[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Zhukov, Sergei"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[ECO "C36"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Ng5 0-0 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. 0-0 Re8 14. Qh3 Qb6 15. c3 Nd5 16. Na3 Ne3 17. Bxe3 Bxa3 18. Bxf4 Qxb2 19. Be5 Qb7 20. Qh5 Re7 21. Rf3 Kg8 22. Raf1 Qd7 23. Rh3 g6 24. Qxg6+ hxg6 25. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Ostapenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Ne8 10. Ne7+ Kf8 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. 0-0-0 Na6 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Ne2 Kg8 15. Nc3 Bf8 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd5 Rxd5 19. cxd5 a6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Kb2 Kf8 22. Rc1 Ke7 23. Bd3 Ndf6 24. g3 Nd7 25. Nd1 Kd8 26. Ne3 Nd6 27. a3 a5 28. Kb3 axb4 29. axb4 f6 30. f4 Nf7 31. Bb5 Nb6 32. Ng4 Nd6 33. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Omelia, Artiom"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d5 4. e5 h5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nh6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Nf5 9. Bd3 e6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Be3 Ne7 13. b3 Ng6 14. c4 Bf8 15. Rc1 c6 16. c5 Be7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rc2 Kd7 19. Rfc1 Rh7 20. b4 a5 21. Rb1 Rhh8 22. b5 a4 23. b6 Qd8 24. Rc3 Ra5 25. Ra3 Qa8 26. Rb4 Qa6 27. Qd1 Ra8 28. Nd2 Bh4 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Nf1 Ra8 31. g3 Be7 32. h4 Bf8 33. Nd2 Ne7 34. Nb1 Rb5 35. Rbxa4 Rxb1 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Qxb1 Rxa3 38. Bd2 Ng8 39. g4 Nh6 40. gxh5 Ng4+ 41. Kg2 Bh6 42. Bc1 Ra4 43. Qb2 Kc8 44. a3 Kb8 45. Bd2 Kc8 46. Kg3 Kb8 47. Bb4 Kc8 48. Qc3 Ra6 49. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Khadzh Khamed, Naser"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. c3 Bg4 8. Bf4 Qd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qf5 11. Qe3 c4 12. g4 Qe6 13. Bc2 cxd3 14. Bxd3 g6 15. Na3 0-0-0 16. 0-0-0 Bg7 17. Rhe1 d4 18. cxd4 Qxa2 19. Bb1 Qe6 20. Re2 Kb8 21. Bg3 Nb4 22. Kd2 Nc4+ 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Ke1 e6 25. b3 Qb5 26. Be4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rc2 Qb4+ 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Rc1+ Kb8 32. Rc4 Qb5 33. Kg2 Qd7 34. Qc3 Bf8 35. Ra4 b5 36. Ra5 b4 37. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Kb7 40. Ke4 Kc6 41. Bf4 a5 42. Bc1 Be7 43. f4 Bh4 44. Bb2 Be1 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Ba1 Bf2 47. Bb2 Bg1 48. Ba1 Bh2 49. Ke3 Bg3 50. Bb2 Kc6 51. Ke4 Be1 52. Kd3 Kb5 53. f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 exf5 55. d5 Kc5 56. d6 Kd5 57. Bd4 Kc6 58. Ke2 Bh4 59. Kf3 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Vdovichenko, Vladislav"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.12.25"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 a6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 b5 9. g3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. Bh3 Qb6 13. 0-0-0 0-0 14. Rhe1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 g6 17. g4 Nb6 18. f5 Ra7 19. f6 Bd7 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. g5 Rfc8 22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Rh4 b4 24. Nb1 Bb5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. c3 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Bxa2 28. Ra4 Bc4 29. Kb1 d4 30. Ne4 d3 31. Rb4 Bd5 32. Rd1 a5 33. Rd4 Bb3 34. Rg1 Bc2+ 35. Kc1 Rc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Nc3 Rf4 38. Nd1 Re4 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Vovk, Orest"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2004.12.24"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. h3 Bd6 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. d3 Nc6 7. c4 Qe7 8. Nc3 Nd4 9. Bg5 Bb4 10. Bd2 c6 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13. e3 Ne6 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Rd1 h5 16. Ne4 hxg4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. hxg4 Qg6 19. Bc3 Qxg4 20. Bh3 Qg6 21. Nf3 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. d4 g6 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Ke2 Rcd8 28. Rh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Rh1+ Qh5+ 31. Rxh5+ Kxh5 32. Qh7+ Kg5 33. Qxc7 exd4 34. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Galinsky, Timofey"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Bd2 0-0 8. Nf3 f5 9. Qg3 d4 10. Nb5 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 f4 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Qe4 N5c6 14. Bc4 Kh8 15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6 Rf5 17. 0-0-0 Qa5 18. Nd6 Rf6 19. Qc4 Nf5 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Rotaenko, Petr"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. c5 Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. c6 Nb8 9. Qa4 Qd6 10. Ne5 Ne8 11. f4 f6 12. Nf3 Nxc6 13. Nxd5 Kh8 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Be2 e5 16. 0-0 a6 17. Rd1 exf4 18. exf4 b5 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. a3 Ne7 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Ne5 Nfd5 25. Qd3 c5 26. dxc5 Qxc5+ 27. Kh1 Qc7 28. Qg3 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 30. Qb3 Qe6 31. Bf3 Nxf4 32. Qxe6 Nxe6 33. Re1 Nd4 34. Bd1 Rfe8 35. Be3 Re4 36. Bf2 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Ne6 38. Rb1 Nc5 39. Be2 Re8 40. b4 Rxe2 41. bxc5 Rc2 42. Rd1 Bb2 43. Bb4 a5 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Bxa5 Bxa3 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Rxh7 Bxc5 50. g4 f4 51. Rh6 Kf6 52. Bd8+ Kg7 53. g5 f3 54. Bf6+ Kf7 55. Be5 Rc1+ 56. Kh2 f2 57. Rh4 f1Q 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 12th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Vavdiyuk, Maria"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. c3 Ba5 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nf1 Bb6 11. Ng3 c5 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Bxh6 Ng6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Be3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Bg4 21. Qc4+ Qd5 22. Qxd5+ Nxd5 23. Ng5 Rae8 24. f3 Bd7 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Nd4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Bd7 29. Re5 Nf4 30. Ne4 Rb6 31. Re7 Bf5 32. b3 Kf8 33. Rc7 Nd3 34. Nc3 a6 35. g4 Be6 36. Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rxb7 Rc6 38. Ne4 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Rxa2 41. h4 Ne1 42. Nc5 Rg2+ 43. Kf4 Rh2 44. Nxa6 Rxh4 45. Nc5 Rh3 46. Ne6+ Kg8 47. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Slobodeniuk, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd3 0-0-0 11. 0-0-0 e6 12. Be2 Na5 13. c5 Nbc4 14. Nh4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Rd2 h6 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Rc1 Be7 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc4 b5 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Rdc2 Rc8 26. b3 b5 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Qc2+ Kb7 30. Kb2 f5 31. Qf2 g5 32. Ne1 Qe4 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. gxf3 Kc6 35. Kc3 g4 36. fxg4 fxg4 37. Kd3 Bh4 38. Nc2 Bf2 39. Nb4+ Kd7 40. Ke4 Bg1 41. Kf4 Bxh2+ 42. Kxg4 a5 43. Nc2 Kc6 44. Kf3 Kd5 45. Ke3 h5 46. Kd3 Bg1 47. b4 a4 48. Na3 Bxd4 49. Nxb5 Bxe5 50. Na7 h4 51. Ke2 h3 52. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[ECO "B36"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd3 Be6 11. f4 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Nc5 14. Qf3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qb6 16. Kh1 Qb4 17. Rb1 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bf3 Nc5 20. Rd1 Rc7 21. b3 Rfc8 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Rbc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bd4 26. g3 f5 27. Kg2 Nf6 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke2 Bg1 30. h3 h5 31. Bb2 Ne4 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 e6 34. gxf5 Ng3+ 35. Kd3 exf5 36. a4 Bc5 37. Bc3 Bf2 38. b4 a6 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Bb6 41. Bb4 Bc5 42. Bxc5 dxc5 43. b6 Ke7 44. d6+ Kxd6 45. Bxb7 Nh5 46. Bh1 Nxf4+ 47. Kc4 Ne6 48. b7 Kc7 49. Kd5 Kb8 50. Kc4 g5 51. Bd5 Nc7 52. Bc6 Na6 53. Kd5 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Berezin, Viktor"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. e3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Ne2 h6 8. Bf4 c5 9. Be5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 0-0 11. Nf4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 e6 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nxe5 15. Be2 f5 16. 0-0 Bd7 17. Rd6 Kf7 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 Ke7 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. f4 Nf7 22. R6d2 Bc6 23. h4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Kf2 Nd6 27. h5 g5 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. h6 Ke7 30. h7 Nf7 31. e4 f4 32. Bh5 Nh8 33. e5 Kf8 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Ne4 Nf7 37. Nxc5 Kxh7 38. Nxe6 Kh6 39. b4 Nxe5 40. a4 Kg6 41. Nd4 g4 42. Kg2 Kg5 43. b5 cxb5 44. axb5 Nc4 45. Kh2 Ne3 46. c3 Kh4 47. Kg1 g3 48. Nf3+ Kg4 49. Ne5+ Kf5 50. Nf3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Khliastikov, Georgy"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[ECO "C32"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 0-0 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. 0-0-0 Nf6 12. Qxe7 Rxe7 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. Rhe1 Kf8 15. Rxe7 Kxe7 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Bb3 b5 18. Nd4 a6 19. c4 Nc5 20. Kc2 b4 21. N2f3 a5 22. a4 Bd7 23. Ne5 Bxa4 24. Bxa4 Nxa4 25. Nb5 Nc5 26. Nxc7 b3+ 27. Kc3 Rb8 28. Kd4 Na4 29. Nd3 Nb6 30. c5 Nc8 31. d6 Na7 32. Nd5 Nc6+ 33. Kc4 Nd7 34. Ne7 Nxe7 35. Rxe7 Nf6 36. Ra7 Rd8 37. Rxa5 Nd7 38. Kxb3 Rc8 39. Kc4 f6 40. Ra7 Nb8 41. Kd5 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Rxh7 Kg8 44. Ra7 Kf8 45. Ra8 Ke8 46. c6 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Musienko, Olexiy"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.08.04"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3 0-0 7. h3 b6 8. Bf3 e5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. 0-0-0 Qe7 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Qd3 a6 14. g4 Nd7 15. Ng3 b5 16. b3 Nc5 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nce2 Nab7 19. h4 a5 20. h5 g5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 f6 23. Kb2 Rfb8 24. Nc1 Bf8 25. Nd3 Qd7 26. Ra1 Qb5 27. Bg2 a4 28. f3 Na5 29. Nxc5 dxc5 30. Bf1 c4 31. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Qd3 a3+ 34. Kc1 Qxd3 35. cxd3 b3 36. axb3 Rxb3 37. Rd1 Bb4 38. Ra2 Bc3 39. Kc2 Rab8 40. Bc5 Bd4 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Rda1 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 Rbb3 44. Rc2 Rxd3+ 45. Kc1 Rbc3 46. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 47. Kd2 Rxf3 48. Ke2 Re3+ 49. Kd2 Kg7 50. Rb1 a2 51. Ra1 Ra3 52. Kc2 Kf7 53. Kb2 Ra7 54. Kb3 Ke7 55. Kc4 Kd6 56. Kxd4 Ra4+ 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. Kc3 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Stas, Vasilij"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2004.08.03"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 c6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nb6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. f5 Bc4 14. Qh4 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nbd7 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Bg5 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 Nd7 19. f6 Bh8 20. Qh6 Rfe8 21. Rf4 Re6 22. Raf1 Qd8 23. Qh4 Qa5 24. d4 Rae8 25. Qh6 Qd8 26. h4 Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. h5 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qe7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qh3 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qe3 b6 35. Kg1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Anatsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2004.08.02"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 f5 7. Ne2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. 0-0 Qxc5 11. Qd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 b6 13. Na3 Ba6 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Bd5 Bc6 17. Nc2 Rfd8 18. h3 Kf8 19. f4 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc4 21. b3 Na5 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. Nb4 Rac8 24. c4 Nb7 25. Nd3 Rc6 26. Nd4 Rd6 27. Rxd6 Nxd6 28. Nf2 Rc8 29. a4 Nb7 30. e4 Nc5 31. e5 a6 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 f6 34. exf6+ Bxf6 35. Ne2 Rc6 36. Nc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Galinsky, Timofey"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qxh7 Nxe5 9. Bd3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 d4 11. a3 Qa5 12. Rb1 dxc3 13. axb4 c2 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 4th"]
[White "Belokur, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[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 Qd7 9. Nf3 0-0-0 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qe4 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 e6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. 0-0 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 c6 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Sevriukov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 a6 9. Rb1 b5 10. b3 Qb6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. c4 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nxa2 14. cxb5 Nb4 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. bxa6 Nxd3 17. axb7 Rad8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Red1 Qxb7 20. Nc4 Nb4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Ra8 23. h3 Nd5 24. Qd3 Nc3 25. Rc1 Na2 26. Rd1 Rb8 27. Nfd2 Nb4 28. Qe4 Qd7 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. e4 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Kf1 Nc6 33. Ke2 Rc3 34. Ra1 Nd4+ 35. Kd1 Nxb3 36. Nxb3 Rxc4 37. Rc1 Rxe4 38. Nxc5 Re5 39. Nd3 Rg5 40. g4 Ra5 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Bg5+ 43. f4 Bh4 44. Rh1 Kg7 45. Kf3 Rd2 46. Ke3 Rg2 47. Kf3 Rg3+ 48. Ke2 Bf6 49. Ne5 Bxe5 50. fxe5 h5 51. Kf2 h4 52. Rh2 Kf8 53. Ke2 Ke8 54. Kd2 Kd7 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Kd2 Kxe5 57. Re2+ Kd6 58. Rf2 f6 59. Rh2 e5 60. Ke2 e4 61. Rf2 Ke5 62. Rh2 f5 63. gxf5 gxf5 64. Kf2 e3+ 65. Ke2 Ke4 66. Ke1 f4 67. Rh1 f3 68. Kf1 Kd3 69. Ke1 f2+ 70. Kf1 Rg1+ 71. Rxg1 fxg1Q+ 72. Kxg1 e2 