Rae1 0-0 25. Nb2 Ne3 26. Rf2 d5 27. Bb4 Rf7 28. Bc5 Ba6 29. Nd3 Nxc2 30. Nxe5 Nxe1 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Bxa7 Nd3 33. Rc2 Bb5 34. Ra2 Bc4 35. Rc2 Bf8 36. a4 Bc5+ 37. Bxc5 Nxc5 38. a5 Ke6 39. Rb2 d4 40. Rb8 d3 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. Re1 d2 43. Rd1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Tatry op"]
[Site "Tatranske Matliare"]
[Date "2023.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skreno, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bc7 e6 12. Be2 b4 13. 0-0 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ra3 15. Rfc1 Be7 16. Rc2 0-0 17. e4 Nf6 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. Rxb7 Ba4 20. Rc1 Rxa2 21. Bf4 Ba3 22. Re1 Ra8 23. Bf3 Bc2 24. g4 h6 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Bd3 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Nf3 Be4 30. Nd2 Bd3 31. Nf3 Bb2 32. Ree7 Rf8 33. Ne5 Bxc3 34. Be3 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Be4+ 36. f3 Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Be1+ 38. Kf4 Bd3 39. Nd7 Rd8 40. Ne5 Rf8 41. Nd7 Rd8 42. Ne5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratislava Slovan op"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "2023.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. h4 Nd4 6. Bc4 h5 7. d3 d6 8. Ng5 Be6 9. Bxe6 Nxe6 10. Qf3 Nxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 Nf8 14. Qe3 Ne6 15. 0-0-0 Nd4 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. c3 Ne6 18. f4 c6 19. Nb4 Qc7 20. Kb1 Qa5 21. f5 Nf8 22. Qg5 Rh7 23. Rhe1 f6 24. Qe3 0-0-0 25. Nc2 Nd7 26. d4 Rhh8 27. Qe2 Nb6 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxh5 Qb5 31. b3 Qd3 32. Re3 Qf1+ 33. Re1 Qg2 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qxg3 36. Qe1 Qf3 37. Qe3 Qg4 38. Qe1 Nd7 39. Qe3 Qxh4 40. Kb2 Qf4 41. Qd3 Kc7 42. Nb4 a5 43. Nc2 Nc5 44. Qc4 Nxe4 45. Qa4 b6 46. Qc4 Nd6 47. Qg8 Qxf5 48. Qxg7+ Kb8 49. Qf8+ Nc8 0-1

[Event "Bratislava Slovan op"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "2023.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Hecht, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 d6 12. b3 a6 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Rad1 Qh4 18. Qxb7 Rad8 19. Qxa6 e4 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qf6 22. Qb6 Qe5 23. Nd1 Bg4 24. Rd5 Qf4 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Qd2 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxd2 28. R1xd2 Rf6 29. g3 h5 30. c5 1-0

[Event "Bratislava Slovan op"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "2023.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Lecky, Juraj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2023.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3 h6 9. Rg1 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rb1 Be6 17. h4 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. Rg4 c3 22. bxc3 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 0-0 24. Rb4 f5 25. Qg2 Kh7 26. Bg5 a5 27. Rb3 Rf7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Qg5 Rf7 30. Nd2 a4 31. Rb4 Qxc3 32. Rb8 Qxc2 33. Qd8 Qc1+ 34. Ke2 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 Qc3# 0-1

[Event "Bratislava Slovan op"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "2023.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.05.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 214 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qg4 Nf6 11. Qg3 b4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. 0-0 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. Qxg7 0-0-0 16. f3 Nxc3 17. Ra5 Rhg8 18. Qxf7 Rdf8 19. Qxf8+ Rxf8 20. Rc5 Qxc5 21. Bxc5 Rf7 22. Ra1 Kc7 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Rf5 25. Bf2 Rb5 26. Bg3+ Kb7 27. Rd6 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nxg3 29. Kxg3 Kc7 30. Rd2 Rc5 31. Kh4 Kd8 32. g4 Ke7 33. f4 Rc3 34. g5 d5 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. h4 Rc4 37. Re2 Ra4 38. Re3 Rc4 39. c3 Ra4 40. Rf3 Kg6 41. h5+ Kf7 42. Rf1 Rc4 43. Rf3 Ra4 44. h6 Ra1 45. f5 e5 46. f6 Rg1+ 47. Kf5 e4 48. Rf2 Rg3 49. Ra2 Rf3+ 50. Ke5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Grand Prix"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Toma, Radu Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. a4 c6 8. a5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Be3 Kf8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. b4 Bc7 19. Bd4 a6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Bc5+ Ke8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bd4 c5 24. Bxc5 Bxe5 25. Bd5 Kc8 26. Kf1 f6 27. Ke2 e3 28. Kxe3 Bxc2 29. f4 Bc3 30. Kf3 g6 31. Bg8 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Bf7 Kc7 34. Bxh5 Bd1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ansh, M Shah"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6 6. h4 Be6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Nd7 9. h5 h6 10. Bd2 Ba3 11. Kd1 Ne7 12. Kc2 Nf5 13. e3 Ne7 14. Nh4 a5 15. Bd3 Kc7 16. Rad1 a4 17. Nxa4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Ra1 Ra3 20. Bc1 Ra7 21. f3 Rha8 22. a4 Bb4 23. Bb2 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Raa8 25. g4 Rd7 26. Ng6 Nxg6 27. Bxg6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 b5 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. axb5 Kb6 31. Bd3 Rc8+ 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4+ 34. Kb3 Kxb5 35. Rd5+ Bc5 36. Rd7 Rb4+ 37. Kc2 Bxe3 38. Rxg7 Bg5 39. Rb7+ Kc4 40. Rxb4+ Kxb4 41. Kd3 Kc5 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Kf5 Kd5 44. Ba3 Kd4 45. Bf8 