

Russia Cup Stage 6 Krasnodar
----------------------------

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Kiseleva,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2350"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8.
Nfd2 c5 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Nb7 11. Bb2 cxb4 12. axb4 Bd7 13. Nb3 a5 14. b5 Qc7
15. N1d2 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4 Rae8 18. Nc6 Nc5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4
f5 21. Bg2 e5 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. e4 Bxc6 24. bxc6 Ne5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Qd5
Ref6 27. f4 Nf7 28. Rab1 Rb8 29. Rfe1 Nd8 30. Re8 Nf7 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32.
Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Daniliuk,S"]
[Black "Fedorov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+
Kg8 8. Qd5+ e6 9. Qxe4 d5 10. Qe3 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Nf3 Bc5 13. Qg5 Qxg5
14. Bxg5 Ba6 15. b4 Bd6 16. Be3 e5 17. a3 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Be5 20.
Nxc6 Bxa1 21. Kd2 Kf7 22. Bxb6 Rhe8 23. Be3 Rac8 24. Rc1 Bb5 25. Na5 Red8+
26. Ke1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Ba4 28. Bd2 Rd3 29. b5 Rd5 30. b6 Re5+ 31. Kf1 Rb5
32. Nc3 Rxa5 33. b7 Rb5 34. Nxa4 Rxb7 35. Nc5 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Bd4 37. Be3 Rb2+
38. Kd3 Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Rc2 40. Ne4 Ra2 41. Kf4 Rxa3 42. h4 h6 43. h5 Ke6 44.
g4 Ra4 45. f3 Ra7 46. Ng3 Kd5 47. Nf5 Rf7 48. Kg3 Ke5 49. Nh4 Kd4 50. Nf5+
Ke5 51. Nh4 Rf6 52. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kobylkin,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

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. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15.
b4 Rf6 16. c5 Rh6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Nb5 Nf6 20. Qc2 g4 21.
Qc7 Qe8 22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. h3 Qg6 25. Qxe7 Rxh3 26. Qe6+ Qxe6
27. dxe6 Rxd3 28. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bf8 30. Bh4 Re8 31. Nc7 Rc8 32. Rc1
Bg7 33. e7 Kf7 34. Rc6 Bf6 35. e8=Q+ Rxe8 36. Nxe8 Kxe8 37. Bxf6 Kd7 38.
Ra6 Nxf6 39. Rxa5 h5 40. Rb5 Nxe4 41. a5 Nc5 42. Kf2 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. O-O a6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Be7 13. d6 Qxd6 14.
Qf3 Qxd4 15. Qxa8 Qc5 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Qb8 f6 18. Qxb4 Bb7 19. f3 Kf7 20.
Qb3+ d5 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Rac1 Ne7 24. c4 Rb8 25. Red1 Bc8 26.
Qa2 Bd7 27. b3 Qb7 28. c5 Be5 29. b4 Qxb4 30. c6 Be6 31. Qc2 Qh4 32. f4 Rb2
33. fxe5 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Qxa4 35. Rdc1 d4 36. exf6 gxf6 37. Bd2 Bb3 38. Rc5
Qa2 39. Bb4 d3 40. c7 d2 41. Bxd2 Qxd2 42. c8=Q Nxc8 43. Rxc8 Bd5 44. R8c7+
Kg6 45. R7c2 Qd4 46. Rc3 h5 47. Rg3+ Kh6 48. h3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Malaniuk,V"]
[Black "Alexikov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2420"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 d5 7. Nbd2 c4 8.
Qa3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Nc6 13. b4 Nh5 14. b5
Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nb8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qe6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20.
O-O O-O 21. Ra5 a6 22. Rb1 Rfc8 23. Nfd2 Rab8 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Rba1 Ra8
26. R1a4 Ra7 27. f4 Qg4 28. Nf1 Rac7 29. Rxa6 e6 30. Ra8 Bf8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8
32. Ra7 Rd8 33. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Petrushin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2415"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nf1 Rc8 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. d4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14.
cxd4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qg4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Kh8 18. Qe2 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20.
Qd3 Qd7 21. Bf4 Bc6 22. Bc2 g6 23. Rad1 Bb5 24. Qd2 Ba6 25. Bb1 Rc6 26. Be5
Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Kg7 28. Rde1 Qf7 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qe3 Bc8 31. Bd3 Rc7 32. Be2
Rc6 33. b4 Qd8 34. b5 Rd6 35. Bg4 Rf6 36. Qa3 Rf7 37. Bxe6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6
Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Qd7 40. Qe3 Qxb5 41. Qe5+ Kh6 42. g4 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Nadanian,A"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2560"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8.
Qc2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. b3 Qc7 12. h3 Rac8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. Rad1
Rfe8 15. Bh4 exd4 16. exd4 Nh5 17. Bg5 Nf8 18. Bc1 Ne6 19. Bf1 d5 20. c5
Re7 21. Ne2 Rce8 22. Qd2 Bc8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Ng3 Nf8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qf4
Qb7 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 Ne6 29. Qe3 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Bxd4 31. Qd3 dxe4 32.
Qxe4 Bxc5 33. Bg2 Qd7 34. Nd3 Bf8 35. Bb2 c5 36. Bf6 Qd6 37. Bf1 Nd8 38.
Bxd8 Qxd8 39. Qc6 Qd7 40. Qa8 Qc7 41. Ne5 Bd6 42. f4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Obukhov,A"]
[Black "Giorgadze,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
b3 b5 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. c5 b4 11. Re1 Bb5 12. a4 bxa3 13. Bxa3 a5 14. Bb2 Qc7
15. Bc3 Ra6 16. e3 Rfa8 17. Ra2 Qb8 18. Rea1 Bd8 19. Qd1 Bc7 20. Bf1 Qb7
21. Ra3 Ne8 22. R1a2 e5 23. Bh3 exd4 24. Bxd4 Bd8 25. e4 Be7 26. Qc2 Nf8
27. Qc3 Qc7 28. Nh4 Bxh4 29. gxh4 dxe4 30. Nxe4 Qf4 31. Bg2 Rd8 32. Ra1 Ne6
33. Be5 Qxh4 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Qxa5 Qh5 36. Bd6 Nxd6 37. cxd6 Qe5 38. Rd1
f5 39. Qc3 Qf4 40. Nf6+ gxf6 41. Qxf6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Kalichkin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2425"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3
Nc6 8. Qe2 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4
Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Nbd4 Rac8 16. c4 a6 17. Ne5 Bc5 18. Nb3 Be7 19. a3
Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Na5 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Rd1 Be5 27. b3 b6 28. Nc6 Bf6 29. Rd6 Kf8 30. a4 a5 31. Kf1
Ke8 32. h3 Rc7 33. c5 Be7 34. cxb6 Bxd6 35. bxc7 Bxc7 36. b4 axb4 37. Nxb4
Kd7 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Kd3 e5 40. Kc4 f5 41. Nd5 Bd8 42. Ne3 Kc6 43. Nd5 g6
44. Ne3 Bc7 45. g4 fxg4 46. Nxg4 h5 47. Ne3 Kd6 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Ke4 Ba5 50.
Nc4 Bc3 51. a5 Bb4 52. a6 Bc5 53. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Sherbakov,R"]
[Black "Koniushkov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2405"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O
8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 d4 13. Nb5 Bb6 14.
e4 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f6 19. Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Tsamriuk,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2570"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Ne7 7. Bf4 Bf5
8. Qb3 Qb6 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bg3 Nd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nd2 h5 13. h4 Qxb3 14.
Nxb3 a5 15. Nd2 a4 16. a3 Nf6 17. Rc1 O-O 18. O-O Ng4 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1
Nf8 21. Bd1 b5 22. Na2 Rec8 23. Be2 Nd7 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 Nb6 26. Ne5
Nc4 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. e4 Be6 29. exd5 cxd5 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Bd6 a3 32.
bxa3 Rxa3 33. Kh2 Rb3 34. Re3 Bf5 35. Rce1 Rb2 36. Kg3 c3 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38.
Rxe8+ Kh7 39. Re7 c2 40. Rc7 Rb3+ 41. Kf4 Bd3 42. Kxg4 Bc4 43. Bf4 Rd3 44.
Ra7 Rxd4 45. Ra1 Be2+ 46. f3 Rxb4 47. Rc1 Bd1 48. Kf5 g6+ 49. Kg4 d4 50.
Bd2 Rb6 51. Kg3 Re6 52. Ra1 Re2 53. Bg5 d3 54. Ra8 Kg7 55. Rd8 d2 56. Rxd2
Re5 57. Bf4 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Matikozian,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2305"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8.
g4 h6 9. h4 b5 10. g5 hxg5 11. fxg5 b4 12. gxf6 Nxf6 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Nc6
Qb6 15. exd5 Ne4 16. Rf1 Rxh4 17. Qd3 Bh3 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rf3
Qg1+ 21. Kd2 Qg5+ 22. Qe3+ Be7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Turov,M"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2615"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 a5 10. Nc3 Ke8 11. h3 Bb4 12. Ne4 a4 13. Bb2 h5 14.
Bc3 Be7 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Nfg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 c5 18. Rad1 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2
20. Rd2 Ke7 21. Red1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. b4 Rha8 24. Nf3 Rb2 25. Rxd4
Rxc2 26. R1d2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Ra4 28. Ne4 b6 29. Nc3 Ra3 30. Ne4 Ra4 31. Nc3
Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33. Rd3 Bc4 34. Re3 Rc2 35. Nd1 Be6 36. Nc3 Bc4 37. Nd1 g6
38. Re4 Bb3 39. Kg3 Rd2 40. Ne3 Ke6 41. Nc4 Rc2 42. Ne3 Rd2 43. Nc4 Rd5 44.
f4 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Popov,Ro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2365"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nb3 d6 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. g4 Re8 12. g5 Nd7 13. Qh5 Bf8 14. e5 g6
15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Qh4 Ne7 17. Rf3 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Bd4 h5 20. gxh6 Kh7
21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Bf6 Nxf6 23. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Vaulin,A"]
[Black "Zangiev,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2270"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8.
b3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Rad1 Qh5 12. d5 Bh6 13. Qe1 Nbd7 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. h4 Rac8 16. Nh2 Be6 17. e4 Qa5 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Nh5 20. Rc1
Bd4 21. Nf1 Ne5 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Red1 c5 24. Na4 Nc6 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Nxc3
Nd4 27. Qd3 Ng4 28. f4 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Bg4 30. Rf1 e6 31. e5 Bf5 32. exd6 Qd8
33. Nb5 Nxb5 34. cxb5 Qxd6 35. Rfd1 Qb6 36. a4 Bg4 37. Rd2 h5 38. Kh2 Qa5
39. Rd6 Qb4 40. Rc4 Qa3 41. Rc6 Rcd8 42. R6xc5 Bf5 43. Rc7 Qa2 44. Rd4 Bg4
45. Rcd7 Rxd7 46. Rxd7 e5 47. Rd2 Qa1 48. fxe5 Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Yakovich,Y"]
[Black "Zakharov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2375"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nxe4
15. Bxe7 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Bxc5 Nexc5 20. Nd4
Qg6 21. Rfe1+ Be4 22. f3 O-O 23. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Alavkin,A"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Qa5 8.
Be3 Nb5 9. Bxb5 cxb5 10. O-O Bd6 11. f4 b4 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14.
c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Qb3 Qe6 17. d4 Qe7 18. Rae1 Be6 19. d5 Bf5 20. Bd4
Qc7 21. c4 b6 22. Nc6 Bd7 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Qg3 f6 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Re6
Rxc4 27. Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Vaulin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. e4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. a4 Qb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.
Ne4 cxd4 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Rc1 O-O 18. h4 Rd8 19. Bb1 Nf8 20. h5
b4 21. Qc4 Bb5 22. Qxd4 Be2 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Nd6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bxd6 26.
exd6 Rxd6 27. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Averkin,Or"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2530"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. a4 b4 8.
Na2 e6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 a5 13. Rc1 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Ne4 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Be1 Ba6 17. Rc6 Qb7 18. Rxa6 Rxa6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. f3
Nc5 21. e4 Nd3 22. Bh4+ Kc7 23. exd5 exd5 24. Bg5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nxb2 26. Qb1
Qd3 27. Qc1 Kb6 28. Re1 Qa3 29. Qb1 Re8 30. Nc1 g6 31. Qc2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Beshukov,S"]
[Black "Ulibin,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2555"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14.
Bd2 Nb6 15. Rfc1 Bc4 16. Qd1 Rad8 17. f4 Na4 18. Nf3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Daniliuk,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2410"]

