Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Partidas de Ajedrez

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ratkovic, Milorad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 a6 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.Nb3 Ba7 10.exd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bb8 12.Rfe1 h6 13.h3 Re8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Bc5 b6
16.Ba3 Bd7 17.c3 Ng6 18.Qxe8+ Bxe8 19.Rxe8+ Kh7 20.Rde1 h5 21.R1e7 Qxe7 22.Rxe7 Nxe7
23.Bxe7 Kg8 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Kf1 Bc7 26.Bg5 Re8 27.Be3 Kf7 28.Ke2 Ke6 29.Kd3 Kd7
30.Bd4 Re7 31.Nbd2 Rf7 32.Nf1 Kc6 33.Ne3 Bd6 34.Ke2 Rb7 35.Nh4 g5 36.Nf3 Bf4
37.g3 Bxe3 38.Kxe3 Re7+ 39.Kd2 g4 40.hxg4 hxg4  1-0

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jailjan, M."]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bd3 b5 9.dxc6 bxc4
10.Bxc4 Nxc6 11.Nge2 Bb7 12.O-O Na5 13.Bd3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bc5 Re8
17.Nc3 Bc4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.Ne4 Qc8 21.Qf2 Qe6 22.a4 Rab8 23.b4 h6
24.a5 Nc4 25.Rad1 a6 26.Qe2 Red8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Qa2 Bf8 29.Rc1 f5 30.Qxc4 Qxc4
31.Nf6+ Kf7 32.Rxc4 Bxc5+ 33.Rxc5 Kxf6 34.Rc6+ Kg5 35.Rxa6 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Rd2+
37.Kg3 f4+ 38.Kh3 Kf5 39.Rb6 h5 40.a6 g5 41.a7 g4+ 42.fxg4+ hxg4+ 43.Kh4 Ra2
44.Rb7 f3 45.gxf3 gxf3 46.Kg3 f2 47.Kg2 e4 48.Rb5+  1-0

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.e4 dxe4 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd5 a6 8.O-O-O Nc6
9.Bc4 Be6 10.Qxe4 f5 11.Qe2 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 e6 13.Na4 Qb5 14.Qb3 Nd4 15.Qxb5+ axb5
16.Nc3 Bxc5 17.a3 Ke7 18.Nh3 b4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Nf4 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Nb5 22.Kd2 Ra3
23.Rb1 Rd8+ 24.Nd3 Nd6 25.f3 Nc4+ 26.Ke2 b6 27.Rb3 Ra2 28.Rc1 e5 29.Rb4 e4
30.fxe4 fxe4 31.Nf4 b5 32.Rxb5 Rd2+ 33.Ke1 Rdxc2 34.Rxc2 Rxc2 35.Rb4 Nd6
36.Rd4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d6 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O a5 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bb2 Ne4 13.Qe3 f5 14.Ng5 Ndf6 15.Nh3 Nd7
16.Nf4 Rfe8 17.Rad1 Nf8 18.Rfe1 Ng6 19.f3 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Nf6 21.Qd2 Qf7 22.Qc2 Nd7
23.Qc3 e5 24.d5 Nf6 25.e3 Re7 26.Qc2 Qg6 27.Bc3 Ba6 28.Bb2 Bb7 29.Bh3 Bc8
30.Ra1 Qh5 31.Bg2 Bb7 32.Bc3 Ba6 33.Bd2 Ree8 34.Ra2 Bb7 35.Rea1 c5 36.e4 fxe4
37.fxe4 Rf8 38.Rf1 Ng4 39.h3 Rxf1+ 40.Bxf1 Nf6 41.Be1 Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Nd2 f5 12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.Bg5 Na6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qe2 h6 16.Be3 Qe7
17.b3 Kh7 18.a3 Bf6 19.Rfb1 Nc5 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Na6 23.b5 Nc5
24.Ra7 Bc8 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.b6 cxb6 27.Nf1 Bg5 28.Nb5 h5 29.Ne3 Qf6 30.d6 Bxe3
31.Qxe3 Rf7 32.Ra2 Bd7 33.Rd2 Bc6 34.Nc7 Rd7 35.Qd3 Qf7 36.Na8 Qf4 37.f3 gxf3
38.gxf3 Qg5+ 39.Kh1 Qd8 40.Nc7 Qf6 41.Kg1 Qg5+ 42.Kh1 Rf7 43.Qe2 Qf6 44.Rd3 Rd7
45.Qd1 g5 46.Nd5 Qxd6 47.f4 g4 48.Nf6+ Qxf6 49.Rxd7+ Bxd7 50.Qxd7+ Kh6 51.f5 Qc6
52.Qd2+ Kh7 53.Qg5 Qxe4+ 54.Kg1 Qe1+ 55.Kg2 Qe2+ 56.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.e3 d3 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 f6 15.f3 Bf5
16.Nf7 Rg8 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Bxg8 Bb4 19.Bd5 d2 20.Bxd2 Bxd2 21.Rad1 Na5 22.Qa3 Bc2
23.Rxd2 Nxc4 24.Bxc4 Qxd2 25.Qc5 Bf5 26.Qd5 Qxd5 27.Bxd5 O-O-O 28.e4 Bd7
29.Rc1+ Kb8 30.Kf2 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.h3 e5
9.Be3 Qe7 10.Bf1 b5 11.a3 a6 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Rad1 Qf8 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Qe3 h6 17.Bh4 Qc5 18.Qc1 Bc8 19.Nd2 Nh5 20.Nb3 Qb6 21.Be2 Nf4 22.Bg4 Ne6
23.Bxe6 Rxe6 24.Rd3 a5 25.a4 b4 26.Nd1 Nc5 27.Rd8+ Kh7 28.Nxc5 Qxc5 29.Ne3 Bb7
30.Rd7 Ba6 31.Rxf7 Rf8 32.Rxf8 Qxf8 33.Bg3 h5 34.Rd1 Rd6 35.b3 Rd4 36.Rxd4 exd4
37.Nf1 Qc5 38.Qd1 Qe7 39.Nd2 c5 40.Qf3 Qd7 41.Qf4 Be2 42.e5 Qf5 43.Ne4 c4
44.e6 Qxf4 45.Bxf4 Bf8 46.Bg5 d3 47.e7 Bxe7 48.Bxe7 dxc2 49.Bg5 c3 50.Nc5  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burgess, Mark R"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 e4 9.Ne1 Re8
10.Nc2 Ne7 11.d5 Nf5 12.e3 h5 13.Nc3 h4 14.Rb1 Nh6 15.Nd4 Qe7 16.Qd2 a6 17.Rbc1 Nhg4
18.b4 Qe5 19.Nd1 Qh5 20.h3 Ne5 21.g4 Nfxg4 22.hxg4 Qxg4 23.Qe2 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Re5
25.Nxf3 h3 26.Rg1 hxg2+ 27.Rxg2 exf3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 a6 11.Bf1 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nb8 15.a5 Bf5 16.Bd2 Qc7
17.Bxb4 Bxc2 18.Qd2 Bf5 19.Nxe5 Bg5 20.f4 Bh4 21.Nc4 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 Rd8 23.g4 Nd7
24.gxf5 Nf6 25.Nb6 Rab8 26.Bc3 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Bxa6 Ne4 29.Qe3 Nf6 30.Qd2 Ne4
31.Qd4 Nxc3 32.Qxc3 Qe7 33.Bb5 Rb8 34.Bf1 Qe4 35.Qd2 Qb1 36.Qf2 Qa2 37.a6 Qa5
38.b4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Winsnes, Rikard"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Bb5 Nb4 12.Rhe1 h6 13.exd5 exd5 14.Qe3 Be6 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.f3 Nh5 17.Be5 Nc6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Nc5 Qb6 20.Nxe6 Qxe3+ 21.Rxe3 fxe6 22.Re2 Kf7
23.Kb1 Nf6 24.Rde1 Rfe8 25.g3 Bb4 26.Rf1 Nd7 27.Nd1 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Rb8 29.f4 Bd6
30.Re2 Ke7 31.Nf2 Kd7 32.Nd3 Rf8 33.Rfe1 Rf6 34.c3 g5 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Kc2 c5
37.Ne5+ Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Rf2+ 39.R1e2 Rxe2+ 40.Rxe2 g4 41.Re5 Rh8 42.Rg5 Rxh2+
43.Kc1 Kd6 44.Rxg4 Ke5 45.c4 d4 46.Rg5+ Ke4 47.Rxc5 Kd3 48.Kb1 Rh1+ 49.Ka2 Kc2  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 c5 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nd7 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb3 Be7 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Nf6 15.Rfe1 Nh5
16.Bd2 g5 17.Rad1 Ng7 18.Bb1 f5 19.d5 exd5 20.exf5 Bf6 21.Qd3 h6 22.Ne5 d4
23.Bb4 Qd5 24.Qf1 Bxe5 25.Be4 Qxe4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Re1 Re8 29.Rxe4 Bxh2+
30.Kxh2 Rxe4 31.Qc4+ Kf8 32.f3 Rf4 33.Qc8+ Kf7 34.g4 Ne8 35.Qe6+ Kf8 36.Qxh6+ Kf7
37.Kg3 d3 38.Qe6+ Kf8 39.Qd7  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.b4 Bb7 12.e4 d6 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Qd3 Rfd8 15.h3 Rac8
16.Qe3 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Ne5 22.f4 Nd7
23.Qe3 Nf6 24.Nb3 Qb8 25.Re1 Re8 26.Qd3 h6 27.Kh2 Ba6 28.e5 dxe5 29.fxe5 Red8
30.Qf3 Nd7 31.b5 Nxe5 32.Qe4 Nd3 33.bxa6 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Qd6 35.c5 bxc5 36.Qc4 Rc7
37.Na5 Qd2 38.Nb7 Rd3 39.Rc2 Qe3 40.Qf4 Qxf4 41.gxf4 Rxa3 42.Bf1 Rf3 43.Bg2 Rxf4
44.Nd8 Rb4 45.Bb7 Rb6  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Zysk, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6
9.Nd4 Bg7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.Qa4 Bf5 14.Bf3 Nb5 15.Ne2 c5
16.c3 Bd3 17.Rd1 c4 18.Nf4 Bxc3 19.Nxd3 cxd3 20.bxc3 Nxc3 21.Qf4 Nxd1 22.Bxd1 Rb5
23.Bb3 Rf5 24.Qd2 Re8 25.Bb2 Re2 26.Qc3 Rfe5 27.Bc4 Qd4 28.Rf1 Qxc3 29.Bxc3 Rc5
30.Bxd3 Rxa2 31.Bd4 Rc6 32.Rb1 Kf8 33.Be4 Rca6 34.Bb2 R6a5 35.Bf6 Rxf2  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Ba3 b6 12.Nge2 Bb7 13.Nd5 Nde5 14.Nc1 e6 15.Ne7+ Nxe7
16.Bxe7 Rxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Re8 18.Bg5 f5 19.exf5 Nxf3 20.f6 Nxg5 21.fxg7 Nh3 22.Nd3 Kxg7
23.Ke1 Rd8 24.Ne5 g5 25.Ng4 h5 26.Ne3 g4 27.Be2 Nf4 28.Rg1 Rd4 29.Bf1 Ng6
30.Be2 Nf4 31.Bf1 Be4 32.a3 e5 33.g3 Nd3+ 34.Bxd3 Rxd3 35.Nd1 Bf3 36.Nc3 e4
37.Nd5 e3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.h3 Qc7 10.O-O h6 11.Be3 b6 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Rfe1 Nh5 14.a4 Rad8 15.Nc4 Nf4
16.Bf1 Nb8 17.Qc1 g5 18.h4 f5 19.Bxf4 gxf4 20.e5 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Nc6 22.Qxf4 a6
23.Qg3 Kh8 24.Kh1 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Na3 Bxe5 27.Qh3 b4 28.Nc4 Bg7 29.Re6 Qd7
30.Rae1 Rf6 31.Rxf6 Bxf6 32.Qg3 Kh7 33.Bh3 e6 34.Qf4 Rg8 35.Nd6 Qg7 36.Qc4 Nd8
37.cxb4 cxb4 38.Qxb4 Bxb2 39.Qf4 Bc3 40.Rb1 Be5 41.Qb4 Kh8 42.Nc4 Bf6 43.Ne3 Nc6
44.Qf4 Be5 45.Qc4 Nd4 46.Ng2 Bf6 47.Qd3 Qc7 48.Qe3 Kh7 49.Nf4 Qc6 50.Nxe6 Qxe6
51.Qxe6 Nxe6 52.Bxf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Bb4
9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.Qd3 a5 11.e4 Nb6 12.Nxb6 Qxb6 13.O-O O-O 14.Be3 Rd8 15.h3 Qa6
16.Qc2 f6 17.Rfc1 Bf7 18.d5 cxd5 19.Nb5 Bd6 20.Nc7 Rc8 21.Nxa6 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Nxa6
23.Rac1 Kf8 24.exd5 exd5 25.Bb6 Be6 26.Bxa5 Nb4 27.Bxb4 Bxb4 28.Re2 Ra6 29.Rd1 Rd6
30.Re3 Bc5 31.Rb3 b6 32.Rb5 Bd7 33.b4 Bxb5 34.bxc5 Bxa4 35.Ra1 bxc5 36.Rxa4 c4
37.Kf1 Ke7 38.Ke2 Ke6 39.Ra5 g5 40.Rc5 h5 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.h4 gxh4 43.gxh4 Rd8
44.f4+ Ke6 45.Bh3+ Kf7 46.Kd4 Ra8 47.Bg2 Ra3 48.Bxd5+ Kg7 49.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6
9.Bg5 a6 10.Be2 Be7 11.f4 O-O 12.Rd1 Nbd7 13.O-O Qc7 14.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kekki, Petri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 b5 8.cxb5 a6 9.a4 e6
10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Be2 axb5 12.Bxb5 Na6 13.O-O Nb4 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.Qe2 d5 16.exd5 Nfxd5
17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Ne5 Nc7 19.Be3 Nxb5 20.Qxb5 Qxb5 21.axb5 f6 22.Nc6 Bc4 23.b6 Bxf1
24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.b7 Re8 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nc8 Rxe3 28.b8=Q Re8 29.Qc7 Ba6 30.Ne7 Bf8
31.Nxg6+ hxg6 32.h4 Bc4 33.b4 Kg8 34.bxc5 Be6 35.Qb6 Kf7 36.Qb7+ Re7 37.Qb6 Bd5
38.c6 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Re2 40.Qa7+ Be7 41.c7 Rxg2+ 42.Kh3 Rc2 43.Kg3 Be6 44.Kf3 f5
45.Kg3 Rc5 46.Kh3 Rc4 47.Kg3 Ke8 48.Qb7 Rc3+ 49.Kg2 Bxh4 50.Qb5+ Kf7 51.Qb7 Be7
52.Kf2 Rc5 53.Kf3 Ke8 54.Ke2 Bd7 55.Qb8+ Kf7 56.Qb3+ Be6 57.Qb7 Rc2+ 58.Kd3 Rc4
59.Ke2 Rxf4 60.c8=Q Bxc8 61.Qxc8 g5 62.Qh8 Rh4 63.Qc8 Re4+ 64.Kd3 Kf6 65.Qh8+ Kg6
66.Qe8+ Kg7 67.Qd7 Kf6 68.Qc6+ Re6 69.Qc3+ Kg6 70.Qc4 Re4 71.Qg8+ Kh5 72.Qc8 Kg4
73.Qc1 Kh5 74.Qc8 Kg6 75.Qg8+ Kf6 76.Qh8+ Kf7 77.Qh7+ Ke6 78.Qg8+ Kd6 79.Qb8+ Kd7
80.Qb7+ Ke6 81.Qc8+ Ke5 82.Qb8+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 g6 14.Nf1 Nh5 15.a4 c4 16.Bh6 Re8
17.axb5 axb5 18.Qd2 Nb7 19.g4 Ng7 20.Ng3 Nc5 21.Nh2 Qb6 22.Kg2 Rab8 23.Be3 Rec8
24.Rf1 Ne8 25.f4 b4 26.Qf2 f6 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.g5 bxc3 29.bxc3 Qd6 30.Ra2 Nd3
31.Qf3 Ra8 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Bxd3 cxd3 34.Rf2 f5 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Nxf5 Bxf5
37.Qxf5 Qxd5+ 38.Nf3 Nd6 39.Qxe5 Qxe5 40.Nxe5 Ne4 41.Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Qc7
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Nh4 exf4 13.Nf5 Nc5 14.Rxf4 Bxf5 15.Rxf5 Qc6
16.Qf3 Bd8 17.Be3 Ncxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bd4 Bf6 20.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.Nbd2 Ba7
9.Nc4 h6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Bxa7 Rxa7 12.Re1 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 Na5 14.Bb3 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 Re8
16.Rad1 Qd7 17.d4 exd4 18.Rxd4 c5 19.Rd3 Rxe4 20.Qb6 Rxe1+ 21.Nxe1 Ra8 22.Qxd6 Qxd6
23.Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 b6 6.e4 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Ne2 Bg4 10.Qc2 Bxe2 11.Bxe2 c5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nxe4 Nxd4 14.Qd3 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Re8
16.Bc4 Qd7 17.a3 Ba5 18.Be3 Qf5 19.Qxf5 Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 h5 15.Nb5 Ne8 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.a4 Rf6 18.Nf2 Rg6 19.h3 Kh8 20.Qb3 Ng8 21.Rc2 Nh6 22.Rfc1 g4 23.fxg4 hxg4
24.hxg4 Kg8 25.Nc7 Nxc7 26.Rxc7 b6 27.a5 Bd7 28.axb6 axb6 29.Kf1 b5 30.R7c6 Qh4
31.Qh3 Qg5 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Rb7 Bxg4 34.Bxg4 Nxg4 35.Qxg4 Qxg4 36.Nxg4 Rxg4
37.Rxb5 f3 38.gxf3 Rf8 39.Rc8 Rf4 40.Rxf8+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O Qe7
9.c5 Nc6 10.cxd6 cxd6 11.Ba3 Qc7 12.c4 Rd8 13.Rc1 Na5 14.Nd2 Rb8 15.e4 e5
16.d5 b6 17.f4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Bxe4 Nb7 21.d6 Qd7 22.Qh5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Nb3 Qg5 10.g3 h5 11.f4 Qg6 12.Qd3 f5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Bd5 fxe4 15.Bxe4 f5
16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Rhe1 e5 18.Rxe5 Bg7 19.Ra5 Kb8 20.Rxf5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rhe8
22.Rg5 Qf7 23.h4 Be4 24.Qd4 Bf3 25.Rd3 Bg4 26.Kb2 Re2 27.Re3 Rh2 28.c4 Bf5
29.Rc3 Qe6 30.c5 Rc8 31.Qxd6+ Qxd6 32.cxd6 Rxc3 33.Kxc3 Rxc2+ 34.Kd4 Bg4
35.Nc5 a5 36.Rg8+ Ka7 37.Rxg4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 e5
9.Na3 Be6 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.Nxc4 Bxe2 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.Rxd6 h6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Rd8
16.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nd2 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxd5 15.Qb3 Qh5
16.Qxb7 Ne5 17.Rac1 Bb6 18.Bc8 Qxe2 19.Qxa8 Qxd2 20.Qe4 Nd3 21.Rcd1 Nc5 22.Qb1 Qb4
23.Bf5 g6 24.a3 Qc4 25.Bd3 Qd5 26.Qc2 Nd7 27.Bc4 Qd6 28.Qe4 Ne5 29.Ba2 d3
30.Kg2 Rc8 31.Rd2 Bd4 32.Qd5 Qxd5+ 33.Bxd5 Rc2 34.Rxc2 dxc2 35.Be4 Bxb2 36.Bxc2 Bxa3
37.Ra1 Bc5 38.Ra5 Nd7 39.Bb3 Kg7 40.Rb5 Bb6 41.Rd5 Nf6 42.Rd3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O a6 8.a4 a5 9.b3 Na6
10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 e5 13.e3 Re8 14.Bg2 Qb6 15.Ne2 Rad8 16.Rb1 h5
17.Bc3 Nb4 18.Qd2 Nd7 19.Rbd1 exd4 20.exd4 Nf6 21.Nf4 Ne4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.d5 Bxc3
24.Qxc3 Re5 25.dxc6 Qxc6 26.Rd4 Re4 27.Rxe4 Qxe4 28.Re1 Qf5 29.h4 Qd7 30.Qf6 Re8
31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Qxd6 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Qe4+ 34.Kh2 Qf3 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Nh3 Qf5
37.Ng5+ Kg7 38.Qd4+ Qf6 39.Qxf6+ Kxf6 40.Ne4+ Ke7 41.Kg2 Nc2 42.Kf3 Nd4+
43.Kf4 Nxb3 44.Ke5 b6 45.Kd5 f5 46.Nc3 Nd2 47.Ne2 Kd7 48.Nf4 Ne4 49.Nxg6 Nc3+
50.Kd4 Nxa4 51.Nf4 Nc5 52.Nxh5 a4 53.Kc3 a3 54.Nf4 Ne4+ 55.Kb3 Nd2+ 56.Kxa3 Nxc4+
57.Kb4 Nd6 58.f3 Nf7 59.Nd3 Ke6 60.Kc4 Nd6+ 61.Kd4 Nb5+ 62.Ke3 Nc3 63.Nb4 b5
64.Kd3 Na4 65.Kd4 Nb6 66.Kc5 Nc4 67.Nc6 Ne3 68.Nd4+ Ke5 69.Ne2 Nf1 70.f4+ Kf6
71.Kxb5 Nd2 72.Kc6 Ne4 73.Kd5 Nf2 74.Kd4 Ng4 75.Nc3 Nf2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Re1 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.c5 Bf8 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Nf1 Bg6 14.Be3 Be7 15.b4 Bf6
16.Rab1 a6 17.a4 Nf8 18.Ng3 Ne6 19.Ne2 Qc7 20.Nd2 Re7 21.Rbd1 Nxd2 22.Qxd2 Rc8
23.Rb1 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 g6 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Ng7 27.Ng3 h5 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Bd2 h4
30.Rxe7 Qxe7 31.Nf1 Nf5 32.Be3 Qe4 33.Rd1 Qxd3 34.Rxd3 Ra8 35.g4 hxg3 36.Nxg3 Nh4
37.Rd1 Ra4 38.Ne2 Nf5 39.Rb1 Nh4 40.h3 Ra2 41.Kf1 Ra3 42.Ke1 Nf3+ 43.Kd1 Nxd4
44.Rb8+ Kh7 45.Nxd4 Bxd4 46.Bxd4 Rd3+ 47.Ke2 Rxd4 48.Rc8 Re4+ 49.Kf3 Re6
50.Rc7 Kg7 51.Kg4 Kf8 52.f4 Ke8 53.f5 gxf5+ 54.Kxf5 d4 55.Ra7 d3 56.Ra4 d2
57.Rd4 Re2 58.h4 Ke7 59.Kf4 f6 60.Kf3 Re5 61.Rxd2 Rxc5 62.Rh2 Kf7 63.h5 Kg7
64.h6+ Kh7 65.Kf4 Rd5 66.Re2 Rd6 67.Kf5 Kxh6 68.Re7 Rd1 69.Re6 Rf1+ 70.Kg4 Rg1+
71.Kf4 Rf1+ 72.Kg4 c5 73.Rc6 Rg1+ 74.Kf4 Rf1+ 75.Kg4 Rc1 76.Rxf6+ Kg7 77.Rc6 Kf7
78.Kf4 Ke7 79.Ke3 Kd7 80.Rg6 Rd1 81.Rh6 Kc7 82.Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.a4 Bb7
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.e4 Nf6 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.e5 h6
16.Bh4 Nbd7 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qh5+ Kg7 20.Ra1 Rh7 21.Ne2 Bd6 22.d5 cxd5
23.Nd4 Bc8 24.Ra8 Qd7 25.Nxe6+ Qxe6 26.Bxd5 Qd7 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qf7+ Kh8
29.Qxf6+ Rg7 30.Qxh6+ Rh7 31.Qxd6 Rg7 32.Qh6+ Rh7 33.Qf6+ Rg7 34.h4 Qe8 35.Be6 Qe7
36.Qe5 Qb7 37.Qh5+ Rh7 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qg8+ Kf6 40.Bd5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Korzubov, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 a6 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.O-O Nbc6 8.Qe2 Nb4
9.Nb3 Nxd3 10.cxd3 Bb6 11.Be3 O-O 12.e5 Nf5 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Qc5 Qd8
16.Nbd4 Rc8 17.Qb4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qc7 19.f4 f6 20.Rae1 fxe5 21.fxe5 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 a5
23.Qd6 Rf8+ 24.Kg1 Qxd6 25.exd6 Ra8 26.Rc1 Ra6 27.Rc7 Rxd6 28.Rxb7 Be8 29.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Be6 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Nbc3 O-O-O 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Rd2 Ne7 14.Rad1 Kc7 15.Nf4 Bf7
16.Nfd5+ Nxd5 17.Nxd5+ Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Rhe8 19.f3 Re5 20.Rxe5 dxe5 21.Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.Qf2 Nfd7 11.f4 Bb7 12.f5 Be7 13.fxe6 O-O 14.Nf5 fxe6 15.Bxb6 Nxb6
16.Nxe7+ Kh8 17.Qh4 b4 18.Ne2 Bxe4 19.Rg1 Nc8 20.g5 d5 21.Nc6 Qd6 22.Ncd4 e5
23.O-O-O exd4 24.Bg2 Bg6 25.Nxd4 Nb6 26.Rge1 Rac8 27.Bh3 Rf4 28.Qg3 Rxd4
29.Bxc8 Qc6 30.Bf5 Bxf5 31.Qc7 Rxd1+ 32.Kxd1 Bxc2+ 33.Kc1 Ba4+ 34.Qxc6 Bxc6
35.Re6 Bb5 36.Rxb6 Kg8 37.Rb7 d4 38.Kd2 Kf8 39.h4 d3 40.b3 h6 41.gxh6 gxh6
42.Rh7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 a6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.dxc5 d4
9.b4 a5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.bxa5 e5 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bb2 Qc8 14.e3 dxe3 15.Nxe5 exf2+
16.Qxf2 Nxa5 17.Bd4 Be6 18.Nxa5 Rxa5 19.c6 b6 20.Rfe1 Rd8 21.Bxb6 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Ng4
23.Qe2 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Bf6 25.Qa5 Bxa1 26.Bxd8 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qb8 28.Be4 Bg4 29.Qb5 Qxd8
30.c7 Qc8 31.a4 g6 32.Qb8 Be5 33.Bb7 Qxb8 34.cxb8=Q+ Bxb8 35.c5 Bc7 36.Kg2 Bd7
37.c6 Bf5 38.Kf3 Bc2  0-1

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 b6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rfc1 Nc6 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.a4 Rfc8 14.Bf4 Ne8 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Bc5 17.e4 Bb7 18.Rd1 a6 19.Nc3 d4 20.Ne2 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Bxa8
23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Be3 Rc4 25.Qd3 Qc8 26.Bxd4 Rc1 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Bf1 Bc6 29.Qc3 Qxc3
30.Bxc3 Nc7 31.f3 Na6 32.Kf2 Kf8 33.Ke3 Ke8 34.Kd4 Kd7 35.f4 Ke8 36.b3 Kf8
37.Bb2 Bd7 38.Ba3+ Kg8 39.Bd6 g6 40.Be2 Kg7 41.Ke3 h5 42.f5 Bc6 43.Kf4 Bd7
44.Kg5 Be8 45.g4 hxg4 46.Bxg4 Bd7 47.b4 Bc8 48.Bd1 Bd7 49.Bb3 Bc8 50.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nc6 7.e3 e5 8.dxe5 d4
9.Qd3 Ng4 10.Nf3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.fxe3 Ke7 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Be2 Ngxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Bc3 f6 17.Bxe5 fxe5 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Kf2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Kxd8 22.c5 b6
23.b4 h6 24.e4 bxc5 25.bxc5 Ke7 26.Bb5 Bb3 27.Bc6 g5 28.g3 Be6 29.Ke3 Bd7
30.Bd5 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Ne5
9.Be2 c6 10.a4 Qa5 11.Ra3 O-O 12.Be3 Rfc8 13.Rb3 Rab8 14.Qd4 c5 15.Qd1 a6
16.f4 Ned7 17.g4 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bxb5 c4 20.Ra3 Qb4 21.Bd4 Rxb5 22.Na2 Nxd5
23.Nxb4 Bxd4+ 24.Qxd4 Nxb4 25.Rf2 d5 26.exd5 Rxd5 27.Qc3 Rb5 28.Ra4 Nd5 29.Rxc4 Nxc3
30.Rxc8+ Kg7 31.bxc3 Nf6 32.h3 h5 33.g5 Ne4 34.Re2 Nd6 35.Ra8 Nf5 36.Rd2 f6
37.gxf6+ Kxf6 38.Ra6+ Nd6 39.c4 Rc5 40.Rd4 Kf7 41.Ra4 Rc6 42.Kf2 Ne8 43.Ra5 Rf6
44.Re5 Ng7 45.Rde4 Nf5 46.c5 Rc6 47.Ra4 Rc7 48.c3 Ng7 49.Ra6 Rc8 50.c6 Ne6
51.Ke3 Nc7 52.Ra7 Kf6 53.c4 h4 54.Kf3 g5 55.Rxg5 Ne6 56.Rh5 Rxc6 57.Kg4 Rxc4
58.Rf5+ Kg6 59.Rxe7 Re4 60.Rf8  1-0

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.b5 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nf6 13.Ne5 Ne4 14.Qc2 Bxe5 15.dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Qb1 c5 15.a3 Nc6
16.e5 dxe5 17.dxc5 Bc7 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qg6+ Kh8 20.Qxh6+ Nh7 21.Ne4 Nd4 22.Nxd4 exd4
23.Rad1 a5 24.c6 Bc8 25.Nc3 Bf5 26.Nd5 d3 27.Ne7 Bg6 28.Re6 Rg8 29.Nxg6+ fxg6
30.Rxg6 Rxg6 31.Qxg6 Qd4 32.Rxd3 Qxb2 33.Bc2 Rg8  0-1

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Re8 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Rac1 Nf8 14.b5 a5 15.a4 Ng6 16.Ba3 Qe7
17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Bf5 Qd8 19.Rc2 Ne7 20.Bd3 Rc8 21.Rfc1 Qd7 22.Ne2 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Rc8
24.Nd2 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qc8 26.Nb1 Qxc2 27.Bxc2 Ne8 28.g4 g5 29.Ng3 Ng7 30.Nc3 h6
31.f3 f6 32.Bb3 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ne8 34.Nh5 Kf7 35.f4 Kg6 36.h3 Ng7 37.f5+ Kf7
38.Ne4 Ne8 39.Nhxf6 Nxf6 40.Nxd6+ Kf8 41.Nxb7 Ne4+ 42.Ke1 Ke8 43.Bc2 Kd7
44.Bxe4 dxe4 45.f6 Nd5 46.f7 Ke7 47.Kd2 Nf6 48.Nd6 Kf8 49.Ke2  1-0

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.g3 f5 10.Bg2 Nf6 11.O-O Be4 12.Qc3 a5 13.b3 Qe7 14.Bb2 d6 15.Rfd1 Nbd7
16.b4 Rfb8 17.Bf1 Re8 18.Nd2 Bb7 19.Nb3 a4 20.Nd2 Qf7 21.c5 Bd5 22.cxd6 cxd6
23.b5 Ne4 24.Nxe4 fxe4 25.Rdc1 Rf8 26.Qe3 Nf6 27.f3 Ra5 28.Bc3 Rxb5 29.Bb4 Qd7
30.Qf4 Ne8 31.Qh4 exf3 32.exf3 Bxf3 33.Bxb5 Qxb5 34.Rf1 Qd5 35.Rf2 g5 36.Qh3 Ng7
37.Bc3 Nf5 38.Qf1 Ne3 39.Qd3 Ng4 40.Rd2 Be4 41.Qe2 Nf2 42.Qf1 Bd3 43.Qxf2 Rxf2
44.Kxf2 Ba6 45.Bb4 g4 46.Re1 Qf3+ 47.Kg1 Bb7  0-1

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gorelov, Sergey G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.a5 Qb8 14.Qa4 c5 15.Qxc4 cxd4
16.Rxd4 c5 17.Rd1 Qb4 18.Ra4 Qxc4 19.Rxc4 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.d5 Ba6 15.Rfe1 Bxe2
16.Rxe2 Na6 17.Be3 Rfe8 18.Nd4 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 e6 20.dxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.c4 O-O 8.O-O c6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Rb1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Be2 a6 15.c4 bxc4
16.Be3 Nd7 17.Nd2 Bg6 18.Rc1 c5 19.Nxc4 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Bf4 21.Rc3 Re8 22.Bf3 Rb8
23.Bc6 Rb1 24.Qxb1 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 Re6 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Nb6 Rxb6 28.Bxb6 h6 29.Be3 Be5
30.Ra3 Qd6 31.Ra4 Qd3 32.Rc1 Kh7 33.Ra5 Bd6 34.Ra4 Be5 35.Re1 Qc3 36.Rc1 Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Qe2 Nxd3 12.cxd3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Be6 14.Kh1 Qa5 15.Nd4 Qh5
16.Qf2 d5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qb6 dxe4 19.dxe4 Bc5 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Bg3 Bd4 22.Qc4 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Qg6 24.e5 Ne4 25.Bf4 Rac8 26.Qb4 h6 27.Rae1 Nxc3 28.e6 Nd5 29.Qxb7 Nxf4
30.e7 Rfe8 31.Rxf4 Kh7 32.h3 Rc5 33.Rf8 Rf5  1-0

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.Nc2 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rb8 15.f4 Ng4
16.h3 Nf6 17.Nd6 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.e4 Qa7+ 20.Qf2 Qxa2 21.e5 Nh5 22.Ne4 f5
23.Ra1 Qxb3 24.Nd4 Qb4 25.Rfb1 Qc4 26.Rc1 Qb4 27.Rcb1 Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Basin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.Qe2 b5 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.f4 Bd4+ 14.Be3 Bc6 15.e5 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Bxe3 17.exf6 Qd2 18.Rf2 O-O-O 19.Qg4+ Qd7 20.Qf3 Qd4 21.Re2 Qxf6
22.Rxe3 Kb8 23.Rae1  1-0

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Bc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bxd7 Rd8 11.Qh5 Bxd7 12.Qxc5 Bc6 13.Qg5 Qxg5 14.Bxg5 f6 15.Bf4 Rd7
16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Rxd7 Rxd7 18.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Ng3 g6 17.Nh2 Ne8 18.a4 Ng7 19.b3 Nb6 20.a5 Nd7 21.b4 Nf6 22.Bg5 Qc7 23.Bb3 Ne6
24.Bh6 Rfd8 25.Ng4 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Ne2 Nxg4 28.hxg4 Bg5 29.Qd3 Qe7 30.Bd5 Rac8
31.Nd4 Bb7 32.c4 bxc4 33.Bxc4 Bf6 34.Rab1 Re8 35.g5 Bxd4 36.Qxd4 Qxg5 37.f3 Rc7
38.Qd3 Ra8 39.Bb3 Qe5 40.Rec1 Qe7 41.Rxc7 Qxc7 42.Rd1 Rd8 43.Qd4 Qe7 44.e5 d5
45.Qxf4 Bc6 46.Rc1 Bb5 47.Rc5 Bc4 48.Bxc4 dxc4 49.Rxc4 Rd1+ 50.Kh2 Rd5 51.Qf6 Qxe5+
52.Qxe5 Rxe5 53.Rc6  1-0

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Nf3 Rad8
16.Ne5 Bc8 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.Qxg4 Bf8 19.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2 e5 8.O-O a6 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.Na4 b5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nb6 Ra7 13.Nxc8 Rxc8 14.Be3 Rac7 15.f3 Bf8 16.Rac1 b4
17.c5 Rd8 18.Bh3 a5 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Nbd7 21.Nc1 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.Rd8+ Kg7
24.Ra8 a4 25.Ra5 Nfd7 26.Bxd7 Nxd7 27.Rxa4 c5 28.Kf2 Kf6 29.Nd3 Ke7 30.Ra6 Rb7
31.Ra5 Kd6 32.b3 Kc6 33.Ra8 Kb5 34.Ke3 Nb6 35.Re8 f6 36.Re6 c4 37.bxc4+ Nxc4+
38.Ke2 Ra7 39.Nc1 Rd7 40.Nd3 Ra7 41.Nc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 exf4 13.Kb1 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Be5
16.Bc4 b5 17.Bxb5 Rb8 18.c4 Nd4 19.Rhe1 f6 20.a4 Rf7 21.Qf2 Qa5 22.Re4 Nxf5
23.Qc2 Ne3 24.Nxe3 fxe3 25.c5 Kh8 26.Qc4 Re7 27.b4 Qc7 28.Rxe3 a6 29.Bxa6 Qc6
30.Bb5 Qxg2 31.Re2 Qf3 32.c6 Bxh2 33.Rdd2 Rxe2 34.Qxe2 Qf5+ 35.Qd3 Qg4 36.Rxh2 Qg1+
37.Kb2 Qxh2+ 38.Qc2 Qd6 39.Kb3 Re8 40.a5 Qd5+ 41.Ka4 Re1 42.Bc4 Qxc6+ 43.Kb3 Re3+
44.Bd3 Qd5+ 45.Kc3 Rg3 46.Qe2 f5 47.Qe8+ Kh7 48.Qe2 Qe4 49.Qd2 Qc6+ 50.Kb3 Qd5+
51.Kc3 h5 52.Qd1 g6 53.a6 Qe5+ 54.Kc4 Rg4+ 55.Kb3 Qd5+  0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Rb1 Nc6
9.O-O e5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Nf3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.f5 Qe5 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.f6 Kh8 19.e4 d4 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Qh6 Rg8 22.Rf3 g5 23.Bxe6 Qxe6
24.Re1 Rg6 25.Qh5 Rd8 26.e5 d3 27.Rfe3 g4 28.b3 c4 29.Rd1 Qb6 30.Kf2 Qa5
31.bxc4 Qxa2+ 32.Kg3 Qxc4 33.Qf5 Qxc3 34.Rdxd3 Rxd3 35.Qxd3 Qc8 36.Qb3 h5
37.Qxf7 Qf5 38.Qf8+ Kh7 39.Qe7+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.c3 e6 11.e4 f5 12.exf5 exf5 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nc4 Rb8
16.Rfe1 b5 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Bxd6 g4 19.hxg4 fxg4 20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.Nh4 Nf4 22.Ng6+ Nxg6
23.Bxg6 Qd6 24.Be4 g3 25.fxg3 Qxg3 26.Qf7 Rf8 27.Qxd7 Qf2+ 28.Kh1 Rf4 29.Bxc6 Rh4+
30.Qh3 Rxh3+ 31.gxh3 Bf8 32.Rf1 Qxb2 33.Rxf8+ Kg7 34.Raf1 Qxc3 35.R1f7+ Kg6
36.Be4+ Kh5 37.Rf5+ Kh4 38.Rf4+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Qh5 c6 12.Ne6 g6 13.Qe5 Bf6 14.Nxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Szekely, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.Bxf4 Bg4 13.Qe1 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Be6 15.Nd4 Rc8
16.Qe2 Re8 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Nf5 Ne5 19.a5 Bf8 20.Bb6 Qg5 21.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.a5 Qb8 14.Ra4 c5 15.Rxc4 cxd4
16.Rdxd4 c5 17.Rh4 Re8 18.Be3 h6 19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Nd7 21.Rcc4 Ne5 22.Ra4 Qc7
23.Rhd4 Rab8 24.Qd2 Red8 25.Ne4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Qe7 27.Qc3 Qb7 28.b4 Nc6 29.Rc4 Nxb4
30.Nc5 Qb5 31.Rg4 g5 32.h4 Nd5 33.Qe5 Qb2 34.Qxb2 Rxb2 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Rxg5+ Kf8
37.Re5 Ra2 38.Nxa6 Rxa5 39.e4 Ra1+ 40.Kg2 Rxa6 41.exd5 exd5 42.Rxd5 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Bf4 c6 10.Rc1 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bh3 Bf6 13.Rxc6 Nc5 14.Rxc5 bxc5 15.dxc5 Bc8
16.Bg2 Bxb2 17.O-O Be6 18.Rb1 Bc3 19.Nd4 Qe8 20.Qd1 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qc6 22.Be5 f6
23.Bd6 Rfd8 24.h4 Rac8 25.Rb3 Re8 26.g4 Bf7 27.g5 f5 28.h5 Re6 29.Bxd5 Re4
30.Bxe4 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 fxe4 32.Rh3 Be6 33.Re3 Bf5 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Kg3 g6 36.Kf4 Ke6
37.h6 Kd7 38.Rb3 Kc6 39.Ke5 Re8+ 40.Kf6 Be6 41.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 b5 9.e5 Ne8
10.c5 Bg4 11.cxd6 exd6 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.exd6 Nb6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Rc8 16.Ne4 Nd5
17.Rac1 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 f5 19.Nc5 Qxd6 20.Qxd6 Nxd6 21.Ne6 Rfe8 22.Rxc6 Rxc6
23.Bxc6 Rc8 24.Rc1 Bf6 25.b4 Kf7 26.d5 Ne4 27.Rc2 Be7 28.Nc5 Nxc5 29.bxc5 a5
30.Kf1 a4 31.Bxb5 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 Bxc5 33.Bxa4 Ke7 34.Bc6 Ba3 35.Ke2 Kd6 36.Kd3 Kc5
37.f3 Bb4 38.a4 Be1 39.g4 Ba5 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Ke3 Bc7 42.Bb7 h6 43.Bc8 Kb4
44.Bd7 Bb8 45.f4 Bc7 46.Kf3 Ka5 47.Bxf5 Kxa4 48.Be6 Kb5 49.f5 h5 50.f6 Kc5
51.f7 Bd6 52.Ke4 h4 53.Kf5 Bf8 54.Kg6 Kd6 55.Kh7 Ke7 56.Kh8  1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Belov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.Rb1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Be4 Rc8
16.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.Rac1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Bxf7+ Rxf7
16.Ne5 Nd5 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Rxc6 Qe8 19.Rcc1 Bd6 20.Nxf7 Qxf7 21.Rc6 Rd8 22.Bg5 Nf4
23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.Bxd8 Bxc6 25.Bg5 Nxg2 26.d5 Bxd5 27.Rd1 Ke6 28.Rxd5 Kxd5
29.Kxg2 Ke4 30.Be3 a6 31.h3 Be5 32.b3 Bd4 33.Bg5 Kd3 34.Kf3 Kc2 35.Be3 Bf6
36.Ke4 Kb2 37.Kd3 Kxa2 38.Kc2 a5 39.Bb6 a4 40.b4 Ka3 41.Bc5 Ka2 42.Bd6 Ka3
43.Bc5 h5 44.Bf8 g6 45.Bc5 g5 46.f3 Be5 47.Be7 Bg3 48.Bxg5 Kxb4 49.f4 Kc4
50.f5 Kd5 51.Bd8 Be5 52.Be7 Bd6 53.Bh4 Ke4 54.f6 Kf5 55.Kc3 Ke6 56.Bg5 b4+
57.Kc4 b3  0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.O-O d6
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Qb3 b6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Bd2 a6 14.Rfc1 b5 15.Qd1 Nc6
16.Be1 Rfd8 17.Ne2 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nd4 Nxf3+ 20.Nxf3 Rac8 21.Bc3 Ne4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Qd6 26.Qd1 Qc5 27.Qd4+ Qxd4 28.Nxd4 Kf6
29.Kf1 Ke5 30.Ke2 Nc5 31.Nc6+ Kd6 32.Nb4 a5 33.Nd3 Ne6 34.Kd2 d4 35.e4 h5
36.h4 g5 37.hxg5 Nxg5 38.f3 h4 39.Ke2 Ke6 40.b3 Kd6 41.a4 bxa4 42.bxa4 Kc6
43.Kd1 h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Briffel, Francisco"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O b5
9.h4 Qa5 10.Kb1 Nbd7 11.h5 Nxh5 12.g4 Ng3 13.Rh2 Nxf1 14.Rxf1 c5 15.Bh6 Bxd4
16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Ne2 Bg7 19.Qg5 Ra7 20.f4 f6 21.Qh4 e6 22.Ne3 bxc4
23.Rd1 Rd7 24.f5 Qe7 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Nxc4 Qd8 27.Qf2 d5 28.exd5 Rxd5 29.Rc1 f5
30.Nf4 Rd4 31.gxf5 exf5 32.Qf3 Qc7 33.Rf1 Rxc4 34.Qd5+ Qf7 35.Qd8 Bb7  0-1

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bc1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nge2 exd5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Nc1 h5 11.Be2 Nh7 12.O-O Qe7 13.Nd3 Ne5 14.Nf2 f5 15.Qd2 a6
16.a4 g5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Rae1 Rae8 19.Nce4 g4 20.f4 Ng6 21.Bd3 Qd7 22.a5 Nh4
23.b3 Kh8 24.Ng3 Nf6 25.Bc4 Bg6 26.Qc1 Nf5 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.Bd2 h4 29.g3 Ne4
30.Nxe4 Bxe4 31.Bc3 hxg3 32.hxg3 Qf5 33.Rf2 Kg8 34.Rh2 Re7 35.Bxg7 Rxg7 36.Qd2 Rff7
37.Rhe2 Bf3 38.Re8+ Rf8 39.R8e7 Qh7 40.Rxg7+ Qxg7 41.Be2 Be4 42.Bxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Ne1 c6 11.Nd3 Re8 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Re1 Ne4 15.e3 Bb7
16.Ne2 c5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Nc3 Nef6 19.Re2 Bc6 20.Rec2 Red8 21.Ne2 a5 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.Nef4 c4 24.Bxd5 Ba3 25.Rxc4 Bxc1 26.Qxc1 Nb8 27.e4 Bd7 28.Nc5 Bb5 29.Rc2 Nd7
30.h4 Nb6 31.a4 Be8 32.Qe1 Bc6 33.Bxc6 Qxc6 34.Qxa5 Qd6 35.Kg2 Qd1 36.Qc3 Nd7
37.Nfd3 Nf6 38.Rc1 Qe2 39.Qe1 Qxe1 40.Rxe1 Rd4 41.Kf3 Nd7 42.Ke3 Rd6 43.Rc1 Nxc5
44.Nxc5 Rb6 45.Kd4 Rd6+ 46.Kc4 Rd2 47.f3 Kf8 48.b4 Ke7 49.Rc3 Rd1 50.f4 f6
51.Kb3 Kd6 52.Rc4 Rb1+ 53.Kc2 Rg1 54.Rd4+ Kc6 55.Rd3 Rb8 56.Rc3 Kd6 57.b5 Rc8
58.Rd3+ Ke7 59.Rd5 Rg2+ 60.Kc3 Rxg3+ 61.Kb4 Rg1 62.b6 Rb1+ 63.Nb3 Re1 64.a5 Rxe4+
65.Kb5 Rcc4 66.Nc5 Rb4+ 67.Kc6 Rxf4 68.a6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Rfd1 Nb4 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.e3 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Qe2 Qe7 17.h4 Rfd8 18.b3 e5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Qc4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 c6
23.Kf1 Qf5 24.Qe4 Qf6 25.Qc4 Qf3 26.Qe4 Qf6 27.Qc4 Qf3 28.Qe4 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.Re1 Nc5
10.Bf1 b6 11.h3 Ne8 12.g3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.Bg2 Rab8
17.Nb5 h6 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Kh7 21.b3 Qxe6 22.Nxc7 Qf7 23.Nb5 d5
24.Qc2 d4 25.Nd6 Qe7 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Rbd8 28.Rd1 Qg5 29.Rd3 Rf5 30.Qe2 Rdf8
31.Rd2 R5f7 32.Qd3 Ra7 33.a4 Raf7 34.Ree2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bg4 8.Be2 Qc7
9.b4 b6 10.cxb6 axb6 11.Qb3 Rc8 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.c4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Rc1 Qa7
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.cxd5 Bb5 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Bxb5 Rc1+ 20.Ke2 Rxh1 21.Nf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.e5 Nfe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qb4 d5 12.Bd3 b6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Rae1 Bb7 15.Re2 e6
16.Bd4 Bh6 17.Qe1 Qe7 18.Nd2 Rfd8 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qf2 Bxf4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Bh6
23.h4 Rac8 24.c3 Rd5 25.h5 Bg7 26.Qe3 Rc7 27.Qh3 Qe8 28.b3 Qe7 29.Rh4 g5
30.Re4 h6 31.Re2 Qe8 32.Qe3 Rcd7 33.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c4 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.e6 Nc5 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.Ng5+ Qxg5 14.Nb3 Qe5 15.Nxc5 Qxe2
16.Bxe2 b6 17.Nd3 Bf5 18.Rd1 Rhe8 19.Kf1 Rac8 20.Bf4 Nd8 21.Rac1 Ne6 22.Bd6 Bh6
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Ne5+ Kg8 25.Bd3 Be4 26.f3 Bxd3+ 27.Nxd3 Be3 28.Bg3 Rc2 29.Re1 Nc5
30.Re2 Rc4 31.b3 Rc3 32.Nb4 d3 33.Rxe3 Rc1+ 34.Re1 d2 35.Ke2 dxe1=Q+ 36.Bxe1 d4
37.Bd2 Ra1 38.Bf4 a5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.e4 Rc8 12.Rfd1 h6 13.e5 Ne8 14.Nf1 Be7 15.Ne3 Nc7
16.Qe2 a4 17.Ne1 c5 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.dxc5 Bxg2 21.Nxg2 Rxc5 22.b4 Rc6
23.Qb5 Qc7 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qb7 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Ne3 Bg5 28.Nc2 Qe4 29.Na3 Nf8
30.Rxd8 Bxd8 31.Qxa4 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Bb3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.a5 Rfd8
16.Qf3 Qc5 17.Rfe1 Qd4 18.Nf1 Bxb3 19.cxb3 d5 20.exd5 Bb4 21.Ra4 Bxc3 22.Rxd4 Bxd4
23.Ne3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Rxd5 25.b4 Rc2 26.h3 e4 27.Rc1 Rxb2 28.Qc3 Ra2 29.Qc8+ Kh7
30.Qxb7 Rdd2 31.Qa7 Rab2 32.Rc7 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Rbb1 34.Qc5 Kg6 35.Qe7 Kg5 36.Rc5+ Kg6
37.Qe5 h5 38.Qf5+ Kh6 39.Qg5+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kh6 41.Rc8 Nh7 42.Rh8 g6 43.Qxf7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 Rb8 11.Nd2 Na5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.a3 Bd6 14.Nce4 b5 15.a4 Bd7
16.axb5 Rxb5 17.Nc3 Nb3 18.Nxb5 Nxa1 19.Qxc4 Bxb5 20.Qxb5 Nc2 21.Nc4 Nb4
22.Rc1 a6 23.Qb7 c6 24.Bxc6 Rb8 25.Qxe7 Bxe7 26.Be4 Rc8 27.b3 h5 28.Kf1 g6
29.Ke2 Na2 30.Re1 Nc3+ 31.Kd3 Nxe4 32.Kxe4 Rb8 33.Rb1 Kg7 34.Kd3 Rb7 35.Kc2 Bb4
36.Ra1 Ra7 37.Kd3 a5 38.Ra2 Kf8 39.Ne5 Rb7 40.Nc6 Be1 41.Kc4 Rb6 42.Nxa5 Rb4+
43.Kd3 Rb6 44.Nc4 Rxb3+ 45.Ke2 Bc3 46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.Ra7 Rb8 48.Ne5 Rf8 49.f4 Bb4
50.Nc6 Bd6 51.Rd7 Ba3 52.Ne5 Bb4 53.e4 Kg8 54.Kd3 Be1 55.Rb7 h4 56.g4 h3
57.Rb1 Bh4 58.g5 Ra8 59.Rb3 Kg7 60.Ng4 Rd8 61.e5 Be1 62.Ke4 Rh8 63.Nh6 Bf2
64.Rxh3 Bg1 65.Rg3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.exd4 Qe7 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 h6 14.Bf4 d5 15.b3 Rfd8
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Qe3 Qa3 18.Rfd1 Ba6 19.h3 dxc4 20.bxc4 Qxe3 21.Bxe3 Rc6 22.Rc2 Rdc8
23.Rdc1 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4
9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Nde7 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Qxb7 Bc8 14.Qc7 Qxc7 15.Bxc7 Ba6
16.Re1 Rac8 17.Bd6 Rfd8 18.Bc5 Nd5 19.Na3 Ndb4 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.b4 Rb8 22.Rab1 Rd5
23.f3 e5 24.Kf2 Bc8 25.Nc4 Be6 26.Nd6 Rd8 27.Ne4 f5 28.Nd2 e4 29.Nb3 a6 30.a4 Rb8
31.Red1 d3 32.exd3 exd3 33.b5 axb5 34.axb5 Rxb5 35.Be3 f4 36.Bxf4 Rh5 37.g4 Rhd5
38.Nd2 h5 39.h3 hxg4 40.hxg4 Bf7 41.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Bg4 10.O-O Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Bxc3 14.Nc4 b6 15.Nxa5 Bxa5
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Qb2 f6 18.f4 c4 19.f5 gxf5 20.Rxf5 Kh8 21.Qc2 Rc8 22.Rd1 Rg8
23.e5 Rg6 24.Bf4 fxe5 25.Bxe5+ Kg8 26.h4 e6 27.Rf4 b5 28.d6 Bb6+ 29.Kh1 c3
30.Qe4 Rc4 31.Qf3 Rxf4 32.Qxf4 Qf8 33.Qe4 Qf5 34.Qa8+ Qf8 35.Qe4 Qf5 36.Qa8+ Qf8
37.Qc6 Rg4 38.g3 Rc4 39.Qg2 c2 40.Rc1 Be3 41.d7 Bxc1 42.Qh3 Qa8+ 43.Kh2 Kf7
44.Qf1+ Bf4 45.Bxf4 Ke7 46.Bg5+ Kxd7 47.Qf7+ Kd6 48.Bf4+ e5 49.Qf6+ Kd7 50.Qf7+ Kc6
51.Qe6+ Kb7 52.Qe7+ Ka6 53.Qa3+ Kb6 54.Be3+ Kc6 55.Qa6+ Kc7 56.Qh6 Qe4 57.Qg7+ Kc8  0-1

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.g4 Be6 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.h4 Rac8 13.h5 Bc4 14.h6 Bh8 15.g5 Nd7
16.Bxh8 Kxh8 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Nd5 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2 f6 20.gxf6 e6 21.b3 Rcc8 22.Ne3 Rxf6
23.Ke2 Ne5 24.Rad1 Rc6 25.Rdf1 Kg8 26.f4 Nd7 27.a4 Kf8 28.a5 b6 29.axb6 axb6
30.Rf3 Nc5 31.Ra1 Rc8 32.e5 dxe5 33.fxe5 Rxf3 34.Kxf3 Nd7 35.Ke4 Rc5 36.Ra7 Nxe5
37.b4 Rb5 38.c4 Nxc4 39.Nxc4 Rxb4 40.Kd3 Rb3+ 41.Kd4 Rh3 42.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Qd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Ne5 10.Qc2 Bc5 11.Qa4 O-O 12.Nb3 d6 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Be3 Bd7
16.Qb3 b6 17.Bxa8 Qxa8 18.f3 Ne5 19.O-O Nc6 20.Qd1 Qc8 21.Qd3 e5 22.Rfd1 Bf5
23.Qd2 Be6 24.Bf2 Na5 25.Qd3 Bxc4 26.Qc2 Be6 27.Qd3 Bc4 28.Qc2 Be6 29.Qd3 Bc4
30.Qc2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.b4 e5
9.Bb2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Be2 c5 12.Nc2 b6 13.Ne3 Bb7 14.Qc2 Nc6 15.Nf5 Bc8
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.b5 Nd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Qd3 Bb7 20.f3 Nh5 21.g3 f5 22.O-O fxe4
23.fxe4 Nf6 24.Qxd4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Qxe4 26.Qxe4 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Bxe4 28.Re1 Re8
29.Bg2 Bg6 30.Bd5+ Kf8 31.Rf1+ Ke7 32.a4 Rf8 33.Re1+ Kd8 34.a5 Bf7 35.Bc6 Bxc4
36.Rc1 d5 37.axb6 axb6 38.Ra1 Ke7 39.Ra6 d4 40.Rxb6 d3 41.Rb7+ Kd6 42.Rd7+ Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.c3 Be7 12.Qf3 Qc7 13.Bb3 O-O 14.Bg5 Nd5 15.Bd2 Qc5
16.Rad1 Bf6 17.Bc1 Rfd8 18.Rfe1 a5 19.Qg3 Be8 20.a3 b5 21.Bg5 Qc7 22.Qxc7 Nxc7
23.Bxf6 gxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.f4 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.O-O Bxb3 12.cxb3 e6 13.Bf3 Nb4 14.Qe2 d5 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.Qb5 Rfc8 17.exd5 Nfxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bf2 Rc2 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Qxd5 Rxb2
22.Bc5 Qc7 23.f5 Rc2 24.Bd6 Qd7 25.f6 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxf8 28.Rd7 b6
29.Rfd1 Rc6 30.R1d6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Rb8 32.Rd5 h6 33.Rb5 g5 34.b4 Ra8 35.Rxb6 axb4
36.Rxb4 Kh7 37.Kf2 Kg6 38.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Rc1 O-O 8.e3 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Re8
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Kf1 Rad8 18.Ke2 Kf8 19.f3 Bc8 20.b4 Nd5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Nb3 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Ke7 24.a3 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.e4 f6 27.Ke3 Ke7 28.Kd4 b6 29.Nd2 Bd7
30.f4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Be6
16.Nd5 Ne4 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Re1 Rfd8 20.Qe2 Re8 21.Qc4 Qxc4
22.Rxc4 Ng5 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Nxg5 hxg5 25.Rc7 Re1+ 26.Kh2 Ra1 27.Rxb7 Rxa2
28.Kg3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Qc2 dxc5 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Be3 e6 8.h3 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Rfd8 13.Rfe1 Rd7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Bg5 Nh5
16.Be3 Nf6 17.Bg5 Nh5 18.Be3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Temirbaev, Serik"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Nxe5
9.Bxe5 Nd7 10.Bg3 a6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfc1 Rc8 15.Ne2 Qb6
16.Rc2 Rc6 17.Rxc6 bxc6 18.Qc2 c5 19.dxc5 Rc8 20.Rc1 Rxc5 21.Qd2 Bf6 22.b3 h5
23.f3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Ne1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Qb6 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.f3 Bb7 15.Qd2 d5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qg5+ Kh8 18.Qf6+ Kg8 19.Qg5+ Kh8 20.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 a6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.a3 Re8 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.b4 Rad8
16.Qb3 Qb8 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.a4 Nxg3 19.hxg3 a5 20.cxb5 Bxb4 21.Na2 c5 22.Bc4 Re7
23.Qe3 Qa8 24.Rd6 Nf8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Nc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Nd7 28.Qe3 Nb6 29.Bb3 c4
30.Bxc4 Nxa4 31.Qb3 Nb6 32.Bxf7+ Kh7 33.Rd1 Qc8 34.Bd5 Bxd5 35.exd5 Qc4 36.Qb1+ g6
37.d6 Rg7 38.Nxe5 Qe6 39.Qb2 a4 40.Qd4  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.f4 d6 12.O-O Nd7 13.Be3 Nc5 14.Be2 O-O 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Nd2 Rac8 17.b4 Nd7 18.Nb3 a6 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Bd3 g6 21.Qf2 Ba8 22.Na4 Bd8
23.Be2 Ne7 24.Nc3 Bb7 25.Nd4 Nf6 26.f5 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Bxe4 28.fxe6 f5 29.Bh6 Re8
30.Bf3 d5 31.cxd5 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Bxd5 33.Nc6  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rb3 Qc5+
16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bd4 Qa5 18.Bb6 Qe5 19.Bd4 Qa5 20.Bb6 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 d6 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Bg5 Ne7 13.Nf1 Kh8 14.Ng3 f6 15.Be3 c5
16.Be6 Bc6 17.d5 Bb7 18.Nh4 c4 19.Qg4 Nc5 20.Nh5 Nxe6 21.dxe6 Rg8 22.Bxb6 Qxb6
23.Re3 Raf8 24.Nf5 Qc7 25.Rh3 g6 26.Nxf6 Nxf5 27.Nxh7 Kg7 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 29.exf5 Rxf5
30.Qh4 Rh5 31.Qg4 Rf5 32.Rd1 Kf6 33.Rh8 Qg7 34.Qh4+ Rg5 35.Rxd6 Bxg2 36.e7+ Kf5
37.Qxg5+ Kxg5 38.e8=Q  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 Be6 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.h5 Nxh5
9.Rxh5 gxh5 10.Ng5 Bg8 11.Qxh5+ Kf8 12.Bd3 e6 13.g4 h6 14.Nf3 Bf7 15.Qh3 fxg4
16.Qxg4 Nd7 17.Bd6+ Kg8 18.O-O-O Nf6 19.Qf4 Bh5 20.Be5 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qe7 22.Rg1 Rf8
23.Qg3 h5 24.Bd6 h4 25.Qe5 Qd7 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Ne2 Nh5 28.Qb8+ Kf7 29.Bg6+ Ke7
30.Bxh5 Rxb8 31.Rxg7+ Kd6 32.Rxd7+ Kxd7 33.Bg4 Kd6 34.Kd2 Rg8 35.f3 e5 36.dxe5+ Kxe5
37.Ke1 Rh8 38.Bh3 c5 39.Kf2 b5 40.Nf4 Rh6 41.Nd3+ Kd6 42.f4 b4 43.f5 c4 44.Nf4 Ke5
45.Kf3 Rd6 46.Nh5 d4 47.exd4+ Rxd4 48.f6 Rd8 49.Bf1 Kf5 50.Bxc4 Kg5 51.Nf4 Kxf6
52.Nd5+ Kg5 53.Nxb4 Rd2 54.Ke3 Rd1 55.Nd3 h3 56.Nf2 h2 57.b3 h1=Q 58.Nxh1 Rxh1
59.Kd4 Rh4+ 60.Ke5 Kg4 61.Be6+ Kf3 62.c4 Rh2 63.c5 Rxa2 64.c6  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Kh1 O-O 10.Bf3 e5 11.Nb3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ne5 13.Be2 b5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nd5 Bg7 17.a4 Bd7 18.axb5 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nd4 Qb7 22.c3 Re8
23.Qb3 Nc4 24.Qxb5 Qxb5 25.Nxb5 Nxb2 26.Nxd6 Re6 27.Nxf7 Nc4 28.e5 Nd2 29.Rf2 Ne4
30.Rf1 Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.c3 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Nbd2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Ng5 Ne5 14.Qg3 Qd6 15.Bc2 Bd7
16.Nb3 Bb6 17.Nd4 Rae8 18.Bf4 Nh5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Qh4 g6 22.f4 Bxd4+
23.cxd4 Ref5 24.g3 Kg7 25.Rae1 Nxf4 26.gxf4 Rxf4 27.Rxf4 Rxf4 28.Re7+ Kf8
29.Re8+ Kxe8 30.Bxg6+ Ke7 31.Qh7+ Kf6 32.Qh6 Rg4+ 33.Kh1 Qf4 34.Bh5+ Ke7
35.Qg7+ Kd6 36.Qg6+ Ke7 37.Qg7+ Kd6 38.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 e5 12.Bd3 c5 13.Nf1 g5 14.Bf2 Nh5 15.Ne3 Ng7 16.h4 exd4
17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Nf5 20.Bb5 O-O-O 21.Bxd7+ Rxd7 22.hxg5 Qe5
23.Rc1+ Rc7 24.Rxc7+ Kxc7 25.Qa1 Kb7 26.gxh6 Rc8 27.O-O Ng3 28.Re1 Rc2 29.Qxd4  0-1

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 O-O 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 c6
10.e4 cxd5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.exd5 Re8 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Bf4 g6 15.Rc1 a6 16.a4 Bf8
17.Re1 Rc8 18.h3 Rc5 19.b4 Nxd5 20.bxc5 Nxf4 21.c6 Bxc6 22.Bf1 Rxe1 23.Qxe1 Ne5
24.Qd1 Qa8 25.Nce2 Nfd3 26.Rb1 Nc5 27.Nc3 Qd8 28.Nge2 Bb7 29.Nf4 Bg7 30.Nfd5 Ned7
31.g3 h6 32.Bg2 Kh7 33.h4 Qa8 34.Nxb6 Nxb6 35.Bxb7 Qxb7 36.Qxd6 Ncd7 37.a5 Bxc3
38.axb6 Be5 39.Qe7 Qd5 40.b7 Kg7 41.Rc1 Qd2 42.Rb1 Qd5 43.Rc1 Qd4 44.Qa3 Qb6
45.Qf3 h5 46.Rd1 Nf6 47.Qe3 Qb2 48.Qc5 Ng4 49.Rd7 Qb1+ 50.Kg2 Qe4+ 51.Kg1 Qb1+
52.Kg2 Qf5 53.Re7 Qe4+ 54.Kg1 Qe1+ 55.Kg2 Qe4+ 56.Kg1 Qb1+ 57.Kg2 Qb2 58.Rd7 Nf6
59.Re7 Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Kujbyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.Nc3 Ng6
9.Qd3 Be6 10.h4 h5 11.O-O-O exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.f4 Ng4
16.f5 Qf7 17.Kb1 Be7 18.Bc1 O-O 19.Rd4 Rfe8 20.Qf3 Ne5 21.Qg3 Bf8 22.Rhd1 Ng4
23.Ra4 a5 24.Qf3 Ne5 25.Qf1 Reb8 26.Ne2 c5 27.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Rfc8
16.Ne3 Rab8 17.a3 Nc4 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Re8 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Bxd2 h6 22.a4 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Stefan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.h3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Na6 13.O-O-O Nc5 14.g4 Bd7 15.h4 Qe5
16.Bf3 b5 17.cxb5 Rab8 18.b4 Rxb5 19.Nxb5 Bxb5 20.Rd4 Qf6 21.Bg2 Ba4 22.Qc4 Ne4
23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Nxg5 25.b5 Nf3 26.Bxf3 Qxf3 27.Rdh4 Rxe3 28.fxe3 Qxe3+
29.Kb1 Qe5 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Bxd4 32.Rh4 Bxb5 33.Rxd4 f5 34.a4 Ba6 35.Kc2 Kf7
36.Rh4 Kg7 37.Rb4 g5 38.Rb8 g4 39.Kd2 Kf6 40.Ke3 Ke5 41.Re8+ Kxd5 42.Re7 Kc6
43.Rf7 g3 44.Rxf5 g2 45.Rg5 Bf1 46.a5 Kb7 47.Kf2 Ka6 48.Rg7 c5 49.Rd7 Kxa5
50.Rxd6 c4  0-1

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.Nbd2 d5 6.dxc5 Qc7 7.Nb3 e6 8.Qd4 Nc6
9.Qh4 Ne4 10.Bh6 Bf6 11.Qf4 e5 12.Qc1 Ne7 13.Be3 Nf5 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.g4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bxg4 18.Qxe4 Bd7 19.Bg2 Rb8 20.Rd1 O-O 21.O-O a5 22.Nxa5 Bf5
23.Qb4 Bxc5 24.Qb5 e4 25.Nc4 Rbd8 26.Ne3 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Qe7 28.Kh1 Qg5 29.Qc5 h5
30.Bh3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Rc8 32.Qe5 Qxe3 33.Bxf5 Qxe2 34.Bxc8 Qxd1+ 35.Kg2 Qf3+
36.Kg1 e3 37.Qg3 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 e2 39.Be6 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Re1 Re8 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxc4 12.Bg5 Rxe1+ 13.Qxe1 Qf8 14.Bxc4 Nd7 15.Bd3 Nb6
16.c4 c5 17.d5 Bd7 18.h3 Re8 19.Qd2 Nc8 20.a4 f5 21.Qc2 Bc7 22.Rb1 b6 23.a5 g6
24.axb6 axb6 25.Bc1 Bd8 26.Bf4 Qg7 27.Qd2 Bf6 28.Bc7 g5 29.Nh2 Bc3 30.Qc2 Qf6
31.Nf1 Be5 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.Ng3 h6 34.Nh5 Qe7 35.f4 gxf4 36.Qf2 Re3 37.Nxf4 Qe5
38.Kh1 Kf7 39.Qh4 Qf6 40.Qf2 Qe5 41.Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 b5
9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Qb7 15.Rad1 Bh3
16.e6 Bxe6 17.Qe5 Bd6 18.Qxg7 Kd7 19.Nf6+ Kc6 20.Ne4 Qc8 21.Qd4 Qd7 22.Nf6 Qc8
23.Be3 b4 24.a3 bxa3 25.bxa3 Rb3 26.Qe4+ Kb5 27.Rd5+ Bxd5 28.Qxd5+ c5 29.a4+ Kb6
30.Qxd6+ Kb7 31.Qd5+ Qc6 32.Qxc4  1-0

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.Nd2 Rb8
9.a4 e6 10.Nc4 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bh3 13.Re1 Nb4 14.Bf4 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Be6
16.Qd3 g5 17.Bc1 d5 18.Na3 h6 19.c3 Qd7 20.Nc2 Bf5 21.Qd1 Rbd8 22.Ne3 Bg6
23.Ng2 Rfe8 24.h4 Bf6 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Bd2 Kg7 27.f3 Qh3 28.Kf2 Be5 29.f4 Be4
30.Rg1 Bc7 31.Qf1 Re6 32.Ne3 Qh2+ 33.Ke1 d4 34.cxd4 cxd4 35.Ng4 Qh5 36.Ne5 Bxe5
37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.g4 Qg6 39.Rg3 Bd3 40.Bxg5 Bxe2 41.Qf5 Rde8 42.Qxg6+ fxg6
43.Bf4 Re4 44.Bd6 Bxg4+ 45.Kf2 Rd8 46.Bb4 Re2+ 47.Kg1 Bf5  0-1

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunawan, Ronny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Nxe7+ Nxe7 12.Bxe7 Bxb2 13.Rb1 Bc3+ 14.Kd1 Re8 15.Ne2 Be5
16.Bb4 Nb6 17.Nc3 a5 18.Ba3 Bxc3 19.Rxb6 Bb4 20.Bc1 Rd8+ 21.Kc2 Bc5 22.Rb5 b6
23.Bg5 Re8 24.Rb1 Be6 25.Be2 Rac8 26.a4 f5 27.Bf6 fxe4 28.fxe4 Bf5 29.exf5 Rxe2+
30.Kb3 Re3+ 31.Kb2 Rf8 32.Bc3 Rxf5 33.Rbe1 Rf2+ 34.Kb3 Rxe1 35.Rxe1 Rxg2
36.Be5 Rf2 37.Rd1 Kf7 38.Bc7 Rf3+ 39.Kc2 Ke6 40.Rb1 Bb4 41.Bxb6 Rc3+ 42.Kd1 Rxc4
43.Rb2 Rc6 44.Bf2 Kf5 45.Bg3 g5 46.Rf2+ Ke4 47.Bb8 Rc8 48.Be5 h5 49.Bf6 Rc5
50.Rg2 Kf4 51.Rb2 Rd5+ 52.Ke2 Rd6 53.Bg7 h4 54.Rc2 Kg4 55.Ke3 Re6+ 56.Kd4 Kh3
57.Be5 g4 58.Re2 Bd6 59.Re3+ Kg2 60.Bxd6 Rxd6+  0-1

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Bb5 Nb4 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.f4 b6 15.Rhe1 Nc5
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Kb1 Rac8 18.g4 Rfd8 19.f5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.c3 Nd3 22.Bxd3 exd3
23.Qf4 Bxa4 24.Rxd3 Qh4 25.Rde3 Rc4 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.Rf1 Qe7 28.Nf5 Qc7 29.Ne7+ Qxe7
30.Qxc4 b5 31.Qc6 Bd1 32.b3 b4 33.cxb4 axb4 34.h3 h6 35.Qc4 Kh8 36.Rd3  1-0

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.Nd3 Nb6 12.Qb3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Nf2 Bd4
16.Nb5 Qf6 17.Rfd1 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Bd7 19.Nc3 Na4 20.Nxa4 Bxa4 21.Rd2 Bd7 22.Nd1 Qg7
23.Qc3 Qxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 d6 8.b4 a5
9.b5 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.O-O O-O 14.Ne1 Rae8 15.f3 Ng5
16.Nd3 e5 17.Nf2 exd4 18.Bxd4 f4 19.e4 Ne6 20.Bb2 Nec5 21.Nd3 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 Ne5
23.Bd4 Rf6 24.Kh1 g5 25.Be2 h5 26.Qc3 Kh7 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Kg1 Kg7
30.h3 Bc8 31.Kf2 Be6 32.Rad1 Rg6 33.Rh1 Rc5 34.Rd4 Kf6 35.Rd5 Bxd5 36.exd5 Rg7
37.h4 Re7 38.hxg5+ Kxg5 39.Bd3 Re3 40.Rd1 a4 41.g3 Rxd3 42.Rxd3 Rxc4 43.Rd2 fxg3+
44.Kxg3 Rc5 45.Rb2 Rxd5 46.Rb4 Rc5 47.f4+ Kf5 48.Kh4 d5  0-1

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bc4 d6 7.c3 Qf6 8.Na3 Bxa3
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qxa3 Ne7 11.Be2 O-O 12.d3 Rfe8 13.cxd4 Qxd4 14.Be3 Qf6 15.d4 Qg6
16.f3 d5 17.e5 a6 18.Qb3 b6 19.Rac1 Rec8 20.Rc3 Bb5 21.Bxb5 axb5 22.Qxb5 c5
23.dxc5 Nf5 24.Bf2 d4 25.cxb6 dxc3 26.b7 cxb2 27.Qxb2 h5 28.a4 Qc6 29.bxc8=Q+ Qxc8
30.Ra1 h4 31.h3 Ra6 32.a5 Rg6 33.Qc1 Qb7 34.Qc2 Qxf3 35.Bc5 Qd5 36.a6 Qxe5
37.Rf1 Nd4 38.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 39.Kh1 Qa7 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Ra1 Qd4 42.Qc1 Qe4 43.Qd2 Re6
44.a7 Re8 45.Qa2 Ra8 46.Qxf7 Qd4 47.Qa2 Qc5 48.Qa5 Qe7 49.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 g6 13.d5 Nb8 14.b3 c6 15.c4 Bh6 16.Bb2 Qc7
17.a3 Nbd7 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.b4 Nb6 20.Bc1 Bg7 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Bb2 Bh6 23.Bb3 Qb7
24.Qe2 Rac8 25.Rad1 Red8 26.Bc2 Qa6 27.Bd3 Na4 28.Ba1 Bd7 29.Nb1 Rb8 30.Nh2 Be6
31.Qf3 Kg7 32.Bc2 Nb6 33.Bb2 Nc4 34.Bc1 Bxc1 35.Rxc1 d5 36.exd5 Bxd5 37.Qc3 Rbc8
38.a4 bxa4 39.Bd3 Qe6 40.Qa1 Nd7 41.Bxc4 Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Rd1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qc8 12.f3 a6 13.Qb3 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Be3 Rfc8
16.Qxb6 Qxc4 17.Rd4 Qc5 18.Rd2 Qf5 19.Rad1 d5 20.Bf2 h6 21.Qb7 Bf8 22.e4 dxe4
23.Nxe4 Nd5 24.Nc3 Nb4 25.g4 Qg6 26.Bg3 Nc2 27.Kh1 Ne3 28.Re1 Nc4 29.Rd7 e5
30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Nxe4 Nxb2 32.Bxe5 Nc4 33.Bg3 Re8 34.Rc1 Ne5 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Rcc7 f5
37.gxf5 Rxf5 38.Kg2 Rb8 39.Rb7 Rc8 40.Rbc7 Rb8 41.Rb7 Rxb7 42.Rxb7 Ra5 43.Rb2 Kf7
44.Kf2 Rd5 45.Rc2 a5 46.Rc7+ Be7 47.Ke3 a4 48.Nc3 Rc5 49.Rxc5 Bxc5+ 50.Ke4 a3
51.Kf5 Bd4 52.Nd5 Bb2 53.Nf4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Bc5 8.Nb3 Be7
9.g3 Bf6 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.Bg2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 13.Rxc3 Qxd1+ 14.Kxd1 Bd7 15.Kc1 Rc8
16.Nc5 Nb4 17.Kb1 b6 18.Nxd7 Kxd7 19.Rd1+ Ke7 20.Rb3 Rc4 21.e3 Nc6 22.Ra3 a5
23.Rad3 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Nxd8 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.Rb3 Rb8 27.Kc2 f6 28.Rc3 Kd6 29.Rd3+ Ke7
30.Rc3 Kd6 31.h4 Kd7 32.Bf1 Kd6 33.Bb5 Rb7 34.Rd3+ Ke7 35.Rc3 Nf7 36.Bd3 h6
37.Be4 Rd7 38.Rc6 Rd6 39.Rc7+ Rd7 40.Rc6 Rd6 41.Rc7+ Rd7 42.Rc3 Kd8 43.Bg2 Rc7
44.Bh3 Rxc3+ 45.Kxc3 Ke7 46.Kd4 Nd6 47.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7
9.Qa4 Rc8 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Rxc6 12.Rfc1 Be7 13.Ne2 Qb6 14.Rxc6 bxc6 15.Rc1 Qxb2
16.Qxa6 O-O 17.Rxc6 g5 18.Bg3 g4 19.Ne1 Qd2 20.Kf1 Nb8 21.Bxb8 Bb4 22.Rc1 Rxb8
23.Qa4 Ba5 24.Qd1 Qxa2 25.Ra1 Qd2 26.Qxd2 Bxd2 27.Nf4 Rb1 28.Rxb1 Bxb1 29.Ke2 Ba5
30.Ned3 Bc7 31.Nh5 Bxd3+ 32.Kxd3 f5 33.Nf4 Kf7 34.Kc3 Bd6 35.g3 Bxf4 36.exf4 Ke7
37.Kb4 Kd6 38.Kb5 Kd7 39.Kb6 Kd6 40.Kb7 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Nd5 Rd7 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.c5 Nc6 12.Bb5 Rd8 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Rd1 Ba6 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8
16.Nd2 Be7 17.g4 Rb8 18.b3 f6 19.f3 Rd8 20.h4 Rd3 21.Nf1 Bb5 22.h5 a5 23.hxg6 hxg6
24.Rh2 Bf8 25.Rc2 Kf7 26.Kf2 Ke6 27.Nd2 Be7 28.Nc4 a4 29.b4 f5 30.gxf5+ gxf5
31.exf5+ Kxf5 32.Bc1 Bh4+ 33.Kg2 Ke6 34.Nd2 Re3 35.Ne4 Re1 36.Bg5 Bxg5 37.Nxg5+ Kd5
38.Ne4 Bd3 39.Rd2 Kc4 40.Nf2 Bf1+ 41.Kg3 Kxb4 42.Ng4 Kc3 43.Rd7 Bb5 44.Rxc7 Kb2  0-1

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Ne1 Bg6
16.f4 Bxd3 17.Nxd3 f5 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Bd2 a5 20.Rae1 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.Rb1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Nd7 14.a4 a6 15.c4 bxc4
16.Qc2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qh4 18.g3 Qxd4 19.Bxc6 Rad8 20.Bg5 Qc5 21.Bxd8 Qxc6 22.Ba5 Ne5
23.Rfd1 Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Kg1 Nf3+ 26.Kf1 Nh2+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Kf1 Re8
29.Rb6 Nd2+ 30.Kg1 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 Qc8 32.Kg2 Nh4+ 33.Kh2 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Qa8 35.Kh3 Bc7
36.Qxc4 Ng5+ 37.Kh2 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.d3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 c6
9.O-O-O h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Rhe1 fxe4 12.Qxe4 Bf5 13.Qe3 Be7 14.d4 Qg5 15.dxe5 Qxe3+
16.fxe3 dxe5 17.Rf1 Rf8 18.Nb5 Rc8 19.Rxf5 Rxf5 20.Be6 cxb5 21.Bxc8 Rf6 22.Bxb7 Rb6
23.Be4 Bc5 24.Rd3 Ke7 25.Kd2 Rd6 26.Bd5 b4 27.Ke2 Rf6 28.Rd2 Bb6 29.Rd1 Rd6
30.Kf3 Rf6+ 31.Ke2 Rd6 32.Kf3 Rf6+ 33.Ke4 Rf2 34.Kd3 g5 35.h3 h5 36.Be4 a5
37.Re1 Kd6 38.Kc4 Rd2 39.Kb5 Kc7 40.Ka4 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.a3 bxa3 43.Kxa3 Bc5+
44.Kb3 g3 45.Kc4 Kb6 46.b3 Rd8 47.c3 Rd2 48.Bd5 Rc2 49.Rd1 Bb4 50.Rd3 Ba3
51.Be4 Bb4 52.Ba8 Ka7 53.Bd5 Kb6 54.Be4 Rc1 55.Ba8 Ka7 56.Bd5 Kb6 57.e4 Kc7
58.Rxg3 Kd6 59.Rf3 Ba3 60.Kb5 Bb2 61.c4 Bd4 62.Kxa5  1-0

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Bg4 12.Be2 Re8 13.c3 a6 14.Bh4 Qb6 15.Nfd4 Bxe2
16.Rxe2 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc6 18.Nf5 Be5 19.Qd3 Qb5 20.Ne7+ Nxe7 21.Qxb5 axb5
22.Rxe5 f6 23.Ree1 Nf5 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Bg3 Re2 26.Rb1 Kf7 27.Kf1 Rc2 28.Bb8 g5
29.Rd1 Ne7 30.Bd6 Nc6 31.Bc5 Ke6 32.Re1+ Ne5 33.Ba3 g4 34.Re2 Rc1+ 35.Re1 Rxe1+
36.Kxe1 Nd3+ 37.Ke2 Nf4+ 38.Kf1 Ke5 39.f3 gxf3 40.gxf3 d4 41.Bc5 dxc3 42.bxc3 Kd5
43.Bd4 f5 44.Ke1 Kc4 45.Kd2 b4 46.Be5 Nd3 47.Bf6 bxc3+ 48.Bxc3 Nc1 49.Bg7 Nxa2
50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Kf4 Ke6 52.Kg5 Nb4 53.Kh6 Nd3 54.Kxh7 Ne1 55.f4 Nd3 56.Kg6 Nxf4+
57.Kg5 Nh3+ 58.Kh4 Ng1 59.Kg3 b5 60.h4 Ne2+ 61.Kf3 Nc1 62.h5 Nd3 63.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kurtenkov, Atanas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Be3 d6 6.Bg2 Qa5 7.Ne2 Nd4 8.Bd2 Bg4
9.O-O Nf3+ 10.Kh1 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 e6 13.f4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxc3 15.Rab1 Rb8
16.f5 Qe5 17.d4 Qxd4 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Qb5+ Ke7 20.Qa5 Nf6 21.Qc7+ Nd7 22.Rf7+ Kxf7
23.Qxd7+ Kf6 24.Rf1+ Kg5 25.Qe7+ Kh6 26.Qh4+ Kg7 27.Qe7+ Kh6 28.Rf4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Re8
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Kf1 Rad8 18.h3 Kf8 19.a3 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Nd2 c5 10.Ba3 Re8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bxc5 bxc5 13.Re1 Nb6 14.a4 Bb7 15.a5 Nbd7
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Nce4 Qe7 18.Nc4 Bc6 19.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qb3 a5 10.Na2 Be7 11.Nh4 Be4 12.Nc3 Bd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Qd1 N7f6
16.Ne5 O-O 17.Qe2 Qa6 18.Qxa6 Rxa6 19.Bd2 Rd8 20.Rfc1 Nb4 21.Ne2 Nd7 22.Nc4 f6
23.Kf1 Kf7 24.Rd1 Nb6 25.Nxb6 Rxb6 26.Bc3 Ra6 27.e4 Raa8 28.Nc1 Nc2 29.Rb1 c5
30.Nb3 Nxd4 31.Nxd4 cxd4 32.Bxd4 Rac8 33.Bc3 Rc4 34.Rxd8 Bxd8 35.Rd1 Ke7
36.Rd4 Rc5 37.Rd3 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.Nb5 Qb6 12.b4 cxb4 13.a3 bxa3 14.c5 Nxc5 15.Bxa3 Qd8
16.Nxd6 b6 17.N2c4 Ba6 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Nb7 Bxb7 20.Rxb7 Nc8 21.d6 Nb6 22.Na5 Nc8
23.Nc4 Nb6 24.Qd2 Qf6 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Qc2 Qf6 27.Na5 Rfd8 28.Bc4 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Bf8
30.d7 Rab8 31.Qd5 Be7 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.Nc6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Nxh5 15.g4 Nf6
16.Nd5 e6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qh2 Rfc8 19.Kb1 e5 20.g5 Qe7 21.Nf5 gxf5 22.Qxh7+ Kf8
23.exf5 Rxc2 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.f6+ Qxf6 26.gxf6+ Kxf6 27.Rh6+ Kg7 28.Rg1+ Kf8
29.Rh8+ Ke7 30.Bg5+ f6 31.Rh7+ Ke8 32.Rh8+ Kf7 33.Rh7+ Ke8 34.Rh8+ Kf7 35.Rh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6
9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 O-O 14.Bd2 Qd5 15.O-O Bd4
16.Bf4 Bxb2 17.Rad1 Qc5 18.c4 Bd4 19.Bb1 b6 20.Rd3 Bb7 21.Rg3 Rad8 22.h3 Rfe8
23.Bc2 Kf8 24.h4 Ne4 25.Bxe4 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Re3 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Qc3 29.Rd1 Qf6
30.Rc1 Rc8 31.g3 Red8 32.Re5 Rd6 33.Re4 Qd8 34.a4 Rc5 35.Kg2 Qd7 36.Ra1 Rd4
37.Rxd4 Qxd4 38.Rc1 Qd7 39.Qf3 Qxa4 40.Qa8+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 a6
9.a4 Qc7 10.Be3 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nb3 Nbd7 14.g4 h6 15.Bg2 Rac8 16.h4 Nh7
17.Qe1 Qd8 18.Bf2 Ndf6 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.Qe1 Ndf6 21.Qe2 Qc7 22.Be3 Nd7 23.Qe1 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 c4 7.Bf4 Nge7 8.h4 Nc8 9.Nbd2 h6
10.g3 Nb6 11.Bh3 Be7 12.h5 Na5 13.Be3 Ba4 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Nh4 Qb5 16.Ndf3 Qb3
17.O-O Qc2 18.Rfe1 Qd3 19.Rac1 Nb3 20.Rb1 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 Bd7 22.Nd2 Nxd2 23.Rxd2 Na4
24.f4 a5 25.Rf1 b5 26.f5 Bxh4 27.gxh4 exf5 28.Rg2 Rh7 29.Bxf5 Bxf5 30.Rxf5 Ra7
31.Rf3 Ra6 32.Rfg3 Kf8 33.Bc1 Re6 34.Kf1 Nb6 35.Ke1 Na8 36.Kd1 Nc7 37.Rf3 Re7
38.Kc2 a4 39.Bf4 Ne6 40.Be3 Ke8 41.Kd2 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Rxc6 Qxa2 15.Rc7 f5
16.e5 f4 17.Bc1 Rad8 18.Rxe7 Rf7 19.Rxf7 Qxf7 20.Re1 Qd5 21.Bxf4 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Qxd4
23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Be3 Ra4 25.f4 Bh6 26.Bc5 Bf8 27.Be3 Bh6 28.Rd1 Bxf4 29.e6 Kf8
30.Bc5+ Ke8 31.e7 Bc7 32.Rd3 Bb6 33.Ba3 Rc4 34.Kg2 Bc5 35.Rd8+ Kxe7 36.Ra8 Bxa3
37.Rxa7+ Kf6 38.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.c4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bf4 Bxf4 8.gxf4 Ne4
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.e3 Qe7 11.h4 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 O-O 13.O-O-O b6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Kb1 Ba6
16.Nf3 Rfc8 17.Qd2 h6 18.Rhg1 Qe8 19.Bh1 Rc7 20.Rg3 Rac8 21.Rdg1 Nf6 22.Ne5 Ng4
23.Nxg4 fxg4 24.Rxg4 Qb5 25.b3 Kh8 26.f5 Qd3+ 27.Qxd3 Bxd3+ 28.Kb2 Rc2+ 29.Ka3 a5
30.fxe6 b5 31.Ra1 Bf5 32.Rg2 Bxe6 33.f4 b4+ 34.Ka4 R2c5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Bg4 5.Ne5 e6 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nxg4 Nxg4 8.e3 Nd7
9.Nc3 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c5 12.f3 Ngf6 13.e4 Qh5 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.Qd2 O-O
16.O-O Rfd8 17.Rb1 e5 18.d5 b6 19.a4 Ne8 20.a5 Nd6 21.c4 f6 22.Qc3 Qf7 23.Bc2 bxa5
24.Bd3 Nb6 25.Be3 a4 26.Rbc1 Re8 27.Qa3 Qc7 28.Rc3 f5 29.exf5 e4 30.fxe4 Nxe4
31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.f6 Rf8 33.Qxc5 Qf7 34.Qb5 Nd7 35.Qxa4 Nxf6 36.Qxa7 Qg6 37.Bd4 Rg4
38.g3 h5 39.Bxf6 Rxf6 40.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 c4 7.b4 cxb3 8.Qxb3 Na5 9.Qc2 b5
10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Ne7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bf4 Nc4 14.Nbd2 Nc6 15.Qc1 N6a5 16.Ra2 Be7
17.Nf1 Nb6 18.Ng3 Na4 19.Rc2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Nh5 Rg8 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23.Qxh6 Bc6
24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.exf6 Qd6 26.Ne5 Qf8 27.Qf4 Nb6 28.h4 Rh8 29.Ng6 fxg6 30.Rxe6+ Kd8
31.Re7 Bd7 32.Rce2 Rc6 33.f7 Nc8 34.Qb8 Rb6 35.Re8+ Bxe8 36.fxe8=Q+ Qxe8
37.Rxe8+ Rxe8 38.Qf4 a6 39.Qf7 Ree6 40.h5 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Re7 42.Qg8+ Re8 43.Qf7 gxh5
44.Qxh5 Ne7 45.f4 Rf8 46.g3 Rg6 47.Qe5 Kd7 48.Kg2 Re6 49.Qg7 Rg8 50.Qf7 Re3
51.Kf2 Rgxg3  0-1

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 O-O 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 c6
10.e4 exd5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Bf4 Ne4 16.Bb5 a6
17.Qg4 Kh8 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.f3 Re5 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Kh1 Bxd5 23.Rad1 Qb5
24.a4 Qc6 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.Ne3 Be6 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.fxe4 Rb8 29.Nd5 a5 30.Nc7 Bb3
31.Rc3 Bxa4 32.b3 Bb4 33.Na6 Re8 34.Nxb4 axb4 35.Re3 Bc6 36.Rxf7 Kg8 37.Rc7 Rd8
38.h3 Bb5 39.Re7 Re8 40.Rxe8+ Bxe8 41.Rd3 Kf8 42.Rd6 Bf7 43.Rxb6 Bxb3 44.Rxb4 Bf7
45.Rb5 Bg6 46.Rb4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8
9.h4 h5 10.Bh6 b5 11.O-O-O bxc4 12.g4 Nb4 13.Ng3 c5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.d5 Rh8
16.Bxc4 Bd7 17.g5 Nh7 18.a3 Qc7 19.f4 Rhc8 20.f5 Qb6 21.Rhf1 a5 22.Rf2 Na6
23.Rdf1 Rf8 24.f6+ exf6 25.gxf6+ Kh8 26.e5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 Nb4 10.Bf1 O-O 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Na5 15.Ba2 c5
16.Ne5 Bf6 17.g4 Bd7 18.Bf4 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nc6 21.Rd5 Qc8 22.h3 Be6
23.Rc5 Bxa2 24.Rxa2 Qd7 25.d5 Ne7 26.Rd2 Rac8 27.Qc2 b6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qe4 Rd8
30.d6 Nc6 31.Re2 h5 32.Bg3 hxg4 33.hxg4 f6 34.g5 fxg5 35.Qd5+ Qf7 36.Qxg5 Rd7
37.Re4 Rd8 38.Qe3 Qg6 39.Re6 Qf7 40.Re4 Qg6 41.Qb3+ Qf7 42.Qd3 Qg6 43.Kg2 a6
44.Kf1 Qh5 45.Kg1 Qb5 46.Qc2 Qd5 47.Rh4 Kf7 48.Qh7 Qd1+ 49.Kg2 Qd5+ 50.Kg1 Qd1+
51.Kh2 Rxd6 52.Bxd6 Qxd6+ 53.Kg2 Qg6+ 54.Qxg6+ Kxg6 55.Rf4 Ne5 56.Kg3 b5
57.a4 bxa4 58.Rxa4 Kf5 59.f4 Nc6 60.Rxa6 Nd4 61.Ra4 Nc6 62.Kf3 g6 63.Rc4 Nd8
64.Rc7 Kf6 65.Ke4 Ne6 66.Rc6 Kf7 67.Ke5 Ng7 68.Rf6+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.Nxd4 d5 8.Nc3 dxe4
9.Nxe4 O-O 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Ng3 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 Be6
15.b3 a5 16.a4 Rfd8 17.f3 f5 18.Ne2 Rd6 19.Kf2 Kf7 20.Nf4 c5 21.Nd3 c4 22.Ne5+ Kf6
23.Nxc4 Bxc4 24.bxc4 Rad8 25.Rxd6+ Rxd6 26.Ke3 f4+ 27.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nd7
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Nf6 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ne8 13.h3 Nd6 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.e5 Nc8
16.Be4 Bc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.a5 Qd5 19.Ba3 a6 20.Rfc1 Re8 21.Rc5 Qd7 22.Bc1 e6
23.Qc4 Ne7 24.Bg5 Bf8 25.Bxe7 Bxe7 26.Rxc6 Rec8 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.Qd3 Rb8
29.Nd2 Rb4 30.Rd1 Kg7 31.Ne4 Qd8 32.Qxa6 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Qxd4 34.Qb7 Bd8 35.a6 Bb6
36.g3 h6 37.Kg2 Ba7 38.h4 g5 39.Kh3 g4+ 40.Kxg4 Qxe5 41.Kf3 Qd4 42.Kg2 h5
43.Kh3 Qd1 44.Kh2 Qd4 45.Qe7 Bb6 46.Qd6 Qb2 47.Kg2 Qb5 48.Qa3 Qe8 49.Qc3+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Ne5 Nxe5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.dxe5 Bd7 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.O-O Rd8 13.a4 Bg7 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Rxa7 b4
16.Ne4 Qd4 17.Qxd4 Bxd4 18.Rb7 O-O 19.Rxb4 Bc6 20.Rc1 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Rb8 22.Bb7 Rfc8
23.b3 Rc7 24.Rcxc4 Rcxb7 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Rxd4 Rxb3 27.Ra4 Rb2 28.e3 Kg7 29.Ra5 Rb4
30.h3 Kg6 31.g4 Rb1+ 32.Kg2 Rb2 33.Kg3 Rb1 34.Kg2 Rb2 35.Kg3 Rb1 36.h4 h6
37.Rc5 Kf6 38.Kg2 Kg6 39.Kf3 Rh1 40.Kg3 Rg1+ 41.Kf4 Rh1 42.h5+ Kf6 43.e4 Rh3
44.f3 Kg7 45.Rc3 Kf6 46.e5+ Kg7 47.Ke4 Rh1 48.Re3 Rg1 49.Re2 Kf8 50.Ke3 Rf1
51.f4 Rg1 52.Kf3 Rf1+ 53.Rf2 Re1 54.Ra2 Rf1+ 55.Kg3 Rg1+ 56.Kh3 Rf1 57.Ra8+ Kg7
58.Ra4 Re1 59.Rd4 Rg1 60.Re4 Kf8 61.Rb4 Re1 62.Kg2 Kg7 63.Kf2 Rh1 64.Rb5 Rh4
65.Kf3 Rh3+ 66.Kg2 Rh4 67.Kg3 Rh1 68.Rb7 Rg1+ 69.Kf3 Rf1+ 70.Ke3 Re1+ 71.Kf2 Re4
72.Kf3 Re1 73.Rb4 Rh1 74.Re4 Rh3+ 75.Kg2 Rh4 76.Kg3 Rh1 77.Re2 Rg1+ 78.Kf3 Rf1+
79.Rf2 Rh1 80.Kg2 Re1 81.Rf1 Re3 82.Ra1 Re2+ 83.Kf3 Rh2 84.Kg3 Re2 85.Ra5 Re3+
86.Kg2 Re2+ 87.Kf3 Rh2 88.Ra1 Rh3+ 89.Kg2 Re3 90.Kf2 Rh3 91.Re1 Kf8 92.Kg2 Ra3
93.Re2 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.O-O e5 10.Ne2 Bc5 11.a3 a5 12.Rb1 Bg4 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Bd4 15.h3 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 h6 17.c5 O-O 18.Bc4 Qe7 19.Kh1 Ra4 20.Bd2 Rfa8 21.Bb3 Ra1 22.Rxa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Be6
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bf1 h6 11.a4 a5 12.Nd2 Na6 13.Nc4 Rc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb4
16.Ne3 Rc5 17.Bc4 Nh7 18.c3 Na6 19.Qd3 Nb8 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 Rc8 22.Bd2 f5
23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxf5 Rxc4 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nd7 27.a5 Nhf8 28.Rc4 Bg5
29.Bxg5 hxg5 30.h3 b6 31.a6 Qa8 32.b5 Nc5 33.Qxg5 Qxd5 34.Rg4 Qf7 35.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bxh6 gxh6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6
9.b4 Bf8 10.b5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 fxe5 12.Qh5+ Kd7 13.Qxe5 Rg8 14.g3 Bd6 15.Qe2 Qf6
16.O-O b6 17.a4 Bb7 18.a5 bxa5 19.Rxa5 Bc5 20.Ra4 Rg5 21.Rg4 Rxg4 22.Qxg4 Rf8
23.Qe2 e5 24.Nd2 e4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Qf3 28.Qxf3 Rxf3 29.c4 Rc3
30.Rd1+ Kc7 31.Rd5 Rxc4 32.Rh5 Kb6 33.Rxh6+ Kxb5  0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nd5
9.Qe2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Rd1 b5 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qh5 Nd3 15.Ba3 Rb8
16.Be4 b4 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.cxb4 Rb5 19.Qe2 Qb8 20.a3 c5 21.Qxc4 Qc7 22.Rac1 O-O
23.bxc5 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Rd6 Qf3 26.c6 g5 27.c7 Rb2 28.Qf1 Qb7 29.Rd8  1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nd7 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb3 Be7 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.O-O Nxe4
16.Rac1 g5 17.Rxc8 Bxc8 18.Bc1 Kg7 19.Bc6 Nd6 20.Bb2 Bf6 21.Nxg5 Bxg5 22.d5+ Kg6
23.Qd3+ f5 24.dxe6 Rf8 25.Be5 Nf7 26.Qg3 Nxe5 27.Qxe5 Qf6 28.Qg3 f4 29.Qd3+ Kg7
30.Bd7 Kh8 31.Qd5 Ba6 32.Re1 Qg7 33.a4 Be7 34.Qe4 f3 35.g3 Be2 36.Bb5 Bxb5
37.axb5 Bc5 38.e7 Re8 39.Qxf3 Rxe7 40.Rd1 Rf7 41.Rd8+ Rf8 42.Rxf8+ Qxf8 43.Qe2 Qe7
44.Qb2+ Kg8 45.Qb3+ Qf7 46.Qb2 Qf3 47.Qd2 Kf7 48.Qd7+ Kf6 49.Qd8+ Ke5 50.Qb8+ Kf6
51.Qh8+ Kg6 52.Qg8+ Kh6 53.Qe6+ Kg7 54.Qd7+ Qf7 55.Qg4+ Kf6 56.Qf3+ Ke6 57.Qe2+ Kd6
58.Qd3+ Kc7 59.Qe2 Qd5 60.Qc2 Qd7 61.Qc4 Kb8 62.Kg2 a5 63.bxa6 Ka7 64.h4 Qc6+
65.f3 Qd7 66.h5 Be3 67.f4 b5 68.Qe4 Bc5 69.f5 Kxa6 70.f6 Qb7 71.Kf3 b4 72.Qxb7+ Kxb7
73.Ke4 Kc6 74.g4 Kd7 75.g5 Ke6 76.h6 Kf7  0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.a4 O-O 11.Kh1 Rd8 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Bg1 b6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bf6 17.Qf3 Rb8 18.Qe4 g6 19.f5 Qe7 20.Rf3 Bxf5 21.Rxf5 gxf5 22.Qxf5 e4
23.Bxe4 Re8 24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Bd3 Qe5 26.Rf1 Bg7 27.c3 Qxd5 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.cxd4 Ke7
30.Qh4+ Kd7 31.Bxa6 Re4 32.Rxf7+ Qxf7 33.Bb5+ Kc7 34.Qxe4 d5 35.Qe5+ Kb7
36.h3 Rc8 37.Qe3 Rc2 38.b4 Qc7 39.Bf1 Rc1 40.Kg1 Qc4 41.Qe7+ Ka6 42.Qf7 b5
43.axb5+ Kb6 44.Qf4 Kb7 45.h4 Rd1 46.h5 Rxf1+ 47.Qxf1 Qxd4+ 48.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qd4 b6 11.Bb5 f6 12.exf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.c4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Bg2 Qa5 12.Qc2 Qh5 13.e4 Bh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Bb3 Nxb3 6.axb3 d5 7.Nf3 dxe4 8.Nxe5 exd3
9.Qxd3 Qxd3 10.Nxd3 Bf5 11.Nb5 Bd6 12.Nxd6+ cxd6 13.Be3 Bxd3 14.cxd3 Nd5
15.Ra5 Nb4 16.Rb5 Nc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belov, Igor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Bxc6 Bxb2 12.Bxb7 Bxa1 13.Rxa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bd6 6.c5 Be7 7.b4 O-O 8.e3 b6 9.Bd3 a5
10.Rb1 c6 11.Nge2 Ba6 12.O-O Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nbd7 14.Kh1 Re8 15.Bb2 Bf8 16.Ng3 e5
17.Qc2 b5 18.Rbd1 exd4 19.exd4 g6 20.Na2 axb4 21.Nxb4 Qc7 22.Bc1 Bg7 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+
24.Rxe1 Nf8 25.Qf2 Ne6 26.Ne2 Ne8 27.Rd1 Bf6 28.Rd3 h5 29.g3 N8g7 30.Nf4 Qd7
31.Kg2 Re8 32.Nc2 Nf5 33.Ne2 Re7 34.g4 Nfg7 35.h3 hxg4 36.hxg4 Ne8 37.Nf4 N8c7
38.Nxe6 Nxe6 39.Kf1 Re8 40.Qh2 Qe7 41.Be3 Bg7 42.Qf2 Rf8 43.f4 f5 44.g5 Kf7
45.Bd2 Rh8 46.Kg2 Qe8 47.Bc1 Rh5 48.Rh3 Rxh3 49.Kxh3 Nxd4 50.Nxd4 Qh8+ 51.Kg3 Bxd4
52.Be3 Bg7 53.Qd2 Qa8 54.Bd4 Qxa3+ 55.Kg2 Bf8 56.Qf2 Qd3 57.Qb2 Qd1 58.Qf2 b4
59.Qe3 Qc2+ 60.Kg3 Qe4 61.Qd2 b3 62.Qc3 Qc2 63.Qe3 Qe4 64.Qc3 Kg8 65.Be5 Qc4
66.Qa1 Qd3+ 67.Kg2 Qe2+ 68.Kh1 b2 69.Bxb2 Qf3+ 70.Kg1 Bxc5+ 71.Bd4 Qg3+ 72.Kh1 Qa3
73.Qd1 Qh3+ 74.Kg1 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Nc6 10.Qe3 Be7 11.O-O Nb4 12.Bb1 O-O 13.a3 Nc6 14.d5 Ng4 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7
16.Qh3+ Nh6 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qd3+ Kh8 19.dxc6 dxc6 20.Qe3 Bg5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Rad1 Qe7
23.Ne4 Bg7 24.Nd6 Rad8 25.Nf5 Qc5 26.Qxc5 bxc5 27.Nxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nge2 Ne7 8.O-O Qa6
9.Qh3 Nd7 10.a4 Qb6 11.b3 Nf5 12.a5 Qd8 13.Nd1 c5 14.c4 cxd4 15.cxd5 Nxe5
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Nf4 Qf6 18.Re1 g6 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.f4 Bd6 22.Nf2 Bb4
23.Re5 O-O 24.Bb2 Qf7 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Re1 Rad8 27.Qd3 Rd5 28.Rxd5 exd5 29.Ng3 Ng7
30.Qxd4 Bf6 31.Qxf6 Qxf6 32.Bxf6 Rxf6 33.Ne2 Re6 34.Kf2 Re4 35.Rd1 Ne6 36.g3 Rb4
37.Rxd5 Rxb3 38.Rd7 Nc5 39.Rc7 Rb5 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6 7.Qg4 Bxg5 8.hxg5 c5
9.g6 f5 10.Qg3 h6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Ne2 cxd4 14.Nexd4 f4 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Qh4 Qxh4 17.Rxh4 c5 18.c3 a5 19.c4 Nb6 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bd3 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6
23.e6 Ra7 24.Rh5 Re7 25.Re5 Rf6 26.Rde1 Rxg6 27.Nh4 Rf6 28.Nf5 Re8 29.Nd6 Re7
30.Nf5 Kf8 31.Nxe7 Kxe7 32.b3 g6 33.Kd2 Rf8 34.Ke2 a4 35.Kf3 axb3 36.axb3 Ra8
37.Rh1 Kf6 38.Re2 h5 39.e7 Re8 40.Rhe1 Nc8 41.Re6+ Kf7 42.Kxf4 Rxe7 43.Rxe7+ Nxe7
44.Ke5 c4 45.b4 Nc6+ 46.Kxd5 Nxb4+ 47.Kxc4 Nc6 48.Kd5 Nb4+ 49.Ke4 Nc6 50.Rc1 Nd8
51.Ke5 Ne6 52.Rc6 Ng5 53.Rc7+ Ke8 54.f3 h4 55.Kf6 h3 56.Kxg5 h2 57.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Moscow TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 exf4 13.Kb1 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Be5
16.Bc4 b5 17.Bxb5 Rb8 18.c4 Nd4 19.Rhe1 f6 20.a4 a6 21.Bxa6 Rb3 22.Bb5 Qa8
23.Qxd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 f3 25.gxf3 Qa7 26.Rd2 Rxf3 27.Rg2 Qd4 28.Ka2 Rf2 29.Rxf2 Qxf2
30.Rc1 Kh7 31.c5 Qd2  0-1

[Event "Armed Forces-ch "]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.a3 a6 12.Rd1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bb2 Rc8 17.Qd3 Qe7 18.Rac1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rd8 20.Qc2 h6 21.Bd3 f5 22.Ne5 Nxf2
23.Kxf2 Qh4+ 24.Kf1 Qxh2 25.Nf3 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qh1+ 27.Kf2 Qh4+ 28.Ke2 Bg3
29.Rg1 Qh2+ 30.Kf1 Rxd3 31.Qxh2 Bxh2 32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Ke2 Rxa3 34.Rg2 Rb3
35.Bg7+ Kf7 36.Bxh6 Rb2+ 37.Kf1 Rxg2  0-1

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qb6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Be1 exd4 14.Rxd4 Qc7 15.Qe2 b5
16.Bb3 c5 17.Rdd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.a4 Rac8 17.Ng3 b4 18.b3 Na3 19.c4 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 Rfe8 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Qd2 Qc5 24.Rad1 Rc6 25.Re3 Be6 26.Rd3 Rd8 27.Nf1 Kh7 28.Ne3 g6 29.Nd5 Bg7
30.Nxb4 Rb6 31.Nd5 Rb7 32.Qe2 a5 33.Nd2 Rdb8 34.Qf3 f5 35.Nc3 Rf7 36.Qe2 Bf6
37.Nb5 Be7 38.Qe3 Qc6 39.Na7 Qa6 40.Nb5 Qc6 41.Qe2 Qc5 42.Rg3 Bh4 43.Rf3 Rbf8
44.exf5 Bxf5 45.Nc3 Qb4 46.Nce4 Bxe4 47.Rxf7+ Rxf7 48.Nxe4 Qxb3 49.Rxd6 Be7
50.Qd3 Qxa4 51.Qd5 Qa1+ 52.Kh2 Rg7 53.Rd7 a4 54.Qb7  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Nf3 Nbc6
9.Bd3 f5 10.exf6 Rxf6 11.Bg5 Rf7 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.Qh4 g6 14.O-O c4 15.Be2 Bd7
16.Rfe1 Qa5 17.Ne5 Rae8 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Qh3 Rde7 20.Bg4 Nd8 21.f4 Qa4 22.Ra2 Qc6
23.Qe3 Nf7 24.Qh3 Nd8 25.Raa1 Qa4 26.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.N1e2 Nf6 7.Nf4 e5 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.dxe5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxe5+ 11.Qe2 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Bc5 13.h3 Nbd7 14.Rf1 O-O-O
15.O-O-O Nb6 16.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rad1 Bd7 11.f4 Rc8 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Rf2 b5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.c3 Be7
9.cxd4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 d5 11.Bxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 cxd5 13.d3 Bf6 14.Be3 Be6 15.Nc3 g6
16.Rac1 Kd7 17.Nb5 Rhc8 18.Bf4 Bd8 19.Nc3 Bf6 20.Be3 Rc6 21.Na4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 b6
23.f3 Bf5 24.Nc3 Rc8 25.Rd1 Be6 26.Kf2 Be7 27.Ke2 Ba3 28.Bc1 Bd6 29.h3 h5
30.Bd2 Be7 31.Rc1 Bd6 32.Be3 a6 33.Kf2 Rc6 34.Ne2 Bf5 35.Rxc6 Kxc6 36.Nc1 a5
37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Bc8 39.Ne2 Be7 40.Ng1 g5 41.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Qe1 h6 15.Rd2 Qc6
16.Bf3 Qc7 17.Nc1 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Rxa6 Nc4 20.Ra7 Qb8 21.Rxe7 Nxd2 22.Bxd2 Qxb2
23.Ra7 Rd7 24.Ra6 Rdc7 25.Nd1 Qxc2 26.Rxd6 Qb1 27.Nc3 Qb4 28.Rd3 Qb2 29.h3 Bc4
30.Nd1 Qb1 31.Rc3 Ba6 32.Rb3 Qa1 33.Nc3 Bb7 34.Rb1 Qa8 35.Nd3 Rd8 36.Nxe5 Re8
37.Ra1 Qc8 38.Ng4 Nxe4 39.Nxe4 Bxe4  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 Bg7
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Be2 b5 12.O-O O-O 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Bf5 15.Bf3 c4
16.Qd1 Qb4 17.Qd2 Nbd7 18.Nc6 Qc5 19.Be3 Qd6 20.Bf4 Qc5 21.d6 Rae8 22.Be3 Rxe3
23.Qxe3 Qxe3 24.fxe3 Bd3 25.Rfe1 Ne8 26.Nb4 Nc5 27.Rad1 Nxd6 28.Be2 Bxc3
29.bxc3 Nde4 30.Bxd3 cxd3 31.Nxd3 Na4 32.Nb4 Naxc3 33.Rd4 a5 34.Nd5 b4 35.Kf1 Kg7
36.a3 Nxd5 37.Rxe4 bxa3 38.Ra4 Nb4 39.Rxa5 a2 40.Rc1 Rd8 41.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nge2 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 Na6 10.f3 Rb8 11.a3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qa5 13.Kh1 b5 14.Bd2 c4 15.Bc2 Qc7
16.Bf4 Rfe8 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Nc6 Rb6 19.a4 Bxc6 20.dxc6 b4 21.Nb5 Qxc6 22.b3 Nh5
23.Be3 c3 24.Nxa7 Qc7 25.Nb5 Qd8 26.Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d5 8.O-O Rd8
9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.Qxc4 c5 13.a3 Na6 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Ne5 Be8
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.b4 Na6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rb1 Kf8 20.a4 Nb8 21.a5 b6 22.axb6 axb6
23.b5 Nd5 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Qd4 Qc5 26.Qh4 f6 27.Nd3 Qc2 28.Qb4+ Kg8 29.Rc1 Qxe2
30.Nf4 Qxb5 31.Qe7 Nc6 32.Rxc6 Bxc6 33.Qxd8+ Kf7 34.Qc7+ Bd7 35.Bxd5+ Ke7
36.Ba2  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Rxe5 17.Qg3 Qe7 18.f4 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nxe4 20.Qe3 Re6 21.Bc4 Ng3 22.Bxe6 Nxf1
23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.Qxe7+ Kxe7 25.Kxf1 Rf8 26.g3 Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.a4 Bh3 20.Qe2 Bg4 21.Qf1 Bh3 22.Qe2 Bg4
23.Qf1 Bh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfc1 Rfc8 13.h3 h6 14.Ne2 Na5 15.Rxc8+ Rxc8
16.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f3 Qa5 12.Kb1 b4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Nf4 O-O-O
16.Bc4 h5 17.Nd3 Qc7 18.Bb3 a5 19.Rhe1 Kb8 20.Rc1 Qb6 21.c3 Bh6 22.f4 bxc3
23.Qxc3 Bg7 24.Rcd1 Rc8 25.Qd2 a4 26.Bxa4 Rc4 27.Bb3 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Bxe4 29.Bc2 f5
30.Nb4 d5 31.a3 Rc8 32.Bd3 Bf8 33.Nc2 Bg7 34.Nb4 Bf8 35.Nc2 Qb3 36.Nd4 Qa4
37.Nc2 Qb3 38.Nd4 Qa4 39.Nc2 Rc7 40.g3 Qb3 41.Na1 Qa4 42.Ka2 Be7 43.h4 Rb7
44.Qc2 Qxc2 45.Nxc2 Bc5 46.Rd2 f6 47.b4 Ba7 48.Bxe4 fxe4 49.f5 Kc7 50.fxe6 Kd6
51.a4 Kxe6 52.Kb3 Ke5 53.a5 e3 54.Rd1 d4 55.a6 Rc7 56.Re1 Ke4 57.b5 Rc3+  0-1

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.O-O c5 12.Qe2 a6 13.a4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Rfd1 Qe8
16.b3 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.d4 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Nb3 Nxc3
9.Nxa5 Ne4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nxd2 12.Kxd2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.Kc3 Ke7
15.Rd1 e5 16.Bg2 Be6 17.Bf3 Rhd8 18.e3 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8 Kxd8 21.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Re8
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Kf1 Rad8 18.b4 Kf8 19.Ke2 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Armed Forces-ch "]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.e3 Nd7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Na4 Rab8 15.b3 Rfc8
16.bxc4 Qa3 17.Qc2 c5 18.Nc3 cxd4 19.Nxd5 Rb2 20.Qe4 d3 21.Qd4 Rc2 22.Nf4 R8xc4
23.Qxd3 Qxd3 24.Nxd3 g5 25.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Armed Forces-ch "]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Nge2 a6
9.O-O b5 10.a3 bxc4 11.Bxc4 d5 12.Bd3 e5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.f4 e4 15.Bc2 Nb6
16.b3 Ne8 17.Qd2 Nd6 18.Ng3 h5 19.Rfc1 h4 20.Nf1 Nf5 21.Ne2 a5 22.a4 Ba6
23.Bd1 Qf6 24.Ra2 Bxe2 25.Bxe2 Nxd4 26.Rd1 Nf5 27.Bc5 Rfc8 28.Ba3 Qd4+ 29.Kh2 Qxd2
30.Raxd2 Bh6  0-1

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Na5
9.Qc2 Bxc5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Rd1 h6 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Qa4 Nc6 15.Qxc4 Nde5
16.Qa4 Rad8 17.Bf4 Ng4 18.Ne4 e5 19.Bg5 hxg5 20.Nxc5 Nd4 21.Ne4 Nxe2+ 22.Kh1 Nd4
23.h3 b5 24.Qa6 f5 25.hxg4 fxe4 26.Qg6 Rxf2 27.Qxe4 Re2 28.Qb7 Qxb7 29.Bxb7 Rxb2
30.Re1 Ne2 31.Bf3 Nxg3+ 32.Kg1 Rd3 33.Bg2 Ne2+ 34.Kh1 Rd6 35.Bf3 Rh6+ 36.Kg2 Nf4+
37.Kf1 Rh3 38.Bb7 Rhh2 39.Re3 Rbf2+ 40.Ke1 Re2+ 41.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 42.Kf1 e4 43.Ba6 Rh2
44.Kg1 Rg2+ 45.Kh1 Rb2  0-1

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Ba3 a5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nb4 13.Rd1 e6 14.Bc4 exd5 15.exd5 Nc2+
16.Kf2 Nxa3 17.bxa3 Bd7 18.Ne2 Rac8 19.Bd3 Ba4 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxd5 22.Rc8+ Bf8
23.Ke3 Rc5 24.Rb8 Rc7 25.Be4 Kg7 26.Rxb7 Rxb7 27.Bxb7 Bxa3 28.Bd5 Bc5+ 29.Kd3 f5
30.Nd4 Kf6 31.f4 Bd6 32.g3 g5 33.fxg5+ Kxg5 34.Be6 f4 35.h4+ Kf6 36.g4 f3
37.Bb3 f2 38.Ke2 Bd7 39.g5+ Ke5 40.Nf3+ Kf4 41.Kxf2 Bc5+ 42.Kg2 Bc6 43.Bd1 a4
44.h5 a3 45.g6 hxg6 46.hxg6 Bd5 47.Kf1 Bxa2 48.Ne1 Bc4+ 49.Be2 a2 50.Nc2 Bb3
51.Na1 Bd5 52.Bd1 Bd4 53.Bb3 Bxb3 54.Nxb3 Ke4 55.Ke2 Kd5 56.Kd3 Bg7 57.Kc2 Kc4  0-1

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7
9.Qa4 Rc8 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Rxc6 12.Rfc1 Be7 13.Nd1 b5 14.Qb3 Qc8 15.e4 Bxe4
16.Rxc6 Qxc6 17.Rc1 Qa8 18.a4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 O-O 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rc7 Qd8 22.Qxb5 Nf6
23.Qc6 Nh5 24.Bd2 Bg5 25.Bb4 Bf4 26.Ra7 Qg5+ 27.Kf1 Rb8 28.Ra8 Qd8 29.Ba5 Qf8
30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.b4 Bd2 32.Bc7 Qc8 33.b5 Nf4 34.Qa6  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Re1 a5
16.a3 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Re1 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qf4 Be6 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Qc7 Nc4 24.Qxb7 Bxd4 25.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Na5 14.Bc2 Nd5 15.exd5 Bxg5
16.Qh5 h6 17.Nd2 Bxd5 18.Ne4 Bxf4 19.Qf5 g6 20.Nf6+ Kg7 21.Nh5+ Kh8 22.Qxf4 Qg5
23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Nf6 Be6 25.g4 d5 26.Re5 Nc4 27.Rxg5 Kg7 28.Nxd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Ne3
30.Re5 Nxc2 31.Rc1 Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.f3 Bc8 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.e4 e6 8.e5 Ng8
9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh6 11.Nf3 Nf5 12.Bf2 Be7 13.g3 h5 14.Bd3 g6 15.a3 a5 16.Kf1 Bd7
17.Rc1 Kf8 18.Kg2 Kg7 19.h3 Nh6 20.Na4 b6 21.Nc3 Na7 22.Qe2 Rb8 23.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 e5 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 O-O
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a4 b6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc4 Ne8 13.Nf1 Nd6 14.Bd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Re8
16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Qxd6 Be7 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.Qc4 Bf8 20.Rad1 Qb8 21.Qb3 b5 22.c4 Ra7
23.axb5 axb5 24.N1d2 Ra4 25.Qxb5 Qxb5 26.cxb5 Rb4 27.b6 Nd7 28.b7 Rxb7 29.Nc4 f6
30.Rd3 Nb8 31.Nfd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6
9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 O-O 14.O-O b6 15.b4 Bd6
16.Bb2 Bb7 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.b5 Rac8 19.a4 Nd5 20.c4 Nf4 21.Qg4 g5 22.Bf1 f6
23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.bxc6 f5 25.Qf3 Ng6 26.c5 bxc5 27.Bc4 Be5 28.Re1 Qf6 29.Rxe5 Nxe5
30.Qe2 Rxc6 31.Bxe5 Qe7 32.Re1 Kh7 33.Bc3 Qf7 34.Bxe6 Qg6 35.Bd5 Rc7 36.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.N1f3 cxd4 8.O-O h6
9.Ne6 Qb6 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Nxc5 Qxc5 12.Nxd4 a6 13.c3 e6 14.Bf4 Be7 15.Bc2 Bd7
16.Nf5 Bc6 17.Re5 Qb6 18.Nxg7+ Kf8 19.Nf5 exf5 20.Rxe7 Nd5 21.Rxf7+ Kxf7
22.Qh5+ Ke7 23.Re1+ Kd8 24.Qh4+ Kc8 25.Bxf5+ Bd7 26.Bxd7+ Kxd7 27.Qg4+ Kd8
28.Rd1 Qc6 29.Qf5 Ke7 30.Rxd5 Raf8 31.Qe4+ Kf7 32.Bd6  1-0

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nh4 Ne4 14.Rc1 Ndf6 15.e3 Rad8
16.Qc2 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Red1 Qe5 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Rd4 Rc8 21.Qd1 Bb7 22.Nh4 Qxd1+
23.Rdxd1 Nce4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nf5 Kf8 28.Nd6 Rd8
29.Rd4 Bc6 30.Rd2 Rb8 31.Rd4 Rd8 32.Rd2 Rb8 33.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Bxc6 Bxb2 12.Bxb7 Bxa1 13.Rxa1 Qb6 14.Bxa8 Rxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nc2 d6
9.b3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qh5 11.h3 Ne5 12.Rc1 Rb8 13.Be3 b6 14.f4 Bb7 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.cxd5 Nd7 17.Bf3 Qf5 18.Nd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Kf2 Qc2
22.Qa1 Nc5 23.Rd1 Ba6 24.Ke1 Qf5 25.g4 Qf6 26.Qd4 Qh4+ 27.Kd2 Bb7 28.Bf2 Qh6
29.g5 Qf8 30.b4 e5 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.Qxe5 Nd7 33.Qd4 Qe7 34.h4 Ne5 35.Bg2 Rc4
36.Qb2 Rg4  0-1

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Re8 9.h3 Na6
10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Qc1 exd5 12.exd5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Rxe4 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Qf4 Nb4 16.Rae1 Bxh3
17.Bb1 f6 18.gxh3 fxg5 19.Nxg5 Qc7 20.Ne6 Qd7 21.b3 Na6 22.Qg4 Nc7 23.f4 Nxe6
24.dxe6 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Qg7 26.Be4 Re7 27.f5 gxf5 28.Qxf5 Rf8 29.Qh5 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Qe5
31.Qh4 Qg7 32.Bxb7 Re8 33.Bd5 Kh8 34.Qf4 Be5 35.Qf3 Bd4 36.Qd1 Rf8 37.Rf7 Rxf7
38.exf7 Qf6 39.Qe2 Kg7 40.Kg2 Qg5+ 41.Qg4 Qxg4+ 42.hxg4 h6 43.Kf3 a5 44.Ke4 Kf8
45.Kf5 Bf2 46.Ke6 Bg3 47.Be4 Bf4 48.Bg6 Bg3 49.Kd7 Bf4 50.Kc7 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bc1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 c4 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 Qc7 15.Nf1 Nb7
16.Bd2 Nc5 17.b4 Ncd7 18.h3 Bh5 19.Ng3 Bg6 20.Nh4 Nb6 21.Nhf5 Bd8 22.Bd3 Nfd7
23.Qg4 Bf6 24.Ne3 Na4 25.Ra2 Ndb6 26.Rc1 Rfc8 27.c4 Qd8 28.cxb5 Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Nc3
30.Rxa6 Ncxd5 31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Bd2 Rb8 33.Nh5 h6 34.Bc4 Nc7 35.Qxg6 d5 36.Nxf6+  1-0

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Qc2 Nxe5 12.Qe4 Be6 13.Qxe5 Qxd5 14.Qxg7 Rf8 15.Rd1 Qe4+
16.Be2 Nd7 17.Ng5 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bxc4 Ke7 21.Bd3 Rf4 22.f3 Rb4
23.b3 Ne5 24.Bc2 c4 25.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Bg4 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bxd4 13.Rxb7 Nc6 14.Qa4 Qd6 15.Rb5 Be5
16.Rd5 Qf6 17.Be3 Rfc8 18.Be2 Bd6 19.Rc1 a5 20.g3 Nb4 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Rxa5 Nc2
23.Bh6 Nd4 24.Bg4 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Qxf3 26.Ra8 Bb8 27.Qd4 e5 28.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Qf3 Qxd4 11.Qxf7+ Kd8 12.Bg5+ Nxg5 13.Qxg7 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qxc3+
15.Ke2 Qc2+ 16.Ke1 Qc3+ 17.Ke2 Qc2+ 18.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Nh6 11.d5 Rf7 12.b4 Nf8 13.Nd2 g5 14.Bg3 Ng6 15.c5 Bf8 16.Nb3 Nf4
17.a4 Rg7 18.a5 f5 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Re1 Qe8 21.c6 bxc6 22.dxc6 Nxe2+ 23.Rxe2 Be6
24.b5 h5 25.f3 Qf7 26.Nd2 g4 27.fxg4 Rxg4 28.Nf1 h4 29.Be1 Qg6 30.h3 Rd4
31.Qc2 Bh6 32.Ne3 Qg5 33.Bf2 Ng3 34.Bxg3 Qxg3 35.Ng4 Bxg4 36.Qg6+ Bg7 37.Ne4 Bxe2
38.Nxg3 hxg3 39.Qxg3 Bxb5 40.Qb3+ Bc4 41.Qb7 Rf8 42.Qxc7 Rd2 43.Ra3 Bd3 44.Qxd6 e4
45.c7 Rc2 46.Rb3 Rc1+ 47.Kh2 Rf6 48.Qd5+ Kh7 49.Qh5+ Bh6 50.Rb7 Kh8 51.Rb8+ Kg7
52.Qg4+ Rg6 53.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.h3 Nd7 13.Bd5 Rb8 14.a4 exd4 15.cxd4 Nb4
16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.a5 Ba7 18.d5 Nd3 19.Re2 Qf6 20.Bxa7 Rxa7 21.b3 Rc8 22.Re3 N7e5
23.Rb1 c5 24.dxc6 Rxc6 25.Nf1 Nf4 26.Nd4 Rc5 27.Nf5 d5 28.N1g3 Rd7 29.Qd4 Ne6
30.Nh5 Qxf5 31.exf5 Nxd4 32.Rxe5 f6 33.Re8+ Kf7 34.Ra8 Ne2+ 35.Kf1 Nc3 36.Re1 d4
37.Nf4 Rxf5 38.Nd3 Nd5 39.Rxa6 Rc7 40.Rd6 Rc2 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.a6 Nb6 43.a7  1-0

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Rfd1 a5 12.a3 a4 13.Nc1 Qc8 14.N1a2 Rd8 15.Bf3 h6
16.Qe2 Rd7 17.h3 Bd8 18.Bg4 Nxg4 19.hxg4 Bg5 20.f3 Nd4 21.Rxd4 Bxe3+ 22.Qxe3 exd4
23.Qxd4 Bxa2 24.Rxa2 Ra5 25.Ra1 h5 26.gxh5 Rxh5 27.Rd1 b5 28.Qf2 Qe8 29.g4 Rh6
30.Nxb5 Qe5 31.Nd4 g6 32.c3 Rb7 33.Rd2 Qf4 34.Rc2 Rh3 35.Qf1 Qg3+  0-1

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bh5 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Nxc6 15.Nf1 Rad8
16.Ne3 d5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 f5 19.Bb3 Kh8 20.Qc2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Na5 22.Qe2 Bd6
23.Bd2 Qf7 24.f4 e4 25.Kh1 Nxb3 26.axb3 Qxd5 27.Be3 Qc6 28.Rg1 Bc7 29.Rg5 Rd7
30.Rag1 Bd8 31.R5g2 Qh6 32.Kh2 Qh4 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Qxd1 Bc7 35.Qd7 Bxf4+ 36.Kg1 Be5
37.Rg5 Qxh3 38.Bf4 Qh4 39.Qe7 Rg8 40.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.g3 Be7 12.b3 Rc8 13.Qd3 e5 14.Bg2 e4 15.Qe2 Nf8
16.f4 Qd7 17.c5 Ne6 18.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.e4 Nb4 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 N8c6 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Qa4 Bb4 15.Rac1 Qe7
16.a3 Bc5 17.e5 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Rac8 19.Nb5 Na5 20.Ree1 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qb7+ 22.Kg1 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Qd5 24.Nxa7 Qxe5 25.b4 Qe4 26.Qc2 Qxc2 27.Rxc2 Nb3 28.Nb5 e5 29.Rc6 Rb8
30.Kg2 Kf8 31.Rc7 Nd4 32.Nxd4 exd4 33.Rd7 Ra8 34.Rxd4 Rxa3 35.Rd6 Rb3 36.Rxb6 h5
37.h4 g6 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Kf1 Rb2 40.b5 Kf6 41.b6 g5 42.hxg5+ Kxg5 43.Kg2 Rb3
44.Kh3 Rb2 45.f3 Kg6 46.g4 hxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Rb4+ 48.Kg3 Kf5 49.Rb7 f6 50.Rb8 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 f5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Qxd8 Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.d6 Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Nc4
16.Qd3 Be6 17.Qg3 Nd7 18.b3 Ncb6 19.Nd2 a5 20.Nf3 f6 21.Nh4 a4 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.exf5 Qc7 24.Bh6 Rf7 25.Rad1 Kh8 26.Bc1 axb3 27.axb3 Ra2 28.Be4 Rf8 29.Qe3 Ra1
30.h4 Nc8 31.h5 h6 32.Qf3 Ra6 33.Bc2 Nc5 34.Bxh6 gxh6 35.Qe3 Nd7 36.Qxh6+ Kg8
37.Qg6+ Kh8 38.Re3 Ne7 39.Qh6+ Kg8 40.Rg3+ Kf7 41.Qg7+ Ke8 42.h6 Rf7 43.h7 Rxg7
44.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.h4 Bg7 5.e3 Be6 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.h5 Nbd7
9.h6 Bf8 10.Qd2 Bf7 11.Ne5 e6 12.f3 Be7 13.g4 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 fxg4 15.fxg4 O-O
16.Be2 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.O-O-O e5 19.g5 Nd7 20.e4 b5 21.exd5 b4 22.Ne4 Qxd5
23.Bg4 Qxe4 24.Bxd7 Rad8 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Rhe1 Qa5 27.b3 c5 28.Kb1 Qc7 29.c4 Qg3
30.Qb2 Qc3 31.Qxc3 bxc3 32.Kc2 Kh8 33.Rf1 Bg8 34.Rxf8 Rxf8 35.Kxc3 Rd8 36.Bg4 Re8
37.Rd7 a5 38.Ra7 Re5 39.Rxa5 Rxg5 40.Bd7 Rg3+ 41.Kd2 Rg2+ 42.Ke3 Rg5 43.Ra8 Re5+
44.Kd2 g5 45.Bc6  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.h3 Qe7 11.Bb3 b6 12.e4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Bg5 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bd7
16.f4 Bc5 17.Rad1 Qd6 18.Qf2 Qc7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Kh1 Rae8 21.Qh4 Be7 22.Rd3 Kh8
23.Qh5 Rd8 24.Rg3 Bc8 25.Rff3 Qd6 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Qd4 28.Rg4 Bc5 29.Qxh7+  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 Nd5
9.Qc2 Be7 10.Ne4 Ndb4 11.Qc3 e5 12.Nxe5 Nxd4 13.Be3 Nbc2 14.Bxd4 Qxd4 15.Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.Naxc4 Bc5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qb5 Be7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.e3 Rac8 17.Qh5 Bf8 18.Rac1 Bg7 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.exd4 Qd5 21.Qxd5 Rxd5 22.b3 f5
23.Ne5 Rcd8 24.Nf3 e5 25.Kf1 e4 26.Nh4 Bxd4 27.Rc7 Bb6 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Rxb7 f4
30.gxf4 Rd2 31.Ke1 Rxa2 32.Nf5 Bxf2+ 33.Kf1 Bb6 34.Nxh6+ Kg7 35.Nxf7 e3 36.Nd6+ Kf6
37.Ne4+ Kf5 38.Nc3 Rf2+ 39.Ke1 Rxh2 40.Nd5 Ke4  0-1

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 e6 6.Bxf5 exf5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Qb3 Nb6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rd1 Na6 12.Bd2 Nb4 13.a3 N4d5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5
16.Rac1 a5 17.Ne5 Rfe8 18.h3 Bd6 19.Nd3 h5 20.Kh1 Re7 21.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4
9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Nde7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Qb3 b6 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Qa3 Re8
16.Rc2 Nf5 17.Rfc1 Nxd6 18.Qxd6 Qe7 19.Ne4 f5 20.Qxe7 Nxe7 21.Nd6 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rd8
23.Rc7 Ba4 24.Rxa7 Rxd6 25.Rxa4 e5 26.Bb7 e4 27.Kf1 b5 28.Ra6 Rxa6 29.Bxa6 b4
30.f3 e3 31.Ke1 Kf7 32.Kd1 Ke6 33.Kc2 Kd5 34.f4 Kc5 35.Bb7 Kb6 36.Bf3 Nc8
37.Bd5 Kc5 38.Be6 Ne7 39.Kd3 Kd6 40.Bb3 Kc5 41.Kc2 h6 42.Be6 g5 43.Bf7 b3+
44.axb3 Nc6 45.Be6 Kd6 46.Bc4 Nb4+ 47.Kd1 Ke7 48.h4 gxf4 49.gxf4 Kf6 50.h5 Ke7
51.Kc1 Kd6 52.Kd1 Kd7 53.Kc1 Ke7 54.Kd1 Kd6 55.Kc1 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nf1 d5 12.Ng3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bd5 14.Bb5 Nbd7 15.Ne5 a6
16.Nc6 Qc7 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Bf1 Ree8 19.Bg5 Qb7 20.Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Qc2 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.Re1 Rb8 12.a4 b6 13.Bf4 a6 14.Bf1 Bb7 15.Rb1 Re8
16.b4 Nd7 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Nd1 Qe7 19.Ne3 b5 20.e5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5
23.Ng4 Qg7 24.bxc5 Nxd5 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.axb5 dxc5 27.bxa6 Ba8 28.a7 Qd4
29.Qxd4 cxd4 30.Rb8 Rf8 31.Bc4 Ne7 32.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van der Hof, A."]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Rb1 Nc6 6.a3 a5 7.d3 O-O 8.Nh3 d6 9.O-O Bd7
10.f4 Qc8 11.Nf2 Ng4 12.e3 Nxf2 13.Rxf2 Rb8 14.Bd2 Na7 15.Qe1 a4 16.b3 axb3
17.Rxb3 b5 18.Nd5 Re8 19.Qb1 e6 20.Nc3 bxc4 21.dxc4 Bc6 22.Be1 Bxg2 23.Rxg2 Nc6
24.Rgb2 Rxb3 25.Rxb3 Na5 26.Ne4 Nxc4 27.Qc1 d5 28.Bc3 d4 29.Rb5 Nxe3  0-1

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 a5 15.Qd2 b5
16.Ncxb5 a4 17.Bxa4 Qb6 18.b3 Qc5 19.Rhe1 Ra8 20.Qc3 Rab8 21.f4 Neg4 22.e5 Nd5
23.Qxc5 dxc5 24.Nf3 Be6 25.g3 Nge3 26.Rd2 Nf5 27.Rg1 Nb4 28.c3 Nd5 29.c4 Nb6
30.Nc3 Rfd8 31.Bc6 Rxd2 32.Kxd2 Rd8+ 33.Ke2 Nd4+ 34.Nxd4 cxd4 35.Nd5 Nxd5
36.cxd5 Bxd5 37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.Kd3 f6 39.exf6 exf6 40.a4 Kg7 41.Ra1  1-0

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bc1 f5 11.b3 Bd6 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Nxa3 Qe7 14.Qb2 a5 15.Nc2 Nhf6
16.Nce1 b6 17.Nd3 Bb7 18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.Nfe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 c5 21.Rfd1 Rc7 22.Nd3 dxc4
23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.Rxc4 cxd4 25.Ne5 b5 26.Rc6 Rc7 27.Qxd4 Rac8 28.Qb6 Rxc6 29.Nxc6 Qc7
30.Rd8+ Kf7 31.Qc5 Rxd8 32.Ne5+ Qxe5 33.Qxe5 Nd5 34.Qd4 Ra8 35.f3 b4 36.e4 fxe4
37.fxe4 Nc3 38.Qd7+ Kf6 39.e5+ Kxe5 40.Qxg7+ Kd6 41.Qxh7 Rf8 42.h4 Rf3 43.Kg2 Re3
44.h5 Ne4 45.Qg6  1-0

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.Bxc4 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qe5 Qd6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc5
16.Rd1 O-O 17.Bg5 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Ne4 Rac8 21.g3 Bb4 22.Rd4 a5
23.Rad1 Rc2 24.Rd7 Rf7 25.b3 Re2 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.R1d4 Rc7 28.Kf1 Re1+ 29.Kg2 e5
30.Nd6 exd4  0-1

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Nbd7 12.Nxc4 O-O 13.e4 Bh7 14.c6 bxc6 15.Bd3 Nh5
16.Bc2 g5 17.Bf2 Rfd8 18.Ke2 Nf4+ 19.Kf1 Nb6 20.Ne5 Rd2 21.Rc1 Rad8 22.g3 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Ne2 24.Kg2 Nxc1 25.Rxc1 Re2 26.Rd1 Nd5 27.Kg1 Rxc2 28.Nxc6 Re8 29.exd5 exd5
30.Nb4 Rxc3 31.Nxd5 Rxf3 32.Bd4 Bc2 33.Rc1 Re2 34.Bxa7 Rd3 35.Ne3 Bxa4 36.Ng4 Bd7
37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Rf1 Bh3 39.Nh5+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.Re1 Rae8
16.Bd3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Kh8 18.Qb3 Nd8 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh6 Ne6 22.Re5 Rg8
23.Bc4 Bf6 24.Re4 b5 25.Bb3 c5 26.Bf4 Nxf4 27.Qxf4 Qxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rb1 e6 12.Qc1 Bd7 13.Bh6 Na5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bd3 cxd4
16.cxd4 Qxc1 17.Rfxc1 Rac8 18.f3 Rxc1+ 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.b3 Be5 12.Bb2 Qd6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Rc1 Rad8
16.Bf3 Qe6 17.Na4 Ng4 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Be2 Qf5 20.Nc5 h6 21.f3 h5 22.Nd3 Nxd3
23.Qxd3 Qe6 24.Bd1 Qf6 25.Kf2 d4 26.e4 h4 27.Rc5 hxg3+ 28.hxg3 Re5 29.Rxe5 Qxe5
30.f4 Qf6 31.Rh1 Be6 32.Bf3 g6 33.Rc1 Qh8 34.Bg2 Rc8 35.Kg1 c5 36.f5 gxf5
37.exf5 Bd7 38.b4 Qh6 39.Rxc5 Rxc5 40.bxc5 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 Qxc5 42.f6 Qe5 43.Qf3 Bf5
44.Bf1 Be4 45.Qe2 Qe6 46.Qb5 Bg6 47.Qb8+ Kh7 48.Qxa7 Qxf6 49.Kg1 Qe5 50.Bg2 d3
51.Qf2 Qd6 52.Bf3 d2 53.Bd1 Qd3 54.a4 Qc3 55.Kh2 Kg8 56.Qf4 Qc1 57.Qf3 Kf8
58.Qg4 Qc3 59.Qg5 Qh8+ 60.Qh4 Qc3 61.Qd8+ Kg7 62.Qe7 Qd4 63.Qe2 Qd5 64.Kg1 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qe1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Be6
16.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Ne4 O-O-O 14.g3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bd6
16.c4 c5 17.Bc3 Nf6 18.Qe2 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Qa5 20.Kb1 Qf5+ 21.Ka1 Bb8 22.c5 Qe4
23.Qxe4 Nxe4 24.Bxg7 Nxf2 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rf1 Ng4 27.Kb1 f6 28.Nh4 Rg8 29.Bxh6 Nxh6
30.Rxf6 Bxg3 31.Rxh6 Bxh4 32.Rxe6 Kd7 33.Rd6+ Kc7 34.b4 Rg2 35.Rg6 Rg5 36.Rh6 Be1
37.a3 a5 38.Rh7+ Kc6 39.Rh6+ Kd5 40.Rd6+ Kc4 41.c6 bxc6 42.Rxc6+ Kb3 43.bxa5 Bxa5
44.Rc8 Rg1+ 45.Rc1 Rg2 46.Rc8 Rh2 47.Rb8+ Kxa3 48.h6 Rxh6 49.Kc2 Rd6 50.Rb3+ Ka4
51.Rd3 Rc6+ 52.Kd1 Re6 53.Rf3 Bb4 54.Kc2 Rd6 55.Rd3 Rc6+ 56.Kd1 Re6 57.Rf3 Re4
58.Kc2 Rd4 59.Rf2 Rd5 60.Rg2 Kb5 61.Rg4 Ka4 62.Rg2 Rd8 63.Rh2 Rd4 64.Rf2 Kb5
65.Kb3 Bc5 66.Rf3 Ra4 67.Kc2 Kc4 68.Rc3+ Kd5 69.Rf3 Bd4 70.Kd3 Ra8 71.Rf5+ Be5
72.Rf3 Ra7 73.Ke3 Ra4 74.Ke2 Bf4 75.Kd3 Rd4+ 76.Kc3 Kc5 77.Rf2 Be5 78.Rd2 Rd8+
79.Kc2 Bd4 80.Kd3 Kd5 81.Rh2 Rb8 82.Rh5+ Be5 83.Rh4 Rb3+ 84.Ke2 Bd4 85.Rf4 Re3+
86.Kf1 Be5 87.Rg4 Bf6 88.Kg2 Ra3 89.Rg3 Ra2+ 90.Kf3 Ke5 91.Rg4 Ra3+ 92.Ke2 Kf5
93.Rc4 Be5 94.Rb4 Bc3 95.Rh4 Ke5 96.Rh5+ Ke4 97.Rh4+ Kd5 98.Rh3 Ra2+ 99.Kd3 Be5
100.Rf3 Rh2 101.Ke3 Rh4 102.Rf8 Re4+ 103.Kd3 Ra4 104.Rd8+ Bd6 105.Ke2 Ra3
106.Kd2 Ke5 107.Kc2 Bc5 108.Rd3 Ra4 109.Rd8 Ra3 110.Rd3 Ra8 111.Rd7 Rc8 112.Kd3 Bb4
113.Rh7 Rc3+ 114.Ke2 Bc5 115.Rh5+ Ke4 116.Rh4+ Kd5 117.Rh5+ Kc4 118.Rh4+ Bd4
119.Re4 Rc2+ 120.Kf3 Kd5 121.Re1 Rf2+ 122.Kg4 Be5 123.Re3 Rf4+ 124.Kh3 Bd4
125.Re2 Bf2 126.Kg2 Bh4 127.Ra2 Ke5 128.Ra5+ Kf6 129.Rb5 Bf2 130.Rb3 Bd4
131.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.Nf3 Bb7
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.e3 Qe7 11.Be2 d6 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.O-O Ne5 14.b4 Rfc8 15.Bh4 Ng6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Nb3 Rab8 19.Rfd1 cxb4 20.axb4 d5 21.c5 Bc6 22.Rxa7 Rxb4
23.Nd4 Be8 24.c6 Bxc6 25.Rc1 Bb7 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Ra8 Rb1+ 28.Bf1 Rc1 29.Ne2 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6
9.Ng5 Bxc4 10.Bxb7 Nbd7 11.Na3 Rb8 12.Nxc4 Rxb7 13.Nxd6 Rb4 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.a3 Rg4
16.Rd1 Nb6 17.e4 h6 18.Ngxf7 Nxe4 19.Qe2 Rxf7 20.Nxf7 Qxf7 21.Qxg4 Qxf2+
22.Kh1 Nf6 23.Qf4 Qc2 24.Qf3 Nc4 25.Be3 Qb3 26.Qa8+ Kh7 27.Bxc5 Nxb2 28.Rab1 Ng4
29.Bd4 Qc2 30.Qg2 Qxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Nxd1 32.Rxd1  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.c4 e6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Na6
9.a3 Be7 10.b4 Nc7 11.Nd4 Bh7 12.Na4 O-O 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.bxc5 Nd7 15.Qc2 Qe7
16.a4 Ne6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Ba3 Rad8 19.a5 a6 20.Rab1 Nf6 21.Bb2 e5 22.e4 Kh8
23.Rfe1 dxe4 24.dxe4 Rd7 25.Rbd1 Rfd8 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.h3 Qe6 28.Kh2 Rd8 29.Ba1 Qe7
30.Bb2 Rd7 31.Re2 Bg6 32.f3 Nh5 33.Bc1 Nf6 34.Be3 Nd5 35.Bd2 Nc7 36.Be3 Nb5
37.Rd2 Bf7 38.Qd1 Rxd2 39.Qxd2 Bc4 40.f4 exf4 41.gxf4 Bf7 42.Bf2 Qf6 43.Qe3 Qb2
44.f5 Nc3 45.Qd4 Nd1 46.Qxb2 Nxb2 47.Kg3 Kg8 48.Bd4 Nc4 49.Bc3 g6 50.fxg6 Bxg6
51.Bf3 Kf7 52.Kf4 Ke7 53.Bg4 Kd8 54.Be6 Na3 55.Bf6+ Kc7 56.Bg7 h5 57.Bf5 Bxf5
58.exf5 Kd7 59.Kg5 Nc4 60.Kxh5  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.Qa4 Qxd4 10.Qxb4 Na6 11.Qa3 Qc5 12.Bf4 Qxa3 13.bxa3 Nb8 14.Rfd1 Nc6 15.Rab1 e5
16.Be3 h6 17.Bc5 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.Bd6 Nc6 20.Kf1 Ne8 21.Bc5 Nc7 22.Ke1 Ne6
23.Bd6 Ned8 24.Nd5 Bf5 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Rxc4 Kh7 27.Rc1 Be6 28.a4 f6 29.Ba3 Kg8
30.f4 exf4 31.gxf4 Kf7 32.Kd2 g5 33.Bf3 Nd4 34.Bh5+ Kg7 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.Be7 N8e6
37.Bxf6+ Kf8 38.Bg4 Nc6 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.e3 Ne4 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Qe2 c5 13.Bd2 Bf6 14.Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Bxc4 Qxc5 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxg5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Nf3 Qxg2 14.Rg1 Qh3 15.Rxg7 Nb6
16.Rg3 Qh6 17.Bb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.f3 Nc6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Rb8 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nd7 13.g5 b5 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.h5 b4
16.Ne2 Ne5 17.Ng1 f5 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.h6 g6 20.b3 Bb7 21.Bh3 Qe7 22.Rh2 a5
23.Re2 Nf7 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.f4 Rbc8 26.Nf3 Qc3 27.Re3 Qxd2 28.Rxd2 Rc3 29.Rxc3 bxc3
30.Rd3 Bxe4 31.Rxc3 Bxf3 32.Bxe6 Bh5 33.Rc7 g5 34.fxg5 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Nc3 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Qd6 15.Ne5 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 c5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Ne4 Qb6 19.Rfd1 Ra7 20.Rac1 f6 21.Nf3 e5 22.Qd2 Rd8
23.Qc2 Rxd1 24.Qxd1 Qe6 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 c5 14.dxc5 Bd5 15.Ne1 Bxg2
16.Nxg2 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.c6 Nb8 19.Rac1 Qxc6 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.a4 a6 14.a5 b5 15.Bb2 Qd6
16.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be2 O-O
9.Rb1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Nd7 13.Bb4 Nb6 14.Qd3 Re8 15.Ng5 Be6
16.d5 Bd7 17.Qf3 f5 18.Bd3 Bf6 19.exf5 Bxg5 20.fxg6 Qxd5 21.Be4 Qe6 22.Bd2 hxg6
23.Bxg5 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qh3 Qd5 26.Be3 Nc4 27.Qg4 Kg7 28.Bd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Qxe5+ 13.Be2 b5 14.axb5 cxb5
15.Ra5 a6 16.Nxc4 Qc7 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.O-O Qc5+ 19.Kh1 f6 20.Ne4 Qb4 21.Ra3 Nd7
22.Rf4 Nf8 23.Rb3 Qa5 24.Qd6+ Kf7 25.Ng5+ Kg8 26.Qe7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.b4 Nb7
16.Nf1 Nd8 17.Ng3 Ne6 18.Bb3 Rd8 19.Qe2 Ra7 20.Ng5 d5 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.Bg5 h6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Rad1 Rad7 25.Rd3 Qe8 26.Nh5 Qe7 27.Qg4 dxe4 28.Rg3 Rd3 29.Ree3 Rxe3
30.fxe3 Kh8 31.Bc2 g6 32.Nxf6 Qxf6 33.Bxe4 h5 34.Qf3 Qxf3 35.gxf3 Bxe4 36.fxe4 Rc8
37.Rg5 Rxc3 38.Kf2 Rc4 39.a3 Rxe4 40.Kf3 Rh4 41.Rxe5 Rxh3+ 42.Kg2 Rh4 43.Re8+ Kg7
44.Ra8 Re4  0-1

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Qxc3 d6 10.O-O Bh3 11.Re1 c6 12.e4 Nd7 13.d4 Qf6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.b4 Rfe8
16.Bb2 Nb6 17.Bd1 Rad8 18.Re3 Rd4 19.Bb3 c5 20.Qc2 Nd7 21.Qe2 Qg6 22.Bc2 Rd6
23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Qe6 25.Rd3 Nf6 26.Ba4 Rf8 27.Rd8 g6 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qd3 Qe7
30.Qe3 Bd7 31.Bc2 Bc6 32.b5 Bd7 33.Qc3 Ne8 34.Qxe5 Qxe5 35.Bxe5 Be6 36.Bd3 Ke7
37.Bb8 a6 38.bxa6 bxa6 39.Ba7 Kd6 40.e5+ Kxe5 41.Bxc5 Bf5 42.Be2 Nd6 43.f4+ Ke6
44.g4 Bc2 45.Bxd6 Kxd6 46.c5+ Kxc5 47.Bxa6 h6 48.h4 f6 49.g5 hxg5 50.hxg5 fxg5
51.fxg5 Kb6 52.Bc8 Kc7 53.Bg4 Kd6 54.Kf2 Ke5 55.Kg3 Ba4 56.Bf3 Kf5 57.Kh4 Ke5
58.Kg4 Bd7+ 59.Kg3 Ba4 60.Bg4 Ke4 61.Be6 Ke5 62.Bf7 Kf5 63.Kh4 Bb5 64.Bb3 Bd3
65.a4 Ke5 66.Bf7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O c5
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.e4 Ba6 13.Re1 Bxc4 14.Ne5 Ba6 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.e5 Kg8 17.dxe6 Nc6 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.Rad1 Na5 20.Qa4 Rb8 21.Qg4 Qe8 22.exd7 Qe7
23.Qh4 g5 24.Qh6 Bb7 25.Qd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Nb7 28.Rd5 Rf7 29.e6 Re7
30.Rxg5 Rd8 31.Rd5 Kg7 32.g4 Rf8 33.Rg5+ Kh8 34.Rf5 Rg8 35.f4 Rxg4+ 36.Kf3 Rg8
37.Rh5 Nd8 38.f5 Rf8 39.Kg4 Kg7 40.Kg5 Nf7+ 41.Kf4 Nh8 42.Ke5 Nf7+ 43.Kd5 Rd8
44.Kc6 Kf6 45.Rd1 Ng5 46.Rd5 Ne4 47.Rh4 Nxc3 48.Rh6+ Kg5 49.f6+ Nxd5 50.fxe7 Nxe7+
51.Kc7 Rh8 52.Rxh7 Rxh7 53.d8=Q c4 54.Qd2+ Kg6 55.Kd6 Nc8+ 56.Kd5 Rh5+ 57.Kxc4 Kf6
58.Qf4+ Kxe6 59.Qg4+ Rf5 60.Qg8+ Kd7 61.Kd4 Nd6 62.Ke3 Ke7 63.Qg7+ Nf7 64.Qc3 Rf6
65.Qc7+ Kf8 66.Qxa7 Rd6 67.Ke4 Kg7 68.Qb8 Ng5+ 69.Ke3 Nf7 70.Qc7 Kf8 71.h4 Kg7
72.Qe7 Kg8 73.a4 Kg7 74.Ke4 Kg8 75.Qe8+ Kg7 76.h5 Rh6 77.Qb8 Rxh5 78.Qg3+ Kf8
79.Kd4 Rh6 80.Kc4 Rc6+ 81.Kb5 Nd8 82.Qe3 Re6 83.Qc3 Ke8 84.Qc7 Rc6 85.Qg7 Re6
86.Ka6 Rc6 87.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 Rhe8 17.Be2 f6 18.Qe3 Qf5+ 19.Kb3 Nc5+ 20.Ka2 Nxa4 21.Rhd1 Kb8
22.Nd6 Qa5 23.Kb3 c5 24.Rxa4 Qb6+ 25.Ka2 Rxd6 26.Qg3 Rd8 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Qxg7 Rd2
29.Qf8+ Kc7 30.Qe7+ Kb8 31.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.Ra2 Ne8 12.b4 f5 13.c5 axb4 14.axb4 Rxa2 15.Nxa2 Nf6
16.Nc3 Kh8 17.f3 f4 18.Nc4 Nc8 19.Na5 b6 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 bxc5 22.bxc5 Ne7
23.cxd6 cxd6 24.Nb5 Nxc6 25.Qxd6 Nd4 26.Qxd8 Nxe2+ 27.Kf2 Rxd8 28.Kxe2 Kg8
29.Bd2 Rb8 30.Nd6 Ne8 31.Nc4 Rc8 32.Nb6 Rb8 33.Nd5 Rb7 34.Rc1 Kf7 35.Rc6 Nf6
36.Nb4 Bf8 37.Nd3 Nd7 38.Bc3 Bg7 39.Nb2 Ra7 40.Kd3 Ra2 41.Kc4 Ra7 42.Kd5 Rb7
43.Ra6 Rb3 44.Na4 Ra3 45.Ra7 Rxa4 46.Rxd7+ Kg8 47.Rb7 Ra3 48.Rc7 Ra2 49.g4 fxg3
50.hxg3 Rg2 51.Ke6 h5 52.Rd7 Rg1 53.Rd8+ Kh7 54.Rd3 Kg8 55.f4 exf4 56.Rd8+ Kh7
57.Rd7 fxg3 58.Bxg7 Rf1 59.Bf6+ Kh6 60.Rd8  1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Kh1 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Nd4 Bg4 13.Qe1 Nh5 14.Nb3 a5 15.Bd2 a4
16.Nc1 d5 17.a3 dxe4 18.axb4 exd3 19.Nxd3 Re8 20.Rf2 Bf5 21.Ne5 Nf6 22.Be3 Ng4
23.Nxg4 Bxg4 24.Nxa4 Rd8 25.h3 Rxa4 26.hxg4 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 Qxg4 28.Rf3 Qf5
29.Qa5 Qxa5 30.bxa5 Bxb2 31.Bc5 Bf6 32.Rb3 Rd7 33.c4 e6 34.Be3 Bd8 35.Rb5 h5
36.Kg1 Kf8 37.c5 Rd3 38.Kf2 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.c4 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Nc3 h6
10.h3 Nh7 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nd5 Qd7 13.Kh2 f5 14.Nd3 Rae8 15.b4 g5 16.bxc5 e4
17.Bxg7 Qxg7 18.cxd6 exd3 19.Nc7 Bxc4 20.Qa4 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 Re8 10.Rfd1 Bd7 11.Rd2 Bc6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rad1 a5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 c6
16.Rd6 Kg7 17.c3 b5 18.g3 Ra7 19.Kg2 Rc7 20.a3 Be7 21.R6d2 f6 22.Ne1 Rcc8
23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Rcd8 25.Ra2 Rxd1 26.Bxd1 Bd6 27.Bb3 Re7 28.Nc2 Rb7 29.Ne3 Kf8
30.Ra8 Ke7 31.h4 h5 32.Kf3 Bc7 33.Ke2 Kf8 34.f3 Bb6 35.Ra2 Ra7 36.Rxa7 Bxa7
37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Kg7 39.Be6 Bb6 40.Kd3 Kf8 41.Bc8 Kg7 42.Bb7 Ba7 43.Ke2 Bb6
44.Nc2 Kh6 45.Ne1 c5 46.Nd3 cxb4 47.Nxb4 Kg7 48.Nd5 Bd8 49.Bc8 Kf7 50.Kd3 Kf8
51.Kc2 Kg7 52.Kb2 Kf7 53.Kc2 Kg7 54.Kb2 Kf7 55.Ka2 Kg7 56.Ka3 Ba5 57.Kb3 Kf7
58.Nb4 Bb6 59.Nd3 Be3 60.Bb7 Kg7 61.Kb4 Bd2 62.Nc5 Be1 63.Ne6+ Kf7 64.Bd5 Bxh4
65.Kxb5 Ke7 66.c4 Bf2 67.c5 Nd7 68.Bc4 Bg1 69.Bd5 Bf2 70.Bb3 Bg1 71.Bc4 Bf2
72.Kc6 Bg1 73.Bb3 f5 74.exf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Bd2 Ng4 11.Qd3 Ne5 12.Qe4 Bd7 13.b3 Bc6 14.Qh4 e6 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Rac1 h6 17.Rfd1 Rd7 18.h3 Rad8 19.Be3 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nc6 21.Rd2 d5 22.cxd5 exd5
23.Bc5 d4 24.Na4 h5 25.Rcd1 Rd5 26.e4 Re5 27.Bxd4 Rxe4 28.Bxg7 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Kxg7
30.Nc5 Re7 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 b6 33.Nd7 Ne5 34.Nxe5 Rxe5 35.Rd7 a5 36.Rd6 b5
37.a3 g5 38.Kf3 f6 39.Rc6 Re1 40.Rb6 Ra1 41.Ke4 Kg6 42.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fokin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 e6 6.Qa3 Nc6 7.Nf3 a5 8.cxd5 Nb4
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 Nbxd5 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be2 c5 14.dxc5 a4 15.Qc4 Rfc8
16.Bd2 b6 17.Rd1 Rxc5 18.Qh4 a3 19.e4 Nb4 20.O-O axb2 21.e5 Nbd5 22.Bf3 Qc8
23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Nxd5 Bxh4 25.Nxb6 Qd8 26.Bxa8 b1=Q 27.Rxb1 Qxd2 28.g3 Be7
29.a4 Rc2 30.Be4 Ra2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.d4 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.O-O Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Rxd8 Bxd8
16.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nb5 O-O
9.Nc7 Nxe5 10.Nxa8 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nbc6 12.Qd2 Qd6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.h5 f6 15.O-O-O Nf7
16.f4 Rxa8 17.Nf3 Nh6 18.Nd4 Ne7 19.g4 e5 20.g5 Nhf5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.gxf6 gxf6
23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Rhg1+ Kh8 25.Bg4 d4 26.Bxf5 Nxf5 27.Qg5 Qh6 28.Qxh6 Nxh6
29.Rdf1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kozlov, Vladimir N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.a4 Re8 17.Ng3 g6 18.b3 Nb6 19.a5 Nbd7 20.Bd2 Bf8 21.Rc1 Bb7 22.b4 d5 23.Bg5 Bg7
24.Qd2 Rac8 25.exd5 Qxc3 26.Qxc3 Rxc3 27.Nxe5 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Nxe5 29.Bxf6 Bxd5
30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Ne2 Rc4 32.f4 Nc6 33.Bb3 Rxc1+ 34.Nxc1 Bxb3 35.Nxb3 Kf6 36.Kf2 Nxb4
37.Nc5 Ke7 38.Ke3 f5 39.Kd4 Kd6 40.Nb7+ Kc7 41.Nc5 Kd6 42.Nb7+ Kc6 43.Nd8+ Kc7
44.Ne6+ Kd6 45.Nf8 Nd5 46.Nxh7 Nxf4 47.Nf6 Nxg2 48.Nd5 f4 49.Nc3 f3 50.Ne4+ Kc6
51.Nf2 g5 52.Ke4 Ne1 53.Kd4 b4 54.Kc4 b3 55.Kxb3 Kb5 56.Kc3 Kxa5 57.Ne4 Ng2
58.Kd3 Nf4+ 59.Ke3 Nxh3 60.Kxf3 Kb4 61.Kg4 Ng1 62.Nf6 a5 63.Nd5+ Kc4  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.Bd2 b6 13.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E08"]

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 Nbd7
9.Bf4 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc3 Ba6 12.Rfc1 Qc8 13.Ne5 Qb7 14.e4 Rac8 15.exd5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Nxd5 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.h4 Rxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8
22.Qc3 Bb7 23.Kh2 h5 24.Bh3 Qc6 25.Qe3 Bf8 26.Qe2 g6 27.Bg2 Qe6 28.Qc2 Qc6
29.Qd2 Bg7 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Qf4 a5 32.Qe5+ Qf6 33.Qxf6+ Kxf6 34.Kg1 Ke6 35.Kf1 Ba6+
36.Ke1 Kd6 37.Kd2 Bc8 38.Ke3 Bf5 39.Kf4 f6 40.Bf1 Bb1 41.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.e5 dxe5
9.dxe5 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 Ng4 11.Bxc5 Nxe5 12.Nd5 Nbc6 13.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Re1 Re8
16.g4 Bg6 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Qf4 Re8 20.Rd1 Nd5 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Ne5 Qe6
23.Nxg6 fxg6 24.Qc7 Rf8 25.Qxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e6 7.Bf4 exd5 8.exd5 O-O
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.O-O Ne8 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Rfe1 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne5 14.Be2 f5 15.Bg5 Nf6
16.f4 Nf7 17.Bh4 Ne4 18.Bxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qe3 Nb4+ 18.Kb3 c5 19.Rc1 Nc6 20.Rg1 f5 21.g4 f4
22.Qf2 Rhf8 23.Ka3 Kb8 24.Bg2 f3 25.Bh3 e5 26.Rge1 e4 27.Bf1 Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Semeniuk, Alexander A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O
9.f4 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.O-O Bxb3 12.cxb3 e6 13.Bf3 Nb4 14.Rf2 Qe7 15.Rd2 d5
16.exd5 Nfxd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Bf2 Rfd8 19.Bb6 d4 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.Qe2 Qxe2
22.Rxe2 d3 23.Re7 Bxb2 24.Rd1 b6 25.Rc7 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Bc5 27.g3 d2 28.Ra7 Kg7
29.Ra8 Rd3 30.Be2 Rd6 31.Ra7 Nc2 32.Re7 Kf8 33.Re4 Ne3 34.Rxe3 Bxe3 35.Kg2 Bc5
36.Bc4 Ke7 37.Kf3 f5 38.Ke2 Bb4 39.Kf3 Rd4 40.h3 Kd6 41.h4 Re4 42.Be2 h5
43.Rb1  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.Ng3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.b4 Nc6 10.b5 Ne7 11.Bd3 a6 12.bxa6 b6 13.a4 Bxa6 14.Ba3 Bxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Petran, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 h6
16.Ng3 Re8 17.Nh4 Bf8 18.Nhf5 Bb7 19.Nh5 Re6 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Ne3 Nc4 22.Nd5 Rg6
23.a4 Nb6 24.Bb3 bxa4 25.Nxb6 axb3 26.Nxa8 Qc8 27.Nb6 Qxh3 28.g3 Rxg3+ 29.fxg3 Qxg3+
30.Kf1 Qh3+ 31.Kf2 Qh4+ 32.Kg2 f5 33.Bd2 fxe4 34.Be3 Qf6 35.Qg4  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 Qc8 13.d5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Bxc3 15.e5 Qf5
16.Rb3 Ba5 17.Nh4 Qd7 18.Bh6 Qxd5 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Rd3 Qb7 21.Rd8+ Kg7 22.Nf5+ gxf5
23.Qe3 Qc6 24.Qg5+ Qg6 25.Qxe7  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Ng4 12.Qa4 Ngxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.Nxc8+ Rxc8
16.Bxa6 Ra8 17.Qb5 Qd5 18.Qxd5 exd5 19.Bb5 Kf6 20.O-O Bb4 21.Bf4 Rhc8 22.Rfd1 Ng6
23.Bd2 Bd6 24.a4 Rc2 25.Rab1 Ne5 26.Be1 d3 27.b3 Bc5 28.Bxd3 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Re8
30.Kf1 Ree2 31.b4 Ba7 32.b5 Bc5 33.b6 Rxf2+ 34.Bxf2 Rxf2+ 35.Ke1 Rxg2 36.Rf3+ Ke6
37.b7 Bd6 38.b8=Q Bxb8 39.Rxb8 Rxh2 40.Ra3 g5 41.a5 g4 42.a6  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Borngaesser, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.O-O Bd6
9.c4 O-O 10.c5 Bf4 11.Nb3 Ne4 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.a4 Ng5 14.Bxf4 Rxf4 15.Ne1 Qf6
16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd3 Rxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Qd2 Ne4 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 a5 22.Ne5 Be8
23.Rac1 Nd2 24.Rf4 Ne4 25.h4 h5 26.b3 Ng3 27.Kf2 Ne4+ 28.Ke2 Rd8 29.Rf3 Nf6
30.Rcf1 Bc6 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.Rxf6 d4 33.Nxc6 bxc6 34.Rxe6 dxe3 35.Rxc6 Rd2+
36.Kxe3 Rxg2 37.Rxc7 Rg3+ 38.Kd4 Kf8 39.Rh7 Ke8 40.Kc4  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O a5
9.b3 e5 10.Bb2 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.f4 Bf8 13.Bf3 c6 14.Qc2 g6 15.Kh1 Bg7
16.b4 Nf8 17.c5 d5 18.e5 Ng4 19.Rae1 axb4 20.axb4 Qh4 21.Bxg4 Bxg4 22.f5 Ra2
23.Qb3 Rea8 24.b5 Bxf5 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.N2f3 Qg4 27.Nxc6 Be4 28.Nb4 R8a3 29.Qxa3 Rxa3
30.Bxa3 Ne6 31.c6 Bf8 32.h3 Qg3 33.c7 Bxf3 34.gxf3 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Bc5+  0-1

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.O-O Bd7 10.Bb3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd3 Rc8 13.Rfe1 a6 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nxf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.Qc2 c6 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Rd1 Bf5 13.e4 Bd7 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.Qe2 Qe8
16.h3 Be6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nb4 19.Ne1 Qd7 20.Qd2 Na6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Nbd2 Qb6 8.Qc1 Bg4
9.c4 Nbd7 10.c5 Qd8 11.Re1 Nh5 12.Be3 Re8 13.b4 e5 14.Nb3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nhf6
16.Rb1 h5 17.Bg2 Qc7 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.a4 a6 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Qc2 h4 22.Rbd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+
10.Be3 Nh5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 f5 14.Qd2 a6 15.Rfe1 Ndf6 16.Bh6 Bd7
17.Bxg7 Nxg7 18.a3 a5 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Re1 Qf8 21.Qd1 Nfh5 22.Bc2 Re8 23.Ba4 Rxe1+
24.Qxe1 Bxa4 25.Nxa4 Qd8 26.Qe3 Nf6 27.Qb3 Qc7 28.Nc3 h6 29.Nb5 Qe7 30.Qc3 b6
31.Qe3 Qxe3 32.fxe3 Ne4 33.Na7 Kf7 34.Nc8 g5 35.Nxb6 Nh5 36.Kf1 g4 37.Ng1 Kf6
38.Ke1 Kg5 39.Nc8 f4 40.hxg4 Kxg4 41.Nh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.e4 dxe4
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxe4+ Qe7 11.Bc4 Bf5 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.O-O-O Re8 14.Rhe1+ Kf8
15.Rxe8+ Kxe8 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.Ne5 Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c3 f5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Qa4 Nc6 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qa4 Nc6 15.Bb5 Nxd2
16.Nxd2 Qd6 17.Nb3 f4 18.Nc5 Qg6 19.Bd3 Bf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f3 Qa5 12.Qf2 b4 13.Bb6 Qg5+ 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Bb6 Qg5+
16.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Bd3 c4
9.Be2 Ba4 10.h4 Nbc6 11.h5 h6 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.Qd2 O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.Nh2 Ka8
16.Ng4 Nf5 17.Rc1 Qe7 18.Ra1 Qd7 19.Rc1 Qe7 20.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7
16.Kb1 Rc8 17.g4 a5 18.gxh5 a4 19.Bd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qxc3 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Rhg1 Bf5
23.Nxf5 Qxc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.b3 Bc5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 c6 15.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.f4 e6 8.Nf3 Nd7
9.h5 Bh7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Ngf6 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O c5 14.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 Nge7
9.d5 Nb8 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 f5 14.b4 Nd7 15.c5 a5 16.Bxd7 Qxd7
17.Rb1 axb4 18.Rxb4 c6 19.cxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxb7 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxd5 22.Qg4 Nf5
23.h4 Rf7 24.Rb2 Nd4 25.h5 Qe6 26.Qxe6 Nxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Ne4 6.Bg2 Bb4 7.Qc2 Qa5 8.Bd2 Nxd2
9.Nxd2 Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 dxe4 12.Ndxe4 e5 13.a3 Be7 14.d5 Qa6 15.d6 Bd8
16.Nd2 Bg5 17.Nce4 Bh6 18.Nb3 b6 19.h4 Bb7 20.Ng5 g6 21.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Basin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Nb3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 Be6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bc4 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Qxd4 Bxd4 19.c3 Bf6 20.Bxf6 exf6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8
22.Kg1 f5 23.a4 a6 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra6 Rd8 27.Ke3 h5 28.h4 Ke7
29.Kd2 b4 30.Ra7+ Rd7 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.Ke3 bxc3 33.bxc3 Kc7 34.Kd4 Bb5 35.c4 Ba4
36.Kc3 Kb6 37.Kb4 Bc2 38.g3 Kc7 39.Ka5 Bb3 40.Be2 Bc2 41.Ka6 Ba4 42.Bd3 Bd1
43.Bb1 Bb3 44.Kb5 Bd1 45.Kb4 Kb6 46.Bd3 Kc7 47.c5 Bf3 48.Kc4 Bd1 49.Kd4 Ba4
50.Be2 Be8 51.Ba6 f6 52.Kc4 Ba4 53.Bb5 Bd1 54.Kd4 Bf3 55.Be8 Bd1 56.Bxg6 Bg4
57.Be8 Bd1 58.Bb5 Bf3 59.Bd3 Bg4 60.c6 Kb6 61.Ke3  1-0

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Rb1 Re8 13.Re1 Ba6 14.b3 Ng4 15.Bb2 Qe7
16.Nf1 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f4 Be7 12.Bd3 b4 13.Na4 Rb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd7
16.f5 Bxa4 17.fxe6 O-O 18.exf7+ Rxf7 19.Bxb8 Qxb8 20.Bc4 Qc7 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7
22.Rhe1 Bf8 23.g3 a5 24.Qe2 Bd7 25.Qe5 Qa7 26.Rd4 a4 27.Rc4 Kg8 28.Rc7 Qf2
29.Qe2 Qb6 30.Qc4+ Kh8 31.Qf7 Qd6 32.Ra7 Bc6 33.Rd1 Qc5 34.Rc7 Nh7 35.Rc8 a3
36.Kb1 b3 37.axb3 a2+ 38.Kxa2 Qxc2 39.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.a4 Nb6 17.a5 Na4 18.Ne3 Nc5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Rab8 21.Bg5 b4 22.Nh2 bxc3
23.bxc3 Rfe8 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Ng4 d5 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Re3 Kh8 28.Ba4 Nxa4
29.Rxa4 Rg8 30.Rh4 Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Bc4 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Ne4 Qe8 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.e4 Qe7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Nxe5 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Qxe4
16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Kf1 Kf8 21.Re1 Rxe1+
22.Kxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.c4 Bxe5 7.dxe5 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Bxe4 Nxc2 12.Bxd5 Bf5 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Bf4 Nxa1 15.Be4 f5
16.Bd5+ Kh8 17.Rc1 c6 18.Be6 g5 19.Bxg5 Rae8 20.Bh6 Rxe6 21.Bxf8 Bh3 22.Rc3 Rg6+
23.Rg3 Kg8 24.Be7 f4 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Na3 f3 27.Bc5 b6 28.Bd4 Bf5 29.b4 Nc2
30.Nxc2 Bxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qb6 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.O-O O-O
16.d5 e6 17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Rd2 Rcd8 19.Rfd1 Rd7 20.Nh2 Rfd8 21.f4 Re7 22.f5 Bc8
23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.Bxg4 Re5 25.Nd5 Qc6 26.Rf1 Qe8 27.f6 Bxg4 28.fxg7 Rxd5 29.cxd5 Qxe3+
30.Rdf2 Bh5 31.Kh2 Kxg7 32.Qc3+ Qxc3 33.bxc3 Re8 34.Rf6 Rd8 35.R6f2 Re8 36.Rf6 Rd8
37.a4 Rd7 38.R6f2 Re7 39.a5 Bg6 40.Rd1 c4 41.Rb2 Bd3 42.g4 Kf6 43.Rf2+ Kg7
44.Rb2 Kf6 45.Rf2+ Kg7 46.Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.Nc3 O-O 14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxe6+ Kh8
16.Ng5 Nf6 17.Nf7+ Kg8 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Nf7+ Kg8 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6
10.O-O b5 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Rc1 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qd2 Rb8 16.Bh6 Ng7
17.f4 Bd4+ 18.Kh2 f5 19.Bg5 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.b4 c4 22.Bc2 Bd7 23.Rce1 Rbe8
24.Re3 Nh5 25.Bd1 Ng7 26.Bc2 Nh5 27.Bd1 Ng7 28.Rf2 g5 29.exf5 Rxe3 30.Qxe3 Nxf5
31.fxg5 Nxe3 32.gxf6 Nxd1 33.Nxd1 Kf7 34.Nc3 Kg6 35.Ne4 Bf5 36.Nxd6 Rxf6
37.Nxf5 Rxf5 38.Rd2 Kf7 39.d6 Ke8 40.d7+ Kd8 41.Rd6 Rf7 42.Rxa6 Rxd7 43.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bb5 14.Qd2 e5 15.Be3 Be7
16.g4 Rc8 17.Kb1 Bxf1 18.Rhxf1 Bg5 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4 21.Rxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.a5 Qb8 14.Ra4 Qb3 15.Qxb3 cxb3
16.Rc4 c5 17.dxc5 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Be3 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 21.Rb4 h6 22.Rxb3 Bxc5
23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Rb8+ Kh7 25.Rb7 Rxa5 26.Rxc7 Kg6 27.Rc6 Rb5 28.Rxa6 Rxb2
29.e3 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Bb3 Ne5 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.g4 e5 17.Nf5+ gxf5 18.gxf5 Bc6 19.Rdg1+ Kh7 20.Rg5 Rg8 21.Rhg1 b5 22.b3 Rc5
23.Kb1 b4 24.Ne2 d5 25.Ng3 Rxg5 26.Qxg5 Qg8 27.Qxf6 dxe4 28.Ne2  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Na6 11.Nc3 Nec5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bxf5 Nxb3 14.axb3 dxc4 15.bxc4 Bb4
16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Be3 Qc7 18.g3 Rfe8 19.Kg2 h6 20.Re2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 a5 22.c5 a4
23.Ra3 Qa5 24.Bd3 Kf8 25.Bd4 Rxe2 26.Bxe2 Re8 27.Bd3 Re7 28.Bc2 Qd8 29.Rxa4 Qd7
30.Bb3 Qe8 31.Ra1 Re2 32.Bc4 Re7 33.Rb1 Qb8 34.h3 Qe8 35.Rd1 Qb8 36.Nh4 Qc8
37.Rd3 Re4 38.Rf3 f6 39.Nf5 Qd7 40.Nd6 Re1 41.Bxf6 gxf6 42.Rxf6+ Ke7 43.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.f4 Bxb3 12.cxb3 e6 13.Bf3 Nb4 14.Rc1 d5 15.exd5 Nfxd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 exd5 19.Rfd1 Bxb2 20.Rc2 d4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4+
22.Rxd4 Rac8 23.Rdc4 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 Rd8 25.Rc7 b5 26.axb5 Rd5 27.Rb7 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O a5
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Rfc1 Na6 13.a3 Bd7 14.b3 c6 15.Ne1 Rfc8 16.Qd1 Qd8
17.Nd3 cxd5 18.cxd5 Bb5 19.Nb2 Nc5 20.Rc3 Rc7 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.f3 Ncd7 23.Rxc7 Rxc7
24.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 e6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Bxe5 Qb6 13.Bd3 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Qf3 Nd7
16.Bg3 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Nf6 18.Be5 Qb6 19.Qg3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8
22.h3 Kf8 23.Qe3 Qb6 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.Ne2 Nd7 26.Bc3 e5 27.a4 Bd8 28.f3 Ke7
29.Kf2 Ke6 30.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qxb5
16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.a4 Qd5 18.O-O Kd7 19.a5 Rfc8 20.Qa4+ Kd8 21.a6 Ne4 22.Bb4 Nc5
23.Qa5+ Kd7 24.Qb5+ Qc6 25.Qc4 Qd5 26.Qb5+ Qc6 27.Qc4 Qd5 28.Qxd5+ exd5 29.Ra5 Nxa6
30.Rxd5+ Ke6 31.Rxd4 Nxb4 32.Rxb4 Rab8 33.Re1+ Kf5 34.Rxb8 Rxb8 35.Re2 g5
36.h3 h5 37.Kf1 h4 38.Ke1 g4 39.hxg4+ Kxg4 40.Rc2 Rb4 41.Kf1 f5 42.Kg1 Rb3
43.Kh2 Kf4 44.f3 Kg5 45.Kh3 Kh5 46.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Bc4 Qa4 15.Bb5 Qa2
16.Bc4 Qa4 17.Bb5 Qa2 18.Re1 Rc8 19.Qd1 e6 20.Qe2 Nc6 21.Qe3 e5 22.d5 Nd4
23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Qf4 Bf8 25.Ra1 Qc2 26.Bd7 Rc5 27.Bb4 d3 28.Bxc5 Bxc5 29.Rec1 Qb2
30.Rd1 a5 31.Rab1 Qc3 32.Bb5 a4 33.Rxd3 Qc2 34.Rf1 a3 35.Rf3 Rf8 36.Be8 f5
37.Bd7 Qxe4 38.Be6+ Kh8 39.Qd2 Qe5 40.Rb3 Rd8 41.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Mergentheim op"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nxe5 Qd4 7.Qh5 g6 8.Nf3 Qxe4
9.Qa5 Qf4 10.Re1 Bg7 11.Nc3 b6 12.d4 Qd6 13.Qg5 h6 14.Qf4 g5 15.Qe3 Be6 16.Ne4 Qd5
17.Qa3 Nf5 18.c3 Nd6 19.Nxd6+ Qxd6 20.Qa4 O-O 21.h4 f6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Be3 Bd5
24.Nd2 Kf7 25.c4 b5 26.Qc2 bxc4 27.Nxc4 Qe6 28.Bd2 Qd7 29.Ne3 Be6 30.Rac1 Qxd4
31.Qxc6 Qxd2 32.Nf1 Qd7 33.Qxe6+ Qxe6 34.Rxc7+ Kg6 35.Rxe6 Rf7 36.Rxf7 Kxf7
37.Rc6 a5 38.Ne3 a4 39.Rb6 a3 40.g4 axb2 41.Rxb2 Bf8 42.Rc2 Bd6 43.Kg2 Bf4
44.Nf5 Ra3 45.Rb2 Be5 46.Rc2 Bf4 47.Nd4 Be5 48.Nf3 Ra4 49.Nxe5+ fxe5 50.Kf3 Ke6
51.Rc6+ Kf7 52.Rc2 Ke6 53.Rd2 e4+ 54.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Mergentheim op"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Zsinka, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.Qc2 Na6 10.Bf4 Qc8 11.Rac1 Rd8 12.a3 c5 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Qb3 Qe6 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Qa2 a5 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Qb1 a4 19.Qf5 Ne6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qg6 Qe8 22.Qxe8+ Nxe8
23.Nb5 Bc5 24.Nd4 Kf7 25.Bh3 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Rdc8 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Rb4 Ra6 29.Bf1 Bd7
30.e4 b5 31.exd5 exd5 32.Bxb5 Bxb5 33.Rxb5 Ke6 34.Rb4 Nf6 35.Kf1 g5 36.Be3 Kf5
37.Ke2 Ng4 38.h3 Ne5 39.g4+ Ke6 40.Rb6+ Rxb6 41.Bxb6 Ng6 42.Be3 Ke5 43.Kd3 Nf4+
44.Bxf4+ Kxf4 45.Kd4 Kf3 46.Kxd5 Kxf2 47.Kc4 Kg3 48.b4 axb3 49.Kxb3 Kxh3
50.a4 Kxg4 51.a5 Kh3 52.a6 h5 53.a7 g4 54.a8=Q h4 55.Qh1+ Kg3 56.Kc3 h3 57.Kd2  1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim op"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wittke, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.O-O c4 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.a4 Nb6 13.Ba3 Nxa4 14.Bb4 Qa6 15.Qg5 Bf8
16.Qf4 h6 17.Qe3 Qc6 18.e6 Bxe6 19.Ne5 Qa6 20.Bg4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 Rh7 22.Rfe1 e6
23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Qf4 b5 25.Nd7+ Ke7 26.Nf6 Rhh8 27.Nxd5+ Kf8 28.Nc7 Qc8 29.Nxa8 Qxa8
30.Rxe6 Nxc3 31.Rae1 Nd5 32.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim op"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Roeder, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.b4 cxb4
9.a3 Nh6 10.axb4 O-O 11.Bd2 f6 12.h3 Be6 13.Qc1 Nf7 14.Qb2 Rfd8 15.Be3 b6
16.Nc3 Rab8 17.Ra6 Rb7 18.Rea1 Bf8 19.b5 c5 20.Qa3 Rdd7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 f5
23.c4 g5 24.Re1 Qf6 25.Qc1 h6 26.Ra2 Bd6 27.Bd2 Re7 28.Bc3 h5 29.Nh2 Qg6
30.f3 e4 31.dxe4 fxe4 32.Rae2 exf3 33.Nxf3 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Re7 35.Rxe7 Bxe7
36.Qe1 Bf6 37.Ne5 Nxe5 38.Bxe5 Qe8 39.Bg3 Bd4+ 40.Kh2 Qxe1 41.Bxe1 Kf7 42.Kg3 Bf6
43.Kf3 Bd8 44.Ke4 Kf6 45.Bc3+ Kg6 46.g4 Bf6 47.Be5  1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim op"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Maxion, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Qe1 Nb4 14.Nf3 Bc6 15.a5 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Nd7 17.Nd4 Rac8 18.Qg3 Bf6 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.d4 e5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.d5 c5
23.Rf2 Be7 24.Qf3 f6 25.Qg4 Bd6 26.h4 c4 27.Na4 Rcd8 28.Nb6 c3 29.Rc1 Bb4
30.bxc3 Bxa5 31.Nxd7  1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim op"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 e5 5.Be2 Be7 6.Nc3 Bf6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.d5 Ng6
9.g3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bg5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.h4 Qd8 13.Kf1 O-O 14.Kg2 a5 15.Qc2 Nc5
16.Nd1 Ne7 17.Ne3 c6 18.Bg4 cxd5 19.cxd5 b5 20.Rac1 Nc8 21.Qb1 Nb6 22.Be2 Qd7
23.Bg4 Qd8 24.Be2 Qd7 25.Bg4 Qd8 26.Be2 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Mergentheim op"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zimmerer, H."]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Nd4 10.b4 Ne8 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nf4 Nf6 14.b5 Bd7 15.Bb2 g5
16.Nh3 Ng4 17.a4 h6 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Ba3 c5 20.Rbe1 b6 21.Kh1 Be6 22.f4 Ne3
23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Rf2 Qe7 25.Bc1 f6 26.Qb2 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 Qb7+  0-1