Ke3 46. Bxh6 Bxh6 47. Kxf6 Kxf3 48. g5 Bxg5+ 49. Kxg5 e4 50. h6 e3 51. h7 e2 52. h8Q e1Q 53. Qh3+ Qg3+ 54. Qxg3+ Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buksa, Nataliya"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h4 h5 7. f3 0-0 8. Nh3 Nbd7 9. Bc4 c5 10. Ng5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxf7 Rd4 15. Nxe5+ Kh7 16. Bf7 Nxe4 17. Bxg6+ Kh6 18. Bxe4 Bxe5 19. Ke2 Rb8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. b3 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. g4 Bc3 26. g5+ Kg7 27. Bd3 b4 28. f4 Bc8 29. f5 Rd4 30. Rh2 Kf8 31. Nf1 Rf4 32. Ng3 Bb7 33. Ke3 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Rxg3 35. Rf2 Rh3 36. Rf4 Rh2+ 37. Kf1 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Be1+ 39. Ke2 Bc3 40. f6 Rh2+ 41. Kf1 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Kf1 exf6 44. Rc4 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 fxg5 47. Rc7 Bh1 48. Bg6 gxh4 49. Bxh5 Rh3+ 50. Kf4 Bd2+ 51. Kf5 Rg3 52. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Legenia, Artem"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d4 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. h3 0-0 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Re1 e5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Nf4 19. Bc2 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Nfd2 Red8 22. Be3 Kh7 23. Qc2 Ne7 24. Qb3 Nd5 25. Rad1 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxd2 28. Rde1 b6 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 R8d7 31. a4 Rxb2 32. g3 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Aalto, Patrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 e6 3. b4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 cxb4 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Be7 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. d4 Nc6 13. f4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Ng4 18. Rf3 Qd6 19. Ra1 Na5 20. Nc1 Nf6 21. Ncb3 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 a5 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. Re3 a4 25. Qe1 Rfe8 26. Re5 a3 27. Nf3 Ne4 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. fxg5 Ra8 30. g6 h6 31. Bh3 Bd7 32. Qe3 a2 33. Qe2 Qc6 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Qxa2 Qxc3 36. Qf2 Rf8 37. Qe1 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 Bb5 39. Bxe6+ Kh8 40. Bh3 Qb2 41. Bg2 Bc4 42. Re8 Qf6 43. Rxf8+ Qxf8 44. Qe5 Qd8 45. h4 b5 46. Kh2 d4 47. Be4 d3 48. Qc5 d2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Buchenau, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 Nd4 9. Rb1 Nxf3+ 10. exf3 d5 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. g4 Be6 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. dxc4 Qd4 15. Bxf6 Bxc4 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. f4 Bxf4 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bd5 Bd3 23. Rd1 Bc2 24. Rd4 g5 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Ng3 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Be5 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. Rc4 Bd3 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Nf6 Bf1+ 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Nxh7 Bxh3 34. Nxg5 Bf1 35. Nxf7 Be2+ 36. Kg2 Bxg4 37. Bb3 Be6 38. Bxe6 Kxe6 39. Ng5+ Kf5 40. Nf3 Bb6 41. Nxe1 Ke4 42. f3+ Ke3 43. Kg3 Ba5 44. f4 Bxe1+ 45. Kg4 Ke4 46. f5 Bf2 47. Kg5 Bd4 48. b3 Ke5 49. a4 Bc5 50. a5 Be7+ 51. Kg6 a6 52. b4 Bxb4 53. f6 Bxa5 54. f7 Bb4 55. Kg7 a5 56. f8Q Bxf8+ 57. Kxf8 a4 58. Kg8 a3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 f5 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 Qe8 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Qh5 11. Nh2 Nc5 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ne6 15. b5 Nd4 16. e3 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Ra5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qxe2 Bh4 21. hxg4 Qg6 22. Kg1 h6 23. e4 Kh8 24. Be3 Bg5 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Kh7 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bd7 30. Kg1 c6 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Qf3 Qg5 33. Kf2 Be6 34. Bh3 Qh4+ 35. Qg3 Qf6+ 36. Nf3 Qd8 37. Qh4 Qa5 38. Qe7 Qa2+ 39. Kg3 Bg8 40. Qxd6 Qa1 41. Qxe5 Qc1 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Kf4 c5 44. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Floresvillar Gonzalez, Luis Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 g6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. Nf2 h5 15. c3 Qh4 16. Nh3 d4 17. a4 dxc3 18. bxc3 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qxh3 20. gxh3 Nd4+ 21. Qe4 Bxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Ra7 23. cxd4 Bb6 24. Be3 0-0 25. Rfa1 Rd8 26. Kg2 a5 27. Kf3 Kg7 28. R1a2 f5 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. Rb2 Rd6 31. Rg2 Rg7 32. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kaczur, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. h3 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Qd2 0-0-0 14. b4 e5 15. c4 Bxb4 16. Qb2 Bc3 17. Qa3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qe5 21. Nxf5 Qxa1+ 22. Kf2 Qf6 23. Kg1 Kb8 24. Nd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Re8 27. Bf3 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. g3 Qd2+ 30. Bg2 Re2 31. Qf8+ Kc7 32. Qxf7+ Kb6 33. c5+ Kxc5 34. Qf8+ Kb6 35. Qf3 Rxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Korol, Dimitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nh6 6. d3 Nf5 7. 