[Event "RUS-chT2 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Poniaev, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. d5 Nb8 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c6 12. Bd2 a5 13. b3 Nc5 14. Bc2 e6 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Qd3 Qh4 18. Ne2 Ndc5 19. Qg3 Qh5 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bh6 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxd6 Rfe8 26. f3 f6 27. Rfd1 Re7 28. Kf2 g5 29. g3 h6 30. a3 Rc8 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Nxd7 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Kf7 36. f4 Ke7 37. c5 b6 38. cxb6 Nxb6 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Kd4 Nd7 41. Ba4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Nb6 43. e5+ fxe5+ 44. fxe5+ Kc7 45. Bb3 Nc8 46. Kc5 Nb6 47. e6 Nc8 48. Ba4 Ne7 49. Bc2 Nd5 50. Be4 Nf4 51. Bf5 Nd5 52. b5 Nf6 53. b6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Airapetian, Gor"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c4 0-0 7. Re1 d6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. e4 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Rac1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nd2 f5 18. c5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qb3+ Rf7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxc5 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Rd8 25. Rec1 Rdd7 26. R1c2 e4 27. Rd2 Rde7 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. 0-0 c5 11. Bc2 Bf6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 b5 16. d5 bxc4 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. d6 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bxb2 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qxf6 Qf7 23. Qe5 Bb7 24. h4 Nd7 25. Qg5 e5 26. f3 e4 27. fxe4 Re5 28. Qg3 Rae8 29. Bf4 R5e6 30. e5 Bc6 31. h5 Qg7 32. h6 Qf7 33. Rf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.04.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 h6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bh7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. Qb2 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nc5 18. Qe2 f6 19. Ng4 e5 20. h4 b6 21. Kh2 h5 22. Ne3 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxh5 Qf7 25. Qe2 Bc5 26. f3 Bh7 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 Qg6 30. Nf2 Qb1 31. Kg2 Bc2 32. Qd2 Qxa2 33. Ne4 Bf8 34. c5 bxc5 35. Bxa5 Qxb3 36. h5 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Qc4 38. Kf3 Qe6 39. Qc2 Kh7 40. g4 c4 41. Qd2 Bc5 42. Bc3 Qf7 43. Kg2 Qa7 44. g5 Be3 45. Qd8 Qa2+ 46. Kh3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT2 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.04.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 d6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxb3+ 20. Be3 Nxd2 21. Bxb6 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 Rc2 23. Kf1 Rxa2 24. Bc4 Rc2 25. Bb3 Rc3 26. Ke2 a4 27. Bd5 a3 28. Bd4 a2 29. Ra1 Rc2+ 30. Kd3 Rxg2 31. Bxb7 Ra3+ 32. Kc4 Rd2 33. Kb4 Rad3 34. Bc3 Rc2 35. Bd5 Rdxc3 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Kxc3 Ra1 38. b6 Ra6 39. b7 Rb6 40. e5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT2 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.04.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. d4 Nd7 11. Bb2 c5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Ba3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bd4 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. b4 Rfd8 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Rfe1 g6 23. Rc4 Qb5 24. Qb3 a6 25. Rb1 Qxb3 26. axb3 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rbc1 Rb8 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxb3 32. Rc7 a5 33. Ra7 Rb5 34. h4 h5 35. Kg2 Rf5 36. f3 Kg7 37. g4 Rb5 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Ra7+ Ke6 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Ra6+ Kd5 45. Kg5 Kc5 46. Kh6 Kb4 47. Ra7 a4 48. Rxf7 a3 49. Rd7 a2 50. Rd1 Ka3 51. Kxg6 hxg4 52. fxg4 Rb1 53. Rd6 Rb4 54. Rd1 Rxg4+ 55. Kh5 Rb4 56. Ra1 Rb1 57. Rxa2+ Kxa2 58. Kg5 Rg1+ 59. Kf6 Rh1 60. Kg5 Kb3 61. h5 Kc4 62. h6 Kd5 63. Kg6 Ke6 64. h7 Rg1+ 65. Kh6 Kf7 66. h8N+ Kf6 67. Kh7 Rg2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Be7 9. h3 c5 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Zharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e6 8. Rb1 Qd8 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Na5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bc6 15. Ng5 d5 16. Qe2 Nxe4 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe6 Qd7 19. f5 Bd5 20. Qh5+ Qf7 21. Nc7+ Kd7 22. Qxf7+ Bxf7 23. Nxa8 Bd5 24. Bf4 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Kxd6 26. Rd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Parfenov, Viktor N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Nfd7 8. e4 Nb6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 c6 14. Qb3 cxd5 15. Rfd1 Nec4 16. Nxd5 Nxe3 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Qxe3 Bxb2 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Rd8 22. Bb3 Bd4 23. Qe2 e6 24. g3 Nd7 25. Kg2 Nc5 26. h4 Nxb3 27. axb3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Badmatsyrenov, Oleg"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. h3 0-0 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qc1 Rb8 14. Rb1 Qe8 15. b3 Qc6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Ng3 Rbd8 18. Rfd1 Rd6 19. Rd5 Qb6 20. Rdd1 Qa5 21. Re1 Rd7 22. h4 Rfd8 23. h5 Qc3 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qg5 Qxc2 26. Rbc1 Qxa2 27. Qxc5 Ba8 28. Ne5 Rd6 29. b4 Qe6 30. Nf3 Rc6 31. Qa5 Rc4 32. Ng5 Qc6 33. Rb1 Bd4 34. Qa2 e6 35. Nf3 Rc2 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Qa3 Rdd2 38. Nh1 Qb6 39. Qg3 Bc6 40. Rb3 Qd4 41. Rbe3 Rd1 42. Qf3 Rcc1 43. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 44. Kh2 Qa1 45. g4 Qh8+ 46. Qh3 Qxh3+ 47. Rxh3 Bxe4 48. Ng3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Korbut, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qe5 10. f3 f5 11. Ne2 Qxc5 12. Bc3 fxe4 13. Bxh8 exf3 14. Nc3 Qe3+ 15. Kf1 b6 16. Nb5 Bb7 17. Bd4 Qg5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Bxb6 Kc8 20. Nxa8 f2 21. Qd4 Bxa8 22. Bxa7 Nc6 23. Qh8+ Kb7 24. Bxf2 Qb5+ 25. Kg2 Nb4 26. Rhb1 Qc6+ 27. Kh3 Ka6 28. Qxa8+ Qxa8 29. Rxb4 Qf3 30. Rab1 Ka5 31. Rb5+ Ka6 32. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lanin, Alexsej"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qxd6 11. Nxd6 Ne8 12. Ncb5 a6 13. Nxe8 axb5 14. Nd6 b4 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. 0-0-0 Kf8 17. Rd2 Ke7 18. Rhd1 g5 19. Kb1 b6 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nxc8+ Raxc8 23. Bb5 Ne5 24. Rd4 Rh8 25. Rxb4 Rh2 26. Bf1 Ng4 27. Rxb6 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rh1 29. a4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxf1+ 31. Ka2 Rxc2 32. a5 Rxg2 33. a6 Rgg1 34. b4 Rg2+ 35. Kb3 Rf3+ 36. Ka4 Ra2+ 37. Kb5 Rf5+ 38. Kc4 d5+ 39. Kb3 Rxa6 40. Rexe6+ fxe6 41. Rxa6 g4 42. b5 g3 43. Ra1 Kd6 44. Kb4 g2 45. Rg1 Rg5 46. Ka5 Kc7 47. Ka6 Kb8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Rumiantsev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. c5 Bxf4 11. exf4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. b4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bd7 17. a4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qe8 19. Rab1 a6 20. Kh1 Qd8 21. Qd2 Qh4 22. Be2 Rab8 23. g3 Qd8 24. Bd3 Kh8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Rg1 gxf3 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Qh6 Qe7 30. Bxh7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Rb1 Re8 9. b4 Bd7 10. Qd2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ng3 Rf8 13. Bd3 Ne8 14. 