[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. e4 a6 11. Bf4 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd2 Ng4 16. Rad1 g5 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Qc2 Nexc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc5 Qa5 21. Bd4 Rac8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd5 Ne3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kostiuchenko, V."]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. h3 Rb4 14. Rd1 Rab8 15. Ne1 Ne8 16. Nd3 R4b7 17. h4 c4 18. Ne1 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Nf6 21. Rb1 Rb4 22. Be3 Bc8 23. Bd4 Bf5 24. e4 Bg4 25. Be2 Bd7 26. b3 cxb3 27. Rxb3 Ba4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Gorshkov, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. e4 Rb8 11. Bf4 b5 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rab1 Qb6 14. h3 Rd8 15. g4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Nc6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. b4 Nd4 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxb5 Ba6 22. a4 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Bc5 Bf6 25. Rfc1 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. f4 e5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bf1 Kg7 30. Kg2 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Bd3 Kh8 33. Rc6 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Rbf8+ 36. Ke2 Rg3 37. Rxa6 Re3+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Kd1 Rxe4 40. Na3 Rf1+ 41. Kd2 Rf2+ 42. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koshil, Tikhon Stepanovich"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 exd4 9. h3 0-0 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 h6 14. Nh4 Bd7 15. f4 Na5 16. Na3 Bc6 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Nb1 Rfe8 19. Rf1 Re7 20. Bd2 b6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nh7 24. Bf4 Rbe8 25. h4 Nc6 26. Nd2 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nd2 Re2+ 30. Rf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Nf6 32. Nf1 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Qc6 34. Qd2 Qf3 35. Re1 Re5 36. Rxe5 Nxe5 37. a5 bxa5 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Nxd3 40. Ng3 g6 41. h5 Kf7 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. b3 Nc1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Pushkin, Sergey V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. dxe5 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6 6. Bf4 Be6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Bg3 Nge7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Nd2 0-0-0 11. Kc1 Na5 12. Be2 a6 13. Rd1 b5 14. Nf3 g5 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Kc2 g4 17. Nh4 Nac6 18. Re1 Bd4 19. f4 gxf3 20. Nxf3 b4 21. Na4 b3+ 22. axb3 Nb4+ 23. Kb1 cxb3 24. Rd1 Be3 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Be1 Nec6 27. Bc3 Kc8 28. Nd2 Bxd2 29. Bxd2 Nd4 30. Bf1 a5 31. Bxh6 Bg4 32. Bc4 Bd1 33. Kc1 Bc2 34. Bxf7 Nd3+ 35. Kd2 Nxe5 36. Bg8 Bxe4 37. Bg7 Bxg2 38. Bxe5 Nf3+ 39. Ke2 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Airapetian, Nikita"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Ng4 8. h3 Nxe5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 0-0 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Nxd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rd8 19. Rf3 Be6 20. b3 Rd7 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rad8 23. Rd1 c5 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Bc3 b6 26. Kg1 Nd4 27. Rf2 Ne6 28. Rf3 Nd4 29. Rf2 Nc6 30. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Re1 c6 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Rc4 f5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Nb3 Nb6 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Qc2 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qc5 Qd7 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Na5 Re6 26. Nb3 h6 27. Bd2 Rae8 28. Bb4 Nd7 29. Bc5 Nxc5 30. Nxc5 R6e7 31. b4 Qd5 32. Qd2 Kh7 33. Rc2 h5 34. Nb3 b6 35. Rc4 Re6 36. Qd1 Bf6 37. a4 h4 38. Nd2 hxg3 39. hxg3 Kg7 40. Nf1 Rh8 41. Nh2 Ree8 42. Nf3 Rh3 43. Kg2 Reh8 44. Rg1 g5 45. Kf1 g4 46. Nh4 Bxh4 47. gxh4 R3xh4 48. Qa1 c5 49. bxc5 bxc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Lesnoj Gorodok"]
[Date "2009.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuritsin, Vasily M"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d5 Nb8 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 cxd5 8. exd5 Na6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nf3 0-0 11. 0-0 Nc5 12. Bc2 a5 13. Be3 b6 14. h3 g6 15. Nd2 Nh5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nde4 f5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bd2 Bg5 20. g3 Bd7 21. Kh2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qf6 23. Bd1 Ng7 24. Bf3 e4 25. Be2 g5 26. f4 h6 27. Rad1 a4 28. Qe3 Rab8 29. Rd2 Qg6 30. Bd1 Ra8 31. Rg2 a3 32. b3 Re7 33. g4 fxg4 34. Bxg4 Bxg4 35. Rxg4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Gorshkov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. d4 d6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ba6 11. Re1 b5 12. e4 b4 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Na6 15. Nc4 Nc7 16. Na5 Rb8 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd2 Nfe8 19. Nc4 Nb5 20. e5 g6 21. Be3 Ng7 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. d6 Nd4 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. Qd3 Ngf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ostrovsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 e5 7. Nge2 b5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nc1 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Bf8 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Ne8 14. N1d2 f5 15. 