[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nf6 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 e6 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. d5 exd5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 Qf6 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rad1 a5 19. h3 Nb4 20. Bxf7 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qxf7 22. Qc3+ Qf6 23. Qc7+ Qf7 24. Qe5+ Qf6 25. Qc7+ Qf7 26. Qc3+ Qf6 27.
Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "44105681"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Qe3 e5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Bc5 18. Qxc5 Qxe4 19. Rae1 Be6 20. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "34189030"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. e3 Bb4 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Averbach variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Nc4 Nc5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nh4 Rf7 14. Na5 Qe8
15. Qc4 Be6 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bb2 Bc8 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Qe2 Bc8 21. Qc4
Be6 22. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. Qd5 Nbc6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5
15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O-O e6 17. f6 Bf8 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 h5 21.
Be2 Rh6 22. Rhe1 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Bxg4 Rxf6 25. Rxe5 Nc4 26. Re2 Bc5 27. Rd3
Bxf2 28. Rf3 Bh4 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Bf3 b6 31. Re4 b5 32. Rg4 Bxc3 33. Rg8+ Ke7
34. Ra8 a5 35. Be2 Nd6 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rc7 Be5 38. Rc6 Kf5 39. Rb6 b4 40. Ra6
Kf4 41. Rxa5 Bd4 42. a4 bxa3 43. Rxa3 f5 44. Ra6 Ke5 45. Bd3 Bc3 46. Ra3 Kd4 47.
Ra4+ Kd5 48. g4 fxg4 49. Rxg4 e5 50. Ra4 e4 51. Bf1 Kc5 52. Kd1 Bb4 53. Ra8 Kd4
54. Ba6 Kc3 55. Ra7 Ba5 56. Bf1 Bb4 57. Rc7+ Kd4 58. Ba6 Ba5 59. Rd7 Bb4 60. Ke2
Bc5 61. Kd2 Bb4+ 62. Kd1 Kc3 63. Rh7 Kd4 64. Rh5 Bc3 65. Bb5 Bb4 66. Ke2 Kc3 67.
Ba4 Nb7 68. Rh3+ Kc4 69. Bc6 Nc5 70. Ke3 Kc3 71. Rh2 Ba3 72. Bxe4 Bc1+ 73. Kf3
Ne6 74. Ke2 Nd4+ 75. Kd1 Bf4 76. Rh4 Be5 77. Rh3+ Kb2 78. Bd3 Nc6 79. Be4 Nd4
80. Rh5 Bf6 81. Kd2 Be7 82. Kd3 Bf6 83. Rh6 Be5 84. Rb6+ Ka3 85. Bd5 Ka4 86. c3
Nf5 87. Bc6+ Ka3 88. Rb5 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 g6 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Nxc5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Rc7 Bd5 18. Ne5 a5 19. Nd7 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.
Nxb6 Rc2 22. Bd3 Rxa2 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "44105681"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 a6 6. Nc4 Nd7 7. a4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rfc8 14. Red1 Qxd4
15. Nxd4 Nd5 16. Bg3 N7f6 17. a5 b5 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Ne4 20. Ba3 Nf4 21.
Bf1 Bd5 22. g3 Ng6 23. f4 Rd8 24. f5 Ne5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Re1 Nc4 27. Nxe6 Bxe6
28. Rxe4 Bd5 29. Rd4 Bf7 30. Bc5 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Nxb2 32. Bg2 Rb8 33. Bc5 Nc4 34.
Bb4 Ne3 35. Bh3 h5 36. Re1 Nd5 37. Re4 g5 38. Re5 g4 39. Bg2 Rd8 40. Rg5+ Kh7
41. Be4+ Kh6 42. Rf5 Kg7 43. Kf2 Rd7 44. Bh1 Kg6 45. Be4 Kg7 46. Bxd5 Rxd5 47.
Rxd5 Bxd5 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. Kd4 Bb7 50. Kc5 Ke5 51. Kb6 Bc8 52. Kc7 Bf5 53. Kb7
Kd5 54. Kxa6 Kc6 55. Ka7 Bc8 56. Be7 Bb7 57. Bd8 Bc8 58. Bb6 Bb7 59. a6 Bc8 60.
Ba5 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8. Nc3
Qa6 9. Qd1 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne7 12. Bb4 Nf5 13. a4 Nd7 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 d6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Qe4 Bxb2 18. Re1 Be5 19. Bd3 f5 20. Qc4 gxh4 21. Nxc7+
Kg7 22. Nxa8 Bd7 23. Qb4 b6 24. Qa3 a5 25. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. c4 Bd7
15. Qc2 b6 16. Bd3 g6 17. b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 Ng7 19. Re1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nh5 21. g3
Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf2 c6 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. g4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "34189030"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. dxe5 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bc5 9. Re1 Qd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. Rb5 Bb6 13. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. h4
Ne4 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Ng1 O-O 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e5 14. Ne2 e4 15.