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. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. h3 O-O 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 Rd3 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Nd2 Bc5 20.
Bxc5 Rxd2 21. b4 Ne5 22. Rfd1 Rfd7 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. a4 Nd3 25. axb5 axb5
26. Ra8+ Kf7 27. Rf8+ Kg6 28. Be3 Rc2 29. Bd4 Nc1 30. Kh2 Ne2 31. Be5 Nxc3
32. Rg8 Nd5 33. Rxg7+ Kf5 34. Bd4 Nxb4 35. Re7 c5 36. Bh8 Nd3 37. g4+ Kg5
38. Kg3 Rxf2 39. Rg7+ Kf6 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rxd3 Rf8 42. Rc3 Rxh8 43. Rxc5
Rb8 44. Kf4 b4 45. Kxe4 b3 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kg5 49. Rc5+
Kg6 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. Rc1 b2 53. Rb1 Rb3 54. Kd4 Kg7 55. Kc4
Rxh3 56. Rxb2 Rg3 57. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Minasian,Ara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 exd6 8.
O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Nc3 d5 12. c5 N6d7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qd2 Nf8
15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Nbd7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Be3 Ne6 19. b4 b6 20. Rad1 bxc5
21. bxc5 Bf6 22. Bf3 Bg5 23. Bg2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nf6 25. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Drozdov,I"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5
8. Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 g6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bg5 Be7 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rae1 Nf4 16. Qe3 Qg5 17. Qg3 Nxe5 18. Qxg5 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Nh3+
20. Kg2 Nxg5 21. Be2 e5 22. Kg3 Bh3 23. Rg1 Be6 24. Bd1 Rf5 25. h4 Nf7 26.
Nb5 Rc8 27. Nd4 Rf6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. c3 Kg7 30. Bb3 Rd6 31. Re2 Kf6 32.
Rge1 a5 33. Rd2 Rc5 34. Red1 Ke6 35. Re1 Kd7 36. a4 Kc6 37. Kg2 Rd7 38. Kg3
b6 39. Rd3 Kd6 40. Red1 Ke6 41. Re1 Nd6 42. Rd2 Kf6 43. Kh3 Nf5 44. Red1 d4
45. f4 Rdc7 46. fxe5+ Rxe5 47. cxd4 Re4 48. Rd3 Rxh4+ 49. Kg2 Rg4+ 50. Kf1
Re4 51. Rc3 Rd7 52. Rc6+ Rd6 53. Rxd6+ Nxd6 54. Bd5 Rf4 55. Rd3 h5 56. Kg2
g5 57. Re3 Nf5 58. Re6+ Kg7 59. Rxb6 Rxd4 60. Bb3 Rd2 61. Rb5 Kf6 62. Rxa5
g4 63. Bg8 h4 64. Kf1 g3 65. fxg3 hxg3 66. Ra6+ Kg5 67. Bh7 g2+ 68. Kg1 Nh4
0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Fedorov,A"]
[Black "Kobylkin,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2385"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Ne7 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. d3 Nbc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
e5 Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10. Na3 a6 11. c3 Bb7 12. d4 Nf5 13. g4 Nfe7 14. Nc2 h5
15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 a5 17. Bg5 Ng8 18. Na3 Ba6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. a4 Nh6 21.
c4 O-O 22. cxd5 exd5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Bxb5 26. axb5 Nb4
27. Rxg6 Kh7 28. Rxb6 Nxg4 29. Be7 Rfb8 30. Ng5+ Kh8 31. Bxc5 Rxb6 32. Bxb6
Rb8 33. Bc5 Rxb5 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Nd6 Rb8 36. Rxa5 Nd3 37. Bxd5 Ndxf2 38.
Rb5 Rd8 39. Bf3 Rf8 40. Kg2 Nh2 41. Be2 Nhg4 42. Rb3 Bh6 43. Rf3 Rg8 44.
Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Gagloshvili,R"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. a3 d5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ne4 8.
Bb2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Qe2 Qf6 11. c4 O-O 12. b4 a6 13. Nb3 g5 14. Nfd2 g4
15. O-O-O a5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxg4+ Kh8 18. b5 a4 19. bxc6 axb3 20. c5 Bf4
21. g3 Bc7 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qg5+ 24. f4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. cxb7
Bxb7 27. Rd3 Rae8 28. Rxb3 Bc6 29. Kd2 Re4 30. Re3 Ba5+ 31. Ke2 Bb5+ 32.
Kf3 Rxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Re8+ 34. Kf3 Be2+ 35. Kf2 Bg4 36. h3 Re2+ 37. Kg1 Re1+
38. Kh2 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Bf5 40. Rh2 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Bd2 42. g4 Bd3 43. Kg3 Rg1+
44. Kf3 Be4+ 45. Ke2 Rb1 46. c6 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Giorgadze,G"]
[Black "Zhelnin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. d6 Qe6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Ng5 Qxd6 14.
Qxd6 Rxd6 15. Bc4 Rf6 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bd4 b5 19. Bb3 h6 20.
e5 Rf5 21. Nxf7 Kf8 22. Rhe1 Ke7 23. e6 Bxd4 24. exd7+ Kxd7 25. Rxd4+ Kc7
26. Re7+ Kb6 27. Rd8 Rc5+ 28. Kd2 Bb7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Nd6 Rh5 31. Bf7 a6
32. b4 c5 33. Nc8+ Kc6 34. Bxg6 Rd5+ 35. Kc2 Bb7 36. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Koniushkov,I"]
[Black "Yakovich,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. f4 Re8 14. Bf3
Qa5 15. Bd2 c4 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Rae1 Nfd7 19. Re2 Rab8 20. Bg4
Nb3 21. Be3 Ndc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Ref2 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qe3 25. Qe2 Qc5 26. e5
f5 27. Bf3 dxe5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Qf1 Nd4 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. Qxc4
Qxc4 33. Bxc4 Be5 34. Ne2 Rbd8 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. b3 b5 38. axb5
axb5 39. Re2 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Asrian,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8.
Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Na6 14.
Rfe1 Nc7 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. a3 Re7 17. Qf5 Bc8 18. Qh5 Qf8 19. Ne5 Ng5 20. Ng4
Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qf5 Qc8 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rd2 Re7 26.
Bg4 Rb8 27. Bf3 c5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Bxd5 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. a4 Rd7 32.
e4 Rd6 33. Rb1 Rb6 34. Kf1 Rb4 35. f3 a5 36. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Nadyrhanov,S"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Nd5 14.
Be3 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Rb8 16. Ne4 Rb4 17. Rd3 Ba6 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20.
dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf3 Qb6 22. Rad1 Bb7 23. Rd6 a5 24. Qd3 g6 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rd6
Qc7 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Rd2 Rd4 31. Re2 Ba6 32.
Re1 Rd2 33. Rb1 Be2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Prokopchuk,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8.
Nh4 Ne4 9. cxd5 Bxh4 10. Bxe4 Bf6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bg2 Na6 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rxe2 16. b4 Re8 17. Bb2 f6 18. Qd3 d6 19. Bh3 Nb8 20. Be6+
Kh8 21. Qf5 Bc8 22. Rae1 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Nd7 25. Rc1 a5 26. Qf7
axb4 27. axb4 Rc8 28. f4 b5 29. Bd4 Nb8 30. Re1 c5 31. Re7 Qg8 32. bxc5
Qxf7 33. Rxf7 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Rxb8 Rxd5 37. Kg2 Rd2+
38. Kf3 Rb2 39. f5 h5 40. h4 b4 41. Ke3 Rb3+ 42. Kf4 Rb1 43. Kf3 b3 44. Kg2
g6 45. fxg6+ Kxg6 46. Rb5 f5 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Kf2 Ke6 49. Kg2 Kd6 50. Rxf5
Kc6 51. Rf8 Kc5 52. Rb8 Kc4 53. g4 hxg4 54. h5 Rd1 55. h6 Rd7 56. Kg3 Rh7
57. Rb6 Kc3 58. Kxg4 b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Volkov,S"]
[Black "Malaniuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2610"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 d6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8.
Bh6 O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O Nb6 11. b3 e5 12. a4 a5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 h6 16. Re1 g5 17. f3 Be6 18. Nf2 Rad8 19. Red1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2
Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Zakharov,A"]
[Black "Sherbakov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Na3 Nf6 5. Nxc4 Bd5 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rc8 14.
Ba6 Rc7 15. f3 Ba8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. a3 Bf6 19. f4 Ne7 20. Rf2 Bd5
21. Be2 Rc8 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Bb5 Rb7 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Be2 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rd7
27. Rcf1 Bc6 28. Bc4 Nd5 29. Be2 Qa8 30. Bf3 Ne7 31. b4 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 cxb4
33. axb4 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. b5 Na5 36. Ba3 Rc8 37. Bb4 Nb3 38. R3f2 Rc4
39. Bc3 Nc5 40. Rf4 Re4 41. Ra1 Rxf4 42. exf4 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Kf2 Nd3+
45. Ke3 Nf4 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. h4 Nd5 48. hxg5 Kg6 49. Bb2 Rc7 50. d3 Rc2 51.
Bd4 Rd2 52. Ra3 Rd1 53. Bf2 Rb1 54. Rxa7 Rxb5 55. Rb7 Rb3 56. Ke4 Rb2 57.
Kf3 Rd2 58. d4 Rd3+ 59. Ke4 Rb3 60. g4 b5 61. Rb8 b4 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Rb8
Rc3 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Asrian,K"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2560"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5
Nf6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nbd4 Bxc5 13. h3 Nc6
14. c3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. O-O Bxd3 18. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Giorgadze,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Qe6 14.
Nd2 Rfe8 15. f3 Nf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf3 Rad8 20.
Nf1 Bc7 21. d5 Qe5 22. Ng3 Nh4 23. Qg4+ Qg5 24. Qh3 Ng6 25. Nf5 Nf4 26. Qg4
h5 27. Qxg5+ fxg5 28. Rbd1 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Kh7
32. Rd1 Kg6 33. Ng3 f5 34. Ne2 Be5 35. Rd2 f4 36. Kf2 g4 37. h3 Kf5 38.
hxg4+ hxg4 39. Nc3 Bd6 40. Nb5 Bc5+ 41. Kf1 Be3 42. Rd3 Ke4 43. Rb3 Rh8 44.
Nc3+ Ke5 45. Nd1 Rh1+ 46. Ke2 Bd4 47. d6 Kxd6 48. Nc3 Bxc3 49. Rxc3 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Zakharov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2375"]

