[Event "Chigorin Memorial Blitz 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Mega2024 Update 01"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd7 10. Bg3 Qb6 11. b3 c5 12. c4 Qa6 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Rc8 15. Nb5 Qa5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 cxd4 18. exd4 Qa6 19. Be5 0-0 20. Rfc1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rc5 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. g3 h6 24. Kg2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2015.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. h3 0-0 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nc3 Bg7 16. Nxd5 Qa5 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. c3 Rcd8 20. Qb3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Be3 a6 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Kf1 Rb5 26. Bc1 Bf6 27. Bh6 Re5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Ke2 Kg8 30. Kd3 f5 31. Kc4 Kf7 32. Kd5 Bc7 33. Bg5 h5 34. c4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2015.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Bf3 Nd5 13. Qc2 h6 14. h3 a6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Rfb1 Be6 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd7 20. Bg2 e5 21. Bg3 exd4 22. cxd4 Nb6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qe4 Nd5 25. Qc2 Rfc8 26. Kh2 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 c5 28. Be5 Bxe5+ 29. dxe5 Qe6 30. Qe4 Nc3 31. Qf4 g5 32. Qg3 b4 33. f4 b3 34. f5 Qe7 35. e4 Ne2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2015.12.18"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Zubritskiy, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2015.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 Nc6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ne4 8. Be2 Bf5 9. 0-0 e6 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be2 0-0 16. Rc1 Ba3 17. Rb1 Bg6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bf4 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2015.12.18"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Zubritskiy, Artyom"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e3 Bxc5 5. c4 0-0 6. a3 d5 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. 0-0 Be4 15. Rac1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Qb7 18. Rfd1 Nf8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nce5 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc6 Rc8 23. e4 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Nf4 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Rxa7 Nd3 27. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Albena op-B"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spiridonov, Nikola"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qh5 11. Rc1 Bxb2 12. Rxc5 Qg4 13. Qb3 Bg7 14. Rfc1 Qe6 15. Rd5 a5 16. Ng5 Qg4 17. Bf3 Qb4 18. Rb5 Qxb3 19. axb3 Bd4 20. Bd2 Bb2 21. Rb1 Bf6 22. Ne4 Nd4 23. Nxf6+ exf6 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Nxf3+ 26. exf3 Bf5 27. Rd1 Be6 28. b4 Rc8 29. Bb6 Kg7 30. g4 g5 31. Be3 Bb3 32. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Albena op-B"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danov, Lyubomir"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 d5 6. exd6 exd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Bg4 10. Bxd6 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Bd5 Rad8 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. Qe3 Ng6 17. c4 b6 18. Qg5 Rd7 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Re4 h6 21. Qf5 Rd6 22. Rg1 Qd7 23. Qxd7 R8xd7 24. Reg4 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Ra4 a5 27. Rd1 Rf5 28. Rd6 Ne5 29. Rxb6 Nxf3 30. Rxa5 g5 31. h5 g4 32. Ra4 Rxh5 33. Rxg4+ Kh7 34. b3 Rf5 35. Rb8 Ng5 36. a4 1-0

[Event "Albena op-B"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Ustianovich, Nazar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bf8 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bg5 Kg7 19. c5 Nbd7 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. b5 Rc8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxf6+ Nxf6 26. Rc1 Bxc5 27. Na4 e4 28. Nxc5 exf3 29. exf3 Kf8 30. Ra1 Rc7 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Kf1 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Ke2 Rb7 35. Rc8 Kd6 36. Rh8 h5 37. g4 Rb2+ 38. Ke3 hxg4 39. fxg4 Ke5 40. Re8+ Kf6 41. h4 Rb3+ 42. Kf4 Rb4+ 43. Kf3 Rc4 44. Re1 c5 45. Re8 Rc1 46. Kf4 Rc4+ 47. Kf3 Rc2 48. Ke3 Rc1 49. Kf4 c4 50. Rc8 c3 51. Rc6+ Kg7 52. Ke3 c2 53. Kd2 Rg1 54. g5 Rf1 55. Kxc2 Rxf2+ 56. Kd3 Rf3+ 57. Ke4 Rh3 58. Kf4 Rxh4+ 59. Kg3 Ra4 60. Rc7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Albena op-B"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "2015.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Janchev, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 0-0 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 d6 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne8 11. Qd2 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Qc3 Qg5 15. Nd2 Bh3 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Be6 19. Qd4 Qc5 20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rfc8 23. f4 b5 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Rd7 c4 26. Rc1 c3 27. Rc2 a5 28. Kf2 e5 29. Kf3 exf4 30. exf4 Kg7 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Kd3 Rbc5 33. Rd4 Kf5 34. g3 h5 35. Rc4 Rd5+ 36. Kxc3 Rcd8 37. Rc7 f6 38. Kb2 Kg4 39. Rg7 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5 41. Ka3 Ra8 42. Ka4 Re5 43. Rg6 Rb8 44. Ka3 Ra8 45. Rc3 Rd5 46. h4 a4 47. b4 Re5 48. Rxg5+ Rxg5 49. hxg5 Kxg5 50. Rc4 Kf5 51. b5 Rg8 52. Rc5+ Ke6 53. Rxh5 Rg4 54. Rc5 Kd6 55. Rc3 Kd7 56. Rc1 Kd8 57. b6 Rg7 58. Kxa4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. h3 0-0 8. Qe2 Bf5 9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bg5 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Ne6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qh4 Re8 16. Ne4 Na6 17. Bh6 Rad8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Neg5 Nxg5 20. Nxg5 h6 21. Nf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Nd4 Qd7 25. c3 Ne6 26. Rd1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Qe8 28. e6 f6 29. Qe4 Rd6 30. g3 Qd8 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novik, Maxim"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bg7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Re1 0-0 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. c3 Nc7 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. h4 Qd5 15. Rd1 Ncd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Ne1 Qd7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. b3 h6 23. Nf3 b5 24. Nb2 Qa6 25. Nd3 Rc3 26. b4 Qa3 27. Nfe1 Rdc8 28. Bd2 Qxa2 29. Kf1 Rb3 30. Nc5 Rb2 31. Ned3 Qd5 32. Kg1 Ra2 33. Nf4 Qc4 34. Qe4 Qc2 35. Qe2 Kh7 36. h5 g5 37. Nfd3 Kg8 38. e6 f5 39. Qf3 Ra3 40. Rc1 Qxd2 41. Qxf5 Rxd3 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Nxd3 Rxc1+ 44. Nxc1 Qxc1+ 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Qc8 47. Qxe7 Qf8 48. Qd7 Qxf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kh2 Qe2+ 54. Kg1 Qe1+ 55. Kg2 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58. Kg1 Qe1+ 59. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Abramov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Bc5 11. e4 Ne7 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ f6 15. Qxb4 c5 16. Qd2 Nbc6 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf5 22. Qh5 Ng7 23. Qg4 d6 24. Rfe1 Ne5 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. f4 Ng6 27. h4 Rae8 28. Qf3 Qf5 29. Kh2 h5 30. Qf2 Qd3 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Re1 Ng7 33. Be4 Qc4 34. Bxg6 Qxd5 35. Be4 Qxa2 36. Rd1 Kh8 37. Bb1 Qa4 38. Rxd6 c4 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Bxf6 b5 41. Qd4 Qa5 42. Bxg7+ Kg8 43. Qf6 Qb4 44. Bg6 Qc5 45. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2014.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e3 Na5 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nd2 Bb4 12. Qf3 0-0 13. Nxc4 Nb3 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Be2 Be4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Rd1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Be3 0-0 19. Bd4 Rf7 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd2 Raf8 22. Qe3 b4 23. Na4 c3 24. bxc3 Nc4 25. Qd4 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 bxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Rc7 29. Bb3 Rxc3 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Rd1 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Orlov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bg4 8. e3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. 