[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Tenikashvili, Georgij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "4134605"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 Ne7
9. a3 Ba5 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Bh3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3 dxe4 15. dxe4
Qf4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Rg8 18. Nc4 O-O-O 19. f3 Kc7 20. Rd2 c5 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5+ Kb6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxg7 Nc6 25. Bf6 Rd7 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Nd4
28. Bg2 Nb5 29. Kd2 Nd6 30. b3 Kc6 31. Ke3 b5 32. f4 Kd7 33. Be5 a5 34. Bf3 Ke7
35. c3 Kd7 36. Bxd6 Kxd6 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 cxb4 39. cxb4 Kd7 40. Kd4 Kd6 41.
e5+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4111834"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. g3 Be5 7. Bg2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Na6 9. Nh3 Nc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. f4 exd5 14. cxd5 Qe7 15.
Ra2 Nce4 16. Nf2 Qc5 17. c4 Ng4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Rozhko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4150430"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c3 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Qh3 Re8
15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Ng4 Re7 21.
Rd3 Rf8 22. Rde3 Qd5 23. a3 h5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qb3 26. R5e2 Rf6 27. Qg3
Kf7 28. h3 a6 29. Qd3 Qd5 30. Re5 Qd6 31. R1e3 Rf5 32. Qe2 Rf6 33. a4 Qd8 34. b4
Qxd4 35. cxd4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Babikov, Ivan"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4161106"]
[BlackFideId "4170350"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rfd1 Na5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Ne5 e6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6
Bxc6 22. Qe3 Qa3 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Kh2 Qb4 25. Rd1 Rxd4 26. a3 Qb6 27. Rc1 Qa5 28.
b4 Qf5 29. Bg3 h5 30. Rc5 Bd5 31. Bb8 Re4 32. Bd3 Rxe3 33. Bxf5 Rxa3 34. Bc2 Bd4
35. Rc7 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Linker, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "14101734"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bb7 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. d5 Bg7 8.
Ng5 Bf5 9. e4 Bxb2 10. exf5 Bc3+ 11. Ke2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 f6 13. g4 Na6 14. Bg2 h6
15. Ne4 g5 16. Bg3 d6 17. h4 Kf7 18. Qd4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qe3 Qe8 21. f4
Qb5+ 22. Kf2 gxh4 23. Bxh4 Qb2 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Re2 Qd4+ 27. Kg3 Rg8
28. Bf3 Qg1+ 29. Rg2 Qd4 30. Qe1 Rg7 31. Re2 Rb8 32. Re4 Qb2 33. Qa5 Qb6 34. Qa4
c4 35. Re1 Qb5 36. Qxa7 Qb6 37. Qa4 Qb5 38. Qxb5 Rxb5 39. a4 Ra5 40. Ra1 Ke8 41.
Kh3 Kd7 42. Be1 c3 43. Bxc3 Rc5 44. Ra3 Rg8 45. a5 h5 46. gxh5 Rc4 47. a6 Rxf4
48. Bd2 Rd4 49. Be3 Rc4 50. a7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Taysayev, Timur"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4114221"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nce2 a5 8. Ng3 h5
9. h4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 e6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. O-O-O Qb8 15. Bb5
Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bd7 Re8
22. Nf2 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 Re4 24. Bc6 Ra6 25. Re1 Qb6 26. Qf1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qd4 28.
Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qxf7 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Uzhva, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4160797"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 h6 14. Rfe1 Nd8 15.
Bf1 Qb8 16. a4 Re8 17. Rbd1 Nc6 18. Ba1 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Na5 21. Bd4 b5
22. Bb6 Nxb3 23. cxb5 Nc5 24. a5 Qa8 25. bxa6 Nxd5 26. Qa3 Nc3 27. Rc1 Nxa6 28.
Nd2 d5 29. Nb3 d4 30. Bxd4 Nd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Nd4 e6 33. Nb5 Rxc1 34. Rxc1
Rb8 35. Nd6 Qa7 36. Qf3 Nab4 37. a6 Nxa6 38. Bxa6 Qxa6 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Ne8 Qb7
41. Rc7 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Ra8 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shtyka, Sergey"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138465"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e4 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Be6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Nc2 a5
9. b3 Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 b6 13. Nfe1 Ne7 14. Bg4 Bxg4 15. Qxg4
Kh8 16. g3 c5 17. Ng2 Qc7 18. Nh4 b5 19. cxb5 cxb4 20. Rac1 Nc5 21. Nxb4 axb4
22. axb4 Qd7 23. Nf5 Ne6 24. Nxg7 Rg8 25. Bxh6 f5 26. Qh3 Rxg7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7
28. exf5 Nf8 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qe4 Rb8 31. f6 Ng8 32. Qh4+ Nh7 33. Rc6 Nxf6 34.
Rfc1 Rxb5 35. Qh6 Rb8 36. b5 Bf8 37. Qg6 Qg7 38. Qf5 Rxb5 39. Rc7 Qg5 40. Qe6
Rb2 41. R1c2 Rxc2 42. Rxc2 Qg4 43. Qc4 Ng5 44. Qc8 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+ 46. Kf1
Qxd3+ 47. Kg2 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Ng4 49. h4 Nh3+ 50. Kf1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Fomin, Taras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Gunderam defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "4120604"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. h4 O-O 14. Ne2 b5 15.
Bb3 c5 16. Bd5 Nc6 17. g5 Qd6 18. h5 Nb4 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qa6 21. hxg6 Qxa2
22. Nc3 Qa1+ 23. Nb1 fxg6 24. Rg1 h5 25. Nxe5 Kh7 26. f4 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28.
f5 gxf5 29. g6+ Kg8 30. Qb3+ c4 31. Qxb5 Bb6 32. Qxc4+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ Rxf7 34.
Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Barsamian, Eduard"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A63"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto, 9...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "24102016"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Qe7 11. Nd2 b6 12. a4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Ne8 14. Re1 f5 15. e3
Ne5 16. Qc2 g5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Qxf5 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bc8 20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Qf3 Nh6 22.
Qf2 Bd7 23. Nc3 Rae8 24. Nf1 Qf7 25. Ng3 Nh5 26. Nxh5 Qxh5 27. Qf3 Qg6 28. Bd2
Nf5 29. Qg4 Qf7 30. Qf3 Nh4 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. Kh2 Rf6 33. Rh1 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Salemgareev, Tagir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "bishop's gambit, Maurian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "24199052"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Bxf4 Be7 8. Nd2
Bf5 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. c3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qb3+ Kh8
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Rae1 c6 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21.
Rxe4 Ne5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Rf8 24. h3 b6 25. Qc2 Qh4 26. Qe2 c5 27. dxc5
bxc5 28. Bd6 Rc8 29. Bxc5 Qg5 30. Bxa7 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. g3 Qh6 33. a4 Qc6
34. Qh5 h6 35. Qf5 Kg8 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ivlev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24185949"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O f6 8. Re1 Nf7
9. b3 e6 10. a4 a5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bf1 Na6 13. g3 Nb4 14. Bg2 b6 15. exd5 exd5
16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 Bf5 19. c3 Qd7 20. Kh2 Re8 21. Re2 Bf8 22.
Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Nh4 Bc8 26. Bf3 Ng5 27. Bg2 Qd7 28. f4
Ne4 29. Qe3 Kf8 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. Nd2 Nd6 32. Qf2 Nf5 33. Kg1 Ne3 34. Qe2 Nxg2 35.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Kxg2 Bf5 37. g4 Bc2 38. Kf2 b5 39. Ke1 Kd6 40. h4 bxa4 41. bxa4
c5 42. Nf3 Bxa4 43. g5 cxd4 44. cxd4 Ke6 45. Kd2 Kf5 46. gxf6 Kxf6 47. Ne5 Bb5
48. Nf3 Kf5 49. Ke3 a4 50. Nd2 a3 51. Nb1 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Gutkis, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "4173325"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Ngf6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3
Re8 9. Qc2 Bf8 10. d4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Bd6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qd3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nd4 Nd5 20. a3 Qd6 21. h3 Bc8
22. b4 Qh6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Nc4 25. Bd4 Rxe2 26. Qd3 Rd2 27. Rxd2 Qxd2 28.
Qxc4 Nf4 29. Bxa7 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 h6 31. Ra2 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Oganyan, Arsen"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4175492"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Nc4 Bb7 14. Ne3 e6 15. Nd2
Nf4 16. Bf1 g5 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Ndc4 Neg6 19. a4 Bc6 20. f3 a6 21. a5 b5 22. Nb6
Rad8 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. b3 Qe7 25. h3 Qf6 26. c4 b4 27. Ng4 Qg6 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29.
Bf2 Bd4 30. g3 Nh5 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Qf2 Qf6 33. Rd3 Qe5 34. Kg2 Qxa5 35. c5
Qxc5 36. Nc4 Rd7 37. Ra1 Bb5 38. Rd2 Rc8 39. Rad1 Rcd8 40. Kh2 Qc7 41. Kg2 a5
42. Rc2 d3 43. Rcd2 Bxc4 44. bxc4 Qxc4 45. Qe3 Qd4 46. Qxd4 Rxd4 47. Rxd3 Rxd3
48. Rxd3 Rxd3 49. Bxd3 Kg7 50. Kf2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Potapenko, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4132769"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. d5 Nb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
dxc6 Nxc6 9. Qf3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Nge2 e6 12. g4 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Ne7
15. g5 Bc6 16. Qh3 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rdd1 Bxh1 20. Bxe6 Rxc2+
21. Kxc2 Be4+ 22. Kc1 Be7 23. Bd7+ Kf8 24. Nc3 Bg6 25. Bxb5 f5 26. gxf6 gxf6 27.
Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Mikhailovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "34105414"]
[BlackFideId "4129199"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. Qa4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d3 Nbc6 7. Bf4 d6 8. h4 h6
9. Be2 O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. Bd2 f5 12. Qc1 f4 13. g3 Bg4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4
Qd7 16. Rg1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qh3 18. Rg3 Qxh4 19. Be3 Be5 20. Rg4 Qh3 21. Be2 Nd4
22. Qd1 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Rg1 Bxc3+ 25. bxc3 Rxe3+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "4127870"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4
d5 9. g5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bg2 Bf5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. O-O-O+
Ke8 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. c3 Rd8 18. h4 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. b3 f5 21. gxf6
gxf6 22. f4 Kf7 23. Bf3 h5 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Ng5+ Bxg5 27. Rxg5
Nc6 28. Rxh5 Rg8 29. Rh7+ Rg7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Be4 Bf7 32. Kd2 Bg6 33. Kd3 Be8
34. Kc4 Bg6 35. Bxg6 Kxg6 36. Kc5 Ne7 37. c4 Nc8 38. Kd5 Kf5 39. h5 Ne7+ 40. Kd6
Ng8 41. h6 Nf6 42. Kc7 Ke4 43. Bb6 Kd3 44. Kxb7 e4 45. Kxa6 e3 46. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Tsoi, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "24194697"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Be3 Qd5 14. c4 Qd8 15.
d5 exd5 16. Rhe1 Bd6 17. Bxh6+ Kf8 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. h6 Bf4+ 20. Kb1 Bxg5 21.
hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxg5 Qf4 23. Nh3 dxc4 24. Qc3 Qg4 25. Rd5 Rxh3 26. gxh3 Qg6+ 27.
Kc1 Nb4 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. Qxc4 Nfxd5 30. Ng3 Nd3+ 31. Kd2 Nxe1 32. Qxd5 Re8 33.
Qxc5+ Kg8 34. Nf5 Nf3+ 35. Kc3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Muhtarov, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4148843"]
[BlackFideId "14101017"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. d5 exd5
15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Qb3 f4 17. cxd5 Bb7 18. e4 Rac8 19. f3 a5 20. Ne6 Rfe8 21. Nxf4
Ba6 22. Rfc1 Qf7 23. Ne6 Qf6 24. Nc7 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Be2 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Qc2 Ba6
28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Rac1 g5 30. Qd2 Rf8 31. Qd4 Qf4 32. Rc7 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34.
Qxb6 Be2 35. Re1 Bxf3 36. Rf1 g4 37. gxf3 g3 38. Qg1 gxh2 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "24107581"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 Rb8
15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Ncxd5 17. f3 Rb3 18. e4 Nb6 19. Bg5 Nfd7 20. Rfc1 Na4 21.
Rc2 Rfb8 22. Kf2 Ne5 23. Bf4 Nd3+ 24. Kg3 R8b6 25. Rd2 Rg6+ 26. Kh3 c4 27. Bg3
Rb5 28. e5 Rd5 29. Rad1 Nac5 30. Nf4 Rh6+ 31. Kg4 Nxe5+ 32. Kf5 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24126454"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qc4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Nxe5 Qa6 12. a3 Bf5 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. O-O
Qa6 15. Re1 f6 16. b5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. d6 Rc8 19. Qd5 Bg6 20. dxe7 Qxd5 21.
Nxd5 Rxc4 22. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 23. b3 Re4 24. Ba3+ Kf7 25. Rc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "4100425"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Nb6 9. b3 a5 10. Ba3 Qe6 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Nc3 a4 13. O-O-O axb3 14. cxb3 Nd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Kb1 c6 17. Qe3 d6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Rc1 d4 21. Qd2
Bd5 22. f3 h5 23. Qc2 Rh6 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Ke7 26. Rhc1 Kd6 27. Be4 Ra6 28.
Bxd5 cxd5 29. R5c2 Rf6 30. Kb2 Rf4 31. Rh1 Rc6 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. a4 Kc5 34. Ra1
Kb4 35. Ra3 Ka5 36. g3 Rfxf3 37. Rxd4 Ka6 38. Rxd5 Rce3 39. Rd6+ Kb7 40. Rd2
Rxg3 41. a5 Ka6 42. Rd6+ Ka7 43. Rd7+ Ka6 44. Rd6+ Ka7 45. Rd7+ Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4100484"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Nd2 Bxb2
15. Rab1 Bg7 16. Qg3 Be6 17. Rxb7 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. Rb4 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Qxb8
21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Qa3 Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Qxb8 24. h3 Be5 25. g3 Bb2 26. Qa2 Qb4 27. Qc4
Bc3 28. Qxb4 Bxb4 29. Nc4 f6 30. Be3 Nxe4 31. Bb6 Nc3 32. a5 Nxd5 33. Kf1 Kf7
34. Ke2 e5 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Kc2 Kd7 37. Kb3 Kc6 38. Bd8 Be1 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Popov, Ivan RUS"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Alexander A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "4170350"]
[BlackFideId "4139275"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Qd3 Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Ng6
15. Rfe1 Rd7 16. Ne2 Rad8 17. c4 h5 18. h4 Ng4 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. Bh3 c5 21. Bxg4
hxg4 22. Qxg4 cxd4 23. Nc1 Qa5 24. Nd3 Qxa2 25. h5 Ne7 26. Qe2 Qa5 27. Bc1 Nc6
28. g4 Re8 29. f4 Be7 30. Bd2 Qb6 31. Rb1 Bb4 32. Kg2 Bc3 33. g5 e5 34. fxe5
Rde7 35. Bxc3 dxc3 36. Rbc1 Qxb3 37. g6 Qxc4 38. gxf7+ Rxf7 39. Qe4 b5 40. Qxc4
bxc4 41. Nc5 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Nxe5 43. Rxc3 Rf5 44. Ra3 Rg5+ 45. Kf1 Nc6 46. Ne4
Rxh5 47. Ra4 Rd5 48. Ra6 Rd4 49. Nc3 Rd6 50. Ra4 Rd4 51. Ra6 Rd3 52. Ne4 Re3 53.
Nd6 Ne5 54. Rxa7 Rd3 55. Ne4 Kh7 56. Ra5 Nf3 57. Rc5 Rd4 58. Nc3 Kh6 59. Ke2
Rd2+ 60. Kf1 Nh2+ 61. Ke1 Nf3+ 62. Kf1 Rc2 63. Ne4 g5 64. Nd6 Kh5 65. Nf5 Ra2
66. Ne3 Ra3 67. Nxc4 Rc3 68. Ke2 Ne5 69. Rxe5 Rxc4 70. Kf2 Kh4 71. Re3 Rc2+ 72.
Kg1 Ra2 73. Rb3 Rc2 74. Ra3 Rd2 75. Rb3 Kg4 76. Ra3 Kh4 77. Rb3 g4 78. Ra3 Rc2
79. Rb3 Ra2 80. Rc3 g3 81. Rc8 Ra1+ 82. Kg2 Ra2+ 83. Kg1 Ra1+ 84. Kg2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4122160"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. Bb3 e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O exd4 14. Re1+
Kf8 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Bg5 Nbd5 17. h3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "4145097"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8.
Ng5 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 h6 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. cxd4 hxg5 14. f4 gxf4 15.
Rxf4 Bg4 16. Re4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 c6 18. Bxe3 cxd5 19. e5 Be6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Bg5
Rac8 22. Rf1 Rc4 23. Qe3 Qa4 24. Bf6 Rxd4 25. h3 Bxh3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Kf8
28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Bxh3 Qc6 31. Qh5 Qc7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander Al."]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126360"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 e5
9. Nc3 h6 10. Nh4 Nd4 11. Ne2 Re8 12. c3 Nc6 13. c4 Rb8 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nf3 Be6
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd5 b5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22.