73. Kf2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Mazurkov, Anatolij"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Ngf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bf5 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Bg5 Ng8 11. c3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf6 15. Qd2 e6 16. h4 Kg7 17. Rae1 h6 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Ngf6 21. c4 Ne7 22. Qf4 Nh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Qe5+ Kg6 25. g4 hxg4 26. h5+ Kh7 27. Bc2+ f5 28. Nh4 Qd7 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf7 31. Ng6 Ng8 32. Ne5 Rf6 33. Nxg4 Rxe6 34. Bxf5+ Kg7 35. Bxe6 Nf6 36. Nxf6 Kxf6 37. d5 Ke5 38. Kg2 Rf8 39. f3 Rf4 40. b3 c5 41. Kf2 Rh4 42. Bg4 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Rxa2 44. f4+ Kd6 45. Ke4 Rb2 46. f5 Rxb3 47. f6 Rb2 48. f7 Ke7 49. Be6 Rd2 50. Ke5 Re2+ 51. Kf5 Rf2+ 52. Kg6 a5 53. Kg7 a4 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Khmarsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[ECO "D89"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rac1 b5 16. Qa3 Bc4 17. Kh1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 19. Bg1 Qd7 20. f4 f5 21. e5 e6 22. Rc2 Nb6 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. h4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26. Rb2 Qd5 27. Kh2 Qc4 28. Qf3 Qd5 29. Qd3 Na4 30. Rd2 Bf8 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qc4 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. axb3 Nb6 35. Kg3 Bb4 36. h5 gxh5 37. Kh4 Nd5 38. Kxh5 a5 39. g4 fxg4 40. Kxg4 Bd2 41. Ng3 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Ne4 Bxf4 44. Nc5 a3 45. Bf2 a2 46. Nb3 Bc1 47. Kf3 Bb2 48. Ke4 Kf7 49. Bh4 Kg6 50. Kd3 a1Q 51. Nxa1 Bxa1 52. Kc4 Kh5 53. Be1 Kg4 54. Kc5 h5 55. Kd6 Kf5 56. Kc5 Bc3 57. Bf2 Bd2 58. Bh4 Bg5 59. Bg3 h4 60. Bh2 h3 61. Kd6 Bf4 62. Bg1 Nc3 63. Kd7 Ne2 64. d5 exd5 65. e6 Bg5 66. Bh2 d4 67. e7 Bxe7 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Shostka, Pavel"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. c3 Bg7 6. Bc4 h6 7. h4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. hxg5 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. g6 Qd7 13. Qxb7 Qc6 14. Qc8+ Ke7 15. Qf5 Qf6 16. Rh5 Nd7 17. b3 Rf8 18. Ba3+ c5 19. Nbd2 Qxf5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. exf5 Ngf6 22. 0-0-0 Ng4 23. Ne4 Ne3 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. f6 Nf5 26. Nxc5+ Kd6 27. fxg7 Nxg7 28. Nd3+ Kd5 29. Ndxe5 h5 30. Kc2 Ke4 31. c4 Nf5 32. Ng5+ Ke3 33. Bc1+ Kf2 34. Bxf4 Kxg2 35. c5 h4 36. c6 h3 37. c7 h2 38. Bxh2 Kxh2 39. Nc6 Rc8 40. Ne6 Ne3+ 41. Kd3 Nd5 42. Nxa7 Nxc7 43. Nxc8 Nxe6 44. a4 Nf4+ 45. Ke4 Nxg6 46. a5 Nf8 47. a6 Ne6 48. a7 Nc7 49. b4 Kh3 50. b5 Nxb5 51. a8Q Nc3+ 52. Kf3 Nb5 53. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Gubay, Nikolay"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Ba3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 f4 15. c5 dxc5 16. bxc5 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Rfd8 18. c6 Nxc6 19. e7 Rd3 20. Bb3+ Kh7 21. Nb5 Ne8 22. Bc4 Rxa3 23. Nxa3 Nxe7 24. Rfd1 Nd6 25. Bd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxe4 27. Rd7 Nc3 28. Rxc7 e4 29. Re1 b5 30. Nc2 h5 31. Nd4 Kh6 32. Ne6 Be5 33. Rb7 a5 34. h4 Rc8 35. Ng5 Rc7 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. Nxe4 Nxa2 38. Re2 Nb4 39. Nc3 Bd8 40. g3 fxg3 41. fxg3 Bf6 42. Nxb5 g5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Nd6 Bd4+ 45. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kislinsky, Alexey"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0-0 8. Be3 e5 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Nb5 a6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. dxe5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Vinogradov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. g3 b4 13. Nce2 a5 14. h3 Na6 15. g4 f4 16. gxh5 fxe3 17. Qxe3 Qf6 18. Kb1 e4 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Nogin, Nikolai"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[ECO "C32"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 0-0 10. Nc3 Qb4 11. Qxe4 Qxb2 12. Bd3 Qxa1+ 13. Kf2 f5 14. Qc4 Qxh1 15. d6+ Kh8 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Be6 19. Qxe6 Qxh2 20. Qxf5 cxd6 21. Ne4 Ne7 22. Qg5 Ng6 23. Nxd6 Qxf4+ 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Be4 g6 26. Nxb7 Rc8 27. Ke3 Ne6 28. Nd6 Rc3+ 29. Kd2 Ra3 30. Nb5 Ra5 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. a4 Kf6 33. Bc6 h5 34. Nd5+ Ke5 35. c4 Nf4 36. Ne3 Kd4 37. Bb5 a6 38. Bc6 Re5 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[White "Prevarsky, Roman"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2004.07.18"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Re8 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Be2 Qxe5 11. Qd2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Qe3 Qxe3 14. fxe3 Rxe3 15. g3 Rxe2+ 16. Kd1 Rae8 17. Rb1 Rg2 18. Rb2 h5 19. Kc1 g5 20. Rd1 d5 21. Rh1 Ree2 22. Rb8+ Kg7 23. Rb2 g4 24. a3 Rxh2 25. Rxh2 Rxh2 26. Ra2 h4 27. Kb2 hxg3 28. Ra1 g2 29. Rg1 Bf1 30. Kb3 Rh1 31. Rxg2 Bxg2 32. c4 g3 33. cxd5 Bxd5+ 34. Kb4 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Moiseev, Igor"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[ECO "B95"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. 0-0-0 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f4 Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nce2 Nc5 13. Qe3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nc3 Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bb7 17. f5 e5 18. Kb1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Perun, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Qd2 e6 9. d6 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. e3 e5 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. Nd5 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd5 15. Bc4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Rd8 17. Bh4 Rxd6 18. Ne4 Rd7 19. 0-0 h6 20. Bf6 Rc7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd6 Bf5 23. e4 Rd7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. exf5 Rd8 26. fxg6 Kxg6 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxc6 Rd2 29. Rxh6 Rbxb2 30. Rh7+ Kg6 31. Rxa7 e4 32. Ra3 Rd3 33. Rxd3 exd3 34. Rd1 Kf5 35. f3 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Artemchuk, Taras"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.12.24"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 c5 9. c3 Nbd7 10. f4 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Bg4 12. Qe1 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rfd8 21. Be3 Ne6 22. g4 Rd3 23. Raf1 Re8 24. f5 Nd8 25. Bd4 Rd2 26. R1f2 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Nc6 28. Re2 Ne7 29. e6 gxf5 30. gxf5 f6 31. Bxa7 Nxf5 32. Bc5 b5 33. Kg2 g5 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. e7 Kf7 36. Rd2 Nxe7 37. Rd7 Ke6 38. Rd6+ Ke5 39. Rb6 Nd5 40. Bd4+ Kf5 41. Rxb5 g4+ 42. Kg3 Ke4 43. Kxg4 Rg8+ 44. Kh4 f5 45. a4 f4 46. a5 f3 47. a6 Ne3 48. Re5+ Kf4 49. Rxe3 f2 50. Re7 Rf8 51. Be3+ Kf3 52. Bxf2 Kxf2 53. a7 Kg2 54. Rb7 Ra8 55. h3 Kf3 56. Kg5 Ke4 57. h4 Ke5 58. h5 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Okhrimenko, Evgeniy"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Qd2 f5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Be2 Qa5 15. a3 Nf6 16. b4 Qc7 17. 0-0 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Rfd1 Bf5 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rac8 24. c5 Kf7 25. Rc1 h5 26. Ne4 Ne8 27. a4 a5 28. bxa5 dxc5 29. d6 Bf6 30. d7 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Fazilov, Kasim D"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.12.19"]
