[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Burdalev, Kirill"]
[Black "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. d5 Nb8 9. Ne2 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Qd2 e6 12. Nc3 f5 13. Bg3 a5 14. Be2 Be7 15. Bh5+ Kf8 16. 0-0 Bf6 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bd6+ Kg8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nc7 Bxc4 21. Nxa8 Na6 22. Rfc1 Bd3 23. Nc7 Qxd6 24. Ne8 Qd7 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Qg3+ Kf8 28. Rc8+ Qxc8 29. Qd6+ Kg8 30. Qe7 Rh7 31. Qxf6 Nb4 32. Bg6 Rc7 33. Rd1 Nd5 34. Qe5 Ne7 35. Bh5 Rc1 36. Qxe7 Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 Qc1 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg6 40. Qd6+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kf6 43. Qf8+ Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ Kg6 46. Qb6+ Kg7 47. Qxb7+ Kg6 48. Qb6+ Kg7 49. Qd4+ Kg6 50. Qd6+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg6 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kg6 56. Qd6+ Kf7 57. Qd5+ Kg6 58. Qd6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Voropai, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. d3 0-0 8. Nbd2 a6 9. h3 b5 10. Ba2 e5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rfe8 15. Bb2 Nh5 16. Rad1 Nf4 17. Nf1 Qf7 18. N1h2 h6 19. Rd2 cxb4 20. axb4 d5 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Nd5 24. Ba3 a5 25. bxa5 b4 26. Bb2 Nxa5 27. Qd3 Rac8 28. Ng4 Nc4 29. Nfe5 Nxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Qf5 32. Nxg6 Rc3 33. Qe2 Kh7 34. Nh4 Qf6 35. Rg4 Rg8 36. Qe4+ Kh8 37. Ng6+ Rxg6 38. Rxg6 Qf5 39. Qxf5 exf5 40. Rxh6+ Kg7 41. Rd6 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Nf4 43. Rxb4 Rc7 44. d5 Nd3 45. Rbb6 Nxf2 46. Rbc6 Rf7 47. Rd8 Ne4 48. d6 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ermolov, Igor"]
[Black "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. Ng5 Bg6 8. 0-0 Qb6 9. c3 c5 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. g4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. f5 gxf5 14. gxf5 Nxf5 15. Nf3 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Ne2 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kosikov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7 7. Re1 0-0 8. d4 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Ba2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Nc3 Bxa2 16. Nxa2 Rc8 17. Nc3 Ne6 18. Qf3 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Rfe8 21. Ne4 Qa6 22. Be3 Nb5 23. Qb3 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polishchuk, Taras"]
[Black "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Bf1 Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ng4 13. exf5 Bxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Butenko, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 Nc6 6. a3 h6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Bb5 0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 Bc8 12. Nbd2 Kh7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qe2 e6 15. Qe4 c5 16. Qf4 d5 17. Nf1 Ba6 18. N1h2 Bd3 19. b4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bf5 21. g4 Be4 22. g5 h5 23. Nh4 Qe7 24. N2f3 Nb6 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Nd5 27. Bd2 Qd7 28. Ng2 Rb6 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Qc6 31. Qe2 Qd5 32. Be3 Rc6 33. Nd2 Rb8 34. f3 Rbb6 35. Ne4 Rc4 36. Rd1 Rbc6 37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. gxf6 Rc2 39. Qf1 Qa2 40. d5 exd5 41. Rxd5 Qxd5 42. f4 Qe4 43. Bc5 R6xc5 44. bxc5 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnichuk, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nh5 11. Bh2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nxh7 Nf4 15. Nxf8 Nxd3 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf3 Kg7 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Re3 Rh8 21. Nh2 Nce7 22. Qd2 Nf5 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Re1 Ngh4 25. Rf4 Kf8 26. g3 Qg5 27. Re2 Ng6 28. h4 Qh5 29. Rg4 Nd6 30. Rg5 Qh7 31. f3 f6 32. Rxg6 Qxg6 33. Qf4 Ke7 34. Kf2 Rg8 35. g4 Bb5 36. Rd2 Rh8 37. h5 Qh6 38. Qxh6 Rxh6 39. b3 f5 40. a4 Be8 41. Re2 fxg4 42. fxg4 Ne4+ 43. Kg2 b5 44. axb5 Nxc3 45. Re5 Nxb5 46. Nf3 Kd6 47. Rg5 Rf6 48. Rg8 Bf7 49. Rh8 Rf4 50. Kg3 Rxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Nxd4+ 52. Kf2 Ke7 53. g5 Nf5 54. Rh7 Kf8 55. g6 Be8 56. Ra7 Bb5 57. Rf7+ Kg8 58. Rf6 Bd7 59. Kf3 d4 60. Rf7 Bc6+ 61. Kf2 d3 62. Ke1 Bf3 63. Kd2 Bxh5 64. Kxd3 Bxg6 65. Ra7 Ne7+ 66. Kd2 Nd5 67. Rxa6 Kf7 68. Ra5 Kf6 69. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Erofeev, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Be2 Nc6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. c3 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. f4 Nc6 9. f5 Be7 10. fxe6 dxe6 11. d3 0-0 12. Nd2 b6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Ne4 Ba6 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Qc2 Rd5 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 f5 19. Bf3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rdd8 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. d4 g5 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. dxe5 Na5 25. e6 Bd6 26. Bxb7 Bxg3 27. Bf3 Bxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prusak, Ilia"]
[Black "Shirin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Ne2 Ne7 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bc4 9. Re1 Qb6 10. c3 a5 11. b3 Ba6 12. Be3 0-0 13. a3 Nd7 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Na4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Bc3 b5 19. Nb2 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Ne5 22. f4 N5c6 23. Qa4 f6 24. Rad1 h6 25. Rd3 g5 26. Qd1 Rbd8 27. Qh5 Kh7 28. h4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Ng6 30. Rg3 Nce7 31. Qg4 f5 32. exf5 Rxf5 1-0