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. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14.
Re3 Qh4 15. h3 Qf4 16. Re5 Qf6 17. Re3 Qf4 18. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Malaniuk,V"]
[Black "Poluljahov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. dxc5 Nxg3 11. hxg3 dxc5 12. Qc2 e6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14.
Ne4 f5 15. Nd6 Nc6 16. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Minasian,Ara"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3
Nf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rad1 e5 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b3 Bd8 20. Rd3
Bb6 21. Red1 Rh6 22. R1d2 Bc5 23. Nd1 f5 24. exf5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qxf5 26.
Qf3 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 30. Kg2 Re1 31. Ne3 e4
32. Rc3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Rc3 35. Rxd6 Rxe3 36. Rb6 Re2+ 37. Kf1
Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Zakharevich,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4
8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4
Nxg5 14. f4 Nh3+ 15. gxh3 O-O 16. Qe4 Bf6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Rd3 Rb8 19. Nf3
Bd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Kf1 Bb6 23. Qb4 f6 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. Qe7
Bxf4 26. Nd6 Bg6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. c4 b6 29. Qd7 h6 30. Nc8 Be5 31. b4 a5
32. Ne7 Bf7 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Rb2 35. c6 Bc4+ 36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+
38. Kf3 Rxa2 39. Ng6+ Kh7 40. Nxe5 fxe5 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qxe5 Ra3+ 43. Kf4
Bf1 44. Qb2 Ra4+ 45. Ke5 Bxh3 46. Qb3 Rh4 47. c7 Rh5+ 48. Kd6 Kh7 49. Qd3+
Bf5 50. Qd5 Rg5 51. Ke7 Bh3 52. Qd3+ Bf5 53. Qf1 Bc8 54. h4 Re5+ 55. Kd8
Bf5 56. Qf4 Rd5+ 57. Ke7 Rc5 58. Kd6 Rb5 59. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Daniliuk,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2410"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 exd4
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Qg3 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bh6 Re8 14. c4
Nb6 15. Nc3 d6 16. c5 Nd7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. exd6 Bf6 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Nxf7
Nxe2+ 21. Nxe2 Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Re6 23. Nf4 Nc5 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Qf3 Qxd6 26.
Rad1 Qe7 27. Rfe1 Rd8 28. g4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ke8 30. Bf4 Nd7 31. Bd6 Qd8 32.
Re1 Kf7 33. Re3 Qb6 34. Ba3 Kg7 35. Qe4 Bf7 36. Be7 Qc6 37. Bxf6+ Nxf6 38.
Qe5 Qd5 39. h3 Qxe5 40. Rxe5 Kf8 41. f4 Nd5 42. f5 b5 43. a3 a5 44. Kf2 b4
45. axb4 axb4 46. fxg6 hxg6 47. Ke1 b3 48. Kd2 b2 49. Re1 Nb6 50. Kc2 Na4
51. Rb1 g5 52. Rxb2 Nxb2 53. Kxb2 Bd5 54. Kc3 Bg2 55. Kd4 Bxh3 56. Ke5 Kg7
57. Kf5 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Prokopchuk,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6 6. h4 Bb4 7. h5 Ne7 8.
Qf3 h6 9. Qg3 Nxe4 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxe5 f5 12. Nh3 d6 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qd3
b5 15. Nf4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rb8 17. Rh3 Bd7 18. Qd3 Ba5 19. Re3 Rb4 20. Ne6
Bxe6 21. dxe6 d5 22. Qa6 Nd6 23. Re5 Qc7 24. Bd2 Rxb2 25. Rxd5 Rxd2 26.
Rxd2 Bxc3 27. O-O-O Bxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Nec8 29. Qa4+ Kf8 30. Qf4 Rg4 31. Qe5
Qg7 32. e7+ Qxe7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Re2 Re4 35. Qh7+ Ke8 36. Qg8+ Kd7 37.
Rxe4 Qxe4 38. Qg7+ Kc6 39. Ba6 Qe1+ 40. Kc2 Qxf2+ 41. Kd3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6
8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Ngf3 Nbd5 13. O-O O-O 14.
c3 b6 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. a3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Rad1 Rc7 20.
Bb1 Qd8 21. Qd3 Qc8 22. Nh4 Rd8 23. Qh3 Ne7 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Qg3
Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5
8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Re8 10. Be4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Qb5 a6 15. Qc4 Rb8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. b4 Qg6 19. Ng3 e5 20.
Rac1 Bf8 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Nce2 a5 23. Nd4 c5 24. Nf3 Re8 25. b5 Be6 26.
Qa4 Qd3 27. Qxa5 Qxb5 28. Qc3 Qa4 29. Nd2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Sherbakov,R"]
[Black "Volkov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 g6 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nc3 Ng7 11. Qb3 Nf5 12. Bc4 e6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bf4
Nd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. h3 O-O 20. Rfe1
Re8 21. Qc3 a5 22. Be5 Bf8 23. Bh2 Ra6 24. Qd3 f6 25. Rc1 Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Tsamriuk,A"]
[Black "Kobalija,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2545"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 O-O 7. Ngf3 d6 8.
Qa4 Bd7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd4 Bxd4 12. exd4 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14.
O-O a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qb3+ Kg7 17. d5 Bd7 18. Nf3 b5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20.
Rfe1 Re8 21. Re3 Rc5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. Qxa4 Ra5
26. Qd1 Qb6 27. b4 Ra2 28. g4 Rc8 29. Nd4 Qb7 30. Qe1 fxg4 31. Nc6 e5 32.
Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Rf8 34. c4 Qd7 35. c5 Kg7 36. Qe4 Rf4 37. Nxe5 Rxe4 38.
Nxd7 Rxb4 39. cxd6 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Fedorov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
f4 b5 9. O-O h6 10. Nf3 c4 11. dxc4 Nxe4 12. cxb5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb5 14. Na3
Qc5 15. Qd5 Nf6 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Be3 Na5 18. Bxc5 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nd5 20.
Nc4 Nxf4 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bd6 Nd5 23. Bc5 Be6 24. Bd4 Nb6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
Nd6 Red8 27. Nb7 Rdc8 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. N6b5 Rd7 31. Ra6 Re7 32.
Kg1 Nc8 33. Nd6 Nxd6 34. Rxd6 Bb7 35. c4 Rc8 36. Ra1 a6 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. g3
Rec7 39. Re1 Ra5 40. Rc1 Ra2 41. Rc2 Ra1 42. Re2 Rh1 43. Ke3 Re7+ 44. Kd2
Rxe2+ 45. Nxe2 Rxh2 46. Ke3 Bc8 47. c5 Bg4 48. Nd4 Rxb2 49. Rxa6 Rg2 50. c6
Rxg3+ 51. Ke4 h5 52. c7 h4 53. Kf4 g5+ 54. Ke4 Rc3 55. Nf5+ Bxf5+ 56. Kxf5
Rc5+ 57. Kg4 f6 58. Ra7 Kg6 59. Kh3 Rc2 60. Kg4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Alavkin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2375"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Na4 Qc6 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Nc6
14. Kb1 Bd7 15. g3 Rc8 16. h4 Qb4 17. Qf2 Na5 18. Nd4 O-O 19. h5 b5 20. Qe3
Qe7 21. Bd3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. c3 b4 24. g4 Ba4 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. g5 Qb7
27. Re1 Rb8 28. Ka1 bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rd5 30. Qxc4 Qd7 31. b3 Bb5 32. Qc3 Rd8
33. Red1 Rc8 34. Qe3 Qa7 35. Kb2 Qb6 36. Nf5 Qc7 37. Nd6 Rxd2+ 38. Qxd2 Rd8
39. Rc1 Qb6 40. Re1 Qc5 41. Qe3 Qd5 42. h6 a5 43. Rc1 Bd7 44. Qe4 Qd2+ 45.
Rc2 Qd1 46. hxg7 Qg1 47. Rg2 Qh1 48. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Vaulin,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2570"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Nd5 e4 5. Nxb4 Nxb4 6. Nd4 Qe7 7. Qb3 Nh6
8. d3 c5 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Nf5 Qe5 11. dxe4 d5 12. cxd5 Bxf5 13. exf5 O-O-O
14. Rc1 Kb8 15. e3 Rxd5 16. Bc4 Rd7 17. O-O Qxf5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bb5 Rd6 20.
Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rfd1 Rhc8 22. Qc4 Qf6 23. b3 a6 24. h3 R8c7 25. Rc2 Rd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Yakovich,Y"]
[Black "Beshukov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2435"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4
8. Nxa4 Ne4 9. f3 Bd7 10. fxe4 Bxa4 11. cxd5 Nd7 12. Rc1 Bxb2 13. Rc4 b5
14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nf3 b5 16. Rc7 b4 17. Bc4 Bc3+ 18. Ke2 Nb6 19. Bb3 Bxb3
20. axb3 Ra2+ 21. Kd3 O-O 22. Rxe7 Bf6 23. Rb7 Rc8 24. Rc7 Rca8 25. Rc6 Nd7
26. e5 Be7 27. Rhc1 R8a5 28. d6 Bf8 29. Rc7 Nb6 30. Rb7 Nd5 31. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Ulibin,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
O-O d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Be2
Bd7 15. b3 Bc6 16. Bb2 Nf7 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. f3 b6 20. Bc3 Rad8
21. Qb2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Ananchenko,I"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 d6 7. e4 Nf6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Be3
Ne5 15. Na1 b6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nb3 Nc7 18. Qd2 e6 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Rfd1
Rcd8 21. b5 Nb8 22. Qxd6 Qb7 23. e5 g5 24. Bf3 Qc8 25. Qe7 gxf4 26. Bxf4
Rde8 27. Qh4 Qd8 28. Qh3 Qe7 29. Be4 f5 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Bd6 Qg7 32. Bxh7+
Qxh7 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34. Bxb8 Rf7 35. Bxa7 Bxb5 36. Bxb6 Bc6 37. Nd4 Ba8 38.
c5 Rg8 39. c6 Rfg7 40. Rc2 e5 41. Ne6 Rg6 42. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Volkov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O
8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. g3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Nf6 16. Nb1 Re8 17. Bg2 e5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Nc3 Be6
20. Rhd1 Rd8 21. b3 Rd7 22. R1d2 Kf8 23. Kb2 Ke7 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nc3 Rh5 26.
Bf3 Rf5 27. R2d3 Re5 28. Rd2 h6 29. Bg2 Rh5 30. Bh1 Re5 31. Na4 Re1 32. Rd1
Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bf7 34. Nb6 Rd8 35. b4 Kd6 36. a4 Kc7 37. a5 d4 38. Na4 Ng4
39. Nc5 Ne3 40. Re1 Bc4 41. c3 Rf8 42. cxd4 Rf2+ 43. Kc1 Rc2+ 44. Kb1 Rxh2
45. Rxe3 Rxh1+ 46. Kc2 Kd6 47. Re8 Rg1 48. Ne4+ Kd7 49. Re5 Bg8 50. Kd2 Bh7
51. Nc5+ Kc6 52. Re7 Rg2+ 53. Ke1 Rxg3 54. Rxb7 h5 55. Rb8 Bd3 56. d5+ Kc7
57. Rb6 Bb5 58. d6+ Kc8 59. Rb7 Rg1+ 60. Kf2 Rd1 61. Rb6 Rd4 62. Ke3 Rxb4
63. d7+ Kc7 64. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Daniliuk,S"]
[Black "Poluljahov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Be2 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bg7 9. Bf4 d6 10. exd6 exd6 11. O-O Nd5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Nc3 Nde7 14.
d5 Nb4 15. Qb3 Na6 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Rae1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Re8 19. Bb5 Rxe4 20.
Rxe4 Nc5 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. Qc4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 a6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. b3 h6 26.
Qd3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Maiorov,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2435"]

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 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. a4 Rfc8 14. a5 b5
15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Be3 Qc8 19. Na5 Rc7 20. Ra4 Rb8
21. Nc4 Rxb2 22. Nxb2 Rxc3 23. Rc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxd3 25. cxd3 d5 26. exd5
Nxd5 27. Rb1 Bb4 28. Bd2 Bf8 29. Kg1 f6 30. Kf2 h5 31. Kg3 Nc5 32. Ne3 Nf4
33. Kh4 Nfxd3 34. Kxh5 Ne4 35. Ba5 Bc5 36. Nd5 Kh7 37. Bb6 Bd4 38. g3 Ndf2
39. Bxd4 exd4 40. Nf4 Nd6 41. Rb2 Nfe4 42. g4 Nb5 43. Ra2 Nc5 44. Re2 Nd6
45. Rc2 Nce4 46. Rc6 a5 47. Ra6 Nf7 48. Rxa5 Ne5 49. Rd5 Nf2 50. Rxd4 Nfxg4
51. Ng6 Nh6 52. Rd8 Ng8 53. Nxe5 fxe5 54. Kg5 Nf6 55. Ra8 Ne4+ 56. Kh4 Nd6
57. Kg4 Nf7 58. Ra7 Nh6+ 59. Kg5 Ng8 60. Ra3 Nf6 61. Re3 e4 62. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Fedorov,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 Nd4 9. Nh4 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. f4 d6 12. Nd1 f5 13. c3 Ndc6 14. Nf2 d5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bc1 b5 18. Nf3 d4 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Qb3 a6 21.
Ng5 Nd8 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Bd2 h6 24. Nf3 Nec6 25. h4 Bf6 26. Rc1 Nf7 27. g4
fxg4 28. Nxg4 Bg7 29. e5 Ne7 30. Nf6 Bxf6 31. exf6 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Nf5 33.
Qxe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rc8 35. Bd2 Rc2 36. Ne5 Bxg2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Yakovich,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

