[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d6 6. a3 Ba5 7. g3 Bd7 8. Bg2 Bc6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. e4 a6 13. h3 b5 14. g4 Bc8 15. Ng3 Nbd7 16. f4 c4 17. g5 Ne8 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Kh2 Ra7 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rae1 Re7 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Nf5 Rd7 25. e5 Rd8 26. Ng3 Qe7 27. e6 f5 28. gxf6 Nxf6 29. Nce4 g6 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. f5 Rdf8 32. fxg6 Bf2 33. Ne4 Bxe1 34. Nxf6+ Rxf6 35. gxh7+ Kh8 36. Qd4 Bg3+ 37. Kxg3 Qg7+ 38. Kh2 Rxf1 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bxf1 Kxh7 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Ke4 a5 44. Kd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Pisakov, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Qxc3+ 11. Kf2 Nbc6 12. Qc1 Qxc1 13. Rxc1 e5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Nc3 0-0-0 16. Nb5 Kb8 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nc8 19. Ke2 Rd7 20. Rb1 Rhd8 21. Rcc1 a6 22. Nc3 N8e7 23. Rd1 Nd4+ 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Rb4 Rd8 27. Rb2 Kc7 28. Nd1 g6 29. Nf2 f5 30. Nd3 Nc6 31. Ke3 Rd4 32. Nxe5 Ra4 33. Nxc6 Kxc6 34. Rb6+ Kc7 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rh6 f4+ 37. Kd3 Rxa3+ 38. Kc4 Ra2 39. Rxh7+ Kc6 40. Rh6+ Kc7 41. Rg6 Rc2+ 42. Kb4 Rc1 43. h4 a5+ 44. Kb5 a4 45. Rg7+ Kc8 46. Kxa4 Rxc5 47. Rf7 Rc2 48. Rxf4 Rxg2 49. Kb4 Kd7 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Rb4 Rh2 53. Ke3 Kf5 54. Rg4 Ke5 55. f4+ Kf6 56. Kf3 b5 57. Kg3 Rb2 58. Rg5 Rb1 59. Rc5 Rg1+ 60. Kf3 Rf1+ 61. Ke3 Rh1 62. Rxb5 Rxh4 63. Ke4 Rh1 64. Rb6+ Kf7 65. Ke5 Ra1 66. Rb5 Ra6 67. f5 Rc6 68. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kashljak, Anatoli"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nh3 d6 8. Nf4 g5 9. Nh5 g4 10. Nf4 Nf3+ 11. Ke2 Bg7 12. Bg2 Ne5 13. b3 0-0 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rhe1 Nh7 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. f4 gxf3 21. Bxf3 Ng5 22. Bg2 Nf7 23. Kg1 Ne5 24. Qd2 Ng4 25. h3 Ne5 26. Qf2 a6 27. Rd2 g5 28. Ne2 Bf7 29. Nd4 Bg6 30. Red1 Bh6 31. Re1 Rde8 32. Nf3 Nf7 33. Rde2 Nd8 34. Nd4 Kh7 35. Kh1 Rf7 36. Bc1 Qf8 37. Bd2 Bh5 38. Nf3 Ne6 39. e4 fxe4 40. Rxe4 Bxf3 41. Bxf3 Rxf3 42. Qe2 Qf7 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rodionov, Adil"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Be3 d5 12. g4 Bc8 13. c5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. d5 Nb4 16. Bd4 f6 17. Re1 Rf7 18. Qa4 Nxd5 19. Qxc4 Nf4 20. Be3 Nxh3+ 21. Kg2 h5 22. gxh5 gxh5 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Rh1 e5 25. Rxh3 Bxh3+ 26. Kxh3 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Nh4 f5 30. Qd5 f4 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Bc1 Kf7 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Bd2 Bf8 35. Bc3 Rg7+ 36. Kf1 Kd5 37. f3 Ke6 38. Ng2 Kf5 39. Nh4+ Ke6 40. Ng2 Rg6 41. Nh4 Rg8 42. Ng2 Be7 43. Be1 Kd5 44. b3 Rg6 45. Bf2 a5 46. a4 Bd8 47. Nh4 Re6 48. Nf5 b6 49. cxb6 Bxb6 50. Ne7+ Rxe7 51. Bxb6 Rb7 52. Bxa5 Rxb3 53. Bc3 Ra3 54. a5 Ra2 55. Nf6+ Ke6 56. Ne4 h4 57. Be1 Ra3 58. Kg2 Kd5 59. Bc3 Ra2+ 60. Kh3 Ke6 61. Kxh4 Kf5 62. Kh3 Rc2 63. Bd2 Ra2 64. Kg2 Ra3 65. Kf2 Ke6 66. Ke2 Kd5 67. Bc3 Kc4 68. Bxe5 Rxa5 69. Bxf4 Kd4 70. Be3+ Ke5 71. Nc3 Kf5 72. Kf2 Ra8 73. Bd4 Re8 74. Ne2 Rf8 75. Ng3+ Kg5 76. Be3+ Kh4 77. Ne4 Kh5 78. Bg5 Ra8 79. Kg3 Ra4 80. Kf4 Kg6 81. Be7 Ra7 82. Bc5 Rf7+ 83. Kg4 Rd7 84. f4 Rd5 85. Bd6 Rd4 86. f5+ Kf7 87. Kf4 Rd1 88. Ng5+ Ke8 89. Ke5 Kd7 90. Ne4 Rf1 91. Nf6+ Kc6 92. Be7 Re1+ 93. Ne4 Rf1 94. Bb4 Rxf5+ 95. Kxf5 Kd5 96. Bd6 Kd4 97. Nf6 Ke3 98. Ke5 Kf3 99. Bc5 Kg3 100. Ke4 Kg2 101. Ke3 Kg3 102. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 a6 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Nb6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Nb3 f5 17. Na5 h5 18. Qd3 f4 19. Nxb5 f3 20. Bh1 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Bh6 22. Re3 Qg4 23. Rae1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rf7 25. Qd3 Raf8 26. Nb3 Qd7 27. a3 Qa4 28. Na5 Nd7 29. Bxf3 Nf6 30. Bd1 Qd7 31. f3 Nh7 32. Re1 h4 33. Qd2 hxg3 34. hxg3 Qh3 35. Qg2 Qh6 36. Nc4 Qc1 37. Ne3 Qc3 38. Nc2 Ng5 39. Re3 Qb2 40. Rd3 Qc1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nechepurenko, Roman V"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rd2 h6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. h3 e5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Qb3 a6 18. Nh4 Rab8 19. Qc2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Na4 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Rdc8 23. e3 d5 24. exd4 Ne4 25. Re2 Ng5 26. dxe5 dxc4 27. f4 Bc5+ 28. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Qe4 Qa5 31. f5 Ng5 32. Qg4 Qxa2 33. h4 Nh7 34. f6 g6 35. Nf4 Qa4 36. Rf1 Qc6+ 37. Kh2 Kh8 38. e6 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. exf7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Na6 8. a3 Ne4 9. Bd2 f5 10. Rc1 Bf6 11. d5 Nac5 12. b4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Ne4 15. Rc2 Qf6 16. Qd4 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Ba4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rc3 f5 22. f3 exf3 23. exf3 e5 24. Ne2 Rac8 25. f4 d6 26. Rfc1 Rcd8 27. Rd3 Bc6 28. Kf2 Rfe8 29. Rcd1 Ba4 30. R1d2 Rc8 31. Rxd6 Rxc4 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Nf4 Bc6 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rc8 Rc3 36. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bedny, Yuri"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Ng5 c6 6. Qf3 f6 7. c4 Nb4 8. Qb3 fxg5 9. Qxb4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qd4 11. Be3 Qxe5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Qa3 e6 14. Qb3 Bc5 15. Na4 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 Ke7 18. Kd2 c5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. Ke2 Nb4 22. Be4 Nc6 23. b3 b6 24. Rad1 Ne5 25. Rd2 g4 26. Rhd1 Bc8 27. Nb5 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 a6 29. Nd6 Bd7 30. Bb7 a5 31. Be4 a4 32. Nb7 Rb8 33. Nd6 a3 34. Bb7 Nc6 35. Ba6 Nb4 36. Bb5 Bxb5 37. Nxb5 Rd8 38. Nxa3 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Nxa2 40. Nb5 h5 41. Kd3 g5 42. g3 Nc1+ 43. Kc2 Ne2 44. Kd2 Ng1 45. Ke1 Nf3+ 46. Kf2 Nxh2 47. Nc3 Nf3 48. Na4 Nd2 49. Nxb6 Nxb3 50. Na4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Be3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb4 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 d6 9. Nf3 e6 10. a3 Na6 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 Bg4 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. 0-0 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxe5 16. Nb5 Nd6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Nxa7 exf4 19. Bf2 Rfe8 20. a4 Rab8 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nb5 Ne4 25. Qc4 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Qe5 27. Qe2 b6 28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. b3 Nc5 30. Bd1 Nd3+ 31. Ke2 Nb4 32. Kf3 f5 33. Be2 Kg7 34. Bc4 Kf6 35. h3 g5 36. Na7 h5 37. Nc6 g4+ 38. Kf2 Bd6 39. Nxb4 Bxb4 40. Bd3 Ke5 41. Kf1 Bc5 42. Bb5 f3 43. b4 fxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Bxb4 45. Be8 h4 46. Bf7 Kf4 47. Be6 Be7 48. Bd7 gxh3+ 49. Kxh3 Ke4 50. Bc6 Ke3 51. Bb7 f4 52. Kg4 f3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Bg5 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d5 Na5 12. b4 Nc4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. e3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 f6 16. Nf4 fxg5 17. Nfe6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Qc8 19. Nxf8 Bxa1 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qxa1 g4 22. Qd4 e5 23. Qxg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rb6 25. Rc1 Ra6 26. Bd5 Rxa2 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Ra7 29. b5 Rb7 30. f4 Kg7 31. Kg2 Kf6 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. g5 Kf5 34. e4+ Ke6 35. Kg4 exf4 36. gxf4 Kd7 37. Rb4 Rb6 38. f5 Ke7 39. Rc4 Rb7 40. Rc1 d5 41. Rc6 gxf5+ 42. exf5 d4 43. Re6+ Kf8 44. Re4 d3 45. Rd4 Rxb5 46. Rxd3 c5 47. Rd5 Kf7 48. Re5 Rb1 49. g6+ Kf6 50. Re6+ Kg7 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Rf7+ Ke5 53. Kg5 Rg1+ 54. Kh6 c4 55. Kg7 c3 56. Rc7 Kxf5 57. Rc5+ Ke6 58. Rxc3 Ra1 59. Rf3 Ra7+ 60. Kh8 Ra1 61. Rh3 Ra8+ 62. Kh7 Kf6 63. g7 Ra7 64. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zemerov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nbd2 a5 11. a4 N7b6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 e6 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. c3 Nc8 17. Bh4 Nd6 18. Bg3 Qd8 19. Ne5 Nf5 20. Bh2 Rc8 21. Bc2 Bh6 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nc4 f4 24. Qf3 b6 25. Re2 Qd7 26. Ne5 Qf5 27. Rae1 Rfd8 28. Nd3 f6 29. Re4 g5 30. c4 Nb4 31. Nxb4 axb4 32. Kh1 Bf8 33. b3 Rc7 34. Qd1 Rcd7 35. f3 Qg6 36. Bg1 Qf7 37. Qe2 Rd6 38. Bf2 Qd7 39. Re6 Kf7 40. d5 cxd5 41. cxd5 Rxd5 42. Bxb6 Rc8 43. a5 Bd6 44. Re4 h5 45. Rd4 Be5 46. Rxd5 Qxd5 47. Qe4 Qxe4 48. fxe4 Rc2 49. a6 Ra2 50. a7 g4 51. Rd1 Ke7 52. hxg4 hxg4 53. Bc5+ Ke8 54. Bg1 Ke7 55. Bb6 Bc3 56. Kg1 Be5 57. Kf1 g3 58. Rd2 Rxd2 59. a8Q Bc3 60. Bc5+ Kf7 61. Qf8+ Kg6 62. Qg8+ Kh5 63. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ekdyshman, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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 f5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Bd7 9. Nd4 Na6 10. Rb1 c6 11. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belukhin, Ivan"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. f3 Qd6 12. Ra2 Bd7 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. g4 Re7 15. Kh1 g6 16. a4 Na5 17. g5 Ne8 18. e4 Nc7 19. e5 Qc6 20. Bb5 Nxb5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Nxd5 Nc6 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. dxc5 Be6 25. Rd2 Nc6 26. Rd6 Qxc5 27. Bf4 Qc4 28. Be3 a5 29. Rf2 a4 30. Bc1 b5 31. Ba3 Kg7 32. f4 Ne7 33. Bb4 Nd5 34. f5 Qe4+ 35. Qf3 gxf5 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. Rb2 Nxb4 38. cxb4 a3 39. Rb1 a2 40. Ra1 Rc2 41. Kg1 Kg6 42. h4 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiselev, Artiom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Qe7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Ba6 19. Rf2 g5 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. Qc2 Rf6 22. Qd2 h6 23. Re1 Qf7 24. Re3 Kh8 25. Bc3 Qe7 26. Bg4 Qf7 27. Bb4 Bb8 28. Bh3 h5 29. Rc3 Rg8 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Bf1 Bb7 32. Bb5 Rg8 33. Qe2 e5 34. dxe5 Re6 35. Qd2 Bxe5 36. Re3 Bf6 37. Bc3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Qg7 39. Bxf6 Qxf6 40. Rd2 Rf8 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Qd4 Kg7 43. Kf2 Re8 44. b4 Re5 45. b5 Be8 46. Bd3 Bf7 47. Bc2 Bg8 48. Bb3 Bf7 49. Rd1 Kg8 50. h4 Qe6 51. Qb2 gxh4 52. gxh4 Qe7 53. Qd4 Re2+ 54. Kf1 Re5 55. Qf4 Qe6 56. Kf2 Re2+ 57. Kg3 Re5 58. Qd4 Kf8 59. Qb4+ Ke8 60. Qc3 Qd6 61. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saveljev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. h3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Nc6 10. c3 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. h4 Bf7 18. h5 Qg4 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Ne1 Qh4 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. Ne1 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Re8 24. Kf1 Nd8 25. Nd3 Ne6 26. b3 Nd6 27. Nf4 Ng5 28. f3 Bf8 29. Bc2 Kg7 30. Bd2 c6 31. Re1 Be7 32. Bd3 Bd8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. Nf1 Bc7 36. Ne2 Ne6 37. Ne3 b5 38. Ng4 Be8 39. Bh6+ Kf7 40. Bd2 a5 41. Be3 Bb6 42. Nf4 Nf8 43. Ne2 Ke7 44. Bf4 Nf7 45. Bc1 Nd6 46. Ba3 Nd7 47. Ke1 Bc7 48. Ne3 Kf7 49. Nf4 f5 50. Nxg6 Kxg6 51. Bxd6 Bxd6 52. Nxf5 Ba3 53. Nd6+ Kg5 54. Nxe8 Kf4 55. Kd2 Bb2 56. Ng7 b4 57. cxb4 axb4 58. Nf5 Nf8 59. Ke2 Ne6 60. g3+ Kg5 61. Ke3 Bc1+ 62. Kf2 Bb2 63. f4+ Kf6 64. Ke3 Bc1+ 65. Kf3 Bb2 66. g4 Bc1 67. g5+ Kf7 68. Kg4 Bxf4 69. g6+ Kxg6 70. Ne7+ Kf6 71. Nxc6 Bd2 72. Bf1 Bc3 73. Bg2 Nc7 74. Kf4 Ke6 75. Ke3 Kd6 76. Ne5 Bxd4+ 77. Kxd4 Nb5+ 78. Kd3 Kxe5 79. Bf3 Kd6 80. a4 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Molchanova, Tatjana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 d5 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. e3 Rc8 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Nf7 18. Qc2 Bf6 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Bd4 Ba6 22. Rf2 g5 23. b4 Bc4 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Raxf1 Rb8 26. Qa4 Qd7 27. a3 Rb5 28. Qd1 a5 29. Bc3 axb4 30. axb4 Rb7 31. g4 Rbb8 32. Qd4 fxg4 33. Qxg4 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. e4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Bd8 39. Bd4 Qd5 40. Qxd5 exd5 41. b5 cxb5 42. c6 Kf7 43. Bc5 Ke6 44. Bd6 b4 45. Bxb4 Kxe5 46. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. a4 a5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Qd2 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. 0-0 Qd7 15. Ne1 b6 16. Nf3 Ncb4 17. Rfd1 g5 18. Ne1 g4 19. h4 h5 20. Nd3 g3 21. Nxb4 gxf2+ 22. Qxf2 axb4 23. Bg5 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. a5 b5 26. Nd2 Rg6 27. Ne4 Rg4 28. Nc5 Qc8 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Rdc1 c6 31. Rc5 Qg6 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Bxd5 Ra7 34. Bf3 Qd3 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. d5 Ra6 37. Qc5 Qc4 38. Qxc4 bxc4 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. Ke3 e6 41. h5 exd5 42. h6 Rxh6 43. a6 Rh8 44. Kd4 Kc6 45. Rf1 g3 46. Rf6+ Kb5 47. a7 c3 48. bxc3 b3 49. Rxf7 Kb6 50. e6 Ra8 51. e7 b2 52. Rf8 Kc7 53. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vasilevich, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 c6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e5 Be7 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. 0-0 Ne6 16. Qd2 a5 17. Bb1 b5 18. Ne2 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ng3 Re8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Rfe1 Bc8 23. h4 Nc7 24. Ne3 Re6 25. h5 Qe8 26. Rc1 Nb5 27. g3 Bd7 28. Ng2 Re7 29. Nf4 Bg4 30. Nh2 Bd7 31. Qd3 f5 32. Nf3 Rc8 33. g4 g5 34. hxg6 fxg4 35. Nh5 Qd8 36. Nh2 Bg7 37. Nf1 Qf8 38. Nfg3 Rce8 39. Nxg7 Rxg7 40. Nh5 Kh8 41. Qe3 Rge7 42. Bd3 Rd8 43. Bxb5 cxb5 44. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. a3 N4c6 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nc3 0-0 10. h3 c5 11. Nge2 e5 12. 0-0 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nxa4 c4 16. f4 Nd7 17. b3 b5 18. Nb2 Qb6 19. Kh2 Nc5 20. a4 c3 21. b4 Na6 22. Nd3 bxa4 23. b5 Bd7 24. Ba3 Bxb5 25. e5 Rfc8 26. Rf2 Rab8 27. d6 Qa5 28. h4 Bd7 29. Bb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Bc6 31. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zolkin, Alexey"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Rac1 Qb4 15. b3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Ne4 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 a6 22. Kf1 b5 23. Rb1 f5 24. Bd3 b4 25. a4 g5 26. Bd2 Bg7 27. Bc2 Bf6 28. Re1 Kg7 29. f3 h5 30. Re2 h4 31. f4 g4 32. Bc1 Kf7 33. Bd2 Rh8 34. Bc1 Rg8 35. Re3 Bd4 36. Rd3 Re8 37. Bd2 a5 38. Bc1 Kf6 39. Bd2 Re7 40. Be1 g3 41. Bd2 Bf2 42. Bd1 Be8 43. Bf3 Re4 44. Bd1 Bg6 45. Bf3 Bd4 46. Bd1 Bc3 47. Be3 Bf7 48. Be2 Rxe3 49. Rxe3 Bd2 50. Rd3 Bxf4 51. Bf3 Bc1 52. Ke2 f4 53. Be4 Ke5 54. Bf3 Bg6 55. Bg4 Be4 56. Bf3 Be3 57. Rd1 Bc2 58. Rd3 Bd4 59. Bg4 Bc3 60. Bd7 Bxb3 61. Bb5 Bc2 62. Rd1 Bxd1+ 63. Kxd1 f3 0-1

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. a4 Na5 10. e4 c5 11. h3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nce2 a5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. b5 c5 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Rbc1 Bb7 21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. Nf4 e5 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. f4 Be6 25. Qd3 Nxa4 26. Qxd6 Qc8 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. g4 Be6 30. Ng3 Nb2 31. Rd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Qd8 33. Qxd8 Rfxd8 34. Nf5 Bf8 35. Ra1 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Nc4 37. Bg5 Rxb5 38. Bf6 Nd6 39. Bxe5 Nxf5 40. gxf5 c4 41. Rd1 f6 42. Bxf6 Bd6 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Bc3 Bb4 45. Bh8 c3 46. Ke3 Rc5 47. Rc1 Rxd5 48. Bxc3 Rc5 49. Bb2 Rxf5 50. Rc7+ Kg6 51. Ke4 Rf7 52. Rxf7 Kxf7 53. Kf5 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Kd5 Bd6 56. Bc3 a4 57. Bf6 a3 58. Bg7 h5 59. Bf6 Bb4 60. Bd4 Ke7 61. Be3 Kf7 62. Bc1 a2 63. Bb2 Ba3 64. Ba1 Be7 65. Kc4 Bf6 66. Kb3 Bxa1 67. Kxa2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 dxe5 7. dxe5 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Na6 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. Be3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Bg3 Qc8 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. f4 c5 19. Nf3 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Pastushkov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. f3 Bf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Qxg6+ Qf7 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Ke2 Ne7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. a4 b4 20. Na2 a5 21. Nc1 e5 22. Nb3 Rhc8 23. Rac1 e4 24. fxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 dxe4 26. Bc4+ Kg6 27. Be6 Ra6 28. Be1 Ra8 29. Nd2 Rf8 30. Nc4 Bc7 31. Ne5+ Bxe5 32. dxe5 Nfd5 33. Rc5 Rd8 34. Rxa5 Nc7 35. Bb3 Rb8 36. h5+ Kh7 37. Bc2 Kg8 38. Bxe4 Kf7 39. Ra7 Ne6 40. Bd5 Rd8 41. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petukhov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. d4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qxd5 Bf5 9. Nf3 e6 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. c3 Bc5 12. Bg5 Rd7 13. Be2 h6 14. Bf4 0-0 15. 0-0 g5 16. Bg3 Rfd8 17. h3 Kg7 18. Kh1 Ba3 19. h4 Kg6 20. Nh2 Bb2 21. Rad1 Bxc3 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Bxe5 25. Bc1 h5 26. Bf3 Bd3 27. Rg1 Nd4 28. Bxb7 Ne2 29. Nf3 Bc7 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Ne1 Bxc4 32. Bf3 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Nf5 34. Rd7 Bg3 35. Nc2 Rb1 36. Rd1 Bxa2 37. Ne3 Bxh4 38. Be4 Rb4 39. Bd3 Bg5 40. Nxf5 exf5 41. Ba3 Be3+ 42. Kh2 Ra4 43. Bb2 Kg5 44. g3 Be6 0-1