Bf1 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qc1 Qxc1 25. Rexc1 Rb2 26. c5 dxc5 27. Rxc5 f6 28. a4
Re7 29. a5 Kf7 30. Rac1 Ra2 31. Rb1 Ra3 32. Kg2 Rc3 33. Rbb5 Rc7 34. Rxc7+ Rxc7
35. Be2 Ke7 36. Bg4 Bf7 37. Rb8 Kd6 38. Kf3 Kc5 39. Ke2 Re7 40. Kd2 Be8 41. a6
Bc6 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Re8 44. Rb1 Rh8 45. h5 Bb5 46. Bd1 Bxa6 47. Rc1+ Kb6
48. Be2 Bb5 49. Rg1 Rh7 50. Kc2 Be8 51. Rh1 Rh6 52. Rb1+ Bb5 53. Rg1 Rh7 54. Kd2
a6 55. Rb1 Kb7 56. Rg1 Be8 57. Rb1+ Ka7 58. Rc1 Bxh5 59. Bxh5 Rxh5 60. Rc7+ Kb6
61. Rxg7 Rh4 62. Rf7 Rf4 63. Ke2 a5 64. Rf8 Kb5 65. Rb8+ Kc5 66. Rc8+ Kb4 67.
Rb8+ Ka3 68. Rb6 a4 69. f3 Ka2 70. Kf2 Rh4 71. Kg3 Rh1 72. Rxf6 a3 73. Rb6 Rb1
74. Ra6 Kb2 75. Rb6+ Kc2 76. Ra6 Rb3 77. f4 Kxd3 78. Kg4 Kxe4 79. f5 Rf3 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Gochelashvili, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "4161203"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bd2 h6 9.
h4 Nd7 10. h5 Nf6 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Nh2 Qb6 14. Rb1 a6 15. Ng4 Neg8
16. Ne3 h5 17. b4 cxb4 18. a3 Nh6 19. axb4 Nhg4 20. c5 dxc5 21. Na4 Bxa4 22.
Qxa4+ Kf7 23. O-O Nxe4 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Rxb6 Rhd8 27. Bb4 Bf8 28.
Bxg4 Rab8 29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "4123700"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Qg6 10. Kh1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. f4 Ng4 13. f5 Nxe3 14. fxg6 Nxd1
15. gxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxd1 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Be6 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. Nxb3 Nd5 20. Na5 b6
21. Nc6 g6 22. Rae1 h5 23. Re6 Rh7 24. Rxg6 Rxf7 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rg8+ Kxg8 27.
Rxe8+ Kg7 28. Kg1 a5 29. g3 Rf3 30. Kg2 Rd3 31. Re2 Kf6 32. a3 h4 33. Rf2+ Kg5
34. Nd8 hxg3 35. Ne6+ Kh4 36. Re2 Ne3+ 37. Kf3 g2 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Tekeyev, Zaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "4199731"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d3 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Be3 b6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nc6 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nf5 17. Bf4 Ba6 18. g4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 f5 21. Rd7
fxg4 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 g3 24. fxg3 Rf1+ 25. Kg2 Raf8 26. Ne4 Rc1 27. g4
Rxc2+ 28. Kg3 Bf1 29. Ree7 Rg2+ 30. Kh4 g5+ 31. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4135741"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Qd6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bd2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 b6 19. c4 Nb7 20. a4 Qd7 21. d6 Rad8
22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. Ra2 Nxd6 25. Rad2 Qc7 26. Rd5 Nf7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bd5 Bg5 30. Qd3 Kh8 31. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Kf1 Nd6 33. Be6 Nf5 34.
Qd7 Nd4 35. Qe8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "24104795"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. h3 h6 8. c3 d5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. Bc2 Bd6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Nb5 Re8 15. d4
exd4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bxh6 Bf5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qd1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 dxc3 21. Re1
Qd7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxc3 f6 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Qc4 Kg7 26. Bc5 Qd7 27. Rd1 Rd8
28. b3 Qf7 29. Qc1 Nf4 30. Qc2 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qd5 32. Qc2 Ne5 33. Ne1 Ned3 34.
Be3 Nxe1 35. Qxc7+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qc7+ Ke8 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ Ke6 40.
Qc8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Apryshko, Gleb"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24131792"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d3 g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 e5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. b4 Rc8 14. Nb3 d5 15. Ba3 Bf8
16. Rac1 Ba8 17. Nfd2 d4 18. cxd4 cxb4 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21. Bb3 Nc3 22.
Bxc3 bxc3 23. N2f3 Bg7 24. Qe3 b4 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Ndf3 Nc5 27. Bc4 h6 28. Nxf7
Rxf7 29. d4 Nxe4 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qf4+ Nf6 32. Ne5+ Kg8 33. Nxg6 Rc7 34. Qf5
Qd5 35. Qe6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6 a5 37. Ra6 Be4 38. Nf4 Nd5 39. Ne6 Re7 40. f3 Bf5 41.
Nxg7 Kxg7 42. Rxa5 Nf4 43. Kf1 Bd3+ 44. Kf2 Bg6 45. Kf1 Nd3 46. Ra1 c2 47. Ra4
Be8 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4115074"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2
d5 9. c4 e6 10. a3 a5 11. e3 b6 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Rfc1 c6 14. b4 h6 15. cxd5 exd5
16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. a4 g5 18. Ne5 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Be6 21. Bc3 Ra7 22.
a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Bxa5 Qd7 25. Bb4 Rc8 26. Bf1 Ng6 27. Qc3 Qb7 28. Bc5
Ra8 29. Bd4 Bd7 30. Qc5 Re8 31. Ra1 Nf8 32. Ra7 Qb1 33. Qd6 Re6 34. Qc7 Qc1 35.
Ra1 Qc2 36. Ra8 Be8 37. Rd8 Qd1 38. Bc5 f4 39. exf4 gxf4 40. Qc8 fxg3 41. hxg3 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "24183555"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 d6 7. e4 Nd7 8. Nf3
g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. a4 Nf6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. a5 Re8 15.
Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bh6 17. Bf1 e6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bc4 Re8 20. Qc2 Re7 21. Re2 Bd7
22. Rae1 Rbe8 23. Qb3 Bc6 24. Bb5 Nxe4 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qc2 d5 27. c4 f5 28.
cxd5 Qxd5 29. Nc4 Rd8 30. h3 Red7 31. Nfe5 Rc7 32. Nf3 Bg7 33. Qa4 Rcd7 34. Nfd2
Nxd2 35. Rxd2 Bd4 36. Rde2 f4 37. Ne5 Re7 38. Nf3 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Kf7 40. h4 h6
41. Qb5 g5 42. Nh2 Bg7 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nf1 Rd7 45. Rd2 Bd4 46. Qe2 Re7 47.
Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qd1 Qe5 49. b4 b6 50. axb6 axb6 51. bxc5 bxc5 52. Qg4 Kg6 53. Qc8
Qe6 54. Qa8 g4 55. Ra2 g3 56. Ra6 Bxf2+ 57. Kh1 Rh7+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Sadovsky, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4129199"]
[BlackFideId "4155840"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3
O-O 9. c4 Be6 10. Be3 Qb4 11. a3 Qa5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. b4 Qh5 15. Rac1
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bc6 21. Rf2 Qxe2
22. Rxe2 a6 23. Rec2 Kf8 24. g4 Nd7 25. Be2 Ne5 26. Kf2 Rab8 27. b5 axb5 28.
cxb5 Bd7 29. Nd5 Ke8 30. a4 e6 31. f6 Bf8 32. Nc7+ Rxc7 33. Rxc7 d5 34. Ba7 Ra8
35. Rxb7 Bd6 36. Bc5 Bb8 37. Rxb8+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Savitskiy, Sergey"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24105660"]
[BlackFideId "4127870"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qa4 Re8 14. Re1 Bg6 15.
Bb1 Qd7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Qxd7 Nexd7 18. a4 a5 19. Nh4 Nxd5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Nc4
Bc5 22. Bd2 Nb4 23. Ra3 Nc6 24. Rg3 Bb4 25. Rd1 Nc5 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "24162345"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Qd2 Ne8 10. Bh6 f6 11. e5 fxe5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nc4 Qe6+
15. Ne3 Nd6 16. O-O Qf6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Rae1 Rd7 20. Nf1 Bg8 21.
Ng3 c4 22. d4 Nc8 23. Re5 Rfd8 24. Qe3 Rxd4 25. Rg5 Kh8 26. Nce4 Qf8 27. Qc3 e5
28. Rxe5 Qg7 29. Ng5 Rd1 30. Kh2 h6 31. Nf3 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Bd5 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34.
Qxe8+ Qg8 35. Qe5+ Qg7 36. Qb8 Be6 37. c3 Kh7 38. Qf4 Qf7 39. Qe3 Bd5 40. Ne5
Qe6 41. Ne2 Nd6 42. Nf4 Qf6 43. Nexg6 Qg7 44. Ne7 Be4 45. Nc8 Nxc8 46. Qxe4+ Kh8
47. Qxc6 Ne7 48. Qa8+ Ng8 49. Qe4 Qc7 50. g3 Qc5 51. Kg1 b5 52. Qb7 Nf6 53. Qf7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "13702076"]
[BlackFideId "4104226"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nh4
O-O 9. f4 Nd4 10. Ne2 Nec6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. f5 Ne5 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. c3 dxc3 15.
bxc3 Bb5 16. c4 Bc6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Bg5 Nxc4 20. Nf3 Na3 21. Rb3
Nb5 22. Bd2 Qxa2 23. Ng5 Nd4 24. Rb4 a5 25. Qg4 Qxd2 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Qh4 Qxg5
28. Qxg5 a4 29. h4 a3 30. h5 Kg7 31. Bh3 a2 32. hxg6 f6 33. Qh5 Rh8 34. Qg4 a1=Q
35. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Belov, Igor1"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4101782"]
[BlackFideId "4148843"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. d4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15.
Nxd4 e6 16. Rb1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 exd5 18. e5 Rc8 19. f4 Qc7 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. h3 Ba6
22. Qxa6 Qxd4+ 23. Kh2 Rc7 24. Qe2 Re8 25. Rd3 Qe4 26. Qd2 Rc4 27. Rf2 d4 28.
Re2 Qd5 29. Qe1 Qc5 30. Qf2 a5 31. Red2 Rd8 32. Qh4 Rd7 33. Qf6 Re7 34. h4 h5
35. Rg3 Re6 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. f5 gxf5 40. Qxf5+ Kg7
41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Rf2+ Ke6 43. Rf6+ Kd5 44. Qf5 Rc3 45. Rd6+ Kc4 46. Qe6+ Kd3 47.
Rxb6 Kc2 48. Qf5+ d3 49. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "4104226"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Qa4 Qc7 9. c4 Nf6 10. c5 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 O-O
15. Nh4 Nc5 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nf5 Rfd8 20. Nce3 Nd3 21.
Nd5 Qb7 22. Nfe7+ Kh8 23. Nxc6 Rdc8 24. Qxd3 Rxc6 25. b3 Rac8 26. Qe3 h6 27.
Rfc1 Kh7 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Ne7 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Nd5 Rd3 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. a3
Bd1 34. b4 Bc2 35. f3 Re2 36. Nc3 Rd2 37. a4 f5 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. Re1 Rd3 40.
Rxe5 Bxh3 41. Ne4 Bc8 42. Nc5 Rd8 43. a5 Kg6 44. Nxa6 Kf6 45. Rc5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C94"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "24107581"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. a4 Bf8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Be7 17. Ne3 g6 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bb3 Nh7 20. Bg3 Bf6 21. Re2 Bg7 22.
Rea2 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Nhg5 25. Nh2 h5 26. Kh1 Nxh3 27. gxh3 h4 28. Nhg4
hxg3 29. fxg3 c6 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. h4 Ra8 32. Qf2 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Ra8 34. Qa2 Rxa7
35. Qxa7 Nd8 36. Qb8 Kh7 37. Kh2 Qd7 38. Nf2 d5 39. Neg4 Qe7 40. Qa7 f5 41. exf5
gxf5 42. Ne3 Qf6 43. Kg2 e4 44. d4 f4 45. Neg4 Qf5 46. Qb8 e3 47. Qxd8 exf2 48.
Nxf2 fxg3 49. Kxg3 Qb1 50. Bd1 Qc1 51. Qd7 Qxc3+ 52. Kg2 Ba6 53. Bg4 Qxd4 54.
Bf5+ Kg8 55. Qe8+ Bf8 56. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Nd2 Bxa6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Ndb1 Rc8 13. Re1 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Na6
15. Bg5 Nb4 16. Bxe7 Qa6 17. a4 Nd3 18. Bxd6 c4 19. Ba3 Nb6 20. d6 Rd8 21. Nb5
Qxa4 22. N1c3 Qb3 23. Rd2 Qxd1+ 24. Raxd1 Ra5 25. g3 Nd7 26. Rc2 g5 27. Kg2 g4
28. Nc7 N7e5 29. N3d5 h5 30. Ne3 Ra4 31. Ncd5 Kh7 32. Nb6 Rxa3 33. bxa3 Nf3 34.
Nbxc4 Nde1+ 35. Kh1 Nxc2 36. Nxc2 Bf6 37. N2e3 Kg6 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. h3 Kg5 40.
h4+ Kf6 41. a4 Ke6 42. Nf5 Ba7 43. a5 Kd7 44. Rb1 Kc6 45. Nb6 Nd2 46. Rc1+ Kb5
47. Nd4+ Ka6 48. Nc6 Rxd6 49. Nxa7 Nxe4 50. Nc6 Rd2 51. Rf1 f5 52. Nc4 Re2 53.
Nd4 Ra2 54. Nxf5 Nc5 55. Rb1 Nd3 56. Rf1 Re2 57. Ng7 Ne1+ 58. Rxe1 Rxe1 59. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. Bf1
a5 9. h3 c6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. a3 Na6 13. Be3 exd5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. cxd5
Bd7 16. Nd4 Nc7 17. Qf3 a4 18. Rad1 Re5 19. Bf4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Ra5 21. Bxd6 Nfxd5
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. b4 Bxd4 24. bxa5 Bc6 25. Be5 Qxa5 26. Re4 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd2
28. Qd3 Qa2 29. Re1 Qb2 30. g3 Nf6 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qb6 33. Rb1 Qc6+ 34.
Qf3 Ne4 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Rb4 f5 37. Qe3 h5 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Rc4 Ng5 40. Rxc6 Nf3+
41. Kg2 Nxd4 42. Rc4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4122232"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 c5 14. Be3 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 O-O 16. c4 Rc8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. c5 Ne5 20. Qd6 Nc6 21. Qxc7 Rxc7
22. Rc4 Ne7 23. Ra4 Nd5 24. Bd2 Ra8 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Ra5 Rca7 27. g3 h6 28. Rc2
g5 29. Ra3 Nc7 30. Na5 Nb5 31. Re3 Nd4 32. Rc1 Nxe2+ 33. Rxe2 Bd5 34. Bb4 Rc8
35. c6 Bd8 36. Rec2 Bb6 37. Nc4 Rxc6 38. Nxb6 Rxb6 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Bc5 Rab7 41.
Bxb6 Rxb6 42. a3 Rb3 43. R8c3 Rb2 44. R3c2 Rb3 45. Rc3 Rb2 46. R3c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Qd2 b5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. f4 O-O 12. e5 Rd8 13. Qc1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
c3 Bf5 16. O-O c5 17. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bc3 Rc8 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ba3 15.
Bb2 Bc5 16. Qb1 e5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nh4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qe7 20. Bh3 Rcd8 21. Nf3 e4
22. Nd4 Bb7 23. e3 h5 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nbd6 Ba8 26. b4 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 Ng4 28. Bxg4
hxg4 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. Qc2 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Nc8 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rd8 34. Qxg4
Qf3 35. Qxf3 exf3 36. h4 Be4 37. g4 b5 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Nd6 Bd5 41.
Rc8+ Kh7 42. Ne8 Be6 43. Ra8 g5 44. hxg5 Kg6 45. Kf4 f6 46. gxf6 Rxf2 47. Rxa6
Bf7 48. Nd6 Be6 49. Ne4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "4102240"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O
Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Bb5 Qb6 18. Qe2 f5 19. e5 Rac8 20. a3 Qd8 21. Bxc5 Rxc5
22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. f4 a4 24. bxa4 Kh8 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Kh1 Qc7 27. g3 Rd8 28. Kg2
h6 29. h4 h5 30. Qc4 b6 31. Kf3 Kh7 32. Ke3 Bh6 33. Kd3 Bg7 34. Kc2 Qb8 35. Bc6
Qc7 36. Qb5 Rc8 37. d6 exd6 38. Rxd6 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Qxd8 40. Qd3 Qg8 41. Qd5 Qf8
42. Kb3 Qb8 43. Qd7 c4+ 44. Kxc4 Qf8 45. Qd6 Qf7+ 46. e6 Qf6 47. Kb5 Kh6 48.
Kxb6 Bf8 49. Qe5 Qd8+ 50. Kb7 Qe7+ 51. Bd7 Bg7 52. Qe3 Qd6 53. a5 Bd4 54. Qb3
Qc5 55. Qb6 Qd5+ 56. Bc6 Qd6 57. Qb3 Qe7+ 58. Bd7 Qc5 59. Qb4 Qa7+ 60. Kc6 Qa8+
61. Kb5 Qd5+ 62. Ka4 Bc5 63. Qc3 Bd4 64. Qc6 Qa2 65. e7 Bb2 66. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "4186214"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 c6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. a4 Nf6 14. O-O Be6
15. a5 c5 16. Qa3 Rfc8 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. Rb5 Bd7 19. Rb2 Kf8 20. Qa2 Be6 21.
Rab1 Ne4 22. Qa3 Rc7 23. h3 Rd8 24. Ne5 Bc8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qa4 Kg8 27. Ra1
Qg5 28. Kh2 Be6 29. Rab1 f6 30. f4 exf3 31. Nxf3 Qxe3 32. dxc5 Qxc5 33. Rxb7 Bd5
34. Rxc7 Qxc7+ 35. Kh1 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Rd2 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ f5 39. Qxf5+ g6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4169786"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Nc3 Nc7 14. exd6 Bxd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe5 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Qh5 f6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Ne6 21.
h3 g6 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. Re3 Bc6 24. Ne2 Qd6 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. Nxg3 Nf4 27. Rxe8
Bxe8 28. Ne1 h5 29. h4 Bd7 30. f3 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Ne2 Ne6 34.
Nc2 Bb5 35. Nc3 Bc6 36. Ne2 Bb5 37. Nc3 Bc6 38. Ne2 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24129100"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3 e5
9. b3 exd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. Bb2 Qc8 14. Bg2 Ne7 15. Qd3
Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4131606"]
[BlackFideId "4129199"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. e4 Ba6 14. Ne5 Nh5 15. Be3
Nhf6 16. Rac1 Ba3 17. Rb1 Bb4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. a3 Be7 20. exd5 cxd5 21. cxd5
exd5 22. Bxd5 Nf6 23. Bf3 Qc7 24. Rbc1 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. b4 Qd7 27. d5 Bd6
28. Bd4 Nh7 29. h4 Rfe8 30. Qd3 Be7 31. Qf3 Bf6 32. Kg2 Rc4 33. Ne2 Rxc1 34.
Rxc1 Rxe2 35. Bxf6 Rd2 36. Bxg7 h5 37. Bh6 Rxd5 38. Rc8+ Qxc8 39. Qxd5 Nf8 40.
