[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sanatullin, Rinat"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8. Qc2 Qd6 9. Bf4 d3 10. Qc1 d2 11. Bxd2 Bb6 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Qxc5 Bxc5 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Rxc6 Bd7 16. Rxb6 cxb6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Rd1+ Kc6 20. Ne5+ Kc5 21. Be3+ Kb4 22. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Karlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. Nbc3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. h3 0-0 10. 0-0 Qb6 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Na4 Qa6 14. b3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qc3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc2 18. Rac1 Be4 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qg4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Bb4 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Bg6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd7 Rf8 26. Re5 Qxa2 27. Re8 Qa3 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Qxb7 Qc5 31. Qd7 f6 32. Qg4 Qf5 33. Qa4 Kh7 34. Qh4+ Qh5 35. Qa4 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. Qxb4 c5 38. Qd2 c4 39. Kf1 Qb5 40. Ke1 Qb3 41. Qd1 Qb2 42. Qg4 Qc3+ 43. Kd1 Qd3+ 44. Kc1 Qf1+ 45. Kc2 Qxf2+ 46. Kc3 Qc5 47. Qh4+ Kg8 48. Qxc4+ Qxc4+ 49. Kxc4 g5 50. Kd5 Kf7 51. Kd6 f5 52. Ke5 g6 53. g3 Ke7 54. h4 f4 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhdanov, Eduard"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. h3 Be6 8. e4 Qd7 9. Ng5 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rad8 11. c3 Bc4 12. Re1 h6 13. Ngf3 Be6 14. Kh2 Bc5 15. Qe2 a6 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qd3 18. b4 Bb6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd6 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. Be2 Nh7 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 f6 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. Re2 Kf8 28. h4 Ne6 29. b4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bc4 Ke7 32. Bd5 b6 33. Rh1 Rg8 34. Ra2 Rg7 35. Rh6 Ncd8 36. Ra7 Rd7 37. b5 Nf7 38. Rh1 Nd6 39. Bc6 Rd8 40. Rb1 Nc8 41. Ra8 Rgg8 42. Rh1 Nd6 43. Rh7+ Nf7 44. Ra7 Rh8 45. Rxh8 Rxh8 46. Bd5 Rc8 47. Nh2 Nd6 48. c4 Nc5 49. f3 Nd3 50. Ng4 Nb4 51. Ne3 Kd7 52. Ra4 Nxd5 53. Nxd5 Ne8 54. Kh3 Ke6 55. Ra7 Kd6 56. Kg4 Kc5 57. Ra4 c6 58. bxc6 Rxc6 59. Nb4 Rd6 60. Na6+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Trushnikov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. Be3 a6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd5 Qd7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. f3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Nh5 16. Qf2 Nf6 17. Bd4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rfe1 Bh4 22. Re4 Rxe4 23. fxe4 Qe7 24. Qf4 Re8 25. g3 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rd4 Rb8 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Rc4 Rb7 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Kf4 h6 33. g4 Ra7 34. b3 Rb7 35. Rc6 a4 36. h4 h5 37. gxh5+ Kxh5 38. Kf5 Kxh4 39. Kxf6 Kg4 40. Kxf7 Kf4 41. Ke6 Kxe4 42. Rc4+ Ke3 43. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portnoy, Yuriy"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. b5 Bd7 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. Nxd7 Nbxd7 9. c4 0-0 10. Be2 Qc7 11. d4 dxc4 12. bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bc3 Bb4 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. a7 Nd5 19. e4 Nc7 20. 0-0 Nb6 21. Ra5 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Nc8 23. Rfa1 Rd6 24. h3 Rb6 25. Rb1 c3 26. Ne5 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Nxa7 28. Ra1 Nc8 29. Bd1 f6 30. Nf3 b4 31. Bb3 Nd6 32. e5 Ndb5 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Ra4 Na3 35. Ne1 Nd5 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Rc8 Nb1 38. Nf3 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sinicin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 f5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nd5 Nc6 9. h5 Be6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nh4 fxe4 12. Ng6 Rg8 13. dxe4 0-0-0 14. g3 d5 15. c3 dxe4 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Bh3 Kb8 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. 