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nb3 exd4 13. exd4 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Re1 Nd5 19. Bd2 f6 20. g3 Kf7 21. Rac1 g5 22. Na5 Rfe8 23. Kg2 h5 24. h3 Kg6 25. Nb7 Nb6 26. Na5 Kf5 27. f3 Kg6 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rh8 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Kxh1 Kf7 33. Nc6 Ke6 34. Nb8 Kd5 35. Nxa6 Kxd4 36. Kg2 Nc4 37. Bc1 c6 38. Kf2 Kd3 39. f4 gxf4 40. Kf3 Ne3 41. Nc5+ Bxc5 42. bxc5 Kc2 43. Kxf4 Kxc1 0-1

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bagirov, Rufat"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bf4 0-0 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 b5 10. b4 a5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qc1 f6 13. 0-0 e5 14. Bh2 Ng5 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Nxg5 fxg5 17. Rad1 exd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Be5 Ra7 20. f4 Bf5 21. Bd3 g4 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Rf3 axb4 25. axb4 Qe8 26. Qb2 Qg6 27. Ra1 Rxa1+ 28. Qxa1 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qh6 30. Ne2 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ng1 Nh2+ 33. Kf2 Nxf3 34. Kxf3 Qh5+ 35. Ke3 Qg6 36. Qb2 Kg8 37. Nf3 Ra8 38. Kf2 Qh6 39. Kg3 Qh5 40. Kf2 Qh6 41. Kg3 Ra7 42. Qd2 Qh5 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. Qe2 Kf8 45. Kg1 Qg4 46. e6 Rxf3 47. Qe5 Qg6 48. Qd6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sosnovy Bor"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beznosikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 b6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. 0-0 c6 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Na6 14. g3 Nc7 15. h4 Ne6 16. Be3 b5 17. a3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sosnovy Bor"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Anjuhin, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. a4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bb2 c5 12. Nd2 Bh6 13. e3 Bg4 14. Qc1 Ne2+ 15. Nxe2 Bxe2 16. Re1 Bg4 17. f4 Qe7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. a5 h5 22. Bc3 Bf5 23. Qb2 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. b4 b5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Qe5 Rfe8 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Nxe4 Ne8 32. Nxc5 bxc4 33. Nxa6 Rb5 34. Ra4 Ra7 35. Nb4 Rbxa5 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. e4 c3 38. Rc1 Ra4 39. Nd3 Ra3 40. Kf2 Kf8 41. Ke3 f6 42. e5 g5 43. fxg5 fxe5 44. Be4 Nd6 45. Nxe5 c2+ 46. Bd3 Bd1 47. Kd4 Ra4+ 48. Kc5 Ne4+ 49. Kc6 Nxg5 50. Bxc2 Bxc2 51. Rxc2 Ne4 52. Nd7+ Ke7 53. Nb6 Rd4 54. Kc7 Kf6 55. Rc6+ Ke5 56. Re6+ Kf5 57. Re8 Nc3 58. Kd6 Nxd5 59. Nxd5 Re4 60. Rf8+ Kg5 61. Rf1 Re2 62. Nf4 Re3 63. Kd5 Kg4 64. Ng6 Kg5 65. Ne5 Re2 66. Kd4 Ra2 67. Nc6 Re2 68. Kd5 Kg4 69. Ne5+ Kg5 70. Ke6 Ra2 71. Rf5+ Kh4 72. Rf3 Kg5 73. Rf5+ Kh4 74. Rf8 Kg5 75. Nf3+ Kg4 76. Ke5 Re2+ 77. Kd4 Ra2 78. Ke3 Rb2 79. Rf4+ Kh5 80. Rf6 Kg4 81. Rf8 Ra2 82. Nd4 Kg5 83. Ke4 Ra1 84. Rf2 Ra5 85. Nc6 Ra4+ 86. Ke5 Kg4 87. Rf1 Ra2 88. Ke4 Kg5 89. Ke5 Re2+ 90. Kd5 Ra2 91. Nd4 Ra5+ 92. Ke4 Ra2 93. Rf5+ Kg4 94. Rd5 Ra1 95. Nc2 Ra4+ 96. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Fofanov, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nh5 10. Nge2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. 0-0 Na6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15. a3 a4 16. f4 Bd7 17. Rae1 e4 18. Bd4 Rf7 19. Kh1 Qa5 20. Rd1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rf6 22. Rde1 Rg6 23. Bd1 Ng7 24. Be2 Ne8 25. g4 Ng7 26. g5 Kf7 27. h4 h5 28. Bc4 Ne8 29. Qd1 Rb8 30. Nc2 Ng7 31. Be2 Qb6 32. Qc1 Nb3 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Nxe3 b5 35. Nc2 Rc8 36. Rd1 Rc5 37. Kg1 Na5 38. Ne3 Ne8 39. Bxh5 Nc7 40. Kf2 Be8 41. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiselev, Gennady Aleksandrov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. 0-0 c5 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. a4 bxa4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxa4+ Nd7 13. Qg4 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Ra4 Kf8 18. Qh5 Be7 19. Ne4 Qe8 20. Rxa6 Ndxe5 21. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. 0-0 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Ba3 b6 14. Rac1 Na5 15. Qc2 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Red1 e6 18. Qa4 Be2 19. Re1 Bd3 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Qa6 Rd6 22. Rcd1 b5 23. Qxd6 Nxd6 24. Nxc5 b4 25. Bxb4 Bc4 26. Rb1 a5 27. Ba3 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nb5 29. Bb2 Bxa2 30. Ra1 Bc4 31. Ra4 Nd6 32. e4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuprijanov, Ilija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Na4 Rac8 15. e3 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rfd1 d4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Ra4 28. Rd2 Ra3 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Kh3 Ra4 31. f4 Kh5 32. g4+ Kg6 33. Kg3 Ra3+ 34. Kh4 h6 35. f5+ Kg7 36. h3 Kg8 37. Rh2 Kg7 38. Kh5 Ra4 39. h4 Ra5 40. Rc2 Ra3 41. Rf2 Ra5 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sosnovy Bor"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Latypov, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Na6 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Bd7 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bf4 Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. Bd3 a6 12. Nge2 Rb8 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. Be3 b5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Ng3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxg4 18. e5 Bh3 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rf2 h5 21. Re1 h4 22. Nge4 Be5 23. b3 0-0 24. Kh1 Ne8 25. Bh6 Ng7 26. Nxc5 Nf5 27. N5e4 Bd4 28. Ne2 Bxf2 29. Nxf2 Nxh6 30. Qxh6 Bf5 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Qxh4 Rfe8 33. Bxa6 e5 34. Bb5 Rxb5 35. Nxb5 Kg7 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 b6 6. e3 0-0 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Re8 11. Be2 c6 12. 0-0 g6 13. a3 Bg7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. b4 Rc8 16. Qb3 a6 17. a4 b5 18. a5 Qe7 19. Ne1 Qd6 20. Nd3 Re7 21. Bf3 Rce8 22. g3 Bc8 23. Bg2 Nb8 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Qb2 h5 26. Ne2 g5 27. Rc3 h4 28. Rfc1 Bg4 29. f3 Bf5 30. Qd2 Bh7 31. e4 dxe4 32. fxe4 Kh8 33. Rd1 f6 34. gxh4 Bh6 35. Ng3 Bg6 36. h5 Bh7 37. Rf1 Rd8 38. Rd3 Ree8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sosnovy Bor"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Polonovsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Ne4 8. Bxb4 axb4 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Nc6 13. d5 Na5 14. b3 Qf6 15. Rad1 e5 16. d6 Nc6 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qxc5 Rxa2 19. e4 f4 20. g4 Ra5 21. Qb6 Ra6 22. Qc7 Ra3 23. Rb1 Qg6 24. h3 h6 25. Kf1 Qf6 26. Red1 Re8 27. Rd5 Kg8 28. Kg1 Kf8 29. c5 Ra6 30. Bf1 Ra2 31. Bd3 h5 32. g5 Qe6 33. Kg2 g6 34. Qb6 Nd4 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qxb4 b6 37. Qxb6 h4 38. Qb4 Ba6 39. Bxa6 Rxa6 40. Qxd4 Ra2 41. b4 Qxe4 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Re1 Re2 44. Rxe2 Qxe2 45. Qxg6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. c6 Re3 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. g3 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. 0-0 Rc8 16. Rc1 0-0 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Rd1 Na4 19. Qb3 h6 20. Nf3 a6 21. Qb4 Qc7 22. Kf1 Qc2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qe7 Rf8 25. b4 Nc3 26. Re1 Qxa2 27. Qc5 Qb2 28. Ne5 Ne4 29. Nd3 Nxc5 30. Nxb2 Nb3 31. Rd1 a5 32. bxa5 Nxa5 33. Rd7 Rb8 34. Rc7 Kf8 35. Ke1 Rb7 36. Rxb7 Nxb7 37. Kd2 Nc5 38. Nd1 Ke7 39. Kc3 Kd6 40. Kb4 Kc6 41. Nc3 Na6+ 42. Kb3 Nc7 43. h4 Nd5 44. Ne4 Nf6 45. Nd2 Ng4 46. f3 Ne3 47. Kc3 Nf5 48. Ne4 Nd6 49. Nf2 Kb6 50. g4 Ka5 51. Kb3 e5 52. h5 e4 53. fxe4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Sargsjan, Vardges"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 0-0 9. e3 a5 10. a3 c6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Be2 Re8 13. 