0-0 h5 8. e4 Nfd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Be3 d6 11. Ne2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 e6 13. Rab1 0-0 14. a3 b6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Qb2 e5 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. f4 exf4 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxf4 f6 24. Rbf1 Re5 25. Bd7 Rf7 26. Ba4 g5 27. Rf5 Bc8 28. Rxe5 fxe5 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Bd1 g4 32. Ke3 Bd7 33. Bb3 Kf6 34. b5 Ke7 35. a4 Bc8 36. Bd1 Kf6 37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Kg2 Be6 39. Kf2 Bd7 40. Ke3 Be6 41. Kf2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Vujcic, Milena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 f6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. 0-0 Bg4 14. Qa4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 fxe5 16. Qxc6 Rf6 17. Qb5 Rxf3 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Qc6 Rf6 20. Qa4 e4 21. Bg5 c5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. f4 exf3 24. Rf2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26. Raf1 Bxf2 27. Qc2 Bb6 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Qh5 f2 31. Kg2 Qc6+ 32. Kh3 Qe6+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kh3 Rf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kh4 Bd8# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novikova, Galina"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 Nd4 7. h3 Rb8 8. Nf3 b5 9. 0-0 b4 10. Ne2 Nxf3+ 11. Rxf3 a5 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bb7 14. Rf2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. d4 Nf6 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd7+ Nxd7 19. Nf4 a4 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Re2 Nf6 22. Kf3 Rb7 23. g4 0-0 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd8 26. Rbe1 Kf8 27. g5 Ng8 28. Re5 Rc7 29. Nd5 Rcd7 30. Ne3 Rc8 31. Nc4 Rd4 32. b3 Rcd8 33. R1e2 axb3 34. axb3 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rhd4 36. h4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Srdanovic, Jovana"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 fxe4 7. Nxe4 0-0 8. Qc2 h6 9. h3 a5 10. Nf3 Na6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Nxe4 14. 0-0-0 Bf5 15. g4 Nxf2 16. Qe2 Nxd1 17. gxf5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stachanczyk, Jacek"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nb6 7. a4 g6 8. a5 N6d7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. h3 0-0 11. Nc3 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Re8+ 14. Be2 Nf6 15. 0-0 Be6 16. b3 Na6 17. Qc1 Qe7 18. Re1 Qb4 19. Qg5 Nh5 20. Qc1 Nc5 21. Na2 Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nxb3 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Rb1 Nc5 25. Qb4 b6 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Bf3 Nd3 28. Qc3 Ne5 29. Nc1 Rab8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Nd3 c5 32. Nxe5 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Bf5 34. Rxb6 Rxb6 35. Qxb6 Rxe5 36. c5 Ne6 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarasova, Viktoriya"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. e4 Re8 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Nge2 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Qd7 12. 0-0 b6 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Rad1 a6 16. f3 Bf8 17. Nf5 g6 18. Ng3 Bg7 19. Ba1 Qc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qb5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Rc1 c5 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. a4 Qa5 27. Red1 Ba8 28. Rc7 b5 29. Rdc1 bxa4 30. bxa4 Qe5 31. Qa7 Qf6 32. Qxa6 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 d5 34. exd5 Rxd5 35. h3 Qf2 36. Rc8 Rdd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Kh2 Bxf3 39. Qf1 Qxf1 40. Rxf1 Bc6 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. a5 Bb7 43. Kh1 Ba6 44. Kg1 Rb8 45. Ne4 Rb2 46. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Apr Early"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zampronha, Wladimir Camilo"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. b3 Nc6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Nf3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. 0-0 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6 16. Qd2 N8e7 17. g4 f5 18. Bg2 f4 19. Bxf4 Bxd4 20. Bd6 Bg7 21. Rce1 d4 22. Nb5 e5 23. Nc7 Qd7 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Rf8 27. Qe4 Re8 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 d3 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Bxe7 d2 33. Rd1 Bc3 34. Bg5 Bd4+ 35. Kf1 Bxc5 36. Rxd2 a5 37. Rd7 a4 38. bxa4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Bakalarz, Grazyna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Ne3 f5 14. g4 f4 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. gxf5 Qb6 17. f6 Qb4+ 18. c3 Qe4+ 19. Kd2 Qxd5+ 20. Bd3 h5 21. Qa4+ Qc6 22. Qxc6+ Rxc6 23. Be4 Rb6 24. Kc2 Rh6 25. a4 a5 26. Rad1 Rxf6 27. f3 Be7 28. Rhg1 Bd8 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Rh8 Rg6 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Rg8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Allahverdiyeva, Ayan"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8. 0-0-0 Be5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Bxd4 11. Rxd4 d5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Re1 Bb7 15. g4 Qc5 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. g5 Nd7 19. Re1 Nb6 20. Qe5 Nd7 21. Qxg7 Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. f4 h6 24. g6 Nc5 25. Kd2 f5 26. b4 Ne4+ 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Rd7 Rg8 30. Rf7+ Ke8 31. Rxb7 Rxg6 32. Re2 e5 33. fxe5 Rc4 34. Ke3 h5 35. Kf4 Rg1 36. e6 e3+ 37. Kxe3 Rgg4 38. Kd2 Rgd4+ 39. Kc1 Rxb4 40. Rxb4 Rxb4 41. e7 h4 42. Re3 Rg4 43. h3 Ra4 44. a3 Rf4 45. Kb2 a5 46. Kb3 a4+ 47. Kc3 Rf2 48. Kd3 Rg2 49. c4 Rg1 50. c5 Rd1+ 51. Kc4 Rg1 52. c6 Rc1+ 53. Kb5 Rb1+ 54. Kxa4 Rb6 55. Rc3 Rb8 56. c7 Rc8 57. Kb5 Kxe7 58. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dmitrenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bb5+ N8d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. d6 Qd8 15. Qe2 0-0 16. 0-0-0 a6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 c4 19. Re3 Nc5 20. Kb1 Ne6 21. Rd1 Qd7 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Nf6 Qb5 24. Ka1 Rad8 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 c3 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Rxc3 Nc4 29. Rcxc4 bxc4 30. d7 h5 31. Rxc4 Kh6 32. h4 g5 33. g3 gxh4 34. gxh4 Ra8 35. b4 Kg6 36. Rf4 Ra6 37. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karamsetty, Jeevan"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 Bg4 9. b3 0-0 10. 0-0 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. b4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nxb4 16. Rb1 Nc6 17. Rxb7 Qa5 18. Qd2 N8e7 19. Rfb1 Nf5 20. R1b5 Qd8 21. Ne2 Nh4 22. Bg4 h5 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bxh4 Bxh4 25. Bf3 Bg5 26. Qb2 Na5 27. c6 Nxc6 28. Qa3 Bf6 29. Qa4 a6 30. R5b6 Ne7 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 Nf5 33. Qa4 Qe8 34. Qd1 Qc8 35. Rb3 Qc4 36. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Ahn, Hongjin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. 0-0-0 Nd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nd5 e6 12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Nxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 bxc6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Kc2 Rb8 17. b3 a5 18. h4 a4 19. Nc3 axb3+ 20. axb3 h6 21. Na4 Ra8 22. Be2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rhd1 f4 25. Bf2 Nf6 26. Bxc5 Re8 27. Rd8 e5 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Rd8 Bf5+ 30. Rd3 Nc7 31. Kd2 Bxd3 32. Bxd3 Ne6 33. Bf2 Rd8 34. Kc2 Bf8 35. Be4 Bb4 36. Nc3 c5 37. Bd5 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. Kd3 Rd7 41. c5 Rxd5 42. Kc4 Rd8 43. Kxb4 d3 44. Kc3 Kf7 45. b4 Ke6 46. b5 Rb8 47. Kxd3 Rxb5 48. Kc4 Rb2 49. c6 Rc2+ 50. Nc3 Kd6 51. Kd3 Rxg2 52. Ne4+ Kxc6 53. Nf6 Kd6 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Ng4 h5 56. Nh6 Re2+ 57. Kd3 Re3+ 58. Kd2 Rxf3 59. Ng8 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. a5 Rb8 9. Re1 b5 10. axb6 axb6 11. d5 b5 12. dxc6 bxc4 13. cxd7 Bxd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd1 Qc7 17. c3 f6 18. Qe2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Be3 Rb7 21. Red1 Be6 22. Ra2 Bf5 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. Qf3 Rfb8 25. h3 Rxb2 26. Ra7 R2b7 27. Rda1 h6 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Rc8 Ke6 32. Nxc4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Jimenez, Joaquin Rodrigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nc6 8. f4 Nge7 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. Ng5 Nxd6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. 0-0-0 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Nf3 Ke7 17. Rhe1 Rhe8 18. Nh4 Kf8 19. g3 Nb4 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. Ne5 Re7 22. Rf1 Kg8 23. g4 Ba4 24. b3 Bb5 25. Rf2 Rec7 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 a5 28. Rdf1 a4 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Nxd3 31. Nxd3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Kxf7 33. g6+ Kg8 34. Qe2 Qd6 35. Qh5 Rc3 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Kd8 39. Qxd4 Rh3 40. g7 Qxh2 41. g8Q+ Kd7 42. Qf7+ Kc6 43. Qxe6+ Qd6 44. Qxd6+ Kxd6 45. Qf6+ Kc5 46. Qf2+ Kc6 47. bxa4 Rh1+ 48. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Ljubarov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. 0-0 e6 8. c3 Bd6 9. h3 0-0 10. Qe2 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Ne5 b4 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Be3 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rfc8 18. Rec1 Rc4 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Bd2 Qb5 22. Rcc1 h6 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. Rb3 a5 25. Rcb1 Bc7 26. Rb5 a4 27. Kf1 Qd6 28. g3 Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Bxb8 30. Bf4 Qd8 31. Rxb8 Rc8 32. Qb5 g5 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Qb8 Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bd6+ Ke8 37. Ke2 h5 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Bb4 Kc6 40. a3 f5 41. c4 dxc4+ 42. Kxc4 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Be7 Kd7 45. Bf6 Kc6 46. Kb4 Kd5 47. Kxa4 Ke4 48. Kb5 Kf3 49. a4 Kxf2 50. Bh4 Ke3 51. Kc4 Ke4 52. a5 e5 53. dxe5 Kxe5 54. a6 Ke4 55. a7 Kf3 56. a8Q+ Kf2 57. Qh1 Ke2 58. Qg2+ Ke3 59. Qg1+ Kf3 60. Qf1+ Ke3 61. Bg5+ Ke4 62. Qe2+ Kf5 63. Bh6 h4 64. Qf2+ Kg6 65. gxh4 g3 66. Qxg3+ Kxh6 67. Qg5+ Kh7 68. Kd5 Kh8 69. Ke6 Kh7 70. Kf7 Kh8 71. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Santos Flores, Alberto Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. 