[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Rjanova, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Bf1
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qd1 b5 12. d4 Rb8 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
Qc2 Kh8 16. b3 e6 17. Bb2 c4 18. b4 Nb7 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf3 e5 22.
Bc1 f5 23. Ra7 f4 24. Ng5 Ra8 25. Ne6 Qb6 26. Ra2 Rfe8 27. g3 Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Nd8
29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. gxf4 Rf8 31. Be3 Qb7 32. Qd2 Nf7 33. Bg2 Ra8 34. fxe5 Ndxe5
35. f4 Nd3 36. Rf1 Qa6 37. Bd4+ Kg8 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Ndxe5 40. d6 Rd8 41.
Bxe5 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bc4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
Nh6 9. e4 Qe7 10. Qe2 Nf7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rd1 a5 13. O-O b5 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bxb5
cxb5 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 O-O 19. Rd5 Nxe4 20. Rxb5 Qc6 21. Be7
Ba6 22. c4 Rfe8 23. Nxe5 Qe6 24. Rxa5 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Bezgodova, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 a6 14. Bd3 Nf8 15. a3
Qd7 16. h3 Na5 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qd2 Nb3 19. Qxh6 f5 20. exf6 Bd6 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. Rxe5 Nh7 23. Rh5 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bulatov, Ramil"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. O-O c4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Rad1 Rc8
15. f4 Rc7 16. Nb5 Re7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Qb6 19. Qd3 a6 20. Nc3 Qb3 21. Nb1
Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Bf5 23. Rb3 Rc8 24. g4 Bxg4 25. Bxd5 Bxe2 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Nc6
Rexb7 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Nxa5 Rb5 30. Re1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Lupik, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. a3 Be7 14. g3 g6
15. c5 Rd8 16. Qc2 e5 17. Nf3 Nf8 18. Bc4 b5 19. Ba2 Bb7 20. Ng5 Qc6 21. f3
Bxc5 22. Qe2 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Kg7 24. Nxf7 Ng4 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Qa7 Ra8 27. Bd5
Rxa7 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. fxg4 Ne6 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. Rcd1 Nd4 32. Ne2 Rf7+ 33. Ke3
Nf3 34. Rd6 Bb7 35. h3 e4 36. Nd4 Re7 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Nc5 Bc6 40.
Rd6 Ba8 41. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Suslova, Alena"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 fxe4 10. dxe4 exf4 11. gxf4 Be6 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Qd3 Bg4 14. Nec3 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Qg3 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rf2 c5 19. e5 Bf5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21.
Rd2 Qb7 22. Rxd6 Nc2 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Qg2 Qc8 26. Be3 Bxb1 27. Rxb1
Rb8 28. Rd1 Qf5 29. b3 Kh8 30. Kh1 Qh5 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Rxd4 Rc8 33. Rd3 Qf5
34. Qd2 Be7 35. Kg2 g5 36. Nd5 Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Bb6 40.
Rd6 Rc1+ 41. Qxc1 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qxc1 43. Nd3 Qe3+ 44. Kd1 Bd4 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46.
Nb4 Qf3+ 47. Kc2 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne2 h6 11. Nf4 Bh7 12. h4 c6 13. Ra2 Ne8 14. Rg2 Nd6 15.
g5 Kh8 16. h5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. gxh6 gxh6 19. Ng6+ fxg6 20. hxg6 Kg8 21. Rxh6
Rf6 22. Rgh2 Qg7 23. Kf2 Rxg6 24. Rxg6 Bxg6 25. Bxg6 Nd7 26. e4 dxe4 27. Qb3+
1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dotsenko, Sergey"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nf3 bxa3 6. Nxa3 d6 7. Bb5 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 O-O 13. Nc4 a6 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Ra4 d5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa1 a5 18. c4 Ne4 19. Ng4 d4 20. Bxd4 f6 21.
Bc3 Bc5 22. Bd4 Bb4 23. Ne3 Rad8 24. c5 Nd2 25. Rd1 Nb3 26. Qa2 Qf7 27. Nc2
Rfe8 28. g3 Re2 29. Rd3 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Matsenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Bg3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Bf8
15. Bf5 Ra8 16. f4 Bb4 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qg4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nf8 21.
Bh4 Qb8 22. Bf6 g6 23. Qh4 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Pimenov, Revolt"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. Bd3 fxe4 7. fxe4 Nf6 8. Qe2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ba3 c5 12. O-O Na6 13. Ng5 O-O 14. d5 h6 15.
Ne4 Nc7 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. Bc1 Rf8 20. Bf4 Ne8 21.
Qg4 Rf6 22. Re1 d6 23. Bg3 e5 24. h4 Qc7 25. Bg6 Qd8 26. Bf5 Nc7 27. h5 Qf8 28.
Bd7 b5 29. cxb5 Nxd5 30. a4 Kh8 31. c4 Nf4 32. Bh4 Nxg2 33. Bxf6 Nxe1 34. Qe2
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikitinyh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd2 a5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Nf8 15.
Nde4 b6 16. Kh1 f5 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Bf3 e6 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Nb5
exd5 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. a4 Qf7 24. Rfe1 Kh8 25. Ne2 Bb7 26. Nec3 g5 27. e6 Qe7
28. d6 cxd6 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 gxf4 32. Qxf5 Ng6 33. Nd5 Bxb2
34. e7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Puraev, Artemiy"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 b4 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+
21. Qxc1 Nd7 22. Qc8+ Nf8 23. Bc1 Qa7 24. Qa8 Qxa8 25. Bxa8 Ne6 26. Kf1 Bc3 27.
Bd5 Nc5 28. Be3 Nd7 29. f4 e6 30. Bc6 Nf6 31. Bc1 d5 32. a4 bxa3 33. Bxa3 Ne4
34. Kg2 Bg7 35. Bb5 Bf8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Bd3 Nc5 38. Bc2 Na6 39. e4 Nb4 40.
Bb1 Ke7 41. exd5 exd5 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. h4 Nc6 44. f5 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nxb3 46. fxg6
hxg6 47. g4 d4+ 48. Kf4 Nc5 49. h5 Ne6+ 50. Ke4 gxh5 51. gxh5 Ke7 52. Ba2 Kf6
53. Bxe6 fxe6 54. Kxd4 Kg5 55. Ke5 Kxh5 56. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Manin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Bb2 Bb4+ 8. Nfd2
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf3 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Re1 Rad8 14. g3 Rfe8 15.
Rc1 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 e5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Ba5 b6 19. e4 bxa5 20. exf5 Qxa3 21. Nc4
Qb4 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 f6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kg2 Qd6 26. Qd3 Nb4 27. Qc4+
Kf8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. h4 Qd7 30. Qc5+ Qd6 31. Qxa5 Nc2 32. Kh2 Nxd4 33. Bxc6 Rb8
34. Qc3 Qxc6 35. Qxd4 Qb6 36. Qb2 Qc5 37. Kg1 g5 38. Qd2 Ke8 39. Qd7+ Kf8 40.
Rd3 Rc8 41. Rd5 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qc3 43. Qd6+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kf8 45. Ra5 Qc6+ 46.
Qxc6 Rxc6 47. Ra2 Ke7 48. b4 Rb6 49. Rb2 Rb5 50. g4 Kd6 51. Kg3 Kd5 52. Rd2+
Kc6 53. Rd4 h6 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Balaian, Alina"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 d5
9. Qb3 Ne4 10. a5 c4 11. Qc2 bxa5 12. Nbd2 Nd6 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Nc6 15. Nc5
Rc8 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. Qb3 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Qxd5 Rd8 20. Qb3 e5 21. e3 Qf5
22. Kg2 e4 23. Nd2 h5 24. h3 Kh7 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Qd1 Bh6 27. Ba3 h4 28. Qg4
hxg3 29. Qxg3 Qd5 30. Rfc1 Nf5 31. c4 Qxd4 32. exd4 Nxg3 33. d5 Bxd2 34. Rd1
Ne5 35. Ne6 Rxe6 36. dxe6 fxe6 37. Kxg3 Nxc4 38. Bc1 Rd3+ 39. Kh2 Bc3 40. Rxd3
exd3 41. Ra2 d2 42. Bxd2 Nxd2 43. Rc2 Nf3+ 44. Kh1 Bd4 45. Rc4 e5 46. Kg2 Ne1+
47. Kf1 Nd3 48. Ra4 Nxf2 49. Rxa5 Nxh3 50. Kg2 Ng5 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Ra6 Bb6 53.
Kg4 Ne6 54. Ra4 Kf6 55. Rb4 Nc5 56. Kf3 e4+ 57. Kg4 Ke5 58. Kg5 e3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kiselev, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Rfc8
15. f3 h6 16. Bf2 Ne6 17. Ba2 Nf4 18. Qc4 d5 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. exd5 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc3 23. Re1 Bb4 24. Bb3 Ncxd5 25. Nc4 b5 26. axb5 Bxe1 27.
Rxe1 axb5 28. Nd6 Bc6 29. Rxe5 Rd8 30. Nf5 b4 31. Bh4 Kf8 32. Be1 Re8 33. Rxe8+
Bxe8 34. Bf2 Bd7 35. Bc5+ Kg8 36. Ne7+ Nxe7 37. Bxe7 Bb5+ 38. Kf2 Ne8 39. Bxb4
Nc7 40. Bd6 Ne6 41. c4 Bc6 42. c5 g6 43. Ke3 Kg7 44. Kd3 g5 45. Kc4 Kf6 46. Bc2
g4 47. Be4 gxf3 48. gxf3 Nd8 49. Bc7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Solovjova, Valentina"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 h5 8. h3
h4 9. g4 Ng6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bg2 Nce5 12. Bg5 Qa6 13. Bf1 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15.