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 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14.
O-O Bb7 15. exf5 Qg5 16. g3 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Giorgadze,G"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8.
b4 c6 9. Ng3 b6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O g6 12. f4 Ne8 13. Nh1 Bf6 14. Bd2 Nc7
15. Nf2 Bg7 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Kobalija,M"]
[Black "Asrian,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 a6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne5
Rfd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qb3 Nd5 20.
Ne4 Qb6 21. Bf3 Nxf4 22. exf4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxb7 Qb6
26. Be4 Qc7 27. g3 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. f5 e5 31. Bb7 a5 32.
Bc6 b4 33. Kf3 Bd4 34. g4 Kf8 35. Ke4 Bxf2 36. Kxe5 Ke7 37. Ba4 Bg3+ 38.
Kd5 Kf6 39. Ke4 Kg5 40. Kf3 Bc7 41. Bb3 f6 42. Bc2 Kh4 43. Kg2 h5 44. Bd1
Be5 45. Kf3 Kxh3 46. gxh5 Kh4 47. Ke4 Kg5 48. Bc2 Kxh5 49. Kd5 Kg5 50. Kc4
Bc7 51. Kb3 Kf4 52. a3 Bd6 53. axb4 Bxb4 54. Ka4 Kg5 55. Bb1 Bc3 56. Bc2 g6
57. fxg6 f5 58. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2565"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 a5 11. b3 Na6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Qd2 dxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nb4 17. Rcd1 Qc8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qe4 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd1 Be7 22. a3 Na6 23. Nb5 Kg8 24. Qf3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26.
Qc3 b6 27. Qd2 Kf8 28. Qd3 g6 29. Qd7 c6 30. Nc7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Rc8 32. a4
Be7 33. Na6 Ra8 34. Nc7 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Na6 Ke7 37. Nb8 Bc7 38.
Nxc6+ Kd7 39. Nd4 Bxe5 40. Nf3 Bb2 41. Kf1 f5 42. Ke2 e5 43. Ne1 Bd4 44.
Nc2 Bc5 45. f3 Ke6 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. Kc3 e4 48. fxe4 fxe4 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Ke2
Kf4 51. Ne1 Kg3 52. Kf1 h6 53. Nc2 g5 54. Ne1 Kf4 55. Ke2 e3 56. Nd3+ Ke4
57. Nb2 h5 58. g3 g4 59. h4 Bd6 60. Nd1 Bxg3 61. Nc3+ Ke5 62. Kxe3 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Zhelnin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2475"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nge2 Nh6 7. h3 f5 8.
Bxh6 Bxh6 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Nf4 Nf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rd1+
Bd7 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Ne6+ Ke7 16. Nc5 Rxb7 17. Rxd7+ Nxd7 18. Nxb7 Rb8 19.
Na5 Rxb2 20. Kd1 Ke6 21. Nb3 Bf8 22. Re1 Bb4 23. Re3 Nb6 24. Nd4+ Kf6 25.
Ndb5 c6 26. Nxa7 Nc4 27. Rf3 Kg6 28. g4 e4 29. gxf5+ Kf7 30. Rg3 e3 31.
fxe3 Bxc3 32. Nxc6 Nd6 33. Nd4 Rxa2 34. Rf3 Kf6 35. Nc6 Ra4 36. Ke2 Rc4 37.
Nb8 Bb4 38. Kd3 Rc3+ 39. Kd4 Nb5+ 40. Ke4 Rc4+ 41. Kd3 Rc3+ 42. Ke4 Nd6+
43. Kd4 Rxc2 44. Nd7+ Ke7 45. Ne5 Rc8 46. Kd5 Rc5+ 47. Kd4 Nb5+ 48. Ke4 Bc3
49. f6+ Ke6 50. Ng4 h5 51. Kd3 Nd6 52. Nf2 Bxf6 53. Rf4 Ra5 54. Ke2 Bg5 55.
Rf8 Nf5 56. e4 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Nh4+ 58. Kg3 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Minasian,Ara"]
[Black "Sherbakov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. h3 Bd7 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 g6 8.
Ne2 Qc8 9. Nf4 Bg7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. g4 Na6 13. O-O Nxf4 14. Bxf4
Nc7 15. Qc1 Ne6 16. Bh6 c5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nh4
Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Rad8 22. f4 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Nadyrhanov,S"]
[Black "Malaniuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2610"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3
d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 c5 16. b3 Rb8 17. Ng3 Be5 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Be6 20.
Ne2 Bb2 21. Rb1 Ba3 22. f5 Bd7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Rfd8 25. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Petrushin,A"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2530"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6
8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Bd7 14.
Ngf3 Rc8 15. g3 O-O 16. g4 Nbd5 17. Be3 Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 Bc6 19. Rg1 Be4 20.
g5 hxg5 21. Rxg5 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Be7 23. Rc1 Qxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kg2 Nd5
26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Ne5 Bd6 28. Qb5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 b6 30. Qxd5 Rc5 31. Qd7
Rxe5 32. Qxa7 Rb5 33. Qa3 Re8 34. Qc3 Re6 35. b3 Rf5 36. h4 Rg6+ 37. Kh3
Rf3+ 38. Kh2 Rf2+ 39. Kh3 Rxa2 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5 Ra5 42. Qxf7 Re5 43. e4
Rge6 44. b4 Rxe4 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qd5 R4e5 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kh6 49.
Qd8 Re3+ 50. Kg2 Kh7 51. Qd5 R3e5 52. Qd8 Kg6 53. Kf3 Re3+ 54. Kf2 R3e4 55.
Qg5+ Kf7 56. Qh5+ Ke7 57. Qg5+ Kf8 58. Qd8+ Kf7 59. Qd7+ Kg6 60. Kf3 Re3+
61. Kf2 R3e5 62. Kg3 Kh6 63. Qd8 Kg6 64. Qd3+ Re4 65. Qc2 Kh6 66. Qd2+ Re3+
67. Kf2 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Popov,Ro"]
[Black "Vaulin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2490"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6
8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14.
O-O a6 15. Rac1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Obukhov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2415"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 Nc7
8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2 Nd4 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nce6 13. e3 Nc6 14.
Qh5+ g6 15. Qd5 Nxf4 16. exf4 Nb4 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Nd5 Re8
20. Rfe1 Nd4 21. Nce3 Be6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nc2 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nc6 25. Re6 Nb4
26. Bxb7 Rc7 27. Be4 f5 28. Nxb4 cxb4 29. Rec6 Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Rf8 31. d4 Bf6
32. Rc4 a5 33. b3 Ke7 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Ke3 g5 36. Bf3 gxf4+ 37. gxf4 Kf8 38.
Bc6 Be7 39. Bg2 Bd6 40. Rc6 Re8+ 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Bh3 Rf8 43. Ra6 Rf6 44.
Ra7+ Ke6 45. Rxh7 Kd5 46. Ra7 Kxd4 47. Rxa5 Rh6 48. Bxf5 Rxh2 49. Be6 Be7
50. Ra7 Bc5 51. Ra6 Be7 52. Bc4 Bc5 53. Ra8 Kc3 54. Ra5 Bb6 55. Ra6 Bc5 56.
Ke4 Rf2 57. f5 Bd4 58. a4 bxa3 59. Rxa3 Bg7 60. Ra7 Bf6 61. Rf7 Bd4 62. Kd5
Rf4 63. Ke6 Re4+ 64. Kd6 Rf4 65. Be6 Bh8 66. Rc7+ Kd3 67. Rc4 Rf2 68. Rh4
Bf6 69. Rg4 Bc3 70. Bc4+ Kd2 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Giorgadze,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Rb1
Qc8 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Bxa3 Rfd8 19. g4 h6 20. h4
c5 21. Rb7 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nb6 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bxd4 25. Rc1 Rac8 26.
Rxa7 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Bc5 28. Ba3 Bxa3 29. Rxa3 Nc4 30. Ra7 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Asrian,K"]
[Black "Zakharevich,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8.
Nd2 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 f5 13. f3 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 f4
15. Na3 Bc8 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qe8 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. e5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxd5
21. exd6 e6 22. Ne5 Ne3 23. Rf2 Bxa4 24. Be7 a5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Ng4 c4
27. Be4 Rd8 28. Nxe3 fxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxd6 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qd7 32. Qe3
b5 33. Qe1 Nf6 34. Rd1 Qc7 35. Qd2 Ke7 36. Ba8 Qb6 37. Rb1 Qd6 38. Qe2 Qc7
39. Re1 Qb6 40. g4 Qd6 41. Bb7 Ne8 42. Bc8 Nc7 43. Rd1 Nd5 44. Qe4 b4 45.
cxb4 axb4 46. Qxc4 Qc6 47. Qxc6 Bxc6 48. Re1 Nc7 49. Kg2 Bd5 50. Ra1 Nb5
51. Rb1 Nd4 52. Rxb4 Nxc2 53. Rb1 Nd4 54. Bb7 Bb3 55. Be4 Kf6 56. Kf2 h5
57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Rg1 Ba4 59. Rg6+ Ke7 60. Ke3 e5 61. Rg5 Kf6 62. Rxh5 Be8
63. Rh6+ Kg5 64. Rh8 Bf7 65. f4+ Kf6 66. Rh6+ Kg7 67. Rh7+ Kg8 68. fxe5 Ne6
1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5 11. dxc5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Qa4 Rb8 14.
Ng5 Ne5 15. h3 Bd7 16. Qxa7 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Qa4 h6 19. Nf3 Qxh3 20.
Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Qe8+ Bf8 23. Ne5 Qf5 24. Nd7 Qxb1+ 25. Kh2 Nc6
26. Nxb8 Ne5 27. Nd7 Ng4+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1
Qb1+ 32. Bc1 Qxc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc4 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Qxe7 h5 36. f3 Nh6 37.
Nf6+ Kg7 38. Ne8+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Qe5 Kf8 41. Nd7+ Kg8 42. Kf2 Qxa2
43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qxb7 Qa1 45. Qd5 Qh1 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Qe5 Nf5 48. Nxh5+
Kf8 49. Nf4 Qc1 50. g4 Ne7 51. Qd6 Ke8 52. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Malaniuk,V"]
[Black "Averkin,Or"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2425"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Nf3 Bxc5 9. e3 Qe7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14.
Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Qa2 Ba6 17. b4 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4
20. Rd3 a5 21. Qb3 Nxa3 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. h5 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be2
b5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Kb1 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ e6 19. Qd2 Nxf3 20. Bxf3
Rxf3 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Rxh6 Bc6 23. Qxb4 Rf4 24. Ka1 Bxe4 25. c3 e5 26. Qa3
Rcf8 27. Nd2 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Nadanian,A"]
[Black "Beshukov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2435"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 f5 7. Nc3 Nd7
8. Nge2 Bd6 9. a3 a6 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. Nh5 Ng4 12. g3 Qg5 13. Nf4 h5 14. h3
Nf6 15. h4 Qg7 16. Be2 Ng4 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Rc1 f6 20. Rd1 e5
21. Nd3 O-O 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 f4 26. gxf4 exf4
27. e4 c5 28. dxc5 Be5 29. Rd7 Qh6 30. Bf5 f3 31. Qd1 Bxc3+ 32. bxc3 Ne5
33. Rh7+ Qxh7 34. Bxh7 Rbd8 35. Qb1 Kxh7 36. O-O Rg8+ 37. Kh2 Rg2+ 38. Kh1
Rg4 39. Kh2 Rxh4+ 40. Kg3 Rg4+ 41. Kh3 Rdg8 42. Qxb7+ R8g7 43. Qxa6 Ng6 44.
Qxf6 Nf4+ 45. Kh2 R7g5 46. Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Qf7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Poluljahov,A"]
[Black "Popov,Ro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2365"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O
8. Bb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Be2 Bd6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Na5 14.
Bd3 h6 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. c4 b6 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Qc3 Bc6 20. Rac1
Nb7 21. Bb1 Rcd8 22. f4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bd4 24. exd4 exd4 25. Qg3 Qxe4 26.
Rfe1 Qc6 27. f5 Qf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qf4 Rd8 30. Rd1 Qd6 31. Rxd4 Qxf4
32. Rxf4 f6 33. Kf1 Rd2 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nd6 36. g4 Nxc4 37. Bc1 Kf7
38. Ke2 Ne5 39. h3 Ke7 40. a4 a6 41. Ba3+ Kf7 42. Bb4 h5 43. gxh5 Nc6 44.
Bc3 Ne7 45. Bd4 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47. Kf3 Nxf5 48. Bc5 Ke6 49. Bf8 Kf7 50.
Bc5 Ne7 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Ba3 Nf5 53. Kf4 Nd6 54. Bc5 Nc4 55. Ke4 Ne5 56. Bf8
Kf7 57. Bd6 Nc6 58. Kd5 Nd8 59. h4 Ne6 60. Ke4 Kg8 61. Kd5 Nd8 62. Bb4 Nf7
63. Ke4 Kh7 64. Bf8 Ne5 65. Kf5 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Petrushin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2415"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Rac8 14.
Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bg6 19. Rb5 b6
20. Rd5 Na5 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qb5 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bf6 24. Qd7 Nb3 25. Bf4
Nc5 26. Bxb8 Nxd7 27. Bxa7 Bxb2 28. Bb5 Nc5 29. a4 Nb3 30. Bxb6 Bc3 31. Kf1
Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Nd4 Nc5 35. a5 Be4 36. Bxc5+ Kxc5 37. Kxe4
Bxd4 38. a6 Kxb5 39. Kxd4 Kxa6 40. Kc5 f5 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Prokopchuk,E"]
[Black "Kobalija,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. b4 d5 11. cxd5 Nexd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Ne7 14.
Qb3+ Kh8 15. b5 a6 16. b6 cxb6 17. Ba3 b5 18. Rbd1 Qe8 19. d4 fxe4 20. Bxe4
Bf5 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bg2 b4 23. Bb2 Nc6 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nd4 Qf7 26. Bd5
Qc7 27. Rfe1 Rbd8 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Be4 Rff8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxb4 Rb8 32.
Qa4 Qb6 33. Kg2 Qb5 34. Qxb5 Rxb5 35. Ba1 Kg8 36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Rc7 Re8 38.
Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Minasian,Ara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 Be7 7. Nc3 Ngf6
8. Bg5 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nd5 Qa4 13. O-O Be6
14. b3 Qa5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. c4 b5 17. cxb5 Qxa2 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Qe3 Kg7
20. Qg3+ Kf8 21. Qh4 Ke7 22. f4 Qb2 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Kh1 Qg5 25. Qf2 Rc2
26. Qxa7+ Rd7 27. Qd4 Bg4 28. Qd3 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Rdc7 30. b6 R7c3 31. Qd4
Rxb3 32. e5 fxe5 33. Qd5 Rxb6 34. Nc4 Ra6 35. Nxd6 Qxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37.
Nc8+ Ke6 38. Kxg2 f5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Daniliuk,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2410"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bxa6 bxa6 7. O-O Bb7
8. Nd4 Qc7 9. b4 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 a5 12. Rxa5 Rxa5 13. bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Sherbakov,R"]
[Black "Nadyrhanov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2480"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
e4 Nxe4 9. Re1 Nef6 10. d5 Nb6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Qxd1 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7
14. Rxd1 Nbd5 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Ne5+ Kg8 17. Bg5 Rd6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4
Rd7 20. Ne5 Rd6 21. Nc4 Rd7 22. Ne3 Nb6 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Bf4
Ng6 26. Bd6 h5 27. Rd5 b6 28. a4 Kf7 29. Bxf8 Nxf8 30. a5 Rh6 31. axb6 Rxb6
32. Nc4 Rb4 33. Rxc5 Ne6 34. Rc6 a5 35. g3 a4 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38.
Ne5+ Ke7 39. Nd3 Rd4 40. Rc3 h4 41. Kf1 Ng5 42. Nf4 hxg3 43. hxg3 Ne4 44.
Rd3 Rxd3 45. Nxd3 Nd2+ 46. Ke2 Nc4 47. Kf3 Nxb2 48. Nb4 Kd6 49. Nc2 Kd5 50.
Ke2 Kc4 51. Kd2 Nd3 52. Ne3+ Kd4 53. Ng2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Gagloshvili,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2220"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O
Qh4 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. g3 Qh3 12. Qf3 Ng4 13. Qg2 Qxg2+
14. Kxg2 h6 15. f4 Bg7 16. h3 Nf6 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. g4 Rde8 19. Bf5 Be6 20.
Bxg5 Nxg4 21. Nxd5 Bf6 22. hxg4 Bxg5 23. Rae1 Rh6 24. Re5 c6 25. Nf4 Bxf4
26. Rxf4 Reh8 27. Bxe6+ fxe6 28. Re2 Rh1 29. Ref2 R8h2+ 30. Kf3 Rxf2+ 31.
Kxf2 Rh2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. g5 Rb1 34. g6 Rf1+ 35. Kg4 Rg1+ 36. Kh5 Kd8 37.
Rf8+ Ke7 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Rxb7 a5 40. g7 a4 41. Kh6 a3 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43.
Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