[ECO "D89"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rac1 b5 16. Qb4 Bxa2 17. Bd2 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bc3 Qd7 20. e5 Rfc8 21. Kf2 a5 22. Qb3 Bh6 23. f4 Qd5 24. Qc2 b4 25. Ba1 a4 26. Rfd1 b3 27. Qb1 Qd7 28. d5 Qf5 29. Rd4 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Na3 31. Rb2 Nc2 32. Rd1 Rc5 33. d6 exd6 34. exd6 Nxa1 35. d7 Rd8 36. Rxa1 Bg7 37. Rab1 Bxb2 38. Rxb2 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Anatskiy, Alexey"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Be3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Ng5 0-0-0 12. Qxe6 Qxe6 13. Nxe6 Re8 14. f5 Nd8 15. Nxd8 Kxd8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Kc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. 0-0-0 Reg8 20. g3 Bb6 21. Rhe1 Rg4 22. Re2 h5 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Rde1 c6 25. Kc2 Bd8 26. Nh4 Rg7 27. Ng6 Rh7 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Rf4 Rgg7 31. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Zhukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.12.15"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. f4 h6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Be3 e6 12. a4 a5 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Kh1 Nf5 15. Bg1 h5 16. Qe1 h4 17. Bf2 Qe7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qb4 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. a5 Nd7 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bh6 24. Nxh4 Bxf4 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. c4 c6 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Ra4 Bd2 29. Rfa1 0-0 30. Be1 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Nb8 32. Rc1 Nc6 33. a6 b5 34. Raa1 Nxd4 35. Bd1 Rfc8 36. Rxc8+ Rxc8 37. Kg1 Ra8 38. Kf2 Nc6 39. Be2 b4 40. Ke3 b3 41. Bb5 Nb4 42. Rb1 Nxa6 43. Rxb3 Rb8 44. Kd4 Kf8 45. g3 Nc7 46. Ba4 Rxb3 47. Bxb3 Nb5+ 48. Kd3 Ke7 49. Ba4 Na7 50. h4 Nc8 51. Ke3 Nb6 52. Bb5 f6 53. Kd4 fxe5+ 54. Kxe5 Nd7+ 55. Bxd7 Kxd7 56. Kd4 Kd6 57. Ke3 e5 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Ke3 Kf6 60. Kd3 Kg6 61. Ke3 Kh5 62. Kf3 d4 63. Ke2 e4 64. Kf2 f4 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Rudovskya, Regina"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. Be3 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qc7 11. c3 Be6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. c4 d5 14. Nc2 dxc4 15. Qc1 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 17. Ke2 0-0 18. g3 c3 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. f3 Bd3+ 22. Kf2 Rxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Qc6+ 24. Kf2 Qxh1 25. Bxd3 Qxh2+ 26. Kf3 Rxd3 27. Qh1 Qxh1+ 28. Rxh1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 11th"]
[White "Filimonov, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 c5 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Rc1 Nxc4 13. Rxc4 b6 14. Qb3 Ba6 15. Rc2 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Nc3 e6 19. a4 Qc6 20. Rc1 Qc4 21. Qa3 Bf8 22. Qa1 Qd3 23. Qb2 Bg7 24. Nb5 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Qc8+ Bf8 28. g3 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qxe4+ 30. Kg1 Qd5 31. Bh6 Qd6 32. Qa8 a5 33. Bxf8 Qxf8 34. Qc6 Qd8 35. Qc4 Qd7 36. Qc3 a4 37. Qb4 b5 38. Kf1 Qd5 39. Kg1 h5 40. h4 Kg7 41. Kh2 e5 42. dxe5 Qxe5 43. Kg1 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Artemchuk, Taras"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbc6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Nxe5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. h4 0-0-0 13. Bg5 Qxc5 14. Bf6 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Rxg2 16. d4 Qa3 17. Qxf7 Re8 18. Kf1 Rgg8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Nf4 Rg4 22. Nh5 Rf7 23. Rh3 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Pogrebnoi, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. f4 h6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. 0-0 Nc6 13. c3 h5 14. a4 a5 15. Bc2 Qh4 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Qe2 c6 18. Nf3 Qg3 19. Ng5 Nf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rf3 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 h4 23. b3 Bh6 24. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Petryk, Fedir"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.08.08"]
[ECO "B96"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bg5 a6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 e6 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh3 b4 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5+ Kd8 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Nf5 b3 18. axb3 Qa5 19. Rxe7 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Rxf7 Nxb3+ 22. Ke3 Re8+ 23. Kf2 Nc5 24. Qxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Kc7 26. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Anatskiy, Alexey"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d5 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. Nd2 c6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. Qc1 f5 12. h4 Nf6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nf4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Re7 16. b4 Rae8 17. c4 h6 18. cxd5 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nd3 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rec1 Rc4 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na6 f4 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Rc1 fxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxc4 Ra3 31. b5 Rxa2 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. d5 Rd2 34. Rc7 Kg6 35. Nb4 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Bc5 37. Nc6 Rxd5 38. Nxa7 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Rb1 40. Nc6 f6 41. Na7 f5 42. Kd3 Kg5 43. Rg7+ Kf4 44. Kc4 Rb4+ 45. Kd5 Rd4+ 46. Kc6 Rd6+ 47. Kc7 Rf6 48. Nc6 Ke4 49. Nb8 Bd6+ 50. Kb7 Bxb8 51. Kxb8 f4 52. Kb7 f3 53. Re7+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Nikolaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Rc1 e5 13. Nd5 Qa5 14. a3 Be6 15. Nd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Re1 Qe7 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. Rc3 Nd7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bxd6 Rc2 25. e5 Rxb2 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6 Nf6 28. Rc1 Ne4 29. Bb4 Nc3 30. e7 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Kf7 32. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Vladimir V"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[ECO "B96"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nce2 0-0-0 14. Kb1 h5 15. h4 hxg4 16. Qxg4 Nc5 17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 d5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Nc3 Rdg8 21. Qf3 Bf2 22. Rh2 Bg3 23. Rh3 Qf2 24. Qxf2 Bxf2 25. h5 d4 26. Ne2 Rg4 27. Rf1 Be3 28. Ng3 Rhg8 29. h6 Bxh6 30. Rxh6 Rxg3 31. b4 R8g7 32. Rxf6 Rh7 33. Kb2 Kc7 34. Rf2 Bc6 35. Re2 Kd7 36. Kc1 Rg8 37. c4 dxc3 38. Rc2 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Chichkin, Vasily"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 b5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Qxb7 Nb4 11. Nxd5 Rb8 12. Nxc7+ Ke7 13. Bg5+ f6 14. exf6+ gxf6 15. Qe4+ Kf7 16. Ne5+ Kg7 17. Bh6+ Kxh6 18. Nf7+ Kg7 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. 