Bc2 b5 16. Nf4 Nb6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qc7 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. e3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Rd2 Rad8 15.
h3 Bc8 16. Rfd1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...b6"]
[WhiteFideId "34189030"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Bd2 Qb7 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. a3 Bxc3
15. Bxc3 Rac8 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. Nf4 Nc7 18. Rfd1 d4 19. exd4 Nb5 20. Ne2 cxd4 21.
Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc2 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rxb2 25. Rac1 h6 26. Rc7 Qxc7 27.
Qxb2 Re8 28. Qb5 Re5 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qd4 h5 31. g4 h4 32. Qd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7
34. Ra8 Rc5 35. Ra6 f6 36. Kh2 Kh6 37. f3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 Nb4 8. h3 Be6
9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. c3 b5 15. axb6
axb6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nh2 Kh7 18. Ng4 Rf8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qa4 b5 21. Qa6 Be7
22. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Rc1 g6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O g5 13. Ne1 gxh4 14. Bxh5 Kh8 15.
Bg4 Rg8 16. Kh1 e5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. h3 e4 19. Qh5 Rg5 20. Qxh4 f5 21. Qf4 Bd6
22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qf4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "44105681"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qb3
Na5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. e3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 e6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Bd3
O-O 16. h3 Qe8 17. O-O b5 18. a3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Be2 Rb8 21. Rb1 Ng7 22.
Bg3 Rb3 23. e4 Bc6 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Qd2 Rb6 26. exd5 exd5 27. Bg4 Rf7 28. Re2 Bf8
29. Rbe1 Rbb7 30. Be6 Nxe6 31. Rxe6 Bd7 32. Ra6 Bf5 33. h4 Bc8 34. Rc6 Bd7 35.
Rc5 Bxc5 36. dxc5 Bc6 37. Bd6 Rb3 38. Qd4 Kg7 39. Nxd5 Bxd5 40. Qxd5 Rxb2 41. h5
Rd7 42. Qd4 Rb6 43. h6+ Kxh6 44. Qe3+ g5 45. cxb6 Rxd6 46. b7 Rb6 47. Qh3+ Kg7
48. Qc8 Qd6 49. g3 Rb2 50. a4 c3 51. Qxc3 Rxb7 52. a5 Rc7 53. Qb2 Rd7 54. Qb5 h5
55. Qf5 Re7 56. Rb1 Qc6 57. Qd3 Rd7 58. Qe2 Qd5 59. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. a3 b5
9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. e4 Ne5 15. Bf4
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Rc8 18. Rd3 O-O 19. e5 Nd7 20. Rad1 Nb6 21. h4 Rc7
22. h5 Rd7 23. h6 Rfd8 24. Bb1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd7 27. Be4 Bxe4 28.
Nxe4 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Qc7 Kf7 31. Qc6 f5 32. Nd6+ Kg6 33. Nc8 Qe8 34. Nd6
Qd8 35. Nb7 Qg5 36. Qxe6+ Nf6 37. Qe1 Ne4 38. Nc5 Qd2 39. Qxd2 Nxd2 40. a4 bxa4
41. Nxa4 Nc4 42. Kf1 Kxh6 43. Ke2 Kg5 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Nc5 f4 46. Nxa6 h5 47. Nc5
Kg4 48. Ne6 h4 49. Nd4 Nb5 50. Nxb5 f3 51. gxf3+ Kxf3 52. Nd4+ Kxf2 53. Ke4 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. f4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. c4 Bb7 14. f5 Nc6 15. Bf4
a5 16. f6 gxf6 17. exf6 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1
Qh4 22. Qe3 Rg8 23. Rd2 O-O-O 24. c5 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. cxb6 h5 27. Kg1 Bc6
28. Ba6+ Kb8 29. Rf4 Rdg8 30. g3 Rg4 31. Rfd4 h4 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Rxd7 hxg3 34.
h3 Rb4 35. Rb7+ Ka8 36. Ra7+ Kb8 37. Rb7+ Ka8 38. Ra7+ Kb8 39. Rxf7 Rxb6 40. Re7
Rf8 41. f7 Rxf7 42. Rxf7 Rxa6 43. Kg2 Kc8 44. h4 Kd8 45. h5 Ke8 46. Rb7 Kf8 47.
Kxg3 a4 48. Kf4 Ra5 49. h6 Kg8 50. Ke4 Rh5 51. h7+ Kh8 52. Kd4 a3 53. b4 Rh2 54.
Kc3 Rxa2 55. Kb3 Ra1 56. Re7 e5 57. Rxe5 a2 58. Re4 Kxh7 59. Rg4 Kh6 60. Kb2 Rf1
61. Kxa2 Rf3 62. b5 Kh5 63. Rb4 Kg6 64. b6 Rf8 65. Kb3 Kf5 66. b7 Rb8 67. Kc4
Ke6 68. Kc5 Kd7 69. Kb6 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Qh4 11. Qf3 b6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Qf4 Be7 14. Qa4 c5
15. f3 Be6 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Qa6 Bc8 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Bb5 Qg4 21. Rbd1
Qf5 22. Rd2 h5 23. h3 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 f6 25. Qc6 Qc8 26. Qxc8 Raxc8 27. e6 f5 28.
g4 Rd6 29. Bg1 Rxe6 30. gxf5 Rd6 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Rd3 Rcd8 33. a4 Bf6 34. Kg2 Re8
35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. c4 d4 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Bf2 Kc6 39. Ke4 Rd7 40. Rg3 a6 41. Rg6
b5 42. Kd3 bxc4+ 43. Kxc4 Re7 44. c3 dxc3 45. Bxc5 Re4+ 46. Kd3 Kxc5 0-1

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bf4
Nb6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bd6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rd1 O-O 14. a4 Rb8 15.
