[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. 0-0 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 b6 17. f4 e4 18. Be3 c6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rd2 Rae8 21. Rfd1 Nc8 22. c5 d5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rc2 Qd6 25. h3 Rxe6 26. Na4 Nd7 27. Ba6 Ne7 28. Nxb6 Rb8 29. a4 Nxb6 30. Bxb6 Qxf4 31. a5 Be5 32. g3 Rg6 33. Rg2 Qg5 34. h4 Qf6 35. Qe3 Kh7 36. Rf1 Rbg8 37. Be2 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 d6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ng5 h6 12. f4 Nf8 13. Ngf3 Qc7 14. h3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nh5 16. Qe3 Ng3 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Qf2 Ng6 19. g4 Nfh4 20. Qg3 d5 21. Ne5 Bb4 22. Re2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 dxc4 24. Be2 c3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. Bxc3 Nxf4 27. Kf2 Rac8 28. Bb2 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Ba6 30. Rd2 f6 31. Nf3 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 Bb7+ 33. Ke3 Bd5 34. h4 Kf7 35. Rf1 Kg6 36. Kf4 Rc6 37. h5+ Kf7 38. Rff2 Rec8 39. Kg3 Be4 40. Rde2 Bd5 41. Kf4 a5 42. Re3 b5 43. Re1 Rc2 44. Ree2 Rxe2 45. Rxe2 b4 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Rf2 Kd6 48. Kd3 Rc7 49. Ke3 Kc6 50. Rc2+ Kb6 51. Rxc7 Kxc7 52. Bc1 Kc6 53. Ke2 Be4 54. a3 Bc2 55. axb4 axb4 56. Bd2 Kb5 57. Bf4 Bxb3 58. Bd6 Kc4 59. Kd2 Ba4 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. a4 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. h3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Be2 axb5 15. 0-0 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 Nc6 18. Be3 Qb6 19. Qa6 Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 h6 12. Be3 Ne8 13. Nf2 Kh7 14. Be2 Rb8 15. h4 h5 16. g4 hxg4 17. Nxg4 Nef6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. f4 Rh8 20. 0-0-0 b5 21. e5 dxe5 22. h5 Kg7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Ne4 bxa4 25. f5 a3 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. d6 Rh7 28. fxg6 Rxb2 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. g7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Zilberman, Nathan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bxc4 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Re1 0-0 10. h3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nfd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Bh6 a4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Qc1 a3 18. b3 Qa5 19. Ne2 Ncb6 20. Rb1 Ba6 21. Ng3 f6 22. Qe3 Rfc8 23. Nh2 Qb4 24. Ng4 Ne5 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Re3 Rf8 28. Rd1 Rf7 29. d6 e6 30. f4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Nd5 32. Qf3 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 e5 34. h4 Rd8 35. h5 c4 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Rd5 Rxd6 38. Kf2 Qb6 39. Rxd6 Qxd6 40. Kf3 Qd4 41. Qe1 f5 42. Qa5 fxe4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. a4 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Be2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Na6 13. 0-0 Nb4 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. h3 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Bd2 Nc7 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qh4 Nc2 20. Rac1 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kudriashov, Anatoli"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TKM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Rc1 Nf6 9. h3 0-0 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. Nf3 b5 14. 0-0 bxc4 15. Bxc4 a5 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Ng5 Qb7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Be2 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Rc7 a4 23. f4 h6 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Bd4 axb3 26. Nc3 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Qb6 28. Qxb6 Nxb6 29. axb3 Rfc8 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Rd3 Nd7 32. Na4 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Ke3 Nc5 35. Nxc5 dxc5 36. Kd2 Rg1 37. g3 Ke8 38. Rc3 Rg2+ 39. Kc1 Kd7 40. Rxc5 Rxg3 41. Kb2 Kd6 42. Rc2 Rxh3 43. b4 Rd3 44. Rc8 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 c5 11. 0-0 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Ne5 Be6 17. d5 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Bxe5 19. Bg4 Qa5 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. g3 Red8 22. Rad1 Rd6 23. Re4 Ra6 24. a3 Rb6 25. Rb4 Rxb4 26. axb4 Qc7 27. Qe3 Qc4 28. Qxa7 Rd8 29. Qa5 Rd6 30. Bf3 Kg7 31. Qc5 Qb3 32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. b5 Be5 34. Qe3 Bf6 35. Qc5 h5 36. h4 Qb3 37. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Moldova"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedotov, Vadim"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1983.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. f4 e5 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. d5 Ngf6 8. Be3 0-0 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Nh3 Nc5 11. Nf2 a5 12. Qd2 Ne8 13. g4 b6 14. 0-0-0 a4 15. g5 Nd6 16. h4 Ba6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. h5 Bxc4 19. Rhg1 a3 20. b3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rab8 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qh4 Qf7 24. hxg6 Qxg6 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Qh3 Nd4 27. Nfe4 Rf3 28. Qg2 Rbf8 29. Qd2 Rxc3+ 30. Nxc3 Rf3 31. Rde1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Moldova"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gorniak, Yury Yurievich"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1983.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 c6 6. g3 Be7 7. h4 Nf6 8. Nh3 Nbd7 9. Nf4 Nf8 10. Bh3 Ng6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. d5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Nb6 16. Qd1 Bf7 17. Qd4 Kf8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qxc5+ Qe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. 0-0-0 Nd5 23. f3 Rad8 24. fxe4 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bxa2 27. Bg2 Rxh1+ 28. Bxh1 Kd6 29. Bf3 c5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. e4 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Ke5 33. Bc2 Bd5 34. Ke2 Be4 35. Ba4 Kf5 36. Ke3 Bb1 37. Bb5 Kxg5 38. Ba6 Kg4 39. Kf2 Bf5 40. Be2+ Kh3 41. Bf1+ Kh2 42. Ba6 Bg4 43. Ke3 Kxg3 44. Ke4 Bf3+ 45. Ke5 Kf2 46. c4 g5 47. Bc8 a5 0-1

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Moldova"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Viktor"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1983.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bb3 0-0 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 Na6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Bf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Qe3 Qc6 16. Bh6 Bf5 17. Ra4 f6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rh4 g5 20. Rc4 b6 21. exf6+ exf6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Nxf5+ Qxf5 24. Re4 Rf7 25. Rd1 Raf8 26. c4 Qg6 27. Rd6 Rc7 28. h4 h6 29. Qf3 Qf7 30. Qe2 gxh4 31. Rg4+ Kh8 32. Qe3 Qh5 33. Qf4 Rg7 34. Rxh4 Qg5 35. Rxh6+ Kg8 36. Qxg5 fxg5 37. Rhg6 Rff7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. f3 Re7 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Rh6 Kg7 42. Rd6 Kf7 43. Kg3 Ke8 44. Rd2 Re5 45. Kg4 Ke7 46. g3 a5 47. Rh2 Kd7 48. f4 gxf4 49. Kxf4 Re1 50. g4 a4 51. bxa4 Ra1 52. g5 Ke6 53. Rh6+ Kf7 54. Ke5 Rxa4 55. Kd5 Rb4 56. Rc6 Kg7 57. Re6 Rb2 58. Rf6 Kh7 59. Rf7+ Kg6 60. Rf3 Rxc2 61. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Moldova"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Alterman, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1983.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. 0-0 a5 11. b5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 a4 16. Nc5 a3 17. Bc3 Bf5 18. e4 Bc8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Bb4 b6 21. Nb3 Re8 22. Rac1 Ra4 23. Bd6 Qa7 24. Bd5 Bb7 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rc7+ Kg8 27. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Daugavpils Trade Unions-ch"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Pripis, Felixs L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Qc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qb2 Nbxd5 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Na4 Be7 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qa8 22. e4 Nf6 23. Be3 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxa7 Ba3 27. Rc2 Nf6 28. Nc6 Nd5 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 b4 31. Rb5 Nc3 32. Ra5 h6 33. Nxb4 Rd8 34. Rc5 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rc2 f5 38. Nc6 Rb1 39. Nd4 g5 40. Nxe6 g4 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Daugavpils Trade Unions-ch"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1983.