[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rudakov, Aleksander"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nbc6 8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Qd5 Qe7 14. Nb5 Rb8 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nf5 Qg5 17. Qxc5+ Kg8 18. h4 Qf6 19. Rd1 g6 20. Rh3 h5 21. Rd6 Qd8 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Qd5 Qa5+ 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. Rxd7 Bxe4 26. Nd6 Bc2 27. Nxf7 Rhg8 28. Nxe5+ Rg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Elizarova, Taisia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nxe4 Qd8 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. c3 0-0 10. Qc2 h6 11. 0-0-0 Rb8 12. g4 b5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Rdg1 g4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 b4 17. Rxg4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. f4 Bh6 21. Rhg1 Bb7 22. h4 Ba8 23. h5 f5 24. Rg6 Kh7 25. Bc4 Rb6 26. Ka1 Bb7 27. Na4 Rc6 28. Qb3 Bc8 29. Bb5 Rb6 30. Nxb6 cxb6 31. Bc4 Re8 32. Qg3 Qf8 33. a3 Re7 34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. Qxe6 Qc5 38. Rd1 Qc7 39. Qd6 Qf7 40. e6 Qxh5 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. e7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei V"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bc8 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Rd2 Nb6 15. Ne4 Nc4 16. Rf2 Ne6 17. c3 Rb8 18. b3 Na5 19. g4 h5 20. Nf3 hxg4 21. hxg4 b6 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Nc7 24. f6 Bh6 25. Nfg5 Ne6 26. fxe7 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg5 Rg8 29. Nxf7 Bh3 30. Nh6 Rxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Kxe7 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. Ke4 Rh8 35. Nf5 Rh2 36. Rg1 Re2+ 37. Ne3 Rxa2 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Rf6+ Ke8 40. Nf5 Rd2 41. Rh6 Rd1 42. e6 Re1+ 43. Kd5 Rd1+ 44. Ke5 Nc6+ 45. Kf6 Kd8 46. Rh8+ Kc7 47. Rh7+ Kd8 48. e7+ Nxe7 49. Nxe7 Rd3 50. Nc6+ Kc8 51. Nxa7+ Kb8 52. Nb5 Rd2 53. Ke6 Kc8 54. Nd6+ Kd8 55. Rh8+ Kc7 56. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Levdansky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 d4 6. d3 e5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bc5 9. Na3 0-0 10. Nc2 a5 11. h3 Re8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Qd6 16. Nc2 Ne6 17. a3 Nf4 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Nxg6 Nxg6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nf4 22. Ra7 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 c5 24. Kg1 e4 25. Rxb7 e3 26. fxe3 dxe3 27. Qe1 cxb4 28. Rxb4 h5 29. g5 Nh7 30. h4 Nf8 31. Rb7 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Rf3 Ng6 34. Qg3 Ra8 35. Nxe3 Ra1+ 36. Rf1 Ra2 37. Rf2 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Qd4 39. Nf5 Qb2 40. Ne3 Qd4 41. Nc2 Qc3 42. Nxa1 Qxa1 43. Rf5 Qa8+ 44. Kh2 Qa7 45. Qf2 Qa8 46. d4 Qb8+ 47. Kg2 Qb7+ 48. d5 Qe7 49. Kg1 Qe4 50. d6 Nxh4 51. Rf4 Qb1+ 52. Kh2 Ng6 53. Rxf7 Qb8 54. c5 Qb2 55. Rf5 h4 56. d7 Qb8+ 57. Kg1 h3 58. Rf3 Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qb8+ 60. Qg3 Qd8 61. c6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suvorov, Aleksandr2222"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 Nge7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. e3 d6 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. h3 Bf5 10. g4 Bd7 11. d4 Qc8 12. d5 Nd8 13. Qd2 b6 14. f4 exf4 15. exf4 Re8 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 h6 19. Bb2 Kh7 20. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Kopasov, Evgeny Aleksandrovi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ne5 Be4 17. f3 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Bd5 20. e4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nd6 b6 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Nc4 Nd7 27. Ke2 Nc5 28. Bd6+ Be7 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Ne5 Ke7 31. Nd3 Kd6 32. h3 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. b4 Bd4 35. Kd2 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ba1 38. Kc2 Bd4 39. Kb3 Ba1 40. Ka2 Bc3 41. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhivotovskaya, Asya"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Be2 d6 8. 0-0 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nc3 0-0 15. Bc2 Ne7 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bg5 Ned5 19. Bf6+ Nxf6 20. exf6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf4 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Ng4 Bc6 24. Re3 Rad8 25. Rh3+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Qxh6 27. Rxh6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nd7 29. Rh4 Nxf6 30. c4 Kg7 31. Rhd4 Rh8 32. Rd8 Rh4 33. R1d4 Rh5 34. f4 Rh4 35. g3 Rh5 36. Bd1 Rc5 37. Kf2 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 f5 39. Bf3 e5 40. fxe5 Rxe5 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. R4d7+ Kh6 43. Rd5 Re7 44. Rxa5 Rf7 45. Re5 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rc3 47. Rc5 Rc1 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kd2 Rf1 50. Rxc6 bxc6 51. a4 Ra1 52. Ra8 Kg5 53. a5 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Rxh2 55. Kxe4 Rg2 56. a6 Ra2 57. Kd4 Ra5 58. Kc3 c5 59. Kd3 Ra4 60. a7 Kg4 61. Ke4 Rxc4+ 62. Kd5 Ra4 63. Kxc5 Kxg3 64. Kb6 g5 65. Rg8 g4 66. a8Q Rxa8 67. Rxa8 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. 0-0 Ne4 11. Rad1 0-0 12. Bc1 Ndf6 13. Rde1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Rd1 dxc4 17. Nxc4 c5 18. Ne5 cxd4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. cxd4 Nc3 21. Rde1 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Qd7 23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Qxa3 b5 25. Rc2 a5 26. Rfc1 b4 27. Qb3 Rfb8 28. Rc7 Qe8 29. d5 a4 30. Qd3 exd5 31. Qxd5 b3 32. axb3 axb3 33. Rb1 b2 34. Rb7 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeeva, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 e6 13. Bf3 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bc6 e4 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 19. Rc1 Bh6 20. Rc2 Bf5 21. g4 Bd7 22. Bb2 Qe6 23. h3 Bg5 24. Qd4 f6 25. Rd1 Rb7 26. Re2 e3 27. f4 Bh4 28. Rxe3 Qf7 29. Qd5 Rc7 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Toporkova, Sofia"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. h4 Bg4 8. d5 Nbd7 9. Nh2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 a6 11. g4 h5 12. f4 hxg4 13. Nxg4 Nh5 14. Rh3 e6 15. Bd2 b5 16. e5 bxc4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. exd6 Ndf6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Ne5 Re8 21. Qf7 Qxd6 22. Qxg6+ Kg8 23. 