[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qe2
c5 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rc1 a5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Bxc6
Qxc6 21. Rfe1 a4 22. Nc4 Ne8 23. Qh5 Qb7 24. f4 Nd6 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. f5 Kh7
27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Re3 Rad8 29. Rf1 exf5 30. exf5 Qd7 31. Re4 Ra8 32. h4 Rd5
33. f6 Qxg4 34. Rxg4 gxf6 35. Rxf6 Ra7 36. Kf2 h5 37. Rgf4 Kg8 38. R6f5
Rad7 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxa4 Bg7 41. Ke2 Bxc3 42. bxc3 Kf8 43. Re4 f5 44. c4
Rd6 45. Re5 Rd4 46. Rxf5+ Ke7 47. Re5+ Kf6 48. Rxc5 Rxh4 49. a4 Ke6 50. a5
Kd6 51. Rb5 Kc6 52. a6 Rxc4 53. Ra5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Na6 9. d3 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Qd2 Qd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 c5 9. d5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Qxc4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14.
O-O Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd6 Nxc5
8. Bxe7 Kxe7 9. cxd5 Qb6 10. Qc2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5+ exd5 12. e3 Bg4 13. Be2
Qb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Bf5 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. O-O Rhd8 18. Nd4 Bg6 19.
Rfd1 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 c6 8.
a3 Qa5 9. Nc3 cxd5 10. Bf4 N4c6 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. O-O O-O 14.
Re1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Rxe7 Rac8 17. d6 g5 18. Bxg5 Qxd6 19. Ne4 Qg6 20.
Nh4 Qxg5 21. Nxg5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nc5 23. b4 Bf6 24. Ree1 Nce6 25. Nxe6 fxe6
26. Bxb7 Rc3 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Nc2 29. Ng2 Nxa3 30. Nf4 Rd8 31. Rc1 Bg5
32. Rc3 Nb1 33. Rc7 e5 34. Be4 exf4 35. exf4 Bf6 36. Bxh7+ Kh8 37. Bxb1
Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rxb1 39. Rxa7 Rxb4 40. Kf3 Rb2 41. h4 Rb3+ 42. Kg2 Bc3 43. Re7
Bd2 44. f5 Kg8 45. Re6 Kf7 46. h5 Rb5 47. g4 Bg5 48. Rg6 Rb2+ 49. Kf3 Rb3+
50. Ke2 Bf6 51. h6 Rh3 52. Kf2 Rh2+ 53. Kf3 Rh3+ 54. Kf4 Rh4 55. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nh3 f5 12. Qh5 Qe8 13. Qh4 Qe7 14.
Bg5 Qf7 15. f3 Kg8 16. Bd2 Na4 17. O-O Nb2 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bc3 Bd7 20. Kh1
g5 21. Qf2 b5 22. Rfb1 Rb8 23. Bb4 a6 24. Bc5 Nb6 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. a4 bxa4
27. Bxa6 Na5 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Qe8 30. Qf1 Nc4 31. Rb4 Ra8 32. Nf2 Rh7
33. Nd3 Rc7 34. Ra2 a3 35. c3 f4 36. Qc1 Rac8 37. h3 Qg6 38. Ne1 Qf5 39.
Kh2 h5 40. Nc2 g4 41. Nxa3 g3+ 42. Kh1 Ra7 43. Rb3 Rca8 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Ionov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A34"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 d4 7. Nb1 Nd7 8. Bg2
f6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3 fxe5 11. fxe5 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. O-O Rf5 14. Qe2
Nf8 15. Nbd2 Ng6 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolenko,O"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bg5 b4 11. Ne2 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. a3
h6 15. Nf3 d6 16. Qd2 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 O-O 20. Bxc6
Qxc6 21. Re1 Qc5 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. h3 Qb6 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 d5 26. exd5
Bxd5 27. Nde2 Qc6 28. f3 Qc7 29. Nf1 Bc4 30. Nfg3 Rd8 31. Qf4 e5 32. Qe3
Rd3 33. Qf2 Be6 34. Rc1 Qc4 35. Qb6 Nd7 36. Qf2 Rd2 37. Qe3 Rd3 38. Qe4 Rd2
39. Qe3 Qc5 40. Qxc5 Nxc5 41. Ra1 Kh7 42. c4 Rc2 43. Ra3 Rxc4 44. Rc3 g5
45. Rxc4 Bxc4 46. Nc3 Kg6 47. Nge4 Nd3 48. Nf2 Nf4 49. Ng4 Nd3 50. Nf2 Nb4
51. Ng4 Nc6 52. Ne3 Ba6 53. g3 f5 54. Kf2 f4 55. Ng2 Nb4 56. Ne1 Bc8 57. h4
gxh4 58. gxf4 exf4 59. Ne2 Kf5 60. Kg2 Ke5 61. Kh2 Nd5 62. Nd3+ Kf5 63.
Nd4+ Kf6 64. Ne2 Kg5 65. Nd4 h5 66. Nf2 Kg6 67. Ne4 Nf6 68. Nd6 Bd7 69. Ne2
Nd5 70. Ne4 Bf5 71. Nf2 Kf6 72. Nd4 Ne7 73. Nxf5 Kxf5 74. Kh3 Ng6 75. Nd3
Ke6 76. Nc5+ Kd6 77. Ne4+ Ke5 78. Kg2 Ne7 79. Kh3 Nf5 80. Kg2 Ng3 81. Ng5
Nf5 82. Ne4 Kd4 83. Nf6 Ng3 84. Nh7 Ke3 85. Ng5 Nf5 86. Nh3 Nd4 87. Ng5
Nxf3 88. Nh7 Nd2 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14.
Rc3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Rce3 h6 19. h3 Qf7 20.
b4 a6 21. a4 Nxb4 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Ng4 Rff8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Qc2 26.
Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qxc2+ Nxc2 28. Ng4 Nxd4 29. Rb6 Rf7 30. Kf1 Rc7 31. Ke1 Rc4
32. Rxb7 Rxa4 33. Nf6+ Kh6 34. Nxd5 Ra1+ 35. Kd2 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 Nf5 37. g4
Ra3+ 38. Nc3 Nh4 39. Rc7 Nf3 40. Ke3 Ne1 41. f4 Nc2+ 42. Ke4 Ra1 43. Nd5
Ra4+ 44. Ke5 Nd4 45. Rc3 Ne2 46. Re3 Nd4 47. Rc3 Ne2 48. Re3 Nd4 49. Ne7
Nc2 50. Rc3 Nd4 51. f5 Kg5 52. Nd5 Kh4 53. Nf4 Rb4 54. Ne6 Ne2 55. Rc7 Rb5+
56. Kd6 Ng3 57. Rxg7 Nxf5+ 58. gxf5 Rxf5 59. Rh7+ Rh5 60. Rc7 a5 61. Rc3 a4
62. Nf4 Rb5 63. Ng2+ Kg5 64. Ke6 Rb6+ 65. Ke5 Rb3 66. Kd4 Rb2 67. Rc5+ Kh6
68. Nf4 a3 69. Ra5 Ra2 70. Ke3 Ra1 71. Kf2 Ra2+ 72. Kg3 Ra1 73. Ne2 Kg7 74.
Nc3 Kg6 75. Kg2 Kh6 76. Kg3 Kg6 77. Kh4 Kh6 78. Nb5 Rb1 79. Ra6+ Kg7 80.
Nxa3 Rb4+ 81. Kg5 Rb3 82. Ra7+ Kf8 83. h4 Rc3 84. Ra4 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8.
Nd2 Bb7 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Qb1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ra2 Nd7
14. Rb2 a6 15. Bxc4 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxh2
20. Rg3 h5 21. Nf1 Qh1 22. f3 h4 23. Rgg2 Bxf3 24. Rh2 Qg1 25. Rhf2 Bc6 26.
Qa2 Qg8 27. d5 exd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Rd8 30. Rxf6 Qg7 31. Rf5 Rh6 32.
Rb4 Qc3+ 33. Ke2 Rf6 34. Re4+ Kf8 35. Rh5 Rg6 36. Rexh4 Qb2+ 37. Nd2 Qb5+
38. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gleizerov,E"]
[Black "Solovjov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. a4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 a6 9. O-O Ne7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 f6 14.
Nf3 Nbc6 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 16. e4 O-O 17. b3 Qd7 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Be3 f5 20.
Qc2 fxe4 21. Ng5 Qd5 22. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be4 Nf6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14.
Re1 Qxc5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bg5 Rac8 17. h3 Bd5 18. Qe2 Ba8 19. Rad1 Ne4 20.
Nxe4 Qxe5 21. Bh4 Rfe8 22. Nc3 Qf5 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Bg3 Rd7 25. Be5 Rxd1 26.
Nxd1 f6 27. Bc3 Qd5 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Rxe8 Qxe8 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14.
Bg3 Bg7 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. Re1 Qd8 17. d5 Bd7 18. Bh2 Nh5 19. Nb5 Bf6 20. Nbd4
Ng7 21. c3 Ng6 22. Ne6 fxe6 23. Bxg6 e5 24. Qd3 Be8 25. Nd2 Qd7 26. Bxe8
Nxe8 27. Ne4 Bg7 28. c4 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bg3 Kg7 31. f3 Rd8 32. b4 a5
33. bxa5 Ra8 34. Rb1 Rxa5 35. Rxb7 Rxa2 36. c5 Qc8 37. Qb3 e4 38. Qxa2 Qxb7
39. cxd6 cxd6 40. fxe4 Qb4 41. Qe2 Qd4+ 42. Kh2 Be5 43. Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 44. Kg1
Qd4+ 45. Kf1 Qf6+ 46. Qf3 Qa1+ 47. Kf2 Qe5 48. h4 gxh4 49. Qg4+ Kf7 50.
Qxh4 h5 51. g3 Qb2+ 52. Kf3 Qc3+ 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qc8+ 55. g4 Qxg4+ 56.
Qxg4 hxg4+ 57. Kxg4 Kg6 58. Kf3 Kf7 59. Ke2 Ke8 60. Kf2 Kf8 61. Kg3 Kg7 62.
Kh4 Kf6 63. Kg4 Kg6 64. Kf3 Kf7 65. Ke2 Ke8 66. Kd2 Kd8 67. Kc3 Kc7 68. Kc4
Kc8 69. Kb4 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Qd2 dxc4 8. Nc3
Qb4 9. a3 Qb3 10. Rc1 Ne7 11. Nge2 Bd3 12. Rh3 Qb6 13. Ng3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1
Nd7 15. Nge4 Nf5 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bc5 20.
Nc3 Be7 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Rd3 O-O 23. Rd6 Qc5 24. Rd7 Nc6 25. Rxb7 Na5 26.
Rb5 Qc7 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. exd6 Nc6 29. Rc4 Nd8 30. Rc7 f5 31. Na4 Nf7 32. d7
Nd6 33. Ra5 Rfd8 34. Nc5 Kf7 35. Raxa7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Ke7 37. a4 e5 38. b4
1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin,A"]
[Black "Danin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. h4 fxe4 11. h5 gxh5 12. d5 Na5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 Qd6 15. Rxh5 Qxh6+ 16. Rxh6 Nac4 17. Re1 Bf5 18. fxe4 Bg6 19. Nf3 c6
20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rh4 Rab8 22. b3 Nd6 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Bc2 Nb5 25. Kb2 Nc7
26. e5 Bxc2 27. Kxc2 Rf5 28. Rc4 Nb5 29. Kb2 Nxc3 30. Kxc3 Rc8 31. Rd1 Nb6
32. Rc5 Rff8 33. Rd2 Nd5+ 34. Kc2 Rfd8 35. Kb2 Nb4 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Rc4
Nd3+ 38. Kc3 Rd5 39. Rd4 Rxd4 40. Kxd4 Nc1 41. Kc5 Nxa2 42. Kxc6 Kf7 43.
Kd7 h6 44. e6+ Kf6 45. Nh2 h5 46. g4 Nc1 47. gxh5 Nxb3 48. Ng4+ Kg5 49.
Kxe7 Nd4 50. h6 Kg6 51. Kd7 Nf5 52. Ne3 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Silivanov,S"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3
8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Qf5 Nd7 13. Qg4 h5 14.
Qxh5 d4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. f4 Rb8 18. b3 Rb5 19. e5 Nf6 20.
Qf3 Nd5 21. g3 Ne3 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Rxc6 Qxh3 24. Rc7 Rb6 25. Re1 Rh6 26.
Re2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. Nxe3 dxe3 30. f5 Bd4 31. Kg2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 b5 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. h4 e5 10. h5 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Ng4 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rh4 Ndf6 14. hxg6
fxg6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rxh6 Kg7 17. Rh1 Qb6 18. Rf1 Be6 19. O-O-O c5 20.
Bxb5 a6 21. Ba4 Rab8 22. b3 Qb4 23. Ng5 Bg8 24. Nb1 Qxd2+ 25. Nxd2 Nh5 26.