Qc2 d5 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. O-O Rae8 20. Bf3 Qb7 21.
Bxd5 Qxd5 22. f4 Re3 23. Kh2 Rfe8 24. Rf2 Rd3 25. Rd1 Bd6 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qa4
Re1 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lagashin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bxf6
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Nd2 gxf6 11. Rc1 Qa3 12. d5 d6 13. Rb1 exd5 14. cxd5
Bf5 15. e4 Re8 16. Bb5 Re5 17. O-O Bxe4 18. Qg4+ Bg6 19. Nc4 Qxa2 20. Qc8+ Kg7
21. Rb2 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Gladkov, Kirill"]
[Black "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bc4 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 O-O 12. O-O Ne3 13. Bxe3 dxe3 14. c3 b5
15. Bb3 b4 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6 18. Rf3 Rc8 19. Qe1 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxd4 21.
Qe1 e2+ 22. Rf2 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 Qd2 24. Nxe2 Bxe2 25. h3 Rc8 26. Kh2 Rc3 27. f5
Qd6+ 28. Kh1 Qc5 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Rxe2 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. g3 Qxf5 33. Rxe7
Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxg3 35. Rxf7 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Pischikov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 b6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Be7 13. Be1 Rd8 14. Nd2
Nc5 15. Nc4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Nfd7 17. f3 b5 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Kd8
21. b4 Kc7 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nc4 Bd5 24. Bg3+ Kb7 25. Nd6+ Kb6 26. a4 Bb3 27.
Rb1 Rd8 28. Nxf7 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxd1 30. Be5 g6 31. Bd4 Ka5 32. Kf2 Kb4 33.
Bxc5+ Kxc5 34. Ne5 Bd6 35. Nd7+ Kb4 36. Nf6 h5 37. Be8 Bc2 38. g3 Be7 39. Ng8
Bd8 40. e4 g5 41. Nh6 h4 42. Kg2 Bd1 43. Bd7 h3+ 44. Kxh3 Bxf3 45. e5 Bc7 46.
Nf7 Bd5 47. Kg4 Kc5 48. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Ustinov, Alexey"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. g4 Rc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. Rc1 h5 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. f5 Qa8 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Ne6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe4 21.
Bd4 Bxh1 22. Bxh8 Qd5 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Qe3 Be4 25. Re1 Ra4 26. Nb3 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Black "Kukhmazov, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. a3 bxa3 13. O-O Nf6 14. b4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Ba6 16. Re1 Bxb4 17. Bxa3 Bxe1 18. Rxe1 Bc4 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Ne5 Bb5 21.
Bc5 a5 22. Qg3 h6 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. e4 f6 25. Ne5 g5 26. Qh3 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Vardanian, Hamazasp"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Bb1 Bh2+
15. Kh1 Bf4 16. Qe2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 d5 18. f3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 e5 21.
Bf2 Rfd8 22. Rc2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qc4 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. g3 Nf8 27.
Kg2 Ne6 28. Rd1 h6 29. Qc2 b4 30. Be1 Nd4 31. Qf2 Qb3 32. Rd3 a5 33. Qd2 bxc3
34. bxc3 Ne6 35. Rd5 Rc5 36. Bf2 Rxc3 37. Rxa5 Rc2 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Qd7 Qe3 40.
Qxf7 Nf4+ 41. Kh1 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pogosian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bf4 Ne4 8.
Ndb5 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 Qf5 10. g3 g5 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rd1
b6 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O f5 17. f4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. b4 Qe7 20. Nb5 gxf4 21.
gxf4 Bb7 22. Nd6 Rg7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. b5 Na5 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. Rg1 Nc5 27.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rg1+ Kf7 29. Qh3 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Schroer, Marcel"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nh6 6. h4 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. h5 Qd7
9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. a3 Nf5 12. Nh2 Bh3 13. Be4 Nfd4 14. e3 f5 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Rg1 Bg4 17. Nxg4 Nf3+ 18. Ke2 Nxg1+ 19. Qxg1 fxg4 20. e4 e6 21.
Qg2 Rh5 22. Rh1 Rdh8 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. b4 Qd7 25. b5 Rf8 26. a4 Qf7 27. Nd1 Bd4
28. Bg5 a6 29. Bf4 axb5 30. axb5 h4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Eryshkanova, Anastasiya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nf8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd3 f6 14. Qb3 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Bb1 Qe8 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. a3 Bd7 19. Qc5 Be8 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21.
Nc5 b6 22. Na6 Rac8 23. b4 Nd5 24. g4 Ng6 25. h3 Nge7 26. Kh2 Nc7 27. Nxc7 Rxc7
28. Kg3 Kg8 29. Rc3 Nd5 30. Rc4 a5 31. e4 b5 32. Rc5 Nb6 33. Ba2 Re7 34. bxa5
Na4 35. Rc2 Ra8 36. d5 exd5 37. exd5 Bf7 38. d6 Rd7 39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40. Rxc6 Nb2
41. Rb1 Nc4 42. Rc7 Rad8 43. a4 Nxd6 44. Rxd7+ Rxd7 45. axb5 Rb7 46. Nd4 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Aminov, Andrey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. h3
h6 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. Ng3 a6 12. Be3 Re8 13. d5 b5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bc2
Nb6 16. Bb3 Nfd7 17. h4 a5 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Qd1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bc8 21. Qe2 b4 22.
cxb4 axb4 23. Qd2 Na6 24. Bd3 Rb8 25. Rec1 Na4 26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Qc2 Bb5 28. b3
Nc3 29. a3 Bd7 30. axb4 Nb5 31. Qd3 f5 32. Bd2 f4 33. Ne2 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35.
Ra5 Kg6 36. Nh2 g4 37. Nxg4 Bxg4 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Qxb5 Rh8 40. Kf1 Rh1+ 41.
Ng1 Qh8 42. f3 Bxf3 43. Rxc7 Bxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qh2+ 45. Kf3 Qg3+ 46. Ke2 f3+ 47.
Nxf3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Andronov, Mikhail G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Be3 a6 12. f4 O-O 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15.
Bf2 Qc7 16. g4 g6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. g5 Ne8 19. f5 e5 20. Nc2 f6 21. Ne3 fxg5 22.
Ned5 Qb8 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bg4 Bc6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Rf1 Nef6 27. Be1 Bxd5 28.
Nxd5 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Qb7 30. Bd2 Nc5 31. Bxg5 Rd7 32. Rf6 Rf7 33. Rcf1 Rxf6 34.
Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Pen, Pyotr"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Qa4
Bxb5 15. Qxb5 b6 16. Rfd1 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Kf1 Rfc8 19. Rd3 Rc4 20. Ke2
Ra4 21. Re3 f6 22. Bf4 Kf7 23. Kd3 Rc8 24. Re2 Ra3 25. Rc2 b5 26. Rb1 a6 27.
Rb3 Ra4 28. Bc1 Ke6 29. Re2+ Kd7 30. Rc2 Bd6 31. h3 Rcc4 32. Bd2 Rc8 33. Bc1
Rb8 34. Be3 h5 35. Rb1 Ke6 36. Bd2 Kf5 37. g4+ Kg6 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Rg1 Rb7
40. f4 b4 41. cxb4 Ra3+ 42. Rc3 Rxa2 43. Rc8 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Zizlova, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. O-O-O+
Kc7 15. Nd5+ Bxd5 16. Bxd5 f6 17. Be4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rd1 g6 20. c3 Be7
21. Kc2 b5 22. b4 Nf7 23. Bd5 Nd6 24. Kb3 Rd8 25. Be6 f5 26. f4 e4 27. a4 Bf6
28. axb5 axb5 29. Rd5 fxg4 30. hxg4 Nb7 31. g5 Bg7 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. f5 Nd6 34.
f6 Bf8 35. Bb6+ Ke8 36. Bc5 e3 37. Bxe3 Nf5 38. Bc5 Bxc5 39. bxc5 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Kuzmin, Egor"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
Nf1 Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. d5 Nd8 13. dxe6 c6 14. Nc2 f4 15.
gxf4 Rxf4 16. Ncd4 Nxe6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. b3 Raf8 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. Rad1 R4f6 21.
Ng5 Nf5 22. Nf3 Rg6 23. Kh2 Nh4 24. Nxh4 Qxh4 25. Qd4 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 27.
Kh2 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Larin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. Kh1 a6
15. Qd3 Bg4 16. e5 Bf5 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. exd6 exd6 19. Qf2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 d5 21.
Bf3 dxc4 22. bxc4 Qc5 23. Qd2 Nb6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Qd6 26. h3 h5 27. Qd4
Rcd8 28. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rc8 30. Qe3 Rd8 31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Qd4
Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Shulakova, Svetlana"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. b4 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nxe2 14. Kxe2 f6
15. Rhd1 e5 16. d5 b5 17. cxb5 Nb6 18. e4 f5 19. Ng5 fxe4 20. Ne6 Rfe8 21. Rac1
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxc7 Bb3 24. Bg5 Rf8 25. Be7 d5 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rc5 d4
28. Nd5 d3+ 29. Ke3 Rd8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nxc8 Ke6 33. Nxa7 Kd6 34.
b6 Ba4 35. b5 Kd7 36. h4 h6 37. Kd2 Kd8 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. Kd2 Kd8 40. Ke3 Kd7 41.
f3 exf3 42. gxf3 Bc2 43. Nc6 Kc8 44. Nxe5 Kb7 45. Nc4 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Kd2
Ba4 48. Kxd3 Bxb5 49. Kd4 Kc6 50. Ne5+ Kxb6 51. Nf7 Ka5 52. Kc3 Ka4 53. Kb2 Bd7
54. Nxg5 Kb5 55. f4 Kc4 56. Nf3 Kd5 57. Nh4 Ke4 58. Ng6 Bf5 59. Ne7 Kxf4 60.
Kc3 Ke5 61. Kc4 Bc2 62. Nc6+ Kd6 63. Nd4 Bd1 64. Nb5+ Kc6 65. Nc3 Bc2 66. Ne2
Kb7 67. Nd4 Bd1 68. Nb3 Bxb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Tkachev, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Ne6 12. Rad1 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Kh8
15. Bf5 Ne8 16. Bg3 Nd6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Ng6+ Kg8 20. Nxf8 Rxf8
21. e4 Nc4 22. Rfe1 Bg5 23. Bf2 Qf7 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bg3 Rd8 26. Qf2 Nb5 27. Nxb5
cxb5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Bh4 Qf6 30. Bxg5 Qxg5 31. Rc1 a5 32. Rc7 Qf4 33. Rc2 Kh7
34. Qe2 Qxd4 35. Qxb5 Rf8 36. Qe2 b5 37. Rd1 Qb4 38. Rc7 Qf4 39. Rc5 a4 40.
Rxb5 axb3 41. axb3 Rf5 42. Qc2 Bxf3 43. Rxf5 Bxd1 44. Rxf4+ Bxc2 45. b4 Bd3 46.