0-0-0 Re7 24. Nxc4 Qd4 25. Na3 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Kb1 Qg4 28. Qxg4 Nxg4 29. Rg3 Nf6 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Re1+ 32. Kc2 Ra7 33. Rxc5 Rb7 34. Nc4 Kh7 35. Rh5+ Kg8 36. Re5 Rh1 37. Rg4 Rh2+ 38. Kd3 Rd7+ 39. Ke4 Rc7 40. Kd3 Rd7+ 41. Ke3 Kh7 42. Rh5+ Bh6+ 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Re1 45. Ne5 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Rd2+ 47. Kf1 Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Rd2+ 49. Kh1 Rxb2 50. Rg6 Re1+ 51. Rg1 Rxg1+ 52. Kxg1 Kg7 53. a4 Rb4 54. Nd7 Rxa4 55. Kg2 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 a5 57. Nb6 Ra1 58. Rd5 Kg6 59. h5+ Kg7 60. Rd7+ Kf6 61. Kg4 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Rb1 63. Rd6+ Kg5 64. Rd5+ Kh4 65. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Kholova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Re1 e6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. c3 0-0-0 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. g3 f5 14. Bg5 Rde8 15. Ng2 f6 16. Bh4 e5 17. d5 e4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Ba6+ Kb8 20. Red1 Rhg8 21. Qd2 Bh5 22. Qxd6 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Kc7 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Bxf6 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+ 28. Ke2 Ng4 29. Bd4 Rgf8 30. Rh1 h6 31. Bc4 Rb8 32. b4 a5 33. Nf4 Kd7 34. Bc5 Rf6 35. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pimenov, Revolt"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e4 Nb6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rc1 c6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bf4 Kh7 13. h3 Rc8 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Nh2 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Rce1 g6 19. Ng4 h5 20. f5 exf5 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Ne3 Qe6 23. Ne2 Nxe5 24. Nf4 Qf6 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxh5 Qh8 27. Qxh8+ Kxh8 28. Nf4 Rce8 29. Nd1 Nd7 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. b4 Nd7 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Kg7 35. Kd2 Kf6 36. Ke3 g5 37. Ne2 f4+ 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. Ng1 f5 40. Ne2 Ne5 41. Ng1 g4 42. h4 b6 43. h5 Kf6 44. h6 Nf7 45. h7 Kg7 46. Nc3 Kxh7 47. b5 cxb5 48. Nxd5 Kg6 49. Nxf4+ Kg5 50. g3 Kf6 51. Nge2 Ng5 52. Nc3 Nf3+ 53. Ke3 Nh2 54. Nxb5 a6 55. Nc7 Ke5 56. Nxa6 Nf1+ 57. Kf2 Nd2 58. Ke2 Nb1 59. Nb4 Nc3+ 60. Ke3 Nd1+ 61. Ke2 Nc3+ 62. Kd2 Nb1+ 63. Kc2 Na3+ 64. Kb3 Nb5 65. a4 Nd4+ 66. Kc4 Nf3 67. Nc6+ Kf6 68. d4 Nd2+ 69. Kd3 Ne4 70. Ne2 Kg5 71. Ke3 Nxg3 72. Nxg3 f4+ 73. Kf2 fxg3+ 74. Kxg3 Kf5 75. Nb4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Eryshkanova, Anastasiya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Bxe2 dxc6 8. Bf4 Nd5 9. Bg3 Bf5 10. c3 0-0-0 11. 0-0 g5 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Bc4 f6 14. Bxd6 Rxd6 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. b3 c5 17. dxc5 Rxd2 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Be6+ Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Rf8 21. Kf1 Kd7 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Re8+ 24. Kd2 Ra8 25. Kc2 b5 26. Rd1+ Kc6 27. Ra1 Kc5 28. f3 h5 29. h3 h4 30. a3 Kd5 31. Rd1+ Ke6 32. Re1+ Kf5 33. Re7 c6 34. Rxb7 Rxa3 35. Kb2 Ra6 36. Re7 Kf4 37. Re6 f5 38. Rg6 Ra8 39. Rxc6 Re8 40. Rc5 Re2+ 41. Ka3 Rxg2 42. Rxb5 Rg3 43. c4 Rxh3 44. c5 Rxf3 45. Rb4+ Ke5 46. Rc4 Rd3 47. c6 Rd8 48. c7 Rc8 49. Rc5+ Ke6 50. b4 h3 51. b5 h2 52. Rc6+ Ke5 53. Rh6 Rxc7 54. Rxh2 Rb7 55. Kb4 g4 56. Kc5 f4 57. Re2+ Kf5 58. Re8 g3 59. Kc6 Rg7 60. b6 g2 61. Rf8+ Ke4 62. Re8+ Kf3 63. Re1 Kf2 64. Re4 f3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Osipov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Qe2 d4 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rb1 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxc3 13. Bb5 0-0 14. 