[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "44144474"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 a5 8. Qc2
e5 9. b3 Bc5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 Bd6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Nf3 Re8 15.
Rad1 c6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Nd7 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. Bc1 a4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Be3
axb3 22. axb3 Qe5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Potter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8.
Qd2 Ng4 9. Bg3 f5 10. f3 f4 11. Bxf4 Nf2 12. Rg1 Ng4 13. Rh1 Nf2 14. Rg1 Ng4 15.
Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24249971"]
[BlackFideId "34254854"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 a6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3
Nge7 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 O-O 12. Bc3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 d6 14. O-O c5
15. h3 f6 16. Nd2 g5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Qg3 Qe7 20. f5 Nh8 21. Nf4 Qe5
22. h4 Nf7 23. Kh2 Kh8 24. hxg5 Nxg5 25. Ne6 Qxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Rg8 27. Kf4 Nf7 28.
g4 Ne5 29. Rg1 Nd3+ 30. Ke3 Ne5 31. Kf4 Nd3+ 32. Ke3 Ne5 33. g5 fxg5 34. Nxg5
Raf8 35. Ndf3 Nc4+ 36. Kf4 Rg6 37. Rh1 h6 38. Nh3 Nxb2 39. Nf2 c4 40. Rh2 c3 41.
Nh4 Rg7 42. Ng2 Rg6 43. Ne3 Kg7 44. Rah1 Be8 45. Kf3 b4 46. Neg4 Nc4 47. Ke2
Rxg4 48. Nxg4 h5 49. f6+ Kh7 50. f7 Bb5 51. Rxh5+ Kg6 52. Kd1 Rxf7 53. R5h2 Rf4
54. Rg1 Kf7 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Kc1 Kd8 57. Nh6 Ne5 58. Nf5 Rf2 59. Nd4 Bd7 60. Kb1
Kc7 61. Rhg7 Rd2 62. Nc2 Kb6 63. R7g2 Nf3 64. Rxd2 cxd2 65. Rh1 Kc5 66. Kb2 Ba4
67. Rf1 Ne1 0-1

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "24105074"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. e3 c4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf3 Re6 14. Bxd5 Bxc3
15. Bxe6 Bxd2 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Be2 Bb7 18. a3 Rc8 19. Qd1 Ne4 20. Bf3 Nb6 21. b4
Qa6 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxd2 Rc2 24. Qe1 Bd3 25. Qd1 Rc3 26. Re1 Nc4 27. Bg3 Nb2
28. Qg4 f5 29. Qh5 Qc6 30. d5 Qxd5 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Be5 Rc6 33. Bxb2 Rg6 34. f3
Be4 35. fxe4 Qd2 36. Qxg6+ Kxg6 37. exf5+ 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "24183750"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c5 6. e4 d6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1 Nbd7
9. d4 Bxe4 10. Bg5 d5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nf6 17. b3 O-O 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qa5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Rad1
Rfe8 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. R4xd2 g6 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Re6 26. Rd6 Rae8 27. Kg2
Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. R1d3 R8e7 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. a4 Rb7 32. R6d4 Rc7 33. Kg2 Ke7 34.
Kf3 Kf6 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Kf3 Kf6
41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. O-O Ba7
9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. b4 Be6 11. Rb1 Nb8 12. b5 Nbd7 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Re1 O-O 15. d4
Rfe8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. a3 a5 21. Qc6 exd4
22. cxd4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Nf6 24. Nxb6 cxb6 25. d5 Qc8 26. Nd2 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Rec8
28. Rec1 b5 29. f3 Rb6 30. Nb3 Rbxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Nxa5 Rc3 33. Rb3 Rc1+ 34.
Kh2 d5 35. e5 Nd7 36. Rxb5 Nxe5 37. Rxd5 f6 38. Nb3 Rc2 39. Rd2 Rc3 40. Nd4 Rxa3
41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "44144474"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Ne5 Bc6 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Rb8 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Bd2 b5 13. Ne4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nb7
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. a4 c5 17. axb5 cxd4 18. Qb4 dxe3 19. Rxa7 Nd8 20. Qxc4 Qxb2
21. fxe3 Rxb5 22. Rd7 Qe5 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. exd4 Rc8 26. d5 exd5 27.
Bxd5 g6 28. Rf2 Rb8 29. Kg2 Rb6 30. Re7 Rd6 31. Ba2 Kg7 32. Rc7 h6 33. h4 Rc6
34. Rd7 Rf6 35. g4 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nc6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Ne5 39. Re7 Nd3+ 40.
Kg3 Nb4 41. Bb3 Nc6 42. Rd7 Ne5 43. Re7 Nd3 44. Bc4 Nb4 45. Rc7 Nc2 46. Bxf7
Rxf7 47. Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "24183750"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. f3 Bh5 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Nd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 b6 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. a4 Rc7 19. Qb3 Rfc8 20. Rbc1 Qe6 21.
Nf4 Qd7 22. h3 g5 23. Ne2 Qe8 24. Qb5 Qe6 25. Qd3 Nd8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc1
Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc6 29. Nc3 Nb7 30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Nd6 32. d5 Qe8 33. Bxg5
Nfxe4 34. Bf4 Nc5 35. Qd1 Qe7 36. Kh2 Qf6 37. Qf3 a6 38. Qe3 Nc4 39. Qe8+ Kh7
40. Ne2 Qf5 41. d6 Qd7 42. Qxd7 Nxd7 43. Nc3 Kg6 44. g4 f6 45. h4 Kf7 46. h5 Ke6
47. Kh3 Nc5 48. g5 fxg5 49. Bxg5 Kxd6 50. Kg4 Ke6 51. Bd8 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24105074"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 Nh5 13. Bh2 Bf6 14. Bb5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng3 17. Rg1 Nf5 18. Kf2 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21.
Rgd1 Nc6 22. f4 f6 23. exf6 exf6 24. Be4 Kf7 25. a3 Na5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1
Rc8 28. Re1 Nc4 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rd7 32. Ne3 Nxb2 33. Rb1 Nd3+
34. Kf3 Ra7 35. Rxb6 Rxa3 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Rb8+ Kf7
40. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "34254854"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Nf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Bg5 Rb8 11. Nd2 O-O 12. e4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. cxd5 Bd4
15. Nb3 cxd5 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. b3 dxe4 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qxe4 Bb7 20. Qd4 Bxg2
21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Kxg2 a5 23. Rd4 Rb4 24. Rad1 g5 25. Kf3 Kg7 26. Rxb4 axb4 27.
