[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Baroyan, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. h3 Ne4 10. Bf4 h6 11. Bh2 0-0 12. 0-0 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rc8 16. g4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. f4 Qe7 20. Qf2 Rce8 21. Bb5 Rc8 22. Bd3 Rce8 23. Qg3 Bc6 24. Rf2 Bd7 25. h4 Kh8 26. g5 Rg8 27. Qf3 Qf8 28. Rg2 f5 29. Kf2 Re7 30. Rcg1 g6 31. h5 Be8 32. gxh6 Rh7 33. hxg6 Rxh6 34. g7+ Rxg7 35. Rxg7 Qxg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Qg3+ Rg6 38. Qh4 Rf6 39. Qg5+ Bg6 40. Be2 c4 41. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schevyova, Lubov"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. 0-0 h6 8. h3 e6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. b4 a6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qd3 g5 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rd8 21. Rad1 0-0 22. Qg3 f6 23. Rd6 Qe7 24. Qd3 fxe5 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Rfd1 Rde8 28. Qg4 Rf4 29. Qd7 Re7 30. Qxe7 Qxe7 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rd6 h5 34. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ryabov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. 0-0 d6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Be3 0-0 9. a3 Bd7 10. d4 Qc8 11. dxe5 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Petrov, Vladimir S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 a6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. a3 Be7 14. e4 0-0-0 15. Ng5 Rdf8 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 g5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Rfg8 20. h4 Rxg5 21. hxg5 Ng4 22. e5 Qd8 23. Ne4 Qg8 24. Nf6 Ndxf6 25. exf6 Bd6 26. Be4 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Shon, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Bc4 c5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Bd5 e6 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. e5 Bc6 19. f4 Bf8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Rbd1 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Rc8 25. a4 Qa3 26. Rd3 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Kf3 Qxa4 30. g4 Qa1 31. Kg2 Qb2+ 32. Bf2 h6 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 Bc5 35. e6 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kf3 Qe7 39. Ke2 fxe6 40. fxe6 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ditiatev, Sergey"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c6 5. f3 Qa5 6. a3 g5 7. e4 Bg6 8. Bf2 e6 9. h4 f6 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. hxg5 fxg5 12. Nge2 Bg7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. 0-0-0 b5 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. exd5 Bxd3 17. dxe6 Bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 Nf6 19. Ng3 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Nf5 Rc8 22. Qd3 Bf8 23. Qxb5+ Rc6 24. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Vladimir N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. g4 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g5 Ne8 9. h4 f6 10. gxf6 Qxf6 11. Be3 a6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. h5 b5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. Nh7 Qe7 18. Nxf8 Qxf8 19. 0-0-0 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rdg1 Qf3 22. Bh6 Bf6 23. Rxg6+ Kf7 24. Rhg1 Ne8 25. R6g3 Qh5 26. Bg5 Bg7 27. f4 Bd7 28. f5 Nf6 29. Qg2 Rh8 30. Kb1 Be8 31. Bc1 Bh6 32. Bxh6 Qxh6 33. Rh3 Nh5 34. Rxh5 Qf6 35. Rxh8 Qxh8 36. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Logarchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxe5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Tolkachev, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Qxb6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Rb1 0-0 12. Be2 Nb6 13. 0-0 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 e6 15. f4 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 18. b3 Be6 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qe7 22. Rc4 Rb4 23. Rfc1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Qe6 25. Kf2 Qxd5 26. exd5 f5 27. Ra4 Ra8 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Kd3 Bf8 30. Bd2 Ke8 31. a3 Kd7 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 Kc7 34. b5 Kb6 35. bxa6 Rxa6 36. Be3+ Kb5 37. Rxa6 Kxa6 38. Kc4 Kb7 39. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CFO-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Yurchenkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. f3 Nbd7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Qd2 e6 8. e3 Bb4 9. Nge2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CFO-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2011.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Gennady"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. g5 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 f6 11. gxf6 exf6 12. Nc4 Qg5 13. Qe2 Qg4 14. Qe3 Bb4 15. h4 Kd8 16. Bh3 Bxc4 17. Bxg4 Re8 18. Qxe8+ Kxe8 19. Kd2 Na6 20. a3 Bd6 21. Rae1+ Kf8 22. Be2 Bf4+ 23. Kd1 Bf7 24. Bf3 Nc7 25. Ne2 Bd6 26. Be4 Rd8 27. c3 Bb3+ 28. Bc2 Bd5 29. Rhg1 g6 1-0

[Event "CFO-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2011.03.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Shirokov, Vecheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CFO-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2011.03.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shishkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. g3 Qc8 5. h3 h6 6. Bg2 g5 7. h4 Bg7 8. Nf1 g4 9. N3h2 e5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Qd3 Na6 13. c4 d4 14. Nexg4 Bg7 15. f3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qd2 Qe6 18. b3 0-0-0 19. Ba3 d3 20. Rd1 Ne4 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. 0-0 Bd4+ 24. e3 f5 25. Rf4 Qe6 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. exd4 fxg4 28. Re1 Qg6 29. Re3 Nf6 30. Qxd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Re8 32. Kf2 h5 33. Re3 Ne4+ 34. Kg2 Re6 35. Nf1 Kd7 36. Bc1 b6 37. Nd2 Nd6 38. Rxe6 Kxe6 39. Kf2 Nf5 40. Bb2 Nd6 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Ba3 Nb7 43. Ne4 Nd8 44. Be7 Ne6 45. Ng5 Nc7 46. Bd6 Ne8 47. Be5 a6 48. Ne4 Ke6 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "CFO-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Chaikovsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. f3 Bf5 4. g4 Bg6 5. Nh3 c6 6. Nf4 Qb6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. h4 h6 9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. Bf4 c5 11. e3 cxd4 12. exd4 e6 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Bxg6+ Kd8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Kf2 Rf8 17. Kg2 Rc8 18. Re1 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf5 Rc7 21. c4 g6 22. Bc2 d4 23. Nc3 a6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rcf7 26. c5 Qxc5 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Qc2 Rc7 29. Qxc7+ Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. Bxb7 Kxb7 32. Rxe5 Rd8 33. Re2 Kc6 34. Kf2 Kc5 35. Ke1 Rd6 36. Kd2 Kb4 37. Kd3 Rf6 38. Kxd4 Rxf3 39. Ke5 Ka3 40. Rh2 a5 41. h5 g5 42. Rc2 a4 43. bxa4 Kxa4 44. Rc6 Rf4 45. Rxh6 Rxg4 46. Kf5 Rg1 47. Rg6 1-0