0-0 Bd6 21. Nd5 Nc6 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Nogin, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. e5 cxd4 11. cxd4 0-0 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Independence Cup-B 3rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ovcharov, Taras"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nxe5 Bb4 9. Bg2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bxb7 c6 14. Bxa8 Ne7 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Be3 Qa4 17. Qd6 Nd5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Rab1 Nb6 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 h5 22. Qxg6 N8d7 23. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Lukyanov, Mikhail"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.07.15"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 Nb4 11. Rc1 exd5 12. a3 Na6 13. cxd5 0-0 14. b4 f6 15. e6 Nb8 16. Bc5 Nc8 17. Nh4 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Qe8 20. Nb5 Na6 21. Bd3 f5 22. Qg3 Bxc5 23. bxc5 c6 24. Nd6 Nxd6 25. cxd6 cxd5 26. e7 Rf6 27. Qe5 Qd7 28. Qxd5+ Qe6+ 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6+ 30. Kf2 Rxd6 31. Bc4+ Kh7 32. Rhd1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Re8 34. Re1 Nc5 35. Bb5 Ne4+ 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Musienko, Olexiy"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2003.07.14"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. 0-0 d5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nh6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Be6 15. Qc5 Bd5 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Rac1 0-0 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 e6 21. Bxa7 f6 22. b4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bc5+ Kg8 26. Ra7 Rxa7 27. Bxa7 Bd6 28. b5 Ng4 29. h3 Ne5 30. Be2 Nd7 31. a4 Bb4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. h4 Ba5 35. g4 e5 36. g5 Kd6 37. Bg4 Be1 38. h5 Bh4 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. a5 Bxg5+ 41. Ke2 Bd8 42. Bxd7 Kxd7 43. a6 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Pasemko, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.07.13"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. d4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 Bg4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nbd2 d5 12. h3 Bf5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. b4 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nf3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qf4 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Rb8 25. a3 a5 26. bxa5 Rb5 27. a4 Rxc5 28. Nb3 Rc4 29. a6 Re4 30. a7 Re8 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kruchenenko, Sergiy"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 Nc6 6. c3 h6 7. h4 Bg7 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. b4 Bd7 10. a4 0-0-0 11. a5 Nb8 12. Qb3 g4 13. Ne1 Qxe4 14. Bxf4 Qe7 15. b5 Qxh4 16. b6 axb6 17. g3 Qe7 18. axb6 c6 19. Bxf7 Nf6 20. Nd2 Rdf8 21. Nc4 Ne4 22. Bg6 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Nxg3 24. Rf7 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Qh4 26. Nxd6+ Kd8 27. Nxb7+ Kc8 28. Nd6+ Kd8 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Ra7+ Kxd6 31. Qb4+ Ke6 32. Qc4+ Kd6 33. Qc5+ Ke6 34. Bf5+ Kf6 35. Qe5+ Kg5 36. Rxg7+ Kh5 37. Bxg4# 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Rudovskya, Regina"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2003.07.11"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. e3 b6 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg3 exd4 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Nxc7+ Ke7 16. Nxa8 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3+ 18. Kd1 Bxa8 19. Kc2 Bg7 20. Rd1 f5 21. Bd6+ Ke6 22. Ba3 Nd4+ 23. Kb1 f4 24. Bb2 Rd8 25. Re1 Kf5 26. g3 Kg4 27. Bg2 f3 28. Bf1 g5 29. h4 Kf5 30. hxg5 Kxg5 31. Rd1 h5 32. Bh3 e3 33. Bxd4 Be4+ 34. Kc1 Bxd4 35. fxe3 Bxe3+ 36. Kb2 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Bf2 38. Rd7 Bxg3 39. Rxa7 Be5+ 40. Kc1 Bd3 41. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Makhno, Oleg"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Qf3 f6 10. 0-0 Qa5 11. Re1 f5 12. e6 d5 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Nxd5 Kd8 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bb4 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5+ Ke8 19. Red1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Savian, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2003.07.09"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nc2 Nc5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2 c6 15. Ba3 Nfd7 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Nd1 Ne5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe3 Rad8 20. Nf2 b6 21. f4 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. h3 Bc8 24. e5 Qf5 25. Be4 Qxh3 26. Qf2 Bf5 27. Bg2 Qh5 28. Bxc6 Re7 29. Bd5 Qh3 30. Ne3 h5 31. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Karnaukh, Anatolij"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.07.08"]
[ECO "C36"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 cxd5 8. Bxf4 0-0 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Kf1 Nxf3 19. gxf3 a6 20. Bc7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 f6 22. Rd4 Rf7 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. Bd6 g5 25. Rb8 b5 26. Ra8 Kg7 27. Rxa6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Rc7 29. Rd5 Rc2 30. h4 gxh4 31. Rxb5 Rxb2 32. Kg1 Kg6 33. b4 h3 34. Rb8 Kf5 35. Rh8 Rg2+ 36. Kh1 Rg7 37. Kh2 Kf4 38. Rf8 f5 39. b5 Rb7 40. Rh8 Kxf3 41. Kxh3 f4 42. Kh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 2nd"]
[White "Stakanova, Anastasia"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2003.07.07"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Ne1 b5 10. Kh1 Rb8 11. f4 b4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. h3 d5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. g4 Ng3+ 18. Nxg3 Bxg3 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Bc7 21. Qf3 Qd6 22. Rf2 h5 23. gxh5 Rb5 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. h6+ Kxh6 26. Qf6 Rg5 27. Qxd6 Bb7+ 28. Ng2 Bxd6 29. Raf1 Bc5 30. Re2 Kg7 31. d4 Bxd4 32. Rd2 Be3 33. Re2 Rxg2 34. Rxg2 Rxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Kh2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Padalkin, Ilia"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 h6 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Rab1 Rb6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c4 Bg4 16. Bc3 Nh5 17. Qe3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nf4 19. g3 Ne6 20. Rxb6 axb6 21. Bxe5 Ng5 22. Qc3 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kabanov, Anatoliy"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d6 4. cxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. Be3 e6 10. Qd2 b5 11. b4 Bb7 12. d5 Re8 13. a4 exd5 14. exd5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Rxe4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Bxb5 Nd7 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Bd4 Ne5 22. Qh6 f6 23. Be4 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qe7 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Grek, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 Qd7 9. Na3 0-0-0 10. Nc2 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. d5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nd4 Kb8 16. Ne6 Rc8 17. b3 Bh6 18. Bh3 Rhg8 19. Kf2 Qd6 20. Bf5 Ng6 21. Qd4 Rce8 22. Bxg6 Rxg6 23. f4 f5 24. Rae1 Rg4 25. Re5 Reg8 26. Rxf5 Rg2+ 27. Kf3 Bg7 28. Nxg7 R8xg7 29. Rf8+ Kc7 30. Re1 e5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. fxe5 Rxa2 33. e6 Re7 34. Rf7 Kd6 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. d6+ Ke8 37. d7+ Ke7 38. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Berezin, Viktor1"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 b5 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. e5 Nb4 11. Be4 d5 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e6 17. g4 Rc8 18. h4 f6 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nxd5 fxe5 21. Nb6 Nd4 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Qe4 Qxc5 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Bd5 d3 27. c3 Qf2 28. Bb3 Qxf4+ 29. Kb1 a5 30. g5 b4 31. h5 Qxg5 32. hxg6 h6 33. Rd1 bxc3 34. bxc3 Rb8 35. Qc4 Qg2 36. Rxd3 Qxg6 37. Kc2 Rd8 38. Kd2 Qg2+ 39. Kd1 Qf1+ 40. Kd2 Re8 41. Re3 Qf2+ 42. Re2 Rd8+ 43. Kc2 Qf3 44. Rd2 Qf5+ 45. Rd3 Rc8 46. Qd5 Rxc3+ 47. Kd2 Qf4+ 48. Ke2 Rc8 49. Qf7 Qe5+ 50. Re3 Qb2+ 51. Kd3 Rc3+ 52. Ke4 Qb1+ 53. Kf3 Qh1+ 54. Ke2 Qg2+ 55. Kd1 Qg1+ 56. Re1 Qd4+ 57. Ke2 Qd3+ 58. Kf2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Al Hammami, Jakov"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. d3 0-0-0 9. c4 Qxd3 10. Qxd3 Rxd3 11. 0-0 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rxf3 13. Ng5 Rf5 14. Be3 Be7 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Bxh4 17. Rad1 g5 18. Rd2 g4 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Rfd1 Nd4 22. Kg2 Rf3 23. Kg1 f5 24. Kg2 Rfh3 25. f3 gxf3+ 26. Kf2 f4 27. Rg1 Rh2+ 28. Ke1 g4 29. Rxh2 Rxh2 30. Rxg4 Nc2+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Kg1 Nxg4 33. b4 f2+ 34. Kf1 f3 35. b5 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ostapenko, Andrey"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 0-0 14. Qh3 Rf7 15. Rhf1 Qc5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Ne2 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Nd4 Kf7 25. Nb3 Nf6 26. Na5 Bc8 27. Nc4 Bd7 28. e5 Ne8 29. exd6 Bxd6 30. Nxd6+ Nxd6 31. c4 Bc6 32. c5 Ne4 33. Be3 Nf6 34. g3 Ng4 35. Bg1 Ne5 36. Be2 Nf3 37. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Moliboga, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Ng5 c6 6. c4 Nc7 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. d5 0-0 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Be3 e5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd6 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne6 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. 0-0 Ng7 20. Bc5 Rf7 21. Rde1 Rd8 22. Qg3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qd7 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Bg4 Qb8 26. Bd6 Qb7 27. b3 Nd7 28. Ne4 Re8 29. Qd3 Be5 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Stas, Vasilij"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nd7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. f5 gxf5 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. exf5 d5 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Bd3 0-0 13. Qe1 Qd6 14. Qh4 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Re3 h6 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Ree1 Rfe8 21. h3 Nf6 22. Bxh6 Ne4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Rf4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 1st"]
[White "Levenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. 0-0 e5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Rad1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 exd4 15. Bxd4 Qd7 16. Kg2 Ne6 17. Bc3 d5 18. Qb2 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nef4+ 20. exf4 Nxf4+ 21. Kg1 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Neporozhniy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 Ba5 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Qxf4 15. Qh5 g6 16. Be5 gxh5 17. Bxf4 c4 18. Bc2 Re8 19. Ba4 Re6 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Bd7 Kf7 23. Re1 Ke7 24. Bxe6 Kf6 25. Bd7 Rd8 26. Be8 h4 27. Be5+ Kg5 28. f4+ Kf5 29. Ba4 d4 30. Bxd4 Be4 31. g3 Rxd4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Bc2 hxg3 34. hxg3 Bc7 35. Kf2 Bxf4 36. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Zhesterev, Anatoliy"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2002.06.29"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 d5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. c3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb7 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Be3 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Qa5 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. Rab1 0-0 21. b4 Qc7 22. Rdc1 Qd7 23. a5 Rfc8 24. b5 axb5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Ba6 27. Rbb1 Ba3 28. Na4 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rc8 31. Be3 Nd5 32. Nb6 Rc3 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. h4 g6 35. g3 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Nf3 f6 38. Bd4 Rd3 39. Bc5+ Kf7 40. Nd4 g5 41. hxg5 fxg5 42. Nf3 Kf6 43. Be3 g4 44. Nd4 Ra3 45. Bd2 Bd3 46. Nc6 Be4+ 47. Kf1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Liublinskaya, Liudmila"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2002.06.28"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bc1 exf4 14. gxf4 fxe4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ngxe4 Nf5 17. Kh2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qh4 19. Rb1 Nh6 20. b4 Bf5 21. Rb3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rae8 23. Bg2 Re7 24. Rd3 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Nf5 26. Qf2 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 Bd4 28. Rc2 Re1 29. Bf3 Rf1 30. c5 Ree1 31. Bb2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Shchukin, Igor"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2002.06.27"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 h6 6. h4 d6 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 g4 9. Bxf4 gxf3 10. Qxf3 Qf6 11. Nd2 Nge7 12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Bxd6 Ne2+ 14. Bxe2 Qxd6 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Nc4 Qc5+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18. cxd4 c6 19. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Okhrimenko, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2002.06.26"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qf4 d5 14. Bd3 Nd8 15. Rh3 c5 16. Rg3 Bd7 17. h5 Nc6 18. 0-0-0 Rb8 19. Nh4 Kg8 20. Re1 b5 21. Ree3 Qf8 22. Rxg7+ Qxg7 23. Rg3 Qxg3 24. fxg3 b4 25. Qf6 bxc3 26. bxc3 c4 27. Bc2 d4 28. cxd4 Nxd4 29. Kd2 Nc6 30. Ng6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Goncharov, Oleh"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2002.06.25"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qh5 Ke7 14. Re4 Rag8 15. f4 f5 16. Qxf5 Rg6 17. Bd2 b5 18. Bb3 Rhg8 19. g4 R8g7 20. d5 Nf6 21. dxe6 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qxf5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. Qd3 Rxg4 26. hxg4 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Artemchuk, Taras"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2002.06.24"]
