[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3
Be6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rfc1 Rd7 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Bxa7 Bxb3 19. Bb6 Rd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Bxd1 21. Ba5 b6 22. Bxb6 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4147235"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Nbd2 a4 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Bg3 Qf7 14. Qc2 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nb6 17. b4 a3 18. Re3 Ra4 19. Rc3 Rxb4 20. Rxa3 Be6 21. Ra5
Nc4 22. Qc3 Nxa5 23. Qxb4 b6 24. a4 Rd8 25. Qc3 Bg4 26. Ne1 Qd7 27. Nc2 Be6 28.
Nf3 Bf7 29. Ne3 Bh5 30. d5 cxd5 31. Nxd5 Bf7 32. Rd1 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qe7 34. Qd3
Rd6 35. Qa6 Rxd5 36. exd5 Qd7 37. Nd4 Kf7 38. Qa7 g6 39. Nb5 Qxd5 40. Qxc7+ Kg8
41. f3 Qd2 42. Qe7 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qh6+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Qe2 Qxe2+ 47.
Kxe2 Kf7 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Kc3 f5 50. Kb4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Ne5 Be6 14. f4 Rd8 15.
Na4 Bc8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Qc3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 h5 19. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24104272"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nb3 a5 14. Bd2 a4 15. e4
Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. a3 Be7 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Qc3 f6 21. Nh4 Be6 22.
Nf5 Rfd8 23. Bf3 Bf8 24. Bg4 Bf7 25. Rd1 Bb3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc1 g6 28. Nh4 h5
29. Be2 Bh6 30. f4 exf4 31. Qxf6 Bg7 32. Qxg6 Qf7 33. e5 Rd2 34. Bf3 Qxg6 35.
Nxg6 Kh7 36. Nxf4 Bxe5 37. Bxc6 Bxb2 38. Be4+ Kh6 39. c6 Rd8 40. c7 Rc8 41. Rc6+
Kg7 42. Bf5 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109336"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 fxe4 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. Qh5 Rc8 15.
O-O Ne7 16. Rad1 Rc5 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. b4 Rc3 19. Nb1 Rc4 20. Nd2 Rxb4 21. c3
Ra4 22. c4 h6 23. Bc6+ Kf8 24. Ne4 Rxc4 25. Rxd6 Rxe4 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Bxe4 Ke7
28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bd5 Qe8 31. Qf3 b4 32. Qg4 Qb5 33. Bb3 Kf8 34.
Qc8+ Qe8 35. Qxa6 Kg8 36. Qc4 e4 37. Kg2 Qe7 38. Qd5 e3 39. fxe3 Be5 40. Qe4 Kg7
41. Qg4+ Qg5 42. Qxb4 Qxe3 43. Qc4 Qd2+ 44. Kf3 Qc3+ 45. Ke4 Qxc4+ 46. Bxc4 Bc7
47. Kf5 Bb6 48. a4 Bg1 49. h3 Bf2 50. g4 Be1 51. Ke5 f6+ 52. Kd6 h5 53. Kc6 hxg4
54. hxg4 Kf8 55. Kb6 Bf2+ 56. Ka6 Ke7 57. a5 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. b4 c4 16. Bc2 Rd8 17. a4 a6 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21. Nd4 Ne7
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Bg4 24. Rdc1 Bf5 25. Ra1 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 g6 27. Ra4 Nf5 28.
Nc6 Re8 29. h3 Ne7 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 g6 6. e4 b5 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bg2 Bf5
9. O-O e6 10. Ne1 h5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. Qe2 c3 14. a5 Be7 15. bxc3 Bxe4
16. Bxe4 Nxc3 17. Qf3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 O-O 21. Bb2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bg5 c5 13. dxc5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Nxc5 15.
Qb4 gxf6 16. Qf4 Kh8 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. a3 Rc8 20. Qe3 Bd5 21. Rxd5
exd5 22. Bh3 Rd8 23. Bf5 Rg8 24. Rd1 Bd6 25. Qh6 Rg7 26. Rd4 Qxe2 27. Bxh7 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "14109336"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Bf5 11. a3 a5 12. b3 Qd7 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Bd6 15. Bb2
Ne5 16. Ncxd4 Bg6 17. Bf1 Bh5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nb5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 c6 21. Nd4
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Nc2 c5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Bf3 27. Re7 Qc6
28. Ne1 Bd5 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Qd4 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "24104272"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 fxe6 7. h4 h5 8. Bd3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 Qd6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Qg6+ Kd8 12. Nd2 Ngf6 13. O-O-O e5 14. gxh5 exd4 15.
f4 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf5 Nf7 18. Rf1 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Nd7 20. Ne2 Kc7 21. Nf4
Be7 22. Re1 Rhe8 23. Ne6+ Kb6 24. Nxg7 Rf8 25. Qg4 Rf4 26. Qg3 Rf7 27. Qxd6 Bxd6
28. Ne6 Rg8 29. g6 Rf6 30. Nxd4 Bf4 31. Ref1 Ne5 32. Ne2 Bxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Nc4+ 34.
Ke1 Re6 35. Rfg1 Ne5 36. Rg3 Kc5 37. b3 Kd6 38. Kd2 c5 39. Nf4 Rf6 40. h6 Rxf4
41. g7 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. a4
Re8 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Qb3 Qg5 18. Rfd1 Qf5 19. Qe3 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21.
Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxd5 Rxe2 24. Rxd7 Rxb2 25. Rc7 g6 26. Rxc5 Ra6 27.
a5 Kg7 28. Ra4 Rf6 29. Rf4 Rxf4 30. gxf4 Ra2 31. Kg2 Ra3 32. h4 Kf6 33. f3 Ra2+
34. Kg3 h5 35. Rb5 Ra4 36. Rb6+ Kf5 37. a6 Ra2 38. Rb5+ Kf6 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. Rc6
Ra3 41. Rc5+ Kf6 42. Rc6+ Kf5 43. Rc7 Rxa6 44. Rxf7+ Ke6 45. Rb7 Kf6 46. Rb5 Ra1
47. Rb6+ Kf5 48. Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4147235"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8.
Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 Re8 11. Nf3 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bf5
15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qb3 b6 19. Qa4 Rxe5 20. Qxg4 Qc8 21.
Qa4 Qe8 22. Qc2 c5 23. O-O Rd8 24. Rfd1 Qf7 25. b4 d4 26. exd4 Rxd4 27. bxc5
Rxc5 28. Qb2 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. g4 h6 31. g3 Kh7 32. Rd3 Rc7 33. Kh2 Qg7 34.
Qd2 Rf7 35. Rd6 Rf6 36. Rd5 Rf7 37. f4 Qa1 38. Rd6 Qxa3 39. f5 g5 40. Qd4 Rg7
41. Qf6 Qa2+ 42. Kh3 Qc4 43. Qxh6+ Kg8 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rd1 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "4147235"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. h4 Nf4 7. d4 exd4 8.
Bxf4 dxc3 9. bxc3 Bc5 10. Qd5 d6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qd5 O-O 14.
O-O h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Qxd4 c6 8.
Be2 Qb6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 d6 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Na4 Qd8
15. c4 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. Ba1 Bf6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
bxc4 22. bxc4 Be5 23. Ne4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Nf4 25. Qc2 Qd4 26. f3 d5 27. cxd5 cxd5
28. Ng5 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Rad1 Nb4 31. Rd2 Re3 32. Kg1 Rc8 33. Rfd1 a5 34.
Nh3 Ra3 35. Nf4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Nxa2 37. Nxd5 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Nxc1 39. Nc3 Nd3 40.
Kf1 Kf7 41. g3 Ke6 42. Ke2 Nb4 43. f4 Kd6 44. Kd2 Kc5 45. Kc1 Nd3+ 46. Kc2 Nf2
47. Kb3 Ng4 48. Ka4 Nxh2 49. Kxa5 Nf1 50. g4 Ne3 51. Ne4+ Kd5 52. Nf2 Nxg4 53.
Nxg4 Ke4 54. Kb4 Kxf4 55. Nf2 Kf3 56. Nd3 h5 57. Kc3 h4 58. Kd2 h3 0-1

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "24104272"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2 Bf5
9. Nh4 Be6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Nd2 a5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15.
Rfd1 Nd7 16. Qe2 a4 17. Bf3 axb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Ra8 21. Bg2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ra3 23. Rb1 c5 24. Qe4 cxd4 25. Qxe7 Qc6+ 26. Kg1 Ra8 27. Qe1 Bf6
28. Rd1 Nc5 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nxb3 31. Rd1 Qxc4 32. Qe7 Qc6 33. Qg5 Nd4 34.
Qe3 Ne6 35. Nf3 Qc2 36. Rc1 Qb2 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. h4 Qb5 39. Ng5 Qd5+ 40. Kg1 Nxg5
41. hxg5 Qe6 42. Qf4 Rc8 43. Rb1 Qd5 44. Qg4 Rc4 45. Qe2 Re4 46. Qc2 Re8 47. Qc7
Qxg5 48. Qxb7 Qf5 49. Rc1 h5 50. Qc6 Rb8 51. Qc2 Qg4 52. Qc7 Re8 53. Qc6 Rd8 54.
Kg2 Qg5 55. Rc4 Qe5 56. Re4 Qa1 57. Rf4 Qa7 58. Qe4 Qd7 59. Qf3 Re8 60. Kh2 Re5
61. Kg2 Rd5 62. Kh2 Rd4 63. Qa8+ Kh7 64. Rxd4 Qxd4 65. Kg1 Kg7 66. Qf3 Qa1+ 67.
Kg2 Qe5 68. Kg1 Qe1+ 69. Kg2 Qe6 70. Kg1 Qc4 71. Kg2 Kf8 72. Qa8+ Ke7 73. Qb7+
Kd6 74. Qb8+ Kd5 75. Qb7+ Kd4 76. Qb2+ Ke4 77. Qb1+ Ke5 78. Qa1+ Ke6 79. Kg1 Kf5
80. Qd1 Kg5 81. Qd8+ f6 82. Qd7 h4 83. gxh4+ Qxh4 84. Qd5+ Kh6 85. Qd8 Qg4+ 86.
Kf1 Qc4+ 87. Kg1 Kg5 88. Qe7 Qg4+ 89. Kf1 Qd1+ 90. Kg2 Qd4 91. Qb7 Qg4+ 92. Kf1
Qc4+ 93. Kg2 Kf5 94. Qf3+ Ke6 95. Qh3+ f5 96. Qh8 Qe4+ 97. Kg1 Qe1+ 98. Kg2 Qe4+
99. Kg1 f4 100. Qf8 f3 101. Qc8+ Kf6 102. Qd8+ Kf5 103. Qc8+ Kg5 104. Qd8+ Kg4
105. Qc8+ Qf5 106. Qc7 Kh4 107. Qh7+ Qh5 108. Qc7 Qg5+ 109. Kf1 Qg2+ 110. Ke1
Qg1+ 111. Kd2 Qxf2+ 112. Kd3 Qe2+ 113. Kd4 g5 0-1

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109336"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Be7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Rhe1 O-O
15. Qd4 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. Ng3 g6 20. g5 Nh7 21. f5 Kh8 22.
f6 hxg5 23. fxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxb4 gxh4 25. Ne2 Ng5 26. Bg4 Rcd8 27. Nc3 f5 28. exf5
gxf5 29. Be2 Nf3 30. Rf1 Nxh2 31. Rg1 Nf3 32. Rg6 Kh7 33. Rdxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6
Rf6 0-1

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Nc3 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. d3
Bb4 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Nge4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 f5 20. Nd2
Rxc2 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Qb3 Rxd2 23. Qxb4 Rxd3 24. Qxf4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Rfd1
Rfd8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. Re1 Kg8 30. Re2 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rd2 32. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 Nxb3 10. axb3 b4 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Ba7 Rb5 15.
c4 Rb7 16. Rxa6 c6 17. Ne3 c5 18. Nd5 d6 19. Qa1 Be7 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. Qa4 O-O 22.
Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Ra5 Bb7 24. Kd2 f5 25. Ke3 Nf4 26. g3 Ne6 27. h4 Bd8 28. Bxd8 Nxd8
29. Rf1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qc2 Qd5 6. Nc3 Qc5 7. d4 cxd3 8.
Qxd3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Qb1 c6 12. e4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qa5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. a4 Na6 8. O-O Nc7
9. h3 Bf5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Qd6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bd2
e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd2 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qd5 20. Qc2 Na6 21. Qb2
Rfd8 22. Rfc1 c5 23. axb5 Nxb4 24. Ne5 h5 25. Qc3 Na2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Nc6 Rd7
28. Qxc5 Re8 29. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Ra8 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. Nb3 f5 14. c5 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Bf5 16. Ng5 dxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxd5 18. Be3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nd6 20. g4 Bc2 21. Rd2 e4
22. Rc1 Bd3 23. Nxd3 exd3 24. Rxd3 Nc6 25. Bd1 Bh6 26. Bb3+ Kh8 27. Rxc6 bxc6
28. Bd4+ Bg7 29. Rh3 h5 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Ne6+ Kh6 32. g5+ Kh7 33. Nxf8+ Rxf8
34. Re3 Nf5 35. Rd3 Nd6 36. Rc3 Rf5 37. h4 c5 38. Bc2 Rd5 39. Re3 Nf5 40. Bxf5
gxf5 41. a5 c4 42. a6 Ra5 43. Re7+ Kg8 44. Rxc7 Rxa6 45. Kg2 Ra4 46. Kg3 c3 47.
Rxc3 Rg4+ 48. Kh3 f4 49. Rc4 Kg7 50. Ra4 Kg6 51. Ra6+ Kf5 52. Ra5+ Ke4 53. Ra3
Kf5 54. Ra1 Ke4 55. Ra3 Kf5 56. Rb3 Ke5 57. Rc3 Kf5 58. Rc8 Ke4 59. Rc3 Kf5 60.
f3 Rg3+ 61. Kh2 Ke5 62. Rd3 Ke6 63. Ra3 Ke5 64. Rd3 Ke6 65. Rb3 Ke5 66. Ra3 Ke6
67. Ra6+ Ke5 68. Rh6 Kd4 69. Rxh5 Ke3 70. Rh6 Kf2 71. Rf6 Rg2+ 72. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "14109336"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nd2 Nd5 9. Bg3 N7b6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. O-O Rxa3 18. Qg4 Qd7 19. c4 Ra4 20. Rfd1
Qe7 21. h3 h6 22. Bf4 Kh7 23. Qg3 Rc8 24. d5 Ba6 25. Rd4 exd5 26. cxd5 Rxd4 27.
exd4 Qe4 28. Be5 f6 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Qxd5 31. Bxb6 Bc8 32. Bc5 Bf5 33. Kh2
Be4 34. f3 Bg6 35. Qc7 Bf7 36. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "24104272"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2
Be7 9. Be3 Bxh4 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 g6 13. g4 hxg4 14. Ne4 Nh6 15.
Ng2 Nf5 16. O-O-O Nxe3 17. fxe3 f5 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nf4 Kg8 20. Qc4 Nf8 21. Nxg6
Nxg6 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4147235"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bd6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be2 Be7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Rd7 Ne5 22. Bxb7 Nxd7 23. Bxa8 Qxb2 24. Bd5 Nf6 25. Bb3 a5 26. Qe3 a4
27. Bc4 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qb8+ 29. g3 Qb2 30. Kg2 Qb4 31. Qd3 Qb7+ 32. Qf3 Qc8 33.
Bf1 Nd7 34. a3 Ne5 35. Qd5 Qc3 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qxa4 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qb7 39. Qc2+
g6 40. Bg2 Qb5 41. Qc3 Nd7 42. Bf1 Qf5 43. a4 Ne5 44. Bg2 Nd3 45. Qc2 Qd7 46.
Qd2 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. f4 e5 8. f5
Nf6 9. g4 h6 10. Qf3 Bc5 11. Bd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 O-O-O 15.
O-O-O Rd4 16. Be2 Qa5 17. b3 Rhd8 18. Be3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Qd8+ 21.
Kc1 Bd4 22. h3 Ne8 23. Bd3 c5 24. Ne2 f6 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bd2 a5 27. h4 Nd6 28.
g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Kb8 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qg4 Qh8 32. Kb2 Ka7 33. Be1 Qh1 34. Bh4
Nxe4 35. Bxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Bxf6 Bxf5 38. Bxe5 d3 39. cxd3 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24104272"]
[BlackFideId "4147235"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4
15. b3 h5 16. h4 Bg4 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. Nf3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109336"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bb5 7. O-O Bxe2 8. Qxe2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Nbd2 Nf5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bf4 h6 14. Rad1 Qa6
15. Rd3 Qxa2 16. Nfd4 Nfxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Qg4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 g6
21. Bc1 h5 22. Qf3 Rc4 23. h4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb1 25. Qd1 b5 26. g3 O-O 27. g4
hxg4 28. Rxg4 Qf5 29. Qe2 Rc8 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Rxg5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Rc4 33. Rg4
Rxg4+ 34. Qxg4 Qxb2 35. Qg5 Qe2 36. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Ne4 15. f5
exf5 16. Qh5 Bd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bh6 gxh6 19. Qxf5 Ndf6 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21.
Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Be6 Qd6 23. Rfe1 Rf8 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rf4 26. Qd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a3 a6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Re3
Nf6 15. Rae1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Re8 17. h3 Qc7 18. Ne5 Red8 19. Ng4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4
21. Rxe4 Qc1+ 22. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kh2 a5 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Kf8 26. Ne3 b5 27.
g4 Rc5 28. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. a4 b6
9. Na3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Nxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Qb2 Ng4 15. e3
Bd5 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Bb2 Ngf6 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nxa5 Qc7 20. Rdc1 Qb6 21. Ne5 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Rfc8 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Qd3 Rc7 25. Qc3 Nf6 26. Ra4 Rac8 27. Rc4 Ne8 28.
Qd2 f6 29. Kh3 Nd6 30. Ra4 Qb5 31. Kg2 Rd7 32. Rd1 Bb6 33. Qd3 Rcc7 34. Qxb5
Nxb5 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Nc4 Bc5 37. Ra5 Rb7 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. g4 Be7 40. Rc6 Rd7
41. Rc8 Rd3 42. Na5 Bb4 43. Rb8 a6 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. Nc4 Rxb3 46. h4 Bf8 47. h5+
Kh6 48. e4 Rb4 49. Bc1+ g5 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51. f4 Nd4 52. Rc7 Rb8 53. Rd7 Bc5 54.
f5+ exf5 55. exf5+ Nxf5 56. gxf5+ Kh5 57. Kf3 Rb3+ 58. Be3 h6 59. Rd1 Bxe3 60.
Nxe3 a5 61. Rh1+ Kg5 62. Rg1+ Kh5 63. Rg6 a4 64. Rxf6 a3 65. Ra6 Kg5 66. Ke4
Rb4+ 67. Ke5 Rb8 68. Rxa3 Re8+ 69. Kd4 h5 70. Ra1 h4 71. Rg1+ Kf4 72. Rg4+ Kf3
73. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Be6 17. Ne3 Bc5 18. Nf5 h5 19. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. a4 b6
9. Na3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 Nbd7 12. Qxc4 Rc8 13. b4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb4 Qc8 17. Bb2 a5 18. Qe1 Nd5 19. Raa1 Nb4 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Qd2
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd8 23. Qg5 h6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxa5 Qb2 26. Re1 Bd5 27. Qc7 Na2
28. e4 Ba8 29. a5 Nc3 30. Qc4 Qa3 31. Nd4 Qb2 32. Nf3 Qa3 33. a6 Nxe4 34. Rxe4
Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxa6 36. h4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qf6 38. Qe3 h5 39. Ng5 Rd8 40. Bf3 g6 41.
Kg2 Qd4 42. Qe2 Kg7 43. Be4 Qf6 44. Qc2 Rd7 45. Bc6 Ra7 46. Be8 Qe5 47. Qc6 Rc7
48. Qa8 Qf5 49. Qd8 Qd5+ 50. Qxd5 exd5 51. Kf3 Kf8 52. Bb5 Rc3+ 53. Ke2 Ke7 54.
Bd3 Ra3 55. Ke3 Ra4 56. Bf1 Ra3+ 57. Kd4 Ra2 58. Nh3 Kd6 59. Bb5 Rb2 60. Bd3
Rb4+ 61. Ke3 Ra4 62. Nf4 Ra3 63. Kd2 Ra2+ 64. Bc2 Ke5 65. Nd3+ Kd6 66. Kc3 Ra1
67. Kd4 Rf1 68. Bb3 f5 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. Rc1 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. e4 Bc6 14. O-O Qb6
15. Qc2 Bb5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb6 20. Kf1 f5 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Be5 Rff8 23. Re3 Kf7 24. Re4 Bf6 25. Rce1 Rfe8 26. g4 c4 27. g5
Bxe5 28. Nxe5+ Kg8 29. Rc1 Red8 30. Nxc4 Rd3 31. Kg2 Rb3 32. h4 g6 33. Na5 Rxc1
34. Nxb3 Rc2 35. Nd4 Rxb2 36. Nxe6 Kf7 37. Nd8+ Kf8 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Kf8
40. Nc6 Ra2 41. Re3 Nc4 42. Rc3 Nxa3 43. Nb4 Ra1 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46.
Rxh7 Nc4 47. Nd3 Nd6 48. Nf4+ Kf5 49. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "4147235"]
[BlackFideId "14109336"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rad1 g6 12. f3 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Bc2 b5 17. Nc1 a5 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. b4 axb4 21. Ne2
Bb7 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. Nxb4 Nf6 24. Bb3 Nd7 25. Nc3 Nb6 26. e4 Na4 27. Bxa4 bxa4
28. exd5 cxd5 29. Nxa4 Rc4 30. a3 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Nxd4 32. Nc5 Ba8 33. a4 Nc6 34.
Nbd3 d4 35. Kf2 Na5 36. Re7 Bd5 37. Rc7 Kg7 38. Nf4 Rd6 39. Ra7 Nb3 40. Ncd3 g5
41. Nh5+ Kf8 42. Ng3 Be6 43. Ne4 Rc6 44. Nxg5 Rc3 45. Nxe6+ fxe6 46. Ne5 d3 47.
Nxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "24104272"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1"]
[WhiteFideId "24104272"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
b6 9. Bf1 h6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. g3 a6 12. b3 Nh7 13. Be3 Ndf6 14. d5 Ng4 15. Bd2 f5
16. Nh4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 g5 18. Ng2 Ngf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bd3 g4 21. Qe2 e4 22.
