[Event "Voronezh Master op"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Rc1 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. a3 Re8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Rc7 17. Ba2 Rd7 18. Rcd1 b5 19. b4 Bf8 20. Bg5 Be7 21. d5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 exd5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bxd5 Ne5 26. Qh3 h5 27. Qxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Nxf7 Nxf7 30. Rd7 Bc8 31. Rc7 Bf5 32. Rc6 Kg7 33. Rxa6 Bc2 34. f4 Nh6 35. Kf2 Ng4+ 36. Kg3 Ne3 37. Rb6 Bd3 38. Kf2 Nd5 39. Rd6 Bc4 40. Kf3 Nc3 41. Ke3 Nb1 42. Ra6 Bb3 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Kd4 Ba4 45. Ke5 Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kh6 47. Kf6 Nxa3 48. Ra8 Kh7 49. Kg5 Nc2 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Kxg6 Kf8 52. f5 Bb3 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. f6+ Kd7 55. Rb8 Kc6 56. Rc8+ Kd6 57. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Voronezh Master op"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Skorchenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nc3 e6 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. a4 Nc8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qd8 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 e5 20. d6 f5 21. Red1 fxe4 22. d7 Re7 23. dxc8Q Qxc8 24. Rac1 Qf5 25. Rc4 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxe4 Qd5 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Bxe5 Re8 30. f4 g5 31. Rd4 Qc5 32. Qf2 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Qxe5 34. Rd1 Qe3 35. Rd7 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rf8+ 37. Ke3 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. a5 b6 41. a6 b5 42. b4 Kd6 43. Kd4 Kc6 44. Ke5 Kb6 45. Kd6 Kxa6 46. Kc6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voronezh Master op"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Be6 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. exd4 h6 11. 0-0 a6 12. Be3 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rad1 Nd5 15. Ne4 b6 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. Qc2 0-0 18. Bc1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Nb3 20. Bf3 Nb4 21. Qb1 Nxd4 22. Bf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qe8 24. Qc1 Qxa4 25. Bxh6 Bxe5 26. Bxf8 Nd3 27. Qh6 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Qa5 29. Re3 Rxf8 30. Ng5 Rd8 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Voronezh Master op"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Bd3 b6 11. 0-0 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. c5 Rac8 15. b4 Bb8 16. Rfc1 Qc7 17. g3 bxc5 18. dxc5 e5 19. b5 Rcd8 20. c6 Bc8 21. a4 Rfe8 22. Bf1 a6 23. Ba3 e4 24. b6 Qxb6 25. Rab1 Qa7 26. Rxb8 Ng4 27. Qc5 Qxb8 28. c7 Qa8 29. cxd8Q Rxd8 30. Bb2 Be6 31. Qd4 Nf6 32. a5 h6 33. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Voronezh Master op"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Bxb5 8. Qxb5+ Qd7 9. Ne5 Qxb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. b3 Nd7 12. f4 Bg7 13. Bb2 0-0 14. Ke2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nb4 16. d4 Rfc8 17. Rhc1 Nc2 18. Rab1 Bh6 19. Bc3 Nxe3 20. Bd2 Nf5 21. g4 Bxd2 22. Kxd2 Nh4 23. Nc7 Rab8 24. Nxd5 Rd8 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Rc7 Rxd4+ 27. Kc3 Rf4 28. Nd5 Rf3+ 29. Kb4 h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. Nf6 Ra8 32. Rxb7 a5+ 33. Kb5 Rf5 34. Ka4 Rf2 35. a3 Rf4+ 36. Kb5 Rf5 37. Rg1 Ng6 38. Kb6 a4 39. b4 Rf3 40. Rg3 Rb3 41. e6 1-0

[Event "Voronezh Master op"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ng4 8. 0-0 Ne5 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. h3 Nbc6 12. e3 Bd7 13. Kh2 Rb8 14. Ne4 Ba7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qh5 f6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Rf8 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Qh5 Nce7 21. Rfe1 b5 22. c5 d5 23. Nc3 Bxc5 24. Nxd5 Bd6 25. e4 Nxd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. e5 Be7 28. h4 Rd8 29. Qe4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qe8 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qf5 Rb6 34. Rd7 Ne7 35. Qd3 Rd6 36. Rxd6 cxd6 37. Qxd6 Kg7 38. Qxa6 Nf5 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Qe4 Qg6 41. Qd3 Nxh4 42. Qxg6+ Nxg6 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 Ne7 45. a5 Nc8 46. Be4 Kg7 47. a6 h6 48. Kh3 Na7 49. Kg4 Kf7 50. Kf5 Nb5 51. Bd5+ Kg7 52. Bb3 Nd4+ 53. Ke4 Nb5 54. Bc4 Na7 55. Kd5 Kg6 56. Bd3+ Kf7 57. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bg4 16. Qf2 exf4 17. Qxf4 Bh5 18. Ne2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qd7 20. Nc3 Bg6 21. Nf3 Nh5 22. Qe3 f5 23. Rce1 Bf6 24. Qb6 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Be7 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Neg5 Rf8 28. Nh4 Rce8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. 0-0-0 Bb4 9. f3 0-0 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. a3 Be7 13. Nce2 Na5 14. Ng3 e5 15. Nxh5 exd4 16. Kb1 dxe3 17. Qd4 f6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Qd5+ Rf7 21. Qxa8 Nc6 22. a4 Rf8 23. axb5 Nb4 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Qa7 axb5 26. Qxe3 d5 27. Qb3 Nc6 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Bxb5 Ne5 30. Qb3 Nxf3 31. Rhd1 Bxe4 32. Qb4 Rf4 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 h5 35. Be2 Ne5 36. Bxh5 Nc4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Be2 Ne5 39. Re8 Rf2 40. Rxe5 Rxe2 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. c4 1-0

[Event "Samara op"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. h3 Ne4 10. d3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Nef6 12. g3 Bd6 13. Kg2 Qe7 14. a3 e5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 a6 17. d4 0-0 18. Bf3 e4 19. Be2 b5 20. Qd2 Nb6 21. Nb1 Nh7 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Nxg5 24. Bc3 Rfc8 25. Ba5 Nd7 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Qe6 28. Qd2 Rc6 29. Nc3 Rac8 30. Rac1 Nf6 31. Na2 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 Rc7 33. a4 Qc8 34. axb5 Rc2 35. Qd1 axb5 36. Bxb5 Ng4 37. Ne2 Qf5 38. Qf1 Rd2 39. Rh4 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Nxf2 41. Qc1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Samara op"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kniazev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nge2 a6 8. c5 b5 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Na4 Qb7 12. Nec3 Rb8 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. b3 Re8 15. Be2 Nfd7 16. Be3 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. 0-0 Bd7 20. Rc2 a5 21. Rfc1 Qb4 22. Qd1 Qb6 23. Rc3 Qa7 24. Bc4 Rb4 25. Qd2 Reb8 26. h3 Rd8 27. Kh1 Be8 28. a3 Rbb8 29. Be2 Rb7 30. Bd1 Rb5 31. f4 Qb8 32. Rd3 Bd7 33. Qe1 Rc8 34. Bd2 Be6 35. a4 Rb7 36. d5 cxd5 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. exd5 Bf5 39. Re3 Bd4 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Qxe7 Bc3 42. Be3 Kg7 43. Qxd6 Bxh3 44. Qc5 Qxc5 45. Bxc5 Bf5 46. Be2 Bc2 47. d6 Bf6 48. Bb6 Bxb3 49. Bb5 Be6 50. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Samara op"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Neshkov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 c5 6. d5 0-0 7. Nge2 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. g4 Ng8 12. h4 Nc7 13. h5 g5 14. Ng3 a6 15. a3 Qf6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Rfb8 18. b4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Bd3 Qd8 21. Bc2 Ne8 22. Ba4 Qa5 23. Bc6 Ra7 24. Ke2 Nef6 25. Rab1 Rc8 26. Rb3 Ne7 27. Ba4 Rcc7 28. Qb2 Rc8 29. Rb6 Nxf5 30. exf5 e4 31. Bd2 Re7 32. Bc2 exf3+ 33. Kd1 Rce8 34. Rf1 g4 35. Nb1 Qxb6 36. Qxb6 Kg8 37. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Samara op"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Bf8 12. Be2 Ne7 13. 0-0 Ng6 14. b4 a6 15. Qb3 c6 16. Na4 Bg4 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. Rc2 Qf5 19. Re1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nh4 21. Be2 Rd6 22. Qd3 Qc8 23. Kh1 Rf6 24. Bf1 Bd6 25. g3 Qg4 26. Qe2 Nf3 27. Bg2 Bxc5 28. bxc5 Qe4 29. Rb2 g5 30. Qc2 Qe7 31. Bxf3 Rxf3 32. Kg2 Rf6 33. Reb1 h5 34. h3 Kg7 35. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Samara op"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 e6 8. 0-0 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nc4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. e4 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. e5 dxe5 17. d6 Qe6 18. Re1 Ne8 19. Be3 b6 20. a5 Nxd6 21. axb6 Bb7 22. Bxc5 Rfd8 23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Be3 a5 27. Red1 Rdd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Ne4 Rb8 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Bf8 32. Be3 Bb4 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Rd7 Kf6 35. Ra7 h5 36. h4 Ke6 37. Kg2 f5 38. Kf3 Kd5 39. Rd7+ Bd6 40. Rg7 f4 41. gxf4 exf4 42. Bd2 Rxb6 43. Rxg6 Rxb2 44. Rg5+ Kc4 45. Bxa5 Bc5 46. Be1 Bd4 47. Rxh5 Rb1 48. Bd2 Rb2 49. Bxf4 Rxf2+ 50. Kg4 Rg2+ 51. Kf3 Rf2+ 52. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samara op"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grebenkin, Vladimir Ilich"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. e3 Nge7 8. exd4 cxd4 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Rb1 Ng6 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Nh8 14. Nh2 f5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Be6 17. c5 Be7 18. Re1 Nf7 19. f4 Qd7 20. Nhf3 exf4 21. Qe2 Ba2 22. b5 Bxb1 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nxb1 Bxc5 25. gxf4 Bb4 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Nbxd2 Rfe8 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Ra2 30. Qd1 Kh8 31. Nc4 Qe7 32. Qf3 Qh4 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. e6 Kh7 35. Ne5 Qg5 36. Nf7 Qf6 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5 38. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Samara op"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Qc8 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 Re8 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. b3 c5 13. Rac1 b6 14. e4 Nb7 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. f4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 Bg7 20. h3 Nh6 21. g4 Nf7 22. Bg3 a6 23. Rce1 Qc7 24. Re2 b5 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rfe1 bxc4 28. bxc4 Nbd6 29. Qd3 Rab8 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Rb4 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Qd8 35. Qe2 Rxc4 36. Qe5 Nf7 37. Qf6 Rf4 38. Qxf4 Qxe7 39. Ne4 Bb5 40. d6 Qe6 41. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kulicov, Oleg Anatolie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. a4 Re8 13. e3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qa3 Rab8 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. d4 c4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Qb4 Nf6 22. Ra6 b5 23. Rfa1 Red8 24. Qc5 Rdc8 25. Bh3 Nd7 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Bxd7 Rcb6 29. Nb1 Kf8 30. Bg4 Ke7 31. Bf3 Kd6 32. Ra5 f5 33. Na3 b4 34. Rxd5+ Ke6 35. Nxc4 b3 36. Nxb6 Rxb6 37. e4 b2 38. exf5+ Kf6 39. Be4 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
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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. 0-0-0 Na6 11. d4 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kayumov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. 0-0 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirnov, Igor"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Nb6 11. Re1 0-0 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nf6 15. Rb1 Bc4 16. e4 Bxa2 17. Nxa2 Rxa2 18. e5 Nfxd5 19. e6 Nb4 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Bh3 Kh7 22. Be6 Qf8 23. Bxf7 Qxf7 24. Re4 Nd7 25. Bd2 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Rxb4 Bf6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 Nc5 31. Nh2 Kh7 32. Ng4 Bg7 33. Rf4 Qb3 34. Qe2 Qb7+ 35. Kh2 e5 36. Rc4 Qd5 37. Ne3 Qe6 38. h5 Nd7 39. Qd3 Nf8 40. Rg4 Qf6 41. Kg2 Qe6 42. Qe4 Qf7 43. Nd5 Qe6 44. f3 Qf7 45. Kh2 Qe6 46. hxg6+ Nxg6 47. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Alexandrova, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 0-0 8. b4 b6 9. Bd3 a5 10. Na4 Nfd7 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. b5 Nb4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qb1 bxc5 15. a3 c4 16. 0-0 Rb8 17. Nc3 f5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxf5 Rxb5 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Be6 Nb6 23. Qg6 Qe8 24. Qg4 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Qf7 26. Ra6 Nd7 27. Nh4 Re8 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Qh5 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Kf1 Nf8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Nxf8 Re8 34. g4 Rxf8 35. Qh5+ g6 36. Qh7+ Bg7 37. Bh6 Rg8 38. f4 b3 39. f5 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kulicov, Oleg Anatolie"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Ng5 Nd8 10. f4 Be7 11. 0-0 Bxg5 12. fxg5 Ne7 13. Be3 Nf7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd4 Nd8 16. Rf3 Rf8 17. Rh3 Rh8 18. Rf1 c5 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. e5 Nd5 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. g6 h6 23. Ng5 Nxe3 24. Nf7 Qd4 25. Rxe3 Nxf7 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Qe7+ Kc8 28. gxf7 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