0-0 e6 7. e5 a6 8. Bd3 d6 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne4 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. Qf3 f5 13. Nc5 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Ng5 0-0 16. Re1 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 e5 18. Qh3 Bf4 19. Qh4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 e4 21. Be2 Kg7 22. b3 h6 23. Qh4 Qxc2 24. d3 e3 25. Qxd4 Be6 26. Qxe3 Rae8 27. Qxh6+ Kf7 28. Bg5 Rh8 29. Qxh8 Rxh8+ 30. Kg1 Bd5 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Rac1 Qxa2 33. Ra1 Qb2 34. Rab1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Torres Bosch, Jose Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. c3 Be7 13. d4 0-0 14. c4 Qf5 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. g4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Nh2 Qh4 20. f4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Qe1 Rxf4 23. Qxh4 Rxh4 24. Kg2 f5 25. Rfd1 Rd4 26. Nf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nd4 Kf6 32. Kf3 e5 33. Nb3 Ne6 34. c5 g5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Bxa6 g4+ 37. Kg3 Kg5 38. Bb7 f4+ 39. Kg2 c5 40. Bd5 f3+ 41. Kf2 Nf4 42. Be4 c4 43. Nd2 c3 44. Nc4 Kf6 45. Bxh7 Ng6 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47. Nxe5+ Kf5 48. Nd3 Ke4 49. Nc1 c2 50. Kg3 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rian, Kapriaga"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Bh2 Qe8 9. c4 e5 10. Nc3 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb3 Qe6 14. a4 b6 15. a5 Bb7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Bb5 Rxa1 18. Nxa1 Ra8 19. Nc2 Ba6 20. Qe2 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Ra5 22. Qb3 Bf8 23. Nb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qa8 26. Bf4 Kg7 27. Qd6 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb2 30. Nxd5 Qxf2 31. Nxf6 Nxf6 32. Qxb6 Nh5 33. Be5+ Kh6 34. d5 f6 35. Bd6 Kg5 36. Bc7 Ng7 37. Bf4+ Kh5 38. Qb3 g5 39. Bg3 Nf5 40. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vargas, Mauricio"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Qd2 Bxe5 8. 0-0-0 Bg7 9. h4 Qe8 10. Nf3 e6 11. h5 d5 12. Bd3 f6 13. Bh6 g5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h6+ Kh8 16. Rde1 Nc6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qd8 19. Qc3 e5 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. a3 Bg4 22. Bd5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nd4 24. Bh5 Rad8 25. Rhe1 Qd6 26. Qb3 Nxb3+ 27. cxb3 Qc6+ 28. Kb1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 f5 30. Bf3 Qxh6 31. g3 e4 32. Rh1 Qxh1+ 33. Bxh1 Rd8 34. Kc2 Kg7 35. Bg2 Kf6 36. g4 Ke5 37. gxf5 Kxf5 38. Bh3+ Kf4 39. Bg2 h5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Mar Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zavortink, Matt B"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qa4 d5 17. Bc5 Qe5 18. Bb5 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qxe4 20. Bc4 Rd2 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Ba3 Nd4 24. Bh5 Kh7 25. Rcd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nb5 27. Bb4 a5 28. Be1 Nf6 29. Bf3 Rb8 30. a4 Nc7 31. Bg3 Nfe8 32. Rd7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Zhapova, Yana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rae1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Rab8 14. Qc2 b5 15. Qd2 b4 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Qg5 Ne7 18. Re3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qg5 Nd5 22. Rh3 f6 23. Qh6 Qe7 24. Nxg6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nh4 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Nxc3 29. g4 Rd8 30. Re1 Rxd4 31. Ng2 Rd2 32. Nf4 e5 33. Nh5+ Kf7 34. a3 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Nxd1 36. Ng3 e3 37. f3 a5 38. Kf1 Nc3 39. Nf5 e2+ 40. Ke1 Ke6 41. Ne3 a4 42. h4 Kd6 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 Kc5 45. Ng4 Kd4 46. Kd2 e4 47. f4 e3+ 48. Ke1 Ke4 49. Nf6+ Kxf4 50. Nxh7 Kf5 51. g6 Kxg6 52. Nf8+ Kf5 53. Nd7 Ke4 54. Nb6 Kd4 55. Nc4 Kd3 56. Nb2+ Ke4 57. Nc4 Kf3 58. Ne5+ Kf4 59. Nc4 Ke4 60. Nb2 Kf3 61. Nc4 Nb5 62. Ne5+ Ke4 63. Nc4 Nd4 64. Nxe3 Kd3 65. Kf2 e1Q+ 66. Kxe1 Kxe3 67. Kd1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tsirulnik, Maritsa"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Qxc4 e6 7. e4 Nb4 8. Qb3 c5 9. e5 Nfd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Bd3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. 0-0 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 h6 21. Rfd1 0-0 22. Nd4 Rfd8 23. Qg3 Rc4 24. Qd3 Rcc8 25. Qg3 Rc4 26. Qd3 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Berke, Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Qe2 e5 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 d6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nc3 0-0 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd1 Qe7 17. Ne3 g6 18. Rf3 Bg5 19. Raf1 Be6 20. b3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 a5 22. a4 Rad8 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rd3 Rd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Re1 Re8 27. Qa6 Qe5 28. Qxc6 f5 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Rd1 fxe4 31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 e3 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. c4 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rxb3 36. c5 e2 37. Kg1 Rc3 38. Re1 Rxc5 39. Rxe2 Rc4 40. Ra2 g5 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke3 g4 43. g3 h5 44. Kd3 Rb4 45. Rc2 Rxa4 46. Rc6+ Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Rc5 h4 49. Rg5+ Kf7 50. gxh4 Kf6 51. Kc3 Ra3+ 52. Kb2 Ra4 53. Kb3 Rf4 54. Ka3 Rf3+ 55. Ka4 Rf4+ 56. Ka3 a4 57. Ka2 Re4 58. Ka3 Rd4 59. Ka2 Rf4 60. Ka3 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivekovic, Tihana"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 b5 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Rac1 e5 15. Bxb7 exd4 16. Bf3 d3 17. Qd1 Rc7 18. Rxc7 Qxc7 19. Qb1 Rd8 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Rd1 