O-O Nc8 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qxd4 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Kg2 Qxb3 21.
Bxb3 Ne7 22. Rd7 Ng6 23. Rfd1 Nf6 24. R7d6 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. f4 a5 27. e5 a4
28. Bc2 Ng4 29. Nd5 N4xe5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nc6 Rbc8 33. Nxe5 Rxc2+
34. R1d2 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 b4 36. Rd4 Re8 37. Nd3 a3 38. bxa3 bxa3 39. Ra4 h5 40.
Rxa3 Re7 41. Kf3 g6 42. Ra5 Kg7 43. Ne5 Rb7 44. Rd5 Kf6 45. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Be7 8. h3 Bh5
9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bd2 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nbd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Kc2 Nf8 16. Ra1 a6 17. Rhd1 Ng6 18. Na4 Nh4 19. Bh1 Ng6 20. Bg2 Nh4 21. Bh1
Ng6 22. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 c5 11. Ne2 Be6 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Qxd6 Bxd6 14. Nbc3 c4
15. Rfd1 Ba3 16. Kf2 cxb3 17. axb3 Bb4 18. g4 Rxd1 19. Nxd1 Rd8 20. Nb2 Be7 21.
Nf4 Nd7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. f4 Nb8 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. Ke2 a5 26. c3 b6 27. h4 Na7 28.
e5 Nb5 29. Bd2 h5 30. gxh5 Rh8 31. b4 Rxh5 32. bxa5 Rxh4 33. axb6 Rh2+ 34. Kd1
cxb6 35. Ra8+ Kd7 36. c4 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Nd4+ 38. Ke3 Nf5+ 39. Ke2 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "44105681"]
[BlackFideId "34189030"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
O-O 9. a5 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb6 17. Na5 Bxb2 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. c4 Bd7 21. Be3
Nc8 22. Qb3 a5 23. Qb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Bf5 25. h3 a4 26. g4 a3 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28.
Nxd4 a2 29. Ra1 Bb1 30. Nb5 e6 31. Bg2 Ra4 32. dxe6 Rxe6 33. Bd5 Re1+ 34. Kh2
Ne7 35. Nc3 Ra5 36. Bg2 g5 37. Nxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 f6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Na4 Qd6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qd7 17. Qb3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "44105681"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. c4 c6 8. Bb2 Nbd7
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Rfd1 Rfe8 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. Nd2 Qb8 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 b5 16. Ne3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Rxd1+ 19. Ncxd1 Rd8 20. Nf5 Qc7 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Ne3 g6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 c5 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qd6 27.
Qe2 Ned7 28. Qxb5 Nxd5 29. Qd3 N7b6 30. a4 Qe6 31. Qd2 Qd7 32. a5 Nf6 33. Qg5 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "34189030"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Rb8 7. e3 Be7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Rfc1 c6 14. Qc3 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. b4 Kh8 19. Qb3 g5 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. b5 g4 22.
h4 g3 23. fxg3 Rg8 24. Nf1 cxb5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Be6 27. Kf2 Rbc8 28. Nd2
f5 29. Be2 Nd5 30. a3 Nf6 31. Bc4 Ng4+ 32. Ke2 Bxc4+ 33. Nxc4 Rg6 34. Ne5 Rgg8
35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nd6 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Kf6 38. Rf1 Ke6 39. Nxf5 Nf6 40. Kd2 Nd5 41.
a4 b6 42. Kc2 a6 43. Kb2 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kb3 Rg6 46. Rf2 Rg8 47. Rf1 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. O-O c4 8. Be4
Na6 9. Nd4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe7 19. f4 Nf6 20. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 a5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. a3 Na6
9. Ne5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 c6 12. f4 O-O 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e5 Be7 15. Ne2 c5
16. c3 cxd4 17. cxd4 a4 18. Qd3 b4 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 bxa3 21. bxa3 Nc7 22.
Rff1 Rab8 23. Rab1 Rfd8 24. h4 Bf8 25. Nf4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28.
Kh2 Qe7 29. Rb4 Qa7 30. Rb1 Qe7 31. Rb4 Qa7 32. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 Nd7 8. cxd5 exd5
9. Bd3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Nge2 Rg8 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Qd3 Ne7 15.
O-O Rg4 16. Qh7 O-O-O 17. Qxh5 Rg7 18. Rab1 Qa6 19. Rfd1 Ng6 20. Bg3 Bb4 21.