0-0 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. h3 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Ba2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Nd7 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 f6 23. g4 Re6 24. Rfc1 Rd6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Kf7 27. Kg2 Ke6 28. b5 Ra5 29. bxc6 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 bxc6 31. Rh5 h6 32. Kg3 Rd5 33. Kf4 Rxh5 34. gxh5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[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 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. h3 Nh5 13. a5 f5 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. e4 Nf6 17. f4 Nf7 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ra4 h5 20. Kh2 Nh6 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. b4 c4 24. Ra2 Bd3 25. Rf3 Nf5 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Ne4 Qb5 28. Ra3 Qc4 29. Qf3 Rbc8 30. Rxd3 Nd4 31. Qf1 Nb5 32. Ng5 Nd4 33. Ne6 Nf5 34. Be1 Qa2 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Nh6 37. Kg3 Rc1 38. Qf2 Qc4 39. Re3 Bc3 40. Be4 Bxe1 41. Rxe1 Qb3+ 42. Kh4 Rxe1 43. Qxe1 Qb2 44. Bxg6 Qf6+ 45. Kh5 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Sazhin, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Kh8 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 c6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Qd2 Ng8 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Nf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Ne8 22. Rfe1 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nd6 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. Qf4 Rac8 27. Re6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Qg7 29. Qxd6 Rfe8 30. Qf4 Rcd8 31. h4 b6 32. Qe3 Qf7 33. Kh2 Kg8 34. Bf1 f4 35. gxf4 Rxe6 36. dxe6 Qf6 37. Kg3 Qd4 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Ke3 Rd6 41. Bc4 Ke7 42. a4 Rc6 43. Bd5 Rc5 44. Kd4 a5 45. Ke5 h6 46. h5 gxh5 47. f5 h4 48. f6+ Ke8 49. Kd6 Rxd5+ 50. Nxd5 h3 51. e7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sosnovy Bor"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vedeneev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 Be7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Be2 d6 10. Nd2 exd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. 0-0 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. b3 Qb7 16. Re1 Ne8 17. Bf3 f5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bb5 20. Qc2 g6 21. a4 Bd7 22. Nc4 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rb8 24. Na5 Qc7 25. Qd2 Rf7 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Nf6 28. a5 Na8 29. Re6 Ne4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rxd6 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 e3+ 33. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 e6 9. 0-0 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Na5 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Qa2 Bb7 19. Bd2 Ned7 20. Rfe1 c4 21. Rad1 Bc8 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Qa3 Nbd7 24. Be3 f5 25. Bd4 Nf6 26. Qa2 Bd7 27. Nc6 Ra8 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qxc4 Kh8 30. Na4 e4 31. Nc5 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Qxc6 33. b4 Qb5 34. Qxb5 axb5 35. e3 Bf8 36. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zlochevskij, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 a5 12. e4 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Be3 Qb8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 b5 19. b3 bxa4 20. bxa4 Nb6 21. Rdb1 Qa7 22. Rb5 Nc4 23. Qc3 Rab8 24. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sosnovy Bor"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Feoktistov, Alexey A"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. Bd3 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Ba3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 N7b6 13. h3 Bf8 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Nfe5 f6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Qc2 Bf7 18. g3 axb3 19. axb3 Nc8 20. e4 Nc7 21. Bb2 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nd6 23. Kh2 Ndb5 24. Na5 Qc8 25. Qc5 Be6 26. d5 Bxh3 27. dxc6 Bg4 28. cxb7 Qd7 29. Bc4+ Kg7 30. Ne5 Qd2 31. Bc1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 a5 8. Bd3 a4 9. Qc2 a3 10. b3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ke2 d6 13. h4 Qe7 14. Be4 c6 15. Ne1 d5 16. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krassilnikov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nd3 Bg7 9. c3 0-0 10. Re1 e6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nf3 b6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Nde5 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Rad1 Qf7 20. h3 Rad8 21. Nh2 e5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Ng4 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qe7 27. Bd2 f5 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. Bd3 b5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. Qf4 Bc6 32. Nc2 Ne4 33. Qb8+ Qe8 34. Qxe8+ Bxe8 35. Be3 Nd6 36. Kf1 Kg8 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Bd4 Bf8 39. Bc5 Nb7 40. Bxf8 Kxf8 41. Nd4 Nd6 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Nb3 Nb7 44. Nd4 Nd6 45. Nc2 Nc8 46. Nd4 Na7 47. Nb3 a4 48. Na5 Kd6 49. Kd4 Bc6 50. g3 Bf3 51. c4 b4 52. c5+ Ke6 53. Kc4 a3 54. Kxb4 axb2 55. Nc4 Bg2 56. h4 Nc6+ 57. Kc3 Ne5 58. Nxe5 Kxe5 59. Kxb2 Kd4 60. Be2 Kxc5 61. Kc3 Be4 62. Bc4 Bd5 63. Bxd5 Kxd5 64. Kd3 h6 65. Ke3 Ke5 66. Kf3 g5 67. hxg5 hxg5 68. Ke3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuprijanov, Ilija"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e4 Nb4 9. Be3 0-0 10. Bc4 Bg5 11. Qh5 Bxe3 12. fxe3 N8c6 13. 0-0-0 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Be2 Nbc6 16. Nf3 a6 17. e5 Ne7 18. Bd3 Nac6 19. Be4 Nf5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rhe1 c5 22. e4 Ne7 23. Rd6 Ra7 24. Red1 h6 25. Na4 Rc7 26. Nb6 Nc6 27. R1d2 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. a3 Na5 30. Rc2 Nb7 31. Rd3 Rc6 32. Nc4 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. Nfd2 Kf8 35. Na5 Rc7 36. b4 Ke7 37. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 38. bxc5 Bd7 39. Kc2 f6 40. Nf3 Bc6 41. Nxc6+ Nxc6 42. exf6+ Kxf6 43. Kd3 e5 44. Ne1 Ke6 45. Nc2 a5 46. Kc4 h5 47. Ne3 h4 48. Nf5 Na7 49. a4 Nc6 50. Kb5 Kd7 51. Kb6 Nd8 52. Nh6 Kc8 53. c6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lagvilava, Genrieta"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. h3 0-0 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bf5 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Bb2 a6 14. Rc1 e6 15. Na4 g5 16. Re1 h6 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Ne5 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 Qg6 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Nb6 d4 23. Nc4 Rd5 24. Rcd1 Qg6 25. Qg4 Rfd8 26. f4 Rxc5 27. Ba3 Rb5 28. Bd6 Rd5 29. Rd2 b5 30. Nb6 R5xd6 31. exd6 Rxd6 32. Qf3 Ne7 33. Qb7 Nf5 34. Nc8 Rd5 35. Nb6 Rd8 36. Qc7 Qf6 37. fxg5 Qxg5 38. Rd3 Bf8 39. Nc8 h5 40. Qc6 Ne3 41. Re2 Rd5 42. b4 Kg7 43. Nb6 Rf5 44. Rdxe3 dxe3 45. a3 Qf4 46. Qc1 Bd6 47. g3 Rg5 48. g4 hxg4 49. h4 Rf5 50. Nc8 Be5 51. Ne7 Rh5 52. Nc6 Rxh4 53. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 54. Rxe3 Bc7 55. Rd3 Bb6+ 56. Kg2 f5 57. Rd6 Rh2+ 58. Kf1 Kf6 59. Nb8 Be3 60. Rd8 g3 61. Rg8 f4 62. Nxa6 Rf2+ 63. Kg1 Kf5 64. Nb8 Rc2+ 65. Kf1 f3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukashuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nf3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. c5 Nd7 16. Qc1 Nb4 17. Bg5 c6 18. Bf4 Qf7 19. Rd1 Qg6 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Qe3 Nd5 22. Qf2 Qh6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Qxf5 Nf7 26. Bf4 Qg6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Bf3 Ng5 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. g3 Re7 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Rd3 Rde8 33. Kf2 Rf8 34. Rfd1 Kf7 35. Ra3 a6 36. b4 Rh8 37. Kg2 g5 38. Rad3 Kg6 39. a4 Rhe8 40. Kf2 Kf5 41. h3 Rh8 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Rb1 Rf8 44. Rbd1 Rfe8 45. Kf2 Rf7 46. Kg2 Ref8 47. Rb3 Bd8 48. Re1 Re7 49. Rd1 Rfe8 50. Kf2 Re6 51. Rbd3 Bc7 52. Rb3 Rf6 53. Kg2 Bd8 54. Rbd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nge2 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. f4 Re8 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. f5 Re5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. fxg6 Bg7 20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. Qxf7 Re7 22. Qh5 Nd3 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rf5 Rf8 25. Raf1 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Rf7 27. Nf4 Rxf5 28. exf5 Qf7 29. Nb5 Qxh5 30. Nxh5 Bf8 31. Nxa7 Nc4 32. b3 Ne3 33. Nf6 Bg7 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. Nb5 Nxf5+ 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. b4 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 0-0 9. Bd3 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc7 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kh7 21. Ng4 Rg8 22. Nd1 h5 23. Ngf2 Qf7 24. Ne3 Bf8 25. Qd1 Be8 26. Nf5 b5 27. Nh1 bxa4 28. Nhg3 Rb8 29. Bxh5 Qd7 30. Bxe8 Qxe8 31. Re2 Rb4 32. Rf2 Nb5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Nh5 Rg6 35. Nh4 Be7 36. Nxg6 Qxg6 37. Qf3 c4 38. Nxf6+ Bxf6 39. Qxf6 Qxf6 40. Rxf6 Rxb2 41. Rxa4 c3 42. Rc4 c2 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sargsjan, Vardges"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. b4 h6 10. Ne1 g5 11. b5 Ne7 12. a4 c5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Bd2 f4 15. Nc2 Bf5 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. e4 Be6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. f3 h5 20. gxf4 gxf4 21. Be1 Nh7 22. Qc3 h4 23. Rf2 h3 24. Bf1 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Bd2 Rg6 27. Be2 b6 28. Qa1 Qh4 29. Rff1 Rg2 30. Be1 Qg5 31. Bf2 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 g6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nd7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. Ne2 c6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. 