[Event "CFO-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2011.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oreshenkov, Viktor"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Qe8 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. e3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bb2 Qe8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Rd4 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. a3 Rf7 24. Qd3 Nd7 25. f4 Nf6 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CFO-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2011.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Nekrasov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. f3 Nbd7 4. e3 Nb6 5. b3 Qd6 6. Bf4 Qd8 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 e5 11. dxe5 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 c6 13. Nb1 Nf8 14. c3 Be7 15. h4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bf5 17. Be2 Qc8 18. f4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Qc2 Rh5 21. f5 Bc5 22. fxg6 Qe6 23. gxf7+ Qxf7+ 24. Ke2 0-0-0 25. Rh2 g6 26. Rf2 Qh7 27. Rf6 Rg8 28. e6 Rxh4 29. Kd3 Rh1 30. Qf2 Kd8 31. Rf7 Qh8 32. Qf4 Rxg1 33. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "CFO-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2011.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaminnik, Ivan"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Ne5 Nd6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Rac1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. Qa4 Rf7 18. Rc3 a6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qc5 g5 22. Rfc1 Re7 23. Rb3 Ree8 24. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Klyuev, Alexander S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 a5 5. b3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Ne5 Bc7 11. f4 Ne8 12. 0-0 f6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. e4 f5 15. e5 Kh8 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. c5 b6 18. b4 Rb8 19. Ng5 g6 20. Rf3 Kg7 21. Rh3 Rh8 22. g4 h6 23. gxf5 hxg5 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. fxg6 Ng7 26. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moshensky, Denis"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Rhe1 0-0 13. Bb3 Rfc8 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Re3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-D (Seniors)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.07"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Kopeikin, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. Kf1 f5 8. h4 Nd7 9. c5 c6 10. g3 Ndf6 11. Kg2 b5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f3 Bc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Qc2 b4 16. a4 Qc7 17. Bd2 0-0 18. Bxc3 bxc3 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. f4 Bc8 22. Qxc3 Rb8 23. b4 Qb7 24. Rab1 Bd7 25. Qc2 h5 26. Qe2 g6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Malyshev, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 0-0 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 a5 15. a4 c5 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. Rab1 h6 19. g3 Bd6 20. Kg2 Qb7 21. f4 Nd7 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Qa6 Ra8 25. Qe2 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Nd7 27. Nf3 Nc5 28. Nd2 Kh7 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Nf3 Kg8 31. Qd3 Qd6 32. Rd1 Bb6 33. Rbc1 Qc5 34. Qd4 Rab8 35. Qxc5 Bxc5 36. Rb1 Be7 37. Rdc1 Bf6 38. Ne5 Rc7 39. Kf2 Rbc8 40. b4 axb4 41. Rxb4 Be7 42. Rb3 f6 43. Nd3 d4 44. c4 Rxc4 45. Rxc4 Rxc4 46. Rb7 Kf8 47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. a5 Ra4 49. Ra8 Ra3 50. Ke2 Bd6 51. a6 e5 52. f5 e4 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. Ra8+ Kd7 55. Nf4 Ra2+ 56. Kd1 Bxf4 57. gxf4 d3 58. a7 e3 59. Kc1 d2+ 60. Kd1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Luna Butz, Alberto"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. d4 Bd6 12. Bb3 0-0 13. Rfe1 b5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Rd1 g6 18. Bg5 c4 19. Bc2 Rab8 20. b3 Rbc8 21. h4 a5 22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanets, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b5 2. a4 b4 3. c4 Nf6 4. f3 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 c5 9. Nb3 0-0 10. a5 a6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Be2 Bf8 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4 h5 19. Qf4 Nf8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Qe7 22. 0-0 Ra7 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. g3 Nd7 25. Rf2 Ne5 26. Bf1 Rf8 27. Nd2 Raa8 28. Qe3 Rae8 29. Bg2 f5 30. b3 Nf7 31. Qf4 Ne5 32. Qe3 Qd8 33. Ra2 Rf6 34. Rf4 Ref8 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rf1 R6f7 37. Nf3 Bxf3 38. Bxf3 f4 39. gxf4 Rxf4 40. Rg2+ Ng4 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shmatkov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Rfe1 Nf6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Be5 Be7 15. Qg3 0-0 16. Re3 Nh5 17. Qg4 g6 18. Qe2 Ng7 19. g4 f5 20. Bf4 g5 21. Rxe6 Bb4 22. Bd6 Bxc3 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Rb1 b6 26. Re3 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qc5 28. Qd3 Rd8 29. c4 fxg4 30. hxg4 d4 31. Re4 h6 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shcherbin, Matvei"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. Ne5 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Raf1 g6 20. Rxf6 Nxf6 21. Bg5 Kg7 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxf6 Kxf6 24. Na5 Rab8 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Rfd8 27. Qf3+ Kg7 28. Nxb7 Re8 29. Nd6 Re7 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Qf4 Reb7 32. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Radjanets, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. Re1 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. c5 Qe7 15. b4 Bc7 16. Ne5 g6 17. f4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nh5 19. g4 Ng7 20. g5 a5 21. Bc3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 23. Ra1 Rea8 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Ra1 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxa4 Qxe3+ 28. Kg2 bxa4 29. Nf1 Qxf4 30. Qd2 Qg4+ 31. Kf2 d4 32. Bb4 c5 33. Bxc5 Nh5 34. Ke1 Nf4 35. Be2 Nxe2 36. Qxe2 Bf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Elfert, Aleksandr V"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. h3 Qh5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Bb5 0-0-0 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. Qa6+ Kd7 13. dxe5 Qxf3 14. 0-0 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qd3+ Nd5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nd2 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Ke8 22. fxe3 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barmin, Piotr"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. Nb5 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qb6 11. Nbc3 Qc6 12. Bb5 Qxf3 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Rf1 Qh5 15. Bf4 0-0-0 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Ndc3 e5 19. Be3 f6 20. a3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Kd7 25. Ne4 Ke7 26. N2g3 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Rd7 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. Nfd6 b6 30. c3 Nf4 31. Rd1 Rc7 32. Kc2 Nd5 33. Rd3 h6 34. Rg3 Rd7 35. c4 Ne7 36. Rf3 Ng6 37. Rd3 Nf4 38. Rg3 Ne2 39. Rg2 Nd4+ 40. Kc3 f5 41. Rf2 g6 42. c5 b5 43. h4 Ke7 44. Nd2 Ke6 45. Nf1 Rg7 46. Ng3 f4 47. Nge4 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Rh2 Nf5 50. Rh5 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Bondar, Anatoly T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. f3 d5 4. fxe4 dxe4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Ne2 e5 7. Nbc3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nd5 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qe7 12. 