Rd4 Bb5 47. Rd6 Bc4 48. Rc6 Bd5 49. b5 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Yakupova, Aysyla"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Be2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Nd2 f5 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. f4 Nf6
15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Kf7 19. Rd1 Ke7 20. Rcd3 Rfd8
21. b3 Rac8 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nd2 h6 24. Nb1 g5 25. Nc3 Rd7 26. g3 Rg8 27. Kf1
h5 28. Re1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Rc3 Kf6 31. Kf2 Kf5 32. Rd1 a5 33. Rc2 gxf4
34. exf4 h4 35. Rcd2 hxg3+ 36. hxg3 Rh7 37. Rg1 Rd8 38. Rc2 Rh2+ 39. Rg2 Rh1
40. Ke3 Rh3 41. Ke2 Rg8 42. Kf2 a4 43. Rc3 Rh1 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kf2 Ra1 46. Ke3
Rxa2 47. Rxa2 Rxg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxc3 49. bxa4 Kxf4 50. a5 Rh3 51. Kg2 Rh7 52. a6
Ra7 53. Kf2 Ke5 54. Ra5 Kd4 55. Ra4 Kc3 56. Ke3 Kb3 57. Ra1 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Emdin, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 e6 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Bd6 12. h5 Be4 13. f3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1+ 15.
Nxd1 Bxf3 16. exf6 Bxh1 17. Nf2 Bf3 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. h6 Rd8 20. Ra3 f5 21. gxf5
exf5 22. Rb3 Nxa4 23. e4 Bh5 24. exf5 b5 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. Ne4 Kf7 27. Nf6 Nc5
28. Re3 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Poltoratsky, Daniil"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Ngf3 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. h4 Qd6 11. h5 c4 12. Be2 g5 13. O-O-O b5 14. Rdg1 b4 15. g4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Nxg5 Qa3+ 18. Kd1 Rb2 19. Qc1 Bxg5 20. gxf5 h6 21. f4
Bxf5 22. Bf3 Bc2+ 23. Ke2 Bd3+ 24. Kf2 Qxa2 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Ke1 Rfb8 27. Rg2
Rc2 28. Qd1 Qb2 29. Nxc4 Qxc3+ 30. Rd2 Rc1 31. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kf2 Qc3 33. Rhd1
Bxc4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. c4 Nh5 10. Nbc3 f5 11. f3 Kh8 12. g4 Nf6 13. Be3 h6 14. Qd2 Neg8 15. c5 Nh7
16. Rac1 Bf6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5 fxg4 19. fxg4 Bg5 20. Rxf8 Qxf8 21. Bxg5
Nxg5 22. Qb4 Nxh3+ 23. Bxh3 Qf3 24. Qc3 Qxe2 25. Nxd6 Bd7 26. Re1 Qa6 27. Qxe5+
Kh7 28. Rf1 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Bf5 30. gxf5 g5 31. f6 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N5c3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 d6 10. a3 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Qf2 Rfe8 15.
Nd2 d5 16. e5 d4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rad8 19. Qe3 Bc5 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qe1
Nxf4 22. Bf3 Bc8 23. Be4 Ng6 24. Nf3 Be7 25. Qg3 f5 26. exf6 Qxg3 27. f7+ Kxf7
28. hxg3 Bf6 29. Rad1 Ke7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nd1 Ne5 32. b3 Ng4 33. Kg1 h6 34.
Re1 Ne5 35. Kf2 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Be5 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Bd6 39. a4 Bb4 40. Rf1
Bd7 41. Nf2 Bxa4 42. Ra1 Rf8+ 43. Kg4 h5+ 44. Kh4 Bd7 45. Nd3 a5 46. c5 Bc3 47.
Ra3 Bf6+ 48. Kh3 Bd4 49. c6 Bc8 50. Rxa5 e5+ 51. Kh2 Rf1 52. Rd5 Bg1+ 53. Kh1
Bd4+ 54. Kh2 Be6 55. c7 Bg1+ 56. Kh1 Bb6+ 57. Kh2 Bxc7 58. Rb5 Kf6 59. Rb7 Ba5
60. Bf3 Bc4 61. Nxe5 Kxe5 62. Rxg7 Bb6 63. Rg5+ Kf6 64. Rxh5 Be6 65. Rb5 Bf2
66. Rh5 Rc1 67. Rh6+ Kf7 68. Rh4 Kg6 69. Re4 Bf5 70. Rh4 Re1 71. Bh5+ Kf6 72.
Bg4 Bg6 73. Bh5 Bg1+ 74. Kh1 Be3+ 75. Kh2 Bg5 76. Rh3 Bf5 77. g4 Bf4+ 78. g3
Re2+ 79. Kg1 Be3+ 80. Kf1 Rf2+ 81. Ke1 Bd3 82. g5+ Kxg5 83. Rh1 Ra2 84. Bf3 Kf6
85. Rh8 Rf2 86. Rh6+ Kg7 87. Bg2 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rupel, David G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Be6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Rfd1
Qd7 15. Na4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Rc2 g6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qa6 Rfe8
21. Bf3 Kg7 22. Rdc1 c5 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Re7 26. b4 Rb7 27.
a3 Bb2 28. Ra5 h5 29. Kg2 Rc7 30. e3 d4 31. exd4 Bxd4 32. Be4 Kf6 33. h4 Bb2
34. f3 Bc1 35. Kf1 Bb2 36. Rg5 Rg7 37. a4 e5 38. Ke2 Bc1 39. f4 exf4 40. Rc5
Ba3 41. gxf4 Bxb4 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Ra6 Bc5 44. a5 Bd4 45. Kf3 Bg1 46. Kg2 Be3
47. Kg3 Bg1 48. Bd3 Be3 49. Kf3 Bg1 50. Bc2 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. Ke5 Bxh4 53.
Rxa7+ Kg8 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. a6 Bf2 56. Rf8 Rc7 57. Bd3 Kg7 58. Rb8 Ba7 59. Rb2
Rd7 60. Rb3 Bg1 61. Bxg6 Kxg6 62. Rg3+ Kf7 63. Rxg1 Ra7 64. Ra1 h4 65. Ke4 Ke6
66. Kf3 h3 67. Kg3 Kf5 68. Ra4 Rh7 69. a7 h2 70. a8=Q h1=Q 71. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Bogachkova, Alena"]
[Black "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O c4 10. f5 b5 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Qe1 b4 13. Ne2 c3 14. b3 a5 15. Kb1
a4 16. Nc1 axb3 17. cxb3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qe2 Ra5 20. h4 Na7 21. Ng5 Qe8
22. Qd3 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Kc2 Nb5 26. Rh3 Raa8 27. Rdh1 Kf7
28. Rf1+ Ke7 29. Rxf8 Nxf8 30. a4 bxa3 31. Na2 Nd7 32. Rh7 Kf7 33. Rh4 Rc8 34.
Bf2 Nb8 35. Rh1 Nc6 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Rc1 Kd7 38. Be3 Ke7 39. Bf2 Rh8 40. Nxc3
Nb4+ 41. Kd2 Nxc3 42. Rxc3 Kd7 43. Be1 Rh2 44. Rc1 Rxg2+ 45. Ke3 Rg1 46. Kd2
Rxg5 47. Ra1 Rg2+ 48. Kd1 Nc2 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Zarivkina, Victorya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bb3 Nd8 15.
Qd3 Kh8 16. h3 h6 17. Bd2 Qf7 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qg6 21. Bc3
Bd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Bb5 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Rxf5 Ne6 26. Be4 Rad8 27. Re5 Qf6
28. Qe3 Qf4 29. Bxb7 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Nf4 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bf3 Ne2+ 33. Bxe2
Rxe2 34. Rd1 Kg8 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Rb6 Re7 37. Kh2 Ra7 38. h4 Bc4 39. a3 Be6 40.
f3 h5 41. Bxg7 Bc4 42. Bc3 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Korchagina, Viktoria"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 d5 16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Qe2 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bb7 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Bd3 Qc6 21. f3
Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Ne3 Re8 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. Bd2 Rcc8 26. Rac1 b4 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Ng4 Qxf2+ 29. Nxf2 a5 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Kf8 32. Be3 Nd7 33. Nd3
Bd5 34. a3 bxa3 35. bxa3 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Bf4+ Ke6 38. Bc7 Bc4 39. Nb2 Bb5
40. Bxa5 Kd5 41. a4 Ba6 42. Bc3 g6 43. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Kalegin, Evgenij"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15.
