[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5
15. Qe2 a4 16. Bb2 Nd6 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nf3 c5 21.
Nd2 Ra7 22. Ba1 Qa6 23. e4 Bd8 24. e5 Ne8 25. exf6 Nd7 26. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lugovoi,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E92"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Ne1 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Bh5 Qe7
15. f3 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Nc5 18. Qe2 g4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4
Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Ke2 Nxe4 23. Nd3 c6 24. Nf2 Nf6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Kf1
Rf8 27. Kg1 Re8 28. Re1 Nh5 29. Ne4 Nxg3 30. hxg3 d5 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Nc3
Rd8 33. Rd1 d4 34. Ne4 g4 35. Kf1 d3 36. Rc1 Kh7 37. Nf2 Rf8 38. Re1 d2 39.
Rd1 Bh6 40. Ke2 Rb8 41. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. h3 a6 11. e4 b5 12. a3 Re8 13. Re1 Ra7 14. Be3 Rc7 15.
Qd2 Nbd7 16. Bg5 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Rc1 c4 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. Rcd1 Qb6 21.
e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Nfd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1
Qd6 27. Qe8+ Nf8 28. Ne4 Qxd5 29. Be7 Qc6 30. Qd8 f5 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Be4
fxe4 33. Bd6 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vorobiov,E"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Be3 a6 14.
Bd3 Nb4 15. Be4 Be7 16. Qh5 N4d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5
20. Rfc1 Kd7 21. Kf1 f5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bf6 25. Be3 g5
26. f3 h5 27. h3 g4 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. fxg4 hxg4 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd3 Kf5 32.
g3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6
8. Be3 Be7 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bd5 Nb6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd2 Be6 14.
Nc4 Qd4 15. O-O-O Qxd3 16. Rxd3 O-O-O 17. f3 Kc7 18. Rhd1 g6 19. b4 Rhf8
20. Kb2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5+ Bxd5 22. Rxd5 f5 23. Re1 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Kc6 25. Ne3
Bg5 26. b5+ axb5 27. axb5+ Kd7 28. Nd1 Ke6 29. c4 Rf4 30. Nc3 Rxe4 31. Nxe4
Be3 32. Kc2 g5 33. Kd3 Bd4 34. Ke2 b6 35. g3 Ke7 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Rf8
38. Nxd6 Rxf4 39. Nc8+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. Rd6 h5 42. Nxb6 Bxb6 43. Rxb6
Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bezgodov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Qc8 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Nxd8 13. Rd1 Ne6 14.
h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. a3 Qc7 17. Ne2 a5 18. g4 Bf8 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bg4
Ndc5 21. f3 a4 22. Kg2 Be7 23. h4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd2 h6 26. Qxd8+
Bxd8 27. gxh6 Bxh4 28. f4 exf4 29. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Nxe4 31. Bc8 Nc5 32.
Be3 b6 33. b4 axb3 34. cxb3 Nxb3 35. Bxb6 Be7 36. a4 Bb4 37. Ba6 Na5 38.
Kf3 Kh7 39. Be3 f5 40. Ke2 Bd6 41. Bb6 Nb3 42. Bc4 Nc5 43. a5 Kxh6 44. a6
Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Kosyrev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Nf4 Be7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Nf3 c4 13. h4 h5 14. Qg3 b5
15. Nh3 Nf8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 a6 18. Nfg5 Nh7 19. Qf3 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Rb8
21. Ra2 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qe7 23. Re1 O-O 24. Re3 Ne8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Ng7
27. Rxa6 Rxb2 28. Rf3 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Qb7 30. Rd6 Rb6 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 32. h5 Qb1
33. h6 Nf5 34. Nxe6 Ra8 35. h7+ Kh8 36. Ng5 Ra1 37. Qg2 Qc1 38. Nxf7+ Kxh7
39. Ng5+ Kg7 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Rh3 Nh6 42. Ng5+ Kg7 43. Rg3 Nf5 44. Ne6+ Kf7
45. Rxg6 Ne7 46. Rf6+ Ke8 47. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Smirnov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Rad1 Ndc6 19. Nfxd5
Nxd5 20. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6
fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Kd8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxg6 Bg7 19. a4 Nf8 20. Qg4
b4 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nd6 a5 23. Qh5 Ra6 24. Nf7+ Ke8 25. Ng5+ Kd8 26. Rh4 Ra7
27. Rf4 Rd7 28. Nf7+ Kc7 29. Qg4 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qh5 Re7 32. f4 Nd7
33. g4 b3 34. Kd2 Bf8 35. f5 exf5 36. gxf5 Rg7 37. Qf3 Nb6 38. Rh1 Bb4+ 39.
Kc1 c3 40. f6 Rf7 41. bxc3 Ba3+ 42. Kd2 Be6 43. Qd3 Nc4+ 44. Ke2 b2 45. Rg1
Bf8 46. Rb1 Ba3 47. Rg1 Kb6 48. Qg6 Ka7 49. Rb1 Rb7 50. Qh5 Nb6 51. Qe8 Bf7
52. Qc6 Nc4 53. e6 Bg6 54. Rg1 b1=Q 55. Rxb1 Rxb1 56. f7 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 Be4+
58. Kg3 Rb7 59. Qe8 Bd6+ 60. Kh4 Bf5 61. Kg5 Bh3 62. Kf6 Nd2 63. Qd8 Be7+
64. Qxe7 Ne4+ 65. Kg6 Rxe7 66. f8=Q Rxe6+ 67. Kh5 Rc6 68. Qd8 Bc8 69. Qxa5+
Ba6 70. Kg4 Nxc3 71. Kf4 Rc4 72. Ke5 Nxa4 73. Qxd5 Nb6 74. Qf7+ Bb7 75. Qf2
Ra4 76. Kf6 Nd5+ 77. Kg7 Ra6 78. Qc2 Re6 79. Qc5+ Kb8 80. Qf8+ Kc7 81. Qc5+
Kd7 82. Qa7 Re7+ 83. Kg6 Ke6 84. Qa2 Bc6 85. Kg5 Rg7+ 86. Kh4 Kf7 87. Qf2+
Nf6 88. Kh3 Bd5 89. Qf4 Be6+ 90. Kh2 Rg4 91. Qc7+ Kg6 92. Qd6 Bd5 93. Kh3
Re4 94. Kg3 Re6 95. Qb8 Re3+ 96. Kf2 Rb3 97. Qd6 Rf3+ 98. Ke2 Rf5 99. Kd2
Kg5 100. Qe7 Kg4 101. Kc3 Kf3 102. Qe1 Ne4+ 103. Kb4 Nf2 104. Qc3+ Kg4 105.
Qc8 Nd3+ 106. Kc3 Nf4 107. Kd2 Be6 108. Qc6 Ra5 109. Qd6 Kf3 110. Kc3 Bd5
111. Kb4 Ra2 112. Qf6 Rc2 113. Kb5 Be4 114. Qf8 Ke3 115. Qh6 Rc7 116. Qg5
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novikov,St"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Nd5 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Bg4 10. Qg3 Be6 11. Qf3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 Ne4 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O
8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. cxd4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Rac1 Bg4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Qb2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Re6 19. f4
Rg8 20. Kh1 Rh6 21. f3 Qe7 22. Rce1 Re8 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Qg2 g6 25. Re2 Qf6
26. Qg5 Kg7 27. Qxd5 a6 28. Qg5 Qd6 29. Bc4 Reh8 30. Bb3 Rh5 31. Qg4 b5 32.
Reg2 Ne7 33. Qg3 a5 34. Qf2 a4 35. Bc2 Nd5 36. Be4 Nc3 37. Bxg6 fxg6 38.
Qc2 Qc7 39. Qxg6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B10"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Nxc3 7. Qf3
Nd5 8. Bxd5 e6 9. Bxb7 Bxb7 10. Qxb7 Nd7 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. Qe4 Be7 13. O-O
O-O 14. d4 a5 15. Qe2 Rb7 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Rfc1 a4 18. Bg3 Nd5 19. Rc4 Qd7
20. a3 Qb5 21. h3 g6 22. Rc2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. Ne5 Rbc7 26.
Rd3 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rb1 28. Bf4 f6 29. Ng4 h5 30. Rxe6 Nd5 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32.
Rg3 Bf8 33. Be5 h4 34. Rg4 Rcc1 35. Rxh4 fxe5 36. Ng4 Nf4 37. Ra6 Rh1+ 38.
Kg3 Ne2+ 39. Kf3 Nxd4+ 40. Ke4 Rhe1+ 41. Ne3 Rxb2 42. Kxe5 Nf5 43. Ra7+ Kg8
44. Re4 Bg7+ 45. Kd5 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "Iljushin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A90"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Nf4 Nf7 15. Nd3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 f4 17. gxf4 Rxf4 18. e3 Rf6 19. f4 Bf5 20.
Qe2 Bd6 21. Kh1 Rh6 22. Bf3 Rh3 23. Bg2 Rh6 24. Rf2 Qe7 25. Bf3 Rh3 26. Rg1
Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Be4 29. Rgg3 Rd8 30. Kg1 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 c5 32.
Rf1 Qe6 33. Rd1 d4 34. exd4 cxd4 35. b3 Qg6+ 36. Kf2 d3 37. Qf3 d2 38. Qxb7
Qh5 39. Qf3 Qxh2+ 40. Ke3 g5 41. Qg4 Qxf4+ 42. Qxf4 gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Kf7 44.
b4 Ke6 45. b5 Rd4+ 46. Ke3 Kxe5 47. a4 Rxa4 48. Rxd2 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rf4+ 50.
Ke3 Rf7 51. Rh2 Re7 52. Rh5+ Kf6+ 53. Kf4 Rb7 54. Rc5 Kg6 55. Kg4 Rd7 56.
Rc6+ Kf7 57. Rh6 Ke8 58. Kf4 Kf8 59. Ra6 Ke7 60. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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.
c3 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. h3 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8
15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Qd2 d5
21. e5 d4 22. Bxd4 Nd5 23. a3 Ne7 24. Rac1 Nc6 25. Bc3 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Red8
27. Nf1 Nd4 28. Bd1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 b4 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Bd2 Bxd2 32. Nxd2
Rb8 33. b3 a5 34. Re3 Rd8 35. Nf3 g5 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Bg4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Ng3 a5
15. Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 Nc7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 b3 19. Nf5 Nd5 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7
21. Bxd6 Re8 22. h4 Qb6 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Ra4 25. Bh3 Rxe4 26. Bxe6 Rxe6
27. Rhe1 Nd5 28. Bg3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qg6+ 30. Ka1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Qe4 32. Nxb3
f5 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Bf2 Ne5 35. Nc5 Qf3 36. Ka2 Kf7 37. Qc2 f5 38. Bg1 Kg6
39. Qd2 f4 40. Qc2+ Kh6 41. Qf5 Nc3+ 42. bxc3 Qe2+ 43. Ka1 Qe1+ 44. Qb1
Qxc3+ 45. Qb2 Qe1+ 46. Ka2 Qxg1 47. Qxe5 Qf2+ 48. Kb3 Qg3+ 49. Kc4 Qxh4 50.
Qe6+ Kg7 51. Qe4 Qh3 52. Qe5+ Kg6 53. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 54. Nxe6 Kf5 55. Nd4+ Ke5
56. Kc5 h5 57. a4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. fxg4 hxg4 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. e5 Kg8 17. Bxg4 Rh6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bf4 Ng8 20. Bg5
Qe8 21. Bf7 Qc8 22. Ne4 c5 23. Nf6 Ndxf6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Nxf6 26.
Bxh6 Qd7 27. Bg6 Rg8 28. h5 Qd5 29. Qc2 Nxh5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Re8 Rxe8 32.
Bxe8 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Chebotarev,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6
8. g3 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Nd7 14. Qd2
Nf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qh6 Ng4 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. Ned4 Be4 20.
Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 b4 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. h3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qb7 25. hxg4 fxe4 26.
Qe3 Bf6 27. Rh1 Bg7 28. Rb1 Qa8 29. Rh4 f5 30. Nxe6 Rd3 31. Qg5 Rf7 32.
gxf5 e3+ 33. Kh2 h6 34. Qf4 Rb7 35. Rg4 e2 36. Qe5 Qa7 37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38.
Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rc3 Kh8
20. Rf3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 f5 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Nc5
Kf7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd3 Rd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Nd3
d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Yandemirov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Nc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. b3 Ba6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qa5 14.
Kb2 Nd7 15. Nh3 b5 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. Qg7 O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Nc4+ 19. bxc4 b4 20.
Nb1 Bxc4 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Qxe7 Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 Qb3 24. Qxa7 Bd3 25. Rxd3
Qxd3 26. Rd1 Qc4+ 27. Kb2 c5 28. d5 Rd6 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qa7+ Kc8 31. Qa2
b3 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Nc3 Ra6 34. d6+ Rxd6 35. Qa7+ Kc6 36. Qa4+ Qxa4 37.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Nxa4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kabanov,N"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8.
a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Nc2 b5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Na1 Ra8 19. Qd2 Ra4 20.
Rfc1 Qb6 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Nb3 Rb4 24. Nd2 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Kh7
26. h4 f5 27. h5 gxh5 28. Nf3 Qd6 29. Nh4 Bf6 30. Ra1 Bxh4 31. gxh4 Rg8 32.
Qf3 Rg7 33. Kf1 Rg4 34. Bh3 Rf4 35. Qxh5 Kg7 36. e3 Ra4 37. Rxa4 bxa4 38.
Bxf5 Bxf5 39. Qxf5 Qxd5 40. Qg4+ Kf6 41. Qxa4 Qxd3+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. e4 Qe6
44. Kg3 Kg6 45. f4 exf4+ 46. Kxf4 Qf6+ 47. Ke3 Qc3+ 48. Ke2 Kh5 49. Qc6 c4
50. Qe6 Qd3+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kf3 Qd1+ 53. Kf2 Qd4+ 54. Kf3 Qc3+ 55. Kf2
Qb2+ 56. Kf3 Qa3+ 57. Kf2 Qc5+ 58. Kf3 Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Iljin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d6 12. e4 Nd7 13. O-O Qc8 14. b4
Qb7 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rab1 a5 17. b5 e5 18. Rbd1 Bf6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd5
Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qc8 22. Kg2 Qe6 23. f4 Rac8 24. f5 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Bc3 26. Rg1
Re8 27. f3 Bb4 28. Kf1 Bc5 29. Rg2 f6 30. Be1 Re7 31. Bc3 Kf8 32. a4 Rce8
33. Ke2 Rf7 34. Kd3 Rfe7 35. Rdd2 Rf7 36. Rde2 Rfe7 37. h4 Rf7 38. h5 Ree7
39. Rg3 Ke8 40. f4 Kf8 41. Rf3 Rd7 42. Kc4 Rde7 43. Rf1 Ke8 44. Kd3 Kf8 45.
Rg2 Ke8 46. e5 fxe5 47. fxe5 dxe5 48. Ke4 Rf6 49. Rg6 Kf8 50. Bd2 Ref7 51.
Rf3 Bd4 52. Be1 Rd7 53. Bh4 Rff7 54. Rg2 Bc5 55. f6 Kg8 56. Rxg7+ Rxg7 57.
fxg7 Rxg7 58. Rg3 Bd6 59. Rxg7+ Kxg7 60. Kf5 Kf7 61. Bd8 Ke8 62. Bf6 Kf7
63. Bh8 Kf8 64. Kg6 e4 65. Bg7+ Ke8 66. Bxh6 Bc5 67. Bf4 e3 68. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 O-O 19. Nd2 Nf6 20.
f3 b5 21. Bf2 Rfd8 22. Kb1 Bb4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 bxc4 25. Rc1 c3 26.
bxc3 Ba3 27. Rc2 c5 28. Rh3 Rab8+ 29. Ka1 c4 30. Rh1 Rb5 31. d5 exd5 32.
Rd1 Rd7 33. Rcd2 d4 34. cxd4 Rdb7 35. d5 c3 36. Rc2 Bb2+ 37. Kb1 Bc1+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Nb3 b5 12. a3 Bc8 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Nd7
15. e5 dxe5 16. Rad1 Ndb8 17. fxe5 Qc7 18. Nc5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Nc4 20. Bf4
Qxc5 21. Qe2 Ra7 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Be4 f5 24. Bd3 Nxb2 25. Rb1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3
Rd7 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. Na2 e5 29. Be3 Qe6 30. Nb4 Rc8 31. a4 Rc4 32. axb5 axb5
33. Nd3 Qc6 34. Nb4 Qe4 35. Nd3 b4 36. Qf3 Qxf3 37. gxf3 Nc6 38. Rf2 Kf7
39. Re2 Rd5 40. Kg2 g5 41. Bf2 g4 42. fxg4 Rxg4+ 43. Kh1 Rc4 44. Nb2 Rc3
45. Nd1 Rf3 46. Ne3 Rd7 47. Nc4 e4 48. Nd2 Rxf2 49. Rxf2 e3 50. Rxf5 exd2
51. Rd1 Ke6 52. Rc5 Ne7 53. Kg2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chuprov,D"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3
Bf5 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O Be4 10. Re1 h6 11. c4 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 a5 14.
Re3 a4 15. Qe1 axb3 16. Rxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 bxa2 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Bd3 g6 20.
Bc1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Rxa2 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 Bxd4 24. Bf1 Bg7 25. Be3 Qb4
26. Kg2 b5 27. Qa6 bxc4 28. Bxc4 Qd6 29. Bf4 Qc5 30. Be3 Qd6 31. Bf4 Qc5
32. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Balashov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. e4 Bh3 11. Bh1 h6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nfd7 14. Nf3
Re8 15. Be3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. Nd3 e5 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5
Rxe5 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Bd4 Re6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kh7 25. Nd6 Nd7 26.
Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Ne4 Bf5 28. Rd6 Qe8 29. Qd4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Black "Dvoirys,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+
Qd7 8. Qa3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 e6
14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Rab1 Rfc8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Na5 18. Bb5 Qf5 19. Qa4 Rd8
20. Bc6 h6 21. Rbc1 g5 22. h3 Rd6 23. Bd2 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Rc8 25. Bxa5 Qxa5
26. Qxa5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 bxa5 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. a4 Ke7 30. Rc5 Kd6 31. Rxa5
Rc7 32. h4 Bc3 33. Rb5 f6 34. Nh2 Rxc6 35. Ng4 h5 36. Ne3 Be5 37. g3 gxh4
38. Nf5+ Ke6 39. Nxh4 Rc4 40. a5 Ra4 41. Ng6 Bc3 42. Nf4+ Kd6 43. Nxh5 Rxa5
44. Rxa5 Bxa5 45. Nxf6 Bd8 46. Ne4+ Kd5 47. f3 a5 48. Kf2 Kd4 49. Ke2 a4
50. Kd2 a3 51. Kc2 Ke3 52. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lastin,A"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8
8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 e6 10. O-O-O a6 11. Ne2 b5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. h4 Be7 14.
Kb1 h6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. g4 Ne5 17. Be2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. g5 h5 20. Nf5
Bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 exf5 22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bd4 f6 24. f4 Ng4 25. g6 O-O 26. Bd3
Nh6 27. c4 Bc7 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rhf1 Rb8 30. Kb3 Rfe8 31. Rc1 Ba5 32. Rfd1
Red8 33. Bg1 Rd5 34. Be2 Bd2 35. Rc2 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabanov,Y"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8.
Bf1 O-O 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 b5 12. a4 Rb8 13. b3 Ne8 14. Nb1
Qc7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na3 Nd6 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nb5 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Ne3
Nf6 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Ng5 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Nd4 24. Ra2 Qb7 25. Nd5 h6 26. Nf3
Nxd5 27. cxd5 f5 28. Nh4 fxe4 29. Nxg6 Qxd5 30. Ra7 Rb7 31. Qa4 Re6 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. cxd5 Qxb3 10. axb3 cxd5 11. Bg5 e6 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Be3 Nc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. Ra3 Rb4 19. Rxc6
Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxa7 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Rd2 23. e3 Rxb2 24. Rb7 g5 25. b4
Kg7 26. b5 Kg6 27. g4 h6 28. b6 Rb1 29. Rd7 h5 30. gxh5+ Kxh5 31. b7 Kg6
32. Rcc7 Kf6 33. Re7 Kg6 34. h3 Rb2 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Red7 Kg6 37. h4 gxh4+
38. Kxh4 f5 39. Rd6 Rh8+ 40. Kg3 f4+ 41. Kxf4 Kf6 42. Rc8 Rxf2+ 43. Kxe4
1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. d5 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. O-O Bg4 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Nbd2 a3 13. Nxc4 Bb4 14.
Bd2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Nfxd2 axb2 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Nb3 f6 19. Nc5 Bf5
20. Rxb2 Rxb2 21. Nxb2 Ne7 22. Nxa6 Nxc6 23. Nxc7 Kf7 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. h3
Rd3 26. a4 Kg6 27. Re3 Rd4 28. Rg3+ Kh6 29. Ne3 Bd7 30. Ne8 Rxa4 31. Rxg7
Ne5 32. Rg8 Be6 33. Rg3 Nd3 34. Ng4+ Bxg4 35. Rxd3 Bf5 36. Rd6 Kg5 37. Nxf6
Ra2 38. Nd5 Bg6 39. Ne3 Be4 40. Rb6 Re2 41. Rb5+ Kg6 42. Nd5 Rd2 43. Nf4+
Kf6 44. f3 Ba8 45. Ra5 Bb7 46. Rh5 h6 47. Rb5 Ba8 48. Rb8 Ra2 49. Kh2 Ra5
50. Kg3 Kf7 51. Rb6 Kg7 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Bh6 11. a3 a4 12. Nxa4 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Nxe4 14. Be1
b5 15. cxb5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxa4 17. Bb4 Rxb4 18. axb4 Nf6 19. Qc6 Bd7 20.
Qb7 Qb8 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. Rfc1 Ne8 23. Ra1 Kf8 24. Ra5 Ke7 25. Rca1 d5 26.
