[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Albin-Alekhine-Chatard attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qd2
h6 9. Be3 a5 10. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. e3 d6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 c6 14. b4 Bd7 15.
Rab1 Rb8 16. a4 Re8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. b5 Qc7 19. Nc3 Rbc8 20. Rbc1 Bg7 21. Qa2 c5
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Nb4 Qf6 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 a5 27. Qd2 Bf8 28.
Nd4 d5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. Qa2 Bc5 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Nf3 Qe7 34. Kg2 Qe4
35. Rc4 Qd5 36. Rc2 Qe4 37. Rc4 Qd5 38. Rc2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rad1 b6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. f4 Rad8 15.
Bb1 Qb8 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Rd2 Nh5 18. g3 d5 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e5 Nf6
22. Kg1 Nfe4 23. Rd4 Qa8 24. b4 Ne6 25. R4d3 f5 26. a3 Rd7 27. Ba2 Red8 28. Qe3
Bf8 29. Na4 Bc6 30. Nxb6 Qb7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Nd4 N6c5 33. Nxc6 Nxd3 34. Qxd3
Bc5+ 35. bxc5 Qxb2 36. Bxd5+ Kg7 37. Qd4 Nc3 38. e6+ Kh6 39. exd7 Ne2+ 40. Kh1
Nxd4 41. d8=Q Qe2 42. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "14107201"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. a3 Qd7 14. Nb3 Rad8 15. Bd2 Ba8
16. Qb1 Nh5 17. a4 g5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. dxe5 g4 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22.
Bxb5 c6 23. Be2 Ng6 24. Nfd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. b3 Qe7 12. a3 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 e4 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. Kg2 Nh7 19. h4 g5 20. Rh1 Ndf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Qd7 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Bb3 Rac8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxc3 27. a4 Rc7
28. axb5 axb5 29. Rec1 Rce7 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Raa6 Reb7 32. Rc3 Rd7 33. g4 Be7 34.
Kg2 Bd8 35. Rcc6 Kf8 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Ke7 38. Ra6 Bb6 39. h4 g5 40. h5 f6
41. Kf1 Kd6 42. Ke2 Kc7 43. Ra3 Bd4 44. Ra2 Kd7 45. Bb3 Kd6 46. Bc2 Kc6 47. Bd3
Kb6 48. Ra5 Kc6 49. Ra6+ Bb6 50. Kd2 Rd8 51. Ra1 Rd4 52. Rc1+ Kb7 53. Kc3 Bc7
54. Bxb5 Rxe4 55. f3 Rf4 56. Be2 Kb6 57. Ra1 e4 58. Ra6+ Kb7 59. fxe4 Be5+ 60.
Kb3 Rxe4 61. Bf3 Kxa6 62. Bxe4 Kb5 63. Bd3+ Kc6 64. Kc4 Kd6 65. b5 Bb2 66. Be4
Bc1 67. Bc2 f5 68. Bxf5 Be3 69. Kd3 Bg1 70. Ke4 Ke7 71. Kd5 Bf2 72. Kc6 Bg3 73.
b6 Kd8 74. Kb5 Bh2 75. Be4 Bg1 76. Kc6 Bf2 77. Kb7 Be3 78. Ka6 Bf2 79. Bf5 Be3
80. b7 Kc7 81. Bc8 Bf2 82. Kb5 Ba7 83. Kc4 Kd6 84. Bf5 Kc6 85. Be4+ Kd6 86. Bf3
Ke5 87. Kb5 Kd6 88. Ka6 Bb8 89. Kb6 Ke7 90. Kc6 Kd8 91. Bd1 Ke7 92. Kd5 Bc7 93.
Ke4 Kf6 94. Bb3 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Be3 c5 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. c3 O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. d4 cxd4
15. cxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Rad1 f6 19. Bf4 Re8 20. h3 g6 21.
Kh2 Kf7 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Be6 24. Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe7 8.
Rd1 Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Qe2
Ne7 15. d5 Ng6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng5
h6 21. Nge4 Re8 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Rf8 24. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14107201"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qa4
Nb4 9. d3 Bd7 10. Qd1 Bc6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. b3 Rc8 15.
d4 cxd4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Rd1 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 e6 21.
Nd2 Nb6 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. e4 Nc3 24. Rd7 Nxa2 25. Rxb7 Rd8 26. Nf3 a6 27. Ne5
Rf8 28. Rc7 Nb4 29. Kg2 f5 30. Nd7 Rf7 31. e5 Kg7 32. Nc5 Rxc7 33. Nxe6+ Kf7 34.
Nxc7 a5 35. f4 Nc2 36. Nb5 Ke6 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Nc3+ Kc5 39. Ne2 Kd5 40. h4 h6
41. Nc1 g5 42. h5 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nd4 44. Ke3 Nc2+ 45. Kd2 Nd4 46. Ke3 Nc2+ 47.
Kd3 Nd4 48. Ke3 Nc2+ 49. Kd2 Nd4 50. Kd3 Ne6 51. Ne2 Nc5+ 52. Kc3 Ne6 53. Kd3
Ng7 54. Ng3 Ne6 55. Nxf5 Nxf4+ 56. Kc3 Kxe5 57. Nxh6 Nxh5 58. Kc4 Nf4 59. Kb5
Nd5 60. Kxa5 Kd4 61. Nf5+ Kc3 62. Ka4 Nb6+ 63. Ka3 Nc4+ 64. Ka4 Nb6+ 65. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. h3
Ne7 9. d4 c6 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Re1 h6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bf1 d5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. exd5
Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Rxe1 17. Nxe1 Nxd5 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Nd3 a5 20. Bd2 Qh4 21. b3 Rd8
22. c4 Ne7 23. g3 Qd4 24. Rd1 Nf5 25. g4 Nh4 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bc1 Qf3
29. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Nd4 31. Be3 f5 32. f3 f4 33. Bf2 Bf7 34. Nc1 Nc2 35.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Bd3 Ne3+ 37. Bxe3 fxe3 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke2 Bb6 40. Bf5 Bd4 41.