Qg5+ Ng6 41. Qf6 Nxh4+ 42. gxh4 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 Kh7 44. Be3 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Saveljev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "bishop's gambit, Morphy variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4127870"]
[BlackFideId "4128494"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Bb3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Bxf4 Na6 12. Rd4 Nec5 13. Bc4 Bf5 14.
Bg3 Bxc2 15. Ne5 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b4 Ne6 18. Rd7 Rad8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20.
Rad1 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 e5 22. Bf2 b6 23. b5 Nc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rxc7 Rd8 26. a4
Rd3 27. Rxc5 e4 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. Rc7 e3 30. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Nechaev, Oleg"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "24113409"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Nd4 9. Rb1 Ne8 10. Be3 Nc7 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 Be6 15.
f4 f6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 b5 19. Rfc1 bxc4 20. dxc4 a5 21. b5
Na8 22. c5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Nb6 24. Qxa5 Ra8 25. Qd2 Na4 26. Rc6 Nc3 27. Rb2 Rb8
28. b6 Nxd5 29. fxe5 Nxb6 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. exf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Qxd4+ Kf7
34. Rf2+ Kg8 35. Bd5+ Nxd5 36. Qxd5+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Qd5+ Kg7 39. a4 Rd8
40. Qf3 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Shemeakin, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14101840"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Bb7 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Be2 f5 8. Nh3 fxe4
9. Bg5 Nf6 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. f3 exd5 13. cxd5 d6 14. Nf4 Nbd7 15.
Ne6 Rf7 16. Bc4 Ne5 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxe6 20. Rxc5 d5 21. Rc6
Qd7 22. Qc2 Ng4 23. Rc3 d4 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4155351"]
[BlackFideId "4170350"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qc2 Nd5 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Nd2 Nb4 15.
Qc3 c5 16. e3 cxd4 17. exd4 c5 18. dxc5 Bf6 19. Qa3 Nc2 20. Qa4 Nxa1 21. Ne4 Be5
22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Bb5 24. Qxa7 Qd7 25. Qc5 Rfc8 26. Qe5 Bc6 27. Bg4 Nc2 28.
a3 Ba8 29. Qc3 Qc6 30. f3 h5 31. d7 Rd8 32. Bf4 hxg4 33. Bxb8 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "4192770"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Be6 9. Ng5 dxc4 10. Qa4 Qa6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bh3 Qxa4 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Nxa4
Nd5 15. Rd1 Na6 16. b3 b5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. Bf4 b4 20. Bxc7 bxc3 21.
Rac1 Rfc8 22. Ba5 cxb3 23. axb3 Rab8 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxb3 26. Be1 Bf6 27.
e3 Ra3 28. Rc1 Kg8 29. Rc5 Ra1 30. Kf1 e6 31. Ke2 h5 32. Bb4 g5 33. Rc7 g4 34.
Be7 Bxe7 35. Rxe7 Ra6 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Rh7 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. Rxh5 Kg7 40. e4
dxe4 41. Rg5+ Kf6 42. Rxg4 Re1 43. Rg8 Ra1 44. h4 a4 45. h5 Kf7 46. Ra8 Kf6 47.
g4 a3 48. Ra5 Ra2 49. g5+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. h6 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4100425"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Qb4 12. O-O Qxb3 13. axb3 Bd6 14. d5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Bxa7 O-O 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Kf1 Nb4 20. Nd4 Bxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4148843"]
[BlackFideId "4122160"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Re1 a5 11. h3 Re8 12. Qf3 Ncd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bf8 15.
f4 Ng6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Kh1 Nfd7 19. Bxf7+ Nxf7 20. Ne6 Bf6 21. Nxd8
Rxd8 22. Bd4 Nde5 23. Qf2 Re8 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Nf6 27. Qc4 Kf8
28. Ne6+ Bxe6 29. fxe6 Ne5 30. Qb3 Rad8 31. Qxb7 Rxe6 32. Qc7 Nf7 33. e5 Rde8
34. exf6 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2 gxf6 37. Qxc6 Re5 38. c3 d5 39. b4 axb4
40. cxb4 d4 41. a5 d3 42. Qd7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "24198455"]
[BlackFideId "24183555"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Na6
9. Qd2 Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. O-O-O Kh7 12. h4 Nh5 13. g4 Nf4 14. h5 g5 15. Nh3 Bd7
16. Nf2 Ng2 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. d6 c6 19. Nd3 b6 20. Na4 Ra7 21. Qc3 Nf4 22. Nxf4
gxf4 23. Qb3 Ra6 24. Rdg1 Bf6 25. Qd3 Qb8 26. Nc3 a4 27. Rd1 Ra5 28. Qc2 Qa7 29.
Rd2 Rd8 30. Bd1 Ra8 31. a3 Be6 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Bc2 Qa6 34. d7 Be7 35. Nd5 Bg5
36. Nc7 Qxc4 37. Qxc4 Bxc4 38. Rd6 Be7 39. Rxc6 Rxd7 40. Nd5 Bd8 41. Nxb6 Bxb6
42. Rxb6 Be2 43. Bd1 Rb5 44. Rxb5 Bxb5 45. Rh2 Rd4 46. Rc2 c4 47. Rd2 Kg7 48.
Kc2 Kf6 49. Kc3 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 Kg5 51. Ke1 Kh4 52. Kf2 Bd7 53. Be2 Be6 54. Bd1
Kh3 55. g5 f6 56. gxh6 Bg8 57. Bxa4 Kh4 58. Bc6 Kg5 59. Bd5 Bh7 60. Bxc4 Kxh6
61. Bf7 Kg7 62. Bd5 Kf8 63. b4 Ke7 64. a4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4138716"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa6 Qxb2 14. Rc1
e5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Qa7 Bd6 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Bb5 Rhd8 19. Ke2 Rxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5+
21. Ke1 Ke6 22. f3 Rb8 23. Qa5 Qxa5 24. Bxa5 Rb2 25. Bd2 Bb5 26. g3 d4 27. exd4
exd4 28. Rg1 Kd5 29. Rg2 Ra2 30. Rf2 Ra8 31. Kd1 Ba4+ 32. Ke1 Bb5 33. Kd1 Bc5
34. Rb1 Ba4+ 35. Ke1 Bc2 36. Rc1 d3 37. Rg2 Kc4 38. g4 Kb3 39. Kf1 Bd4 40. Re1
Bc3 41. Re7 Ra1+ 42. Re1 Bd1 43. Rf2 Bd4 44. Rg2 Bxf3 45. Rg3 Be2+ 46. Kg2 Kc2
47. Rxa1 Bxa1 48. Bf4 f6 49. g5 Be5 50. gxf6 gxf6 51. Bxe5 fxe5 52. Re3 Bg4 53.
Rxe5 d2 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 Qe7 11. a3 Nb6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Bd2 exd4 14. exd4 Be6 15.
Rfe1 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Qf5 Rae8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nc4 21. d5
Re5 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. g5 h5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Rd1 Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Bf4
28. Re2 Bxg5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qf5 Bc1 31. Qc2 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 h4 33. Ne2 Qxf2 34.
Qxc1 Qxe2 35. Qxc6 Qe5+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 g5 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qxa7 Qe5+ 40.
Kh1 Qxb2 41. Qe3 Kg6 42. Qe4+ f5 43. Qe6+ Qf6 44. Qe8+ Kh6 45. a4 g4 46. Qe1 f4
47. a5 h3 48. a6 hxg2+ 49. Kxg2 Qc6+ 50. Kg1 g3 51. a7 Qc5+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kg1
Qc5+ 54. Kg2 Qc6+ 55. Kg1 Kg5 56. Qe5+ Kg4 57. Qg7+ Kf3 58. a8=Q Qxa8 59. Qc3+
Ke4 60. Qc4+ Ke5 61. Qc7+ Ke4 62. Qc4+ Kf5 63. Qf7+ Kg5 64. Qg7+ Kh4 65. Qh6+
Kg4 66. Qg6+ Kf3 67. Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "4186214"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rxd4 17. Re4 Rd8 18. d4 Qc7 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. d5 exd5 21.
cxd5 Qd6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Rc1 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Re8 25. Bf3 b6 26. Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4131606"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 c6 7. Nf3 a5 8. b3 Na6
9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Qb2 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 cxd4 15.
exd4 b6 16. Rac1 h6 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Bf3 Ra7 19. Nb5 Re7 20. bxc4 Bb7 21. Bxb7
Rxb7 22. a3 Na6 23. Qf4 Nb8 24. h4 Qf6 25. Qe4 Re7 26. g3 Qf5 27. Qe3 Rd8 28. f4
h5 29. c5 bxc5 30. dxc5 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Kh7 32. Nd4 Qh3 33. c6 Rc7 34. Qf3 Bf8
35. Rc1 Bd6 36. a4 Kg8 37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kf8 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Ke4 Rc8 41.
Rc2 Na6 42. Nd3 Rb8 43. Nb5 Nc7 44. Ne5 f5+ 45. Kd4 Nxb5+ 46. axb5 Bc7 47. Kc4
Rc8 48. Rd2 Rd8 49. Nxg6+ Kf6 50. Rxd8 Bxd8 51. Ne5 Ke7 52. Kc5 a4 53. Nc4 Bc7
54. Kb4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nechaev, Oleg"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24113409"]
[BlackFideId "4127870"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Nh3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 Qb6
9. Rd1 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Nf4 Nb4 12. Nd3 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 Bd7 14. Bf4 b5 15. c5
a5 16. f3 Bd8 17. b4 Be8 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rdd1 Rf7 20. Rxa5 Bxa5 21. Ra1 Ra7
22. b4 Bb6 23. Rxa7 Bxa7 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Bg6
28. Ng5 Bf5 29. Bc7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "4122232"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bb2 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 d6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Qe2 O-O
9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Qc4 dxe5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Qh4 h6 14. Qg3 Bf5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qd6 17. Qxd6 exd6 18. d3 Rae8 19. Kd2 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Rxf2 21.
Re1 Rxg2 22. a3 h5 23. Ra2 h4 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Kxc3 h3 26. Nf4 Rxe1 27. Nxg2 h2
28. Nxe1 h1=Q 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Nc2 Qh8+ 31. Kd2 Qb2 32. b4 cxb4 33. axb4 g5 34.
Re4 d5 35. Re3 d4 36. Rg3 Kg6 37. Kd1 Kh5 38. Rf3 g4 39. Rf4 g3 40. Nxd4 g2 41.
Ne2 Qxe2+ 42. Kxe2 g1=Q 43. Rc4 Qg2+ 44. Ke3 Kg6 45. Kd4 Kf6 46. Kc3 Ke6 47. Rc5
Kd6 48. Ra5 Qf2 49. d4 Qe3+ 50. Kc4 a6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Popov, Ivan RUS"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4170350"]
[BlackFideId "24176729"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Be6
9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Ba7 11. b4 Ne7 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bh2 Qd7 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bxe6 fxe6
16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. O-O O-O 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Qc2 Nh4 21. Bg3 e5 22.
N4b3 Nh5 23. Bxh4 gxh4 24. exd5 Nf4 25. dxc6 Qg7 26. Qe4 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28.
Qxh4 Ng4+ 29. Kh1 Bf2 30. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 bxc6 32. Nc5 Ng4 33. Nde4 Rf4 34.
Nd3 Rff8 35. Ndf2 Nxf2 36. Nxf2 Kh8 37. Re4 Re6 38. Ng4 Rg6 39. Ne3 Rg8 40. Qf2
Rg5 41. Rh4 Qg6 42. a5 c5 43. bxc5 e4 44. c4 Rxc5 45. Ng4 Rg5 46. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 a6 10. a4 e5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 exd4 14. Bg5 Nf6 15.
Re1 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rd8 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. f3 Bc5 21. fxg4
Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "4169786"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nd2 d5 7. Ndf3 Ne4 8. h4 Qb6
9. Nh3 Be6 10. Qd1 Nd7 11. h5 O-O-O 12. a4 Bg8 13. a5 Qc7 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Nd3 e5
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nfxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. cxd4
gxh5 22. Bf3 Bg6 23. Bxh5 Nf6 24. Bf3 Ng4 25. a6 b6 26. Kf1 Kd7 27. Kg2 Rhe8 28.
Rac1 Rc8 29. e3 Nf6 30. Be2 Ne4 31. Bd3 Re6 32. Rh6 c5 33. Bb5+ Ke7 34. Rch1
cxd4 35. Rxh7+ Bxh7 36. Rxh7+ Kf6 37. Bd7 d3 38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40. Bxc8
d2 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Rh1 Rc6 43. Bd7 Rc1 44. Ba4 Nxf2 45. Be5+ Kg6 46. Kxf2 Rxh1
47. Ke2 Rh2+ 48. Kd1 Kg5 49. Bc6 Kg4 50. Bxd5 Rh7 51. Bc6 Rh2 52. Bb8 Rh6 53.
Bb7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4131002"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. b4 Nh5 13. Kh1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. b5
Nb8 16. Qb3 a5 17. d4 Nd7 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Qa3 Qf6 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 exd4 22.
cxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Qf3 Qe5 26. g3 fxg3 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28.
Rxc5 dxc5 29. Rd1 Qd6 30. Bb3 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Alexander A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4139275"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2 a6
9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxa5 Ba8 15. Qd2
Qc7 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. Nd1 Rfc8 18. b4 Qd7 19. Rab1 Bd8 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. c5 Bc7 22.
Bxa6 Rd8 23. Qc3 d5 24. b5 dxe4 25. b6 Nd5 26. Qe1 Nxb6 27. cxb6 Bxb6 28. f4 Nd3
29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Nd2 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 h6 33. Qe5 Kh7 34. Ne3 Qa7 35.
Ra1 Qb7 36. f5 Re8 37. f6 Rg8 38. Rb1 Qc6 39. fxg7 Rxg7 40. Nf3 Rg6 41. Rf1 d2
42. Qd4 Qc1 43. Nxd2 Qc7 44. Ne4 e5 45. Qd3 Kg7 46. Nd6 Kg8 47. Nxf7 Qb6 48. g3
Kg7 49. Nxe5 Rf6 50. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. a3 b6 10. Ne5 a5 11. Qe2 a4 12. f4 Bb7 13. Rf3 Ne4 14. dxc5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
Qxc5 16. Rh3 g6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qh5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "4148843"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Nf1 Nc6 15.
d5 Nce5 16. N3h2 Bh4 17. Re2 c4 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f4 Ng6 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Bd4 Bd7
22. Nf3 Bd8 23. Ng3 Qa7 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Nf8 27. Kh2 Nfd7 28.
Qe8+ Nf8 29. Qc6 Nfd7 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Qxd6 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Qb8 33. Qxb8+ Rxb8 34.
Nc6 Ra8 35. b4 cxb3 36. axb3 Kf8 37. b4 Nb7 38. Re7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "four pawns attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24129100"]
[BlackFideId "4182596"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Bg5 Rd8 15.
Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Qe3 Bg4 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. Rad1 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rxf3 20. gxf3 e5 21.
Qg5 Kh8 22. c5 Nd5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Kh1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "24162345"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Ne5 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 c6 12. h3 a5 13. e3 Ned7 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rcd1
Qb6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Ba1 Rad8 18. Rb1 Ne6 19. Nf3 Qc5 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Rbd1 b5 22.
cxb5 cxb5 23. Nc3 Qc5 24. Qb1 Qxa3 25. Nd2 Nc5 26. Bb2 Qb4 27. Na2 Bf5 28. e4
Nfxe4 29. Nxb4 Nxd2 30. Qa2 Nxf1 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qb2+ Kg8 33. Nd5 Nd3 34. Rxd3
Bxd3 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxe8 Rxe8 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qd4
Nxg3 41. fxg3 Bf5 42. Qa7+ Ke6 43. Qe3+ Kd7 44. Bc6+ Kxc6 45. Qxe8+ Kc5 46. Qe1
b4 47. Qe3+ Kb5 48. Qd4 Be6 49. Qd3+ Kc5 50. Kf2 a4 51. bxa4 b3 52. Qb5+ Kd4 53.
a5 Bc4 54. Qb4 Kd3 55. Ke1 d5 56. Qd2+ Ke4 57. Qc3 f5 58. Kd2 f4 59. gxf4 Kxf4
60. Qe3+ Kf5 61. Kc3 g5 62. Kd4 Kg6 63. Qf2 Kh5 64. Qf7+ Kh6 65. Qf6+ Kh5 66.
Qg7 Kh4 67. Qh6+ Kg3 68. Qxg5+ Kxh3 69. Ke3 b2 70. Qh5+ Kg2 71. Qg6+ Kh3 72.
Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Domogaev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "24103608"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nc4 c5 12. a4 f6 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. g3 Bh3 15. Ng2
Qd7 16. f3 Be6 17. Nce3 b5 18. f4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. c4 bxc4 21. bxc4 exf4 22.
gxf4 Bc8 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Nge3 Rb8 25. Qg2 Rxb2 26. Qxb2 Qd7 27. Qg2 Kh8 28. f5
Bxd5 29. cxd5 Be5 30. Rae1 Qxa4 31. Nc4 Nd7 32. Kh1 Bd4 33. Rb1 Ne5 34. Nxe5
Bxe5 35. Rg1 Qd7 36. Qc2 Bd6 37. Rg4 Qe7 38. Rbg1 Rg8 39. Qg2 a5 40. Rh4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Saveljev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "4128494"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bd6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Qd7 15.
Ne4 Kh8 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nfg5 f5 19. Nf7+ Kh7 20. Qh5 Nd5 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. Qxf5+ g6 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kh7 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Bxh6+ Kh7 28. Qh3 Qxf7 29. Bxf8+ Kg8 30. Bc5 Qd5 31. b4 Nd8 32. Qg3 Kg7 33. Re4
Nf7 34. Rae1 Re6 35. h4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Kalinin, Michail Borisovich"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4144104"]
[BlackFideId "4142578"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O e4 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. a4 a5 15.