0-0 f5 15. Nge2 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. c5 g4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. b5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 b6 21. Bf2 a5 22. Kh1 Ng6 23. Ng1 Kh8 24. Be2 Bd7 25. Nf3 Nd6 26. a4 Bf6 27. Qd3 Qe7 28. Rbc1 Rg8 29. Nb1 Rac8 30. Nbd2 Rg7 31. Nc4 Rcg8 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Rg1 Bd8 34. Be1 Nf8 35. Bc3 Bf6 36. Bb2 Be8 37. Ba3 Qd8 38. d6 cxd6 39. Qxd6 Rd7 40. Qc6 Rd3 41. Qxf6+ Qxf6 42. Bxd3 Ng6 43. Bc4 Rg7 44. Bd5 Bd7 45. Rc3 Nh4 46. Nxh4 Qxh4 47. Rgc1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. 0-0 f6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 fxe5 14. dxe5 Bf5 15. Qa4 Bxe5 16. Nxe4 Nd4 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Qg4 Nf5 21. Nxf5+ Rxf5 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4+ Qe5 25. Rfe1 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 e5 27. Rd6 Rf6 28. Rdd1 Re8 29. f3 g5 30. Bd5 Re7 31. Kf2 Rd6 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rd5 Kf6 34. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. f3 0-0 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. 0-0-0 Nxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Qe8 11. g4 a6 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bd3 f6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe7 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Ne2 h6 18. Ng3 Nc5 19. Rdg1 Bd7 20. g5 fxg5 21. hxg5 h5 22. Rh2 Rxf3 23. Kb1 Raf8 24. Qd1 Nxd3 25. Nf5+ gxf5 26. Qxf3 Nf4 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Qb3 b6 29. Qf3 Bg6 30. a4 a5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Re2 Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Rd1 Qa8 18. Ne1 a5 19. c3 Kh8 20. f4 a4 21. Bc2 e4 22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 d5 24. b4 Ne6 25. Bb3 Qb8 26. g3 Rd8 27. f5 d4 28. cxd4 Bg5 29. Qc3 Nc7 30. Ng2 e3 31. d5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Nxe3 Rc8 34. Qd4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Rumiantsev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bg2 f5 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. f3 exf3 11. exf3 h6 12. Nh3 g5 13. f4 g4 14. Nf2 Bg7 15. Be3 0-0 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. d5 Qxb3 20. axb3 cxd5 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Rxa7 Rfe8 25. Bf2 Re2 26. Rxb7 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Bc4 Rxb2 29. Rd7 Ra5 30. Re1 Raa2 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kg6 33. Re6+ Bf6 34. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Qc2 0-0 10. f4 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. 0-0-0 Bg4 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Ka1 Nb4 15. Qb1 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Rxc3 17. Rc1 Re3 18. Bf1 Bg7 19. g4 b5 20. Rh3 Qb6 21. Nb3 a5 22. Rxe3 Qxe3 23. Bxb5 a4 24. Rc4 Nd3 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rxa4 e4 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. gxh5 d2 29. hxg6 Rd8 30. Nxd2 Qxd2 31. gxf7+ Kf8 32. a3 Rc8 33. Ka2 Qd5+ 34. Ka1 Qb3 35. Ra5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Bets, Anatolij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. e3 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Qd2 a5 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e4 g6 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. h4 Qe7 21. Qc4 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 Nc2 23. Re2 Qb4 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Rxc2 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 Re8 9. a4 e5 10. Bb5 e4 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Ne1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nc2 Bg4 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qb6 17. Nce1 Ne4 18. Bf4 g5 19. a5 Qxb2 20. Nd3 Qc3 21. Rc1 Qxa5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Be5 f6 24. Bg3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qc3 26. Qb1 Bf5 27. Nfe1 Be4 28. Qxb7 Rf8 29. Qa6 Qd2 30. Kh2 Qxe3 31. Nc5 Re8 32. Qc6 Bg6 33. Nf3 Qc3 34. Qxd5+ Bf7 35. Qd7 Qc4 36. Ra1 Bf8 37. Qxa7 Re2 38. Nd7 Qc6 39. d5 Qc3 40. Nd4 Rd2 41. Qa8 Qb4 42. Nf5 Bg6 43. d6 1-0

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dornbusch, Tatiana"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Na5 13. b3 c5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Bg2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qa5 20. Re2 Rfc8 21. f4 b5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Rd2 Rc4 24. Qe3 Rbc8 25. Bf1 Rc1 26. Rd1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Qa5 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Nc5 30. Bg2 Qxa2 31. b4 Ne6 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qc3+ f6 34. e5 dxe5 35. fxe5 f5 36. Bf1 Qb1 37. Kf2 f4 38. gxf4 Nxf4 39. Qd2 Qe4 40. Qc3 Nd5 41. Qc5 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Ne3 43. Qxe7+ Kh6 44. Bg2 Nxg2 45. Kxg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Gerasimov, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 0-0 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. e3 Ne5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Bc4 21. Bd4 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Re7 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Bd5 Rcc7 25. Kg2 Nd7 26. Bf3 h6 27. h4 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Qd6 Rec5 30. b4 Be7 31. Qb6 Rc2 32. Be4 R2c4 33. Bd5 Rc2 34. Qg6 Bxb4 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Bb3 R2c6 37. Qh7 Bc3 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qf7+ Kd6 40. Qf8+ Kd7 41. f4 Rd6 42. e4 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 Kc6 44. e5 Kb5 45. e6 Bb4 46. Qf5+ Kb6 47. Qe5 Bc5 48. Qc3 Re2 49. h5 Ka7 50. Kg4 Bb6 51. Qb4 Re3 52. Qf8 Rcc3 53. e7 Rxg3+ 54. Kf5 Rc5+ 55. Bd5 Rxd5+ 56. Ke6 Rxh5 57. e8Q Re3+ 58. Kf7 Rxe8 59. Qxe8 Rf5+ 60. Kxg7 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bb5 Nge7 7. exf6 gxf6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qe2 Kf7 11. f4 Nf5 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 g5 15. g4 Ne7 16. fxg5 Bxh2+ 17. Kg2 f5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Ne5+ Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qd7 21. Bd2 Kg7 22. Rh1 fxg4 23. Qxg4 Ng6 24. Raf1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27. Bf4 Kg8 28. Bg3 c5 29. Qf3 d4 30. Qf6 Nf8 31. g6 d3 32. Qf7+ Qxf7 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Kf3 Nd7 35. Ke3 c4 36. b3 cxb3 37. axb3 Nc5 38. Bh4 Nxb3 39. Kxd3 Ke8 40. Kc4 Nd2+ 41. Kb5 Kd7 42. Be1 Nf3 43. Bg3 a6+ 44. Kxa6 Kc6 45. Ka7 Kd5 46. Kb7 c5 47. Kb6 Nd2 48. Kb5 Ne4 49. c4+ Kd4 50. Bh2 Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Arzumanian, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Bh5 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Nfe5 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Be3 c6 10. h3 Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. Rfd1 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nfd7 14. Rac1 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Nd4 Rf8 17. Ne6 Nxe6 18. dxe6 Nf6 19. Qb3 b5 20. Bxb5 Bb7 21. Na4 Ne4 22. Bd3 Qb8 23. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 f5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Kf7 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bxe5 Rhe8 18. f4 Ng4 19. Kd2 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Rhe1 Rae8 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. b4 Ke6 24. c5 Kd5 25. Kd3 f4 26. Rf1 g5 27. h4 h6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 a5 30. a3 Re3+ 31. Kd2 Rxa3 32. Rh5 Rg3 33. bxa5 Rxg2+ 34. Kd3 Kxc5 35. a6 Kxd6 0-1