Bc2 Qf7 23. b4 h5 24. Bf4 a5 25. Ba4 axb4 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Rxb4 Bc3 28. Rbb1
Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Bf5 30. Nh4 Qf7 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Qc2 Nf8 33. Be3 Ng6 34. Bd4 Re8
35. Qd2 Kh7 36. a4 h4 37. a5 h3 38. Re3 bxa5 39. Qxa5 c5 40. Bb2 Rf8 41. Qd2 Rb8
42. Qc2 Kg8 43. Kf1 Kf7 44. Bc3 Re8 45. Qe2 Nf8 46. Qa2 Nh7 47. Qa7+ Re7 48. Qb8
Qd7 49. Qh8 Kg6 50. Bd2 Re8 51. Qb2 Qa4 52. Qc1 Qd7 53. Rb3 Qf5 54. Rb6 Nf6 55.
Rxd6 e3 56. Bxe3 Qd3+ 57. Kg1 Rb8 58. Qe1 Qe4 59. f3 Qxf3 60. Rxf6+ Kxf6 61.
Bg5+ Kxg5 62. Qe5+ Kg6 63. Qd6+ Qf6 64. Qxb8 Qd4+ 65. Kf1 Qxc4+ 66. Ke1 Qe4+ 67.
Kf2 Qxd5 68. Qb6+ Kf5 69. Qb8 Qf3+ 70. Ke1 Qh1+ 71. Kd2 Qxh2+ 72. Kd3 c4+ 73.
Kc3 Qe2 74. Qf8+ Ke4 75. Qf4+ Kd5 76. Qf7+ Qe6 77. Qb7+ Ke5 78. Qc7+ Kf6 79.
Qd8+ Kf5 80. Kb4 Ke4 81. Qa8+ Ke3 82. Qb8 Qe4 83. Qf8 Ke2 84. Qh8 Kf2 0-1

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "14109336"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14.
gxf3 Qh4 15. Kd2 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Qf2+ 17. Kc1 Bxf3 18. Qe1 Bxe3+ 19. Kb1 Bxh1 20.
Qxh1 Qe2 21. a4 Qxd3+ 22. Ka2 Qc4+ 23. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "4147235"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Na6 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bc3
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e3 c5 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Rc2 Nxd2 15.
Rxd2 Nf6 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb4 18. Rd3 Qe7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bb2 Ba6 21. Ng4
Nxg4 22. Qxg4 f5 23. Qd1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Kh8 25. h4 Ba3 26. Ba1 Bd6 27. Qxd5 Rc5
28. Qd3 Be5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Bf3 Rc3 31. Qa6 Qe7 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Qb5 g6 34. Qe2
Rcd3 35. Qb2+ Qg7 36. Qa3 Rd2 37. Qa6 Qc7 38. Re1 Qc2 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Bxe2 Rd2
41. Kf1 Qc7 42. a4 Kg7 43. Qb5 Kh6 44. Qb4 Qd6 45. Qxd6 Rxd6 46. Ke1 Kg7 47. Bc4
Kf6 48. f4 Ke7 49. Ke2 Rd8 50. e4 fxe4 51. Ke3 Rd1 52. Kxe4 Rg1 53. Kf3 Rc1 54.
Kg4 Rc3 55. h5 gxh5+ 56. Kh4 Kf6 57. Bg8 h6 58. Bc4 Kg7 59. Be6 Kg6 60. Bc4 Rc1
61. Bd5 Kg7 62. Be4 Rc3 63. Bd5 Rc2 64. Kh3 Rb2 65. Be6 Kg6 66. Bc4 Kf6 67. Bg8
Rb1 68. Bc4 Rc1 69. Bg8 Rh1+ 70. Kg2 Rb1 71. Kh3 a6 72. Bc4 a5 73. Bg8 Rb2 74.
Bc4 Ke7 75. Bg8 Kd6 76. Bc4 Kc5 77. Bf7 Kd4 78. Be6 Ke4 79. Bf7 Kf5 80. Bxh5
Rxb3 81. Be8 Ke6 82. Kh4 Ke7 83. Bc6 Kd6 84. Be8 b5 85. axb5 a4 86. g4 Ke7 87.
Bc6 a3 0-1

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Bb6 9. h3 a5 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. d4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. a4 Qc8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nf4 20. Nd2 Qc5 21. Ne2 Ng6 22.
Ng3 Nf4 23. Ngf1 Reb8 24. Re1 b5 25. Ne3 bxa4 26. Ndxc4 Bb5 27. Na3 Ba6 28. Ra2
Rb6 29. Qd2 Rab8 30. Nd1 Rb3 31. Kh2 Nd7 32. g3 Ng6 33. Nb1 Qb5 34. Bxb3 axb3
35. Ra1 Nc5 36. f3 a4 37. Nf2 Qd7 38. Qe3 f5 39. exf5 Qxf5 40. Ne4 Nd3 41. Rxa4
Nxe1 42. Qxe1 Bb7 43. Rb4 Qxf3 44. c4 Qf8 45. Rb6 Ne7 46. Nbd2 Ba8 47. Rxd6 Nf5
48. Re6 Qb4 49. Rxe5 Rf8 50. Nc3 Nd6 51. Qe2 Qb6 52. Kg2 Bb7 53. Re7 Bc8 54. Qe3
Qd8 55. g4 Bd7 56. c5 Nf7 57. Nf3 h5 58. g5 Qc8 59. Nh4 Bxh3+ 60. Qxh3 Qxc5 61.
Qe3 Qxe3 62. Re6 Qe4+ 63. Rxe4 Nxg5 64. Re3 Rd8 65. d6 Nf7 66. Nf5 g6 67. Nb5
Kh7 68. Ne7 g5 69. Re6 Rc8 70. Nc6 Ra8 71. d7 Ra2 72. Re2 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.08"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2
e5 9. Nb3 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Nc5 Rb8 12. f3 Ne8 13. N5a4 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5+
15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Nb5 Be6 17. Nac3 Kh8 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Kb1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Bd3 Rd8 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qd3 Qh5 24. Rd2 h6 25. h3 Qg5 26. Rhd1 Ne7 27. h4 Qxh4
28. g3 Qg5 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4 Qg4 31. Re1 Nf5 32. Ne6 Nf6 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34.