Ba3 c5 16. Bb2 h5 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. h3 h4 19. Nf1 Ne5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1
22. Qxd1 Nc6 23. Nb5 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qa1+ Ne5 26. Nh2 f5 27. f4 exf3 28.
Bxf3 Nf6 29. Bxb7 Nd3 30. e4 Qxb7 31. e5 Nh5 32. Nd6 Qe7 33. Nf3 Nhf4 34. Kh2
Ne6 35. Qd1 Ndf4 36. Nc8 Qc7 37. Nd6 Qe7 38. Qe1 Nd4 39. Nxh4 Nfe2 40. g3 Qxe5
41. Nb5 Nxb3 42. Nf3 Qb2 43. Kh1 Nbd4 44. Nd2 Nxg3+ 45. Qxg3 Qc1+ 46. Qg1 Qxd2
47. Nd6 Qe2 48. Qg2 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Shcherbin, Matvei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "4129199"]
[BlackFideId "24125164"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O a6 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qa3 Rfc8 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Na4 Qa5
15. b4 e6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. g4 Be4 18. f3 Bxb4 19. Qb3 g5 20. Bxg5 Bg6 21. a3
Bf8 22. Qxb7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd2 24. Qxa8 Qxc1+ 25. Kf2 Qxa3 26. Qxa6 Qd6 27. Qxd6
Bxd6 28. Bb5 Nf8 29. h4 h5 30. Nc5 Nh7 31. Bd8 Kf8 32. Nd7+ Kg7 33. Ne5 hxg4 34.
fxg4 Nf6 35. Nxg6 fxg6 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Bd3 Ng8 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 Be7 40. Bc7
Bg5 41. Bg6+ Ke7 42. Ba5 Nh6 43. Bb4+ Kf6 44. e4 dxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Ng4 46. Bc3 Ke7
47. Bb4+ Kf6 48. Bc3 Ke7 49. Kf3 Nh6 50. Ba5 Bc1 51. Ke4 Bg5 52. Kf3 Bc1 53. Bc7
Bg5 54. Be5 Bc1 55. Bg7 Bg5 56. Ke4 Bc1 57. Kd3 Ng4 58. Kc4 Bh6 59. Bh8 Bg5 60.
Bg7 Bh6 61. Bxh6 Nxh6 62. Kd3 Kf6 63. Ke4 Ng8 64. Kf4 Nh6 65. Ke4 Ng8 66. Kd3
Nh6 67. Kc4 Ke7 68. Kc5 Ng8 69. Kc6 Nh6 70. Be4 Ng4 71. Bg2 Nh6 72. Bh3 Nf7 73.
Kc5 Nh6 74. Kc4 Nf7 75. Kd3 Nh6 76. Ke4 Kf6 77. Bf1 Nf5 78. Be2 Ng3+ 79. Kd3
Nxe2 80. Kxe2 Kg5 81. d5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "4123700"]
[BlackFideId "24198455"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Bc4 Nge7 8.
Qh5 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Bb3 c5 12. N4f3 Bg4 13. Qh4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ng6 16. Qg3 Rc8 17. Bd5 c4 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. h4 Ne7 20. Bf6 Ng6 21.
h5 gxf6 22. hxg6 Qe7 23. Kg2 Qe5 24. f4 Qh5 25. gxf7+ Kh8 26. Rh1 Qe2 27. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "4131606"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5
Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Ne4 Ncd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. c3 Rd8 18. Bc4 Qb6 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Bxe6 c4+ 21. Rd4
Rxd4 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Qg4 Qd5 27. Ne6
Rd7 28. f5 Qd3 29. Rg1 b5 30. Nc5 Rd4 31. Nxd3 Rxg4 32. hxg4 cxd3 33. Rd1 Bxe5
34. Rxd3 Bxb2 35. Rb3 Bd4 36. Rxb5 Kf7 37. g3 Kf6 38. Kg2 Kg5 39. Kf3 h6 40. a4
Kf6 41. a5 Bg1 42. a6 Bd4 43. Ke4 Bf2 44. Rb7 h5 45. fxg6 hxg4 46. g7 Kxg7 47.
Rxe7+ Kf6 48. Rb7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4131002"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. d5
a5 9. c4 a4 10. b4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 a3 12. Bd4 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Rc1 c6 15. e3 h6
16. Re1 Na4 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Red1 Bf5 19. Qb3 c5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Ne4 Qe6 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Rd5 Qe6 26. Nd2 Bb2 27. Rc2 Rc7 28. Ne4
Ra6 29. Rcd2 Qb6 30. Qc2 Bg7 31. h4 Qb2 32. Qd1 Qa1 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qxa1 Bxa1
35. R2d7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Kg8 37. Rxb7 f5 38. Nd2 Nc3 39. Bd5+ Nxd5 40. cxd5 Rd6
41. Nc4 Rxd5 42. Rb3 Bb2 43. Kg2 Rd1 44. Nxb2 axb2 45. Rxb2 Kf7 46. Rc2 Ra1 47.
h5 c4 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Rxc4 Rxa2 50. g4 h5 51. gxf5+ Kxf5 52. Kg3 Ra1 53. Rc5+
Kg6 54. Rc6+ Kf5 55. f3 Rg1+ 56. Kf2 Ra1 57. Rc5+ Kg6 58. f4 h4 59. Rg5+ Kf6 60.
Rh5 Rh1 61. Kg2 Re1 62. Re5 Kg6 63. Kh2 Kh6 64. Kh3 Rh1+ 65. Kg4 Kg6 66. e4 h3
67. Rg5+ Kf7 68. Rh5 h2 69. Kf5 Ke7 70. Rh7+ Kd6 71. e5+ Kd5 72. e6 Kd6 73. Rd7+
Kc6 74. Rd2 Kc7 75. Rf2 Kd6 76. Kf6 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteFideId "4122232"]
[BlackFideId "4170350"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Bf4 f5 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Kh8 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Kg8 20. R1e5
g6 21. f3 Rad8 22. Kf2 Rd6 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Re6 Rc8 25. Rxd6 Rxc3 26. Rd8+ Kf7
27. Rd7+ Ke6 28. Rxb7 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 Rxa2 30. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Nxd3 g6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Re1 e6 13. c3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
Qd2 c5 16. Bh6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rac1 e5 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. c4
a6 22. Nc3 N5f6 23. b3 Qd4 24. Qe3 b5 25. Nb2 Qxe3 26. fxe3 b4 27. Nca4 Ne4 28.
Nd3 a5 29. Red1 Ndf6 30. Nf2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Ng4+ 32. Kf3 f5 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. h3
Nf6 35. Rd6 Ne4 36. Rd5 Kg5 37. Rcd1 Kh4 38. Rxa5 Ng5+ 39. Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Kf1 Ng3+
41. Kg1 f4 42. Re1 Rcd8 43. Rd5 Rxd5 44. cxd5 fxe3 45. Rxe3 e4 46. Nb6 Rf8 47.
Re1 e3 48. Nc4 e2 49. Nd2 Kg5 50. Nf3+ Kf4 51. Kf2 Rd8 52. Nd4 Ne4+ 53. Kxe2
Rxd5 54. Kd3 Nf2+ 55. Kc4 Rd7 56. Ne2+ Ke3 57. Nd4+ Kf4 58. Ne6+ Kg3 59. Re3+
Kxg2 60. Kxb4 Nxh3 61. a4 g5 62. a5 g4 63. Nc5 Rf7 64. a6 Kf2 65. Rc3 Ng5 66.
Rc2+ Ke3 67. Ra2 Ra7 68. Kb5 h5 69. b4 h4 70. Kc4 h3 71. b5 g3 72. b6 Rxa6 73.
Rxa6 h2 74. b7 h1=Q 75. b8=Q Qf1+ 76. Kb4 Qe1+ 77. Kc4 Qf1+ 78. Kd5 Qf3+ 79. Kc4
Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Hastings variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4186214"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be2 Kh7 14. O-O f5 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. b4 Rc7 20. Bf3 Rfc8 21.
Rfd1 Qe7 22. Rc2 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. b5 e5 25. Bc6 exf4 26. exf4 Rd8 27. Rxd8
Qxd8 28. Re2 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Bd4+ 30. Kg3 Rg7 31. Qc2 Qh1 32. Kh3 Qa1 33. Qd3 Qc1
34. Qd2 Qf1 35. Re1 Qc4 36. g3 Qa4 37. Re6 Qc4 38. Qe2 Qc1 39. Bd5 Qb1 40. Kg2
Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qb1 42. Kg2 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qb1 44. Kg2 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. f4 h6 13. f5 Bh7 14. Bf4 Nbd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Rae1 c6 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qf6 21.
Bc3 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. d5 Be5 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "4127870"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe1 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Na4 c4 12. dxc4 Ba6 13. b3 dxc4 14. Rf2 Nc7 15. Nc5
Qc8 16. Ba3 Bb5 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Nde4 Rd8 19. Rd1 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qg4 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Rd2 Rd5 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. a4 Ba6 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Ng5 Qf5 27. Bxe7 h6
28. Nf3 Qxc2 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Qxa7 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qxa4 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qd5 c3
34. Qxf7 Bc4 35. e6 Qa2+ 36. Kg3 Bxe6 37. Qe8 c2 38. Qc6 Qb2 39. Ba3 Qxa3 40.
Qxc2 Bf5 41. Qc4 Qe3 42. h3 Qd3 43. Qxd3 Bxd3 44. Kf2 Be4 45. g4 Bf8 46. h4 Bd6
47. Ke3 Bb7 48. Nd2 Be7 49. g5 h5 50. Nb3 Kg7 51. Kd4 Bd6 52. Na5 Bc8 53. Ke3
Kf7 54. Nc4 Bc7 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Ne3 Bb7+ 57. Kg3 Be4 58. Nc4 Kd5 59. Nd2 Kd4 60.
Nb3+ Ke3 61. Nc5 Bxf4+ 62. Kh3 Bf5+ 63. Kg2 Bd6 64. Nb3 Bb4 65. Nc1 Be6 66. Kg3
Ba3 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Nechaev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "24113409"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. h4 Rb8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf3 Bg4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxf3 17. exf3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Kg7 19. Nxf6 exf6 20. Re4 Rxe4 21.
fxe4 Qc5 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. b3 Rc6 24. Kg2 a6 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Kf8 27. Kf3 Ke7
28. Ke3 Ke6 29. Kd4 b6 30. f4 Rc8 31. b4 Rc7 32. a4 f5 33. e5 dxe5+ 34. Rxe5+
Kd6 35. Rd5+ Kc6 36. c5 Kb7 37. Rd6 bxc5+ 38. bxc5 Re7 39. Rb6+ Ka7 40. a5 Re4+
41. Kd5 Re3 42. c6 Rd3+ 43. Kc4 Rxg3 44. c7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "4153278"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nd2 f5 8. Nc4
Nh6 9. Qa4+ Kf8 10. Qc2 Nf7 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bg2 Nde5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. O-O Bd7
15. a4 Qe7 16. b3 Kf7 17. Bb2 h5 18. h3 h4 19. e4 hxg3 20. fxg3 Kg8 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qf7 27. Bg2
Qg6 28. Qxg6 Nxg6 29. Nd1 Bd4+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Bxb2 33. Nxb2
Ne5 34. Nd1 c4 35. b4 a5 36. bxa5 Ra8 37. Nc3 Rxa5 38. Be4 Nd7 39. Ke3 Nb6 40.
Nb5 Rxa4 41. Nxd6 c3 42. Nf5+ Kf6 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Nf3+ Kd6 45. Bc2 Nxd5+ 46. Kd3
Ra2 47. Nd4 Kc5 48. h4 Ra8 49. Bb3 Re8 50. Bxd5 Kxd5 51. Nb5 c2 52. Nc3+ Kc5 53.
Kxc2 Kc4 54. Kd2 b5 55. h5 Rd8+ 56. Kc2 b4 57. Nd1 b3+ 58. Kc1 Kb4 59. Nb2 Ka3
60. g4 Ka2 61. Na4 Rd4 62. Nc3+ Ka1 63. g5 b2+ 64. Kc2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24129100"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. Bd2 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 O-O 14. f5 Bh7 15. Bd3
Qe7 16. Qe2 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Be1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bxh4 Qxh4 21. fxe6
Rf3 22. Rxf3 Qxg4+ 23. Qg2 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 exf3 25. c4 Bd3 26. Rc1 b6 27. d5 c5
28. Rc3 Bf5 29. Rxf3 g6 30. Nd2 Kg7 31. Nf1 Rf8 32. Ne3 Bd3 33. e7 Rh8 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "4100484"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 b6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. Bf3 c6 10. Ng3 f5 11. Nh5 Rg8 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qh6 O-O-O
15. Qxh7 Rdf8 16. Nef4 Bg5 17. Nh3 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Qh6 Bxd4 20. c3 Be5 21.
Rad1 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Rh8 23. Qe3 Bf4 24. Qd3 Rh7 25. Rfe1 Rfh8 26. Kg1 Kb8 27. b4
Qc8 28. c4 Qg8 29. Kf1 Bc7 30. b5 Rxh3 31. gxh3 Rxh3 32. Qe2 cxb5 33. Bxb7 Kxb7
34. Qc2 Qg4 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Oganian, Miran"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4122488"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bd2 c6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15.
Rfe1 h6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Qb3 b6 20. Nd3 a5 21. Rac1 Bd7
22. Qa3 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Rac8 24. a4 Bf5 25. Red1 Kh8 26. Ne1 Bg4 27. Nf3 Qd7 28.
Re1 Be6 29. Qd3 Bf5 30. Qb3 Be6 31. Qd3 Re8 32. h4 Bf5 33. Qb3 Bf8 34. hxg5 hxg5
35. Nh2 Bb4 36. Nf1 Kg7 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 cxd5 39. Bxb4 axb4 40. Ne3 Be4
41. g4 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Rh8 43. Nf5+ Kg6 44. Ng3 Bf3 45. Rc6 Bxg4 46. Rxb6 Bf3 47.
a5 Rc8 48. a6 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Ra1 50. Rxb4 Rxa6 51. Nf1 Kf5 52. Kg3 Be2 53. Nd2 Ra1
54. f3 Rd1 55. Nb3 Rd3 56. Nc1 Rxf3+ 57. Kg2 Bd1 58. Na2 Rd3 59. Nc3 Bf3+ 60.
Kf2 g4 61. Rb6 Rxd4 62. Ke3 Rc4 63. Nb5 Re4+ 64. Kd2 Ke5 65. Nd6 Re2+ 66. Kd3 g3
67. Nf7+ Kf5 68. Nd6+ Kg6 69. Rb8 g2 70. Rg8+ Kh7 71. Rg3 Re1 72. Rh3+ Kg8 73.
Rg3+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "4123700"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8.
e4 Bg7 9. h4 h6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Rd1 e6 12. e5 Qe7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Be4 Bxe4 15.
Qxe4 c6 16. a4 Qa3 17. O-O Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qb3 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxc6 Qd5 21. Rc1
Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Kd8 23. Nd2 Nb8 24. Rc3 Bf8 25. Ne4 Be7 26. g3 Kd7 27. Bc1 Nc6 28.
Rf3 Ke8 29. Rc3 Kd7 30. Rf3 Ke8 31. Bb2 Nb4 32. Ba3 Nd5 33. Bd6 Rf8 34. a5 f5
35. axb6 axb6 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Nd6 Ra8 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rb3 Ra4 40. Nc8+ Kf7 41.
Nxb6 Rxd4 42. Nc8 h4 43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. Ne7+ Kh5 45. gxh4 Nf4 46. Ng8 Kxh4 47.
Nxh6 Rd1+ 48. Kh2 Rd2 49. Kg1 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 Rd2 51. Kg1 Nh3+ 52. Kf1 Rxf2+ 53.
Ke1 Ra2 54. Rg7 Ng5 55. Kf1 Ra5 56. Kf2 Rxe5 57. Rg8 Ra5 58. Rh8 Ne4+ 59. Ke3
Kg5 60. Nf7+ Kf6 61. Nd8 Ra3+ 62. Ke2 Ke5 63. Nc6+ Kd5 64. Nb4+ Kd6 65. Rd8+ Ke7
66. Nc6+ Kf7 67. Rh8 f4 68. Ne5+ Kf6 69. Nd3 Ng3+ 70. Kd2 Ra2+ 71. Kd1 Ne2 72.
Rf8+ Ke7 73. Rc8 f3 74. Nb4 f2 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4145097"]
[BlackFideId "4104226"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Ng1
Nbd7 9. Nf3 b5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rad1 Rac8 16. Ne2 d5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. c3 g6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. a3 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nd2 Qd6 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Ng3 Qd3
28. Re1 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd5 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Ned2 f6 33. c4 Rd7 34.
cxb5 axb5 35. Nb3 Kf7 36. Rc3 Bd5 37. Nc5 Rc7 38. Nd2 Rc8 39. f3 f5 40. Rd3 Rd8
41. Kg1 Bc6 42. Rxd8 Bxd8 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Kd3 Bb6 46. a4 Bxc5 47.
bxc5+ Kxc5 48. axb5 Bxb5+ 49. Ke3 g5 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 f4+ 52. Ke4 Kd6 53.
Kf5 Kd5 54. Kxg5 Kd4 55. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander1"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "4115074"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 Rd8 11. Nd2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. e4 Bd7 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Qb3
Rab8 16. Rac1 c6 17. Ne3 Bd4 18. Ne2 Be8 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Ng4 Qg5 21. h3 cxd5
22. f4 Qh5 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Ne5 Be6 26. g4 Qh4 27. exd5 Bc8 28. Qc4
Qf6 29. d6 Qxd6 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Sergeyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24104272"]
[BlackFideId "13702076"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bh5 4. c4 f6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qxd5 8.
e3 O-O-O 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 Bb4 12. Qb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qa4 b6
15. e4 Ne7 16. Rb1 c5 17. Be3 Qg6 18. Rb5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Bxc5 Rhd8 21.