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Re8 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Be2 Rb8 14. 0-0 c4 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Ra3 Nfd7 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Na2 Qa5 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 b5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Nc3 Rb8 26. Nge2 Ne5 27. Ba7 Ra8 28. Bd4 Rb8 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Bd7 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Ra7 Be8 33. f4 Nd3 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Ra6 Rd8 36. g3 h6 37. Kg2 Bd7 38. Kf3 h5 39. Ke3 Bc8 40. Ra8 Nc5 41. Nb5 Nxe4 42. Na7 Re8 43. Rxc8 Re7 44. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Daugavpils Trade Unions-ch"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1983.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qa5 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Qe3 Rd7 15. b4 Qxb4 16. a5 Bh6 17. Qxh6 Qxc3 18. a6 Qxc2 19. axb7 Rxb7 20. Rac1 Qf5 21. Bxc6 Rb2 22. h3 Bd7 23. g4 Qe6 24. Be4 Re2 25. Bf3 Ra2 26. Rfe1 Qb3 27. Re3 Qb2 28. Re2 Qb3 29. Rxa2 Qxa2 30. d5 Ne8 31. Rc7 Qa4 32. Rb7 f6 33. d6 fxe5 34. Bd5+ Rf7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qxh7+ Ng7 37. dxe7 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qf3 39. e8Q+ Kxe8 40. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zeitlein, Michael"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 d5 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 Nd7 7. c4 Ndf6 8. Rc1 e6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Rxc7 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Bc4 Qxd4 15. Rxf7+ Kg8 16. Nf3 Qxb2 17. 0-0 Nc5 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxb7 b5 20. Qe4 Qxa2 21. Rd7 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rf8 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1981.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 d5 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rad1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Qb1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. Qa1 Rcd8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Rfd1 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxd7 Bxa1 21. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1981.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bg2 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Nf4 Ndf6 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rad1 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 a6 17. e3 Bb4 18. Rdd1 Qd7 19. Qb2 Rad8 20. a3 Bf8 21. b4 Qf5 22. Qb1 Qg5 23. Qb3 h5 24. h4 Qh6 25. Ncxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bd6 27. Nxc7 Re4 28. Nxa6 Qg6 29. Nc5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Bxg3 31. Qxb7 Bh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rxh4+ 33. Kg1 Rg4 34. Qf3 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1981.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. f3 Ned7 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Rac8 17. Qf2 Ba8 18. Bd4 Qb8 19. Kh1 Re8 20. Re1 Bd8 21. Nab1 Bc6 22. b4 Bb7 23. Nd2 Be7 24. g3 h6 25. Nb3 Ba8 26. a4 Bd8 27. Rb1 Bb7 28. Red1 Qc7 29. a5 bxa5 30. Nxa5 Ba8 31. Rb2 Nh7 32. Na4 Bf6 33. Qe3 Red8 34. Kg2 Rb8 35. Qc3 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Ne5 37. c5 d5 38. c6 Nxc6 39. exd5 exd5 40. Nxc6 Qxc6 41. Qxc6 Bxc6 42. Nc5 Bb5 43. Nxa6 Bxa6 44. Bxa6 Nf8 45. Be2 Ne6 46. Rd1 Kf8 47. Kf2 Ke7 48. h4 Rb6 49. Ra1 Rdb8 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. Ra4 Nc5 52. Ra5 Ne6 53. b5 Nc7 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. h5 R8b7 56. Ra4 Kd6 57. Rg4 Ne6 58. Ra2 Re7 59. Kd2 f6 60. Ra8 Rc7 61. Rga4 Rcb7 62. Rg8 Re7 63. Rga8 Reb7 64. Rg8 Rc7 65. Ra6 Kc5 66. Rxb6 Kxb6 67. Rb8+ Rb7 68. Rxb7+ Kxb7 69. Ke3 Kb6 70. Bf1 Kc5 71. Bh3 Nc7 72. Kf4 Nxb5 73. Kf5 Nd4+ 74. Kg6 Kd6 75. Kxg7 Ke7 76. Kxh6 Kf7 77. f4 Ne2 78. Be6+ Kf8 79. Kg6 Nxg3 80. h6 Ne2 81. h7 1-0

[Event "URS Lokomotiv CC-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1981.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Be3 Qb6 9. Kh1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxb2 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Qh3 Qc7 13. Qh4 Nbd7 14. Rf3 Rfe8 15. Raf1 e6 16. Rh3 Nf8 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Nd5 19. Bh6 Qe7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bd2 f5 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Nf4 Qg7 25. Nxd5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 cxd5 27. Rg3 Re6 28. Bxf5 Rf6 29. Bd3 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Qxd4 31. Qe7 Rc8 32. Rf3 Qg7 33. Qxd6 Qd7 34. Qb4 b6 35. Bd3 Qe6 36. Qa3 a5 37. Rf1 Re8 38. Qb2 Re7 39. Qc3 Rf7 40. Re1 Qf6 41. Qxf6 Rxf6 42. Re5 Ne6 43. Rxd5 Nc5 44. Be2 Re6 45. Rd2 Kg7 46. Kg1 Re3 47. Bf3 Ra3 48. Bd5 b5 49. Rf2 Rc3 50. Kf1 b4 51. Ke1 Na4 52. Rf7+ Kh6 53. Rf6 Rc5 54. Bb3 Nc3 55. Ra6 Re5+ 56. Kd2 Re2+ 57. Kd3 Rxg2 58. Rxa5 Rxh2 59. a4 Nb1 60. Ra8 Kg5 61. a5 Na3 62. Rb8 Rh3+ 63. Kd4 Rc3 64. Rxb4 Rc8 65. c4 Kf6 66. a6 Ra8 67. Ra4 Nb1 68. c5 Ra7 69. c6 Nd2 70. Kd3 1-0

[Event "URS Lokomotiv CC-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Grechihin, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1981.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nh5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. g4 Nhf6 16. f3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qxb5 Ne5 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Ra1 Qxa1 22. Qxb8+ Bf8 23. Qb5 Qe1 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Nfd7 26. g5 h6 27. h4 hxg5 28. hxg5 Nd3 29. Nc4 N3e5 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. b3 Be7 32. f4 Nd3 33. Nc1 Ne1+ 34. Kf1 Nc2 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Bd2 Ke8 37. Bc3 Kd7 38. Kd3 Na3 39. Bb2 Nb5 40. Kc4 Nc7 41. Bc3 Ne8 42. Nd3 Kc7 43. Nf2 Kb6 44. Ng4 Bd8 45. Nh6 f6 46. Nf7 fxg5 47. Nxd8 gxf4 48. Ne6 f3 49. Kd3 1-0

[Event "URS Lokomotiv CC-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1981.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd2 Qe7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. fxe4 dxe4 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. 0-0 Bg6 13. Rxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qb8 18. Bd2 Qxa8 19. Ba5+ Ke7 20. Nb6 Qb8 21. Nc8+ Ke6 22. Qc4+ Kf5 23. Rf1+ Kg4 24. h3+ Kh5 25. g4+ Kh4 26. Be1+ Kg5 27. h4+ Kh6 28. g5+ Kh5 29. Qe2+ Ng4 30. Qxg4+ Kxg4 31. Kg2 1-0

[Event "URS Lokomotiv CC-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1981.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Bd3 b6 13. Nxa4 Rxa4 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Qb4 b5 17. b3 Nc6 18. Qc3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Qa4 22. Rb1 e5 23. Rb4 Qa7 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Qxb5+ Ke7 26. Qe2+ Kf8 27. g3 Qxc5 28. Qe5 Qe7 29. Qxd5 h5 30. Kg2 Rh6 31. Rb1 Kg8 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Rg6 34. Qxh5+ Rh6 35. Qf5+ g6 36. Qd5 Qf6 37. Rb7 Kg8 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rb7 Kg8 40. Rd7 Rh5 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Qxd4 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qc6+ 45. f3 Qc2+ 46. Qd2 Qc5 47. g4 Re5 48. Qf2 Qe7 49. Qd4 Qh4 50. Rh8+ Kxh8 51. Qxe5+ Kh7 52. a4 Qd8 53. a5 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 Qc1 55. Qb5 Qg1+ 56. Kh3 Qd1 57. Kg2 Qd2+ 58. Kg3 Qe1+ 59. Kf4 Qd2+ 60. Ke4 Qe1+ 61. Kd5 Qd1+ 62. Ke5 Qxf3 63. a6 Qxg4 64. Qb7 Qf5+ 65. Kd6 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Lokomotiv CC-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Titov, German1111"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1981.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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. Nf3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Na4 Na7 13. Qc2 c6 14. Ne1 Nd5 15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Qd2 Qb5 18. Bf1 Qb7 19. e3 Bxd3 20. Bxd3 Nb5 21. Be4 Qa6 22. Rc2 e6 23. Rdc1 Rfc8 24. h4 f5 25. Bf3 Kh8 26. h5 g5 27. e4 Ndc3 28. h6 Bf6 29. e5 dxe5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Qe3 Bf6 32. Qxe6 Rf8 33. Qc4 Qa5 34. Rd2 Rfd8 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Qf7 Bd4 37. Re1 Nd6 38. Qh5 Qa7 39. Qxg5 Rg8 40. Qd2 Rxg3+ 41. Bg2 Nde4 42. Qf4 Rg6 43. Bxc3 bxc3 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. Qxe4 Qd7 46. Nc5 Bxc5 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Qxc5 Qd5 0-1

