[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Novikova, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bd3 d5 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Qc1 Nxc3 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Qe1 d4 14. Nd2 b5 15. Bc5 Qd5 16. Nb3 Bb7 17. f3 Rc8 18. Qh4 a5 19. Rae1 a4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd8 22. Qg4 0-0 23. Kh1 Qf6 24. Nxb5 Nxb5 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qxb5 Bc6 27. Qb6 Bd5 28. Qb4 Ra8 29. a3 Rfb8 30. Qd6 Qc3 31. Rb1 Rd8 32. Qb4 Rdc8 33. Kg1 Kg7 34. h4 Ra7 35. Qf4 Qxa3 36. Qd4+ e5 37. Qxa7 Ra8 38. Qe3 Qc3 39. Rfe1 a3 40. Qxe5+ Qxe5 41. Rxe5 a2 42. Ra1 Rb8 43. Ree1 Rb4 44. c4 Bxc4 45. Bxc4 Rxc4 46. Rxa2 Rxh4 47. Re4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 d5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. a3 Rc8 12. 0-0 0-0 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Rfe8 15. Bg3 Nf8 16. h4 b5 17. h5 a5 18. h6 g6 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Rfe1 b4 21. Ba4 Rb8 22. Rec1 bxc3 23. bxc3 Red8 24. Bf4 c4 25. d4 Bf8 26. Bg5 Rdc8 27. Nh2 Rb6 28. Ng4 Rcb8 29. Qf4 Qc8 30. Re1 Qe8 31. Kh2 Be7 32. g3 Qd8 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Rab1 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Rxb1 36. Bxc6 Nf8 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Ne8 g5 39. Qf3 Ng6 40. Nd6 Qf8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Kg2 Rb8 43. Be8 Rxe8 44. Nxe8 Qxh6 45. Qd8 Qf8 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Qxa5 Qh8 48. Qb5 h5 49. a4 h4 50. a5 hxg3 51. fxg3 g4 52. Nxg4 Qh5 53. Nf2 Qg5 54. Qb1 Nh4+ 55. Kf1 Nf5 56. a6 Qe3 57. Qa2 Qf3 58. Kg1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lazhevsky, Gleb"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 h6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. 0-0-0 Ne6 12. Qe4 Bb7 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rhe1 Kf7 16. Be5 d5 17. Rd3 Kg8 18. Qg4 Re8 19. Ne4 Kh7 20. Ree3 Qf7 21. Rf3 Qg6 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qxg6+ Kxg6 24. Rxf6+ Kh5 25. Rh3+ Kg5 26. Rf7 Bc5 27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. f4+ Kg6 29. Rxb7 Rf8 30. Rc3 Bg1 31. Rxc6 Kf5 32. Rcc7 Bxh2 33. Rf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kg4 35. Rxa7 Bxf4+ 36. Kd1 Kg3 37. Rg7+ Bg5 38. a4 e5 39. a5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 0-0 7. d4 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Bxc6 Qxc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd4 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. c4 Rac8 15. b3 e5 16. Bb2 e4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nd2 Ng4 19. Nf1 f5 20. Red1 a6 21. Bc3 f4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Qb2 Nd5 24. cxd5 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Nf3 h6 28. Rac1 Kf8 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Rd3 Bb4 31. h3 Bb5 32. Rd1 g5 33. Rc1 Ke8 34. N1d2 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Rd4 36. Nc4 Rxd5 37. Re1+ Kf7 38. Ne5+ Kg7 39. a4 Be8 40. Nc4 Bc6 41. Re6 Rd3 42. Na5 Bd5 43. Rd6 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 Bxb3 45. Rxd1 Bxd1 46. Nxb7 Bxa4 47. g3 Kf6 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Bc6 50. Nc5 a5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Zhuravlev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qf6 6. Qf3 Be6 7. Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. 0-0 e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 b6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. dxc4 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nd4 17. Qa4+ b5 18. cxb5 Bxg2 19. b6+ Kf8 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 axb6 22. Qd1 Rd8 23. a4 Nd7 24. Ra3 Qd5 25. Rd3 f6 26. Nxd7+ Rxd7 27. Be3 Nf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qxd3 29. Qc6 Qd6 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Qb7 Qb8 32. Qc6 Rd6 33. Qb5 Kf7 34. Qb3 Rd5 35. Qc2 Qc8 36. Qe4 Qd7 37. Kg2 f5 38. Qh4 g6 39. Qf4 Qd6 40. Qh6 Rd1 41. Re2 Qd3 42. Rd2 Qf1+ 43. Kf3 e5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Achang, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 e4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nc3 f4 14. Bc1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd4 Nb4 18. Qc3 c5 19. 