Ndf3 Nf4 27. Bd7 Nf6 28. g3 Ne2+ 29. Kb2 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxf3 31. Bg4 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuzmin,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O
h6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Re1 Ne7 17. Qg4 Rd8 18. Be4 Qb6 19. Qf3 Bd5 20. Bxd5
Rxd5 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. b3 O-O 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nf5 25. Qe2 Rfd8 26. h3
Qb7 27. Red1 Nd4 28. Qg4 f5 29. exf6 Rg5 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. g3
Qf3 33. fxg7 Re4 34. Qd6 Re2 35. Rf1 Rxg7 36. Na5 Rxa2 37. Nc6 Ra6 38. Rc1
Ra2 39. Rf1 Ra6 40. Rc1 Rf7 41. Qc5 Rc7 42. Qc2+ Kg7 43. Qb2+ Qf6 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8.
Nh3 Na5 9. c5 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 d6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Kf2 Rc8 14.
Kg1 Rxc3 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Qh6 Ke7 18. f4 Rhg8 19. e5 dxe5 20.
dxe5 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Rg6 22. Qxh7 Rc2 23. exf6+ Qxf6 24. Ng5 Nb3 25. Rad1 Nc5
26. Qh5 Rh6 27. Qf3 Qh8 28. h3 Qc8 29. f5 Rf6 30. Qg3 Qc6 31. Nh7 Ne4 32.
Qg7 exf5 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Qg8 Qe5 35. Qd8+ Ke6 36. Qe8+ Kf6 37. Qh8+ Ke6
38. Qh6+ f6 39. Rf3 Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 41. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5
8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O c6 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. h3 b5 13. Nf4 Ne6 14. Nce2
Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Bb7 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Re8 20. Bxd6
Qxd6 21. a4 Ba6 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc1 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 f5 26.
Qc2 Rc8 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Qe6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qc4 Re8 31. Kg2 Qxc4 32.
Rxc4 Re6 33. Rc5 h6 34. Kg3 g5 35. f4 exf3 36. Kxf3 Kf7 37. e4 Kg6 38. e5
h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. Rc1 g4+ 41. Kf4 Re8 42. Rh1+ Kg6 43. Rg1 Kf7 44. Rxg4
Rf8 45. Ke4 Ra8 46. Kf5 Ra5 47. Rg6 Ra4 48. e6+ Ke7 49. Rg7+ Kd8 50. Kf6
Ra1 51. Rd7+ Kc8 52. Rf7 Rf1+ 53. Ke5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nh6
8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 f5 10. Qh4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf5 12. Qe1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4+
14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Bd2 Rbe8 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Rbe1 Bxe4
20. Rxe4 e5 21. Ree1 exf4 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Bf6 24. Qg3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1
Kf7 26. h3 h5 27. Qe4 Bd4 28. c3 Bf6 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Bh6+ Kxh6 31. Qxf6 Qg7
32. Qf4+ Kh7 33. Qxd6 Qxc3 34. Kh2 Qc1 35. Qe5 Qd2 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+
Kh7 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qxc5 Qxa2 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4
Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Bxd4
O-O 15. O-O Rc8 16. c3 Nc6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Bf2 Ne7 19. Bc5 Be6 20. Nd4 b6
21. Bd6 Qd7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. h3 Rc4 25. Rf3 h6 26. Re3 Rac8
27. Rf1 Qa4 28. Qb2 Qd7 29. Qd2 Qa4 30. Qb2 Qd7 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Rff3 Qa4
33. Rg3 Qd7 34. Qe2 g6 35. Rgf3 Kg7 36. Rd3 Qa4 37. Qf2 Qd7 38. Rfe3 Ra8
39. Qg3 Rac8 40. Rf3 Qe8 41. Qh4 Qd8 42. Kg3 Bd7 43. Qxd8 Rxd8 44. Kh4 Re8
45. Rfe3 Kf8 46. g4 Ke7 47. Kg3 Rec8 48. Kf3 Be6 49. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Rhd1 h6
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bh5 Rg8 16. g3 b5 17. a3 Kf8 18. f5 Bb7 19. R4d2 Rc8 20.
Re1 Rc5 21. Bf3 Re5 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rxh1+ 26.
Bxh1 a5 27. Rd4 Ke8 28. a4 b4 29. Nb5 Kd7 30. Bg2 Bc6 31. c4 bxc3 32. Nxc3
Bd8 33. Rd1 Bb6 34. Kc2 Ke7 35. b3 Bc5 36. Kd3 Bb7 37. Rh1 Ba6+ 38. Nb5
exf5 39. gxf5 Bb6 40. Rh3 Bxb5+ 41. axb5 Rxb5 42. Kc2 Rb4 43. Rc3 Bc5 44.
Kd1 Kf8 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. Kf3 Bd4 47. Rd3 Be5 48. Ke3 Kh6 49. Bf3 Kg5 50. Bd1
Rb6 51. Rd5 Bc3 52. Kf3 Bb4 53. Be2 Rc6 54. Rd1 Rc3+ 55. Rd3 Rc2 56. Rd4
Bc5 57. Rd1 Rc3+ 58. Rd3 Rc1 59. Rd1 Rc2 60. Bb5 Rc3+ 61. Rd3 Rc1 62. Rd2
Rc3+ 63. Rd3 Rc2 64. Rd1 Rf2+ 65. Kg3 Rf4 66. Bc6 Rg4+ 67. Kf3 Rh4 68. Kg3
Be3 69. Kg2 Rg4+ 70. Kf3 Bf4 71. Kf2 Be5 72. Rd3 Rh4 73. Kf3 Rh3+ 74. Ke2
Rh1 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Ke2 Rc1 77. Bd5 Kf4 78. Rf3+ Kg4 79. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Be6 13. Rd1 Qb8 14. O-O h6
15. Qf2 Rd8 16. Bb6 Rc8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Bb5 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. c4 Qc7
21. Nc3 Na7 22. Bxd7 Bxc4 23. Nd5 Qxd7 24. Nb6 Qb5 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Nxa5
Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 b4 5. a3 g6 6. axb4 cxb4 7. e4 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 Nf6 9. Rxa7 Rxa7 10. Qxa7 Na6 11. Be3 d6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O Qd7 14.
Qb6 O-O 15. Nd4 Ne4 16. Bf3 Nec5 17. Qb5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc7 19. Bxc5 Qxc5
20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd2 Bf5 22. Ra1 b3 23. Bd1 Rb8 24. Kf1 Rb4 25. Ke1 Bc2
26. Ke2 Bd3+ 27. Ke3 Bxc4 28. Ra8+ Kg7 29. Kd4 Be2+ 30. Kc3 Ra4 31. Rxa4
Nxa4+ 32. Kb4 Bxd1 33. Kxa4 Kf6 34. Nc4 Bc2 35. f3 Kf5 36. Kb4 Kf4 37. Kc3
h5 38. Kd2 h4 39. Ke2 g5 40. Na5 Ke5 41. Nc6+ Kxd5 42. Nxe7+ Kc5 43. g3
hxg3 44. hxg3 d5 45. Ke3 d4+ 46. Ke2 f5 47. Ng8 Kd6 48. Nf6 Ke5 49. Nd7+
Ke6 50. Nb6 Kd6 51. Nc4+ Kd5 52. Nb6+ Ke6 53. Nc4 Kf6 54. Kd2 g4 55. fxg4
fxg4 56. Ke2 Be4 57. Nd2 Bd5 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Ke2 Be6 60. Kd3 Bd5 61. Ke2
Kd6 62. Ke1 Kc5 63. Kf2 Bc4 64. Ne4+ Kc6 65. Nf6 Be6 66. Ne4 Kd5 67. Nd2
Ke5 68. Ke2 Bf7 69. Kd3 Be8 70. Ke2 Ba4 71. Kf2 Kd5 72. Ke2 Bb5+ 73. Ke1
Bc4 74. Kf2 Kc5 75. Ne4+ Kc6 76. Nf6 Be6 77. Ne4 Kb5 78. Nd2 Kb4 79. Ke2
Bf5 80. Kf2 Bd3 81. Ke1 Bb5 82. Kf2 Bc4 83. Ke1 Bd5 84. Ke2 Kc5 85. Kd3 Be6
86. Ke4 Bd5+ 87. Kf4 Be6 88. Ke4 Bd5+ 89. Ke5 d3 90. Nb1 Bf3 91. Nd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solovjov,S"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bb5 Nxe3
8. fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Qg5 13. Qf3 Qf6 14.
Qe2 Qg5 15. Qf3 Qg6 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Qa6 O-O 18. Qb7 Bg5 19. Rae1 Rfd8 20.
Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Bf6 22. Ne2 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. Qa4 Bf6 25. Nf4 Qg5
26. Rb5 Rc5 27. Rb7 a5 28. Rfb1 h5 29. Rb8 Rcc8 30. R8b5 Be5 31. Rf1 Rc3
32. Rb7 Bf6 33. Rb5 Be5 34. Rb7 Bf6 35. Rb5 Rc5 36. c4 Ra8 37. Rfb1 Rac8
38. Qxa5 Be5 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Qa7 Rxc4 41. h3 Qg3 42. Rf1 Rc2 43. Rf3
Rxg2+ 44. Nxg2 Qxf3 45. Qa4 g5 46. Qc2 Qxh3 47. a4 Bg3 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Bf5 7. O-O Ndb4
8. Bd2 Bc2 9. Qc1 Be4 10. dxc5 Nc2 11. Nc3 Bg6 12. Rb1 N2b4 13. e4 e6 14.
Be3 Nd3 15. Qc2 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Nd4 Be7 18. Ndb5 O-O 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20.
Rxd6 Ne5 21. Qe2 Na6 22. Rc1 Qc4 23. f4 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Nc6 25. g4 f6 26. a3
Rfd8 27. Rcd1 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Nc7 29. Nc3 Be8 30. Bf1 b6 31. e5 Rd8 32. Rxd8
Nxd8 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Kf2 Bc6 35. Bd3 Nf7 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Bd4 e5 38. fxe5
fxe5 39. Be3 Nd6 40. h4 Ne6 41. b4 e4 42. Bf1 Kf6 43. Bf4 Ke7 44. Bxd6+
Kxd6 45. Bc4 Nf8 46. Kf4 Ng6+ 47. Kg5 Ke5 48. h5 Ne7 49. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Gleizerov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. c3 Bg4
8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Bh4 Ng6 11. Bg3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. h3 Be6 14.
Re1 O-O-O 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Bb5 Rde8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 a6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6
20. Nd4 Qd7 21. c6 bxc6 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. Nxe6 Kd7 24. Qg4 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Dobrov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7
8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14.
Qd3 d6 15. Ndb5 a6 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Be3 h5 20. Bd4
Rh6 21. Nc2 Qc8 22. b3 Ne5 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qf3 Nc5 25. Ne3 f5 26. Qg2 Ne5
27. Nf1 Kf7 28. h3 Ncd7 29. Nd2 Ng6 30. Na4 h4 31. e4 hxg3 32. exf5 Nf4 33.
fxe6+ Rxe6 34. Qf3 Nf6 35. Nxb6 Qb7 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 gxf2+ 38. Bxf2
Rxb6 39. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 40. Kf1 Qd4 41. Qe3 Qd3+ 42. Qxd3 Nxd3 43. Re3 Nf4 44.
b4 d5 45. a3 dxc4 46. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ionov,S"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. e3 d6 7. d4 Bb4 8.
Qb3 Ba5 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Be2 Bc7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h3 a6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. g4
a5 15. Ng5 Na6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Qc2
h6 21. Kb1 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8.
b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Qc1 Rb8 11. Nd1 d5 12. Ne3 Bh6 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3 Qd7
15. f3 Ng5 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nf2 Nc7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxe4 b6
21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Rbc8 23. Qd2 e5 24. dxe5 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Rfd8 26. Be3
fxe5 27. Rfd1 exf4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. gxf4 Rc8 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. Rc1 Ke7 32.
Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Bd2 Bg7 34. Kf2 Bd4+ 35. e3 Bc5 36. Bc3 a5 37. Kf3 h5 38. Bd4
Bg4+ 39. Kf2 Bxd4 40. exd4 h4 41. Be4 Kf6 42. Ke3 g5 43. d5 Bd7 44. fxg5+
Kxg5 45. d6 Kf6 46. Kf4 b5 47. Bd5 Bf5 48. a3 b4 49. a4 h3 50. Bc4 Be6 51.
Bxe6 Kxe6 52. Kg4 Kxd6 53. Kxh3 Ke5 54. Kg4 Kd4 55. h4 Kc3 56. h5 Kxb3 57.
h6 Ka2 58. h7 b3 59. h8=Q b2 60. Qg8+ Ka1 61. Qg7 Ka2 62. Qf7+ Ka3 63. Qf5
b1=Q 64. Qxb1 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Silivanov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D36"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Be6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Rfc1 N6d7 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Na4 Bg4 16. Nd2 b5 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. a4 Nc4 19. Ra1 Rc7 20. Nf1
Bc8 21. Ng3 g6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Ngxe4 Nd6 25. Re1 Nxe4 26.