Rd4 Ra8 28. Rxb4 Rxa2 29. h4 Rb2 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rb5 Kg6 32. Rb4 Kg7 33. Rb5
Kg6 34. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "24249971"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 g6 8. a3
Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nf3 b5 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. f3 a5 17. g4 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra6 Be8 20. Rfa1 Nd7 21. Ra7 Qd8
22. Qd2 Nb8 23. Rb7 Nc6 24. Ra6 Qh4 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxb4 f5 27. Rbb6 Bd7 28.
Rb7 Bc6 29. Rbb6 Bd7 30. Ra7 Bc6 31. Qe2 Kh8 32. Ba6 Bb5 33. Rxb5 fxg4 34. Bxc8
gxf3 35. Qf2 Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Rxc8 37. Rc5 Rf8 38. Rcc7 Bf6 39. Rf7 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. a3 Be7 12. b3 Bb7 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bf6
15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Ne6 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Bf5 Rbd8 19. Nb5 Qc5 20. Qb4 Qc6 21.
Nxa7 Qa6 22. Nb5 c5 23. Qa4 Qb6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bc7 Qc6 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Na7
Qb6 28. Qb5 Qxa7 29. Rxe6 Rf8 30. Re8 Qa6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qxa6 Bxa6 33. Rxd5
Be7 34. Rd7 Ke8 35. Ra7 Be2 36. c4 g5 37. a4 Kd8 38. a5 Bd3 39. f3 Bf6 40. a6
Kc8 41. Rb7 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "44144474"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 Na5 15. Bc2
exd4 16. cxd4 b4 17. b3 g6 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. Rb1 Rc8 20. h4 Qd7 21. Bd3 Nh5 22.
Nf1 Re7 23. d5 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 c6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd2 Qc7 27. Ne3 Nf6 28. Bc2
Rb6 29. Rd4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Ng5 Bb7 32. Ng4 d5 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Rf4 f5
35. Qd4 Qd6 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24249971"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd4 Rd8 14. Qb3 Na5
15. Nb5 Qc4 16. Qxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxa7 Na3 18. Nxa3 Rxa7 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Bb5
21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Nd6 Bxe2 23. Nxb7 Bf6 24. a4 Bxc3 25. Ra2 Bb5 26. a5 g6 27.
Nd6 Bd3 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Bxa5 31. f4 Kf8 32. Ke2 Bc7 33. Ne4
Ke7 34. Kf3 f5 35. Nf2 Bb6 36. Nd3 Bd4 37. Ke2 Bg1 38. Ne5 Bb6 39. Nf3 Bc7 40.
Ke3 Kf6 41. h3 h6 42. h4 Ke7 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd3 Ba5 46. Ke2 Bc3 47.
Kd3 Bf6 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Ke2 Kd5 50. Ke3 Bg7 51. Ke2 Bd4 52. Nd2 Bc3 53. Nb3 Bb2
54. Nd2 Bc1 55. Nb3 Ba3 56. Nd2 Bb4 57. Nf3 Ke4 58. Ne5 g5 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Nd3
gxf4 61. Nxf4 e5 62. Nd3 Be7 63. Nf2+ Kd4 64. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Bxe4 Bxa2
15. Ra1 Bd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rxa7 Rxb2 18. Qd3 e6 19. Bc1 Qb8 20. Bxb2 Qxa7 21.
e3 Rc8 22. Ra1 Qb7 23. Qa6 Qxa6 24. Rxa6 Bf8 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Kg7 27. Kg2
h5 28. h4 Rc2 29. Ra7 Rb2 30. Rc7 Kg8 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "34254854"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
c6 9. Re1 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. e4 Bh7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. e5 Ne8 14. a4 Rb8 15. Rec1
Qb6 16. Nf1 Qd8 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Ne3 Nc7 21. h4 Be7 22.
Rf1 Ra8 23. Bh3 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nh2 Qe7 27. f4 e5 28. fxe5
Nxe5 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 Rae8 31. Rae1 Qd6 32. d4 Nd7 33. Qg4 Rxe1 34. Rxe1
Rf7 35. Qg6 Qxg6 36. Bxg6 Rf6 37. Bd3 Re6 38. Rb1 c5 39. Bf5 Re7 40. Nf3 b6 41.
Kg2 Nf6 42. dxc5 bxc5 43. Re1 Rxe1 44. Nxe1 Kf8 45. Nd3 c4 46. Nc5 Ke7 47. Nb7
cxb3 48. cxb3 Na6 49. Kf3 Nb4 50. Nxa5 Kd6 51. Nb7+ Ke5 52. Bg6 Kd4 53. Ke2 Kc3
54. a5 Kxb3 55. Bd3 Nc6 56. a6 Nd7 57. Bg6 Ndb8 58. Na5+ Kb4 59. Nxc6+ Nxc6 60.
Be8 Na7 61. Kd3 Kc5 62. h5 Nc8 63. Bd7 Na7 64. g4 Kd6 65. Bf5 Nc6 66. Ke3 Ke5
67. Bd7 Na7 68. Kd3 Kd6 69. Be8 Nc8 70. Kd4 Na7 71. Ba4 Nc8 72. Bb3 Ne7 73. Kc3
Kc7 74. a7 Kb7 75. Kd4 Kxa7 76. Ke5 g6 77. g5 gxh5 78. gxh6 h4 79. h7 h3 80. Kf6 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24105074"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Nf6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Ng5 b5 13. f3 c5 14. g4 Rb8 15. b4
Qb6 16. Rde1 Bd7 17. Bd4 cxd4 18. Rxe7 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Rbc8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Nh3 Ne4
22. Bxe4 Qf6 23. Kb1 Qxe7 24. Bd3 d4 25. Nf4 Qe3 26. Qh2 Rc4 27. a3 a5 28. g5 h5
29. Qg3 Qe5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Nxh5 Qxg3 33. Nxg3 axb4 34. axb4 Rb8
35. Re4 Rxb4+ 36. Kc1 c3 37. Ne2 Ra4 38. Kb1 Rb4+ 39. Kc1 Ra4 40. Kb1 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "24183750"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Ne7 8. Bd2
b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 a5 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Qe2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rc8
15. O-O Qd5 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. Rc2 c5 20. Rfc1 Nxc3 21.
Rxc3 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Nf5 24. Nf3 b5 25. Rc1 a4 26. Qc2 Ne7 27. Qe2
Nc6 28. Rc2 Rb8 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Ne5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. f4 Nd7 34.