Rc1 e4 27. f3 f5 28. Kf2 Rb6 29. Ra6 Kd6 30. Ke3 Ng7 31. Rd1 Be6 32. Rxb6+
cxb6 33. Ra1 Bc8 34. Ra8 Bb7 35. Rb8 Kc7 36. Rg8 Ne6 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Rh8
d4+ 39. Kd2 Bd5 40. Rxh7+ Kb8 41. Rd7 Ba2 42. g3 Bb3 43. Bg4 e3+ 44. Kd3
Ba4 45. Bxe6 Bxb5+ 46. Kc2 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosyrev,V"]
[Black "Balashov,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Qc2 N5f6 9. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7
8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. f4 Nc5 12. Nxc6 Nxb3+ 13. cxb3 bxc6
14. e5 d5 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Kb1 Rb4 17. g3 d4 18. Bd2 Rb5 19. b4 Bxb4 20.
Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Nc5 Qd5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Rhd1 Rd8 24. Rd2 h6 25. Qe4 Rc4 26.
Qxd5 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Rxd5 28. Rc2 f6 29. exf6 e5 30. fxe5 Bf5 31. e6 gxf6
32. Nd7 Kg7 33. Rxc6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Rxd7 35. Rb6 Rd5 36. Kd2 Rh5 37. h4 Rf5
38. a4 Rf2+ 39. Kd3 Rf3+ 40. Kc4 Rxg3 41. Rb5 Rg4 42. Rxa5 Rxh4 43. Rd5 Rh1
44. a5 h5 45. b4 h4 46. a6 Rc1+ 47. Kd3 h3 48. a7 Ra1 49. Ra5 Rd1+ 50. Ke2
h2 51. a8=Q h1=Q 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Qg8+ Kf5 54. Ra5+ Kf4 55. Qb8+ Kg4 56.
Qc8+ Kg3 57. Qc7+ Kg4 58. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7
8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Ne3 Bg6 14.
b4 Ne6 15. b5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nd4 17. Qb2 Bc5 18. a5 O-O 19. a6 bxa6 20. bxc6
Ndxc6 21. Rxa6 Qc8 22. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Re1 b6 9. e4 cxd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14.
Nxd4 O-O 15. Nc4 Nf4 16. Be4 Nc5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 b5 20.
Nd6 Ncd3 21. Re4 Nd5 22. Re2 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Rac8 24. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lastin,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 h6 13. h3 Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8
15. Qe2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 b5 8. Nf4
e5 9. Nfe2 bxc4 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 c4 13. O-O Bd7 14. Kh1
Re8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qc2 Bc5 18. Bd2 Bd4 19. a4 Rc5 20. a5 Nc8
21. Na4 Rc7 22. Rfc1 Bb5 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. Nd1 Bb5 25. Ne3 Ne7 26. Nxc4 Ng6
27. Nf5 Nh5 28. g3 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Bxb2 31. Qb4 Bxa1 32. Rxa1
Kh7 33. Qxd6 Qc8 34. Rc1 Qb7 35. Qb4 Qd7 36. Be3 Rc8 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc4
Qb7 39. a6 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kg1 Qa3 42. d6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin,D"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A36"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 a6 8.
a4 d6 9. O-O Rb8 10. h3 Ne8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne6 14. Nde2
Na5 15. b3 Bd7 16. f4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f5 Nc5 19. Rxa5 Qxa5 20. b4 Qxb4
21. Nd5 Qa3 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Bd4 gxf5 24. exf5 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4+ f6 26. Nf4
Rf7 27. Qxd6 Qa7 28. Qd4 Rxe7 29. Nd5 Be8 30. Nxe7 Qxe7 31. cxb5 Bxb5 32.
Rb1 Rd8 33. Qc3 Bd3 34. Rd1 Ne4 35. Qe1 Bc2 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Kh2 Qd3 38.
Bf1 Qd2+ 39. Qe2 Qxe2+ 40. Bxe2 Nc3 41. Bc4 Bxf5 42. g4 Be4 43. Kg3 Nd5 44.
Bb5 Kg7 45. Kh4 Kf7 46. Bf1 Bg6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Bc4 Ke5 49. Kf3 Nf4 50. h4
Bc2 51. Kg3 h6 52. Ba6 Bd1 53. Bb7 Ne6 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kobalia,M"]
[Black "Sorokin,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 d6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ng3 h6 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Ng4 dxe4 14. dxe4
Bxb3 15. axb3 Re6 16. Bd2 Ne7 17. O-O-O Qe8 18. Kc2 Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20.
Ra1 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Ra6 22. Rxa6 bxa6 23. f3 Bf2 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 f6 26.
Ra1 Kf7 27. Kd3 Bc5 28. c4 c6 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Rc1 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Bd4 32.
Rc7+ Kg8 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Rd6 35. g4 Kf8 36. Ra7 Kg8 37. Ke3 Kf8 38.
Ra8+ Kf7 39. b4 Ke7 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Ra8 Ke7 42. Kf2 Rc6 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Kh4
g6 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. fxg6 Rxc3 47. g5 fxg5+ 48. Kh5 Rxf3 49. Kxh6 Rf8 50.
Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rf7 Rd8 52. Kxg5 Rd1 53. Kf6 Kg8 54. Ra7 Rd6+ 55. Kg5 Rd1 56.
Rxa6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Nd7 7. b3 Be7 8.
Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 a5 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Nd2 Ra6 13. Qc1 Ne6 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. a3 Rb6 16. Qb2 Ng5 17. Nf3 Bh3 18. Qc1 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Qd7 20. Re1
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd8 22. Qd2 Rh6 23. h4 b6 24. f4 Nc6 25. Qe2 e4 26. dxe4 d3
27. Qd1 Rd6 28. Ne3 Rxe4 29. Nd5 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Black "Korotylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. f4 Rb8 13. Bf2 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Bc6 15. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. h4 Qc7 14. h5
Nfd7 15. Rh2 Rfd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. fxe4 Ne5 19. Qg2 Nec4 20.
Bd4 h6 21. Qf2 Nd7 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qf5 Qc7 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Be3 Rce8 26.
Rg2 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Re5 28. Bxh6 Rxf5 29. gxf5 Kh7 30. Bxg7 Rg8 31. Rfg1 Qd8
32. Nd2 Nc5 33. f6 Qe8 34. Rg6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Lugovoi,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. g4 b5 11. Be3 h6 12. h4 Ne5 13. Be2 g6 14. a3 Qc7
15. Rhg1 Qb7 16. g5 Nh5 17. gxh6 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Rde1 d5 20. exd5 Rb8
21. Nd1 Qxd5 22. Qc3 e5 23. f4 Bxh6 24. fxe5 Bg7 25. Rg5 Be6 26. Nf2 O-O
27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Ng4 Rfe8 29. Bd2 Red8 30. Rg1 Kh8 31. Qe3 Rxd2 32. Kxd2
Rxb2 33. Qd4 Rb8 34. Kc1 c3 35. Qd6 Qe8 36. e6 f5 37. Ne5 Kh7 38. Rxg6 Rb7
39. Nd7 Qd8 40. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A43"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Qa5+ 5. c3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Qb4 10. Ndb5 a6 11. Na3 Rd8 12. e4 Rb8 13. Qe2 d6 14. Be3
Bd7 15. Rab1 Rdc8 16. Rfd1 Be8 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. b4 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. Bf3
Nf6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Be2 Nfd7 23. c5 dxc5 24. b5 g5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. bxa6
bxa6 27. Bxa6 Rxb1 28. Naxb1 Ra8 29. Be2 g4 30. Kg2 c4 31. h3 h5 32. hxg4
hxg4 33. Rc1 Bc6 34. Rc2 f5 35. Nd2 Bb4 36. Nxc4 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Bxe4+ 38.
Kf1 Rc8 39. a4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vorobiov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 Bb7 7. c4 bxc4 8.
bxc4 dxc4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Bd5 14.
Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Bd4
20. Qf3 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qe8 22. Rc7 h6 23. Nxf7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Qc6
26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Ng5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirnov,P"]
[Black "Bezgodov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Bg3 Bd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. b4 d4 14. Na4 Qd8
15. O-O Rc8 16. b5 Na5 17. Qd3 dxe3 18. Qxe3 a6 19. Rac1 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 axb5
21. Nab6 Bc5 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qh4 Bxb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Be5 Nd5 26. Qg3 f6
27. Bd6 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Bf3 Qd4 31. h3 g5 32. Bxd5
Qxd5 33. Be7 Kf7 34. Qc7 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Bxd7 36. Bd8 h5 37. f3 e5 38. Kf2 Kg6
39. Bc7 Bc6 40. Bd8 f5 41. Bc7 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Bb6 Kf5 44. Be3 Bd5 45.
Bd2 Bc4 46. Be3 h4 47. Bd2 g4 48. hxg4+ Kxg4 49. Bb4 Bd5 50. Bd6 e3+ 51.
Kxe3 Bxg2 52. Kf2 h3 53. Kg1 Kf3 54. Kh2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. c5 a6 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14.
Bg5 Qxg5 15. Nxd6 Nd7 16. Qc1 Qxc1 17. Raxc1 e4 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bb3 Rd8 20.
Nc4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Rd6 22. Rc7 Rb8 23. f3 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bd7 25. Kf2 b6 26.
h4 Kf8 27. Re3 a5 28. Re5 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Ra7 a4 31. Bxa4 Bxa4 32.
Rxa4 Rxd5 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Rb7 Rd6 36. a4 h6 37. h5 g6 38. hxg6
Kxg6 39. b4 Kg5 40. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Khairullin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A36"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8.
O-O Ne8 9. Be3 Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne6 12. Nde2 Nc5 13. h3 a6 14. a4
Qa5 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Nd5 Qxa4 17. b3 Qa2 18. Bd2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. b4 e5 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26.
Qxd6 Qxc4 27. Bxb7 Ra7 28. Bd5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iljin,A"]
[Black "Filippov,Va"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Bf4 17. c5 g6 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 bxc5 20.
Qxc5 Rd5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Re5 Kf8 23. Kf1 Nd7 24. Re2 c5 25. Rd2 cxd4 26.
Be4 Ba6+ 27. Kg1 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Rxd4 Rc7 30. h4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Bb7
32. Ra4 Bd5 33. Kh2 h6 34. Ra6 Kg7 35. Nd4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kg3 Kg6 38.
f3 Kh5 39. Kf2 g4 40. Ra4 gxf3 41. gxf3 Rd7 42. Nc2 f5 43. Rd4 e5 44. Rd2
Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kharlov,A"]
[Black "Novikov,St"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 e5 9. Nxe5 Bxe2 10. Nxc6 Bxd1 11. Nxd8 Be2 12. Nxb7 Bxf1 13. Nxd6+ cxd6
14. Kxf1 Kd7 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. Kd3 h5 17. c4 h4 18. Ba3 Rc6 19. c5 Ra6 20.
Bb4 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Rh5 22. a4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4+ 24. Kxe4 Rg5 25. Rh1 Rxg2
26. Kf3 Rg5 27. e4 Rf6+ 28. Ke2 Rg2 29. d5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8.
Bf4 d6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qa4+ b5 11. Nxb5 O-O 12. Rd1 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Nbd7 14.
Bxd6 Re8 15. g3 Ne4 16. Bf4 a6 17. Qb7 Qa5+ 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Bg2 Nd3+ 20.
Kf1 Nexf2 21. Nc4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. exd3 bxc4 25. dxc4
Ra7 26. d6 Bxb2 27. Bc6 Rd8 28. Kg2 g5 29. Bxg5 Rxd6 30. Bd5 Bxa3 31. Re1
Kg7 32. Re8 Bb4 33. Bf4 Ra2+ 34. Kh3 Rf6 35. Be5 Raf2 36. g4 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Nf1 f5 14. Ng5
Nxg5 15. Bxg5 b6 16. Re2 Qf7 17. Rae1 Re8 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nd2 b5 20. f4 Nd7
21. Nf3 Ba5 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. Ne5 h6 24. Bh4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 g5 26. Be1 Bxe1
27. Rexe1 f4 28. a4 a6 29. Ra1 Rf8 30. Qd2 Qb7 31. Qe2 Kg7 32. b4 Qd7 33.
Ra3 Ra7 34. Rfa1 Rb7 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bc2 Bg4 37. Qf2 Rc7 38. Ra5 Bf5 39.
Re1 Qe6 40. Ra3 Bxc2 41. Qxc2 Rcf7 42. Rf1 Qg4 43. h3 Qe6 44. Qe2 Qg6 45.
Ra6 Re7 46. Re1 Re6 47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. Rea1 h5 49. Qf2 Qe4 50. Ra8 Rxa8 51.
Rxa8+ Kg7 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Kh2 Qf5 54. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bragin,Alex"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nf5 Be6
8. Ne3 Rc8 9. Bd5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 g6 12. f3 Qd7 13. Rf2 Nd4 14. Bb3
Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Ned5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20.
Be3 f5 21. Rd2 Kf7 22. Kg1 Ke6 23. c3 h5 24. Rad1 Bd8 25. Rd5 fxe4 26. fxe4
Bb6 27. R5d3 Rf4 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Rg3 Rg4 30. Rxg4 hxg4 31. b4 a5 32. Kf2
axb4 33. c4 b3 34. Ke3 Rb4 35. Kd3 b5 36. Rc1 bxc4+ 37. Rxc4 Rb8 38. Kc3
Kd7 39. Rb4 Rh8 40. Rb7+ Kc6 41. Rg7 Rxh2 42. Rxg6 Rxg2 43. Kxb3 g3 44. Kc3
Re2 45. Rxg3 Rxe4 46. Rg6 Kc5 47. Rg8 Re3+ 48. Kc2 Kd4 49. Rc8 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Kabanov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Be2 b6 13. e5 Ne8 14.
Nxe8 Rxe8 15. f4 Bb7 16. Bf3 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. O-O-O b5 19. Ne4 Qa5 20.
Kb1 b4 21. Rd3 Nd5 22. Rg3 Reb8 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 g6 25. Rg5 Qc7 26.
Qd2 Qc3 27. Qxc3 bxc3 28. b3 Rb4 29. g3 d5 30. Re5 h5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rd3
Rb6 33. Kc1 a5 34. Ree3 Rbc6 35. a4 Rc5 36. Kd1 Kf8 37. Ke2 Ke8 38. Kf3 Kd7
39. Kg2 Kd6 40. Kh3 g5 41. fxg5 e5 42. g4 Rh8 43. Rxc3 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Rxc3
45. Rxc3 Rxh2 46. g6 fxg6 47. Kg5 e4 48. f7 Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. Kxg6 Rg2+
51. Kf6 Rf2+ 52. Ke6 e3 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Rg1 e2 56. Re1 Kg7
57. Kxd5 Kxf7 58. Kd4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dvoirys,S"]
[Black "Chuprov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B11"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2
Nd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 Qc7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qd3 e6 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Nd2 Rhg8
14. Nc4 Nb6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. c3 Be2 17. Re1 Bc4 18. Qc2 Bd5 19. Qxh7 Qd7
20. Qd3 Rh8 21. h4 Rdg8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf3 Rxh4 24. Qxf6 Qh3 25. Qxh4
Qxh4 26. Re8+ Kd7 27. Rxg8 Qe4 28. Bf4 Nc4 29. Rb8 b5 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. b3
Na3 32. Rd1 Nc2 33. Rc7 b4 34. Rxc6+ Kf5 35. Be5 Ne1 36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Rf6+
Kg5 38. cxb4 Nh2+ 39. Kg1 Nf3+ 40. Rxf3 Qxf3 41. Re1 Qc3 42. Re3 Qa1+ 43.
Kg2 f6 44. Bd6 Qxd4 45. Bc5 Qb2 46. a4 a6 47. Rd3 Kg6 48. Rxd5 Qxb3 49. Rd6
Qxa4 50. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Black "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 Bd7
14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. b4 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 e5 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 O-O 19. Nf3 Bb5
20. Rc2 Rcd8 21. Kf2 Rd3 22. Re1 Rxa3 23. Re7 Bc6 24. Ne5 Rb3 25. Nxc6 bxc6
26. Rxa7 Rxb4 27. g3 Rbb8 28. Rc7 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iljushin,A"]
[Black "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 g6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Ndf6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bc4 Bg7 14.
O-O O-O 15. Bf4 Bg4 16. Be5 Nd5 17. Re1 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nf6 19. Re3 e6 20.
Qd2 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Qe7 22. Qf4 Nh5 23. Qe5 Rad8 24. Re1 Ng7 25. g4 Rd7 26.
Re4 h6 27. Rf6 Ne8 28. Rf3 Qg5 29. Kg2 Ng7 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. b3 Rfd8 32.
Re5 Rxd4 33. Rxg5 Re4 34. Bd3 Re1 35. h4 Rc1 36. h5 Rc3 37. Be4 Rxf3 38.
Bxf3 gxh5 39. gxh5 Kh7 40. Rg4 Kh6 41. a4 Nf5 42. b4 Rd2 43. Rf4 Kg5 44.
Rg4+ Kh6 45. Rf4 Rb2 46. Kf1 Ra2 47. b5 Rc2 48. bxc6 bxc6 49. Bxc6 Rxc5 50.
Bf3 a5 51. Be2 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 Rc3 53. Re4 Ne7 54. Rd4 Nd5 55. Bf3 Nf6 56. Rd8
Ra3 57. Bd1 Nd5 58. Rh8+ Kg7 59. Ra8 Nf4+ 60. Kh2 Rd3 61. Bc2 Rh3+ 62. Kg1
Rxh5 63. Rc8 Kf6 64. Rc7 Rh3 65. Ra7 Rc3 66. Be4 Rc4 67. f3 Rxa4 68. Bc6
Ra1+ 69. Kf2 Ra2+ 70. Kg3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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 O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Rd1 Bg6 13. Na2 Be7 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. a5 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 c5 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. exd4 Bb4 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. a6
bxa6 21. Rxa6 Nb8 22. Rxa7 Nc6 23. Ra4 Rb8 24. Bf4 Bxc3 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26.
bxc3 Rxb3 27. Ra8+ Kh7 28. c4 Rb7 29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Rd7 31. d6 Nd8 32.
h4 Ne6 33. Ra6 g5 34. hxg5 Nxg5 35. Rc6 Ne6 36. f3 g5 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Rb6
Ne8 39. Rd5 Nf4 40. Rd1 Ne6 41. Rd2 N6g7 42. Rd5 f6 43. Rb1 Nxd6 44. Rbd1
Nge8 45. g4 Kf7 46. f4 gxf4 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Kxf4 Ra7 49. g5 Ra4+ 50. R5d4
fxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chebotarev,O"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 e6
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3
O-O 15. Bf2 fxe5 16. dxe5 Qe8 17. Nc3 Qg6 18. Kh1 h5 19. Nb5 Qf5 20. Rae1
Nf7 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 b6 23. Nd3 Rad8 24. f4 a6 25. Rc1 Ne7 26. Nc7 a5
27. Nb5 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yandemirov,V"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qxd4
Nc6 8. Qd3 Bc5 9. Be2 Qh4 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Ne5 12. Qd2 f5 13. Qf4 Qf6 14.
exf5 d6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Ne4 exf5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bd2 Ng6 19. Qe3 Re8 20.
Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Bf3 Be6 22. Re1 Bxc4 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Bg5 Nc6
26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bf4 Rxb7 29. Bxe5 Rd7 30. h3 Rd5 31. Rxc4 Rxe5
32. Kf1 Kf6 33. f4 Rd5 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Ra4 Rd7 36. Ra6+ Kd5 37. Kd3 Rb7 38.
Kc3 Re7 39. Kd3 c4+ 40. Kc3 Re3+ 41. Kd2 Rg3 42. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 43. Kc3 Rg3+
44. Kc2 Rg2+ 45. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nf3 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. a3 Bd7
15. Qf4 Ke8 16. h5 Qe7 17. g4 Kd8 18. Rhg1 f6 19. Rh1 Kc8 20. Qe3 Be8 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Nh4 Qd6 23. Ng6 Rh7 24. f4 Kc7 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 e5 27.
gxf6 exd4 28. cxd4 Bxg6 29. hxg6 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Qxf6 31. Qg3+ Kb6 32. c3 Rg8
33. Rh7 Rxg6 34. Qc7+ Ka6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Qb7+ Ka5 37. Qc7+ Ka6 38. Qb7+
Ka5 39. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rae1 h6 12. h3 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Nf6 17. Rh4 exd4 18. Qc1 Bf8 19. Rxd4 Qb6 20. b4 Be6
21. a4 Bd5 22. Rf4 Rad8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nh5 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rd4 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Nf4 29. Bf1 Qc6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Qg6+ 32. Kh1
Qh5 33. Qe4 Nxh3 34. Kg2 Ng5 35. Qf5 g6 36. Qg4 Qxg4+ 37. fxg4 Ne6 38. Be3
Bc5 39. Bxh6 g5 40. Bc4 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Be7 42. Ke4 Kh7 43. Bxg5 Bxg5 44. Bxf7
b6 45. Kf5 Kh6 46. Bc4 Nh3 47. f3 Nf4 48. Bf1 Ng6 49. Bd3 Bd2 50. Be4 Nh4+
51. Kf6 Bc3+ 52. Ke6 Kg5 53. Kd5 Kf4 54. Kd6 Bd4 55. Ke6 Be3 56. Kd6 Nxf3
57. Bf5 Ne5 58. Bc8 Nxg4 59. Kd5 Ne5 60. Bh3 Bc5 61. Be6 Ng6 62. Bh3 Ne7+
0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8.
Bf4 Be7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Qe7 14. Rd2
f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Na6 7. Nb3 Bf5
8. c3 Qc8 9. Bg5 Bh3 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. e3 Qe6 13. Qe2 Rfc8
14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. Rd2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nfd4 Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Nxc5
Rxc5 20. Kf1 a5 21. a4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Rc7 23. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 b5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. h4 a5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 c4 12. d4 c3 13. Nxc3 Ba6 14. Qd1
Bxf1 15. Bxf1 h6 16. Nh2 Rb8 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Nb5 Na7 19. Nxa7 Qxa7 20. c3
Nb6 21. b3 Qc7 22. c4 Bb4 23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Rc1 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bc5 26. Be3 O-O
27. Qg4 h5 28. Qe4 Ba3 29. Bd3 g6 30. Rc2 Kg7 31. d5 Bc5 32. d6 Qc8 33. Bg5
Nd7 34. Qf4 Rh8 35. Nf3 Qb7 36. Bf6+ Nxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kh6 38. Ng5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Qf2
Rb8 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. c3 a5 17. Nd2 Be8 18. Rc1 a4 19. a3 Na5 20. Nd4 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Lastin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bg6 7. Be2 Nh6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qd2 h5 11. c3 Qc7 12. Nc1 O-O-O 13. Nd3 Rdg8 14.