Rxe4 Qd8 27. Bxb5 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Re7 29. Qd3 Ne6 30. d5 Nf4 31. Qd4 Nxd5 32.
Bc4 Be6 33. h3 Qd6 34. Rd1 a5 35. bxa5 Rc7 36. Ne4 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Danin,A"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4
8. Qd2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Qc1 Qd7 14.
Ne5 Qe8 15. Bxh5 Nxh5 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Bxg5 20.
Nfxg5 Nb6 21. c3 h6 22. Nf3 a5 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Nc5 Nc4 25. b3 Nb6 26. Qe4
Qe8 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Ne7 29. Ne5 Ned5 30. Rd3 Nf6 31. Qh4 Nfd7 32. Rg3
Kh7 33. Ncxd7 Nxd7 34. Nc6 Nf6 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 36. Qf4 Nh5 37. Qe4+ f5 38.
Qxe6 Qxe6 39. Rxe6 Nxg3 40. fxg3 c5 41. dxc5 Rd5 42. Rc6 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Ra1
44. Rd6 Rxa4 45. Rd4 Ra3 46. Rc4 Rb3 47. c6 Rb8 48. g4 fxg4 49. Rxg4 Rc8
50. Rc4 Kg6 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. Rc5 a4 54. Rc4 Ra8 55. c7 Kd7 56.
c8=Q+ Rxc8 57. Rxa4 Rxc3 58. Ra7+ Ke6 59. Rxg7 Kf6 60. Rg8 Rc4+ 61. Kg3 Kf7
62. Rg4 Rc3+ 63. Kh4 Rc5 64. g3 Rb5 65. Rd4 Kg6 66. Rd6+ Kg7 67. Re6 Rb4+
68. Kh5 Rb5+ 69. Kg4 Rb3 70. Kf4 Ra3 71. Re3 Ra5 72. g4 Kg6 73. h4 Kf6 74.
Rd3 Ra4+ 75. Kf3 Rb4 76. Rd6+ Kg7 77. Rd7+ Kf6 78. Rd6+ Kg7 79. Rd5 Ra4 80.
Kg3 Rb4 81. Rd7+ Kg8 82. Re7 Ra4 83. Re5 Kg7 84. Kf3 Rb4 85. Re4 Rb3+ 86.
Kf4 Rh3 87. h5 Rb3 88. Re7+ Kg8 89. Kf5 Rb4 90. Re4 Rb5+ 91. Re5 Rb4 92.
Re6 Kg7 93. Rg6+ Kh7 94. Rd6 Rb5+ 95. Kf6 Rg5 96. Rd4 Kh8 97. Rf4 Kh7 98.
Ke7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Black "Nikolenko,O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5
Nf6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Qf3 Nbd7 13. Ne2
Bxb3 14. axb3 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf4 Re5 17. b4 Ncd7 18. g4 a5 19. b5
a4 20. Kb1 a3 21. Bf5 axb2 22. Kxb2 Nb6 23. Rb1 Nc4+ 24. Kc1 Qa5 25. Rd1 g6
26. g5 Rxf5 27. gxf6 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bb2 e6 8.
Bd3 Bh5 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. e4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Qe3 g5
20. g4 Qg6 21. Bc1 Nf8 22. Nxg5 f5 23. Nxe6 Bxa3 24. Qg5 Rxe6 25. Qxd8
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 fxg4 28. h4 Qe4 29. Qb8 Qxd4 30. Re1 Qf6 31.
Re8 Qf3 32. Qg3 Qf7 33. Qe5 b5 34. Re7 Qg6 35. h5 Qh6 36. Qf5 g3 37. Qf7+
Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. f4 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Be3
Rc8 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Na7 11. O-O Bb5 12. Bxb5+ Nxb5 13. b4 axb4 14.
axb4 Ne7 15. Na3 Nxa3 16. Rxa3 Nc6 17. Rb3 Be7 18. h4 Qb5 19. Qb1 Ra8 20.
h5 Ra4 21. Bd2 h6 22. g4 Kd7 23. Kg2 Kc7 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Rc2 Rg8 26. Rc5
Qb6 27. Qh7 Qd8 28. Rc1 g6 29. Qxf7 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Qb6 31. Bxh6 Ra2 32. Be3
Na5 33. Qf7 Rxg4+ 34. Kh3 Nxb3 35. Rc3 Qxb4 36. Qe8+ Ka7 37. Rc8 Rxf2 38.
Bxf2 Rf4 39. Kg3 Rf8 40. Qd7 Nc5 41. Rxc5 Bxc5 42. Qxe6 Qb3 43. Qg4 Bb6 44.
e6 Bc7+ 45. Kg2 Bd6 46. Ne5 Rh8 47. Bg3 Qc2+ 48. Bf2 Qb1 49. Bg3 Qb2+ 50.
Bf2 Qc2 51. Kg1 Qb1+ 52. Kg2 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Na3 O-O 7. Bc4 Qd8
8. O-O a6 9. Ne5 b5 10. Qf3 Ra7 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Nd5 14.
Rad1 e6 15. Nc2 Ra8 16. Bc1 Rc8 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qe7 19. f4 Nb6 20.
Bf2 Nd5 21. Nd3 Qd6 22. Bg3 Qc6 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Bc2 Ne4 25. Nb4 Nxg3 26.
hxg3 Qb6 27. Nd3 b4 28. Nc5 Rfd8 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Qa5 31. Rdd1 Qb5 32.
Qf2 Qc4 33. a3 bxc3 34. bxc3 c5 35. Kh2 cxd4 36. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8.
Bb2 Nbd7 9. f4 Nd5 10. O-O Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nb4 12. Na3 a6 13. c3 b5 14. cxb4
cxb4 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Bc4 Ra5 20.
Rfe1 Bb7 21. d3 Rfa8 22. h3 h5 23. Rf1 Rxe5 24. Qf2 Qd7 25. Qf4 Re2 26. Rf2
Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Ra5 28. d4 Rg5 29. Rg1 Qd6 30. d5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Qe2
g6 33. Rf1 Rd2 34. Qf3 Qd7 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Rg1 Qd5 37. Qb8 Qe4 38. Qa7 e5
39. Qa4 Rd3 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qd4 42. Qe8 Rd1 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd4
0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolenko,O"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. d4 e6 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Be3 Qc6 10. Rg1 Qb6 11. Qd2 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14.
dxc5 Bd7 15. Ne4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Ng4 17. Bd4 e5 18. h3 exd4 19. hxg4 Bxc5
20. Rxb7 Bxg4 21. Ne4 Ba3 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Ng5 Bh5 24. Rh1 Bg6 25. Rh4 Rfe8+
26. Kf1 Be7 27. f4 Rac8 28. f5 Rxc4 29. Re4 Bxf5 30. Rexe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 g6
32. Nxf7 Kf8 33. Ra7 Rxc2 34. g4 d3 35. gxf5 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 d2 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6
8. Be2 Nbd7 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 O-O 13. O-O Qe7
14. Bb2 Ra8 15. Ra1 Qf8 16. b5 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa8 18. Bb2 Qa4 19. Qd1 Qa2
20. Qa1 Qxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Kf8 22. Ne1 c5 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. f3 d5 25. Kf2 dxc4
26. Bxc4 Nd5 27. e4 Nc7 28. Nc2 f5 29. Nb4 Bb5 30. Bb3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Nf6
32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Bc3 Be8 34. g4 g5 35. Bc2 h6 36. Bb2 Bb5 37. Nd3 Nd7 38.
Ba3+ Kf7 39. Ke3 Bc6 40. Bb3 Bb7 41. Ba4 b5 42. Bb3 Ba8 43. h3 Bb7 44. Bb4
Ba8 45. Ba5 Ne8 46. Ne5+ Nxe5 47. dxe5 Bc6 48. Kd4 b4 49. Bxb4 Bb5 50. Bc4
Ba4 51. Be2 Bc2 52. Bf3 Bb1 53. Be1 Kg6 54. Kc5 Bd3 55. h4 gxh4 56. Bxh4
Ng7 57. Kd6 Kf7 58. Kd7 Bb5+ 59. Kd8 Bc4 60. Bf6 Ne8 61. g5 Nxf6 62. gxf6
Bb3 63. Kd7 Bc4 64. Kd6 Bb3 65. Kc5 Ba4 66. Kd4 Bb3 67. Be2 Bc2 68. Ke3 Bb3
69. Kf4 Ba2 70. Kg4 Bb3 71. Kh5 Bc2 72. Bf3 Bd3 73. Kxh6 Bb5 74. Bh5+ Kf8
75. Kg6 Bc6 76. Bf3 Be8+ 77. Kg5 Bc6 78. Kf4 Ba4 79. Ke3 Kf7 80. Kd4 Bb3
81. Be2 Bc2 82. Bd3 Bb3 83. Kc5 Bd1 84. Bc4 Bg4 85. Kd6 Bh3 86. Be2 Ke8 87.
Bh5+ Kf8 88. Kd7 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 a5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5
axb4 15. Qb1 O-O 16. Qxb4 fxe5 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Be3 Nf6 19. O-O Qe8 20. Bc2
e4 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Qe2 Bg4 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. Rfb1
Rf7 27. Nf1 Nd7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Rd1 Nxc5 31. Nxd5 Raf8 32.
Nc3 Rxf2 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Rxa2 35. Rab1 Kh6 36. Rxb7 Bd5 37. Re7 Re2
38. Nc3 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Ba8 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Ionov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. e5 Ng4 8.
h3 Nh6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Nf5 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Ng6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Re4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Bd2 O-O 20.
Rae1 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Bg5 Rf7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rf8
26. Red1 Rff7 27. Qa3 Re8 28. Qd6 Rc8 29. b3 Nf4 30. Bf1 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc7
32. a4 Kf8 33. b4 Ke7 34. R6d2 g5 35. a5 d5 36. cxd5 Nxd5 37. axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14.
Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. Bb3 Qxd6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. c4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nb6
20. Bd2 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bd1 Nc4 23. Bc1 Rab8 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bb2 Rc6
26. Ra4 Nb5 27. Rb4 Rbb6 28. Kf2 Nc3 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Ke2
Kf8 32. Kd2 Rc7 33. Rc1 Ra7 34. a4 Ke7 35. Rc8 Kd6 36. Kc3 Bc6 37. Rd8+ Rd7
38. Rg8 g6 39. Be2 h5 40. h4 Bd5 41. Rc8 Bb7 42. Rb8 Kc7 43. Rf8 Bd5 44.
Bb5 Bc6 45. Ba6 Bb7 46. Bc4 Bc6 47. Kb4 Bb7 48. Ka3 Bc6 49. b4 b5 50. axb5
Bd5 51. Bxd5 Rxd5 52. Rxf7+ Kb6 53. Rg7 Kxb5 54. Rxg6 Rd3+ 55. Kb2 Kxb4 56.
Kc2 Rd4 57. g3 e5 58. Rg5 e4 59. fxe4 Rxe4 60. Kd3 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 d4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Bc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Qd6 19. Rb1 a5 20. Qh5
Qg6 21. Qe2 Be6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxb7 Ra6 24. Qe5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O b6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. c4 Qd8 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Qe2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D42"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3
g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Rb1 Rad8
14. h3 Bc8 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Qc1 a6 17. Be4 Na7 18. a4 Nc6 19. Bf4 Qa5 20.
Qc2 Nd8 21. Nd2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nb3 Qb6 24. Nc5 Ra7 25. Bd3 Ne6 26.
Rxb5 Qd8 27. Be5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxe5 29. Rcxe5 Be6 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Qe3 Rc7
32. d5 Bc8 33. Qd4 f6 34. R5e3 Qd6 35. h4 Bb7 36. Re6 Qxd5 37. Rxe7+ Rf7
38. Qxd5 Bxd5 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. c4 Bf7 41. f3 f5 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. f4 h6 44.
Rc1 g5 45. g3 Be6 46. Be2 Ra7 47. Rc3 Ra1 48. c5 Ra4 49. fxg5+ hxg5 50. h5
g4 51. c6 Bc8 52. Re3 Ra7 53. Re8 Rc7 54. Bb5 Kg5 55. Rh8 f4 56. gxf4+ Kxf4
57. h6 Bf5 58. Rg8 Rh7 59. Rf8 Rxh6 60. Ke1 Rh1+ 61. Kd2 Rh2+ 62. Be2 Ke5
63. c7 Bd7 64. Rd8 Bf5 65. Re8+ Kd6 66. c8=Q Bxc8 67. Rxc8 Rh3 68. Rg8 Rg3
69. Ke1 Ke5 70. Kf2 Ra3 71. Rg5+ Kf4 72. Rxg4+ Ke5 73. Rb4 Rc3 74. Bf3 Rc2+
75. Kg3 Rd2 76. Re4+ Kd6 77. Kf4 Kc5 78. Re8 Kd4 79. Rc8 Rd3 80. Be4
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Kuzmin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 Bg4 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2 c6 13. h3 Bh5 14. dxc6 Nxc6
15. Bg5 b4 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Be4
Qc5 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. a5 Qc7 23. Nc5 Bg6 24. Nd7 Rad8 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Nfxe5
Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gleizerov,E"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O
8. f4 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd4 e5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14.