Nfxg5 Rad8 16. Qf3 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Na4 20. Bb3 Qd7 21. Re3
Qe7 22. Ng3 Qf6 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Rf3 Qg5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Rd6 27. d4 exd4
28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Bxf7 Ne7 31. Re1 dxc3 32. bxc3 Rd2 33. Qxe7 Qxe7
34. Bg6+ Kg8 35. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Rassokhina, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. h3 Rac8 15.
Ng5 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 17. Nce4 h6 18. a3 Be7 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Ne4
Rfd8 22. b4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qf3 Bxe4 27. Qxe4
g6 28. Kh1 Rd5 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. Rc5 Rd6 31. Qe2 Qd8 32. d5 exd5 33. Bxf6+ Qxf6
34. Rc8 Re6 35. Qd2 d4 36. Rc5 Rd6 37. Kg1 d3 38. Rc3 Qd4 39. Rb3 Qa1+ 40. Kh2
Qe5+ 41. f4 Qe2 42. Qc3+ Kh7 43. Qc7 Qe6 44. Rb1 d2 45. Rd1 Qf6 46. g3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Kharchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Potyavin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 e6 8. cxd4
d6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bf4 d5 14. Qd3 f5 15. exf6
Qxf4 16. fxe7 Nxe7 17. Rae1 Ng6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd7 20. f3 Rac8 21. g3
Qf6 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qe3 Qg6 25. f5 exf5 26. Nd5 Rce8 27. Ne7+ Rxe7
28. Rxe7 Bc6 29. Qe5 Be4 30. d5 h5 31. d6 h4 32. d7 hxg3 33. Qxg3 Qf6 34. Rxe4
Qb6+ 35. Qf2 Qg6+ 36. Qg2 Qb6+ 37. Qf2 Qg6+ 38. Kh1 Qc6 39. Qf3 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.46"]
[White "Trapeznikova, Darya"]
[Black "Matsenko, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Be6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nh4 Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21.
Rac1 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bg5 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Rcd1 Bxe3 26. Qf3 Qg5 27.
g3 Qf6 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxf5 30. Kh2 Qd5 31. Qe7 Rd7 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. b3
c5 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Nikomanis, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Bd2 Nxe5 10. Rc1 Nbc6 11. O-O Kh7 12. b3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Be3 Qd7 16. Nd5 a6 17. Bd4 Rae8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21.
Qd2 Re4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd5 Kh7 24. Rce1 Bf5 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. g4 c6 27. gxf5
cxd5 28. fxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qc2 Rfxf4 30. cxd5 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qe5 33.
Qg2+ Kh5 34. Qf3+ Kg5 35. Rg1+ Kh4 36. Qf2+ Kh5 37. Qf7+ Kh4 38. Qf2+ Kh5 39.
Qf3+ Kh4 40. Qf2+ Kh5 41. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.48"]
[White "Yakovlev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kopylov, Alexander A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Ne5 12. f3 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Qe1 Rac8 15.
Qf2 Qb8 16. Na4 Ba8 17. Nb3 b5 18. Nb6 Rcd8 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Bxe4 21.
fxe4 Nfg4 22. Qe2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Ng4 24. Qe2 Qxb6+ 25. Nd4 Bf6 26. Qxg4 Bxd4+
27. Kh1 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Qxb5 29. Rd2 Rb8 30. Rdxb2 Qxb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. h4 Rxa2
33. Qd1 Ra6 34. h5 h6 35. Kh2 d5 36. Qd3 Ra5 37. Qc3 Rfa8 38. e5 Ra4 39. Qc6 d4
40. g4 d3 41. Kg3 d2 42. Qd7 Ra1 43. Qxd2 R8a3+ 44. Kf4 Ra4+ 45. Kg3 R4a3+ 46.
Kf4 Rb3 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qe8 Raa3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.49"]
[White "Chekhov, Sergei"]
[Black "Safronov, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bg2
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxe5 14. Re1 Ng6
15. Ba3 Bf6 16. Re3 Rd8 17. Bg2 c4 18. Na5 Rb8 19. Nxc4 Be6 20. Na5 Rd2 21.
Nxb7 Rxc2 22. Bb4 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Bd6 Rc8 25. Bh3 Ra8 26. Na5 Be6 27.
Bxe6 fxe6 28. c4 Kf7 29. Rb3 Be5 30. Bc5 a6 31. f4 Rc8 32. Rb7+ Kg8 33. Bb4 Bc7
34. Nb3 Rb8 35. Rxc7 Rxb4 36. Nd4 e5 37. Ne6 exf4 38. gxf4 a5 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40.
Ra7 h5 41. f5 Ne5 42. c5 a4 43. f6 Rb1+ 44. Kg2 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 Rb3+ 46. Kf4 Nd3+
47. Kg5 Nxc5 48. Nxc5 Rb5 49. Kg6 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.50"]
[White "Mikhailov, Ivan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 d6 8. Be2 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Nd4 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rc1 Nxe2
15. Qxe2 Qb4 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. a3 Nxc3 19. axb4 Nxe2 20. Kxe2 Bxc4+
21. Kd2 Bxb3 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Rad8+ 24. Kc3 Bd5 25. Ra1 a6 26. Ne1 Bc6
27. Rc4 Re2 28. Rf4 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.51"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Klukin, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
f4 Ned7 16. Bf2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nfd7 18. Rad1 a5 19. b3 Nf8 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. Nde2
Rad8 22. a3 Be6 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. b4 Na6 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Na4 axb4 27. axb4 f6 28.
Ne2 Qf7 29. Bb6 Nc7 30. Qc2 f5 31. Nac3 Re7 32. e5 Red7 33. Bxc7 Rxc7 34. exd6
Rcd7 35. c5 Qc4 36. Rb1 Ne6 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. Rxb3 Rf7 39. Na4 Nf8 40. Nb6 Be6
41. Re3 h6 42. Kh2 g5 43. Ng1 Rf6 44. Nf3 gxf4 45. gxf4 Bf7 46. Ne5 Bg8 47.
Bxc6 bxc6 48. Nxc6 Rdxd6 49. cxd6 Rxd6 50. b5 Ng6 51. Nc8 Rd2+ 52. R1e2 Rd1 53.
Re1 Rd2+ 54. R3e2 Rd3 55. b6 Nxf4 56. b7 Rxh3+ 57. Kg1 Nxe2+ 58. Rxe2 Rb3 59.
b8=Q Bd4+ 60. Kh2 Rxb8 61. Nxb8 Bd5 62. Nd6 Be4 63. Nxe4 Be5+ 64. Ng3 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.52"]
[White "Opanasenko, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. h3 e5 8. Nc3
Nh6 9. Nh2 f5 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rae1 c4
15. Kh1 Qb6 16. b3 cxd3 17. cxd3 Qa6 18. d4 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Bxd3 20. Rf3 Ba6 21.
Rd1 Rae8 22. Ng4 h5 23. Nf2 Be2 24. Nxe2 Rxe2 25. a3 Rfe8 26. Rdd3 Ra2 27. b4
Re1+ 28. Kh2 g5 29. Be3 c5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Rb3 cxd4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Bxd4
Bxd4 34. Rb7 Kg6 35. Rbxf7 Be5+ 36. g3 h4 37. Kg2 hxg3 38. Rf8 gxf2 39. Rxf2
Rxa3 40. Rc2 a5 41. Rg8+ Kh5 42. h4 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.53"]
[White "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Black "Bykova, Anastasia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Bb2 h6 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5
Be7 9. g4 Bh7 10. h4 Qc7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf3 Qd8 14. Bxe4 Bxh4+
15. Ke2 dxe4 16. Qc2 Rg8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qg2 g6 20. Nxg6 Rxg6 21.
Rxh4 Rg8 22. Rah1 g4 23. Rh8 Kd7 24. R1h7+ Kd6 25. Ba3+ c5 26. Rxg8 Qxg8 27.
Qxb7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.54"]
[White "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lovkov, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

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. Be2 Nbc6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Bd3 Qa5 15.
Bxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Kf1 Nxf5 17. Qf3 Nd4 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Re1 Rab8 20. Qxa6 Qc5 21.
Na4 Qc7 22. c3 Ra8 23. Qb6 Qd7 24. cxd4 Qxa4 25. Qb7 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qxb2 27. Qe4
Rfc8 28. a4 e6 29. h4 d5 30. Qe2 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Rxa4 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rd2 Rb8
34. Rb1 Rxb1 35. Bxb1 Bd4 36. Bc2 Rb4 37. f3 Kg7 38. Bd3 f5 39. Rc2 Kf6 40. g3
Rb7 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Ke5 43. Kf3 Rb3 44. Re2+ Kd6 45. Rd2 e5 46. Ke2 e4 47.