[ECO "D89"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Rc1 Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 b5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Rfd1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bb5 23. Qb4 Qd7 24. Bb2 a5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qe3 Rac8 27. Bc3 a4 28. e5 Rc4 29. exf6 exf6 30. Qe6+ Qxe6 31. dxe6 Rfc8 32. Bb2 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Endovitsky, Pavel"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Be6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Qe2 Bxc4 7. dxc4 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nd2 exf4 11. Nf3 Qf6 12. Rf1 Nh6 13. h3 0-0-0 14. Bd2 g5 15. 0-0-0 Rde8 16. h4 Qg6 17. Nxg5 f6 18. Nh3 Rxe4 19. Qf3 Be3 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Rhe8 22. h5 Qg7 23. Qf2 b6 24. Rde1 R4e7 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd2 Ng4 27. Qf5+ Kb8 28. Rf4 Ne3 29. Qxf6 Qxg2 30. b4 Re5 31. Qd8+ Kb7 32. Rf8 Qh1+ 33. Kb2 Nxc4+ 34. Kc2 Qe4+ 35. Kc1 Ka6 36. Qxc7 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 03rd"]
[White "Polishchuk, Taras"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 c6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 Nef6 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne2 Neg4 15. Qc1 Re8 16. Nf4 Qb6+ 17. d4 Bd7 18. Ned3 Ne4 19. c3 Re7 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. Re2 Ngf6 23. Rae1 Ref8 24. Ba3 Qa5 25. Bb4 Qd8 26. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Bronzey, Antonin"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Bd6 Qa5 15. Nxe5 Rad8 16. Qc1 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Qxe5 18. Rfd1 Bxc4 19. e4 Be6 20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Kh2 N6d7 22. e5 g5 23. Ne4 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nxe5 26. b3 Ned7 27. Ng3 Nf6 28. Rcd1 Nd5 29. Nh5 Ng6 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Kg3 Re3+ 33. Kf2 Rxh3 34. Rg1 Rf3+ 35. Ke2 Rxf4 36. Rf1 Rxf1 37. Kxf1 h5 38. Rd7 b5 39. Rxa7 h4 40. a4 Bxb3 41. a5 b4 42. Rc7 Ne5 43. a6 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Gorbov, Alexey"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 f6 11. Be3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 N8d7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Rad1 h6 16. b3 Bb4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Qxd3 Qf7 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. Rf1 Qxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Nd7 24. Bf4 c6 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Bd6 Ba5 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 a6 29. Bd6 Kg6 30. Ke3 Kf5 31. Bf8 Kf6 32. Bd6 g6 33. Ke4 Bb6 34. Be5+ Kf7 35. Bb8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Kabanov, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nc3 a6 9. d4 Rb8 10. d5 Na5 11. Qc2 b5 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nce4 Nh5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. gxf4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Bf5 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. Ng3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Bh3 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Rb2 25. Bxf5 Rexe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. a4 a5 28. Ra3 Rb2 29. Rc3 Nh5 30. Bd7 Nxf4 31. Rf3 Ng6 32. Rf6 Rb6 33. Bc6 Ne5 34. Rxd6 Nxc4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bb5 Rd6 37. Rc8 Ne3 38. Rxc5 Rxd5 39. Rc6 Nf5 40. Ra6 Nd6 41. Rxa5 Rf5 42. Kg2 h5 43. h3 Rd5 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Ra6 Kg5 46. Rb6 Kh4 47. Bf1 Rf5+ 48. Kg2 Rg5+ 49. Kh2 Rd5 50. a5 Nf5 51. a6 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Ra2 53. Rf6 Ne3 54. Rxf7 Nxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Kochura, Evgenia"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Bg5 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Nd1 Nxe4 10. Qxb4 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 e5 12. Nf3 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Qc4 cxd4 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Qb5 d5 17. c4 dxc3 18. Nxc3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nd7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nc6 Rdc8 25. Rxd7 Rxc6 26. b3 Rxa2 27. h3 Rb2 28. Rd3 b5 29. Re1 Bc3 30. Rc1 b4 31. Re3 Rf6 32. Rf1 Rxb3 33. Re2 Rb2 34. Re4 Rc2 35. Rc4 b3 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 b2 38. Rb5 Rfxf2 39. Rxf2 Bd4 40. Kh2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Levenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d6 6. d3 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c4 Bf5 9. a3 a6 10. 0-0 b5 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. f4 Rab8 14. Nhf3 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Nxe3 16. Qe1 Kxg7 17. Rf2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Rb8 20. Qc1 Nf5 21. h3 Qb6 22. g4 Nfd4 23. Bf1 Qb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Ne4 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Nc2 28. Nc3 Nxa3 29. Bg2 Nc2 30. Ke2 h5 31. g5 Bc6 32. Bxc6 Nd4+ 33. Kd2 Nxc6 34. Nd5 Kf8 35. Kc3 Nd4 36. Kd2 Ke8 37. Nc7+ Kd7 38. Nd5 a5 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Ke4 a4 41. Nc3 a3 42. h4 Nf5 43. Na2 Nxh4 44. d4 cxd4 45. Kxd4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Elgort, Boris"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 d5 9. 0-0-0 dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 bxc6 12. Nxe4 Nd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. c4 fxg5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rxd5 Bb7 17. Rc5 g4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rf1 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 gxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Bxe4+ 23. Rd3 Bxd3+ 24. Bxd3 Bf4 25. h3 Rf8 26. Ra5 Bb8 27. Rb5 Bd6 28. Ra5 Rf3 29. Be4 Re3 30. Bc6 Bb8 31. h4 Kg7 32. Rb5 Bf4 33. a4 Rh3 34. Rb7 Kf6 35. Rxa7 Rxh4 36. a5 Bd6 37. Rb7 Rc4 38. Bb5 Rc7 39. Rb6 Ke5 40. Bf1 Kd4 41. b4 Kc3 42. b5 Kb4 43. a6 Ka5 44. Rb8 Rc1+ 45. Kxc1 Bxb8 46. Kd2 Ba7 47. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Khmarsky, Vladimir"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Rb3 Qc5 15. f5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qe5 17. Na4 0-0 18. Qe7 exf5 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. exf5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Re8 22. h3 Re5 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb6 a5 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Rbxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Ke7 29. g4 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Rxa2 32. Ra6 h6 33. Ke4 g6 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. d4 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Kd5 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Lebed, Petr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "C34"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Nh5 6. d4 Bf5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. a3 g6 9. 0-0 a6 10. Ne1 Ng7 11. Bxf4 h5 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Nf3 h4 15. Rad1 h3 16. g3 Bg4 17. Ng5 Bxe2 18. Nxf7 Qd7 19. Qxe2 Rh7 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 0-0-0 22. e6 Qe8 23. Qf3 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Qf7 Rh8 26. Qxe8 Rhxe8 27. Rf6 Rd6 28. Ne2 g5 29. Rh6 Nf5 30. Rxh3 Rdxe6 31. Nc3 Ne3 32. Re1 Nxc2 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Rh5 Nxd4 35. Kf2 Re5 36. h4 Ne6 37. Kf3 d4 38. Nd1 Re1 39. Nf2 Re3+ 40. Kg4 gxh4 41. gxh4 d3 42. Rf5 c6 43. h5 Nd4 44. Rf8+ Kd7 45. h6 Re7 46. Nxd3 Rh7 47. Kh5 Ne6 48. Rb8 Kc7 49. Rg8 Rd7 50. Ne5 Rd5 51. h7 Rxe5+ 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53. Kg3 Re3+ 54. Kh2 Re2+ 55. Rg2 Rxg2+ 56. Kxg2 Nf4+ 57. Kf3 Ng6 58. Ke4 Kd6 59. Kd4 c5+ 60. Kc4 b5+ 61. Kc3 Kd5 62. Kd3 c4+ 63. Kc3 a5 64. Kc2 Kd4 65. Kd2 b4 66. axb4 axb4 67. Kc2 c3 68. bxc3+ bxc3 69. Kc1 Kd3 70. Kd1 0-1

