[Event "Astana op"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bb3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. d5 Nf8 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. e4 e5 18. Ne1 N8d7 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rac1 c5 21. dxc6 Rxc6 22. Nc2 Rec8 23. Ne3 Qf8 24. Ned5 Bb8 25. Rd3 Ba7 26. Rcd1 Bd4 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Nf6 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Qd8 32. Rd2 Rc4 33. h3 h5 34. Kh1 e4 35. Nxe4 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ananchenko, Igor"]
[Black "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 a6 11. a3 Nb3 12. Qd1 Nxa1 13. Qxa1 Nc6 14. Qc1 Rb8 15. Bh6 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. h4 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Nh2 Ne5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe3 f5 22. Bh3 Qf6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nf3 Rxb2 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Qe7 27. g4 Bb7 28. g5 Ra8 29. Ne2 Nb6 30. Nf4 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Rc1 Rba2 33. Bg2 Ra1 34. Kh2 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Ra2 36. Kg3 Qb7 37. Qxc5 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gutov, Andrey"]
[Black "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. Ng3 Ne8 8. h4 g6 9. Bh6 Ng7 10. h5 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nd7 14. a3 a6 15. b4 a5 16. Bd3 Ne8 17. Rab1 Nc7 18. Bc2 Rd8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nge2 axb4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Na6 23. Rbb1 Nac5 24. Nb5 Nf6 25. f3 h5 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Kf7 28. Nbc3 Bd7 29. Ra7 Rc8 30. Nc1 Ke7 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. Kxd3 Rb8 33. Ba4 Bxa4 34. Nxa4 Nd7 35. Kc3 b5 36. Nb2 b4+ 37. Kb3 Kd8 38. Nd3 h4 39. Nxb4 Nc5+ 40. Kc3 Rb7 41. Rxb7 Nxb7 42. Na6 Ke7 43. Kb4 Kf6 44. c5 dxc5+ 45. Nxc5 Nd8 46. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rapoport, Igor"]
[Black "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 0-0 11. Be2 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rab1 h6 16. Bf1 Ne7 17. Nd2 Qxd4 18. Rbc1 Ng6 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rfd8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nc4 Bxe4 23. Rd7 Bd5 24. Nd6 Ne5 25. Rxa7 Rc6 26. Nb5 Rc1 27. Nd6 Nc4 28. Rc7 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shurygin, Sergey"]
[Black "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Ba2 Nd5 18. Ne4 a6 19. Nfg5 Qd7 20. Qh3 Nc4 21. Rc1 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Ne4 Nf4 24. Qe3 Rxc1 25. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Bxd6 27. f3 Rc8 28. Qd2 Nd5 29. Bb1 Be7 30. Bg5 Bf8 31. Bh6 Be7 32. Bg5 Bf8 33. Be4 Bg7 34. Bh6 Bf6 35. Bg5 Bg7 36. Bh6 Bf6 37. Bf4 Rc4 38. Be5 Be7 39. Bd3 Rc8 40. Kf2 b5 41. g4 Nb6 42. Qh6 Bf8 43. Qg5 Nd5 44. Be4 Be7 45. Qh6 Bf8 46. Qd2 Be7 47. g5 Rc4 48. Kg3 b4 49. Bd3 Rc8 50. a4 a5 51. h4 Nb6 52. h5 Bc6 53. hxg6 fxg6 54. Ba6 Rf8 55. f4 Bxa4 56. Qe2 Nd5 57. Bb5 Bb3 58. Bc4 Bxc4 59. Qxc4 Kf7 60. Qa6 Rd8 61. Qxa5 Rd7 62. Qb5 Rd8 63. Qa6 Rd7 64. Kf3 Rd8 65. Ke4 Rd7 66. Qf1 h5 67. gxh6 Nf6+ 68. Kf3 Rd8 69. Qb5 Rh8 70. Bxf6 Bxf6 71. Qd7+ Be7 72. d5 exd5 73. Qxd5+ Ke8 74. Qa8+ Bd8 75. Qc6+ Kf7 76. Qd5+ Ke7 77. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Black "Chernikova, Svetlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. d4 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. a4 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. 