g4 f5 35. Nf3 g6 36. Rc6 Rb6 37. Rc7 Kd6 38. Ra7 e5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Nh4 Nc5
41. Nxf5+ Kd5 42. Re7 exf4 43. exf4 Kc4 44. Rc7 Re6+ 45. Kf3 b4 46. Ne3+ Kd3 47.
Ng4 Kd4 48. axb4 Na6 49. Rd7+ Kc4 50. f5 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "44144474"]
[BlackFideId "24183750"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 a5 6. Bg2 a4 7. O-O Nc6 8. c5
O-O 9. Nb1 b5 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15.
Be3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Be5 f6 19. e3 Be8 20. Bf3 fxe5 21. Bxh5
exd4 22. exd4 Bxh5 23. Qxh5 Bf6 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Rd3 Rc4 26. Rfd1 Qd7 27. Ne2
Qf7 28. Qf3 Bg5 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. b3 Rc2 31. Kf1 Ra8 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Rb1 Bd8
34. Rf3+ Ke7 35. h4 Bc7 36. Re3 Kd7 37. Rf3 Ke7 38. Re3 Kd7 39. Rf3 Ke7 40. Re3
Kd7 41. Rf3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "24105074"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Ndf6 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne2 Be6 14. O-O f5
15. b3 O-O 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Kf7 19. h4 Kf6 20. Rd4 Rxd4 21.
Nxd4 Bf7 22. g3 h6 23. Kg2 a5 24. Rb1 Ra8 25. a3 Bd5 26. Rc1 g6 27. Kf1 Bf7 28.
Ke2 Ke5 29. Kd2 Bd5 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kf6 32. Rc1 Bf7 33. Rb1 Ke5 34. Rc1 Bg8
35. Rd1 Bd5 36. Rc1 Bf7 37. Rd1 Bd5 38. Rc1 Bf7 39. Rd1 Bd5 40. Rc1 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "34254854"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
h6 9. Nb5 Bf5 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Bf4 a5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. h3 Rac8 15. g4
Be4 16. Bg3 h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. h4 Rfe8 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. Qd2 b4 21. a3 Rb8 22. Bh3
Bf5 23. Bg2 Nf8 24. Ne1 Ne6 25. f3 Red8 26. e4 Bg6 27. Nc2 bxa3 28. bxa3 Qa4 29.
Ne3 Qxa3 30. exd5 Rb2 31. Qe1 Rxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Nxd5 33. Ra1 Qb4 34. Rxa5 Qb7 35.
Qe2 Ra8 36. Rfa1 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Nxd4 38. Qd1 Nb5 39. Qb3 Ndc7 40. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Ne4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6
15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Bxe7 Bxe2 17. Bd6 Rxb1+ 18. Rxb1 Bb5 19. Bf1 a6 20. a4 Bxa4
21. Bxa6 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Bd3 Rc8 24. Ba6 Ra8 25. Bd3 Rc8 26. Ba6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Bh4 Rfe8 12. Rae1 Bh5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 Nh7 17. Ngf3 Nhf6 18. Ng5 Nh7 19. Ngf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24249971"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 h6 13. d4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Kf1 Rb3 19. f3 Ne8 20. Ke2 Rdb8 21. Be3
Nd6 22. Nd2 Rb2 23. Ra4 Nb5 24. Rc4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Kf1 Rd3 27. Re1 Rxe3 28.
Rxe3 Rxd2 29. Re2 Rd6 30. Rb2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. Rc5 Kd7 33. Rb3 Bg5 34. Rb2
Be7 35. Rb3 Bg5 36. Rb2 c6 37. g3 Kc7 38. h4 Be7 39. Rc4 Rd7 40. Rb3 h5 41. Rb2
g5 42. hxg5 Bxg5 43. Rc5 Bf6 44. Ke3 Be7 45. Rc4 Na3 46. Ra4 Bc5+ 47. Ke2 Rg7
48. Ra2 Nb5 49. Rc4 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24249971"]
[BlackFideId "44144474"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nd5 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qa5 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bd2 Rfd8
15. Bb4 Qf6 16. e3 Rd5 17. Bc5 e5 18. e4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. e5 Qd8 21. Qc5
d3 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. a4 a5 24. Rxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd8 26. Qc3 d2 27. Qxa5 Bc8 28.
Bf3 h6 29. Kg2 Qd4 30. Qxc7 Bf5 31. Qxc6 Qxe5 32. g4 Bg6 33. a5 Qxa5 34. Be4
Bxe4+ 35. Qxe4 Qxa2 36. h3 Qb3 37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Kf1 Qe5 39. Qe3 Qxe3 40. fxe3 Kh7
41. Ke2 Kg6 42. h4 f6 43. e4 h5 44. Kf3 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bd5 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. h3 Rd7 20. Qa4 Rfd8
21. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxb7 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Qd8+
Kg7 27. Qd4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bd2 Ndc4 11. Nd5 Nxb2 12. Qh5 Nxa4 13. Rxe4 d6 14. Nd7 Nc6
15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Rh4 f5 17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. Nxf8 Qxf8 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Bg5 Bd7
21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rh6 Nd5 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. c4 Nab6 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Rh4 Qe8 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33.
Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Qh3 Kf7 37. Rh8 Rxh8 38. Qxh8 Qe4 39. Qh5+
Kg8 40. Qd1 Qg4 41. h4 Qxd1+ 42. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. d4 Rab8 14. h3 exd4
15. cxd4 Kh7 16. Rf2 e5 17. Raf1 Kh8 18. a3 Qf7 19. Qc3 exd4 20. exd4 Rbe8 21.
