[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Danila"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. b3 Qe8 13. 0-0 a6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. a4 Rac8 16. h3 Qf8 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Nb4 R6c7 20. a5 Rd7 21. Rcd1 Rdd8 22. Bb6 Re8 23. Bd4 Nd7 24. Nd5 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Qg7 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Nb6 Rcd8 28. Rfe1 Qf8 29. Qc3 Nd7 30. Nd5 Qg7 31. Qb4 Rb8 32. f4 Qf8 33. Qc3 e6 34. Ne3 Rbd8 35. Re2 f5 36. exf5 exf5 37. Rde1 Nf6 38. Qd3 Qf7 39. Nd5 Rxe2 40. Nxf6+ Qxf6 41. Rxe2 Qf7 42. Qd4 Re8 43. Rxe8+ Qxe8 44. Qd5+ Kg7 45. Qxb7+ Kh6 46. Kh2 Qe3 47. Qf3 Qd2 48. Qg3 Kg7 49. Qh4 Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ Kf6 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Qc7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Makshanov, Matvey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Qc2 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nd3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. a3 Qc8 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bc6 15. e4 Nf6 16. b4 a5 17. Bb2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Rd8 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. Re1 h5 22. Nd2 Ng4 23. h3 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Nb1 Bf6 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Bxc6 Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Rxc3 30. Bxb5 Rb3 31. Re4 Kf8 32. Be2 g6 33. b5 Ke7 34. c6 Rb2 35. Rd4 f5 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rxc7 e5 38. Rc8 h4 39. gxh4 f4 40. c7 Ke7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nf3 a5 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 h6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Ng3 Qe8 13. Nh4 Kh8 14. Nhf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 g6 16. Nxh6 Kg7 17. Ng4 Bd6 18. h4 b5 19. Be2 Rh8 20. e4 c5 21. h5 cxd4 22. h6+ Kf8 23. Nxf6 Qe6 24. Nd5 Nc5 25. Nc7 Bxc7 26. Qxc5+ Bd6 27. Qxd4 Ke7 28. h7 Rad8 29. Kf1 Be5 30. Qa7+ Kf6 31. Qxa5 Bxb2 32. Re1 Kg7 33. Bxb5 Qe5 34. Qa4 Bc3 35. Re3 Rb8 36. Bd3 Bd2 37. Rf3 Qa1+ 38. Ke2 Qxh1 39. Qd4+ Kxh7 40. Rh3+ Qxh3 41. gxh3 Bh6 42. Bc4 Bg7 43. Qe3 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rd8 45. Bd5 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Qd3 Rf8 48. a4 Kh6 49. a5 Bf6 50. Qxf5 Bg7 51. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Timonteev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Ne4 Nf4 16. Qe1 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nb6 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 h6 20. Qe2 Ng5 21. Nfxg5 hxg5 22. Qg4 Rf5 23. a5 Nd5 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. a6 b6 26. Rac1 Rdf8 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Qe2 Qd7 29. f4 g4 30. h3 gxh3+ 31. Kh2 Ne7 32. Kxh3 Kf7 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Rf3 Rd8 35. Rcc3 Ke8 36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tikhonov, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a3 Be7 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Qxc4 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e4 b5 14. Qxb5 Ba6 15. Qc6 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 Nb6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Bb5 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rad8 20. Nd2 f6 21. Rc1 fxe5 22. Nb3 a4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd3 25. Rc2 Rb3 26. Bd2 Rd8 27. Bc3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Kf8 29. Rc2 Rd3 30. Bb5 Rb3 31. Bf1 Na8 32. Rc4 Rxb2 33. Rxa4 Nb6 34. Ra7 c5 35. a4 Rb1 36. Kg2 Ke8 37. Rb7 Rxf1 38. Kxf1 Nxa4 39. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Timoshin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 0-0 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Ne5 c6 14. Bd2 Be8 15. Rdc1 Nfd5 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Rxa2 Qb6 18. Ba5 Qb7 19. Rac2 Rc8 20. Nd3 f6 21. e4 Nb6 22. d5 Bd7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 cxd5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rc7 Qa8 28. Qe7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rf7 30. Qd6 Bh3 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. f3 d4 33. Kf2 Qc8 34. Qxd4 Qc2+ 35. Bd2 Qxb3 36. Qa7+ Kg6 37. Qxa6 Qd3 38. Qa2 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 Qg1+ 40. Ke4 Qxh2 41. Kf4 Bf5 42. Ke3 Qxg3 43. Qa8 Qe5+ 44. Kf2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 Re8 9. 0-0 a6 10. Qc2 h6 11. b4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd7 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Na7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. a4 Rb8 18. Rdc1 b5 19. axb5 Nxb5 20. Na5 Rb6 21. Qd2 Qf8 22. Bd3 Be7 23. Ra4 Bd6 24. e4 Na7 25. Rc4 Rb8 26. e5 Nb6 27. exd6 Nxa4 28. dxc7 Rb5 29. Ba1 Rd5 30. Ne5 Nb5 31. Be4 Nb6 32. Rc6 Nd7 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. h3 Kg8 35. Nb3 f6 36. Nxd7 Bxd7 37. Rxa6 Nxc7 38. Rb6 Na8 39. Rb7 Bc6 40. Ra7 Nb6 41. Bc3 Qd6 42. Nc5 Nc4 43. Qc2 Qb8 44. Ra1 Bb5 45. Qf5 Bc6 46. Qg4 Bb5 47. Ne6 Re7 48. Nf4 Qd8 49. Qf5 Nb6 50. Ra5 Bd7 51. Qd3 Be6 52. Nxe6 Rxe6 53. Ra6 Qc8 54. b5 h5 55. h4 Qe8 56. g3 Qc8 57. Kg2 Qe8 58. Qf5 g6 59. Qd3 f5 60. Bd2 Nc4 61. Bf4 Rxa6 62. bxa6 Qa8 63. Qf3 Kh7 64. a7 Qxa7 65. Qxd5 Nb6 66. Qc6 Nd7 67. d5 Nf8 68. Qd6 Qf7 69. Be3 Qg7 70. Bc1 Nd7 71. Qc7 Qe7 72. Kh2 Kg7 73. Bb2+ Kf7 74. Qc6 f4 75. Qc4 fxg3+ 76. fxg3 Qd6 77. Qf1+ Kg8 78. Qd3 Kf7 79. Qf3+ Ke8 80. Qe4+ Kf7 81. Bd4 Nf6 82. Qf3 Ke7 83. Qe2+ Kd8 84. Bxf6+ Qxf6 85. Kg2 Qf5 86. Qc4 Qf6 87. Qc6 Qe5 88. Qc4 Qf6 89. Qf4 Qa6 90. Qe5 Kd7 91. Kf2 Qd3 92. Qe6+ Kc7 93. Qc6+ Kd8 94. d6 Qd2+ 95. Kf3 Qd3+ 96. Kf4 Qd4+ 97. Kg5 Qe5+ 98. Kh6 Qh8+ 99. Kxg6 Qf6+ 100. Kxh5 Qg6+ 101. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Lundin, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 0-0 8. Ne1 f5 9. Nc2 f4 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. e3 fxe3 14. Bxe3 Qa5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Nd2 d6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. b4 Qc7 22. Qd2 Bh3 23. Rfc1 Qd7 24. Qh6 Bg4 25. Rc2 Rf5 26. b5 Raf8 27. Rb4 Rh5 28. Qc1 Bf3 29. Qf1 Qg4 30. Nd2 Be2 31. f3 Bxf1 32. fxg4 Bxd3 33. Rcb2 Rh6 34. Rxa4 Bg5 35. Kg2 Be3 36. Ne4 Bf1+ 37. Kh1 Bh3 38. Nf2 Bf1 39. Kg1 Bd3 40. Bxb7 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 43. Kg1 Rb2 44. Bd5 h6 45. Rb4 Re2 46. b6 e4 47. b7 Re1+ 48. Kh2 Re2+ 49. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h6 8. g4 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Nc5 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. Be3 g6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rae1 h5 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Be7 18. Nce2 Qc7 19. c3 0-0 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. Bd4 f6 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Bh3 Rce8 26. Ref1 Qe7 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qg5 Kh7 31. Nxh5 Bxe4 32. Ng3 Bf4 33. Nxe4 Bxg5 34. hxg5 Qf4 35. Bg2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rostovtsev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Nge2 d5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 b6 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 g6 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Rac1 Bg7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Na7 Ra8 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nb8 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Rdc1 c6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nf1 Ra7 24. Nd2 Rd7 25. Nc4 Rd5 26. b4 h5 27. a4 Nd7 28. a5 b5 29. Nb6 Nxb6 30. axb6 Qxb6 31. Rxc6 Qb7 32. Qc2 Bf8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Averyanov, Grigori"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Re1 Na6 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc7 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Be3 Nb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Ra7 Rb8 