[Event "Bad Mergentheim op"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blasek, Ralph"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qd8
9.Nd4 Ng4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bg3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.h3 Nf6 15.Kh1 g6
16.Bh2 Nh5 17.Ne2 Nf6 18.Nc3 Be6 19.Bd3 Nd7 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Qe2 Rb8
23.b3 a5 24.Rad1 Bf6 25.Nb1 Rc8 26.Ba6 Rc7 27.Nd2 Rd7 28.Nf3 Nxf3 29.Qxf3 Qb6
30.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 c4 8.Bc2 e5
9.a4 Be7 10.Na3 Be6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.f3 Bc8 13.Nxc4 Nh5 14.f4 Nxf4 15.Nf3 Be6
16.Ne3 O-O 17.Nf5 Ng6 18.Kh1 Rc8 19.Rf1 Bf6 20.Qe1 d5 21.d3 dxe4 22.dxe4 Nb4
23.Rf2 Nxc2 24.Rxc2 Bxf5 25.exf5 Qd3 26.Rf2 Qxf5 27.Ng5 Qd7 28.Ne4 Bh4 29.g3 Be7  0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pieterse, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E98"]

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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nf5 14.Bc3 Nh4 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Be4 Bf5 17.Qe2 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qf5 19.f3 g5 20.Rae1 Ng6 21.g3 Rf7 22.Kg2 Raf8
23.a4 Ne7 24.Qxf5 Nxf5 25.Nf2 Bf6 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Rf2 h6 28.Rd2 Kh7 29.Rd3 Kg6
30.b4 h5 31.h3 g4 32.fxg4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Nh6 34.Kh3 Rh7 35.Bd2 Rfh8 36.g5 Nf7+
37.Kg4 Rh5 38.Rf1 Nxg5 39.Bxg5 Bxg5 40.c5 Be7 41.cxd6 cxd6 42.Rc3 Rg8 43.Rc7 Kh6+
44.Kf3 Rh2 45.Rf2 Rf8+ 46.Ke2 Rfxf2+ 47.Nxf2 Bd8 48.Rc8 Bf6 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Rg8+ Bg7
51.Rd8 e4+ 52.Nxe4 Rb2 53.b5 Be5 54.Nxd6 Rb3+ 55.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 c5 8.O-O d6
9.Qc2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 a6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Ne4 Rfe8 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Rac1 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 c5 12.Rb1 Nf6 13.f3 f4 14.b4 b6 15.g4 fxg3 16.hxg3 h6
17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Kg2 g5 19.Rh1 Bd7 20.Nb5 Be8 21.Nf2 Bg6 22.Qa4 g4 23.Qa5 gxf3+
24.Bxf3 a6 25.Qxd8 Raxd8 26.Nc7 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxf3 28.Kxf3 Rf8+ 29.Bf4 Nf5
30.Ne6 Nd4+ 31.Nxd4 cxd4 32.Nxd6 exf4 33.g4 Bxb1 34.Rxb1 Be5 35.Ne4 Rb8 36.Rxb8+ Bxb8
37.Nc5 Kf7 38.Nxa6 Bd6 39.c5 Bf8  1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 dxc4 12.Qxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4 h5 14.g5 Nh7 15.h4 Nxg5 16.hxg5 Nf5
17.Rf2 Qxg5+ 18.Rg2 Ng3 19.Nf2 Rf7 20.Bd3 Bf8 21.Ne2 h4 22.Kh2 Rh7 23.Rg1 Be7
24.Nc3 Qh5 25.Ng4 h3 26.Ne2 Bh4 27.Be1  1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Nf4 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 Ng6 10.Nh5 Rg8 11.h4 Nd7 12.g3 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szymczak, Zbigniew"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 c6 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.O-O-O Na6 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Be3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Rd2 Bf6
16.Rhd1 Rae8 17.b3 Rxe3 18.fxe3 Rxe3 19.h3 Bf5 20.Bd3 Bxh3 21.gxh3 Rxf3 22.Re2 Kg7
23.Re8 Nb4 24.Bb1 Rf2 25.Rg1 h6 26.a3 Na2+ 27.Bxa2 Rxa2 28.Rd1 Rxa3 29.Rd3 a5
30.Rb8 a4 31.Rxb7 axb3 32.Rdxb3 Ra4 33.R3b4 Rxb4 34.Rxb4 c5 35.Rb6 Bd4 36.Kd2 g5
37.Ke2 f6 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.h4 Kf5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Rb7 g4+ 42.Kg2 Ke4 43.Rg7 f5
44.Rg8 Be5 45.Rg5 g3 46.Rg8 f4 47.Rf8 Bd4 48.Re8+ Kd3 49.Kf3 Be3 50.Rg8 Kxc4
51.Ke4 Kc3 52.Rg7 c4 53.Kf3 Kd3 54.Rd7+ Bd4  0-1

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Be3 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.h3 Be6 13.a3 f5 14.O-O-O h6 15.Be2 g5
16.g3 Ng6 17.Bh5 Bf7 18.Nc4 Ne5 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Na5 Nc6 21.Nc4 Ke6 22.b4 a5
23.Nb6 axb4 24.Nxa8 Rxa8 25.a4 Bc3 26.Rdg1 Rxa4 27.Kd1 Ra1+ 28.Ke2 Ra2 29.Kd1 Nd4
30.Bxd4 Bxd4 31.h4 g4  0-1

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Bxc6
9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Ne4 11.Be3 Nd6 12.Qc3 Nf5 13.Rd1 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 O-O 15.h4 Qd5
16.a3 a5 17.Rh3 Ra6 18.Qg5 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Nd7
9.e4 c5 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb1 Be7 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O g6 15.a4 Rc3
16.Rc1 Rxc1+ 17.Bxc1 Qc7 18.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gdanski, Przemyslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Bg3 Bd7 8.Qd2 Nf6
9.O-O-O Rc8 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Ne2 Be7 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Kb1 Nc5
16.h4 Qb6 17.h5 Rfe8 18.Bh4 Bf8 19.Rh3 Kh8 20.Rg3 Qc7 21.Re1 Bd7 22.Qf4 f5
23.h6 Bc6 24.hxg7+ Bxg7 25.Rxg7 Kxg7 26.Bf6+ Kg8 27.g4 fxg4 28.Qg5+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ Kg8
30.Be2  1-0

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6 13.f4 Bg7 14.c4 e6 15.Bb2 Bxb2
16.Rxb2 Re8 17.e5 Bb7 18.O-O exd5 19.Bf3 f6 20.Re1 fxe5 21.fxe5 Qc7 22.Bxd5+ Bxd5
23.Qxd5+ Kg7 24.e6 Rad8 25.Qf3 Re7 26.Rf2 Qd6 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Qg5 Kg7 29.Qf6+ Kg8
30.Qg5 Kg7 31.h4 Rde8 32.Qd5 Rd8 33.Qg5 Rde8 34.Rd2 Qc6 35.Qe5+ Kg8 36.Rd7 b5
37.cxb5 Qxb5 38.h5 Qb6 39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.h6 c4+ 41.Kh1 Qd8 42.Rb1 Rc7 43.Qf4 g5
44.Qxg5+  1-0

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 a5 10.d3 a4 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.a3 g6 16.c4 Nb6
17.Bg5 f6 18.cxb5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Bxf6 Bc5 21.Qd2 Rf8 22.Re4 Qxb2 23.d4 Qxa1
24.dxc5 Rxf6 25.cxb6 Bb7 26.bxc7 Qxa3 27.Rxe5 Qd6 28.Qc3 a3 29.Be4 Qb6 30.Bxb7 Qxb7
31.Re7 Raf8 32.Qc4+ Kh8 33.Qh4 h5 34.Qg5 Kg8 35.Qh6 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rxf2+ 37.Kg3 R8f3+
38.Kh4 Rf4+ 39.Qxf4 Rxf4+ 40.Kg3 Rf8 41.b6 a2 42.Re1  1-0

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qd7 14.Ba3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Re8
16.Rfc1 e6 17.Rc3 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Qxc8 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.Qc4 Na6 21.h4 Rd8 22.e5 h6
23.h5 gxh5 24.Rc3 b5 25.Qc6 Qxc6 26.Rxc6 Nb8 27.Rc7 Bf8 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.d5 exd5
30.Nd4 Re8 31.f4 Re7 32.Rc5 Na6 33.Rxd5 Nc7 34.Rd6 Ne6 35.Nc6 Rc7 36.f5 Ng5
37.f6 Kg8 38.Kf1 Kh7 39.Nb4 a5 40.Nd5 Rc1+ 41.Ke2 Rc2+ 42.Ke3 Rxg2 43.Rd7 Rg4
44.Kd3 h4 45.Ne3 Ra4  0-1

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 g6 5.h3 d6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 exd5 8.cxd5 a6 9.a4 O-O
10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bg5 Bf6
17.Bh6 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sapis, Witalis"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 d6 4.h3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.c3 c5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Qc1 Nd5 10.Bh2 Bf5 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Qd2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Rc1 d5 15.O-O Na5
16.Ne5 Qd8 17.Qb2 Be6 18.Qb4 f6 19.Nf3 Bf7 20.Nd2 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D59"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qa4 c5 13.Qa3 Rc8 14.Be2 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad2"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Kh1 Na5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Rc8 13.c3 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Qd3 Rc8
16.Rae1 Qd7 17.Nd2 Qg4 18.f4 Rfe8 19.Bxf6 exf6 20.Qb5 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Rc7 22.Qe8+ Bf8
23.g3 Kg7 24.Kg1 Qf5 25.Qb8 Re7 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Qxb7 Bd8 28.Qxa7 Qxd5 29.Qd4 Qc6
30.Kf1 Bb6 31.Qd3 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Qxh2+ 33.Kd1 d5 34.Kc2 h5 35.a4 h4 36.gxh4 Qxf4
37.b4 Qxh4 38.a5 Bf2 39.Qxd5 g5 40.Kb3 g4 41.Ne4 g3 42.Nd6 Qg5 43.Qxf7+ Kh6
44.Ne4 Qf5 45.Nxf6 g2 46.Qf8+ Kg5 47.Qg7+ Qg6 48.Ne4+ Kf5 49.Nd6+ Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e4 Bg7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.c4 O-O 7.Ne2 d6 8.O-O Nh5
9.Nbc3 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.d3 Qd7 12.Qd2 Bh3 13.Nd5 Rf7 14.f3 Raf8 15.d4 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.d5 Ne7 19.Nc3 Nf5 20.Ne4 Bg7 21.Rae1 c6 22.Qd3 h6
23.Re2 Nd4 24.Ref2 c5 25.a4 b6 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Re2 Re7 28.f4 Rfe8 29.Rfe1 Qg4
30.Qf3 h5 31.Qd3 Qf5 32.Qf3 Qg4 33.Qd3 Qf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 g5 7.Be3 bxc4 8.Qc2 Nf6
9.Bxg5 Nxd5 10.Qxc4 Nb6 11.Qc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 Bg7 13.Rc1 Na4 14.Nb1 Nc6 15.e4 Rb8
16.Nf3 d6 17.Nfd2 Be6 18.Rc2 Kd7 19.Be2 Rb6 20.O-O Rhb8 21.Rfc1 Rb2 22.a3 Ba2
23.Rxb2 Rxb2 24.Bd1 Nb6 25.f3 Ne5 26.Rc2 Rxb1 27.Nxb1 Bxb1 28.Rc1 Bd3 29.a4 Nbc4
30.Bb3 Na5 31.Ba2 c4 32.Be3 Nec6 33.Bb1 Bxb1 34.Rxb1 Nb3 35.Rb2 Bxc3 36.Rc2 Bd4  0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Be7 8.O-O h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Bd2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qe2 Qc7
16.Qe4 Nf6 17.Qh4 Be7 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qxh6 Rd8 20.Rae1 Rd5 21.Ng5 Rxd3 22.cxd3 Qd8
23.Re3 Bf8 24.Qh8+ Kxh8 25.Nxf7+ Kg8 26.Nxd8 Bc5 27.Re2 Bd4 28.Nxe6 Bxe6
29.Rxe6 Bxb2 30.Re7 b5 31.Rb1 Rc8 32.Kf1 Nd5 33.Rd7 Nf6 34.Rxa7 Rc2 35.Re7 Nd5
36.Re8+ Kf7 37.Rbe1 Nf4 38.R8e3 Kg6 39.g3 Bc3 40.Rb1 Nd5 41.Re2 Rxe2 42.Kxe2 Bd4
43.Kd2 b4 44.f3 Bc5 45.Kc2 Nc3 46.Ra1 Ne2 47.Kb3 Bg1 48.Kxb4 Bxh2 49.a4 Bxg3
50.a5 Bb8 51.Kc4 Kf5 52.Rb1  1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nb3 Rc8 15.Rad1 Qb6
16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Qb1 Rfd8 18.Ne1 Rxd1 19.Qxd1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qc6+ 21.Nf3 Bf8
22.Qd2 Qe4 23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.exd3 Rc2 25.Rb1 Bc5 26.d4 Bb6 27.Ne1 Rc4 28.d5 exd5
29.Rd1 d4 30.Kf3 Kf8 31.Ke4 Ke7 32.Kd3 a5 33.Nc2 Kd7 34.Re1 Rc5 35.Re4 Rf5
36.Rf4 Rxf4 37.gxf4 Bc7 38.Nxd4 Bxf4 39.Nxb5 Bxh2 40.a3 Be5 41.b3 h5 42.a4 h4
43.Ke2 h3 44.Kf1 Kc6 45.Na3 Kd5 46.Nc2 Bd6 47.Kg1 Bc5 48.Kh2 Ke4 49.Ne3 Bxe3
50.fxe3 Kxe3 51.b4 axb4 52.a5 b3 53.a6 b2 54.a7 b1=Q 55.a8=Q Qc2+  0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Bb5 c6 7.Ba4 a5 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Ba6
10.Bd2 Bb5 11.Bxb5 cxb5 12.Qg4 f5 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe2 Qc6 15.h4 h6 16.Rh3 Na6
17.Rc3 Qd7 18.Rb3 b4 19.a4 Nc7 20.c3 bxc3 21.Rxc3 Ne7 22.Rac1 Rc8 23.Nh3 Kf7
24.b3 Na8 25.Rxc8 Nxc8 26.Qa6 Na7 27.b4 axb4 28.Bxb4 Nc6 29.Qb5 Rc8 30.Bd2 Kg7
31.Nf4 Rc7 32.Be3 Qc8 33.Qb2 Nd8 34.Rxc7+ Qxc7 35.Qb5 Qc3+ 36.Bd2 Qc6 37.Qb3 Kh7
38.Qe3 Nf7 39.Qg3 Nh8 40.Qc3 Qd7 41.Qb4 Nf7 42.Qf8 Nc7 43.Bb4 Ne8 44.Be7 Nh8
45.Bf6 Nf7 46.h5 gxh5 47.Nxh5 Kg6 48.Nf4+ Kh7 49.Kf1 Nxf6 50.exf6 Nd6 51.Nxe6 Kg6
52.Nf4+  1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kirov, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.f4 g6 14.Rad1 f5 15.Bb1 a6
16.g4 fxg4 17.Qxg4 Bc5 18.Rf3 Nf8 19.Ne4 dxe4 20.Rxd8 Raxd8 21.Rg3 Re7 22.Bc3 Red7
23.Kf2 b5 24.b4 Rd1 25.Rg1 Rxg1 26.Qxg1 Be7 27.c5 a5 28.a3 axb4 29.axb4 Ra8
30.Qc1 Ra4 31.Bxe4 Bxc5 32.bxc5 Rxe4 33.Bd4 g5 34.Kf3 Rxd4 35.exd4  1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Re1 Ne8 13.a4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qd2 Bxf4
16.Qxf4 Qe5 17.Qe3 g5 18.Nb1 Rb8 19.Nd2 f6 20.b4 Qe7 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.a5 Bd7
23.Nb3 Rc8 24.Rac1 c4 25.Bxc4 Nd6 26.Bd3 Bb5 27.Nc5 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Qe5 29.Nd7 Qf4
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.g3  1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Marinkovic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 d5 8.a5 Nc4 9.Nbd2 Nxd2
10.Bxd2 O-O 11.O-O Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 e6 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Ba4 c6 16.Qe2 b5
17.Bb3 Nd7 18.Bd2 f5 19.c3 a6 20.g4 Qh4 21.Kg2 c5 22.f4 Qe7 23.Rg1 cxd4 24.cxd4 Rac8
25.Kh2 Kh8 26.Rg2 Nb8 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rag1 Rg8 29.Qh5 Nc6 30.Be3 Qe8 31.Qh4 Nxa5
32.Bd1 Nc4 33.Bf2 Rc7 34.Bh5 Qe7 35.Qf6 h6 36.Bh4 Qf8 37.Qxe6 Ne3 38.Re2 Qb4
39.Rxe3 Qxd4 40.Reg3 Qxf4 41.Bf6 Rc2+ 42.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.a3 O-O 6.Qc2 d6 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O Bg4
9.d3 a5 10.h3 Bf5 11.Rb1 Bf8 12.e4 Bd7 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Nd5 Ba4 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qd2 b5 19.Bb2 Rab8 20.Rfc1 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vera, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.Be3 Nd7 11.d5 c5 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 f5 14.a3 Nf6 15.g3 Ne8
16.Rb1 Bf6 17.Bg2 Bg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.f4 exf4 21.Qd2 Qg4 22.Qxf4 Qxf4
23.gxf4 Rf7 24.Bh3 Ng7 25.Kf2 b6 26.Nb5 Rd8 27.b4 Kf8 28.Rb3 Rdd7 29.Re6 cxb4
30.axb4 Nc7 31.Nd4 b5 32.Bf1 Rde7 33.Ree3 Rxe3 34.Rxe3 bxc4 35.Bxc4 Nh5 36.Ra3 Nxf4
37.Rxa7 Ncxd5 38.Ra5 Rb7 39.Bxd5 Rxb4 40.Ra8+ Kg7 41.Nxf5+ Kg6 42.Ne3 Rb2+
43.Kg3 Nh5+ 44.Kf3 Rxh2 45.Be4+ Kf7 46.Ra7+ Kf8 47.Bd5 Rh3+ 48.Kf2 Rh2+ 49.Ng2 h6
50.Rf7+ Ke8 51.Rf3 Rh1 52.Nf4 Kd8 53.Ra3 Rh2+ 54.Ng2 Nf6 55.Bf3 d5 56.Ra7 Rh1
57.Nf4 Rb1 58.Rf7 Ne4+ 59.Ke3 Ng5 60.Rf8+ Ke7 61.Ng6+ Kd6 62.Be2 Rg1 63.Rf6+ Kc5
64.Ne7 d4+ 65.Kf4 Kb4 66.Nd5+ Kc5 67.Ne7 Kb4 68.Nd5+ Kc5 69.Nc7 Rg2 70.Na6+ Kd5
71.Nb4+ Kc5 72.Na6+ Kd5 73.Nb4+ Kc5 74.Nd3+ Kc4 75.Rc6+ Kb5 76.Rc2 Kb6 77.Rb2+ Kc7
78.Ke5 Nh3 79.Nc5 Rg5+ 80.Kxd4 Nf4 81.Rb7+ Kd8 82.Bc4 Rg1 83.Ke5 Rd1 84.Rg7 Ke8
85.Bb3 Nd3+ 86.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1 Nc6 8.h3 e5
9.d3 a6 10.Na3 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Be6 13.Nc4 b5 14.Ne3 Qd7 15.Nd2 Ne7 16.a4 Nh5
17.Qf3 Nf4 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Kh2 Qb7 20.g3 Nh5 21.Bg2 Nf6 22.Reb1 h5 23.b4 Qc7
24.c4 cxb4 25.Rxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yuneev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.h3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 c5 14.Qd2 a6 15.a4 Qc7
16.Rfc1 Qb7 17.b4 Rfc8 18.Rab1 e5 19.Bh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O-O Na6 11.Rhe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be3 Bb6
9.Nd5 O-O 10.Bg5 Kh8 11.a4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne7 14.Nxf6 gxf6 15.Bh6 Rg8
16.a5 Bc5 17.Bh5 Ng6 18.c3 a6 19.g3 Qe7 20.Kh1 c6 21.Qf3 Nf8 22.Rad1 Ne6
23.b4 Ba7 24.Rxd6 Rad8 25.Rfd1 Ng7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Bf7 Qe7
29.Bc4 f5 30.exf5 Qf6 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Kg2 Kf8 33.Qd3 Qe7 34.Qd2 Kg7 35.Qe2 e4
36.Be6 Qf6 37.Qg4+ Kh6 38.Qxe4 Qxc3 39.Qh4+ Kg7 40.Qg5+ Kf8 41.f6  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.c3 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Re1 exd4 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Qxd4 Qe7
16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Nf8 18.Re1 Be6 19.Nd4 Re8 20.g3 Qd8 21.Rd1 Bh3 22.Nf3 Qe7
23.Qd6 Qe2 24.Qd3 Qe6 25.Bb3 Qf6 26.Nd2 Qe7 27.Nf1 Qf6 28.Nd2 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Rfd1 Na6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.a4 Ndc5 15.Qc4 Ne6
16.Ne2 Qb4 17.Qa2 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bd2 Qe7 20.Qc4 Rfe8 21.Re1 Rad8 22.Ra3 Qe5
23.b4 Bf8 24.Rb3 Nc7 25.Bg4 h5 26.f4 Qe7 27.Bf3 Bh6 28.g3 h4 29.g4 g5 30.f5 Bg7
31.b5 Be5 32.bxc6 b6 33.Bg2 Kg7 34.Bb4 Qf6 35.Rd3 a6 36.a5 b5 37.Qc5 Rd6
38.Bd2 Rxc6 39.Qa3 Rc8 40.Qc1 Kh6 41.Re2 Ne8 42.Be1 Kh7 43.Qd1 Nd6 44.Bf2 Nc4
45.Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzmin, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rfd8 17.Be2 f6 18.Qe3 Qf5+ 19.Kc3 Nc7 20.Qf3 Qc5 21.Kb3 b5
22.axb5 Nxb5 23.Ka2 Nd4 24.Qf2 Rab8 25.Rac1 Rb4 26.Rhd1 e5 27.Rd2 Ra4+  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 a6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Qf3 b6 14.Qg3 Bb7 15.Rae1 Rad8
16.Bg1 Bf8 17.Qh4 Nd7 18.Re3 Be7 19.Qg4 Bf6 20.Rh3 Nxd3 21.cxd3 Nf8 22.f5 Qe7
23.Rhf3 Nd7 24.Qh5 g6 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Qh3 e5 27.Nc2 Qe6 28.Qxe6+ Rxe6 29.Ne3 Bg7
30.Ned5 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Be3 Rf8 33.Nxb5 Bxd5 34.exd5 Ref6 35.Rxf6 Nxf6
36.Nxd6 Rb8 37.Nc4 Nxd5 38.Bd2 Rb3 39.Rf3 Nb6 40.Nxb6 Rxb2 41.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 d5 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 Nc6 10.e3 Ne4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 f5 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Rfd1 Rad8
16.Rac1 a5 17.Kh1 Bc6 18.Kg1 Qd7 19.f3 Ng5 20.h4 Ne6 21.f4 b5 22.Bf3 b4 23.Nc4 Qc7
24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Qxd6 26.Be5 Qd7 27.Qg2 Ba8 28.Rc2 d4 29.Bxa8 Rxa8 30.exd4 cxd4
31.Rc6 Rad8 32.Rb6 Qf7 33.Rb5 d3 34.Rxa5 Rd7 35.Rd2 Rfd8 36.Rb5 Qe7 37.Qc6 Nd4
38.Qc4+ Kh8 39.Kf2 Nxb5 40.Qxb5 Rd5 41.Qb6 Qc5+ 42.Qxc5 Rxc5 43.Ke3 Rcd5
44.h5 Kg8 45.Kf2 Kf7 46.Ke1 Rc5 47.Kd1 Rc6 48.Rb2 Rh6 49.Rh2 d2  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Rfd1 Nb4 13.e3 Bd5 14.Qe2 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Ne5 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nc6 19.Nf3 Rfd8 20.Qb5 Ra6 21.Rab1 Rb6 22.Qc4 Qd6
23.Rxb6 cxb6 24.Rb1 Ne7 25.Qb3 Nc8 26.Ne5 Qd5+ 27.Kg1 Qxb3 28.Rxb3 Rd6 29.Kf1 f6
30.Nf3 Rc6 31.Nd2 Kf7 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.Kd3 Kd7 34.e4 Kc7 35.Nc4 Nd6 36.Ne3 Nc8
37.f4 Rd6 38.Rb1 Rd8 39.Nc4 h5 40.Na3 Rh8 41.Nb5+ Kd7 42.e5 fxe5 43.fxe5 Rf8
44.Ke2 g5 45.Rf1 Rxf1 46.Kxf1 Ne7 47.Ke2 Nf5 48.Kf3 Nh6 49.c4 Ng4 50.h4 gxh4
51.gxh4 Nh2+ 52.Kf4 Nf1 53.Kg5 Ng3 54.Kf6 Ne2 55.d5 Nf4 56.Nc3 b5 57.dxe6+ Nxe6
58.cxb5 Nf4 59.Kf7 Nd3 60.e6+ Kd6 61.Ne4+  1-0

[Event "EUCup Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd3 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Qg3 Nxd4 10.Rxd4 Qa5 11.Ra4 Qc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Rd4 Rfc8 15.Rhd1 b5
16.Bh6 Bf8 17.R1d2 Rab8 18.Bg5 b4 19.Nd1 Qa5 20.Bxf6 Qxa2 21.R2d3 Ba4 22.Kd2 Bxc2
23.e5 Bxd1 24.Bxd1 Rc3 25.Rg4 Rxd3+ 26.Kxd3 g6 27.exd6 Qd5+ 28.Ke2 Bxd6 29.Qd3  1-0

[Event "EUCup Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 h6
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.exd6 Nxe3 11.fxe3 cxd6 12.Qxd6 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qb6 14.Qd4 Re8
15.e5 Qc7 16.Rad1 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Qxe5 Rxe5 19.Rd8+ Kg7 20.Bf3 a5 21.Bd5 Re7
22.e4 Rc7 23.e5 h5 24.Rf6 a4 25.Kf2 Ra5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rxf7+ Kh6 28.Rxb7 Rf8+
29.Ke3 Rf1 30.e6 Rc5 31.Kd4 Rc8 32.e7 Kg5 33.Ke5 Re1+ 34.Kd6 Rb8 35.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.g4 Rfc8 12.Kb1 dxc4 13.Nd2 Ne7 14.Nxc4 Qd8 15.e4 Ng6
16.Bg3 Qe7 17.h4 h5 18.g5 Ne8 19.e5 Bc6 20.Rg1 b5 21.Nd6 Nxd6 22.exd6 Qd7
23.Bd3 b4 24.axb4 Bxb4 25.Bxg6 Bxc3 26.Bh7+ Kh8 27.Qxc3 Kxh7 28.g6+ fxg6
29.Qd3 Qb7 30.Rde1 Bb5 31.Qb3 Qa6 32.Re3 Rc4 33.Be5 Ra4 34.Kc2 Rc8+ 35.Kd2 Bc4
36.Qc3 Rc5 37.Rxg6 Rd5+ 38.Kc2 Kxg6 39.Rg3+ Kf7 40.Qf3+ Ke8 41.Qxh5+ g6 42.Qxg6+ Kd7
43.Qf7+ Kc6 44.Qc7+ Kb5 45.f4 Bd3+ 46.Rxd3 Rc4+ 47.Qxc4+ Kxc4 48.Ra3 Ra5
49.d7 Rxa3 50.d8=Q Rh3 51.Qd7 Rh2+ 52.Kb1 Qb6 53.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6
9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxb5 12.Qxg4 Bf6 13.Qxe6 Na6 14.Nf7 Qb6 15.Nxh8 cxd4
16.O-O Nc7 17.Qh3 dxc3+ 18.Be3 Qxb2 19.Rab1 Qxa2 20.Rxb7 Qc4 21.Rfb1 Bxh8
22.Rb8+ Kf7 23.Qxh7+  1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D79"]

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

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Qc2 Ba6 8.Ne5 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Nxc4 Nd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.O-O c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.Rac1 Nc6 15.Qe4 Nb4
16.Nd6 Qa5 17.a3 Nd5 18.Bg3 Qa6 19.Rfd1 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 Rfc8 21.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Qc7 15.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nun, Jiri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Ne5 8.Bb5+ Ned7
9.a4 g6 10.a5 a6 11.Ba4 Bg7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bc2 Ne8
16.O-O Nd6 17.Be3 Rc8 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.Ba4 Qc7 20.f3 Kh8 21.Rfc1 f5 22.b4 fxe4
23.fxe4 Nxe4 24.Qd3 Nf6 25.Bxc5 e4 26.Qd1 Qf4 27.g3 Qf5 28.Bb3 Rxc5 29.bxc5 Bh6
30.Qd4 Bxc1 31.Rxc1 Kg7 32.Rf1 Qh5 33.Rf4 Qe2 34.Bc4 Qc2 35.d6 exd6 36.cxd6 g5
37.Rxf6 Rxf6 38.d7 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 e3 40.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Bf5 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 Rac8 13.Na4 Bg6 14.Rfe1 Bh5 15.Nd2 f5
16.f3 Qg5 17.f4 Qe7 18.Nf3 Rf6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Rh6 21.Rf1 Qh4 22.Bxe4 fxe4
23.Qf2 Qe7 24.a3 Rg6 25.Kh1 Bg4 26.Ra2 b6 27.Nc3 h5 28.Qf4 h4 29.h3 Be6 30.Rd2 Rh6
31.Qf2 Rh5 32.Qe1 Rh6 33.Rdf2 Qg5 34.Rf4 Kh7 35.Qf2 Ra8 36.Rd1 Re8 37.Kh2 Kg8
38.Rf1 Kh7 39.Rd1 Rc8 40.Rf1 Qe7 41.Qe1 Qg5 42.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 c6 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Be5 f6 15.Bf4 f5
16.Be3 g6 17.Qd2 Ng7 18.Bh6 Bd6 19.Bf4 Ba3 20.h4 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 O-O 7.Bd3 f5 8.Nh3 Na6
9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.Na4 Qe8 11.O-O c5 12.Nf4 Qf7 13.c4 dxc4 14.d5 Nxe5 15.d6 Bxg5
16.hxg5 Nd7 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Re1 Qxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Bb7 20.Qe6+ Rf7 21.Re1 Be4
22.f3 Bd3 23.Qd5 Rf8 24.Re7  1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Rb8
9.Bc4 Nc7 10.a4 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Qe2 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Nb5 a6
16.Nxc7 Qxc7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qc6 19.a5 b5 20.axb6 Nxb6 21.Rxa6 Rfd8 22.Qe2 Qd5
23.Ng5 h6 24.Ne4 c4 25.Ra3 Qd4+ 26.Kh1 Nd5 27.Rg3 Kh7 28.Nd6 Rb4 29.Qg4  1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 Qb8 12.d5 Nd8 13.c4 c6 14.Nc3 b4 15.Ne2 Nxe4
16.Ned4 cxd5 17.Nf5 Re8 18.cxd5 Nc5 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 g6 21.Qf3 Nd7 22.Ne7+ Kf8
23.Nc6 Nxc6 24.dxc6 Nc5 25.Rac1 Kg8 26.Red1 Ne6 27.Bf6 Qc7 28.h4 Ng7 29.Qg4 Nf5
30.Qxb4 Rab8 31.Qc4 a5 32.Qd5 Rb4 33.Bg5 Reb8 34.Bd2 R4b5 35.Qc4 Nd4 36.Be3 Rc5
37.Qf1 Rxc6 38.Bxd4 exd4 39.Rxc6 Qxc6 40.Rxd4 Rxb3 41.Qd1 Rxb2 42.Rxd6 Qc5
43.Qd4 Qxd4 44.Rxd4 Rb8 45.Ra4 Ra8 46.Kf1 Kf8 47.Ke2 Ke7 48.Kd3 Kd6 49.Kc3 Rc8+
50.Kd4 Rc2 51.Ke3 Rc5 52.Ra1 Kc6 53.Kd4 Kb6 54.Ra2 h5 55.g3 Rc7 56.Rb2+ Ka6
57.Ra2 Kb5 58.Rb2+ Ka4 59.Kd3 Rc5 60.Rb7 Rf5 61.Ke3 Ka3 62.f3 a4 63.g4 hxg4
64.fxg4 Rf6 65.h5 gxh5 66.gxh5 Ka2 67.Kd2 a3 68.h6 Rxh6 69.Rxf7 Rd6+ 70.Kc2 Rc6+
71.Kd2 Kb2 72.Rb7+ Ka1 73.Rb8 a2 74.Rb7 Rc2+ 75.Kxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Be3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Nc2 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.e4 d6 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.f3 Rab8 15.Rab1 Qc7
16.Rbc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.O-O Be7 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qd2 h5 13.Nd1 Qc7 14.c4 O-O-O 15.b4 Rhg8
16.Ne3 c5 17.Qd3 f5 18.exf5 Bc6 19.Ne1 h4 20.f3 h3 21.g3 Kb8 22.Rb1 Ka8 23.N1c2 d5
24.cxd5 Bxd5 25.Qe2 Bb7 26.b5 Qe5 27.Rbe1 exf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 d6
9.Bg2 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.O-O O-O 13.Nd2 a5 14.c5 Na6 15.cxd6 cxd6
16.Nc4 Qd8 17.a3 b5 18.Nd2 Bd7 19.Qb1 b4 20.axb4 axb4 21.Rcc1 Nc5 22.Ne4 Bf5
23.Rc4 b3 24.Qc1 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 f5 26.Bg2 Qa5 27.h4 Qb5 28.Qc3 Na4 29.Qb4 Qxb4
30.Rxb4 Rfb8 31.Rxb8+ Rxb8 32.Rb1 Rc8 33.Bh3 g6 34.e4 Rc2 35.Ra1 Nc5 36.exf5 Rxb2
37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Be6+ Kf8 39.Ra8+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 h6 11.a4 a6 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Bf4 Re8 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.Rfc1 b5
16.axb5 axb5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Rxb4 Nh5 19.Nxb5 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Nxf4 21.gxf4 Rd8
22.e4 Nf6 23.Bf1 Bd7 24.Nfd4 Nxd5 25.exd5 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Bxb5 27.f5 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 g5
29.f4 Kg7 30.fxg5 hxg5 31.h4 Kf6 32.Rc7 gxh4 33.Rxh4 Rdc8 34.Rh6+ Ke5 35.Rxf7 Rc2
36.Re7+ Kxd5 37.Re2 Rxe2 38.Kxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Nbc6 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.O-O c4 15.Be2 Bd7
16.Qd2 Re8 17.Rfe1 Nc8 18.Bh4 Qf4 19.Qd1 Qh6 20.Bg3 Qf8 21.Qd2 h6 22.a4 Rh7
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Nd6 25.Bf3 a5 26.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.Bc2 Nb8 15.a4 Nbd7
16.Bd3 c6 17.Nf1 g6 18.Ng3 Bg7 19.Bg5 Nf8 20.Qd2 Ne6 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Bf1 Qc7
23.Red1 Red8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.d5 cxd5 27.exd5 Nf4 28.Bxf4 exf4
29.Qxf4 Nf6 30.Bxb5 Nxd5 31.Qd2 Nb6 32.Nd4 Rb8 33.Nf1 Nd5 34.Be2 Bxd4 35.Qxd4 Rxb2
36.c4 Rxe2 37.cxd5 Qc5 38.Qxc5 dxc5 39.Ne3 Kf8 40.Rc1 Rxe3 41.fxe3 Bxd5 42.Rxc5 Be6
43.Kf2 Kg7 44.Kf3 h6 45.Ke4 Ba2 46.Ke5 Bb3 47.Rc3 Ba2 48.Rc6 Bb3 49.Kd4 Ba2
50.Rb6 Kh7 51.Rf6 Kg7 52.Ra6 Bb3 53.Rb6 Ba2 54.e4 g5 55.g3 Kh7 56.Ke5 Kg7
57.Kd4 Kh7 58.h4 gxh4 59.gxh4 Kg7 60.Ke5 Bc4 61.Rb4 Be6 62.Rb1 Kg6 63.Rb6 h5
64.Rxe6+ fxe6 65.Kxe6  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 c6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.h4 Nb6 10.Ng5 h5 11.e6 f5 12.Ne2 Qe8 13.Rh3 Nc6 14.Bb5 Rf6 15.Nf4 a6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6
17.Rc3 Qd6 18.Qe2 Na4 19.Rg3 b5 20.Kf1 Qc6 21.Nxg6 Rxg6 22.Qxh5 f4 23.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6
9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxb5 12.Qxg4 cxd4 13.Nxe6 Qc4 14.f5 Bf6 15.fxg6 Rg8
16.g7 Nc6 17.Nc7+ Kd8 18.Ne6+ Ke8 19.Nc7+ Kd8 20.Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 Rb8 13.Ng3 c5 14.Nf5 Bc8 15.N3h4 Ne8
16.Qh5 Bxh4 17.Nxh4 b3 18.cxb3 Nxb3 19.Bxb3 Rxb3 20.Qd1 Rb4 21.g3 Be6 22.Ra3 Qb8
23.Qe2 f6 24.Ng2 Bb3 25.a5 Be6 26.Ne3 Nc7 27.Nc2 Rb7 28.Ra1 Rb3 29.f4 Nb5
30.f5 Bd7 31.g4 Nd4 32.Nxd4 cxd4 33.g5 fxg5 34.Bxg5 Rxb2 35.Qg4 d5 36.Bh6 Rf7
37.Qg3 Qd6 38.Bc1 Rb3 39.Qg5 Rxd3 40.Qd8+ Qf8 41.Qxf8+ Rxf8 42.exd5 Rxf5
43.Rb1 Bb5 44.d6 Rf6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Be2 Nd4 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Be3 O-O 13.h3 Qa5 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.cxd5 Qb4 17.Rb1 Nd7 18.Bd2 Qc5 19.Nc4 h6 20.Rc1 Qa7 21.Be3 Nb6 22.Na5 Rxc1
23.Qxc1 Rc8 24.Qd1 Bg5 25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.Qg4 Qb8 27.Qxg5 Na4 28.Qd2 Qc7 29.Nc4 Qc5
30.b3 Nb6 31.Qa5 Nxc4 32.Qxc5 Rxc5 33.Bxc4 g6 34.f3 Ra5 35.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.g3 Bd6
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Qb4 Qb8 14.Rac1 Re8 15.e3 c5
16.Qa4 Qd6 17.Rfd1 Bc6 18.Qc2 c4 19.Nd2 Rac8 20.e4 dxe4 21.d5 Ba8 22.Ndxe4 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 Qg6 24.Nc3 Nc5 25.Bh3 Rcd8 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Bf1 Nb3 28.Rc2 Na5 29.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qe1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Ba7 Ra8
16.Be3 Be6 17.Qg3 exf4 18.Bxf4 Nd7 19.Bg4 Ne5 20.Bf5 Bf6 21.Rad1 g6 22.Bh6 Qe7
23.h3 Kh8 24.Bxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Qe2 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 Bxe4 10.Qxe4 c6 11.c4 Be7 12.Qg4 O-O 13.Bh6 Bf6 14.Rad1 Re8 15.h4 Qa5
16.h5 Qf5 17.Qxf5 exf5 18.Be3 Rad8 19.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Re1 Nc6
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.e5 c5 11.Bf3 Ne7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.a4 Rd8 14.Qh5 Nf5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxb5 O-O 19.Na3 Rd4 20.c3 Ra4 21.Qe2 Qg5 22.Nc4 Rxa1
23.Rxa1 h5 24.Qe4 h4 25.h3 Rd8 26.Ra8 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Rxa8 28.Qxa8+ Kh7 29.Qe4 Qf1
30.Qf4 Qd3 31.Nd6 Nxd6 32.Qxh4+ Kg6 33.exd6 Qxd6+ 34.Qg3+ Qxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Kf5
36.b4 cxb4 37.cxb4 Ke4 38.h4 Kd4 39.h5 Kc4 40.Kf4 Kxb4 41.g4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Bc4 Qa4 15.Bb5 Qa2
16.Bc4 Qa4 17.Bb5 Qa2 18.Re1 Rc8 19.Qd1 Qc2 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Rbc1 Qd8 22.Rxc8 Qxc8
23.Rc1 Qd8 24.Bf4 a5 25.Ng5 Na6 26.Qa2 e6 27.Bxa6 Bxa6 28.Nxf7 Qxd4 29.Nh6+ Kh8
30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Nh6+ Kh8 32.Qxe6 Qf6 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Nh6+ Kh8 35.Nf7+ Kg8 36.Qd5 Rf8
37.Ne5+ Kh8 38.g3 Qe7 39.Rc7 Qb4 40.Kg2 Qe1 41.Rc1 Qb4 42.Nf7+ Rxf7 43.Qxf7 Qxe4+
44.f3 Qe2+ 45.Kh3 Qb5 46.Re1 Bc8+ 47.Kg2 Bd7 48.Be5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 b4 15.a5 d5 16.exd5 exd4
17.Rxe8 Qxe8 18.c4 Nc5 19.Nb3 Nxb3 20.Qxb3 c6 21.Bg5 cxd5 22.Bxf6 dxc4 23.Bxc4 gxf6
24.Nxd4 Rd8 25.Nf5 Rd2 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qe4 28.Ne3 Bc8 29.Bd3 Qc6 30.Qh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Kh1 Na5 11.f4 Nc4 12.f5 Nxb2 13.Qe1 Bd7 14.Qh4 Na4 15.Nxa4 Bxa4
16.Nd4 Rc8 17.Bd3 Bd7 18.Rab1 Qc7 19.Rf3 Qc5 20.Ne2 Qa5 21.Rh3 h5 22.Nf4 Qxa2
23.Rf1 Rxc2 24.Nxh5 Nxh5 25.g4 f6 26.Be3 Qb3 27.Bxc2 Qxc2 28.gxh5 Bc6 29.Rg3 g5
30.Qg4 Qxe4+ 31.Qxe4 Bxe4+ 32.Kg1 Kf7 33.Rg4 Bd3 34.Rf2 Rh8 35.Bxa7 Rxh5
36.Bb6 d5 37.Rb4 Be4 38.Bc5 g4 39.Rxb7 Bf8 40.Rf4 Rg5 41.Kf2 Bxf5 42.Ra4 Rh5
43.Kg2 Be4+ 44.Kg3 f5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg3 Ne7 8.e3 Bf5
9.Qb3 Bxg3 10.hxg3 Qb6 11.Be2 Nd7 12.g4 Be6 13.Nh3 O-O-O 14.Qa3 Rhe8 15.Nf4 h6
16.b4 Kb8 17.Rb1 Ng6 18.Nd3 Rc8 19.O-O Qd8 20.b5 Qe7 21.Nb4 c5 22.b6 Nxb6
23.Nb5 a6 24.dxc5 Qxc5 25.Nd6 a5 26.Na6+ bxa6 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Nxe8 Ka7 29.Nxg7 Na4
30.Rfc1 Nc3 31.Kf1 a4 32.Rb2 Bd7 33.f4 Bb5 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Nf5 Kb6 36.a3 Rc4
37.Nxh6 d4 38.Nf5 d3 39.Nd6 Rc6 40.Rd2 Nd5 41.Nc8+ Kb7 42.Rxc6 Kxc6 43.Rxd3 Kc5
44.Ke1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Be2 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Rc1 c5 13.dxc5 Rd8 14.Qa4 Nd7 15.c6 Nc5
16.Qa3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Re8
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Nxd8 11.Nb5 Ne6 12.Ng5 Re7 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.f3 c6 15.Nc3 Ree8
16.Rfd1 Bf8 17.Rd2 Nd7 18.Na4 Bb4 19.Rc2 Be7 20.Rd1 Nf8 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Nb3 a5
23.a4 Bb4 24.Nc1 Be7 25.Nb3 Bb4 26.Nc1 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.a3 Be7 8.a4 Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bb5 d5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nxc2 15.Rad1 Nb4
16.Qb5 Nbxd5 17.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd3 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Qb5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxd5 14.c4 Bd7 15.Qxb7 Qg5+
16.Rd2 Nf6 17.Qc7 e5 18.h4 Qf4 19.Bd3 Rfc8 20.Qa5 e4 21.Qg5 Qc7 22.Be2 Be6
23.Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov playoff"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.Rd1 O-O
9.e3 f5 10.b4 Bd7 11.Qc2 Ne7 12.Be2 Qe8 13.Rc1 Nd6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Ne5 Ba4
16.Qa2 Bb5 17.Bxb5 Qxb5 18.a4 Qe8 19.O-O a6 20.Qb3 Rd8 21.f3 c6 22.Be1 Qe7
23.Bf2 Kh8 24.Nd3 Qg5 25.Rfe1 Rfe8 26.Bg3 Qe7 27.e4 fxe4 28.fxe4 Nb6 29.Nc5 Nf7
30.a5 Nc8 31.d5 cxd5 32.exd5 e5 33.Ne6 Rd7 34.Bxe5 Nxe5 35.Rxe5 Nd6 36.Rce1 Qf6
37.Qd3 Rf7 38.h3 h6 39.Ng5 Qf2+ 40.Kh2 hxg5 41.Rxe8+ Nxe8 42.Rxe8+ Rf8 43.Rxf8+ Qxf8
44.d6  1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nh3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Rc8 13.O-O c5 14.Rac1 cxd4 15.Qxd4 e5
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Qxe5 Rc5 18.Qd4 Qc7 19.b3 Ba6 20.Rfd1 Rc6 21.a4 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 Rxc4
23.Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.Rc1 c5 13.b4 cxb4 14.Nxb4 Nc5 15.Bf3 Bd7
16.Be3 b6 17.Nd3 Ng8 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Rb1 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Nxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 Nf6
9.exf7+ Kxf7 10.Bg2 c6 11.O-O Re8 12.Nce2 Nbd7 13.b3 Ne5 14.Bb2 Bc5 15.h3 Qb6
16.Nf4 Kg8 17.c3 Bd7 18.Qc2 Nf7 19.Rae1 Ng5 20.Bc1 Bd6 21.Nxd5 Nxh3+ 22.Bxh3 cxd5
23.Bxd7 Nxd7 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nd4 Nc5
17.b4 cxb3 18.axb3 Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 Be5 20.Qe3 Bf4 21.Qh3 Be5 22.Qe3 Bf4 23.Qh3 Be5
24.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.e3 Nxf4 10.exf4 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Be7 13.Rc1 f4 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Ne1 Qb6
16.c5 Qa5 17.a3 Rf7 18.Nd3 Bg5 19.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rfd8 17.Be2 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Na5 Rdc8+ 20.Kb3 Nc5+ 21.Ka3 b6
22.Nb3 Kf7 23.Rac1 Nxb3 24.Kxb3 a5 25.Ka3 Ke7 26.b4 Kd6 27.bxa5 bxa5 28.Rxc8 Rxc8
29.Rb1 Rc3+ 30.Rb3 Rxb3+ 31.Kxb3 f5 32.h4 Ke5 33.Kc3 Ke4 34.Kd2 Kf4 35.Bf3 Kg3
36.h5 g5 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Ke2 g5 39.Kf1 g4 40.Be2 f4 41.Bb5 f3 42.Bc6 d4 43.gxf3 gxf3
44.Ke1 e5 45.Bb5 e4 46.Bc6 e3 47.Be4 Kg2  0-1

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 d6 13.Nc4 Ba6 14.Qb3 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Nd7
16.e3 a6 17.a4 Qe7 18.Qe2 Rfb8 19.Ra1 Rc8 20.Rfc1 c4 21.Na2 b5 22.Bh3 Re8
23.Bxd7 Qxd7 24.Nb4 Qf5 25.Ra2 h5 26.Qc2 Qf3 27.h4 Bxh4 28.Qd1 Qxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Bf6
30.Nc6 b4 31.a5 b3 32.Ra4 Re4 33.Nd4 h4 34.gxh4 Rc8 35.Rc1 Bxd4 36.Rcxc4 Rxc4
37.Rxc4 Rxh4 38.exd4 Rh5 39.Rc6 Rxd5 40.Rxa6 Rxd4 41.Rb6 Ra4 42.Rxd6 Rxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.f4 c5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Na2 Nc6 13.Nxb4 Nxb4 14.dxc5 Qa5 15.b3 Qxc5
16.Qf3 Rfd8 17.Kh1 Qc6 18.a5 Rac8 19.Ra4 Nd3 20.Ba3 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Qxf3 22.gxf3 Rxc5
23.Ra2 Kf8 24.Rg1 Ke7 25.Rg5 Rxg5 26.fxg5 Nd5 27.Re2 Nb4 28.Kg2 Rd1 29.a6 bxa6
30.Kf2 Rh1 31.Kg3 a5 32.Rd2 a6 33.h4 Rg1+ 34.Kf2 Rh1 35.Kg3 Rg1+ 36.Kf2 Rc1
37.Be2 Rc3 38.Bd1 Nd5 39.e4 Nb4 40.Rd4 e5 41.Rd2 Rd3 42.Ke2 Rxd2+ 43.Kxd2 Kd6
44.Be2 Kc5 45.Bc4 a4 46.Bxf7 a3 47.Kc1 Nd3+ 48.Kb1 Ne1 49.Ka2 Kb4 50.f4 exf4
51.Bxg6 Nf3 52.e5 Nxe5 53.Be4 f3 54.h5 f2 55.Bg2 Nf7 56.g6 Nh6  0-1

[Event "Lvov playoff"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg4 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.d4 Nbd7 12.Re1 a5 13.a4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Nbd5 15.c4 Nb4
16.Bf4 Re8 17.Rad1 Bf8 18.h4 Bd6 19.Be5 Be7 20.h5 h6 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Bg5
23.Qg3 Qe7 24.Rde1 Red8 25.c5 Nd5 26.R4e2 Bf6 27.Bd6 Qd7 28.Bc2 Ne7 29.Rd1 Nf5
30.Bxf5 exf5 31.Qc3 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.Re1 Qd7 34.Qe3 Bg5 35.f4 Bh4 36.g3 Bf6
37.b3 b6 38.Kf1 bxc5 39.dxc5 Qb7 40.Qd3 Rd8 41.Re3 Qb4 42.Qe2 Bd4 43.Rd3 Rc8
44.Qc2 Re8 45.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov playoff"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.Bxb4 cxb4
9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.e3 d5 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.O-O O-O 13.Ne1 Rac8 14.Nd3 Rc7 15.Nf4 dxc4
16.bxc4 Na5 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Nd3 a5 19.Qb3 Nd7 20.f4 Rd8 21.Rfd1 h5 22.Nf2 Nb8
23.Nf3 Nd6 24.e4 Rdc8 25.Nd2 Qd8 26.a4 Nb7 27.Qd3 Qd7 28.Ra1 Nd6 29.Rdc1 f6
30.e5 fxe5 31.fxe5 Nf5 32.Nf3 Rd8 33.d5 Na6 34.d6 Ra7 35.Ne4 Nc5 36.Nxc5 bxc5
37.Kg2 Qc6 38.Kh3 Rf8 39.Rf1 Qe8 40.Nh4 Nxh4 41.gxh4 Raf7 42.Kg2 Rf4 43.h3 Qc6+
44.Kg1 Qe4 45.Qxe4 Rxe4 46.Rad1 Rd8 47.d7 Rxc4 48.Rd6 Re4 49.Rxe6 Rxd7 50.Re8+ Kh7
51.e6 Rd6 52.Ra8 Rdxe6 53.Rxa5 Rg6+ 54.Kh2 Re2+ 55.Kh1 Rc2 56.Rb5 Rg3 57.Rf5 Rxh3+
58.Kg1 Rxh4 59.Rfxc5 b3  0-1

[Event "Lvov playoff"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Bg5 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 c6 5.Bg2 a5 6.a3 axb4 7.axb4 Rxa1 8.Bxa1 Qb6
9.c3 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.d3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.Qa4 e5 14.e4 Qc7 15.c4 dxe4
16.dxe4 Rb8 17.Qc2 h6 18.h3 Be6 19.Bc3 Ra8 20.Ra1 Rxa1+ 21.Bxa1 Ne8 22.Bf1 b6
23.Bc3 Qa7 24.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Ng8 14.Nb5 Ndf6 15.f3 Bd7 16.bxa5 Rxa5
17.c5 fxe4 18.fxe4 Ng4 19.Nf3 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Rxb5 21.Bxb5 Bh6 22.Qc3 Bxc1 23.Qxc1 h6
24.a4 Kg7 25.Bd3 Qb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Ng8 14.Bb2 Ndf6 15.Rbd1 Bd7
16.exf5 gxf5 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 axb4 19.axb4 Ne7 20.Rff1 Ng6 21.Nb3 Ng4 22.Bxg4 fxg4
23.Ne4 Ne5 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Rf1 Qe7 26.Ng3 Qg5 27.Kh1 Qg6 28.Qe2 Kg8 29.Na5 Re8
30.Qd1 Bc8 31.c5 h5 32.cxd6 h4 33.Ne2 h3 34.Ng3 cxd6 35.Nb3 Nc4 36.Bc1 Ne3
37.Bxe3 Rxe3 38.Qc1 Rc3 39.Qb1 Qd3 40.Qe1 hxg2+  0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Qa5 10.a3 Bd7 11.g4 Rfc8 12.Kb1 Bf8 13.Ng5 Ne7 14.h4 g6 15.h5 Bg7
16.Bd6 Qd8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Be5 Nc6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.f4 Na5 21.Nce4 Qe7 22.Rh7 dxe4
23.Qh2 f6 24.Nxe4 Bc6 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.c5 Be4+ 27.Bd3 Rxd6 28.cxd6 Qxd6 29.Qc2 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 O-O 10.e3 b6 11.Be2 Ba6 12.O-O Ne5 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bg3 d6 15.Bxe5 dxe5
16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Qc7 18.Qe2 e4 19.Nd4 Rfc8 20.b3 a6 21.Rfc1 h5 22.Na4 Bd6
23.g3 Bc5 24.Nc2 Qc6 25.Nb2 g6 26.b4 Be7 27.Nd4 Qd7 28.Rd1 e5 29.Nb3 Qh3
30.Qf1 Qe6 31.Rdc1 h4 32.Nd2 Kg7 33.Qg2 Qf5 34.h3 hxg3 35.fxg3 Rh8 36.g4 Qg5
37.Nd1 Rad8 38.Ra2 Rh4 39.Kf1 Nxg4 40.hxg4  0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rd8 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bc2 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Nb3 Bg4
16.Bc5 Bd6 17.h3 Bh5 18.Qd3 Bg6 19.Qd2 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 Ne4 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Nbd2 Nxd2
23.Qxd2 d4 24.Rad1 dxc3 25.Qxc3 Qf6 26.Rxd8 Nxd8 27.Re5 Qf7 28.a3 Ne6 29.Qe3 Nf4
30.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 e5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Be2 d6 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Re1 g6 7.Bf1 Bg7 8.d4 O-O
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Qc3 Nd7 14.a4 Rfe8 15.a5 Rab8
16.Nc4 b5 17.axb6 axb6 18.Be3 Bf8 19.b4 Ra8 20.Qb2 b5 21.Nd2 Nb6 22.c3 Reb8
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Qxa1 Na4 26.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4 g5 14.Be1 h5 15.h3 Ng6 16.c5 Rf7
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Rc1 Bf8 19.Bf2 Rh7 20.Qb3 hxg4 21.hxg4 Nh4 22.Bxh4 Rxh4 23.Nf2 a6
24.a4 Rh7 25.Kg2 Bd7 26.Nb1 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Na3 Qb6 29.Nxb5 Bxb5 30.Qxb5 Qxb5
31.Bxb5 Rb8 32.Bc6 Rxb2 33.Ra1 Be7 34.Rfb1 Rxb1 35.Rxb1 Kf7 36.Rb8 Rg7 37.Nd1 Rg8
38.Rb7 Rd8 39.Nc3 Nh7 40.Nb5 Nf8 41.Na7 Kf6 42.Kf2 Ng6 43.Bd7 Nh4 44.Ke2 Ra8
45.Be6 Rd8 46.Nc6 Re8 47.Rd7 Bf8 48.Rf7+ Kg6 49.Ra7 Kf6 50.Bd7 Re7 51.Nxe7 Bxe7
52.Kf2 Bd8 53.Ra6 Ke7 54.Bf5 Bc7 55.Ke2 Ng2 56.Ra7 Kd8 57.Ra8+ Ke7 58.Rg8  1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Nc3 b5 10.Nxb5 Nxe4 11.O-O a6 12.Na3 Nf6 13.Nc4 Ra7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Rd7
16.Ne3 Bb7 17.Nh2 Re7 18.Qb3 Qc7 19.Nhg4 Nbd7 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Bc4 Re4 22.Bg3 Rb8
23.Qc2 Rbe8 24.Rad1 Nh5 25.Bh2 Nf4 26.Kh1 Bc8 27.f3 Rxe3 28.Bxf4 R3e7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d5
9.Be3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Ncxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Bf6 13.O-O b6 14.Rc1 Qd6 15.Bb1 Bd7
16.Re1 Rfc8 17.Ba2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bb2 Qc8 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.a3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.b4 Qd7 15.bxc5 Nxc5
16.Ne5 Qe6 17.Na4 Nfe4 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Qa4 Bb6 20.Nf3 Rac8 21.Nd4 Qf6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Bh3 Rb8 24.Ba1 Bc5 25.Bd7 Bb6 26.Bg4 Qg5 27.Bh3 Qd2 28.Qb4 Bc8 29.Bxc8 Qxb4
30.axb4 Rxc8 31.Rd1 Rc4 32.e3 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Rxb4 34.Bxa7 Rb5 35.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Be3 Na6 9.Nd2 Nd7
10.Nb3 b6 11.g4 f5 12.Bd3 Ndc5 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bxf5 Bxf5 16.gxf5 Rxf5
17.Rg1 Qf8 18.Qd2 Kh8 19.O-O-O Rh5 20.Rg3 Bh6 21.Qe2 Bxe3+ 22.fxe3 Rh6 23.Rdg1 Rf6
24.Kb1 Qf7 25.a3 a4 26.Ka2 Rf8 27.Rg5 Rf1 28.Qg2 Rxg1 29.Qxg1 h6 30.Rg6 Kh7
31.Rg4 Kh8 32.Qg2 Qf5 33.Rg6 Kh7 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.e4 Qf6 36.Rxc7 Rg8 37.Qe2 Nb3
38.Qd1 Qf4 39.Nxa4 Nc1+ 40.Ka1 Qe3 41.Qf1 Qf4 42.Rf7 Nb3+ 43.Ka2 Qxf1 44.Rxf1 Nd2
45.Rc1 Nxe4 46.Nxb6 Nc5 47.Rc2 e4 48.b4 Nd3 49.c5 dxc5 50.bxc5 e3 51.c6 e2
52.Rxe2 Nc1+ 53.Kb2 Nxe2 54.c7 Nf4 55.d6 Ne6 56.c8=Q Rxc8 57.Nxc8 Kg7 58.a4  1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.f3 O-O 7.Qd2 Na5 8.Ng3 b6
9.O-O-O c5 10.h4 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Nc6 12.Be3 h5 13.Bh6 Be6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.Rhe1 a6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Qg5 Kh7 19.Nge2 Qc5 20.Nd4 Bc4 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.Nc6 Rfe8
23.b3 Be6 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Ng8 26.Ne5 Nh6 27.Nd7 b5 28.Nxc5 Nf5 29.Re4 Ng3
30.Re5 Nf5 31.Rde1 Kg7 32.R1e4 Ra7 33.g4 Nxh4 34.d6 e6 35.d7 Rh8 36.Re3 Kf6
37.g5+ Kg7 38.Rd3 Raa8 39.Nb7 Rhd8 40.Nxd8 Rxd8 41.c4 bxc4 42.bxc4 Nf5 43.Rxf5 gxf5
44.c5  1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 O-O 15.exd5 exd5
16.Ne2 Bb6 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Qh4 Rc8 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Kb1 Re5 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6
23.Nf4 Rce8 24.Bd3 Be3 25.Ne2 Bf2 26.Nf4 Be3 27.Ne2 Bf2 28.Ng3 Rg8 29.Nf5 Rxg2
30.Nxh6 Rh5 31.Ng4 f5 32.Bf1 Rxg4 33.fxg4 fxg4 34.Bg2 Kg7 35.Rd2 Be3 36.Re2 d4
37.Bxc6 bxc6 38.Rf1 f5 39.c3 c5 40.Kc2 Kf6 41.b4 f4 42.bxc5 Rxc5 43.Rxe3 dxe3
44.Rxf4+ Kg5 45.Re4 Rf5 46.Kd3 Rf2 47.Kxe3 Rxh2 48.Re6 Rh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.Qc2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.d5 e5 13.e4 g6 14.Bh3 Kg7 15.b4 h5 16.Na4 Bc8
17.Kg2 a5 18.a3 h4 19.Qc2 Rh8 20.Rh1 Be7 21.Nc3 Nf6 22.Bxc8 Qxc8 23.bxa5 h3+
24.Kf1 Rxa5 25.Nd2 Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+
9.c3 c4 10.b4 Qc7 11.Nc5 Be7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.a4 O-O-O 14.g3 f5 15.h3 h5 16.Be2 g6
17.Qd2 Rdg8 18.Kf2 Nd8 19.Ng5 Rf8 20.Kg2 Nf7 21.Nf3 Rfg8 22.h4 Kd8 23.Rhb1 Ke8
24.b5 Kf8 25.a5 Qc8 26.Qa2 Kg7 27.Nd2 Nh6 28.Nf1 Qe8 29.Qb2 Ng4 30.Bc1 Rf8
31.Bd1 Rf7 32.b6 a6 33.Qa2 Qf8 34.Ba3 Bxa3 35.Qxa3 Qxa3 36.Rxa3 Bc6 37.Rb2 Rc8
38.Kf3 Kf8 39.Rg2 Ke7 40.Ke2 Rff8 41.Kd2 Rh8 42.Kc1 Rhf8 43.Kb2 Rh8 44.Ra1 Rhf8
45.Ka3 Rh8 46.Bf3 Rhf8 47.Re2 Rh8 48.Nd2 Rhf8 49.Kb4 Rh8 50.Rh1 Rhf8 51.Bg2 Rh8
52.Rhe1 Rhf8 53.Bf1 Nh6 54.Nb1 Nf7 55.Ka3 Nh6 56.Ra2 Bd7 57.Kb2 Ng4 58.Na3 Nf2
59.Nc2 g5 60.hxg5 h4 61.gxh4 Rh8 62.Nb4 Rxh4 63.Bg2 Nd3+ 64.Nxd3 cxd3 65.Rf1 Bb5
66.Rf2 Rg4 67.Ra1 Rh8 68.Rd1 Rhh4 69.Bf1 Rg3 70.Rfd2 Rh1 71.Bxd3 Rxd1 72.Rxd1 Bxd3
73.Rh1 Kd7 74.Kb3 Kc6 75.Kb4 Kd7 76.Rh7+ Kd8 77.Rxb7 Bb5 78.Rc7 Bd7 79.Kc5 Rxc3+
80.Kd6 Rxc7 81.bxc7+ Ke8 82.Kc5  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Qb6 13.Rd1 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Na2 Be7
16.b4 Rac8 17.Bb2 Qc7 18.g3 Rfe8 19.b5 c5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Bc4 Qf5 22.Qxf5 gxf5
23.Nc3 Red8 24.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Re8 8.h3 Nbd7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.g4 Bd6 15.Qa4 a6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Rc1 Rc7 18.Rc3 Bc8 19.g5 h6 20.h4 Bg4 21.Ne5 Bh5 22.Qc2 f6
23.gxf6 gxf6 24.Ng6 Rg7 25.Nxf8 Bf3 26.Re1 Kxf8 27.Be2 Be4 28.Bd3 Qh2 29.Bxe4 Rxe4
30.Qe2 Rg2 31.Rf1 Qxh4 32.Qf3 Qg5 33.a3 Kg7 34.Ka2 h5 35.Rb3 Re7 36.Qh3 Qg4
37.Qh1 Kh6 38.f3 Qg3 39.e4 Rh2 40.Qg1 Qxg1 41.Rxg1 Rh3 42.exd5 cxd5 43.Rc3 h4
44.Rc5 Rd7 45.Rf1 Kg5 46.Rc8 Kf4 47.Rh8 Rh2 48.Re1 Rd6 49.Rh5 Rb6 50.Rb1 f5
51.Rh7 a5 52.Rd7 h3 53.a4 Rg2 54.Rh7 h2 55.Rh3 Rb4  0-1

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qb5 Nc4 11.Nf3 e6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nh5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g5
16.g4 gxh4 17.gxh5 Rc8 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.Rg1 Bb4 20.Kd2 Rhg8 21.Kd3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Ke7
23.h3 Rxg1 24.Rxg1 Rc4 25.Rb1 b6 26.Rb4 Rxb4 27.cxb4 Kd7 28.b5 Ke8 29.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e4 c5 7.e5 h6 8.Bd2 cxd4
9.exf6 dxc3 10.bxc3 Bf8 11.fxg7 Bxg7 12.Bxc4 Nc6 13.O-O O-O 14.Qe2 Qf6 15.Rad1 e5
16.Bd3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Nh4 Qe6 19.Bc1 Rad8 20.Qh5 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 f5 22.h3 f4
23.Qg4 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.Kf1 Ne6 27.Nf5 Bf8 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.g3 fxg3
30.Nxg3 b5 31.Be3 a6 32.Kd3 Bc5 33.Ke4 Bxe3 34.fxe3 Kf6 35.Kd5 Ng5 36.Nh5+ Kg6
37.Kxe5 Nf3+ 38.Kf4 Nd2 39.Ng3 a5 40.e4 b4 41.cxb4 axb4 42.e5 b3 43.axb3 Nxb3
44.Ke4 Nc5+ 45.Kd5 Nd3 46.Nh5 Nf2 47.Nf6 Nh3 48.Kd6 Nf2 49.Kd5 Nh3 50.Kd6 Nf2
51.Ke7 Nd3 52.Ke6 Nf2 53.Ke7 Nd3 54.Ke6 Nf2 55.Kd6 Kf7 56.Kd5 Kg6 57.Kd6 Kf7
58.Kd5 Kg6 59.Kd4 Kf7 60.Ke3 Nh3 61.Nh5 Ng5 62.Kd4 Ke7 63.Kd5 Ne6 64.Ke4 Ng5+
65.Kf5 Nf3 66.Nf4 Nd4+ 67.Kg6 Nf3 68.Kxh6 Kf7 69.e6+ Kf6 70.Kh5 Ne5 71.g5+ Kg7
72.e7 Kf7 73.Nd5  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Bf5 14.Qf3 Re8 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8
16.Nd2 Qe1+ 17.Nf1 Bg6 18.h3 Re8 19.Bd1 Bh2+ 20.Kxh2 Qxf1 21.Bd2 Qxd3 22.Qxd3 Bxd3
23.a4 f6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bg4 f5 26.Bh5 g6 27.Bf3 Be4 28.Kg3 f4+ 29.Bxf4 Bxf3
30.gxf3 Nxf4 31.Kxf4 Re2 32.b4 Rc2 33.Ra3 Kg7 34.Ke5 Rxf2 35.Kd6 Rxf3 36.Kxc6 Rf5
37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Rc7 g5 39.Kb6 Kg6 40.Rc6+ Kh5 41.Rc5 Rf3 42.Kxb5 Rxh3 43.Ka6 Rh1
44.b5 Ra1+ 45.Kb7 Kg6 46.b6 g4 47.Kc6 g3 48.b7 g2 49.b8=Q g1=Q 50.Qg8+ Kh6
51.Qf8+ Kg6 52.Qg8+ Kh6 53.Qf8+ Kg6 54.Qd6+ Kg7 55.Qd4+ Qxd4 56.cxd4 Kf6
57.Kd7 Ra7+ 58.Kd6 Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Qh5 Nf5 10.Nf3 f6 11.g4 c4 12.gxf5 cxd3 13.Rg1 exf5 14.Bh6 Rf7 15.Kd2 Be6
16.Bxg7 Rxg7 17.Rxg7+ Kxg7 18.Rg1+  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.Bf4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Rc8 13.Bb3 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Ne4 Ngf6 14.g3 Nc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
16.c4 Rhe8 17.Bc3 Qe7 18.Ne5 Bb6 19.f4 Nd7 20.Qe2 Nxe5 21.Qxe5 f6 22.Qe2 Qf7
23.Rhe1 g6 24.hxg6 Qxg6 25.Qf3 f5 26.Re3 Rd7 27.Qe2 Red8 28.Rdd3 Re8 29.Kc2 h5
30.Qe1 Qf7 31.b3 Rdd8 32.Re2 Qg8 33.Rh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.Qc2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.d5 e5 13.e4 a5 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.a3 Rfb8
16.b4 Qd8 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Nb3 axb4 19.axb4 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ra8 21.Qd1 Nf6 22.h4 Bh6
23.c5 Qb8 24.c6 Ba6 25.Bf1 Bxf1 26.Qxf1 g6 27.Kg2 Qc8 28.Qb1 Ra6 29.Qf1 Ra8
30.f3 Ne8 31.Qb1 Ra6 32.Qf1 Ra8 33.Qb1 Ra6 34.Ra2 Qa8 35.Qa1 Rxa2+ 36.Qxa2 Qxa2+
37.Nxa2 Kf8 38.Nc3 Ke7 39.Kf2 Ng7 40.Nb5 Ne8 41.Ke2 Kd8 42.Kd3 Kc8 43.Nc3 Kd8
44.Na1 Bc1 45.Ne2 Bh6 46.Nc2 Bg7 47.Ne3 Bh6 48.Nc4 Nf6 49.g4 Ne8 50.g5 Bg7
51.Ne3 h6 52.Ng1 Kc8 53.Kc4 Kb8 54.Ng4 h5 55.Nh6 f6 56.Nf7 fxg5 57.hxg5 Ka7
58.b5 Kb8 59.Nh3 Kc8 60.Kd3 Bf8 61.Nh8 Kd8 62.Nxg6 Be7 63.Nh4  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nd7 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb1 Be7 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Rc3 15.Rc1 Rxc1+
16.Bxc1 Qa8 17.Ra2 f5 18.Bc4 Bxe4 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Qb3 Nf6 21.Bg5 Bd5 22.Bxd5 Qxd5
23.Qxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Re2 Nd5 26.Re5 Nc3 27.Re7 a5 28.Rb7 b5 29.d5 Nxd5
30.Rxb5 Nf4 31.g3 Nd3 32.Rxa5 f4 33.g4 Re8 34.Rd5 Ne1 35.Nxe1 Rxe1+ 36.Kg2 Kg8
37.Kf3 Rh1 38.Kxf4 Rxh2 39.Rd2 h5 40.a4 hxg4 41.Kxg4 Kf7 42.a5 Rh6 43.Rd7+ Kf8
44.Rd5 Rc6 45.Rb5 Kg8 46.Rb6 Rc5 47.a6 Ra5 48.Kf4 Kh7 49.Ke4 Ra2 50.f3 Ra3
51.Rc6 Ra5 52.Kd4 Ra3 53.Kc5 Rxf3 54.a7 Ra3 55.Kb6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Be7 8.c3 h6
9.Ne4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.Re1 Bc5 14.Bf4 b6 15.Nb3 Be7
16.Qf3 Qd5 17.Qxd5 Nxd5 18.Be4 Bb7 19.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Bd5 Be6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Qc8 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Nc4 17.Na4 b5 18.b3 h6 19.Nf3 bxa4 20.bxc4 e5 21.Bc1 Qc5+ 22.Be3 Qc6
23.Nh4 Rf7 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Ng3 Rc8 26.c5 dxc5 27.Qc4 Qb5 28.Qe6 Re8 29.Qf5 Rd7
30.Nh5 Rf7 31.Qg6 Re6 32.Bxh6 Qe8 33.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Nd2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Bf1 Ne5 14.h3 Bb7 15.f4 Ng6 16.Qe2 Bc6
17.Qf2 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Nxb5 Bxb5 21.Bxb5 Qxc2 22.f5 Qxb2
23.Bc6 Ra6 24.Bd4 Qc2 25.Bb7 Ra2 26.fxg6 Qxd2 27.gxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qxd2 Rxd2
29.Bf2 Rb2 30.Bc6 Bd8 31.e5 Bb6 32.Bxb6 Rxb6 33.Bf3 dxe5 34.Rxe5 Ke7 35.Ra5 Kd6
36.Ra7 g6 37.Kf2 e5 38.Ra4 Ke6 39.Ke3 Kf5 40.Ra5 Rb3+ 41.Kf2 h5 42.h4 Rb4
43.Kg3 Rd4 44.Ra8 Rd3 45.Kf2 e4 46.Be2 Rc3 47.Rf8 Ke5 48.Rf7 Rc2 49.g3 Nd5
50.Ke1 Nc3 51.Ba6 Rg2 52.Bc8 e3 53.Re7+ Kd4 54.Rd7+ Kc5 55.Rc7+ Kb4 56.Rb7+ Ka3
57.Rf7 e2 58.Kd2 Ne4+ 59.Ke1 Nxg3 60.Kd2 Rg1  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf4 Nbd7 10.Qc1 Rc8 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qd1 N7f6 15.Qb3 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Be4 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.a3 Rd5 19.b4 a5 20.bxa5 Ra8 21.Ne5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rdxa5
23.Nc4 R5a6 24.Qb2 b5 25.Ne5 Qb7 26.Qc3 c5+ 27.Qf3 Qxf3+ 28.Nxf3 c4 29.Rb1 Ra5
30.Ne5 Ne4 31.a4 Nd2 32.axb5 Nxf1 33.Nxc4 Ra1 34.Rxf1 Rxf1 35.Kxf1 Ra4 36.Ne5 Rxd4
37.Nc6 Rd1+ 38.Kg2 Rb1 39.Nd4 e5 40.Nf5 Rxb5 41.g4 Rb4 42.Kg3 Kh7 43.Nd6 Kg6
44.e3 Rb6 45.Nf5 Kf6 46.Nh4 g6 47.Nf3 Rb4 48.h3 Ke6 49.Nd2 Kd5 50.Kf3 Ra4
51.Nf1 e4+ 52.Kg2 Kc4 53.Ng3 Kd3 54.Kf1 Kd2 55.h4 Rb4 56.Kg2 Ke1 57.Kg1 Rc4
58.Kg2 Rc2 59.Nxe4 f5 60.gxf5 gxf5 61.Ng3 Rxf2+ 62.Kh3 Kd2 63.e4 f4 64.Nf5 h5
65.Ng7 f3 66.Nxh5 Rg2 67.e5 Rg1  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.g3 Be7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Bh3 Ndf6 15.Qc2 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ne5 c5 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Nc4 cxd4 20.Rxd4 Rad8 21.Rad1 Be7 22.Rd7 Rxd7
23.Rxd7 Qb8 24.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.exd4 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6 13.f4 Bg7 14.c4 e5 15.O-O exf4
16.Qxf4 Qe7 17.Bb2 Bd7 18.Bd3 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 f6 20.Rbf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Qe2 Ngf6 15.Ne5 Nb6
16.c4 Rxd4 17.Be3 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rg8 19.Bf4 Nbd7 20.Qd2 Bb4 21.Qxb4 Nxe5 22.Ne2 Nxh5
23.Be3 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qc3 Qd6 26.Bxa7 c5 27.Qa5 Nd3+ 28.Kb1 Qa6 29.Qc3 Nxb2
30.Qxb2 Qxa7 31.Qe5 Qb6+ 32.Kc2 Nf6 33.Nc3 Qc7 34.Qe3 Ng4 35.Qe2 Ne5 36.Nb5 Nc6
37.Nxc7 Nd4+ 38.Kd2 Nxe2 39.Ne8 Nf4 40.g3 Nh3 41.Ke3 Kd7 42.Nxg7 Ng5 43.Nh5 f5
44.Nf4 Kd6 45.Nd3 e5 46.f3 Nxf3  0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 Na6 9.O-O e5
10.a3 h6 11.Rb1 Nh7 12.Nh2 f5 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 g5 15.Bd2 f4 16.Nf3 g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4
18.Qe1 Be5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.b4 b6 21.Ne2 Ng5 22.Nxf4 exf4 23.Bxf4 Qe8 24.b5 Nb8
25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.Qg3 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Qh5 28.e5 Nd7 29.e6 Nf8 30.Qd6 Qh6 31.Qc6 Rb8
32.e7 Qxc6 33.bxc6 Nd7 34.Bg6  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a4 h6 15.d5 Nb8 16.Qe2 c6
17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.axb5 Bxb5 19.Bc4 Bc6 20.b4 a5 21.Bb5 Qb6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.Rxa5 Rxa5
24.bxa5 Qa4 25.Nc4 Nc6 26.Ba3 Nxa5 27.Bb4 Nxc4 28.Qxc4 Qa8 29.Nd2 d5 30.exd5 Qxd5
31.Qe2 e4 32.c4 Qe5 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.Qe3 Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 Bb4
9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Rfd1 Qb8 13.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.f3 h6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.Be2 e5 12.e4 Nf8 13.Nf1 Ng6 14.Bf2 Nf4 15.Ne3 O-O 16.Bf1 Rfe8
17.g3 Bxe4 18.fxe4 exd4 19.Qxd4 c5 20.Qd2 Nxe4 21.Qc2 Qf6 22.Bg1 Nxc3 23.gxf4 d5
24.Bg2 Rad8 25.cxd5 Nxd5 26.O-O-O Nxe3 27.Bxe3 Qa1+ 28.Qb1 Qc3+ 29.Qc2 Qxe3+
30.Kb1 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Qxf4 32.Bc6 Qb4+ 33.Ka1 Re1 34.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35.Kb2 g6
36.Bb5 Qb4+ 37.Qb3 Qxb3+ 38.Kxb3 f5 39.Kc3 Kf7 40.Kd3 g5 41.a4 Kf6 42.Be8 g4
43.Ke3 Kg5 44.Bb5 h5 45.Bf1 h4 46.h3 g3 47.Kf3 Kf6 48.Kf4 c4 49.Ke3 c3 50.Kd3 Ke5
51.Kxc3 Ke4 52.Kd2 Kf3  0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.c3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e4 Nc6
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Nh5 11.Bh2 Bh6 12.Qc2 Bf4 13.Rfe1 Bxh2+ 14.Kxh2 Qc7+ 15.g3 Bb7
16.Nc4 Rad8 17.Rad1 Nf6 18.Rxd8 Nxd8 19.Nfd2 Ne6 20.Bf1 Rd8 21.Kg1 b5 22.Ne3 Ng5
23.Bg2 Qd7 24.Rd1 Nxh3+ 25.Kf1 Qc8 26.c4 Ng4 27.Nxg4 Qxg4 28.Bf3 Qc8 29.cxb5 Ng5
30.Bg2 Qg4 31.Re1 Qd7 32.Nc4 Qxb5 33.Kg1 Qb4 34.Rc1 Ne6 35.a3 Qb5 36.Ne3 Qb6
37.Kh2 Rd4 38.Nd5 Qd6 39.Qb3 Ba6 40.Re1 h5 41.Kg1 Qd8 42.Qe3 Rd3 43.Qc1 Rb3
44.Re3 Rxe3 45.Qxe3 Qd6 46.b4 Bb7 47.bxc5 Qxc5 48.Qxc5 Nxc5 49.Nxe7+ Kf8
50.Nd5 Bxd5 51.exd5 Ke7 52.f4 Kd6 53.Kf2 Na4 54.Ke3 Nc3 55.Kd3 Nxd5 56.Kd4 Ne7
57.Bh3 f6 58.Ke4 g5 59.fxg5 fxg5 60.Bf1 Ke6 61.Bh3+ Kd6 62.Bf1 Ke6 63.Bh3+ g4
64.Bf1 Kf6 65.Bc4 Nf5 66.Kf4 Ng7 67.a4 a5 68.Bb5 Ne6+ 69.Ke3 Ke5 70.Bc6 Ng7
71.Kf2 Kf6 72.Bb5 Kg5 73.Bd7 Nf5 74.Be8 Nd6 75.Bc6 Kf5 76.Kg1 Ke5 77.Kg2 Kd4
78.Kf2 Ne4+ 79.Kg2 Kc5 80.Be8 Kb4 81.Kh2 Kc4 82.Kg2 Nf6 83.Bc6 Kd4 84.Bb5 Ke3
85.Bc6 Ke2 86.Bb5+ Kd2 87.Bc6 Ke3 88.Bb5 Nd5 89.Be8 Ke2 90.Bb5+ Ke1 91.Kg1 Ne3
92.Ba6 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 a5 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Be3 a4 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Bd6 15.Ne1 f5
16.Ndf3 Qa6 17.Rac1 Qxc4 18.Qxc4 dxc4 19.Rxc4 Nb6 20.Rcc1 a3 21.b3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nb4
23.Bxb4 Bxb4 24.Nd3 Be7 25.Nfe5 Rd8 26.e3 Nf6 27.Rc4 Nd7 28.b4 Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Bf6
30.f4 Bxe5 31.fxe5 Ra4 32.Rb1 Bd7 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd2 g5 36.Rc5 h5
37.Ra5 Ra8 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.h4 gxh4 40.gxh4 Ra8 41.Bf3 Rg8 42.Ke2 Kd8 43.Rb3 Kc7
44.Rxa3 Rf8 45.Rc3 f4 46.a4 fxe3 47.Kxe3 Rg8 48.Rc1 Rg7 49.a5 Kd8 50.Rh1 Be8
51.Rh2 Rg1 52.Rg2 Re1+ 53.Kd2 Rf1 54.Ke3 Re1+ 55.Kf4 Rb1 56.Rg8 Kd7 57.Rg7+ Kc8
58.Rg8 Kd7 59.Rg7+ Kc8 60.Re7 Bd7 61.Bxh5 Rxb4 62.Bg6 Rxd4+ 63.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 e5 6.Be2 O-O 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.d5 c5 10.Nd2 Ne8 11.a3 f5 12.f3 Bf6 13.b4 Bg5 14.Bf2 b6 15.Ra2 Ndf6 16.bxc5 bxc5
17.Qa4 Nh5 18.Rb1 Nf4 19.Nf1 Rf7 20.Rab2 Bd7 21.Qa6 Bh4 22.Bg3 Qg5 23.Bd1 Bxg3
24.hxg3 Nh5 25.Kf2 f4 26.g4 Qh4+ 27.Ke2 Ng3+ 28.Nxg3 fxg3 29.Ba4 Bxa4 30.Qxa4 Nf6
31.Kd3 Raf8 32.Qc6 Ne8 33.Rb8 Qh2 34.Rxe8 Qxg2 35.Rxf8+ Rxf8 36.Ne2 Qxf3+
37.Kd2 Qxa3 38.Rg1 Qb2+ 39.Ke3 Qb3+ 40.Kd2 Qb2+ 41.Ke3 Qb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O d6 6.e5 d5 7.d3 Ne7 8.c4 Ng6
9.b3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Na4 f6 12.Bb2 Rf7 13.Qd2 d4 14.Ba3 fxe5 15.Qe2 Qf8
16.Nd2 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Bd6
9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e4 d4 12.Nb5 Be7 13.e5 Ne8 14.b4 a6 15.Nd6 Nxd6
16.exd6 Qxd6 17.bxc5 Qxc5 18.Rb1 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nd7 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Rb7 Rad8
22.Qh3 f5 23.Bg5 Qc6 24.Rfb1 Rb8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Rxb8+ Bxb8 27.Bf1 Nc5 28.Bd2 Ne4
29.Be1 Qd6 30.f3 d3 31.fxe4 Ba7+ 32.Bf2 d2 33.Bxa7 d1=Q 34.exf5 Qf4 35.Bf2 Qxc4  0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Nd7 13.Bb4 Nb6 14.Ra1 Qe6 15.Qb1 Bd7
16.Ra5 Nc8 17.Ne5 Be8 18.Ba3 b5 19.Bxb5 Bxe5 20.Bxe8 Bc7 21.Rc5 Bd6 22.Ba4 Bxc5
23.dxc5 a6 24.Bb3 Qe5 25.Qc2 Rb8 26.Bb2 Qc7 27.Qc3 e5 28.f4 Rb5 29.fxe5 Ne7
30.Ba3 Qa5 31.Qf3 h5 32.Bxf7+ Kh7 33.c6 Qb6+ 34.Kh1 Rxe5 35.Bxe7 Rxe7 36.Bxg6+ Kxg6
37.Qxf8 Rg7 38.Qf5+ Kh6 39.Qf6+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kh6 41.Qd5 Rg6 42.Qe5 Qxc6 43.Qh8+ Kg5
44.Rf5+  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Kh1 Na5 11.f4 Nc4 12.f5 Nxb2 13.Qe1 Bd7 14.Qh4 Rc8 15.Rf3 Re8
16.Raf1 Rxc3 17.Rxc3 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Bxc3 19.Nd4 d5 20.Qf3 Bxd4 21.fxg6 Bf6
22.gxf7+ Kxf7 23.Bc1 Kg7 24.Bxb2 Rf8 25.Bc1 Kh8 26.Qxd5 Bc6 27.Qh5 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Bxd5
29.c4 Be6 30.Be3 Rc8 31.Rf4 Bg5 32.Bd4+ Kg8 33.Bg4 Rc6 34.Bxe6+ Rxe6 35.Rg4 Rg6
36.Bxa7 Kf7 37.Bd4 Rd6 38.g3 Bf6 39.Bxf6 exf6 40.Rf4 Rd2 41.a4 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bg2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 cxd4 7.Nf3 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nxd4 Qh5 11.Nf3 e5 12.Qg5 Nc6 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.Qxh5 Bxh5 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Kf8 18.Kf1 Ke7 19.e3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Nxd8
22.Ke2 a6 23.Kd3 Kd6 24.b4 b6 25.h4 h6 26.a4 Nc6 27.Kc4 Nd8 28.Ne4+ Nxe4
29.Bxe4 g5 30.h5 Nc6 31.g4 Nd8 32.Kd3 Ne6 33.Bf3 Nd8 34.Ba8 Ne6 35.Kc4 Nd8
36.Be4 Nc6 37.b5 Na5+ 38.Kb4 axb5 39.Kxb5 Kc7 40.Bd5 f6 41.Bg2 Nb3 42.Kc4 Nd2+
43.Kd3 Nb3 44.Ke4 Nc5+ 45.Kf5 Nxa4 46.Kg6 Nc3 47.Kxh6 b5 48.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 Qa5 7.h4 h5 8.g3 b5 9.a4 b4
10.Na2 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.c3 Qxa4 13.cxb4 cxb4 14.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 15.Nxb4 a5 16.Rh2 O-O
17.Rc2 Bb7 18.Nd3 Nc6 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Rxc6 Bxc6 21.Rxc6 Ne5 22.Rc2 Rac8 23.Rxc8 Nxd3+
24.Bxd3 Rxc8 25.Ne2 Bxb2 26.Bb5 Rb8 27.Bc6 Rc8 28.Bb5 Rb8 29.Bc6 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "GER"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.g4 Nc6
9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.a3 Rab8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.h4 b5
16.Nd5 Qxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Ne6 19.Rxb5 Rxb5 20.Bxb5 Nd4 21.Ba6 Nxf3
22.Rh3 Ne5 23.Rc3 f6 24.Rc7 fxg5 25.hxg5 Nf3 26.Rxa7 Nxg5 27.Rxe7 h5 28.e5 dxe5
29.Rxe5 Nf3 30.Rd5 h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "GER"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.a4 Bb4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Bxc3 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.bxc3 Qf4 13.Re1 Qxe4 14.Bxa6 Qf4 15.g3 Qg5
16.Bf1 Ra5 17.Nb5 Qc5 18.Bg2 Ke7 19.Qg4 h5 20.Qf4 Ne5 21.Rad1 Ng6 22.Qe4 f5
23.Qf3 Kf8 24.Rd4 d5 25.Qd3 Bd7 26.Bxd5 Bxb5 27.axb5 Qxb5 28.Bc4 Qc6 29.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "GER"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.Nbd2 Nf6 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Nxf3 g6 6.c3 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Bf4 Bg7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bc4 Nbd7 11.O-O d5 12.Bd3 e6 13.Rfc1 Rfe8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Nd7
16.Bg3 e5 17.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinbacher, Matthias"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.h3 O-O
9.g4 Be6 10.g5 Nd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Nd5 Nc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.c3 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nd4
16.cxd4 e4 17.d6 Qxd6 18.Nh4 Qd5 19.Rg1 cxd4 20.Rg4 Rc5 21.Rd1 d3 22.Bg2 Bxg5
23.Qb4 d2+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Re8
9.Bb2 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Rfe1 e4 13.Nd2 Nf8 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.O-O-O Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Nxh5 15.g4 Nf6
16.Nb3 Re8 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Bg5 Qc8 19.Rh4 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Be6 21.Rdh1 Bg7 22.e5 dxe5
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Rxh7 Qc4 25.Kb1 Qf4 26.Qg2 Bg7 27.Qh3 f5 28.Nc5 Bc8 29.gxf5 Bxf5
30.Ne6 Bf6 31.Rg7+ Bxg7 32.Qh7+ Kf7 33.Nxg7 Kf8 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Qxe8+ Kxg7
36.Qxe7+ Kg8 37.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 d6 10.d5 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Nd7 12.Nd2 Kh8 13.Ne4 Bxc3 14.Nxc3 e5 15.f4 f5
16.Qd2 a6 17.b4 Qe7 18.e3 Rae8 19.Rce1 Qd8 20.a3 Bc8 21.Na4 Nf6 22.Nc3 Bd7
23.Qd3 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomczak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.a4 c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Nc5 14.Re1 Nh5 15.Bh2 Qb6
16.Rb1 Bd7 17.Nd2 Qc7 18.Nxc4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxc4 21.Nxd6 Qb4
22.Qf3 Rf8 23.b3 f5 24.Bd3 f4 25.Ne4 h6 26.Rd1 Qxb3 27.Nc5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nb3 Be7
9.Nfxd4 O-O 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.c3 Bf6 12.Bf3 Qb6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Bd4 Be7
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Bc5 Ba6 18.Re1 Rad8 19.Qc1 Bd3 20.Qe3 f5 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.f3 Rd5
23.fxe4 fxe4 24.Rad1 Qd6 25.Nc1 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Be3 Na5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Bc1 d5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rxa8 Bxa8 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.b3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nd6 20.dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.g3 Bd6
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Bf4 Bxf4 12.gxf4 Nbd7 13.e3 c5 14.Ne5 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Qe7
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.a4 Rac8 18.a5 Rc4 19.Qd3 Qe6 20.Rfd1 Rb4 21.a6 Ba8 22.Nb5 Qd7
23.Nd4 Rc4 24.Nf3 Qc7 25.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fahnenschmidt, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Bf4 Nc6
16.Qf3 Rac8 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.b4 Nd7 20.Ne4 Qc8 21.Qg3 Kh8 22.Qd3 Nb8
23.Bg5 Qb7 24.Rf3 Rcc8 25.Rh3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qd3 Rc8 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nc3 b4 12.Nb5 O-O 13.Nd6 Nd4 14.Bf4 Nd5 15.Be5 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Qg5 17.Nc4 Bb5 18.h4 Qe7 19.b3 Rfd8 20.Qc2 Nb6 21.Rac1 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Bd4
23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.c5 Rc4 25.Qxc4 Nxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc5 27.Rxb4 g6 28.Rd1 Kg7 29.Rb8 h5
30.Kg2 Rc7 31.Rd3 Qc5 32.a3 Qc1 33.Rb7 Rxb7 34.Bxb7 Qb2 35.Bf3 Kf6 36.Re3 Ke7
37.Ba8 Qg7 38.Rd3 e5 39.e4 f5 40.exf5 gxf5 41.Bf3 e4 42.Re3 Qg6 43.Kh2 Kf6
44.Bg2 Ke5 45.Bf3 Kd4 46.Be2 Qf6 47.Kg2 Qf7 48.Kg1 Qg6 49.Kh2 Qe8 50.Kg2 Ke5
51.Bf3 Kf6 52.Be2 Qe5 53.Bd1 Kg6 54.Be2 Kh6 55.Bd1 f4 56.gxf4 Qxf4 57.Bc2 Qg4+
58.Kf1 Qxh4 59.Bxe4 Qg4 60.Bf3 Qg5 61.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Re1 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.a4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Qb7 17.c3 Re8 18.Be3 Nd7 19.Bd4 Ne5 20.f4 Nd7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qd4+ Kg8
23.h4 Qc8 24.h5 Nf6 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Bd1 Qc4 27.Qxc4 bxc4 28.Bf3 Kf8 29.Ra1 Rb8
30.Ra4 Rxb2 31.Rxc4 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Be2 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 Nc5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.b4 Nd7 13.c5 a5 14.a3 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1
16.Qxa1 Qf4 17.g3 Qe3 18.Qb2 Nxc5 19.bxc5 Bh3 20.Qb4 Ra8 21.Nd1 Ra1 22.Qb2 Rc1
23.Nd2 Bg4 24.Qb5 c6 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.Qa6 Kf8 27.Rf1 f5 28.Nb3 Rb1 29.Nd2 Rc1
30.Nb3 Rb1 31.Nd2 Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 Qa5 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Kb1 b4 15.Ne2 e5
16.Ba7 Rb7 17.Nc1 Be6 18.g4 Nd7 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Nb3 Qc7 21.Rh2 a5 22.g5 h5
23.Bh3 a4 24.Nxc5 dxc5 25.g6 Bxh3 26.gxf7+ Kxf7 27.Rxh3 Rd8 28.Rg1 Kg8 29.Qe2 c4
30.Rhg3 Bf8 31.Rg5 b3 32.cxb3 axb3 33.Rc1 Rc8 34.f4 Qa5 35.axb3 Rxb3 36.Rxe5 Qa4
37.Qd2 Rd3 38.Qxd3 cxd3 39.Rxc8 Qd1+ 40.Ka2 Qa4+ 41.Kb1 Qd1+ 42.Ka2 Qa4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.Qc2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rad1 Nd7 12.e4 g6 13.Rfe1 Bg7 14.h4 Qe7 15.h5 Rad8
16.Bh3 a6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Ne2 Bc8 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Nc1 Bg7 22.Nd3 exd5
23.exd5 Qf6 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Re4 Rfe8 26.Qe2 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Qd4 28.Re1 Qxe4
29.Rxe4 Kf8 30.Kg2 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Kf3 Ke7 33.Nb4 Bxb2 34.Nxa6 Kd8 35.Nb4 Bc3
36.Nc6+ Kd7 37.g4 Bf6 38.Ke4 Bg7 39.f3 Ke8 40.Kd3 Ba1 41.Kc2 Kd7 42.Kb3 Kc8
43.Kb4 Bf6 44.Kb5 Kb7 45.f4 Bh4 46.f5 gxf5 47.gxf5 Bf6 48.a4 Bg5 49.a5 bxa5
50.Nxa5+ Kc8 51.Kc6 Be3 52.Kb5 Bg5 53.Ka6 Bd2 54.Nc6 Be3 55.Nb4 Bc5 56.Nc6 Be3
57.Kb5 Kd7 58.Kb4 Bg5 59.Kc3 Bf6+ 60.Kd3 Kc8 61.Na5 Bg5 62.Ke4 Kb8 63.Nb3 Kc8
64.Kf3 Kb7 65.Kg4 Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3 Qxc5 8.Qe2 Bg4
9.Be3 Qa5 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nc6 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Bd2 Nc5 15.Rad1 Qb6
16.Bc1 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qa5 18.Bc4 Qa4 19.Qe2 Na5 20.Bd5 e6 21.Rd4 Qd7 22.Bb3 Qe7
23.Qf3 f5 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Re1 Raf8 26.Qd1 Rd8 27.Ba3 Naxb3 28.cxb3 b6 29.c4 a5
30.Qd2 e5 31.Rd5 e4 32.Rd4 Qh4 33.Bxc5 bxc5 34.Rdxe4 Rdf8 35.Qxd6 Rxf4 36.Qe6+ Kh8
37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qd5+ Kh8 39.Qxc5 Rf1+ 40.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.d3 Nd4 7.Nce2 Ne6 8.Nh3 Ne7
9.Ng5 Nc6 10.Nxe6 Bxe6 11.Be3 Qd7 12.h4 h5 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Bh6 b5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.O-O bxc4 18.dxc4 a5 19.b3 a4 20.b4 a3 21.f4 Bg4 22.b5 Na5
23.f5 c6 24.Bf3 f6 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.fxg6 Kxg6 27.Rf5 Qe6 28.bxc6 Nxc6 29.Rcf1 Rab8
30.Qd1 Kh7 31.Nf4 exf4 32.Qxg4 Qxf5 33.Qxf5+ Kh8 34.Qh5+ Kg7 35.gxf4 Rh8
36.Qg4+ Kf8 37.Qd7 Ne7 38.e5 dxe5 39.Qd6 Kf7 40.fxe5 Rbg8+ 41.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 c6 11.h3 Nh6 12.Be3 Nf7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.c5 Nc7 15.Bc4 Be6
16.Qe2 Qe7 17.b4 Bh6 18.Bxh6 Nxh6 19.Nd2 Nf7 20.Nb3 Rfd8 21.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]

[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Be6 12.a3 Rc8 13.b4 Rc7 14.Rfc1 a6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Na4 Be7 17.Nc5 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6 5.b3 Be7 6.c4 bxc4 7.bxc4 Qc8 8.Nc3 Na6
9.d3 O-O 10.e4 d6 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.d4 Nb6 13.Bh3 c6 14.Nd2 Nc7 15.e5 dxe5 16.dxe5 Ba6
17.Qg4 Qd7 18.Rd1 Ne8 19.Nf3 Qc8 20.Bf1 f5 21.Qf4 c5 22.a4 Nc7 23.a5 Nd7
24.Nb5 Bxb5 25.cxb5 Nd5 26.Qc4 Qc7 27.Rxd5 exd5 28.Qxd5+ Kh8 29.Bf4 Rad8
30.e6 Nb8 31.Bxc7 Rxd5 32.Bc4 Rdd8 33.Bxd8 Rxd8 34.Ne5 Kg8 35.Nc6 Nxc6 36.bxc6  1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Maus, Soenke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Bf4 Re8 11.O-O b5 12.Bxd6 b4 13.Ne2 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Rxe4 15.Ng3 Re8
16.Bxc5 Bb5 17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Bxb2 19.Rd1 Bc3 20.Qe4 Na6 21.Be7 Qd7 22.d6 Re8
23.Qh4 Nc5 24.Nd4 Bd3 25.Nh5 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 gxh5 27.Qxc5 Bg6 28.Rd4 h6 29.Qxb4 Kh7
30.Qa4 Qe6 31.d7 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Rb8 33.d8=Q Rb1 34.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 b6
9.h4 c5 10.h5 Nc6 11.h6 g6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.Re1 Rc8
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nd4 Rhd8 18.Nxc6+ Bxc6 19.Qd4 b5 20.Bd3 Ka8 21.Ne2 Bb7 22.Nc1 Na4
23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Nb3 Nb6 25.Nd2 Nc4 26.Nf3 Qa5 27.Ng5 Nd2+ 28.Rxd2 Qxd2 29.Rc1 Rc7
30.g3 Rdc8 31.Qg1 Kb8 32.Qe1 Qh2 33.a4 bxa4 34.Qb4 Qxh6 35.Bxa6 Qf8 36.Qxa4 h6
37.Nf3 Qc5 38.Bxb7 Rxb7 39.Ne1 Qb6 40.Qa3 Qb4 41.Qxb4 Rxb4 42.c3 Re4 43.Nc2 g5
44.Rf1 gxf4 45.gxf4 h5 46.Nd4 Rc5 47.Ka2 h4 48.Rf3 Kb7 49.Kb3 Kb6 50.f5 Rxe5
51.fxe6 fxe6 52.Rf8 Rc7 53.Rh8 Re4 54.Rh6 Re7 55.Nf5 Rd7 56.Nd4 Rc7 57.Ka3 Rc8
58.Kb3 Re8 59.Kc2 Kc7 60.Kd3 Kd7 61.b4 Rg8 62.Rh7+ Kd6 63.b5 Rg3+ 64.Kd2 Rg2+
65.Kd3  0-1

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bf1 a6
9.a4 b6 10.d4 Qc7 11.h3 Bb7 12.d5 e5 13.c4 a5 14.Nc3 Rae8 15.g3 Kh8 16.h4 Nb8
17.Bh3 Bc8 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qd2 Kg7 23.Kg2 Qd7
24.Rh1 Be7 25.h5 g5 26.Nc3 f5 27.exf5 Rxf5 28.Nh2 Rcf8 29.Ne4 Na6 30.Qe2 Nc7
31.Ra3 Ne8 32.Ng4 Bd8 33.Qd1 R5f7 34.Re3 Nf6 35.Nexf6 Bxf6 36.b3 Bd8 37.Qe2 Rf5
38.Qc2 Qf7 39.Kg1 Qg8 40.Qe4 Qh7 41.Kg2 Qg8 42.Kf1 Qf7 43.Rh2 Be7 44.Ke2 Bd8
45.Kd3 Be7 46.Kc2 Bd8 47.Kb2 Be7 48.Ka2 Bd8 49.Ka3 Be7 50.Rh1 Bd8 51.Rd1 Be7
52.Rde1 Bd8 53.Rg1 Be7 54.Rf1 Bd8 55.Rd3 Be7 56.Rh1 Bd8 57.Rc3 Be7 58.Re3 Bd8
59.Rh2 Be7 60.Kb2 Bd8 61.Rd3 Be7 62.Kc2 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.g3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg2 a5 10.O-O c6 11.Bd2 Na6 12.Rc1 Nc7 13.f3 Ne6 14.Be1 c5 15.Bf2 b6 16.Qd2 Ba6
17.Rfd1 Bc4 18.Nf4 cxd4 19.exd4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 b5 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Bd6
23.Qd2 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Ne4 10.O-O O-O 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Nd7 14.Nd3 Nf6 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.Rfd1 Bd6 17.Rc2 Qe7 18.Qc1 Rfd8 19.a4 h6 20.Qa1 Nd7 21.Rdc1 Qf8 22.Rd1 c5
23.dxc5 Nxc5 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.e3 Rc7 26.Rcd2 Rcd7 27.h4 f6 28.cxd5 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5
30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 exd5 32.Qd1 Qf7 33.h5 Qe6 34.Qd3 Qe4 35.Qxe4 dxe4 36.g4 a6
37.Kg2 b5 38.Kg3 Bd6+ 39.f4 exf3 40.Kxf3 Kf7 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.Bd4 Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bf5
16.a4 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 18.Nf1 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.c5 Bc7 21.Bc4 a5 22.Bd2 h5
23.Qb3 Be4 24.f3 Bd5 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Bxe1 Qf5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Qd1 Qe6 29.Bf2 f5
30.Qd3 g5 31.h3 Kg7 32.Nd2 h4 33.gxh4 gxh4 34.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.h4 a6 14.Rc1 Qb4 15.Be2 O-O
16.Rh3 Kh8 17.Rg3 Rg8 18.Rcc3 Ne5 19.Rxg8+ Kxg8 20.Rg3+ Kf8 21.Nf3 Nc6 22.e5 fxe5
23.Nxe5 Qd4 24.Nd3 e5 25.Qc1 Qxh4 26.Kg1 Bf5 27.Nxe5 Rc8 28.Qb2 Qb4 29.Rb3 Qe1+
30.Kh2 Qxf2 31.Nxc6 Qf4+ 32.Kg1 Rxc6 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Rxb7+ Bd7 35.Bf3 Qe3+
36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kh2 Rh6+ 39.Kg3 Rg6+ 40.Kh2 Rh6+ 41.Kg3 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Ng5 Nc6 8.h3 Bd7
9.d5 Nb4 10.Nf3 c6 11.Be2 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Na6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Bf3 Qb6
16.b3 Qa6 17.b4 Ne6 18.a4 Qc4 19.Be2 Qc7 20.c4 a5 21.b5 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4
23.Qxd4 Rac8 24.O-O Qc5 25.Qd2 b6 26.Qb2 Qe5 27.Qxe5 dxe5 28.Rac1 Rc5 29.Rfd1 Be6
30.Rd2 Rfc8 31.Rdc2 Kg7 32.f3 g5 33.Kf2 h5 34.Ke3 h4 35.Bf1 Kf8 36.Be2 Ke8
37.Bf1 f6 38.Be2 Rd8 39.Rd2 Rdc8 40.Rdc2 Rd8 41.Rd2 Rd6 42.Rxd6 exd6 43.Kd2 f5
44.Bd3 fxe4 45.fxe4 Ke7 46.Be2 Rc8 47.Bd3 g4 48.hxg4 Rg8 49.Rf1 Rxg4 50.Rf2 Rf4
51.Ke3 Rxf2 52.Kxf2 Bg4 53.Bc2 Kf6 54.Ke3 Kg5 55.Bb3 Bd7 56.Kf3 Bc8 57.Bc2 Bd7
58.Bb3 Bc8 59.Bc2 Be6 60.Bb3 Bg4+ 61.Ke3 Bh5 62.Bc2 Bf7  0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 Bb7 14.a4 d5 15.axb5 dxe4
16.bxa6 exf3 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qxc4 exd4 19.Bh6 d3 20.Qxd3 Nc5 21.axb7 Rxa1 22.Qb5 Bg7
23.Bxg7 Qg5 24.g3 Rb8 25.Bd4 Ne6 26.Qxg5 Nxg5 27.h4 Ne6 28.Be4 Nxd4 29.cxd4 Ra4
30.Bxf3 Rxd4 31.Rc1  1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 f5 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.b3 Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.Bb2 Bf7 12.f4 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nb4 14.e4 Qb5 15.Rf3 Nxd5
16.exd5 e4 17.Bxg7 exf3 18.Bxf8 Qb6+ 19.d4 fxe2 20.Qd2 Kxf8 21.Re1 Re8 22.Kf2 Qb5
23.Rxe2 Bxd5 24.Rxe8+ Kxe8 25.Bf1 Qc6 26.Be2 Kd8 27.Bf1 b6 28.Qb2 a5 29.a3 Kc8
30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Qa4 32.Be2 Kb7 33.Ke3 Qe8+ 34.Kd2 Qe4 35.Qc3 Qg2 36.h4 Kb8
37.Ke1 Qg1+ 38.Kd2 Qb1 39.Ke3 Qa2 40.Kf2 Kb7 41.Ke1 h5 42.b5 Qa5 43.Kd2 Ba2
44.Bd3 d5 45.Qxa5 bxa5 46.g4 hxg4 47.Bxf5 gxf5 48.h5 g3 49.Ke3 g2 50.Kf2 Bc4
51.h6 a4 52.h7 a3 53.h8=Q a2  0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Rf7 12.f3 f4 13.Rc1 h5 14.c5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5
16.Bc4 Kf8 17.Be1 b6 18.b4 cxb4 19.Nb5 c5 20.d6 Nc6 21.Qd5 Qd7 22.Bh4  1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5.d5 Ne7 6.Nxe5 Ng6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qe2 Qe7
9.Bf4 d6 10.Na3 Rh5 11.O-O-O Rf5 12.Qe3 Nf6 13.Bb5+ Kd8 14.Qf3 Qe4 15.Qxe4 Nxe4
16.Be3 Nxf2 17.Bxf2 Rxf2 18.Rhf1 Rxf1 19.Rxf1 f5 20.Rf3 a6 21.Bd3 Ke7 22.g4 fxg4
23.Rf1 Bf5 24.Kd2 Kd7 25.Nc4 Be7 26.Ne3 Rh8 27.Nxf5 Rxh2+ 28.Kc1 gxf5 29.Bxf5+ Kd8
30.Bxg4 Bf6 31.Rf3 Rg2 32.Be6 Rh2 33.Rh3 Rxh3 34.Bxh3 b6 35.Bf1 a5 36.Kc2 Ke7
37.b3 Be5 38.c4 Kf6 39.Kd3 Kf5 40.Ke3 g5 41.Bd3+ Kg4 42.Kf2 Kf4 43.Bg6 Bd4+
44.Kg2 b5 45.Be8 b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1 Nc6 8.h3 e5
9.d3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Na3 Qd8 13.Nc4 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Nfd2 Rd8
16.a3 Qd7 17.b4 b5 18.Ne3 cxb4 19.axb4 a5 20.Nb3 Qc7 21.Qf3 Bb7 22.Nc5 axb4
23.Nd5 Nd4 24.Nxc7 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Rc8 27.cxb4 Rxc7 28.Ra7 Bf8
29.Rxb7 Rxb7 30.Nxb7 Bxb4 31.d4 exd4 32.Bxb5 Kg7 33.Nd8 Be7 34.Nc6 Bc5 35.Bc4 f5
36.Ne5 Bd6 37.Nd7 h5 38.Kf1 g5 39.Bd3 Kg6 40.Ke2 Bh2 41.Bc2 Bc7 42.Kd2 Bh2
43.Kd3 g4 44.h4 Bg1 45.Ke2 Bh2 46.Kf1 Bc7 47.Kg2 Bd6 48.Bb1 Bc7 49.Nc5 Kf6
50.Nd3 Bd6 51.f4 Ke7 52.Ba2 Ba3 53.Kg3 Bd6 54.Bc4 Bc7 55.Ba6 Kd7 56.Ne5+ Ke6
57.Bc8+ Kf6 58.Nd3 Bd6 59.Bd7 Kg6 60.Be8+ Kh6 61.Ne5  1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bf4 d6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Be2 Qe7 10.h3 Ne4 11.Bh2 f5 12.Rc1 a5 13.b3 O-O 14.O-O e5 15.c5 bxc5 16.dxe5 dxe5
17.Bb5 c6 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Qe2 Nd6 20.Rfd1 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Ba6 22.Qh4 Qxh4 23.Nxh4 Ra7
24.Rd6 e4 25.Rcd1 Bd3 26.Nf3 a4 27.bxa4 Rf6 28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.Nd2 Rxa4 30.Bd6 Rxa3
31.Rc1 Ra2 32.Nb3 c4 33.Nd4 c5 34.Nxf5 Ra3 35.Nd4 Rb3 36.Ne6 Rb6 37.Ra1 Kg8
38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Nd8+ Kg6 40.Bc7 Rb1+ 41.Kh2 c3 42.f4 exf3  0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 f5 13.Qd5+ Kh8 14.Bxg4 fxg4 15.Bg5 Qe8
16.Rad1 Be6 17.Qd3 Rf7 18.Be3 b6 19.Bd4 Qf8 20.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 Nfd7 7.Be3 c5 8.d5 Na6
9.O-O O-O 10.Ng5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nc7 12.a4 a6 13.f4 Rb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.f5 b5
16.axb5 axb5 17.Qg4 Rb6 18.b4 gxf5 19.Qxf5 Rg6 20.bxc5 bxc4 21.d6 exd6 22.cxd6 Ne6
23.Nxf7 Qf6 24.Qxf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Nh6+ Kg7 27.Ra7 Rd8 28.Nf5+ Kg6
29.Ne7+ Kf7 30.Nc6 Rc8 31.Rxd7+ Ke8 32.Nxe5 Bxe5 33.Re7+ Kd8 34.Bb6+  1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Kh1 Rc8 12.Rad1 b5 13.a3 Qc7 14.Nb3 Qb8 15.Bf3 Bg4
16.Bxg4 Nxg4 17.Bg1 b4 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.Qe2 Nf6 20.e5 Ne8 21.Rfe1 Nc7 22.exd6 exd6
23.Bd4 Ne6 24.Bxg7 Nxg7 25.Nd4 d5 26.Qd2 Rc4 27.Nce2 Ne6 28.c3 Nc6 29.b3 Rc5
30.f5 gxf5 31.Nxf5 Qxb3 32.Qh6 Qc2 33.Qf6 h5 34.Ned4 Ncxd4 35.cxd4 Rc7 36.Ra1 Qd2
37.Rf1 Qg5 38.Qxg5+ Nxg5 39.Rxa6 Ne6 40.Ra5 Rd8 41.Kg1 Kh7 42.h3 Rb7 43.Ne3 Rbd7
44.Rf5 Kg6 45.Rfxd5 Rxd5 46.Nxd5 Kg7 47.Ne3 Nxd4 48.Rxh5 Ne6 49.Rd5 Ra8 50.Kf2 Ra3
51.h4 Kg6 52.g4 Ra1 53.Kg3 Rg1+ 54.Kf3 Ra1 55.Rd6 Ra3 56.Rd5 Ra4 57.Rd3 Kg7
58.Kg3 Ra1 59.Nf5+ Kg6 60.h5+ Kf6 61.Ne3 Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Re1 Rb8
16.Qd2 Qa5 17.Qc2 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra1 Qb4 20.Ra7 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Rb1 c4
23.Na2 Qb3 24.Qxb3 cxb3 25.Nb4 f5 26.Nc6 Rb7 27.Rxb7 Bxb7 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Bxf5 Bg7
30.Ra1 Bxb2 31.Rb1 Bg7 32.Rxb3 Ba6 33.Ra3 Ra8 34.Bd3 Bb2 35.Ra2 Bc3 36.Bxb5 Bb7
37.Rxa8+ Bxa8 38.Kf1 Nf6 39.Bc4 Bb2 40.Ke2 Kf7 41.f4 Ke8 42.Kd3 Kd7 43.Nb4 h5
44.g3 Bb7 45.Bd4 Bxd4 46.Kxd4 Bc8 47.Nc2 Ke7 48.Bf1 Kf7 49.Ne3 Ke7 50.Bg2 Kd8
51.Nd1 Ng8 52.Bf3 Ne7 53.Ne3 h4 54.g4 Ba6 55.f5  1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.c3 Qxc5 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.Qe2 O-O
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Na3 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.Rad1 b5 13.Kh1 Bb7 14.Bg1 Nc5 15.Nd2 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qc6 18.Qd2 Qxe4 19.Rfe1 Qf5 20.Rxe7 Be4 21.Re1 d5 22.Re2 Bh6
23.Nc2 Bxf4 24.Be3 Bd6 25.Rxe4 dxe4 26.Rf2 Qe6 27.Nd4 Qe5 28.Bf4 e3 29.Qd3 Qh5
30.Qxe3  0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.a4 Rb8 14.h3 Bf8 15.Bg5 h6 16.axb5 axb5
17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Ne3 Qd8 19.Nd5 Ne7 20.Bb3 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6 23.Qb3 Re7
24.Qd5 Qb6 25.Nd2 Ra7 26.Nf1 b4 27.cxb4 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Qxb4 29.Ne3 Qb7 30.Qxb7 Rxb7
31.Nc4 g6 32.Ra6 Rb3 33.Ra3 Rb4 34.Kf1 f5 35.f3 fxe4 36.fxe4 Kf7 37.Ra8 Be7
38.Ke2 h5 39.Kd1 Rb7 40.Kc2 Ke6 41.Kc3 h4 42.Ne3 Bg5 43.Nd5 Kf7 44.Rc8 Ke6
45.Rh8 Ra7 46.Kc4 Ra4+ 47.Kb3 Ra7 48.Kc4 Ra4+ 49.Kb3 Ra7 50.Rc8 Kf7 51.Rc7+ Rxc7
52.Nxc7 Ke7 53.Kc4 Kd7 54.Nd5 Ke6 55.Kb5 Kd7 56.Kb6 Bd8+ 57.Kb7 Ba5 58.Ka6 Bd8
59.Kb7 Ba5 60.Ka7 Bc7 61.Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 a6 12.a4 Be7 13.b5 axb5 14.axb5 Nf6 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.O-O c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Nb5 Bb6 19.Qb3 Bd7 20.Nbd4 Rb8 21.Qa3 Ra8 22.Qb2 Rb8
23.Qa3 Ra8 24.Qb4 Rb8 25.Qd6 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qb6 27.Qf4 Rbc8 28.h3 Qb8 29.Qxb8 Rxb8
30.Rc7 Rfc8 31.Ra7 Ra8 32.Rfa1 Rc1+ 33.Rxc1 Rxa7 34.g4 Kf8 35.Rb1 Ra3 36.Bf5 g6
37.Bxd7 Nxd7 38.Rb5 Nf6 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Rb7 Ne4 41.Ne6+ Kg8 42.Nd8 Nd6 43.Rb6 Ne4
44.Rb7 Nd6 45.Rd7 Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 axb4 15.axb4 Ndf6
16.c5 Nh5 17.Nc4 Nf4 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nb5 Ra6 20.Rb3 fxe4 21.fxe4 Bd7 22.Nc3 Ra1
23.Bxf4 Rxf1+ 24.Bxf1 exf4 25.Qf2 Nh6 26.h3 Nf7 27.Ne2 Ng5 28.Nxf4 Qf6 29.g3 Nxe4
30.Qe3 Nxg3 31.Qxg3 Qxf4 32.Qxf4 Rxf4  0-1

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O d5 6.d3 Ba6 7.Nbd2 c4 8.exd5 cxd5
9.c3 Qa5 10.dxc4 dxc4 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Ndf3 Bd6 14.Rd1 Nf6 15.Nxf7 Bxh2+
16.Nxh2 Kxf7 17.Bg5 Rhe8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Ng4 Rf8 21.Rd4 Bb7 22.Rad1 Bc6
23.Rxc4 Kh8 24.Qh6 Rf7 25.Nxf6 Qe7 26.Ne4 Rg7 27.Ng3 Qb7 28.Qxe6  1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 exd5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Qc2 Nxe5 12.Qe4 Be6 13.Qxe5 Qxd5 14.Qxg7 Rf8 15.Rd1 Qe4+
16.Be2 Nd7 17.Ng5 Qg6 18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.Qg5 f6 20.Qh5+ Rf7 21.O-O O-O-O 22.Rd6 Qxd6
23.Qxf7 Ne5 24.Qxh7 Qd2 25.Qf5+ Rd7 26.Bh5 Qg5 27.Qh3 Qh6 28.f4 Nd3 29.Bg4 Qxh3
30.gxh3 b5 31.h4 Kc7 32.Bxd7 Kxd7 33.h5 Ke7 34.Kh1 Kf7 35.Rg1 Nf2+ 36.Kg2 Ng4
37.Kf3 Nh6 38.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Bd2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c5 11.dxc5 O-O 12.b4 a5 13.bxa5 Nxc5 14.O-O Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qd7
16.Rab1 Nd5 17.a4 Qxa4 18.Rxb7 Bd8 19.Nh5 Bxa5 20.Bh6 Bc3 21.Qg3 g6 22.Bxf8 Rxf8
23.Rb8 Qa7 24.Rfb1 h6 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Qd6+ Kg8 27.Qb8+ Qxb8 28.Rxb8+ Kh7
29.Ng3 g5 30.Ne2 Be5 31.Re8 Kg6 32.h3 Nf6 33.Rc8 Nd5 34.Kf1 Kf5 35.Rf8 Kg6
36.Ke1 h5 37.Kd2 g4 38.h4 Nf4 39.d4 Bc7 40.Nxf4+ Bxf4+ 41.Kd3 Bd6 42.Rg8+ Kh7
43.Rg5 Kh6 44.g3 Be7 45.Rb5 Kg6 46.Ke4 Bf6 47.Rb6 Kg7 48.d5 exd5+ 49.Kxd5 Bc3
50.Ke4 Be1  1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4
16.Re5 Qf6 17.Re3 Qf4 18.Re5 Qf6 19.Re3 Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.Nc3 a6 10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Ne2 f5 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Ndc5 14.Nf4 Qe8 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.b4 Rd8 18.Bd4 g5 19.bxc5 gxf4 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Rc7 Rf7 22.Qb3 b5  1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxd3 a5 11.O-O O-O 12.Rad1 Nd7 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nb6
16.Qb3 Be7 17.Ne5 Rf8 18.Nc5 a4 19.Qc2 Qc7 20.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Na6 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.e4 c5 13.exd5 exd5 14.a3 Bd6 15.Be5 Re8
16.Qf5 cxd4 17.Bxd4 dxc4 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Nxc4 Bf8 21.b4 Nab8
22.Bb2 Rc7 23.Ne3 Rec8 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Nd4 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 a6 27.Nd5 Rc4 28.Rc1 Rxc1
29.Bxc1 f6 30.Bf4 a5 31.b5 Ne5 32.a4 Nbd7 33.Ne6 Kf7 34.Nxf8 Kxf8 35.Be3 Nc4
36.Bd4 Kf7 37.Kf3 Ke6 38.Nf4+ Kd6 39.Ke4 Nc5+ 40.Bxc5+ Kxc5 41.Nd3+ Kd6 42.h4 Nd2+
43.Kd4 Nf3+ 44.Ke4 Nd2+ 45.Kd4 Nf3+ 46.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 a5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 a4 12.Bd3 b6 13.cxb6 Qxb6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rfe1 O-O
16.Bc2 Bc6 17.Re3 Nd7 18.Rg3 Rfc8 19.Rd1 Nf8 20.h4 Qc7 21.h5 h6 22.Re1 Kh8
23.Qd1 Qd7 24.Ne2 Bb5 25.Nc3 Bc6 26.Ne2 Bb5 27.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.bxa3 Bd7
9.Ne5 Bc6 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Bb2 Nd5 12.Rb1 Nb6 13.e3 Qd6 14.Qc2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Rab8
16.e4 e5 17.d5 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Rxd4 c6 20.a4 Qc5 21.Qc3 cxd5 22.exd5 Rbc8
23.Rb5 Qe7 24.a5 Na4 25.Qc2 Qe1+ 26.Bf1 Nc3 27.Rxb7 Nxd5 28.Rxc4 Ne3 29.fxe3 Rxc4
30.Qxc4 Qxe3+ 31.Kg2 Rd2+ 32.Kh3 Qh6+ 33.Kg4 Qg6+ 34.Kh3 Qh6+ 35.Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.d3 Nd4 11.Bb2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Qc2 Bd5 15.Nd2 Bxf3
16.Nxf3 Bd6 17.d4 Re8 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nd4 Bf8 20.Rfd1 Qc8 21.Nf5 Qe6 22.Ne3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.a4 c4 15.bxc4 Nxc4 16.Na3 Qc7
17.Nxc4 Qxc4 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.Bxd3 Nd7 20.Be3 f5 21.exf5 Nf6 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Nxd5
24.Bd7 Nxc3 25.Rac1 Ra3 26.Bg5 Bf6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Re3 Na2 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Rc7 Rxe3
31.fxe3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Nb4 33.Kf2 d5 34.Kg3 d4 35.exd4 exd4 36.Kg4 Na6 37.Rd7 Nc5
38.Rd5 Nb7 39.Rxd4 Rd8 40.Rc4 Nd6 41.Rc7 Ne8 42.Rf7 Rd4+ 43.f4 Nd6 44.Ra7 Nb5
45.Ra8+ Kg7 46.Kh5 h6 47.Rg8+ Kh7 48.Re8 Kg7 49.Re7+ Kf8 50.Rf7+ Ke8 51.Kg6 Nd6
52.Rd7 Kf8 53.Kxh6 Rd2 54.h4 Rd1 55.h5 Rd2 56.Kh7 Rd1 57.h6 Rd2 58.Rg7 Rh2
59.Rg6 Ne8 60.Rg8+ Ke7 61.Rg4 Nd6 62.Kg7 Ne8+ 63.Kg6 Kf8 64.Rg1 Nd6  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.e4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bb7 14.Qd3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nc5
16.Qc2 a6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Bd2 Ncd7 19.Bf4 Qc5 20.Bc1 Qc7 21.e5 Nd5 22.Ne3 Qxc2
23.Ndxc2 Rac8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxc2 27.Rxd7 Bb4 28.Red1 Rxa2
29.Be3 Bc5 30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.Rc7 Ra3 32.e6 fxe6 33.Rdd7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.a5 Bd7 14.Qe1 Bc6 15.Qg3 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Rac8 17.Nf3 Bf8 18.Bd4 Qe7 19.e5 Nh5 20.Qg4 g6 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.dxe4 Rc4
23.Rae1 Rd8 24.Bc3 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Ra4 26.Qf3 Bg7 27.f5 exf5 28.exf5 Qc7 29.fxg6 fxg6
30.g3 Nf6 31.Nxg6 hxg6 32.Bxf6 Rf8 33.Qd5+ Qf7 34.Qd1 Ra1 35.Qxa1 Qd5+ 36.Kg1 Bxf6
37.h4 Qd4+ 38.Kg2 Qd2+ 39.Kh3 Qd7+ 40.Kg2 Qd2+ 41.Kh3 Qd7+ 42.Kh2 Qd2+ 43.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nh3 Qe7
9.Nf4 Nc6 10.Qg4 Nxd4 11.O-O-O Nf5 12.Ncxd5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Qxe5 14.Bb5 O-O
15.Bxd7 Nh6 16.Qg3 Qxg3 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.fxg3 Bxd7 19.Rxd7 Ng4 20.Rxc7 b5 21.Rh4 Nf6
22.Nf5 a6 23.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Rb1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.a4 a6
16.Be4 Rc8 17.Qd3 Bg6 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Bg5 Qa5 20.c4 bxc4 21.Qxc4 Nb6 22.Qb3 Rb8
23.Bd2 Qf5 24.Rbc1 Rfc8 25.a5 Nd5 26.Qc4 Rb5 27.Rfe1 Nf4 28.Ne5 Rb2 29.Be3 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Nd3 31.g4 Qf3 32.Qxd3 Rxf2 33.Bxf2 Qxd3 34.e6 fxe6 35.Rxe6 Qxh3 36.Rc4 Rd8
37.Rce4 Rd1+ 38.Be1 Qg3+ 39.Kf1 Qf3+ 40.Kg1 g5  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qa4+ Qd7 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e3 c5
9.Bxc4 Qc8 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.Rd1 b5 13.Ba2 Be7 14.e4 b4 15.Na4 Qc6
16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 bxa3 18.e5 Ne4 19.Nd4 Qxc5 20.f3 Rd8 21.Be3 axb2 22.Qxb2 Qc3
23.Qe2 Nc5 24.Rac1 Qa5 25.f4 g6 26.f5 gxf5 27.Nxf5 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rg8 29.Ng3 h5
30.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 31.Kh1 h4 32.Bxe6 hxg3 33.Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.Qh5+ Kg7 35.Qg4+ Kh6
36.Qh3+ Kg6 37.Qxg3+ Bg5 38.Qd3+ Kg7 39.Qd7+ Qe7 40.Qxe7+ Bxe7 41.Rd7 Rd8  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 Nbd7 5.Be2 e5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6
9.Be3 Re8 10.d5 Qa5 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nb6 13.Rfc1 Na4 14.Nxa4 Qxa4 15.f3 Rec8
16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Nb1 Nd7 18.Nc3 Qb4 19.Rc2 Nc5 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Kh1 a5 22.b3 h6
23.g3 Bg5 24.Bf2 h5 25.h4 Bh6 26.Kg2 g6 27.Be1 Qb7 28.Bf2 Qb4 29.Be1 Qb7
30.Bf2 Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.d5 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.Qxd5 Qxd5 7.Nxd5 Bd6 8.Nd2 Ne7
9.Nxc4 Nxd5 10.Nxd6+ Ke7 11.Nxc8+ Rxc8 12.g3 Nb4 13.Bh3 Rd8 14.O-O N8c6 15.Bg5+ f6
16.Be3 b6 17.Rfc1 a5 18.Bg2 a4 19.a3 Nd5 20.Bxc5+ bxc5 21.Rxc5 Nd4 22.Rxd5 Rxd5
23.Bxd5 Rb8 24.e3 Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Rxb2 26.Be4 Nc3 27.Bxh7 Kd6 28.Bd3 Rd2 29.Bc4 Ne4
30.Ra2 Kc5 31.Be6 Kb5 32.Rxd2 Nxd2+ 33.Ke2 Nb1 34.Kd3 Nxa3 35.h4 Kc5 36.Bd7 Nb5
37.Bxb5 Kxb5 38.g4 Kb4 39.Kc2 Kc4 40.h5 Kd5 41.f4 Ke4 42.Kb2 f5 43.g5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.O-O O-O 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.c6 cxb3 17.Nc4 b2 18.Bxb2 Bxc4 19.Qg4 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qxc4 Ne5 22.Qa6 Nf3+
23.Bxf3 Qxf3 24.Qxa7 Rxc6 25.Rab1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.O-O Bd6
9.c4 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Re1+ Ne7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Ne5 Qf5 15.Qa4+ Kf8
16.Nf1 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Ng4 18.Bf4 c5 19.Ng3 Qe6 20.Bg5 Nh6 21.f4 Nef5 22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Nxf5 Qxf5 24.Qc6 Kg7 25.Qxd5 Qxf4 26.Re4 Qf5 27.Qb7+ Kg6 28.Rf1  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Ne5 Qd4 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Qa4 Bd6 8.e3 Qc5
9.Nxc4 b5 10.d4 Qf5 11.Qa5 Rb8 12.Nxd6+ cxd6 13.Qxa7 h5 14.Nc3 b4 15.Nd1 h4
16.Nf2 hxg3 17.hxg3 Rxh1+ 18.Bxh1 Qb5 19.Bd2 Ba6 20.O-O-O Qa4 21.Bxb4 Rxb4  0-1

[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Krause, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Nh4 Bf8
16.Qf3 Rc8 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Ngf5 b4 19.Ba4 Rf8 20.cxb4 cxb4 21.Rac1 Rc5 22.Be3 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Nb7 24.Rc8  1-0

[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fischer, M."]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.d4 h4 8.d5 Nb8 9.e4 Bg4
10.h3 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nd7 12.Be3 Bh6 13.Bf3 Ngf6 14.Qd2 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Kf8 16.Qg5 Kg7
17.Kf1 a5 18.b3 Nc5 19.Kg2 c6 20.Rhe1 cxd5 21.cxd5 hxg3 22.fxg3 Qc8 23.Bg4 Nxg4
24.Qxg4 Nxb3 25.Qxc8 Rhxc8 26.axb3 Rxc3 27.b4 a4 28.Rec1 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 a3
30.Ra1 a2 31.Kf2 Ra3 32.b5 f5 33.h4 Kh6 34.b6 Kh5  0-1

[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pioch, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.g3 Be7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.Bf4 b5 11.Qc2 a5 12.O-O Na6 13.Rad1 b4 14.axb4 axb4 15.Nb1 Qb6
16.Nbd2 Rac8 17.Bh3 Rcd8 18.Rc1 Rfe8 19.Nb3 h6 20.Ne5 Bd6 21.Nxc6 Bxf4 22.gxf4 Rc8
23.Bxc8  1-0

[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vatter, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Be5 Be7 13.f4 O-O 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Qe2 Nxe5
16.fxe5 Rb8 17.Bc4 Bd7 18.Bb3 a5 19.a4 Rb4 20.Rd3 Kh8 21.Rhd1 Qb8 22.g3 f6
23.Re1 Rc8 24.Kb1 f5 25.Red1 Be8 26.h3 Bg6 27.Ka2 f4 28.Rd4 fxg3 29.Qg4 Bg5
30.Qxg3 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Bf6 32.Qf3 Bxe5  0-1

[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.a5 Qc7
9.h3 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Re8 12.Nd2 Nf8 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Bf3 Ne6 15.Be3 Red8
16.Nb3 b5 17.axb6 axb6 18.Qd2 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 b5 20.Rd1 Be8 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 b4
23.Ne2 c5 24.Be3 Bc6 25.Bg5 h6 26.Bxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schlenker, Rainer"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e6 8.Bd3 d6
9.f4 Qc7 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.Nf3 O-O-O 12.O-O h6 13.Rb1 Kb8 14.Qe2 d5 15.Rfc1 Na5
16.c4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Rxc4 Bc6 19.Ba5 Qxa5 20.Rxc6 Be7 21.Rb5 Qa4 22.Qb2 Rd7
23.d5 Qa3 24.Qb1  0-1

[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.c3 c6 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Nbd2 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "David, Pavel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 Re8 8.d3 e4
9.Nd4 h6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Rb1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Bf3 h6 12.h3 Nh7 13.Nc2 Qh4 14.Qxd6 Be5 15.Qd1 Nc5
16.Be3 Rd8 17.Qe2 Nd3 18.Red1 Nxb2 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Rxb2 Bxc3 21.Rb3 Bg7
22.e5 Qe7 23.Bf4 Ng5 24.Nd4 Bxh3 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Rxb7 Bxe5 27.Nxc6 Re8 28.Nxe5 Rxe5
29.Qd1 Be6 30.Rxa7 Bxc4 31.Qd4 Bd5 32.Bxd5 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Qh5+ 34.Kg3 Qg5+ 35.Kh2 Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 Nb6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.b3 cxd5 14.exd5 e6 15.dxe6 Bxe6
16.Be3 Bd5 17.Rc1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Qxd5+ 20.Nf3 Qb5 21.Rc5 Qa6 22.Rc7 Rad8
23.Qc2 Nc6 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Rd8 26.Qf1 b5 27.a4 Nd4 28.Bxd4 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Rxd4
30.Qe2 Rd8 31.axb5 Qd6 32.Rxa7 Qd5+ 33.Qf3 Qxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Rd3+ 35.Ke4 Rxb3
36.Rb7 Rb2 37.b6 Kg7 38.Kd5 Rxf2 39.Rc7 Rxh2 40.Rc5 Rd2+ 41.Kc6 f5 42.b7 Rd8
43.Kc7 Rf8 44.b8=Q Rxb8 45.Kxb8 Kf6 46.Kc7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.Bxc4 Qd6 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc5 12.b4 Qc7 13.Qxd4 Bg6 14.e5 Bxb4 15.exf6 O-O
16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Rfd8 18.Qd6 Qc8 19.Ne5 Nc5 20.Qe7 a6 21.Be2 Nxa4 22.Nxa4 Qc1+
23.Kf2 Qxh1 24.Nb6 Qxh2 25.Nxa8 Qh4+ 26.Kf1 Qh1+ 27.Kf2 Qh4+ 28.Kg1 Rd1+
29.Bxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.O-O-O Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Nxh5 15.g4 Nf6
16.Nb3 Re8 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Bg5 Qc8 19.Qh2 Be6 20.Rd3 h5 21.gxh5 Nxh5 22.Qg2 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Qxc3 25.Rxh5 Bxb3 26.axb3 Qa1+ 27.Kd2 Rc8 28.Rh2 Qd4+
29.Kc1 Qa1+ 30.Kd2 Qd4+ 31.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.a4 Nec6 13.f4 Na5 14.Qa3 Nd7 15.Nf3 b6
16.cxb6 axb6 17.Nd2 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.O-O Rfa8 20.Qb4 Nb7 21.Ra2 Qc6 22.Rfa1 Ndc5
23.c4 h6 24.e5 Rxa4 25.Rxa4 Rxa4 26.Rxa4 Nxa4 27.Bd4 Qd7 28.Nf3 Nbc5 29.h3 Nd3
30.Qd2 Nac5 31.Bxc5 Nxc5 32.Qxd7 Nxd7 33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Ke3 Ke7 35.Nd4 h5 36.Nb5 f6
37.Kd4 fxe5+ 38.fxe5 Nc5 39.Nd6 Kd7 40.h4 Nb3+ 41.Ke3 Nc5 42.Nf7 Ke7 43.Ng5 Nb3
44.Ne4 Na5 45.Nd6 Kd7 46.Kf4 Kc6 47.Kg5 Kc5 48.Kxh5 Nxc4 49.Nxc4 Kxc4 50.Kg6 b5
51.h5 b4 52.Kxg7 b3 53.h6 b2 54.h7 b1=Q 55.h8=Q Qf5 56.Qh3 Qxe5+ 57.Kf7 Kd4
58.Qxe6 Qxe6+ 59.Kxe6 Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Na4 Nh5 13.a3 Nxf4 14.axb4 Nd3 15.Nc5 Nxc5
16.bxc5 Rfb8 17.Qc3 Qb7 18.Ra2 Bg4 19.Nd2 Be2 20.Re1 Bb5 21.e4 a5 22.exd5 exd5
23.Rxa5 Rxa5 24.Qxa5 Bd3 25.Qc3 Bf5 26.b3 h6 27.f3 Qb4 28.Qb2 Ra8 29.Re2 Bd3
30.Re3 Bg6 31.Kf2 Kh7 32.Qc3 Qb8 33.Nf1 Ra2+ 34.Re2 Ra3 35.Rb2 Ra1 36.b4 Rd1
37.b5 cxb5 38.c6 Qc7 39.g3 Ra1 40.Ne3 Ra6 41.Rxb5 Rxc6 42.Rc5 Rxc5 43.dxc5 Qa7
44.Qd4 Qa2+ 45.Kg1 Qe2 46.c6 Bd3 47.c7 Ba6 48.Qc3 d4 49.Qc2+ Qxc2 50.Nxc2 d3
51.Ne3 d2 52.Kf2 Kg6 53.Nd1 Kf6 54.Ke3 Ke6 55.Kxd2 Kd6 56.Ne3 Bc8 57.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6 13.O-O e6 14.f4 Bg7 15.dxe6 Bxe6
16.f5 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 gxf5 18.exf5 Bxa2 19.Rb2 Bd5 20.f6 Bh8 21.Rf4 h5 22.Bxh5 Rfd8
23.Rg4+ Kh7 24.Bg5 Rac8 25.Rf2 Be6 26.Rh4 Kg8 27.Rf3 c4 28.Rg3 Rd3 29.Bf3 Bf5
30.Bf4+ Bg6 31.Be5 Re8 32.Rxg6+ fxg6 33.Rxh8+ Kf7 34.Rh7+ Ke6 35.Bd4 Kf5
36.Rxa7 Rc8 37.f7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.d5 d6 8.Ng3 c6 9.Be2 exd5
10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nh5 Nxh5 12.Bxh5 d4 13.Qxd4 Nc6 14.Qd1 Be6 15.Bf3 g6 16.O-O Bg7
17.Nd5 Na5 18.Be2 Rc8 19.e4 Nc4 20.Rb1 Qh4 21.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 Re8
9.O-O Qc7 10.Ng3 Be6 11.f4 c5 12.d5 Bd7 13.c4 Na6 14.Qf3 Qb6 15.b3 Bf8 16.Bb2 Nc7
17.Bf5 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 Red8 19.Rae1 Ne8 20.Qh5 Qa5 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Nh6+ gxh6
23.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.d5 Nd4 10.Bc2 Nxc2 11.Qxc2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 Nf6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Qd2 Qe8
16.a4 a6 17.Ng3 Qg6 18.Qf2 Rae8 19.Rae1 Rf7 20.a5 Bf8 21.Bd2 Rg7 22.Re3 h5
23.Nge2 h4 24.Kh2 Nh5 25.Be1 Be7 26.Rg1 Kh7 27.Rf3 Reg8 28.Kh1 Bf6 29.Qe3 Kh8
30.Bd2 Re7 31.Qf2 Rh7 32.Kh2 Rhg7 33.Kh1 Bc8 34.Be1 Rh7 35.Nd1 Bd7 36.Ndc3 Re8
37.Bd2 Rg8 38.Be1 Rhg7 39.Bd2 Kh7 40.Be1 Re7 41.Bd2 Bc8 42.b4 Kh8 43.Kh2 Reg7
44.Kh1 Qh7 45.Be1 e4 46.Re3 Bd7 47.Nc1 Ng3+ 48.Kh2 Bd4 49.Bd2 Qh6 50.N3e2 Bxe3
51.Qxe3 Kh7 52.Be1 Be8 53.Qf2 Re7 54.Qe3 Reg7 55.Qf2 Bh5 56.Nd4 Re7 57.Qe3 Qg6
58.Bxg3 hxg3+ 59.Kh1 Qf6 60.Re1 Rf7 61.Ne6 Kh6 62.Nb3 Qb2 63.Ng5 Rxg5 64.fxg5+ Kh7
65.Nd2 Bg6 66.Qe2 Qe5 67.Rf1 Kg8 68.Qe3 f4 69.Qe2 Qf5 70.Ra1 f3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.a4 b6
9.Be3 Re8 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.h3 a6 12.Ne2 Bf8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.a5 b5
16.c4 bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.b4 Nbd7 10.Bb2 a5 11.b5 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.Be2 Qe7 14.O-O Rae8 15.Nd2 Qg5
16.f4 Qe7 17.Bf3 Ndf6 18.Rfe1 Ba8 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.a4 Qh4 21.g3 Qh6 22.Qe2 Rd8
23.Red1 Qg6 24.Kf1 Qf7 25.Rd3 Rd7 26.Rc1 h6 27.Ba3 Rfd8 28.Qg2 Qe8 29.Bb2 Nf6
30.d5 e5 31.Rd2 Bb7 32.fxe5 dxe5 33.Rf2 Bc8 34.Kg1 Rf7 35.Qf1 Qe7 36.Qe1 Nd7
37.Qc3 Nc5 38.Ba3 Rdf8 39.Re1 e4 40.Bh5 Rf6 41.Bd1 Bd7 42.Kf1 Be8 43.Ke2 Bh5+
44.Kd2 Bxd1 45.Rxd1 Kf7 46.Rb1 Ke8 47.Qd4 Kd7 48.Bxc5 Qxc5 49.Qxc5 bxc5 50.Ke2 g5
51.Rb2 Rb6 52.Rb1 Kd6 53.h4 g4 54.Kd2 h5 55.Kc3 Ke5 56.Rd2 Rd8 57.Rf1 Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 e6 8.Qf3 Qe7
9.Ne4 dxe5 10.Bg5 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qa5 12.Bf6 Bxf6 13.Qxf6 O-O 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.dxe5 Bd7
16.Nbd2 Bc6 17.f4 N6d7 18.Bc2 a5 19.O-O-O Kg7 20.Rhe1 a4 21.b4 axb3 22.axb3 Na6
23.b4 Nb6 24.Kb2 Rad8 25.g3 Bb5 26.Bb3 Ba4 27.Bxa4 Nxa4+ 28.Kb3 b5 29.Nf3 c5
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Nd6 Nc7 32.Ng5 c4+ 33.Kc2 Ra8 34.Ra1 f6 35.Nge4 fxe5 36.fxe5 Nb6
37.Rxa8 Nbxa8 38.Nf6 Nb6 39.Kd2 h5 40.Nfe8+ Nxe8 41.Nxe8+ Kf8 42.Nc7 Ke7
43.Ke3 Kd7 44.Nxb5 Kc6 45.Nd4+ Kd5 46.Kf4 Nd7 47.Nc2 Nxe5 48.Ne3+ Kd6 49.h4  1-0

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Be1 Qe7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Re8 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Nd2 Nd6 17.e4 c5 18.Qc3 b6 19.f3 Bb7 20.Bf2 f5 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Rb1 Bc6
23.Qd3 Rf8 24.Nb3 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nb7 26.Nd2 h6 27.Nf1 Qd6 28.Qc2 Qg6 29.Ne3 Nd6
30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.cxd5 c4 32.Re1 Qg4 33.Qc3 Qh5 34.Qb4 Nf6 35.h3 Nfe8 36.g4 Qg6
37.Bg3 Qg5 38.Qc3 Nf7 39.Qxc4 h5 40.Qc1 Qg6 41.Qd1 Ned6 42.Kh2 hxg4 43.Qxg4 Qxg4
44.hxg4 Nh6 45.g5 Nhf7 46.g6 Nh6 47.Bh3 Rf6 48.Be6+ Kf8 49.Ra1 Rxg6 50.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "Brussels SWIFT blitz"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e6 7.c4 Bd6 8.Na3 O-O
9.Nc2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Be5 11.Qc1 Bxb2 12.Qxb2 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ne3 e4 15.Bg2 Qb6
16.d3 Rac8 17.Rfd1 Qe6 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.Rd4 Nb8 20.Rad1 Qe5 21.Qd2 Nc6 22.Rd6 h6
23.b4 Rfd8 24.a3 Rxd6 25.Qxd6 Qc3 26.Qc5 Qxc5 27.bxc5 Ne7 28.Rb1 Rc7 29.g4 Kf8
30.h4 Rxc5 31.Rxb7 Ned5 32.Nf5 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Nxg4+ 34.Kg3 Ngf6 35.Rb8+ Ne8
36.Bxe4 Rc3+ 37.e3 Nf6 38.Bf3 Rxa3 39.Rb7 a5 40.Be2 Rc3  1-0

[Event "Brussels SWIFT blitz"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 O-O
9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.a3 Bd6 13.e4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 e5 15.d5 Nb6
16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Be2 a4 18.Nd2 Be6 19.Bg4 Rfd8 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Qe2 Bc5 22.Rfd1 Bd4
23.Nf3 c5 24.Qc2 Rab8 25.Ne2 Nc8 26.Rb1 Qb3 27.Qxb3 Rxb3 28.Nc3 Nb6 29.Nd2 c4
30.Nxb3 axb3 31.Nb5 Na4 32.Kf1 Kf8 33.Rd2 Bb6 34.Rxd8+ Bxd8 35.Nd6 Nb6 36.Rc1 Be7
37.Nxc4 Na4  0-1

[Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.c4 exd4 12.Nxd4 c5 13.Nf5 O-O 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.f3 Be6
16.Qb6 Qd7 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.b3 Rc6 19.Qa5 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Nf1 Qd8 22.Qxd8 Rxd8
23.Ng3 Be6 24.Ne4 b6 25.Nc3 h6 26.Rd2 Ne7 27.Rad1 Kf7 28.Bf4 Nf5 29.g4 Nd4
30.Kg2 d5 31.cxd5 Bxd5 32.Nxd5 Rxd5 33.h4 Rf6 34.Be3 Rfd6 35.h5 Nc2 36.Bf4 Rxd2+
37.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 38.Bxd2 b5 39.Kf2 Nd4 40.Bc3 Ne6 41.Ke3 g6 42.hxg6+ Kxg6 43.f4 Kf7
44.Ke4 Nc7 45.Be5 Ne6 46.Kd5 Ke7 47.f5 Ng5 48.Bf4 Nf7 49.Kxc5 Kf6 50.Kb6 h5
51.gxh5 Kxf5 52.Bd2 Kg4 53.h6 Kf5 54.Kxa6  1-0

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.Bc2 g6 15.d5 Ne7
16.c4 c6 17.b3 Nc8 18.a4 Nb6 19.a5 Nbd7 20.Nf1 Qc7 21.Bg5 Rec8 22.Bd3 h6
23.Bh4 cxd5 24.cxd5 Qc3 25.Re3 Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Borriss, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5
10.Nd2 a5 11.g4 c6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.h4 cxd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Nh7
17.Nxb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Rb8 19.a4 Nxg5 20.Qg4 f6 21.Ra3 Qc8 22.Qg2 Nxa4 23.Bxa4 Rxb2
24.Bc6 Qb8 25.Rxa5 Rc2 26.Rb5 Qc8 27.Bxg5 fxg5 28.Qh3 Qxh3 29.Rxh3 g4 30.Rh4 g3
31.fxg3 Rc1+ 32.Ke2 Rg1 33.Rh2 Rxg3 34.Bd7 Rf4 35.Be6+ Kf8 36.Rb8+ Ke7 37.Rb7+ Kf8
38.Rh7 Rg2+ 39.Kd3  1-0

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.cxd5 Qxb3 10.axb3 cxd5 11.b4 e6 12.b5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Rfc1 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Nb6 17.Rc7 Rfb8 18.b3 Bf6 19.Kg2 Bd8 20.Rc2 a6 21.bxa6 Rxa6 22.Rxa6 bxa6
23.Bf4 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Nxc8 25.e4 Nb6 26.Bd6 a5 27.exd5 exd5 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.Ke2 a4
30.bxa4 Nxa4 31.Kd3 Nb6 32.Bb4 Kf6 33.Ba5 Ke6 34.h4 Bc7 35.h5 Na8 36.hxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.g4 Be6 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.a3 Rab8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.Kb1 Rfc8
16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nf5 19.Bh3 Rc4 20.Re1 Kf8 21.Re4 Rbc8 22.c3 R8c7
23.Rd3 h6 24.gxh6 Nxh6 25.Kc2 f5 26.Red4 Ng8 27.b3 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Nf6 29.Bf1 Kg7
30.h4 Rc5 31.c4 Rc8 32.Kd2 Nd7 33.Be2 a5 34.Bd1 Kf6 35.Ke3 Rh8 36.Bc2 Ke5
37.Bd1 Nc5 38.a4 Na6 39.Bc2 Nb4 40.Bd1 Na6 41.Bc2 Nb4 42.Bd1 b6 43.h5 Rxh5
44.f4+ Kf6 45.Rd2 Rh1 46.Bf3 Rc1 47.Bd1 Rc3+ 48.Kd4 Rh3 49.c5 bxc5+ 50.Kc4 Rh4
51.Kb5 Rxf4 52.Kxa5 g5 53.Kb5 g4 54.a5 g3 55.a6 Nxa6 56.Kxa6 Rd4 57.Rxd4 cxd4
58.Bf3 d3  0-1

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alber, Horst"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Bxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 Bc6 11.Qf4 O-O 12.e4 d6 13.b3 Nbd7 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.Nh4 Ne5
16.Nf5 Rfe8 17.g4 Bf8 18.g5 Ng6 19.Nh6+ gxh6 20.Qxf6 Re6 21.Qf5 Re5 22.Qh3 hxg5
23.Ne2 Re6 24.f4 gxf4 25.Nxf4 Nxf4 26.Rxf4 Bg7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Raf1 Rf8 29.Rh4 h6
30.Qc3+ Re5 31.Rf5 Rh8 32.Rhf4 Qe7 33.Bf1 b5 34.Kf2 Be8 35.Be2 Kf8 36.Bh5 Rh7  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.e4 Nb6
9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 c6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Rc8 14.h4 cxd5 15.exd5 Nac4
16.Rb1 Re8 17.Bh3 Rc5 18.b4 Rc7 19.Bf4 Nd6 20.Ne4 Nbc4 21.Bf1 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Nd6
23.Qe3 a6 24.Rbc1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nf5 26.Qf3 Qb6 27.a3 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 d6 5.exd6 e6 6.Bg2 Bxd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.Na3 Ne5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Nc4 Bf6 12.Qb3 b6 13.a4 Bd7 14.d3 Bc6 15.Rd1 Qd7
16.Nd2 Rfd8 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Nf6 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.dxe4 Qc7 22.f3 Rxd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 h4 11.Nf1 e6 12.Nd2 exd5 13.cxd5 Nh7 14.f4 Nd7 15.O-O Re8
16.h3 f5 17.Bf2 fxe4 18.Ndxe4 Nb6 19.Bd3 Rf8 20.Be3 Bf5 21.Qd2 Kh8 22.Rae1 Bxe4
23.Bxe4 Nc4 24.Qf2 Nxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.Qd2 Qe7
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Na6 12.O-O Bh6 13.Qd1 Bf4 14.a3 g5 15.Bg3 c5 16.Nxg5 Nxh2
17.Bxf4 Nxf1 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.Bh6 Ng3 20.fxg3 Bd7 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Bg4 Nc7 23.Qf3 Bxg4
24.Qxg4+ Qg7 25.Qf3 Qg5 26.Rf1 Qd2 27.Nd1 Ne8 28.b3 a6 29.Ne3 Qd3 30.Nf5 Qd2
31.Qd1 Qb2 32.a4 Qc3 33.g4 Kh8 34.Rf3 Qb4 35.Kh2 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Qc1 bxc4
38.bxc4 Rg8 39.Ra3 Qb7 40.Qa1 Qb4 41.Ra8 Qxc4 42.Rxe8 Rxe8 43.Qa7 Rg8 44.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Be7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qc2 g6 11.Nc4 Nd7 12.e4 N5f6 13.b4 a5 14.bxa5 b5 15.Nce5 Rxa5
16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Qxc6 b4 18.Bh6 Qa8 19.Rac1 Rc8 20.axb4 Bxb4 21.Bf4 Qxc6 22.Rxc6 Ra3
23.Rd1 Ne8 24.h3 Bd6 25.Be3 Rb8 26.e5 Be7 27.Be4 Nb6 28.Rb1 Rd8 29.Kf1 Nd5
30.Bd2 Ra7 31.Ke2 Ng7 32.Rbc1 Rd7 33.g4 Ne8 34.Rb1 Rd8 35.Rc2 Ra4 36.Rb7 Ra1
37.Rcb2 Raa8 38.Rc2 Ra4 39.Rcb2 Raa8 40.h4 Bf8 41.Rc2 Be7 42.h5 f5 43.gxf5 gxf5
44.Bd3 Kf7 45.Bc4 Ra3 46.Bc1 Rc3 47.Rbb2 Ba3 48.Ra2 Bxc1 49.Bxd5 Rxc2+ 50.Rxc2 Rxd5
51.Rxc1 h6 52.Ke3 Ra5 53.Ne1 Ra6 54.Nd3 Ra3 55.Rc6 Ke7 56.d5 exd5 57.Kd4 Ng7
58.Rxc7+ Kf8 59.Rc8+ Kf7 60.Nc5 Nxh5 61.e6+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Qb5 10.Ng5 Qb6 11.Be3 Rd8 12.h4 a5 13.Qd2 c6 14.Rac1 Qb5 15.h5 Bd7
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Bf4 Na6 18.e4 Nb4 19.a3 Nd3 20.Rcd1 Nxb2 21.Rb1 Nc4 22.Qe2 Qa6
23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Rbc1 Nb6 25.Qa2 c5 26.dxc5 Na4 27.cxd6 exd6 28.Qb3 Nb2 29.Ne6 Nd3
30.Rc7 Bf6 31.Nxd8 Bxd8 32.Rc4 a4 33.Qa2 Bb6 34.Be4 Nxf4 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.Rxf4 Qd3
37.Kg2 Bc5 38.Rf3 Qe4 39.Qd2 Qg4 40.Rh1 Rf8 41.Rh4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 Bg5 18.Bxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Ne5 c5 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.e3 Na6 15.Rac1 Rac8
16.Qb2 Nc7 17.a3 cxd4 18.exd4 Ne6 19.f4 Red8 20.b4 Ne4 21.b5 Qd6 22.Ng4 Nf8
23.Ne3 Nd7 24.Nexd5 Nxc3 25.Nxc3 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Nf6 27.Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O b6 10.Bc4 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Bd5 12.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bd6
9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 e5 13.Re1 e4 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.f4 exf3
16.gxf3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Qf2 Nf8 19.Nde4 Ng6 20.Nxd6 cxd6 21.Bf1 Nh5 22.e4 Nhf4
23.Qg3 d5 24.exd5 Qd7 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Re1 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Nxd5 28.Ne4 Qe7 29.Qg3 Ndf4
30.Bc1 Bxe4 31.Bxf4 Bd5 32.Bc1 h6 33.Bd3 Qf6 34.Be3 Bxf3 35.Bxg6 fxg6 36.h4 Bd5
37.Qf4 Qe7 38.Qe5 Qd7 39.Kf2 Qxb5 40.Kg3 Qd7 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qxb6 Qf5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Heissler, Jakob"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.a4 a6 11.Na3 e6 12.d3 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Rad1 d5
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.exd5 exd5 18.Qf3 Bxc3 19.Nc4 dxc4 20.bxc3 Ne5 21.Qf4 cxd3
22.Bxd3 Nxd3 23.Rxd3 Rad8 24.Rfd1 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rd8 26.Re3 Qb8 27.Qf3 Re8
28.Qg3 Kg7 29.Qxb8 Rxb8 30.Kf1 Rb6 31.Rd3 Kf6 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.Rd5 b4 34.cxb4 cxb4
35.Kd3 Rd6 36.Rxd6 Kxd6 37.Kc4 Ke5 38.Kxb4 Kd4 39.Kb5 Kd3 40.Kc6 Ke2 41.f4 Kf2
42.g4 Kg3 43.f5 gxf5 44.gxf5 Kxh3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.Bf4 d6
9.e3 Nh5 10.Bg3 Be7 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Rd1 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nf6 14.Rd2 Qb6 15.e4 O-O
16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 g6 18.Bf3 Rad8 19.O-O Rxd2 20.Qxd2 Rd8 21.Qe2 Nd7 22.Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O a5
9.Rc1 e5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxb4 axb4 14.Qxd4 Qxe2
15.Rfe1 Qg4 16.Qxg4 Bxg4 17.Re4 Bc8 18.Rxb4 Rxa2 19.h4 c5 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Bxc6 Be6
22.Rd1 g6 23.Rxd6 Ra6 24.Rbd4 Rc8 25.Bf3 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Rb8 27.Rd2 Rb3 28.Bd1 Rb5
29.Kf1 Kg7 30.Ke2 Bb3 31.Bxb3 Rxb3 32.Kd1 Rb7 33.Kc2 Rc7+ 34.Kd3 Rb7 35.Kc4 Rc7+
36.Kb5 Rb7+ 37.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 c5 14.dxc5 Bd5 15.Ne1 Bxg2
16.Nxg2 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Rac1 Nxc5 19.Ne1 Qb7 20.Nxc5 Rxc5 21.Qb1 Rxc1
22.Rxc1 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qxc5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be3 Qa5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 a6 15.Rac1 Rfc8
16.Nb3 Qb4 17.f4 e6 18.Rfd1 a5 19.Na1 Ne7 20.b3 a4 21.Bd2 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 axb3
23.axb3 d5 24.e5 Nd7 25.Be3 Qa5 26.Nb5 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qa4 c5 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Bb7
9.Bg2 cxd4 10.O-O O-O 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.Bf4 Qd4 15.Qc2 Rfd8
16.Rad1 Qe4+ 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.f3 Nc5 19.b4 Na4 20.Bc7 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Kf8 22.g4 Rc8
23.Be5 f6 24.Ba1 Ke7 25.g5 a6 26.gxf6+ gxf6 27.Rd4 c5 28.Rh4 cxb4 29.Rxh7+ Kd6
30.axb4 e5 31.Rh6 Ke7 32.f4 Rxc4 33.fxe5 f5 34.e6 Nc3 35.Rh7+ Kxe6 36.Rh6+ Ke7
37.Bxc3 Rxc3 38.Rxb6 Rc4 39.h3 Re4 40.Kg3 Kf7 41.Kf3 Rh4 42.e3 Rxh3+ 43.Kf4 Ke7
44.Rxa6 Rh4+ 45.Kxf5 Rxb4 46.e4 Rb1 47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.Rg7 Rb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 Ndf6 13.d5 e5 14.Ne1 a5 15.f3 Ng5 16.Rb1 axb4
17.axb4 Bc8 18.Bb2 Qe8 19.Kh1 Nh5 20.f4 exf4 21.exf4 Ne4 22.Kg1 Bd7 23.Qd1 Nhf6
24.Nf3 Ra4 25.b5 Ra8 26.Bd3 Ng4 27.Bd4 Qg6 28.Qc2 Nc5 29.Rfe1 Rfe8 30.Bf1 Re4
31.Qd2 Ra3 32.Bxc5 bxc5 33.Bd3 Re8 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Re1 Qa8 36.Qe2 Nf6 37.Ng5 Ra1
38.h3 Rxe1+ 39.Qxe1 Qe8 40.Qxe8+ Nxe8 41.Kf2 h6 42.Nf3 Kf7 43.g3 Nf6 44.Nh4 g6
45.Ng2 Ng8 46.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.c4 O-O 10.a3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 c5 12.Be3 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nc5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7
16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qxc5 Bxb2 18.Rab1 b6 19.Qb4 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bg5 e5 15.a4 b4 16.Nd1 a5
17.Rc1 Ba6 18.Ne3 O-O 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Nd2 Rfc8 21.Bb1 c3 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Rab8
24.bxc3 bxc3 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.d6 Qc6 27.Ne7+ Bxe7 28.dxe7 Qc5 29.Nf3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mascarinas, Rico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Ng6 8.Nf3 Bd6
9.Bb5+ Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.Bf1 Nf6 13.h3 b5 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.a4 b4 16.Ne2 c6
17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Rc1 Na5 19.Ng3 Be6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Nd5 22.Ne4 Nxe3 23.Rxe3 Be7
24.Rd3 Qb6 25.f6 gxf6 26.Qh5 Qe6 27.Nc5  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.bxa3 Rb8
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 b5 11.Rad1 Ne7 12.e4 Bb7 13.Rfe1 Ng6 14.Bc3 Qd7 15.h4 Rfd8
16.d5 Qe7 17.Qb2 exd5 18.exd5 Qd6 19.Nd4 Qd7 20.Qc2 Re8 21.Nf5 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Qe2 Qxf5 25.Qxe8+ Nf8 26.h5 h6 27.Bb4 Qc8 28.Qe7 c6 29.Bc3 Qd7
30.Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nbd2 Nc6
9.Nf1 e5 10.Ne3 Ng4 11.Nd5 Nh6 12.O-O Nf5 13.e3 Be6 14.Qd2 a5 15.a3 Re8 16.Rfd1 bxa3
17.bxa3 exd4 18.exd4 b5 19.cxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.O-O Bxf3 6.exf3 dxc4 7.Qa4 c6 8.Qxc4 Nb6
9.Qb3 Ne7 10.Nc3 Nf5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.d4 Bf6 14.Be3 Qd5 15.Qd3 Rad8
16.f4 Qc4 17.g4 Qxd3 18.Rxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Machulsky, Anatoly D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 Nc6 8.g5 Nd7
9.h4 Qc7 10.Qh5 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.Bh3 Nc5 14.Rhe1 b4 15.Nd5 exd5
16.exd5+ Kd8 17.Bxc5 Bc8 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.Re2 dxc5 20.d6 Qd7 21.g6 f6 22.gxh7 Rc6
23.Re7 Bxe7 24.dxe7+ Kxe7 25.Rxd7+ Kxd7 26.Qf7+ Kd6 27.Qxg7 Rcc8 28.Qxf6+ Kd5
29.Kd2 c4 30.f4 Rcd8 31.Ke3 Rhf8 32.Qe5+ Kc6 33.Kf3 Rde8 34.Qg7 a5 35.Kg4 Rd8
36.Kg5 Kd6 37.Kg6 Rfe8 38.f5 Rh8 39.f6 Ke5 40.f7+ Kf4 41.Qxh8 Rxh8 42.Kg7 a4
43.Kxh8  1-0

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.Ng3 g6 13.a3 Ne4 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Nd2 Ndf6
16.Ndf1 h5 17.f3 h4 18.Nh1 h3 19.fxe4 dxe4 20.Bc2 hxg2 21.Kxg2 Nd5 22.b4 Kg7
23.Nhg3 Qh4 24.Kg1 f5 25.Re2 Kh7 26.Bb3 f4 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.exf4 e3 29.Rxe3 Bxf4
30.Re5 Rad8 31.Qc2 c6 32.Rh5+  1-0

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Re8 13.Bg5 Re5 14.Qd2 h6 15.Bf4 Re8
16.Rfe1 Ne4 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Ng3 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Be6 20.Ne4 Bd5 21.Nd6 Qd7 22.c4 Be6
23.b4 a6 24.c5 Rd8 25.h3 Bf5 26.Be5 d3 27.Bc3 Bg6 28.Qf4 Kh7 29.a4 f6 30.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Nf6 14.c5 axb4 15.axb4 Nh5 16.Nc4 Nf4
17.Be3 g5 18.b5 dxc5 19.b6 c6 20.Bxc5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Nexd5 22.exd5 Rf6 23.Nxe5 Nxe2+
24.Qxe2 Qxd5 25.Rbc1 Qg8 26.Rfd1 Re6 27.Nf7+ Qxf7 28.Rd8+ Qg8 29.Rxg8+ Kxg8
30.Qc4 Kh8 31.Bd4 Re8 32.h4 Be6 33.Qc3 Rec8 34.Bxg7+ Kg8 35.Qe1 Rxc1 36.Qxc1 Kxg7
37.Qxg5+ Kf7 38.Qh6 Rh8 39.Kh2 Bd5 40.Qd6 Bc6 41.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 12.Bd3 Rb8 13.O-O Nb4 14.Rfd1 Na4 15.Nxa4 bxa4 16.Qxb6 Rxb6
17.b3 axb3 18.axb3 Ke7 19.Kf2 Bd7 20.Nd4 h6 21.Ke3 f6 22.c3 Nxd3 23.Kxd3 g5
24.g3 Rf8 25.Ke3 Rg8 26.Rg1 f5 27.h4 Be8 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Rh1 gxf4+ 30.gxf4 Rg3+
31.Kd2 Rg2+ 32.Ke3 Rg3+ 33.Kd2 Rg2+ 34.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Al"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nc6 6.Re1 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6
9.c3 O-O 10.d3 b5 11.e5 Nxe5 12.Qxa8 Qxa8 13.Bxa8 Rxa8 14.Rd1 c4 15.dxc4 bxc4
16.b3 Ne4 17.Be3 a5 18.Kg2 a4 19.bxc4 Nxc4 20.Bd4 e5 21.Be3 Nxe3+ 22.fxe3 Rb8
23.Kf3 f5 24.Ke2 Rb2+ 25.Rd2 Nxd2 26.Nxd2 e4 27.Rc1 Rxa2 28.g4 Kf7 29.gxf5 gxf5
30.Kd1 d5 31.c4 d4 32.exd4 Rxd2+  0-1

