[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "11600454"]
[BlackFideId "1113100"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 f5 12. e5 b5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rd8 15.
a4 Be6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qb2 Qc7 18. Bxb5 Rdb8 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. c4 Bf7 21. Nxf7
Kxf7 22. f4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 e6 24. Be3 g5 25. fxg5 Nxe5 26. Qe2 Kg8 27. Bf4 Qc5+
28. Kh1 Rd8 29. Rce1 Nd3 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Be3 Qc7 32. Rd1 f4 33. Bb6 Qd6 34.
Qxd6 Rxd6 35. Bg1 Rad8 36. Rd2 Bc3 37. Rc2 Bb4 38. c5 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rxg5 40. c6
Ne5 41. c7 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 O-O 14.
O-O Nc6 15. c4 Rad8 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Geller's system"]
[WhiteFideId "14117908"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Nf1
Nf4 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. N3d2 Ne8 18. Ne3 Nd6 19. Bf1 Rad8 20. f3 Bc8 21. Ndc4 Be6
22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. c4 Rc8 25. Qd2 Bf8 26. a4 Qc7 27. a5 Rb8 28.
axb6 axb6 29. Bf2 h5 30. Ra3 Qd8 31. Ra7 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5
Qg5 35. Qc2 Nh5 36. g3 Nf6 37. Ra6 Rc8 38. Qd3 b5 39. cxb5 e4 40. Qd4 Nxd5 41.
Qxe4 Rc1 42. Ra8 Nc7 43. Rb8 Ra1 44. b6 Qb5 45. Qxg4+ Kh7 46. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15.
h3 Qe6 16. g4 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Be3 Nd3 19. a4 g5 20. fxg5 Qe5 21. a5 Nd7 22.
Ra4 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. e5 Nf4 25. Qxc4 Nxh3+ 26. Kf1 Nxe5 27. Qe2 Qf6+ 28.
Ke1 Nf4 29. Qe4 Nxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Rh2 31. Qg3 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 34.
Kc2 Nd3 35. Qe3 a6 36. Re4 Qd6 37. Qg5 g6 38. Qe7 Nb4+ 39. Kb3 Nd5 40. Qxd6 Rxd6
41. Na4 Re6 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Nc5 e5 44. Kc4 Ne3+ 45. Kd3 Nxg4 46. Ke4 Kc7 47.
b4 Kc8 48. Nd3 Kc7 49. Nc5 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1113100"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Bf4 c5 14. Nfe5 b5
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 c4 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Be4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 exf5
21. Qxf5 b4 22. Red1 c3 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Rd7 g6 25. Qh3 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Ba3 27.
Rb1 c2 28. Rb7 c1=R+ 29. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2 Qc6+ 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxa7 Rc3 33.
f4 h5 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Ke6 38. e4 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2209390"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e6 8.
e4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Qd3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Nfd7 13. Rxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc3
Rc8 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Ke2 Nxe4 17. Qa3+ Nc5 18. Ne4 Kg8 19. Nxc5 Nd5 20. Be5 Qb6
21. Qa4 Qxc5 22. Rg1 f6 23. Bd7 fxe5 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Bxc8 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "14117908"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bf5 Nf6 18. b3 b5 19. g3 c4 20. bxc4 dxc4 21. f3 Qa3
22. Nb1 Qa5 23. e4 g6 24. Bh3 Rad8 25. a3 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Qf2 Rdxd4 28.
Rf1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kg7 30. Rf1 Qd8 31. Nc3 Re5 32. Bg2 h5 33. Qa7 a5 34. Rd1 Qe8
35. Qd4 Kh7 36. Rf1 Ng4 37. h3 Ne3 38. Rxf7+ Qxf7 39. Qxe5 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 b4 41.
axb4 axb4 42. Ne4 Qg7 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. h4 Qb7+ 45. Kh2 Qa7 46. Qg5+ Kg7 47.
Nxh5+ Kh7 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. Ng4 b3 50. h5 Qf7 51. h6+ Kh8 52. Qe5+ Kh7 53. Qd4 g5
54. Qe4+ Kh8 55. Qe5+ Kh7 56. Qxg5 b2 57. Nf6+ Kh8 58. h7 Qg7 59. Qf5 Qh6+ 60.
Kg2 Qd2+ 61. Kh3 Qh6+ 62. Kg4 Qf8 63. Qe6 Qg7+ 64. Kf3 Qb7+ 65. Kf2 Qa7+ 66. Kg2
Qb7+ 67. Kh2 Qxh7+ 68. Nxh7 b1=Q 69. Nf6 Qg6 70. Qe7 Qc2+ 71. Kh3 Qf5+ 72. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "11600454"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na5 8. b3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. O-O c5 12. a3 Ba5 13. e3 Rfc8 14. Qf3 Nd8 15.