[Event "URS Lokomotiv CC-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zeitlein, Michael"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1981.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. c3 c5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 0-0-0 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. b4 c4 15. Be2 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bf3 e5 18. Rae1 e4 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bf5 Nf8 21. Nb1 Rg8 22. Qd1 Qe8 23. a4 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Kxc8 25. Na3 Ne6 26. Nb5 Kb7 27. f5 Nc7 28. Nd4 Rg5 29. Rf4 Qd7 30. Re2 Rdg8 31. Ra2 a6 32. Qf1 Qh7 33. a5 b5 34. Qd1 Qg7 35. Rff2 Qd7 36. Rad2 Rd8 37. Qf1 Rf8 38. Rf4 Qe7 39. Qd1 Rd8 40. Rdf2 Qe5 41. Rh4 Rh8 42. Rff4 Kc8 43. Rh3 Qe8 44. Rfh4 Rh7 45. Kh1 Rhg7 46. Rxh5 Rxg2 47. Rh8 Rg8 48. Rxg8 Qxg8 49. Rh8 Qxh8 50. Kxg2 Qh6 51. Qe1 Kd7 52. h4 Qh5 53. Kh3 Ne8 54. Qg1 Qh6 55. Ne6 Qh5 56. Qg4 Qxg4+ 57. Kxg4 Ke7 58. Nc5 Nc7 59. Kf4 Kf7 60. h5 Kg8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 dxc3 9. Nxc3 exd6 10. Ng5 Ne5 11. f4 h6 12. fxe5 hxg5 13. 0-0 d5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Rxf7+ Kg8 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Kh7 20. Raf1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qe3 22. R7f3 Qd2 23. Qe4+ g6 24. Rd3 Qxb2 25. h4 Be6 26. hxg5 Kg7+ 27. Kg1 Qb6+ 28. Re3 Rh4 29. Qf3 Kh7 30. Qf2 Rf8 31. Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Qg4 0-0 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. b3 Rb6 20. Rd3 Kh8 21. Bf4 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Nc5 f5 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Re8 27. Kf1 Kg8 28. Ra4 Re7 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Rb5 31. Nd3 a5 32. Rc4 Ne7 33. f4 g6 34. g3 Kg7 35. Ne5 Rb6 36. Rd4 Rb4 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. Kd2 Re4 39. Ra7 Rd4+ 40. Kc3 Rd1 41. Rxa5 Rh1 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Re8 Kf6 44. a4 Rxh2 45. a5 Ra2 46. b4 c5 47. bxc5 Ra3+ 48. Kb4 Rxg3 49. c6 Rg1 50. Rd8 Ke6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 g6 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 e5 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rad1 Bg7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c5 c6 14. b4 Qe7 15. e4 f4 16. Rd6 Kh7 17. Rfd1 g5 18. h3 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21. Na4 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. Nh4 Qf7 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Ng6 Rg8 27. Qe2 h5 28. Qf3 Qa2 29. R6d2 Qe6 30. Nh4 Ra2 31. Nf5 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bf6 33. Qh3 Rg5 34. Rd7+ Kh8 35. Nh6 f3 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nxg5 Qa2 38. Qxf3 Bxg5 39. Rd1 Qc2 40. Rf1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. d5 Nd6 10. b3 Bf6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Re1 Na6 13. e4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxe4 15. Bb2 c5 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 exd5 18. f3 d4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Nf4 Rae8 21. Qh5 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rcd1 Rd8 24. a3 Nc7 25. Nd3 Re7 26. Nf2 d5 27. cxd5 e3 28. Ng4 Bxd5 29. Bxd5+ Rxd5 30. h3 h5 31. Nh2 Rf5 32. Re2 Nd5 33. h4 Nf6 34. Nf1 Ng4 35. Bc1 Rf2 36. Rde1 Ref7 37. a4 R7f3 38. Rb2 d3 39. Nxe3 Rxg3+ 40. Kh1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kozlov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nhf6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. b3 Re8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 g6 16. Bd3 Nbd7 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Rae1 a6 20. a4 d5 21. c5 Nf8 22. b4 Qc7 23. f4 exd4 24. exd4 b6 25. g3 a5 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28. Ne4 Qxd2 29. Nxd2 Ne6 30. Nf3 Rb8 31. Rb1 Ne4 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rb1 Rxb1+ 34. Bxb1 Nc3 35. Bc2 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 N2xd4 37. Nxd4 Nxd4 38. a5 Nb5 39. Ba4 Na7 40. Ke3 c5 41. Bb3 Nc6 42. a6 c4 43. Ba4 d4+ 44. Kf3 c3 45. Ke2 d3+ 46. Ke3 c2 47. Kd2 Na7 48. Bb3 Kf6 49. Bc4 Kf5 50. Bxd3+ Kg4 51. Kxc2 Kh3 52. Kc3 Kxh2 53. Kc4 Kxg3 54. Kc5 Nc8 55. Kc6 Kxf4 56. Kb7 Nd6+ 57. Kc7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sideifzade, Fikret"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d5 e6 5. a3 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qh3 Ne5 14. f4 Bc8 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qe3 Ng6 17. e5 Re8 18. Qf3 Ba6 19. Rd1 dxe5 20. f5 Nf8 21. Ne4 Rb8 22. Ba4 b5 23. Bb3 Bb7 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 Bf6 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 Qf6 28. d6 cxd6 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. g4 Be7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 0-0 15. h5 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. g6 fxg6 19. hxg6 h6 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rxh6 Bd8 23. Rdh1 Qg7 24. Qh3 Kf8 25. Rh8+ Ng8 26. Qf5+ Qf6 27. g7+ Kf7 28. Qd7+ Re7 29. Qg4 Ba5 30. R8h3 Rae8 31. a3 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Ka2 Qe6 34. Qf4+ Qf6 35. Qb8 Re8 36. Qb7+ Re7 37. Qxa6 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 Re6 39. Qb7+ Qe7 40. Qc8 Qe8 41. Qc7+ Ne7 42. Rg3 Rg6 43. Rxg6 Kxg6 44. Qxe7 Qxe7 45. g8Q+ Kf6 46. Qg3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 a6 13. f5 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Qe4 a5 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Rf3 Bxh4 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. f6 Bxf6 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. g5 hxg5 25. Raf1 Bg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bg6 Ra7 28. Qh5 Rdd7 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Qxg5 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3+ Kg8 32. Qg6 Rf7 33. Kg2 Rxf3 34. Kxf3 Rf7+ 35. Ke2 Ba6+ 36. Kd2 Rf2+ 37. Kc1 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Kc1 Rf1+ 40. Kd2 Rf6 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qd7 Bc4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT Railways USIC 10th"]
[Site "Boras"]
[Date "1980.07.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Chesca, Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1980.07.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union USIC"]
[BlackTeam "Romania USIC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. Be3 Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Qa4 Qc4 14. Rfd1 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Rfe8 16. h3 Bc8 17. e3 Kf8 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. b3 Re7 20. Rc2 Bd7 21. Nc5 Be8 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Ne6+ Rxe6 26. Rxd8 Ke7 27. Rd4 Bc6 28. g4 h5 29. gxh5 Re5 30. h6 gxh6 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. b4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT Railways USIC 10th"]
[Site "Boras"]
[Date "1980.07.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Emodi, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1980.07.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union USIC"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary USIC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Bb4 8. Bd2 0-0 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. Be2 Rad8 15. f4 Nxf4 16. exf4 Nxd4 17. Qc3 Qg6 18. Bd3 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 Qh5 20. Kd1 Qd5 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Kc2 Qxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rhd1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Kc3 Rd6 27. b4 cxb4+ 28. axb4 Ra8 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Ra6 d5 31. Kd4 Kf8 32. b5 Rb8 33. Kc5 Rb7 34. Kc6 Re7 35. Kd6 g6 36. h4 h5 37. Ke5 Rd7 38. Kf6 Ke8 39. b6 axb6 40. Ra8+ Rd8 41. Ra7 d4 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rxg6 d3 46. Rh6+ Kg8 47. Rg6+ Kh7 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rg1 d2 50. Rd1 b5 51. Kxe6 Kg7 52. f5 Re8+ 53. Kd5 Kf6 54. Kc6 b4 55. Rxd2 b3 56. Kc7 Kxf5 57. Rb2 Kg4 58. Rxb3 Kxh4 59. Kd6 Rf8 60. Ke5 Rxf2 61. Rb8 Kh3 62. Ke4 h4 63. Ke3 Rf7 64. Rg8 Kh2 65. Ke2 h3 66. Rg6 Ra7 67. Rg8 Ra2+ 68. Kf1 Rg2 69. Rf8 Rg5 70. Rf7 Rg4 71. Kf2 Rc4 72. Rg7 Rc6 73. Rg8 Rf6+ 74. Ke2 Rf7 75. Rg6 Rb7 76. Rg8 Rb2+ 77. Kf1 Rg2 78. Rf8 Rg7 79. Rf6 Kg3 80. Kg1 Rc7 81. Rg6+ Kh4 82. Rh6+ Kg4 83. Rg6+ Kh5 84. Rg8 Rc5 85. Kh2 Kh4 86. Rh8+ Kg4 87. Rg8+ Kf3 88. Rf8+ Ke4 89. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT Railways USIC 10th"]
[Site "Boras"]