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Petrenko, Svetlana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c3 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nhf6 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Ba6 Qc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfe1 f5 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. d5 c6 22. Bd4 f6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bc3 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Rd1 Re7 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rc7 30. Kf1 g5 31. b3 Kg8 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. f3 h5 34. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. Be2 Bxe2 6. Qxe2 Nxd5 7. c4 N5f6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 0-0 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 c6 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rab8 15. Rac1 b5 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Qb7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rd8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21. Qh4 Qd6 22. c5 Qc7 23. Qg3 Nd7 24. Rg5 Qxg3 25. Rxg3 g6 26. Rf3 f5 27. Ba5 Re8 28. Re3 Rbc8 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. f3 Kf7 31. Kf2 Re7 32. g3 g5 33. h3 h5 34. Re5 g4 35. Rh1 Rd7 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Bc3 gxf3 38. Kxf3 Rg8 39. Rh3 Rg7 40. Bb2 Ne4 41. Rxe4 fxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Kg8 43. Bc1 Rh7 44. Rxh7 Kxh7 45. Ke5 Kg6 46. Be3 Kf7 47. g4 Rd5+ 48. Ke4 e5 49. dxe5 Ke6 50. Bd4 Rd8 51. g5 Rh8 52. Be3 Rh4+ 53. Bf4 a5 54. b4 a4 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Bg3 Rc4 57. Be1 Kxg5 58. Ke2 Kf5 59. Kd3 Kxe5 60. Bc3+ Kd5 61. Bb2 Rh4 62. Bc1 Rh3+ 63. Kc2 Kc4 64. Kb2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. d4 e4 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 g5 11. Bh5+ Kf8 12. Be2 Ne7 13. Qd2 c6 14. 0-0-0 d5 15. Ng1 Be6 16. h4 Kf7 17. Nh3 Kg6 18. Kb1 Qd7 19. f3 Rag8 20. Rdg1 Ne8 21. Qe1 Bf6 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Bh5+ Kg7 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Bxg5 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Bxe8 Rxh1 28. Bxd7 Rxg1+ 29. Bc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Bxd7 31. Kb2 Kf7 32. Ka3 Be6 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Nb5 Nf5 35. Qc7+ Be7+ 36. b4 a6 37. Na7 Nd6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vrublevskaya, Olga"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. d5 Nb8 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bf4 0-0 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. Ngf3 Be6 14. Re1 d5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Qc2 c4 17. Bf1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Nfd2 dxe4 20. Re3 b5 21. Nxe4 Rae8 22. Qe2 Re6 23. Ng3 Bd3 24. Qd2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Ne5 27. Ne2 Nd3 28. Rb1 Qd7 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Qd2 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Qxd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. b3 Qe4 34. Rd1 Qe7 35. Qc3 Qe5 36. Bd4 Qe2 37. Rd2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 b4 39. Qc2 Qe6 40. Be3 Ne5 41. bxc4 Nxc4 42. Rd3 Qe5+ 43. Kg1 Nxe3 44. fxe3 a5 45. Qc4 Qf5 46. Qd4 a4 47. Qa1 Rc8 48. Qd4 Qb5 49. Rd2 b3 50. axb3 axb3 51. Rb2 Rc1+ 52. Kh2 Qb8+ 53. Qf4 Qxf4+ 54. exf4 Rc3 55. Kg1 Kg7 56. Kf1 Rc1+ 57. Ke2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Lavrik, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 b5 8. Re1 Rb8 9. e4 h6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bc1 0-0 12. g4 Nhf6 13. h3 Nb6 14. Bf4 h5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. c3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd2 e6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Be5 23. Qd2 Bxh3 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Be3 f6 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. f4 fxg5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Qd5+ Qe6 30. Qxe6+ Bxe6 31. Bxg5 Rb7 32. Re3 Rg7 33. Rg3 Rg6 34. Bf4 Rxg3+ 35. Bxg3 Re8 36. Rf1 Bxa2 37. Ra1 Bc4 38. Rxa7 Bd3 39. Rc7 c4 40. Rc5 Bxe4 41. Rxb5 Kf7 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Ke3 Bg6 44. Rc5 Bf7 45. Rc6+ Kf5 46. Rc7 Kf6 47. Bh4+ Kg6 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Rf6+ Kg4 50. Bf2 Bd5 51. Rd6 Be6 52. Rd1 h4 53. Bg1 Kh5 54. Ke4 Bg4 55. Ra1 Rf8 56. Be3 Re8 57. Ra6 Bc8 58. Rf6 Kg4 59. Rg6+ Kh3 60. Bg5 Bb7+ 61. Ke3 Rh8 62. Rg7 Bd5 63. Bf6 Rh5 64. Re7 e4 65. Rg7 Rf5 66. Bd8 Rh5 67. Bc7 Rf5 68. Bd8 Rf3+ 69. Ke2 Rf4 70. Rh7 Rg4 71. Kf2 Rg2+ 72. Ke3 Rg4 73. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 c6 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. g5 Ne8 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Nd6 18. a4 cxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 20. b3 e4 21. Rc1 Rfe8 22. Rh3 Nf5 23. Kf1 Qb4 24. Nxe4 Qxb3 25. Kg2 Qb2 26. Re1 Qc2 27. Bxc5 Re5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Re2 Qd1 30. Rh1 Qd3 31. Rhe1 Rae8 32. f3 Qb3 33. f4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Rakitskaja, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 cxd4 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 e4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. b3 Kc6 17. Rac1 Ba3 18. Rc2 Kd6 19. Bxe4 Rhc8 20. Nxd5 Ke5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bg2 Bxd5 23. Rxd5+ Ke6 24. Be4 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 Ra1 26. Ra5 Rxa2 27. Bf5+ Kd6 28. Rxa7 Kc5 29. Bxh7 Kb4 30. Bd3 Kxb3 31. Rxf7 Bb2 32. Rb7+ Kc3 33. Rc7+ Kb4 34. Rc2 Ka3 35. h4 Ra1 36. h5 Kb3 37. Rc8 Bc1 38. Rc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Re1 0-0 9. d3 Nh6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Ne4 b6 12. Bf4 Nd4 13. b3 Be6 14. Neg5 Bd5 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qg4 h6 17. Ne4 Qc8 18. Qg3 g5 19. Bd2 f5 20. exf6 exf6 21. f4 Qc7 22. Re2 Rf7 23. Qf2 Re7 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Ng3 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 gxf4 28. Nf5 f3 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Nxe7+ Kf7 31. Nxd5 cxd5 32. g4 f5 33. Kf2 fxg4 34. hxg4 Kg6 35. Kxf3 h5 36. gxh5+ Kxh5 37. Bf4 Kg6 38. Kg4 a6 39. Bc7 b5 40. Kf4 Bf6 41. Bd6 Bg7 42. Be5 Bh6+ 43. Kf3 Be3 44. Kg4 Bf2 45. Bh8 Kh7 46. Bf6 Kg6 47. Be5 Be3 48. a4 Bg1 49. Bh8 Kh7 50. Bf6 Kg6 51. Be5 Be3 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Bh8 Bg1 54. Bg7 Kg6 55. Bh8 Kf5 56. Bg7 Kg6 57. Be5 Kf5 58. Bh8 Be3 59. c3 Bg1 60. axb5 axb5 61. cxd4 Bh2 62. Be5 Bxe5 63. dxe5 Kxe5 64. Ke3 b4 65. d4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Qa4 0-0 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Qxc4 e5 11. Bg5 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Kg7 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Ne3 Be6 18. g4 Kf8 19. Nh4 Nd4 20. Kf1 Rd7 21. Nhf5 Bb4 22. a3 Be7 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Nf5 Rad8 25. Be4 Bd6 26. Nxd4 Bxh2 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Kg2 Be5 30. Rc2 Kg7 31. e3 Bb8 32. b4 a6 33. Rc8 Bd6 34. Re8 a5 35. bxa5 Bxa3 36. Rb8 h6 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Bb4 39. a6 Bc5 40. Bc8 Kf7 41. Kg3 Ba7 42. Kh4 e5 43. Kg3 Bb6 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Ke4 Ba7 46. Kd5 h5 47. gxh5+ Kxh5 48. Kc6 Kg5 49. Kb7 Bc5 50. e4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efremova, Daria"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. f4 Ng4 7. Nb3 dxe4 8. Bxe4 c4 9. Nc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. d4 Qd6 12. Bf3 Nf6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 Bd5 15. 