Nf4 h4 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. a4 Qd8 17. a5 a6 18. c4 Be4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rfc1
Ka7 21. Bd3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bb4 23. Rc2 Nf8 24. Bf5 Rg5 25. Bh3 f6 26. Nd3
Be7 27. b4 Rhg8 28. b5 fxe5 29. Nxe5 Ng6 30. Nf7 Rf8 31. bxc6 Qc7 32. Rb1
bxc6 33. Rb6 c5 34. Qe2 c4 35. Qe6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Rc1 c6
8. a3 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. O-O Be6 13. h3 N6d7 14. Bf4
Nb6 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Nd7 19. b4 h6 20. Nd2
Nb6 21. Qc2 Re7 22. Rb1 a6 23. a4 Qd8 24. Rec1 Rc8 25. Ra1 Rcc7 26. Qb2 Nc8
27. b5 cxb5 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Rc3 31. Nf3 Nd6 32. Qb1
Rc8 33. Qb4 Qc7 34. Rb1 b5 35. Ne5 Nc4 36. Rc1 Qb8 37. Nf3 Qb7 38. Ra1 Rb8
39. Ne1 Qd7 40. Be2 Bf5 41. Ra6 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 f4 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. h3 a5 18. Ne1 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nf3
Bf6 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Bc2 b4 23. Rd2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rfc8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26.
Rad1 Rb6 27. Rd3 a4 28. R1d2 Ra6 29. Qd1 Be7 30. a3 Kh8 31. Qh5 Qe8 32.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bd1 Kg7 34. Rb2 Rc8 35. Rb4 Kf6 36. Rxa4 Rxa4 37. Bxa4 Ra8
38. Bd1 Rxa3 39. Bf3 Ra1+ 40. Rd1 Ra6 41. c4 Ra2 42. Kf1 Rb2 43. Be2 h6 44.
Ke1 Kf7 45. Bh5+ Kf8 46. Bg4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8.
c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3 Rb8 13. a3 Re8 14. Bc2 Na7
15. Qb1 Nc8 16. a4 c5 17. d5 c4 18. Nf1 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
b3 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Nbd7 23. Qb4 Nc5 24. Nd2 Bc8 25. Reb1 Qc7 26. Nb3 Na4 27.
Nd1 Bd7 28. Bd3 Rec8 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Kh2 Ne8 31. Ne3 Nc5 32. Be2 Nf6 33.
Nxc5 Qxc5 34. Bd3 Ne8 35. Rab1 Ke7 36. Qb2 Nf6 37. Qe2 Kf8 38. Rb3 Rb6 39.
Rcb1 Ra8 40. Qb2 Rab8 41. Rb4 Ne8 42. c4 Nc7 43. cxb5 Bxb5 44. Bf1 R6b7 45.
Rc1 Bxf1 46. Rxb7 Rxb7 47. Qxb7 Qxc1 48. Qc8+ Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kf6 50. Qf8 Qf4+
51. Kg1 Ne8 52. Qxe8 Bd3 53. Qd8+ Kg6 54. Qxd6+ Kh7 55. Ne3 Qxe4 56. Qe7 f5
57. d6 Qb4 58. Qxe5 f4 59. d7 fxe3 60. fxe3 Qf8 61. Qd4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "Smirnov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14.
Bd3 Be6 15. Nce3 Qd7 16. Qf3 Bd8 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. Bc2 b4 19. Bb3 bxc3 20.
bxc3 Bb6 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bezgodov,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14.
Re1 Bg7 15. Rb1 O-O 16. c4 e4 17. Bf1 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rb8 19. f3 Rb5 20. fxe4
fxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxd5 22. Qf3 Rf5 23. Qg3 d5 24. Rg4 Ng6 25. Ne3 Qb6 26. Kh1
Re5 27. Nc2 f5 28. Rb4 Qc5 29. Bd3 f4 30. Qh3 Re7 31. Rf1 Be5 32. a3 Rf6
33. Ne1 Qe3 34. Qf3 Rd6 35. Qd1 Kg7 36. Rb3 Qa7 37. Bb1 Qd4 38. Nd3 a5 39.
Bc2 Bf6 40. Rb5 Rde6 41. Qf3 Re2 42. Rxd5 Qe3 43. Bb1 Qxf3 44. gxf3 Bxb2
45. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B38"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O
8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3
Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. a3 h5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Ne6 21. Rd1 Ra3 22. c5 Qf8 23. Bc4 dxc5 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. bxc5 Rca8 26.
Rcc1 Rb3 27. Bg5 Raa3 28. Nb1 Ra1 29. Qc2 Ba4 30. Qc4 Rbxb1 31. Rxb1 Bxd1
32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Rxa1 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6
8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Kb1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Bf4 d5
14. Be5 O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e5 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Qe7 18. Qf4 fxe5 19. Qxe5 Rd8
20. f4 f6 21. Qe3 Qf7 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rb6 Rd7
26. Re1 Rc8 27. Ree6 Rxc3 28. Rxf6+ Kg7 29. Rfd6 Rdc7 30. Rxd5 Rxc2 31.
Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rd6 Rc4 34. g3 Rb4+ 35. Kc2 Rb5 36. Rd2 Kf7 37.
Kc3 Rc5+ 38. Kd4 Rb5 39. Rc2 Kf6 40. Rc7 h6 41. Rc2 Kg6 42. g4 Rb1 43. Ke4
Re1+ 44. Kf3 h5 45. g5 Rf1+ 46. Rf2 Rc1 47. Re2 Rf1+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf2
Rh1 50. Re6+ Kf5 51. Rf6+ Kg4 52. g6 Rxh2+ 53. Ke3 Rg2 54. Rf8 Kh3 55. f5
b5 56. Rh8 h4 57. Kf4 b4 58. Ke5 a5 59. Kf6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Qb8 14.
Bg3 Be5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Qe2 d6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qe3 Qc7 20.
Be2 Ba6 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. b3 Qe7 23. Kb2 Bb7 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rcd1 Nh7 26. h4
Rxd1 27. Bxd1 Rd8 28. Bc2 Bc6 29. Ne2 Qf6 30. f3 g5 31. h5 Nf8 32. Rd1 Rxd1
33. Bxd1 Nd7 34. b4 a5 35. Nc1 axb4 36. axb4 Qe7 37. Nd3 Qd6 38. Kc3 Kf8
39. Bb3 Ke7 40. Qf2 Kd8 41. c5 bxc5 42. bxc5 Qc7 43. Qa2 Ke7 44. Bc4 Kd8
45. Qa3 f5 46. Bxe6 fxe4 47. Bxd7 Kxd7 48. fxe4 Bxe4 49. Qa4+ Bc6 50. Qa2
Ke7 51. Nb4 Bf3 52. Qf2 Bb7 53. Kc4 Qc8 54. c6 Bxc6 55. Qc5+ Kd7 56. Qxe5
Bf3+ 57. Kd4 Qb7 58. Nd3 Qc6 59. Qf5+ Ke8 60. Qe5+ Kf7 61. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dvoirys,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 Ne7 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Nxd5 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chuprov,D"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O d6 11. Bc2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Nb5 g4 14. Ne1
Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. f3 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Ng4 20.
Ng5 Bxg5 21. Rxf7 Kb8 22. Rdd7 Bc6 23. Nd6 Bxe3+ 24. Kf1 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf8+
26. Ke1 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
Re1 Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc8 11. e4 Nd7 12. a4 e5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rad1
Re8 15. h4 h6 16. Bc1 c5 17. Qa2 Nf6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nh2 Bd7 20. a5 Re6
21. f4 Ra6 22. fxe5 Ng4 23. Bf4 Nxe5 24. Nf1 Bg4 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Ne3 g5 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Nd3 29. Red1 Qxg3 30. Rxd3 Qxg5 31. Rf1 Rd8 32. Nd5 Bxd5
33. cxd5 Rh6 34. Rf5 Qc1+ 35. Rf1 Qg5 36. Qf2 Be5 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qf5 Qg7
39. Rh3 Bxc3 40. Rff3 Bd4+ 41. Kh1 Rdd6 42. e5 Bxe5 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Rb3
Rxh3+ 45. Rxh3+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kg5 47. Rh5+ Kf4 48. Qa4+ Bd4 49. Qc2 Qe7 50.
Rf5+ Kg3 51. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sorokin,M"]
[Black "Iljin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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. g3 N5f6 10. Bg2 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qc2 c5 14.
Nf3 Qd3 15. Qb1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bf5 17. Qxd3 Bxd3 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. b4 b6
20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Be1 Rb8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Black "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Nd5 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Be2 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nxb3 14.
axb3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Bd3 f5 17. exf5 Bg5 18. f4 Re8+ 19. Kf2 Bf6 20.
Rhe1 Re3 21. Rxe3 dxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Bxb2 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 b6 25. Qa4 Bf6
26. Qe4 h6 27. Kf3 Qc7 28. Kg4 Kh7 29. b4 Qc1 30. Qe2 Qg1 31. g3 Qd4 32.
Bb5 Qxd5 33. Be8 Kh8 34. Bg6 Qa8 35. Kh5 d5 36. g4 Qd8 37. Qd2 d4 38. g5
Be7 39. b5 d3 40. f6 gxf6 41. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
exf6 hxg5 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. h4 g4 11. h5 Rxg7 12. Ne5 f5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Qh6
Qe7 15. a4 a6 16. Ng6 Rh7 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. Nf4 Nd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+
Bxa8 21. Be2 Kf7 22. f3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxb5 Bxe3 25. Nxd6+ Ke7 26.
Nc8+ Kd8 27. Nxe6+ Kxc8 28. Bxc4 gxf3 29. gxf3 Ne5 30. Ba6+ Kb8 31. Rh3 Rh6
32. f4 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Rxe6 34. h6 Rxa6 35. h7 Ra1+ 36. Ke2 Re1+ 37. Kd3 Be4+
38. Kc4 Rc1+ 39. Kb5 Bd4 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6
8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. d5 N8d7 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Bd4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14.
f4 Ng4 15. h3 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. O-O Nc8 18. f5 Nd6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20.
Qd2 Qb6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qf2 Nh5 23. Re5 f6 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. Bd1 Rf7 26.
Bxh5 Rg7 27. Kh2 Rc8 28. Ne6 Qxf2 29. Rxf2 Rh7 30. Bg6 Rh6 31. Nf4 f5 32.
Bh5 Rc4 33. Be2 Rd4 34. Bd3 Ne4 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Re2 e3 37. Kg3 Rf6 38.
Nh5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Iljushin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A90"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Nf4 Ndf6 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. c5 Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 Bc7 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Nfd3 Nd7 18. f4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd7 20.
Rc3 b6 21. Rfc1 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qf6 24. Ra5 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Reb8
26. b3 Kf7 27. e3 Rb5 28. Ra6 Rb6 29. Ra5 Rb5 30. Rc5 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Ke7 32.
h4 Kd8 33. Bf3 Kc7 34. b4 Kb6 35. g4 fxg4 36. Bxg4 h5 37. Bxh5 Rh8 38. Be2
Rxh4 39. Kg2 Be8 40. Ra6+ Kb7 41. b5 Bd7 42. bxc6+ Bxc6 43. Ra3 Rh8 44. Rc3
Bd7 45. Rb3+ Kc7 46. Ra3 Ra8 47. Ra5 Kb7 48. Ra6 Bc6 49. a4 Bd7 50. Bb5 Bc8
51. Kg3 Kc7 52. Rc6+ Kd8 53. Kf4 Rb8 54. Kg5 Rb6 55. Kg6 Rxc6 56. Bxc6 Ke7
57. Kxg7 a5 58. Kh6 Ba6 59. e4 dxe4 60. Bxe4 Bc4 61. Bc6 Ba2 62. Kg5 Bb3
63. Kf4 Ba2 64. Ke4 Bb1+ 65. Ke3 Ba2 66. Kd3 Bb3 67. Kc3 Ba2 68. Bf3 Kf7
69. Bh5+ Ke7 70. Bf3 Kf7 71. Bd1 Bd5 72. Bb3 Bc6 73. Kd3 Ke7 74. Ke3 Kf7
75. Bc2 Ke7 76. Kd3 Bd5 77. Kc3 Kf7 78. Bd1 Ke7 79. Be2 Bc6 80. Bb5 Bd5 81.
Kd3 Kf7 82. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Chebotarev,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6
8. g3 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Bxc5 14.
Ne5 Ra7 15. Rd3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Ne2 f6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20.
Nf4 Ne5 21. R3d2 Nxf3 22. Kxf3 e5 23. Nd5+ Ke6 24. c3 a5 25. a3 Bf8 26. Ke2
h5 27. h4 Ra6 28. Ne3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Be7 32. Rb8
bxc3 33. bxc3 Ra2+ 34. Ke1 Bc5 35. Nd1 Kd5 36. Rb2 Ra4 37. Ke2 f4 38. Rd2+
Ke4 39. gxf4 Kxf4 40. Nb2 Re4+ 41. Kf1 Kf5 42. Nd3 Bf8 43. Rc2 Rxh4 44. c4
Rd4 45. Nc1 h4 46. Kg2 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Rf4 48. c5 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 e4 50. c6 h3+
51. Kh1 Bd6 52. Ne2 Kg4 53. Ng1 Rf5 54. c7 Bxc7 55. Rxc7 Rxf2 56. Rg7+ Kh4
57. Rh7+ Kg3 58. Rg7+ Kh4 59. Rh7+ Kg4 60. Rg7+ Kf5 61. Nxh3 Ra2 62. Kg1
Ke5 63. Kf1 f5 64. Rb7 e3 65. Rb4 Rh2 66. Ng1 Rf2+ 67. Ke1 f4 68. Nh3 Rf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lugovoi,A"]
[Black "Yandemirov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6
8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 b5 12. Nxb5 Qxd5 13. Bf4 Be6 14.
Qc1 Qb7 15. Bh6 Bd5 16. Nh4 Qb6 17. Nc3 Nc7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qg5 Rfe8 20.
Nf5+ Kh8 21. Ne3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. b3 Ne6 24. Qf6+ Ng7 25. Qxf7 Rf8 26.
Qc4 Bb7 27. Qc3 Rad8 28. Rac1 Rfe8 29. Rfd1 Rd4 30. Qxc5 Qxc5 31. Rxc5
Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Nf5 33. Rc7 Re7 34. Rxe7 Nxe7 35. f4 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Bf3
Bc8 38. Nd5+ Nxd5 39. Bxd5 g5 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vorobiov,E"]
[Black "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8.
Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14.
Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16. Bd6 Nc6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Ng5 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20.
Qf4 e5 21. Qe3 Nd4 22. Kh1 Bxa2 23. Rd2 Be6 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. f4 Qh6 26. Bf1
Nb3 27. Rd7 Qf8 28. c6 Rxc6 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. fxe5 Bf5 31. Nf6+ Rxf6 32.
exf6 Qxf6 33. Qxb3 Bg4 34. Re1 Be6 35. Qf3 Qd8 36. Rd1 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kabanov,N"]
[Black "Kosyrev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8
8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Ne6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 g6 14.
b5 a5 15. Rfd1 c6 16. Rab1 Qd6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rb6 Bd7 19. Rdb1 Qf8 20.
Rb7 Bc8 21. R7b6 Bd7 22. Rb7 Bc8 23. R7b6 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov,Y"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B16"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be2
Qc7 8. Be3 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nh4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 e6 13. c4 Kb8
14. Qh5 Nb6 15. b3 Nc8 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. Qxf7 Nxd5
20. Qxe6 Rhe8 21. Qf5 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qc3 23. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8.
h3 e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Rg1 b6 13. cxb6 Qb7 14. h4 h6
15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne4 17. Nh4 Bh7 18. g6 Bxh4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. gxh7+
Kh8 21. Bd6 Rfc8 22. Rg4 Bd8 23. Rxe4 Nf6 24. Rf4 Nd5 25. Rg4 Bxb6 26. Rc1
Qd7 27. Be5 f6 28. Bh2 Bc7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Rc5 f5 31. Rg2 Qe7 32. Bf3 Rd8
33. Kf1 g5 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. Qe2 Rf8 37. Qh5 Rg7 38. Kg1 Rg6
39. Rc3 g4 40. Qh2 f4 41. Qxf4 Qxf4 42. exf4 Rxf4 43. Rh2 Rgf6 44. Ra3 Rxd4
45. Rxa6 Rf8 46. Rxc6 Rd1+ 47. Kg2 Rd2 48. Kg3 Rxb2 49. a4 Rb3+ 50. Kh4
Rh3+ 51. Rxh3 gxh3 52. Kxh3 Rxf2 53. a5 Kxh7 54. Rd6 Ra2 55. Rxd5 Kg6 56.
Rd6+ Kf5 57. Rh6 Ke4 58. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorokin,M"]
[Black "Feoktistov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Black "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Black "Bragin,Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Shabanov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Feoktistov,A"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novikov,St"]
[Black "Bragin,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Black "Shabanov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Feoktistov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kobalia,M"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3 a5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Be3 O-O 13. h3 a4 14.
Nbd4 Re8 15. c3 Bd7 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qc1 Ne4 19. Nb5 Na5 20.
Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4
Nf6 8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nc2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ncd5
O-O-O 14. Bxc4 Rhe8 15. Kb1 Ne7 16. Rc1 c6 17. Rhd1 cxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxd5+ Kb8 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Re1 Rd4 24. Rc1 a6
25. a3 g5 26. Rc2 h5 27. Ne5 Nd5 28. Nd7+ Ka7 29. Nc5 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Nf4 31.
Ne4 Nd3 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Kb6 34. Ne4 g4 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Nf6 Ne5 37.
Kb3 Kc5 38. Kc3 b5 39. b4+ Kd6 40. Kd4 Nc6+ 41. Kd3 a5 42. bxa5 Nxa5 43.
Nxg4 Nc4 44. Kc3 Nxa3 45. Ne3 Ke5 46. Kb4 Kf4 47. Nd1 Nc2+ 48. Kxb5 Ne1 49.
g3+ Kg4 50. Kc5 Kh3 51. Kd6 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C91"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 Na5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14.
Nxe5 Bd6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Nd3 Rxe4 17. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 cxd6 19. Nd2 d5
20. Nc2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 Bd3 25. b4 Rc8
26. f3 g5 27. N2b3 Rxc3 28. Nc5 Rc4 29. Nc6 Nd7 30. Na5 Nxc5 31. Nxc4 Nb3
32. b5 axb5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Nd6 d4 35. Rb8 Bc2 36. Nxb5 d3 37. Rd8 d2 38.
Nc3 Kf6 39. Nd5+ Ke6 40. Ne3 Ke7 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. Rd8 Ke7 43. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14.
Re1 Bg7 15. c3 O-O 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. g3 b4 20. cxb4
Rab8 21. Nc4 Rfe8 22. Bh3 Qc7 23. b3 f4 24. a3 e3 25. fxe3 fxe3 26. Bf5 Re7
27. Kg2 Rbe8 28. Re2 Kh8 29. Rd3 Kg8 30. Kh3 Bh8 31. Qf3 Ne5 32. Qh5 Ng6
33. Qg5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. g3 a6 8.
Bf4 d6 9. Bg2 h6 10. O-O e5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. b3 O-O 14. Nh4 Ne7
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qd7 17. b4 Bb6 18. e4 Rfc8 19. Qd3 g5 20. Nf5 Nxf5
21. exf5 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Ng4 26.
Bf1 Bxf2+ 27. Kg2 Be1 28. a3 Nf6 29. Bxb5 Nxd5 30. Bd3 Nf6 31. Bb2 g4 32.
Kf1 Bd2 33. Ke2 Bg5 34. a4 Kf8 35. a5 Ke7 36. b5 Kd7 37. Bc4 d5 38. a6 bxa6
39. bxa6 Kc8 40. Bb5 d4 41. Kd3 Kc7 42. Ba3 Kb6 43. Bd6 Nd5 44. Bc4 Ne3 45.
Bxf7 Nxf5 46. Bxe5 Kxa6 47. Ke4 Ne7 48. Bxd4 Kb7 49. Bh5 Kc7 50. Bxg4 Kd8
51. Bh5 Kd7 52. Bf7 Nc6 53. Bc5 Nd8 54. Bd5 Ne6 55. Bb4 Ng7 56. Bc3 Ne8 57.
Kf5 Ke7 58. Kg6 Be3 59. Be5 Bd2 60. Bc6 Ke6 61. Bb2 Nd6 62. Bg7 Nc4 63. Be4
Ne5+ 64. Kh5 Nd7 65. Bg6 Nf6+ 66. Kh4 Ke7 67. Kh3 Bc1 68. Kg2 Bd2 69. Kf3
Bg5 70. h3 Bc1 71. Ke2 Bg5 72. h4 Bc1 73. Kd3 Ke6 74. Ke2 Ke7 75. Kf2 Bd2
76. Kf3 Ke6 77. Ke2 Bc1 78. Bf8 Nd7 79. Bb4 Kf6 80. Be4 Bb2 81. Bd2 Kg7 82.
Kf3 Nf6 83. Bf5 Be5 84. Bd3 Bd4 85. Kf4 Bb2 86. Kf5 Bd4 87. Be2 Bb2 88. Bf3
Bd4 89. Bf4 Bb2 90. Ke6 Bc3 91. Bd1 Bd4 92. Bc2 Bc3 93. Bf5 Bd4 94. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bd2 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 c5 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bf5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Ne8 15. Bc1 Nc7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 Nb4 18. Rxd8 Nxc2 19. Rd7 Bc6 20.
Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharlov,A"]
[Black "Khairullin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nf3
e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Qe7 12. e4 g5 13. Bg3 Rad8 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. f4 gxf4 16. Rxf4 Be5 17. Bh4 Bxf4 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5
Ne5 21. Qc2 Be3+ 22. Kh1 f5 23. Rf1 f4 24. Nf3 Nxf3 25. Bxf3 Kg7 26. Qb3
Nf5 27. Qxb7+ Rf7 28. Qa6 Bd4 29. Bh5 Re7 30. g3 Be5 31. gxf4 Bd4 32. Qa3
Kf6 33. Qf3 Rg8 34. Bg4 Ne3 35. Be6 Nxf1 36. Bxg8 Nd2 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Qh4+
Kf5 39. Be6+ Ke4 40. Bg4 Nxc4 41. h3 Ne3 42. Qg3 Rb7 43. Qf3+ Kd3 44. Bf5+
Kd2 45. Qf2+ Kd1 46. Be4 a5 47. b3 Rf7 48. f5 Rf6 49. Bd3 Rf8 50. a3 Rf7
51. b4 c4 52. Qe2+ Kc1 53. Qe1+ Kb2 54. Be4 Kb3 55. bxa5 c3 56. Qb1+ Kxa3
57. Qd3 Kb2 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Re1 Nc6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Be7 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Bf4 exf4 13. Nxc6 Qxd1+
14. Rxd1 bxc6 15. Rde1 Kf8 16. Rxe7 Be6 17. R1xe6 fxe6 18. Rc7 h5 19. Kf1
Rh6 20. Rxc6 Re8 21. Rc7 Re7 22. Rc8+ Re8 23. Rc7 Re7 24. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Korotylev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6
8. Qe2 Be7 9. g4 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. g5
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Qd4 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bxh1 19. Rxh1 Rfc8 20.
Qe4 Bf8 21. Bd4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Be5 Re8 25. Re1 Qd8 26.
Qg2 Ra7 27. b3 c4 28. g6 fxg6 29. fxg6 h6 30. Qf2 Ba3+ 31. Kb1 Rd7 32. b4
Rf8 33. Qe3 Rxd5 34. Qxa3 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kb2 Rf2 37. Qc3 Rf1 38.
Qe3 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chuprov,D"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Kh1 Nf6 12. Bh6 Nfg4 13. Bd2 h5 14. f4
Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bd7 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 e5 18. Nd5 Bc6 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Nc7+
Kf8 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Nd2 d5 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Bg1 Bf6 25. Rf3 Rh7 26. Rh3
Qc8 27. Rf1 Bb5 28. Qd1 Qc6 29. Nb3 Be7 30. Rff3 b6 31. Rfg3 Nf6 32. Qe1
Qd6 33. d4 e4 34. Be3 h4 35. Rg5 Ne8 36. Rxh4 Rxh4 37. Qxh4 Bxg5 38. Bxg5
f6 39. Bf4 Qb4 40. h3 Ke7 41. Qh7+ Kd8 42. Qb7 Bc4 43. Bb8 Bxb3 44. axb3
Qb5 45. Kg1 Qxb3 46. Kh2 Qc4 47. Qxb6+ Ke7 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Bf4 Qxd4 50.
Bh6+ Ng7 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Qc7+ Ke8 53. Bxg7 e3 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7
8. O-O O-O 9. c3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lugovoi,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Na2 Be7 11. Bd3 Ng5 12. Ne5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 f6 14. Nc4
c5 15. f4 Nf7 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Nc6 18. d5 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd1
Qd7 21. e4 Rfe8 22. Nc3 Nf7 23. Qd3 c4 24. Qg3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Rxe4 26. Rf1
Rd4 27. Be3 Rd3 28. Ne4 Bd4 29. Rf3 Qxd5 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32.
Rxf6 Rxg3 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. hxg3 Rc8 35. Re1 Rc6 36. Re4 a6 37. a5 Rc5 38.
g4 Rxa5 39. Rxc4 Rb5 40. b4 Ke6 41. Kh2 g5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirnov,P"]
[Black "Vorobiov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A44"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be2 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nd2
Ne7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Ne3 f5 11. a5 f4 12. axb6 fxe3 13. Bxe3 Qxb6 14. Bb5+
Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. O-O Qd8 17. b4 cxb4 18. Na4 Nc8 19. c4 bxc3 20. Qb3
Rb8 21. Nxc3 Ke8 22. Rxa6 Rf8 23. Raa1 Rf7 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Rfc1 Ne7 26. Qd3
Kf7 27. Ba7 Ra8 28. Qh3 Nc8 29. Be3 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Nb8 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5
15. Qd2 Re8 16. d5 Nb6 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. b3 Bd7 19. a4 a6 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Nd2
Reb8 22. Ra2 Ne8 23. Rea1 Bf6 24. Bg3 Qd8 25. h3 h5 26. Qf1 Bg5 27. Qe1 Ng7
28. f3 f5 29. Bf2 f4 30. Nd1 Ne8 31. Nb2 Be7 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 Bxg5 34.
Kf1 h4 35. Ke2 Ng7 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Rxa8 Nxa8 39. Qa1 Qb8
40. Bd3 Nc7 41. b4 c4 42. Nbxc4 bxc4 43. Nxc4 Nh5 44. Kd2 Be7 45. Qa7 Qxa7
46. Bxa7 h3 47. gxh3 Bxh3 48. Na5 Bg2 49. Be2 Ng3 50. c4 Bg5 51. Kd3 Ne8
52. b5 Nf6 53. b6 Nd7 54. b7 Nf1 55. b8=Q+ Nxb8 56. Bxb8 Nh2 57. Bxd6 Bxf3
58. Bxf3 Nxf3 59. c5 Ne1+ 60. Ke2 Bh4 61. c6 f3+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Bezgodov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. dxe5 Nf5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Nxg6
Ng7 14. Qh6 Nf5 15. Qh5 Ng7 16. Qh6 Nf5 17. Qh3 Rg8 18. Qxh7 Rg7 19. Qh5
Qf6 20. Nf4+ Rf7 21. Nc3 Ng7 22. Qh8+ Rf8 23. Qh7 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25.
Qxg7 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 O-O-O 27. Ne4 Qf5 28. Ng3 Qf7 29. Qxf7 Rxf7 30. Kg1 c5
31. Rd2 Bc6 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Nf1 a5 34. Ne3 a4 35. Rf1 Rh7 36. a3 b5 37.
h3 Rh4 38. Ng4 Be4 39. Rf2 Ke7 40. Kh2 Rh8 41. Ne3 Kd6 42. g4 Ke5 43. g5
Bg6 44. Kg3 b4 45. Ng4+ Kd5 46. Rd2+ Ke4 47. h4 bxa3 48. bxa3 Rb8 49. Rh2
Rb1 50. Nf6+ Kf5 51. Rf2+ Ke5 52. Re2+ Kf5 53. Ng8 Rg1+ 54. Kh2 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Novikov,St"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. e3 c5 7. d5 Qe7 8. b3
g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. h3 h5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be2 h4 14. a3 Kb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dvoirys,S"]
[Black "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
f4 O-O 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. g4 Nc6 11. Nde2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Be3 Rd8 15. c3 Bd7 16. Rf2 Na5 17. Ng3 Nc4 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. g5 Nd6 20. Qd3
Qd7 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Bc5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxe7 Bc6 26.
Bg2 Rxe7 27. Rfd2 f6 28. Bf1 Kf7 29. Rd6 Kg6 30. Re1 Rf8 31. Kf2 h6 32.
gxh6 Kxh6 33. Re3 g5 34. Rh3+ Kg6 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Rg3 Rh8 38.
h3 Rh4 39. Bg2 Bf5 40. fxg5 fxg5 41. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iljin,A"]
[Black "Lastin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. a4 Nbd7 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Na5 Qc7 13. O-O Nc4 14. Nxc4
Qxc4 15. Na4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Ba3 Qb7 19. c4 Rab8 20. Rb1 Qa7+
21. Kh1 h5 22. h4 Rb7 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Rc3 Nd7 25. Qc2 a5 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. f4
Bg4 28. f5 Nb6 29. Nc3 d5 30. Bxe7 dxc4 31. bxc4 Rxe7 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5
Rec7 34. c5 Qb4 35. Rc1 a4 36. c6 a3 37. Rc5 Ra8 38. Qa2 Be2 39. R5c3 Bb5
40. Rb3 Qa4 41. Rcc3 Bc4 42. Rxc4 Qxc4 43. Rb8+ Rxb8 44. Qxc4 Ra8 45. Qa2
Rxc6 46. Kh2 Rc2 47. Qxc2 a2 48. f6 a1=B 49. fxg7 Ra2 50. Qc8+ Kxg7 51. Qf5
Bd4 52. Kh3 Rf2 53. Qxh5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Sorokin,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D39"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Rc1
Qa5 14. e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxd7 Qd8 19.
Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khismatullin,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. g3 c6 8. Bg2
Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Nc7 11. a4 cxd5 12. cxd5 Rb8 13. a5 Re8 14. f3 exf3
15. exf3 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Re1 a6 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Bc4 Qc8
21. b3 Nb5 22. Na4 Rb8 23. Bb2 Qb7 24. Qd2 Be7 25. Kg2 Nc7 26. Nc5 Qc8 27.
Rac1 Qd8 28. Nce6 Bxe6 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf8 31. Rce1 Rf7 32. Bxa6 Nd7
33. b4 Bf8 34. Bd4 f4 35. Bc4 Qc8 36. Bd3 Qb7 37. Qc2 Nf6 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39.
b5 Rc8 40. Qb1 Qxd5 41. R6e2 fxg3 42. Be4 Qg5 43. Bf5 Rc3 44. hxg3 Rg7 45.
g4 Qf4 46. Qa2+ Rf7 47. Rf1 d5 48. Qd2 Qxd2 49. Rxd2 Ra7 50. Rb1 Bc5 51. b6
Rb7 52. Rxd5 Be3 53. Rd6 Kg7 54. Be4 Bf4 55. Rd8 Rb8 56. Rd7+ Kf8 57. Rxh7
Rd8 58. b7 Bb8 59. Rh8+ Ke7 60. Rxd8 Kxd8 61. Rh1 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Rb1 e4 14. a4 Rfe8
15. a5 c6 16. Bc1 Ng4 17. Nxe4 cxd5 18. Nc3 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Qxe2 20. Qxe2
Rxe2 21. Bf3 Rae8 22. Bxe2 Rxe2 23. cxd5 Nxf2 24. Nf3 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26.
Kg1 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Bf5 28. Rb3 Be4 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 g5 31. g4 f5 32.
gxf5 g4 33. Kg2 Be5 34. Bxh6 Kf7 35. Rc1 Kf6 36. Rc8 Bxf3+ 37. Kf1 Kxf5 38.
Rf8+ Kg6 39. Be3 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chebotarev,O"]
[Black "Filippov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Bf4 Ne8 9. Qd2 Nc7 10. Bh6 f6 11. O-O-O e5 12. Nh2 Ne6 13. Ng4 Qe7 14.
Bxg7 Qxg7 15. g3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. f4 Be6 19. Qf2 Kh8 20.
fxe5 Qxe5 21. Ng2 a5 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Rhe1 Qd6 24. Kb1 a4 25. Nce2 a3 26. b3
Qf6 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Qe2 Rfe8 29. Qd2 Re3 30. Qb4 Rxg3 31. Qxb7 Rag8 32.
Qa7 Qd6 33. Qxf7 Qxf4 34. Qf6+ R3g7 35. Rg1 Qc7 36. Qxd4 c5 37. Qc3 Rd8 38.
Rg5 Kg8 39. Rdg1 Rdd7 40. Rxg7+ Rxg7 41. Rxg7+ Qxg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Kc1
Kf6 44. Kd2 Ke5 45. c3 h5 46. Ke3 h4 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. b4 cxb4
50. cxb4 Ke6 51. b5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Kabanov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c6 7. Be2 e5 8.
d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Rb1 a6 11. b4 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Nf1
Qe7 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Ndf6 17. Rc1 h4 18. Nc4 Nh5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Kd2 Nf4
21. Rg1 Nf6 22. Kc2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 Ng4 25. Bd2 Rf2 26. Nxc8
Rxc8 27. Qxg4 Qc7 28. Kb1 Qc4 29. Rc2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Qxc3 31. Rb2 Rc4 32.
Qf3 Qd4 33. Rd1 Qxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. b5 a5 36. Rc1 Rd4 37. b6 e4 38.
Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rc7 e3 40. Re2 Rb4+ 41. Kc2 Rxb6 42. Rxe3 Kh6 43. Rb3 Ra6 44.
Rbxb7 Be5 45. Ra7 Rb6 46. Rcb7 Rxb7 47. Rxb7 Bxh2 48. Ra7 g5 49. Kd1 g4 50.
Ke2 Kg5 51. Rxa5 Bg1 52. Ra3 Kf4 53. Rd3 Ke4 54. a4 Bb6 55. Rb3 Bc5 56. a5
Kxd5 57. a6 Kc6 58. Rb7 h3 59. gxh3 gxh3 60. Kf3 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iljushin,A"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O
8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Nec4 13. Bc1 c6 14.
dxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Qd4 16. O-O Rfd8 17. a4 Na5 18. Rb1 Qb4 19. Bd1 c5 20.
Bd2 Qc4 21. Be1 Nc6 22. b3 Qe6 23. f4 Nb4 24. Qe2 Nd3 25. e5 c4 26. Ne4
Nxe1 27. Qxe1 Qd5 28. Kh1 Qd4 29. Bc2 Nd5 30. Rf3 Rab8 31. b4 Nxb4 32. Rxb4
Rxb4 33. h4 Rb2 34. Rc3 Bh6 35. g3 f5 36. exf6 exf6 37. Qe2 f5 38. Rxc4 Qd5
0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8.
O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Bh4 f5 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15. h3 Nh6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Nd5 Nf5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be3 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 Rae8 21. a3 Rf5 22. Bd3 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Rac1 Bb5 25. Bxg6 Qxd2
26. Nxd2 Re7 27. Nf3 Nc5 28. Rc2 a5 29. Rd2 Na4 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Ree2 Bf6
32. Bc2 Nc5 33. g4 Kh8 34. Kf2 Bh4+ 35. Kf3 b5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Na6 38.
Bf5 Be8 39. Bd3 c6 40. Nf5 Rf7 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Ra2 Nxb4 43. Ra8 Rf8 44.
Bxb5 Bg6 45. Rxf8+ Bxf8 46. Ba4 c5 47. e4 c4 48. Kf3 h5 49. Kf4 c3 50. Kg5
Kh7 51. Bb3 Nd3 52. Re3 Nc5 53. Bg8+ Kxg8 54. Kxg6 hxg4 55. Rxc3 gxh3 56.
Rxh3 Nxe4 57. Ra3 Nc5 58. Ra8 Nd7 59. Nh6+ Kh8 60. Ng4 Kg8 61. Nf6+ Nxf6
62. Kxf6 d5 63. Kg6 d4 64. Rd8 d3 65. Rxd3 Be7 66. Rf3 Bh4 67. Rf4 Bg3 68.
Rg4 Bh2 69. Rg2 Bd6 70. Rd2 Be7 71. Rc2 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosyrev,V"]
[Black "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Qc2 c5 7. a3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qe4 Qe7 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. O-O Be8 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Bb3
Ng6 21. Qg3 Rg8 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rc7 Rxc7 24. Qxc7 e5 25. Nf3 Rc8 26. Qxb7
Rc3 27. Bd5 Rxa3 28. h4 Bb5 29. Rc1 Qxb7 30. Bxb7 Rb3 31. Rc7 Rxb4 32. Bd5
Nxh4 33. Nxh4 Rxh4 34. e4 Be8 35. Rc8 Bb5 36. Rc7 Be8 37. Rc8 Bd7 38. Rc7
Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov,Y"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8.
f4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. a4 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. b3 c5
15. Bb2 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yandemirov,V"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Black "Bragin,Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabanov,Y"]
[Black "Feoktistov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5
8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14.
Bf4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Bg3 a6 18. N2b3 b5 19. Na5 Ng4 20.
e5 Nc8 21. Nac6 Ne7 22. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 a6 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h5 Re8
14. Rde1 Bf8 15. Rh4 Be7 16. Rhh1 Bf8 17. Rh4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Rb1 a5
8. O-O Be7 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Rbc1 f6 14.
a3 Rf7 15. Qb5 a4 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc8 18. Qc4 Qe8 19. Qb5 Qc8 20. Qc4
Qe8 21. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 8.
O-O e6 9. f3 Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bg6 13. c5 Be7 14. a4
b4 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bxb8 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Rxb8 18. Rc1 Bg5 19. Rc2 f5 20. e5
Be3+ 21. Kh1 f4 22. Qd3 Qd5 23. Rd1 Rbd8 24. h3 Rf5 25. Qc4 Rxe5 26. Rf1
Rf5 27. Qxd5 Rdxd5 28. a5 Bxd4 29. Rxf4 Be5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Chuprov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 Re8 12. b3 c6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Re1 c5
15. Nf3 b6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. Qd2 Qf8 20. a3 Rbd8
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Rd6 23. b4 Nd7 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Be3 f5 26. Rec1 Nxe4
27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Bxb6 Bh6 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Qf3 32. Qc5
e3 33. Qxe3 Qxd5 34. Rc5 Qd4 35. Qb3+ Kh8 36. Rd5 Qe4 37. Qd3 Qxd3 38. Rxd3
e4 39. Rc3 Re5 40. a4 Ra5 41. Rc4 Re5 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. h4 Ra5
45. Rc4 Re5 46. Kh3 Rf5 47. Rxe4 Rxf2 48. Re8+ Kg7 49. Ra8 h5 50. Ra7+ Kh6
51. Rxa6 Ra2 52. Ra7 Rc2 53. a5 Ra2 54. a6 g5 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Ra8 Kg6
57. g4 Ra3+ 58. Kh4 Ra4 59. a7 Kg7 60. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bf4 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e4 Ne7 11. h4 Ng4 12. Rd2 f5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Bg5 Qb8
15. b4 Bd6 16. exf5 N6e5 17. Be4 Nxc4 18. Rd4 Bg3 19. O-O d5 20. Bxd5 Bh2+
21. Kh1 exd5 22. Rxg4 Ne5 23. Nxh2 Nxg4 24. Nxg4 d4 25. Ne2 h6 26. Qc4+ Kh8
27. Bf4 Qe8 28. Ng3 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8.
Bg2 Qc7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 b4 14. exf6
bxc3 15. fxg7 Bxg7 16. b3 Nc6 17. Be3 d5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Nd4 Kb7 20.
Nxc6 Kxc6 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 f6 23. Re1 Rhe8 24. Re3 Kc5 25. Red3 e5 26.
b4+ Kb5 27. Rxd5+ Rxd5 28. Rxd5+ Kc4 29. Rd6 exf4 30. Kd1 Kxb4 31. Rxf6 a5
32. Rxf4+ Ka3 33. Rf6 Rd8+ 34. Kc1 Re8 35. Kd1 Kxa2 36. Rc6 Kb2 37. Rb6+
Ka2 38. Rc6 a4 39. Rxc3 Kb2 40. Rc6 Rb8 41. Rxh6 a3 42. Ra6 a2 43. Ke2 Rh8
44. Rb6+ Kxc2 45. Ra6 Kb2 46. Rb6+ Kc3 47. Ra6 Rxh3 48. Ra3+ Kc4 49. Rxh3
a1=Q 50. Rh5 Kd4 51. Rf5 Qh1 52. Kf2 Qh2+ 53. Kf3 Qh3+ 54. Kf2 Qxg4 55. Rf3
Ke4 56. Re3+ Kf4 57. Rd3 Qh4+ 58. Ke2 Qh2+ 59. Kd1 Qb2 60. Ke1 Qc2 61. Rd2
Qc1+ 62. Ke2 Ke4 63. Rd8 Qc4+ 64. Kd1 Qa4+ 65. Ke2 Qb5+ 66. Kd1 Ke3 67. Kc2
Qc6+ 68. Kd1 Qb6 69. Rc8 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lastin,A"]
[Black "Smirnov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Bf4 Ne8 9. Qd2 f6 10. Bh6 e5 11. Nh2 Qd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Ng4 Rd8 14.
g3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. g4 Bd5 19. Rhg1 f4 20.
g5 Bf3 21. Rde1 c4 22. Ng4 Rf5 23. Nh6 Rff8 24. Ng4 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. a3 Qe7 13. b4 Nf4 14. Bf3
Nd3+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. h4 h6 18. g3 Ng6 19. h5 Nh8 20. Nxd6 cxd6
21. Na4 Bb5+ 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Nb2 Nb8 24. Rc1 f5 25. exf5 Nf7 26. a4 Bd7 27.
Nc4 b5 28. Nb6 Ra7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. a5 Ng5 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Be4 Rdf7 33.
Rc2 Nd7 34. Qc1 Qd8 35. f3 Nf6 36. Rc6 Qa8 37. Qe3 Rc8 38. Rhc1 Rxc6 39.
Rxc6 Rd7 40. g4 Kh7 41. Qb6 Qf8 42. Qe3 Qa8 43. Kh3 Qd8 44. Rxa6 Rc7 45.
Rc6 Rxc6 46. dxc6 d5 47. Qb6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
a3 Ba5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. c6 Bxc6 11. Qc2 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Nc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
b4 Ne4 15. Qb2 f5 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. f3 Nd6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Rc1 Qg5 20. Kf2 f4
21. Qd2 fxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Rc7 24. Rhd1 Rfc8 25. Nb3 Nxc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 a6 10. N5c3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14.
Rac1 Rac8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 17. Rc2 Qe5 18. Qb3 Bd4 19. Bh6 Rfd8
20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. e3 Qh5 22. exd4 Qxh6 23. Qxb7 Rf8 24. Bd5 Na5 25. Qxc8
Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kg7 27. Re1 Qg5 28. Re5 Qf6 29. Rc7 Kf8 30. Rc5 Qb6 31. Rc8+
Kg7 32. Rxe7+ Kh6 33. Rcc7 Qxd4 34. h4 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. g4 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1
b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. b3 d5 17. g6 fxg6 18. h5 g5 19. h6 g6 20. Bh3 Qd6 21.
Qh2 Kf7 22. Qf2 e5 23. Bb2 d4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Qe5 26. Rxd7 Bc6 27.
Nb6 Bxd7 28. Nxd7 Qc3 29. Qb6 Ke8 30. Bg4 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Qe6 Rc6 33.