Rfd1 d6 16. Nd3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 d5 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Rac1 dxc4 21.
Qxb7 Nxb7 22. bxc4 Rc7 23. Bb4 Rac8 24. Rb1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. d5 e5 27. Rbc1
f6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Kg2 a5 31. Be1 Nd6 32. c5 bxc5 33. Bxa5 Nf5 34.
Rc3 Rb8 35. d6 Rb2+ 36. Kh3 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxc5 Kg6 39. Bb4 h5 40. Rc3
Ne4 41. Rc7 Nf2+ 42. Kg3 Ne4+ 43. Kh3 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 h4 45. Bf8 h3+ 46. Kf1 Rb2
47. Rxg7+ Kf5 48. Bb4 Rxh2 49. Be1 Ra2 50. Rh7 h2 51. Rh4 Ke6 52. a4 Kd5 53. a5
f5 54. a6 Kc6 55. Rh7 Nf6 56. Rh6 Kb5 57. Bc3 Ng4 58. Rh5 Kxa6 59. Bd4 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Alekhine (Hungarian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "1113100"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. O-O Be6 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qc1 Bc4 15.
Bh6 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 N4d5 17. Ng3 e6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. h4 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nc5 Nbd5 24. Rxe6 Qg7 25. Qd2 Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Qe7 27. Re1 Ng4
28. h5 Qf6 29. hxg6 Qxg6 30. Qc1 Re8 31. Qc5 Ngf6 32. Qc1 Ng4 33. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 34.
Nxe1 Nxc7 35. Qxc7 Qe4 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qc3 Qe2 38. d5+ Kh6 39. Nd3 Qd1+ 40. Ne1
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "14117908"]
[BlackFideId "11600454"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
Rac1 Bb8 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Ne4 19. Nbd4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Bg4 21. h3
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qd6 24. Qb2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 f6 27. Ke2
Qd6 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Qxb7 Qxa3 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Qf8 32. Qe6+ Qf7 33. Qxe4
h6 34. g4 Bd6 35. Qf5 Qc4+ 36. Kf3 Bf8 37. h4 Qc1 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Kg2 Qc7 40.
h5 Qb7+ 41. e4 Bb4 42. Qd5 Qe7 43. Qf5+ Kh8 44. e5 fxe5 45. Bxe5 Bd6 46. Bd4 Kg8
47. Qg6 Be5 48. Bxe5 Qxe5 49. Qd3 Kf7 50. Qc4+ Kf6 51. f4 Qe3 52. Qc6+ Kf7 53.
Qd5+ Ke7 54. Qf3 Qd2+ 55. Kh3 Qe1 56. g5 hxg5 57. fxg5 Qe6+ 58. Kg3 Qe5+ 59. Kg4
Qe6+ 60. Kg3 Qe5+ 61. Qf4 Qe1+ 62. Kg4 Qe2+ 63. Qf3 Qe6+ 64. Kh4 Qe1+ 65. Kh3
Qe6+ 66. Kg2 Qe5 67. Qg4 Qd5+ 68. Kf1 Qb5+ 69. Kf2 Qc5+ 70. Kf3 Qc3+ 71. Kg2
Qd2+ 72. Kg3 Qe3+ 73. Kh4 Qe1+ 74. Qg3 Qe4+ 75. Kh3 Qe6+ 76. Qg4 Qe3+ 77. Kg2
Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxc4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Qb3 c6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. a4 Qf6 20. a5 Bg4 21.
Rde1 Qh6 22. f5 Bh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. e4 Qh5 25. Qf3 Qg5 26. Re2 Qe7 27. Qc3
Rfe8 28. e5 Rd5 29. e6 Qc5+ 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd1 Rxf5 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Rd7+
Kf8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Rxg7 Rxa5 36. Rxb7 Rb5 37. Rxb5 cxb5 38. b4 Kd7 39. Kf2
Kc6 40. g4 Kd5 41. h4 Ke4 42. Kg3 Ke5 43. Kf3 Kd4 44. g5 Ke5 45. Kg4 a5 46. bxa5
b4 47. a6 b3 48. a7 b2 49. a8=Q b1=Q 50. Qe8+ Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kc7 52. Qe7+ Kc6 53.
Qe6+ Kc7 54. Kh5 Qd3 55. Kh6 Qd4 56. h5 Qh8 57. Qf7+ Kc8 58. Qxh7 Qe5 59. Qg7
Qe2 60. Qf6 Qe3 61. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. d5 Na5 7. Ne5 c6 8. Nxg4
Nxg4 9. e4 e5 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Nd1 Nxe4 13. Bxa5 Qa6 14. Bxc4 b5 15.
dxc6 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Szabo (Boleslavsky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1113100"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Qc3 b4 15.