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Qa4 Qb8 24. Rxd7 Rb4 25. Qc6 Rbxe4 26. Qxd6 Qb4 27. Rf1 Qxb2 28. Rd8 h5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qc6 Qe5 31. d6 Rd8 32. Rd1 Qe6 33. Bxc5 h4 34. g4 Qb3 35. Re1 Qxh3 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Qxe8+ Kh7 38. Qe2 Qb3 39. d7 Qd5 40. Qe7 h3 41. Qh4+ Bh6 42. Qxh3 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qxd7 44. Be3 Qd6+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46. Kg3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gorlov, Artem"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qe2 Bxb5 5. Qxb5+ Qd7 6. a4 Nc6 7. 0-0 g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Qe2 e6 10. d3 Nge7 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. h3 Qc7 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 a6 16. Qg3 b5 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 f5 20. axb5 axb5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bh6 Ng6 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Kh1 Nf4 28. Qf3 Ne6 29. Qd5 Nf4 30. Qf3 Ne6 31. Qd5 Nf4 32. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goltsev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 g6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. 0-0-0 Nbd7 13. Kb1 0-0 14. c4 a5 15. Bd3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b4 e4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Bg1 Nge5 20. Nb3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qc3 Qh4 23. Qc2 f5 24. Bd4 fxe4 25. Rde1 Nd3 26. Re2 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qxh2 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Ne6 Rf7 30. Qb3 Rf2 31. Rxf2 Nxf2 32. Re1 b6 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Nd3 35. Qb7 Ra4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Ng5+ Qxg5 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qxa4 Qd2 40. Qxa3 Qxe1+ 41. Kc2 Qe2+ 42. Kc3 Nxc5 43. Qa8 Qd3+ 44. Kb4 Qb1+ 45. Kc4 Qd3+ 46. Kb4 Na6+ 47. Ka4 Qb5+ 48. Kxb5 Nc7+ 49. Kc4 Nxa8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Getman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. f4 e4 10. f5 Bc8 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rad1 Bb4 15. a3 Qb6+ 16. Nd4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 0-0 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qb4 Qc7 20. Qb3 b6 21. g4 Rac8 22. Qe3 Qe5 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 g5 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. e3 Ne8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bf1 Nf6 29. Be2 Ke7 30. Kg2 Ne8 31. c3 Nd6 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Bd1 Nc4 34. Re2 Ne5 35. Rf2+ Ke7 36. Be2 Rh8 37. Kg3 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kh4 Rc8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Ulasevich, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1654"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qc2 c6 8. 0-0 b6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bc1 Rc8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Ne5 f5 14. Nd3 Qe8 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Qh5 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bg5 19. e3 Qh6 20. Re1 a5 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. Rc2 Rfe8 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 c5 25. exf5 exf5 26. Bxb7 Rxe2 27. Rcxe2 Rf8 28. Re6 Qh5 29. Kg2 f4 30. Bf3 Qf7 31. g4 Kh8 32. d5 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34. Re7 Qg6 35. Ne5 Qc2+ 36. Re2 Qc3 37. g5 Ne8 38. Nd7 Nd6 39. Nxf8 Nf5 40. Re8 Nh4+ 41. Kh3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxh4 h5 43. Nd7+ Kh7 44. g6+ Kh6 45. Rh8+ Kxg6 46. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Galaktionov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bc1 Rc8 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bb7 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Qf5 Rfd8 19. bxc4 Nf6 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Be5 Qc8 23. Qf4 Ne4 24. Rd3 f6 25. Bb2 Nd6 26. Nd2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhukov, Anton"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 0-0 6. Bg2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Ne5 a5 10. Ndf3 a4 11. a3 Be7 12. Bf4 c5 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Be3 Ra5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rb5 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Nd3 c4 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Qc2 Bc6 21. Bd2 g5 22. Nh3 Rb3 23. Bc3 f5 24. Qd2 Qg6 25. f3 Nd7 26. Re1 Bf6 27. Nf2 g4 28. fxg4 fxg4 29. Qc2 Qg7 30. Rcd1 Be7 31. e4 Nf6 32. Re2 h5 33. Rdd2 Rf7 34. exd5 Nxd5 35. Re6 Nxc3 36. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Korchnoi Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sudarkina, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1409"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2023.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Qc2 d5 6. g3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 exd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qd6 Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nd2 Rhc8 16. e4 Bb5 17. exd5 Rxa2 18. Rd1 Kd6 19. f3 Rxb2 20. Rb1 Re8+ 21. Kd1 Ba4+ 22. Kc1 Rc2+ 23. Kd1 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadykhov, Ali"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1477"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. g4 Nxg4 12. Nd4 Nge5+ 13. Kc2 0-0-0 14. Bf4 Nxd4+ 15. cxd4 Nf3 16. Nc3 Nxd4+ 17. Kb2 Be7 18. Be5 f6 19. Bf4 f5 20. Bc4 Bf6 21. Bd6 Ne2 22. Be6+ Rd7 23. Rac1 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 g6 25. Kb3 Rhd8 26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27. Re3 g5 28. Rhe1 Bf7+ 29. Kc2 Kc8 30. f3 Bd5 31. f4 h6 32. Ra3 a6 33. b5 Bc4 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. Ke3 Kc6 37. Rb1 Rg8 38. Rb6+ Kd5 39. Rbxa6 Bd4+ 40. Kd2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Yagutian, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Bb7 11. h4 h5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Bd2 Bc8 15. Nd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kh1 Ne8 19. Bc3 Nc7 20. a4 Rfb8 21. Qe2 a5 22. Ne3 Bc8 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxh5+ Kh7 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Qg5 Qxb2 28. e5 Qxe5 29. Rae1 Qd4 30. Rxe7 Ba6 31. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c4 9. g4 0-0 10. Bg2 Ne8 11. h4 Nd6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Nf4 Nc6 14. Kf2 Qa5 15. a4 Qxc3 16. Bd2 Qb3 17. Nxd5 Rb8 18. Qxb3 cxb3 19. Rhb1 Rd8 20. Nf4 Nc4 21. Bc3 Re8 22. e4 N6a5 23. g5 b6 24. Bf1 Ba6 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Kapitonov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1656"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 10. Nfd2 Nxa6 11. h3 Nb4 12. e4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Ne8 14. Nc4 Ra7 15. Bd2 Qb8 16. a3 Na6 17. Re1 Nec7 18. Bf1 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Rb1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qc7 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nb8 25. f4 Nd7 26. Kh2 Nb6 27. Bb5 c4 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. Re2 Qc8 30. Ra1 Qa6 31. a4 Nd7 32. Ra3 Rc7 33. Bb5 Qc8 34. e5 dxe5 35. fxe5 Rc5 36. Qd4 Nb6 37. Ba6 Qc7 38. d6 exd6 39. exd6 Qc6 40. Bb5 Qd5 41. Rd2 Qg5 42. Qf4 Qd8 43. d7 Rd5 44. Rxd5 Nxd5 45. Qe5 Nf6 46. Rf3 Kg7 47. g4 h6 48. h4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 0-0 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 h6 8. 0-0 Bc5 9. h3 Be6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nh7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Kh2 Ne7 14. Qe2 c6 15. d4 f6 16. Nf3 Ng5 17. Rad1 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Qc8 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nxd6 Qc7 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Nc3 e4 25. Rf2 Qd6 26. Qd2 h5 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 h4 29. Rf4 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ng6 31. Rh1 Qe7 32. Rh5 Be8 33. Qd4 Ne5 34. d6 Qg7 35. Rh3 Rd8 36. c5 Nd3 37. Nd5 Qxd4 38. exd4 Nxf4 39. Kxf4 Kg7 40. Ne7 Bd7 41. d5 Rfe8 42. Rh6 a6 43. Bf1 Rh8 44. c6 bxc6 45. dxc6 Rxh6 46. gxh6+ Kxh6 47. cxd7 Rxd7 48. Nxf5+ Kg6 49. Kxe4 Kf6 50. Bxa6 Ra7 51. Bc4 Ra5 52. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Popenkova, Varvara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1313"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bd6 Nb6 10. Ba3 Nbd5 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nxc4 Kg7 15. Rb1 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nd3 Re8 19. f4 Qc7 20. Rf2 b6 21. c4 Rb8 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. e4 Bb7 24. Rbf1 c5 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 b5 27. e5 c4 28. Nb4 a6 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Nc5 31. f5 Nd3 32. fxg6 Nxf2 33. gxf7+ Qxf7 34. Rxf2 Qe6 35. c7 Rbc8 36. Qd4 Qxe5 37. Bd5+ Kh8 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Rg8+ Rxg8 40. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nc3 Bc4 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bh6 Qd7 13. Qd2 0-0-0 14. Rad1 Rhe8 15. b3 Be6 16. Ne2 Bh8 17. Bg5 Kb8 18. c3 f6 19. Bf4 Nc8 20. h4 Ka8 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Nd5 Qd7 24. c4 Ne7 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Nb5 Nc8 27. Qa5 b6 28. Qa6 Bg4 29. e5+ Kb8 30. exd6 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 f5 32. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Shuliak, Zakhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Nd2 0-0 7. Bg2 a5 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. e4 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. c5 bxc5 16. Rxc5 Bb5 17. Re1 Nc7 18. Rc1 Na6 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Rfc8 22. Qd2 Rxc5 23. dxc5 b3 24. axb3 axb3 25. Qb4 Bc4 26. Bf1 Qa4 27. Qb7 Qa7 28. c6 g6 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Rxc4 Rc7 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd8 35. Kd3 Ra7 36. c7+ Kc8 37. Kc3 Ra5 38. f4 Rb5 39. Rc6 Rb7 40. Kc4 h6 41. h3 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Ra7 45. Kxb3 Ra5 46. Rc4 Rxe5 47. Kc3 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Rb3 49. Kc2 Rb5 50. b4 Rh5 51. Kd3 e5 52. Rc6 Rxh4 53. b5 Rh8 54. b6 f5 55. Rf6 f4 56. Ke4 f3 57. Kd5 Kb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 29th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borshch, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 a5 12. b3 0-0 13. a3 Ra7 14. Ra2 Rfa8 15. Rfa1 Qe8 16. b4 Qc8 17. Bh3 c6 18. Qb2 Qc7 19. Bg2 Qd8 20. h3 g6 21. Kh2 Kg7 22. Ne1 h5 23. Nd3 h4 24. g4 axb4 25. axb4 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 b5 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. c5 Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Nf8 30. Qc2 Ne6 31. Qc3 g5 32. Kh1 Nd4 33. cxd6 Qxd6 34. Qc5 Qxc5 35. Nxc5 Kf8 36. Ndb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anapa Sea Harbor Cup"]
[Site "Anapa"]
[Date "2022.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 208 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Bg5 0-0 11. a4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfe1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. b4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. b5 Qxd4 18. Reb1 Be5 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. e3 Qb6 21. a5 Qd8 22. a6 bxa6 23. bxc6 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Bxc3 26. Rxa6 Rc7 27. Ra4 Be5 28. h4 Qe7 29. Qb5 Qd6 30. Ra5 Bc3 31. Ra4 Rd8 32. Rc4 Bf6 33. Qa5 Rb8 34. Rc1 Rb6 35. Qa4 Rb2 36. Rd1 Qb4 37. Qa6 Qb6 38. Qc4 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Klepikov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4 g6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. Ndb5 a6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd6 Qe5 15. Qd2 Rxh4 16. 