Be3 Rxb5 22. Qxb5 Kc7 23. f4 Qg2 24. Rf1 Rd5 25. Qa6 Nc6 26. Qc4 b5 27. Qb3 Qe4
28. f3 Qxe3 29. Qxd5 exf4 30. Qd3 Qc5 31. Qxb5 Qxc3+ 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Black "Denisov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteFideId "4182596"]
[BlackFideId "24119466"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Bf4 c6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. e4 Nf8 15.
Rac1 Ne6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 a6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Nf4 Ng5 21. Nfd3
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Re1 Ne6 24. Bh3 Re8 25. a3 a5 26. Qa4 Ra8 27. Nf4 Ng5 28.
Bg2 Bf8 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. Nc3 Qd8 31. Qb3 Rb8 32. Rc1 Ba8 33. Qb5 Qe8 34. Bf1 Qxb5
35. Nxb5 Bb7 36. Na7 Ra8 37. Nac6 Bd6 38. Nd3 Rc8 39. Na7 Rxc1 40. Nxc1 Nc7 41.
Nb5 Nxb5 42. Bxb5 Kf8 43. Ne2 Ke7 44. Bf4 g5 45. Bxd6+ Kxd6 46. f3 Bc6 47. Bd3
Bd7 48. Kf2 Ne8 49. Nc3 Nc7 50. h4 Ne6 51. Ke3 f6 52. Nd1 Ng7 53. Kf2 Bf5 54.
Be2 Ne6 55. Ke3 Bh7 56. Bf1 Bg6 57. Bh3 Nc7 58. Nc3 Bh7 59. Bf1 Kc6 60. Be2 Bc2
61. Kd2 Bh7 62. Bd1 Kd6 63. Ba4 Ne6 64. Ke3 Ng7 65. Nb5+ Ke7 66. hxg5 hxg5 67.
g4 Ne6 68. Nc3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Sadovsky, Artem"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "4155840"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bc2 O-O 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O Nd7
9. Bg5 Qb6 10. d5 Nce5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qc1 f6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. Bxe5
Bxe5 16. Qxg5+ Kh8 17. Qxe7 Bg7 18. b3 fxe4 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Qxd6
Bxc3 22. Rad1 Bd4 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Ne3 Bg6 25. Rfe1 Rd7 26. Re2 Rdf7 27. Rf1
Kg7 28. Nc4 Re7 29. a4 h5 30. h4 b6 31. Kh1 Ref7 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxf2 34.
Rxf2 Rxf2 35. d6 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Rd1 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Re2 Bc3 39. Kf4 a6 40. Rc2 Rd3
41. Ke4 Rd4+ 42. Kf3 Be1 43. g3 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Ne3 Bb4 46. Rf2 Rxd6 47.
Ke4+ Ke6 48. Nf5 Rd7 49. Re2 Kf6 50. Rf2 Kg6 51. Ke5 Rf7 52. Rf3 c4 53. bxc4
bxc4 54. Rf4 Bd2 55. Rf2 c3 56. Ke6 c2 57. g4 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Dzhangobegov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4180984"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. e5 f6 8. Bb2
Be7 9. Na3 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Qg4 Rf7 13. Nc4 d6 14. Bg3 e5 15.
Qe2 Bf5 16. d3 Bf6 17. Rae1 g5 18. Qd2 h5 19. f3 Kh7 20. c3 Bg6 21. Bf2 Qf8 22.
d4 Rd8 23. d5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Rfd7 25. Nd2 Qf7 26. Ne4 Be7 27. c4 Qxd5 28. cxd5
Bf7 29. Rd1 a5 30. Rd2 Ra8 31. Be3 Kg6 32. Nc3 Rb7 33. Rc1 Be8 34. Ne4 a4 35.
Rc3 g4 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. h3 Rb4 38. Rc4 axb3 39. Rxb4 cxb4 40. axb3 Ra1+ 41. Kh2
Rb1 42. hxg4 Rxb3 43. Bb6 Ra3 44. Bc7 b3 45. Bxd6 Bxd6 46. Nxd6 Ra2 47. Rd3 Ba4
48. Nc4 b2 49. Nd2 Ra1 50. d6 Rd1 51. d7 Bxd7 52. Rd6+ Kf7 53. Rxd7+ Ke6 54. Rb7
Rxd2 55. Kg3 e4 56. Kf4 Re2 57. g5 Kd5 58. g4 Rf2+ 59. Ke3 Rg2 60. g6 Ke5 61. g5
Rg3+ 62. Kf2 Rxg5 63. Rxb2 Rxg6 64. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Konaplev, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24165646"]
[BlackFideId "4126360"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Qe2 c6 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Na4 b5 14. Nc3 Bb4
15. Nb1 Nf6 16. f3 Qe6 17. c3 Be7 18. b3 a5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. bxc4
Rfb8 22. Nc3 Rb4 23. c5 Rc4 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Ne2 Rbb4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rc1 Rb4
28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Nc1 Rb5 30. Nd3 f6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Bd2 a4 34. Be3
Kd8 35. Rc4 Ra5 36. Bd2 Ra8 37. a3 Kc7 38. Be3 Ra7 39. Nb2 Rb7 40. Nd3 Ra7 41.
Nb2 Rb7 42. Nd3 Ra7 43. Nb2 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Qe7 10. Re1 a5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Qc1 Rac8 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. a4
c5 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. a5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Nb6 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Bf1 Nbd5 25. Ne2 h6 26. Rc4 e5 27. Qc2 g6 28.
Rc6 Qe7 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. e4 Nc3 31. Nxc3 bxc3 32. Rc7 Qe8 33. Qxc3 Rd1 34. Rc5
Qd7 35. Kg2 Qd4 36. Qxd4 exd4 37. Be2 Re1 38. Bc4 Nh5 39. Rc7 Nf4+ 40. Kg3 g5
41. Kg4 Kg6 42. Bxf7+ Kf6 43. e5+ Rxe5 44. Bc4 h5+ 45. Kg3 Re1 46. h4 Rg1+ 47.
Kh2 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rxf2 49. Rd7 gxh4 50. Rxd4 Kg5 51. Rd8 h3 52. Rd4 Rb2 53. Rd1
h2 54. Bf1 Kh4 55. b4 Kg3 56. b5 h4 57. Rc1 h3 58. Rd1 Rg2 59. Bc4 Rb2 60. Bf1
Kh4 61. Rc1 Kg3 62. Rd1 Rg2 63. Bc4 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Nc5 Qc8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. e5 Nb4 13. O-O-O Nxa2+ 14. Kb1 Nb4
15. Bd2 a5 16. h4 Rd8 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. Be3 a4 19. e6 fxe6 20. h5 a3 21. hxg6 hxg6
22. Bd3 Rf8 23. Qh3 Rf6 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Ne4 Rf5 26. Ng5+ Kf6 27. g4 axb2 28.
gxf5 exf5 29. Rdg1 Qe8 30. Qh4 Nb4 31. Ne4+ Kf7 32. Ng5+ Kf6 33. Nh7+ Ke6 34.
Rxg6+ Qxg6 35. Bc4+ Nxc4 36. d5+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Popov, Ivan RUS"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4170350"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 Nc6 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Nf3 Nxc4 8.
bxc4 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Be6 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bf4 f6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. c4 Qd7 18. Qc2 b5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5
Rxb5 22. Rxb5 Qxb5 23. Rb1 Qa6 24. Qb3 Ra8 25. Nd2 Rf8 26. Nc4 Bh4 27. Kh2 g6
28. Qb2 Bg5 29. Ra1 Qc8 30. Ra7 h5 31. Nxd6 Bf4+ 32. g3 Bxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rf3+ 34.
Kxf3 Qxh3+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Ke3 Qxb2 37. Nc4 Qb8 38. Re7 Qf8 39. d6 h4 40. Nxe5
h3 41. Ng4 h2 42. Nxh2 Qh6+ 43. Kf3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4122232"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Be3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Nxd5 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Be4 Nc6 20. a3 Kg7
21. Kc2 Kf6 22. Kc3 Ke5 23. Rhe1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Kc4 Nd4+ 26. Kb4 Rc7 27.
Re1 Kf4 28. Rd1 Nxf3 29. Bd5 Rc2 30. b3 Rxf2 31. Bxb7 g5 32. Rd6 f5 33. h3 h5
34. Rxb6 h4 35. Rf6 Nd4 36. a4 Rb2 37. Bc8 Rxb3+ 38. Kc4 Rb8 39. Bd7 Ke5 40. Ra6
Rd8 41. Ra5+ Kd6 42. Bxf5 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "4186214"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nc8 13. Bd3 Nd6 14. Ne2
O-O-O 15. Ng3 Kb8 16. Nhf5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 h6 19. Kd2 Rg8 20. g3 a5
21. h4 Kc7 22. Kd3 Bd6 23. Bh3 a4 24. Rb1 Ra8 25. Bf1 Ra5 26. Kc2 Rga8 27. Be2
Kd7 28. Rhc1 Ke7 29. Bd3 Kd7 30. Kd2 Ke7 31. Ke2 Bb4 32. Kf3 Rg8 33. Bh7 Rh8 34.
Bf5 Rg8 35. a3 Bd6 36. b4 axb3 37. Rxb3 Rb8 38. Rcb1 Ra7 39. a4 Kd8 40. Bc2 Kc7
41. Rc3 Rg8 42. Bb3 Kd7 43. Rc2 Ra6 44. Re2 Kc7 45. Rc1 Ra5 46. e4 dxe4+ 47.
Rxe4 f5 48. Re2 Rd8 49. Rd1 Bb4 50. Rc2 Rd7 51. d5 Kb8 52. Rc4 c5 53. Kf4 b5 54.
axb5 Ra3 55. Bc2 Kb7 56. d6 Kb6 57. Bxf5 Rd8 58. d7 Ra2 59. f3 Kxb5 60. Re4 Bd2+
61. Kg4 c4 62. Re8 Ba5 63. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4100484"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Na3 Qb6 7. Nc2 d4 8. Bd3 Nge7
9. Qe2 Nd5 10. g3 Be7 11. Be4 O-O-O 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nfxd4 cxd4 14. d3 Ba4 15.
O-O Kb8 16. Ne1 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ng2 f5 19. Bf3 Bf6 20. Bd2 Rhe8 21. Rfe1
Qa6 22. Qf1 Bb5 23. Be2 Rc8 24. a4 Bd7 25. Bh5 Red8 26. b4 Rc2 27. b5 Qb6 28.
Re2 Rdc8 29. Bf3 Qd6 30. Qb1 Nc3 31. Bxc3 R2xc3 32. Ne1 Qc5 33. Qd1 b6 34. Bg2
Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1 36. Qxc1 Rxc1 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Bc6 Bc8 39. Nf3 h6 40. h3 Rxa4
41. g4 Kc7 42. gxf5 exf5 43. Re8 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Ra1+ 47.
Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "4131606"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be3 Nh5 6. Qd2 h6 7. Ne2 Bg5 8. Nbc3
Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Qg5 10. Qf2 a6 11. g3 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Qe7 14. f5 b5 15. a3
c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Rg1 Ne5 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Kh7 21. Be2 Qf6
22. Rg3 Rac8 23. Kb1 Rg8 24. Qe3 Rc5 25. Qd4 Rd8 26. Rdg1 Rg8 27. Qe3 Bc6 28. b4
Nc4 29. Qc1 Re5 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Qe3 d5 32. Qd4 dxe4 33. Qxc4 e3 34. Re1 Rge8
35. Qxa6 e2 36. Rxe2 Rxe2 37. Nxe2 Re5 38. Rc3 Rxe2 39. Qxc6 Qxf5 40. Qf3 Qe5
41. h3 f5 42. Qd3 Re1+ 43. Ka2 Qe6+ 44. Kb2 Qe5 45. b5 Qf4 46. Ka2 Qf2 47. b6
Qxb6 48. Qxf5+ Qg6 49. Qxg6+ Kxg6 50. a4 Kf6 51. a5 Ke6 52. Kb3 Kd6 53. Kb4 g5
54. a6 Rb1+ 55. Ka5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "24129100"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. Bg5 bxa4 19. Qxa4 h6 20. Bd2 exd4 21. cxd4 c5 22.
Ba5 Qc8 23. d5 Nh7 24. Nd2 h5 25. Nc4 Bf8 26. Bd3 Rb8 27. Nf1 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5
29. Nd2 h4 30. Bc3 Rg5 31. Nf3 Rh5 32. Bxa6 Bg7 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35.
dxc6 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rc8 37. Ra6 Nf6 38. e5 dxe5 39. Nxe5 Nd5 40. Nc4 Nxc3 41. Nd6 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4123700"]
[BlackFideId "24104272"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc2 Nf6 8. h3
g6 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Qc1 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rd1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Ne3 Bd7 16. Bc2 Bc6 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 Bh4 21. Rd4 Bg5
22. Nfxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxc1 24. Nxb6 Bb2 25. Rad1 Bxc3 26. Re4 Rad8 27. Nd5
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc8 29. Bb3 Nc6 30. Rd7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "4115074"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. a5 a6
9. c3 Nh7 10. Qb3 Ng5 11. Nxg5 Bxg5 12. Be3 Qf6 13. Nd2 Nd8 14. Nf3 Bf4 15. d4
Bg4 16. Nd2 c6 17. h3 Bc8 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Re3 Ne6 20. Nf3 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5
22. Qa3 Qe7 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Qb3 Qe7 26. e5 d5 27. Bd3 Be6 28. Bb1
g6 29. Qa4 c5 30. Qf4 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Rg3 Rac8 33. Rxg5 d4 34. Be4 dxc3
35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. bxc3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. f4 Kf8 39. h4 Ra4 40. Bxb7 Rxf4 41.
h5 gxh5 42. Rxh5 Ra4 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 Rxa5 45. Rxa6 Rb5 46. Bf3 c4 47. Kg3
Rxe5 48. Kf4 Re1 49. Be4 Rc1 50. Ra3 Kf6 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kd4 Rd1+ 53. Kc5 Ke5
54. Bf3 Rd3 55. Be2 Rd2 56. Bf3 Rb2 57. Ra1 Rb3 58. Re1+ Kf4 59. Kd4 Rb2 60. Rd1
Rb8 61. Bd5 Bxd5 62. Rf1+ Kg3 63. Kxd5 Rb7 64. Kxc4 Kxg2 65. Rf6 Kg3 66. Kd5 Kg4
67. Kc6 Ra7 68. Kb6 Re7 69. c4 Kg5 70. Rf1 f5 71. c5 f4 72. c6 Kg4 73. c7 Rxc7
74. Kxc7 f3 75. Rxf3 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e5 5. e4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Be6 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2
Be7 9. O-O-O a5 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. Nf4 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Nfd7
15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Qxe6 Nf8 20. Qe5 Nxb2 21.
Re1 Qb4 22. c5 Ng6 23. Qe6 Kf8 24. Re4 Qa3 25. Qxg6 Qxa2+ 26. Kc1 Bf6 27. Rf4
Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102240"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 h6
9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. d4 Ba7 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bf6 gxf6 17. Qh5 Nxb3 18. Qxh6 Ne5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Nxa1 21.
Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Na5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Be4 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Qf3 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rfd8 19. b3 Rd5 20. Nc3 Rdd8 21.
Ne4 Rd5 22. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4129199"]
[BlackFideId "24176729"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. a3 Rd7 15.
d5 exd5 16. Bf5 Na5 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. e4 Ba6 20. Qe1 Rd8 21. e5
Nd5 22. Ne4 Nc4 23. Ba1 Qg4 24. h3 Qg6 25. a4 h5 26. Ng3 h4 27. Ne2 Qe6 28. Nc3
Bb7 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Nh2 Na5 31. Bc3 Nb3 32. Rb1 c4 33. Ng4 Nc5 34. a5 Nd3 35.
Qe3 Qf5 36. axb6 axb6 37. Qxb6 Nf4 38. Ne3 Qg5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Qc6 Bc5 41.
Rb8+ Kh7 42. Ng4 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. g3 hxg3+ 45. Kg2 gxf2 46. Rh8+ Kxh8 47.
Qe8+ Kh7 48. Nf6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4131002"]
[BlackFideId "4127870"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. a4 g6 13. b4 Bg7 14. Bb3 d5 15. Qc2
Qd6 16. Qa2 Rad8 17. Bg5 Ne7 18. Be3 Nc6 19. Bc5 Qd7 20. Ne3 d4 21. Ng5 Rf8 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd1 Ra8 26. Qb1 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qe7 28.
Qc3 Bf8 29. Rf1 Ne8 30. Nf3 Qxb4 31. Qxb4 Bxb4 32. Nxe5 Bc3 33. Nf3 c5 34. Nxd4
cxd4 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. exd5 Kf8 37. Bb3 Ke7 38. Rc1 Kd6 39. Kf1 Nc7 40. Ke2 Na6
41. Rb1 Nc7 42. Ba2 f6 43. f4 Kc5 44. g4 Ne8 45. h4 Ng7 46. d6 Ba5 47. d7 Bc7
48. Kf3 f5 49. g5 Kd6 50. Rxb5 Kxd7 51. Rd5+ Ke7 52. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "4169786"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rfe8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15.
d5 Qxb3 16. axb3 e4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Bd1 Ne5 19. Bc2 Nd3 20. Nxe4 Nb4 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. Bb1 a5 23. Bb6 Ra6 24. Bxa5 Rea8 25. Ra4 Rxa5 26. Rxb4 c5 27. Rb6 Bxb2
28. Be4 R8a7 29. b4 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Bd4 31. Rd1 Bc5 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. cxb5 Ra2 34.
Rf1 Rb2 35. Bc6 Kg7 36. g4 Kf6 37. Kg2 Kg5 38. Be8 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Kf3 Rb3+
41. Kg2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Nechaev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "main line"]
[WhiteFideId "4104226"]
[BlackFideId "24113409"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15.
Bg5 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Rab1 Qb6 18. b3 Rb7 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Nc4
Qa6 22. Na3 Nf6 23. Rhe1 Ne8 24. Nc4 Nf6 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Na5 Rbb8 27. Nc6 Re8
28. a5 Ne5 29. b4 cxb4 30. Bxb4 Rac8 31. Rec1 Nxc6 32. dxc6 Rc7 33. Qc4 Qa8 34.