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Re8 10.Ndc4 c6 11.Ne3 Bd6 12.Nd3 g6 13.b4 Na6 14.Qb3 Nc7 15.a4 Rb8
16.Bb2 h5 17.Rac1 h4 18.Ne5 c5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rxc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Ba8 22.Qa2 Re6
23.Bh3 d4 24.Bxe6 Nxe6 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Rxd4 Qb7 27.c6 Qxb2 28.Qxb2 Rxb2 29.Rd8+ Nxd8
30.c7 Rb1+ 31.Nf1 Rd1 32.c8=Q Bb7 33.Qc2 Rd5 34.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "Moscow rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Filipenko, Alexander V"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.h3 Bf5 7.d3 e6 8.Bd2 Qc7
9.Qe2 Bc5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Nbd7 12.f4 O-O-O 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.Bb3 Nbd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Kb1 Rhe8 17.Rhf1 Nd7 18.Qg2 Be7 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.f5 gxf5 21.gxf5 Bf6 22.fxe6 fxe6
23.Rde1 Nc5 24.Qg4 Qd7 25.Be3 Nxb3 26.axb3 Kb8 27.Bf4+ Ka8 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Rc8
30.Rfe1 Rc6 31.Rg5 Re7 32.d4 a6 33.Rg1 Rc7 34.h4 Rf7 35.Re5 Rf2 36.Re2 Qf7
37.Rge1 Rxe2 38.Qxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6
9.Be2 Bd6 10.c4 Be4 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Ned2 Be7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rd1 O-O 15.a5 Rfd8
16.Nc4 Be4 17.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Ne7 7.Qe1 O-O 8.d3 d5 9.Bb3 Nbc6
10.f5 c4 11.dxc4 d4 12.f6 Bxf6 13.e5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 dxc3 15.Qxc3 Nxe5 16.Qxe5 Nf5
17.Bf4 f6 18.Qc3 Qd4+ 19.Qxd4 Nxd4 20.Bh6 Nxb3 21.Rad1 Na5 22.Bxf8 Kxf8 23.Rxf6+ Ke7
24.Rdf1 Nxc4 25.Rf7+ Kd6 26.Rxh7 b5 27.b3 Ne3 28.Rf6 Bd7 29.Rxg6 Bc6 30.Rh3 Nxc2
31.Rc3 Nb4 32.h4 Rh8 33.Rh3 Nd5 34.Rg4 Nf6 35.Rg6 Nd5 36.Rg4 Nf6 37.Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.h3 a6 11.a3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 h6 14.b3 Bb7 15.e4 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5
17.Nd4 Bc7 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Nd4 Qe7 20.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bc4 b5
9.Bb3 Be7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nd2 Nc5 12.Bd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Rc8 14.c4 O-O 15.Qe2 Bg5
16.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bc3 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd6 Qb8 13.Nb5 a6 14.Qxb8 Raxb8 15.Nd6 Ba8
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Ng5 Rf8 18.Rd2 h6 19.Nge4 Nh7 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.f4 Kf8 22.c5 Ke7
23.cxb6 Rxb6 24.Nc5 Nf8 25.Nc4 Rb5 26.Nxa6 d5 27.Nc7 Rb7 28.Nxa8 Rxa8 29.Rc1 Nd7
30.Nb2 Nb4 31.Na4 f5 32.e3 Nb6 33.Nxb6 Rxb6 34.a4 Kd6 35.Bf1 Rc6 36.Rxc6+ Kxc6
37.Rd1 Kd6 38.Rc1 g5 39.Bb5 Rb8 40.Kf1 Ra8 41.Ke2 Rb8 42.Kd2 Ra8 43.Ra1 gxf4
44.gxf4 Rb8 45.Kc3 Kc5 46.Rg1 Na2+ 47.Kb2 Nb4 48.Rc1+ Kb6 49.Ka3  1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Donchenko, Anatoly G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Nd2 Rb8
9.e4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 b5 11.Ne3 b4 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.Qc2 c5 14.Rd1 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 cxd4
16.Rxd4 Qa5 17.b3 Rfd8 18.Bb2 Ne5 19.Rad1 h5 20.f4 Neg4 21.Nxg4 Nxg4 22.h3 Rxd4
23.Bxd4 Rd8 24.hxg4 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Bc5 26.Qc4 e5 27.fxe5 Qb6 28.gxh5 Bxd4+
29.Kh2 Qc5 30.Qxc5 Bxc5 31.g4 Bd4 32.e6 fxe6 33.Kg3 Be5+ 34.Kh4 Kf7 35.g5 Bf4
36.Kg4 Bd2 37.Bf1 Bc1 38.Bc4 Bd2 39.Ba6 Bc1 40.Bb5 Bd2 41.Bd7 a5 42.Bc8 Bc1
43.Ba6 Bd2 44.Be2 Bc1 45.Bd1 Bd2 46.g6+ Kf6 47.Kf3 Kg5 48.Ke2 Bf4 49.Kd3 Bd6
50.Kc4 Bf8 51.Kb5 e5 52.Kc6 Kf6 53.Kb5 Kg5 54.Be2 Kf4 55.Kc6 Kg5 56.Bf3 Kf6
57.Kb6 Kg5 58.Bd1 Kf4 59.Kc7 Kg5 60.Kc6 Kf6 61.Kb6 Kg5 62.Kxa5 Kf4 63.h6 gxh6
64.g7 Bxg7 65.Kxb4 Kxe4 66.Kc4 Kf5 67.a4 Ke6 68.a5 Kd6 69.b4 e4 70.b5 h5
71.Bxh5 Kc7 72.b6+ Kb7 73.Kb5 Bd4 74.a6+ Kb8 75.Be8  1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 b5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Kb1 O-O 13.Rhf1 Qc7 14.Qe1 b4 15.Nce2 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Bc1 Qb7 20.f5 exf5 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.Nxf5 Bxf5
23.Rxf5 Rac8 24.Qg4 Qc6 25.Qe2 f6 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Rf4 Rfe8 28.Re1 Rcd8 29.Rxe4 Rxe4
30.Qxe4+ Qxe4 31.Rxe4 Rd1 32.h4 g5 33.c4 bxc3 34.bxc3 gxh4 35.Kc2 Rf1 36.Be3 Bg5
37.Kd3 Kg6 38.Ke2 Kf5 39.Rxh4 Bxh4 40.Kxf1 h5 41.Ke2 Ke4 42.c4 Be7 43.Bb6 Bg5
44.Bf2 Bh6 45.Bb6 Bg5 46.a4 Bh6 47.Kd1 Bf8 48.Kc2 Be7 49.Kb3 Bf8 50.c5 Kd5
51.Kb4 Kc6 52.Ka5 Kb7 53.c6+ Kxc6 54.Kxa6 Bd6 55.Be3 Be5 56.Ka7 Bd6 57.Ka8 Bc7
58.Ba7 Bf4 59.Bb8 Bd2 60.Ka7 Be3+ 61.Ka6 Bd4 62.Bf4 Bf2 63.Bd2 Bb6 64.Be1 Bc7
65.Bb4 Bb6 66.Ba5 Bf2 67.Bd8 Be3 68.Be7 Bb6 69.Bb4 Bc7 70.Ba5 Bf4 71.Bd8 Be3
72.Bf6 Bb6 73.a5 Be3 74.Bd8 Bd4 75.Bb6 Be5 76.Ka7 Bg3 77.Ka8 Bf4 78.Bf2 Kb5
79.Bb6 Ka6 80.Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.a3 a5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d3 h6 9.Bd2 Bg4
10.h3 Bf5 11.Kh2 Re8 12.e4 Bd7 13.Be3 Rb8 14.a4 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Nb4 16.Nh4 c6
17.b3 g6 18.Rb1 Kg7 19.Rb2 Nh7 20.Rbf2 Rf8 21.Nf3 Qe7 22.Qd2 Ng5 23.Na2 Nxa2
24.Qxa2 Ne6 25.d4 Ng5 26.Nd2 f5 27.Qa1 fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.a3 d5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 dxe4 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Rxe4 Qd7 17.Bf4 O-O 18.Qe2 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Re1 Rfd8 21.f4 Rac8 22.Qf2 Ne7
23.Re5 b5 24.h4 b4 25.axb4 cxb4 26.c4 Nc6 27.Rg5 a5 28.h5 gxh5 29.Rxh5 Qd4
30.Ra1 e5 31.Bg2 g6 32.Rh3 exf4 33.Bxc6 Rxc6 34.Rxa5 Kg7 35.Rf3 Qxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Rd4
37.Rb5 f6 38.Rxb4 g5 39.Rb7+ Kg8 40.Rh3 Rcd6 41.Rb8+ Rd8 42.Rxd8+ Rxd8 43.b4 Kf7
44.b5 Ke6 45.Ke2 Ke5 46.Rh1 Kd4 47.b6 Re8+ 48.Kd2 f3 49.Re1 f2 50.Rf1 Rb8
51.Rxf2 Rxb6 52.Kc2 Re6 53.Rf3 Re2+ 54.Kb3 Rg2 55.Rxf6 Kxd3 56.c5 Rxg4 57.c6 Rg1
58.Rd6+ Ke4 59.Kc2 Ke5 60.c7 Kxd6 61.c8=Q Rg2+ 62.Kd3 Ke5 63.Ke3 Rg3+  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.a3 b4 15.axb4 Qxb4 16.Ne2 d4
17.Ng5 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Qe7 19.Ne4 Kb8 20.Ra4 Nb4 21.Nd6 Rxd6 22.exd6 Qxd6 23.Qxd4 Qc6
24.Qxg7  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Nb8
9.Re1 e6 10.a4 a6 11.Bf1 exd5 12.exd5 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Re8 15.Rxe8+ Nxe8
16.Na3 Nd7 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.Qd1 Rb8 19.Qd2 Nc7 20.a5 Ne8 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Nf6
23.Re1 Qf8 24.Bb3 Re8 25.Rxe8 Qxe8 26.Qe3 Qxe3 27.Bxe3 Kf8 28.Kf1 Ke7 29.Ke2 h5
30.Bg5 Kf8 31.f3 Ng8 32.g4 hxg4 33.fxg4 Be5 34.h4 Bf6 35.Bf4 Ke7 36.g5 Bg7
37.Kf3 Kd7 38.Ba4+ Ke7 39.Bc2 Kd7 40.Ba4+ Ke7 41.Ke3 Be5 42.Bxe5 dxe5 43.Ke4 Kd6
44.c4 f5+ 45.gxf6 Nxf6+ 46.Kf3 Ke7 47.Bc2 Kf7 48.d6 Ke6 49.Bxg6 Kxd6 50.h5 e4+
51.Kf4 Ke7 52.h6 e3 53.Bd3 Kf7 54.Kf3 Nd7 55.Ke2 Kf6 56.Be4 b6 57.h7 Kg7
58.Bf5  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e4 h6 6.Bh4 Nh5 7.c3 Nd7 8.Bc4 g5
9.Bg3 e6 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.O-O-O a6 12.Nb3 a5 13.a3 Nb6 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Bd3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.e5 d5 18.Ne1 Nxg3 19.hxg3 O-O-O 20.f4 f5 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Nef3 Rdf8
23.Ne5 Be8 24.Rdf1 Qe7 25.Qe3 Nd7 26.Ndf3 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Kc7 28.c4 Bxe5 29.Qxe5+ Qd6
30.c5 Qxe5 31.fxe5 h5 32.Kd2 b5 33.Ke3 Kd8 34.Be2 Ke7 35.Rxf8 Kxf8 36.Rf1+ Ke7
37.Bd3 Rf8 38.Rf3 Rf7 39.Kd2 Kd8 40.Kc3 Kc7 41.Rf6 Rxf6 42.exf6 Kd7 43.Kb4 Kc7
44.Ka5 Kb7 45.Be2 Bf7 46.Bd1 Ka7 47.b3 axb3 48.Bxb3 Kb7 49.Bc2 Be8 50.Bb3 Bf7
51.Kb4 Be8 52.Bc2 Bf7 53.Bh7 Kc7 54.Ka5 Kb7 55.Bb1 Ka7 56.Ba2 Kb7 57.Bb3 Ka7
58.Bd1 Kb7 59.Bf3 Ka7 60.Be2 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Bd3 f4 16.Nb5 b6
17.Bb2 g5 18.Be2 h5 19.c5 bxc5 20.bxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxe5 g4 22.fxg4 Nxg4 23.Bxg7+ Kxg7
24.Nb3 Na6 25.Qc3+ Kh6 26.Bxg4 Bxg4 27.Rbe1 Qg5 28.Kh1 Rae8 29.Nd2 Bd7 30.Nd4 Nc5
31.N2f3 Qg7 32.e5 dxe5 33.Qxc5 exd4 34.Rxe8 Bxe8 35.Nxd4 Bd7 36.Ne6 Bxe6
37.dxe6 Re8 38.Qf5 Qg5 39.Qe4 Qf6 40.Re1 Re7 41.h3 c5 42.Qd5 f3 43.gxf3 Qh4
44.Qd2+ Kh7 45.Qd3+ Kh8 46.Qf1 Qf6 47.Re2 Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bc6
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Bxc3 a5 12.a4 Qc8 13.Qc2 Be4 14.Qb2 Nd5 15.Rfc1 Qb7
16.Be1 Nc6 17.Bf1 Bxf3 18.exf3 Rfb8 19.Bc4 Nce7 20.Rd1 Nf5 21.Qd2 Nd6 22.Kg2 h6
23.Rdc1 Ne7 24.Be2 Ndf5 25.Rc5 Qxb3 26.Rxc7 Qd5 27.Bb5 Nc6 28.Bxc6 dxc6 29.Qf4 Rc8
30.Rxc8+ Rxc8 31.Bc3 Qc4 32.Bxa5 Ra8 33.Bb6 Rxa4 34.Rxa4 Qxa4 35.h4 Ne7 36.Bc5 Nd5
37.Qb8+ Kh7 38.Qb1+ Kg8 39.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.d6 Bf8 11.g3 b6 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.b4 Rb8 14.O-O h6 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Nb5 g5
17.Be3 Re6 18.Ned4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Rxd6 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Qf3 Qa8 22.Nb5 Rc6 23.Nd4 Rd6
24.Nb5 Rc6 25.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Be2 Rc8 11.g3 O-O 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Na2 Be7
16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.a5 Nbd5 18.f3 Nb4 19.Nxb4 Bxb4 20.e4 c5 21.Be3 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Rxd4
23.Bxd4 Bc5 24.Rd1 Bxd4+ 25.Rxd4 Kf8 26.Rb4 Rc7 27.h4 Ke7 28.Kf2 Nd7 29.Ke3 b6
30.axb6 Nxb6 31.Rb5 Kd6 32.Ra5 Nd7 33.b4 Rb7 34.Ra6+ Ke7 35.Ra4 Nb6 36.Ra1 Nd7
37.Ra4 Nb6 38.Ra5 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nd2 c5
9.c3 Nc6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.Be3 a6 13.g3 g5 14.Kg2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nf8
16.Rc1 f6 17.h3 Qd7 18.Rc3 Bd8 19.a3 Ng6 20.Rh1 Bb6 21.Bd3 Nge7 22.Bc2 O-O-O
23.exf6 gxf6 24.h4 gxh4 25.Rxh4 Kb8 26.Qh1 Qc8 27.b4 Rxh4 28.Qxh4 Rf8 29.Bf4+ Ka8
30.Bh6 Rf7 31.Be3 Qg8 32.Bd3 e5 33.dxe5 Bxe3 34.e6 Rg7 35.fxe3 Qxe6 36.Kf2 Ne5
37.Nxe5 fxe5 38.e4 Rf7+ 39.Kg2 d4 40.Rc5 Qb3 41.Qh5 Rf8 42.Bc4 Qe3 43.Rxe5 Ng6  0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O Be7 10.e4 d6 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Nd4 a6 15.Qb1 Rfe8
16.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nh5 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Rxd5 Qe8
16.Bxe7 Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Rfe8 18.Rd7 Bb5 19.Rc7 Bxa4 20.g4 Rec8 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8
22.gxh5 f6 23.Rg1 Kf7 24.Bd6 Re8 25.f4 Bc2 26.Kd2 Be4 27.Kc3 f5 28.Kc4 a6
29.h6 gxh6 30.Bc7 Re6 31.Bd8 b5+ 32.Kxc5 Rc6+ 33.Kb4 Rc2 34.b3 Rxh2 35.Bf6 Bd5
36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Rd7 Be6 38.Rd6 Kf7 39.Rxa6 Rb2 40.Ra7+ Kg6 41.Kc5 Rxb3 42.Rg7+ Kh5
43.Kd6 Bc4 44.e6 Rxa3 45.e7 Ra8 46.Bc3 b4 47.Bxb4 Kh4 48.e4 fxe4  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Astoreka, I."]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Nd1 Qd7 12.c3 Rad8 13.Nf2 d5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 dxe4
16.Rad1 exd3 17.Ng4 Bxg2 18.Bh6 Qa4 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.exf6 Nf5 21.Rxf5 exf5
22.b3 Qg4 23.Bxf8 Be4 24.Rf1 Kxf8 25.Qh6+ Ke8 26.Qxh7 Qe2 27.Qg8+ Kd7 28.Qxf7+ Kc8
29.Qe6+ Kb8 30.Qe5+ Ka8  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.f4 Na6 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nc5 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.Bg1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nh5 18.f5 Be5 19.Nde2 Qh4 20.Qd2 gxf5 21.exf5 Bxc3 22.Nxc3 Ng3+
23.Kg2 Nxf1 24.Rxf1 Rad8 25.Bd4 f6 26.Kh1 Kf7 27.b4 Rg8 28.Bg1 Qxc4 29.Rd1 Qxb4
30.Rb1 Rxg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Acebal, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qc7 14.Nd2 Rfe8 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Ng3 g6 17.a4 Nd7 18.b3 Na5 19.Bd2 Nc5 20.Qd1 Nab7 21.a5 Nd7 22.dxc6 Qxc6
23.b4 Nf6 24.Bb3 Nd8 25.Qf3 Ne6 26.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 h6
10.Be3 Re8 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Nc1 h5 13.Be2 Ne5 14.O-O Nh7 15.Bh6 Bh8 16.Kh1 f5
17.Nb3 Nf6 18.Bg5 Nf7 19.Bd3 Ne5 20.Bb5 Bd7 21.exf5 Bxb5 22.Nxb5 Qd7 23.Nc3 Qxf5
24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Qc3 Nf7 27.Rad1 Ne5 28.Na5 Rab8 29.Qc2 Bf8 30.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Be3 Nc6 6.d5 Nce7 7.c5 f5 8.Bb5+ Kf7
9.f4 fxe4 10.fxe5 Bxe5 11.Nxe4 Nf5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Nf3 h6 14.Bd2 Bh4+ 15.g3 Nf6
16.O-O Nxe4 17.Nxh4 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Kg7 19.Nxf5+ gxf5 20.Rac1 Rf8 21.Rf4 a6
22.Bd3 Bd7 23.Qb4 Qf6 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Rc7 Rf7 26.Qxb7 Rd8 27.Bxf5 Qe5 28.Rxd7 Rdxd7
29.Bxd7 Rxf4 30.gxf4 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Qe2+ 32.Kg3 Qe3+ 33.Kh4 Qf2+ 34.Kh5 Kf6  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nbd2 e6 5.c3 Be7 6.Be2 d5 7.Ne5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 O-O
9.O-O c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Ng4 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 Nc6 15.Bg5 Qd6
16.Rad1 Qg6 17.Qg3 f6 18.Bf4 Rad8 19.Qxg6 hxg6 20.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 f6 7.Be3 Nh6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Be2 O-O
10.O-O Nf7 11.Ne1 Bh6 12.Bxh6 Nxh6 13.Nd3 f5 14.f4 Nf7 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Bf3 c6
17.Qe2 cxd5 18.cxd5 Qd6 19.Rae1 f4 20.Qf2 g5 21.h3 Ng6 22.Qc5 Qf6 23.Bh5 Bd7
24.Qc7 Qb6+ 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.a3 Kg7 27.Rc1 Rac8 28.Bg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Nd6 30.Ne2 b5
31.Nf2 Kf6 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rc1 Rxc1+ 34.Nxc1 Nc8 35.Nfd3  0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.h3 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.Nf3 Nf8 11.O-O-O a5 12.Kb1 Be6 13.Bf4 a4 14.Ng5 Qa5 15.Be5 a3
16.b3 Rac8 17.Ne2 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Bc3 Qb6 20.Qd2 Ne4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Nxe6 Nxe6
23.Ng3 Red8  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bg5 c6
9.Qd2 cxd5 10.exd5 Bg4 11.a4 Qa5 12.Rfb1 Nbd7 13.Ra3 Rfc8 14.Bh6 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Qc5 17.a5 Ne5 18.Ra4 Nc4 19.Re1 b5 20.b4 Qc7 21.Nxb5 Qd7 22.Nc3 Nxa5
23.Qe3 Nc4 24.Qd4 Nb6 25.Ra3 Rc4 26.Qd2 Rxb4 27.Ne4 Rxe4 28.Bxe4 Nc4 29.Qb4 Nxa3
30.Qxa3 a5 31.Bf3 a4 32.c4 Ra7 33.Ra1 Qc7 34.Qb4 Qa5 35.Qxa5 Rxa5 36.Bd1 a3
37.Kf1 Ne4 38.Ke1 Kg7 39.Bc2 Nc5 40.Kd2 Kf6 41.Kc3 a2 42.Kb4 Ra8 43.Kc3 Ke5
44.Re1+ Kf4 45.Ra1 h5  0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stirenkov, Veniami"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.a4 a6 10.a5 Qc7 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Qe2 d5 13.Bd3 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nfd5 15.Bd2 O-O
16.Nc3 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4 18.Be4 Qc7 19.Na4 Bd7 20.Nb6 Rad8 21.Nxd7 Rxd7 22.Rfd1 Rfd8
23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.c3 Nc6 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 g6 27.g3 Kg7 28.Qe2 Nxa5 29.Nxa5 Qxa5
30.Bxb7 Qa1+ 31.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Be3 b5 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.Nd2 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 a6 10.f4 Be7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.f5 Bc5 13.O-O Bxe3+ 14.Qxe3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6
16.Nf3 Nfd7 17.b3 f6 18.Kf2 Nc5 19.Ke3 Ke7 20.g4 a5 21.g5 a4 22.h4 axb3 23.axb3 Rxa1
24.Rxa1 Ra8 25.Rxa8 Nxa8 26.Nd1 Nb6 27.Nf2 Nbd7 28.Ng4 Kd6 29.g6 hxg6 30.fxg6 Ke6
31.h5 f5 32.Ng5+ Ke7 33.exf5 Nf6 34.Nxf6 Kxf6 35.Ne4+ Nxe4 36.Kxe4 b4 37.h6 gxh6
38.Kf3 h5 39.Kg3 c5 40.Kh4 e4 41.Kg3  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rxb7 Rc8 14.Bf4 e6 15.Ne5 Bxe5
16.Bxe5 Bc6 17.Re7 Bxe4 18.Bb5 Nc6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Qc1 Qd5 21.f3 Kf8 22.Qg5 Be8
23.Qf6 Rc2 24.Bf4 Qh5 25.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Samarin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.a4 Re8 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Bg1 exf4 15.Rxf4 Be6  1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qa4+ Qd7 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e4 b5
9.Bf4 a6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 Nc6 12.g5 Nh5 13.Be3 b4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qc6
16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Be2 g6 18.Rd4 Bc5 19.Rxc4 Bxe3+ 20.fxe3 Qb6 21.Qa4+ c6 22.Rd4 O-O
23.Bxh5 gxh5 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.Rxb4 Rab8 26.Rd1 c5 27.Rb6 h4 28.Rf1 Rfc8 29.Rf4 Rc6
30.Rxc6 Bxc6 31.Rxh4 a5 32.Rf4 a4 33.Kc2 Ra8 34.Rf1 a3 35.Ra1 axb2 36.Rxa8+ Bxa8
37.Kxb2 Kg7 38.Kb3 Kg6 39.Kc4 Kxg5 40.Kxc5 Kg4 41.Kd6 Kf3 42.Ke7 Kxe3 43.Kxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Ne5 e6 8.e3 Nxe5
9.Bxe5 Be7 10.Qb3 b5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.a4 b4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne2 f5
16.a5 Bd6 17.Qd1 Kh8 18.Nc1 f4 19.Qh5 f5 20.exf4 Bxf4 21.Nb3 Rg8 22.g3 Qf6
23.Kh1 Bd6 24.f4 Rg4 25.Be2 Be8 26.Qh3 Rg7 27.Qg2 h5 28.h4 Bc6 29.Qf2 Rag8
30.Rg1 Bb7 31.Rac1 Qd8 32.Kh2 Bc8 33.Kh1 Bb7 34.Kh2 Bc8 35.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bf5
16.a4 Bd3 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Nf3 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 h6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ne5 Re8 22.Qd1 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Qf5 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.g4 Qg6 26.Bf4 Qe4 27.h3 h5 28.Bg3 Be2 29.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Nh2 Nf6 19.Rf3 Re5 20.Rxf5 Rxf5 21.exf5 Bxd5 22.Ne4 Bxe4
23.Bxe4 d5 24.Bf3 c4 25.Re6 Nd3 26.Be3 d4 27.Bxh6 Nxb2 28.Qc2 Nxa4 29.Bg5 d3
30.Qd2 Nc5 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Rc6 Rc8 33.Rxc8 Qxc8 34.Bd5+ Kh7 35.Qf4 d2 36.Qg4 d1=Q+
37.Qxd1 Qxf5 38.Ng4 Bh6 39.Qe1 Bf8 40.Qe8 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Bd6+ 42.g3 Qg6 43.Qd8  1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7 9.O-O Ng6
10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ba3 Nh5 12.d4 Nhf4 13.Re1 Bg4 14.h3 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Nxh3+ 16.Kh2 Nxf2
17.Qe2 Ng4+ 18.Kg3 Nf4 19.Qf1 Qf6 20.Qh1 Qg6 21.Qh4 Nh5+ 22.Kg2 Ne3+ 23.Kf2 Ng2
24.Qh2 Nxe1 25.Rxe1 Nf6 26.Qg2 Rfe8 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Bb3 d5 29.exd5 exd4 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8
31.cxd4 Rd8 32.d6 cxd6 33.Nc4 Bc7 34.b6 Bb8 35.Nxa5 Rd7 36.d5 Ne4+ 37.Kg2 Nc5
38.Bd1 Re7 39.Nc6 bxc6 40.dxc6 Na6 41.Nd4 Re4 42.Be2 Rxd4 43.Bxa6 Rd2+ 44.Kf1 Rc2
45.Bb5 Kf8 46.a5  1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.a4 a5 14.g4 c5 15.Kg2 f4 16.h4 h5
17.g5 Ne8 18.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Nb5 axb4
16.axb4 Nh5 17.g3 Ndf6 18.c5 Bd7 19.Rb3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Nh5 21.f4 Bxb5 22.Bxb5 exf4
23.Bb2 Nxg3 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qc3+ Kg8 26.Rxf4 Nh5 27.Rf2 fxe4 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8
29.Nxe4 Qf5 30.Qf3 Qxd5 31.Rd3 Qe5 32.Rd1 d5 33.Nf2 c6 34.Bf1 Rf8 35.Qh3 Nf4
36.Qf3 Qb2 37.b5 Nh3+ 38.Qxh3 Qxf2+ 39.Kh1 Rf5 40.bxc6 bxc6 41.Qb3 Rg5 42.Bh3 Rg3
43.Qb8+ Kg7 44.Qe5+ Kh6 45.Qe6 Qf3+ 46.Kh2 Qf2+ 47.Kh1 Qxc5 48.Rf1 Qc2 49.Rf7 Qd1+
50.Rf1 Qd3 51.Kh2 Rg5 52.Qc8 Qg3+ 53.Kh1 Kh5  0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A86"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 d6 5.d5 e5 6.dxe6 Bxe6 7.Nd2 g6 8.b3 Bg7 9.Bb2 Na6
10.Nh3 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.Qc2 Nc5 13.Rad1 a5 14.Rfe1 Nfe4 15.Nf4 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 g5
17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Qd2 e3 20.fxe3 Rf6 21.Rf1 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 h6 23.e4 Qe7
24.Qd4 Qe5 25.Rd1 Qxd4+ 26.Rxd4 Rd8 27.e5 Kf7 28.exd6 Ke6 29.Kf2 Rxd6 30.Ke3 a4
31.b4 Na6 32.Bh3+ Ke5 33.Re4+ Kf6 34.c5 Rd1 35.Bc8 Rb1 36.a3 Nxb4 37.axb4 Rb3+
38.Kf2 a3 39.Re6+ Kf7 40.Rd6 a2 41.Be6+ Ke7 42.Bxb3 a1=Q 43.b5 cxb5 44.h3 Qc3
45.Rd3 Qxc5+ 46.Kf1 h5 47.Bd5 b6 48.Kg2 b4 49.Kf1 Kf6 50.Kg2 Ke5 51.Bb3 Qc6+
52.Kg1 Qe4 53.Kf2 Qh1 54.Re3+ Kd4 55.Rd3+ Kc5 56.Be6 Qh2+ 57.Kf1 Qh1+ 58.Kf2 b5
59.g4 Qh2+ 60.Kf1 Qe5 61.Bb3 hxg4  0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.g5 exf4 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Ne7
16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Rhg1+ Kh8 18.Qe4 Ng6 19.Qd4 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Rd6 fxe3
22.fxe3 Ra5 23.Kd2 Rf5 24.Rf1 Rc5 25.Bd3 Rc6 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.b4 Rd8 28.Rc1 Ne5
29.Nd4 Nxd3 30.Kxd3 Bd7 31.Ke4 Re8+ 32.Kf4 Rc8 33.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.a4 Bc8 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Nbd2 g6
17.Qe2 Bd7 18.a5 Nc8 19.Nf1 Nh5 20.b4 Bf6 21.Qd2 Bg7 22.Ng3 Nf4 23.Rac1 Qd8
24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Qxf4 Bxc3 26.bxc5 f6 27.c6 Be8 28.Red1 Qxa5 29.Nd4 Bb2 30.Rb1 Bxd4
31.Rxd4 Qc3 32.Qd2 Qxd2 33.Rxd2 Nb6 34.Bd3 Bf7 35.Ne2 Na4 36.Nd4 Rfe8 37.f3 f5
38.exf5 Nc3 39.Rc1 Nxd5 40.fxg6 hxg6 41.c7 Rac8 42.Bxb5 axb5 43.Nxb5 Re7
44.Kh2 Nxc7 45.Rxd6 Be8 46.Nxc7 Rcxc7 47.Rxc7 Rxc7 48.Kg3 Rc2 49.h4 Kg7 50.Re6 Bb5
51.Rb6 Bd3 52.Rd6 Bf5 53.Rb6 Kh6 54.Rd6 Bc8 55.Rb6 Ra2 56.Rb8 Be6 57.Rb4 Rd2
58.Re4 Bb3 59.Rb4 Bd1 60.Rb6 Ra2 61.Rd6 Be2 62.Kf4 Ra4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.Rd1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 c4 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Bb2 Rfc8
17.Rc1 Qb6 18.Nbd2 Nd7 19.Nf1 b4 20.cxb4 Qxb4 21.Qd2 Qxd2 22.N1xd2 Nb7 23.g4 Bg6
24.b4 Nb6 25.Bd3 Rxc1+ 26.Rxc1 Bd8 27.Ra1 a5 28.Bb5 axb4 29.Rxa8 Nxa8 30.Bc6 Nc5
31.Bxa8 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Bxe4 33.Nd2 Bd3 34.Bc6 Bg5 35.Nb3 Kf8 36.Kg2 Ke7 37.Kf3 h6
38.Bc1 e4+ 39.Kg3 Bxc1 40.Nxc1 Bc4 41.Ba4 Bxd5 42.Kf4 Kf6 43.Nb3 g5+ 44.Ke3 Bxb3
45.Bxb3 Ke5 46.f3 f5 47.gxf5 exf3 48.Bc2 b3 49.Bb1 h5 50.Kxf3 b2 51.Ke3 Kf6
52.Kd4 Ke7 53.Bd3 Kf6 54.Be4 Ke7 55.Bc2 Kf6 56.Bd3 Ke7 57.Kc3 Kf6 58.Kd2 Ke5
59.Ke3 Kf6 60.Ke4 Ke7 61.Kd4 Kf6 62.Bc2 Ke7 63.Kc3 Kf6 64.Kxb2 g4 65.hxg4 hxg4
66.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O Nd7 10.Bc4 a6 11.Bb3 c6 12.Qf4 b5 13.h4 Ra7 14.Neg5 Nf6 15.c3 Qc7
16.Ne5 c5 17.Bc2 cxd4 18.Rxd4 h6 19.Rh3 Bc5 20.Rd2 Nd5 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Qe4 Bd6
23.Nexf7+ Rxf7 24.Nxf7+ Qxf7 25.Bg6 Qg8 26.Rhd3 Rc7 27.g3 Bb7 28.Qg4 b4 29.c4 Be7
30.b3 Bc8 31.Kd1 e5 32.Bf5 Nf6 33.Qg6 Bb7 34.Re3 e4 35.Bh3 Bc6 36.Bg2 Qe6
37.g4 Qxg4+ 38.Qxg4 Nxg4 39.Rg3 h5 40.Rh3 Bc5 41.Ke1 Rf7 42.Rd8+ Kh7 43.Rc8 Bxf2+
44.Ke2 Bb7 45.Rb8 Bd4  0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Ne4 f5 15.Nd6 Bf8
16.Bb5 Bd7 17.Rhe1 Re6 18.Nb7 Qc7 19.Ba6 Bc8 20.Bxf8 Bxb7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Ba3 a5
23.b3 a4 24.Bb2 axb3 25.axb3 Rae8 26.c4 Nf6 27.Kc2 Qf7 28.Qc3 h6 29.Re2 Kh7
30.Red2 Qe7 31.Qa5 g5 32.Rd8 Rxd8 33.Rxd8 Kg6 34.h3 f4 35.Qd2 e4 36.fxe4 Rxe4
37.Qd3 Kf7 38.Bxf6 Kxf6 39.Rd6+ Re6 40.Qd4+ Kf5 41.Qd3+ Kf6 42.Qd4+ Kf5 43.Qd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kb1 Ne5 12.f4 Ned7 13.e5 Ng4 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Be2 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 Qe7 17.Rhe1 h5 18.Bf3 Rh6 19.Nf5 exf5 20.Qf2 Re6 21.Rxe6 Qxe6 22.Re1 Nf6
23.Nd5 Kd7 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Nb6+ Kc7 26.Qe3 Bd7 27.Nc4 b6 28.Qe5+ Kc8 29.Nd6+ Bxd6
30.Qxd6 Ne4 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.Kc1 e3 33.Kd1 Rb7 34.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 Bd6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe1 O-O 10.Nh4 Re8 11.Nb3 a5 12.a4 Nc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Re6
16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Qc7 18.Kg2 Nd7 19.Qe2 Ree8 20.Rfd1 Nf8 21.Bd2 Ne6 22.c3 f6
23.Be1 Bf8 24.Nd2 Red8 25.f3 Qf7 26.Bf2 Bc5 27.Nc4 Bxf2 28.Kxf2 Qe7 29.Nb6 Rxd1
30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.Ke1 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Qc5 33.Nc8 Qg1+ 34.Ke2 Qg2+ 35.Ke3 Qxb2
36.Qd7 Qxc3+ 37.Ke2 Nd4+ 38.Kf1 Qxf3+  0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.Nd2 exd5
9.exd5 Nbd7 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.Ne3 Ne8 12.a4 f5 13.f4 Nd7 14.a5 Ndf6 15.h3 h5
16.Nc4 Nc7 17.Be3 Nfe8 18.Qd3 Bd7 19.Rfe1 Rb8 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.Bf3 Re8 22.Bf2 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Qf8 24.Nc4 Bh6 25.Qd2 b5 26.axb6 axb6 27.b4 b5 28.Na5 cxb4 29.Ne2 Qf7
30.Nc6 Re8 31.Nxb4 Ne4 32.Bxe4 Rxe4 33.c3 Ne8 34.Bh4 Nf6 35.Bg5 Bg7 36.Rd1 Re8
37.Bxf6 Qxf6 38.Nd4 Qe7 39.Qd3 Qe3+ 40.Qxe3 Rxe3 41.Nbc6 Rxc3 42.Nxb5 Rc5
43.Nxd6 Bf8 44.Ne5 Ba4 45.Ra1 Bxd6 46.Rxa4 Bxe5 47.fxe5 Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mozetic, Dejan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e3 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.Nh3 Rb8 12.O-O-O h6 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bg3 Rb6 15.Bd3 Ba6
16.Rd2 Qc7 17.Bc2 Rfb8 18.b3 Bc8 19.Rhd1 Ne8 20.f4 e4 21.f5 Ndf6 22.Rf1 Bd7
23.Bh4 R8b7 24.Nf4 Qb8 25.Ne2 a5 26.a4 Rxb3 27.Bxb3 Rxb3 28.Qa1 Qb4 29.Rc2 Ra3
30.Qb2 Qxa4 31.Nc3 Qxc4 32.Qxa3 Qxf1+ 33.Kb2 a4 34.Bxf6 Nxf6 35.Qa2 Qd3 36.Qb1 d5
37.Ka2 d4 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.Rb2  0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfd1 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6
9.N5f3 c5 10.Be3 a6 11.c3 Qc7 12.Ne5 Nbd5 13.Ngf3 Bd6 14.O-O b5 15.Bd2 Bb7
16.Rac1 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qb6 18.a3 O-O 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.h3 Rad8 21.Rcd1 Nf5 22.Bb1 Bd5
23.Bc1 Qb7 24.g4 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Nh4 26.Qd3 Bf3 27.Rd2 Bxg4 28.Qg3 Nf5 29.Qf4 Bxh3
30.f3 Ne7 31.Qg3 Bf5 32.Rg2 Nh5 33.Qh4 Bxb1 34.Qxh5 Bg6 35.Qg4 Qd5 36.Be3 Rc8
37.Kh2 Rc7 38.Reg1 Rfc8 39.Bf2 Rc2 40.Bh4 Nf5 41.Nxg6 fxg6 42.Qxg6 Qxf3 43.Qxe6+ Kh8
44.Qg6 Qf4+ 45.Bg3 Nxg3  0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.f3 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 e5
9.g3 Qe7 10.Bh3 Bg6 11.O-O exd4 12.Qxd4 Nc5 13.Qd1 Nba6 14.e4 Rd8 15.Qe2 Nb3
16.Rb1 Qc5+ 17.Be3 Nd4 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.Ne3 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 Nc6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Re1 Qb6 14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.Rxc4 Na5
16.Rg4 Nf6 17.Ra4 Rfd8 18.Qa1 Nc6 19.Rc4 Na5 20.Ra4 Nc6 21.Rf4 Nb4 22.Rc1 Qa6
23.Rxf6 gxf6 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Qxe2 26.Ne5 Rd1+ 27.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28.Bf1 Qh5
29.Qf4 Qf5 30.Qe3 Nc2 31.Qc3 Nd4 32.f4 Qe4 33.Bd3 Ne2+ 34.Bxe2 Qxe2 35.Qa5 Qd1+
36.Kf2 Rd8 37.Nc4 Qc2+ 38.Kf3 Qd1+ 39.Kf2 Rd3 40.Kg2 Qf3+ 41.Kh3 Qf1+ 42.Kg4 Qf3+
43.Kg5 Kg7 44.Qc7 h6+ 45.Kh4 Qe2 46.Kh3 Rd5 47.Ne5 Qh5+  0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qd3 Be4 12.Qe3 Bc6 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.Qd3 Bb4 15.Rfe1 h6
16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Qc2 b6 18.e4 Bb7 19.Rad1 Re8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Nd7 22.Bf4 Qe7
23.Re2 c5 24.d5 e5 25.Be3 Qd6 26.Bh3 Rc7 27.Nb1 Bc8 28.Nd2 b5 29.Nf3 c4 30.Nh4 g6
31.Bxh6 Nc5 32.Bxc8 Rexc8 33.axb5 axb5 34.Nf3 Ra8 35.Bd2 Ra4 36.Kg2 Nd3 37.Bxb4 Rxb4
38.Rxd3 cxd3 39.Qxd3 f6 40.Qa3 Qc5 41.Nh4 Kh7 42.Qf3 Qd6 43.b3 Qa6 44.Rd2 Rd4
45.Rxd4 exd4 46.Qf4 Qb6 47.d6 Rf7 48.Qg4 Rg7 49.Qh3 d3 50.Nf5+ Kg8 51.Nxg7 Qxd6
52.Ne8 Qd4 53.Nxf6+ Kf7 54.Qh7+ Ke6 55.Qxg6 d2 56.Nd5+ Kd7 57.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6
9.N5f3 c5 10.Bf4 Nbd5 11.Be5 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 cxd4 13.Nf3 Be7 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.O-O-O Bd7
16.Kb1 Qb6 17.c4 Nb4 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Bc5 20.Nc2 Bc6 21.Qg4 f6 22.Bc3 a5
23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.f3 Rae8 26.Qf5 Re2 27.Ne1 Re5 28.Qc2 Be8 29.Ka1 Re3
30.Rd2 Bf7 31.Nd3 Bg6 32.Qd1 Bxd3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Qxd3 Qd8 35.Qf5 Qc8 36.Qg6 Qe8
37.Bc2 Qxg6 38.Bxg6 Rd8 39.Re1 Kg8 40.Kb1 Kf8 41.Kc2 Rc8 42.Kb3 Ra8 43.Re2 Bd6
44.g3 Bc5 45.h4 Bd6 46.h5 Bc5 47.Re6 Kg8 48.Be4 Rb8 49.Ka4 Kf7 50.Bd5 Kf8
51.Kb5 b6 52.Rc6 Re8 53.Rxb6 Bxb6 54.Kxb6 Re2 55.c5 Ke7 56.Bb3 Kd7 57.Bc4 Re5
58.f4 Re7 59.f5 Kc8 60.c6 Kb8 61.Be6 Ra7 62.a3  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qh5 Nf6 12.Qh4 Nbd7 13.Rd1 Re8 14.Bf4 a6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qxh6 Qd8 19.Qg5+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Rd1 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Qc7 13.h3 Bh2+ 14.Kh1 Be5 15.Bd2 Be6
16.Be1 Rfd8 17.Qe2 a6 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.a3 Qd7 20.Kg1 Bb8 21.g3 Ba7 22.g4 h6
23.Bg2 d4 24.exd4 Bb3 25.Rd2 Bb8 26.Qf3 Bd5 27.Nxd5 Rxc1 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.Rd1 Rxd1
30.Qxd1 Be5 31.d5 Bxb2 32.Bd2 Bxa3 33.Bxh6 Qe7 34.Bf3 Bd6 35.Be3 Qe5 36.Kf1 b5
37.Qc2 b4 38.Qa4 Rb8 39.Bd1 Qxd5 40.Bb3 Qb5+ 41.Qxb5 Rxb5 42.Ke2 Re5 43.Kd3 Bc5
44.Bd2 Bxf2 45.Bxb4 Re3+ 46.Kc2 Rxh3 47.Bc4 Rg3 48.Bxa6 Rxg4 49.Bd2 Rd4 50.Bd3 Kg7
51.Bc3 Rd6 52.Bd2 Bh4 53.Bb4 Rd5  0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Bd3 f4 16.Nb5 b6
17.c5 bxc5 18.Nb3 a4 19.Na5 Ne8 20.Qxa4 Qh4 21.Qc2 g5 22.Qf2 Qh5 23.Nc6 cxb4
24.axb4 Ndf6 25.Ne7 g4 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Na7 Rd8 28.Qe2 Bh6 29.fxg4 Nxg4 30.h3 Ngf6
31.Qxh5 Nxh5 32.Nb5 Ng3 33.Rf2 Rb8 34.Nc3 Bg5 35.b5 Bh4 36.Ra1 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 a5
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.Nc3 Ba6 12.Ne5 d5 13.Be3 Nfd7 14.Nd3 Nb6 15.a4 Nc6
16.Nb5 Nb4 17.Rc1 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Qd7 19.Rxc7 Qxc7 20.Nxc7 Bxd3 21.Nxa8 Rxa8
22.exd3 Bb4 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Kf1 Kf8 25.Ke2 Ke8 26.f4 Kd7 27.Rxc8 Nxc8 28.Bc1 Bc3
29.Bd2 Bxd2 30.Kxd2 Ne7 31.Kc3 Nc6 32.Bf3 Ke7 33.h4 Kf6 34.Bg4 g6 35.Bh3 h6
36.Bg4 Kg7 37.Bd1 Nb4 38.Bg4 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.fxg5 Kg6 41.Bd1 Kxg5 42.Be2 Nc6
43.Bd1 Kf6 44.Bh5 Ke7 45.Bd1 Kd6 46.Bh5 f6 47.Bg4 Ke7 48.Bh5 Kf8 49.Bd1 Kg7
50.Bh5 f5 51.Bd1 Kg6 52.Be2 Kg5 53.Bd1 Nb4 54.Be2 Nc6 55.Bd1 f4 56.gxf4+ Kxf4
57.Bh5 Ke3 58.Be8 Nb4 59.Bf7 Na2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.Qc2 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qc6 19.Qd2 Rcb8 20.Nc3 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 Nb6
22.dxc5 Qxc5 23.Ne2 Rc8 24.Rc1 Qb5 25.Rxc8+ Nxc8 26.g3 Nb6 27.Kg2 Nc4 28.Qd3 Nd6
29.Qxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.d3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 b5 11.a4 a6 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qb7
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qxe4 18.Rxe4 f6 19.Bc3 Kf7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ree1 f5 22.f4 g5
23.g3 gxf4 24.gxf4 Bd6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Be5 Ke7 27.Kf2 Ra2 28.Re2 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Kd7
30.Ke3 Kc6 31.Rg2 b4 32.Kf4 Ra1 33.Kg5 Kd5 34.Kf6 f4 35.Rf2 Rh1 36.Kg5 Kxe5
37.Re2+ Kd4 38.Kxf4 Kc3 39.Rxe6 Kxc2 40.Rc6 Kxd3 41.Rxc5 Rxh2 42.Rc7 Rc2
43.Rxh7 Kc3 44.Ke3 Kxb3 45.Rb7 Kc3  0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Nxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.b3 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nbd2 Rfd8 15.Nf1 Be6
16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Ng3 g6 18.Bg5 Nc4 19.Bb3 Ne8 20.Nf1 f6 21.Bh6 Bf7 22.N3h2 Ncd6
23.Ng4 c4 24.Bc2 Be6 25.Re1 Nf7 26.Bc1 Qc6 27.h4 b4 28.Nd2 a5 29.h5 a4 30.hxg6 hxg6
31.cxb4 Bxb4 32.Ne3 c3 33.bxc3 Qxc3 34.a3 Ba5 35.Rd1 Bb3 36.Bxb3 axb3 37.Qb5 Ned6
38.Qa4 Rb8 39.Ndc4 Nxc4 40.Nxc4 Qc2 41.Ne3 Qc3 42.Bd2 Qd4 43.Bb4 b2 44.Rxd4 exd4
45.Qb3 dxe3 46.fxe3 Bxb4 47.axb4 Kf8 48.Qxb2 Ke7 49.Qc3 Ne5 50.Qc5+ Ke6 51.Kf1 Nd7
52.Qc4+ Ke7 53.Ke2 Rb6 54.Kd2 Kd6 55.b5 Ke7 56.Kc3 Re6 57.Kb4 Re5 58.Ka5 Re6
59.Qb4+ Rd6 60.Qa3 Ne5 61.Qa2 Rd2 62.Qb3 Rd3 63.Qc2 Rd2 64.Qc5+ Rd6 65.Qc1 Nd7
66.Qh1 g5 67.Qh7+ Ke6 68.Qg8+ Ke7 69.e5 Nxe5 70.b6 Rd7 71.Qc8 Rd2 72.Qc3 Rd5+
73.Ka4 Rd8 74.b7 Nd7 75.Kb5 Rh8 76.Kc6 Nb8+ 77.Kc7 Na6+ 78.Kb6 Nb8 79.Qc7+ Ke6
80.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Nf6 5.d5 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nh3 d6
9.Nf2 Na6 10.Qd2 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Be2 a6 13.O-O Rb8 14.Bh6 b5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.f4 e6 17.axb5 axb5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Bf3 b4 20.Ncd1 d5 21.e5 Nd7 22.c3 bxc3
23.bxc3 Nb5 24.Be2 c4 25.Ne3 Nc5 26.Rad1 Qa5 27.f5 Nb3 28.Nxc4 Nxd2 29.Nxa5 Nxf1
30.fxe6 Nxc3 31.e7 Rfe8 32.Kxf1 Nxd1 33.Bxd1 Rb6 34.Nb3 Rxe7 35.Nd3 Rc7 36.Ke2 Rc4
37.Nd2 Rc3 38.Ke3 Rb4 39.Bf3 Rb5 40.Kd4 Ra3 41.Nf1 Kf8 42.Ng3 Rbb3 43.Be2 Ke7
44.Nh1 Ra2 45.Bf3 Ra4+ 46.Ke3 Rxd3+ 47.Kxd3 Ke6 48.Nf2 h5 49.Ke3 Kxe5 50.Nd3+ Kd6
51.Nf4 Ra3+ 52.Kd4 Ra4+ 53.Ke3 d4+ 54.Ke4 f5+ 55.Kd3 g5 56.Nxh5 Ke5 57.Ng3 Ra3+
58.Kd2 Ra2+ 59.Kd3 Ra3+ 60.Kd2 d3 61.Nxf5 Kxf5 62.Ke3 Ke5 63.h3 Rb3 64.Bd1 Ra3
65.Bf3 d2+ 66.Kxd2 Kf4 67.Ke2 Kg3 68.Ke1 Ra1+ 69.Ke2 Rg1 70.Ke3 Rxg2  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 axb4 14.axb4 Ng8 15.Qc2 Bh6
16.c5 dxc5 17.Nb5 c6 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Nd6 cxb4 20.exf5 Ndf6 21.Nxc8 gxf5 22.Nc4 Bxc1
23.Rfxc1 Rxc8 24.Rxb4 Qd4+ 25.Kh1 Rcd8 26.Rb7 Nh5 27.g3 Rf6 28.Rg1 Re8 29.Rbb1 Rh6
30.Kg2 Ree6 31.Bd3 e4 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Bf1 Nhf6 34.Rd1 Ng4 35.h4 Qf6 36.Qe2 Qg7
37.Kh1 e3 38.Bh3 Nf2+ 39.Kh2 Re7 40.Nxe3 Nxd1 41.Rxd1 Qe5 42.Rd3 Rxh4 43.Qf3 Rh6
44.Rb3 Rf6 45.Qg2 h5 46.Qd2 Rf3  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.a4 Re8
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Na3 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Nd2 h5 13.f3 Qe7 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.a5 Ne6
16.a6 Bc8 17.c3 h4 18.Nc2 Nh5 19.Nf1 c5 20.Red1 Nef4 21.gxf4 exf4 22.Bc1 h3
23.Bh1 Be6 24.Nd2 Rad8 25.Kf1 Rd7 26.Re1 Red8 27.e5 Rd5 28.Ra4 Rxd2 29.Bxd2 Bb3
30.Ra3 Bxc2 31.c4 Bf5 32.Bc1 Re8 33.b4 cxb4 34.Rb3 Qc5 35.Bd2 Rxe5 36.Bxb4 Qc7
37.Qd1 Qxc4+ 38.Kg1 Rd5  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Bd2 b6 12.Qg4 Kf8 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Rhe1 Rd8 15.Kb1 Nf6
16.Qh4 Ke7 17.Ne5 c5 18.f4 cxd4 19.g4 g5 20.Qf2 Rhg8 21.h3 a5 22.Re2 Nd5
23.Rde1 Ne3 24.Bxe3 dxe3 25.Qxe3 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Nbd7 8.O-O Nxc5
9.h3 b6 10.Nb5 Bb7 11.Be5 Ncd7 12.Bh2 a6 13.Nbd4 Rc8 14.c3 Ne4 15.Nd2 Ndc5
16.N4b3 e5 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rc1 b5 19.Kh1 Qb6 20.Nd2 Nc5 21.Bg1 Rfd8 22.Nb3 Ne4
23.Qe1 Qe6 24.f3 Nd6 25.e4 dxe4 26.Nc5 Qe7 27.fxe4 Nxe4 28.Nxb7 Qxb7 29.Bf3 f5
30.Rc2 Qd5 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.a3 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Re2 Qd3 35.Rxe4 Rf1 36.Qe3 Qxe3
37.Rxe3 Rb1 38.Re2 Kf7 39.g3 Ke6 40.Rd2 Bh6 41.Re2 Kd5 42.b4 Rc1 43.Kg2 Rxc3
44.Bf2 e4 45.h4 Bc1  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 e6 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Na5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Qf4 Qf6
16.Qg3 Qe7 17.d5 Rad8 18.e5 Bxd5 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Rxd5 Rxd5 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Qh4 Qxg5
23.Qxg5 Nc6 24.f4 Nd4 25.h4 Rc8 26.Qg4 Nf5 27.Re1 Rc4 28.h5 Rdd4 29.Qf3 Rxf4
30.Qa8+ Kh7 31.Qxa7 Rg4 32.Qxf7 Rc2 33.Qb7 Nh4 34.Kf1 Nxg2 35.Re4 Rg5 36.Qe7 Rf5+
37.Kg1 Nf4 38.Rxf4 Rxf4 39.Qxe6 Rcc4 40.Qg6+ Kh8 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qg6+ Kh8
43.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Jose L"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe2 Qa5 12.Bxd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Qb4 14.Rd2 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4
16.Qxe4 Bxe4 17.f3 Bc6 18.Bd3 Ke7 19.Re1 Rhd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 h6 8.Bd2 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Ne4 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.O-O Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Nc6 13.Bd3 cxd4 14.cxd4 b6 15.Qf4 Bb7
16.Qe4 g6 17.Qf4 Nb4 18.Qxh6 Bxf3 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Qxg6+ Kh8 21.Qh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.d3 h6 6.Bg2 d6 7.h3 O-O 8.O-O Be6
9.e3 Bb6 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 a6 12.Ne2 Bf5 13.a3 Qd7 14.Kh2 Rad8 15.b4 Bh7 16.d4 e4
17.Nd2 d5 18.Nc3 Ne7 19.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 Nbd7 7.Nf3 a6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O Re8 11.Bf4 Nf8 12.h3 Ng6 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Na4 Ne4
16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Nh4 18.Qc2 Qh6 19.Qe2 Nxg2 20.Kxg2 Bxh3+ 21.Kg3 Re6 22.f4 Rae8
23.Rf3 f5 24.Qh2 Rxe3 25.Rf1 Qg6+ 26.Kf2 Rxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Qg4+ 28.Kf2 Bxf1 29.Bxf1 Qd1
30.Nc3 Qxd4+ 31.Kg2 Re6 32.Qh4 Qd2+ 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Kf7 35.Bd3 Kf6 36.b4 h6
37.Ne2 Re8 38.Nd4 g6 39.a4 Ke7 40.a5 Kd6 41.Nb3 Re7 42.Nc5 d4 43.Bc4 g5 44.Nb3 Re4
45.fxg5 hxg5 46.Bd3 Re3 47.Nc5 Re7 48.Kg3 Ke5 49.Bc2 g4 50.Bb1 Rh7 51.Nd3+ Kf6
52.Nc5 Rh3+ 53.Kf2 f4 54.Nxb7 d3 55.Nc5 Rh2+ 56.Kg1 d2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 Bf6 15.d5 Na5
16.Nbd2 Nb6 17.Nf1 Bd7 18.b3 Nb7 19.Ng3 g6 20.Bh6 Bg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.b4 a5
23.a3 Qc7 24.Qd2 Rfc8 25.Rac1 Qd8 26.Bd3 Nc4 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Rc3 axb4 29.axb4 Ra4
30.Rb1 Qb6 31.Qg5 Rxb4 32.Rxb4 Qxb4 33.Re3 Kf8 34.Qf6 Nd8 35.Ng5 c3 36.Nxh7+ Kg8
37.Nh5 gxh5 38.Qh6 f6 39.Qg6+ Kh8 40.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Heyken, Enno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nh3 Qh6
9.g3 a6 10.f4 g6 11.Qf3 Qf8 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.f5 Nb6 14.Ng5 Qg7 15.fxg6 Qxg6
16.Qf4 h6 17.Be2 Nb4 18.Rd2 Ke7 19.Nf3 Bd7 20.Qh4+ f6 21.a3 Nc6 22.Bd3 Qg7
23.Ne2 Be8 24.Nf4 Bf7 25.Re2 Raf8 26.Rhe1 Nd8 27.Bf5 Qg8 28.exf6+ Kd6 29.Nxe6 Bxe6
30.Rxe6+ Nxe6 31.Rxe6+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.Re1 f5 14.Rc1 Nf6 15.Rc2 Bd6
16.e3 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be4 Rb8
16.Qc2 a5 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Ne5 Qf6 21.Nd3 Rd8 22.Nxc5 bxc5
23.Qe2 Rbd7 24.R3c2 c4 25.g3 e5 26.Kg2 e4 27.Qg4 Rd2 28.Qf4 Qe6 29.Rxc4 Re8
30.Rc6 Qxa2 31.Rc7 Rf8 32.Rc8 Rdd8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Qc7 Re8 35.Qc6 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.f5 gxf5
9.Qe1 e6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Ne7 12.Kh1 f4 13.e5 Ng4 14.g3 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.gxf4 b5 17.Rg1 Bb7+ 18.Ne4 Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Panzer, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Bd2 Qd7 6.Bb5 c6 7.Ba4 a5 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Ba6
10.Bd2 Bb5 11.Bxb5 cxb5 12.Qg4 f5 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe2 h6 15.h4 Nc6 16.Qd3 Nge7
17.Ne2 Kf7 18.f3 b4 19.axb4 Nxb4 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Kf2 Ra5 22.b3 Qa7 23.Rac1 Ra2
24.Qe3 Qd7 25.Qd2 Qb5 26.Rhe1 Ke8 27.Ra1 Ra5 28.Rec1 Kd7 29.Nf4 Rc8 30.Nd3 Nc6
31.Rxa5 Qxa5 32.Qxh6 Ne7 33.Qd2 Rc3 34.Kg3 Nc6 35.Nf4 Ne7 36.Qd1 Qa8 37.Ra1 Qb8
38.Qd2 Qc7 39.Ra2 Rc6 40.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4 Qa5 8.Bd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qa4 10.Nf3 b6 11.h5 Ba6 12.h6 gxh6 13.Bxh6 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Nd7 15.Bd2 Rc8
16.c3 Qxd1+ 17.Rxd1 b5 18.Ke2 f6 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Rb1 a6 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rb7 Ne4
23.Rh6 Ng6 24.Ne5 O-O 25.Nxg6 Rxf2+ 26.Ke1 hxg6 27.Rxg6+ Kh8 28.Rh6+ Kg8
29.Rg6+ Kh8 30.Bh6 a3 31.Bg7+ Kg8 32.Bh6+ Kh8 33.Bg7+ Kg8 34.Be5+ Kf8 35.Rh6 Ke8
36.Bg7 Rf8 37.Rxe6+ Kd8 38.Bxf8 Rxc3 39.Rxa6 Rc1+ 40.Ke2 Rc2+ 41.Ke3 Rc3+
42.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 a6 8.a4 c5
9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nbd5 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Bg3 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bd6 18.Qf3 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Bd7 20.Bc2 g6 21.Qg3 Qf6 22.h4 b5
23.h5 Kg7 24.Be4 Rab8 25.axb5 Bxb5 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Re1 Ba4 28.Re3 Bd1 29.Bd3 Rb6
30.Bc4 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Qxf2+ 32.Kh2 Rb1 33.Bd3 Qg1+ 34.Kh3 Qh1+ 35.Kg3 g5 36.Bxb1 Rf4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nd8 11.O-O e5 12.Be1 f5 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.c5 Nf7 15.cxd6 cxd6
16.Nc4 f4 17.Bb4 Bf5 18.f3 Rfc8 19.e4 Bd7 20.gxf4 Rxc4 21.Rxc4 Bb5 22.fxe5 Nxe5
23.Rc2 Bxf1 24.Qxf1 Rf8 25.f4 Nfg4 26.Re2 Qh4 27.Bh3 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pekarek, Ales"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 b6 11.a3 Ne8 12.b4 f5 13.Nb3 Nf6 14.f3 Kh8 15.Bd2 Neg8 16.Rb2 Bh6
17.Bd3 Bxd2 18.Qxd2 f4 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Nd1 a5 21.Nc1 g5 22.g4 h5 23.h3 Ne7
24.Ne2 Ng6 25.Nec3 Kg7 26.Na4 Rh8 27.Nb6 Ra7 28.Nxc8 Qxc8 29.Nf2 hxg4 30.hxg4 Nf8
31.Rfb1 N8d7 32.Bf1 Kg6 33.Nh3 Rh4 34.Qg2 Qa6 35.Qc2 a4 36.Qd1 Ra8 37.Rh2 Rah8
38.Rbb2 R8h7 39.Qb1 Qa5 40.Qc1 Qa8 41.Bg2 Qh8 42.Qf1 Nxg4 43.fxg4 Rxg4 44.Qd1 Rg3
45.Qxa4 Nf6 46.Kh1 g4 47.Bf1 gxh3 48.Rb6 Qd8  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Podzielny, Karl Heinz"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Rb1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Ng5 e6 10.Nge4 b6 11.d3 h6 12.a3 Bb7 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Bd2 Rc8
16.a4 Qd7 17.Ra1 Ba8 18.Qb3 Rfd8 19.a5 c4 20.Qa4 Bc6 21.Qa3 b5 22.Rad1 Rb8
23.Na2 d4 24.Nb4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Nc6 26.Qa1 Qd6 27.Nc2 Re8 28.Rde1 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 cxd3
30.Re4 Qd5 31.f3 dxc2 32.Qc1 d3 33.Bxh6 Bh8 34.Rfe1 Rd8 35.Bd2 Ne5 36.g4 Nxf3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.b4 a6 13.d3 Nbd7 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bd2 a5
16.Qe2 Be7 17.f4 Rfe8 18.g4 Bf8 19.Qf3 g6 20.Kh1 axb4 21.axb4 Bg7 22.b5 Rac8
23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Ne2 Qd6 25.Ng3 Qd5 26.Qf2 Qd6 27.f5 exf5 28.gxf5 c5 29.Bf4 Ne5
30.Bg5 Ned7 31.Rb7 Qd4 32.Ne4 Nxe4 33.Bxe4 Qxf2 34.Rxf2 Ne5 35.Bd5 Rb8 36.Ra7 Kh8
37.f6 Bf8 38.Bxf7 Nxf7 39.Rxf7 h6 40.Bd2 Re6 41.Bc3 c4 42.dxc4 Re3 43.Bd4 Rxh3+
44.Kg2 Rh5 45.Rc7 Rg5+ 46.Kf1 Rg4 47.c3 Rb1+ 48.Ke2 Rg3 49.Rf3 Rg2+ 50.Kd3 Rd1+
51.Ke4 Re1+ 52.Re3 Rf1 53.c5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Qb3 a5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.d3 h6
9.Nd5 Bc5 10.Bd2 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.e3 a4 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Rac1 Re8
16.exd4 Bxd4 17.Bc3 Bb6 18.Qd2 Qg5 19.Qxg5 hxg5 20.Rfe1 g4 21.a3 Bf5 22.Be4 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 f5 24.Rf4 g6 25.h3 Re3 26.Kg2 gxh3+ 27.Kxh3 Rxd3 28.Re1 Bc5 29.Re6 Rxc3
30.bxc3 Kg7 31.Rh4 Rh8 32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Re7 Bxa3 34.Rxc7 b5 35.Kh4 Bc1 36.f4 Kg8
37.Kg5 Kf8 38.Rb7 Bd2 39.Rxb5 Bxc3 40.Rb8+ Kg7 41.Rb7+  1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 b5 14.Re1 dxe4 15.Nxe4 bxc4
16.Qe2 Nf6 17.Red1 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Qd6 19.bxc4 Bf6 20.Qh5 h6 21.Qa5 c5 22.d5 Bd4
23.Qa3 Rfd8 24.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.b3 Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Nd2 Bh5 13.Rfe1 Bg6 14.Nf1 Qc7 15.Rad1 Ne6
16.f3 Rad8 17.Qf2 a6 18.Kh1 c5 19.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Kb1 Na5 14.Qc2 e5 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Rxd4 Qb6 17.Rd5 Be6 18.Qa4+ Nc6 19.Bxc4 Qb4 20.Qxb4 Nxb4 21.Bb5+ Kf8 22.Rd2 Bxa2+
23.Ka1 Be6 24.Nxf6 Kg7 25.Nh5+ Kf8 26.Nf6 Kg7 27.Nh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qxd5 Rxd5 18.Ne3 Rc5+ 19.Bc4 Nc7 20.Kd2 Rd8+ 21.Bd3 Na6
22.Ke2 Nb4 23.Bc4 Re5 24.Rad1 Nd5 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Kd3 Rde8 27.Nc2 Kc7 28.Rhf1 a5
29.Rf3 c5 30.b3 b6 31.Rdf1 d4 32.Rh3 h6 33.Rg3 R8e7 34.Rff3 Kc6 35.Rg6 Rg5
36.Rxg5 hxg5 37.Rh3 Re8 38.Rh7 Re7 39.Rh8 Kc7 40.Rg8 Kc6 41.h3 Kd5 42.Rb8 Re6
43.Rg8 Re7 44.Rd8+ Kc6 45.g3 Kc7 46.Rg8 Kd6 47.Kc4 Ke5 48.Kd3 Kd6 49.Rb8 Kc7
50.Ra8 Kd6 51.Kd2 Ke5 52.Rb8 Re6 53.Kd3 Kf5 54.Rd8 Kg6 55.g4 f5 56.gxf5+ Kxf5
57.Rd7 Rh6 58.Rf7+ Ke5 59.Rf3 Rf6 60.Rg3 Kf4 61.Rg4+ Kf5 62.Ne1 Rh6 63.Rg3 g4
64.hxg4+ Kf4 65.Rf3+ Kxg4 66.Rf7 Rh3+ 67.Kc2 Rc3+ 68.Kb2 g5 69.Rf6 Kg3 70.Rxb6 Kf2
71.Rg6 Kxe1 72.Rxg5 c4 73.bxc4 Rxc4 74.Rxa5 d3 75.Rh5 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 c6 10.Qb3 Na6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Nxe4 Rfe8
16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Bf4 Qb6 18.Bc7 Qxc7 19.Qxb4 Bd7 20.Nd2 Bc6 21.Nf1 Qd7 22.f3 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Rd8 24.Rd1 Bd5 25.b3 h6 26.Ne3 Qe6 27.Nxd5 Rxd5 28.Qc3 Qd7 29.Qd3 g6
30.Qe4 Kh7 31.Rd2 h5 32.Kf2 a5 33.Qf4 Rf5 34.Qe3 Rd5 35.Qe4 b5 36.Qf4 Rf5
37.Qe3 Rd5 38.Qe4 Kg7 39.Qd3 Kh7 40.Qe3 b4 41.Qe4 Qd6 42.g3 Qd8 43.Ke3 Rd7
44.Qf4 Kg8 45.Rc2 Qe8+ 46.Kf2 Qd8 47.Rc4 Kg7 48.h3 Re7 49.Rc5 Rd7 50.Ke3 Re7+
51.Kd2 Qb6 52.h4 a4 53.Re5 Rd7 54.Ke3 axb3 55.axb3 Qc6 56.Rc5 Re7+ 57.Kf2 Qa6
58.Qd2 Qa3 59.Rc4 Qxb3 60.Rxb4 Qd5 61.Rb1 Ra7 62.Qc3 Kh7 63.Rb2 Rd7 64.Rd2 Qe6
65.Kg2 Rd5 66.Qd3 Qd7 67.Qe4 Kg7 68.Qe3 Qd8 69.Qb3 Qd7 70.Qb2 Kh7 71.Qc3 Qd8
72.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O c5 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qb8 12.b3 Bd6 13.h3 O-O 14.Bb2 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Rd8
16.Rac1 Nc5 17.Bb1 Be7 18.Nf3 Rxd1+ 19.Nxd1 Ncd7 20.Nd4 Qd6 21.Nc3 Rc8 22.Qf1 Qb8
23.Nce2 Bd6 24.Nf3 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Qa8 26.Ne1 h6 27.Nd4 Ne5 28.Qd1 Qb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qg4 Nf6 12.Qh4 Ne4 13.Qh3 Qxd4 14.Bf4 Nf6 15.Ne2 Qa4
16.b3 Qe8 17.Bg5 Ne4 18.Bf4 f5 19.Bc4 Bc5 20.b4 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Ngf3 Qe8 7.Bc4 e5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Re1 h6 10.Bh4 Nh5 11.Bb3 Nb6 12.Qc2 a5 13.a4 Bg4 14.h3 Be6 15.Nf1 Kh8 16.Bxe6 fxe6
17.Qd1 Nd7 18.Bg3 Nxg3 19.Nxg3 Qe7 20.Re3 Rf7 21.Qe2 Raf8 22.Rd1 exd4 23.cxd4 e5
24.d5 Nc5 25.Qb5 b6 26.b4 axb4 27.Qxb4 h5 28.Ra3 Rf4 29.Re1 Bh6 30.Re2 Qf7
31.Qb1 Qd7 32.a5 bxa5 33.Ne1 Qf7 34.Raa2 Bg5 35.Nf1 Kh7 36.Qc2 a4 37.Nh2 Bh6
38.Nhf3 Qe7 39.Ra3 g5 40.Nd3 Nxd3 41.Rxd3 g4 42.Nh2 Rg8 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.g3 Rf7
45.Qxa4 Qg5 46.Rc3 Rb8 47.Qa2 Qg6 48.Rc4 Qh5 49.Rec2 Rb7 50.Rb2 Rxb2 51.Qxb2 Qh3
52.Qe2 Rg7 53.Rc3 Qh5 54.Rc4 Qh3 55.Rc3 Qh5 56.Qc2 Rg6 57.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5
10.O-O dxc4 11.Ne5 Qxc5 12.Nxc4 Nc6 13.a5 Be6 14.Na4 Qb4 15.Nab6 Rad8 16.Qa4 Nd5
17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.Qxb4 Nxb4 19.Rad1 Rc5 20.b3 Nd5 21.Bf3 Rb5 22.Rd3 Nb4 23.Rdd1 Nc6
24.Rd3 Bf5 25.e4 Be6 26.e5 Rb8 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Rfd1 h6 29.h4 Rxb3 30.Nb6 Rb5
31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Kh7 33.Nd7 Bxd7 34.Rxd7 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Ra7 Rxa5
37.Rxe7 Kg7 38.Rc7 Rc5 39.Kf1 h5 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Ke3 Ke6 42.f3 a5 43.g4 Kf6
44.Kd4 Rc1 45.gxh5 gxh5 46.Ra7 Ra1 47.Ra6 Ra4+ 48.Ke3 Kg7 49.Rxc6 Rxh4 50.Rc5 a4
51.Ra5 Kg6 52.Kf2 Rb4 53.Kg3 h4+ 54.Kg2 f5 55.Kh2 Kg5 56.Kh3 Kf4 57.Kg2 Rc4
58.Rb5 a3 59.Ra5 Rc2+ 60.Kh3 a2 61.Ra3 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qc8 12.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.Ne5 Nc6 13.Qd3 h6 14.a3 Nde7 15.Nxc6 Nxc6
16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Be6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Be3 a6 20.Rac1 Rfd8 21.Qc3 Qxc3 22.Rxc3 Bd5
23.Bc2 Rac8 24.Bb6 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Kf1 Ne5 27.b3 Be6 28.f3 Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8
30.h4 f5 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Ke3 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Bd8 Kg6 35.f4 Ng4+ 36.Kf3 gxf4
37.Kxf4 Bd7 38.Bb6 Kf6 39.Bd4+ Kg6 40.a4 Be6 41.b4 Bd7 42.a5 Nh6 43.Bb2 Ng4
44.Bc3 Nf2 45.Bd4 Ng4 46.Bd1 Kh6 47.Bf3 Bc8 48.Bd5 Kg6 49.Bc3 Nh6 50.Ke5 Nf7+
51.Kd4 Nd6 52.Be1 Ne4 53.Ke5 Kg5 54.Be6 Bxe6 55.Kxe6 Kf4 56.Kd7 Ke3 57.Kc7 Ke2
58.Bh4 Kd3 59.Kxb7 Kc4 60.Kxa6 Kxb4 61.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Kh1 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.Bd4 f5
16.a4 Kf7 17.a5 Rxd4 18.Rxd4 Rb8 19.f4 exf3 20.Bxf3 Bxe5 21.Rd3 Rxb2 22.Re1 Bd6
23.Bxc6 Rxc2 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Ra2 26.g3 Bb4 27.Rb1 Rxa5 28.Rd7 Ke6 29.Rd8 Bd6
30.Rh8 h5 31.Rf8 Re5 32.Rb2 a5 33.Ra2 Bb4 34.Kg2 Kd5 35.Rc2 a4 36.Rg8 Re6
37.Rd8+ Bd6 38.Rd2+ Kc6 39.Ra8 a3 40.Kf3 Re4 41.Rg8 Rb4 42.Rc8+ Kb5 43.Rd5+ Kb6
44.Ra8 Rb3+ 45.Ke2 Rb2+ 46.Rd2 Bb4  0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.g3 Qf5
9.Qxf5 exf5 10.Ne5 Be6 11.e3 Nd7 12.Nxc4 Be7 13.Be2 O-O-O 14.O-O Nf6 15.a3 g5
16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Nd2 f4 19.Bc4 Rhe8 20.Bxe6+ Rxe6 21.exf4 gxf4 22.Nf3 Ne4
23.Nxe4 Rxe4 24.Rfe1 f5 25.Kf1 Bb6 26.Rad1 Rd5 27.a4 Bd8 28.Re2 Bf6 29.b3 Kc7
30.Rde1 Rxe2 31.Kxe2 fxg3 32.hxg3 Bxd4 33.Rd1 Bf6 34.Rxd5 cxd5 35.Ne1 Kd6
36.Nd3 Bg5 37.Kf3 h5 38.Ke2 Bh6 39.Kf3 Bg5 40.Ke2 h4 41.gxh4 Bxh4 42.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.h3 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Nd2 a5
10.g4 c6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.h4 cxd5 13.exd5 a4 14.g5 Ne8 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Nde4 a3
17.Qb3 b6 18.h5 Bf5 19.d6 axb2 20.Qxb2 Nxd6 21.Rd1 Nxe4 22.Rxd8 Rfxd8 23.Nd5 Be6
24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rg1 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Rdb8 27.Bb5 Nd6 28.Bc6 e4 29.Qc2 Ra5 30.Rg4 c4
31.a4 Rc5 32.Kf1 c3 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.f3 e3 35.Kf1 Nf5 36.Bd7 Rd8 37.Bc6 Nd4
38.Rxd4 Bxd4 39.Ke2 Rc4 40.Kd3 Rb4 41.Qc1 Rc8 42.f4 Kg7 43.Bb5 c2 44.d6 Bb2
45.d7 Rc3+ 46.Ke2 Rd4  0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nd1 a5 8.c3 bxc3 9.bxc3 Nf6
10.f3 c6 11.Bh6 O-O 12.h4 e5 13.h5 Re8 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nf2 Ra7
17.Rb1 Be6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Ngh3 Qe7 21.Ng5 Ba2 22.Rb2 Qa3 23.Rxa2 Qxa2
24.Nxh7 Nxh7 25.Qxg6+ Kf8 26.Rxh7 Rxh7 27.Qxh7 Qg8 28.Qh4 Nd7 29.Ng4 Qb3
30.Qh6+ Ke7 31.Qxc6 Qb1+ 32.Kf2 Qb2+ 33.Be2 Rb8 34.Nxe5  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne2 Ne4
9.c4 Kh8 10.Be5 e6 11.b4 Nd6 12.Bxg7+ Kxg7 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.a4 Qf6 15.cxd5 exd5
16.b5 Ne4 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Qc2 Rf6 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Nf4 h6 21.Qb2 Kh7 22.Ne5 Nec5
23.Rxc5  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Bxd5 18.Bd3 O-O 19.Be4 Rc5 20.Qf2 Qa5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5
22.Rhd1 Rfd8 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Qe3 g5 26.h3 Kg7 27.b3 Kf6 28.Qb6 h5
29.Kb2 Kf5 30.c4 Qd2+ 31.Kb1 Qxg2 32.Qxb7 Kf6 33.Qc8 Kg7 34.Qd8 h4 35.b4 Qf1+
36.Kb2 Qe2+ 37.Kb1 Qe1+ 38.Kc2 Qe2+ 39.Kc1 Qe3+ 40.Kc2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nbd2 Nc6
9.Nf1 Bd7 10.Ne3 Ne7 11.O-O a5 12.Qd3 Rc8 13.a3 Qb6 14.axb4 Qxb4 15.Qd2 Qxd2
16.Nxd2 a4 17.Nb1 Nf5 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Na3 Ne4 20.Rfd1 d5 21.c5 b6 22.f3 Nf6
23.Rac1 Rc6 24.Rc2 Rb8 25.e3 g5 26.Bf1 Re6 27.Kf2 bxc5 28.dxc5 Bc6 29.Rdd2 g4
30.Be2 Rb3 31.Rc3 Rb4 32.Rcc2 h5 33.Nb1 Kg7 34.Nc3 Re7 35.Na2 Rb3 36.Rc3 d4
37.exd4 gxf3 38.Bxf3 Bxf3 39.Kxf3 Ne4 40.Rc2 Nxc3 41.bxc3 Re4 42.Nc1 Rb8
43.c6 a3 44.Nd3 Rb3 45.Kf2 a2 46.Rxa2 Rxc3 47.Nf4 Rxc6 48.Nxh5+ Kh7 49.Nf4 Rxd4
50.Ra5 Rc2+ 51.Kf3 Rxh2 52.Rxf5 Kg7 53.g4 Ra4 54.g5 Rh1 55.Kg2 Rb1 56.Kf3 Rg1
57.Kf2 Raa1 58.Kf3 Ra3+ 59.Kf2 Rb1 60.Re5 Rb2+  0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rab1 a5 12.Qc2 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 Nf6
16.Rfc1 Rfd8 17.Qc5 Kf8 18.Qxe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 b6 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.e4 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Rc8 13.Ndb5 h6 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bd2 Nc5
16.a3 Bxc3 17.Nxc3 O-O 18.f3 Nh5 19.Rf2 Nf4 20.Bf1 Nfe6 21.Be3 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4
23.Nb5 Qe5 24.Rd1 Ne6 25.Qd2 Ba6 26.f4 Qc5 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Qc6 29.Na7 Qxe4
30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.f5 Ng5 32.Rf4 Qe7 33.Re1 Qd8 34.Rxd4 Bb7 35.Rxd6 Qc7 36.Rd7 Qb8
37.Qd6 Qa8 38.Qxb6 Rb8 39.Qa5 Ba6 40.b5  1-0

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd6 Rd8 12.Qg3 Be5 13.Qh3 Bd7 14.Kh1 Qb4 15.Bd3 Bxc3
16.a3 Qe7 17.bxc3 e5 18.Qe3 Be6 19.a4 f6 20.Rfb1 Bf7 21.a5 Qc7 22.Be2 Rd6
23.Qc5 Rad8 24.h3 b6 25.axb6 axb6 26.Qb5 Na7 27.Qb4 Nc6 28.Qb5 Na7 29.Qb4 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.c3 Be7 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rd8 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bc2 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Ng5 Bf5
16.Bf4 Bc5 17.Nb3 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 Ne4+ 20.Nxe4 Rxf4+ 21.Kg1 dxe4
22.Rxe4 Qf5 23.Re2 Qxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.Nf5 Bxh2+ 14.Kh1 O-O 15.Nxg7 Rd8
16.Qf3 Kxg7 17.Bh6+ Kg6 18.c3 Nd5 19.Re4 Kxh6 20.Rg4 Nf4 21.g3 Rd3 22.Qxf4+ Qxf4
23.gxf4 Rh3 24.Kg2 Rh5 25.Rh1 Bd7 26.Rxh2 Bc6+ 27.Kg1 Rxh2 28.Kxh2 Rd8 29.f5 exf5
30.Rd4 Re8 31.Bxf7 Re2 32.Kg3 Rxb2 33.Bd5 Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Rxa2 35.Rxf5 Kg6 36.Rc5 Rb2
37.c4 h5 38.f3 Rb4 39.Kf4 b6 40.Rc6+ Kf7 41.Ke5 h4 42.Rh6 Rxc4 43.Rxb6 a5
44.Kf5 a4 45.Rb7+ Ke8 46.Rh7 a3 47.Ra7 Rc3 48.Kg4 Kd8 49.Kxh4 Rxf3 50.Kg4 Rb3
51.Kf4 Kc8 52.Ke4 Kb8 53.Ra4 Kb7 54.Kd4 Rh3 55.Kc5 Rh5+ 56.Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Ba6
9.Ne2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Qc7 12.c3 Rad8 13.a4 c5 14.a5 Bb5 15.axb6 axb6
16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.Nxf4 Bc6 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nxe5
22.dxe5 Nd5 23.Rac1 Qd7 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Qb5 26.Rc3 Qxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vera, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.dxe5 fxe5 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Qd2 Bg4 14.Rae1 Qd7 15.h3 Be6
16.b3 Rae8 17.Bd1 Nh5 18.Nd5 Nd8 19.Nh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qd3 c5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 Bb7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Be4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 f5
16.Qd3 Nb6 17.Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.O-O-O+ Ke7 19.Kb1 Nc4 20.Rd3 Rhd8 21.Rhd1 Rxd3
22.Rxd3 Nd6 23.Nd4 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qc2 Na6 12.Rad1 Qc8 13.Bg5 Qe6 14.Ne5 c5 15.e3 Rfd8
16.Ne2 cxd4 17.exd4 Rac8 18.Qb1 Ne4 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.f3 Nf6 21.Nf4 Rc7 22.Rfe1 Qa3
23.Nfd3 Nb4 24.Nxb4 Qxb4 25.Qd3 a5 26.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qa4+ Nbd7 7.Nxd4 exd5 8.Bf4 Bc5
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qd1 Nc4 12.Qb3 Bxd4 13.exd4 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bc1 Nh5 17.O-O Qf6 18.Qd1 Nf4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Rf2 Rad8 22.Rd2 Bf5
23.d5 Bd3 24.Qe1 b5 25.Nxb5 Rxd5 26.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Nb5 Bb8 10.Qc2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nbd4 a6 13.Bd2 Bg4 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxg4 Nxg4
16.Nf3 Qd6 17.h3 Nh2 18.Nxe5 Nxf1 19.Bc3 Rac8 20.Qd3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Rfe8 22.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.d3 O-O 10.a3 a6 11.Ng3 b5 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.f4 Kh8 14.f5 Bg5 15.Qh5 Bxc1 16.Raxc1 Qe7
17.f6 gxf6 18.Qh6 Rg8 19.Rxf6 Rg6 20.Rxg6 fxg6 21.Rf1 Qg7 22.Qf4 Qe5 23.Qf7 Qg7
24.Ne2 Rd8 25.h3 Ba8 26.Qf2 Kg8 27.Qg3 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Qc7 Qe7 30.b4 Kg7
31.Bb3 Kh6 32.Qf4+ Qg5 33.Qf8+ Kh5 34.Nf4+ Kh4 35.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Nd5 Rd6 11.O-O-O Nxd5 12.cxd5 c6 13.Bxa6 bxa6 14.Be7 Rd7 15.d6 Bf8
16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Ne2 Bb7 18.Rd2 c5 19.Nc3 Rc8 20.Rhd1 Rc6 21.Rd5 f6 22.Na4 Rc8
23.Rxc5 Rcd8 24.Rc7 Rxc7+ 25.dxc7 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Ke7 27.Kd2 Kd6 28.Kc3 Kxc7
29.Nc5 Bc8 30.b4 g5 31.a4  1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8
9.c3 Ne7 10.d4 Nxd5 11.dxc5 Nf4 12.g3 Nh3 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.Qd2 Qb6
16.Bf1 Bg4 17.Bg2 Rad8 18.Ng1 Nxg1 19.Rxg1 Rhe8 20.h3 Be6 21.b3 a5 22.c4 a4
23.Ke2 axb3 24.axb3 Qxb3 25.Rgb1 Qxc4+ 26.Ke1 Rd7 27.Rb4 Qc5 28.Kf1 Bc4+
29.Kg1 b5 30.Bf1 Rc8 31.Rc1 Ra7 32.Qb2 Rac7 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Rc3 Qd4 35.Qc2 Kf8
36.Kh2 g6 37.h4 Kg7  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxd5 7.e4 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.O-O Qb6 11.a4 Qc5 12.Bd2 a6 13.Be2 Qxc3 14.Bxc3 f6 15.e5 f5
16.Nd2 Bc5 17.Nc4 Ke7 18.Rfd1 b5 19.Nd2 b4 20.Nb3 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 bxc3 22.bxc3 Nxe5
23.a5 Rhc8 24.Rac1 Bb5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Rd4 Rc4 27.Ke2 Nc6 28.Rdd1 Nxa5 29.Nd4 Rb8
30.Kd3 Nc6 31.Re1 Nxd4 32.cxd4 Rxc1 33.Rxc1  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.e3 a6 6.a4 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Rd1 Bc6 14.Bg5 Nfd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.a5 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nd5 18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.c4 Nf6 20.Ne5 Rac8 21.Rac1 Be8 22.Qe1 Nd7
23.c5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Qc7 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.d5 exd5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Bxd5 Bc6 29.Bxc6 Rxc6
30.f3 g5 31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Ke3 Kf6 33.Kd4 Rc7 34.Rb1 Rd7+ 35.Ke4 Re7+ 36.Kd4 Rd7+
37.Kc4 Ke5 38.Re1+ Kf4 39.Re4+ Kf5 40.g4+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bd3 e6 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.O-O c5
9.c4 Nc6 10.cxd5 Nxd4 11.Qe4 exd5 12.Qxd5 Qc7 13.Bg5 Nb6 14.Qe4 Be7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Nc3 O-O-O 17.a4 Kb8 18.a5 Nd7 19.a6 Nb6 20.axb7 Qxb7 21.Qf4 Ne6 22.Qg3 g6
23.Be4 Qd7 24.Rfd1 Qc7 25.Rd6 Nd4 26.Kh2 h5 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Bxd5 h4 29.Qg5 Rxd6
30.exd6 Qxd6+ 31.Kh1 Rd8 32.Bxf7 Nc2 33.Rc1 Qd1+ 34.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 Re8 8.O-O a6
9.Ng3 e6 10.a4 exd5 11.cxd5 Nbd7 12.h3 Qc7 13.Bg5 c4 14.Be2 Nc5 15.Qc2 Nb3
16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Rfe1 b5 18.Bf1 Rac8 19.e5 Rxe5 20.Rxe5 dxe5 21.d6 Qc6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Nd5 Bd8 24.Qc3 Qxd6 25.Ne4 Qe6 26.Ndf6+ Bxf6 27.Rd6 Bg7 28.Rxe6 Bxe6 29.Ng5 Bd5
30.axb5 axb5 31.Qa5 Nd4 32.Qa7 Bf6 33.h4 h6 34.Nh3 Bxh4 35.Qd7 Rd8 36.Qc7  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.e3 O-O 8.N5c3 e4
9.Be2 Re8 10.a3 a5 11.Nd2 Re5 12.d6 Qxd6 13.Nc4 Qxd1+ 14.Bxd1 Re8 15.Bc2 Nc6
16.O-O Bf5 17.b3 Rad8 18.Bb2 Be6 19.Rfd1 Bxc4 20.bxc4 b6 21.Na4 Ng4 22.h3 Nh6
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Bxe4 Ne7 25.Bc2 Rd2 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Nhf5 28.Nxc5 bxc5
29.Bc3 Nd6 30.Be2 Nc6 31.f3 f6 32.Kf2 Ne5 33.Bxe5 fxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.exd4 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.d5 e5 10.Nh4 O-O 11.Nf5 Re8 12.Qf3 Bf8 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 g6
16.Bxd8 Raxd8 17.Ng3 Nc5 18.Qe2 e4 19.Bc2 a5 20.b3 f5 21.a3 Bg7 22.b4 Na6
23.Rab1 Bc8 24.Ba4 Re7 25.Qe3 axb4 26.axb4 Rf8 27.f4 h6 28.Qxb6 g5 29.Ne2  1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 Re8 11.f3 c5 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Qd2 Re5 15.Ng3 Rae8
16.h3 Qa6 17.b3 b5 18.Rbe1 bxc4 19.bxc4 Rxg5 20.Qxg5 Qxa2 21.Qf4 Qb3 22.Qxd6 Qxd3
23.e5 Bf8 24.Qxf6 Qxc4 25.d6 d3 26.Ne4 Qd4+ 27.Kh1 Bg7 28.Qg5 Qxe5 29.Qxe5 Rxe5
30.Rc1 Rxe4 31.fxe4 Bd4 32.Rfd1 Bb5 33.Rxd3 Bxd3 34.d7 Bf6 35.Rxc5 Bxe4 36.Rc8+ Kg7
37.d8=Q Bxd8 38.Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nb4 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Be2 Be7 10.a3 N4a6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O c5 13.d5 Nc7 14.Bc4 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Bf6 19.Qc2 Re8 20.Rfe1 b5 21.d6 c4 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Re1 Qd8 24.Qf5 a6 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.Bxg5 Nf6 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Qe4 Rf8 29.d7 g6
30.Qe7 Qd4 31.Qxf8+ Kxf8 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.d3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxg7 Kxg7 8.Qb3 e6
9.Nbd2 Na6 10.a3 c5 11.b5 Nac7 12.g3 b6 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.O-O a6 15.bxa6 Rxa6
16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Rfc1 f5 18.Qb2+ Kg8 19.Ned2 Qf6 20.Qb3 Rfa8 21.Nc4 b5 22.Nce5 b4
23.a4 Ra5 24.e4 fxe4 25.dxe4 Ne7 26.Nc4 R5a6 27.Re1 Bxe4 28.Nfe5 Bd5 29.Qe3 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Ned5 31.Qxc5 Rxa4 32.Rxa4 Rxa4 33.Nb6 Ra2 34.Nxd5 Nxd5 35.Qc8+ Kg7
36.Qd7+ Kh8 37.Nf7+ Kg7 38.Ng5+ Kh6 39.Nf7+ Kg7 40.Ne5+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.d5 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O cxd5
9.cxd5 b5 10.Bd2 Ng4 11.Ne1 f5 12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.Nc2 Nc5 14.Nb4 Bh4 15.Be3 Qf6
16.Nc6 Qg6 17.Qc2 b4 18.Nxb4 a5 19.Nc6 Ba6 20.Rfd1 Rae8 21.Nxa5 Rf3 22.b4 Bd3
23.Rxd3 Nxd3 24.g3 Nxb4 25.Qb1 Na6 26.gxh4 g3 27.hxg3 Rxg3+ 28.fxg3 Qxg3+
29.Kh1 Qxe3 30.Qe1 Qh3+ 31.Kg1 Rf8 32.Ne2 Nc5 33.Rb1 Nxe4 34.Rb3 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Bd3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ne2 O-O
9.c4 Ne4 10.Rc1 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.Ne5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qc7 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Nd4 Qxe5 17.Qd2 a5 18.f3 gxf3 19.Rxf3 Bd7 20.Rcf1 Rf7 21.Ne2 Bg5 22.Nf4 b6
23.Nh3 Bh6 24.Kh2 Re8 25.Nf4 Bg5 26.a3 Rf6 27.Kg1 Kh8 28.b4 a4 29.Bc2 b5
30.Bd3 Rf7 31.Qc2 Rfe7 32.Re1 Qd6 33.Bxf5 d4 34.Bxd7 Qxd7 35.e4 Qd6 36.Qd3 Qe5
37.Qc2 Qd6 38.Qd3 Rf7  0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Qe2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.c4 O-O
9.Nc3 a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Rac1 Qa5 13.f3 Ne5 14.Nb1 Qxa2 15.Na3 Nc6
16.Qd3 Qxb2 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rb1 Qe5 19.Rb7 Rfe8 20.Bd4 Qa5 21.Bb6 Qa4 22.c5 d5
23.e5 Nh5 24.g3 Rb8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Rc1 g6 27.Kg2 Ng7 28.g4 f6 29.Re1 fxe5
30.Rxe5 Bf6 31.Re2 e5 32.Nc2 Ne6  0-1

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rfc1 Nb6 14.Bb3 O-O-O 15.c4 Rhe8
16.Qe3 Nd7 17.a5 e5 18.d5 c5 19.Nh4 Nef6 20.Ba4 Qd6 21.Qb3 Re7 22.Qb5 Ne8
23.Qb3 e4 24.Qe3 Nef6 25.h3 Kb8 26.Rab1 Rc8 27.Rb5 Rc7 28.Rcb1 Kc8 29.Nxg6 hxg6
30.Qb3 b6 31.Bc1 Rb7 32.Be3 Kd8 33.Qa3 g5 34.axb6 axb6 35.Bd1 Re5 36.Qc1 Nh7
37.Ra1 Ke7 38.Ra8 Kf6 39.Bg4 Kg6 40.Bxd7 Qxd7 41.Qb2 f6 42.Rxb6 Rxb6 43.Qxb6 g4
44.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Bg2 Be6 14.f4 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Ne4 16.O-O Nxc3
17.Qxc3 f6 18.Rad1 Re8 19.Qb3 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.a3 Rac8 22.Rd2 Rc5 23.Rfd1 Rec8
24.Kf2 Rc2 25.Ke2 Kf8 26.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 27.Rd2 Rxd2+ 28.Kxd2 Ke7 29.Kc3 Kd6 30.a4 g5
31.Kd4 Bf7 32.Bf3 Be6 33.f5 Bf7 34.b4 Be8 35.b5 Bf7 36.Bd1 Bg8 37.Bb3 Bf7
38.e4 Bg8 39.Ba2 Bf7 40.Bxd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 Kc7 42.Kc3 Kd6 43.Kc4 Ke5 44.a5 bxa5
45.Kc5 a4 46.d6 b6+ 47.Kc6 a3 48.d7 a2 49.d8=Q a1=Q 50.Qd6+ Ke4 51.Kxb6 Kf3
52.Kb7 Kg2 53.Qd3 Qc1 54.b6 Qc5 55.Qb3 Kh2 56.Qf3 Qd4 57.Qc6 Kxh3 58.Kc8 Qb4
59.b7 Qf8+ 60.Kd7 Kxg4 61.Qc8  1-0

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Be2 Bc5 14.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 d6 5.exd6 e6 6.Bg2 Bxd6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.d4 Bd7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Ne4 Rfe8 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 a6
16.b3 e5 17.Bb2 Bg4 18.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 Ng6 8.h4 h5
9.Qd1 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Ne2 Nb8 13.Ng3 Qc6 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.Bd2 Qa4
16.Nxh5 Rh7 17.Rc1 c5 18.Nf4 Nxh4 19.Qg4 Nf3+ 20.Ke2 Nfxe5 21.Qg3 Qb5+ 22.Nd3 Rxh1
23.Rxh1 Ng6 24.Rh7 Nf6 25.a4 Qc4 26.Rxg7 Nh5 27.Qc7 Nxg7 28.Qc6+ Ke7 29.Bg5+ f6
30.Qb7+ Kf8 31.Qxa8+ Kf7 32.Qxa7+ Ne7 33.Kd1 cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Qd2 Bg7 8.h4 a6
9.O-O-O Qe7 10.e5 Bd7 11.Ne4 Bc6 12.Qf4 Bxe4 13.Qxe4 c6 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Ne5 Nd7
16.f4 Qd5 17.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.Bd2 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 a6 15.Qe2 Re8
16.f3 Nd7 17.Rab1 f5 18.b4 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 Qf6 20.Rfc1 cxb4 21.Rxb4 Nc5 22.Rxb6 Nd3
23.Qxd3 Bxb6 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Ne2 Re7 26.Rb1 Bc5 27.Bc3 Qg5 28.Bd2 Qf6 29.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nge7
9.a3 Nc8 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 N8xe7 12.b4 O-O 13.Nbd2 Qb6 14.Nb3 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qd3 c5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 Bb7 11.Be2 cxd4 12.exd4 Bg7 13.O-O Nc6 14.a4 Nb4 15.Qd2 bxa4
16.Nxa4 a5 17.Bb5+ Ke7 18.Be2 Qd6 19.Nc5 Bd5 20.Ra3 Nc6 21.Na4 f5 22.Rd1 Rab8
23.Nc3 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 Nxd4 25.Rxa5 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Qxd2 27.Ra7+ Kf6 28.Rxd2 Rhd8
29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Kf1 Rd2 31.Rb7 Kg6 32.Ke1 Rxb2 33.Nb5 Bd4 34.Nd6 Bxf2+ 35.Kf1 Rxb7
36.Nxb7 Bb6 37.Kg2 Bc7 38.Nc5 Bd6 39.Nd3 e5 40.Nf2 Kg5 41.Nh3+ Kf6 42.Ng1 f4
43.Ne2 Ke6 44.Nc3 Bb4 45.Ne4 f5 46.Nf2 Kd5 47.Kf1 e4 48.Ke2 Bc5 49.Nh3 Ke5
50.Ng5 Kf6 51.Nh3 Be3  0-1

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Be7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Bd6 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.Ndf3 Ne4 14.Qc2 f6 15.Nc6 Qe6
16.b5 a5 17.a4 g6 18.Ba3 Kg7 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Rfc1 f5 21.Ne1 Ndf6 22.Bf1 Qf7
23.Nd3 Rae8 24.Re1 Bc8 25.Rac1 Ng5 26.Qb2 Nh5 27.Qa3 Re6 28.Nf4 Nxf4 29.exf4 Ne4
30.f3 Nf6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Nb8 Bb7 33.Rc7+ Rf7 34.Qc3 Ne8 35.Rxf7+ Qxf7 36.Na6 Qd7
37.Kf2 Kf7 38.Be2 Qc8 39.Qxc8 Bxc8 40.Bd1 Ke7 41.Bb3 Nf6 42.h3 Be6 43.Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 c6 7.Be3 d5 8.exd5 Bc5
9.Qd3 Qe7 10.Nd4 Nb6 11.dxc6 O-O 12.O-O-O bxc6 13.Bg1 Qc7 14.g3 Rd8 15.Ndb5 Rxd3
16.Nxc7 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Bxg1 18.Nxa8 Nxa8 19.Rxg1  1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Re1 Qh3 17.Re4 Qd7 18.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pla Serrades, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C16"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Kf8 7.Nf3 f5 8.Qf4 Nge7
9.h4 Ng6 10.Qe3 h5 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.Ne2 Nce7 13.a4 Ng8 14.a5 Bxa5+ 15.Rxa5 Nh6
16.b3 c6 17.Ra1 Ke8 18.Nf4 Nxf4 19.Qxf4 Nf7 20.Qg3  1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prakken, Gerrit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6
9.e3 Re8 10.h3 a5 11.d5 Nb4 12.e4 e6 13.a3 Na6 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Re1 h6 16.Bf4 e5
17.Be3 Nc4 18.Bc1 Nc5 19.b3 Nd6 20.Bb2 f5 21.Nh4 Qf7 22.exf5 g5 23.b4 axb4
24.axb4 Rxa1 25.Bxa1 Na6 26.b5 Nc5 27.Nf3 Bxf5 28.Bf1 Bg6 29.Be2 e4 30.Nh2 e3
31.Ng4 exf2+ 32.Nxf2 Re3  0-1

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Montecatine, Ricardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.Na3 exd4 10.cxd4 Ne7 11.d5 O-O 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 d5 15.Re1 Be6
16.Bb3 Qd7 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nc4 Rfd8 19.Bg3 Bc7 20.Qd4 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Bf7 22.Rad1 Qc7
23.Qc5 Rab8 24.Rd2 Rb5 25.Qd4 c5 26.Qe4 Rbb8 27.Red1 Nb6 28.Nd6 Bxb3 29.axb3 Rd7
30.Qe6+ Kf8 31.g4 Re7 32.Qf5 Kg8 33.Qf3 Re5 34.g3 Qe7 35.Nf5 Qe8 36.Rd6 Re1+
37.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38.Kg2 Re8 39.Qb7 Qe4+ 40.Qxe4 Rxe4 41.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.O-O Qa5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.cxb3 d6
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Be7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qe2 O-O 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 Rfe8 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.a3 Nd7 17.Nf5 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6
9.Be2 a6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.g4 h6 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.f4 Qc7 14.Kb1 Nc5 15.Bf3 b5
16.g5 hxg5 17.fxg5 Nfd7 18.cxb5 Ne5 19.bxa6 Bxa6 20.Be2 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Be7
22.h4 O-O 23.h5 Qb7 24.Bc1 Nb3 25.Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Be2 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 a6 11.b3 Rb8 12.a4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.Bb2 Qa5
16.Qe3 Bd4 17.Qc1 e6 18.Ne2 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Qe5 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Nc5
23.a5 Qxd4 24.Rxd4 b6 25.axb6 Rxb6 26.e5 a5 27.exd6 Rxb3 28.Rxb3 Nxb3 29.Rd3 Nc5
30.Rd1 a4 31.Bc6 a3 32.d7 Nb3 33.Ba4 Nc5 34.Bc6 Nxd7 35.Bxd7 a2 36.Ra1 Rxd7
37.Rxa2 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Rc1 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Rc8 Rc3 41.Rc7 g5 42.c5 h5 43.c6 h4
44.Rc8 Kf6 45.Rc7 e5 46.Rc8 Kf5 47.Rc7 f6 48.Rc8 Kf4 49.f3 Rc2 50.Rc7 Ke3
51.Rc8 f5 52.Rf8 Kf4 53.Rc8 Rc5 54.Rc7 Ke3 55.Rf7 Kf4 56.Rc7 Rc1 57.Rc8 e4
58.fxe4 fxe4 59.Rc7 Ke3 60.Rc8 Ke2 61.Rc7 e3 62.Rc8 Ke1 63.c7 e2 64.g4 Rc3
65.Kg2 Rc2 66.Kg1 Kd2  0-1

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Nc3 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rc1 Re8 14.Ne1 Be7 15.Nd3 Qb6
16.Qd2 Bg4 17.h3 Bf5 18.Qf4 Bg6 19.a3 h6 20.h4 Rad8 21.Rc2 a5 22.Rfc1 Bf8
23.Bf3 Ne7 24.h5 Nd5 25.Qh4 Bf5 26.Qh1 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Nd6 Qxd6
30.Bxd5 Bg4 31.Bf3 Bxf3 32.Qxf3 b6 33.Qe4 Be7 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Qe8 Qf6 36.Nf4 Bc5
37.Qe4+ Kg8 38.Kg2 Kh8 39.Nd3 Qg5 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qxf7 a4 42.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Komljenovic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Qc1 Qe6 14.Bc4 Qd7 15.Ne5 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Ba6 17.e6 fxe6 18.Bh6 Bxc4 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Rd4 Nd7 22.Rxc4 Nc5
23.Qg5 Kg7 24.e5 h6 25.Qg3 Qd7 26.h4 h5 27.Rf4 Qd5 28.Qg5 Re8 29.Rf3 Qe4
30.Rd1 a5 31.Kh2 Qg4 32.Rb1 Nd7 33.Qxg4 hxg4 34.Rc3 Rb8 35.Rb5 Kh6 36.Rc6 a4
37.Rc7 Rd8 38.Ra7 g5 39.Rxa4 gxh4 40.Rxg4 Rf8 41.Rxh4+ Kg5 42.Kg3 Rxf2 43.Rd4  1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 O-O 10.h3 Rc8 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Rd1 Bd6 14.Qxb6 Nxb6 15.Bb3 Nbd5
16.Bd2 h5 17.Rac1 Rfe8 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Kf1 Kf8 20.Rc2 Rcd8 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Rdc1 Ke7
23.Rc3 Ke6 24.Ke2 Rd7 25.Kd3 Ree7 26.Rc8 Rc7 27.R1xc7 Rxc7 28.Re8+ Kd7 29.Ra8 a6
30.Rh8 g6 31.f3 Rc8 32.Rxc8 Kxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Nf6 13.c5 axb4 14.axb4 Kh8 15.f3 Nh5 16.Nc4 Ng8
17.b5 b6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Be3 Rb8 20.Na4 Bh6 21.Bxb6 Rxb6 22.Naxb6 Be3+ 23.Nxe3 Qxb6
24.Rb3 f4 25.Qc1 Bd7 26.Kh1 fxe3 27.Qxe3 Qxe3 28.Rxe3 Nf4 29.Rb1  1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e5 Rd8 10.Bd2 Ng4 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.Nb5 Rxd2 13.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Ngxe5 15.O-O Bf5
16.Rcd1 Bc2 17.Rc1 Bf5 18.Rcd1 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O e5 14.Bb3 Re8 15.d5 cxd5
16.Qxd5 Nf6 17.Qc5 Ne4 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.Rc2 Ng5 20.Nxg5 hxg5 21.Rfc1 Be6 22.Rc7 Rxc7
23.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 Bb5 18.axb3 Bxc6 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 20.Rxa7 Bf6 21.Nc4 Bxc3 22.Rxd7 Qc8
23.Re3 Bf6 24.Qd5 b5 25.Na3 b4 26.Nc4 h6 27.Kg2 Rc7 28.Nb6 Rxd7 29.Nxd7 Re8
30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Rf3 Qa6 32.Rf4 Re1 33.Rg4+ Kf8 34.Qc5+ Re7 35.Re4 Qb7 36.Qxe7+ Qxe7
37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.Kf3 f5 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd4 f4 41.gxf4 Kf5 42.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 O-O 15.a5 a6
16.Be2 Rfd8 17.Ra4 Be7 18.f4 Ne8 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Bf3 Nd6 21.Be2 g6 22.Raa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 c5 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.axb4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxb4+ 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.O-O Rg8
16.f3 Rg5 17.Bxb4 Qxb4 18.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Rb8 13.a4 Nh6 14.Nd5 Nf5 15.a5 b5 16.Nb6 bxc4
17.bxc4 Rxb6 18.axb6 Qxb6 19.Rb1 Nxd4 20.Qd3 Bf5 21.Be4 Qc6 22.Qxd4 Bxd4
23.Bxc6 Bxb1 24.Bxd4 Bd3 25.Re1 e6 26.Bf6 Bxc4 27.Rd1 d5 28.Rb1 h6 29.h4 Kh7
30.f3 g5 31.h5 g4 32.f4  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.Bg3 O-O 12.O-O Bxg3 13.hxg3 Qc7 14.Rfe1 Rab8 15.Qc2 b5
16.a3 a5 17.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3 Na6
9.Bb2 c6 10.d5 Bd7 11.Rc1 h6 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.Qd2 Nc7 14.e4 c5 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Nxe6
17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.Bf4 Nc7
9.a4 b6 10.Re1 a6 11.h3 Nd7 12.Bc4 Rb8 13.Qd3 f6 14.Rab1 Ne5 15.Nxe5 fxe5
16.Be3 Bd7 17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.Qxa6 b5 19.Nxb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 Ra8 21.Qb7 Rb8 22.Qa6 Ra8
23.Qc6 Rc8 24.b4 Rxc6 25.dxc6 e6 26.Red1 Qb8 27.bxc5 d5 28.exd5 exd5 29.Rxd5 Qe8
30.c7 Qf7 31.b6 Qxd5 32.b7  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2 bxc4 5.e4 c3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O e6 10.Nf4 exd5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.Nf3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Re1 d6
16.Bh6 Be6 17.Bxf8 Bxd5 18.Rxe5 dxe5 19.Bxc5 Qc7 20.Be3 Qc6 21.Bf1 Nd6 22.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O h6 10.Rac1 O-O 11.h3 Nb6 12.Ne5 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Qd8 15.Bf3 Bg6
16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.Bh2 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Qa5 19.a3 Rfd8 20.Rdc1 Rd7 21.b4 Qb6 22.Be2 a6
23.Qb3 Bf8 24.Bg3 Be4 25.f3 Bg6 26.Kh1 Re8 27.Bf1 Kh8 28.Qb2 Kh7 29.Qb3 Rd5
30.Bc4 Rd7 31.Bf1 Bf5 32.Qb2 Be7 33.Be5 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.d4 Nc6 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 h6 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bc2 Nf6
16.Nge4 Ned5 17.Nxf6 Nxf6 18.Qd3 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fehmer, Dirk"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 c6 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Ng6 15.Nd2 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 Nh4 17.Ne2 Bh3 18.Qc2 Bxg2 19.Rfc1 Be4 20.Ng3 Nf3+ 21.Kf1 Qh4 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Qh3+ 25.Ke2 Qg4 26.Kf1 h5 27.bxc6 bxc6  0-1

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Deravet, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bb7 7.Qe2 c5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.d5 exd5 11.Bxd5 Be7 12.e4 O-O 13.Bg5 Nb4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.e5 Nfd5
16.Qe4 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nxd5 Bxb2 19.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Beers, Eddy"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.g3 Bc5 11.b4 Bb6 12.h3 a5 13.Bb2 axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1 15.Bxa1 Na6
16.b5 Nc5 17.Bg2 d6 18.O-O Qe7 19.Nf4 Bf5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Na4 Nxa4 22.Qxa4 Ne4
23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Nc5 26.b6 Ra8 27.Ra1 Rxa1+ 28.Qxa1 Qd8 29.Qa7 Kh7
30.Bf1 Qf6 31.Qa3 Qf4 32.Bg2 Qe5 33.Qf3 Kg8 34.Qa3 Qe1+ 35.Bf1 Ne4 36.Qe3 Qxe3
37.fxe3 Nf6 38.Bb5 Nxd5 39.Bc6 Nxe3 40.Bxb7 Nc4  0-1

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vidoniak, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Ne4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Qb6 f5 15.Nb3 Bxb3
16.axb3 Rf7 17.Ra5 Qf8 18.Na4 Qc8 19.Nc5 Qc7 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.Na4 b5 22.Nc5 Nd7
23.Rc1 Nxc5 24.Rxc5 g6 25.Ra1 Kf7 26.Rac1 Rac8 27.h3 Ke7 28.b4 Kd6 29.Kh2 Rf8
30.R1c2 Rff7 31.g4 h6 32.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 d5 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Nd2 Nc5 7.Bc2 Nc6 8.Ngf3 Bg4
9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 d4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Ne4 d3 13.Nxc5 dxc2 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.Nxb7 Rd1
16.Be3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Kd7 19.b4 Kc8 20.Na5 Nxa5 21.bxa5 Rd8 22.Rc1 Rd1+
23.Kg2 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 Kd7 25.f4 Ke6 26.Kf3 Kf5 27.a6 g5 28.Ke2 g4 29.hxg4+ Kxg4
30.f3+ Kf5 31.Kd3 h5 32.Kxc2 h4 33.Be3 h3 34.Bg1 Bc5 35.Bxc5 h2 36.Bxa7 h1=Q
37.Be3 Qxf3 38.a7 Qd5 39.Kb2 Ke4 40.Bd4 Kxf4 41.a4 Ke4 42.Ka3 Kd3 43.Kb4 c5+  0-1

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.c3 dxc3 10.Qh5 Qe7 11.Nxc3 c6 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Qf3 Ng4 14.Rad1 Qf6 15.Qg3 Ne5
16.Bg5 Qg6 17.f4 Ng4 18.h3 h6 19.Bh4 Nf6 20.Qe3 Qh5 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Be6
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Ne4 Be7 25.exf6 Bd8 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.f7+  1-0

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 Bd6 8.h3 Bh5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.c4 O-O 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Qb3 N5b6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.a4 Kh8 15.a5 f5
16.Neg5 Nc5 17.Qc3 Nd5 18.Qc4 e4 19.dxe4 fxe4 20.Nd4 Rc8 21.h4 h6 22.Bh3 Rc7
23.Nb5 hxg5 24.Nxc7 Nxc7 25.Bxg5 Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.e3 Nc6 11.Nh3 h6 12.Bh4 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 Nc6
16.b5 Ne7 17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.Ke2 d5 19.Rhc1 dxc4 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 21.Bxc4 Nf5 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Nf4 Nd6 24.Bd3 f5 25.Kf2 Kf8 26.Ne2 Ke7 27.h3 Kf6 28.Ra4 Ke7 29.g4 fxg4
30.hxg4 Kf6 31.Ra1 Kg7 32.e4 Kf6 33.Ke3 e5 34.Nc3 Ke7 35.Na4 Kd7 36.Rh1 Rh8
37.Rc1 Rc8 38.Nc5+ Ke7 39.Kd2 Rc7 40.Rc3 f6 41.Kc2 Bc8 42.Kb3 Nb7 43.Na4 Rxc3+
44.Kxc3 Nd8 45.Bc4 Ne6 46.b6 axb6 47.Nxb6 Bb7 48.Bxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.c5 Nbd7
10.Be2 Ne4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O e5 13.Rfe1 Ng5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.Bd3 Qe7
17.Na4 Bg4 18.Qb4 Bh5 19.a3 Rae8 20.f4 Ne6 21.f5 Ng5 22.Nc3 f6 23.h3 Qe5
24.Qf4 Re7 25.Rac1 Rfe8 26.Kf2 Rd8 27.Qxe5 Rxe5 28.b4 Bf7 29.Rcd1 Bh5 30.Rd2 Rde8
31.Bc2 R8e7 32.Rd4 Be8 33.Rf4 Bd7 34.Bd3 d4 35.Rxd4 Bxf5 36.Bxf5 Rxf5+ 37.Kg1 Rfe5
38.Kf2 a5 39.Re2 axb4 40.axb4 Kf7 41.e4 Ke8 42.h4 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 a6 9.Bb2 Nbd7
10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Na4 dxc4 12.bxc4 Ne4 13.c5 bxc5 14.Ne5 Rfd8 15.Nxd7 Rxd7 16.Bxe4 Bxe4
17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 Qxc5 19.dxc5 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 f6 21.Bc3 Rb8 22.Ba5 Rb5 23.Bxc7 Rxc5
24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Rd7+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 a6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e4 d6
9.O-O-O Qe7 10.a3 Rd8 11.e5 dxe5 12.Rxd8+ Qxd8 13.Nxe5 Nbd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Na4 Rd8
9.Bd3 Bd4 10.O-O b5 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Kh1 Qh4 13.Ne2 Bb6 14.a4 a6 15.Qf4 Qxf4
16.Nxf4 Bc8 17.Be2 O-O 18.Nd3 f5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Bg5 Rde8 21.Bh5 Re6 22.Rfe1 f4
23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra8 h6 25.Bxf4 Bxf2 26.Nxf2 Nxf4 27.Bf3 Bd7 28.Ra7 Nxg2 29.Bxg2 Rxf2
30.Rxc7 Rd2 31.Bh3 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Bxh3 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.Re1 Bg2+ 35.Kg1 Bd5 36.Ree7 Rg2+
37.Kf1 h5 38.h4 Kh6 39.Ke1 Rg4 40.Kd2 Rxh4 41.Rxg7 Rd4+ 42.Ke3 Re4+ 43.Kd3 h4
44.Rh7+ Kg5 45.Rh8 Kg4 46.Rg7+ Kf3 47.Rf8+ Rf4 48.Rxf4+ Kxf4 49.Ke2 h3 50.Rh7 Kg3
51.Rg7+ Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beckhuis, Gernod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.g3 O-O-O 13.Ba6 Nf8 14.Bxb7+ Kxb7 15.Rd3 f5
16.Ned2 Ng6 17.Nc4 Bf6 18.Rhd1 Rd5 19.Ne3 Rd7 20.c4 Rhd8 21.a3 c5 22.d5 Ne5
23.R3d2 Nxf3 24.Qxf3 Kb8 25.g4 Bd4 26.gxf5 e5 27.f6 Rg8 28.Nf5 Rg6 29.Ne7 Rxe7
30.fxe7 Qxe7 31.Qf5 h6 32.Re2 Rf6 33.Qh3 Kc7 34.Qh4 Kd8 35.Rg1 Rg6 36.Qxe7+ Kxe7
37.Rxg6 fxg6 38.Kc2 Kf6 39.Kd3 Kf5 40.f3 g5 41.b3 Ba1 42.d6 Ke6 43.Ke4 Kxd6
44.h4 gxh4 45.Rg2 Bc3 46.Rg6+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6 13.O-O Bg7 14.f4 e6 15.dxe6 fxe6
16.Bc4 Qf6 17.Qe2 Bb7 18.f5 Qe5 19.fxe6 Rxf1+ 20.Qxf1 Bxe4 21.Qf7+ Kh8 22.Bf4 Qxc3
23.e7 Bc6 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rd8 Qe1+ 26.Bf1 Bd4+ 27.Rxd4 Qxe7 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.Rd6 Be8
30.Bh6 Bf7 31.Bb5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 O-O 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qc7
16.Rg1 g6 17.h4 Rab8 18.Bxb6 Qxb6 19.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sehner, Norbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.Rd1 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Nd4 Be4
16.Bxe4 Qxe4 17.Qd3 Rfe8 18.Qxe4 dxe4 19.Be3 Be5 20.Nb5 Rec8 21.Rd2 a6 22.Nd6 Rc7
23.Rad1 h6 24.h3 b5 25.Kg2 Rc6 26.Nf5 Kh7 27.Bd4 Re8 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Ne3 Rec5
30.Rd8 Rc1 31.g4 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Ne8 33.Kg3 Nd6 34.h4 h5 35.gxh5 Ne8 36.Rd7 Nf6
37.Rxf7 Nxh5+ 38.Kg4 Kh6 39.Nf5+ Kg6 40.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bg2 cxd4
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Be3 Be6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bb6 Qd6
16.e4 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 Rc2
22.b3 Rb2 23.Rd3 Rc8 24.Re1 Bf6 25.Ree3 Rc1+ 26.Kg2 Rcc2 27.Re8+ Kf7 28.Rb8 Rc3
29.Rxb7+ Ke6 30.Rxc3 Bxc3 31.Be3 Kd5 32.Kf3 a5 33.Rb5+ Kd6 34.Bb6 Ke6 35.Kg2 Kf7
36.Bxa5 Bxa5 37.Rxa5 Rxb3 38.Rb5 Ra3 39.a5 Ra2 40.h4 Kf6 41.Rb6+ Kf7 42.a6 h5
43.Kf3 Ra3+ 44.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nge7
9.a3 Be4 10.Nbd2 Nf5 11.b4 a5 12.g4 Nfxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Be3 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 Qd3 17.Qb2 Be7 18.bxa5 O-O 19.Rfd1 Qa6 20.Rd7 Bh4 21.Rxb7 Qxa5 22.a4 Qd8
23.Qd4 Qxd4 24.Bxd4 Ra6 25.Ra7 Rxa7 26.Bxa7 Ra8 27.Bb6 Bd8 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.a5 Kf8
30.a6 Ra8 31.Kf1 Ke7 32.Ke2 Kd7 33.Ke3 Kc6 34.Kd4 Ra7 35.Kxe4 Kb5 36.Kd4 Rd7+
37.Kc3 Rc7+ 38.Kb3 Ra7 39.f4 Rxa6 40.Rxa6 Kxa6 41.Kc4 Kb6 42.f5 g5 43.fxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich Express"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Re1 Be7 13.h3 O-O 14.Ng5 h6 15.Qh5 dxe5
16.Nf3 e4 17.Rxe4 Nf6 18.Qe5 Bd6 19.Qxf6 Bxe4  0-1

[Event "PCA-op playoff"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Bd3 e6
9.g4 Be7 10.Nge2 a6 11.Ng3 h6 12.h4 Qb6 13.Qd2 Nb4 14.Bb1 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Kf2 e5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Qd4 Qxd4 19.exd4 Be6 20.a3 Nc6 21.Nce2 Nd7 22.Bd3 O-O-O
23.b4 Kb8 24.Rhc1 Rc8 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Bxf5 Rhd8 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 g6 29.Bg4 Rc7
30.Rc3 Nb6 31.Rh1 Re7 32.Rd3 Rde8 33.Nf4 Kc7 34.Rh7 Kd6 35.Rg7 Nc4 36.Bh3 b5
37.Bf1 a5 38.bxa5 N6xa5 39.Ne2 Nc6 40.Nc3 Nxa3 41.Nxd5 Kxd5 42.Rxa3 Nxd4
43.Rh7 b4 44.Ra4 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-op playoff"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-op playoff"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 h6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Qb5 Qe7
16.a5 Nb8 17.h3 a6 18.Qd3 g5 19.Bd2 Nc6 20.Bc3 Qd8 21.Bxb4 Nxb4 22.Qb3 Qe7
23.Rfc1 Nc6 24.Qc3 Rf4 25.g3 Rf5 26.Ne1 Raf8 27.Rc2 Qf7 28.Qe3 g4 29.Ra3 Qg6
30.Qd3 Qh5 31.Ra4 Qxh3 32.Qf1 Qh5 33.Qd3 Nd8 34.Rb4 Nf7 35.Rxb7 Ng5 36.Qe3 Nh3+
37.Kg2 Rxf2+ 38.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 39.Qxf2 Nxf2 40.Kxf2 Qf5+ 41.Ke3 Qe4+ 42.Kd2 Qxd4+
43.Nd3 Qa4 44.b4 Qa2+ 45.Ke3 Qh2 46.Rb6 Qxg3+ 47.Kd4 Qh4 48.Kc3 g3 49.Rxe6 g2
50.Rd6 Qg3 51.Rxa6 g1=Q 52.Ra8+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "PCA-op playoff"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.b3 Ba6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 c6 8.Nc3 d5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.O-O dxc4 13.Bxc6 Rc8 14.Bg2 Qe7 15.d5 Nf6
16.d6 Qd7 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.b4 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Qd4 Nd7 21.Rd2 a6 22.a4 h6
23.Rad1 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.e4 f6 26.f4 Rf8 27.Ra1 Ra8 28.Rda2 Rxa2 29.Rxa2 Ra8
30.Rxa8+ Qxa8 31.Nd1 Qa2 32.Nc3 Qa1+ 33.Kg2 Qb2+ 34.Kh3 Qxb4 35.f5 exf5 36.exf5 Kh7
37.Qg4 Qxd6 38.Qg6+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Nf8 40.Qe4 Qc5 41.Nd5 c3 42.Ne3 Kh7 43.Kg2 Nd7
44.Kf2 Ne5 45.Ke2  0-1

[Event "PCA-op playoff"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.h5 c5 7.c3 e6 8.f4 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qb6
10.Kf2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nge7 12.Kg2 a5 13.Nc3 Na7 14.Bd3 Nec6 15.Bb1 Bb4 16.Na4 Qc7
17.a3 Be7 18.Nc3 b5 19.Ne2 a4 20.Bd2 Na5 21.Bxa5 Qxa5 22.f5 b4 23.Nf4 bxa3
24.bxa3 Rb8 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Bg6+ Kd8 27.Rb1 Rb6 28.Qd3 Rf8 29.Kg3 Rc6 30.Rb8+ Kc7
31.Rb2 Qc3 32.Qxc3 Rxc3 33.Rhb1 Bc8 34.Rc2 Rxc2 35.Bxc2 Bd7 36.Bxa4 Bxa4
37.Nxe6+ Kc6 38.Nxf8 Bxf8 39.Rb8 Bxa3 40.Ra8 Kb6 41.Rg8 Bb2 42.Rxg7 Nc6 43.Rg6 Bd1
44.Rxh6 Bxf3 45.Kxf3 Bxd4 46.e6 Kc7 47.g5 Kd6 48.e7+ Kxe7 49.Rxc6  1-0

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 Bg7 13.O-O b6 14.f4 e6 15.dxe6 Bxe6
16.f5 Bd7 17.f6 Bxf6 18.Rxf6 Qxf6 19.Qxd7 Qxc3 20.Bh6 Rfd8 21.Qg4 Re8 22.Bf3 Rad8
23.Rf1 c4 24.Bg5 Rd6 25.Bf4 Rde6 26.e5  1-0

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A19"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.O-O e5 12.Nde2 h6 13.Be3 Bg4 14.Qc2 Nc6 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.h3 Bh5 17.a3 Rac8 18.b4 Rfe8 19.Rd2 Bb8 20.Ne4 Bg6 21.N2c3 Qe6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.Qd1 e4 24.Nd5 Qe6 25.c5 Bf5 26.g4 Bh7 27.Nf4 Qf6 28.Nh5 Qe6 29.Qa1 Be5
30.Qb1 f5 31.f4 exf3 32.Bxf3 fxg4 33.Bxg4 Bxb1 34.Bxe6+ Rxe6 35.Rxb1 Bc3
36.Rd3 Rxe3 37.Rxe3 Bd4 38.Kf2 Re8 39.Rb3 a5 40.Nf4 axb4 41.axb4 Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 Nxf4 8.exf4 g6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 b6 12.Qc2 a5 13.a3 Qc7 14.g3 e6 15.h4 Ba6 16.h5 Bxd3
17.Qxd3 Qb7 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.fxe5 axb4 21.axb4 b5 22.Rab1 Qe7
23.Kg2 Ra6 24.Nd1 Rfa8 25.Ne3 Ra3 26.Qe2 Ra2 27.Qf3 Qg5 28.Rh1 R8a3 29.Rh4 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Qxc4 c5 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Qxd4 h6 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.Qg4 Nf8 19.Bf1 Qc5 20.Qb4 Qf2 21.Qf4 Qb6 22.Qg3 Rac8
23.h4 Qc5 24.Bc3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bb5 26.Bxb5 Qxb5 27.Qf2 a6 28.h5 h6 29.Qh4 Qc6
30.g4 Qc4 31.a3 b5 32.Kb1 a5 33.Rd8 Qf1+ 34.Ka2 Qc4+ 35.Kb1 Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Rc2 Qd8 18.Bf1 Be5 19.a3 Qf8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Qg7 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 Na4 24.Rb3 b6 25.Ra3 Qf8 26.Bd4 Bxd4+ 27.Qxd4 Qg7 28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Rca2 b5
30.c5 Rab8 31.c6 e6 32.Rxa4 bxa4 33.Rxa4 Rc7 34.b5 Kf6 35.Ra6 exd5 36.Kf2 Ke5
37.Ke3 d4+ 38.Kd2 Kd5 39.Ra1 Kc5 40.Rc1+ Kb6 41.Kd3 Ra8 42.Kxd4 Ra2 43.Rd1 Rca7
44.h3 f5 45.Kd5 Ra1 46.Rxa1 Rxa1 47.Bc4 Rd1+ 48.Ke6 Kc7 49.f4 Rd4 50.Bd5 Rb4
51.g4 Rxb5 52.gxf5 gxf5 53.h4 h6 54.Bf3 Ra5 55.Bd5 Rc5 56.Bf3 Rb5 57.Bd5 Ra5
58.Bf3 Ra3 59.Bd5 Rd3 60.Bg2 Rd2 61.Bh1 Rh2 62.Bd5 Rxh4 63.Kxf5 h5 64.Be4 Rh2
65.Kg5 h4 66.f5 h3 67.f6 Rf2 68.Kg6 h2 69.f7 Rf1 70.Kg7 h1=Q  0-1

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.b3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Rad1 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bh3 a6
16.Ne2 Rc7 17.Qc3 Nb6 18.Qa5 Nbd7 19.Nf4 d4 20.exd4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 c4 22.bxc4 Rxc4
23.Qxa6 Rc2 24.Bc1 Qa8 25.Qxa8 Rxa8 26.Be3 Raxa2 27.Rb1 Rab2 28.Nd3 Rxb1
29.Rxb1 Rc7 30.Rb5 Kg7 31.Kg2 Ne8 32.Nc5 Ndf6 33.Rb8 Bd6 34.Ra8 Re7 35.Bg5 Re1
36.Ne4 Bb4 37.Rb8 Ba3 38.Bf4 Nd5 39.Be5+ f6 40.Bg3 Kf7 41.Bd7 Nec7 42.Rb7 Rc1
43.Ba4 g5 44.Bxc7  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Bf4 Rfd8 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rd2 Nf6
16.Qc2 c5 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Qc3 Rxd2 20.Qxd2 Rc8 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Kf8
23.Ne5 Ke7 24.Rd3 Rc7 25.Ra3 Be4 26.f3 Bb1 27.Ra6 Ke8 28.Bd1 Kf8 29.Ba4 Ng8
30.a3 Ne7 31.Ra5 Nf5 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Nd7+ Ke7 34.Nxc5 Ba2 35.b3 Ne3 36.Ne4 Bb1
37.Kf2 Nc2 38.Ke2 Nxa3 39.Kd2 f5 40.Nf2 e5 41.Kc3 e4 42.fxe4 fxe4 43.Ng4 Nc2
44.b4 Ne1 45.Ne3 Nd3 46.Bc6 Nf4 47.Nd5+ Kd6 48.Nxf4 Kxc6 49.Kd4 a6 50.g3 Ba2
51.Nd5 Kb7 52.Ne3 Bb1 53.Nf5 e3 54.Nxe3 Kc6 55.g4 Kc7 56.Ke5 Kd7 57.Nf5 Bd3
58.Kd4 Be2 59.g5 h6 60.gxh6 gxh6 61.Nxh6 Ke6 62.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Qf4 13.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Qe7
9.O-O e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 exd4 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.f4 Qxd5 17.Be4 Qh5 18.Qd3 Bg4 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.h3 Bc8 21.Kh1 Rd8 22.Rc1 Rfe8
23.Rfe1 Qh4 24.Qf3 b6 25.Bd3 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bd7 27.Kg1 Kg8 28.Re2 a5 29.Kf1 Qf6
30.g4 Bc5 31.g5 Qc6 32.Qxc6 Bxc6 33.f5 Kf8 34.h4 Re8 35.h5 Rxe2 36.Kxe2 Bd5
37.f6 gxf6 38.gxf6 Kg8 39.Bh6 b5 40.b3 Be6 41.Kf3 Bd5+ 42.Kf2 b4 43.Bg7 Bf8
44.h6 Bxg7 45.hxg7 Bc6 46.Kg3 a4 47.Kf4 axb3 48.axb3  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Ndb5 Kd8 8.Be3 Nc6
9.O-O-O Nf6 10.g4 e6 11.h3 Be7 12.Bg2 a6 13.Nd6 Bxd6 14.Rxd6 Kc7 15.Rhd1 h6
16.Na4 Nd5 17.R6xd5 exd5 18.Bf4+ Kd8 19.Nb6 Ke7 20.Nxd5+ Ke6 21.Nb6 Rad8
22.Bc7 Ke7 23.Bxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nxd7 Rxd7 25.Bxc6 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 bxc6 27.Kd2 Kf6
28.f4 Ke6 29.e4 g5 30.Ke3 c5 31.Kf3 Kd6 32.h4 gxh4 33.Kg2 Kc6 34.Kh3  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Re1 Rb8 12.a4 a5 13.Ndb5 Nc5 14.Be3 Bd7 15.Qc2 b6
16.Rad1 Qc8 17.g4 Qd8 18.f3 Rc8 19.Bc1 Qe7 20.f4 Qf8 21.Bf3 h6 22.Be3 Be6
23.b3 Nh7 24.h4 g5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.f5 Bd7 27.Kg2 Be5 28.Rh1 c6 29.Nd4 f6
30.Rh5 Re7 31.Rdh1 Rg7 32.R1h3 Qe7 33.Qd1 Be8 34.Rh6 Rc7 35.Nce2 Qf8 36.Qh1 Qe7
37.Qd1 Qf8 38.Ng3 Qe7 39.Qb1 Qd8 40.Ne6 Nxe6 41.fxe6 Bxg3 42.Kxg3 Qe7 43.e5 Qxe6
44.exf6 Qe5+ 45.Kg2 Nxf6 46.Bxb6 Rb7 47.Bd8 Nh5 48.R3xh5 Bxh5 49.Bf6 Qf4
50.Bxg7 Qd2+ 51.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Rh8 Nxc3
17.bxc3 Qa3 18.Qxg6+ Kd8 19.Rd1 Qxc3+ 20.Ke2 Qb2+ 21.Rd2 Qb4 22.Qxe6 c3 23.a3 Qxa3
24.Rc2 Kc7 25.Rh7 b4 26.Ra2 b3 27.Rxa3 c2 28.Ra4 c1=Q 29.Rc4  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 O-O
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Be6 13.e3 Qd7 14.Rc1 Bb6 15.Bc3 Rfd8
16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bh3 18.Bxh3 Qxh3 19.Ne2 Qf5 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Rfd1 Qf3 22.Qd3 Rd7
23.Nd4 Qg4 24.Qe2 Qe4 25.Qb5 Rad8 26.a4 Qe7 27.a5 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 f5 29.b4 Qe6
30.Qd3 a6 31.Rc5 g6 32.b5 axb5 33.Rxb5 Qc6 34.Qb3 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Qc6 36.h4 Kg7
37.Rb6 Qc5 38.Rb5 Qc6 39.Kh2 Kh6 40.Rb6 Qc5 41.h5 Qxa5 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.Qb2 f4
44.Rxf4 d4 45.Rh4+ Kg7 46.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kochetkov, German"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.h3 Nc7 10.Ne4 Ne6 11.b3 a5 12.a4 b6 13.Bb2 f5 14.exf6 exf6 15.Ng3 Ra7 16.Qe2 Qd5
17.d3 Re7 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Qf1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Rxe7 Rxe7 22.Re1 Bf8 23.Re4 c5
24.Rxe7 Bxe7 25.Qe2 Bb7 26.f3 Kf7 27.Bc1 Qe6 28.Ne4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 g6
16.Ra3 Bg7 17.Nh2 c5 18.d5 Nd7 19.Ndf3 Nb6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ng4 Kh7 22.h4 Bc8
23.Nfh2 Bxg4 24.Nxg4 Qe7 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.h5 Nc4 27.e5 dxe5 28.b3 Nb6 29.hxg6+ fxg6
30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Qh5 Qg7 32.Rxe5 N4xd5 33.Re6 Rg8 34.Rxg6  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 b6 9.Na3 Ba6
10.Re1 d6 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Bf2 Qd7 13.Nc2 Bb7 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Rad1 a6 16.d4 cxd4
17.Nfxd4 Qc7 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.c4 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Bg7 21.Bxb6 Qe7 22.Qd3 Nb8 23.Bf2 Bc6
24.Nd4 Ba8 25.Nb3 Nd7 26.Rbd1 Nf6 27.Qxd6 Qxd6 28.Rxd6 Rxc4 29.Rxa6 Nxe4
30.Nd2 Nxd2 31.Bxa8 Bd4 32.Re2 Bxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Rd8 34.Bg2 Nb1 35.Rc6 Rxc6 36.Bxc6 Rc8
37.Bf3 Na3 38.Be4 Kf8 39.Rb2 Rc3 40.Rb3 Rxb3 41.axb3 Nb5 42.Ke3 Ke7 43.Bd3 Na7
44.Kd4 Kd6 45.Be4 Nb5+ 46.Kc4 Nc7 47.b4 f5 48.Bb7 e5 49.fxe5+ Kxe5 50.b5 Nxb5
51.Kxb5 h5 52.Kc4  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Qd8
9.O-O Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Qc2 a6 12.b4 f5 13.Na4 Bd6 14.Nc5 Qf6 15.Nxd7 Bxd7
16.Qc3 Kh8 17.c5 Bc7 18.a4 Be8 19.Ne5 Qe7 20.f4 g5 21.Rf2 Rg8 22.Re1 Rg7
23.Qb2 h5 24.Bf1 h4 25.Qb3 Bh5 26.b5 Bxe5 27.fxe5 axb5 28.axb5 Rf8 29.Ra1 f4
30.Ra7 cxb5 31.c6 Qc7 32.cxb7 Rb8 33.exf4 Rxb7 34.Rxb7 Qxb7 35.fxg5 Rxg5
36.Qh3 Rg4 37.Be2 Qa7 38.Bxg4 Qa1+ 39.Rf1 Qxd4+ 40.Kh1 Qxg4 41.Qxg4 Bxg4
42.Rf4  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Nd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Rc1 Ba5 12.h4 g4 13.e3 Nc6 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Rc5 Qe7
16.O-O Bb4 17.Rxd5 Bd6 18.Nc4 Bxg3 19.fxg3 O-O-O 20.Qa4 Qe4 21.Rc5 Kb8 22.Rf4 Qe8
23.Kh2 f5 24.Rf2 h5 25.Rb2 Rh6 26.d5 Ne5 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.Rxb7+ Kxb7 29.Rxc7+ Kxc7
30.Qxa7+ Kc8 31.d6  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.d5 d6 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Re1 Nc7 12.e4 Rb8 13.a4 a6 14.Rb1 b5 15.b4 cxb4
16.Rxb4 a5 17.Rxb5 Nxb5 18.Bxb5 Bg4 19.Qb3 Bd7 20.Bb2 Ng4 21.Nf3 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5
23.Qa3 Rc8 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Nb5 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Rc4 27.f3 Rxa4 28.Nxd6 Qa7+ 29.Kh1 Rb8
30.Qf6 Rab4 31.Nf5 gxf5 32.Qg5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.a3 Bd6
9.Qd2 Ne7 10.Nb5 Nc8 11.f3 c6 12.Nxd6+ Nxd6 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.h4 O-O-O 15.b3 Rde8
16.Kf2 Re7 17.Rhe1 g5 18.Nh3 Rg8 19.Rac1 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.g3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.b3 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nh6 12.Bd2 Rb8 13.d5 a6 14.Rc1 b5 15.c5 dxc5 16.Bf4 Rb6
17.Be3 Nf5 18.Bxc5 Rb7 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nxa4 a5 21.Re1 Nd6 22.Be3 Re8 23.Nc5 Rb5
24.g4 Rb4 25.h3 Bf6 26.f4 Nb5 27.Kh1 h5 28.gxh5 Bf5 29.hxg6 fxg6 30.Nd3 Nc3
31.Rxc3 Bxc3 32.Nxb4 axb4 33.Rg1 Qd6 34.Qf3 Kf7 35.Kh2 Rh8 36.Bf1 Bf6 37.Bf2 g5
38.Be3 Rh4 39.Qg3 g4 40.Bg2 Rh8 41.Bf2 Qc7 42.Qe3 Qc3 43.Re1 Kg6 44.Kg1 gxh3
45.Be4 Qxe3 46.Rxe3 Bxe4 47.Rxe4 Rc8 48.Kh1 Rc2 49.Bg1 Kf5 50.Rxb4 Bh4 51.Rc4 Rb2
52.Bc5 Rxb3 53.Kh2 Rd3 54.d6 exd6 55.Bxd6 Bg3+ 56.Kxh3 Bxf4+ 57.Kg2 Bxd6
58.Kf2 Bf4 59.Ke2 Rd2+ 60.Kf3 Rd3+ 61.Ke2 Ra3 62.Rc2 Be3 63.Rc4 Ke5 64.Rb4 Bd4
65.Rc4 Ke4 66.Rc2 Rg3 67.Kd2 Rh3 68.Ke2 Bc3 69.Kd1 Kd3 70.Rd2+ Kc4 71.Rg2 Re3
72.Re2 Rd3+ 73.Kc2 Bd4 74.Rg2 Re3 75.Rh2 Re8 76.Rg2 Ra8 77.Re2 Ra2+ 78.Kd1 Ra3
79.Rc2+ Kd3 80.Rd2+ Ke4 81.Re2+ Be3 82.Rc2 Kf3 83.Rc4 Ra2 84.Rc8 Rd2+ 85.Ke1 Rd7
86.Rc3 Rd8 87.Rb3 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Ne4
9.Bb2 f5 10.a3 Qf6 11.b4 a6 12.Rc1 Qh6 13.g3 Ndf6 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.Kg2 Be8 16.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.b3 Bf8 14.Bb2 g6 15.a4 Bg7
16.Bd3 c6 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.b4 Nb6 20.a5 Nbd7 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.c4 Qe7 24.Qb3 Red8 25.Nf3 Ne8 26.c5 Rc7 27.Bb1 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Bc8 29.Qc3 f6
30.Ba2+ Be6 31.Bxe6+ Qxe6 32.Qd3 Bf8 33.Qd8 Kf7 34.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Rc1 Be7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Bb5 Nxe5 12.Nxd5 Qxc1+ 13.Bxc1 Nxd5 14.e4 Bxe4 15.dxe5 Bxg2
16.Rg1 Be4 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.Bd2 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Rfd8 20.Qe4 Bb4 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7
22.Bxb4 Nxb4 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Qxb4 Rd7 25.h4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e3 Nc6 12.O-O-O Rb8 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.Rxd7 Na5
16.Nh3 Bc6 17.Rxa7 Nb3+ 18.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.Bb4 Bd6 10.Qa3 Ne4 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxd6 Nxd6 13.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Nd5 exd5 15.exd5 Na7
16.Qe2 Nc8 17.Nh4 Ra7 18.Bf5 h5 19.Rd3 Kd8 20.Bxd7 Rxd7 21.Nf5 Rc7 22.Re3 Qb7
23.Qf3 Qb5 24.Nd4 Qc4 25.Nc6+ Rxc6 26.dxc6 f5 27.b3 Qc5 28.Qe2 d5 29.Qxa6 Rg8
30.Qb7 Qd6 31.Rxe7 Nxe7 32.Rxe7  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Bg1 Rb8 13.Nd4 a6 14.Bxg4 Qxg4 15.Qd2 Rbc8
16.Rae1 b5 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 b4 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Ne2 Nh5 21.Nd4 Rc5 22.Nf5 Rc7
23.Ne3 Qh4 24.Bf2 Qf4 25.Qd1 Bxe5 26.Ng4 Bxb2 27.Bb6 Qc4 28.Ne3 Qc6 29.Bxc7 Qxc7
30.Nd5 Qc4 31.Rxe7 Rd8 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.Qxd8+ Kg7 34.Rxf6 Nxf6 35.Re1 Qxc2
36.Qd4 Qc3 37.Qxc3 bxc3 38.Re5 Ng4 39.Rc5 Nf2+ 40.Kg1 Ne4 41.Rc6 a5 42.Kf1 Kf8
43.Ke2 Ke7 44.Kd1 f5 45.h4  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.h3 a6 8.d5 Nb8
9.a4 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bd3 Re8
16.Re1 Qc8 17.Qd2 Nd7 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.a5 Qe6 20.f3 Qe5 21.Bc4 Ne6 22.Bd5 Bd7
23.Bf2 c6 24.Bxe6 Bxe6 25.Na4 Qb5 26.b3 Rad8 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.Nc3 Qb4 29.Na4 c5
30.Qxb4 cxb4 31.Bd4 Rc7 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Re2 Rec8 34.Rdd2 Rc6 35.Nb6 R8c7
36.Nd5 Bxd5 37.Rxd5 Rxc2 38.Rxc2 Rxc2 39.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6
9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.O-O-O Na4 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Bxh6 Qc7
16.Qb5 Nc3 17.bxc3 gxh6 18.Ne2 Ne4 19.Rd7 Qb6 20.Rxb7 Ba3+ 21.Kb1 Qxf2 22.Ka1 Nd6
23.Qh5 Nxb7 24.Qxh6 Qc5 25.g4 Nd6 26.Ng5 Rfb8 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Nxe6+ fxe6 29.Rf1+ Ke8
30.Qg8+ Kd7 31.Qg7+ Kc6 32.Nd4+ Qxd4  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.Bb5 Ne7 10.Na4 Qc7 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Rc1 a6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 Re8 8.d4 d5
9.Ne5 c6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rfd1 Nbd7 12.e4 h6 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Rac1 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 c5 18.Rd2 Qc7 19.Rcd1 Red8 20.h4 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8
23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Qd3 Be7 25.h5 Qa6 26.a3 Qa4 27.Bc1 Qc6 28.b3 Qb7 29.Bd2 Qc6
30.f3 Qb7 31.Kf2 Qc6 32.Ke2 Qb7 33.Kd1 Kf8 34.Ke2 Kg8 35.Bc3 Qc6 36.Ke3 Bg5+
37.Ke2 Be7 38.Ke3 Bg5+ 39.f4 Be7 40.Qe4 Qxe4+ 41.Kxe4 g6 42.g4 gxh5 43.gxh5 a5
44.Bd2 Kh7 45.f5 Bh4 46.b4 exf5+ 47.Kxf5 cxb4 48.axb4 a4 49.Bc1 Bg5 50.Ba3 Kg8
51.b5 Bd8 52.c5 bxc5 53.Bxc5 Kh7 54.Ke4 Kg7 55.Kd5 Bc7 56.b6 Bb8 57.b7 f5
58.Bd6 Ba7 59.Kc6 f4 60.e6 f3 61.e7  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Qb6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.O-O-O a6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd3 Rb8 14.g4 Qb7 15.b3 Nd7
16.Kb1 c5 17.Qh3 c4 18.Be2 cxb3 19.cxb3 Qb4 20.Bd2 Nc5 21.Kb2 Nxb3 22.Nd5 Qd4+
23.Bc3 exd5 24.axb3 Qa4 25.Bd4 dxe4 26.f5 d5 27.Qc3 Qa3+ 28.Kc2 Bb4 29.Qb2 Qxb2+
30.Kxb2 Bb7 31.g5 Rbc8 32.h4 Bc5 33.f6 Rfd8 34.Be5 Re8 35.Bf4 Bb4 36.Bd2 Bd6
37.fxg7 Be5+ 38.Kb1 Bxg7 39.Rhf1 Re7 40.h5 Rec7 41.Bg4 Re8 42.Ba5 Rce7 43.h6 Bf8
44.Rf6 e3 45.Rd4 e2 46.Be1 Rc7 47.Kb2 a5  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Bb1 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.a3 Nc6 14.Be3 Qd6 15.Be4 Bd7
16.Qc2 h6 17.Rad1 Rac8 18.Qb1 Na5 19.d5 Ba4 20.dxe6 Qxe6 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Bf5 Qa6
23.Bxc8 Bxd1 24.Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 c6 5.c4 Be7 6.Be3 O-O 7.Qd2 b5 8.cxb5 cxd5
9.exd5 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bc4 Rc8 12.Bb3 a6 13.bxa6 Bxa6 14.Nge2 Nb6 15.O-O Nc4
16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.b3 Ba6 18.b4 Qd7 19.a4 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 Qb7 21.Rfd1 Rc4 22.b5 Ra8
23.Nc3 Bd8 24.Qd3 Rac8 25.Rac1 Ba5 26.Ne4 Rxc1 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Rxc1 Rxc1+
29.Bxc1 Bb6+ 30.Kh1 Qc7 31.Bh6 Qc5 32.Qd1 f5 33.Qc1 f4 34.Qxc5 dxc5 35.Kg1 c4+
36.Kf1 f6 37.Ke2 Kf7 38.g3 fxg3 39.hxg3 Ke7 40.Be3 Ba5 41.Bc5+ Kd7 42.g4 Kc7
43.Ke3 Kd7 44.Ke4 Bd2 45.Bb6 h5 46.gxh5 f5+ 47.Kxf5 c3 48.Ba5 Be1 49.Bxc3 Bxc3
50.h6  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Be2 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd3 Qxc5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Kh1 a6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Bd4 e5 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Qxd6 Qxd6
16.Rxd6 Ncxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rb6 exf4 19.Bxf4 Bf5 20.Rxb7 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.e5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Rd1 g6
16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 dxc3 18.Rxd8 Rfxd8 19.bxc3 Rac8 20.c4 Bxa3 21.Ke2 Bc5
22.Qc2 Rd4 23.Rd1 Rf4 24.f3 Bb6 25.Rc1 Rc5 26.Qc3 Rf5 27.Kf1 Rfxe5 28.Rd1 Red5
29.Rd3 Rh5 30.h3 Rc8 31.Qc1 Rhc5 32.Rc3 Ba5 33.Rc2 Bb4 34.Qa1 a5 35.Qa2 Rd8
36.g3 g5 37.Kg2 Rd4 38.Qb3 h6 39.Qa2 Kh7 40.Qb1 Kg8 41.Qb3 Rc8 42.Qa2 Rd7
43.Qa4 Rdc7 44.Qb5 Kh7 45.Qa6 Rc6 46.Qb5 R8c7 47.Qb8 Rc8 48.Qb5 Kg8 49.Qb7 R6c7
50.Qb5 Rc5 51.Qd7 R8c7 52.Qd8+ Kg7 53.Qd4+ e5 54.Qb2 Rd7 55.Qb3 Rd4 56.Qa2 h5
57.Qb3 h4 58.Qe3 f6 59.gxh4 Rxh4 60.Qb3 Rd4 61.Qa4 Kf7 62.Qb3 Ke7 63.Kf2 Kd6
64.Kg2 Kc7 65.Kf2 f5 66.Kg2 f4 67.Kf2 e4 68.fxe4 Rxe4 69.Qd3 Re7 70.Re2 Rce5
71.Rxe5 Rxe5 72.Qg6 Bd6 73.Qc2 Kb6 74.Kg2 Kc6 75.Qa4+ Kc7 76.Kf3 Bb4 77.Qa1 Bc3
78.Qd1 Kc6 79.h4 gxh4 80.Kxf4 Kc5 81.Qb3 Kd4 82.Qd1+ Kxc4 83.Qa4+ Kc5 84.Qa3+ Bb4
85.Qc1+ Kd6 86.Qc2 Rd5 87.Qg6+ Kc7 88.Qf7+ Kc6 89.Qg6+ Bd6+ 90.Kg4 Rd4+ 91.Kh3 a4
92.Qc2+ Bc5 93.Qg6+ Kb5 94.Qb1+ Ka5 95.Qe1+ Kb6 96.Qb1+ Rb4 97.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bg7 14.c4 exd5 15.cxd5 Bd4
16.Bb2 Qb6 17.Bd3 c4 18.Bxc4 Re8 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxe4+ 21.Kd2 Rxd4+
22.Kc3 Rxf4 23.d6 Kg7 24.Rhf1 Rxf1 25.Rxf1 Bf5 26.g4 Bxg4 27.Rxf7+ Kh6 28.Kd4 Rc8
29.Bd5 Kg5 30.Ke5 h5 31.d7 Rd8 32.Be6 Kh4 33.Bxg4 Kxg4 34.Kd6 Kh3 35.Kc7  1-0

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Qg3 g6 11.Bh6 Nbd7 12.Rad1 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.c4 dxc4
16.Bg7 Rg8 17.Bf6 Qc5 18.Qf3 Qc6 19.Qh3 h5 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.Qa3+ Ke8 22.Rd6 Qb5
23.Rfd1 a6 24.Qf3  1-0

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 c6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 Bb7 8.bxc4 Bxe4
9.cxb5 Nf6 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 O-O 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Qb3 a5 14.bxa6 Rxa6 15.Rxa6 Nxa6
16.g3 Qa8 17.Kg2 Be7 18.Be3 Nb4 19.Nbd2 Rc8 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 21.Rc1 Nc2 22.h4 h6
23.Kh2 Ba3 24.Nd2 Qf5  0-1

[Event "Candidats FIDE m4"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Bb2 Qa5 12.Rfc1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nb6 15.Nc4 Qa6
16.Nd2 Qxe2 17.Bxe2 cxd4 18.cxd4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Bd4 Rfc8 21.Nb3 Rxc1+
22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Nxc8 24.Na5 b6 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.Nc6 Bc3 27.Ba6 Nd6 28.Nxa7 Kf8
29.Kf1 Ke7 30.Ke2 Ke6 31.g4 Kd5 32.Kd3 Bb2 33.g5 Kc5 34.a4 f6 35.gxf6 Bxf6
36.Bb5 Bh4 37.f3 Bf6 38.Bd7 Nc4 39.Bb5 Nd6 40.Bd7 Nc4 41.Be8 Nd6 42.Bb5 Nf7
43.f4 g5 44.Nc6 gxf4 45.exf4 Bh4 46.Nb8 Kd6 47.Nd7 Bd8 48.Nf8 h5 49.Bc4 Nh6
50.Ke4 Kc5 51.Ne6+ Kxc4 52.Nxd8 Kb4 53.f5 Kxa4 54.f6 b5 55.f7 Nxf7 56.Nxf7 b4
57.Kd3 Ka3 58.Ne5 Kb2 59.Kd2 b3 60.Nd3+ Ka3 61.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE m4"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Na4 O-O 11.f4 Be7 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.c4 d6 14.Qd2 c5 15.Rad1 Bb7
16.Nc3 Rbd8 17.Qf2 Nd7 18.Rd3 Nb8 19.Rfd1 Nc6 20.b3 Rfe8 21.Kh1 Bf6 22.Ne2 g6
23.R3d2 Bg7 24.Qh4 Ne7 25.Qf2 Nc6 26.Qh4 Bf8 27.Nc3 Ne7 28.Qf2 Bg7 29.Ne2 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE m4"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A19"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6
9.Nb5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nfxd4 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Ke7 13.Be2 Rd8 14.Ke3 e5 15.Nb3 Nc6
16.Rhd1 Bf5 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Rd1 Rxd1 19.Bxd1 Ng4+ 20.Bxg4 Bxg4 21.Nc5 Bc8
22.f4 exf4+ 23.Kxf4 h6 24.h4 f6 25.h5 a6 26.Nc3 Ne5 27.Nd5+ Kd8 28.b3 b5
29.cxb5 axb5 30.b4 Bg4 31.a3 Kc8 32.Ne7+ Kc7 33.Ng6 Bxh5 34.Nxe5 fxe5+ 35.Kxe5 g5
36.Ne6+ Kb6 37.Kf6 Be2 38.Kg6 Bf1 39.g3 Kc6 40.Kxh6 Kd5 41.Nxg5 Be2 42.Kg6 Kc4
43.Ne6 Kc3 44.Kf5 Kb2 45.Nc5 Kxa3 46.Na6 Bd3+ 47.Kf4 Kb2 48.g4 Kc3 49.Ke5 Kc4
50.g5  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE m4"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.Qf3 Bc5 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Qg3 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Qh4 f5 19.Ne2 d4 20.Ng1 Nd2 21.Rf2 Nc4 22.b4 Qd5 23.Nf3 Ne3
24.h3 Rc7 25.a4 Rfc8 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra5 Nc4 28.Ra1 Nb2 29.Rd2 Rd7 30.Qf2 Nc4
31.Re2 Rcd8 32.Kh2 Qc6 33.Qh4 Nb2 34.Qe1 Nxd3 35.cxd3 Qc3 36.Qb1 Bd5 37.Ra6 h6
38.Ra5 Rb7 39.Ra1 Rc8 40.Ne1 Rbc7 41.Ra5 Rb8 42.Ra1 Rbc8 43.Ra5 Rb8 44.Ra1 Qc6
45.Qb2 Qb6 46.Rc2 Rbc8 47.Rxc7 Rxc7 48.Qf2 Rc3 49.Qh4 Qb7 50.Qf2 Qb6 51.Qh4 Qc7
52.Ra5 Bc6 53.Qf2 Qd7 54.Ra6 Kh7 55.Ra1 Rb3 56.Qd2 Bb7 57.Rc1 Bd5 58.Rc5 Ra3
59.Qb2 Ra2 60.Qxd4 Qb7 61.Rc2 Rxc2 62.Nxc2 Bxg2 63.Qc5 Bh1 64.Ne1 Bd5 65.Kg3 Qa6
66.Qc1 Qa2 67.Qc2 Qa1 68.Qd2 g5 69.Qe3 Kg6 70.Nf3 Qf1 71.fxg5 Bxf3 72.Qxf3 Qg1+  0-1

[Event "Candidats FIDE m4"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A24"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 d6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 c6 7.e4 O-O 8.d3 a6 9.h3 b5
10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.O-O Rb8 13.Be3 Ne6 14.cxb5 axb5 15.b4 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5
17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.d4 e4 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Qd6 21.a3 Bd7 22.Rac1 Rbc8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8
24.Rc1 Rc6 25.h4 Qc7 26.Rxc6 Qxc6 27.Qe3 Qc2 28.f3 f5 29.Bf1 Qd1 30.Kf2 Bc6
31.Qc3 Bd7 32.Bg2 Kf7 33.g4 Ke7 34.Qe3 Qc2 35.gxf5 gxf5 36.Kg3 Qd3 37.Kf2 Qc2
38.Qh6 Kd6 39.Qf6 Qd2 40.Qe5+ Ke7 41.fxe4 fxe4 42.Bh3 Qh6 43.Qg3 Qf6+ 44.Ke3 Qh6+
45.Kf2 Qf6+ 46.Ke3 Qh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE m4"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.Qe2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 c5 10.a4 Bd6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.b3 cxd4 13.exd4 Re8 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.Bb2 Qc7
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qd3 b5 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.Qxb5 axb5
22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.Ra1 Rxa1+ 24.Bxa1 h5 25.h3 Kh7 26.Kf1 Kg6 27.Ke2 b4 28.g3 Kf5
29.Bb2 g5 30.Bc1 g4 31.hxg4+ Kxg4 32.Bd2 f5 33.Be1 Be7 34.Bd2 Bd6 35.Be1 f4
36.f3+ Kh3 37.gxf4 Kg2 38.f5 Be7 39.f6 Bxf6 40.Bxb4 h4 41.Bd6 h3 42.b4 Be7  0-1

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 Nge7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O b6
10.Na3 Ba6 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Nc2 e5 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nfxd4 Rac8 16.Qd2 Nxd4
17.Nxd4 Bb7 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Bf2 Qe8 20.b3 Qd7 21.a4 a6 22.Ne2 b5 23.Bb6 Re8
24.a5 Qe6 25.Nd4 Qd7 26.Re3 f5 27.Bh3 d5 28.e5 Bf8 29.Bg2 Ba8 30.Rd3 Kh8
31.Nc2 Bg7 32.Nb4 Bb7 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Bxd5 Bxd5 35.Rxd5 Qe6 36.Qd3 g5 37.Rd6 Qe7
38.Bd8 Qf7 39.Rd7 Qe6 40.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 12.exf6 b4 13.Ne4 c3 14.bxc3 bxc3 15.Qd3 Bb7 16.Be2 c5
17.O-O c4 18.Qe3 Nb6 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 Nd5 21.Qd4 Rc8 22.Rab1 Ba6 23.Rfc1 Qxc5
24.Qxc5 Rxc5 25.Rb8+ Bc8 26.Be3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 O-O 28.Rxc3 Ba6 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
30.g4 Kg8 31.Kf2 Kh7 32.h4 Kg6 33.g5 Kf5 34.Kg3 Bb5 35.Bd3+ Ke5 36.Bc2 Kd6
37.Kg4 Rd5 38.h5 Rd3 39.Rxd3+ cxd3 40.Bd1  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Rb8 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Rad1 Nh6 15.Nd5 Bg4
16.Bf3 Bd7 17.Rfe1 Nf5 18.Ne3 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bc6 20.Be2 Qd7 21.Qd2 d5 22.c5 e5
23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.Bf3 d4 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Qd3 a5 27.Re4 Bg7 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Bc3 a4
30.Qc4 Qg4 31.Rd3 axb3 32.axb3 Rd8 33.Bd2 h5 34.h4 Re8 35.Kg2 Qe4+ 36.Rf3 Re6
37.Qd3 Qd5 38.b4 Re8 39.Bf4 Re1 40.Qb3 Qd7 41.Bd2 Re8 42.Bf4 Re1 43.Bg5 Qe8
44.Kh2 Ra1 45.Bd2 Ra7 46.Kg2 Kh7 47.Qb1 Qe5 48.Bf4 Qe6 49.Rb3 Qd5+ 50.Kh2 Ra1
51.Qxa1 Qxb3 52.Qh1 Qa4 53.Qe4 Qb5 54.Qe8 Qb7 55.Kg2 Qxb4 56.Qxc6 Qc4 57.Qd6 d3
58.c6 Qe4+ 59.Kh2 Qe2 60.Be3 Bh6 61.Qf6 Bxe3 62.Qxf7+ Kh6 63.c7  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.e4 O-O 13.Re1 Rd8 14.e5 b5 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.Ne4 c5 17.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Rb8 13.Re1 Nh6 14.Nd5 e6 15.Ne3 b5 16.Qe2 bxc4
17.Nxc4 d5 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.g4 Rc8 20.h3 Re8 21.Nd3 Rc6 22.Rac1 Bf8 23.Rxc6 Bxc6
24.Nc5 Bb5 25.Qd2 Qb6 26.Bc3 Bc6 27.Ba5 Qa7 28.Qc1 e5 29.Bd2 exd4 30.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.c4 Qd6
9.d5 Ne7 10.Qb1 O-O 11.e4 Nd7 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Ne2 f5 14.O-O f4 15.f3 g5 16.Nc1 Rf7
17.Nb3 b6 18.Bb4 g4 19.fxg4 Bxg4 20.Rf2 Rg7 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.Ba3 Ng6 23.Qb5 Nh4
24.Qxc5 Qg6 25.Qc6 Qxc6 26.dxc6 Re8 27.Bb2 Re6 28.c5 Reg6 29.Bxe5 Nf3+ 30.Rxf3 Bxf3
31.Bc4+ Kf8 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7 33.Bf1 Kf6 34.Kf2 Bxe4 35.Rd1 Bxc6 36.Rd8 Ke5 37.g3 fxg3+
38.hxg3 Rf6+ 39.Ke1 Re6 40.Kf2 Re8 41.Rd2 Rf8+ 42.Ke1 h6 43.Bg2 Bxg2 44.Rxg2 Kd4
45.Rb2 c6 46.Rb7 a5 47.Ra7 Rf3 48.Rxa5 Rxg3 49.Ra4+ Kxc5 50.Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nc6
9.Qe2 a5 10.c3 a4 11.Bc2 Be6 12.Na3 Bd5 13.exd6 exd6 14.Be3 Re8 15.Nh2 Qd7
16.Qd2 Na5 17.Bf4 Nac4 18.Nxc4 Bxc4 19.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Qb5 21.Qc1 h5 22.Nf3 Bd3
23.Bxd3 Qxd3 24.Bh6 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 Be6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5
16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O Bd6 13.Ne4 Ngf6 14.Kb1 Bf4 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qa3 Qc7 18.Ne5 Qe7 19.Qe3 Nd7 20.Nd3 Qg5 21.f4 Qxg2 22.Rhg1 Qd5
23.Ne5 Rg8 24.c4 Qd6 25.d5 cxd5 26.Nxd7 Qxd7 27.cxd5 Rd8 28.f5 e5 29.Qxe5+ Qe7
30.Qd4 Kf8 31.d6 Qf6 32.Qc5 b6 33.Qd5 Rh8 34.d7 Qh4 35.Rge1 Kg8 36.Re8+ Kh7
37.Qxf7 Rhxe8 38.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Qa5 13.h3 Rfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxe5 Ra7 17.Re2 Rd7 18.Bf4 Rbd8 19.Qe1 Qa8 20.Rxe7 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Qxd5+
22.Kg1 Bxb2 23.Re8+ Kg7 24.Be5+ Bxe5 25.Qxe5+ Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Nxc5 bxc5 11.Bd3 d6 12.O-O O-O 13.h3 e5 14.Qd1 h6 15.Rb1 a5
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne5 18.Re1 Re8 19.Bf1 a4 20.Qd2 Re6 21.Rbd1 Nfd7 22.Nb5 Ra6
23.Qc3 f6 24.Re2 Nf7 25.h4 Nde5 26.Qh3 Re8 27.Ree1 Bc8 28.Qc3 Be6 29.Rd2 Qe7
30.Bg3 Rb8 31.Red1 Rd8 32.Qc2 Rb8 33.Qc3 Rbb6 34.Qc2 Qf8 35.Nc7 Bg4 36.Re1 Ra7
37.Nb5 Ra8 38.Nc7 Ra5 39.Nb5 Qb8 40.Qc3 Raa6 41.Qc2 Be6 42.Red1 Kf8 43.Bf4 Ke7
44.Qc3 Kf8 45.Qc2 Qd8 46.Qc3 Qd7 47.Bg3 Ke7 48.Bf4 Kf8 49.Bg3 Qe7 50.Qc2 Kg8
51.Qc3 Bg4 52.Re1 Qb7 53.Qc2 Kf8 54.Bf4 Be6 55.Red1 Ke7 56.Bg3 Bg4 57.Re1 Kf8
58.Bf4 Kg8 59.Bg3 Kh7 60.Bf4 Qd7 61.Bg3 Rb8 62.Qc3 Be6 63.Red1 Bg4 64.Re1 Rg8
65.Rf2 Qe7 66.Qc2 Nd8 67.Qc3 Ne6 68.Qd2 Bh5 69.Kh1 Rd8 70.Kg1 Qf7 71.Rc1 Qg6
72.Rc3 Bg4 73.Qd5 Rb6 74.Re3 Qe8 75.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.N1c3 a6 11.Na3 Bg5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Nc2 Re6 14.Nd5 Rh6 15.Re1 Nc5
16.Bf1 a5 17.Qf3 Rg6 18.Nce3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Ne6 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Rac1 Qh4
23.g3 Qh5 24.Bg2 Rh6 25.h3 Rf6 26.Qe2 Qh6 27.Bc3 Ned4 28.Qe3 Qh5 29.f4 exf4
30.gxf4 Qc5 31.Kh1 Rh6 32.f5 Re8 33.Ba1 f6 34.Qd3  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Qd2 b6
9.Nd1 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.Nf3 f5 12.Ne3 Bb7 13.Bd3 g6 14.h3 h5 15.O-O cxd4 16.cxd4 Qb4
17.Rad1 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 Ke7 19.g4 hxg4 20.hxg4 fxg4 21.Nxg4 Raf8 22.Kg2 Rxf4
23.Kg3 Rhf8 24.Be2 R4f5 25.Rc1 Kd8 26.Nh4 Rg5 27.Nf3 Rgf5 28.Nh4 Rg5 29.Nf3 Rgf5
30.Nh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.b3 a6
9.Bb2 b5 10.d5 Na5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nd4 b4 13.Na4 e5 14.Nc2 Bd7 15.Qe1 Bxa4
16.bxa4 Nc4 17.Rb1 Nxb2 18.Rxb2 e4 19.Rxb4 Nxd5 20.Rxe4 Rb2 21.Qd2 Nc3 22.Rc4 Nxa2
23.Bc6 Qb8 24.Qe3 Rb3 25.Qe7 Nc3 26.e3 Rb2 27.Ne1 Qb3 28.Rh4 Qb6 29.Qd7 Bf6
30.Rc4 Qb3 31.Bb5 Nxa4 32.Rxa4 Qxb5 33.Qxb5 Rxb5 34.Nd3 Rfb8 35.Rc4 Bd8 36.Kg2 Kf8
37.Ra1 Ke8 38.Raa4 c5 39.Ra6 R5b6 40.Ra7 R6b7 41.Ra6 Rb6 42.Ra2 Rb3 43.Nf4 Rb2
44.Ra7 R8b7 45.Ra8 Rd2 46.h4 Rbb2 47.Nh3 Ra2 48.Rca4 Rxa4 49.Rxa4 Kd7 50.Ng5 Bxg5
51.hxg5 d5 52.Rf4 Ke7 53.Kf1 c4 54.Ke1 c3 55.Rf6 Kd7 56.Rxf7+ Kd6 57.Rxh7 Ra2
58.Kd1 Rxf2 59.Rh4 Rd2+ 60.Kc1 Re2 61.Rh6 Rxe3 62.Rxg6+ Kc5 63.Kc2 Rxg3 64.Kb3 d4
65.Rg8 Kd5 66.g6 Ke4 67.g7 Kd3 68.Rh8 Rxg7 69.Rh3+ Ke4 70.Rh4+ Ke3 71.Rh3+ Kf2
72.Rd3 Rd7 73.Kc2 Ke2 74.Rh3 d3+ 75.Kxc3 d2  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D41"]