0-0 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Bg5 15. f4 Be7 16. f5 0-0 17. Kg2 Bg5 18. h4 Bf6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. a3 Qd6 22. Bb1 Ne7 23. Rcd1 g6 24. e4 Bg7 25. e5 Qb6 26. Na4 Qc6 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nd3 Nf5 29. Nf4 Qd7 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Nd3 Rc4 32. Nf4 Qe8 33. b3 Rc8 34. Rc1 Rf8 35. Nd3 Qd7 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. a4 a5 39. Qc1 Qxc1 40. Nxc1 Bh6 41. Nd3 Be3 42. Nf4 Bxd4 43. Nxe6 Bxe5 44. Kf3 h6 45. g4 Kf7 46. Nd8+ Ke7 47. Nc6+ Kd6 48. Nd8 Kc5 49. Nf7 Bg7 50. Nd8 Kb4 51. Ne6 Bf6 52. Nf4 Kxb3 53. Nxd5 Bd8 54. Ke4 Kxa4 55. Kd3 Kb3 56. h5 gxh5 57. gxh5 a4 58. Nc3 a3 59. Ne4 a2 60. Nd2+ Ka4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial blitz 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.10.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. b3 Ne5 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qd2 h5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfd1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Re8 17. e4 Qc8 18. Qe2 b6 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Nd5 Rbd8 21. Re1 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 e6 24. Qd4 e5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc6 Qe7 27. a4 f5 28. Rc4 Re8 29. a5 bxa5 30. Kf3 fxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qf7+ 33. Qf4 Qxd5+ 34. Kf2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3 0-0 9. Bd3 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Ne4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. a4 Na5 19. Rfb1 Bc6 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nd3 Nxb3 22. Rxb3 bxa4 23. Rb6 Qc7 24. Rbb1 Bb5 25. Qd2 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Rfb8 27. Rxb8+ Rxb8 28. g3 Qc6 29. Kg2 Rb3 30. Qc2 Qc4 31. Qa2 a3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.12.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 f5 10. g4 fxg4 11. hxg4 Bg7 12. 0-0-0 Nd7 13. Rxh7 Rxh7 14. Bxh7 Qf6 15. Qg3 0-0-0 16. g5 Qe7 17. f4 Rh8 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. c3 Kc7 20. Qg2 Qf8 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qd6 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Qe7 26. Kb1 Rh5 27. Rg1 Rh8 28. g6 fxg6 29. Qxg6 Bh6 30. Rh1 Bg7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rxf8 Bxf8 33. a3 a6 34. Qg8 Kd7 35. Ka2 Qg7 36. Bh7 Qxg8 37. Bxg8 Bh6 38. Kb3 Bc1 39. Kc2 Bf4 40. b4 Bg3 41. a4 Be1 42. a5 Bf2 43. Kd2 Bg3 44. Bh7 Bf2 45. Be4 Bg3 46. Kd3 Be1 47. Kc2 Bg3 48. c4 Bf2 49. Kc3 Be1+ 50. Kb3 Bf2 51. d5 Bd4 52. dxc6+ bxc6 53. b5 cxb5 54. cxb5 axb5 55. a6 Kc7 56. Kb4 Kb6 57. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chepukaitis Memorial blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 b6 5. d4 Bb7 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Bf3 Qd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bf6 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Na6 19. a3 f6 20. f4 Rac8 21. b4 Kf7 22. Kg2 Nc7 23. Kf3 Nb5 24. Bb2 Nd6 25. Rfd1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. Ke4 Nd6+ 29. Kd4 Ke7 30. a4 a6 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Bd4 Kc6 33. e4 b5 34. axb5+ axb5 35. Bc5 f5 36. Bxd6 Kxd6 37. exf5 exf5 38. Kd4 h6 39. h3 g5 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. f3 f4 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. h4 gxh4 46. Kxf4 h3 47. Kg3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chepukaitis Memorial blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Khamidulin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 c5 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Bxg4 Bxd4 11. 0-0 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 Qc5 14. Bxc8 Rfxc8 15. Be3 Qxc4 16. Rxb7 Qxe4 17. Re1 Qc4 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. h3 d5 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bh6 e5 23. Qd1 d4 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qg5 Qe6 27. Qd2 Rd8 28. Kh1 e4 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. Qc2 Ne5 31. Rxd8+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Chepukaitis Memorial blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Zenzera, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qb5 d5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxd5 16. Rfd1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. b3 Bf6 21. Rc1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 g6 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. exd3 Kf8 25. Kf3 Ke7 26. Ke3 e5 27. f4 Ke6 28. Ke4 f5+ 29. Ke3 h6 30. h4 Kd5 31. a3 Ke6 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. Ke3 g5 34. hxg5+ hxg5 35. fxg5+ Kxg5 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. Ke3 Kd5 40. Ke2 f4 41. g4 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Ke4 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Chepukaitis Memorial blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vorobjev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 e6 6. d4 Be7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Nf4 Bg4 13. Qg3 Qd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. f3 Bd6 17. Qg5 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 h6 19. Qh4 Qf5 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. g4 Qg6 22. Bf4 Nd7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. hxg3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Nb4 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Nb8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Ke3 a5 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Nf2 g5 34. Nd3 f6 35. Ne1 Nf8 36. Kd2 Ne6 37. c3 Nc7 38. Ng2 Nb5 39. Ne3 Nd6 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. b3 f5 42. gxf5+ Nxf5 43. Nf1 h5 44. Ke2 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Kg2 Kg5 48. Kh3 Kf4 49. Nh2 c5 50. dxc5 bxc5 51. Kg2 d4 52. cxd4 cxd4 53. Kf2 h3 54. Nf1 Ne3 55. Nh2 d3 56. Ke1 Kg3 57. Nf1+ Nxf1 58. Kxf1 h2 0-1

[Event "Chepukaitis Memorial blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Re1 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. h3 b5 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 e5 16. Qe2 e4 17. c3 h6 18. Bh4 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd2 Bg5 21. Nxe4 Bxe3 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. fxe3 Qg3 25. Qf2 Qxe3 26. Bxf7 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rf8 28. Bb3 Bxh3+ 29. Kg3 Bd7 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Kf4 Kg7 33. Ke5 g5 34. a4 a6 35. a5 Kg6 36. Bc2+ Kg7 37. Bf5 Kf7 38. Bc8 Ke7 39. Bxa6 Kd7 40. d5 Kc7 41. d6+ Kb8 42. Ke6 h5 43. d7 Bxd7+ 44. Kxd7 Ka7 45. Bc8 c5 46. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Chepukaitis Memorial blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zubritskiy, Artyom"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 bxc4 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nxd5 8. Ngf3 c3 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. 0-0 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qc7 13. Rab1 Nc6 14. Qxc5 e6 15. Qb5 Rb8 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. Qg5 0-0 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 20. Kf1 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Rxb1 22. Rxd7 Bc5 23. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Zamyshlyaev, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. a3 h6 14. Bf4 Bf5 15. Ne5 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. f3 Nc5 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. b4 Ne6 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. e4 Ra8 24. a4 f6 25. b5 Ne5 26. Bb4 Qd7 27. f4 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Ne6 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. Red1 Rec8 31. Qd5 Rd8 32. Qb3 d3 33. Rc4 Nd4 34. Qa2 Qh3 35. Qg2 Qg4 36. Ra1 d2 37. Qf1 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Nxf4 39. Rd1 Nd3+ 40. Kg2 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nedostup, Daniil"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Rb8 8. Qd2 b5 9. f4 e5 10. f5 Nh5 11. Nce2 Nd4 12. c3 Nxe2 13. Nxe2 Bf6 14. 