Bc8 b6 42. Bb7 Be8 43. Kd3 Bc5 44. Bc8 Bg6+ 45. Bf5 Be8 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. Nd3 Bd4
48. Ne1 b5 49. Nc2 Ke5 50. Nxe3 bxa4 51. bxa4 Kf4 52. Nf1 c5 53. Bc2 Bc6 54. Nd2
Be3 55. Ne4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 d4 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. Nd3
Nc6 9. c5 e5 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nb4 12. Nxb4 axb4 13. c6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Ra5 15. a4
Nc5 16. d3 Be6 17. Nd2 b3 18. Qb1 Rxa4 19. Rxa4 Nxa4 20. Nxb3 Nc3 21. Qc2 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nhf6 17. Bf4 h6 18. h3 Bb4 19. Nd2 b5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. a3 Ba5
22. Na4 c5 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Nh5 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Nb6 28.
Nxb6 axb6 29. Bf3 Qxd6 30. Bxh5 Rcd8 31. Rac1 Re5 32. Bf3 Qf6 33. Kg2 Rd6 34.
Rd3 g6 35. h4 h5 36. Rc2 Qe7 37. Rd1 Rf6 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qxe2 40. Bxe2 Rd6
41. Bc4 Bc3 42. Rd3 Bd4 43. Rb3 Kf8 44. f4 Ke7 45. a4 Kd8 46. Rb1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Rc1 a4 19. a3 Ra5 20. Rxc4 Rd8
21. Bd3 e5 22. f5 Rd4 23. Rfc1 Kf7 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. g4 h5 26. h3 hxg4 27. hxg4
Rad5 28. Ke3 Kg5 29. Be4 Rb5 30. Rxd4 exd4+ 31. Kxd4 Rxb2 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Rh1
Be8 34. Ke5 Kxg4 35. Rg1+ Kh4 36. Kf4 Kh3 37. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Rc1 Nc6 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Rxc5 Qxa2 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be3 Be6 12. g3 Rd8 13. Bg2 Bd5 14. O-O
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd4 16. Qb4 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 Bxb2 19. Rb5 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Geller's system"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. h3 Nfd7 8. d5 Na6
9. a4 Nc7 10. Bf4 f5 11. exf5 Nb6 12. c4 Bxf5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. a5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Na4 16. Qb3 b5 17. cxb5 Nxb2 18. Nc3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qxh3 20. b6 Nd3 21. Ne4 c4
22. Qd1 axb6 23. axb6 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Bxa1 25. b7 Na6 26. Rxa1 Qd7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Qe2
c6 9. Rd1 exd4 10. Rxd4 Qc7 11. h3 Ne5 12. Ba2 Bd7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. b4 h6 17. Bb3 Bc8 18. Bh2 Nfd7 19. Bg3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Ne5 21. Qh5
Bf6 22. Bh4 Bxh4 23. Qxh4 Be6 24. f4 Ng6 25. Qf2 Bxb3 26. cxb3 f5 27. g3 fxe4
28. Nxe4 d5 29. Nc5 Rde8 30. Re1 Qc8 31. Kg2 Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Re8 33. Qf2 Qf5 34.
Rd2 h5 35. Re2 Rf8 36. Ne6 Rf6 37. Nd4 Qd7 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Qe8+ Nf8 40. Qe7 Qb8
41. h4 Qc8 42. Re5 Rf7 43. Qe8 Qxe8 44. Rxe8 Rf6 45. Rc8 Kf7 46. Nxc6 Ne6 47.
Ne5+ Ke7 48. Rb8 Nc7 49. Kf2 Ra6 50. Rb7 Kd8 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Rg8 Ne8 53. Rh8
Ra3 54. Rxh5 Rxb3 55. Rg5 Ke6 56. Rg6+ Nf6 57. Rxg7 Ne4+ 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59. Kf3
Rb3+ 60. Kg2 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Rb1+ 62. Kg2 Rb2+ 63. Kf1 Rb1+ 64. Ke2 Rb2+ 65. Ke3
Rb3+ 66. Nd3 Kf6 67. Rg8 Kf7 68. Rd8 Nxg3 69. Rxd5 Ke6 70. Re5+ Kf6 71. h5 Ra3
72. Rxb5 Nf5+ 73. Kd2 Ra2+ 74. Kc3 Ra3+ 75. Kd2 Ra2+ 76. Kc1 Nd4 77. Rb6+ Kf5
78. Kb1 Rh2 79. Rd6 Ne2 80. Kc2 Nxf4+ 81. Kc3 Nxh5 82. b5 Nf6 83. Rd8 Ne4+ 84.
Kd4 Rh4 85. b6 Ng5+ 86. Kd5 Ne6 87. Rd6 Rd4+ 88. Kc6 Rc4+ 89. Kb5 Rc2 90. b7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "14107201"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

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. a4 Bb7 13. d5 c4 14. Na3 bxa4 15. Bxa4
Nc5 16. Bc2 Ncb3 17. Ra2 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc7 19. Qe3 f5 20. Nb1 Nb3 21. Ra4 a5 22.
exf5 Bxd5 23. Be4 Qc6 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Nbd2 Nc5 26. Rxc4 Rxf5 27. Ra1 a4 28.
Rb4 Rff8 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rfb8 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Bc5 33. Qxc5 Qxc5 34.
Rxc5 Rxb2 35. Ra3 h6 36. Rc4 Rc2 37. Rc7 Rb2 38. Rc4 Rb3 39. Rxb3 axb3 40. Rb4
Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Rb1 42. f4 b2 43. Kg3 Rc1 44. Rxb2 Rxc3+ 45. Kg4 Kf7 46. Rf2 Kf6
47. Rf3 Rc2 48. g3 Rc5 49. Ra3 Rb5 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Rc6 Ra5 52. Rd6 Rc5 53. Ra6
Rb5 54. Rd6 Ra5 55. Rd3 Rb5 56. Re3 Kf6 57. Rd3 Ra5 58. Rd6+ Kf7 59. f5 Ra4+ 60.
Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kf4 Ra4+ 62. Ke5 Ra3 63. Rd7+ Kg8 64. Kf4 Ra4+ 65. Kf3 Ra3+ 66. Kg4
Ra4+ 67. Kh5 Ra3 68. Kg4 Ra4+ 69. Kf3 Ra3+ 70. Kf4 Ra4+ 71. Ke3 Ra3+ 72. Rd3 Ra1
73. Kf4 Ra4+ 74. Kf3 Kf7 75. g4 Kf6 76. Rd6+ Kf7 77. Re6 Rb4 78. Re4 Rb3+ 79.
Re3 Rb4 80. Rc3 Ra4 81. Kg3 Ra5 82. Kh4 Rb5 83. Kh5 Kg8 84. Rd3 Kh7 85. Kh4 Kg8
86. Rd8+ Kh7 87. Rd7 Kg8 88. Rd8+ Kh7 89. Rd3 Kg8 90. Kg3 Kf7 91. Kf4 Ra5 92.
Rd7+ Kf8 93. Rd4 Kf7 94. h4 Ra1 95. Rd7+ Kf8 96. g5 Ra4+ 97. Ke5 Rxh4 98. g6 Rh1
99. Rd8+ Ke7 100. Rg8 Re1+ 101. Kf4 Rf1+ 102. Ke4 Re1+ 103. Kf4 Rf1+ 104. Kg4
Rg1+ 105. Kh3 Kf6 106. Rf8+ Kg5 107. Rf7 Rf1 108. Rxg7 Rxf5 109. Rg8 Rf6 110. g7
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

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 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. d4 Bb7 13. a4 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf8 15. Bc2
exd4 16. Nxd4 g6 17. axb5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. b3 Bg7 21. Bb2
Bb7 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. Qb1 Nh5 24. Bf1 c5 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. dxc5 Bxe4 27. Qa1 Bxf3
28. Bxf6 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Bxf6 30. gxf3 dxc5 31. Qa5 Bd4 32. Qxb5 Qd5 33. Qd3 Qg5+
34. Bg2 Qc1+ 35. Bf1 Qb2 36. Be2 Kg7 37. Qd1 h5 38. Kg2 Qa2 39. f4 Qa8+ 40. Bf3
Qb8 41. f5 Qf4 42. fxg6 fxg6 43. Qe2 Qg5+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Qd8 8. Nc3
c6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Re1 Na6 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. g3 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. g4 Bc8 15. Qd2
h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Rad1 Nf8 18. Be5 Bf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. d5 Rad8 21. Nd4 c5 22.
Nxf5+ gxf5 23. Ne2 e5 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Be2 h4 26. Nh5+ Kh8 27. Nf6 Nh7 28. Bh5
Qg7 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. f4 Rg8 31. Kh1 exf4 32. Qc3 Nxg5 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. d6 Ne4
35. Kh2 Rd8 36. d7 Nb8 37. Bf3 Nc6 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Rxe4 Nd4 40. Rg1+ Kf8 41.
Re8+ Rxe8 42. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "14107201"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nfxe4
15. Re1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Ba3 Ne6 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. f4 f5 20. Rab1 Rc7 21.
Rb2 Re8 22. Rbe2 Kd6 23. Nc4+ Kc5 24. Re5+ Kxc4 25. R1e3 Nxf4 26. Bf1+ Nd3 27.
Bxd3+ Kxc3 28. Bxf5+ Kb2 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Rxe8 Kxa2 31. Bxh7 c5 32. Kf2 c4 33.
Ke1 b5 34. Rb8 a6 35. Rb6 Ra7 36. h4 Kb2 37. Re6 b4 38. Re2+ Ka3 39. h5 c3 40.
Re3 Rc7 41. Re6 a5 42. Kd1 b3 43. Re3 Kb2 44. Ke1 c2 45. Re2 Ka3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. Be3 Na5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nd5 14. Bg5 Re8
15. Qd2 f6 16. Bh6 Bg4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nh4 Qd7 19. Ra5 Be6 20. Rxe6 Nxc3 21.
Re3 Nb5 22. Rh3 Nxd4 23. Nf5+ gxf5 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Ke6 26. Re3+ Kd6 27.
Qf7 e6 28. Qxf6 Kc7 29. h3 Nc6 30. Ra1 Rad8 31. b4 a6 32. Rc3 Qd6 33. Qh4 Rg8
34. b5 axb5 35. Qh7+ Qd7 36. Qh4 Qd5 37. g3 Kb6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2
Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. e4 Rc8 11. Re1 c5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. h4
h6 16. Qb1 b5 17. b4 dxc4 18. dxc5 Nd5 19. Nd4 a6 20. Nf1 Qc7 21. Nf5 exf5 22.
Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Red1 Nb8 25. Qxf5 Qe6 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. a3 a5 28. Bc3
axb4 29. axb4 Ra8 30. Qc2 Ra3 31. Kg2 Rb3 32. Rd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Qe8 34. Nd5 Nxe5
35. Rxh6 f5 36. Rd6 Nd3 37. Qd2 Rb1 38. Rg6 Ne5 39. Rg5 Qe6 40. Ne7+ Qxe7 41.
Qd5+ Rf7 42. Bxe5 Kh7 43. c6 Re1 44. Rh5+ Kg6 45. Rg5+ Kh7 46. Bxg7 Qe2 47. Bd4
Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 Rxe4 49. Bc3 Re6 50. Rh5+ Kg6 51. Rh8 Rfe7 52. h5+ Kg5 53. Bd2+
Kf6 54. Bc3+ Kg5 55. Kh3 f4 56. g4 Rxc6 57. Rg8+ Kh6 58. Kh4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. a3 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. h3
Be6 9. Nhf3 g6 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ngf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. Qe3 dxc4 11. Rxc4 Nd5 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qd3 b6 14. Rc1 Bb7
15. Nbd2 e5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rae8 18. Re1 h6 19. Re2 c5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Nb4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Nd6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rd8 25. Qc4 Nc6 26. f4 Nd4 27. Rf2
Rxd6 28. exd6 Qe4+ 29. Kh3 Rf5 30. g4 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kh3 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bg4
Bxg4 9. Qxg4 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qh3 N7f6 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nbd2 h6
15. Qg3 Rc8 16. Nb3 a5 17. a4 b6 18. c3 e6 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Nc4 Qd5 21. Nbd2 Nf5
22. Qe5 Rb8 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 24. Ra3 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Ne4 Qxe5 27. dxe5 Nxe4
28. exd6 Nxd6 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Ra2 Kf6 31. b3 Ne5 32. Re2 g5 33. f3 b5 34. axb5