Bc2 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.55"]
[White "Pakhomov, Egor"]
[Black "Kopasov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 h6 10. Rc1 e5 11. b4 Nd4 12. a4 Be6 13. Nd2 c6 14. a5 Nd5 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qxd5 Rxd5
21. a6 Rb5 22. axb7 Rxb7 23. Rc4 Reb8 24. Rxc6 Rxb4 25. Ra6 R8b7 26. Nc4 Bf8
27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Rc6 Bb6 29. Ra1 Re7 30. Ra2 Kg7 31. g4 Rb5 32. h3 Re6 33. Rxe6
fxe6 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Ke4 Bc5 36. Ra6 Rb1 37. Rc6 Rb5 38. Rc7 a5 39. Ne5 Be7 40.
f4 g5 41. h4 gxh4 42. g5+ hxg5 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Rxe7 a4 45. Ra7 Rb2 46. Nf3+
Kg4 47. Rg7+ Kh3 48. Ng1+ Kh2 49. Kf3 h3 50. Kf2 Rb1 51. Nf3+ Kh1 52. Rh7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.56"]
[White "Kharchenko, Daniil"]
[Black "Arslanov, Shamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. h3 h5 12. g3 h4 13. g4 Be7 14. Qd3 Rg7 15. Nc3
Rc8 16. Rc2 Bxb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Qa5 20. Kd2 b5 21. Qb2 b4
22. Na2 b3+ 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Bd3 a5 25. Ke3 Qb4 26. Rc1 Ke7 27. Nd2 Rb8 28. Rb1
a4 29. Ra1 Rgg8 30. Ndb1 Rgc8 31. Qa3 h6 32. Kd2 Kd8 33. Qxb4 Rxb4 34. Ke3 Kc7
35. Ne2 Kb6 36. Nd2 Ka5 37. Nb1 Rb6 38. Kd2 Kb4 39. Bh7 Rbc6 40. Bd3 Rc2+ 41.
Ke3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.57"]
[White "Smirnov, Alexey"]
[Black "Sazonova, Anastasia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nf6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Nxa7 g4 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. fxg4 Nxe4 21. Bb6
Ng5 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24. Bd3 Ne7 25. Qf3 Rg7 26. h3 Bh4 27. Qe4 Kh8
28. a4 h5 29. gxh5 Ng8 30. Qf5 Qe8 31. Bb5 Qe7 32. Rc1 Rg5 33. Qe6 Qg7 34. Bf1
Rxh5 35. Rc7 Qg3 36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. hxg4 Rh7 38. Bd3 Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Be7 40. g5 Kg7
41. b4 Bxg5 42. Bxd6 Kf6 43. a5 Ne7 44. Be4 Nc8 45. Bc5 Kf7 46. d6 Ke6 47. Bxb7
Nxd6 48. a6 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.58"]
[White "Van Den Ouden, Lendert"]
[Black "Bodnaruk, Anastasia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Nd5 Nh5 10. Bb2 e6 11. Ne3 f5 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Nc2 b5 14. cxb5 Rxb5 15.
Na3 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Qa5 Nc6 19. Qa4 Nd5 20. Na5 Nxa5 21. Qxa5
c5 22. Qd2 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd7 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+
Qxc8 28. Nf3 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qc3 30. Qa3 Qb4 31. Qb2 e5 32. e3 Nc3 33. Qd2 Be4
34. Ng5 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qc5 36. Kg1 Nb1 37. Qd1 Nc3 38. Qd2 Qc6 39. Qc2 a5 40.
Nf3 Qc5 41. Ne1 d5 42. Nd3 Qc7 43. b4 e4 44. Nf4 axb4 45. Qb3 Qc4 46. Qxb4 Qxb4
0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.59"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Dushin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. O-O Nb4 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bd5 15.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. f4 Rc8 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 Rc7 19. Bb3 a6 20. Qf3 b5 21. Bg3
Rc8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxf7 Nf6 24. Qb3 Kh7 25. Qd3+ Kg8 26. Qg6 Rxf7 27. Nxf7
Qd5 28. Nxh6+ Kf8 29. Nf5 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.60"]
[White "Belov, Nikita"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 O-O 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O
h5 9. f4 Be6 10. e4 Qd7 11. Nd5 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bg4 14. Bf3 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Ne7 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. d4 Bg7 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 f5 20. Qd3 fxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rae8 22. Raf1 Nf5 23. Qd3 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Nxd4 25. Qe4 Nxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qf5
27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Rd3 Bxb2 29. Kg2 Be5 30. Be3 b6 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. Rc2 Rf7 33.
Re2 Ke8 34. Bf4 Re7 35. Bh6 Bd4 36. Rc2 Kd7 37. Bf4 Rf7 38. Rc4 Bc5 39. Rc1 Rf5
40. Rd1 g5 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.61"]
[White "Akkozov, Berik"]
[Black "Tselkovskiy, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5
15. b3 b4 16. bxc4 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. Kc1 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. a3 Be8 21. Ne2
Nd7 22. Bd4 Bh6+ 23. f4 e5 24. g5 Bf8 25. Bb2 Nc5 26. Qd2 Qa6 27. Nc3 Rb8 28.
Nd5 Qxc4 29. Qc3 Qa6 30. Rhe1 Na4 31. Qh3 Bg7 32. Ba1 Qb7 33. Qb3 Qa8 34. Qh3
Qb7 35. fxe5 dxe5 36. Qb3 Qa8 37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Qd5 Rb7 39. Qxe5 f6 40. Qxf6
Rxe7 41. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.62"]
[White "Chuprova, Irina"]
[Black "Romanko, Marina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Ndb4 12. Bf4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb4 14. Qd2
b6 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Re5 Qd8 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Bf6 21.
Rh5 Qxd4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rh3 Rad8 24. Qe3 Rd4 25. Be5 Qg6 26. Qg3 Rg4 27.
Qxg4 Qxg4 28. Rg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Rc8 30. Bc3 Bd5 31. Rd1 g6 32. Rd4 Kh7 33. f4
g5 34. f5 Rc5 35. fxe6 Bxe6 36. Rd8 Rc7 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Ke3 Bc8 39. Rd4 Bb7 40.
Kf2 Bc8 41. Rd8 Bf5 42. Rd4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.63"]
[White "Ulanov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Shirokov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 a5 6. b5 O-O 7. c4 c6 8. a4 Bf5
9. Ba3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Re8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 Rxc1 14. Bxc1 Qc7 15.
Ba3 Bf8 16. Qa1 Rc8 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Nb3 b6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Nd4
Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Nc5 23. Ba3 Qc7 24. Qc3 e6 25. g4 Be4 26. Nb3 Qa7 27. Bxc5 Bxc5
28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. f3 d4 30. Qb2 d3 31. fxe4 dxe2 32. Kf2 Qe7 33. Kxe2 Qh4 34.
Kd3 Qxg4 35. b6 Qd1+ 36. Kc3 c4 37. Kxc4 Qxa4+ 38. Kc5 Qxe4 39. b7 Qxe3+ 40.
Kd6 Qd3+ 41. Ke7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.64"]
[White "Kazantsev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O b5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bc1 e6 13. Ne3 d5 14. c3 Rb8 15.
Bd3 f5 16. Nf1 Nf6 17. Bf4 Rb6 18. Ne5 Ne7 19. h4 Nh5 20. Bh2 Nf6 21. Nd2 Ne4
22. f3 Nd6 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Qe2 Bf6 25. Bf4 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxh4 27. g3 Bf6 28.
Qh2 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Nc6 30. Re2 h5 31. Rae1 Qe7 32. f4 b4 33. Nc5 Nd8 34. Qh4 Rf7
35. Bc2 Rg7 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Bb3 bxc3 38. bxc3 Rd6 39. Rb2 Nb7 40. Nd3 Rc7 41.
Rc2 Kg7 42. Ne5 Na5 43. Re3 Rb6 44. c4 dxc4 45. Nxc4 Nxc4 46. Rxc4 Rxc4 47.
Bxc4 Kf6 48. d5 exd5 49. Bxd5 Be6 50. Bxe6 Rxe6 51. Ra3 g5 52. fxg5+ Kxg5 53.
Kf2 h4 54. gxh4+ Kxh4 55. Kf3 Kg5 56. Ra5 Rc6 57. Ra3 Rh6 58. Ra5 Rd6 59. Ra3
Rc6 60. Ra5 Rc3+ 61. Ke2 Kg4 62. Rxa6 Rc2+ 63. Kd3 Rh2 64. a4 f4 65. Rg6+ Kf5
66. Rg8 Ra2 67. Ra8 Kg4 68. a5 f3 69. Rg8+ Kf4 70. Rf8+ Kg3 71. Rg8+ Kf2 72.
Rg5 Kf1 73. Kc4 f2 74. Rf5 Ke2 75. Kb5 Ra3 76. Rxf2+ Kxf2 77. a6 Ke3 78. Kb6
Kd4 79. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.65"]
[White "Ponfilenok, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fedoseeva, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. Qc2
Be7 15. a3 h6 16. h4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxh4 19. Bf3 Be7 20. Nd6 Bxf3
21. exf3 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qd7 23. Qd3 h5 24. Re1 Rd8 25. Rd1 g6 26. Qc3 Qc6 27.
Qe5 Rd7 28. f5 exf5 29. Rd3 Kb7 30. Qf6 c4 31. Rd2 Qxf3 32. Kb1 Qe4+ 33. Kc1
Qe6 34. Qd4 Kc6 35. Qh8 Rxd6 36. Qa8+ Kc5 37. Rxd6 Kxd6 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Qxa7+
Kf6 40. Qb8 Qe1+ 41. Kc2 Qxf2+ 42. Kc3 Qc5 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.66"]
[White "Kaneyama, Men Cher"]
[Black "Rozhko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nc7 12. dxc5 Qxd3 13. cxd3 bxc5 14. Be3
Na6 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Ke2 Rab8 17. Rhc1 Rb6 18. Ne5 Rfb8 19. Rxb6 axb6 20. Rb1
Rb7 21. Nc4 Nc8 22. a4 Nb4 23. a5 bxa5 24. Bxc5 Rb5 25. d4 f5 26. exf5 exf5 27.
Nxa5 Nd5 28. Rxb5 Nc3+ 29. Kd3 Nxb5 30. Kc4 Ncd6+ 31. Bxd6 Nxd6+ 32. Kd5 Nb5
33. Kc5 Nc3 34. d5 Kf7 35. Kc6 Ne2 36. Nb3 Ke8 37. d6 Kd8 38. d7 f4 39. Nc5
Nd4+ 40. Kd6 Nb5+ 41. Ke6 Nd4+ 42. Ke5 f3 43. gxf3 Nb5 44. f4 Ke7 45. f5 Nc3
46. h4 Na2 47. h5 h6 48. d8=Q+ Kxd8 49. Ne6+ Ke7 50. Nxg7 Nb4 51. f6+ Kf7 52.