0-0 Rd3 20. Nh4 Qg5 21. Qxe4 Rdd8 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Rd7 24. Rfe1 Rd2 25. b4 a6 26. a4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rac1 Rd7 29. g4 Rf7 30. Re4 g6 31. hxg6 Rxg6 32. c4 Nxb4 33. Rb1 c5 34. f3 h5 35. Rxe5 hxg4 36. f4 Rc6 37. Ne7 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Uryadov, Sergey S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Qc2 Ne8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 c6 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 e4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. f4 Ng6 17. c5 Nf6 18. b4 h5 19. g3 h4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qg2 Ng4 22. gxh4 Rd8 23. h5 Nh4 24. Qg3 Bxd4 25. Bxd4+ Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Nxd4 28. h3 Nf6 29. Qg6 Be6 30. Qh6+ Nh7 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxe6 Nxe6 33. Rd1 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhdanov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bxc4 Qb6 8. Rb1 cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qe2 a6 13. b4 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Na4 Qc6 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Rfc1 Nf4 18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Qe4 Ne7 20. Qd3 Bf4 21. Rc2 Rd8 22. Bb3 Qb6 23. Qe4 Bb8 24. Rbc1 a5 25. Qh4 Nf5 26. Na4 Qd6 27. Qe4 Ba7 28. Nc5 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Qf3 axb4 31. Rc4 Qf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. axb4 f5 34. Bd1 b6 35. Bf3 Rb8 36. Nb3 b5 37. R4c3 Bb7 38. Na5 Bxf3 39. Rxf3 Rbc8 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. g3 Bd4 42. Rb3 Rc2 43. Rf3 Kg7 44. Rf4 Be5 45. Rf3 Kg6 46. h3 h5 47. Rd3 Bc3 48. Nb3 Be1 49. Rf3 e5 50. Kf1 Bxb4 51. Rd3 Rb2 52. h4 Kf6 53. Re3 Bf8 54. Rc3 b4 55. Rc6+ Kg7 56. Na5 b3 57. Rb6 Rxf2+ 58. Kxf2 Bc5+ 59. Kf3 Bxb6 60. Nxb3 Kf6 61. Nd2 Ke6 62. Nb1 Kd5 63. Nc3+ Kc4 64. Ne2 f6 65. Nc1 Bc7 66. Ke3 Bb6+ 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Smyslov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chugunov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. d4 d6 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. Bg3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rc1 Rfe8 13. d5 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Bf3 Qb6 21. b3 a4 22. b4 Qxb4 23. Bxc6 Rec8 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Rdb1 Rxb5 27. cxb5 Qb6 28. Qc4 Rxc6 29. bxc6 Qxb1+ 30. Kh2 Qb6 31. Qd5 Qc7 32. e4 Ne6 33. Qc4 Qa5 34. f3 Nc7 35. Qc2 Qb5 36. Qc3 Kg7 37. Bf2 f6 38. Qc2 a3 39. Be3 Bd8 40. Bc1 Qa6 41. Qb3 Nb5 42. Qc4 Qb6 43. Qd5 Qc5 44. Qb3 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Abdurahmanov, Afer"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Bg5 d5 7. Nc3 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 d4 9. Nd5 Nxe4+ 10. Bxe4 Qxg5 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Qxe4 14. Qf3 Qxc2 15. Qxf7 Ne5 16. Qd5+ Bd7 17. Qxe5 Rf8+ 18. Nf3 Rxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bh3+ 20. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Trushnikov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Nd2 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. cxd4 Rd8 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Kf2 b6 17. Rd2 Ba6 18. Rc1 Rbc8 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bc4 21. Ke3 e5 22. a3 exd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Kxd4 Bf1 25. g3 Kf8 26. Kd5 Ke7 27. Kc6 a6 28. f4 g5 29. Kb7 Kd6 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 Be2 32. Bxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zhdanov, Eduard"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Kg7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qf4 Rg8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. b4 Bb6 19. Qe4 Bc6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Nh4 f5 22. Qxh6+ Ke8 23. g3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. c4 a6 26. Ng2 Ke7 27. Rfe1 Kf6 28. a4 Rh8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Bxf2 32. Rf1 Bc5 33. Rf3 Rg4 34. Bd3 Rd4 35. Rdf1 Ke7 36. Re1 Kf6 37. Ref1 Kg7 38. Re1 Rhd8 39. Bf1 Kg6 40. Rfe3 Kf6 41. Kf3 Rd2 42. R3e2 R8d3+ 43. Kg2 e5 44. h3 e4 45. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Olisov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nf3 Rc8 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Qe4+ 12. Qe2 Qxc2 13. Qxc2 Rxc2 14. Bc3 Bc5 15. 0-0 f6 16. Rae1 Ke7 17. Re4 Nb6 18. Ne1 Rc1 19. Nd3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Bd6 21. Bd4 Rc8 22. Ke1 Rc6 23. h3 a6 24. Kd1 Nd5 25. Re2 Rc4 26. Be3 Kd7 27. Bd2 e5 28. b3 Rc8 29. Re4 Re8 30. f3 f5 31. Rh4 h6 32. b4 b5 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. g4 f4 35. Rh5 Nf6 36. Rf5 g6 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Bc3 Ke6 39. Nf2 Rc8 40. Ne4 Be7 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Bd2 Bxb4 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Ne4 Be7 45. Bc3 b4 46. Be1 a5 47. Bd2 a4 48. h4 b3 49. axb3 axb3 50. Bc3 Bxh4 51. Nd2 Be1 52. Bb2 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sanatullin, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. h3 Nb4 7. Bc4 c6 8. a3 d5 9. Bb3 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf4 e6 12. Nce2 c5 13. c3 Nb6 14. Be3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. 0-0 0-0 19. h4 Bb5 20. h5 Qd7 21. Nd3 Rc8 22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Bc1 Nb8 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. g3 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Ba4 b5 30. Bb3 Qc6 31. Qg4 Na5 32. Bd1 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portnoy, Yuriy"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 d6 5. h4 Be7 6. hxg5 Bxg5 7. d3 Bg4 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c6 10. Bd2 Bh4+ 11. Kd1 Bg3 12. Kc1 Ne5 13. d4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc7 15. d5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne7 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Nxg3 fxg3 21. Rg1 h5 22. Rxg3 h4 23. Rh3 Kd7 24. c4 Ne5 25. Bc3 Rag8 26. Kc2 Rh5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rah1 Rg2+ 29. Kc3 Rf2 30. Rd1+ Ke7 31. a3 f5 32. b4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Rf4 34. Kd3 Rg5 35. Re1 Rg2 36. c5 Ra2 37. Kc4 Rg2 38. a4 Rgg4 39. Rhe3 Rg3 40. b5 Kd7 41. a5 cxb5+ 42. Kxb5 Kc7 43. c6 Rg6 44. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolosov, Anatoly G1111"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 Ngf6 7. h3 0-0 8. Nc3 h6 9. Qe2 c6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nh2 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 Bc5+ 14. Be3 Bd4 15. Qf2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Qh4 c5 18. Ng4 Qd8 19. f6 Ndxf6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bxh6 Ne8 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Be7 Nd6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rae1 e4 26. Qg3 Qc6 27. Rf6 Qxa4 28. Bb3 Qa6 29. Rxd6 c4 30. Red1 cxb3 31. cxb3 Qb5 32. b4 Bc6 33. Rd8 Be8 34. R1d5 Qc4 35. Qe5 Kh7 36. Qe7 Rg8 37. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Galaev, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Qb5+ Nc6 8. Qxb7 Nxd4 9. 