[Date "1980.07.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gordo, F."]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1980.07.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Portugal USIC"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union USIC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. a3 a6 13. Kh1 b5 14. g4 Nd7 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Rad1 a5 18. Nd4 b4 19. Nce2 bxa3 20. bxa3 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc7 22. c4 Rfc8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Qxc4 26. Rfd3 Rab8 27. Qd4 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT Railways USIC 10th"]
[Site "Boras"]
[Date "1980.07.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Maryiolakiotis, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1980.07.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union USIC"]
[BlackTeam "Greece USIC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nde7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Be3 Ng6 13. Rc1 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Nce7 15. Bb1 Nd5 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qg4 Nde7 20. h4 Nf5 21. h5 Nge7 22. h6 g6 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Rc5 Nfe7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Qxd7 Qxd7 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Nxd7 Rfe8 30. b4 Re7 31. Nf6 b6 32. Nxd5 Rd7 33. Ba2 Kg8 34. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT Railways USIC 10th"]
[Site "Boras"]
[Date "1980.07.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ajanski, Jordan S"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1980.07.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria USIC"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union USIC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Re1 0-0 9. h4 b6 10. e5 Qc7 11. Qe2 a5 12. Nf1 Ba6 13. c3 a4 14. Bf4 b5 15. N1h2 h5 16. g4 hxg4 17. Nxg4 Nf5 18. Bg5 Rfb8 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. h5 b4 21. Qd2 bxc3 22. bxc3 a3 23. h6 Bh8 24. h7 Rb2 25. Bh6+ Nxh6 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27. Qg5 Kf8 28. c4 dxc4 29. dxc4 Kg7 30. Ng4 Kf8 31. Qf6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT Railways USIC 10th"]
[Site "Boras"]
[Date "1980.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Rudnik, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.07.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union USIC"]
[BlackTeam "Germany USIC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 0-0 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Qb6 11. Qa3 Rfe8 12. Rac1 Bf8 13. Na4 Qa6 14. Qb3 Nh5 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. g4 Bc8 18. gxh5 fxe5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. dxe5 Bg7 21. f4 Bf5 22. Rf2 e6 23. cxd5 Qa5 24. dxe6 b5 25. Nc5 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qc2 27. Qxc2 Bxc2 28. Rd6 Rac8 29. Bf3 Bb1 30. Bxc6 Re7 31. b4 g5 32. Bd5 gxf4 33. exf4 a5 34. Rd7 Kf8 35. a3 axb4 36. axb4 Bh6 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. f5 Rg7+ 40. Kf3 Bxf5 41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT Railways USIC 10th"]
[Site "Boras"]
[Date "1980.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Peersman, Frans"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1980.07.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium USIC"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union USIC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bf4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nxd5 11. Bc7 Qe8 12. e4 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nfxd4 a6 15. Nd6 Qd7 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Rc2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxb6 Nb4 20. Rxc6 Nxc6 21. Qg3 Be7 22. Bc5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rfd8 24. Be2 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qe3 Qd4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Bf3 Rb8 29. b4 Rd3 30. a4 Rxb4 31. 0-0 Rxa4 32. Rc1 g6 33. h3 Rd2 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc1 Raa2 36. Rf1 a5 37. Bb7 a4 38. g4 a3 39. Ba6 Rac2 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qb3 Ned7 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. f3 Rc8 15. Kh1 Re8 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Qc2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf2 Ne4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. fxe4 f6 27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Bg3 Qc5 29. e5 fxe5 30. Bxe5 Bc8 31. Bd4 Qd6 32. Bf2 Rf8 33. Bg3 Qf6 34. d6 Bd7 35. Re1 h5 36. h4 Qg6 37. Bd5+ Kh8 38. Kh2 Rf6 39. Be4 Qg4 40. Rd5 Re6 41. Bf5 Qc4 42. Bxe6 Bxe6 43. Rxh5+ Kg8 44. b3 Qc8 45. Rhe5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Army"]
[BlackTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. 0-0 Bd7 8. c4 a6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bf4 0-0 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. b3 h6 16. Qe1 Bf8 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nd7 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rc4 Ne5 21. Ra4 Ra8 22. Qa5 Qe7 23. Rad4 f6 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Be3 Rdb8 26. f4 Nf7 27. Rc4 Nd8 28. Bf1 a5 29. Rcd4 Kh8 30. Bc4 Rc8 31. Bd3 Rcb8 32. Bb1 Qf7 33. Qc2 Qg6 34. a4 Rb4 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Qd2 Qg4 37. Kg2 Rb8 38. h3 Qh5 39. g4 Qf7 40. Qd3 Qg6 41. Kf3 Be7 42. h4 h5 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 Nf7 45. Ke2 h4 46. Rh1 Qh5+ 47. Kd2 Bxg5 48. fxg5 Ne5 49. Qxd6 Re8 50. Kc1 h3 51. Qd1 Nf3 52. e5 Qg4 53. Qd3 Nxg5 54. Qg6 Re6 55. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Avangard"]
[BlackTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. Kh1 0-0 10. Ba2 Qb6 11. Nde2 Bd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Rab8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Qe1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 Nd7 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Qg3 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Ng6 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Ra7 Bc7 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Qc3 Qxf7 29. Rxc7 Qf1+ 30. Bg1 Rg8 31. Qd3 Qf4 32. Rb7 Re8 33. Qxb5 Re1 34. Rb8+ Nf8 35. Qb4 Qxb4 36. Rxb4 g5 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rxh4 Ng6 39. Rb4 Kg8 40. Kh2 Re2 41. c3 Ne5 42. Kg3 Nd3 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. b4 Ne1 45. Bf2 Nd3 46. Bd4 Ne1 47. b5 Rxg2+ 48. Kf4 Ke7 49. b6 Kd7 50. Rb7+ Kd6 51. Rxh7 Nd3+ 52. Ke3 Nc5 53. Rh6+ Ne6 54. Kd3 Rb2 55. Kc4 Rb1 56. Bc5+ Kd7 57. Bb4 Nd8 58. Kb5 1-0

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Faerman, Igor"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb5+ Nd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. c3 a6 9. Bf1 b5 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Bb1 Nf8 16. Ng5 Ng6 17. g3 Bc6 18. f4 Qb6 19. Ngf3 Qb7 20. Ng5 a5 21. h4 Qb6 22. h5 Nf8 23. Rf1 h6 24. Nh3 cxd4 25. cxd4 e5 26. Kh2 Bd7 27. Nf2 exd4 28. g4 Ne6 29. Kg3 Nh7 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Rcd1 b4 32. Qd2 Rc8 33. Nxd4 Nxf4 34. Nf5 Bxb2 35. Qxb2 Bxf5 36. Kxf4 Rc3 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Bxd3 Be6 39. Rc1 Qd8 40. Kg3 Qg5 41. Re1 Nf6 42. Qc1 Nxh5+ 0-1

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gorniak, Yury Yurievich"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. f4 0-0 11. Nf3 c5 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Bb1 f5 16. Qb3 Qd6 17. Nd2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 20. Qb1 Rac8 21. Rf2 Qc6 22. Ng5 Nc2 23. Rxc2 Qxc2 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Nxe6 Rfc8 26. d5 Re2 27. Bd4 Rcc2 28. Rd1 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Rxh2 30. Be3 Rh1+ 31. Bg1 Bh4 0-1

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kravchenko, Vladimir V"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. a3 0-0 10. f4 Bb7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Nc5 14. Bd5 Ncxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxd5 18. Qg4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 f6 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Rae1 Rd8 23. Bc1 Qb7 24. Re3 Rd4 25. Qe2 a5 26. Re1 Bf8 27. Ne4 Rfd7 28. Ng3 Bc5 29. Rc3 Ba7 30. Be3 R4d6 31. Bxa7 Rd2 32. Qe3 Bxg2+ 33. Kg1 Bh1 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Qb3+ Bd5 36. Qe3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly S"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nc6 12. Bg2 0-0 13. Qf4 e5 14. Qe3 Nd4 15. Qd3 d6 16. 0-0 Bf5 17. Ne4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Kh1 Qe6 20. e3 Nc6 21. Qb5 Rab8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Nc5 Rfc8 24. Rd2 h6 25. h3 Nb4 26. Nd7 Rd8 27. Rad1 Rbc8 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Nxa2 31. Bxb7 Rc5 32. g4 Be6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Nd7 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 g5 36. Nf6+ Kg6 37. Nh5 f5 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. gxf5 Bb3 1-0