0-0 Qd7 14. Qe2 0-0 15. d4 Ng4 16. d5 Bf5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Bg5 c5 21. a3 b6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Be7 24. h4 Rf8 25. Kh2 Rf7 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rb1 Rcf8 28. Rb5 Qd8 29. Kg1 h6 30. Rfb1 g5 31. hxg5 Bxg5 32. Rb8 Qa5 33. R1b5 Qc7 34. R5b7 Qxb7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Nxd6 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Bg6 38. Be4 Bxe4 39. Nxe4 Ra1 40. d6 Rxa3 41. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sazhin, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 c6 6. a4 a5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 e5 10. f4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nc5 12. Bf2 b6 13. Bf3 Ba6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Nf1 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Re6 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. Bd4 Bh6 20. Be3 Bf8 21. f5 Re5 22. Bd4 Nfd7 23. Bg4 Qd8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Qf4 Kh7 28. Nf1 Bh6 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Nd2 Qf6 31. Nf3 Bf4 32. Qh4+ Qxh4 33. Nxh4 Nc4 34. Rb1 Bd2 35. Nf3 Bxe1 36. Nxe1 Kg7 37. Nf3 Bc8 38. Kf2 f5 39. exf5 Bxf5 40. Nd4 Bd7 41. b3 Ne5 42. h3 d5 43. Rd1 c5 44. Ndb5 d4 45. Nd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sosnovy Bor"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sukhorukov, Oleg"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bh2 a6 11. a4 Qc8 12. Bd3 d5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qc6 15. Nf3 c4 16. Be2 b5 17. a5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. f4 Qd6 22. Qe1 Bc8 23. Bf3 f5 24. g4 Bd7 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Qg2 Bc6 27. Kh1 b4 28. cxb4 Rab8 29. Rg1 Rxb4 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Bg4 e6 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Rae1 Qe7 34. Re2 Ra4 35. Qg3 Rxa5 36. h4 Be8 37. h5 Ra2 38. Reg2 Qe6 39. Qh3 Kg7 40. Kh2 a5 41. Qh4 a4 42. h6+ Kf8 43. Qe1 Qe7 44. Kh1 a3 45. bxa3 Rxa3 46. Re2 Bb5 47. Rb2 Rb3 48. Rxb3 cxb3 49. Rg2 Bd3 50. Kg1 Kf7 51. Rb2 Bc2 52. Qc3 g5 53. Rxb3 Bxb3 54. Qxb3 Kg6 55. Kf1 Qe4 56. fxg5 Kxg5 57. Qa3 Kg4 58. Qb3 Kf3 59. Qb2 Qd3+ 60. Ke1 Qxe3+ 61. Kf1 Qd3+ 62. Ke1 Ke3 63. Qf2+ Ke4 64. Qg2+ Qf3 65. Qc2+ Kxd4 66. Qd2+ Qd3 67. Qb4+ Ke3 68. Qc5+ d4 69. Qe5+ Kf3 70. Qg3+ Ke4 71. Qh4+ f4 72. Qe7+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhuravlev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 c6 6. a4 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 exd4 11. Nc4 dxc3 12. Nxd6 cxb2 13. Rb1 f5 14. exf5 Ne5 15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. c3 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxf5 18. Qxf5 Rxf5 19. Rxb2 b6 20. Rd1 Ra5 21. Rb4 Re8 22. Rc4 c5 23. g3 Bf8 24. Rd7 a6 25. Ra7 Bd6 26. Kg2 Re7 27. Ra8+ Kg7 28. h4 h6 29. Kf3 Bc7 30. Kg4 h5+ 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Bg5 Rd7 33. Ke4 Kg7 34. Ra7 Kf7 35. Bf4 Re7+ 36. Kd5 Bd8 37. Ra8 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rxa5 Bxa5 40. Rxc5 Re2 41. Rxb5 Bxc3 42. Rb3 Bf6 43. Be3 Rb2 44. Ra3 Rb7 45. Ra6 Rd7+ 46. Ke4 Re7+ 47. Kf3 Rb7 48. Rc6 Rd7 49. Rc8 Rb7 50. Rc6 Rd7 51. Ra6 Rb7 52. Kg2 Rb3 53. Rc6 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cherepovets"]
[Site "Cherepovets"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zlochevskij, Alexander"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Bc1 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Nd2 Qd8 10. 0-0 Ne8 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. a4 f5 13. f4 Qe7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bd2 e4 16. Ne3 Ndf6 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Na3 Nc7 20. Bc3 Rb8 21. a5 Qf7 22. Nac4 Nb5 23. Be1 Qg6 24. Bh4 Bd7 25. c3 Ng4 26. Nxg4 fxg4 27. Ne3 h5 28. Qe1 Bh6 29. g3 Nc7 30. Qd1 Ne8 31. h3 Nf6 32. Kh2 gxh3 33. Bxf6+ Qxf6 34. Bxh5 Rg8 35. Qe2 Rbf8 36. Rg1 Bb5 37. Qf2 Bd3 38. Bg4 Rg7 39. Be6 Rh7 40. Rae1 Bg7 41. Bf5 Rh6 42. g4 Qd8 43. Rg3 Qxa5 44. Rxh3 Qd8 45. Rh1 Kg8 46. Rxh6 Bxh6 47. Kg1 Kg7 48. g5 Bxg5 49. fxg5 Qxg5+ 50. Qg2 Kf6 51. Rh6+ Qxh6 52. Ng4+ Kxf5 53. Nxh6+ Kf6 54. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bd2 Rb8 9. Rb1 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Qd7 12. Qa4 Rfd8 13. b5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 a5 17. e4 Rbc8 18. Rfc1 Rc5 19. Rc4 Qg4 20. f3 Qd7 21. Qb3 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bh3 Re8 24. a4 Qf7 25. f4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 d5 27. Qc2 dxe4 28. dxe4 Qd7 29. Qd3 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bf8 32. Qc4 Kf7 33. f5 gxf5 34. exf5 Bd5 35. fxe6+ Bxe6 36. Bxe6+ Qxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kxe6 38. Bf4 Kd5 39. Kf2 Kc4 40. g4 Kc3 41. g5 Kc2 42. h4 d3 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Be3 Ba3 45. h5 Bc1 46. g6 hxg6 47. hxg6 Bxe3 48. Kxe3 d2 49. g7 d1Q 50. g8Q Qd3+ 51. Kf2 Qd4+ 52. Kg2 Kc3 53. Qe6 Kb4 54. Qa2 Qg4+ 55. Kf2 Qc4 56. Qa1 Kb3 57. Ke3 Qe6+ 58. Kd3 Qf5+ 59. Ke3 Qc5+ 60. Kd3 Qc4+ 61. Ke3 Kb4 62. Kd2 Qe4 63. Qf6 Qg2+ 64. Kd3 Qd5+ 65. Ke2 Qc4+ 66. Kd2 Qc5 67. Qa1 Kb3 68. Kd3 Qd5+ 69. Ke3 Kb4 70. Ke2 Qb3 71. Qf6 Qc2+ 72. Kf1 Qd1+ 73. Kf2 Qd2+ 74. Kf1 Qe3 75. Qh4+ Kb3 76. Qg4 Kc3 77. Qc8+ Kb2 78. Qg4 Kb3 79. Qd1+ Kb4 80. Qg4+ Kb3 81. Qd1+ Ka3 82. Qa1+ Kb4 83. Qd1 Kc4 84. Qc2+ Qc3 85. Qf2 Qd4 86. Qc2+ Kb4 87. Kg2 Qc3 88. Qd1 Qb2+ 89. Kg1 Ka3 90. Qd6+ Kxa4 91. Qxb6 Qxb5 92. Qd4+ Qb4 93. Qd7+ Ka3 94. Qd3+ Kb2 95. Qe2+ Kc1 96. Qe3+ Qd2 97. Qa3+ Kc2 98. Qa2+ Kd3 99. Qd5+ Ke3 100. Qg5+ Ke2 101. Qh5+ Ke1 102. Qe5+ Kd1 103. Qa1+ Ke2 104. Qf1+ Ke3 105. Qh3+ Kd4 106. Qd7+ Kc3 107. Qc7+ Kb2 108. Qe5+ Qc3 109. Qb5+ Ka1 110. Qa4+ Kb2 111. Qb5+ Ka3 112. Qd5 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Voinov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. a4 Ndf6 13. Nc4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Ne3 Qc7 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. b3 Nf4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. g3 Ne6 22. Nd5 Bg7 23. Bf1 Rad8 24. Bh3 Bc6 25. Kf1 a6 26. Qd3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. e5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Re4 Rc8 33. h4 Kg7 34. h5 g5 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. d6 c4 37. d7 Rd8 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxc4 Qa8 40. Kg1 Qb7 41. Qd3 Qc6 42. Qf5 Qf6 43. Qe4 Qe6 44. Qb7 e4 45. Qc7 Qe7 46. Qa7 Qe5 47. Qb6 Qf6 48. Rd6 Qe5 49. Qc7 f6 50. Qxd8 Qxd6 51. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Stepanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. Nc3 axb5 7. e4 c4 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. e5 b4 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. f4 Qb6 12. Bxc4 Ba6 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. Nf3 0-0 15. Ng5 Bf2+ 16. Kd1 g6 17. Bxd5 Bxb5 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 b3 20. Bd2 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 bxa2 22. Qxa2 Be3 23. Qa5 Qb3+ 24. Ke2 Bxf4 25. Nf3 Qxb2 26. Qb4 Qa2 27. Rc1 Nc6 28. Qc4 Qb2 29. Qc2 Nd4+ 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nd2 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. a4 0-0 11. e4 Re8 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. 0-0 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Re1 b6 16. Qc2 Nfd7 17. Nf1 Nf8 18. Ne3 Nfg6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Nd1 Qf6 21. Nde3 Nf4 22. Bf1 Bd7 23. Ra3 Qg6 24. f3 Qf6 25. Qd2 Rec8 26. Rc1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rca1 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 c4 30. Ra7 Qd8 31. Qd4 Ra8 32. Be1 Nfd3 33. Bxd3 Rxa7 34. Qxa7 Nxd3 35. Ba5 Qc8 36. Qd4 Qc5 37. Bc3 Qxd4 38. Bxd4 Kh7 39. Kf1 Kg6 40. Ke2 Nc1+ 41. Kd1 Nb3 42. Bc3 h5 43. Bb4 Nc5 44. Kc2 g4 45. Bxc5 dxc5 46. f4 Bc8 47. g3 Bd7 48. Nh4+ Kh7 49. e5 Be7 50. Nhf5 Bd8 51. Nd6 Kg7 52. Ne4 Bc8 53. f5 Bc7 54. d6 Bd8 55. Kd2 Ba5+ 56. Ke2 Bb7 57. Nxc5 Bf3+ 58. Kf2 Bb6 59. d7 b4 60. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Nh3 exd5 10. Nf4 0-0 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 d4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Be2 Bxd4 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. 0-0 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timchenko, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. h3 Bf5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Kh2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qc1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Qf4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qxc4 17. Rfc1 Qb5 18. a4 Qb4 19. Rc7 Rab8 20. Rac1 Bf6 21. R1c5 b6 22. Rd5 Qxb2 23. h4 Rbd8 24. Rcd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qa1 26. Bc6 Qe1 27. Qf3 a5 28. h5 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. h6+ Kxh6 31. Bd5 Rc1 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kg4 Kg7 34. Bxf7 h5+ 35. Kf4 Qh3 36. g4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nd2 dxe5 5. dxe5 g6 6. Ndf3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c6 8. c3 e6 9. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Timagin, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Qd2 e6 12. Rfd1 d5 13. c5 Ne7 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qe8 16. a4 Kh8 17. b4 Ng8 18. Qb2 f5 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Bf4 Rf7 21. Ne1 h6 22. Nf3 g5 23. Be5 g4 24. Nh4 Kh7 25. f3 Rd7 26. Qc2 Qh5 27. c6 b6 28. b5 gxf3 29. exf3 Rg8 30. Kh1 Rf7 31. a5 Bf8 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qd3 Ne8 34. Ng2 Re7 35. Re1 Qf7 36. Ra7 Bg7 37. Nf4 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Nd6 39. Ra1 Nc4 40. Re2 e5 41. dxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Nxe5 43. Qxd5 Qxd5 44. Nxd5 Rd8 45. Nxc7 Nxf3 46. Kg2 Nd4 47. Re1 Rc8 48. Re7+ Kg6 49. Rd7 Nxb5 50. Nxb5 Rxc6 51. Rd6+ Rxd6 52. Nxd6 Kg5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Muratov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. a3 0-0 8. Be2 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. b3 Bb7 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qe7 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. Be2 Bd7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qc2 f4 23. Qc3 Rf6 24. Nf3 Re6 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. Kf1 Kh8 27. Rad1 Bc8 28. Nd4 Rh6 29. Bf3 Bd7 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxe5 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxd7 g5 35. Rd6 Ree6 36. Rd4 Kg7 37. Be4 Kf6 38. f3 Ke5 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Kf2 Ke5 41. Bxh7 Re8 42. Be4 Ra8 43. Rd3 Ra6 44. Kg1 Rh8 45. Rd6 Rc8 46. Kh2 Rc7 47. Rg6 Kd4 48. Rxg5 Rxa3 49. h4 Ra8 50. Kh3 Kc3 51. Kg4 Rh8 52. h5 Kxb4 53. Kxf4 Kc3 54. g4 b4 55. Rg6 Rf8+ 56. Kg5 b3 57. h6 b2 58. Rg7 Rcf7 59. Rxf7 Rxf7 60. h7 Rf8 61. Kg6 Re8 62. Bf5 Rf8 63. Bb1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaingorten, Yaaqov"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. f3 f5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Nd3 c6 13. Bd2 b5 14. dxc6 bxc4 15. Nb4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb4 17. Nd5 Nfxd5 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 20. Qxd6 Nbxc6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Rg1 fxe4 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1+ Ng6 25. Qxc6 Bf5 26. fxe4 Bh3 27. Rg3 Bf1 28. Qc7+ Kh8 29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Qxe5+ Kh7 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 a5 13. Ndb5 b6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rad1 Nfd7 18. Be3 Ne5 19. b3 Nc6 20. Nd5 Rc8 21. f3 Ne7 22. h4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Ra8 24. Nd4 Re7 25. Bf2 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qd7 27. Kh2 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. h5 Bc8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Kxh3 Kh7 33. Nb5 Qe7 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. Kg2 Qe1 36. Qd3 Be5 37. f4 Bd6 38. Nc3 Qe8 39. Ne4 Be7 40. Nf2 Bf6 41. Qe4 Qxe4+ 42. Nxe4 Be7 43. g4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. f5 Bd6 46. fxg6+ Kxg6 47. Nf2 h5 48. Ne4 hxg4+ 49. Kxg4 Be5 50. Ng5 Bd6 51. Nh3 Kf6 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Nf2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Toporov, Victor"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 e5 11. f5 Nd4 12. Ng5 h6 13. fxg6 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Qh5 Nf4 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Nd5 Be6 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. g3 Ke7 21. gxf4 Rh8 22. Qxh8 Bxh8 23. f5 Bd7 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Rg3 Bg7 26. Rf1 Kf6 27. Rff3 Bc6 28. Re3 Bh6 29. Re2 Kg7 30. Rgg2 Bf4 31. Kf1 a5 32. Bc2 a4 33. Ref2 b5 34. cxb5 Bxb5+ 35. Ke1 Bg5 36. Kd1 Qh5+ 37. Ke1 Bh4 38. f6+ Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. g7 Bc4 41. g8Q Bxg8 42. Rxg8 Qf7 43. Rg2 Qxa2 44. Bd1 Qc4 45. Re2 Qb4+ 46. Kf2 Qd4+ 47. Ke1 c4 48. Bxa4 c3 49. bxc3 Qxa4 50. Kd2 Kg5 51. Kd3 Qd1+ 52. Ke3 Kg4 53. Rg2+ Kh3 54. Rd2 Qe1+ 55. Kd3 Kg4 56. Re2 Qd1+ 57. Ke3 Qc1+ 58. Kd3 Kf3 59. Rd2 Qb1+ 60. Rc2 d5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Gilyazov, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 0-0 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. 0-0 cxd4 12. exd4 a6 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Ne5 Nf8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Bc2 Bd6 21. b4 Qh4 22. g3 Qe7 23. f4 f5 24. h3 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Nd7 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. Bb3 h5 28. Re1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. d5 Rad8 31. Rad1 exd5 32. Bxd5+ Kh8 33. Bxe4 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 fxe4 35. Rd5 Qf7 36. Qc5 g6 37. Re5 Kh7 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40. Kf2 Qe6 41. Qc2 Kf7 42. h4 Kf6 43. Qd2 Kf5 44. Qb2 e3+ 45. Ke2 Kg4 46. Qe5 Qa2+ 47. Kxe3 Qxa3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Rad1 d5 13. Nh4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nf6 15. f3 Qd7 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. bxc4 b5 18. e4 Rfc8 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4 e6 21. Ba5 bxc4 22. Ne3 Rab8 23. a4 Rb3 24. Nxc4 Rcb8 25. Rf2 h5 26. Be1 Nc7 27. Na5 R3b6 28. Nc4 Rb3 29. Na5 R3b6 30. Nc4 Ra6 31. Rf3 Nd5 32. Rb3 Rxb3 33. Qxb3 Bf8 34. a5 c5 35. Bf2 Rc6 36. dxc5 Bxc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Nd6 Qc7 39. a6 Rc2 40. Qb5 Nc3 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Rd3 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 a6 11. a4 Bg4 12. 0-0 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qa5 15. Qc2 Re7 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. g4 Ne8 20. Bg2 Bd4 21. Kh1 Ng7 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Bc1 Qd8 25. Ng3 Bh4 26. Qb3 b6 27. Ne4 Nf6 28. Ng5 Nd7 29. Nf3 Be7 30. Bh6 Bf6 31. Bf4 Ne5 32. Nd2 Bh4 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. a5 bxa5 35. Ne4 h5 36. Nxc5 hxg4 37. hxg4 Qc8 38. Ne4 Qxg4 39. c5 Nh5 40. Qh3 Qf4 41. d6 f5 42. d7 Rf8 43. c6 Bd8 44. Nc5 Qc4 45. Qb3 Qxb3 46. Nxb3 Nf4 47. Ra1 Kf7 48. Nxa5 Ke7 49. Nc4 Bc7 50. Rxa6 Rb8 51. Ra7 Kd8 52. Na5 Rxb2 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. Re8+ Kf6 55. d8Q+ Bxd8 56. Rxd8 Rc2 57. Rd7 e4 58. Rd4 Ke6 59. Rc4 Rxc4 60. Nxc4 Nd3 61. Kg1 Nb4 62. c7 Kd7 63. Ne5+ Kxc7 64. Nxg6 Kd6 65. Kf1 Ke6 66. Nh4 Kf6 67. Bh3 f4 68. Bc8 Nd5 69. Bb7 Nc3 70. Ke1 Kg5 71. Ng2 Kf5 72. Bc8+ Kg5 73. Bd7 Nd5 74. Bc6 Nf6 75. Kf1 Kf5 76. Bb7 Ke5 77. Nh4 Kd4 78. Bc8 Kd3 79. Ng2 Kd2 80. Nxf4 e3 81. f3 Nh5 82. Ne2 Nf6 83. Ba6 Nh5 84. Kg2 Ke1 85. f4 Nxf4+ 86. Nxf4 Kd1 87. Kf3 Kd2 88. Ne2 Kc2 89. Kxe3 Kb3 90. Kd4 Kb4 91. Bc4 Ka3 92. Nc3 Kb2 93. Nb5 Kc2 94. Ke3 Kb2 95. Kd2 Ka1 96. Nc7 Kb2 97. Nd5 Ka1 98. Bd3 Kb2 99. Ne3 Ka1 100. Kc3 Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pisakov, Ilia"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Ne8 11. Ne1 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 h6 14. b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb1 Nd4 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. h3 Rf7 20. f3 Bf8 21. Ng3 Qf6 22. Be4 h5 23. Qd3 h4 24. Nh1 g5 25. Rf2 Be7 26. Rfb2 Rf8 27. Nf2 Kh8 28. Qe3 Bc8 29. Kg2 Ba6 30. Bd3 Qf4 31. Qe4 Qf7 32. Qe3 Nc7 33. Ne4 Rg8 34. Rb7 Bxb7 35. Rxb7 Rac8 36. Nxc5 dxc5 37. Qxe5+ Bf6 38. Qd6 Qe7 39. Bf4 gxf4 40. Qxf4 Bg5 41. d6 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. a4 Qxb6 9. a5 Qb4 10. Ra4 Qb7 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Ra3 Bb5 14. 