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 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O e6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14.
Ne5 Nb6 15. c4 Rxd4 16. Be3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rg8 18. f4 Kb8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20.
Bxb6 axb6 21. Qxe4 Bd6 22. Qh7 Rf8 23. Qxg7 b5 24. c5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5
26. fxe5 Rg8 27. Rd7 Rg5 28. g4 Rxg4 29. Rxf7 Rc4+ 30. Kd2 Rxc5 31. Rf6
Rd5+ 32. Kc3 Rxe5 33. Rxh6 Ka7 34. Rh8 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Rh3 36. h6 b4 37. h7 c5
38. Kc2 c4 39. Re8 Rxh7 40. Rxe6 Rh2+ 41. Kc1 Rh1+ 42. Kc2 Rh2+ 43. Kb1 b5
44. b3 c3 45. Re4 Rb2+ 46. Ka1 Rd2 47. Kb1 Kb6 48. Rxb4 Kc5 49. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Yakovich,Y"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
O-O c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Nxb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Ne1 Be7 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. e3 Rd8 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rfc1 a4 18. Nbc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Nxd4 20. Qb2
Nc6 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nf4 Bc4 24. Rc1 a3 25. Qb1 Ne5 26. Qxb7
Qxb7 27. Bxb7 g5 28. Nh5 Bxa2 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Ng4 31. Rc3 Bb3 32. Rxb3
a2 33. Ra3 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 a1=Q 35. Rxa1 Rxa1 36. e4 Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Nxh2 38. e5
Nf1+ 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Kg4 h6 41. Be4 Kf8 42. Nf6 Rc3 43. Kh4 Ng3 44. Bb7
Kg7 45. Kg4 Kg6 46. f5+ Kg7 47. Nd5 Rb3 48. Bc6 Ne4 49. f6+ Kf8 50. Nf4
Rg3+ 51. Kh4 Re3 52. Ng2 Rc3 53. Bxe4 Rc4 54. Kg4 Rxe4+ 55. Kf5 Re2 56. Nf4
Rf2 57. Kg4 Rf1 58. Nh5 Rg1+ 59. Kf4 Kg8 60. Ng7 Kh7 61. Nf5 h5 62. Ne7 h4
0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Zhelnin,V"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2560"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6
Nxf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. d5 Qc7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne5
Bd6 14. Nc4 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bf4+ 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Asrian,K"]
[Black "Ulibin,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bb1 O-O 13. Ng3 Rd8 14. Re1
Nf8 15. Ne5 Qh4 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Ne5 Qh4 18. f4 Bd7 19. Be3 Be8 20. a3 Rac8
21. Qd2 b6 22. Ba2 Ne7 23. Rf1 Bg6 24. Bb3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nf5 26. Ne2 Bh5
27. Bf2 Qe7 28. h3 Bg6 29. Rac1 h5 30. Bc2 Qf7 31. Nc3 Ne7 32. Bb3 Qe8 33.
Bh4 Rc5 34. Ba4 Qf7 35. Nb5 Rxb5 36. Bxb5 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Nxc8 38. Rc1 Qb7 39.
Qc3 Ne7 40. Qc7 Qxc7 41. Rxc7 Nf5 42. Bf2 d4 43. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Maiorov,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2435"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 g6
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Nc4 Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bf6 Qd7 13. Rae1 Rae8
14. a3 Nc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg4 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Ne3 Rf7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7
20. Nc4 Rf8 21. Na5 Ne7 22. Re4 Rb8 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxe7+ Rxe7 25. Nxc6
Reb7 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. b3 g5 28. Re1 Kf6 29. Re4 a5 30. Kf2 d5 31. Ra4 Rb5
32. Ke2 Ke5 33. d4+ cxd4 34. Kd3 Rc5 35. Rxd4 Rxc2 36. Rxd5+ Kxd5 37. Kxc2
Kd4 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 h5 40. b5 Kc5 41. Kd3 g4 42. h4 Kxb5 43. Ke4 f3
44. gxf3 gxf3 45. Kxf3 Kc5 46. Kf4 Kd5 47. Kg5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Daniliuk,S"]
[Black "Sherbakov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Nc6 14.
a4 O-O 15. a5 Nd5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxb7 a6 19. Qb3 Rab8 20.
Qc4 Nce7 21. Ra3 Rfc8 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. h3 Nf5 24. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Prokopchuk,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

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 h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4
Bb6 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Be5 O-O 17. Qh4 Be3+ 18. Kb2 Bg5 19. Qd4 Bc6 20. a4
Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Rfd8 22. Bc4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Rdb8 25. h4 Bf4 26. g3
Bxb5 27. gxf4 Bc6 28. Kb3 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5+ 30. c4 Bxf3 31. Be5 Rb6 32.
Rhg1 Bxd1+ 33. Rxd1 f6 34. Bc3 Rb7 35. c5 Kf7 36. Kc4 Rab8 37. Rd6 Ke7 38.
Ra6 Rb5 39. h5 Kd7 40. Be1 Ke7 41. Ra7+ R8b7 42. Rxb7+ Rxb7 43. b5 Rd7 44.
b6 Kd8 45. Kb5 Rd1 46. Bb4 Rb1 47. c6 Kc8 48. Kc5 Kb8 49. b7 Kc7 50. Ba5+
Kb8 51. Kd6 Rd1+ 52. Kxe6 Rc1 53. Kd6 Rd1+ 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Fedorov,A"]
[Black "Giorgadze,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Qe2 Bg4 9. h3 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. hxg4 Ng3 12. Qd2 Nxh1 13. Be3 h5 14. Nh4
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb4 16. O-O-O hxg4 17. Nf5 Kf8 18. a3 Qb6 19. d4 Nd7 20. Qe2
Qc7 21. Nxg7 Nc5 22. Nf5 exd4 23. Qxg4 dxc3 24. Qg6 Nxe4 25. Rd6 Nxd6 26.
Qxf6+ Nf7 27. Bxf7 Qxf7 28. Qxh8+ Qg8 29. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. g4 Ne7 13. Nd4 Nd5
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Kd7 18. a4 Be7 19. Kg2 c5
20. c4 Kc6 21. b3 Ra6 22. Rab1 Rd8 23. Rfc1 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rb6 25. Rc3 Rb4
26. f4 g6 27. Kf3 Rf8 28. h4 b6 29. g5 Kb7 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rh1
Rc7 33. Rxh5 Bf8 34. Ke2 Rd7 35. Rd3 Rf7 36. Bd2 c4 37. Rdh3 Rxb3 38. Rxh7
Rxh7 39. Rxh7+ Kc6 40. Be3 c3 41. Rh8 c2 42. Rxf8 Rxe3+ 43. Kd2 Ra3 44. g6
Rg3 45. Rg8 Rg2+ 46. Kc1 Kd7 47. g7 Ke7 48. Rb8 Rxg7 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Rxg7
Kxg7 51. Kxc2 Kf7 52. Kd3 Ke7 53. Ke4 Kd8 54. f5 exf5+ 55. Kxf5 b5 56. axb5
a4 57. b6 a3 58. b7 Kc7 59. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Kobalija,M"]
[Black "Averkin,Or"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2425"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
c3 h6 9. h4 b6 10. Na3 Ba6 11. e5 Nf5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf4 b5 14. Nc2 b4 15.
cxb4 cxb4 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. d4 Kh7 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rec1 Rfc8
21. Be3 Ne7 22. Nh2 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bf1 a5 26. Qd3 Kg8
27. Be2 Kf8 28. Qd2 Ng8 29. g4 Ba6 30. Bxa6 Qxa6 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Qc2 Ne7
33. Qc7 Ke8 34. h5 Bf8 35. Nf3 Qb5 36. Nh4 Qd7 37. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Koniushkov,I"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qc8 5. O-O g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e4 Nc6 9. Be3 a5 10. Qd2 a4 11. Rac1 Rd8 12. Ne1 Bh3 13. f3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Nd7 15. f4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nf3 Na5 18. Qd3 Nb6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5
h6 21. Bd2 Qd7 22. Rfe1 Rf8 23. Qc2 Qb5 24. Bxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxc7 Bf6 26. Rxe7
Bxe7 27. Qxe7 Qxb2+ 28. Kh3 Qxc1 29. Ng5 hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ Kg7
32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Qxf5+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Qf5+
Ke7 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qxd6+ Ke8 40. Qe6+ Kd8 41. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Obukhov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2415"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 f6 10. c3 Kh8 11. a3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. g4 Bf7
15. b4 b6 16. b5 Na5 17. c4 Nc7 18. Nh4 Ne6 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Nc3 Bf8 21. Nd5
Nc7 22. Nfe3 Ne6 23. Bd2 Bg6 24. Bxa5 bxa5 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Rb2 Nf4 27. Nf5
Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Bf7 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. Rd1 Red8 31. Nde3 Rb6 32. a4 g6 33. Ng3
Qd4 34. Rc2 Bh6 35. h4 Qf4 36. Ne4 Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Rc8 39. f4
f5 40. Ng5 exf4+ 41. Kxf4 Bg8 42. gxf5 Rf6 43. Ne4 Rxf5+ 44. Ke3 Re8 45.
Rf2 Rfe5 46. Kd2 Kg7 47. Nf6 Rd8 48. Nxg8 Kxg8 49. Rf6 Re4 50. Kc3 Rxh4 51.
Rc6 Rh5 52. Rc7 Rf5 53. Rxa7 h5 54. Rxa5 h4 55. b6 h3 56. Rb5 h2 57. b7 Rb8
58. a5 Rf2 59. a6 Ra2 60. Rxc5 Ra3+ 61. Kb4 Rxd3 62. Rc8+ Kg7 63. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Nadyrhanov,S"]
[Black "Yakovich,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