Rxb5 35. Rb1 c5 36. Ree1 Rb8 37. Kf1 c4 38. bxc4 Rc8 39. Ke2 Rxc4 40. Kd2 Rc5
41. Kc2 Ng6 42. Re4 Nf4 43. g3 Nd5 44. c4 Nb4+ 45. Kb3 Ke7 46. Rd1 Rf5 47. Re3
Rc5 48. Re4 Rf5 49. f4 gxf4 50. Rxf4 Re5 51. Ka4 Na6 52. Rf3 Rc5 53. Rfd3 Nb8
54. Rc3 Nd7 55. Rb1 Ne5 56. Rb7+ Kd6 57. Kb3 Kc6 58. Rb8 Kd6 59. Rh8 Nc6 60.
Rxh6 Nd4+ 61. Ka4 Re5 62. Rf6 Re2 63. Rxf7 Rxh2 64. Kxa5 Kc5 65. Ka6 Nc6 66. Ra3
Rh8 67. Rc7 Ra8+ 68. Kb7 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. Na4 Be6 11. c4 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Naxc5 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 exd4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 Bc5 19. Bd3 e5 20. g3 Rf6 21. Rf2
Raf8 22. Raf1 Bd6 23. fxe5 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Bxe5 26. c5 Kf8 27. Ke2
Ke7 28. Bc4 Kd7 29. Bb5+ Kc7 30. Kd3 b6 31. c6 Kd6 32. b3 Kc5 33. a4 g5 34. Ke2
h5 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. h4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Kc5 38. Kf2 Kd6 39. Be2 Bf6 40. Kg3 Kxc6 41.
Bxh5 d3 42. Bd1 Kc5 43. h5 Kd4 44. Kf4 Be5+ 45. Kf5 Bg7 46. Bg4 Be5 47. h6 Bh8
48. h7 Be5 49. Ke6 Bh8 50. Kf5 Be5 51. Ke6 Bh8 52. Kf5 Be5 53. Bd1 Bh8 54. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be3
Ne5 9. f3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Qd2 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. Na4 Rfb8 15. c5
bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qd8 17. O-O Bf8 18. Rfd1 d5 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. e5 Rc7
22. b5 Nd7 23. Ne7+ Nxe7 24. Rxc7 axb5 25. Bxb5 Qb8 26. Rxd7 Qxb5 27. Rc7 Ng6
28. Bd4 h6 29. h3 Rxa3 30. Rc8 Kh7 31. Qc2 Be7 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rb1 Qd3 34. Qxd3
Rxd3 35. Bf2 Bg5 36. Bg3 h5 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. h4 Nxh4 39. Bxh4 Bxh4 40. Kh2 Bf2
41. Rxf7 Bd4 42. f4 Bf2 43. Rb1 Bg3+ 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Re7 Kf5 46. Rf7+ Ke4 47. f5
Kxe5 48. fxe6 Kxe6 49. Rxg7 h4 50. Rg5 Kd6 51. Kf1 Rd2 52. Rc1 Rf2+ 53. Kg1 Rd2
54. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. b3 Bb4 14. Bd2 O-O 15.
h4 Be7 16. h5 Rb4 17. Qe2 Rh4 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. g3 Bc5 20. gxh4 Qxh4 21. Be3
Nxe5 22. Bxc5 Nf3+ 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Kf1 e5 25. Rxe5 Bg4 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Ne2
Rh3 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Qh1+ 30. Ng1 Bf3 31. Bd4+ Kf7 32. b4 h5 33. Ke1 Qxg1+
34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Be3 Qg4 36. c3 h4 37. Bxa6 h3 38. a4 h2 39. a5 Qg1 40. Rxg1
hxg1=Q 41. Bd4 Qd1+ 42. Ke3 Be4 43. Bc5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "14107201"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
Bb7 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. e4 cxd4 14. exf5 Qf6 15.
Be4 exf5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Qd3 Rab8 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Re7 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 Rbc8 22. Rxd7 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Re1 Kg8 25. Re5 Nc6 26. dxc6 Rxd2 27.
g3 Rc2 28. Re7 Rxc6 29. Rxa7 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "14107201"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bf4
Qa5 9. Nb5 O-O-O 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Nxe4 13. Be7 Rde8 14. Ba3
e5 15. Bd3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 e4 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Nd8 19. Nd4 exd3 20. cxd3 Kb8 21.
Bd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

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 d5 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. a4 Qc8 13. Qe2 Qb7 14. b4 Rfd8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Nb1 Bd6 19. Na3 Na7 20. Be3 c6 21. Ng5
Bg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Qa2 Rf8 24. Nc4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nb5 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxf7+ Kf8
28. Rc1 Bc7 29. Bc4 Bb6 30. Qf2 Bd8 31. Bc5+ Ke8 32. Qg3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 a6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. g5 Ng8 13. f4 Bd6 14. Qf3 Ne7 15. O-O-O
Nf5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. Be1 Qc7 20. h4 Rd8 21. Bf2 Qa5 22.
Be2 Qa4 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Rd2 O-O 27. Rc2 Qa4 28. h5
Rc8 29. Bd1 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 Qc6 31. hxg6 Rc8 32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qb3+ Ke8 34. Rh8+
Nf8 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. Bxf5 Qc1+ 37. Ka2 Rd8 38. g6 Rd1 39. Qf7+ Kd8 40. Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe5 15. dxe5 c5 16. Bxb7 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qxb7 18. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d5 Ba6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c6
9. O-O Bb7 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Bg4 Na6 15.
Nxe6 Be5 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Be3 Nd3 20. f3 Qxc4 21. fxe4
Re8 22. Rad1 Ba6 23. Bd7 Re7 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qg6 Bd4 26. Bf5 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Bf2
28. Qxh5 Re5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. h3 Qd4 32. Bg4 Kg6 33. Qf8 Kh7 34.
Bf5+ g6 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 d6 9. c4 Nge7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nc3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Qd5+
Kh8 15. Nxf5 Qf6 16. O-O Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. f4 g6 19. Rae1 Kg7 20. Nd5 Rf7
21. Re4 Raf8 22. Rfe1 Nb8 23. g3 a5 24. Nc3 Na6 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. b3 Kf7 27. R4e2
Nc5 28. Nc3 c6 29. Rd2 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Nb5 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 a6
15. Nc3 b5 16. Bf2 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rbc8 18. Re1 Na5 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Rdd1 Rc7 21. b3
Na3+ 22. Kb2 Nc4+ 23. Kc1 Na3 24. c3 b4 25. Kb2 a5 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Rc1 Rfc8
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 Nb8 31. Bc5 Nc6 32. Ne2 f6 33. Nd4 fxe5 34.