0-0 Qf6 20. Bd2 Be6 21. a3 Nc6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Bc3 Rff8 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. b3 b6 26. Bf3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rd2 Rd6 29. Rad1 Rfd8 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd4 Kg7 32. cxd5 g5 33. h4 h6 34. Re1 Kg6 35. Re7 R8d7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. d6 Kf6 39. Rd5 g4 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Rg5 Rxd6 42. Rxg4 Kf5 43. Rg7 Rd3 44. Rf7+ Ke5 45. Rxa7 Rxb3 46. f3 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Kf5 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. Re7+ Kf5 50. Rd7 Rb3 51. a4 Rb4 52. Ra7 Ke5 53. Ra8 Rb1 54. Re8+ Kf5 55. Re1 Rb4 56. Ra1 Kg5 57. Ra2 Rb1 58. Ke2 Rg1 59. Kf2 Rb1 60. Re2 Kf5 61. Re1 Rb4 62. Ra1 Ke5 63. Kg1 Kf5 64. Kh2 Rd4 65. Ra2 Kg5 66. Kg1 Rb4 67. Kf2 Rb1 68. Rd2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Omar, Asrul Sharaff"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Qa4 a6 11. e4 b5 12. Qb3 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. a4 Na5 18. Qe3 Nc4 19. Qf4 Nxb2 20. axb5 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 axb5 22. Bxb5 Qb6 23. Bf1 Ra3 24. h4 Rfa8 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Ng3 Ra2 28. Nd4 R8a4 29. Ngf5 Bf6 30. Qg4 Kh8 31. Bd3 Rd2 32. Nxh6 Rxd3 33. Nxf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kxh6 36. h5 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Rh3+ 38. Qxh3 Rxd4 39. Qe3+ Kh7 40. g3 Qe4 41. Qb3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Kopasov, Evgeny Aleksandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. g4 Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 10. Bxe6 Nxd4 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. Qxd4 Bxg5 13. Qxd6 Be7 14. Qg3 0-0 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rg1 g6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. 0-0-0 Rc8 19. e5 Be7 20. Rd2 Qe8 21. Nd5 Bf5 22. Qf4 Bd8 23. Nf6 Bxf6 24. exf6 Qe6 25. Qb4+ Kg8 26. Qe7 Qb6 27. Rgd1 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch 1/2 final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Hamgokov, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 e5 15. dxe5 Ngxe5 16. Ned4 Qf7 17. Be3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 h6 19. Red1 Bd7 20. Nb5 Bb8 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qd2 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qxf3 24. Qd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxd5 a6 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bf4 28. Rd1 Rf7 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. Bc3 Bg5 31. Rd7 Rcf8 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Be5 Kh7 34. Kg3 Be7 35. f4 g5 36. fxg5 Bxg5 37. Kg4 Be7 38. Bc3 Kg6 39. Rd5 Rh7 40. Rd7 Rf7 41. Rd5 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch 1/2 final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bb3 0-0 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Bf4 Qh5 17. Qe2 Qg6 18. Qf3 b5 19. a3 a5 20. Qg3 b4 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Nxa4 d5 25. f3 dxe4 26. c4 bxc3 27. Nxc3 exf3 28. gxf3 Bb4 29. Bg5 Rc8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rd3 Kg7 32. Red1 f5 33. Kf1 Rh8 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Rb1 Rhc4 36. Na2 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 Ba5 38. Rdd1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch 1/2 final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Nureev, Garun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Be2 Bg4 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Be2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bf3 e6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bd4 20. Kh1 e5 21. f4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch 1/2 final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kostin, Konstantin"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ng6 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Ba3 d6 12. c5 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Nf4 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Ba3 0-0-0 18. 