Qd4 Rd8 15. b4 Nac4 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. O-O Qxb4 19. e6 fxe6 20.
Rxf3 Qxc4 21. Qf6 exd5 22. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Solovjov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+
14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qc3 Be6 17. h4 Rfd8 18. Bd3 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 c5
20. h5 Qd4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qe1 a5 23. Be2 Qe5 24. Qh4 Rdb8 25. Qh7+ Kf8
26. Qh8+ Qxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kg7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Kc1 Rh8 30. Kd2 g5 31. Ke3 f5
32. Rd3 Kf6 33. Ra3 Rb8 34. Rxa5 Rxb2 35. Rxc5 Rxa2 36. g3 Ra4 37. f4 gxf4+
38. gxf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Bf7 40. Bd3 Bh5+ 41. Kg3 Re3+ 42. Kg2 Bg4 43. Rc6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Danin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D76"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 a5 10. Ne1 a4 11. Nd3 a3 12. Rb1 axb2 13. Bxb2 e5 14. d5
Na5 15. Ba1 Nac4 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Rfc1 Ra5 18. Nb4 Nd6 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Nxd6
Qxd6 21. e4 Bd7 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Bc3 Raa8 24. Nd3 Ba4 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Bh3 c5
27. Rxb7 f5 28. Nb2 Nf6 29. Nc4 Qa6 30. Rb6 Qa7 31. Qb2 Nxe4 32. Rb7 Qa6
33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Qf6 35. Bg2 Nd6 36. Nc6 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Re8 38. Bf1
Bxc6 39. dxc6 Ra5 40. Rd2 Ne4 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Silivanov,S"]
[Black "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7
8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Rc1 a6 10. Nb5 axb5 11. Rxc8+ Bd8 12. Bxb5+ Nfd7 13. O-O O-O
14. a3 Nb6 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. a4 Bf6 18. Re1 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bg5 20.
Qh5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qa5 22. Be8 g6 23. Qf3 f6 24. Bf7+ Kg7 25. Rf1 f5 26.
Bxe6 Nc6 27. Nd3 Rae8 28. Nc5 Qd2 29. Rd1 Qxb2 30. Bd7 Qc2 31. Bxe8 Rxe8
32. h3 b6 33. Rf1 Nd8 34. Nd7 Qxa4 35. Nxb6 Qb3 36. Nd5 Re4 37. Nf4 Rxe3
38. Qa8 Qb6 39. Nd5 Qxd4 40. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 41. Kh1 Ne6 42. Qa1+ Kh6 43. Re1
Qb3 44. Qe5 Ng5 45. Qf4 Kh5 46. h4 Nf7 47. Re7 h6 48. Kh2 g5 49. Qxf5 Nd6
50. Qf6 Qb8 51. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a4 Qc4 13. Qc2 a6 14. a5
Nbd7 15. Bd2 Be7 16. b3 Qc7 17. O-O O-O 18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. b4 b5 20. e4 Nxe4
21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Ra7 23. Rac1 Qd8 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Bxg6 Rac7 26. Rxc7
Rxc7 27. Bb1 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Nd5 29. Be1 Qc4 30. Qf3 Bxb4 31. Bd3 Qc5 32. Bxb4
Qxb4 33. Qh5 Nf6 34. Qf3 Nd5 35. Qh5 Nf6 36. Qf3 Qf8 37. h4 Qc8 38. Kh2 Rd7
39. Rc1 Qd8 40. Bb1 Nd5 41. h5 Rc7 42. Rd1 Qf6 43. Qxf6 gxf6 44. h6 Rc5 45.
g4 b4 46. Rd4 b3 47. Be4 b2 48. Rd2 f5 49. gxf5 Nc3 50. fxe6 Rh5+ 51. Kg2
fxe6 52. h7+ Kg7 53. Rd7+ Kf6 54. Bd3 b1=Q 55. Bxb1 Nxb1 56. Kf3 Nc3 57.
Ke3 Rh4 58. Ra7 Nd5+ 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Rxa6 Rxh7 61. Ra8 Nf4+ 62. Kf3 Rf7 63.
a6 Nd3+ 64. Ke3 Nxf2 65. a7 Nd1+ 66. Kd3 Rc7 67. Kd2 Rd7+ 68. Kc2 Ne3+ 69.
Kb3 Nd5 70. Kb2 Nb6 71. Rb8 Na4+ 72. Kb3 Rxa7 73. Rb5+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. c4 a5 14. Bd2
b6 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Nc1 Nh5 17. g3 Qc8 18. Rg1 Bg5 19. f4 Nxf4 20. gxf4
Bxf4 21. Rg2 Be3 22. Nd3 Qxc4 23. Nxe5 Qh4 24. Qd3 Bc5 25. Nf3 Qh6 26. Rf1
Qe3 27. Ng5 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 g6 29. h4 Rae8 30. Ne4 Kg7 31. Re2 Ra8 32. h5 Bd4
33. Nxd6 Rad8 34. Rf4 Bxb2 35. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qa4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 14.
Rfd1 Qc7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rc7 19. Rd2 a6 20.
Qb3 b5 21. a4 c5 22. axb5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 c4 25. Qa4 axb5 26.
Qxb5 Qf3 27. Ne2 h5 28. Nd4 Qe4 29. Rxc4 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qb1+ 32.
Kg2 Qe4+ 33. f3 Qg6+ 34. Kh3 Ra7 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qd3 Qh6 37. Qe4 Rad7 38.
Rg2 Bf8 39. Rc6 Re8 40. f5 exf5 41. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7
8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. Nd4 d6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14.
Nc2 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Qd4 Neg4 18. Bxg4 Re4 19. Qc3 Rxa4
20. b4 Qd8 21. Bd1 Ra6 22. Be2 b5 23. Bxb5 Rb6 24. Be2 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6
26. Rfc1 Qd7 27. Qd3 Rb6 28. h3 h5 29. Rab1 Rab8 30. Rb3 a5 31. Rc4 Qb7 32.
Nf5 Re8 33. Ne3 Rb5 34. Rd4 Re5 35. Rb1 Nxd5 36. Nc4 Rg5 37. g3 Qa6 38. Re1
g6 39. h4 Rg4 40. Rxg4 hxg4 41. Nxd6 Rb6 42. b5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Kh1 b5 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A84"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. b4 Ne4 12. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. d4 Nb4 13. a3
Nbd5 14. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Be2 f6 13. h4 Bd7 14. g3 b5
15. O-O a5 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfe1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. cxb4
Nxb4 21. Bd1 Nc6 22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Bd2 Qf8 24. c3 h6 25. Be3 Qa3 26. Bc2
Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bf4 h6 11. Rb1 Be6 12. Na4 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4
Nf5 15. b5 Ncd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Kh1 Bg4 20. f3
Be6 21. Qa4 Rfe8 22. Rfc1 Bh3 23. e3 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qf5 25. Qd1 Nxf3 26.
Qxf3 Qxd3 27. Qxd5 Rxc3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Rc2 Red8 30. Bc1 Bf8 31. Kf3 Bc5
32. Ra1 R8d7 33. Rca2 Rc3 34. Bd2 Rb3 35. Ke2 Rd5 36. Rc2 Rh5 37. h4 Re5
38. Rxa7 Bxe3 39. Be1 Rb1 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rcc7 Bc5+ 42. Kd3 Rbxe1 43.
Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Raf7+ Ke8 46. Ra7 Re7 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Rxg6
R1e3+ 49. Kc2 Re2+ 50. Kd1 R2e6 51. Rgg8 Rd6+ 52. Kc2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ionov,S"]
[Black "Kuzmin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. gxf5 Nb6 14. Kh1
Bxf5 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Nf3 e4 17. Ng5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qe7 19. Rg3 Nf6 20. Qd2
Nbd7 21. Rag1 Rg8 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 Raf8 25. a4 b6 26. Bd1
Qe8 27. a5 Rg6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Bc2 Nh5 30. R3g2 Nf4 31. Rg3 Nh5 32. R3g2
Nf4 33. Rg3 Rh6 34. Bxe4 Qh5 35. Nf3 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Ng6 37. h3 Nf4 38. Qxe5+
Qxe5 39. Nxe5 Rxh3+ 40. Rxh3 Nxh3 41. Rb1 Nxf2+ 42. Kg2 Ne4 43. Rxb6 Rf2+
44. Kh3 Rf5 45. Re6 h5 46. Ng6+ Kg7 47. Rxe4 Kxg6 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Rc6 Rf3+
50. Kg2 Rxc3 51. Rxc5 Ke7 52. Rc7+ Kd6 53. Rc6+ Kd7 54. Kf2 h4 55. Kg2 Rg3+
56. Kh2 Rc3 57. Kg2 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5
8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 O-O 12. Qb2 d4 13. g3 Re8 14.
Bg2 Nc3 15. e3 Bd3 16. Bd2 Qf6 17. b5 Nxb5 18. O-O-O Qe6 19. Ne1 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. d3 h6
8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 c6 11. b4 Bd4 12. Qb3 axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. e3 Bb6 17. e4 cxd5 18. exd5 Bh3 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qd6 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qd4 25. Ra5 b6 26. Ra6
Rc8 27. Qa2 Rc1 28. Qe2 Qxd5+ 29. Qe4 Qxe4+ 30. dxe4 Rc4 31. Rxb6 Rxe4 32.
Kf3 Rc4 33. Ke3 Rc2 34. h4 h5 35. b5 Rb2 36. Ke4 Rxf2 37. Kxe5 Rf3 38. Rc6
Rxg3 39. b6 Rb3 40. Kd6 f6 41. Kc7 g5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. b7 Rxb7+ 44. Kxb7
Kg7 45. Kb6 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Gleizerov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Nbd2 c5
8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nxc4 Nxc5 10. Qa3 Na6 11. Bd2 Qd5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Qb5
14. Bc3 Bh6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Bc3 Bh6 17. Bd2 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Silivanov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Nf3
Bd6 8. Bg5+ Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ke7 11. a3 a6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5
14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Nc4 Raf8 16. f3 Nf4 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Rd2 Rc8 19. Rhd1 Nd4
20. Bf2 Rc6 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Na2 Rf8 23. Kb1 e5 24. c3 Ne6 25. Nb4 Rc5 26.
Nc2 dxc3 27. Rxd6 Rb8 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. R1d6 Rc6 30. Ne3 Rxd6 31. Ng4+ Kg6
32. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Dobrov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A84"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 b5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 b4 8.
Nce2 Bd6 9. Nf4 O-O 10. Bd3 Qe8 11. Nge2 g6 12. O-O Qe5 13. Qc2 a5 14. g3
Na6 15. Ng2 Re8 16. f4 Qe7 17. h3 Qf7 18. Kf2 Bf8 19. Qd2 d6 20. Rae1 Ra7
21. Ng1 Rae7 22. Nf3 Nc7 23. a4 Bg7 24. b3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Na8 26. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solovjov,S"]
[Black "Nikolenko,O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 b4 14.
Na4 a5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ncb8 17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Bd3 Qb7 19. h4 Rc8 20. b3
Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Na6 22. Qg4 Qc6 23. Rc1 Nc7 24. c3 Nb5 25. cxb4 Qa6 26. Qe2
axb4 27. Rd2 Na3+ 28. Kb2 Nc4+ 29. bxc4 Qxa4 30. Kb1 b3 31. axb3 Rcb8 32.
Rc3 Qa1+ 33. Kc2 Ra2+ 34. Kd3 Qb1+ 35. Rdc2 Rxb3 36. cxd5 exd5 37. Kd2 Rxc3
38. Kxc3 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 Qb4+ 40. Kd1 d4 41. Bd2 Ra1+ 42. Rc1 Qb3+ 43. Ke1
Rxc1+ 44. Bxc1 Nc5 45. Qf3 Nd3+ 46. Kf1 h5 47. Bd2 Qc2 48. Be1 Nxe1 49.
Kxe1 d3 50. Qe3 Qxg2 51. Qxd3 Qh1+ 52. Ke2 Qxh4 53. Qf5 g6 54. Qc8+ Kg7 55.
Kf3 Qh1+ 56. Ke3 Qg1+ 57. Kf3 Qd1+ 58. Ke3 h4 59. Qa6 Qb3+ 60. Ke4 Qc2+ 61.
Ke3 Qf5 62. Qa1 Kh7 63. Qd4 Qh3+ 64. Kf2 Qg3+ 65. Kf1 h3 66. Qf2 Qxf2+ 67.
Kxf2 g5 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Danin,A"]
[Black "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bh6 g6 11. Bxf8 Bxf8 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a6 14.
a4 Qa5 15. O-O Bg7 16. f4 d5 17. exd6 Qxc3 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Kh1
Qxa4 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. f5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Bxe6 26.