[Event "Stepichev Memorial 09th"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Perun, Sergey"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.12.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Be7 12. Rfd1 0-0 13. Qf2 Nbd7 14. Rd2 Rac8 15. Rad1 b4 16. Na4 d5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Qb8 19. Ba7 Qa8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Re2 a5 22. Kh1 a4 23. Na5 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qh4 g6 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. b3 Be7 28. Qh6 Qb6 29. f4 Rc6 30. Rde1 Rfc8 31. Re3 Bf8 32. Qh4 Qd4 33. Rh3 h6 34. Qg4 Bg7 35. Rg3 Kh8 36. bxa4 Rxc2 37. Bxc2 Rxc2 38. a3 bxa3 39. Rxa3 Bxe5 40. Qh4 Qd2 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Rg1 Rc1 43. Rf3 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 01st"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Qd2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. f3 Qe8 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Nge2 f5 11. 0-0-0 Ndf6 12. Rdf1 a6 13. h3 f4 14. Bh4 c5 15. Kc2 Bd7 16. Ra1 b5 17. b3 b4 18. Nd1 h6 19. Nb2 Nh7 20. Rhb1 Bf6 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Qe1 Rfb8 23. Kd2 Ng5 24. Bc2 Bxh3 25. Qh1 Bd7 26. a4 Kf7 27. Qe1 Rh8 28. Kd3 Rag8 29. Qd2 Ng7 30. Rh1 Ke8 31. Rh2 h5 32. Rah1 Nf7 33. Qe1 g5 34. g3 g4 35. Ng1 h4 36. Rxh4 Bxh4 37. gxf4 Bxf2 38. Rxh8 Rxh8 39. Qxf2 exf4 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 01st"]
[White "Kazarian, Georgy"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Rfe1 Na5 13. Bf1 e5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. c4 Bg4 19. Nd2 a5 20. Ra3 Kh7 21. Nf1 Bg5 22. f3 Bd7 23. Rd1 Rbe8 24. Rad3 Re7 25. b3 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Ng3 Be8 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Be4 Bg6 30. Rd6 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Bd4 32. Rxg6 Kxg6 33. Bxf5+ Kg7 34. Qe4 Qd6 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Be4 Qe6 37. Qh5 Rg7 38. Qh4 Re7 39. Bd5 Qg6 40. Qh3 Kg7 41. Be4 Qg5 42. Bd5 h5 43. Qc8 Kh6 44. Qh8+ Rh7 45. Qc8 Rg7 46. Qh8+ Rh7 47. Qc8 Rg7 48. g3 h4 49. Be4 Rg8 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kf6 52. g4 h3 53. Bd5 Rf8 54. Qd6+ Kg7 55. Qxb6 Qe3 56. Qc7+ Kh6 57. Be4 Qe2 58. Qh7+ Kg5 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 01st"]
[White "Kovalenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. e3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Be2 Ba6 8. 0-0 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qc8 10. Ne5 Qb7 11. a4 d6 12. Nec4 Nc6 13. Qf3 a6 14. Nxd6 exd6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxf6 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. d5 Na5 19. Nd2 c4 20. Ne4 Nb3 21. Rad1 b5 22. h4 Ra7 23. h5 Qe7 24. h6 Qxf6 25. Nxf6+ Kh8 26. f4 bxa4 27. e4 Rb7 28. e5 Nc5 29. Rfe1 Nd3 30. exd6 Nxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxb2 32. d7 Rbb8 33. Re7 Rf8 34. Re4 a3 35. Rxc4 Rfd8 36. Ra4 Rb6 37. Re4 Rbb8 38. Re2 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rbb8 40. c4 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 01st"]
[White "Semenov, Dmitri"]
[Black "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nge2 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. Bh6 d5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nexc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3+ Nd4 18. Qxc5 Rb5 19. Qc3 Kg8 20. Kh2 Be6 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. f4 Rc8 23. Qd2 Rh5 24. h4 f6 25. Be4 Rhc5 26. Rfc1 Bg4 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 f5 30. Qc4+ Kg7 31. Bd5 Qa7 32. Qc3 Kh6 33. Kg2 e6 34. Nxg4+ fxg4 35. Be4 Nf5 36. Bxf5 exf5 37. d4 Qb7+ 38. Kf2 Qd5 39. b3 Kh5 40. a3 h6 41. Qd3 g5 42. Qe3 Kg6 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Qxg5+ Kh7 45. Qe3 Kg6 46. Qd3 Kh5 47. Qe3 Kg6 48. Ke2 Qd6 49. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 01st"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Babionyshev, Vladimir"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Bg4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nge7 11. g4 Rc8 12. 0-0-0 Qa5 13. Kb1 b5 14. h4 h6 15. h5 g5 16. Bg2 f5 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Ne2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Rf8 20. c3 Ke7 21. Nc1 b4 22. Nd3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Na5 24. Nc5 Nc4 25. Rd3 Rb8+ 26. Ka1 Nfxe3 27. fxe3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 01st"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Neporozhniy, Konstantin"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 f5 11. Nc2 Be7 12. a4 bxa4 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nb4 Qb5 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Qc6+ Qxc6 20. Nxc6 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Kd7 22. Nxa5 Rhb8 23. b4 Nb6 24. Ra3 Nd5 25. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 01st"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Pernikuza, Alexander"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Be7 11. Nc2 Bg5 12. a4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Bd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Qc5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Na3 Qb7 21. Rc3 f5 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Ng6 24. g3 Qa7 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Rac1 Rb8 27. Nb1 Rbb7 28. Nd2 Ne7 29. Nb3 Ra3 30. Na5 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Ra7 32. Nc6 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kf3 Nxc6 35. dxc6 Bc8 36. Bxb5 Rxh2 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. b5 Rb2 39. Rb3 Rc2 40. Bd5 h5 41. b6 Bg4+ 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. b7 Rxg3+ 44. Kf2 Rxb3 45. Bxb3 1-0

[Event "Kurass Memorial op 01st"]
[White "Zhirnov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Sakhnenko, S."]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Ng6 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bxf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxd4 15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. Qc4 Qc6 17. Qxc6+ Nxc6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Ne4 Rd4 20. Ng5 0-0 21. Bh2 Rd2 22. Rab1 Re2 23. a3 Bc5 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd4 26. Re2 Re8 27. e6 fxe6 28. Nxe6 Bf6 29. b3 g5 30. Re4 Kf7 31. Nc5 Rd8 32. Re1 b6 33. Ne4 Rd3 34. Nd6+ Kg6 35. Rb1 Nd4 36. Nc8 Nxb3 37. Nxa7 Nd2 38. Rxb6 Rxa3 39. Nc6 Ra1+ 40. Bg1 Nc4 41. Rb4 Ne3 42. Kh2 Nf1+ 43. Kh1 1/2-1/2