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. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O e6 13. Nc3 Be7 14.
Qg4 O-O 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. Bc1 Be7 19. Qf3 Qb6 20. a3
Rad8 21. Rd3 Qb5 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. b3 Kg8 24. a4 Qb8 25. Qh5 Nf4 26. Bxf4
Qxf4 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. dxe5 Rd5 29. Nc3 Rxe5 30. Rd7 Bc5 31. Rc7 g6 32. Rxc6
Rb8 33. Nb5 Rb6 34. Rxb6 Bxb6 35. Kf1 Rc5 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Rd2 Rxd2+ 38.
Kxd2 Bxf2 39. b4 Kf8 40. Ke2 Bg1 41. h3 Ke7 42. Kf1 Be3 43. Ke2 Bg1 44. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Popov,Ro"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 Ne7 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Ke3 f6 17. Bb5 Nb4 18. a3 Bxb5 19. axb4 Kd7
20. Rc3 Rhc8 21. Rhc1 Rxc3+ 22. Rxc3 Rf8 23. g3 h6 24. h4 Kd8 25. Rc1 Be8
26. Rg1 Rf7 27. Rc1 h5 28. Rc3 Rf8 29. Ke2 a6 30. Re3 Bb5+ 31. Ke1 Ke7 32.
Rc3 Bc6 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Ke3 Kg6 35. Rc1 Kf5 36. Rc3 Ra8 37. Ra3 Rh8 38. Rc3
Rh6 39. Kd2 Rh8 40. Ke3 Rc8 41. Rc1 Ra8 42. Rc5 Ra7 43. Nd2 Kg6 44. Nf3 Ra8
45. Ne1 Kf5 46. Nd3 Bb5 47. Rc7 Bxd3 48. Kxd3 fxe5 49. dxe5 Kxe5 50. Rxg7
Rf8 51. f4+ Kf6 52. Rg5 Rh8 53. Kd4 Rh7 54. f5 exf5 55. Kxd5 Rd7+ 56. Kc5
Rc7+ 57. Kb6 Rc4 58. Kxb7 Rxb4+ 59. Kxa6 Rxb2 60. Rxh5 Rb3 61. Rg5 Rb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Qb6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a3 Na5 12. Ne5 Nc4 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. f4
O-O 15. Be1 Be7 16. Bh4 Qd8 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Nd6 19. Nd2 Nfe4 20. Bxe7
Qxe7 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rc5 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 f6 24. Nec4 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Nf7 26.
Nb6 Rd8 27. Nb3 Rd3 28. c6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxb3 30. Qc4 Rxe3 31. Rc8+ Nd8 32.
Nd5 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Qd6 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Kxe1 e3 36. Qc2 Kg7 37. Qc7+ Qxc7
38. Rxc7+ Kg6 39. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Vaulin,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nd4 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8.
Ne2 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne5 10. Ng3 f5 11. d3 Qh4 12. dxe4 fxe4 13. Be2 Nd3+ 14.
Bxd3 exd3 15. Qxd3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Qh5 17. e4 d6 18. Bf4 Bg4 19. Rc1 Rf7 20.
h3 Re8 21. Kf2 Bc8 22. Kg1 Qg6 23. Rc4 b6 24. Qc2 Ba6 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26.
Qxc7 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Volkov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. e5 Ng8 8. f4
d6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd2 dxe5 11. Bc3 Nb6 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. bxa6 O-O 14. Nc6
Qd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5 Qf5 17. Qf3 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Qe2 Qxd5 20.
Nc3 Qf5 21. Qxe7 Be6 22. O-O-O Na4 23. Bb5 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxa2 25. Qe2 Qb1+
26. Kd2 Rad8+ 27. Ke3 Rfe8+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Kg3 Qg5+ 30. Qg4 Re3+ 31. Kf2
Qxg4 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. Ra1 Rxc3 34. Rxa2 Qf4+ 35. Ke1 Rc1+ 36. Rd1 Qb4+ 37.
Rad2 Rxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Zakharevich,I"]
[Black "Nadanian,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2375"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bc4 Nh6 7. Ne4 Nf5
8. c3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Ng3 Nd6 13. Bb3 e6 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. Qg4 Re8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Qf4 b5 18. Ng4 f5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6
Nf7 21. Re3 g5 22. Bxg5 Ng6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxf5 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxf5 26.
Nxf5 Nd6 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. f3 Bd5 29. a3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. Bg5 Rh8 32. g3
Re8 33. Rd3 Rb8 34. h4 Ne7 35. g4 Bc4 36. Rd1 Nd5 37. Re1 a5 38. Kg3 b4 39.
axb4 axb4 40. cxb4 Rxb4 41. Ra1 Kg6 42. Ra7 h5 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. Rg7 Rxb2
45. Bc1 Rb1 46. Rg5+ Kh6 47. Rxd5+ Rxc1 48. Rxd6+ Kh5 49. Rc6 Rg1+ 50. Kh2
Rc1 51. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Zhelnin,V"]
[Black "Malaniuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2610"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. a3 Nc6
15. h3 d5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. dxe5
Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26.
hxg4 Rc4 27. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Zhelnin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2475"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. h3
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nc4 a6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qd2 f5
15. f3 Bf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. g3 Qe7 18. Rc1 Ng7 19. f4 b5 20. Na5 Qf7 21.
O-O Kh8 22. Kh2 Rg8 23. Bf3 Nf8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. d6 e4 26. Bg2 Nh5 27. Ne2
Be6 28. Bd4 Nd7 29. Rc7 Rg7 30. Nc6 Rag8 31. Ne7 Nxg3 32. Nxg3 Rxg3 33.
Nxg8 Rxg8 34. Bxe4 Qg6 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Bigaliev,R"]
[Black "Kobalija,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 d6 10. g4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Re8 14. f6 Bf8
15. Be3 Ne5 16. Na4 c5 17. b3 Bd7 18. Nb2 Bc6 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 d5 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 c4 24. bxc4 Rac8 25. fxg7 Bc5 26. Rae1 Red8
27. Rf4 Qa5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Ref1 Rxg5+ 30. Kh1 Rxg7 31. Rg4 Rg6 32. Qf3
Qc7 33. Rf4 Rd2 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Rxf7+ Qxf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qb7+ Ke8 38.
Qc6+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Rd7 40. Qc5+ Kf7 41. Qf2+ Ke8 42. Qe2 Rd4 43. c5 Kd7 44.
h3 Rg5 45. c6+ Kd6 46. Qxa6 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Rd2+ 48. Kh1 Rd1+ 49. Kh2 Rd2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8.
O-O c5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rd3 Ng4 14. Bg5
Qb6 15. Bh4 Nge5 16. Rd2 O-O 17. Bg3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nb8 20.
Rad1 Nc6 21. Qg4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Qd1 Bd4 24. Bh4 Rd7 25. Ne2 h6 26.
Kh1 e5 27. f4 Qc7 28. Bf2 Re7 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Bd5 Ne6 31. f5 Nf4 32. f6
gxf6 33. Bh4 Bxd5 34. exd5 Qd6 35. Qg4+ Ng6 36. Bf2 Rc7 37. g3 Kf8 38. Be3
Ke7 39. a3 Kd8 40. b4 Rc3 41. Bc5 Qd7 42. Qh5 Rxa3 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Rxa2
Qxd5+ 45. Qf3 Qxa2+ 46. Kg1 Qe6 47. Qa8+ Qc8 48. Qd5+ Ke8 49. Qd6 f5 50.
Kf2 h5 51. Ke1 Qb7 52. Kf2 Qc8 53. Ke1 f4 54. gxf4 exf4 55. Kf2 Qb7 56. h3
h4 57. Kg1 f3 58. Kf2 Qd7 59. Qxa6 Ne5 60. Qa8+ Qd8 61. Qxd8+ Kxd8 62. Bd6
Ng6 63. Kxf3 Kd7 64. Bh2 f5 65. Ke3 Ke6 66. Kd4 Kf6 67. Kc5 f4 68. Kxb5 f3
69. Bg1 Nf4 70. Bf2 Nxh3 71. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Giorgadze,G"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 h5 14. Bg3
a6 15. a4 Nf8 16. O-O Bd7 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bh4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfe1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Volzhin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc7 10. Ba4 d6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. exd6 Qxd6 14.
Ne4 Qd5 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. Bg5 Ne6 18. Be3 Rxb2 19. Qxa7 Rbb8 20.
Qa6 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Ne2 Qf6 24. Rac1 Rfc8 25. Ng3 Rb2
26. Qa7 Bd3 27. f3 e6 28. Rcd1 Bf5 29. a4 Rd8 30. Qc5 Rdd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2
32. a5 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Maiorov,O"]
[Black "Zakharevich,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f4 b4 7. Nce2 Nf6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Qxb4 O-O 10. Nc3 d5 11. O-O-O a5 12. Qc5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Re8 14.
Nf2 Be6 15. a3 Qc7 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Qc3 Nb6 18. Ne2 Na4 19. Qd2 Rab8 20. Nc3
Nxb2 21. Nxb2 Bf8 22. Nb1 Rb7 23. c4 Reb8 24. Bd3 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26.
Kxb2 Qxf4 27. Kc3 f5 28. g3 Qd6 29. Bc2 Bg7 30. Rhe1 c5 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Malaniuk,V"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bc2 11. Rd2 Nb6 12. Qc5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
b3 a5 15. a4 Re8 16. Bb2 e6 17. Ne1 Bd5 18. Qc2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nd5 20. e4
Nb4 21. Qc4 Qb6 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rd7 24. Bc3 Red8 25. Kg2 Na6 26. Kf1
Nc7 27. Rd3 Nb5 28. Bxa5 Qxa5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Qc5 Bxd4 31. Qc2 e5 32. Nd5
Qa6 33. f4 Qe6 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Qe2 b4 37. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Vaulin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nce2
Kh8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Qh4 Rae8 17. f5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exf5 19. Rae1 Bd8 20.
Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Re5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qg4 Rxf5 24. exf5 Bxb2 25. a4 Qa5
26. Rb1 bxa4 27. Qxa4 Qxf5 28. Qxa6 Be5 29. Qe2 g6 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3
Rc8 32. Re1 f5 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Rd1 Kh6 35. Rd3 Kg5 36. Rd1 Rc7 37. Rd2 h5
38. Rd1 Kf4 39. Rd3 Kg5 40. Rd1 Rc3 41. Rd3 Rc8 42. Rd1 Kf4 43. Rd3 h4 44.
Ba4 Rh8 45. h3 Rh5 46. Bc6 Rg5+ 47. Kh2 Rg3 48. Bb7 Kg5 49. f4+ Bxf4 50.
Rxg3+ Bxg3+ 51. Kg2 Kf4 52. Bc8 Be1 53. Be6 Bc3 54. Bd7 g5 55. Bc8 g4 56.
Bd7 Bf6 57. Bc8 Ke4 58. Bd7 Bd8 59. Bc8 d5 60. hxg4 f4 61. Bb7 f3+ 62. Kh3
Kd4 63. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Nadanian,A"]
[Black "Minasian,Ara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Bf2 Nh6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
e5 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 dxe5 17. Bc5 Be6 18. Na3 Qc7 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Qe2
Bh6 21. Bxh6 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Ng4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Asrian,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Rc8 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. c4
e5 15. Be3 e4 16. Bg2 Re8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Qc2 b5 19. c5 Bc7 20. Rfe1 Re7
21. Bd2 Qe8 22. Re3 Nf8 23. Rde1 Qd7 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4
Ne6 27. Qg4 Kh8 28. Bc3 Qd5 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Kg8 31. Ba5 Bb8 32. Kg2
Re8 33. Re1 Re7 34. Kf3 Ng5+ 35. Kg2 Ne6 36. h4 Rd7 37. Kf3 h5 38. Re4 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

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. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 a5 12. bxa5 c5 13. Rb1 Rxa5 14. Qb3
Ra6 15. g3 Nh5 16. Bg2 h6 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Nc3 b6 19. Qd1 f5 20. Nh4 Nf6 21.
exf5 g5 22. Ng6 Nxg6 23. fxg6 Bf5 24. Rb2 Bxg6 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6
27. Be4 Rfa8 28. Qc2 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Qg6 30. f3 Ra3 31. Qg2 Qf7 32. Rxb6 Rxf3
33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. axb3 Rb8 35. Re3 Qf5 36. Qf1 Qb1 37. Qd1 e4 38. Kg2 Ra8
39. Qe1 Ra2+ 40. Kh3 Qc2 41. Qh1 h5 42. Re1 Kh7 43. Qxe4+ Qxe4 44. Rxe4 g4+
45. Kh4 Kg6 46. Re6+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Sherbakov,R"]
[Black "Beshukov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2435"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 c5 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 g6 14.
Nh6+ Kg7 15. Ng4 Kg8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Nd4 Rac8
20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Nb5 Bb8 22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Nd4 Bd6 24. Rc2 a6 25. Bb2 Nxd3 26.
Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxd3 Qe4 28. Qd2 a5 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Ba6 31. h3 Bc5 32.
Nf3 Qd3 33. Ne5 Qe2 34. Nd7 Bd6 35. Nxb6 Qb5 36. Na4 Qd3 37. Bd4 Qb5 38.
Nc3 Qc6 39. Qd1 Bb4 40. Ne2 Qb5 41. Nf4 Bd6 42. Qf3 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Bb7 44. g3
Bc8 45. Nxd5 Qxh3+ 46. Kg1 Qf5 47. Nf6+ Kf8 48. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Fedorov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O b5 8.
cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd7 14.
Nc4 Nb6 15. Qd3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qxa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. a3 Rb8 20.
b4 f5 21. Be3 cxb4 22. axb4 Rb5 23. Rfc1 Ra4 24. Rc4 Kf7 25. Bd4 Rxd5 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rc7 Kf6 28. b5 Ra5 29. b6 Rdb5 30. Rcc1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Ra8 32.
b7 Rb8 33. Kf3 e5 34. g4 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Kg3 f4+ 37. Kh4 Kf5 38. f3 d5
39. Rb5 Kf6 40. Kxh5 e4 41. fxe4 dxe4 42. Kg4 f3 43. exf3 e3 44. Kg3 Rg8+
45. Kf4 e2 46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. Rg5+ Kf7 48. Rxg8 e1=Q 49. b8=Q Qh4+ 50. Kf5
Qh5+ 51. Ke4 Qh4+ 52. Rg4 Qe1+ 53. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Daniliuk,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2410"]