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 Nc6 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.d5 exd5
16.exd5 Na5 17.Bf1 Qd6 18.Ng5 Rcd8 19.Qd3 Qh6 20.Qf5 Bc8 21.Qf4 Nb7 22.Re7 f6
23.Ne6 Qxf4 24.Nxf4 Rf7 25.Re3 Rc7 26.h4 Kf7 27.h5 g5 28.hxg6+ hxg6 29.Rde1 Rh8
30.d6 Nxd6 31.Nd5 Rd7 32.Re7+ Kf8 33.Rxd7 Bxd7 34.Nxf6 Bf5 35.g4 Kf7 36.gxf5 Kxf6  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Qa5 12.a3 Rfc8 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Nxf6+ Kg7
16.Nh5+ gxh5 17.Rxd2 h4 18.g3 Kf6 19.Rd3 Bc4 20.Rf3+ Kg7 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.gxh4 Rac8
23.Rg1+ Kf8 24.Rfg3 Ke8 25.Rg8+ Kd7 26.Rxc8 Kxc8 27.f3 f5 28.exf5 Rf4 29.Rg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.e4 e5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bc4 h6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O-O Qxh4 13.Nxh4 Rf8 14.Bd5 Ke7 15.Nf3 Kf6
16.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Be6 11.Rb1 Qb6 12.Qd3 Rfc8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qd4
16.Qh3 Nc5 17.Be3 Qf6 18.f4 Qc3 19.Rfc1 Qf6 20.Bg4 Rc7 21.f5 g5 22.Rf1 e6
23.Rbd1 Nd7 24.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 c4 7.Be2 Bc5 8.O-O a6
9.a4 Qb6 10.c3 O-O 11.Nd4 Re8 12.Bf3 d6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.b4 cxb3
16.Qxb3 Bxd4 17.cxd4 Na6 18.Na3 Rb8 19.Rd1 g6 20.Nc2 Bb7 21.Be2 Bc8 22.h3 Bd7
23.Ra1 Ra8 24.Qb2 Nc7 25.Rxa8+ Nxa8 26.Qa1 Nc7 27.Nb4 h5 28.Bd3 Kf8 29.Kf1 Bc8
30.Ke2 Bb7 31.f3 Kg7 32.g4 h4 33.Ke3 Na6 34.Nxa6 Bxa6 35.Qc3 Bb7 36.Qb4 Ba6
37.f4 g5 38.f5 Kf8 39.Qc3 Bb7 40.Qb4 Ba6 41.Kd2 Ke8 42.Kc2 Kd7 43.Kb2 Kc8
44.e5 fxe5 45.dxe5 Kd8 46.e6 f6 47.Qc3 Ke7 48.Qc6 Qb7 49.Kb3 Qc8 50.Kb4 Bb7
51.Qxc8 Bxc8 52.Kxb5 Bb7 53.Bc4  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Ne7 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.c4 dxc4
9.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.a4 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qxd2+
16.Kxd2 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nc5 18.Rb1 a5 19.Rhe1 Rc7 20.Bd3 b6 21.f4 Rd7 22.h4 h5
23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.f5 Bh6+ 25.Kc2 g5 26.hxg5 Bxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.Qd3 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Rab8 18.h3 c4 19.Qc2 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 Qa5 21.Nc3 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Rb8
23.Rxb8+ Nxb8 24.e4 dxe4 25.Nxe4 Qd5 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Nd2 Qxd4 28.Nxc4 Nc6
29.Ne3 Qa1+ 30.Kh2 Qe5+ 31.g3 Nd4 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.Qd7 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Ng5 35.Qg4 h5
36.Qf5 Ne6 37.h4 Nd4 38.Qd3 Kg8 39.Kf1 Kf8 40.Kg2 Kg8 41.Kf1 f5 42.Qc4 f4
43.Qd5 Qxd5 44.Nxd5 fxg3 45.fxg3 Kg7 46.Kf2 Kg6 47.Ke3 Nf5+ 48.Kf4 f6 49.Kf3 Kg7
50.Nf4 Kh6 51.Ne2 Nd6 52.Ke3 Kg6 53.Nf4+ Kh6 54.Kd3 Nf5 55.Ne2 Kg6 56.Ke4 Ne7
57.Nf4+ Kh6 58.a3 Nc8 59.Kd5 Nb6+ 60.Kc6 Nc4 61.a4 Nd2 62.a5 Ne4 63.Kb7 Nxg3
64.Kxa7 Nf5 65.a6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Qb3 Rad8 14.Rfd1 Kh8 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Ne4 b6 17.Nxf6 Bxf6 18.Qa4 Ne7 19.Qxd7 Rxd7 20.b3 Nf5 21.Bd2 Kg8 22.e3 Kf7
23.Bh3 h5 24.Rc6 Rfd8 25.Rdc1 g6 26.Kf1 Be7 27.Ke1 Ba3 28.R1c2 Bc5 29.b4 Bd6
30.Rc1 Ne7 31.R6c2 Be5 32.Bf1 Nf5 33.Bb5 Re7 34.Bd3 Nd6 35.Rc7 Rdd7 36.Rxd7 Rxd7
37.a4 Nf5 38.Ke2 Rc7 39.Rxc7+ Bxc7 40.Bc3 Nh6 41.h3 Nf5 42.e4 dxe4 43.Bxe4 Ne7
44.Kd3 Nd5 45.Bd2 h4 46.gxh4 Nf4+ 47.Kc4 Nxh3 48.Be3 a6 49.Bb7 Nf4 50.Bxa6 Nd5
51.Bg5 Bd6 52.Bb7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.Nce2 Bd7 11.b3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Rb8 13.a4 Qa5 14.Bb2 Rfc8 15.Re1 a6
16.h3 Ne5 17.Re2 Bc6 18.e4 Be8 19.Kh2 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bg5 h6
9.h4 d6 10.Rc1 hxg5 11.hxg5 g6 12.gxf6 Qxf6 13.a3 Bxc3+ 14.Rxc3 Qxd4 15.Qc1 Rfd8
16.Be2 Qe5 17.Qh6 Qg7 18.Qf4 Kf8 19.c5 Bxe2 20.cxb6 Bb5 21.bxc7 Rd7 22.a4 Bxa4
23.e5 Bb5 24.exd6 g5 25.Qe3 a6 26.Ne4 Qe5 27.Nc5 Qxd6 28.Rh8+ Ke7 29.Qxg5+  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nd7 7.Nh3 c5 8.a4 b4 9.Nd1 Ngf6
10.Nhf2 O-O 11.Be2 cxd4 12.Bxd4 a5 13.O-O Bb7 14.Bb5 Qc7 15.c3 Nc5 16.Bxc5 dxc5
17.Ne3 Rfd8 18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Rac1 Nd6 20.cxb4 axb4 21.Rfd1 Nxb5 22.Qxb5 Rxd1+
23.Nfxd1 Bd4 24.Qxb4 Qf4 25.Qxb7 Rb8 26.Qxb8+ Qxb8 27.Kh1 Qf4 28.a5 Bxe3
29.Ra1  0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Be3 g6 8.Qd2 b5
9.a4 bxa4 10.f3 Bb7 11.Rxa4 Nb6 12.Rb4 Nfd7 13.Nb3 Bg7 14.Bxb6 Nxb6  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Kf8
9.Nc3 axb5 10.Be3 c4 11.Kf2 Ra5 12.g3 Na6 13.a4 bxa4 14.Qxc4 Bb7 15.Rxa4 Rxa4
16.Qxa4 Nc7 17.Qa5 Nfxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bb6 Bc6 20.Ne2 h5 21.Bg2 Qb8 22.Rd1 Ne6
23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Kg8 25.Qa7 h4 26.Qxb8+ Bxb8 27.Rxh4 Rxh4 28.gxh4 Bxh2
29.Bf1 Bd6 30.Bc4 g6 31.Bd4 Be7 32.Kg3 Kf8 33.Bc3 d5 34.Bd3 Bd6+ 35.f4 Ke7
36.Kg4 Bc5 37.b4 d4 38.Bd2 Bb6 39.Kg5 Bd7 40.f5 gxf5 41.Bxf5 Bb5 42.h5 Bc7
43.h6 Be5 44.Bc2 Bf6+ 45.Kf4 Bh8 46.Bb3 Kf6 47.Ke4 Kg6 48.Kd5 Be2 49.Bc4 Bf3+
50.Kd6 f5 51.b5 Bf6 52.Bd5 Be2 53.b6 Ba6 54.Bf4 Bh4 55.Bc4 Bb7 56.Bg8 d3
57.Ke6 Bc8+ 58.Kd6 Bb7 59.h7 Bf6 60.Be6 Be4 61.Bd5  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Ne7
9.Qd2 Ng6 10.Nh3 f6 11.O-O-O Kf7 12.f3 Qh4 13.Bc5 e5 14.Nf2 f5 15.g3 Qf6
16.Rhf1 Na6 17.Ba3 Be6 18.Ne4 fxe4 19.fxe4 Nf4 20.gxf4 Rhd8 21.Bd6 Kg8 22.fxe5 Qh4
23.Qf4 Qxf4+ 24.Rxf4 Re8 25.Rdf1 Rad8 26.h4 Nb8 27.Kc2 Nd7 28.Kc3 Nf8 29.h5 h6
30.a4 Nh7 31.b4 a6 32.c5 Ng5 33.Bc4 Bxc4 34.Kxc4 g6 35.hxg6 Kg7 36.Rf7+ Kxg6
37.Rxb7 Nxe4 38.Rf4 Nd2+ 39.Kd3 Kg5 40.Rf2  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O e6  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 Qb6 13.Ba3 Qa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 6.Be3 Qa5 7.Qc1 Nc6 8.Nd2 d6
9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Bh6 O-O 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.exf3 a5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.f4 Qb6 17.Nd2 d5 18.Qc2 e6 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Nf3 Rac8 21.Qe2 Ne4 22.Nd4 Nd6
23.Rfe1 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Nc4 25.b3 Nd6 26.Qe5+ Kg8 27.g4 Rxc3 28.f5 exf5 29.Rxd5 Rc2
30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Kf8 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Red1 Ke7 34.Re1+ Kf8 35.Red1 Ke7
36.Re1+ Kf8 37.Red1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Be7
9.b4 c5 10.bxc5 bxc5 11.Rb1 Ba6 12.Ne5 cxd4 13.exd4 Qc8 14.Bb2 Nbd7 15.Qf3 Bb7
16.Rfc1 dxc4 17.Qh3 cxd3 18.Rxc8 Raxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.O-O f5 15.c4 O-O
16.Qf3 bxc4 17.Nxc4 d5 18.exd5 e4 19.Qe3 Bb7 20.d6 Qf6 21.Bc2 f4 22.Qh3 Rac8
23.Bb3 Rc5 24.Rad1 Rg5 25.Rd2 Bd5 26.Nb6 Bxb3 27.Nd7 Qg6 28.Nxf8 Bxf8 29.axb3 Bxd6
30.Rc1 Be7 31.Rd7 Qf6 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Qc3 Qxc3 34.bxc3 Ra5 35.Kf1 Bh4 36.Rc4 Ra1+
37.Ke2 Ra2+ 38.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.a3 c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.O-O Ne4 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Qb5 Rfc8 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 c4 19.Qb4 Qe6 20.Ne2 a5 21.Qc3 Na4 22.Qc2 Nc5
23.Nf4 Qf5 24.f3 Nd3 25.fxe4 Qb5 26.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Nh5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rb8 15.O-O-O Qe7
16.g4 Ng7 17.f4 Ne6 18.f5 Qf8 19.Qe3 Nc5 20.Rhf1 gxf5 21.gxf5 Kh8 22.Rf3 Bd7
23.Qf4 Qe7 24.Rg1 Nxe4 25.Re3 d5 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Rg4 Qb4 28.Rb3 Qe1+ 29.Bd1 e3
30.Rd3 Qb4 31.Qd4 Re5 32.Rb3 Qd2+ 33.Qxd2 exd2+ 34.Kxd2 Rxb3 35.axb3 Bxf5
36.Rd4 Kg7 37.Bf3 c5 38.Rd8 Kh6 39.Rf8 Kg5 40.Rf7 h5 41.Rg7+ Kh4 42.Rf7 Bg4
43.Bxg4 Kxg4 44.Rxf6 Kh3 45.Ra6 Kxh2 46.Rxa7 h4 47.Rxc7 Rg5 48.Kc2 Rg2+ 49.Kd3 Rg3+
50.Ke4 Rxb3 51.Rxc5 Rxb2 52.Rh5 h3 53.c5 Kg3 54.Kd5 h2 55.Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Qa5 13.h3 Rfb8 14.Re2 Ne8 15.Rc2 Nb6
16.Qe2 Qa6 17.Ng1 Na4 18.Qxa6 Rxa6 19.Nge2 Nc7 20.a3 f5 21.f3 fxe4 22.fxe4 Nxc3
23.Nxc3 Nb5 24.Nxb5 Rxb5 25.Rc4 Bxb2 26.Rb1 Rab6 27.a4 Rb3 28.a5 Bxc1 29.Rbxc1 Rb2+
30.R1c2 R6b5 31.a6 Rb6 32.e5 Rxc2+ 33.Rxc2 Rxa6 34.exd6 exd6 35.Re2 Kf7 36.Re6 c4
37.Re4 c3 38.Rc4 Ra3 39.Kf3 c2+ 40.Ke2 Ra2 41.Ke3 Kf6 42.Kd2 Ra3 43.Kxc2 Rxg3
44.Re4 Rxh3 45.Re6+ Kf7 46.Rxd6 Ke7 47.Re6+ Kd7 48.Ra6 Rh5 49.Kc3 Rxd5 50.Ra7+ Ke6
51.Rxh7 g5 52.Rh1 Kf5 53.Rf1+ Ke4 54.Rg1 Kf3 55.Kc4 Ra5  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Qb1 Re8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Ng5 Nf8
16.Nge4 Qb6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Rxe2 20.Qf5 Rce8 21.Be3 Ne6
22.Be4 Nf8 23.Bd5 Ne6 24.b3 Bd4 25.Qh5 Rxa2 26.b4 g6 27.bxc5 Bxc5 28.Qg4 Ra5
29.Bxc5 Rxc5 30.Rfe1 Rc2 31.Qf3 Kg7 32.Bxe6 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 Qxe6 34.Qd3 Ra2
35.Qd4+ Qf6 36.Qxf6+ Kxf6 37.Rd7 Ke6 38.Rb7 h5 39.Kg2 Ra3 40.h4 Ra5 41.f3 Ra2+
42.Kh3 a5 43.g4 hxg4+ 44.fxg4 Ra3+ 45.Kg2 Ra4 46.Kf3 Rb4 47.Ra7 a4 48.h5 Kf6
49.h6 Rb3+ 50.Kg2 Rb2+ 51.Kg3 Rb3+ 52.Kg2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 O-O
9.e3 d6 10.O-O Nc6 11.h3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nxd4 14.exd4 Bc6 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Rac1 Rc8 17.h4 Qd7 18.b3 Rfd8 19.a4 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 b6 21.a5 e6 22.Bf3 b5
23.d5 bxc4 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.bxc4 Qf5 26.Kg2 Bf6 27.a6 h5 28.Re1 Rc5 29.Bd5 Rb8
30.Rc2 Kg7 31.Be4 Qd7 32.Bb7 Qc7 33.Qd3 Rd8 34.Bd5 Qa5 35.Rb1 Qxa6 36.Rb7 Rf8
37.Re2 Ra5 38.Re3 Ra1 39.Rf3 Re1 40.Rxf6 Kxf6 41.Qf3+  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bg5 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 Qe8 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Nf1 Ndf6 12.a4 b6 13.Bb5 c6 14.Bc4 Qe7 15.Ne3 Qc7
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Qc2 a6 19.f3 b5 20.Bf1 Rfd8 21.b4 c5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.bxc5 Qxc5 25.Bf2 Qc6 26.Qb3 Rc8 27.c4 bxc4 28.Ndxc4 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Be2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 Qf6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qc2 e5 14.Bg3 Bf5 15.O-O Qe7
16.b4 Bb6 17.c5 Bc7 18.Rfd1 Bg6 19.Qa4 Qe8 20.b5 f5 21.bxc6 f4 22.Bh4 Bf5
23.Rd7 Bxd7 24.cxd7 Qg6 25.Be7 Kh8 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Qb3 Bd8 28.Rd1 h6 29.Rd6 Qg5
30.Re6 f3 31.Bf1 fxg2 32.Bxg2 Qf5 33.Qa2 Qg4 34.Rd6 Rf5 35.Qe6 Kh7 36.h3 Qg5
37.Kf1 Rf8 38.Bxe4+ Kh8 39.Qe8 Be7 40.Qxf8+  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 f6
9.d4 exd4 10.Nb5 Bf5 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Rc1 d3 13.exd3 Nd5 14.Nfd4 Nxf4 15.Nxf5 Nxg2
16.Rxc6 bxc6 17.Nxa7 Qd5 18.Nxc8 Qxf5 19.Nxe7 Kxe7 20.Kxg2 Qd5+ 21.Kg1 Qxa2
22.Re1+ Kd8 23.Qg4 Rg8 24.Qe4 Qd5 25.Qxh7 f5 26.d4 Qf7 27.Re5 Rf8 28.Qh4+ Kd7
29.Qf4 g6 30.h4 Qb3 31.Re3 Qd5 32.Re1 Rf6 33.Re5 Qf7 34.b4 Qb3 35.Qg5 Qf7
36.b5 cxb5 37.Rxb5 Qe6 38.Re5 Qb6 39.Qh6 Kc8 40.Qh8+ Kb7 41.Re1 Qb4 42.Ra1 Qf8
43.Rb1+ Kc8 44.Qh7 Qf7 45.Qh6 f4 46.g4 Qe6 47.Qg5 Rf7 48.Rc1 Kd7 49.Kf1 Qa6+
50.Kg2 Qe6 51.Rc5 Kc8 52.Re5 Qc6+ 53.d5 f3+ 54.Kg3 Qd6 55.Kh3 Qa6 56.Re8+ Kb7
57.Qc1 Rf6 58.Re7 Qb6 59.Qc4 Qa5 60.Kg3 Rd6 61.Qb3+ Ka7 62.Re4 Ra6 63.Rb4 Rb6
64.Qa4 Qxa4 65.Rxa4+ Kb7 66.Kxf3 Rb3+ 67.Kf4 Rd3 68.Kg5 Rxd5+ 69.Kxg6 c5
70.Ra2 Rd6+ 71.Kh5 Kc6 72.Ra6+ Kd5 73.Rxd6+ Kxd6 74.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.h3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd3 dxc5
9.e5 Ne8 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Qe2 Rd8 13.O-O Nc7 14.a3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 cxd4
16.b4 Qb6 17.Na4 Qc6 18.b5 Qe8 19.Be4 a6 20.Rab1 axb5 21.cxb5 Nd5 22.Qd2 Bh6
23.Ng5 Ne3 24.Rfe1 Nc4 25.Qd3 Bxg5 26.fxg5 Nxe5 27.Qg3 Nc4 28.Bxb7 Bd7 29.Nc5 Bxb5
30.Qc7 Ne3 31.Qb6 Ba4 32.Qa6 Bc2 33.Rb4 e5 34.Ne4 Bxe4 35.Bxe4 Qe7 36.h4 Rb8
37.Reb1 Rxb4 38.axb4 Qd7 39.b5 d3 40.Qc6 Qd4  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3 h6
9.e3 a6 10.b3 Ba7 11.Bb2 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.Nd2 b5 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.e4 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6
17.Nf3 Rc8 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.h3 Bb6 20.Kh2 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Kf8 22.Qe2 g5 23.Qd2 a5
24.Kg1 b4 25.Rc2 Na7 26.Rxc8 Bxc8 27.d4 Nb5 28.Qd3 Ba6 29.Qe3 Bb7 30.Qd3 Nxd4
31.Nxd4 exd4 32.e5 Qe7 33.Qh7 Ke8 34.Bxb7 Qxb7 35.Bxd4 Qd5 36.e6 fxe6 37.Qg7 e5
38.Qg6+ Kd7 39.Qg7+ Ke8 40.Qg6+ Kd7 41.Qh7+ Ke8 42.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Kf8
9.Nc3 axb5 10.Be3 Ba6 11.Qd2 c4 12.a3 Qa5 13.Rd1 b4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Nh3 d6
16.Be2 Nbd7 17.O-O Bc5 18.Nf2 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qb6 20.Qd2 g6 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Rd2 Re8
23.Kh1 Qe3 24.Qxe3 Rxe3 25.Rc2 Kg7 26.Nfe4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rb8 28.Bxc4 Bxc4
29.Rxc4 Rxb2 30.Nxd6 Ree2 31.Rg1 Ne5 32.Rc7 g5 33.h3 Kg6 34.Re7 Rbd2 35.Ne4 Nxf3
36.Nxd2 Nxg1 37.Ne4 Re1 38.Kh2 Rd1 39.d6 Ne2 40.d7 Nf4 41.Nc5 Kf6 42.Re8 Ne6
43.Nxe6 Rxd7 44.Nf8 Rd3 45.Nxh7+ Kg6 46.Nf8+ Kg7 47.Rb8 Rd2 48.Kg3 Rd4 49.Kf3 Rd2
50.Ra8 Rd4 51.Ke3 Rd1 52.Ke4 Rd2 53.g3 Rd1 54.Kf5 Rd5+ 55.Kg4 Rd3 56.Re8 Rd5
57.Ne6+ fxe6 58.Rxe6 Rd3 59.Re1 Kg6 60.Re6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 Nxh5 15.g4 Nf6
16.Kb1 Qc7 17.g5 Nh5 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.b3 Rc8 20.Ne2 e6 21.Ndf4 Nxf4 22.Nxf4 Qc7
23.Qh2 h5 24.gxh6 Be5 25.h7+ Kh8 26.Bd4 Be8 27.Qe2 Qe7 28.Qe3 b6 29.Ne2 Qf6
30.f4 Bxd4 31.Nxd4 e5 32.Ne2 Bc6 33.f5 gxf5 34.Nc3 Bxe4 35.Nxe4 fxe4 36.Rdg1 Rc5
37.Qg3 Qg6 38.Qh4  1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 O-O 6.g3 d5 7.Bg2 Qe7 8.O-O Rd8
9.Qc2 Nc6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.e3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nb4 14.Qb3 c6 15.a3 Na6
16.Be2 Nb8 17.Rac1 Qc7 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Qc2 a5 20.Na4 Qa7 21.Nc5 a4 22.b4 axb3
23.Qxb3 b5 24.Nd3 Qxa3 25.Qxa3 Rxa3 26.Nb4 Ne4 27.Bf3 Rc3 28.Bxe4 Rxc1 29.Bxh7+ Kxh7
30.Rxc1 Rd7 31.Rc2 Rd6 32.h4 Kg6 33.Kg2 Kf6 34.g4 Ke6 35.f4 Kd7 36.Ra2 Kc8
37.Ra7 Rd7 38.Rxd7 Kxd7 39.h5 Kd6 40.g5 Nd7 41.Nd3 Ke6 42.Kf3 f6 43.Kg4 fxg5
44.fxg5 Nb6 45.h6 gxh6 46.gxh6 Kf6 47.Ne5 Nc4 48.Kh5 Nd6 49.Nxc6 Nf5 50.Nb4 Nxe3
51.h7 Kg7 52.Kg5 Kxh7 53.Kf4 Nc4 54.Nxd5 Kg6 55.Nb4 Kf6 56.d5 Nb6 57.Ke4 Nxd5
58.Kxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg1 b5 9.Qe2 c5
10.O-O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 dxe5 12.Nb3 Qe8 13.h3 Nh6 14.fxe5 Nc6 15.g4 Be6 16.Bh2 Qb8
17.Bg2 Rc8 18.Rhe1 Kh8 19.Kb1 Ng8 20.h4 Bc4 21.Qe3 h6 22.h5 g5 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.Rxd5 Ra7 25.Rc5 Nb4 26.a3 Nxc2 27.Rxc2 Rxc2 28.Kxc2 Qc8+ 29.Kb1 Qxg4 30.Qxa7 Qxg2
31.Qg1 Qf3 32.Nd4 Qxh5 33.Qg2 e6 34.Bg3 Qg4 35.Qf3 Qxd4 36.Rd1 g4 37.Rxd4 gxf3
38.Rd3 f2 39.Rf3 Ne7 40.Rxf7 Nf5 41.Bxf2 Bxe5 42.Ra7 h5 43.Rxa6 Bd6 44.Rb6 Kg7
45.Rxb5 h4 46.Rb3 Bg3 47.Rf3 Kf6 48.a4 Ke5 49.a5 Ke4 50.Bxg3 Kxf3 51.Bxh4 Nd6
52.a6 Nb5 53.Kc2 Ke4 54.Kb3 Kd5 55.Kb4 Kc6 56.Bf2 e5 57.Ka4 e4 58.b4 Nc7
59.Bd4 Nb5 60.Be3 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.e4 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 d6 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.h3 Qa5 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxe5 Ra7 17.Qe2 Rbb7 18.a4 Ne8 19.Re3 Nd6 20.g4 c4 21.Qf3 Rb8 22.Ra3 Rab7
23.Ne4 Bxb2 24.Bxb2 Rxb2 25.Nxd6 exd6 26.Re7 Rf8 27.Rc3 Qxa4 28.Rc7 Rd2 29.R3xc4 Qa5
30.Rd7 Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O Nh6 8.d5 Nf5
9.Bd3 Nd4 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Bg5 Ne5 12.f4 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.fxe5 gxh4 15.exd6 Qxd6
16.Qg4 Kf8 17.Qxh4 Qf6 18.Qh3 Rd8 19.Rad1 h5 20.Ne4 Qf4 21.Nc5 Qc7 22.Bf5 cxd5
23.Nd7+ Rxd7 24.Bxd7 e6 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.cxd5 e5 27.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 g6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 a6 10.O-O c5 11.dxc5 Be6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Nd5 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qb7
16.c6 Qa7 17.c7 Bxd5 18.c8=Q Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Nc6 20.Qg4 Be6 21.Qh4 Bf6 22.Qf2 Qxf2
23.Rxf2 Rac8 24.Qd2 Rfd8 25.Qh6 Bg7 26.Qh4 h6 27.Rff1 g5 28.Qf2 Bxb2 29.Rad1 Ne5
30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.Qxb2 Bc4 33.Nxe5 Bxf1 34.Kg1 Rd1 35.Kf2 e6
36.Qc2  1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Bg1 Rb8 13.Nd4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 b5 15.e5 dxe5
16.fxe5 Nd7 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Bxa7 Rb7 19.Bd4 b4 20.Ne4 Nxe5 21.a3 bxa3 22.Rxa3 Qc4
23.Qxc4 Nxc4 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.cxb3 Ne5 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Kg1 Rd4 29.Nc5 Rd2
30.Rb1 Nc6 31.Na6 e5 32.b4 Nd4 33.Nc7 Rc2 34.Ne8+ Kf8 35.Nf6 Ke7 36.Nxh7 Ne2+
37.Kh1 Nf4 38.g3 Ne6 39.Ra1 Nd4 40.Ra7+ Ke6 41.Ng5+ Kf5 42.Nxf7 Nf3 43.Nd6+ Ke6
44.Rh7 Kxd6 45.Rh6 e4  0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Nd5 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Nxd5
16.cxd5 Bd7 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Ne5 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Bf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 a5
16.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6
9.Nf3 Rb8 10.e4 Be7 11.Bc4 O-O 12.O-O Rxb6 13.Qh5 d6 14.Rd1 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Qg4 Qc8 17.Bd2 e5 18.Qxc8 Rxc8 19.Bc3 Nd4 20.Nd2 c4 21.Rab1 Kf7 22.g3 Ne2+
23.Kf1 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Bd8 25.Ke2 Ke6 26.Nf1 Rcb8 27.Rxb6 Rxb6 28.Ne3 Rb2+ 29.Rd2 Rxd2+
30.Kxd2 Bg5 31.h4 Bxe3+ 32.Kxe3 h5 33.f4 g6 34.Kf3 a5 35.a4 Kf7 36.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Bc5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bxb3 13.axb3 Bb6 14.Nxe4 Nxe5
15.Bf4 Ng6 16.Be3 O-O 17.Bxb6 cxb6 18.f3 b4 19.Nd6 Rfd8 20.Kf2 Kf8 21.Nc4 Rdc8
22.Rd6 b5 23.Ne3 a5 24.Rd5 Rcb8 25.Rd4 Ne7 26.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.Qe2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.a3 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.b4 Bd6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Ne4 Nd8 17.Nd4 f5 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Qh5 Qe5 20.Be2 Qg7 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qg4
23.Rfd1 Kf8 24.h3 Qxf3 25.gxf3 Ke8 26.Kf1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Kd7 28.Ke2 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Kxc8
30.Kd3 Kd7 31.f4 f6 32.f3 Nb7 33.Nb3 Kd6 34.e4 fxe4+ 35.fxe4 e5 36.Ke3 Ke6
37.f5+ Ke7 38.Kf3 Kf7 39.Kg4 Kg7 40.Kh5 Nd6 41.Nc5 Nc4 42.a4 a5 43.bxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 dxc4 12.Qxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Nxb4 11.Kd2 d6 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Ra6 13.h3 Qa8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 e6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.a4 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Nb5 Qb7 20.Bf4 g5 21.Bd6 Rf7 22.Nd2 d4+
23.Qf3 Qxf3+ 24.Nxf3 Nd5 25.Nd2 d3 26.Ra3 Bxb2 27.Rxd3 N5b6 28.Bc7 Rxa4 29.Bxb6 Nxb6
30.Re6 Rd7 31.Rdd6 Bg7 32.Ne4 Rxd6 33.Nbxd6 c4 34.Nf5 Nd5 35.Re8+ Kh7 36.Rd8 Nf6
37.Nc3 Ra3 38.Nb5 Rd3 39.Rc8 Rd5 40.Nbd6 Ne4 41.Nxe4 Rxf5 42.Rxc4 Re5 43.g4 Re6
44.h4 gxh4 45.Kh3 Be5 46.Kxh4 Kg6 47.f3 Rb6 48.Rc5 Bf4 49.Rf5 Bc7 50.Rc5 Bf4
51.Rf5 Bc7 52.Nf2 Bd8+ 53.Kg3 Bc7+ 54.Kh4 Bd8+ 55.Kh3 Rb3 56.Kg2 Rb2 57.Kf1 Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 Re8
9.Nf3 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Bd2 e6 12.Ne4 Ngf6 13.O-O-O Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe2 O-O-O
16.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Nb5 Qxd4 13.Nxd4 Ke7 14.O-O-O Nb8
15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 d6
9.e3 Bg4 10.Ng1 Nc6 11.h3 Bf5 12.Nge2 O-O 13.Rd1 cxd4 14.exd4 e5 15.Nb5 Qxd2+
16.Rxd2 Rad8 17.g4 Bc8 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nd6 Bh6 20.Rd1 Nd4 21.c5 Nc2+ 22.Kf1 f5
23.Bd5+ Kg7 24.Bb3 Nb4 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Ng3 Bd3+ 27.Kg2 Ba6 28.Nge4 Be2 29.Rhe1 Bf3+
30.Kf1 Bxd1 31.Rxd1 Be3 32.Ke2 Bd4 33.Nxb7 Rb8 34.Nbd6 Bxb2 35.Ng5 Kh6 36.Ngf7+ Kg7
37.Ng5 Kh6 38.Ngf7+ Kg7 39.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 b6 6.g3 Ba6 7.Qc2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Rac1 c6 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.e4 dxe4
16.Ndxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf8 18.Nc3 Rac8 19.Qa4 Ba8 20.d5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5
22.Bxd5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rd8 24.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bc5 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Nxc6 Qd7 11.Nb4 a5 12.Nd3 Nxe4 13.O-O Re8 14.Be3 Ba6 15.Na3 Qf5
16.Rad1 c5 17.Qc2 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rac8 19.Qb1 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Nd5 21.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 Bb5 18.axb3 Bxc6 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 20.Rxa7 Bf6 21.Nc4 Nc5 22.Qxd8 Rxd8
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Ree7 Nxb3 25.Ne3 Rf8 26.Nf5 h5 27.Re3 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vulfson, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.Nxd5 Nf6 7.Bxc4 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 Be7
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.e5 Be7 14.Be4 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 g5
16.Be3 Rb8 17.b3 Be6 18.Nb5 Nd7 19.f4 gxf4 20.Bxf4 c4 21.bxc4 Nb6 22.Nd6 Nxc4
23.Nxb7 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Bxb8 Bxa1 26.Bxa7 Bc3 27.Nd8 Bg4 28.Bd5+ Kh8 29.Nf7+ Kg7
30.Rc1 Ne5 31.Rxc3 Nxf7 32.Rg3  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 a6 8.Bd3 c5
9.Nge2 Qa5 10.Nd5 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 e6 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Be3 b6 14.Rhd1 Re8 15.dxc5 dxc5
16.Nc3 Nd7 17.f4 Bb7 18.Ke2 f5 19.Bc2 Nf6 20.Rd6 b5 21.e5 Ng4 22.Bxc5 Bxg2
23.Rg1 Rac8 24.Rxg2 Rxc5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Bb3 Kf8 27.h3 Nh6 28.Kf3 g5 29.Rxe6 Rxe6
30.Bxe6 gxf4 31.Rd2 Rxe5 32.Rd8+ Ke7 33.Rd7+ Kxe6 34.Rxg7 Nf7 35.h4 Kf6 36.Rg8 b4
37.Ne2 Re3+ 38.Kf2 Re4 39.Rf8 Kg7 40.Rb8 Ne5 41.Rd8 Ng4+ 42.Kf1 f3 43.Nd4 f2
44.Ne2 Re3 45.Rd1 Kf6 46.Rc1 Rd3 47.a4 Rd2  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nd2 c5
9.c3 Qb6 10.Nxg6 Nxg6 11.Nf3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Be7 13.a4 a6 14.a5 Qc7 15.Bd2 O-O
16.Rc1 Qb8 17.Qa4 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Qa5 Qb7 20.Rc2 Rfb8 21.Rfc1 Bd8 22.Qa3 Ne7
23.Qe3 h6 24.Qf4 Nc4 25.Bc3 Rc8 26.Bd3 Nc6 27.Bxc4 dxc4 28.Qe4 Rab8 29.Ra1 a5
30.Nd2 Qb5 31.Qg4 Nb4 32.Rcc1 Nd5 33.Ne4 Nxc3 34.bxc3 Be7 35.Qd1 Qd5 36.Qe2 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a4 O-O 8.Bc4 Bb7 9.Nge2 e6
10.Nf4 axb5 11.Nxb5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.Nd6 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Nb7 Qc8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6
17.Nd6 Qc7 18.Ne4 Be5 19.O-O Nb4 20.f4 Bg7 21.Bd2 Re8 22.Ng5 h6 23.Nf3 Nd5
24.Qb3 Nf6 25.Ne5 d6 26.Nc4 Ne4 27.Bc3 Nxc3 28.bxc3 d5 29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.fxe5 Rxe5
31.Rad1 c4 32.Qc2 Qa7 33.Kh1 Rxa4 34.e4 dxe4 35.Qd2 Kg7 36.Qd6 Re6 37.Qd8 Qe7
38.Qd4+ Kh7 39.Rde1 e3 40.Re2 h5 41.h3 Qa7 42.Qf4 Ra1 43.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44.Kh2 Qa7
45.Qxc4 Qb8+ 46.g3 Qb7 47.Qf4 Re4 48.Qf6 Qd5 49.h4 Kg8 50.Qa6 Kg7 51.Qc8 Qd3
52.Ra2 Qd6 53.Qb7 Rxh4+ 54.Kg2 Rg4 55.Qf3 Qe6  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b5 10.a4 Bb7 11.Nd5 Nbd7 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.f3 bxa4 14.Na5 Nc5 15.Nxb7 Nxb7
16.Rxa4 Nc5 17.Ra1 Rfb8 18.b3 a5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Qd2 h6 21.Ra2 a4 22.Rfa1 Rd8
23.b4 Ncd7 24.Rxa4 Rxa4 25.Rxa4 Nb6 26.Ra6 Rb8 27.Bf1 Nfd7 28.Qd3 Rc8 29.Bg1 Kf8
30.Qb3 Ke7 31.Qa2 Rb8 32.Ra7 Rb7 33.Rxb7 Qxb7 34.c4 Nc8 35.Qa5 Qc6 36.c5 dxc5
37.bxc5 Qb7 38.Qa2 Na7 39.Qd5 Nc6 40.Bc4 f6 41.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bg7 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nf3 Bxa6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 O-O 11.h3 Nb6 12.e4 Nfd7 13.Nc3 Nc4 14.Bf1 Qb6 15.Qc2 Nce5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Kg2 Rfb8 18.Bxa6 Qxa6 19.Rd1 Nc4 20.g4 Qa5 21.Rd3 Ne5 22.Rd1 Nc4
23.Rd3 Ne5 24.Rd1 Qb4 25.Rb1 Nc4 26.Rd3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Na3 28.bxa3 Qxe4+ 29.Rf3 Rxb1
30.Bb2 Qd4 31.Qxd4 cxd4 32.Bxd4 Rb5 33.Rc3 Rxd5 34.Be3 Rda5  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O dxc4 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Bf2 Nc6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bxc4 Qb4 17.b3 Be6 18.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.Nb3 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 Be6 10.g4 Rc8 11.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O Bxc3 6.bxc3 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr5"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Roos, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.d5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bxa1 14.Qxa1 Na5 15.Bh6 f6
16.Bg4 Nc4 17.Be6+ Kh8 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Qc3 Rd8 21.Rb4 b5 22.Rxb5 a5
23.g3 Rd6 24.Rb1  1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr5"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nf3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxc5 12.Qxc5 Nxc5 13.Rd1 Be6 14.e3 O-O 15.Bb5 Rfc8
16.O-O h6 17.h3 Rc7 18.Rc1 Nb3 19.Rc3 Nxd2 20.Nxd2 Rcc8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rfc1 Rcb8
23.b3 Bd7 24.Nf3 a5 25.Nd4 Ra6 26.f3 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke2 Kd6 29.Kd2 Re8
30.Ke2 Rb8 31.Kf2 Re8 32.R1c2 Rb8 33.Rc5 Re8 34.Rc1 Rb8 35.R1c3 Re8 36.Rc2 Re7
37.R5c3 Re8 38.Rc1 Rb8 39.R3c2 Rab6 40.Rc5 Ra6 41.R5c3 Rab6 42.h4 Re8 43.g4 Reb8
44.Kg3 Re8 45.Kf4 Re7 46.e4 dxe4 47.fxe4 g5+ 48.hxg5 hxg5+ 49.Ke3 Re5 50.Nf3 Reb5
51.Nd4 Re5 52.Rf1 Ke7 53.Nf3 Reb5 54.Nd4 Re5 55.Nf5+ Bxf5 56.Rxf5 Rxf5 57.exf5 Kd6
58.Rd3+ Ke7 59.Rc3 Kd6 60.Rd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr5"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 dxe5 8.a5 N6d7
9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Ng5+ Kg8 11.Ne6 Qe8 12.Nxc7 Qd8 13.Ne6 Qe8 14.Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5+ 7.Nbd2 Ne4 8.Bf4 Bb4
9.a3 g5 10.Bg3 h5 11.O-O-O Bxa3 12.bxa3 Qxa3+ 13.Qb2 Qxb2+ 14.Kxb2 h4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Bd6 exf3 17.gxf3 f6 18.Rg1 Kf7 19.Be2 b6 20.c5 a5 21.f4 bxc5 22.dxc5 gxf4
23.exf4 Ba6 24.Bf3 Bb5 25.Ka3 Rag8 26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Bh5+ Kg7 28.Be7 Nf8 29.Rg1+ Kh7
30.Rxg8 Kxg8 31.Bxf6 Nd7 32.Bd4 Kf8 33.Kb3 Ke7 34.Bf3 Nf6 35.Bc3 a4+ 36.Ka3 Nd5
37.Be5 Kf7 38.Bd1 Ke7 39.Bc2 Kd7 40.f5 exf5 41.Bxf5+ Ke7 42.Bd4 Nf4 43.Bg4 Be2
44.Bc8 Ne6 45.Be3 Bb5 46.Kb4 Kf7 47.Ka3 Kf6 48.f4 Kf5 49.Bf2 h3 50.Kb4 Kf6
51.Be3 Kf5 52.Bc1 Kf6 53.Bb2+ Kf7 54.Be5 Ke7 55.f5 Ng5 56.f6+ Kf7 57.Bg4 Kg6
58.Bd4 Bf1 59.Kxa4 Bg2 60.Ka5 Bf3 61.Bd7 Bd5 62.Kb6 Nf3 63.Bc3 Nxh2 64.Bxh3 Nf3
65.Bd7 Ng5 66.Bxc6 Be6 67.Be8+ Kf5 68.c6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.Qc2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.d5 e5 13.e4 g6 14.Qc2 h5 15.b4 h4 16.Na4 hxg3
17.hxg3 Bg7 18.Bh3 Nf6 19.Kg2 c6 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Nc3 Qc7 22.Qd3 Qb7 23.Re1 Rfd8
24.Rad1 a6 25.a4 Qe7 26.Qe3 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.cxb5 Bb7 29.Kg1 Kf8 30.Rd3 d5
31.exd5 e4 32.Nxe4 Nxe4 33.Qxe4 Qxe4 34.Rxe4 Rxd5 35.Rxd5 Bxd5 36.Re3 Ra1+
37.Bf1 Rb1 38.Re1 Rxb4 39.Ne5 Rb2 40.Ng4 Be6 41.Ne5 g5 42.Nc6 Bf6 43.Rd1 Kg7
44.Kg2 Bc3 45.Bd3 Bb3 46.Rc1 Bd2 47.Rb1 Bd5+ 48.Kg1 Rxb1+ 49.Bxb1 Bxc6 50.bxc6 Ba5
51.Kg2 Kf6 52.Kf3 Ke5 53.Kg4 f6 54.Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Ne2 Qa5+ 7.Nbc3 Ne7 8.O-O Nd7
9.a4 c5 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Bg5 a6 12.f4 g6 13.Ng3 Qc7 14.f5 cxd4 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Qxd4 Qc5 17.Qxc5 Nxc5 18.Rf6 Nc6 19.Be3 Be7 20.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 21.Kh1 Ke7 22.Raf1 Rhf8
23.Rxf8 Rxf8 24.Rxf8 Kxf8 25.Nce2 Nxe5 26.Nf4 Ke7 27.Nge2 Nc4 28.b3 Ne3 29.c3 Kf6
30.h4 e5 31.Nd3 Bd6 32.Kg1 e4 33.Ndf4 Bxf4 34.Nxf4 Ke5 35.g3 Nf5 36.Ne2 d4  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.b3 b6
9.Nd2 Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Ndxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.c5 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Rfd8
16.Qc2 Qxd4 17.Be3 Qe5 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Bxb6 Rdc8 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Be4 Qb5
22.Bd4 c5 23.Bc3 Bf8 24.Rfd1 Kg8 25.Rd2 c4 26.Rb1 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 cxb3 28.Rxb3 Qg5
29.h4 Qh5 30.Kg2 Rd8 31.a4 Rac8 32.Rb5 Qh6 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.a5 Qc1 35.Rh5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Bd7 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 a5 13.c5 dxc5 14.Bxc5 Bc6 15.Qe3 Qd7
16.f3 Qe6 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Nd7 19.Ba3 Ne5 20.Rac1 Rfd8 21.Kh1 Nc6 22.Qb6 Rab8
23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Qxa5 Ra8 25.Qc7 Rdc8 26.Qxe7 Qxe7 27.Bxe7 Rxa4 28.Rc2 Ra2
29.Ba3 Ra8 30.Rxc6 Bxb2 31.Bc5 R2a6 32.Rxa6 Rxa6 33.Rb1 Ra1 34.Rxa1 Bxa1
35.Kg1 f5 36.Kf2 Be5 37.g3 fxe4 38.f4 Bf6 39.Ke3 Kf7 40.Kxe4 h5 41.Bd4 Be7
42.f5 Bg5 43.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.d4 Bg7
9.dxe5 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e6 Re8 12.O-O c5 13.Qb5 Bf8 14.b3 Rxe6 15.Qa5 d4
16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rfe1 Kh8 19.Nd2 Bb7 20.Rxe6 Qxe6 21.Qxc7 Bxg2
22.Kxg2 Qd5+ 23.f3 Qg5+ 24.Kf1 Qxd2 25.Qc6 Rg8 26.Qxf6+ Rg7 27.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O c4
9.Bc2 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Na3 cxb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.d4 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 e5
16.Nb5 Qd5 17.Qxd5 Nxd5 18.Be4 a6 19.Bxd5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.dxe5 Bxe5
22.c4 bxc4 23.bxc4 Ra1 24.g3 Bd4 25.Bf4 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Ne5 27.Ke2 b6 28.Bh6 Nd7
29.g4 Bg7 30.Bf4 Be5 31.Be3 Kf8 32.f4 Bd6 33.Kf3 Ke7 34.g5 Bc5 35.Bd2 Bd4
36.h4 Bg7 37.Bb4+ Nc5 38.Kg4 h6 39.gxh6 Bxh6 40.f5 Be3 41.Be4 Bd2 42.Ba3 Bc1
43.Bxc1 Nxe4 44.Kf4 gxf5 45.h5 Kf8 46.Ke5 Kg7 47.Be3 Nf6 48.Kxf5 Nxh5 49.Bxb6 Kf8
50.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Bd3 Ng4 12.Bg1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Bg1 exf4 15.Nd5 Ne3
16.Nxe3 fxe3 17.Bxe3 Be6 18.Kb1 O-O 19.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7 9.O-O Ng6
10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ba3 Nh5 12.d4 Nhf4 13.dxe5 Bg4 14.g3 Nxe5 15.gxf4 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Nxc4
17.Qd5 Nxa3 18.Rxa3 Qf6 19.f5 g6 20.Qxb7 gxf5 21.c4 Kh8 22.Kh1 Rae8 23.exf5 Rg8
24.Qd5 Qg7 25.Nh4 Qg4 26.Ng2 Re5 27.Rg3 Rxd5 28.Rxg4 Rxg4 29.cxd5 Rxa4 30.Ne3 Rf4
31.Rc1 Rxf2 32.Nc4 Rxf5 33.Nxb6 cxb6 34.Rc6 Rxd5 35.Rxb6 Kg7 36.Kg2 a4 37.Ra6 Rxb5
38.Rxa4 Kf6 39.Kf3 Ke6 40.Rh4 h5 41.Ra4 Rf5+ 42.Ke3 Re5+ 43.Kf3 f6 44.Ra8 d5
45.Ra6+ Kf5 46.Rd6 Kg5 47.Kf2 Rf5+ 48.Kg2 Kf4 49.Re6 d4 50.Kf2 Kg5+ 51.Kg2 Rd5  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Qc1 Rc8 13.Rd1 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Be3 c6
16.Ne1 Qb6 17.Nd3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nd5 19.f3 c5 20.dxc5 Nxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Bxc5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5
23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Rac1 Rcc8 25.b4 g6 26.Kf2 Kg7 27.a3 a5 28.Ke3 Kf6 29.Rxc8 Rxc8
30.bxa5 Ra8 31.Rd3 e5 32.Rd6+ Ke7 33.Rd5 Rxa5 34.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nb3 h6 8.Bd2 Nd7
9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.O-O c6 12.c3 Qc7 13.Re1 Nf4 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.a3 a5 9.e3 Bb6
10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qc2 Bg6 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Nc5 16.Ne4 Nxe4
17.dxe4 Ne7 18.Nxb6 cxb6 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Qd3 Rad8 21.Rac1 f6 22.a4 Qc5 23.Ra1 Bf7
24.Ba3 Qc6 25.Rd2 Nc8 26.Qe2 Rd7 27.Rad1 Qc7 28.Rd3 Red8 29.R1d2 Qc6 30.Qg4 Re8
31.Kh2 Kh7 32.h4 Bg6 33.Qf3 Kh8 34.Qg4 Bh7 35.h5 Red8 36.Qh4 Re7 37.Rd1 Ree8
38.R3d2 Re7 39.Kg1 Ree8 40.Rd5 Bg8 41.R5d3 Bh7 42.R1d2 Re7 43.f3 Bg8 44.Kf2 Qe8
45.Qh1 Red7 46.Bh3 Be6 47.Bf5 Bxf5 48.exf5 b5 49.axb5 a4 50.g4 axb3 51.Qd1 b2
52.Rxb2 Nb6 53.Qb3 Rc8 54.Rc2 Qg8 55.Rxd6 Rxd6 56.Bxd6 Nxc4 57.Bb4 Qd5 58.Be1 e4
59.Rc1 exf3 60.Rd1 Qe5 61.Kxf3 Qh2 62.Bg3 Nd2+ 63.Rxd2 Qxd2 64.Bf4 Rc2 65.Ke4 Qg2+
66.Kd4 Rb2 67.Qf7 Qd2+ 68.Kc5 Qb4+ 69.Kb6 Qxb5+ 70.Kc7 Qa5+ 71.Kd7 Rd2+ 72.Bd6 Qe5
73.Qe6 Qb5+ 74.Ke7 Qb6 75.Qd7 Kh7 76.e4 Qc6 77.Qd8 Qxe4+ 78.Kf8 Qd5 79.Ke7 b5  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.Qxc5 O-O 8.Nc3 d6
9.Qc4 axb5 10.Nxb5 Nbd7 11.e3 Bb7 12.Qc2 Nxd5 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Be2 Rfc8 15.Qb1 Nc5
16.O-O Ba6 17.a4 Nxa4 18.Qd3 Nc7 19.Rxa4 Bxb5 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Qb3 Qa6 22.Bxb5 Qxb5
23.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nbd2 Qc7
9.Qb3 a5 10.O-O b6 11.Rac1 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Na6 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Rac8 15.Qd3 Qb7
16.Qf3 Qb8 17.Ne3 Rc7 18.h4 Rfc8 19.h5 h6 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Re8 22.Rc2 Qd8
23.Rcd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.h3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.a3 a5 12.O-O Bb7 13.f3 Bc6 14.Re1 Rb8 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Re8 19.c3 Qb6 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.Kf2 Rec8
22.Re4 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Qxb6 Rxb6 25.c4 Ra6 26.Ke2 Ra2 27.Rb1 Rc7 28.Kd3 Ra5
29.g4 g5 30.Rf1 h6 31.f4 Kg7 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Rd4 Rca7 34.Kc2 Rb7 35.Kb3 Ra8
36.Rd3 Kg6 37.Rdf3 f6 38.Re3 Kg7 39.Rc1 Kf7 40.Rce1 Ra5 41.h4 gxh4 42.Rh3 Ra8
43.Rxh4 Kg6 44.Rg1 Rf8 45.Rgh1 Rbb8 46.Ra1 Rb7 47.Rg1 Rbb8 48.Rgh1 Rb7 49.Kc2 Rg8
50.Rh7 b3+ 51.Kd3 Rc7 52.Rh8 Rxh8 53.Rxh8 Kg5 54.Rg8+ Kf4 55.Kc3 Rb7 56.Rg7 Rb6
57.Rxe7 Kxg4 58.Rc7 Rb8 59.Rc6 Rd8 60.Kxb3 f5 61.c5 dxc5 62.Kc4 Rb8 63.Rg6+ Kf3
64.b3 Rb4+ 65.Kxc5 Rxb3 66.d6 Rd3 67.Kc6 f4 68.d7 Rxd7 69.Kxd7 Ke3 70.Re6+ Kd3
71.Rf6 Ke3 72.Ke6 f3 73.Kf5 f2 74.Kg4 Ke2 75.Rxf2+ Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Qb3 a6 12.Rc2 b5 13.a4 b4 14.Ne2 h6 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.Rfc1 Rxc2 17.Rxc2 Qa8 18.Bc7 Nb8 19.Ne5 Nc6 20.Bb6 Rc8 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Bc5 Bxc5
23.Rxc5 a5 24.Qd1 Nd7 25.Rc1 Nb6 26.b3 Be8 27.f3 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Qc8 29.Kf2 Qxc1
30.Nxc1 Kf8 31.Be2 Ke7 32.Nd3 Kd6 33.h4 f6 34.Nc5 Bc6 35.Ke1 Nd7 36.Nxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Be2 d6 7.exd6 e5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 e4 10.Ng5 Bxd6 11.Nxe4 Bb4+ 12.Nbc3 Qxd4 13.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta super"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb5 Bg7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.a4 Nf6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.a5 Qc5 11.c3 dxc3 12.dxc3 d5 13.e5 Ng4 14.b4 Qc7 15.f4 f6 16.h3 Nh6
17.exf6 exf6 18.Be3 Re8 19.Qd2 Bf5 20.Bb5 Red8 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Bd3 f5 23.Rac1 Kh8
24.Nf3 Be6 25.Rfe1 Bg8 26.Bd4 Nf7 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Bb5 Nd6 29.Qd4+ Kf8 30.Ba4 Ne4
31.Ne5 Be6 32.Re3 Kg8 33.h4 Qg7 34.Rf1 h5 35.Rff3 Kh7 36.Bc2 Qf6 37.Rh3 Bg8
38.Bxe4 dxe4 39.Qc5 Rd5 40.Qc7+ Qg7 41.Qxg7+ Kxg7 42.c4 Rd1+ 43.Kf2 Rad8
44.Re1 R8d2+ 45.Re2 Rxe2+ 46.Kxe2 Rb1 47.b5 Rb2+ 48.Ke1 Rxg2 49.a6 bxa6 50.Ra3 axb5
51.Rxa7+ Kh6 52.cxb5 Rb2 53.Rb7 e3 54.b6 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Bg5 Qc8 10.g3 Bd6 11.Bh3 h6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.gxf4 Qd8 14.Rc1 c6 15.Qf5 g6
16.Qxd7+ Qxd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Ne5+ Ke6 19.Kd2 Rhc8 20.Rc3 c5 21.Rhc1 cxd4
22.Rc7 Rxc7 23.Rxc7 Ba6 24.Rxf7 g5 25.Rh7 Kf5 26.Rxh6 gxf4 27.Rh5+ Kf6 28.Nf3 d3
29.exd3 Rg8 30.Rh6+ Ke7 31.Rh7+ Kd6 32.Rxa7 Bc8 33.Rf7 Rg4 34.Rf6+ Kc5 35.Ne5 Rg2
36.Rc6+ Kd4 37.Rxc8 Rxf2+ 38.Kc1 Rxh2 39.Nf3+  1-0

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2 bxc4 5.e4 c3 6.bxc3 g6 7.c4 d6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.Rb1 O-O
10.Ngf3 e5 11.Nb3 Nh5 12.O-O Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Qd2 g5 15.g3 Bg4 16.Kg2 Nd7
17.gxf4 Bxf3+ 18.Kxf3 Qf6 19.f5 Ne5+ 20.Kg2 g4 21.Be2 Bh6 22.Qc3 Bf4 23.h3 h5
24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Rh1 Kg7 26.Rbg1 Rh8 27.Nc1 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Kxh8
30.Nd3 Qh6 31.Nxf4 Qxf4 32.Qe3 Qxe3 33.fxe3 Kg7 34.Kg3 f6 35.Bxg4 Nxc4 36.Kf2 Ne5
37.Be2 Kf8 38.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bd2 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Qe2 Qd5 12.c4 Qc6 13.Bc3 e5 14.Nxe5 Qxg2 15.O-O-O Re8
16.Rdf1 Bh3 17.Rhg1 Qxh2 18.Qf3 Re6 19.Rh1 Qxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxf1 21.Rxf1 Rxe5
22.Qxb7 Rd8 23.Qf3 h5 24.Qg3 Rde8 25.Kc2 Ng4 26.Qf4 R8e6 27.Qd2 Rf6 28.b4 Bxf2
29.Kb1 a5 30.Bc2 Re8 31.Bd1 Be3 32.Qd7 Rb8 33.Rxf6 Nxf6 34.Qc7 Rxb4+ 35.Kc2 g6
36.a3 Rb6 37.c5 Re6 38.c6 Kg7 39.Qb7 Nd5 40.Bf3 Re7 41.Qb2+ Nf6  0-1

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Rb1 Nbd7 13.a4 Ne4 14.Ba3 Ndf6 15.Ra1 c6
16.a5 b5 17.Ne2 Bc8 18.Ne5 Nd2 19.Qc2 Nxf1 20.Rxf1 Bd7 21.Ng3 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Qxe5
23.Bb2 Qe7 24.Rb1 Rfe8 25.Bd4 Ne4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qc3 Qg5 28.Rc1 Rac8 29.Qb2 c5
30.bxc5 Rc6 31.Ne2 Bh3 32.Ng3 Bg4 33.h3 Bc8 34.Qe2 h6 35.Qh5 Qxh5 36.Nxh5 f6
37.Ng3 Kf7 38.Bb2 f5 39.Ne2 Rd8 40.Nd4 Rc7 41.Kh2 Be6 42.Ba3 g6 43.c6 Rxd4
44.exd4 Bd5 45.Kg3 Rxc6 46.Bc5 b4 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.g3 b3 49.h4 Rc8 50.Ke3 Ke6
51.Ra1 Bc4 52.Ra4 Rb8 53.Bb6 Bd5 54.Ra1 Bc4 55.Ra4 Bd3 56.Rb4 Bc2 57.Kd2 Kd5
58.Kc3 g5 59.hxg5 hxg5 60.Rc4 Ke6 61.Rc6+ Kd7 62.Rc7+ Kd6 63.Rc5 Rf8 64.Re5 Kd7
65.Bc5 Rf7 66.d5 f4 67.Rxg5 fxg3 68.fxg3 e3 69.Re5 Rf3 70.Re7+ Kd8 71.Rxe3 Rxe3+
72.Bxe3 Kd7 73.Bc1 Be4 74.Kd4 Bf3 75.Ke5 Ke7 76.Bb2 Kd7 77.Ba3 Be2 78.Ke4 Bd1
79.Kf4 Be2 80.g4 Bd3 81.Ke5 Bc2 82.g5 Bd3 83.Kf6 b2 84.Bxb2 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Ng6 8.h4 Bd6
9.h5 Nf8 10.h6 g6 11.e4 a6 12.Bg5 N8d7 13.a4 O-O 14.Qe2 Be7 15.Rd1 Ne8 16.Bc1 Nd6
17.Bd3 Bf6 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.Nc4 Nb3 20.Be3 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Nb1 Bd7 23.b3 b5
24.axb5 axb5 25.Ncd2 Ra2 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Rc2 Rxc2 28.Bxc2 c6 29.dxc6 Bxc6 30.O-O Bg5
31.f4 Bxh6 32.e5 f6 33.Nf3 Bxf4 34.Nxd4 Rxe5  0-1

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.Rfc1 Qa5 13.Rab1 Rfc8 14.b3 b5 15.b4 Qd8
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Bxb5 Ra3 18.Bf1 Rcxc3 19.Rxc3 Rxa2 20.Qc1 Nxe4 21.Ra3 Rxa3
22.Qxa3 d5 23.b5 d4 24.Rd1 Bf5 25.b6 Nd6 26.Qa7 Nc8 27.Qa1 Qxb6 28.Bxd4 Bxd4
29.Rxd4 Nd6 30.Ra4 f6 31.Qa2+ Kg7 32.Ra7 Nc8 33.Ra8 Be6 34.Qa3 Nd6 35.h3 Qb1
36.Qe3 Kf7 37.Rh8 Kg7 38.Rd8 Kf7 39.Qh6 Bc4 40.Qf8+ Ke6 41.Rxd6+ Kxd6 42.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fischer, M."]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.f5 Nge7 7.fxe6 dxe6 8.d3 O-O
9.O-O Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Bd2 Na5 13.Nf4 Bd7 14.Qe1 Nxc4 15.dxc4 Rc8
16.b3 b5 17.Bb4 Re8 18.c5 Bc6 19.Nd3 f5 20.e5 Qc7 21.Rf4 Qb7 22.Rxd4 Bxg2
23.Qd2 Be4 24.Re1 Bf8 25.Rexe4 fxe4 26.Nf2 a5 27.Nxe4 axb4 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Rd7 Bxc5+
30.Kf1 Qh1+ 31.Ke2 Qxh2+ 32.Kf3 Qh3+ 33.Kf4 g5+  0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Roski, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 Nd7 10.b4 f5 11.f3 b6 12.Nb3 Kh8 13.Qd2 Ng8 14.a4 Ndf6 15.O-O f4 16.Bf2 g5
17.a5 g4 18.axb6 cxb6 19.c5 g3 20.Be1 Nh5 21.h3 Nh6 22.Ba6 bxc5 23.bxc5 Rb8
24.Qc2 dxc5 25.Nxc5 Rf7 26.Bxc8 Qxc8 27.Ne6 Rfb7 28.Bd2 Nf7 29.Rfc1 Bf8 30.Na4 Qxc2
31.Rxc2 Bd6 32.Kf1 Ng7 33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.Ke2 Kf6 35.Rc6 Rb1 36.Rxb1 Rxb1 37.Rc1 Rxc1
38.Bxc1 Bb4 39.Bb2 Nd6 40.Kd3 h5 41.Nc3 h4 42.Ne2 a5 43.Nxf4 a4 44.Ne2 a3
45.Ba1 Nf7 46.Kc4 Bd6 47.Bc3 Ke7 48.Kb3 Nh8 49.Bd2 Ng6 50.Bc1  1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.Re1 b6 14.Ne5 cxd4 15.Ng6+ fxg6
16.Qf3+ Nf6 17.Qxa8 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Kf7 19.Qf3 Bd6 20.c3 dxc3 21.bxc3 g5 22.a4 g4
23.Qe2 Qc5 24.Kg1 Qh5 25.g3 Re8 26.Ba6 Bxa6 27.Qxa6 Nd7 28.Qxa7 Re7 29.Qa6 Ne5
30.Rxe5 Qxe5 31.Be3 Bc5 32.Bxc5 Qxc5 33.Rb1 Rd7 34.Qxb6 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Qh5+  0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Siegel, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.Re1 Bd7 6.c3 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Ba4 Re8
9.a3 Bf8 10.Nbd2 g6 11.h3 Bg7 12.Bc2 b5 13.Nf1 a5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 a4 16.Qd2 g5
17.Bg3 Na5 18.Rad1 Nc4 19.Qc1 Nh5 20.Bd3 Nf4 21.Bb1 Qe7 22.N3d2 Be6 23.d5 Nxd2
24.Qxd2 Bd7 25.Ne3 h5 26.Rc1 Bh6 27.Qd1 Qf6 28.Nf5 Bxf5 29.exf5 g4 30.h4 Rab8
31.Be4 Kh8 32.Rc2 Red8 33.Rd2 Rbc8 34.Qc2 Kh7 35.Red1 Rb8 36.c4 Rdc8 37.cxb5 Rxb5
38.Qxa4 Rc5 39.Rc2 Rxc2 40.Qxc2 c6 41.dxc6 d5 42.Bxd5 Nxd5 43.Rxd5 Rxc6 44.Rc5 Rxc5
45.Qxc5 Bf4 46.b4  1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be3 a6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6
9.Qd1 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Be2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bc4 Nd4 14.Ne2 Nf6 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Bxd4 Nxe4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Bd5 Nd6 19.Qf3 c6 20.Bb3 Qf6 21.Qxf6+ Kxf6 22.Rad1 Rad8
23.Rd3 Ne4 24.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bg7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 c6 10.d6 c5 11.O-O Ne4 12.Nd5 Nxd6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 Ne8 15.b4 cxb4
16.axb4 Nc6 17.b5 Na5 18.h4 Kh8 19.Qd3 Rc8 20.Rac1 Rc5 21.Rxc5 bxc5 22.Rd1 d6
23.h5 g5 24.Bd2 c4 25.Qf5 Nb3 26.Bc3 Bc8 27.Qe4 Nc5 28.Qxc4 h6 29.Nd4 Qd7
30.Nc6 Rf7 31.Ra1 Qg4 32.Qxg4 Bxg4 33.Bf3 Bxf3 34.exf3 f5 35.b6 axb6 36.Ra8 Rf8
37.Nce7 Bxc3 38.Ng6+ Kg7 39.Nxf8 Kxf8 40.Nxc3 Kf7 41.Ra7+ Ke6 42.Rh7 Nd7
43.Rxh6+ Nef6 44.Nb5 d5 45.Rg6  1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagunow, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.h3 a6
9.Be3 b5 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.Rc1 e6 12.b3 Ne7 13.Nf3 Bc6 14.Bg5 b4 15.Nb1 Ba8 16.Nbd2 h6
17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e3 c5 19.Qc2 Qc7 20.Qd3 Bg7 21.Ne1 cxd4 22.exd4 d5 23.Nef3 dxc4
24.Rxc4 Qa5 25.Qc2 Rbc8 26.Rc1 Bd5 27.Rc5 Rxc5 28.Qxc5 Qxc5 29.Rxc5 Nf5 30.Ra5 Rc8
31.Nc4 Bxc4 32.bxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxa6 Rc1+ 34.Bf1 Nxd4 35.Nd2 Rc2 36.Nc4 Nf3+
37.Kg2 Ne1+  0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Katalymov, Boris N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.Nc3 exd5 4.Nxd5 Ne7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bf6 Nbc6 7.e4 d6 8.Nf3 Be6
9.Nxe7 Nxe7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Bxe7 Bxe7 13.Qd5 O-O 14.O-O Qe6
15.Rad1 b5 16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.Re3 a5 18.Red3 a4 19.g3 Rac8 20.Kg2 c4 21.Re3 Rc5
22.Qxe6 fxe6 23.c3 a3 24.bxa3 Ra8 25.Nd4 Rxa3 26.Nxe6 Rc8 27.Rd2 Bf6 28.Rc2 Rca8
29.Nc7 R8a5 30.Nd5 Rxa2 31.Ree2 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Ra3 33.f4 Kf7 34.Kf2 Rb3 35.Ke2 h5
36.Kd2 h4 37.Ke2 h3 38.Kd2 Ke6 39.Ke2 Kd7 40.Kd2 Kc6 41.Ra2 Kc5 42.Nxf6 gxf6
43.Kc2 b4 44.Ra5+ Kc6 45.cxb4 Re3 46.Rh5 Rxe4 47.b5+ Kb6 48.Kc3 Re2 49.Kxc4 Rxh2
50.Kd5 Rd2+ 51.Ke6 h2 52.Kxf6 d5 53.f5 d4 54.Ke5 Kc5 55.f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.a4 e5
9.a5 a6 10.Ra3 Nbd7 11.Re1 Kh8 12.b4 Rb8 13.Bf1 Ng8 14.Ne2 Ndf6 15.Ng3 h5
16.c4 Nh7 17.Nd2 Bg4 18.Be2 Bd7 19.Bf1 Bg4 20.Be2 Bd7 21.Bf1 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O c6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bg4
9.h3 Be6 10.Kh2 Qc8 11.Nhf3 c5 12.dxc5 Nbd7 13.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 Rc8 10.Bb2 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bh3 Bf8
16.Qb1 Qe7 17.Rc2 a6 18.Na4 c4 19.Ne5 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Qxb6 axb6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 cxd5
9.Bd2 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 e6 13.Bc3 Be7 14.Bd3 O-O 15.a3 Rfc8
16.Kd2 f6 17.f4 b5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Rhc1 Kf7 20.Bd4 h6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1
23.Kxc1 Be7 24.Bc3 Bc6 25.g3 g5 26.b4 Bf6 27.Kc2 Bd8 28.Bd4 Be7 29.Kd2 Bf6
30.Kc3 Bd8 31.Be2 Kg6 32.Kd2 Bf6 33.Kd3 Bd8 34.Bg4 Bd7 35.Bf3 Bc6 36.Bd1 Be7
37.Bc2 Kf7 38.Ke2 Bf6 39.Kf3 gxf4 40.gxf4 Bxd4 41.exd4 Kf6 42.Kg4 Be8 43.Bd3 b6
44.Kh4 Kg7 45.Kg3 Bd7 46.Bb1 Be8 47.f5 Kf6 48.Kf4 exf5 49.Bxf5 Bh5 50.Bd3 Be8
51.Be2 Bd7 52.Bf3 Be6 53.Bh1 Bg8 54.Bg2 Bf7 55.Bf1 Be8 56.Bd3 Bd7 57.Bb1 Bh3
58.Bd3 Bd7 59.Bf1 Be8 60.Be2 Bd7 61.Bh5 Bh3 62.Bf3 Be6 63.Be2 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 g6 6.d5 Bg7 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 e5
10.a3 Bc8 11.b4 Na6 12.Rb1 Ne8 13.Bc2 Bd7 14.Ba4 Rc8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bd2 Nb8
17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Qb3 f5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Bc1 h6 21.Nb5 Nd6 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.a4 Nd7
24.a5 f4 25.axb6 axb6 26.Bb2 g5 27.Ra1 Bf6 28.Ne1 g4 29.f3 g3 30.h3 b5 31.Nd3 Rb8
32.cxb5 Qb6 33.Qc4 Qxb5 34.Rfc1 Qxc4 35.Rxc4 Rb3 36.Ra3 Rfb8 37.Rxb3 Rxb3
38.Rc3 Rb5 39.Kf1 Be7 40.Rc2 Bd6 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.Kd2 Ke7 43.Bc3 c4 44.Rb2 Rb3
45.Rxb3 cxb3 46.Bb2 Kd8 47.Nc1 Kc7 48.Kc3 Nf8 49.Kxb3 Ng6 50.Nd3 Nh4 51.Ne1 Kd7
52.Kc4 h5 53.Bc3 Bb8 54.Kd3 Bd6 55.Ke2 Kc7 56.Ba5+ Kc8 57.Kf1 Kb7 58.Nd3 Ka6
59.Bb4 Bxb4 60.Nxb4+ Kb6 61.Nc6 Ng6 62.Nd8 Kc7 63.Ne6+ Kd7 64.Ng7 Ke7 65.Ke2 Nh8
66.Kd3 Nf7 67.h4  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.Re1 Ra7 13.h3 Qa8 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.Bf4 Nb6
16.b3 Nfd7 17.a4 f5 18.Rad1 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 fxe4 20.Rxe4 e5 21.dxe6 Qxe4 22.Bxd6 Rc8
23.exd7 Rxd7 24.Re1 Qc6 25.Bf4 c4 26.bxc4 Nd5 27.Qe5 Nxf4+ 28.Qxf4 Rf7 29.Qe4 Qxe4
30.Rxe4 Rcf8 31.Re3 Rf5 32.Rc3 Ra5 33.g4 Rxa4 34.Kg3 Ra5 35.Nd2 Rfa8 36.f3 Ra3
37.Rxa3 Rxa3 38.Ne4 Kf7 39.c5 Ke7 40.Kf4 Rd3 41.h4 h6 42.c6 Ra3 43.c7 Kd7
44.g5 hxg5+ 45.Kxg5 Rxf3 46.Kxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Qg6 7.Qe2 Nxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 Ne7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vorotnikov, Vladislav V"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 cxd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.c3 d6
9.Re1 Qc7 10.Bf1 a6 11.a4 d5 12.g3 Bf5 13.Nb3 Rad8 14.Bf4 Qc8 15.Ne5 Rfe8
16.Nc5 Ne4 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Nd3 Qc8 19.Qb3 g5 20.Be3 g4 21.Rad1 e6 22.Bf4 h6
23.Bg2 Ng5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Nc5 Bf8 26.Qxb7 Qxb7 27.Nxb7 Rb8 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Rxb2
30.Bxd5 Rc8 31.Bc4 Rxc5 32.Bxa6 Rxc3 33.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Namgilov, Sogto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.Bb2 b5 14.c5 e5 15.dxe5 Nxc5
16.Rc1 Qd7 17.f4 Qg4 18.Bd4 Ne6 19.Bxa7 Ra8 20.Bf2 Bb7 21.e4 Qxd1 22.Rfxd1 Rxa2
23.exd5 cxd5 24.f5 Nd8 25.Nf1 Bg5 26.Rc7 g6 27.h4 Bh6 28.Bc5 Re8 29.Bxd5 Bxd5
30.Rxd5 Ra8 31.g4 Bf4 32.Bd6 h5 33.Rxb5 hxg4 34.Rc4 Bh6 35.Rxg4 Kh7 36.fxg6+ fxg6
37.Ng3 Bg7 38.h5 g5 39.Ne4  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Nc3 e6 8.O-O Nge7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Qd2 Nf5 11.e3 b6 12.Rfd1 Bb7 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.b3 Qe7 15.g4 Nd6
16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.h3 Na5 18.Bg3 Bf8 19.f3 Nc6 20.h4 Qe8 21.Bf1 f6 22.Nd3 Nf7
23.Qb2 e5 24.Re1 Qd7 25.Qf2 Ba3 26.Rc2 Nb4 27.Nxb4 Bxb4 28.Rec1 Ba3 29.Rd1 Bb4
30.Rdc1 Ba3 31.Rd1 Bb4 32.Rdc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Nf6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 b6 11.c3 O-O 12.Qc2 e5 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4
16.Nxd4 Qf6 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.b4 Ne6 19.Nxc6 Nf4 20.Kh2 Rfc8 21.b5 a6 22.a4 axb5
23.axb5 Re8 24.e5 Qh4 25.Qb3 Ne6 26.Qe3 Qc4 27.Qd3 Ra4 28.Qxc4 Rxc4 29.Rc1 Re4
30.Rfe1 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Nc7 32.Rb1 Re6 33.f4 f6 34.Nd4 Re7 35.Rc1 fxe5 36.fxe5 Ne6
37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.Nc6 Re8 39.Rxe8 Kxe8 40.Kg3 Kd7 41.Kf3 Nc7 42.Nd4 Ke7 43.Ke4 Kf7
44.g3 Ke7 45.g4 Kf7 46.h4 Ke7 47.h5 Kf7 48.h6 Ke7 49.Nf3 Ne6 50.Kd5 Kd7 51.Nd2 Nc7+
52.Kc4 Ke7 53.Ne4 Ke6 54.Ng5+ Kxe5 55.Nxh7 Ne8 56.Ng5 Nd6+ 57.Kd3  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.O-O b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.Ne5 Qb6
9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 Nbd7 11.Be3 c5 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.d5 bxa4 14.Qxa4 exd5 15.Nc3 d4
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rd8 18.Bf4 Qf6 19.Qb5 Bd6 20.Ra6 Rb8 21.Bb7 Bxf4 22.Rxf6 gxf6
23.gxf4 f5 24.Qc6 Kd8 25.Qd5 Kc7 26.Bc6  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 a6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 Qb6 15.b4 exd4
16.Qxd4 Qxd4 17.Rxd4 Ne5 18.Be2 c5 19.Rdd1 cxb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Nc6
22.Nxb5 d5 23.Rc1 Nxb4 24.e5 Ne4 25.Nd4 g6 26.f3 Nd2 27.Rc7 Rb8 28.Kf2 Nc4
29.Bxc4 dxc4 30.f4 Nd3+ 31.Ke3 Nb2 32.Ke4 Ra8 33.f5 gxf5+ 34.Nxf5 h5 35.Nh6+ Kg7
36.Nxf7 Kg6 37.Nd6 Ra4 38.Kd5 Ra5+ 39.Kd4 Ra1 40.Kc3 Na4+ 41.Kb4 c3 42.Kb5 Nb2
43.e6 Re1 44.e7 Re5+ 45.Kb6 Na4+ 46.Ka7  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Be2 Bf5 8.O-O e6
9.Ne5 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Qc2 h6 12.O-O c5 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Rd1 Ba6 15.c4 Nd7
16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Bf6 19.Rb1 c4 20.Qc2 Re8 21.e4 Nc5 22.e5 Bxe5
23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.Qxc4 Qf5 25.Bb2 Re4 26.Bd4 Rc8 27.Rbc1 Ree8 28.Bxc5 Rxc5
29.Qd4 Re4 30.Qd2 Qe5 31.g3 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 c5 11.Rc1 a6 12.Bf5 Re8 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe2 b5 15.Rfd1 Qa5
16.Qc2 Ne6 17.Ne2 Rac8 18.Qb1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 h6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nf4 d4 22.Bxd4 Be4
23.Qa1 Bxf3 24.gxf3 b4 25.Kh1 Qf5 26.Qb1 Qxb1 27.Rxb1 Bd6 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Ne2 Kf7
30.Rc1 Rd8 31.f4 a5 32.Kg2 a4 33.Kf3 e5 34.f5 Be7 35.Rc2 a3 36.Ng3 Rd1 37.Ke2 Rb1
38.Rd2 Ke8 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Kg4 Ra1 41.Kf3 Rb1 42.Ke4 Rb2 43.Kd3 Rb1 44.Rc2 Ra1
45.Kc4 Rg1 46.Re2 Rc1+ 47.Kb5 Rd1 48.Rc2 Rb1 49.Rd2 Ra1 50.Kc6 Ke8 51.Ne4 Rc1+
52.Kd5 Kd7 53.Ng3 Ke8 54.h3 Rc5+ 55.Ke4 Rc1 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.Kg4 Ra1 58.Rc2 Rb1
59.Ne4 Rh1 60.h4 Ra1 61.Kh5 Kg7 62.Rc7 Kf8 63.Kxh6 Rxa2 64.Kg6 Ke8 65.h5 Ra1
66.h6 Rh1 67.h7  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Be7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bxd7 Nxd7
16.Nb3 Ba6 17.Re1 c4 18.Nbd4 c3 19.Ba1 Nf6 20.b5 Bb7 21.Ne5 Bxa3 22.Ndc6 Qd6
23.Bxc3 Ne4 24.Ba1 f6 25.f3 fxe5 26.fxe4 Bxc6 27.bxc6 Qxc6 28.exd5 Qc2 29.Qxc2 Rxc2
30.Bxe5 Bc5 31.Rbd1 Kf7 32.Bd4 Bxd4 33.Rxd4 Ke7 34.Ra1 Rff2 35.Rxa7+ Kd6
36.Ra6+ Kd7 37.Rg4 Rfe2 38.h3 Rxe3 39.Rh4 Re7 40.d6 Re1+ 41.Kh2 h5 42.Rf4 Rc6
43.Rxc6 Kxc6 44.Rf6 g5 45.Rf5 Kxd6 46.Rxg5 Re5 47.Rg6+ Ke7 48.Kg3 Kf7 49.Kf4 Re2
50.Rg5 Kf6 51.h4 Rf2+ 52.Ke4 Re2+ 53.Kf3 Re5 54.Kf4 Re2 55.g3 Rf2+ 56.Ke4 Re2+
57.Kd4 Re7 58.Kd5 Re3 59.Kd4 Re7 60.Rg8 Re1 61.Rf8+ Kg6 62.Kd3 Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Bd6
9.b4 c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.bxc5 bxc5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bb2 Nbd7 14.Nb3 Bd6 15.Nbd4 Re8
16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Bb5 Re6 18.N5d4 Re8 19.Rb1 Rb8 20.Nf5 Re6 21.Bd4 Ba6 22.a4 Bxb5
23.axb5 g6 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.N5d4 Rd6 26.Nc6 Rb7 27.Nfd4 Nc5 28.Qc2 Ne6 29.Nf3 Nd8
30.Ncd4 Ne6 31.Qa2 Nxd4 32.Nxd4 h5 33.Rfd1 Rdd7 34.Rbc1 Bg7 35.h3 Kh7 36.Rc5 Qb6
37.Qc2 Bxd4 38.Rxd4 Qe6 39.Qd3 Rb6 40.Rcxd5 Rxd5 41.Rxd5 Kg7 42.e4 Qf6 43.e5 Qf4
44.g3 Qb4 45.Kg2 a6 46.Rd6 Rxb5 47.Qf3 Rb8 48.Qf6+ Kh6 49.h4 Qb7+ 50.Kh2 Re8
51.Rxa6 Qe7 52.Qf4+ Kg7 53.Rf6 Qc7 54.Rd6 Qe7 55.Rd5 Qe6 56.Qd4 Kh7 57.Kg1 Kg7
58.Kh2 Kh7 59.Rb5 Kg7 60.Rc5 Kh7 61.Rc7 Kg7 62.Qf4 Rd8 63.Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.Nxf6+ gxf6
9.c3 e6 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Bf4 Nb6 12.Be2 Nd5 13.Bg3 Qb6 14.c4 Qb4+ 15.Nd2 Nb6
16.Qc1 Bh6 17.a3 Qe7 18.Qc3 O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horvath, Tamas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qb4 Qc7 11.Bg5 Be6 12.a4 a5 13.Qa3 h6 14.Bd2 Ng4 15.Rac1 Qb6
16.b3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne3 18.Rfe1 Nxg2 19.Kxg2 f5 20.Qb2 fxe4 21.Bd4 Qc6 22.Be3 Qd5
23.h3 Qf5 24.Rh1 Qf3+ 25.Kg1 Rf5 26.Qd4 Rd5 27.Qb6 Rc8 28.c4 Rd3 29.Re1 Rf8
30.Bxh6 e3 31.Bxe3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.d4 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nd6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bf5 11.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O c6 7.d3 Re8 8.h3 e5 9.e4 a6
10.b4 Nbd7 11.Rb1 Nf8 12.a4 a5 13.b5 Ne6 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Be3 Qf6 16.Ne2 Ndc5
17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Rbd1 cxb5 19.axb5 a4 20.Nc3 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Nd5 Qd8 23.Bd2 Be6
24.Nf4 Qc7 25.Bb4 Nb3 26.Qb2 Bf6 27.Ne2 Bg7 28.Qa3 Red8 29.Nf4 Bh6 30.Nxe6 fxe6
31.e5 dxe5 32.c5 Bg7 33.Re2 Rdc8 34.Rc2 Bf8 35.b6 Qd7 36.c6 bxc6 37.Bxf8 Rxf8
38.Bxc6 Qd8 39.Bxa8 Qxa8 40.Qe7 Qf3 41.Qxe6+ Rf7 42.Re1  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 Rb8 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 a6 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 Bh6 13.Ba1 Bd7 14.cxb5 axb5 15.b4 cxb4
16.Rxb4 Qc7 17.e3 Bg7 18.Qe2 Ng4 19.h3 Ne5 20.Rfb1 Nac4 21.Nxb5 Bxb5 22.Rxb5 Rxb5
23.Rxb5 Ra8 24.Nxc4 Qxc4 25.Qxc4 Nxc4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rb4 Ne5 28.Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Bg7
9.c4 Qa5 10.Nc3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nf6 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qb2 Bc6 15.Qb4 Qc7
16.c5 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Nh5 18.f3 Nf4 19.Bc4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.b3 e5 11.Re1 a6 12.Bb2 b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 g6
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Red1 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Ba3 20.Bxa3 Qxa3 21.h4 Qe7
22.Qe4 Qxe4 23.Bxe4 Rfd8 24.g4 h6 25.Kg2 Kf8 26.Kg3 Ke7 27.Kf4 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rc7
29.Rc1 Kd6 30.g5 hxg5+ 31.Kxg5 c5 32.Bxb7 Rxb7 33.e4 Rc7 34.f4 c4 35.bxc4 Rxc4
36.Re1 Ke7 37.f5 Rc2 38.fxg6 Rg2+ 39.Kf4 fxg6 40.a3 Rh2 41.Kg5 Rg2+ 42.Kf4 Rh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 c6 6.Be2 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.O-O Bf5
9.Qb3 Qd7 10.Be3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Na6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Rfc1 Qa4 14.a3 Rac8 15.Qd2 Nb8
16.h3 Rxc1+ 17.Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.d5 Nd8 12.O-O e5 13.e4 c5 14.Nd2 a5 15.f4 f6 16.b3 b6
17.Rf2 Nf7 18.Raf1 Bd7 19.a4 g5 20.f5 Kg7 21.Bf3 Rh8 22.Bh5 Rag8 23.Rg2 Kf8
24.h3 Be8 25.Kf2 Nd8 26.Qf3 Bxh5 27.Qxh5 Qf7 28.g4 Qxh5 29.gxh5 Nf7 30.Rfg1 h6
31.Nb1 Ke7 32.Nc3 Kd7 33.Ke3 Rg7 34.Rg3 Rf8 35.Kd3 Ra8 36.Nd1 Rh8 37.Ne3 Ke7
38.Ng2 Rgh7 39.Ne1 Ra8 40.Nf3 Rb8 41.R3g2 Ra8 42.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Ne4 10.O-O Nxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.e4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 b5 15.Ne3 Nd7
16.e5 Qb6 17.Nc2 Rad8 18.Qf3 Qa5 19.Qe3 b4 20.Na4 Qc7 21.Rac1 c5 22.Bxb7 Qxb7
23.Nxc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Rc8 25.c6 Rxc6 26.Nd4 Rcc8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rc1 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Bxe7 Nxe7
9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bg4 12.b3 Rac8 13.Rd1 Ng6 14.Qa3 a6 15.Rac1 Nf6
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Rfd8 18.Be2 Qc7 19.cxd5 exd5 20.b4 Qe7 21.Qb3 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Qxe4
23.Bd3 Qe6 24.a4 Ne7 25.Rc5 Qd6 26.Rdc1 Ra8 27.R5c2 Re8 28.Qc3 Red8 29.Qc5 Rd7
30.Rb2 Kf8 31.Rbb1 Kg8 32.Qa5 Rdd8 33.Qb6 Rd7 34.Ra1 Nc8 35.Qc5 Ne7 36.Qa5 Qc7
37.Qc5 Qd6 38.Ra2 g6 39.Rca1 Kf8 40.g3 h5 41.Kg2 Rdd8 42.Qxd6 Rxd6 43.b5 axb5
44.axb5 Rxa2 45.Rxa2 cxb5 46.Bxb5 Rb6 47.Be2 Ke8 48.g4 hxg4 49.hxg4 f6 50.Kf3 Kf7
51.Ra8 Rb2 52.Rb8 Ke6 53.Ba6 Rb6 54.Bd3 Rb2 55.Re8 Kd7 56.Rf8 Ke6 57.Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Ra6 13.h3 Qa8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 e6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.a4 g5 18.Ra3 d5 19.Qc2 Rf7 20.exd5 exd5 21.Nb5 Qb7 22.Bxg5 hxg5
23.Nxg5 Nf8 24.Nxf7 Qxf7 25.Rf3 Ne6 26.Qf5 Qh5 27.Qxh5 Nxh5 28.Rfe3 Kf7 29.Nc7 Nxc7
30.Re7+ Kg6 31.Rxc7 c4 32.f4 Bxb2 33.f5+ Kg5 34.g4 Nf6 35.Rg7+ Kf4 36.Rf1+ Ke3
37.g5 Ne4 38.Re7 Rxa4 39.f6 Ra2 40.Rf2 Bxf6 41.Rxe4+ dxe4 42.Rxa2 Bxg5 43.Kg3 Kd3
44.h4 Bd2  0-1

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.a4 b4 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nc4 Nbd7 13.Nfe5 Qc7 14.e4 cxd4 15.Bf4 Qc5

16.Rac1 Qa7 17.Na5 Bc5 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.Nd3 Rfc8 20.Rc4 Bb6 21.e5 Nd5 22.Qf3 a5
23.Rdc1 Rxc4 24.Bxc4 Rc8 25.Kf1 Rc6 26.Bd2 Bc7 27.Bxd5 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 exd5
29.Qe2 Qc6 30.f4 Qxa4 31.f5 Qc6 32.e6 fxe6 33.fxe6 Nf6 34.Bg5 Kf8 35.Bxf6 gxf6
36.e7+ Ke8 37.Qh5+ Kxe7 38.Qxh7+ Kd6 39.Qh8 Qc4 40.Qxf6+ Kd7 41.Qf5+ Kc6
42.Qg6+ Kb5 43.Ke2 Ka4 44.h4 Kb3 45.h5 a4 46.Qf5 a3 47.bxa3 bxa3 48.Qf1 Qc2+
49.Kf3 a2 50.Nc1+ Kb2 51.Nd3+ Kc3 52.Nf2 Qf5+  0-1

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bd3 b4 13.Ne2 e5 14.Be3 Rb8 15.h3 O-O
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.g4 Qa5 18.Kb1 Rd8 19.Ng3 Ne8 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Qe2 Be6 22.Bc4 Bxc4
23.Qxc4 Qb5 24.Qxb5 axb5 25.Ba7 Ra8 26.Bf2 Rdc8 27.Rd5 g6 28.Ng3 Ra5 29.Be1 Nf6
30.Rd3 Rca8 31.a3 R5a6 32.Ka2 bxa3 33.b4 Rc6 34.Rc3 Rac8 35.Rxc6 Rxc6 36.c3 Rc4
37.Kxa3 Nxe4 38.Nxe4 Rxe4 39.Bf2 f5 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Rd1 f4 42.Rd5 Re2 43.Ba7 f3
44.Rxb5 Kf7 45.Kb3 Bd6 46.Rd5 Ke6 47.Rd1 e4 48.Rf1 Bg3  0-1

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.Bg5 Nfd7
9.g4 f6 10.gxh5 fxg5 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Bh3 e5 13.e3 Be7 14.O-O-O exd4 15.exd4 Qc7
16.Kb1 b5 17.Rde1 Nf6 18.Be6 Qf4 19.Qd1 Kd8 20.Re5 Re8 21.Rhe1 Bf8 22.h6 Qxh2
23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Qf3 Nf6 26.Nxd5 Qh5 27.Qg3 Nd7 28.hxg7 Bxg7
29.Ka1 Bxd4 30.c6 Ne5 31.Qa3 Qe8 32.Qd6+ Kc8 33.Rxe5 Qxe5 34.Nb6+ Bxb6 35.Qxe5 Bd8
36.Qe6+ Kb8 37.Qd6+ Kc8 38.Qe6+ Kb8 39.Kb1 Re7 40.Qd6+ Kc8 41.c7 Rxc7 42.Qxa6+ Rb7
43.Qc6+ Kb8 44.b4 Bc7 45.Qe8+ Ka7 46.Qe3+ Bb6 47.Qxg5 Bxf2 48.Kc2 h6 49.Qxh6 Bb6
50.Qe6 Bc7 51.Qc6 Kb8 52.Kd3 Rb6 53.Qe8+ Kb7 54.Kd4 Bd6 55.Qd7+ Bc7 56.Kc5 Kb8
57.a3 Kb7 58.Qd5+ Kb8 59.Qg8+ Kb7 60.Qf8 Ka7 61.Qc8 Bd6+ 62.Kd4 Bh2 63.Qd7+ Rb7
64.Qh3 Bc7 65.Qc8 Bh2 66.Qc2 Bc7 67.Kd5 Kb8 68.Kc6 Rb6+ 69.Kd7 Rd6+ 70.Ke7 Rb6
71.Qc5 Rb7 72.Ke6 Kc8 73.Qf8+ Bd8 74.Kd6 Rb6+ 75.Kc5 Rb7 76.Qf5+ Kc7 77.Qe5+ Kd7
78.Qd6+ Kc8 79.Qa6 Kc7 80.Qa8 Be7+ 81.Kd5 Bd8 82.Ke6 Rb6+ 83.Ke5 Rb7 84.Qa5+ Kc8
85.Qa6 Kc7 86.Qe6 Rb6 87.Qe8 Rb7 88.Kd5 Rb6 89.Kc5 Rb7 90.Qe5+ Kd7 91.Qf5+ Kc7
92.Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Nc2 Nh5 11.g4 Be5 12.gxh5 Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Qh4+ 14.Kg1 Qg3+ 15.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Nf1 g6
16.Ng3 Bg7 17.Bg5 Rb8 18.Qd2 Bc8 19.b4 Qe7 20.Bf1 Qf8 21.Bd3 h5 22.Be3 Nh7
23.axb5 cxb5 24.Bc2 exd4 25.cxd4 Nb6 26.Bb3 Nc4 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Bf4 Rb5 29.Ra5 d5
30.Be5 f6 31.Rxb5 axb5 32.Bc7 Bh6 33.Qc3 Qf7 34.Bb6 dxe4 35.Nxe4 Qd5 36.Nc5 Rxe1+
37.Qxe1 Kf7 38.Ne4 Bb7 39.Nc3 Qd7 40.Qe2 Nf8 41.d5 Bxd5 42.Nd4 Ne6 43.Ndxb5 Nf4
44.Qd1 Qc6 45.Nxd5 Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Be7 10.Qg4 g6 11.Bh6 d6 12.Qe4 Qd7 13.Bd3 dxe5 14.O-O f6 15.f4 Qc6
16.Qxc6+ bxc6 17.fxe5 f5 18.Rab1 Be6 19.Be2 Kf7 20.Rb7 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rhc8 22.Rfb1 a5
23.a4 Ra6 24.R7b2 Rb6 25.Bg5 Rcb8 26.Rxb6 Rxb6 27.Rd1 Be7 28.h4 Rb3 29.Bf3 Rxc3
30.Bxc6 Rxc4 31.Bb5 Rc5 32.Re1 c6 33.Ba6 Bxg5 34.hxg5 Rc3 35.Rb1 Rb3 36.Rc1 Bd5
37.Bc4 Rb4 38.Bxd5+ cxd5 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.Rxh7 Kxe5 41.Rg7 Kf4  0-1

[Event "Hastings9596"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.Re1 b6 14.Ne5 cxd4 15.Qf3 Bxe5
16.Qxa8 Bxh2+ 17.Kf1 Bd6 18.Bd2 Ke7 19.Qe4 Qc5 20.b4 Qh5 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 Bb7
23.Kg1 Qg5 24.Qxg5+ hxg5 25.Be4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Rc8 27.Rxd4 Rxc2 28.Rad1 Nf6
29.R4d2 Rc4 30.Rd4 Rc2 31.R4d2 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxe5 Bd7 12.Be2 Rc8 13.h4 Qc7 14.Qxc7 Rxc7 15.Bf3 Bc6
16.Bxc6+ Rxc6 17.Rh3 h6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rhd3 Rc7 20.g3 f5 21.Ne2 O-O 22.Rd7 Rfc8
23.c3 Kf8 24.Kc2 Ke8 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.a3 Bc5 27.f4 Rd7 28.Rxd7 Kxd7 29.b4 Bf2
30.c4 b6 31.h5 f6 32.Kb3 Kd6 33.Ka4 e5 34.Kb3 Be1 35.Ka4 Kc6 36.Kb3 Kd6 37.Ka4 Kd7
38.Kb3 Kc6 39.Ka4 Kd6 40.Kb3 Kc6 41.Ka4 a5 42.Kb3 axb4 43.axb4 b5 44.c5 Bf2
45.Kc3 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.a3 Bxd2
9.Bxd2 d6 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bc3 Re8 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Rc7 14.Re1 Nf8 15.a4 Ng6
16.Bf1 Rc8 17.f3 cxb4 18.Bxb4 e5 19.d5 Qc7 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.a5 Nf8 22.Qa4 Red8
23.Qa3 Ne8 24.Rbc1 h5 25.Nb1 Bc8 26.Nc3 Qe7 27.Nb5 a6 28.Nc3 bxa5 29.Qxa5 Bf5
30.e4 Bg6 31.c5 dxc5 32.Bxc5 Qc7 33.Qa3 Nd7 34.Bf2 Nd6 35.Nb1  1-0

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5
9.Be2 Bd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.f4 Ng6 14.Kh1 Bc6 15.Qe1 d5
16.e5 Ne4 17.Ncxe4 dxe4 18.Nb3 Nh4 19.Bg4 Nf5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Rd1 Bc5
23.Rf2 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Be6 25.Rfd2 Qa5 26.a3 Rac8 27.Qd1 h6 28.h3 Qb6 29.Qc1 Qb3
30.Bg1 Qg3 31.Re2 Qh4 32.Be3 b6 33.Kh2 Rc7 34.Rf2 Kh7 35.Qd1 Rfc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.Bd3 b6
10.O-O Bb7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 dxc4 13.exf6 Qxd3 14.fxg7 Rg8 15.Qf3 Rxg7
16.Ne4 f5 17.Qh5+ Kf8 18.Ng3  1-0

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bxd5 c6 6.Bb3 Qxd4 7.Qxd4 Bxd4 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.e4 Na6 10.Be3 h6 11.h3 Nc7 12.e5 h5 13.Ng5 Nh6 14.f4 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.O-O-O Bxg5
17.fxg5 Nf5 18.Bf4 Ne6 19.Be5 Rf8 20.Ne4 Ne3 21.Rd3 Rf5 22.Bc3 Nd5 23.Bd2 Re5
24.Nc3 Nc5 25.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bf2 Nc6 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.O-O Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Qxd4 f6 18.c3 Be6 19.Kh1 Qa5 20.Rad1 Qc5 21.Qd2 Rg8 22.Qe1 Kf7
23.Rd4 b5 24.Qd1 Rg7 25.a3 Rh8 26.Qd2 Qc8 27.Qe2 Qb7 28.Rd2 Qc8 29.Rd4 Qb7
30.Ne3 Rgg8 31.Qd1 Rc8 32.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1 e5 8.h3 h6 9.Na3 Nd7
10.Bb5 Ne7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 a6 13.Bf1 b6 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.Rad1 Ng8 16.Nc2 Qe8
17.Qd5 Ra7 18.Nb4 Nb8 19.Qb3 Nf6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Nd7 22.a4 f5 23.a5 Qf7
24.Qc2 Ra8 25.d6 cxd6 26.Rxd6 bxa5 27.Red1 e4 28.Qa4 exf3 29.Rxd7 Bxd7 30.Rxd7 Qe8
31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Qf4 g5 33.Bd4+ Kh7 34.Qxf3 Qe4 35.Qg3 Qf4 36.Qd3 Rad8 37.Qxa6 Rxd4
38.Qa7+ Kg6 39.cxd4 Qd6 40.Bc4 Qb4 41.Qa6+ Rf6 42.Qc8 Qf8 43.Qc7 Rd6 44.Qc5 Rd8
45.Qxa5 Rxd4 46.Qe1 Re4 47.Qa1 Qd6 48.Bf1 Qe6 49.g4 Re1 50.gxf5+ Kxf5 51.Qa5+ Kg6
52.Qd2 Qe4 53.Qd6+ Kh5 54.Qa6 Qf3 55.Qc8 Qe2  0-1

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e3 Ngf6 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be3 a6 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qa5 13.a3 Rfc8 14.Qd2 Bd8 15.b4 Qc7
16.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.f4 Bc5 8.O-O d6
9.Kh1 Nf6 10.Bf3 O-O 11.Qe1 e5 12.Nb3 Ba7 13.Qg3 Nbd7 14.Na3 b5 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Bh6 Ne8 17.Nc2 Bb7 18.Rae1 Kh8 19.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxf3
16.gxf3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.b3 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Bxg5 Nxe4
10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Nxd6+ Kf8 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 14.Qf3 e6 15.d6 Nc6 16.Qh3 h5
17.Bc4 Nd4 18.Rc1 Qc6 19.Ne2 Nxe2 20.Kxe2 Nd5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Rhd1 Bd4 23.Qf3 Qxf3+
24.Kxf3 Kg7 25.Be3 Rhd8 26.Bxd4+ cxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxa2 28.d7 Ra7 29.Rcd1 b3 30.Kg3 Kf6
31.Kh4 Ra5 32.Rb4 Ke7 33.Rxb3 Rxd7 34.Rxd7+ Kxd7 35.f4 Ke7 36.Rb8 Kf6 37.g3 Kg7
38.b4 Rd5 39.b5 e5 40.b6 exf4 41.gxf4 Rb5 42.b7 Kf6 43.h3 Rb3 44.Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 dxc3 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.bxc3 Qd3 14.Bc2 Qxc3 15.Nb3 Rd8
16.Bd2 Rxd2 17.Nxd2 Nxe5 18.Nb3 Ned7 19.Nd4 Bd6 20.Rc1 Qb2 21.Bb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 O-O
23.Rc2 Qa3 24.Nxe6 Qxb3 25.Nxf8 Nxf8 26.Qb1 Qxb1 27.Rxb1 Nd7 28.Rd1 Nc5 29.Rd5 Ne4
30.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Na4 Nd7 11.e4 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Kh7 15.Rc1 f5
16.exf5 exf5 17.Bf4 Nd5 18.Bd6 Re8 19.Nc3 Qf6 20.Bg3 Nxc3 21.bxc3 c5 22.Bb5 Re7
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Qf7 25.f4 a6 26.Be2 Rd7 27.Qe1 Qe6 28.Bf3 Bxf3 29.Rxf3 Bf8
30.Bf2 Be7 31.c4 Rad8 32.Rfc3 g5 33.Be3 gxf4 34.Bxf4 Rd4 35.Qf1 Bg5 36.Bxg5 hxg5
37.Qe2 Kg6 38.Re3 Rd2 39.Qf3 g4 40.Qf1 R8d4 41.g3 Rb2 42.Re2 Rxe2 43.Qxe2 Re4
44.Qd2 Qxe5 45.Kf2 Rd4 46.Qe2 Qxe2+ 47.Kxe2 f4 48.gxf4 Kf5 49.Rb1 Rd6 50.Rf1 Rh6
51.Rf2 Rh3 52.Kf1 Rb3 53.Kg2 a5 54.Re2 a4 55.Re5+ Kxf4 56.Re6 Rxa3 57.Rf6+ Ke5
58.Rxb6 Rb3 59.Ra6 a3 60.Ra5 Kf4  0-1

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Ne7 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.Na3 Nc6
9.Nb5 Nxc5 10.Nfd4 Be4 11.O-O a6 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.f3 Bg6
16.Qd4 Nd7 17.Qxg7 Qe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Bd4 f6 20.b3 Nd7 21.Bb2 c5 22.Bd3 Bxd3
23.cxd3 Kf7 24.Rac1 Rhc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Bc4 Qa4 15.Bb5 Qa2
16.Bc4 Qa4 17.Bb5 Qa2 18.Re1 Rc8 19.Qd1 Qc2 20.Qe2 Nc6 21.Bd3 Qa2 22.Bc4 Qa4
23.Bb5 Qc2 24.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nf3 e5
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Nc6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd5+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Be8 15.Qe6 Qc8
16.Qxc8 Rxc8 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rhe1 Nf7 19.Kb1 Nfd8 20.Bf1 Ne6 21.Bg3 Rf7 22.Nd2 Ncd4
23.Nb3 Bf8 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Nd5 g5 26.Be2 c6 27.Bg4 Bd7 28.Bh5 Kg8 29.Bxf7+ Kxf7
30.Ne3 Rd8 31.Nf5 c5 32.Bd6 b5 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.cxb5 Bxb5 35.g3 c4 36.e5 Ba4
37.Rd2 fxe5 38.Rxe5 Kf7 39.Nh6+ Kf6 40.Ng4+ Ke7 41.f4 gxf4 42.gxf4 Kf7 43.Ra5 c3
44.bxc3  1-0

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.c3 d6 10.h3 Rb8 11.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Na4 Nd7 11.e4 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Bh4 h6
16.b4 b5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Rxc5 a5 19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Bc2 axb4 21.axb4 Ra3 22.Bg3 Qd8
23.Bf4 Nc8 24.Qc1 Ra6 25.Bxh6 Qxd4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rd1 Qxb4 28.Qf4 f5 29.Qg5 Ne7
30.Nxg6 Qxc5 31.Nxe7+ Kf7 32.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Ne4
9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 f5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Qe2 Qf6 14.Rac1 Kh8 15.Bb2 e5
16.dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.h3 Bg7 11.Kg1 O-O 12.Kh2 Qa5 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Re2 Ne8 15.Rc2 Nb6
16.Rb1 Nc4 17.Nd2 Bxc3 18.Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shushpanov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nh5 8.Bg3 g6
9.O-O Nxg3 10.hxg3 d5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qc2 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bb5 Nf6
16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.Bf1 Rac8 18.Nb3 c4 19.Nbd4 Rfe8 20.b3 Ba3 21.Rb1 c3 22.Qd3 Ne4
23.Nc2 Bc5 24.b4 Bf8 25.Qb5 Qc7 26.Bd3 Rb8 27.Qa4 Bg7 28.b5 Qb6 29.Bxe4 Rxe4
30.Qb3 Rc8 31.Rd3 Rec4 32.Nfd4 h5 33.Rc1 Qc7 34.Na3 Qc5 35.Nb1 Bxd4 36.exd4 Rxd4
37.Rdxc3 Rc4 38.a4 Qe7 39.Rd1 Rxc3 40.Nxc3 d4 41.Na2 Qe4 42.f3 Qe5 43.Nb4 Qxg3
44.Nc6 Bxc6 45.bxc6 Rxc6 46.Qb2 Re6 47.Kf1 h4 48.Qxd4 h3 49.Qb2 Kh7 50.Kg1 Re3
51.Rf1 Ra3 52.Qf2 Qxf2+ 53.Rxf2 Ra1+ 54.Kh2 hxg2 55.Kxg2 Rxa4 56.Rc2 Kg7
57.Rc6 a5 58.Ra6 Ra1 59.Kg3 a4 60.Kg2 a3 61.Kg3 a2 62.Kg2 g5 63.Ra3 f5 64.Ra6 f4  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 h6
9.Na4 b6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Bf4 Bd7 12.Nc3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 d4 14.Qc2 Ne8 15.b4 f6
16.Bd2 Nd6 17.e3 e5 18.exd4 exd4 19.Rab1 Rc8 20.Bf4 Nf7 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.h3 Re8
23.Qd1 Nce5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Re1 Nf7 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Nh4 Nd6 28.Qg4 h5 29.Bd5+ Kh7
30.Qf3 Rc7 31.Ng2 g5 32.h4 Bg6 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Qe2 Qf6 35.Re1 Be8 36.Qe6 Rf7
37.Qxf6 Rxf6 38.Re7+ Kh6 39.Rxa7 Bg6 40.Ne1 Nf5 41.Nf3  1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d4 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Bd2 f5
9.d5 Bf6 10.Rc1 Na6 11.a3 Nac5 12.b4 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qd4 Rae8
16.Qxf6 Rxf6 17.Rfd1 e5 18.Ne1 d6 19.f3 Ng5 20.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.a4 Rc8 13.Ra2 c5 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Qc2 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qd3 Qb6 19.b4 Nc6 20.Bd2 Nxb4 21.Bxb4 Qxb4 22.Rb1 Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 c5
9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Bxd1 N6d7 11.Na4 Na6 12.c6 bxc6 13.O-O Nac5 14.Bc2 Nxa4 15.Bxa4 Ba6
16.Rd1 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.exd4 Bb5 19.Bb3 Nb6 20.Bg5 Kf8 21.Be3 Ba4 22.Rdc1 Bxb3
23.axb3 Rdc8 24.Ra6 Nd5 25.Rcxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 Rb8 27.Bh6+ Ke8 28.Rc5 e6 29.Ra5 Rb7
30.Kf1 Ne7 31.Be3 Nf5 32.Ra3 e5 33.dxe5 Nxe3+ 34.fxe3 Ke7 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Kd3 Kxe5
37.Ra5+ Ke6 38.Kc4 Rd7 39.Kc3 Rc7+ 40.Kd3 Rd7+ 41.Kc3 Rc7+ 42.Kd2 Rd7+ 43.Kc2 Rc7+
44.Kd2 Rd7+ 45.Ke2 Rb7 46.Ra3 f5 47.Kf3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 b6
9.Bb5+ Nec6 10.O-O Ba6 11.c4 dxc4 12.d5 exd5 13.Qxd5 O-O 14.Qe4 h6 15.Ra3 Qd7
16.Ng5 hxg5 17.Rh3 f5 18.Qxc4+ Qf7 19.e6 Qe8 20.e7+ Rf7 21.Bxg5 Nd4 22.Qxd4 cxd4
23.Bxe8 Bxf1 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Rh8  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Be3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 b5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Bf4 f6 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Ne5 15.Be3 Rb8
16.f4 Nf7 17.b3 Qc7 18.Qc3 Qxc3 19.Nxc3 Re8 20.Na4 Bb7 21.Rxd7 Bxe4 22.Bc5 Bd8
23.Rc1 a5 24.Bc4 Bc6 25.Rd3 Bb5 26.Bxb5 Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 h6 12.c5 g5 13.Nd2 Neg6 14.Nc4 h5 15.Be3 f5 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.Nb5 fxe4 18.Nbxd6 Bg4 19.Qb3 Nh4 20.Nxe4 Nhxg2 21.Bxg2 Nxg2 22.Bxg5 Nxe1
23.Bxd8 Nf3+ 24.Kg2 Nd4 25.Qd3 Be2 26.Qg3 Bf3+ 27.Kf1 Bxe4 28.Nd2 Bxd5 29.Bg5 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bg2 f5 6.d3 d6 7.Rb1 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6
10.Nd2 O-O 11.b4 Ne7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5+ Kh8 14.b5 h5 15.Rb3 Bh6 16.e3 Rb8
17.h3 Qe7 18.Qe2 Bd7 19.Bf3 c6 20.a4 a6 21.g4 axb5 22.axb5 cxb5 23.cxb5 Be6
24.Rb1 Ra8 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Nc4 e4 27.dxe4 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Qh4 29.Nxd6 Ra2 30.Rb2 Ra1+
31.Bb1 Ba2 32.O-O Bd5 33.Bg6 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Nxb4
9.O-O Rb8 10.Nc3 a6 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qxc4 Rxb2 15.Rab1 Rb6
16.Qc5 h6 17.Rfd1 Rxb1 18.Rxb1 Qd6 19.Ne4 Qd5 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Nc5 Re8 22.Rb8 Kf8
23.f4 Ke7 24.Kf2 g5 25.Ke3 gxf4+ 26.gxf4 h5 27.h4 a5 28.Ra8 Bd7 29.Rxa5 Rg8
30.Ra7 Kd6 31.Ra6+ Ke7 32.Ra7 Kd6 33.Ra6+ Ke7 34.Kf3 Bb5 35.Ra7 Kd6 36.a4 Bc4
37.a5 Rg4 38.Ra8 Rxh4 39.a6 Rh3+ 40.Kf2 Ra3 41.Rf8 Ra2 42.Rxf7 Bxe2 43.Kg3 Bxa6
44.f5 Bb5 45.Nb7+ Kc6 46.Nd8+ Kd6 47.Nb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nf5 8.b4 Bd7
9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.c3 a5 11.O-O axb4 12.cxb4 b6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 bxc5 15.bxc5 Ra4
16.Qd2 Be7 17.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 b6 6.Bg5 a4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Bb7
9.e3 Ra5 10.Bh4 d6 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 Nbd7 13.f3 Rg8 14.Be2 h5 15.e4 h4 16.Bf2 Qe7
17.Rb1 c5 18.Bd3 Kd8 19.O-O Kc7 20.Bc2 Bc6 21.Re1 Qf8 22.Nf1 Qg7 23.h3 Nh5
24.Ne3 Nf4 25.e5 Qf8 26.d5 Bb7 27.Ng4 Nxe5 28.Nxe5 dxe5 29.dxe6 fxe6 30.Rxe5 Qf6
31.Qe1 Nxg2 32.Kxg2 Qxf3+ 33.Kf1 Qxh3+ 34.Ke2 Rd8 35.Re4 Qg2 36.Qh1 Qxh1
37.Rxh1 Raa8 38.Rg1 Bxe4 39.Bxe4 Rac8 40.Rxg5 Rg8 41.Bxh4 Rxg5 42.Bxg5 Rh8
43.Bf4+ Kd7 44.Bc2 Ra8 45.Be5 Ra7 46.Be4 Kc8 47.Ke3 Rf7 48.Ke2 Kd8 49.Bc6 Kc8
50.Bg3 Rh7 51.Be1 Rc7 52.Bb5 Rh7 53.Kd1 Rh2 54.Bd2 Rh7 55.Kc2 Ra7 56.Bc1 Kc7
57.Bf4+ Kc8 58.Kd3 Rh7 59.Bc1 Ra7 60.Ke4 Rh7 61.Bxa4 Rh1 62.Bd2 Ra1 63.Bc6 Ra2
64.Bg5 Rxa3 65.Bf6 Kc7 66.Bb5 Ra2 67.Be5+ Kc8 68.Bd6 Re2+ 69.Kf4 Re1 70.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.c4 Ne5 8.b3 Be7
9.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.f3 Qe7 10.e4 e5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bf2 Nh5 14.Nf1 Nf4 15.Ne3 g4 16.O-O gxf3
17.Qxf3 exd4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Qe4 dxc3 21.Bh4 Qd7 22.Bf6 Rg8 23.Rae1 c6
24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Qxe5+ Kf8 26.Bf5 Qd8 27.Be6 Rg7 28.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Ng4 13.Nd2 Nge5 14.Qe2 Nb6 15.f4 Ned7
16.a4 Ra7 17.a5 Qa8 18.Qb5 Rb8 19.axb6 Rxa1 20.Qxd7 Rxb6 21.Ndb1 Qb8 22.e5 Ra7
23.Qg4 dxe5 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Qc8+ Kg7 27.Qxc5 Rab7 28.Qf2 Kg8
29.Qe2 Qxe2+ 30.Nxe2 Kg7 31.Nbc3 Kf6 32.Kf3 Rxb2 33.Bxb2 Rxb2 34.Kf4 g5+
35.Ke4 h6 36.g4 Kg6 37.h3 h5 38.Nd4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Kf6 40.Nde2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.e3 Bg4
9.Be2 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Rc1 Bxc5 13.Nxd5 Qd6 14.Qa4 Be6 15.Nf4 Kb8
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Bb5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rc8 20.Qf4+ Ka8 21.Qe4 a6 22.Bc4 e5
23.a3 Ka7 24.h3 Bd6 25.Nh4 Bb8 26.Nf3 Nd8 27.Bd5 Bd6 28.Qd3 Bb8 29.Nd2 Ne6
30.Qf5 Re8 31.Bxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxe6 Rxe6 33.Rc1 Rb6 34.Rc2 Bd6 35.Kf1 Kb8 36.Ke2 Bc7
37.Kd3 Rg6 38.g3 Rf6 39.Ne4 Rb6 40.Nc3 h5 41.Nd5  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.e3 a5
16.Nb5 Qe7 17.Nc3 Qc7 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Nc3 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.f3 Qc7 13.Rf2 Rfd8 14.Bf1 h6 15.Rd2 Bc6
16.Nc1 Nc5 17.N1a2 Nxa4 18.Nxa4 Bxa4 19.Nc3 Bd7 20.Rxa6 Rxa6 21.Bxa6 Be6
22.Qg1 Rb8 23.Bb5 Qb7 24.Qd1 Rd8 25.Bg1 Ra8 26.Na4 Bd7 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.Nc3 Qc6
29.Nd5 Bf8 30.Rd3 Ra7 31.g3 Qa8 32.Qe2 Ra1 33.Rd1 Ra2 34.Qb5 Qb7 35.Kg2 Nf6
36.Qb3 Ra6 37.Nxf6+ gxf6 38.Bf2 Qc6 39.c3 Qa8 40.Qd5 Qc8 41.Qb5 Ra2 42.g4 h5
43.h3 hxg4 44.hxg4 Ra5 45.Qxb6 Ra8 46.Qe3 Ra2 47.Rd2 Qc4 48.b4 Ra3 49.Qd3 Qb3
50.b5 Bh6 51.Re2 Kg7 52.b6 Ra1 53.Qc2 Qc4 54.Qb2 Ra5 55.Qc2 Rb5 56.Qa2 Qxc3
57.Rc2 Qb4 58.Rc4 Qb2 59.Rc2 Qb4 60.Rc7 d5 61.exd5 Qd6 62.Rc6 Qd7 63.Qc4 Rb2
64.Qc3 Rd2 65.Qb3 e4 66.b7 Bf4 67.Qc3 exf3+ 68.Qxf3 Be5 69.b8=Q Rxf2+ 70.Kxf2 Bxb8
71.Qxf6+ Kg8 72.Qg5+ Kf8 73.Qf5 Ba7+ 74.Kf3 Qe7 75.Qe4 Qg5 76.Rc7 Bb6 77.Rc6 Ba7
78.d6 Qf6+ 79.Qf5 Qd4 80.Rc8+ Kg7 81.Qg5+ Kh7 82.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr5"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Nd2 Nbd7
10.e4 Bh6 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Be2 Nh5 13.Nf3 Bxc1 14.Qxc1 O-O 15.O-O Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Nf6
17.Qg5 Re8 18.Rab1 Bd7 19.Rfe1 Rac8 20.Re3 Rc7 21.Rd1 Qe5 22.Qxe5 Rxe5 23.Be2 g5
24.Rb1 Kf8 25.Kf1 Bc8 26.Ke1 Rce7 27.Bd3 c4 28.Bc2 Nd7 29.Kd2 Nc5 30.Rbe1 Kg7
31.g3 Kf8 32.f4 gxf4 33.gxf4 Rh5 34.e5 Rxh3 35.Rxh3 Bxh3 36.Rh1 Bg4 37.exd6 Rd7
38.Rxh7 Rxd6 39.Ke3 Bd7 40.Kd4 b6 41.Ke5 Ke7 42.Rxf7+ Kxf7 43.Kxd6 Be8 44.a5 Nb7+
45.Kc7  1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr5"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.Bd2 a6 11.a3 b5 12.Ba2 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.b4 Ncd7 15.Ne4 Bb7
16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Rfd1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Ne5 19.Kg2 Rac8 20.Be1 Qb8 21.Qe2 Ng6 22.f4 Nh4+
23.Kh3 Qb7 24.Bd5 exd5 25.Kxh4 d4 26.f3 dxe3 27.Qxe3 Rc4 28.Bg3 Qc8  0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Qxc4 Bf5
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nh4 Be6 11.Qd3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.a4 Nb6 14.a5 Bc4 15.Qc2 Nd7
16.Re1 Re8 17.Nf3 e5 18.e4 Qc7 19.Be3 Ba6 20.Nd2 Nf8 21.f4 exd4 22.cxd4 f5
23.e5 Ne6 24.Nb3 Bf8 25.Red1 Red8 26.Rac1 Rac8 27.Bf3 Ba3 28.Ra1 Bf8 29.Rac1 Ba3
30.Rb1 Qf7 31.Nc5 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Nc7 34.Rd6 Bc4 35.Rf6 Bb3 36.Rxf7 Bxc2
37.Rd7 Bb3 38.a6 Nxa6 39.Rxb7 Bd5 40.Bxd5+ cxd5 41.Rxa7 Nxc5 42.Bxc5 Rxc5
43.Kf2 d4 44.Ke2 Rc3 45.Rd7 Re3+ 46.Kd2 g5 47.Rxd4 gxf4 48.gxf4 Rh3 49.Rd6 Rf3
50.Rd4 Rh3 51.Rd8+ Kg7 52.Rd7+ Kg6 53.Rd6+ Kh5 54.Rd8 Rxh2+ 55.Kd3 Rh3+ 56.Kd4 Rf3
57.e6 Rxf4+ 58.Ke5 Rf1 59.Kf6 Kg4 60.Rg8+ Kh4 61.e7 Re1 62.e8=Q Rxe8 63.Rxe8 f4
64.Kf5 Kg3 65.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 b4 13.Na4 Nxe4 14.Qxb4 d5 15.Qe1 O-O
16.Bd3 f5 17.g4 Bf6 18.gxf5 exf5 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.Nc3 Be6 21.Rf1 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Qf6
23.Qd1 Rad8 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 e3 26.Qd3 Rde8 27.Qe2 Qc6 28.Rd3 Qe4 29.f5 Rxf5
30.Rxf5 Qxf5 31.Rxe3 Rxe3 32.Qxe3 Qf1+ 33.Qc1 Qg2 34.c4 Qxh2 35.c5 Kf7 36.c6 Qc7
37.Qc4+ Ke7 38.Qxa6 Kd6 39.Qa3+ Kxc6 40.Qc3+ Kb7 41.Qxc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 c6
9.e4 Re8 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Nc2 a5 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Bf8
16.b3 h6 17.Nd4 Bg7 18.Qc2 Bd7 19.Red1 Rad8 20.a3 Nh7 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Bxd4
23.bxc5 Bxc5 24.Na4 Ba7 25.Rxd6 Qc8 26.Bxh6 Bxh3 27.Qb2 f6 28.Rxf6 Nxf6 29.Qxf6 Bd4
30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Bg5 Qg4 32.Bf6+ Bxf6 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.Rxb7 Rf8 35.Qh6 Rd1+
36.Kh2 Rh1+ 37.Kxh1 Bxg2+ 38.Kg1 Qd1+ 39.Kxg2 Qf3+ 40.Kh2 Qxf2+ 41.Kh3 Qf1+
42.Kh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 a6 7.O-O-O Qe7 8.f4 g6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.e5 d5 12.g4 c5 13.dxc5 g5 14.fxg5 hxg5 15.Rde1 Nxc5
16.Kb1 b5 17.Rhf1 Bh6 18.Nd4 Bb7 19.Bxb5+ axb5 20.Ncxb5 O-O 21.Rf6 Bg7 22.Qxg5 Ne4
23.Rxe4 dxe4 24.Nd6 Rfd8 25.Nxf7 Rxd4 26.c3 e3 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Nf7+ Kg8 29.Nh6+ Kh7
30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.cxd4 e2  0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd3 dxe4 6.Bxe4 Nf6 7.Bc2 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 e5 10.Ba4+ Bd7 11.Ne2 Ne4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.Bc2 Bc6
16.Qh5 e4 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Bd4 Re8 19.f4 Nf8 20.f5 f6 21.Bb3 Kh8 22.Rae1 e3
23.Re2 Qa5 24.Qf7 Nd7 25.Rf4 Rf8 26.Qh5 Nc5 27.Rh4 h6 28.Qg6 Rae8 29.Rxh6+ gxh6
30.Qxh6+ Kg8 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Bxf6+ Rxf6 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.Qg6+ Kf8 35.f6 Qc7
36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qg5+ Kh7 38.Qxc5 Re5 39.Qf8 Rh5 40.Bc2+  1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 Nb6 13.axb5 axb5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nh2 Ng6
16.Be3 c6 17.Qd2 Na4 18.Qc2 Nc5 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rb8 22.Ng4 Nd7
23.Nxf6+ Nxf6 24.Qd3 Qd7 25.Nc2 Rb7 26.Nb4 Nh5 27.Qd1 Nhf4 28.Bxf4 Nxf4 29.Ra6 Ra7
30.Rxa7 Qxa7 31.Qd2 f5 32.Kh2 h6 33.Qe3 Ra8 34.Qxa7 Rxa7 35.g3 Ng6 36.Kg2 Ne7
37.h4 Kf7 38.Rd1 Kf6 39.Kf3 Nc8 40.Ke2 Nb6 41.Kd3 Na4 42.Kc2 Nc5 43.Rb1 Ra8
44.Nd3 Nxd3 45.Kxd3 e4+ 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.f3 exf3 48.Kxf3 g5 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.g4 f4
51.Re1+ Kxd5 52.Re7 Rh8 53.Rg7 Rh3+ 54.Kf2 Ke4 55.Re7+ Kd3 56.Rd7 Rg3 57.Rxd6+ Kc4
58.Rd4+ Kc5 59.b4+ Kc6 60.c4 bxc4 61.Rxc4+ Kb6 62.Rc5 Rxg4 63.Rf5 Rg3 64.b5 Kc7
65.Kf1 Kd6 66.b6 Kc6 67.Rf6+ Kd5 68.Rf5+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 Bb4
9.Qd3 O-O 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne5 12.Qe3 Neg4 13.Qh3 Nxf2+ 14.Rxf2 Nxe4 15.Qe3 Nxf2+
16.Qxf2 d5 17.Rf1 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Qd6 20.c4 f6 21.Bc1 d4 22.Bf3 Rac8
23.Qd3 b5 24.c5 Qxc5 25.Be4 f5 26.Bxf5 Qc4 27.Bxh7+ Kh8 28.Re1 Rce8 29.Qxc4 bxc4
30.Be4 Rb8 31.Ba3 Rfd8 32.Kg1 d3 33.c3 Rb5 34.Be7 Rdb8 35.Kf2 Rb1 36.Bb4 Rb2+
37.Ke3 Rxa2 38.Bd5 a5 39.Bd6 Rd8 40.Bxc4 Re2+ 41.Rxe2 dxe2 42.Bxe2 Rxd6 43.Bb5 Rd5
44.c4 Rd4 45.h4 Kh7 46.g4 Kg6 47.c5 Rd5  0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxf3
16.gxf3 Ke7 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Rfc1 Rhd8 19.Nd1 Rd6 20.Rc3 a5 21.Ne3 h5 22.Rac1 a4
23.Bd1 Kd7 24.Kf1 Bh6 25.Ke1 Kc7 26.Be2 Kb7 27.R1c2 Ra5 28.a3 Bxe3 29.fxe3 f5
30.Rc5 Rxc5 31.Rxc5 fxe4 32.fxe4 Re6 33.Ra5 Kc7 34.Kd2 Kd6 35.Ra6 Kc5 36.Ra5+ Kd6
37.Ra6 Kc5 38.Ra5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.Rac1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Bf5 15.e4 Bd7
16.a4 Qb6 17.h3 Bxb5 18.axb5 Qxb5 19.Qxb5 Rxb5 20.b4 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Rc5 Rxc5
23.bxc5 e6 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.c6 Bb2 26.Rc2 Be5 27.Kf1 Ne7 28.g4 Nd5 29.Bxd5 exd5
30.Ke2 f5 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Kd3 Kf7 33.Bc3 Bxc3 34.Rxc3 Ke6 35.Kd4 Kd6 36.c7 f4
37.Rc5 Rxc7 38.Rxc7 Kxc7 39.Kxd5 Kd7 40.Ke4 Ke6 41.Kxf4 Kf6 42.h4 Ke6 43.Kg5 Kf7
44.Kf5 Ke7 45.Ke5 Kf7 46.h5 Ke7 47.f4 Kf7 48.Kd6 Kf6 49.h6 Kf7 50.Kd7  1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qa5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Qe3 Bb7
16.Ng3 d5 17.Bd3 O-O-O 18.Qe2 h5 19.exd5 h4 20.Ne4 Rxd5 21.Bc4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rd8
23.Rd2 Kb8 24.Qe3 Kc7 25.g4 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.d3 Qb5 10.Rb1 a5 11.a4 Qa6 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.Rfc1 Rac8 15.Rc5 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Ne5 17.Rxa5 Nxf3+ 18.exf3 Qxd3 19.Qxd3 Rxd3 20.b4 b6 21.Rb5 Ra3 22.a5 bxa5
23.Rxa5 Ra8 24.Rc5 Rc3 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Ra7 27.Bf4 Bd4 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Bxc7 Kf8
30.Kf1 Ke8 31.Ke2 Kd7 32.Bf4 Kc6 33.Bg5 e6 34.Be3 Bc3 35.Bc5 Kb5 36.Kd3 Bxb4
37.Bxb4 Kxb4 38.Kd4 f6 39.f4 Kb5 40.g4 Kc6 41.g5 e5+ 42.fxe5 fxg5 43.f3 h5
44.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O O-O-O 7.a3 Nf6 8.Rb1 Qb6
9.h3 e6 10.d3 Nd5 11.Bd2 Be8 12.Bc4 Nd4 13.b4 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Qc6
16.Qxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O c6 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Bb2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Nb3 Rd8 12.Qc1 Nc6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Nac5 Bf5
16.a3 Qb6 17.h3 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Nxc5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Bb2 Be6 21.Kh2 Qxc4 22.Qh6 Nd4
23.Bxd4 Qxd4 24.Bxb7 Rab8 25.Bf3 Rb5 26.Qf4 Qxf4 27.gxf4 Rd4 28.Kg3 Ra4 29.Rfd1 Rb3
30.Rd3 Rxd3 31.exd3 Bf5 32.Be2 Kg7 33.Bf1 Kf6 34.Kf3 h6 35.Ke3 e5 36.fxe5+ Kxe5
37.Bg2 g5 38.Bf1 Rh4 39.Rb1 Bxh3 40.Rb5+ Kd6 41.Bxh3 Rxh3+ 42.Ke2 g4 43.Ra5 Rh2
44.Rxa7 f5 45.Kf1 Rh1+ 46.Kg2 Rd1 47.Ra6+ Ke5 48.Rxh6 Rxd3 49.Ra6 Kf4 50.Ra4+ Kg5
51.Ra8 Rd2 52.Ra5 Rb2 53.Kg3 Rb3+ 54.Kg2 Rc3 55.Ra8 Rc4 56.Ra5 Kf4 57.Ra8 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 Re8
9.Bd3 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.Rae1 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.b4 Qd6 14.b5 c5 15.e4 c4
16.e5 Qd8 17.Bf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Nh6 19.Qc2 Ne6 20.Rb1 Rd7 21.Ne2 g6 22.Ng3 Kg7
23.Qc3 a6 24.b6 a5 25.Rb5 Ra6 26.Rfb1 Ng8 27.Qe3 Ne7 28.Ng5 Nc6 29.Nxe6+ fxe6
30.Ne2 Qf8 31.Qh3 Re7 32.a3 Ra8 33.Rd1 Rae8 34.Rb2 Rf7 35.Qe3 Qe7 36.f3 Ref8
37.Rbd2 Qd8 38.Rb1 Qh4 39.Nc3 Qf4 40.Qxf4 Rxf4 41.Ne2 R4f7 42.Nc3 Rf4 43.Ne2 R4f7
44.Nc3 g5 45.Rbd1 Kg6 46.Ne2 h5 47.Kf2 g4 48.f4 Rxf4+ 49.Nxf4+ Rxf4+ 50.Ke2 Kf5
51.Rf1 Rxf1 52.Kxf1 Ke4 53.Ke1 c3 54.Rf2 Kd3  0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be3 Bg4 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qd2 Re8
9.Rad1 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Qxd8 15.Rd1 Qf8
16.Nb5 Qe7 17.c3 a6 18.Na3 h5 19.Nc2 Rd8 20.Na1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bc1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 Ba6 13.e4 Rb8 14.exd5 Rxb3 15.axb3 cxd5
16.Rxa6 Qb8 17.Be3 Qxb3 18.Rxa7 Bf6 19.Rd2 Qc4 20.Bf1 Qb4 21.Ra4 Qb3 22.Ra3 Qb4
23.Ra4 Qb3 24.Ra5 Rb8 25.Bf4 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Qxc3 27.Rda2 Rc8 28.Ra8 f6 29.Bd2 Qc6
30.R8a6 Qe8 31.Bh3 Rc6 32.Ra8 Rc8 33.R8a6 Rc6 34.Ra8 Rc8 35.R8a7 h6 36.Ra1 Kh8
37.Bb4 Rc4 38.Be7 Rc6 39.Bf1 Rc8 40.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.Qc2 Nxd5 11.Rd1 c6 12.Ne1 Bd7 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Rxd5 e6 15.Rd3 Rc8
16.Qd1 Rc7 17.Bf4 e5 18.Rc1 Nc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Be3 Qc8 21.Bc5 Re8 22.e4 f5
23.f3 Be6 24.Qa4 Qb7 25.b4 Rf7 26.Rcd1 h6 27.Rd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kh7 29.Rd6 Bc4
30.Qc2 Ba6 31.a4 f4 32.g4 Rd7 33.Qd2 Rf7 34.Qa2 Rd7 35.Qe6 Rxd6 36.Qxd6 Bc4
37.Nd3 Bxd3 38.Qxd3 h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Qd6 Qc8 41.Kg2 Qg8 42.Qxc6 Bf6+ 43.Kh3 Qb3
44.Qd7+ Kh6 45.Kg2 Qg8+ 46.Kh1 Qb3 47.Qh3 Qxa4 48.Qe6 Qd1+ 49.Kg2 Qe2+ 50.Bf2 Kg7
51.Qf5 h4 52.Qd7+ Kg6 53.b5 Qb2 54.h3 Qe2 55.Qe8+ Kg7 56.Qb8 Kh6 57.Qf8+ Bg7
58.Qe7 Qxb5 59.Qxh4+ Kg6 60.Qg4+ Kf7 61.Qf5+ Bf6 62.Bxa7 Kg7 63.Bf2 Qe8 64.h4 Qg6+
65.Kh3 Qf7 66.h5 Qe7 67.Kg4 Kh8 68.Kh3 Kg7 69.Bc5 Qd8 70.Kg4 Kh8 71.Qe6 Kh7
72.Bd6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.03.02"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 a5 7.O-O a4 8.Qb4 O-O 9.Na3 dxc4
10.Qxc4 Bf5 11.Rd1 Be4 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.Qc1 Rc8 14.Bh6 c5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qe3 Qb6
17.Rd2 cxd4 18.Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Ng8 9.Nc3 Bb7
10.Nh3 c4 11.Be3 axb5 12.Nxb5 Qb4+ 13.Nc3 Ne7 14.a3 Qa5 15.Qf2 Ra6 16.Qd2 Nf5
17.Bf2 Bc5 18.Rd1 Bxf2+ 19.Nxf2 O-O 20.Ne2 Qc7 21.Qf4 Ne7 22.Ng4 Ng6 23.Qg3 d6
24.exd6 Rxd6 25.Nd4 f5 26.Nf2 Nc6 27.Be2 Nxd4 28.Rxd4 f4 29.Qg5 Re8 30.Ng4 Rde6
31.Rd2 c3 32.bxc3 Qxc3  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.e4 c5 6.Bxc4 cxd4 7.O-O Qb6 8.Na3 Ne7
9.Nb5 Ng6 10.Nfxd4 Bc5 11.Nf3 O-O 12.b4 Be7 13.Qb3 a6 14.Be3 Qd8 15.Nbd4 Nde5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Qe8 19.b5 axb5 20.Nxb5 Qb8 21.a4 Bc6 22.f3 Ng6
23.Nd4 Bd6 24.g3 Rc8 25.Kg2 Be5 26.Ra2 h5 27.Rb1 Bxd4 28.Bxd4 Qd6 29.Qb4 Qxb4
30.Rxb4 h4 31.a5 hxg3 32.hxg3 Nf8 33.Kf2 Nd7 34.Bc4 Nb8 35.Be2 Na6 36.Rbb2 Rd8
37.Bb6 Rd7 38.Rd2 Nb4 39.Rxd7 Nxa2 40.Rd6 Nb4 41.Bc5 Na6 42.Bxa6 Rxa6 43.Rd8+ Kh7
44.Bb6 e5 45.Ke3 g5 46.Kd3 Bb5+ 47.Kd2 f6 48.Rb8 Bc6 49.Kd3 Bb5+ 50.Kd2 Bc6
51.g4 Kg6 52.Kd3 Bb5+ 53.Ke3 Bc6 54.Kd2 Kh6 55.Rc8 Kg6 56.Kd3 Bb5+ 57.Ke3 Bc6
58.Kd2 Bb5 59.Rc7 Bc6 60.Kd3 Bb5+ 61.Ke3 Bc6 62.Rc8 Ba4 63.Rg8+ Kh6 64.Kd2 Bb5
65.Rb8 Bc6 66.Bd8 Kg6 67.Kc3 Ba4 68.Rxb7 Ra8 69.Be7 Bd1 70.Rb6 Kf7 71.Bxf6 Rxa5
72.Bxg5 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mishuchkov, Nikolai M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qb3 b6 9.Be2 e6
10.O-O a5 11.Rfd1 Ba6 12.Rac1 Nbd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Ne2 Qa8 16.Rc2 Rc8
17.Rdc1 Bf8 18.Ne5 c5 19.Nc3 Ra7 20.Bg3 Be7 21.Nb5 Rb7 22.Qd3 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Nh5
24.Qxd5 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Rd8 26.Qe4 Rbd7 27.Qxa8 Rxa8 28.Kf1 Rad8 29.Ke2 Rd5
30.f4 c4 31.Kf3 Rd2 32.Nd4 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Rc8 34.Ke4 h5 35.Nb5 Rd8 36.Nd4 Rc8
37.Kf3 Bb4 38.g4 hxg4+ 39.Kxg4 Kg7 40.Kf3 f5 41.exf6+ Kxf6 42.e4 Ke7 43.e5 Kd7
44.Ke4 c3 45.bxc3 Be7 46.c4 Rh8 47.Rd2 Kc7 48.Rd3 Rh1 49.Rh3 Re1+ 50.Kd5 Rd1
51.Rh7 Kd8 52.Ke4 Re1+ 53.Kf3 Kd7 54.f5  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Qa6
9.c5 b6 10.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Qb3 Bc8 15.a4 Be6
16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.h3 Qe7 18.Rab1 Rc8 19.Bd3 g6 20.Rbc1 Bg7 21.Re1 Qf6 22.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bf5 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.h3 O-O
9.Rb1 Nbd7 10.b4 Bg6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nd7 13.Bg3 Bf6 14.Ne2 b5 15.Nf4 Nb6
16.Nxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.O-O c5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bg5
16.Bg3 g6 17.h4 Bh6 18.h5 Qe7 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Qg4 Bc8 21.Qe2 Be6 22.f4 f5
23.a4 Rf7 24.Kf2 Bf8 25.Rh1 Rh7 26.Qd2 Rb8 27.Be2 Rb7 28.Bb5 Rc7 29.Rxh7 Qxh7
30.a5 c4 31.axb6 axb6 32.Ra6 Bc5 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.Kg1 Qh5 35.Ba4 g5 36.Bf2 Kg6
37.Be8+ Bf7 38.Qxd5 Bxe8 39.Rxe8 Qe2 40.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 Re8
9.e4 exd4 10.Nxd4 c6 11.Re1 a5 12.Rb1 Nc5 13.b3 Bd7 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Bxd6 Nfxe4
16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 Rxe4 18.Nxe4 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Rd1 Bg7 21.Bb8 Rxb8
22.Rxd7 b5 23.Nd6 a4 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Nxf7 Re8 26.Kf1 Bc3 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.g4 axb3
29.axb3 Rf8 30.g5 Re8 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.h4 b4 34.Nf7+ Kg8 35.Nh6+ Kh8
36.Kg2 Rf8 37.Nf7+ Kg8 38.Nh6+ Kh8 39.f4 Bb2 40.Nf7+ Kg8 41.Nh6+ Kh8 42.Kf3 Bc3
43.Nf7+ Kg8 44.Nh6+ Kh8 45.Kg4 Bg7 46.Rb7 Bc3 47.Nf7+ Kg8 48.Nh6+ Kh8 49.f5 gxf5+
50.Nxf5 Bd2 51.Rd7 Bc1 52.Rd1 Bb2 53.h5 Rg8 54.Nh6 Re8 55.Rd8 Rxd8 56.Nf7+ Kg7
57.Nxd8 Bc3 58.Kf5 Bd2 59.Ne6+ Kf7 60.Nf4 Kg7 61.Nd5 Kf7 62.h6 Kg8 63.Nf6+ Kh8
64.Ne4 Bc1 65.Kg4 Kg8 66.Nf6+ Kh8 67.Nd5 Bd2 68.Kh5 Kg8 69.g6  1-0

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 b5 16.axb5 Nb4+ 17.Kc3 cxb5 18.Nb6 Qc5+ 19.Kb3 Nc6 20.Qxb5 Qe3+ 21.Kc2 Qf2+
22.Kc3 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.Rfd1 Nxe2+ 13.Ncxe2 Ne5 14.Rac1 Bd7 15.b3 a6
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Bg7 19.Nc3 Rb8 20.Nde2 g5 21.Bf2 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5
23.Ng3 Bg6 24.Nce4 h6 25.Ba7 Ra8 26.Qd5+ Bf7 27.Qxb7 Qd7 28.c5 d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 Qc7
16.Qc2 g6 17.Bb2 Rac8 18.Rad1 Bg7 19.b4 Nh5 20.Bf1 Nb6 21.a5 Nd7 22.dxe5 Nxe5
23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.c4 Qe7 25.Nb3 Rcd8 26.Nc5 Bc8 27.g3 Nf6 28.Bc1 Nd7 29.Be3 Nxc5
30.Bxc5 Qb7 31.Bb6 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Be6 33.Kh2 h5 34.h4 Kh7 35.Bc5 Qc8 36.Bb6 Qb7
37.Bh3 Bxc4 38.Rd7 Qa8 39.Ra7 Qb8 40.Rxa6 Qd6 41.Bc5 Qf6 42.Qd2 Bf8 43.Qg5 Qf3
44.Bg2 Qe2 45.Bxf8 Rxf8 46.Qf6 Rc8 47.Rb6 Be6 48.a6 Qa2 49.Bh3 Bxh3 50.Kxh3  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.Bb3 Bc6 13.Rhe1 Rfe8 14.Kb1 Rad8 15.Qf2 h6
16.h4 Qc5 17.Qg3 Nh5 18.Qh2 hxg5 19.hxg5 g6 20.g4 Nxf4 21.Nd5 exd5 22.Rh1 Nh5
23.gxh5 Kg7 24.exd5 Bd7 25.hxg6 Rh8 26.Qf4 f5 27.Rh6 Rde8 28.Qh2 Bxg5 29.Rh7+ Rxh7
30.Qxh7+ Kf6 31.Qf7+ Ke5 32.Qxd7 Re7 33.Re1+ Kf4 34.Rf1+ Kg3 35.Qxf5 Qe3
36.a3 Re4 37.Qf8  1-0

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.a3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ba2 b5
9.Re1 Rb8 10.c3 a5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qb6 13.Nf1 Bg4 14.Be3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qb7
16.Ng3 a4 17.f4 Na5 18.Bd2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Bb4 h5 21.d5 h4 22.Nf1 Nh5
23.Qg4 Qc8 24.f5 Bxb2 25.Qxh4 Bf6 26.Qg4 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Nf6 28.Qg2 c3 29.Ne3 Kh8
30.Rc1 Rxb4 31.axb4 a3 32.Kh1 a2 33.f4 Qa6 34.Ra1 Qd3 35.fxg6 fxg6 36.Qh3+ Nh5  0-1

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O e5 12.d5 Nd8 13.e4 c5 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.a3 b6 16.f4 f6
17.Rf2 Nf7 18.Raf1 a5 19.b3 Ra7 20.a4 g6 21.h3 Kg7 22.f5 Rh8 23.Qf3 g5 24.Qh5 Be8
25.h4 Qf8 26.Qe2 Rg8 27.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Qb6 13.h3 Rfb8 14.Re2 Qa6 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rc1 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Qd2 Bg7 20.b3 c4 21.bxc4 Qxc4 22.Nd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 Qa5 5.d5 d6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 Qc7
9.e4 e6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Nc4 h6 14.Nh3 Bb5 15.Qxd6 Qd7
16.Qxd7 Nfxd7 17.b3 Bxc3 18.Rb1 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 Kg7 20.Rd1 Bxc4 21.bxc4 Nb6 22.Nf4 Nc6
23.Nd5 Ne5 24.Nc7 Rad8 25.Nb5 Nbxc4 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Rxb7 Rc8
29.Bh3 Rc6 30.Bf4 d3 31.Bf1 g5 32.Bxe5+ Nxe5 33.Rb5 Rc1 34.Kg2 d2 35.Be2 Re1  0-1

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.Qe2 Bb7
9.O-O Nc6 10.f4 d6 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.Rae1 Be7 13.a3 O-O 14.f5 Rae8 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Be3 Ne5 17.Nd4 Bd8 18.h3 Qd7 19.Nf3 Ng6 20.Qd2 Qc6 21.Nd4 Qc8 22.Nf3 Qc6
23.Nd4 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qc2 b6 11.Rfe1 Bb7 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bf1 Ng4 14.a4 Nce5 15.h3 Nxf3+
16.Nxf3 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 Na6 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Ne5 Qxb3 15.axb3 Ne4
16.Red1 Rad8 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nc4 Bd5 19.Bh3 Bc6 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Bb5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Kf1 Bd7 24.Bg2 Bb5 25.Ke1 f5 26.Be3 Rb8 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 Bd7 29.g4 fxg4
30.Bxe4 Be6 31.Rc3 Kf7 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Rxa7 Rxb3 34.Bxh7 Rxb2 35.Ra6 Ke5 36.Bd3 Rb8
37.Ra5+ Kf6 38.Kf1 Rc8 39.Be4 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Re1 41.e3 Rc1 42.Rb5 Rd1 43.Rb6 Ke5
44.Rb1 Rxb1 45.Bxb1 Kf6 46.Kf1 Ke5 47.Ke2 Bc8 48.Bg6 Kf6 49.Bc2 Ke5 50.Kd3 Bf5+
51.Kc3 Be6 52.Kb4 Kd6 53.Bd3 Bc8 54.Kc4 Ke5 55.Bc2 Ba6+ 56.Kc5 Be2 57.Kc6 Ke6
58.Kc7 Ke7 59.Bb3 Bf3 60.Bc4 Be4 61.Be2 Bf5 62.Kc6 Ke6 63.Bc4+ Ke5 64.Kc7 Ke4
65.Be2 Ke5 66.Kd8 Kf6 67.Bc4 Bc2 68.Kd7 Ke5 69.Be2 Kf5 70.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nxe5
9.Rxe5 c6 10.b3 Ne8 11.Qf3 d5 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.h3 Nf6 15.Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 dxc4 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 bxc6
9.Bg2 Nd5 10.Ne3 e6 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.d4 cxd4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Ne2 Nb4 18.Bb1 d3 19.Ned4 Bf8 20.Bd2 Nc2 21.Nxc2 dxc2 22.Bxc2 Bc8
23.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Rb8
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Rc1 b5 11.Nd2 e6 12.b3 Ne7 13.Bg5 b4 14.Na4 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.e3 Bg7 17.Nb2 c5 18.Nf3 Bc6 19.Na4 Qc7 20.dxc5 dxc5 21.Nd2 Bxa4 22.bxa4 Rfd8
23.Qc2 Nc6 24.Nb3 Na5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rab8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Be6
9.f4 Qc7 10.g4 exf4 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Bxf4 Nc6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nce5 15.Nd4 g6
16.c4 O-O 17.Kh1 Rfe8 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.Qd2 a5 20.Nb5 Bf8 21.Rc3 Bg7 22.Re3 Re7
23.b3 Nc5 24.Bg4 Rae8 25.Bh3 a4 26.Qc2 axb3 27.axb3 Na6 28.Rg3 Nc5 29.Bg2 Qd8
30.Bd2 Qb8 31.b4 Na6 32.c5 dxc5 33.d6 Re6 34.bxc5 Nd7 35.Bd5 Naxc5 36.Bxe6 Rxe6
37.Re3 b6 38.Rxe6 Qb7+ 39.Kg1 Nxe6 40.Qb3 Ne5 41.Nc7 Nxc7 42.dxc7 Qxc7 43.Qd5 Qc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 a6 7.a4 b4 8.Bd3 g6 9.Nbd2 Bg7
10.Nc4 a5 11.O-O O-O 12.Nfd2 Bb7 13.Qg4 f5 14.exf5 Bxd5 15.Be4 Bc6 16.Rad1 d5
17.Nb3 Ra7 18.Ne3 d4 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.Qe4 Ne5 21.Nxc5 Qc8 22.f6 Qxc5 23.Nd5 Nc6
24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Nf4 Re7 26.Qf3 Rd8 27.Nd3 Qd6 28.Rfe1 Rde8 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 30.b3 Qe6
31.h3 Ne5 32.Nxe5 Qxe5 33.Qd3 Rc7 34.Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Nc3 Ba6 12.Be3 Qb7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bd4 Rac8 15.Qb3 Bc5
16.Qxb7 Bxb7 17.e3 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Rc5 19.Rad1 a5 20.Bf1 Bc6 21.h3 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaftan, Thorsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Nxd5 7.e4 Nb6 8.d5 Ne5
9.f4 Ned7 10.a4 c6 11.a5 Nc8 12.a6 Qc7 13.axb7 Qxb7 14.Ba6 Qc7 15.Qa4 cxd5
16.Nxd5 Qd6 17.Bb7 Rb8 18.e5 Nb6 19.Qxa7 Rxb7 20.Qxb7 Qxd5 21.Ra8+ Nxa8 22.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chandler, Patrick"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.e5 e6 9.Ne4 Nb6
10.O-O Ne7 11.Qe1 Nf5 12.Bd2 h5 13.b3 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 d5 15.Bd3 Bf8 16.b4 Be7
17.Qe2 Qd7 18.c3 Qc6 19.Rfb1 Na4 20.Qd1 Kf8 21.Qb3 Kg7 22.Ne1 Nb6 23.Bf1 Nc4
24.Bc1 a5 25.a3 Qb6 26.Nc2 Rhb8 27.Bd3 Ra7 28.Bxc4 dxc4 29.Qb2 Qc6 30.Ne1 Rba8
31.Bd2 Qe4 32.Nf3 Nh4 33.Nxh4 Bxh4 34.g3 Be7 35.Re1 Qd5 36.Rab1 axb4 37.axb4 h4
38.Re2 Ra2 39.Qc1 hxg3 40.hxg3 Rf8 41.Rg2 Qf3 42.Qd1 Qd3 43.Ra1 Bxb4 44.f5 Bxc3
45.f6+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Klundt, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.a4 b6 13.Ba3 Nf4 14.Bf1 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 f5 17.Qd1 Qd7 18.Bb4 Raa8 19.Ra2 fxe4 20.Nxe4 h6 21.Kh2 Nh5 22.Qg4 Qxg4
23.hxg4 Nf6 24.f3 Nxe4 25.fxe4 Bf6 26.Be2 Bh4 27.g3 Rf2+ 28.Kh3 Bg5 29.Rf1 Raf8
30.Rxf2 Rxf2 31.a5 bxa5 32.Bxa5 Be3 33.Bxc7 Bc5 34.Ba5 Kg7 35.Be1 Rf7 36.g5 hxg5
37.Bg4 Rf1 38.Re2 Nf5 39.Kg2 Rg1+ 40.Kh2 Nd4 41.Kxg1 Nxe2+ 42.Kg2 Nd4 43.Bd1 g4
44.Ba5 Kf7 45.Bd8 Ke8 46.Bg5 Nf3 47.Bxf3 gxf3+ 48.Kxf3 Kf7 49.Be3 Bb4 50.Ke2 Ke7
51.Kd1 Kd7 52.Bf2 Ba3 53.Kc2 Bb4 54.Kb3 Bd2 55.Ka4 Bc3 56.Kb5 Bb2 57.Kb4 Bc1
58.Kc3 Ba3 59.Be3  1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.d5 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 c6 11.a4 Qa5 12.Ra3 Ned7 13.Qb1 cxd5 14.b4 Qc7 15.exd5 Rfc8
16.Rd1 Ne8 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.Be1 a5 19.bxa5 Qxa5 20.Nb5 Qd8 21.Qa2 Nc7 22.c4 Na6
23.a5 Nc5 24.Bb4 Qd7 25.Bf1 Ng4 26.Qe2 Na6 27.Be1 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 a6 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.Qe1 b5 12.a3 Qb8 13.Bf3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Be3 Bc6
16.Rd1 Re8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e4 19.Be2 Bd8 20.Bd4 Qc8 21.c3 Qf5 22.g3 h5
23.c4 Rb8 24.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.d3 Re8 8.O-O d5 9.h3 c5
10.c4 d4 11.exd4 cxd4 12.b4 a5 13.b5 Nbd7 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Nb3 Nfd7 16.Kh2 a4
17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Ba3 Qc7 19.Rb1 Qb6 20.Re1 Rd8 21.Ng1 Ra7 22.Nf3 f6 23.Rb2 Bf8
24.Nh4 Be6 25.Qf3 Bf7 26.Qe2 Raa8 27.Nf3 Re8 28.Qd1 Rad8 29.Bxc5 Bxc5 30.Rbe2 a3
31.Nd2 Bf8 32.Nb3 Qc7 33.Qd2 f5 34.b6 Qxb6 35.Rxe5 Bb4 36.Rxe8+ Bxe8 37.Rxe8+ Rxe8
38.Qf4 Bd6 39.Bd5+ Kg7 40.Qf3 Re7 41.Kg2 h6 42.h4 h5 43.Kh3 Be5 44.Kg2 Qc7
45.c5 Bf6 46.Kf1 Kh7 47.Kg2 Bg7 48.Kf1 Qe5 49.Bxb7 Qe1+ 50.Kg2 Re2 51.c6 Be5
52.c7 Bxc7 53.Nxd4 Rxa2 54.Bd5 Rxf2+ 55.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 56.Kxf2 Bb6  0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Qg4 h5 6.Qg3 h4 7.Qg4 Nh6 8.Bxh6 Rxh6
9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Bb5 Rg6 11.Qh3 a6 12.Bd3 Rh6 13.O-O Nxc5 14.Nbd2 Bd7 15.Nb3 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Ba4 17.Qg4 Bb5 18.Rad1 a5 19.h3 Qb6 20.Nxh4 Qa6 21.Nc1 O-O-O 22.Nf3 f5
23.Qg5 a4 24.Nd4 Kd7 25.Nxb5 Qxb5 26.Ne2 Rc8 27.b3 a3 28.Qe3 Bc5 29.d4 Be7
30.Rc1 Rhh8 31.Nf4 g5 32.Ng6 f4 33.Qf3 Rhe8 34.Nxe7 Rxe7 35.Qh5 Qb4 36.Rxc8 Kxc8
37.Qh8+ Kc7 38.Rc1+ Kb6 39.Qd8+ Ka6 40.Qa8+ Kb6 41.Qd8+ Ka6 42.Rc8 g4 43.Qd6+ Qxd6
44.exd6 Rd7 45.hxg4 Rxd6 46.Kf1 Kb5 47.Ke2 Kb4 48.Kf3 Rd7 49.Kxf4 e5+ 50.dxe5 Rf7+
51.Kg3 b5 52.f4 d4 53.e6 Re7 54.f5 d3 55.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nce2 c5 8.c3 Ngf6
9.f3 e5 10.d5 Nb6 11.Ng3 h5 12.N1e2 h4 13.Nf1 Nfd7 14.h3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.Nh2 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 e4 19.Nf1 Bh6 20.Bf2 Ne5 21.Ne3 Nd3+ 22.Kf1 Rb8
23.Nxc4 a5 24.b3 Ba6 25.Ne3 Nxf4 26.c4 Nd3 27.Nc1 Nxf2 28.Qxf2 Qf6 29.Rb1 Qd4
30.Ke2 f4 31.Nf5 f3+ 32.Ke1 Qxf2+ 33.Kxf2 fxg2 34.Kxg2 Rg8+  0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.c3 Nb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Na3 c6 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Nbd7
16.f4 Bb7 17.Nf2 Bc8 18.d4 Qa5 19.Nc2 c5 20.Ne3 c4 21.Nf5 Re8 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7
23.Bc2 Re8 24.g4 b4 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.cxb4 Qxb4 27.f5 Nc5 28.h4 c3 29.g5 hxg5
30.hxg5 Nh7 31.bxc3 Qxc3 32.Re3 Qd4 33.Rh3 Qxd1+ 34.Bxd1 Bb7 35.Bc2 Ra8 36.g6 Ra1
37.gxh7+ Kh8 38.Rc3 Rxc1+ 39.Kh2 Bxe4 40.Nxe4 Nxe4 41.Rc8+ Kxh7 42.f6 g6
43.Kg2 Re1 44.Rc7 Ng5 45.Bb3 Re2+ 46.Kg1 Kh6 47.Bxf7 Nxf7 48.Rxf7 Kg5 49.Rf8 Kf5
50.Kf1 Re4 51.Kg2 Ke6 52.f7 Ke7 53.Ra8 Kxf7 54.Ra6 Rg4+ 55.Kf3 Rf4+ 56.Kg3 Rf6
57.Ra1 Ke6 58.Kg4 Rf4+ 59.Kg5 Rd4 60.Ra5 Rd1 61.Kxg6 Rg1+ 62.Kh5 Kf5 63.Kh4 Kf4
64.Kh3 e4 65.Kh2 Rg8  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Bd2 Bg4
9.d5 Bxf3 10.exf3 Ne5 11.b3 Re8 12.f4 Ned7 13.Re1 Nf8 14.Rc1 a6 15.Be3 N6d7
16.b4 e5 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Ba7 Ra8 19.Be3 Qb8 20.Ne4 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Bd4 Bxd4
23.Qxd4 Qa7 24.Qf6 Nd7 25.Qb2 a5 26.c5 axb4 27.cxd6 c5 28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.Bd5 Re8
30.Qb3 Kf7 31.Re1 Qa3 32.Rxe6 Qxb3 33.Re7+ Kf8 34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Bxb3 b5 36.Rxd7+ c4
37.Re7 Kf8 38.Rxe8+ Kxe8 39.Bc2 Kd7 40.f3 Kxd6 41.Kf2  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.Nc6 Qe8
16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qxc3 Bb7 19.Bd2 Rfc8 20.Qd4 e5 21.Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 g6
9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.h3 Bd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8 13.d5 Nb4 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 a5
16.a3 Na6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 O-O 19.a4 Nc7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.axb5 Nxb5 22.Rxa5 Nd6
23.Qa4 Rfd8 24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.Ra3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bxb2 27.Raa1 Bxc1 28.Rxc1 Nf6
29.g3 Nf5 30.Nxf5 gxf5 31.Bg2 Nxd5 32.Bxd5 Rxd5 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Rc4 Kg6 35.Ra4 e6
36.Rb4 h5 37.h4 Kf6 38.Rb8 Rd4 39.f4 Rd2+ 40.Kf3 Rd7 41.Rg8 Rd3+ 42.Kf2 Ra3
43.Re8 Kg7 44.Kg2 Ra2+ 45.Kf3 Ra6 46.Kf2 f6 47.Re7+ Kf8 48.Rh7 Ra2+ 49.Kf3 Ra3+
50.Kf2 Rd3 51.Ra7 Rd8 52.Kf3 Re8 53.Ra6 Kf7 54.Ra7+ Re7 55.Ra6 Kg7 56.Kf2 e5
57.fxe5 fxe5 58.Kf3 Rd7 59.Ke3 Rb7 60.Ra5 Re7 61.Ra6 Rd7 62.Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.g3 Re8 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bg5 exd4 16.Nxd4 Be5
17.Nf5 c5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 f6 20.Be3 g6 21.Nh6+ Kg7 22.Ng4 Bd6 23.Bh6+ Kf7
24.a4 c4 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.Ne3 Nc5 28.Nf5 Bb7 29.Nxd6+ Qxd6 30.Bf4 Qd7
31.Be3 Nd3 32.Bxd3 cxd3 33.Rxd3 Re5 34.d6 Rd5 35.Rxd5 Bxd5 36.Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rantanen, Yrjo A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nd7 7.Nh3 c5 8.Nf2 Bb7 9.Be2 Ngf6
10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Bxd4 O-O 12.O-O Qc7 13.a4 b4 14.Na2 a5 15.Bb5 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6
17.b3 Nc5 18.Rb1 Rb8 19.Rfc1 Rc6 20.c3 bxc3 21.Qxc3 Bh6 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Qb6
24.Nd1 d5 25.e5 Nfd7 26.Rb2 Nxe5  0-1

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ptacnikova, Lenka"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4 d6 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Bb1 Nbd7 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Rc1 Rac8
16.b3 Rfe8 17.h3 Bf8 18.f4 Ned7 19.g4 g6 20.Nf3 Qb8 21.g5 Nh5 22.Qf2 d5 23.Nd2 Ba3
24.Rcd1 Bb4 25.Ne2 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Nxc5 27.cxd5 exd5 28.e5 Qc7 29.Nf3 Ne4 30.Bxe4 dxe4
31.Nfd4 Red8 32.Qe3 Ng7 33.Rc1 Qd7 34.Kh2 Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Nf5 36.Nxf5 Qxf5 37.Nd4 Rxd4  0-1

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 b5 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Bh6 Bg4
9.a4 Bxh6 10.Qxh6 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qa5 12.h4 Nbd7 13.h5 e5 14.d5 b4 15.Nd1 cxd5
16.Ne3 Kh8 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.exd5 e4 19.Bxe4 Ne5 20.f4 Qc7 21.Bxg6 Nf3+ 22.Kd1 Nd4
23.Bd3 Rae8 24.Rh3 Qe7 25.Kd2 Rg8 26.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 O-O 15.Be3 Rfd8
16.Be2 h6 17.Rac1 a5 18.Nb1 Nf8 19.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 Qb6 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.h3 Be6
9.Qb3 Na5 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Rb1 Nf6 14.b4 Nc6 15.Qb3 O-O
16.Qe3 Qb6 17.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.f3 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 e6
9.e4 a5 10.Be3 Na6 11.Be2 Be7 12.O-O Nb4 13.Na2 O-O 14.Nxb4 Bxb4 15.Qb3 Qb8
16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Kh1 f6 18.Bd2 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Bf7 20.Qc3 Qc7 21.e5 Nb6 22.Nd6 Red8
23.Bc4 Rxd6 24.exd6 Qxd6 25.Bb3 Nd7 26.Rc1 g5 27.Re2 Kg7 28.Rce1 Nf8 29.Qc5 Qxc5
30.dxc5 Rd8 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 e5 33.Re3 Ne6 34.Rc3 Nd4 35.Kg1 f5 36.Kf2 Kf6
37.Ke3 f4+ 38.Kf2 h5 39.Bc2 Bd5 40.Bd3 Bb3 41.h3 Bd1 42.Rc1 Bb3 43.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dzevlan, Miralem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2 c5
9.Rb1 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.O-O Bg4 12.c4 b6 13.Ng5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 h6 15.Nf3 e5
16.Bb2 Qe7 17.Nd2 Nb7 18.f4 Nd6 19.Rbe1 Rae8 20.Qd3 f6 21.f5 g5 22.a4 Qd7
23.Ra1 a6 24.Ba3 Qc7 25.Rfc1 Rb8 26.Rab1 Rfc8 27.Kh1 Bf8 28.h3 Kh7 29.Qe2 Kg8
30.Qd1 Kh7 31.Qh5 Bg7 32.Rc3 Kg8 33.h4 a5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Rh3 Qd7 36.Qd1 Rb7
37.Kg1 Kf7 38.Kf2 Rh8 39.Rxh8 Bxh8 40.Qc2 Bg7 41.Ke2 Bf8 42.Rh1 Rb8 43.Qb3 Rb7
44.Bb2 Kg8 45.Rh5 Qd8 46.Qh3 Bg7 47.g4 Qe8 48.Qb3 Bf8 49.Rh1 Qd7 50.Kd1 Qe8
51.Kc1 Bg7 52.Kc2 Bf8 53.Bc1 Bg7 54.Kd1 Rb8 55.Ke2 Qd7 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.Nb1 Qc7
58.Na3 Rh8 59.Rxh8 Bxh8 60.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.f4 O-O 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.d5 Nb4 10.a5 c6 11.Bxf6 exf6 12.Nd1 f5 13.Qxb4 fxe4 14.Ng1 e3 15.Be2 Re8
16.Ra3 c5 17.Qb6 Qf6 18.Bxg4 Qh4+ 19.Kf1 Qxg4 20.Ne2 Bd4 21.c3 Bf6 22.Ra4 Qf5
23.Qb3 Re4 24.Rxe4 Qxe4 25.c4 Re8 26.h4 Bd4 27.Rh3 h5 28.Rf3 Kg7 29.Kg1 Re7
30.Kh2 Re8 31.Kh1 Qe7 32.g3 Qe4 33.Kg2 Re7 34.Ndc3 Qd3 35.Qd1 Qxc4 36.Qa4 Qd3
37.Qd1 Qc4 38.Qe1 Qd3 39.Qd1 Qc4 40.Qa1 Qd3 41.Qd1 Qc4 42.Kh3 f5 43.Kg2 Kh7
44.Kh2 Re8 45.Kg2 Re7 46.Kh3 Qb4 47.Qa1 Bxc3 48.bxc3 Qe4 49.Rf1 Qxd5 50.Qd1 Qd2
51.Kg2 Qa2 52.Re1 d5  1-0

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O a5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxe7 Re8 15.Rc1 Qe6
16.Ba3 Qxe4 17.Bb5 Rd8 18.Re1 Qf5 19.Bd3 Qh5 20.Be7 Re8 21.Bf6 Rf8 22.Be7 Re8
23.Bf6 Rf8 24.Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cobb, James"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e5 7.Nge2 d5 8.Bg2 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bxe4 Nc4 12.Bc1 O-O 13.Bg2 f5 14.O-O Nd6 15.b3 f4
16.gxf4 Qh4 17.Bb2 Bxh3 18.fxe5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Ne4 20.Qd4 Qg5+ 21.Kh2 Qh5+  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Qb3 b6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Bd2 Na5 14.Qb4 Nb7 15.Ba6 Nd6
16.Rfc1 Nfe4 17.Be1 f5 18.Ne2 Bh6 19.Rc6 g5 20.Ng3 g4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe6 f4
23.hxg4 Qh4 24.Qb3 fxe3 25.fxe3 Nf2 26.Rxh6 Qxh6 27.Qxd5+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 Qe7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Bxd2 d6
9.Bg5 Be4 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Qe3 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.d5 Bxf3 15.exf3 h6
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Re1 e5 18.f4 O-O 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Qxe5 Qc5 21.Qc3 a5 22.a3 a4
23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.axb4 b5 25.cxb5 Rb8 26.Rxa4 Rfd8 27.Ra7 Ne8 28.Bf1 Kf8 29.Rd1 Rd6
30.Bc4 Rd7 31.b3 Nd6 32.Re1 g6 33.Ra5 Nb7 34.Ra6 Nd6 35.h4 h5 36.Ra5 Nb7
37.Ra7 Nd6 38.Rea1 Nxb5 39.Ra8 Rdd8 40.Rxb8 Rxb8 41.Ra5 Nd6 42.b5 Ke7 43.f3 Kd7
44.Kf2 Nb7 45.Ra6 Nd6 46.b6 cxb6 47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.Ke3 Rd8 49.Bd3 Rd7 50.Rxd7 Kxd7
51.Kf4 Ke7 52.g4 hxg4 53.fxg4 Kf6 54.b4 Ne8 55.h5 g5+ 56.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 c5 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.e3 Qxb2 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Be2 Bxd4 12.exd4 Nd7 13.O-O Nf6 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.Re1 Rac8
16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Rfd8 18.Rxe7 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rxd5 20.Re8+ Rxe8 21.Nxd5 Rd8
22.Ne7+ Kf8 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Rc4 b5 25.Rc7 a5 26.Ra7 Rxd4 27.Kf1 Rb4 28.Ke2 Rxb3
29.Rxa5 Kg7 30.Ra6 f6 31.Ra7+ Kg6 32.f4 h5 33.h4 Rb4 34.Kf3 Rc4 35.Rb7 b4
36.g3 Rc3+ 37.Kf2 b3 38.Kg2 Rc2+ 39.Kf3 Rc3+ 40.Kg2 Re3 41.Kf2 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Nc4 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Ng6 12.a4 Bd6 13.Rd1 f6 14.Kf1 Kf7 15.a5 Rad8
16.Be3 Rd7 17.c3 Re8 18.Ra4 Red8 19.Ke2 Nf8 20.f4 exf4 21.Nxd6+ cxd6 22.Bxf4 d5
23.Be3 Ne6 24.Rb4 dxe4 25.Rxe4 f5 26.Rb4 g5 27.f3 Kf6 28.Rb6 Re8 29.Kf1 Nc7
30.Bd4+ Rxd4 31.cxd4 Nd5 32.Rxb7 Ne3+ 33.Ke2 Nxd1+ 34.Kxd1 g4 35.hxg4 fxg4
36.fxg4 hxg4 37.Rc7 g3 38.Rxc6+ Kf5 39.Kd2 g2 40.Rc1 Kf4 41.b4 Kf3 42.d5 Rd8
43.d4 Rxd5 44.Kd3 Rg5 45.Rg1 Kf2 46.Rd1 g1=Q 47.Rxg1 Rxg1 48.Kc4 Rc1+ 49.Kd5 Ke3
50.Ke5 Rb1 51.d5 Rxb4 52.d6 Rd4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.Nh4 Ne7
9.Nxf5 Nxf5 10.e3 Nd7 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Qc2 g6 13.O-O O-O 14.b4 Bf6 15.Bxf5 exf5
16.b5 Re8 17.Rab1 Nf8 18.Rb4 Ne6 19.Bd6 Be7 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Bg3 Bd8 22.Qa4 Bf6
23.Ne2 g5 24.Bd6 h6 25.Ng3 Ng7 26.Rfb1 h5 27.Nf1 h4 28.h3 g4 29.Kh2 Be7 30.Rb7 Bxd6+
31.cxd6 Qe6 32.Qxc6 Rad8 33.Rxa7 Rxd6 34.Qc7 gxh3 35.Kxh3 Rc6 36.Qf4 Qg6
37.Kh2 Re4 38.Qf3 Kh7 39.Rbb7 Rf6 40.Nd2 Rg4 41.Qxd5 Ne6 42.Nc4 h3 43.gxh3 Rh4
44.Ne5 Qg7 45.Qg2 Ng5 46.f4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Muse, Mladen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.a3 e5 11.Be3 b5 12.Bf2 d5 13.e3 Na7 14.f4 e4 15.Ne2 Bd7 16.Ned4 h5
17.Bh4 Ng4 18.Kd2 Be7 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Nc5 Bc6 21.Be2 g6 22.h3 Nf6 23.g4 Kd6
24.b4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Nd7 26.Nxd7 Bxd7 27.g5 Ke7 28.Kc2 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Nc8 30.Kb3 Nd6
31.Rh7 Rg8 32.Kb2 Rf8 33.Kb3 Rg8 34.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Rxb7 Rab8 15.Rxb8 Rxb8
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Rd8 18.d5 Ne5 19.Qc1 Nc4 20.Bg5 Re8 21.Re1 e6 22.Re2 Qb3
23.dxe6 Rxe6 24.Rc2 Nd6 25.Rc6 h5 26.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Casper, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Be3 h6
9.Qc2 Nh7 10.Rad1 Bf6 11.d5 c5 12.a3 Be7 13.b4 b6 14.Rb1 Ndf6 15.Bd2 Ne8
16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Ne1 Bg5 18.Nd3 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 Qe7 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4 f6 22.Bg4 Bxg4
23.Qxg4 Ng5 24.Qf5 Nc7 25.Rb7 Rfb8 26.Rfb1 Qd8 27.h4 Nf7 28.Nf4 Rxb7 29.Rxb7 Ne5
30.Nb5 Ne8 31.Ng6 Qa5 32.Nxe5 fxe5 33.Qg4 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 h5 35.Qg5 Qxe4 36.Nxd6 Qf4+
37.Qxf4 exf4 38.Ne4 Rc8 39.d6 Rd8 40.d7 Nf6 41.Nxc5 a5 42.Kg1 Kf7 43.Kf2 Ng4+
44.Kf3 Ne5+ 45.Ke4 Ng6 46.Kd5 Ke7 47.Rb2 Nxh4 48.Re2+  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bc4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.f4 Qc7 14.f5 Qc5 15.Ne2 Rg8
16.g3 a5 17.a3 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 e5 19.Bd5 Rc8 20.Nb3 Bd8 21.Kb1 Ke7 22.Nc1 Bb6
23.Ne2 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nc1 Ba4 26.Rd2 Be3 27.Re2 Bc5 28.Nd3 Bb5 29.Rd1 h5
30.Ka2 Rc7 31.Kb1 Rcc8 32.Red2 Rc7 33.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f3 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Bf4 b4 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Ng3 Qa5
16.Kb1 d5 17.g5 Nd7 18.h4 Rd8 19.Bh3 dxe4 20.fxe4 Nc5 21.Qe2 O-O 22.b3 Qb5
23.Qxb5 axb5 24.Bg2 f5 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Bh3 Rfe8 28.Rd6 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Bxe4
30.Rh2 Bf5 31.Bd4 Bxh3 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Rxh3 Kf7 34.Rhd3 f5 35.R6d4 Rc5 36.Rxb4 e5
37.a4 e4 38.Rd7+ Ke6 39.Rd1 bxa4 40.Rxa4 Ke5 41.Kc1 Rec8 42.c4 e3 43.Ra7 R8c7
44.Ra8 Ke4 45.Rad8 f4 46.R1d4+ Ke5 47.Kd1 Rc8 48.R8d7 R8c7 49.Rd8 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Bg3 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.b4 Ne4
16.Rc1 Nxg3 17.hxg3 c4 18.Bf5 Nf6 19.Qd4 Qb6 20.Rfd1 Bc8 21.Bb1 Bg4 22.e4 Rfe8
23.Qxb6 axb6 24.exd5 b5 25.Rc3 Rad8 26.Re3 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Ra8 28.e4 Rxa3 29.e5 Nd7
30.e6 fxe6 31.dxe6 Bxe6 32.Nd4 Bg4 33.Nxb5 Rb3 34.Rc1 Rxb4 35.Ba2 Nb6 36.Nc3 Be6
37.Rb1 Rxb1+ 38.Bxb1 Nd5 39.Nxd5 Bxd5 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Ke3 Bxg2 42.Kd4 Bf1 43.Be4 Kf6
44.Bf3 Kf5 45.Bd1 Kg5 46.Bf3 h5  0-1

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bick, John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Qxe4 Bxc3+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd6 Qb4 13.Qxb4 Nxb4 14.O-O d5 15.a3 Nc2
16.Rad1 Nd4 17.e3 Nc6 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Bxd5 Bh3 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Ne5 22.Nf3 Nc4
23.Rd4 Rac8 24.Rb1 Rfd8 25.a4 Rxd4 26.Nxd4 Nb6 27.Kf3 Kf8 28.Ke2 Ke7 29.Kd3 Rc5
30.b3 Rh5 31.h4 Rc5 32.g4 f6 33.h5 Rg5 34.Rg1 Kf7 35.b4 Re5 36.Rc1 Re7 37.f3 a6
38.Rc5 g6 39.Rd5 Nc8 40.a5 Rc7 41.Rd8 Ne7 42.f4 Ng8 43.f5 Nh6 44.Ne6 Re7
45.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Rb8 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Ra8
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ne4 O-O 18.Be2 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.c4 bxc4 21.Bxc4 Be7 22.Rd1 Ra7
23.Be2 f5 24.Nd6 Bd7 25.Nc4 Bb5 26.b3 Kf8 27.a4 Be8 28.Nd6 Bd7 29.Nc4 Bc6
30.Ne5 Bd5 31.Bc4 Bf6 32.Bxd5 Bxe5 33.Bc4 Bxh2 34.b4 Ke7 35.Kc2 Bd6 36.Kb3 Rb7
37.b5 a5 38.Rh1 Bf4 39.Rd1 Rb8 40.Rd4 Be3 41.Rd3 Bb6 42.Rd2 Rg8 43.Bf1 Rc8
44.Bc4 h5 45.Rd1 h4 46.Bf1 Rc5 47.Bc4 Rc8 48.Bf1 Rc7 49.Be2 Rd7 50.Rxd7+ Kxd7
51.Kc4 Kd6 52.f4 Be3 53.Bf3 f6 54.Bh5 Bxf4 55.b6 Kc6 56.Be8+ Kxb6 57.Bd7 e5
58.Bxf5 Kc6 59.Bh7 Kd6 60.Bf5 Bg3 61.Bg4 Bf2 62.Bf5 Ba7 63.Kd3 Kd5 64.Bg6 Bb8
65.Bf5 Bc7 66.Bg6 Bd6 67.Bf5 Bf8 68.Bg6 Bh6 69.Bf5 Bf4 70.Bg6 Kc5 71.Ke4 Kc4
72.Bf5 Kc3 73.Bd7 Kd2 74.Bc6 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Damaso, Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bg7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Na6 10.O-O Nc5 11.Bf4 a5 12.Rc1 a4 13.d6 cxd6 14.Bxd6 Re8 15.Bxc5 bxc5
16.Nxa4 d6 17.Nd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Nc3 Rd4 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.e3 Rh4
23.gxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minzer, Claudio Javier"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.Re1 Ra6 13.h3 Qa8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 e6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.a4 g5 18.Qc2 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Nb5 Qb7 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Nxg5 d4+
23.Kg1 Qd5 24.Nc7 Qxg5 25.Nxa6 Ne5 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.Nxc5 Qd5 28.Nd3 Ne4 29.Qe2 Ng5
30.f4 Nxh3+ 31.Kh2 Rf6 32.Qg2 Qf5 33.Qf3 Ng5 34.Qf1 Rh6+ 35.Kg1 Qe4 36.Nf2 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Ne5
9.Bg5 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 h6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 e5 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.b3 Qe7 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.Qd2 Kh7 17.f3 a6 18.g4 Nf6 19.Bf4 Ne8 20.e5 b5 21.exd6 Qb7 22.cxb5 axb5
23.Qe3 Qc6 24.Ne4 Bd5 25.g5 hxg5 26.Nxg5+ Kg8 27.Qd3 Nf6 28.Nc3  1-0

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.e4 Bb4
9.Qe2 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bg2 O-O 14.c5 dxc5 15.Bxc5 Rd8
16.e5 Na5 17.Bb4 Nxb3 18.axb3 Nd5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Qe3 Bf5 21.Bc5 b6 22.Bd4 Qd7
23.O-O Rac8 24.Rf2 Be4 25.Qe2 Rc6 26.Qb5 Rdc8 27.Ra6 h5 28.Qf1 h4 29.f5 hxg3
30.Rf4 gxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Rh6+ 32.Kg3 Rh5 33.e6 fxe6 34.f6 Qf7 35.Rg4 Rxc3+ 36.Bxc3 Qc7+
37.Rf4 Qxc3+ 38.Kg4 Qe5  0-1

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.g3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Ne4
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Ba3 Qxd4 12.Nxc4 Qxc4 13.Qd6 Bf6 14.Rfd1 e5 15.Rab1 Qe6
16.Qc7 Qc8 17.Qxb7 Qxb7 18.Rxb7 e4 19.g4 Bc8 20.Rc7 Bxg4 21.Bxe4 Bd7 22.Bd6 Be7
23.Bf4 f5 24.Bd3 Be6 25.Bc4 Kf7 26.Bxe6+ Kxe6 27.Rd3 Bc5 28.Rxg7 Na6 29.Rh3 Rag8
30.Rxh7 Rxh7 31.Rxg8 Bb6 32.Rg6+ Kd5 33.Rd6+ Kc5 34.Rf6 Rh5 35.Bd2 Kd5 36.a5 Bc7
37.h4 Be5 38.Rf7 Nc7 39.Bg5 Ke6 40.Re7+ Kd6 41.Rf7 Ne6 42.Rxf5 Nxg5 43.hxg5 Ke6
44.e4 Rh4  0-1

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5
10.Nd2 a5 11.g4 c6 12.Be2 a4 13.b4 axb3 14.axb3 Rxa1 15.Qxa1 Na6 16.Qa3 c5
17.Qc1 Nb4 18.Kf1 Kh7 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.Qd1 Kh8 21.Ne1 Bd7 22.Nd3 Ra8 23.f3 Nxd3
24.Bxd3 h5 25.Kg2 Nh7 26.Qc2 Bf6 27.Rb1 Ng5 28.b4 b6 29.bxc5 bxc5 30.Nd1 Ba4
31.Qb2 Bxd1 32.Rxd1 hxg4 33.hxg4 Kg7 34.Rh1 Rh8 35.Rxh8 Kxh8 36.Qb8+ Kg7
37.Be2 Nh7 38.Bd2 Bh4 39.Be3 Bg5 40.Bf2 Bf4 41.Bd3 Qf6 42.Bc2 Bd2 43.Ba4 Bc3
44.Bd1 Bd4 45.Be1 Qf4 46.Qb3 Qh6  0-1

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rad8 13.Bc2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Bf5 15.Rad1 Bxc2
16.Qxc2 Qg4 17.h3 Qe4 18.Qd2 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qf6 21.Bxc7 Rd7 22.Be5 Qf5
23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.Rxd3 f6 25.Bd4 Kf7 26.f4 Bd6 27.f5 Re8 28.Rxe8 Kxe8 29.Kf2 Re7
30.Re3 Be5 31.Bc5 Rd7 32.Kf3 Kd8 33.g4 h6 34.h4 Kc7 35.g5 h5 36.g6 Rd8 37.Ke2 Kc6
38.Bd4 Kd6 39.Kd3 a5 40.a3 a4 41.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anibal op 4th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Ng8 9.Nc3 Bb7
10.Nh3 c4 11.Be3 axb5 12.O-O-O Qb4 13.Nf4 Ne7 14.Bb6 h5 15.Rxd5 Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 Nxd5
17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qd2 Be6 19.Be2 Nc6 20.f4 b4 21.f5 bxc3 22.Qxc3 Ra3 23.Qb2 c3
24.Qb5 Bxf5 25.Rf1 Rxa2 26.Rxf5 Nb4 27.Qa5 g6  0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Ng5 Nc6 8.d5 Nb8
9.f3 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.g4 c6 12.gxh5 Nxh5 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 b5
16.Kb1 b4 17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Qd2 cxd5 19.Nf4 b3 20.Qxa5 bxc2+ 21.Kc1 cxd1=Q+ 22.Kxd1 Nxf4
23.exd5 Bf5 24.Qd2 Nh5 25.Qe3 Rc7 26.Bb5 Kf8 27.Qd4 Nf6 28.Nh7+ Kg7 29.Nxf6 exf6
30.h5 gxh5 31.Rxh5  1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.Qc2 Bxf3 7.exf3 Bg7 8.Bg5 c5
9.d5 h6 10.Be3 exd5 11.cxd5 O-O 12.g4 d6 13.h4 Nbd7 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Nh7
16.f4 Re8 17.Bb5 Nhf8 18.O-O-O a6 19.Bc6 b5 20.Bxa8 Qxa8 21.Ne4 b4 22.axb4 Qb8
23.f3 cxb4 24.Kb1 b3 25.Qd3 Nc5 26.Bd4 Nxd3 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2 c5
9.Rb1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Rxb7 Bd7 15.Bd3 Bc6
16.Rb1 Ba4 17.Qe1 Nd7 18.Qa5 Nb6 19.Ra1 Qb3 20.Ba6 Rc7 21.Rfb1 Qc2 22.Rc1 Qb2
23.Rcb1 Qc2 24.Rc1 Qb2 25.Rxc7 Qxa1+ 26.Rc1 Qb2 27.Bb7 Rd8 28.Qxa7 Be8 29.h3 Na4
30.Bc6 Nc3 31.Qxe7 Rc8 32.Rxc3 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qb8+ 35.Qd6  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Nc3 axb5 7.d6 Bb7 8.e3 exd6
9.Bxb5 d5 10.O-O Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Ne1 Na6 13.Bf3 Nc7 14.Nd3 Ne6 15.Nf4 Nxf4
16.exf4 Ba6 17.Re1 d4 18.Na4 Rc8 19.b3 Bb5 20.Nb2 d5 21.a4 Ba6 22.b4 cxb4
23.Nd3 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.a4 b6 8.f4 Bb7
9.Bf3 Qc7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Kh1 Be7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxc6+ Bxc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Qg4 h5 17.Qe2 h4 18.h3 g6 19.Bf4 Rh5 20.Rad1 Nc5 21.Bh2 Rb8 22.b4 Nxa4
23.Ne4 Rf5 24.Rxf5 gxf5 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.exf6 Nc3 27.Qh5 Nxd1 28.Qh8+ Kd7
29.Qxb8 Ne3 30.Qa7+ Kc8 31.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 Qb6
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 Qb4 11.e3 Bd7 12.Nd4 Qxb2 13.Qc1 Qxc1+ 14.Rxc1 O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 Bf6
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Rd1 exd5 11.cxd5 c5 12.dxc6 dxc6 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nh4 Bxh4 15.gxh4 O-O
16.Qc4+ Qf7 17.Qxf7+ Rxf7 18.Bxe4 c5 19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.Bc3 Nc6 21.Rg1 Re8 22.Rg5 Re4
23.h5 Rbe7 24.e3 Nd4 25.Kf1 h6 26.Rd5 Nb5 27.Be1 Rf7 28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.R1d7 Rf5
30.Rd5 Rf6 31.Rb8 Rd6 32.Rf5 Rf6 33.Rxf6 gxf6 34.Rd8 c4 35.a4 c3 36.axb5 cxb2
37.Rd1 Rc4 38.Bd2 Rc5 39.Rb1 Rxb5 40.Bc3 Rc5 41.Bxb2 Rb5 42.Ke2 a5 43.Kd3 a4
44.Kc2 Rc5+ 45.Bc3 b5 46.Kd3 Rxh5 47.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.a3 e5 11.h3 Bb8 12.Ba2 h6 13.Bd2 Re8 14.e4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Qe5
16.Nf3 Qh5 17.Rae1 Ne5 18.Nh2 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Qxh3 20.f4 Nfg4 21.Bc1 Nxh2 22.Qxh2 Nf3+
23.Rxf3 Qxf3 24.Rf1 Qg4+ 25.Qg2 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Bc7 27.Be3 Rad8 28.e5 Rd3 29.Kf2 Bb6
30.Bxb6 axb6 31.Ne4 Kf8 32.Ke2 Rh3 33.Rd1 Rh2+ 34.Nf2 g5 35.Kf3 gxf4 36.Rd7 Re7
37.Rd8+ Re8 38.Rd7 Re7 39.Rd8+ Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1 Nd7 8.Bg5 c5
9.a4 h6 10.Bh4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Nb3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ngf6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8
16.Nd4 Bxe4 17.Bxb5 g5 18.Bg3 e5 19.f3 Bg6 20.Bf2 Qc7 21.Bf1 Ke7 22.Qd2 Rb8
23.Nb5 Qc6 24.c4 Ne8 25.h4 f6 26.Bd3 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 gxh4 28.Nd4 Qa4 29.Qh7+ Kd8
30.Ne6+ Kc8 31.Qe7 Kb7 32.Rb1+ Ka8 33.Qxe8  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Nb8 13.Bd3 Bc6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 O-O
16.f5 exf5 17.Qf2 g6 18.Bxf5 Nfd7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Nxd7 Bxd7 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Be4 Rc6
23.Rhf1 f5 24.Bf3 Kh7 25.Rfe1 Rf7 26.Nf4 Qb6 27.Qg3 Rd6 28.Nd5 Qc5 29.b4 Rb6
30.Qe5 Rxb4+ 31.Nxb4 Qxb4+ 32.Qb2 Qxb2+ 33.Kxb2 Bc6 34.Rd8 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Nc6
36.Rd6 f4 37.Ree6 Rg7 38.Kc3  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.a5 Qc7
9.Be3 Rb8 10.h3 b5 11.axb6 axb6 12.d5 Nc5 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.Bf3 cxd5 15.exd5 b5
16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.dxc6 b4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Bxb2 20.Ra2 Bc3 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Qxc5 Ra8
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Rd1 Ra1 25.Rxa1 Bxa1 26.Qxb4 Be5 27.g3 Bd6 28.Qd4 Qa5 29.Kg2 Qe5
30.Qc4 Bc7 31.h4 h6 32.Qd5 Qxd5 33.Bxd5 e6 34.Bb3 Kf8 35.c4 Ke7 36.c5 Be5
37.Ba4 Kd8 38.f4 Bd4 39.c7+ Kxc7 40.Be8 Bxc5 41.Bxf7 g5 42.fxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 a6 7.a4 b4 8.Nbd2 g6
9.Nc4 a5 10.Be2 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nfd2 Ra7 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Qg4 f5 15.exf5 Bxd5
16.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.Qg4 Nc5 19.Bg5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Qf8 21.Qh4 Nd7
22.Re1 Qe8 23.Qg4 Nf8 24.h4 Kh8 25.h5 h6 26.Bf6  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O d5 10.Re1 e6 11.h4 Qc7 12.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nbd7
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Bb3 Qxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 Nc6 6.e4 Nd4 7.Nge2 Bg4 8.h3 Bf3
9.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 10.Kf1 Ne7 11.Kg2 Nd4 12.Bg5 Ne6 13.h4 c6 14.Be3 O-O 15.d4 f5
16.d5 f4 17.dxe6 fxe3 18.f3 b5 19.cxb5 d5 20.bxc6 d4 21.Na4 Qd6 22.Nc1 Qxe6
23.Nd3 Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Collas, Didier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 c5 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.a3 Qd8
16.b4 b6 17.Rab1 a5 18.Nd5 axb4 19.axb4 Ra7 20.Bg5 Nf8 21.Bf1 Ne6 22.Be3 Rb8
23.Kh1 Rab7 24.Nc3 Ra8 25.Qf2 g5 26.Rc2 Rab8 27.Rbc1 Kf8 28.Rd2 Be5 29.Nd5 h6
30.g3 Bg7 31.f4 Kg8 32.Bg2 b5 33.cxb5 Bxb5 34.e5 Rc8 35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.f5 Qc1+
37.Qg1 Qxg1+ 38.Kxg1 Nd8 39.f6 exf6 40.exf6 Bf8 41.Ne7+ Rxe7 42.fxe7 Bxe7
43.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Qa5
9.Qd2 e5 10.Be3 Re8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nd5 Qxd2 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Nxd2 Be6 15.f3 b5
16.a4 a6 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rfd1 Bf8 19.c4 b4 20.Nb3 Nd7 21.Kf1 Rec8 22.Ke1 c5
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Ra1 Rxa1+ 25.Nxa1 Nb6 26.b3 Nd7 27.Nc2 Nb8 28.Bd1 Nc6 29.Kd2 f6
30.Ne1 Kf7 31.Nd3 Nd4 32.f4 Bd6 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Bxd4 exd4 35.Bg4 Bxg4 36.hxg4 Ke6
37.Ke2 g5 38.Kf3 Bf8 39.e5 Be7 40.Ke4 Bf8 41.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.b3 Bf5 8.Bb2 e5
9.Nc3 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Ba7 Ra8 17.g5 Rd8 18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Be3 Be6 20.Bg4 Bc4 21.Qf2 Qc6 22.b3 Bxf1
23.Rxf1 f6 24.Nd5 Rxd5 25.exd5 Qxd5+ 26.Bf3 e4 27.c4 Qe6 28.Be2 Rd8 29.c5 Qxb3
30.Qf5 Kh8 31.Qxe4 Qd5 32.Bf3 Qxe4 33.Bxe4 Nc7 34.Bxb7 Kg8 35.gxf6 gxf6 36.c6 Rd3
37.Bb6 Bd8 38.a5 Kf7 39.Bc8 Rd6 40.Bd7 Rd2 41.Rf3 h5 42.Rb3 Rd5 43.Kg2 h4
44.Kf3 f5 45.Ke2 Re5+ 46.Kd3 Ke7 47.Rb4 Nd5 48.Kd4 Nxb6 49.Kxe5 Nxd7+ 50.cxd7 Kxd7
51.Rd4+ Kc8 52.Rxd8+ Kxd8 53.Kxf5  1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Qf1 c5 18.Re1 Kh8 19.a4 Nf4 20.Ne4 Nh3+ 21.Kh1 c4 22.dxc4 Nxf2+
23.Qxf2 f5 24.Qd4 fxe4 25.Be3 Qh3 26.Qxd6 Rf2 27.Bxf2 e3+ 28.Qd5 Bxd5+ 29.cxd5 exf2
30.Rf1 Rf8 31.axb5 Qg4 32.Kg2 Qf3+ 33.Kh3 Rf5 34.Ra4 Rh5+ 35.Rh4 Rxh4+ 36.Kxh4 Qe2  0-1

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Bxd6 Nfxe4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4
16.Rxe4 Rxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxd4 18.Qxd4 Bxd4 19.Rd1 f5 20.Rxd4 fxe4 21.g4 Re8 22.Bc5 Bc8
23.Bxa7 h5 24.gxh5 Bxh3 25.hxg6 Kg7 26.Kh2 Bf5 27.Rd6 Be6 28.Kg3 Kxg6 29.Kf4 Kf7
30.Be3 Ke7 31.Rd4 b5 32.cxb5 cxb5 33.Kxe4 Bd7 34.Kd5 Rc8 35.Re4+ Kf6 36.Bd4+ Kg6
37.Re7 Bc6+ 38.Kc5 Kf5 39.Kb6 Kf4 40.Be5+ Kf5 41.f4 Bd5 42.Ra7 Bc6 43.Rf7+ Ke4
44.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.d5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5
10.Nd2 a5 11.a3 Ne8 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Na6 15.Qa3 f5 16.Nb3 Nb8
17.c5 Nd7 18.Na5 Ndf6 19.c6 bxc6 20.Nxc6 Qd7 21.Qa8 Kh7 22.Bb5 f4 23.Bd2 f3
24.g4 Nxg4 25.Na7 Qe7 26.hxg4 Bxg4 27.Nc6 Qf7 28.Qd8 Bf6 29.Qb8 h5 30.Qa7 Bg7
31.Kd1 Nf6 32.Kc2 Nxe4 33.Nxe4 Bf5 34.Bd3 Qxd5 35.Ne7  1-0

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krakops, Maris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3 Ne7 7.c3 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Nxc6
9.Nf3 Qc7 10.O-O Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Bd4 Qf5 13.Qe2 f6 14.Na3 Be7 15.f4 O-O
16.Rae1 Rfe8 17.Kh1 a6 18.Qd2 Bd8 19.Bg1 Bc7 20.Nc2 Rad8 21.h3 Kh8 22.Bh2 Qh5
23.Rf2 Bb8 24.Rfe2 h6 25.Nd4 e5 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Nf3 Bxh3 28.Nxe5 Bf5 29.g4 Be4+
30.Kg1 Qh4 31.Ng6+ Bxg6 32.Rxe8+ Bxe8  0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Re1 Ndxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bd4 Ng6 15.Bxg7 Rg8
16.Bxg6 Rxg7 17.Rxe6 hxg6 18.Re2 Kf8 19.Nd2 Rg8 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Qd2 Qd6 22.Qh6+ Bg7
23.Qe3 Rh8 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Bf6 26.Ra5 Kg7 27.Qc5 Rhd8 28.Qxd6 Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 c6 6.Qc2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.b3 Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.e4 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Bf4 Re8 14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.Be3 Ra5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.a3 Qa8 19.b4 Be4 20.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.Qxa5 Nxa5 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Ne2 Bd7 14.Rb1 b6 15.Kd2 Rfc8
16.Ba6 Rd8 17.Rhc1 Bc8 18.Bd3 Bb7 19.Rc7 Rac8 20.Rbc1 Rxc7 21.Rxc7 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Nc3 Nc6 24.Nb5 Ba6 25.Kc3 Kf8 26.a4 Bb7 27.g4 Ke8 28.Bc4 Nb8 29.Kd3 a6
30.Nc7+ Kd8 31.Nd5 Nd7 32.Nb4 a5 33.Bd5 Bxd5 34.Nxd5 e6 35.Nc3 Kc7 36.Nb5+ Kc6
37.Kc4 Bf8 38.Bf4 Bb4 39.f3 Bf8 40.d5+ exd5+ 41.exd5+ Kb7 42.Nd6+ Bxd6 43.Bxd6 g5
44.Bg3 Nf6 45.Be5 Nd7 46.Bd4 Kc7 47.Kb5 f6 48.Bf2 Kd6 49.Bxb6 Ne5 50.Bxa5 Nxf3
51.Bc3  1-0

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nb6 12.Qc5 f5 13.d5 Ne5 14.f4 Ned7 15.Qb5 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Ng5 Qe8 18.Qb3 Qa4 19.Ne6 Qxb3 20.axb3 Nfxd5 21.Nxf8 Rxf8
22.Bc4 e6 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Rxf4 26.Ke2 Re4+ 27.Kf3 Re7 28.Rhd1 Bxb2
29.Rd8+ Kf7 30.R1d7 Be5 31.h3 b5 32.Ke4 Bd6+ 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Rb8 b6 35.Rh8 h5
36.f3 Kf6 37.f4 Kg7 38.Ra8 Kf6 39.Re8 Kf7 40.Rd8 Kf6 41.Ra8 b4 42.Rh8 Kg7
43.Rd8 Kf6 44.Ra8 Ke6 45.Ra2 Kf6 46.Rg2 Be7 47.Rg5 Kf7 48.Rd5 Bd6 49.h4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.O-O-O a6 12.Bd3 b5 13.Qe3 f6 14.Ne2 b4 15.Kb1 a5
16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Rde1 Qd6 18.Ne5 Ba6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Nd4 Qd6 21.g3 Rc8 22.Qe5 Qxe5
23.Rxe5 Kf7 24.Re3 Bxd3 25.cxd3 Ke7 26.Rc1 Kd7 27.Re2 Nxd3 28.Rxc8 Kxc8 29.Rxe6 Kd7
30.Re3 Nf2 31.Re5 Kd6 32.Nf5+ Kc5 33.Nxg7 Rh6 34.h4 Ne4 35.Re6 Rxe6 36.Nxe6+ Kd6
37.Ng5 Nxg3 38.Nxh7 Ke6 39.Kc2 Kf5 40.Kd3 Kxf4 41.Nf6 Ke5 42.Ng4+ Kf5 43.Ne3+ Ke5
44.Nc2 Nh5 45.Na1 Nf4+ 46.Kd2 a4 47.Nc2 b3 48.axb3 axb3 49.Na1 Ne6 50.Nxb3 Kf4
51.Kd3 Kg4 52.Nd4 Nc5+ 53.Ke3 Kxh4 54.b4 Na4 55.Kf4 Nc3 56.Nc6 Kh5 57.Ke5 Kg6
58.Kd4 Nb5+ 59.Kxd5 Kf7 60.Kc5 Nc7 61.Kd6 Nb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4 Bb6 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Be5 O-O 17.Qh4 Be3+ 18.Kb1 Bg5 19.Qe1 Nd7 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 Re8 22.Bd3 a5
23.Qe4 Rxe5 24.Rxe5 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 axb4 26.Qe4 g6 27.f4 Bf6 28.Qxb4 Be7 29.Qb5 Rxa3
30.Re1 Bf6 31.c3 Kg7 32.Re8 Qd6 33.Rc8 Bxc3 34.Kc2 Bf6 35.g3 Qd4 36.Re8 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 b5 16.axb5 Nb4+ 17.Kb3 cxb5 18.Kxb4 bxc4 19.Qxc4 Rb8+ 20.Ka3 Qa5+
21.Qa4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 O-O
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Re1 Nd7 14.e4 Rfd8 15.Bb5 Qe7
16.Qb3 Rab8 17.Rab1 Ba8 18.a4 Qf8 19.Nd2 Ne5 20.Qb2 Ng6 21.f3 c5 22.Nc4 cxd4
23.cxd4 Qe7 24.Qf2 Nf4 25.Qe3 Qg5 26.g3 Ng6 27.Qxg5 hxg5 28.Rbd1 Ne7 29.Kf2 f6
30.Rd2 Kf7 31.Ke3 Nc6 32.d5 exd5 33.exd5 Re8+ 34.Kf2 Rxe1 35.Kxe1 Ne5 36.Nxe5+ fxe5
37.Ke2 Rf8 38.Rd3 Bb7 39.d6 Ke6 40.d7 Bd5 41.Kd2 Rd8 42.Ke3 Rf8 43.Bc4 Rxf3+
44.Ke2 Rxd3 45.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2 bxc4 5.e4 d6 6.Bxc4 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Ngf3 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Bc3 e6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.h3 Nxc4 15.bxc4 Bxf3
16.Nxf3 Nh5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rb1 Rf7 19.Rb3 Nf4 20.h4 h6 21.g3 Nh5 22.Rd3 Qf6
23.e5 dxe5 24.Rxe5 Rb8 25.Qe2 Kh7 26.Rxe6 Qf5 27.Re7 Rb1+ 28.Kh2 Ng7 29.Rxf7 Qxf7
30.Rd5 Qb7 31.Kg2 Qb2 32.Qxb2 Rxb2 33.Rd2 Rb6 34.Ne5 Ra6 35.Kf3 Ne6 36.Ke4 Nd4
37.Kd5 Nf5 38.Rb2 h5 39.Rb7+ Kg8 40.Rb8+ Kg7 41.Rb7+ Kg8 42.a4 Rxa4 43.Nxg6 Ra2
44.Ne7+ Nxe7+ 45.Rxe7 Rxf2 46.Rxa7 Rf3 47.Re7  1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Rhf1 Qc7 14.h3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bc6
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nd7 18.Qe3 Rac8 19.Rde1 Bb7 20.Ne4 Nxe5 21.Qg3 Ng6 22.Rxf7 Rxf7
23.Qxg6 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Kf8 25.Qh7 Bh4 26.Bxg7+ Ke7 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Qxh6 Qf4 29.Qxf4 Rxf4
30.Be5 Rf2 31.g3 Bf6 32.Bc7 Rxd3 33.cxd3 Rxb2+ 34.Kc1 Rxa2 35.Rd2 Bg5 36.Bf4 Bxf4
37.gxf4 Ra1+ 38.Kb2 Rf1 39.Kc3 Rxf4 40.Ra2 b4+ 41.Kb3 Rd4 42.h4 Kf6 43.Rxa6 Rxh4
44.Rb6 Rd4 45.Rxb4 Rxd3+ 46.Kc2 Rd5 47.Rb1 Kf5 48.Kc3 e5 49.Kc4 Rd4+ 50.Kc3 Rd5
51.Kc4 Rd2 52.Rf1+ Ke4 53.Re1+ Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 a6
9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Rd1 Rb8 12.h3 c5 13.Nde2 Ne5 14.b3 b5 15.f4 Nc6
16.e5 Bf5 17.Qd2 Nd4 18.exf6 Nxe2+ 19.Nxe2 Qxf6 20.Ba3 b4 21.Bxb4 Rxb4 22.Rac1 Rbb8
23.g4 Be4 24.Nc3 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qd4 26.Rc2 Qxd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Nc3 a6 6.e4 Rb8 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qd3 Bb7
9.a3 c5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.O-O cxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Nc5
16.f3 e5 17.Nc2 O-O 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grabliauskas, Virginijus"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.h3 Qa5 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Re2 Ne8 15.Bg5 Bxc3
16.bxc3 f6 17.Bd2 Qa4 18.Qe1 Qc4 19.Bc1 Nc7 20.a3 Nb6 21.h4 Nb5 22.Re3 Qb3
23.h5 Nc4 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Nh4 Nxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Kf7 27.Nxg6 Rg8 28.Nh4 Qxc3 29.Qh6 Qe5
30.Kh2 Ke8 31.Rb1 Nc7 32.Qh7 Kd7 33.Ng6 Rxg6 34.Qxg6 Rh8+ 35.Kg2 Rg8 36.Qh7 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Ne5 Nh5
9.e3 Nxf4 10.exf4 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.Nd2 Qf6 13.Nf3 Rfd8 14.Qb3 Rab8 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Ne5 Be8 17.Qc3 Rbc8 18.b4 a6 19.a4 Bf7 20.Rab1 Rc7 21.Qb3 Bf8 22.b5 axb5
23.axb5 Qd6 24.Rfc1 Be8 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Qb6 Rcc8 27.Ra1 Qb4 28.Qa7 Qe7 29.Qa6 Qd6
30.h4 g6 31.Bf3 Rc7 32.Kg2 c5 33.Qxd6 Bxd6 34.dxc5 Rxc5 35.Rxc5 Bxc5 36.Ra5 Bb4
37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.Bxd5+ Kg7 39.Bc6 Bxc6+ 40.Nxc6 Bc5 41.Ne5 Bd4 42.g4 fxg4
43.Nxg4 Kf7 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Ke4 Bf6 46.Nxf6 Kxf6 47.Kf3 Kf5 48.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bf3 h5 13.e5 Ng4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Bd2 Qc6 17.Rae1 h4 18.Qf3 Nh6 19.Ba5 Nf5 20.c3 Rc8 21.a3 Bc5 22.Qh3 Rh6
23.Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 Nbd7 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rc1 Ne6 13.Be5 Bc5 14.Qa4 Ne4 15.e3 Qe7
16.Red1 Rfd8 17.Qb3 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Rac8 19.Qa4 a5 20.h4 Bb4 21.Bxb4 Qxb4 22.Qxb4 axb4
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Ne1 Ra8 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxa2 27.Nd3 g6 28.b3 Ra3 29.Rb5 Rxb3
30.Nxb4 Nc5 31.Rxb6 Nd7 32.Rb7 h5 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Rxd7 Rxb4 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.e4 Rb2
37.Ke3 Ra2 38.Rb7 Ke6 39.f3 Ra3+ 40.Kf4 Kf6 41.Rb5 Ke6 42.g4 hxg4 43.Kxg4 Re3
44.Rb6+ Ke7 45.Rb7+ Ke6 46.Kf4 Ra3 47.e5 Ra5 48.Rb6+ Ke7 49.Rb8 Rc5 50.Rh8 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 c6
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 f5 15.d5 Bd7
16.Qb3 cxd5 17.Qxb7 Be6 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.Nb3 Rb7 20.Rb1 Rab8 21.Rfd1 d4 22.Nxd4 Rxb2
23.Rxb2 Rxb2 24.a3 Bd7 25.h3 Kf7 26.Rc1 Ke7 27.g4 fxg4 28.hxg4 Bxg4 29.Nxe4 Nd7
30.Rc7 a6 31.Ra7 Rb6 32.f3 Bh3 33.Kh2 Rh6 34.Kg3 Ke8 35.Ra8+ Ke7 36.f4 Rh5
37.Rxa6 Bf1 38.Ra7 Bd3 39.Nf2 Bc4 40.f5 g6 41.Ne4 gxf5 42.Rxd7+  1-0