Nbd7 22. Bd4 Bb4 23. Ne4 d2 24. Qc2 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bxh7+ Kf8 28. Bf5 Rd5 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Be4 Rc5 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. h4 Qxa2 33. h5 Qxb3 34. Bf3 Rg5 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qxa6 Qe6 37. Qa1 Qe5 38. Qa2 Qe6 39. Qb2 Qc4 40. h6+ Kxh6 41. Qxf6+ Rg6 42. Qf5 Bc3 43. g3 Rf6 44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Lehaci, Miruna Daria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qd3 Bd6 11. Bd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 14. Kb1 d6 15. g3 Be5 16. Bd5 c6 17. Bb3 Qa5 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rfd8 21. Rhe1 Kf8 22. a4 Bc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Kb2 Bg4 25. Ra1 h6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. c4 b4 28. c3 bxc3+ 29. Kxc3 Ke7 30. e5 c5 31. exd6+ Kxd6 32. Kb2 Be6 33. Rd1+ Kc6 34. Bc2 Kc7 35. Be4 Re8 36. Bd5 Rd8 37. Kc3 Bxd5 38. cxd5 Kd6 39. Rd2 Re8 40. Kc4 Re4+ 41. Kc3 f5 42. Ra2 Kxd5 43. Rd2+ Rd4 44. Re2 Re4 45. Rd2+ Rd4 46. Re2 Rc4+ 47. Kb3 Re4 48. Rd2+ Kc6 49. Rd8 Re2 50. Rg8 Kd5 51. Rxg7 Rxh2 52. Kc3 Ke4 53. Rg6 h5 54. Kc4 h4 55. gxh4 Rxh4 56. Kxc5 Kxf4 57. Rg1 Ke3 58. Re1+ Kf2 59. Re5 f4 60. Kd4 f3+ 61. Kd3 Rh8 62. Rf5 Re8 63. Rf7 Kg2 64. Rg7+ Kf1 65. Rf7 f2 66. Kd2 Rd8+ 67. Kc2 Rg8 68. Kd2 Kg1 69. Ke2 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pavlidou, Ekaterini"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 h6 9. h3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Be2 Qd8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 0-0 14. g4 Bh7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 Bh4+ 17. Kf1 b5 18. a4 a6 19. Bf3 Bd3+ 20. Be2 Bh7 21. Bf3 b4 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Ra2 Qd6 24. Qg1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rb6 26. Qh2 Rfb8 27. f5 Qxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Rb2 29. Rha1 Bg5 30. Kh1 Bxe3 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Rb1 Rxb1+ 33. Nxb1 Bc1 34. a5 g6 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. g5 Bxg5 37. Na3 Bd8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kostina, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. 0-0 e6 11. c4 Nge7 12. c5 Bg7 13. Nbc3 0-0 14. Bd6 b6 15. Rb1 bxc5 16. Bxc5 a5 17. Nf4 Kh8 18. a3 Rfb8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nc8 21. b5 Na5 22. Nd3 Nc4 23. Nb2 N8d6 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qd3 Rb7 26. Ra1 Rg8 27. Ra6 Qd8 28. Rfa1 Rb8 29. Ra7 f6 30. Re7 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qe2 Qg8 33. Ra7 h6 34. Qh5 Rc8 35. Qg6 Nd2 36. b6 Nc4 37. Nb5 Rb8 38. Nc7 Bf8 39. Qxg8+ Kxg8 40. b7 Na5 41. Rxa5 Rxb7 42. Nxe6 Bxc5 43. Rxc5 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rb2 45. Kg3 h5 46. h4 Rb3+ 47. f3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efroimski, Marsel"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8. 0-0-0 Be5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Bxd4 11. Rxd4 d5 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 h6 16. g4 Rg8 17. Be2 c5 18. Rdd1 Bb7 19. Bf3 Ke7 20. Ne2 Rab8 21. Rde1 Ba8 22. Ng3 Rb4 23. f5 Rgb8 24. b3 a5 25. Nh5 Rg8 26. Rhf1 g6 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. c3 Rbb8 29. Nf4 Rbf8 30. Nd3 c4 31. Nf2 cxb3 32. axb3 Rb8 33. Kc2 Nc5 34. Rb1 Rb6 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rh3 Kf7 37. Nd3 Nxd3 38. Kxd3 Kg7 39. Kc2 Bc6 40. Be2 g5 41. Bd3 d4 42. cxd4 Bxg2 43. Rg3 Rc8+ 44. Kd2 Bd5 45. Ra1 Rxb3 46. Rxa5 Rb2+ 47. Ke3 Rc3 48. Rc5 Ra3 49. Rc7+ Kg8 50. Rg1 Rbb3 51. Rd1 Bb7 52. Rc2 Ba6 53. Rcd2 Kg7 54. Ke2 Bxd3+ 55. Rxd3 Kg6 56. Rxb3 Rxb3 57. Rf1 Rg3 58. Rf6+ Kg7 59. Rxe6 Rxg4 60. d5 Rd4 61. d6 h5 62. Re7+ Kg6 63. d7 h4 64. Re6+ Kf7 65. Rd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 23rd"]
[Site "Petrovac"]
[Date "2023.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Mkrtchyan, Mariam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Qd3 Na5 16. e5 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxd4 19. axb5 Bxb2 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. bxa6 dxe5 22. Rd1 Bd4 23. Nc3 Kg7 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. a7 Qxb5 26. a8Q Rxa8 27. Qxa8 Qe2 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 c5 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. h4 Kf6 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Bh2 Nb6 35. f4 gxf4 36. f3 c4 37. Bg1 Kd5 38. Bxd4 exd4 39. Kf2 c3 40. Ke2 Kc4 41. Rh1 d3+ 42. Kd1 Nd5 43. Kc1 d2+ 44. Kd1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovac, Mihael"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. Qg3 Qxg3 9. hxg3 Bb4 10. Bd2 d5 11. Bd3 h6 12. 0-0-0 a6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Rh4 Be7 15. Rh3 Nd7 16. g4 Rg8 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Rh5 f6 19. Be2 e5 20. Bg3 0-0-0 21. Bf2 Kb8 22. a3 dxe4 23. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rd8+ 25. Ke1 Bxc5 26. Nxe4 Be3 27. Bd3 Bc1 28. b3 Bxa3 29. Rh1 Kc7 30. Ke2 Be7 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Nd2 Bb4 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Rd1 a5 35. Bc4 a4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Be6 Rd4 38. Ra1 Rd8 39. Bc4 Ra8 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Rxa8 Bxa8 43. Ba6 c5 44. Kd3 Bc6 45. Bc4 Bf8 46. Ng3 g6 47. Bg8 Kb6 48. Kc3 Kb5 49. Kb3 Bd7 50. c4+ Kb6 51. Bh7 Be8 52. Bg8 Kc7 53. Be6 Bd7 54. Bf7 f5 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Bg6 f4 57. Ne2 Kd6 58. Nc3 Ke6 59. Be4 Be7 60. Kc2 Bh4 61. Bd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Tadic, Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. Be3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. c4 g6 12. cxb5 Bg7 13. Qd2 f5 14. f4 0-0 15. Bc4 Re8 16. 