Qxe6 Nd7 27. Rf7 Nc5 28. Qg4 Rg8 29. d7 Qe6 30. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. a4
a5 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne8
15. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rb1 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. Be2 Qc7 15. Qd4 f6 16. Qd5 Rb8 17. Bh6 Nf7 18. Be3 b6 19. f4 Bb7 20.
Qd3 Rc8 21. Rb4 O-O 22. O-O Qc6 23. Bf3 e5 24. g3 Rfe8 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. f5
gxf5 27. exf5 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Qc6 29. Rf1 Kh8 30. Qe2 Rg8 31. Qh5 Qe8 32. Qh4
Ng5 33. Rb5 Qe7 34. Rd5 Nf7 35. Qe4 Rc6 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Rb4 Ng5 38. Qd3 Qe7
39. Kg2 Qg7 40. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 e6 6. Nbc3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
f3 Bh5 9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4 e5 11. d5 a6 12. Kh1 cxd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. a3 O-O
15. Qe1 Bc5 16. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 Bb6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. d4 Nf8 13. a4 c6 14. Nc4
Ng6 15. dxe5 Nxh4 16. Nxh4 dxe5 17. Qf3 g6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nf5 Qf8 20.
Nfe3 Bc7 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. Qh3 h5 26.
Qe3 b6 27. Qd3 Kf8 28. b4 a6 29. Qe3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Na5 Qe7 32. Nb7
Kg7 33. g3 Rf6 34. h4 Bb8 35. Nc5 Ba7 36. Kg2 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Qe6 38. Qg5 Qg4
39. Qxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be3 g6 8.
g4 Nhf6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. Qd2 f6 14. gxf6
Rxf6 15. Bf4 Qf8 16. Bc7 Bh6 17. Qd3 g5 18. e4 e6 19. Rae1 Qg7 20. Bd6 g4
21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh2 Bf4 23. exd5 Bxd6 24. cxd6 cxd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Re7
Qh6 27. Nxg4 Qh5 28. Nxf6+ Ndxf6 29. Qg3+ Qg5 30. Qxg5+ Nxg5 31. Rc1 Kf8
32. Rcc7 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 c5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8.
Be2 cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd5 12. Ndc4 Nxf4 13. exf4 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Qe7 15. O-O Bxe5 16. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8.
d5 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nbc3 Na6 11. Nf4 exd5 12. Nfxd5 Be6 13. Re1 Re8 14.
Bf4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qd7 16. d6 Nb4 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Be3 Bd4 20.
Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Nc2 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qh4 h5 24. Nxe8 Nxa1 25. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Ionov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7
8. O-O-O O-O 9. g4 a6 10. g5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. f4 b5 13. Rg1 b4 14. Na4
Bb7 15. b3 Bc6 16. Rg3 e5 17. fxe5 Bxg5+ 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nxe5 20.
Nb6 Ra7 21. Nc4 Rd7 22. Bh3 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Re7 24. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzmin,A"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Nxd4 Nb5+ 14.
Bd2 Nxd4 15. Bxa5 Nxc2+ 16. Bxc2 Nc6 17. Bc7 Nd4 18. Bd1 Bf5 19. Kd2 Rfc8
20. Bd6 Nb5 21. Re1 Nxd6 22. exd6 Be6 23. Rb1 b6 24. f4 Rc6 25. g4 g6 26.
d7 Bxd7 27. Ba4 Rd6 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rbc1 Kf8 30. Kd3 d4 31. Re4 Re8 32.
Rxd4 Rde7 33. Ra1 Re3+ 34. Kc4 Rc8+ 35. Kb4 Rcc3 36. g5 Rb3+ 37. Ka4 a6 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolenko,O"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14.
O-O-O c5 15. Qf3 cxd4 16. Qxb7 Qc8 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Kb1 f5
20. cxd4 Nf6 21. Rhe1 Kf7 22. Re5 Rhd8 23. Ra5 Rxd4 24. Rxa7 Rcd8 25. Kc2
Nd5 26. Re1 Rc8+ 27. Kd1 Kf8 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Rxe6 Rcd8 30. Re2 Rxf4 31.
Kc2 Rg4 32. Nh5 Nc6 33. Rf2 Rxh4 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. a4 g5 36. Ne2 Rxa4 37.
Rxf5+ Kg6 38. Rf2 Ne7 39. Nc3 Rg4 40. Ne2 Nd5 41. g3 Nb4+ 42. Bxb4 Rxb4 43.
Rf3 Re4 44. Nc3 Red4 45. Rf2 Re8 46. Ne2 Rde4 47. Kd3 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Rb3 49.
Kc1 Rc8+ 50. Kd1 Rcb8 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D46"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bd3 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Qb6
14. Nb3 O-O 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Qc2 a5 17. c5 Qc7 18. a4 b6 19. Rad1 Ba6 20.
Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qc4 Raa8 22. Rc1 Rdb8 23. cxb6 Rxb6 24. Re3 Rb4 25. Qxc6 Qxc6
26. Rxc6 Nd5 27. Rf3 Rxa4 28. g3 h6 29. Kg2 Ra2 30. Rc2 Rb8 31. h4 g5 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Nc5 Rbxb2 35. Re5 Kg6 36. Ne4 Re2 37. Rxg5+ Kh6
38. Rxf7 Rxe4 39. Rg8 Rxd4 40. Kh3 Rc4 41. Rfg7 Rc7 42. Rg4 Kh7 43. R8g5
Kh8 44. Rg8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gleizerov,E"]
[Black "Danin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O
8. Bb5 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. d5 Ne5 14.
Rd1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qd6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Be4 Nc5 18. Qc4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4
20. Qxe4 Rf5 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Be5 23. g3 Bg7 24. b3 Rd7 25. Bf4 Be5 26.
Be3 Bg7 27. Kg2 Bc3 28. Rd3 Bg7 29. f4 Rf8 30. R3d2 Rfd8 31. Rc1 Kg8 32.
Rcd1 Bc3 33. Rd3 Bg7 34. f5 gxf5 35. Qxf5 Qg6 36. Qxg6 hxg6 37. Bf4 Bf6 38.
R3d2 Bc3 39. Rd3 Bf6 40. Kf3 g5 41. Bc1 Kf7 42. Ke4 Kg6 43. Ba3 a5 44. Bc5
Ra8 45. a4 Rb8 46. Ba7 Ra8 47. Bf2 Rb8 48. R1d2 b5 49. Ra2 bxa4 50. Rxa4
Rb5 51. Be1 c6 52. Rxa5 cxd5+ 53. Ke3 Rxa5 54. Bxa5 e5 55. b4 Kf5 56. g4+
Kxg4 57. b5 Kf5 58. b6 d4+ 59. Kf2 e4 60. Rb3 Rb7 61. Ke2 Be5 62. Rb5 Kf4
63. Be1 d3+ 64. Kd2 Bd4 65. Bg3+ Kf3 66. Bc7 Be3+ 67. Kc3 Bf4 68. Rf5 d2
69. Kc2 Ke2 70. Rd5 e3 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3 7. exf3 Bg7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h4 c6 12. h5 Nbd7 13. hxg6 fxg6 14.
f4 Rf7 15. f5 gxf5 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Bxf5 Qd6 18. Rh4 Re8 19. Rdh1 Ne4 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxd4 22. Kb1 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qd3 Rd7 25. Rxd4 Qxd4
26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Bh6+ Rg7 28. Bxg7+ Qxg7 29. Qxc6 Qd4 30. Qh6+ Qg7 31.
Qd6+ Kg8 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. Rh3 Qg6+ 34. Ka2 Qe6 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Rf3+ Kg7
37. Kb3 Re2 38. g3 Kg6 39. Kc3 b5 40. b4 Ra2 41. Kd4 Rc2 42. Rf8 Ra2 43.
Kc5 Rxa3 44. Kxb5 a6+ 45. Kc5 Kg5 46. f3 Ra1 47. g4 Rc1+ 48. Kd4 Rd1+ 49.
Ke3 Rb1 50. Kf2 Rxb4 51. Rf5+ Kg6 52. Ra5 Rb6 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. f4 Kg7 55. g5
Kf7 56. Kg4 Rc6 57. Rf5+ Kg7 58. Rd5 Rc7 59. Kh5 Ra7 60. f5 a5 61. f6+ Kf7
62. Rd6 Ra8 63. g6+ Ke8 64. Re6+ Kf8 65. Re7 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Bd7 12. g4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Qc8 14. Kh2 Nd8
15. Ra5 Rb8 16. Nbd2 Bf8 17. Re3 exd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. d5 Bxg4 20. hxg4
Nxg4+ 21. Kg3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rb4 23. Bc4 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. e4 Rxe4 26.
Nxe4 Rxc4 27. Ned2 Rg4+ 28. Kf2 Be7 29. Ra4 Bh4+ 30. Ke3 Bg5+ 31. Kf2 Bf4
32. Nf1 Nf7 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Ne3 Qf6 35. Rxf4 Qxf4 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Nxe5
Qxe5 38. b3 h5 39. Qd3 Qh2+ 40. Kf3 Qh1+ 41. Kf4 Qh4+ 42. Kf3 Qh3+ 43. Kf2
Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qh2+ 46. Kd1 h4 47. Qg6 Qe5 48. Nf5 Kf8 49. Nxd6
Qxd5+ 50. Kc2 Kg8 51. Nf5 Qe4+ 52. Kd2 Qb4+ 53. Ke2 Qe4+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55.
Kg1 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 h3+ 57. Kxh3 Qxb3+ 58. Kg4 Qc4+ 59. Kf3 Qf7 60. Qg5 g6 61.
Qd8+ Kh7 62. Qh4+ Kg8 63. Qd8+ Qf8 64. Qd5+ Qf7 65. Qd8+ Qf8 66. Qd5+ Kh8
67. Qe5+ Kh7 68. Qh2+ Kg8 69. Qa2+ Qf7 70. Qxf7+ Kxf7 71. Nd6+ Ke6 72. Ne4
Kd5 73. Ke3 Kc4 74. Nd6+ Kb4 75. Kd3 g5 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Silivanov,S"]
[Black "Solovjov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+
Kg8 8. Qd5+ e6 9. Qxe4 d5 10. Qe2 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Qf6 12. O-O e5 13. Qb5 Qd6
14. b4 Bb6 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Nc3 h6 20.
Nf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qf8 22. Kg2 dxe3 23. fxe3 Qxb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Rab1 Nc2
26. Rd6 Nxe3+ 27. Kh1 Kf7 28. Na4 Nc4 29. Rdd1 Rc8 30. Nxb6 Nxb6 31. a4 Rc5
32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Rd4 Bd5 34. Kg3 Bc6 35. Rbb4 Nxa4 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rg6 Kf7
38. Rbg4 Rg5 39. R6xg5 hxg5 40. Rxg5 b5 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Rf5+ Ke6 43. Rg5 b4
44. Rg6+ Kd5 45. Rg5+ Kc4 46. Rg6 b3 47. Rxc6+ Nc5 48. Rg6 b2 49. Rg1 a5
50. Ke3 Kc3 51. Rg5 Nb3 52. Rg1 a4 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Nb1 Qd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe2 Nb4 8.
Na3 d3 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. Qe4 Bc6 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. O-O Nxd3 14.
Ng5 Nxe5 15. d4 h6 16. dxe5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 18. Be3 Nh6 19. Rfc1 b6 20.
g4 f5 21. g5 Ng4 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. b4 Kd7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nb5 Rh3 26.
Bxc5 Bxg5 27. Be3 g3 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. O-O
cxd4 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. e4 Nf4 18. Qxd7 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20.
Rxc1 Qxa3 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Nd4 a6 23. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bd2 d6 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nd7 13. Qa1 Qc8 14. Nd4
Ngf6 15. Nb3 O-O 16. Rc4 Qd8 17. Na5 Rb8 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Bf1 d5 20. exd5
exd5 21. Rf4 Bd6 22. Rf3 Qb8 23. Rh3 Ne5 24. Bf4 Rb4 25. Bg3 Re8 26. b3 h5
27. Rd1 h4 28. Rxh4 Rxh4 29. Bxh4 Neg4 30. g3 Be5 31. Bxf6 Qb6 32. Rd2 Nxf6
33. Na4 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Bxa1 35. Kg2 a5 36. c3 Re1 37. Bd3 Rc1 38. Rc2 Rd1
39. Be2 Rb1 40. Bd3 Rd1 41. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7
8. Be3 Nb6 9. Qc5 f5 10. Nh3 N8d7 11. Qa3 Nf6 12. Qb3+ e6 13. exf5 gxf5 14.
O-O a5 15. Rad1 a4 16. Qc2 Nfd5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Qc1 Bd7 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. Nh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8.
O-O Bc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Qd7 15. Re1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. Qf3 Qxc4 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19. Rab1 Bd6
20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rb4 Qd5+ 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rb8+ Rd8 24. Reb1 Ke7 25.