0-0 c5 13. Qc4 Nd7 14. Rf7 Qe5 15. Rf2 Nf6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Qxc5 Bd7 18. c4 b6 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Bf4 e3 21. Bxe3 Qf5 22. Bf4 Kd8 23. Qd4 Re8 24. Rf1 Qg6 25. Bd6 Re2 26. Qxf6+ Qxf6 27. Rxf6 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Be7+ Kd7 30. Rxc6 Kxc6 31. Bf6 Kc5 32. h3 Kxc4 33. Kh2 Kd5 34. Kg3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nekrasov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. g3 0-0 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. Rb1 b6 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Nh4 Qe8 13. h3 h6 14. Bd2 g5 15. Nf3 f4 16. 0-0 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. d4 Qh5 19. Nh4 Rae8 20. Qc2 Ne7 21. Be4 Nf5 22. f3 fxg3 23. Bf4 Qxh4 24. e3 exf4 25. fxg4 Nxe3 26. Qe2 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Nikulin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. g4 c5 7. d5 e6 8. g5 Ne8 9. h4 exd5 10. cxd5 f6 11. f4 fxg5 12. hxg5 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Qd3 Ra7 15. Qg3 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Nge2 Bc8 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. Qh4 Bh8 20. 0-0-0 b5 21. e5 Ne8 22. e6 b4 23. Bxg6 Qg7 24. Be4 a5 25. f5 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qe7 27. f6 Nxf6 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Rdg1+ Kh8 30. Bxf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Mosionzhik, Ilya Samoilovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bxc4 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. e4 a5 10. Rd1 Bb4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. a3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nfg5 h6 16. Nf3 c5 17. g4 cxd4 18. g5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. gxh6 g6 21. h7+ Kxh7 22. Qe4 Rh8 23. h4 Kg8 24. Bg5 Rb8 25. Qc2 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Rh3 27. Qe4 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radomsky, Viacheslav G"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Qd3 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Nd2 g5 13. Qe3 Qg7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxg5+ Kh8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. f3 Rf7 18. e4 Rg8 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qh3 Rg5 21. Bh1 Rfg7 22. exf5 exf5 23. f4 Rh5 24. Qg2 Nc7 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. Qe2 Qe8 27. Ne5 Rxg3+ 28. hxg3 Nxg3 29. Qxh5 Nxh5 30. Rac1 Ne6 31. Bxd5 Qg8+ 32. Bg2 Nexf4 33. Rc2 Nh3+ 34. Kh2 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 N3f4 36. Rf3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Bh4 38. Bf1 Qe4 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kh6 41. Nf7+ Kg6 42. Ne5+ Kg5 43. Nf7+ Kf6 44. d5+ Kg6 45. Ne5+ Kg5 46. Nf7+ Kg4 47. Ne5+ Kg5 48. d6 Ne6 49. Rc4 Qe1 50. d7 Qd2+ 51. Kg1 Qxb2 52. Nf7+ Kg6 53. Rxh4 Kxf7 54. Rxh5 Qd4+ 55. Kh2 Qxd7 56. Rxh7+ Ng7 57. Rg3 Kf6 58. Rhxg7 Qxg7 59. Rxg7 Kxg7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terentiev, Vitaly G"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 a5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nge2 Qe7 8. 0-0 e4 9. Nf4 Bg4 10. Qc2 Bf3 11. Bxf3 exf3 12. d4 Qd7 13. Qd1 g5 14. Qxf3 gxf4 15. Qxf4 Qe7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qf5 e4 20. Bd2 Rg8 21. Bc3 Rg6 22. Rad1 b6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bd6 25. Rd4 Rg5 26. Qxe4 Re5 27. Qxh7 0-0-0 28. Rfd1 Rxe3 29. Qf5+ Kb7 30. fxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kg2 Qxc3 32. Qf3 Qc2+ 33. R1d2 Qc1 34. Re2 Qb1 35. Qc3 Rh8 36. Rde4 Ka7 37. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aleshintsev, Roman"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. b4 a5 9. a3 b5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Ng5 Nb8 12. Nf3 0-0 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. 0-0 g5 16. Bh2 h5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd7 19. f3 Nf6 20. g4 axb4 21. gxf5 Rxa3 22. Rxa3 bxa3 23. Qc1 exf5 24. e4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Bc2 Qf3 28. Qf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bxh3+ 30. Kf2 a2 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Belekhov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qa4 Qc7 10. Ne5 Nde7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. e4 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 0-0 22. Rae1 Rd2 23. R1e2 Rfd8 24. f3 R2d4 25. b4 e5 26. Na4 a5 27. Rh2 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 axb4 29. axb4 R1d4 30. Rc3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maidanova, Irina"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 Qd8 8. 0-0 e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bb3 0-0 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. g3 Nd5 16. Ng2 Bf6 17. Qf2 Bg6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. c4 Nb4 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. a3 Na6 22. Nf4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 e5 24. Rde1 Kf8 25. Qe2 Ndc5 26. dxc5 exf4 27. Be5 Bxc5+ 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Bxf4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Re8 31. Qxe8+ Qxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Bc2 g6 34. b4 Bb6 35. Bd3 Bc7 36. Be3 Bb8 37. f4 Nc7 38. Kf3 f5 39. h3 b6 40. g4 fxg4+ 41. hxg4 Ke7 42. f5 Kf7 43. fxg6+ hxg6 44. Be4 c5 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Bxc5 a6 47. Bd6 g5 48. c5 a5 49. Bd3 Ke6 50. Bc4+ Kd7 51. Ke4 Kc6 52. Kf5 Kb7 53. Kxg5 Ba7 54. Kf5 Kc6 55. g5 Nb5 56. Bxb5+ Kxb5 57. g6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Basencyan, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 a6 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. g4 f5 11. Bg5 Ndf6 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Ng3 f4 14. Nh5 Rf7 15. Rg1 Qd7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leonov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Qxc5 5. Qd5 e6 6. Qxc5 Bxc5 7. e4 h6 8. Bf4 Ne7 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 fxe4 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. c4 Bb7 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Rc1 d5 17. cxd5 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 exd5 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Kd2 Rc4 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Kxc1 Kd6 23. Kd2 Bc6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Ke3 a5 26. b3 Kc5 27. a4 a6 28. Nc2 Bg4 29. f3 exf3 30. gxf3 Bf5 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. f4 g6 33. Kd3 Kb4 34. Kc2 Kc5 35. Kc3 Bf5 36. h4 Bg4 37. Nc2 h5 38. Nd4 Bf5 39. Nf3 Be4 40. Nd4 Bf5 41. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Pristalov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Be3 0-0 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. f4 e6 19. f5 e5 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. fxe6 Rc8 22. Qe1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qe2 b5 25. Qf3 f5 26. exf5 e4 27. Qg3 Qf6 28. Bg5 Qd4+ 29. Be3 Qf6 30. d6 Rc6 31. d7 Rf8 32. Rd1 Rc3 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Qg5 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zelenjuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Be3 e5 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Qe4 7. d5 Bg4 8. Qb1 Qxb1+ 9. Rxb1 Bf5 10. Rc1 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 0-0-0 14. Nf3 c5 15. dxc6 Be4 16. Ng5 Bxc6 17. Nxf7 Nf6 18. f3 Rhe8 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Rhe1 Kd7 22. b4 b6 23. Re5 Re8 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. Re1+ Kd7 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Ke6 28. Kd3 Ke5 29. h3 Nh5 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakov, Anatolij J"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Qc2 d6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 a5 10. b3 Qe8 11. Rd1 Qh5 12. Nd2 f4 13. Nf1 Bf5 14. Qd2 g5 15. Ba3 Rad8 16. b4 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. f3 Ne7 20. e4 Kh8 21. Qe2 c5 22. Ba3 Rg8 23. Rdb1 Rd7 24. Bc1 h5 25. Rb2 Nc8 26. a4 b6 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Rdg7 29. Ra8 Qe6 30. Bd2 g4 31. Ra4 gxf3 32. Qxf3 h4 33. Be1 Rh7 34. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Fedosov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. f4 Nf6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 a6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. a3 g5 15. g3 gxf4 16. exf4 Nxd4 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qxd4 0-0 19. Kf2 Rfc8 20. Rhd1 Rc4 21. Qe3 Nc5 22. Na2 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Ne4+ 24. Kf3 Rc8 25. Re1 Rc2 26. Re2 Nd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rxc1 28. Qe2 Qc6 29. Kg4 b5 30. Kh3 f6 31. g4 Kf7 32. f5 Rc4 33. Qxe6+ Qxe6 34. fxe6+ Kxe6 35. Kg3 g5 36. Rd3 Ke5 37. Kf3 Rf4+ 38. Kg3 Ke4 39. Rb3 d4 40. Rxb5 d3 41. Rb8 d2 42. Rd8 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 0-0-0 6. Be3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Qh5 8. c4 e5 9. h3 e4 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Nh4 f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. g3 g5 14. Ng2 Bg7 15. Qe2 Bxd4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Ne1 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 gxf3 21. Qd4 Re8 22. Rfd1 Qh3 23. Qd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Rd1+ Ke6 26. Rd5 Kf6 27. Kf1 h5 28. Ke1 Re5 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rd5 c6 31. Rd6+ Kf5 32. Kd2 e3+ 33. fxe3 Kg4 34. Rg6 Re5 35. Rg7 Rf5 36. Ke1 Kxg3 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Sergeev, Yury I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 a6 6. Qc2 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 0-0 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. f4 exd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. h3 Nf5 14. g4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Ne2 b5 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd7 20. Nxd4 Nb6 21. Qc3 Nxd5 22. Qc4 Bb7 23. Nf3 Re8+ 24. Kf2 Qb6+ 25. Kg3 Ne3 26. Qf4 Bxf3 27. Kxf3 Nd5 28. Qc4 Nc7 29. Rac1 Ne6 30. b3 d5 31. Qg4 Nc5 32. Bb1 Ne4 33. Be3 Bd4 34. Bf4 Nf2 35. Qd7 Rad8 36. Qc7 Nxh1 37. Qxb6 Bxb6 38. Rxh1 Ba5 39. Bd3 Re6 40. h4 Rc8 41. Kg4 Be1 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Rxh5 Rce8 44. Rh1 Bf2 45. Bf5 Re1 46. Rh6 a5 47. Rd6 d4 48. g6 fxg6 49. Rxg6+ Kf7 50. Ra6 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Be1 52. Bh3 d3 53. Bh2 Rg6 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Rd7 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kriukov, Valery B"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. c5 b5 11. b4 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 a5 13. a3 g5 14. fxg5 Bxg5 15. Rf3 e5 16. Nf1 e4 17. Rf2 f4 18. exf4 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 Bxf4 20. Qb3 a4 21. Qa2 Nf6 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Bd1 Ng4 24. h3 Nh6 25. Qf2 Bg5 26. Ne3 Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Bxf6 28. Nc2 Nf5 29. Ne2 Bd7 30. g4 Nh4 31. Ng3 Be8 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Nf5+ Nxf5 34. Rxf5 Bg6 35. Rf2 Re8 36. Re2 Kh6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kg3 h5 39. gxh5 Bxh5 40. Re1 Bxd1 41. Rxd1 Bg5 42. Re1 Rf8 43. Re2 Rf3+ 44. Kg4 Bc1 45. Rh2 Bxa3 46. h4 Bc1 47. h5 a3 48. Rh1 Bb2 49. Kg5 e3 50. h6+ Kh7 51. Kg4 Rf2 52. Nxe3 a2 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Barykin, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bd6 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Be3 a6 16. Nc3 b5 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Bb1 Nbd5 19. Bd2 Ba7 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Qe5 Qb6 22. a4 Bb8 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qh4 Ne7 25. a5 Qd6 26. Ne2 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Nf5 28. Qf2 Nd5 29. Ra3 Rfd8 30. Rb3 Qe7 31. Kh1 Qf6 32. Rd3 Nfe7 33. f5 Nxf5 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. f4 Rd7 36. Rh3 Ba7 37. Rd3 Nde7 38. Be3 Rcd8 39. Rgd1 Nxe3 40. Qxe3 Nf5 41. Qe5 Qxe5 42. fxe5 Nxd4 43. Nc3 Kg8 44. Ne4 Kf8 45. Nd6 Nc6 46. Nxf7 Rxd3 47. Bxd3 Kxf7 48. Rf1+ Ke7 49. Be4 Nxe5 50. Bb7 Rd6 51. Re1 Bd4 52. b3 Bc3 53. Rg1 g5 54. h4 Bd2 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Rg2 Bf4 57. Rc2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhelnin, Vladimir V"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Nc4 Bxc4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Qf3 Qh5 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. Nc5 b6 14. Nd3 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. a4 Nd7 17. Re1 Nhf6 18. Bd2 0-0 19. g3 h6 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. h3 Rec8 22. c3 Bd6 23. Ra2 Bc7 24. Rea1 Ne4 25. Be3 Bd8 26. h4 Nd6 27. Bf4 Nb7 28. Bd1 Nb6 29. Ne5 Be7 30. Bh5 g6 31. Bf3 g5 32. Nxc6 Bf8 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Nd5 35. axb5 f6 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Bxf6 Kf7 38. Be5 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Putrova, Svetlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. g4 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. g5 Ne8 9. h4 f5 10. gxf6 Bxf6 11. h5 g5 12. h6 Nc5 13. b4 Na6 14. Rb1 c5 15. b5 Nac7 16. Bh5 b6 17. Nf3 g4 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Bxg4 Bh4 20. Be3 Rg8 21. Bxc8 Rxg1+ 22. Nxg1 Qxc8 23. Qh5 Be7 24. Qf7 Bf6 25. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2007.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Qe7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Rc1 Ndf6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. f3 Ng5 14. e3 Nf7 15. f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Rc2 Bd7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rfxc1 Rac8 22. Rc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Bc6 24. Kf2 Rf7 25. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula "]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Berenbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Ng6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. f5 Ne7 8. g4 h6 9. h4 d6 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. Bc3 f6 12. Be2 Ne5 13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bb6 15. g5 Nc6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. gxf6+ gxf6 18. Qd5 Qg8 19. Bg6 Qxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. a4 Bd4 24. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula "]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chuzhakin, Evgeny"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e4 7. dxe4 Qxe4 8. 0-0 Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Nge7 10. Nc3 Qg6 11. Bd3 Qh5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Ng3 Qc5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 0-0-0 16. c3 Kb8 17. a4 a5 18. Rb1 f5 19. Bb5 g6 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Nxb4 22. Ba3 Ned5 23. Qb3 Ba5 24. Bc4 Qe3 25. Bxd5 Qxb3 26. Bxb3 Rd3 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Bc4 Rxg3 29. Rxb4 Rd8 30. Rfb1 b6 31. a5 Rd4 32. Be2 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 Re3 34. Bf3 Ka7 35. axb6+ cxb6 36. Ra4+ Kb8 37. Ra8+ Kc7 38. Ra7+ Kd6 39. Rxh7 b5 40. Kg1 b4 41. Kf2 Re6 42. Rb7 Kc5 43. Be2 Re4 44. g3 Kc6 45. Rb8 Kc7 46. Rb5 Kc6 47. Bf1 Kc7 48. Bg2 Rc4 49. h4 Rc2+ 50. Kg1 Rc1+ 51. Kh2 Rc4 52. Kh3 Rd4 53. h5 gxh5 54. Kh4 Rd2 55. Bf3 Rd3 56. Bxh5 b3 57. Bg6 Kc6 58. Rb4 Kc5 59. Rb8 Kc4 60. Bf7+ Kd4 61. Rd8+ Ke3 62. Rxd3+ Kxd3 63. Bxb3 1-0