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Vorobiev, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Rd1 a5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Bb2 Ra7 13. Rac1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e3 Re8 17. Qd2 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Na4 Bb5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qd4 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 Rd6 23. Rd4 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bf1 Rde7 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Nd7 29. e4 Nc5 30. exd5 exd5+ 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Rcd1 Ke6 33. Bc6 Kf5 34. Bxd5 Kg5 35. Bc4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Re4 37. Rd6 1-0

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shofman, Mikhail"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. f5 b5 11. Bg5 b4 12. Nb1 d5 13. Nd2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bb7 15. e5 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nd7 17. f6 exf6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Rbxd8 22. Qd3 Nd2 23. Qa6 Rfe8 24. Nf4 g5 25. Nh5 Re6 26. Qa5 Rde8 27. Rd1 N4f3+ 28. Kg2 Re2+ 29. Kh3 Rxh2+ 30. Kg4 Re4+ 31. Kf5 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Otborchny"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1979.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Ng3 c4 14. Bc2 Rb8 15. a5 b6 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 Rb8 18. h3 Nc5 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. f4 Nb3 21. Qd1 Nd7 22. Kh1 Qb6 23. e5 dxe5 24. f5 Nd4 25. Be3 Nf6 26. Nge2 Qb7 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd5 29. Bxh8 Ne3 30. Be4 Nxd1 31. Bxb7 Bxb7 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Rxd1 Kxh8 34. Rd4 Rbd8 35. Rxc4 Rd2 36. Rg4 Re3 37. Raa4 Rxb2 38. Ne4 h5 39. Rf4 Rbe2 40. Nf2 Rg3 41. Rab4 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Otborchny"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1979.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kots, Yury Isakovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bf4 0-0-0 11. Bc4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Be2 f5 15. 0-0 Ng6 16. Be3 fxe4 17. a4 Nh4 18. a5 Rg8 19. g3 Nf5 20. Bf4 Qh4 21. Qa2 Bc5 22. Qe6+ Kb8 23. Qxf5 Rdf8 24. Bxc7+ Kxc7 25. axb6+ axb6 26. Qe5+ Bd6 27. Qh5 Qxh5 28. Bxh5 Rf5 29. Be2 h5 30. Nc4 Bc5 31. Ne3 Rfg5 32. h4 R5g7 33. Bc4 Rf8 34. Rae1 Rf3 35. Kg2 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 Rgxg3+ 37. fxg3 Rxe3 38. Bf7 Re2+ 39. Kg1 e3 40. Rf4 Re1+ 41. Rf1 Re2 42. Rf4 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch47 Otborchny"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1979.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Ng4 13. g3 0-0 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bg4 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Kg2 Qh6 20. h4 Kh8 21. Qc3 Qg6 22. b4 Ba7 23. Nd2 a5 24. bxa5 f5 25. Rab1 f4 26. exf4 exf4 27. Nxf4 Rxd2+ 28. Qxd2 Qxe4+ 29. Kh2 Qxc4 30. Ng6+ hxg6 31. Rxf8+ Kh7 32. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch47 Otborchny"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1979.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Zhuravlev, Valery Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1979.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 g6 7. Bd3 d6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. Qh4 a6 11. Bh6 Rg8 12. Rae1 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qb6 14. Kh1 Qxb2 15. Qe3 Rg7 16. Qh6 Rg8 17. Qe3 Rg7 18. Qh6 Rf7 19. Ng5 Ne5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Nxf7 Qxc3 22. Nd6+ Kd7 23. Nc4 Nxd5 24. Qxh7 b5 25. Rd1 Bb7 26. Nb6+ Nxb6 27. Be4+ Bd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Qf7 Kc7 30. Qxd5 Qxc2 31. Qxe5+ Kb6 32. Qe6+ Ka5 33. Qe1+ b4 34. Rc1 Qf5 35. Qxe7 Rc8 36. h3 c4 37. Re1 Rc5 38. Qd8+ Ka4 39. Qd1+ Kb5 40. Rf1 Qd3 41. Qc1 Rd5 42. Qf4 c3 43. Kh2 Ka4 44. Qf7 c2 45. Rc1 Rc5 46. Qf2 Rc6 47. Qf7 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Otborchny"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1979.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Salov, Sergej"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Rg1 Qc7 10. Qh5 Nde5 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14. Qe2 Bg7 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. 0-0-0 0-0 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Ng3 b5 20. f5 d5 21. f6 dxe4 22. Qe2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bf8 24. Bg2 Bb7 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Qe2 Nb4 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qg2 30. Qd2 Qf3 31. a3 Nd5 32. Bd4 h6 33. gxh6 Kh7 34. Ka2 Bxh6 35. Qa5 Qd1 36. c3 Bd2 37. Qd8 b4 38. cxb4 Nxb4+ 39. axb4 Qa4+ 40. Kb1 Qd1+ 41. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch47 Otborchny"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1979.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veingold, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1979.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Ba3 d6 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Qd2 Be4 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 16. d5 Nd8 17. Ne3 Bg5 18. f4 Bh6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nd5 Qd7 21. c5 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Kh8 23. Bf2 c6 24. Nb4 Rfc8 25. Rfd1 a5 26. Nc2 d5 27. Nd4 g6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Bd4+ Bg7 30. Rc5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th Group3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bf6 13. d6 Nc6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Ng5 g6 16. f4 Bg7 17. e4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 f6 19. Nf3 Qe8 20. Rae1 Qe6 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Nxe5 24. Rf4 Qxd6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. b3 Kg7 27. Ref1 Re7 28. g4 Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Nxf7 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. g5 h6 32. gxh6+ Nxh6 33. h5 Qh4+ 34. Qh3 Qxh5 35. Qxh5 gxh5 36. Bh3 d6 37. Be6 Be5 38. Kg2 h4 39. Kh3 Bg3 40. a4 a6 41. Bd5 a5 42. Be6 Kg6 43. Rf8 Kg7 44. Rf3 Kg6 45. Rf1 Kg7 46. Bc4 Kg6 47. Rf8 Kg5 48. Be6 Be1 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Re8 Bg3 52. Ke4 Nf7 53. Bd5 Nh6 54. Be6 Nf7 55. Kd5 Ng5 56. Rg8+ Kf6 57. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leningrad"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. e3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7 12. d3 Rfd8 13. Nbd2 Rac8 14. Nb3 Ne8 15. Rac1 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. d4 Ne7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 Be4 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Qc2 Be4 22. Qe2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 a6 13. a4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Qg3 Rad8 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Bd4 Ne8 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bxd4 21. Qh4 g6 22. Qxd4+ Ng7 23. b4 a5 24. bxa5 Qxa5 25. Rab1 Rd7 26. Rb6 Kg8 27. Rfb1 Re8 28. Qb4 Qxd5 29. Bb5 Re4 30. c4 Rde7 31. Bc6 Qg5 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxb7 Nf5 34. Qc3 Re5 35. a5 Ne3 36. R7b2 Qh5 37. Re1 Nd1 38. Rxe5 dxe5 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Qf3 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th Group3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Magerramov, Elmar S"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 c6 8. e3 Na6 9. d5 c5 10. Be2 0-0 11. h4 Nc7 12. a3 Nd7 13. g3 Ne5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. b4 b6 16. Kf1 a6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Kg2 Qb8 19. Qc2 Qa7 20. a4 a5 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Bc3 Na6 23. Qb2 Bf6 24. Nh5 Rae8 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qd2 Nb4 27. h5 h6 28. Rh4 Rf7 29. Rb1 Rfe7 30. Ba1 Rf8 31. Qc3 Bc8 32. Rg1 Bd7 33. Qd2 Bc8 34. Bc3 Bd7 35. Rf4 Bc8 36. Kf1 Rff7 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Qc3 Qd8 39. Ke1 Qe7 40. Kd2 Bd7 41. Qb2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 Ne8 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 g6 10. 0-0-0 Nef6 11. h4 Re8 12. Ng5 c6 13. h5 Nf8 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Rh4 Be6 18. Rdh1 Rad8 19. Ng5 Bf7 20. g4 d5 21. Nxf7 Qxf7 22. g5 Nh5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rd4 Qf3 25. Rh2 Ne6 26. Rdh4 Neg7 27. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. Bg2 Rb8 8. 