Qe3 c5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. b3 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rxe5 20. Qf3 Rxe2+ 21.
Kxe2 Qxc4+ 22. Ke1 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. h4 b4 14. Bxc4 bxc3 15.
Bc1 Ncb4 16. O-O a5 17. Ba3 Rb8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. e6 g6 20. exf7+ Qxf7 21. Rfe1+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "11600454"]
[BlackFideId "2209390"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rc8 12. Rfc1 Nd7 13. Qb5 Nb6 14. Na4 Nxa4
15. Qxa4 a6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qe8 18. Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "14117908"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qf3 c6 11. Be3 e6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. c4 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Be7 16. Kb1 f5 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. c5 Rhf8 19. Rg1 f4 20. Bd3 g5 21. Rge1
Kb8 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Ne4 e5 24. Bc4 exd4 25. exd4 Rfe8 26. Qf2 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Nxc5
28. Ree1 Na4 29. Bb3 Nb6 30. Re4 a5 31. a3 a4 32. Bc2 Rd5 33. Re8+ Ka7 34. Be4
Rb5 35. Bd3 Rb3 36. Re4 Nd5 37. Ka2 Qb6 38. Bc4 Ne3 39. Rc1 Bxd4 40. Rxd4 Qxd4
41. Bxb3 axb3+ 42. Kxb3 Qd5+ 43. Kc3 Qe5+ 44. Kb3 Qd5+ 45. Kc3 c5 46. Qe2 Qd4+
47. Kb3 Qd5+ 48. Kc3 c4 49. Rb1 Qa5+ 50. Kd4 Qb6+ 51. Kc3 Qf6+ 52. Kd2 Qd4+ 53.
Ke1 Qe4 54. Rc1 f3 55. Qd2 c3 56. Qxc3 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14117908"]
[BlackFideId "1113100"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

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 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4
Be5 16. Bg5 c5 17. Nf5 Nb6 18. Bf3 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ne4 c4
22. Re1 Nbd5 23. Re2 h6 24. Bc1 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qxe5 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Qxe5 28.
Rxe5 Rxc1 29. Bb7 Rc2 30. Bxa6 Rxb2 31. Bxb5 c3 32. Bd3 Ng4 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. f6+
g6 35. Re7 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxf6 37. Rc7 Ne5 38. Be4 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Ne1+ 40. Kh3 Re6
41. Bd5 Re5 42. Bxf7 Rh5+ 43. Kg4 Rxh2 44. Be8+ Kg8 45. Rxc3 g5 46. Kf5 Rd2 47.
a4 Rd6 48. Bb5 Kf8 49. Ke5 Rb6 50. Kd5 h5 51. Kc5 Rb8 52. a5 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4
54. a6 Kg7 55. a7 Ra8 56. Kb6 Kf6 57. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g5 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Rd2 O-O 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. h4 Rac8 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. Re1
Re8 22. h5 Nf8 23. Bf5 Rc4 24. Qf3 Re7 25. Be4 Nd7 26. g6 Nf6 27. Bf5 e4 28. Qh3
fxg6 29. hxg6 h6 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Ng8 32. Rf8 Rxe6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. dxe6
Qe7 35. Qf5 Rc8 36. Rd7 Qf8 37. Qxe4 Rc4 38. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bxf6"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "11600454"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. h4 g6 10. h5 g5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. b4 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 g4 15. Nd2 f5
16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. Qc5 Qb6 20. Ng6 Rfd8 21. Ke2 Be8 22. Nf4
Bf7 23. a3 Bf8 24. Qc3 Bd6 25. Nb3 Re8 26. Kf1 Re7 27. g3 Qd8 28. Kg2 Qe8 29.
Qd2 Kg7 30. Nc5 b6 31. Na6 Ne4 32. Qe2 Rc8 33. Bb5 Qd8 34. Bc6 Be8 35. Bxe8 Qxe8
36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qd3 Bxf4 38. exf4 Qc4 39. Qxc4 dxc4 40. Rc1 c3 41. f3 gxf3+
42. Kxf3 Kf6 43. g4 Rg7 44. gxf5 Kxf5 45. b5 Rg3+ 46. Ke2 Rg2+ 47. Kd3 Rg3+ 48.
Kc2 Kxf4 49. Nb4 Rg2+ 50. Kd3 Rg3+ 51. Kc2 Ke3 52. Re1+ Kxd4 53. Nc6+ Kd5 54.
Ne7+ Kd6 55. Nc8+ Ke5 56. Nxa7 Rg2+ 57. Kb3 Kd5 58. Rd1+ Kc5 59. a4 Rb2+ 60. Ka3
Nd2 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. d4 d6 8. Ne2
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd3 b6 11. f4 Nd7 12. f5 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nce5 15.