Nh4 Qh5 22. Nf5 Rf7 23. Rf3 Ref8 24. Qb3 g6 25. Ng3 Nxd4 26. Nxh5 Nxb3 27. Nxb3
gxh5 28. Nd4 Kh7 29. Ne6 Kg6 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. Rgf3 Kg6 32. h4 a5 33. a4 c6 34.
Rg3+ Kh7 35. Nxf8+ Rxf8 36. Rd3 d5 37. e5 Nd7 38. e6 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "34254854"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. a3 a5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bd2 Qd6 12. Bc3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. b4 c6 17. Qb2 Ra6 18. Rfb1 Bd7 19. bxa5 Bc8 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Rb4
Rxa5 22. Qb2 Qa7 23. h4 Ra6 24. a4 Ra5 25. Kh2 Rd6 26. Rc1 c5 27. Rb5 b6 28. Rb1
Rxb5 29. axb5 Bb7 30. Ra1 Qb8 31. Qa2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Qe7 34. Qa8+
Kh7 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Qc6 Rd6 37. Qc8 Rf6 38. Qg4 g6 39. h5 gxh5 40. Qxh5 Qe3 41.
Qh2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24183750"]
[BlackFideId "24105074"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Na4 Qd8 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Nxc4 12. Qb4 d5 13. O-O a5 14. Qc3 O-O
15. b3 Nd6 16. Bf4 Nfe4 17. Qd4 b5 18. Bxe4 bxa4 19. Bd3 axb3 20. axb3 Ba6 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxa5 Bxd3 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qxd3 Rb8 25. Rc1 h6 26. h4 h5 27. Qf3
Qe5 28. b4 Qb2 29. Rc7 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Qxf5 exf5 32. Rc5 Rxb4 33. Rxd5 g6
34. e3 Kg7 35. Kf3 Rc4 36. Rb5 Ra4 37. Rb7 Ra2 38. Rc7 Ra4 39. Rd7 Rb4 40. Rc7
Ra4 41. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "44144474"]
[BlackFideId "24105074"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nc2
d6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Bh3 13. e4 a6 14. Ne3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
b5 16. Rc1 e6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ra1 Rxa1
22. Qxa1+ Nf6 23. Rd1 Qb7 24. Nxd6 Qxb3 25. Qa6 Ng4 26. Qa1+ Nf6 27. e5 Nd7 28.
Nec4 Kg8 29. Rd2 Nc5 30. Qd1 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 Ne4 32. Rc1 Nxd6 33. exd6 Nd4 34. Rb1
e5 35. Rb7 f6 36. g4 Ne6 37. Re7 Ng5 38. Ra7 Ne4 39. d7 Kf7 40. Rc7 Ke6 41. f3
Ng5 42. Nb6 Kd6 43. Rc8 Ne6 44. Kf2 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Rc6 Nf8 48.
Rh6 Nxd7 49. Rxh7+ Ke6 50. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "34254854"]
[BlackFideId "24183750"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. Bb5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nc4 g4 13. Nfd2 Qg5 14. O-O-O O-O 15.
Kb1 Nd4 16. cxd4 Bxb5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. h3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 f5 20. exf5 Bxc4 21.
Nxc4 Rxf5 22. hxg4 Rf2 23. Qe4 Raf8 24. Nxe5 Qf6 25. d4 Re8 26. Rhe1 Kg7 27. Qd5
Rd8 28. Qe4 Re8 29. Qd5 Rd8 30. Qc4 Bb6 31. Nf3 Qg6+ 32. Ka1 Qc2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2
34. Nh4 Kf6 35. Kb1 Rf2 36. d5 Kf7 37. Nf5 h5 38. d6 hxg4 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Nxg4
Rf7 41. Ne5 Rf6 42. Nc4 Rd7 43. Re4 Bc5 44. Rg4+ Kf8 45. Rf4 Kg7 46. Rxf6 Kxf6
47. dxc7 Rxc7 48. Nxa5 Rg7 49. Rd3 Bb4 50. Nc4 Ke6 51. Kc2 Bc5 52. Rf3 Kd5 53.
Kd3 b5 54. Rf5+ Kc6 55. Ne5+ Kd6 56. g4 Ra7 57. a3 b4 58. Nc4+ Kc6 59. axb4 Bxb4
60. g5 Rd7+ 61. Ke4 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Rd8 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 a5 16. Rhd1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Bxb4 19. Rb1 Be7 20. Bxb7 Nc5
21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd4 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Rd8 25. Ke2 Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. Rb7 f5 28. g3 Kg7 29. Ra7 Kg8 30. Rb7 Kg7 31. Ra7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qc3 Qc7 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qxc6+ Qxc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc2 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nd4
Bg6 15. Bg5 e5 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nh4 Bh5 18. Be3 Bg4 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Rfd1 f6 21.
f4 Rc2 22. Nf3 Kf7 23. b4 h6 24. a3 Be7 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rac1
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bd5 29. Nd2 Ra8 30. Rc7 Kd6 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Bxa7 Kc6 33. a4 Nb6
34. Bxb6 Kxb6 35. Kf2 a5 36. bxa5+ Kxa5 37. Nf3 Kxa4 38. Nxe5 Kb5 39. g3 Kc5 40.
Ke3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. b3
Re8 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Qd3 f6 18. Qd4 Rab8 19. Rac1 Qf7 20. Red1 Qh5
21. Bf3 Qf5 22. h4 h5 23. Rd3 Kh7 24. a4 Qg6 25. Kg2 Re5 26. Re3 Qf5 27. Qd3
Ree8 28. Rd1 Rbd8 29. Qd4 Nd6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qxb6 Qc2 32. Qc7 Bg4 33. Bxf6
Nf5 34. Rf1 Rxe2 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Kg1 d4 37. Qd7 Qe4 38. a5 Ra2 39. b4 Kg6 40.
Bg5 d3 41. Bf4 Nd4 42. Qxg4+ Kh7 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Kh2 Qe2 45. Qg6 d2 46. Rd1 Ra3
47. Kh3 Qxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24249971"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. a3 Re8 11. Bd3 h6 12. Rhe1 Bd7 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. c4 Nh5
15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Be3 c5 17. Qc3 Bc6 18. Nh4 Nf6 19. Nf5 Qe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21.