0-0 Qc7 15. Re1 Nb6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bd6 Qa5 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 a6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rb3 Rec8 24. Bb4 Nxb4 25. axb4 Qxe5 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 b5 28. Kf1 Bb7 29. f3 Rc4 30. Rd1 Rac8 31. Rd3 g5 32. Ke2 g4 33. fxg4 Rxg4 34. g3 Rgc4 35. Kd2 R8c7 36. Rb2 h5 37. Ne2 e5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne2 d5 9. c3 e5 10. Be3 d4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Qc1 Bg4 14. Rd1 Rac8 15. Qb1 f5 16. Ng5 Bxe2 17. Re1 Bh5 18. a3 Nd8 19. Bb4 Bf6 20. Qa2+ Kg7 21. h4 h6 22. Nh3 a5 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. f4 Rc2 25. fxe5 Rxb2 26. Qd5 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Qe6 28. Nf4 Qg4 29. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 30. Ng2 Rff2 31. Qd5 Rxg2+ 32. Bxg2 Bc5+ 33. d4 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oxener, Aldo"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. a3 0-0 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd7 11. Bxh7+ Kf8 12. Qh5 Qf6 13. Nxf7 Bf4 14. Nf3 Ke7 15. a4 Nf8 16. Ba3+ Kd7 17. N7e5+ Nxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19. exf6 gxh5 20. Bg8 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Kxd6 22. Ng5 Ke5 23. f7 Rd8 24. Rd1 Bd7 25. Rd3 Rac8 26. Kd2 Kf6 27. f4 e5 28. g3 Bf5 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Kxc3 Rc8+ 31. Kb4 exf4 32. gxf4 Rxc2 33. Rd1 Rf2 34. Rxd5 Rxf4+ 35. Ka3 Kxg5 36. Rd8 Ne6 37. f8Q Nxf8 38. Rxf8 Be4 39. Rd8 Rf2 40. Re8 Bc6 41. h3 Bxe8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Gladkov, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Bd3 d6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 0-0 10. Nd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. g3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Qxh3 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. b3 Bh6 19. Na5 Qc8 20. b4 Rd7 21. Bc4 Rfd8 22. Bb3 b5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Kg2 Qc7 25. Rh1 Kg7 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. Rd3 Rd6 28. Kf1 Qd7 29. Ke2 Ne8 30. Bc2 Qc7 31. Nb3 Bg5 32. Nc5 Be7 33. Bb3 Nf6 34. Qe3 a5 35. a3 axb4 36. axb4 h5 37. Qf3 Rxd3 38. Nxd3 c5 39. bxc5 Bxc5 40. Nxc5 Qxc5 41. Qe3 Qa3 42. Bd5 Nxd5 43. exd5 Qa2+ 44. Qd2 Qxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Kf6 46. Kd3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Botvinnik Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. 0-0 Nge7 6. d4 a6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Bc7 b5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne7 17. Rad1 Kf7 18. Bb6 c4 19. a3 Rac8 20. f3 Rhe8 21. Ne2 e5 22. Nc3 h6 23. Na2 f5 24. Nb4 fxe4 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. fxe4 Rec8 27. Bd8 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Nc6 29. Bb6 Ne7 30. Rd7 Ke8 31. Ra7 Rc6 32. Ba5 Re6 33. Bc3 g5 34. Bb4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Bxe7+ Rxe7 37. Rxa6+ Kg7 38. Rb6 Rd7 39. Ke3 Rd1 40. Rxb5 Rg1 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. c3 Kf6 43. a4 