0-0 b6 9. Re1 d6 10. Nd2 Na5 11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. e4 Qd3 14. Re3 Qd7 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. g4 Qa4 17. g5 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf8 19. Nf1 Nb3 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22. Rb2 Qa4 23. Bd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Rd8 26. Nf1 Rd1 27. Bf3 Rc1 28. Kg2 Qa1 29. Ng3 Rxc3 30. Re2 Ng6 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th Group3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Be5 h6 16. Rcd1 Bd6 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qe5 21. Be2 Rd7 22. Bf3 Rfd8 23. Ne2 Bc6 24. Nc3 Kf8 25. a3 Qe6 26. Ne2 Ne4 27. Nf4 Qf7 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32. Ne5 Qd6 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34. Qc4 Ke7 35. a4 Qe6 36. Qa6 Qd7 37. Kh2 Kf6 38. Qc4 Qe6 39. Qa6 Qe5 40. Qxa7 Qxb2 41. Qb7 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th Group3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Vooremaa, Andres M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. g4 Rae8 17. g5 fxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Qd2 Kh8 20. Nf3 Bh3 21. Rf2 Qc8 22. Ne5 Bf5 23. Rg2 Qe6 24. Kh1 N8d7 25. Reg1 Rf8 26. Rg5 Ne8 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. R5g3 Ndf6 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. Qf3 Nd6 31. Rg5 Qh3 32. Rxh5 Qxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Nxh5 34. Ne5 Nf6 35. Kg2 g6 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Rc1 Rc7 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Rc2 Rc8 41. Ne2 Rg8 42. Nf3 h6 43. Ng3 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. Rg2 Ke6 46. Nd2 Rh8 47. Ngf1 Nfe4 48. Nxe4 Nxe4 49. Nd2 Kf5 50. b4 Rh3 51. a4 Nf6 52. Rf2+ Ke6 53. Rg2 Kf5 54. Rf2+ Kg6 55. Nf3 g4 56. Ne5+ Kg5 57. Nf7+ Kg6 58. Ne5+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nc6 12. Bg2 0-0 13. Qe3 d5 14. 0-0 d4 15. Qd3 e5 16. a3 Qc7 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Re8 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Raf1 Qb6 21. b4 Ne5 22. Qxd4 Ng6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rxf7 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Rxe2 26. Nc4 b5 27. Na5 b6 28. Nc6 Rd2 29. Rd7 h5 30. d6 Rxa3 31. Rf2 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 h4 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nf5 hxg3 35. hxg3 Kh8 36. Rc2 Ra8 37. Rxg7 Rxd6 38. Kf3 Nh4+ 39. gxh4 Rf6 40. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Albena-10"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Ornstein, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1978.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 0-0 11. cxd5 d6 12. 0-0 Re8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. e4 b5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Rfe1 Na6 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. Bg5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Be7 20. Re3 h6 21. Bh4 Bd8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Ne4 Nb4 25. Qe2 Qa5 26. Rd2 Nc7 27. f6 Nbxd5 28. Qg4 g6 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qg5 Kh7 31. Bh3 Re8 32. Bf5 Qxd2 33. Nxd2 Re5 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Qh6 Nxf6 36. Bxg6 Ncd5 37. Bc2 Re2 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averkin, Orest Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. b4 d6 8. e3 0-0 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. d3 Qb8 15. f4 Qxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. 0-0 Rad8 18. Bc3 Bc6 19. a4 Rf8 20. Rfb1 Rb8 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 a5 23. Kf2 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Ke2 Nd7 26. Rg1 e5 27. Rg5 h6 28. Rg6 Rf6 29. Rag1 Rxg6 30. Rxg6 Kf7 31. Rc6 Re8 32. Be1 Re6 33. Rc8 Re8 34. Rc7 Ke7 35. Rc6 Rf8 36. Bg3 Rf6 37. Rc8 Rg6 38. Bh4+ Kd6 39. Kf2 Re6 40. Bg3 Ke7 41. f4 exf4 42. Bxf4 Rf6 43. Ke2 Rg6 44. Bg3 Re6 45. Rc7 Kd8 46. Ra7 Ke7 47. e4 Rg6 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Ra8 Rf6 50. Rc8 Ke7 51. Bh4 g5 52. Bg3 Re6 53. Rh8 Nf8 54. d4 cxd4+ 55. Kxd4 Rc6 56. Kc3 Kf7 57. Bf2 Rf6 58. Bd4 Rf3+ 59. Kd2 Rh3 60. Bxb6 Rxh2+ 61. Ke3 Rh3+ 62. Kf2 Rh2+ 63. Kg3 Rc2 64. Rxh6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donchenko, Anatoly G"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 0-0 7. Nge2 c6 8. 0-0 Be6 9. b3 Bf7 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Qd2 e4 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Rad1 Nd3 15. Ba1 Ne5 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bh5 19. Rde1 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rae8 22. Qd4 Ng4 23. Qxa7 Bf6 24. Qb6 Rc8 25. Ne2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rc2 27. h3 Ne5 28. Rf2 Nd3 29. Rg2 Qe7 30. Qd4 Ne5 31. Kh1 Rfc8 32. Rf1 Rxa2 33. Rxf5 Rcc2 34. Rff2 Rd2 35. Qe4 Qd7 36. g4 Qc8 37. Qf4 Qe8 38. Qe4 Qg6 39. Qf4 Qe8 40. Qe4 Qg6 41. Qf4 Qf6 42. Qe4 Qh4 43. Rh2 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Re1 45. Qf5 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Raxe2+ 47. Kg3 Rxe3+ 48. Kg2 R1e2+ 49. Kf1 Re1+ 50. Kg2 Ng6 51. Qc8+ Re8 52. Qxb7 R8e2+ 53. Kg3 Re3+ 54. Kf2 R1e2+ 55. Kg1 Re1+ 56. Kf2 R3e2+ 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rxh2 59. Qb8+ Nf8 60. Qxd6 Rxh3+ 61. Kf2 Rd1 62. b4 Rd2+ 63. Ke1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. a4 0-0 9. Nf3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Be2 axb5 12. Bxb5 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. 0-0 Nc6 16. Ra3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Qd4 20. Be3 Qxb2 21. Rb3 Qa2 22. Bxc5 Rfc8 23. Ba3 h5 24. g3 Kh7 25. Rf3 Ra7 26. Rd1 Rc3 27. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Bc4 a6 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Qf3 0-0 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 exf5 14. exf5 Bb7 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qf2 Bf6 17. 0-0-0 Be5 18. Rhf1 Nf6 19. Qh4 Rac8 20. Rd3 Rfe8 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qxf6 Rce8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Bxf7 Rd8 28. Be6 Ke8 29. Qf6 Qe7 30. Qh8+ Qf8 31. Qxh7 Rxe6 32. Qxb7 Re5 33. f6 Qf7 34. Qxa6 Qc4 35. Rd1 Rd7 36. Qa8+ Kf7 37. g3 b4 38. axb4 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Eolian, Levon S"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g4 Nc6 11. Nde2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Ng3 Rfe8 15. f4 Rac8 16. h4 Nb6 17. f5 Bf8 18. Bf4 Rcd8 19. Qh5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. g6 fxg6 22. fxg6 h6 23. Rf7 Re7 24. Raf1 Nc4 25. Nd1 Nd2 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Rf7 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 Bc6 29. Qg4 Qd6 30. Ne3 Nc4 31. Nef5 exf5 32. Nxf5 Qd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Nxh6+ gxh6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qxc6 Rd6 37. Qc7+ Kxg6 38. h5+ Kf6 39. Qc8 Bg7 40. b3 Ne3 41. Qc5 Rd4 42. Qc6+ Kf7 43. Qc3 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 Nf6 45. Bf3 Nd7 46. Qc6 Bf6 47. Bg4 1-0

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Figler, Ilya"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. e3 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 0-0 7. a3 c5 8. f3 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Qc2 g6 11. Bd2 Na6 12. h3 Nc7 13. 0-0-0 Kh8 14. g4 b5 15. Ng3 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nce2 Bd7 18. Bxb4 Na6 19. Ba3 Qb6 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. Qd3 Rb3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Nc3 Rxf3 27. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Nh5 29. Rf3 Nf4 30. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Qd2 a6 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 b4 14. f6 gxf6 15. Rhg1 f5 16. exf5 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nde5 18. f6 Bd8 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Qh3 Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Nxc6 Nxf4 23. Bf3 Rg6 24. Qh4 Bb7 25. Be4 Ne2+ 26. Kb1 Nxg1 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qh6 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 d5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qc2 e5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 Bc6 17. e4 Rad8 18. Be2 h6 19. Rf2 Rd7 20. Bb2 Qg5 21. Bf1 Red8 22. Bc1 Qe5 23. Be3 Nh5 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Rd2 Bxa4 26. Rxd7 Bxc2 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Qxc3 29. Kf2 Qf6 30. Bxf4 Qxf4 31. g3 Qf6 32. Bc4 Bb3 33. e5 Qc6 34. Rd6 Qa4 35. Bd3+ g6 36. h4 h5 37. Re4 Qa2+ 38. Re2 Qa1 39. Rd7 Be6 40. Rxb7 Qh1 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Katalymov, Boris N"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd2 c6 7. Nxe7 Qxe7 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. e3 0-0 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Na6 12. h3 d5 13. g4 Be6 14. c5 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. Bc3 Qh4 17. Ba5 Rac8 18. Be2 f5 19. 