[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gustafson, Dale L"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. 0-0 Ne7 7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nf1 c6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Bxg6 Nxg6 16. Qd4 Ne6 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Qg4 Nxe5 19. Qf5 Nd7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Nh5 Kh8 22. Re3 Qd6 23. Rae1 Qe7 24. f4 Rg8 25. g4 Raf8 26. Kh2 Qd6 27. Kh1 Ng7 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 29. Re7 Nc5 30. Re8 Ne4 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Kg2 f6 33. c4 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaptsan, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 c5 18. Be3 c4 19. a3 Nf8 20. Qd2 Bc8 21. Rf1 Be6 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qd7 24. Rf3 a5 25. Raf1 Reb8 26. Qf2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. g4 Rb7 29. Bf5 Ra2 30. Bb1 Ra8 31. Qg3 Qc7 32. h4 Qd7 33. h5 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Bf5 Qa4 36. Qf2 Rb2 37. Qe3 Qa2 38. R3f2 Rxf2 39. Rxf2 Qc4 40. Kh2 Ra4 41. Bc2 Rb4 42. Rf4 Rb2 43. Bd3 Qa2 44. Qg3 h6 45. Bxh6 c2 46. Rf1 Rb1 47. Bc1 Qa1 48. Qe3 Bxg4 49. h6 Ne6 50. Bxc2 Rb4 51. h7+ Kh8 52. Rxf7 Rc4 53. Qf2 Rc8 54. Bh6 Rxc2 55. Qxc2 Qxd4 56. Bf4 Qe4 57. Qxe4 dxe4 58. Kg3 Bh5 59. Re7 Nd4 60. Kf2 Kxh7 61. Rd7 Ne6 62. Ke3 Bg6 63. g4 Kg8 64. Re7 Nc5 65. Kd4 Nd3 66. Bg3 Kf8 67. Rb7 Nc1 68. Bh4 Ne2+ 69. Ke3 Nc3 70. e6 Nd5+ 71. Kd4 Nf6 72. Bxf6 gxf6 73. Ke3 f5 74. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gentes, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f5 Ne5 13. f6 Bf8 14. Bd3 b5 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qe2 b4 17. Na4 Nbd7 18. h4 Bb7 19. h5 d5 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Qh5 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xia, Yanchong"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. 0-0 a5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. b5 a4 15. bxc6 Qxb2 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. cxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfb1 Qd7 19. Rb5 0-0 20. Rab1 Rfc8 21. Rb7 Rc7 22. Rb8+ Rxb8 23. Rxb8+ Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. h3 Qc6 26. Ne1 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Klokow, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. dxe4 dxe4 8. Ne5 Qd5 9. Bf4 Bxf5 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nc3 Qc5 12. Na4 Bg4 13. Nxc5 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxb7 Rb8 17. Ba6 Kd7 18. Nc5+ Kc6 19. Na4 Rhf8 20. c4 Nd3 21. b3 Ng4 22. Rad1 Ngxf2 23. Bb5+ Kb7 24. Rxf2 Nxf2 25. Nc5+ Kb6 26. Nd7+ Kb7 27. Re1 c6 28. Nxb8 cxb5 29. Nd7 Rf7 30. Nc5+ Kc6 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 bxc4 33. Rxc4+ Kd5 34. h3 Rf6 35. Rc7 Ra6 36. Rxg7 Rxa2 37. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Albert Boxer Classic op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. g4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Be2 Rc8 12. h5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. b3 Rc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rxf3 18. 0-0-0 Bxg4 19. Rdg1 Rh3 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Qf8 23. Qh2 h5 24. Bg5 Qf5 25. Bxe7 Qxe6 26. Bxd6 Qf6 27. Qh3 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Albert Boxer Classic op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xia, Yanchong"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. d3 h6 7. h3 d6 8. Re1 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qe2 Nh5 11. Na4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxh5 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bxe1 15. Bxh6 Rf1+ 16. Kh2 gxh6 17. Qg6+ Kf8 18. Qxh6+ Ke8 19. Qxe6+ Qe7 20. Qg8+ Qf8 0-1

[Event "Albert Boxer Classic op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Henson, Joshua"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 d5 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ba6 8. Re1 e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Rb1 Ne7 11. Bxe7 dxe4 12. Bd6 exf3 13. Qxf3 Rd8 14. Qf4 c4 15. Ne4 cxd3 16. Ng5 Qb7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxe6+ Kd7 19. Re7+ Kc8 20. Rxb7 Kxb7 21. cxd3 Rd7 22. Re1 Rhd8 23. Re7 Rxe7 24. Bxe7 Rxd3 25. h3 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Rd4 27. Qf7 Be5+ 28. g3 Bc4 29. Qxh7 Rd7 30. Qh4 Bxa2 31. Bc5 Bd5 32. Qa4 Ka8 33. Qa6 Rb7 34. b4 Bb8 35. Qd3 Rg7 36. Qd4 Rg8 37. h4 Re8 38. Qd1 g5 39. h5 g4 40. Qxg4 Re1 41. f3 Rf1 42. Kg2 Bxf3+ 43. Qxf3 Rxf3 44. Kxf3 Be5 45. h6 a5 46. bxa5 1-0