Nxc6 Bxc6 35. fxe5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Velimirovic attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2
a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Kb1 Na5 11. Bd3 b5 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 b4 15. Na4
Nc5 16. b3 Nxa4 17. bxa4 d5 18. Bc1 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 O-O 21. f5 e5
22. Nb3 Nc4 23. f6 Bd6 24. fxg7 Rfc8 25. Rhf1 Qc6 26. Qf5 Rc7 27. Rf3 Qd7 28.
Qd3 Qg4 29. Rf6 Be7 30. h3 Qg2 31. Rff1 Kxg7 32. Qf5 Rf8 33. Rf2 Qc6 34. Rdf1
Qg6 35. Qg4 Qe6 36. Qh4 Kh8 37. Qh5 Bd8 38. h4 Kg8 39. Rf6 Qh3 40. R6f3 Qe6 41.
R3f2 Na3+ 42. Bxa3 bxa3 43. Qe2 e4 44. Rf5 Qc4 45. Qxc4 Rxc4 46. h5 e3 47. g6
hxg6 48. hxg6 f6 49. Rg1 Kg7 50. Nc5 Re8 51. Rh5 e2 52. Nd3 Rce4 53. Ne1 Bb6 54.
Rh7+ Kg8 55. Rgh1 Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "four pawns attack, 7.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Rad1 Rd8 15.
Qe1 Rd7 16. Qg3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 Bxg6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 Na5 21. b3 Nc6
22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Kg1 Rfd8 24. g4 a6 25. Kg2 Nb4 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rxd2 28.
Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nd7 30. Nb5 axb5 31. Bxb4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Kf7 33. Bc3 Bb1 34.
b4 Nb6 35. Bb3 Be4+ 36. Kg3 Bd5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Bd2 b5 39. h4 Ne7 40. h5 Nd5
41. Kf3 Nb6 42. Ke4 g5 43. Kd4 Na4 44. Be3 Kg7 45. Kd3 Kf7 46. Kc2 Ke8 47. Kb3
Kf7 48. Bc5 Ke8 49. Bd4 Kf7 50. Be3 Ke8 51. Ba7 Ke7 52. Kc2 Ke8 53. Be3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bb7
9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d5 Na7 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. axb5 Nxb5 15. Nbd2
Na7 16. Nc4 a5 17. Nfd2 a4 18. Bc2 b5 19. Ne3 Nd7 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. f4
Bc8 23. fxe5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxe5 25. Qf2 Nd7 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Qe2 Ne5 28. Nd4 Rfb8
29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Bd3 b4 31. Rxa4 bxc3 32. bxc3 Nc8 33. Rb4 Ne7 34. Bb5 Rc8 35.
Rb3 Rc7 36. Kh1 Rca7 37. Bc6 Rc8 38. Nb5 N7xc6 39. dxc6 Re7 40. c7 Qg6 41. Qd1
Nc4 42. Re1 Rxe4 43. Rb4 Rce8 44. Rxe4 Qxe4 45. h3 d5 46. Rxc4 Qxc4 47. Nd6 Qxc7
48. Nxe8 Qe5 49. Nxg7 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6
15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, classical"]
[WhiteFideId "14107201"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 15.
Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Qh3 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Bc3
g6 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh4 Nd7 24. Be4 Rd6 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Bg7 27. Rf1+ Rf6
28. Bd5+ Re6 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. Qg8+ Kd6 31. Rd1+ Kc6 32. Qxg7 Rd6 33. Re1 Re6
34. Qg8 Rf6 35. h3 Qd6 36. Qc8+ Kb6 37. Qd8+ Kc6 38. Ba5 Rf8 39. Qh4 Rf4 40. Qg3
Qf6 41. Kh2 Nc5 42. Bb4 Re4 43. Rd1 Qf4 44. Qxf4 exf4 45. Rd8 Ne6 46. Rd6+ Kb7
47. h4 Re2 48. Kg1 Kc7 49. Rxa6 Kd7 50. Kf1 Re4 51. c3 Ke8 52. Rb6 Re5 53. Rb7
Nd8 54. Rg7 Re6 55. Kf2 Nf7 56. Kf3 Rf6 57. Ke4 Kd7 58. Bc5 Ke6 59. Bd4 f3 60.
gxf3 Nd6+ 61. Kd3 Rxf3+ 62. Ke2 Rh3 63. Rxg6+ Kd5 64. Rg5+ Ke4 65. Re5+ Kf4 66.
Rd5 Nc4 67. Rxb5 Rh2+ 68. Bf2 Ne5 69. Rb8 Ng4 70. Rf8+ Ke4 71. a4 Rh1 72. Bg3
Kd5 73. Rf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 e6 8.
O-O-O Nf6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bc4 Ne8 12. Rhe1 Bd7 13. Bb3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nc7
15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. Bb3 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxd6 Bg4
21. a3 Re2 22. h3 Bc8 23. g4 h5 24. gxh5 Be7 25. Rd1 Re4 26. Bc7 Kf8 27. Bd5 Re3
28. Ng5 f6 29. Bb6 Re2 30. Bc4 Rh2 31. Ne6+ Kf7 32. f5 Ne5 33. Bd5 Kg8 34. Bg1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "14107201"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. e3 Bd6 8. b4
O-O 9. Bb2 f5 10. d3 Kh8 11. Be2 Qe8 12. O-O Qg6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nxd6
cxd6 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. f3 Nd7 18. e4 Bg8 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. d4 Qf6 21. Nxd6 Rf4 22.
dxe5 Ndxe5 23. Rad1 Rf8 24. Qc3 Qg6 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Rd2 Qg5 27. Ne4 Qh6 28. Rfd1
Ng4 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qc3+ Nge5 31. Rd6 Qh5 32. Nc5 R4f6 33. Nxb7 Rh6 34. Rxh6
Qxh6 35. Nd6 Be6 36. Ne4 Kh8 37. Rd6 Qg7 38. Kh1 Bf5 39. Ng3 Bg6 40. Bxa6 Ne7
41. Re6 N7c6 42. Bb5 Bf7 43. Nf5 Rd8 44. Be2 Nd4 45. Nxg7 Nxe2 46. Qa1 Nd3 47.
Nf5+ Rd4 48. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e3 e5 13. Nb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6
15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qc5 Nd5 20. h3 h6 21.