0-0 g5 15. Bf3 Ng7 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 0-0 18. h4 h6 19. Kg2 d5 20. dxe5 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxe5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Re8 26. Rxb2 Rxe4 27. Bf4 Rb6 28. g4 b4 29. Rd1 Ba6 30. Kf3 Re8 31. Nd4 Bb7+ 32. Kg3 Rc8 33. Re2 Ne8 34. g5 Ng7 35. Kg4 Rc3 36. Rde1 Rd3 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Bxd2 Rd6 39. Be3 Bc8 40. Rc1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c3 0-0 7. Bg5 d5 8. Qb3 c6 9. a4 Qb6 10. a5 Qc7 11. Ne5 a6 12. Nd3 c5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qa3 Nd7 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Nb3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Ne5 21. Nd2 Kf8 22. f4 Ng4 23. Nf1 f5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Rd4 Rg8 27. Bf3 Rg6 28. Rb3 Bc6 29. Rbb4 Bd7 30. Rd1 h5 31. h4 Rcg8 32. Rc1 Kd6 33. Rd1 Bc6 34. Rdd4 Kc5 35. Rd1 R6g7 36. Rdd4 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. e3 f6 39. Rd2 e5 40. Rb3 Bd7 41. Kg2 Bg4 42. Rb4 Bf3+ 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Rc2 Ke6 45. Rd2 Bg4 46. Kg2 Rc7 47. Rc2 Rd8 48. Nd2 Kf5 49. Nb3 Bd1 50. Rf2 Ke6 51. Nd2 Rg8 52. f5+ Ke7 53. Rf1 Bg4 54. Kh2 Kd6 55. Kg2 Rcg7 56. Kh2 Bh3 57. Rf2 Rxg3 58. Rxe4 Bg2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Irinchinov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Re1 Nc6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxg4 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nxc5 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Qb1 Ne6 19. h4 Ned4 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. a3 Rd4 22. b4 Qh5 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Qe1 a6 25. Kg2 Qf5 26. Rc1 h5 27. Ne2 Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Rc5 Qa2 30. Kg2 e5 31. Nc3 Qxa3 32. Ne4 Qxb4 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Nxd2 Qxd2 35. Qa1 Qd5+ 36. Kh2 Qc5 37. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 38. Kh3 Kh7 39. Qb1 Qf3 40. Qe4 Qxe4 41. Rxe4 a5 42. Rc4 Ra8 43. Rxc6 a4 44. Rc2 a3 45. Ra2 Ra4 46. Kg2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Lysenko, Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. b3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Qf4 Bh3 15. Rd3 Rd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Re3 Be6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Re8 21. h4 Qd8 22. Bf3 Qb6 23. Red3 Red8 24. Rd4 h6 25. Rb4 Qa6 26. Ra4 Qb6 27. Rb4 Qa6 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Kg2 Rcd8 30. Qe3 b6 31. Rbd4 d5 32. Qe5 Qb7 33. g4 Qb8 34. Qxb8 Rxb8 35. Kg3 Rbd8 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kf8 38. e3 Ke7 39. Rc2 Kd6 40. Be2 Rc7 41. Rcd2 Rc1 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Bd1 Kc5 44. f4 Rc3 45. f5 Bc8 46. Rxd5+ Kb4 47. R5d4+ Kc5 48. b4+ Kb5 49. a4+ Kc6 50. Bf3+ Kc7 51. e4 g6 52. Rd5 Rh4 53. R5d3 Rxd3 54. Rxd3 gxf5 55. Kg3 Rh8 56. e5 f4+ 57. Kxf4 Rh4+ 58. Kg3 Rxb4 59. Bh5 Rxa4 60. Rf3 Be6 61. Bxf7 Rg4+ 62. Kf2 Rxg5 63. Bxe6 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Airapetian, Gor"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 c5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Bb2 0-0 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nd2 e5 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bb5 Rfd8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. dxe5 Bg5 24. Rc2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Qd8 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. h3 h6 28. Kh2 Qc6 29. f3 Bc8 30. Qd3 Be6 31. f4 Qd7 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. f5 Bc4 34. Bc1 Qd3 35. Qh4 Qc2 36. Be3 Bf1 37. Bf2 Qd2 38. Qg3 Qg5 39. Qf3 Qd2 40. e6 Bc4 41. exf7 Bxf7 42. Qg3 Qc2 43. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Aminov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 Rfc8 15. Qc2 b5 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qb1 Ne5 18. c5 Qd8 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21. Qa1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bf6 23. Rfd1 Kg7 24. Rc2 Rc7 25. Rcd2 Rd7 26. c6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a6 13. b4 Ne8 14. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Ng7 16. Kh1 Ne6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. b5 Be8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. e5 Nc7 21. Nb6 axb5 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. exd6 exd6 24. Qb6 Ne6 25. cxb5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. a3 a5 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rfb1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rd1 b5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Qb3 Qe5 23. Rdc1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Qf6 25. Na5 Rd2 26. Rf1 Rb2 27. Qd5 Rxb4 28. Nc6 Rb2 29. Qd7 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Nd4 Ra6 32. Rfc1 g6 33. g4 Kg7 34. g5 h6 35. h4 hxg5 36. hxg5 Ra7 37. Rcb1 Rxb1+ 38. Rxb1 Nc3 39. Nxb5 Nxb1 40. Nxa7 Nd2 41. f4 exf3 42. Kf2 Ne4+ 43. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 44. Kg4 Kh6 45. Nc6 f5+ 46. Kf4 Nh3+ 47. Kg3 Ng5 48. Kf4 Ne6+ 49. Ke5 Nc5 50. Kf4 Kg7 51. Ne7 Kf6 52. Ng8+ Kg7 53. Ne7 Kf6 54. Ng8+ Ke6 55. Kg5 Kf7 56. Nh6+ Kg7 57. Nxf5+ gxf5 58. Kxf5 Kf7 59. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. bxc3 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Bd4 f6 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. 0-0 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Bc6 16. c4 Ne6 17. Bb2 Kf7 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Kxg2 Rhd8 21. Rc2 Rc6 22. Rac1 Rdc8 23. Bd4 Kf7 24. a4 Bh6 25. f4 e5 26. Be3 exf4 27. gxf4 Re8 28. Kf3 Rce6 29. Bc5 Rc6 30. Be3 g5 31. Rb1 Re7 32. h3 gxf4 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Kxf4 b6 35. e4 Re5 36. Rd1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rxh7 bxc4 40. Rc3 Kd6 41. Rh6 Kc5 42. Rxf6 Rxe4+ 43. Kxe4 Rxf6 44. h4 Kb4 45. Rh3 c3 46. Kd3 Kb3 47. Kd4 Rf4+ 48. Ke5 Rf8 49. Kd4 Kb2 50. Rxc3 Rd8+ 51. Ke5 Kxc3 52. Kf5 Rh8 53. Kg5 Kd4 54. h5 Ke5 55. Kg6 Ke6 56. h6 Rg8+ 57. Kh7 Rg1 58. Kh8 Kf6 59. h7 Re1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gorkavij, Vadim"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 0-0 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bb3 b5 13. Bg5 e6 14. c3 Rfe8 15. a4 a6 16. Bh4 c5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bg3 Qc6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Ne5 Qb7 22. Bc2 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Qb3 Bf6 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Bd3 b4 28. c4 Nb6 29. Be2 Qa4 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Qd3 Bf6 32. b3 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Bd4 34. c5 Bxc5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qc7 Bd4 37. Bb5 Qc3 38. Qb7 Qc8 39. Qe4 Qc5 40. Be8 Bxf2 41. Bxf2 Qxf2 42. Qxb4 Nd5 43. Qe4 Qb6 44. Ba4 Qc7+ 45. Kg1 Qc3 46. Kf2 h5 47. g3 Qd2+ 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. h4 Ke7 50. Qc4 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kf3 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 g5 54. hxg5 Qxg5 55. Qc5+ Kf6 56. Qf2+ Qf5 57. Qxf5+ Kxf5 58. Be8 Kf6 59. Bc6 Nb4 60. Bb5 Kg5 61. Bc4 Nc6 62. Bb5 Nd4 63. Bc4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. g4 Ne8 12. Bd3 c5 13. 0-0-0 Bd7 14. Rdg1 Qc8 15. Nh2 a6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 b5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Qh2 Qc7 20. h4 bxc4 21. Bb1 Kh8 22. Nd2 Rb8 23. Nxc4 Nc8 24. Qd2 Bb5 25. Na3 Kh7 26. h5 g5 27. e5+ Kg8 28. exd6 Ncxd6 29. Bh2 Rb7 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Re6 f5 32. gxf5 Nxf5 33. Be5 Nd4 34. Bxg7 Nxe6 35. Bxh6 N8g7 36. Naxb5 axb5 37. dxe6 Qxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Rd8+ 39. Kc1 Nxe6 40. Rg1 b4 41. Ne4 Nd4 42. Rxg5+ Kh8 43. Rg2 Rf7 44. b3 Rd5 45. Nf6 Rd8 46. Kb2 Nb5 47. Bg5 Nc3 48. Ne4 Rdf8 49. Nxc3 bxc3+ 50. Kxc3 Rf3+ 51. Kc4 Rf1 52. Bd3 Rd1 53. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 0-0 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. h4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Rad8 19. Nc7 Rf8 20. Nxa6 Rd7 21. Nb4 h5 22. g3 Ra8 23. c3 Rda7 24. Kc2 Kf8 25. Rd5 Ra1 26. Rdd1 R1a7 27. Rd5 Ra1 28. Rhd1 R1a5 29. f4 Kg8 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. Nd3 Ke8 32. b4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Azimova, Karina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. 0-0-0 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Nd7 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. g4 Rad8 19. Bc2 c5 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. b3 Ree8 23. Bxc5 Bc6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Re1 a6 26. Kc2 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. g5 Kg7 29. Be7 f5 30. gxf6+ Kf7 31. h4 Ke6 32. Kd3 Ke5 33. Kc3 Ke6 34. Kd4 Bf7 35. Kc5 Kd7 36. Kb6 Kc8 37. c5 Bd5 38. c6 bxc6 39. Kxa6 Be6 40. Kb6 Kd7 41. a4 Bxb3 42. a5 Kc8 43. Bd6 Bd5 44. a6 Kd7 45. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pen, Pyotr"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. 0-0 Nb6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. Bd3 Qf4 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rae1 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. a4 a5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Nd4 Nd7 12. Rb1 Nc5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qd2 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e5 18. Nf3 Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. Nge4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 c6 23. Rbd1 Rbd8 24. Rd2 Kf6 25. Rfd1 Ke7 26. Kg2 Na6 27. Rb1 Nc5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Na2 Rd7 30. Nc1 d5 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. b4 axb4 34. Rxb4 Kd6 35. Rh4 d4 36. Nd3 Nxa4 37. Rxh7 b5 38. Rh6+ Kd5 39. Nb4+ Kc4 40. Nc6 e4 41. Ne5+ Kd5 42. Ng6 Re8 43. Nf4+ Kc5 44. Rh5 b4 45. Rxf5+ Kc4 46. Rf7 b3 47. Rb7 Nc5 48. Rb6 d3 49. exd3+ exd3 50. Nxd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. a4 0-0 8. h3 Bf5 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Na6 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Qd7 14. Nbd2 Qf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Nd4 e6 18. N2f3 Nfd3 19. Be3 f4 20. Bd2 Nxe5 21. Bxf4 Nxc4 22. Rac1 Nd3 23. Rxc4 Nxf4 24. g3 Nd3 25. b3 Rfd8 26. Ne2 Rd7 27. Nf4 Rad8 28. Nh5 Ne5 29. Rf4 Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Bh8 31. Kg2 Rd3 32. Nf4 Rxf3 33. Kxf3 e5 34. Nh5 f5 35. Rb1 Kf7 36. g4 Rd3+ 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Ng3+ Kf4 40. Re1 Kg5 41. Re3 Rd7 42. Ne4+ Kf5 43. Kf3 Bf6 44. Nc5 Rf7 45. Rd3 Be7 46. Ne4 Ke6+ 47. Ke2 Rf4 48. Ke3 Rh4 49. Rd1 Rxh3+ 50. Ng3 Bh4 51. Kf3 Bxg3 52. fxg3 Rh2 53. Rd3 Rb2 54. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. Na4 Qg5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qc3 Rae8 20. Rd4 h5 21. Rcd1 h4 22. h3 f5 23. b4 f4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. exf4 Qxf4 26. a3 Re2 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Kf7 29. Rd4 Ra2 30. Rxh4 Rxa3 31. Kg2 a5 32. bxa5 Rxa5 33. Rb4 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Panjkov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 exd5 5. e5 Ng8 6. Nxd5 d6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qa5+ 13. c3 d5 14. 0-0 Ne7 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Rab1 Ng6 17. Nf5 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 0-0-0 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Qc7 21. Qa4 Kb7 22. Rbe1 g6 23. Qb3+ Ka7 24. Ne7 Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Rd7 26. Qa3 Kb6 27. R7e6 Rhd8 28. c4 dxc4 29. Qc3 Rd4 30. g3 R8d6 31. R6e5 R6d5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Qxc4 Qd7 34. a4 a5 35. h4 Rd4 36. Qg8 Qd5 37. Qxh7 Rd1 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qc2 40. Qh8 Qxf2+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jafari, Golnaz"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nb4 11. b3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 d5 13. c5 Nd7 14. 0-0 Nf6 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qd2 b6 17. Bg5 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 e6 20. Bd2 bxc5 21. Nxd5 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qxb3 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. dxc5 Rfe8 25. Nc6 Qd5 26. Ne5 Kg8 27. Ra5 Qe4 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Bf4 Red8 30. Re1 Rd5 31. Nc6 Bc3 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Nxd5 Bxe1 34. Nc7 Bxa5 35. Nxa8 Nxc5 36. Be3 Bb4 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Nc7 Ke5 39. Ke2 a5 40. Nb5 Kd5 41. Nd4 a4 42. Nc2 Kc4 43. Nxb4 Kxb4 44. Kd2 e5 45. Kc2 f5 46. g3 e4 47. h4 Nd3 48. Kb1 Kb3 49. Ka1 h5 50. Kb1 a3 51. Ka1 a2 52. Bd4 Ne1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Martynov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. 0-0 Rc8 10. Qa4 a6 11. Bxc6 Rxc6 12. Qb3 Rb6 13. Qd1 Rxb2 14. Na4 Rc2 15. Rc1 Qc8 16. Nh4 Bd3 17. Nb2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Bc4 19. e4 Ba3 20. Re1 0-0 21. Re3 Be7 22. Nf3 dxe4 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. Nxd3 exd3 25. Qb1 Qc2 26. Qxc2 dxc2 27. Rc3 Nb6 28. Rxc2 Rc8 29. Rb2 Nd5 30. Be3 b5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ne4 Rc4 33. Ke2 Ke8 34. Nd2 Rc8 35. Nb3 Ba3 36. Rd2 Bb4 37. Rb2 Nc3+ 38. Kd3 Na4 39. Re2 Rc3+ 40. Ke4 Rxb3 41. axb3 Nc3+ 42. Kd3 Nxe2 43. Kxe2 Kd7 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. f3 Kd5 46. h3 g6 47. g4 a5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Homiakova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Kh8 12. h4 Nh5 13. g4 Ng3 14. Rh2 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 Be6 16. g5 Bxd4 17. Qxd4+ Qe5 18. Qd2 h5 19. gxh6 Kh7 20. f4 Qh5 21. Rg1 Bg4 22. f5 Rg8 23. f6 e5 24. Nd5 Be6 25. Ne7 Rge8 26. Qf2 Rad8 27. Rhg2 Qxh6 28. Rg5 Rd7 29. h5 Rdxe7 30. fxe7 gxh5 31. Qh4 Bg4 32. R1xg4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Vorobjev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 b6 12. Rfd1 Ba6 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. b3 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bd2 e5 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. b4 Nd7 20. b5 Bc8 21. Nb2 Rfe8 22. Kf1 Nf6 23. Nd2 Bg4 24. Re1 Bh6 25. Rcd1 Bf5 26. Nd3 Ng4 27. h3 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. f4 Re3 30. Kf2 Rxa3 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Rd7 33. Bc6 Re7 34. h4 Bg7 35. Ra3 h6 36. Kf3 Be6 37. Bd5 Bxd5+ 38. cxd5 Rd7 39. Nc4 Rxd5 40. Rxa7 d3 41. exd3 Rxd3+ 42. Kg2 Rb3 43. Nd6 Bf8 44. Ra8 h5 45. Rb8 Kg7 46. Ne8+ Kh6 47. Rxb6 c4 48. Rc6 c3 49. Kh3 Bb4 50. Nf6 Ba5 51. Nd5 Kg7 52. b6 c2 53. Rxc2 Rb5 54. Rc8 Bxb6 55. Rb8 Rxd5 56. Rxb6 Rd2 57. Ra6 f6 58. Ra7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krylov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. a4 Nc7 12. Nc4 b5 13. axb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. Rxa7 Rb7 16. Ra3 Ng4 17. Na5 Rb6 18. h3 Ne5 19. f4 Ra6 20. fxe5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Qxa5 22. exd6 Qb6 23. Qc2 Qxd6 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Be3 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Bxc5 Re8 28. Kf2 Bf5 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Bb6 Be5 31. d6 Bd7 32. Bc7 Kf8 33. g4 Kg7 34. Rb1 h6 35. Bd5 f5 36. Rb7 Kf6 37. Bb6 Ba4 38. d7 Bxd7 39. Rxd7 fxg4 40. Bd8+ Kf5 41. Rf7+ Bf6 42. Bxf6 gxh3 43. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. a4 b4 6. Nbd2 c5 7. 0-0 a5 8. c4 Bb7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Qxd4 0-0 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxd5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Qd4 Qc8 17. Rfc1 Qa6 18. Rc2 h6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Nc5 Qc6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rc6 Qe8 23. Qe4 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bd2 Qc6 27. b3 f5 28. Qd3 Nc3 29. f3 Kh7 30. Kf1 Nd5 31. e4 fxe4 32. Qxe4+ Kg8 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Qd3 Qc5 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Kg2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Dolgusheva, Izabella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc6 Qb6 9. Nd2 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Qxc6+ bxc6 12. dxc5 c3 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. bxc3 Nxc5 15. Be3 Na4 16. Kd2 Ba3 17. Kc2 Nb6 18. Na5 Nd5 19. Bd4 f6 20. e4 Ne7 21. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. e4 0-0 7. Be2 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Ne8 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. b3 Rb8 16. Nb5 Rb7 17. Re1 Qa8 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rec1 Rbb8 20. Bg5 Kf8 21. Qe2 Nc7 22. Na3 Qa6 23. Qxa6 Nxa6 24. Nb5 Nb4 25. Bd2 Nd3 26. Rc2 Nf6 27. Ne1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Nd7 29. Rb1 Ra8 30. f3 Ne5 31. Kf1 Ke8 32. Ke2 f5 33. Na3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Rcb8 35. a5 Nd7 36. Nc4 Rb5 37. b4 cxb4 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 39. Bxb4 Bd4 40. Ra2 Ra6 41. Kd3 Ba7 42. h3 Kd8 43. Rb2 Bg1 44. Re2 Bc5 45. Bc3 e6 46. dxe6 Nf8 47. Bf6+ Ke8 48. e7 Ne6 49. Rb2 Ba7 50. Rb6 Rxb6 51. axb6 Bb8 52. Ne3 Nc5+ 53. Kd4 Nd7 54. Nd5 Nxb6 55. Nxb6 Ba7 56. Kd5 Bxb6 57. Kxd6 Bf2 58. Ke6 Bc5 59. Bg5 Bb4 60. h4 Bc3 61. e5 Be1 62. Kf6 h6 63. Bxh6 Bxh4+ 64. Kxg6 Bg3 65. Kf5 Kxe7 66. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Kosarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. dxc5 bxc5 6. c4 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. 