Ne6 Nd3+ 53. Kf5 Kg8 54. Nd8 Kh7 55. Ke6 Nf4+ 56. Kd7 Nd5 57. f7 Kg7 58. Ke6
Nf4+ 59. Kd6 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.67"]
[White "Zavoronkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chernyak, Viktoria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Rb1
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 Nxc4 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qxa7 d5
15. b4 c4 16. Qa5 e5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 e4 19. d3 exd3 20. exd3 cxd3 21. Qb3
Qb6 22. Qxd3 d4 23. a4 Nd7 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. a5 Qd6 27. Bd2 Bf6 28.
b5 Ne5 29. Qb3 Rdc8 30. b6 Nc4 31. Bb4 Qd7 32. Qf3 Be7 33. b7 Rc7 34. a6 Bxb4
35. Rxb4 Ne5 36. Qd5 Qe7 37. a7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.68"]
[White "Andreeva, Yulia"]
[Black "Lavrov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bg5 Ndf6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. g4 fxg4 14. fxg4 Nf4
15. Bf3 b5 16. h4 bxc4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. g5 Ng4 19. Rf1 Ne3 20. Rf2 Qe7 21.
Nge2 Qe5 22. Rg1 Bf5 23. h5 Bd3 24. h6 Bh8 25. Bh5 Bg6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Rf3
Rae8 28. h7+ Kg7 29. Qe1 Nf5 30. Qf2 Kxh7 31. Rh1+ Kg8 32. Qh2 Rf7 33. Rh3 Bg7
34. Rf3 Bh8 35. Kb1 Ng3 36. Nxg3 fxg3 37. Qxg3 Qxg3 38. Rxg3 Rf2 39. Rgh3 Bg7
40. Kc1 Re5 41. Rg3 Ref5 42. Nd1 R2f4 43. Ne3 Re5 44. Rh2 Ree4 45. Kc2 Bd4 46.
Nd1 Rf5 47. b3 Be5 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.69"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Katyshkina, Anastasia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Be3 Nc4 13. Na4 Qc8 14. Qc2 Rb8
15. Bg5 Re8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. b3 Nb6 19. Qxc6 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Rd7 21.
Rc5 Bb7 22. d5 g5 23. Bg3 f5 24. Be5 fxe4 25. Qxe4 e6 26. Qg6 Bxd5 27. Bxg7
Rxg7 28. Qxh6 Bxf3 29. Rxg5 Qd7 30. Rxe6 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.70"]
[White "Bezulenko, Evgeny"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e3 Nh6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nf5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 c6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Qf3 Nd5 14. Ne4 f6 15.
Nd3 e5 16. Ndc5 Qe7 17. g4 exd4 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 Qxc5 20. Qf2 Ne7 21. cxd4
Qd5 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Ng6 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Nh4 26. Ne2 Re8 27. Nc3 Qf3
28. Re1 Qh3 29. Kh1 Nf3 30. Re2 Nxh2 31. Qxh2 Rxe3 32. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 33. Kg2 Rd3
34. d5 cxd5 35. Nb5 Bf8 36. Nxa7 Rd4 37. Kf3 Bd6 38. Nb5 Rxf4+ 39. Kg2 Be5 40.
Rd2 Rb4 41. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 42. Kf3 h5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Rxb7 h4 46. Nd6
Rxa2 47. Nc4 Bd4 48. Ne3 Ra3 49. Re7 h3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.71"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey I"]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 Nh6 11. fxe5 O-O 12. Bf4 Kh8 13. Qd2 Ng8 14. O-O-O Na6
15. Kb1 b5 16. h4 h5 17. e6 Qe8 18. Ne5 fxe6 19. dxe6 Nf6 20. Qd3 Kh7 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rd8 24. a3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 b4 26. Qb7 Nb8 27. Bxb8
Qxb8 28. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.72"]
[White "Klimentiev, Sergey"]
[Black "Bogachkov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 e5 8. O-O
Re8 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 exd4 12. exd4 Bxd4 13. Bb1 Bg7 14. a4 Ne5
15. b3 Qh4 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Re4 f5 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.73"]
[White "Krivenko, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamnev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
h6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h3 Nb6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Nfd7
15. f4 f5 16. g4 Nc4 17. Rae1 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 Qd7 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. e4 fxg4 21.
f5 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Bc8 23. e6 gxh3 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Rg1 b5 26. Rg6 Qe5 27. Qh2
Qxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Kh7 29. Ne2 c5 30. Nf4 Re8 31. Nh5 Re7 32. Rd8 Bb7 33. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.74"]
[White "Kozlov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. e3 Qc7 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. d4 Ne8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd6 12. O-O Nxe4 13. Bxe4 c5 14. c3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Nf6 16. Bg2 Be6 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Qd2 e6 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. Bf1 Rac8 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qd8 24. Qc5 b6 25. Qb5 Bf8 26. g4 Bb7 27. g5
Nd5 28. Qd3 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Qd5 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. gxf6 Qh1+ 33. Kf2
Qxh2+ 34. Ke1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.75"]
[White "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Black "Dyakov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 c5 8. d5 a6
9. a4 Ne8 10. Nf3 Rb8 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. Qc2 Nh5 15.
Rae1 Rf7 16. g4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 fxg4 18. Nh4 Nef6 19. Re3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Kh8 23. Be6 Rg7 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. c4 Rb4 26. Ra3 Qb8 27. Rfa1
Qb7 28. Ra8+ Ng8 29. Bh6 Rg6 30. f5 Rxe6 31. fxe6 Rb2 32. Qxb2+ Qxb2 33. Rxg8+
Kxg8 34. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.76"]
[White "Timirev, Sergey"]
[Black "Zenzera, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a4 b6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Bd6 Re8
21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Ra7 23. e5 Qd4 24. Nf4 Qe3 25. Rf1 Be7 26. h4 Rd7 27. e6
Bxd6 28. exd7 Bxd7 29. h5 Bf8 30. Qg5 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bxa6
Bxa4 34. b3 Bc6 35. Bd3 Bd6 36. Rd1 Bc5 37. Bc4 Rf5 38. Nh3 Rh5 39. Rd3 b5 40.
Rd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.77"]
[White "Donskov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 f6 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Ne4 Nb6 15.
Nec5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qe7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Ne7 21.
Bxb7 Rb8 22. Qf3 Rfd8 23. b3 Nd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Be4 Rd6 26. Bd3 Kh8 27. Bc4
Qd7 28. Red1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qc7 30. Qc3 g6 31. h3 Kg7 32. Qd2 Nc6 33. Qd7+ Qxd7
34. Rxd7+ Kh6 35. Bxa6 Nxa5 36. Rc7 Rb6 37. Bc4 Rc6 38. Rxc6 Nxc6 39. c3 Kg7
40. b4 Kf8 41. Bd5 Ne7 42. Be6 Ke8 43. Kf1 Kd8 44. Ke2 Kc7 45. Kd3 Kb6 46. Bb3
f5 47. c4 Nc6 48. c5+ Kc7 49. Kc4 e4 50. b5 Ne5+ 51. Kd4 Nd3 52. b6+ Kc6 53.
Bd5+ Kd7 54. c6+ Kd6 55. c7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.78"]
[White "Klevets, Ksenia"]
[Black "Pasiev, Rakhim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bd3 Nf4 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bb5 20. Rfe1 f5
21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Re5 Qb6 23. Nd4 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.79"]
[White "Khatoev, Eduard"]
[Black "Egorov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Nxc6 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 bxc6
15. Rae1 Qb8 16. Bd4 Qb4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Bg7 19. Qxc6 dxe5 20. Nd5 Qxb2
21. f5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Rab8 23. Ref1 f6 24. Rxf6 Qb7 25. Qd7 c5 26. Qg4 Rf8 27.
Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Qf5 Kg7
33. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.80"]
[White "Kosov, Igor"]
[Black "Sichinava, Zviad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Ra6 13. Qe2 Qa8 14. Bf4 Rb8
15. a3 Rab6 16. Ra2 Qb7 17. Na4 Rb5 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bc1 Ng4 20. h3 Ngf6 21. Nd2
Nxd5 22. Nc4 N5b6 23. Naxb6 Nxb6 24. Nxb6 Rxb6 25. Re2 Qc6 26. Kg1 e6 27. Qc4
d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Qf4 d4 30. Re7 Qd5 31. Ra1 d3 32. Be3 Rxb2 33. Rc1 Rb1 34.
Kh2 R8b2 35. Rc7 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 d2 37. Bxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxc5 Qxc5 39. Qxd2 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.81"]
[White "Barhudarian, Rafael"]
[Black "Radkov, Bazhen D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Be6
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O d5 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qe3 Kf7 16. Bg5 b6 17. c4 d4 18. Qf4 Rae8 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bg4 Bd8 21.
Bh6 Rg8 22. Bh3 Bc7 23. Qh4 Qd6 24. f4 e5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Re1
Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qd6 29. Be6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. Qh3+ Kf7 32. Bg5 Re8 33. Qf3
Re6 34. Qb7 Re7 35. Qc6 Be5 36. a4 Rc7 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Bf4 Bxf4 39. Qxf4 Re7
40. Qd6 Rf7 41. Kg1 Ng4 42. b4 cxb4 43. Qxd4+ Nf6 44. Qb2 Rd7 45. Qxb4 Ne4 46.
Qb2+ Nf6 47. a5 bxa5 48. c5 Rc7 49. Qb8 Nd5 50. c4 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.82"]
[White "Ladzin, Ivan"]
[Black "Serrano Salvador, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e5 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Bxe7
Nxe7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O e4 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. c4 Be6 14. Bb3 Rac8 15.