Nxd5 Qa5 22. a3 Rh8 23. axb4 Rxh5 24. bxa5 Rxd5 25. b4 Rh7 26. Nc3 Rdh5 27. Ne4
f5 28. Nd6+ Kd8 29. Nxb7+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Kf6 31. Bc7 Rxh4 32. Bd8+ Ne7 33. Bxe7+
Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Re1+ Kf6 36. Nd8 Rxd4 37. Nxc6 Rc4 38. b5 a6 39. Rd1 axb5
40. Rd6+ Kg5 41. a6 Nf6 42. f4+ Rxf4 43. a7 Ra4 44. Rd8 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Ng4+ 46.
Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Rd2 Ra6 48. Rb2 Nf6 49. Rxb5 Ne8 50. Ra5 Rxa5 51. Nxa5 Nc7 52. Kf3
Kf6 53. Nc4 Na8 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. exd5 a6 8. Bf4
Bf5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Re1+ Kd8 11. a4 Ne7 12. Nf3 Nc8 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. Bd2 Be7
15. Bb3 h6 16. d6 Bxd6 17. Bxf7 Rf8 18. Be6 Kc7 19. Bb3 Bg4 20. Bd1 Ncb6 21. h3
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Be2 Rxf2 24. Ne4 Rxg2 25. Nxd6 Kxd6 26. Bf4 Nd7 27. Bf1
Rf2 28. Bg3 Rf3 29. Bh2 Re8 30. Bg2 Rf2 31. Be4 Kc7 32. Bg3 Rf6 33. Rh2 Kb6 34.
Rd2 c4 35. Bc2 Rf3 36. a5+ Kc5 37. Rg1 Nd3+ 38. Kb1 Nf6 39. Bc7 Nd5 0-1

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. h3 Be6 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. a3
Nc6 16. b4 Qb6 17. Na4 Qd8 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qb1 Nd7 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Ra2 Qe7 22.
Nd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 Nf8 24. Re2 Bxd4 25. Bb5 Qf6 26. Bxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bd3 d4 14. Na4 Bf5 15.
Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qe4 g6 17. a3 Be7 18. Bd2 Re8 19. Rac1 b5 20. Nb6 Qxb6 21. Rxc6
Qa7 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. g4 Nh4 24. Rc7 Qd8 25. Ba5 Bd6 26. Ra7 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.22"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44105681"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.22"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34189030"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 b4 8. Be3 Bb6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Rb8 14. h3 Kg7 15. Nc4 Ba7
16. a5 Be6 17. Re1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rb1 h5 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3
Ba7 23. d4 h4 24. Bh2 f6 25. Ba2 Re8 26. Rxb8 Bxb8 27. Ne3 Nf8 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29.
Qd3 Qc8 30. f3 c6 31. Kh1 Bc7 32. Qc4 Kg6 33. Qxc6 Bxa5 34. Qa4 Bxc3 35. Rc1
exd4 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. Bxd6 Rd8 38. Be7 Rxd5 39. exd5 Nf4 40. d6 Qe6 41. Qc2 Kg7
42. Rb1 Ng6 43. Qa4 Nxe7 44. dxe7 Qxe7 45. Qxa6 Qe5 46. Qd3 Kh6 47. Rd1 Qf4 48.
Qc4 Qe5 49. Kg1 Bd2 50. Rb1 Bf4 51. Kf1 Qe3 52. Rb3 Qe5 53. Rb5 Qe3 54. Rb3 Qe5
55. Qd3 Bg3 56. Qe4 Qa5 57. Qb1 Qd2 58. Rb2 Qc3 59. Rb3 Qd2 60. Rb2 Qc3 61. Rb3
Qd2 62. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "34189030"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g4 O-O 6. g5 Ne4 7. h4 c5 8. e3 Nc6
9. Nc3 b6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. Qc2 fxg5 15.
hxg5 Bxg5 16. Bg2 Qe7 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ke2
Rae8 22. Raf1 Re7 23. Rhg1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Rb1 Rc8 26. Rgc1 Kg7 27. b4 g5
28. fxg5 f4 29. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "44105681"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Qxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Be5 e6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
d5 Bb4 15. dxe6+ fxe6 16. O-O-O+ Ke7 17. Ne4 Rac8+ 18. Kb1 Rc4 19. Ned2 Rg4 20.
g3 Nc4 21. Nb3 Na5 22. Rd3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Nbd4 e5 25. Nb5 Bc5 26. Rd1+
Ke7 27. Nc3 Bxf2 28. Nd5+ Ke6 29. Nc7+ Kf5 30. Rf1 Ke4 31. Nd2+ Ke3 32. Nd5+
Kxd2 33. Rxf2+ Kd3 34. Nxf6 Rd4 35. Nh5 e4 36. Nf4+ Ke3 37. Rf1 Rd2 38. Re1+ Kf3
39. Rf1+ Rf2 40. Rxf2+ Kxf2 41. Kc2 Nc6 42. Nh3+ Kg2 43. Nf4+ Kf3 44. Kd2 e3+
45. Ke1 Nd4 46. Nd3 Kg2 47. Nf4+ Kxh2 48. Nd5 Nc2+ 49. Ke2 Kxg3 50. Nf6 h6 51.
Kd3 h5 52. Kxc2 h4 53. Kd3 Kf3 54. Ne4 e2 55. Nd2+ Kf2 56. Ne4+ Kf1 0-1

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nb5 c5 14. Bf4 Nf8 15.