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Nh4 Bxg2 12.Nxg2 d5 13.Qd3 e6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Nd7
16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.Ne3 Rfe8 18.Rac1 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 d6
9.h3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikenas mem op"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.h3 Rb8
9.a4 b6 10.Bg5 a6 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Rfe1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bb7 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Ra3 Qd7 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Qb4 e5 19.Nb3 a5 20.Qc4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 d5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Kh2 Rbc8 24.Qe2 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Raa1 Nb4 27.c3 Nd3 28.Red1 Rcd8 29.Nc1 e4
30.Qe3 Qf5 31.Rd2 Ne5 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Nb3 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Rd3  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wolski, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qxb3 7.axb3 Nd7 8.b4 f6
9.b5 Ne7 10.e3 e5 11.bxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Kd8 13.b5 cxb5 14.Bxb5 e4 15.Nd2 Nb8
16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 Bd7 18.Bd3 Nbc6 19.e4 Nb4 20.Bb1 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Bc6 22.Bxc6 Nexc6
23.Ke2 Kc8 24.Rd1 a5 25.d5 Ne5 26.Nxe5 fxe5 27.Ne4 Nc2 28.Ra2 Nd4+ 29.Kd3 Be7
30.Be3 Rd8 31.Kc4 Nc6 32.Rb1  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.a4 a6 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nxd4 cxd4
9.Ne2 Ne7 10.b4 d6 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 f5 13.c3 dxc3 14.dxc3 Kh8 15.Be3 e5
16.Qe1 Be6 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.a5 Qc6 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Bc5 fxe4 21.Rxf8+ Bxf8 22.Bc2 Nf5
23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Ng3 Bd5 25.Kg1 Nxg3 26.Qxg3 Qf6 27.h3 Bc6 28.Qe3 Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 c6
9.Kh1 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.f4 f6 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qxd5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.f5 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qxd1 18.Nh6+ Kg7 19.Raxd1 Rxe2 20.Ng4 Bg5 21.Bf8+ Kg8
22.h4 Bd2 23.Rxd2 Rxd2 24.Nh6+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qa4+ Qxa4 8.Nxa4 O-O
9.Nf3 Na6 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 e6 13.dxc5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qc7 15.cxb6 axb6
16.Be3 Nd7 17.Bd4 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Bh6 19.h3 Qc4 20.Rb2 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 Ra5 22.Rb2 e5
23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Rxd7 Bh6 25.Rd3 Rc4 26.Nd2 Bxd2 27.Rdxd2 Ra6 28.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.Bf3 Bg4 12.Nd5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nb8 15.c3 Nd7
16.Rae1 Nf6 17.Bd4 Re8 18.Nd2 Qg4 19.Bxf6 Qxf3 20.Rxf3 Bxf6 21.Rfe3 Kf8 22.Ne4 Bg7
23.g4 b5 24.f5 Be5 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Rf1 Kg7 27.Ng5 Bf6 28.Ne4 Be5 29.Ng5 Bf6
30.Ne4 Be5 31.Ng5 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Bd6 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.Nh2 Rxh2 13.Qxg4 Qh4 14.Qxh4 Rxh4 15.Nf3 Rh5
16.Be3 O-O-O 17.g3 f5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Kg2 Rdf8 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5
22.c3 a5 23.a4 Bd6 24.Bd4 c5 25.Be3 Kd7 26.Rh1 Kc6 27.Rh4 Be7 28.Re4 Bf6
29.Rd1 Rd5 30.Rxd5 Kxd5 31.Rf4 Re8 32.c4+ Kc6 33.b3 Rd8 34.Rf3 b6 35.g4 Be5
36.Rf5 Kd6 37.f4 Bd4 38.Rd5+ Ke7 39.Rxd8 Bxe3 40.Rg8 Kf7 41.Kf3  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 Be7 8.Qa4+ c6
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Rad1 Nh5 13.Bc1 Bd6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Ng5 Ndf6
16.Ngxe4 Nd5 17.Rfe1 Be7 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Bf4 Qc8 21.Be5 Rd8 22.Rc1 Qf5
23.Bc7 Rd7 24.Bf4 Bd6 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Nb5 Rc6 27.Nc7 Qd7 28.Nb5 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Bc6
30.Bf1 a6 31.Rxc6 Qxc6 32.Nc3 Qxa4 33.Nxa4 b5 34.Nc5 Kf8 35.f3 Ke7 36.Kf2 Kd6
37.Ke3 Nd7 38.Nd3 Rc8 39.Kd2 Rc4 40.b3 Rc7 41.Nb4 Nb8 42.Bd3 h6 43.Be2 Nc6
44.Nxc6 Rxc6 45.Bd3 Rb6 46.h4 a5 47.b4 axb4 48.axb4 Kc6 49.h5 Ra6 50.Bc2 Ra3
51.Bd1 Kb6 52.g4 Ra4 53.Kc3 Ra7 54.Bb3 Rc7+ 55.Kb2 Rc4 56.Bxc4 bxc4 57.f4 Kb5
58.Ka3 f6 59.f5 c3 60.Kb3 c2  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Qf3 Qxd4 11.Qxf7+ Kd8 12.Bg5+ Nxg5 13.Qxg7 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2 Bb7 8.e4 d6
9.Bd3 e5 10.d5 a5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Nb1 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Rb1 Bg5 15.b4 Bxc1
16.Qxc1 Qe7 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.Rfc1 Rfb8 19.Qe3 axb4 20.axb4 Bc8 21.Ra1 Bd7 22.h3 h6
23.Bf1 Qf8 24.Rcb1 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.c5 bxc5 28.bxc5 dxc5
29.Qxc5 Qd8 30.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.b3 c5 6.Nc3 Qb6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Qe2 Bc6 9.O-O Be7
10.d4 O-O 11.Bb2 d6 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.cxd5 Nbd7 15.e4 Rfe8 16.e5 dxe5
17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Bd6 19.Qf5 Qd8 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.Qc2 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8
24.Qd1 Kf8 25.a4 Be5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.d6 Ke8 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bc6+ Kd8 30.Bxb5 Ne8
31.d7 Nc7 32.Bc6 Ne6 33.Qd2 g5 34.Qa5+ Ke7 35.Qa8 Qd6 36.Qe8+ Kf6 37.Bf3 Qd3
38.Bg4 Qb1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kh3 Qd3 41.Bxe6 Qf1+ 42.Kg4 h5+ 43.Kxh5  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nd7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Qc1 Bb7 13.a4 b4 14.a5 cxd4 15.cxd4 Ne5
16.Nxe5 Qxd4 17.Bxe7 Bxe5 18.Qc5 Qxc5 19.Bxc5 Bxa1 20.Bxf8 Bc3 21.Bd6 Re8
22.e5 b3 23.Rb1 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.f3 Rxa5 26.Rxb3 Bd5 27.Rb8+ Kg7 28.Rd8 Be6
29.Ra8 Ra1+ 30.Kf2 a5 31.Bb5 Bb3 32.Ke3 a4 33.Kd4 a3 34.Bc4 Bxc4 35.Kxc4 Ra2
36.g4 Rxh2 37.Rxa3 Rd2 38.Kc3 Rd7 39.Ra5 h6 40.Kc4 Rd2 41.Ra6 Rd1 42.Rb6 h5  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.d5 exd5
9.Nxd5 Qd8 10.e3 Nc6 11.Bxc4 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.h3 Re8 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.a5 h6
16.Rfd1 Be6 17.Qc3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Qc7 19.Nd2 Nb4 20.Nc4 Be5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Bf3 Ree8
23.Rdc1 Qd8 24.b3 Re7 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Qd2 Rc8 27.Bg4 Rce8 28.Qd6 g6 29.Rac1 Qxa5
30.Bd7 Qa2 31.Bxe8 Rxe8 32.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.e4 Nxe4 5.Qf3 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Nd6 7.cxb5 Nxb5 8.d6 Nc6
9.Bxb5 Qxb5 10.Ne2 e6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Qd3 13.Qxd3 Bxd3 14.Nf4 Nb4 15.a3 Nc2
16.Nxd3 Nxa1 17.Nc4 Nb3 18.Be3 Rc8 19.Nf4 f6 20.Rd1 Kf7 21.Ne2 e5 22.f4 Nd4
23.Kf2 Nxe2 24.Kxe2 Ke6 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.Kf3 Rc6 27.Ke4 Bxd6 28.Rd5 Bc7 29.Nxe5 Rd6
30.Rxc5 Bb6 31.Rb5 Bxe3 32.Kxe3 Rd5 33.Nf3 Rxb5 34.Nd4+ Kd5 35.Nxb5 Rb8  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nb5 Ne5 7.Bf4 a6 8.Bxe5 axb5
9.e4 Bc5 10.Qd2 f6 11.Bf4 b4 12.Bg2 Ne7 13.O-O Ng6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Ne5
16.b3 d6 17.Rd1 Ke7 18.Qd4 Qc5 19.Nd2 Bd7 20.Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.Bxf3 Bc6 22.Rd2 Ra5
23.Rf1 Rha8 24.Rff2 Qxd4 25.exd4 e5 26.d5 Bd7 27.Bg2 g6 28.Bf1 f5 29.Bd3 Rf8
30.Kf1 b6 31.Ke1 Raa8 32.Kd1 Rf6 33.Kc1 Raf8 34.Kb2 f4 35.gxf4 Rxf4 36.Rg2 Ra8
37.Rg3 Kf6 38.Rdg2 Ra7 39.Bc2 Ra8 40.Bd3 Ra5 41.Bc2 Be8 42.a4 h6 43.Kc1 g5
44.Kd2 Ra7 45.Ke3 Rg7 46.Bd3 h5 47.Rf3 h4 48.Rff2 Bh5 49.Be2 Bxe2 50.Kxe2 g4
51.Ke3 h3  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qb3 Nbd7 6.Bg5 a5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Rac1 Nf8 12.Rfe1 Ng6 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Nd2 f5 17.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 b5 13.b4 Nbd7 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Qb3 Nb6
16.Nd2 Ng4 17.h3 Nxf2 18.Kxf2 Qf6+ 19.Nf3 Nc4 20.Rec1 Bb7 21.bxc5 Rxc5 22.Nd1 Nxb2
23.Rxc5 dxc5 24.Qxb5 Re7 25.Nxb2 Ba6 26.Qb8+ Bf8 27.Rb1 Rxe2+ 28.Kg1 c4 29.Na4 c3
30.Rc1 c2 31.Qb3 Qf5 32.Bf1 Re4 33.Bxa6 Rxa4 34.Qxa4 Qxf3 35.Rxc2 Qxg3+ 36.Kf1 Qxh3+
37.Ke2 Qg2+ 38.Kd1 Qg1+ 39.Ke2 Qg2+ 40.Kd3 Qxd5+ 41.Qd4 Qf3+ 42.Kd2 Bh6+
43.Ke1 Qg3+ 44.Qf2 Qxa3 45.Bc4 Qe7+ 46.Kf1 Qb7 47.Kg1 Bg5 48.Rc3 Bd8 49.Qf3 Qe7
50.Kf1 Bb6 51.Qa8+ Kg7 52.Rf3 f5 53.Qg8+ Kf6 54.Qd5 Be3 55.Rh3 f4 56.Qc6+ Kg5
57.Rh2 Qe5 58.Qd5 Qxd5 59.Bxd5 h5 60.Bf3 Kf5 61.Rb2 Kg5 62.Be4 Kf6 63.Rb5 Bb6
64.Rd5 h4 65.Kg2 Be3 66.Kh3 f3 67.Bxf3 g5 68.Bg4 Bf4 69.Kg2  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 Qc8
9.e4 Bh3 10.Nc2 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Na5 12.b3 c5 13.d5 a6 14.Bd2 b5 15.Qe2 e6 16.Rae1 Qb7
17.Nd1 Qb6 18.Qd3 exd5 19.exd5 Nd7 20.f4 Rae8 21.Nf2 Nb7 22.g4 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 bxc4
24.bxc4 Qb2 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.axb3 Ra8 27.Nd3 Kf8 28.Kf3 Re8 29.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nb4 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nfd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.a3 Na6 14.Rc1 Bb5 15.Ne5 Rfd8
16.Qh5 Be8 17.O-O Nd5 18.Qf3 Rac8 19.Bc4 Nb8 20.Nc5 c6 21.b4 b6 22.Ne4 f6
23.Nd3 Bf7 24.Ng3 Kh8 25.Rfd1 Rd7 26.h4 Rcd8 27.h5 Nc7 28.Qe2 Ne8 29.Qc2 Nd6
30.Bb3 e5 31.Bxf7 Nxf7 32.dxe5 fxe5 33.Nb2 Nd6 34.Nc4 Nxc4 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Qxc4 Qd5
37.Qg4 Qf7 38.Ne4 h6 39.Ng3 Rf8 40.Qe2 Qb3 41.Ra1 Nd7 42.Rd1 Nf6 43.Rd3 Qc4
44.Rd8 Qc1+ 45.Qd1 Qxd1+ 46.Rxd1 Rc8 47.Nf5 Rc7 48.Rc1 Nxh5 49.Nd6 Nf6 50.Nb5 Rd7
51.Rxc6 Rd1+ 52.Kh2 Ra1 53.Nxa7 Rxa3 54.Nc8 Ra2 55.Nxb6 Ng4+ 56.Kg3 Nxf2
57.Nc4 Ne4+ 58.Kf3 Ng5+ 59.Kg3 Ne4+ 60.Kh2 Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 e5 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.f3 c6
9.Bg5 Qa5 10.Be3 d5 11.Nb3 Qd8 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bd4 Nf6 14.O-O Be6 15.Nc5 Nxe4
16.Nxe6 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 fxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Bg1 Rb8 13.Nd5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qe6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.c3 Bg7 17.Rfe1 b5 18.Rad1 Qc4 19.Nc1 Qxe2 20.Rxe2 a5 21.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 O-O-O 14.O-O c5 15.d5 b4 16.Rb1 Bh6
17.Bxh6 Rxh6 18.b3 bxc3 19.bxc4 Qa6 20.Rxb7 Qxb7 21.dxe6 Qb2 22.e7 Re8 23.Bc6 Qd2
24.Qb3 Qb2 25.Bxd7+  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.b4 b6
9.Qb3 Re8 10.Bb2 Nf8 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.c5 c6 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.O-O a5 15.Ne1 axb4
16.axb4 bxc5 17.bxc5 Qc7 18.Qc2 Reb8 19.Bc3 f5 20.f4 Qc8 21.Be2 Bd8 22.h3 Ng6
23.Kh2 Ba5 24.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qd6 10.Rd1 e6 11.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Rc1 c4 10.Nd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.g3 Bf5 13.Bg2 Rd8 14.O-O Bd3 15.Re1 Qa6
16.e4 Nd7 17.e5 Nf8 18.a4 Qe6 19.Nf1 Re8 20.Ne3 Rad8 21.f4 Ng6 22.Bf1 Be4
23.Bg2 Bd3 24.Qh5 Ne7 25.g4 Qg6 26.Qh4 f5 27.exf6 Qxf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Nxd5 Nxd5
30.Bxd5+ Kf8 31.Bxb7 Rb8 32.Bc6 Re2 33.Rxe2 Bxe2 34.h3 Ke7 35.Re1 Kd6 36.Bb5 a6
37.Rxe2 axb5 38.axb5 Rxb5 39.Kf2 Rb3 40.Re3 Rb2+ 41.Kf3 Kd5 42.h4 Rh2 43.Kg3 Rh1
44.g5 hxg5 45.fxg5 fxg5 46.hxg5 Rh8 47.Kg4 Rg8 48.Re5+  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.g3 cxd4 8.exd4 Qb6
9.Rb1 f5 10.Bg2 Bg7 11.Na4 Qc7 12.O-O b5 13.Nac3 Rb8 14.Qd2 O-O 15.a3 b4
16.axb4 Rxb4 17.Nd1 Ba6 18.c3 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Rb3 20.f4 Rfb8 21.g4 Ne7 22.gxf5 Nxf5
23.Bh3 Nxd4 24.cxd4 Rxh3 25.f5 Qc4 26.Qxc4 dxc4 27.f6 Bh6 28.Ra1 Rd3 29.Rxa7 Rxd4
30.Nc3 Rf4 31.Rc7 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Bc1 33.Rxc4 Bxb2 34.Ne4 h6 35.h4 Rb5 36.Ke2 Rf5
37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Rc7 Bxf6 39.Rxf7+ Kg6 40.Rd7 Bxh4  0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.a3 d5 10.b4 Be7 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 a5 13.Qb3 axb4 14.axb4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Qb8
16.Rfd1 b5 17.Be2 Bd5 18.Qd3 Bxb4 19.Qxb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 a6 10.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bd2 Nhf6 14.e4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 b5
16.Ne3 Qb6 17.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bb6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nd7 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb3 Be7 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Qb5+ Qd7 15.Ne5 Qxb5
16.Bxb5+ Kf8 17.f3 Ne8 18.Bd7 Rd8 19.Bc6 Bc8 20.Be3 f6 21.Nd3 Bd7 22.Bxd7 Rxd7
23.Ke2 Kf7 24.Rhc1 Nd6 25.a4 Nb7 26.Rc3 Na5 27.g4 Bd6 28.h3 Rc7 29.Rxc7+ Bxc7
30.Rc1 Bb8 31.f4 Rd8 32.e5 Ke7 33.Rc3 Kd7 34.f5 fxe5 35.Nxe5+ Bxe5 36.dxe5 exf5
37.gxf5 Rf8 38.e6+ Kd6 39.Rd3+ Kc6 40.e7 Re8 41.Bg5 Nb7 42.Kf3 Nd6 43.Kf4 Kc7
44.Bh4 Nf7 45.f6 g6 46.Ke4 Kc6 47.Rc3+ Kd6 48.Bg3+ Kd7 49.Kd5 Ra8 50.Rc7+ Ke8
51.Kc6  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Be2 Qc7 13.f5 Qc5 14.Qxc5 dxc5 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Bh5+ Kf8 17.e5 f5 18.g4 Ra7 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Nd5 Kg7 21.Rhg1+ Kh6 22.Rd3 Bg5+
23.Kb1 f4 24.Bg4 Bxg4 25.Rxg4 c4 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.h4 Rad7 28.Rxg5 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5
30.Kc1 f3 31.Rf5 Kg6 32.Rg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Ne7 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.O-O Nc6
9.c4 dxc4 10.Na3 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc4 O-O 13.Qc1 Bg4 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Qe3 Nd7
16.h3 Bh5 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Rad8 20.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 b4 12.Na4 Nxe4 13.Bxc4 Nxg3 14.fxg3 Nd7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Qxg4 Qe7
17.O-O+ Ke8 18.Bxe6 Bc8 19.Rae1 Kd8 20.d5 Qg7 21.dxc6 Qxg4 22.Bxg4 Nb6 23.Rf7 Bd6
24.Nxb6 axb6 25.c7+ Bxc7 26.Rd1+ Ke8 27.Bh5 Bg4 28.Rh7+ Bxh5 29.Rxh8+ Ke7
30.Re1+  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.dxc5 Nbd7
9.c6 bxc6 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Be2 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bb7 13.Nd2 c5 14.f3 Nfd7 15.Nc4 Nxc4
16.Bxc4 Nb6 17.Be2 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Kf2 Bd4+ 20.Be3 f5 21.Rc1 a6 22.b3 Kf7
23.exf5 gxf5 24.f4 Bxg2 25.Bxa6 Ba8 26.Be2 Kf6 27.a4 e5 28.fxe5+ Kxe5 29.Nb5 Bxe3+
30.Kxe3 Rc8 31.Bf3 Be4 32.Nc3 Nd5+ 33.Nxd5 Kxd5 34.Bxe4+ fxe4 35.b4 c4 36.Rd1+ Ke5
37.a5 Rb8 38.Rb1 c3 39.Rc1 Rxb4 40.Rxc3 Ra4 41.Rc5+ Kf6 42.Kf4 Ke6 43.Rh5 Kf6
44.Rb5 Ke6 45.Rh5 Kf6 46.Rc5 Ke6 47.Rb5 Kf7 48.Rh5 Kf6 49.h3 Kg6 50.Rb5 Kf7
51.Rc5 Ke6 52.Rh5 Kf6 53.h4 Kg6 54.Rg5+ Kf6 55.Rf5+ Ke6 56.Rh5 Kf6 57.Ke3 Ke6
58.Kf4 Kf6 59.Rf5+ Ke6 60.Re5+ Kf6 61.Rh5 Kg6 62.Rg5+ Kf6 63.Rf5+ Ke6 64.Rh5 Kf6
65.Rf5+ Ke6 66.Rh5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 a5 10.Bb5 Na7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Bb5 Na7 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.a3 Be6 15.Rd1 h6
16.O-O Nd7 17.Bb5 Qc7 18.Kh1 Nb6 19.Qe2 Rfd8 20.Qf2 Nd7 21.Ba4 Bc4 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Bg5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Rb5 Ra6 26.Rd5 Raa8 27.Qe2 Nf8 28.c3 Ne6 29.Rfd1 Na7
30.g3 Nc8 31.R5d2 Nb6 32.Bb5 g6 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Qe3 Nc4 35.Bxc4 Qxc4 36.Nc1 Qc6
37.Nd3 Kf8 38.h4 gxh4 39.Qh6+ Ke7 40.Qxh4+ g5 41.Qg4 Rh8 42.Nf2 Rag8 43.Rxd6 Qxd6
44.Rxd6 Kxd6 45.Qf5 f6 46.Qxf6 Rf8 47.Qg6 Rfg8 48.Qf7 Rg7 49.Qf6 Rf8 50.Qh6 Rgf7
51.Qh5 a4 52.Nd3 b5 53.Kf2 Nc5 54.Nxe5 Nxe4+ 55.Ke3 Kxe5 56.fxe4 Rg7 57.Qd1 Kf6
58.Qf1+ Ke7 59.Qxb5 g4 60.Qb4+ Kf7 61.Qxa4 Kg8 62.Qb5 Kh7 63.Qh5+ Kg8 64.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 c5 14.d5 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qa6
17.a3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne5 19.axb4 Rxd5 20.Qe2 cxb4 21.Nc3 Qc6 22.Nxd5 Qxd5 23.f3 Nd3
24.h4 b3 25.Kg2 Kb7 26.Ra4 Bb4 27.Bd2 Bc5 28.Be3 Rg8 29.Bg5 Qd4 30.Rb1 Kc6
31.Qd2 Bb6 32.Kh3 e5 33.Be3 Qxe3 34.Rxc4+ Kd5 35.Qxe3 Bxe3 36.Rc3 e4 37.Ra1 Ke5
38.Ra5+ Kxf6 39.fxe4 Nf2+ 40.Kg2 Ng4 41.Rc6+ Kg7 42.Kf3 Kh7 43.Rc7 Bb6 44.Rh5+ Nh6
45.Rc6 Rg6 46.Rxg6 fxg6 47.Rb5 Kg7 48.g4 Nf7 49.e5 Nd8 50.Rxb3 Ne6 51.Rb4 Kf7
52.Ke4 Ke7 53.Rc4 Bf2 54.h5 gxh5 55.gxh5 Kf7 56.Kd5 Bb6 57.h6 Nc7+ 58.Rxc7+ Bxc7
59.e6+  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.e4 Bb4
9.Qe2 d6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O-O a5 12.f4 a4 13.fxe5 axb3 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 dxe5
16.Bxe5 Qc6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Qf3 e5 20.Rd5 f5 21.Rxe5 Be6 22.Rb5 f6
23.Rxb3 fxe4 24.Qe3 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Qxc4+ 26.Kb1 Qd5 27.Rb4 Rae8 28.Rc1 Rf7
29.Rc5 Qd1+ 30.Ka2 Qd6 31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Qxe4 f5 34.Qc4 h5 35.Rh8 Qg6
36.Qd4+ Rf6 37.Rd8 Qf7+ 38.b3 Qe6 39.Rd7+ Kg6 40.Rxb7 h4 41.a4 Qc6 42.Rb8 h3
43.Rg8+ Kf7 44.Rh8 Kg7 45.Rh4 Kg6 46.Qe3 Kf7 47.Qa7+ Kg8 48.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qa2 Nd7 13.Qe2 a5 14.e5 Rd8 15.Rb1 cxd4
16.cxd4 Ba6 17.h4 h6 18.a4 Bb4 19.Be3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Qb7 21.Qb5 Nf8 22.Rfc1 Ng6
23.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qc8 12.Qc2 c5 13.d5 e5 14.Nd2 g5 15.Bg3 Qc7 16.f4 exf4
17.exf4 O-O-O 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Rhf1 Rde8 20.Bf5 Nh5 21.Ne4 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Kb8
23.Bxd7 Qxd7 24.Nf6 Qe7 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.Qf2 Qd7 27.b3 Re7 28.Rfe1 f5 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Re1 Qh7 31.Qd2 Qh2 32.Qxg5 Qxg2 33.Kb1 Ka7 34.Qf4 a4 35.bxa4 Ka6 36.a5 Kxa5
37.Qe3 b5 38.Qb3 Ba6 39.cxb5 Bxb5 40.Ka1 Qd2 41.Rd1 Qf2 42.Qc3+ Ka6 43.Rb1 Qe2
44.Qf6 Qe5+ 45.Qxe5 dxe5 46.Kb2 f4 47.gxf4 exf4 48.Kc3 f3 49.a4 Bd7 50.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.c3 Qa5 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.Nb3 Qb6 7.cxd4 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O d6 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be4 12.f3 Bc6 13.e4 Ba4 14.Be3 Na6 15.Bh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 dxc4 10.Na3 Qd7 11.Nxc4 Nd5 12.Nxf5 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 exf5 14.Rd1 Nxe3+ 15.Nxe3 Qe6
16.Bc4 Qg6 17.Bb5 f4 18.Nc4 Be7 19.Nd6+ Kf8 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Qxc6 Rd8 22.Qc4 h5
23.Qxf4 h4 24.f3 Rh5 25.Kf2 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 d5 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 Nc5 8.Bb1 Bg4
9.b4 Ne6 10.Qa4 Bh5 11.O-O Be7 12.b5 Nb8 13.Nd4 Nd7 14.f4 Bc5 15.Bb2 Nb6
16.Qc2 Be2 17.Rf2 Bxb5 18.f5 Ba4 19.Qd3 Ng5 20.Qg3 Qe7 21.f6 gxf6 22.exf6 Qe1+
23.Nf1 Ne4 24.Bxe4 Qxe4 25.Nd2 Qg6 26.Qxc7 Rc8 27.Re1+ Kf8 28.Qxb7 Qg4 29.N2b3 Bxb3
30.axb3 Qd7 31.Qa6 h5 32.Ba3 Qd6 33.Rfe2 Kg8 34.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dokuchaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nxc4 Bc5
9.Bf4 Nge7 10.Bd6 Bb6 11.b4 Nf5 12.a4 Bc8 13.Bf4 Nxb4 14.g4 Nd5 15.Bg5 Nfe7
16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Qxd4 f6 18.e4 fxg5 19.exd5 O-O 20.dxe6 Bxe6 21.Rfe1 Nc6 22.Qxd8 Nxd8
23.h3 h6 24.Ne5 Rf4 25.Be4 Ra5 26.Ng6 Rf6 27.Rad1 Ra8 28.Ne7+ Kf7 29.Nd5 Bxd5
30.Rxd5 Ne6 31.Rd7+ Kf8 32.Bxb7 Nc5 33.Bxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Bh3 21.Qa8+ Nb8 22.exd8=Q+ Rxd8
23.Re1 bxc3 24.Bf4 Qb6 25.bxc3 Bf5 26.Bxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Qc2 c5 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Nd2 O-O 13.f3 Qb6 14.Be2 Bc6 15.O-O Rab8
16.Rb1 a5 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.Rfd1 Qb7 19.Bg3 Ng6 20.Rbc1 Nh5 21.Be1 Qb6 22.Rb1 d5
23.Bf2 Rfc8 24.Rdc1 Bd7 25.b3 Qd8 26.a4 h6 27.Nf1 Nf6 28.Bg3 Rb7 29.cxd5 Nxd5
30.e4 Nb4 31.Qd2 e5 32.Ne3 Qg5 33.Nc4 Qxd2 34.Nxd2 Be6 35.Nc4 Bxc4 36.Bxc4 Nf4
37.Rd1 Ra7 38.Bb5 Rb8 39.Rd2 g5 40.Rc1 Rc7 41.Kf1 Kg7 42.Rd6 Na2 43.Rc2 Nb4
44.Rcd2 Rcb7 45.Ke1 Re7 46.Kd1 Rbb7 47.Kc1 Nh5 48.Kb2 Nxg3 49.hxg3 Rec7 50.Kc3 h5
51.Kc4 h4 52.gxh4 gxh4 53.Rd7 Kh6 54.R2d6+ Kg5 55.Rxc7 Rxc7 56.Rd8 Kf4 57.Rh8 Kg3
58.Rg8+ Kf2 59.Rg4 Nc2 60.Rxh4 Ne3+ 61.Kc3 Nxg2 62.Rh5 f6 63.Rh6 Kxf3 64.Rxf6+ Nf4
65.Rc6 Ra7 66.Rxc5 Kxe4 67.Bc4 Kf5 68.b4 axb4+ 69.Kxb4 Ne6 70.Bxe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.e3 e5 9.b3 Bf5
10.Bb2 exd4 11.exd4 Re8 12.Ne1 Qd7 13.Qd2 h5 14.Rd1 Rab8 15.Nc2 Bh3 16.Ne3 Bxg2
17.Kxg2 Ne7 18.Qd3 b5 19.d5 Ng4 20.Nxg4 Qxg4 21.cxb5 axb5 22.h3 Qf5 23.Qxf5 Nxf5
24.Rd2 b4 25.Na4 Rb5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rc1 Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lopushnoy, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.b4 a5
9.b5 c5 10.Bb2 a4 11.Qc2 Qb6 12.Bd3 h6 13.O-O cxd4 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bxd4 Bc5
16.Bb2 Qa7 17.Rae1 Be7 18.e6 fxe6 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.Qg6+ Kh8 22.Qxh6  1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kobalija, Mihail"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.a3 Qd7 8.Be2 O-O-O
9.c5 Ne4 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.Bf4 f6 12.O-O g5 13.Be3 e5 14.dxe5 d4 15.e6 Qxe6 16.Nxd4 Nxd4
17.Bxd4 Bxc5 18.Nb5 Kb8 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Qc1 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.Nbd4 Ne4 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Nxe5 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Bxe5 17.Nf3 Bf6 18.Qd3 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Qa4 Qa6 6.Qc2 Qxc4 7.e4 Qb4 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.e5 Ng8 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Ne3 e6 12.O-O-O Ne7 13.Bb4 Nd5 14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.h4 h6
16.Nc4 Na6 17.Kb1 Nac7 18.Nd6 Ne8 19.Nxe8 Qxe8 20.Nd2 Qe7 21.Ne4 Bd7 22.Rh3 Be8
23.Bc4 Rd8 24.Nd6 Kg8 25.Ra3 a6 26.g3 g6 27.Rb3 Rd7 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.Qc8 Kg7
30.Rxb7 Rxb7 31.Qxb7 Qxb7 32.Nxb7 g5 33.Rh1 f6 34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.Nc5 gxh4
36.Rxh4 e5 37.Kc2 a5 38.Kc3 Rh7 39.Nd3 exd4+ 40.Kxd4 Kg5 41.f4+ Kf6 42.g4 h5
43.gxh5 Bxh5 44.Ne5 a4 45.b4 axb3 46.axb3 Ke6 47.b4 Kd6 48.b5 Kc7 49.Kc5 Kb7
50.f5 Rc7+ 51.Kxd5 Be8 52.f6  1-0

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Qc1 Rc8 13.Nc3 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Be3 Ng4
16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Qxg5 18.Nxg5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O g6 18.Qd3 f5 19.Raa1 Bh6 20.Rfe1 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Bf5 22.Qe2 e4
23.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.h4 Qd5 11.Qd2 b5 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.Ne5 Qxa2 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd7 Be7
16.Nxf8 Kxf8 17.f3 Bd5 18.Bb1 Qa1 19.Qc2 Rd8 20.b4 a5 21.Qb2 Qxb2+ 22.Kxb2 axb4
23.cxb4 Bxb4 24.Be4 Bc4 25.Bd3 Rxd4 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Bd6
29.Kc2 Ke7 30.Rb1 b4 31.Ra1 f5 32.g4 Kf6 33.Kd3 e5 34.Rg1 g6 35.h5 e4+ 36.fxe4 fxg4
37.hxg6 h5 38.Kd4 Kxg6 39.e5 Be7 40.Ke4 Bg5 41.Rg2 c5 42.Kd5 b3 43.Kxc5 Bc1
44.Rg3 Bf4 45.Rxb3 Bxe5 46.Kc4 h4 47.Kd3 h3 48.Ke2 Bd4 49.Kf1 Kf5 50.Rb8 Be3
51.Rf8+ Ke4 52.Re8+ Kf3 53.Rh8 Kg3 54.Rg8 Bd4 55.Rg6 Kh4 56.Rd6 Be5 57.Rg6 Bd4
58.Rd6 Ba7 59.Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Be3 g6 8.h3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.f4 Qa5 12.Qf3 Qh5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5 14.Rad1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4+
16.Rxd4 Bc6 17.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 h5 12.O-O Bg7 13.f3 O-O 14.fxg4 hxg4 15.Bxg4 c5 16.d5 exd5
17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.Be6 Qe7 19.exd5 Nbd7 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxf7 Qxf7 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7
23.Qg4 Bd4+ 24.Kh2 Ndf6 25.Qe6+ Kg6 26.h5+ Kxh5 27.Qf7+ Kg5 28.Qg7+ Kh5 29.Qf7+ Kg5
30.Qg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.O-O g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn/ Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qb3 Nd7 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rac8
16.Qd2 Qb8 17.Kh1 Rfd8 18.Nc2 Ne5 19.f3 h6 20.Qe1 Ba8 21.Nd4 Bf8 22.Qf2 Ncd7
23.Qf1 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Qc7 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 b5 8.Be2 Nd7
9.d5 Ngf6 10.dxc6 Qxc6 11.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Bg5 Bg7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Bg4
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.d5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.Be2 Rc8 14.b3 Re8 15.Rc1 a6
16.Re1 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qc5 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qc5 20.Be3 Qa5 21.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.Bf4 Na6 8.e4 c5
9.dxc5 Qa5 10.e5 Nd7 11.a3 Qxc5 12.Qe4 Qc6 13.Qxc6 bxc6 14.Be2 Nac5 15.O-O Ne6
16.Bg3 g5 17.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bd3 e5
9.d5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Ne7 11.h4 d6 12.h5 h6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Qd2 Qc8 15.Bxh6 gxh6
16.Qxh6 Nc5 17.Be2 Qd8 18.Nf5 Nxf5 19.exf5 Ne4 20.Rh3 f6 21.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 c6
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 exf3
16.Nxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nd4 Bc5 10.Nf5 O-O 11.Qc2 Bb6 12.Nc3 Na6 13.a3 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Na4 Bg6
16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Nh4 d4 18.Bb2 Nd5 19.Nf3 Ndc7 20.Ne5 b5 21.e4 dxe3 22.fxe3 Qd6
23.Rad1 Rad8 24.Qf2 f6 25.Nxg6 hxg6 26.Kh2 Rd7 27.Qe2 f5 28.h4 Re7 29.Qd2 Nd5
30.e4 Nf6 31.Bxf6 Rxf6 32.d4 fxe4 33.Rxf6 gxf6 34.Bxe4 g5 35.Bf3 Nc7 36.d5 Nxd5
37.Bxd5+ cxd5 38.Qxd5+ Qxd5 39.Rxd5 Re2+ 40.Kh3 Re3 41.Kg2 Rxa3 42.Rxb5 Kg7
43.Rxb7+ Kh6 44.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Bg4 15.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bf2 Nc6 14.O-O e6 15.Nde2 Qe7
16.a4 Be5 17.Qd2 h4 18.h3 Rg8 19.a5 Na7 20.Be3 Bc6 21.Nd4 Qf6 22.Rad1 Ke7
23.Nce2 Rad8 24.c4 Bd7 25.f4 gxf4 26.Nxf4 Qg7 27.Nf3 Bxf4 28.Bxf4 Ba4 29.b3 Bc6
30.Rde1 f6 31.Rf2 Qh7 32.Qe2 e5 33.Bc1 Rg3 34.Nh2 Bd7 35.Kh1 Nc6 36.Nf1 Nd4
37.Qd1 Rdg8 38.Be3 Bxh3 39.gxh3  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bg7 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nc3 Bxa6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.e4 Ba6 14.Rd1 Nfd7 15.b3 Ne5
16.Nf3 Nbd7 17.Bb2 Qa5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Na4 c4 20.Bc3 Qc7 21.Bd4 Rab8 22.Qc3 Rfc8
23.f4 cxb3 24.Qxc7 Rxc7 25.fxe5 b2 26.Rab1 Rb4 27.exd6 Bxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Rc1+
29.Kf2 Rxd4 30.d7 Rxb1 31.d8=Q+ Kg7 32.Qxe7 Rd2+ 33.Kf3 Rf1+ 34.Bxf1 b1=Q
35.Qe5+ Kg8 36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Bxa6 Qd1+ 38.Kf4 Rf2+ 39.Ke5 Qa1+ 40.Kd6 Qf6+
41.Kd7 Qxa6 42.Qe5+ Kg8 43.Qe8+ Kg7 44.Qe5+ Kh6 45.Nc3 Rb2 46.Qf4+ Kg7 47.Qe5+ f6
48.Qe7+ Kh6 49.d6 Rb8  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 Bd7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.e5 Ne8 13.Na4 f6 14.f4 fxe5 15.fxe5 Nc7
16.Bd3 Be8 17.Qg3 Bh5 18.Rdf1 Qe8 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8 20.Rf1 Bg6 21.Bxg6 Qxg6 22.Qxg6 hxg6
23.Kd2 Na6 24.a3 c5 25.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.c3 f5 15.Nc2 Rb8
16.exf5 e4 17.Re1 Bxf5 18.Bf1 a5 19.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7
9.f4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.c4 Qd4 13.Ke2 Ba6 14.b3 f5 15.exf6 gxf6
16.Qg1 Qxg1 17.Raxg1 Nb6 18.Rc1 f5 19.Nf2 h5 20.Rhg1 c5 21.g3 O-O-O 22.h3 Rdg8
23.Be3 Bb7 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 fxg4 26.Nxg4 d6 27.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qa4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Qxa5 Bxa5 11.Rc1 Nxc5 12.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Nxd5 14.Rxc5 Be6
15.e4 Nb6 16.b3 Nd7 17.Rc3 Rac8 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Kd1 Ne5 20.Be2 g5 21.h4 h6
22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Nb1 Kg7 24.Kd2 Rd8+ 25.Ke3 Rc8 26.Kd2 Rd8+ 27.Kc3 Kf6 28.Rd1 Rh8
29.Kd2 Rh2 30.Rg1 Nc6 31.Ke3 Nb4 32.Nc3 Ke5 33.Bd3 a6 34.Bb1 Nc6 35.Ne2 Kf6
36.Nd4 Nxd4 37.Kxd4 g4 38.e5+ Kg5 39.Be4 b5 40.Rc1 Rh8 41.Rc6 a5 42.Ra6 Rd8+
43.Ke3 Rd1 44.Rxa5 Re1+ 45.Kd3 b4 46.Ra4 Ra1 47.g3 Rd1+ 48.Ke3 Re1+ 49.Kd3 Rd1+
50.Ke3 Re1+ 51.Kd4 Re2 52.f3 gxf3 53.Bxf3 Rf2 54.Bb7 Kf5 55.Kc5 Kxe5 56.Kxb4 Rf1
57.Ra5+ Kd6 58.Rc5 f5 59.Rc6+ Ke5 60.Rc3 Kd4 61.a4  1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 e5 8.fxe5 Ng4
9.Bg1 Ngxe5 10.Qd2 Be7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Kb1 g6 13.Nd5 Bg5 14.Qe1 Bh4 15.g3 Bf6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.h3 Qe7 18.Be2 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 b6 20.Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 e6
9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Bg5 Ba6 11.Nh3 Bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bd6 13.Qb3 exd5 14.exd5 Be5 15.O-O-O O-O
16.Rhe1 d6 17.Rxe5 dxe5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.d6 Qd7 20.f4 Nc6 21.Qg3+ Kh8 22.Qh4 Qf5
23.g4 Qg6 24.f5 Qg7 25.Nf2 Qg5+ 26.Qxg5 fxg5 27.Rd5 Na5 28.Be2 Nb7 29.Kb1 Ra5
30.Ne4 f6 31.a4 bxa3 32.bxa3 Rxa3 33.d7 Kg7 34.Bd1 Kf7 35.Kb2 Re3 36.Nxc5 Nxc5
37.d8=Q Rxd8 38.Rxd8 Rd3 39.Rxd3 Nxd3+ 40.Kc3 Nf2 41.Bf3 Ke7 42.Kc4 Kd6 43.Be2 h6
44.h3 Nxh3 45.Bd1 Nf2 46.Be2 Ne4  0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bb4 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rac1 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Rfd1 Qf6 17.a3 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Rac8 19.Qc2 g6 20.Bb5 Bc6 21.Qa4 Nb6 22.Qa5 Bxb5
23.Qxb5 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.Rc2 Rfc8 26.Rdc1 R6c7 27.Nd4 a6 28.Ne2 Kf8 29.b4 Nc4
30.Rc3 cxb4 31.axb4 Rb7 32.Nf4 Rd8 33.e4 Nd6 34.e5 Nc4 35.Nd3 Rb5 36.Ra1 Ra8
37.Rc2 h5 38.Rca2 a5 39.f4 Ra6 40.Ra4 Kg7 41.Ne1 Rab6 42.bxa5 Ra6 43.Nc2 Rbxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.05"]

[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5 d6
9.a4 a5 10.Bb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O a5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxe7 Re8 15.Bd6 Rxe4
16.Rc1 Bf5 17.Bc4 Qb2 18.Rb1 Qc3 19.Bd5 Nd7 20.Rb3 Rxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.Rxb7 Rc8
23.Qxd4 Bxd4 24.h3 h5 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.Bb3 Rc3 27.Bf4 Kg7 28.Be3 Ne5 29.Rc1 Rd3
30.Bc2 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Bxd7 32.Bd4 a4 33.Kh1 a3 34.Ra1 Nc4 35.Bxf6+ Kxf6 36.Bd3 Be6
37.Bxc4 Bxc4 38.Rxa3 Ke5 39.Kh2 Bd5 40.Kg3 Kf6 41.Ra6+ Kg7 42.h4 Bc4 43.Rd6 Bb3
44.Kf4 Bc4 45.Ke5 Bf1 46.g3 Be2 47.Rd4 Bf1 48.Kd6 Kf8 49.Rb4 Bh3 50.Rb8+ Kg7
51.Ke7 Be6 52.Rb6 Bc4 53.Rf6 Bd5 54.f4  1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.d3 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Ng5 h6
9.Nh3 Qc7 10.f4 O-O-O 11.c4 Nb8 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.a3 f5 15.Rab1 Nf6
16.Kh1 Ng4 17.Bg1 Bf6 18.b4 Nd4 19.Qd1 Qc6 20.Nf3 g6 21.a4 Rhg8 22.a5 Kb8
23.e5 dxe5 24.bxc5 Nxf3 25.Qxf3 Qxf3 26.gxf3 Rxd3 27.fxg4 Rxh3 28.c6 Rg7
29.fxe5 Bd8 30.a6 b6 31.c5 Ra3 32.cxb6 axb6 33.Bxb6 Bxb6 34.Rxb6+ Ka7 35.Rb7+ Rxb7
36.axb7 Kb8 37.Rd1  1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Qd3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Nb8 11.Rfe1 c6 12.Ba4 Nbd7 13.Nc4 Re8 14.Rad1 Bc7 15.Ne3 Qf8
16.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Bb3 Qc7
9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.f5 e5 15.Be3 Bc6
16.Bg5 Nxe4 17.Bxe7 Nf6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxf8 Nf4 20.Qe3 Rxf8 21.Rxf4 exf4
22.Qxf4 Qe7 23.Rf1 Qf6 24.Rd1 Qxb2 25.Qxd6 Qc3 26.Qe7 Qf6 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Rd6 Rc8
29.Rxf6 Rc7 30.Rd6 Kg7 31.c4 Be4 32.f6+ Kg6 33.Rd4 Bf5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.Rd5 Ra7
36.Rxb5 Rxa3 37.Bxf7+ Kxf7 38.Rxf5 Ra2 39.h3 h6 40.Kh2 Ra3 41.g4 Ra2+ 42.Kg3 Ra3+
43.Kh4 Rb3 44.Rh5 Kg6 45.f7 Rb8 46.Rb5 Ra8 47.Rb6+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 Rb8 7.O-O b5 8.a3 e6 9.Be3 Nd4
10.Qd2 Ne7 11.Bh6 Nxe2+ 12.Nxe2 Bxb2 13.Rab1 Bf6 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 a6 16.c4 e5
17.Ne2 Be6 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Nc3 Bc4 20.Rfd1 Ng8 21.Be3 Be7 22.Bf1 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Nf6
24.Bh6 Ng4 25.Nd5 Nxh6 26.Qxh6 Bf8 27.Qc1 Be7 28.Qh6 Bf8 29.Qc1 Be7 30.Nc7+ Kf8
31.Nxb5 Kg7 32.Qd2 h5 33.h4 Qd7 34.Nc3 Bxh4 35.gxh4 Qg4+ 36.Kh2 Qxh4+ 37.Kg2 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 a5
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rae1 Nf8 13.Ne5 Ng4 14.Bxe7 Rxe7 15.f4 f6
16.Nxg4 Bxg4 17.Qf2 Qb6 18.h3 Be6 19.g4 Rae8 20.Re2 Qa7 21.Kh1 b6 22.Qf3 Bc8
23.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup sf"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "1998.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 h6 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 d6 12.Nc3 c6 13.d4 Qc7 14.d5 Bh3 15.Rfc1 c5 16.Bd2 Nh7
17.Bg2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 f5 19.f3 Bg5 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Rh1 Rae8 22.e3 a6 23.a4 e4
24.f4 Bf6 25.h3 g5 26.Kh2 Kh8 27.Rhg1 Rg8 28.Raf1 gxf4 29.exf4 Bd4 30.Rg2 h5
31.Qd1 Qf7 32.Ne2 Bxb2 33.Nc3 Nf6 34.Be1 Ba3 35.Na2 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.cxb5 Kh7
38.Bc3 Nxd5 39.Qb3 Re7 40.Qxa3 Ne3 41.Rfg1 Nxg2 42.Rxg2 h4 43.Be1 hxg3+ 44.Bxg3 e3
45.Nc1 Qc4 46.Qb2 Rg6 47.b6 Rb7 48.Ne2 d5 49.Qb1 Qe4 50.Qb5 d4 51.Qxc5 d3
52.Nc3 Qe6 53.Nd5 e2 54.Be1 Rxg2+ 55.Kxg2 d2 56.Bxd2 e1=Q 57.Bxe1 Qxe1 58.Nc7 Qe4+
59.Kg3 Qe1+ 60.Kg2 Qe2+ 61.Kg3 Qe1+ 62.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup sf"]
[Site "Narva"]
[Date "1998.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nfd2 f5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nb3 Be7
9.f3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Bd2 a5 12.fxe4 a4 13.Nc1 fxe4 14.Nxa4 cxd4 15.exd4 d5
16.Be3 Kh8 17.Nc3 dxc4 18.Qd2 Be6 19.Bd1 Nb4 20.N1e2 Nd3 21.Ng3 Bb4 22.Be2 Qe7
23.Bg5 Qd7 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Ngxe4 Qxd4+ 26.Nf2 Bc5 27.Bxd3 Qxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.11.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.Rd1 O-O
9.e3 Ne7 10.Qc2 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Ng6 13.Be1 a5 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.f3 Nd6 16.cxd5 exd5
17.Bg3 Rfc8 18.e4 dxe4 19.fxe4 c5 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Bc4 cxd4 23.Bxf7+ Kh7
24.Rf3 Qd7 25.Qd3 Rc5 26.Rh3+ Rh5 27.Rxh5+ gxh5 28.e5+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.11.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5
9.Rc1 c6 10.Bh4 e4 11.Ne1 Nb6 12.b3 Be6 13.c4 Nc8 14.Kh1 Ne7 15.Bg3 Nf5 16.Bf4 h5
17.Nc2 Nh7 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.f3 exf3 20.gxf3 Rc8 21.Rg1 Bd7 22.Nf1 Bh6 23.Bxh6 Nxh6
24.Nb4 Nf5 25.Nxd5 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Nxd4 27.exd4 Rxe2 28.Qc4 Re6 29.Nf4 Qf6 30.d5 Re1
31.Qc7 Bh3 32.Ng2 Qxf3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Schmidt, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.e4 e5 14.d5 Nb6 15.dxc6 bxc6
16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.Qc2 c5 18.Bg5 Rd4 19.Nb5 c4 20.Be2 Rc8 21.h4 Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 c3
23.bxc3 Bxc3 24.Nxc3 Rxc3 25.Bd2 Rxc2 26.Bxa5 Rc5 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.f3 Kf8
29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Ke2 Ra5 31.Rb1 Nd7 32.Kd2 f5 33.Kc3 Rc5+ 34.Kd3 Ra5 35.Ke3 Rc5
36.g3 Rc3+ 37.Kd2 Ra3 38.exf5 gxf5 39.g4 g6 40.g5 Ra2+ 41.Bc2 Ra3 42.Bd1 Ra2+
43.Bc2 Ra3 44.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 f6 11.h3 Nf7 12.exf6 exf6 13.b3 Bf5 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8
16.Ba3 Qd7 17.Na4 Re8 18.Qf1 Ng5 19.Nxg5 fxg5 20.Bc5 g4 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Re1 Rxe1
23.Qxe1 h5 24.Nb2 Bf5 25.Qe2 h4 26.Nd3 h3 27.Ne5 Qe6 28.gxh3 Bxh3 29.Qe3 Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Freise, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 Na6
9.Nxf6+ Rxf6 10.e4 e5 11.exf5 e4 12.Re1 gxf5 13.Ng5 Be6 14.f3 Bxc4 15.fxe4 Qb5
16.b3 Bf7 17.e5 dxe5 18.dxe5 Rd6 19.exd6 Bxa1 20.Nxf7  1-0

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Unger, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Ne4
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Qb3 Bf6 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Bf4 Qa3
16.Qb1 h6 17.Rd3 Qa5 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc5 20.Rd3 e5 21.Bd2 Qc7 22.Bd5 d6
23.Rb3 Kh8 24.Bxb7 Bxb7 25.Rxb7 Qc6 26.Rc3 Bd4 27.Rf3 Qxc4 28.Qf5 e4 29.Rf4 Qxe2
30.Qxe4 Bxf2+ 31.Kg2 Be3+ 32.Kh3 Qxd2 33.Rf3 Rae8 34.Re7 Rxe7 35.Qxe7 Kg8
36.Rxe3 Qxa2 37.Qxd6 Qf2 38.Qd3 g6 39.Rf3 Qc5 40.Qb3 a5 41.Rf4 Qc6 42.Ra4 Ra8
43.Qa3 Qe6+ 44.Kg2 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Grund, Holger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Na6 8.O-O Nb4
9.Ne5 Be7 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be3 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qa5 14.Kh1 Bc5 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bh4 Bh7 17.f4 g5 18.fxg5 Bg6 19.gxh6 Rxh6 20.Qg4 Nc2 21.Bxe6 Rxh4 22.Qxh4 Nxa1
23.Bxf7+ Bxf7 24.Qf6 Bc4 25.e6 Qc7 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Rf7+ Kd6 28.e5+  1-0

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogozenko, Dorin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Rb1 e5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 Bd7
16.Ba3 Ne8 17.Rfb1 Rc8 18.e4 Qc7 19.Bb2 Qc5 20.Ba1 f5 21.Qd1 f4 22.Qe2 fxg3
23.hxg3 Bh6 24.Nf1 Nc4 25.a4 Na3 26.R1b3 bxa4 27.Nxa4 Qc1 28.Bb2 Qc2 29.Qxc2 Rxc2
30.Bxa3 Rfxf2 31.Bh1 Bh3 32.Rb1 Rxf1+  0-1

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rad1 c5 13.Bb5 c4 14.Qa4 Qc7 15.Rc1 Rfc8
16.a3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qd6 18.Nd2 Bc6 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 20.Rb1 Re8 21.Rfe1 Qc7 22.Bg3 Qc8
23.f3 Rce6 24.Bf2 Nf8 25.Nf1 Ng6 26.Qc2 Qc6 27.a4 Ne7 28.Bh4 g5 29.Bf2 Nc8
30.Rb2 Nd6 31.Reb1 Nd7 32.Bg3 Nc8 33.Bf2 Nd6 34.Ng3 Rg6 35.h3 Rge6 36.Ra1 Rf8
37.e4 Rfe8 38.e5 Nc8 39.Nf5 Rg6 40.h4 Ne7 41.h5 Re6 42.g4 Kh8 43.Bg3 Ng8
44.Nd6 R8e7 45.Nf5 Re8 46.Nd6 R8e7 47.Re1 Qa8 48.Qf5 f6 49.Nf7+ Kg7 50.Qg6+ Kf8
51.Nxh6 Rg7 52.Qf5 Qe8 53.Nxg8 Kxg8 54.Rbb1 fxe5 55.Bxe5 Nxe5 56.Rxe5 Rxe5
57.Qxe5 Qxe5 58.dxe5 Re7 59.Rxb6 Rxe5 60.Kf2 Kf7 61.Rb5 Ke6 62.Rxa5 Kd6 63.Ra8 Re7
64.h6 Rh7 65.f4 d4 66.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 Nd7 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 b6 10.Re1 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Be7 Re8 14.d5 cxd5 15.exd5 e4
16.d6 Qc6 17.Ng5 Nc5 18.Nd2 Bb7 19.Ndxe4 f5 20.Qf3 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 h6 22.Qb3+ Qd5
23.Re2 hxg5 24.d7 Reb8 25.Rd1 Qxb3 26.axb3 Ba6 27.Re3 f4 28.Re4 Bb7 29.Ree1 f3
30.gxf3 Bxf3 31.d8=Q+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Rxd8 33.Bxd8 g4 34.hxg4 Bxg4 35.Ra1 Bxb2
36.Rxa7 b5 37.Rb7 Be2 38.Rd7 Bg7 39.Bb6 Bh6 40.Be3 Bf8 41.Kg2 Bg4 42.Rd5 Be2
43.f3 b4 44.Bc5  1-0

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5
16.Ba3 b6 17.Bb5 Qf6 18.Bb2 Bf5 19.Rbd1 a6 20.Bc6 Rad8 21.Qe3 c4 22.Qe5 Kg7
23.d6 Bd7 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Rf3 Qxe5 26.fxe5 Re8 27.Rd5 Re6 28.Bc1 f6 29.Bf4 Kg8
30.a4 g5 31.Bg3 g4 32.Rf4 Bxc3 33.Rxg4+ Kf7 34.exf6 Bxf6 35.Rxc4 Re2 36.Kf1 Rb2
37.Rc7 Ke6 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.d7 Rb4 40.Rc6+ Ke7 41.Re1+ Kf7 42.Rxf6+ Kxf6 43.Bd6  1-0

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5
9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Qf4 Bf6 11.h4 h6 12.Nf3 Kg7 13.O-O-O Be6 14.e3 Nd7 15.Kb1 c6
16.Bd3 a5 17.Qg3 Qb8 18.Ne2 Qxg3 19.Nxg3 Be7 20.Rc1 Bd6 21.Ne2 Nf6 22.Nf4 Bd7
23.Rc2 Rhe8 24.Ne2 Ne4 25.Nc3 f5 26.Na4 Rad8 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Rxe5 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Rd1 Bg4 31.Rdd2 Rd6 32.b3 Rf6 33.Kb2 Rh5 34.g3 Bh3 35.Nb6 Bf1 36.Rc1 Bh3
37.Rh1 Bg4 38.Kc3 Rhf5 39.Rh2 Re6 40.a3 Kf7 41.Na4 Re7 42.Rh1 Ke6 43.Rc1 Ke5
44.Kb2 Ref7 45.Rcc2 Bh3 46.Nc5 Bf1 47.Ka1 Bb5 48.Na4 Bxa4 49.bxa4 g5 50.hxg5 hxg5
51.Kb1 R5f6 52.Kc1 Rh6 53.Kd1 Rh1+ 54.Ke2 Ra1 55.Ra2 Rg1 56.Rab2 Kf5 57.Rd1 Rxd1
58.Kxd1 Kg4 59.Ke2 Kh3  0-1

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 2nd"]
[Site "Bad Wiesse"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.O-O Be6 13.Nxe5 fxe5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 Bc5
16.Qc2 O-O-O 17.Qg6 Bb3 18.a5 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Nc5 20.Ra3 a6 21.Rxb3  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e5 Rd8 10.Bd2 Ng4 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.Nb5 Rxd2 13.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Ngxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Ke3 Bf5 17.Nc3 Bd4+ 18.Ke2 Bxc5 19.Rhd1 Bd4 20.h3 h5 21.Bd3 Be6 22.Be4 Be5
23.Ke3 g5 24.g3 Bxh3 25.Rh1 g4 26.Ne2 Bg7 27.Nf4 Bh6 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Rc5 h4
30.Rh5 Kg7 31.Rxh6 Kxh6 32.Nxh3 gxh3 33.Rxh3 Kg6 34.Rxh4 Kf5 35.Rc4 Rc8 36.Kd4 Rd8+
37.Ke3 Rc8 38.Kd4 Rd8+ 39.Kc3 Rc8 40.b4 Ke5 41.Rc5+ Kd6 42.Rf5 f6 43.Ra5 Ra8
44.Kd4 e5+ 45.Ke4 Ke6 46.Ra6 f5+ 47.Ke3 Kd6 48.a3 Rh8 49.Rxa7 Rh1 50.Ra8 Rb1
51.Rd8+ Ke6 52.Rd3 Re1+ 53.Kd2 Ra1 54.Ke2 Ra2+ 55.Ke3 Ra1 56.Rc3 Kd6 57.f4 Ra2
58.fxe5+ Kxe5 59.Kf3 Ra1 60.Re3+ Kf6 61.Rc3 Ke5 62.Rc5+ Kd6 63.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Roos, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2 c5
9.Rb1 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5
16.d6 Rb8 17.Ba3 Bf5 18.Rbd1 b6 19.h3 Qf6 20.Bb2 Rbd8 21.Bb5 Bd7 22.c4 Qf5
23.Bxd7 Rxd7 24.Qe2 Qe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Be5 a6 27.Rf3 Bb4 28.Rb3 Kf7 29.Kf2 Rb7
30.Ke3 Ke8 31.Ke4 Kd7 32.h4 b5 33.Rc1 Kc6 34.g4 bxc4 35.Rxc4 Rfb8 36.d7 Rd8
37.a3 Ba5 38.Rxc5+ Kxc5 39.Rxb7 Kc6 40.Ra7 Bb6 41.Rxa6 Rxd7 42.Ra8 Bd8 43.h5 gxh5
44.gxh5 Rd2 45.Ra7 Rh2 46.Rxh7 Rh3 47.h6 Bb6 48.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.e4 b5
9.Nxb5 Nxe4 10.Qxc7 Nc6 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Bxe4 Bxb5 13.Qxd8 Raxd8 14.Bd2 f5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5
16.Bxb4 Bxd4 17.Rd1 e5 18.Rd2 Bb6 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Bc3 Bc7 21.Nd2 Rg5 22.Rg1 Bc6
23.g4 e4 24.h4 Rc5 25.Kd1 Bf4 26.Kc2 g5 27.b4 Rxc3+ 28.Kxc3 gxh4 29.b5 Bb7
30.Nc4 h3 31.Ne3 h2 32.Rh1 Kf7 33.Kd2 Kg6 34.Ke2 Bc8 35.Kf1 Be6 36.Kg2 Bxe3
37.fxe3 Bxa2 38.Rc1 Bf7 39.Kxh2 Be8 40.Rc5 h6 41.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.h3 Qa5 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxe5 Rb7 17.Qe2 Raa7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Re3 Bd4 21.Rd3 Qb4 22.Rd2 Bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O a5 12.b3 Qe8 13.Bb2 Qh5 14.Rfe1 Qh6 15.Nf1 Nh5
16.Ng3 Nf4 17.Bf1 g6 18.Rad1 Qg7 19.Re3 h5 20.Ne2 g5 21.Nxf4 gxf4 22.Ree1 Bd7
23.Kh1 Rad8 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Bf6 26.Rxh5 Be8 27.Rh3 Bg6 28.Bd3 Bxd3 29.Rhxd3 c5
30.Qe2 Rfe8 31.Bc1 dxc4 32.bxc4 Rxd4 33.Bxf4 Kf7 34.Be3 Rxd3 35.Rxd3 Bd4
36.Bxd4 cxd4 37.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kunze, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 c5 14.d5 c4 15.Nf1 Bf8 16.Ng3 g6
17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Bg7 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Qe7 21.Ra3 Qf8 22.Rea1 Nc5 23.Qe2 Rec8
24.Qd1 Qe8 25.Nh4 Nh7 26.Be3 Bf6 27.Nf3 Qd8 28.Nf1 Ng5 29.N3d2 Kg7 30.Qe2 Qc7
31.f3 Nh7 32.b3 cxb3 33.Bxb3 bxa4 34.Bc2 Bg5 35.c4 Bxe3+ 36.Qxe3 Nf6 37.Bxa4 Nxa4
38.Rxa4 Nd7 39.Ra5 Rcb8 40.Qc3 Bc8 41.Kh2 Kg8 42.Nb3 Qb6 43.Nfd2 Qf2 44.Qc1 Rb4
45.Qe1 Qxe1 46.Rxe1 Rab8 47.Ra3 Kg7 48.Rc1 h4 49.Rc2 Kf6 50.Kg1 Kg5 51.Rc3 Kf4
52.Kf2 f5 53.Nc1 Nc5 54.Ndb3 fxe4 55.Nxc5 dxc5 56.Ne2+ Kg5 57.fxe4 R8b6 58.Ra5 Rf6+
59.Ke3 Rb1 60.Rxc5 Bd7 61.Rc7 Ba4 62.Re7 Re1 63.Rxe5+ Kh6 64.Rd3  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Nf3 e6
9.O-O Nb4 10.Be2 Bc6 11.a3 N4d5 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.Ne4 Bb5 14.Re1 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 a6
16.Bd2 Qb5 17.Qc2 Qc4 18.Rac1 Qxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Luecke, Norbert"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.h3 Rb8
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Be3 b6 11.g4 Bb7 12.Ng3 Nfd7 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.b3 Rc8 15.Nb5 a6
16.Nd4 Nc6 17.c3 Qc7 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 e5 20.Nde2 Ne6 21.Rfd1 b5 22.Nf5 Rcd8
23.Ne3 Ne7 24.c4 Kh8 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Nc5 27.b4 Na4 28.Rac1 Qe7 29.f4 Nb2
30.Rf1 exf4 31.Nxf4 Nc4 32.Rc3 Ne5 33.Nd3 Nxd3 34.Rxd3 Kg8 35.h4 Bc8 36.h5 Bxg4
37.Rg3 Bc8 38.Bh3 Qe5 39.Qf4 Qxf4 40.Rxf4 Bxh3 41.Rxh3 Rde8 42.Rf6 Rxe4 43.Rxd6 Rxb4
44.Rxa6 Rd4 45.d6 Rd8 46.Rb3 R4xd6 47.Rxd6 Rxd6 48.h6 Rd1+ 49.Kg2 Rd2+ 50.Kg3 Rxa2
51.Rxb5 Ra8 52.Kf4 Kf8 53.Rb7 Rd8 54.Ke5 Re8+ 55.Kf4 Re1 56.Ra7 Re2 57.Rb7 Rh2
58.Rb8+ Ke7 59.Rb7+ Ke6 60.Rb6+ Kd5 61.Rb7 Rxh6 62.Rxf7 Ke6 63.Ra7 Rh5 64.Kg4 Kf6
65.Rb7 Rh1 66.Rb6+ Kg7 67.Rb7+ Kh6 68.Ra7 Rb1 69.Ra4 Rb7 70.Rc4 Kg7 71.Ra4 h5+
72.Kh4 Kh6 73.Ra6 Rb4+ 74.Kh3 Re4 75.Rb6 Kg5 76.Ra6 Re3+ 77.Kg2 h4 78.Kh2 Kh5
79.Ra8 g5 80.Ra5 Kg4 81.Ra4+ Kf5 82.Ra5+ Kf4 83.Ra4+ Re4 84.Ra2 g4 85.Rf2+ Kg5
86.Rf8 Re2+ 87.Kg1 g3 88.Rg8+ Kf4 89.Kf1 Ra2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.h3 c5 8.Be3 Qc7
9.O-O a6 10.f4 cxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.f5 Nb6 15.g4 Nc4 16.Qc1 d5
17.exd5 Rfd8 18.Bg5 Nxd5 19.Bxd8 Rxd8 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rf2 Rd2
23.b3 e4 24.bxc4 e3 25.Rg2 Bxa1 26.Qxa1 Qd6 27.Nc3 e2 28.Rxe2 Qg3+ 29.Kf1 Qf3+
30.Kg1 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 h6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Nge2 a6 10.Nd1 e5 11.c3 d5 12.Nf2 Bb7 13.O-O Qe7 14.a4 bxa4 15.Bc2 c5 16.Bxa4 exd4
17.cxd4 dxe4 18.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gamboa, Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Be3 f6 13.a3 Rab8 14.Qd2 Nf7 15.b4 Qh5
16.Ne2 g5 17.d5 Rb7 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.dxc6 Rxc6 20.Ng3 Qg6 21.Nd4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Ne5
23.Ndf5 Qf7 24.Qd5 Qxd5 25.Nxe7+ Kf7 26.Nxd5 Bf8 27.Nf5 Nc6 28.Nd4 Nxd4 29.Bxd4 Be7
30.Rc3 f5 31.exf5 Bxf5 32.Rf3 Kg6 33.g4 Bc8 34.Nxe7+ Rxe7 35.Rf6+ Kg7 36.Re6+ Kf7
37.Rxe7+ Kxe7 38.Bxa7 Bd7 39.f3 Be8 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Be3 Kf6 42.Kg3 Bc6 43.Bb6 Ke7
44.f4 gxf4+ 45.Kxf4 Ba4 46.Kg5 Kf7 47.Kh6 Kg8 48.g5 Bc2 49.Bd4 Ba4 50.h4 Be8
51.h5  1-0

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.b3 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nh6 12.Bb2 Nf5 13.Nd5 Rb8 14.a4 Bd7 15.b4 Bc6
16.Qd3 e6 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 f5 19.b5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qd7 21.Rac1 Rbc8 22.Ba3 Rfd8
23.d5 e5 24.Rc2 e4 25.Qb3 b6 26.Bb2 Bxb2 27.Qxb2 Qg7 28.Qb4 Rc5 29.a5 Rdc8
30.axb6 axb6 31.Rfc1 Ra8 32.Qb3 Qa7 33.Qc3 Qg7 34.Qb3 Rc7 35.Ra2 Rxa2+ 36.Qxa2 Ra7
37.Qb3 Qc7 38.Rc2 Qc5 39.Qc3 Ra3 40.Qf6 Qxe3 41.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.Rd3 Rf8 14.Qd2 a6 15.a4 Rb8
16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.Ba2 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Nd7 20.Bc4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.b3 Bb7
23.f3 Bc6 24.Rc1 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Qc2 Ndf6 14.Rhe1 Qe7 15.d5 Nc5 16.e4 Nxd3+
17.Qxd3 e5 18.Nd4 Nh5 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.Qe2 Ng7 21.Nd4 O-O 22.Nb5 Rac8 23.f3 Qg6
24.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qa6
17.a3 Bxd5 18.axb4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qc6+ 20.f3 cxb4 21.Qe2 Bd6 22.Rfd1 Ne5 23.Rxd6 Qxd6
24.Bf4 Rh5 25.Re1 Qc6 26.Bxe5 Rd5 27.Bf4 Qxa4 28.g4 Rd4 29.gxh5 Rxf4 30.Kg3 Rd4
31.h6 Qa5 32.Qe3 Qc7+ 33.Qe5 Rd8 34.Kg4 Rh8 35.Kh5 a5 36.f4 Qxe5+ 37.Rxe5 Kb7
38.Rxa5 Kb6 39.Rg5 Kc6 40.h4 Kb6 41.Rg7 b3 42.Rxf7 c3 43.Rg7 c2 44.Rg1 Kc5
45.f7 Kd6 46.Rg8  1-0

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rab1 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Nd2 c5 17.Rbc1 cxd4 18.exd4 Nf6 19.Rfe1 Rad8 20.Qc4 Qd6 21.Nb3 b6 22.Qc7 a5
23.Qxd6 Rxd6 24.a4 Kg7 25.g3 Re7 26.Rc4 Nd5 27.Nd2 e3 28.fxe3 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Nxe3
30.Rc3 Nd1 31.Rc2 Rxd4 32.Nc4 Re4 33.b3 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Ne3+ 35.Nxe3 Rxe3 36.b4 axb4
37.Rc4 Rb3 38.h4 h5 39.Rf4 Rb1 40.Kh2 Rb2+ 41.Kh3 f6 42.Rd4 Kf7 43.Re4 g5
44.hxg5 fxg5 45.g4 Rb3+ 46.Kg2 hxg4 47.Re5 Ra3 48.Rb5 Rxa4  0-1

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qa2 Nc6 13.Bf4 Na5 14.Qe2 Rd8 15.Rad1 Bf8
16.h3 h6 17.a4 Qd7 18.Bb5 Qe7 19.Bg3 a6 20.Bd3 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nc6 22.Bc4 Na5
23.Bd3 Nc6 24.Bb1 Nb4 25.Bh4 g5 26.Bg3 Bg7 27.h4 g4 28.Ne5 h5 29.f3 Nc6 30.fxg4 Nxd4
31.Qf2 Nc6 32.Nxc6 Bxc6 33.Bd6 Rxd6 34.Rxd6 Qxd6 35.Qxf7+ Kh8 36.Qxh5+ Kg8
37.e5 Qd4+ 38.Kh1 Bxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Qd5+ 40.Kg1 Qd4+ 41.Kg2 Qd2+ 42.Rf2 Qh6 43.Qxh6 Bxh6
44.Rf6 Be3 45.Kf3 Bc5 46.Ba2 b5 47.Bxe6+ Kh8 48.g5 bxa4 49.g6 Kg7 50.h5 Kh6
51.Rf7 Rf8 52.Kg4 Rxf7 53.gxf7 Kg7 54.Ba2 Kf8 55.h6 a3 56.Kg5 Bb4 57.Kf6  1-0

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Bc5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.Nxe4 Bb6
15.Bf4 Rfe8 16.Nc3 Nd4 17.Rd2 Ne6 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 b4 20.Nd5 Reb8 21.Ra5 Kf8
22.Nf4 Rb6 23.Kf1 Ke8 24.Ke2 Nd8 25.Nd5 Rb7 26.Rd1 c6 27.Nf4 Rb6 28.Nh5 Ne6
29.Rda1 Ra7 30.Nf4 Nd8 31.Rc5 Re7 32.Rca5 Ra7 33.Rc5 Re7 34.Nd3 Nb7 35.Rc4 a5
36.Rf1 Nd8 37.Rh4 h6 38.Rc4 Rb5 39.g4 Rd5 40.Rd4 Red7 41.Rc4 Rc7 42.Rc5 Rxc5
43.Nxc5 Re7 44.Nd3 Rb7 45.Rf4 Ne6 46.Rc4 Kd7 47.Nf4 Rb5 48.Nxe6 fxe6 49.Rd4+ Kc7
50.Rf4 Rc5 51.Kd2 Rd5+ 52.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.a4 Ne7 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Be4 Rc8 17.O-O Rc4 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bd5 Rxa4 20.Ne3 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Bc8 22.Qb1 Qg5
23.Qd3 Qg6 24.Rd1 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Bh6 26.c4 Bxe3 27.fxe3 bxc4 28.Bxc4 Rd8 29.Ra3 d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Rxd3 Rg8 13.g3 f5 14.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Beikert, Guenther"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 e5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.e4 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qc1 c6 13.h3 Bxh3 14.Bxh3 Nf3+ 15.Kf1 Bxb2
16.Qxb2 Nxe1 17.Kxe1 Rxe4+ 18.Kf1 Qg5 19.Nc3 Re7 20.Rd1 d5 21.b4 Rae8 22.b5 Qf6
23.Qb4 Re3 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.cxd3 Qf3 26.Bg2 Qxd3+ 27.Kg1 d4 28.Na4 Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Qh5+
30.Kg1 Qxb5 31.Qxd4 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Qh5+ 33.Bh3 Qd1 34.Qxa7 Rh1+ 35.Kg2 Qd5+
36.f3 Ra1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Qe7 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Nc6 12.Bc2 O-O-O 13.a3 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Rhg8
16.Rxd6 Rxd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qxf6 g4 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Nd2 Ne5 21.f4 gxf3 22.gxf3 h5
23.h3 Rd8 24.f4 Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Qh8+ Qd8 27.Qxh5 Qe7 28.Qe2 Rd8 29.Nb3 Rg8
30.Qd3 Bf3 31.Rf1 Rd8 32.Qc3 Be2 33.Re1 Qd6 34.Nxc5 Bd1 35.Ne4 Qd7 36.Nc5 Qd6
37.Ne4 Qd7 38.c5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.20"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Bb7
9.Rd1 Nh5 10.Ng5 g6 11.Bc1 Nc6 12.Nf3 Be7 13.Bh6 Re8 14.e4 a6 15.Be2 Qc7
16.O-O Red8 17.Rfe1 Rac8 18.Be3 Ba8 19.Na4 Rb8 20.Bf1 Nf6 21.Bg5 Ng4 22.Bxe7 Nxe7
23.Qd2 f6 24.Qd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Bc6 26.Nc3 Kf8 27.b4 Nc8 28.Rd2 Ke7 29.Red1 Bb7
30.h3 Nh6 31.Rd4 Nf7 32.Nd2 g5 33.Nb3 d6 34.Be2 Na7 35.R4d2 Nc6 36.g3 Nce5
37.Kf1 Rdc8 38.Rd4 Nc6 39.R4d2 Nce5 40.Rd4 Nc6 41.R4d2 Nce5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Nb3 Bg7 8.g4 Be6
9.f4 O-O 10.f5 Bd7 11.g5 Ne8 12.O-O a5 13.a4 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Nb4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bxf5 17.Bf3 Rc8 18.c3 e5 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Bg2 d5 21.Re1 Nd6 22.Be3 Qd8
23.Nd4 Ne4 24.Qb3 Nc5 25.Qa2 Nd3 26.Rg1 Qxg5 27.Rge1 Qh5 28.Rf1 Be5 29.Bg1 Bh3
30.Bxd5 Bxf1 31.Bxe6+ Kh8 32.Rxf1 Rxf1  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Koehn, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.f3 d6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 b5 9.cxb5 Qa5
10.a4 Nbd7 11.Ra3 Ne5 12.Qc2 e6 13.Bd2 exd5 14.Nxd5 Qd8 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Ne2 axb5
17.axb5 Rxa3 18.bxa3 d5 19.f4 Qh4+ 20.g3 Nf3+ 21.Kf2 Qh5 22.h4 dxe4 23.Be3 Nd4
24.Qxe4 Nxb5 25.Bg2 Bg4 26.Bf3 Nd6 27.Qd5 Bxf3 28.Qxf3 Qf5 29.g4 Qd3 30.Ng3 Qxa3
31.Qd5 Qb2+ 32.Kf3 Nb5 33.Bxc5 Nd4+ 34.Bxd4 Bxd4 35.Ne4 Rb8 36.Rb1 Qxb1 37.Qxd4 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.04.18"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.g3 b5
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.Ne5 e6 11.Rb1 Qc8 12.O-O Nd7 13.e4 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 f6 15.Bf4 Ba3
16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qh6 Qd7 18.Bc1 Bf8 19.Qf4 Be7 20.Qh6 Bf8 21.Qf4 Be7 22.Qh6 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.Ne2 a5
9.g3 a4 10.Bh3 cxd4 11.cxd4 a3 12.b3 Bb4+ 13.Kf2 Ndb8 14.Be3 Bd7 15.g4 h5
16.gxh5 Rxh5 17.Bf1 Ne7 18.Ng3 Rh8 19.Rc1 Nbc6 20.h4 O-O-O 21.Bd3 Kb8 22.Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.Qe2 c6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5
9.Bd2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 e6 12.f4 Nd7 13.h4 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Nb6 15.Bb3 h5
16.Bd2 a5 17.a3 Nd5 18.c4 Ne7 19.O-O-O Nf5 20.Bc3 Qe7 21.Bc2 Rfd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Qe3 Qe7 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Qb6 Re8 27.e6 fxe6 28.Qxa5 Bg7 29.Rg1 Bxc3
30.Qxc3 Kf7 31.Qg3 Qf6 32.Rd1 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.a3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Be2 Ne7 8.O-O Nc8
9.h3 Bh5 10.b3 c5 11.c4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Ncb6 15.Rd1 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 a6 17.Nf3 Qc8 18.Qd4 Qc6 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Bg5 Qd7 21.Qe3 Qb5 22.b4 h6
23.bxc5 hxg5 24.Nxg5 Bxc5 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Rab1 Qc6 28.Rxb7 Rd8 29.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5
9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Qd6 15.O-O e6
16.h4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Rxc7 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Rab8 20.Bf4 Bf6 21.Rd3 Rfc8
22.h5 Rxc7 23.Bxc7 Rc8 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.hxg6 Rc1+ 26.Kh2 Bxb2 27.Rd7 fxg6
28.Bxe6+ Kh8 29.Kh3 Rc6 30.Bd5 Rf6 31.f3 Bc1 32.g3 g5 33.Kg4 Be3 34.Rxb7 Rd6
35.Re7 Bd4 36.Bb3 Bf6 37.Rf7 Be5 38.Rb7 Rd4+ 39.Kxg5 Bxg3 40.Rxb6  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexey2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.Nxd4 Bxd4 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O Nf6 10.h3 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.a3 Qc7 15.Be2 Nh7 16.Qd2 f5
17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 e4 19.Nd1 a6 20.Ne3 b5 21.Kh1 bxc4 22.Nxc4 a5 23.Be7 Rf6
24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 cxb4 26.Qxb4 Bf8 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Nb6 Rb8 29.Qd4 Bg7 30.Nxd7 Nxd7
31.Qc4 Nc5 32.Rxb8+ Qxb8 33.Qb5 Qd8 34.Bh5 Kh7 35.Qe8 Qxe8 36.Bxe8 Bc3 37.g3 e3
38.Bh5 Ne4 39.Kg2 Nf6 40.Bf3 Nxd5 41.Rc1 Bb4 42.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 d6 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Nd4 c5 12.Ne2 Ng6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Kh1 Ne5 15.f3 Kh8 16.Nd4 Ba6
17.Be3 Nd3 18.Bxd3 cxd3 19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.a3 a4
10.Qc2 Ba5 11.O-O-O cxd4 12.Nb5 d5 13.cxd5 Na6 14.dxe6 Rc8 15.exf7+ Kxf7
16.Bc4+ Rxc4 17.Qxc4+ Bd5 18.Ne5+ Ke6 19.Nxd4+ Kd6 20.Ndc6  1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Bh3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.d5 Bxf3 10.exf3 Nd7 11.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.a3 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxd6 Be5 11.Qc5 Qxc5 12.Nxc5 Ke7 13.Bb5 Nd4 14.O-O-O Rd8 15.Nb3 Nxb5
16.Nxb5 Bd7 17.N5d4 Rac8 18.g3 Rc4 19.c3 Bc7 20.Rhe1 b5 21.Nc2 Bb6 22.f3 Rdc8
23.Kb1 a5 24.a3 h5 25.Rd3 h4 26.Red1 R4c7 27.g4 h3 28.Nbd4 g5 29.Ne3 Kf6
30.Ndc2 Bc6 31.Nd4 Be8 32.Ndf5 Bc6 33.Nd4 Be8 34.Nec2 Ke5 35.Re1 Rc4 36.Ne3 R4c7
37.Nec2 Rc4 38.Re2 b4 39.axb4 axb4 40.Ne3 R4c7 41.Nd1 Ba4 42.Nf2 bxc3 43.f4+ Kf6
44.fxg5+ Kg6 45.Nxh3 c2+ 46.Kc1 Ra7 47.Rc3 Rxc3 48.bxc3 Bxd4 49.cxd4 Rb7
50.Rxc2 Bxc2 51.Kxc2 Rb8 52.Kc3 Rh8 53.Nf4+ Kxg5 54.Nd3 Kf6 55.d5 exd5 56.exd5 Rxh2
57.Kd4 Rg2 58.d6 Ra2 59.Nc5 Rd2+ 60.Kc3 Rd1 61.Kc4 Ke5 62.d7 Rd4+ 63.Kb5 Rd6
64.Kc4 Kf4 65.Kb5 Ke5 66.Kc4 Rd4+ 67.Kb5 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.cxd5 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Qxd5 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Be6 14.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bg7 14.c4 b6 15.Bb2 Bxb2
16.Rxb2 Ba6 17.Rb3 Re8 18.Re3 exd5 19.cxd5 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Qh4+ 21.g3 Qh3 22.Rf1 b5
23.f5 Qh5 24.Rf4 g5 25.Rff2 f6 26.e5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 fxe5 28.d6 Rd8 29.Qd5+ Qf7
30.Qxc5 Qc4 31.Qxe5 Qc1+ 32.Ke2 Qc2+ 33.Kf1 Qc1+ 34.Ke2 Qc4+ 35.Ke3 Qc1+
36.Kf3 Qc6+ 37.Kg4 Rxd6 38.Kxg5 Rd5 39.Qf6 Qxf6+ 40.Kxf6 b4 41.Rc2  1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc1 Nc6 12.e3 Nb4 13.Nc3 a5 14.Rd1 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3 g6 5.a3 Bg7 6.b4 d6 7.Rb1 Nge7 8.g3 b6 9.Bg2 Bb7
10.O-O O-O 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Ne4 f5 14.Nec3 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Ne7 16.Bd2 Rac8
17.Qb3 Ba6 18.b5 Bb7 19.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 bxc4 7.Qd1 g6 8.e4 Bg7
9.Nd2 O-O 10.Nxc4 Qd8 11.Be2 d6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5
16.d6 b6 17.Bf3 Bf5 18.Bxa8 Bxb1 19.Bc6 Bf5 20.Re1 Qf6 21.Bb2 Rd8 22.Re8+ Rxe8
23.Bxe8 c4 24.Bb5 Qd8 25.Bxc4 b5 26.Bb3 Bb6+ 27.Kh1 Qe8 28.Bd5 Be4 29.Bxe4 Qxe4
30.d7 Qb1+ 31.Bc1 Kg7 32.h3 h5 33.Kh2 Kh7 34.Kg3 Qe4 35.Kh2 Qb1 36.Qd1 Bc7
37.Qe1 Bb6 38.Qd2 Bc7 39.Ba3 Bb6 40.Bc1  1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Qc1 Kh7 15.c5 Rd8
16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.c6 Qe8 18.Bc5 Be6 19.Nxe5 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Bxe5 21.Re1 Qh8 22.Ba3 Rd3
23.Nc5 Rxa3 24.bxa3 Bxa1 25.Qxa1 Qxa1 26.Rxa1 Bd5 27.Nxa6 Bxc6 28.Rc1 Bd5
29.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.d4 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5
16.d6 b6 17.Bf3 Bf5 18.Bxa8 Bxb1 19.Bc6 Bf5 20.Re1 Qf6 21.Bb2 Rd8 22.Re8+ Rxe8
23.Bxe8 a6 24.a4 Qd4+ 25.Qxd4 cxd4 26.d7 b5 27.cxd4 b4 28.d5 Kf8 29.Bf6 b3
30.d6 Bd8 31.Bb2 Be4 32.Kf2 f5 33.Ke3 Bc6 34.Kd3 Bxa4 35.Kc4 Bc6 36.g3 Bf3
37.Kxb3 Bd5+ 38.Kb4 Bf7 39.Bxf7 Kxf7 40.Kc5 Ke6 41.Kc6 a5 42.Ba3 a4 43.Bb4 h6
44.h4 h5 45.Ba3  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Nb8 12.a4 Nbd7 13.a5 a6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5
16.c4 Bg6 17.Nd2 Bf6 18.Ra3 Re8 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Bg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Rg4 f5
23.Rgg3 g6 24.Qd2 f4 25.Rgb3 Rb8 26.Be2 Kg7 27.Bg4 Re7 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.Rb6 Rc8
30.Qd3 Qf6 31.Rab3 Qf7 32.Rc3 Qf5 33.Qd1 Qe4 34.Qg4 Qf5 35.Qd1 Qe4 36.b3 Rcc7
37.f3 Qf5 38.Qe1 Kh6 39.Qe4 Qxe4 40.fxe4 g4 41.hxg4 Kg5 42.Kf2 Kxg4 43.c5 g5
44.c6 Rh7 45.b4 Rcf7 46.Rf3 Rc7 47.Rb3 bxc6 48.dxc6 Rh1 49.Rc3 Rb1 50.Rc2 Rb3
51.b5 axb5 52.Rb7 Rc8 53.c7 f3 54.gxf3+ Rxf3+ 55.Ke2 Rh3 56.a6 b4 57.Rb8 Rh2+
58.Kf1 Rh1+ 59.Kg2 b3 60.Rc3  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Qe2 c5 12.Rfd1 Ne4 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Nf6 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Ba6 Qc8 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Qb5 Rfd8 20.Rd3 Ne4 21.Rcd1 Nxc3
22.Rxc3 Rac8 23.a3 Bf8 24.Rcd3 Rc5 25.Qb3 Rd6 26.Nd4 Qd7 27.Ne2 Qf5 28.Nc3 Qg6
29.Nxd5 Qe6 30.Rd4 Rdc6 31.R4d2 Rc1 32.Qd3 Qe5 33.Qb3 Qe6 34.Qa4 R6c4 35.b4 a5
36.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37.Rd1 Rxd1+ 38.Qxd1 axb4 39.axb4 Qe4 40.Qd4 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 b5
42.e4 Qe1 43.e5 Qe2 44.g4 Qe1 45.Kg3 Qe2 46.Nc3 Qb2 47.Nxb5 Qxb4 48.Qxb4 Bxb4
49.Kf4 Be1 50.f3 Kf8 51.Ke4 Ke7 52.Kd5 Bd2 53.Nd4 Bc1 54.Ne2 Bd2 55.Ng3 Bc1
56.Nh5 Kf8 57.Ke4 Bd2 58.f4 g6 59.Nf6 Bc1 60.Nd5 Bd2 61.f5 Bc1 62.Nf4 Kg7
63.Nd3 Ba3 64.f6+ Kh7 65.Kd5 g5 66.e6 fxe6+ 67.Kxe6  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Nb8 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Rfc1 Bb7
16.Qb3 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.a5 b5 19.Na2 Rfc8 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.Nxb4 Kf8 22.Kf1 h6
23.Ke1 Ke7 24.Kd2 Kd6 25.f3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Be2 Bb7 29.Nd3 Nd7
30.f4 Bc6 31.Bh5 f6 32.Kc3 Ke7 33.Kb4 Kd6 34.Be8 Nb8 35.Bg6 Bd7 36.Kc3 Nc6
37.b4 Ne7 38.Bh5 Nf5 39.Kd2 Bc8 40.Nc5 Ne7 41.Bf3 Nc6 42.Kc3 f5 43.Bh5 Ke7
44.Nd3 Bd7 45.Nc5 Bc8 46.Bf3 g6 47.g4 Kd6 48.h4 fxg4 49.Bxg4 h5 50.Bf3 Ne7
51.e4 dxe4 52.Bxe4 Nd5+ 53.Bxd5 exd5 54.Kd3 Ke7 55.Ke3 Kf6 56.Kf3 Bg4+ 57.Kf2 Bc8
58.Ke3 Kf5 59.Kf3 Kf6 60.Nd3 Bg4+ 61.Kg3 Bf5 62.Nc5 Bc8 63.Nb3 Bg4 64.Kf2 Bf5
65.Nd2 Bc8 66.Nf1 Be6 67.Ne3 Kf7 68.Kg3 Kg7 69.f5 gxf5 70.Kf4 Kf6 71.Nc2 Bd7
72.Ne1 Bc8 73.Nd3 Be6 74.Kf3 Ke7 75.Kg3 Kf6 76.Nc5 Bc8 77.Kf4 Kg6 78.Ke5 f4
79.Kxf4 Kf6 80.Kg3 Kg7 81.Kf3 Kg6 82.Nd3 Bg4+ 83.Ke3 Be6 84.Nf4+ Kf5 85.Nxh5 Kg4
86.Nf4 Bf7 87.Nd3 Be6 88.Nc5 Bc8 89.h5  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bg3 Re8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.f4 Nf8 15.Ne2 c5
16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Qe2 a6 18.Rad1 Bh4 19.Be4 Bxg3 20.hxg3 dxe4 21.Rxd8 Raxd8 22.Rd1 Ne6
23.Rd6 Rxd6 24.exd6 Rd8 25.Qd1 b5 26.Nd5 Kf8 27.Nb6 g6 28.g4 Bc6 29.f5 gxf5
30.gxf5 Nd4 31.exd4 Rxd6 32.Qc1  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bc1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.Na4 Nh7
16.c4 Ng5 17.Nc3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Bg5 19.Rad1 Nd4 20.Qd3 Rc8 21.b3 Bxd2 22.Rxd2 Qg5
23.Red1 Rfd8 24.Qe3 Qe7 25.f4 Bd7 26.Nd5 Qf8 27.Qg3 exf4 28.Nxf4 Ne6 29.Rxd6 Nxf4
30.Qxf4 Bc6 31.e5 Re8 32.Bd3 Qe7 33.Bf5 Ra8 34.e6 fxe6 35.Bxe6+ Qxe6 36.Rxe6 Rxe6
37.Rd6 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Rf8 39.Qd2 Rff1 40.Rxc6 bxc6 41.Qd7 h5 42.h4 Re4 43.Qd8+ Kh7
44.Qg5 g6 45.Qd8 Rff4 46.Qd7+ Kh6 47.Qd2 Kh7 48.Qd7+ Kh6 49.Qd2 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Na4 Nh7 14.c4 Ng5 15.Bxg5 hxg5
16.Nc3 Bf6 17.Qd3 g4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Nd5 g6 20.Be2 Bg7 21.b4 Be6 22.a3 Rc8
23.Rad1 Nd4 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Bf3 b6 26.Re2 Re8 27.Rde1 Bxd5 28.exd5 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Qc7
30.Rc2 a5 31.g3 axb4 32.axb4 Qa7 33.Qb3 Qa1+ 34.Kg2 Bf6 35.c5 bxc5 36.bxc5 Rxc5
37.Ra2 Rb5 38.Qc4 Rc5 39.Qe2 Qc1 40.Qe8+ Kg7 41.Ra8 Kh6 42.Qxf7 Qg5 43.Ra7  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Kh1 Be6 12.Bf3 Bc4 13.Re1 Nd7 14.b3 Ba6 15.f5 Nf6
16.g4 h6 17.g5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Nh7 19.Be3 Bb7 20.Rg1 Bf6 21.Rg3 d5 22.exd5 cxd5
23.Nxd5 e4 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Be2 Qxf5 26.Qd4 g5 27.Rf1 Qg6 28.Bc4 Rac8 29.h4 Rxc4
30.bxc4 g4 31.Rxg4 Qxg4 32.Rg1 Qxg1+ 33.Kxg1 f6 34.Qxa7 Rf7 35.Qb8+ Kg7 36.Qg3+ Kh8
37.Bh6  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.e4 Rc8 12.O-O Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 b5 15.c5 b4
16.Bxb4 Nf6 17.Qe1 Nd5 18.Ba5 Qe8 19.Qe4 Bxf1 20.Bxf1 Bf6 21.h4 g6 22.h5 Bd8
23.Bd2 f5 24.Qe2 gxh5 25.Re1 Rf6 26.Bh3 h6 27.Nh4 Qf7 28.Bg2 Bc7 29.Bf3 Qg7
30.Qa6 Qd7 31.Bxh5 Bb8 32.Nf3 Kh7 33.Ne5 Bxe5 34.dxe5 Rff8 35.Qe2 Rg8 36.Kg2 Qg7
37.Rh1 f4 38.Bf3 Rgf8 39.Be4+ Rf5 40.Bxf5+ exf5 41.Qh5 Qg6 42.Qxg6+ Kxg6
43.Kf3 Rd8 44.Bxf4 h5 45.Rd1 Kf7 46.Rh1 Kg6 47.Re1 Nb4 48.Re2 Nd3 49.e6 Nxc5
50.e7 Re8 51.Rc2 Nd3 52.Rxc6+ Kf7 53.Bd6 Rxe7 54.Bxe7 Ne5+ 55.Kf4 Nxc6 56.Bc5 Ke6
57.b4 a6 58.Kg5 Ne5 59.Kxh5 Kd5 60.Kg5 Ke4 61.f4 Nd3 62.Be7 Nb2 63.a3 Nd1
64.a4 Nc3 65.b5 axb5 66.a5 Nd5 67.a6  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 a6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c6 10.h3 Re8 11.g4 Nf8 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Ng5 Rc8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.g5 Nh5
16.Be5 Bxg5 17.f4 Bh6 18.Rhg1 Kh8 19.Rg4 Nf6 20.Rdg1 N8d7 21.Rh4 Qe7 22.Kb1 c5
23.Qf2 Rf8 24.Qg3 cxd4 25.Bxd4 Rce8 26.Bc2 b5 27.a3 Rf7 28.e4 b4 29.e5 bxc3
30.exf6 Nxf6 31.Bxc3 Rd8 32.Be5 d4 33.Qd3 Rc8 34.Bxf6 gxf6 35.Rxh6 e5 36.fxe5 fxe5
37.Qxa6 Rb8 38.Qe6 Rd8 39.Qxe7 Rxe7 40.Be4 d3 41.Rc6 d2 42.Rd1 Rd4 43.Bf3 e4
44.Be2 e3 45.Rg1 Re8 46.Rc3 Rf4 47.Kc2 Rf2 48.Kd1 Rh2 49.b4 Rxh3 50.b5 Rh6
51.a4 Rh4 52.Rc4 Rxc4 53.Bxc4 Rc8 54.Rg4 h5 55.Re4 Kg7 56.b6 Rc6 57.a5 Rc5
58.b7 Rxa5 59.Rxe3 Ra1+ 60.Kxd2 Rb1 61.Rb3  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.cxd5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxd5 12.Qg3 Qxd4 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Nb5 Qg4 15.Qxg4 Nxg4
16.Bf5 Nf6 17.Nxc7 Rad8 18.Be3 Bb4 19.Red1 g6 20.Bh3 a6 21.Bh6 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Nxd8 24.Bg5 Be7 25.Be3 Nc6 26.Bc8 Nd8 27.Bb6 Kf8 28.Kf1 Ne4 29.Nd5 Nd6
30.Nxe7 Kxe7 31.Bc5 a5 32.Bg4 Ne6 33.Be3 Nc4 34.Bc1 Ne5 35.Be2 Nd4 36.Bd1 Kd6
37.Bd2 b6 38.a4 Kd5 39.Bc3 f5 40.h4 h5 41.g3 Kc4 42.Kg2 Kd3 43.Kf1 Nd7 44.Bxd4 Kxd4
45.Ke2 Nc5 46.Kf3 Nd3 47.Bb3 Nxb2 48.Kf4 Nd3+ 49.Kg5 Nxf2 50.Bf7 Ke5 51.Kxg6 Ne4
52.Kxh5 Kf6 53.Bd5 Nxg3+ 54.Kh6 f4 55.Bf3 Nf5+ 56.Kh5 Nd4 57.Be4 f3 58.Kg4 f2
59.Bd3 b5 60.Kg3 bxa4 61.Kxf2 a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Rc1 cxd4 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.e4 Bb7 15.Bc7 Qe8
16.Nxd4 Nc5 17.Bb5 Qc8 18.Be5 a6 19.Qg4 Bg5 20.f4 f5 21.exf5 exf5 22.Bc4+ Kh8
23.Qh3 Bf6 24.b4 b5 25.Be2 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Qd8 27.Nxf5 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.f4 Rc8 11.Kh1 a6 12.Bf3 Nd7 13.f5 Bc4 14.Be2 Nce5 15.fxg6 hxg6
16.Bg5 Nf6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Qc7 19.c3 Rfe8 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Qd2 Qd3 22.Rad1 Qxd2
23.Rxd2 Nc4 24.Rdf2 Be5 25.h3 f6 26.Bc1 b5 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.g4 a5 29.Rd3 a4
30.Nd2 b4 31.Ne4 bxc3 32.bxc3 Rb8 33.Kg2 Rb1 34.Nd2 Rxc1 35.Nxc4 Bxc3 36.Nb6 a3
37.Rf1 Rc2+ 38.Rf2 Rc1 39.Rf1 Rxf1 40.Kxf1 Bb2 41.Nc4 Rc8 42.Nxa3 Rc5 43.Ke2 Bxa3
44.Rxa3 Rxd5 45.Ra8 Rb5 46.Kd3 f5 47.gxf5 gxf5 48.Kc4 Rc5+ 49.Kd3 Rc1 50.a4 Rh1
51.Rh8 Kg7 52.Rh4 e5 53.Kc4 f4 54.Rh5 Kg6 55.Rh8 Ra1 56.Kd5 Rxa4 57.Kxd6 e4
58.Rg8+ Kf5 59.Rf8+ Kg5 60.Rg8+ Kh4 61.Ke5 e3  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.g4 Be6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Qd2 a5 12.a4 Nc6 13.f4 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.O-O-O Nb4 17.Rhf1 Be6 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Rf1 Qc8 20.Bb5 Qc7 21.Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Na2 Ba5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Be2 Qe7
16.Qc2 Ned7 17.Kh1 Rfe8 18.Nc3 Qc5 19.Qb3 a6 20.Bd2 Rad8 21.Rad1 Ne5 22.Be1 Rxd1
23.Qxd1 Rd8 24.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.Nc3 dxc4
10.bxc4 Nc6 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Ne1 Qd7 13.f4 Na5 14.Rd1 a6 15.Nf3 Rfd8 16.Ne5 Qc7
17.d3 Bxg2 18.Qxg2 Nc6 19.Nf3 Qb7 20.g4 Nb4 21.g5 Ne8 22.Qe2 b5 23.Ne5 Nc6
24.Ne4 Bf8 25.Qg2 Rc7 26.Qh3 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Re7 28.g6 fxg6 29.Ng5 h6 30.Nxe6 Qd7
31.f5 gxf5 32.Nxf8 Kxf8 33.Rxf5+ Kg8 34.Qf3 Nd6 35.Bxd6 Qxd6 36.Rf1 bxc4
37.dxc4 Qe6 38.Rxc5 Qxe3+ 39.Qxe3 Rxe3 40.Rf2 Rc3 41.Rc6 Rd4 42.Rxa6 Rdxc4
43.a3 Kh7 44.Ra2 Rc1+ 45.Kg2 R4c2+ 46.Rxc2 Rxc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Bxd5 11.exd5 O-O 12.g4 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.O-O-O e4 15.Qd2 Bd6
16.g5 Nd7 17.h4 Ne5 18.h5 Rc8 19.Rh4 c4 20.Rxe4 c3 21.bxc3 Qa5 22.Kb1 Rxc3
23.Bd4 Rfc8 24.Bxc3 Rxc3 25.Qd4 f6 26.gxf6 gxf6 27.f4 Bc5 28.Qa4 Qb6+ 29.Ka1 Nf7
30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.h6+ Nxh6 32.Qd7+ Nf7 33.Rb1 Qd8 34.Rxb7 Qxd7 35.Rxd7 Rxc2
36.Bh5 Ba3 37.Re1 Bb4 38.Rxf7+ Kh6 39.Rh1  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Qc7 15.Rab1 Na5
16.Qa3 Rc8 17.c4 Qc5 18.Qc3 e5 19.Nb3 Nxb3 20.axb3 a5 21.Rfd1 Be6 22.h3 O-O
23.Qg3+ Kh8 24.Qh4 Qe7 25.Bg4 Rg8 26.Rd3 Rg5 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Rbd1 Rcg8 29.Rd6 Qc8
30.g3 Kg7 31.R1d5 h6 32.Rxe5 Rd8 33.Red5 Rxd6 34.Rxd6 Rg6 35.Qf4 a4 36.bxa4 Qxc4
37.Rd8 Qc3 38.Kg2 Qb4 39.Ra8 h5 40.Qb8 Qxe4+ 41.Kh2 Rg5 42.Qh8+ Kg6 43.Rg8+ Kf5
44.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]

[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2 Ne7
9.Ne5 Bxe5 10.fxe5 c5 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Bxd1 Na6 13.O-O Nxc5 14.Bf3 Nc6 15.Bxc6+ bxc6
16.b3 Nd7 17.c4 a5 18.Ba3 Nxe5 19.Bb2 f6 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Rae1 Rf8 22.Rxe5 Rxf1+
23.Nxf1 Ke7 24.Nd2 a4 25.Kf2 axb3 26.axb3 Kd6 27.Rg5 c5 28.Ke3 Rb8 29.h4 Rb7
30.Ne4+ Bxe4 31.Kxe4 Rxb3 32.Rxg7 h6 33.Rg6 Rc3 34.Rxh6 Rg3 35.h5 Rxg2 36.Rh8 Rg4+
37.Kd3 Rd4+ 38.Kc3 Rh4 39.h6 Rh3+ 40.Kc2 Ke5 41.h7 Ke4 42.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.f3 Be6 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Na4 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Nd7
16.g4 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.h3 Rf8 19.f4 Rad8 20.g5 d5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Rhd1 b5
23.Ke1 Bg2 24.Rc7 bxa4 25.Rdxd7 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 axb3 27.axb3 e5 28.Bxa6 exf4
29.Bxf4 Re8+ 30.Kf2 Bc6 31.Bc4+ Kh8 32.Rc7 Be4 33.h4 Bd4+ 34.Kg3 Rd8 35.b4 Bd5
36.Bxd5 Rxd5 37.h5 Kg8 38.Rb7 h6 39.g6 Be5 40.Bxe5 Rxe5 41.Kf4 Rd5 42.Ke3 f4+
43.Kxf4 Rxh5 44.b5 Rg5 45.g7 Rc5 46.Ke4 h5 47.Kd4 Rf5 48.Kc4 h4 49.b6 Rf4+
50.Kb5 Rf2 51.Re7 Rb2+ 52.Kc6 h3 53.b7 h2 54.Re1 Kxg7 55.Rh1 Rc2+ 56.Kd7 Rd2+
57.Kc7 Rc2+ 58.Kb8 Rg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Bxd2
9.Bxd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 Bxd5 11.b4 c5 12.Bc3 c4 13.Bc2 Ne4 14.Be1 f5 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Qg5 17.f4 Qg6 18.Qe2 Rfc8 19.Rc1 b5 20.h3 Rc7 21.Kh2 c3 22.Bxe4 fxe4
23.Rf2 Rac8 24.Qxb5 Bc4 25.Qa4 Bd3 26.Qb3 c2 27.f5 Qe8 28.f6 g6 29.a4 Kf7
30.b5 Rc5 31.Qb2 Qd8 32.Bb4 Rc4 33.a5 Qd5 34.Bd6 Rc3 35.b6 axb6 36.axb6 Qb3
37.Qxb3 Rxb3 38.Bc7 Rb2 39.Rd2 Ra8 40.Rcxc2 Rxc2 41.Rxc2 Bxc2 42.b7 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 b6
9.Nd2 Ba6 10.e4 b5 11.e5 Ne8 12.c5 f6 13.f4 fxe5 14.fxe5 Nxc5 15.Rxf8+ Bxf8
16.dxc5 Bxc5+ 17.Kh1 Bd4 18.Bb2 Bxe5 19.Qe2 Qd6 20.Nce4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Qc7
22.Ng5 Bxb2 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Nf7+ Qxf7 25.Qxf7 Nd6 26.Qf1 b4 27.Qd1 Bxa1 28.Qxa1 Re8
29.Bxc6 Rc8 30.Bg2 h6 31.h3 Rc3 32.Qe1 Bd3 33.g4 Bc2 34.Kh2 Kh7 35.Qe6 Rd3
36.Bd5 Rd2+ 37.Kg1 Rd1+ 38.Kf2 Rxd5 39.Qxd5 Ne4+ 40.Ke1 Nc3 41.Qa5 Bd3 42.a3 Kg8  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 O-O 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Be2 Bf5 12.a3 Nc6 13.Re1 Be6 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Bf1 h6
16.Nf3 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Bd6 18.d5 Ne7 19.Nd4 Bh7 20.Ndb5 Nf5 21.Bd3 Qd7 22.Bxf5 Qxf5
23.Nxd6 cxd6 24.Qd4 Rfe8 25.Bf4 Ne4 26.Bh2 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Qd3 28.Qxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Be3 Qb8 12.g3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.O-O-O Nf6 15.f4 O-O
16.Bg2 e5 17.f5 Qd8 18.Bf3 Rb8 19.Rd2 g6 20.Rf1 Kh8 21.g4 gxf5 22.exf5 Bxf3
23.Rxf3 Nxg4 24.f6 Nxf6 25.Qf5 Rb6 26.Qxe5 Re8 27.Qxc5 Qe7 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.c5 Rc6
30.b4 a5 31.Kc2 axb4 32.axb4 Kg7 33.Kb3 Re5 34.Rdf2 Rce6 35.Rf5 Kg6 36.Rxe5 Rxe5
37.b5 Re3 38.Re2 Rf3 39.b6 Nd5 40.b7 Rxc3+ 41.Kb2 Rc4 42.b8=Q  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Qf4 Qe6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Ng6 11.Qg5 Qe5 12.Qxe5 Nxe5 13.Be2 Bg4 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.h3 Nf6
16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Kf1 Bb4 18.f3 Rad8 19.Bf4 Rd7 20.Rad1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Red8 22.Rxd7 Rxd7
23.Ke2 Kf8 24.g4 Ne8 25.h4 Nd6 26.h5 Nb5 27.Bd2 f6 28.Rg1 h6 29.Rd1 Ke7 30.Be1 Rxd1
31.Kxd1 c5 32.Kd2 Nd6 33.Kd3 Nf7 34.f4 b6 35.c4 Ke6 36.Bg3 Ke7 37.Bh4 Ke8
38.Be1 Kd7 39.Bd2 Ke7 40.Bc1 Ke6 41.Bb2 c6 42.Bc3 b5 43.Be1 Nd6 44.cxb5 cxb5
45.Bf2 Nb7 46.f5+ Kf7 47.e5 fxe5 48.Ke4 b4 49.Kxe5 c4 50.Kd5 Na5 51.Bd4 a6
52.Be5 Kg8 53.Kc5 b3 54.axb3 cxb3 55.c4 Kf7 56.Kd5 Ke7 57.c5 Kd7 58.Bxg7 Nc6
59.Kc4  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d3 Nh5 8.Nc3 f5 9.O-O Nc6
10.b5 Ne7 11.e4 c5 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.c5 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Qb3 e4 16.dxe4 fxe4
17.Nxe4 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 dxe4 19.Ng5 Bf5 20.Nxe4 Rb8 21.Qc3 Nd5 22.Qa3 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Nhf6
24.Bf3 Qc7 25.Rac1 Ne7 26.c6 Nf5 27.Qc3 Rbc8 28.Rfe1 Qg7 29.Rcd1 Rc7 30.Re6 h5
31.Qe5 Kh7 32.h3 Ng8 33.Qe4 Nf6 34.Qe5 Ng8 35.Qe4 Rf6 36.Rxf6 Nxf6 37.Qb4 Qe7
38.Qb8 Nd6 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 Nf7 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Re1 Qd8 43.Qb2 Ng5 44.Re3 Qd6
45.Qa3 Qxa3 46.Rxa3 Kf7 47.Be2 Ne6 48.Ra4 Nd5 49.Bf3 Ne7 50.Kg3 Kf6 51.Rc4 Ke5
52.Rc1 Nd4 53.Re1+ Kf6 54.Bg2 Nexc6 55.f4 Ne7 56.Bf1 Rc3+ 57.Kg2 Nc2  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.g3 Qb6 8.e3 Be7
9.Bg2 a6 10.O-O Qc7 11.b3 d6 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Ng5 Rb8 14.Rac1 O-O 15.Rfd1 b6
16.Nce4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bb7 18.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 c4 8.d4 cxd3
9.Bg5 Ne5 10.Nbd2 Bxa4 11.Qxa4+ b5 12.Qd4 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.a4 Rb8 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Qa7 Ra8 17.Qb7 Qc8 18.Qd5 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qxd3 h5 21.Nf1 Qd7 22.Qe2 e6
23.h4 Bc5 24.Ng3 Ke7 25.Red1 Qc6 26.Rd3 Rbd8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Nxh5 Rg8 29.Ra5 b4
30.Qb5 Rc8 31.Ng3 bxc3 32.bxc3 Qxb5 33.Rxb5 Ba3 34.Ne2 Bc5 35.g4 Kd6 36.Kg2 Kc6
37.Rb2 f5 38.f3 Rh8 39.Kg3 Be7 40.h5 fxe4 41.fxe4 f5 42.Kf3 fxg4+ 43.Kxg4 Rg8+
44.Kh3 Rh8 45.Ng3 Bg5 46.Rh2 Kc5 47.Kg4 Bf4 48.Rh3 Kc4 49.Nf1 Rf8 50.Nh2 Rg8+
51.Kf3 Bxh2 52.Rxh2 Kxc3 53.h6 Kd3 54.h7 Rf8+ 55.Kg3 Rh8 56.Rh4 Ke3 57.Kg2 Kd3
58.Kf3 Kd4 59.Ke2 Kc5 60.Kd3 Rd8+ 61.Kc3 Rh8 62.Rh5 Kd6 63.Kb4 Rb8+ 64.Kc4 Rh8
65.Rh1 Kc6 66.Rh2 Kd6 67.Kb4 Kc6 68.Kc4 Kd6 69.Ra2 Ke7 70.Kc5 Rc8+ 71.Kb6 Rh8
72.Rh2 Kd6 73.Rd2+ Ke7 74.Kc7 Kf6 75.Rh2 Kg5 76.Kd6 Kf6 77.Kd7 Kf7 78.Rh3 Kf6
79.Rh1 Kf7 80.Rh4 Kf6 81.Rh1 Kf7 82.Rf1+ Kg7 83.Ke7 Ra8 84.h8=Q+  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Ng7
16.Rfd1 Be6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.f4 Bf6 19.Nb5 Be7 20.Rac1 a6 21.Nd4 Bf6 22.Nf3 Qa5
23.Qxa5 Nxa5 24.b4 Nc6 25.Rb1 h6 26.a4 g5 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.g4 Ne5 29.Nxe5 Bxe5
30.Be3 Rf8 31.Rf1 Bf4 32.Bxf4 gxf4 33.Bf3 Rf7 34.a5 Rd8 35.Rbe1 d4 36.Re4 d3
37.Bd1 d2 38.Rfxf4 Rxf4 39.Rxf4 Ne8 40.Kf2 Nc7 41.h4 e5 42.Rc4 Nd5 43.Kf3 Rf8+
44.Ke2 Rd8 45.Kf3 Rf8+ 46.Ke2 Rd8 47.Rc2 Nf4+ 48.Ke3 Nd5+ 49.Ke2 Nf4+ 50.Kf3 Kf7
51.c6 bxc6 52.Rxc6 Rd3+ 53.Ke4 Ke7 54.h5 Rd4+ 55.Kxe5 Rxb4 56.Rc7+ Kf8 57.Rd7 Ng2
58.h6 Kg8 59.g5 Ne3 60.g6 Rb5+ 61.Ke4  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Re1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.d4 cxd4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Be6 19.Bf4 Rc8 20.Bb3 a5 21.Rad1 a4 22.Bxe6 Rxe6
23.Rc1 g6 24.Qd3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qd7 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Qb7 28.Qd2 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Qxe4
30.Bxh6 Bxh6 31.Qxh6 Re8 32.Qd2 Qe5 33.Rd1 Rc8 34.f4 Qc3 35.Qxd6 Qxb3 36.f5 Qe3+
37.Kh2 Qc5 38.fxg6 Qxd6+ 39.Rxd6 Rb8 40.gxf7+ Kxf7 41.Rd3 b4 42.Rb3 Ke6 43.g4 Kd5
44.h4 Kc4 45.Rb1 b3 46.h5 Kd5 47.h6 Ke6 48.h7 Rh8 49.Rxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 g6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.e4 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Qc2 Rb8 13.Ra3 Qe7 14.h3 h6 15.a5 g5 16.Nc4 Ne5
17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.f4 Qd4+ 19.Kh2 b5 20.axb6 Rxb6 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxg5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 e4
24.Na4 Rd6 25.Rg3 Nxd5 26.Bh5 Rf8 27.Nc3 Kh8 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Bxf7 Be5 30.Nxd5 Rxd5
31.Bxd5 Qxd5 32.Qd2 Qxd2 33.Bxd2 Kh7 34.Bc3 Bf4 35.Be1 e3 36.Kg1 Bxg3 37.Bxg3 a5
38.Bf4 e2 39.Kf2 Bb7 40.Kxe2 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup G1"]
[Site "Paide"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 Qa5 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Bh6 Bg4
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Be2 e5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Rad8 14.g4 Nb6 15.Be2 exd4
16.Qxd4 Rfe8 17.f4 c5 18.Qd3 Na4 19.g5 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qb4 21.b3 Qa3+ 22.Kd2 d5
23.Nf6 Qb4+ 24.Kc1 Qa3+ 25.Kd2 Qb4+ 26.Kc1 Qa3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup G1"]
[Site "Paide"]
[Date "1999.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.c3 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.f4 Nd7 14.Bd5 Qxd4+ 15.cxd4 Ra7
16.a4 bxa4 17.Bc6 Nb6 18.Nc3 Bb7 19.Bxa4 Nxa4 20.Rxa4 Re8 21.d5 Bc8 22.Rfa1 Rb7
23.Rxa6 Rxb2 24.R6a2 Rb3 25.Ra3 Rb2 26.R1a2 Rb6 27.Ra8 Kf8 28.Kf2 Bb7 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8
30.Ke3 Rb3 31.Kd3 Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 Nxf4 8.exf4 b6
9.cxb6 Qxb6 10.Qd2 e6 11.Rc1 Rb8 12.Na4 Qb4 13.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 14.Kd1 Bb7 15.a3 Bd6
16.g3 f6 17.Bh3 Kf7 18.Re1 Rhe8 19.Rc3 a5 20.Kc2 h6 21.Rce3 Nf8 22.Nc5 Bc8
23.Kb1 g5 24.Nd3 Bd7 25.Bg4 Ng6 26.Bh5 Kg7 27.h4 gxf4 28.Nxf4 Bxf4 29.gxf4 Kh7
30.f5 exf5 31.Rg1 Nf4 32.Bxe8 Rxe8 33.Rxe8 Bxe8 34.Re1 Bh5 35.Re7+ Kg6 36.Ne1 Ne2
37.Nc2 Bf3 38.Re3 Bh5 39.f3 Ng1 40.Ne1 f4 41.Rc3 Ne2 42.Rxc6 Nxd4 43.Rc3 Kf5
44.b4 axb4 45.axb4 Ke6 46.Kb2 Kd6 47.Rd3 Ke5 48.Rc3 Kd6 49.Ra3 Ke5 50.Kc1 Be8
51.Kd2 Bh5 52.Rc3 Kd6 53.Kd3 Nb5 54.Rc8 Bg6+ 55.Kd2 Nd4 56.Rh8 Nf5 57.Rd8+ Kc7
58.Rf8 Nxh4 59.Rxf6 h5 60.Ke2 Bb1 61.Rxf4 Ng6 62.Rf6 Ne5 63.Ke3 Nc6 64.Nd3 Bxd3
65.Kxd3 Nxb4+ 66.Kd4 h4 67.Rh6 Kd7 68.Ke5 Nd3+ 69.Kxd5 Ke7 70.Rxh4 Kf6 71.Kd4 Nb4
72.Kc4  1-0

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Bb3 a6 10.e5 Nf5 11.Kh1 d5 12.Ne2 h5 13.c3 b6 14.Ng3 Nce7 15.Nxf5 Nxf5
16.d4 a5 17.Ba4+ Bd7 18.Bc2 Bb5 19.Rf2 Bf8 20.Be3 Rc8 21.Rd1 Be7 22.Rfd2 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Bxd5 11.exd5 h5 12.h3 h4 13.g4 hxg3 14.fxg3 Rc8 15.O-O-O Nb6
16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Kb1 O-O 18.g4 a5 19.g5 Nd7 20.Bg4 Nc5 21.Nxc5 Rxc5 22.h4 Rb5
23.b3 Rb4 24.Bf5 a4 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Be4 Kg8 27.Rhf1 axb3 28.cxb3 Rd4 29.Qf3 Rxd1+
30.Rxd1 Qb4 31.Rf1 Qd4 32.h5 f5 33.Bxf5 Bxg5 34.Be6+ Kh7 35.Qxf8 Qd3+ 36.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.e5 Bh3
16.Qe2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 c5 18.Nf3 Nc6 19.Rac1 c4 20.a3 Na5 21.Nd4 Qb7+ 22.Kg1 Red8
23.Rcd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "1999.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.f3 Qa5 12.Qc2 c5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Nb5 Rad8 15.e4 a6
16.Na3 Rfe8 17.Bg5 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Nxc4 19.Qxc4 Qb4 20.Qxb4 cxb4 21.Re3 h6 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Rd1 Re5 24.Kf2 fxe4 25.Rxe4 Rexd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxb4 b5 28.axb5 axb5
29.Ke3 h5 30.Rd4 Rc5 31.Kd3 Kg7 32.b4 Re5 33.f4 Re1 34.Rd5 Kg6 35.Rxb5 Rg1
36.Rc5 Rxg2 37.Rc2 Rg1 38.Rb2 Kf5 39.b5 Kxf4 40.b6 Rg8 41.Kd4 Rd8+ 42.Kc5 f5
43.b7 Rb8 44.Kc6 Ke3 45.Kc7 Rf8 46.b8=Q Rxb8 47.Rxb8 f4 48.Rh8 f3 49.Rxh5 Kf4
50.Ra5 f2 51.Ra1 Kg4 52.Rf1 Kf3 53.h4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Bremen GER"]
[Date "1999.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baburin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nb6
9.d5 Na5 10.Qe1 Nac4 11.Nc3 e6 12.b3 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.Bb2 a5
16.Rd1 Qe7 17.f4 Bh8 18.f5 Bd7 19.Qf2 Bc6 20.f6 Qe6 21.e5 a4 22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.Nxa4 Nxa4 24.bxa4 Rxa4 25.a3 h5 26.Rd4 Ra5 27.Rd2 Rc5 28.Rfd1 Kh7 29.Qg2 Qa6
30.Rd7 Qe6 31.R7d5 Rc4 32.Qd2 Qb6+ 33.Kh1 Qc6 34.Qg2 Re8 35.Rd7 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Bxf6
37.Rxf7+ Bg7 38.Rdd7 Rc2+ 39.Kh3 Rxb2 40.Rxg7+ Kh6 41.Rxc7 Rxe5 42.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2000.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.Bf4 Na6 8.e4 c5
9.d5 Bg4 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.a3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 f5 15.Bg5 Bf6
16.h4 Nc7 17.O-O-O Ne8 18.Bxf6 Nexf6 19.d6 fxe4 20.fxe4 e5 21.Bb5 Rad8 22.f3 Kg7
23.Rhf1 Nh5 24.Nd5 Nf4 25.Bxd7 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd7 27.Rxe5 Rf6 28.Rd5 Kf7 29.f4 Rfxd6
30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Rd1 Rf6 32.Rf1 Rd6 33.Rd1 Rf6 34.Rd7+ Ke6 35.Rxh7 Rxf4 36.Rxb7 Rxe4
37.Rxb6+ Kd5 38.Rxg6 Rxh4 39.Kc2 Rh2+ 40.Kb1 c4 41.Rg5+ Kd4 42.Rg3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2000.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Nd2 e5 8.Nc4 Nf6
9.O-O Qc7 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.Qe1 b5 12.Ne3 Bc5 13.Nxg4 Nxg4 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.b4 Bb6
16.c4 Bd4 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Bc2 O-O 19.Bb3 Rfd8 20.Rc2 Rd7 21.Rfc1 Rc7 22.g3 h6
23.Kg2 Rac8 24.a4 Qe6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Qd3 bxc4 27.Rxc4 Qd7 28.Be3 Bxe3 29.Qxe3 Qe7
30.Ba4 Rb8 31.Qc3 Rcb7 32.Rb1 c5 33.Rxc5 Nxe4 34.Rc8+ Kh7 35.Bc2 f5 36.Qf3 Rxc8
37.Qxf5+ g6 38.Qxc8 Nf6 39.Qc3 Rb6 40.Qc5 Qxc5 41.bxc5 Rxb1 42.Bxb1 Kg7 43.Kf3 Kf7
44.c6 Ne8 45.Ke3 Nf6 46.Be4 Ne8 47.Kd3 Nc7 48.Kc4 g5 49.Bf5 h5 50.Kc5 Ke7
51.f3 h4 52.Bd7  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2000.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.Bf4 c6 8.e4 Qa5
9.b4 Qd8 10.Rb1 b5 11.Qd3 a5 12.a3 Nh5 13.Be3 axb4 14.axb4 f5 15.Qd1 fxe4
16.Ng5 e5 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Nf7+ Rxf7 19.Qxf7 exd4 20.Bg5 Qf8 21.Qxf8+ Bxf8
22.Nxe4 Na6 23.Bd2 Bf5 24.f3 Nf6 25.Bd3 Re8 26.g4 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 c5 28.bxc5 Nxe4
29.fxe4 Rxe4+ 30.Kf2 Nxc5 31.Rxb5 Re8 32.Kf3 Nd3 33.Rd5 Bg7 34.Rf1 Ne5+ 35.Kg3 Nc4
36.Re1 Ne3 37.Bxe3 dxe3 38.Kf3 Bh6 39.g5 Bg7 40.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 41.Kxe3 Kg8 42.Rd8+ Kf7
43.Rd7+ Kg8 44.h4 Bb2 45.Kf3 Bg7 46.Kf4 Bf8 47.h5 gxh5 48.Kg3 h6 49.g6 Ba3
50.Kh4 Bc1 51.Kxh5 Bg5 52.Kg4 Bc1 53.Kf5 Bg5 54.Ke6 Bh4 55.Rh7 Bg5 56.g7 h5
57.Rxh5 Bf6 58.Rh3 Bxg7 59.Ke7 Bb2 60.Rb3 Bd4 61.Rd3 Bb2 62.Rg3+ Kh7 63.Ke6 Kh6
64.Kf5 Kh7 65.Rg6 Bc3 66.Kg5 Bb2 67.Kh5 Bc3 68.Rg2 Bd4 69.Rd2 Bc3 70.Rc2 Ba1
71.Rc7+ Kg8 72.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.c3 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Qe2 Bf5 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nc5
16.Qe3 b6 17.h4 Re8 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 g6 20.g4 Bg7 21.h5 Qf6 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.Nd2 c6 24.dxc6 Rac8 25.f3 Rxc6 26.Qe2 Qe6 27.Kb1 e4 28.Qxe4 Qc8 29.Qd3 Rd8
30.Qe2 Re6 31.Ne4 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Qc6 33.Qd3 a5 34.Rd1 Be5 35.Qe3 Qc7 36.Rd5 Bg7
37.Qd3 Re8 38.Rd7 Qe5 39.a4 Rf8 40.Qd5 Qf4 41.Nd6 Be5 42.Nc4 Bc7 43.Qc6 Bd8
44.Rb7 Kg7 45.Nxb6 Bxb6 46.Rxb6 Rd8 47.Ra6 Qd2 48.Qe4 Rd5 49.Ra7 g5 50.Ka2 Rc5
51.Qd4+ Qxd4 52.cxd4 Rd5 53.Kb3  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 c6
9.Qd2 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxb6 Qxb6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Nxd5 Qd6 14.Ne2 h5 15.Qb4 Qxb4+
16.Nxb4 Bh6 17.Nd5 O-O 18.Nec3 Nc5 19.Rd1 Kg7 20.h4 Ne6 21.Kf2 Rfd8 22.g4 f6
23.gxh5 gxh5 24.Ne7 Kf7 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Nd5 Rac8 27.Rc1 Bc5+ 28.Ke2 Nd4+ 29.Nxd4 Bxd4
30.Kd3 Rg8 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.f4 Rg8 33.f5 Rg3+ 34.Ke2 Rg2+ 35.Kf3 Rf2+ 36.Kg3 Rxb2
37.Rc1 Bf2+ 38.Kh3 Bb6 39.Rc8 Re2 40.Rb8 Rxe4 41.Rxb7+ Kf8 42.Nxf6 Re3+ 43.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Nf3 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 Bg4
16.Be3 O-O 17.h3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rfd8 19.f4 g6 20.Kg2 Na4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Bxa4 bxa4
23.Rc1 c5 24.Rc4 a3 25.b3 Kf8 26.Kf3 Ke8 27.Ke4 Rd1 28.Rc1 f5+ 29.exf6 Rxc1
30.Bxc1 Bxf6 31.Bxa3 Bd4 32.f3 Kd7 33.Kd5 Be3 34.f5 gxf5 35.Bxc5 Bf4 36.b4 Bd2
37.Bd6 Bc1 38.a4 Ba3 39.Bc5 Bb2 40.Bd4 Ba3 41.b5 axb5 42.axb5 Be7 43.b6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sadler,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 Nc6 10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Be3 Nc4 13.Bg5 Nxb2 14.Qd4 Be6 15.O-O h6
16.Bh4 Nc4 17.f4 Na5 18.f5 Nb3 19.Qe5 Nxa1 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Rxa1 d4
23.Nb5 d3 24.Bf3 Qe8 25.Qxe8 Raxe8 26.Rd1 g5 27.Bf2 Ne4 28.Bd4+ Kh7 29.Nc7 Re7
30.Nd5 Re6 31.Bxe4+ Rxe4 32.Nf6+ Rxf6 33.Bxf6 Kg6 34.Bc3 Ra4 35.Bb2 Rc4 36.Rxd3 Rxc5
37.Rd6+ Kf5 38.Rxh6 Ke4 39.Re6+ Kf4 40.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rustemov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.N1e2 e6 8.O-O Bd6
9.f4 Bf5 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Ng3 g6 12.Re1+ Kf8 13.Qf3 Nbd7 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Bxf7 Kg7
16.Be6 Rhe8 17.Bd2 Nf8 18.Bc4 b5 19.Bf1 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Ne2 Qh6 22.Qh3 Qxh3
23.gxh3 Nd5 24.Bg2 Ne6 25.c3 Rac8 26.Kf2 Kf6 27.h4 Red8 28.Rad1 Nb6 29.Nc1 c5
30.dxc5 Nxc5 31.b3 Ne6 32.Ne2 h6 33.Bb7 Rb8 34.Bf3 g5 35.hxg5+ hxg5 36.h3 Rbc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2000.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smejkal,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.Bf4 Bc8 14.Nde2 cxd5 15.exd5 e5
16.Bc1 Nac4 17.b3 Nd6 18.a4 Bg4 19.Ba3 Nbc8 20.h3 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 a6 22.Rfd1 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2000.02.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Hertneck,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Ne2 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.h4 Na5 12.b4 Nc4 13.Nc3 Qc6 14.b5 Qc7 15.Qc2 f5 16.g4 Na5
17.Bd3 Nb6 18.Bd2 Qd8 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Ne2 Nbc4 21.Ng3 Kh8 22.Bc1 Qb6 23.Nxf5 Bxf5
24.Bxf5 Nb3 25.Qxb3 Rxf5 26.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Be2 Rd8 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.c4 Nxf3+
16.gxf3 Bh3 17.Rfd1 Qc6 18.Qc3 Ne8 19.Kh1 Be6 20.Rg1 f6 21.Rg3 Rd7 22.Rag1 Rad8
23.Bc1 Bf5 24.e4 Bg6 25.h4 Nc7 26.Bf1 Ne6 27.Rh3 Bh5 28.Rhg3 Kh8 29.Qe3 Nd4
30.Bg2 Re8 31.Rh3 Qa4 32.Bf1 Qd1 33.Bg2 Qc2 34.f4 Ne2 35.Rf1 Rd1  0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.02.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be3 Qb6 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.h3 Qa5
16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.Na4 Nb4 18.Bg5 Nc2 19.Bxd8 Qxd8 20.Rf1 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 cxd4
23.Bg4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Re4 25.f3 Ne5 26.Qb4 Nd3 27.Qc4 Ne5 28.Qb4 Nd3 29.Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ng6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.O-O Ndxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7
15.Qa4+ Ke7 16.Qb4 Rab8 17.f4 Qe4 18.f5 Qxb4 19.axb4 exf5 20.Rxf5 Ke6 21.Rf2 a6
22.Bf4 Nxf4 23.Rxf4 f5 24.Rd4 Rbd8 25.Re1+ Kf6 26.Red1 Rhe8 27.c4 Re2 28.Rxd5 Rde8
29.R1d2 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Re1+ 31.Kf2 Re4 32.Rd7 Rxc4 33.Rxb7 a5 34.bxa5 Rxc5
35.a6 Rxc2+ 36.Kf3 Rc3+ 37.Ke2 Rc2+ 38.Ke3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Be7 10.Bd3 a5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.b5 a4 14.bxc6 Qxb2 15.O-O bxc6
16.Nxa4 Qb5 17.Nc3 Qc4 18.Ne2 O-O 19.Rc1 Qa6 20.Rc3 Rfc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxc3 14.Rb1 O-O 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Nbd7 18.Ba3 Rfc8 19.Bc4 Nb6 20.Bb3 Nbd7 21.Bc4 Nb6 22.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 bxc5 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Ne5 Nd7
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Qb3 Bc6 18.Qa3 Qe7 19.Bf3 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Rac8 21.h3 Kf8 22.Rd2 d4
23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.Rb7+ Kf8 27.exd4 Rc4 28.Re2 Rcxd4
29.Rxa7 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 R1d2 31.Rxd2 Rxd2 32.Kg3 g5 33.Kf3 Kg7 34.Ke3 Rb2 35.g4 Kg6
36.Ra6+ f6 37.f4 gxf4+ 38.Kxf4 h5 39.a3 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rf2+ 41.Ke3 Ra2 42.Ra5 Ra1
43.a4 Re1+ 44.Kf3 Rf1+ 45.Kg3 Rg1+ 46.Kh3 Rh1+ 47.Kg2 Ra1 48.Kf2 Ra3 49.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Qg3 Ng6 10.O-O-O Nf6 11.f3 Bd7 12.Nge2 Bc7 13.Qf2 b6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.g4 bxc5
16.Bxc5 Bb6 17.h4 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Bh3 Ne8 21.f4 h5 22.g5 g6
23.Nd4 Kg7 24.Nf3 Nc7 25.Ne5 Rhd8 26.Ne2 Nc6 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.Rxd4 Be8 29.Rhd1 Rdc8
30.Bf1 Kf8 31.Rb4 b5 32.Rbd4 Na6 33.Bd3 Nc5 34.Kd2 Nb7 35.Ra1 Ra7 36.Re1 Nd6
37.c3 Nc4+ 38.Kc1 Na5 39.Bc2 Nc6 40.Nxc6 Bxc6 41.Kd2 Bd7 42.Rb4 Rca8 43.Bd3 Ra5
44.Re3 Bc6 45.Rd4 Bd7 46.Rb4 Bc6 47.Bc2 Bd7 48.Bb3 Bc6 49.Rd4 R5a7 50.Bc2 Bd7
51.Bd1 Bc6 52.Bf3 Ra4 53.Bd1 R4a7 54.Bb3 Ra5 55.Re5 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.Rxb7 e6 17.d6 Rfd8 18.Re1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qa5 20.Rf1 Bf8 21.d7 Qa2 22.Bb5 a6
23.Ba4 Nxf3+ 24.Kg2 Ne5 25.Bb6 Qc4 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.Bxd4 Nd3 28.Bc6 Nc5 29.Rc7 Bd6
30.Bxc5 Bxc7 31.Bxa8 Rxa8 32.Be7 Rd8 33.Rd1 f5 34.Bxd8 Bxd8 35.exf5 gxf5
36.Rd6 Kf7 37.Rxa6 Ke7 38.Kg3 Bc7+ 39.Kh4 Kxd7 40.Ra7 Kc6 41.Rxc7+ Kxc7 42.Kh5 e5
43.Kxh6 Kd6 44.Kg5 Ke6 45.h4 f4 46.h5 f3 47.Kg4  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.bxa5 dxc3
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.f4 Qxa5 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Rb1 O-O-O 14.Qd3 Nf5 15.Rg1 d4
16.g4 Nfe7 17.Rg3 Be8 18.h4 Nf5 19.Rg1 Ne3 20.Bxe3 dxe3 21.Qxe3 Ne7 22.Bc4 Bc6
23.Rb3 Kb8 24.Qxc3 Qc7 25.Be2 Nd5 26.Qc4 Qa5+ 27.Kf2 Ba4 28.Rb2 Rc8 29.Qd4 Rc3
30.Bd3 Rgc8 31.Rc1 Rd8 32.Rcb1 Bc6 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.Rxb3 Nf6 35.Qb4 Nxg4+ 36.Kg3 Qd5
37.Bh7 Qd1 38.Kxg4 Rd2 39.Kg5 Bxf3 40.Bd3 Rg2+ 41.Kf6 a6 42.Rb1  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.h3 a6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 cxd5 17.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mueller,Ka"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc2 O-O 13.h4 Be7 14.g3 Be6 15.Bg2 Qd7
16.Nce3 Bd8 17.O-O Ne7 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Nf5 Qd7 20.Qd2 d5 21.Rad1 Qa7 22.Rfe1 b4
23.cxb4 d4 24.a3 a5 25.bxa5 Bb3 26.Bf1 Bxa5 27.Qg5 f6 28.Qg4 Kh8 29.h5 Bxe1
30.Rxe1 Be6 31.Qe2 Rb3 32.Rd1 Rfb8 33.Rd2 Qb6 34.h6 g6 35.Ne7 Rxb2 36.Rxb2 Qxb2
37.Qa6 Qb6 38.Qa4 Qc7 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.exd5 Rd8 41.Qa6 Rd6 42.Qa4 Qb8 43.Bc4 Kg8
44.Qc2 Kf8 45.a4 Qc7 46.Qa2 Qa5 47.Qa3 Ke7 48.Kg2 e4 49.Qb2 Qb6 50.Qe2 e3
51.fxe3 dxe3 52.Kf3 Qd4 53.Qxe3+ Qxe3+ 54.Kxe3 Rb6 55.Bb5 Kd6 56.Kd4 f5 57.Kc4 g5
58.a5 Rb8 59.Bc6 g4 60.a6 f4 61.a7 Rf8 62.a8=Q Rxa8 63.Bxa8 fxg3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Hector,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Qxc4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Qh4 Qxh4 14.Nxh4 Nf6 15.dxc6 bxc6
16.Nf3 Re8 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.Nd2 Red8 20.Nb3 Be8 21.Kf1 Ke7 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Ke1 Nfd5 24.Na5 f6 25.Ne4 Rc8 26.Nc5 h5 27.g3 Nc7 28.Nd3 Ne6 29.b4 Nd8
30.a3 g6 31.Bf3 Kd6 32.Nc5 Ke7 33.Bg2 Bf7 34.Kd2 Bd5 35.Bh3 Ra8 36.e4 Bf7
37.f4 exf4 38.gxf4 g5 39.Bf5 gxf4 40.Ke2 Be8 41.Nd3 Ne6 42.Bxe6 Kxe6 43.Nxc6 Kd6
44.Nd4 Bd7 45.Kf3 a5 46.b5 Rc8 47.Rxc8 Bxc8 48.Kxf4 Nc4 49.a4 Ne5 50.Nf5+ Bxf5
51.Nxe5 Be6 52.Nc6 Bb3 53.Nxa5 Bxa4 54.b6 Bd7 55.h4 Bh3 56.Nc4+ Kc6 57.Ne3 Kxb6
58.Nd5+ Kc5 59.Nxf6 Kd6 60.Nxh5 Ke6 61.Kg5 Kf7 62.Nf4 Bc8 63.e5 Kg7 64.e6 Ba6
65.Nh5+  1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zaw Win Lay"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.Nf5 Bxh2+ 14.Kh1 O-O 15.Nxg7 Rd8
16.Qf3 Kxg7 17.Bh6+ Kg6 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 e5 20.Kxh2 Ng4+ 21.Kg1 Kxh6  0-1

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O Qd5 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Ne5 Bb4 12.Nc4 Bxc3 13.Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14.Rxd2 b6 15.Nc4 Bb7
16.Ne3 Nd7 17.Bb5 Nf6 18.f3 Rfd8 19.Rhd1 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gunawan,Ru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Qd3 e5 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Qg3 Kf8 14.f4 exf4 15.Qxf4 Ne7
16.Rhf1 h5 17.Kb1 Kg8 18.Qd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Rc8 20.Bd3 Ng6 21.Nd5 h4 22.Nb4 Ne5
23.Nxa6 Rh6 24.b3 Rg6 25.Rf2 Kf8 26.Nc5 Ke7 27.Rd4 Ng4 28.Rd2 Nxh2 29.e5 Rg4
30.Nxe6 Kxe6 31.Rd6+ Kxe5 32.Rd7 f5 33.Re2+ Kf6 34.Rd6+ Kg5 35.Ree6 Kf4 36.Rd4+ Kg5
37.Rdd6 Kf4 38.Rd4+ Kg3 39.Rdd6 Rf8 40.Rxc6 Kxg2 41.Bxb5 f4 42.Rcd6 f3 43.Bc6 Kh3
44.Re3 Rg3 45.Bd7+ Kg2 46.Bc6 Ng4 47.Re7 Nf2 48.Rd2 Rg6 49.Bd5 Kg3 50.Re1 Nh3
51.a4 f2 52.Rf1 Rff6 53.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.Bh6 Ng4 12.Bf4 O-O 13.O-O Re8 14.a3 a5 15.Qc2 Nb6
16.b3 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.h3 Nf6 19.Ne5 Nc8 20.Qb2 Nd7 21.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Milos,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.f3 e5 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Nf8 13.Bf2 g6 14.a4 Ne6 15.d5 Ng7 16.a5 Bc8
17.axb6 axb6 18.g4 Bd7 19.h4 Ng8 20.Rg1 Ne7 21.Bd3 f6 22.Ra1 Kf7 23.Rxa8 Qxa8
24.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.h3 Nbd7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.b3 Re8 11.Be3 b5 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Qd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Bf8
16.Rd2 Nc5 17.f3 a5 18.Nc1 Ne6 19.N3e2 Bb4 20.c3 Bf8 21.Nd3 Nd7 22.Nf2 Nf6
23.Nd3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Adianto,U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nd4 Nf6 10.f4 Ned7 11.f5 exf5 12.c6 bxc6 13.Nxc6 Qc7 14.Bb5 a6 15.Qe2 Qd6
16.Ba4 f4 17.Bxf4+ Qe6 18.g5 Qxe2+ 19.Kxe2 Nh5 20.Be3 Bf5 21.Nxd5 Bd6 22.Kf2 Bh3
23.Rad1 f6 24.Nb6 Nxb6 25.Bxb6 O-O 26.Rxd6 fxg5+ 27.Ke3 Rae8+ 28.Kd2 Nf6
29.Rd8 h5 30.Rxe8 Nxe8 31.Bc5 Rf4 32.Ne7+ Kf7 33.Bb3+ Be6 34.Bxe6+ Kxe6 35.Re1+ Kd7
36.Ng6 Rf5 37.Re7+ Kc6 38.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.Nb5 Bc7
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 a6 11.Nxc7+ Qxc7 12.Bb2 Qxe5+ 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.Ng3 e5 15.Be2 Be6
16.f4 exf4 17.Nh5 Qe5 18.O-O Bf5 19.Qh6 Rg6 20.Qxf4 Rxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Qxe2+ 22.Kg3 Qxh5
23.Bxd4 Nbc6 24.Rae1 Nxd4 25.Qxd4 Qh3+ 26.Kf2 Qxh2+  0-1

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali INA"]
[Date "2000.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 c5 13.Be3 Rc8 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Bxc5 Rxc5
16.Qb3 a5 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Na4 Bf7 19.Qe3 Rc7 20.a3 Na6 21.cxd5 Nd6 22.Qxe7 Rxe7
23.Bxa6 bxa6 24.Nd4 Bxd5 25.Nf5 Nxf5 26.Rxd5 Re5 27.Rxe5 fxe5 28.Re1 Re8
29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Nc5 Re7 31.Nxa6 Ke6 32.f4 Kd5 33.Rxe5+ Rxe5 34.fxe5 Ne3+ 35.Kg1 Nc4
36.b4 a4 37.Nc5 Kxe5 38.Nxa4 Nxa3 39.Nc5 Kd5 40.Kf2 Nc2 41.Na6 Kc6 42.Kg3 Kb5
43.Nc7+ Kc6 44.Ne6 Nxb4 45.Nxg7 Kd6 46.Kg4 Nd5 47.Kg5 h6+ 48.Kg4 Ke5 49.Nh5 Ne3+
50.Kf3 Nc2 51.g4 Nd4+ 52.Kf2 Ne6 53.Ke3 Nc7 54.h3 Ne6 55.h4 Nc7 56.Nf4 Nb5
57.Nh5 Nc7 58.Ng3 Nd5+ 59.Kf3 Nc7 60.h5 Ne6 61.Nf5 Ng5+ 62.Ke3 Nf7 63.Nd4 Kf6
64.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.bxa5 dxc3
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.f4 Qxa5 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Rb1 O-O-O 14.Qd3 a6 15.Ng5 Rxg5
16.fxg5 Nf5 17.Bf4 Qxa3 18.Rb3 Qa4 19.g3 d4 20.Be2 Na5 21.Rb1 Bb5 22.Rxb5 axb5
23.O-O Nc4 24.g4 Ne7 25.Bg3 Nb2 26.Qh7 d3 27.cxd3 Nxd3 28.Qxf7 Qd4+ 29.Kh1 Qd5+
30.Bf3 Qd7 31.g6 Nc6 32.Be4 Nc5 33.Bh4 Nxe5 34.Qxd7+ Rxd7 35.Bg3 Nxg6 36.Bxg6 Rg7
37.Be8 Nd7 38.Bxd7+ Kxd7 39.Be5 Rxg4 40.Bxc3 b4 41.Bf6 b3 42.Bb2 Re4 43.Rf3 Rb4
44.Re3 Rb5 45.Kg2 Kd6 46.h4 e5 47.h5  1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 Bd7 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.a3 Ne7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Bb5 15.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Na4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 c5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Qd3 Qa5 15.Qb5 Qxb5
16.Bxb5 cxd4 17.Bxd4 a6 18.Be2 Ne4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 f6 21.Bb2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.f3 Nc5 25.Nb6 Bb7 26.Nc4 e5 27.Bc1 Bd8 28.e4 Kf8 29.Be3 Be7
30.Na5 Ba8 31.Bd2 Nb7 32.Nc4 Bc5+ 33.Kf1 Nd8 34.Na5 Nb7 35.Nc4 Nd8 36.Na5 Nb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "DEEP JUNIOR 6"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Qd2 b5 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.e5 b4 9.Ne4 Nxe4
10.Bxe4 d5 11.Bd3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qb6 13.h4 Nd7 14.h5 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Be2 O-O
17.Qxd5 Rac8 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Qd4 g5 20.Bxg5 Ne6 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Bxe7 Rfe8
23.Bd6 Nd4 24.Bd3 Bxe5 25.O-O-O Bxd6 26.Bh7+ Kf8 27.Rxd4 Bc5 28.Rg4 Ke7 29.Re1+ Kd6
30.Rd1+ Kc7 31.Bd3 Rcd8 32.Rf1 Rd4 33.Be4 Re5 34.Rh1 Re7 35.Rg5 Rd6 36.Rg2 Red7
37.Bf5 Re7 38.Rf1 Re5 39.Be4 Re7 40.Rh2 Red7 41.f4 Rd4 42.f3 Bd6 43.Rh4 Bc5
44.Rhh1 Rd2 45.Kb1 Rg2 46.f5 Bd4 47.Rd1 Bc5 48.Bd3 Rg3 49.Rdf1 Re7 50.Be4 Rd7
51.Ka1 Bd4 52.Bd3 Re7 53.Bc4 f6 54.Kb1 Reg7 55.Rh4 Bc5 56.Re4 Rg1 57.Rc1 R7g5
58.Be2 Rxc1+ 59.Kxc1 Rxf5 60.Kd2 Rd5+ 61.Bd3 Bd4 62.Kc1 Bc5 63.Re6 Rd6 64.Re2 Rd7
65.Rg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Akopian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Bxf5 exf5
9.Nc3 Be6 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Be7 12.Ne2 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Rc8 14.Kg1 Kd7 15.Nf4 Rc7
16.Rh3 Rhc8 17.Rg3 Bf8 18.Bd2 Qa6 19.Bc3 Ke8 20.Ne1 Qb6 21.Nc2 Rd7 22.Qd2 a5
23.Ne3 a4 24.Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 O-O-O
16.Qe1 e5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 exf4 19.Bd2 Re8 20.Qh4 Ng6 21.Qh3+ Kb8 22.a4 b4
23.Rad1 c4 24.Ne6 Qb6+ 25.Kh1 Nxd5 26.Nxg7 Re3 27.Bxe3 Nxe3 28.a5 Qc6 29.Be4 Qxe4
30.Rxd6 Nxf1 31.Rb6+ Ka8 32.Rxa6+ Kb8 33.Rb6+ Ka8 34.Ra6+ Kb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 O-O 13.e5 Nd7 14.Be4 Rb8 15.a3 bxa3
16.b4 f5 17.Bd3 Nb6 18.Bxa3 Nd5 19.Bc4 Qb6 20.Qd3 Rfd8 21.Rfb1 h6 22.Rb3 Kh8
23.Rab1 Nc7 24.h3 Nd5 25.Kh2 Bc8 26.Qd1 Qc7 27.Kg1 Rb6 28.Ne1 Ba6 29.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 O-O
9.e5 Nd7 10.d4 b5 11.Re1 b4 12.Nf1 Ba6 13.h4 bxc3 14.bxc3 Qa5 15.Bd2 Nb6
16.c4 Qa4 17.cxd5 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Nxd5 19.dxc5 Rac8 20.a3 Rc7 21.Ne3 Nce7 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Bb4 Rb8 24.Rd4 Bf8 25.Rc1 Rbc8 26.Ng5 Bxc5 27.Rxc5 Rxc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Ra4 Nc7
30.f4 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Rc4 32.Ra5 Rc2 33.Kh3 h5 34.Ne4 Be2 35.Nf6+ Kf8 36.Rxa7 Nd5
37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Rg8+ Kh6 39.Rh8+ Kg7 40.Rh7+ Kf8 41.Rh8+ Kg7 42.Rg8+ Kh6 43.Rh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qd3 Be4 12.Qd1 c5 13.dxc5 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Bxc5 15.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Nbc6 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nb5 Ba5 10.O-O a6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qd6 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qb3 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Qc6
16.Qxc6 Nxc6 17.Nd5 Rfe8 18.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Qxb4 Qc7 16.Kb1 Ncd7
17.Qd2 d5 18.Bh3 dxe4 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Nd5 21.fxe4 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Ne5 23.Rhf1 Bxa3
24.g6 Nxg6 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Nxe6 Qe7 27.Qb6 Nf8 28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Nc7+ Qxc7
30.Qxc7 Rd7 31.Qb8+ Ke7 32.Qe5+ Ne6 33.Rg1 Kf7 34.Nb6 Rhd8 35.Ka2 Bf8 36.Nxd7 Rxd7
37.Qf5+ Ke7 38.Rf1 Bc8 39.Qf7+ Kd6 40.e5+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tissir,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 a6
9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nbd2 Rc8 15.Nb3 Be4
16.Qc3 Bd5 17.Nfd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 b4 19.Qc6 e5 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Nc4 Qe7 22.e4 Rfe8
23.Rf1 Qd7 24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.f4 Bd6 26.Kf3 Bf8 27.Rac1 Nb6 28.Nba5 Rcd8 29.Rfd1 h5
30.Ne3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Na4 32.Nac4 Nb6 33.e5 a5 34.Nxa5 Ra8 35.Nc6 Rxa2 36.Rd8 Ra8
37.Rxa8 Nxa8 38.Nd5 Nb6 39.Ndxb4 Bxb4 40.Nxb4 c5 41.Nd3 c4 42.Nc5 Nd5 43.Na4 Kh7
44.Ke4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.Qf3 d4 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.gxf6 dxc3 14.Bc4 Qxf6 15.Rhg1 h6
16.Kb1 Nc5 17.Qe2 Bxf5 18.f4 Be6 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Bxe6 Nxe6 21.Qf3 Qb5 22.b3 Qc6
23.Qf6 Rh7 24.Rgf1 Rd8 25.Rde1 Rd5 26.Bc1 Be7 27.Qf3 Bg5 28.Qg3 Kd7 29.h4 Bxc1
30.Qg8 Bd2 31.Rxf7+ Rxf7 32.Qxf7+ Kd8 33.Rxe6 Rd6 34.Qg8+ Kc7 35.Qg7+ Kb8  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nb6 8.O-O Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVI ECC"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O d4 13.e4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6
16.Nd2 Re8 17.Bg3 Kh8 18.f4 f6 19.Kh2 Rc8 20.Rc1 Bf7 21.Qf3 Bg8 22.h4 Rf8
23.Qe2 Na5 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.g5 Nb3 26.Nxb3 Bxb3 27.h5 fxg5 28.fxg5 Rxf1 29.Qxf1 Bc7
30.h6 Bxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Qd8 32.Qf5 gxh6 33.Qe5+ Kg8 34.gxh6 Qd7 35.Qf6 Qf7 36.Qd8+ Qf8
37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.Kf4 Bf7 39.e5 b6 40.Bxh7 Bd5 41.Be4 Bc4 42.Bf5  1-0

[Event "XVI ECC"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.c3 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.Kh1 O-O 14.Bg5 Ne4 15.Bh4 e5
16.Nc2 Nc5 17.Bd5 Bf5 18.Ne3 Bg6 19.Nc4 Nd3 20.Qb3 Be7 21.Bg3 Rab8 22.Rad1 b5
23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.f4 Ng4 25.f5 Bd6 26.Bf3 Bxg3 27.Bxg4 Bh5 28.Bxh5 Bxh2 29.Qd5 Be5
30.Rfe1 Bf6 31.a3 Rbd8 32.Qe4 g6 33.Bf3 Kg7 34.Rxd8 Rxd8 35.Rd1 Rxd1+ 36.Bxd1 Qg3
37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Bf3 Qf2 39.Qe2 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 Qf4 41.Qd1 Qe3+ 42.Kf1 Kh6 43.Qe1 Qd3+
44.Kf2 Kg7 45.Qd1 Qf5 46.Ke2 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVI ECC"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.h3 a6
16.g4 Bg6 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Kg2 Rc8 19.Be3 Nf8 20.h4 h6 21.Qd3 Qd7 22.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVI ECC"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bf4 Ba6 7.e5 b4 8.exf6 bxc3
9.bxc3 gxf6 10.Rb1 Bg7 11.Qg4 Qxd5 12.Be2 Qe4 13.Rxb8+ Rxb8 14.Bxb8 Qb1+
15.Bd1 O-O 16.Bc7 Rc8 17.Qf4 Qb7 18.Ba5 Qb5 19.Bc7 Qb2 20.Ne2 e5 21.Bxe5 fxe5
22.Qg4 Rf8 23.O-O f5 24.Qg5 f4 25.Qe7 Bb7 26.Qxc5 Qxa2 27.Nc1 Qa6 28.Be2 Rc8
29.Qe7 Qc6 30.Bf3 e4 31.Bg4 Re8 32.Qh4 Qf6 33.Qxf6 Bxf6 34.Ne2 f3 35.Nd4 Bxd4
36.cxd4 Re7 37.Rc1 Bd5 38.h3 Rg7 39.Kf1 Rb7 40.gxf3 exf3 41.Ke1 a5 42.Kd2 a4
43.Ra1 Rb2+ 44.Ke3 Re2+ 45.Kf4 c3 46.Bd7 Rxf2 47.Bxa4 Rg2 48.Bb5 f2 49.Rc1 c2
50.Bf1 Rg1  0-1

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.bxa5 dxc3
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.Bd3 O-O-O 14.Bg3 Qxa5 15.O-O Rh8
16.Qxf7 Rdf8 17.Qg7 Rhg8 18.Qh6 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nd4 20.Qf4 Nef5 21.Kh1 Bb5 22.Rfd1 Bxd3
23.Rxd3 Qc5 24.Qc1 Kb8 25.Qd1 Rc8 26.Bf4 Nc6 27.Qe1 Qc4 28.Bg5 Ncd4 29.Qd1 Qa4
30.Ra2 Qc4 31.Ra1 Qa4 32.Ra2 Nb5 33.f4 Qe4+ 34.f3 Qa4 35.Qe1 d4 36.h4 Nc7
37.Qe4  0-1

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.Re1 c6 14.a3 Na6 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Bd3 f5 17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Qb3 Bf6 19.Be5 Qe7 20.Rac1 Bg8 21.Bxa6 bxa6 22.Ne2 Bxe5
23.Nxe5 Rb8 24.Qh3 Rb6 25.Nf4 Bf7 26.f3 g5 27.fxe4 gxf4 28.exf5 Qg5 29.Rc8 Qg7
30.Rxf8+ Qxf8 31.Nd7 Qg7 32.f6 Rxf6 33.Nxf6 Qxf6 34.Kh1 Qxd4 35.Qc3 Qg7 36.Re7  1-0

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.bxa5 dxc3
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.Bd3 O-O-O 14.Bg3 Qxa5 15.O-O Rh8
16.Qg7 d4 17.Qg4 Nf5 18.Rfb1 Nxg3 19.Qxg3 Qc7 20.Kf1 Rhg8 21.Qf4 f5 22.h3 Kb8
23.Re1 Bc8 24.Ng5 Rd5 25.Nf3 Ne7 26.Rab1 Ng6 27.Qh2 Qh7 28.Rb4 Nh4 29.Nxd4 Nxg2
30.Reb1 Qd7 31.Ne2 Rxd3 32.cxd3 Qxd3 33.Rc1 c2 34.Rd4 Qf3 35.Nf4 b6 36.Nxg2 Ba6+
37.Kg1 Bb7  0-1

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Galkin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e5 Ne7 7.Nf3 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Nbc6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.O-O O-O 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.h3 Bh5 14.a4 Bg6 15.Bd3 Rfd8
16.Bg5 Rd7 17.Rb5 b6 18.Re1 a6 19.Rb1 c4 20.Bc2 Nd8 21.Nh4 Rb8 22.f4 Bxc2
23.Qxc2 b5 24.f5 Ndc6 25.f6 Ng6 26.Nf5 h6 27.e6 hxg5 28.exd7 Qxd7 29.axb5 axb5
30.Nxg7 b4 31.Qd2 Nf4 32.cxb4 Qa7 33.Nf5  1-0

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Rb8 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Bf1 Nfd7
16.Rc1 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qd2 Nd7 20.d6 Qa5 21.Red1 Kg7 22.Qe3 b6
23.b3 Bb7 24.Bc4 Bc6 25.Bd5 Rbc8 26.f4 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.fxe5 Rxe5 29.Qf4 Bxd5
30.Nxd5 Qd8 31.Ne7 Ra8 32.Nc6 Qg5 33.Qxg5 Rxg5 34.Ra1 Rxa1 35.Rxa1 c4 36.bxc4 bxc4
37.Ra7 c3 38.Nd4 Rc5 39.Nc2 Rb5 40.Rxd7 Rb2 41.Ne3 Re2 42.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.d3 Nc7
9.a4 b6 10.Bxc6 dxc6 11.a5 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Ne6 14.Be3 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ng6
9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.O-O Nxc5 12.a4 O-O 13.Ba3 b6 14.Rfe1 f5 15.exf6 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Rxf6 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.hxg3 Bd7 19.Bd6 Rc8 20.Be5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Be8 22.Ra3 Rc5
23.f3 Ra5 24.Rea1 Kf8 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.d4 Bd7 27.Ke3 Rf8 28.Kd2 Rb8 29.R3a2 Be8
30.Nd3 Rc8 31.Ne5 Kd6 32.Kc2 Kc7 33.Kb3 Kb7 34.g4 h6 35.f4 Rc7 36.Kb4 Ka6
37.Ra3 Rb7 38.Kb3 Rc7 39.R3a2 Kb7 40.Kb4 Ka6 41.f5 exf5 42.gxf5 h5 43.Rf1 Rb7
44.Nd3 Rc7 45.Ne5 Rb7 46.Nd3 Rc7 47.Kb3 Kb7 48.Re1 Bc6 49.Re6 Bd7 50.Re5 Bc6
51.Nf4 h4 52.Ne6 Rd7 53.Re3 Kc8 54.g4 Re7 55.Rh3 Bd7 56.Nf8 Re4 57.Nxd7 Kxd7
58.Rxh4 Ke7 59.Rg2 b5 60.Rh7 Kf8 61.g5 bxa4+ 62.Kb4 Ra6 63.f6 a3 64.Rxg7 Ree6
65.Rb7 a2 66.g6 Ra4+ 67.Kb3  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Bd2 a6
9.Re1 b5 10.Bd5 Nxd5 11.exd5+ Ne7 12.Nxd4 Bb7 13.Nc6 Bxc6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.a4 O-O-O
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rc1 Qd5 18.Bf4 Nc6 19.Qxd5 Rxd5 20.Ra6 Ne5 21.Nc3 Rc5 22.Be3 Kb7
23.Ra2 Nd3 24.Rca1 Bd6 25.Ra7+ Kc6 26.R7a6+ Kb7 27.Ra7+ Kc6 28.R7a6+ Kb7
29.Ra7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Bd3 Ba6 14.O-O Bxd3 15.Qxd3 cxd4
16.cxd4 O-O 17.e4 N5f6 18.Rc2 Rac8 19.Rfc1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rd8 21.Bxf6 Nxf6
22.h3 b5 23.Rc5 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ftacnik,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Qf3 Qxd4 11.Qxf7+ Kd8 12.Bg5+ Nxg5 13.Qxg7 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qxc3+
15.Ke2 Qc2+ 16.Ke1 Qc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 Rfd8 18.Be2 f6 19.Qxd5 cxd5 20.Nd2 Rdc8+ 21.Kb3 Kf7
22.Rhc1 Ke7 23.Ka3 Nc5 24.b4 Nd7 25.Nb3 g6 26.a6 bxa6 27.Nd4 Kd6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8
29.Kb3 Nb6 30.Bxa6 Rb8 31.Nb5+ Kd7 32.Nxa7 e5 33.Bb5+ Kd6 34.Rc1 e4 35.Rc6+ Ke5
36.Rc7 Kf4 37.Rxh7 Ke3 38.Nc6 Rc8 39.Rh6 Rg8 40.Ne7 Rg7 41.Nxg6 d4 42.Rh3+ Kd2
43.Nf4 Rg5 44.Ba6 Rf5 45.Ne6 Rd5 46.Bb7 Rd6 47.Bxe4 Rxe6 48.Rd3+ Ke2 49.Rxd4 Ke3
50.Bf5 Re5 51.Rd6 Nd5 52.g4 Kd4 53.Be6 Re3+ 54.Ka4 Ke5 55.Rxd5+ Kxe6 56.Rh5 Kd6
57.Rh6  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Marin,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Nf1 Rd8 14.Ne3 Bh5 15.b4 Ne6
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nf5 O-O 18.a4 Rfe8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd3 Rb8 21.Qe2 Ncd8 22.Ra5 d4
23.Rd1 c6 24.N3xd4 Bg5 25.Nxe6 Nxe6 26.Bc4 Qc7 27.Bxe6 Bxc1 28.Rd7 Qb6 29.Bxf7+ Bxf7
30.Raa7 Ra8 31.Rxa8 Rxa8 32.e6  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Nb3 Nb6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Nfxd4 Bd5 15.Qg4 g6
16.f4 c5 17.Nb5 O-O 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.Rae1 f5 20.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lputian,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 bxc4 13.bxc4 Bh6 14.Ba1 Bf5 15.Rxb8 Qxb8
16.h3 Qb4 17.e4 Bd7 18.f4 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Qxc4 20.e5 Ne8 21.Qf3 dxe5 22.fxe5 Qd4+
23.Kh2 Qxe5 24.Ne4 Qxd5 25.Rd1 Qxa2 26.Nxc5 Bb5 27.Qe4 Bg7 28.Bxg7 Nxg7 29.Qxe7 Bc6
30.Ne4 Bxe4 31.Qxe4 Nf5 32.Qf4 Re8 33.Rd2 Qe6 34.Bd5 Qe3 35.Qxe3 Nxe3  0-1

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd4 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.Qe5 Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.O-O g6 6.Re1 Bg7 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Ne4 Ne6 10.d3 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Qd2 f5 13.exf6 exf6 14.Bh6 a5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qc3 Ra7 17.a3 a4 18.b4 axb3 19.Qxb3 Nf4 20.Rab1 Ra6 21.a4 Be6 22.Qb2 Bd5
23.Nfd2 Kg8 24.Nf3 f5 25.Ned2 g5 26.Qe5 Rxa4 27.Qe7 Qxe7 28.Rxe7 Ng6 29.Rc7 g4
30.Ne1 b5 31.c4 bxc4 32.dxc4 Bf7 33.Rxc6 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.Qb3 d5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Qd1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc4
16.O-O h6 17.Bh4 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Ne5 19.Qe2 Ng6 20.Bg3 Nd5 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.Qd2 Rfd8
23.e4 Nf6 24.Bf2 Qd7 25.Be3 Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.c3 Nxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.Nc2 O-O
16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 a5 18.O-O Bd7 19.Ra3 Qg5 20.f4 exf4 21.Qf3 Rab8 22.b4 axb4
23.cxb4 Be5 24.Kh1 Rfc8 25.Rb1 Qg4 26.b5 Rb6 27.Ra6 Rcb8 28.Rxb6 Rxb6 29.Qf2 f3
30.gxf3 Qf4 31.Rb4 Qc1+ 32.Qg1+ Qxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Kg7 34.Kg2 Kf6 35.f4 Bc3 36.Rb3 Ba5
37.Nd4 Rb8 38.Nc6 Rg8+ 39.Kf3 Bb6 40.Ra3 Re8 41.Bf1 Bc5 42.Rb3 Bb6 43.h3 Ra8
44.Be2 Bc8 45.Bd3 Bb7 46.Rb2 Ra3 47.Ke2 Ra4 48.Rb4 Ra2+ 49.Kd1 Rh2 50.Bf1 Rh1
51.Ke2 Rh2+ 52.Kd3 Rf2 53.Be2 Rh2 54.Bf1 Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 g5
9.b4 g4 10.Ne1 Nxb4 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.d4 f6 14.dxe5 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 fxe5
16.Ba3 a5 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Ne1 Ba6 19.Nd3 Bxd3 20.exd3 Rhd8 21.Ne4 Nd5 22.Rbc1 Ra6
23.a3 h5 24.Re1 Rb6 25.Nd2 Kf6 26.Nc4 Rb3 27.Rxe5 Rxd3 28.Rxh5 Rc3 29.Rxc3 Nxc3
30.Ne3 Rd4 31.Rc5 Nb5 32.Rxc6+ Kf7 33.Rc5 c6 34.Nc4 Ke6 35.Kg2 a4 36.h3 gxh3+
37.Kxh3 Nd6 38.Nb6 Nb5 39.Rxc6+ Kf7 40.Rc4 Rd2 41.Rf4+ Kg7 42.Nxa4 Nxa3 43.Nc5 Nc2
44.Ne4 Rd5 45.Rg4+ Kf7 46.Rg5 Rd4 47.Rc5 Ne1 48.Ng5+ Kf6 49.g4 Nd3 50.Rf5+ Kg6
51.f3 Nf4+ 52.Kg3 Nh5+ 53.Kh4 Rd1 54.Nh3 Ng7 55.Nf4+ Kh7 56.Rd5 Rf1 57.Rd3 Ra1
58.Rd7 Kg8 59.Nd5 Ne6 60.Re7 Nd4 61.f4 Kf8 62.Re4 Nf3+ 63.Kg3 Nd2 64.Re2 Ra3+
65.Ne3 Ne4+ 66.Kf3 Nd6 67.Rc2 Kf7 68.Rc7+ Ke8 69.f5 Nf7 70.Kf4 Nd6 71.Nd5 Ra4+
72.Kg5 Nf7+ 73.Kf6 Nd6 74.g5 Ra5 75.Ke6 Ra6 76.Nf6+ Kf8 77.Nd7+ Kg8 78.Nb8 Rb6
79.Rc6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Na6 12.Rc1 c5 13.Nd3 Re8 14.Nf4 cxd4 15.Nf3 Nb4
16.a3 Na2 17.Rc2 Nc3 18.Qc1 Bc5 19.Nxd4 Nce4 20.Nd3 Bf8 21.Rd1 Rc8 22.Bh3 Rxc2
23.Qxc2 Nc5 24.Nf4 g6 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Nce4 27.Qa4 Qd6 28.Nd3 Ra8 29.Qb3 Ba6
30.b5 Bb7 31.Nc6 Ng5 32.Bg2 Bxc6 33.Be5 Qe6 34.Bxf6 Qxf6 35.bxc6 Qxc6 36.Bxd5 Qa4
37.Rb1 Qxb3 38.Rxb3 Ra5 39.Nf4 Bd6 40.Bc6 Rc5 41.Bd7 Rc1+ 42.Kg2 Bc5 43.Nd3 Rc2
44.Nxc5 bxc5 45.Re3 Rd2 46.Bb5 Kg7 47.h4 Ne6 48.Bc4 Kf6 49.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Qe3 Qd5 15.Rad1 Qe6
16.Bh6 Bc2 17.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Bc4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qd3 Bg4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Rdf1 Rac8 17.Kb1 Bh4 18.Bb3 Qc5 19.g3 Bg5 20.h3 Be6 21.h4 Be7 22.Nd5 Kh8
23.Qe2 a5 24.g4 b5 25.Nxe7 Qxe7 26.Qxb5 Rc5 27.Qb6 Bc4 28.Rf2 Rb5 29.Qc6 Rc5
30.Qb6 Rb5 31.Qe3 Rfb8 32.Ka1 Be6 33.Rb1 Qxh4 34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.Rg2 Qf6 36.c4 Rb4
37.g5 Qf4 38.Qh3 Rxc4 39.gxh6 g5 40.Rgg1 Qf6 41.Qe3 a4 42.Rbf1 Qe7 43.h7 Rc2
44.Rb1 a3 45.Qxa3 Qxa3 46.bxa3 Rxb1+ 47.Kxb1 Rc4 48.Rxg5 Kxh7 49.Rg4 Kh6
50.Kb2 Kh5 51.Kb3 Rd4 52.Rg2 Rxe4 53.a4 Rd4 54.a5 e4 55.a3 e5 56.a4 e3 57.Re2 Kg4
58.Rxe3 Kf4 59.Rh3 e4 60.Rh8 Rd6 61.Re8 e3 62.Kc4 Kf3 63.Kb5 Rd5+ 64.Kb6 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 a6
9.N5c3 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Nc4 Nd4 13.Ne3 Qa5 14.h4 Rc8 15.Bd3 Qb4
16.a3 Qa5 17.g3 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3+ 19.Kf1 O-O 20.Kg2 Rc8 21.Qe1 Qc5 22.Qb4 b5
23.Qxc5 dxc5 24.Rhd1 c4 25.Bf1 Be7 26.c3 Nb3 27.Ra2 Nc5 28.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Nd7 14.Qe2 Bf8 15.h3 b6
16.a5 Qc7 17.Nb5 Qb7 18.Bc3 Bxb5 19.Qxb5 a6 20.Qe2 b5 21.Bb4 Qc7 22.Qd2 Nc5
23.Ra3 Rac8 24.Re3 Red8 25.f4 Be7 26.Kh2 Bf6 27.b3 e5 28.Re2 Be7 29.f5 h6
30.h4 Nd7 31.Kh3 Nf6 32.Qe1 h5 33.Rd3 Qb8 34.Bf3 Rc6 35.g4 hxg4+ 36.Bxg4 Qc7
37.c3 d5 38.Bxe7 Qxe7 39.exd5 e4 40.Rg3 Rxd5 41.Reg2 Qd7 42.c4 bxc4 43.bxc4 Rd3
44.Kh2 Qd6 45.Be2 Rxg3 46.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Rc5 48.Kf4 Rxa5 49.Rg1 Kf8 50.Rb1 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be2 Qc7 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Nd4 8.h3 Bd6
9.d3 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Bh2+ 11.Kh1 Be5 12.Bd2 b6 13.g3 h5 14.Bg2 h4 15.g4 g5
16.Rc1 Rg8 17.Ne2 Bb7 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 O-O-O 20.Qd2 d5 21.exd5 exd5 22.Bxe5 Qxe5
23.Rf5 Qe7 24.Rcf1 Rd6 25.Nf4 dxc4 26.Re1 Ne4 27.Qe3 cxd3 28.Nxd3 Re6 29.Kh2 Ng5
30.Re5 Rxe5 31.Qxe5 Qxe5+ 32.Rxe5 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 f6 34.Rf5 Rd8 35.Nf4 Rd2+
36.Kg1 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Rd2+ 38.Kg1 Rd6 39.Nd5 Nxh3+ 40.Kh2 Ng5 41.Nxf6 Rd2+ 42.Kh1 Rd1+
43.Kh2 Rd2+ 44.Kh1 Ne6 45.g5 Rxa2 46.g6 h3 47.Re5 Ng7 48.Ne8 Rg2 49.Nxg7 Rxg6
50.Nf5 Kc7 51.Kh2 Rg2+ 52.Kxh3 Rb2 53.Re3 Kc6 54.Ne7+ Kb5 55.Nd5 Rd2 56.Nc7+ Ka5
57.Kg4 Rd7 58.Ne6 Kb4 59.Kf5 a5 60.Ke5 b5 61.Re4+ c4 62.bxc4 bxc4 63.Rh4 a4
64.Nd4 Kc5 65.Ne6+ Kb4 66.Nd4 a3 67.Nc2+ Kb3 68.Nxa3 c3 69.Rh3 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4 Rfe8 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Rfb1 Bc7 21.Be4 Nxa4 22.Rd5 Bd6
23.Rh5 g6 24.Rxb7 Bc7 25.Rd5 Qc8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Bd5 Rd7 28.Qf6 Qd8 29.Qxd8+ Rxd8
30.Bc6 Bb6 31.Bxa4 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 Rxd4 33.Rxa7 c3 34.Bb3 Rb4 35.Ra3 Kg7 36.Kf1 f5
37.Bc2 Rc4 38.Ke2 Kf6 39.Kd3 Rf4 40.f3 Kg5 41.Ke3 Rc4 42.Ra4 f4+ 43.Kf2 Rxa4
44.Bxa4 Kh4 45.Bc2 Kg5 46.g3 fxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Kh5 48.f4 Kh6 49.Kg4 Kg7 50.h4 h6
51.Kf3 Kf7 52.Ke4 Kf6 53.Kd4 g5 54.hxg5+ hxg5 55.f5 g4 56.Ke4  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.f4 Na5 12.f5 Bc4 13.Bd3 b5 14.Qf3 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qd3 Qc7 19.Na5 Rxc2 20.Nc6 Rc5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rae1 Rxc6
23.dxc6 Qxc6 24.Rc1 Qa4 25.Qb3 Qb5 26.a4 Qb7 27.Rc4 a5 28.Qc2 Kg7 29.b3 Qd5
30.Rc7 Re8 31.Qc4 Qe5 32.Qd3 Rb8 33.g3 h5 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Rc4 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Leitao,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.b4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Be2 Rd8 12.O-O dxc4 13.Qxd6 Rxd6 14.Bxc4 Kf8 15.Nb5 Rd7
16.Rfc1 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Be2 Rd8 19.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leitao,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 Na6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bc2 Bg4 11.d4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 O-O-O 14.c5 Bf8 15.c6 exd4
16.cxb7+ Kb8 17.cxd4 Nb4 18.Be4 Nd5 19.Rb1 Nc3 20.Bg5 f6 21.Be3 Nxb1 22.Rxb1 Rd6
23.Bf4 Rb6 24.Bxc7+ Kxc7 25.Rc1+ Bc5 26.Rxc5+ Kb8 27.Bc6 Rd8 28.d5 Rxb7 29.Bxb7 Kxb7
30.Kg2 a6 31.a4 Rd7 32.Kg3 Kb6 33.Rc6+ Ka5 34.d6 Kxa4 35.Rc7 Rxd6 36.Rxg7 h5
37.Rh7 Rd5 38.Rh6 Rg5+ 39.Kf4 Rg2 40.Rxh5 Rxf2 41.h4 a5 42.Rh8 Ka3 43.h5 Rh2
44.h6 a4 45.h7 Rh5 46.Kg4 Rh1 47.f4 Rh2 48.Kf5 Rh4 49.Ke4 Rh5 50.f5 Ka2 51.Ra8 Rxh7
52.Rxa4+ Kb3 53.Ra6 Re7+ 54.Re6 Rf7 55.Kd5 Kc3 56.Re8 Ra7 57.Ke6 Ra6+ 58.Kf7 Kd4
59.Re6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qf5
16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Re1 f5 18.a4 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ne4 fxe4 21.dxe4 Bg4 22.Qd4 Bf3
23.exd5 c5 24.Qh4 Rbe8 25.Bd2 Be4 26.Re2 Qf5 27.Bf4 c4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Bc2 Bxf4
30.Bxe4 Qxe4 31.gxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4 a5 8.Bb2 axb4
9.axb4 Rxa1+ 10.Bxa1 c5 11.e3 d6 12.Be2 e5 13.O-O Re8 14.d3 Na6 15.bxc5 bxc5
16.Rb1 Nb4 17.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.c4 Qc7 14.h3 a5 15.Ba3 axb4
16.Bxb4 Rxa1 17.Qxa1 Ra8 18.Qb2 h6 19.Rd1 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rc8 21.Be2 Nc5 22.Qd4 Ra8
23.Bc3 Ncd7 24.Bb2 Ra2 25.Qc3 Nc5 26.Qb4 Nfd7 27.Ra1 Rxa1+ 28.Bxa1 Nf6 29.Bd4 Qd6
30.Qb2 Ncd7 31.f4 Qc6 32.Qb5 Qxb5 33.cxb5 Ne4 34.Bf3 Nec5 35.Bc6 f6 36.e4 e5
37.fxe5 fxe5 38.Be3 Kf7 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Kf3 Nf6 41.g4 g5 42.Bf2 Kd6 43.h4 Ne6
44.Bxb6 gxh4 45.Ba7 Ng5+ 46.Kg2 h3+ 47.Kh1 Nfxe4 48.Ba8 Nf6 49.Bg1 Nxg4 50.b6 h2
51.Bxh2 Nxh2 52.Kxh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Ne3 Rbc8+ 20.Kb1 Nc5 21.Ra3 f5
22.Be2 Ne4 23.Rd1 Rc7 24.Nc2 Kf7 25.Nd4 Nd6 26.a6 b6 27.Re3 Re8 28.Re1 Ne4
29.Nb5 Rd7 30.Rc1 Nc5 31.Nd4 Ra8 32.b4 Ne4 33.Bb5 Rd6 34.Rc7+ Kf6 35.Bc6 Rf8
36.Nb5 Rdd8 37.Rxa7 Nd2+ 38.Kc1 Nc4 39.Re2 Ne5 40.Rc7 Rc8 41.Bb7  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O Bg5 13.Re1 h6 14.Bc2 Qd6 15.g3 Rd8
16.h4 Bxf4 17.Bxf4 Qf6 18.Bc7 Be6 19.Be5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qe7 21.Qd3 g6 22.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 h6 11.a3 Bc5 12.c3 Bb6 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.d4 e4 16.N3h2 Na5
17.Bc2 f5 18.Ng3 Rf8 19.Qh5 Qe8 20.Qxe8 Raxe8 21.Nhf1 Nc4 22.Nd2 Nxd2 23.Bxd2 c5
24.dxc5 Bxc5 25.Bb3 Kh7 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Be3 Be7 28.Bd4 Bb3 29.Nf1 Bg5 30.g3 Rd8
31.Re2 Bc4 32.Ree1 Bb3 33.Re2 Bf6 34.Rd2 Bg5 35.Be3 a5 36.h4 Bxe3 37.fxe3 a4
38.Kf2 g5 39.Rc1 Rxd2+ 40.Nxd2 Bc4 41.Nxc4 bxc4 42.Rd1 Rb8 43.Rd2 Kg6 44.hxg5 hxg5
45.g4 f4 46.Rd6+ Kg7 47.Rd4 Rxb2+ 48.Ke1 Rb1+ 49.Kf2 Rb2+ 50.Ke1 Rb3 51.exf4 Rxa3
52.Kd2 e3+ 53.Kxe3 Rxc3+ 54.Ke4 gxf4 55.Kxf4 Rc1 56.Ke3 a3 57.Rd7+ Kf6 58.Ra7 Rg1
59.Kd4 Rxg4+ 60.Kc3 Ke5 61.Ra5+ Kd6 62.Kb4 Rh4 63.Rxa3 Kd5 64.Ra8 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Babula,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Qd2 Qb6 11.Bxh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Qxb2 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.h4 Nb4 15.Nd1 Qd4 16.Nf3 Qxe4
17.Ng5 Qe5 18.Ne3 Rfe8 19.h5 Nxh5 20.a3 Qb2 21.O-O Nc6 22.Bxh5 gxh5 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.cxd5 Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Rfd1 Kf6 28.f4 Red8 29.Rd2 Rab8
30.Ne4+ Ke6 31.Re1 d5 32.Nxc5+ Kd6 33.Rc1 Rb5 34.Rdc2 Rdb8 35.Nd3 R8b6 36.Ne5 c5
37.Nxf7+ Ke7 38.Ne5 c4 39.Re2 Kd6 40.f5 Rb2 41.Rxb2 Rxb2 42.Re1 Rb8 43.f6 Rf8
44.f7 c3 45.Kf2 d4 46.Kf3 Kd5 47.Kf4 d3 48.Nxd3 Rxf7+ 49.Ke3 Rg7 50.Kf3 Kc4
51.Nc1 Rf7+ 52.Ke2 Re7+ 53.Kd1 Rd7+ 54.Kc2 Rd2+ 55.Kb1 Rb2+ 56.Ka1 Rc2 57.g3 Kb5
58.Na2 Ka4 59.Rc1 Kb3 60.Rxc2 Kxc2 61.Nb4+ Kd2 62.Kb1 a5 63.Nc2 a4 64.Nb4 Kd1
65.Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogozenko,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.Nc3 a6 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.Ne2 dxc4 14.bxc4 c5 15.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 15.Ng5 h6
16.Qf3 Qd7 17.Ne4 Rae8 18.Bd2 Na5 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.Ba2 Be6 21.d5 Bf5 22.c4 b6
23.Bxa5 bxa5 24.Qc3 Qc7 25.Bb3 Bd7 26.Bc2 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rb1 Rc8 29.Bd3 Qc5
30.Qb2 Kf8 31.h3 Rc7 32.Re1 Rc8 33.Rb1 Rc7 34.Kh2 Rc8 35.Rc1 Qb6 36.Rb1 Qc5
37.h4 Rc7 38.Kg1 Rc8 39.g3 Rc7 40.Kg2 Rc8 41.Rc1 Qb6 42.Rb1 Qc5 43.Qc1 Re8
44.Qf4 Re7 45.Rb8+ Be8 46.Qf5 Qd4 47.Qh7 g6 48.h5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rozentalis,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Bg5 a6 10.O-O-O b5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Kb1 e5 13.Rhe1 Bg4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qe4 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Kf8 17.c3 g6 18.cxd4 Kg7 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Qxe5 Nxe5 21.Be4 Ra7 22.Na5 Nc4
23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.Re2 Rb8 25.Kc1 a5 26.Rd5 c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dorfman,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Ba2 Nbd7 11.O-O b6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bd5 15.Bxd5 exd5
16.Rfc1 Qb7 17.a4 Rfc8 18.Ne5 Rxc1+ 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Qxc8 21.h3 h6 22.Qb5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Ne4 24.Qxd5 Qc2 25.Kh2 Ng5 26.f4 Qxb2 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.e6 fxe6 29.Qxe6+ Kh7
30.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd7 7.Qxc4 Nb6 8.Qd3 e5
9.Nxe5 Nb4 10.Qc3 Qxd4 11.O-O Qxc3 12.Nxc3 Bd6 13.Nf3 c6 14.Rd1 Be7 15.a3 N4d5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Nd4 O-O 18.e4 Nb6 19.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE.COM Trophy Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Bg7 8.d5 Nce7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.c4 h6 11.Nc3 f5 12.Ne1 Nf6 13.f3 O-O 14.Nd3 g5 15.Bd2 Ng6
16.Nf2 f4 17.b4 Rf7 18.c5 Bf8 19.Na4 Re8 20.Rc1 h5 21.c6 Qc8 22.cxb7 Qxb7
23.Qe2 Rg7 24.Rc6 Ra8 25.Rfc1 Nh4 26.h3 g4 27.fxg4 hxg4 28.Nxg4 Nxg4 29.hxg4 Qb5
30.Qd1 Be7 31.Be1 Rf8 32.Nc3 Qxb4 33.Rb1 Qd4+ 34.Qxd4 exd4 35.Ne2 Nxg2 36.Kxg2 f3+
37.Kf1 fxe2+ 38.Kxe2 Rxg4 39.Rxc7 Bg5 40.Kd3 Rf3+ 41.Kc4 Rxe4 42.Rb8+ Rf8
43.Rxf8+ Kxf8 44.Bf2 Re2 45.Bxd4 Rc2+ 46.Bc3 Rxa2 47.Kb3 Re2 48.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE.COM Trophy Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxe5 Qe7 6.f4 Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d6 8.Nf3 c6
9.Nc3 Nxe4 10.O-O Nxc3 11.dxc3 Qd8 12.Re1+ Be7 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 O-O
16.Be3 Bf6 17.g4 g6 18.Rad1 Re8 19.f5 Be5 20.Rf1 Qe7 21.Rd3 d5 22.Bd4 Bxd4+
23.cxd4 Qc7 24.Re3 Re4 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.Qxe4 Qg3+ 28.Qg2 Qe3+
29.Qf2 Re8 30.Kg2 Qe4+ 31.Kg3 Qe3+ 32.Qxe3 Rxe3+ 33.Rf3 Re2 34.Rb3 Rxc2 35.Rxb7 Rd2
36.Rxa7 Rxd4 37.Rb7 Rd3+ 38.Kf4 Rxh3 39.a4 Rh1 40.a5 Ra1 41.b4 h5 42.Rc7 Ra4
43.gxh5 gxh5 44.Kg5 h4 45.Kxh4 Rxb4+ 46.Kg5 Ra4 47.Ra7 Kf8 48.Kf6 Ke8 49.Ke6 Kd8
50.Kd6 Kc8 51.Kxc6 Kb8 52.Rb7+ Ka8 53.Rd7 Rh4 54.Kb6 Rh6+ 55.Kb5 Rh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE.COM Trophy Cup"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.c3 Qd7 5.Nd2 c5 6.Ndf3 Ba6 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.h4 O-O-O
9.a3 f6 10.b4 fxe5 11.dxe5 Nh6 12.Bg5 Re8 13.bxc5 Bxc5 14.Ned4 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Rhf8
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qe2 Na5 18.Nd2 Kb8 19.g3 Rc8 20.Kg2 Rfe8 21.N4b3 Nxb3 22.Nxb3 Qa4
23.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.Qe3 h5 25.Rhc1 Rec8 26.Qg5 Qe4+ 27.Kg1 Qg6 28.Qe3 Rc4 29.Rab1 Re4
30.Qd2 Rxh4 31.Rb4 Rhc4 32.a4 h4 33.Kh2 hxg3+ 34.fxg3 Rg8 35.Rg1 Rxb4 36.cxb4 Qh5+
37.Kg2 Qxe5 38.Qd3 Rg4 39.Rf1 Qe4+ 40.Qxe4 Rxe4 41.Rh1 Rxb4 42.Rxh7 Rxa4
43.Kf3 e5 44.g4 e4+ 45.Kg3 Ra3+ 46.Kf4 Rf3+ 47.Ke5 Rg3 48.Kxd5 Rxg4  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Stohl,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bf1 e5
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Nc3 d5 13.Ndb5 dxe4 14.Bf4 e3 15.Bxe3 Nb6
16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Nxa7 Nfd5 18.Bg5 f6 19.Nxc8 fxg5 20.Nxb6 Nxb6 21.Rad1 Rxd1
22.Rxd1 Rc8 23.Rd6 Nc4 24.Bxc4+ Rxc4 25.Rd8+ Kf7 26.Rd7+ Kg8 27.Rd3 b5 28.Kf1 b4
29.Nd1 g4 30.Ke2 h5 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rd7+ Kf8 33.Ne3 Rc6 34.Rb7 Bxb2 35.Rxb4 Be5
36.g3 Rc3 37.Rb3 Rc6 38.a4 Bd4 39.Rd3 Ba7 40.a5 Rc1 41.Rd7 Bxe3 42.Kxe3 Ra1
43.Ra7 Ra4 44.Kd3 Ke8 45.a6 Kd8 46.Ra8+ Kc7 47.a7 Kb7 48.Rg8 Kxa7 49.Rxg6 Ra2
50.Rf6 Kb7 51.Ke3 Kc7 52.Rf5 h4 53.Rf4  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Muse,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.a3 Qxc5 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.c4 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O d6 12.Nd4 a6 13.Bf3 Nbd7 14.Rc1 Ne5 15.Bxb7 Qxb7
16.Qe2 Rac8 17.e4 Ned7 18.N4b3 Rfe8 19.Rc2 Qa8 20.Qd3 Red8 21.Re1 Rc7 22.f4 b5
23.cxb5 Rxc2 24.Qxc2 axb5 25.Qd3 Qa7+ 26.Bd4 Qb8 27.Na5 Rc8 28.h3 e5 29.Be3 exf4
30.Bxf4 Ne5 31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.Ndb3 Qb6+ 33.Kh1 Qf2 34.Rf1 Qc2 35.Qxc2 Rxc2
36.Nc5 Nh5 37.Rf3 Nf4 38.Rg3 Bh6 39.Nc6 Ne2 40.Rf3 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Bf4+ 42.g3 Nxg3
43.Kg2 Nxe4 44.Ne7+ Kf8 45.Nxe4 Kxe7 46.Nc3 Bd2 47.Nxb5 e4 48.Rf1 Rc2 49.Nd4 Ra2
50.Nc6+ Kd6 51.Rf6+ Kd5 52.b5 e3 53.Kf3 e2  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Plauen GER"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bischoff,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ne1 Bxc3 8.dxc3 h6
9.Nc2 d6 10.Ne3 Re8 11.Qc2 a5 12.f4 exf3 13.exf3 Ne7 14.f4 Rb8 15.Bd2 Bd7
16.Qd3 Qc8 17.Rfe1 Bh3 18.Bh1 Qd7 19.b3 b6 20.Nf5 Nxf5 21.Re2 Nd5 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.cxd5 h5 24.Re1 Nh6 25.c4 Bf5 26.Qd4 Ng4 27.Bf3 Nf6 28.Re3 Rxe3 29.Bg2 Bg4
30.Bxe3 Qf5 31.Qb2 Qd3 32.Bf1 Ne4 33.Bf2 Qd4 34.Qd2 Nxd2 35.Bxd4 Bd1 36.Be3 Nxf1
37.Kxf1 Bc2 38.Ke1 Bb1 39.Kd2 Bxa2 40.Kc2 a4 41.bxa4 Bxc4 42.a5 bxa5 43.Ba7 Kf8
44.Bb8 Ke7 45.Bxc7 a4 46.Ba5 a3 47.Bb4 a2 48.Bc3 g6 49.h4 Bxd5 50.Kd3 Ke6
51.Kd4 Bc6 52.Ba1 Kf5 53.Ke3 Kg4 54.Kf2 f5 55.Bb2 Be8 56.Bc3 g5  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Plauen GER"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ribli,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Rc1 d4 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Bf4 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Ba6 Qc8 15.Bxb7 Qxb7
16.Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.d4 e6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.e5 Nfd7 8.g4 Bg6
9.Bxg6 hxg6 10.Ne2 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Kf1 Be7 13.Kg2 Qb6 14.Rb1 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nf4 Qa6 17.h4 a3 18.b3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Nb4 20.Qd2 O-O-O 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.hxg5 Rxh1
23.Rxh1 Nc6 24.Nd3 Kb8 25.Rh3 Qb5 26.Rf3 Rf8 27.Qd1 Qa6 28.Ne1 f6 29.gxf6 gxf6
30.exf6 Rxf6 31.Nc2 Ka8 32.Rh3 Rf8 33.Bh6 Rf7 34.Re3 e5 35.dxe5 Ndxe5 36.Qxd5 Rd7
37.Qe4 Rd1 38.Re1 Rd8 39.Bg5 Rf8 40.Re3 Qb5 41.Nxa3  1-0