0-0 Nbd7 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. Nc4 Nc7 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Rb3 Qa7 19. Qd2 Rab8 20. Ra1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Ne5 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Be2 Kf8 24. h4 Rb4 25. h5 Nb5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bh6 Nd4 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ra2 Qb7 30. f3 f6 31. f4 Nc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. e5 Rb4 34. Qf2 Nb5 35. exf6+ exf6 36. Qe3 Nd4 37. Qe8 Qc7 38. Qe3 Qf7 39. Qd3 Qb7 40. Qe3 Kf7 41. Ra1 Qe7 42. Qf2 f5 43. Re1 Qd8 44. Re3 Rb7 45. Re1 Re7 46. Rxe7+ Qxe7 47. Qd2 Nb3 48. Qd3 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Nd2 50. Qxa6 Nf1+ 51. Kg1 Ne3+ 52. Kh2 Qf2 53. Qe2 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Drozdova, Dina"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 h6 15. Ne4 Na5 16. Be2 f5 17. Nd6 e4 18. Nd4 Nxc5 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Bxc5 Bc3+ 23. Kf1 Rd2 24. g3 Rxa2 25. b4 Ra1+ 26. Kg2 Rxh1 27. Kxh1 b6 28. Bd6 Nc6 29. b5 Be5 30. Ba3 Na5 31. Bb4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf1 Bg7 34. Bd6 Ke6 35. Bb8 Be5 36. Bxe5 Kxe5 37. f4+ exf3 38. Bxf3 Nb3 39. Bc6 Nd4 40. Be8 Kd5 41. Kf2 Kc5 42. Ke3 Nxb5 43. Kf4 Nd6 44. Bg6 a5 45. g4 fxg4 46. Kxg4 a4 47. Kh5 a3 48. Bb1 b5 49. Kxh6 b4 50. Ba2 Kd4 51. Kg6 Kc3 52. h4 b3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anjuhin, Alex"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 Nc5 5. d4 Ne6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Ng7 8. Be3 c6 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Neg1 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bf2 a5 13. Nh4 e6 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Nf3 Na6 16. Be2 h4 17. 0-0 Nc7 18. b3 Nge6 19. c4 Be7 20. c5 Kf8 21. Be3 Ng7 22. Rfb1 Nce6 23. b4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Ra7 25. a4 Nh5 26. Qd2 Ng3 27. Bd3 Kg7 28. a5 Qd7 29. Kh2 Rha8 30. Qe1 Qd8 31. Rb6 Qc8 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. fxg5 Qe6 34. Bf4 Bd8 35. Bxg3 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bxg5 37. Qb4 Be3 38. Kf3 f4 39. Rb1 Rxa5 40. Rxb7 Ra4 41. Qe1 Rxd4 42. Qh4 Rxd3 43. Rb8 Rxb8 44. Rxb8 Bxc5+ 45. Ke2 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Feoktistov, Alexey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 b5 11. Ba2 0-0 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qf3 Bf6 16. Bf4 Ne7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Ng4 Ng6 19. Be3 Be7 20. g3 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. h4 Qd8 24. h5 Ne7 25. h6 Qd6 26. hxg7 Kxg7 27. Re1 Bc8 28. Ne5 Bf5 29. Qf4 Rd8 30. Bb1 Qf6 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Qh4 f6 33. g4 Qc2 34. g5 fxe5 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. Rxe5 Rd7 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qf6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Mishuchkov, Nikolai Mikhailovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. e4 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Nd2 b4 12. Na4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. b3 Bxa4 15. bxa4 Rc8 16. Rf2 Qd8 17. Nb3 Nfd7 18. a5 Na6 19. Be3 Nac5 20. Bh3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rc7 22. Rc2 Bf8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qc1 Nc5 25. Qc4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Shepitko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Ne4 Nb6 13. Bb3 f5 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Qb5+ Kf7 16. Bd1 Rf8 17. e4 Kg8 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Nh2 Bxd1 20. Raxd1 fxe4 21. Qb3 d5 22. Qg3 Qc2 23. Rd2 Qc6 24. Kh1 Rf5 25. Rg1 Nc4 26. Rc2 Qd7 27. b3 Nd6 28. Bf4 Ne8 29. Be5 g6 30. Rgc1 Rd8 31. Rc7 Nxc7 32. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 c6 12. b3 h6 13. Rb1 a5 14. a3 Qe7 15. Bf4 Nfd7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Qc2 Kg8 19. f4 Nb6 20. Bf2 Ncd7 21. Na2 Nc5 22. Rbd1 Nbd7 23. Nc1 Qe7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Na6 26. Na2 Nc7 27. Rd3 Nf6 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Nc3 Qf8 30. Nc2 Be6 31. Ne3 Ra3 32. b5 Rea8 33. f5 Bc8 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. fxg6+ fxg6 36. Nc2 Rb3 37. Nd4 Rb4 38. Nxc6 Rxc4 39. e5 dxe5 40. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onatsevich, Oleg Petrovich"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 Nc5 5. d4 Ne6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Ng7 8. h3 h5 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 h4 11. Qd2 c6 12. 0-0-0 Na6 13. Qe1 e6 14. g4 hxg3 15. Nxg3 Nc7 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ng5 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prokuronov, Eduard"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nf3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. e4 0-0 10. Nd2 Ng4 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Bg3 f5 13. f4 Nf7 14. 0-0 Nd7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. a5 Kh8 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Qf3 Rbe8 22. Nb6 Nh6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Bc4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qc7 26. Ra1 Re8 27. Bd3 Qe7 28. Bh4 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Bc2 Kg8 31. Re1 Nfg4 32. Nd1 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Bd4 34. Bc3 Kf8 35. g3 Nf6 36. Bb3 Nhg8 37. Kg2 Ne7 38. Kf3 Nfxd5 39. Bxd4 cxd4 40. Ke2 Nb4 41. Be6 Kg7 42. Nf2 Kf6 43. Bd7 Nbc6 44. Kd3 Nxa5 45. Kxd4 Nb3+ 46. Kc4 Nc5 47. Be8 Ke6 48. Nd1 Nc6 49. Ne3 b5+ 50. Kc3 Ne4+ 51. Kd3 Nb4+ 52. Kd4 Nf6 53. Kc3 Na2+ 54. Kb3 Nc1+ 55. Kc2 Ne2 56. Kd2 Nxg3 57. Bc6 Nge4+ 58. Ke2 d5 59. Nc2 Kd6 60. Bb7 Kc5 61. Bc8 Nd6 62. Be6 a5 63. Kd3 Nh5 64. Bg8 Nc4 65. Kc3 Nf6 66. Be6 Ne4+ 67. Kb3 a4+ 68. Ka2 b4 69. Kb1 a3 70. Bxf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Gatchina"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sysolyatin, Evgeny Valerievich"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. 0-0 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. b4 a6 16. Ne2 N8e7 17. Qb3 Nf5 18. Rfd1 h5 19. g3 Qf6 20. Bg2 Rfb8 21. a3 g5 22. Qc3 Bh6 23. Rc2 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nb5 Bf8 13. Bf4 Na6 14. a3 c6 15. Nc3 c5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e3 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Rec1 Qe7 21. Qb2 Rad8 22. b4 c4 23. b5 Bc8 24. Ne1 Be6 25. Nc2 Qd7 26. a4 h5 27. Nb4 Bxb4 28. Qxb4 h4 29. a5 Bh3 30. Bh1 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qg4 32. Qb2 Rd6 33. axb6 axb6 34. Qd2 Qh5 35. Ra7 Bg4 36. f4 Rh6 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Bg2 Rh3 39. Rxc7 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ignatiev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bc4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 Bf5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Be2 c4 12. Ne1 b5 13. g4 Be6 14. Bf3 Qd7 15. Bg2 h6 16. Nc2 h5 17. f3 b4 18. Qe2 b3 19. Na3 Rac8 20. Kh2 Na5 21. Be5 hxg4 22. fxg4 Nh7 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. Kg1 Ne8 25. e4 Nc7 26. Qf2 Na8 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Nb6 30. Nb1 Nd5 31. Bg3 e6 32. Nd2 Nb4 33. Kh2 Nc2 34. Bxc2 bxc2 35. Ne4 Nb3 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Qxf6 Qd8 38. Qf2 Nxa1 39. Rxa1 f6 40. Qxc2 Kg7 41. Re1 Qd5 42. Qf2 Rce8 43. Qe3 g5 44. Rf1 Rf7 45. Rf3 Rh8 46. Qf2 Rh6 47. Qe3 Rg6 48. Rf2 Kh7 49. Qe2 Rb7 50. Qc2 Kg7 51. Qe2 Rh6 52. Qe3 Kg6 53. h4 gxh4 54. Bf4 Rhh7 55. Qe2 h3 56. Qc2+ Kg7 57. Qe2 Kg8 58. Qe3 Rbg7 59. Qg3 Qe4 60. g5 Rh5 61. Qg4 Rhxg5 62. Bxg5 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Viktor2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c6 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Qb3 b6 11. a4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. f3 Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. 0-0 Qd7 18. Qb5 Qe6 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. a5 Rc4 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rfb1 Rfc8 23. Be1 Qc6 24. Rb3 e6 25. Ra6 Rb8 26. Qb1 Ra4 27. Raxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Qc4 29. Qb5 Qxb5 30. Rxb5 Ra2 31. Rb8+ Bf8 32. c4 Kg7 33. c5 Be7 34. Bg3 Rc2 35. Re8 Bf6 36. Kf1 h5 37. h4 Kh7 38. Ke1 Kg7 39. Kd1 Rc3 40. Be1 Rc4 41. Rc8 Be7 42. Kd2 Bf6 43. Ra8 Be7 44. Kd3 Bf6 45. Bf2 Rc1 46. Ra2 Kf8 47. e4 Ke8 48. Ra6 Be7 49. exd5 exd5 50. f5 Rh1 51. fxg6 fxg6 52. Rxg6 Bxh4 53. Bxh4 Rxh4 54. Rg5 Rh1 55. Rxd5 h4 56. Rh5 h3 57. Ke4 h2 58. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dolzhikova, Olga"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 c4 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Ng5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 h6 10. Nh3 e6 11. 