Bd2 Be2 22. Qc2 Bh5 23. Re5 Bg6 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Ba5 b6 27. Bc3 Nd5
28. Qf3 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 c5 31. a4 Qd2 32. Bf1 Be4 33. a5 Bc6 34. Bg2
Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 c4 37. axb6 axb6 38. Rb1 Qd3 39. Re1 b5 40. e6 fxe6
41. Rxe6 Qf5 42. Qe5 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Qb1 44. Re7 Rg1+ 45. Kf3 Qd3+ 46. Kf4 Qg6 47.
Qd5+ Kh7 48. Re6 Qc2 49. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 50. Kxf5 Rb1 51. Re2 Rd1 52. Rc2 Rd3 53. h4
Kg8 54. Ke6 Rf3 55. Rd2 Kh7 56. h5 Rd3 57. Rc2 g6 58. hxg6+ Kxg6 59. Re2 b4 60.
Re4 Rb3 61. Rxc4 Rxb2 62. Rg4+ Kh7 63. f4 b3 64. Kf7 Ra2 65. Rg7+ Kh8 66. Rg8+
Kh7 67. Rb8 b2 68. Kf6 Ra3 69. Rb7+ Kg8 70. Rb8+ Kh7 71. Rb7+ Kg8 72. Rxb2 Rxg3
73. Rb8+ Kh7 74. Rb7+ Kg8 75. f5 h5 76. Rb8+ Kh7 77. Kf7 Ra3 78. Re8 h4 79. Re4
Ra7+ 80. Kf6 Ra6+ 81. Kg5 h3 82. Rh4+ Kg7 83. Rxh3 Ra1 84. f6+ Kg8 85. Re3 Rg1+
86. Kf5 Kf7 87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Re5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Be2 exd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. c4 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 b6 18. g4 Bd7 19. h4 Re8 20. Kf1 Nc8 21. Bf4 Bf8
22. g5 Bd6 23. Be3 f5 24. Nf3 f4 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. Nh2 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 Nf5 28. Bg4
Bxg4 29. Nxg4 Re2 30. Bc3 Kf7 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rxh5 Kg6 33. Rh3 Kxg5 34. Nf6 Nd4
35. Nxh7+ Kg4 36. Rh6 Be5 37. Kf1 f3 38. Re1 Kf5 39. Rh5+ Ke4 40. Ng5+ Kd3 41.
Nxf3 Rxe1+ 42. Nxe1+ Kxc3 43. Rxe5 Kxc4 44. Ng2 Rd8 45. Ne3+ Kd3 46. Re7 c4 47.
Rxa7 c3 48. a4 Rg8 49. Rf7 Ne2 50. Ng2 c2 51. Ne1+ Kd2 52. Nf3+ Kd1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Qf6 6. Ne2 Ne7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Bf4 c6 9. Be5 Qh6 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qd3 Ne7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Ng3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 O-O
15. f4 f5 16. Nce2 Na6 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Nge2 b6 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. a4
Ne6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. a5 c5 24. Qb3 Rc6 25. Rfd1 Rfc8 26. c3 Kf7 27. axb6 axb6
28. Ra7 R6c7 29. Ra6 Rc6 30. Ra7 R6c7 31. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qh4 Rc8 12. b4 Ne7 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. Qf4 Qc7
15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rfd1 Re8
21. Kf1 Nd4 22. e3 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Nxe6
Rxe6 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne4 c5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5+ Kd7 20. c3
Kc6 21. Kh2 Nd6 22. f4 f6 23. Bh4 fxe5 24. fxe5 Nc4 25. b3 Nb6 26. Kg3 c4 27.
Re4 cxb3 28. axb3 g6 29. Kf4 Nd5+ 30. Kg5 b5 31. c4 bxc4 32. Rxc4+ Kd7 33. Kh6
Ne3 34. Rd4+ Kc6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rxe5 37. Kxg6 Rb5 38. b4 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5
40. Bf2 Nd5 41. Bh4 Ne3 42. Bf6 Nxg4 43. Rxg4 Rd5 44. Rc4+ Rc5 45. Re4 Rd5 46.
Be5 Kb6 47. Kf5 c5 48. Re1 c4 49. Ke4 Rd3 50. Rb1+ Kc5 51. Rb8 Rd1 52. Rc8+ Kb4
53. Bd4 Kb3 54. Kd5 Rc1 55. Rb8+ Kc2 56. Kxc4 Kd2+ 57. Kd5 Rc7 58. Ke4 Re7+ 59.
Be5 Ke2 60. Rb2+ Ke1 61. Kd4 Re8 62. Bf4 Re2 63. Rb3 Re8 64. Be3 Ke2 65. Rb2+
Kf3 66. Rf2+ Kg3 67. Rf7 Kg4 68. Bf4 Kf3 69. Be5+ Ke2 70. Ke4 Re6 71. Rf8 Re7
72. Rh8 Re6 73. Rh2+ Ke1 74. Kf4 Re8 75. Bc3+ Kd1 76. Kf3 Re6 77. Bd4 Kc1 78.
Be3+ Kb1 79. Rd2 Rc6 80. Ke4 Rc2 81. Rd1+ Kb2 82. Bd4+ Kb3 83. Kd3 Rg2 84. Rb1+
Ka2 85. Rb8 Rg3+ 86. Kc4 Rh3 87. Rb2+ Ka3 88. Rb1 Rh2 89. Rb8 Ka2 90. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. h3 Bh5 7. e4 Ngf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qe1 a5 12. a3 dxe4 13. dxe4 b5 14. Nh4 Nc5 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Qe3 Nfd7 17. Nf3 f6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rd2 Ne6 20. Rad1 Nb6 21. h4 Bc5 22.