0-0-0 c5 10. Bb5+ Nxb5 11. Nxb5 0-0 12. Nf3 a6 13. Nc7 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Qc3 d4 16. Qc4 Rb4 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxa6 Ra4 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. a3 d3 22. Rxd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxf2 24. g3 h6 25. Rf1 Qb6 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Qc3 Raa8 28. Qc4 Qb7 29. g4 Rac8 30. Qf4 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kachalov, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. h3 h6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Qc1 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nc3 a4 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bg3 b5 17. f4 f5 18. c4 dxc3+ 19. Kh1 fxe4 20. Bb1 cxb2 21. Qxb2 exf4 22. Ba2+ Kh8 23. Bxf4 Bb7 24. Rac1 e3 25. Rf3 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Rg3 Re8 28. Rc3 Rxf4 29. Nxf4 e2 30. Nxe2 Rxe2 31. Rcd3 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Bg1+ 33. Kh1 Bf2+ 34. Kh2 Bxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Re7 36. Bb1 g5 37. Bc2 Kg7 38. Bd1 Nf6 39. Bg4 Nxg4 40. Kxg4 Bxg2 41. Rc3 Bf1 42. Kg3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Filonov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Re1 c6 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne3 Rfe8 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. g4 Bg6 15. Re2 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Bxd3 17. Rc1 Bg3 18. Rg2 Nf6 19. Be1 Bf4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Be3+ 22. Bf2 Qf4 23. Rc2 Qxf5 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Rcf2 Ne4 26. Rf1 Qh5 27. Kh2 Re8 28. Rg4 Nf6 29. Rh4 Re2+ 30. Kh1 Qg6 31. Rg1 Qc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Rf4 Ne4 34. Rg2 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Nd3 36. Rxc2 Nxf4 37. Kg3 Re2 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Nd3 40. b3 c5 41. dxc5 Nxc5 42. Kf4 f6 43. Ke3 Ne6 44. c4 dxc4 45. Nxc4 Kf8 46. Nd6 Nd8 47. a4 b6 48. b4 Ke7 49. Nc8+ Kd7 50. Nxa7 Nc6 51. Nxc6 Kxc6 52. Kd4 h5 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kd4 f5 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Be6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Qd7 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Bf6 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Ne4 Bh3 15. Nf4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rad8 17. Qa4 Nxd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rac1 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mizinov, Igor"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 h6 8. Be3 c6 9. a4 Re8 10. Qd2 Bf8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nh2 Ng6 13. Qd4 Qc7 14. f4 b6 15. Bf3 d5 16. e5 Bc5 17. Qd2 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe3 Kh7 23. Qxe4 f6 24. e6 Rad8 25. Rae1 c5 26. c3 c4 27. Ng4 Qc5+ 28. Qe3 Qf5 29. Nh2 Rd3 30. Qe4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 f5 32. Qe2 Qc6 33. Qh5 Rxe6 34. Qxf5 Rf6 35. Qe4 Qc7 36. f5 Nf8 37. Ng4 Rfd6 38. f6+ g6 39. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Eremin, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1763"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg5 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Uryadov, Sergey S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c4 Qd8 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 a6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rc1 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. d5 e5 20. b4 Rc8 21. Qe3 f5 22. Rc2 f4 23. Qa3 f3 24. Qxa6 Qg5 25. g3 Qf5 26. Rc3 Qh3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Qxb6 Rf6 29. Qb5 Qf5 30. Rf1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Cup op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kolosov, Anatoly G1111"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be6 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. c4 h6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bf6 13. 0-0 Na6 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Re1 Bg5 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Bd4 Qg6 19. g4 h5 20. e5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Qh6 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. e6 Qf6 25. Qf3 Be5 26. Qxh5 Bxb2 27. Rab1 Rae8 28. d6 cxd6 29. exf7+ Rxf7 30. Bb3 Ref8 31. Re6 Qd4 32. Rg1 c4 33. Rh6 Qe4+ 34. f3 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Cup op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pirogov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. h3 h6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Qd6 12. Qc1 Nbd7 13. c3 Ne4 14. g3 Ndf6 15. Qc2 g5 16. Ng2 Bxh3 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Nce3 Ndf6 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. Rae1 Re7 22. f4 gxf4 23. Nxf4 Rae8 24. Neg2 a6 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Qd1 Kh7 27. Nh5 Rg8 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxg8 Kxg8 31. Qh5 Kg7 32. Ne3 Qd6 33. Nc4 Qg6 34. Qc5 Qg4 35. Rf2 Qg5 36. Ne5 Qh5+ 37. Kg1 Be6 38. Qxe7 Qd1+ 39. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Cup op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chepenko, Anton"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 h6 9. f4 a6 10. Qf3 b5 11. Nc6 Qe8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qxe4 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd5 Bf5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. c3 Be6 19. a4 Bc4 20. Re1 f5 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. Be3 Kf7 23. Kh2 Bc4 24. b4 Re8 25. Bd4 Bb5 26. g4 g6 27. Ra2 Nxc3 28. Bxc3 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Cup op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Abdurahmanov, Afer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bf4 h6 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. e5 0-0-0 9. 0-0-0 g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bf5 Ngf6 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Nce5 Re8 16. Qd2 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Nxf7 Rf8 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Qa5 Kb8 22. g3 Nb6 23. Re6 Qd8 24. Qa3 Nbd5 25. Rde1 b4 26. Qd3 Bc8 27. R6e5 Nd7 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Cup op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2008.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seyfutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bd2 h6 6. Nc3 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Qc1 Re8 10. d4 Bf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a3 Nc5 13. Bd1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Be3 Bg6 17. Bd2 c5 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Nh2 Rad8 20. Ng4 cxb4 21. axb4 Nxg4 22. Bxg4 Nf6 23. Bf3 a6 24. b5 a5 25. Re3 Bb4 26. Rd3 Qc4 27. Qf1 Rd4 28. Qe2 Red8 29. Rxb4 axb4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Nb1 Qa1 32. Qd1 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2 Bxe4 36. f3 Bxc2 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4 e4 39. fxe4 Bxe4 40. Qf2 Qc2 41. Qg3 b3 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Cup op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goncharov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Qc2 Be7 9. 0-0 Rc8 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Bb5 0-0 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Bf4 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Be2 19. Rfe1 Bc4 20. Nd2 Bd3 21. b3 Bb5 22. Qa3 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. c4 dxc4 26. bxc4 Bc6 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rec8 29. Rd4 g6 30. h3 Ra5 31. Qc3 Rxa2 32. c5 Qc6 33. Rd6 Qxd6 34. cxd6 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Rd2 36. Ra3 Rxd6 37. Rxa7 Kg7 38. Kf1 Rd2 39. Ra3 h5 40. g3 g5 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Kf3 f5 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Kf3 Rd4 45. Ra2 g4+ 46. Kg2 gxh3+ 47. Kxh3 f4 48. g4 Rd5 49. Kh4 hxg4 50. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Uljanovsk Cup op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agapchev, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Be2 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bf6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rc1 0-0 12. Nh4 Re8 13. f4 b6 14. Kf2 Bb7 15. Nhf3 Be7 16. Rh2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rch1 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4+ 20. Bxg4 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6+ 22. Nf3 e5 23. Qf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Rf8 25. Be6+ Kh7 26. Ke2 Rf6 27. Bg4 e4 28. Ne5 Raf8 29. Nd7 Rf2+ 30. Ke1 R8f7 31. Be6 Rxd7 32. Kxf2 Rd6 33. Bf5+ Kg8 34. Ke2 Rf6 35. Bg4 Rg6 36. Bh3 Rxg3 37. Rf1 Ba6+ 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Cup op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pisarenko, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nxd4 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Bf4 e6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qa3 c5 19. c3 Rc7 20. h3 c4 21. Qd6 Qd8 22. Qe5 Rb7 23. Rd2 Qb8 24. Qe2 Qf4 25. Rd4 Qf6 26. Rd2 g6 27. Qe3 Rfb8 28. Ree2 a5 29. Qc5 Rb5 30. Qe3 Qf5 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Qd4+ Qf6 33. Qa7 R8b7 34. Qa6 Qd8 35. Rcd2 Qb8 36. a4 Rc5 37. b4 cxb3 38. Rb2 Qc7 39. Qd3 Rxc3 40. Qd4+ Kg8 41. Re1 Qc5 42. Qf6 Rc2 43. Re2 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 b2 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sidorov, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Bg5 dxe4 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxe4 Bc5 9. c3 0-0 10. 0-0 Rd8 11. Qb3 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Na5 15. Qb5 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Qc5 b6 18. Qc7 Rd7 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Qg3 Bb7 21. Rad1 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxd7 Qxb2 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Rxa7 Nd4 27. Qa3 Qd2 28. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjgincev, Valentin"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. d3 Be7 5. Be3 Nd7 6. 0-0 Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. c3 Nc5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Nxg4 12. Nxg6 Nxe3 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. fxe3 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Qxe3 16. Rf3 Qh6 17. Qe2 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Raf1 Rf4 20. Rxf4 exf4 21. Qg4 e5 22. Nf3 Rf8 23. Ng5 Qf6 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Nf3 h6 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Nxg5 Rh6+ 30. Kg2 Rg6 31. Rh1+ Kg8 32. Rh5 Kg7 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. Nh3 Rg3+ 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. Rh8 Kg7 37. Rh4 Kg6 38. Nf2 Kg5 39. Rh7 Re3+ 40. Kf1 f3 41. Rf7 Kh4 42. b4 Kg3 43. Rg7+ Kh4 44. Rxc7 Re2 45. Rf7 Kg3 46. Nh1+ Kg4 47. Nf2+ Kg3 48. Rg7+ Kf4 49. Nh3+ Ke3 50. Rg3 Rxa2 51. Kg1 Ke2 52. Rg6 Kxd3 53. Rxd6+ Kxe4 54. Re6 Rc2 55. Nf2+ Kf5 56. Re7 e4 57. Nxe4 Kf4 58. Nc5 Rxc3 59. Rxb7 a5 60. Na4 Ra3 61. Nc5 Ra1+ 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kf1 Ra1+ 64. Kf2 Ra2+ 65. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fazlutdinov, Niyz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qd3 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Qb3 Nd5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. h3 b6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 a5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Ne5 b5 17. Nxc6 bxc4 18. Nxd8 cxb3 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. c3 bxa2 21. Rxe6 Kf7 22. Re2 Rfb8 23. Rxa2 a4 24. Be3 Nb6 25. Bf4 Rc8 26. Be5 Bf8 27. Ra1 e6 28. Rae1 Rc6 29. Ra1 Nd5 30. Rc2 a3 31. bxa3 Rxc3 32. Rca2 Rcxa3 33. Rxa3 Rxa3 34. Rxa3 Bxa3 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. g4 Bd6 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg3 Nd3 39. f4 Bxe5 40. dxe5 g5 41. f5 exf5 42. gxf5 Nxe5 43. h4 g4 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. h5 g3 46. Kxg3 Kxf5 47. Kh4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Olisov, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 g6 6. Qxe5+ Qe7 7. d4 Nc6 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nf5 11. Nb5 Bd8 12. g4 Nfe7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Ng5 d5 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Nc3 Nxb3 18. axb3 c6 19. h3 Ba5 20. Nf3 f6 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bd6 Ng6 23. b4 Bb6 24. Na4 Kf7 