[Event "Albert Boxer Classic op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukic, Luka"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Bc4 Be6 9. 0-0 Nxc3 10. Qb3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Ne4 12. Bh4 d5 13. Qb4 Qc8 14. Qa4 e6 15. Na3 Qd7 16. Qd1 Nc6 17. Nc2 Rfc8 18. Ne3 Rc7 19. Re1 Na5 20. Ng4 Nc4 21. Re2 Qb5 22. Rc1 h5 23. Nge5 Rac8 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Rec2 Qxb2 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rb1 Qc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. a3 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Albert Boxer Classic op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charter, Bennet"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 b5 11. c3 Be6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Nc2 Rg8 15. g3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bf3 17. Rg1 dxe4 18. Be2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rd8+ 20. Ke1 f5 21. Bxf3 exf3 22. a4 Rg6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rd1 Rgd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. g4 f4 28. Nf1 e4 29. Nd2 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Albert Boxer Classic op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Moffat, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 12. Kh1 d6 13. Qe1 e5 14. Qg3 0-0 15. f5 b5 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. g4 h6 18. h4 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Be4 Rad8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nf4 24. Rad1 Qc4 25. b3 Qe2 26. Bd3 Qxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Rd6 28. Re1 f6 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. a4 Nxd3 31. cxd3 bxa4 32. bxa4 Rd4 33. Rg3+ Kf7 34. Rb1 Rfd8 35. Rb3 R8d7 36. a5 Ra4 37. Rh3 Kg7 38. Rb8 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 Rc7 41. Rg3+ Kf7 42. Rg2 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Rc5 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. Rb6 Rxa5 46. Rxf6 Ke7 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Kf3 Rd5 49. Ke3 a5 50. Ra6 Rd4 51. Re6 Rd5 52. Rc6 a4 53. Ra6 Rd4 54. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winnipeg Manitoba-ch op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Repa, Jason"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bc2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Bb3 b6 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bg5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd3 Nf4 18. Qe3 Qf6 19. Bc2 Rac8 20. Rac1 Nh3+ 21. Kf1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nf4 24. c4 g6 25. Bb1 Rfd8 26. Red1 Rc7 27. Ba2 Rcd7 28. d5 exd5 29. Rd4 g5 30. Rcd1 Rd6 31. R1d2 Rh6 32. Kg1 Re8 33. Rxf4 Re1+ 34. Kg2 gxf4 35. cxd5 Rg6+ 36. Kh3 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg Manitoba-ch op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lauritson, Jim"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c3 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nxe7 Nxe7 14. Qh5 f4 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. Be2 0-0-0 17. a4 f5 18. Qf3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd5 20. Qd3 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bc6 22. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg Manitoba-ch op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shpan, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nb8 6. a4 c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. 0-0 h6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qc8 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Rd1 Nbd7 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Nxd6+ Kd7 17. Qe3 Bxd6 18. Qxc5 Kc7 19. Nb5+ Kb8 20. Nxd6 Nd7 21. Qxc6 Nc5 22. Qxc5 Rh7 23. Qb5+ Kc7 24. Qb7+ Kd8 25. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg Manitoba-ch op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khedkar, Jay S"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 c6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Ke7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 c3 13. Kg2 Rc8 14. Ba3 Nd5 15. Bxb4+ Nxb4 16. Na3 Qd5 17. e4 Qd6 18. Nc2 Nd3 19. a3 Nb2 20. Qc1 Bd3 21. Ra2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxd4 23. Rxb2 cxb2 24. Qxc8 Qd2+ 25. Kh3 Qh6+ 26. Kg4 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winnipeg Manitoba-ch op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nde2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 0-0 12. 