Bd2 Re8 22. Ne3 g6 23. b4 Bg7 24. Bc3 Bd7 25. f3 h5 26. Kb2 b6 27. Be2 e4 28. f4
Bg4 29. Rd6 Bxe2 30. Bxf6 cxb4 31. axb4 Bf8 32. Rd7 Bxb4 33. Bd4 Bg4 34. Rxa7
Be6 35. Rb7 Bd2 36. Rxb6 Rd8 37. Bc5 Rc8 38. Rd6 Rb8+ 39. Rb6 Rxb6+ 40. Bxb6
Bxe3 41. Bxe3 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "44144474"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 c6 8. O-O
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 a5 13. Qc2 b5 14. b3 Qb6 15.
Bb2 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. e4 d4 18. Ne2 Nf8 19. Rac1 b4 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5
Bxe2 22. Rd2 Bb5 23. Rc1 d3 24. Kg1 Rac8 25. Bh3 Ne6 26. Kf2 c5 27. f5 Nd4 28.
Bf1 c4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Ke3 Rd8 33. Bxd3 Bxd3 34.
Rxd3 Rb8 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 Kf8 37. Rd7 a4 38. e7+ Ke8 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40.
exd8=Q+ Kxd8 41. Kd4 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Gruenfeld defense"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "24249971"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. a4 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. a5 Nd7 14. a6 Rab8 15.
Nd5 Bd6 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Qc4 Nc5 18. axb7 Rxb7 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. b4 Ne6 21. Ne4 f5
22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. b5 Ncd8 24. Ra6 Nf7 25. b6 axb6 26. Nxb6 Qe8 27. Ra8 Ned8 28.
Na4 Qd7 29. Qc8 Qxc8 30. Rxc8 Ne6 31. Rfc1 Rb4 32. R1c4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rb8 34.
Kg2 Kf8 35. Ba3 Ke7 36. Nc3 Kd7 37. Ra4 Nc7 38. Bb4 Nd8 39. Ba5 Nde6 40. Bxc7
Nxc7 41. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd3
Be7 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c4 Bd6
15. Rae1 e4 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. g3 Rae8 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Re5 20. Bd2 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Nd7 22. b3 Ne5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. Qf5 Qd8 25. Bc3 g6 26. Qf4 Qe7 27. g4 f6 28.
h4 Qf8 29. h5 Qe7 30. Re4 b6 31. Qf1 Qg7 32. Kh1 Re7 33. Bd2 Qf7 34. Kg1 Kg7 35.
Qd1 Nd7 36. Qe2 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Ne5 38. Bg2 Qd7 39. Bf4 gxh5 40. gxh5 Qf5 41. Bc1
Kf7 42. Be4 Qh3 43. Bf4 f5 44. Bg2 Qc3 45. Qe3 Qd4 46. Qxd4 cxd4 47. Bd2 a5 48.
Kf2 Bb4 49. Bf4 Nd3+ 50. Kf3 Nxf4 51. Kxf4 Kf6 52. Bf1 Bd6+ 53. Kf3 h6 54. Bd3
Kg5 55. Bc2 f4 56. Ke4 Kxh5 57. Bd1+ Kg5 58. Kxd4 h5 59. Ke4 h4 60. Kf3 h3 61.
Be2 Kf5 62. Bd3+ Ke5 63. Bf1 h2 64. Kg2 Kd4 65. Kxh2 Kc3 66. Bh3 a4 67. bxa4
Kxc4 68. Kg2 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 O-O 8. Bb5
Bxc5 9. Nf3 a6 10. Ba4 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rc8 19. b3 Re8 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. Rc2
Ba3 22. Qe2 a5 23. Nc5 Qe7 24. Na4 Qb7 25. Qd2 Rb8 26. Qd4 Re4 27. Qc3 Re6 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 a4 30. bxa4 Qa6 31. Qa3 Ree8 32. Qc5 Re6 33. Qa3 Ree8 34. Rdc1
Ra8 35. Rxc6 Qxa4 36. Qxa4 Rxa4 37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kh7 39. Rc2 g5 40. Rd2
Kg6 41. Kf1 f5 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Kd3 f4 44. exf4 Rxf4 45. Re2 h5 46. Kc3 g4 47.
hxg4 Rxg4 48. f3 Rf4 49. Kb3 h4 50. Rf2 Ke5 51. a4 Kd4 52. Rd2+ Kc5 53. Rc2+ Kb6
54. Rc3 Rf8 55. Rd3 Kc5 56. a5 d4 57. Rd2 h3 58. Rc2+ Kb5 59. gxh3 Rxf3+ 60. Kb2
Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "24183750"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxc5 11. Qd1 Nfd7 12. Bh3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Ne6
15. e4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nb6 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19. O-O-O+ Kc7 20. Ng5
Bxg5 21. fxg5 Raa8 22. f4 Rae8 23. h4 Re7 24. Bc2 Nd5 25. Rd4 h6 26. Rf1 Ne3 27.
Rf3 c5 28. Ra4 Nxc2 29. Kxc2 hxg5 30. fxg5 Kc6 31. Raf4 Rxe5 32. Rxf7 Rxh4 33.
Rxg7 b6 34. Rg6+ Kb5 35. Rb3+ Kc4 36. Rc3+ Kb5 37. Rb3+ Kc4 38. Rc3+ Kb5 39.
Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.08"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24105074"]
[BlackFideId "34254854"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bf1 g6 15.