R1b7+ Kf6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxa7 Rc8 28. Ra3 e5 29. Kf3 exd4 30. cxd4 Rc2
31. Ra6+ Kf5 32. Ra5+ Ke6 33. a4 f6 34. Ra8 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 Kd5 36. Rd8+ Ke4
37. f3+ Rxf3 38. Re8+ Kf4 39. d5 Ra3 40. d6 Ra2+ 41. Kd3 Ra3+ 42. Kc2 Ra2+
43. Kc3 Ra3+ 44. Kb4 Rd3 45. Kc5 Rc3+ 46. Kd5 Rd3+ 47. Ke6 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 c5 7. Qa4+ Nbd7
8. dxc5 O-O 9. Qxc4 Nxc5 10. Be3 Ncd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qb3 Nbd5 13. Rfd1 Qe8
14. Bd4 b6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. e3 Bg4 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Nd4 Qd7
20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 a6 22. Nd4 Rd6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Kf1 Kf8
26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Kd3 a5 28. a4 Ba6+ 29. Nb5 g5 30. Rc2 Kd8 31. b3 d4 32. e4
Be5 33. f3 h5 34. Bh3 h4 35. gxh4 Rh6 36. Rc4 Ke7 37. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bd2 Nd7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. Bd3 a5 12. O-O Re8 13. Qc2 Bd6 14.
f3 c6 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Nf1 Qb6 17. Bc3 h6 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Rad1 c5 20. Qf2
c4 21. Bc2 f5 22. Qh4 Rf8 23. Re2 Qc7 24. a4 Nf6 25. h3 Qd7 26. Rb1 b6 27.
Qe1 Rae8 28. b4 cxb3 29. Rxb3 Bc7 30. Qb1 Nh5 31. Bd3 Qd6 32. Rbb2 Bd7 33.
Be1 Kh8 34. Ra2 Re7 35. Bf2 f4 36. Bg6 Ng3+ 37. Bxg3 fxg3 38. f4 Rf6 39.
Bd3 g5 40. Nxg3 gxf4 41. e4 f3 42. e5 fxe2 43. Rxe2 Qe6 44. exf6 Qxf6 45.
Rxe7 Qxe7 46. Nf5 Qg5 47. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 9. b3 Bg7 10. c4 a6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc3 e6 13. Qe2 Qa5 14.
Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. h3 Qb6 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Red1 Qf8 20.
Qe2 Bh6 21. Rc2 Bg7 22. Rcd2 Bh6 23. Rc2 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 a6 9. a4 c5 10. axb5 c4 11. Qd1 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. O-O Be7 14. b3
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danin,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Bd3 Qa7 14.
Qe1 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rf1 Be7 17. f5 Rhg8 18. Qh4 Rg7 19. Qh3 b4 20.
Ne2 e5 21. Ng3 d5 22. Qh6 Rg4 23. Qxh7 dxe4 24. Be2 Rf4 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.
Rd1 Qe7 27. Qh8 Kc7 28. h4 Bb5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. h5 e3 31. h6 Rd4 32. Rxd4
exd4 33. h7 e2 34. Nxe2 Qxe2 35. b3 d3 36. cxd3 Qxd3+ 37. Kc1 Qf1+ 38. Kd2
Qxg2+ 39. Kd1 Qf1+ 40. Kd2 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 Qe5+ 42. Kd2 Qb2+ 43. Ke3 Be7 44.
Qg8 Bc5+ 45. Kf3 Qf2+ 46. Kg4 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Bd6+ 49. Kf2 Qh4+
50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Bc5+ 54. Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8.
bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O
14. Qd3 a6 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bh3 Nce7 17. g4 Rh8 18. Ng5 Nh6 19. Rg1 Bb5 20.
Qf3 Nc6 21. Bf1 Nd4 22. Qf2 Qa4 23. Rg2 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Qc4+ 25. Kg1 Qa2 26.
Rb4 Qa1 27. Qe1 Nc6 28. Rb3 Kb8 29. Rxc3 Rc8 30. Bd2 Qb2 31. Qd1 Nd4 32.
Rgg3 Nxc2 33. Kh1 Nd4 34. Rcd3 Rc4 35. Rh3 Rhc8 36. Qg1 Ne2 37. Qf1 Nc1 38.
Rxh6 Nxd3 39. Qxd3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6
20. g4 Rfd8 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Bc1 c5 23. c4 Nf6 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. f3 Bf2 26.
Rf1 Bd4 27. Bf4 Nh7 28. Rd3 Bxe5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxe5 f6 31. Bc3 Ng5 32.
Kc2 Kf7 33. b4 Ke7 34. a4 Rc8 35. c5 Rd8 36. Bd2 Rd5 37. Be3 f5 38. c6 bxc6
39. Bxa7 Kd7 40. Bc5 Kc7 41. a5 Kb7 42. Bf8 Rd7 43. Bc5 f4 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45.
Kxd1 Nxf3 46. Bf8 Ne5 47. g5 hxg5 48. Bxg7 Nf7 49. h6 Ka6 50. h7 c5 51.
bxc5 Kxa5 52. Ke2 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Nikolenko,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bg2 d5 7. Ngf3 Nc6
8. O-O O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Re8 12. b3 Bg4 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nb5 Qg6 19. Qd1 a6 20.
Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Nc3 Ree8 22. Qxd5 Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Solovjov,S"]
[Black "Kuzmin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5
Rac8 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 f5 17. Ng3 f4 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. b3 Nc5 20. Bb2 Rxf5
21. exf5 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Ba3 Bb6 25. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1
Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Bxd5 28. Rxe5 Bf7 29. Re7 Nc6 30. Rc7 h6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ne5
Bd5 33. Ng6 Bg8 34. Ne7 Nd4 35. Rxg8 Nxf5 36. Rc8 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Rf2 38. Rf8
Nh5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 g5 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nh3 Bc6
15. Bd2 Na4 16. f4 gxf4 17. O-O Nb2 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Qxf4 Nf5 20. Bg4 Qd7
21. Be1 O-O-O 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bh4 Rde8 24. Bf6 Rhg8 25. Nf2 Ba4 26. Ra2
Qb5 27. Qxh6 Rg3 28. Bg5 Rg8 29. e6 f6 30. Qxf6 Ne3 31. c4 Qxc4 32. Raa1
Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 R2xg5 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ionov,S"]
[Black "Gleizerov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nbd2 b5 6. a4 Qa5 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Na6 9. e4 Nb4 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. e5 h6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. exf6 exf6 14. Ne4
Bf5 15. axb5 Qxa1 16. Bxc4+ Kg6 17. Ng3 Bb1 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20.
Nh5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Silivanov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A21"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Be2 e5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8.
O-O c6 9. d5 O-O 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 cxd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Nc4
Qb4 15. a5 Rac8 16. Ra4 Qb3 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nc5 19. Nd2 Qxa4 20. Nxa4
Nxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nec3 Bd8 23. Nb6 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rc4 25. f4 e4 26. Be3
Rb4 27. Rf2 Rc8 28. g4 g6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Rg2 a5 31. Ke1 a4 32. gxf5 Rxc3
33. fxg6+ hxg6 34. bxc3 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 a3 36. Kg3 Rd1 37. Bd4 Rd3+ 38. Kg4 e3
39. Kf3 e2+ 40. Kxe2 a2 41. Rg1 Rxh3 42. Ra1 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Black "Dobrov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Nc3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qh5 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rad1 Rb8 14.
Na4 d6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb1 c5 17. Rd3 Bb7 18. Bh6 Rf6 19. Rg3 Rg6 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Re1 Bc8 22. Ree3 Bd7 23. Nc3 Ng8 24. Rh3 Nf6 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Bxf5
exf5 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. cxd5 h6 29. Rhg3 Kh8 30. Re7 Qc8 31. Qh5 Be8 32. Qe2
c4 33. Qe3 Bf7 34. Rxf7 cxb3 35. axb3 Re8 36. Qd4+ Re5 37. h3 Rxg3 38. fxg3
Qg8 39. Rb7 Qxd5 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Qb6 Re2 42. Qb7+ Qxb7 43. Rxb7+ Kf6 44.
Rb6 Ke5 45. Rxa6 Re3 46. g4 f4 47. Rb6 d5 48. Rxh6 Rxb3 49. Rh8 d4 50. Re8+
Kd5 51. Kf2 Ra3 52. Rd8+ Ke4 53. Re8+ Kd5 54. Rd8+ Kc5 55. g5 Rg3 56. h4
Kc4 57. Rf8 Rg4 58. Kf3 Rg3+ 59. Kxf4 Rxg2 60. Rd8 Rh2 61. Kg4 Rg2+ 62. Kf5
d3 63. h5 Ra2 64. h6 d2 65. h7 Ra5+ 66. Kg6 Ra6+ 67. Kg7 Ra7+ 68. Kh6 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A41"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 c5 6. Nd2 e5 7. e4 Bd7 8. Be2
Bg7 9. a3 Na6 10. h4 h5 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. Be3 Nc7 13. Qd2 b6 14. g3 Qe7 15.
O-O-O Rb8 16. Nh2 b5 17. Bxc5 a5 18. Be3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Na2 Na6 21.
b3 O-O 22. f3 f5 23. Kb1 f4 24. Bf2 fxg3 25. Bxg3 Nc5 26. Kb2 Rf7 27. Ra1
Be8 28. Nc1 Qf8 29. Qd1 Bh6 30. Nf1 Nf6 31. Nd3 Nfd7 32. Nxc5 Nxc5 33. Be1
Qg7 34. Bd2 Bf4 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Nxe3 Ra7 37. Nc2 Rba8 38. Qd2 Ba4 39. bxa4
b3 40. a5 Kh7 41. Nb4 Rxa5 42. Rxa5 Rxa5 43. Ra1 Na4+ 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45.
Kxb3 Qa7 46. Nc2 Ra2 47. Qb4 Ra6 48. Kc3 Rb6 49. Qa3 Ra6 50. Qb4 Rb6 51.
Qa3 Ra6 52. Qc1 Rb6 53. Bd1 Qa5+ 54. Kd3 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Qc3 56. Kf2 Qxc4 57.
Qg5 Rd3 58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Qe6+ Kg7 60. Qe7+ Kg8 61. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. f3 g6 8. e4
Be6 9. Be3 b6 10. Na4 Nfd7 11. cxb6 Bg7 12. Qc2 Nxb6 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Bf4
Qxf4 15. Nxb6 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd6 17. Nxa8 Nxc6 18. Rc1 Qb4+ 19. Kd1 O-O 20.
d5 Bxd5 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6
8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. Rac1 Nd7 14.
b3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qh5 16. f4 b5 17. Nd5 Nc5 18. Qe3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qf5 20. b4
Qd3 21. Qe1 Na4 22. Rf3 Qf5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qxe7 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Ndxf6 12. h3 Ng7 13. b4 Bf5 14. a4
Nd7 15. b5 Qa5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. e4
dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Rb7 Rxd5 26.
Rxc7 Ng7 27. c6 Ne6 28. Rb7 Rc5 29. Rb6 a5 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Rd6 Rc4 32. g3
Rxa4 33. Kg2 Rc4 34. Ra6 a4 35. Nd2 Rb4 36. Ra7 Kf8 37. Rdd7 Nd8 38. Rdc7
Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Kg7 40. Rc8 Ne6 41. c7 Nxc7 42. Rxc7 g5 43. Ra7 h5 44. Nf1 f5
45. Ra5 Kg6 46. Ne3 f4 47. Nd5 Rd4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Kf3 Rd3+ 50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D16"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e5 6. Nxe5 Bb4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Be3 Rc8 14.
Qb3 Ng4 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qd5 17. b3 Rcd8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bf2 Qg5 20.
Qd2 Qh5 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Ne5 Ncb4 23. Re4 Qf5 24. Nc4 Nc6 25. Bg3 h6 26.
Bf2 Qg6 27. Rg4 Qf5 28. Re4 Qg6 29. Rde1 Qg5 30. Rd1 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 b5 8.
e5 b4 9. Ncb5 axb5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nxb5 Qb6 12. Qf3 Ra5 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14.
Be3 Bc5 15. Nd4 d6 16. Nb3 Bxe3 17. Nxa5 Bd4 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Qf3 Nc6 20.
O-O-O Bb7 21. Kb1 Na5 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Be4 Ba6 24. Bd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 exd5
26. Rxd4 Nc6 27. Rxd5 Rxg2 28. Rd2 Ne5 29. Rd4 Rxf2 30. Rxb4 f5 31. a4 Nc4
32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Rd4 Ne3 36. Rb6 Be2 37. b4 Bd1 38.
Rh4 f4 39. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8.
f4 Nf6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. N1d2 b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. g5 Nfd7 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Kb1
Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Ionov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. a3 a5 8.
b3 Ne7 9. d3 d6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nce4 Kh8 14. a4
Ra7 15. Kh1 Nd4 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Rc1 d5 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Qe1 g5 20. f3 Qh6
21. Rf2 Qg6 22. Ndf1 Raf7 23. Bxa5 g4 24. Bb6 Ne6 25. Nd2 h5 26. Ne2 h4 27.
Rf1 h3 28. Rg1 Qh6 29. Ng3 hxg2+ 30. Rxg2 gxf3 31. Rf2 e4 32. dxe4 Bd4 33.