0-0 g6 12. f4 Qa5 13. Rb1 b6 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. g4 Ne7 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. e6 0-0-0 20. e7 Bxe7 21. Qxe7 Qxa2 22. Rc1 Qa4 23. Bf4 Rhg8+ 24. Kf2 Qd7 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7 26. Be5 Kc6 27. Nf4 Rde8 28. Nh5 Re6 29. Ng3 a5 30. Nxf5 a4 31. Ng3 a3 32. Ne2 Rge8 33. Nf4 R6e7 34. Kf3 f6 35. Bxf6 Re3+ 36. Kg4 Rxc3 37. Be5 a2 38. h4 Rxc2 39. Ra1 b5 40. Kf5 Rf2 41. Kg6 b4 42. Rc1 Rxe5 43. Nd3 Re6+ 44. Kh5 b3 45. Nxf2 b2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Turova, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. Rc1 e5 11. d5 Kh8 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. g4 Ndc5 14. Bc2 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bf6 16. Ng3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bg5 18. Qd2 Nb3 19. Bxg5 Nxd2 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rf2 Nb3 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. g5 Kg7 24. f4 Bg4 25. Nge2 exf4 26. Rxf4 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Nxa4 28. b3 Nc5 29. Nd4 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rdf1 Rd7 32. Nb5 Nbd3 33. Rf6 Rxe4 34. Bxd3 Rg4+ 35. Kh1 Nxd3 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Rxg5 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rf3 Rxd5 40. Nxb7 g5 41. h3 Kg7 42. Na5 Ne5 43. Ra3 Rd2 44. Rc3 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Kf6 46. Nc4 Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 h5 49. Rc6+ Ke5 50. Rc5+ Rd5 51. Rc8 Rd3+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 h4 54. Rc5+ Kf6 55. Kg4 Rg2+ 56. Kh5 Rg3 57. Ra5 Rxh3 58. Rxg5 Rg3 59. Rg4 Kf5 60. Ra4 h3 61. Ra1 h2 62. Rf1+ Ke4 63. Rh1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Jakov"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. 0-0 Bf5 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Rfd1 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. d6 Nf5 18. Ne1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 b6 20. Nxd3 cxd3 21. Rxd3 bxc5 22. Ne4 Rb8 23. b3 f5 24. Nxc5 e4 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Ne6 Qb6 27. Rd5 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 f4 29. Rf1 h6 30. d7 Bf6 31. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. g3 0-0 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Na2 Qxa4 14. e4 Qa5 15. g4 e5 16. f4 exd4 17. g5 Nh5 18. e5 b5 19. Nxb4 Qxa1 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Nxc6 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rae8 23. Qxd4 Qa6 24. Qc5 Kh7 25. Nxa7 b4 26. Bd2 Ra8 27. Be3 Qe2 28. Rf2 Qg4+ 29. Rg2 Qd1+ 30. Kf2 Rxa7 31. Qxa7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d5 Bg7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Na5 13. h4 Naxc4 14. h5 d5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2 Rf5 17. Nh4 e5 18. Nxg6 Rf7 19. Nh8 Bxh8 20. Qg6+ Bg7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Bxh8 23. Rxh8+ Kg7 24. Rxd8 Be6 25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. b3 Nd6 27. Ba3 Nf5 28. Nb5 a6 29. Nd6 Rd7 30. Nxf5+ Bxf5 31. Kd2 Nc7 32. Rh1 Ne6 33. Rh5 Kf6 34. Rh8 Rh7 35. Rxh7 Bxh7 36. f3 Nf4 37. Bf1 Bb1 38. Bb2 Nh5 39. g4 Nf4 40. a3 Ke6 41. Bc3 Bg6 42. Ba5 Be8 43. Bd8 Kd6 44. Bg5 Ne6 45. Bf6 Bb5 46. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharashkina, Bairta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. b3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Ne5 c5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. f4 Qe7 14. a3 Ne4 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. a4 Nb8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qh5 Ne4 20. Ng4 f5 21. Ne5 Rcd8 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rd2 Rf8 24. Qg4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Be5 Rd7 27. h4 Rf5 28. Rc1 Rxe5 29. fxe5 d4 30. Rf1 d3 31. Rdf2 Rd8 32. h5 Qd7 33. h6 g6 34. Qg5 Re8 35. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bg4 17. Re1 Qa5 18. h3 Bf5 19. Qd4 Rab8 20. a3 Qb6 21. Qf4 Be4 22. b3 Rbd8 23. b4 Re7 24. Qd2 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markarov, Arsen"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5 N6d7 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Nge2 Qa5 14. 0-0 Nxc5 15. b4 Nxb4 16. Nd5 Ne4 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 Qxe1 20. Rfxe1 bxc6 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Rxc6 Be6 23. a3 Rfd8 24. Ba6 Nd5 25. Bg5 Rdb8 26. Rec1 Rb6 27. Bd2 Bf8 28. a4 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Nb4 30. Bxb4 Bxb4 31. Nc1 e4 32. h3 Rd8 33. Ne2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. g3 Ba5 36. g4 Bb6 37. Kg3 g5 38. a5 Bxa5 39. Rc5 Ra2 40. Bb5 h6 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. Rc1 a6 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bg2 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Be3 Rac8 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Qb2 Bf6 17. Rac1 Nb7 18. f4 Nd6 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20. Bf2 Rfc8 21. e3 Be7 22. a4 h6 23. Bf3 Rc6 24. Na2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bd3 26. Nb4 Be4 27. Be2 a5 28. Na2 g5 29. Nc3 Bg6 30. Nb5 Ne4 31. Be1 Kg7 32. Kg2 Rc6 33. Bd3 Nf6 34. Bxg6 Kxg6 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. Bxc3 Kf5 38. Kf3 g4+ 39. Ke2 Ne4 40. Be1 h5 41. Na7 Kg6 42. Nc6 Bd6 43. Kd3 f6 44. Nd8 e5 45. Nc6 exf4 46. exf4 Kf5 47. b4 axb4 48. Nxb4 Bxb4 49. Bxb4 Ke6 50. Ke3 f5 51. Kd3 Kd7 52. Be1 Nd6 53. Bd2 Kc6 54. Kc2 Nc4 55. Bc1 Kb7 56. Kb3 Ka6 57. Kb4 Na5 58. Bb2 Nc4 59. Bc1 Na5 60. Bb2 Nc6+ 61. Kb3 b5 62. axb5+ Kxb5 63. Bc3 Nb8 64. Be1 Nd7 65. Bd2 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paramonov, Dimitriy"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 Nb4 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. a3 c5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Na4 0-0 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Be2 Qa2 19. Rf1 Qxb2 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. d6 Bd8 22. Bd4 Qa2 23. Qa1 b3 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Bxb2 Be4 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Kf7 28. Kd2 Kg6 29. Kc3 Kf5 30. Kxb3 Kf4 31. Kb4 Kxf3 32. c5 Ke4 33. Kb5 Kd5 34. cxb6 g5 35. Bc1 h5 36. Bd2 g4 37. Be1 h4 38. Bf2 Kxe5 39. Kc5 Ke4 40. d7 Kf3 41. Bd4 g3 42. hxg3 h3 43. Be5 h2 44. Bc7 h1Q 45. Bxd8 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. b3 c5 11. Nc2 Be6 12. e4 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. hxg4 Bxc3 15. g5 h6 16. gxh6 Bxa1 17. Nxa1 f5 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. f3 Nc8 20. Nc2 Qf7 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Kg1 a6 24. Qd3 Rb8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Re8 27. f4 Kh7 28. Qc3 Ng8 29. Kf2 b5 30. Bf3 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb7 32. g4 Rf8 33. Re1 Re8 34. gxf5 Rxe1 35. fxg6+ Qxg6 36. Qxe1 Nxh6 37. Be4 Nf5 38. Qh1+ Kg8 39. Qh3 Rf7 40. Ke1 Qh7 41. Qg4 Kf8 42. a4 a5 43. Qg2 Qh8 44. Bxf5 Qc3+ 45. Qd2 Qxd2+ 46. Kxd2 Rxf5 47. Kd3 Rf7 48. Bd8 Ra7 49. f5 Ke8 50. Bg5 Rb7 51. f6 Rb3+ 52. Ke4 Rb4 53. Kf5 Kf7 54. Bf4 Rxa4 55. Bxd6 Rxc4 56. Be5 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Barbitskij, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. dxc6 Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. e3 g6 17. Bd5 Qe7 18. h4 h5 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. Qc2 Rh8 21. Rce1 Rae8 22. Rh1 Rhg8 23. a4 Rb8 24. Ra1 Kh6 25. Qe2 Bg7 26. a5 f5 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7 Rbc8 29. Qd2 e4 30. Rha1 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Rge8 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Rb7 Rf8 34. Raa7 Rf7 35. Rxc7 Rfxc7 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Qh8+ Rh7 38. Qf8+ Rg7 39. c7 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. b3 Bg6 12. Bb2 0-0 13. a3 a5 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nf1 Rc8 17. Ne3 d5 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Nge5 Rc7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. c5 Nd7 22. Bc3 b6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 bxc5 25. dxc5 Bf6 26. b5 Na5 27. c6 Nb6 28. Be5 Qd8 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. Nd2 Qf4 31. Nb3 Nac4 32. g3 Qc7 33. Nc5 Ra2 34. Bxc4 Nxc4 35. Nd7 Be7 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bratchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. Ne2 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Ng3 a6 13. Be2 b5 14. 0-0 Qb6 15. Kh1 a5 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Reb8 20. Ra2 h6 21. Rfa1 Qb4 22. Qc1 a4 23. Nf1 Ne5 24. Ne3 Ra7 25. Qc3 Qd4 26. Nc2 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Rb3 28. c4 Nh5 29. Kg1 Nf4 30. Bf1 g5 31. Ra3 g4 32. fxg4 Rxa3 33. Nxa3 Nxg4 34. Nb5 Ra6 35. Nc7 Rb6 36. Nb5 Ra6 37. Nc7 Ra5 38. Nb5 Kf6 39. Nxd6 Ke5 40. Nb7 Ra7 41. Nxc5 a3 42. g3 Ng6 43. Bh3 Ne3 44. Nd7+ Kd4 45. c5 Nc2 46. Rd1+ Ke3 47. Nb6 Ne5 48. d6 Nf3+ 49. Kh1 a2 50. Nd5+ Ke2 51. Nc3+ Ke3 52. Nd5+ Ke2 53. Nc3+ Ke3 54. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