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. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3
Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20.
Bxf5 Qxb2 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Qf3 a5 23. Kh1 Bb4 24. Qh3 g6 25. Bd7 Qe2 26. e6
fxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. f5 Rf8 29. Qg3 Ra7 30. Rf2 Qe4 31. Raf1 Be1 32. Rf4
Bxg3 33. Rxe4 Bd6 34. g4 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Rd1 gxf5 37. gxf5 Bb8 38.
Rd7+ Rxd7 39. Bxd7 a3 40. Ra4 Rd8 41. Be6 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Bd6 44.
h4 h5 45. Ke1 Rb2 46. Kf1 Kf6 47. Re4 Bb4 48. Rf4 Bd2 49. Ra4 Bb4 50. Ra8
Ke5 51. Rh8 a2 52. Bxa2 Rxa2 53. Rxh5 Kf6 54. Rh6+ Kxf5 55. Rc6 Kg4 56. h5
Bd2 57. Ke2 Bf4+ 58. Kd3 Kxh5 59. Ke4 Kg4 60. Rg6+ Bg5 61. Re6 Rd2 62. Re5
Ra2 63. Re6 Ra4+ 64. Kd5 Kf4 65. Re2 Ra5+ 66. Ke6 Bh4 67. Kd6 Bg3 68. Ke6
Rh5 69. Rc2 Re5+ 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Yakovich,Y"]
[Black "Alavkin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2375"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 8. Qc2
Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O bxc4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 c5 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. h3 g5 19. Rab1 cxd4 20.
Rb6 Qa3 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. exd4 Nd7 23. Rxa6 Ke7 24. Rb1 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Ra8
26. Bb7 Rxa5 27. Bxe4 f5 28. Bd3 Bd6 29. Bc4 Ra4 30. Bb3 Ra5 31. Nc3 g6 32.
Rd1 Bb4 33. Rd3 Nf6 34. Re3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Kd6 36. Re3 Nd5 37. Rg3 Rb5 38.
Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxg5 Rxd4 40. Rxg6 Ra4 41. Rg7 Rxa2 42. g3 e5 43. Rf7 Ke6 44.
Rf8 e4 45. Kg2 Ra5 46. g4 fxg4 47. hxg4 Ra3 48. Re8+ Kd5 49. Kf1 Kd4 50.
Re7 Rb3 51. g5 Rb6 52. Kg2 Rb5 53. Kg3 Rxg5+ 54. Kf4 Rh5 55. Rxe4+ Kd5 56.
Re8 Kd6 57. Kg4 Rh7 58. f4 Kd7 59. Re4 Rh8 60. Kg5 Rg8+ 61. Kf6 Rg4 62.
Re7+ Kd8 63. f5 Rf4 64. Re1 Kd7 65. Kg6 Rg4+ 66. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Zakharov,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2480"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 e6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7
14. O-O Nb6 15. a3 Rc8 16. Bd6 Nd7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rc6 19. Ne4 Bxd6
20. Nxd6+ Ke7 21. Nxf7 Rhc8 22. Rd2 Rc2 23. Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rf8 25. Ng5
h6 26. Ne4 Ne5 27. Rc2 Nxf3+ 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Asrian,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
Nd4 Nxe5 9. Bf4 N5c6 10. Nb5 Ng6 11. Bd6 Qg5 12. g4 Be4 13. f3 Bxd6 14.
Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxc2 17. Kxc2 b6 18. Nb5 bxc5 19. b3 Rab8
20. N1a3 Nf4 21. Kd2 a6 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Bd1 h5 24. g5 Nh3 25. Rf1 Nxg5 26.
Rc1 Kd6 27. Nc2 Nxc2 28. Rxc2 Rb4 29. Be2 Rh4 30. Na4 Rc8 31. Rfc1 Rxh2 32.
Nxc5 Ke7 33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Kd3 Rh3 35. Bxf3 Rxf3+ 36. Ke2 Rxf4 37. Nxa6 Ra8
38. Nc7 Ra5 39. a4 h4 40. Nb5 g5 41. Rf1 Re4+ 42. Kd3 f5 43. Nd4 Ra8 44. a5
h3 45. b4 Kf6 46. Ra1 Rh8 47. Raa2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Burmakin,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
h3 Re8 9. d5 e4 10. Ng5 e3 11. f4 Nb6 12. Qb3 Nfd7 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4
Nc5 15. Qa3 Qe7 16. Kh2 Bf5 17. Nf3 a6 18. Ne1 b5 19. g4 Bd7 20. Nc2 bxc4
21. Nxe3 Bb5 22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Ng2 Qf6 24. Qb4 Qd4 25. a4 Bd7 26. Ne3 c3 27.
Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Nc4 Rab8 29. bxc3 Nxc3 30. e3 Bg7 31. Ra3 Nxa4 32. Bd2 Nc5
33. Ba5 Rb7 34. Rf2 Bb5 35. Rc2 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Bb2 37. Ra2 Rxe3 38. Bg2 Reb3
39. Be1 g5 40. Bg3 gxf4 41. Bxf4 R3b4 42. Rxb4 Rxb4 43. Bd2 Rb3 44. Ba5
Be5+ 45. Kg1 Nd3 46. Bxc7 Rb1+ 47. Bf1 Bd4+ 48. Kg2 Nf4+ 49. Kg3 Rxf1 50.
Bxd6 Nxd5 51. Rd2 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Daniliuk,S"]
[Black "Yakovich,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
Qb3 dxe5 15. dxe5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne4 Rd5 19. Nc3 Rc5
20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Qc7 22. b4 b5 23. Qa3 Rc4 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. h3 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 h6 27. Qa6 Nxe5 28. Qxb5 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Qf4 30. Rd7 Rc1+ 31. Kg2
f5 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qd7+ Kf6 34. Qd8+ Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kxh4 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Be2 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14.
g3 h6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Bg2 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Drozdov,I"]
[Black "Nadanian,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2375"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Bg5 d6 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Qe8 9. Ne3 Qg6 10. Bh4 c6 11. c4 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Bg3 Na6 14. a3
Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc8 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. c5+ Kh8 18. cxd6 Ne8 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Qxb7
Nac7 21. Rad1 a5 22. Kh1 Rf4 23. Nc4 Bc8 24. Qb6 Qf6 25. Ne5 Rh4 26. Qxc6
Be6 27. Bc4 Rb8 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Nd5 Qf5 30. g4 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Fedorov,A"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Sherbakov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. Nh2 Bd8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 Qc8 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Nf5 19. Bd2 axb4 20. Bxb4 Qb8
21. Rb1 Bb6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Nd4 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rxb6
Qc7 27. Rb1 b6 28. Qg3 Qd6 29. Qd3 g6 30. Qd2 Rxa3 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qh4
Kg7 33. Qe4 f5 34. Qh4 e4 35. Rd1 Nb3 36. g4 Nc5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Be2 Qf6
39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Giorgadze,G"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4
8. dxe4 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Kobalija,M"]
[Black "Vaulin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nf3
Na5 15. e5 Bc6 16. f5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxb3 18. cxb3 exf5 19. Rxf5 Bb7 20. Bf4
Nd6 21. Rh5 Rad8 22. a3 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Ng6
Qd7 27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Rxb5 f6 29. Rc5 Rd7 30. Qf2 Rfd8 31. h3 g5 32. Qg3
Rd3 33. Qg4 h5 34. Qxh5 gxf4 35. Qg4+ Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rf1 Rxh3+ 38.
Kg1 Rh4 39. Re1 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Koniushkov,I"]
[Black "Ulibin,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2555"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 g6 11. Nd4 Bc5 12. Na4 Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14.
Qc3 d4 15. Qa3 Bd5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. c4 dxc3 18. bxc3 f5 19. Rd1 Qh4 20. Be3
Qe7 21. Bc5 Nxc5 22. Bxd5 Qe3+ 23. Kg2 Qe2+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26.
Kg1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 Qe3+ 28. Kg2 Qe2+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qxe4+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+
32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg1
Qg4+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Rd8 42. Rxd8+ Kxd8 43.
Qd6+ Kc8 44. Qe6+ Kb8 45. Qd6+ Ka8 46. Re1 Rd8 47. Qc7 Rd1 48. Qc8+ Nb8 49.
Qe8 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Prokopchuk,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7
8. c4 Nb4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Qe1 c6 14.
Ne5 a5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Nb1
Bd6 21. a3 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Na6 23. Nc3 Bf4 24. Bf3 Rae8 25. Kg2 f5 26. Rh1
Nf6 27. Rh3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 e5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bh5 exd4 31. Rah1 Nxh5 32.
Qxh5 Re6 33. Rg3 Qe5 34. Rg5 Qxe3 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Rxf5+ Rf6 37. Rxf6+ gxf6
38. Rh7+ Ke6 39. Qxf8 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kh2
Qd2+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Ne2 Qf5+ 47. Kg3 Qxh7 48. Nxd4+ Kd7 49.
Qxf6 Qg8+ 50. Kf4 Qxc4 51. Qf5+ Kc7 52. Qxa5+ Kb8 53. Ke3 Qc1+ 54. Qd2 Qc5
55. Kd3 Qd5 56. Kc2 Nc5 57. Qf4+ Ka7 58. Qe3 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Malaniuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Na4 h6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14.
Bf4 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. a3 b5 17. Qb1 Bg4 18. Be3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20.
Rxa8 Rxa8 21. h3 Bh5 22. Kh2 Qc4 23. Rd2 Ne4 24. Rd3 Bg6 25. Qd1 Ra5 26.
Nd4 Ne5 27. Rb3 Qa6 28. Nc2 Nc4 29. Bd4 Qc6 30. Rb4 f6 31. Ne1 Rb5 32. Rxb5
Qxb5 33. Nd3 Bf7 34. Qa1 Kh7 35. Qc1 Qb3 36. f3 Ned6 37. Nc5 Qb5 38. g4 b6
39. Nd3 Qb3 40. Bf1 Nb5 41. Bf2 d4 42. Bg2 Bg6 43. f4 Bxd3 44. exd3 Qxb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Minasian,Ara"]
[Black "Zakharov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2375"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 e5 10. Qd2 Be7 11. f5 b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd5 Ra7 14.
Qc6+ Ke7 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Qd5 Rc7 17. Qb3 Bb7 18. Bd3 b4 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20.
exd5 Rc5 21. Rhe1 Rxd5 22. Bc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 e4 24. Bd5 Kf8 25. Qe3 Qc5
26. Qxe4 Re8 27. Qc4 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qe5 29. Qxb4 a5 30. Qb7 Re7 31. Qb8+ Re8
32. Qb7 Re7 33. Qb8+ Re8 34. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Petrushin,A"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nh3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12. Qd2 e5 13. f4 Bg4 14. Nf2
Be6 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. c3 Ndc6 17. Nd1 Kg7 18. N1e3 Bg8 19. Rf2 Nxd5 20. exd5
Ne7 21. Raf1 b5 22. h4 f5 23. c4 b4 24. b3 Rae8 25. Qb2 Nc8 26. g4 Qe7 27.
gxf5 gxf5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5+ Rxe5 30. Nxf5+ Kh8 31. Bh3 Rf6 32. Kh2 a5
33. Ng3 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Ne7 35. Ne4 Ng6 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Nxd6 Re3+ 38. Rf3
Re2 39. Nf5+ Kh8 40. Rf2 Re1 41. d4 cxd4 42. Nxd4 Rd1 43. Nc6 Rd3+ 44. Rf3
1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Popov,Ro"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2510"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nb5 Ke7
14. Nc7 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Rad8 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nc5 18. Bc4 Rxd5 19. Bxd5
Rd8 20. c4 Nxb3 21. axb3 f5 22. Re1 f6 23. Kc2 a5 24. Kd3 b6 25. Ra1 Bf8
26. b4 axb4 27. Ra6 Rd6 28. b3 h6 29. h4 b5 30. Ra7+ Rd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.
cxb5 Bc5 33. h5 Kc7 34. Be6 f4 35. Kc4 Kb6 36. Bf5 Bf2 37. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Zakharevich,I"]
[Black "Bigaliev,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bxd5 Bxg3
14. Bg2 Bd6 15. f3 Be6 16. Bf2 f5 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Bf4 19. Bg3 Be3+ 20.
Kh1 c6 21. Qe2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Bh3 23. Qd3 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qe6 25. d5 cxd5 26.
exd5 Qd7 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Re1 b5 29. d6 Qc6+ 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rd8
32. a4 a6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Re7 Kf8 35. Rc7 Nc4 36. Bh4 Rxd6 37. Be7+ Kg8
38. Bxd6 Nxd6 39. Rc6 Ne4 40. Kf3 Nd2+ 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. Ke3 Nf6 43. h3 Kf7
44. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Asrian,K"]
[Black "Malaniuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2610"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8.
d3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Nf1 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g6 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Bigaliev,R"]
[Black "Averkin,Or"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2425"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Rfc1
Rac8 15. a5 Qc4 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bf5 20. c4
Bd3 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 f5 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Be3 Kf7 25. Rc2 Rd7 26. Bb6
Bd8 27. Rd1 Bxb6 28. axb6 Rcd8 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. f3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Beshukov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2435"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. Rad1 Qb8 13. Ne1 a6 14. f4 Bc6
15. Nf3 b5 16. Rfe1 Bd8 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ne4 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rc1 Be7 21.
Kh1 c4 22. Nc3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 b4 24. Ne4 c3 25. Ba1 Nc7 26. d4 Rfd8 27. Bxc3
bxc3 28. Nxc3 Ba3 29. Rc2 Nb5 30. Nxb5 Qxb5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. d5 exd5 33.
Qxb5 axb5 34. Bxd5 Nb6 35. Be4 Rc1 36. Rxc1 Bxc1 37. Kg2 b4 38. Bc6 Be3 39.
Kf3 Bc5 40. Ke4 Kf8 41. h3 Ke7 42. g4 f6 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. h4 g6 45. Kf3
Nc8 46. g5+ Ke6 47. h5 Ne7 48. Be4 Nf5 49. h6 Nd6 50. Bc6 Bd4 51. Kg4 Bb2
52. Bf3 Bc1 53. Be2 Kd5 54. Bd3 Kd4 55. Bxg6 hxg6 56. h7 Nf7 57. f5 gxf5+
58. Kxf5 Kd5 59. g6 Nd6+ 60. Kf6 Bb2+ 61. Ke7 Bg7 62. Kd7 Nf5 63. Kc7 Ne7
64. Kb6 Nxg6 65. Kb5 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 b5 10. Be3 b4 11. Rc1 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. Bf1
Qd7 15. Nb3 e5 16. f5 gxf5 17. Bh3 Qe8 18. exf5 e4 19. Ng5 Nd5 20. Nxe4
Qxe4 21. dxe4 Bxe2 22. exd5 Ne5 23. Bg2 Rfe8 24. Bf4 Rb6 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bh4
Nd7 27. h3 h5 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Re5 30. Bd8 Rxf5+ 31. Kg2 Rb7 32. Rc2
Ne5 33. Na5 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Petrushin,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2570"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
c4 Nge7 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Re1+ Nde7 13. Bg5 O-O 14.
Be4 h6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Qf3 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 b6 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Bd6 Ra7 20.
Rde1 Qd8 21. Ba3 a5 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Qb5 Kg7 24. Na4 Rb7 25. Bc5 Qc8 26.
Bxb6 Rd8 27. Qe2 Rd5 28. Bc5 Qb8 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Nac5 Ra7 31. Qc4 Rh5 32.
g3 Nf5 33. Re8 Qc7 34. Rc8 Qxc8 35. Ne6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qxe6 Ne7
38. Qe3 Rc7 39. Nd2 Re5 40. Qb6 Rc2 41. Qb7 Re2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Poluljahov,A"]
[Black "Kobylkin,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2385"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nd5
f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Ng3 Kh8 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Ne3 Ng8 20. Nd5 Be6
21. Nc3 Nf6 22. Rf2 h6 23. Bh4 Rad8 24. Rd2 e4 25. fxe4 f4 26. e5 Qxe5 27.
Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nge4 f3 29. g3 Bg5 30. Nxg5 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 hxg5 32. Qe1 Qxe1+
33. Rxe1 f2 34. Rf1 Nf3 35. Rdd1 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Giorgadze,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Bxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. f4 d6 10. O-O h6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14.
Bd3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 f5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Be2 O-O-O
20. c3 Qe4 21. Bf3 Qd3 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd1 Qxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Rd8 26. Re1 f6 27. Kg1 Rg8 28. Re4 h5 29. h3 Rg5 30. g4 Kd7 31. Kf2 hxg4
32. hxg4 Kd6 33. Kf3 Rg7 34. Re1 Kd5 35. Rh1 Kc4 36. Rh6 Rf7 37. Ke4 Kxc3
38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39. g5 Rb6 40. f6 Rxb4+ 41. Kxe5 Rg4 42. f7 Rxg5+ 43. Ke4
Rg4+ 44. Ke3 Rxa4 45. f8=Q Kb3 46. Qc8 b5 47. Qxc7 Rc4 48. Qb6 Rc3+ 49. Kd4
Rc4+ 50. Kd5 b4 51. Qxa6 Rc3 52. Qa1 Rc8 53. Qf1 Rc3 54. Kd4 Ka3 55. Qa6+
Kb3 56. Qa5 Rc1 57. Qd5+ Ka3 58. Qa5+ Kb3 59. Kd3 Rc8 60. Qa6 Rc7 61. Qe6+
Ka3 62. Kd2 Rc5 63. Qd6 Rc3 64. Qd5 Rc8 65. Kd3 Rc1 66. Qa5+ Kb3 67. Kd4
Rc4+ 68. Kd5 Rc1 69. Kd6 Rc2 70. Qa1 Rc3 71. Kd7 Rc5 72. Kd6 Rc3 73. Kd5
Rc7 74. Qd1+ Ka3 75. Qa1+ Kb3 76. Kd6 Rc3 77. Qe1 Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Qb6 7. Ng3 g6
8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O Ne7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 a5 13. Qc1 d6 14. Rb1
Bd7 15. Bh6 Rfc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 d5 18. e5 f5 19. b3 Qc5 20. Bf3 Bc6
21. Ne2 dxc4 22. bxc4 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rab8 24. Rf1 b5 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. Qxc5
Rbxc5 27. Nxd4 Kf7 28. Rb6 Rd5 29. Nxe6 h6 30. d4 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Nxc6 32. Nc7
Rxd4 33. g3 Nb4 34. a3 Nc2 35. Rb1 Nxa3 36. Rb5 Rd3 37. e6+ Kf6 38. Rb8 Nc4
39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. e7 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Shariyazdanov,A"]
[Black "Minasian,Ara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rac1
Rad8 15. Qc2 Qb8 16. b4 e5 17. cxd5 exd4 18. exd4 cxd5 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Bf1
Ne6 21. g3 h5 22. h4 Ng4 23. Ne2 g5 24. hxg5 Nxg5 25. Rc3 h4 26. Bc1 Ne4
27. Rf3 hxg3 28. fxg3 Qc7 29. Nf4 Qb6 30. Nxd5 Qg6 31. Bh3 Ngf2 32. Rxf2
Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qc2+ 35. Rd2 Qxc1 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Qb2+
38. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Sherbakov,R"]
[Black "Zakharevich,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2505"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Qe8 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 b6 10. Nd5 Na6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. a3 f5 13. f3 c6 14. Nb4
Ndc5 15. Nxa6 Bxa6 16. b4 Ne6 17. c5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 b5 19. a4 a6 20. Rfd1
Qf7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nb3 fxe4 24. Na5 exf3 25. Qxf3 Rd8 26.
Rd6 Bf8 27. Rxc6 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. h3 Rd4 30. Rc8 Rxb4 31. Nc6 Rb3 32.
Qd5 Re3 33. Nb4 Qxd5 34. Nxd5 Re5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Rxf8 Rxc5 37. Nd7 Rd5
38. Rb8 Rxd7 39. Rxb5 Rd2 40. Rb7+ Kh6 41. h4 Kh5 42. Rxh7+ Kg4 43. Rh6 Rd6
44. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Tsamriuk,A"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2530"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a4 e4 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. Qc2
Rfe8 15. f3 exf3 16. Qxf5 fxg2 17. Nce4 Nbd7 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. e4 h6 20.
e5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Qf4 Ne4 24. Qh4 Qd5 25. Bc1 Nf6 26.
Ra3 Re2 0-1