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula "]
[Date "2007.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodionov, Alexander1111"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. f3 Bf5 9. Nf4 g5 10. Nfe2 h6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Be3 0-0-0 14. a3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Rfc1 Kb8 17. b4 Qa6 18. b5 Qa5 19. Nd1 Rc8 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Nb6 23. Qe2 Bg7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Nc5 Nd5 26. Bf2 Nf4 27. Qc4 Qd2 28. Nc3 Rd5 29. Qb3 Nd3 30. Bg3+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula "]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Sviridov, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. c5 Be7 9. b4 Nf8 10. h4 b6 11. Nc3 a5 12. a3 bxc5 13. bxc5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. Na4 N8d7 17. Nd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. 0-0 0-0 20. g3 f5 21. Bc3 Ra7 22. Qa2 Kf7 23. Rfb1 g5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Qd2 Rg8 26. Kf1 Nf6 27. Ke2 Nd5 28. Nb6 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qxg3 30. Rf1 Qh2+ 31. Kd1 Rg2 32. Qe1 Re2 33. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 exd5 35. Re2 Qh5 36. Rb1 Qf3 37. Rb6 f4 38. Be1 Rc7 39. Bxa5 Qf1+ 40. Kd2 f3 41. Rh2 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula "]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Shishkin, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. 0-0 b4 11. Ne2 0-0 12. Ng3 exd4 13. Nf5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bc7 16. g4 Ne8 17. g5 c5 18. b3 Nd6 19. Ng3 a5 20. e5 Ne8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Bb7 23. Bd2 a4 24. Rae1 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Rf2 Qd7 27. f5 Ng7 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Bc4+ Bd5 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. e6 Qxe6 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Rf2 Bxg3 35. hxg3 Ra1+ 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 Qxg3+ 39. Ke2 d3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula "]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurin, Anatolij"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. a3 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. Bb3 0-0-0 14. Be3 h6 15. Rad1 e5 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Qf3 Be7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. c4 Qb6 22. Qc2 Rxd4 23. Bc3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Ba2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bc5 27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Bb1 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Bd4 30. b3 Bb2 31. a4 Kc7 32. h4 f6 33. Kf1 Kd6 34. g3 Nh5 35. Ke2 Kc5 1-0

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula "]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Kosov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bd2 f5 13. g3 Ndf6 14. Kg2 Bd7 15. Rae1 Rac8 16. Re2 Rf8 17. Ng1 Nh5 18. Be1 Rf6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. f4 exf3+ 21. Rxf3 Rxf3 22. Nxf3 Rf8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Bh4 Qe8 25. Bg3 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 h5 27. Ne5 hxg4 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Qg6 Nh6 31. e4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 Qf5 33. Qxf5 Nxf5+ 34. Kg4 Nd6 35. Re2 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Nxe8 37. Kf5 Kf7 38. Ne4 b6 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. d5 cxd5 41. Kxd5 Nf6+ 42. Nxf6 gxf6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gatin, Ravil"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 d6 8. c3 Nd7 9. h4 Qe7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. g4 Qe8 14. g5 Be7 15. h5 e5 16. dxe5 d5 17. Ng3 Ne6 18. g6 h6 19. Bf5 c5 20. Qc2 Nc7 21. Rhe1 Be6 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Qf5 Qd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Kanygin, Nikolai N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. b4 a5 12. a3 0-0 13. h3 Qd8 14. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cherevko, Kiril"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Zemliakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 a6 7. a4 c5 8. c4 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Nce5 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Qd6 13. a5 Nbd5 14. 0-0 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Qg5 Ng6 18. Qc5 Qe7 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Nxb7 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Nf4 23. Nxd7+ Nxd7 24. Bxa6 Ke7 25. Bf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 0-0-0 15. Re1 h6 16. c3 Bd6 17. Bd2 Rhe8 18. Rad1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 b5 20. g3 Kb7 21. Kg2 Kb6 22. g4 Re8 23. Rxe8 Nxe8 24. f4 a5 25. Kf3 a4 26. h4 Be7 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5 g6 29. Kg4 Ng7 30. Bf4 Nh5 31. Be5 Kb7 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Kb6 34. Kf3 Bf8 35. Bf1 c5 36. dxc5+ Kxc5 37. Ke3 Ng7 38. b4+ Kc6 39. Bh3 Nh5 40. Kd4 Bg7 41. Bxg7 Nxg7 42. Ke5 Ne8 43. Bg2 Nc7 44. Kf6 Ne6 45. Ke5 Nc7 46. Bf3 Kd7 47. Bxd5 Ke7 48. Bc6 Kf8 49. Bd7 Ke7 50. Bc6 Kf8 51. Kf6 Kg8 52. Ke7 Kg7 53. Kd6 Ne6 54. Bxb5 Nf4 55. Bc6 Ne2 56. c4 Nd4 57. Bd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Matveenko, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. Be3 Bb7 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. g4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Kf2 Be7 12. h4 f6 13. f4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Ncxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Bf4 Bxh1 18. Ngf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 0-0 20. Kg3 Nc5 21. Bg5 Qb7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qxd4 Rad8 26. Qxc5 Rd3+ 27. Kh2 Qd7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bojarinov, Victor A"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. 0-0 e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. a4 a5 11. h3 h6 12. Bb3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 g5 14. Rad1 0-0-0 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Ne4 20. Be3 c5 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qc4 Nd7 23. Rd2 Kb8 24. Bf2 h5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5 b6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bg6 29. Kg2 Rh7 30. Be3 Rdh8 31. Bg1 Kc8 32. c3 Nf8 33. Bc4 Kd7 34. b4 cxb4 35. cxb4 a4 36. Ra1 Bc2 37. Rxc2 Ng6 38. Rd2 Nf4+ 39. Kf1 Rh3 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Bf1 Nd5 42. Rxa4 Kxd6 43. Bc4 Ke5 44. Bxd5 exd5 45. Ra6 f5 46. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gazizov, Ravil"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A94"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 c6 6. c4 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qe7 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. Qb2 a5 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 f4 15. gxf4 Rxf4 16. e3 Rh4 17. Nb1 Qg5 18. f4 Qg6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 b6 21. Qf2 Rh6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qc2 Qe8 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Rc7 Rb8 26. h3 Rh5 27. Qc3 d4 28. exd4 Bxg2 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8 Qxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kf7 32. Kxg2 g5 33. f5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Zemliakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Nd2 e5 10. d5 Bc8 11. g4 Ne8 12. h4 h6 13. Nf1 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Qd2 Rf6 17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Nfg3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. 0-0-0 c6 22. Rdg1 Kf8 23. Bd3 e4 24. Be2 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nc7 26. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Rh4 Qd7 9. Bb5 h5 10. c4 e6 11. Qa4 f6 12. Nh2 Bf5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. f4 Kf7 16. f5 exf5 17. cxd5 Qd6 18. dxc6 Qg3+ 19. Kf1 Qxh4 20. Ndf3 Qg3 21. Bc4+ Kf8 22. cxb7 Rd8 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxa7 c6 25. Ne5 g6 26. b8Q Rxb8 27. Qxb8+ Kg7 28. Qc7 Re8 29. Qxc6 Rd8 30. Nef3 h4 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Qb5 Rb8 33. Qd5 Rxb2 34. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baturin, Yury"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. c4 Qa5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 h5 6. h4 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. Nge2 e5 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd1 Ne5 13. Qb3 0-0-0 14. Bf4 Nf3+ 15. Kh1 Nd2 16. Bxd2 Rxd2 17. f3 Bf5 18. Rac1 Bd3 19. Rfd1 Bc2 20. Rxc2 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qe1+ 22. Kh2 Qxd1 23. Nc3 Qg1+ 24. Kh3 g5 25. hxg5 h4 26. gxf6 hxg3+ 27. Kg4 Rg8+ 28. Kf5 Qh2 29. Ne4 Qh5+ 30. Kf4 Qh6+ 31. Kf5 Qg6+ 32. Kf4 Rh8 33. Nxc5 Qxf6+ 34. Ke3 Qg5+ 35. Ke2 Qxc5 36. Qe3 Qh5 37. Qxa7 Re8+ 38. Kd3 Qf5+ 39. Kc3 Rd8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Gurin, Anatolij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 0-0 8. 0-0 c5 9. c4 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Qb3 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Bd5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. g3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. f4 Rfd8 22. a3 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Nd5 26. Ne5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ke8 28. Kf3 f6 29. Nc4 Kd7 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Bc3 Rc8 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. Kf3 g6 34. h4 h5 35. Ke2 Rc7 36. Kd3 Ng8 37. Nc4 Nf6 38. Nd2 Nd5 39. Nb1 a6 40. Rc2 b5 41. b4 Nb6 42. Nd2 Kc6 43. Nb1 Kd5 44. Re2 Na4 45. Rf2 Be7 46. Re2 Bf6 47. Rc2 Rc4 48. Re2 Bxd4 49. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 50. Kc2 Re4 51. Rd2+ Kc6 52. Rd3 Nb6 53. Nd2 Re2 54. Kd1 Rg2 55. Nf3 Nc4 56. Ke1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kleimenov, Yury Afanasievich"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. Ne5 c6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Nd3 Qe8 10. e3 Bd6 11. Bb2 g5 12. f4 g4 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 h5 15. Kf2 h4 16. Re1 Qh5 17. Rh1 h3 18. Bf1 Ne4+ 19. Ke1 Qe8 20. Nf2 Ndf6 21. Bd3 Qe7 22. Nc2 Nd6 23. c5 Nde8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Qc3 Rb8 26. Kd2 b5 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rhc1 Bb7 29. b4 Nd6 30. a4 Rfc8 31. a5 b5 32. Na3 Ba6 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Nb1 Ke7 35. Nd2 Nc4 36. Nb3 Nd7 37. Bb1 Ra8 38. Nd3 Rg8 39. Nbc5 Qd6 40. Ne5 Nf6 41. Bd3 Qc7 42. Qc2 Ne4 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Qe2 Kf5 46. Nb3 Qd6 47. Qe1 Rg7 48. Nc5 Qc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Zhulanov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rc1 Na5 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. Nf4 Qxa2 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc6 21. Re1 Qb2 22. Re2 Qxb4 23. Re4 Qa5 24. Bb1 Nxe5 25. Qc2 f5 26. Re3 Ng4 27. Rc3 Rd8 28. g3 Bb7 29. Nxe6 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gumerov, Renant"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. g4 g6 7. gxf5 gxf5 8. e3 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Rg1 Kh8 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. f3 Be8 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 Nh5 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qa3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rg8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. exf4 Bg6 21. Be7 Bxe5 22. fxe5 h6 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Rg2 Na6 25. Rcg1 Kh7 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. exd6 c5 28. Rxg6 Rxg6 29. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirnov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bd3 Qe8 9. 0-0-0 a6 10. c5 Qd8 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Na4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qa5 15. a3 b5 16. cxb6 c5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Nc3 g6 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rhg1+ Kh8 21. f4 Qxb6 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Rh3 Be8 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nxd5 Qb7 26. e6 Rg7 27. Qc3 Kg8 28. Qe5 Bg6 29. Rg3 Rd8 30. e4 Rf8 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Rd7 Qf6 33. e7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Rf7 1-0

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Shensnovich, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. h3 c6 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Bh2 f5 13. 0-0 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. Rae1 Re7 17. Nh2 Nf8 18. f4 Be6 19. a3 Kh8 20. Ndf3 Bf7 21. Ne5 Rae8 22. g4 g6 23. Re2 Nh7 24. Rg2 Rg8 25. Nhf3 Be8 26. Kh2 Reg7 27. Rfg1 a6 28. Qf2 Nf8 29. g5 Qe7 30. gxh6 Rh7 31. Nh4 Qf6 32. Rg5 Rxh6 33. Bxf5 Kh7 34. Bd3 Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Ng4 Qf7 37. Nxh6 Kxh6 38. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Bd3 e6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. c3 Nbd7 13. Re1 0-0 14. Bf4 Qd5 15. Qe3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Bg3 a5 21. Rd4 b5 22. Red1 f5 23. Bd6 Rfe8 24. R1d2 g6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Kf6 27. f4 h5 28. Kf3 Nd7 29. Bb3 N7b6 30. a3 Nc4 31. Be5+ Kf7 32. Rc2 Red8 33. a4 Nxe5+ 34. fxe5 b4 35. cxb4 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 axb4 37. Bb3 Ke7 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Rxb4 Ke6 40. Kf4 g5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Kainov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 d5 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kobzev, Dmitri"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 e5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. e4 d4 7. c3 c5 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bc7 10. Nh4 b5 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nb3 0-0 14. f4 f6 15. f5 g5 16. Nf3 Rf7 17. Bxg5 fxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. g4 Qg8 21. h3 Bd6 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rae1 Nc6 24. Qh6 Bf8 25. Qc1 Nb4 26. Qb1 h5 27. a3 Nc6 28. Qa2 Ke8 29. gxh5 Na5 30. Nc1 Qg5 31. b4 Nc6 32. Qf2 Qxh5 33. Qg3 Kf7 34. Bf3 Qh7 35. Bd1 Be8 36. Bb3+ Ke7 37. Bd5 Kd6 38. Bxc6 Bxc6 39. Ne2 Bh6 40. Qh2 Be3+ 41. Kh1 Rg8 42. Ng3 Qh4 43. Ne2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Airapetian, Gor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 Qa5+ 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nh5 13. Nb3 Nxf4 14. exf4 e6 15. 