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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. 0-0 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kayumov, Sergey"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Bf3 Ra7 9. Be3 Rc7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bb7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Na5 Ba8 15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 dxe5 19. Nxe5 0-0 20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rxa6 g6 23. h3 Rb8 24. Ra8 Rcc8 25. Rea1 Kg7 26. R1a7 Qd6 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Rb7 Qd6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Ne4+ Ke5 31. Nxd6 Kxd6 32. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Smirnov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. Rb1 0-0 12. a4 a5 13. Qc2 e5 14. Nd2 e4 15. Be2 Rae8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Bf1 Kh8 20. g3 Ba8 21. h4 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bg2 Kg7 24. Kf1 Rh8 25. Ke2 Rh2 26. Rg1 Reh8 27. Nd2 Bb7 28. Nf1 Ba6 29. Nxh2 Bxc4+ 30. Kd2 Bd3 31. Qb3 Bxb1 32. Qxb1 Rxh2 33. Qb3 Nf6 34. Ke2 Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. c4 Ng4 37. Kf1 Ke6 38. Rh1 Rxh1+ 39. Bxh1 d5 40. cxd5+ Kxd5 41. Ke2 Nh2 42. Bg2 g4 43. Kd2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexandrova, Olga"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Rd1 0-0 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc5 14. Rd1 e5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rad8 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Qb6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. h3 Kf7 24. Rd3 Rc6 25. Qa7 h6 26. Qb8 Rc7 27. b4 h5 28. Qh8 h4 29. Rf3+ Kg6 30. g4 Qg5 31. Qe8+ Kh6 32. Rf8 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 g6 34. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 5th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bf1 Nd7 15. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 a6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nd1 bxa3 18. bxa3 Nh5 19. Qh3 g6 20. Ne3 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 e5 22. Nf5 exd4 23. Qh6 Bf6 24. Rh4 Rfb8 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kayumov, Dimitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Qb3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 h6 5. b3 Be4 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qd3 Nb4 9. Qb5+ Nc6 10. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kozlov, Viktor Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. f3 Qc5+ 11. Kh1 Qxg5 12. fxe4 d6 13. d3 Qh5 14. Rf4 Ng4 15. h3 g5 16. Rf1 Nge5 17. Kh2 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 g4 19. Kg1 Qxh3 20. Bf4 Ng6 21. Qd2 Re6 22. Rf2 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kayumov, Sergey"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 h5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. g3 0-0-0 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Nfd4 Ng4 19. Nf4 e5 20. Nd5 Qxd4 21. Qa5 Qc5 22. b4 Qa7 23. Nxe7 Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nd5+ Kb7 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Nxf6 Be6 28. Rd2 Rh6 29. Rf2 Rdh8 30. Nd5 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. g4 c6 12. 0-0 Kh8 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. Be3 Qd8 15. f3 Ng8 16. Kg2 f5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 c5 19. Qd1 Bh6 20. Bf2 Bf4 21. b3 h5 22. Rh1 Nf6 23. Bd3 fxg4 24. hxg4 Kg7 25. gxh5 Nxh5 26. Ne2 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Be3 28. Rg1 Bh3+ 29. Ke1 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pisakov, Ilia"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 g6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. g4 h5 11. gxh5 Nxh5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. 0-0-0 Nf4 14. Bc4 Ng2 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bg5 f6 17. f4 Bh3 18. Rhg1 fxg5 19. Rxg2 gxf4 20. Rxg6 Be5 21. Ne2 Qb6 22. c3 Qc5 23. Bb3 f3 24. Nf4 Qa7 25. Nxh3 Rxh3 26. Be6 Rh8 27. Qg5 Kd8 28. Qxe5 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Kc7 30. Rxd6 exd6 31. Qa5+ Kb7 32. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Gasanov, Eldar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nh5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nf4 10. c5 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 dxc5 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Qxc5 b6 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. g3 Na6 18. a3 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Rac1 Rf7 21. b4 Na6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. Nb5 Kg8 24. h4 Bb2 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Bf4 Rxd5 27. Nbxa7 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nb8 29. b5 Nxc6 30. Nxc6 Rxa3 31. Rd7 Bc8 32. Rxc7 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Be6 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Bd6 Ke8 36. Nc6 Bd5+ 37. f3 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Bxf3 39. Ne5 Bxe5 40. Bxe5 Ra5 41. Rxh7 Rxb5 42. Bd4 Rb4 43. Be3 Rb2 44. Rg7 Bh5 45. Rb7 b5 46. Bc5 Kd8 47. Bd6 Bf3 48. Rb6 Kd7 49. Be5 Rb1+ 50. Kf2 Bc6 51. Bb8 Rb3 52. Ke2 Rc3 53. Kd2 Rc4 54. Bf4 Ke6 55. Rb8 Rd4+ 56. Kc3 Rc4+ 57. Kd2 Rc5 58. Rg8 Kf7 59. Rb8 Be4 60. Ke3 Rc3+ 61. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Selin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nf2 Rf7 17. a4 h5 18. h3 Bf8 19. Nb5 Nh4 20. a5 Rg7 21. Bb4 g4 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nh5 24. Nc7 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 f3+ 26. Bxf3 Nf4+ 27. Kg3 Nh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. f4 d5 15. e5 f6 16. Bb5 fxe5 17. fxe5 Nh6 18. 0-0+ Kg8 19. Qh4 Bd7 20. Kh1 Nf5 21. Rxf5 exf5 22. e6 Be8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qe7 Be5 25. Rf1 f4 26. Re1 Bf6 27. Qb7 Rd8 28. e7 Rd7 29. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 3rd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
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1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg5 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Rg1 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 e5 14. Bxe7 Bh3+ 15. Bg2 Bxg2+ 16. Rxg2 Kxe7 17. Rxg7 Rag8 18. Rxg8 Rxg8 19. Qd3 Rg6 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Qh3 Ne6 22. Qxh7 Qa4 23. Qh4+ f6 24. Nc3 Qc2 25. Qh7+ Ng7 26. Qg8 Ne8 27. Qh7+ Ng7 28. Qh8 Ne8 29. Qh3 f5 30. Qe3 e4 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Re2 Qd3 33. Qxd3 exd3 34. Re3 Rd6 35. Ke1 Nf6 36. h3 d2+ 37. Ke2 Ne4 38. Nd1 Kf6 39. h4 Kg6 40. Rf3 Re6 41. Ne3 Nxf2 42. Kxd2 Ne4+ 43. Kd3 Rd6+ 44. Kc2 Rd2+ 45. Kc1 Rf2 46. Rxf2 Nxf2 47. Ng2 Kh5 48. Kd2 Kg4 49. Ne3+ Kf4 50. Ke2 Ne4 51. a3 a5 52. b4 a4 53. c5 Nf6 54. Kd3 Ng4 55. h5 Nxe3 56. h6 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Selin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Qd2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Rb1 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Bxb5 11. Rxb5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. Bg5 e6 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h4 Qd7 18. h5 Nxd4 19. h6+ Kg8 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxb7 Rh4 23. Rc1 Rxh6 24. c4 Rh5 25. c5 Kf8 26. c6 Ke8 27. Rcb1 Rc5 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. g3 a5 30. Rbb7 Rf5 31. a4 h5 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Rb2 Kg7 34. Rc2 Rfd5 35. Rb7 Rc8 36. c7 Rd7 37. f4 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Rd5 40. Ke4 Kd7 41. Rc4 g5 42. fxg5 Rxg5 43. Kf3 Rg4 44. Rc5 Rxa4 45. Rxh5 Rxc7 46. Rxc7+ Kxc7 47. Rh7 Rd4 48. Rxf7+ Rd7 49. Rf8 Kb6 50. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 0-0 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Smirnov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Nb6 11. Nd2 0-0 12. Re1 Ra7 13. Rb1 Qa8 14. e4 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Bf1 Rb8 17. Qc2 Nde5 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. f4 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Nec4 21. Nf3 Na4 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. b3 Na3 24. Bxa3 Rxa3 25. Rf2 Qa7 26. e5 c4 27. Kg2 cxb3 28. axb3 Qb7 29. exd6 exd6 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. dxc6 Raxb3 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Rc2 Rb8 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Nd4 d5 37. Nb5 Rc8 38. Rc5 Bf6 39. g4 Ke6 40. f5+ gxf5 41. gxf5+ Ke7 42. Kf4 h6 43. c7 Kd7 44. Rxd5+ Kc6 45. Rd6+ Kxb5 46. Rxf6 Rxc7 47. Rxh6 Kc5 48. Ke5 Ra7 49. h4 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