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2001.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Hernandez,Gi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 c6
9.e4 Qb6 10.c5 dxc5 11.dxe5 Ne8 12.e6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Ne5 14.f4 Nf7 15.Nxf7 Rxf7
16.e5 Nc7 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Kh2 Bd7 19.Qc2 Bf8 20.Bd2 a5 21.h4 Be7 22.Rae1 Raf8
23.Be3 Nb4 24.Qc4 Qa6 25.Qxa6 Nxa6 26.Rd1 Bc8 27.Bh3 c4 28.Nd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Nb4
30.Bd2 c5 31.a3 Nd3 32.b3 Nxe5 33.fxe5 Rxf1 34.Bxf1 Rxf1 35.Bh6 cxb3 36.Rd8+ Kf7
37.Rf8+ Ke7 38.Rxf1 b6 39.Kg1 Ba6 40.Rb1 a4 41.Rd1  1-0

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Be2 e5 14.Ra5 Be6 15.Qc2 Nbd7
16.c4 b6 17.Ra6 Rfc8 18.Nd2 Qb7 19.b5 Nc5 20.Ra3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 Kf8
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 c4 12.Be2 Nc6 13.a4 a6 14.Rhb1 Rb8 15.h4 b5
16.axb5 axb5 17.Qf4 Qe7 18.Qe3 Ke8 19.h5 Kd8 20.Ng1 b4 21.f4 Bd7 22.cxb4 Rxb4
23.Rxb4 Qxb4+ 24.Qc3 Qxc3+ 25.Kxc3 Kc7 26.Bf3 Rf8 27.Ne2 f6 28.exf6 Rxf6
29.g3 Rf8 30.Ng1 Rg8 31.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hernandez,Gi"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.d5 b5
9.Qe2 b4 10.Nd1 Nb6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nf2 Qc8 13.f5 Qa6 14.Qe1 N8d7 15.Ng4 Nf6
16.Nh6+ Bxh6 17.Bxh6 Rfe8 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Ng5 Nbd7 20.Rf4 Qc4 21.Qh4 Qxc2
22.Raf1 Qxb2 23.Qh3 Qc3 24.g3 Ne5 25.Rh4 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Qe2 27.Kg1 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Qe2
29.Kg1 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kveinys,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bb2 e5 12.Be2 Rd8 13.Qc2 e4 14.Nd2 Bg4 15.Nb3 cxd4
16.cxd4 Rac8 17.Rfc1 Qb8 18.Qd1 Ne7 19.a4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Nd2 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 Qc8
23.Qxc8+ Bxc8 24.f3 Bd7 25.a5 Bc6 26.Ba3 Ned5 27.fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Be6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.f4 f6 15.Nf3 c5
16.f5 Bf7 17.Qf2 Qb6 18.g4 Rae8 19.h4 Qd6 20.Kg2 a6 21.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dlugy,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 Nc6
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Rc1 Qb5 13.Qc2 Bb6 14.a4 Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Magem Badals,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Nbc3 Bc4 10.Bxc4 Nxc4 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.e6 fxe6 13.Qxe6 Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Be3 Bg4 10.h3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Re1 h6 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Ned4 Bc5
16.c3 Rad8 17.Qd3 Bb6 18.Re2 Bd7 19.Rae1 Rfe8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Rxe8+ Bxe8
22.Nf5 Ne5 23.Qxd5 Qxf5 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Nxe5 Bc7 26.Nd3 Bb5 27.Nb4 a5 28.Nd5 Bd6
29.Ne3 b6 30.Nd5 Bc5 31.a3 a4 32.Nb4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Adianto,U"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bc8 7.e3 g6 8.Bxc4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 c5 11.Nf3 cxd4 12.exd4 Nbd7 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Ba2 Qd6
16.Ne5 Nfd5 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Ne4 Qc7 19.Nc5 Rfe8 20.Bd2 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Nxe6 Qxe6
23.b4 Rac8 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Nxd5 26.Rxa7 Kg7 27.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.N1d2 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Bf4 Rac8 12.Ne3 Qh5 13.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bd3 d6 7.h3 e5 8.d5 Nh5 9.Bg5 f6
10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.g4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Bxf5 Bxf5 15.gxf5 Qf6 16.Qe2 Qxf5
17.O-O-O Na6 18.Qe6+ Qxe6 19.dxe6 Nc5 20.Rxd6 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Kc2 Bxc3
23.bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUR vs Tartarstan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2001.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 exd5 13.d3 Be7 14.c4 dxc4 15.dxc4 O-O
16.Bf4 Bf6 17.Rad1 Nd4 18.Kh2 b6 19.Rfe1 Nc2 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Re4 Nb4 22.Re3 h6
23.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUR vs Tartarstan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.b4 b6 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rad1 Nd7 14.f4 Bb7 15.Rf3 g6
16.Rh3 Bf6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Be4 Qc7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Ne4 Bg7 21.fxe5 Qc7 22.Nf6+ Bxf6
23.exf6 e5 24.Rf3 Rfd8 25.Rd5 h5 26.Rfd3 Nf8 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.Bxe5 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Ne6
30.c5 bxc5 31.bxc5 Rc8 32.Bd6 g5 33.Kf2 Kh7 34.Be7 Kg6 35.Ke3 Rb8 36.Rd2 Kf5
37.Kd3 Rb4 38.Kc3 Rb1 39.Kc4 Rc1+ 40.Kd5 h4 41.c6 g4 42.Kd6 g3 43.hxg3 hxg3
44.Kd7 Rc3 45.Bd6 Kxf6 46.c7  1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Rapid Match"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7
9.Bd3 Nb4 10.O-O c5 11.Re1 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Qc7 13.Qg3 Bxe4 14.Rxe4 f5 15.Re2 Kf7
16.Bf4 Be7 17.h4 c4 18.Rd1 Rab8 19.b3 Rhd8 20.Red2 cxb3 21.axb3 Rb4 22.c4 a5
23.Bg5 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Rxb3 25.Qh5+ Kf8 26.Qxh7 Qxe5 27.Qh5 Rb2 28.Rd3 Qe2 29.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Rapid Match"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nge7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne5 13.Re1 d6 14.Bf1 f5 15.exf5 exf5
16.f4 gxf4 17.Bxf4 N7g6 18.Qd2 Nxf4 19.Qxf4 Ng6 20.Qf3 f4 21.Rad1 Nh4 22.Qd5+ Kh8
23.Qxd6 Qg5 24.Ne4 Qh5 25.Rd5 Qf7 26.Nf2 f3 27.g3 Nf5 28.Qf4 Be6 29.Rd2 Rac8
30.Qxf3 Bxc4 31.Bxc4 Qxc4 32.Rc1 Qe6 33.Rxc8 Qxc8 34.Qd5 Ne3 35.Qd3 Ng4 36.Nxg4 Qxg4
37.Nc5 Qb4 38.Nd7 Re8 39.b3 Qe7 40.Kg2 Rd8 41.Qd5 b5 42.Qf5 b4 43.Kh3 a5
44.Ne5 Bxe5 45.Rxd8+ Qxd8 46.Qxe5+ Kh7 47.g4 Qd3+ 48.Kh4 Kg6 49.Qxa5 Qd2
50.Qf5+ Kg7 51.Qe5+ Kg6 52.Kg3 Qc3+ 53.Kf4 Qd2+ 54.Kf3 Qxa2 55.Qd6+ Kg7 56.Qe7+ Kg6
57.Qe4+ Kg7 58.Qxb4 Qxh2 59.Qe7+ Kg6 60.Qe4+ Kg7 61.Qd4+ Kg6 62.b4 Qh1+ 63.Kf4 Qf1+
64.Ke5 Kg5 65.Kd6 Qf8+ 66.Kc7 Qe7+ 67.Kb6 Qe6+ 68.Ka5 Qa2+ 69.Kb5 Qe2+ 70.Kc5 Qe7+
71.Kd5 Qf7+ 72.Kc6 Qe6+ 73.Kc7 Qe7+ 74.Kc8 Qe6+ 75.Kd8 Qg8+ 76.Ke7 Qh7+ 77.Kf8 Qb7
78.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Nd7 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.c4 Rfe8
16.Bb2 Bf8 17.g3 Qb6 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.d5 cxd5 20.Qf5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Rd8 22.Rd1 g6
23.Rxd5 gxf5 24.Rxa5 Bc5 25.Ba3 Bxa3 26.Rxa3 a6 27.Rd3 Kf8 28.Nh4 f4 29.Nf5 fxg3
30.hxg3 Ke8 31.Nd6+ Ke7 32.Nxb7 Rc8 33.Re3+ Kf8 34.Nd6 Rc6 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Nf5+ Kf6
37.Ne3 Nb6 38.Re4 Rc5 39.Rh4 Ke7 40.Rxh7 Nxc4 41.Nxc4 Rxc4 42.Rh4 Rc5 43.Kg2 a5
44.Rf4 f6 45.g4 Kf7 46.Ra4 Kg6 47.Kg3 f5 48.f4 Rc3+ 49.Kh4 Rc1 50.Rxa5 Rh1+
51.Kg3 Rg1+ 52.Kf2 Rxg4 53.Ra4 Rh4 54.Kg3 Rg4+ 55.Kh3 Rg1 56.Rc4 Rd1 57.a4 Kf6
58.a5 Rh1+ 59.Kg3 Rg1+ 60.Kf2 Ra1 61.Rc6+ Kg7 62.a6 Ra3 63.Ke2 Ra4 64.Ke3 Kf7
65.Rb6 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Be2 Nd7 13.h4 Qb6 14.Qg3 d4 15.Nb1 Qa5
16.Rxd4 e5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Rc4 Rb8 19.b3 Bf6 20.Rb4 Qc7 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.Qc3 c5
23.Be3 O-O 24.g4 Be7 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Qd6 27.Bd2 Nb6 28.a4 c4 29.a5 cxb3
30.Qxb3 Na8 31.Qg3 Qg6 32.Qh2 f5 33.Qh8+ Kf7 34.Bh5 Rxh8 35.Bxg6+ Kxg6 36.Rxh8 Bb7
37.exf5+ Kxf5 38.Rg8 Kg6 39.Re8 Kf7 40.Rb8 Bf3 41.Be3 Nc7 42.Nd2 Bg2 43.Rb6 Nd5
44.g6+  1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 c4 7.Bc2 Ng6 8.Qe2 b5
9.b3 Bc5 10.e5 d5 11.d4 cxd3 12.Bxd3 O-O 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Ba3 b4 15.cxb4 Nxb4
16.Bxb4 Bxb4 17.a3 Be7 18.Qe3 Bd7 19.Nbd2 a5 20.Rfc1 Qb8 21.Nd4 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8
23.N2f3 Qa6 24.a4 Rc8 25.h4 h6 26.Rd1 Rc5 27.Kh2 Qc8 28.Qf4 Qf8 29.Qg3 Qf7
30.Rd3 Rc8 31.Ng1 g5 32.hxg5 Bxg5 33.Nh3 Qh5 34.f4 Bd8 35.Rc3 Rxc3 36.Qxc3 Bb6
37.Qd3 Qe8 38.Ng1 Qh5+ 39.Nh3 Qe8 40.Ng1 Qf7 41.Nge2 Qh5+ 42.Kg1 g5 43.f5 exf5
44.Qa6 Bxd4+ 45.Nxd4 Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qh5+ 47.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Liang Chong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nd8 11.Nd2 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 e5 13.O-O b6 14.f4 a5 15.f5 f6 16.Qc2 Nb7
17.Ne4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Be4 Bd7 20.g4 a4 21.Rg3 Rab8 22.Rf2 Rb6 23.Rfg2 Rfb8
24.b3 axb3 25.axb3 Ra6 26.g5 Ra1+ 27.Kf2 Rf8 28.Qc3 Raa8 29.Kg1 fxg5 30.Rxg5 Rf7
31.Rh5 Rf6 32.Qh3 g6 33.Rg3 Qf7 34.Qh4 Bxf5 35.Bxf5 Rxf5 36.Rxf5 Qxf5 37.Rf3 Qd7
38.Qg5 Qd8 39.Qg4 Qe7 40.Kg2 Kg7 41.Rf1 h5 42.Qh3 Qg5+ 43.Kh1 Qg4 44.Qxg4 hxg4
45.Kg2 Ra2 46.Kf2 Rb2 47.Ra1 Rxb3 48.Ra7 e4 49.Rxc7+ Kf6 50.e3 Rc3 51.Rd7 Ke5
52.Re7+ Kf5 53.Rf7+ Kg5 54.Rd7 Rxc4 55.Rxd6 Rc2+ 56.Kg1 Rd2 57.Rd8 g3 58.h3 c4
59.Rc8 c3 60.Rxc3 Kh4  0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Nc6 9.Nxg6 fxg6
10.Ne2 Qb6 11.Nf4 cxd4 12.Bd3 Nxe5 13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.Bxg6+ Kd7 15.gxh5 Bb4+
16.c3 dxc3 17.Qa4+ Ke7 18.bxc3 Bxc3+ 19.Ke2 Qc6 20.Qxc6 bxc6 21.Rb1 Kd6 22.Ba3+ c5
23.Rhc1 Bd4 24.Rb7 Ne7 25.Rxc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5+ Kxc5 27.Rxe7 Rhg8 28.Rxe6 Rab8
29.Ra6 Rb7 30.f4 Rd8 31.f5 Rd6 32.Rxd6 Kxd6 33.f6 gxf6 34.h6 Ke5 35.h7 Rb8
36.Bf7 Rh8 37.Bg8 f5 38.Ke3 d4+ 39.Kd3 f4 40.h5 f3  0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Ne8 13.c5 a5 14.cxd6 Qxd6 15.Nb5 Qb6+
16.Kh1 Nd6 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Bd2 Ra8 20.Rb1 Qa7 21.Bc4 Bd7 22.Be3 Qb8
23.Ne6 Rc8 24.Qd3 f4 25.Bg1 Ra4 26.Bb5 Bxb5 27.Qxb5 Rxa2 28.Qd7 Bf6 29.Rxb7 Qa8
30.Nxf4 Bh4 31.Nd3 Qa3 32.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Re8 12.b4 c6 13.Qb3 a5 14.b5 c5 15.Rfd1 c4
16.Qc2 Nd7 17.Qf5 g6 18.Qh3 Bg7 19.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qc1 h6 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Nc3 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 c6 17.Rfd1 a5 18.h4 Nd7 19.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Qd2 d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Panormo GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Avrukh,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.dxc5 Na5 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Qc2 Rfc8 15.Nc1 e6
16.Nb3 Rab8 17.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bb7 14.O-O Qc8 15.a4 O-O
16.a5 Nc5 17.axb6 axb6 18.Rfb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kempinski,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Nd2 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qa5 13.Qc2 Qb6 14.Qb3 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ganguly,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.a4 Nb6 8.axb5 Bb7
9.Be2 e6 10.bxa6 Rxa6 11.Rxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Be7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nd2 Qd7 15.Re1 Nb4
16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Qc6 18.Bf1 Rd8 19.Qb3 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Rd1 h6 22.h3 Qa8
23.Qc4 Qb7 24.Rc1 Rb8 25.Qe2 Kf8 26.Rd1 Nd5 27.Nxd5 Qxd5 28.Rc1 Rb7 29.Rc3 Bb4
30.Rc2 Be7 31.Qa6 Kg8 32.Kh2 Kh7 33.Qa4 Bb4 34.Qc6 Qxc6 35.Rxc6 Ba5 36.Rc5 Bb6
37.Rc3 Rb8 38.Kg3 Rd8 39.Rc4 Rd5 40.Kf3 Kg6 41.Ke4 f6 42.f4 f5+ 43.Kd3 Rb5
44.b4 Kf7 45.g4 g6 46.Bd2 Rd5 47.Bc3 Rd8 48.Bb2 Ra8 49.Rc3 Rd8 50.Rc1 Ra8
51.Kc4 Rd8 52.Ra1 Ke7 53.Bc3 Kf7 54.Rd1 Rd5 55.b5 Kg7 56.Bb4 Kf7 57.Rd3 fxg4
58.hxg4 h5 59.gxh5 gxh5 60.f5 h4 61.Bc3 Rd8 62.Rh3 exf5 63.Rxh4 Rg8 64.Rh5 Kg6
65.Rh1 f4 66.Rg1+ Kf7 67.Rxg8 Kxg8 68.Kd3 Kf7 69.Ke4  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O d6 10.Kh1 Qxe4 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.Bh5 Qd3 13.Be2 Qg6 14.Nb5 O-O 15.Nxc7 Rb8
16.Nc4 Bh3 17.Rg1 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Bf5 20.Nd5 Rbe8 21.Nf4 Qh6 22.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O d6 10.Kh1 Qxe4 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.Bh5 Bg4 13.Bxg6 Bxd1 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.Raxd1 Bxd4
16.Bxd4 N7c6 17.Ne4 Rhe8 18.f4 Nc4 19.Ng5+ Kg8 20.Rde1 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Ne3 22.Rg1 h6
23.Nf3 Nd5 24.g3 Kf7 25.a3 a5 26.Kg2 Ne3+ 27.Kh3 Re7 28.g4 Rae8 29.Kg3 b5
30.a4 bxa4 31.Ra1 Rb8 32.Rxa4 Rxb2 33.Rxa5 Nc2 34.Rg2 Re3 35.Ra1 Rbb3 36.Rxc2 Rxf3+
37.Kg2 Rxf4 38.Rxc7+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ganguly,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nb6
9.Be3 axb5 10.Rxa8 Nxa8 11.Nxb5 Nb6 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.Nc3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Qe7 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Bd3 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.d5 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nh3 cxd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.Nf4 Na6
9.O-O Nc5 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Bd4 a5 13.e4 Bd7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Bg4
16.Qe1 g5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nfe2 Nd3 19.Qd2 Nxb2 20.Qxb2 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Rxc3
22.Rab1 Qc7 23.Qh5 Kg7 24.Be4 h6 25.Rfe1 b6 26.Rbd1 Qd6 27.Qg4 Rh8 28.Bb1 h5
29.Qf5 h4 30.Kg2 Rc7 31.Qg4 b5 32.Re3 Rc4 33.Qf5 Qc5 34.Re6 hxg3 35.hxg3 fxe6  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.a3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O b6 12.e4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.a4 a6 15.Be3 b5 16.Rfb1 Bc6
17.Nd2 bxa4 18.e5 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bb5 20.Nc4 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Nb6 22.Nd6 Bxd6 23.Rxc7 Bxc7
24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Qxb5 Rcb8 26.Qc6 Nd5 27.Bc1 Rc8 28.Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Qd2 h5
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.O-O-O Na5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h3 h4 14.Rhe1 Rh5 15.Nde2 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.b3 Rc8 18.Nf4 Re5 19.Nfd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Be6 21.Nf4 Qd7 22.Bd4 Qc6
23.Nd3 f6 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Bb2 b5 26.Re2 Kf7 27.Qe1 Ra8 28.Red2 g5 29.Rd8 Ra7
30.R1d3 a5 31.Qe3 Qa6 32.Rb8 a4 33.Rb6 Qa5 34.Bc3  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Bg3 Bd7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.O-O d4 14.Na4 Qd8 15.b4 dxe3
16.fxe3 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Bxa4 18.Qb2 Ne8 19.Bf3 Bc6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.c5 Qd3 22.Qd4 Qxd4
23.Bxd4 Nf6 24.Nc4 Ne4 25.Rad1 Rfc8 26.Be5 f6 27.Rd7 Kf8 28.Rb7 Rd8 29.Bc7 Rd5
30.Na5 Rd7 31.Nxc6 Rc8 32.Nd4 Bxc5 33.bxc5 Nxc5 34.Bd6+ Rxd6 35.Rxa7 e5 36.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.g4 d5 11.g5 d4 12.gxf6 Bxf6 13.Bf2 Bg5 14.Qd3 dxc3 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.bxc3 Bxb3 17.axb3 Bd2+ 18.Ke2 Bxc3 19.Rd1 Rxd1 20.Kxd1 Nc6 21.Bd3 Nb4
22.Ke2 Rc8 23.Rd1 b5 24.Be3 g6 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Bb2 27.c4 Nxd3 28.Kxd3 Rd8+
29.Kc2 Rxd1 30.Kxd1 Ba3 31.Kc2 Kf8 32.Kd3 Ke7 33.cxb5 axb5 34.h3 Bc5 35.Ke2 Ke6
36.Kf3 Bd4 37.Kg4 f6 38.Bg3 Kd7 39.Kf3 Kc6 40.Ke2 Kd7 41.Kf3 Ke6 42.Bf4 Bc5
43.Kg4 Be7 44.Bg3 h5+ 45.Kf3 g5 46.Be1 f5 47.exf5+ Kxf5 48.Bg3 Bc5 49.Bc7 Bd4
50.Bd6 g4+ 51.hxg4+ hxg4+ 52.Kg2 Be5 53.Be7 Ke4 54.Bf8 Kd3 55.Be7 Kc2 56.b4 Kd3
57.Bf8 Kc4 58.Be7 Kd5  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 c6
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.d5 c5 11.Nh4 Ne8 12.g3 Ndf6 13.Bg5 Bh3 14.Rfe1 Qd7 15.f3 Nh5
16.Nd1 f6 17.Bd2 Qe7 18.Bd3 Bc8 19.a3 Qf7 20.Ne3 Kh8 21.b4 b6 22.a4 a5 23.bxa5 bxa5
24.Rab1 Bh6 25.Bc3 Bg5 26.Nhg2 Kg8 27.Rf1 Bh3 28.f4 exf4 29.gxf4 Bh6 30.Rf3 Bc8
31.Rb5 Qc7 32.Qd2 Neg7 33.Bc2 f5 34.e5 g5 35.e6 gxf4 36.Nd1 Ba6 37.Bxa5 Qe7
38.Rb6 Bxc4 39.Bc3 Nf6 40.Bxf6 Qxf6 41.Rxd6 Rfd8 42.Qc3 Qd4+ 43.Qxd4 cxd4
44.Rxd8+ Rxd8 45.Bb3 Bxd5 46.e7 Rd7 47.Bxd5+ Rxd5 48.Ra3 Ra5 49.Nh4 Bg5 50.Nf3 Bxe7
51.Ra2 Ne6 52.Re2 Ng5 53.Rg2 Kf7 54.Nxg5+ Bxg5 55.Rxg5 Kf6 56.Rg2 Rxa4 57.Rd2 Ke5
58.Kf2 Ra3 59.Nb2 Ke4 60.Re2+ Re3 61.Nc4 h5 62.Nd6+ Ke5 63.Nc4+ Ke4 64.Nd6+ Kd3
65.Ra2 Re5 66.Nf7 Rd5 67.Ng5 Kc3 68.Nf3 d3 69.Nd2 h4 70.Nb1+ Kb3 71.Rd2 Kc4
72.Ra2 Rb5 73.Ra4+ Kb3 74.Rxf4 Kb2 75.Nd2 Kc3 76.Nf3 h3 77.Kg3 d2 78.Rd4  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Rhe1 O-O-O 13.f5 Nc5 14.a3 Kb8 15.Kb1 h5
16.Qe3 Bh6 17.Qh3 Qe7 18.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rytshagov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.h3 Qa5 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Be2 Rad8 13.Rd1 Ne4 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Na2 Bd6
16.f3 Ng3 17.Bd3 Qxa4 18.Qxa4 Nxa4 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Bb8 21.Bd2 Rfe8 22.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Nbd7
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qe2 b4 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Qb6 17.Ne5 Ba6 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Rfd8 20.Rc4 Bd6 21.Qe4 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 Rd5
23.Qe4 Ra5 24.Qb1 Qa6 25.Rxb4 Rxa2 26.Rc1 Ra4 27.Rxa4 Qxa4 28.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrikov,Vi"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Rc1 a6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.f3 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Qb3 exd4
16.exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Seeman,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 e5 8.fxe5 Nxe5
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O a6 11.h3 b5 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 O-O 14.g4 Qa5 15.Kb1 b4
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc7 18.g5 Rfc8 19.Rh2 a5 20.f6 Bf8 21.fxg7 Bxg7 22.Qxd6 Qxd6
23.Rxd6 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Rhd2 Re8 26.Rd8 Re4 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rd3 Bd4
29.Bd2 Re4 30.a3 Be5 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Re8 f5 33.gxf6+ Kxf6 34.axb4 axb4 35.Ka2 Rh4
36.Rf8+ Ke6 37.Rf3 Kd5 38.Kb3 Kc5 39.Be1 Re4 40.Bd2 h5 41.Rf5 h4 42.Rh5 Kc6
43.Bxb4 Bxb2 44.Rh6+ Kd7 45.Rd6+ Ke8 46.Rd3 Be5 47.c4 Re2 48.c5 Rb2+ 49.Kc4 Rh2
50.c6 Kf7 51.Kb5 Ke6 52.Bc3 Rc2 53.Bxe5 Kxe5 54.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Nc6 7.Be3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 f6 13.f4 Bf5 14.O-O-O e6 15.Bb6 Rc8
16.Bd3 Bd6 17.g3 Bxd3 18.Rxd3 Rc6 19.Rhd1 Ke7 20.Rxd6 Rxd6 21.Bc5 Rd8 22.c4 b6
23.Ba3 e5 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Kc2 a5 26.b3 Ke6 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6+ Kxd6 29.Kd3 Kc5
30.a3 h5 31.Kc3 Kd6 32.b4 g6 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.Ke4 Kd6 35.h3 Ke6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Kd6
38.g5 a4 39.Kd3 Kc6 40.Ke3 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.e4 cxd4
10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Qa5 15.f4 Nc5 16.Bc4 g6
17.f5 gxf5 18.Nxf5 Rg8 19.Ng3 Rd8 20.Qf2 Rd7 21.Rad1 Rg7 22.Bh6 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rg6
24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Qd4 Qc7 26.Bf1 Qb6 27.a5 Qxa5 28.Qd6+ Kg7 29.Nh5+ Kh6 30.Qd2+ Rg5
31.h4 Ne4 32.hxg5+ Kxh5 33.Qf4 Qc5+ 34.Kh2 Qf2 35.Qxf2 Nxf2 36.Rd7 Bd5 37.Rxf7 Ng4+
38.Kg3 Kg6 39.Re7 Nxe5 40.Bxa6 Kxg5 41.Bb7 Bxb7 42.Rxb7 Nd3 43.Rb5+ e5 44.b3 Kf5
45.Kf3 h5 46.Ke3 Ne1 47.g3 Nc2+ 48.Kd2 Nd4 49.Rxb4 Ke4 50.Rb8 Kf3 51.b4 e4
52.Rf8+ Kxg3 53.Kc3 Nf3 54.b5 e3 55.Kd3 e2 56.Kxe2 Nd4+ 57.Kd3 Nxb5 58.Rf5 Nd6
59.Rxh5 Kg4 60.Rd5 Nf5 61.Ke4 Ng3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 O-O
9.e4 Nb6 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.b3 a5 15.Bb2 a4
16.Qc2 Rfd8 17.Rac1 axb3 18.axb3 Ra2 19.Qc3 f6 20.Rfd1 c4 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.bxc4 Nxc4
23.Ba1 b5 24.Qb3 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5
9.e4 h6 10.exd5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nxd5 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nc6 14.Ne2 a5 15.a3 a4
16.Ba2 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Qxd4 Bxd4 19.Rxc7 Rac8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Kd2 e6
22.Be3 Bxe3+ 23.fxe3 Nc4+ 24.Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Ba6 11.b3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Re8 13.f4 f6 14.O-O-O fxe5 15.c5 Bxf1
16.cxb6 Ba6 17.bxa7 Kb7 18.Rhe1 d5 19.Qxe5 Qxe5 20.fxe5 Bc5 21.Na4 Bf2 22.Bd4 Bxe1
23.Rxe1 Re7 24.Bc5 Re6 25.Bf2 Rg6 26.g3 Re8 27.e6 Re7 28.Bd4 Ka8 29.Nc5 Kxa7
30.Nd3+ Kb8 31.Nf4 Rg5 32.Bc5 Re8 33.e7 Bc8 34.Kd2 Rf5 35.b4 Rf7 36.a4 Kb7
37.Re5 Bf5 38.h4 g6 39.Ke3 h6 40.a5 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Ne6 Bxe6 43.Rxe6 g4
44.Kd4 Rf3 45.Rg6 Rxg3 46.Ke5 Rg2 47.Kf6 Kc8 48.a6 Kd7 49.a7 d4 50.Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Nh6 8.g4 f5
9.g5 Nf7 10.d3 Be6 11.Qe2 Bg7 12.h4 Bd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.c4 Qe6 15.Bf4 h6
16.O-O-O Rd8 17.Kc2 Kf8 18.Rhg1 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Bh6 20.Bxh6+ Rxh6 21.d4 b6 22.dxc5 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 bxc5 24.b3 f4 25.Qe4 Rh5 26.Qxf4 Qf5+ 27.Qxf5 Rxf5 28.Rd3 Ke8 29.Kd2 Nxe5
30.Nxe5 Rxe5 31.Re3 Rf5 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Rd3 Ke8 34.Rf3 Rh5 35.Rf4 Re5+ 36.Kf3 Re1
37.Re4 Ra1 38.Re6 Rxa2 39.Rxg6 Rb2 40.Rxc6 Rxb3+ 41.Kg4 a5 42.Rxc5 a4 43.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.h4 c5 11.e6 c4 12.Qd1 Nb6 13.exf7+ Rxf7 14.h5 Nc6 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Be3 Bf5 17.Ng5 Rf6 18.g4 Be6 19.Nce4 Bd5 20.f3 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Be2 Bxe4
23.Nxe4 Re6 24.g5 Qc7 25.Qc2 Rd8 26.Rd1 Nd5 27.Qc1 Ng4 28.Bf4 Qb6  0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d4 dxe4 10.Nxe5 Bb7 11.Nd2 Bd6 12.f4 exf3 13.Ndxf3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Qxd1
16.Rxd1 Ne4 17.Be3 Rae8 18.Rd7 Rxe5 19.Rxc7 Bd5 20.Bd4 Rf5 21.Re1 Bxb3 22.axb3 Nd2
23.Bc5 Rd8 24.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 b5 11.a4 c6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.axb5 cxb5 14.Qe4 O-O 15.f4 Rc8
16.Bh3 Nc6 17.Nxb5 Rab8 18.Nc3 Rxb2 19.O-O Rb3 20.Ne2 Ne7 21.Rfc1 g6 22.Ra6 Rb6
23.Ra5 a6 24.Nc3 Qd6 25.Qc2 Qd8 26.Ne4 Nd5 27.Rc5 Rxc5 28.Nxc5 c3 29.Qa4 Be7
30.Bg2 Bxc5 31.dxc5 Rb2 32.f5 gxf5 33.c6 Qg5 34.h4 Qg6 35.Kh1 Nxe3 36.Rg1 Ng4
37.c7 Nxf2+ 38.Kh2 Ng4+ 39.Kh1 Qf6 40.c8=Q+ Kg7 41.Qxg4+ fxg4 42.Rf1 Qxh4+
43.Kg1 Qg3 44.Rxf7+ Kxf7 45.Qd7+ Kf8 46.Qd8+ Kf7 47.Qd7+ Kf6 48.Qd8+ Kf5
49.Qf8+ Ke5 50.Qc5+ Kf4 51.Qc7+ e5 52.Qc4+ Kg5 53.Qg8+ Kf6 54.Qf8+ Ke6 55.Qe8+ Kd6
56.Qc6+ Ke7 57.Qc7+ Kf6 58.Qd8+ Kf5 59.Qc8+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.Bc4 Ne5 10.Bb3 b5 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Rhe1 Rb8
16.Nf5 exf5 17.e5 Bc8 18.exf6+ Be6 19.fxg7 Bxg7 20.Qxd6 Rxb2+ 21.Kxb2 Qxc3+
22.Kc1 Qb2+ 23.Kd2 Qd4+ 24.Qxd4 Bxd4 25.Ke2 Bb6 26.Rb1 Bc7 27.Rb7 Bxh2 28.f4 O-O
29.Rh1 Bg3 30.Rxh5 Kg7 31.Bh6+ Kg6 32.Rg5+  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.Bc4 Qd6 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 Be6 12.O-O Bf6 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Be4 Bd5
16.Bc3 Rfe8 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.d3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rd7 20.e4 Qe6 21.Rab1 Red8 22.h3 Ne7
23.Kh2 Ng6 24.g3 h5 25.Ba1 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Rd4 d5 14.Rc1 Nce4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Ne5 h6 17.Qc3 Rd8 18.Rcd1 Rxd4 19.Rxd4 Qe8 20.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 Nb6 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bxc5 12.Bf4 f6 13.Rac1 e5 14.Nd5 exf4 15.Rxc5 fxg3
16.hxg3 Bg4 17.Rd2 Rad8 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Be6 20.Rc7 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rf7 22.Rxf7 Kxf7
23.d6 Ke6 24.Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Qe2 c5 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Qd5 11.Kb1 Qxg2 12.Nf3 Qxf2 13.Qe5 Be7 14.Rdf1 Qc5 15.Qg3 Nh5
16.Qh3 g6 17.Rhg1 Nf4 18.Bxf4 e5 19.Qh6 exf4 20.Rg5  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.a4 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.g4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Bg1 exf4
16.g5 Nd7 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Bg2 Re5 19.Qd2 Rxg5 20.Qxf4 f6 21.Ra3 Ne5 22.Bb6 Qd7
23.Rg3 Rg6 24.Rc3 Qg4 25.Qd2 Bd7 26.Nf4 Bc6 27.Rg3 Qd7 28.Nxg6 hxg6 29.b3 Re8
30.h4 Qf7 31.Bd4 Nd7 32.Qf4 Nc5 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.e5 Re6 35.Bxc6 Rxc6 36.c4 Re6
37.Rgf3 f5 38.h5 Be7 39.hxg6 Qxg6 40.Qxf5 Qxf5 41.Rxf5 g6 42.Rg1 Kh7 43.Rf7+ Kg8
44.Rf3  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Rc8 15.axb4 Nxb3+ 16.Nxb3 Qxa4
17.Kb2 d5 18.c3 dxe4 19.Ra1 Qd7 20.Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.Bf4+ Kb6 23.Be3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2002.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 a6 12.Kb1 b5 13.Qe3 Qc7 14.Bd3 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Qc5
16.Ne2 b4 17.Rc1 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Nc5 19.Rhd1 Na4 20.Re1 Bd7 21.Re3 Rfc8 22.f5 exf5
23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Nxf5 Re8 25.Rd1 Nb6 26.b3 g6 27.Nd4 Rac8 28.e6 f5 29.c3 bxc3
30.Rc1 Kg7 31.Rexc3 Kf6 32.Rc6 Rb8 33.Kc2 a5 34.Kd3 a4 35.Rc7 axb3 36.axb3 h6
37.h4 Rbc8 38.Rf7+ Ke5 39.Re1+ Kf4 40.h5 Kg5 41.hxg6 Kxg6 42.Nxf5 Rcd8 43.Ne7+ Kg5
44.Re5+ Kg4 45.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kallai,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 d5 8.Ba3 Bd6
9.Bxd6 cxd6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.O-O Nc6 12.a3 a5 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Rfc1 Rb8 15.Rab1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bischoff,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 a6 7.Be3 Bd7 8.Qf3 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 Ne7 10.Qf2 b5 11.O-O-O b4 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Bb6 Qc8 14.f5 Be7 15.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Haba,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bf5
10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Nh4 Be4 12.f3 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bd3 O-O 16.a4 bxa4
17.Rxa4 Qb6 18.Qa1 Rfb8 19.Rxa6 Rxa6 20.Qxa6 Qxa6 21.Bxa6 Rxb3 22.Nd1 Nb8
23.Be2 Nh5 24.g4 Ng3 25.Rf2 Nc6 26.Bf1 Nxf1 27.Kxf1 Na5 28.Rc2 Nc4 29.Ke2 f6
30.Bc3 Ra3 31.Bb2 Ra2 32.Kd3 Kf7 33.Bc3 Ra3 34.Nb2 Nb6 35.Ke2 Ke7 36.Bd2 Ra2
37.Kd3 Kd7 38.Nd1 Ra3+ 39.Rc3 Ra2 40.Rc2 Ra3+ 41.Rc3 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Acs,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qc7
9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Na5 12.Ba2 Be6 13.Qe4 Qc6 14.Qxc6+ Nxc6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Bd2 Be7 17.Bc3 Bf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.a5 Nb4 20.Rfc1 Rc8 21.Nd2 Ke7 22.Nc4 Rhd8
23.Kf1 Rd3 24.Rc3 Rcd8 25.Rxd3 Rxd3 26.Ke2 e5 27.Rc1 Rb3 28.Rc3 Rxc3 29.bxc3 Nd5
30.Kd3 Ke6 31.g3 f5 32.f3 Nf6 33.Nd2 Nd7 34.e4 b5 35.axb6 Nxb6 36.exf5+ Kxf5
37.c4 Nd7 38.Ne4 a5 39.Kc3 a4 40.Kb2 h5 41.h3 Nb6 42.Nxc5 Nxc4+ 43.Kc3 Ne3
44.g4+ hxg4 45.hxg4+ Nxg4 46.fxg4+ Kxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Acs,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Be4 Rfd8 15.c3 Rac8
16.a3 a6 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Rd3 Rxd3 19.Qxd3 Be7 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Qe2 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Qe4
23.Kf1 Kg7 24.Ne1 f5 25.Qd3 b5 26.Qg3+ Qg4 27.Qd3 Qe4 28.Qg3+ Qg4 29.Qf3 Bd6
30.g3 Qc4+ 31.Qd3 Qc6 32.Ke2 Bc5 33.Qf3 Qe4+ 34.Qxe4 fxe4 35.Nc2 f5 36.Nb4 a5
37.Nc6 a4 38.Nd8 Kf6 39.Nb7 Bf8 40.Na5 e5 41.c4 b4 42.axb4 Bxb4 43.Nc6 Bc5
44.h3 h5 45.f3 exf3+ 46.Kxf3 Ke6 47.g4 fxg4+ 48.hxg4 h4 49.g5 Kf5 50.g6 e4+
51.Kg2 Kxg6 52.Ne5+ Kf5 53.Nd7 Bd4 54.c5 Ke6  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 c6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O a6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Rac1 Nf8 12.h3 Ng6 13.a3 Nh5 14.Be3 Nhf4 15.Bf1 h6
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Na4 Be6 18.Kh2 Rac8 19.g3 Nh5 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Rcd8 22.Qb3 b5
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Rd1 Qc8 25.Qe3 bxc4 26.Nd2 Rd8 27.Rc1 Qb8 28.Nxc4 Bxc4 29.Bxc4 Qxb2
30.Qc3 Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Nf6 32.Bd3 Rb8 33.Bb4 Rd8 34.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 c5 6.dxc5 d4 7.Nb5 e5 8.Nxe5 a6
9.Na3 O-O 10.g3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxc5 12.Nd3 Qc6 13.Rg1 Bf5 14.Bg2 Qc8 15.c5 Nbd7
16.c6 Bxa3 17.bxa3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxc2 19.cxb7 Qe6 20.bxa8=Q Rxa8 21.Bxa8 Qxe5
22.Bf4 Qa5+ 23.Kf1 g5 24.Bc1 Qc3 25.Kg2 Qc8 26.Bxg5 Qxa8+ 27.f3 Qe8 28.Rge1 Nd5
29.Rac1 Qa4 30.Kg1 f6 31.Bd2 Kf7 32.Kg2 Nb6  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.c3 Be6 13.Qe2 Rb8 14.a4 O-O 15.g3 Ne7
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Bg5 Bg7
10.e3 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Nd2 g5 14.Bg3 Nbd7 15.Nc4 Ne8 16.Bg4 Bxg4
17.hxg4 Ndf6 18.f3 Nd7 19.Ne4 f5 20.gxf5 Rxf5 21.Nexd6 Nxd6 22.Bxd6 Qf7 23.e4 Re8
24.Ne3 Bxb2 25.Nxf5 Qxf5 26.Rxh6 Nf6 27.g4 Nxg4 28.Re6 Rxe6 29.dxe6 Qxe6
30.Qd5 Qxd5 31.exd5 Bxa1 32.fxg4 c4 33.Be7 Kf7 34.Bxg5 b5 35.axb5 axb5 36.Kd1 b4
37.Bd2 b3 38.g5 Be5 39.Kc1 c3 40.Be3 Kg6 41.Kb1 Kf5 42.g6 Kxg6  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 c5 8.dxc5 Nec6
9.h4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.Bg2 Qxe5+ 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Ncxe2 Na6 14.O-O-O Ne5 15.f3 h6
16.Bc3 Nc4 17.Nxg6 fxg6 18.Nf4 Kf7 19.Nxe6 Ne3 20.Nxf8 Rhxf8 21.Rd2 Rac8
22.Bh3 Nxc5 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.g5 Rc7 25.Bd4 Nf5 26.Rxe8 Kxe8 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Rxd5 Nd7
29.h5 gxh5 30.g6 Re7 31.Bc3 Ne3 32.Rxh5 Nb6 33.b3 Nbd5 34.Be5 Kd8 35.Kd2 b5
36.Bd6 Re8 37.Re5 b4 38.Rxe8+ Kxe8 39.Be6 h5 40.Kd3 h4 41.Ke4  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.Bg3 Qf6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rd1 Qf6
16.O-O Bg4 17.Be2 Rac8 18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.Nd4 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 Qg6 21.Qb5 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Qc6
23.Qb3 b6 24.Rfd1 Qc2 25.Qa2 Qe2 26.Rf1 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Rfe1 Nxe5
16.Rxe5 Qc7 17.Rae1 O-O-O 18.b4 Bd6 19.R5e2 Bf4 20.Ne4 Bxd2 21.Nxd2 g5 22.Nf3 gxh4
23.Ne5 Nd5 24.Qf3 Rhg8 25.c4 Nxb4 26.a3 Na6 27.Re4 Qe7 28.Qxf7 Qxf7 29.Nxf7 Rd7
30.Nxh6 Rgd8 31.Rxh4 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.Rxe6 Rxc4 34.g4 Nc5 35.Rf6 Nd7
36.Re6 Nc5 37.Re7 Re4 38.Rf7 Ne6 39.f3 Rf4 40.Re7 Nd4 41.Kg2 Nxf3 42.Kg3 Rf6
43.Nf5 Ng5 44.Rg7 Ne6 45.Nd6+ Kd8 46.Nxb7+ Ke8 47.Nd6+ Kf8 48.Rxa7 Nd4 49.Ne4 Rf3+
50.Kh4 Ne6 51.a4 Rf4 52.Nd6 c5 53.a5 c4 54.Nb5 Nd4 55.Nxd4 Rxd4 56.Rc7  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.Bd4 O-O 14.e5 Nd5 15.b3 f6
16.c4 Nf4 17.Bf3 Qc7 18.Re1 Ng6 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Be4 Nf4 21.Rc1 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Rf6
23.c5 Rbf8 24.Rc2 a5 25.Rd2 Nd5 26.g3 Rb8 27.Bd3 Rb4 28.Bc4 Qa7 29.a3 Rb8
30.Re5 Qc7 31.Rde2 Rbf8 32.Bd3 Qd8 33.Rh5 g6 34.Rh4 Qe7 35.Bc2 Qg7 36.Rd2 Rb8
37.Qe5 Rff8 38.Qe1 Rb5 39.Rc4 Qe7 40.h4 Rxc5 41.h5 gxh5 42.Rxc5 Qxc5 43.Qe5 Rf5
44.Qb8+ Qf8 45.Qa7 Rf7 46.Qd4 Qxa3 47.Re2 Qc1+ 48.Kg2 Qg5  0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f3 Re8 12.Ng3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nc6 14.Ra2 Qd7 15.Re2 Re6
16.Bb2 Rd8 17.Rd1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Ne8 19.e4 Ne7 20.e5 Rc8 21.f4 g6 22.f5 Nxf5
23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Qxf5 Ng7 25.Qg4 Rd6 26.Qf3 Rdc6 27.Rf1 Rc2 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Bc1 Rc6
30.h4 h6 31.h5 Kf8 32.a4 Kg8 33.Bd2 Kh7 34.Qxf7 Qxf7 35.Rxf7 Kg8 36.Rxa7 Nf5
37.Rd7 Rc2 38.Bf4 Nxd4 39.Bxh6 Nf5 40.Bg5  1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Re8 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qxd4
16.Be3 Qf6 17.Be4 g6 18.b4 Nc7 19.Rad1 a5 20.b5 Bxa3 21.Rd7 Re7 22.Rxe7 Bxe7
23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Qa4 Ra6 25.Rc1 Ne6 26.c5 Nc7 27.Rb1 Nb5 28.Rxb5 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Re6
30.c6 Bd6 31.Bd5 Rxe3 32.fxe3 Qc3 33.Kf2 Qc2+ 34.Kf3 Qf5+ 35.Kg2 Qc2+ 36.Kf1 Qd1+
37.Kg2 Qc2+ 38.Kh3 Qf5+ 39.g4 Qe5 40.Kg2 Qxe3 41.c7 Bxc7 42.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 d5 7.Qa4 Bb7 8.Bg2 Qd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nb1 Ne4 12.Ng5 Nxg5 13.Bxg5 Nd8 14.Qb3 c6 15.e4 Ne6
16.Be3 dxe4 17.Nc3 f5 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Bh3 Ke7 20.f3 Raf8 21.fxe4 Nxd4 22.Bg5+ Rf6
23.e5 Bxe5 24.Qe3 Qd5 25.Bg2 Qc5 26.Rae1 Kf7 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.g4 Ne6 29.Qxc5 bxc5
30.h4 h6 31.g5 hxg5 32.Bh3 Nf4  0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qd7 15.c3 Bf6
16.Nh2 Nb8 17.Ng4 Bxd5 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bh6 f5 20.Bxf8 Bb7 21.Bh6 Qe6 22.Qh5 Qg6
23.Qxg6+ hxg6 24.exf5 gxf5 25.d4 cxd4 26.cxd4 e4 27.Bf4 Bd5 28.Bxd6 Nc6 29.Bf4 f6
30.Rac1 Kf7 31.Rc5 Ke6 32.Be3 Na5 33.Kh2 Nc4 34.Re2 Nd6 35.Bf4 Nc4 36.Rc2 Rd8
37.a4  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.d5 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 c5
9.O-O a6 10.Rb1 Bg5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.b4 Ngf6 13.Na4 cxb4 14.Rxb4 Rb8 15.Qb1 O-O
16.Rd1 Qf4 17.Qd3 Qg5 18.Rdb1 b6 19.g3 h5 20.h4 Qg6 21.Qe3 Ng4 22.Qg5 Qxg5
23.hxg5 Rb7 24.a3 Rfb8 25.Be2 f6 26.f3 Ne3 27.Bd3 f5 28.exf5 Rf8 29.f6 Rc7
30.Kf2 Nxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Bxc4 b5 33.Bd3 bxa4 34.Rb7  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nde2 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Be6 10.h4 O-O-O 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Ndc3 Ne7 13.O-O-O Rhe8 14.Bf4 Bf7 15.h5 Nc6
16.Bxd6 cxd6 17.f3 Ne7 18.Nf4 Kc7 19.g4 b5 20.a3 h6 21.Rd2 Rd7 22.Rhd1 Red8
23.Re1 d5 24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Ncxd5+ Bxd5 26.Nxd5+ Rxd5 27.Re7+ R5d7 28.Rdxd7+ Rxd7
29.Rxd7+ Kxd7 30.Kd2 Ke6 31.Ke3 Ke5 32.f4+ Kd5 33.Kd3 a5 34.b3 a4 35.bxa4 bxa4
36.c3 Kd6 37.Kc4 Kc6 38.f5 Kd6 39.Kb5 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c6 8.Nf3 Nc7
9.Bh4 b5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Qd2 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bg4 13.Ng5 d5 14.Be2 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 f6
16.Nf3 Bh6 17.O-O Ne6 18.g3 Nhg7 19.g4 Ne8 20.Bg3 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Nd6 22.Nxc6 Qd7
23.Ne5 Qb7 24.Nc3 Rac8 25.Rae1 Ne4 26.Qe3 Rfd8 27.Nf3 Bg7 28.f5 gxf5 29.gxf5 Qxb2
30.Nxd5 Nxg3 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.hxg3 Rc2 33.Ne3 Rc3 34.Ne5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 Nc5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Bc2 Ne6 15.Nf1 Ng5
16.Ng3 g6 17.b4 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Bg5 19.Bb3 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Qg5 21.Ra1 Bb7 22.Nf1 Kg7
23.Bd5 Qf6 24.Qe2 Rb8 25.Ne3 h5 26.h3 Ne7 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.Qa2 Qe6 29.Qa8 Qc8
30.Qa6 Rb8 31.Kf1 Qxa6 32.Rxa6 Kf6 33.d4 Ke6 34.d5+ Kd7 35.Ke2 f5 36.f3 fxe4
37.fxe4 Ng8 38.Ra5 Nf6 39.Kd3 h4 40.Ra1 Nh5 41.Rf1 Nf4+ 42.Kc2 Ra8 43.Kb3 Ke7
44.Rc1 Kd7 45.Rf1 Ke7 46.Rc1 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.c4 Qa5 15.Ne5 Rad8
16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bd6 20.Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.h3 e5 9.d5 Ne7
10.e4 b5 11.Qe2 c6 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Rd1 bxc4 14.Qxc4 Bb7 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Qa3 Na5
17.Bg5 Nc4 18.Qb4 Bd5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qxb8 Qxb8 21.Nxd5 Bd8 22.Nd2 Nb6 23.Nc3 Bg5
24.Nf3 Bh6 25.b3 Rc8 26.Rd3 Rc5 27.a4 Qc8 28.Ne2 d5 29.Rad1 d4 30.b4 Rc2
31.Nxe5 Rxe2 32.Rxd4 Qc3 33.a5 Re1+ 34.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35.Bf1 Na4 36.b5 axb5 37.a6 Qa5
38.Rd6 Kf8 39.Rf6 Bg7 40.Rxf7+ Kg8 41.Re7 Bxe5 42.Rxe5 Nc3 43.Rc5 Nxe4 44.Rxb5 Qe1
45.Rb2 Nd2 46.Rxd2 Qxd2 47.h4 Kg7 48.Kg2 Qd4 49.Be2 Kf6 50.Bf3 Ke5 51.Be2 Kd5
52.Bf3+ Kc4 53.Bb7 Kd3 54.Kf3 Kd2 55.Kg2 Ke2 56.f4 Qf2+ 57.Kh3 h5 58.Bg2 Qb6
59.Bb7 Kf2  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Rc1 O-O 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Nfd7 12.Nd3 Qe7 13.b4 Nb6 14.Nc5 Nc4 15.a4 Bc6
16.Nxa6 Rxa6 17.axb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Bxb4 20.Qb2 Bd6 21.Nxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Ndf3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.O-O Bg6 13.b3 Be7 14.Bb2 O-O 15.e4 dxe4
16.Bxe4 Bf6 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Qe2 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qc7 20.Rd3 Rd7 21.Rfd1 Rad8
22.h3 g6 23.Bc1 Qa5 24.a4 Qf5 25.Qxf5 gxf5 26.Be3 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Kf1 bxc4
29.bxc4 h5 30.Ke2 Kh7 31.g3 Kg6 32.h4 Bg7 33.R3d2 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Re1+ Ne7 10.a4 a6 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.d3 O-O-O 13.b4 Nf5 14.b5 a5 15.Bd2 b6
16.c3 Bc5 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Be3 Rhe8 19.Nd2 Kb7 20.Rc1 Re6 21.Rxc5 bxc5 22.Bxd4 cxd4
23.Nb3 Qc7 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Nxd4 Qc3 26.Nc6 Rc8 27.g3 Rxc6 28.bxc6+ Kxc6 29.d4 e5
30.dxe5 Qxe5 31.Qc2+ Kd6 32.Qxh7 Qa1+ 33.Kg2 Qxa4 34.Qxg7 Qe4+ 35.f3 Qe2+
36.Kh3 Qxf3 37.Qg6+ Kc5 38.Qc2+ Kb4 39.Qd2+ Kb5 40.Qb2+ Ka6 41.Qc1 Qh5+ 42.Kg2 Qe2+
43.Kh3 Qc4 44.Qa3 a4 45.Qd6+ Kb5 46.g4 Qb3+ 47.Kh4 a3 48.Qb8+ Kc4 49.Qc7+ Kd3
50.Qg3+ Kc2 51.Qf2+ Kb1 52.Qe1+ Kb2 53.Qd2+ Qc2 54.Qxd5 a2 55.Qe5+ Qc3 56.Qe2+ Kb3
57.Qe6+ Qc4 58.Qe3+ Kc2 59.Qf2+ Kd1 60.Qb2 Qc2 61.Qa1+ Ke2 62.Kg3 Qd2 63.Kh3 Kf3
64.Qf6+ Qf4 65.Qc6+ Qe4 66.Qf6+ Ke3 67.Qb6+ Kf3 68.Qf6+ Qf4 69.Qc6+ Ke2 70.Qa6+ Kf3
71.Qf1+ Ke3 72.Qc1+ Kf3 73.Qf1+ Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Re1+ Ne7 10.c4 a6 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.d3 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Kb8 14.b4 dxc4 15.dxc4 Nc6
16.b5 axb5 17.cxb5 Nb4 18.Nc4 Qf5 19.Re5 Qc2 20.Bf4 Qxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Ka8 22.a3 f6
23.axb4  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.b5 c5 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 d4
16.exd4 cxd4 17.Na4 Ra7 18.f4 Qd5 19.Rf2 Nd7 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.Qc2 Bb7
23.Bc4 Qe4 24.Qxe4 Bxe4 25.Rd2 Nc5 26.Nxb6 d3 27.Nc8 Rc7 28.Nd6 Ba8 29.b6 Rc6
30.Bd5 Rxd6 31.exd6 Bxd5 32.Rxd3 Be6 33.d7  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 Ne4 7.Bh4 Qa5 8.Qb3 e6
9.e3 Bb4 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Bb5 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Nd3 O-O 15.f3 Nd6
16.Nc5 b6 17.Bg3 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 Nc4 19.Nb7 Qb5 20.Qxb5 axb5 21.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 bxc4 13.bxc4 Bh6 14.f4 Ng4 15.Nd1 Rxb2
16.Qxb2 Bg7 17.Qc1 e5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Rb1 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Re8 21.h3 Ne3 22.Nxe3 Bxe3
23.Qc3 Bf5 24.Rbd1 Bd4 25.Qf3 Re3 26.Qa8 Qxa8 27.Bxa8 Bxh3 28.Rf3 Rxe2 29.Ra3 Bg4
30.Bf3 Bxf3+ 31.Nxf3 Nxc4 32.Nxd4 cxd4 33.Rxa6 Nd2 34.Ra3 d5 35.Kg1 h5 36.Rd3 Ne4
37.Ra1 Kg7 38.Kf1 Rh2 39.Kg1 Re2 40.Kf1 Rh2 41.Kg1 Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.Bxd5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.c3 O-O 14.Qd2 Ne7 15.Bxb7 Rab8
16.Bd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Rb7 18.h5 Rfb8 19.b3 a5 20.O-O a4 21.bxa4 Qh4 22.Qd1 Ra8
23.Rb1 Rba7 24.g3 Qf6 25.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.c3 f5 15.Nc2 Rb8
16.Re1 fxe4 17.Bxe4 a5 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Qh5 h6 20.Nf5 Qg5 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.Nxd6 Be6
23.Nf5 b4 24.cxb4 Rxb4 25.b3 Bf6 26.Ng3 a4 27.bxa4 Rxa4 28.a3 Rb8 29.Bc2 Ra5
30.a4 Rb2 31.Rec1 Kf8 32.Rab1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Rc5 34.Bf5 Bd5 35.Be4 Be6 36.h3 Bd8
37.Bf5 Bd5 38.Rb8 Ke7 39.Bg4 Bc7 40.Rb1 e4 41.Re1 Bxg3 42.fxg3 Bc6 43.Ra1 f5
44.Be2 Ra5 45.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O O-O
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 Na6 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rc1 Nc7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Nd3 Nd7 15.Nf4 Rb8
16.e4 d4 17.Nc4 Bg5 18.Rc2 Bxf4 19.gxf4 Qh4 20.Qf3 Ne6 21.Qg3 Qxf4 22.Bc1 Qxg3
23.hxg3 Ba6 24.Rd1 Nb6 25.Ne5 Rbc8 26.Ba3 Rfd8 27.Bf1 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 f6 29.Nc4 g5
30.f3 Kg7 31.Kf2 h5 32.Nb2 Rc7 33.Rdc1 Rdc8 34.Nc4 Nxc4 35.Rxc4 Kg6 36.b4 cxb4
37.Rxc7 Rxc7 38.Rxc7 Nxc7 39.Bxb4 Ne6 40.Bd2 f5 41.exf5+ Kxf5 42.Ke2 Ke5
43.Be1 Kd5 44.Bd2 g4 45.Bc1 Kc4 46.Bd2 Ng7 47.Bf4 Nf5 48.fxg4 hxg4 49.Kd2 a6
50.Kc2 d3+ 51.Kd1 Kd4 52.Kd2 Ke4 53.Bb8 Nd4 54.Bf4 Nc2 55.Bd6 Ne3 56.Bf4 Nc4+
57.Kd1 Kf3 58.Bc7 d2 59.Bf4 Kf2  0-1

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.cxb6 axb6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Bd4 Ba6
16.Rfc1 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Ra3 18.Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.Bd2 Re8
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 e4 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bf5 13.Qd2 c5 14.Bc3 Qe7 15.Qf4 Bg6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.dxe4 Bxe4 19.e3 a6 20.Rfd1 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Re6
22.a4 Rc8 23.Ra3 Rc6 24.Rb3 b6 25.Rd5 Re4 26.Rc3 b5 27.b3 Kf8 28.f4 Re8 29.Rh5 Kg7
30.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Qe2 a6 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rac1 O-O
16.Be3 Qd6 17.Rfd1 Neg4 18.g3 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Ng4 20.Qg5 e5 21.Nd5 h6 22.Qh4 Rac8
23.Be2 Rxc1 24.Nxc1 f5 25.exf5 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 Rxf5+ 27.Kg2 Bc6 28.Kh3 Qe6 29.g4  1-0

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Rc8 11.Nbd2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qb2 O-O 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.a3 Bd6
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Bxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Bg3 Bd6 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Rfd1 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qe7
16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Bb5 c5 18.a3 Rac8 19.Ba6 Rc7 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Nb3 Rc7
23.Rc2 Rdc8 24.Rdc1 e5 25.Qb5 exd4 26.exd4 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Berndt,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 c5 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Rc2 Qd8 18.Bf1 Qf8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rc7 21.a3 b6 22.Bg5 h6
23.Be3 g5 24.Qf2 Rb7 25.g3 Bf6 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 Nd7 28.Bh3 Ne5 29.f4 Nd3
30.Qe2 gxf4 31.gxf4 Qg7+ 32.Kh1 Qh7 33.Rg1+ Kh8 34.Qh5 e6 35.Rcg2 Re7 36.dxe6 fxe6
37.Rg6 Bg7 38.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Parker,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Nxd7 Kxd7 16.f3 Qb7
17.Qd3 Rhc8 18.e4 Qb6 19.Kh1 Be7 20.e5 Ne8 21.Qxh7 Qa5 22.Qb1 Qd2 23.Nc3 g6
24.Rc2 Qd3 25.Rcc1 Qe3 26.Rce1 Qh6 27.Qd3 Ng7 28.Ne2 Nf5 29.Rc1 Qe3 30.Qxe3 Nxe3
31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Rc1 Rc2 33.Rxc2 Nxc2 34.Bc3 Ba3 35.f4 b4 36.Bd2 Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Atalik,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Qd2 Nc5
9.O-O-O Bg4 10.Be2 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 Re8 14.h5 Be4 15.Rhg1 Ne6
16.Be3 c5 17.g5 d5 18.g6 hxg6 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Ne5 Bf6 21.Ng4 d4 22.Bc4 dxc3
23.Qe2 Qb6 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.bxc3 Qc7 26.Qg4 Qe5 27.Rd5 Qxc3 28.Qxe4 Qa1+
29.Kd2 Qxg1 30.Rd7  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Nd7 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.b4 b6 14.Nd6 Rd8 15.Nb5 Qb7
16.Nd6 Qc7 17.Nb5 Qb7 18.Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filippov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qc1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rd1 a5 15.Nc3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 c6 17.Ne4 Na6 18.h4 Qe7 19.h5 Rfd8 20.Qc4 Rd7 21.Rd2 Bg5 22.e3 Qb4
23.b3 Be7 24.Bd1 Rad8 25.Be2 Nc7 26.Qxb4 Bxb4 27.Rc2 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8
9.f3 e3 10.dxe3 Qe7 11.Nh3 Qc5 12.Nf4 Qxc4 13.e4 d6 14.Qd3 Be6 15.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qa4 Bb7 8.Bg2 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rd1 Be7 12.Ng5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Rb8 14.Qc2 Qb7+ 15.Kg1 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Acs,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8
9.Nd5 d6 10.Ne3 c5 11.c3 Nf5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Bc2 Nf6 14.O-O Bc7 15.g3 b5
16.Nf4 Nh4 17.d4 Bb7 18.d5 Rad8 19.a4 Qd7 20.gxh4 Bxf4 21.Qf3 Qc7 22.Rd1 Bxh2+
23.Kf1 a6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ng4 Nxg4 26.Qxg4 Bxd5 27.Bxh7+ Kxh7 28.Rxd5 Qc6
29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Rxd8 Qh1+ 31.Ke2 Rxd8  0-1

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 c5 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.e4 d4 15.Re1 a5
16.a4 Qe6 17.Rc1 Ng4 18.Ba3 Ne5 19.Bf1 Rfc8 20.f4 Nd7 21.Nc4 Rcb8 22.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nh4 Ne7 12.a4 Be6 13.Qe1 Rac8 14.f3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qc3
16.Ba3 Rfe8 17.Qxc3 Rxc3 18.Bb5 Nc6 19.g4 Rxe3 20.Kf2 Bd7 21.g5 Nh5 22.Ng2 Rc3
23.Rfc1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 a6 25.Bxc6 Bxc6 26.a5 f6 27.h4 Re6 28.Rc5 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2002.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Acs,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Bxg4 Nd7 14.O-O Nf6 15.Be2 Qb6 16.a4 Bb4
17.Be5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.Be3 c5 20.axb5 Nf6 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.Qc2 Rd4
24.Bf3 Rd3 25.Qe2 Rg3 26.Na4 Qd4 27.Rfd1 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Nxe4 29.Nc3 Nd2 30.b6 Rxg2+
31.Kxg2 Qg7+ 32.Kh2 Nf3+ 33.Qxf3 Rxf3 34.Rg1 Rxf2+ 35.Kh1 Qd4  0-1

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Nc3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Rd1 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Be2 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.a4 c6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Ne2 Nc5
16.c3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kovalev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 Re8
9.e4 c6 10.Re1 a5 11.b3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Rb1 Nfd7 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Qc2 a4
16.Red1 axb3 17.axb3 Qe7 18.f4 Ned7 19.Bf2 Ra3 20.b4 Ne6 21.Nde2 h5 22.Qc1 Ra8
23.Qd2 Ra3 24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Bh6 26.Be3 Ng7 27.Rd1 Qe6 28.Qd3 Nb8 29.Qxd6 Qxd6
30.Rxd6 Be6 31.c5 Na6 32.Rd4 Bb3 33.Rd7 Rb8 34.Rd2 Nxb4 35.Rb2 Nc2 36.Bf2 Na1
37.Nd4 Bc4 38.Nxc6 Ra8 39.Rxb7 h4 40.Nd5 hxg3 41.Nce7+ Kh8 42.Bxg3 Nb3  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Nxe5 gxf4 13.Nxd7 O-O-O 14.Qd4 Qxd7
15.Qxf4 Bd6 16.Qh6 Kb8 17.O-O Qe6 18.Qxe6 Bxe6 19.a5 a6 20.Ne4 Bb4 21.Ra4 Be7
22.Rc1 Rd5 23.h4 Rhd8 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Rxg5 26.Be4 Rd2 27.Rb4 Kc7 28.Kf1 Rxa5
29.Ke1 Rd7 30.Bxh7 Rh5 31.Be4 a5 32.Bf3 Rf5 33.Rh4 Rb5 34.Rc2 a4 35.e4 Rd4
36.Be2 Rb3 37.e5 Rxh4 38.gxh4 Rb4 39.h5 Re4 40.Rc3 Rxe5 41.h6 Re4 42.Rc5 Bg4
43.Rc4 Rxe2+ 44.Kf1 Bf3 45.Rf4 Re6 46.Rxf7+ Kb6 47.Rxf3 Rxh6 48.Ke2 Ka5 49.Rc3 Kb4
50.Kd2 Rf6 51.Ke3 Re6+ 52.Kd2 Rh6 53.Rf3 c5 54.Kc2 b5 55.Rf4+ c4 56.Rf5 Rc6
57.Rf3 Ra6 58.Ra3 Rf6 59.f3 Rh6 60.Re3 Rh2+ 61.Kc1 Rf2 62.Kb1 Kc5 63.Re5+ Kb6
64.Rf5 Ka5 65.Ka1 Kb4 66.f4 Re2 67.Rd5 Re3 68.Kb1 Rf3 69.f5 c3 70.Re5 Kc4
71.Ka2 Rf2 72.Kb1 b4 73.Re1 Rxf5 74.Rh1 Kb3 75.Kc1 Ra5 76.Kb1 c2+  0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Asrian,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.Ra2 Kh8 17.h4 Bh6 18.Nce3 Bxe3 19.Nxe3 Ne7 20.b3 f5 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Nxf5 Bxf5
23.O-O Be4 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Qxh4 26.Rxa5 Qf6 27.Ra6 e4 28.Rxd6 Qxc3 29.Qxe4 Qxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Miton,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Na5 7.e4 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 a6
10.a4 e6 11.O-O exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bxd6 Bxh3 16.Bh2 Bg4
17.e5 Qb6 18.Rb1 Rad8 19.Re4 Bf5 20.Rh4 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 c4 22.Qc2 f5 23.d6 Qc5
24.Rd1 Nc6 25.Rd5 Qb6 26.Rxc4 f4 27.a5 Qa7 28.Re4 b5 29.Nxb5 axb5 30.Qxc6 Nf6
31.exf6 Rxe4 32.Rd1 Rc4 33.Qxb5 Qc5 34.Qb3 Bxf6 35.Rc1 Rc8 36.Nd2  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Ba2 Ne6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Ng5 Bc8
16.c3 c5 17.a4 Rb8 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Nf5 d5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bg5 Bxf5 22.exf5 e4
23.dxe4 dxe4 24.Qxd8 Rbxd8 25.Rad1 h6 26.Bh4 c4 27.Bb1 Bc5 28.Kf1 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 e3
30.fxe3 Bxe3 31.Re1 Kf8 32.Bg3 Bc5 33.Re5 Rxe5 34.Bxe5 Nd7 35.Bf4 Nf6 36.Ke2 Ke7
37.Be5 Bd6 38.Bd4 Bf4 39.Ba2 Kd6 40.b3 Kd5 41.Kf3 Bd6 42.bxc4+ bxc4 43.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qc1 a4 14.b4 Qe7 15.Bf1 c5
16.Qe3 h6 17.Rac1 cxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 19.Bb2 Qe6 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.Qd3 a3 22.Ba1 d5
23.cxd5 Qxd5 24.e4 Qxa2 25.Nc4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Rac8 28.Bd3 Nf6
29.Qxe5 Rcd8 30.Qf5 Rd5 31.Qf3 b5 32.Nxa3 Ra8 33.Bxf6 Qxa3 34.Rd1 Qa2 35.Qg4 g6
36.Kg2 h5 37.Qf4 Ra6 38.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5 11.Bf5 h6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 g6 15.O-O cxd4
16.exd4 Bg5 17.Ra1 Bf4 18.Re1 Re8 19.Bd3 Bxe5 20.dxe5 d4 21.Nb5 Qg5 22.Bf1 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Na3 c3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bf5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8 13.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,And"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Qh3 O-O 14.Nd2 Nb4 15.a3 Nxd3
16.cxd3 a5 17.Rfc1 Qd7 18.a4 Bc6 19.axb5 Bxb5 20.Bd4 a4 21.Kh1 Rfc8 22.Qf3 Rab8
23.h3 h6 24.Kh2 Qb7 25.Nxb5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Qxb5 27.Rc7 Bd8 28.Rc2 Be7 29.Rc7 Bd8
30.Rc2 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Jansa,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4 Bc6 8.d3 O-O
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O e5 11.b4 a6 12.a4 Nb6 13.Qb3 Re8 14.Be3 Nh5 15.Ng5 Qf6
16.Bxh5 gxh5 17.b5 axb5 18.Nxb5 Re7 19.Nxc7 Rxc7 20.Bxb6 Rd7 21.Nf3 Qe6 22.Qxe6 fxe6
23.Ng5 Rxa4 24.Nxe6 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Rxd3 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.f3 Kf6 28.Rb1 Ke6 29.h3 Rd2
30.Rc1 Kd6 31.Ba5 Rd3 32.Rc2 Rb3 33.Rd2+ Ke7 34.Bc7 Rb5 35.Rd6 Be8 36.Rb6 Rxb6
37.Bxb6 Bb5 38.h4 Ke6 39.Kf2 Kd6 40.Ke3 Kc6 41.Ba5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.b4 Bb6 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Nbd2 Rd8 12.Qc2 e5 13.b5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.c5 Bxc5
16.Nb3 Bb6 17.Bxd4 Bg4 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.Qb2 h5 20.a4 h4 21.a5 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Qe5
23.Rab1 Ne4 24.Nf3 Qxb2 25.Rxb2 h3 26.Bf1 d4 27.Rd1 d3 28.Rb4 Bxf3 29.exf3 Nc3  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2002-3"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gustafsson,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Qe7 11.Bb2 c5 12.d3 Rfc8 13.b5 Nf8 14.a4 a5 15.Rae1 Ng6
16.Nd2 d5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.d4 Nh4 19.Bd3 c4 20.Bc2 Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.d5 f5
23.f4 exf3 24.g3 Ng2 25.Bxf5 Bxd5 26.e4 Nxe1 27.exd5 Nd3 28.d6 Qg5 29.Bxc8 f2+
30.Rxf2 Nxf2 31.d7 Nh3+ 32.Kf1 Qf5+ 33.Kg2 Qf2+ 34.Kxh3 Qf1+ 35.Kh4  1-0

[Event "German Cup Final"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meister,Y"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rae1 Qc7 14.Qd1 Rab8 15.Re3 g6
16.Nd2 Ne7 17.Qe2 Nf5 18.Rh3 a6 19.g4 Ng7 20.Qf3 Qe7 21.Qf4 h5 22.f3 Nh7
23.Rg3 Rfe8 24.Re1 h4 25.Rg2 Qg5 26.Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.Rxe3 g5 28.Rf2 f5 29.Rfe2 Nf6
30.h3 Kf7 31.Rg2 b5 32.Nb3 b4 33.Bxa6 f4 34.Re1 bxc3 35.bxc3 Nd7 36.c4 dxc4
37.Bxc4 Rb4 38.Rc2 Ke7 39.Bd3 Ra8 40.Be4 Ra7 41.Bc6 Rc7 42.Rec1 Kf6 43.d5 exd5
44.Bxd5 Rxc2 45.Rxc2 Ne5 46.Nc5 Rd4 47.Rd2 Ne6 48.Rxd4 Nxd4 49.Kf2 Ke7 50.Ba8 Kd8
51.a4 Kc7 52.a5 Kb8 53.Bd5 Ka7 54.a6 Kb6 55.Bb7 Ka7 56.Kg2 Kb8 57.Na4 Ka7
58.Nc3 Nd3 59.Ne4 Ne1+ 60.Kf2 Nexf3 61.Nf6 Ne5 62.Nh7 Nd3+ 63.Kf1 Ne6 64.Bd5 Ndc5
65.Bc4 Kb6 66.Nf6 Nd4 67.Kf2 Ka7 68.Kf1 Kb6 69.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "German Cup Final"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Rxc3 Nc6 14.Nf3 Rfd8 15.Qc2 Rac8
16.Rc1 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bd3 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.Rxc3 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.e3 h6 10.Bh4 Bb7 11.Qd1 d6 12.Ne2 Nb8 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.Bd3 c5 15.O-O Qe7
16.Rc1 Rfc8 17.Re1 a6 18.b4 Rc7 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.d5 Ne5 21.f4 Ned7 22.Bc2 Qf8
23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Qd3 exd5 25.cxd5 Ba8 26.e4 Rxb1 27.Bxb1 c4 28.Qd4 Qb8 29.e5 Ne8
30.Bf5 Qb6 31.Qxb6 Nxb6 32.Bd8 Rb7 33.e6 Rb8 34.Bxb6 Rxb6 35.e7 Rb7 36.Bc8 Ra7
37.f5 g6 38.f6 Kh7 39.h4 h5 40.Be6 Kg8 41.Bc8 Kh7 42.Kf2 g5 43.hxg5 Kg6 44.Kf3 Kxg5
45.Ne4+ Kh6 46.g4 Bxd5 47.Kf4 Kh7 48.Bf5+ Kg8 49.Nxd6 Bc6 50.Nxe8 Bxe8 51.Rd1  1-0

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rustemov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Rb1 c4
9.Bc1 Nc6 10.g3 Qa5 11.Ne2 f6 12.Bg2 fxe5 13.dxe5 Nge7 14.f4 Nf5 15.O-O h5
16.Bf3 g6 17.Qe1 b6 18.Qf2 Bd7 19.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.Bd2 Nbc6 10.Nf3 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Qh5 Nf5 13.g4 c4 14.gxf5 cxd3 15.Rg1 Bd7
16.c4 Qc7 17.Bh6 Be8 18.Qh4 Rxh6 19.Qxh6 dxc4 20.cxd3 cxd3 21.f6 Bg6 22.Qxg7+ Qxg7
23.fxg7 Rd8 24.Rg4 Bf5 25.Rf4 Ne7 26.Kd2 Ng6 27.Rxf5 exf5 28.Rb1 b6 29.Rb5 Ne7
30.Re5 Rd7 31.Kxd3 Kxg7 32.h4 Kf6 33.Ng5 Ng6 34.Re6+ Kg7 35.Kc4 Rc7+ 36.Kb5 Nxh4
37.Rxb6 axb6 38.Ne6+ Kf6 39.Nxc7 Nf3 40.Nd5+ Kg5 41.Kxb6 Nxd4 42.Kc5 Ne6+
43.Kd6 Nd4 44.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nf4 Ne7 10.Qe2 Qa5 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.Rd4 Nc4 13.Rxc4 dxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.g3 O-O
9.O-O-O a6 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Nc5
16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Qf4 Ra7 18.Bc4 Rd7 19.Rxd7 Bxd7 20.Kb1 Bxa4 21.bxa4 Qd8 22.e5 a5
23.Qe4 Qd4 24.Qxd4 cxd4 25.Kb2 g6 26.f4 Kg7 27.h5 Rc8 28.Kb3 Rc7 29.h6+ Kf8
30.Rd1 Bc5 31.Rd3 Ke7 32.Bb5 Bb6 33.Kb2 Rc3 34.Kc1 Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Campora,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Nc3 h5 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.exf3 Na6 11.g4 Nd7 12.O-O Nc7 13.Re1 Kf8 14.f4 hxg4 15.hxg4 Bf6
16.g5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 b5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Nb6 20.Rae4 Qd7 21.Qf3 Qf5 22.c4 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Qe2 Qd7 25.f5 f6 26.g6 Nc8 27.Bf4 Rh4 28.Bg3 Rh8 29.Bf3 Nc7
30.Qe4 Na8 31.Qc2 Nab6 32.Re6 Rh6 33.Kg2 Rh8 34.Be2 Na8 35.Qb3 Nab6 36.Bd3 Rh5
37.Qd1 Rh8 38.Qg4 Qc7 39.Qe4 Qd7 40.Bh4 Qd8 41.Bc2 Rh6 42.Bxf6 gxf6 43.Re8+  1-0

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.g4 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nge2 c6
9.O-O h6 10.Ng3 Re8 11.a4 a5 12.b3 exd4 13.exd4 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Bxd5 Nf8 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bf4 Rxb7 20.Qxb7 Bd5 21.Qb5 Ne6 22.Be3 Qa8
23.Rab1 Bc6 24.Qc4 Bg2 25.Rfd1 Bd5 26.Qd3 Qd8 27.Qb5 Nc7 28.Qxa5 Qf6 29.Nf5 gxf5
30.Qxc7 Qh4 31.Qd7 Rd8 32.Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Epishin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 d5
9.e3 Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd8 Nxc3 12.Bh4 Nd5 13.Bf2 f5 14.Bb5 c6 15.Bd3 e5
16.Ne2 Rae8 17.O-O exd4 18.exd4 Nb8 19.Nc3 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Nxa6 21.Nxd5 cxd5
22.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII It I"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Rac1 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.Nd5 O-O 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qd2 Rc7 15.Ne1 Qb8
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nd3 Bg7 18.Nb4 Nf6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Rfc8 21.Rxc7 Rxc7
22.Rc1 h5 23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.Qc1 Qxc1+ 25.Bxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg vs. Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kobalia,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d4 d6 10.h3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 c5 13.Qd3 Bb7 14.c4 Nd7 15.f4 Re8
16.Nd2 Bf8 17.Bc2 g6 18.Rb1 Bg7 19.b3 Qh4 20.Rf1 Nf6 21.Qf3 Re7 22.Bb2 Rae8
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qd3 Bc3 25.Qxd6 Re6 26.Qc7 R6e7 27.Qd6 Re6 28.Qc7 Qd8 29.Qxb7 Qxd2
30.Bd1 Rxe4 31.Bf3 R4e7 32.Qxa6 Bd4+ 33.Kh1 Re1 34.Qc6 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Re1  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Korneev,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be4 Rb8
16.Qc2 a5 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Bc6 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.Rcd3 Rbb8 21.h3 Rbc8 22.d5 exd5
23.Rxd5 Nf6 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.a4 Qd5 27.Nd2 Qe6 28.Nc4 Nd5 29.b3 f5
30.Qd3 Kf8 31.f3 Kg8 32.e4 fxe4 33.fxe4 Nf4 34.Qf3 g5 35.Kh2 Kf7 36.e5 Qd5
37.h4 Qxf3 38.gxf3 gxh4 39.Nxb6 Ke6 40.Nc4 Nd3 41.Nxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campos Moreno,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.O-O e6 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6
10.Nbd2 Bb4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Be2 dxc4 13.bxc4 O-O 14.a3 Be7 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qe3 b5
17.cxb5 Nd5 18.Qe5 Bg6 19.Rfe1 Bd6 20.Qg5 Be7 21.Qg3 Bd6 22.Qg5 Be7 23.Qg3 Bd6
24.Qg5 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxa3 13.e4 Ne7 14.Bd3 Ng6 15.Bg3 e5
16.h4 exd4 17.cxd4 Re8 18.h5 Ngf8 19.O-O Nf6 20.Ra1 Qe7 21.Bh4 Qe6 22.Ra5 b5
23.d5 cxd5 24.exd5 Qd6 25.Bxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marin,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ne1 Bxc3 8.dxc3 h6
9.Nc2 d6 10.Ne3 Re8 11.Qc2 Re5 12.f4 exf3 13.exf3 Qe8 14.Qf2 Re7 15.Re1 Ne5
16.Qf1 Qa4 17.Bd2 Bd7 18.f4 Ng6 19.Bxb7 Rae8 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.b3 Qa6 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.cxd5 Qa3 24.Qd3 Qb2 25.Reb1 Qa3 26.Re1 Qb2 27.Reb1 Qa3 28.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Rc1 dxc4 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 e5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bc7 15.Qf3 Qe7
16.O-O O-O-O 17.Rf2 Kb8 18.h3 Nbd7 19.Bc2 g5 20.Re1 Rh4 21.Qg3 Nh5 22.Qxg5 Qxg5
23.fxg5 Bg3 24.Rfe2 Ne5 25.Rd1 Nc4 26.Bc1 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 g6 28.Bc2 Nd6 29.Bb3 Be5
30.Rc2 Ng3 31.Bd2 Rh5 32.e4 Bd4+ 33.Kh2 Nf1+ 34.Kh1 Ng3+ 35.Kh2 Nf1+ 36.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kolev,At"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.e4 e5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bc4 h5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O-O Qxh4 13.Nxh4 Rf8 14.g3 O-O-O 15.b4 Bh3
16.Rhe1 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Ne7 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.a3 c6 15.b4 Nh5
16.Re1 Nf4 17.Bf1 Qf6 18.Ra2 Rd8 19.Rd2 Be6 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.e5 Qe7 22.Ne4 g5
23.Nd6 c5 24.b5 Nc7 25.Bd3 Ne8 26.Be4 Rd7 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Rd8
30.Qe2 Nc7 31.h4 gxh4 32.Qe4 Ne6 33.Bxe6 Qxe6 34.Kh2 b6 35.Qxf4 Rd3 36.Qxh4 Rxa3
37.Re4 Rd3 38.Rg4 Qf5 39.Qg3 Kh8 40.Rf4 Qh5+ 41.Qh3 Qxh3+ 42.Kxh3 Kg8 43.Kg4 Ra3
44.Kf5 a6 45.bxa6 Rxa6 46.Nd2 b5 47.cxb5 Rb6 48.Ra4 Rxb5 49.Ra8+ Bf8 50.Rc8 c4
51.Ne4 Kg7 52.Rxc4 Rb7 53.Nf6 Be7 54.Rg4+  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Graf,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.dxc5 dxc5 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Nf1 Nc4 15.N3h2 Bg5
16.b3 Bxc1 17.Rxc1 Ncb6 18.Ng4 Qg5 19.a4 Nf8 20.a5 Nbd7 21.Nfe3 Bb7 22.Qf3 g6
23.Rcd1 f5 24.h4 Qh5 25.Qg3 fxg4 26.Nxg4 Kh8 27.Rd6 g5 28.hxg5 Qxg5 29.Re3 Re6
30.Red3 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Re8 32.Qf3 Re6 33.Rd1 Qf4 34.Qh3 Bxe4 35.Bxe4 Qxe4 36.Ne3 Qg6
37.Nf5 Rf6 38.Ne7 Qc2 39.Rf1 Qe4  0-1

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Lanzarote ESP"]
[Date "2003.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 e6
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Togliatti RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b4 O-O
9.Qb3 Qe7 10.b5 c5 11.bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Togliatti RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Abashev,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.c5 c6 14.Bxa6 bxa6 15.Bxh6 Bxh6
16.Qa4 Rf7 17.Rad1 Bf8 18.b4 Qe6 19.Rd3 Bb7 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.Nd2 Ree7 22.Rd6 Qc8
23.Nc4 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Rxd7 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.cxd6 Qf8 27.Qb3+ Kg7 28.Qe6 Bc8 29.Na4 Qf7
30.Nc5  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Togliatti RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yevseev,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 e6 9.Ng3 exd5
10.cxd5 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne8 12.O-O Rb8 13.Be3 Nc7 14.f4 b5 15.axb5 Nxb5 16.Bxb5 axb5
17.e5 f5 18.exd6 Qb6 19.Qc2 Qxd6 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.Qf2 b4 22.Na4 Ra8 23.Nf1 Bb7
24.h3 Ra5 25.Ra2 Bxd5 26.b3 Qe6 27.Rad2 Bxb3 28.Rxd7 Bxa4 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Rc1 Bc6
31.Bxc5 Ra2 32.Rc2 b3 33.Rb2 Qd5  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Togliatti RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vokarev,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg4
9.d5 Na5 10.Qb4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c6 12.O-O Qb6 13.Qa4 Nd7 14.Be3 Qxb2 15.Rfc1 Bxc3
16.Rab1 Nb6 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.Rxb2 Bxb2 19.Rd1 cxd5 20.exd5 Be5 21.Bg4 Bd6
22.Qb5 Rfd8 23.g3 h5 24.Bh3 Bc5 25.Rd3 Rd6 26.Bg2 Rf6 27.Rf3 Rxf3 28.Bxf3 Rd8
29.Kg2 Rd6 30.Be4 e6 31.Bxg6 Kg7 32.dxe6 Rd2 33.Bxf7 Rxf2+ 34.Kh3 h4 35.Qd7 Nc6
36.Qxb7 Ne7 37.Qe4 hxg3 38.Qg4+ Kf6 39.Qh4+ Ke5 40.Qh8+ Ke4 41.Qa8+ Ke3 42.hxg3 Nf5
43.Bg6  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Togliatti RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sherbakov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Bc4 c6 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c3 Nd7 10.exd6 exd6 11.Nf1 N7f6 12.Ne3 Nxe3 13.Bxe3 Qd7 14.d5 c5 15.a4 Qc7
16.h3 Rfe8 17.Qb3 h6 18.Be2 Be4 19.c4 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Nd7 21.Qc2 Ne5 22.Be2 Re7
23.Bf1 Rae8 24.Bd2 Nd7 25.Rxe7 Rxe7 26.Re1 Qd8 27.b3 Rxe1 28.Bxe1 Bd4 29.g3 Qg5
30.Kg2 h5 31.h4 Qf6 32.Bd3 Kg7 33.Be4 Ne5 34.Qe2 Qd8 35.Bd2 Ng4 36.Be1 Qf6
37.Bf3 Ne5 38.Bd2 Qf5 39.Be4 Qd7 40.Bc2 Ng4 41.Be1 Qd8 42.Be4 b6 43.Bf3 Ne5
44.Bd2 Nxf3 45.Qxf3 Be5 46.Qe4 Qd7 47.Bg5 a6 48.Be3 Qd8 49.Bg5 Qb8 50.f4 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Togliatti RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.Re1 cxd5 14.exd5 Rc8 15.Bf4 h6
16.h3 g5 17.Bc1 e6 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 Qxd1+ 21.Nxd1 fxe6 22.Kf1 Nd5
23.Rb1 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Togliatti RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O e5 13.dxe5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Nxe5 15.Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Togliatti RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Bd3 g6 15.Be4 e5
16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Rd5 Qc7 18.Rxe5 Be6 19.Rd1 Bd6 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Qb3 Ng7 22.Qxb7 Rab8
23.Qxc7 Bxc7 24.Rd7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg vs NAO"]
[Site "Internet INT"]
[Date "2003.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Re8 11.Nh3 Nbd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be2 c5 14.O-O Qe7 15.Bf2 c4
16.b3 b5 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.Bd1 Bc6 19.Bc2 Nb6 20.Qa5 Qd7 21.a4 Nc8 22.Nf4 Nd6
23.Ne2 Reb8 24.Rfb1 Rxb1+ 25.Rxb1 Nb7 26.Qd2 Qe7 27.Qb4 Nd6 28.Nc3 Re8 29.Re1 Qd8
30.Bh4 Nb7 31.Bg3 Nh5 32.Bf2 a5 33.Qa3 Nf6 34.Bg3 Nh5 35.Bf2 Nf6 36.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kiriakov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 a6 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.Ne2 Re8 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.Ng3 g6 15.Ne5 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Qe7 17.b4 Rac8 18.Nc6 Qe6 19.b5 axb5 20.Bxb5 Rf8 21.a4 Nb8 22.Na7 Rcd8
23.Be2 Ba6 24.Bxa6 Nxa6 25.Nb5 Rc8 26.Qd3 Nb4 27.Qb3 c5 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Ba3 Na6
30.a5 bxa5 31.dxc5 Qc6 32.Rfd1 Nc7 33.Rb1 Ne6 34.Rxd5 Rb8 35.Qxb8 Qxd5 36.Qb3 Qc6
37.Qb5 Qxb5 38.Rxb5 a4 39.Ra5 Rb8 40.Rxa4 Rb1+ 41.Kh2 h5 42.Rc4 Ra1 43.Bb2 Ra2
44.Bd4 Kf8 45.c6 Ra8 46.Bf6 Ke8 47.g4  1-0

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gleizerov,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qc1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 c6
16.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kornev,Alexe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 O-O 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Ba2 c5 14.Kh1 a6 15.Qf2 Qb6
16.Qh4 Qd6 17.Bd2 f4 18.Rad1 fxe3 19.Bxe3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 c4 21.d5 b5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bb1 Rfe8 24.Bg5 Re2 25.f4 Ne4 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bf5 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxc4 Nxg5
9.Nxg5 e6 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.d5 c5 15.Qc2 g6
16.a5 Nf6 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.g3 Rad8 19.Qa4 Rd7 20.e4 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Rdd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a3 g6 8.h4 h6
9.d3 Bg7 10.Be3 Ne6 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Nc4 b6 14.f4 h5 15.O-O Ned4
16.Bf2 O-O 17.Ne4 Bg4 18.Re1 Nf5 19.Rb1 Bd4 20.Qd2 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 b5 22.Ne3 Qd4
23.Rec1 e5 24.Rxc5 exf4 25.gxf4 Nce7 26.Rbc1 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 a6 28.a4 Rb8 29.a5 Kf8
30.Bf3 Rd8 31.Re5 Nd5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Nc3 Rc5 34.Be4 Nd6  0-1

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.h4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.g3 b5
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O h6 11.Bf4 e6 12.Ne5 Be7 13.Qb1 O-O 14.Nxc4 Ra7 15.Ne5 c5
16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Qe4 Qd5 18.Qxd5 exd5 19.dxc5 Rc8 20.Nd3 Bxc5 21.a4 Be7 22.axb5 axb5
23.Ra8 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Be5 f6 26.Bd4 Kf7 27.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kharlov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.Nc4 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 c5 11.h3 Nf8 12.Bd2 Ng6 13.a3 b5 14.Na5 f6 15.Be3 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.Ng5 Qe7 18.Nb7 Rf8 19.Ne4 c4 20.Ng3 Bc8 21.Na5 cxd3 22.Qxd3 Qf7 23.Ne4 Be7
24.Nc6 Bh4 25.a4 Be6 26.axb5 Bc4 27.Qc3 Bd5 28.Ng3 axb5 29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Nxe5 Nxe5
31.Qxe5 Re8 32.Qd4 Bxg3 33.fxg3 Qf5 34.g4 Qe4 35.Qxe4 Bxe4 36.Bf4 Bc6 37.Rxe8+ Bxe8
38.Bxc7 Bg6 39.c3 Be4 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.g3 Ke6 42.Ke3 Bg2 43.h4 Bh3 44.Kf4 Bf1
45.Ke3 Kd5 46.h5 Bc4 47.Bb6 Bb3 48.Bd4 g6 49.Kf4 Bc2 50.Kg5 Ke6 51.Kh6 Kf7
52.Be3 Kg8 53.Bd2 Kf7 54.b3 Bxb3 55.Kxh7 Bc2 56.Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shipov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Ng5 Bg4 10.f3 e5 11.cxd5 exf4 12.dxc6 Qe7 13.fxg4 Qxe3+ 14.Be2 Nxg4 15.Nh3 Rad8
16.Qc2 Ne5 17.Kf1 Nxc6 18.Rd1 Nd4 19.Qe4 Nf5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Qxe3 fxe3 22.g4 Nd4
23.Kg2 Nxe2 24.Nxe2 Rd2 25.Kf3 Rxb2 26.Ng5 Rxa2 27.Rb1 Rc2 28.Rxb7 Be5 29.h3 h5
30.Nxf7 hxg4+ 31.hxg4 Bg7 32.Ng5 Be5 33.Rxa7 Rxc5 34.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "56th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dvoirys,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 e6 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bd3 b6 14.Bh6 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Solozhenkin,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.f4 c5 14.dxc5 Qc7 15.Bc3 Nd5
16.Nh5 Bxc5 17.Rh3 Rc8 18.Rg3 Bf8 19.Qe4 Qe7 20.Rxd5 exd5 21.Qf5 Rxc3 22.Nf6+ Qxf6
23.Qxf6 Rxg3 24.Qxf7+ Kh7 25.Qxf8  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polzin,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.a3 Nd7 6.Be2 Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nf1 Nf5
9.Ng3 Be7 10.Bd3 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Ne2 c5 13.c3 Rc8 14.O-O O-O 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.g3 Bg5 17.f4 Be7 18.Be3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Qb6 20.Qd2 Qb3 21.Nc1 Qc2 22.Qxc2 Rxc2
23.Nd3 Nb6 24.Rfc1 Re2 25.Bf2 Rd2 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rc8 28.Rc1 Rc4 29.Be3 Rxc1+
30.Bxc1 Nc4 31.a4 Kf8 32.Kf1 Ke8 33.Ke2 Kd7 34.Bd2 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Be7 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Nbd2 g5 13.Nb3 h5 14.Rc1 g4 15.Ne1 a5
16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Nd3 axb4 18.Nbc5 Be6 19.axb4 Qb5 20.Nf4 Rh6 21.Bc3 Bg5 22.Bd2 Bxf4
23.Bxf4 Rg6 24.Be3 Rg8 25.Re1 Ne7 26.Qd2 h4 27.Bg5 h3 28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.Qh6 Rc6
30.Qf6+ Ke8 31.Ra1  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzmin,Ge"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Bd2 Nb8 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.a3 c5 13.Ba2 Qc7 14.Ne2 d5 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.c4 N5f6 18.Ng3 Rfe8 19.Bc3 Bf8 20.b3 h6 21.Ra2 b4 22.Ba1 bxa3
23.Rxa3 Re6 24.Bc3 Rae8 25.Ra2 g6 26.Qa1 Qd6 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.dxe4 Qb8 29.Nd2 Qb7
30.Qb2 Nb8 31.Rea1 h5 32.Ra3 Bh6 33.Nf3 Qxe4 34.Re1 Qb7 35.Rxe5 Rxe5 36.Nxe5 Qe4
37.Ra1 Bg7 38.Nf3 Bxc3 39.Qxc3 Qf4 40.Rd1 Qc7 41.Qf6 Nc6 42.Rd6 Nb4 43.Ne5 Qe7
44.Nd7 a5 45.Kh2 Nc2 46.Rd2 Nd4 47.Qxe7 Rxe7 48.Nxc5 Nc6 49.h4 Rc7 50.f3 Ne7
51.Ne4 Kg7 52.Rd8 Rb7 53.Rd3 Ra7 54.Nc5 Rc7 55.Na4 Rb7 56.Rc3 Nf5 57.Kh3 Nd4
58.c5 Rc7 59.Kh2 Kf6 60.Nb6 Rc6 61.b4 axb4 62.Nd5+ Ke5 63.Nxb4 Rc8 64.Re3+ Kf5
65.Re4 Nc6 66.Nd5 Rd8 67.Ne3+ Kf6 68.Ra4 Rd3 69.Nf1 Ke5 70.Ng3 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Qxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Be3 Bxd3 18.Qxd5 Rad8 19.Qg2 Qf5 20.Nd2 b4 21.Bd4 bxc3 22.bxc3 h6
23.a4 Rfe8 24.Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Nc6 7.d4 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.e5 Be6 10.exf6 Bxc4 11.fxg7 Kxg7 12.Bxc4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Be2 Rfd8
15.O-O c6 16.Be3 Qb4 17.Rab1 Rd7 18.a3 Qb3 19.Ne4 b6 20.Nd2 Qe6 21.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C99"]

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 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Bb1 Rfe8 19.a3 Rac8 20.Qe2 Bd8 21.Bd3 Rb8 22.dxe5 Nxe5
23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.Bc5 Ba5 25.Red1 Bc6 26.b4 axb3 27.Nxb3 Bb6 28.Qe3 Red8 29.f3 Be8
30.Be2 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Nd7 32.Bxb6 Qxb6 33.Qxb6 Nxb6 34.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sermek,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 exd4 10.Rd1 Qf6 11.Qb3 Ne7 12.c3 Qe6 13.cxd4 Qxb3 14.axb3 g6 15.Be3 Bg7
16.Ra4 Kd7 17.Nd2 Rhe8 18.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Perunovic,Mil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 Bd7
9.Nxc4 b5 10.Ncd2 Bd6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Ne7 14.Qc2 h6 15.Nc5 e5
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxa6 Rb6 18.Nc5 Bc6 19.e4 Ba8 20.Be3 Rd6 21.Rad1 Nc6 22.Nd3 Bd4
23.Bf4 Rd7 24.e5 Bb6 25.Bxc6 Bxc6 26.e6 fxe6 27.Qxc6 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Qxd3 29.Bxc7 Bxc7
30.Qxc7 Qd5 31.a3 Qf5 32.Qb6 Rc8 33.Re1 Rc2 34.Qd4 Qd5 35.Qxd5 exd5 36.b4 Kf7
37.Kg2 Rc3 38.Re5 Rd3 39.Kf1 Kf6 40.f4 d4 41.Rxb5 Rxa3 42.Rd5 d3 43.Kf2 Rb3
44.b5 Rb2+ 45.Ke3 d2 46.Rxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ibrahimov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bf4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Bc4
9.Qd1 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.Qa4 Qc8 12.Bg2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfc1 Qb7 15.e4 b5
16.Qb3 b4 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.exd5 Bd8 19.d6 Qb8 20.Qf3 Bb6 21.Nb3 Qe8 22.Nc5 Be2
23.Qb3 Rc8 24.Qxb4 a5 25.Qd2 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Bxc5 27.Qxa5 Bd4 28.Qd2 Rxc1+ 29.Rxc1  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kempinski,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.Nc3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 c6 14.e4 cxd5 15.exd5 Qc8
16.Bf4 Qc4 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rfe1 h6 19.h4 Qa6 20.Bf1 Qa5 21.Nb5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Nxc8 24.Nc3 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Qb3 c5
9.d5 e6 10.Bxa6 bxa6 11.O-O exd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Qc4 Qb6 14.Be3 Qxb2 15.Rac1 Nd7
16.Na4 Qb5 17.Qxb5 axb5 18.Nxc5 Nb6 19.d6 Nc4 20.Bg5 Bb2 21.Rcd1 f6 22.Bf4 Ba3
23.Rd5 Nb6 24.Rxf5 gxf5 25.Ne6 Nd5 26.Bg3 f4 27.Nxf8 fxg3 28.Ne6 gxf2+ 29.Rxf2 Bxd6
30.Rd2 Kf7 31.Rxd5 Kxe6 32.Rxb5 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.dxc5 O-O 13.O-O Bxc5 14.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Nbc3 Bc4 10.Bxc4 Nxc4 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.e6 fxe6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.O-O g6 15.Ne4 Qd5
16.Qd1 O-O-O 17.Nf4 Qf5 18.g4 Qf7 19.Ng5 Qf6 20.Ne4 Qf7 21.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.h3 Re8 13.Qb1 Nb8 14.Bc2 Nbd7 15.b4 d5
16.dxe5 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 dxe4 19.Nec4 bxc4 20.Nxc4 Nd5 21.Rg3 e3
22.Qe1 e2 23.Na5 Rb8 24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Qd2 Nf4 26.Re3 Rb8 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Re1 g5
29.g3 Rd8 30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.fxe3 Nd5 32.Rxe2 Nxc3 33.Rf2 Nxa2 34.Bb3 Nxb4 35.Rxf7 Kh8
36.Bc4 c5 37.Rc7 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Meister,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.f3 cxd4
9.cxd4 e5 10.e4 Qxd4 11.Qxd4 exd4 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Rd8
16.Be3 Be6 17.Be2 a6 18.Kf2 b5 19.Rhc1 Ne8 20.Rc6 Bd7 21.Rb6 Rdb8 22.Rc1 Rxb6
23.Bxb6 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Bc5 Nc7 26.Ke3 Ne6 27.Bd6 f6 28.f4 g6 29.g4 Kg7
30.h4 Bd7 31.Bb4 h6 32.Bd1 Kh7 33.f5 Ng7 34.Bb3 gxf5 35.gxf5 Ne8 36.Kd4 Ng7
37.Bd5 Nh5 38.Ke3 Be8 39.Be1 Kg7 40.Bb7 Kf7 41.Bd5+ Kg7 42.Kf3 Kh7 43.Bc3 Kg7
44.Kg4 Kf8 45.Bb4+ Kg7 46.Bb7 Kh7 47.Bxa6 Ng7 48.Bc3 Nh5 49.Bb7 Kg7 50.Bd5 Kf8
51.Bb4+ Kg7 52.Bd6 Kh7 53.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Felgaer,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.N1e2 Nf6 7.Nf4 e5 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.dxe5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Loskutov,O"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxc5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.e5 Ng4 8.b4 Qxb4
9.Rb1 Qa5 10.Rb5 Qd8 11.h3 Nh6 12.Ba3 Nc6 13.Be2 O-O 14.Ne4 a6 15.Rd5 b5
16.O-O Re8 17.c4 Qa5 18.Qc1 Nb4 19.Qc3 Nc6 20.Qc1 Nb4 21.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Nxd7 Kxd7 16.f3 Qb7
17.Nf4 Bxf4 18.exf4 Nh5 19.f5 exf5 20.Qd2 f4 21.Ba3 b4 22.Bxb4 Rhe8 23.Rfe1 Rac8
24.Bc5 f6 25.a4 Qxb3 26.Kh2 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rxe8 Kxe8 29.Qe2+ Kf7 30.Qxa6 Ng3
31.Qa7+ Kg6 32.Bf8 Nf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6
9.Ba5 b6 10.Qd6 Bd7 11.Bc3 Nf6 12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Ne5 Rhf8 14.f3 Qe3 15.Bd4 Qg5
16.O-O Qd2 17.Rf2 Nc7 18.c5 b5 19.a4 Be8 20.Qxf8 Qxd4 21.Nd3 Nfd5 22.axb5 Nxb5
23.Qg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shipov,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Be7
9.Bf4 c6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Nb6 12.Nb3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Na5 O-O 15.b4 Nd5
16.Bg3 Bd8 17.Rc1 Bxa5 18.bxa5 Bd7 19.Be2 Rad8 20.a6 b6 21.O-O Rc8 22.Rc2 Rfe8
23.Rfc1 h6 24.h4 Ne7 25.h5 Be6 26.Bd6 Bd7 27.Kh2 Nd5 28.g4 Re6 29.Be5 Ree8
30.Kg3 Red8 31.Bf1 f6 32.Bf4 Kf7 33.Bg2 Re8 34.Bh1 Re6 35.Bg2 Ree8 36.Bd6 Re6
37.Bb4 Rg8 38.Bh3 Ree8 39.g5 f5 40.Rxc6 Bxc6 41.Rxc6 Re6 42.g6+ Kf6 43.Bd6 Kg5
44.Bf4+ Nxf4 45.exf4+ Kf6 46.Rc7 Re7 47.Rc6+ Re6 48.Rc7 Re7 49.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qd1 e5 8.Bd2 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 e4 10.Ne5 e3 11.f3 O-O 12.g3 Nc6 13.Bg2 Nd5 14.Qd3 Nce7 15.Qxf5 Bxf5
16.O-O f6 17.Nc4 Rfe8 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Rfd1 g5 20.Be1 h5 21.Na5 b6 22.Nc6 Nxc6
23.Rxc6 Kg7 24.h4 Bd7 25.Rc2 gxh4 26.gxh4 Bf5 27.Rc6 Rd7 28.Kh2 Kh7 29.Bh1 Rg7
30.Bg3 Ree7 31.Rg1 Kg8 32.Rcc1 Kf8 33.Bg2 Ke8 34.a3 a5 35.Rgd1 Rg8 36.Rg1 Kd7
37.Bh1 Rg6 38.Bg2 Rgg7 39.Bh1 Kc8 40.Bd6 Rxg1 41.Kxg1 Re8 42.Kh2 Kb7 43.Bg3 Ka6
44.a4 Re7 45.Bg2 Kb7 46.Bh1 Re6 47.Bg2 Kc8 48.Bh1 Kd8 49.Bg2 Re7 50.Bh1 Nb4
51.Be1 Nd5 52.Bg3 Ke8 53.Bg2 Kf7 54.Bh1 Ke8 55.Bg2 Kd7 56.Bh1 c6 57.Bg2 Re8
58.Bh1 Ra8 59.Bg2 Ra7 60.f4 Ra8 61.Bxd5 cxd5 62.Rc3 Re8 63.Kg2 Re4 64.Rd3 Bg4
65.Kf1 Ke6 66.Ke1 Kf5 67.Bh2 Bh3 68.Bg1 Kxf4 69.Bh2+ Kg4 70.Bg1 Kf4 71.Bh2+ Kg4
72.Bg1 Kxh4 73.Rxe3 Rxe3 74.Bxe3 Kg3 75.Bf2+ Kg4 76.Bg1 Kg3 77.Bf2+ Kg4 78.Bg1 Bg2
79.Bh2 h4 80.Kf2 Be4 81.Bc7 f5 82.e3 h3 83.Bf4 Bc2 84.Bc7 Be4 85.Bf4 Bd3
86.Bc7 Bc2 87.Bxb6 f4 88.Bc7 f3 89.Kg1 Bd3 90.Kf2 Bc2 91.Kg1 Kf5 92.Bxa5 Ke4
93.Be1 Kxe3 94.a5 Bd3 95.Bf2+ Ke2 96.Bg3 Ba6 97.b4 f2+ 98.Bxf2 h2+  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Filippov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.O-O Be6 14.Rab1 a5 15.a3 N8d7
16.Rfc1 g6 17.Nd2 Nb6 18.b4 axb4 19.Rxb4 Nfd7 20.Qb2 c5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Rxb6 Nxd3
23.Rxd6 Nxb2 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Rxa3 26.Rc7 b6 27.Rdd7 Rd3 28.Rxf7 Rxd2
29.Rg7+ Kh8 30.Rxh7+ Kg8 31.Rhg7+ Kh8 32.Rh7+ Kg8 33.Rcg7+ Kf8 34.Rf7+ Kg8
35.Rfg7+ Kf8 36.Rf7+ Kg8 37.Rhg7+ Kh8 38.Rxg6 Rb8 39.Rff6 b5 40.Rh6+ Kg7
41.Rhg6+ Kh8 42.Rh6+ Kg7 43.h4 Nc4 44.Rhg6+ Kh8 45.Rh6+ Kg7 46.Rfg6+ Kf7
47.h5 Rbd8 48.Rh7+ Kf8 49.Rh8+ Kf7 50.Rh7+ Kf8 51.Rgg7 R2d6 52.Rf7+ Kg8 53.Rhg7+ Kh8
54.Rh7+ Kg8 55.Rfg7+ Kf8 56.Rb7 Kg8 57.Rhg7+ Kh8 58.Rh7+ Kg8 59.Rhg7+ Kh8
60.Rge7 Rb6 61.Rh7+ Kg8 62.Rbg7+ Kf8 63.Rc7 Kg8 64.Rcg7+ Kf8 65.Rc7 Kg8 66.g4 Rbd6
67.Rcg7+ Kf8 68.Rf7+ Kg8 69.Rfg7+ Kf8 70.Rb7 Kg8 71.Rhg7+ Kh8 72.Rge7 Rh6
73.Rxb5 Nd6 74.Rb6 Rf6 75.Kg2 Rg8 76.f3 Ra8 77.f4 Ne4 78.Rxf6 Nxf6 79.Kf3 Rg8
80.g5 Nxh5 81.Re6 Kg7 82.Kg4 Kf7 83.f5 Ng7 84.g6+ Kf8 85.Rf6+ Ke8 86.Ra6 Kd7
87.Kg5 Ne8 88.f6 Nc7 89.f7  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nce2 e6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ng3 Ba6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Bd2 c3 11.bxc3 Bxf1 12.Nxf1 bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qa6 14.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Na6
9.d3 d5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Qd2 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ivanov,Se1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Bd7 9.Nxc7+ Qxc7
10.Nf3 Ne7 11.Bd3 a6 12.Bb2 Nf5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Bxd4 O-O 15.O-O Rc8 16.c3 Nc6
17.Rc1 a5 18.Bf2 Ne7 19.Bc5 Be6 20.Nd4 b6 21.Bd6 Qd7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Qd2 Qd7
24.h3 Rc4 25.Rf3 h6 26.Re3 Rac8 27.Rf1 Qa4 28.Qb2 Qd7 29.Qd2 Qa4 30.Qb2 Qd7
31.Kh2 Kh7 32.Rff3 Qa4 33.Rg3 Qd7 34.Qe2 g6 35.Rgf3 Kg7 36.Rd3 Qa4 37.Qf2 Qd7
38.Rfe3 Ra8 39.Qg3 Rac8 40.Rf3 Qe8 41.Qh4 Qd8 42.Kg3 Bd7 43.Qxd8 Rxd8 44.Kh4 Re8
45.Rfe3 Kf8 46.g4 Ke7 47.Kg3 Rec8 48.Kf3 Be6 49.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolenko,O"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 a6 6.g3 Nbd7 7.d4 e6 8.Nxd7 Qxd7
9.Be3 Qc6 10.Rg1 Qb6 11.Qd2 Qxb2 12.Rb1 Qa3 13.Rb3 Qa5 14.dxc5 Bd7 15.Ne4 Qxd2+
16.Nxd2 Ng4 17.Bd4 e5 18.h3 exd4 19.hxg4 Bxc5 20.Rxb7 Bxg4 21.Ne4 Ba3 22.Bc4 O-O
23.Ng5 Bh5 24.Rh1 Bg6 25.Rh4 Rfe8+ 26.Kf1 Be7 27.f4 Rac8 28.f5 Rxc4 29.Re4 Bxf5
30.Rexe7 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 g6 32.Nxf7 Kf8 33.Ra7 Rxc2 34.g4 d3 35.gxf5 Rc1+ 36.Kf2 d2  0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Qa4 Nxf4 13.gxf4 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.e3 Rac8
16.Rac1 Qb8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Rc7 19.Rd2 a6 20.Qb3 b5 21.a4 c5 22.axb5 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Qb7+ 24.Kg1 c4 25.Qa4 axb5 26.Qxb5 Qf3 27.Ne2 h5 28.Nd4 Qe4 29.Rxc4 Qb1+
30.Kg2 Qe4+ 31.Kg1 Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.f3 Qg6+ 34.Kh3 Ra7 35.Rc1 Rd8 36.Qd3 Qh6
37.Qe4 Rad7 38.Rg2 Bf8 39.Rc6 Re8 40.f5 exf5 41.Nxf5  1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Bd3 Ba6 14.O-O cxd4 15.Bxa6 Qxa6
16.Qxd4 O-O 17.e4 Nf4 18.Qxd7 Ne2+ 19.Kh1 Nxc1 20.Rxc1 Qxa3 21.Qd2 Rac8 22.Nd4 a6
23.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.d5 c5 6.Nd2 e5 7.e4 Bd7 8.Be2 Bg7 9.a3 Na6
10.h4 h5 11.Nf1 Nh7 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Qd2 b6 14.g3 Qe7 15.O-O-O Rb8 16.Nh2 b5
17.Bxc5 a5 18.Be3 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Na2 Na6 21.b3 O-O 22.f3 f5 23.Kb1 f4
24.Bf2 fxg3 25.Bxg3 Nc5 26.Kb2 Rf7 27.Ra1 Be8 28.Nc1 Qf8 29.Qd1 Bh6 30.Nf1 Nf6
31.Nd3 Nfd7 32.Nxc5 Nxc5 33.Be1 Qg7 34.Bd2 Bf4 35.Be3 Bxe3 36.Nxe3 Ra7 37.Nc2 Rba8
38.Qd2 Ba4 39.bxa4 b3 40.a5 Kh7 41.Nb4 Rxa5 42.Rxa5 Rxa5 43.Ra1 Na4+ 44.Rxa4 Rxa4
45.Kxb3 Qa7 46.Nc2 Ra2 47.Qb4 Ra6 48.Kc3 Rb6 49.Qa3 Ra6 50.Qb4 Rb6 51.Qa3 Ra6
52.Qc1 Rb6 53.Bd1 Qa5+ 54.Kd3 Rb3+ 55.Ke2 Qc3 56.Kf2 Qxc4 57.Qg5 Rd3 58.Qe7+ Kg8
59.Qe6+ Kg7 60.Qe7+ Kg8 61.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 c6 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2 a6 8.a4 a5 9.h3 Na6
10.O-O e5 11.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Be3 Nhf6 8.h3 b6
9.cxb6 e6 10.g3 Qxb6 11.Rb1 Bd6 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O a5 14.Qd2 Ba6 15.Rfc1 Rfc8
16.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxc4 Bc6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 Bd5 10.Qd3 c5 11.dxc5 Na6 12.Nc3 Nxc5 13.Qd4 Rc8 14.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 e4 6.Nh4 g5 7.fxg6 d5 8.d3 Bg4
9.Qd2 Qe7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qg5 Kb7 13.dxe4 dxe4 14.Be3 c5 15.b3 Bc8
16.Rad1 Re8 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Qxe7 Bxe7 19.Nf5 Kc6 20.g7 Rhg8 21.f3 Nb6 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7
23.Nxc5 Rexg7 24.g4 exf3 25.Rxf3 Bxg4 26.Rf6+ Kb5 27.a4+ Nxa4 28.bxa4+  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zapolskis,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.Re1 c4 8.Na3 b5
9.Bc2 e5 10.b3 Na5 11.bxc4 bxc4 12.Rb1 Be7 13.Ba4 O-O 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Rb4 Qc7
16.d3 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Rxc4 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Nxc3 20.Qc2 Nb5 21.Nfxe5 Rfe8
22.Bb2 Bf6 23.h3 Nd6 24.f4 Nxc4 25.dxc4 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Rac8 27.Re4 Re6 28.Qe2 h6
29.Kh1 Qc6 30.Rf4 Rce8 31.Qf2 R8e7  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Ne4 b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Nfd2 e5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Ne4 Qb4 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Be2 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Rd8
23.Qc2 a5 24.Qc3 b4 25.Qc2 Be6 26.b3 f6 27.h3 Rd6 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Nxe6+ Qxe6
30.Qc5 Qd5 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.f4 Nd7 33.Rxc6 Rd2 34.Bg4 f5 35.Bxf5 Nf6 36.Rc2 Rd5
37.g4 h5 38.Ke2 hxg4 39.hxg4  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5
9.h3 Bg7 10.O-O Nxe5 11.Nxg5 d5 12.Re1 e6 13.Na3 Bd7 14.d4 cxd3 15.Bxd3 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 h6 17.Nf3 O-O-O 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.Qxb5 Nc4 20.Qa4 a6 21.Qc2 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5
23.Qe2 Bf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Kd7 27.Rae1 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neiksans,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.h3 Na5 10.Be2 a6 11.Qd3 b5 12.a4 e5 13.axb5 exd4 14.Bxd4 Be6 15.b4 Nc4
16.bxa6 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Nb5 Rdc8 20.Bd3 Bf8 21.Rfb1 Bc4
22.a7 Bxb5 23.Bxb5 Rxc2 24.Ra6 Kg7 25.Bc6 Rxa7 26.Rxa7 Rxc6 27.b5 Rb6 28.Ra6 Bc5
29.Rxb6 Bxb6 30.Rb4 Kf8 31.Rc4 Bd4 32.Rc6 Nd7 33.Kf1 Ke7 34.Ke2 Kd8 35.f3 Nb8  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Luckans,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Qc5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qb3 Nd7 10.O-O Ngf6 11.Nc6 bxc6 12.Bxc6 Qh5 13.h4 O-O 14.Bxa8 Ne5 15.Bg2 Be6
16.Nd5 Nxc4 17.Bf3 Qe5 18.Bf4 Qd4 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Nc6 Qc5 21.Rac1 d5 22.Ne5 Nd7
23.Nxd7 Bxd7 24.e4 Qa5 25.exd5 Nxb2 26.Rfe1 Qa6 27.Be2 Qf6 28.Bb5 Bxb5 29.Be5  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kengis,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Bf4 Nd4 10.Qd3 Bc5 11.Ne4 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.Ne4 Bb4+ 14.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Bc6
9.Ne5 Bd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bg3 Nb6 12.Qc3 N8d7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.e3 Rac8 15.b4 Qa4
16.a3 Nd5 17.Qc5 Qb3 18.Qc4 Qb2 19.Qc1 Qxc1+ 20.Rxc1 c6 21.Bc4 e6 22.Ke2 Rfd8
23.Rc2 Bf8 24.Rhc1 a6 25.Rb1 Bd6 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.g4 Kg7 29.h4 Re8
30.a4 Rde6 31.Kd3 Re4 32.Rg1 h6 33.Ra2 a5 34.f3 R4e7  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bf4 g5
9.e6 h5 10.exf7+ Kxf7 11.Bc1 Bc5 12.Bg2 Re8+ 13.Nce2 c6 14.O-O Qf6 15.c3 Nh6
16.Qd2 Bg4 17.h3 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Nf5 19.Bf3 Kg6 20.Qd3 Kg7 21.Bxh5 Rh8 22.Bg4 Nh6
23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.Qxd4 Qxd4 25.cxd4 Nxg4 26.hxg4 Kg6 27.Bd2 Nd7 28.Rae1 Nf6
29.f3 Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yrjola,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 d6 8.dxc5 dxc5
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qa4 Nd4 11.Rac1 Nd7 12.b3 Qc8 13.Rfd1 Nxf3+ 14.exf3 a6 15.f4 Rb8
16.Nd5 Re8 17.b4 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 cxb4 19.c5 Nf6 20.Bf3 Ng4 21.c6 Nxe3 22.cxb7 Qe6
23.Re1 Bc3 24.Rxe3 Qb6 25.Qc6 Qxc6 26.Bxc6 Bd2 27.Bxe8 Bxc1 28.Rxe7 Bb2 29.Bxf7+ Kg7
30.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goloshchapov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c3 f5 14.O-O O-O 15.Nc2 f4
16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Qg5 18.f3 Bf6 19.Nb4 Kh8 20.Bxa6 Rg8 21.Rf2 Bd8 22.Bxc8 Bb6
23.Bg4 Rxa4 24.Qxa4 h5 25.h3 hxg4 26.hxg4 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Qh4+ 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.Qa7 Rh8
30.Nd3 Qg3 31.Kg1 Qh2+ 32.Kf1 Qh1+ 33.Qg1 Kf6 34.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 35.Ke2 Rb1 36.c4 Ke6
37.g5 Rh1 38.b4 Rh5 39.Kf2 Rxg5 40.Nc1 Rg8 41.Nd3 Ra8 42.c5 Ra2+ 43.Kf1 Rd2
44.Nf2 dxc5 45.bxc5 f6 46.Ng4 Rc2 47.Nh6 Rxc5 48.Kf2 Rc2+ 49.Kg1 Rc1+ 50.Kh2 Rc7
51.Kg1 Rh7 52.Nf5 Kd7 53.g3 Kc6 54.gxf4 exf4 55.Nd4+ Kd6 56.Kg2 Rh5 57.Ne2 Ke5
58.Kg1 Rh8 59.Kg2 Rc8 60.Kf2 Rc4 61.Kf1 f5 62.exf5 Kxf5 63.Kg2 Kg5 64.Kh3 Kh5
65.Ng1 Rc3 66.Kg2 Kh4 67.Kf2 Rc2+  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dorfman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Bf5 11.Rd1+ Kc8 12.Rd2 h6 13.b3 Nd5 14.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Rc1 Nh5 11.Bxb8 Qxb8 12.Ne5 Nf6 13.e3 Rd8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.f4 g6
16.g4 Nd7 17.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Nd7 12.Ng2 e5 13.Na3 Be7 14.Nc4 h5 15.Nce3 hxg4
16.hxg4 Bg5 17.Nd5 Bxc1 18.Rxc1 Kf8 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.Nge3 Ne7 21.Nxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bagaturov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Be3 Be7 12.Ne1 h6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nd3 O-O 16.Nf4 Nf7
17.Ng6 Rfc8 18.g4 fxg4 19.fxg4 Bg5 20.Nf3 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Ne7 22.Nf4 Rc2 23.Rf2 Rxf2
24.Qxf2 Rf8 25.Qe3 Nh8 26.Rf1 Nhg6 27.Ng2 Rc8 28.h4 Rc2 29.h5 Nf8 30.Qb3 Qc8
31.Rf2 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Nc6 33.Nf4 Qd7 34.Qa3 Kf7 35.Qc5 Qe7 36.Qxe7+ Kxe7 37.Ke3 Kf7
38.g5 hxg5 39.Nxg5+ Ke7 40.Kd3 Nd8 41.Kc3 Nf7 42.Nxf7 Kxf7 43.Kb4 Ke7 44.a4 Kd7
45.Kc5 Kc7 46.a5 Nd7+ 47.Kb5 Nf8 48.Nd3 Nh7 49.Nf4 Ng5 50.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pinter,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simonet,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.g4 Kh8 12.Kh1 Ndf6 13.Nd3 Qe7 14.a3 b6 15.f3 Ng8 16.Qd2 f5
17.gxf5 gxf5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nf2 Nef6 20.Bg5 Qd7 21.Nce4 Nh5 22.Ng4 Bg6 23.Rae1 Nf4
24.Bd1 h6 25.Bh4 Rf7 26.Rg1 Raf8 27.Ne3 Ne7 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Rg3 Bh7 30.Reg1 Nh5
31.Rh3 Nf4 32.Rhg3 Nh5 33.Rh3 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 a6
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Qc1 Kh7 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Rb1 c5
16.Nf3 b5 17.Bf4 Rb6 18.a4 b4 19.a5 Rb7 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 g5 22.Be3 Ne5
23.Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.h3 b5 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Bb7 14.d6 Qd7 15.Re1 Rd8 16.Rc1 c4
17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Bxe5 20.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spasov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.b3 Nge7 5.Bb2 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.O-O b5 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Qf6 10.c3 Bb7 11.Nd2 Bc5 12.N2f3 O-O 13.Qe2 e5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Rad1 d6
16.Bc1 Rac8 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Be3 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Re1 Bf7 18.Bb5 Qb6+ 19.Nd4 Rec8 20.Be3 Qd6 21.Bf2 Nc4 22.Bg3 Qb6
23.Bd7 Rd8 24.Rb1 Nb2 25.Bf2 Rxd7 26.Rxb2 Qa5 27.Rc2 Rad8  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 g6 8.e4 dxe4
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxe4+ Kf8 11.Bc4 Kg7 12.O-O Re8 13.Qf4 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Rfe1 Qd6
16.Qxd6 Rxd6 17.Ne4 Rd8 18.g4 Be7 19.b4 Bxb4 20.Reb1 Na6 21.a3 Re8 22.axb4 Rxe4
23.b5 cxb5 24.Rxb5 Re7 25.g5 Rd8 26.Kg2 Rd6 27.Kg3 h6 28.h4 h5 29.Ra4 Rc6
30.Ne5 Rc3+ 31.f3 Kf8 32.Rb1 Kg7 33.Kf4 Rc2 34.Ke4 Rh2 35.f4 Rxh4 36.Rc1 Nc7
37.Rxa7 Ne6 38.Rf1 Nxg5+ 39.Kd5 Nh3 40.f5 gxf5 41.Rxf5 Nf4+ 42.Kd6 Ng6 43.Nxg6 Re6+
44.Kd5 Kxg6 45.Re5 Kf6 46.Rxb7 Rxe5+ 47.dxe5+ Kg6 48.e6 fxe6+ 49.Kxe6 Re4+
50.Kd5 Re1 51.Rb8 h4 52.Rh8 Kg5 53.Kd4 Kg4 54.Kd3 h3 55.Rg8+ Kf3 56.Rh8 Re3+
57.Kd4 Kf2 58.Ra8 Rb3  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lobron,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O h6 7.Ne1 Bg5 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nf6 10.Nd5 Bxf4 11.Rxf4 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 O-O 13.c3 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Qc7 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 a5 19.h4 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8
22.Bf3 Qd7 23.Kg2 Bb4 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 c5 26.Bb2 Bxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Bd2 28.Ke2 Bh6
29.Bc3 g6 30.Bd2 Bxd2 31.Kxd2 Kf8 32.Kc3 Ke7 33.Kb2 Kd7 34.Ka3 Kc7 35.Ka4 Kc6
36.g4 h6 37.g5 h5 38.f3 Kc7 39.Kb5 Kb7 40.a4 Kc7 41.Ka6 Kc6 42.Ka7 Kc7 43.f4  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kanep,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qd8 7.Qxd4 Bd7 8.Ne5 Nf6
9.Nxd7 e5 10.Qa4 Be7 11.Nc5+ b5 12.b4 Qd7 13.e4 Qc7 14.Ne6 g5  1-0

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bg5 Qf5
9.Bd3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Qe2 c5 12.Bc3 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Qa5+ 14.c3 e5 15.O-O-O O-O
16.Be3 Nf6 17.Bb1 Be7 18.Bg5 h6 19.h4 Be6 20.Qxe5 Qxe5 21.Nxe5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Rfd8
23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Rde1 Bd5 25.Bh7+ Kf8 26.Be4 g6 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Ng4 Bg7 29.Rd1 Rad8
30.Ne3 R5d6 31.Nc4 Rd5 32.Na5 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Kxd1 b6 35.Nc6 a5 36.Kc2 Ke8
37.Kd3 Kd7 38.Nd4 Kd6 39.Kc4 Bf6 40.Kb5 Bd8 41.Nc6 Bc7 42.c4 f5 43.f4 Ke6
44.b3 g5 45.Nd4+ Kf6 46.fxg5+ Kg6 47.Nf3  1-0

[Event "Petrosian Mem Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Qb3 Rd8 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nc6 14.Qc3 Bg4 15.O-O Bxf3
16.gxf3 Qf6 17.Be2 Rd6 18.Rad1 Re8 19.Qb2 b6 20.Kh1 Ne7 21.Qb5 Red8 22.f4 Nd5
23.Rc1 Qf5 24.Bf3 Qh3 25.Bg2 Qh4 26.Qe2 c6 27.Qf3 Nb4 28.Rc4 Nd5 29.Rfc1 Ne7
30.h3 Qf6 31.Qh5 Re6 32.a4 Rdd6 33.a5 Rd8 34.Rb1 Nd5 35.axb6 axb6 36.Qf3 Qh4
37.Rbc1 Qf6 38.f5 Ree8 39.Rxc6 Qg5 40.Qg4 Ne7 41.Rxb6 Qxf5 42.Qxf5 Nxf5 43.Rc7 Nxd4
44.exd4 Rxd4 45.Rbb7 Re1+ 46.Kh2 Rf4 47.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Petrosian Mem Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.h3 Bf5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nh4 d5 10.Bg2 c6 11.O-O Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Mem Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 e6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Be4 Bc6 13.Rd1 O-O 14.Qc2 h6 15.Be3 Qd7
16.Rac1 Rd8 17.d5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Qxc7 Qxc7 21.Rxc7 Nd7
22.Kf1 Rac8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxd5 Nc5 25.Rd1 Ne6 26.Ke2 Kf8 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Ke8
29.Kd3 Kd7 30.Be3 h5 31.Ke4 g6 32.Ne1 Kc6 33.Nd3 Nc7 34.f4 Nd5 35.Bd4 a5
36.f5 gxf5+ 37.Kxf5 b4 38.e6 fxe6+ 39.Kxe6 Bd6 40.Ne5+ Bxe5 41.Kxe5 a4 42.h4 Ne7
43.g3 Kb5 44.g4 hxg4 45.Bf2 Ng6+ 46.Ke4 Kc4 47.h5 Nf8 48.h6 Nh7 49.Be1 a3
50.b3+  1-0

[Event "Petrosian Mem Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4
16.Ng3 Re8 17.a4 Be6 18.Ng5 Bd7 19.Qe2 h6 20.Nf3 Bf8 21.Nh2 g6 22.Qf3 Bg7
23.b3 Na5 24.Bd2 Be6 25.c4 Nb7 26.Bxh6 Bxh6 27.Qxf6 Bg7 28.Qf3 bxc4 29.a5 Nc5
30.bxc4 Bxc4 31.Ng4 d5 32.Ne3 dxe4 33.Nxe4 Bb5 34.Ng4 Rec8 35.Nef6+ Bxf6
36.Nxf6+ Kg7 37.Nd5 Re8 38.Rac1 Rad8 39.Bb3 Qd6 40.Rxc5 Qxc5 41.Qf6+ Kg8
42.Ne7+ Rxe7 43.Qxg6+ Kh8 44.Qh6+ Kg8 45.Qg6+ Kh8 46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.Qg5+ Kf8
48.Qh6+ Kg8 49.Qg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Mem Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O f5 14.c4 O-O 15.Qf3 d5
16.cxd5 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Rb8 18.Rad1 Rb7 19.d6  1-0

[Event "Petrosian Mem Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.O-O Qc8 14.Qe2 Ba6 15.Rd1 Rd8
16.Bf4 Bxd3 17.Rxd3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Nd7 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd2 Qd5 11.a5 c5 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Qxc4 Qxc4 14.Bxc4 Bc6 15.Ke2 Na6
16.Rhb1 Nc7 17.Be1 O-O-O 18.Rb2 f6 19.Rc1 Ng5 20.Nxg5 fxg5 21.Bd2 g4 22.Kf1 a6
23.dxc5 Nd5 24.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Nd4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.f4 Bd7 13.f5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 exf5 15.exf5 Bc6
16.Qe1 Rae8 17.Qg3 Nh5 18.Qf2 Bf6 19.Bb6 Qb4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Nf4 22.c3 Qb5
23.Qxf4 Qxb6+ 24.Qf2 Qb5 25.Bf3 Qxf5 26.Bxb7 Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 e6 8.e4 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e5 Ng4 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bg5+ Ke8 13.Bh4 Nd7 14.Bg3 Bb7 15.Be2 Rb8
16.O-O Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ngxe5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Nxa4 Bd4 20.f4 Nc6 21.Bxa6 Ne7 22.Rfd1 Nf5
23.Bd3 Nxg3 24.hxg3 Rb4 25.Bb5 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Rxb5 27.Nc5 Rxb2+ 28.Kf1 Nxc5
29.Ra8+ Ke7 30.Rxh8 Rb3 31.Rc8 Ne4 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Rdd7 Nxg3+ 34.Kg2 Nf5 35.Rxf7+ Kg6
36.Rf8 Rb2+ 37.Kf3 Rb3+ 38.Kf2 Rb4 39.Kf3 Rb3+ 40.Kf2 Rb4 41.Kf3 h5 42.Rc1 Rb3+
43.Kf2 Rb2+ 44.Kf3 Rb3+ 45.Kf2 Rb2+ 46.Kf3 Rb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2004.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nxd5 Re8 12.Qh5 Rc8 13.Be3 Bc6 14.Nc3 g6 15.Qh6 Bf8
16.Qf4 Bd6 17.Qh6 Bf8 18.Qf4 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lie,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nc3 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 g6 8.h4 h6
9.d3 Bg7 10.Be3 Ne6 11.Na4 Bd7 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Bxc5 Bxb2 14.Be3 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.O-O Be6 17.Rb1 Qd7 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bd5 20.Bxf6 Bxg2 21.Bxh8 Qh3 22.f3 Bxf3
23.exf3 Qxg3+ 24.Kh1 Qxf3+ 25.Kh2 Qf2+ 26.Kh3 Qf3+ 27.Kh2 Qf2+ 28.Kh3 Rd8
29.Rb3 Qf3+ 30.Kh2 Qf2+ 31.Kh3 Qf3+ 32.Kh2 Qf2+ 33.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Qe7 11.Kb1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nb6 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.Nd4 Na4
16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Qd4 Rac8 18.Qxb6 Nxb6 19.g3 Rc7 20.Nd4 Nc8 21.Bd3 Ne7 22.Rhe1 a6
23.Re3 Nc6 24.Nf3 b5 25.a3 Rb8 26.b3 b4 27.a4 a5 28.Kb2 Rb6 29.Kc1 Bc8 30.Bb5 Na7
31.Nd4 Ba6 32.Bxa6 Rxa6 33.f5 Nc6 34.fxe6 Nxd4 35.exf7+ Kxf7 36.Rxd4 Ke6
37.Rf4 Rac6 38.Re2 Rc8 39.Kd1 R6c7 40.Rh4 h6 41.Rf4 Rc3 42.Ref2 R3c7 43.Rg4 Kxe5
44.Re2+ Kf6 45.Rf4+ Kg6 46.Re6+ Kh7 47.Rf2 Rd7 48.Rd2 Rc5 49.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Be3 Rb8
10.d4 b6 11.Bf2 a5 12.Re1 Ba6 13.a3 Qd7 14.Nbd2 Rfc8 15.Nf1 cxd4 16.cxd4 d5
17.e5 Bxf1 18.Bxf1 b5 19.b3 Na7 20.Re2 h5 21.Rea2 Nf5 22.Qe1 Qc7 23.Bd3 a4
24.b4 Rb6 25.Rc2 Qxc2 26.Bxc2 Rxc2 27.Rc1 Rbc6 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Qa1 Bf8 30.h3 Nc8
31.Qf1 Rc3 32.Ng5 Na7 33.Qa1 Rc2 34.Qb1 Rc3 35.Qb2 Rc4 36.Nf3 Nc8 37.Kg2 Na7
38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Nh6 40.Kg3 Be7 41.Be3 f5 42.exf6 Bxf6 43.f5 Nf7 44.fxg6 Nd6
45.Qh2 Rc7 46.Bf4 Nac8 47.Kh3 Rc6 48.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Johannessen,LE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Ne4 Ngf6 15.g3 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Bd6 17.c4 c5 18.d5 Nf6 19.Qc2 exd5 20.cxd5 Qd7 21.Bc3 Rhe8 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Kb1 Qg4 24.Nd4 Re5 25.Nb5 Kb8 26.f4 Rxh5 27.Nxd6 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 Rxd6 29.Qxc5 Qf5+
30.Ka1 Qxd5 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Kb1 h5 33.Rc1 Rd3 34.Rc5 Rxg3 35.Rxh5 Rd3 36.Rh8+ Kc7
37.Rh7 Rd7 38.Rh6 Rd6 39.Rh7 Rd7 40.Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen NOR"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.d3 Nc7 10.Ne4 b6 11.h3 Ne6 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Bf4 c5 15.Qf3 Be6
16.Qg3 Qd5 17.Qh4 f6 18.exf6 exf6 19.Bh6 Bf5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.b3 Rae8 22.Ng3 Bd7
23.Qf4 Bc6 24.f3 Re5 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 fxe5 27.Re1 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Ng4 12.Nf1 Nxe3 13.Nxe3 Bf6 14.Nd5 Rb8 15.h3 g6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Qd2 a5 20.a3 Be6 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Qf6
23.Re4 Rfe8 24.Rae1 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Kg7 26.Qe3 Ra8 27.Re7 b4 28.Rxc7 bxa3 29.bxa3 Rb8
30.Rc4 Rb3 31.a4 Rb1+ 32.Kh2 Rb2 33.Kg3 Rc2 34.h4 h6 35.f3 h5 36.Rc6 Ra2
37.Rc4 Rc2 38.Rc8 Kh7 39.Qe8 Rd2 40.c4 Rd4 41.Qg8+ Kh6 42.Qf8+ Kh7 43.Qg8+ Kh6
44.Qh8+ Qxh8 45.Rxh8+ Kg7 46.Rc8 Kf6 47.Rc7 g5 48.hxg5+ Kxg5 49.Kf2 Rd2+
50.Ke3 Rxg2 51.Rxf7 Ra2 52.f4+ Kg4 53.Rg7+ Kf5 54.Rg5+ Kf6 55.Rxh5 Rxa4 56.Kd4 Ra1
57.Rh6+ Ke7 58.Rh7+ Kd8 59.Ra7 a4 60.Ke4 a3 61.Kf5 a2 62.Kf6 Rf1 63.Rxa2 Rxf4+
64.Ke6 Rxc4 65.Kxd6 Kc8 66.Re2 Rd4 67.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Ndf3 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bd6 12.Bg5 Re8 13.Ng4 Be7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Rc1 Re7 17.e3 a5 18.Rc3 Qd6 19.Qc2 Ra7 20.Rc1 Ba8 21.Qf5 Qd7 22.Qxd7 Rxd7
23.Bf1 f6 24.Bb5 Re7 25.Ra3 Kf7 26.b4 c6 27.Bxc6 axb4 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Bxa8 Rxa8
30.Rc6 Ra6 31.g4 Ke7 32.h4 Kd7 33.Rc2 Ra3 34.Kg2 Rc3 35.Rb2 Rc4 36.Kg3 Kc6
37.Kf4 Kb5 38.a3 Ka4 39.axb4 Ka3 40.Rd2 b5 41.Kf5 Rc6 42.h5 Kxb4 43.Rb2+ Ka5
44.Ra2+ Kb6 45.e4 dxe4 46.d5 g6+ 47.hxg6 hxg6+ 48.Kxg6 Rd6 49.Kf5 Kc5 50.Kxe4 Rxd5
51.f4 Rd6 52.Rc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.h4 Qc7 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Ne2 Bb7
16.Nd4 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Rhe1 Be7 19.Bf4 Qb7 20.Re2 Nc5 21.h5 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 O-O
23.Qe3 Bc5 24.Qc1 Rfd8 25.Be3 a5 26.Ree1 a4 27.Ne2 Bb4 28.Rh1 e5 29.Ng3 Qc6
30.Rh4 Be7 31.Rhh1 Qe6 32.b3 axb3 33.axb3 Bxb3  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Bd3 Na6 8.Qd2 b5
9.e5 Ng4 10.Bg1 Nb4 11.h3 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 Nh6 13.O-O-O b4 14.Ne4 Qa5 15.Kb1 Ba6
16.Qb3 Qd5 17.Ned2 Qxb3 18.axb3 d5 19.Be3 Bc8 20.Ne1 f6 21.Nd3 a5 22.Nf3 Nf7
23.Nc5 Nd8 24.Ne1 Ne6 25.Ned3 Nxc5 26.Nxc5 fxe5 27.fxe5 Bf5 28.Bg5 Rfe8 29.Kc1 h6
30.Be3 Be4 31.Nxe4 dxe4 32.Rhg1  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e3 O-O 9.Qc2 Ne8
10.Be2 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qe7 13.O-O Qxc5 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe5
17.Bg5 f6 18.Be3 Nd6 19.Nxd6 Bxd6 20.Rad1 Bb4 21.Bc4+ Kh8 22.Qd4 Bf5 23.a3 Rad8
24.Qxd8 Rxd8 25.axb4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 h5 27.Bd4 Kg7 28.Bc3 g5 29.Re1 Qd7 30.Bb3 h4
31.Rd1 Qe7 32.Re1 Qd8 33.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian,TL"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Qe2 O-O-O 15.Ne5 Nb6
16.c4 Rxd4 17.Be3 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rg8 19.f4 Kb8 20.Qd3 Nc8 21.Qd8 Bd6 22.Qxc7+ Bxc7
23.Nxf7 Ng4 24.Bd2 Rf8 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Ne4 b6 28.Kc2 Kc7 29.Re1 Bd4
30.Nc3 Rf2 31.Rxe6 Rxg2 32.Kd3 Kd7 33.Re1 Bf6 34.c5 b5 35.a4 a6 36.axb5 axb5
37.b4 Ne7 38.Ne4 Be5 39.Rf1 Rh2 40.Bf4 Rh3+  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nb6 8.d3 Na6
9.Be3 h6 10.Qc1 Kh7 11.Rd1 c6 12.d4 Be6 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Be5 f6 15.Bf4 Bh3 16.Qc2 Bxg2
17.Kxg2 Nb4 18.Qb3 N4d5 19.Bd2 f5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bf4 g5 22.Be5 g4 23.Ne1 Bxe5
24.dxe5 f4 25.Qd3+ Kg7 26.Qe4 Qf5 27.Rd4 h5 28.Qxf5 Rxf5 29.Nd3 Raf8 30.Rd1 f3+
31.Kf1 fxe2+ 32.Kxe2 e6 33.Rc1 Rf3 34.h3 gxh3 35.Rh1 c5 36.Rc4 Rxd3 37.Kxd3 Rxf2
38.Rxh3 Rxb2 39.Rxh5 Kg6 40.Rh8 Rxa2 41.Rf8 Ra3+ 42.Kd2 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 b4 12.e5 g4 13.Nh4 bxc3 14.exf6 cxb2 15.Rb1 Ba6 16.Bxg4 Nxf6
17.Be2 Bg7 18.Be5 O-O 19.Nf3 Nd5 20.Qc2 Qa5 21.Bxc4 Nc3 22.Bxa6 Nxb1 23.Bd3 Nc3
24.Qxb2 c5 25.Qd2 Rac8 26.Qf4 c4 27.Qg4 f6 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.Bc2 fxe5 30.Nxe5 Ne2+
31.Kh1 Nf4 32.Ng6+ Nxg6 33.Qxg6 Kg8 34.Qe6+ Kh8 35.Qg6 Kg8 36.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nc6 7.cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 h5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bg7 15.Bg3 Qxd4 16.Rfd1 Qb6
17.a4 a6 18.Qd2 Bh6 19.Qd6 Bf8 20.Qe5 Be7 21.Bf4 Rg8 22.Bg5 g3 23.Qxg3 Nh7
24.a5 Qa7 25.Bxh5 Nxg5 26.hxg5 Rxg5 27.Qf3 Rg7 28.Qf4 Qb8 29.e5 Rh7 30.Bf3 f5
31.Ne2 c5 32.Qg3 Kf7 33.Nf4 Rg7 34.Qh3 Bxf3 35.Qxf3 Qxe5 36.Re1 Qb8 37.Rxe6 Rg4
38.Qd5  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 f5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.O-O Bxd5 14.exd5 Ne7 15.c3 Bg7
16.Nc2 O-O 17.a4 e4 18.Be2 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Qb6 20.Rb4 Qc5 21.Ne3 Rab8 22.Qb3 Rxb4
23.cxb4 Qc8 24.g3 Ng6 25.Qc4 f4 26.Qxc8 Rxc8 27.gxf4 Rb8 28.Bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Iljushin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 a6 11.Qf2 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Bd3 Nb4 15.Bd4 Rc8
16.Kb1 Qe7 17.Rhe1 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Qxc5 Rxc5 20.Bf1 Rfc8 21.a3 Nc6 22.Na2 Ne7
23.c3 R5c7 24.Nc1 Bc6 25.Nb3 Bd7 26.g3 h6 27.Rc1 Rb8 28.Bd3 Be8 29.Nd4 Rbc8
30.Kc2 Nc6 31.Kd2 Nxd4 32.cxd4 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Rxc1 34.Kxc1 a5 35.Kc2 Kf8 36.Kc3 Bd7
37.b4 a4 38.Kd2 h5 39.Be2 g6 40.Bf3 Bc6 41.Ke3 Ke7 42.Bg2 Kf8 43.Bh3 Kg7
44.Kf3 Bd7 45.Bf1 Bc6 46.Be2 Bd7 47.Bd3 Kh6 48.Kg2 Bc6 49.Kh3 Bd7 50.Kh4 Bc6
51.Be2 Bd7 52.g4 hxg4 53.Bxg4 Bc6 54.Be2 Bd7 55.Kg4 Bc6 56.h4 Bd7 57.Bd3 Bc6
58.h5 Bd7 59.Kh4 Bc6 60.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov,S1"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.O-O Be6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.h3 Nb4 14.Qb1 Qxc5 15.a3 Nc6
16.Be3 Qd6 17.Rd1 Qb8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Na5 20.Qa2 Rd8 21.Rac1 Qb7 22.b4 Nc4
23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.d6 exd6 25.Qxc4 Ne4 26.Nd4 Rac8 27.Nc6 Re8 28.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne8 11.Qxd4 Bb7 12.Qg4 d6 13.Bf4 c5 14.c4 dxe5 15.Bxe5 b4
16.Bc2 g6 17.Rd1 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 f6
9.d3 Be6 10.a3 O-O 11.b4 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 Bd5 14.Nde4 Bf7 15.e3 Ne6 16.f4 f5
17.Nf2 exf4 18.gxf4 Rb8 19.Kh1 c5 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Qc2 c5 22.Bd2 Bh4 23.Ne2 a4
24.Ng3 g6 25.Ba5 Bf6 26.Rg1 Bg7 27.Nd1 Qd6 28.Nc3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg vs Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O a6 11.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg vs Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2005.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Be2 dxc4 7.a4 c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bxc4 Be7
10.Qd3 O-O 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-USA Match"]
[Site "Ruschess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Polgar,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O e6
9.Bf4 Qd8 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.d5 Bb4 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Bg5 O-O 15.Bxf6 Rxf6
16.Qd4 Be7 17.Qe4 Qxe4 18.Nxe4 Rf8 19.Rfe1 Rd8 20.a4 b4 21.Rad1 Rd5 22.f4 Kf8
23.Ng5 Bxg5 24.fxg5 c5 25.Rxd5 exd5 26.Rf1+ Kg8 27.Rd1 d4 28.c3 bxc3 29.bxc3 Ra7
30.cxd4 Nd7 31.Nc4 cxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc7 33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Ke3 Nc5 35.a5 Nb3 36.Rf4+ Kg8
37.Re4 Nc5 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Nd6+ Kg6 40.h4 Rc6 41.Nc4 Nd7 42.Kd4 Kh5 43.Re7 Nf8
44.Ne5 Rc1 45.Rf7 Ng6 46.Nxg6 hxg6 47.Ra7 Rg1 48.Rxa6 Rxg3 49.Rd6 Ra3 50.a6 Ra5
51.Kc4 Kxh4 52.Rxg6 Kh5 53.Rd6 Ra1 54.Kb5 Kxg5 55.Rd5+ Kf4 56.Rd4+ Kf5 57.Ra4 Rb1+
58.Kc6 Rb8 59.a7 Ra8 60.Kb7 Rxa7+ 61.Rxa7 g5 62.Kc6 g4 63.Kd5 Kf4 64.Kd4 Kf3
65.Kd3 g3 66.Rf7+ Kg2 67.Ke2 Kg1 68.Kf3 g2 69.Kg3 Kh1 70.Rh7+ Kg1 71.Rh2  1-0

[Event "RUS-USA Match"]
[Site "Ruschess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Bf4 Qb6 10.c5 Qxb3 11.axb3 O-O 12.b4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 a6 14.g4 h6 15.Bg3 Rac8
16.h3 Bd8 17.Bg2 Bc7 18.Bxc7 Rxc7 19.f4 Re8 20.e3 g6 21.Bf3 g5 22.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bezgodov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Rad1 Qc8 11.Qc1 Rd8 12.Rxd8+ Nxd8 13.Rd1 Ne6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 c6
16.a3 Qc7 17.Ne2 a5 18.g4 Bf8 19.g5 Nd7 20.Bg4 Ndc5 21.f3 a4 22.Kg2 Be7 23.h4 Rd8
24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qd2 h6 26.Qxd8+ Bxd8 27.gxh6 Bxh4 28.f4 exf4 29.Nxf4 Nxf4+
30.Bxf4 Nxe4 31.Bc8 Nc5 32.Be3 b6 33.b4 axb3 34.cxb3 Nxb3 35.Bxb6 Be7 36.a4 Bb4
37.Ba6 Na5 38.Kf3 Kh7 39.Be3 f5 40.Ke2 Bd6 41.Bb6 Nb3 42.Bc4 Nc5 43.a5 Kxh6
44.a6 Nxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vorobiov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 Bb7 7.c4 bxc4 8.bxc4 dxc4
9.Na3 O-O 10.Nxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Rc1 Bd5 14.Nfe5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Qe7 17.Qb3 Rfc8 18.Rc2 Qd7 19.Rfc1 Bd4 20.Qf3 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Qe8 22.Rc7 h6
23.Nxf7 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 Nd5 25.Rb7 Qc6 26.Nxh6+ Kh7 27.Qe4+ Kh8 28.Nf7+ Kg8
29.Ng5  1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 Bd7 10.Nb3 Rc8 11.Qd2 a6 12.Rad1 b5 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Qf2 Rb8 15.Ne2 Rfc8
16.c3 a5 17.Nd2 Be8 18.Rc1 a4 19.a3 Na5 20.Nd4 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.g3 a6 8.Bf4 d6
9.Bg2 h6 10.O-O e5 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Rac1 Nc6 13.b3 O-O 14.Nh4 Ne7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.cxd5 Qd7 17.b4 Bb6 18.e4 Rfc8 19.Qd3 g5 20.Nf5 Nxf5 21.exf5 Qb5 22.Qxb5 axb5
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Bxc1 Ng4 26.Bf1 Bxf2+ 27.Kg2 Be1 28.a3 Nf6
29.Bxb5 Nxd5 30.Bd3 Nf6 31.Bb2 g4 32.Kf1 Bd2 33.Ke2 Bg5 34.a4 Kf8 35.a5 Ke7
36.b5 Kd7 37.Bc4 d5 38.a6 bxa6 39.bxa6 Kc8 40.Bb5 d4 41.Kd3 Kc7 42.Ba3 Kb6
43.Bd6 Nd5 44.Bc4 Ne3 45.Bxf7 Nxf5 46.Bxe5 Kxa6 47.Ke4 Ne7 48.Bxd4 Kb7 49.Bh5 Kc7
50.Bxg4 Kd8 51.Bh5 Kd7 52.Bf7 Nc6 53.Bc5 Nd8 54.Bd5 Ne6 55.Bb4 Ng7 56.Bc3 Ne8
57.Kf5 Ke7 58.Kg6 Be3 59.Be5 Bd2 60.Bc6 Ke6 61.Bb2 Nd6 62.Bg7 Nc4 63.Be4 Ne5+
64.Kh5 Nd7 65.Bg6 Nf6+ 66.Kh4 Ke7 67.Kh3 Bc1 68.Kg2 Bd2 69.Kf3 Bg5 70.h3 Bc1
71.Ke2 Bg5 72.h4 Bc1 73.Kd3 Ke6 74.Ke2 Ke7 75.Kf2 Bd2 76.Kf3 Ke6 77.Ke2 Bc1
78.Bf8 Nd7 79.Bb4 Kf6 80.Be4 Bb2 81.Bd2 Kg7 82.Kf3 Nf6 83.Bf5 Be5 84.Bd3 Bd4
85.Kf4 Bb2 86.Kf5 Bd4 87.Be2 Bb2 88.Bf3 Bd4 89.Bf4 Bb2 90.Ke6 Bc3 91.Bd1 Bd4
92.Bc2 Bc3 93.Bf5 Bd4 94.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Chuprov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 a6 10.h3 Rb8 11.Be3 Re8 12.b3 c6 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Re1 c5 15.Nf3 b6 16.Bf4 Ne5
17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Bg5 Bb7 19.Qd2 Qf8 20.a3 Rbd8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Rd6 23.b4 Nd7
24.bxc5 Nxc5 25.Be3 f5 26.Rec1 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Rxb6 Rxb6 29.Bxb6 Bh6
30.Be3 Bxe3 31.Qxe3 Qf3 32.Qc5 e3 33.Qxe3 Qxd5 34.Rc5 Qd4 35.Qb3+ Kh8 36.Rd5 Qe4
37.Qd3 Qxd3 38.Rxd3 e4 39.Rc3 Re5 40.a4 Ra5 41.Rc4 Re5 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.Rc7+ Kg8
44.h4 Ra5 45.Rc4 Re5 46.Kh3 Rf5 47.Rxe4 Rxf2 48.Re8+ Kg7 49.Ra8 h5 50.Ra7+ Kh6
51.Rxa6 Ra2 52.Ra7 Rc2 53.a5 Ra2 54.a6 g5 55.hxg5+ Kxg5 56.Ra8 Kg6 57.g4 Ra3+
58.Kh4 Ra4 59.a7 Kg7 60.Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lastin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Kb1 Rfc8 12.Bb3 Ne5 13.g4 b5 14.a3 Rab8 15.g5 Nh5
16.Nd5 Qd8 17.f4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.f5 e6 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.b3 Rcc8 22.Nb4 a5
23.Nd3 Qc7 24.Rhf1 a4 25.Nb4 Qb7 26.Qd3 Ra8 27.Bc1 Rf8 28.Bb2 Nf4 29.Qe3 e5
30.Nf3 Bh3 31.Rf2 Rad8 32.Rdd2 Be6 33.bxa4 bxa4 34.Ne1 d5 35.exd5 Nxd5 36.Nxd5 Bxd5
37.Nd3 Rxf2 38.Rxf2 Bc4 39.Rd2 Qd5 40.Bc3 Qh1+ 41.Nc1 Qb7+ 42.Bb4 Rxd2 43.Qxd2 Qd5
44.Nd3 Bxd3 45.cxd3 e4 46.dxe4 Qxe4+ 47.Kc1 Bd4 48.Kd1 Kf7 49.Qa2+ Qe6 50.Qg2 Qb3+
51.Ke2 Qe3+ 52.Kf1 Ke6 53.Qc6+ Kf5 54.Qd5+ Kg4 55.Qd7+ Kf3 56.Qd5+ Qe4 57.Qf7+ Qf5
58.Qa2 Qd3+ 59.Ke1 Bc3+ 60.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 61.Qd2 Qa1+ 62.Qd1+ Qxd1+ 63.Kxd1 Kg2  0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bd3 Bf8 13.Qf3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Bg1 exf4
16.Bd4 Qe7 17.Qxf4 Be6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nh5 20.Qf2 g6 21.g4 Ng7 22.Qf4 Qc7
23.Rf3 Re7 24.Raf1 Rae8 25.c4 Qd7 26.b3 Qc8 27.h3 Qd7 28.Kg2 Qc7 29.R1f2 Rd7
30.h4 h5 31.Qh6 hxg4 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Bxg6 Rxf2+ 34.Kg1 Rf1+ 35.Kxf1 Qf7+
36.Bxf7+ Kxf7 37.h5  1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 g6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Qxe5 Bg7
9.Re1 e6 10.Qd6 a6 11.Bf1 Bf8 12.Qf4 Bg7 13.Qd6 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Qf3 Bd6 13.h3 Be5 14.c3 h6 15.Re1 O-O
16.Be3 Bd7 17.Re2 Rad8 18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.Bxh6 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Bc6 21.Qe3 gxh6
22.Qxh6 Nh7 23.Bc2 f6 24.Rxe6 Rxe6 25.Rxe6 Bd5 26.Bxh7+ Qxh7 27.Qxf6 Qb1+
28.Kh2 Bxe6 29.Qxd8+ Kg7 30.Qe7+ Bf7 31.Qe5+ Kh7 32.Qc7 Qf5 33.f3 Qd5 34.a3 Qb3
35.h4 Kg8 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qc3 Qb6 38.Qc2+ Kg7 39.Qd2 Qc7+ 40.Kh3 Qc4 41.Qg5+ Kh7
42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.Qg5+ Kh7 44.Qf6 Qb3 45.g4 Bd5 46.Kg3 Bc6 47.h5 Qd1 48.Qg6+ Kh8
49.Qh6+ Kg8 50.Qe3 Kf8 51.b4 Be8 52.h6 Qb1 53.d5 Qd1 54.Qe5 Bf7 55.d6 Qg1+
56.Kh4 Qh1+ 57.Kg5  1-0

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "FRITZ"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bc2 Re8 10.Re1 Bf8 11.d4 h6 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3 g6 14.a4 Bg7 15.Bd3 bxa4
16.Qxa4 exd4 17.cxd4 Nd7 18.Be3 Nb6 19.Qb3 a5 20.Bb5 Rf8 21.d5 Nb4 22.Bd4 Bxd4
23.Nxd4 Bc8 24.Nc6 Nxc6 25.Bxc6 Ra7 26.Ne2 Bd7 27.Nd4 a4 28.Qd3 Bc8 29.Qe3 Kh7
30.f4 Qe7 31.Qc3 Qf6 32.e5 dxe5 33.fxe5 Qe7 34.Nb5 Ra6 35.Rad1 a3 36.bxa3 Ra4
37.d6 cxd6 38.Nxd6 Ra6 39.Bb5 Ra8 40.Qd4 Qa7 41.Bc6 Rb8 42.Rb1 Be6 43.Bb7 Rxb7
44.Nxb7 Qxb7 45.Rxb6 Qa7 46.a4 Rc8 47.Rb4 Qa8 48.Qf2 Rc3 49.Rf4 Qb7 50.Rf1 Kg7
51.a5 Qc7 52.Qd4 Kg8 53.a6  1-0

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "HYDRA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e6 6.c4 Bd6 7.Qb3 b6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 O-O 11.O-O Rc8 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 b5 14.Qe2 bxc4 15.bxc4 cxd4
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Bc4 Bb8 19.Nf3 Ne4 20.Qd3 Ndc3 21.Rfc1 Qxd3 22.Bxd3 Rfd8
23.Bf1 f6 24.Rc2 Na4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Kf7 28.Bc4 Bc7 29.Nd4 Nac5
30.Kf1 Bb6 31.g4 Ke7 32.Kg2 Nd6 33.Bf1 e5 34.Nb5 Nxb5 35.Bxb5 Ba5 36.Bb2 Kd6
37.Bc4 Bb4 38.f4 Na4 39.Bc1 e4 40.Kf1 a5 41.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "JUNIOR"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.h3 g6 15.a3 Bg7
16.Be3 Qe7 17.b4 Bb7 18.Bb3 h6 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Reb1 Nb8 21.Qa2 Rf8 22.bxc5 dxc5
23.a4 Nbd7 24.Qb2 Bc6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Ra1 Rxa1+ 28.Qxa1 c4 29.dxc4 bxc4
30.Bc2 Bf8 31.Qa6 Qe6 32.Nd2 Nc5 33.Qxc4 Qxc4 34.Nxc4 Ncxe4 35.Nxe5 Nxg3
36.fxg3 Be4 37.Bxe4 Nxe4 38.c4 Nxg3 39.Nd7 Kg8 40.Nf6+ Kg7 41.Ne8+ Kg8 42.c5 Nf5
43.c6 Ne7 44.c7 f5 45.Nd6 Bg7 46.Kf2 Be5 47.c8=Q+ Nxc8 48.Nxc8 Kg7 49.Ke2 g5
50.Ne7 Kf6 51.Nc6 Bd6 52.Bd4+ Ke6 53.Bg7 Kf7 54.Bc3 h5 55.Bb4 Bc7 56.Nd4 Kf6
57.Kd3 Ke5 58.Bc3 Kf6 59.Bd2 Bb6 60.Kc4 f4 61.Kd5 Bxd4 62.Kxd4 Kf5 63.Be1 g4
64.hxg4+ hxg4 65.Kd3  1-0

[Event "2nd Man Machine"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2005.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "FRITZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Bf3 c5 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nf3 Nd7
16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Rfe8 19.h3 Qc7 20.b3 Nf6 21.Rac1 e5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.e4 Qd6 24.Re1 Nh7 25.Nh2 f6 26.Nf1 Qd3 27.Qxd3 Rxd3 28.h4 Nf8 29.Re2 Ne6
30.Rd2 Rd4 31.Rxd4 cxd4 32.Nd2 Kf7 33.g3 g6 34.Kf1 f5 35.Ke2 Nc5 36.f3 h5
37.b4 Ne6 38.exf5 gxf5 39.Kd3 Ke7 40.a3 a6 41.Nb3 Kd6 42.Nd2 b5 43.Nb3 f4
44.g4 hxg4 45.fxg4 bxc4+ 46.Kxc4 e4 47.Nxd4 f3 48.Nxf3 exf3 49.Kd3 Ke5 50.Ke3 Nd4
51.h5 Ke6 52.h6 Kf7 53.g5 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nd3 b6 15.b4 Rf6 16.c5 Rh6
17.Na4 Qe8 18.Kh1 Rb8 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Rc7 b5 21.Nac5 dxc5 22.bxc5 Rb7 23.Rxb7 Bxb7
24.a4 Kh8 25.axb5 axb5 26.c6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Nxc6 28.Qb3 Qb8 29.Nb4 Nd4 30.Bxd4 exd4
31.Qd5 Nf6 32.Qxb5 Qxb5 33.Bxb5 Nxe4 34.Ra1 Ng3+ 35.Kg1 Bf8 36.hxg3 Bxb4
37.gxf4 Bc5 38.Rc1 Bb6 39.Bd3 gxf4 40.Re1 Rc6 41.Kf1 Ba5 42.Re4 Rc1+ 43.Ke2 Re1+
44.Kf2 Rd1 45.Rxd4 Rd2+ 46.Kf1 Rd1+ 47.Kf2 Rd2+ 48.Kf1 Bb6 49.Ke1 Bxd4 50.Kxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Nb5 Qa5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Qd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.g3 a6 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 b5 15.Bg2 Bb7
16.O-O Qa4 17.Bb6 O-O 18.Rfb1 Rac8 19.a3 e5 20.Re1 exf4 21.Re4 b4 22.gxf4 a5
23.f5 Ne5 24.Rxe5 Bxg2 25.Rxa5 Qc6 26.Bd4 Be4 27.Qg3 f6 28.axb4 Qc4 29.Re1 Rce8
30.Qf2 Ba8 31.Re7 Qc6 32.Qg3 Rxe7 33.dxe7 Re8 34.Ra1 Qh1+ 35.Kf2 Qxa1 36.Bxf6 g6
37.fxg6 h6 38.Qf4 Qa6 39.h4 h5 40.Ke1 Qe6+ 41.Kd2 Rxe7 42.Bxe7 Qxe7 43.Qb8+ Qf8
44.Qxf8+ Kxf8 45.Ke3 Kg7 46.Kd4 d6 47.c4 Kxg6 48.c5 dxc5+ 49.Kxc5 Kf5 50.Kb6 Kg4
51.c4 Kxh4 52.c5 Kg5 53.b5 Be4 54.c6 h4 55.c7 Bf5 56.Ka7 h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 b5
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Bh6 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 Nbd7 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Qd2 b4 14.Nce2 Qb6 15.h4 h5
16.Nc1 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Re1 e5 19.Ndb3 a5 20.Nd3 O-O 21.Qf2 Qc7 22.g4 a4
23.Nbc1 a3 24.gxh5 axb2 25.Nb3 e4 26.fxe4 Nc3+ 27.Kxb2 Nxe4 28.Qh2 Qc3+ 29.Kb1 Bd5
30.Rd1 Qf6 31.Bh3 Bxb3 32.axb3 Ra8 33.Nb2 Nc3+ 34.Kc1 Ra1+ 35.Kd2 Nxd1 36.Rxd1 Qxb2
37.Rxa1 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nd3 b6 15.b4 Rf6 16.c5 Rh6
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.g4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Ng6 20.Kg2 Nf6 21.Rh1 Rxh1 22.Qxh1 Bd7 23.b5 axb5
24.Nb4 g4 25.Nc6 Qf8 26.Rc2 h5 27.Qd1 Bh6 28.Nxb5 h4 29.Nc7 hxg3 30.Bxg3 Ra3
31.Ne6 Qf7 32.Qh1 gxf3+ 33.Bxf3 Nxd5 34.Rf2 Bxc6 35.Qxh6 Qxe6 36.exd5 Bxd5
37.Bxd5 Qxd5+ 38.Kh2 Qe6 39.Qd2 Ra7 40.Qg5 Kg7 41.Qd8 Rf7 42.Qxb6 Rxf2+ 43.Qxf2 d5
44.a4 d4 45.a5 d3 46.Qe3 e4 47.a6 Qa2+ 48.Kh3 Qe6+ 49.Kh2 Qa2+ 50.Kh3 d2
51.Qd4+ Kf7 52.a7 e3 53.Qd7+ Ne7 54.Bh4 d1=Q 55.Qxe7+ Kg6 56.Qf6+ Kh7 57.Qe7+ Kg6
58.Qf6+ Kh7 59.Qe7+ Kg8 60.Qe8+ Kg7 61.Qe7+ Kg6 62.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8
9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 a6 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Bd2 Nf5
16.Rb1 Na7 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Nb5 19.Qd3 Qxc2 20.Qxc2 Rxc2 21.a4 Nc3 22.Rxb7 Nxa4
23.g3 Bc8 24.Rb8 Kd7 25.Bd3 Rb2 26.Rb4 Rxb4 27.Bxb4 Nb2 28.Be2 Nc4 29.Kf2 Bb7
30.Rd1 Rc8 31.Ra1 Rb8 32.Bc3 Rc8 33.Bb4 Rb8 34.Be1 Bc6 35.Ra2 Bb5 36.h4 Kc6
37.h5 Kc5 38.g4 d4 39.Rc2 Rd8 40.Bd3 Kd5 41.Bb4 a5 42.Bxa5 Nxa5 43.Bxb5 Ke4
44.Kg3 Rb8 45.Rb2 Rc8 46.Re2+ Kd5 47.h6 Nb3 48.Bd3 Nc5 49.Rc2 Rh8 50.Bc4+ Kc6
51.g5 Ne4+ 52.Kf3 Nc3 53.Bd3 Kc5 54.h7 Kc6 55.Rb2 Kc7 56.Rb4 Nd5 57.Ra4 Kb6
58.Rxd4 Kc7 59.Ra4 Kb6  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Bc5 10.Na4 b6 11.b4 Bd6 12.Nec3 Be5 13.Be2 Ba6 14.Ra2 Qc7 15.Rc2 Bxc3+
16.Nxc3 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Qe5 18.O-O Qxd5 19.Rd2 Qf5 20.Ng3 Qg6 21.Rd6 Nc6 22.Bb2 Rae8
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Nh5 Re6 25.Rxd7 Re5 26.Nf4 Qf5 27.Nd5 Kh8 28.Ne3 Qe4 29.Qd6 Kg7
30.Rc1 Re6 31.Qd1 Kh8 32.Rc4 Qe5 33.Rd5 Qb2 34.Rh4 Ne5 35.Rd2 Qc3 36.Qh5  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.Kg1 Nbd7 12.Kh2 Qa5 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Rb1 Na4 15.Bd2 Nxc3
16.Nxc3 Rfb8 17.Rhe1 Nd7 18.Bg5 Kf8 19.Qd2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 Qxa2
22.Rb2 Qc4 23.Rb7 Ke8 24.Qf4 Qxc3 25.Qh4 h5 26.Be3 Qe5+ 27.g3 Ra4 28.Rc7 Kd8
29.Rc6 Rxe4 30.Bd2 f6 31.Bf4 Qxd5 32.Ra6 Re1  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.h4 Nc6
9.Nf3 Nge7 10.h5 h6 11.Rh4 c4 12.Rf4 Bd7 13.Nh4 Nf5 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.g4 fxg4
16.Be2 Nd8 17.Bxg4 Ne6 18.Rf3 Ng5 19.Rg3 O-O-O 20.Bxg5 hxg5 21.Kd2 f5 22.Bf3 g4
23.Bxd5 Qb5 24.Qh1 b6 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Bxc4 f4 27.Rgg1 Ba4 28.Rb4 Kb8 29.Rxg4 Rd7
30.Qe4 Rhd8 31.e6 Rc7 32.Qxf4 Kb7 33.Rg5 b5 34.Rgxb5+  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.Kg1 Nbd7 12.Kh2 Qa5 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Rd1 Na4 15.Bd2 Nxc3
16.Nxc3 Rfb8 17.Re1 Nd7 18.b3 Qa6 19.Rab1 Ne5 20.Re3 c4 21.Kg1 cxb3 22.axb3 Rc8
23.Qd1 Rab8 24.Ne2 Qb6 25.Bc3 Nc4 26.Rd3 Ne5 27.Rg3 h5 28.Bd4 Qb4 29.Rc1 Rxc1
30.Qxc1 Nf3+ 31.Rxf3 Bxd4 32.Nxd4 Qxd4 33.Qf4 Rf8 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.g3 f6 36.Qe3 Qd1
37.Qd3 Qe1 38.Kg2 Ra8 39.Re3 Qc1 40.Qc3 Ra1 41.Qxc1 Rxc1 42.Rd3 Rb1 43.Rc3 f5
44.exf5 gxf5 45.Rd3 Kf6 46.f4 Rb2+ 47.Kf3 h4 48.gxh4 Kg6 49.Ke3 Kh5 50.Kd4 Rf2
51.b4 Rxf4+ 52.Kc3 Rf1 53.b5 f4 54.Kc2 Ra1 55.b6 Ra8 56.Rb3 Kxh4 57.Kd2 Rb8
58.Ke2 Rb7 59.Kf3 Kg5 60.Ke4 f3 61.Kxf3 Kf5 62.Ke3 Ke5 63.Rb5 e6 64.dxe6+ Kxe6
65.Kd4 Kd7 66.Kd5 Kc8 67.Kc6 d5 68.Ra5  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 b5
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxd5 c6 13.Qd4 Qc7 14.b3 Be6 15.bxc4 Bxc4
16.Rd1 Be7 17.Bb2 Rd8 18.Qe4 Bd5 19.Qg4 O-O 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Rac1 Qb6 22.e6 f6
23.Bd4 Qb7 24.Bc5 Rfe8 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Rc6 Rd6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.Qd4 Qxe6 29.Qxd5 Qxd5
30.Rxd5 Re4 31.a3 Ra4 32.Rd3 Kf7 33.Kf1 Ke6 34.Ke2 h5 35.h3 g5 36.f3 Rc4
37.Kd2 Ke5 38.Rd8 Ra4 39.Rd3 f5 40.f4+ gxf4 41.exf4+ Ke4 42.Re3+ Kd4 43.Ke2 Rc4
44.Rd3+ Ke4 45.Re3+ Kd4 46.Rd3+ Kc5 47.Kf3 Rc1 48.Ke2 Rh1 49.Re3 Rxh3 50.Kf2 h4
51.gxh4 Rxh4 52.Kg3 Rh1 53.Re6 a5 54.Re5+ Kc4 55.a4 b4 56.Rxf5 b3 57.Rb5 Ra1
58.f5 Rxa4 59.f6 Ra1 60.Kg2 Rd1 61.Rxa5 b2 62.Ra4+ Kc3 63.Ra3+ Kc2 64.Ra2 Rd6  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.h4 Nc6
9.h5 h6 10.Nf3 Nge7 11.Rh4 c4 12.Rf4 Bd7 13.Be3 Rf8 14.Kd2 O-O-O 15.Nh4 Nf5
16.Nxf5 exf5 17.g4 fxg4 18.Rxg4 Rg8 19.Rg1 Bf5 20.Ra2 Qa5 21.Qf3 Be6 22.Bh3 Rdf8
23.Raa1 Qc7 24.Rg3 Ne7 25.Rag1 Qd7 26.Bf1 Bf5 27.Qf4 g5 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.Qxh6 Qa4
30.Ke1 Qxc2 31.Bc1 Bd3 32.Qd2 Qxd2+ 33.Bxd2 Bxf1 34.Kxf1 Kd7 35.Ke2 Rf7 36.Bg5 Nf5
37.Rg4 Rgf8 38.Bf6 Ne7 39.R1g2 Rg8 40.Bxe7 Kxe7 41.Rxg6 Rgf8 42.Rd6 Rf3 43.Rxd5 Rxc3
44.Rg7+ Ke6 45.Rd6+ Kf5 46.f3 Rc2+ 47.Ke3 Rc3+ 48.Kf2 Rd3 49.Rxb7 c3 50.Rc7 Kg5
51.Rg7+ Kh5 52.Rf6 Rxf6 53.exf6 Rxd4 54.Ke3 Rd6 55.Rxa7 Rc6 56.f7 c2 57.Ra5+ Kg6
58.f8=Q c1=Q+ 59.Kf2 Rc2+ 60.Kg3 Qg1+ 61.Kf4 Qd4+ 62.Kg3 Qg1+ 63.Kf4 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nbd7
10.Be3 b4 11.Nb1 a5 12.a3 Ba6 13.axb4 axb4 14.Ra4 Bb5 15.Rxb4 Qa5 16.Bd2 Ne4
17.Re1 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 e5 19.Na3 Ba6 20.Nc2 Qc7 21.Rc1 e4 22.Nh2 f5 23.Ra4 Bb5
24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Bf1 Nf8 26.e3 Bxf1 27.Nxf1 Ne6 28.h4 h6 29.Ra1 Rb8 30.Ne1 g5
31.Ng2 Bf6 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Ra6 f4 34.gxf4 gxf4 35.Nxf4 Nxf4 36.exf4 Qg7+
37.Kh1 Bxd4 38.b4 Qb7 39.Qe2 Bxf2 40.Kg2 Bd4 41.Ng3 Qc8 42.Qh5 Qxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.Nf3 g6 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 Qxc6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d4 d6
9.d5 Qc7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Re1 b5 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.c4 Qb6
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.b3 e6 18.Ng5 exd5 19.cxd5 Re7 20.Re3 Rae8 21.Rde1 a5 22.Nb1 b4
23.Qc2 Nd7 24.Nd2 Ba6 25.Ngf3 Ne5 26.Bg5 Nxf3+ 27.Nxf3 Rd7 28.e5 dxe5 29.Nxe5 Rxd5
30.Nxf7 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 Kxf7 32.Re7+ Kf8 33.Qe4 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Qd6+ 35.f4 Bf6 36.Bh6+ Kg8
37.Qa8+  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bc4 cxd4 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rad1 Qb6 13.Nxd4 Qxb2 14.Nf5 exf5 15.Qxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 h6 10.Bh4 Ne7 11.Bb3 c6 12.Ne3 Qc7 13.h3 b5 14.g4 Bb7 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.g5 hxg5 17.Ng4 Kg7 18.Qd2 Ng8 19.h4 Qd7 20.Rg1 gxh4 21.Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxh4 Rh8
23.Qg5 Rxh4 24.Qxh4 Rh8 25.Qg5 Rh5 26.Qd2 c5 27.O-O-O c4 28.dxc4 Nxe4 29.Qe3 Rh3
30.f3 Nf6 31.c5 Rxf3 32.Qe1 a5 33.cxd6 a4 34.Bc2 Qe6 35.a3 Bd5 36.Qe2 e4
37.Qxb5 Qxd6 38.Qxa4 Qf4+ 39.Kb1 g5 40.Rxd5 Nxd5 41.Qxe4 Rf1+ 42.Rxf1 Qxf1+
43.Ka2 Nf6 44.Qe5 g4 45.a4 Qf2 46.Qf5 Qe3 47.Bd1 g3 48.Bf3 Nd7 49.a5 Ne5
50.Bd5 f6 51.Qc8 Qf4 52.Qb7+ Kh6 53.Qb4 Qf2 54.Qd4  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Bd3 Ba5 10.a3 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Nce7 13.Rac1 Bd7 14.Qe2 Bc6 15.Ne5 Bc7
16.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Bf4 Qe8 13.Nd4 Ngxe5 14.Nxb5 d6 15.Ba4 Bg4
16.Qc2 f5 17.Nd2 Qg6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bxd4 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Qxc7 Bd3 22.Bxe5 dxe5
23.Nf3 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Rxf7 26.Bc6 Kf8 27.b3 Rc7 28.Bd5 h6 29.h4 Rc5
30.Bc4 Ra5 31.Rd1 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.Nd2 Rd8 34.Ne4 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Re1 36.Bd5 Rd1
37.Bc4 Rd4 38.f3 Rd1 39.h5 Bd4 40.Kh3 Rg1 41.g3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O c6 13.b4 Nxc3 14.Rxc3 b5 15.Ne1 a5
16.Nd3 Nb6 17.Nc5 axb4 18.axb4 Nc4 19.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.exd4 cxd4 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Bd6 8.d3 Nge7
9.a3 a5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Ng6 12.Qc2 Be7 13.Rb1 Be6 14.h4 f6 15.c5 Rc8 16.Ne4 b5
17.cxb6 Qxb6 18.h5 Nh8 19.Qe2 Nf7 20.Ned2 Nd6 21.Nh4 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Bd3 Qb6
9.O-O Bc5 10.Na4 Bxd4 11.Nxb6 Bxe3+ 12.Kh1 Bxb6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.h3 d6 11.c3 b4 12.d3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Be6
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.cxb4 Bf6 18.Re1 Rxb4 19.Nc3 Bb7 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Ne4 Bd4 22.Be3 Rxb2
23.Qc4 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Bxe4 25.dxe4 g6 26.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 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 Rac8
16.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Azarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nc3 Nc6 15.e5 Qxd1
16.Raxd1 Bxf3 17.exf6 Bxd1 18.fxe7 Bxc2 19.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 20.Bxc5 Rd8 21.Bb6 Rb8
22.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.a4 O-O 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.a5 Bd7 14.Qf3 Rac8 15.Qg3 Nh5
16.Qf3 Nf6 17.Qg3 Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Bb3 Nf6
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.d5 Nb8 13.c4 Nh5 14.Nc3 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Qd2 Kg7 17.Bc2 a5 18.Nh4 Qe7 19.g3 Na6 20.a3 c6 21.Rab1 cxd5 22.exd5 Rac8
23.Qe2 Qd8 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Qb6 26.Bd3 Qd4 27.Qc2 Rxc4 28.Bxc4 Qxc4 29.Qb3 Rc8
30.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rc1 Nf8 12.Re1 Ng6 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Nb5 Ne4 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Rc2 Qd7 17.Nf3 f6 18.Qd3 a5 19.Rcc1 a4 20.Qc2 Re7 21.Bc3 h5 22.Bb4 Rf7
23.Nd2 f5 24.e3 h4 25.Nf3 Re8 26.Bd2 axb3 27.axb3 c5 28.Qd3 Qe6 29.Red1 Ref8
30.Re1 Re8 31.Red1 Ra8 32.Ra1 c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shchekachev,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.e4 b5 8.Qe2 c5
9.e5 Nh5 10.Qe3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.h3 Nd4 14.Be4 Rc8 15.Nxd4 cxd4
16.Qxd4 Rc4 17.Qe3 Bxe5 18.b3 Rc8 19.Bb7 Bf4 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.Bf3 Nf6 22.Bb2 b4
23.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 Bb7 7.Bd3 h6 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.Nd2 e5 11.f4 c5 12.Nf3 exd4 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rae1 Nc6
16.Qb2 Rc8 17.Nxd4 Ne5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bd2 d6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Rb8 12.c3 Bf6 13.a4 Ne7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.axb5 axb5
16.d4 Ng6 17.Be3 b4 18.d5 bxc3 19.bxc3 Nh4 20.Nxh4 Bxh4 21.Rb1 Rxb1 22.Qxb1 Bg5
23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.Qb7 Qd8 25.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dyachkov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Be6
9.Qa4 Qb6 10.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h4 c6 11.Bxd6 Bxd6 12.Qxd6 Qxd6 13.Rxd6 Ne4 14.Rd4 Nxf2 15.Rg1 Ng4
16.a4 Be6 17.Ng5 Bf5 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.cxd3 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Kd2 Kf8
23.b4 Ke7 24.b5 c5 25.Rc4 Rc8 26.Rf4 Rc7 27.c4 Kd6 28.a5 b6 29.a6 Re7 30.Rf5 h6
31.Nf3 Ng4 32.Rf4 Nf6 33.g4 Kc7 34.d4 Nd7 35.h5 g5 36.hxg6 fxg6 37.dxc5 bxc5
38.Kd3 Kd6 39.Nd2 Re1 40.Kc2 Rg1 41.Ne4+ Ke5 42.Rf7 Ke6 43.Rg7 g5 44.Rh7 Rf1
45.Rxh6+ Ke5 46.Rh7 Nb6 47.Nd2 Rf2 48.Kd3  1-0