Rf2 Nxg3 35. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nd4 Na6 10. c6 Nd5 11. Nab5 Nab4 12. e4 cxb2 13. Bxb2 Nc7 14. cxb7 Bxb7
15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. a3 Nd3 14. Be3 b5 15.
Na5 c5 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nxb8 Rxb8 18. Ra2 Bd6 19. b3 Be5 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Rd2 Nb2
22. Qc1 Nd3 23. Qd1 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Be4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28.
Rc2 Re8 29. Nc6 Qxd5 30. Nb4 Qd4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxd3 Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bxc3 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Rb7
Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qc5 Bd4 17. Qxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxe7 Rxa2 19. Bh6 Rc8 20. Bxc6
Bf6 21. Bd5 Bxe7 22. Bxa2 g5 23. Bd5 Rd8 24. Rd1 Be6 25. e4 Rd6 26. Rb1 f5 27.
Rb7 Bxd5 28. exd5 Bf6 29. Rb5 Be7 30. Rb7 Bf6 31. Kg2 Rxd5 32. h3 Rc5 33. g4
fxg4 34. hxg4 Rc4 35. Kh3 Rc3+ 36. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4147235"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. e4 Nxc3+
15. Bxc3 Rxh2 16. Rxh2 Qxh2 17. a4 Qc7 18. a5 Nd7 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nc5 21.
Qc2 O-O-O 22. Bc4 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Bf6 25. Bb4 Ne6 26. Qe4 a6 27. Bd2
Qd7 28. Qc4+ Kb8 29. Be3 Bd8 30. Bd2 g5 31. Kc2 Nf4 32. Bxf4+ gxf4 33. Qxf4+
Qc7+ 34. Qxc7+ Bxc7 35. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Ne8 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 Ra8 14. c5 fxe4 15. Nxe4
Bf5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Bb2 Nf6 19. Ra3 Kh8 20. a5 Ne4 21. Nb5 Bd7 22.
Qd3 Nc5 23. Qd1 Nf5 24. Nd2 Ra8 25. Bc3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Bb4 d3 28. Bxd3
Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Bb5 30. Ne4 Be5 31. g3 b6 32. axb6 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxb6 34. Bc3 Rae8
35. Ng5 Kg8 36. Bd2 Rb8 37. Ne6 Rfc8 38. Qf3 Qb3 39. Be3 Qd3 40. Rd1 Rb1 41.
Rxb1 Qxb1+ 42. Kg2 Qf5 43. Qxf5 gxf5 44. Kf3 Ra8 45. h3 Ra5 46. Nc7 Kf7 47. g4
Kg6 48. Ne6 Rxd5 49. Nf8+ Kg7 50. Ne6+ Kf6 51. Nf8 Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kf7 53. gxf5 Bf6
54. Ke4 Re5+ 55. Kf4 Ra5 56. Ke4 d5+ 57. Kd3 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 Be5 59. Ng5+ Kf6 60.
Nxh7+ Kxf5 61. Ng5 Rxe3+ 62. Kxe3 d4+ 0-1

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24104272"]
[BlackFideId "14109336"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 h6 7. c4 e5 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd7 12. e3 Bc5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. exd4 O-O 15.
Rb1 Bc3 16. Ba3 Re8 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Qf3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bd4 21. Rb7
f5 22. Rc1 e4 23. Qxf5 e3 24. Kg2 exf2 25. d6 Re1 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rf7 Rg1+ 28.
Kh3 Bf6 29. Qf3 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 f1=Q+ 31. Qxf1 Qxd6 32. Qf5 Bd4 33. Bf4 Qc6 34.
Rd7 Bf6 35. Bxh6 Re8 36. Bf4 Kg8 37. Rd6 Qc8 38. Qxc8 Rxc8 39. Ra6 Bd4 40. Kg4
Rc4 41. Kf5 Bb6 42. Bb8 Bg1 43. h3 Rc8 44. Be5 Kh7 45. Rd6 Rf8+ 46. Ke4 Rf7 47.
g4 Re7 48. Kd5 Bf2 49. Re6 Rb7 50. Ke4 Bh4 51. Ra6 Bf2 52. Rc6 Rb4+ 53. Kf3 Bd4
54. Bxd4 Rxd4 55. Ra6 Rd3+ 56. Kg2 Rd7 57. h4 Rc7 58. h5 Rc4 59. Kg3 Rc3+ 60.
Kh4 Rc7 61. a4 Rd7 62. a5 Rc7 63. Rg6 Rc5 64. a6 Rc3 65. Kg5 Rf3 66. Rd6 Rf7 67.
Rc6 Rd7 68. Kf5 Rd5+ 69. Ke4 Rg5 70. Kf4 Ra5 71. Rg6 Ra4+ 72. Ke5 Ra5+ 73. Kd4
Rb5 74. Kc4 Ra5 75. Kb4 Ra1 76. Kb5 Ra2 77. Rd6 Rg2 78. Kc6 Rb2 79. Kc7 Rb5 80.
Kc8 Rb4 81. Rd7 Rxg4 82. Rxa7 Ra4 83. Kb7 Kh6 84. Kb6 Rb4+ 85. Ka5 Rh4 86. Rb7
Rxh5+ 87. Rb5 Rh1 88. a7 Rf1 89. Kb4 Rb1+ 90. Kc5 Rc1+ 91. Kb6 Rc8 92. Kb7 Rf8
93. Ra5 g5 94. a8=Q Rxa8 95. Rxa8 Kh5 96. Kc6 g4 97. Kd5 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109336"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bd6 9. h3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Be5 12. Bd2 d5 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Na4 Bd6 15.
c4 Ne5 16. c5 Be7 17. Bf4 f6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Bxe5
fxe5 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "24104272"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2
Be7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Bf4 Qxb2 12. Nge4 Nb6 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Rb3 Qa5 15.