Nf4 Bf7 16. Qe1 g5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 Bh5 20. Rf1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2
Rce8 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. Nf3 Ng6 24. cxd5 f4 25. Bc2 Ne4 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. d5 Qb6
28. Nd4 fxe3 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Qxe3 Nf6 31. Qf2 Nf4 32. Rf1 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 Ne2+
34. Kh1 Nxd4 35. Rxf6+ Kg7 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Re6 Nxe6 38. dxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kg1 Rd8
0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.83"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Molchanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nfd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Na3 c6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd6 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nb6
15. Rd2 Rb8 16. a4 Be6 17. a5 Nd7 18. a6 bxa6 19. Rxa6 Nc5 20. Rxa7 Bxb3 21.
cxb3 Nxb3 22. Rc2 c5 23. Bd5 Rbd8 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bxb3 Rxd6 26. Rxc5 Rb8 27.
Rxg7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.84"]
[White "Rybakova, Polina"]
[Black "Molchanova, Tatjana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

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. Qe2 O-O 14. Rdg1 c5
15. Nf1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Nb3 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Rc8 19. g4 Qd5 20. Rh3 Rfd8
21. Re3 Ne4 22. f4 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Qa5 24. Rg2 Rxd2 25. Qf3 Rcxc2+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.85"]
[White "Polyaninov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Lyazhkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O a6 8. a4
c5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. a5 Ndf6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nc4 Bf5 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Ncd1 Nh5 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Nb2
Bd7 22. c4 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qc3 Rfb8 25. Bd1 Nxe4 26. Qc1 Qf6 27. f3 Ng5
28. Rf1 Bh3 29. Rf2 Bd7 30. Rf1 Rxb3 31. Bxb3 Rxb3 32. Nbd1 Nxf3+ 33. Kg2 e4
34. Rb1 Rxb1 35. Qxb1 Qe5 36. Qb2 Qd4 37. Qb7 Qe5 38. h4 Ne8 39. Qxd7 Nf6 40.
Qb7 Nh5 41. Qb2 Nd4 42. Qf2 Nf3 43. Ng4 Qf5 44. Nde3 Nf4+ 45. gxf4 Qh5 46. Qb2+
Kf8 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qf6+ Ke8 49. Rb1 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.86"]
[White "Tarakanova, Valeria"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15.
h4 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 Qa5 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nb6 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qe2 Rfc8
22. Bd2 Rab8 23. Qe4 Qb5 24. h5 Nxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rc4 26. Qg2 Rxf4 27. g6 fxg6 28.
hxg6 h6 29. Rf3 Rbf8 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Ne2 Rf6 32. Rd3 Qe8 33. Rg3 Qf8 34. Qe4
Rf1+ 35. Nc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kxc1 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.87"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Lysukha, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Rb1 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. e4 cxd4 13. exd5 Qxc4 14. dxe6 Nb6
15. exf7+ Qxf7 16. Nxd4 Qxa2 17. Re1 Bc5 18. Bf4 Kh8 19. Qh5 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qc4
21. Be4 Qg8 22. Bd6 Rf6 23. Be5 Rh6 24. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.88"]
[White "Kholova, Elena"]
[Black "Myshkin, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
d5 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ne3 Qb6 14. a4 a6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nc2 Rfe8 17. e3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Ncxd4 Bb4 20. Rf1 Bc3 21. Rc1
b4 22. Kh1 Ba6 23. Rg1 Ng4 24. Rc2 e5 25. h3 exd4 26. hxg4 dxe3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.89"]
[White "Lamorelle, Julien"]
[Black "Shemenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1746"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. a4 a6 15. O-O
Be7 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ng5 g6 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Bg4 Qe7 24. Qd2 h6 25. Nxe6 Nd8 26. Nd4 Qb7 27. Qe3 Kg7 28.
Ra1 Rf8 29. f5 g5 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qd6 Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qxg5+ Kh8 34. f6
Qh7 35. Bf5 Nf7 36. Qg7+ Qxg7 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. Ne6+ Kg8 39. Nxf8 Kxf8 40.
Rxa8+ Kg7 41. Be6 Ne5 42. Bxd5 Nd3 43. c6 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.90"]
[White "Kokhnover, Ilya"]
[Black "Palachev, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. d6 Nb6 10. dxe7 Qxe7 11. Bb3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Kd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Bxd4 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Nf3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qa3 18. Rc1 Rad8+ 19. Nd4 a5 20. Qb5
Nc8 21. Qxb7 Nd6 22. Qf3 Ne4+ 23. Kd1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.91"]
[White "Martynov, Pavel"]
[Black "Toporkova, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Qb6 8.
Qxf5 Qxb2 9. Qc8+ Ke7 10. Rb1 Qxc3+ 11. Kd1 b6 12. Qb7+ Ke6 13. Bxf6 Nd7 14.
Rc1 Rb8 15. Qxc6+ Qxc6 16. Rxc6+ Kf5 17. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.92"]
[White "Gusev, Boris"]
[Black "Solovyov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. Ng3 d5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qe2 Nb6
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. h3 g6 19. Qe5 gxf5 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21.
Bf1 Be7 22. Qh6 Rg6 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf6 26. Re2 Rd6 27. c3
Bxg2 28. Rxd6 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.93"]
[White "Chetverik, Maxim"]
[Black "Shakirova, Renata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 e5 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. e4 Bd7 15.
Qe2 Bc6 16. Ne1 b6 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bb5 20. Qe3 a5 21. Bf1
Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Qd7 23. Kg2 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Rc2 Rf8 26. Nd3 Rf7 27. Qe2 Nxd3
28. Rxd3 e4 29. Rd1 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 Rc8 31. Rbd2 Rc3 32. Re1 Re7 33. Kg1 e3 34.
fxe3 Rcxe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Qg5 37. Rdd3 h5 38. h4 Qf5 39. a4 g5 40. hxg5
Qxg5 41. Kh2 Qf5 42. Kg2 Qg6 43. Rf3 Qe4 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Rd2 Qb4 46. Rdd3 Qe4
47. Rfe3 Qf5+ 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Rd4 Kg7 50. Ree4 Qc8 51. Re7+ Kg8 52. Rc4 Qf5 53.
Rcc7 Qxd5+ 54. Kh2 Kf8 55. Red7 Ke8 56. Rh7 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.94"]
[White "Levdansky, Alexey"]
[Black "Krivonos, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. e3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rb1 h6 14. Rf1 Rd8 15.
Qe2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Rbd1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Be6 22. Qe3 Kh7 23. f3 exf3 24. Qxf3 c6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Rd6 Qe7 27. Rd1
Bc8 28. Kh1 Rd8 29. Rf1 h5 30. Qf2 a6 31. Re1 Qf7 32. h3 Re8 33. Rd1 Qe7 34.
Qf4 Be6 35. Kh2 Bf7 36. h4 Kg7 37. Qd4+ Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rd7 Re7 40. Rd6+
Ke5 41. Rd2 Be6 42. Rd1 Rd7 43. Re1+ Kf6 44. Re2 c5 45. Bh1 b6 46. Bg2 f4 47.
Bd5 fxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Bxd5 49. cxd5 Rxd5 50. Re8 Rd3+ 51. Kf4 Rd4+ 52. Kg3 Kf5 53.
Rb8 Rd3+ 54. Kg2 Rd6 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke3 Kd5 57. Rg8 c4 58. bxc4+ Kxc4 59. Rc8+
Kb4 60. Rc2 b5 61. Rb2+ Ka4 62. Rg2 b4 63. Ke4 a5 64. Ke5 Ra6 65. Kd4 Ka3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.95"]
[White "Toivonen, Alexander V"]
[Black "Petrochenko, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. f3 Ke7 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Rc1 a6 16. f4 Bc7 17. Bf3 f6 18. Kf2 Bb6 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. b3
Rac8 22. Rc5 Rhd8 23. Rhc1 Rc7 24. Nd4 Rdc8 25. e5 fxe5 26. Rxe5+ Kd6 27. Rd1
Nd5 28. g3 g6 29. Rd2 Re8 30. Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Bxd5 Ke7 33. Be4 Rc3
34. Rc2 Rxc2+ 35. Bxc2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Kc5 37. a3 Bd7 38. Bd1 h5 39. Bc2 Be8 40.
Ke4 Kd6 41. Kd4 Bf7 42. b4 Be8 43. Be4 Bf7 44. Bb7 Be8 45. Be4 Bf7 46. Bb7 Be8
47. Bxa6 Bc6 48. Bc8 Bg2 49. h4 Bc6 50. Bh3 Bb7 51. Bf1 Bc6 52. Be2 Bd7 53. Bd3
Be8 54. f5 gxf5 55. Bxf5 Bf7 56. g4 hxg4 57. Bxg4 Bg8 58. Be2 Kc6 59. h5 Bh7
60. h6 Bg6 61. Bd3 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.96"]
[White "Veelenturf, Wim"]
[Black "Vunder, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. c3
Ngf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Ne2 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Nf6 14. O-O-O
Qc7 15. g3 Bd6 16. Nh3 O-O-O 17. Qc2 Kb8 18. Nd2 c5 19. Ne4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Be5
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd1 Qc4 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Qd1 Kc8 26. a3 Bc7
27. Ng1 Qe4 28. Nf3 Bb6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 Kd7 32. Kd2 Kd6 33.
Ke3 Kd5 34. Kd3 g6 35. b3 f6 36. f4 h5 37. Ke3 b5 38. Kd3 a6 39. Ke3 Kc6 40.
Ke4 Kd6 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Kc6 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Ke3 a5 45. a4 bxa4 46. bxa4 Kc6
47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Kc3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.97"]
[White "Bronnikova, Elizaveta"]
[Black "Klimshin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "1678"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bf5 8.
a3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2
Ne4 15. Bf3 Nxd2 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. Bxa8 Nc4 18. Bb7 g5 19. Bg3 h5 20. h3 Kg7 21.