0-0-0 b5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Qb3 Be7 15. g3 Rc8 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. Qc3 Qb7 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd3 b4 21. Kd2 f5 22. Rhf1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bc4 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Qg4 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qe2 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Be7 30. c4 bxc3+ 31. bxc3 Qa4 32. Qc2 Qxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Kf7 34. c4 Kf6 35. Kd3 Bc5 36. Kc3 Ke5 37. Kd3 Bg1 38. h3 Bf2 39. g4 Bd4 40. Kc2 Kxe4 41. Kb3 Bc5 42. Ka4 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg Manitoba-ch op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gannon, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qd2 0-0 8. f3 a6 9. g4 Qa5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. g5 Ne8 13. 0-0-0 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 d6 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 e5 18. g6 Rc8 19. gxh7+ Kxh7 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. Qd2 Rh8 22. Rdg1 Kg8 23. h6 Ng6 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. f4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Qe6 28. Nd4 Qe5 29. Qxe5 dxe5 30. Nf5 Rc7 31. Nxg7 Nxg7 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rg5 f6 34. Rg6 Rf7 35. Rhg1 Ke7 36. Kd2 Bc6 37. c4 bxc4 38. Bxc4 Rfh7 39. Rg7+ Kd6 40. Rxh7 Rxh7 41. Rg6 Bxe4 42. Rxf6+ Kc5 43. Bxa6 Bb1 44. Bd3 Bxd3 45. Kxd3 Kd5 46. a4 Rb7 47. Kc3 Rc7+ 48. Kb3 Kd4 49. Rd6+ Ke3 50. a5 e4 51. Rg6 Ra7 52. Ka4 Kd2 53. b4 Re7 54. Rg7 Re5 55. h7 Rh5 56. Rd7+ Ke2 57. a6 e3 58. a7 Rh1 59. Kb5 Rh5+ 60. Kb6 Kf1 61. a8Q e2 62. Qf3+ Kg1 63. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bereslavsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. Ng3 0-0 9. Bb3 e5 10. 0-0 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Nde4 exd4 14. h3 Nh6 15. Be7 Bd7 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. c3 c5 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Re4 Nc6 23. Qe2 Qd8 24. Re1 Qd6 25. Re8 Kg8 26. Ne4 Qb4 27. Ng5 Qd6 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Ne4 Qd8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nd5 Bd6 33. Rd1 Qg5 34. Qe4 Nf5 35. g4 Qh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chernikova, Svetlana"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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 g6 2. d3 Bg7 3. f4 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Na3 0-0 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. Ne3 Nh5 10. f5 e6 11. 0-0 Nf4 12. Nh4 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 exf5 14. exf5 Re8 15. Qf2 Na6 16. Ng4 Nc5 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 19. Bxh6 Be6 20. Qg3 Re7 21. Rae1 Bf7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Nxd6 Be6 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Qd4 b6 27. b4 Nd7 28. Re1 Nf8 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Qe5 Nd7 31. Qf4 Bf5 32. Bg5 Qf8 33. Bxd8 Qxd8 34. Nd6 Nf6 35. Nxf5 gxf5 36. Qxf5 Nd5 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qxc6 Qg5 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qe6+ Nf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. Nf3 Ne8 8. 0-0 g6 9. a3 f5 10. b4 Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nd2 Bg5 13. Bf3 Ba6 14. Qe2 Nef6 15. Rb2 Rc8 16. b5 Bb7 17. g3 Rc7 18. Bg2 Bh6 19. Bh3 f4 20. Nf3 g5 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. g4 Ne8 23. h3 Bg7 24. Nh2 Bf6 25. f3 Kg7 26. Rf2 Rh8 27. Kf1 Nf8 28. Bf5 Ng6 29. Ke1 Be7 30. Kd1 Nf6 31. Bd2 h5 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. Be1 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qg8 35. Nf1 Bd8 36. Rh2 Rch7 37. Rxh7 Rxh7 38. Qg2 Bc8 39. Qg1 Rh3 40. Qg2 Qh7 41. Nh2 Rh6 42. a4 Qb7 43. Ra2 Rh7 44. Kc1 Ne8 45. Nf1 Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Antipova, Anastasya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. 0-0 d5 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. Qd3 Nc5 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Rd1 Ne4 14. c3 Bc5 15. Rf1 0-0 16. Bf4 f6 17. e6 Bb6 18. Nd2 Qxe6 19. Nb3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qf5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Rfc1 Rfe8 23. Rc2 Qa4 24. Nb3 Rad8 25. Rac1 Qc4 26. Rb2 a5 27. Rbc2 a4 28. Nd4 Qc5 29. Qg4 Qe7 30. Be3 Qd7 31. Qf3 Bxd4 32. cxd4 c6 33. Qd1 Nd6 34. Rc3 Ra8 35. Bf4 Nc4 36. Rg3 b5 37. Rcc3 Kh8 38. Qh5 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Qe8 40. Qg4 Qf7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Chistiakova, Tamara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qd3 Qa5 9. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 10. Kd1 Bb4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Ke2 Qc7 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Rhd1 Bc5 16. Kf1 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 c5 18. Be4 0-0 19. Rd6 Qc7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Bc2 Rb8 22. Qe4 g6 23. Qf4 h5 24. R1d3 b5 25. Rh3 Rd8 26. Rxh5 Bb7 27. Rh4 f5 28. Rxe6 Qg7 29. Qg5 Kf8 30. Rf6+ Ke8 31. Bxf5 Qg8 32. Re6+ Kd7 33. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gibson, Kris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 e6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bxd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Ba3 Be6 15. 0-0 Rc8 16. Rab1 Rxc3 17. Rxb7 Rxa3 18. Rb8+ Kd7 19. Rxh8 d4 20. Rd1 d3 21. Rxh7 Bxa2 22. Rh3 Bc4 23. Rh4 Rc3 24. Rd4+ Ke6 25. f4 a5 26. g4 a4 27. Ra1 a3 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 Re2+ 30. Kf3 Bd5+ 31. Kg3 Re3+ 32. Kf2 Rf3+ 33. Ke1 a2 34. Kd2 Rh3 35. Rxd3 Rxh2+ 36. Ke3 Rh3+ 37. Kd4 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 g5 39. Ke3 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 f6 41. exf6 Kxf6 42. Rg1 Bb3 43. g5+ Kg6 44. Rh1 Kg7 45. Rc1 Bc2 46. Kg4 Kg6 47. Re1 Be4 48. Rd1 Bd3 49. Kh4 Kf5 50. Rc1 Bc2 51. Kh5 Ke5 52. g6 Kd4 53. g7 Bb3 54. Kh6 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Novgorodskij, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 b6 9. Be2 Ne5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Ned7 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Qd2 0-0 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Qe1 Qb8 17. Qf2 Rc7 18. Nab1 Rfc8 19. Kh1 Ba8 20. Qf1 Ne5 21. b3 Nfd7 22. Na4 Nc5 23. Nac3 Ncd7 24. Na4 Bc6 25. Nbc3 Nc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Rd2 Rf8 28. Qd1 Rcc8 29. Qc2 Ng6 30. Bd3 Bf6 31. Be2 Be5 32. Bd1 Qb7 33. Qd3 Nf4 34. Qf1 f5 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Rf2 Rh5 37. Ne2 Nd3 38. f4 Nxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Rf8 40. Qg1 Bf6 41. Ng3 Rh4 42. Rc2 Bd4 43. Bxd4 cxd4 44. Nh5 Qf7 45. Qxd4 Rxh5 46. Bxh5 Qxh5 47. Qxd6 Qf5 48. Rc1 Qe4 49. Rg1 Rxf4 50. Qd8+ Rf8 51. Qd1 e5 52. Qc1 Rf2 53. Qg5 h6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb4 15. 0-0 Rfc8 16. b3 a5 17. Rab1 Qc5 18. Rfd1 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nc5 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. Nd1 Ra6 22. Ne3 Bd7 23. Rdd1 Bc6 24. Rdc1 e5 25. Nc2 Ke7 26. a3 Raa8 27. Ne3 Ne6 28. Bd3 h5 29. h4 Rf8 30. Rd1 Nd4 31. Nc2 Nxc2 32. Bxc2 Rfc8 33. Rd2 Bd7 34. Rbd1 Rc6 35. Bd3 Be6 36. Rc2 Rac8 37. Rdc1 R6c7 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. Kd2 f5 40. Rc3 f4 41. a4 Rc5 42. Be2 Kc7 43. Rd3 Rd8 44. Rd1 Kb6 45. Kc3 Rc6 46. Rb1 Kc5 47. Rg1 Rg8 48. g3 fxg3 49. Rxg3 Rc7 50. Rd1 Rf7 51. Rdg1 Rf6 52. R1g2 Bf7 53. Rh2 Rf4 54. Rg1 Kc6 55. Kd2 Kd7 56. Ke3 Ke7 57. Rg3 Kf6 58. Bf1 Kg7 59. Rgg2 Kh6 60. Rd2 Rf6 61. Rdg2 g5 62. Rxg5 Rxg5 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64. Rg2+ Kh6 65. Rh2 Rg6 66. Kf2 Be6 67. Be2 Kg5 68. Rg2+ Kf6 69. Rh2 Rh6 70. Bf1 h4 71. Ke3 Kg5 72. Rg2+ Kh5 73. Rh2 Rg6 74. Rh1 Rg3 75. Rh2 Bg4 76. Be2 Be6 77. Bf1 h3 78. Kf2 Kh4 79. Be2 Rg6 80. Bf1 Rg3 81. Be2 Rg7 82. Bf1 Rc7 83. Rh1 Rg7 84. Rh2 Rf7 85. Rh1 Bg4 86. Be2 Be6 87. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Schulz, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Na6 4. Nc3 Nc7 5. Bd3 g6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. f3 Nf5 8. Bxf5 Bxf5 9. Nge2 Rc8 10. g4 Bd7 11. Qd2 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh3 14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Be3 Qb6 16. 0-0-0 Kd8 17. Kb1 Kc7 18. Nce2 Kb8 19. c4 Bg7 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. c5 Rch8 22. Qf2 Nc7 23. Nce2 Ne6 24. f4 Nf8 25. Ng1 R3h7 26. f5 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5+ 28. Qxf5 e6 29. Qxf7 Bxe5 30. Qe8+ Kc7 31. Bg5 Rd7 32. dxe5 Qxc5 33. Nf3 d4 34. Nxd4 Qxe5 35. Bd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kxd8 37. Nxc6+ Kc7 38. Nxe5 Rh5 39. Rde1 Kd6 40. Nc4+ Kd5 41. b3 b5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ovchinnikova, Julia"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[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 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f4 0-0 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. 0-0 Nxe5 14. d6 c4+ 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Be7 Nbd7 17. Nd4 a6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Qd2 Qc6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Rac1 Nf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Penner, Wesley"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. 0-0 0-0-0 11. Qxe7 Ngxe7 12. Ne1 Ne5 13. Bf4 f6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rc1 g5 16. Bg3 N7c6 17. Kh1 Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Rhe8 19. f3 Re2 20. Rfe1 Rde8 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Re1 Rxc2 23. Re6 Bg6 24. Nf2 Bxf2 25. Bxf2 Rxf2 26. Rxf6 Kc7 27. Nc5 d4 28. Ne6+ Kd6 29. Nxg5+ Kd5 30. Nf7 Bxf7 31. Rxf7 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 d3 33. Rxh7 Kc5 34. Rd7 Nd4 35. b4+ Kc4 36. a4 d2 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg TNT Aug op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gantzert, Rene"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qd2 0-0 8. f4 Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. 