0-0 e6 10. Nc3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. e3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Rac1 Ba8 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Ne4 19. Rdc2 Bh6 20. Bd4 Bf8 21. Ne1 a6 22. Nd3 c4 23. bxc4 Ba3 24. Bb2 Rxc4 25. Bxa3 Rxa4 26. Rc8 Rxa3 27. Rxe8+ Kg7 28. Rxa8 Rxd3 29. Rxa6 Ndf6 30. Rac6 Ra3 31. R6c2 Nd6 32. Rd1 Nde4 33. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Kazakevich, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 0-0 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Bc4 c6 13. 0-0-0 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Bc6 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 f6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Rac8 20. b3 b6 21. Rc1 Nb4 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rcd1 Rc7 24. Rd8 Nc6 25. Ra8 g5 26. Rc1 Red7 27. Nxb6 axb6 28. Bxb6 Rb7 29. Rxc6 Kf7 30. Kc2 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bb4 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Rd7 35. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobzar, Alexandr"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. h3 0-0 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bb3 e6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Ne4 h6 13. c4 N5f6 14. Nc3 b6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Bd6 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Ne5 c5 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Re8 24. f4 Nh5 25. Ba4 Nxf4 26. Qf2 Rxe5 27. Qxf4 Rf5 28. Qd6 Nf6 29. Bc2 Qd8 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Re7 Ba8 33. Rxf7+ Kg6 34. Rxa7 Bxd5 35. Rd1 f4 36. Ra6 Rd6 37. a4 Kf5 38. a5 Ke5 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. axb6 Nb4 41. Rxd6 Kxd6 42. Ra7 Kc6 43. b7 Kc7 44. Ra5 Nd3 45. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zubritskiy, Artyom"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nb3 0-0 9. Nbxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Kopasov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. c4 Bc5 8. 0-0 a6 9. N5c3 d6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfd1 0-0 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Qe3 f5 20. Nd6 Nd4 21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qxc5 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Rad8 24. Rd2 Bf7 25. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Be2 0-0 10. f4 a6 11. Bf3 b5 12. Re1 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. a4 Ra7 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. b3 Qc7 17. Be3 Nef6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Rbd1 Qc8 20. g4 Nb6 21. a5 Na8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Kg2 Nc7 24. Rh1 Nb5 25. h4 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Bxc3 27. Qf2 Nf8 28. h5 e6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. dxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxd6 Bd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Be2 Rf7 34. Bc4 g5 35. f5 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Rxe4 37. Rxd4 Qc6 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40. Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Egorov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 h6 14. Bf4 Nce4 15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Rac8 20. Nb5 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxa7 Ra8 23. Nc6 Bf6 24. Bd6 Bxb2 25. Rc2 Rfc8 26. e4 Ba3 27. exd5 Bxd6 28. dxe6 Bc5 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. e7 Kh7 31. Rd8 Ra3+ 32. Kg2 Rxc6 33. e8Q Rf6 34. Qh8+ Kg6 35. Rg8 Rxa2 36. Qxg7+ Kf5 37. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lagashin, Pavel"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 c5 6. d3 d5 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nh4 0-0 9. f4 Ne8 10. f5 Bxh4 11. gxh4 Qxh4 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Rxf8+ Kxf8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Qa4 Qe7 16. Rf1+ Kg8 17. d4 Nef6 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Bf4 cxd4 21. cxd5 dxc3 22. d6 Qf7 23. Be5 Ngf6 24. Bxb7 Nc5 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Qg4+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxa8 fxe5 29. bxc3 Kf6 30. Bc6 b5 31. Kf2 h6 32. h3 e4 33. Ke3 e5 34. Bd5 Kf5 35. a3 Kf6 36. c4 bxc4 37. Bxc4 a5 38. Bd5 Kf5 39. Kd2 Nd7 40. Kc3 Nb6 41. Bg8 Kf6 42. e3 Kg7 43. Be6 Kf6 44. Bb3 Kg5 45. Kd2 h5 46. h4+ Kf6 47. Ke1 Kg6 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Bg8 Nd7 52. Bd5 Nb6 53. Bxe4 Nc4 54. d7 Ke7 55. Bc6 Nxa3 56. Kf3 Nc4 57. Ke4 Nb6 58. Kxe5 Nxd7+ 59. Kf5 Nb6 60. Ke5 a4 61. Kd4 a3 62. Kc3 Nc4 63. Kb3 Na5+ 64. Kxa3 Nxc6 65. Kb3 Ke6 66. Kc3 Ne5 67. Kd4 Kf5 68. e4+ Kf4 69. Kd5 Nf3 70. Ke6 Kxe4 71. Kf6 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Peterhof op 08"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Salman, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Na5 10. Bd2 Nc4 11. Bc3 Nd6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Qc2 c6 15. e4 Nb7 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. d6 Re8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Re3 Ng4 20. Nxg7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rf8 22. Nf5 f6 23. Qd1 Ne6 24. e5 Qb8 25. Ne4 Bb5 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. exf6 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kobzar, Alexandr"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ng5 Qd5 8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. d3 Bd7 10. f4 exf3 11. Qxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 g6 15. Be3 Kc6 16. Ke2 Bg7 17. c3 Rhd8 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. Rhg1 Rad8 20. Bc1 b5 21. Rg4 c4 22. d4 e5 23. Be3 h5 24. Rh4 a6 25. a3 R8d7 26. Kf2 Bf6 27. Re4 Bd8 28. Re1 f5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Bh4+ 31. Ke2 Bxe1 32. Kxe1 Rd3 33. Ke2 Kd5 34. Bd4 g5 0-1

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Utkin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bb5 f6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bg3 e5 15. Bxe5 Qe7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Bd5 Bd7 18. Qa5 b6 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Bd6+ Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Rb8 22. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Potapova, Maria"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 b6 8. a3 Bb7 9. Rb1 Qc8 10. d3 Ne5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 c4 13. dxc4 Qxc4 14. b3 Qd3 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Qxd3 Nxd3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Nd4 d6 20. Rbc1 Rc5 21. b4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6 b5 26. Kf1 Kf6 27. Ke2 e6 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. Kd4 e5+ 30. Kc3 Kd8 31. Bd5 Be6 32. e4 Ke7 33. Kd3 g5 34. Ke3 Bg4 35. f4 Kd8 36. h4 h6 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Kd3 Bh5 39. a4 bxa4 40. b5 Kc7 41. Kd2 Kb6 42. Bc4 f6 43. Be6 Be8 44. Bc4 Bh5 45. Ke3 Bd1 46. Kd2 Bh5 47. Kd3 a3 48. Kc2 Bf3 49. Kd3 Bg2 50. Ke3 Bf1 51. Bd5 Bxb5 52. Kd2 Bxc6 0-1

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daskevics, Vadims"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Bg7 6. e4 0-0 7. a4 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Bf5 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. c3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Re8+ 14. Kf1 Qe7 15. Qe2 Be5 16. Re1 Nd7 17. g3 Qf8 18. Be3 a6 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. b3 Qg7 21. Rc1 Nc8 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Bh6 Qh8 24. g4 Bg7 25. Be3 Nc8 26. h4 h6 27. Bf4 Kh7 28. c4 Qf8 29. b4 Bd4 30. Qd3 Kg8 31. Rb1 b6 32. Bd1 Ra7 33. Qd2 Bg7 34. Bc2 Rae7 35. Bd3 Rd7 36. Rh3 Ne7 37. Re3 Rdd8 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Rb6 Nc8 40. Rxa6 Rxe3 41. Bxe3 Qe7 42. h5 Qh4 43. Qe2 gxh5 44. gxh5 Be5 45. Qf3 Kh8 46. Qf5 Rg8+ 47. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Pyatin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne4 11. Qxe4 Bxc3 12. Bh6 Bxa1 13. Bxf8 Bf6 14. Bh6 Qa5 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Bd5 Bf5 19. Qd1 Bb2 20. Bc3 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 e5 22. Qe3 b6 23. h4 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. f4 Qc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. fxe5 d5 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Kf2 d4 30. Ba5 Rf8+ 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Bc7 Ke6 33. Bd6 Rc8 34. Kf3 Kd5 35. Kf4 Rc6 36. Kg5 Ra6 37. Kh6 Rxa2 38. Kxh7 Rxe2 39. Kxg6 d3 0-1