0-0-0 f4 20. Rdg1 fxe3 21. fxe3 Ng3 22. Bxa6 Nxh1 23. Bxb7 Nf2 24. Kb2 Nd3+ 25. Ka3 Qf2 26. Rg6 Qf7 27. Bxc8 Qxg6 28. Ba6 Bxh3 29. Nb1 Bc8 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. Qc1 Qg2 32. Bc3 Qe2 33. Bd2 Rf8 34. Nc3 Qg2 35. Qb2 Rf2 36. Nb1 Qh1 37. b4 Ba6 38. e4 Qxe4 39. Kb3 Bc4+ 40. Kc3 Rh2 41. b5 Rh4 42. Kb4 Bxb5 43. Bc3 Qe2 44. Nd2 Qd1 45. Nb3 Re4 46. Qh2 Re8 47. Qc7 a6 48. Qd7 Qe2 49. a4 Bc4 50. Nd2 Qe6 51. Qa7 Qe7 52. Qb6 Rc8 53. Ka5 Qf8 54. Nxc4 dxc4 55. d5 Qe8 56. d6 Qd8 57. Qxd8+ Rxd8 58. Kb6 Kf7 59. Kxc6 Ke6 60. Kc7 Rd7+ 61. Kb6 g5 62. Bb4 c3 63. Bxc3 g4 64. Bb4 g3 65. c6 g2 66. cxd7 Kxd7 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalikian, Ovik"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Ng5 Bxc4 13. Bxd6 Rfd8 14. Qd4 Nd5 15. Qxc4 Rxd6 16. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch45 Semifinal"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly S"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1977.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Bxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Be2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be1 Qe7 15. bxc5 Ndxc5 16. Ba5 Qf6 17. Rb1 Bd5 18. Qd4 Qf5 19. Bb4 Rac8 20. Rbc1 Ba8 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Nb3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. Rd1 Bd5 26. f3 Nec5 27. Bf1 a5 28. Be1 f6 29. Nc4 a4 30. Bg3 Rb7 31. Nd6 Rd7 32. Bb5 Rd8 33. Nc4 f5 34. Nb6 Kf7 35. Bc7 Rh8 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Rxd5 Rc8 38. Bc4 Ke7 39. Bd6+ Kf6 40. Be5+ Ke7 41. Bc3 Na6 42. Re5+ Kd8 43. Ba5+ Nxa5 44. Bxa6 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Nc4 46. Bxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxf5 Kc7 48. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Dus Chotimirsky Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. b3 c5 8. e3 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. Nf4 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. d5 e5 15. Nh5 g6 16. Qg4 Be7 17. e4 f6 18. f4 Kh8 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qg5 Bxh3 23. Bxe5 Qd7 24. Rf4 Kg8 25. Qh6 Nh5 26. Kf2 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. e5 Qxe5 29. Re1 Qd4+ 30. Kf3 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "MDA-ch"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popa, Viktor"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. f5 b4 15. Ne2 Qa7 16. Qb3 e5 17. Ng3 h5 18. Bc4 Rh7 19. Rhe1 h4 20. Nf1 Rc8 21. Qd3 Bb7 22. Ne3 Rc5 23. Rf1 a5 24. Rf3 a4 25. Rh3 a3 26. b3 Kd8 27. g3 Qa8 28. Bd5 Rc3 29. Qb5 Qa7 30. Nc4 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Qf2 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Nxa3 Qe2 34. Rc1 d5 35. exd5 Kd6 36. Nc4+ Rxc4 37. bxc4 Qxc4 38. Rxh4 Rxh4 39. gxh4 e4 40. Qc6+ Qxc6 41. dxc6 Kxc6 42. h5 Bf8 43. c3 e3 44. cxb4+ Kd5 45. b5 Ke4 46. b6 Kxf5 47. b7 Bd6 48. Rg1 Bxh2 49. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Akopian, Gagik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 0-0 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Kh8 9. Qc2 d5 10. Ne5 c5 11. 0-0-0 Nc6 12. g4 Ne4 13. Ndf3 c4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rdg1 b5 18. g5 a5 19. g6 b4 20. Qe2 Rf5 21. gxh7 Bf6 22. Ng6+ Bxg6 23. Rxg6 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf8 25. Rhg1 Rxf4 26. exf4 Rb8 27. Qe1 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Bxd4 29. Qc1 Bxc3+ 30. Ke2 Qxa2+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Arutiunov, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. a4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. e4 d6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Qc2 Qa6 13. Bf4 0-0 14. Nbd2 Rfe8 15. b3 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Be3 g6 18. Nc4 Bg7 19. Rad1 Bc3 20. Bd2 Nhf6 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22. Re3 Re7 23. Rde1 Rae8 24. h3 Rb8 25. Qxc3 Rb4 26. Nfd2 Re8 27. R3e2 Nh5 28. Qf3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Nc4 Nf4 31. Rc2 Qf6 32. Kh2 h5 33. Re3 h4 34. g3 hxg3+ 35. fxg3 Nh5 36. Rf2 Qxf3 37. Rexf3 f6 38. Re3 Re7 39. Rc2 Rd7 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Kf3 f5 42. exf5 e4+ 43. Kxe4 Nf6+ 44. Kf3 Nxd5 45. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Dus Chotimirsky Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kayumov, Dimitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 0-0 11. 0-0 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Ba2 Ne7 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Bc1 Rfd8 17. Qh3 Ng6 18. f3 Nd5 19. Bb1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 e5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qg4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Qc5 24. Bxh6 Qxc3 25. Qe6+ Kh7 26. Rc4 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Bg5 Rd7 29. Bxf6 Kg8 30. Rh4 Bc6 31. Rc1 Rd6 32. Be5 Re6 33. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ne3 Bxc5 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nxe4 17. a4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rad1 Qxb3 20. Qxe4 Qxb2 21. Ng5 g6 22. Rb1 Qd4 23. Qh4 h5 24. Ne4 Qd3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxh5+ gxh5 27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qxh5+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Rbe1 Qc3 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Re4 Rfd8 35. Rfe1 Kf8 36. Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nge7 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. 0-0 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd1 Be7 11. Nd5 0-0 12. Bf4 Rad8 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Rfe1 c6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Malevinsky, Alexander A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Nc4 Nh5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na5 Qc5 14. Qb4 Qb5 15. Be3 Rfb8 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Rad1 Be8 18. g3 b4 19. Bd2 bxc3 20. Bxc3 f6 21. a3 Bf8 22. Rd5 Ng7 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. b4 c6 25. Rd3 c5 26. Rb1 Ba4 27. Rd2 Nd4 28. Ne1 Rb5 29. Rdb2 Rab8 30. Kg2 cxb4 31. axb4 R5b6 32. Bd2 Rc8 33. Ra1 Bb5 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Kf7 36. f3 Ke6 37. Kf2 f5 38. exf5+ gxf5 39. Bd2 Rd6 40. Bc3 Nc6 41. Nxc6 Rxc6 42. Bd2 a6 43. Nc2 Rd6 44. Ne1 Rd4 45. Ng2 Bd6 46. Ne1 Bc6 47. Bc3 Rd1 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Kd2 h5 50. Ke3 Bb5 51. Kd2 Kd5 52. Ke3 Ra3 53. Kd2 Kc4 54. Rc2 Bxb4 55. Bxb4+ Kxb4 56. Rc7 Ka5 57. Rc5 Ra2+ 58. Kc3 Re2 59. Nc2 Kb6 60. Rc8 Rf2 61. f4 exf4 62. gxf4 Rf3+ 63. Kd4 Rxf4+ 64. Kd5 Rh4 65. Nd4 Rxh2 66. Rb8+ Ka5 67. Nxf5 h4 68. Rh8 h3 69. Nd4 Rh1 70. Rh4 Kb4 71. Ne2+ Kb3 72. Ng3 Rh2 73. Kc5 Rc2+ 74. Kb6 h2 75. Rh6 Rg2 76. Nh1 Kc4 77. Rh3 Kd4 78. Rh4+ Ke3 79. Kc5 Rc2+ 80. Kb6 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 f5 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 c5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dus Chotimirsky Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Natapov, Geliy I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Ba6 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nfd2 0-0 8. a3 Be7 9. Nc3 d5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. Be2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Bf6 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Rc1 e5 17. Bg3 Bb7 18. 0-0 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 g5 21. f3 exf3 22. Rxf3 e4 23. Rxf5 Qxa3 24. Qd2 h6 25. d6 Kg7 26. Rcf1 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3 28. Bc4 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Rf8 30. Be6 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 Nf6 32. b6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Petkevich, Jusefs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E82"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nge2 c5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Ng3 e6 11. 0-0 exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Be2 h5 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. Nh1 N6h7 17. Nf2 Bc8 18. Kh1 Ra7 19. Rab1 f5 20. Bd3 Rf7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nh3 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch45 Semifinal"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1977.