Ra1 44. a5 h5 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. a6 Ke7 47. h3 Kf7 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. Rc6 Kf7 50. Rxc4 Rxa6 51. Rc5 Kf6 52. b4 Ra2 53. Rc6+ Kf7 54. b5 Rb2 55. c4 Ke7 56. b6 Kd7 57. Rc7+ Kd6 58. c5+ Ke6 59. b7 h4+ 60. Kh2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shakirova, Renata"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 Nxc3 8. Qxg7 Rf8 9. a3 Nb5+ 10. axb4 Nxd4 11. Bh6 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Qxf8+ Qxf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. c3 Nc6 16. f4 Kg7 17. 0-0 Nce7 18. Rf3 d5 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Re1 f5 22. Rg3 Kf6 23. g5+ Kf7 24. Rh3 Rh8 25. c4 Ng6 26. Rf1 Bc6 27. Re3 a6 28. Be2 Ne4 29. b5 axb5 30. cxb5 Bd5 31. Bh5 Rc8 32. Ree1 Ke7 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Rc1 Rh8 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rg7 Rh4 37. Rc1 Rg4+ 38. Kf1 Rxf4+ 39. Ke1 Rg4 40. Rcc7 Rxg5 41. b6 Ke5 42. Rxb7 Bc4 43. Kd1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Ladzin, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. c3 h6 12. d4 c4 13. Kh1 Nf8 14. a3 Na5 15. Be3 Nb3 16. Rb1 a5 17. Nd2 a4 18. Ng1 g6 19. Bh3 h5 20. Ngf3 Nh7 21. Nxb3 axb3 22. Qd2 Qd7 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. fxg5 Rh7 25. Rf3 0-0-0 26. Rbf1 Rf8 27. R1f2 Bd8 28. Qe1 Bc6 29. Qf1 Qe8 30. Kg1 Bd7 31. Bg2 Kb8 32. Qe2 Kc8 33. Kf1 Kb8 34. Ke1 Kc8 35. h4 Be7 36. Qf1 Kb7 37. Bc1 Kc7 38. Kd1 Kb7 39. Rf4 Kc7 40. R2f3 Kb7 41. Rf2 Kc7 42. Bf3 Rg8 43. Be2 Rgg7 44. Rh2 Qd8 45. Qg2 Kb7 46. Rf1 Rg8 47. Rfh1 Rhg7 48. Rh3 Kc7 49. Bf3 Kb6 50. Qe2 Kb7 51. Be3 Kc7 52. Kc1 Kb6 53. Kb1 Kc7 54. Qd2 Kb6 55. Bf4 Kb7 56. g4 hxg4 57. Bxg4 Kc7 58. Bf3 Kb6 59. Rg3 Rh8 60. Rg4 Kb7 61. Rh2 Kb6 62. Qg2 Rgh7 63. Bg3 Kb7 64. Rh1 Kb6 65. Rf1 Kb7 66. Qf2 Be8 67. Rf4 Qd7 68. Bg2 Bd8 69. Qe1 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Altshul, Raffael"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Bf4 f6 13. Qd2 a6 14. a4 Re8 15. Bh6 Nf8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. a5 Rb8 19. f4 b5 20. axb6 Rxb6 21. e5 Qb8 22. Ra2 Qd8 23. e6 Bc8 24. Nf3 Bb7 25. g4 Qa8 26. Qf2 Rb4 27. Nd2 Rb8 28. b3 h6 29. h4 Nh7 30. Ra3 Rf8 31. Nce4 Qe8 32. Nxc5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 dxc5 34. Qxc5 Rxf4 35. Qxc7 Rxg4 36. Ra4 Rxa4 37. bxa4 Qxa4 38. Qxe7+ Kg8 39. Nf3 g5 40. Rc1 gxh4 41. Rc7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nedostup, Daniil"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. 0-0 Ng6 8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Nf8 12. Qd2 d6 13. g4 e5 14. f5 h6 15. Nd5 f6 16. Kh2 Kh7 17. Ng1 a5 18. Nf3 Nd4 19. Nh4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb5 21. Be4 Nd7 22. Rf3 Rg8 23. g5 Bf8 24. Rg1 Rh8 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. Rg6 Bg7 27. Bxh6 Rg8 28. Bxg7 Rxg7 29. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Belov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Bc2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Na5 11. 