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1. d4 f5 2. g4 fxg4 3. h3 g3 4. fxg3 c5 5. d5 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e5 Nh5 9. Rg1 0-0 10. Nc3 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. Bg5 d6 13. e6 b5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 a5 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 a4 19. Rc1 a3 20. b3 Na6 21. Kf2 Nb4 22. Rgd1 Rf5 23. Kg2 Qf8 24. Rf1 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Qg7 26. Rcc1 Raf8 27. Rcd1 Nxd5 28. Qd2 Qb2 29. Rb1 Qxd2+ 30. Bxd2 R5f6 31. Rbe1 Ng7 32. Ng5 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Rxf1 34. Kxf1 Nf5 35. g4 Nd4 36. Bc1 Nb5 37. Ne4 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Qc7 4. Bd3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Nh2 Kh7 14. f4 e6 15. Nhf1 Rfe8 16. Ng3 Nb8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nde4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nc6 21. Nh5 Red8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd6 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Be4 Rb8 27. Red1 Nb4 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Rac1 Nd5 30. Qe5+ Qxe5 31. dxe5 g5 32. Rc6 a5 33. Rd2 h5 34. b3 Nb4 35. Rc8 Nd5 36. Rdc2 h4 37. R2c4 b5 38. Rg4 Kh6 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. g3 bxa4 42. bxa4 hxg3 43. Rxg3 Nf4 44. Kh1 Rb1+ 45. Rg1 Rb3 46. R1xg5 Rxh3+ 47. Kg1 Ra3 48. Rg4 Ng6 49. Ra8 Kh5 50. Re4 Kg5 51. Rxa5 Kf5 52. Re2 Nf4 53. Rd2 Ke4 54. Ra7 Kxe5 55. a5 f5 56. a6 Ke4 57. Ra8 Ke3 58. Rb2 e5 59. a7 e4 60. Kh2 Nd3 61. Rb7 Ra2+ 62. Kh3 Kf3 63. Rd8 Nf4+ 64. Kh4 e3 65. a8Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 e2 67. Rb3+ Kf2 68. Ra2 Ne6 69. Rbb2 Nd4 70. Kg5 Kg1 71. Ra1+ Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Livshits, Gaby"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nb3 Ng6 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 0-0 10. h4 Nge5 11. Qe2 a6 12. f4 Nd7 13. h5 b5 14. e5 d5 15. 0-0-0 b4 16. Na4 Qc7 17. g4 a5 18. g5 Ba6 19. Qf2 Bb5 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Qc8 22. g6 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Qc7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Qxf1 Rc8 30. Qd3+ Kh8 31. Rdf1 a4 32. h6 g5 33. fxg5 Bxg5+ 34. Kb1 Bf4 35. Qg6 e5 36. Rfg1 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f3 b5 15. Nb1 b4 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 a5 20. Rc2 Qe5 21. Rca2 Nc5 22. Bd1 Rab8 23. axb4 axb4 24. Qe2 Bd7 25. Bc2 Bc6 26. Qd2 g5 27. Kg1 Ne6 28. Ra5 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 h6 30. Qe1 f6 31. R1a2 Qb6 32. Ra6 Qd4 33. Bd1 Nc5 34. Ra7 Qe5 35. Nd2 Kf7 36. Qg3 Ra8 37. Qxe5 fxe5 38. Ke2 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Ra8 40. Rxa8 Bxa8 41. Nf1 Ne6 42. Ne3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5 Ne8 9. f4 Nc6 10. h3 f6 11. Nf3 Bh6 12. g3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nc7 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Bf2 Kh8 16. Rd2 Na5 17. Qb4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 a5 19. Qb3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 b5 21. Qe2 b4 22. Ne4 fxe5 23. dxe5 Qc6 24. Nc5 g5 25. g4 Be6 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. f5 Nf4 28. Qd1 Qb5 29. Bg3 Bg7 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Qe2 Qc5 32. Kf1 a4 33. Kg2 b3 34. axb3 axb3 35. Qe4 Ra5 36. Re1 Qc7 37. g5 Qc8 38. f6 exf6 39. exf6 Bxf6 40. gxf6 Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Qxh3 42. Rg1 Rxg1 43. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 0-0 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Qf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. c4 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. c5 Be7 18. Be3 Bd7 19. d5 Rfd8 20. d6 Bf8 21. Rd4 f5 22. Rb4 Bc6 23. Rb1 a5 24. Rb6 Bd5 25. Rc1 a4 26. Bd1 e5 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 f4 29. Bd2 Rd7 30. Rcb1 Ra7 31. R6b5 f6 32. Ra5 Rxa5 33. Bxa5 Kf7 34. Bc7 Ke6 35. Rxb7 Kd5 36. Rb8 Bg7 37. Bb6 f5 38. Rc8 Bf6 39. Rf8 Bh4 40. Rxf5 Bd8 41. Bxd8 Rxd8 42. Kg2 Kxc5 43. Rxe5+ Kxd6 44. Ra5 Ke6 45. Rxa4 Kf5 46. Ra5+ Kg6 47. h4 Rd3 48. Rg5+ Kf6 49. a4 Ra3 50. a5 h6 51. Rb5 Kg6 52. h5+ Kf6 53. Rc5 Rb3 54. Kh3 Rxf3+ 55. Kg4 Rxf2 56. a6 Ra2 57. Rc6+ Kg7 58. Rc7+ Kf6 59. Rh7 Rg2+ 60. Kxf4 Rf2+ 61. Ke3 Ra2 62. Rxh6+ Kg5 63. Rc6 Kxh5 64. Kd4 Kg4 65. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. e4 Ba6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bg5 Qd8 19. h4 h6 20. Be3 Nc7 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bh3 c5 23. Kg2 Rh8 24. Qc2+ Kg8 25. h5 Nb5 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. e6 Nf8 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Bxc5 Bf6 31. Qb3 Qe8 32. Rxd5 Ne6 33. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 a4 15. Rfc1 Nc5 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Ra3 18. Bd1 Re8 19. b4 Na4 20. Bxa4 Bxa4 21. b5 Bb3 22. Bd4 e5 23. Nd5 exd4 24. Qb4 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxb3 Ra2 27. Nb4 Rd2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Rc8 30. Na3 Bh6 31. Kf1 Bc1 32. Ke2 Bxa3 33. Rxa3 Rxc4 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 Rb2 37. Rxd6 Rxb5 38. Rxd4 Rb2 39. e5 g5 40. h4 h6 41. Rd7 Rb6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kf2 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Be7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Bd7 8. Nce2 c5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Na5 11. Ba2 Bb5 12. 0-0 h5 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bg5 h4 15. Re1 c4 16. Nf4 Ba4 17. Qe2 0-0-0 18. g3 hxg3 19. fxg3 Bb3 20. Bxb3 Nxb3 21. Rad1 Re8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. h4 Nh6 24. Kg2 Nf5 25. Rh1 Na5 26. Kf2 Nc6 27. Ng5 Nd8 28. b3 cxb3 29. c4 dxc4 30. Qxc4+ Kb8 31. Qxb3 Nc6 32. Nf3 Rd8 33. Qb2 Qb7 34. d5 exd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 Ncd4 37. Nxd4 Qxd5 38. Rd1 Ka8 39. Qc3 Qe4 40. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 41. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rb8 43. Rd7 Rb7 44. Rd8+ Rb8 45. Rxb8+ Kxb8 46. h5 Kc7 47. g4 Kd7 48. g5 Ke7 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kayumov, Dimitry"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Nb4 7. d4 Bxb5 8. Qxb5+ N8c6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. Rd1 a6 11. Qe2 e6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Bc5 15. c3 Qe4 16. Qc4 Ba7 17. Nxd4 0-0 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Nc2 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 h5 22. Qb6 Nd3 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Nf1 h4 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. b4 f5 30. a4 g5 31. a5 Ne5 32. Rxd7+ Nxd7 33. Ke2 Rc8 34. c4 Ne5 35. c5 Nc6 36. Nc2 Rc7 37. g3 hxg3 38. fxg3 Kf6 39. Kf2 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Rd6 Kf5 42. b5 axb5 43. a6 e5 44. axb7 Nb8 45. Nb4 Rxb7 46. c6 Rh7 47. Kg2 Ke4 48. Nd5 Rg7+ 49. Kf2 Nxc6 50. Nf6+ Kf5 51. Rxc6 Ra7 52. Ng4 Ra2+ 53. Kf1 b4 54. Rb6 Rb2 55. Rb5 Ke4 56. Nxe5 b3 57. Nc4 Rb1+ 58. Kf2 Kd3 59. Na3 Rb2+ 60. Kf3 Kc3 61. Rb8 Rh2 62. Nb5+ Kc4 63. Na3+ Kc3 64. Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perun, Sergey"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. g4 0-0 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. 0-0 0-0 12. Rac1 a6 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhidkikh, Darja"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Ng8 6. d3 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 h5 9. h3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nh6 11. Nd1 Bg6 12. g4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Rb1 hxg4 15. hxg4 0-0-0 16. Nf2 Kb8 17. Be3 d4 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 20. Qd2 Qa4 21. 0-0 f5 22. g5 Ng4 23. Nxg4 fxg4 24. Nh2 Bf5 25. Qf2 Rh7 26. Qg3 Qxc2 27. Nxg4 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Brikov, Illarion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nge2 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Be2 Rb8 14. 0-0 Nf8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Rab1 N6d7 18. b4 Ra8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nd1 Ne5 21. h3 Ra7 22. f4 Ned7 23. Bf3 Rb7 24. Rxb7 Bxb7 25. Rb1 Qa8 26. Bf2 Rb8 27. Ne3 Bc8 28. Rc1 Rb2 29. Rc2 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Nb6 31. a5 Na4 32. Nc4 Qb8 33. Ne2 Nd7 34. Ra2 Rb4 35. Rc2 Nb2 36. Nxb2 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Bxb2 38. Nc3 Qb4 39. Be1 Qa3 40. Qc2 Bc1 41. Ne2 Bb2 42. Bc3 Bxc3 43. Qxc3 Qb4 44. g3 Kg8 45. Kg2 Qb1 46. Kf2 Nf8 47. Qf6 Bxh3 48. Qxd6 c4 49. Qxa6 Qd3 50. Qb6 Qa3 51. Qc7 Bf1 52. e5 Bxe2 53. Bxe2 c3 54. a6 h5 55. e6 fxe6 56. dxe6 Nxe6 57. Bc4 Qb2+ 58. Kf3 c2 59. Bxe6+ Kh8 60. a7 Qa3+ 61. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Bakutin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 e5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 0-0 9. d4 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 f6 14. Nd2 fxe5 15. Bxe5 Bf5 16. Qb3+ Kh7 17. Qf7 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Bg6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qxc5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Igriashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. c4 Qd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxd7+ Bxd7 10. Bf4 f6 11. 0-0-0 e5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Simantsev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 a6 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 0-0 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. h3 Rac8 15. g4 h6 16. f4 Bf8 17. a4 Qb8 18. Nde2 Ba8 19. Ng3 Rcd8 20. h4 Nc5 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nh7 23. Nf1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. b4 Na6 26. cxb5 Nxb4 27. b6 d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. Qd2 d4 31. Bxd4 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rd8 33. Bxa8 Qxa8 34. Rb1 Qc6 35. Ne2 Qe4 36. Rc1 Nc6 37. Qe3 Qd5 38. Bc5 Rb8 39. Nfg3 Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Qd7 41. Rc1 Nf8 42. f5 Ne7 43. Qf2 Nd5 44. Rd1 Qc6 45. Nh5 g6 46. Rxd5 gxh5 47. Nf4 Rxb6 48. Rd1 Rb4 49. Nd5 Rg4+ 50. Kh2 Qd6+ 51. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. e6 fxe6 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. c3 Qd7 11. Qb3 Rc8 12. Qxe6 Qxe6 13. Nxe6 Kf7 14. Nf4 e6 15. 0-0 Bd6 16. Ne2 Rhf8 17. b3 Be5 18. f4 exf3 19. Rxf3 Ke7 20. Ba3 Ng4 21. Rxf8 Kxf8 22. h3 Nf6 23. d4 Bd6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. c4 b6 26. dxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Nf4 Rc6 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Nd3 Nd7 32. Nf2 Nf6 33. g4 h6 34. Nd3 Nd7 35. Nf4 Ne5 36. Ke4 Nd7 37. Nd3 a5 38. Ke3 a4 39. Rb1 axb3 40. axb3 Ra6 41. b4 Ra3 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3 44. Ke2 cxb4 45. Rxb4 Kd6 46. Rb5 Rc3 47. g5 h5 48. g6 e5 49. Rd5+ Ke6 50. Kd2 Ra3 51. Rb5 Ra2+ 52. Kc3 Rh2 53. c5 Rxh3 54. c6 Nf6 55. Rxe5+ Kd6 56. c7 Kxc7 57. Re7+ Kd6 58. Rxg7 Rg3 59. Kd4 Ke6 60. Rh7 h4 61. g7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Gusev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. d4 c5 7. Bd3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bb1 Bg7 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nf5 18. c5 Rc7 19. b4 Qc8 20. c6 Ba8 21. b5 Nd6 22. a4 a6 23. Ba3 Rd8 24. Bd3 Nfe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 axb5 28. axb5 Rd5 29. Rb1 Ra7 30. Nc4 Qd8 31. Kh1 h6 32. h3 Ra4 33. Qc2 Ra7 34. Qb3 Rxd4 35. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op 6th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2002.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Dmitriev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e4 Bd7 7. Nc2 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. Rab1 Be6 13. b4 Qd8 14. f4 a6 15. a4 a5 16. b5 Nb4 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Rc5 19. Bh4 Qa5 20. Rfb1 b6 21. Bf2 Rc7 22. Qe3 Rc5 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. f5 Bc8 25. Qe3 Rc5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Nd5 Ra7 28. Be1 Rb7 29. R4b3 Qa8 30. Ra3 Be6 31. a5 Bxd5 32. axb6 Qd8 33. exd5 Nd7 34. Ra6 Rc8 35. h4 Nc5 36. h5 gxh5 37. Bxh5 Rcb8 38. Ra3 Ra8 39. Ba5 Qf8 40. Rf1 Bf6 41. Rxf6 exf6 42. Qf4 Rxa5 43. Rg3+ Qg7 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qxd6 Ne4 46. Qf4 Ng5 47. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op 6th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2002.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Lukovnikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 0-0 6. a3 Re8 7. Nge2 d6 8. d3 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. 0-0 Bb6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4 d5 16. Na4 Bc7 17. e4 a5 18. Bg5 axb4 19. axb4 Rb8 20. Rb1 Qd6 21. Bd2 Red8 22. Bc3 Ng6 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Rb2 Bd6 25. Rfb1 Nf8 26. b5 cxb5 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 dxe4 29. dxe4 Ne6 30. Nb6 Qc7 31. Qb2 Nc5 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Ba5 Qc8 34. exd5 Re8 35. Qc2 Nd7 36. Qc6 Bf8 37. d6 Nf6 38. Qxc8 Rxc8 39. Bc7 e4 40. h4 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op 6th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2002.