0-0-0 Nf2 14. Na4 Qd4 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. Bc4 Nxh1 17. Rxh1 d6 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. c3 c5 20. Bb3 c4 21. Bc2 d3 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg AB Classic"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gentes, Kevin"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Be6 5. d3 Qd7 6. Rb1 g6 7. b4 Bg7 8. b5 Nd8 9. e3 Ne7 10. Nd5 0-0 11. a4 f5 12. Ne2 Nc8 13. 0-0 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ndc3 e4 16. dxe4 Bxc4 17. Re1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Ba2 19. Rb2 Bxb2 20. Bxb2 Ne6 21. Nf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxf6 Nb6 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. e4 Bc4 25. a5 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Nc8 27. Bh3 Rb8 28. Bb2 Rb4 29. Qc3 Nd4 30. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg TNT July op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magyar, Peter"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Ng4 9. h3 Nf6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Qe1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Qc8 14. Nxd4 Bxh3 15. f5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ng4 17. c3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qc2+ 19. Kh3 h5 20. Qd2 Rac8 21. Kh4 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Rc2 23. Bc3 f6 24. Rh1 g5+ 25. Kxh5 Nf2 26. Kg6 Nxh1 27. Rxh1 Rf7 28. Rh8+ Kxh8 29. Kxf7 Rg2 30. Kxe7 Rxg3 31. Kxf6 g4 32. Kf7 Rxd3 33. d5+ Rxc3 34. bxc3 g3 35. Ke6 g2 36. f6 g1Q 37. f7 Kg7 38. e5 Qg6+ 39. Ke7 Qxf7+ 40. Kxd6 Kf8 41. e6 Qe7+ 42. Ke5 Qxa3 43. d6 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg AB Classic"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Baragar, Fletcher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. h4 Bd7 12. Bg5 Qxe5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Bf6 e5 15. fxe5 Bf5 16. Qh6 0-0-0 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf4 Qe6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Rg4 21. Qf2 Rdg8 22. Rh3 Kb8 23. Rb3 Qg6 24. 0-0-0 Rc8 25. Rd2 Be4 26. g3 Rg8 27. Bd3 Rxg3 28. Bxe4 Rg1+ 29. Kb2 dxe4 30. Qh2 Ka8 31. h5 Qh6 32. d5 R1g5 33. d6 Rxh5 34. d7 Rd8 35. Rc3 Kb8 36. Qg3 Qe6 37. Rd6 Qxe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Re3 Kc7 40. Rd4 f5 41. Rc3+ Kb6 42. Rc8 Rxd7 43. Rxd7 e3 44. Rd1 f4 45. Rf8 Re4 46. Kc3 Ra4 47. Kb3 Re4 48. c4 e2 49. Re1 Re3+ 50. Kc2 f3 51. Kd2 Rxa3 52. Rc1 Kc5 53. Rf4 b6 54. Re4 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Ra3 56. Kf2 Rd3 57. Re5+ Kc6 58. Rd5 Rb3 59. Re1 a5 60. Rf5 Rc3 61. Rxf3 Rxc4 62. Rxe2 a4 63. Re5 Rb4 64. Rf6+ Kb7 65. Re3 Ka6 66. Ke1 Ka5 67. Kd2 b5 68. Kc2 Rc4+ 69. Kb2 Rh4 70. Rfe6 Rh2+ 71. Re2 Rh3 72. Ka2 Rg3 73. R6e5 Rg7 74. Rb2 Rb7 75. Ka3 Ka6 76. Kb4 Rb8 77. Re6+ Ka7 78. Rf2 Rb7 79. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg AB Classic"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaptsan, Aron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Bd5 Nf6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nd5 12. h3 0-0 13. c3 Rd8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Nbd2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winnipeg Kent Oliver Memorial"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Lauritson, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. f3 b5 9. Qd2 Na5 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Bb6 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Nc5 Ba8 18. Nxa6 0-0 19. Nb4 e5 20. Rfd1 Bb7 21. Qf1 Qc4 22. Rd3 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rad1 Be6 26. Qe1 Bf5 27. Rd8 Rfxd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxd8 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Qxd8 31. Qxe5 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qxc2+ 33. Kg3 h6 34. Qxb5 Be6 35. a4 Bc4 36. Qb4 Bf1 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qe8 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg TNT July op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Remillard, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Nbc3 0-0 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Bb3 a6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. d5 Bd7 13. Bd2 b5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd4 Bh6 16. f4 Rc8 17. h3 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 b4 21. exf6 bxc3 22. Qh6 exf6 23. Rxf6 cxb2 24. Rxg6+ fxg6 25. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg TNT Aug op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Schulz, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. 0-0 Nf5 9. a3 a5 10. g4 Nh4 11. f4 g6 12. Qg3 Be7 13. f5 gxf5 14. gxf5 Nxf5 15. Rxf5 exf5 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Qxh7 Nd7 18. Bh6 0-0-0 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. e6 Ne5 21. Qxf5 f6 22. Na4 Qa7 23. Kh1 Nc4 24. Nc5 Nd6 25. Qh7 Re8 26. Nd7 Ne4 27. Rf1 Qa6 28. c4 Kd8 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxc4 31. Rf2 Qa2 32. Ng3 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qe1 34. Re2 Qd1 35. Qg7 Qd3 36. Qe5 Kc8 37. Rf2 Qg6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Qb1 40. Qh5 Rd8 41. Qf7 Qxb4 42. Nf5 Kb8 43. Nxe7 Qxd4 44. Qf4+ Qxf4 45. Rxf4 Re8 46. Rf7 d4 47. Kf1 c5 48. h4 c4 49. Ke2 Ka7 50. Nc6+ Kb6 51. Nxd4 Kc5 52. Ke3 b5 53. Rf5+ Kb4 54. Rxb5+ Kc3 55. h5 Rxe6+ 56. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg TNT Aug op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Schulz, Waldemar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. f3 a6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Na7 9. a4 Bd7 10. Nbc3 Qe7 11. b4 Nc8 12. 0-0 0-0 13. a5 Ne8 14. g4 Kh8 15. Ng3 f6 16. Bd3 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qe2 Nc7 19. Na4 Nb5 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Bc8 22. Bxb5 cxb5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bd7 25. Rfd1 Rfc8 26. Qd3 Bf8 27. Rac1 Bb5 28. Qd2 Qe6 29. Nf1 Ba4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 f5 32. Ne3 fxg4 33. Nxg4 Bb5 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Nf6 Qc4 36. Kg2 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 Be2 38. Bf2 Be7 39. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg TNT July op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Taylor, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 Ng4 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Ke8 12. Qxg4 d6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qd5 Kd7 16. Qf5+ Ke8 17. Be3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd5 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Kd7 21. a4 c6 22. Qd3 Nf4 23. Qg3 Qe5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nc3 b4 26. Na4 Kc7 27. Qe3 c5 28. g3 Ne6 29. f4 Qd4 30. Qe2 Rhd8 31. Rfd1 Qf6 32. Rd5 Nd4 33. Qc4 Qf8 34. Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg AB Classic"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pearce, Thomas"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. Ne2 d5 5. c4 Nc6 6. a3 b6 7. Nbc3 Bd6 8. f4 0-0 9. 0-0 Na5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Be7 13. Bc2 a6 14. Nc3 dxc4 15. Nce2 cxb3 16. Bxb3 cxd4 17. exd4 g6 18. Bb2 Nd5 19. Qd2 Na5 20. Bc2 Nc4 21. Qc1 Nde3 22. Re1 Nxg2 23. Rd1 Nge3 24. Rd3 Qd5 25. Kf2 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 Ng4 27. Bb3 Qf2+ 28. Kd1 Nge3+ 29. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 30. Kd2 Rac8 31. Bc3 Nd5 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Qb2 Rc6 34. Rf1 Qxh2 35. Rg1 Rfc8 36. Rc1 Bd6 37. Kd1 Bxf4 38. Nxf4 Bf3+ 39. Nfe2 Qxg3 40. Qd2 Bxe2+ 41. Qxe2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg AB Classic"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schulz, Waldemar"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. a3 Rac8 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Rd2 a5 17. Ne5 Rc7 18. Nd3 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Rdc2 axb4 21. axb4 Ne7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Kf1 f6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winnipeg TNT Aug op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomlison, Gary"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. e3 d5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. Rfd1 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Bf6 15. e4 Nde7 16. Ne3 Ba6 17. Ng4 Ng6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. Ne1 Rd6 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Rad1 Nxa2 24. h4 Nb4 25. h5 Ne7 26. f4 Nec6 27. Kh2 Qg4 28. Be2 Qg7 29. g4 Nd4 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Nf3 R4d6 33. Nh4 Bc8 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. g5 h6 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. exf5 hxg5 38. Rxg5 Qf6 39. Bf1 Nxd3 40. Rdg2 Nf4 41. R2g4 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Rd1 43. h6 Ne6 44. Rh5 R1d4 45. Rg3 Rf4 46. fxe6 Rxf1+ 47. Kg2 fxe6 48. Rxe5 Rf2+ 49. Qxf2 Qxe5 50. Qf7 Rd2+ 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Qxf5 exf5 53. Kh4 Rd4+ 54. Kg5 Rg4+ 55. Rxg4 fxg4 56. Kxg4 a5 57. Kf4 c4 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg TNT July op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trueman, Francis"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Re1 d4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. e3 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Be6 12. h3 Rc8 13. e4 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. b3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxa1 19. Bf4 Bd4 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 c4 22. Rd1 cxb3 23. axb3 Qxb3 24. Rd2 e5 25. Rd3 Qb1 26. Kh2 exf4 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Sasata, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Nh5 Qd6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. 