Qd5 Rd6 34. Qb7 Kf7 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Qc8+ Qxc8 37. Bxc8 Bf6 38. Bb7 Bc3
39. Rf1 a5 40. Bd5 Rf6 41. Bc4 Rf4 42. Kc1 Rh4 43. Kd1 Ke7 44. Ke2 Rxh6 45.
Rd1 Rh2+ 46. Kf1 Rxc2 47. Rd5 Rxa2 48. Rxg5 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 a4
51. bxa4 Rxa4 52. Rb5 Kd6 53. Rd5+ Kc7 54. Rc5+ Kb6 55. Rd5 Ra5 56. Rd7 Ra7
57. Rd5 Ra5 58. Rd7 Ra7 59. Rd5 Rc7 60. Rb5+ Kc6 61. Ke2 Rd7 62. Rd5 Rxd5
63. Bxd5+ Kc5 64. f4 Kd4 65. Kf3 Kc5 66. Bg8 h6 67. e5 g5 68. Kg4 Bd2 69.
fxg5 hxg5 70. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nbd7 9. g4 e5 10. g5 Ng8 11. h4 Qe7 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh3 g6 14. Bd2 f5
15. gxf6 Ngxf6 16. Qg2 Rg8 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. f3 Kb7 19. Kb1 Qh7 20. Ka1
Re8 21. Nc1 Be7 22. Nb3 Bd8 23. Ba5 Qe7 24. a3 Nb8 25. Bc3 Bc7 26. Qd2 e4
27. f4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. fxg5 Rxg5 30. Ba5 Rg3 31. Bxc7 Qxc7 32. Rdf1
Nh7 33. Rf4 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Nxf8 35. Bf5 Rf3 36. Bg4 Rg3 37. Bf5 Rf3 38. Bg4
Rg3 39. Qf2 Ng6 40. Qf5 Nf8 41. Qxf8 Rxg4 42. Rh8 Rg6 43. Na5+ Ka8 44. Ka2
1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sorokin,M"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. axb5 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 axb5 15. Bxb5+ Ke7 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ke2 Rb8 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. Qc7+ Kf8
20. Ra1 Qb7 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. Ra8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Re1 Re8 11. exd5 exd4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14.
Rh4 h6 15. h3 Bc5 16. Qb3 b6 17. Bb5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8.
Nc3 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Ba2 Bc8 13. h3 Rb8 14. c3 b3
15. Bb1 O-O 16. d4 Bb6 17. d5 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qf6 19. Nf5 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3
d6 8. Qg3 Qg6 9. Bd3 a5 10. e5 Qxg3 11. hxg3 dxe5 12. Rxh7 Rxh7 13. Bxh7
Nf6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Ke2 Bd4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd5 18. f3 a4 19. c3 Bc5
20. Bc2 Ke7 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Kxe3 c5 23. g4 Rb8 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Bxb3
26. Rb1 c4 27. Be4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6
8. h4 h6 9. e4 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. g4 Bxg4 14. fxg4
Ne4 15. Qc2 Ng3 16. O-O-O Rxf1 17. Rh3 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 e4 19. Rxg3 Qxh4 20.
Rh3 Qf6 21. Kc2 Ne5 22. Bd4 Rf8 23. Ne2 Qg6 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Re3 Rf3 26.
Qd2 Qxg4 27. Nc3 h5 28. c5 Qf5 29. d6 cxd6 30. cxd6 Rf2 31. Ne2 Qc8+ 32.
Qc3 Qe6 33. Qb3 Qxb3+ 34. Kxb3 Rf6 35. Ng3 Rxd6 36. Nxh5 Kf7 37. Ng3 Ke6
38. Kc3 Rc6+ 39. Kd2 Ra6 40. a3 Rb6 41. b3 Ra6 42. b4 Rd6+ 43. Kc3 Ra6 44.
Kb3 Kd5 45. Rxe4 Rf6 46. Re3 Kd4 47. Rc3 g5 48. Rc4+ Kd5 49. Ne2 Rf3+ 50.
Nc3+ Ke6 51. b5 Rf7 52. Ne4 Rg7 53. a4 b6 54. Kc3 g4 55. Ng3 Rg8 56. Kd3
Rd8+ 57. Ke3 Kd5 58. Rxg4 Kc5 59. Ne2 a6 60. Nc3 axb5 61. Nxb5 Rd1 62. Ke2
Rb1 63. Nc7 Rb3 64. Kd2 Rf3 65. Na6+ Kd5 66. Nb4+ Kc5 67. Nd3+ Kd5 68. Rg5
Ke4 69. Nxe5 Ra3 70. Nd7 Kf4 71. Rh5 Kg4 72. Nf6+ Kg3 73. Rg5+ Kh3 74. Rg4
Rf3 75. Nd7 Rf5 76. Rd4 b5 77. a5 b4 78. a6 Ra5 79. Nb8 b3 80. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikov,St"]
[Black "Dvoirys,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bc4 Be6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Nd5 b5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. a4 O-O 14.
axb5 axb5 15. O-O Qd7 16. Bg5 Rfc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Rc8
20. c3 Qc6 21. Nd2 d5 22. Nf1 Qc4 23. Qh3 Re8 24. exd5 exd5 25. Qd7 Rd8 26.
Qe6+ Kh8 27. Ne3 Qe2 28. Ng4 Qxb2 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Qd6 Rd8 31. Qe6 Rf8 32.
Qxd5 Qxc3 33. Qxb5 Qd4 34. Qe2 Rd8 35. Ne3 Qd3 36. Qxd3 Rxd3 37. Rd1 Rxd1+
38. Nxd1 Kg8 39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Kd3 Bd8 42. Nc3 Bb6 43. f3 g6 44.
Ke4 Bc5 45. Nd5 Bg1 46. h3 Bc5 47. Nc3 Bd4 48. Nb1 Bc5 49. Nd2 Bb4 50. Nc4
Bc3 51. Kd3 Bd4 52. Nd2 Bb6 53. Ne4 h6 54. Nc3 Bd4 55. Ne2 Bf2 56. Ke4 Bb6
57. Nc1 Ba5 58. Nd3 Bc3 59. Nf2 Bd4 60. Ng4 h5 61. Nh2 Bb2 62. Nf1 Bc1 63.
Ng3 Bf4 64. Ne2 Bd2 65. Kd3 Bb4 66. Ng3 Kd5 67. Ne4 Ba5 68. Ng3 Bb4 69. Nf1
Bc5 70. Nd2 Bb6 71. Nc4 Bd4 72. Na3 Bb6 73. Nc4 Bd4 74. Nd2 Bb6 75. Ne4 Ba5
76. g4 hxg4 77. fxg4 Be1 78. Ke3 Ba5 79. Nf6+ Ke6 80. Ne4 Kd5 81. Nf6+ Ke6
82. Ne4 Kd5 83. Kf3 Bd8 84. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bf5 10. cxd4 e6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14.
Nd4 Be6 15. Ncb5 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Re1 Bc5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5+ g6 20.
Qh6 a6 21. Nc3 Rf8 22. Rad1 Nd4 23. Be5 Nf5 24. Qh3 h5 25. Re2 Rc6 26. a3
Be7 27. Qd3 Qc8 28. h3 g5 29. Qf3 g4 30. Qd3 Rg8 31. Rde1 Rg6 32. Bf4 Kf8
33. hxg4 hxg4 34. g3 Qd7 35. Kg2 d4 36. Rh1 Bf6 37. Rh5 Kg8 38. Kh2 Rg7 39.
Ne4 Bd8 40. Kg1 Rh7 41. Rxh7 Qxh7 42. Re1 Qg7 43. Kg2 b5 44. Rh1 e5 45. Bd2
Qg6 46. Bb4 Qf7 47. Qe2 Qg6 48. Qd3 Be7 49. Bxe7 Nxe7 50. Re1 Kg7 51. Qe2
Qf5 52. b4 Rh6 53. Nc5 Nc6 54. Rg1 Kg6 55. Nxa6 d3 56. Qe3 Nd4 57. Nc5 Qf3+
58. Kf1 Qxe3 59. fxe3 d2 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6
8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 Bd7 13. g4 Ng7 14.
e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nc5 fxg4 17. hxg4 O-O-O 18. Rhg1 Ne6 19. Be4 Rhf8
20. f3 Ng5 21. Qc3 Be6 22. Qa3 Bd5 23. Qxa7 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Na6 Qg5+
26. Kb1 bxa6 27. Qxa6+ Kc7 28. Qa7+ Kd6 29. Qxb6 Rb8 30. Qa6 Qe3 31. Ka1
Rf2 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33. Rxc6+ Kd5 34. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vorobiov,E"]
[Black "Chebotarev,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6
8. c4 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 e5 12. h4 O-O 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. Qc2
e4 15. Nd2 b5 16. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lugovoi,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. d5 Nd6 7. Be2 e4 8.
dxc6 exf3 9. cxb7 Bxb7 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. c4 Bf6 13. Qf3 Na5
14. Nd2 Re8 15. Qd5 c6 16. Qd3 d5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Rb1 Nc6
20. Nf3 Rab8 21. Rd1 Red8 22. Kf1 h6 23. h3 a6 24. Ne1 Nb4 25. Bf4 Rb5 26.
a3 Nc6 27. b4 g5 28. Bg3 Nd4 29. Nd3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bezgodov,A"]
[Black "Yandemirov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. h4 h5 8.
dxe5 fxe5 9. Ng5 Be7 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. f4 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Bg4 13. Qc4 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Ne7 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. O-O Be6 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Bd2 Rxf1+ 20.
Rxf1 Ng6 21. b3 Ne5 22. Qe3 h4 23. Qf2 h3 24. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Black "Kosyrev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3
Bd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bh3 O-O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. Re1 Nec6 13. Rb1 Be7 14. h5 Rdg8
15. Nh2 Kb8 16. Ng4 Ka8 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Ng2 g5 19. Nf1 Nb3 20. Nh2 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6
15. b3 g6 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. c4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 exd4 21.
Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 c5 23. Ne2 Ndf6 24. Nc3 Ng7 25. Rea1 Ne6 26. Nd5 Qd8 27.
Qc3 Nd4 28. Qa5 Bxd5 29. Qxd8 Raxd8 30. exd5 Nc2 31. Rc1 Nb4 32. Raa1 Nh5
33. g3 Ng7 34. g4 h5 35. f3 f5 36. Kf2 Rf8 37. g5 f4 38. Ne4 Nf5 39. Rab1
Kg7 40. Rd1 Rde8 41. Bd3 Re5 42. Rb2 Rd8 43. Bb1 h4 44. Re1 Ng3 45. Rd2 a5
46. Rdd1 Nf5 47. Nxd6 Ne3 48. Nb7 Rde8 49. Rc1 Rxg5 50. Rg1 Rg3 51. d6 Nc6
52. d7 Rb8 53. Nxc5 Nd4 54. Be4 Kf7 55. Rcd1 Nxb3 56. Nxb3 Rxb3 57. d8=Q
1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Iljin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6
8. Be3 d6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 b4 12. Na4 O-O 13. e5 Nd5 14.
Bxa7 Rxa7 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. g3 Bd7 17. Nb6 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxb6 19. Bc4 Qc5
20. Nb3 Qe3+ 21. Qd2 Bc6 22. Rhe1 Qxd2+ 23. Rxd2 g6 24. Nc5 Nb6 25. Rd6 Rc8
26. Bxa6 Rcc7 27. Bd3 Nd5 28. Na6 Rc8 29. Re4 Nc3 30. Red4 Nxa2+ 31. Kb1
Bd5 32. R4xd5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "Balashov,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C91"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nbd2 Re8 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nh2 Bh4 18. Re2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bd2 Nf6
21. f3 h5 22. Bc3 Bg5 23. Nf1 Nd7 24. Ba4 Ne5 25. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 26. Kf2 hxg4
27. hxg4 Nd4 28. Bc6 Qf6+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qf4 31. Be1 Qxg4 32. Bg3 Rb8
33. Nh2 Qxg3 34. Rg2 Qh4 35. Qxf3 Bxe4 36. Qg4 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E68"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Ndb5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bf1
Be6 15. b3 a4 16. Rc1 axb3 17. axb3 c6 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Bg2 Ra3
21. Rb1 Qa5 22. b4 Qa6 23. bxc5 Rxc3 24. cxd6 Qxc4 25. e5 Nxe5 26. fxe5
Rxe5 27. Nxc6 Rexe3 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. d7 Qd8 32.
Qd6+ Re7 33. Rxb7 Be5 34. Rb8 Qxb8 35. Qxb8+ Bxb8 36. d8=Q+ Re8 37. Qd3 Be5
38. g4 Bf6 39. Qd2 g5 40. Qd7 h6 41. Bd5 Re7 42. Qf5 Kg7 43. Be4 Bd4+ 44.
Kg2 Kf8 45. Kf3 Re6 46. Ke2 Re5 47. Qh7 Re6 48. Kd3 Bg7 49. Bd5 Rf6 50. Kc4
Rf4+ 51. Kc5 Rf6 52. Bc6 Re6 53. Kb5 Bd4 54. Bd5 Rb6+ 55. Kc4 Bg7 56. Qf5
1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Iljushin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. d5 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qxa4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Nxc4 Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Feoktistov,A"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kabanov,N"]
[Black "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bragin,Alex"]
[Black "Shabanov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. g4 fxg4 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Nxg4 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Rg1 Qe8 10. Nc3 Nxg4 11. Qxg4 Bf6 12. Qg2 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. c5
Nd7 15. f4 Qh5 16. Qe2 Qf7 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 a5 19. cxb6 axb4 20. Rxb4 Bb7
21. Rb2 Rfd8 22. Qg4 c5 23. Nb5 Nf8 24. Bc3 Ba6 25. a4 Qe7 26. a5 Rdc8 27.
Ke2 g6 28. h4 Qg7 29. h5 cxd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Rc3 33.
hxg6 h5 34. Qg3 Qxd4 35. g7 Ng6 36. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14.
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qe1 Nf6 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Qd1 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Be7 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nc5 f4 25. Nd3 fxg3 26. hxg3
Bf5 27. Ne5 Rac8 28. b4 Be4 29. a4 Rc7 30. f4 Ra8 31. a5 Kg7 32. Kf2 Bd5
33. Bh5 Rf8 34. Re1 Re7 35. Re2 Rf6 36. Ke1 Rf8 37. Rh2 Kg8 38. Kf2 Rd8 39.
Be2 Rd6 40. g4 Kg7 41. f5 Re8 42. Kg3 Rh8 43. Bd3 Rdd8 44. Kf4 Rd6 45. Rh5
Rg8 46. Be4 Bxe4 47. Kxe4 Kh7 48. Kf4 Kg7 49. Rh3 Re8 50. g5 hxg5+ 51. Kxg5
Rg8 52. Ng4 Rdd8 53. Rh6 Kf8+ 54. Kf4 c5 55. Rf6+ Ke7 56. Re6+ Kf8 57. dxc5
Rd1 58. Ne3 Rh1 59. Rxa6 Rh4+ 60. Ke5 Rg1 61. Rf6+ Ke8 62. Nd5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Chuprov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nb8 8.
d4 c6 9. Bf1 Nbd7 10. a4 Re8 11. a5 a6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. b4 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Qd3
Bg4 21. Be3 Bxf3 22. Bb6 Qc6 23. Qxf3 Ne4 24. Bd4 Nd2 25. Qd1 Nxf1 26. Qxf1
Re8 27. g3 g6 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. f4 Kf7 32. Kf2
Ke8 33. Ke3 Kd7 34. Bf6 Bd6 35. Kd4 Bb8 36. h3 Ba7+ 37. Kd3 Kc6 38. Bd4 Bb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 b4 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb5 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfc8 18. Re1 Rc7 19. c3 a5 20.
cxb4 axb4 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Kxc1 Nd7 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Kc2 Rc8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7
26. Rd4 Rb8 27. Bc4 g5 28. b3 Kf6 29. Kb2 Ke5 30. Rd2 Ra8 31. Re2+ Kf6 32.
a4 bxa3+ 33. Ka2 h5 34. Re3 h4 35. Bb5 Na6 36. Re4 Nc5 37. Re3 Na6 38. Re4
Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kharlov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1
8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7
14. Nc4 Rb8 15. e4 b5 16. Na5 Ne5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Be2 Be8 19. f3 Bb4 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nb7 Rc8 22. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. b4 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Qc7 15. f4 Nd7 16. a4 b6 17. a5 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lastin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. g4 b5 14. a3
Rab8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5 e6 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. b3 Rcc8 22. Nb4 a5 23. Nd3 Qc7 24. Rhf1 a4 25. Nb4 Qb7 26. Qd3 Ra8
27. Bc1 Rf8 28. Bb2 Nf4 29. Qe3 e5 30. Nf3 Bh3 31. Rf2 Rad8 32. Rdd2 Be6
33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Ne1 d5 35. exd5 Nxd5 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Nd3 Rxf2 38. Rxf2
Bc4 39. Rd2 Qd5 40. Bc3 Qh1+ 41. Nc1 Qb7+ 42. Bb4 Rxd2 43. Qxd2 Qd5 44. Nd3
Bxd3 45. cxd3 e4 46. dxe4 Qxe4+ 47. Kc1 Bd4 48. Kd1 Kf7 49. Qa2+ Qe6 50.
Qg2 Qb3+ 51. Ke2 Qe3+ 52. Kf1 Ke6 53. Qc6+ Kf5 54. Qd5+ Kg4 55. Qd7+ Kf3
56. Qd5+ Qe4 57. Qf7+ Qf5 58. Qa2 Qd3+ 59. Ke1 Bc3+ 60. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 61. Qd2
Qa1+ 62. Qd1+ Qxd1+ 63. Kxd1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirnov,P"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6
8. Qe3 O-O 9. O-O Qc8 10. Nf4 Re8 11. b3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. h3 Bd7 14. g4
Ng6 15. g5 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Nh5 17. Qh4 g6 18. Nd5 Bc6 19. c4 Bxd5 20. cxd5
Qd8 21. Qg4 h6 22. f4 hxg5 23. fxg5 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rf2 Re5 26. Raf1
Qe7 27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qd7+ Re7 30. Qb5 b6 31. e5 Rxe5 32.
Qc6 Rae8 33. Qxc7+ R8e7 34. Qxd6 Rxg5 35. Kh2 Rf5 36. Qc6 Re2 37. Kg1 Re1+
38. Kh2 Rf2 39. d6 Ree2 40. Qb7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. a4 c4 14. Be3 Bd7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nbd2 Qc7 17. Qe2 Nb7 18. Qf1 Nc5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1
21. Qxa1 g6 22. Qa3 Kg7 23. Nf1 f5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Ne3 f4 26. Ng4 Bd6 27.
Qa5 Nxd5 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. Ngxe5 Be8 30. Ng4 Ne6 31. e5 Be7 32. Nd2 Nd8 33.
Ne4 h5 34. Nh2 g5 35. g3 Bg6 36. gxf4 Ne6 37. f5 Bxf5 38. Nxg5 Bxg5 39.
Bxf5 Kf7 40. Nf1 Bc1 41. Ne3 Bxb2 42. Nd5 b4 43. cxb4 cxb4 44. Nxb4 Bxe5
45. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khismatullin,D"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E62"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O exd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. Be3 Bf5 11. h3 Nb4 12. Ne1 Qc8 13. Kh2 c5 14. Nb5
Rd8 15. d5 Na6 16. Qd2 Nc7 17. Nc3 h5 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rae1
Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Re8 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 b5 24. b3 Rb8 25. Rb1 Qa6 26. Qc2
bxc4 27. bxc4 Qa3 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 Qxb3 30. axb3 Rb8 31. Bd1 Re8 32.
Kg2 Kf8 33. g5 Na6 34. Bg4 Nb4 35. Bd1 Bc3 36. Rh1 Re7 37. Rh3 Bb2 38. f4
Kg7 39. Bf2 Bd4 40. Bg3 Re3 41. f5 Be5 42. f6+ Kg8 43. Bf2 Rxh3 44. Kxh3
Nd3 45. Bg1 Bd4 46. Bc2 Nb4 47. Bxd4 cxd4 48. c5 d3 49. cxd6 dxc2 50. d7
c1=Q 51. d8=Q+ Kh7 52. Qf8 Qe3+ 53. Kg4 Qe4+ 54. Kg3 Qe5+ 55. Kf3 Qxd5+ 56.
Ke2 Qg2+ 57. Ke1 Qg1+ 58. Ke2 Qg2+ 59. Ke1 Nd3+ 60. Kd1 Nb2+ 61. Ke1 Qg3+
62. Kf1 Qf4+ 63. Ke2 Qe5+ 64. Kf3 Qd5+ 65. Ke2 Qe5+ 66. Kf3 Qf5+ 67. Ke2
Qb5+ 68. Kf3 Qxb3+ 69. Ke2 Qb5+ 70. Kf3 Qd5+ 71. Ke2 Qg2+ 72. Ke1 Nd3+ 73.
Kd1 Nb2+ 74. Ke1 Nd3+ 75. Kd1 Qg4+ 76. Kc2 Qc4+ 77. Kd1 Qb3+ 78. Ke2 Nf4+
79. Kd2 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Korotylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 14. Rfd1 b5
15. c5 e5 16. dxe5 Bxc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bf5 Qe7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Ne4 Qe7
21. Nd6 f6 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. N5d4 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe8 25. Nef3 c5 26. bxc5 Bxc5
27. Nh4 Rf6 28. Rd3 Rc8 29. Rad1 Bf8 30. Nhf3 Rc4 31. Ne1 Rf7 32. Qb2 Rfc7
33. Rb3 Bc8 34. Nd3 Bb7 35. Nf4 Bd6 36. Rbd3 Be5 37. Qb3 g5 38. Nfe2 Kh7
39. Nf3 Bf6 40. Ned4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7
8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 N5b6 12. Qc2 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 a5 14.