Qe2 Rad8 23. Bh3 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Nd7 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. Bc1 Ndc5 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8
Qxd8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Na4 31. Nh6+ gxh6 32. Bxe6+ Kg7 33. g4 Be8 34. Bd2 Qd6
35. Bf5 Bg6 36. Qe3 Kg8 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Bxf5 39. exf5 Be7 40. g6 hxg6 41.
fxg6 Qd7 42. Qe4 Nb6 43. Qh4 Bd8 44. Qh5 Nc4 45. Bc1 f5 46. Bg5 e4 47. Nh4 Bxg5
48. Qxg5 e3 49. fxe3 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qd2+ 51. Ng2 Kg7 52. Kh3 Qf2 53. Qe7+ Kxg6 54.
Nf4+ Kh6 55. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Ne4 12. Qc1 c6 13. O-O Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5
15. f4 Qe7 16. f5 f6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. a3 Na6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Ba2+ Kh8 21. Rae1
Qd8 22. Rxe4 Be8 23. Rfe1 Bf7 24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. d5 h6 26. Qe3 Qb6 27. dxc6 bxc6
28. b4 Nc7 29. Kh2 Qxe3 30. R1xe3 a5 31. Rd3 axb4 32. axb4 Rb8 33. Rc4 Na6 34.
Rdd4 Rfb7 35. Rxc6 Nxb4 36. Rcd6 Rb6 37. Ne2 Nc6 38. Rd2 Ne7 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40.
g4 Kg8 41. Nf4 Rb8 42. Rd7 Re8 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Kg3 Rc8 45. Nxg7 Rc3+ 46. Kh4
Kxg7 47. Rxe7+ Kg8 48. Kh5 Rxh3+ 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Rb7 Kf8 52. Kxf6
Ke8 53. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14107201"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Ne5 12. b3 Re8 13. Rc1 Ned7 14. Re1 Rb8 15.
Bd4 Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nb5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Rc5 21.
Bxf6 exf6 22. Ned4 a6 23. Na3 Bh6 24. Ra1 Nd6 25. c4 f5 26. Nac2 Ne4 27. Nb4 Ra8
28. Nd5 b5 29. b4 Rxc4 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Nc6 Rb6 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34.
Nd5 Rc6 35. f4 Nxg3 36. Kg2 Ne4 37. Rac1 Kf8 38. a4 Bg7 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Rc5
41. b6 Bb2 42. Rc2 c3 43. b7 Rb5 44. Nxc3 Bxc3 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. b8=Q Rxb8 47.
Rxb8 h6 48. Rb3 Bd2 49. Kf3 g5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Rb6 Bc3 52. Rc6 Be5 53. Ra2 g4+
54. hxg4 Ng5+ 55. Kg2 fxg4 56. Ra7 Nf3 57. Rc4 Kg6 58. Rxg4+ Ng5 59. Rc4 f6 60.
Kf1 Kf5 61. Ke2 Ke6 62. Kd3 Kf5 63. Ra2 Ke6 64. Rc6+ Kf5 65. Rf2+ Kg6 66. Kc4
Nh3 67. Rf1 Nf4 68. Ra6 Kf5 69. Kc5 Kg6 70. Kc6 Kf5 71. Kd7 Kg6 72. Ra2 Kf5 73.
Ke7 Kg5 74. Kf7 Kf5 75. Ke7 Kg5 76. Kd7 Kf5 77. Kc6 Ke6 78. Kc5 Nd3+ 79. Kc4 Nf4
80. Kb3 Kf5 81. Kc2 Kg6 82. Ra6 Nh3 83. Kd3 Ng5 84. Kc4 Nh3 85. Kd5 Nf4+ 86. Ke4
Nh3 87. Kf3 Kf5 88. Kg2+ Nf4+ 89. Kg3 Kg5 90. Ra8 Ne6+ 91. Kf3 Kf5 92. Ke3+ Kg6
93. Rg8+ Kf7 94. Rg2 Nc5 95. Rc1 Ne6 96. Ke4 Ke7 97. Rd1 Nc5+ 98. Kf5 Ne6 99.
Rg4 Bd6 100. Rh4 Ng7+ 101. Kg6 Ne8 102. Rh7+ Ke6 103. Rf7 Be5 104. Rdd7 Nd6 105.
Rfe7+ Kd5 106. Ra7 Nc4 107. Ra6 Nd6 108. Rh7 Nc4 109. Rxf6 Bxf6 110. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. f4 Ne7 8. Nf3
Nf5 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Nd4 11. e5 f6 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. exf6 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Qxf6 16. Be3 d4 17. Bd2 e5 18. Qg2 Bf5 19. fxe5 Qe6 20. Bh6 Bh3 21. Rxf8+
Rxf8 22. Qe4 Rf5 23. Qh4 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe3 g6 8. c4
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bd7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b3 Qa5 13. a3 Qc5 14. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "310204"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3
c6 9. a4 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Kh7 12. a5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. Red1 Ne6 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bf8 18. Rdd1 Nd7 19. Nb1 Nc7 20. Nbd2 f6 21. Nc4 Nb5
22. Ne1 Nc5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Be6 25. b3 Red8 26. Rad1 Be7 27. f4 exf4 28.
gxf4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Kf2 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Na3 33. a6 bxa6 34.
e5 fxe5 35. fxe5 Nxc4 36. e6 Nxe3 37. Kxe3 Kg7 38. Bxc6 Kf6 39. Bd7 Ke5 40. c3
Be7 41. Kf3 a5 42. Kg4 Kd5 43. Be8 Kxe6 44. Bxg6 Kd5 45. Kf3 Kc4 46. Ke2 Kxc3
47. Kd1 Bg5 48. Be8 Bf4 49. Bd7 h5 50. Be8 h4 51. Bd7 Kd3 52. Bf5+ Kc3 53. Bd7
Kb2 54. Be8 Be3 55. Bd7 Kc3 56. Be8 Bd2 57. Bd7 Bh6 58. Be8 Kb2 59. Bd7 Bf8 60.
Be8 Ba3 61. Bd7 Kc3 62. Be8 Bb2 63. Bd7 Ba1 64. Kc1 Kd3 65. Kb1 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E83"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Panno formation"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "14107201"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Na5 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bh6 Be6 11. d5 Bd7 12. c5 c6 13. cxd6 exd6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd1 b4 17. Nce2 b3 18. a3 d5 19. Nd4 dxe4 20. Ndf5+ Kh8 21. Qc3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, hedgehog, flexible formation"]
[WhiteFideId "4151348"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4138147"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. a4 Nc5 8. Bf3
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Nb3 b6 14. axb6 Rxb6 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Rc4 Qd7 20. b3 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Bc5 Rfd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rd4 Qc7 25. Rd1 Rdc8 26. c4 Nb4 27. Bb7 Bxb7
28. Nxb7 Nc6 29. Rd7 Qe5 30. h3 h6 31. c5 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Nd6 Rxb3 34. Qc2
Rb8 35. Qc3 a5 36. Rd3 e5 37. Kh2 a4 38. Qc4 Rb4 39. Qa6 Rf4 40. Ne8 Qa7 41.