0-0 Bd6 16. g3 0-0 17. Kg2 Rfc8 18. a3 a6 19. Rac1 Qa7 20. Nc5 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc5 22. Qd3 b5 23. Bd1 Bd4 24. Rc2 Rc4 25. b3 Rxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Qb7 27. Qd3 Bf6 28. h4 Rc8 29. Rh1 Rc3 30. Qb1 Qb6 31. h5 Qe3 32. Qa2 Rd3 33. Kh3 Rd2 34. Qb1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vorobjov, Denis S"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bb2 h6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 Bh7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. b4 a5 13. c5 a4 14. Nb1 Nb5 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. e4 d4 19. Ne2 e5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bc1 f6 22. h3 Ne3 23. Bxe3 dxe3 24. Rf3 Rac8 25. Rxe3 Kh8 26. Qb2 b6 27. cxb6 Bd8 28. Rf3 Bxb6+ 29. Kh2 exf4 30. gxf4 Bg6 31. Rg3 Bh5 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Rc7 34. Qd2 Rfc8 35. Ra2 f5 36. e5 Qd5 37. Kg3 Rc6 38. d4 Rc4 39. Rd3 R8c6 40. Kh2 Rg6 41. Nc3 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Bxd4 43. Rg3 Rxg3 44. Kxg3 Qb3+ 45. Kg2 Be3 46. Qe2 Bxf4 47. e6 Be3 48. Rc2 Qxe6 49. Qf3 f4 50. Kf1 Qg6 51. Qg2 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. Qc2 Kh8 9. h3 a6 10. c5 Ne4 11. h4 Nd7 12. a3 Ndf6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Qe8 15. Ne5 Nef6 16. 0-0-0 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. g4 g6 19. Rdg1 Rb8 20. Rg2 b5 21. cxb6 c5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Be2 Bb7 25. Bh5 Nxe5 26. Bxf7 Qxf7 27. Bg7+ Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. Qe2 Ng6 31. f4 Bc6 32. h5 Nf8 33. Qc2 1-0

[Event "RUS Central Region-ch"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Turkin, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Rc1 c5 8. c4 cxd4 9. exd4 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bb5 Rac8 15. Qa4 Ncb4 16. a3 a6 17. Bf1 Nc6 18. Ne5 b5 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Qb3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qg5 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. Qg3 Qf5 24. Nb3 Bxg2 25. Bd3 Be4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Qg1 Qf3 29. Rd2 Qxb3 30. Qg5 Qc4+ 31. Ke1 Qc1+ 32. Rd1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ajrapetian, Gevorg"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Qh5 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Bb4 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 g5 15. f4 Nd5 16. Bd2 f6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Nd7 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 0-0 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. b3 Rad8 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Rd1 Kg6 26. Rf3 f5 27. Bf2 g4 28. Rfd3 Nd5 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. c4 h5 31. Re1 Rde8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. hxg4 fxg4 34. Bh4 Kf5 35. Kf2 Bf4 36. cxd5 Ke4 37. Rd1 Kxd5 38. Kf1 Be3 39. Bf6 Rf8 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Bh4 Bxd4 42. Bg3 Rg8 43. Rd2 Be3 44. Rd7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurin, Anatolij"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. f3 e3 4. Bxe3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ne4 d6 8. c3 Nd5 9. Bd2 0-0 10. Ne2 Bh4+ 11. N4g3 Nc6 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. 0-0-0 Qe7 14. Rde1 Qf7 15. c4 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Nc3 Kh8 18. Rd1 Ne8 19. Be3 c6 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Qb3 b6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nd5 Rc8 24. Kb1 Bd7 25. Rc1 Nc6 26. Qd3 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Bf5 28. g4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Nf6 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Rh5 Rc7 32. Rch1 Qg8 33. Qd3 Rd7 34. b3 Rff7 35. g5 Ne7 36. gxf6 Qg6 37. Qxg6 Nxg6 38. Rf5 Kg8 39. Rd1 Kf8 40. g3 Ke8 41. Rh1 Ne7 42. Rfh5 Rxf6 43. f4 Ng6 44. f5 Nf8 45. g4 Rg7 46. Bh6 Rg8 47. Bxf8 Rfxf8 48. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pechenov, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nge2 a6 8. Ba4 e5 9. d3 0-0-0 10. 0-0 Nd4 11. Bxd7+ Rxd7 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Rxd5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. f4 h5 17. g3 Kd7 18. Kg2 c5 19. a4 b6 20. Ng1 Rc8 21. b3 Bb8 22. Nf3 Ke7 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Rg1 Rdd8 25. Rae1 Bd6 26. Ne5 Nd5 27. Kf3 Re8 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. g4 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Re8 35. Bg3 Ke7 36. Ra1 Rc8 37. Ra5 Nc3 38. Be1 b4 39. Bxc3 dxc3 40. Ke4 Rh8 41. Kd5 Rh2 42. Ra7+ Kf8 43. Kxc5 Rxc2 44. Kxb4 Rc1 45. Rc7 c2 46. Kc3 Re1 47. Kxc2 Rxe5 48. Kc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piraev, Philip"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bf5 5. d4 c6 6. 0-0 e6 7. c4 Qd8 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Ne5 g5 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. g4 Bh7 13. f4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 0-0 18. Rf3 Kg7 19. Raf1 f6 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. h4 Qe8 22. exf6+ Bxf6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qe5 Qg6 26. Bxg5 Raf8 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Kf2 e5 31. dxe5+ Kxe5 32. Ke3 a5 33. c5 Kd5 34. Kf4 Kxc5 35. Ke5 Kc4 36. g5 Kd3 37. g6 Kc2 38. g7 Kxb2 39. g8Q 1-0

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Boris"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 c6 5. b4 Nf6 6. b5 Qc7 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Ba3 c5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. e3 h6 11. Be2 g5 12. Nd2 0-0 13. e4 f4 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. h3 Rf7 16. Qd1 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sergeev, Yury I"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. 0-0 h6 6. c4 c6 7. a3 a5 8. b3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 d4 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd7 15. Ne4 Ncxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Qa2 Nd7 18. Bd2 b6 19. Qb2 0-0 20. Bf3 Kg7 21. Kg2 Nf6 22. h3 Rg8 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Rab1 Qb7 25. Qc2 Kf8 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ke7 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Kh2 Ra3 30. Bg2 d3 31. Qb2 Rga8 32. Qxe5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shkalov, Oleg"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c6 5. Nf4 d5 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. Nd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qc1 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Airapetian, Gor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. b5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bb2 0-0 12. g4 Qa5 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. f4 Bc7 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxb5 18. Qc2 Qc5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Ke2 e5 21. Rcg1 exf4 22. Rg3 Rfe8 23. Bc1 Qc6 24. Rf3 Bg4 25. Rhf1 g6 26. Bxg6 Qxg6 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Kd3 Rad8+ 29. Kc2 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 fxe3 31. Bxe3 Be5 32. h4 Kg7 33. Bxa7 Ra8 34. Bc5 Rxa2+ 35. Kb3 Rh2 36. Rd3 Rxh4 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rxb7 Rb8 39. Rxb8+ Bxb8 40. Be7 Kf7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Fomin, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Be5 Bxe5 6. Nxe5 Nbd7 7. f4 Ne4 8. Qh5 Qe7 9. c3 g6 10. Qf3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nd2 e5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Bd3 0-0 17. 