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Kf1 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Nf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Ke2 Kg6 32. Kf3 Kg5 33. Ng2 f5 34. h4+ Kg6 35. g5 b6 36. Nxf4+ Kg7 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Nd3 Be8 39. Ne5 c5 40. c3 Ba4 41. Kf4 cxd4 42. cxd4 Bc2 43. Nc6 Kf7 44. Nb4 Be4 45. f3 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parshakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d4 0-0 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qh5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qe3 Bb4 18. f3 d4 19. Qe5 dxc3 20. fxg4 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxg4 22. Bf4 Bc5+ 23. e3 Bxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Nxe3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc1 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nxd1 28. Be4 Ne3 29. Kf2 c2 30. Bxc2 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikeev, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 Qc7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e5 Nd5 8. a3 Nd7 9. Ne4 c5 10. c3 b6 11. c4 f5 12. Neg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Ne7 14. Nxe6 Qb8 15. Nxg7+ Kf7 16. Nxf5 dxe5 17. Be4 exd4 18. Qh5+ Ng6 19. 0-0 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rd8 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. f5 Bb7 24. Qe6 Rf8 25. Qd7+ Kh8 26. f6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Be4 28. Bg5 Ne5 29. Nf7+ Nxf7 30. Rxf7 Qe8 31. Rxh7+ Bxh7 32. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Trapeznikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ 8. Qd2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Kxd8 10. e4 N5f6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. f3 h6 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Rac1 a6 16. h3 Bb5 17. Bb1 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 c6 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. Ke3 Kf8 21. Ke2 Rad8 22. Rd2 a5 23. a4 Nfd5 24. Rc5 Nd7 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. Kf2 Nf6 27. Rc5 b6 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Ke3 Nfd5+ 30. Kf2 Nf4 31. Ke3 g5 32. Kf2 f5 33. g3 Nxh3+ 34. Kg2 g4 35. exf5 Ng5 36. fxg4 Re3 37. Bc2 c5 38. Kf2 cxd4 39. Rxd4 Rf3+ 40. Kg2 Rxd4 41. Bd1 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Nh3+ 43. Kh1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergey"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. dxe5 Ng4 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Ng5 Nge5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Be3 a6 15. Bc4 b5 16. Be2 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rf3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Bd4 Nf6 22. c3 Qe4 23. Bd3 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Qf2 Qd5 26. Be2 Ne4 27. Qb6 Qd2 28. Qe3 Qxb2 29. Rd1 Nc3 30. Qxc3 Qxe2 31. Re1 Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. Rc3 Nxa2 34. Rxc4 a5 35. Ra1 Nb4 36. Rxa5 Nd3 37. Rd5 Nb2 38. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikiforov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovtun, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. Be3 b6 9. Ne5 dxe5 10. Bxa8 exd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxb2 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bd5 Bb7 18. f3 e6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qf4 Qa6 21. Rd2 Qa4 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Qh4 Ne6 24. Qe7 Qxc4 25. Qxa7 b5 26. Kf1 b4 27. Rd7 Nd4 28. Re1 Nxf3 29. Rc7 Nd2+ 30. Kg1 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 exd4 32. Rb7 Ra8 33. Rc1 Be5 34. Rc2 Ne4 35. Rxb4 Nc3 36. Rbb2 Kg7 37. Kf1 Ra6 38. Ke1 Ra3 39. Rd2 h5 40. Rbc2 Ra4 41. Kf1 Ne4 42. Rd3 g5 43. Rb2 Nc3 44. Rdd2 Ra6 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Rbc2 Kg6 47. h3 f6 48. Kf3 Ra4 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 Bf4 51. Rd3 Nxa2 52. Rb2 Nc1 53. Rd1 Rc4 54. Rg1 Be3 55. Rf1 Rc3 56. Ke4 Nb3 57. Rd1 Nc5+ 58. Kd5 Nd7 59. Rd3 1/2-1/2