Qe2 Ba6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Nxd6 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Rad1 b5 21. Bb2
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. h3 h6 24. Rd2 Rcc8 25. Bd4 Qa5 26. Rfd1 a6 27. Kh2 Qc7 28.
Ba1 h5 29. Kh1 Qc4 30. Qe3 b4 31. Qf4 Qc5 32. Kh2 Qe7 33. Kh1 a5 34. Bf1 Nc4 35.
Rd4 Na3 36. Bg2 Nc2 37. e5 Qxe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd8+ Re8 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Rc1
a4 42. Bb7 Rc5 43. Bd4 Rc4 44. Bxf6 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1113100"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. a3
Bd6 9. c5 Be7 10. b4 e5 11. b5 exd4 12. exd4 Na7 13. bxa6 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Ne5 b5 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Qd5 e3 21. Nxf7
exd2+ 22. Kd1 Qxf7 23. Qxa8 Qb3+ 24. Kxd2 Bg5+ 25. Ke2 Qc4+ 26. Ke1 Bd8 27. Qe4
Ba5+ 28. Kd1 Bg4+ 29. f3 Qb3+ 30. Kc1 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Bh5 32. f4 Qb3+ 33. Kc1 Qc3+
34. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "11600454"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Bxe5 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Be3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Qb4 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. Qg4 Qd6 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Ng5 Rf5 18. Rfc1 Nc6 19. Rc5 Qd7 20. Rd1 Rd8
21. Rxf5 exf5 22. Qe2 Qd5 23. b3 f4 24. Bxf4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. h4 Bf6 27.
Kh2 Bxg5 28. hxg5 c6 29. Be5 Qd1 30. Qc4+ Rd5 31. f4 Qh5+ 32. Kg3 Qh1 33. Qb4
Rd3+ 34. Kf2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1
Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Ne4 Be6 13. O-O a5 14. Rfe1 a4 15. Nfd2
Bd5 16. Bh3 Be6 17. Bg2 Bd5 18. Nc4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Nd2 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Nf3 b5 24. Qd2 Bd6 25. Kg1 Re6 26. Nh4 Qb3 27. Nf3 Qd5 28. Nh4
Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14117908"]
[BlackFideId "2209390"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

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 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. g3 Rfe8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nd4 b4 16. Nf5 Rad8 17. Rxd6 bxc3 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bf4 Bc8 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 21.
Bxe5 Nxc3 22. Bxc7 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Re8 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Kg2 c5 26. Rc1 Bb7+ 27. Kf1
Ba6+ 28. Kg2 Bb7+ 29. Kf1 Ba6+ 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "1113100"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 Qa5 15. O-O
Qc5 16. Kh1 a5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bh6 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Nce3 Ne7 21. e5 Nxd5 22.
Bxd5 Ra7 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 dxe5 25. fxe5 g6 26. Rf3 Bg7 27. Re1 Re7 28. e6
fxe6 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qf4 Re8 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "14117908"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. f4 Qc7 14. f5 Nc5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 Bg5+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Rc8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Qxc2+
21. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Ke7 23. Bc4 Rf8 24. Kc3 Rf2 25. g3 a5 26. h4 Rc2+ 27.
Kd4 Bc8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Rb2 30. Ra1 Bd7 31. b5 Rd2+ 32. Ke5 Rc2 33. Kd4
Rd2+ 34. Kc3 Rg2 35. Ra6 Rxg3+ 36. Kd4 Rg6 37. Ra7 Rh6 38. Bd5 Kd8 39. Ra8+ Kc7
40. Ra7+ Kd8 41. Ra8+ Kc7 42. Ra7+ Kd8 43. Ra8+ Kc7 44. Rg8 Bxb5 45. Rxg7+ Kd8
46. Ke5 Bd7 47. Rg8+ Kc7 48. Rg7 Kd8 49. Rg8+ Kc7 50. Rg7 Kd8 51. Bg8 Rxh4 52.
Bxh7 Rh6 53. Bf5 Bxf5 54. exf5 Ke8 55. Rg6 Rxg6 56. fxg6 Kf8 57. Kd5 Kg7 58. Kc6
Kxg6 59. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem Final 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "11600454"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. a3
cxd4 9. b4 Qc7 10. cxd4 b5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Be7 13. Bc3 f6 14. Nf4 fxe5 15.
dxe5 Nf8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qb7 18. Bd3 g6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Qg4 a5 21. Rfc1
axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qb6 25. Rcc1 Qd4 26. Qg5 Rxb4 27. Nxg6
hxg6 28. Bxg6+ Nxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qd8+ Kf7 32. Qxd7+ 1-0