0-0 Bd7 18. Qg5 Rae8 19. Rae1 Bc6 20. Rf4 Nd7 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. e4 Nd7 24. Re2 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Kg7 26. Bf3 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Kf6 28. Kf2 b6 29. g3 Ne5 30. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Jaafari, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. e4 0-0 9. h4 e5 10. c3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g4 d5 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. 0-0-0 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qf3 Qg4 20. Qd3 exd4 21. Rdg1 Qf4 22. Qh3 Nh5 23. Qxh5 f6 24. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Loukachouk, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. b5 Nb8 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ncxe4 15. Bxe4 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxc3+ 17. Nd2 Qxa1+ 18. Nb1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qb4 Qe5+ 21. Kf1 Qc7 22. Ke2 Kf7 23. f4 Rd8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Nd2 a5 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Nc4 Qd3+ 28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Rc3 Qd4+ 30. Kg3 g5 31. fxg5 Rc6 32. Bb2 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Nxd2 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Padchyn, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. h3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. f4 Nbd5 17. Bd2 b6 18. g4 g6 19. h4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Bd3 f6 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Qh2 Ra7 24. g5 e5 25. Rce1 Qxa4 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Nxe5 Re7 28. h5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Ne7 30. hxg6 Nxg6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qh6 Bxe5 33. Qxg6+ Bg7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qf7+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Pavlov, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. h3 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Be3 b6 17. h5 h6 18. Qd2 Rf6 19. 0-0-0 Nd6 20. f3 Kh8 21. Rdg1 Raf8 22. Rg2 R8f7 23. Rhg1 Re7 24. Qe1 e4 25. f4 Rf8 26. Kc2 Bf6 27. b3 Rg7 28. Rxg7 Bxg7 29. Qg3 Bf6 30. Nd1 a4 31. Kd2 axb3 32. axb3 Ra8 33. Ke1 Qg7 34. Qh2 Qf7 35. Nf2 Ra2 36. Bd1 b5 37. Qg3 bxc4 38. bxc4 Nxc4 39. Bxc5 Qxd5 40. Bb4 e3 41. Ng4 Ra1 42. Nxe3 Nxe3 43. Ke2 Qd3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Sivak, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. h5 h6 16. Bh4 Qe8 17. Rg6 Nfxe4 18. Ndxe4 fxe4 19. Qd2 Rf4 20. Bg3 Bf5 21. Bxf4 Bxg6 22. Bxh6 Bxh5 23. Qg5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 Bxg6 25. Be3 Nd3+ 26. Kd2 Nf4 27. Nb5 Rc8 28. b3 Bf8 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Nxc7 e3+ 32. Ke2 Re5 33. Ne6 Bh6 34. Bg4 Bf5 35. Rg1 Bxg4+ 36. Rxg4 f3+ 37. Ke1 e2 38. Rh4 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4 d6 5. e4 Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Qd1 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 d5 13. h3 e5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nf1 h6 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Rae8 18. Ne3 e4 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. Ndc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qa4 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 f5 24. Nd5 Qf7 25. Nf4 g5 26. Qxf7 Rxf7 27. Nh5 Bf8 28. Be3 Kh7 29. Rad1 Kg6 30. g4 Ne5 31. Re2 fxg4 32. hxg4 Nxg4 33. Ng3 Nxe3 34. fxe3 h5 35. Rd4 Rfe7 36. Rf2 Re5 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxf8 Rxe3 40. Rb8 Re2 41. Rxb7 h4 42. a4 h3 43. b4 g4 44. Rb8 Kg5 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 h2+ 47. Kh1 Kh4 48. Rd8 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Qxc4 Nxd4 14. Qa4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Qxa7 Qd7 19. a4 Qe7 20. b4 Ne6 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bd5 Qxb4 23. Rab1 Qc5 24. Bxe6 Qxa7 25. Nxa7 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 fxe6 27. Nc6 Kf7 28. Rb7+ Kf6 29. Kf1 e5 30. f4 exf4 31. Nxd4 Ra8 32. Rb4 g5 33. h3 Ra6 34. Ke2 h5 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. Rc4 Kh7 37. Ke4 Rf6 38. Rc3 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. a5 Rf7 41. Rc6 Bh6 42. Nf5 Bg5 43. a6 f3 44. gxf3 gxf3 45. Rb6 f2 46. Rb1 Kg6 47. Rb6+ Kh7 48. Rb1 Kg6 49. Rb6+ Kh5 50. Ng3+ Kg4 51. Nf1 Re7+ 52. Kd3 Kf3 53. Rg6 Rd7+ 54. Kc4 Bh4 55. Kb5 Ke2 56. Nh2 0-1

[Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Kaluga"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vilchenkov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. 0-0 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 Qe7 9. Qc2 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 a6 12. e3 0-0 13. a4 e4 14. dxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Rad1 h6 17. Nh3 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qf7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxe4 Be6 21. Nf4 Ng5 22. Qd4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Nh7 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Qb6 Bd5 27. Rg1 Bxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Nh5 29. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petukhov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 c6 4. c4 Qd8 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qb6 8. Qd2 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bg3 Nf6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 a5 17. Rac1 Bg6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd8 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Qg3 f6 22. Bf4 g5 23. Be3 f5 24. Bf4 Kf7 25. Be5 h5 26. d5 h4 27. Qf3 g4 28. Qe3 Kg6 29. Bf4 Rf6 30. h3 Raf8 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Qe4+ Kf7 33. Qh7+ Ke8 34. Bh6 R8f7 35. Qh8+ Rf8 36. Bxf8 Rxf8 37. Qh5+ Rf7 38. Qxg4 exd5 39. Qxd7+ Kxd7 40. cxd5 c5 41. d6 Bxd6 42. Rxc5 b6 43. Rcd5 Rf6 44. a4 Kc6 45. Rxd6+ Rxd6 46. Rxd6+ Kxd6 47. g4 hxg3 48. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ovsiannikov, Maxim"]
[Black "Stepanov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Nf4 g5 9. Nh3 h6 10. Ng1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Bf1 a6 16. Be2 b5 17. Bd2 Na5 18. Qd1 Nc4 19. b3 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 Qa5 21. a4 Bb4 22. Qc1 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Qb6 24. Rh6 Ke7 25. Kd1 Be6 26. Ra2 Rgc8 27. Rc2 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Rc8 30. Qb2 Qb4 31. Qa2 Bd7 32. Bxa6 f4 33. Bxc8 Bxc8 34. Qa7+ Kd8 35. Rh8+ Ne8 1-0