0-0 a5 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rac1 Ng8 19. b6 Nf6 20. Bb5 Ne4 21. Qc2 Re7 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Nc4 Ba6 24. b3 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rxb6 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bd4 29. h3 g5 30. Bd2 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Be5 32. Bc3 Nf1+ 33. Kg1 Ne3 34. Bxe5+ Rxe5 35. Qc3 g4 36. c5 gxh3 37. cxd6 h2+ 38. Kh1 Ng4 39. g3 Qxd6 40. Re1 Qc5 41. Qb2 Qb6 42. Qc3 Qc5 43. Qb2 Qc2 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qc7+ Kh6 46. Qd6+ Kh5 47. Rf1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Manko, Mariya"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 0-0 9. a3 Be6 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Ned5 f5 14. d3 h6 15. Qa4 Rbd8 16. e3 Bf7 17. Bd2 g5 18. Nb5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. e4 Nc8 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 fxe4 25. dxe4 Bh5 26. Qb3 Be2 27. Bh3 Qe8 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Kh1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qh5 31. Qg3 Qe2 32. Re1 Qxb5 33. Be5 Rd7 34. Rg1 Rff7 35. Bxf7 Rxf7 36. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Krstic, Milos M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0-0 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 h6 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Rxe7 Ne4 17. Be1 b6 18. Nh4 Be6 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. b3 Rfd8 22. Ng6 Bf5 23. Nh4 Be6 24. Ng6 Kh7 25. g4 Kxg6 26. gxh5+ Kxh5 27. Bxg7 Rg8 28. Rg1 a6 29. a4 Rab8 30. Kc1 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Ra7 d5 34. Rg3 c4 35. bxc4 dxc4 36. Bc3 Re8 37. Ra5 Rxa5 38. Bxa5 Bf5 39. Kd1 Ra8 40. Bc3 Ra3 41. Bf6 Ra6 42. Be5 Ra2 43. Rg2 Ra3 44. Rg3 Re3 45. Bd4 Re6 46. Bc3 Kh4 47. Kd2 Rd6+ 48. Kc1 Ra6 49. Kd2 Rd6+ 50. Kc1 Re6 51. Kd2 h5 52. Rg2 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lazovic, Emilija"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5a3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. f3 Rab8 15. Rac1 Ng6 16. Na4 Bc6 17. Nc3 Ba8 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Bg3 Nf6 21. Bf2 Qc6 22. Nc2 Qe8 23. Nb4 Bb7 24. Nc2 d5 25. cxd5 Bc5 26. Qg5 exd5 27. exd5 h6 28. Qf5 Ne7 29. Qe5 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Nexd5 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bc4 Rbd8 34. Rd2 b5 35. Bb3 Nf4 36. Rcd1 Rxd2+ 37. Rxd2 Bc8 38. g3 Nh3+ 39. Kg2 Ng5 40. Kf2 Bb7 41. Nd4 Rd8 42. Ke3 Re8+ 43. Kf2 Rd8 44. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Krzywda, Andrzej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. 0-0-0 Nxf3 10. gxf3 Be6 11. Kb1 f6 12. Bd4 Rg8 13. f4 Qd7 14. c4 c5 15. Bc3 0-0-0 16. b3 d5 17. f5 Bxf5 18. cxd5 Bd6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lorenz, Roger"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. N2b3 0-0 15. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Dimitrijevic, Andjela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 0-0-0 14. g3 Kb8 15. Bh3 Bc8 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Qd4 Qa5 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. Qc4 Bf8 21. Nd4 d5 22. Qb3 Qc5 23. Na4 Qc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Bf1 Bb7 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Bxc4 e5 28. Ne6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxe4 30. Rd2 Bh6 31. Rd6 Bxc2+ 32. Ka1 Be3 33. Nac5 Rc8 34. Rb6+ Ka7 35. Rb7+ Ka8 36. Rxb4 Rb8 37. Rxb8+ Kxb8 38. Nd7+ Kc8 39. Nxf6 a5 40. Ng4 Bg1 41. Nxe5 Be4 42. Ng5 Bg2 43. Ngf3 Be3 44. Be2 Kc7 45. Nc4 Bb6 46. Ka2 Kb7 47. Nxb6 Kxb6 48. Kb3 h6 49. Kc4 Bh3 50. Kd4 Bg4 51. Ng1 Bd7 52. Bc4 Kc6 53. Nf3 Kd6 54. Ne5 Be6 55. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Be6 15. Qxd6 Rc8 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Rf2 Ke7 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne8 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. e4 Rdc8 23. c3 f6 24. Re2 Rc5 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 R8c7 27. h4 Rc8 28. Kf3 h5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke1 Ke7 31. Kf1 Rf8 32. Kg2 Rfc8 33. Rde1 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke1 Kf7 38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Kc2 Kf7 40. Rg1 Rh8 41. Rf2 Rh6 42. Rf3 Rg6 43. b3 Rh6 44. Re3 Rh8 45. Kb2 Rb8 46. Ra1 Rbc8 47. Be2 g6 48. Rf1 Kg7 49. Rg1 Kh6 50. c4 R5c7 51. g4 hxg4 52. Bxg4 f5 53. exf5 gxf5 54. Be2 e4 55. Reg3 Rd8 56. Rg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gunduz, Umut Erdem"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8. 0-0-0 Be5 9. h4 Nge7 10. h5 b5 11. Qg4 Rg8 12. f4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 d5 15. e5 Qc5 16. Rd2 b4 17. Nd1 Qa5 18. Bd3 Qxa2 19. Rf2 g6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qg5 Bd7 22. Qf6 Bb5 23. Rh7 Rf8 24. Bxg6 Nxg6 25. f5 exf5 26. e6 Ra7 27. Rxf5 d4 28. Rxf7 Raxf7 29. Qxg6 Qc4 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qxf7+ Kd8 32. e7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 23rd"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2023.