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolstikh, Nikolay"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 d5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qa6 10. Re1 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Qa4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Be7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rc8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Kf8 20. Re3 g5 21. Rae1 gxf4 22. Rxe7 fxg3 23. hxg3 Kg7 24. Qd1 h5 25. Qd2 c5 26. dxc5 Qf6 27. Qxd5 h4 28. R1e6 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op 6th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2002.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0-0 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qg3 Bd7 15. Bh3 Qc8 16. Nce2 Nc6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rhf1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc5 20. Rg1 Qe5 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe5 dxe5 23. Nxe6 Kf7 24. Nc7 Rad8 25. Nd5 Bc5 26. Rgf1+ Kg6 27. Rf5 Rhf8 28. Rxe5 Bd6 29. Re6+ Kxg5 30. Rg1+ Kh4 31. Rxg7 h5 32. Kd2 Bxh2 33. Ke2 Rg8 34. Rxg8 Rxg8 35. Ne3 a5 36. Nf5+ Kg5 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Rb6 b4 39. Rb5 Kf6 40. Ne3 Bg1 41. Rxh5 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 Rxc2 43. Rf5+ Ke6 44. Rf2 Rc1 45. b3 Rc3+ 46. Kd4 a4 47. bxa4 Ra3 48. Kc4 Rxa4 49. Kb3 Ra8 50. Rc2 Ke5 51. Kxb4 Rb8+ 52. Ka5 Kxe4 53. a4 Kd5 54. Rc7 Kd6 55. Ra7 Kc6 56. Rh7 Ra8+ 57. Kb4 Rb8+ 58. Kc4 Kb6 59. Rh5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Alexandrova, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Bg5 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. a3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Qe2 Rc7 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nb8 16. Qd3 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Chapliev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 a6 8. Ng3 c5 9. d5 Qa5 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. f4 Ned7 14. 0-0 Ng4 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qe2 Bd4+ 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nxf5 Nf6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. f5 g3 22. hxg3 Rh8 23. g4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxh6 25. Bxh6+ Kxh6 26. g5+ Kxg5 27. Qe3+ Kh5 28. Qg3 Bxf5 29. Rxf5+ Kh6 30. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. 0-0 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Be3 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 0-0 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Nf3 Re8 17. c4 b6 18. Ng5 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. c5 h6 0-1

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Qc2 c6 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 Nc5 13. Rad1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Rxd6 h6 17. Nh3 g5 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. Ng1 Ng4 20. h3 Be5 21. c5 Rf7 22. Qc1 Raf8 23. Rfd1 Bxd6 24. cxd6 Bd7 25. Bxa7 Nxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Rxf2 27. Qc4+ R8f7 28. Qxe4 g4 29. h4 Qf5 30. Qe3 Qe6 31. Qd3 Qe5 32. Qg6+ Rg7 33. Qd3 Kf8 34. e4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Qc2 b5 16. b3 Qb6 17. a4 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Rab1 Qd8 20. dxc5 Qa5 21. c6 Nh5 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Bc3 Nf6 26. Qe2 e5 27. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qxe5 29. Bxe5 Ng4 30. Bd4 Be3 31. Bh3 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Rxc6 33. Bxe3 Nxd1 34. Rxd1 Rxc4 35. Rd4 Bxb5 36. axb5 Rxd4 37. Bxd4 Rb8 38. Bxa7 Rxb5 39. Bf2 Rb2 40. Kf3 h5 41. Bf5 g6 42. Be4 Kh7 43. h4 f6 44. Bd4 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Kg7 46. Bf3 Ra3 47. Be2 Rb3 48. Bf3 Ra3 49. Be2 Rb3 50. Bf3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Ndxe5 10. dxe5 d4 11. Bd2 dxc3 12. bxc3 Ba5 13. Nf3 0-0 14. Bc4 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Be2 b5 18. 0-0 Bb7 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bg4 Bc7 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd5 23. Qe2 e5 24. Be3 Qc4 25. fxe5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Bxe5 27. Rd1 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Bxa2 29. Bxb5 a6 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. Bb7 Rxc3 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Bd2 Ra3 34. Bb4 Ra4 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. Be7 Bd5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Krassilnikov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. Ng1 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 g6 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. Nf4 c6 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Na6 13. Bg2 0-0 14. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kulicov, Oleg Anatolie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Be2 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. a4 Qb4 15. Rab1 Rc7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Kh1 Kf8 18. Qe1 Bd7 19. Bf1 Bc6 20. Bd2 Qc5 21. b4 Qh5 22. a5 Bd7 23. Ne2 Bh6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 g5 26. Bg3 g4 27. f4 e5 28. Bd3 Be6 29. Qf1 Kg7 30. f5 Bd7 31. c5 Bb5 32. Bxb5 Nxe4 33. Qd3 Nxg3+ 34. Qxg3 axb5 35. Rf1 dxc5 36. Qxe5+ f6 37. Qe6 Qf7 38. Qe4 Qc4 39. Qe1 cxb4 40. Rxb4 Qd5 41. Rxg4+ Kh8 42. h3 Rc4 43. Qe7 Rxg4 44. hxg4 Qd4 45. Qxb7 Rg8 46. Qxb5 Rxg4 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. g3 Qd5+ 50. Kg1 Rc4 51. Qb6 Qe5 52. Qf2 Rc3 53. Kh2 Rb3 54. Kh3 Qxa5 55. Qf4+ Kg7 56. Rc1 Rc3 57. Rd1 Qc7 58. Qg4+ Kf7 59. Rd4 Kf8 60. Qh4 Qe7 61. Re4 Qf7 62. Rg4 Rc7 63. Qh6+ Ke8 64. Re4+ Re7 65. Rb4 Rd7 66. Rb8+ Rd8 67. Rb6 Rd1 68. Qe3+ Kf8 69. Rb8+ Kg7 70. Qf3 Rd7 71. Rb6 Rd8 72. Rb7 Rd7 73. Rb8 Re7 74. Rb6 Re8 75. Kh4 Kg8 76. Qc3 Kg7 77. Rc6 Re7 78. g4 h6 79. Rd6 Rd7 80. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Nalivajko, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Qg4 g6 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. Na3 Nc6 12. c3 h5 13. Qg3 Nb6 14. Nc2 Qe7 15. f4 Bd7 16. Nf3 0-0-0 17. Qg5 Rdf8 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Ne3 Bb5 20. b3 Bxf1 21. Rdxf1 Nd7 22. Kd2 c6 23. c4 dxc4 24. bxc4 b5 25. Rc1 Kb7 26. Rb1 Nb6 27. a4 Nxa4 28. c5 Rd8 29. Kc2 Kc7 30. Rhd1 Nd5 31. Nxd5+ cxd5 32. Ng5 Rd7 33. Rb4 Kc6 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Raxa4 bxa4 36. Rb6+ Kc7 37. Kb2 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Kxb8 39. Ka3 Rb7 40. Kxa4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Re8 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Rac1 Re5 14. Bf3 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Ng6 16. g3 Qf6 17. Bg2 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. f4 Re7 20. Bxb7 Rae8 21. Re1 Rb8 22. Bg2 Ba4 23. Qc3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qf5 25. b4 h5 26. b5 h4 27. Qc2 Qc5 28. Qd2 Rbe8 29. b4 Qb6 30. Kf2 Nf8 31. Bc6 Nd7 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. exd4 hxg3+ 34. hxg3 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1 36. Kxe1 Nb8 37. Kd2 Kf8 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. c5 Ke7 41. Kd5 Nd7 42. Bxd7 Kxd7 43. g4 1-0