Rc1 Be7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Rxc5 Bxc5 17. Be4 Be7 18. Bxc6+ Bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Kf8
20. O-O Rc8 21. Qb7 h6 22. a3 Rb8 23. Qa6 g5 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Be3 Kg7 26.
Qd3 Qd5 27. h4 gxh4 28. Bc1 Be7 29. Qe3 h3 30. Qf4 hxg2 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Qg4
Bg5 33. Qh5 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 Qd8 35. d5 Rc8 36. Rd1 exd5 37. e6 Qf6 38. exf7
Qxf7 39. Qh3 Re8 40. Rd4 Rh7 41. Rg4 Qf6 42. Qh5 Rg7 43. Rxg7 Qxg7 44. Qxd5
Qf7 45. Qc5+ Kg8 46. Kxg2 Qg6+ 47. Kf1 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 Kh8 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Khairullin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E92"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3
Na6 9. Bg5 Nc5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. g4 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qh4
15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Rfc8 17. Kf1 Nf6 18. f3 Ne8 19. Kg2 Bf8 20. Be3 Bb4
21. Qd3 Kh7 22. Rhf1 Qe7 23. Qd2 f6 24. Rac1 Nd6 25. Rc2 a4 26. bxa4 Bxa4
27. Rcc1 Bb3 28. Ra1 Nf7 29. Rfc1 Nd6 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Qe1 b6 32. Qh4 g5
33. Qf2 Qd7 34. Qf1 Ra5 35. h4 Bc5 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Ra1 Bc4
39. Ra7 Bxe2 40. Qxe2 Rc4 41. Nd1 Ra4 42. Rxa4 Qxa4 43. Nf2 Qb3 44. Qd2 Kg6
45. Nd3 Nc4 46. Qc3 Qxc3 47. bxc3 Kf6 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ke2 Kd6 50. Nb4 Na5
51. Kd3 b5 52. Kc2 Kc5 53. Na6+ Kd6 54. Nb4 Kc5 55. Nd3+ Kd6 56. Nf2 c6 57.
dxc6 Nxc6 58. Nd1 Kc5 59. Ne3 Nd8 60. Kb3 Nf7 61. Nf5 Kc6 62. Kb4 Kb6 63.
Ne7 Nd6 64. Nd5+ Kc6 65. Ne3 Kb6 66. Ka3 Kc5 67. Kb3 Nf7 68. Nc2 Nd6 69.
Nb4 Nc4 70. Nd3+ Kb6 71. Kc2 Kc6 72. Nb4+ Kc5 73. Nd5 Nd6 74. Nf6 Nf7 75.
Kb3 Kb6 76. Kb4 Kc6 77. Ng8 Kb6 78. Ne7 Nd6 79. Nd5+ Kc6 80. Ne3 Kb6 81.
Ka3 Kc5 82. Kb3 Nf7 83. Nc2 Nd6 84. Nb4 Nc4 85. Kc2 Ne3+ 86. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. b3 b5 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e4 b4 13. Na4 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. d5 e5 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Ne1 Rfe8 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. f3 f5
21. Rfe1 h6 22. Qf2 g5 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Re2 Re7 25. Rde1 f4 26. Qf2 h5 27.
h4 g4 28. Nxf4 Rf8 29. Nxh5 Bh6 30. f4 Qg6 31. Ng3 Rxf4 32. h5 Qe8 33. Qe3
e4 34. Rf2 Rf3 35. Rxf3 gxf3 36. Qf2 Bf4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Qc2 Bh2+ 39.
Kxh2 Qxh5+ 40. Kg1 f2+ 41. Qxf2 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Bc8 43. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bg3 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nh5 14.
d5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Ne3 Qe7 19. Nh4 Be4 20.
a3 a5 21. Re1 Bc5 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rad8 24. Qc3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qd7 26.
Re2 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd3 30. Qc1 g6 31. Nf3 Ne4
32. Ne5 Qe2 33. Qf4 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Nc6 6. Nge2 g5 7. Bg3 e6 8.
Qd2 h5 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Kb1 g4 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 Ne7 14. f4 N5g6
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 h4 17. Bf2 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Rh6
21. Bb3 c6 22. Be3 Rg6 23. Ne2 c5 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Nc3 c4 26. Ba4+ N5c6 27.
e5 dxe5 28. Be3 Qc7 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Kg8
33. Rxb7 e4 34. Rb6 Ne7 35. Rxg6 Nxg6 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. b3 cxb3 38. axb3 Bf6
39. Bxe4 Re8 40. Bd5+ Kg7 41. Bc1 a5 42. Rd1 Re2 43. h3 Ne7 44. Bb7 gxh3
45. gxh3 Rh2 46. Rh1 Rf2 47. Be3 Re2 48. Bb6 Bc3 49. Rg1+ Kf6 50. Bf3 Re5
51. Rf1 Kg7 52. Bc7 Re6 53. Bf4 Ng6 54. Bc1 Ne5 55. Rg1+ Kh8 56. Be4 a4 57.
bxa4 Ra6 58. Bd5 Rxa4 59. Bb2 Bxb2 60. Kxb2 Rd4 61. Bb3 Kh7 62. Rg5 Nf3 63.
Rf5 Ng1 64. c3 Rd2+ 65. Bc2 Kh6 66. Rf4 Kh5 67. Kc1 Ne2+ 68. Kxd2 Nxf4 69.
Bf5 Kg5 70. Bc8 Nd5 71. Kd3 Nxc3 72. Kxc3 Kf6 73. Kd4 Kg7 74. Ke5 Kf7 75.
Kf5 Kg7 76. Be6 Kh8 77. Kf6 Kh7 78. Kf7 Kh8 79. Kf8 Kh7 80. Bg8+ Kh8 81.
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chebotarev,O"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 b6 7. c4 e6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. a3 h6 18. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dvoirys,S"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6
8. Be3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Rae1 Nc6 13. Qd3 Be7 14.
Rd1 d6 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. c3 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Na5 19. f5 Nc4 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. Bc1 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Qe2 Nxf3 24. gxf3 Qh5 25. Be3 Rxc3 26.
bxc3 Bxe4 27. Bg5 d5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Black "Sorokin,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B05"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. a3 d5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Bc3 b6
15. b4 bxc5 16. dxc5 e5 17. b5 d4 18. bxc6 Nxc5 19. Bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nxd4 Bxe2
21. Nxe2 Ra6 22. Nc4 e4 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. c7 Rc8 25. Rab1 Rxc7 26. Nf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov,Y"]
[Black "Filippov,Va"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e5 6. Nd5 Nge7 7. Nec3 d6
8. d3 O-O 9. h4 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Ne7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. h5 Be6 13. Be3 b5 14.
Qd2 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bh6 d5 20. Bxg7
Qxg7 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Rxd5 23. Qe3 c4 24. dxc4 Rd4 25. Rd1 Rxc4 26.
Rd6 Qb7 27. Qh6 Qg7 28. Qd2 Qb7 29. Qh6 Qg7 30. Qe3 Qb7 31. f3 Rd4 32. Rxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7
8. a4 Qb6 9. O-O a6 10. d3 c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nc3 Be7 14.
Qb3 b4 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Qc2 O-O 17. b3 Nbd7 18. Bb2 Bd5 19. Nd2 Ra8 20. Ra1
Qb7 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. e4 Ng4 23. Rc1 h5 24. Re1 d4 25. Bc1 Qa6 26. Nc4 Nge5
27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Rd1 c4 29. dxc4 d3 30. Qb1 Qg6 31. Bf4 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Qxe4
33. Qxd3 Nxh2+ 34. Kg1 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nh2+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Qc6 38. Qd5
Qxd5 39. cxd5 g5 40. Bc7 Bf6 41. d6 Ra7 42. Bb6 Rxa4 43. bxa4 b3 44. a5 b2
45. a6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lugovoi,A"]
[Black "Kabanov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Qd6 7. h3 Nh6 8.
Nc3 Nf5 9. d5 O-O 10. O-O cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Rd1 b5 14. Bf1
Nc5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qxb2 19. g4 h6 20. Bf4
Qa3 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Qe2 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 g5 24. Be5 Rac8 25. Bb2 Qd6 26. Nd4
Bg6 27. Bg2 Rc4 28. Qe3 Re8 29. Nc6 f6 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Ba3 b4 32. Bb2 Bf7
33. Qe2 Rf4 34. Rd1 a5 35. Qb5 Rc8 36. Bd4 Be8 37. Qb7 Rc7 38. Qb6 a4 39.
Rd2 b3 40. axb3 axb3 41. Qxb3 Rxc6 42. dxc6 Rxd4 43. c7 Bd7 44. Rxd4 Qxd4
45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. c8=Q Bxc8 47. Qxc8 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qd6+ 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Bf1
h5 51. Qc4+ e6 52. Qe4 f5 53. Qe5 Qb3 54. Qh8 Kg6 55. Qe8+ Kh6 56. Qf7 g4
57. Qf6+ Kh7 58. Qf7+ Kh6 59. Qf6+ Kh7 60. Qg5 gxh3 61. Qxh5+ Kg7 62. Bxh3
Qb1+ 63. Bf1 Kf6 64. Qh8+ Ke7 65. Qe5 Qd1 66. Qf4 Kf6 67. Kg2 Qd5+ 68. Kg3
Qd1 69. Bg2 Qd3+ 70. Kh4 Qc2 71. Qd4+ Ke7 72. Kg5 Qc1+ 73. Kg6 Qc2 74. Qb4+
Kd7 75. Kf7 e5 76. Qb7+ Kd8 77. Qb6+ Kd7 78. Bd5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yandemirov,V"]
[Black "Vorobiov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nc2 e6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Bd3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bragin,Alex"]
[Black "Bezgodov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6
8. h3 Nfxd5 9. Ne4 Bf5 10. Re1 Bxe4 11. Rxe4 Rc8 12. c3 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5
14. a4 Qc8 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qe2 Rxe4 18. Qxe4 e6 19. Rc1 Re8
20. c4 f5 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Qb3 a6 24. Bd4 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
Qe3 Qc5 27. Qe1 Rd8 28. b4 Qd6 29. c5 Qd5 30. Qe3 h6 31. Qf4 g5 32. Qe5+
Qxe5 33. Nxe5 Kf6 34. Nc4 Rd4 35. f3 Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosyrev,V"]
[Black "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nf6 14.
Qc2 Re8 15. a3 Qd6 16. b4 a6 17. Ne5 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. Rb1 Bh5 20. a4
Bg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Re6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. h3 Rf6 26. Qa2
Kh7 27. Qa7 Rcf8 28. R3c2 R8f7 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bg6 10. Rc1 Ne8 11. Rc2 Bf6 12. Qb1 Nd6 13. Rfc1 Re8 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 c5 17. Nh4 Bh5 18. Re1 g5 19. Nhf3 b6 20. h4 h6
21. Nh2 gxh4 22. g4 h3 23. Bxh3 Bg6 24. Bg2 Rad8 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Qe5
27. Bc4 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Qd4 29. Qa1 Nf6 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Rec1 Nxg4 32. Nxb6
Nxh2 33. Kxh2 Kh7 34. f3 Bf5 35. Kg3 Rb8 36. Nc4 Rxb5 37. a4 Rb4 38. Nxa5
Bxd3 39. exd3 Rxd3 40. Nc4 Rbb3 41. Ne5 Re3 42. Rxc5 Kg7 43. Rd5 h5 44. Rc7
Kf6 45. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Black "Novikov,St"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A28"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Ne8 8.
a3 a5 9. Rb1 f5 10. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8.
O-O h6 9. Ne1 exd4 10. Bxd4 c6 11. Nc2 Re8 12. f3 Nc7 13. Qd2 d5 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. e5 Nh7 16. f4 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Be5 Bf5 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Nxe4
Bxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f5 Qd6 23. Rac1 Kh7 24. fxg6+ Bxg6 25. Bd3 Re7 26.
Nf5 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Kg8 29. Rcf1 Qe3 30. Qb4 Rae8 31. R5f3 Qe5
32. Qh4 Re6 33. Rg3+ Kh8 34. Bg6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iljushin,A"]
[Black "Iljin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Nh5 12. Be3 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14.
Be3 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Black "Feoktistov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabanov,Y"]
[Black "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 Bxc4 8.
Bxc4 dxc4 9. Nbd2 Qa6 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Nxc4 Nf5 12. O-O Nc6 13. dxc5 Bxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nb4
8. Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. O-O f5 11. Bf3 Bd6 12. Nbc3 O-O 13. a3 Nc6 14.
Nb5 Ne7 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Be5 Ng6 19. Rfe1 f4 20.
a4 c6 21. a5 Nd5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Nh4 24. a6 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Kg8 26.
Qb3+ Rf7 27. Bc7 Qf8 28. Bd6 Qxd6 29. Re8+ Qf8 30. Rae1 g6 31. R1e7 Kg7 32.
Rxf8 Rxe7 33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. h4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia,M"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14.
Bf4 Qc8 15. e5 Bc6 16. Be4 Rd8 17. Qe1 Qe6 18. Bg3 Qc4 19. Kh1 b6 20. Bh4
Rd7 21. Rb2 Rc8 22. Bf2 Bxe4 23. fxe4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd3 25. Nf4 Qc3 26. Qb1
e6 27. Ne2 Qa3 28. Be1 Qa4 29. Bb4 Nc4 30. Rb3 a5 31. Be1 Na3 32. Qd3 Nc2
33. Bc3 Nb4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Qb1 Rc4 36. h3 b5 37. Rd1 Ra7 38. Rb2 Rac7
39. Re1 Bf8 40. Rb3 Rc2 41. d5 Qxa2 42. Qxa2 Rxa2 43. Nd4 Rc4 44. Rd1 Bc5
45. Nc6 Ra6 46. Nb8 Ra3 47. Rbb1 Be7 48. Nc6 Kf8 49. Nd4 Re3 50. d6 Bd8 51.
Ra1 Rxe4 52. Nxb5 Rc8 53. d7 Rb8 54. Nd4 Rb6 55. Rac1 Rxe5 56. Nc6 Rxc6 57.
Rxc6 Ke7 58. Rc4 Rb5 59. Rdd4 h5 60. Rxb4 Rxb4 61. Rxb4 Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. g3 O-O 14. b3
Be6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bg2 Qe7 17. O-O a5 18. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bf8 13. Qf3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
e5 15. Bg1 exf4 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. Qxf4 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nh5 20. Qf2
g6 21. g4 Ng7 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. Rf3 Re7 24. Raf1 Rae8 25. c4 Qd7 26. b3 Qc8
27. h3 Qd7 28. Kg2 Qc7 29. R1f2 Rd7 30. h4 h5 31. Qh6 hxg4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7
33. Bxg6 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qf7+ 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. h5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4
8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
Rc1 Nf6 15. a3 b6 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. Ba2 Rc8 18. Qd3 b5 19. Rfd1 Na5 20. Ne5
Nd5 21. b4 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Nc6 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. d5 Na7 25. Qxh7 Bxd5 26.
Qh5+ g6 27. Qh7+ Ke8 28. Qxg6+ Rf7 29. Rf3 Bxf3 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. gxf3 Rf6
32. Qe4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chuprov,D"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3
Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Kh8 13. Nd4
Rfd8 14. f4 Rac8 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qf2 b5 17. Rd3 b4 18. Rh3 bxc3 19. Qh4
cxb2 20. Nd4 Kg8 21. Ree3 Kf8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Be4 24. exf6 Rxd4 25.
fxe7+ Ke8 26. Rc3 Rd1+ 27. Kxb2 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A42"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nde2 a5 11. f4 Re8 12. h3 Nc5 13. Be3 a4 14. Rc1
Be6 15. b3 Nb4 16. Rb1 axb3 17. axb3 c6 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Bc8 20. Qd2
Qb6 21. Kh2 Ncd3 22. Nde2 Qd8 23. Na4 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. g4 Bxg4 26. hxg4
Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qxg4 28. Rf3 Re7 29. Nac3 Rae8 30. Rbf1 Qf5 31. Nd4 Qc5 32.
Rxd3 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Re3 34. Qd2 Rg3 35. Kh2 Rge3 36. Bf3 Qb4 37. Rc1 d5 38.
cxd5 Qd6 39. Nce2 c5 40. Nb5 Qf6 41. Rc3 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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. a3 Be7 12. b4 Bb7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bf4 O-O 17. g5 Kh8 18. Re1 Rc8 19. h4 Rg8 20. Bg3 Qf8
21. Qh5 a5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Nd8 24. Bf1 Qe8 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qd1 Rf8 27.
bxa5 f4 28. Bh2 bxa5 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. g6 Rf6 31. Qg4 Qf8 32. Re5 hxg6 33.
Bxf4 Nf7 34. Rxa5 Nh6 35. Bxh6 gxh6 36. Qxd4 Kg8 37. Be2 Rf4 38. Qe3 Qf6
39. Qg3 Rxh4 40. f3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Qe2 Bg7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. h3 Nh6 9. g4 O-O 10. d3 f6 11. Bf4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 fxe5 13. Ng5 Rxf4 14.
f3 h6 15. Nh3 Rb4 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Nf2 Be6 18. Nfe4 Bd5 19. Qe3 Bxe4 20.
fxe4 g5 21. a3 Rd4 22. Ne2 Rd6 23. Ng3 Re8 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. Rdf1 Rg6 26.
Qxc5 b6 27. Qc4+ e6 28. Ng3 b5 29. Qc5 Qb6 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Nh5 Rf8 32.
Kd2 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. a4 bxa4 35. Ra1 b5 36. b3 axb3 37. Ra7+ Ke8 38.
cxb3 Bf8 39. Rc7 c5 40. Kc3 Be7 41. Rb7 b4+ 42. Kc4 Kf7 43. Rb8 Rg8 44.
Rxg8 Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14.
Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Qc2 Be6 17. f3 f6 18. e4 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Na5 20. Bb2
Bf7 21. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Smirnov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Bf4 Ne8 9. Qd2 f6 10. e5 g5 11. Be3 b6 12. O-O-O Nc7 13. h4 g4 14. exf6
exf6 15. Ng1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. c4 Qxg2 18. Ne2 Qf3 19. Nf4 Bh6 20. Rhg1
Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Re8 22. Rg3 Qe2 23. Qc3 Kf7 24. Be3 Bf5 25. Re1 Qxd3 26. Qxd3
Bxd3 27. Rxg4 h5 28. Rf4 b5 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Rg1 Re5 31. Rg5 Rxg5 32. hxg5
f5 33. Bxc5 Rc8 34. b4 a5 35. a3 axb4 36. axb4 Kg6 37. Kd2 Be4 38. f3 Kxg5
39. Be3 Rd8+ 40. Ke1 Bd5 41. Rg4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7
8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Bh2 g6 13. Rab1 a5 14.
Rfe1 Ng7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd6 17. Be5 Be6 18. Rbd1 Bb4 19. d5 cxd5 20.
Bxd5 Qc8 21. Qb3 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Nc5 25. Rxg6+
hxg6 26. Qd5 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Ne6 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qb5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31.
Nc4 Nc6 32. Ne3 Qe7 33. a4 Qa3 34. Qc4 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qd2 36. Kg3 Qd6+ 37. f4
Qd2 38. Nd5 Ne7 39. Nxe7 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Qxe7 41. Qd5 Qa3 42. Qxa5 b5 43. Qxb5
Qxc3+ 44. Ke4 Qc2+ 45. Kd4 Qf2+ 46. Kc3 Qxg2 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. a5 Qxh3+ 49.
Kb4 Qd3 50. Kc5 Qa6 51. Qc7 Kg7 52. Kb4 Qf1 53. Qd6 Qb1+ 54. Kc5 Qc2+ 55.
Kb6 Qf2+ 56. Kb7 Qg2+ 57. Kc7 Qc2+ 58. Kd8 Qg2 59. Qd4+ f6 60. Kc7 g5 61.
fxg5 Qxg5 62. a6 Qg3+ 63. Kd7 Qh3+ 64. Kd8 Qf3 65. a7 Kg6 66. Kc7 Qg3+ 67.
Kc6 Qg2+ 68. Qd5 Qc2+ 69. Kb7 Qb2+ 70. Kc8 Qc3+ 71. Kd8 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Lugovoi,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Be3 e6 14.
Bc4 Bd6 15. h4 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 Nf6 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. Rh3 f5 19. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 20.
Kf2 f4 21. Bxf4 Nxe4+ 22. Ke3 Nd6 23. Bxe6 Rf8 24. Be5 c5 25. Re1 cxd4+ 26.
Kf2 d3 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Bf5+ Kd8 29. Bxg6 d2 30. Rd1 hxg6 31. Qe3 Kc7 32.
Rxd2 Qf6 33. Qc5+ Kb8 34. Qd6+ Ka7 35. Qc5+ Kb8 36. Qd6+ Ka7 37. Qxf6 Rxf6
38. Rg3 Rc8 39. Rg4 Rc7 40. Kg3 b6 41. Rgd4 Kb7 42. Rd7 Kc6 43. Rxc7+ Kxc7
44. Rd5 Kc6 45. Re5 Rd6 46. b3 Kd7 47. Kg4 Rd3 48. Kg5 Rd6 49. g4 Kd8 50.
f4 Kd7 51. h5 gxh5 52. Kxh5 Rh6+ 53. Kg5 Rh3 54. Rb5 Rh6 55. f5 Rd6 56. Re5
Rd3 57. Kg6 Rg3 58. g5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6
8. O-O Nd7 9. Bf4 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. c3 Nf6 14.
Qf4 Qd7 15. Qf3 Ned5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Rfd8 18. Be2 a5 19. Nf1 Nd5 20.
Qg3 b5 21. Ne3 b4 22. c4 Ne7 23. Bf3 Qa7 24. Qe5 Rd7 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Rad1
Kf8 27. h4 f6 28. Qxe6 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Bxc6 Qxb2 32.
Qd7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Kg1 Nxc6 37. Qxc6 Qa1+
38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kg1 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. Ndb5 Ng4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Re1
Nd7 15. a4 Nc5 16. Bc4 b6 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Bf1 Qd7 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. c3 Nxe4
21. Nxb6 Rad8 22. Nd5 e6 23. Ndc7 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 f5 25. Qc2 d5 26. f3 f4 27.
Bd4 e5 28. fxe4 exd4 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Re6 Kh8 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. Bc4 Rc5 33.
Bd3 Ne5 34. Rd6 Qc8 35. Nxd4 Qb8 36. Rxg6 Nxd3 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Ne6+ Kf7
39. Nxc5 Nxc5 40. Qf5+ Kg7 41. Qxc5 f3 42. Rf1 Qxb2 43. Qd4+ Kh7 44. Rxf3
Qb1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kg1 Qb1+ 47. Kh2 Qb8+ 48. Kh1 Rxf3 49. gxf3 Qg3 50.
Qe4+ Kh8 51. Qd4+ Kh7 52. Qe4+ Kh8 53. h4 Qh3+ 54. Kg1 Qg3+ 55. Kf1 Qh2 56.
Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kg6 58. Qe6+ Kg7 59. Qg4+ Kf8 60. Qf5+ Kg7 61. h5 Qh1+
62. Ke2 Qg2+ 63. Kd3 Qf1+ 64. Kd4 Qf2+ 65. Kd3 Qf1+ 66. Kd2 Qf2+ 67. Kd3
Qf1+ 68. Kd4 Qf2+ 69. Kc4 Qa2+ 70. Kb5 Qb3+ 71. Ka6 Qxa4 72. Qg6+ Kf8 73.
Qxh6+ Kg8 74. Qg6+ Kh8 75. Qf6+ Kh7 76. h6 Qc4+ 77. Kxa5 Qc5+ 78. Ka6 Qc8+
79. Kb6 Qb8+ 80. Ka5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Balashov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. b3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Re8 23. Qg3 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Be6 25. f4 Qf6 26. Kh2
Bf5 27. Rad1 Be4 28. Ng4 Qg6 29. Ne5 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 f5 31. Re2 Re6 32. Kh4
1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Lastin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. b3
Qe7 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Qd2 f6 17. Rad1 Rbe8 18. c4 exd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nc2 h5
21. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov,St"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5
Qxd5 8. d4 e6 9. Qa4 Nf6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nb5
Kd7 14. Bxa7 Kc6 15. Nd4+ Kd7 16. Nb5 Kc6 17. Nd4+ Kd7 18. Nb5 Nd5 19. Nd2
Kc6 20. Nd4+ Kd7 21. Nb5 Kc6 22. a4 b6 23. b4 Nb7 24. Nf3 Nd8 25. c4 Nxb4
26. Ne5+ Kb7 27. Rfd1 Nbc6 28. Rd7+ Ka6 29. a5 bxa5 30. Be3 Nxe5 31. Rb1
Bb4 32. Re7 Ndc6 33. Rc7 Rac8 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sorokin,M"]
[Black "Chebotarev,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E48"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5
8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. a3 Bd6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Ne7 14.
Bg5 Ng6 15. f4 Kh8 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Bb8 18. Bd5 Qc7 19. Rxf6 h6 20. Bf4
Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qd7 23. Qf5 Qb5 24. Nec3 Qxb2 25. Rff1 Bd6 26.
Qd3 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 Qc7
8. Ndb5 Qxc4 9. b3 Qc5 10. Be3 Qb4 11. a3 Qa5 12. b4 Qd8 13. Nxa7 Ng4 14.
Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qxg4 Rxa7 17. Qf4 e5 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qb3 Bb7 20.
Qb2 Qa8 21. O-O Nd4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. Rd2 Ra6 25. Nd1 Rac6 26.
Ne3 Rc3 27. Rad1 Qe4 28. Qa2 Kg7 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qxa4 R8c6 31. Qa8 Rc1 32.
h4 Nxe2+ 33. Kh2 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "Kosyrev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. c4 bxc4 8.
bxc4 dxc4 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nc6 Nb6 14.
Qb5 Qd5+ 15. f3 Bd6 16. Nc3 Qh5 17. e4 cxd4 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Nb5 Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Yandemirov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8.
Qb3 b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Be4
Na5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nd6 17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Ng5 Qd6 20. Qe2
Bh6 21. Nfxe6 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qb4+ 23. Rd2 Qd6 24. O-O Ng4 25. g3 Nf6 26. Re1
Nd5 27. Rc2 Bf5 28. Rc5 Rad8 29. Bd2 Qf6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Nf6 32. Ne6
Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxd4 34. Bh6 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rb8 36. Rxc7 Nd5 37. Rc1 Ra4 38.
Rxa4 bxa4 39. Rd1 Nb4 40. a3 Nc6 41. Rc1 Ne5 42. Rc5 Nd3 43. Ra5 Nxb2 44.
Ra7 Rb3 45. Bg5 Rxa3 46. Rxe7+ Kf8 47. Rxh7 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Nd3 49. Ra7 Ne1+
50. Kh3 Nf3 51. Be3 Ke8 52. Rg7 Ne5 53. Bd4 Re1 54. Bxe5 Rxe5 55. Ra7 Re2
56. Kg2 Re4 57. f4 Re2+ 58. Kh3 Ra2 59. Rg7 Rf2 60. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bezgodov,A"]
[Black "Dvoirys,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. Bg5 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. O-O-O Nfxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4
14. f5 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 d5 16. fxe6 dxe4 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Qxe4 Qe7 19. Qf3
Qxf7 20. Qd3 Bf6 21. Rde1 h5 22. Rhf1 Rh6 23. Kb1 Kg8 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Qc4+
Kh7 26. Qe4+ Rg6 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qb5 29. Rf8 Rg5 30. Qe7 Rf5 31. Rd8
Qc6 32. Red1 Rf2 33. Rc1 Bf5 34. Rxa8 Bxc2+ 35. Ka1 Bxb3 36. Re1 Rf4 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vorobiov,E"]
[Black "Bragin,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 Nc6 8.
g5 Nd7 9. h4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. h5
Nc5 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Ne6 17. Qd2 dxe5 18. Qh2 Qc7 19. g6 Bg5 20. h6 gxh6
21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Qxh6 f6 23. Bh3 Bc6 24. Rdg1 Qg7 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Rxg5
1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
Ne4 Ngf6 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. c4 c5 18. d5 Nf6 19. Qc2 exd5 20.
cxd5 Rhe8 21. Bc3 Qd7 22. Rh4 Kb8 23. Kb1 Ng4 24. Rhh1 f5 25. Rd2 f4 26.
Qg6 fxg3 27. fxg3 Re3 28. Nh4 Ne5 29. Qe6 Nc4 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Rc2 Rxg3
32. Nf5 Rg5 33. Nxg7 Rxd5 34. Ne8 Bf4 35. Rf2 Be5 36. Nf6 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 38. Kc2 Ne3+ 39. Kb3 Bxc3 40. Kxc3 Rd4 41. Rf3 Nd5+ 42. Kb3 Ne7 43.
Re3 Nc6 44. Re8+ Kc7 45. Rh8 b5 46. a3 c4+ 47. Kc2 Rd3 48. Rxh6 Nd4+ 49.
Kc1 Nb3+ 50. Kc2 Nd4+ 51. Kc1 Nb3+ 52. Kc2 a5 53. Ne8+ Kd7 54. Rd6+ Kxe8
55. Rxd3 cxd3+ 56. Kxd3 Kf7 57. Ke4 Nd2+ 58. Kd4 Nc4 59. Kc5 Nxb2 60. Kxb5
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Iljushin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Neg5 h6
14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Rde1 Bd6 16. Rh3 Nf6 17. g4 Nd5 18. Rg1 Nf4 19. Qf1 Nxh3
20. Qxh3 c4 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Bf4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Ne4 f5
26. Nc3 Bd6 27. g5 Rfe8 28. h5 b5 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Nh4 b4 31. Ne2 b3 32.
Nc3 bxa2+ 33. Nxa2 Rb8 34. Qc3 Bb4 35. Nxb4 Qxb4 36. Qxb4 Rxb4 37. Nxf5
Reb8 38. Rxe6 Rxb2+ 39. Kc1 R2b6 40. Re5 c3 41. Kd1 Rb5 42. d5 a5 43. Nd4
Rb1+ 44. Ke2 a4 45. d6 Rd8 46. Nb5 Rb4 47. Kd3 Rf4 48. Kxc3 Rxf2 49. Re7
Kg8 50. Rc7 a3 51. Ra7 Rc8+ 52. Kd3 Rcxc2 53. d7 Rfd2+ 54. Ke3 a2 55. Nd4
Rxd4 56. Kxd4 Rd2+ 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Bd2 a5 14. h4 a4
15. Nc1 Be6 16. Bd3 Bb4 17. a3 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 f5 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Be4 Bg4
21. Nd3 Bf3 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Qe2 Qd5 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Ne4 Rac8 26. Rg3 h6
27. Rg6 Qa5+ 28. Qd2 Qd5 29. Qe2 Qa5+ 30. Kf1 Ne7 31. Rg4 Nf5 32. Kg1 Qc7
33. Ng3 Nxg3 34. Rxg3 Rce8 35. Qe4 Re7 36. Re1 Qxc2 37. f4 Rc7 38. Nxe5
Qxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd8 40. Rd3 Kh7 41. Rexd4 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rdc8 43. Rd2 b5 44.
Rd8 Rxd8 45. Rxd8 b4 46. axb4 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 Rxb2 48. h5 Rb3+ 49. Kg4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Kabanov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. e3 Nf5 14. e4 Nd4
15. Ne2 b5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. e5 Nh7 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Re1 Qd8 20. cxb5 axb5
21. Nb4 Re8 22. Nc6 Qf6 23. Qb3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Ng5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qxb5
Rxa2 27. Qb3 Ra8 28. Qb7 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qb8 Kf8 31. Bh3 Qf3 32. Bd7
Qe2 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35. Nb4 Ke7 36. g4 Kd7 37. Kf1 Kc7 38. Ke2
Kb6 39. Nd3 Kb5 40. b3 Be5 41. h3 f5 42. Kd1 Bh2 43. Kd2 Be5 44. gxf5 gxf5
45. f4 Bxf4+ 46. Nxf4 gxf4 47. h4 f3 48. h5 Kb4 49. h6 f2 50. Ke2 Kxb3 51.
h7 d3+ 52. Kxf2 d2 53. h8=Q d1=Q 54. Qb8+ Kc4 55. Qxd6 Qd4+ 56. Kf3 Qg4+
57. Kf2 Qh4+ 58. Kf1 f4 59. Qc6+ Kd4 60. d6 Qh3+ 61. Qg2 Qd7 62. Qd2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Feoktistov,A"]
[Black "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iljin,A"]
[Black "Shabanov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. e5 dxe5
8. Qxe5 Bg7 9. Re1 e6 10. Qd6 a6 11. Bf1 Bf8 12. Qf4 Bg7 13. Qd6 Bf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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 Bb7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bc2 Bf8 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6
15. c4 bxc4 16. bxc4 a5 17. Nf1 Ba6 18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Ba3 Nc8 20. Nd2 Nb6 21.
Rc1 Rec8 22. Bb3 Nbd7 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd5 Rab8 25. Nc3 Nc5 26. Bc2 Nfd7
27. Nb5 Ra8 28. Nf1 Nb6 29. Ne3 Qd7 30. Rb1 Qe6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Qd7
33. Qd2 Be7 34. Qxa5 Bxb5 35. Qxb5 Qxb5 36. Rxb5 Nxa4 37. Bxa4 Rxa4 38. Rb3
Rc2 39. g3 g6 40. Kf1 Rcc4 41. f3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14.
Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Nc3 Rf8 20.
Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 f4 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. Rg5 Bf6 24. Rgg1 Bg7 25. Rc2 Rf5 26.
h4 Bf6 27. Rcc1 Rh5 28. Rg2 Rg8 29. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 bxc4 13. bxc4 O-O 14. Qc2
Qc7 15. Nd3 Rfc8 16. c5 Be7 17. Rfb1 Rcb8 18. Bc3 Qc8 19. Be1 Bd8 20. Rb3
Rb5 21. Rxb5 axb5 22. a4 Ne8 23. Nb4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qb7 25. Qa2 Rxa4 26.
Qxa4 Nb8 27. f3 Nc7 28. Nc3 Nca6 29. Nd3 Nc7 30. Bg3 h6 31. Kf1 Nca6 32.
Ke2 Nd7 33. Bd6 f6 34. f4 Kf7 35. Kd2 Ndb8 36. Kc2 Nc7 37. Qb3 Qxb3+ 38.
Kxb3 Nba6 39. Ka4 Ke8 40. Ka5 Kd7 41. Kb6 Nb5+ 42. Kxa6 Nxc3 43. Nb4 Nb5
44. Bf8 Kc7 45. Bxg7 h5 46. f5 exf5 47. Bh6 Kc8 48. Nxc6 Nc7+ 49. Kb6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kharlov,A"]
[Black "Sorokin,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2
Kf7 20. c4 b4 21. Bf4 Re4 22. g3 Rd8 23. Kg2 g5 24. Be3 Re5 25. h3 Bc5 26.
Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Re1 e5 28. b3 a5 29. Re3 a4 30. bxa4 Ra8 31. Rce2 Kf6 32.
Rf3+ Ke6 33. a3 Rxa4 34. axb4 Rxb4 35. Rf8 Rbxc4 36. Rh8 Rc2 37. Re3 R2c3
38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Rxh7 e4+ 40. Kg2 Rxe3 41. fxe3 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bf4 Kh8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bf5 a5 20. Re2 Ra6 21.
Qd3 Rb6 22. Kg2 Qc8 23. Rh1 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. h4 Ra6 26. Bc1 f6 27. e6
Rxe6 28. Bxg6 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 hxg6 30. Qxe7 Re8 31. Qf7 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 Nd6 33.
Qxd5 Ne4 34. Qc6 Qxf3 35. Qxe8+ Kh7 36. Rh2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Korotylev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Be3 Nfg4 10. Bd2 c6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O cxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14.
Be3 Rc8 15. Bd4 g5 16. b3 a6 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Rac1 Ne5 21. h4 f6 22. Qd4 Bd7 23. g3 g4 24. a4 Qb4 25. Rb1 Bf5 26. Na2 Qc5
27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Rbc1 Bd7 29. Nc3 f5 30. Ra1 a5 31. Rd4 Rcc8 32. Rf1 f4
33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Ng6 35. f3 gxf3 36. Rxf3 Nxh4 37. Rg3+ Kh8 38. Kf2
Rf8 39. Bd3 Rxf4+ 40. Ke3 Rf7 41. Bc2 Rg7 42. Rxg7 Kxg7 43. b4 axb4 44. Na2
Nf5+ 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Nxb4 Kg5 47. a5 h5 48. Nd3 h4 49. Nf2 Ng7 50. Kf3 h3
51. c5 dxc5 52. Ne4+ Kh4 53. Nxc5 Bc8 54. Kf2 Nh5 55. Kg1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A33"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 Qb6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bg2 d5 10. Be3 Qd8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qa4
Rfd8 15. Rad1 Bh3 16. Rfe1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ng4 18. Bf4 Bc5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20.
e3 Be7 21. h3 Nf6 22. e4 Qb7 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Be5 Bf6 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qd4 Kg7 30. Re3 Rb8 31. b4 Rd8 32.
Rf3 Rd6 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qf4 Ke7 35. Qe3+ Kd7 36. Qd4 Qb6 37. Qh4 d4 38.
Qxh7 Ke7 39. Qd3 Qc6 40. h4 Qd5 41. Kh2 Re6 42. Rf4 Re1 43. Kh3 Qe6+ 44.
Kg2 Qd5+ 45. Qf3 Re5 46. Qxd5 Rxd5 47. Kf1 d3 48. Ke1 d2+ 49. Kd1 Ke6 50.
a4 f5 51. b5 Rd3 52. Rb4 Kd5 53. h5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6
8. Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Nde2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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
Qa6 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. Be2 Ne7 11. b3 Bd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Nc6
15. a4 Bxc5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Qxd3 Ncxe5 18. Qg3 Kf8 19. Rac1 a6 20. b4 Bxf2+
21. Rxf2 axb5 22. Be3 Qd6 23. Bc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Qd1+ 25. Rf1 Qd4+ 26. Kh1
Nd7 27. Rc7 Kg8 28. Ng5 Rf8 29. axb5 Rh6 30. Rf4 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Ne5 32. Qc3
Ng4+ 33. Kg3 Qxc3+ 34. Rxc3 Nf6 35. Rf1 Nd5 36. Rcf3 Rf6 37. Rxf6 gxf6 38.
Ne4 Rc8 39. Nxf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxf6 Rc3+ 41. Rf3 Rxf3+ 42. gxf3 Kg7 43. Kf4 Kf6
44. Ke4 b6 45. f4 Ke7 46. Ke5 f6+ 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Kd4 e5+ 50.
fxe5+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Chuprov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. g3 Bd6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 axb5 11. Nxb5 Nc6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. a4 Kh8 14. b3
Ba6 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Bh3 Bxb5 17. axb5 Na7 18. Qd3 Nxb5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20.
Qxb5 c4 21. bxc4 Qxe2 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nd4 Qg4 24. Nc6 Qh3 25. Rc2 Rh6 26.
f4 Bd6 27. Qxd5 Rc8 28. Re1 Rf6 29. c5 Bf8 30. Ne7 Rc7 31. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khismatullin,D"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. c6 bxc6 14.
Be2 c5 15. O-O Bb7 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Qb2 Ng6 19. Be3 Qc7 20.
Ne1 Bc6 21. f3 e5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 e4 25. Qf2 exf3 26.
gxf3 Nf4 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Qb7 31. Kf2 h6 32.
Bc2 Nf8 33. Qe2 Ne6 34. Bg3 Qa8 35. h4 Qd8 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Qd3 g6 38. Qe3
Ng7 39. Ke2 Nh5 40. Be5 Qe6 41. Bd3 Nf6 42. Bf4 Qh3 43. Qf2 Nd7 44. Bg3 Nf8
45. Kd2 Ne6 46. Bc2 f5 47. Bd6 Qxf3 48. Bxc5 Nxc5 49. Qxc5 Qf4+ 50. Qe3
Qxe3+ 51. Kxe3 Kf7 52. h5 g5 53. Bxf5 Kf6 54. Bg4 Ke5 55. Bd1 Bd7 56. Bc2
Be6 57. Bd3 Bg4 58. Bg6 Be6 59. Bd3 a5 60. Be2 Bf7 61. c5 Kd5 62. c6 Kxc6
63. Kd4 Kd6 64. c4 Be6 65. Bf3 Bd7 66. c5+ Kc7 67. Ke5 Bh3 68. Be4 Bg4 69.
Bg6 Bf3 70. Be8 Bc6 71. Bg6 Bb7 72. Bf5 Bc8 73. Be4 Bg4 74. Bg6 Kc6 75. Kd4
Bd1 76. Be8+ Kc7 77. Bg6 g4 78. Be4 g3 79. Ke3 Bxh5 80. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lastin,A"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 e6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Bd7
15. Bd3 Nac6 16. Nce2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirnov,P"]
[Black "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5
8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Qd8 14.
Rad1 a5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Na7 Ra8 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19. Nc6 Qb6 20.
Nxe7 Qxb5 21. Nxd5 O-O 22. c4 Bxd5 23. cxb5 Bxf3 24. Rxd7 Bd5 25. b6 axb4
26. axb4 Rfd8 27. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8.
b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 f5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Nd4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc5 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nb5
Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Qf6 16. a3 a4 17. b4 Nb3 18. Rc2 c5 19. Nb5 e5 20. e3 d6 21.
Nc7 Ra7 22. Ne6 Re8 23. f4 e4 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. g4 Bc8 26. gxf5 Qxf5 27.
Ng5 Qg6 28. h4 Bf5 29. h5 Qf6 30. Bh3 Bxh3 31. Nxh3 Rb7 32. Qe1 Nd4 33.
exd4 cxd4 34. Nf2 Qf5 35. Qe2 Rb3 36. Qg4 Qxg4+ 37. Nxg4 d3 38. Rg2 Kf7 39.
Ne3 Rxa3 40. c5 dxc5 41. Nc4 e3 42. Nxa3 e2 43. Nc4 exf1=Q+ 44. Kxf1 Kf6
45. Rb2 Ra8 46. Ra2 Kf5 47. d6 Kxf4 48. Ke1 g5 49. hxg6 hxg6 50. Kd2 g5 51.
Kxd3 g4 52. Nb6 Rd8 53. d7 Kf3 54. Ra1 g3 55. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O
8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 a5 11. b5 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 e5 16. f4 exd4 17. exd4 Be4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. d5 Qg6 20. Rae1
Rae8 21. Re3 Re7 22. Bd4 Qf5 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. g3 g6 26. Kg2
Rfe8 27. Qd1 h5 28. Rf2 Rh7 29. h3 Rf7 30. Rf1 h4 31. g4 g5 32. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Vorobiov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Ke7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. Be2 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14.
Nd2 b5 15. Rfc1 Nbd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Rdc8 18. Kf1 g6 19. Ke2 Nd5 20.
g3 f6 21. e4 Nb4 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. f4 e5 25. Nf3 Bd6 26. fxe5
Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. h4 h5 30. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dvoirys,S"]
[Black "Khairullin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8.
e3 Rb8 9. Ne1 Na5 10. b3 c5 11. Nc2 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5
15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Na3 Rbb8 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Bd2
Qb6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qa6 23. Ra1 Qe6 24. Ra7 Ne8 25. Bd5 Qd6 26. Ba5
Qf6 27. Qa4 Nd6 28. Bc7 Rb2 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Bd8 Nf5 31. Be4 Rb8 32. Ba5 e6
33. Bc7 Rb4 34. Bd3 Rb3 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Rd1 Qe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Rd7 Bf6
39. Bd6 Rc8 40. Bxc5 Rc3 41. Be7 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Black "Filippov,Va"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5
1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov,Y"]
[Black "Lugovoi,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosyrev,V"]
[Black "Novikov,St"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A41"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Nxe5 dxe5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. f4 Qd6 8.
Qf3 e6 9. fxe5 Qxe5 10. Bf4 Qd4 11. Be3 Qb4 12. O-O-O e5 13. h3 Bd7 14. g4
Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. g5 Ng8 17. h4 Qd6 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Ne7 20. h5
Rf8 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Na4 b6 24. c4 Nc8 25. c5 bxc5 26. Nxc5+
Ke8 27. h6 g6 28. Nd3 f6 29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. Nxe5 Nd6 31. Rc3 Rc8 32. Nc6 Nb5
33. Rc2 Rf4 34. e5 Kd7 35. b3 Ra8 36. Kb2 Na7 37. Nd4 Rc8 38. Ne6 Rf5 39.
Rdc1 c6 40. Nc5+ Ke8 41. Nb7 Rxe5 42. Nd6+ Kd7 43. Nxc8 Kxc8 44. dxc6 Kc7
45. Rf1 Re7 46. Rf8 Nb5 47. Rg8 Nd4 48. Rd2 Re4 49. Rg7+ Kxc6 50. Rxh7 Rh4
51. Rg7 a5 52. Rxg6+ Kc5 53. Rg5+ Kb6 54. h7 Nc6 55. Rg7 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Iljin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. e4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 dxc4 13. Qg4 g6 14.