0-0 Qe6 13. c3 Bd6 14. f4 e4 15. d3 Rag8 16. dxe4 Qxe4 17. Qf3 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 f5 19. Bd3 Qe6 20. b4 Be7 21. Qh5 Rf8 22. Bd2 Qf7 23. Qxf7 Rxf7 24. g4 fxg4 25. hxg4 h6 26. Kg2 Rg8 27. Kf3 Ne5+ 28. Ke2 Nxd3 29. Kxd3 Rxg4 30. Rf3 Rf5 31. Rh1 h5 32. Rfh3 h4 33. Re1 Bd6 34. Reh1 Be7 35. Re1 a6 36. Re2 Bd6 37. Reh2 Be7 38. Re2 b6 39. Re1 Bd6 40. Reh1 Be7 41. Re1 Bd6 42. Reh1 Bxf4 43. Rf1 Ke6 44. Rhf3 Rg3 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Rxg3 Rxf1 47. Rg7 Rf7 48. Rg6+ Rf6 49. Rg7 Rh6 50. Rxc7 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rasmussen, Barry"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. c5 0-0 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. cxd6 Ne8 14. 0-0-0 f5 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. e5 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Kb2 Ng7 21. Nb5 Rac8 22. Nxa7 Ra8 23. c4 Bxc4 24. Rc1 Rxa7 25. Rxc4 Rfa8 26. Ra1 Ra5 27. Bd4 Nf5 28. Bc3 Ne3 29. Rc7 Rb5+ 30. Kc1 Nd5 31. a4 Nxc7 32. axb5 Rxa1+ 33. Bxa1 Nxb5 34. Kc2 Kf7 35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Ke4 Na3 37. Bb2 Nc2 38. Bc1 b5 39. g3 fxg3 40. hxg3 b4 41. f4 g4 42. Kd3 b3 43. Kc4 h5 44. Kxb3 Nd4+ 45. Kc4 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. h3 0-0 10. Qe2 Bc8 11. Be3 h6 12. 0-0-0 Nh7 13. g4 Ng5 14. Nd2 f6 15. Nf1 Na6 16. Ng3 Qe8 17. Nf5 Nc7 18. Rdg1 Bd7 19. h4 Nf7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Bxf5 23. exf5 dxe5 24. Ne4 Qd8 25. d6 Bxd6 26. g5 Kh7 27. gxh6 gxh6 28. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Castaneda, Nelson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Kh1 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 c5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Bf3 Ra7 18. g3 Qh3 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb7 21. Qf3 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd7 25. Qa8+ Bf8 26. Re1 Qf5 27. Qxa6 Qxc2 28. Qb5 Rd3 29. b3 e5 30. Bg5 h6 31. Bc1 Qf2 32. Qa5 Kh7 33. a4 Bd6 34. Ba3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 e6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 0-0 11. Bh6 Nh5 12. Qg4 Qxb2 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Rb3 d5 17. Bd3 g6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Bh6 Re8 20. f4 Nc5 21. Rbb1 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. f5 Nxd3 24. fxg6 Bd4+ 25. Be3 Qe5 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Rf3 Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Qxc3 29. Rxd3 Ba6 30. Rxc3 Bxe2 31. Rxc6 Rac8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Re1 Rxc2 34. Kf2 Bd3+ 35. Kg3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Manitoba op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaptsan, Aron"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne4 10. Qc2 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e3 Nd7 14. Nc3 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 c5 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Qb2 Bb7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nf4 Red8 22. Rc2 c4 23. Qd4 g5 24. Ne2 cxb3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. axb3 Qf6 27. Bxe4 Qxd4 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Nxd4 Ba6 30. Ra1 Bd3 31. Rxa7 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 g4 33. f3 Kg6 34. fxg4 Be4+ 35. Kf2 Rb1 36. Ra2 Rh1 37. Nf3 Rb1 38. Nd2 Rh1 39. Ra6+ Kg5 40. Nxe4+ dxe4 41. Ra5+ Kxg4 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukic, Luka"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Nxc3 8. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 0-0 10. b3 d5 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. c5 c6 14. Bd3 Qg5 15. 