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shomoev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nc2 d5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne3 d4 12.Ned5 Qd8 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Bxc6 dxc3 15.Bg2 Rd8
16.Qc2 cxb2 17.Qxb2 Nd5 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Bd2 Nb6 20.Bb4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Bxb7 Qd1+ 24.Kg2 Qd7 25.Ba6 Bh3+ 26.Kf3 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erenburg,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.Rac1 Nde5 14.h3 b6 15.Qe3 Bb7
16.Bf1 Rab8 17.Nb5 Qe7 18.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.a4 Nd7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Ne5 Qc8
10.Bf4 Ngf6 11.e4 Bb4 12.g4 O-O 13.g5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bg3 Rd8 16.Qh5 g6
17.Qh4 Bf8 18.e5 b4 19.Ne4 c5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Rac1 Bd5 22.Nd6 Bxd6 23.exd6 Bxg2
24.Kxg2 Qc6+ 25.Kg1 Rdc8 26.Rfe1 a5 27.Re4 c3 28.bxc3 b3 29.c4 Qxa4 30.Rf4 b2
31.Rf1 Ne5 32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.Rh4+ Kg8 34.Bxe5 f6 35.Bxf6 e5 36.Bxe5 Rxc4 37.Rh8+ Kf7
38.Rxa8 Rc1  0-1

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qxb3 12.axb3 Be4 13.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 h6 8.a5 a6 9.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antoms,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2622"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bb7 5.Bd3 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 Nf6 8.e5 Nh5
9.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2669"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neiksans,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2622"]

1.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2685"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Berzinsh,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2445"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Nb3 Nxc3
9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 Nc6 12.Bg2 O-O 13.Qc2 Qh5 14.Nf3 d5 15.cxd5 exd5
16.O-O Bh3 17.Rfd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rad8 19.Rd2 d4 20.Rad1 Qd5 21.Qb3 Qe4 22.Qxb7 Rfe8
23.Qb5 h6 24.Kg1 Re6 25.Qd3 Qg4 26.Kg2 Ne5 27.Nxe5 Rxe5 28.Qf3 Qe6 29.b3 Rf5
30.Qb7 Rh5 31.Kg1 Qh3 32.Qg2 Qg4 33.e3 d3 34.f3 Qd7 35.e4 Rc5 36.Qf2 Rc3
37.Qe3 a5 38.Kg2 Qd6 39.Qa7 Qb4 40.Kh3 Qb5 41.Kg2 Rd7 42.Qe3 Rd8 43.Qa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2527"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Bb7
9.e3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd1 Rc8 12.Rc1 d6 13.Bd3 g5 14.Bg3 Rg8 15.Bb1 Ke7
16.O-O h5 17.h4 gxh4 18.Bxh4 Ne5 19.e4 Rg4 20.Bxf6+ Kxf6 21.Nh2 Rg8 22.Qxh5 Rh8
23.Qe2 Ke7 24.f4 Nd7 25.Ng4 Qg8 26.e5 d5 27.cxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxc8 Qxc8 29.Be4 Qc5+
30.Nf2 Bc4 31.Bd3 Bd5 32.Be4 Bc4 33.Bd3 Bd5 34.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionov,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Be7 6.c4 bxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Rb1 Rb8 10.d3 O-O 11.Qa4 Ba8 12.Bf4 d6 13.Rxb8 Qxb8 14.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Anisimov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Re1 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Bf6 20.Qa5 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 Nc8
22.Qxa6 Qxd2 23.Rb1 Qd6 24.Bf1 Qc5 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.a4 h6 27.Qc4 Qe7 28.Qc6 Rd8
29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Qa8 Kh7 31.Qb7 f5 32.a5 Ne7 33.a6 Nc8 34.Be2 Qe7 35.Qxc8 Qxe2
36.Qxf5+ Kh8 37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qc6 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qd4 40.Qe6 Qc5 41.g4 Qd4 42.h4 Qd8
43.Qf5+ Kh8 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Qd6 46.g6 Qd5+ 47.Qf3 Qg5+ 48.Qg3  1-0

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.exf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Bxc4 Rd8 14.Qe3 Bd7
15.O-O Nc6 16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Ne5 Ng6 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Bb3 Rc7 20.Rac1 Qe5 21.Ra1 Qg7
22.Rac1 Qe5 23.Ra1 Qg7 24.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.e3 Ne7
9.f3 c5 10.a3 Nf5 11.Bf2 cxd4 12.exd4 Be7 13.g4 Nd6 14.Rg1 Nh7 15.Bd3 Ng5
16.Rg3 f5 17.gxf5 O-O 18.f4 Nxf5 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.fxg5 Bd6 21.gxh6 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Qg5
23.hxg7 Rfe8+ 24.Kf1 Qh6 25.d5 Qh1+ 26.Bg1 Re3 27.Kf2 Rae8 28.Nf1 f4 29.Nxe3 Rxe3
30.gxf4 Qh3 31.Bh2 Rd3 32.Qh1 Qh4+ 33.Ke2 Rh3 34.Qe4 Rxh2+ 35.Kd3 Qg3+ 36.Qe3 Qg6+
37.Kd4 Rxb2 38.Rg1 Rd2+ 39.Qxd2 Qxg1+ 40.Qe3 Qxg7+ 41.Kd3 Qf8 42.Qe5 Ba6
43.a4 Qc8 44.Nb5 Bxb5 45.axb5 Kf7 46.d6  1-0

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 b6 7.Ba3 c6 8.Rc1 a6 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.b5 axb5 11.Qb3 b4 12.Bxb4 Nc6 13.Bd3 Nxb4 14.Qxb4 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 h6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc4 Nd7 8.Nc3 Ngf6
9.Bf4 Be7 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriants,S RUS"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E72"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 Nc6 6.e3 e5 7.d5 Ne7 8.Nge2 d6
9.e4 Nh5 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 c5 12.O-O f4 13.Bf2 g5 14.Nc1 Ng6 15.Nd3 Rf7 16.b4 b6
17.a4 a5 18.g4 Nf6 19.bxa5 bxa5 20.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lastin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 c5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Bg5 Bc6 15.Rad1 Nfd5
16.Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O a6
9.f3 Qc7 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bf4 e5
16.Be3 d5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Qf2 Qa5 20.a3 Be6 21.Qg3 Bf6 22.Bd2 Qb6
23.Bb4 Rd8 24.Be4 a5 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Bc3 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Bxe5 Ba2+ 29.Ka1 Qa6
30.Bxf6+ gxf6 31.Rd1+ Kc8 32.Rd6  1-0

[Event "ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ahn,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[ECO "A96"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.b4 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Qe8
9.Nbd2 Qh5 10.Qc2 g5 11.d5 exd5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nd4 N7b6 14.a4 c5 15.a5 cxd4
16.axb6 Qf7 17.Rxa7 Rb8 18.Bxd4 Be6 19.Qb2 Rfc8 20.e4 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Rc4 22.b5 h6
23.Qd2 Rb4 24.Ba1 Rxb5 25.Qd4 Kh7 26.Qd3  1-0

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dambacher,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Rc1 Qc7 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.Bf3 Qe7
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Ne2 Bb4 18.Nd4 Bxe1 19.Nxc6 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Ne4+ 21.Ke2 Qg5
22.Nxd8 Rxd8 23.Qd4 Bg4 24.Qe5 Qg6 25.Qf4 Bxf3+ 26.Qxf3 a5 27.Ke1 h5 28.Qf4 Re8
29.Kf1 Qe6 30.Kg2 f6 31.Rc7 Rc8 32.Bd4 Rxc7 33.Qxc7 Qg4 34.Qc2 h4  0-1

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schandorff,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Be3 c5 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bd3 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rfe1 a6 14.Qa3 e6 15.Qb2 b5 16.a4 Nf6
17.Bg5 bxa4 18.Qa3 h6 19.Bd2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bc6 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.Rb1 Bb5 23.Ne5 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.b4 a6 15.Be2 Re8
16.Ra2 Qd7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxh5 Qf5 19.Rd2 Rad8 20.Bf3 d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Na3 Bd7 6.Nc2 f6 7.d4 fxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Qc7 10.f4 O-O-O 11.h4 Ne7 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Bf2 Bc6 14.Qg4 Qb6 15.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Votava,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qd3 Bd7
9.d5 Nb4 10.Qd1 a5 11.Be3 e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.a3 Nc6 14.c5 d5 15.Nd4 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Qd6 7.Nd2 c6 8.Qc2 h6
9.Nb5 Bxd2+ 10.Bxd2 Qe7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.e3 c5 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.dxc5 Nc6 15.Ng3 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 Qxc5 17.Bd3 d4 18.e4 Be6 19.O-O Ne5 20.Rfc1 Qb6 21.Bf1 d3 22.h3 Rfd8
23.b3 Rac8 24.Kh2 Ng6 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Rc1 Qd6 27.Qxd3 Qxd3 28.Bxd3 Bxh3 29.gxh3 Rxd3
30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Rc7 Ne5 32.Re7 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Nh4+ 34.Kf1 Rd1+ 35.Ke2 Ra1 36.a4 Ra2+
37.Kf1 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Ra2+ 39.Ke3 Ng2+ 40.Kf3 Ne1+ 41.Ke3 Ng2+ 42.Kd4 Rxf2 43.Nf5 Kg6
44.Rxb7 Rf3 45.h4 a5 46.Rb5 h5 47.b4 axb4 48.a5 Nf4 49.Kc5 Ra3 50.Kb6 Nd3
51.Nd4 Nb2 52.Rxb4 Na4+ 53.Kc6 Nc3 54.Rb3 Ra4 55.Rxc3 Rxd4 56.a6 Rxe4 57.a7 Ra4
58.Kb6 Rxa7 59.Kxa7 Kf5 60.Rg3 g6 61.Rg5+ Ke4 62.Kb6 f5 63.Kc5 f4 64.Rxg6  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.a4 Nd5 7.e3 Nxf4 8.exf4 Be6
9.Ne5 g6 10.Bxc4 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 Bg7 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.O-O Nf6
16.Rd3 e6 17.g3 Rfd8 18.Rfd1 a5 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qc2 Qb4 21.Na2 Qe7 22.Nc3 Qb4
23.Na2 Qe7 24.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.e3 e5
9.f3 Nf6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.e4 Qe6 13.Ne2 c5 14.Nf4 Qe7 15.Be3 b6
16.Be2 O-O 17.O-O Bb7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 h6 22.Bf1 Qc7
23.Qc1 Ne8 24.Qc3 a5 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Bxd3 Qd6 27.Bc4 Nc7 28.Qd2 Qxd2 29.Bxd2 Ba6
30.Bf4 Bxc4 31.Bxc7 b5 32.Bxa5 Be6 33.Bb6 c4 34.g4 g6 35.Be3 Kg7 36.Bd4+ Kf8
37.Bf6 h5 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Kg2 Kg8 40.Kg3 Kh7 41.Kf4 Bh3 42.Ke5 Bg2 43.f4 Kg8
44.Be7 Bf3 45.f5 Kg7 46.h4 Bg2 47.Kd5 f6 48.Bb4 Kf7 49.Bd2 Bf3 50.Kc5 Bxe4
51.Kxb5 Bd3 52.Bc3 Ke7 53.Kc5 Be2 54.Kd4 Bf1 55.a4 Kd7 56.Ke3 Bd3 57.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Kh1 Nh7 22.Be3 Bf6
23.Nf1 Bg7 24.Qe2 Qc7 25.N1d2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Maslak,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.h3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8
10.O-O c4 11.Bxc4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Qa4 Nd7 16.Qh4 Bxg5
17.Nxg5 Nf8 18.Rae1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Bd7 20.Qf4 f5 21.Ne6 Nxe6 22.dxe6 Qe7 23.Bxf5 gxf5
24.Qg3+ Kf8 25.Qc3 Kg8 26.Qg3+ Kf8 27.Qc3 Kg8 28.exd7 Qxd7 29.Re3 f4 30.Qc4+ Qf7
31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.Re4 Rc8 33.Rxf4+ Ke6 34.Re4+ Kd5 35.Re2 Kd4 36.Rd2+ Ke5
37.Kf1 d5 38.Ke2 d4 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.f4 Rf8 41.Rf2 h5 42.f5 Ke5 43.f6 Kd5  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 e5
9.O-O g5 10.dxe5 Nh5 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 dxe5 13.Qb1 c6 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Nh2 f5
16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Bd3 Be6 18.Nf1 Nc5 19.Ne3 Qf7 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Qc2 a5 22.Ne4 Nxe4
23.Bxe4 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Re1 Rd4 26.b3 Qf6 27.Bf5 Bg8 28.g4 Bf8 29.Nf1 Bb4
30.Re3 Qd6 31.Qe2 Rd1 32.Qf3 Bc5 33.Rd3 Rxd3 34.Bxd3 Qf8 35.Bf5 Bd4 36.a4 Qe7
37.Ng3 Qf8 38.Kh2 Kg7 39.Ne4 Bf7 40.Ng3 Bg8 41.Qe2 Kh8 42.Kg1 Qa3 43.Bc2 Qc1+
44.Nf1 Qf4 45.g3 Qf8 46.Ne3 Be6 47.Bf5 Bf7 48.Nc2 Qd6 49.Bd3 Qf6 50.Bf5 Qd6
51.Qd2 Qd8 52.Kg2 Bb6 53.Qe2 Qf6 54.Ne1 Bd4 55.Nf3 Kg7 56.Qe1 b6 57.Bd3 Kf8
58.Qe4 Be8 59.Qh7 Bf7 60.Be4 Ke7 61.Bf5 Bc3 62.Bc2 Kf8 63.Qe4 Bd4 64.Bd3 Be8
65.Qh7 Bf7 66.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.b3 Bf5 6.Be2 h6 7.Bb2 e6 8.d4 Nbd7 9.O-O Bd6
10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O e5
9.Re1 b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Rad1 Re8 12.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Qc2 Ba6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Rac1 Nh5 13.Be3 Nhf6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be3 Nhf6
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.e4 Bb7 19.c5 Nd7 20.b4 a5 21.a3 Ra8 22.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaplan,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Nc6
9.Nb3 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Na5 14.Qe1 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Nc4
16.Qxe7 Ne3 17.f5 Nxf5 18.Qe1 Bd7 19.g4 Rfe8 20.Qd2 Ne3 21.Qf2 Nc4 22.Qxb6 Nxb6
23.Nd2 Bb5 24.Rfe1 Bxb2 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rb1 Bc3 27.Ne4 Be2 28.Kg2 Nxd5 29.Nxd6 Bxf3+
30.Kxf3 Re6 31.Ne4 f6 32.Bh4 Be5 33.Rd1 Nb6 34.Nc5 Rc6 35.Bf2 a5 36.Nb7 Rc3+
37.Ke4 Rc4+ 38.Kd3 Rc3+ 39.Ke4 Rc4+ 40.Kd3 Rc3+ 41.Ke4 Nc4 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.h4 f5+
44.Kd5 fxg4 45.Rd7+ Kh6 46.Nd8 g3 47.Nf7+ Kh5 48.Nxe5 Nxe5 49.Rxh7+ Kg4 50.Bd4 Nf3
51.Bxc3 bxc3 52.Rg7 g5  0-1

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rodshtein,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Be2 a6
9.a4 a5 10.O-O h6 11.Qc2 Qe8 12.Bh2 e5 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.c5 dxc5 15.dxe5 Nh7
16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Ba2 c4 18.Rd6 Ng5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.f4 Bf5 21.e4 Bc8 22.Qf2 Ra6
23.Ne2 gxf4 24.Bxf4 Kh7 25.Nd4 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Rf6 Kh6 28.Rf4 Be6 29.Qh4+ Kg7
30.Nf3 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 Rh8 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Ng5 Nd7 34.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prusikin,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Bg3 Bd7 12.Rd1 Rfc8 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.b4 Ng4 15.c5 Qd8
16.Be2 Nce5 17.Qb1 b6 18.h3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bh4 20.Bxh4 Qxh4+ 21.Kf1 bxc5 22.b5 Rab8
23.Nf3 Nxf3 24.gxf3 e5 25.Nxd5 Bxh3+ 26.Rxh3 Qxh3+ 27.Kf2 Qh2+ 28.Kf1 Qh3+
29.Kf2 Qh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 a6 4.e3 h6 5.b3 e6 6.d4 Be7 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.a5 c5 10.e3 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Bd6 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 Rb8 15.Ne5 b5
16.axb6 Rxb6 17.Qc2 Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Cao Sang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 Na6 8.O-O c5
9.d5 exd5 10.Nh4 Re8 11.cxd5 d6 12.Rd1 Nc7 13.a3 Bf8 14.b4 Ba6 15.Nf5 Rc8
16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Rxb8 Qxb8 19.Bg5 Nd7 20.Ne4 Re5 21.Rb1 Qa8 22.g4 Bb7
23.Bf4 Bxd5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Nfxd6 Ne6 26.Qb2 Nd7 27.Qb5 Bc6 28.Nc3 Nd4 29.Bxc6 Nxb5
30.Bxa8 Nxc3 31.Rb7 Nb6 32.Rb8 Nxe2+ 33.Kf1 Nd4 34.Nc8 Nxc8 35.Rxc8 g5 36.Bd5 Nb5
37.a4 Nc3 38.Bb3 Ne4 39.Ke2 a5 40.f3 c4 41.fxe4 cxb3 42.Rb8 h6  1-0

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shengelia,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 Qe8 7.Bf4 Nxd4 8.O-O Nxe2+
9.Qxe2 b6 10.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Arutinian,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Nd3 Ne8 14.Qb3 Nd6 15.Rfd1 a6
16.Bxd6 Bxd6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Qb8 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.d5 exd5 21.Qxd5 Qxd5
22.Nxd5 Rfc8 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.N3b4 Bf8 25.Nxa6 Nf6 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Rd2 Ra8
28.Nc7 Rxa2 29.Nd5 Ba3 30.Nxf6+ Kg7 31.Nd5 Rxb2 32.Rxb2 Bxb2 33.Nxb6 Kf6
34.Kg2 Bd4 35.Nc4 Kg6 36.Kf3 Ba7 37.Ne5+ Kf6 38.Ke4 Ke6 39.Nd3 f5+ 40.Kf3 Kf6
41.Nf4 Bb8 42.h3 Ba7 43.Nd5+ Ke6 44.Ne3 Ke5 45.Ng2 Kf6 46.Ke2 Kg6 47.Ne3 Kf6
48.Kd3 Ke6 49.Ke2 Kf6 50.Kf3 Ke5 51.Ng2 Kf6 52.Nf4 Kf7 53.h4 Kf6 54.Nh3 Kg6
55.g4 fxg4+ 56.Kxg4 h5+ 57.Kf4 Bb6 58.Ke5 Bd8 59.Nf4+ Kf7 60.Ng2 Be7 61.Kf5 Bd8
62.f3 Be7 63.Kf4 Kg6 64.Kg3 Bd6+ 65.f4 Bb4 66.Kf2 Be7 67.Kf3 Bd8 68.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lopez Martinez,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Bd3 Be6 12.Qh5 Rg8 13.c3 h6 14.g3 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Bg4
16.Qh4 Qxh4 17.gxh4 O-O-O 18.Nf6 d5 19.Bg2 Bxa3 20.bxa3 Be6 21.Nxg8 Rxg8
22.Rg1 Kc7 23.O-O-O Kd6 24.Bf3 Rc8 25.Kb2 Na5 26.Rg7 Nc4+ 27.Ka1 Nxa3 28.Bh5 Rxc3
29.Bxf7 Rc7 30.Bxe6 Rxg7 31.Bxd5 Nc2+ 32.Kb1 Nd4 33.Bb3 Rg2 34.h3 Rxf2 35.Rg1 Nxb3
36.axb3 Kc5 37.Rg6 a5 38.Rxh6 Kb4 39.Rb6 Rf3 40.Kc2 Rc3+  0-1

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nevednichy,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Bd2 e5 10.a3 b6 11.b4 Nb7 12.Rb1 Bd7 13.Re1 Kh8 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Bd3 Ng8 16.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th ch-Euro"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volkov,Sergey1"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.bxc3 c5 14.dxc5 O-O 15.Ba3 Be7
16.Qd4 Qc7 17.Rab1 Rab8 18.c6 Bxa3 19.cxd7 Bc5 20.Qd3 Be7 21.Rfd1 Rfd8 22.Qe3 Rxd7
23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Ba6 Qc8 25.Qf4 Bd8 26.Ne5 f6 27.Qa4 Bb6 28.Nd7 Bxa6 29.Nxb8 Qxb8
30.Qxa6 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Qxb1 32.Qxe6+ Kf8 33.Qb3 Qf5+ 34.Kg1 Qc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Be2 Rfd8 14.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd5 7.Qxc4 Nb6 8.Qb5 a6
9.Qd3 e5 10.Nxe5 Nb4 11.Qc3 Qxd4 12.O-O Qxc3 13.Nxc3 Bd6 14.Nf3 O-O 15.Rd1 Rb8
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.a3 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rd2 Rfd8 21.Rc2 Be5 22.Bf4 Bxf4
23.gxf4 c5 24.Rd1 Rd6 25.Rxd6 cxd6 26.Ne4 Rd8 27.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.O-O f5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.a3 Be7 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 c5 12.b4 Nc6 13.Qb3 cxd4 14.exd4 Ne7 15.Rad1 a5
16.Ne5 axb4 17.axb4 d6 18.Nf4 Qc8 19.Nf3 Kh8 20.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Qc2 e5 11.Nfe2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Bc5 14.b4 Bb6 15.Nf5 g6
16.Ng3 h5 17.Bb2 h4 18.Nce4 hxg3 19.hxg3 Bc7 20.Rd1 Qe7 21.Qc5 Qxc5 22.Nxf6+ Kg7
23.bxc5 Kxf6 24.f4 Be6 25.fxe5+ Ke7 26.Kf2 Rad8 27.Bd4 Rh8 28.Rhf1 b5 29.Kg1 Rh6
30.Bc3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 a6 32.Bf3 Bd5 33.Bxd5 cxd5 34.Rxd5 Ke6 35.e4 Rh8 36.g4 Rd8
37.Rxd8 Bxd8 38.c6 Be7 39.a4 bxa4 40.Kf2 a3 41.Ke2 a2 42.Kd3 Bb4 43.Bd4 Bc5
44.Bc3 Bb4 45.Bd4 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Qd2 Nxf4 10.Qxf4 Nf6 11.Ne5 g6 12.g4 Be6 13.h4 Qb8 14.Bh3 Bg7 15.Qe3 Ne4
16.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Khairullin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 d5 14.Qxc8 Rxc8 15.Nh4 Nbd7
16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Janovsky,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 a6 7.Bf1 Ne5 8.c3 Nxf3+
9.Qxf3 e5 10.a4 g6 11.a5 Bg7 12.Bc4 O-O 13.d3 h6 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Nd2 Kh7 16.g4 Ne8
17.Qg2 f5 18.f3 Qe7 19.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.h4 Be7 14.g3 Be6 15.a3 a5
16.b4 Qd7 17.Nce3 Bd8 18.Bd3 Ne7 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Rc1 axb4 22.axb4 Qb7
23.O-O Bb6 24.Rfd1 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Rfc8 26.Bf1 Qb6 27.Qd2 Bb3 28.Re1 Bc4 29.Re3 h6
30.h5 Rc6 31.Bxc4 Rxc4 32.Rd1 Rbc8 33.Qxd6 Qxd6 34.Rxd6 Rxc3 35.Rxc3 Rxc3
36.Rd5 Rc4 37.Rxb5 Rxe4 38.Kf1 g6 39.hxg6 fxg6 40.Rb8+ Kg7 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.b5 h5
43.b6 Rb4 44.Rb8 Kg7 45.b7 g5 46.Kg2 Rb3 47.Kh3 Kh7 48.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Komarov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.Qd2 h6 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Be6 14.Kh1 Kh7 15.Rg1 d5
16.Qg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novik,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.b3 e5
9.O-O e4 10.Nd2 Re8 11.a4 Nf8 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 Ng6 14.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sakaev,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Janovsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bc1 Ne4 7.Qg4 g5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 h5 10.Qf3 c5 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.Bxe4 g4 13.Qd1 dxe4 14.cxd4 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qd5
16.Ne2 e3 17.Bxe3 Qxg2 18.Rg1 Qc6 19.c4 Nd7 20.Rc1 Nb6 21.Qd3 Bd7 22.Ng3 O-O-O
23.Bg5 Rdf8 24.Ne4 Kb8 25.Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.e3 a6 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 Be7
10.Nc4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Komarov,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Novik,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O h6 7.Ne1 Bg5 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nf6 10.Qd2 Bxf4 11.Qxf4 O-O 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Rae1 Bxc4 14.dxc4 Qd7 15.Nh4 Nd4
16.Nf5 Nxf5 17.Qxf5 Qxf5 18.exf5 Rfe8 19.Nb5 b6 20.Nxd6 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Rd8
22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Rxe4 Rd2 24.Re8+ Kh7 25.Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nesis Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Kirishi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Rfd1 dxc4 13.bxc4 Qe7 14.Be1 b5 15.Nd4 b4
16.c5 Bxc5 17.Na4 Ba7 18.Rac1 a5 19.Nc5 Rd8 20.Nd3 Bxd4 21.exd4 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 Be6
23.Qb2 Bd5 24.Bd2 Qe6 25.Re1 Qg4 26.Bf1 h6 27.h3 Qg6 28.Bf4 Qf5 29.Bc7 Rdc8
30.Be5 Nd7 31.Bg3 Nf8 32.Re5 Qf6 33.Re3 Ng6 34.Qd2 Rd8 35.Rc5 Rd7 36.Be2 Re7
37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Kh2 Nh4 39.Bd3 Ng6 40.f3 Nf8 41.Rc1 Ne6 42.Bb1 Qg5 43.Qc2 Nf8
44.Re1 a4 45.Bd6 b3 46.axb3 axb3 47.Qc3 Qd8 48.Bg3 Ra7 49.Qe3 Rd7 50.Bf2 Rd6
51.Qd2 Re6 52.Rxe6 Nxe6 53.Qd3 Nf8 54.Qc3 Qe7 55.Qd3 Qb4 56.Be3 Qe1 57.Bf4 Bc4
58.Qf5 Qe6 59.Qa5 Qf6 60.Qd2 Ng6 61.Bg3 h5 62.Bc7 h4 63.Qb4 Qxd4 64.Qb8+ Kh7
65.Be5 Qc5 66.f4 Bd5 67.Qd8 Qf2 68.Qg5 Bf3 69.Bc7 c5 70.f5 Nf8 71.f6+ g6
72.Bf4 Ne6 73.Be3 Nxg5 74.Bxf2 Be4  0-1

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mecking,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ng2 Bg6 13.Na2 Bd6 14.e4 Nb6 15.Bb3 e5 16.dxe5 Bxe5
17.a5 Nc8 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Nc3 Na6 21.Bf4 Nc5 22.Ba2 Bd4+ 23.Be3 Bxe3+
24.Nxe3 Nd6 25.Rfd1 Rad8 26.Rd2 Nc8 27.Rad1 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Kf8 29.Bc4 b5 30.axb6 axb6
31.b4 Nb7 32.Ba6 Ncd6 33.Na4 Bxe4 34.Bxb7 Nxb7 35.fxe4 Rxe4 36.Rd7 b5 37.Rxb7 bxa4
38.Kf2 g6 39.h3 Kg7 40.Kf3 Rd4 41.Ke2 Rf4 42.Nc2 h5 43.gxh5 gxh5 44.Re7 Rh4
45.Re3 Kf6 46.Kd3 Rf4 47.Kc3 Rf1 48.Kd4 Rd1+ 49.Ke4 Kg5 50.Nd4 Rc1 51.Ke5 f6+
52.Kd6 Rd1 53.Kc5 Rc1+ 54.Kb6 Kf4 55.Ra3 Ke4 56.Nxc6 f5 57.Rxa4 f4 58.b5+ Ke3
59.Ne5 Rc8 60.Ra3+ Ke2 61.Nf3 Kf2 62.Nh4  1-0

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Ne4 Ne6 10.d3 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Qd2 f5 13.exf6 exf6 14.Bh6 a5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qc3 Ra7 17.a3 a4 18.Ng3 Qd5 19.Re4 b5 20.Rae1 Raf7 21.Ne2 Qd6 22.Qd2 Kg8
23.h4 Kg7 24.Nf4 Nc7 25.g3 Bf5 26.R4e3 h6 27.Nh2 c4 28.Rf3 c5 29.Nh5+ Kh7
30.g4 Bc8 31.Ng3 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.Rxf4 Ne6 35.Rxe6 Bxe6 36.dxc4 Bxc4
37.Nf3 Bd5 38.Ne5 Re7 39.Nd3 c4 40.Nb4 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Be4 42.f3 Bb7 43.h5 Rd8
44.Nxf5 Rd2+ 45.Kg3 Rg1+ 46.Kh3 Bc8  0-1

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ribli,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Rc8 11.a3 Be7 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.e4 Qb6 14.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Suba,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Bb4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.Nd2 c5 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Qe7 15.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Rab1 Rb8 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Qd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Na5
16.Ne5 b6 17.Rbd1 f6 18.Nc6 Nxc6 19.Bxc6 f5 20.f4 Ba6 21.Bb5 Bxb5 22.cxb5 Rbe8
23.Rd7 Rf7 24.Kf2 e5 25.Rd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.fxe5 Kf7 29.Kf3 g5
30.h4 Ke6 31.hxg5 Kxe5 32.g4 f4 33.a4 c4 34.e4 fxe3 35.Kxe3 Kd5 36.Kf4 Ke6
37.Ke4 Kf7 38.Kd5 Kg6 39.Kc6 Kxg5 40.Kb7 Kxg4 41.Kxa7 h5 42.a5  1-0

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson,U"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1 Rac8 13.h3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,And1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O f5 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Bb2 Qe7 15.Nf3 Rac8
16.Rc2 Nf6 17.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.e4 Nb4 12.Qc3 O-O 13.a3 N4c6 14.Bf4 d6 15.Bxd6 Bxd6
16.Rxd6 Qc7 17.Rd1 Nd7 18.Nbd2 Nde5 19.b4 Rad8 20.bxc5 Nxf3+ 21.Nxf3 Na5
22.Ne5 bxc5 23.Ng4 c4 24.Ne3 f6 25.Rab1 Ba6 26.Nd5 Qc5 27.Qb4 Nb7 28.Bf1 Kh8
29.Nc3 f5 30.Qxc5 Nxc5 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.exf5 Kg8 33.Re1 Kf8 34.Re5 Rc8 35.Bg2 Nb3
36.f6 gxf6 37.Re6 Nc5 38.Rxf6+ Kg7 39.Rf5 Nb3 40.Bd5 Rc7 41.Rg5+ Kf6 42.Rg4 Nd2
43.Rd4 Nb3 44.Rh4 Kg7 45.Be4 Kh8 46.Bd5 Kg7 47.Kg2 Nd2 48.Rd4 Nb3 49.Rg4+ Kf6
50.Rf4+ Kg7 51.h4 Nc1 52.Rg4+ Kf8 53.Rg8+ Ke7 54.Be4 Kd6 55.Rg5 Rf7 56.Rd5+ Kc7
57.Rc5+ Kd8 58.f3 Rd7 59.g4  1-0

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vaganian,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.h3 Nf5 13.c3 Qf6 14.Bc2 Rd8 15.Qd3 g6 16.Nh2 Bxh2+
17.Kxh2 Nh4 18.Bxh6 Ne5 19.Qg3 Nef3+ 20.gxf3 Nxf3+ 21.Kg2  1-0

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bg5 Qe7 11.d5 Rd8 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nh4 Nb6 14.Bb3 g6 15.Qc1 Be6
16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Nf3 Bb4 18.Qc2 Kg7 19.a3 Be7 20.Rac1 Nh5 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Ne2 Rd6
23.Rfd1 Rad8 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.h3 Nf6 26.b4 Nfd7 27.Qc3 c5 28.Qc2 cxb4 29.axb4 Nf8
30.Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd4 Qd6 14.Bd3 Nxd3+
15.Qxd3 Qf6 16.O-O Qxb2 17.Qxd5 Be6 18.Qe4 Qb5 19.Rab1 Qd5 20.Qxd5 Bxd5 21.Nd4 Rfc8
22.Rfd1 Kf8 23.f3 b6 24.e4 Bc4 25.Nf5 Be6 26.Nd6 Rc5 27.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Nfd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Bg6 13.b3 e5 14.Bb2 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bf6
16.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Negi,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Re8
16.c4 a6 17.Bc3 Qc5+ 18.Bd4 Qa5 19.Bc3 Qc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bf1 e5
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.f3 Nec5 14.f4 Ne4 15.Nc3 Ndc5
16.Be3 f6 17.Nf3 fxe5 18.Nxe5 Be6 19.g3 g5 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Nd3 h6 22.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stellwagen,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Nc4 Rb8 13.h3 h6 14.Be3 Re8 15.Nfd2 Bf8
16.Qf3 Kh7 17.Rad1 Qb7 18.Qg3 Nh5 19.Qh4 g6 20.f3 Bg7 21.Ba4 Rf8 22.c3 Na7
23.d4 bxc3 24.bxc3 exd4 25.Rb1 Bf6 26.Rxb7 Bxh4 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Bxd4 Bxe1
29.Bxa7 Bxc4 30.Nxc4 Rb1 31.g4 Bxc3+ 32.Kf2 Rb4  0-1

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 Ne8 12.Rb1 f5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nf6 15.c5 Bh6 16.Nc4 Bxc1
17.Qxc1 fxe4 18.cxd6 Nf5 19.Nxe5 cxd6 20.Nc4 Rc8 21.Qd2 Re8 22.Rfe1 e3 23.Nxe3 Nxe3
24.fxe3 Qb6 25.Bf3 Rc4 26.Rb3 Bg4 27.Ne2 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Re5 29.Rc1 Rxc1+ 30.Qxc1 Nxd5
31.Kf2 Qb5 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.Nd4 Qa6 34.Qc1 Qa2+ 35.Qc2 Qa1 36.Qb1 Qxb1 37.Rxb1 Nxe3
38.Rc1 Kf6 39.Rc7 Nd1+ 40.Kg3 Re7 41.Rc8 Ke5 42.Nb5 Ne3 43.f4+ Ke6 44.Kf3 Nf5
45.Rc3 Kd7 46.Kg4 d5 47.Rc5 b6 48.Rc7+ Kd8 49.Rc6 d4 50.Rxb6 Rd7 51.Kf3 d3
52.Nc3 Re7 53.Kf2 Rc7 54.Rb8+ Kd7 55.Ne4 Rc2+ 56.Kf3 Kc7 57.Ra8 Re2 58.Nf2 Nd4+
59.Kg3 d2 60.Ra1 Nf5+ 61.Kf3 Re3+ 62.Kg2 Re1 63.Ra2 d1=Q 64.Nxd1 Rxd1 65.Ra7+ Kd6
66.Rxh7 Rd4 67.Kf3 Rxb4 68.Ra7 Ke6 69.Ra6+ Kf7 70.Ra2 Kf6 71.Ra6+ Kg7 72.Ra2 Kh6
73.Kg4 Ne3+ 74.Kg3 Kh5  0-1

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.Nce3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Ne7 19.O-O f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Nxf5 Rxf5 22.Bd3 Rf6
23.Bc2 Qb6 24.b4 axb4 25.Rxb4 Qc7 26.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Negi,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.Be2 Nb4 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.Qa4 Nc6 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Bd3 b5
16.Ne4 Bb4+ 17.Ke2 Nd5 18.Bd6 Bxd6 19.Nxd6 Rd8 20.Ne4 Nb7 21.Rc1 Bd7 22.Nc5 Nxc5
23.Rxc5 Rac8 24.Rhc1 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.a3 Kf8 28.g3 Ke7 29.e4 Nb6
30.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qh5 19.Be3 Bxd3 20.Nd2 Bf5 21.Qc6 Bh3 22.Bd4 Bb8
23.Re3 Rd6 24.Qb7 Bd7 25.Qf3 Bg4 26.Qg2 Bh3 27.Qf3 Bg4 28.Qg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bf4 a6 13.h3 Re8 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Rac1 Qa5
16.Nd2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Be3 Bf8 19.f3 Qb6 20.Qf2 Qb8 21.Nf1 e5 22.Ne2 Bd6
23.Bb1 Qb7 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.b4 Bb8 26.Nf4 Ne5 27.Ba2 Bh7 28.Nd3 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Red8
30.Rcd1 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Bg6 32.Rd1 Qe7 33.Bc5 Qe8 34.Qd4 Be5 35.Qd2 Bc7 36.Qf2 Rd8
37.Rxd8 Qxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Bc6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qb3 a5 12.O-O Nfd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Qc2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 c6
16.Qb3 e6 17.Rfd1 a4 18.Qb4 Re8 19.Bg3 Bf8 20.Qd2 Bd6 21.Rac1 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Qd6
23.a3 Red8 24.Qc3 Rd7 25.Qc5 Qc7 26.Rc2 Qc8 27.Rdc1 Qd8 28.Qc4 Nd5 29.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Rxe4 12.Nd2 Rxf4 13.gxf4 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Re1 Nd7
16.Nc4 Nf6 17.e4 Nh5 18.e5 Nxf4 19.Qf3 Nxg2 20.e6 fxe6 21.dxe6 Bxe6 22.Rxe6 Nh4
23.Qd5 Qg5+ 24.Qxg5 Nf3+ 25.Kg2 Nxg5 26.Rxd6 b6 27.Rd7 Bd4 28.Re1 Rf8 29.f4 Rxf4
30.Re8+ Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.a4 Nf7 33.Rxa7 Ne5 34.Nxe5 Bxe5 35.Rb7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Belov,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Rb3 c4 13.Bxc4 Qc7 14.Qe2 a6 15.O-O Bxh2+
16.Kh1 b5 17.Bd3 Bf4 18.c4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 Bg4 20.f3 Bd7 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Qe3 Qh4+
23.Kg1 Rfc8 24.Bd3 Qg3 25.Rb7 Bb5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Qf2 Qe5 28.Rxb5 Ra3 29.Rb3 Rxb3
30.axb3 Qc3 31.Rb1 Qd3 32.Qf1 Qe3+ 33.Qf2 Qd3 34.Qf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dyachkov,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.exd5 Qe7+
10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Ne8 12.O-O Nd7 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Rfe1 f5 15.Nb5 Nf7 16.Bd3 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Qe7 15.Qe5 Re8
16.Qxe7 Rxe7 17.Nd4 c5 18.Nb5 Bd7 19.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 Qe8 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Na6 9.g4 c6
10.Nge2 Nc5 11.Bc2 cxd5 12.exd5 e4 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Nbc3 Rfe8 16.Kf1 a6
17.a4 Rac8 18.Ng3 Qd8 19.Kg2 Qb6 20.a5 Qb4 21.Ncxe4 Qxb2 22.Nxd6 h6 23.Rhb1 Qxa1
24.Rxa1 hxg5 25.Nxe8 Nxe8 26.Re1 Bf6 27.f4 Nd6 28.fxg5 Nxc4 29.Qf4 Bc3 30.Re7  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Olafsson,H1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 d6 14.Qxc8 Rxc8 15.Nb5 Nbd7
16.Nxd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 h6 18.Be3 Nf8 19.Nh4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ne6 21.Nf5 Rd8 22.Rad1 Kf8
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Nxd8 25.Bf4 Ne6 26.Bd6+ Kg8 27.Ne7+ Kh7 28.Nc8 Nd4
29.Be5 Nxe2 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Nxa7 c4 32.Nb5 Nc1 33.Nd6 Nxa2 34.Nxc4 b5 35.Nd6 b4
36.Kf3 Kg6 37.Ke4 Nc1 38.f4 h5 39.f5+ Kg5 40.Nxf7+ Kg4 41.Nh6+  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian,Art"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bg4 5.O-O e6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Na3 Nc6 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.Nb5 Be7
16.g3 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Evdokimov,Alexa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 a6 9.a4 b6
10.O-O Ra7 11.a5 exd5 12.axb6 Rb7 13.exd5 Rxb6 14.Re1 Nbd7 15.Na4 Rb7 16.Bf4 Nb6
17.Nc3 Re7 18.Rxe7 Qxe7 19.Qd2 Re8 20.Re1 Qd8 21.Rxe8+ Nxe8 22.Bg5 Bf6 23.Be3 Bg7
24.Bg5 Bf6 25.Bh6 Bg7 26.g4 Nd7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Kg2 Ndf6 29.Ne2 Qd7 30.Ng3 h5
31.Bf5 gxf5 32.Nxf5+ Kf8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shomoev,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Nf5 Ne5 21.Rg3 g6 22.Nf3 Ned3
23.Be3 Qd8 24.Bxh6 Qf6 25.Qd2 Nxe1 26.Bxf8 Nxf3+ 27.Rxf3 gxf5 28.Rxf5 Qg6
29.Rg5 Qxg5 30.Qxg5+ Kxf8 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.e5 Nd3 33.e6 fxe6 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Qf6+ Kg8
36.dxe6 Be4 37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.f3 Bh7 40.Qg5+ Kf8 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Qf7+ Kh8
43.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6 13.Bf3 Bf5 14.Qe2 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Nf5
16.Bg5 Nd4 17.Qd1 Qd7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nc1 b5 20.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhigalko,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Bxa4 Rb8 14.Bxd7 Nxd7 15.b3 Bxd4
16.Qxd4 a5 17.Ra2 Ne5 18.Qd2 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.h4 h5
10.O-O Ng4 11.Nxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bc8 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Ne2 e5 15.Bd2 a5 16.Qg3 Bf6
17.Be1 Kg7 18.f4 e4 19.Bc2 Qc7 20.f5 Qxg3 21.Bxg3 Be7 22.Rf2 Nf6 23.Be5 Kg8
24.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Maletin,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Bxc5 12.b4 Be7 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Kc2 a5 15.Kb3 Nf6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rad1 axb4 18.axb4 Ra7 19.c5 g5 20.g4 h6 21.h4 gxh4 22.Nxh4 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Nf3 Kg7 25.Ne5 Bc7 26.f4 f6 27.Nd3 b6 28.c6 Ba6 29.f5 Ra8
30.fxe6 Rd8 31.Ra1 Bxd3 32.e7 Re8 33.Bxd3 Rxe7 34.Ra7 Kf7 35.Bc4+ Kg6 36.Ka4 Kg5
37.Kb5 Kxg4 38.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov,Sergey1"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qb3 Nc6
9.a3 Na5 10.Qa2 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nb5 Nc6 13.Be2 a6 14.Nc3 d4 15.exd4 Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxd7 Nxd7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 Bg6 12.f3 e5 13.d5 Qa5 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Kh1 Nb6
16.Bb3 Rad8 17.Qc2 Kh8 18.Na2 Bc5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Rac1 fxg5 21.Qxc5 Qxc5 22.Rxc5 Bxe4
23.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lastin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qb6 8.Na3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bf1 Nd7 12.d3 a6 13.Qe2 Qa7 14.Be3 b5 15.Qd2 Qb7
16.d4 Nf6 17.f3 Rfd8 18.Nc2 e5 19.d5 Nb8 20.a4 Nbd7 21.axb5 axb5 22.Na3 c4
23.b3 Nc5 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.bxc4 b4 26.Nb5 Bf8 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Kh2 Qb6 29.Qb2 Re8
30.d6 b3 31.Qxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Belozerov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 d5 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 Nc5
9.Bc2 Bg4 10.Rd1 O-O 11.b4 Ne6 12.Bb3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nxe5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Rxd5 Bf6
16.a3 c6 17.Rd1 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sanduleac,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.O-O f6 8.Nc3 Ne7
9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nb5 Na6 11.Ne1 Nc6 12.Nd3 Bd7 13.Be3 Bf8 14.a4 Bd6 15.Nxa7 Rxa7
16.Bxc6 b6 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.a5 Kc6 19.axb6 cxb6 20.b4 Kb7 21.c3 Rd8 22.Nb2 Bc7
23.Rxd8 Bxd8 24.Rd1 Bc7 25.Nc4 Kb8 26.b5  1-0

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ovetchkin,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Steingrimsson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Nh4 Bxh4 13.gxh4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bg6 15.Bf4 Rfe8
16.Bg3 Nf6 17.e4 Nh5 18.Reb1 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Qxb3 20.axb3 a5 21.Rb2 b6 22.e5 Rac8
23.b4 axb4 24.Rxb4 b5 25.c4 Bd3 26.c5 Rc7 27.Ra6 Rec8 28.f4 h5 29.Kf2 Kf8
30.Ke3 Bc4 31.Rb1 Ke7 32.Rba1 g6 33.Rb6 Kd7 34.Raa6 Bb3 35.Kd2 Bc4 36.Kc3 Be2
37.Kb4 Bc4 38.Bf3 Bd3 39.Ra3 Bc4 40.Rba6 Bd5 41.Bxd5 exd5 42.Ra7 Rxa7 43.Rxa7+ Rc7
44.Ra8 Rc8 45.Ra7+ Rc7 46.Ra6 Rb7 47.Ra8 Ke7 48.Kb3 Kd7 49.f5 gxf5 50.Rh8 Ra7
51.Rxh5 Ra4 52.Rxf5 Rxd4 53.Rxf7+ Ke6 54.Rf6+ Kxe5 55.Rxc6 Rg4 56.h5 Rxg3+
57.Kb4 Ke4 58.Rg6 Rh3 59.h6 Rh1 60.c6 Rb1+ 61.Ka5 b4 62.c7 Rc1 63.h7  1-0

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erdos,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 c5 6.cxd5 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.Nxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Buhmann,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 O-O-O 14.O-O Bh6 15.Ne4 c5 16.Bxh6 Rxh6
17.Qd2 Rh5 18.Qf4 Bxe4 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Bxe4 Rd4 21.Qf3 Re5 22.Bh7 Qb7 23.Qxb7+ Kxb7
24.Rfd1 Red5 25.Rxd4 Rxd4 26.Bg8 Rd7 27.Re1 Nd3 28.Re2 b4 29.h4 c3 30.bxc3 bxc3
31.h5 Ne1 32.h6 Rd1 33.h7 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Ne1+ 35.Kh3 c2 36.Rxc2 Nxc2 37.Kh2  1-0

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 a6
9.O-O-O Nd7 10.Kb1 O-O 11.h4 Qc7 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bd4 b5 15.f5 Nd7
16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Qh5 e5 18.Nd5 Rf7 19.Be3 Nf6 20.Qe2 Be6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.g4 Bd8
23.Rhf1 Rxf1 24.Rxf1 Bb6 25.g5 Ra7 26.h5 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Qc5 28.Qe1 Rf7 29.Rxf7 Bxf7
30.h6 a5 31.b3 b4 32.hxg7 Kxg7 33.Qf1 Kg8 34.Qf6 Qg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baramidze,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3  1/2-1/2

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Re1 Be7
9.a4 b4 10.Nb1 O-O 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.Nf5 Ne5 14.Nxe7+ Rxe7 15.b3 c5
16.Bb2 Re8 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.f4 Ned7 19.Qd3 Re6 20.Re2 d5 21.exd5 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Nxd5
23.Nc4 Nc3 24.Bxc3 bxc3 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Qg2 Qc8 27.Re1 Rb8 28.Qf3 h6 29.Qxc3 Nf8
30.Nd6 Qd7 31.Qxc5 Ne6 32.Qe5 Rd8 33.Rd1 Qc6 34.Rd2 Qb6+ 35.Kg2 Qc6+ 36.Kg1 Qb6+
37.Kf1 Qb4 38.Rd3 Rd7 39.Qb5 Qa3 40.Qxd7 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 Qxc2+ 42.Kh3 Nxf4+ 43.gxf4 Qxd3+
44.Kh4 Qxb3 45.Qe8+ Kh7 46.Nxf7 Qb2 47.Qh8+ Kg6 48.Ne5+ Kf5 49.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qc7 12.e3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "IX EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vajda,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 Nb6 8.dxc5 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bxc5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bf4 f6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bd6 Kf7 14.Bc5 Rd8 15.Rxd8 Nxd8
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Nc5 Rc8 19.b4 Rc7 20.f4 Nc4 21.Kf2 g6 22.Nxd7 Rxd7
23.Nb3 Nd6 24.Rc1 Nb5 25.Rc8 Rc7 26.Rxc7+ Nxc7 27.Ke3 Kd6 28.Kd3 Nc6 29.a3 Nb5
30.a4 Nc7 31.Kc4 b6 32.Bxc6 Kxc6 33.Nd4+ Kd7 34.Nb5 a6 35.Nc3 Ne8 36.e4 Kd6
37.b5 axb5+ 38.Nxb5+ Kd7 39.g4 h5 40.h3 hxg4 41.hxg4 e5 42.f5 gxf5 43.gxf5 Kc6
44.Na7+ Kc7 45.Nb5+ Kc6 46.Kb4 Nc7 47.Nc3 Na6+ 48.Kc4 Nc5 49.Kb4 Nd3+ 50.Kc4 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IX EICC T/B WChQual"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Nf3 e6
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "IX EICC T/B WChQual"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Roiz,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.d3 e6 6.e4 d6 7.Na3 a6 8.c4 bxc4 9.Nxc4 Be7
10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Na5 Rb8 12.Nxb7 Rxb7 13.Bc3 O-O 14.Re1 Rb8 15.d4 Qc7 16.Rc1 Rfe8
17.b3 Qa7 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Nd2 Nb6 20.Qe2 Nfd7 21.Red1 Bf8 22.Bf1 Ra8 23.Bb2 Nb8
24.Nf3 Nc6 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Nd7 27.Bb2 Nb8 28.Bg2 Nc6 29.e5 Rac8 30.Rc4 Qb6
31.Bxc6 Qxc6 32.Qe4 Qb5 33.Bc1 Rcd8 34.Rd3 Rxd3 35.Qxd3 Be7 36.Qf3 Rd8 37.Kg2 Bf8
38.Be3 Rd5 39.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,And1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.g3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bg2 Nc6 10.Nf3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qd3 Ng4 13.O-O Ne5 14.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bd2 b5 9.axb5 Bxc3
10.bxc3 cxb5 11.Ng5 Nc6 12.Qh5 Qe7 13.Be2 b4 14.O-O bxc3 15.Be3 h6 16.Ne4 O-O
17.Bxc4 Ncb4 18.Bg5 f6 19.exf6 Qf7 20.Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.Bc1 Nxf6 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6
23.Ra3 Nd5 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Rxc3 Ba6 26.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Murariu,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Ne4
10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.a4 Qd5 12.axb5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qxc5 14.bxa6 Bxa6 15.Qd4 Qc2
16.Re1 c5 17.Qd2 Qb3 18.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suba,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O Re8 11.b4 g6 12.b5 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxe2
16.Nxe2 Bf6 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Bh6 Be5 19.Bf4 Bg7 20.Rc2 Qd7 21.Qb1 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 c6 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Bc2 exd4 14.Nxd4 Re8 15.Nf5 Bf8
16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Bg5 bxc4 18.e5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 c3 21.bxc3 Nd5 22.Bd2 g6
23.c4 gxf5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Bxf5 h5 26.Nd3 Ne4 27.Bb4 Bxb4 28.Nxb4 Nc3 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8
30.Rd2 a5 31.Nd3 Ba6 32.Nf4 Bc4 33.a3 h4 34.Bd3 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Bb3 36.Ne2 Nxe2
37.Bxe2 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mecking,H"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 O-O-O 14.O-O Ng6 15.a5 a6
16.Qd4 Kb8 17.Rfd1 Bc5 18.Qc4 Qe5 19.Nh6 Qh5 20.Nxf7 Nge5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Qxf4 Rf8 24.Bf3 Bxf2+ 25.Kg2 Rxf4 26.Bxh5 Rf8 27.Ra4 Bc5 28.Ne4 Be7 29.e3 Rd8
30.Be2 Kc7 31.h4 h6 32.h5 Nd3 33.Bxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 d6 8.a3 bxa3
9.Nxa3 Nc6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.Qb3 a5 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.Ne1 e5 15.Nc2 Nxc2
16.Qxc2 exd4 17.exd4 Qc7 18.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andersson,U"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1 Rac8 13.h3 a6 14.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Portisch,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O Rb8 7.a4 b6 8.Nfd2 Bb7
9.Bxb7 Rxb7 10.Nxc4 Bb4 11.Qb3 a5 12.Qf3 Qc8 13.Nc3 O-O 14.e4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ra7
16.Na3 Qb7 17.Re1 Raa8 18.Nb5 Rfe8 19.Ba3 Rad8 20.Kg2 Rc8 21.c4 Nb8 22.e5 Qxf3+
23.Kxf3 Nfd7 24.Ke2 Na6 25.f4 f6 26.Kf3 Kf7 27.Rac1 Rcd8 28.Re3 fxe5 29.fxe5 Kg6
30.Rce1 c6 31.Nc3 Nb4 32.R1e2 h5 33.Kg2 Nb8 34.Rd2 N8a6 35.Ree2 Nc7 36.Ne4 Re7
37.Nd6 Ne8 38.Nxe8 Rexe8 39.Bb2 Rd7 40.Bc3 Red8 41.Kf3 Kf5 42.h3 b5 43.axb5 cxb5
44.Bxb4 axb4 45.cxb5 Rb8 46.Ke3 Rxb5 47.Rd3 Rc7 48.Rb3 Rc1 49.Rf2+ Kg6 50.Rfb2 Rh1
51.h4 Rg1 52.Kf2 Rc1 53.Rxb4 Rxb4 54.Rxb4 Kf5 55.Rb7 Rc2+ 56.Kf3 Rc3+ 57.Kg2 g5
58.hxg5 Kxg5 59.Rg7+ Kf5 60.Rf7+ Kg5 61.Rg7+ Kf5 62.Rf7+ Kg5 63.Rf6 Rd3 64.Rf4 Ra3
65.Rf8 Rd3 66.Rg8+ Kf5 67.Rf8+ Ke4 68.Rf4+ Kd5 69.Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "King's Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2008.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Be2 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.O-O Nd7 15.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Chadaev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e6 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Qb3 N5b6 14.Bd2 a5 15.a3 Rfd8
16.Be1 a4 17.Qc2 f5 18.b3 axb3 19.Qxb3 Ra7 20.a4 Rda8 21.Ra2 Nd5 22.a5 Nxc3
23.Bxc3 Nf6 24.Bb4 Qd7 25.Rda1 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.a6 Rxa6 28.Rxa6 Rxa6 29.Rxa6 bxa6
30.Qa3+ Kf7 31.Qxa6 Nd5 32.Qa8 Kg7 33.Qb8 h6 34.Qe5+ Nf6 35.g4 Kf7 36.Kg2 Kg7
37.Kg1 Kf7 38.Kg2 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matlakov,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.e3 a5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Rc1 Bf5 13.Qb3 Ra7 14.Na4 Nd7 15.h3 Re8 16.Bd3 Bxd3
17.Qxd3 Bf8 18.Nc3 Bd6 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Bf4 21.Rce1 Ra8 22.Qb3 Nb6 23.Nf6+ Qxf6
24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Qxb6 a4 26.Qxb7 Rb8 27.Qa6 Rxb2 28.Qxa4 Qd6 29.Qc4 Rb4 30.Qc2 Qd5
31.Rb1 Rxb1+ 32.Qxb1 c5 33.dxc5 Qxc5 34.Qd1 Bc7 35.Qe1 Qc2 36.a3 Bd6 37.Ng5 Qf5
38.Nf3 Bxa3 39.Qe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Maletin,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 O-O 10.e3 c5 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O Qe7 13.Qb3 a4 14.Qb2 b6 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Rfd1 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Qb5 Ra5 19.Qc6 Qe6 20.Qxe6 fxe6 21.Rab1 Rc8 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 b5 24.f4 Kf7 25.Rd2 Ke7 26.Rdb2 Rb8 27.Kf2 Kd7 28.g4 Kc6 29.h4 Ra7
30.h5 Rab7 31.Ke2 Rf7 32.Kd3 Rbb7 33.Rg2 Kb6 34.g5 hxg5 35.Rxg5 Ka5 36.Rg6 Rfe7
37.h6 gxh6 38.Rg8 Rg7 39.Ra8+ Ra7 40.Re8 Rae7 41.Ra8+ Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kiriakov,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.Bh6 Bf8 12.Bf4 Be7 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Bf4 Be7 15.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kabanov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Bxc7 cxb3 8.e4 Bg6
9.axb3 Nf6 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.f3 Be7 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Bd6 Bxd6 14.Nxd6 Rfb8 15.b4 a6
16.Kf2 Nb6 17.b3 Rd8 18.Nxb7 Rxd4 19.Rxa6 Rxb4 20.Rxa8+ Nxa8 21.Na5 Nb6 22.Be2 c5
23.Rd1 Rd4 24.Rxd4 cxd4 25.Na4 Nfd7 26.Nxb6 Nxb6 27.Nc6 Kf8 28.b4 f6 29.Nxd4 Ke7
30.Nc6+ Kd6 31.Na5 Kc7 32.Ke3 e5 33.Bc4 Be8 34.Kd3 Nc8 35.Kc3 Nd6 36.Nb3 g5
37.Nd2 h5 38.Nf1 f5 39.exf5 Nxf5 40.Bd3 Nd4 41.Nd2 h4 42.Bf1 Nf5 43.Nc4 Bb5
44.Kd2 Nd4 45.Ke3 Nc2+ 46.Ke4 Nxb4 47.Nd2 Bxf1 48.Nxf1 Kd6 49.Kf5 Nc2 50.h3 Kd5
51.Kxg5 e4 52.fxe4+ Kxe4 53.Kxh4 Kf4 54.g3+ Kf3 55.g4 Ne1 56.g5 Ng2+ 57.Kh5 Nf4+
58.Kh6 Kg2 59.h4 Kh3 60.h5  1-0

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kryakvin,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bb5 Ne7
16.Ncb4 Bd7 17.Nxe7+ Bxe7 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.Qd5 Be6 20.Qd3 Bd7 21.Qd5 Be6 22.Qd3 Bd7
23.Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.Bc2 e5 12.O-O Bd6 13.Ne2 Nc5 14.Ng3 O-O 15.b4 cxb3 16.axb3 Bd7
17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Re8 19.h3 a5 20.Re1 Bf8 21.Nd2 Nb7 22.Bd3 Bb4 23.Qe2 Nd6
24.Rec1 Qe7 25.Ndf1 a4 26.Bd2 Bxd2 27.Qxd2 axb3 28.Qb2 Ra4 29.Nd2 h5 30.Qxb3 h4
31.Ngf1 Nfxe4 32.Nxe4 Nxe4 33.Bxe4 Rxe4 34.Rc7 Qd6 35.Raa7 Rd8 36.Ne3 Rf4
37.Qc2 Ra4 38.Rxa4 bxa4 39.Ra7 Qb6 40.Qc7 Qxc7 41.Rxc7 e4 42.Ra7 f5 43.Nc4 Bb5
44.Nb6 Be8 45.Ra5 Rb8 46.Nxa4 Rb1+ 47.Kh2 Ra1 48.Ra8 Kf7 49.Ra7+ Kf6 50.Ra6+ Ke5
51.Re6+ Kxd5 52.Rxe8 Rxa4 53.g3 Ra2 54.Kg2 hxg3 55.Kxg3 g5 56.Rd8+ Kc4 57.Rc8+ Kd3
58.Rd8+ Ke2 59.Rb8 f4+ 60.Kg2 e3  0-1

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 f5
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Qxd6 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qxa6 14.Bb4 O-O-O
15.O-O-O Qxa2 16.Rhe1 Nd5 17.Rd3 Qc4 18.Bd2 Rhf8 19.f3 Nb6 20.Bg5 Rde8 21.Re4 Qa6
22.Be3 Qb7 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Ra4 b5 25.Ra5 Rd8 26.Qd4 e5 27.Qc5 Rf4 28.Rda3 d6
29.Qe3 Ra4 30.R3xa4 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Rd7 32.b3 Kd8 33.f4 exf4 34.Qxf4 Qb6 35.Rb4 Qa7
36.Kb2 Kc7 37.Qf8 g6 38.g4 Rd8 39.Qg7+ Rd7 40.Qh8 Re7 41.Qf8 Kd7 42.h4 d5
43.h5 gxh5 44.gxh5 Qc7 45.Rb8 Qe5+ 46.Ka2 d4 47.Rb7+  1-0

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 c5
9.O-O Bg4 10.dxc5 N6d7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nxc5 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Bc2 Nc6 15.a3 Qe6
16.Rb1 Rad8 17.Bd2 Nd3 18.Qe2 Nde5 19.Be1 Qc4 20.Kf1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Nxd8
23.b3 Qxe2+ 24.Kxe2 Kf8 25.Kd2 Ke8 26.Bd1 Ndc6 27.g4 Kd8 28.Kc2 a6 29.Ne4 Nd7
30.Be2 Nf6 31.Nc5 Kc7 32.b4 Ne8 33.Kb3 Nd6 34.a4 Kb6 35.Nd7+ Kc7 36.Nc5 Kb6
37.Nd3 Ne5 38.Nb2 Nc6 39.Nc4+ Nxc4 40.Kxc4 a5 41.b5 Ne5+ 42.Kd5 Nd7 43.Bd1 Be5
44.f4 Bd6 45.Kc4 e6 46.Bd2 Be7 47.g5 Bf8 48.h4 Bd6 49.h5 Nc5 50.Bc3 Nd7 51.h6 Bc5
52.Bd2 Be7 53.Bc2 Bc5 54.Be4 Ba3 55.Bc2 Bc5 56.Kd3 Ba3 57.Bc3 Bd6 58.Bd2 Ba3
59.e4 Bd6 60.Bd1 Bc5 61.Bc3 Bg1 62.Bc2 Bc5 63.Ke2 Bb4 64.Bxb4 axb4 65.Kd3 Kc5
66.Bb3 b6 67.Ba2 Kd6 68.Kc4 Nc5 69.a5 Kc7 70.Bb1 b3 71.a6 Kb8 72.f5 b2 73.Kc3 Nd7
74.fxe6 fxe6 75.Kxb2 Ne5 76.Ba2  1-0

[Event "61st ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sjugirov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Bf4 Ba6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Nh5 12.Be3 Nhf6 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Be3 Nhf6 15.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Davydov,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "E09"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nbd2 c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.b3 Ng4 12.e3 Bf6 13.Rb1 Na6 14.a3 Rd8 15.h3 Ne5
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Nf3 Bf6 18.Bb2 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 h6 20.b4 dxc4 21.Ne5 Nb8 22.Nxc4 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Qc7 24.Qd4 Nd7 25.Na5 Nf8 26.Qc5 Qb6 27.Nc4 Qxc5 28.bxc5 Nd7 29.c6 f6  1-0

[Event "Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gritsenko,An"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.O-O a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.Nb5 d5 12.f3 d4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.fxe4 b5 15.Nc3 e6
16.a4 Nxb3 17.cxb3 b4 18.Nb5 Ba6 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.Rad1 Qe7 21.Rf2 Rfd8 22.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Geller,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.a4 Nf6 8.Ne5 Qc8
9.b3 cxb3 10.Nd2 bxa4 11.Rxa4 c5 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Nxb3 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
16.dxc5 O-O 17.Qc2 Rfc8 18.Rc4 Rc6 19.Bb2 Qe7 20.Ra1 e5 21.Qf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rychagov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bd2 Be7 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qe3 Nb8
16.Rfc1 Nc6 17.Ne1 Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zinchenko,Ya"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qe2 fxe4 7.Nxe4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qd5 11.d3 Bc5 12.f3 O-O 13.Ke2 Rf6 14.Be3 Qxe4 15.dxe4 Bxe3
16.Kxe3 Rg6 17.Kf2 Rd6 18.Rhd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kojovic,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 N6d7 12.Bg5 Re8 13.Bb5 a6 14.Ba4 f6 15.Bh6 Nc6
16.Bb3+ e6 17.Nd4 Nxc5 18.Bc2 Ne7 19.e4 Rd8 20.Be3 b6 21.Rb1 Rd6 22.Nf3 e5
23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Bb3+ Kf8 25.Nd2 Rb8 26.Nc4 Rd8 27.Ke2 Bd7 28.Rhd1 Bb5 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8
30.a4 Be8 31.Bc2 Bf7 32.Bd3 Be8 33.Rb6 Bxa4 34.Rxf6+ Kg7 35.Re6 Ng8 36.Nxe5 Bb5
37.Rb6 Re8 38.Bxb5 Rxe5 39.Bc6 Ne7 40.Kd3 a5 41.Bb5 g5 42.Rb7 Kf6 43.Bc4 g4
44.f4 gxf3 45.gxf3 Kg5 46.Rb8 Ng6 47.Ke3 a4 48.Ra8 Kh6 49.Rxa4 Rh5 50.Ra2 Ne5
51.Be6 Kg7 52.h3 Rh6 53.Ra7+ Kf8 54.Bf5 Rd6 55.Rxh7 Nf7 56.Kf4 Kg8 57.e5  1-0

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saric,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Ne5 Bc6 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.e3 Na5 12.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Szabo,G ROM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.exf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.Bxc4 Nb6 14.Bb5+ Bd7
15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.O-O Nb6 17.Nf5 Qe5 18.Ne3 Rd8 19.Qc2 Rc8 20.Rae1 Qxc3 21.Qe4 Rc6
22.Re2 Qg7 23.Qb4 Qg5 24.Rd1 f5 25.h4 Qe7 26.Qxe7+ Kxe7 27.Nxf5+ Kf6 28.Nd6 Nd5
29.Ne4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo,Krisz1"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 O-O 13.e5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 dxe5 15.fxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Novikov,St1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Nh6 11.Rb1 Nf7 12.b4 exd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Ndb5 f5
16.Be3 fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Drasko,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 Ng4
9.Nxg4 Bxg4 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Be6 12.e3 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 dxc4 5.O-O g6 6.Na3 Bg7 7.Nxc4 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 Nb6 10.Qc2 h6 11.d3 Be6 12.Na5 Qd7 13.Rac1 Rad8 14.b4 Qc8 15.a3 Nbd5
16.Rfd1 Qa8 17.h3 Nc7 18.e4 Rc8 19.d4 Rfd8 20.Qe2 Nh7 21.Qe3 Nb5 22.a4 Nd6
23.Ne5 Nf8 24.Ba1 f6 25.Nf3 Bf7 26.Nd2 Ne8 27.b5 cxb5 28.axb5 Nc7 29.Rb1 Nd7
30.d5 Nb6 31.Nf3 e5 32.h4 Ne8 33.Bh3 Rc7 34.Rdc1 Rxc1+ 35.Qxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ragger,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C67"]

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.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nd4 h6 14.Be3 Bb4 15.Bd2 Bc5
16.Be3 Bb4 17.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez,JC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 a4 10.Bg5 Ra6 11.O-O h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd2 b5 14.Rb1 Na7 15.Ne4 Qe7
16.Nc5 Rd6 17.f4 O-O 18.e4 Rc6 19.e5 Rxc5 20.dxc5 Rd8 21.Qe1 Qxc5+ 22.Qf2 Qxf2+
23.Rxf2 Rd3 24.Rf3 Rd2 25.Rf2 Rd3 26.Rc2 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke2 f5 29.Rd1 Rxd1
30.Kxd1 Bd7 31.Rb2 Be8 32.Kd2 Kd7 33.Bf3 c6 34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxg4 Bg6 36.Ke3 Nc8
37.Rd2+ Bd3 38.f5 Nb6 39.fxe6+ Ke7 40.Kd4 Nd5 41.Bf3 Nf4 42.Bxc6 Ne2+ 43.Rxe2 Bxe2
44.Bxb5 g5 45.Bxa4 Kxe6 46.Bc6 g4 47.a4 h5 48.a5 Bf3 49.Bxf3 gxf3 50.Ke3 Kxe5
51.a6  1-0

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotanjian,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Be5 O-O 13.Nd4 Nd7 14.Nxf5 Nxe5 15.Ne7+ Kg7
16.Nxd5 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Rad8 18.Rd1 Nf6 19.Nxf6 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Kxf6 21.Be2 Qxc5
22.Kc1 Rc8 23.Kb2 Qb6+ 24.Qb3 Qc6 25.f3 Rd8 26.Rc1 Nd3+ 27.Bxd3 Rxd3 28.e4 Qc5
29.Qxb7 Rd2+ 30.Rc2 Rd6 31.e5+ Qxe5 32.Qxa7 Qb5+ 33.Kc1 Qf1+ 34.Kb2 Qb5+
35.Kc1 Rb6 36.c4 Qc5 37.Qxb6+ Qxb6 38.c5 Qc6 39.h3 Ke5 40.Re2+ Kd4 41.Rd2+ Ke3
42.Rc2 h5 43.Rc3+ Ke2 44.Rc2+ Ke1 45.Kb2 f5 46.Rc1+ Kd2 47.Rc2+ Kd3 48.Rc3+ Kd4
49.Rc2 g4 50.hxg4 fxg4 51.fxg4 hxg4 52.Rd2+ Ke3 53.Rc2 Kd4 54.Rd2+ Kc4 55.Rc2+ Kb4
56.Kb1 Qe4 57.c6 Ka3  0-1

[Event "10th EICC"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Zhigalko,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Ne4 Qb4
16.Rdc1 Rfb8 17.Ra2 e5 18.dxe5 Qe7 19.Qxc4 Qxe5 20.Nc5 Rb4 21.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS HL"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sjugirov,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Nb5 Qa5
9.e5 Nd5 10.Bd2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bc5 12.c4 Qd8 13.Bd3 O-O 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6 d5
16.exd6 Qf6 17.Rb1 e5 18.Qg5 Qxg5 19.fxg5 Rd8 20.Be4 Bf5 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.g3 Bxd6
23.Rf1 Bc5 24.Nc7 Rac8 25.Nd5 b6 26.Bc3 Ne7 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.Bxe5 Bd4 29.Nd7+ Kg6
30.Bxd4 Rxd7 31.Bb2 Rxc4 32.Rf2 Kxg5 33.Kf1 Kg6 34.Re1 f6 35.h3 Rdc7 36.Ree2 Nd5
37.Ke1 h5 38.a3 Nc3 39.Re3 Ne4 40.Rfe2 Rxc2  0-1

[Event "16th TCh-RUS HL"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolmatov,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.Re1 Ba7
9.h3 Be6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Rxe3 Bxb3 12.Qxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS HL"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kokarev,Dm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Nb3 a5 13.Qd2 a4 14.Be3 Qd8 15.Nd4 Nc5
16.Rfd1 Nfd7 17.Bf1 Be5 18.Rab1 Qa5 19.Qc2 Qb4 20.Ncb5 Qa5 21.Nc3 Qb4 22.Nce2 Nf8
23.Qc1 Nfe6 24.Nc2 Qa5 25.Ng3 Nf8 26.Nd4 Qc7 27.b4 axb3 28.axb3 Nfe6 29.Nde2 Qe7
30.b4 Nd7 31.f4 Bg7 32.Nc3 Nf6 33.f5 Nf8 34.c5 Ng4 35.cxd6 Qh4 36.Bg1 Bh6
37.Qb2 Be3 38.h3 Qxg3 39.hxg4 Bxg1 40.Kxg1 Qe3+ 41.Kh1 Qh6+ 42.Kg1 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS HL"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Makarov,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.O-O Bf5
9.Qxb6 axb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS HL"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galkin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qe2 e5 8.Nb3 Ng4
9.Bd2 a5 10.h3 Nf6 11.a4 Be7 12.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS HL"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Popov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bd2 c5
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2 e5 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qe7 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th ORDIX Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.a4 f5 11.a5 Nf6 12.Bg5 Kh8 13.Rc1 Neg8 14.exf5 gxf5 15.c5 h6
16.Bh4 Ne7 17.Nb5 Ng6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Nc7 Rb8 21.g3 Nf8 22.Rc4 Bd7
23.Qc2 Rf7 24.Nh4 Qg5 25.b5 b6 26.axb6 axb6 27.Qa4 Qd8 28.Bh5 Re7 29.Ne6 Nxe6
30.Ng6+ Kh7 31.Nxe7 Nc5 32.Rxc5 bxc5 33.Bg6+ Kh8 34.Nc6 Ra8 35.Nxd8 Rxa4
36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.Nxd6 Bf8 38.Bxf5 Bxd6 39.Bxd7 c4 40.Rc1 Rb4 41.Bh3 Kf8 42.b6 Bc5
43.b7 Rxb7 44.Rxc4 Rc7 45.Kg2 Ke7 46.Rh4 Kd6 47.Rxh6+ Kxd5 48.Be6+ Kd4 49.Rh4+ Kd3
50.Bf5+ Kd2 51.Re4 Bd4 52.h4  1-0

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Hug,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.d5 a5
9.Nd4 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Na6 11.O-O Nac5 12.Rfd1 e5 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.b3 Qe7 15.Qd2 Ne5
16.f3 Rf7 17.Rab1 Raf8 18.Qe2 g5 19.a3 Ng6 20.Qd2 Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.e3 O-O 10.dxc5 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.Rd1 Nxc5 14.Rxd5 b6 15.Rd4 Be6
16.c4 Rfc8 17.g4 Rc7 18.g5 hxg5 19.Nxg5 Rac8 20.Nxe6 Nxe6 21.Rd5 Nc5 22.Rg1 Nb7
23.h4 Kf8 24.h5 Rc5 25.Rgg5 Nd6 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 bxc5 28.Bd3 Ke7 29.Ke2 Ne8
30.Kf3 Nf6 31.Kf4 Nxh5+ 32.Ke5 Nf6 33.Bf5 g6 34.Bh3 Ne8 35.Kd5 Nf6+ 36.Kc6 Ne4
37.f4 Nf2 38.Bf1 Nd1 39.e4 Nc3 40.Kxc5 Nxa2 41.e5 Nc3 42.Kd4 Na2 43.c5 Nb4
44.Bb5 Kd8 45.Kc4 a5 46.Ba4 Na6 47.Kd5 Nc7+ 48.Kd6 Ne6 49.c6 Nc7 50.Bb3 Ne8+
51.Kc5 Ke7 52.Kb6 f6 53.Bc2 fxe5 54.fxe5 a4 55.Bxa4 Kd8 56.Bc2 g5 57.Bf5 Nc7
58.Bh3 Na8+ 59.Kc5 Ke7 60.Kd5 Nc7+ 61.Kc5 Na8 62.Bg4 Nc7 63.Kb6 Kd8 64.Kb7 Ne8
65.e6 Nd6+ 66.Kb8 Nb5 67.Bh3  1-0

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Be6 10.a5 Nbd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qd2 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.h3 Nc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5
16.Qe1 Qc6 17.Bf3 h6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Na4 Nd7 22.Qc3 Qxa5
23.Qxa5 Bxa5 24.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 e5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.f5 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bc4 Bxf5 15.Bxd5 Qc8
16.Qf2 Rb8 17.Bxa7 Rb5 18.Be3 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Kb1 Ra8 21.b3 Rba5 22.a4 Rb8
23.Bc1 Rxa4 24.Bb2 Raa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.b4 b6 9.h3 a5
10.a3 Bb7 11.Bd3 Qc8 12.O-O Ba6 13.Qe2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qb7 15.Rfb1 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1
17.Rxa1 Ra8 18.Qb1 Bd8 19.Ra2 Ne8 20.Qa1 Rxa2 21.Qxa2 Bc7 22.Bxc7 Nxc7 23.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.g4 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bf3 Qa5+ 12.c3 Bd7 13.Qb3 O-O 14.O-O-O Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc6
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qa4 Qc7 18.Qc4 c5 19.Rd2 Rad8 20.Rhd1 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Qxh2 22.Rd7 Qh4
23.Qf4 h6 24.Qe5 Bg5 25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.Qxc5 Qxg4 27.Qxa7 Qf4+ 28.Qe3 Qa4 29.Ra7 Qb5
30.Qd4 Qf1+ 31.Kc2 Qe2+ 32.Qd2 Qe4+ 33.Qd3 Qf4 34.Qd4 Qf5+ 35.Kc1 e5 36.Qd2 g4
37.Rd7 Kh7 38.a4 Ra8 39.b3 Kg6 40.Kb2 Rh8 41.Ka3 Rh2 42.Qd6+ Kh7 43.a5 Rxf2
44.a6 g3 45.a7 g2 46.a8=Q g1=Q 47.Qd8 Qc1+ 48.Kb4 Qe4+ 49.c4 Rf3 50.Q6f8 Rxb3+  0-1

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nb6 10.b3 Re8 11.e4 c5 12.Nc2 a6 13.Rb1 Be6 14.Ne3 Nfd7 15.Ncd5 Bxd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc7 18.Bf4 Re6 19.Rbd1 Ne5 20.h4 Bf8 21.Kh1 Rb8 22.Rd2 b5
23.Rfd1 bxc4 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Qxc4 Rb4 26.Qc2 Qb6 27.Rd7 c4 28.Rd8 Kg7 29.Bh3 Rf6
30.R1d2 cxb3 31.axb3 Rxb3 32.Kg2 Rbf3 33.Rc8 h5 34.Bd7 Bb4 35.Rc6 Bxd2 36.Rxb6 Rxf2+
37.Kh3 Rxb6 38.Qc5 Be3 39.Qxe5+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fier,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qb3 c5 8.d3 Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.a5 Nd5 11.O-O b5 12.axb6 Rb8 13.Na3 Rxb6 14.Qa4 Rb5 15.Qc2 Rb8
16.Nc4 Nb4 17.Qa4 Nb6 18.Nxb6 Rxb6 19.Ne5 Rb5 20.Bd2 Bf6 21.Nc4 Bd4 22.Bc3 Qf6
23.Nd6 Rb6 24.Nc4 Rb5 25.Nd6 Rb6 26.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fier,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c6 7.Nf3 cxd5 8.Qb3 e6
9.e4 O-O 10.e5 Bg7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qa6 Rxb2 15.Rab1 Rxb1
16.Rxb1 Qa5 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 18.Bb5 Bxb5 19.Rxb5 Rc8 20.Rxa5 Rxc3 21.Kf1 Rc7
22.Nd2 Bf8 23.Nb3 Bb4 24.Ra4 a5 25.Nxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fier,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Qc2 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne4 8.O-O Nxd2
9.Bxd2 Bxd2 10.Nxd2 dxc4 11.e3 Nd7 12.Nxc4 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Nb6 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Rd2 f6
16.Nd3 Rd8 17.Rad1 Nf8 18.Qc5 Qf7 19.b4 Bd7 20.Qc3 Be8 21.a4 Rac8 22.a5 Ng6
23.e4 b6 24.Bh3 Bd7 25.Nb2 Qe7 26.axb6 axb6 27.Nc4 Rb8 28.Bg2 b5 29.Na5 e5
30.Qc5 Qe8 31.d5 cxd5 32.Qxd5+ Kh8 33.Nc6 Ne7 34.Nxe7 Qxe7 35.Bh3 Qxb4 36.Bxd7 Qc3
37.Qc6 Qa5 38.Qc5 Qa4 39.Qc7 Rf8 40.Bf5 Qa8 41.Rd7 Rg8 42.Be6 Rgc8 43.Qd6 Re8
44.Bf7 Rf8 45.Bd5 Qa4 46.Rc1 h5 47.Rcc7 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Qg4 49.Rxg7 Qxg7 50.Rxg7 Kxg7
51.Qe7+ Kh6 52.Be6 Rbe8 53.Qd7 b4 54.Bf5 Rh8 55.Qf7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fier,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Bd3 Nxf4
9.exf4 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.O-O Qc7 13.g3 Ba6 14.Qe2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ra7
16.Qc2 Rfa8 17.Qb2 Qb7 18.Rfb1 axb4 19.axb4 bxc5 20.Rxa7 Rxa7 21.bxc5 Qxb2
22.Rxb2 Ra3 23.Rc2 Bf6 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.fxe5 Bd8 26.Ne2 Bc7 27.Rb2 Ra7 28.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fier,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Nc3 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Fier,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nf1 Rb8 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Ne3 Nc6 15.Bc4 Bxc4
16.Nxc4 Re8 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Nxd6 Bxg5 19.Nxe8 Be7 20.Nxg7 Kxg7 21.Nd2 Kh8 22.Re3 Bg5
23.Rf3 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Qe7 25.c3 Nf8 26.Rf5 Ne6 27.g3 Ng7 28.Rf3 Ne6 29.Kh1 Rd8
30.Qh6 Rg8 31.Qh5 f6 32.Re3 Qg7 33.Qe2 Qg4 34.f3 Qh5 35.Qf2 Qh6 36.Ree1 Qg6
37.Rg1 f5 38.Rae1 Rf8 39.exf5 Qxf5 40.Re3 bxc3 41.bxc3 Ne7 42.Qe2 Ng6 43.Rf1 Nc7
44.Qa2 Qf7 45.Qxf7 Rxf7 46.c4 Ne6 47.h4 h5 48.Rb1 Nd4 49.Kg2 Nf5 50.Ree1 Rd7
51.Rb3 Kh7 52.a5 Nd4 53.Rb6 Nc2 54.Re2 Nb4 55.Re3 Kg7 56.Kf2 Nxd3+ 57.Ke2 Nb4
58.Rxg6+ Kxg6 59.Rxe5 Rc7 60.Re6+ Kg7 61.Re5 Kg6 62.Rg5+ Kh6 63.g4 hxg4 64.fxg4 Rc6
65.Kf3 Rc7 66.Kf4 Rd7 67.Ke5 Rd4 68.Kf6 Rf4+ 69.Ke6 Rxc4 70.Kd6 Nd3 71.Kc6 Rxg4
72.Rxg4 Ne5+ 73.Kxc5 Nxg4 74.Kb6 Ne5 75.Kxa6 Nc4 76.Kb5 Nxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Qxd5 Rad8 17.Qg5 Qe6 18.Nh4 h6 19.Qf5 Qe7 20.Qe4 Qxe4 21.Bxe4 Rfe8 22.Bf3 d5
23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Bxd5 Rxe2 25.Kf1 Re7 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Kxe1 Nd8 28.Nf5 Kf8
29.Bxb7 Nxb7 30.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qd2 Qd7 13.Bd4 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nd5 Qf5 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.b3 Rfe8 19.Qb4 Rb8 20.Rfd1 Bb2 21.Ne3 Qe4 22.Rc2 Bg7
23.Rd3 Rbc8 24.f3 Qc6 25.Kg2 h5 26.a4 b6 27.Nd5 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rdd2 e6
30.Nf4 Bf8 31.cxb5 Qxc2 32.Rxc2 Rxc2 33.Qe4 Rcc8 34.Nxg6 d5 35.Qd3 fxg6 36.Qxg6+ Bg7
37.Qxh5 Rb8 38.h4 Kf8 39.Qg5 Rxb5 40.h5 Rxb3 41.h6 Bh8 42.g4 Rb2 43.Qf4+ Kg8
44.g5 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.h3 h6 13.Re1 g5 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Rb1 Ne5 16.b4 Nfd7
17.h4 gxh4 18.Nxh4 cxb4 19.Rxb4 Nc5 20.Ne4 a5 21.Rb5 Bd7 22.Nxc5 Bxb5 23.Nf5 Qf6
24.Nxg7 Qxg7 25.Ne4 Bd7 26.Nxd6 h5 27.Ne4 f6 28.Bxa5 h4 29.Bb4 Rf7 30.Qb3 hxg3
31.Nxg3 Re8 32.Bd2 Qg4 33.e4 Qh4 34.Re3 Rh7 35.Nf1 Kh8 36.Rg3 Rg8 37.Qxb7 Rxg3
38.fxg3 Qh5 39.Qb8+ Kg7 40.Bb4 Kg6 41.Bc3 Bxa4 42.d6 Bd7 43.Qg8+ Rg7 44.Qd8 Qe2
45.Qf8 Nf3+ 46.Bxf3 Qxf3 47.e5 Qxc3 48.Qxf6+ Kh7 49.Qh4+ Kg8 50.Qd8+ Kh7
51.Qh4+ Kg8 52.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nh3 c5
9.Rd1 b6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Nf2 Re8 14.Rfe1 e6 15.Be3 Bf8
16.Bh6 Be7 17.b3 Qc7 18.Rc1 Qb8 19.Bf1 Ne5 20.Bg5 h5 21.Qf4 Ned7 22.Qh4 Kg7
23.f4 Rc5 24.Qg3 Rh8 25.Bh4 Qd8 26.Rcd1 e5 27.f5 Ne8 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.h4 Nef6
30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Rd3 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.b4 Rc4 34.Nxb5 d5 35.exd5 Qxb4 36.Rdd1 Rxh4
37.a3 Qf4 38.Qxf4 Rxf4 39.Nd3 Re4 40.Rxe4 Nxe4 41.Rc1 Rc8 42.Rxc8 Bxc8 43.a4 Ng3
44.Nd6 Nxf1 45.Nxc8 Ne3 46.Nb4 Nc4 47.Nc6 Nc5 48.a5 Kf6 49.Nb6 Nxb6 50.axb6 Nb7
51.Kf2 g5 52.Ke3 h4 53.Kf3 Kf5 54.Ne7+ Kf6 55.Nc6 g4+ 56.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Rd1 Bf5 12.Qf3 Rb8 13.c5 b5 14.cxd6 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Rxd5 Be6 17.Rd3 exd6 18.Bf4 Bxb2 19.Rad1 Bxa2 20.Bxd6 Bc4 21.Bxb4 Bxd3
22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Rxd3 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Qb7 Qd1+ 26.Bf1 Qa1 27.e3 a5 28.Kg2 Qa2
29.Qb5 Bf6 30.Bc4 Qa3 31.Qe8+ Qf8 32.Bxf7+ Kg7 33.Qxf8+ Kxf8 34.Bb3 Kg7 35.f4 g5
36.Kf3 gxf4 37.gxf4 h5 38.Ke4 Kg6 39.Ba4 h4 40.Be8+ Kg7 41.h3 Bb2 42.Kf5 Kf8
43.Ba4 Ke7 44.Bb3 Bc1 45.e4 Bb2 46.e5 Bc3 47.Ke4 Bd2 48.f5 Bg5 49.Kf3 a4
50.Bxa4 Kf7 51.Bb3+ Kg7 52.Ke4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O b5 8.e4 Bb7
9.e5 Nd5 10.Ng5 Nxc3 11.Qf3 Qe7 12.bxc3 Nb6 13.Qh5 Qd7 14.Nxh7 O-O-O 15.Nxf8 Rxh5
16.Nxd7 Rxd7 17.Bf3 Rh8 18.Bd1 Nd5 19.Bd2 a5 20.a3 a4 21.Rb1 Nc7 22.Be3 Nd5
23.Bd2 Nc7 24.Re1 Rdd8 25.f3 Rd7 26.h4 c5 27.Be3 cxd4 28.Bxd4 Bc6 29.Kf2 Nd5
30.Rh1 Ne7 31.g4 g6 32.Bc2 Rdd8 33.h5 g5 34.h6 Rdg8 35.Rh5 Nd5 36.Be4 Kc7
37.Bxd5 exd5 38.Be3 Rh7 39.Bxg5 Be8 40.Bf6 Rg6 41.Bg7 Bd7 42.Ke3 Kc6 43.Rg1 Kc5
44.Bf8+ Kc6 45.g5 Bf5 46.Rh4 Kd7 47.Bg7 Ke6 48.Rh2 Kd7 49.Kd4 Kc6 50.Bf6 Bc8
51.Rh4 Kd7 52.Rf4 Kc6 53.Bg7 Be6 54.Rf6 Kd7 55.f4 Kc6 56.f5 Rxf6 57.exf6 Bxf5
58.g6  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Qb3 b6 14.Rfd1 Na5 15.Qb4 Rae8
16.Bg5 Bf6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 d6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Bxe5 Bd7 13.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Rac1 Bc6 13.b3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qd7 15.Rfd1 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qxb5 Qxb5 18.Nxb5 Rxa2 19.Nd4 Ne4 20.Be3 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 f5
22.Kf1 Rb2 23.Rc7 Kf7 24.f3 Nf6 25.Bg5 Ke6 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Rd3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Rc1 Nd7
9.Be2 Bg7 10.cxd5 exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.Bc2 Nf6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.f3 h4 14.Bf2 Be6 15.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.d4 a6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Nc3 Qc8 13.a4 Be7 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Bg5 Bxg5
16.Nxg5 c5 17.Qd3 g6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Qe3 Qc7 20.axb5 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.bxa6 Rfb8
23.Rfc1 Nd7 24.Ne4 Rb5 25.Rd1 Nb6 26.Rd6 c4 27.Ra2 Nd5 28.Kf1 Ra7 29.Ke1 Rb3
30.Nd2 Rb4 31.e4 Nb6 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Rb8 Ra4 34.Rxa4 Nxa4 35.Nxc4 Rxa6 36.Rb5 Rc6
37.Ne5 Rc7 38.Rb4 Nc5 39.Ke2 f6 40.Nd3 Nd7 41.Rb3 Kf7 42.Rc3 Ra7 43.Rc6 Ke7
44.Kd2 g5 45.h4 gxh4 46.gxh4 Ra1 47.Rc1 Ra5 48.Ke3 Rh5 49.Rh1 Rb5 50.b4 Ne5
51.Nxe5 Rxe5 52.Kd4 Rh5 53.Kc4 Kd6 54.f3 Kc7 55.Rh2 Kb6 56.Rd2 Kc7 57.Rg2 Rxh4
58.Rg7+ Kd6 59.b5 Rh1 60.Rf7 Ke5 61.b6 h5 62.b7 Rb1 63.Kc5 f5 64.Kc6 fxe4
65.fxe4 Kxe4 66.Rf8 h4 67.Rh8 Kf3 68.Rxh4 e5 69.Rh3+ Kf4 70.Rh1 Rb2 71.Rf1+ Kg4
72.Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Pashikian,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nd2 Qxf3 8.gxf3 Ne7
9.Nb3 Bb6 10.c4 c5 11.Rg1 O-O 12.Bd2 d6 13.h4 Bd7 14.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khodas,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.h3 Bd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Nb3 a6 12.Bf3 b5 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Nd5 Nd7 15.c3 a5 16.Nd4 Nxd4
17.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 b4 20.cxb4 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Qxb4 22.Rf2 Rc4
23.a3 Qc5 24.Qxc5 Nxc5 25.Re2 Ne6 26.b3 Rc3 27.Rb2 Nxf4 28.b4 Nd3 29.Rd2 axb4
30.axb4 Rb8 31.Ra7 Kf8 32.Kh2 Rxb4 33.Rda2 Ne5 34.R2a4 Rxa4 35.Rxa4 Kg7 36.Kg3 Kf6  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bykov,Alexe1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.Nbd2 c6 13.b4 Nb7 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Bb2 Nd8
16.Nf1 Be6 17.a4 Rb8 18.h3 Re8 19.Ng3 Bf8 20.Ra3 g6 21.Bc1 Bg7 22.Bd3 Bd7
23.Bd2 Ne6 24.Bc2 Nc7 25.Bg5 Be6 26.Qd2 Nd7 27.a5 f6 28.Be3 Rbd8 29.Raa1 Bc4
30.Rad1 Nf8 31.Bb6 Rd7 32.Qc1 Rc8 33.Be3 Rcd8 34.Nd2 Bf7 35.Bd3 d5 36.Nf3 Nfe6
37.Bb6 Nf4 38.Bb1 Rc8 39.Ba2 Nce6 40.Qd2 Nf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sharevich,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.b4 Nbd7 8.bxc5 dxc5
9.Bb2 Bd6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Qc2 Re8 12.a4 b4 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.a5 Nbd7
16.Nh3 Ba6 17.Bf3 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.O-O g5 20.Bg2 Rxe2 21.Qa4 h6 22.Rfd1 Ne4
23.Qc6 Qxc6 24.dxc6 Nc3 25.Bf1 Nxd1 26.Rxd1 Rc8 27.f4 g4 28.Nf2 Rxc6 29.Bxe2 Bxe2
30.Re1 Bf3 31.Nd3 b3 32.Ne5 Re6 33.Rb1 Rxe5 34.fxe5 c4 35.Kf2 Be4  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Smirnov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 Qb6 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be3 Qc8
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nbd7 14.Qb3 Ne5 15.Be2 b6
16.Nc3 Nfd7 17.Rfd1 Nc5 18.Qc2 Nc6 19.Qb1 Ne6 20.b4 Ncd4 21.Bf1 g5 22.Ne2 Nxe2+
23.Bxe2 Nf4 24.Bf1 Qc8 25.c5 bxc5 26.bxc5 Rb8 27.Qc2 Rb2 28.Qc4 dxc5 29.Bxc5 Rb7
30.Be3 Qb8 31.Qc5 Ne6 32.Qf5 Qe5 33.Rd5 Qxf5 34.exf5 Nf4 35.Rdc5 e6 36.g3 Nd5
37.Bxg5 Rb2 38.fxe6 fxe6 39.R5c2 Rfb8 40.Bc4 a5 41.Bb3 Kf7 42.Rxb2 Bxb2 43.Rc4 Rb4
44.Rxb4 axb4 45.Bxd5 exd5 46.Kf1 Ke6 47.Ke2 Be5 48.Bd2 Bd6 49.g4 d4 50.Kd3 Kd5
51.h4  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daulyte,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2 e6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qa5 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 h5 15.g5 e5 16.Qc4 Qc5
17.Qxc5 dxc5 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.c4 Rg8 20.Rg1 Rxg1 21.Nxg1 Bb7 22.Bg2 Bg5+ 23.Kc2 Ke7
24.Ne2 h4 25.h3 f6 26.Bf3 a5 27.Rd3 Bc6 28.b3 a4 29.Kb2 Bf4 30.Bh1 Rg8 31.Kc2 Bg3
32.Nxg3 Rxg3 33.Rxg3 hxg3 34.Bf3 a3 35.Kd3 Ba4 36.Kc2 Be8 37.Kd3 Bf7 38.Kc2 Kf8
39.Kd3 Kg7 40.Kc2 Kh6 41.Kd3 Kg5  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2010.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Prizant,Ja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Qxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3+ 12.Kd1 O-O 13.Bc4 Bb4 14.Be7 Nxc5 15.Bxf8 Be6
16.Qd4 Rxf8 17.Ke2 Ba3 18.Bxe6 Bxc1 19.Bc4 Ba3 20.Ng5 b5 21.Bxf7+ Rxf7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7
23.Qd5+ Ne6 24.f4 Ke7 25.f5 Nf8 26.Rd1 Qa4 27.Qb7+ Kf6 28.Qc6+ Kf7 29.Rd4 Qa5
30.Qd5+ Kf6 31.Rc4  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2010.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lintchevski,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Zhigalko,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bg2 c6
9.O-O d5 10.Qb4 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Nc3 a5 13.Qd6 Qb8 14.Qxb8 Rfxb8 15.e4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 Nf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 c5 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.d5 exd5 22.Rxd5 a4
23.b4 cxb4 24.Rb5 Rc7 25.Rxb4 a3 26.Rd1 g6 27.Kf1 Re8 28.Rd3 Ra8 29.Ke2 Rc6
30.Kd2 Rf6 31.f4 g5 32.Kc3 gxf4 33.gxf4 Rxf4 34.Rxb6 Rc8 35.Rb4 Rf2 36.Kb3 Rxh2
37.Kxa3 Ra8+ 38.Ra4 Rxa2+ 39.Kxa2 Rxa4+ 40.Kb3 Ra1 41.c5 Rc1 42.Kb4 Kg7 43.Kb5 Kf6
44.c6 Ke5 45.Kb6 f5 46.Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Baekelant,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[ECO "D74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6
9.e3 e6 10.Qc2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.e4 Bg7 14.Bf4 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Qc8
16.a4 c6 17.b3 Bh3 18.a5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nd7 20.Rac1 Ne5 21.Na4 Rd8 22.Nc5 Qc7
23.a6 b6 24.Nd3 c5 25.b4 Rac8 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Nxc5 Rxd1 28.Qxd1 Qa5 29.Qd5 Rd8
30.Qb7 Qa3 31.Qb3 Qxb3 32.Nxb3 Nd3 33.Rc7 Nxf4+ 34.gxf4 Rb8 35.Rb7 Ra8 36.e5 Bh6
37.f5 gxf5 38.Nd4  1-0

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Schoenberger,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Nd5 11.Nc3 Bf6 12.Rc1 Nce7 13.Ne4 b6 14.Nfg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Nf5
16.Bd2 h6 17.Nf3 Bb7 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.Bc3 Rc8 20.Ba6 Qd5 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.h3 Rfd8
23.Rfd1 Rc7 24.a3 Rdc8 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Qe5 Ne4 27.Rxc2 Rxc2 28.Be1 Ne7 29.b4 Ng6
30.Qb5 Nf4 31.Qe5 Ne2+ 32.Kh1 Qd5 33.Qb8+ Kh7 34.Qxa7 Ng5 35.Nxg5+ hxg5 36.Rd2 Nf4
37.f3 Rc1 38.Qxf7 Rxe1+ 39.Kh2 Qc4 40.h4 Rh1+ 41.Kxh1 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qxd2  0-1

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Schmitz,Th"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 a6 7.O-O Nc6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Nd5 e6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nd8 14.Re1 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.c5 Nf7 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nd4 Qf6 19.Ne2 Qg6 20.f4 Bd7 21.Rc1 Rfc8 22.Qd2 Bb5
23.Nc3 Bd7 24.Kh1 Bh6 25.Nd1 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Rc8 27.Qd2 Re8 28.Nf2 exf4 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8
30.gxf4 Kf8 31.Bd4 Bg7 32.Nd1 Bxd4 33.Qxd4 Qg4 34.Ne3 Qe2 35.Nxf5 Qe1+ 36.Qg1 Qd2
37.Qa1  1-0

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Satyapragyan,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.h4 Qa5 13.Bb3 h5 14.Bh6 Be6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Rhe1 Qb4 17.Ne2 Bxb3 18.Qxb4 Rxb4 19.axb3 Rc8 20.Rd4 a5 21.Kd2 c5 22.Rxb4 axb4
23.Nf4 Nd7 24.Ra1 Ne5 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Kxd3 f5 27.c3 Rb8 28.Kc4 Kf6 29.Re1 e6
30.Rd1 Rb6 31.Ra1 fxe4 32.fxe4 Ke5 33.Rf1 Kxe4 34.Re1+ Kf5 35.Rf1+ Ke5 36.Re1+ Kf6
37.Rf1+ Ke7 38.Rf3 Rb8 39.Rg3 Rf8 40.Rxg6 Rf4+ 41.Kb5 Rxh4 42.Rh6 Rg4 43.Kc6 Rxg2
44.Rxh5 Rxb2 45.cxb4 cxb4 46.Rh7+ Kf6 47.Rh6+ Kf5 48.Rh5+ Kg6 49.Rb5 Rxb3
50.Kxd6 Kf6 51.Kc5 e5 52.Rb8 Kf5 53.Kc4 Rc3+ 54.Kxb4 Rc1  0-1

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.11.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mainka,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.Nc3 c6 11.a3 N4d5 12.Qh5+ Ke7 13.Nge2 Be6 14.O-O Qe8 15.Qf3 Kf7
16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Qd7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Rfe1 g5 20.Bxg5 Bg4 21.Qh4 fxg5 22.Qxg5+ Qg7
23.Qf4 h5 24.Bf5 Rh6 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.g3 Bd6 27.Qe4 Rf8 28.Re2 Qg6 29.Qxg6+ Rxg6
30.Rae1 Nd5 31.Ne4 Kf7 32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.dxc5 Kg7 34.Kg2 Rg5 35.Re5 Rxe5 36.Rxe5 Kf6
37.Re4 Kf5 38.f3 Rd8 39.Re2 Nf6 40.fxg4+ Nxg4 41.h3 Ne5 42.Rf2+ Kg6 43.Re2 Rd5
44.b4 a5 45.h4 a4 46.Re4 Kf5 47.Rf4+ Ke6 48.h5 Nf7 49.g4 Rd3 50.Re4+ Kf6
51.Rf4+ Kg7 52.Re4 Kf8 53.Rf4 Kg8 54.Re4 Kf8 55.Rf4 Kg7 56.Re4 Kf6 57.Rf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Brodsky,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Ng4 13.Qc2 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.b3 Qa3
16.Bc1 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qa3 18.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.11.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Naumann,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.O-O Nxc5
9.Qd4 Qe7 10.Be3 Nce4 11.cxd5 Bxc3 12.d6 Qxd6 13.bxc3 Qxd4 14.Bxd4 Bd7 15.Ne5 Bb5
16.c4 Ba6 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.c5 Bxe2 19.f3 Rd8 20.Bb2 Nd2 21.Rc2 Ne8 22.f4 Rac8
23.Bc1 f6 24.Bxd2 fxe5 25.Bxb7 Bd3 26.Bxc8 Bxc2 27.Bxe6+ Kf8 28.Ba5  1-0

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sandipan,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.a4 a5 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Qe2 b6 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Rfd1 Ba6 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Nxc4 Nd5 15.Bd2 Nb4
16.Bf4 Nd5 17.Bd2 Nb4 18.Bc1 Nd5 19.Bf1 Bg5 20.Qf3 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Bxc1
23.Raxc1 Qc7 24.e5 Nf8 25.h4 c5 26.Ba6 Ra8 27.Bb5 Red8 28.h5 h6 29.Qe4 Rac8
30.Ba6 Ra8 31.Qb7 Qxb7 32.Bxb7 Ra7 33.Bc6 cxd4 34.cxd4 Rc7 35.Rc4 Rdc8 36.Rdc1 Nd7
37.Bb5 Rxc4 38.Rxc4 Rxc4 39.Bxc4 Kf8 40.f4 Ke7 41.Kf2 f6 42.Ke3 fxe5 43.fxe5 Nf8
44.Bd3 Kd7 45.Kd2 Kc6 46.Kc3 Kd5 47.Bc2 Kc6 48.Be4+ Kc7 49.Kc4 Nd7 50.Kb5 Nb8
51.Bg2 Nd7 52.Bh3 Nf8 53.Bg4 Kb7 54.d5 exd5 55.e6 Nh7 56.e7 Nf6 57.Bd7 Ne4
58.Bc6+  1-0

[Event "14th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Rfd1 a5 15.b4 axb4
16.Qxb4 Ra7 17.Qc5 Ra5 18.Qc4 Nd7 19.e3 Be7 20.Rab1 Qc7 21.Rb2 Rc8 22.Rdb1 Ra7
23.Rb3 Nf6 24.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mekhitarian,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb4 7.d5 c6 8.a3 Qa5
9.Nc3 cxd5 10.Bf4 N4c6 11.exd5 Nd4 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 Qb6 15.Na4 Qa6
16.Nc5 Qb6 17.Na4 Qa6 18.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Nh4 Nf8 12.Rfe1 Be6 13.f3 c5 14.Nb5 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Rc8
16.Qd3 Bd7 17.Bc3 Ne6 18.Ndf5 Bf8 19.e4 dxe4 20.fxe4 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Ng4 22.Rf1 Nc5
23.Qf3 Ne5 24.Qh5 Ncd3 25.Bd4 Bc5 26.Qg5 Bxf5 27.Nxf5 Qg6 28.Qe3 Qb6 29.Qg5 Qg6
30.Qe3 Qb6 31.Qg5 Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "El Debs,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.h3 Ke7 12.e4 Nd7 13.Bf4 f6 14.Nb5 Nde5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rac1 Bb6 17.Be2 Bd7 18.Bd2 a5 19.Kf1 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Danin,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Qd2 d5 10.Rfd1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nxe4 12.Qxd5 Nd6 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Nd5 Nf5 15.Bf3 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qc7 18.c3 b6 19.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Grigoryan,Av"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Qd3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bg5 c5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.d5 b4 11.Na4 Bd7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Rd1 Qa5 14.b3 Bxa4 15.bxa4 b3+
16.Nd2 Nd7 17.Qe4 O-O-O 18.axb3 c4 19.e3 Bb4 20.Bxc4 Nc5 21.Bxe6+ Kb8 22.Qf4+ Ka7
23.O-O Nxe6 24.Qxf6 Qd5 25.Nc4 Qxd1 26.Qxe6 Bc5 27.Na5 Bb4 28.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Felgaer,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.c3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Nd5 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Qe2 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Nf6
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Nb5 Qb6 18.Nd6 Bd7 19.Ne4 Ne8 20.c4 Bc6 21.c5 Qa5 22.a3 Bxe4
23.Bxe4 Qxc5 24.Bxb7 Rb8 25.b4 Qb6 26.Bf3 Nf6 27.Qe5 Qa6 28.Qc3 Rfc8 29.Qb3 Qb5
30.Qd3 Qxd3 31.Rxd3 Kf8 32.Rd6 Rb6 33.Rd3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Deviatkin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.b4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Qb3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Nd7 12.e4 b6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.Qd2 Rae8
16.Rfd1 Qb8 17.e5 a6 18.Be2 Qa8 19.Qe3 Rc8 20.Be7 Rfe8 21.Bd6 a5 22.a3 Ba6
23.Bxa6 Qxa6 24.h4 axb4 25.axb4 Qb5 26.h5 Qd5 27.Qf4 f5 28.hxg6 h6 29.g4 Nf8
30.gxf5 exf5 31.Qxf5 Ne6 32.Re1 Rf8 33.Bxf8 Rxf8 34.Qe4 Rxf3 35.Rxc6 Nf4
36.Qxd5+ Nxd5 37.Rd6 Ne7 38.Rxb6 Rd3 39.Rd6 Bf8 40.b5 Nf5 41.Rd8 Kg7 42.Rb1 Be7
43.Rd7 Rxd4 44.Rxd4 Nxd4 45.Kg2 Bg5 46.b6 Bf4 47.Re1 Nc6 48.b7 Kxg6 49.Re4  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salgado Lopez,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a4 a6 13.axb5 axb5 14.O-O Qc7 15.Rfd1 Bc6
16.Na2 Nd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qd4+ Nf6 19.Nb4 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ra8 21.Re1 Bd7 22.e5 dxe5
23.Rxe5 Ra1+ 24.Kf2 Rd1 25.Qc5 Rd2+ 26.Kf1 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 h5 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5
30.Bxd5 e6 31.Bb7 g5 32.Ke2 Kf6 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.g3 h4 35.c3 hxg3 36.hxg3 Kd6
37.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bukavshin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 g5
9.b3 h5 10.d4 exd4 11.Nb5 Bf5 12.Bb2 Bxb1 13.Qxb1 Qd7 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 O-O-O
16.Bxh8 Rxh8 17.Rd1 Qe6 18.e3 Bf6 19.Qc2 h4 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 hxg3 22.hxg3 c6
23.Qc5 Qg6 24.Bh3+  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1.54"]
[White "Denisov,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Be6 8.d5 Bc8 9.Nf3 O-O
10.Bd3 e6 11.O-O Na6 12.Be2 exd5 13.cxd5 Bg4 14.Bd4 Nb4 15.Qb3 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6
17.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.exd6 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Bf8 21.h3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Bxd6
23.g3 Bc5+ 24.Kg2 Bd4 25.a3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Kf8 27.Kf2 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Rd8 29.Be2 Na5  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2.103"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Codenotti,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 e5 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.f3 c6
9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Nb3 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.exd5 Na6 13.Bh4 Qb4 14.Bf2 Nc7 15.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3.81"]
[White "Serov,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 e6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.O-O Nb6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Ng4 11.Nd3 Nc4 12.Rd1 Nf6 13.Bf4 Nd6 14.Bxd6 Bxd6 15.e4 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Qf6 18.Nc5 Rb8 19.Rac1 Kh8 20.Bf3 Qe7 21.Re1 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4.91"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Raznikov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Qe2 b5 12.b3 Qb6 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.h3 h6 15.Nc3 b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.Qf1 Bc2 18.Rd2 Be4 19.Rc1 Qd5 20.Qd1 Qb5 21.Bf1 Qb7 22.Bg2 Qb5 23.Qf1 Qd5
24.Qe2 Qb5 25.Ne1 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Ne4 27.Rdc2 Qxe2 28.Rxe2 Nb6 29.f3 Nxa4 30.fxe4 Nxb2
31.Rxb2 c5 32.Rbc2 Rb8 33.dxc5 Bf6 34.Kf3 Rb7 35.Ke2 Rbd7 36.c6 Rc7 37.Rc5 Bc3
38.Nd3 Rdc8 39.a3 Rb8 40.e5 Rb6 41.Kd1 Kf8 42.axb4 Bxb4 43.Nxb4 Rxb4 44.Kc2 Ke7
45.Kb2 Re4 46.R1c3 h5 47.Ka3 h4 48.g4 f5 49.exf6+ gxf6 50.b4 Kd8 51.Rh5  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5.58"]
[White "Djukic,Ni"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bb3 Bg7
9.d5 Na5 10.Bc2 d6 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 c6 13.dxc6 Nexc6 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Nd5 Nc4
16.Rb1 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nb4 18.Bb3 a5 19.a3 Na6 20.Nd4 Qb6 21.Nc6 Nb8 22.Bxc4 bxc4
23.Be3 Qb7 24.Qa4 Nxc6 25.dxc6 Qb3 26.Qxb3 cxb3 27.Rfd1 Rfc8 28.Rxd6 a4 29.Bb6 Be5
30.Rd5 Rxc6 31.Rxe5 Rxb6 32.Rbe1 Kg7 33.Re8 Raa6 34.R8e4 Rc6 35.Rb4 Rc2 36.Ree4 Rxb2
37.Rxa4 Rd6 38.Red4 Re6 39.Rab4 Ree2 40.Rf4 Rb1+ 41.Kh2 Re7 42.Rf3 b2 43.Re3 Rxe3
44.fxe3 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7.60"]
[White "Wells,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Bh3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Bc6 10.Bg2 Be4 11.Bh3 Bc6 12.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8.62"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yilmaz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.d3 Bb7 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3 b4 8.Na4 d6 9.d4 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qc7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Rc1 Be7 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Rfd1 O-O 16.Kg1 Rfc8
17.Bf4 Nh5 18.Be3 Ne5 19.c5 d5 20.Nb6 Re8 21.Qxb4 Nc4 22.Rxc4 dxc4 23.Nf3 Nf6
24.Bf4 Qxc5 25.Qxc5 Bxc5 26.Bxb8 Bxb6 27.Be5 Ne4 28.e3 f6 29.Bc3 Nxc3 30.bxc3 Ba5
31.Rd6 Bxc3 32.Rc6 a5 33.Rxc4 Bb4 34.Nd4 Kf7 35.Kf1 g6 36.a4 Re7 37.Nc6 Rd7
38.Nxb4 axb4 39.Rxb4 Ra7 40.Ke2 Ke7 41.Kd3 Kd6 42.Kc3 e5 43.h4 f5 44.Kb3 Kc6
45.Rb8 Rd7 46.a5 Rd1 47.Kb2 Rd2+ 48.Ka3 Rd1 49.Rb2 Ra1+ 50.Kb4 Rc1 51.Ra2 Rb1+
52.Kc3 Rc1+ 53.Kd2 Rf1 54.Ke2 Rb1 55.a6 Rb8 56.e4 Re8 57.a7 Kb7 58.a8=Q+ Rxa8
59.Rxa8 Kxa8 60.exf5 gxf5 61.g4 fxg4 62.Ke3 Kb7 63.Ke4 Kc6 64.Kxe5 h5 65.Kf5 Kd5
66.Kg5 Ke4 67.Kxh5 Kf4 68.Kg6 Kf3 69.Kg5  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.h3 Re8 11.Nc3 h6 12.Nde2 Bb4 13.Kh2 Be6 14.a3 Ba5 15.Na4 Bf5
16.Nac3 Qd7 17.Nb5 Ne5 18.Nbd4 Be4 19.b3 Neg4+ 20.hxg4 Nxg4+ 21.Kg1 Bxg2
22.Kxg2 Rxe3 23.Nf4 Rd8 24.Rh1 Re4 25.Rc1 Nxf2  0-1

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Wirig,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d5 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.dxc5 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qf6 15.c4 Nxg3
16.fxg3 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Rad8 18.Qc2 Bf5 19.Nxg5 Bxc2 20.Rxf6 hxg5 21.Rxc2 Kg7
22.Rf1 Ne5 23.Be2 Rd7 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Rc8 26.Bf3 Rc7 27.Kf1 Nd7 28.Ke2 Rxc5
29.Rxc5 Nxc5 30.Kd2 Kf6 31.Kc3 b6 32.h4 Kf5 33.g4+ Ke5 34.h5 Ne6 35.h6 Kf6
36.Be4 Nc7 37.Bf5 Nd5+ 38.Kd4 Nb4 39.e4  1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bxa6 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Rb1 Bc4 12.Ne1 Nfd7 13.a3 O-O 14.Bd2 Nf6 15.Bc1 Nfd7
16.Bd2 Nf6 17.b3 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 Nfxd5 19.a4 e6 20.a5 Nd7 21.b4 N7f6 22.Nc2 Re8
23.Qc1 cxb4 24.Nxb4 Qd7 25.Qc6 Qxc6 26.Nxc6 Nd7 27.Rfc1 Ra6 28.Bf1 Nc3 29.Bxc3 Rxc6
30.Bxg7 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Kxg7 32.a6 Ra8 33.Rc6 d5 34.Rc7 Nf6 35.e3 Ne8 36.Rd7 Nf6
37.Rb7 Ne4 38.a7 Kf6 39.Rc7 Nd6 40.Ba6 e5 41.Kf1 e4 42.Ke2 Ke5 43.Kd2 d4
44.exd4+ Kxd4 45.Kc2 f5 46.Kb3 Ne8 47.Rxh7 Kc5 48.h4 Kb6 49.Bc4 Nc7 50.Bf7 Rxa7
51.Bxg6 Ra5 52.Rf7 e3  1-0

[Event "64th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sitnikov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg4 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Be3 Qa5 8.h3 Rd8
9.Nbd2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.a4 Nd5 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.O-O e6
16.Bd4 f6 17.Rfe1 Kf7 18.Re4 c5 19.Be5 Qc8 20.Bg3 Kg8 21.Rd1 h5 22.a5 Qc6
23.Kh1 g6 24.Bd6  1-0

[Event "64th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Qe4+ Qe6 12.Qd4 Qd6 13.Qe4+ Qe6 14.Qd4 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "64th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Na6 5.e4 Nxc5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Ngf3 e6 8.Bc4 Qd8
9.Qe2 Be7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Kb1 O-O 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Bd4 a6
16.Ng5 h6 17.h4 b5 18.Bd3 Bb7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nh7 Bxb2 21.Kxb2 Rfd8 22.Rhe1 Qf4
23.Qe5 Qxh4 24.f4 Rac8 25.g4 Qf2 26.Kb1 Rxd3 27.cxd3 Qc2+ 28.Ka1 Bd5 29.Qb2 Kxh7
30.Rc1 Qxb2+ 31.Kxb2 Rd8 32.Rc7 Kg6 33.Re3 Rd6 34.a3 Rb6 35.Re5 Kf6 36.d4 b4
37.a4 b3 38.a5 Rb5 39.Rc5 Rxc5 40.g5+ hxg5 41.fxg5+ Ke7 42.dxc5 f5 43.Re2 f4
44.Rh2 e5 45.Kc3 f3 46.Rd2 Bc6 47.Kd3 Kd7 48.Kc4+ Kc7 49.Rf2 b2 50.Rxb2 Bb5+
51.Kc3 Kc6 52.Rf2 Be2 53.Kd2 Kxc5 54.Ke3 Kd5 55.Rh2 Ke6 56.Ke4 Kd6 57.Ke3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "64th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Bb2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 b6 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.Kg1 Nb8 15.Ne5 Ba6
16.Rd1 Qa4 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Bf6 20.h4 Re8 21.Re3 Rc8 22.Rhh3 Qc2
23.Rc3 Qb1+ 24.Kh2 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Na6 26.Re3 h6 27.d6 Nc5 28.Qf3 Rf8 29.Bc3 Bxh4
30.Nc6 Qg6 31.Qd5 Kh7 32.Ne7 Qg5 33.Qf3 f5 34.Re5 Qg4 35.Rxf5 Qxf3 36.Rxf3 Rxf3
37.gxf3 Bxf2 38.Nc8 Kg6 39.Nxa7 Kf7 40.Nc6 Ke6 41.Bxg7 Kxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "64th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Nxd4 a6 10.e4 Bd7 11.f3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Be3 Bd6 14.Kf2 Ke7 15.Bd4 e5
16.Be3 Rhc8 17.Rhc1 Bd7 18.Nd5+ Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bxa4 21.Bxb7 Rb8
22.Bxa6 Rxb2+ 23.Kf1 Rc2 24.Rxc2 Bxc2 25.Ke2 Bb4 26.Bd2 Bc5 27.Be3 Bb4 28.Bd2 Bc5
29.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "64th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lysyj,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.h3 O-O 6.e4 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 Na6 9.Nh2 Nc5
10.Be3 a5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.Bf3 Ne8 13.g4 Bd7 14.Nf1 c6 15.Ng3 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Nf6
17.Nc3 a4 18.Qxd6 Ne6 19.Nce2 Qc8 20.O-O Bc6 21.Rfd1 h6 22.Bg2 Re8 23.Qd2 Kh7
24.Nc3 Nd7 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.Nb4 Ndc5 27.Qxd8 Rexd8 28.Nd5 Nd4 29.Rac1 Nce6 30.Bf1 Ng5
31.Kh1 Rab8 32.Rc3 b5 33.cxb5 Bxb5 34.Bxg5 hxg5 35.Bxb5 Rxb5 36.b3 axb3 37.axb3 Rxb3
38.Rxb3 Nxb3 39.Ne2 Nc5 40.f3 Rb8 41.Ndc3 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "64th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Evdokimov,Alexa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Bg4
9.Rc1 Qa5 10.Qb3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc8 12.Qb5+ Qxb5 13.Nxb5 Na6 14.Nxa7 Bd7 15.Bc4 O-O
16.Ke2 Rfb8 17.Rhd1 Be8 18.Rd2 Be5 19.Rd5 Bf6 20.Ra5 e6 21.Bb5 b6 22.Bxe8 bxa5
23.Bc6 Rb2+ 24.Kf3 Rab8 25.a4 R8b3 26.Bb5 Nc7 27.c4 Bd4 28.c5 Rxf2+  0-1

[Event "64th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kornev,Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Bd2 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.b3 Qa3
16.Bc1 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qa3 18.Bc1 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd St Petersburg-Moscow Match"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Neg4 15.Bxg4 Bxh2+
16.Kf1 Nxg4 17.g3 Qe5 18.Kg2 c5 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Nd5 f5 21.Nf4 Qe8 22.Re1 fxe4
23.Nxh2 e3+ 24.f3 Nxh2 25.Kxh2 Rxf4 26.gxf4 Qh5+ 27.Kg1 Qxf3 28.Qh2 Qg4+
29.Kf1 Qf3+ 30.Kg1 Re8 31.Rxe3 Rxe3 32.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 33.Qf2 Qh3 34.Qh2 Qe3+
35.Qf2 Qh3 36.Qh2 Qg4+ 37.Kf2 Qf3+ 38.Kg1 h5 39.Re1 h4 40.a3 h3 41.Re8+ Kf7
42.Re2 Be4 43.f5 Kg8 44.f6 gxf6 45.Re1 Qg4+ 46.Kf2 Qf3+ 47.Kg1 Kf7 48.Rf1 Qe3+
49.Qf2 Qg5+ 50.Kh2 Qg2+ 51.Qxg2 hxg2 52.Rf4 f5 53.Rh4 Kg7 54.Rh3 b4 55.axb4 cxb4
56.Re3 a5 57.Re1 a4 58.Rd1 a3 59.bxa3 b3 60.Rd7+ Kf6 61.Rd6+ Ke5 62.Rb6 Bd5
63.Rb4 f4 64.Kg1 f3 65.Kf2 Kd6 66.a4 Kc5 67.Rb8 Kc4 68.a5 Kc3 69.a6 b2 70.a7 Bc6
71.a8=Q Bxa8 72.Rc8+ Kd3 73.Rb8 Kc2 74.Rc8+ Kd2 75.Rb8 Kc3 76.Rc8+ Kd3 77.Rb8 Kc3
78.Rc8+ Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd St Petersburg-Moscow Match"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.O-O Ne7 8.Nbd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Nf3 Bc5 12.Qd2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Qe7 14.Rad1 Nb6 15.Rfe1 g6
16.Bb5 O-O-O 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nd4 Kb7 19.a4 Rc8 20.a5 Nc4 21.Qc3 Rhe8 22.b3 Na3
23.a6+ Ka8 24.Qa5 c5 25.Nxf5 gxf5 26.Qxa3 Red8 27.Qc1 Qe6 28.Qf4 Rc6 29.Rd3 Rxa6
30.Rf3 Rd7 31.Qe3 Rc6 32.g3 h6 33.Rf4 f6 34.exf6 Qxe3 35.Rxe3 Rxf6 36.Re5 Kb7
37.Rfxf5 Rxf5 38.Rxf5 Kb6 39.h4 d4 40.Kf1 Re7 41.Rf6+ Kb5 42.Rxh6 Kb4 43.Rc6 Re5
44.Ra6 Kc3 45.Ra2 Kd2 46.g4 Kc1 47.h5 Re7 48.h6 Kb1 49.g5 Rh7 50.Ra5 c4 51.bxc4 Kxc2
52.c5  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Vunder,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bd3 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.exd5 Qxd5
9.Qb3 Nbd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Re1 c5 12.Bc4 Qc6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Bf1 Rab8
16.a4 Nb6 17.Nc4 Nd5 18.Ne3 Rfd8 19.Bc4 Nf4 20.Bb5 Qe4 21.Qc4 Qxe5 22.Nc2 Ne2+
23.Rxe2 Rd1+ 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Qxe1+ 26.Qf1 Qxf1+ 27.Kxf1 a6 28.Bc4 Rd8
29.Be3 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1 Bxd1 31.a5 Ba4 32.Ke2 Bb5 33.Kd3 Kf8 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.c4 b4
36.Kc2 Ke8 37.Kb3 Kd7 38.Ka4 Kc6 39.b3 f5 40.f3 e5 41.g4 e4  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Chekhov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O a6 8.e4 b5 9.e5 Ne8
10.Qe2 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Ng5 Qxd4 14.Bxa8 Qxe5 15.Qxe5 Bxe5
16.Re1 Bf6 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.Bf4 e5 19.Rac1 Be6 20.Be3 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.b3 Kg7
23.Red1 Re8 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Re6 26.Rdc5 Rd6 27.Kf1 Nd7 28.Rc6 Rd5 29.Ke2 e4
30.Rd1 Ne5 31.Rxd5 Nxc6 32.Rd6 Nb4 33.a3 Be5 34.Rb6 Nd5 35.Rxa6 f5 36.a4  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.a3 Bg7 5.Rb1 Nf6 6.b4 d5 7.bxc5 d4 8.Na4 e5
9.d3 e4 10.Ng5 Qe7 11.e3 O-O 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.dxe4 Qxe4 14.Rb3 Na5 15.Rb5 Nc6
16.Qd3 Qe7 17.Be2 Bf5 18.Qb3 dxe3 19.fxe3 Qh4+ 20.g3 Qe4 21.Rf1 Bh3 22.Nc3 Qg2
23.Rf4 Rfe8 24.Nd5 Nd4 25.Rxd4 Bxd4 26.Bb2 Qg1+ 27.Kd2 Bxe3+ 28.Nxe3 Rad8+
29.Nd5 Rxe2+ 30.Kxe2 Re8+ 31.Qe3 Bg4+ 32.Kd3 Bf5+ 33.Ke2 Qxh2+ 34.Kf3 Bg4+  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rasulov,Vu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.e4 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Qd7 12.Bd4 e6 13.Qd3 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.b3 h5
16.Rac1 Ng4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.b4 b6 19.Qd4+ Nf6 20.a3 Rac8 21.h4 Kg8 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.cxd5 exd5 24.exd5 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qe5 26.Qxe5 dxe5 27.Rc7 Rd7 28.Rxd7 Nxd7
29.d6 Kf8 30.Bc6 Ke8 31.f3 Kd8 32.Kf2 f5 33.Bb5 Nf6 34.Bc4 Nh7 35.Bb5 Nf6
36.Bc4 Nh7 37.Bb5 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vysochin,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Bg4 6.dxc5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nc6 8.h3 O-O-O+
9.Ke1 Bh5 10.b4 e6 11.a3 Be7 12.Nbd2 Nd5 13.Bb2 Nf4 14.Rd1 e5 15.Ne4 f5 16.Ng3 Bg6
17.b5 e4 18.Bc1 exf3 19.Bxf4 Bf6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bd6 Bxc3+ 22.Kd1 f4 23.bxc6 fxg3
24.Bc4 bxc6 25.gxf3 gxf2 26.Ke2 Be1 27.f4 Re8+ 28.Be5 Be4 29.Rh2 g5 30.Ke3 Bd5
31.Bf1 Kd7 32.a4 gxf4+ 33.Kxf4 Bd2+ 34.Kf5 Rf8+ 35.Kg4 Rg8+ 36.Kf5 Be3  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Maiorov,N1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Qxc4 Qd5
9.O-O Bxd2 10.Qxd5 exd5 11.Bxd2 Bf5 12.Rfc1 Be4 13.e3 Rfc8 14.b4 Nd8 15.b5 Ne6
16.a4 a6 17.Bb4 axb5 18.axb5 Nd7 19.Nd2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 f5 21.Kf1 Kf7 22.Ke2 Ke8
23.Kd3 Nb6 24.Ba5 Nd7 25.Bb4 Nb6 26.Ba5 Nd7 27.Bb4 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Onischuk,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Bf1 d5 11.Nc5 dxe4 12.Qxd8 Raxd8 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bg5 Nd4 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.Red1 Nf5 17.h3 a6 18.a4 e3 19.Bxe3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Rc7 21.Rb1 Ne8 22.Ne4 Bh6
23.Re1 Rxc2 24.Bd3 Rc8 25.b4 Nd6 26.Nc5 a5 27.Nxe6 Rf6 28.Nf4 Rc3 29.Bb5 Bxf4
30.exf4 Nxb5 31.axb5 a4 32.Rxe7 Rf7 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Ra8 a3 35.Ra1 Rxf4 36.Ra7 Rc7
37.Ra4 h5 38.R1xa3 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 h4 40.Rf3 Re4 41.Ra2 Rxb4 42.g4 hxg3+ 43.Rxg3 Rxb5
44.Rd2 Rc6 45.Rf3 Kh6 46.Rf4 g5 47.Re4 Rbc5 48.h4 Kh5 49.hxg5 Rxg5 50.Rb4 b5
51.Rg2 Rcc5 52.Rg3 Kg6 53.Kg2 Rf5 54.Rxg5+ Kxg5 55.Kg3 Kf6 56.Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gabrielian,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 c6
9.e4 Qb6 10.c5 dxc5 11.dxe5 Ne8 12.e6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Nc7 14.f4 e5 15.f5 c4+
16.Kh1 Qc5 17.a4 h6 18.Nf3 gxf5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.g4 Rf8 21.Ne4 Qd5 22.Qe1 Nc5
23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.g5 e4 25.Qxe4 Bf5 26.Qh4 hxg5 27.Nxg5 Bd3 28.Bf4 Qd4 29.Rae1 Rae8
30.Rxe8 Nxe8 31.Rf3 Qxb2 32.Ne6 Rf6 33.Nxg7 Nxg7 34.Rg3 Rg6 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qh4+ Kg8
37.Qd8+ Kh7 38.Qh4+ Kg8 39.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Kovchan,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3 Qxc5 8.Qe2 Bg4
9.Be3 Qa5 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nc6 13.Kh1 Rac8 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Rab1 a6
16.Be1 Qd8 17.Bh4 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Nb8 21.Rbe1 Nd7 22.Qe3 Nf6
23.Qxe7 Qxe7 24.Rxe7 b5 25.Ra7 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.f5 Kg7 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.a4 bxa4
30.Ra1 Rb8 31.Rxa4 Rxb2 32.Rxa6 Nxd5 33.Rxd6 Nb4 34.c3 Nxd3 35.Rxd3 f5 36.Kh2 f4
37.h4 g5 38.Kh3 gxh4 39.Rf3 Rc2 40.Kxh4 Rxg2 41.Rxf4 Rg6 42.Rf5 Rc6 43.Rf3 Rh6+
44.Kg3 Rg6+ 45.Kf2 Rf6 46.Ke3 Rxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Kf7 48.Kf4 Kf6 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.Kd4 Kd6
51.Kc4 Kc6 52.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lauk,U"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 O-O-O 14.O-O c5 15.d5 b4 16.Na4 Qa6
17.a3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne5 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Qe2 Rxd5 21.axb4 Qb7 22.bxc5 Nd3 23.f4 Rxc5
24.b3 Rb5 25.bxc4 Rb2 26.Qf3 Qb6+  0-1

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Soot,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Ne5 Bf5 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nd2 Nbd7 7.O-O e6 8.b3 Bd6
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.c4 b5 12.c5 Bc7 13.f4 Ne4 14.a4 b4 15.Nf3 f6 16.Qe1 a5
17.h3 h5 18.e3 Rae8 19.Nh2 e5 20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.fxe5 fxe5
24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qg3 exd4 26.Qh4 Bxh2+ 27.Kxh2 dxe3 28.Rg1 Rf2+ 29.Rg2 Rxg2+
30.Kxg2 Qd2+ 31.Kg3 Bf3 32.Qe7 Qxb2  0-1

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Schuls,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.Rac1 Be6 13.b3 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Nc5 15.Qe3 Qb6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 e6 18.Bf3 a5 19.Rb1 Rfd8 20.a3 Qc7 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Nd7
23.Rdc1 Ne5 24.Bc3 Nxf3+ 25.exf3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Ra8 27.h4 h5 28.c5 dxc5 29.bxc5 Ra6
30.Qb4 Rd7 31.Kg2 Rc6 32.Qb5 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Porrasmaa,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.O-O Bxd4
9.exd4 dxc4 10.d5 Ne5 11.Qd4 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Bf5 14.Rad1 Ng6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Qxf6 gxf6 17.Bxc4 Ne5 18.Bb5 Red8 19.Rfe1 a6 20.Be2 Kf8 21.f4 Ng6 22.g3 Re8
23.Bf3 Rad8 24.Kf2 Rxe1 25.Kxe1 Ne7 26.Kf2 Nc8 27.g4 Bd7 28.Ne4 Kg7 29.Ng3 f5
30.gxf5 Nd6 31.Rc1 Rc8 32.f6+ Kxf6 33.Ne4+ Ke7 34.Nxd6 cxd6 35.Rxc8 Bxc8
36.Be4 Kd8 37.Ke3 Kc7 38.Kd4 Kb6 39.Kc4 Ka5 40.Bc2 b5+ 41.Kd4 b4 42.a3 bxa3
43.bxa3 Bd7 44.Kc3 Kb6 45.Kd4 Kb5 46.Bd3+ Ka5 47.Bc2 Bb5 48.Kc3 Kb6 49.Kd4 Bd7
50.Bd3 a5 51.Be2 Bb5 52.Bd1 Bf1 53.Bc2 Kb5 54.Bd1 Bh3 55.Bc2 Bd7 56.Bd1 Bf5
57.Bb3 Bd7 58.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kapp,Viljar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Nf3 Nd5 6.Bd2 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 Qd5 8.g3 Bg4
9.Bg2 Nc6 10.O-O e6 11.Ne5 Qd6 12.Nxg4 O-O-O 13.Qb3 Nb4 14.Ne5  1-0

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tedrema,Ardi"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d3 Re8 8.Nbd2 c5
9.a3 Nc6 10.Qc2 d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Rc1 b6 13.b4 Bb7 14.bxc5 Rac8 15.Qb3 Na5
16.Qb4 Bf8 17.e4 Qd8 18.Bxe5 Nc6 19.Qb2 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bg7 21.f4 Nd7 22.Ndf3 Nxc5
23.O-O Ne6 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.g3 Qc5+ 26.d4 Qd6 27.d5 Nc5 28.Qb1 f6 29.Nc4 Qe7
30.d6 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 Rxe4 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Rd1 Nd7 34.Nd4 a6 35.Bf3 f5 36.Bxe4 Bxe4
37.Nf3 Bxf3 38.Kxf3 b5 39.Na5 Ke6 40.Nb7 Bf6 41.Rc1 Bb2 42.Rc8 Bxa3 43.Re8+ Kd5
44.Re7 Kc6 45.Rxh7 Bxd6 46.Nxd6 Kxd6 47.Rg7 a5 48.Rxg6+ Kd5 49.h4 a4 50.h5 Nc5
51.h6  1-0

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Qxc6 14.Qxc6 bxc6
15.Rc1 Bd7 16.Kd2 a5 17.Bd4 a4 18.f3 f6 19.e3 Kf7 20.g4 h5 21.h3 Rh8 22.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baskin,Roman"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nge2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.f4 d5
9.Kh1 Rb8 10.Rb1 b5 11.a3 a5 12.Ng1 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.Nce2 b3 15.c3 dxe4
16.dxe4 Ba6 17.Be3 Bd3 18.Ra1 c4 19.Re1 Ra8 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nc1 Bc2 22.Qd6 Rd8
23.Qc5 Qa1 24.e5 Qxb2 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.Qxc6 Qxc3 27.Bf2 b2 28.Nce2 Qxe1  0-1

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rebane,Raul"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 b6 6.h3 O-O 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O d6 9.a4 a6
10.Na3 Nbd7 11.Qb3 Bd5 12.Qd1 Qc8 13.Bh2 Qb7 14.c4 Be4 15.Nb1 Qc7 16.Nc3 Bb7
17.Qb3 Ne4 18.Rfd1 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Rab8 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.d5 Bc8 22.Bd3 e5 23.Nd2 Bd7
24.Rdb1 Ne8 25.Rb2 f5 26.Rab1 Nf6 27.a5 bxa5 28.Ra2 Rxb1+ 29.Nxb1 Rb8 30.Rb2 a4
31.Na3 Rb6 32.Qb1 Rxb2 33.Qxb2 Be8 34.Bc2 Bf8 35.Bd1 Be7 36.f3 Bd8 37.Bg3 Qb6
38.Qxb6 Bxb6 39.Be1 Kf7 40.Bd2 Ke7 41.Kf2 e4 42.f4 h6 43.g3 Kf7 44.Bc2 Kg7
45.Bd1 g5 46.Bc2 Bd8 47.Bd1 Nh7 48.Be2 h5 49.Bd1 Kg6 50.Bc1 Nf6 51.Nb1 h4
52.fxg5 Kxg5 53.Bd2 Nh5 54.g4 fxg4 55.Bxg4 Nf6 56.Bd1 Bd7 57.Kg2 Be7 58.Be1 Nh5
59.Be2 Ng7 60.Bd1 Nf5 61.Bf2 Ng7 62.Na3 Be8 63.Nb1 Kf5 64.Na3 Ke5 65.Nb1 Bg5
66.Na3 Nf5 67.Nc2 a3 68.Nxa3 Nxe3+ 69.Bxe3 Bxe3 70.Nb1 Kf4 71.Bg4 Bc1 72.Kf2 e3+
73.Ke2 Bg6  0-1

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Qd3 Bc5 7.O-O Nd4 8.Nxd4 Bxd4
9.Bc4 Qe7 10.Nd2 d6 11.Nf3 Bb6 12.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vorobjov,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Rd1 Be6 11.Qd3 Ng4 12.b3 Qb6 13.e3 Ne5 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Rf1 Bf3
16.Bb2 e6 17.Ne4 Qc6 18.Bxe5 Bxg2 19.Bxg7 Bxe4 20.Qb2 e5 21.Bxf8 Bf3 22.h4 Rxf8
23.Kh2 h6 24.c5 Qxc5 25.Rac1 Qd5 26.Qc2 Qe6 27.Qc4 Qf5 28.Rg1 Be4 29.Qe2 Bf3
30.Qc2 Be4 31.g4 Qf3 32.Qd2 Qf6 33.Kh3 Qe6 34.Rg3 h5 35.f3 Bxf3 36.e4 hxg4+
37.Kh2 Kg7 38.Rc7 Rh8 39.Qg5 Rh5 40.Qd8 g5 41.Kg1 gxh4 42.Rg2 Bxg2 43.Re7 Qf6
44.Kxg2 h3+  0-1

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ozolins,Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Rotov,Igor"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Bxe4
9.Bg5 Bd5 10.c4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 cxd4 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qxb7 Qc8 14.Qd5 Rg8 15.Nd2 Rg5
16.Qxd4 Qg4 17.Qxg4 Rxg4 18.Ne4 Kd7 19.f3 Rg6 20.Rad1 f5 21.Nc5+ Kc7 22.Nd3 e6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Valgmae,Toomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3 12.Rb1 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Ba5 14.Rxb7 Bb6 15.Ba3 Re8
16.Ne5 Bc7 17.Qe4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qd5 19.Qf4 Nd7 20.Bd6 Red8 21.h4 c5 22.Rfb1 c4
23.Rc7 Rac8 24.Rbb7 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Qd1+ 26.Kh2 Qxa4 27.Rxc4 Qb5 28.Rc7 a5 29.Qe4 Nf8
30.Qf3 Nd7 31.Rb7 Qd3 32.Qc6 Nf8 33.Qc7 Rd7 34.Rb8  1-0

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sepp,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.Be7 Re8 15.Bxd6 bxa4
16.c5 d3 17.e5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Be4 a3 21.Bxd3 Qa5 22.Qe1 Qxc5
23.Rc1 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Vihmand,Ants"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 Nf6
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 a6 11.Bh6 b5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qe3 Bb7 14.Nbd2 b4 15.Rac1 a5
16.Red1 Nd7 17.Bb5 Rc8 18.Nb3 Kg8 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 20.cxb4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 axb4
22.Qd4 Nf6 23.Nfd2 Qa8 24.Qxb4 Nxe4 25.Rc7 Nxd2 26.Rxb7 Nxb3 27.Qxb3 e6 28.a3 Qa5
29.Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Jussupow,Ar"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tuulik,Ulo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bg4 5.Be2 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 h5
9.Rb1 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nxe5 11.Rxb7 O-O 12.Bxh5 Nf5 13.Be2 Nh4 14.Rb4 c5 15.Ra4 c4
16.g3 Nf5 17.f4 Ng6 18.Bf3 Qd7 19.Ra5 Nfe7 20.e4 Qc6 21.Be3 Qc7 22.Rc5 Qb8
23.exd5 Nf5 24.Bf2 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qe2 Qd7 27.Qxc4 Rc8 28.Qd3 Nh6 29.c4 Ng4
30.Bd4 Nf6 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Qd4 Qc7 33.Qxf6 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Qxc4 35.Rf2 Rb8 36.f5 Rb1+
37.Kg2 Nf8 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.f6  1-0

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nge2 Bd6 7.h3 O-O 8.g4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.g5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Be7 13.h4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
16.Ng3 Nb4 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Be7 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Bd2 Nc2+ 21.Ke2 Nxa1
22.Rxa1 Rac8 23.Bc3 b4 24.Bd4 a5 25.f4 Rc2+ 26.Kf3 Kf8 27.Rb1 a4 28.a3 b3
29.Nc3 Bxa3 30.Nxa4 Bb4 31.h5 Rdc8 32.Nc3 Bxc3 33.bxc3 b2 34.c4 Rb8 35.c5 g6
36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Ke4 Ke7 38.Kd3 Rh2 39.Be5 Rb3+ 40.Bc3 Kd7 41.Kc4 Rb7 42.Be5 Kc6
43.Rd1 Rc2+  0-1

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Puusepp,Kaimar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Qe7 10.Re1 a6 11.Be3 b5 12.c5 dxc5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.f4 Qe7
16.e5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qxd5 Be6 19.Bxc5 Qc7 20.Qd6 Qc8 21.Rac1 Rd8 22.Qc6 Qxc6
23.Bxc6 Rac8 24.Bb7 Rb8 25.Bxa6 Bxa2 26.Bd6 Ra8 27.Bxb5 Be6 28.h4 Bf8 29.Bxf8 Kxf8
30.Re2 Rab8 31.Bc4 Rdc8 32.Rec2 Bxc4 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Rxc4 Rxb2 35.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Drugov,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "XII Puhajarve Handicap"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volodin,Alek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 d6 5.d4 Nf6 6.d5 Nb8 7.Bd3 g6 8.h3 Bg7 9.e4 Nh5
10.g3 O-O 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Na6 13.Nh4 Nc7 14.Be2 f5 15.Bxh5 gxh5 16.Qxh5 f4
17.Bd2 Qf6 18.gxf4 exf4 19.Rg1 Bxh3 20.Ne2 Rae8 21.Bc3 Re5 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Nf3 Bd7
24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Nxe5 Be8 26.f3 Kh8 27.Rxg7 Kxg7 28.Nd3 b5 29.b3 bxc4 30.bxc4  1-0

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Preliminary"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Teelem,Lauri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nd5 c6
9.Ne3 Bc8 10.Qc2 f5 11.b3 Nd7 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.d5 Ndf6 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Rac1 Rac8
16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 f4 19.Nf1 fxg3 20.hxg3 Ng4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7
22.Qd4+ Kg8 23.c5 d5 24.Bxd5+ cxd5 25.Qxd5+ Rf7 26.Qxd7 Nxf2 27.Qxc7 Rxc7
28.Rd4 e5 29.Rd5 Rce7 30.b4 h5 31.c6 Ng4 32.b5 Rc7 33.a4 Kf8 34.a5 Rf6 35.Rdc5 Ke7
36.b6 axb6 37.axb6 Rc8 38.b7  1-0

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Preliminary"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daulyte,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e5 7.Nge2 d5 8.dxe5 Nxe4
9.Nxd5 Bxe5 10.Bg2 f5 11.c3 Be6 12.Ndf4 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bc4 14.h4 O-O-O+ 15.Kc2 Rhe8
16.b3 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Nxg3 18.Nxg3 Bxg3 19.Rae1 Bd6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Bg5 Rxe1
22.Rxe1 Rf8 23.b4 Kd7 24.Be3 a6 25.Kd3 f4 26.Bd4 Rf5 27.a4 Be7 28.Rh1 Rh5
29.Ke4 Rxh4 30.Rxh4 Bxh4 31.Kxf4 Ke6 32.c4 Be7 33.b5 cxb5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.a5 Kd5
36.a6 Kc6 37.Ke5 h5 38.Ke6 Bd6 39.Kf7 h4 40.Ke8 h3 41.Kd8 h2 42.Kc8 h1=Q
43.a7 Qh3+ 44.Kb8 Kd7 45.a8=Q c5+ 46.Kb7 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Preliminary"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 c6
9.Bg2 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.f3 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Preliminary"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kovaljov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Ba6 10.a4 Rc8 11.Nd2 Bb4 12.e4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bxc4 14.bxc4 e5 15.Ne2 Qe7
16.Qb3 c5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.f4 Nc6 19.e5 Nd7 20.Rad1 Na5 21.Qc2 Nb8 22.f5 f6
23.e6 Rfd8 24.Nf4 Nbc6 25.Nd5 Rxd5 26.cxd5 Nd4  1-0

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Preliminary"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seeman,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Preliminary"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shvyrjov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Be7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.e4 dxe4 10.Ndxe4 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volodin,Alek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 d6 5.O-O Nd7 6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 g6
9.Be3 Bg7 10.Rfd1 O-O 11.Qh4 Re8 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.b3 Qc7 14.Bh3 Rcd8 15.Nd5 Qb8
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Ng5 e6 18.Nc3 a6 19.Nce4 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qc7 22.Bg2 Ne5
23.Bg5 Rd7 24.h3 Rc8 25.Be3 Bg7 26.Kf1 Qd8 27.Rc2 Nc6 28.Rcd2 Bc3 29.Rd3 Be5
30.f4 Bg7 31.Qxc6 Rxc6 32.Bxc6 Bf8 33.Bxd7 Qxd7 34.Bxb6 Qc6 35.Bg1 Qh1 36.g4 d5
37.Rg3 Bc5 38.Rdd3 Bxg1 39.Rxg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.d4 Qg6 10.O-O d6 11.Qc4 d5 12.Qc3 exd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nb5 O-O 15.Nxc7 Rb8
16.Nxd5 Bd6 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Qg3 Bxc2 19.Qxg6 Bxg6 20.b3 Rbd8 21.Be3 Bxh2+ 22.Kxh2 Rxd5
23.Rac1 Rc8 24.Rc3 Rd3 25.Rfc1 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 a5 27.Bxc5 Bf7 28.g4 h5 29.gxh5 Bxh5
30.a3 Be8 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Bb5 33.Kg3 Rd8 34.Be3 Rd7 35.Kf4 Kf7 36.Rc5 Rb7
37.Rf5+ Ke6 38.Re5+ Kf7 39.Bc5 Bc6 40.Rf5+ Ke6 41.Rg5 Kf7 42.Ke3 g6 43.Rg1 Rb8
44.Kd4 Bb5 45.Ra1 Ke6 46.Re1+ Kf6 47.Be7+ Kf7 48.Bd6 Rc8 49.Ra1 Rc2 50.Ke3 Rc3+
51.Ke4 Ke6 52.Bc5 Rc4+ 53.Ke3 Kd5 54.Rd1+ Ke5 55.Rd8 Rc3+ 56.Kd2 Rb3 57.Bd4+ Ke4
58.Bc3 Ra3 59.Kc2 Ba4+ 60.Kd2 Ra2+ 61.Ke1 Rc2 62.Rd4+ Kf5 63.Bd2 Rb2 64.f3 g5  1-0

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.d4 Be7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.Bf4 g5 14.Be3 Nxe5 15.Rac1 a6
16.Ne4 h6 17.Bc5 O-O 18.Qc3 f6 19.f4 gxf4 20.gxf4 Ng6 21.Qh3 Kh7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Nc5 Bc8 24.e3 Rg8 25.Kh1 Qf7 26.a3 Ne7 27.Be4+ f5 28.Bf3 Nd5 29.Nd3 Nxe3
30.Ne5 Qf6 31.Bxc6 Nxf1 32.Bxa8 Nd2 33.Rc7+ Rg7 34.Rxc8 Qe7 35.Bg2 Qa7 36.Rh8+ Kxh8
37.Qxh6+ Kg8 38.Qxe6+ Kh8 39.Qh6+ Kg8 40.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seeman,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be3 c6 6.a4 O-O 7.h3 d5 8.Bd3 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bf5 11.Qd3 Bxe4 12.Qxe4 Nd7 13.O-O Re8 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.b3 Qd5
16.Qd3 Nf6 17.c4 Qf5 18.Rfe1 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 Rad8 20.Red1 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Be2 Bg4 14.O-O Rac8
15.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Paul Keres Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nyback,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Rd1 h6 13.a3 Bd6 14.Nc3 Nbd7 15.Bf4 Nb6
16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qc8 18.Nd3 Qb7+ 19.Kg1 Nbd7 20.b4 Rfe8 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 e5
23.Be3 Nf8 24.c6 Qc8 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 Qe6 27.Qc5 Nh7 28.Kg2 Nf6 29.Rd3 Ne4
30.Qd5 Qxd5 31.Rxd5 Rad8 32.Rad1 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Re6 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Rd7 Rxc6
36.Rxf7 Kg6 37.Rd7 Rc3 38.Rd3 Rxd3 39.exd3 Nf6 40.Kf3 Kf5 41.h3 h5 42.Bc5 g5
43.Ke2 g4 44.hxg4+ hxg4 45.f3 Nd5 46.Ba7 Nc3+ 47.Kd2 Nd5 48.Ke2 Nc3+ 49.Kd2 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vidit,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 c5 7.dxc5 O-O 8.Bb2 Bxc5
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nbd7 12.Qc2 b5 13.Nce5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bb7 15.Rad1 Rc8
16.Qb1 Qe7 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Bd3 Rc5 20.Rc1 Rfc8 21.Rxc5 Rxc5
22.Rc1 Bxf3+ 23.gxf3 Qe5 24.Rxc5 Qxc5 25.Qc2 Qxc2+ 26.Bxc2 Bc3 27.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Qc1 b5 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.b3 cxb3 12.axb3 a6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ne4 Nb4 15.Nc5 Bxc5
16.Qxc5 Qd6 17.Qh5 Qd5 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Qf4 Qd8 20.e4 Rg8 21.Rfd1 Rg6 22.Rac1 Rc8
23.Rc5 c6 24.h4 a5 25.h5 Rg8 26.Rd2 Qe7 27.Rc1 Ra8 28.d5 e5 29.Qh6 Rad8 30.Nh4 Bc8
31.dxc6 Rxd2 32.Qxd2 a4 33.bxa4 bxa4 34.Rc4 Na6 35.Rxa4 Qc5 36.Qd5 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Be6
38.Qd6 Nc5 39.Qe7 Nxa4 40.Qxf6+ Rg7 41.h6 Qg5  1-0

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A19"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2 e5 6.O-O d6 7.d3 g6 8.a3 Bg7 9.b4 O-O
10.Rb1 Ne8 11.Nd5 Nc7 12.bxc5 dxc5 13.Re1 Ne6 14.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 b6 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qc2 d6 11.Bd3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 Nd7 14.O-O Qe7 15.Be4 Bxe4
16.Qxe4 O-O 17.Qd3 f6 18.e4 Qh7 19.Rae1 Qg6 20.Rf2 a4 21.Nd2 Ra5 22.g4 h5
23.h3 hxg4 24.hxg4 Kf7 25.Nf1 Ke7 26.Ng3 Kd8 27.Ref1 Kc8 28.Nh5 a3 29.Rf3 Ra4
30.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4
9.Ne5 Be6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.Bd2 Ng4 13.f4 Nh6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.h3 Kh8
16.Na4 f6 17.Nb6 Bf5 18.g4 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Nf7 20.Kg2 e5 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.Bc3 Qe7
23.b4 Rbe8 24.Rae1 Kg8 25.a3 g5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxf1 28.Rxf1 Qxe5 29.Rf3 Qb2+
30.Rf2 Qe5 31.Rf3 Qb2+ 32.Rf2 Qc3 33.Qxc3 Bxc3 34.Kf3 Rf8+ 35.Ke2 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Bb2
37.e4 Bxa3 38.exd5 Bxb4 39.Na4 cxd5 40.Ke3 Kf7 41.Kd4 Ke6 42.Nb6 Be1 43.Nxd5 Bf2+
44.Kc4 Ke5 45.Ne7 b5+ 46.cxb6 Bxb6 47.Nd5 Ba5 48.Ne7 Kf4 49.Nd5+ Kg3 50.Nf6 Kxh3
51.Nxh7 Kxg4  0-1

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Be2 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 Bg4 8.Be3 Be7
9.d5 Nb8 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nd2 Nfd7 13.Nde4 Na6 14.h4 h6 15.h5 Bxe4
16.Nxe4 Nac5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qa4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bf4 Bg4
9.d5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nh5 11.Be3 Ne5 12.Qe2 b5 13.O-O-O c6 14.f4 Nc4 15.e5 cxd5
16.Rxd5 Qc8 17.Rxb5 Qc6 18.Rg1 Rfc8 19.Qxc4 Qxc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Kc2 a6 22.Rb7 Rac8
23.Kb3 e6 24.Ne2 f6 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Nxc1 fxe5 27.Nd3 exf4 28.Nxf4 Nxf4 29.Bxf4 Bd4
30.f3 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Zhigalko,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4 b6 8.g4 Bb7
9.Bg2 e5 10.Nf5 g6 11.Ng3 h5 12.g5 Nfd7 13.h4 Qc7 14.O-O Nc5 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Bg7 17.b4 Ncd7 18.a5 bxa5 19.Rxa5 O-O 20.Be4 Nb6 21.Qd3 Rc8 22.c4 Nxc4
23.Rc1 Nd7 24.Ra2 Rab8 25.Qb3 a5 26.b5 Nxe3 27.Rxc7 Rxc7 28.fxe3 Rc1+ 29.Kg2 Nc5
30.Qa3 Rc4 31.Qxa5 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Qc7 Rg4+ 34.Kh3 Rf8 35.b6 Rb4 36.b7 Rb3
37.Ra8 Rxe3+ 38.Kg2  1-0

[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melkumyan,H"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Rb1 Ba4 11.Qxa4+ Qxa4 12.Bb5+ Qxb5 13.Rxb5 b6 14.dxc5 Bxc3 15.Ke2 Bxd2
16.Kxd2 Nd7 17.c6 Nf8 18.Rc1 O-O-O+ 19.Ke1 Ne6 20.a4 Nd4 21.Rd5 Rxd5 22.exd5 Nf5
23.a5 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rd8 25.axb6 axb6 26.e4 f5 27.Rc4 fxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxd5 29.Rxe7 h5
30.Rb7 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem A 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kurnosov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Nc6 8.Rg1 h5
9.gxh5 Nxh5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Rg3 a6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qe2 Rb8 15.Rd3 Qb6
16.Qxe5 Be7 17.O-O-O Rb7 18.b3 Qc7 19.Qxc7 Rxc7 20.Ne4 O-O 21.Bf4 Nxe4 22.Bxc7 Nxf2
23.Bd6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Nxd1 25.Kxd1 Bb7 26.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem A 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kovalenko,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Bf4 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qb4 11.Bd2 Ne4 12.Bg2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Rd8 14.Qe2 e6 15.O-O c6
16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Qxe4 18.Bxe4 Bc5 19.c3 Rd2 20.b4 Bb6 21.a4 Re2 22.Bf3 Rc2
23.a5 Bc7 24.a6 Rxc3 25.axb7 Rxf3 26.Rxa7 Bb8 27.Ra6 Kd7 28.Rc1 Bxe5 29.Rc5 Bd6
30.Rcxc6 Bc7 31.Kg2 Rf4 32.b5 Rb8 33.Ra7 Rb4 34.Rc5 Bb6  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem A 2012"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1.48"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Azaladze,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 Be6
9.Qd3 Qa6 10.b3 d5 11.Ng5 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Bg4 13.Bg2 h6 14.Nge4 Nbd7 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Bf4 Rad8 17.Qe3 Qa5 18.Be5 Bc8 19.h3 Nh5 20.d5 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Nf6 22.Rfe1 cxd5
23.Bxd5 Kg7 24.Kg2 b5 25.Bc6 Rd6 26.cxb5 Rfd8 27.Qc5 Be6 28.b4 Qa3 29.Ne4 Nxe4
30.Rxe4 Qb2 31.Qe5+ Qxe5 32.Rxe5 Rd2 33.a3 Rb2 34.Re3 Rdd2 35.Rf3 Bc4 36.Kg1 e5
37.Re1 f6 38.Rc3 Be6 39.Bh1 Bxh3 40.Rc7+ Rd7 41.Rec1 Kf8 42.Be4 Rb3 43.Rxd7 Bxd7
44.Rc7 Bxb5 45.Rxa7 f5 46.Bd5 Rb1+ 47.Kg2 e4 48.g4 Be2 49.gxf5 Bf3+ 50.Kg3 g5
51.f6 Rg1+ 52.Kh2 Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2.87"]
[White "Baratosi,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 Qc7 8.h3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.Be3 Nh5 11.Bc4 Nf4 12.Qb1 Qe7 13.Rd1 Nd7 14.Qa2 Qf6 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Qa3 Ne5
17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Rd3 Bf6 19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Kg7 21.a5 Rb8 22.Bb3 f3 23.Rd3 fxg2
24.Kxg2 Be5 25.Bc4 f5 26.Re1 f4 27.f3 b5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Ra1 Rb7 30.Bb3 Kh6
31.Rad1 b5 32.Rd8 Rxd8 33.Rxd8 Bd7 34.Rf8 Kg5 35.Rf7 h5 36.Ne2 Bc8 37.Rf8 Rb8
38.Nxf4 Bf5 39.exf5 Bxf4 40.fxg6 Rxf8 41.g7 Rd8 42.g8=Q+ Rxg8 43.Bxg8 Be5
44.b3 b4 45.Bf7 h4 46.Kf2 Kf4 47.Be6 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3.76"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Diermair,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5
9.Be2 a6 10.h3 Re8 11.O-O-O e4 12.Nd2 Nf8 13.g4 Be6 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.f3 exf3
16.Bxf3 Qe7 17.g5 N6d7 18.h4 b5 19.c5 Bb8 20.e4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Bf4 22.b4 a5
23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Bg4 25.Rde1 Kh8 26.Nf3 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Qxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Rxe1+
29.Ka2 Ne6 30.Ne2 Rf1 31.Bg4 Rf2 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Qe4 Rf8 34.Qxe6 Nb8 35.Nxf4 R2xf4
36.h5 Na6 37.Kb3 Rf3+ 38.Bc3 Nb8 39.h6 gxh6 40.d5+ Rxc3+ 41.Kxc3  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Zoler,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 e6
9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Bg5 Ba6 11.Nh3 Bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bd6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.g3 Be5 15.Qd2 b3
16.Bxb3 Qa5 17.Qxa5 Rxa5 18.O-O-O Ke7 19.Kb1 Na6 20.Rd2 Nc7 21.Rhd1 Bd4 22.f4 Nb5
23.e5 Rb8 24.exf6+ Bxf6 25.dxe6 dxe6 26.Rc1 Nd4 27.Bc4 Nf5 28.Nf2 Bd4 29.Nd1 Nd6
30.Bb3 Rb4 31.Rcc2 Ra6 32.Nc3 Bf6 33.Re2 Kf8 34.Rc1 c4 35.Bd1 Kg7 36.Ka1 Bd4
37.a3 Bxc3 38.Rxc3 Nb5 39.Rc1 c3 40.a4 Nd4 41.b3 c2 42.Rcxc2 Nxb3+ 43.Kb1 Rd6
44.Re1 Nc5+ 45.Ka1 Rxa4+ 46.Ra2 Rxa2+ 47.Kxa2 Rd2+ 48.Ka3 Rxh2 49.Re3 Nd7
50.Kb3 Nf6 51.Kc4 h5 52.Kd3 Rg2 53.Be2 Nd5 54.Rf3 Ne7 55.Bf1 Rh2 56.Ke4 Nf5
57.Rd3 h4 58.gxh4 Rxh4 59.Rh3 Rg4 60.Kf3 Rg1 61.Kf2 Rg6 62.Bd3 Kf6 63.Bxf5 Kxf5
64.Kf3 Rg1 65.Rh5+ Kg6 66.Ra5 Kf6 67.Rb5 Rf1+ 68.Ke4 Ra1 69.Rc5 Rd1 70.Ra5 Rd5
71.Ra7 Rb5 72.Ra1 Rb4+ 73.Kf3 Rb3+ 74.Ke4 Kg6 75.Rg1+ Kh5 76.Rh1+ Kg4 77.Rg1+ Kh4
78.Ke5 Rb5+ 79.Ke4 Ra5 80.Rg7 f5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Maiorov,N1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 Qh4 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qf3 Qh5
9.Qxh5 Nxh5 10.e5 d5 11.Be2 g6 12.c4 Ba6 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Bh6 Rg8 15.Rfd1 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Ng7 17.Bxg7 Rxg7 18.Rab1 Rd8 19.Kf1 f6 20.exf6 Rf7 21.Re1 Kd7 22.cxd5 Bxe2+
23.Rxe2 cxd5 24.Rb5 Kc6 25.Ra5 Kb6 26.Ra4 Rxf6 27.Rb2+ Kc5 28.Rxa7 Rc6 29.Ke2 Re8+
30.Kd3 Re1 31.Ra5+ Kd6 32.Rbb5 Ke6 33.Rxd5 Rd1+ 34.Ke4 Re1+ 35.Kd4 Rd1+ 36.Ke4 Re1+
37.Kf4 Rc4+ 38.Rd4 Rxc3 39.Ra6+ c6 40.Ra8 Rg1 41.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Popovic,Du"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Qd3 Bc5 7.O-O Qe7 8.Nc3 Nd4
9.Bc4 d6 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 c6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.Be3 Bc5 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Rxf4 Qe5 18.Qe3 O-O-O 19.c3 Rhe8 20.Re1 Re7 21.Rf7 Rde8 22.Rxe7 Rxe7
23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.hxg3 Bf5 25.Bc2 Be6 26.a3 Rd7 27.Kf2 Rd2+ 28.Re2 Rxe2+ 29.Kxe2 Kd7
30.Ke3 g5 31.e5 h6 32.Be4 Bd5 33.Bf5+ Ke7 34.Kf2 h5 35.g4 h4 36.Kg1 Bc4 37.Kh2 Bf1
38.Kg1 Bc4 39.Kh2 Bf1 40.Kg1 Bc4 41.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[Round "7.51"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lintchevski,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be3 Bxf3 6.gxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Qf6 8.Qa4 O-O-O
9.O-O-O Bb4 10.f4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qg6 12.f3 Qh5 13.Be2 Nf6 14.Qxc4 Na5 15.Qd3 c5
16.Rhg1 c4 17.Qc2 h6 18.Rxg7 Rhg8 19.Rxg8 Rxg8 20.d5 Qxh2 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Qd2 b6
23.Bf1 Qh5 24.Qd6 Re8 25.Bd4 Nd7 26.f5 exf5 27.e5 Nf8 28.Qd5 Kc7 29.e6 Nc6
30.Be5+ Kb7 31.f4 Qg6 32.Bxc4 Rxe6 33.Qb5 a6 34.Qxa6+  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Ipatov,Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.Qe2 c5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxa6 bxa6 11.dxc5 a5 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.e4 Nb4 14.Be3 Qd3 15.Qxd3 Nxd3
16.Nxa5 Nxb2 17.e5 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Rac8 19.Ke2 Rfd8 20.Bd4 Na4 21.Rc1 f6 22.Rc4 fxe5
23.Be3 Nb2 24.Re4 Nd1 25.Bd2 Rxc5 26.Nb7 Rxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Rd5+ 28.Kc2 Nxf2 29.Re2 e4
30.Rxf2 Rb5 31.Nd2 e3 32.Re2 exd2 33.Rxe7 Rb2+ 34.Kd1 Bh6  0-1

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.O-O Nbc6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.c4 dxc4 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Na3 c3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.Nxf5 exf5
16.Nc4 Be7 17.Rfd1 O-O 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qe6 20.Bc7 f6 21.Qb3 Kf7 22.Bd6 fxe5
23.Bxe5 Qxb3 24.axb3 Rfd8 25.Kf1 g5 26.f4 gxf4 27.Bxf4 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Ra7
29.Ra1 Bf6 30.Ra5 Bxc3 31.Rxf5+ Ke8 32.Ke2 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.Kd3 Bb4 35.g4 Be7
36.Kd4 Ke6 37.Bg3 Bf8 38.h4 Be7 39.h5 Bf8 40.Bf4 Be7 41.Ke4 Bd8 42.g5 Be7
43.Bd2 Bd8 44.g6 hxg6 45.hxg6 Be7 46.Bc3 Ba3 47.Kf4 Bc1+ 48.Kg4 Be3 49.Kh5 Bc1
50.Ba5 Be3 51.Bd8 Bf4 52.Bg5 Be5 53.Kh6 c5 54.Bd2 Kd5 55.Kh7 c4 56.bxc4+ Kc5
57.Kg8 Bd4 58.Kf7 Kxc4 59.Bg5  1-0

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.Ne5 Nb6 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bd6 15.Be3 Bd7
16.a3 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Be8 18.Bb1 a5 19.Bd2 Bc7 20.Bc3 a4 21.e4 e5 22.dxe5 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 f6 27.Ba2+ Kf8 28.f3 Ke7 29.Kf2 c5
30.Rd2 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Kxd8 32.Ke3 Ke7 33.Bd5 b5 34.f4 Kd6 35.h4 Bd7 36.Bf7 Bc6
37.Bh5 Bd7 38.Bf7 Bc6 39.Bh5 Ke6 40.Bg4+ Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th EICC"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11.12"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 b4 10.Nce2 h6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.h4 d5 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bh2 dxe4 15.g5 hxg5
16.hxg5 Rxh2 17.Rxh2 exd4 18.Rh4 Ng4 19.Nxd4 Nge5 20.Rxe4 Bb7 21.Ree1 O-O-O
22.f4 Ng6 23.Bh3 Kb8 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Re8+ Ka7 26.Nb5+ axb5 27.Qxd7 Qxf4+
28.Kb1 Qxg5 29.Qc7 Ka6 30.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2012"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Heydarli,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Bb2 b5 10.d5 Na5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nd4 b4 13.Na4 e6 14.a3 bxa3 15.Bc3 e5
16.Bxa5 exd4 17.Rxa3 Rb5 18.b4 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rxd5 20.Qc2 Qe7 21.Bxc7 Bb7 22.Bb6 Rc8
23.Qd3 Qe6 24.Raa1 Re8 25.Rae1 Re5 26.Bxd4 Rd5 27.e3 Bxd4  0-1

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2012"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Esen,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nfd7 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Nxc4 O-O
9.O-O Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Bh6 Bg7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Qa3 Re8 15.Rac1 Qc7
16.b4 Qb8 17.b5 cxb5 18.Qb2+ Nf6 19.Qxb5 Be6 20.Bxb7 a6 21.Qb1 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 Ra7
23.Bf3 a5 24.a4 Rc8 25.Qxb8 Rxb8 26.Rd2 Ne8 27.Rdc2 Rb1+ 28.Kg2 Ra1 29.Bc6 Nd6
30.Rc5 Rb1 31.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2012"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2012.04.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Azaladze,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.c3 e6
9.Ne5 Nd7 10.Qe2 Nxe5 11.Qxe5 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2012"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2012.05.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mammadov,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bb5 O-O
9.O-O Na5 10.Rc1 Bf5 11.Be2 Rc8 12.Ne5 a6 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Rxc8 Qxc8 15.g4 Be6
16.Nd3 g5 17.Bg3 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2012"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2012.05.03"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Agayev,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.g3 Bc7 7.d6 Ba5 8.Bg2 h6
9.Nh3 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nc6 12.e4 Qa5 13.Qc2 Re8 14.f4 b5 15.e5 Nh7
16.Be3 Ba6 17.Bxc6 dxc6 18.Bxc5 Nf8 19.Nf2 Bc8 20.Ne4 Bh3 21.Rfe1 Nd7 22.Qf2 Qa4
23.Bb4 a5 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Qc4 26.Qd4 Qxd4+ 27.Bxd4 a4 28.Rad1 Reb8 29.Bc5 Rb7
30.Kf2 Rd7 31.Ke3 Kf8 32.c4 Be6 33.cxb5 cxb5 34.a3 Rc8 35.Rc1 Ke8 36.g4 g6
37.h3 Rb7 38.Ke4 Kd7 39.f5 gxf5+ 40.gxf5 Bc4 41.Bb4 Rbb8 42.Rg1 Bb3 43.e6+ fxe6
44.Rg7+ Kd8 45.Ba5+  1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2012"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2012.05.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O d6 10.Kh1 Qxe4 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.Bh5 Qd3 13.Be2 Qg6 14.Bh5 Qd3 15.Be2 Qg6
16.Bh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2012"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2012.05.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mammadov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Nd2 c5 11.cxd5 cxd4 12.Nb5 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd4 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nb8
16.N2f3 Nb4 17.a3 N4c6 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.b4 b5 20.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2012"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2012.05.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Iordachescu,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Qe2 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qxe5+ Qe7
8.Qa5 Qd8 9.Qe5+ Qe7 10.Qa5 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Petrov,Ar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 b4 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Nbd2 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Bd5 15.Rd1 Nd7
16.Nb3 Qc8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 c5 19.Na5 Qc7 20.Nc4 Rad8 21.Qc2 Qc6 22.e4 Bxc4
23.Qxc4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Bf1 g6 27.Bd3 a5 28.Qb5 Qxb5 29.Bxb5 Bc7
30.a4 f6 31.Bc4 Kf7 32.Kg2 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Kg3 Bd8 35.b3 Be7 36.Be2 Bd8
37.Bc4 Be7 38.Be2 Bd8 39.Bc4 Be7 40.Be2 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panarin,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Be3 Re8
9.f3 d6 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.Qf2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 a6 14.Be2 b5 15.Rhe1 Nb6
16.Qf4 Ne5 17.Bf1 h6 18.Nd4 Qg5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qg3 Rf8 21.Ne2 Rae8 22.b3 Qxg3
23.hxg3 g5 24.c3 Kf7 25.Nd4 Kg7 26.Be2 Ng6 27.Rh1 Nd7 28.c4 b4 29.Nc6 a5
30.Nxa5 Nge5 31.c5 Nxc5 32.Nc4 Nxc4 33.Bxc4 Ra8 34.Rd4 Ra5 35.Rc1 Kf6 36.Be2 Rfa8
37.Rd2 Ke5 38.Rc4 Rb8 39.Rdd4 Rba8 40.Rd2 Rb8 41.Rdd4 Rba8  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mokshanov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Rd1 Ba6
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Rc8 11.e4 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nf1 dxc4 14.d5 cxb3 15.axb3 Bxf1
16.Bxf1 Qc7 17.Bb5 Ne8 18.Re1 Bf6 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Nd6 21.Bf4 Rce8 22.b4 f6
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Qf5 Re7 27.Rxa7 Nb6 28.Rxe7 Qxe7
29.Kg2 Qe5 30.Qxe5 fxe5 31.Kf3 Nc8 32.Ke3 Kf7 33.Bd3 h6 34.f4 Kf6 35.h4 Nd6
36.h5 exf4+ 37.gxf4 Ke7 38.Bg6 Nc8 39.Bf5 Nd6 40.Bg6 Kd8 41.Kd3 Kc7 42.Ke3 Nb5
43.Kd3 Kd6 44.Bf7 Nd4 45.Ke3 Nf5+ 46.Kd3 Ke7 47.Bg6 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ulanov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.c3 Nxd2 7.Bxd2 Be7 8.Bd3 b6
9.b4 Nb8 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.b5 a6 14.a4 c6 15.Qe2 axb5 16.axb5 Rxa1
17.Rxa1 cxb5 18.Bc2 Rd8 19.Qd3 g6 20.Bxh6 b4 21.Ng5 Qe8 22.Qh3 f5 23.exf6 Bxf6
24.Qf3 Bh8 25.h4 e5 26.Ra7 e4 27.Qf4 Bf5 28.Bb3 Qc6 29.Nf7  1-0

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Bg2 Qa5 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.e4 Be6 14.b3 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxa1
16.Bg5 Bf5 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Bxd6 Rbd8 19.Rxa1 Rxd6 20.Qc3 Qxc3 21.Nxc3 Rde6
22.Bd5 Re1+ 23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Kg2 Rc1 25.Nb5 Bb1 26.Nxa7 Bxa2 27.Nc6 Bxb3
28.Ne5 Kg7 29.Nxf7 Bxc4 30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Ng5 h6 32.Nf3 Kf6 33.h4 Kf5 34.Nd2 Rc3
35.Nf1 Ke4 36.Nh2 Rc6 37.Nf3 Rc3 38.Nh2 Rc8 39.Nf3 Rd8 40.Ng1 Rf8 41.Nh3 Rf7
42.Kf1 Rf6 43.Ke2 Ra6 44.Kf1 Kd3 45.Kg2 Rf6 46.Ng1 Ke4 47.Nh3 Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Qh4 11.g3 Qh3 12.O-O-O Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba3+ 14.Kb1 Nb6 15.Bf1 Qh5
16.Be2 Qg6 17.Be3 Be7 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Nb5 Bd7 20.Nc7 Rac8 21.Bxb6 axb6 22.cxd5 Rxc7
23.d6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Bc6 25.Rhd1 Bd5 26.Kb2 Rfc8 27.c4 Bxc4 28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kh7
30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Rd7 Re4 32.Rxf7 Rxe5 33.Rxb7 Rb5+ 34.Kc3 Ra5 35.Kb3 Rb5+
36.Ka3 Ra5+ 37.Kb2 Rb5+ 38.Ka1 g5 39.g4 Kg6 40.a3 Kf6 41.Ka2 g6 42.h3 Ke5
43.Rg7 Kf6 44.Rg8 Kf7 45.Rb8 Ke7 46.Rc8 Rd5 47.Kb3 Rd2 48.Rg8 Rxf2 49.Rxg6 Rf3+
50.Kb4 Rxh3 51.Rxg5 Rg3 52.Rb5 Rxg4+ 53.Kc3 Ra4 54.Rxb6 Rxa3+ 55.Kd2 Kf6
56.Ke2 Kf5 57.Rb5+ e5 58.Rb4 e4 59.Rb8 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Frolyanov,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Nf6 9.e5 dxe5
10.Nxe5 O-O 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qd3 Qd6 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 c6 19.c3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bb3 c5 22.dxc5 Qxc5 23.g3 Red8
24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 b4 27.Qxb4 Qxb4 28.cxb4 Bxb2 29.Kg2 Bc3
30.b5 Bd4 31.f4 h5 32.h4 Kf8 33.Bf3 Bb6 34.Bc6 Bd4 35.Bf3 Bb6 36.Bc6 Bd4
37.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Popov,Iv RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.f3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.Be2 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Na4 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Nd7
16.g4 Rc7 17.h3 Rac8 18.Rhd1 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Ke1 fxg4 21.hxg4 d5 22.cxd5 Rxc1
23.Bxc1 Bxd5 24.Bb2 e6 25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.Rxd7 Bxb2 27.bxc4 Be5 28.c5 b5 29.cxb6 Rc4
30.Nb2 Bxb2 31.b7 Be5 32.b8=Q+ Bxb8 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Rxb8 Rc2 35.a4 Rc4 36.Rb7+ Kg8
37.Re7 Rxa4 38.Kf2 Ra5 39.f4 Ra3 40.Rxe6 a5 41.Ra6 a4 42.g5 Kf7 43.f5 Ra1
44.Ra7+ Kg8 45.Ra8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shimanov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nc3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rae1 b6 14.h3 Bb7 15.g4 h6
16.f4 exf3 17.exf3 Nf8 18.d5 Qd7 19.f4 Re7 20.Bd4 Rae8 21.Rb1 N6h7 22.Be4 Ba6
23.Bf5 Qd8 24.Bd3 Rd7 25.Ne4 f5 26.gxf5 Rxe4 27.Bxe4 Bxc4 28.Rfe1 Nf6 29.Bf3 Rf7
30.Qg2 Bd3 31.Rbd1 Bxf5 32.Re3 Qd7 33.Rde1 Bxh3 34.Qg3 Bf5 35.Bxf6 Rxf6 36.Re7 Rg6
37.Qxg6 Nxg6 38.Rxd7 Bxd7 39.Re4 c6 40.dxc6 Bxc6 41.Re3 Bxf3 42.Rxf3 Kf7
43.c4 Ne7 44.Rb3 Nc8 45.Kf2 g5 46.fxg5 hxg5 47.Rb5 Ke6 48.Rxg5 Kd7 49.Ke3 Ne7
50.Ke4 Ke6 51.Rb5 Nc8 52.Rh5 Ne7 53.Rh6+ Kd7 54.Rh7 Ke6 55.Kd3 Nc6 56.Kc3 Nb4
57.a3 Na6 58.Kd4  1-0