Nc4 Ne6 16. Nbd6 Nxf4 17. Nxb7 Qb8 18. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 Bf5 7. Bd3 Qc8 8. Bxf5
Qxf5 9. Qd3 Qh5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qb5 Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Nb4 13. Na3 Ne4 14. Nd2 f5 15.
f3 Nf6 16. Ke2 a6 17. c3 Nc6 18. c4 e5 19. d5 Ne7 20. Nc2 h5 21. Rad1 Bh6 22. h4
Kf7 23. Rhf1 b5 24. Nb4 a5 25. Nd3 a4 26. Rc1 Rfb8 27. Bc3 axb3 28. axb3 bxc4
29. bxc4 Ra3 30. Rc2 Nexd5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Rfc1 Bxe3 33. Bb2 Ra7 34. Rd1 Ra2
35. Nc4 Bd4 36. Rdd2 Bxb2 37. Ncxb2 Ke6 38. Rc6 Kd7 39. Rcc2 Ke6 40. Rc6 Rb5 41.
Nc4 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Nf2 Kd7 45. Ra6 Rb4 46. Ne3 Rb2+ 47. Kc1
Rxf2 48. Nxd5 c6 49. Nb6+ Ke6 50. Nc8 Rxg2 51. Rxc6 Kd7 52. Rc3 d5 53. Nb6+ Kd6
54. Nc8+ Ke5 55. Ne7 d4 56. Rc6 Rg1+ 57. Kd2 e3+ 58. Kd3 Rd1+ 59. Ke2 Rd2+ 60.
Ke1 Rh2 61. Nxg6+ Kd5 62. Ra6 Rh1+ 63. Ke2 Rh2+ 64. Ke1 d3 65. Nf4+ Ke4 66. Nxd3
Kxd3 67. Ra3+ Ke4 68. Ra5 Kf3 69. Rf5+ Kg4 70. Re5 Rh3 71. Ke2 Kxh4 72. Re4+ Kg3
73. Rxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Re3 Ra8 15. d3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd8 17. Qa2 Re8 18. Nbd2 Bf8 19. Bb3 Rb8 20. Nc4 c6 21. Nh4 Qc7
22. g4 Bg6 23. Nb6 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rf3 Ne6 27. Be3 g5 28. d4
Nf4 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Bc4 Qb7 31. Kh2 g6 32. Rg3 Kg7 33. Rgg1 Bd6 34. Rad1 Qe7
35. Bxf7 Rh8 36. Rg3 Qf6 37. Bxf4 exf4 38. Rf3 Be5 39. Bc4 Bxc3 40. Rd7+ Kh6 41.
Bxa6 Qe5 42. Qf7 Rbf8 43. Qc4 Bxa5 44. Qxc6 Rf6 45. Qc4 Rd8 46. Rxd8 Bxd8 47.
Qg8 Rxa6 48. Qxd8 Re6 49. h4 Qf6 50. Qd5 Re5 51. Qa8 gxh4 52. Rc3 Rxe4 53. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. O-O a6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Nc3 d6 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 e6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. d4
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qe4 f6 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. b4 f5
22. Qf3 O-O 23. Rfe1 e5 24. Qd5+ Qxd5 25. cxd5 Nxb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Bxc4 c5 8. e5
Qd8 9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rad1 Qe8 15.
Qb3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bd8 17. Nf4 Rb8 18. Qa3 Bb6 19. Rfe1 Qb5 20. Nh4 Qb4 21. Qf3
Bd8 22. a3 Qxb2 23. Qg3 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 Bf5 25. g4 Bc2 26. Re2 Qxa3 27. Rde1 Qf3
28. g5 Bf5 29. h3 Kh7 30. Re3 Qc6 31. Rd1 Qa4 32. Rd6 Be6 33. Kh2 Qc2 34. gxh6
g5 35. Qg3 Rbd8 36. Rf3 Rxd6 37. exd6 Qe4 38. Qxg5 Rg8 39. Qh5 Qb1 40. Ng2 Qg6
41. Qxg6+ fxg6 42. Rf6 Bb3 43. Nf4 Rd8 44. Nxg6 Kxh6 45. Ne5+ Kg7 46. Rg6+ Kh7
47. f4 c4 48. Re6 c3 49. Re7+ Kh6 50. Rxb7 c2 51. Rc7 Rxd6 52. Rxc2 Bxc2 53.
Nf7+ Kg6 54. Nxd6 Bd3 55. Nb7 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qd2 Qd5 11. Be2 O-O 12. c4 Qd6 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. Rhf1
b6 15. Ne1 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nxe5 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. f4 Rxd2
21. Kxd2 Nc6 22. f5 Bd7 23. Nd5 Nd4 24. Bd3 c5 25. f6 Rd8 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Kc3
Bc6 28. Nf4 Re8 29. b4 Re5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Kd2 a5 32. Rf2 a4 33. Bb1 Re7 34.
Nh5+ Kf8 35. Bd3 Re5 36. Nf6 Kg7 37. Ng4 Re6 38. Ne3 Be4 39. g3 Bxd3 40. Kxd3
Rb6 41. g4 a3 42. Nf5+ Nxf5 43. Rxf5 Rb2 44. Rxc5 Rxa2 45. Ra5 Rg2 46. g5 hxg5
47. hxg5 Kg6 48. Ke4 a2 49. Kf4 Rc2 50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. Kf5 Rxc4 52. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "44105681"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5 g6 15.