0-0 Rb8 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Qxa6 Bxc2 14. a5 Ne4 15. Ra3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Nxc3 17. Qxc2 Nb5 18. Ra2 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qf5 20. Be3 Qxd5 21. Nxd4 Qxa2 22. Nc6 Rxb2 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Bf2 Rb1 25. g3 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 a6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Black "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 b6 8. 0-0 Na5 9. c5 bxc5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. b4 a6 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Bb2 Qb8 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. Ne2 Be8 16. Ned4 Qb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd4 Bb5 19. Rfd1 Be2 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ne8 22. Qd3 f5 23. f4 c6 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Be5 Qf7 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Bd1 Qh3 28. Be2 Bh4 29. Bf1 Qg4 30. Qe2 Qg6 31. a4 Bf6 32. Qd1 Bxe5 33. fxe5 f4 34. Bd3 Qg5 35. exf4 Qxf4 36. Qe2 Nc7 37. Rg1 Rf8 38. Rg3 Rf7 39. Rb2 Rb8 40. Rg4 Qc1+ 41. Rg1 Qf4 42. Rg4 Qh6 43. Kg2 Rf4 44. Rxf4 Qxf4 45. Qe3 Qg4+ 46. Qg3 Qd4 47. Rb3 Rf8 48. Qe3 Qh4 49. Qg3 Qh6 50. h3 Qc1 51. Qh4 h6 52. Bg6 Qd2 53. Rd3 Qc2 54. a5 Qe2 55. Re3 Qc4 56. Qh5 Qxb4 57. Rf3 Qxc5 58. Bd3 Rxf3 59. Qxf3 Qe7 60. Kf1 Qg5 61. Qe2 Nb5 62. Qb2 Qf4 63. Bg6 Kf8 64. Bd3 Qa4 65. Qc1 Qxa5 66. Qxc6 Qa1+ 67. Kg2 Qxe5 68. Qxa6 Nd6 69. Kf1 Nf5 70. Qa8+ Kf7 71. Bb5 Kg6 72. Be8+ Kh7 73. Qa7 Nd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Black "Riazanov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 0-0 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 c6 9. Bd3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nge2 a6 12. Qd2 h5 13. 0-0 b5 14. Rfc1 Nb6 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 a5 17. Rc6 Rb8 18. b3 Ne8 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. R6c2 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Ne3 Rf7 25. Nc4 Nxd5 26. Nxa5 Ne7 27. Bc4 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Rc4 Rg7 30. R1c2 f4 31. Qe1 Qh3 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Qxe7 Qf5 34. Nc6 Qd5 35. Qe2 Ra8 36. Ne7+ Rxe7 37. Qxe7 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Ng7 39. Qe1 Qd5 40. Qe4 Qd1 41. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sabjanov, Rifat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. Qc2 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. e4 Qh5 12. e5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd5 14. c4 Nc6 15. cxd5 Nxd4 16. Qb1 Nxf3+ 17. Kd1 Nd4+ 18. Kd2 exd5 19. Bb2 Nb3+ 20. Ke1 d4 21. Qc2 Qxe5+ 22. Kf1 Nxa1 23. Bxa1 f5 24. Bb2 Rae8 25. Qd1 Rf6 26. h4 Kh8 27. h5 Qd5 28. Rg1 Rfe6 29. h6 Rxh6 30. Bb5 Re7 31. Bc1 Rhe6 32. Bd2 c4 33. a4 Re5 34. Bb4 R7e6 35. Qd2 c3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stepovoj, Anatoly"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 0-0 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bb3 Bf5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rc3 Rae8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Bf4 Bh7 21. Re3 Qd8 22. Bg3 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Rde1 Kh7 25. Nf7 Rxf7 26. Rxe8 Qd7 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. R8e3 a5 29. Rf3 Be4 30. Rg3 Rc7 31. Rc1 Rf7 32. Re1 Rc7 33. Rc1 Rf7 34. Re1 Rf4 35. Ree3 Qf6 36. Qe2 Qxd4 37. Rc3 Rf7 38. Qe3 Qf6 39. Qd2 h5 40. f3 h4 41. Rg5 Bxf3 42. Bc2+ Nxc2 43. Rxf3 Qxf3 44. Qxc2+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Rf8 46. Qe6+ Rf7 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Qe1 Rf4 49. h3 Re4 50. Qc3 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Re2+ 52. Rg2 Rxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Qxa4 54. Qd2 Qb3 0-1