0-0-0 c6 19. g3 Rd5 20. Rhe1 Rhd8 21. f4 g6 22. Re5 c5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bb2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Kd7 26. Kc2 b5 27. Rd2 a5 28. Kd3 Nc5+ 29. Ke3 Na4 30. Ke4 Ke6 31. Ba1 f5+ 32. Kf3 Nc5 33. Rc2 Ne4 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Rc6+ Rd6 36. Rc7 Rd7 37. Rc6+ Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Gubernatorov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Ncb5 Qb8 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bb5 19. Rfc1 Qe5 20. Rc2 Rac8 21. Rac1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Qf5 23. h3 Be5 24. a4 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Bxd3 26. Rd2 Bc4 27. Bb6 Bb3 28. a5 Rc8 29. g3 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Be4 f5 32. Bf3 Kf7 33. Be3 Rb1 34. Bf4 Bb4 35. Rd3 Bc4 36. Rd4 Bf1+ 37. Kg1 Be2+ 38. Kg2 Bf1+ 39. Kg1 Be2+ 40. Kg2 Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Rxb2 42. d6 exd6 43. Bxd6 Bxa5 44. Bc5 Rd2 45. Rh4 h5 46. Ra4 Bc7 47. g4 Rd3+ 48. Be3 Rb3 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rc4 Bd6 51. Ke2 a5 52. Rd4 Bc5 53. Rd5 Bxe3 54. fxe3 b5 55. Rxf5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c4 g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Nc2 Rfd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 g5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bf4 Nge5 20. Ne3 Rac8 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf5 Kf7 23. Re3 Rh8 24. Rg3 Rh7 25. Rb1 b6 26. Rb4 Nxc4 27. Rd3 Ne5 28. Rg3 Rc5 29. h3 Nc6 30. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Orlov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 a5 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b3 Nd7 10. Ba3 Qf6 11. Bb2 Bc5 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Qg3 h5 15. h3 Nf4 16. Nf3 Nxh3+ 17. Kh1 Nf4 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Bxe2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 h4 21. Qh3 Nf8 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. Qf5 Qxf5 24. exf5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rfe1 0-0-0 27. Re2 Bc3 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Be4 Ke7 30. Kh2 Kf6 31. Kh3 Kg5 32. Bd3 Bd4 33. Bc4 Kxf5 34. Bxf7 g5 35. f3 b5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. c4 a4 38. cxb5 a3 39. Bc4 Ra8 40. Bd3+ Kf6 41. Bb1 Rc8 42. Ba2 Rc3 43. Kg4 Be3 44. b4 Rd3 45. Kh3 e4 46. fxe4 Bf4+ 47. Kg4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arakelov, Ilya Sergeevich"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. d5 e4 13. dxc6 exf3 14. Qxf3 Bg4 15. Qg3 Qxc6 16. c4 Bh5 17. Bb2 Bg6 18. f3 Rad8 19. e4 Rd2 20. Bc3 Rd3 21. Qe1 Rfd8 22. Bb1 R3d7 23. Bc2 Re7 24. Qh4 Qe6 25. Rfd1 Red7 26. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 gxf6 29. Be2 f5 30. exf5 Qxe2 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qe4 Qb2 33. Qd3 a6 34. h4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. h5 gxh5 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qg5 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 h4 40. f4 Qd3+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. c4 Nh5 13. Nc3 h6 14. Nh4 Qe8 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Qb3 b6 19. Ne2 Qg5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Re5 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Rd2 Rfe8 26. Rde2 a5 27. a4 Qf6 28. b3 g5 29. g4 Rh8 30. Kg2 h5 31. gxh5 Qh6 32. Qg4 Qxh5 33. Qxh5 Rxh5 34. f3 Rh8 35. Rh1 f5 36. Rhe1 Rhe8 37. Kf2 fxe4 38. fxe4 Rh8 39. Rh1 Kf6 40. Kf3 Rh4 41. Rg2 Re7 42. Rg4 Reh7 43. Rxh4 Rxh4 44. Kg2 Ke5 45. Rb1 Kd4 46. Rf1 Rh7 47. Re1 Ke5 48. Rf1 Kxe4 49. Rf3 Rh4 50. Rf1 Kd3 51. Rf3+ Kc2 52. Kf1 Rh7 53. Kf2 Rf7 54. Kf1 Re7 55. h4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Kulicov, Oleg Anatolie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 c6 7. Be2 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxe5 9. 0-0 d5 10. f3 Bd6 11. g3 Bh3 12. Re1 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Bf2 14. Bf4 exf3 15. Bf1 Qxe1 16. Qxe1+ Bxe1 17. Rxe1+ Kf7 18. Bxh3 Nf6 19. Be6+ Kg6 20. Re5 h6 21. Bf5+ Kf7 22. Be6+ Kg6 23. Bf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lelekova, Olga"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. g4 Qc7 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Bb7 15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. f5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Qe3 exf5 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Bxf5 Rd8 22. Re1 Rd3 23. Qa7 Rxb3 24. Bxe4 Rh3 25. Bxb7 0-0 26. Qxa6 Rxh4 27. Rg1 Rd8 28. Bf3 Qd7 29. Kb1 Bc5 30. Rf1 Be3 31. Nc1 Bxg5 32. Nd3 Qh3 33. Ne5 Bf6 34. Nc6 Qxf3 35. Nxd8 Rh1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U16"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fatkhutdinov, Gafiyat"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Re1 0-0 8. e5 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Nd5 11. Nb3 e5 12. Nfd2 b6 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Ng5 Rc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Rf1 Ndb4 