Nh2 Qd7 16. h5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rfe8 18. Bf6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Re5 Ne4 21. Qf3
Re6 22. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.25"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34189030"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Nc3
f6 9. O-O-O Qb8 10. Bd4 g6 11. Kb1 Bh6 12. Qh4 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Re1 Bg7
15. Qg3 Nh6 16. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.25"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 Nd7 11. Nge2 h6 12. Nf4 Rg8 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. h5 g5 15.
a3 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. g4 Kb8 18. Rh3 Bd6 19. Rf3 Rgf8 20. Bf5 Nc4 21. O-O-O
Bc7 22. Kc2 Nd6 23. Na4 b6 24. Nc3 Kb7 25. a4 a5 26. Rc1 Rde8 27. Kd3 Re7 28.
Rc2 Rd8 29. Ke2 Rf8 30. Na2 Ra8 31. Bd3 Re6 32. Bg6 b5 33. axb5 Nxb5 34. Kf1 Nd6
35. Nc1 Bb6 36. Nd3 Rf8 37. Kg2 Nb5 38. Rh3 Re7 39. Rh1 Rc7 40. Rhc1 Ra8 41. b3
Na3 42. Ra2 Nb5 43. Ra4 Ra7 44. b4 Re7 45. Nc5+ Kc7 46. Bd3 Kd6 47. Nb3 axb4 48.
Bxb5 cxb5 49. Rxb4 Rec7 50. Rxb5 Rxc1 51. Nxc1 Kc6 52. Rb2 Bc7 53. Ne2 Ra8 54.
Rc2+ 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Nb3 Nd7 12. d4 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5
15. Qe3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc8 19. Qf4 Qe6 20. Qxc7 Bf6
21. Rd7 Qxe4 22. Bf3 Qe5 23. Qxb7 Rab8 24. Qa7 Rxb2 25. Bd5 Qe8 26. g3 Bd8 27.
Rb7 Rxb7 28. Qxb7 Qe7 29. Qb3 Qc5 30. a4 g6 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. Qf3 Bb6 33. Rb5 Qc7
34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Qxf7+ Qxf7 36. Bxf7 Kxf7 37. Rxb6 Rd4 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Nbd2 Qxb2 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Qc3 10. Rb1 b6 11. Rb3 Qc7 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Nfd2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "34189030"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6
9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Be6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Ne4 17. Na4 a5 18. Nc5 axb4 19. axb4 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Qf6 21. Bf3
Red8 22. Qd3 Qb2 23. Qb5 h6 24. h3 Rd7 25. Rfc1 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 27. Qf1 Qb2
28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ g6 30. Qb5 Qa1+ 31. Qf1 Qb2 32. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "44105681"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4 Qxd4
15. Rxd4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 d6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15.
h4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Bd6 18. Ra6 Re8 19. Re3 Qd7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4
Ne7 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Rg3+ Ng6 25. Rxg6+ Kh8 26. Rxh6+ Kg7 27. Qd5
Re1+ 28. Kh2 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Bf4 Qg4 31. Bg3 Qd1 32. Bxd6 Rh1+ 33. Kg3
Qd3+ 34. f3 Qg6+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qg6+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. g4 Qc2+ 39. Ke3 Re1+
40. Kf4 Qh2+ 41. Kf5 Qxh4 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Bf4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.26"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Qd3 Ba6 13. Qe3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6
15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 e5 18. Nxe5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Bg3 Re8 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nd7 12. h3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Qd2 b5 15.
O-O Bf8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Ng7 18. e4 b4 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bc2
Qb6 22. Bb3 Bc5 23. Ng3 Rad8 24. Bxd5 Bc6 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Nd6 Re7 27. Bxc6 Qxc6
28. Nh2 h5 29. Nf3 Qb6 30. Ng5 Bxd6 31. exd6 Nxg5 32. Qxg5 Red7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34.
Rc4 b3 35. axb3 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Qe3 a6 38. Re4 Qc6 39. Rd4 Re8 40. Qd2
Qe6 41. Rd8 Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kh7 43. Qd1 a5 44. h4 Qe4 45. g3 Qe6 46. Qd3 Qe1+ 47.
Kg2 Qb4 48. Qc3 Qe4+ 49. Qf3 Qe6 50. Kf1 Qe7 51. Qd5 Qc7 52. Kg2 Kg8 53. Qb5 Qd8
54. b4 axb4 55. Qxb4 Qd5+ 56. Kh2 Kh7 57. Qb6 g5 58. hxg5 Qxg5 59. Qd4 Qf5 60.
b4 Kg6 61. Kg2 f6 62. Qc4 Qb1 63. b5 h4 64. gxh4 Kh6 65. Qf4+ Kh7 66. Qc7+ Kh6
67. b6 Qe4+ 68. Kg3 Qd3+ 69. Kf4 Qh3 70. Ke4 Qe6+ 71. Kd4 Qg4+ 72. f4 Qd1+ 73.