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Timofeev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg7 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1 g4 16. Ng1 h5 17. Bb5 e5 18. Ne2 a6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Qc3 f6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Qb3 Qe4 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Qxb7 Rhb8 28. Nc6+ Ke8 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Qa7 Bb5 31. Qd4 Bxd3 32. Qxe4+ dxe4 33. b3 Bb4+ 34. Kd1 Rb5 35. Rc6 Rd5 36. Rxf6 Bf1+ 37. Kc1 Ba3+ 38. Kc2 Bd3+ 39. Kc3 a5 40. Rh6 Bb4+ 41. Kb2 Rc5 42. Rc1 Ba3+ 43. Kxa3 Rxc1 44. Rxh5 Rc2 45. Rxa5 Rxf2 46. Rg5 Bb1 47. Rxg4 Rxa2+ 48. Kb4 Re2 49. Kc4 Rxe3 50. b4 Ra3 51. Rg5 Bd3+ 52. Kc5 Rb3 53. g4 Kf7 54. Kd4 Rxb4+ 55. Ke3 Rb2 56. g3 Rg2 57. Re5 Kf6 58. Kd4 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sorokina, Anastasia1111"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 bxc4 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qc2 Ba6 8. e4 Bh6 9. Ngf3 d6 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd7 12. Qc2 Qa6 13. Qc4 Qa5 14. Qc2 Qb5 15. b3 Rg8 16. g3 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Qb4+ 18. Ke3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Rhd1 Kd7 21. a3 Qb6 22. Qc4 Rab8 23. Rd3 a5 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. Kd2 Rb7 26. Qc2 Qb6 27. Rf3 f6 28. Qc4 Rgb8 29. Rcc3 Qb5 30. Kd3 Qxc4+ 31. Kxc4 a4 32. g4 Ra8 33. Rfe3 axb3 34. Rxb3 Rba7 35. Rec3 Ra4+ 36. Kd3 R8a7 37. f3 h6 38. h4 e6 39. dxe6+ Kxe6 40. h5 R7a5 41. Kc2 c4 42. Rb4 Rxa3 43. Rbxc4 Ra2+ 44. Kd3 Rf2 45. Rc7 Rxf3+ 46. Ke2 Rf4 47. Rh7 Rxe4+ 48. Kf3 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Raa4 50. Rxh6 Rxg4+ 51. Kh3 Rh4+ 52. Kg3 Rag4+ 53. Kf3 Rg5 54. Rc7 Rh3+ 55. Kf2 Rhxh5 0-1

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Kiselev, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 19. Ke2 Rc6 20. Kd3 f5 21. f3 Nb6 22. Be3 Kf7 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nc4 Ra6 25. a3 b5 26. Ne3 Bh6 27. Nd5 Ra4 28. Rd1 a6 29. Nc3 fxe4+ 30. Nxe4 Rd4+ 31. Ke2 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Be3 33. Kc2 Ke6 34. g4 h5 35. b3 hxg4 36. fxg4 Kd5 37. Kd3 Bc1 38. Nc3+ Ke6 39. a4 bxa4 40. Nxa4 Kd5 41. Nc3+ Ke6 42. Kc4 Be3 43. b4 Bd4 44. Nd5 Kd6 45. h4 Bf2 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Ke6 48. Nc7+ Kf5 49. Nxa6 e4 50. b5 Ba7 51. Nc7 e3 52. Kd3 Kg5 53. Nd5 e2 54. Kxe2 Kxh5 55. Kd3 Kg5 56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Ke5 Kf7 58. Kd6 Ke8 59. Kc7 Bf2 60. Nf6+ Ke7 61. Nd7 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peterhof op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emdin, Mark"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 d6 7. cxd6 cxd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Bb3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be7 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Bc4 a6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nc2 b5 19. Be2 b4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxd7 Nc5 22. Rc7 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd1 a5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Na4 27. Rd7 Bf8 28. Ra7 Rc2 29. Bh5 g6 30. Ra8 Nb6 31. Rb8 gxh5 32. Rxb6 Bc5 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Bg3 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 0-0 13. 0-0 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. h3 Qg7 19. Qg5 Bd7 20. Rf2 Nh5 21. Raf1 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Rf8 23. g4 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qf6+ 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. g5 Ne8 27. Kg3 Nd6 28. h4 Bf5 29. Be2 Kf7 30. Kf4 Ke6 31. Na4 Ne4 32. Nc5+ Nxc5 33. dxc5 Bh3 34. b4 Bf5 35. a3 Bh3 36. Bd3 Bg2 37. Be2 Bh3 38. Bf3 Bf5 39. Bg2 Ke7 40. h5 Ke6 41. h6 Kf7 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. Bf1 Be6 44. Bd3 Bf7 45. Bc2 Be8 46. Bb3 Bf7 47. Ba2 Be8 48. e4 dxe4 49. Kxe4 Bf7 50. Bxf7 Kxf7 51. Ke5 Ke7 52. a4 Ke8 53. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. e4 0-0 7. Bd3 a6 8. 0-0 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Bxb5 Qa5 11. a4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Na6 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Bc6 Rab8 16. Nb1 Qa6 17. Bc3 Rfd8 18. Na3 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Nb5 Rbc8 22. f4 Nb8 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. Bb5 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rb7 26. b3 Na6 27. Bc4 Nc7 28. Rad1 Ne8 29. g4 Qc7 30. Qf3 Ng7 31. e5 Rf8 32. Rde1 Rbb8 33. Qe3 Rbd8 34. f5 f6 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. exd6 exd6 37. Bb5 Qf7 38. Bc6 Ne8 39. Qe7 Nc7 40. Rf4 Qxe7 41. Rxe7 Rf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. g5 f5 44. b4 cxb4 45. Rxb4 Na6 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. a5 Nc5 48. Rb6 Nd7 49. Bxd7 Rxd7 50. a6 Rc7 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Rb7 Kd8 53. Rxc7 Kxc7 54. h4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Vrublevskaya, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e3 0-0 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. 0-0 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Bb5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. a4 Nxe5 14. axb5 Nd3 15. Rf1 Nxb2 16. Qb1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 bxa6 20. Qa2 c5 21. Qxa6 cxd4 22. exd4 Qc7 23. Rb1 h6 24. g3 Rc8 25. Rb7 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Kg2 g5 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Ke4 Kf6 30. Rb5 Ra6 31. Rb4 Rc6 32. Ra4 Ke7 33. Ra7+ Kd6 34. Rxf7 Ra6 35. Rf6 Ra1 36. d5 Re1+ 37. Kd4 Rd1+ 38. Kxc4 Rxd5 39. f4 gxf4 40. Rxf4 Rg5 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Ra4 Kd6 43. Ra6+ Kd7 44. Ke4 Rc5 45. Kd4 Rd5+ 46. Ke3 Rc5 47. Ra7+ Kd6 48. Rh7 h5 49. c4 Ra5 50. Kd4 Kc6 51. Rh6 Kd6 52. Rh8 Rg5 53. Kc3 Kc6 54. Kb4 Re5 55. Rc8+ Kb6 56. Rb8+ Kc6 57. Rb5 Re1 58. Rxh5 Kd6 59. Kc3 Rd1 60. Rg5 e5 61. Rf5 Ke6 62. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gladyszev, Oleg"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rb1 Rab8 13. Qc2 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Qb4 15. b3 Qa3 16. Qd1 Bb7 17. e4 Qa7 18. Bf4 Ng4 19. Ne1 Nge5 20. Bh3 Rd8 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. a4 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rdxc8 25. Qc2 Qa6 26. Kg2 Ne8 27. Nb5 Nc7 28. Nxc7 Rxc7 29. b4 Qe2 30. bxc5 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 h5 32. c6 Ng4 33. Bf4 Qa6 34. h3 Nf6 35. Be3 e6 36. Rb6 Qa5 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Bb6 Qxe1 39. Bxc7 Nxe4 40. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. dxc5 Nxe4 14. cxd6 Nxd6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. b3 Nf5 17. a4 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bb2 f6 20. Qc7 e5 21. Rd8 Bf5 22. Rad1 Qb4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kf7 26. Qc7+ Kg6 27. Qc3 a5 28. Qxb4 axb4 29. Bc1 Bc2 30. Bd2 Bxb3 31. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Orlov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qf3 c6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Nge2 Qf6 8. Qg3 Qg6 9. Nxd5 Qxg3 10. Nxg3 exd5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. 0-0-0 g6 14. f3 0-0-0 15. h4 h5 16. Rde1 Re8 17. Re2 Bg7 18. Be5 Rhg8 19. Kb1 Kd8 20. Rhe1 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Rxg7 22. f4 Nf6 23. c3 Bg4 24. Re5 Rgg8 25. Kc2 Bd7 26. Kd2 Re6 27. Nf1 Ng4 28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Ne3 Nh6 30. g3 Re8 31. Nf1 Bf5 32. Be2 Kd7 33. Ne3 Kd6 34. Bf3 Re7 35. c4 Be4 36. c5+ Kd7 37. Bd1 Bf5 38. Bf3 Kd8 39. b4 Be4 40. Be2 Bf5 41. Bf3 Be4 42. Bh1 b6 43. cxb6 axb6 44. a4 Kc7 45. b5 Kd6 46. bxc6 Bxh1 47. Rxh1 Kxc6 48. Rc1+ Kb7 49. Rb1 Nf5 50. Nxf5 gxf5 51. a5 Re6 52. Rb5 Ka6 53. Rxd5 bxa5 54. Rxf5 a4 55. Rxf7 a3 56. Rc7 Kb5 57. Rb7+ Kc4 58. Ra7 Kb3 59. Kd3 Rg6 60. Ke4 Rxg3 61. d5 Rc3 62. d6 Rc4+ 63. Kd5 Rxf4 64. d7 Rf1 65. Ra8 a2 66. Rb8+ Kc3 67. Ra8 a1Q 68. Rxa1 Rxa1 69. Ke6 Re1+ 70. Kf7 Rf1+ 71. Ke7 Re1+ 72. Kf7 Rd1 73. Ke7 Kc4 74. d8Q Rxd8 75. Kxd8 Kd4 76. Ke7 Ke5 77. Kf7 Kf5 78. Kg7 Kg4 79. Kg6 Kxh4 80. Kf5 Kg3 81. Ke4 h4 82. Ke3 h3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sorokina, Anastasia1111"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Be2 a6 8. 