Bxa6 c6 22. a4 b4 23. Bxc4 bxc3 24. Rd1 h4 25. Bh2 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rb8+ 27. Bb3
Bc5 28. f4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 Rb7 30. Bg5 Be4 31. Rd2 Bb4 32. Re2 Bd5 33. Bf6+ Kg6
34. c4 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.98"]
[White "Bezobrazov, Lev"]
[Black "Papadakis, Michalis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "1675"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Nd1 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c3 c4 15.
Bc2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Bh4+ 18. Nf2 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Qb7 20. Qg4 Bxf2+ 21.
Kxf2 Be4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Rge1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. a4 Ke7 26. Red1 Rhd8 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Ke2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ra2 30. Rd2 f6 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Ke3 Ra6 33.
Rd5 Re6+ 34. Kf3 Rb6 35. Ke3 g5 36. h3 Re6+ 37. Kf3 Rb6 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Kf3 b4
40. Rd4 bxc3 41. bxc3 Rc6 42. Kg3 Re6 43. Kf3 Rc6 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Kf3 Ke6 46.
Kg3 Rd6 47. Rxd6+ Kxd6 48. Kf3 Kd5 49. Ke3 g4 50. hxg4 fxg4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.99"]
[White "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Black "Turetsky, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
N1f3 Be7 9. O-O N7f6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bb3 Ne8 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. c4 Ndf6 14. Be3
Nd7 15. Bc2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c5 17. Bg5 g6 18. Rad1 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Bd7 20. Rd3 h6
21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Nxc5 Bc6 23. Rg3 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Qe3 b6 26. h4 Bxe4 27.
Qxe4 Rg8 28. h5 g5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.100"]
[White "Oxener, Aldo"]
[Black "Pashinsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bc4 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. e5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14. Kh1 h6
15. Rg1 Rc8 16. Be2 Qd5 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rg4 Nxe5 19. Rg3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21.
Bxh6 Rxd4 22. Qe3 Rd3 23. Qf4 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.101"]
[White "Kharmunova, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Trumul, Svetlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. dxe5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 dxe5 8.
Bg5 Bb4 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qe6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Qc5 Qe6 15. Rd3 f6 16. Rfd1 Kf7 17. Rd7+ Kg6 18. R1d3 h6 19. Rg3+ Kh5 20. Rgxg7
Rhg8 21. g4+ Kh4 22. Qe3 Qxg4+ 23. Rxg4+ Rxg4+ 24. Kf1 h5 25. Qh6 Rag8 26.
Qxf6+ R8g5 27. Rd3 Rxe4 28. Rg3 Reg4 29. f3 Rxg3 30. hxg3+ Kh3 31. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.102"]
[White "Chinchenko, Georgii"]
[Black "Zimmermann, Ulrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

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. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. e5 Bh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Re2
dxe5 22. fxe5 Bb7 23. d6 Rad8 24. b3 f6 25. e6 Qg3 26. Qc2 Rxd6 27. Qxc5 Rd1+
0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.103"]
[White "Markevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Pozdnyakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nge2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Be3 e6 10. Qd2 b6 11. Bh6 Qc7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 c5 14. Nb5 Qd8 15.
c4 Ba6 16. a4 Bb7 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. f5 f6 21. Nf4 Re8
22. Ne6+ Rxe6 23. fxe6 Nf8 24. exf6+ Kg8 25. Qh6 Nxe6 26. f7+ Kh8 27. f8=Q+
Nxf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.104"]
[White "Van Rossum, Pia"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nd2
c5 9. c3 Ne4 10. Bb2 f6 11. Nef3 Bd6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Bb1 Nd7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nd2 f5 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Nf6 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rcd1 Qc7 20. c4 Ne4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bg3 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qg4 Bf2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. d5
Qg3 28. Qh3 Qg6 29. Rd2 Bg3 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rd1 Bd6 32. Rg1 Rf5 33. g4 Rf2
34. Rg2 Qf7 35. g5 Qf3 36. Qxf3 Rxf3 37. g6 Rxe3 38. gxh7 Re1+ 39. Rg1 Re2 40.
Rg2 Re1+ 41. Rg1 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Kxh7 43. Bc1 Kg6 44. Kg2 Kf5 45. Kf2 g5 46. a3
Kg4 47. Bd2 a5 48. Bc3 Kh3 49. Bf6 g4 50. Ke3 g3 51. Kxe4 g2 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.105"]
[White "Boytsov, Alexander"]
[Black "Baryshpolets, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe1 b5 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 b4 18. Nb5 Qc4 19. Nxa7 Rfd8 20. c3 Nf8 21.
Rc1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Ba3 23. Rcf1 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Rxa7 25. Qf2 Qc7 26. Rb3 Qe7 27.
Qd2 Qd7 28. Rff3 Be7 29. g3 f5 30. Kg2 Qd5 31. Kg1 Ng6 32. Rfc3 Nxe5 33. Qf2
Ng4 34. Qd2 h6 35. h3 Bg5 36. Qb2 Qxd4+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Ne5 39. Qe2 Bf6
40. Re3 Ra5 41. a3 Kh7 42. Kh2 Nc6 43. Qf2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.106"]
[White "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 a6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Bc7
b5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne7 17. Rad1 Kf7 18. Bb6 c4 19. a3 Rac8 20. f3 Rhe8
21. Ne2 e5 22. Nc3 h6 23. Na2 f5 24. Nb4 fxe4 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. fxe4 Rec8 27.
Bd8 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Nc6 29. Bb6 Ne7 30. Rd7 Ke8 31. Ra7 Rc6 32. Ba5 Re6 33. Bc3
g5 34. Bb4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Bxe7+ Rxe7 37. Rxa6+ Kg7 38. Rb6 Rd7 39. Ke3 Rd1
40. Rxb5 Rg1 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. c3 Kf6 43. a4 Ra1 44. a5 h5 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. a6
Ke7 47. h3 Kf7 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. Rc6 Kf7 50. Rxc4 Rxa6 51. Rc5 Kf6 52. b4 Ra2 53.
Rc6+ Kf7 54. b5 Rb2 55. c4 Ke7 56. b6 Kd7 57. Rc7+ Kd6 58. c5+ Ke6 59. b7 h4+
60. Kh2 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.107"]
[White "Popov, Alexei"]
[Black "Andrenko, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. h3 c4 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd2 Rfb8 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15.
Nxa4 Rb4 16. Bd1 Bb7 17. O-O Rbxa4 18. Bxa4 Rxa4 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 Rb4 21.
Ra4 Rb5 22. Rc1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Ra7 Nh5 25. Nc4 Nxf4 26. Rc2 Bd4+ 27. Kh2
Rxb3 28. Na5 Ra3 29. Rxb7 Rxa5 30. Rxe7 Kf8 31. d6 Ra6 32. Rd7 Ne6 33. g3 h5
34. Rc1 Be5 35. Rf1 Rxd6 36. Rfxf7+ Kg8 37. Rxd6 Kxf7 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. h4 c4
40. Rd1 Nc5 41. Re1 c3 42. Kh3 Nd3 43. Rf1+ Ke6 44. g4 c2 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kg2
Bc3 47. Kf3 Ne1+ 48. Kg3 c1=Q 49. Rf5 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 Qe2+ 51. Kg3 Qg2+ 52. Kf4
Bd2# 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.108"]
[White "Ljubarov, Mark"]
[Black "Sorokina, Svetlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 c6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nge2 c5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc5 Na6 12. Be7 Re8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bd8
15. Nec3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. b4 Nc7 18. Nxc7 Rxc7 19. c5 a6 20. Bc4 Bc6 21.
Kb2 Rc8 22. Bd5 b6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. cxb6 Be7 26. Rd7 Bxb4 27. Nd5
Bc5 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. b7 Rb8 30. Nxe8 Kxe8 31. Rc7 Bd6 32. Rc8+ Kd7 33. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.109"]
[White "Sokolov, Ilia"]
[Black "Gorjunov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Bd6 6. e4 d4 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. Nc4
Bc7 9. a4 f6 10. Nh4 Be6 11. f4 O-O 12. b3 a6 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Nf5 Nxf5 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16. Rxf5 Bxf5 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Re1 e4 21.
Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qg5 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Na5 exd3 26. Kf2 dxc2 27.
Rc1 d3 0-1

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.110"]
[White "Panov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Fokin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Re1 a6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 e6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. cxb4 Nxb4
15. Be4 c6 16. a3 Nd5 17. b4 Nb7 18. Bb2 Nd6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Qc2
Qb6 22. Nc5 a5 23. Bc3 axb4 24. Bxb4 Re8 25. Nd2 Ba6 26. Nxa6 Qxa6 27. Nxc4
dxc4 28. Rec1 Rac8 29. g3 f5 30. Bc3 Qa7 31. Rd1 Red8 32. Qe2 Re8 33. Bb2 c3
34. Bc1 Bxd4 35. Ra2 Rcd8 36. Re1 Qa4 37. Be3 Bxe3 38. Qxe3 c2 39. Raa1 Rd1 40.
Rc1 Rxc1 41. Rxc1 Kf7 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. Qxc2 Qxa3 44. Qc7+ Qe7 45. Qf4 e5 46.
Qc4+ Kf6 47. Qh4+ Ke6 48. Rc6+ Rd6 49. Qc4+ Kf6 50. Qh4+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.111"]
[White "Glazov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Panov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. f4
Be7 9. f5 e5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 e4 16. Bg4 Ne5 17. Bh3 Nxd5 18. Bd4 Nf6 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 O-O 21. Rfa1
Rac8 22. Qxa6 d5 23. Ra5 Qxc2 24. Qb7 Nc6 25. Ra6 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bc5 0-1