0-0 f5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qd2 Rf6 18. f3 Rh6 19. Qe2 c5 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rc2 f4 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. g3 Qc7 25. Rfc1 Rg6 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Bd4 e5 28. Bf2 d4 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qa2+ Kf8 34. Qa3 Qb5 35. Qa5 Qxa5 36. bxa5 Nb8 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. f4 Ke6 39. Ke2 exf4 40. Bxd4 fxg3 41. hxg3 g6 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. g4 Ke6 44. g5 Kf5 45. Be3 Na6 46. Bd2 Ke5 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. Kf4 Nc5 49. Ke3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manitoba op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lukic, Luka"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. e4 Bb7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. a3 Rc8 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rc1 d6 12. Bb1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne1 Bg5 16. c4 Rc7 17. g3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Bc8 19. f4 Bh3 20. Ng2 Nd7 21. f5 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Rf2 Nf6 24. Ne3 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Kg2 f6 27. h3 Bh5 28. g4 Be8 29. Rh1 b5 30. Bd3 Rb7 31. Rc1 bxc4 32. Bxc4 a5 33. Ba6 Rb8 34. Rc3 Bb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 36. b3 Rfb8 37. Rff3 Kf8 38. Rfd3 Ke7 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. Ke3 a4 41. bxa4 Rb2 42. Rd2 Kc7 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Kd3 Kb6 45. Rc2 Rb3+ 46. Rc3 Rb1 47. Kc2 Re1 48. Rb3+ Ka7 49. a5 Rxe4 50. Rb6 Ra4 51. Kb3 Rxa5 52. Rxd6 Kb8 53. Rd8+ Kc7 54. Rg8 Kd6 55. Rd8+ Kc7 56. Rg8 Kd6 57. Rxg7 Kxd5 58. Rd7+ Ke4 59. Rd6 Ra8 60. Rxf6 c4+ 61. Kxc4 Rxa3 62. Rh6 Ra8 63. Re6 Rc8+ 64. Kb5 Kf4 65. f6 Rf8 66. Kc6 Kg3 67. Kd6 Kxh3 68. Ke7 Ra8 69. f7 Kxg4 70. Rxe5 Kf4 71. Kf6 g4 72. Re8 Ra6+ 73. Kg7 Ra7 74. Kg6 Rxf7 75. Kxf7 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manitoba op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Barg, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Na4 Qd8 8. h3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Nc5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 0-0 12. c3 Nb6 13. Nde5 Nfd7 14. Ng4 Re8 15. Nh6+ Kf8 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. 0-0-0 N7f6 18. Bd3 a5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Ng4 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Rxh7 Nxf2 24. Qf1 Ne4 25. Qh1 e6 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh6+ Kf6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Bh6+ Kg8 30. Qxe4 Qf6 31. Bg5 Qg7 32. Qe5 f5 33. Bf6 Qh6+ 34. Ng5 Rac8 35. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Manitoba op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuryliw, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. d4 fxe4 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. c3 Qd5 10. Ndc4 Be6 11. Ne3 Qb5 12. b4 Bxb4 13. cxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 0-0-0 16. Kc3 Nd5+ 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Rab1 c5 19. Bf4 cxd4+ 20. Kd2 Rf8 21. Bg3 Rf5 22. f4 Ra5 23. Rb2 c5 24. Rhb1 Bd5 25. Rc1 b6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Ra3 28. Rbc2 Kd7 29. Ke1 Kc6 30. Rxd4 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 cxd4 32. Rxa7 Ra5 33. Re7 e3 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kd3 Rd2+ 36. Ke4 e2 37. Rxg7 e1Q+ 38. Bxe1 Re2+ 39. Kxd4 Rxe1 40. Rxh7 b5 41. Rh6+ Kd7 42. Kc5 Rb1 43. f5 Ke7 44. g4 b4 45. Kc4 b3 46. Kc3 b2 47. h3 1-0

[Event "Manitoba op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Trueman, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bg6 5. h4 h6 6. h5 Bh7 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Nh3 Kd7 11. Nf4 Ne4 12. Nxe6 Kxe6 13. f3 Nd6 14. Bf4 Kd7 15. Nd2 e6 16. Be5 Nf7 17. Bg3 Bb4 18. 0-0-0 Bd6 19. f4 a6 20. Qg6 Qf6 21. Bh4 Qxg6 22. hxg6 Nd8 23. f5 Be7 24. Nf3 Bxh4 25. Rxh4 Ke7 26. Re1 Nd7 27. g5 Kd6 28. f6 h5 29. Rxh5 Nf7 30. gxf7 Rxh5 31. fxg7 Rhh8 32. gxh8Q Rxh8 33. g6 1-0

[Event "Manitoba op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Udarbe, Steve"]
[Black "Nikulin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. f4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. g3 h5 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qe2 f5 11. Nh4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ngf3 Qb6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Ng6 Rh7 16. Nfe5 Bf6 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Ne5+ Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21. 0-0-0 Rd8 22. Kb1 b6 23. Rhf1 g6 24. Qb5 Kc8 25. Rd2 Kb7 26. Bd4 Ne7 27. Re1 Qc6 28. Qf1 Nf5 29. Qh3 Rdh8 30. Qf1 Rc7 31. Qg2 Qb5 32. Ka1 Rhc8 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Rexe2 Rg8 35. Be3 g5 36. a3 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 gxf4 38. gxf4 Rg4 39. f5 exf5 40. Rxd5 Re7 41. e6 Rf4 42. Re5 Rf1+ 43. Ka2 Kc6 44. c4 Kd6 45. Rd5+ Kxe6 46. Rg3 Kf6 47. Rd6+ Re6 0-1