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Stalmach, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 0-0-0 14. g3 Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 Na5 17. Qh6 Nc4 18. Nd4 b4 19. Nce2 e5 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Nd2 Qf2 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Qh5 Rdc7 25. Qe8+ Ka7 26. Rd5 R4c5 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Qa4 Kb6 29. Rd1 Qc4 30. Nc1 Qxe4 31. Nd3 Qc6 32. Qb3 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. b3 Re4 35. Nb2 Kc5 36. Na4+ Kc6 37. c4 Re2 38. h4 Rg2 39. Rd3 e4 40. Rd5 e3 41. Kc1 Rg1+ 42. Rd1 Rxg3 43. Kc2 f5 44. Kd3 Bxh4 45. Rf1 Bg5 46. Rxf5 Rg2 47. Rf1 Rd2+ 48. Ke4 e2 49. Re1 Bh4 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Trifoi, Mihaela Ioana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. c3 Bf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Bf4 0-0 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nd3 e6 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ng6 16. Bh2 Bh6 17. Nf3 Rfc8 18. Ra2 Nd7 19. Rfa1 a6 20. b4 Rc6 21. b5 Rb6 22. Ra5 f4 23. h4 Nf6 24. Nc5 Rc8 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. b4 Ne4 27. R1a3 Rcc6 28. h5 Nf8 29. Ne5 Rc7 30. Ned3 Nd7 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Nb8 33. h6 Kf8 34. Nfd3 Ke7 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Nc5 f5 37. Nxa6 Nxa6 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Kf7 40. Ra3 Rb7 41. Kf1 Kg6 42. Ra6 Rc7 43. Ra3 Rb7 44. g3 Kxh6 45. Rb3 Kg6 46. b5 Kf6 47. c4 Ke7 48. c5 Rb8 49. Ke2 Kd7 50. Ke3 Kc7 51. b6+ Kc6 52. Ra3 e5 53. dxe5 Kxc5 54. Rb3 Kc6 55. b7 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lolici, Iselin Amanda"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Rb1 b6 6. a3 Bb7 7. b4 Bxc3 8. dxc3 d6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. Nh3 Nf6 12. Nf4 e6 13. h4 Ng4 14. Bd2 0-0 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. 0-0 Ba8 17. Nd3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qe4 Nd7 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Bh6 f6 24. Rd2 Ne5 25. Rbd1 Qc7 26. Bf4 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Nxc6 28. Rd7 Rad8 29. Bh6 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Ne7 31. Rxa7 Nf5 32. Be3 Rd8 33. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cosman, Andreea Marioara"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bb2 0-0 11. Nd2 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. a4 bxa4 15. bxa4 Nbd7 16. Nc4 Bb4 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. Rc2 Nec5 20. a5 Be4 21. Rb2 Bd3 22. Nb6 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Rab8 24. Nd4 Rb7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. h3 e5 27. Nc6 f6 28. Rb6 Ra8 29. Rc1 Nd3 30. Rcb1 Kf7 31. Nb8 Rd5 32. Nxa6 Rxa5 33. Nb4 Nxb4 34. R6xb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Lehaci, Miruna Daria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 e6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 h5 13. h4 Rg8 14. Rh3 Bh6 15. Rf3 Ne5 16. Rb3 Nc4 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. g3 Qc5 19. Nc1 Bg7 20. f5 e5 21. Nf3 a5 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Ra3 a4 24. Qd2 Rb8 25. Qc3 Bh6 26. Ne2 Ke7 27. Ka1 Rb6 28. Nd2 Rc8 29. Qf3 Qb4 30. Qc3 Qb5 31. Rb1 Qc5 32. Nf1 Bc6 33. Qf3 Qb4 34. Nc3 Ra8 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Rb7 37. Qf3 Qc5 38. Rd1 Rab8 39. Rb1 Rb4 40. Qe2 Qd4 41. Qe1 Qb6 42. Nd1 Qb7 43. Re3 c3 44. Rxc3 Bxe4 45. a3 Rb6 46. Qf2 Kf8 47. Rc4 Bc6 48. Rc3 d5 49. Qc5+ Ke8 50. g4 hxg4 51. Rg3 Qe7 52. Qxe7+ Kxe7 53. Rxg4 d4 54. Nf2 Bd7 55. Rg3 Bxf5 56. Nd3 Rh8 57. Rh1 Bg6 58. Nb4 Ke6 59. c3 Rd6 60. cxd4 Rxd4 61. Rgh3 Rhd8 62. Rc3 Rxh4 63. Rxh4 Rd1+ 64. Ka2 Bb1+ 65. Ka1 Bc2+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Obada, Ema"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Rh3 Nge7 12. Qf4 b6 13. Rf3 Nd8 14. dxc5 Qxf4 15. Rxf4 bxc5 16. Rh4 Ndc6 17. f4 Rb8 18. Nf3 Ke8 19. Rh3 Kd7 20. Bd3 c4 21. Be2 Ba6 22. g4 Rb7 23. Kd1 Rhb8 24. Rg3 Bb5 25. Rb1 Ba6 26. Rxb7+ Rxb7 27. Kc1 Rb8 28. Be3 Rg8 29. Rg1 Bc8 30. Kd2 Ba6 31. Rb1 Rc8 32. Nd4 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Nxb8 34. f5 Ng8 35. fxe6+ fxe6 36. g5 hxg5 37. Bg4 Ne7 38. Nxe6 Kc6 39. Nxg7 Nd7 40. Bxd7+ Kxd7 41. Bxg5 Bc8 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Pitigoi, Sabina Andreea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Qd1 Ne7 10. Rb1 a6 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be2 Ng6 14. h4 Ke8 15. h5 Nf8 16. h6 Rg8 17. Qc1 Qa5 18. hxg7 Rxg7 19. Kf1 Qd8 20. Bg5 Ne7 21. Nh2 Rxg5 22. Qxg5 Qa5 23. Qd2 Qxa3 24. Ng4 Kd8 25. Nf6 Kc7 26. Ne8+ Kc6 27. Nd6 Nf5 28. Ne8 Bd7 29. Nf6 b5 30. g4 Ne7 31. Kg2 Neg6 32. Ra1 Qe7 33. Kg3 Bc8 34. f4 a5 35. Bf3 Nd7 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Bxd5+ Kb6 38. Bxa8 f6 39. Qg2 Nb8 40. Qd5 fxe5 41. dxe5 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Sebes"]
[Date "2023.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paraschiv, Petronela Alexandra"]
[Black "Nikanova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. b3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Nc3 a6 12. a4 d4 13. Nd1 Be6 14. a5 Qc7 15. e4 Nh5 16. Nd3 c4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. e5 Bh6 19. g3 Rad8 20. N1f2 f5 21. Rfb1 Ng7 22. h4 Ne6 23. Qd1 Bb5 24. Ba3 Rd7 25. Bb4 Rc8 26. Rb2 Qc4 27. Qb1 Qd5 28. Ne1 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30. Nfd3 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 Qe4 32. Qd1 Nf4 33. Qf3 Nxd3+ 34. Nxd3 Qxh4+ 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bxd3 37. cxd3 Kf7 38. Kf4 h6 39. Rh1 Rh8 40. Bc5 Rd5 41. Bb6 Ke6 42. Rb4 g5+ 43. Kf3 h5 44. Bxd4 Rxa5 45. Rxb7 Ra4 46. Bc3 g4+ 47. Kg2 h4 48. Rb6+ Kd5 49. Rg6 e6 50. Rg7 1/2-1/2