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Daniliuk,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2410"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. a4 b4
15. cxb4 cxb4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. Ndf5 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Qg4 Kh8
21. Nxg7 Bxg7 22. Nf5 Rg8 23. Qh5 Qb6 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Nd6 Rgd8 26. Bxh6
Rxd6 27. exd6 Qc6 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. Qh4 Bxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rd1 Qc6 32. d7
Rd8 33. Qh4 Qc7 34. Bxe4 Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Nc6 36. h3 Kf8 37. Qh7 Rxd7 38. Re1
Ne7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qxa6 Kg7 41. Qb5 Rd4 42. a5 Ng6 43. a6 Rd6 44. h4 Nxh4
45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. a7 Nf3+ 47. gxf3 Rg6+ 48. Kf1 Qxa7 49. Re4 Qa1+ 50. Ke2
Re6 51. Qd4 b3 52. Rxe6 fxe6 53. Qd7+ Kh8 54. Qc8+ Kg7 55. Qb7+ Kf6 56.
Qxb3 Qa6+ 57. Qd3 Qb6 58. Qc3+ Kf7 59. b4 Qb5+ 60. Ke3 Qd5 61. Qc7+ Kf6 62.
Qc5 Qb3+ 63. Kf4 Qb2 64. Qf8+ Kg6 65. Qg8+ Kh6 66. Qxe6+ Kh7 67. Qd7+ Kh6
68. Qd6+ Kh7 69. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Turov,M"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2575"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qc1 Ne6 12. Bh6 Qc7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Qe3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. a4 Nc5 18. Nd4 Be6 19. b3 Rfd8 20.
Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Bf3 Nd5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nc3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bd3 Kf7
26. g3 Nd5 27. f4 Nb4 28. Rd1 Ke8 29. Kf2 b5 30. Ke2 bxa4 31. bxa4 Nd5 32.
Kd2 Rb8 33. h4 Rb4 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rh1 Rxa4 36. Rxh5 Ra1 37. Rxh7 a4 38. f5
exf5 39. Bxf5 a3 40. Be6 Kd8 41. Rh8+ Kc7 42. Ra8 Kb7 43. Ra4 Nc7 44. Bc4
Kb6 45. g4 Kc5 46. Bf7 e6 47. g5 Kb5 48. Ra7 a2 49. Ra3 Rg1 50. g6 a1=Q 51.
Rxa1 Rxa1 52. g7 Rg1 53. g8=Q Rxg8 54. Bxg8 Kc4 55. Ke3 Kd5 56. Kf4 Kd4 57.
c3+ Kd5 58. Bf7 c5 59. Bg8 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Kiseleva,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2350"]

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. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Ng8 14. exf5 gxf5
15. f4 exf4 16. Nf3 axb4 17. axb4 Ndf6 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Bg5 c6
21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Kh1 Qd7 23. b5 Ng4 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nb5 Qc5 26. h3 Ne3
27. Bxe3 Qxe3 28. Nxd6 Ra3 29. Nxc8 Rc3 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Rxc8 32. Rfc1
Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Bh6 34. Rb1 Be3 35. Bd3 Nf4 36. Bxf5 Rxc4 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38.
Rb7+ Kf6 39. Bxh7 Ne6 1-0

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Vaulin,A"]
[Black "Fedorov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Ne7 6. Qd2 h6 7. Be3 Nd7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. h4 b5 10. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia Cup GP 6"]
[Site "Krasnodar RUS"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Yakovich,Y"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2615"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 e4 14. dxc6
exf3 15. Qxf3 Be6 16. c4 Ng4 17. Qf4 Qe5 18. Rb1 Rac8 19. Bb2 Qxf4 20. exf4
h5 21. Rbc1 Rxc6 22. Bb1 f5 23. Bd3 Rd6 24. Be2 g6 25. h3 Nf6 26. Red1 Ne4
27. f3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nf6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. h4 Nd7 31. Ke3 Re8 32. Be5 Nb8
33. Rd6 Rc8 34. Kd3 Nc6 35. Kc3 Na5 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Bf1 Nb7 38. Be2 Rd8 39.
Rg1 Na5 40. Rc1 Nc6 41. g3 Nxe5 42. fxe5 f4 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Rd4 45. h5
gxh5 46. gxh5 f3 47. Bxf3 Rxc4+ 48. Kd2 Rxc1 49. Kxc1 Kf7 50. Kd2 b5 51.
Be2 b4 52. axb4 cxb4 53. Bd1 Kg7 54. Kd3 Kh6 1/2-1/2