Nc3 a6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Nb3 Qb8 18. h3 Rc7 19. Rc1 Rec8 20. Nb1 Bh6 21. N1d2 Ba8
22. Rb1 Bc6 23. c5 Ba4 24. Qf3 Qa8 25. d5 Qxd5 26. cxb6 Rc6 27. Bxa6 Rb8 28. Be2
Qxf3 29. Bxf3 d5 30. Bd4 Ne8 31. Nf1 Nxb6 32. Na5 Rcc8 33. Ne3 Bg7 34. Bxb6 Rxb6
35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Nxd5 Rbb8 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. b5 Rb8 40. Nc4 Bc2
41. Rbc1 Ba4 42. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44144474"]
[BlackFideId "34254854"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Be1 Nac5 12. Nd4 a5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. dxe6 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nxe6 16. Qe3 d5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc3 Rad8 19. b3 c5 20. f3 Rfe8 21. fxe4
Qg5 22. Qxg5 Nxg5 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ne4 25. Bb2 Rd2 26. Rb1 Ng5 27. Rf2 Nf7
28. e4 Rdd8 29. Rf5 Rd2+ 30. Rf2 Rdd8 31. Rf5 Rd2+ 32. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "24105074"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rac1 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Rc2 Ne5 17. Qxb5 Bc8 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. a4 Rab8 21. b4
Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Rc7 e6 25. Rfc1 Rb6 26. Rd1 Rfb8 27. h3 h5
28. Kh2 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Rb1 Bd4 31. Be1 Bc5 32. b5 Nd4 33. Bf1 Nf3+ 34.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Ra8 36. Re2 Ra4 37. Rb2 Bd4 38. Rc2 Rb4 39. Rc4 Rxc4 40. Bxc4
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "24183750"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxc6 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qxc3 15. Qe1 Qxc6 16. f4 f6 17. Rb1 Bg6 18. Qf2 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Qd5 20. Qc2 Rab8
21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Qxc7 Rb2 23. Qc8+ Kf7 24. Qc7+ Kg8 25. Qc8+ Kf7 26. Qc7+ Kg8
27. Qc8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

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 Nf5 11. d5 Re8 12. Nd2 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 b6 14. Bd3 Qe7
15. Qe4 d6 16. g4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. h3 Nf3+ 20. Kf1 h5 21.
gxh5 Bxh3+ 22. Ke2 Bg4 23. Be3 Ne5+ 24. Kd2 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 Bxh5 26. Rg1+ Kf8 27.
Re1 Bg6+ 28. Kc4 a6 29. Bh6+ Kg8 30. c3 Kh7 31. Bf4 Kg7 32. Kd4 b5 33. b3 Rh8
34. Bg3 Kf8 35. c4 bxc4 36. bxc4 f5 37. Kc3 f4 38. Bxf4 a5 39. Bg3 Rh5 40. Kb3
Bd3 41. Re3 Bf1 42. Re4 f5 43. Re3 Kf7 44. Rc3 Be2 45. Re3 Bf1 46. Re1 Bd3 47.
Rd1 Be2 48. Rd2 Bf1 49. Rd4 Be2 50. Bh4 Bd1+ 51. Ka3 Ke8 52. Bg3 Rh1 53. Rd3 Kd7
54. Rc3 Rh3 55. Kb2 Bh5 56. c5 Bf7 57. cxd6 cxd6 58. Rf3 Rh5 59. Rf4 Bxd5 60.
Ra4 f4 61. Bxf4 Bc6 62. Rd4 Rb5+ 63. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24249971"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bxc5
Qxc5 15. Qf3 Qb4 16. b3 Bg4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 b6
21. f3 Be6 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Kf2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. Rd2 Rc5 27. Rc2
Ra5 28. Kd4 Ke7 29. g3 Kd6 30. Rc6+ Kd7 31. Rc2 Kd6 32. Rc6+ Kd7 33. Rc2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. e3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qc1 Re8
15. Nd2 Be6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa1 Bf7 18. e4 Rad8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. bxc4 Qc5 23. Bxe5 Rd2 24. Re3 Bh6 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qd4 27.
Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Ra3 Rxc4 29. Rxa7 Rxc2 30. Rxc7 Rxa2 31. Rxc6 Ra4 32. Kg2 Rxf4 33.
Kg3 Rg4+ 34. Kf3 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rg4+ 36. Kf3 Rh4 37. Kg3 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "44144474"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. Qe2
Bc5 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. c3 a5 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 a4 13. O-O Be6 14. Nh4 O-O 15. h3
Rfd8 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Kh2 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Bf1 Rdd8 20. f4 Na5 21. Bb5 Bd7
22. Bf1 Be6 23. Bb5 Bd7 24. Bf1 Bc6 25. fxe5 Nxe4 26. Nf5 Nd2 27. Bg2 Bxg2 28.
Kxg2 Ndc4 29. Bg5 Re8 30. Rad1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Nec4
34. Bxc7 b6 35. Kf3 Kf8 36. Ke4 Ke8 37. Nxg7+ Kd7 38. Bf4 Nxb2 39. Nh5 Ke6 40.
Ng7+ Kd7 41. Nh5 Nd1 42. Kd4 Nc6+ 43. Kc4 b5+ 44. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. Re1 f6 14. Ne4 Bf8 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. g4 Bf7 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nc8 19. Qe3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qg3 Nd6
22. Nc5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qc8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 b6 26. Nb3 b5 27. Nxd4 bxc4 28.
Rc1 h5 29. Bf1 c5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. dxc4 Qb6 32. Ba1 Ne4 33. Qe3 Re8 34. Bg2 Ng5
35. Qd2 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rd8 37. Qb2 Qc5 38. Nf5 Be6 39. Qc2 Rc8 40. Ne3 Qa7 41.
Bd5 Bxd5 42. Nxd5 Qd7 43. Qd1 Qe6 44. Nf4 Qe4 45. Qd5+ Qxd5 46. Nxd5 Nf3+ 47.
Kg2 Nd2 48. Ne3 Bc5 49. Nf1 Ne4 50. f3 Nd6 51. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "24249971"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nh3 h5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d6 8. Ne4 e5
9. Nhg5 h4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nc3 Be6 13. d3 Qd7 14. e3 O-O-O 15.
Qe2 Kb8 16. O-O-O Ne7 17. Ne4 h3 18. Bf3 f5 19. Nc3 g5 20. Rhe1 Rhf8 21. Rd2 Bh6
22. Kb1 f4 23. exf4 gxf4 24. g4 Ng6 25. Ne4 Nh4 26. Nxd6 Nxf3 27. Qxf3 Bg7 28.
Nf5 Bxf5 29. gxf5 Qxf5 30. Kc2 Bf6 31. Rde2 Rfe8 32. Rg1 a6 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34.