Bd2 Rec8 35. Rb6 h6 36. a6 e6 37. Be3 Ra7 38. Qb5 d5 39. exd5 exd5 40. Qxd5 Rxa6
41. Rb7 Rf8 42. Bc5 Ra5 43. Qf3 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Denisov, Ivan"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "24119466"]
[BlackFideId "4148843"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Nc4 h6 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. Nh4 d5 12. Qf3 d4 13. Nef5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15.
exf5 c6 16. Qg3 Qd6 17. Bd1 Kh7 18. c4 Rae8 19. Bf3 Bb8 20. Bd2 e4 21. Qxd6 Bxd6
22. Be2 Re7 23. Rad1 Rfe8 24. Bc1 Bc5 25. a3 a5 26. Bd2 a4 27. Bf4 Kg8 28. h3
Rd7 29. g4 Bd6 30. Bc1 e3 31. fxe3 dxe3 32. d4 Ne4 33. Rf3 Ng5 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35.
Bxe3 Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 Bf4 37. Bxf4 Nxf4 38. Bf3 Kf8 39. Kf2 Nh3+ 40. Ke3 Re7+ 41.
Kd3 Nf2+ 42. Kd2 Nxd1 43. Bxd1 g6 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. Kd3 Re1 46. Kd2 Rg1 47. Bf3
Ke7 48. d5 cxd5 49. cxd5 Kd6 50. Kd3 Rg3 51. Ke2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4145097"]
[BlackFideId "4182596"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Ncxd7 12. c4 Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 a6 16. h3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 19. Nf3 Qe4 20. Qb2 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd7 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ne5 Nxe5
27. Bxe5 g6 28. Ke2 Ke8 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. c5 Kc6 31. Kc4 Bh4 32. g3 Be7 33. b4 Bd8
34. Bd4 Be7 35. a4 Bd8 36. b5+ axb5+ 37. axb5+ Kd7 38. Be5 Ba5 39. g4 Be1 40. f3
Bf2 41. Bd4 Be1 42. Kd3 Bg3 43. Ke4 Bh4 44. f4 f5+ 45. gxf5 gxf5+ 46. Kd3 Bg3
47. Be5 Bf2 48. Kc4 Be3 49. Kb4 Bd2+ 50. Kc4 Be3 51. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Black "Konaplev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4192770"]
[BlackFideId "24165646"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Re8 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nf1 Nf8 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Ng4 e5 15. Ng5
Bf5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. c4 dxc4 18. dxc4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+
Be6 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Bc6 Rec8 25. Bf3 Nd7 26. b3 a5 27. Bb2 Bxc4
28. bxc4 Rxb2 29. Bg4 Rc7 30. Rad1 Rbb7 31. Rd6 Kf8 32. Red1 Nb6 33. Rc1 e4 34.
Bf5 Re7 35. Bxh7 Re5 36. Bg6 Ke7 37. Rdd1 Re6 38. Bh7 g6 39. Bg8 Re5 40. Rb1 Rb8
41. Bd5 Ke8 42. Rb5 Kf8 43. Rdb1 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Rd1
Qc7 9. Qd2 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. h3 Rac8 15.
Bh2 Qb8 16. Qe3 Qa8 17. Bf1 Nc5 18. b4 Ncxe4 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6
Nc3 22. Rc1 Bf6 23. Qa5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bd4 25. Kg2 Qa7 26. Qa3 Bxf2 27. Qxc3 Bxe1
28. Qxe1 Qe7 29. Rd1 h6 30. a4 d5 31. c5 a5 32. Ba6 Ra8 33. b5 Qxc5 34. Bb7 Ra7
35. Bc6 Qc2+ 36. Qd2 Qg6+ 37. Kh1 Qf5 38. Qe3 Re7 39. b6 Qxh3 40. b7 Rc7 41. Rc1
Rxc6 42. Rxc6 Qf1+ 43. Bg1 Qh3+ 44. Bh2 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 h6 7. h3 d6 8. c3 a6
9. Re1 Ba7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Qe8 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15.
g3 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Qe2 g5 19. Ng2 Kh8 20. Rf1 Rg8 21. Qd1 Raf8
22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Qd1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kh2 b4 26. Nc4 bxc3 27. bxc3 Qg7 28.
Ree1 Qg6 29. Qe2 Rb3 30. Qc2 Rb5 31. Rb1 Rc5 32. Qe2 g4 33. h4 Rxc4 34. dxc4
Nxe4 35. Rb7 Rg7 36. Qd3 Qf5 37. Rb2 Rf7 38. Re2 Nc5 39. Qxf5 exf5 40. f3 gxf3
41. Rxf3 e4 42. Rf1 Ne5 43. Kh3 Kg7 44. Ne3 Nf3 45. Ref2 f4 46. gxf4 Rxf4 47.
Rg2+ Kh7 48. Rg4 Rf7 49. Kg3 h5 50. Rf4 Rg7+ 51. Kh3 Nd3 52. Rf5 Ng1+ 53. Kh2
Nf3+ 54. Kh3 Kh6 55. Rf6+ Kh7 56. Rf5 Kh6 57. Rf6+ Rg6 58. Rf7 Re6 59. Rxc7 Kg6
60. Kg3 Kf6 61. Rh7 Kg6 62. Ra7 Kf6 63. Ra5 Re8 64. Rxh5 Rg8+ 65. Ng4+ Ke6 66.
Rxf3 exf3 67. Kxf3 Ne1+ 68. Kg3 Nd3 69. Rg5 Rxg5 70. hxg5 Kf5 71. Kh4 Kg6 72.
Ne3 Ne5 73. Nd5 Nf3+ 74. Kg4 Nxg5 75. Kf4 Ne6+ 76. Ke4 Nc5+ 77. Kd4 Nb3+ 78. Ke3
Kf5 79. Ne7+ Ke6 80. Nc6 Kd7 81. Nd4 Nc5 82. Kf4 Na4 83. Ne2 Nb6 84. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Rd1 a5 10. b3 b6 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bb7 14. e4 Rc8 15. Qb2
Qc7 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Qb1 Rfd8 18. Ne1 Qb8 19. Nd3 h6 20. exd5 cxd5 21. cxd5 exd5
22. Nf4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd6 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Ne5 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 Bb7 28.
Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Bh3 Qb4 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bf5 Ba6 33. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4123700"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Bb3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nc3 O-O
15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Bc2 Qh4 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Bc1 a6 19. Rfe1 Nd5 20. g3 Qh3 21. a3
Rac8 22. Bb1 Ba4 23. Rd2 Rc7 24. Rd4 Bb5 25. Qf3 h6 26. Bd2 Rcd7 27. Rc1 Bc6 28.
Ba5 Nc7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bd3 Nb5 31. Bf1 Nd4 32. Qe3 Qg4 33. Nd2 Bg5 34. f4 Nf5
35. Qe2 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "4131002"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. e4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne8 14. Nf3 Qb6 15.
Bc3 Rd8 16. Nc2 Nd6 17. a4 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc4 20. Rb1 Qa6 21. Be2 Qxa4
22. Nb4 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Nd6 25. Bf3 b6 26. g4 f6 27. Kg2 Rc8 28.
Re1 Rc7 29. e5 fxe5 30. dxe5 Nf7 31. Bd5 Kh8 32. f4 g5 33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34. f5 h5
35. f6 Bf8 36. Rbc1 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 exf6 38. e6 Bxb4 39. exf7 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kg7
41. Rc7 a5 42. Ra7 Kf8 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Ke4 Kxf7 45. Kf5 Kf8 46. Ke6 Bc5 47. Kxf6
Bd4+ 48. Kxg5 Ke8 49. Kf5 Kf8 50. g5 Bc3 51. Kg6 b5 52. Kh7 a4 53. g6 Ke8 54. g7
Bxg7 55. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "24176729"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Nfd2
Ng7 9. Bg3 Nf5 10. dxc5 h5 11. h3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qc7 13. Kf2 e6 14. b4 a5 15. Bb5
Bg7 16. Qa4 h4 17. gxh4 gxh4 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rc1 Qg3+ 21. Kf1 Rg8
22. Rc2 e5 23. Re2 Ke7 24. Qd1 Bxh3 25. Nbd2 e4 26. gxh3 exf3 27. Rf2 Bxc3 28.
Nxf3 Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 axb4 30. a4 Rg2 31. Rb1 Rag8 32. Qh1 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qxh1 34.
Rxh1 Ra8 35. Nxh4 Rxa4 36. Ke2 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 b3 38. Nf5+ Ke6 39. e4 dxe4+ 40. Kf4
Be5+ 41. Kg5 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "4104226"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. g3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bc5 8.
Bg2 Rb8 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. e3 Bd6 12. Nc3 Be5 13. Na4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Bc3 Ng4 16. Rac1 c6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Rb4 19. Rfd1 Rc4 20. Nc3 Rb4 21.
Qd2 Rb7 22. Re1 Rbe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Na4 h5 25. h3 Nf6 26. Nc5 Qe2 27. Rd1
Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Bf5 30. f3 g5 31. g4 Bb1 32. a3 h4 33. Rf2 Bg6 34.
Na6 Rd1 35. Nb4 Rxd4 36. Nxc6 Rd1 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4148843"]
[BlackFideId "4100484"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Bb1 f4 13. Bxf4 e5 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Re8 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Red8 21.
Ba4 Ne4 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Be3 Nd4 25. g4 b5 26. Kg2 a5 27. Bf7 Nd6
28. Be6 Nxe6 29. fxe6 Re8 30. Rc1 Nc4 31. Rd1 h6 32. Rd5 b4 33. Rc5 Nxe3+ 34.
fxe3 Rxe6 35. Rxa5 Rc6 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. h4 Rh2 38. h5 Kh7 39. Ra4 Rh3+ 40. Ke4
Rg3 41. Kf5 Rxe3 42. Rxb4 Ra3 43. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 e6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 exd5 12. exd5 Nh5 13. Nd2 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nd7 15. Bg4
Rb8 16. a5 Ne5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. g4 Qd7 19. Rf5 Ng6 20. Nde4 Qe7 21. g3 Rce8 22.
Qf1 Qd8 23. Kg2 Re5 24. Ra4 Qe7 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Qf5 Qd8 27. h3 Re8 28. Qf1 Ng6
29. Nd1 Bd4 30. Ndf2 Re5 31. c3 Bxf2 32. Qxf2 Kg7 33. b3 Rxd5 34. Ra1 Qe7 35.
Qf3 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander1"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[WhiteFideId "4115074"]
[BlackFideId "4122232"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Rb8 9. Re1 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Nh4 e5 12. Nf5 Re8 13. d5 Ba6 14. Bf1 Nc5 15.
Qf3 Bc8 16. g4 Nfd7 17. g5 Nf8 18. h4 Ng6 19. h5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 g6
22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qg4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Re5 25. Re3 Qxg5+ 26. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 27. Bg2 Rf8
28. Rf1 Rf4 29. f3 Nd7 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. Bh3 Nxc4 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Bc8 Rf8 34. Bh3
Ne5 35. Ke3 Rh5 36. Be6 Rh4 37. f4 g5 38. Rg2 h6 39. f5 Kf6 40. Kd4 Rh3 41. Rd1
g4 42. a4 a5 43. Re2 h5 44. Re3 Rh2 45. c4 Ra2 46. Rh1 Rxa4 47. Rc3 Kg5 48. Rf1
Rf6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan RUS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "4153278"]
[BlackFideId "4170350"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Bc2 a5 8. Nge2 Nf6
9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Nh5 11. a3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nd7 15. Ng3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 e4 17. Nb5 Ne5 18. c5 Bd7 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6
22. Bb3 Nc4 23. Bf4 Rac8 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Rf6 27. Bc5 b5 28.
Rfc1 Rfc6 29. Bxc4+ bxc4 30. Rxc4 Bf8 31. Rbc1 Kf7 32. Kf1 h5 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. f3
exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Kf7 36. R4c3 Bg7 37. Rd3 Bf8 38. Rc4 Bxc5 39. Rdc3 Bxb4 40. Rxc6
Bxc3 41. Rxc8 Be5 42. Rc6 Kg7 43. Re6 Bb8 44. Rb6 Be5 45. Rc6 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "4186214"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Bb6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Bb3 Nh5 14. Nf1 h6 15. g3
Nf6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Ne7 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Kh8
22. Kg2 f6 23. d4 c6 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. Nf5 Rfd8 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Nxf5 29. gxf5 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qa7 Bg8 32. Bxg8 Qxg8 33. Qxa5 Qc4 34.
Qb4 Qe2 35. b3 Kh7 36. a5 h5 37. Qc4 Qc2 38. b4 h4 39. gxh4 Qd1 40. Kg3 Qd2 41.
Kf3 Qf4+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Ke1 Qg1+ 44. Qf1 Qg4 45. Qe2 Qxh4 46. Qf3 Qg5 47. Kd1
Qg1+ 48. Kc2 Qf1 49. Kb3 Kg8 50. Qe3 Kh7 51. f3 Kg8 52. Kc2 Kh7 53. Qd3 Qf2+ 54.
Kb3 Kh8 55. c4 Qe1 56. Qc3 Qb1+ 57. Ka3 Kh7 58. Qb2 Qd3+ 59. Qb3 Qd2 60. Ka4 Qc1
61. b5 Qa1+ 62. Kb4 c5+ 63. Kxc5 Qxa5 64. Qd1 Qa7+ 65. Kb4 b6 66. Qd6 Qa5+ 67.
Kb3 Kh6 68. Qf8 Kh7 69. Qd8 Qa7 70. c5 bxc5 71. Kc4 Qa3 72. Qd3 Qb4+ 73. Kd5 Kh6
74. Qc4 Qa3 75. b6 Qa8+ 76. Kxc5 Kg5 77. Kb5 Kf4 78. Qd5 Qe8+ 79. Qc6 Qf7 80. b7
Qb3+ 81. Ka6 Kxf3 82. Ka7 Qa3+ 83. Kb8 Qe7 84. Kc8 Qf8+ 85. Kd7 Qf7+ 86. Kd6
Qf8+ 87. Ke6 g5 88. Qc7 g4 89. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4169786"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3
c5 9. Bh6 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Be6
15. O-O-O Rac8 16. g4 Bc4 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf3 exf4 20. Rxd6 Rfd8
21. Rhd1 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 h6 23. e5 Nh7 24. Rd7 b5 25. Ne4 Nf8 26. Re7 Bd5 27. Nd6
Rd8 28. Nd4 Kg8 29. Kd2 Nd7 30. Nxf7 Kf8 31. Nxd8 Kxe7 32. N8c6+ Bxc6 33. Nxc6+
Ke6 34. Nb4 Nc5 35. Nc6 g5 36. Ke2 Kd5 37. Nd8 Kxe5 38. Nf7+ Ke4 39. Nd6+ Ke5
40. Nf7+ Kf6 41. Nxh6 Na4 42. Nf5 Nxb2 43. Nd6 Ke5 44. Nf7+ Kf6 45. Nd6 Nc4 46.
Ne4+ Kg6 47. c3 Ne3 48. Nc5 a5 49. Ne4 Nd5 50. a3 b4 51. cxb4 axb4 52. axb4 Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "24129100"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Ndb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5 13. Qxe5 Nd7 14.
Nd6+ Kd8 15. Nxf7+ Ke8 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Nxh8 g5 18. Ng6 Bg7 19. Bc4 Nb6 20.
Rhe1 Bf6 21. Rd6 Nd7 22. Nxe7 Nb8 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "24126454"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd5 12. e4 Nb6 13. Rb1 Bg4 14. Nc2 Nc4 15.
Bc3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Red1 Rac8 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Na4 20. Ba1 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rb3 Nc5 23. Rb4 e5 24. Bg4 Ne6 25. Nd5 f5 26. exf5 Qxd5 27. Bf3
Qd6 28. Rxb7 Ng5 29. Bg2 Rxf5 30. Rf1 Rf7 31. h4 Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Rc7 33. Bg2 Ne6
34. Kh2 Kg7 35. Rb1 Rf7 36. Rf1 Nc5 37. Qd2 Qf6 38. f4 e4 39. Rd1 e3 40. Qc2 Re7
41. Bf3 Ne6 42. Qc4 Rc7 43. Qb3 Qf5 44. Rd3 Nc5 45. Qb8 Rd7 46. Rd1 Qc2+ 47. Kh3
Nd3 48. Rb1 Nf2+ 49. Kg2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4145097"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 d6 6. b5 Ne7 7. d3 Bg7 8. Rb1 O-O
9. g3 d5 10. cxd5 Nexd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nd2 a6 14. Bg2 Nb6 15.
bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O Na4 17. Ba1 c6 18. Qc1 Be6 19. Nc4 Bd5 20. Rb4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
b5 22. Nxe5 c5 23. Re4 Re6 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Ng4 Rxe4 26. dxe4 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 h5
28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. g4 Qxe4+ 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. g5 f6 32. Kf3 Re5 33. gxf6+ Kxh6 34.
e4 Re6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4131606"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Bh6 11. O-O Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nbd7 13. e4 Qe7 14. Rf2 Rf8 15.
Qd2 Ne8 16. Qf4 f6 17. Raf1 Kg7 18. Be2 b6 19. h4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. g4 Qe7
22. Kh2 Bd7 23. g5 a6 24. a4 Qe5 25. Kg3 Ra7 26. h5 f5 27. Bd3 Kg8 28. h6 Qe7
29. Kh4 Bc8 30. Qg3 Qd8 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 Raf7 33. Bxh7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24104272"]
[BlackFideId "4192770"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Qd5
15. Bc7 Nc8 16. c4 Qd7 17. Bg3 Nd6 18. Rad1 Nf5 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. Bc1 b5 21. b3
a4 22. b4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd5 24. Qc2 Nd6 25. a3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Rd3 Nd6 28.
Rc3 Rac8 29. Bb2 Nb5 30. Rc4 g5 31. h3 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Re7 34. Rfc1 Rec7
35. Nd2 Kf7 36. Ne4 Bf8 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Nd2 Bd6 39. Nf3 Bf4 40. Rh1 Kg6 41. Rc2
Re8 42. Re1 Nd6 43. Ree2 Nb5 44. Rc4 Nd6 45. Rc5 Nb7 46. Rc3 Nd6 47. Rec2 f5 48.
gxf5+ Nxf5 49. Rxc6 Rh7 50. d5 g4 51. Ne5+ Bxe5 52. Bxe5 Nh4+ 53. Kg3 Kf5 54.