Kc5 Qc2+ 74. Kd6 Qe4 75. Kd7 Kg6 76. b7 Qd5+ 77. Ke7 Qf7+ 78. Kd6 Qf8+ 79. Kd5 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. O-O d4 17. b4 Ne6 18. Qa4 Rc7 19. Qxa7 Ng5 20. Qxd4 Nxf3+
21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Rfc1 Re7 23. Qf4 Qe2 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qd5 Rfe8 26. Qd1 Qa6 27.
Rc5 Re4 28. Qf3 R8e7 29. Ra5 Qe6 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Rad5 h5 32. Rd6 Qe5 33. h3 Qb2
34. R1d2 Qa1+ 35. Rd1 Qb2 36. R1d4 R4e6 37. a4 Qa1+ 38. Qd1 Qb2 39. a5 Re5 40.
Rf4 Rg5+ 41. Kh2 Rb5 42. Qd3 Qe5 43. Kg1 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5 45. Kg2 Qg5+ 46. Kf1
Qe5 47. h4 Rc7 48. Rd7 Rxd7 49. Qxd7 Qd5 50. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44105681"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nf3
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Qb3 Bg4 13. Rfc1 b5 14. Nc5 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 e5 16. Nb7 Qe6 17. Nc5 Qd6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd1 Rac8 20. Nd3 g6 21. h3 Kg7
22. Be2 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. exd4 Rfe8 26. Bd3 Ne4 27. h4 Kf6 28.
g4 Nd2 29. Kg2 Nc4 30. Rc2 Na5 31. Rac1 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Re6 33. g5+ Kg7 34. Rc5
Nc6 35. Kg3 Kf8 36. a3 Rd6 37. Kf4 Ke7 38. Bf1 Nxd4 39. Rc7+ Rd7 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7
41. Ke5 Nf3+ 42. Kxd5 Nxh4 43. f4 Nf3 44. a4 bxa4 45. Bxa6 Ne1 46. Bb5+ Ke7 47.
Ke4 Nc2 48. Bxa4 Nb4 49. Kd4 f6 50. Kc4 Na6 51. Bb3 fxg5 52. fxg5 Nc7 53. Kc5
Ne8 54. Kc6 Nd6 55. Bd5 Nf5 56. Kc7 h6 57. gxh6 Nxh6 58. b4 Nf5 59. b5 Nd6 60.
b6 g5 61. Bf3 Nb5+ 62. Kc6 Nd6 63. Kc5 Kd7 64. Bg4+ Ke7 65. Kd5 Nb7 66. Kc6 Nd6
67. Be2 g4 68. Bxg4 Nc4 69. b7 Na5+ 70. Kc7 Nxb7 71. Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "34189030"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Ne5 8.
d4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Be3 Qb6 12. b3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nd2 Ba3
15. Qg4 g6 16. Nf3 Qc6 17. Qf4 O-O 18. Qh6 Rfe8 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. h4 Qc2 21. h5
gxh5 22. Qxh5 Qg6 23. Qf3 Nd7 24. g3 f6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Qe2 Qf5 27. Kg2 e5 28.
Qh5 Be7 29. Rad1 Bxg5 30. Qxg5+ Qxg5 31. Bxg5 e4 32. Rc1 Nf8 33. Be3 Kf7 34. Rh1
Rxc1 35. Rxc1 h5 36. Rh1 Kg6 37. g4 hxg4 38. Rh6+ Kf7 39. Rd6 Nh7 40. Rxd5 Nf6
41. Rc5 Rd8 42. Kg3 Nd5 43. Bg5 Rd6 44. Kxg4 Ke6 45. Rc8 Nf6+ 46. Bxf6 Kxf6 47.
Rc4 b5 48. Rc7 Rxd4 49. Rxa7 e3+ 50. Kf3 exf2 51. Kxf2 Ke6 52. Ke3 Rh4 53. Ra5
b4 54. Rc5 Kd6 55. Rc4 Rh2 56. Rxb4 Rxa2 57. Rc4 Rb2 58. Rc3 Kd5 59. Kd3 Kd6 60.
Kd4 Rb1 61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 h5 8. Bc4
a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 g5 14. Nf3 g4 15. Ng5 Rf8
16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Qf2 Qb8 19. Bxb6 Bh6 20. Be3 g3 21. Qxg3 Rg8 22. h4
Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nxe4 24. Qe1 Qa8 25. g3 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Bxg5 Nxg5 28. Rd3
Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.27"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 f6 7. Bb5 g5 8. Qa4 g4
9. Nd4 fxe5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7
15. Qb3 d4 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. O-O f5 19. Nd2 e4 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Rfe1
Rf8 22. Nf1 Qxc2 23. Qb5+ Qc6 24. Qxc6+ Rxc6 25. Rxd4 Bc5 26. Rd5 Ke7 27. Red1
Ke6 28. Ng3 Rd6 29. Rxd6+ Bxd6 30. Rc1 Rb8 31. b3 Rb5 32. Ne2 Rd5 33. g3 Rd2 34.