Qxc6 a3 42. Rd8 Kh7 43. Ra8 Qe7 44. Rxa3 Rxf2 45. Rg3 g6 46. Nd6 h5 47. Rf3 Qh4
48. Qe4 Qxe4 49. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4198603"]
[BlackFideId "3503240"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Nf3
e6 9. Qb3 Bb4 10. Ne5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. a4 Qa5 14. Be2 Rfc8
15. f3 Nd7 16. Bd6 Qb6 17. Qa3 Rc6 18. a5 Qd8 19. c4 dxc4 20. e4 Bg6 21. Rxc4
Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Bb3 Qg5 24. O-O Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qe3 27. Bxe6 Rc3
28. Qa1 fxe6 29. Bf4 Qxf4 30. Qxc3 Nf8 31. Qc8 Qe5 32. g3 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Qxe4+
34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf3+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Qxh2+ 38. Kc1 Qxg3 39. Rd8 Qf4+
40. Kd1 Qf7 41. Rd2 Qf1+ 42. Kc2 Qf5+ 43. Kd1 Qb1+ 44. Ke2 Qb5+ 45. Kd1 Qxa5 46.
Qxb7 Qa4+ 47. Ke1 Qa1+ 48. Ke2 Qe5+ 49. Kd1 Qf5 50. Qxa6 h5 51. Re2 h4 52. Ke1
Kh7 53. Qc4 Qb1+ 54. Kd2 Qb2+ 55. Ke1 Qa1+ 56. Kd2 Qf6 57. Ke1 e5 58. Qg4 Ng6
59. Qh5+ Kg8 60. Rb2 Qd6 61. Rd2 Qb6 62. Qf5 Qg1+ 63. Ke2 Nf4+ 64. Kf3 Qg3+ 65.
Ke4 Qe1+ 66. Kf3 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3503240"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. Ne2 b4 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba6 17. g4 Rfc8 18. f5 Rc6 19. f6 Nf8 20. b3 Qc7 21. h4 Rc8
22. Rc1 gxf6 23. exf6 e5 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Qg5+ Ng6 26. h5 exd4 27. hxg6 fxg6
28. Qxd5+ Qf7 29. Qxd4 Rxf6 30. Qxb4 Rf4 31. Qd6 Rf6 32. Qd3 Rf3 33. Qa6 Rf8 34.
Rcd1 Rf2 35. Qc6 Rf6 36. Qb5 a6 37. Qd3 a5 38. Qb5 Rf4 39. Rd7 Rf1+ 40. Rxf1
Qxf1+ 41. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kb2 Rf4 43. c4 Rxg4 44. c5 Rg2+ 45. Kc3 Kf8 46. c6 Ke8
47. Rd1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "4198603"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
Ng6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rb1 d4 15.
Nb5 Ncxe5 16. Nbxd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc7 18. c4 Rc5 19. Nd2 Rg5 20. Qc3 Ba5 21. Qe3
Re5 22. Qd3 Rg5 23. Qe3 Re5 24. Qd3 Rg5 25. g3 e5 26. N4f3 Rh5 27. Qe3 Bc6 28.
Re2 Qd7 29. Ne4 Qg4 30. Nfd2 Nf4 31. Ree1 Rxh2 32. Qxf4 exf4 33. Kxh2 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4138147"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Bf4 Re8 13. c6 bxc6 14. Nxc6
Qxa2 15. Be2 Qa3 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. O-O Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qc5 19. Nd4 a5 20. Nf5 g6 21.
Qg4 Ne5 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Qh4 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxe5+ Rxe5 26. Ng4 Re6 27. f3
Nd2 28. Rfd1 Nb3 29. Rc2 h5 30. Nf2 Rxe3 31. Nd3 Rc8 32. Kf2 d4 33. c4 Kf8 34.
c5 a4 35. c6 Ke7 36. Nb4 Kd6 37. Ra2 Kc5 38. Nc2 Rc3 39. Ne1 Kb5 40. Rb2 R8xc6
41. Kg3 a3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14107201"]
[BlackFideId "4151348"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8. h3
Bf5 9. O-O e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. c4 Nf4 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Rad1 Bf4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 h6 20. h4 Rad8 21. h5
Ne7 22. Ne5 Nf5 23. Rf3 c5 24. g4 Nd6 25. Qf4 cxd4 26. exd4 Nxc4 27. Rc1 b5 28.
Nxc4 Qxf4 29. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "310204"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nc2 Ng4 10. Bd2 h5 11. h3 Nge5 12. Ne3 g5 13. Ne4 Bh6 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nxg5
e6 16. h4 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. e4 Ng4 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. Rae1 Be5
22. f3 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Ne5 24. f4 Bd3 25. Qd1 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Nf5 27. Kg2 Qb6 28.
Qa4+ Ke7 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Kh3 Qf2 31. Ne4 Qf3 32. Be2 b5 33. Bg5+ Kf8 34. Qc2
Nd4 35. Bxf3 Nxc2 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. Be7 Ne3 38. Re1 Nf5 39. Bg5 Rac8 40. g4 Rc2
41. gxh5 Rh2+ 42. Kg4 Rf8 43. h6+ Nxh6+ 44. Kh5 Rh8 45. Rg1 Nf5+ 46. Kg4 Kg6 47.
Bd1 Nxh4 48. Bf4 Rg2+ 49. Rxg2 Nxg2 50. Bxe5 dxe5 51. Kf3 Nf4 52. d6 Kf5 53. Bb3
Rh3+ 54. Ng3+ Kf6 55. Kg4 Rh7 56. Ne4+ Kg6 57. Bc2 Rh8 58. Nc3+ Kf6 59. Ne4+ Ke6
60. Bb3+ Kd7 61. Kf5 Rh5+ 62. Kf6 a5 63. a4 Rh6+ 64. Kxe5 Nd3+ 65. Kd4 Nxb2 66.
axb5 a4 67. Bd5 a3 68. b6 Rxd6 69. Nxd6 Kxd6 70. b7 Kc7 71. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. e3
Be6 9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nge2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6
15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