0-0 Nc4 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Nc3 b5 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Ne2 Be7 19. Nd2 Rc6 20. Nb3 Rg8 21. Qd3 Rg6 22. Nc5 f6 23. f4 f5 24. Rac1 Qd8 25. Rc3 Kf7 26. Nxd7 Rxc3 27. Nxc3 Qxd7 28. Qxb5 Qc8 29. Rc1 Qg8 30. Qf1 h5 31. Ne2 h4 32. Rc3 Qe8 33. Kh1 Qa4 34. Qc1 a5 35. bxa5 Qxa5 36. Rc7 Qb5 37. Qc5 Qe8 38. Qa7 Rg7 39. a4 Kg6 40. Qb7 Kh6 41. Qb3 Qh5 42. Qf3 Qe8 43. Qb3 Qh5 44. Ng1 Qg6 45. Qf3 Bd8 46. Rxg7 Qxg7 47. Qb3 Qa7 48. Ne2 Qa5 49. h3 Bb6 50. Kh2 Qa7 51. Qb4 Qc7 52. Qf8+ Qg7 53. Qd6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Razumovskiy, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 f6 7. Nf7 Kxf7 8. Bc4+ Ke8 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Bxf4 Bg7 11. c3 Na5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b4 Nc6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Nd2 Kd8 16. Rae1 Kc8 17. a4 h5 18. Nc4 Nh6 19. b5 Nd8 20. Qb2 Nhf7 21. a5 Be6 22. b6 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 axb6 24. axb6 c6 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Bh6 27. Bxf7 Bxf4 28. Bg6 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Kd7 30. Rf5 Rh6 31. Bxh5 g3 32. Qb1 Ne6 33. Qd3 Ng7 34. Rf3 Bf2 35. Bg4+ Ke8 36. Rxg3 Bxg3 37. Qxg3 f5 38. Bh3 fxe4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Markevich, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 d5 7. Nh3 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Bd2 b5 11. b3 Qb6 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb7 15. Bc3 Nd4 16. Nf2 f5 17. Bxd4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 19. dxe4 cxd4 20. h4 Rbc8 21. Qe2 Rc3 22. Qg4 Qc6 23. Rae1 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gantsevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. f3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. e5 Nd5 12. c4 Qe3+ 13. Qxe3 Nxe3 14. Kd2 Nxf1+ 15. Rhxf1 b6 16. Kc3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rd4 Ke7 19. Rad1 Rhd8 20. Rg4 g6 21. Rh4 h5 22. Rhd4 Rc5 23. f4 b5 24. Kb2 bxc4 25. Kc3 Ra5 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Rad1 Ra3+ 28. Kd2 Rb6 29. Ke1 Bb5 30. Rb1 Rxa2 31. Rd2 Bc6 32. Rc1 a5 33. Kf2 a4 34. Ke3 Ra3+ 35. Kd4 Bd5 36. c3 Rab3 37. Ra2 Ra6 38. g3 a3 39. h4 Rb2 40. Rxb2 axb2 41. Rb1 Ra2 42. Ke3 f5 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. f5 exf5 45. Rd1 Be4 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Rxd7+ Kh6 48. g4 hxg4 49. Rd2 b1Q 50. Rxa2 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Spring op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Saakyan, Tiran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2012.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Nc3 a6 12. 0-0 Qd8 13. Ne1 Ne7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bg4 Ne7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Nd3 b6 18. Rac1 0-0 19. Nb2 Kh8 20. Qd3 f5 21. Be2 b5 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rg8 25. g3 Bf8 26. Kh1 Be8 27. Qd3 Na7 28. Bf3 Bc6 29. Bh5 Be8 30. Bf3 Bc6 31. Ne2 Be7 32. Qb3 Bd7 33. Nd3 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Nc5 Nc6 37. Qc3 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Qd8 39. Qb2 Bb7 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Qd2 Kg7 43. Ke1 Kf8 44. Kd1 Ke7 45. Qd3 Qg8 46. h3 Qg6 47. Kd2 Ba8 48. Kc3 h5 49. Bg2 h4 50. g4 Kf7 51. Bf3 fxg4 52. hxg4 Qxd3+ 53. Kxd3 h6 54. Kd2 a5 55. Nc3 axb4 56. axb4 Nxb4 57. Nxb5 Bc6 58. Nd4 Bd7 59. Kc3 Nc6 60. Nxc6 Bxc6 61. Kd4 h3 62. f5 h2 63. Bh1 h5 64. f6 hxg4 65. Bg2 g3 66. Kd3 Bb5+ 67. Ke3 Bf1 68. Kf3 Bxg2+ 69. Kxg2 d4 70. c6 d3 71. c7 d2 72. c8Q h1Q+ 73. Kxh1 d1Q+ 74. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Gorny, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bc8 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bf8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Nf5 Nc6 21. Bb3 Ne7 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Re3 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rf3 Red8 27. Rd1 c5 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Rxa6 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd2 34. b3 Rxf2 35. Ra5 Rc2 36. Rxb5 Rxc3 37. a4 c4 38. Rxe5 cxb3 39. Rb5 Rc4 40. a5 Ra4 41. Rxb3 Rxa5 42. Rb6 Kg7 43. Kg3 Ra4 44. h4 h5 45. Rb5 Rg4+ 46. Kh3 Kg6 47. g3 f6 48. Kg2 Re4 49. Kf3 Ra4 50. Rb3 Ra5 51. Rb4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosov, Igor"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 c6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Nc5 Bg4 15. h3 Be6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rb1 Rfb8 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qc2 g5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3 22. Rf3 Qd6 23. Bf5 Rf8 24. Rbf1 Kg7 25. h4 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qe6 27. hxg5 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 hxg5 29. Rxg5+ Kh6 30. Rff5 Rg8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Rxf7 Nc4 33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. Rxb7 c3 35. Rf7 Rg3 36. Rf6+ Rg6 37. Rf1 Re6 38. Re1 c2 39. Kf2 Rf6+ 40. Ke2 Rg6 41. Rc1 Rxg2+ 42. Kd3 Kg7 43. Rxc2 Rg6 44. Rc5 Kf7 45. Ra5 Ke7 46. Rxa6 Kd7 47. b5 Rg5 48. bxc6+ Kc7 49. Kc4 Rg3 50. e4 Re3 51. Kd5 Rh3 52. e5 Rh5 53. Ra7+ Kc8 54. Kd6 Rh6+ 55. e6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Molchanov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d3 fxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 d6 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Qd3 Be6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Nc3 Qf7 16. Kh1 Bc4 17. Qd2 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc4 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Ng4 21. Nd1 h6 22. Bh4 g5 23. h3 Nf6 24. Bg3 Rab8 25. Re1 Rb3 26. Re2 Rxd3 27. Nc3 Nd7 28. Ne1 Rd4 29. Nf3 Rd3 30. Ne1 Rxg3 31. fxg3 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Bg1+ 33. Kh1 Bf2+ 34. Kh2 Bxe1 35. Nd1 Bxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Rxd1 37. Rc2 Nc5 38. b4 Rd3+ 39. Kg4 Nxe4 40. Rxc6 Kg7 41. Kf5 Ng3+ 42. Ke6 e4 43. Rxc7+ Kg6 44. Rf7 e3 45. Rf6+ Kh5 46. Kf7 e2 47. Re6 Rd5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Nc6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Bd2 a6 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Nxf7 0-0 14. Qg6 Nf5 15. Nxh6+ Kh8 16. g4 gxh6 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Qxh6+ Qh7 19. a3 Qxh6 20. Bxh6 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Re8 22. f4 Be6 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Bg5 Nd5 25. Kd2 Kh7 26. Rgb1 Rab8 27. a4 Nb6 28. h4 Nd7 29. Ke3 Nc5 30. Bc2 Rg7 31. Kd4 b6 32. Ke3 Rf7 33. Bf6 Re8 34. Kf2 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. f5 Rg8 38. Rg1 Rxg1 39. Rxg1 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Kd4 c6 42. Rg5 Rd7 43. Rh5+ Kg8 44. Rh8+ Kf7 45. Rh7+ Ke8 46. Rxd7 Kxd7 47. e6+ Ke8 48. h5 e3 49. h6 e2 50. h7 Bxe6 51. fxe6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Tokareva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Rac8 11. Qe2 Rfd8 12. c4 Nb8 13. Rfc1 Qd7 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. Ndf3 Nfd7 16. d4 f6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. h3 Nb6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd5 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. Re1 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Re8 26. Rae1 Kf7 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. f5 Nb4 30. a4 Nd3 31. Bc3 Nf4 32. Bd2 Nd5 33. Nb5 Bc5 34. g4 Kd7 35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Bxc3 Kc6 37. Kg2 Kd5 38. Kf3 a6 39. h4 h6 40. h5 Bd6 41. Bb2 Bb4 42. Ke3 Bd6 43. Kd3 Bc5 44. Bc3 Bd6 45. Bb2 Bc5 46. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 Nxc3 8. Qxg7 Rf8 9. bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. Kd1 Bxd4 11. Bh6 Bc5 12. Qxh7 d6 13. Bxf8 dxe5+ 14. Bd3 Bxf8 15. Qe4 Nc6 16. h4 Nb4 17. Ke1 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Qc7 19. Qc4 Qa5+ 20. Ke2 Bd7 21. Rhd1 Rc8 22. Qg4 Rc2+ 23. Kf1 Qc5 24. Qg3 Bd6 25. Kg1 e4 26. Qg8+ Bf8 27. d4 Qf5 28. Rf1 Bb5 29. Rac1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bc6 31. Rc5 Qf4 32. Qg5 Qxg5 33. Rxg5 f6 34. Rg3 Bd6 35. Rh3 Kf7 36. Re3 Bc7 37. Re2 Kg6 38. f3 exf3 39. gxf3 Bd5 40. Kg2 Kf5 41. Rd2 Kf4 42. Rd3 Bb6 43. a3 a6 44. h5 Kg5 45. Kg3 Kxh5 46. f4 f5 47. Rd1 Kg6 48. Rd2 Kf7 49. Kf2 Bc7 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Rc2 Kd7 52. Rc1 Kc8 53. Rc2 Kb8 54. Rf2 Bd6 55. a4 Ka7 56. Rb2 Bc6 57. a5 Bd5 58. Rb1 Kb8 59. Rc1 Bc7 60. Rc5 Kc8 61. Kd3 Kd7 62. Ke3 Be4 63. d5 Bxd5 64. Kd4 Bxf4 65. Rc2 Bd6 66. Rc1 f4 67. Rf1 f3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Bragina, Anastasia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 9. Ke2 gxf6 10. Nb5 Qe5 11. Kf3 f5 12. exf5 Qxf5+ 13. Ke3 Qe5+ 14. Kf3 d5 15. Bd3 a6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nb3 d4 18. Be4 Nc6 19. Re1 Rg8 20. g3 f5 21. Bd3 Qd5+ 22. Ke2 Ne5 23. Nd2 Ba4 24. Qb1 Rc8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Qb2 Rc3 27. Rab1 b5 28. Rbc1 Rgc8 29. Kg1 h5 30. f4 Nxd3 31. cxd3 Bc2 32. Nb1 R3c6 33. Re5 Qd7 34. Qa3 h4 35. Nd2 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rc3 37. Qxa6 Bxd3 38. Rce1 R8c6 39. Qa8 Bc4 40. Nxc4 bxc4 41. Qh8 Rxg3+ 42. Kf2 Rg7 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Rh1 Rc8 45. Qh6 Kf7 46. Qh5+ Ke7 47. Qxf5 Rf8 48. Qe4 Rgf7 49. f5 Rxf5+ 50. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 51. Ke1 Qd5 52. Rh7+ Kd6 53. Qb1 Qe5+ 54. Kd2 Qe3+ 55. Kc2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Nbxd4 Qb6 11. c3 Bd7 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. f4 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Kf2 Be6 17. Rae1 Qb6 18. Re3 Kh8 19. h5 h6 20. g4 fxg4 21. f5 Bd7 22. Rg1 f6 23. e6 Be8 24. Rxg4 Rg8 25. Reg3 Bc6 26. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Zak Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Smirnov, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. f4 0-0 10. f5 Nc6 11. Nb3 Rfd8 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Rad1 Qc6 16. Rd3 Rxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rd8 19. Qe2 e6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. h3 Nh5 22. Qf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Bh6 24. Rf3 Bf4 25. g4 Nf6 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 Nd7 28. Ne2 Be3 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Kf3 Bb6 31. Nc3 g5 32. Ne2 Ke7 33. Nec1 Kd6 34. Ke2 Bg1 35. Kd2 b5 36. Ne2 Bb6 37. Ng3 a5 38. Kc2 Nb8 39. Nd2 Nc6 40. Nf3 Be3 41. a3 a4 42. Ne2 b4 43. axb4 Nxb4+ 44. Kc3 Na6 1/2-1/2