0-0-0 Qf4 17. Qxf4 Rxf4 18. Rh1 Ke7 19. Na4 Bd7 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Nb6+ Kd6 22. Nxa8 Rxf2 23. Nb6 Kc5 24. Na4+ Kd4 25. Nc3 g5 26. Be2 Ne5 27. Rg1 f6 28. Rg3 Rh2 29. Kd1 Rh4 30. Bd3 Nf7 31. Ne2+ Ke5 32. Re3 g4 33. c3 Ng5 34. Nd4 Rh2 35. Ne2 Rh3 36. Rxh3 gxh3 37. Ng3 Kf4 38. Nh1 Kf3 39. Ke1 h2 40. Nf2 Nh3 41. Be2+ Kg3 42. Nh1+ Kg2 43. Bg4 Nf4 44. c4 e5 45. b4 Nd3+ 46. Ke2 Nxb4 47. Bf3+ Kh3 48. a3 Nc2 49. a4 Nd4+ 50. Kf2 a5 51. Ng3 b6 52. Bg2+ Kg4 53. Nf1 Nb3 54. Ne3+ Kh4 55. Nd5 Nc5 56. Nxb6 Nd3+ 57. Ke3 Kg3 58. Bf3 Ne1 59. Bh1 Kg4 60. Kd2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Chervyakova, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. 0-0 cxd4 14. Bg5 0-0 15. Nd6 Nc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Rac1 Nxa4 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Qc6 Nc4 24. Qxd5 Nb6 25. Qc6 Rab8 26. Nf5 Qd7 27. Qf3 Qe6 28. Rc6 Qd7 29. Rxb6 Qd2 30. Rd1 Qxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Rxb6 32. Qd7 Rbe6 33. f4 g6 34. Nd6 R8e7 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. h4 h5 37. f5 Rxe5 38. f6+ Kxf6 39. Nc8 Re1+ 40. Kh2 R1e4 41. Nxe7 Rxe7 42. b3 Ke6 43. Qb6+ Kf5 44. Qxb4 Re6 45. Qd4 f6 46. Qd3+ Ke5 47. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kulnev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. b3 Qb4 14. Na4 Bb7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Qe1 Qb5 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Rc2 Qb7 19. Rfc1 Bb5 20. Qa5 e6 21. Nb2 Bf6 22. Qd2 Bg7 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb6 25. Bf3 Qb7 26. Bg2 Qb6 27. Bf3 Qb7 28. Bf4 Qb6 29. Be3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Barkasheva, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 a6 10. Rb1 e6 11. Nd2 exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Nde4 Ng4 14. Qc2 b4 15. Nd1 b3 16. axb3 Rb8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd2 Rf7 21. Ra1 Rfb7 22. Ra3 Bf5 23. e4 Bg4 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. Rfa1 Rb5 26. Bf1 c4 27. Nexc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Rc5 29. Rxa6 Bh3 30. Rc6 Rc8 31. Raa6 Bf8 32. b4 R5xc6 33. dxc6+ Kh8 34. Bf1 Be6 35. b5 Bh6 36. b6 Ra8 37. b7 Rc8 38. bxc8Q Bxc8 39. c7 Qd7 40. Ra8 Bf8 41. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Vershinina, Anastasiia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Nd2 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Be7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3 Ba3 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. a3 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxe4 17. f3 Bg6 18. h4 f6 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. g4 Qxa3 22. h5 Bf7 23. h6 Na4 24. Ra1 Nxc3 25. Rxa3 b5 26. Rc1 b4 27. Ra6 e5 28. Rc2 Bg6 29. Rd2 exd4 30. Bxd4 Rad8 31. Rxa7 gxh6 32. Kh3 c5 33. Be3 Rxd2 34. Bxd2 h5 35. Rc7 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Bc2 37. Rxc5 Bxb3 38. Rc7 Rd8 39. Be3 Bc2 40. Rb7 b3 41. Kh5 Nd1 42. Bc1 Rc8 43. f4 Rxc4 44. f5 Bxf5 45. Rb8+ Rc8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bashirli, Nail Qoshqar"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 Be7 7. 0-0 d6 8. Re1 Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 0-0 12. Qf3 Ra7 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Kh1 b3 19. cxb3 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nxd3 21. Rf1 Ne5 22. f3 Qa8 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Rd1 Qxb3 25. Bxc5 Rd8 26. Nd2 Qc2 27. Bxe7 Rd3 28. Bb4 Nxf3 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bc3 h4 31. Rf1 h3+ 32. Kxh3 Nxd2 33. Rf2 Rd5 34. Bxd2 Qxb2 35. Kg2 Qa2 36. a5 Qc2 37. Qe3 Qc6 38. Qf3 Qd7 39. Bc3 Rd3 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ f5 42. Qh4+ Kg6 43. Qc4 Rd5 44. Re2 Kf7 45. Qxa6 Rc5 46. Bb4 Qd5+ 47. Kh3 Rc4 48. Qd6 Rh4+ 49. Kxh4 Qc4+ 50. Qf4 Qxe2 51. g4 Kg6 52. Bc3 Kh7 53. gxf5 Qc2 54. Qg3 Qe4+ 55. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. Qf3 f4 12. Nge4 Bc7 13. d5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Rad1 Qh4 17. exf4 Bg4 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. g3 Qh5 20. Bxb7 Bxd1 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Qxc8+ Bf8 24. Re1 Bg4 25. Qb8 Qd5 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Be6 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. f5 Bd7 30. Rd1 Be8 31. Rd8 Kf8 32. Kg2 Bb6 33. Rc8 Ke7 34. g4 Bd7 35. Rh8 h6 36. Kg3 Bb5 37. f4 Ba5 38. g5 Be1+ 39. Kf3 hxg5 40. fxg5 Bd7 41. h4 Bxf5 42. h5 Bd2 43. h6 gxh6 44. gxh6 Bc1 45. Ra8 Bxh6 46. Rxa7+ Ke8 47. b4 Be6 48. Ke4 Bg7 49. b5 Kd8 50. b6 Kc8 51. b4 Kb8 52. b5 Bf6 53. Rc7 Bh4 54. Rc6 Bg3 55. Kf3 Bh2 56. Kg2 Be5 57. Kf3 Kb7 58. Ke4 Bb8 59. Kd4 Bg3 60. Kc5 Be5 61. Kb4 Bd4 62. Ka5 Be5 63. Kb4 Bf4 64. Kc5 Be3+ 65. Kd6 Bxb6 66. Ke7 Bd5 67. Rf6 Bc5+ 68. Ke8 Be4 69. Kxf7 Bd5+ 70. Kg6 Bc4 71. b6 Bxb6 72. Rxb6+ Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Korsakov, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Ngf3 Re8 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 d5 9. 0-0 c6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Nbd5 14. Bd2 h6 15. e4 Ne7 16. a4 Ng6 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. a5 Rb8 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 e5 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 f6 27. b4 Nf8 28. Bd4 a6 29. f5 Bd7 30. Re1 Rbd8 31. Bb6 Ra8 32. Bd4 Nh7 33. h4 Rad8 34. Bb6 Ra8 35. Bf1 g6 36. fxg6 Nf8 37. Bd4 Kg7 38. h5 Bg4 39. e5 Nd7 40. exf6+ Nxf6 41. Bc4 Rad8 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 28th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Faizrakhmanov, Ramil"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Ne8 9. Nge2 Qh4 10. Qd2 h6 11. Rg1 Kh7 12. 0-0-0 Nc5 13. b4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Bg2 f4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 b5 18. cxb5 a6 19. a4 axb5 20. a5 c5 21. dxc6 d5 22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Nc5 Rxa5 24. bxa5 Qxc5+ 25. Qc2 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 b4 27. Rb1 Nd6 28. Qb3 Nc4+ 29. Kd1 Qxa5 30. Re1 Qa7 31. Qxb4 Qd4+ 32. Kc1 h5 33. Re7 Kg8 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rb3 hxg4 36. Qc3 Qxc3+ 37. Rxc3 Be6 38. hxg4 Ra8 39. c7 Ra1+ 40. Kc2 Ra2+ 41. Kb1 Rb2+ 42. Kc1 Rb5 43. Bxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxc4 Bc8 45. Rb4 Kf7 46. f3 Rc5+ 47. Kd2 Be6 48. Rd4 Rc6 49. Rd8 Rc4 50. Bd6 Rc6 51. Ke3 g5 52. Kd4 Rc1 53. Rf8+ Kg7 54. Rb8 Kf7 55. Bg3 Kf6 56. Be5+ Kf7 57. Rh8 Rc4+ 58. Ke3 Kg6 59. Rf8 Kh7 60. Re8 1-0

[Event "Anapa Sea Harbor Cup"]
[Site "Anapa"]
[Date "2021.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 202 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bg2 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Qa4 Bd6 9. 0-0 Qe8 10. Qc2 c5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qe6 15. Nb1 Nb8 16. Qd1 Nc6 17. Kh1 Ba6 18. Re1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Kg1 Nb4 21. Qa4 Bd3 22. Na3 a5 23. Qd1 Ba6 24. Qf3 f6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Rd1 Rce8 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Qxf1 Re6 29. Qg2 h5 30. Nc2 Nxc2 31. Qxc2 Qf5 32. b3 h4 33. Bb2 hxg3 34. Qg2 gxh2+ 35. Kh1 Rg6 36. Qf3 Ng3+ 37. Kxh2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Amir Cup Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2021.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita S"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 202 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Re1 Re8 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. Ne2 b5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. b3 Nd7 17. f4 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa4 21. Reb1 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Qxa2 23. Rb7 Qa4 24. Qb1 h5 25. Bf3 Nf6 26. Qd3 Qa2 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qa4 29. g5 Nh5 30. Kg2 Qa2 31. Kh3 Qa1 32. Rb1 Qa4 33. Kh4 Qd7 34. Bxh5 gxh5 35. Kxh5 Rxe4 36. Rh1 Qf5 37. Rh3 a5 38. Bxa5 Qxf4 39. Qg3 Qf5 0-1