O-O Rd8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Kf8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Nh6 20. Bc1 Qf5 21. Na4
Nxa4 22. Bd3 Qd5 23. Bxg6 Nb6 24. Re1 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Re5 Qg4 27. f3 Qxh4
28. Rxe6 Qg3 29. Qd3 Kf7 30. Qe4 Rde8 31. Re7+ Rxe7 32. Qxe7+ Kg6 33. Qe4+ f5
34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ Qg6 36. Qxg6+ Kxg6 37. Bf4 Rd8 38. Be5 Rd7 39. f4 Kf5 40.
Rh3 Kg4 41. Kh2 h4 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Rxg3+ Kf5 44. Rg5+ Ke4 45. Kg3 Nc4 46. Kg4
Ne3+ 47. Kh5 Nf5 48. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "4147235"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 Be6
9. Bb5 Ba7 10. d4 Bd7 11. Ba4 h6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bb6 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4
Nxd4 16. cxd4 c6 17. Nc3 Nh7 18. Qd3 Nf8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Ng3 d5 22.
e5 c5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Nf8 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Bb3 Qb6 27. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1
Qg6 29. Qxg6 Nxg6 30. Rf1 Bc5 31. Bxb7 Rab8 32. Bc6 Re6 33. Bd5 Re7 34. Rc1 Bb4
35. Rc6 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxf7+ Kh8 38. Bg6 Re1 39. Rxe1 Bxe1 40. g4 Kg8
41. b3 Rf8 42. Re6 Bb4 43. h4 Rf6 44. Re8+ Rf8 45. Re5 Rf4 46. h5 Rf2 47. Kg1
Rf4 48. Kg2 Rf6 49. Rb5 Rf4 50. Rb8+ Rf8 51. Rb7 Rf4 52. Kg3 Rf1 53. Bd3 Bd6+
54. Kg2 Rf4 55. Bf5 Kf8 56. Rd7 Bc5 57. Rd5 Bb4 58. Kg3 Rf1 59. Rd7 Bc3 60. Bg6
Bb4 61. Rb7 Bd6+ 62. Kg2 Rf4 63. Rd7 Bc5 64. Rd2 Ke7 65. Rd5 Rxg4+ 66. Kf3 Rg5
67. Rxg5 hxg5 68. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Be3 d5 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 Qc7 15.
h5 h6 16. Bh3 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rh4 Bb4 19. Bxb6 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 21.
Kxe2 axb6 22. Rxc4 Kd7 23. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.10"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 d6 8. e6
Bxe6 9. axb5 Ne5 10. Nd4 Be7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. f5 Bd7 14. Nd5 Bf6 15.
Ra4 Nb6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ra3 c5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 c5 20. Rf2 Rfe8 21. Rg3
Bb5 22. Nc3 a6 23. Bg5 Qd4 24. Qc1 f6 25. Bd2 Ra7 26. h3 h5 27. b3 Rd7 28. Nxb5
axb5 29. Qd1 c4 30. Qxh5 Rf7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qxf7
Re1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Rf4 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4157800"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Qf3 Qd7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Qg3 Kh8
15. exd6 cxd6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ne4 d5 18. Be3 Bg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Qf2 Qb7 21.
Ng3 Bh4 22. Bxa7 Bxc2 23. Ra1 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bd4 Bg6 26. a5 Bxg3 27.
hxg3 Qa6 28. Bc3 f6 29. g4 h6 30. Qb6 Bd3 31. Bd4 Bb5 32. b4 Kg8 33. Kh2 Bc4 34.
Qc7 Bd3 35. Rc1 Bc4 36. Ra1 Bd3 37. Qd7 Re2 38. Rc1 Bb5 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qc7 Kg8
41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Rc3 Re8 43. Qc7+ Re7 44. Qb6 Re6 45. Bf2 Qa8 46. Bc5 Qc8 47.
Qa7+ Kg8 48. Ra3 Ba6 49. Bd4 Re8 50. Re3 Rxe3 51. Bxe3 Bb5 52. Bd4 Qe8 53. Qc5
Qe1 54. Bf2 Qe5+ 55. Bg3 Qb2 56. Bf2 Qe5+ 57. Kh1 Qa1+ 58. Bg1 Qe1 59. Qd6 Kh7
60. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6
9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. d5 b5 13. dxe6 bxc4 14. exd7 Qxd7 15.
Ne2 Qf5 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Be4 19. Qxc4 Bd3 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21.
gxf4 Bxf1 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Kxf1 Rac8 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nb3 cxb4 26. axb4 Rd6 27.
Nc5 Rb6 28. Nd7 Rd6 29. Nc5 Rb6 30. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4147235"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. h3 Bb7 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4
Nc6 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Ng6 8. Qe2 Qc7
9. Na3 a6 10. O-O Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Be4 Be7 13. h4 f5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bf3
Ra7 16. a4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa7 Qxa7 19. Na3 O-O 20. h5 Nh8 21. h6 Bf6 22.
Nxb5 Qd7 23. c4 Nf7 24. hxg7 Bxg7 25. Bd2 e5 26. Bd5 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Qh5
e4 29. Bf4 exd3 30. Qd1 Be5 31. Qxd3 Bxf4 32. gxf4 Nh8 33. b4 Ng6 34. bxc5 Nxf4
35. Qg3+ Kh8 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Nd6 Rxg3 38. Nxb7 Rh3+ 39. Kg1 Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+
41. Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "24104272"]
[BlackFideId "4140419"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g3 b5 15.
Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109336"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. g4
h6 9. f4 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Rhf1
Be6 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Bd2 Rb5 17. Nc3 Rb4 18. h3 Bc5 19. a3 Rd4 20. Bd3 Rhd8 21.
Ne2 Ra4 22. b4 Be7 23. Kb2 Rb8 24. c4 c5 25. Nc3 Rxa3 26. b5 Rd8 27. Rf3 Rxc3
28. Bxc3 Kb7 29. Bxe5 axb5 30. cxb5 Kb6 31. Rff1 Ne8 32. Be2 Rc8 33. Ra1 c4 34.
Kc2 Bf6 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Ra6+ Kxb5 37. Rfa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "4157800"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 h5 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 h4 10. Qh3 b5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. g4 Rb8 14. g5 Qb7
15. f5 Qxb2+ 16. Kd2 Qa3 17. Qf3 Bb4 18. Ne2 e5 19. f6 gxf6 20. gxf6 Ba5 21.
Rhg1 d6 22. Rb1 Rb5 23. Qf2 Be6 24. Bg5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 dxc5 26. Ke3 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Rh5 28. Rg1 Bd8 29. Na4 Nxf6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Nxc5 Bg5+ 32. Kf3 Bc8 33. Nc3 Ke7
34. Rb1 Rh8 35. Rb6 Kf8 36. Nd5 a5 37. Nb7 Bxb7 38. Rxb7 Kg7 39. a4 h3 40. Rc7
Rh4 41. Rxc4 f5 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Rc6+ Kh5 44. exf5 Rd4 45. Nc3 Rf4+ 46. Kg3 Bh4+
47. Kxh3 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Rxc2 50. f6 Kg4 51. f7 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 Rc2+ 53.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, 10.d4"]
[WhiteFideId "4140419"]
[BlackFideId "14109336"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "24104272"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Na5 13. g4 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. h4
Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. h5 Nb6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. h6 g5 21. Bd4+ Bf6
22. Qe3 Na4 23. Bxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qxg5 Rxe6 25. Rxd6 Re7 26. Rd3 Nc6 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. Rh5 Rf7 29. Rg5+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rg8 Ke6 32. g5 Ne7 33. Re8 Bc6 34.
Red8 Qe5 35. R3d6+ Qxd6 36. Rxd6+ Kxd6 37. f4 Bxe4 38. Qb8+ Ke6 39. Kc1 Bg6 40.
c4 Rf5 41. Qa7 Kf7 42. Qxa6 Nc5 43. Qa7 bxc4 44. Kb2 Ne6 45. a4 Rxf4 46. a5 Nd4
47. Qc5 Nxc2 48. a6 Ne1 49. Qc7 Rf2+ 50. Kc3 Rc2+ 51. Kd4 Nf3+ 52. Kc5 Nd2 53.
a7 Ne4+ 54. Kb6 Ke6 55. Qd8 Rb2+ 56. Kc7 Ra2 57. Qd7+ Kf7 58. Kd8 Rd2 59. Qxd2
Nc6+ 60. Kc7 Nxd2 61. a8=Q Be4 62. Qa2 Nb3 63. Qe2 Bd3 64. Qh5+ Ke7 65. Kxc6 c3
66. g6 c2 67. Qe5+ Kd8 68. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. h4
Qb6 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. exd4 Ndxe5 11. dxe5 Bd7 12. Nf3 f6 13. Bd3 Rf8 14. exf6 gxf6
15. b4 Rg8 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Be3 Qc7 18. b5 Ne5 19. b6 axb6 20. Bxb6 Qd6 21.
Nxe5 fxe5 22. Bb5 e4 23. Qa4 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Qf4 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qxb7+ Ke8 27.
Bc7 Rd6 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qb7 Qf4 31. g3 e3 32. Rb4 Qf3 33. Qc7 Kg6
34. Qxe7 exf2+ 35. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4147235"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7
9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. h3 Rb8 14. Nf1 b4 15. d4 bxc3
16. bxc3 exd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. e5 Ne4 20. f3 Nc5 21. f4 Qh4 22. Be3
Rb2 23. Re2 Reb8 24. Nh2 Ne4 25. Qd3 Bd7 26. Nf3 Qg3 27. c4 c6 28. cxd5 cxd5 29.
Bd4 Bxh3 30. Ne1 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 R2b4 32. Ba7 Ra8 33. Be3 Bd7 34. a5 Bb5 35. Bxb5
axb5 36. Bb6 Bc5+ 37. Bxc5 Nxc5 38. f5 Ra4 39. Rd1 d4 40. Rc2 Ne4 41. Nf3 R4xa5
42. Rxd4 Ra4 43. Rc7 Rxd4 44. Nxd4 Re8 45. e6 fxe6 46. fxe6 b4 47. Nf5 Rxe6 48.
Rxg7+ Kf8 49. Rb7 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "76th ch-RUS 2023"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2023.10.12"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2023.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Rc1 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. b4 Nh5 17. Bd2 Qa7 18. e3 Nhf6 19. Qb3 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Nc5 21. Nd4 Bd7
22. Ra1 Qb6 23. Reb1 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bc1 Rbc8 26. Ra3 h5 27. Bf1 Nxg3 28.
fxg3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxe3 30. Ra4 Rxg3+ 31. Kh1 Kh7 32. Ne2 Qf2 33. Nxg3 bxa4 34.
Qe1 Qf3+ 35. Bg2 Qf4 36. Rc7 Bb5 37. Ne4 a3 38. Rxf7 Qxf7 39. Ng5+ Kg8 40. Nxf7
a2 41. Nxd6 Bd7 42. Be4 a1=Q 43. Qxa1 Bxa1 44. Bxg6 1/2-1/2