Nf5 Bxf2 34. Nxh6 Bxe1 35. Nxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxe1 f2 37. Rf1 Ba6 38. c4 dxc4
39. bxc4 Kh7 40. a5 Kg6 41. Kg2 Rd7 42. Rxf2 Rd4 43. Kg3 Ng5 44. h4 Nxe4+
45. Nxe4 Rxe4 46. Rf4 Rxf4 47. Kxf4 Kh5 48. Kg3 Bxc4 49. Bxc5 Ba6 50. Bf2
Bb5 51. Kf4 c5 52. Ke5 c4 53. Kd4 Ba6 54. Be1 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Solovjov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e5 6. Nxe5 Bb4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Be3 Rc8 14.
Qb3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qd5 16. Rfc1 Ng4 17. Qb5 Ne7 18. Nd2 Qe6 19. Nf1 f5 20.
Qxb7 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Qxa7 Rfc8 24. c4 Rxc4 25. Re6 Qd8 26.
Bg5 Qc8 27. Rd6 Ra8 28. Qxa8 Qxa8 29. Rd8+ Qxd8 30. Bxd8 Nc3 31. h3 Ne2+
32. Kh1 Nxf2+ 33. Kh2 Nxd4 34. a5 Ne4 35. Bb6 Nb3 36. Ra3 Rc1 37. a6 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. a3 Be7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14.
Be3 Qb8 15. Ne5 Nhf6 16. f4 a6 17. Rad1 Qd6 18. Bb1 Rad8 19. Ba2 b5 20. Kh1
Nb6 21. f5 Nbd5 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Rde1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bd5 25. Bb1 Ne4 26.
Qh5 g6 27. Qh6 Nxc3 28. Bd3 f5 29. Bc1 Qf6 30. Bb2 Na4 31. Ba1 Qh4 32. Qd2
Qg5 33. Qf2 Bxa3 34. h4 Qh6 35. Kg1 Bd6 36. Re2 Rc8 37. Qe1 Rc7 38. Re3
Rfc8 39. h5 Rc1 40. Qf2 Qxh5 41. Rh3 Qg5 42. Rg3 Rxf1+ 43. Bxf1 Qf6 44. Qd2
Rc7 45. Be2 Qd8 46. Qf4 Qc8 47. Kh2 Nc3 48. Bd3 Ne4 49. Rh3 b4 50. Qh4 a5
51. Bb5 Re7 52. Ba4 Qc1 53. Be8 Qxa1 54. Bf7+ Rxf7 55. Qd8+ Rf8 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolenko,O"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Qe2+
Qe7 8. Nb3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Bg4 12. Nfxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Danin,A"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a4 a5 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. h3
d5 9. e5 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. b3 Kf7 12. Nf4 Nh6 13. O-O Re8 14. Ba3 Nf5
15. Qd2 Bh6 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Nce2 Nd6 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qc3
Bf5 21. Nd3 Be4 22. Nc5 Re7 23. Nc1 Rae8 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxa5 Nd5 26. Ne2
Nb4 27. c4 Nd3 28. Rf1 f5 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. c5 Qf6 31. Kh2 f4 32. gxf4 Bxf4+
33. Kh1 Bb8 34. Kg1 Rf7 35. f4 Qh4 36. Qc2 Bxf4 37. Nxf4 Nxf4 38. Qc4 e3
39. Rde1 g5 40. Kh2 e2 41. Rg1 Re3 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8.
O-O h6 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc1 h5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3
c6 15. c5 Qe7 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qc2 Qe8 20. Rd1
Bf8 21. Qa4 Rb8 22. b3 Kf7 23. h3 Qe6 24. Qa5 Be7 25. f4 Rb7 26. fxe5 Qxe5
27. Bd4 Qg5 28. Kh1 Rd7 29. Qa4 Rc7 30. Rf1 Qg3 31. Qc4+ Be6 32. Qe2 Rd7
33. Rf3 Qg5 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. e5 Bf5 36. exf6 Qd2 37. Qc4+ Be6 38. Qe4 Bd5
39. Nxd5 Qxd5 40. Qe3 Qd2 41. Qe5 Qd5 42. Qf4 Qxc5 43. Rf1 Qb5 44. Re1 Qf5
45. Qc1 Qf2 46. Qc4+ Rd5 47. Rf1 Qc5 48. Qxa6 Rf5 49. Re1 Kxf6 50. Qb7 Kg5
51. Qb8 Qc3 52. Rd1 a5 53. Qd6 Kh6 54. Qd4 Qxd4 55. Rxd4 Rc5 56. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuzmin,A"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Nd4 6. Ne2 Bc5 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8.
Nc3 Nh5 9. g3 d6 10. Bd3 c6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qe2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. O-O-O
b5 15. Bxb5 Rb8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Kb1 f5 18. Rhf1 Qb7 19. b3 Nf6 20. Rc1 a5
21. Na4 Nd7 22. Bc3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Bxa5 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rxf1 26. Qxf1
Rf8 27. Qc4 Rf2 28. Bc3 Qa7 29. a4 Qb8 30. Rc2 Rf3 31. Kb2 Rxc3 32. Rxc3
Qb4 33. d6+ Kf8 34. Kc2 Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 36. Qd3 Qg2+ 37. Kc3 e4 38. Qe3
Qh1 39. Kc4 Ke8 40. Kxc5 Kd7 41. Kd5 Qd1+ 42. Kxe4 Qc2+ 43. Kd4 Qd1+ 44.
Kc3 Qa1+ 45. Kc4 Qf1+ 46. Kb4 Qd1 47. Qe7+ Kc6 48. Qc7+ Kd5 49. d7 Qe1+ 50.
Kb5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gleizerov,E"]
[Black "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Rf7 12. a4 f4 13. Nc4 Bf6 14. Ba3 Rg7
15. b5 g5 16. Bg4 h5 17. Be6+ Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qc8 19. Nd5 dxc5 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7
21. Qd5 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxe5 Bf6 24. Qf5 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Nc7 26. Bb2
Qxe6 27. Qxc5 Na6 28. Qa5 Qxc4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qxg5+ Kf8 31. Qxf4+ Ke7
32. Qg5+ Kd7 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Silivanov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe5 13. Bxf7+ Nxf7
14. Qc6+ Ke7 15. Nd5+ Ke6 16. Nxc7+ Kf6 17. Qf3+ Kg6 18. Qe4+ Kh5 19. Qf5+
1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 a6 8. Bf4
Ne7 9. Nbd2 Nc8 10. Be3 b5 11. a4 Ncb6 12. a5 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4
Bd7 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Bxd4
O-O 15. O-O Rc8 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bf2 Be6 18. c3 b5 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Nb3 d4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qc6 23. Qh5 Bc4 24. Qxf5 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 a5 26. Qg4 Qg6
27. Qh3 axb4 28. axb4 Qe4 29. f5 Ra2 30. f6 Re8 31. Qg3 Qg6 32. e6 Qxg3 33.
exf7+ Kxf7 34. fxg7+ Rf2 35. Rxf2+ Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Re4 37. g3 Re8 38. Kf3
Re6 39. Kf4 Re2 40. h4 Re1 41. Be5 Re2 42. Kf5 Re1 43. Bd4 Re2 44. g4 Re1
45. g5 Rh1 46. Kg4 Rh2 47. h5 Kg8 48. h6 Re2 49. Kf3 Re8 50. Kf4 Re2 51.
Bf6 Re1 52. Be5 Re2 53. Bd4 Rg2 54. Bf6 Re2 55. Kf3 Re6 56. Bd4 Re8 57. Be3
Rc8 58. Bc5 Re8 59. Bd6 Re6 60. Bg3 Re8 61. Bc7 Re7 62. Bf4 Re8 63. Kg4 Re1
64. Kf5 Kf7 65. Bg3 Re3 66. Be5 Re1 67. Bf6 Re2 68. Bd4 Rg2 69. Be5 Re2 70.
Bd4 Rg2 71. Kf4 Kg8 72. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 a6 8. a4
a5 9. h3 Na6 10. O-O e5 11. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Be2 f5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Be1 Ne4 11. b4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Qc2 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. a3 Rac8 18. Qb3 Ba8 19. Rbe1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5
21. e4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 cxb4 23. axb4 Kh8 24. Ng5 Nxf4 25. Rexf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4
Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Qb7 28. Bf1 Qd5 29. Qh3 Qf5 30. Nxe6 Qxh3 31. gxh3 Rc2 32.
Be3 Bd5 33. Nd4 Rb2 34. b5 Ra2 35. Nc6 a5 36. Bb6 a4 37. Nb4 Rd2 38. Be3
Rd1 39. Nxd5 Rxd5 40. b6 a3 41. b7 Rd8 42. Bb6 Rb8 43. Bg2 a2 44. Bd4 Kg8
45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. h4 g6 47. Be5 Ke7 48. h3 Kd7 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 Bd7 8.
Nbd2 Bc6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nxd6+ Bxd6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bd3 Be8 14.
O-O f6 15. Ng4 a6 16. Be4 Nc6 17. Ne3 f5 18. Bf3 f4 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bd2
Rd8 21. Re1 Bg6 22. Rc1 Kh8 23. Bc3 a5 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Bb2 b4 26. a4 h6 27.
h3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qf6 29. Qd2 Be4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. d5 Ne5 32. Qd4 Nd7 33.
Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O
8. e3 Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. b4 Nd7 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Rf6 13. Bb2 Rg6 14. d5
exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18. Qd5 Ndf6 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20.
Rac1 c5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qd5 Re8 24. Rc4 h6 25. Rb1 Qf7 26.
Qxf7 Rxf7 27. Rc2 Ree7 28. Kf1 g5 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Ne1 Rb7 31. Re8 Nf6 32.
Rd8 Rfd7 33. Rxd7+ Nxd7 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Kd2 Ne5 36. Nd3 Rb3 37. Nxe5 Kxe5
38. Rc3 Rb1 39. Rc1 Rb8 40. Kd3 Rb3+ 41. Rc3 Rb1 42. Rc4 Kd5 43. Ra4 Rb2
44. e4+ Ke6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. h3 h5 47. f3 Rxg2 48. Rxa7 Rb2 49. a4 Rb3+ 50.
Ke2 Kd4 51. Ra6 Rb2+ 52. Kd1 Ke5 53. Ra8 Rh2 54. a5 Rxh3 55. a6 Rh1+ 56.
Ke2 Ra1 57. a7 Kd4 58. e5 d5 59. e6 Ra6 60. Kd2 Rxe6 61. Rg8 Ra6 62. a8=Q
Rxa8 63. Rxa8 Ke5 64. Rh8 h4 65. Rf8 Ke6 66. Ke3 Ke5 67. Re8+ Kf5 68. Rc8
c4 69. Rf8+ Ke5 70. f4+ gxf4+ 71. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe3 b6 13. Rad1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nc2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Ne1 d4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nd3 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Ionov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. f4 Ba5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O f6 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. fxe5 Bf5 14.
Nf3 Qd7 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Kb1 Nd8 17. Rc1 Ne6 18. Qd3 c6 19. Ne2 Raf8 20.
h4 Ng6 21. Ng3 R5f7 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Qe6 24. Rh3 Bb6 25. Rch1 Rd7 26.
Rxh7 Rff7 27. Nh5 Rf5 28. g4 Rf3 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Qe2 Nxe5 31. Nxd7 Qxd7
32. g6+ Kxg6 33. Qc2+ Kf7 34. dxe5 Bxe3 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Qa6 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Nb2 b5 14. Be2 Qb7
15. O-O a5 16. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Kuzmin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Bg2 e6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qe3+ Be7 14.
Nb3 Nb6 15. Nc5 O-O 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Qc3 Bd6 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. b3 Bxc5 20.
dxc5 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Ne5 22. Be3 Nxf3 23. exf3 Nd7 24. h4 Rad8 25. h5 gxh5 26.
Bd4 Nf8 27. gxh5 Ne6 28. Rh4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Re5 30. h6 gxh6 31. Rg4+ Kh8 32.
Qc1 Re6 33. Qb2+ d4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qxd4+ Kg8 36. Rd1 Qxa2 37. Qd8+ Kg7
38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ Rg6 42. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O b5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qd3 c5 11. f5 c4 12. Qh3 e5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. f6 Ng6 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. fxg7 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20.
Bg4 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qd6 22. c3 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Nikolenko,O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Be3 Bxc3 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. Qb3 Qa6 14.
Qc4 Qxc4 15. Rxc4 Be6 16. Ra4 Rfd8 17. h4 Rd7 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Rc4 h6 20.
Bxc6 bxc6 21. g4 hxg5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bxg5 Rb8 24. Rfc1 e5 25. h5 f6 26.