0-0 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Re1 Qxe2 14. Rxe2 Ng4 15. Nd1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Rfb8 17. Bc3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 Ra3 20. Rc1 Nd3 21. Rcc2 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Rbxb3 23. Nd1 Rb1 24. Red2 Nb4 25. Rb2 Ra1 26. Kf1 Nxa2 27. Ke2 Nc1+ 28. Kf1 Nb3 29. Rd3 c4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Teterev, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. h3 a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. 0-0 c6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Be5 Be6 14. b3 Bh6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Nxd5 Ne4 18. Qc2 Bxd5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Qb2 Re8 21. Rxd5 Qb6 22. a5 Qb4 23. Bd3 f5 24. Qc2 Nf6 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxa5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Qc7 29. g4 Re8 30. f4 Bg7 31. g5 Nh5 32. Re1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rfc1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rf6 16. Re1 Re6 17. Re2 Re8 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Qd3 g6 20. f4 Qb4 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Qd3 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Kh2 h5 25. g3 Kf7 26. h4 c5 27. dxc5 Qxc5 28. Qd4 b6 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Rd1 Red6 32. Red2 Ke6 33. Kf3 Rb8 34. b3 Rc8 35. Rc2 a6 36. Na4 Rdc6 37. Rdc1 Kd6 38. Nb2 a5 39. Rd1 Ke6 40. Rdc1 Nd7 41. Ke2 R6c7 42. Rc3 Nf6 43. R3c2 Ne4 44. Kf3 c4 45. Kg2 Nd6 46. Kf3 Ne4 47. Kg2 Rb7 48. bxc4 dxc4 49. Nxc4 Rbc7 50. a4 Rc5 51. Na3 Rxc2+ 52. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 53. Nxc2 Kd5 54. Nd4 Kc5 55. Kf3 Kb4 56. Ke2 Nxg3+ 57. Kd3 Ne4 58. Nc6+ Kxa4 59. Kc2 Nd6 60. Ne5 Kb4 61. Nxg6 Nc4 62. Ne7 Nxe3+ 63. Kd3 a4 64. Kxe3 a3 65. Nc6+ Kc3 66. Nd4 a2 67. Nxf5 a1Q 68. Ke4 Qe1+ 69. Kf3 Kd3 70. Ng3 Qe3+ 71. Kg2 Qxf4 72. Nxh5 Qe4+ 73. Kg3 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barsamian, Eduard"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. e4 0-0 7. Be2 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. 0-0 Nb4 13. Nd2 Nd3 14. Nc4 Nxc1 15. Qxc1 Nd7 16. a5 Ra6 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qb8 19. Qc2 Qb7 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. h3 Ra7 22. Na4 Qb5 23. Ra3 Nf6 24. Nab6 Rd8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Nxd5 27. Rxf7 Ne3 28. Rf3 Nf5 29. Qe4 e6 30. Rab3 Qe8 31. Kh2 Qe7 32. g3 Rf8 33. Nd6 Rxa5 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Qe2 Ra1 36. Nc4 Qg5 37. Rf1 Rxf1 38. Qxf1 f4 39. Qe2 f3 40. Rxf3 Rxf3 41. Qxf3 Qc1 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qb7+ Kh6 44. Qg2 Qxc4 45. Qd2+ Kg6 46. h4 h6 47. h5+ Kxh5 48. Qf4 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Permiakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 Rb8 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. 0-0 d6 10. c5 d5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. e4 0-0 13. Re1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. a3 Rd8 16. Rb1 h6 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Red1 Qe5 19. Ba5 Re8 20. Nc3 e6 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bc3 Qe2 23. Qc1 Qe7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. b4 Qf6 26. Qb2 Bb5 27. h4 Qxb2 28. Rxb2 a5 29. bxa5 Ra8 30. Rxd5 Rxa5 31. Bf3 Rxa3 32. Kg2 Rc3 33. Rd7 Rxc5 34. Rc7 Re6 35. Rd2 Rf6 36. Be2 Ba4 37. Bf3 Rc3 38. Be4 Bb5 39. Rb2 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shutukov, Sergey Vladimirovic"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Qd2 a6 13. f3 Rac8 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Rc2 b5 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rcxd2 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21. R5d2 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc6 23. e5 Ne8 24. Bd5 Rc3 25. Bd4 Rcc8 26. Bb6 Bxe5 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Rc2 a5 29. g3 e6 30. Bb7 Kf8 31. f4 Bf6 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Lebedev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. Be2 a6 8. c5 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. 0-0 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Qe3 a5 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Re2 Re8 18. Qf4 Bg6 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Ne5 Nf6 22. Bb5 Nh5 23. Qd2 c6 24. Bxc6 h6 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Re8+ Qxe8 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. g3 Nf6 29. Qxa5 Kh7 30. Qc7 Re2 31. Qxb7 Ne4 32. Qxd5 Nxf2 33. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karapetayn, Albert"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 Bf5 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. Ba3 d5 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. g4 Rc8 16. Kd2 Nb8 17. f5 Ke7 18. Rhf1 Nd7 19. Rab1 Nb6 20. Kd3 g6 21. a4 Rc7 22. a5 Na4 23. Rb3 Rfc8 24. Rfb1 gxf5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Nh4 Ke6 27. Ng2 Ke7 28. Nf4 Kf8 29. Nxd5 Rd7 30. Nf6 Nc5+ 31. Kc2 Rxd4 32. Rg1 Rdd8 33. Rb4 Ke7 34. Rg7 h6 35. Rh4 Ke6 36. Rxh6 Kxe5 37. Rxf7 Rh8 38. Nh7 Ne4 39. Rh3 Rhg8 40. Rxb7 Rg2+ 41. Kc1 Nxc3 42. Re7+ Kd6 43. Re1 Nb5+ 44. Kb1 Nc3+ 45. Kc1 Ne4+ 46. Kb1 Rcc2 47. Rd3+ Kc5 48. Rc1 Rxc1+ 49. Kxc1 Rxh2 50. Nf8 Kc4 51. Rd7 a6 52. Ne6 Kc3 53. Rc7+ Kb4 54. Rd7 Rf2 55. Ng7 Ng3 56. Rd5 Ne2+ 57. Kd2 Nc3+ 58. Ke1 Nxd5 59. Kxf2 f4 60. Kf3 Kxa5 61. Ke4 Kb4 62. Nf5 Kc5 63. Nd4 a5 64. Nb3+ Kb4 65. Nd4 Kc4 66. Nc2 Kc3 67. Ne1 a4 68. Kxd5 a3 69. Ke4 a2 70. Kxf4 a1Q 0-1

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arzamastsev, Artur"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Qb3 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. b3 b5 11. cxb5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Qd2 a6 14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. 0-0 Nb4 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Qc3 Qb4 21. Rc1 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Rb4 23. Rd2 Ra8 24. h3 Be6 25. Rdc2 h6 26. Nd2 Kg7 27. Bd3 Ra7 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Be4 Bd7 30. Rb2 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. Nb1 Nb4 33. a3 Nd5 34. Rc1 Nb6 35. Rbc2 Nd7 36. Rc3 Nf6 37. Rd3 h5 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. f3 Ng3+ 40. Kd2 Rab7 41. Rcc3 Nf5 42. Kc2 Nh4 43. Rd2 g5 44. Re2 Ra8 45. Kb2 Ng6 46. Nd2 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. f4 Rh8 49. g3 Nf8 50. Rc4 Rh3 51. Rg2 Nd7 52. e4 Rb8 53. Nf1 Nf6 54. Ne3 Rbh8 55. e5 Nh5 56. exd6 exd6 57. Nf5+ Kf6 58. Nxd6 Rxg3 59. Rxg3 Nxg3 60. Rxc5 Rh2+ 61. Rc2 Ne2 62. f5 Kg5 63. Ne4+ Kf4 64. Nc3 Kf3 65. a4 g3 66. Ka3 Nd4 67. Rc1 Rc2 68. Rf1+ Rf2 69. Rg1 Nc2+ 70. Kb2 Nd4+ 71. Ka3 Rc2 72. Kb4 Ne2 73. Nxe2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Svinarenko, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rfd8 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. a3 Be8 14. Rc2 a6 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. b4 g6 17. Qd1 Kg7 18. Na4 Na7 19. Nb6 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd6 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. bxc5 Nc6 23. Rb1 e5 24. Bc2 exd4 25. exd4 Ne4 26. Na4 Na5 27. Nb6 Nc3 28. Re1 Nb5 29. Ba4 Bc6 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Re7 Nc4 32. Ne5 Be8 33. Nexc4 dxc4 34. d5 Bc6 35. d6 c3 36. Re1 c2 37. Rc1 Be4 38. f3 Bf5 39. g4 Bd3 40. Kf2 g5 41. Ke3 Bg6 42. Kd4 h5 43. Kd5 hxg4 44. fxg4 Re8 45. d7 Re2 46. Kd6 Rd2+ 47. Nd5 Be4 48. d8Q Rxd5+ 49. Kc7 Rxd8 50. Kxd8 f5 51. gxf5 Kf6 52. Rf1 Bxf5 53. Kc7 Ke5 54. Kxb7 Kd4 55. c6 Kc4 56. c7 Bg4 57. Rg1 Bd7 58. c8Q+ Bxc8+ 59. Kxc8 Kb3 60. Rc1 Kb2 61. Rxc2+ Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Gedgafov, Chamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qe7 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. a3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Nf5 exf5 16. Kxg2 Rfe8 17. e3 Qf6 18. Rd1 Re4 19. Rxd7 Rae8 20. Rd3 g5 21. Ra2 f4 22. f3 R4e6 23. e4 fxg3 24. hxg3 g4 25. b4 Bd6 26. Qd1 gxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qg6 28. Qf5 Qg7 29. Rad2 Be5 30. Rf3 Rg6 31. Rdd3 Kh8 32. Bd2 h6 33. Be1 f6 34. Rd7 Qg8 35. Rxa7 Rd8 36. Bf2 Rg5 37. Qh3 Qg6 38. Rd7 Rg8 39. Rdd3 Rh5 40. Qe6 Qxe4 41. Rde3 Qb1 42. Re1 Qg6 43. Rh1 Rg5 44. Rh3 h5 45. c5 bxc5 46. bxc5 Qe4 47. Qb3 R8g7 48. Qd3 Qc6 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qb6 Qe4 53. Qb4 Qa8 54. Qc4+ Kf8 55. Qb4 Rg4 56. Qb3 h4 57. Kf1 Rxg3 58. Rfxg3 Bxg3 59. Bxg3 Qa6+ 60. Kf2 hxg3+ 61. Rxg3 Rxg3 62. Kxg3 Ke7 63. Kf2 Kd7 64. Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "Sukhumi op"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eramian, Gamlet"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Qa3 Rxc4 18. Qxa6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. b3 Rc5 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Re1 Kf8 24. b4 Rc4 25. a3 Rc3 26. Ra1 Nc4 27. a4 bxa4 28. Bf1 Nb6 29. Bb5 Nxd5 30. Rxa4 Rb3 31. Bc4 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Nb6 33. Bd3 Rb3 34. Ra6 Rxb4 35. h4 h5 36. Ra7 d5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nd4 e6 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 exd5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nxb6 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxb7 Ra1 20. Kg2 h5 21. Rd8+ Kh7 22. Be3 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sinajskij, Anatolij"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. a4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 b4 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Nb6 11. Ra2 0-0 12. b3 Qa6 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bc1 Ne7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Nbd2 Qc8 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. e4 Bd7 21. f4 h6 22. Ngf3 Nh5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f5 Kh7 25. Qd1 Ng3 26. Re1 gxf5 27. e5 Be6 28. Nf1 Rg8 29. Nxg3 Rxg3 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. Qe2 Ng6 32. Bb1 Qg8 33. Kh1 Qg7 34. Qf2 Nf4 35. Nh2 Nd3 36. Bxd3 Rgxd3 37. Qxc5 Rd1 38. Qxb4 Qg3 39. Rae2 R6d2 40. Nf1 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Kh8 11. Na3 Bf5 12. d4 Bd3 13. Re1 e4 14. Nh4 f5 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 g5 17. Ng2 f4 18. Rxe4 f3 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Qxf3 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Qg2 Qg6 23. Kg1 Qd3 24. Qf1 Qe4 25. Qb5 Rf3 26. Rf1 g4 27. Nac2 Raf8 28. Ne1 R3f7 29. Qd3 Qe7 30. Nxg4 Qe6 31. Ne3 Qxa2 32. Qb5 Nd8 33. Nd3 c6 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. Nxc4 Rd7 36. Nc5 Rd5 37. Ra1 b6 38. Ne4 Rd7 39. Bf4 Ne6 40. Bd6 Rc8 41. Ne5 Rb7 42. f4 Bf8 43. f5 Ng7 44. g4 c5 45. dxc5 bxc5 46. Bxf8 Rxf8 47. Nxc5 Rxb2 48. Rxa7 Re8 49. Ncd7 Nxf5 50. Nf6 Re7 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. Nh5+ Kh6 53. Ra6+ Kg5 54. gxf5 Rxe5 55. Ng3 Re1+ 56. Nf1 Rbb1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir Fedorovich"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. 0-0 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Be6 9. Qb4 Qd7 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nc3 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Na6 14. Qa3 Qd6 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rad8 19. Be3 b6 20. Bd4 Rfe8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. e3 Re5 23. Rd4 Ra5 24. a3 Kf8 25. b4 Re5 26. Rc1 Ke7 27. Bf1 Nb8 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rc8 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Rxd6+ Ke7 32. Rd4 f5 33. Rh4 h5 34. Rc4 Kd7 35. h4 Nc6 36. Bg2 Ne7 37. Kf1 a5 38. Ke2 axb4 39. axb4 Re6 40. Kd3 Nc8 41. Bd5 Rf6 42. Kd4 Nd6 43. Ke5 Ne8 44. Kf4 Rd6 45. Bf3 Ng7 46. Rc1 Ne6+ 47. Ke5 Nc7 48. Rd1 Rxd1 49. Bxd1 Na6 50. Kf6 Nxb4 51. Kxg6 Nd3 52. Bxh5 Ke6 53. Be2 Nxf2 54. h5 Ne4 55. Bd3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Na4 Bxb2 11. Nxb2 d4 12. Rc1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Nd3 Qd6 17. a3 a5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qc4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 h5 21. h4 Ne7 22. Nf4 Nc6 23. Qd5 Rcd8 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Nd3 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. d3 Kf8 28. Rc4 Rc6 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Rec1 Kd6 31. b4 Kd5 32. Ke1 Ree6 33. bxc5 b5 34. R4c2 Re7 35. Kd2 Rec7 36. Rb2 Rb7 37. e4+ dxe3+ 38. fxe3 Rxc5 39. e4+ Kd4 40. Rxc5 Kxc5 41. Rc2+ Kd4 42. Rc6 a4 43. Rd6+ Kc5 44. Rd5+ Kc6 45. Kc3 f5 46. Kb4 fxe4 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. dxe4 Ke6 49. Rxb5 Rd7 50. Kxa4 Rd4+ 51. Ka5 Rd3 52. a4 Rxg3 53. Kb6 g5 54. hxg5 h4 55. a5 h3 56. g6 Rxg6 57. Rh5 Kd7+ 58. Kb7 Rg4 59. Rxh3 Rxe4 60. Rd3+ Ke6 61. a6 Rb4+ 62. Ka8 Rb6 63. Ka7 Rb1 64. Rd8 Ke7 65. Rb8 Ra1 66. Rb6 Rd1 67. Kb7 Rd7+ 68. Kb8 Rd8+ 69. Kc7 Ra8 70. Kb7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Rc1 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxe3 13. c5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. Bb5 0-0-0 16. Ke2 Be7 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Rd1+ Kc8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Bg4 23. Kxe3 f6 24. Ra1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Kd7 26. Kd4 Kc6 27. Kc4 g5 28. Ra5 Ra8 29. b5+ axb5+ 30. Rxb5 Ra7 31. Rb6+ Kd7 32. Kd4 h5 33. h3 Kc8 34. b4 Ra3 35. b5 Ra4+ 36. Kc3 Ra3+ 37. Kc4 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Anosov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bxd8 Kxd8 12. 0-0-0+ Ke7 13. Rd4 Bb7 14. Be2 f6 15. Rhd1 Rad8 16. Bg4 fxe5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19. Bxe6 a5 20. Kd2 Ke7 21. Bg8 g6 22. Kc3 c6 23. b4 axb4+ 24. Kxb4 Kf8 25. Bxh7 Kg7 26. Bxg6 Kxg6 27. c5 b5 28. Ka5 Bc8 29. Kb6 Bd7 30. Kc7 Be8 31. a3 Kf5 32. Kd6 Kf6 33. h3 Kf5 34. Ke7 Bg6 35. Kd7 Kf6 36. Kxc6 Ke6 37. Kxb5 Kd5 38. Kb6 Be8 39. h4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Bb3 0-0 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nce5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rad8 14. Bd2 c5 15. c3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. Bc3 Be6 18. Qf3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxb3 20. axb3 a6 21. Nd3 Qxb3 22. Nc5 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxb7 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxa6 Bxc3 27. Nd6 Re5 28. Ra2 Re6 29. Nc4 Rc8 30. Ne3 Bd4 31. Nd5 Kg7 32. g3 Rc5 33. Nf4 Rec6 34. Rd2 Bf6 35. h4 Rc4 36. Nd5 Be5 37. Rfd1 Rc2 38. Ne3 R2c3 39. Rd3 h5 40. Kg2 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rc7 42. f4 Rc3 43. Rxc3 Bxc3 44. f5 Be5 45. fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Abramichev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 e5 7. Nb5 Be6 8. Bg2 Na6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. N1c3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Qe7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qc4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Bxc6+ Rxc6 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. e4 0-0 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 b6 20. Qa3 Nc5 21. Rac1 Kh8 22. f3 a6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. Qxc5 Rfb8 25. b3 h6 26. Rfd1 Rb5 27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 R8b6 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Kf2 Rc6 31. Ke3 Kh7 32. b4 Kg6 33. Rd5 Kf6 34. Rc5 Rb6 35. a3 Ke6 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Kc4 f6 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2008.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Malofeev, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.01.03"]
[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. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. a3 Ne4 11. Bxd8 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Bxc3+ 13. Kxc3 Rxd8 14. e3 Ke7 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Bxc6 Rxc6+ 17. Kd2 Rf6 18. Rhc1 Kd6 19. Ke1 g5 20. Nd4 h5 21. Ke2 g4 22. f4 Re8 23. Kf2 Rh6 24. Rc3 h4 25. Ke2 a6 26. Rac1 Rf6 27. Kd2 Ba4 28. b3 Bd7 29. a4 Re4 30. Rd3 Rh6 31. b4 Rh8 32. a5 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. b5 Re8 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Rb3 Bd7 37. Rb6+ Kc5 38. Rxa6 Rb8 39. Kc3 Ba4 40. Ra7 Rb1 41. Rc7+ Kd6 42. Rxf7 Bd7 43. a6 Ra1 44. Kb4 Ra4+ 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Rh7 h3 47. gxh3 gxh3 48. a7 Ra5 49. Kb4 Ra4+ 50. Kb3 Ra5 51. f5 Ra1 52. f6 Rxa7 53. Nb5+ 1-0

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2008.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.01.03"]
[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 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. f4 0-0 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Re1 Rab8 14. Re2 h6 15. h3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2008.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prokuronov, Eduard"]
[Black "Valov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.01.03"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Ne5 0-0 14. e3 Rc8 15. Be2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrovskaya Ladya op"]
[Site "Peterhof"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valov, Ilya"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.01.03"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. e3 Qc7 12. Bd3 e5 13. Bf5 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 1/2-1/2