Re2 Nf3 55. Bb2 Rh1 56. Rc1 Rh3+ 57. Kg2 Rh2+ 58. Kg3 Rh3+ 59. Kg2 e5 60. Rec2
Reh8 61. Kf1 Rh2 62. d6 Rd8 63. Ke2 Rxd6 64. Ke3 Rh3 65. Ke2 Ng5 66. Rc5 Re6 67.
Ra5 Rb3 68. Rc2 Ne4 69. Rxa4 Rxb2 70. Rxb2 Nc3+ 71. Ke3 Nxa4 72. Rb3 Nb6 73. b5
Rd6 74. Ke2 Rh6 75. Rd3 Rh3 76. Rxh3 gxh3 77. Kf3 Na4 78. Kg3 Ke4 79. Kxh3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Black "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "4182596"]
[BlackFideId "24183555"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Nf1 h6 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. h3 N6h7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qa4 c6 17. Rad1 a5 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Red1 b5 20. Qc2 Red8 21. a4
Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Nf6 23. Rd1 Bf8 24. Ra1 Nc5 25. b3 Rb8 26. Nd2 Nfd7 27. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Babanin, Gleb"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34152536"]
[BlackFideId "4135741"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Qf6 7. Qxe4 Qg6 8.
Bd3 Qxe4+ 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Re1 c5 14. a4 Rc8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 c4 17. Bf1 Ne4 18. a5 f6 19. Rb5 Nxc3 20. Rb4 b5 21. Bb2
Nd5 22. Rxb5 Ba6 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Kd7 25. f3 c3 26. Bc1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rb8
28. Ke2 Kc6 29. Kd3 Rb4 30. g3 a6 31. Be3 e5 32. Bf2 h5 33. Re1 g5 34. Re4 Rb1
35. Be1 Ra1 36. Bxc3 Ra3 37. Rc4 g4 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Rxc3+ 40. Rxc3 Nxc3 41.
Kxc3 h4 42. Kd4 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bf3 O-O
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rac8 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. g3 b6 20. e4 Rxd5 21.
Qxd5 Re8 22. Bf4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rd1 f6 25. Kf1 g5 26. Bd6 Rd4 27. Rxd4
Bxd4 28. b3 g4 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Bf4 b5 31. Be3 Bb2 32. f3 h5 33. fxg4 hxg4 34.
Kd3 Ke6 35. Bd4 Ba3 36. Ke4 Bd6 37. Be3 Be5 38. Bd4 f5+ 39. Kd3 Bc7 40. Be3 Kd5
41. Bf2 Bd6 42. Be3 Ba3 43. Bf2 a5 44. Bb6 a4 45. Be3 Bd6 46. bxa4 bxa4 47. Bf2
Bb4 48. Be3 Be7 49. Bf2 Bg5 50. Be3 Be7 51. Bf2 Bd6 52. Be3 Bc7 53. Bf2 Bd8 54.
Be3 Ke5 55. Bf4+ Kd5 56. Be3 Be7 57. Bf2 Ba3 58. Be3 Bb2 59. Bg1 Bf6 60. Be3 Be5
61. Bf2 Bd6 62. Be3 a3 63. Bf2 f4 64. gxf4 Bxf4 65. Bg3 Ke5 66. Bh4 Ke6 67. Ke4
Bxh2 68. Bg5 Be5 69. Bc1 Bb2 70. Bd2 Be5 71. Bb4 g3 72. Kf3 Bd6 73. Bxa3 g2 74.
Kxg2 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4123700"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d5 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8.
Nc3 Bb7 9. d4 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Nce4 Qb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 20. Nxe4 Ke7
21. Rd3 f5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Rfd1 Rc2 24. Rd7+ Kf6 25. Ra7 Rxe2 26. Rdd7 Rc8 27.
Rf7+ Ke5 28. Rac7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rxb2 30. Rxg7 Rxa2 31. Rxh7 a5 32. h4 b4 33. Rf7
Rc2 34. h5 Rc8 35. Ra7 Kf6 36. Rxa5 Rb8 37. f4 b3 38. Ra1 b2 39. Rb1 e5 40.
fxe5+ Kxe5 41. h6 Kf6 42. h7 Kg7 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Ke3 Kxh7 45. Kd3 Kg6 46. Kc3
Rb7 47. Kc2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. g3 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Kf2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4
Nbd7 16. Bd2 Nxe4+ 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Qc2 Nxe4+ 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Rc4
Qd7 22. Kg2 c5 23. b3 Rh5 24. Rhc1 Rd8 25. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "4122232"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. N5c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 Nb4 16. a3 Nbxd5 17. Qb3 e4 18. Nxe4 Rab8 19. Ng5 Nc7 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Nf3
Ne6 22. Nh4 g6 23. Qb4 Rfd8 24. Rc2 Rd7 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Nd4 Rbd8 27. Nxe6+ fxe6
28. Rdc1 d5 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. Rc5 Rf8 31. Qb4 Rff7 32. Qc3 Kh7 33. Rc8 e5 34. h3
Qe6 35. Ra8 Rde7 36. Qa5 e4 37. Rcc8 Re8 38. Rxe8 Nxe8 39. Qd8 Re7 40. h4 Kg7
41. a4 Kf7 42. a5 Qd6 43. Bh3 Qxd8 44. Rxd8 Nf6 45. Rc8 Re8 46. Rc7+ Re7 47.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 48. Bc8 Kd6 49. Bxb7 Kc5 50. Bxa6 Kb4 51. f3 Kxa5 52. Bb7 e3 53. g4
g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kg2 Kb6 56. Bc8 Kc7 57. Ba6 Kd6 58. f4 gxf4 59. Kf3 Ke5 60.
g5 Ne8 61. Bd3 Ng7 62. g6 Ne6 63. b4 d4 64. b5 Kf6 65. b6 Nc5 66. Be4 Kg7 67. b7
Nxb7 68. Bxb7 d3 69. exd3 Kxg6 70. d4 Kf6 71. Ba6 Kf5 72. Bc4 Kg5 73. Bd3 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 a5 5. b5 Nf6 6. g3 a4 7. Qd3 c5 8. Bg2 Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O e5 11. Nh4 g5 12. Nf5 Qb6 13. e4 Bg6 14. Qe2 Qe6 15. d3 h6 16.
Nd2 Kd8 17. Re1 Kc7 18. g4 Be7 19. Nf1 Bd8 20. N1g3 Kb8 21. Bd2 Bc7 22. f3 Nf8
23. h4 gxh4 24. Nxh4 Qd7 25. b6 Bxb6 26. Rab1 Bc7 27. Rb5 Ne6 28. Reb1 Ra7 29.
f4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. e5 Qxg4 32. Nxg6 Qxg3 33. Rxb7+ Rxb7 34. Rxb7+ Kc8 35.
Ne7+ Kd7 36. exf6 Rb8 37. Nf5 Qh2+ 38. Kxh2 f3+ 39. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4125029"]
[BlackFideId "4173708"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. a3 O-O 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bg3 c6 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Nd2
Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nf8 17. b4 Bh5 18. Rab1 Bg6 19. a4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne6 21. Rec1 Qd6
22. Qc2 Nd7 23. Nb3 b5 24. a5 Nf6 25. Ne2 Rac8 26. Nf4 Ne4 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Nc5
Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 f5 31. Rbc1 Rd6 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Rh1 Kf6
35. Kf3 Kg5 36. Rhc1 h5 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Rh1 Rh8 40. f3 Rhh6 41. Ke2
Rde6 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Rh4 Kf6 44. e4 fxe4 45. fxe4 dxe4 46. Rhxh5 Rxh5 47. Rxh5
e3+ 48. Ke2 Re4 49. Rh4 Kf5 50. Kf3 Re8 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Ke2 Re7 53. Rf8 Re4 54.
Rd8 Kg4 55. Rd6 g5 56. Rxc6 Rxd4 57. Rxa6 Rxb4 58. Rg6 Rb3 59. a6 Ra3 60. Rb6
Kxg3 61. Rxb5 g4 62. Rb6 Kxg2 63. Rg6 g3 64. Rh6 Kg1 65. Rg6 g2 66. Rh6 Ra5 67.
Ke1 e2 68. Kxe2 Re5+ 69. Kd3 Kf2 70. Rf6+ Kg3 71. Rg6+ Kf3 72. Rf6+ Kg3 73. Rg6+
Kf2 74. Rf6+ Ke1 75. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4131606"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 a5 7. Nf3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Qb2 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4 15.
bxc4 cxd4 16. exd4 b6 17. a3 Na6 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Qf4 Bb7 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Nb5
Qe7 22. h4 Rbd8 23. g3 Nb8 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rc8 26. Qe4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126454"]
[BlackFideId "4147332"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nxc6 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 bxc6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Bf3 Nd5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. c4
Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bxc6 Bxb2 17. Bxa8 Bxa1 18. O-O Bf6 19. Bc6 Ba6 20. Bb5
Bxb5 21. cxb5 Bd4 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Rc2 Ra4 24. Kf1 f5 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Be3 Bxe3
27. fxe3 Rb4 28. a4 Rxa4 29. Rc6 Ra2+ 30. Kf3 e5 31. Rxb6 g5 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33.
Rb6+ Kh5 34. Rf6 g4+ 35. Kg3 Kg5 36. Rf8 f4+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4192770"]
[BlackFideId "4148843"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rac1 Ba7 14. e4 d4 15.
Ne2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qe7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bh3 h5 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Nc5 21. Bf6
Rg8 22. Rce1 Nd7 23. f4 d3+ 24. Kh1 Nxf6 25. exf6 Rd8 26. e5 d2 27. Rd1 g5 28.
Bf5 Be3 29. fxg5 Rxg5 30. Rf3 Bc5 31. h4 Rg8 32. Kg2 Rd5 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3
Be3 35. Kf3 Bh6 36. Bf5 Kd8 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. Bxg4 Kc7 39. Bh5 Rf8 40. Ke4 Kb6
41. Kf5 Kc5 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43. Kg6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "4100484"]
[BlackFideId "4153278"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Rd1 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qc6 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 Rfc8
15. a4 Nd7 16. Rd3 Ne5 17. Rh3 Bf6 18. Rd1 Ng6 19. Qd2 Be5 20. Rd3 Nf4 21. Rf3
Ng6 22. Rd3 Nf4 23. Re3 g5 24. g3 Ng6 25. Ne2 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4129199"]
[BlackFideId "4145097"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. e4 Qe7 14. b4 c5 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. d5 e5 17. Reb1 Nf6 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. Nb3 Ba8 20. Na5 Qc7 21. f3 Rb6
22. Bf1 Rfb8 23. Bd3 h5 24. h4 Rxb1+ 25. Rxb1 Rb6 26. Nb3 Qd7 27. Kg2 Bb7 28.
Nd2 Bc8 29. Rh1 Rb8 30. Bc2 Qe7 31. Kf2 Rb6 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Rxb6 axb6 34. Ba4
Qa7 35. Bb5 Bd7 36. Qb3 Kf8 37. Nb1 Ke7 38. Nc3 Bxb5 39. Nxb5 Qa5 40. Ke2 Qa8
41. Nc3 Qa5 42. Na4 Nd7 43. Qb5 Qxb5 44. cxb5 Kd8 45. Nb2 Kc7 46. Nc4 Nf6 47.
Ke3 Ng8 48. g4 f6 49. Kf2 g6 50. Ne3 Nh6 51. Kg3 Kd7 52. a4 Kc7 53. gxh5 gxh5
54. f4 Kd7 55. f5 Kd8 56. Kf3 Kd7 57. Ke2 Kd8 58. Nf1 Kd7 59. Ng3 Ng8 60. Nxh5
Ke7 61. Ng3 Nh6 62. Nf1 Ke8 63. Ne3 Kd7 64. Kd3 Kd8 65. Kc4 Kc7 66. Kb3 Kc8 67.
Kc2 Kd7 68. Kd2 Kd8 69. Ke2 Kd7 70. Kf3 Kd8 71. Ng4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 6...Ne7"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "24176729"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
h6 9. Qg4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Qxg7 O-O-O 12. Nf3 Qa4 13. Bd3 Rdg8 14. Qf6 c4 15.
Be2 Qxc2 16. g4 b5 17. Rc1 Qb2 18. Bxh6 a5 19. Bd2 b4 20. axb4 a4 21. b5 Qxb5
22. Ng5 Qb2 23. Nxf7 Rh7 24. Nh6 Re8 25. Qf4 a3 26. O-O a2 27. Ra1 Na5 28. Rxa2
Qxa2 29. Bd1 Kc7 30. g5 Rxh6 31. gxh6 Nf5 32. Bg4 Nb3 33. Be1 Qc2 34. f3 Rh8 35.
Rf2 Qb1 36. Rf1 Nxh6 37. Qf6 Qh7 38. Bxe6 Bxe6 39. Qxe6 Rg8+ 40. Kh2 Nf5 41. Bh4
Rf8 42. Rg1 Qxh5 43. Rg7+ Nxg7 44. Qe7+ Kb6 45. Qb4+ Ka6 46. Qd6+ Ka5 47. Qb4+
Ka6 48. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "4135741"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne7
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Ng6 19. h4 Qd5 20. c4 Qxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 Nf4+ 22. Kf3 Nxd3 23. Rc2 h6 24. Nh3 Rfd8 25. Ke3 e5 26. Kxd3 Rxd4+ 27. Ke3
Rxh4 28. Ng1 Rhxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rd1 f6 31. Ne2 Kh7 32. f4 exf4+ 33. Nxf4
Rc3+ 34. Ke4 Rxa3 35. Rd7 Ra4+ 36. Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Ke4 Ra5 38. Nd5 h5 39. Nxf6+ Kh6
40. Nd5 Ra1 41. Nf4 g6 42. Kf3 b5 43. Rd6 Rf1+ 44. Ke3 Rg1 45. Ra6 b4 46. Rxa7
b3 47. Rb7 h4 48. Kf2 Rg3 49. Rb6 Kg7 50. Ne2 Rd3 51. Nf4 Rg3 52. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. Ra3 Qc7 13. e4 Rb8 14. h3 h6 15. Qc2 c4
16. a5 Ne5 17. f4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Bd7 20. Re1 Qc5+ 21. Kh2 Rbc8 22.
Rb3 Rc7 23. Nf3 Qxa5 24. e5 Bf5 25. Qd1 dxe5 26. fxe5 Nd7 27. e6 fxe6 28. d6 Rc4
29. Rxb7 Rd8 30. Be3 Rb4 31. Rc7 Rxb2 32. Bd4 Bf8 33. Ne4 Bxd6+ 34. Nxd6 Qxc7
35. Bxb2 Nc5 36. Qc1 Qxd6+ 37. Be5 Qf8 38. Qc4 Nd3 39. Re3 Qc5 40. Qh4 Rd7 41.
Qxh6 Rh7 42. Qg5 Qe7 43. Qg3 Nxe5 44. Nxe5 Qd6 45. Qe1 Rc7 46. g4 Bc2 47. Kg3
Rc5 48. Qb4 Qc7 49. Qf4 Rc3 50. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 51. Kh4 Qc7 52. Qf6 Qg7 53. Qxe6+ Kh7
54. Nf7 Qd4 55. Ng5+ Kh6 56. Qf7 Qg7 57. Qe6 Qd4 58. Qf7 Qg7 59. Qe6 Qd4 60. Qf7
Qg7 61. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "24183555"]
[BlackFideId "4127870"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bg5 Bf5 3. e3 c6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nd7 6. Nd2 Ngf6 7. Ngf3 h6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 d5 11. Be2 e6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nh3 e5 14. g4 Bh7 15. Nf3
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nf4 O-O 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Rd1 b5
22. Nh5 Kh8 23. Nhg3 Na4 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. Bd3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Ke2 Kg8 28.
Kf3 Re5 29. Rh5 Rae8 30. Rd4 Bg6 31. Rh1 Bc5 32. Rd2 R8e6 33. Rh3 Re8 34. Re2 h5
35. Nxh5 Bxf5 36. gxf5 Rxf5+ 37. Kg4 g6 38. Ng3 Rf6 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rhe1 Rfe6
41. Kf3 f5 42. Rh1 Bd6 43. Rd2 Be5 44. Ne2 Rf6 45. Nd4 f4 46. Kg4 fxe3 47. fxe3
Bd6 48. Re2 Re4+ 49. Kh3 c5 50. Nf3 g5 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "4104226"]
[BlackFideId "4169786"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 d6 5. b4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qb3 a5 8. Nxe5
Bxb4+ 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Nd3 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nb4 14. Nf4 Kg7
15. Qc3 b6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 g5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qb4 20. Qe5 Qd6 21.
Qxd6 cxd6 22. Bc6 Be6 23. Bb5 Rfc8 24. Nf3 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nxg5 d5 27.
Ne6+ Kf7 28. Nd4 Kg6 29. Rab1 a4 30. f3 Rc3 31. Kf2 b5 32. Rb4 Re8 33. Re1 Ra3
34. Rb2 b4 35. Nc2 Rc3 36. Nxb4 Rb8 37. Reb1 a3 38. Rb3 Rc4 39. Ke2 f4 40. exf4
Re8+ 41. Kd2 Rxf4 42. Rxa3 Re6 43. Nd3 Rf5 44. Rb4 Kh6 45. Rf4 Rg5 46. g4 Rg8
47. h4 Kg6 48. Rf5 Rb6 49. Ne5+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24107581"]
[BlackFideId "4100425"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qb4 10. Bd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Qe4 Qc5 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Nb5 cxb5
15. cxb5 Bc8 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Rxc7 Rb8 18. O-O Bb7 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Qe2 Qd5 21.
Bf4 Rc8 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Qe4 Bc5 24. h4 Qxa2 25. Bg3 Qa4 26. Qf3 O-O 27. Re1 g6
28. h5 Rfe8 29. Kh2 Bf8 30. Re4 Qa2 31. Rg4 Bg7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rxg6 fxg6 34.