0-0-0 0-0-0 16. h3 Bg7 17. Qg2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nd5 19. Bd2 e6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qa6 22. Kb1 f5 23. Qe2 Kb8 24. Rhf1 Ka8 25. g4 Rhf8 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Bg5 Re8 29. Qf3 Qc6 30. Re1 a6 31. h4 Re6 32. h5 Nf6 33. Qxc6 bxc6 34. h6 Bh8 35. Kc2 Ne4 36. Bf4 g5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Gutzeit, Avraham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 d6 7. Bc3 Nd7 8. e4 Nf6 9. f3 g6 10. Bc4 Bg7 11. Ne2 0-0 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. Nf4 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qd2 a6 17. a5 Bb5 18. Qc3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 e5 20. Nd3 Rac8 21. c3 f5 22. Rfc1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nh5 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. Nf2 Rf7 26. Nh3 h6 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qe2 Kg7 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Qf3+ Kg7 32. g4 Nf6 33. Nf2 Qa4 34. h4 Qc2 35. Kg2 Qxb2 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nh5 38. Qg4 Nf4+ 39. Kg3 Nh5+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kg3 Nh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. Nd5 e6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. e4 Bg7 12. Be3 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qd2 f5 15. c5 fxe4 16. Ng5 Nf5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nxe4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Nd2 Rfc8 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. a4 Qf8 25. Qb4 Rbc8 26. Rcd1 Rd8 27. Qb6 Rf7 28. h3 Bh6 29. Ne3 Rc8 30. Rc1 Bd3 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Rd1 e4 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4 Qxc4 35. Qxd6 Qe2 36. Rf1 e3 37. Qe6 exf2+ 38. Kh2 Qe3 39. Be4 Bf8 40. Bxg6 Qxe6 41. dxe6 Rf6 42. Bd3 Kg7 43. Bc4 Bc5 44. Rb1 b6 45. Kg2 Rf5 46. Rd1 Kf6 47. Bxa6 f1Q+ 48. Bxf1 Rf2+ 49. Kh1 Kxe6 50. Bg2 Kf6 51. h4 Ra2 52. Rf1+ Rf2 53. Re1 Ra2 54. Rf1+ Rf2 55. Rd1 Ra2 56. Rd7 Rxa4 57. Rxh7 Ra3 58. Kh2 Bd6 59. Rh6+ Ke7 60. Rg6 Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT Clubs"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shkurikhin, Ilia"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2 c5 9. 0-0 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Bg7 18. Bc3 Rb5 19. e4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rae1 Re8 22. Qc3+ f6 23. Nf3 Rb4 24. e5 Nc4 25. a3 Ra4 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. exf6+ Nxf6 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 29. Qe2 Qd8 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Ng5 Ng7 32. Ne6+ Nxe6 33. dxe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nachev, Stanislav"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Lanin, Alexsej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antipin, Alexey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 Qe8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. b3 Bh6 12. Bf1 Nh5 13. Ba3 b6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. b4 axb4 16. Bxb4 f5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. a4 Rf7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. a5 Bc8 21. Ra3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Ba6 23. g3 Raf8 24. Bh3 Ng7 25. f4 Nf5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qe2 Bxb5 28. cxb5 c4 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. d6 Qxd6 31. Qxc4+ Kh8 32. Rd3 Qf6 33. Rdd1 Rf2 34. Qxc7 Rg2+ 35. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Tsigankov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. g4 Na6 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc7 12. Be5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 fxg4 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Ne5 Bh4 16. 0-0 Kh8 17. Qe4 Bf6 18. Nxg4 Qe7 19. f4 Bd7 20. Rf3 g6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5+ Qg7 23. Raf1 Rae8 24. Bd3 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Kg7 27. Rf6 Rf8 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Kf2 Be8 30. Kg3 Ke7 31. Kf4 h6 32. h4 b5 33. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kineva, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 Re8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Re1 Nxd3 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Qxd3 Qe5 22. Qd2 Nd6 23. Bf4 Qe6 24. h3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Petrov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 Nbd5 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 d6 14. Bf1 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pimonenko, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bh6 6. Be2 Bxc1 7. Qxc1 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Nc4 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne8 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. Rae1 b6 14. g3 Nc7 15. f4 Ba6 16. Ne3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 f6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. h4 Rg8 20. Re2 exf4 21. gxf4 f5 22. Qg5 Qf7 23. Nc4 fxe4 24. Nxd6 Qg7 25. Ndxe4 Raf8 26. Ng3 h6 27. Qe7 Rf7 28. Qd6 Nf6 29. Rg2 Nfxd5 30. Nxd5 Qd4+ 31. Rgf2 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Kh7 34. Kh2 Ne8 35. Rc6 Ng7 36. a5 Rb8 37. b3 Rbb7 38. axb6 axb6 39. Kh3 Rfc7 40. Rf6 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pimonenko, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6 9. f3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. g4 Qa5 12. h4 Nc5 13. Rb1 Qb4 14. Nh3 h5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. gxh5 Bxh4+ 17. Nf2 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qd4+ 19. Ke1 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 a5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Rh6 Kg7 23. Rbh1 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Bb5 Bh3 27. Be8 Kg7 28. Nb5 Kf6 29. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Zarubin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 Bb4 9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. Ba3 Nxe4 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. Qa7 Bd7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qc5+ Ke8 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qxc7 Rc8 20. Qb7 Qc5 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Qa8+ Rc8 24. Rxe6+ Kd8 25. Qb7 Rc7 26. Qb8+ Rc8 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Rexd6 Rc7 29. Bh3 Ke7 30. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2 12th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pogosian, Georgy"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Ne8 10. 0-0 c5 11. a3 Nd6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Bh6 17. Bf2 f5 18. Nb5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21. Re1 cxb4 22. Nbd6 Rcd8 23. c5 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 bxa3 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Qxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7 Rxd5 28. Rxa7 Nb4 29. Bh4 Nd3 30. Rb1 Be3+ 31. Kh1 g5 32. Bxg5 Nf2+ 33. Nxf2 Bxf2 34. Rxa3 e4 35. h4 Bxc5 36. Rg3 Kf7 37. Rf1+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Margolin, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Bg6 9. c4 Nf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. c5 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 c6 13. b4 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 0-0 15. Qb2 Qc7 16. b5 Nd7 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Qa3 Ra8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qa6 Rab8 21. Nb4 Rfc8 22. Rb3 Kf8 23. Qa4 Rb5 24. Qa3 e5 25. Nxd5 Rxb3 26. axb3 cxd5 27. c6+ Kg8 28. cxd7 Qxd7 29. dxe5 h6 30. h3 Qc7 31. Rd1 Qc3 32. Qa6 Re8 33. Rxd5 Qxb3 34. Qb5 Qxb5 35. Rxb5 Rc8 36. Ra5 Rc7 37. f4 Kf8 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Kf3 g6 40. g4 Rd7 41. Ra6 Rb7 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 h5 44. Kf4 Rb4+ 45. e4 Rb3 46. Rxa7+ Kf8 47. f6 Ke8 48. e6 fxe6 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Ke5 Rxh3 51. Kxe6 Ra3 52. e5 Ra6+ 53. Kf5 Ra1 54. Rh7 Kg8 55. Rxh5 Ra5 56. Kg6 Ra6 57. Rh1 Rb6 58. Rd1 Rb8 59. e6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Novikova, Anna"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bc4 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Be3 Ngf6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qe8 15. e5 Nh7 16. Bf4 dxe5 17. dxe5 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxc7 Qg6 20. Bg3 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 Qxg3 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Ng5 26. Kh1 Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Be5 28. Qxe5+ Nxe5 29. Ne2 Qe3 30. Rf5 Ne4 31. Kh2 Nd6 32. Rh5+ Kg7 33. Ng3 Nf3+ 34. gxf3 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxf3+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Ne4 38. Nxe4 Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Qxh5 40. Rg1+ Kf7 41. Ng3 Qe5 42. b3 Kg6 43. Rg2 Kg5 44. Re2 Qd6 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46. Re4 Qc6 47. c4 Qd7 48. Re5+ Kf6 49. Rd5 Qh7 50. Nf5 Qg6+ 51. Kf2 Qh5 52. Ng3 Qxh3 53. Rd6+ Ke5 54. Rxb6 Qh2+ 55. Kf3 Qc2 56. Rb8 Qd3+ 57. Kf2 Qd4+ 58. Kf3 Qd3+ 59. Kf2 Qd7 60. Kg2 Qc6+ 61. Kf2 Qf6+ 62. Ke2 Qg6 63. Kf2 Kd4 64. Ne2+ Kc5 65. Rf8 Kb4 66. Rf3 Qd6 67. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Pavlov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 c6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Nh4 Bc5 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Bc3 a5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Kh2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxb3 21. Bxa5 Ra8 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxb4 25. Rb1 Qf8 26. Qe3 Nc5 27. Rd1 Re6 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qxh5 g6 30. Qg4 e4 31. N3h4 Kf7 32. Nd4 Re5 33. f4 Re8 34. f5 g5 35. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rjabzev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng4 14. Qe1 Nge5 15. Qg3 f6 16. Kh1 a6 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Be2 Kh8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. h4 Bc4 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bb3 24. Rc1 Ne5 25. h5 h6 26. Bf4 Rfe8 27. Rc5 b6 28. Rcc1 a5 29. Qe1 Be6 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Qg3 Qd6 32. Bg4 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Rc7 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Qf6 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Re8 Rd1 39. Rxe5 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 Qxe5+ 41. Kg1 g6 42. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Molchanova, Tatjana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 0-0 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 exd5 8. cxd5 Qc5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qxd5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. 0-0 d6 13. Ng5 Qc4 14. b3 Qc5 15. Qd2 h6 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Nh3 Bd7 18. Nf4 Rae8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd5 Qd4 21. Qxh6 Ne5 22. Nxc7 Re7 23. Bd5+ Nf7 24. Rc4 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 Bc6 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fateev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Ne7 6. Bd3 d6 7. exd6 Ng6 8. Bb2 Nf4 9. Bf1 Qxd6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. g3 Nh5 14. a3 b6 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Kf3 Be5 22. Ra2 Rd3 23. b4 h5 24. Ke2 Rad8 25. Rd2 Rxd2+ 26. Bxd2 Ne4 27. Be3 Kf8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 h4 30. Ke2 f5 31. f4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bb2 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. g4 Nd6 35. gxf5 Nxc4 36. fxe6 Kxe6 37. a4 Kd5 38. a5 Nxe3 39. Kxe3 Kc4 40. axb6 axb6 41. b5 Kxb5 42. Kd3 Ka4 43. Kc2 Bf6 44. Nd2 b5 45. Ne4 Kb4 46. Nd6 Kc5 47. Nf5 Kd5 48. Kb3 Kc5 49. Ne3 Kd4 50. Nf5+ Kd5 51. Kb4 Kc6 52. Kb3 g6 53. Ne3 Kc5 54. Nc2 Be7 55. Ne3 Kd4 56. f5 g5 57. Ng4 Ke4 58. Nh6 Kf4 59. Ng8 Bf8 60. f6 g4 61. Ne7 g3 62. Ng6+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Kopasov, Evgeny Aleksandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 e6 5. f3 Qf6 6. Bxb8 Qxb2 7. fxe4 Qxa1 8. Bg3 Qxa2 9. e3 b5 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Nbd2 exd5 13. 0-0 f6 14. exd5 Qb6 15. e4 c4+ 16. Kh1 Bc5 17. Qa1 Be3 18. Bxc4 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qa6 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Qe1 Rhf8 23. e5 Bxd5 24. exf6+ Kd8 25. Qe7+ Kc7 26. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 g6 7. h3 Nh6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 Nf5 10. Ne4 b6 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc3 Bf5 14. Qxd4 cxd4 15. Ng3 Be6 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. a4 c5 19. Ne4 Bd5 20. a5 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 b5 22. a6 e6 23. b4 Bf8 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rb1 Rab8 26. Bd2 b4 27. Rb3 Rdc8 28. Re1 Rb6 29. Ra1 Be7 30. Ra2 g5 31. g3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Kf5 35. Kf3 Rg8 36. Be1 Rb5 37. Bf2 Bc5 38. Ra1 Rg6 39. Ra2 Rh6 40. h4 Rg6 41. Bg3 Rb8 42. Rb1 Rbg8 43. Rg1 Be7 44. h5 Rg4 45. Raa1 Bf8 46. Bh2 Bh6 47. Rxg4 Rxg4 48. Re1 Bf8 49. Rg1 Rxg1 50. Bxg1 Bc5 51. Bf2 Bb6 52. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexey2222"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Rd1 e5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Be6 15. Nf5 Qb4 16. N3h4 Bb3 17. Qd2 Bxd1 18. Qg5 Qe1+ 19. Bf1 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Ne4+ 21. Ke3 Nxg5 22. Rxd1 Rfd8 23. Rc1 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 f5 26. Nf2 Rd4 27. Nd3 Rad8 28. Bg2 e4 29. Nc5 Ne5 30. h3 Nc4+ 31. Kf2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keclah, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. h3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. b4 e4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Vulfson, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. Nc3 b5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Be6 12. e4 Bc5 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Qf3 Kf8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bd5 Bb6 17. Rad1 h5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rd5 c6 20. Rd6 Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qe8 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Rd7 Kg8 24. Bg5 g6 25. e5 Rh7 26. Be7 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Qf6 Rg7 29. f4 Qc8 30. Bd8 Qg4 31. Rd2 Bxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Qxc6 Qe2 34. Qc8 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qg4+ 37. Qxg4 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4 f5+ 39. exf6 Rc7 40. Re8 Rc5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kozlov, Viktor Mihail"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a4 Rc8 16. Rfc1 0-0 17. a5 Rc7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfc8 21. Ra8 Nf6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qb1 Qa3 24. h3 Nd5 25. Re1 Qxc3 26. Ng5 g6 27. Nf3 Qc4 28. Qe4 b5 29. Ne5 Qc2 30. Qf3 Qf5 31. Qa3 b4 32. Qa7 Rc7 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Ra1 Qf4 35. g3 Qxd4 36. Ra8 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Nf3 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. c4 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 d4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Rb1 Be7 14. a3 a5 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Ne1 Rab8 17. Nc2 h6 18. Rb2 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Qd2 a4 21. Rfb1 axb3 22. Rxb3 Ba6 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Qxb8 25. Qa5 Qb1+ 26. Ne1 c4 27. dxc4 Bxc4 28. Bf3 Qa2 29. Qa7 Bxa3 30. Nd3 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Bxd3 32. Qxa3 Be4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Qf3 Qe5 35. h4 g6 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Qd3 Qd5 38. Kg1 e5 39. f3 Qc5 40. Kf2 h5 41. Kg2 Qc3 42. Qb5 Qe3 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 g5 46. hxg5 Qxg5 47. Kf2 h4 48. gxh4 Qxh4+ 49. Kf1 Qh1+ 50. Kf2 Qh2+ 51. Kf1 Qf4 52. Qd5 Qf5 53. Qd8 Qf6 54. Qd5 Kg6 55. Qd7 Qe6 56. Qd8 f6 57. Kf2 f5 58. f4 exf4 59. Qxd4 Qe4 60. Qd6+ Kh5 61. Qf6 Qe3+ 62. Kf1 Qh3+ 63. Kf2 Qh2+ 64. Kf1 Qh1+ 65. Kf2 Qh4+ 66. Qxh4+ Kxh4 67. Kf3 Kg5 68. Kg2 Kg4 69. Kf2 f3 70. exf3+ Kh3 71. f4 Kg4 72. Ke1 Kxf4 73. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvereva, Marija"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. d4 N7f6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Bg5 b6 10. Rad1 0-0 11. Nf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Bb7 13. Be5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Rd4 c5 17. Rg4 Kh8 18. h4 a6 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. h5 Rad8 21. Qe3 b5 22. h6 g6 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Qg3 Rgd8 25. Be4 b4 26. Ne2 Rd1 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kh2 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Qd7 30. Nf4 Bf8 31. Qh3 Rd4 32. Qf3 Bxh6 33. Nd3 Rd5 34. Rf4 Bg7 35. Re4 Kg8 36. Qg3 a5 37. f4 a4 38. Rc4 Qb5 39. b3 a3 40. Qe3 Bf8 41. Qe4 Qb6 42. Qe3 Qd8 43. Nxc5 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Golovchenko, Gleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Na6 13. e4 Rb8 14. Re1 Re8 15. h3 Nc7 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Qd2 g5 19. Bg3 b5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 b4 22. Na4 Bxd5 23. Nxc5 Bxg2 24. Qxd8 Rbxd8 25. Kxg2 Rd2 26. Nf3 Rc2 27. Nd3 Ncd5 28. Be5 Rec8 29. Rad1 Ne8 30. Nd4 R2c4 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. Re2 Nef6 33. Rdd2 Ne4 34. Rd1 Nc5 35. b3 Re4 36. Rc2 Nxd3 37. Rxc8 Rxe5 38. Nxh6+ Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaingorten, Yaaqov"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rfd1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ndb5 dxe4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxc5 Nf4 18. Bxf8 Nxe2+ 19. Kf2 Kxf8 20. Kxe2 exf3+ 21. Kxf3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Nxa7 Rxa7 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Rxc8 Bxh2 26. g3 Rxa2 27. Rc3 h5 28. Rcb3 g5 29. R1b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. e4 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 b5 15. b3 f6 16. f4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Nc6 18. Nc1 Qa5 19. Qe2 Qa3 20. f5 a5 21. h4 a4 22. Rb1 axb3 23. axb3 Ne7 24. g4 gxf5 25. exf5 Kh8 26. Be4 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nd3 e4 30. Nf4 d3 31. Qd2 Qd6 32. Kh3 Rfb8 33. c5 Qxc5 34. b4 Qd6 35. Ne6 Ng8 36. g5 Qe5 37. Qg2 Ra7 38. g6 hxg6 39. Qxg6 Rh7 40. Rg1 d2 41. Qxh7+ Kxh7 42. Rg7+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Razuvajeva, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 f6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 Bb4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Bc4 g5 13. Bd5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd6 15. Be4 0-0-0 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. d4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. d5 Ne7 20. e4 Kb8 21. Nd2 Nc8 22. Nc4 Qd7 23. a4 Nd6 24. Qd3 h5 25. b4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 h4 27. Ra3 h3 28. g3 f5 29. b5 a5 30. Rf3 f4 31. Qc3 g4 32. Rfd3 fxg3 33. Rxg3 Qd6 34. Qxa5 Rhf8 35. Rc3 b6 36. Qa6 Rf3 37. Rc6 Qd7 38. d6 Qxc6 39. bxc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. a3 Be7 16. Kf2 0-0 17. b4 Qd8 18. c5 a5 19. b5 cxb5 20. Bxb5 a4 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Rd8 23. f5 Kh8 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Rhc1 Bc6 26. Be4 Rg8 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. g3 exf5 29. Rb6 Qe4 30. Rxf6 Qxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxf6 32. Bxf6+ Rg7 33. Rd1 Ra6 34. Bxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rxd7+ Kg6 36. Ke3 Re6+ 37. Kd4 Re2 38. c6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Altshul, Raffael"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. c4 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Ne1 e5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. e4 Bd7 13. Nd3 Nh5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. b5 Rae8 16. f4 f5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nf2 Nf6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Nde4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Nd6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qe4 Bh6 27. h3 Bf4 28. Rf1 Re7 29. Bc1 g5 30. Qd3 Be8 31. Be4 h5 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Bb2 Kh6 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Bf5 Bf7 36. Qe4 Qh6 37. Rd1 Qd6 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rd1 Re7 40. Re1 Qh6 41. Rd1 Qd6 42. Re1 Re8 43. Rd1 hxg4 44. Bxg4 Kg8 45. Bf5 Bh5 46. Bg4 Qh6 47. Rh1 Bg6 48. Bf5 Bxf5 49. Qxf5 e4 50. Re1 e3 51. Bf6 Qh7 52. Qxh7+ Kxh7 53. d6 Bxd6 54. Bxg5 Re4 55. Bxe3 Bf8 56. Kf3 Rxc4 57. Rd1 Ra4 58. Bc1 c4 59. Rd7+ Kg6 60. Ke4 Bg7 61. Rd6+ Bf6 62. Rd7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anisimov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 d4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Re5 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. h3 Re8 21. Rd1 c5 22. b4 Qd5 23. Qb5 Rc8 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxd4 Rxc2 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 a5 29. Rd5 Ra2 30. Rxa5 g5 31. g3 Kg6 32. Ra6+ f6 33. Kg2 h5 34. Kf3 Ra1 35. Ra8 Ra2 36. Ra7 Ra1 37. g4 h4 38. a4 Ra3+ 39. Kg2 Kh6 40. a5 Kg6 41. Ra8 Kg7 42. a6 Kh7 43. a7 Kg7 44. Kf1 Ra2 45. Ke1 Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Ra4+ 49. Kd5 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. 0-0 Nb4 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 f6 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. Be3 Red8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Nd4 24. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gusev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nd7 9. e3 0-0 10. 0-0 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. h4 Nf6 14. Bd2 Rf7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Qd7 17. Qe2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Qd3 Nd4 21. Kg2 Raf8 22. f3 Nxf3 23. Rh1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kachar, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. 0-0 c5 11. Rfe1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Rc7 13. Qd1 Qa8 14. Qe2 e6 15. Nc4 d5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Qg4 Qc8 20. h4 h5 21. Qh3 f5 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Bf4 Re8 24. f3 Bf6 25. Kf2 Qd8 26. Rh1 Qe7 27. Be5 Qg7 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. a5 e5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Rhe1 b5 32. Qf4 Ree7 33. Rad1 Qe6 34. Bf1 Rf7 35. Bd3 Rfe7 36. Bb1 Qd6 37. Bc2 Qc7 38. Ra1 d4 39. cxd4 cxd4 40. Bd3 dxe3+ 41. Kg3 Qxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 a6 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. a3 b4 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. axb4 Rxb4 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Qd2 c5 18. Bh6 e5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Be3 Rxe4 21. Red1 f5 22. Ra7 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 e4 24. Ng5 c4 25. Bf1 Ne5 26. Qc5 h6 27. Bxc4+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Nxf7 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Qf6 33. Qc3 Qf8 34. b4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Chistiakova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Nd5 9. Nxc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a4 Qc8 13. Qb3 a6 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qc5 Rac8 18. Rfb1 Rfd8 19. Qb6 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 g6 23. e3 Rb8 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Ra1 Rc8 27. Bg2 Bb7 28. Ra7 Rb8 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke1 Ke8 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Bxc6+ Rd7 33. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Khruschiov, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nh3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3 Bg4 9. Nc3 Ndb4 10. Qb1 Qd7 11. a3 0-0-0 12. Bc1 Na6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Nfd5 Bg7 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bg2 f5 17. 0-0 Nc5 18. Ra2 Nd4 19. Rb2 f4 20. b4 Ncb3 21. Nc2 f3 22. exf3 exf3 23. Bh1 g4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Moskovets, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qf3 g6 8. h3 Na6 9. a3 0-0 10. Nge2 Nc7 11. Nf4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. 0-0-0 b5 15. g4 fxg4 16. hxg4 f5 17. g5 Rab8 18. Nf4 Qe7 19. Rh6 Rf7 20. Rdh1 Rg7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bxf5 Qf7 23. Qh3 Re8 24. Bxg6 Rxg6 25. Rxh7 Qe6 26. Qf3 Rxg5 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. R1h7+ Kg6 29. Rh6+ Kg7 30. R8h7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Novikov, Mikhail V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. c4 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. dxc4 Nb4 14. Rcd1 Qd3 15. Qxd3 Nxd3 16. Ba1 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd3 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 bxc4 22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Nxc5 d2 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Rxd2 f5 27. Nd6 Rc1 28. Nc4 Ra1 29. Ne5 g5 30. Rc2 g4 31. a4 Bd6 32. Nc6 Kf7 33. Rd2 Bf8 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rxh7 Ra2 36. h4 gxh3+ 37. Rxh3 Rb2 38. Rh7 Rxb3 39. Nd8 Kg6 40. Rd7 Rb6 41. Rc7 Rd6 42. Nc6 Bg7 43. Na5 Rd5 44. Nb3 Rd6 45. Nc5 Bf8 46. Ra7 Rc6 47. Nxa6 Bd6 48. Ra8 Rb6 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. g4 fxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Ke5 52. a5 Rb5 53. Ra7 Kf6 54. Rd7 Rg5+ 55. Kf3 Bh2 56. Nb4 Rxa5 57. Rh7 Bd6 58. Nc2 Kg6 59. Rd7 Be5 60. Ne1 Ra6 61. Nd3 Bd6 62. Rb7 Kf6 63. Nc1 Rc6 64. Ne2 Be5 65. Ra7 Rd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. 0-0 Rb8 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qd2 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Nf4 Be6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qc3+ f6 20. h4 Bf7 21. Rd2 Re5 22. f3 Qb7 23. e4 Qb4 24. Qc2 Qb6 25. Ne2 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. Ng3 Rf4 29. Ne4 Qb4 30. Qe3 Rf5 31. Re2 Kg7 32. g4 Re5 33. f4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 Re8 35. Qf3 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qc3 37. Rf3 Qf6 38. Qe1 Be6 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Bxf5 41. Qg3+ Kf7 42. Qf4 Ke6 43. Re3+ Kd7 44. Kf2 Qb2+ 45. Re2 Qd4+ 46. Qxd4 cxd4 47. Rd2 c5 48. Kf3 Bg6 49. Kf4 a5 50. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. f4 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d3 0-0 10. Nd2 e6 11. Nf3 a5 12. a4 d4 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Re1 b6 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. g4 Ncb4 18. Re4 f5 19. Rxe6 Nxf4 20. Rd6 fxg4 21. Qxg4 h5 22. Qf3 Be5 23. Nxe5 Qxd6 24. Nc4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. f4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. Bh4 Qe6 15. Qd3 c4 16. Qe2 f5 17. Kh1 Ne8 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. h3 Nd6 20. g4 fxg4 21. Rxg4 Bxh4 22. Nxh4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Qf3 Raf8 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Reg1 e5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Qg2 Qe6 29. Rd1 Qxe3 30. Rxg6+ Kh8 31. Rg7 Rh5 32. Rg3 Qxf4 33. Rg1 Qe4 34. Re3 Qxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Rhf5 36. Re7 R5f7 37. Re5 Rd7 38. Rd2 Rfd8 39. Rg5 d4 40. cxd4 Rxd4 41. Rc2 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 R1d2+ 43. Rg2 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 Rd4 45. b3 cxb3 46. axb3 a5 47. Rc3 Kg7 48. Kg3 Kf7 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Ke2 Kd6 52. Ke3 Rd5 53. b4 axb4 54. Rc4 b3 55. Rb4 Rh5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Zharkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Bf4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. c5 Bb8 20. b4 b5 21. Bf1 Rd5 22. Bd3 f5 23. Qf3 Rf8 24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Bb3 Rdd8 26. Re1 Rf6 27. Re2 Re8 28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Bc8 30. Rce1 Qd8 31. Re5 Kh7 32. h4 g6 33. a3 Kg7 34. d5 cxd5 35. Bxd5 Re7 36. c6 a6 37. Bf3 h5 38. Rd1 Qc7 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Qd4 Kf7 41. Rd2 Rfe8 42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Bg2 Rfe8 44. f4 Rf8 45. Bf3 Rfe8 46. Kg2 Qb8 47. Rc5 Qc7 48. Qe5 Qxe5 49. fxe5 Rc7 50. Kf2 Rh8 51. Ke3 Kg7 52. Rcc2 Kh6 53. Kd4 Rf7 54. Ke3 Rc7 55. Kf4 Rg8 56. Rd6 Rf8 57. Rcd2 Rff7 58. Rd8 Kg7 59. Re8 Rf8 60. Rxf8 Kxf8 61. Rd8+ Kg7 62. Kg5 Rf7 63. Rxc8 f4 64. g4 hxg4 65. Kxg4 Rf5 66. c7 Rxe5 67. Rd8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rusanov, Michail"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qe3 d6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. g3 Rac8 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 17. d5 Na5 18. Nh4 Rc7 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. f4 Bc8 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qd4 Bxf5 23. Qxe5 dxe5 24. exf5 f6 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. d6 Rxc2 27. Rc1 Rb2 28. Ba6 Rxd6 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Nc6 31. Rd7 Nd4 32. Rxa7 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxh2+ 34. Ke1 e4 35. Bc4+ Kh7 36. Be2 Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 exf3 38. Rb7 h5 39. a4 Rb4 40. Kf2 Rxa4 41. Kxf3 Rb4 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 b5 44. Rb8 Rb1 45. Rb7 b4 46. Kf3 b3 47. Kg2 Kh6 48. Kh2 b2 49. Kg2 Kg5 50. Rxg7+ Kxf5 51. Rb7 Kg5 52. Rg7+ Kh6 53. Rb7 f5 54. Rb4 Kg5 55. Kh2 Kf6 56. Rb6+ Ke5 57. Rb8 Kd6 58. Rb6+ Kc7 59. Rb3 h4 60. gxh4 f4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 a5 12. Be3 Nh5 13. g3 Qe7 14. a3 Na6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Rb1 Ng8 19. Qc2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 Rae8 22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Kh2 Ne4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Nd2 Nc5 27. Bg2 Bf5 28. Rf1 a4 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxe4 Bd7 31. Nf3 Qe3 32. Rbe1 Qh6 33. h4 Bf6 34. Rf2 Bg4 35. Ref1 Rg8 36. Qd2 Qh5 37. Qe3 Re7 38. d6 cxd6 39. Bd5 e4 40. Ng5 Bxg5 41. Rf8 Rxf8 42. Rxf8+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirnov, Leonid L"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. d4 c5 6. b3 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb2 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. c3 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Qc2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 c6 11. a4 h6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. b4 b6 14. h3 Be6 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. 0-0 b5 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. f3 Rd7 20. Nb3 a6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rad8 23. Bb6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd7 25. Be3 Kg7 26. Rd2 h5 27. Bg5 Ne8 28. Qd1 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 f6 30. Bh6+ Kh7 31. Bf8 g5 32. Qd8 Kg6 33. Qa8 Nc7 34. Qb7 Qd7 35. Bc5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Ne6 37. Qxc6 Nxc5 38. bxc5 Qd2 39. Qd5 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kh2 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 c5 16. Rab1 cxb4 17. Rxb4 a5 18. Rb7 Rc8 19. Nd5 Rxc4 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nb6 Qc6 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxa5 Kh8 24. Kh1 f5 25. Rc1 Qd3 26. exf5 Nxf5 27. Qd2 Qa3 28. Bd5 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Bh6 31. Rc3 e4 32. Kg2 Rf3 33. Bxe4 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Bxe3 35. Kf3 Bg1 36. h3 Kg7 37. Bc2 Kf6 38. Ke4 Bf2 39. g4 Kg5 40. Kf3 Be1 41. Bb3 Kh4 42. Bg8 h5 43. Be6 Bb4 44. a4 Ba5 45. Ke4 Kg3 46. Kd5 h4 47. g5 Bb4 48. Ke4 Bd2 49. Kd5 Bb4 50. Ke4 Bd2 51. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qa5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Qf5 17. a4 Rfc8 18. h3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Rc2 21. a5 Nd5 22. g4 Qe6 23. Rb2 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 h5 25. Qc2 hxg4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 gxh3 28. Rb1 f6 29. Bh4 Rc8 30. Rb7 f5 31. Nc5 f4 32. Bg5 fxe3 33. fxe3 Rf8 34. Ne6 Rf3 35. e4 Nc3 36. Rxe7 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Bxd4 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Nxd4 Nxd4 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Rxa7 Ra3 44. Bf6 Nc6 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Rc7 Ra2+ 47. Kxh3 Nxa5 48. Ra7 Ke8 49. Kg4 Rg2+ 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. e5 Ra3+ 52. Kf4 Nc4 53. Re7+ Kf8 54. Rc7 Ne3 55. Ke4 Nf5 56. e6 Ra4+ 57. Kd3 Ra3+ 58. Kd2 Ra2+ 59. Kc1 Ra8 60. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smelov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 e5 8. d3 Nh5 9. b4 f5 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Nd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nxf6 Rxf6 16. Nd2 f4 17. d4 Nf5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Ne4 Rf8 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Rbd1 Qe7 22. Nd2 Nh4 23. Nf3 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Bf5 25. Rd4 g5 26. Qc3 Qg7 27. Qd2 Bh3+ 28. Kg1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Qf6 30. Rd7 Rad8 31. Ne5 Rxd7 32. Nxd7 Rd8 33. c5 c6 34. b6 axb6 35. cxb6 Qg7 36. Qd6 Rxd7 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qe8 Qe7 39. Qc8 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 h6 8. Bh4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b4 Qe7 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bf1 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nb3 g4 18. Nfd4 Qg5 19. g3 Ng6 20. Rad1 Be5 21. Nf5 Be6 22. Nc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 b6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qb3 Nf8 26. Rd5 Bd6 27. Rb5 a6 28. Rd5 Kh7 29. Nxd6 exd5 30. Nf5 Rd8 31. Qc2 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Ng6 33. Nh4 Rd6 34. Bd3 f3 35. h3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxc3 37. Qe7+ Qg7 38. Bxg6+ Rxg6 39. Qe4 h5 40. Qc2 c6 41. Qf5 Qh6 42. Qd3 Qg5 43. Nxg6 Qxg6 44. Qxa6 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schepelin, Anton"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bc8 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. d4 Nb6 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 Nbxd5 10. Nge2 g6 11. 0-0 Bg7 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nb6 14. Bg5 a4 15. Ba2 0-0 16. Qd2 c6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 e5 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. d6 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Nd5 Bc2 26. Rd2 d3 27. Be7 Rfd8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Ne3 Bh6 30. Rxc2 dxc2 31. Nxc2 Rxd6 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Kf2 Rb3 34. Na1 Rb6 35. b4 Bc1 36. Nc2 Rc6 37. Nd4 Rd6 38. Nb5 Rd5 39. Nc3 Rd3 40. Nxa4 Bxa3 41. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Taranenko, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 e6 5. f3 Qa5+ 6. c3 Nf6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. c4 Qd8 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Nf4 Bh4+ 16. g3 Ne5 17. 0-0 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Bf6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. b3 a6 21. Nc2 b5 22. Ne3 g5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bd4 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Nc2 Bg7 28. Re2 Qf6 29. Ne1 Rae8 30. Nf3 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Re8 32. Qd2 h6 33. Re1 Rg8 34. Qe3 Be8 35. Qe6 Bh5 36. Rf1 bxc4 37. bxc4 Qa1 38. Ne1 Bg4 39. Bxf5 Bxf5 40. Qxf5 Re8 41. Qd7 Rxe1 42. Qc8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grunina, Nina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. d5 Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd1 Bd7 16. Qc3 b6 17. a3 Na6 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Ne3 Bc8 21. Reb1 h5 22. Qd1 Nb8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Qa4 Na6 26. Be2 Bh6 27. Nef1 Bg5 28. Qb5 Nc5 29. Ra7 Qd6 30. Qxb4 h4 31. Qc3 Bd7 32. Qc2 f5 33. Bf3 Re7 34. Ra2 Ref7 35. Rbb2 h3 36. Ng3 hxg2 37. Bxg2 Bxd2 38. Qxd2 f4 39. Nf1 f3 40. Bh1 Nxe4 41. Qe3 Rf4 42. Ng3 Nxg3 43. fxg3 Rxc4 44. Bxf3 Bh3 45. Rc2 Rxc2 46. Rxc2 Qf6 47. Qh6 e4 48. Qxh3 Qd4+ 49. Rf2 exf3 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. h4 Rf7 52. Qc6 Re7 53. Qc1 Qxd5 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Rxf3 c5 56. Rd3 Qe5 57. Qxe5 Rxe5 58. Kf2 Kg7 59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Rd6+ Re6 61. Rd8 Rc6 62. Ke4 c4 63. Rd2 c3 64. Rc2 b5 65. Kd5 Rc8 66. Rf2+ Kg7 67. Rc2 Rc4 68. g4 Rxg4 69. Rxc3 Rxh4 70. Ke5 b4 71. Rg3 Rh8 72. Ke6 Rb8 73. Rb3 Kh6 74. Kf6 Rb6+ 75. Ke5 Kh5 76. Kf4 g5+ 77. Kg3 Rb8 78. Kh3 g4+ 79. Kg3 Kg5 80. Kg2 Kf4 81. Kf2 Ke4 82. Ke2 Rb7 83. Kd2 Kf4 84. Ke2 Re7+ 85. Kf2 Re4 86. Kg2 Ke5 87. Rd3 Rd4 88. Re3+ Kd5 89. Re8 Kc4 90. Rc8+ Kd3 91. Rb8 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Black "Zhukov, Klim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bf1 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Nc4 N8g6 17. Ne3 g4 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. Rad1 h5 20. Nb3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Ne6 22. Be2 h4 23. Bxg4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nd4 25. cxd4 Bxg4 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. d5 Bf8 28. a3 Bd6 29. Na5 b6 30. Nc4 Ne7 31. Ne3 Qg5 32. Qc3 f6 33. Nc4 Qh5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Nxd6+ cxd6 36. Qc7 Qg5 37. Kf2 Rc8 38. Qxd6 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Qxg3 40. Qe6+ Ke8 41. Qh3 Qxh3 42. gxh3 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. g5 f4 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Bg4 Bh8 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Nf3 Ng7 17. Nxe5 Qe7 18. Ng4 Nf5 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. 0-0-0 Nf7 22. Ng4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. h5 f3 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh3 Kg8 27. Kb1 Rf4 28. d6 cxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rc6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rdh8 Kf7 34. R3h7+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. 0-0 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d3 0-0 9. h3 Nh6 10. a4 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. b3 Nf5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Bb2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Neg5 Bd5 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Qg4 Rad8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nde6 fxe6 21. Kxg2 Rf5 22. f4 Rxf4 23. Nxe6 Rf5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Re4 g5 26. a5 b5 27. b4 Kg6 28. Ra3 Rc7 29. Rc3 Kf7 30. Rc5 Ke6 31. a6 Rf4 32. Rxf4 gxf4 33. Kf3 Kf5 34. c4 Rd7 35. e6+ Kxe6 36. Kxf4 Rxd3 37. Rxc6+ Kd7 38. cxb5 Rd4+ 39. Kf3 Rxb4 40. Rc5 Kd6 41. Rh5 Rc4 42. Rxh7 Rc3+ 43. Ke4 Rc4+ 44. Kd3 Rb4 45. Rh6+ Kd5 46. Rh5+ e5 47. Rh7 Rxb5 48. Kc2 Rb8 49. Rxa7 Rh8 50. Rd7+ Kc6 51. Rd3 Kb6 52. Ra3 Ka7 53. Kd2 e4 54. Ke2 e3 55. Rxe3 Kxa6 56. Rb3 Ka5 57. Kf2 Ka4 58. Rd3 Kb4 59. Kg3 Kc4 60. Rd1 Rg8+ 61. Kf4 Rh8 62. Kg4 Rg8+ 63. Kf5 Rf8+ 64. Kg5 Rg8+ 65. Kf6 Rf8+ 66. Kg7 Rf4 67. Rd6 Kc5 68. Rf6 Re4 69. Rh6 Kd5 70. h4 Rg4+ 71. Kf6 Rf4+ 72. Kg5 Ke5 73. Rd6 Rf1 74. h5 Rg1+ 75. Kh6 Kf5 76. Kh7 Rh1 77. h6 Rg1 78. Kh8 Rg6 79. Rd5+ Kf6 80. h7 Kf7 81. Rd7+ Kf8 82. Rd8+ Kf7 83. Rg8 Ra6 84. Rg7+ Kf6 85. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