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Smugalev, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a5 Bd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. h3 exd4 12. exd4 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Bb3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Ng5 Ra7 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd4 20. Bg5 Rdd7 21. Rad1 h6 22. Bf4 a5 23. Nd6 Bxb2 24. Be3 Ba6 25. Bxb6 Bxf1 26. Bxa7 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rxa7 28. Nxf7 a4 29. Ba2 Kf8 30. Nd8 1-0

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bg3 0-0 10. a3 g6 11. 0-0 Nxg3 12. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir op"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nb5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Be5 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. b3 Bxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Bd5 21. Re3 Rfe8 22. Rc1 Qb5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. a4 Qd7 25. Qe2 h6 26. h3 Qd6 27. Qb5 a6 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. Rg3 Qe6 30. Qh5 Rc2 31. Ba3 Ra2 32. Bb4 Re2 33. a5 Re4 34. Bc5 Kh7 35. Kh2 Re2 36. f3 Re1 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38. hxg4 Bxb3 39. Rh3 Rd1 40. Kg3 Rd3 41. Rh1 Kg6 42. Re1 Rd2 43. Re7 Bd5 44. Rd7 Bc6 45. Rd6+ f6 46. Kf4 Rxg2 47. d5 Bb5 48. Rb6 Rd2 49. Ke4 Bc4 50. Rd6 Bb5 51. Rd8 Rd1 52. Rd6 h5 53. gxh5+ Kxh5 54. Rb6 Bc4 55. d6 Rd5 56. Bb4 f5+ 57. Ke3 g5 58. Rxb7 Bb5 59. Rh7+ Kg6 60. Rb7 Kf6 61. Re7 Rd3+ 62. Kf2 f4 63. Rc7 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Be6 7. Qd1 Bg7 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 0-0 10. Be2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nec4 14. Bc1 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Qd4 17. 0-0 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Na3 19. bxa3 Qxc3 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Na4 23. Rb3 Nc3 24. Bf3 Nxa2 25. Bg5 Nc3 26. Bxe7 Re8 27. Bg5 Nxe4 28. Be3 a5 29. bxa5 f5 30. Ra3 Bb2 31. Ra2 Reb8 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rb1 Be5 34. Rxb8+ Rxb8 35. g4 Kf7 36. Bb6 Ke6 37. Re2 Ra8 38. Rxe4 Kd5 39. Re1 c5 40. Rd1+ Bd4 41. Kg2 Rf8 42. Kg3 Kc6 43. f4 Bb2 44. Rb1 Bc3 45. Rf1 Bb2 46. Rb1 Bc3 47. h4 Bd2 48. f5 gxf5 49. Rd1 Bc3 50. g5 Ra8 51. Kf4 Bxa5 52. Bxa5 Rxa5 53. Kxf5 c4+ 54. Kf6 Ra2 55. h5 Kc5 56. g6 hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c6 8. 0-0 a5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Ne2 Nc5 15. Ne5 a4 16. b4 Nb3 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. Qb2 Qe7 22. Rc1 Qe6 23. Rc2 Rc7 24. Rfc1 Rec8 25. Kh2 g6 26. d3 Be7 27. h4 Nf6 28. Bh3 Ng4+ 29. Bxg4 Qxg4 30. Be5 Rd7 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Qf5 33. Bh8 d4 34. Bxd4 Qxd3 35. Bh8 Bf8 36. Bf6 Qe4 37. Qc2 Qf3 38. Bd4 Bg7 39. Bxg7 Rd1 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Qxd1 Qxd1 42. Bf6 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Bd4 Qf3 45. Kg1 Kg6 46. Rc5 Kh5 47. Rxb5 Kg4 48. Rb6 f5 49. Re6 Qd5 50. Re5 Qb7 51. b5 Kh3 52. Kf1 Qh1+ 53. Ke2 Qb1 54. Kd2 Qa2+ 55. Kd1 Qxa3 56. b6 Qb3+ 57. Kc1 a3 58. Ra5 Kg2 59. Ra7 Kxf2 60. Kd2 Qb4+ 61. Kd3 Qb3+ 62. Kd2 Kf3 63. b7 Ke4 64. Bc5 Qb2+ 65. Kd1 a2 66. Bd4 a1Q+ 67. Rxa1 Qxb7 68. Ra5 Qb3+ 69. Kd2 Qd3+ 70. Kc1 Kf3 71. Rc5 Kxg3 72. Rc3 Qe4 73. Kd2 Kf2 74. Rc5 g4 75. Rxf5+ Kg2 76. Rf4 Qe6 77. e4 g3 78. e5 Qa2+ 79. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qc5 17. Bb3 0-0 18. Nf4 Qc6 19. h4 Nc5 20. h5 g5 21. Nd3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Ncxe4 23. g4 Rfc8 24. f3 Nc5 25. Rhe1 a5 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. a4 Kf8 28. Rd6 Ke7 29. Rb6 Ra7 30. h6 Kf8 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rexe6 Kf7 33. hxg7 Ng8 34. Red6 Kxg7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Rbxb7 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Ne7 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Kf7 40. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brikov, Illarion"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. 0-0-0 Bd7 14. Bd3 Ke7 15. Rhf1 Bc6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Nd4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rac8 19. Rde1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chuprikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 h6 5. 0-0 Bf5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Re1 Bh7 10. e4 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Nc5 14. Ndf3 Rc8 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. a4 Na6 17. Nb5 Nc7 18. c4 Na6 19. Ng4 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Nb4 24. Bc4 Rcd8 25. d4 Nc2 26. Rc1 Nxe1 27. Qxe1 Rfe8 28. Qxa5 Be4 29. Qc3 Bf3 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Bc6 32. Qe3 Re8 33. Qc3 Qf5 34. d5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 a6 10. g4 Rb8 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Qc7 13. g6 Nde5 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Rg1 f6 16. Qg2 Rf7 17. f4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc6 19. Qg6 Bf8 20. Bb6 Qe7 21. Rxd6 Bd7 22. Bh3 Qxd6 23. Qxf7 Kxh7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. e5 Qe7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goguadze, Mikheil"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Be2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Re8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bg4 Qd8 15. Qxb7 Nd4 16. 0-0 h5 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Bf3 Be5 19. Qb4 Qg5 20. Rfd1 Qf4 21. Qd2 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Rab8 23. Rab1 d3 24. Qxd3 Bxb2 25. Qd7 c5 26. Qd6 Be5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qxc5 Rb2 29. g3 h4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Qxh3+ 32. Bg2 Rb1+ 33. Ke2 Qg4+ 34. f3 Qe6 35. Qd5 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Rd8 hxg3 39. c5 Rxa2 40. c6 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Rc2 42. Bh3 Kf6 43. Rc8 g5 44. Kf1 Bf4 45. Rf8+ Ke5 46. Rf7 Be3 47. c7 Bb6 48. Re7 Kf4 49. Rxe6 Bxc7 50. Rf6+ Ke3 51. Rf5 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Bb6 53. e5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Isajevsky, Anton"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Qc8 5. 0-0 Bh3 6. Bg5 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 Nbd7 8. Nc3 d5 9. Qd3 e6 10. e4 c6 11. e5 Ng8 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. b3 c5 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 cxd4 17. Nexd4 Nc6 18. Nb5 Ncxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe4 Nd7 21. Bf4 Nc5 22. Qe2 Na6 23. Rfd1 Be7 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Bxd6 h5 26. h4 Qc6+ 27. Kg1 0-0-0 28. Bf4 f6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxh5 e5 31. Be3 b6 32. Qg6 Rd7 33. a4 Kb7 34. a5 Qxc4 35. axb6 axb6 36. h5 Qc6 37. Rc1 Nc5 38. Qb1 Rd5 39. Qb4 Qd6 40. Qg4 Qd7 41. Qg6 f5 42. Kh2 Rd6 43. Qh7 Ne4 44. Ra1 Nf6 45. Qh8 Ne8 46. Bg5 Qf7 47. Kg1 f4 48. gxf4 exf4 49. Bxf4 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. b3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Rxe2 15. Nxe2 Bxa1 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. f4 Bg7 19. f5 Be5 20. Nf4 gxf5 21. Ng3 Qg7 22. h4 Nf6 23. Ngh5 Nxh5 24. Nxh5 Qg6 25. Nf4 Qg7 26. Nh5 Qg6 27. Nf4 Qg7 28. Nh5 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. Nde2 Bg7 10. f3 0-0 11. 