[Event "65th ch-RUS HL"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Bb4 12.O-O Nh5 13.d5 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qe7 15.b3 cxd5 16.exd5 Bxc3
17.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Qxc3 O-O 19.Nd4 Qf6 20.Nxb5 Qxc3 21.Nxc3 Nb6 22.bxc4 Rac8
23.Nb5 Nxc4 24.Nxa7 Rc5 25.Rc1 Ba6 26.a4 Re8 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 Bxc4 29.Rc1 Bd3
30.Rc8 Kf8 31.f3 f6 32.Kf2 h5 33.Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.Nb5 Kd7 35.Nc3 Bc4 36.Ne4 Ke6
37.Ke3 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.Nd2 Ba6 40.Kf4 f5 41.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Minsk Open 2012"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mamchenko,Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 e6 7.Bc4 Nd7 8.O-O N7f6
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Bb2 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Qxc3
16.Rab1 Rb8 17.Ba6 Ba3 18.Bxb7 O-O 19.Qa6 Bd6 20.Rfc1 Qd2 21.Rxc6 Bb4 22.Qxa7 Ba5
23.Qa6 Rfe8 24.Rc5 Bb4 25.Rb5 Be7 26.R5b2 Qc3 27.a4 Bf6 28.Rb3 Qd2 29.Qd3 Qa5
30.Qb5 Qd2 31.a5 Ra8  1-0

[Event "Minsk Open 2012"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ivanov,MM"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Qe2 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Bxf3 15.gxf3 cxd4
16.cxd4 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Rxd4 18.Rxd4 Qg5+ 19.Kf1 Qxc1+ 20.Qd1 Qc5 21.Qd2 Rb8
22.Kg2 a5 23.h4 Rb1 24.Rd7 Kg7 25.Qg5 Qxg5+ 26.hxg5 Rb5 27.f4 e5 28.Kf3 exf4
29.Kxf4 Rb2 30.f3 Rxa2 31.Ra7 a4 32.Ra6 a3 33.Rxc6 Ra1 34.Rc7 a2 35.Ra7 h6
36.gxh6+ Kxh6 37.Ra6 f6 38.Ra8 g5+ 39.Kf5 Rf1 40.Rxa2 Rxf3+ 41.Ke6 g4 42.e5 Kg5
43.Ra8 fxe5 44.Kxe5 Re3+ 45.Kd4 Re7 46.Kd3 g3 47.Ra4 g2 48.Ra8 Re6 49.Kd4  0-1

[Event "Minsk Open 2012"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gorovets,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.b4 Nc6 6.b5 Na5 7.Qc2 c5 8.bxc6 bxc6
9.c5 Ba6 10.e3 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 Qc8 12.Kg2 Nb7 13.Nc3 Nd8 14.Rb1 Ne6 15.Qb3 O-O
16.Bd2 Kh8 17.Qc4 Ne4 18.Qd3 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Qc7 20.Ne2 Rab8 21.Qc2 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Rb8
23.Nf4 Nxf4+ 24.gxf4 Bf6 25.h4 e6 26.Rb3 Rb7 27.Qb1 Rxb3 28.Qxb3 Kg7 29.Kh3 Qc8
30.a4 Bd8 31.Qb2 Bf6 32.a5 Qa6 33.Qb8 Qe2 34.Kg2 Bxh4 35.Nxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Open 2012"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Meribanov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.c5 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bf6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.O-O a5 13.Bf4 a4 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 O-O
16.Na2 Re8 17.f3 Nf6 18.Nb4 Bb5 19.Rfe1 Nd7 20.Bg3 Nb8 21.Bxb8 Rxb8 22.Rac1 Qd7
23.Qd2 Rec8 24.Qf4 b6 25.c6 Qc7 26.Qxc7 Rxc7 27.f4 g6 28.g4 Kg7 29.Kf2 Kf6
30.Re3 h5 31.h3 Rh8 32.Kg3 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rhc8 34.Rc2 Bc4 35.Rf2 Ke7 36.Rc3 Bb5
37.Rc1 Bxc6 38.Rfc2 Kd7 39.Nd3 Kd6 40.g5 Bb5 41.Rxc7 Rxc7 42.Rxc7 Kxc7 43.Ne5 Be8
44.Kf2 Kb7 45.Ke3 Ka6 46.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Open 2012"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lutsko,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Ng5 Nc6 8.h3 Bd7
9.d5 Nb4 10.a3 Na6 11.Bxa6 bxa6 12.O-O c6 13.Nf3 Re8 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Qd3 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nikitinyh,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Re8 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Nb4
9.a3 Na6 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Nd2 a5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.e5 Nd7 14.f4 Nf8 15.Nde4 b6
16.Kh1 f5 17.Ng3 Bb7 18.Bf3 e6 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Nb5 exd5 22.cxd5 Ba6
23.a4 Qf7 24.Rfe1 Kh8 25.Ne2 Bb7 26.Nec3 g5 27.e6 Qe7 28.d6 cxd6 29.Bxb7 Qxb7
30.Nxd6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 gxf4 32.Qxf5 Ng6 33.Nd5 Bxb2 34.e7  1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.26"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Baghdasaryan,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Nc3 h6
9.Nd5 O-O 10.c3 Rb8 11.Be3 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Ne7 14.Bb3 Ng6 15.Qe1 c5
16.Qg3 Kh7 17.h4 c4 18.dxc4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 Rxb2 20.h5 Nh8 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.Nh4 Rc2
23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.exf5 f6 25.e4 Nf7 26.Rb1 d5 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Bxd5 Rxc3 29.Rb7 Rc7
30.Rfb1 Nd6 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Qg3 Rb8 33.Rxb8+ Qxb8 34.Qe3 Qb1+ 35.Kf2 Kh7
36.Qe2 a5 37.Kf3 Nb5 38.Qd2 Qf1+ 39.Kg3 Nd4 40.Qf2 Ne2+ 41.Kf3 Nd4+ 42.Kg3 Qd1
43.Kh4 Qh1+ 44.Kg4 Qd1+ 45.Kh4 Qh1+ 46.Kg4 Qc1 47.Kh3 Qh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.27"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lavrov,Ma1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 Nbd7
10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Nxe6 Rxe6 15.c5 dxc5 16.f4 Ned7
17.e5 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5 19.Qd2 Rae8 20.Bf2 h5 21.Ne4 Qb6 22.Nd6 Rd8 23.Qc2 Qc7
24.Nc4 Ree8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Nd5 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Bxe3 Qd6
30.Bxc5 Qxg3 31.Bxa7 Qe1+ 32.Bf1 Qa5 33.Bf2 Qxa2 34.Qe4 Kh7 35.b4 Qd2 36.h4 Qd7
37.Kg2 Kg8 38.Bc4 Kh7 39.Qf4 Kg8 40.Bc5 Bc3 41.Kf2 Kg7 42.Be3 Kg8 43.Bc5 Kg7
44.Ke2 Kg8 45.Bb3 Kg7 46.Be3 Kg8 47.Qb8+ Kg7 48.Bc5 Qd2+ 49.Kf3 Qd3+ 50.Kg2 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Rjanova,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 Nd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nxc5 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nf3 b5 10.O-O b4 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bxb2 13.Rab1 Bg7 14.Rxb4 e6 15.Ne3 a5
16.Rbb1 Bb7 17.Nc4 Bxe4 18.Be2 d5 19.Nce5 Qc7 20.Rb5 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Bxe5 22.fxe5 Nd7  0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Duzhakov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.b3 Nh6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Rc1 Rb8 13.h3 Nf5 14.Nf3 h5 15.Qe2 a6 16.Rfd1 Ne5
17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Nd5 b5 19.c5 dxc5 20.Rxc5 Rc8 21.Bb4 Rxc5 22.Bxc5 Bd6 23.b4 Be6
24.e4 Ng7 25.Nxe7+ Bxe7 26.Rxd8 Bxd8 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Qe3 Bxa2 29.Qd2  1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Gordievsky,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5
10.cxd5 Kh7 11.f3 Na6 12.g4 b5 13.Bxb5 Rb8 14.Nge2 Nc7 15.Bd3 Nd7 16.f4 Qh4+
17.Bf2 Qxg4 18.Rg1 Qh3 19.O-O-O Ba6 20.Rg3 Qxh2 21.Bg1 Qh4 22.Bf2 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Rb4
24.e5 Qh5 25.Rh3 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Qxe5 27.Rdh1 Kg8 28.Re3 Qf6 29.Rf3 Qe5 30.Bg3 Qe7
31.Re3 Qf6 32.Rf3 Qe7 33.Bf4 h5 34.Qe3 Qxe3+ 35.Rxe3 Nb5 36.Nxb5 Rxb5 37.Nc3 Rb4
38.Rf1 Rfb8 39.b3 Rxf4 40.Rxf4 Bh6 41.Rff3 Kg7 42.Kd2 h4 43.Ke2 Bxe3 44.Rxe3 g5
45.Ne4 Kg6 46.Kf3 g4+ 47.Kf2 Rd8 48.Nd2 Rh8 49.Nc4 Rh5 50.Nxd6 h3 51.Re1 Rxd5
52.Nc4 f5 53.Re8 Kg5 54.Ke3 h2 55.Rh8 g3 56.Kf3 Rd1  0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lovkov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 c5 8.Ne2 c4
9.Bc2 Qa5 10.O-O O-O 11.f3 Re8 12.Qd2 b5 13.a3 Bf8 14.e4 Qb6 15.Kh1 dxe4
16.fxe4 Bb7 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nc3 Qc6 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Qf4 Rab8 22.Rf3 Rb6
23.Raf1 h6 24.Bh4 g5 25.Qf5 Bg7 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Be4 Qe6 28.d5  1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Pakhomov,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.e3 c5 5.dxc5 Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.b4 b6 8.cxb6 Qxb6
9.Bb2 Nc6 10.b5 Bg4 11.Be2 a6 12.c4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 axb5 14.cxd5 Nb4 15.Qb3 Nfxd5
16.Bxg7 Ra3 17.Bd4 Qa6 18.Qb1 e5 19.Bb2 Nxe3 20.Be4 Rc8 21.Bxa3 Nbc2+ 22.Bxc2 Nxc2+
23.Kf1 b4+ 24.Kg1 Qxa3 25.Qc1 Qa8 26.Nb3 Nxa1 27.Qxa1 Rc2 28.h4 Qxa2 29.Qxa2 Rxa2
30.Rh3 Rc2 31.Rd3 Kg7 32.Rd2 Rxd2 33.Nxd2 f5 34.Kf1 Kh6 35.Ke2 Kh5 36.Kd3 e4+
37.Kc4 Kxh4 38.Kxb4 e3 39.Nf3+ Kg4 40.fxe3 Kg3 41.Ng5 h6 42.e4 fxe4 43.Nxe4+ Kxg2
44.Kc4 h5 45.Kd4 h4 46.Ke3 h3 47.Kf4 h2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.09.02"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lintchevski,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qb3 a5 10.Na2 Be7 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 Ra8 13.Qb7 Rb8 14.Qa6 Ra8 15.Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Rapid Cup 2012"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C13"]

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 "2.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E10"]

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 "3.2"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D91"]

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 "4.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E10"]

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 "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shimanov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B54"]

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 "6.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 "7.4"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "8.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D16"]

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 "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B70"]

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 "10.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A41"]

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 "11.6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A20"]

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

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.Rc1 a4 12.f3 Be6 13.Nb5 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Rxa5 15.Bd2 Raa8
16.Nc7 Rac8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.O-O Nh5 19.Rc2 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Maiorov,N1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Qc8 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.e4 d6 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Rc1 a6 13.b3 g6 14.h4 h5 15.d5 e5 16.b4 a5
17.a3 Bg7 18.Qc2 Qd8 19.Bh3 Bh6 20.Rb1 axb4 21.axb4 Qe7 22.Ra1 Nf6 23.Nh2 Rfb8
24.Qb2 c6 25.dxc6 Bxc6 26.Nf1 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 Ra8 28.Qb2 Qa7 29.Rd1 Nxe4 30.Nxe4 Bxe4
31.Rxd6 Bf8 32.Rd1 Qa3 33.Qxa3 Rxa3 34.Rd8 Kg7 35.Rd7 Bxb4 36.Be6 Kf6 37.Bxf7 Ra1
38.Bg8 Be7 39.Bd5 Bd3 40.Bg2 Bxc4  0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Malisauskas,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 b5 9.cxb5 Qa5
10.bxa6 Bxa6 11.Bxa6 Qxa6 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rfb8 15.Qd2 Ne5
16.Rb1 Nd3+ 17.Kf1 e6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.h4 d5 20.Rh3 c4 21.h5 Nxh5 22.Rxh5 Qa7
23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.Qxf4 gxh5 25.exd5 exd5 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Qxd5 Rf8 28.f3 h4 29.Qh5 Qg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Be6 12.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.Qc2 b6 14.Bd3 Nf6 15.Rxc6 Nd5
16.Qb3 Nb4 17.Rc1 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 Bb7 19.O-O Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Qd5 22.Qe4 Qxa2
23.Rg1 Rfc8 24.Qb7 Rf8 25.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Berzina,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Nb1 Nc6 8.Be2 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.f4 O-O 11.Nd2 d6 12.Nf3 e5 13.f5 gxf5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Rxf5 Qd7 17.Bg4 Qd6 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bd2 Ne7 20.Rf2 f5 21.Bh3 e4 22.Bg5 e3
23.Rf3 f4 24.Qb3 Qe5 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Raf1 Rae8 27.Bg4 e2 28.Re1 Qh4  0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Rac1 Qb8 12.Rfe1 O-O 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Nf6
16.Bd3 h6 17.c5 Nd5 18.a3 Bf6 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 bxc5 21.Red1 Nf4 22.Bf1 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.g3 Nd5 26.Qxc5 Qb6 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.b4 Kf8 29.Bd4 Ke8
30.f4 Kd7 31.Kf2 h5 32.Bd3 g6 33.Ke2 Kc7 34.Bc4 Bc8 35.Kd2 Kb7 36.Kc2 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Reizniece,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O d6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Bg2 Qa5 12.e4 Ba6 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.cxb5 Qxb5 15.Rb1 Nd7
16.Be3 a5 17.b3 Nc5 18.Qd2 Qb4 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Qd5 Rd8 21.Bg5 Kf8 22.h4 Qd4
23.Rd1 Qxd5 24.exd5 Rb7 25.Rbc1 Bf6 26.Be3 Na6 27.Rd2 a4 28.bxa4 Kg7 29.Bf1 Ra8
30.Bb5 Rc7 31.Rxc7 Nxc7 32.Bc6 Ra6 33.Rc2 Na8 34.Bb7 Rxa4 35.Rc8 Rxa2 36.Bxa8 Ra4
37.Kg2 Bd4 38.Bxd4+ Rxd4 39.Bc6 h6 40.Re8 Kf6 41.Rh8 Kg7 42.Ra8 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5
44.Ra4 Rd2 45.Ra3 Rd4 46.Re3 Kf8 47.Rf3 Kg7 48.Be8 f6 49.Bc6 Kf7 50.Re3 Kf8
51.Re1 Rd2 52.Kf3 Rb2 53.Bd7 Rd2 54.Be6 Kg7 55.Rc1 f5 56.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Mem 2013"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volodin,Alek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Qe7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d5
9.exd5 Na5 10.O-O Nxb3 11.Nxb3 b6 12.Bf4 Bb7 13.d6 exd6 14.Qxd6 Nh5 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Be3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Rdc8 18.a4 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 Be7 10.O-O-O a6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Kb1 Nc6 14.Rc1 Na5 15.Qa4+ Nc6
16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qa4+ Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.a3 Nc7 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Nf3 Ng7 12.Bg5 Ne6 13.Bh4 Ng7 14.b4 a6 15.O-O Bf5
16.Na4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nf5 18.Nc5 Nxh4 19.Nxh4 b5 20.Qc2 Bxc5 21.Qxc5 Rc8 22.Nf3 Ne4
23.Qc2 Nd6 24.Ne1 Nc4 25.a4 O-O 26.Nd3 Rc7 27.Nc5 Qc8 28.Qc3 Re7 29.Ra2 Rfe8
30.Rc1 h5 31.Qd3 Kg7 32.Qd1 Rf8 33.Rca1 Rfe8 34.Qf3 Rf8 35.Qf4 Rfe8 36.h3 Nb6
37.Qg5 Nc4 38.Qf4 Nb6 39.Ra3 Nc4 40.Rc3 Rf8 41.Rc2 Rfe8 42.Re2 Nb6 43.a5 Nc4
44.Rae1 Rd8 45.e4 dxe4 46.Rxe4 Rxe4 47.Rxe4 Rd5 48.Re7 Qf5 49.Qxf5 gxf5 50.Ra7 f4
51.Ne6+ Kf6 52.Nxf4 Rxd4 53.Nxh5+ Kg6 54.g4 Ne5 55.Rxa6 Nxg4 56.hxg4  1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Mammadova,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.e5 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd5 7.Qe4 Nc7 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Bf4 Ne6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h4 Qa5 12.Rd5 Qb4 13.Bc4 Na5 14.Nd2 Nxf4 15.Rb5 Qxb5
16.Bxb5 a6 17.Ba4 Ne6 18.Nd5 Re8 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.f4 Nc6 21.Nf3 Nc5 22.Qc4 d6
23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Nxc8 Rexc8 25.Ng5 e6 26.Rd1 Nb7 27.exd6 Bxb2+ 28.Kd2 Nxd6
29.Qc5 Ba3 30.Qa7 h6 31.Qxa6 hxg5 32.Ke2 Ra8 33.Qd3 gxh4 34.g4 hxg3 35.Qxg3 Nf5
36.Qc3 Bf8 37.Rd7 Ra4 38.Kf3 Ra3  0-1

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mamedjarova,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nd2 h6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Ndxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Be7 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.Be5 Ne8 15.Qe2 c5
16.Rfd1 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Qa5 18.a3 f6 19.b4 Qc7 20.Nb5 Qb8 21.Nxd6 Nxd6 22.Bc5 Rd8
23.Qd3 Nf7 24.Qxd8+  1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Guseinov,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Ne5 Qe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Be3 Rfd8 20.c3 Nf6 21.g4 Bd6 22.Rdg1 Nd5
23.Bc1 c5 24.g5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Kh7 26.Kc2 Ne7 27.Rd1 Nf5 28.a4 c4 29.Rhe1 a6
30.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Safarli,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Na6
9.Ng5 e6 10.Ne4 Bd7 11.Nbc3 Bc6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 f5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Nc3 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Nxc5 17.Rc1 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Shimanov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nf4+ 8.Kf1 Nd3
9.Ke2 Nf4+ 10.Kf1 Nd3 11.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.e4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 dxc4 13.Qg4 g6 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nf6
16.Qe2 a5 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Qxc4 b5 19.Qe2 b4 20.Na4 Ba6 21.Qc2 Bb5 22.Nc5 Nd7
23.h4 Ra7 24.e5 a4 25.Ne4 b3 26.axb3 axb3 27.Qc1 Qb6 28.Bg5 Bf8 29.Qf4 Rea8
30.Re3 Qb8 31.Rxb3 Qe8 32.Rc3 Ra1 33.Rcc1 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 Ra6 35.h5 Qa8 36.hxg6 hxg6
37.Rc3 Be2 38.g4 Ra1+ 39.Kh2 Rd1 40.Re3 Bf1 41.Rf3 Qe8 42.Bxf1 Rxf1 43.Nf6+ Nxf6
44.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Qa6 13.Qd3 Qxd3 14.exd3 Bd7 15.Kd2 Nc6
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bd4 a6 18.g4 Bd7 19.f3 Rac8 20.h4 h5 21.Rhg1 Kh7 22.Rg2 Rfe8
23.Rag1 Re7 24.Rf2 Rc6 25.Rgg2 Be8 26.Re2 Rce6 27.Rxe6 Rxe6 28.Rg1 Rg6 29.Re1 Re6
30.Rxe6 fxe6 31.Ke3 a5 32.Be5 a4 33.Kd4 Bb5 34.b3 axb3 35.axb3 Kg6 36.b4 Ba4
37.Kc5 d4 38.Kd6 Bb3 39.g5 Kf7 40.Bxd4 Bd1 41.f4 g6 42.Be5 Bb3 43.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.d4 dxe4 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Bxd1 Nd7 13.Rxe4 Nc5 14.Rd4 Ne6 15.Rd2 Bg5
16.Rc2 Bxc1 17.Rxc1 Nf4 18.Bf3 Rb8 19.Rd1 Ng6 20.Nd2 Nxe5 21.Be4 Nc4 22.b4 Nb2
23.Re1 Rb6 24.Bc2 Rc6 25.Rab1 Nc4 26.Nxc4 Rxc4 27.Re3 Rd8 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Kf8
30.Kf1 Be6 31.Bb3 Rc6 32.Bxe6 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 fxe6 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd3 e5 36.Ke4 Ke6
37.h3 c6 38.g3 Kf6 39.f4 exf4 40.Kxf4 Ke6 41.Ke4 Kd6 42.h4 c5 43.g4 cxb4
44.cxb4 Ke6 45.Kd4 h5 46.gxh5 Kf5 47.Kc5 Kg4 48.Kb6 Kxh5 49.Kxa6 Kxh4 50.Kxb5 g5
51.Ka4 g4 52.b5 g3 53.b6 g2 54.b7 g1=Q 55.b8=Q Qd1+ 56.Qb3 Qd7+ 57.Ka5 Qa7+
58.Kb5 Qb7+ 59.Kc5 Qc7+ 60.Kd5 Qd7+ 61.Ke5 Qc7+ 62.Kf5 Qh7+ 63.Kf4 Qc7+ 64.Kf3 Qg3+
65.Ke4 Qg6+ 66.Ke3 Qg3+ 67.Kd4 Qf4+ 68.Kc3 Qe5+ 69.Kd2 Qh2+ 70.Kc1 Qf4+ 71.Kc2 Qf2+
72.Kc3 Qf6+ 73.Kc2 Qf2+ 74.Kb1 Qe1+ 75.Kb2 Qd2+ 76.Ka3 Kg5 77.Qb4 Qc1+ 78.Ka4 Qc2+
79.Qb3 Qe4+ 80.Kb5 Qb7+ 81.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open A 2013"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2013.05.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Iordachescu,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.cxd5 a4
9.Qc2 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.a3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Rfc1 Qd8 14.Qd1 h6 15.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[Round "1.70"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lomsadze,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d5 c5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Nf1 Nxe2+
16.Nxe2 h5 17.f3 Nf6 18.Ne3 h4 19.Bf2 Nh5 20.Nc3 Qf6 21.Nf5 Bh6 22.g4 Nf4
23.Rab1 Rd8 24.b4 Bf8 25.Be3 b6 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.a4 Bd7 28.Qa2 Rab8 29.a5 bxa5
30.Qxa5 Rb4 31.Qxa7 Rxc4 32.Rb6 Qh8 33.Qc7 Ra8 34.Qxd7 Rxc3 35.Rdb1 Ne2+
36.Kf2 Ng3 37.Rb8 Ra2+ 38.R1b2 Rc2+ 39.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 40.Ke1 Nxf5 41.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "2.47"]
[White "Ardelean,Ge"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nce2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nbc6 8.f4 Qb6
9.O-O-O c4 10.g4 Qa6 11.Kb1 b5 12.Ng3 Qb6 13.Nh5 Rg8 14.Nf3 b4 15.Rg1 Ba6
16.f5 c3 17.Qg5 O-O-O 18.Nxg7 cxb2 19.Qf6 Bc4 20.fxe6 Bxa2+ 21.Kxb2 Qa5 22.Rd3 fxe6
23.Nxe6 Bc4 24.Nxd8 Rxd8 25.Nd2 Qa2+ 26.Kc1 Qa1+ 27.Nb1 Ba2 28.Kd2 Bxb1 29.Be2 Qb2
30.Rc1 Ba2 31.e6 Bc4 32.Re3 Bxe2 33.Rxe2 a5 34.Kd1 Qxd4+ 35.Qxd4 Nxd4 36.Rf2 Nxe6
37.Rf7 Nc6 38.Rxh7 Rf8 39.Kd2 a4 40.h4 a3 41.g5 Ne5 42.Rd1 Rf2+ 43.Kc1 b3
44.cxb3 Nc6 45.Rxd5 a2 46.Rh8+ Kb7 47.Rd7+ Nc7 48.Rxc7+ Kxc7 49.Ra8 Nd4 50.g6 Nxb3+
51.Kd1 Na1 52.h5 Rg2  0-1

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.a4 Nd4 12.Nbd2 Nxb3 13.Nxb3 f6 14.Na5 Qc8 15.Bd2 c5
16.Nh4 Rd8 17.Qf3 Rb8 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.h4 Qd7
23.Qe4 Nb4 24.Ne3 Qf7 25.Bc3 Nd5 26.Nxd5 Qxd5 27.Qxd5 Rxd5 28.b3 h5 29.Reb1 Rd7
30.Kf1 Kg8 31.Ra6 Kf7 32.g3 Rbb7 33.Ke2 Be7 34.Rc6 Ra7 35.Rb2 b4 36.Bd2 Ra1
37.Be3 Ra5 38.Rb1 Rda7 39.Rf1 R5a6 40.Rc8 Ra8 41.Rc7 R6a7 42.Rxa7 Rxa7 43.f4 Ke6
44.f5+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4 Be6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.dxc5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc5 12.Ng5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Nxd8
15.Nxe6 Nxe6 16.g3 Ke7 17.Kg2 h5 18.h4 g6 19.a4 a5 20.Bd2 Rd8 21.Rd1 b6 22.Kf1 Bd6
23.Be3 Bc5 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Bd2 Ke7 26.Bb5 Nc7 27.Bc4 Ne8 28.Ke2 Nd6 29.Bd5 f6
30.f3 Kf8 31.g4 Ke7 32.Be1 Kf8 33.Kd3 Kg7 34.Bb3 hxg4 35.fxg4 g5 36.h5 Kh6
37.Be6 Kg7 38.c4 Kh6 39.Bc3 f5 40.gxf5 Kxh5 41.Be5 g4 42.f6 Kg6 43.Bxg4 Ne8
44.Bh5+ Kxh5 45.f7 Nf6 46.Bxf6 Kg6 47.f8=Q Bxf8 48.Bd4 Kf5 49.Bxb6 Bb4 50.Bd4 Ke6
51.Bc3 Be7 52.Bxa5 Kd7 53.Bb6 Kc6 54.a5 Kb7 55.Ke4 Ka6 56.Kd5 Bb4 57.Kc6 Bd2
58.Bd8 Be1 59.Kd7 Bb4 60.Bc7 Bc5 61.Bd6 Be3 62.Bb4 Kb7 63.Kd6 Bf2 64.Kd5 Be3
65.Bc3 Bf2 66.Bf6 Be1 67.Bd8 Bb4 68.Bb6 Be7 69.Bc5 Bg5 70.Bd4 Bd2 71.Bb6 Bb4
72.Bd8 Ba3 73.Ke6 Bb4 74.a6+ Kxa6 75.Be7  1-0

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 g6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Qxe5 Bg7
9.Re1 e6 10.Qd6 a6 11.Bf1 Bf8 12.Qd3 Bg7 13.Qa3 Bf8 14.Qa4 Bg7 15.Qa3 Bf8
16.Qa4 Bg7 17.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Rxc3 dxc4 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nxc4 Qd5 13.b4 b6 14.Be2 Qxg2 15.Bf3 Qh3
16.Bxc6 Nd5 17.Bxa8 Nxc3 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Bxf3 Ba6 20.Ne5 Rc8 21.Nc6 Rc7 22.Kd2 Nb5
23.a4 Nd6 24.b5 Bb7 25.Rc1 Kf8 26.e4 a5 27.Ke3 Ke8 28.Be2 Kd7 29.Ne5+ Kd8
30.Nc6+ Kd7 31.Ne5+ Kd8 32.Nc6+ Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Ragger,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O d5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Nd2 Nd5 13.Nxc4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Qc7 15.e3 Rad8
16.a4 a6 17.Rac1 Rb8 18.Ne4 c5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Rd2 Rfd8 21.Rcd1 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Ne5 Be7 27.Qd3 f6 28.Qd7 Qxd7
29.Nxd7 Kf7 30.Kf1 Ke8 31.Nb6 Bd8 32.Nc4 Kd7 33.Ke2 Kc6 34.Kd3 Bc7 35.h3 f5
36.b3 Kd5 37.Nd2 e5 38.fxe5 Bxe5 39.f3 g5 40.e4+ fxe4+ 41.fxe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sjugirov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 Nf5
9.Bd2 Be7 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 f5 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.g5 Qf7 15.Na5 Nb6
16.Bd3 Bh5 17.Nxb7 Nc8 18.Be2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Qxb7 20.Qh5+ Qf7 21.Qxh4 Nd6 22.Bb4 Ne4
23.c4 a5 24.Ba3 Qf5 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Rac1 Kd7 27.Qh5 Rhc8 28.Qe2 Ke8 29.Qh5+ Kd7
30.Qe2 Ke8 31.Qb5+ Kf7 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Qd7+ Kg6 34.Qxc8 Qg4+ 35.Kh1 Nf2+
36.Rxf2 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qg4+ 38.Kf1 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qg4+ 40.Kf1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Istratescu,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bg2 Rb8
9.Bg5 Rxb2 10.O-O Qa5 11.Qd3 Bb4 12.Nd1 e4 13.Qd4 Rxe2 14.Qe5+ Kf8 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Qxf6 Rg8 17.Qh6+ Ke7 18.Qxh7 Rd8 19.Qh5 Rxa2 20.Qe5+ Kf8 21.Rxa2 Qxa2
22.Ne3 Qa5 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Rc1 d4 25.Qh8+ Ke7 26.Qh4+ Ke8 27.Nc4 Qc5 28.Bxe4 Be6
29.Bd3 a5 30.Rc2 Bc3 31.Re2 Kd7 32.Ne5+ Kc8 33.Qf4 Qd6 34.Qf3 Qd5 35.Qf6 Rd6
36.Qe7 Rb6 37.Nxf7 Bh3 38.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "10.41"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 Bxb1 7.Rxb1 cxd5 8.Qa4+ Qd7
9.Qxd7+ Nbxd7 10.d3 Rc8 11.Bd2 Bc5 12.Rfc1 O-O 13.Kf1 Bd6 14.e3 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Ke2 Rfd8 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Rc1 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Kf8 20.f4 Bd6 21.Bd2 Nd7 22.Bc3 g6
23.e4 dxe4 24.dxe4 e5 25.Bh3 Ke7 26.Kf3 f6 27.Bxd7 Kxd7 28.f5 g5 29.Kg4 Ke8
30.h4 gxh4 31.Kxh4 Bc5 32.Bd2 Bf2 33.Bh6 b5 34.b3 a6 35.Kh3 Kf7 36.g4 Be1
37.g5 fxg5 38.Bxg5 Bb4 39.Kg4 Bd6 40.Kh5 Bf8 41.Bd8 Bg7 42.Bh4 Bf8 43.Bd8 Bg7
44.Kg5 Bf8 45.Bc7 Bg7 46.Bd6 Bf6+ 47.Kh6 Kg8 48.Bc5 Bg7+ 49.Kh5 Kf7 50.Bb4 Bf6
51.Be1 Bg7 52.Bh4 Bf8 53.f6 Bc5 54.Kg5 Ke6 55.Kh6 Kf7 56.Bg5 Kg8 57.a4 Bf8+
58.Kh5 Kf7 59.Bh4 Ke6 60.Kg5 Bc5 61.Kh6 Kf7 62.Bg5 Kg8 63.f7+ Kxf7 64.Kxh7 Bf8
65.Bh4 Bc5 66.Kh6 Be3+ 67.Bg5 Bc5 68.Kh5 Bd4 69.Bd2 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Euro Indiv 2013"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.16"]
[Round "11.41"]
[White "Godena,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Nd7 8.Nf3 Nf6
9.Ne5 Nd7 10.Nf3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Narva,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Na3 Qd8 8.Nc2 Be7
9.O-O Qc7 10.Be3 Ng4 11.h3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 O-O 13.Nce1 b6 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Bd3 g6
16.Nh2 Rad8 17.Ng4 f5 18.Nf2 Qg3 19.Nf3 Ne5 20.Nh1 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Qg5 22.Rg3 Qh4
23.Qf2 e5 24.Bc4+ Kh8 25.Rf1 cxd4 26.exd4 exd4 27.cxd4 Rxd4 28.b3 Rxc4  0-1

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Krupenski,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Bxb5 Qa5+
9.Nfd2 Qxb5 10.Nxe4 f5 11.Nec3 Qa6 12.Na3 Bd6 13.Nab5 O-O 14.O-O Be5 15.Re1 Qf6
16.Bg5 Qxg5 17.Rxe5 Qf6 18.f4 Na6 19.Qe2 Qb6 20.Re7 c4+ 21.Qf2 Nc5 22.Qd4 Rf7
23.Rae1 a6 24.Nc7 Raf8 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Re8+ Rf8 27.Qe3 Qd6 28.Qe5 Qxe5 29.Rxe5 Rf6
30.d6 Nd3 31.Re8+ Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.b3 cxb3 34.axb3 Nc5 35.b4 Nd3 36.b5 axb5
37.N7xb5 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Sipila,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Bb3 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6
9.Qb3 Qc8 10.Be3 Bb6 11.Nbd2 Kh8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Nh5 14.Nc4 Nf4 15.Nxf4 exf4
16.Bxb6 axb6 17.f3 Na5 18.Nxa5 Rxa5 19.d4 Qd7 20.c4 Qe7 21.d5 Qf6 22.Rfd1 Rfa8
23.a3 exd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.cxd5 Ra5 26.Rc1 Rc5 27.Rxc5 Qd4+ 28.Kf1 bxc5 29.Qxb7 Qd1+
30.Kf2 Qd2+ 31.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bernotas,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb2 Na5 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.Nd2 Bg5
16.Nf3 Be7 17.Rfe1 Rac8 18.h4 h6 19.h5 Bc6 20.e5 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Bd5 22.Bb1 Bg5
23.Qc2 Kf8 24.Qh7 Ke7 25.Bc1 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 Ba8 27.Qxg7 Rg8 28.Qf6+ Ke8 29.Be4 Bxe4
30.Rxe4 Qe7 31.Qxh6 Kd7 32.Qd2 Nc4 33.Qd3 Ke8 34.Nf3 b5 35.a4 a6 36.axb5 axb5
37.h6  1-0

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lauk,U"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 d6 11.a4 Bd7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Berzinsh,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bxc4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qf6
9.Bf1 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Miezis,N"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.h3 Bh5 10.O-O Be7 11.Qb3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Valner,U"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nd7 8.b3 c6
9.Bb2 f5 10.Nbd2 Ndf6 11.Ne5 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Ne4 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.f3 Nf6 15.Rad1 Be8
16.Nd3 Qd7 17.Bc1 Bh5 18.Bf4 b6 19.c5 Qb7 20.Rb1 Nd7 21.b4 Bf6 22.Qc3 Rfe8
23.Bd6 b5 24.e4 a5 25.e5 Bd8 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Bg5 28.h4 Be3+ 29.Kh2 Ra2
30.Ne1 Bd2 31.Qb3 Rea8 32.Nc2 f4 33.Ra1 Rxa1 34.Rxa1 Rxa1 35.Nxa1 Qa8 36.Nc2 Bg6
37.Bh3 Kf7 38.h5 fxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Bxh5 40.Qd3 Bh6 41.Qxh7 Qd8 42.Ne3 Qg5+ 43.Ng4 Bg6
44.Qh8 Qf4+ 45.Kg2 Qd2+ 46.Kh1 Qc1+ 47.Kg2 Qd2+ 48.Kh1 Qd1+ 49.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "47th Ilmar Raud Mem"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Shishkov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Be3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Bf5 10.g4 Be4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg2 Nd5 13.Qe2 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bronstein Mem Open A 2014"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Igonin,Temur"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Bc5 12.c3 b5 13.Bb3 O-O 14.Bg5 Nd5 15.Bc2 Bb7
16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh4 Rfe8 18.Rad1 Be7 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Ng5 Nf6 22.Rd4 Kg7
23.Re3 h6 24.Nxe6+ fxe6 25.Rg3 Qf7 26.Bxg6 Qxg6 27.Rxg6+ Kxg6 28.Qg3+ Kf7
29.Rf4 Rg8 30.Qe3 Bxg2 31.Qe5 Bh3+ 32.Kh1 Bf5 33.Qc7+ Kg6 34.Rd4 Rg7 35.Qc6 Rag8
36.f3 Kh7 37.Rd1 Bh3  0-1

[Event "Bronstein Mem Open A 2014"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Qd3 d6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.b4 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Rac1 Rad8 14.Nd5 exd5 15.cxd5 Nc5
16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Nb3 Rfe8 18.Bd2 Rb8 19.Na5 Bd8 20.Bf3 Qe7 21.Rfe1 Bxa5 22.Bxa5 Nd7
23.Bc3 f6 24.Rb1 Qd8 25.Rb2 Bc8 26.Rxb8 Nxb8 27.e5 fxe5 28.fxe5 dxe5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5
30.Bxe5 Nd7 31.Bc3 Qb6 32.d6 c4+ 33.Qd4 Kf8 34.Qxb6 Nxb6 35.Bd4 Nd7 36.Bd5 g6
37.Bxc4 Ke8 38.Kf2 Nf8 39.Ke3 Be6 40.Bxe6 Nxe6 41.Bc3 Kd7 42.Bb4 Ng7 43.Kf4 Nf5
44.Kg5 Ne3 45.g4 Ke6 46.Bc5 Nd5 47.Kh6 Nf6 48.h3 Ne4 49.Ba3 Nf2 50.Kxh7 g5
51.Kh6 Nxh3 52.Kg6 a5 53.Kh6 Kd7 54.Kh5 a4 55.Kh6 Ke6 56.Kg6 Kd7 57.Kf5 Ke8
58.Bb2 Kd7 59.Be5 a3 60.Kf6 Nf2 61.Kxg5 Ke6 62.Bh2 Ne4+ 63.Kh5 Nc3 64.g5 Nxa2
65.g6 Nb4 66.g7 Kf7 67.d7 Nc6 68.Be5 Nd8 69.Ba1 a2 70.Kg4 Ne6 71.Kf3 Kg8
72.Ke3 Kf7 73.Kd2 Nd8 74.Kc2 Nb7 75.Bc3  1-0

[Event "Bronstein Mem Open A 2014"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 d6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Nh3 Nbd7 10.Nf4 Qa5 11.Bd2 Bxa6 12.O-O Rfb8 13.Qc2 Bc8 14.Rfb1 Qb6 15.Nd1 Qa6
16.Ne3 Ne5 17.Bc3 Nfg4 18.Nf1 c4 19.Bd4 Qa4 20.Qc3 Qb4 21.Nd2 Nf6 22.e4 Nfd7
23.Bf1 Ba6 24.Ng2 Nc5 25.f4 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Nf3+ 27.Qxf3 Bxd4+ 28.Ne3 Bxb2 29.f5 Bxa1
30.Rxb4 Rxb4 31.f6 Be5 32.Ng4 Bd4+ 33.Kh1 Rb1 34.Nh6+ Kf8 35.fxe7+ Kxe7 36.Qxf7+ Kd8
37.Qf8+ Kc7 38.Qxa8 Rxf1+ 39.Kg2 Rg1+ 40.Kf3 Bb7 41.Qa5+ Bb6 42.Qb4  1-0

[Event "Bronstein Mem Open A 2014"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Voronezh Master Open 2014"]
[Site "Voronezh RUS"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kostin,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ng2 Qc7 13.e4 O-O-O 14.Be3 e5 15.Qe2 exd4
16.Bxd4 Nb6 17.Be3 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Bd6 19.h3 h5 20.g5 Ng4 21.hxg4 Bh2+ 22.Kf2 Qg3+
23.Ke2 hxg4 24.Nf4 Bg1 25.Bxg1 Qxf4 26.Rad1 gxf3+ 27.Ke1 Rde8 28.Rd4 Rh1
29.Kd1 f2 30.Bxf2 Qxf2 31.Rxh1 Qf3+ 32.Kc2 Qxh1 33.Kb3 Qh3 34.Rd6 Rxe4 35.Qc5 Qe3
36.Rxc6+ bxc6 37.Qxc6+ Kd8 38.Ka2 Qd4 39.Qa8+ Kd7 40.Qb7+ Kd8 41.Qa8+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "18th Voronezh Master Open 2014"]
[Site "Voronezh RUS"]
[Date "2014.06.15"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Predke,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.Be3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 h6 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4 Ne7 14.d5 c6 15.dxc6 Nxc6
16.Nf1 Na5 17.Ng3 Re8 18.Bxb6 Qxb6 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.Rad1 d5 21.e5 Ne4 22.Qe3 Qxe3
23.Rxe3 Nxg3 24.fxg3 d4 25.Rxd4 Nxb3 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxb3 Rd1+ 28.Kf2 Bd5
29.Re3 Bxa2 30.Re1 Rd3 31.Re3 Rd1 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Nxe1 a5 34.Ke3 Kf8 35.Kd4 Bc4
36.Nc2 g6 37.Kc5 Ke7 38.Nd4 Bf1 39.h4 b4 40.g4 Bxg2 41.g5 hxg5 42.hxg5 Bf1
43.e6 a4 44.Kxb4 fxe6 45.Kxa4 e5 46.Nc2 Ke6 47.b4 e4 48.b5 Ke5 49.Ka5 Bh3
50.b6 Bc8 51.Kb5 Kf4 52.Kc6 e3 53.b7 Bxb7+ 54.Kxb7 e2 55.Kc6 Kxg5 56.Kd5 Kf4
57.Kd4 Kf3 58.Kd3 Kf2 59.Kd2 g5 60.Ne1 g4 61.Nd3+ Kf1 62.Ne1 g3 63.Nc2 Kf2
64.Ne1 Kf1 65.Nc2 g2 66.Ne3+ Kf2 67.Nxg2 Kxg2 68.Kxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Voronezh Master Open 2014"]
[Site "Voronezh RUS"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nosenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nb6 6.e6 fxe6 7.Be3 g6 8.h4 Bg7
9.h5 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.g4 Bd7
16.Ne4 Qf8 17.Be2 gxh5 18.Rxh5 O-O-O 19.a4 Kb8 20.Qb3 Bc8 21.O-O-O Nd7 22.Rh4 Qg8
23.g5 Nf8 24.Bg4 Ng6 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Rhh1 Bf8 27.a5 a6 28.f3 Qf7 29.Kb1 c5
30.Rdf1 Qc7 31.Qb6 Be7 32.Qxc7+ Kxc7 33.Rh3 Rcf8 34.Rfh1 Rf7 35.Kc2 Nf8 36.Kd3 Rg8
37.Ke2 Rgg7 38.b4 cxb4 39.Rb1 Ng6 40.Rxb4 Nf4+ 41.Bxf4 Rxf4 42.Rh1 Kc8 43.Rbb1 Bf8
44.Rh5 Be7 45.Rh6 Kb8 46.Rbh1 Rff7 47.R1h5 Kc8 48.Rxd6 Bxd6 49.Nxd6+ Kd7
50.Nxf7 Rxf7 51.c5 Kd8  1-0

[Event "18th Voronezh Master Open 2014"]
[Site "Voronezh RUS"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Brodsky,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5
9.Nb1 c6 10.Nc3 a6 11.O-O b5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.Rac1 Rfe8
16.b4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bf8 18.cxb5 cxb5 19.f3 Rac8 20.Qd2 Qb8 21.Bg3 Ne5 22.Nf5 Re6
23.Nd4 Ree8 24.Nf5 Re6 25.Bf1 Kh7 26.Ne3 g6 27.Ncd5 Nxd5 28.Nxd5 Bg7 29.Rxc8 Qxc8
30.Rc1 Qb8 31.Bf2 Re8 32.Bh4 Kh8 33.Bf6 Kh7 34.Bh4 Kh8 35.Bf6 Kh7 36.Bxg7 Kxg7
37.Nb6 Kg8 38.Qd4 Rd8 39.Be2 Nd7 40.Rd1 Bc6 41.Nxd7 Rxd7 42.Qf6 Qc7 43.Rc1 Qb6+
44.Kf1 Bb7 45.Rc3 Rd8 46.Bd1 Rd7 47.Bb3 Kf8 48.Be6  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Apinis,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bd3 O-O 5.O-O c5 6.c3 d5 7.dxc5 Qc7 8.Nbd2 Qxc5
9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Qe2 e5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bf5 14.Qe3 Nc6 15.Rd1 Rad8
16.Bd2 Rd3 17.Qe2 Rfd8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 b6 20.Ne1 R3d6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Nd2 Qd5
23.Qc4 Be6 24.Qxd5 Rxd5 25.c4 Rd7 26.b3 f5 27.Nf1 f4 28.Bd2 e4 29.Rc1 Nd4
30.Kh1 Ne2 31.Rc2 Nd4 32.Rc1 g5 33.g3 Bh3 34.gxf4 Bxf1 35.fxg5 Nxb3 36.axb3 Rxd2  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Berzinsh,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 f5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 d6 9.Nd4 Qc8
10.exf5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qb7+ 12.Kg1 exf5 13.Nxf5 Rf7 14.d4 Nbd7 15.d5 Ne5 16.b3 Bf8
17.f4 Ned7 18.Nd4 g6 19.Ne6 Nc5 20.Bb2 Re8 21.f5 gxf5 22.Nxf8 Kxf8 23.Rxf5 Qc8
24.Qf3 Ncd7 25.Rf1 Ree7 26.Nb5 Qe8 27.Nxc7 Ng8  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Nd7 12.Bf3 c5 13.dxc5 Rd8 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Qd6 Qxd6
16.cxd6 f5 17.Nc3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Rfd1 a5 20.Rac1 Ra6 21.Nb5 Bd7 22.Rc5 Bxb2
23.a4 Rb6 24.Be2 Rc6 25.Rxc6 Bxc6 26.Bc4 Kf7 27.f4 Bg7 28.Nc7 Bd7 29.Rb1 Bc8
30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.Rxb7+ Kf6 32.Bxe6 Kxe6 33.Rxg7 Kxd6 34.Rxg6+ Kc5 35.Rxh6 Kb4
36.Rb6+ Kxa4 37.h4 Rh8 38.g3 Ka3 39.Kf2 a4 40.Kf3 Ka2 41.e4 fxe4+ 42.Kxe4  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kovalenko,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 Nf4 11.Bf1 Ng6 12.h4 Nf6 13.h5 Nf8 14.Ne5 Ng4 15.Nd3 Bf5
16.O-O-O Nd7 17.Re1 O-O 18.f3 Nxe3 19.g4 Nxc2 20.Rxe7 Bxd3 21.Bxd3 Nb4 22.Bf5 Nb6
23.Rxb7 g6 24.Bb1 Na6 25.Bd3 Nb8 26.a4 Nc8 27.h6 Nd6 28.Rc7 Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Nxc8
30.Re1 Kf8 31.b4 a5 32.b5 Nb6 33.f4 cxb5 34.Bxb5 Na6 35.Bxa6 Rxa6 36.Kc2 Nc8
37.Kd3 Ne7 38.Rb1 Ke8 39.Rb8+ Kd7 40.Rh8 g5 41.fxg5 Rg6 42.Rxh7 Rxg5 43.Rxf7 Ke6
44.Rxe7+  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kovalev,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Nb6
9.d5 Na5 10.e4 c6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Nac4 13.Qe2 e5 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.Nd4 Rad8 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Bc1 Nd6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Qc2 a6 21.b3 Nb5 22.Ne2 Qe7
23.a4 Nc7 24.Nf4 Nd7 25.Be3 Ne6 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.h3 Nf6 28.Bb6 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Nd7
30.Be3 h5 31.f4 Bf8 32.Qc2 Nf6 33.Bf2 Bb4 34.Re2 Rd8 35.Kh2 Bf8 36.Qc4 Qxc4
37.bxc4 Bb4 38.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Muhamadejevs,Rinats"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.f3 a4 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qa7+ 14.Kh1 Be6 15.Nb5 Qb6
16.b3 axb3 17.axb3 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Nxe4  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Open 2014"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Bg4 8.Nge2 Bh5
9.Ng3 Bg6 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.Qxf5 Nbd7 12.Bd3 g6 13.Qh3 Nh5 14.Bh6 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Kxf8
16.g4 Nhf6 17.Qh6+ Kg8 18.Be2 Qf8 19.Qf4 Qb8 20.Qh6 Qf8 21.Qh3 Qe7 22.Qg3 Kg7
23.Bf3 Nb6 24.g5 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.h4 h5 27.b3 Nd5 28.Nxd5 cxd5 29.O-O Rac8
30.Rac1 Rhe8 31.Rfd1 Kg8 32.Qh3 Qe6 33.Kg2 Qxh3+ 34.Kxh3 b6 35.Kg3 f6 36.Kf4 Kf7
37.Rg1 Ke6 38.gxf6 Kxf6 39.Rxc8 Rxc8 40.Rg5 Rd8 41.a4 a5 42.Re5 Rd7 43.Re8 Rf7
44.Rb8 g5+ 45.hxg5+ Kg6+ 46.Kg3 Kxg5 47.Rxb6 h4+ 48.Kg2 h3+ 49.Kxh3 Rxf2
50.Rb5 Rf3+ 51.Kg2 Rxe3 52.Rxd5+ Kf4 53.Rxa5 Rxb3 54.Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shkapenko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qd3 O-O 10.Bf4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Nd4 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 Be7 17.Rc1 Bf6 18.Rd2 Rac8 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Bxb2
22.Rd7 Ra8 23.Rb7 Bd4 24.Bb8 a5 25.e3 Bf6 26.a4 h5 27.Rxb6 h4 28.Kg2 hxg3
29.hxg3 Bd8 30.Rb7 Ra6 31.Bc7 Be7 32.Rb6 Ra7 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Bb6 Ra6 35.Kf3 Bd6
36.Rb7 Bb4 37.Bd4 Kg8 38.Rb6 Ra8 39.Be5 Kh7 40.Bd6 Bc3 41.Rc6 Bb4 42.g4 Ra7
43.Rc7 Ra8 44.Bxb4 axb4 45.Rxf7 Rb8 46.Rd7 b3 47.Rd1 Kg6 48.a5 Kf6 49.a6 Ke6
50.a7 Ra8 51.Rb1  1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Lintchevski,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 c5 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bb5 Qb6 7.Bxc6+ Qxc6 8.O-O e6
9.Be3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Nf5 11.h3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Bf5 13.Qe2 h5 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Ndf3 h4
16.Rae1 Rh5 17.e4 Bxg5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nxg5 Rxg5 20.Rf4 O-O-O 21.Rxh4 Rdg8
22.Rf4 Qb6 23.h4 Rg4 24.Ref1 Qd8 25.Rxg4 Rxg4 26.dxc5 Rxh4 27.Rf3 Re4 28.Re3 Qg5
29.Rxe4 fxe4 30.Qb5 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Qf4+ 32.Kg1 Kc7 33.Qa5+ Kc6 34.Qa4+ Kc7 35.Qa5+ Kc6
36.Qa4+ Kc7 37.Qa5+ Kc8 38.Qxa7 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qxb2 40.Qa8+ Kc7 41.Qf8 Qf2 42.Qd6+ Kc8
43.Qf8+ Kc7 44.Qd6+ Kc8 45.Qf8+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.a3 a5 8.Ne1 Be6 9.d3 Nge7
10.Nc2 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Ne3 Nde7 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3 b6 16.Qa4 Qc7
17.f4 Rad8 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Bf4 Nf5 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Qb5 Bxc4 22.Qxc4+ Kh8
23.Nd5 Qd6 24.e3 Ne7 25.Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.Nxe7 Bxe7 27.Be4 Bg5 28.Re1 Rf8 29.Qc2 Qf6
30.Qe2 h5 31.h4 Bh6 32.Kg2 Kg7 33.a4 Qe6 34.Rf1 Rxf1 35.Kxf1 Qb3 36.g4 Qf7+
37.Kg2 hxg4 38.Kg3 Qe6 39.Qxg4 Qxg4+ 40.Kxg4 Bxe3 41.b3 Kf6 42.h5 gxh5+ 43.Kxh5 Ke6
44.Kg4 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Usmanov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qh4 Be6 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Rac1 Rab8 13.b3 Rfc8 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Bd2 Qa3
16.Be3 Qb4 17.Ba7 Ra8 18.Bd4 Rc7 19.Na4 Ng4 20.Bh3 h5 21.Bxg4 hxg4 22.Nb6 Re8
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Rc5 26.Rxc5 dxc5 27.Rd1 Qa3 28.Qxg4 Qxa2
29.Rd3 b5 30.Kg2 Qb2 31.h4 bxc4 32.bxc4 Qe5 33.Rd5 Qf6 34.h5 e5 35.hxg6 Qxg6
36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.Rxc5 f6 38.Kf3 Ra8 39.Ra5 Kf5 40.g4+ Ke6 41.Ke4 Kd6 42.Kf5 Kc6
43.c5 Kb7 44.f3 Rf8 45.Ke6 e4 46.fxe4 Re8+ 47.Kd7 Rxe4 48.c6+ Kb6 49.Rd5 Rc4
50.Rd6 a5 51.Rxf6 a4 52.Rd6 a3 53.c7+ Kb7 54.Kd8 Rxc7 55.Rd3 Rc8+ 56.Kd7 Rc7+
57.Kd8 Rc8+ 58.Kd7 Rc7+ 59.Kd6 Rc6+ 60.Kd5 a2 61.Rd1 Rc2 62.Ra1 Rxe2 63.g5 Rg2
64.g6 Rxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2014"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Matinian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bf4 Bd7
9.Qd2 Rb8 10.Rac1 b5 11.Nd5 e6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Rfd1 bxc4 14.Rxc4 Ne7 15.Rdc1 Rc8
16.e4 Bb5 17.R4c2 c5 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.e5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 Nf5 22.Nf3 Rfd8
23.Bf1 Rb8 24.b3 Nd4 25.Rc3 Rd5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Rc5 Rxc5 29.Rxc5 d3
30.Kf1 Ra8 31.Rxb5 Rxa2 32.Rb8+ Kg7 33.Rd8 d2 34.Ke2 Rb2 35.Rxd2 Rxb3 36.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tseshkovsky Mem 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vishnjakova,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 Qc7 11.Bg5 Be6 12.b3 h6 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bd4 Ne5 15.Qd2 a6
16.Rac1 Rab8 17.Rfd1 Kh7 18.Na4 b6 19.Qb2 Bh8 20.Nc3 Ng4 21.Nd5 Qa7 22.h3 Bxd4
23.Qxd4 Ne5 24.Kh2 a5 25.e4 Nc6 26.Qe3 Bc8 27.g4 f6 28.Nc3 Qd7 29.Nb5 h5
30.Rd2 Ba6 31.e5 Bxb5 32.cxb5 Nd8 33.exd6 exd6 34.Qd4 Nf7 35.Qxf6 Qxb5 36.Be4 Ne5
37.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Tseshkovsky Mem 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nakhbayeva,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 e5 8.d5 Bc5
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Bd2 Bd4 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O-O c5 15.g4 a6
16.Kb1 Ne8 17.Ne2 Nd6 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Bb4 Qc7 20.Rc1 a5 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.h4 Nc5
23.g5 Ra6 24.Bc2 Rb6 25.Ka2 a4 26.Rb1 Qg6 27.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tseshkovsky Mem 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Pushkov,N"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 e5 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.f3 Re8 8.Be2 c6
9.Bg5 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Bxd4 13.Nd6 Re6 14.Nxc8 Na6 15.Ne7+ Kg7
16.Bd3 f6 17.Nf5+ gxf5 18.Bf4 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Be5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Rxb7 Nc5 22.Rbb1 f4
23.Rhe1 Rae8 24.Rxe5 fxe5 25.g3 Kf6 26.Bc2 Rg8 27.gxf4 exf4 28.Bxh7 Rh8 29.Bd3 Rxh2+
30.Be2 Rh8 31.a4 Ke5 32.a5 Kd4 33.Rb4 Rh2 34.Rb8 Ne4+ 35.fxe4 f3  0-1

[Event "Tseshkovsky Mem 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Andreev,Ed UKR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 c5
9.d5 Ng4 10.O-O Bf6 11.Ne1 Nge5 12.f4 Ng6 13.Ndf3 exd5 14.cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tseshkovsky Mem 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Grishchenko,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.d3 h6 7.O-O O-O 8.e3 Bb6
9.b3 Bf5 10.h3 Bh7 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.a3 Ne7 13.Na4 c6 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.a4 f5 16.Re1 e4
17.dxe4 fxe4 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.Qg4 Qc8 20.Nxc6 Qxg4 21.Nxe7+ Kf7 22.hxg4 Nd3
23.Nf5 Nxb2 24.Bxe4 Kf6 25.Ra2 Rae8 26.Bb1  1-0

[Event "Tseshkovsky Mem 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Rozum,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.e4 Qa5
9.Nd2 Bxa6 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O Nfd7 12.Nf3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxc3 14.Bd2 Qb2 15.a4 Ne5
16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Re1 Nd7 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.a5 Qd4 20.Qc2 Ne5 21.Ra4 Qd3 22.Qxd3 Nxd3
23.Rb1 Nb4 24.Bxb4 Rb8 25.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tseshkovsky Mem 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Stupak,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxc3 7.Qxc3 Nc6 8.e4 a6
9.Be2 e5 10.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C47"]

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.h3 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.Ne2 Rb8
16.b3 c5 17.c4 d4 18.Ng3 Bxg3 19.fxg3 Rb6 20.Rae1 Re6 21.Kf2 Rfe8 22.Re2 a5
23.Rfe1 Kf8 24.g4 Bb7 25.g3 Re5 26.Bf5 Bc6 27.Bc2 Rxe2+ 28.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 29.Kxe2 Ke7
30.Bh7 Ke6 31.h4 Ke5 32.Bg8 Bd7 33.Bxf7 Bxg4+ 34.Kd2 Bf3 35.Be8 f5 36.Bd7 f4
37.g4 Be4 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 f3 40.Be8 Kf5 41.g6 Kf6 42.Ke1 Bxg6 43.Bxg6 Kxg6
44.Kf2 Kf5 45.Kxf3 Ke5 46.a3 Kf5 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Kd2 d3 49.b4 cxb4 50.axb4 axb4
51.c5 b3 52.c6 b2 53.c7 b1=Q 54.c8=Q Qb2+ 55.Kd1 Qe2+ 56.Kc1 d2+  0-1

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Agrest,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Nc2 Bg7 7.g3 h5 8.h3 d6
9.Bg2 Be6 10.Ne3 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volodin,Alek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 Bg4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 e5 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O Nf6
9.d3 O-O 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.fxe4 a5 13.b5 Nc5 14.Qd1 cxb5 15.cxb5 a4
16.Ba3 Ne6 17.Bc1 Qb6 18.Rb1 Ra5 19.Bd2 Rxb5 20.Qc2 Bb4 21.Qc4 Bxd2 22.Rxb5 Qc6
23.Qxc6 bxc6 24.Rb6 c5 25.Bh3 Ng5 26.Bg4 g6 27.h4 h5 28.Bd1 Ne6 29.Bxa4 c4
30.dxc4 Nc5 31.Bc6 Rc8 32.Bd5 d3 33.Rxg6+ Kf8 34.Rc6 Rxc6 35.Bxc6 Bb4 36.Rb1 d2
37.Kf1 Nd3 38.Ke2 Nc1+ 39.Kd1 Nxa2 40.Rb2  1-0

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 O-O 13.Nc2 Bg5 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 a5
16.Bb5 Ne7 17.Nce3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Rb8 19.Qd3 Bb7 20.O-O Qb6 21.Bc4 Bc6 22.Ra2 Rfd8
23.b3 Qb7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Ra8 26.Rfa1 Qc7 27.Bb5 Ra7 28.Ra4 Rda8 29.g3 g6
30.Qd2 Kg7 31.Kg2 Qb6 32.c4 h5 33.R1a2 Nf5 34.Bc6 Rb8 35.b4 e4 36.Qc3+ Kg8
37.c5 Qd8 38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.bxa5 e3 40.a6  1-0

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sepp,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6 8.d5 c5 9.Bg5 h6
10.Bh4 Na6 11.Nd2 Nc7 12.a3 Qe8 13.b4 b6 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Qa4 Qxa4 16.Nxa4 Bd7
17.Nc3 Rfb8 18.Rfb1 Nfe8 19.Bd1 f5 20.f3 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Kf2 Kf7 23.Ba4 Bxa4
24.Nxa4 Ke7 25.Nc3 Rb6 26.Na4 Ra6 27.Nc3 Rb6 28.Ke2 Rab8 29.Rxb6 Rxb6 30.Kd3 h5
31.h4 Rb2 32.Na4 Rb8 33.Nc3 Rb2 34.Rb1 Rxb1 35.Ndxb1 a6 36.Nd2 Nd7 37.Nb3 Nb6
38.Na5 f4 39.a4 Kf6 40.Nb7 Ke7 41.Na5 Kf6 42.Nc6 g5 43.a5 Nd7 44.Na4 gxh4
45.Nb6 Nf8 46.Nc8 h3 47.gxh3 Kg5 48.Nxd6 Kh4 49.Nxe5 Kxh3 50.Ke2 Kg3 51.Nf5+ Kg2
52.Nd3 Ng6 53.e5 h4 54.Nxh4+ Nxh4 55.Nxf4+ Kg3 56.d6  1-0

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Smirnov,Arte"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bf4 Be7 6.e3 Nh5 7.Bd3 Nxf4 8.exf4 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Nc6 10.d5 Nd4 11.Qh3 c5 12.O-O-O g6 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Qe3 b5 15.cxb5 a6
16.h4 Nxb5 17.Bxb5 axb5 18.h5 g5 19.fxg5 b4 20.g6 Bg5 21.f4 bxc3 22.fxg5 Qa5
23.gxh7+ Kxh7 24.g6+ Kg8 25.a3 Rab8 26.gxf7+ Kh7 27.Qe4+ Kh8 28.Qe5+ Kh7
29.Qe4+ Kh8 30.Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kanep,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Ne1 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.Nc3 Qd7 15.Nf2 Nh5
16.Qa4 Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Nf4 18.Rfe1 fxe4 19.fxe4 c5 20.Nc3 a6 21.a4 b6 22.Rab1 a5
23.Nb5 Rad8 24.g3 Nh5 25.Nc7 Rd7 26.Ne6 Re8 27.Ng4 Kh8 28.Rf1 Ng8 29.Rf3 h6
30.Rbf1 Kh7 31.Kg2 Ree7 32.Bd2 Rb7 33.Be1 Rbd7 34.Bd2 Rb7 35.R1f2 Red7 36.Kf1 Re7
37.Ke2 Red7 38.Kd3 Re7 39.Nd8 Rbc7 40.Kc2 Red7 41.Ne6 Rb7 42.Kd3 Re7 43.Ke2 Red7
44.Nf8+ Bxf8 45.Rxf8 Kg7 46.Re8 Re7 47.Rd8 Red7 48.Ra8 Ra7 49.Rb8 Rab7 50.Rff8 Nhf6
51.Nxf6 Nxf6 52.Bxh6+ Kxh6 53.Rxb7 Rxb7 54.Rxf6 Kg7 55.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kovalenko,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Bxb7 Rb8 12.Bg2 Bxc4 13.b3 Ba6 14.Bb2 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rfc8
16.Rac1 Rc7 17.Ne4 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 Rxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Rc8 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Ba3 h5
22.h4 Kf8 23.Be4 Bb5 24.Kf1 Ke8 25.Rc2 Rxc2 26.Bxc2 Bc3 27.Bc1 a5 28.f3 d5
29.Kf2 Kd7 30.f4 f5 31.Ba3 e6 32.Bf8 Kc6 33.a3 Bd4+ 34.Kf3 Kb6 35.Be7 Kc6
36.a4 Ba6 37.b4 axb4 38.Bxb4 Bc4 39.Bd2 Bc5 40.e3 Kb6 41.Bc3 Ka6 42.Kf2 Kb6
43.Bd1 Ba3 44.Ke1 Bc1 45.Bd4+ Ka5 46.Bc3+ Kb6 47.Bd4+ Ka5 48.Bc2 Ba3 49.Kd2 Bd6
50.Bd1 Ba3 51.Bc3+ Kb6 52.Bc2 Bd6 53.Bd3 Ka6 54.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Akim Cup Pavlodar 2015"]
[Site "Pavlodar KAZ"]
[Date "2015.01.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kotsur,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.Nbc3 Bd6 11.f3 Bd7 12.Bf4 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Akim Cup Pavlodar 2015"]
[Site "Pavlodar KAZ"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kostenko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O Qa5
9.Nb3 Qh5 10.c5 a5 11.a4 d6 12.cxd6 Rd8 13.e4 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Nb5 Bc4 16.g4 Qh4
17.Rf2 h5 18.Bf4 hxg4 19.Bg3 Qh5 20.f4 exd6 21.Nc3 d5 22.e5 Ne4 23.Nxe4 dxe4
24.Rd2 Bxb3 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Qxb3 Nd4 27.Qc4 Nf3+ 28.Bxf3 exf3 29.Qc2 Bf8
30.Rc1 b6 31.Kh1 Qh3 32.Qf2 Bc5 33.Qf1 Rd2 34.Ra1  0-1

[Event "Akim Cup Pavlodar 2015"]
[Site "Pavlodar KAZ"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vladimirov,Y"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Bd2 Nb8
16.Ne1 Nc6 17.Nc2 Rc8 18.a5 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Akim Cup Pavlodar 2015"]
[Site "Pavlodar KAZ"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ly,Mo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 b4
9.Nfd2 b3 10.Qxc4 Ba6 11.Qxb3 c6 12.Qe3 Nd5 13.Qe4 Nd7 14.Nc3 N7f6 15.Qb1 Rb8
16.Nde4 Rb4 17.Rd1 Qb6 18.a5 Qb8 19.Qc2 Rc4 20.e3 Rb4 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Ne4 Be7
23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.Qxc5 Rc4 25.Qa3 Rc2 26.Be4 Re2 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Qb5 29.Qxb5 cxb5
30.Bd2  1-0

[Event "Akim Cup Pavlodar 2015"]
[Site "Pavlodar KAZ"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jumabayev,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 O-O 6.d5 d6 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nbd7 13.Be2 Re8 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Rd1 Ne4
16.Ra3 Rac8 17.a5 h5 18.Rb3 Rc7 19.Bd2 Nxd2 20.Qxd2 Nf6 21.Bf3 Nd7 22.Qc2 Ne5
23.Be2 Rec8 24.Na4 Nd7 25.Bc4 Re8 26.Rc1 Qh4 27.Qe2 Re5 28.Nc3 Re8 29.Nb1 Qd8
30.Nd2 Nf6 31.Qd3 Rce7 32.Ra1 Qc7 33.Qc2 Ne4 34.Nf3 Nf6 35.Qd1 Nd7 36.Bf1 Nf6
37.Nd2 Nd7 38.Ra4  0-1

[Event "Akim Cup Pavlodar 2015"]
[Site "Pavlodar KAZ"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ismagambetov,An"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 a5
9.b3 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.Ne1 Nef6 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Rd1 Kh8 14.c5 Nd5 15.cxd6 Qxd6
16.Nd3 b6 17.Qc1 Ra7 18.Ba3 Nb4 19.Qd2 c5 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Qe3 Qb6 22.Bb2 Bb7
23.Nf4 Bxg2 24.Ng6+ Kg8 25.Nxf8 Bxf1 26.Nxd7 Qc6 27.Nf6+ gxf6 28.Rxf1 Nd5
29.Qh6 Rg7 30.Rc1 f4 31.Bd4 Rg6 32.Rxc5 Qb7  0-1

[Event "Akim Cup Pavlodar 2015"]
[Site "Pavlodar KAZ"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adly,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.c3 d6 8.d3 e5 9.a3 Bd7
10.b4 b5 11.a4 a6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Be3 c4 16.dxc4 bxc4
17.Nbd2 Be6 18.Ng5 Bg4 19.f3 Bc8 20.Nxc4 h6 21.Nh3 Rd8 22.Qc1 Be6 23.Nb6 Qa5
24.Nf2 Nd7 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Qxd5 27.Bxh6 Bxh6 28.Qxh6 Nf6 29.Qg5 Kg7 30.f4 Qc5
31.Bxc6 Rd2 32.Rf1  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.d3 a6 8.Qb3 Be7
9.a4 Nd5 10.a5 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nc4 O-O 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.e4 Ndb4
16.Be3 f5 17.Nfe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Kh8 19.d4 c4 20.Nxc4 fxe4 21.Nb6 Rc7 22.Bxe4 Bc6
23.Qxe6 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Bg5 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.d5 Rc2 27.Nd7 Rd8 28.Qxb4 Qf5 29.Rd2 Rxd2
30.Qxd2 Rxd7 31.d6 h5 32.Rd1 h4 33.Qd5 Qg6 34.Rd4 Qb1+ 35.Rd1 Qg6 36.Kg2 Qf6
37.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bb5 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Nd7 8.d3 Nf8
9.Ne2 e5 10.a3 a5 11.Bd2 Ne6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Nd4 15.Nexd4 cxd4
16.c3 O-O 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Bf4 Re8 19.Rc1 Qf6 20.Bg3 g5 21.Rc5 g4 22.hxg4 Bxg4
23.Be5 Qg6 24.Nh4 Qh6 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Bxg7 Qxg7 27.Rxf5 h6 28.Qa7 b5 29.Rf3 Re6
30.Rg3 Rg6 31.Rxg6 Qxg6 32.Qxd4 h5 33.Qe5 Kh7 34.Kh2 Qg4 35.Qf6 Kg8 36.f3 Qd7
37.d4 h4 38.f4  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.O-O a4 12.f3 Qa5 13.Rfc1 Be6 14.Rab1 Rfc8 15.b4 axb3
16.axb3 Qb4 17.Kh1 Nd7 18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Nd5 Qxd2 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Bxd2 Ra2 22.Rd1 b5
23.cxb5 Rcc2 24.b6 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Rxd2 26.Bb5 Bc8 27.Bc6 Rc2 28.b7 Bxb7 29.Bxb7 Rc7
30.Ba6 Rc6 31.Bf1 d5 32.exd5 Nxd5 33.b4 Rc3 34.b5 Nb6 35.Kg1 Rc2 36.Rd1 Rb2
37.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.27"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kuderinov,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 f5 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.e4 f4 14.Na4 Qd6 15.Rc1 Qf6
16.Rc3 b6 17.b4 Bd7 18.Nb2 Rad8 19.h3 Bh8 20.a4 c6 21.g4 Ng7 22.f3 cxd5 23.cxd5 Rc8
24.Nd3 Qd6 25.Qb3 e6 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 exd5 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Bb4 Qf6 30.Qxd5+ Qe6
31.Nxe5 Qxd5 32.exd5 Bxb5 33.Nxg6 Bxf1 34.Ne7+ Kh7 35.Nxc8 Ba6 36.Nd6 Kg6
37.Bf1 Bxf1 38.Kxf1 h5 39.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e3 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 b6 8.c3 Bb7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Qe2 d6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.29"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Ng5 Be6 10.Nxe6+ fxe6 11.Bg5 Ke8 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Bc4 Kf7 15.Rhe1 Rhd8
16.Bxf6 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Bxf6 18.Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.31"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 a6 8.O-O Bb7
9.b3 b4 10.Na4 c3 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Rd1 a5 13.a3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Rxd7 Qxd7 17.Nb6 Qc7 18.Nxa8 Bxa8 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Bd4 c5 21.Bxc3 Bxg2
22.Kxg2 O-O 23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Qe4 h6 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Qe3 Qb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d3 e6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.f4 e5 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.Nf3 Nxe5 12.Qd2 Nxf3+ 13.exf3 Re8+ 14.Kf2 Bd4+ 15.Kg2 Be3
16.Qc2 d5 17.Rhe1 Bf5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.g4 d4 20.Nd1 Bxg4 21.Nxe3 Bxf3+ 22.Kxf3 dxe3
23.Qc4 Qd7 24.Kg2 Rad8 25.Re2 Qc6+ 26.Kg1 Rd5 27.Qh4 Rxd3 28.Qf6 Qxf6 29.Bxf6 Re6
30.Rf1 h6 31.Bb2 f5 32.Kg2 Re4 33.Rc1 g5 34.h3 f4 35.Kf3 Re6 36.Rxc5 Rd1
37.h4 Rg1 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Rg2 Rxg2 40.Kxg2 e2 41.Rxg5+ Kf7 42.Bc3 e1=Q 43.Bxe1 Rxe1
44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Ra5 Re7 46.Kxf4 Rb7 47.Ra6+ Ke7 48.Rh6 Kd8 49.Rh8+ Kc7 50.Rh7+ Kb6
51.Rxb7+ Kxb7 52.Ke5 Kc6 53.Kd4 Kb5 54.a3 Kb6 55.Kd5 Kb5 56.Kd6 Kb6 57.a4 Kb7
58.Kd7 Kb8 59.Kc6 Kc8 60.Kc5 Kc7 61.Kb5 Kb7 62.Ka5 Kb8 63.Kb4 Kc8 64.Kc5 Kc7
65.b4 Kb7 66.Kd6 Kb6 67.Kd7 Kb7 68.a5 Kb8 69.Kc6 Kc8 70.b5 Kb8 71.b6 axb6
72.axb6 Kc8 73.b7+ Kb8 74.Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c4 b4 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Be2 a5 15.O-O Bg5
16.Qd3 Be6 17.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 dxe4
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Be6 11.Nxe6+ fxe6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Sibashvili,G"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nf6
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bd2 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shahaliyev,Ismayil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 Nd5 12.Bxd5 Bxg5 13.Bb3 Bf6 14.Rfd1 Nb6 15.Ne5 Bd7
16.Ne4 Bc6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Qe4 Nd5 21.Ba4 Ne7 22.Bxc6 Rfd8
23.Ba4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Rxd4 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Kf8 28.Kf1 Nd5
29.Bb3 Nf4 30.Bc4 Ke7 31.g3 Ng6 32.Ke2 Kd6 33.f4 f5 34.Ke3 e5 35.fxe5+ Kxe5
36.b4 Ne7 37.b5 g5 38.a4 Nd5+ 39.Kd3 f4 40.a5 f3 41.b6 axb6 42.a6 Nc7 43.a7 Kd6
44.Ke3 Kc6 45.Kxf3 Kb7 46.Kg4 h6 47.Kh5 Kxa7 48.g4 b5 49.Ba2 Kb7 50.Kxh6  1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Darini,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c4 O-O 8.h3 Nd7
9.Nc3 Nc5 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Bb7 13.Be3 Bf6 14.Nde2 Nd7 15.c5 Qe7
16.Qb3 Rfb8 17.Qa3 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.f4 c4 20.Qa5 g6 21.Rad1 Bg7 22.Qa4 Qc5+
23.Kh2 Rd8 24.e5 a5 25.Qc2 Qb4 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qa4 Qa8
30.Qxc4 c5 31.e6 Bxg2 32.exf7+ Kf8 33.Qe6 Bb7 34.Ng3 Qc8 35.Qc4 Bd4 36.Nce2 Qd7
37.f5 Qxf7 38.Qb5 Qd5 39.Nf4 Bg1+ 40.Kxg1 Qd4+ 41.Kf1 Qxf4+ 42.Ke2 Bf3+  0-1

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Idani,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "D22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.b3 e6 7.bxc4 bxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Nd2 Bb4
16.Nf3 O-O 17.Ne5 Rfc8 18.Bd4 Be8 19.a5 Ne4 20.Bf1 Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Mousavi,Se"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.Rb1 Bd7
10.Ne1 h6 11.e4 Na6 12.Nd3 Nb4 13.a3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 a4 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ng4
17.exf5 gxf5 18.Nd1 Qf6 19.Kh1 Rae8 20.Nf2 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.Nxg4 fxg4
23.b3 axb3 24.Rxb3 b6 25.Rd3 Bg7 26.Rdd1 h5 27.Rde1 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Bf6 29.Be4 Re8
30.Bd2 Kg7 31.Kg2 Bd4 32.Bc2 Rxe1 33.Bxe1 Kf6 34.a4 Bf5 35.Bb3 Be4+ 36.Kf1 Bd3+
37.Kg2 Ke5 38.a5 bxa5 39.Bxa5 Bb6 40.Bc3+ Ke4 41.h3 Ke3 42.hxg4 hxg4 43.Bd1 Be2
44.Bb3 Kd3 45.Bf6 Kd2 46.Bd8 Kc3  0-1

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bajarani,U"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.d5 e5 9.e4 cxd5
10.cxd5 Na6 11.Ng5 Nc7 12.f3 Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Beradze,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 Nd5 12.Qd2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rac8
16.Qd2 b6 17.Bf3 Qc5 18.Rfd1 Qe5 19.Rc3 Rc5 20.Re3 Qf6 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 Rfc8
23.Kg2 R8c7 24.h4 b5 25.cxb5 Rxb5 26.Red3 f5 27.Bd5 Kf7 28.Kf3 Rc2 29.Bxe6+ Kxe6
30.Rd2 Rc6 31.e3 Ra5 32.Rb4 Ra3 33.Rb7 Kf6 34.g4 fxg4+ 35.Kxg4 Rc5 36.Kg3 a6
37.b4 Rc4 38.Rb2 h5 39.Ra7 Rg4+ 40.Kh3 Ra4 41.Ra8 Re4 42.Kg3 Ke6 43.Ra7 Kd5
44.b5 Rg4+ 45.Kf3 Rgb4 46.Rxb4 Rxb4 47.bxa6 Ke6 48.e4 Ra4 49.Ke3 Rxa2 50.f3 Ra3+
51.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Safarli,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.exf5 Nge7 6.Nh4 Nxf5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Ng7
9.Qh6 Nf5 10.Qh5 Ng7 11.Qh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakhchivan Open 2015"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.a4 b4 10.a5 Rb8 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.h3 h6 13.Bc4 Qc8 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Ne3 Bf8 16.c3 d5
17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Rxd5 20.c4 Rd6 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "68th ch-RUS HL 2015"]
[Site "Kaliningrad RUS"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Be3 Qd6 10.Qd2 e5 11.g4 Qf6 12.O-O-O Qxf3 13.gxh5 Qxh5 14.Bxc5 Re8 15.Be3 b5
16.Ne2 Qf3 17.Rh2 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Ng3 e4 20.d4 Red8 21.Qc3 Rac8 22.Qb3+ Rd5
23.Nxf5 Qxf5 24.h4 Qf7 25.Rg1 Rcd8 26.c3 Rh5 27.Rg4 Re8 28.Qxf7+ Kxf7 29.Kd2 Rf5
30.Rhg2 Bf6 31.Ke2 Re6 32.Bh6 b4 33.cxb4 Bxd4 34.Be3 c5 35.bxc5 Bxc5 36.Rg5 Bxe3
37.Rxf5+ gxf5 38.Kxe3 Rh6 39.Kf4 Kf6 40.Rh2 Rg6 41.f3 exf3 42.Kxf3 Rg4 43.Rc2 Rxh4
44.Rc6+ Kg5 45.Ra6 Rf4+ 46.Kg3 Rd4 47.Rxa7 Rd3+ 48.Kf2 Rd2+ 49.Ke3 Rxb2 50.Rxh7 Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "68th ch-RUS HL 2015"]
[Site "Kaliningrad RUS"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.d4 d5 10.c3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Rxe8 Qxe8 13.Bd3 Nd6 14.Nf1 Ne7 15.Ng3 Nef5
16.Bf4 Nxg3 17.hxg3 h6 18.Qc2 Be6 19.Re1 Qc8 20.Qe2 c6 21.Bc2 Bf5 22.Bxd6 Bxd6
23.Nh4 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Qd7 25.Re3 Re8 26.Nf5 Rxe3 27.Nxe3 g6 28.Qd3 h5 29.Kf1 Qe6
30.Nc2 Kg7 31.a3 Qe4 32.Ne1 f5 33.Qe2 f4 34.gxf4 Bxf4 35.Nd3 Bd6 36.f3 Qf5
37.Qe3 g5 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.Kd2 Bg3 40.Kc2 a5 41.Kb3 b6 42.a4 Bd6 43.Ka2 g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "68th ch-RUS HL 2015"]
[Site "Kaliningrad RUS"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Matlakov,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 h6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6
9.O-O Bb4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rfd1 Ba5 12.a4 Nbd7 13.b4 Bc7 14.a5 Re8 15.e4 dxe4
16.Nxe4 e5 17.Bc3 exd4 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Bxd4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5
22.Re1 Rae8 23.Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.Qd2 Qe4 26.Qc1 Qe7 27.Qd2 Qe4 28.Qc1 Qe7
29.Qd2 Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "68th ch-RUS HL 2015"]
[Site "Kaliningrad RUS"]
[Date "2015.06.26"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bukavshin,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nd7 11.e4 dxc4 12.e5 Qe7 13.Bxc4 Rd8 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rc1 Bb7
16.Ne4 c5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Qc7 19.h4 b4 20.h5 g5 21.Re3 Rac8 22.Qe2 Bxf3
23.Qxf3 Rd5 24.c6 a5 25.Qe4 Kf8 26.Qh7 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28.Ba6 Rc7 29.Qd3 Qd5
30.Rc2 Bd4 31.Bb5 e5 32.b3 Kg7 33.Rd2 Qe6 34.Re2 Qd5 35.Rd2 Qe6 36.Re2 Qd5
37.Kf1 Qc5 38.Rc2 Qd5 39.Re2 Qc5 40.Rc2 Qd5 41.f3 g4 42.fxg4 e4 43.Qc4 Qe5
44.Ke2 Bb6 45.Rd2 Re7 46.Qd5 Qg3 47.Kd1 e3 48.Re2 Re6 49.Kc2 Re5 50.Qd3 Rc5+
51.Kb1 Rc3 52.Qd5 Qf4 53.Rc2 Rxc2 54.Kxc2 Qf2+ 55.Kd1 Qb2 56.Bc4 Qa1+ 57.Ke2 Qxa2+
58.Kd1 Qb1+ 59.Ke2 Qb2+ 60.Kd1 Qb1+ 61.Ke2 Qc2+ 62.Ke1 Qf2+ 63.Kd1 Qf6 64.Qf5 Qd4+
65.Ke2 Qd2+ 66.Kf3 Qf2+ 67.Ke4 Qxg2+ 68.Kd3 Qd2+ 69.Ke4 Qc2+ 70.Kf3 Qf2+
71.Ke4 Qc2+ 72.Kf3 Qf2+ 73.Ke4 a4 74.bxa4 Qc2+ 75.Bd3 Qxc6+ 76.Qd5 Qe8+ 77.Qe5+ Qxe5+
78.Kxe5 b3 79.Ke4 Kf6 80.a5 Ba7 81.Bc4 b2 82.Bd3  0-1

[Event "68th ch-RUS HL 2015"]
[Site "Kaliningrad RUS"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Nd2 O-O 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.dxc5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd7 14.Nb3 Qa4 15.Rfd1 Nxc5
16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Bxc5 Rac8 18.Qe3 Rc7 19.e5 Rfc8 20.Bd4 e6 21.Rd2 Rb7 22.h3 Bf8
23.Rad1 a5 24.Qf3 Rcb8 25.Be3 Rb1 26.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 27.Kh2 Rb8 28.Rd4 Qb5 29.a4 Qe8
30.Bg5 Qc8 31.Bf6 Qc7 32.Qd3 Bg7 33.Rd7 Bxf6 34.Rxc7 Bxe5+ 35.g3 Bxc7 36.Qc4 Bd8
37.Qd4 Ra8 38.Qd7 Bf6 39.Qc7 Rd8 40.c4 Rd2 41.Qf4 Bc3 42.c5 Rd5 43.Qb8+ Kg7
44.c6 Be5 45.c7 h5 46.c8=Q Bxb8 47.Qxb8 Rf5 48.Qb2+ Kh7 49.Kg2 Kg8 50.Kf1 Kh7
51.Ke2 Rd5 52.Ke3 Kg8 53.Ke4 Kh7 54.Qb5 Kg7 55.Qb2+ Kg8 56.Qf6 Rf5 57.Qd4 g5
58.Ke3 Kh7 59.g4 hxg4 60.hxg4 Rd5 61.Qxd5 exd5 62.Kd4 Kg6 63.Kxd5 f5 64.f3 Kf6
65.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kovalenko,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.Be3 O-O
10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.h3 Be6 12.a5 Bxb3 13.Nxb3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 d5 15.Nfd2 dxe4 16.dxe4 Na7
17.Qe2 Nb5 18.Qc4 Rfb8 19.Qc6 Qd6 20.Qc4 Qe7 21.Kf2 Nd6 22.Qc6 Qd7 23.Qxd7 Nxd7
24.Kf3 Kf8 25.Rfd1 Ke7 26.Nc1 c5 27.b3 Rc8 28.Nd3 Rab8 29.Nb2 Nb5 30.Ndc4 Nc3
31.Rd6 Ra8 32.Na4 Nxa4 33.Rxa4 Ra7 34.Ra1 f6 35.Rad1 Nf8 36.h4 Rcc7 37.Nb6 Kf7
38.g4 h6 39.Ke2 Ke8 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.R1d6 Ng6 42.h5 Ne7 43.Nc4 Nc6 44.Rh8 Ke7
45.Rd5 Kf7 46.Rxc5 Ne7 47.Rxc7 Rxc7 48.Ra8 Rc6 49.Rb8 g6 50.Rxb4 gxh5 51.gxh5  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kovalev,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c5 14.Qa4+ Qd7 15.Qxd7+ Kxd7
16.Bxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2015.08.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Neiksans,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.f3 O-O 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rfc8 13.Rac1 Be8 14.b3 a6 15.a4 e6
16.Rfd1 Qb4 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Rb1 Qc5 19.Kh1 Rd8 20.Rbc1 Rac8 21.Nce2 Qc7 22.Qe3 Qc5
23.Kg1 Nd7 24.Rd2 Ne5 25.Rcd1 Bg7 26.Bg5 Rd7 27.h3 d5 28.cxd5 exd5 29.f4 Nc6
30.e5 Rdc7 31.Bh4 Nxd4 32.Nxd4 Bd7 33.Rc2 Qb6 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Nf5 Qxe3+ 36.Nxe3 Be6
37.Nxd5 Rd7 38.Ne7+ Kf8 39.Rxd7 Bxd7 40.a5 Be6 41.b4 Ke8 42.Ng8 h5 43.Nf6+ Bxf6
44.Bxf6 Kd7 45.Kf2 Bd5 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Ke6 48.Kg3 Be4 49.Kh4 Bd3 50.Kg5 Be4
51.Bd8 Bd3 52.Bc7 Be4 53.Bd6 Bd3 54.Kh6 Be2 55.Kg5 Bd3 56.Bc5 Be4 57.Kh4 Bc2
58.Kg3 Bd1 59.Bd6 Be2 60.Bf8 Bd1 61.Kh4 Be2 62.Kg5 Bd3 63.Kh4 Be2 64.Bc5 Bd1
65.Be3 Be2 66.Bd2 Bd1 67.Kg5 Bc2 68.Kh6 Bd1 69.g5 Ba4 70.Kg7 Bb5 71.Kf8 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tsirulnik,Mari"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.c4 b5 6.cxb5 a6 7.bxa6 d6 8.Nc3 Qa5
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Qxa6 12.Rb1 Nb6 13.e4 Nc4 14.a4 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Nd7 18.Bd1 Qa5 19.Qd3 Nb6 20.Bc2 Rfb8 21.Rfc1 c4 22.Qe3 Nd7
23.Nb5 Nc5 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Rb4 26.Kg2 Rab8 27.Bd1 c3 28.Qxc3 Nxe4 29.Qe3 Qxd5
30.Bf3 Qd2 31.Bxe4 Qxe3 32.fxe3 Rxe4 33.a5 Rxe3 34.Rc2 Reb3 35.a6 Ra8 36.Ra1 Ra7
37.Rc6 Rxb2+ 38.Kf3 Kf8 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Rc3 Rb6 41.Rca3 Kf6 42.Ke4 Ke6 43.Kd4 Kd7
44.g4 Kc8 45.Rf1 e6 46.g5 Rbxa6 47.Rxa6 Rxa6 48.Rxf7 Ra4+ 49.Kc3 Rh4 50.Re7 e5
51.Ra7 Kd8 52.Rb7 Ke8 53.Ra7 Kf8 54.Rd7 Kg8 55.Rd8+ Kf7 56.Rxd6 Rxh3+ 57.Kc4 Rh5
58.Kd5 Rxg5 59.Rd7+ Kf6 60.Rxh7 Rg4  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Timerkhanov,Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Rc1 f6 11.a3 Rc8 12.Na4 Bd5 13.Nc5 Nd4 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.Bh3 Bxc5
16.Bxc8 Bd6 17.Bh3 c5 18.Bg2 Re8 19.Nd2 Bf8 20.Re1 f5 21.Bxd5+ Qxd5 22.Qb3 Qxb3
23.Nxb3 Na4 24.Rc2 b5 25.Kf1 g6 26.Rec1 Re5 27.Nd2 Rd5 28.b3 Nc3 29.Rxc3 dxc3
30.Rxc3 Bh6 31.Ke1 Kf7 32.a4 a6 33.Rc2 Bg7 34.axb5 axb5 35.Ra2 Bc3 36.Kd1 Ke6
37.Kc2 Bb4 38.Nf3 Rd7 39.Ra6+ Kd5 40.e3 Rc7 41.Ng5 c4 42.e4+ Ke5 43.Nf3+  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Arslanov,S"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 O-O 10.Nf3 Na6 11.O-O Nb4 12.Re1 a6 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Be2 Bg4 15.Na2 Re8
16.Nxb4 cxb4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nc4 19.Qb3 Qb6+ 20.Kh2 Rac8 21.Rb1 h5 22.Be3 Nxe3
23.Qxe3 Qxe3 24.Rxe3 Bh6 25.Kg3 h4+ 26.Kxh4 Bxf4 27.Rd3 Kg7 28.Kg4 Be5 29.b3 Rc2
30.Rdd1 Rec8 31.Re1 R8c3 32.Rg1 Rd2 33.h4 Rd4 34.Rge1 f5+ 35.Kg5 fxe4  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Atabayev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.e4 b5 12.d5 exd5 13.e5 b4 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Ne5 Bb7
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxc4 Bd6 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.Qxc6 Nf6 20.Qxa8 Qxa8 21.Bxa8 Rxa8
22.Bf4 Bxf4 23.gxf4 Kf8 24.Rac1 Ra7 25.a5 Ke7 26.Rd4 Nd7 27.Rxb4 c5 28.Re4+ Kd8
29.b4 cxb4 30.Rxb4 Rc7 31.Rxc7 Kxc7 32.f5 Kc6 33.f6 g6 34.Kg2 h5 35.Kg3 Kc7
36.Kh4 Nxf6 37.Rf4 Ng4 38.Rxf7+ Kc6 39.f4 Nxh2 40.Rf6+ Kb5 41.Rxg6 Kxa5 42.Kxh5 Nf3
43.f5 Ne5 44.Rd6 Nc4 45.Rd4  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.a3 a5 14.Bd3 Ne7 15.Nce3 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 O-O 17.O-O Be6 18.Bc2 Bc4 19.Bd3 Be6 20.Bc2 Bc4 21.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Guseva,Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.a5 Nd5 10.Bd2 Bb4 11.Nxd5 Bxd2 12.Nc3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc7 14.Qa4 Rb8 15.Nd2 c5
16.Nxc4 Rd8 17.Rfb1 h6 18.Qb5 Kh8 19.h4 Kg8 20.Rb2 Kh8 21.Rab1 Kg8 22.e3 Kh8
23.e4 cxd4 24.cxd4 b6 25.axb6 Nxb6 26.Qc5 Qd7 27.Ne5 Qe8 28.Qc7 Bd7 29.Qxa7 f6
30.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Alekseenko,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.h3 Nd7 8.O-O Re8
9.Nc4 Bd6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Nf8 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Qf3 Qd7 14.Qg3 Bxc4 15.dxc4 Ne6
16.Rad1 Kh8 17.Be3 Qf7 18.Rd2 Bb4 19.c3 Bf8 20.Rfd1 Red8 21.Qg4 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 b6
23.Qd1 Qe8 24.Nf5 a5 25.Qa4 Kg8 26.Kf1 Kh8 27.Kg1 Kg8 28.Ng3 Kh8 29.Nf5 Kg8
30.Ng3 Kh8 31.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rozum,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Qxc3 d6 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 e5 12.Rfe1 Rb8 13.d3 Re8 14.e3 Qc7 15.e4 Nf8
16.a4 cxb4 17.Qxb4 a5 18.Qb3 Ne6 19.Nd2 Nd7 20.Nb1 Ndc5 21.Qd1 Qd7 22.Nc3 Nd4
23.Nb5 Nxb5 24.axb5 Ne6 25.Qg4 Qc7 26.f4 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 Nd4 28.Ba3 Qc7 29.Rac1 f6
30.f5 Qd7 31.Bb2 Re7 32.Rf1 g5 33.Qd1 Qc7 34.Ba3 Rg7 35.h3 Rd8 36.Bf3 Bc8
37.Kh2 Bd7 38.Bg4 Be8 39.Rf2 Qf7 40.Qe1 h5 41.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2015"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Eliseev,U"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rac8 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Nd5 Rfe8 15.Kh2 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qd4+ Nf6 19.Ba4 b5 20.Bb3 Rc7 21.a3 Rb8 22.Re3 Qb6
23.Qd2 a5 24.c3 Rbb7 25.Rae1 Qa7 26.Rf3 Qb8 27.Qd4 Qa7 28.Qd2 Qb8 29.Ref1 Nd7
30.Re1 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yuffa,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Be3 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bg2 b6 20.Qb3 Qd6 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.e7 Qxe7 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxd5+ Qf7 26.Rd1 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Rf7 28.Rd8+ Kh7
29.a4 Bf6 30.Re8 Kg7 31.a5 Bg5 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.axb6 axb6 34.Rxe5 Kh6 35.Re6 b5
36.Re5 Rb7 37.h3 Rb8 38.Kf1 Rb7 39.Ke2 Rb8 40.Ke3 Rb7 41.g4 Rc7 42.Rxb5 Rb7
43.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Swayams,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5
16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Pourramezanali,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O Qe7 11.Bxc4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bd7 13.Be2 Rfc8 14.Nd2 Nd8 15.Qb3 c5
16.a4 Rc7 17.Qa3 Kf8 18.Ne4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Qxa3 20.Rxa3 Ke7 21.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.04"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Xu,Yinglun"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.a4 a5 13.Qc2 Bc6 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.e4 Re8
16.b3 Nd7 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 b6 20.f4 Rb8 21.Kh1 Qc7 22.Bg1 Red8
23.Rdd1 Rf8 24.Rfe1 Rfd8 25.Rf1 Rf8 26.Rfe1 Rfd8 27.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.b3 cxb3
9.Qxb3 a6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Ne5 b4 12.a5 Be7 13.Nd3 Ra7 14.Be3 bxc3 15.d5 c5
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Bxb7 c4 18.Qxc4 Rxb7 19.Qxa6 Rc7 20.Qxe6 Qa8 21.Rfc1 Qd5
22.Nf4 Qxe6 23.Nxe6 Rc6 24.Nxg7+ Kf7 25.Nf5 Bb4 26.a6 Ra8 27.a7 Nd5 28.Ra4 Nc5
29.Bxc5 Bxc5 30.e4 Nf6 31.Rc4 Rxa7 32.R1xc3 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Ra2+
35.Re2 Rxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Rxc3 37.Ne3 Ke6 38.Ng4 Ra3 39.Kf1 Ra2 40.Nf2 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 Rb8 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.a3 Bd6 13.Nfd2 Na5 14.Qa4 b6 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 Bb7 17.b4 e5 18.Rfe1 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 a5 20.bxa5 bxa5 21.Qc3 exd4 22.exd4 Qf6
23.Bc6 Rb6 24.Be8 c5 25.Ra2 Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.07"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bluebaum,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Qb3 Nc6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 Qd6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Ne7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O c6 15.b4 Rfc8
16.Rfc1 Qd8 17.Nd2 Rc7 18.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.08"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Socko,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.h3 Ne7 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Nf1 Nh5 12.d4 Nhf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Qd3 c5 15.N1d2 cxd4
16.cxd4 Be6 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Rc2 Rxc2 19.Qxc2 Nh4 20.Nxh4 Qxh4 21.Nf3 Qf6 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.e5 dxe5 24.dxe5 Qe7 25.Re4 h6 26.Rc4 Bb6 27.Qb3 Ba7 28.Qc2 Bb6 29.a4 a5
30.Qb3 Bc5 31.Nd2 Rd8 32.Qc2 Qd7 33.Nf1 b6 34.Rxf4 Qd3 35.Rc4 Bxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Rf8+
37.Kg1 Rxf1+ 38.Kh2 Qxc2 39.Rxc2 Rf4 40.Rc6 Rb4 41.Rxe6 Rxb2 42.Kg3 Rb4 43.Kf3 Kf7
44.Rd6 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.09"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lalith,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.Bxb4 cxb4
9.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Major League 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Demidov,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.d5 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bc4 d6 7.O-O Bg4 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne8 11.Be2 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Qd3 Nc7 14.Qh3 Nf6 15.Rd1 Qd7
16.Qh4 b5 17.Bg5 h5 18.e5 b4 19.exf6 exf6 20.Bxf6 bxc3 21.Bxc3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Rfe8
23.Bf1 Re5 24.c4 Ne8 25.f4 Re3 26.Re1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rb8 28.a5 Kg7 29.Bd3 Nf6
30.f5 Re8 31.Rf1 Qe7 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Qg5 Qf7 34.h3 Re5 35.Qg3 Kh6 36.Rb1 g5
37.Re1 h4 38.Qf2 Qe7 39.Rf1 Kg7 40.Qf3 Re1 41.Kf2 Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 Nd7 43.Qh5 Qf6+
44.Ke2 Ne5 45.Qe8 Qf8 46.Qh5 Qf6 47.Qe8 Qf8 48.Qe6 Qf6 49.Qc8 Nxd3 50.Qb7+ Kh6
51.cxd3 Qe5+ 52.Kf1 Qf4+ 53.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Major League 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E10"]

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 Nbd7
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Major League 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ponkratov,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.h3 O-O 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.Re1 a6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Rfc8 15.Qb3 Rab8
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Rxc1 18.Bxc1 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Nf6 20.Bf3 Qd7 21.g3 b5 22.d5 Nxd5
23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Qxd5 Rd8 25.Rd1 Qxh3 26.Qc6 Qg4 27.Rxd6 Rc8 28.Qd5 Rxc1+
29.Kg2 Qe2 30.Qa8+ Kh7 31.Rd8 Qf1+ 32.Kf3 Qh1+ 33.Ke3 Qe1+ 34.Kf3 Qh1+ 35.Ke3 Re1+
36.Kd2 Rd1+ 37.Kc2 Qxa8 38.Rxa8 Rd6 39.Kc3 g5 40.b3 g4 41.Kb4 Rf6 42.a3 g5
43.Ra7 Kg7 44.Ra8 Rxf2 45.Rxa6 f5 46.Rb6 f4 47.Rxb5 Kg6 48.Rb6+  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Major League 2016"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Eliseev,U"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E98"]

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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4 h5 14.g5 Nh7 15.h4 Nxg5 16.hxg5 Nf5
17.Rf2 Ng3 18.Rg2 Bh3 19.Rh2 Bd7 20.Nf2 Qxg5 21.Rg2 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Qf6 23.Rh2 Kf7
24.Kg2 Qg5+ 25.Kh1 Qe7 26.c5 dxc5 27.Qc4 Rfc8 28.Rg1 Bf6 29.d6+ Be6 30.dxe7 Bxc4
31.b3 Ba6 32.Nd5 Be2 33.Kg2 Bh8 34.Nh3 c6 35.Ng5+ Ke8 36.Nc3 Ba6 37.Ne6 b6
38.Nf8 Kf7 39.Kh1 Rxf8 40.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 41.Be1 Bf6 42.Rd2 Rd8 43.Rxd8 Bxd8
44.Kg2 g5 45.Rh1 Kg6 46.Na4 g4 47.Bh4 Bxh4 48.Rxh4 Be2 49.fxg4 hxg4 50.Nc3 Bf3+
51.Kg1 b5 52.Rh8 g3 53.Re8 b4 54.Nb1 Bxe4 55.Nd2 Bd5 56.Rxe5 Kf6 57.Rh5 Kg6
58.Rh8 Kf5 59.Rf8+ Ke5 60.Kf1 Kd4 61.Ke2 Kc3 62.Rxf4 g2 63.Rg4 a5 64.Kd1 Kb2
65.Rg7 Kxa2 66.Kc2 a4 67.bxa4 c4 68.Nxc4 Bxc4 69.Rxg2 Ka3 70.a5 Ka4 71.Rg5 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giorgadze,G1"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.Nbd2 c6 7.c4 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+ Be7
8.Bf1 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Nf5 11.c3 d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Neiksans,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E19"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 f5 10.Rd1 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kovalenko,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bg5 Qxd1 10.Rfxd1 Bg4 11.Kf1 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 h6 13.Be3 Rfc8 14.Nd5 h5 15.h3 Kf8
16.g4 hxg4 17.hxg4 Nxd5 18.exd5 Nd4 19.Be4 Re8 20.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.08.27"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Trjapishko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 b6 13.O-O e6 14.Rbc1 Bb7 15.Rc7 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Nxa6 17.Rc4 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Rxc4 19.Rxc4 Bf8 20.a4 f6 21.Kf1 Kf7 22.g4 Ke7
23.g5 f5 24.Ke2 fxe4 25.Ne5 Kd6 26.Ng4 Kd5 27.Ne3+ Kd6 28.Ng4 Kd5 29.Rc2 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.08.28"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Bodnaruk,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.08.28"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Novik,Ma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.O-O Ne4 8.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.08.28"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Apryshko,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Qa5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Re8 12.Re1 a6 13.Qc2 c5 14.Be3 b5 15.Bf4 b4
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Bf8 19.b3 Nf6 20.g4 Bd7 21.Ng5 Re8 22.Rxe8 Bxe8
23.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ungurs,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.a4 Nc6
9.Na3 Be6 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.f3 Bc8 12.f4 e5 13.f5 h6 14.Nh3 gxf5 15.exf5 e4 16.Be2 Qxd1
17.Bxd1 Ne5 18.Be2 b6 19.Nf4 Re8 20.Nb5 Rd8 21.a5 Bb7 22.axb6 axb6 23.Rxa8 Bxa8
24.Nh5 Nxh5 25.Bxh5 Bc6 26.Na7 Be8 27.f6 Bf8 28.Bf4 Nd3 29.Bc7 Ra8 30.Bxb6 Rb8
31.Ba5 c4 32.Bb4 Nxb4 33.cxb4 Rxb4 34.Nc8 Bc5+ 35.Kh1 Rxb2 36.h3 c3  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yeletsky,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nb6 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 h6 10.Qc1 Kh7 11.d4 Bg4 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.d5 Na5 14.Bd4 Nac4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.b3 Nd6 17.Qe3 Re8 18.Rac1 e5 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Rxd6 cxd6 21.Nb5 Qd8 22.Nc7 Qf6
23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.Qd4 Rc8 25.Rxc8 Nxc8 26.Qxf6+ Kxf6 27.Nd4 d5 28.f4 Ne7 29.Kf2 a5
30.Ke3 Bd7 31.Kd2 b6 32.Kc3 g5 33.e3 Bc8 34.Bf3 Bb7 35.b4 axb4+ 36.Kxb4 Ba6
37.Bg4 Bc4 38.a3 Ba6 39.Bd7 Bd3 40.Kc3 Be4 41.Kb4 Bd3 42.Nc6 Nxc6+ 43.Bxc6 gxf4
44.exf4 d4 45.Bd5 Ke7 46.Bc4 Be4 47.Bf1 Bd5 48.Bd3 Be6 49.Kb5 Kf6 50.Kb4 Ke7
51.Be2 Kd6 52.g4 d3 53.Bf3 Bd5 54.Bd1 Bg2 55.Kc3 Bf1 56.h4 f6 57.Bf3 Ke6
58.Kd2 Kf7 59.Ke3 Ke6 60.Be4 Be2 61.Bf5+ Kd6 62.g5 fxg5 63.fxg5 hxg5 64.hxg5 Ke5
65.Bxd3 Bg4 66.g6 Be6 67.Kd2 Kd4 68.Bc2 Bg8 69.Kc1 Ke5 70.Kb2 Kf6 71.Bb3 Bxb3
72.Kxb3 Kxg6 73.Kb4  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nguyen,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 c5 7.Nc3 d4 8.Na4 Nbd7
9.c4 Rb8 10.Rb1 b5 11.cxb5 Rxb5 12.Bd2 Nd5 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.b3 e6 15.Qe1 Qe7
16.Qf2 N7b6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Ne5 Ra8 19.Rc2 Nc3 20.Bxc3 dxc3 21.e3 Bxe5 22.fxe5 Bxg2
23.Qxg2 Rba5 24.a4 b5 25.axb5 Rb8 26.Rxc3 Raxb5 27.Qc2 Qg5 28.d4 cxd4 29.exd4 Qd8
30.Qf2 Qd7 31.Rfc1 Rxb3 32.Rc7 Qe8 33.Rf1 Rb1 34.Qxf7+ Qxf7 35.Rxf7 Rxf1+
36.Rxf1 Rb4 37.Rf6 Rxd4 38.Rxe6 Re4 39.Kf2 Kf7 40.Kf3 Re1 41.Rf6+ Kg7 42.Re6 Kf7
43.Rf6+ Kg7 44.Re6 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Nasuta,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O b6 8.e4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Bg5 c5 13.d5 Re8 14.h3 e6 15.dxe6 Rxe6
16.Bc4 Re7 17.Re1 Qe8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Bd2 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Qd7
23.Qd3 Qd6 24.Bc3 Re8 25.Re3 h5 26.Qe2 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Nd7 28.Qe8+ Nf8 29.Bxg7 Kxg7
30.b3 Nd7 31.Qd8 a6 32.a4 Kh7 33.h4 Kg7 34.g3 Kh7 35.Bxa6 Qxd5 36.Bb5 Nf6
37.Qxf6 Qd1+ 38.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Moiseenko,Va"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 g6 11.Bd3 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Ba6 14.c5 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nd5
16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.b4 Rfe8 19.Bb2 Rab8 20.a3 a5 21.Bc3 axb4 22.axb4 d4
23.Bxd4 Rxb4 24.Rad1 Bf8 25.g3 Rc4 26.Kg2 Bxc5 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Rxd7 Rcxe5
29.Rxe5 Rxe5 30.Rxc7 h5 31.h4 Kg7 32.Rb7 Ra5 33.Rc7 Ra3 34.Rb7 Rc3 35.Ra7 Rb3
36.Rc7 Ra3 37.Rb7 Rc3 38.Ra7 Rb3 39.Rc7 Ra3 40.Rb7 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Malakhov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 dxc4 11.Qxc4 c6 12.Be2 Nd7 13.O-O e5 14.Rac1 Re8 15.Rfe1 Nb6
16.Qc5 exd4 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.Nxd4 Bd7 19.Red1 Rae8 20.a3 Bc8 21.b4 a6 22.Nb3 Rd7
23.Nc5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Kf8 25.e4 Ke7 26.f4 g5 27.f5 f6 28.Kf2 Nd7 29.a4 a5
30.Nxd7 Bxd7 31.bxa5 Ra8 32.a6 bxa6 33.a5 Rb8 34.e5 Bxf5 35.exf6+ Kxf6 36.Rd6+ Ke5
37.Rxc6 Rb2 38.Ke3 Rb3+ 39.Kd2 Rb2+ 40.Ke3 Rb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Shevchenko,Kirill"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Qe2 Nc5 10.Rd1 Nxb3 11.axb3 Be7 12.c4 O-O 13.Be3 b4 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Rxa6 Rxa6
16.Qxa6 Qd7 17.Qb5 Rd8 18.Bc5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 h6 20.h3 Qe6 21.Qe3 Qf5 22.Nd4 Qg6
23.Nf3 Kh7 24.Nh4 Qc2 25.Rc1 Qxb3 26.Qxb3 Bxb3 27.Nf3 Nd4 28.Nxd4 Rxd4 29.f3 Ba2
30.Kf1 Rd5 31.f4 Rd4 32.Ke2 Re4+ 33.Kd3 Rxf4 34.Nd2 Bd5 35.g4 Rf2 36.Rxc7 Rh2
37.Rd7 Rxh3+ 38.Ke2 Rh2+ 39.Ke3 Be6 40.Rd4 b3 41.Kf3 Rh1 42.Ne4 Re1 43.Rd3 Bxg4+
44.Kxg4 Rxe4+ 45.Kf5 Rb4 46.Rd7 g6+ 47.Kf6 Rf4+ 48.Ke7 g5 49.Rd3 g4 50.Rxb3 h5
51.Kf8 h4 52.Rb7 g3 53.e6 g2 54.b3  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Xu,Yinglun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Ra7 13.Ne5 Qa8 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.e4 Nf6
16.f3 c5 17.Be3 c4 18.Bc2 Bc8 19.d5 Rd7 20.dxe6 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bxe6 22.e5 Nd5
23.Be4 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Qc8 25.Qc2 g6 26.h3 Rd8 27.Rd4 b4 28.cxb4 Rxd4 29.Bxd4 Bxb4
30.Bc3 Qc5+ 31.Kf1 a5 32.Qd2 Bxc3 33.Qxc3 Qb4 34.Qd4 c3 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qf6+ Kg8
37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2016"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Levin,Ev"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nf6
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sepp,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re2 Nf5 11.d5 d6 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Ne4 Be7 14.b3 Bf8 15.Bb2 Nh4 16.Qd3 Bf5
17.Rae1 Qd7 18.Qg3 Ng6 19.c4 a6 20.h3 b5 21.Qf3 Ne5 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Ng3 Bg6
24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 Bd6 26.Re1 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Bd3 bxc4 29.Bxg6 hxg6
30.bxc4 Qe1+ 31.Nf1 Bc5 32.g3 Qc1 33.Qe2 a5 34.Kg2 Kh7 35.Nh2 a4 36.Nf3 a3
37.h4 f6 38.h5 gxh5 39.Nh4 g6 40.Qe4 Qg5 41.Qe8 f5 42.Qf7+ Kh6 43.Qxc7 Bxf2
44.Kxf2 Qd2+ 45.Kf3 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Qe2+ 47.Kh3 Qg4+ 48.Kh2 Qe2+ 49.Ng2 Qxa2
50.Qf4+ Kh7 51.d6 Qe2 52.d7 Qd3 53.Qc7  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kovalenko,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.Qc2 Bh5 10.Nge2 Bg6 11.Rb1 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Na6 13.O-O O-O 14.Ng3 g6 15.b4 Nc7
16.b5 Qa5 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Rb7 Rab8 19.Rfb1 Rxb7 20.Rxb7 Rc8 21.h3 Qa3 22.Qc2 Qa6
23.Rb3 Ne6 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Nf1 Rd8 26.Qb1 c5 27.Rb5 cxd4 28.Nxd5 Bg7 29.e4 Qd6
30.Qc1 Rb8 31.Qc6 Be5 32.Rxb8+ Qxb8 33.g3 d3 34.Kg2 Bd4 35.Qc1 Nc5 36.Ne7+ Kg7
37.Qg5 Kf8 38.Nd5 Kg7 39.Nfe3 Bxe3 40.Qxe3 Qd6 41.Qd4+ f6 42.g4 h6 43.h4 d2
44.f3 Ne6 45.Qxd2 g5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Qe3 Nf4+ 48.Nxf4 gxf4 49.Qxa7+ Kg6 50.Qa5 Qd3
51.Qf5+ Kg7 52.Qxf4 Qc2+ 53.Kg3 Qxa2 54.e5 fxe5 55.Qxe5+  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.25"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Siemer,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nbd2 Qe7
9.Rd1 Re8 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 e5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 exd4 15.Qxe7 Bxe7
16.Bxd4 Nb6 17.b3 Bf5 18.Be3 Rad8 19.Nd4 Bc8 20.h3 Ba3 21.Nc2 Bb2 22.Rab1 Bc3
23.Nd4 Bb4 24.Ne2 Bf5 25.Rbc1 Ba3 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Re1 Bb4 28.Ra1 Ba3 29.g4 Bc2
30.Re1 Bb4 31.Rc1 Bg6 32.Nf4 Ba3 33.Re1 Bc2 34.Ne6 Re8 35.Nd4 Bg6 36.Nf5 Bxf5
37.gxf5 Rd8 38.Bf3 Kf7 39.Bh5+ g6 40.Bg4 Bb4 41.fxg6+ hxg6 42.Rd1 Rxd1+ 43.Bxd1 Nc8
44.h4 Ke6 45.Kg2 a6 46.h5 gxh5 47.Bxh5 Nd6 48.Kf3 Nf7 49.Ke4 Nd6+ 50.Kd3 f5
51.Bf3 Nf7 52.Be2 Ne5+ 53.Kc2 Ng4 54.Bb6 Ke5 55.f3 Nf6 56.Be3 Nd7 57.Bd3 Nc5
58.f4+ Ke6 59.Be2 Kd6 60.Bxc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ladva,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qd3 a6
9.Nbd2 d5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Ne5 Ke7 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Ra7 15.Nd3 Bd6
16.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Valgmae,Toomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.O-O Be7 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Qd2 Re8 15.g3 h6
16.h4 Nf8 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qxh6 f5 19.g4 f4 20.Qxf4 Bb4 21.g5 Qe7 22.Nh2 Qf7
23.Qg3 Bd2 24.f4 Ng6 25.Ng4 Kh8 26.f5 exf5 27.Rxf5 Qg7 28.Rf6 Rg8 29.Rxg6 Qxg6
30.Bxg6 Rxg6 31.Rf1 Bc8 32.Rf8+ Kg7 33.Qf2  1-0

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Blomqvist,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.Nbd2 c6 7.b3 a5 8.c4 a4 9.Ba3 Re8
10.e3 Bf5 11.Qe2 Qa5 12.b4 Qa6 13.b5 cxb5 14.cxb5 Qa5 15.Rfc1 Nbd7 16.Nh4 Bg4
17.f3 Be6 18.Bf1 g5 19.Ng2 Bf5 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Bg6 22.Rab1 Qb6 23.Bc5 Nxc5
24.dxc5 Qe6 25.Rc4 Nd7 26.Ne3 Ne5 27.Rc2 g4 28.Bg2 Red8 29.Rf1 Nf3+ 30.Nxf3 gxf3
31.Qxf3 Rd3 32.Kh1 Bd4 33.Re2 Bxc5 34.e5 Qxe5 35.Qxb7 Rad8 36.Rfe1 Rxe3 37.Rxe3 Bxe3
38.Qf3 Rd3 39.b6 Qc3  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Petursson,Mar"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.d4 c6 6.Qd3 Nbd7 7.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leito,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Qd2 Qxc5
9.Qc3 Qxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Bg4 11.Rd1 Nbc6 12.e3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-O-O 14.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.a4 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nd6
9.e4 O-O 10.Na3 Na6 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Qc3 a5 13.e5 Nf5 14.Nxc4 Be6 15.b3 b6 16.Ba3 Nd5
17.Qc2 Re8 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Ng5 b5 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Nd2 Nxd4 22.Qe4 Nf5 23.Bc5 Qc7
24.Nf3 Bh6 25.Rc2 b4 26.Re1 Nc3 27.Qc4 Qd7 28.g4 Qd5 29.gxf5 Qxc4 30.bxc4 Nxa4
31.Be3 Bxe3 32.Rxe3 Nc5 33.Rb2 exf5 34.Nd4 Red8 35.Nc2 Rd2 36.Kf1 b3 37.Ke1 Rxc2
38.Rxc2 bxc2 39.Kd2 Kf7 40.Kxc2 Ke6 41.f4 Kd7 42.Rh3 Rh8 43.Kc3 Ne6 44.Rf3 Rb8
45.Rf1 a4 46.Rd1+ Ke8  0-1

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "22.6"]
[White "Otsmann,Villu"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.f3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.Be2 a6 14.Kf2 b5 15.Nd5 Qxd2
16.Bxd2 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Bd7 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rc1 Bd4+ 20.Ke1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 f5
22.Kd2 Be5 23.g3 f4 24.g4 h5 25.h3 Kf7 26.Ke1 Kf6 27.Bd2 hxg4 28.hxg4 g5
29.Ba5 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "29.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Schuls,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.d5 e5 4.c4 d6 5.Nc3 Na6 6.e4 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nge2 Nc7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b6 11.h3 Rb8 12.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "31.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Huebner,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 e6
9.f3 Nfd7 10.a5 Nxe5 11.axb6 Nd7 12.e4 Bg6 13.Rxa7 Rb8 14.Qb3 Bd6 15.Be3 O-O
16.e5 Be7 17.Na4 f6 18.Bc4 fxe5 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.O-O e4 21.f4 Nf6 22.f5 Bh5
23.Nc5 Be2 24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Rxb7 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Nd5 27.Bxd5 Rxf5+ 28.Kg1 cxd5
29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.b7 Qf8 31.Bf2 Rxf2 32.g3 Rf1+ 33.Kg2 Rf2+ 34.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "32.1"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "33.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Narva,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Ndf3 h6 10.Qc2 Bd6 11.Rd1 c5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.b3 Qe6
16.e3 Rac8 17.Bb2 Ne4 18.Nd2 Ng5 19.Nf3 Ne4 20.Nd2 Ng5 21.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "35.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Vihmand,Ants"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g5 2.Nxg5 e5 3.d3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Rg8 8.g3 d4
9.Nb1 Ng4 10.h3 Nf6 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Nbd2 Qd7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.h4 h6 15.c4 dxc3
16.bxc3 O-O-O 17.Qa4 Kb8 18.Rb1 Bg4 19.Rb2 Be7 20.Qb5 b6 21.O-O Bxh4 22.Nc4 Bh3
23.Ncxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Qxb5 25.Rxb5 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Bf6 27.Nc6+ Kc8 28.Nxd8 Bxd8
29.Rf5 Rg7 30.d4 c6 31.Kg2 Kd7 32.Bc4 Ke7 33.e5 Ke8 34.Kf1 b5 35.Bb3 Ba5
36.Rf3 Bd8 37.Ke2 a5 38.a4 Be7 39.Kd3 b4 40.c4 h5 41.c5 h4 42.gxh4 Bxh4 43.Rf4 Rh7
44.Ke4 Bg5 45.Rg4 Be7 46.Rf4 Bg5 47.Rf5 Rh4+ 48.f4 Bh6 49.Bxf7+ Ke7 50.Bc4 Bf8
51.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shirshov,Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e4 d5 7.Qc2 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nc6
9.Bc3 Bb4 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Qf6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qf4 15.Qd4 Qg5
16.h4 Rd8 17.Bxh7+ Kf8 18.Qc5+ Qe7 19.Qxe7+ Kxe7 20.Ke2 Rd4 21.b3 g6 22.Ke3 Rg4
23.Rag1 c5 24.f3 Rd4 25.h5 gxh5 26.Be4 Rb8 27.Rxh5 Bd7 28.Rc1 b6 29.Rhh1 Rg8
30.g4 Rd8 31.Rcd1 Be8 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.Rc1 a5 34.a4 Kf8 35.f4 Bd7 36.f5 exf5
37.gxf5 Ke7 38.Rf1 Bc8 39.Rf2 Rd1 40.f6+ Kd8 41.Bd5 Ke8 42.Rh2 Re1+ 43.Kf4 Rf1+
44.Kg3 Rg1+ 45.Kf2 Rg8 46.Kf3 Bf5 47.Kf4 Bd7 48.Rd2 Rg4+ 49.Kf3 Rg5 50.Bxf7+ Kxf7
51.Rxd7+  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Olkhovskiy,Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Qb6 6.Na3 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 O-O 10.Bc4 d6 11.O-O Be6 12.Kh1 Rad8 13.Qb3 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Rd1 Qb6
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Rxd5 dxe5 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Kg1 Rd1+ 21.Kf2 exf4
22.Nc2 g5 23.Ne1 Rd6 24.h4 h6 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.a4 e5 27.Nf3 g4 28.Nd2 f5 29.Nc4 Rd1
30.Ke2 Rg1 31.Kf2 Rh1 32.Nd6 e4 33.Nxf5 g3+ 34.Nxg3 fxg3+ 35.Ke2 Rg1  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Rogule,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Qe2 Na5 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qc2 Nxc4 15.bxc4 c5
16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Qxa7 cxd4 18.exd4 Qd6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Rfe1 Qc5
22.Bxb7 Qc7 23.Rab1 Rxb7 24.Qa4 Rc8 25.Rb4 g6 26.Qb3 Qc5 27.Rc1 Rc6 28.Qb2 Rd7
29.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Zubritskiy,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Qe2 a6 13.a4 Ne5 14.Bc2 Re8 15.f4 Ned7
16.Qf3 c4 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Rae1 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ne2 b4 21.Bd4 Re7 22.Kh1 Rae8
23.Ng3 h5 24.e5 dxe5 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.d6 b3 29.Bb1 Re1
30.Ne4 Rxf1+ 31.Qxf1 Nxe4 32.Bxe4 Qd2 33.Qf3 c3 34.bxc3 b2 35.Qf1 Qxd6 36.c4 Qd2
37.g3 Be5 38.Qd3 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Bxg3  0-1

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Narmontas,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Bf4 Qe7
9.Nd2 b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Ndf3 Ne4 12.Nd3 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Nd7 14.Qa4 Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Nd6
16.cxd5 exd5 17.e3 Ne4 18.Nd3 c5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Qa3 Rc7 21.Rc2 Rac8 22.Rdc1 Qd6
23.Nd4 c4 24.Qxd6 Nxd6 25.Nf4 Nb6 26.h4 g6 27.Nde2 Ne4 28.Nc3 Rd7 29.Rd1 Kf7
30.Bf1 Nf6 31.Rcd2 h6 32.Bg2 Rcd8 33.Bh3 Ne4 34.Nxe4 dxe4 35.Rxd7+ Rxd7 36.Rxd7+ Nxd7
37.h5 g5 38.Bxf5 Ne5 39.Ne2 Kf6 40.g4 Nd3 41.b3 cxb3 42.axb3 a5 43.Nd4 Nc5
44.Kf1 Bd5 45.Ke1 Ke5 46.Kd2 Nxb3+ 47.Nxb3 Bxb3 48.Kc3 Bf7 49.Bd7 Kd5 50.Ba4  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Krupenski,Y"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Qxc5 6.e4 Bg7 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Nge2 d6 11.Nd5 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 e6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Nc3 Rd8 15.Rd1 b6
16.Kc2 Ba6 17.Nb5 Rac8 18.Kb1 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Ne5 20.Be2 Nc4 21.Bc1 d5 22.b3 Na5
23.exd5 exd5 24.f4 d4 25.Ba3 Nb7 26.Bc4 Nd6 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Rhe1 Kf8 29.Kc2 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shkapenko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qh5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Bg2 e6 8.Qa4 Qa5
9.Qxa5 Nxa5 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Nb5 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 O-O-O 14.b4 a6 15.Na3 Rxd4+
16.Kc3 Rhd8 17.bxa5 Ne4+ 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Nd3 Bxe2 20.Nb2 Rd5 21.Rhe1 Rxa5
22.Nc2 Rh5 23.h4 Rf5 24.f4 Rd5 25.Rg1 c5 26.Rae1 b5 27.Rg2 b4+ 28.Kb3 Rd2
29.Rc1 Kb7 30.a3 a5 31.axb4 axb4 32.Ka2 Kc6 33.Ka1 Kb5 34.Kb1 Rd8 35.Re1 Bf3
36.Rxe4 Bxe4 37.Re2 Bf5 38.Kc1 Bxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Sarana,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 Bg7
9.Be2 Nd7 10.O-O Nf6 11.Qe3 O-O 12.b3 Re8 13.Bb2 Bg4 14.Rad1 a5 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 e6 17.Rfe1 Qd6 18.a3 Red8 19.Rd2 h5 20.Red1 Kh7 21.Rd3 Kg8 22.Qg5 Nh7
23.Qe3 Nf6 24.Qg5 Nh7 25.Qe3 Nf6 26.Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Hartikainen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bf4 Rb8
9.Rc1 Bf5 10.Qd2 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.d5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne5 14.Bg2 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6
16.b4 Qb6 17.c5 Qxb4 18.Qxb4 Rxb4 19.cxd6 exd6 20.Bxc6 Rb2 21.Bd5 Rxe2 22.Rfd1 h5
23.Bb3 Nf3+ 24.Kg2 Nd4 25.Bc4 Rb2 26.Bxd6 Re8 27.Re1 Rd8 28.Ba3 Rc2 29.Red1 Rc8
30.Bd3 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Ra8 32.Bd6 Nb5 33.Bf4 Nc3 34.Bc4 a5 35.Bd2 Ne4 36.Be1 Ra7
37.Bd5 Nf6 38.Rc8+ Kh7 39.Bf3 Ng4 40.Ra8 Rxa8 41.Bxa8 a4 42.Bd5 f5 43.h3 Ne5
44.Bb4 Nd3 45.Bd6 Bd4 46.f4 Nc5 47.Kf3 Kg7 48.Be7 Nd3 49.g4 hxg4+ 50.hxg4 fxg4+
51.Kxg4 Bc5 52.Bd8 a3 53.Kf3 Nb4 54.Bc4 Nc6 55.Bg5 Nb4 56.Ke4 Nc2 57.Bd8 Nb4
58.Bc7 Kf6 59.Be5+ Ke7 60.Bc3 Ke8 61.Bd2 Ke7 62.Bc1 Nc2 63.Bd3 Nb4 64.Bb1 Na6
65.Kd5 Bd6 66.Bd2 Nc7+ 67.Ke4 Ne6 68.Bc2 Nc5+ 69.Kf3 Kf6 70.Bc3+ Kf7 71.Bb4 Nb7
72.Bb3+ Kf6 73.Bc3+ Ke7 74.Bc2 Kf7 75.Ke4 Ke6 76.Bb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "10.35"]
[White "Lobanov,Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nb3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Be6 10.f4 Rc8 11.Bf3 Bc4 12.Rf2 e5 13.Rd2 exf4 14.Rxd6 fxe3 15.Rxd8 Rfxd8
16.Qe1 Nd7 17.Nd1 Nd4 18.Nxe3 Nxc2 19.Nxc2 Bxb3 20.axb3 Rxc2 21.Rd1 Rcc8
22.Bg4 Ne5 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.h3 h5 25.Qa5 Nc6 26.Qb5 Rc7 27.Rd6 Kh7 28.Qd5 Ne5
29.Rd8 Re7 30.Qd6 Re6 31.Qc7 Rc6 32.Qxb7 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Bh6 34.Kg3 Rf1 35.Rh8+ Kxh8
36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Qxe5 Bg7 38.Qb5 Re1 39.Kf3 Bxb2 40.Qd7 Rf1+ 41.Ke2 Rf4 42.Qxa7 Rxe4+
43.Kf3 Rb4 44.Qxf7+ Bg7 45.Ke3 Kh6 46.Kd3 h4 47.Kc2 g5 48.Qe6+ Kh7 49.Qe7 Rd4
50.Qxg5 Bf8 51.Qf5+ Kg8 52.Qe6+ Kh7 53.Qe5 Bg7 54.Qe7  1-0

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Burchardt,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.e4 N5b6 12.Bb3 e5 13.Qe2 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Bc2 Be6
16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Rad1 g6 18.h3 Qg5 19.b4 Bc4 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Ne6 22.Nb3 Bxb3
23.Bxb3 Nd4 24.f4 Kg7 25.Kf2 f6 26.Ke3 Nxb3 27.axb3 Rfe8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Na4 Nxa4
30.bxa4 Rd7 31.Rh1 a6 32.f5 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Rxh5 Rd1 35.g4 Re1+ 36.Kd4 b6
37.g5 c5+ 38.bxc5 bxc5+ 39.Kd5 c4 40.gxf6+ Kxf6 41.Rh6+ Kg5 42.Rc6 Rd1+ 43.Kxc4 Kf4
44.Re6  1-0

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rantanen,Y"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 h5
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.c4 O-O 11.Be2 e6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Rd1 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.exd5 Re8
16.O-O Nb6 17.Nc2 Bf5 18.Bd3 Nxd5 19.Bxf5 Nxe3 20.Nxe3 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Rxe3
22.Be4 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Rd1 Bb6 25.Kf1 a5 26.Rd7 Kf8 27.Rxb7 Bd4 28.a4 f5
29.Bd5 Re7 30.Rb5 Rc7 31.Ke2 Rc5 32.Rb8+ Kg7 33.Rb7+ Kh6 34.Bf7 Rc2+ 35.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.04.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Huzman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nbd2 Bf5
9.Re1 Nd6 10.Nf1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bg6 12.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nb5 Be6 10.Nd4 Bc8 11.Nb5 Be6 12.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.04.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kantsler,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Nc2 Be7
9.Be3 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 b6 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.Qe2 Nd7 8.Nf1 Qe7
9.Ng3 O-O-O 10.a3 h5 11.b4 Bd6 12.Ng5 g6 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Nf1 Nf8 15.Ne3 Qd7
16.Nc4 Ne6 17.f3 c5 18.Qf2 Qa4 19.Bb2 cxb4 20.axb4 Qxb4+ 21.Qd2 Qxd2+ 22.Kxd2 f6
23.Nxd6+ Rxd6 24.Rxa7 Re8 25.h4 Nd4 26.Rf1 Nc6 27.Raa1 b5 28.f4 Kd7 29.Rf3 b4
30.Raf1 Ke6 31.fxe5 fxe5 32.Rg3 Kd7 33.Rg5 Rde6 34.c3 bxc3+ 35.Bxc3 Ke7 36.Rb1 Rd8
37.Rb5 Kf6 38.Rd5 Rdd6 39.Ke3 Re7 40.Bb2 Re8 41.Bc3 Rxd5 42.exd5 Nd8 43.Rxe5 Rxe5+
44.Kf4 Nf7 45.Bb2 Ke7 46.Bxe5 Kd7 47.Ke4 Nh6 48.Bf4 Nf7 49.Kd4 Kd8 50.Kc5 Kd7
51.d6 cxd6+ 52.Kd5 Ke7 53.d4 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Papadimitriou,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.a3 e6 10.axb4 Bxb4+ 11.Nc3 fxe4 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qg4 Nc4 14.Ne2 Nxe3 15.fxe3 O-O
16.Nf4 c5 17.O-O cxd4 18.Nxe4 Rf5 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Qxg6+  1-0

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Cordes,HJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 a6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Nxc4 Ng4 11.Nd6+ Ke7 12.Ne4 Ba7 13.b3 f5 14.Ba3+ Kf7 15.Nd6+ Kg6
16.e3 h6 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bb2 Rd8 19.Rac1 Nd5 20.Nxf5 exf5 21.Rxd5 Be6 22.Ne5+ Kh7
23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxc6 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Rd2 27.Bc1  1-0

[Event "18th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kanep,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d4 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Tobre,Andres"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.g4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.Nb3 a5 15.Kb1 a4
16.Nc1 b5 17.h4 b4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 h5 20.Rh2 Qc7 21.Bh6 Rc8 22.Nd3 b3
23.c3 bxa2+ 24.Kxa2 a3 25.bxa3 Rxc3 26.Bxg7 Qc4+ 27.Kb2 Rb3+ 28.Ka2 Rxd3+  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Goryachkina,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 e6 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Be5 Nc6 12.a3 Qg5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Bd6 15.Nf3 Qe7
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Bc7 18.O-O Bb6 19.Rad1 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Ba6 e5 22.Bxb7 Rb8
23.Qc7 O-O 24.Bc6 Rfd8 25.Bxd7 Rxb2 26.Qc1 Qxd7 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 h6 29.Qe2 Bb6
30.Qh5 f5 31.Nc3 Qd3 32.Nd1 f4 33.gxf4 exf4 34.a4 Kh7 35.a5 Rd5 36.Qg4 Rxa5
37.Qxf4 Ra1 38.Qg4 Bd4 39.Ne3 Rxf1+ 40.Nxf1 a5 41.Ng3 Be5 42.Nf1 g6 43.Qa4 Qc3
44.g4 Qa1 45.Qd7+ Bg7 46.g5 h5 47.Kg2 Qd4 48.Qe7 Qd5+ 49.Kh3 Qe5 50.Qd8 a4
51.Ng3 a3 52.f4 Qxf4  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shevchenko,Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.d3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.d4 Nc6 10.Bd3 Be4 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qd7 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.f4 g6 17.f5 Nxf5 18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.Rxf5 Rc8 20.Raf1 Rg8 21.Rxf7 Qxf7 22.Rxf7 Kxf7
23.Qf5+ Ke7 24.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Qxe2+
8.Bxe2 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Rhg1 a6 12.g4 Re8 13.h4 Be6 14.Ng5 Bd7
15.Kb1 Ne5 16.h5 Bb5 17.Bxb5 axb5 18.Nh3 c6 19.Nf4 d5 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.Nxe5 Bxe5
22.Rde1 Re6 23.Bd2 Rae8 24.Re3 Bd6 25.Rf3 f6 26.a3 h6 27.Kc1 Bc5 28.Kd1 Re4
29.Rg2 R4e6 30.Rd3 Kf7 31.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 a6 12.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Gordievsky,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 b6 5.e4 O-O 6.e5 Ne8 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O c5 9.d4 Nc7
10.c4 e6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Ba3 Nd7 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Rac1 a5 15.Rfd1 Qb8 16.Qe3 Na6
17.Bb2 Nb4 18.a3 Nc6 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Qf4 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sethuraman,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 b5 11.axb5 Bb7 12.b6 Nbd7 13.Nxc4 Be4 14.Qd1 Nxb6 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Nxb6 Bxb6 17.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.e5 Nd7 10.Qa4 O-O 11.exd6 Nb6 12.Qf4 Qxd6 13.Qxd6 exd6 14.O-O Be6 15.Rd1 Nc4
16.Nd5 Nxb2 17.Bxb2 Bxb2 18.Rab1 Ba3 19.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 a5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.b3 Bg4 11.Ne1 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qb6 13.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.17"]
[Round "1.58"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Assaubayeva,Bibisara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qd3 Bf5
9.e4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Bg2 e5 13.d5 Nd4 14.Ne2 Nc5 15.Qd2 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 f5 17.b4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Qg4 Qf6 20.Qxe4 Qf5 21.Qxf5 gxf5 22.Rab1 b6
23.Bd2 e4 24.Kg2 Rfc8 25.Rfc1 Bd4 26.Rd1 Be5 27.f3 c6 28.Rbc1 b5 29.fxe4 fxe4
30.cxb5 cxb5 31.Kf2 Rc4 32.Rxc4 bxc4 33.Rc1 Rc8 34.Bc3 Rf8+ 35.Ke2 Bxc3 36.Rxc3 Rf5
37.Rxc4 Rxd5 38.Rxe4 a5 39.a4 axb4 40.Rxb4 Kf7 41.Rb7+ Kg6 42.Rb2 Ra5 43.Ra2 Kf5
44.Kd3 Ke5 45.Re2+ Kd5 46.Re4 Ra7 47.h4 h5 48.g4 hxg4 49.Rxg4 Ke6 50.h5 Kf5
51.Rd4 Ra5 52.h6 Kg6 53.Rh4 Kh7 54.Kc3 Ra8 55.Kb4 Rb8+ 56.Kc4 Ra8 57.Kb5 d5
58.a5 Rb8+ 59.Kc5 Ra8 60.Ra4 d4 61.Kxd4 Kxh6 62.a6  1-0

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Godena,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Qd6
9.O-O Be7 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 a6 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Rc1 Nf6 15.a3 b6
16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Rxc6 Bb7 20.Rc2 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Golubka,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Nbxd2 Rd8
9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Rfd1 Nb4 11.Qc3 a5 12.Ne5 c5 13.Nb3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.a3 Nc6
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Qe1 Qe8 19.e3 Ne5 20.Rac1 g6 21.Qe2 Rac8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Nf3 Rc5 25.Nxe5 Qxe5 26.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "4.47"]
[White "Hakobyan,Aram"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Ng5 Be7 8.Bc4 Bxg5
9.Qh5 Be7 10.Qxf7+ Kd7 11.Be6+ Kc7 12.Bf4+ Kb6 13.d5 Bxe6 14.Qxe6 Bg5 15.dxc6 Nxc6
16.Nd5+ Ka7 17.Bc7 Qf8 18.Bb6+ Kb8 19.Bc7+ Ka7 20.Bb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.21"]
[Round "5.48"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Bellaiche,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.a4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qc4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Qa5 13.f4 d6 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Qb3 Qb4
16.Qxb4 Nxb4 17.Bc5 Nxc2 18.e5 dxc5 19.Rxd7 Rfe8 20.Rxb7 Rab8 21.Rf2 Nb4
22.Rd2 Rxb7 23.Bxb7 Rb8 24.Be4 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Kf2 f6 27.exf6 Bxf6 28.Ke2 Kf7
29.Kd2 h6 30.b3 Ke7 31.Bf3 Kd7 32.Ne4 Bd4 33.Be2 a5 34.Bb5+ Ke7 35.Ke2 Nd5
36.Nd2 Nb6 37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Ke4 Bc3 39.Nf3 Nd5 40.Bc4 Nf6+ 41.Kd3 Bb4 42.Ba6 Ng4
43.Bb7 Kc7 44.Ba8 Kb8 45.Bc6 Kc7 46.Be8 Nf2+ 47.Ke2 Ng4 48.Bh5 Nf6 49.Bg6 Ng4
50.Kd3 Kd6 51.Kc4 e5 52.Kb5 exf4 53.gxf4 Kd5 54.h4 Kd6 55.h5 Bc3 56.Nh4 Ne3
57.Be4 Bb4 58.Ng6 Nd1 59.Bf3 Nc3+ 60.Kc4 Nb1 61.Kd3 Nd2 62.Bd1 Nf1 63.Ne5 Nd2
64.Ng4 Nf1 65.Nf2 Nd2 66.Ng4 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "6.47"]
[White "Gabrielian,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.c3 e6 7.Nh3 Bd6 8.Nf4 Nf6
9.h4 Qc7 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.h5 Bc2 12.h6 g6 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Qa5 15.Bf4 Bxf4
16.Qxf4 O-O-O 17.O-O g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "7.49"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Matinian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Bd6 Re8 14.e3 Rc8 15.Ne5 h5
16.Nd3 Ne7 17.Qe2 Nf5 18.Ba3 Bc6 19.Rfd1 Bh6 20.Ne5 Nd7 21.Nxc6 Rxc6 22.Bh3 Qa5
23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Qb5 Qxb5 25.Nxb5 Rec8 26.b3 Bf8 27.Rxc6 bxc6 28.Rc1 a6 29.Bxf8 axb5
30.Bb4 f6 31.a4 bxa4 32.bxa4 Ra8 33.Rxc6 Rxa4 34.Bd2 Kf7 35.Rd6 Ke7 36.Rxd5 Nb6
37.Rb5 Nc4 38.Bc3 Kd7 39.Rb7+ Ke6 40.Rg7 g5 41.d5+ Kxd5 42.Bxf6 g4 43.Kg2 Ra2
44.Bd4 Nd2 45.Rg5 Ke4 46.Rxh5 Nf3 47.h3 Ne1+ 48.Kg1 Nf3+ 49.Kg2 Ne1+ 50.Kg1 Nd3
51.hxg4 fxg4 52.Rh8 Nxf2 53.Rf8 Nh3+ 54.Kf1 Rc2 55.Ba7 Ra2 56.Bb6 Rb2 57.Ba7 Rb1+
58.Ke2 Rb2+ 59.Kf1 Ra2 60.Bb6 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "8.53"]
[White "Mikaelyan,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 Nh5 8.Be5 f6
9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 g6 13.e4 e6 14.O-O-O Kf7 15.g4 Bg7
16.Rde1 b6 17.Qe3 Re8 18.Rxh7 Nf8 19.Rh3 bxc5 20.dxc5 Kg8 21.g5 f5 22.e5 Qa5
23.Nd2 Nd7 24.Nb3 Qb4 25.f4 a5 26.Rd1 Qc4 27.Qf2 Reb8 28.Rd4 Qa6 29.Na4 Rb4
30.Rxb4 axb4 31.Nb6 Nxb6 32.cxb6 Rb8 33.Kb1 Qxb6 34.Qxb6 Rxb6 35.Nc5 Kf7
36.Rh7 Kg8 37.Rh3 Kf7 38.a4 bxa3 39.Rxa3 Bf8 40.Ra7+ Be7 41.Nb7 Ke8 42.Nd6+ Bxd6
43.exd6 Rb4 44.g3 Rb3 45.Re7+ Kd8 46.Rxe6 Rxg3 47.Rxg6 Kd7 48.Rf6 d4 49.Rxf5 Kxd6
50.b4 Rg4 51.Kc2 Ke6 52.Rc5 Kd6 53.Rf5 Ke6 54.Rf6+ Kd5 55.g6 Rg2+ 56.Kd3 Rg3+
57.Kd2 Ke4 58.f5 Rg2+ 59.Ke1 d3 60.Rxc6 Kxf5 61.b5 Ke4 62.b6 d2+ 63.Kd1 Kd3
64.Rd6+ Kc3 65.Rc6+ Kd3 66.Rd6+ Kc3 67.b7 Rg1+ 68.Ke2 Re1+ 69.Kf3 Re8 70.Kf4 Kc2
71.Rc6+ Kd3 72.Rd6+ Kc2 73.Kf5 d1=Q 74.Rxd1 Kxd1 75.g7 Kd2 76.Kf6 Rb8 77.Ke6 Ke3
78.Kd6 Rg8 79.Kc7 Rxg7+ 80.Kb6 Rxb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "9.52"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Harutyunian,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e4 Nb4 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Ne1 Be7
16.Qe2 b6 17.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "10.50"]
[White "Baron,Ta"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.f4 Be7 12.Nf3 Ngf6 13.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.03.28"]
[Round "11.50"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shengelia,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 O-O 7.Bg2 Qe7 8.O-O Rd8
9.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e4 Bg7 4.e5 Nd5 5.c4 Nb6 6.d4 d6 7.f4 dxe5 8.fxe5 O-O
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 c5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nc6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.O-O cxd4 15.Bxd4 Qd7
16.Bc3 Rad8 17.Nd2 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Bxf6 exf6 20.Nf3 Qxd1 21.Raxd1 c5 22.Rfe1 Kf7
23.Kf2 Nc8 24.g4 Rd6 25.g5 Rfd8 26.Rxd6 Nxd6 27.gxf6 Kxf6 28.Re5 Re8 29.Rd5 Ne4+
30.Kg2 g5 31.h4 h6 32.hxg5+ hxg5 33.Nh2 Nc3 34.Ng4+ Kg6 35.Rd6+ Kg7 36.Rd7+ Kg6
37.Rd6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Neiksans,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kengis,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.c4 c6 6.b3 O-O 7.O-O Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Laurusas,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 a5 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Bb2 Nbd7
10.Rc1 Ne4 11.cxd5 Nxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kantans,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bf5 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bg5 Qa5 14.Qb3 b5 15.Bf1 Rae8
16.c4 Be6 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.Qc2 Bxc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Qxc4 h6 21.Rec1 Rc8 22.Rc2 c5
23.Rac1 Qb7 24.Be3 Nb6 25.Qb5 cxd4 26.Nxd4 Ba3 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rxc8+ Qxc8
29.Nc6 Qe6 30.Nxa7 Nc4 31.Qb1 Nxe3 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.fxe3 Qxe3+ 34.Kf1 Bc5  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Reizniece,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade Super"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C47"]

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  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th ECC Open 2018"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Schmidt,Mart IRL"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Be2 d6 11.a3 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.Bd4 Rac8 15.Rc1 Bh6
16.f4 Nxd5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Bf2 Rfd8 19.Bd3 Bxc1 20.Qxc1 Nf4 21.Qe3 Nxd3 22.cxd3 Qb6
23.d4 Rc2 24.Qf3 Rxb2 25.Nc5 Rb1 26.dxe5 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Qb1+ 28.Be1 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "34th ECC Open 2018"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Speelman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 O-O
9.a3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bc5 11.Nc3 Bxd4 12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.b3 c6 14.Qd3 Nfd7 15.a4 Nc5
16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Rad1 Re8 18.Rd2 Bd7 19.e4 Rad8 20.h3 Na8 21.Kh2 Nc7 22.f4 N7a6
23.Qd1 Nb4 24.Qf3 f6 25.Rfd1 Bc8 26.Re2 Qf7 27.Re3 f5 28.exf5 Rxe3 29.Qxe3 Bxf5
30.Nxf5 Qxf5 31.Ne4 Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th ECC Open 2018"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Petenyi,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Nge2 d6
9.O-O f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.a4 Rae8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Ne3 Bc8 15.c3 Kh8
16.Nf4 Bh6 17.Nfd5 Bg7 18.Nf4 Bh6 19.Nfd5 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th ECC Open 2018"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Petrov,Marij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.c4 c5 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rac1 Qb6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Qb4 19.Rc2 Nd7 20.Rdc1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qxd2
22.Bxd2 Bd4+ 23.Kf1 Nc5 24.Bb5 Kg7 25.Ke2 h5 26.h4 e5 27.dxe6 Nxe6 28.Bc4 Bc5
29.Kd3 Nc7 30.a4 b6 31.Bc3+ Kf8 32.Bf6 Ne8 33.Bb2 Nc7 34.g4 Ke7 35.gxh5 gxh5
36.Rg2 d5 37.Bxd5 Nxd5 38.exd5 Kd6 39.Rg5 Re8 40.Bc1 Re1 41.Bf4+ Kd7 42.Rf5 Rf1
43.Bg5 Ke8 44.Kc4 Rb1 45.Bh6 Be7 46.Rxh5 Rf1 47.Re5 Kd7 48.Rf5  1-0

[Event "34th ECC Open 2018"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Saraci,Nderim"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.O-O Qf6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Bf5
16.Bxf5 Qxf5 17.Re1 Qd7 18.Rc1 Rac8 19.Qd2 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Qxc8
22.h3 h6 23.b3 b6 24.a4 a5 25.Kh2 Qc7+ 26.Kg1 Qc8 27.Kh2 Qc7+ 28.Kg1 Qc8
29.Kh2 Qc7+ 30.Kg1 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th ECC Open 2018"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kjartansson,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Qd8 12.c5 O-O 13.h4 e5 14.a3 Ba5 15.dxe5 Bc7
16.e6 fxe6 17.Qc2 Rf4 18.Rd1 Qe8 19.Qe2 Qh5 20.b4 a5 21.Bc4 Ne5 22.Ng3 Qg4
23.Nxe5 Qxe2+ 24.Nxe2 Re4 25.f4 Bxe5 26.Rd8+ Kf7 27.Bd3 Rxf4+ 28.Nxf4 Bxf4
29.b5 Ke7 30.Rg8 Kf7 31.Rd8 Ke7 32.Rg8 Kf7 33.Rh8 cxb5 34.Bxb5 Rb8 35.Kf2 Ke7
36.Rd1 Bc7 37.Re8+ Kf7 38.Rd3  1-0

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Leito,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be7 10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Rc1 a6 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Qd3 Be8
16.Qb1 Qb8 17.e4 dxc4 18.Nxc4 b5 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Nce5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Ladva,O"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 c6 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Bb2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Qc1 Bd7 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.N4b3 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Seeman,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 c5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.c4 d4 7.b4 Nc6 8.bxc5 Nd7
9.O-O Nxc5 10.d3 O-O 11.Ba3 Na6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Schuls,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 a6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Nd7 10.a4 c6 11.O-O Qc7 12.axb5 cxb5 13.Rfc1 d5 14.b3 Nb6 15.e4 Qb7
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.c4 Nb4 18.Qe2 e6 19.cxb5 Bd6 20.bxa6 Rxa6 21.Rxa6 Nxa6 22.d5 O-O
23.dxe6 Nc5 24.Rd1 Be7 25.exf7+ Rxf7 26.Bxe7 Rxe7 27.Qc4+ Ne6 28.Ng5  1-0

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "19.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sepp,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.c5 dxc5
9.Na4 Qb5 10.Nxc5 a5 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Qc2 Na6 13.Nxa6 Qxa6 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "20.2"]
[White "Valgmae,Toomas"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 Bd6 10.O-O c6 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Bb1 Qc7 13.Qd3 Rfe8 14.Bg3 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qd6
16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.Re1 Ne4 18.Nh2 Bf5 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Qe2 Nf6 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "21.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Meidla,Lauri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bxc3 11.exf5 exf5 12.bxc3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nfd5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bh6 Re8
16.a5 Nc8 17.c4 Nf6 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Nd6 20.Rfe1 Nfe4 21.Qd4 f6 22.Nd2 Nxd2
23.Bxd2 Rc8 24.Re6 Ne4 25.d6 Kg7 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.d7  1-0

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "23.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kruusiauk,Kaupo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 Ne8
9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 f5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bxb7 Rb8 15.Bd5+ Kh8
16.Bd4 Qf6 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Qd2 Bh3 20.b3 Ng7 21.Ne4 Qf5 22.Ng5 Rf6
23.Re7 Rbf8 24.Rae1 Bg4 25.Rxg7 Kxg7 26.Re7+ R8f7 27.Nxf7 Qb1+ 28.Re1 Qxe1+
29.Qxe1 Rxf7 30.Bxf7 Kxf7 31.Qa5 Kf6 32.Qxc7 Ke6 33.Qxa7  1-0

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "27.2"]
[White "Medar,Marti"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nd2 d6 6.a4 c5 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.Nc4 cxd4
9.exd4 Nd5 10.Bg3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be2 e4 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Ne7 15.Be5 Be6
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd2 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Rc8 19.b3 Nf5 20.d5 Qf6 21.O-O Nd6 22.Rac1 Qe5
23.Qe3 b6 24.f4 Qf6 25.g4 Rc5 26.g5 Qe7 27.Qd4+ f6 28.Ba6 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Kg8
30.gxf6 Rxf6 31.Qe5 Qd8 32.Rc6 Kg7 33.b4 Kg8 34.Bc8 Kg7 35.Be6 Qe7 36.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "29.4"]
[White "Narva,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 e6
9.d3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.a4 Nd5 12.Ne4 f6 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bd2 Rfe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "30.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Petursson,Mar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.O-O d5 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.c4 Bc5 8.Nb3 Bb6
9.Nc3 d4 10.c5 dxc3 11.cxb6 Qxb6 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd4 Ne5
16.Qb3 Bd7 17.Qxb7 Qxc3 18.Qe4 Rac8 19.Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "31.4"]
[White "Uurits,Karel"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.e3 Ne4 8.Qa4+ Qxa4
9.Nxa4 Bd7 10.b3 Bxa4 11.bxa4 Bxa1  0-1

[Event "19th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "32.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kiik,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 a5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Nd4 h6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e4 d4
16.Qh5+ Ke7 17.Ne2 Qb6 18.Nf4 Rhe8 19.Ng6+ Kd6 20.Rad1 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-LTU 2019"]
[Site "Lithuania LTU"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Laurusas,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bg2 e6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.e3 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Qc2 b5 13.Nb1 bxc4 14.bxc4 c5 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.Bb2 Rc8 17.Qe2 N7b6 18.dxc5 Na4 19.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Archibald Open 2019"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Alexeev,Alexe"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Na3 Re8
9.d3 h6 10.Nc4 Bf8 11.Ne3 d5 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Qf3 Ne7 14.Nhf5 d4 15.Nxe7+ Bxe7
16.Nd5 Qd7 17.Nxe7+ Rxe7 18.Qe2 dxc3 19.bxc3 c4 20.dxc4 Qa4 21.Re1 Rc7 22.h3 Rxc4
23.Qf3 Nd7 24.Bf1 Rc7 25.Qe3 Bc4 26.Bg2 Nc5 27.Bd2 Rd8 28.Reb1 b5 29.Be1 Qc2
30.Rc1 Qd3 31.Qxd3 Nxd3 32.Rd1 Rdd7 33.Bf1 Nxe1 34.Rxd7 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Bxf1+
36.Rxf1 Rxd7 37.Kxf3 Rd3+ 38.Kg2 Rxc3 39.Rb1 Rc5 40.Rd1 a5 41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.h4 Kg6
43.Rd6+ f6 44.Rd7 h5 45.Ra7 a4 46.a3 Rc3 47.Rb7 Rb3 48.f3 Rb2+ 49.Kh3 Rf2
50.Rxb5 Rxf3 51.Ra5 Rxa3 52.Ra7 Ra1 53.Kg2 a3 54.Kh2 a2 55.Kg2 f5 56.Ra6+ Kh7
57.exf5 e4 58.Ra3 e3 59.Rxe3 Rb1  0-1

[Event "1st Archibald Open 2019"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lugovskoy,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ne4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 f5
16.Qe3 Rc8 17.a4 Qf6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra6 cxd4 20.Qxd4 Qxd4 21.Nxd4 Be5 22.Nc6 Nb8
23.Nxb8 Rxb8 24.b3 b4 25.Rd1 Rfd8 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Ra8 Rxa8 28.Bxa8 Kg7 29.e3 Bc3
30.Bf3 Kf6 31.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Archibald Open 2019"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Oganian,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 c6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.b3 Bb7
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.e3 c5 12.Qe2 dxc4 13.Nxc4 b5 14.Nce5 Qb6 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Ng5 h6 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Qf3 Qxf3 21.Nxf3 a5 22.Rc2 f6
23.Rdc1 e5 24.Kf1 Rc6 25.Ke2 Kf7 26.Nd2 Rdc8 27.g4 Ke6 28.h4 Kd5 29.h5 Bb4
30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.Rxc6 Kxc6 32.Ne4 Nf8 33.Kd3 Ne6 34.a3 Bf8 35.Bc1 Bd6 36.a4 Bb4
37.f4 bxa4 38.bxa4 Kd5 39.fxe5 Kxe5 40.Bb2+ Kd5 41.Bd4 Nf8 42.Ng3 Ne6 43.Nf5 Bf8
44.e4+ Kc6 45.Kc4 Nf4 46.e5 g6 47.hxg6 fxe5 48.Bxe5 Nxg6 49.Bc3 Kb6 50.Bf6 Kc6
51.Kd4 Nf4 52.Ke4 Nd5 53.Bd4 Nc7 54.Be3 Kd7 55.Nxh6 Bxh6 56.Bxh6 Ne8 57.Ke5 Nd6
58.Kd5 Nc8 59.Be3 Ne7+ 60.Kc5 Nc6 61.Bd4 Ne7 62.Bc3 Kc7 63.Bxa5+ Kb7 64.Bc3 Ng6
65.g5 Nf4 66.Kd6 Ka6 67.Bd2 Ng6 68.Ke6 Nh4 69.Kf6 Kb7 70.Be1 Ng2 71.Bg3 Ne3
72.g6 Nd5+ 73.Ke6  1-0

[Event "1st Archibald Open 2019"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Tsydypov,Z"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.c3 Na5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.O-O O-O 11.d4 Nc6 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Re1 h6 14.Bh4 Ne7 15.Bg3 Ng6
16.c4 Ba5 17.Re2 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Bxb6 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.Qd5 Rfe8 22.Rc1 Qxd5
23.cxd5 Ne7 24.Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.Kf1 Rae8 26.f3 f5 27.Rc4 fxe4 28.Rexe4 Rxe4
29.fxe4 Kf8 30.b4 Re7 31.Ke2 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Archibald Open 2019"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Volkov,Sergey1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bf5 9.Ne5 Nxe5
10.dxe5 Nd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Nf4 Bb4+ 15.Bd2 Bxd2+ 16.Qxd2 Nxe5
17.Qc3 Qf6 18.Rc1 O-O 19.O-O Rfd8 20.Kg2 Rab8 21.Rfd1 Be4+ 22.Kg3 g6 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8
24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Bxd1 h5 26.gxh5 g5 27.Ng2 Bf3 28.Qd4 Kg7 29.Ne1 Bxd1 30.Qxd1 Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Archibald Open 2019"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Bocharov,D"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Qc2 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Archibald Open 2019"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Korneev,O"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bd2 Nhf6 10.Bf4 Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Archibald Open 2019"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gochelashvili,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rac1 Qb6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Qb4 18.Rc2 Na6 19.Bxa6 Qxd2 20.Bxd2 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Rxa6
22.Rc7 a4 23.b4 Rb6 24.Rfc1 Re8 25.R1c4 Bb2 26.Kg1 Rb5 27.Kf1 f5 28.Ke2 fxe4
29.fxe4 e6 30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Rxc8+ Kf7 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.h4 Ke5 34.Kd3 h6 35.Re7  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Onischuk,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.Nbc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.g3 d6 8.h3 Bd7
9.Bg2 Qc8 10.g4 O-O 11.O-O Rd8 12.f4 e6 13.Be3 Be8 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.g5 Nh5 16.Qf2 Na5
17.Rad1 Nc4 18.Bc1 Nxb2 19.Bxb2 Bxc3 20.Bc1 Bb5 21.Rfe1 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 e5 23.f5 Rac8
24.Bf3 Qxc2 25.Qh4 Ng7 26.f6 Qxa2 27.Bd1 Rc3 28.fxg7 Rxb3 29.Bxb3 Qxb3 30.Be3 a5
31.Qf2 Bc6 32.Qf6 Rd7 33.Qf2 Bxe4 34.Rc1 Bc6 35.h4 d5 36.Bd2 Qh3 37.Rc3 Qg4+
38.Kh2 d4 39.Rc5 e4 40.Rxa5 Rd8 41.Qf6 Qxh4+ 42.Kg1 Qg4+ 43.Kf1 Re8 44.Qxd4 Qd1+
45.Kf2 e3+  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Zubov,A UKR"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Ne5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Nf8 15.f4 Nd5
16.Rc1 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Qd6 18.Rg3 Bd5 19.Qh5 g6 20.Bd3 f5 21.Qe2 Bf6 22.Ba6 Kg7
23.Rc3 Re7 24.Rfc1 Rd8 25.Qe3 Be4 26.Rc4 Bd5 27.Rc8 Rxc8 28.Rxc8 Qb4 29.Qc3 Qxc3
30.Bxc3 Bb7 31.Bxb7 Rxb7 32.Bb4 Nd7 33.Nc6 a5 34.Bd6 b5 35.Be5 Nb6 36.Rd8 Bxe5
37.fxe5 Nd5 38.Rd6 Nb4 39.Nd8 Rb8 40.Nxe6+ Kh6 41.a3 Nc2 42.Ra6 Nxa3 43.Rxa5 Nc2
44.d5 Nb4 45.Nc7 Rb7 46.d6 Nc6 47.Rxb5 Rxb5 48.Nxb5 Nxe5 49.Nc7 Kg7 50.b4 Kf6
51.b5 Nd7 52.Kf2 Ke5 53.Ne8 g5 54.Ke3 f4+ 55.Kf3 h5 56.h3 Kd5 57.Kf2 g4 58.h4 Kc5
59.Ng7 Kxb5 60.Nxh5 f3 61.gxf3 gxf3 62.Ng3 Kc6 63.Nf5 Ne5 64.h5 Kd7 65.Kg3 Ke6
66.h6 f2 67.Kxf2 Ng4+ 68.Kf3 Nxh6 69.Nxh6 Kxd6 70.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Chigaev,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bf5 11.Qa4 Qb6 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.Qxc6 bxc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 Rfb8
16.Re2 a4 17.Nc1 f6 18.exf6 exf6 19.Nd3 Nc3 20.Rd2 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Ne4 22.Rb1 Rb6
23.Nd2 f5 24.f3 Nd6 25.b4 axb3 26.axb3 Nb5 27.Kf1 Bf6 28.Rc1 g5 29.g3 Kf7
30.Bf2 Rba6 31.Ke2 Ke6 32.Kd1 Kd7 33.Be3 Ra1 34.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 35.Ke2 f4 36.Bf2 Rc1
37.Nf1 Nc3+  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Berzinsh,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 e5 8.Bxc4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Nh4 10.Rg1 a6 11.Bg5 Ng6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nh4 Nxh4 14.Bxh4 Be7 15.g4 b5
16.Bb3 b4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Na4 Bg5 19.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Ponkratov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bg2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nxd4 8.Bg2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.e3 Nc6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxd5 O-O 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Bd2 Rac8 15.Qc2 Nb4
16.Qb3 b6 17.a3 Nbd5 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Ne4 20.Be1 Ndf6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1
23.Qxd1 h5 24.Qd3 Qe6 25.f3 Nd6 26.e4 c4 27.Qd4 Nb5 28.Qd8+ Kh7 29.a4 Nd6
30.Bc3 Nd7 31.Qg5 g6 32.Bh3 Qxh3 33.Qd8 f6 34.Qe7+ Kg8 35.Qxd6 h4 36.gxh4 Kf7
37.Bb4 Qe6 38.Qxe6+ Kxe6 39.Kf2 a5 40.Ba3 Ne5 41.Ke3 Nc6 42.f4 f5 43.Bf8 fxe4
44.Kxe4 Nb4 45.f5+ gxf5+ 46.Kd4 Nd3 47.Kxc4 Nxb2+ 48.Kb5 f4 49.Bh6 Kf5 50.h5 Nd1
51.Bxf4 Nc3+ 52.Kxb6 Nxa4+ 53.Kxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.d4 Nxe4
9.dxc5 Re8 10.Qd4 Qf6 11.Nf3 Ng3+ 12.Be3 Qxd4 13.cxd4 Nxh1 14.Nc3 Ba6 15.Kd2 Rxe3
16.fxe3 Nf2 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.Rf1 f6 19.Rxf2 fxe5 20.dxe5 Re8 21.Rf4 Rxe5 22.Ra4 a6
23.Rb4 Bc8 24.Rb8 Re8 25.Ne2 Rf8 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Nf3 Ke7 29.Kc3 Kf6
30.Kd4 g5 31.Ne5 Be8 32.a4 h5 33.Nd3 Bd7 34.Ne5 Be8 35.a5 Ke6 36.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2019"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Khaliullin,Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.f3 Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d5 Ne7 6.e4 Ng6 7.Nge2 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 d6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O-O Ne8 13.h4 c5 14.h5 Ne7 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 f6 17.Bd3 a6 18.Rdf1 Rb8 19.h6 g6 20.a4 Nc8 21.Rf2 Na7 22.Rhf1 Qe7
23.Qe3 Nc7 24.Qg3 Ne8 25.e5 f5 26.e6 Bc8 27.Bg5 Qb7 28.Bxf5 Rxf5 29.Rxf5 gxf5
30.Rxf5 Ng7 31.Rf7 Qxf7 32.exf7+ Kxf7 33.hxg7 Kxg7 34.Qxd6 Rb7 35.Qf6+ Kg8
36.Bh6  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2019"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Salman,P"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 Nbd7
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2019"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Putrenko,Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 e5 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Nh6 7.h4 f6 8.h5 g5 9.Be2 O-O
10.a3 Na6 11.Be3 Nc7 12.Qd2 Qe8 13.Nh2 Bd7 14.b4 b6 15.g4 Qe7 16.O-O Na6
17.Rfb1 Rfb8 18.f3 Qd8 19.Nf1 Nc7 20.Bf2 a5 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Ne3 Qe8 23.Bd1 Bf8
24.Bc2 Be7 25.Qd1 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Ra7 27.Ba4 Bxa4 28.Qxa4 Qxa4 29.Nxa4 Kf7 30.Nd1 Ke8
31.Ndc3 Nf7 32.Nb5 Nxb5 33.cxb5 Nd8 34.Kf1 Nb7 35.Ke2 Bd8 36.Kd3 Kd7 37.Kc4 Ra8
38.Be1 Ra7 39.b6 Ra8 40.Kb5 Be7 41.Nb2 Bd8 42.a4 c4 43.Nxc4 Nc5 44.Bxa5 Rc8
45.Bb4 Nd3 46.a5 Nxb4 47.Kxb4 Rc5 48.a6 Rc8 49.a7 Ra8 50.b7 Rxa7 51.b8=Q Ba5+
52.Nxa5  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2019"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Khlebovich,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Ng5 Nf6 10.Nf3 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2019"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.09"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Obgolts,Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.O-O Nc6
9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Na5 11.Be2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 e5 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.f4 b6 15.Bd3 Qe7
16.Qe2 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.e5 Rad8 19.Rf3 Qf7 20.Raf1 Nc6 21.h4 Ne7 22.h5 gxh5
23.Rh3 Nf5 24.Rxh5 Rxd3 25.Rg5+ Kh8 26.Qxd3 h6 27.Qh3 Qh7 28.Rh5 Rg8 29.g4 Qg6
30.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2019"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Mikaelyan,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Ne2 Bxe2 8.Bxe2 e6
9.Be3 Bd6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.g3 Nc6 12.O-O h6 13.Qd1 a6 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rc1 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5
17.Bf5 Rfe8 18.Bd4 Bc5 19.Re1 Qd6 20.Nb3 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 g6 22.Bh3 Kg7 23.Rc2 b4
24.Rce2 bxc3 25.bxc3 Nc4 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rxe8 Nxe8 28.Bf1 Qa3 29.Qb3 Qc1
30.Qc2 Qxc2 31.Nxc2 a5 32.Bg2 Nc7 33.f4 Kf6 34.Kf2 Ke6 35.Nd4+ Kd6 36.Ke2 Kc5
37.h4 Ne8 38.h5 gxh5 39.Nf5 Ncd6 40.Nxh6 Nf6 41.Kd3 Nfe4 42.Bxe4 dxe4+ 43.Ke2 Kc4
44.Kd2 a4 45.g4 h4 46.g5 h3 47.Ng4 Nf5 48.Ne5+ Kd5 49.Ng4 Kc5 50.Nh2 Kc4
51.Ng4 e3+ 52.Kc2 a3 53.Nh2 Ng3 54.Nf3 Ne4 55.f5 Nxg5  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2019"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shubin,Kirill"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.a4 Bd7 14.Ne3 h6 15.h3 Rc8 16.Nh2 Be6
17.Nhg4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Bg5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bb3 Bxe3 21.Bxe3 Qd7 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Ra6 b4 24.c4 Nb8 25.Ra5 Nc6 26.Ra6 Nb8 27.Ra5 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 2019"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Can,Isik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "D11"]

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.b3 Rc8 11.e3 b5 12.Qd3 Qb6 13.Bb2 c5 14.Rfc1 Bh5 15.Qf1 a6 16.a3 Bg6
17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.b4 Bd6 19.Nh4 Bh5 20.Nhf3 Bg6 21.Nh4 Bh5 22.Nhf3 Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sepp,O"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ng1  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Kanep,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 e6
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Petursson,Mar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e3 Bxd2
9.Nfxd2 O-O 10.Nc3 c6 11.Nde4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.b3 Qe7 15.Qd2 h6
16.h3 Rfe8 17.Kh2 Bf5 18.e4 exd4 19.Qxd4 Bh7 20.Rad1 Qe5 21.f4 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 c5
23.Rxd6 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Rd7 a4 26.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Uukkivi,Raigo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qc2 d6
9.e4 a5 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Qd1 c5 12.d5 b6 13.a3 Na6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 exd5 16.cxd5 Bd6
17.Nc4 Bb7 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Bf4 Qd8 20.Qd2 Nh5 21.Be3 f5 22.d6 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 f4
24.gxf4 Qh4 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Kh1 Nxf4 27.Bxf4 Qxf4 28.Rae1 Rad8 29.Re5 Nc7
30.Qe4 Qxe4+ 31.Nxe4 Nb5 32.Rd1 Rd7 33.Re7 Rfd8 34.Kg2 Kg8 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.Kf3 Kf7
37.Ke3 Ke6  0-1

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Uurits,Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.Rd1 dxc4
9.Qxc4 Nb6 10.Qc2 c6 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.e4 Qe7 15.a4 Rd8
16.Ne5 Qb4 17.Nd3 Qe7 18.a5 Nbd7 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.a6 Nf8 22.axb7 Bxb7
23.Nc5 Ne6 24.Ra5 Nxc5 25.Qxc5 Qxc5 26.Rxc5 Re8 27.Ra1 Re7 28.f4 g6 29.Kf2 Kf8
30.Ke3 Ke8 31.Bf1 Kd8 32.Bd3 Ke8 33.g4 g5 34.f5 Kd7 35.f6 Ree8 36.Rca5 Kc7
37.Rxa7 Rxa7 38.Rxa7 Kb6 39.Ra3 Rb8 40.b4 Bc8 41.Bf5 Ba6 42.Kd2 Rf8 43.h4 Rh8
44.Rh3 Bf1 45.Rh2 Ba6 46.hxg5 Kc7 47.gxh6  1-0

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Blomqvist,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be3 e6
9.Nd2 Nc6 10.Ngf3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 a6 13.Rac1 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Qd1 b5
16.Qe2 Na5 17.Nb3 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Kapp,Viljar"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.O-O d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Re1+ Be7 8.Bb5 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Be3 d4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Be2 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Re8 15.Qc4 Rc8
16.Ne5 Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Rxc4  0-1

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Nyback,T"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Bb3 Ned7 15.e4 Rfe8
16.Bc2 Nc5 17.Re1 Nfd7 18.Be3 Rad8 19.Rad1 a5 20.f3 h5 21.Qf2 b5 22.Bc1 Nf8
23.f4 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nxe4 26.Qd4 Ng3 27.Bd3 Ne2+ 28.Bxe2 Qxe2
29.f5 gxf5 30.Rf1 Qe4 31.Qf2 Ng6 32.Ba3 Qe3 33.Bc5 Qxf2+ 34.Rxf2 Re1+ 35.Kh2 f4
36.Rd2 Kg7 37.Bd4+ f6 38.Rf2 h4  0-1

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "20.4"]
[White "Dubrovin,R"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 Be6 7.c5 Nbd7 8.Be2 a5
9.bxa5 Ne4 10.Bd2 Ndxc5 11.Rc1 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ng5 Bd5 15.Bc4 e6
16.Nh3 c6 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Rb1 Qxa5 19.Qxa5 Rxa5 20.Rxb7 c5 21.dxc5 Bc3+ 22.Kf1 Rxa2
23.g3 Rc8 24.Kg2 Rxc5 25.Rd1 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Otsmann,Villu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 O-O 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 c5 12.dxc5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bxc5 14.Nf3 Re8 15.Bd4 Ba6
16.Re1 Bb4 17.Nd2 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "22.5"]
[White "Jarvet,Juri"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A72"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.d5 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be2 e6 8.e4 exd5 9.cxd5 b5
10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qxb5 13.Nxd6 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qxa2 15.O-O Qxd5
16.Nxc8 Rxc8 17.Qc2 Nc6 18.Rfd1 Nd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Qa4 Qc6 21.Qa3 h5 22.Rbc1 Qd7
23.h3 a5 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Rc1 Qf5 26.Rc5 Qb1+ 27.Rc1 Qb5 28.Rc5 Qe2 29.Rxa5 Rb8
30.Ra8 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Be5+ 32.g3 Qxd2 33.Rxb8+ Bxb8  0-1

[Event "20th Puhajarve Rapid"]
[Site "Puhajarve EST"]
[Date "2019.12.01"]
[Round "35.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Sirosh,Ilja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Navumenka,Mikhei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.N2f3 Bd6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rc1 h6 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.a3 Bd6
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Qa4 Rc7 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.e4 Qe5 22.Qd4 Qxd4
23.Rxd4 Rdc8 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Kf1 Rc2 27.Bxd5 Rxb2 28.Bc4 g6
29.a4 Kg7 30.Bb5 Rc2 31.Ke1 h5 32.h3 Kf8 33.Rc4 Rxc4 34.Bxc4 Ke7 35.Ke2 Nd7
36.Ke3 f6 37.Kd4 Kd6 38.f4 g5 39.h4 gxf4 40.gxf4 a5 41.Be2 Nc5 42.Bb5 Ne6+
43.Ke4 Ng7 44.f5 Kc5 45.Bd7 Kd6 46.Bc8 Ne8 47.Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2019.12.05"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Mickevicius,J"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 a6 7.bxa6 d6 8.Nc3 Bxa6
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Rfb8 13.b3 Qa3 14.Ne1 Bb7 15.Nc2 Qa6
16.a4 Ne8 17.Nb5 Qb6 18.Nca3 Qd8 19.e4 Nc7 20.Re1 Nxb5 21.Nxb5 Ba6 22.Bf1 Rc8
23.Bc4 Ne5 24.Kg2 Qd7 25.h3 f5 26.f4 Nxc4 27.bxc4 e6 28.Qc2 Re8 29.Kh2 Bc8
30.Bc3 fxe4 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Rxe4 e5 33.g4 exf4 34.Qb2+ Kh6 35.Rxe8 Qxe8 36.Nc7 Qe3
37.Nxa8 Kg5 38.Rg1 Kh4  1-0

[Event "European Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2019.12.06"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Sysolyatin,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.Qb4 Nd7 12.Bg5 a5 13.Qb5 h6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 a4 17.Rac1 Ne5 18.b3 axb3 19.axb3 Ra2 20.h3 h5 21.Bb6 Qc3 22.Be3 Rxc2
23.Qxb7 Nd3 24.Rxc2 Qxc2 25.Rf1 Bf6 26.b4 h4 27.g4 Qc4 28.b5 Nf4 29.Qc6 Ne2+
30.Kh1 Qb4 31.b6 Nd4 32.Qc7 Qb3 33.b7 g5 34.Be4  1-0

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shimanov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O a5
9.Re1 Ba7 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Bb5 Ne7 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 c6 14.Bd3 Ng6 15.Ng3 Re8
16.Bc2 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Be3 Nh4 19.f3 Qd6 20.Nf1 Nh5 21.Qd3 g6 22.Qd2 Bxf3
23.Qf2 Bxd4 24.cxd4 Be4 25.Qxh4 Bxc2 26.Bxh6 Bd3 27.Nd2 Qg3 28.Qxg3 Nxg3
29.Be3 Re6 30.Bf2 Ne4 31.Nxe4 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Bxe4 33.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 b4
9.Nfd2 Nd5 10.Nxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Ba6 12.Nbd2 Bxc5 13.Nb3 Nd7 14.e4 N5b6 15.Nxb6 Bxb6
16.Rd1 Rc8 17.Qd2 Bc4 18.Qxb4 Qf6 19.Bf4 Ne5 20.a5 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 g5 22.Nc1 gxf4
23.Kg1 f3  0-1

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Goganov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Ba5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qxd8+ Bxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Lintchevski,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Levin,Ev"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 d5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 b6 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Be2 e5 14.Nb5 Qxd1+ 15.Bxd1 a5
16.Bf3 Ra6 17.O-O Bd7 18.Nc7 Ra7 19.Nd5 b5 20.Rfc1 Rd8 21.Nb6 Be6 22.Rc5 b4
23.Rxe5 Nd7 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.Rb5 Ke7 26.Nd5+ Bxd5 27.Rdxd5 bxa3 28.bxa3 Rc8
29.h3 Rc3 30.a4 Rc4 31.Rd4 Rxd4 32.exd4 Nf6 33.Kf1 Ne8 34.Ke2 Nd6 35.Rc5 Kd7
36.Kd3 Ra6 37.Bd5 h6 38.f4 Ra7 39.Bc6+ Ke7 40.g4 Ra6 41.d5 Kd8 42.Bb5 Ra7
43.Kd4 Re7 44.Bd3 Nb7 45.Rc6 Re1 46.Ba6 Rb1 47.Bxb7 Rxb7 48.Ra6 Rb4+ 49.Ke5 Rxa4
50.Kd6 Kc8 51.f5 Kb7 52.Rc6 h5 53.Rc7+ Kb6 54.g5 f6 55.g6 Rf4 56.Rxg7 Rxf5
57.Rg8 Kb7 58.Ke6 Re5+ 59.Kxf6 Rxd5 60.Re8 Rd6+ 61.Kg5 Rd3 62.h4 Rg3+ 63.Kh6  1-0

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gorovykh,E"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Ng5 Be6 10.Nxe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "I Blechzin Memorial 2021"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.O-O Bxd2
9.Qxd2 cxd4 10.Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Open 2023"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Koishman,Karina"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1499"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 h6 5.Bxf6 Nxf6 6.e4 e6 7.e5 Nd7 8.f4 c5
9.Nge2 Nb8 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.O-O-O Rb8 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Nbd4 Bd7 15.c3 a5
16.Nc2 Rc8 17.Ned4 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Bb4 19.Qe3 O-O 20.Bd3 a4 21.g4 a3 22.b3 Rc3
23.Kb1 Rfc8 24.h4 Ba5 25.Na1 Ba4 26.Rc1 Bxb3 27.Nxb3 Rxb3+ 28.Ka1 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "Minsk Open 2023"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Norman,Kseniya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 h6 12.Rb1 Bd7 13.b3 Qc8 14.Kh2 a5 15.f3 Re5 16.Nde2 g5
17.Be3 h5 18.f4 gxf4 19.gxf4 Re8 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.e5 Nh7 22.Ng3 h4 23.Nh5 Bf5
24.Rg1 Rd8 25.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Minsk Open 2023"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hryharovich,Aliaksei"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.c3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.e3 Nfd7 7.Be2 e5 8.Bh2 Nc6
9.O-O f5 10.c4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Nb8 13.Nc3 Nc6 14.Nb5 a6 15.d5 Ne5
16.Nd4 Qf6 17.Rc1 f4 18.b3 Bd7 19.Nf3 Rae8 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Bg4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 h5
23.Qf3 Qe7 24.Kh1 Qe8 25.Qd3 g5 26.f3 Re3 27.Qd1 Rf7 28.Bg1 Re2 29.Rc2 Rfe7
30.Rxe2 Rxe2 31.Bd4 b6 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qd4+ Qe5 34.Qxe5+ Rxe5 35.Kg1 Kf6
36.Kf2 a5 37.Rd1 Re3 38.Rd2 Ke5 39.Rd1 h4 40.Rd2 a4 41.b4 a3 42.c5 bxc5 43.bxc5 dxc5  0-1

[Event "Minsk Open 2023"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2023.11.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kramich,Aliaksei"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.h3 Bd7 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Bf4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb5 O-O-O 12.Bxd7+ Rxd7 13.O-O Bc5 14.Na3 Re8 15.Rad1 Qb6
16.Nd4 Qxb3 17.axb3 Nc6 18.Nac2 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Re2 21.Rd2 Rde7
22.Rfd1 Re1+ 23.Kh2 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Re2 25.Rd2 Rxd2 26.Bxd2 Ne4 27.Be3 b6 28.Kg1 Kb7
29.Kf1 a5 30.c4 dxc4 31.bxc4 Nd6 32.Bd4 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Open 2023"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2023.11.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Hakobyan,Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nxc4 Bc5
9.a3 a5 10.b3 Qe7 11.Bb2 e5 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Nxb4 15.Nfxe5 b5
16.Nc6 Nxc6 17.Bxc6+ Bd7 18.Bxd7+ Nxd7 19.Qa8+ Qd8 20.Qe4+ Qe7 21.Qa8+ Qd8
22.Qe4+ Qe7 23.Qa8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Open 2023"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2023.11.10"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Usov,Aleksandr E."]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nb5 O-O
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.O-O Rad8 13.Qb3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Rxd4
16.Qxb7 Rb4 17.Qxe7 Rxb2 18.Rac1 Re8 19.Qd6 Rd8 20.Qc6 Nd7 21.Be4 Ne5 22.Qa4 Qxa4
23.Nxa4 Rxa2 24.Nc3 Rad2 25.h3 Nd3 26.Bxd3 R2xd3 27.Ne4 a5 28.Nc5 Rc3 29.Rxc3 Bxc3
30.Rc1 Bb2 31.Rc2 Be5 32.Kf1 Rc8 33.Rc1 a4 34.Nd3 Rxc1+ 35.Nxc1 Kg7 36.Ke2 Bd4
37.f3 Bb2 38.Na2 Kf6  0-1