Kf1 Rxa2 35. Rc8 Be5 36. Re8+ Kd6 37. Rf8 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Re8+ Kd6 40. Rf8
Ra2 41. Kf1 Ra3 42. b4 Ke6 43. Re8+ Kd5 44. Rf8 e3 45. fxe3 Ke4 46. Rf7 Bd6 47.
Rxh7 Bxb4 48. Nd4 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Nc2 Bc5 52. Rd7+ Ke4 53. Rc7
Bb6 54. Rf7 Rb2 55. Kd2 Rb1 56. Re7+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Ke5 58. Re7+ Kf6 59. Rh7 Rh1
60. Nd4 f4 61. Rh6+ Kg5 62. Rh8 fxe3+ 63. Kxe3 Rd1 64. Rg8+ Kf6 65. Rxg4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. Bd3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. g3 Bh6 12. Ne5 g6 13. f4 f6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Nf3 O-O 16. O-O a5 17. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qf6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Rc8 15.
O-O d6 16. Ng4 Qf4 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Ne3 d5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Qb2 dxc4 21. bxc4 Qf6
22. Rab1 Ba8 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. h3 Be4 25. Rbc1 Rd7 26. Rd2 Rcd8 27. Rcd1 Qg5 28.
Kh2 Bc6 29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Qc3 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qe4 33. Rd4 Qe6 34. Re1
Be4 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Rd1 Qe7 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qe5 Bg6 39. Qf4 Kh7 40. h4 Qe7
41. Qa4 h5 42. Qa6 Qc7 43. Qa4 Qe7 44. Qa6 Qd7 45. Qc4 Qd3 46. Qa4 a5 47. Kh2
Qd6+ 48. Kg1 Qd3 49. Kh2 Qd6+ 50. Kg1 Qd2 51. g3 Qd3 52. Kh2 Qd6 53. Ng2 Qd2 54.
Kg1 b5 55. Qxb5 Qc1+ 56. Kh2 Qxa3 57. Nf4 a4 58. Nh3 f6 59. Nf4 Bf7 60. Qf5+ Kg8
61. Ng6 Bxg6 62. Qxg6 Qf3 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qxa4 Qxf2+ 65. Kh3 Qf1+ 66. Kh2 Qe2+
67. Kg1 Qe3+ 68. Kg2 Qe2+ 69. Kg1 Qf3 70. Qc2+ f5 71. Kh2 Qe4 72. Qd1 Qg4 73.
Qd3 Qg6 74. Qe2 Qf7 75. Qf3 Qg6 76. Qe2 Qg4 77. Qd3 Qe4 78. Qd1 Kg6 79. Qd6+ Kf7
80. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5
9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. c3 Rc8 15. Qe2
Qe8 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 a5 19. b3 Rb8 20. Rab1 Qc8 21. Qd3 Qa6 22.
Ne2 Nd4 23. b4 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 axb4 25. axb4 Rf7 26. bxc5 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Nxc5 28.
Qc3 Qa8 29. Ng3 h6 30. Kg2 Qc6 31. Qb2 Bf8 32. Be3 Rc7 33. Qa3 Nd7 34. Qa5 Be7
35. Qb5 Qa8 36. Rb4 Qc8 37. Ra4 Nc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Qb3 Rc7 40. Qa2 Qd7 41.
Ra6 Kf7 42. Ne2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.28"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "34189030"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Rb5 Nf6 15.
Rxb7 Qc8 16. Rb3 Ne4 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd2 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Qd3+ Ne4 22. f3 f5 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Qe2 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Qd7 26. Ra5 Rb8 27. Rc5
Qe6 28. c4 dxc4 29. Qf4 Re8 30. Qg5 Qd7 31. Rxc4 Kg8 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. Ra4 Rb8 34.
Kh2 Rb7 35. Qc3 Re7 36. Ra5 Qd6+ 37. Kg1 Rd7 38. Qc4+ Kh7 39. d5 Qb6+ 40. Qc5
Rxd5 41. Qxb6 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.28"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "44105681"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 b6 5. g3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Re1 b5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nf4
a4 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. Nfe5 axb3 18. axb3 Ra2 19. Re2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21. f3 Ng5
22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 d4 24. Rd2 Qa5 25. e4 d3 26. Rc1 h5 27. Bc3 Qb6+ 28. Kh1
Rea8 29. h4 Ne6 30. b4 g5 31. Bb2 gxh4 32. f4 hxg3 33. Qf3 h4 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35.
f5 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Qe3 37. Rf1 Qg5 38. Qf3 Nd4 39. Qxd3 Rd8 40. Qd2 Nf3 41. Qe2
Nd4 42. Qd2 Nf3 43. Qe2 Nd2 44. Rd1 Nc4 45. Rbb1 Nd2 46. Rb2 Nc4 47. Rbb1 Re8
48. e6 h3 49. Bxh3 Qh4 50. Qg4 Qxg4 51. Bxg4 Bxe4+ 52. Kg1 Bxb1 53. Rxb1 fxe6
54. fxe6 Ne3 55. Be2 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "77th ch-RUS 2024"]
[Site "Barnaul RUS"]
[Date "2024.08.28"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2024.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Re8 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rad1 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qb8 16. Qxb8 1/2-1/2