Rad1 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. h4 Qb6 19. Bg5 c5 20. dxc5
Qc6 21. b4 cxb3 22. axb3 b4 23. Nb5 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nd6 Bc3 26. Nxb7
Qxb7 27. e5 Qc7 28. Bxa8 Bxe1 29. Qxe1 Rxa8 30. Qxb4 Rc8 31. Qc3 a5 32. c6
Kg7 33. Rd6 Qb6 34. Qf3 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 d6 8.
a4 b4 9. a5 Qc7 10. Na4 Nd7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qe2 Ngf6 14. Nd2 d5
15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 dxe4 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Ndxc4 Nd5 19. Ke2 N7xb6 20.
Nxb6 Be7 21. a6 Nxb6 22. a7 Ra8 23. Bxb6 Kd7 24. Rhd1+ Kc6 25. Be3 Rhd8 26.
Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chebotarev,O"]
[Black "Bezgodov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 O-O 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ne7 11. Bc2 Ng6 12. d4 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Re1
Nh7 15. Kh2 f6 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Qb1 Ng5 18. Ng1 Nh4 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 f5
21. Bg3 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 f4 23. Bf2 f3+ 24. Kh2 Nxh3 25. Nxh3 Qe6 26. Ng5 Qg4
27. Bg3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be3 f5 8.
exf5 Bxf5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Ne4 Kh8 14.
Nxf6 Rxf6 15. Bg5 Rff8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Be4 Rad8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Nc3 Qh4
20. Rcd1 Rf6 21. b3 Nd4 22. Bxb7 Bg4 23. f3 Rh6 24. fxg4 Qxh2+ 25. Kf2 Rf8+
26. Ke3 Rhf6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Kd2 Qh6+ 29. Qe3 Rf2+ 30. Kd3 Qh4 31. Rh1
1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kabanov,N"]
[Black "Iljushin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 b6 5. c3 Qd7 6. Na3 cxb4 7. cxb4 Nc6 8.
Nc2 Bb7 9. a3 d4 10. Bb2 d3 11. Ne3 Nge7 12. g3 Nd5 13. Bg2 a5 14. b5 Nce7
15. Qa4 Nc7 16. O-O Nxb5 17. Nc4 Nc8 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc7 20. Qb3 Qd5+
21. f3 b5 22. Rac1 a4 23. Qxd3 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd7 25. Qc2 Nd5 26. Nb5 Ncb6
27. Nc7+ Nxc7 28. Rxc7 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qe4 Be7 31. Bd4 Nd5 32. f4
O-O 33. f5 Qc6 34. Rf3 exf5 35. Qxf5 Nc7 36. Be3 Ne6 37. d4 g6 38. Qd3 Rd8
39. g4 Qd5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bragin,Alex"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4
Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Rf2 a5 18. Qe2 Ra6 19. Bc3 b4 20. Bd2 Qc5
21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Bc4 Raa8 23. Bd3 Nd5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Bg5 Rae8
27. Be7 Nxe7 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 g6 31. Rd2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabanov,Y"]
[Black "Yandemirov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Black "Loginov,Va"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Black "Feoktistov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 Be5 14.
c3 h6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Re2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Bxh6 Bxd4 20.
cxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Nh7 23. Bc2 f6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Bd5
26. Bxh7+ Qxh7 27. Qxf6 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Bxe6 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Bf7 31.
Qe5+ Kh7 32. Qc7 Qf5 33. f3 Qd5 34. a3 Qb3 35. h4 Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc3
Qb6 38. Qc2+ Kg7 39. Qd2 Qc7+ 40. Kh3 Qc4 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43.
Qg5+ Kh7 44. Qf6 Qb3 45. g4 Bd5 46. Kg3 Bc6 47. h5 Qd1 48. Qg6+ Kh8 49.
Qh6+ Kg8 50. Qe3 Kf8 51. b4 Be8 52. h6 Qb1 53. d5 Qd1 54. Qe5 Bf7 55. d6
Qg1+ 56. Kh4 Qh1+ 57. Kg5 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8.
b4 a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Bxd4 Nbd7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Qc2
Nxc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 b6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Nd6 Bb7 19. Bxc5 Bd5 20. Nd4
bxc5 21. N4f5 Bg5 22. O-O c4 23. Qc3 f6 24. f4 Bh6 25. Qe3 fxe5 26. b6 Qd7
27. Qxe5 Rad8 28. Rfe1 Kh8 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Nxh6 c3 31. b7 c2 32. Ndf7+
1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. Bb2 Qb8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Rac1 O-O 15. Ne2 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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 Nc6 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Qb3 e6 14.
Rfd1 exd5 15. exd5 Nc8 16. Ne4 Nd6 17. N2c3 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bg5 f6 20.
Bf4 g5 21. Bg3 b6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Qb4 Re8 24. Qxd6 Bf8 25. Qc6 Bc5+ 26.
Kh1 Bd7 27. Qb7 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Raxc8 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Rac1 Kg6 31. h4 h6 32.
h5+ Kg7 33. Be1 f5 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Bf2 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8
38. Bxb6 Kf7 39. Kg1 Bb7 40. d6 Ke6 41. Bd4 Bc6 42. Bg7 g4 43. fxg4 fxg4
44. Bxh6 Be8 45. Kf2 Bxh5 46. Kg3 Kxd6 47. a3 a5 48. b4 Kc6 49. Kh4 Be8 50.
Kxg4 Kb5 51. Bf8 Ka4 52. Kf4 Bb5 53. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8.
Bc2 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Na3 cxb3 13. axb3 Nd5 14. Nb5
Qd7 15. Ra4 Ncb4 16. Nbd4 Bf6 17. h3 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bh5 19. Ba3 b5 20. Ra5
Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Bd8 22. Ra6 Qb7 23. Raxe6+ fxe6 24. Rxe6+ Ne7 25. Qf5 Rf8 26.
Qh5+ Rf7 27. Nd4 g6 28. Qe5 a6 29. Qh8+ Rf8 30. Qxh7 Qd5 31. Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirnov,P"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nd5 Bf8 12. c3 d6 13. h3 Rb8 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Nh2 Bc8 16. Re3 Be6 17. Ng4 Qh4 18. Bd5 Nd8 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Qf3
Bxd5 21. exd5 Qh5 22. Be3 f6 23. b4 c6 24. dxc6 Rc8 25. a4 Nxc6 26. axb5
axb5 27. Bd2 Ne7 28. Ra5 Qf7 29. h4 f5 30. Nh2 f4 31. Rh3 Nf5 32. Rxb5 Ra8
33. g4 fxg3 34. fxg3 Qd7 35. Rb7 Qc8 36. Rf7 Nd4 37. Qg4 Ra1+ 38. Rf1 Qxg4
39. Nxg4 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Nxd2+ 42. Ke2 Nb1 43. c4 d5 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5
8. Be3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Qb3 O-O 12. d5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14.
c4 Qb6 15. Be2 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bd4 20. h4
Nf6 21. e5 Ne4 22. Rh3 f6 23. e6 a5 24. Rd3 Bf2+ 25. Kf1 Nxd2+ 26. Kxf2
Ne4+ 27. Kg2 Nd6 28. h5 Kg7 29. Re3 f5 30. Bd3 Rae8 31. Rh1 Re7 32. Rg3 Kf6
33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rh6 Rg7 35. Be2 b6 36. Rgh3 Re8 37. Rh8 Rge7 38. Kg3 Rxh8
39. Rxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sorokin,M"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc7 8.
h3 Nfd7 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. d5 Nce5 11. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bf4 Nf6 15. Bh2 Bxh3 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Kh1 Nh5 18. f4 f5 19. Re3 Bg4 20. Qg1
Nf6 21. Rae1 c4 22. Bc2 b5 23. f3 Bh5 24. Nf1 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Qg2
Nf6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Bxg6 Bxg6 30. Qxg6 Nf6 31. Ne3 Qf7
32. Qf5 Qh5 33. Qxh5 Nxh5 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Nf6 36. Bg3 Nd7 37. Nf5 Bf8
38. Bf2 a6 39. Bd4 Kg6 40. Nh4+ Kh5 41. Nf5 Kg6 42. Nh4+ Kh5 43. Nf5 Kg6
44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kobalia,M"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ned2
Ngf6 8. Nc4 Be7 9. O-O Bd5 10. Nce5 O-O 11. Ng5 c5 12. c4 Bc6 13. Qc2 g6
14. Nexf7 Rxf7 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16. Bxg6 Rg7 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Re1 Bd6 19. dxc5
Be5 20. Bf5 Qc7 21. Qd2 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. b4 Rg8 25. Bb2+
Be5 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Qf4 Bxg2+ 28. Kh2 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[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 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 a5 14. c3 Na6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Na3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qe2 Rad8
21. f4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Rad1 Bf6 26. Kg1
h5 27. b3 Rfe8 28. Nc7 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Nd5 Kf8 31. Rd3 Be5 32. h4 Rd6
33. Kf2 Rg6 34. g3 Bd6 35. Nf4 Rf6 36. Ke3 Bc5+ 37. Ke2 g6 38. Bd5 Bd7 39.
Be4 Ke8 40. Nd5 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Bg4 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Bxb4 45.
Bxg6 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Re2+ 47. Kf1 fxg6 48. Nxb4 Re4 49. Rb3 Be6 50. Rb2 Kd7
51. Kf2 Kc7 52. Na6+ Kc6 53. Nb4+ Kb7 54. Nd3 Ka6 55. Nb4+ Kb7 56. Nd3 Kc7
57. Nb4 Rc4 58. Na6+ Kc6 59. Nb8+ Kc7 60. Na6+ Kc6 61. Nb8+ Kd5 62. Rxb6
Rxa4 63. Na6 Bf5 64. Nc7+ Kc5 65. Rf6 Kd4 66. Rd6+ Ke5 67. Rd5+ Kf6 68. Rd2
Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Black "Dvoirys,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. e4 d6 11. Qe2 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rfd1
Nd7 15. Rd2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5
h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 c5 13. O-O g4 14. Nh4 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 cxd4 16. Nxb5 Nc6 17. Qxg4 a6 18. Qe4 Rc8 19. Qh7 Ne7 20. Nf4 axb5
21. Nh5 f5 22. Qh6 Qd6 23. axb5 Qe5 24. Ra6 Bd6 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26. Nd7 Qd5
27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Ne5 d3 30. b6 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vorobiov,E"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3
Bd4 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nd3 Ng6
14. Re1 h6 15. Bf1 Be6 16. a4 a5 17. e5 Qf5 18. Qc3 Ne7 19. Qd2 Rad8 20.
Qf4 Qg6 21. b3 Rd4 22. Qd2 Nf5 23. Qe2 Bd5 24. c4 Bxg2 25. Bxg2 Nh4 26. Qf1
Nxg2 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Kosyrev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A84"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. f4 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Be1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. Qb3 Ne4
15. Rfc1 Qe7 16. Rab1 g5 17. Be1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 g4 19. a4 a6 20. Rb2 Qd7 21.
Bh4 b5 22. c5 Qg7 23. g3 Qh6 24. Rf1 bxa4 25. Qa3 a5 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb5
Ba6 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30. cxb6 Nd2 31. Rf4 Nc4 32. Qxa4 Nxb6 33.
Qc6 Nc4 34. e4 Ne3 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Bf6 Qg6 37. Qxe6+ Qf7 38. Qc8+ Qf8 39.
Rxg4+ Nxg4 40. Qxf5 Nxf6 41. exf6 Qf7 42. Qc8+ Qf8 43. Qc6 Qd8 44. g4 Kf7
45. g5 Kg6 46. h4 Qg8 47. Qd7 h6 48. h5+ Kxh5 49. Qf5 Qg6 50. Qf3+ Kxg5 51.
f7 Kh4+ 52. Kf2 Qc2+ 53. Ke1 Qc1+ 54. Ke2 Qc2+ 55. Kf1 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qg6+
57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Ke3 Qc3+ 59. Ke2 Qc2+ 60. Kf1 Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qg6+ 62. Kh1
Qb1+ 63. Kh2 Qc2+ 64. Kg1 Qg6+ 65. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E04"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8.
Qe2 b5 9. Nc3 Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. e4 Bd6 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. b3 cxb3 14.
axb3 O-O 15. Ne5 a5 16. Re1 a4 17. bxa4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 bxa4 19. Qc4 Nc8 20.
Bg5 f6 21. Nc6 Nb6 22. Qa2 Qa8 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Rc1 a3 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Rb1
Bf5 27. Ra1 Qa4 28. Bf1 Kf8 29. Qxa3 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 Re1 31. Kg2 Be4+ 32. f3
Bxd5 33. Nb4 Bb7 34. Rb3 Nd5 35. Kf2 Rd1 36. Rd3 Ra1 37. Rc3 Rd1 38. Rd3
Rc1 39. Be2 Rc2 40. Rd2 Rc3 41. Ra2 Kf7 42. Ra7 g5 43. g4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gavrilov,Al1"]
[Black "Lastin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. c5 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. a3 Bd7 10. Rb1 f5 11. b4 Qc7 12. Bb5 Be7 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Bf4 Qd8
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O g5 17. Be5 a5 18. Ne1 axb4 19. axb4 Qc8 20. f3 Nf6
21. Nd3 Qb7 22. Nc3 h6 23. Ra1 Kh7 24. Na4 g4 25. Bd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Qb8 27.
Nac5 Qxd6 28. Ne5 gxf3 29. gxf3 Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Be8 32. b5 cxb5
33. Ra6 Qc7 34. Rxe6 Kh8 35. Qxf5 Nh7 36. Rxh6 Qg7 37. Ng4 Bg6 38. Qf4 Rf8
39. Qe3 Bf5 40. Ne6 Bxe6 41. Rxe6 Qg5 42. Qe5+ Qxe5 43. Nxe5 Rb8 44. Nd7
Rg8 45. Rb6 Ng5 46. Ne5 Ra8 47. Kg2 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chuprov,D"]
[Black "Popov,Val"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be1 Bd7 14.
Bd3 Be7 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxb4 Qxb4
20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rd4 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 f5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Qe2 Bd7 25. g3 Rc8
26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Nxf5+ Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxa4 30. h4 Bf6 31. Kh2
Qb4 32. e4 Qxb2 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Kh3 Qb5 36. Qc2 Qd7+ 37. Kh2
Qc6 38. Qb1 b5 39. f4 Bc3 40. e5 a5 41. Qg1 a4 42. Qa7+ Ke8 43. Qb8+ Kd7
44. h5 b4 45. Qa7+ Ke8 46. Qb8+ Ke7 47. f5 a3 48. Qa7+ Qd7 49. Qc5+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lugovoi,A"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6
8. e4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 c5 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Nb4 17. Be2 Rd8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Rc1 Rd5 20. Qc2
Nxe5 21. b4 Bd6 22. Be3 Qd8 23. Ng5 Nc4 24. Ne4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bb8 26. Bf3
O-O 27. Rf2 Rf5 28. Ng3 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Rd5 31. Qc6 a5 32. bxa5
Qxa5 33. Qc3 Rd1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qa6 36. Qb4 g6 37. Rc5 Rb8 38. Kf2
h5 39. Rc7 Qb6 40. Rc5 Qb7 41. Qb2 Qe7 42. Rxb5 Rxb5 43. Qxb5 Qxa3 44. Qb8+
Qf8 45. Qc7 Qb4 46. Qe5 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qd5 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qb2+ Kh7 50. Qf6
Qf5 51. Qd4 e5 52. Qc5 Kg7 53. Qb6 Qd3 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Kf1 Qd2 56. Qc5 Kf6
57. Qc6+ Kf5 58. Qf3+ Ke6 59. Qc6+ Qd6 60. Qc2 Qd5 61. Kf2 Kd6 62. Kf1 Qb5+
63. Kf2 Qb4 64. Qa2 Qb7 65. Qc4 Qd5 66. Qc2 Ke6 67. Kg1 Kf6 68. Kf2 Qd7 69.
Kg1 Qg4 70. Qf2+ Kg5 71. Qe1 Qf5 72. Qd2 Qb1+ 73. Kf2 Kg4 74. Qe2+ Kf5 75.
Qf3+ Kg5 76. Qe2 Qc1 77. Qd3 f6 78. Qe4 Qd2+ 79. Kf1 Qc1+ 80. Kf2 Qd1 81.
Qh4+ Kf5 82. Qc4 Qd2+ 83. Kf3 Qe1 84. g4+ Kg5 85. gxh5 f5 86. g3 Qh1+ 87.
Kf2 e4 88. hxg6 Qf3+ 89. Ke1 Qxe3+ 90. Kd1 Qf3+ 91. Kc2 Qf2+ 92. Kd1 Kxg6
93. Qg8+ Kh5 94. g4+ fxg4 95. Qh7+ Kg5 96. Qxe4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bryzgalin,K"]
[Black "Magomedov,Ma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 Nbd7 5. g3 e5 6. Nge2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bezgodov,A"]
[Black "Balashov,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Na6 8.
Na3 Rb8 9. c4 bxc4 10. Nxc4 Bd5 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14.
exf3 Qa5 15. Rc2 d5 16. f4 Nce4 17. f5 Qb6 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20.
Qd4 Nce4 21. Qe5 Rfe8 22. fxe6 Rxe6 23. Qc7 d4 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Nd1 Rd8
26. f3 d3 27. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8
8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 a6 11. f3 g6 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qxc5 Rxc5
14. Be3 Rc6 15. Rd4 Bg7 16. Rb4 Rc7 17. Bb6 Rc8 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. Nd5 e5 20.
Nb6 Rd8 21. Be3 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iljushin,A"]
[Black "Pokazanjev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 c5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Bb5+ Ke7 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Rhd8 18. Nc4 Qa7 19. Rfd1 Rd5
20. Be1 Rad8 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. f3 Nd7 23. Bf2 Ne5 24. e4 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2
Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxb5 27. axb5 Nxc4 28. Rc1 Nd6 29. Rc7+ Kd8 30. b6 a4 31. e5
a3 32. bxa3 b3 33. Rc1 Nb5 34. a4 Na3 35. Rd1+ Bd5 36. Rd2 Nb1 37. Rd4 Kc8
38. Rb4 Nc3 39. b7+ Kb8 40. a5 b2 41. a6 Bxb7 42. Rxb7+ Ka8 43. Ke3 b1=Q
44. Rxb1 Nxb1 45. Kd4 Nd2 46. f4 Nf1 47. Kc5 Nxh2 48. Kd6 g5 49. Ke7 gxf4
50. Kxf7 f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yandemirov,V"]
[Black "Novikov,St"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. d4 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d5 Bd7 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bf4 g6 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bg7 13. a4 b6 14. h3 Bd7
15. Nc4 b5 16. axb5 Bxb5 17. Nfd2 O-O 18. Nb1 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Nba3 Bd7
21. Rad1 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Qe4 e6 26. Bf4 Bf8
27. Bg3 Re8 28. Qd3 Bb5 29. h4 Bc6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Qd1 e5 32. Qxh5 Qf7 33.
Qg5+ Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Rd1 Rb8 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Bh4 Rd7 38. Na5 Ba8 39.
N3c4 Kf7 40. b4 cxb4 41. cxb4 Ke6 42. Bg5 Rc7 43. Rb2 Bc6 44. Nxc6 Rxc6 45.
Na3 Nc3 46. b5 axb5 47. Nxb5 Nxb5 48. Rxb5 d5 49. Kf1 Bc5 50. Ke2 Bd6 51.
Bd2 Ra6 52. Rb2 Bc5 53. Rc2 Kd6 54. Bh6 Ra8 55. Bg7 Bb6 56. Bh6 d4 57. f3
Kd5 58. Bc1 Bc5 59. Bg5 Ra1 60. Bc1 Bb6 61. Bb2 Rb1 62. Kd3 Bc5 63. Re2 g5
64. Kc2 Rf1 65. Rd2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Loginov,Va"]
[Black "Bragin,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "E60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8.
Rd1 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 c6 11. h3 Qc7 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Bc5 N6d7 14. Bd6
Qd8 15. c5 Qf6 16. Na3 Ne6 17. b4 b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Nc4 Ng5 20. Nxg5
Qxg5 21. Bc7 Bf8 22. h4 Qh5 23. a3 Ra7 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Nxb6 Bg4 26. Rdc1
Rb8 27. Nc4 c5 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Nxe5 Bd4 30. Nc6 Rb2 31. Qd3 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1
Rd7 33. Qc3 Rdd2 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. exf5 Bxg3 38.
f6+ Ke6 39. Rc6+ Bd6 40. Qe8+ Kxf6 41. Rf1+ Kg7 42. Rxf7+ Kh6 43. Qe3+ g5
44. Qe6+ Qg6 45. hxg5+ 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iljin,A"]
[Black "Chebotarev,O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O N7f6 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc3
14. Qf3 Ncd5 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Qg3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 b6 19. Rf1 Bb7
20. Qh3 Nd5 21. Rf3 f5 22. Rg3 Rf6 23. Rf1 Rc8 24. Bc4 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 Ba6
26. Ne5 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Qc7 28. Qh5 f4 29. exf4 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "B97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
a3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. g5 Nfd7 14. b4
Nb3 15. Ncb5 axb5 16. cxb3 d5 17. Qd2 dxe4 18. Bxe4 e5 19. Nf5 Bd8 20. Rc1
Qb8 21. O-O exf4 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Qxd7 Bxg5 25. h4 Qe5 26. Re1
Rad8 27. Qxb7 Qf6 28. hxg5 Qxg5+ 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. Qxb5 g6 31. Bh4 1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[ECO "A33"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Qb6 10. Qd2 Ne8 11. Nde4 d5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. d6 f5 14.
Na4 Qd4 15. Qxd4 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nxd4 17. Nec3 Nxd6 18. Rd1 Nc6 19. Kc1 Rd8
20. e4 b6 21. exf5 exf5 22. Nd5 Bb7 23. Nac3 Kf7 24. g3 Rac8 25. Bg2 Nb4
26. Kb1 Nxd5 27. Bxd5+ Bxd5 28. Rxd5 g6 29. Rhd1 Ke7 30. a4 Nc4 31. h4 Rxd5
32. Nxd5+ Kf7 33. Nf4 Ne5 34. Rd5 Re8 35. a5 Ng4 36. axb6 axb6 37. Nh3 Re2
38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Feoktistov,A"]
[Black "Kabanov,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nevostrujev,V"]
[Black "Grebionkin,Vl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Shabanov,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]

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