Rxe4 Rg8 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. Kd2 Rg5 37. Ke2 Kc7 38. Kf1 Kd6 39. f3 b5 40. Re2 Rg8
41. cxb5 axb5 42. Bc3 Ra8 43. Be1 Kd5 44. Bf2 Be7 45. Rc2 Bd6 46. Re2 c4 47.
dxc4+ bxc4 48. bxc4+ Kc6 49. c5 Bc7 50. Rb2 Ra3 51. Ke2 Rc3 52. Be1 Re3+ 53. Kf2
Bd8 54. Re2 Bh4+ 55. Kf1 Rxf3+ 56. Kg1 Bf6 57. Bb4 Rd3 58. Kf1 f3 59. Re4 Kd5
60. Re1 Bh4 61. Rc1 e4 62. Be1 Bxe1 63. Kxe1 Kc6 64. Kf2 Rd2+ 65. Kg3 Rg2+ 66.
Kf4 Re2 67. Rf1 f2 68. Kg3 e3 69. Kxh3 Rd2 70. Kg2 e2 71. Rxf2 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "24183750"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2
Qd7 9. O-O f6 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nc8 12. Ra4 Bc5 13. Qc1 Nd6 14. e3 Bd3 15. Rd1
Ba7 16. Ne1 Bf5 17. d3 Be6 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. e4 f5 21. Rd2 O-O 22.
Qc2 Nb5 23. Kg2 Rad8 24. f3 Kh8 25. Qd1 Ncd4 26. Rc4 c6 27. Nb6 Rd6 28. Rf2 Qh5
29. b4 Rfd8 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Rc5 Qe6 32. Rc4 h6 33. Qc1 Qg6 34. Qe3 Re6 35. Rc5
Rde8 36. Qe4 Qf6 37. Qe3 Bxb6 38. axb6 Qd8 39. Nc2 Qxb6 40. Qe1 a5 41. Na3 Nxa3
42. Bxa3 axb4 43. Bxb4 Qd8 44. Qe4 b6 45. Rc1 c5 46. Bc3 Qa8 47. Ra1 Qc8 48.
Rfa2 Qc6 49. Qxc6 Rxc6 50. Re1 Rd6 51. Ra6 Ree6 52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Rb8 Kg6 54. Rb7
Kf6 55. Re4 g5 56. h4 Nb5 57. hxg5+ hxg5 58. Ba1 Rxd3 59. Rxe5 Rxe5 60. Rxb6+
Nd6 61. f4 Kf5 62. Bxe5 Rd2+ 63. Kf1 Nc4 64. Rc6 Rc2 65. Bg7 Ne3+ 66. Kg1 Kg4
67. fxg5 Kf3 68. Rf6+ Kxg3 0-1

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24105074"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxf6 Qc5+ 14. Kh1
gxf6 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Ra6 Qc3 19. Qa1 Qxa1 20. Rfxa1 Bg6
21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rd8 24. Rxc7 Rxd3 25. h3 Kg7 26. Kh2 Kg6
27. Rc6 Kg7 28. Rc7 Kg6 29. Rc6 Kg7 30. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "34254854"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. c4 a5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Be3
Bg6 16. b5 Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. b6 Bb8 20. Rc1 Qe5 21. Rc4 Qxf5 22.
Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxc5 24. Rh4 Bd6 25. Qc3 Rfe8 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. Rf4 Qe5 28. Qc2
g6 29. Bd4 Qe2 30. Rd2 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Ne6 32. Re4 Nxd4 33. Rdxd4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Qa1
35. Qd2 Qb1 36. Rd4 Re8 37. Kg2 Qxb6 38. Rd7 Re7 39. Rd8 Qb4 40. Qh6 Re1 41. Bd3
Qe7 42. Ra8 Rd1 43. Be2 Rd8 44. Rxd8 Qxd8 45. Qe3 Qd5+ 46. Bf3 Qxa2 47. Qb6 h5
48. h4 a4 49. Qxb7 Bc5 50. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 51. Kh3 Bd6 52. Qxd6 Qxf3 53. Kh2 a3 54.
Qd2 Qf6 0-1

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44144474"]
[BlackFideId "4120787"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. h4 b5 6. g4 b4 7. Na4 Bd7 8. c4 dxc4
9. Bxc4 Bc6 10. Nf3 Nxg4 11. h5 Bd6 12. Rg1 Bxf4 13. Rxg4 Bh6 14. Ne5 O-O 15.
Nc5 Bd5 16. Qc2 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Ke2 f6 20. Ned3 a5 21. Ne6
Rf7 22. Rag1 c6 23. a3 Na6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rgg1 Ra7 26. Nec5 bxa3 27. bxa3 Kf7
28. Nxa6 Rxa6 29. Rb1 Ra7 30. Rh1 Ke7 31. a4 Kd6 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Nd3 Kc7 34. Rb3
Rb7 35. Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. Nc5+ Ka7 37. Rg1 Rb8 38. Ne6 Re8 39. Nc5 Rb8 40. Kf3 Re8
41. Nb3 Kb6 42. Rb1 Re7 43. Rh1 f5 44. Nc5 Bg5 45. Rg1 h6 46. Nd3 Re6 47. Rb1+
Ka7 48. Rb7+ Kxb7 49. Nc5+ Kc8 50. Nxe6 Kd7 51. Nxg7 f4 52. e4 Ke7 53. e5 Kf7
54. Nf5 Ke6 55. Nd6 Bd8 56. Kxf4 Bb6 57. Nf5 c5 58. dxc5 Bxc5 59. Nxh6 d4 60.
Ke4 d3 61. Kxd3 Kxe5 62. Ng4+ Kf5 63. h6 Bf8 64. h7 Bg7 65. Ne3+ Kg6 66. Nc4
Kxh7 67. Nxa5 Kg6 68. Nc6 1-0

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Uskov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "34254854"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxc4 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. e3 Qc5 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bg2 Na6 12. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Nd6+
Ke7 15. Nf5+ Kf6 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nd6 Ke7 18. Nf5+ Kf6 19. Nd6 Ke7 20. Nf5+ Kf6
21. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24105074"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 a5 10. f4 Neg4 11. c5 Qc6 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bg2 f5 15.
Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 b6 17. Nd2 bxc5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Bxe4 Qa4 21. Bxc5
Rxb2 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Ba6 24. Bd4 Rxa2 25. Rc2 Ra4 26. Rd2 e5 27. fxe5 Nxe5
28. Kd1 Nc4 29. Re1 Kd8 30. Bxh7 Nxd2 31. Bf6+ Kc7 32. Bxg8 Nf3 33. Re3 Nxh2 34.
Be5+ d6 35. Bf4 Rd4+ 36. Kc2 Ng4 37. Re7+ Kc6 38. Ra7 Bc4 39. Kc3 Rxf4 40. Bxc4
Rf3+ 41. Kd4 Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "24249971"]
[BlackFideId "24183750"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. Nf1 g5 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. a4 Ng6 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 h5 15. Qd2
Bc6 16. O-O Qd7 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Bb5 c6 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. Ba6+ Kb8 23. b4 Nfd5 24. Kh1 f5 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Nd5
28. Qd2 axb4 29. cxb4 Bd4 30. Rb1 f4 31. Bc4 Be3 32. b5 Bxd2 33. bxc6+ Ka7 34.
cxd7 Nc3 35. Rb2 Be3 36. Rc2 d5 37. Rxc3 dxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxd7 39. Rd1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. O-O Bd7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd2 Kd6 24. Kc3 b6 25. Kd4 a5 26. Bc2 Bb7 27. g3 g5
28. f4 f6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bc6 31. Bb3 Ba8 32. Bd1 Bb7 33. Bh5 Bc6 34. Bf3
Ke6 35. Bd1 Kd6 36. Bb3 Ba8 37. Bc2 Bc6 38. Bh7 Bb7 39. Bg8 Bc6 40. Bf7 Ba8 41.
b5 Bb7 42. Bg8 Ba8 43. Bh7 Bb7 44. Bf5 Ba8 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Bb7 47. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.11"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfe1
Bd7 15. Re5 Bc6 16. h3 Nd7 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 a6 20. Qc2 g6 21.
Ne2 Rc8 22. Qd2 Nf8 23. a3 Ne6 24. h4 Qd8 25. h5 Qf6 26. Qb4 Kg7 27. Qd6 Rd8 28.
Qb4 Rc8 29. Rf3 Qg5 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rg3 Qf6 32. Rf3 Qg5 33. Rg3 Qf6 34. Rf3
Qg5 35. Rg3 Qf6 36. Rf3 Qg5 37. Rg3 Qf6 38. Rf3 Qg5 39. Rg3 Qf6 40. Rf3 Qg5 41.
Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Vetokhin, Savva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "44144474"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Qd6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Nd8 14. c4
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rc1 Qe4 19. O-O c5 20. Rc4
cxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe8 22. Rd7 a5 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. g3 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qe6 26. Qd4 Rc8
27. Rd6 Qb3 28. Qxb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Rc3 30. h4 Rxa3 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb7 Kg8 33.
Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rb7 Kg8 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 a5 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxe5 14. Qd2 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 Qc8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. e4 Bh3 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qd7 22. Re1 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 a4 24. h4 axb3 25. axb3 h5 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Qe5+
Kg8 28. Qf4 Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24183750"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
e5 9. h3 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. Kh2 Rd8 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 a6 14. Rad1 Rd6 15. Nb1
Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Nd7 17. Nc3 Qf8 18. Nd5 Bd6 19. Nh4 g6 20. Nf3 Rd8 21. h4 Bg4 22.
Bh3 Bxh3 23. Kxh3 h5 24. Kg2 f6 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. f4 Nxd5 27. exd5 Ne7 28. Ne4 Nf5
29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Ng5 Qd6 32. Qe4 c6 33. c4 Qf6 34. Nf3 Kg7 35.
Kh3 Nd6 36. Qxe5 Qxe5 37. Nxe5 Kf6 38. Nf3 Ne4 39. Re1 cxd5 40. cxd5 Re8 41. Kg2
Re7 42. Re3 Nc5 43. Kf2 Ne4+ 44. Kg2 Nc5 45. Rxe7 Kxe7 46. Nd4 Kd6 47. Ne2 Nd3
48. Kf3 Kxd5 49. Ke3 Nb4 50. Nf4+ Ke5 51. Nxg6+ Kf5 52. Nf4 Kg4 53. a4 Kxg3 54.
Nxh5+ Kxh4 55. Nf4 Kg5 56. Ke4 b5 57. axb5 axb5 58. Ne2 Kf6 59. Kd4 Ke6 60. Kc5
Nc2 61. Kxb5 Na1 62. Nd4+ Kd5 63. b4 Kxd4 64. Kc6 Nc2 65. b5 Na3 66. b6 Nc4 67.
b7 Na5+ 68. Kc7 Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.12"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "4120787"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bh6 Bf8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.12"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Uskov, Artem"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "34254854"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3
h6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Nbd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15.
g4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nb6 17. Qg2 Rac8 18. Rh2 a5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nfxd5 21. Rxd5
Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rfe8 24. Rg2 g6 25. Qd2 Re5 26. Bd3 b4 27. Bxg6 fxg6
28. Rxg6+ Kf7 29. Rxd6 Ke8 30. Rg6 Qf7 31. Qg2 Re1+ 32. Nc1 Kf8 33. Rd6 Qf4 34.
Rd2 Rf1 35. Qd5 Rc7 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Rg2+ Kh6 38. Rd2 Kh7 39. Rd1 Rxd1 40. Qxd1
Qf5 41. Qd3 Qxd3 42. Nxd3 Kg6 43. a3 bxa3 44. b3 Kf5 45. Ka2 Rxc2+ 46. Kxa3 Ke4
47. Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "78th ch-RUS 2025"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2025.10.12"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Zemlyanskii, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24105074"]
[BlackFideId "24249971"]
[EventDate "2025.10.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd2 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne4
Qc7 9. Nxc5 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. c3 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Ndxe5 Nxe5
15. O-O Be6 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. Qc1 Rfe8 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nc6 20. Bf3 Nxd4 21.
Bxd5 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nf4 23. Bf3 Rad8 24. Rad1 Nd3 25. Rd2 Qb6 26. h3 Nxb2 27. Rb1
Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Nc4 29. Rxb6 Nxd2 30. Rxb7 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Nf1+ 32. Kg1 Ng3+ 33. Kh2
Nf1+ 34. Kg1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kg1 1/2-1/2