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Nf6 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. e4 b5 17. c5 Rd8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rc6 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Qb7 21. d5 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Rc8 23. Qc2 Rxc6 24. dxc6 Qc7 25. Nf4 Ne8 26. b4 Kf8 27. Ne2 Qb6 28. Qc3 Ke7 29. Nd4 Kd8 30. Nb3 Kc7 31. Na5 Nf6 32. Qd3 Ng4 33. Qf3 Ne5 34. Qh5 Qd4 35. Qxh7 Nd3 36. Kg2 Qxf2+ 37. Kh3 Qf3 38. Kh4 Qf6+ 39. Kh3 Qf3 40. Kh4 Qe2 41. h3 Ne5 42. Qxg7 Qxe4+ 43. g4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Dus Chotimirsky Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Taborov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Nb6 12. a4 Rb8 13. f4 a6 14. Bf3 Bd7 15. Re1 Re7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nde4 dxe5 18. Nxc5 Nd6 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Bd4+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nbc4 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. N3e4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 f5 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. d6 Qxd6 30. Bd5+ Ke8 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qg7+ Kd8 33. Bxc4 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxc4 35. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 Qc7 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. Be3 a6 9. Nc2 b6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Na4 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Rb8 13. Qc3 0-0 14. 0-0 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxc6 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Qa7 18. Bc2 d5 19. Qe5 Ba6 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Qd6 Bxd3 22. exd3 Nc5 23. Rfc1 Nxd3 24. Rc7 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qe4 26. b3 Ra8 27. a3 Ne5 28. h4 h5 29. a4 Rab8 30. Qa3 d4 31. Nc2 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 d3 33. Ne3 Nxh4 34. Kg1 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Rxb3 36. Qd6 Ne5 37. Kg1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Dus Chotimirsky Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shishov, Mikhail Vasilievich"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d3 0-0 8. a5 a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Re1 e6 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. Nd1 a5 16. c3 a4 17. Bc2 e5 18. Bd2 f5 19. c4 fxe4 20. dxe4 Nf6 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Nd5 Nbxd5 24. cxd5 Bd7 25. Ne6 Rfb8 26. Bc3 Nh5 27. g3 Bf6 28. Qd1 Bxe6 29. dxe6 Ng7 30. Rxa4 Nxe6 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Qd5 Rd8 33. Bb3 Kf7 34. Ra1 Rd7 35. Ra8 Bg7 36. f4 1-0

[Event "URS Young Masters-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1976.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1976.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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 e6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Rg1 Nc6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. h4 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 0-0 17. 0-0-0 Ne5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rab8 20. Qe4 Rfe8 21. Bxe5 Bf8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Qf3 b4 25. a4 b3 26. c3 Re3 27. Qf2 Bc5 28. Qd2 Qd7 29. h5 Qxa4 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Bb1 Rbe8 32. Rge1 Qa1 33. d6 Ba3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Qf2 Rf3 36. Qe2 Re3 37. Qf2 Rf3 38. Qe2 Bxb2+ 39. Kd2 Bxc3+ 40. Kc1 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "URS Young Masters-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1976.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. f4 0-0 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. 0-0 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne8 17. Qd2 Qb7 18. Rae1 Bf6 19. Re4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rb8 21. Ba4 Qc7 22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Rxf7 Nf6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Re6 Qc7 26. Bc6 a5 27. h3 Rd8 28. Kh1 Kf7 29. Kh2 h6 30. Qg3 Qb8 31. Qf4 Qc7 32. Qg3 Qb8 33. Kh1 Qc7 34. Qf4 Qb8 35. g4 Kg8 36. Qe3 Rf8 37. Re7 Qd8 38. Qa7 g5 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rg6 Nd7 41. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "URS Young Masters-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1976.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1976.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. e3 Na6 8. Nc3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nb4 10. Ra4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Bxd3 12. Be5 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bg7 14. Kd2 Bf5 15. Rha1 a6 16. Rb4 Bc8 17. Na4 Ne4+ 18. Ke2 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Nd6 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. f3 f6 22. Nd3 Kd8 23. e4 Kc7 24. Nc5 Re8 25. Rc1 e6 26. Rc3 e5 27. d5 f5 28. h3 cxd5 29. Nxd5+ Kc6 30. Rb6+ Kxc5 31. b4+ Kd4 32. Rd3+ Kxc4 33. Ne3# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Semifinal"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3 d5 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0-0 Qa5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. e4 Be6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Bg5 18. Rxd5 Bxf4+ 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. Rhd1 Rad8 21. g3 Be5 22. Qf5 g6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qe4 Bf6 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. f4 Qb6 28. Qg2 Qe3 29. Ka2 b6 30. Nd2 Qd4 31. Nc4 Kf8 32. Nd6 Qc5 33. Nc4 Qd4 34. Nd6 a6 35. Nc4 b5 36. Na5 Qb6 37. Nb3 Ne6 38. Qc2 Kg7 39. Qc8 Qf2 40. Qc1 Qxh2 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. g4 h6 43. Nd4 Bxd4 44. Qc7+ Kh8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qxd4 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44 Semifinal"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Be3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Nb3 Rfd8 12. Qe1 Be8 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Nd4 b5 16. a3 Rab8 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Nxd5 Qc8 21. Qh3 Qe6 22. Nc7 Qxe5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxf5 Qe6 26. Bd3 g6 27. Rf3 Bf6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Bg1 Ne5 30. Rf1 Nxd3 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Bd4 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Semifinal"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Anikaev, Yuri N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Qa4 a6 15. d5 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 f6 17. Qa3 Bd7 18. Bd2 b6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Rf1 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qe5 22. Qb4 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxa6 Rc4 25. Qxb6 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Semifinal"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Losev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 0-0 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. 0-0 c6 11. Rae1 Ng6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 Qh4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 d4 18. Re4 dxc3 19. f5 Qg5 20. e6 fxe6 21. f6 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 gxf6 23. Rxf6 e5 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Rh4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Semifinal"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 0-0 8. c3 Ne4 9. Qe2 d6 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. Rhg1 Ndf6 12. g4 Kh8 13. c4 b5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 bxc4 17. Bxf5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bxg6 c3 21. Ne4 cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rab8 23. Ka1 Nb4 24. Nc3 Be4 25. Rd2 Bxg6 26. Rxg6 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxe3 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Qf3 Rg1+ 30. Kb2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "URS Cup-B"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. d5 Nc5 11. Ne1 a5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. a3 Nfd7 14. b3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nc2 b6 18. Qd3 Ba6 19. Nc3 Rc8 20. Nb5 Nb8 21. Rfd1 Re7 22. Qb3 Rd7 23. h4 a4 24. Qa2 Nc6 25. Bh3 Na7 26. Rd2 Nxb5 27. cxb5 Bxb5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rad1 Bc4 31. Qg4 Rc6 32. b5 Bxb5 33. Nb4 Rc8 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Bc4 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc6 38. Kg2 Qg8 39. Qe2 Bf8 40. Qb5 Rdc7 41. Bxb6 Rc8 42. Ba5 Qg6 43. Qd3 Rc4 44. Re1 Be7 45. Bb4 R8c6 46. Ra5 Rc7 47. Ra8+ Rc8 48. Rxc8+ Rxc8 49. Qb5 Rf8 50. Qxa4 Qf6 51. Qc2 Bd8 52. Qe2 Bb6 53. Rf1 Bd4 54. Qd3 Qg6 55. Qe2 Qe6 56. f3 Rc8 57. Qd2 Qc4 58. Bxd6 Qb3 59. Qh6 Qa2+ 60. Kh3 Qf7 61. Bb4 Rg8 62. Kg2 Qc4 63. Qf6+ Rg7 64. Rf2 Bc5 65. Bxc5 1-0