Bxg6 Qd2 35. Qb3+ Re6 36. f4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Belov, Igor1"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "4101782"]
[BlackFideId "4138716"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. d5 Na5 7. e4 d6 8. h3 O-O
9. Be2 e5 10. g4 Kh8 11. Be3 Ng8 12. Rg1 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ng5
Nf6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. O-O-O a6 18. Ne6 Rg8 19. Nxg7 Rxg7 20. Rxg7 Qxg7 21. f4 e4
22. Rg1 Qh6 23. Nd1 b6 24. Qc3 Rf8 25. Rg5 Bxh3 26. Rh5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander Al."]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126360"]
[BlackFideId "4182596"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Nbc3 c6 9. Re1 Bg6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. a3 Qc7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. Nxf4
Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Nd7 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. c3 Nd6 18. b3 Re7 19. a4 a5 20. Ng3 Rae8 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Kf1 Nf6 23. f3 Kf8 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nxd7+ Rxd7 26. Ke2 Re7+ 27. Kd2
Re6 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. Nf4 Rh6 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. h3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Gurvich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Konaplev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system, 8.cd Nxd5"]
[WhiteFideId "24164852"]
[BlackFideId "24165646"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nd8 14. Ne5 c5
15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Qd3 g6 17. f4 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Qxc5 bxc5 21.
Rc1 Ne6 22. f5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 d4 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. exd4 cxd4 26. b3 Kg7 27. Kf2
Kf6 28. Nf3 d3 29. Ke3 Rg8 30. g3 Bf5 31. Nd4 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Bg6 33. Rc7 a5 34.
Rc5 Re4 35. Rd5 Ke7 36. Nc6+ Kf6 37. Rxd3 Re6 38. Rf3+ Kg5 39. Nxa5 Kg4 40. Rf4+
Kh3 41. Rh4+ Kg2 42. Rxh6 Kf2 43. Kc3 Re1 44. Nc4 Re2 45. a4 Rc2+ 46. Kb4 Ke2
47. a5 Rc1 48. a6 Ra1 49. Na3 Rd1 50. Rh8 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4123700"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 e5 5. c3 Bd6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 b5 13. Ne3 Qe6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
O-O Be6 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. c4 b4 18. Nd2 Bd6 19. Nb3 Bf8 20. Rf1 Rd7 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. Na5 Rc8 23. Kh1 g6 24. h3 h5 25. Nb3 Rcd8 26. Na5 Rc8 27. Nb3 Qe7 28.
Nc2 Bh6 29. Ne1 Rcd8 30. Nf3 f6 31. Kh2 Kf7 32. g3 Ke8 33. Nh4 Bf7 34. Ng2 Kf8
35. f4 Kg8 36. f5 g5 37. g4 Bf8 38. Rd2 Be8 39. Ne1 Qh7 40. Kg2 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Nh4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Rad1 Qh5 14. h3 Rfd8
15. g4 Qh4 16. e4 h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 e5 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2
h4 22. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4173708"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5
Bb4+ 8. Nd2 Be6 9. e3 Ke7 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne4 Be5 12. O-O-O h6 13. Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Nxf6 Kxf6 15. Be2 c5 16. g4 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. h4 Ke7 19. f4 f6 20. Kc2 a5
21. a4 Bd7 22. b3 Bc6 23. Rh3 Be4+ 24. Kc3 b6 25. Rg3 g5 26. Rh3 Kf7 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Rh6 Rd7 29. Rh8 Kg7 30. Re8 Bg6 31. Rc8 Be4 32. Re8 Bg6 33. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4147332"]
[BlackFideId "4192770"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. c4 a5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Bc3 Qb8 13. Re1 Nb6 14. b3 Nc8 15.
Qd2 a4 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. c5 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ne7 21. b4 Nc6
22. b5 Ne5 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Bb4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Rc1 f5 27. Rxc4 Qe5 28. c6
bxc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. bxc6 h5 31. Bc3 Qe6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qd4+ Qf6 34. Qc5
Rc7 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. Qd5 Qb2 37. Qc5 Qf6 38. Kh2 g5 39. Qc2 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41.
Qc5 Kg6 42. Kg1 Qe6 43. g3 Qf6 44. Qc4 Qe6 45. Qc2 Qe4 46. Qxe4 fxe4 47. Kf1 Kf6
48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kf4 Kd4 51. Rd1+ Kc5 52. Kf5 Kb5 53. Rc1 Rxc6 54.
Rxc6 Kxc6 55. Kxe4 Kd6 56. Kf5 Kd5 57. Kxg4 Ke4 58. f4 f6 59. Kh5 Kf5 60. Kh6
Kg4 61. Kg6 Kxg3 62. f5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4131606"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 Nc5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rad1 Nc6 12. Nc2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15.
Be3 b6 16. Nb4 Ne5 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qc2 Kg7 21. Qb3
Bc6 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Qa3 Nxc4 24. Qxa7 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Red1 Kh6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "4125029"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 Ne7 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O
b6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Bg3 e5 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Bc2 f5 15. f3 f4
16. Bf2 Qe7 17. b4 Ne6 18. Re2 c5 19. Bd3 Nh8 20. Kf1 Nf7 21. Ke1 Qg5 22. Bg1
Qh4+ 23. Kf1 Bd7 24. Qe1 Qe7 25. Qb1 g5 26. h3 h5 27. Ke1 g4 28. hxg4 hxg4 29.
Kd1 g3 30. Kc1 Kg7 31. b5 Rh8 32. Kb2 Rh1 33. Qc2 Nh8 34. a4 Ng6 35. a5 Rah8 36.
axb6 axb6 37. Qa4 Be8 38. Qa6 Qc7 39. Kb3 Bf7 40. Kb2 Kf6 41. Kb3 Ng5 42. Kb2
Be6 43. Kb3 Bc8 44. Qa2 Bb7 45. Qc2 Nh4 46. Rae1 Ra8 47. Kb2 Bc8 48. Qb3 Be6 49.
Bc2 Bf7 50. Bd1 Qa7 51. Kc2 Qa1 52. Kd3 Bh5 53. Bc2 Rxg1 54. Rxa1 Raxa1 55. Qb2
Rae1 56. Rxe1 Rxe1 57. Bb1 Nxg2 58. Qa3 Re3+ 59. Kc2 Ne1+ 60. Kb2 g2 61. Qa8 Nf7 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "4131002"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. a5 Ne5 12. Nd2 b5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. h3 Bb7 15. Kh2
Rac8 16. Ra4 Rfd8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Nb3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qe2 Bc6
22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 a5 24. Bd2 Bb4 25. Be3 Bc5 26. Bd2 Bb4 27. Be3 Qb8 28.
Nd4 Rf8 29. Nc6 Qc7 30. Rd1 Nb8 31. Na7 Rcd8 32. Nb5 Qe7 33. Ra1 Bc5 34. Bd2 Bb6
35. Nd6 Nd7 36. Bxa5 Bxa5 37. Rxa5 Nb6 38. c4 Rb8 39. Rb5 Na4 40. Bb7 Qc7 41.
Qe3 f6 42. b3 fxe5 43. fxe5 Nb2 44. Qd2 Nxc4 45. bxc4 Qd8 46. Bg2 Rxb5 47. cxb5
Qb6 48. Qa2 Kh8 49. Qxe6 Qf2 50. b6 h5 51. b7 h4 52. Qg4 hxg3+ 53. Qxg3 Qb2 54.
e6 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4153278"]
[BlackFideId "4129199"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bf4 Bb4 8. e3
Nge7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rac1 h6 13. Na4 b6 14. a3 Bg4 15.
Nd2 Bd7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Nc3 Nd8 18. e4 Ne6 19. Nf3 c6 20. Qd2 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Rab8 22. Rfd1 Be8 23. Bb1 Rd8 24. Qd3 Ng6 25. Qxa6 b5 26. d5 Nc5 27. Qa7 Rd7 28.
dxc6 Qxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Rxa7 30. Rxc5 Ne7 31. Ne5 f6 32. Ba2+ Kf8 33. Be6 fxe5 34.
c7 Rb6 35. c8=Q Nxc8 36. Bxc8 Rc6 37. Rxc6 Bxc6 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. Bg4 Rd8 40. Ke1
Bxg2 41. f3 e4 42. fxe4 Bxe4 43. Be2 Bc6 44. Nc3 Re8 45. Kf2 Re5 46. h4 Ke7 47.
b3 Kd6 48. b4 Kc7 49. Bd1 Re8 50. a4 bxa4 51. b5 Bd7 52. Bxa4 Kd6 53. Bd1 Rc8
54. Ne4+ Ke5 55. Ng3 Bxb5 56. Nh5 Rc7 57. Bf3 Be8 58. Ng3 Rc4 59. h5 Bc6 60. Be2
Rh4 61. Bd3 Rh2+ 62. Ke3 Rh3 63. Kf2 Kf4 64. Ne2+ Kg5 65. Bg6 Rf3+ 66. Ke1 Rf8
67. Nd4 Bd7 68. Kd2 Bg4 69. Ke3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Reti (Spielmann) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4127870"]
[BlackFideId "4100484"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Bc6 8.
Qe2 Nd7 9. Nf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. O-O-O a5 12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4
a4 15. Rhe1 Qd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Kb1 axb3 18. axb3 Kd7 19. c4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Bd6
21. Re3 Rhc8 22. Rc1 Ra4 23. Rb3 Raxc4 24. Rxb7+ R4c7 25. Rbxc7+ Bxc7 26. h3 g6
27. Rc4 Ra8 28. Bc3 Bb6 29. f3 Kd6 30. Kc2 Kd5 31. Rb4 Kc6 32. g4 Bc5 33. Rb1
Rd8 34. Ra1 Bb6 35. Ra4 Bc5 36. Rf4 f5 37. Ra4 Kb5 38. Ra1 fxg4 39. fxg4 Kc6 40.
Rf1 Rf8 41. Rxf8 Bxf8 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Ke2 Ke4 44. d3+ Kf4 45. Be1 Bc5 46. Bh4 g5
47. Be1 h6 48. Bc3 Kg3 49. Be5+ Kxh3 50. Kf3 Bf8 51. Bc7 Bg7 52. Bb6 h5 53. gxh5
Kh4 54. Ke4 Kxh5 55. d4 Kg4 56. Bd8 Kh5 57. d5 exd5+ 58. Kxd5 g4 59. Bc7 Kh4 60.
Ke4 Kh3 61. Kf5 Bd4 62. Bd6 Bf2 63. Be5 Bg3 64. Bc3 Bc7 65. Be1 Bb6 66. Kg5 Be3+
67. Kh5 Bf4 68. Bf2 Bg3 69. Bd4 Be1 70. Be5 Bg3 71. Bd4 Bd6 72. Bf2 Be7 73. Be1
Bc5 74. Bh4 Bd6 75. Be1 Bg3 76. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4100425"]
[BlackFideId "4104226"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nbd7 8.
Bb5 a6 9. dxc5 Bxb1 10. c6 Bf5 11. Nd4 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. Rxa6 Bd3 14. Ra5 e6
15. Bf4 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Ke2 Bc5 18. Rd1 e5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. b4 Nc4 21.
Rxc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Nxb2 23. Rb1 Na4 24. Ra1 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Kovalev, Egor"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24124117"]
[BlackFideId "4115341"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. e4 Ne5 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Re1 Nc4 13. c3 e6 14. Ne3 b5 15.
Nxc4 bxc4 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Belov, Igor1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4122232"]
[BlackFideId "4101782"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. Rd1
Qc7 9. a4 a5 10. Ba2 Re8 11. Qc4 Rf8 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
h3 Bf8 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bc8 21. f3 Ng6
22. Qf2 d5 23. exd5 Bd6 24. Nde2 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Nh5 26. Bb6 Ng3+ 27. Kxh2 Nf1+ 28.
Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kxf1 Bxh3 30. Qg3 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Nd1 Bb7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Qe3 Bd6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Qf5 Ne4 20. Qh5 Bxf4 21. Bd3
Rae8 22. Rae1 Re6 23. g3 Bxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Nf6 26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Qh4
Re1 28. c3 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qf7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qf4 Qe7 32. Qh6 Kg8 33. Qh4 Be8
34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Kf2 h5 36. Qd4 Qe5 37. Qc5+ Kg8 38. Qa7 h4 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40.
Qxh4 a5 41. Qf4 b4 42. Qh6+ Ke7 43. Qg7+ Kd6 44. Qf8+ Kc6 45. Bc2 bxc3 46. bxc3
Kb6 47. Bd3 d4 48. c4 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Bc6+ 50. Kh3 Qxd3 51. Qb8+ Ka6 52. Qc8+ Bb7
53. Qe6+ Ka7 54. c5 Qh7+ 55. Kg4 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24129100"]
[BlackFideId "4170350"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 e6 12. Ne5 Kh8 13. Re3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8
15. Rg3 Nd7 16. Nf3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rc8 18. Qe2 a6 19. Re1 Nc5 20. Nd4 Qh4 21. Nf3
Qh6 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Rxe3 Na4 25. Re2 b5 26. h3 a5 27. a3 b4 28.
axb4 axb4 29. cxb4 Rb8 30. b3 Nc3 31. Rc2 Ne4 32. Nd2 Rxb4 33. Nxe4 fxe4 34. Rb2
Kg7 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. g4 Kg5 37. Ke2 Kf4 38. Kd2 d4 39. Kc2 Kxe5 40. Ra2 Rb7 41.
Ra5+ Kf4 42. Ra4 d3+ 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "24126454"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8.
Qf3 Be6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Ng3 O-O-O 12. h3 g6 13. Bg5 Rde8 14. O-O Nf5
15. Ne2 Nd6 16. Nf4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Bf5 19. Rb5 Qd6 20. Nd5 Qxa3 21.
Bf4 Be6 22. Nxc7 Qxc3 23. Rc5 bxc5 24. Qa6+ Kd7 25. Nb5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "4122160"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 g6 8. g4
Bg7 9. g5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. c3 h6 12. Bd3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bf5 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15.
Bd2 Nb6 16. O-O-O h5 17. h3 Rhf8 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. Qe2 Ka8 21. Nc5 Qc8
22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. h4 Rd7 24. Bc1 Rfd8 25. Rhf1 Rc7 26. Qf2 Rf8 27. Bc2 Nd5 28.
Rd3 f5 29. gxf6 exf6 30. Rf3 f5 31. Bb3 c5 32. dxc5 Qc6 33. Rd3 Ne7 34. Bf4 Nc8
35. e6 Re7 36. Bd6 Bf6 37. Bxe7 Bxe7 38. Rd7 Bxc5 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. Rxf3 Ne7 41.
Rfd3 Kb8 42. Bd5 Nxd5 43. R3xd5 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24176729"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O-O Rc8 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 b5 11. Kb1 Nf6 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. fxg7 Bxg7
15. Rg4 Bf6 16. Ba3 a5 17. Qe3 Bc6 18. Qg3 d6 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Rd1 Be5 21. Rg8+
Rxg8 22. Qxg8+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Ke8 24. Qg8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4142578"]
[BlackFideId "4126360"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 Ne4 7. Qb3 c6 8. Nc3 Nxc3
9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rab1
d5 16. c5 f4 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Rbd1 Bh3 19. Bc1 g5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 fxg3 22.
f3 Nf2 23. hxg3 Nxd1 24. Bxg5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qf5 26. Bf4 Qg6 27. Bc1 Rf5 28. Qxd1
Rxe5 29. Rh1 Rh5 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. g4 Re5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. Rh1 Rg8 34. Kf2 Ke8 35.
Qd2 Qf7 36. Rh5 Rf8 37. e3 Qg7 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 h6 40. Qa5 Rxf4 41. exf4
Qd4+ 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ 44. Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kg3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Gurvich, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24164852"]
[EventDate "2016.10.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nc4 Qd8 8.
cxd4 d5 9. Ne5 e6 10. e3 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Ne2 Nf6
15. h4 Bd6 16. g4 Qe7 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qc2 Nxf4 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. exf4 Bd7 21. Bd3
f6 22. Qd2 e5 23. Rae1 e4 24. Nc3 f5 25. Nxd5 Qf7 26. Bc4 Be6 27. g6 Qxg6 28.
Bb3 Rae8 29. h5 Qh6 30. Rh4 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Be7 32. Rh3 Bd6 33. Kf1 Bxf4 34. Qg2
Rd8 35. Bb3 Rxd4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Kg1 Rd2 38. Qxe4 Bd6 39. Kh1 Rxb2 40. Rd1
Rbf2 41. Qg6 Qf4 42. Qxd6 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto with ...Nc6"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8.
d5 Na5 9. b3 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander Al."]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Uzhva, Andrey"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Nc3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bf5 10. Bg5 Rd8 11. Rfc1 h6 12. Bf4 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivlev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O
8. Rb1 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qb3 e6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4
Re8 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Derjabin, Ilja"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. Nbc3 a6 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Iljin, Timofey"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8.
e5 f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Nbd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5+ fxe5 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kurbedinov, Ramis"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with 7...Nc6"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Qe7 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Papenin, Nikolai"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 O-O 7. hxg6 hxg6
8. Qa4 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Tekeyev, Zaur"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Nh6 10. d3 Nf5 11. Bf4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 Qd5 14.
Ng3 c5 15. Qd2 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nechaev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Sicilian reversed"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8.
d4 O-O 9. a3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 Rb8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Kh2 b5 14. f4 N5c6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Ba8 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Rozhko, Dmitry"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6
Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Shandrygin, Nikita"]
[Black "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. a4 Bf5 10. h3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Rfd8 12. e4 Be6 13. Nd5 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Alexeev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 b6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nge7 8.
Nge2 d6 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Chos, Alexey"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Jary, Sergey"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e5 Qd8 6. Nf3 d5 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 c5 9. cxd5 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Sanin, Andrey"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation, main line"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. c3 a6 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Nfd4 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qd7 16. Rad1 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. a4 Bg4 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Salemgareev, Tagir"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Opening "QGA, 4.e3"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. b3 cxb3 6. axb3 b4 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
O-O e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A."]
[Black "Scherbakov, Mikhail"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 d6 10. h4 g4 11. h5 h6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rc1 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Gilyazov, Amir"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7
8. g3 c5 9. dxc5 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc5 11. Bg2 Be4 12. Qd1 a5 13. Bf4 *

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Ponomarenko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. e4 *