19. Qc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bd2 Nc6 22. f4 Kh8 23. Rae1 Rfe8 24. Bh3 Nd8 25. Rf2 Rc7 26. f5 Rf7 27. Rff1 e5 28. Qd5 Ref8 29. Qe4 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Qg2 Ne6 33. Re2 Rf3 34. Re4 R3f5 35. h4 a5 36. a4 c4 37. Rg4 cxd3 38. cxd3 Nc5 39. Qe2 Rf3 40. Bf4 R3xf4 41. gxf4 exf4 42. h5 h6 43. Rg6 f3 44. Qe7 Rg8 45. Kf1 Nxd3 46. Qe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U16"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Qd2 Bh5 16. b4 Rad8 17. Rad1 a6 18. f3 Bg6 19. Ng3 Ne5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 b5 22. Qf2 Neg4 23. Qh4 h6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Bd3 Qb6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qe6 29. Qf2 Qe5 30. f4 Qd6 31. g3 g6 32. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U16"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Chupin, Vitalij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. f3 Qb6 9. Qd2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. 0-0-0 Nc6 14. Rhe1 d6 15. Nc3 Na5 16. Bd5 e6 17. b4 exd5 18. bxa5 Be6 19. Nb5 Rac8 20. Nxd6 Rc5 21. Nxb7 Rc6 22. a6 Rfc8 23. Re2 Rxa6 24. Rd4 Rxa2 25. Nd6 Rc6 26. Nb7 Bf5 27. g4 Bxc2 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Nd8 Rc4 30. Re3 Bd3+ 31. Kd1 Bc2+ 32. Kc1 Be4+ 33. Kd1 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U16"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Komlev, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kh1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 0-0 18. Qh4 g6 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 20. Re3 Qc6 21. Qg5 Rd7 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Kg1 Bc4 24. Be4 Qd6 25. h4 Qe7 26. Qg3 Qc5 27. b4 Qc7 28. Qg5 Rd1 29. h5 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rd7 31. Qf6 Qd8 32. Qe5 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd8 35. Bb7 gxh5 36. Bxa6 Qb6 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qg3+ Kf8 40. Bc8 Bd5 41. Qc3 Qb8+ 42. Kg1 Bc4 43. Bxe6 Qf4 44. Bxc4 bxc4 45. Qe3 Qg4 46. f3 Qd7 47. Qc5+ Ke8 48. Qxc4 Qa7+ 49. Kf1 Qxa3 50. b5 Qa1+ 51. Ke2 Qg1 52. Qe4+ Kd8 53. Qd5+ Kc8 54. f4 Qc1 55. Qc4+ Kb7 56. Qxf7+ Kb6 57. Qc4 Ka5 58. f5 Qg5 59. Qd5 Qg4+ 60. Kd2 Qf4+ 61. Kc3 Qb4+ 62. Kd3 Qa3+ 63. c3 Qc1 64. Kc4 Qf1+ 65. Kc5 Qf2+ 66. Kc6 Qb6+ 67. Kd7 Qa7+ 68. Kc8 Qe3 69. b6+ Ka6 70. Qc4+ Ka5 71. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U16"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Melentiev, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bc8 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 e6 11. 0-0 c5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Ba4+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nc2 Bxe3+ 18. Nxe3 0-0 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. c5 Rfc8 22. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U16"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karaev, Mark"]
[Black "Sepman, Yulius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nbd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nc5 14. c3 0-0 15. Nd4 Nb8 16. Bc2 Ncd7 17. N2f3 c5 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. Nf4 Rfe8 20. Re1 Nf8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Nd3 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Qg5 Bd5 25. Qg3 Ng6 26. Bb1 a5 27. Ng5 h6 28. e6 fxe6 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Qxg6 Qf7 31. Nf4 Rde7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Ng6+ Qxg6 34. Qxg6 Bf7 35. Qd6 Kg8 36. Rxe7 Nxe7 37. Re1 Kf8 38. Bd3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U16"]
[Site "Serpukhov"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sviridov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karaev, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3 0-0 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 b5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Bg5 h5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rb7 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxe7 Rc8 21. Bd6 Qb7 22. b3 Be8 23. Bf1 Rb4 24. Bxb4 Qxb4 25. Qd2 Qb6 26. Rc2 Bf8 27. Qc1 Rb8 28. Kg2 Nb4 29. Rc8 Nxa2 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Rxb3 32. Ra1 Rb2 33. Rc8 Bd7 34. Rd8 Bc6 35. Ne1 Kg7 36. Nd3 Rd2 37. Nc1 Nb4 38. Nb3 Nc2 39. Rb1 Ne3+ 40. Kg1 Nxf1 41. Nxd2 Nxd2 42. Rbb8 Be7 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. f4 f5 45. Rgc8 Nf3+ 46. Kf2 Nxd4 47. Rc7 g5 48. Rxe7 gxf4 49. gxf4 Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kh6 51. Rf8 1-0