Bh4 Rb2 27. R1c2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rd4 29. Bg3 f4 30. Bh4 Kh7 31. f3 Kh6 32.
Bf2 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 f5 34. e3 fxe3 35. Bxe3+ Kxh5 36. Rc4 f4 37. Bf2 Rd2 38.
Ra4 Bf6 39. Kf1 Bh4 40. Bg1 Bg3 41. Re4 Kh4 42. Rxe5 Kh3 43. Rh5+ Bh4 44.
Rh6 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rxg1 46. Rxc6 Kg2 47. Rc8 Re1+ 48. Kd2 Kxf3 49. c6 Re7 50.
Kd3 Kg2 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Solovjov,S"]
[Black "Danin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5
8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 O-O 11. O-O-O e5 12. h4 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bg7 14. f3
Nb6 15. g4 fxg4 16. fxg4 Bxg4 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rhg1 f6 19. Nge4 Kh8 20. Nxc5
f5 21. Bb5 Rc8 22. Qf2 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Nc4 25. Ne6 Qa5 26. Na3
Nxa3+ 27. bxa3 Rc4 28. Qe1 Qb6+ 29. Ka1 e4 30. Qg3 f4 31. Qb3 Rcc8 32. d6
Qxb3 33. axb3 Rcd8 34. Nxf8 Bxf8 35. d7 e3 36. Rd3 Be7 37. Kb1 Bxh4 38. Kc1
Bf2 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. c4 e2 41. Kd2 e1=Q+ 42. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 43. Kxe1 Kf6 44. Ke2
Ke6 45. Rd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Ngf3 Nc6
8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nb4 10. Bc4 Qxc5 11. a3 Nbd5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6
14. Qe2 b6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qh5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Bd3 Rd8 20.
Rad1 Bb7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 Ba6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxb2 25. Rfd1 Rxd3
26. Rxd3 Ke7 27. Qe4 Qc5 28. Nd2 Rc8 29. Qa4 Rc7 30. c3 Bxc3 31. Ne4 Qa5
32. Qd1 Be5 33. g4 Qb5 34. g5 hxg5 35. Qd2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Gleizerov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 c5 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8.
a5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Bd2 Bxc4
14. Bxc4 Qxg2 15. Ke2 Nd7 16. Qc2 Qg4+ 17. Ke1 e5 18. Bb5 Qxd4 19. Qc8+ Ke7
20. Qb7 Ke6 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. Ke2 Nf6 23. Bc4+ Kf5 24. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Silivanov,S"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8.
Qe2 g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Ng3 Bh6 13. O-O Qxe2 14. Nxe2
e5 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Be6 17. d3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Rg8 19. Nd2 O-O-O 20. b4
a6 21. Rcb1 e4 22. d4 Na7 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Kb8 26. Nc5 Nb5
27. Rc1 Nc4 28. g3 Rd6 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. Nce6 Nd2 31. Rc2 Nf3 32. Rac1 Nbxd4
33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. g4 Rd6 35. gxf5 Rf6 36. Nh5 Rh6 37. Ng3 Rxh2+ 38. Kf1 Rc4
39. Ke2 Ne5 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41. Nxh1 h5 42. Rd2 Nc6 43. Rd1 h4 44. Kd2 Ne5 45.
Kc2 Nf3 46. Kb3 Rc8 47. c4 Kc7 48. c5 Rf8 49. Kc4 Rxf5 50. b5 axb5+ 51.
Kxb5 b6 52. Kb4 bxc5+ 53. Kc4 Rg5 54. Ra1 Kd6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Ra1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qc7
8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Nbd2 Nh6 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6
14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb6 Qd7 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Nc4 Bxf3 18. Ne5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B39"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4
8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nd5 Nc5 14.
f3 g5 15. b3 Bc6 16. Bxg5 Re8 17. h4 f6 18. Be3 e6 19. Nc3 f5 20. exf5 exf5
21. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be3 Nhf6 8.
h3 b6 9. cxb6 e6 10. g3 Qxb6 11. Rb1 Bd6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Qd2 Ba6
15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. g3 a5 11. Qe2 Bh5 12. f3 O-O 13. Rd1 Nd5 14. Na2
Be7 15. Ng2 f5 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 e5 20. dxe5
Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe7 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qc4+ Rf7 26.
Qxc5 h6 27. Nc3 g5 28. Bd6 Qg4 29. e5 h5 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Ne4 Rf5 32. Kg2
1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Qc2 g6 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. dxc6
Rxc6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Bb2 Qa5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 Qd5 19. Rfc1 Nb8 20. Nd2
Rcc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Nf3 Nd5 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Qd3
Nd7 27. Qc2 Bb8 28. Nf3 Rc8 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Rc2 Qd5 31. Rc4 Nb6 32. Rc1 Nd7
33. Qc2 Rc8 34. Qd1 Rd8 35. Qc2 Rc8 36. Qd3 Nc5 37. Qc4 Qxc4 38. Rxc4 Nxb3
39. Rxb4 Na5 40. Bc3 Nd5 41. Rxb8 Rxb8 42. Bxa5 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Ra1 44. Nc3
Nxc3 45. Bxc3 Ra3 46. Bb4 Rxa4 47. Be7 Ra5 48. Ne5 Rb5 49. g4 fxg4 50. hxg4
f5 51. gxf5 gxf5 52. Kg3 a5 53. Kf4 a4 54. Kxf5 Rb3 55. Nc4 Rc3 56. Na3 Kf7
57. Bc5 Ke8 58. Ke6 Kd8 59. Kf5 Kd7 60. Kg5 Rc1 61. e4 Rg1+ 62. Kh6 Rh1+
63. Kg5 Rg1+ 64. Kh4 Kc6 65. f4 Re1 66. e5 Rf1 67. Kg5 Rg1+ 68. Kh4 Rf1 69.
Kg5 Rg1+ 70. Kh6 Rh1+ 71. Kg7 h5 72. e6 h4 73. Nc4 Rb1 74. e7 Rb8 75. Ne5+
Kd5 76. f5 a3 77. Bxa3 h3 78. Ng4 Ke4 79. f6 Kf5 80. f7 Kxg4 81. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Qc2 c6 12. O-O Bd7 13. b3 Qb6 14. a3 Rfc8
15. Qb2 g5 16. Bg3 cxd5 17. cxd5 a4 18. b4 Nb3 19. Nxb3 axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "A28"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Rc1 Rad8 12. a3 a5 13. Qc2 Bc8 14. Qc5
f5 15. Qxe7 Ndxe7 16. Nc3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Be1 Bb3 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Bd1
Bxd1 21. Rdxd1 Nd8 22. Kf1 Nf7 23. Ke2 Rfd8 24. b3 Bf6 25. Nb5 c6 26. Nc3
b6 27. Na4 Rb8 28. Bc3 Kg7 29. d4 exd4 30. Nxd4 Rd6 31. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Be7 14.
Bc2 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Nb5 Rd8 20.
Qe2 a4 21. Nc7 Ra5 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Rad1 Rf8 24. Bc4 Rc5 25. b4 axb3 26.
Bxb3 Qc6 27. Ne7+ Nxe7 28. Qxe7 g6 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxd8+ Kg7
32. Bb3 Qf6 33. Qe8 Rc7 34. h3 Bf5 35. Qe3 Bc2 36. Bd5 g5 37. Qg3 Rd7 38.
Re6 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 h6 40. Rb6 Rxd5 41. Qc7+ Kf8 42. Qc8+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Nikolenko,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C44"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 e5 7. Qa4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2 Bc5 11. b3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+
8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Bd3 Bb5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bxb5 Qxb5 13. Rb1 Qa6
14. Qb3 b6 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. c4 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. a4 Qe4 19. h3 h6 20.
Bd2 Rc7 21. a5 Rfc8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Ra1 Rcc8 25. Qb5 Rxa1 26.
Rxa1 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Qxa8 28. Ne5 Qc8 29. Nc6 Qc7 30. Nb4 Ne4 31. c5 bxc5 32.
Na6 Qd6 33. dxc5 Qd1+ 34. Qf1 Qc2 35. Nb4 Qc3 36. c6 Ne5 37. Qb5 Nc4 38. c7
Nxe3 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. fxe3 Qxe3+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qf2+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44.
Kg1 Qf2+ 45. Kh2 Nd2 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Nf1+ 48. Kg1 Ng3+ 49. Kh2 Nf1+
50. Kg1 Ne3+ 51. Kh2 Qf2 52. Qb7 Nf1+ 53. Kh1 Ng3+ 54. Kh2 Ne2 55. Qe4+ g6
56. Qb1 Qf4+ 57. Kh1 Ng3+ 58. Kg1 Ne2+ 59. Kh1 Qxc7 60. Nd3 Qc3 61. Qd1 Nd4
62. Qf1 Kg7 63. Kh2 Qc7+ 64. Kh1 Qg3 65. Nc5 Nc2 66. Nd3 Ne3 67. Qa1+ Kh7
68. Qa8 Nf1 69. Kg1 Qxd3 70. Qf8 Qf5 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kuzmin,A"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be3 Nhf6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Be3 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Dobrov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. Nh4 g6 7. Bb2 e5 8.
f4 exf4 9. O-O Qc7 10. Na3 Ba6 11. c4 Bg7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nh6 14. Rad1
Ng4 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Rf2 c5 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. Nd5
Rac8 21. Nf3 Ng4 22. Re2 Bh6 23. Qa5 Bb7 24. h3 Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qxa7
Bxd5 27. exd5 Qd6 28. Qa5 e4 29. Nh2 Rf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qe1 Rcf8 32. Rxf4
Rxf4 33. g3 Rf7 34. Rxe4 Qf5 35. Ng4 Bg7 36. Re8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38.
Kg2 h5 39. Nh2 Qf5 40. Nf3 g5 41. Qe8+ Bf8 42. Qe2 Bd6 43. Qd2 Be7 44. Qe2
Bf6 45. Ne1 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Nd3 Bd4 48. Nf4 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionov,S"]
[Black "Solovjov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
e4 a6 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. h3 Rb8 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 c6 14. Qc2 Qe7
15. f4 Nc5 16. Bf2 Nh5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nde2 Ne6 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. g4 Nf6 21.
Ng3 Nd7 22. Be3 Nec5 23. Qf2 Qb6 24. e5 dxe5 25. f5 Qb3 26. fxg6 hxg6 27.
Rf1 f6 28. g5 Qxc4 29. gxf6 Qf7 30. Nce4 Ne6 31. h4 Bb4 32. h5 Kh8 33. hxg6
Qxg6 34. Nf5 Rf8 35. Rd3 Nxf6 36. Qh4+ Nh7 37. Ba7 Nf4 38. Rxf4 Bxf5 39.
Rg3 Qe6 40. Ng5 Qe7 41. Bxb8 exf4 42. Qxf4 Rxb8 43. Qxb8+ Nf8 44. Qf4 Bg6
45. Ne4 Kg7 46. Rh3 Bc5+ 47. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 48. Kh2 Qe7 49. Qh6+ Kf7 50. Rf3+
Kg8 51. Rxf8+ Qxf8 52. Qxg6+ Kh8 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qg5+ Kh8 55. Qe5+ Kg8 56.
Qg5+ Kh8 57. Qh4+ Kg7 58. Qg4+ Kf6 59. Qd4+ Kg5 60. Kg3 Qb8+ 61. Kf2 Qh2
62. Qe3+ Kf6 63. Qe4 Qc7 64. Qd4+ Kg5 65. Ke2 Qh2 66. Qe3+ Kf6 67. Qe4 Qg1
68. Qf4+ Kg7 69. Qe5+ Kf7 70. Bh3 Qc1 71. Be6+ Kg6 72. Qf5+ Kh6 73. Qf6+
Kh5 74. Bf7+ Kg4 75. Qg6+ Kh4 76. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Gleizerov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O
8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Qe3 b5 13. Kb1 b4 14.
Ne2 Bb7 15. Ng3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Rhe1 a4 19. Nh5 Rh6 20. g4
b3 21. a3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 d4 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Rc1 Ba6 25. Rc5 Ne7 26. Ne5 Qe8
27. Rc7 Rf6 28. Qe4 Rf8 29. Nc6 Nf5 30. Nb4 Bb5 31. gxf5 Qxh5 32. Qe5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Shapovalenko,Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nd3 Nb6 10. Na3 Nfd7 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qb3 Nd7 14.
Rad1 a6 15. Rd5 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. R1d2 e6 18. R5d3 b5 19. Bh6 Re8 20.
cxb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qa5 22. a4 Nb6 23. Bc6 c4 24. Qa3 Bd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26.
Bxd7 Red8 27. Qe7 Bg7 28. Nd6 Bxh6 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Bg7 31. Nf7+ Kg8
32. Qxe6 h6 33. Nxd8+ Kh7 34. Be8 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Danin,A"]
[Black "Silivanov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[ECO "C41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8.
a4 b6 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qf3 Bf8 14. Bg5
Bg7 15. Rad1 Bc8 16. Rd6 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxg6 Kg7 19. Nh4 1-0