0-0 Rfe8 12. Kh1 b6 13. Bg5 Qb7 14. Rb1 h6 15. Be3 Kh7 16. b3 a6 17. a4 Nd7 18. Qd5 Kg8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. f4 Nf6 21. Ng3 Rab8 22. Nd5 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nb6 Red8 25. cxb5 Na7 26. Qd3 Nxb5 27. Qxb5 Nd7 28. Qd5 Nxb6 29. Qxf7 Rf8 30. Qe6 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. Rfc1 Rb7 33. b4 Rfb8 34. Bd2 Nc5 35. Rc4 h5 36. e5 Nd3 37. Rb3 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Ng4 39. h3 Nh6 40. exd6 exd6 41. Rd3 h4 42. Ne4 Nf5 43. Kf2 Bf8 44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Nd5 Kf7 46. Kf3 Be7 47. Ra3 Rb5 48. Ra5 R5b7 49. Ke4 Bd8 50. Ra6 Ke6 51. Rc5 Bb6 52. Rb5 Bd8 53. Rxb7 Rxb7 54. Ra8 Rb5 55. Rxd8 Ng3+ 56. Kd3 Rxd5+ 57. Kc2 Nf5 58. Rg8 Nd4+ 59. Kb2 Ne2 60. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pisakov, Ilia"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qb1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nf7 Kxf7 14. Bg2 Kg8 15. 0-0 Be4 16. Qd1 a5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe8 19. Qf3 Nc2 20. Ng6 Kh7 21. Nxh8 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Kxh8 23. Bf4 Bf6 24. Bxc7 Bxd4 25. Rd1 e5 26. Qxf5 Rc8 27. Bd6 Rc6 28. Ba3 Rf6 29. Qc2 Rxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Bxf2 31. Kxf2 Qh5 32. Rh1 e4 0-1

[Event "Alushta Puchko Memorial"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2002.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sklyarov, Dmitry V"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Re1 0-0 14. h3 Rae8 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf4 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Be3 b5 22. Qe2 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qa5 24. Qb2 Rc7 25. Qb4 Qb6 26. Rb1 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. a4 Qc6 29. axb5 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Re2 h5 32. Ra2 Rc7 33. h4 e5 34. dxe5 Rxe5 35. Kf2 Rb7 36. Rb4 Kf8 37. Kf3 Rf5+ 38. Ke2 Kg7 39. Ra5 Rc5 40. Rba4 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rb6 42. Rxa7 Rxb5 43. Rf4 Rf5 44. Rxf5 gxf5 45. Ra5 Kg6 46. Ra6+ f6 47. Ra8 Rc4 48. g3 Rb4 49. Rg8+ Kh7 50. Rd8 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skorchenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qh3 dxe5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxh5+ g6 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. fxe5 Nxb3 19. axb3 Rc8 20. Rf2 Rf8 21. Raf1 Rf5 22. Bd4 h5 23. Nd1 Bg5 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Be4 26. c3 a5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Bb6 Ra8 29. c4 a4 30. bxa4 bxc4 31. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Qf2 Nb6 12. c5 Bxf1 13. cxb6 Ba6 14. Ba3 d6 15. bxc7 c5 16. Nc3 Qxc7 17. 0-0-0 Qa5 18. Bb2 dxe5 19. Nd5 0-0 20. Bxe5 Rae8 21. Rhe1 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 Bb7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne7 Rd8 25. f5 Be4+ 26. Ka1 f6 27. Qf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 1/2 fin"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Qe1 0-0 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. Rae1 b5 14. a3 Rac8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd4 Rg8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Re2 Nc5 19. e5 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Ne4 dxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bc3 Bd5 24. Re3 Qa7 25. Qe1 Qb7 26. Qe2 Rgd8 27. Rh3 Bxe4 28. dxe4 Bf8 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Be7 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Qh3 Qd7 34. Qg4 Qc6 35. h3 Kf8 36. Qh5 h6 37. Qf3 Qc4 38. Qg4 Rd3 39. Qg6 Qc6 40. Kh2 Qe8 41. Qg4 Bc5 42. Rd1 Rxd1 43. Qxd1 Qc6 44. Qd3 Kf7 45. Qf3 g6 46. Qd3 f5 47. exf5 exf5 48. Be5 Be7 49. Qd4 Ke6 50. Qe3 h5 51. Bc3+ Kf7 52. Qd4 Ke8 53. Qh8+ Kd7 54. Qd4+ Qd6 55. Qe3 Qc5 56. Qd2+ Qd6 57. Qe3 Qe6 58. Qd4+ Qd6 59. Qe3 Bd8 60. Be5 Bb6 61. Qb3 Qe6 62. Qd3+ Kc6 63. Qf3+ Qd5 64. Qg3 Qe6 65. Qf3+ Qd5 66. Qg3 Qe6 67. Qf3+ Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Lightning"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. 0-0 e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qf3 Qb6 14. Nb3 Be6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 a5 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Ne4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Be5 21. Nbc5 Qd8 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qg3 Bxa2 24. Rbd1 Bd5 25. Nb7 Qe7 26. Ned6 Reb8 27. Rxe5 Qd7 28. Nc5 Qc7 29. Nf5 g6 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxc7 gxf5 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Nd7 Red8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Qg3 Ke7 39. Qe5+ Kf8 40. h4 a4 41. h5 a3 42. h6 a2 43. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikheev, Stanislav Valerievi"]
[Black "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2001.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Rc8 9. 0-0-0 e5 10. Qd3 Rxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c4 Be6 14. Kd2 Qe7 15. Ke2 Qc7 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Rb1 0-0 18. Rb2 b6 19. Rhb1 Rb8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Qxa6 Bd8 22. a4 c4 23. c3 Bg5 24. Nf3 Qd6 25. Rd1 Qa3 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Qxb6 Qxc3 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Qe3 Qc2+ 30. Rd2 Qxa4 31. Qxg5 f6 32. Qe3 c3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 35. Kd2 Qxg2 36. Qd3+ f5 37. Qg3 Qe4 38. Qg5 Qb4+ 39. Kc1 Qe1+ 40. Rd1 Qc3+ 41. Kb1 Qb4+ 42. Kc1 Qc5+ 43. Kb1 Kg8 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ Kf6 46. Qh4+ Kg6 47. Rd1 Qb6+ 48. Kc1 Kf7 49. Qh5+ Kf8 50. Qh8+ Bg8 51. Qh4 Qc5+ 52. Kb1 Ba2+ 53. Kb2 Be6 54. Qh8+ Kf7 55. Qh5+ Kf6 56. Qh4+ Kg6 57. Rg1+ Kf7 58. Qh5+ Ke7 59. Rxg7+ Kd6 60. Qd1+ Bd5 61. Qd2 f4 62. Rb7 Ke6 63. Rb8 Qc4 64. h4 Qa2+ 65. Kc1 Qa1+ 66. Rb1 Qa4 67. Rb2 Be4 68. Qb4 Qa1+ 69. Kd2 Qf1 70. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 71. Kc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2001.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Torbin, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. b3 Nd7 6. Bb2 Ngf6 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be5 12. Qc1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. b4 Qe6 17. Qc3 Qxh3 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. f3 Rae8 22. Qf4 Qe6 23. g4 Qc4 24. Qe3 f5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Qb3 Rg5+ 27. Kf2 Qf7 28. Rad1 Rge5 29. Rd7 R5e7 30. Rfd1 Qxb3 31. axb3 Kf7 32. Ke3 Rxd7 33. Rxd7+ Re7 34. Rd8 g5 35. b5 cxb5 36. Rd5 Kg6 37. Rxb5 h5 38. Rd5 h4 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40. c4 Re6 41. Rd5 Kf6 42. c5 b6 43. b4 bxc5 44. bxc5 a5 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Rf8 Ra6 47. Rb8 a4 48. Rb6+ Rxb6 49. cxb6 a3 50. b7 a2 51. b8Q a1Q 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qd7+ Kg6 54. Qf5+ Kh6 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kg6 57. Qf5+ Kh6 58. Qe6+ Kg7 59. Qd7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