0-0-0 Kc7 16. Nc4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nef6 18. Be2 Nxe4 19. Rhf1 Nd6 20. Rxf8 Rxf8 21. Nxd6 Nb6 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. Nde4 Rae8 25. Na6+ Kb7 26. Nec5+ Kc8 27. Bg4+ Rf5 28. Nxb4 Bxg2 29. Rg1 Bf3 30. Bxf5+ gxf5 31. Rg7 Rd8 32. b3 Rd1+ 33. Kb2 f4 34. Bf2 Rd2 35. Nba6 h5 36. Bh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Kremenietsky, Anatoly M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. d5 e5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Qb3 c5 12. a4 h6 13. a5 hxg5 14. axb6 a6 15. Bxg5 Be6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e3 Na5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Qh5 f5 11. d5 Bxd5 12. Qxf5 c6 13. Rd1 b5 14. Be2 Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 Nb3 20. g4 Rd8 21. Nxg5 d4 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Kg2 Bd2 24. Nf3 Rxg4+ 25. Kf1 Bb4 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Rh5 28. h4 Rf5 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Ng5 Bc5 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Bg4 Re5 33. Nd2 Bxb2 34. Nxb3 cxb3 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Rd3 b4 37. Bd1 Re4 38. h5 Re5 39. Rh3 Bd4 40. Bxb3 Rf5 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 Ke7 43. Ke2 f6 44. f4 Kd6 45. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nf3 Nd4 9. 0-0 Re8 10. e3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Qb4 Rad8 16. d4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arzhenkov, Gennady"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nb3 Na5 12. c5 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Bc6 14. cxd6 exd6 15. f3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. a4 Bh6 19. Rc2 Nh5 20. Bc4 Nf4 21. Bb6 Ne6 22. Re2 Nc5 23. Qa2 Nd7 24. Bf2 Ne5 25. Bd5 a5 26. Bg3 Qf6 27. Qb3 Bf8 28. Qb6 Ra8 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. f4 Ng4 31. Qf3 h5 32. h3 Nf6 33. Bh4 Nxd5 34. Bxe7 Nxc3 35. Qxc3 Bxe7 36. b3 Bf8 37. e5 dxe5 38. Rxe5 Red8 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Qxa5 Rd4 41. f5 Bb4 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. f6+ Kh7 44. Qc8 Rd1+ 45. Kf2 Rd6 46. g4 Rxf6+ 47. Ke3 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rxb3 50. Re3 Rb2+ 51. Kd3 Kg7 52. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Gusev, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc5 11. Qb3 0-0 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. e4 d4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Qa4 b5 21. Qa5 e5 22. Kh1 Rc2 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Qh4 25. Rg1 Rd7 26. Qa3 Qxf4 27. Rgf1 Qb8 28. e5 Rd8 29. Qe7 Rc7 30. Qh4 Rc5 31. Be4 h6 32. Qh5 Ne6 33. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2008.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuznetsov, Fiodor"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qc2 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Be3 Re8 11. 0-0 Bf5 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc7 21. a4 b6 22. Re3 Qd4 23. Qe2 f5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Bb1 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Re8 27. g3 Qe5 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Re1 Ne8 30. e4 Nf6 31. h3 fxe4 32. Kg2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Davos"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Laco, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Qd3 0-0 7. Bg5 Ne5 8. Qc2 h6 9. h4 Nxc4 10. 0-0-0 d5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxf6 Nd6 13. Nb3 Qe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd4 c5 16. Be3 Be6 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bh3 Bc4 19. Rd7 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Rxe3 21. Bg2 Rxe2 22. Bxb7 Rae8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kc2 Re2+ 27. Kc1 c4 28. Nd4 Rg2 29. Nf5 c3 30. bxc3 Bxc3 31. Rd3 Be5 32. a4 g6 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Rxa7 Bxg3 37. h5 gxh5 38. a5 h4 39. Rh7 Ra2 40. a6 Kf5 41. a7 Kg4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Davos"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Hicker, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 0-0 10. Qh4 a6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qc7 13. b3 Rb8 14. Rac1 Qc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qd4 17. Rc7 Qe5 18. e4 Rd8 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Qb6 Bb5 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Qxd8+ Kg7 23. Rd1 Qc3 24. h3 Qc2 25. Bf3 Qxa2 26. Qc8 Qxb3 27. Qxb7 Qxf3 28. Re1 Qc3 29. Re3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qb2 31. Rf3 Qe5 32. Rf4 h5 33. h4 f6 34. Qb8 Bd3 35. Qb4 g5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rf5 Qxe4 38. Rxg5+ Kh6 39. Qd2 Qe2 40. Qf4 Kh7 41. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Davos"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bondick, Karl Heinz"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 cxd5 6. cxd5 Be7 7. e4 0-0 8. Be3 Ne8 9. Bd3 g6 10. Nge2 f5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Kh8 14. 0-0-0 Na6 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Bc4 a5 17. a3 Rc8 18. Bb5 Na6 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. h3 Rc4 21. Rhg1 Qb8 22. Ka1 Bf6 23. g4 fxg4 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Rdf1 Nf6 26. hxg4 Rxg4 27. Bd4 Qe8 28. Rxg4 Bxg4 29. Qh6 Qe7 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. d6 Qg7 32. Qe3 Nd7 33. Rg1 h5 34. Nd5 Rf3 35. Qa7 e4 36. Nec3 Rd3 37. Qxa6 Qd4 38. Rf1 Rf3 39. Rh1 a4 40. Re1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Davos"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Blechzin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Nd2 e5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Qe1 Nh5 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Rd1 Qg5 15. Bf3 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Bb7 18. Bc1 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. Bf3 e4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Be2 Qc7 23. Qc1 f5 24. Qg5 f4 25. f3 e3 26. g3 Be5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Re1 h6 29. Qg4 Rd4 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Bd3 Re6 32. Re2 fxg3 33. Qxg3 Rf4 34. Be4 Rd6 35. Rxe3 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 g5 37. Qe1 Rxh2 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Rxc3 g4 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. Kg1 Rd2 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Rc3 h5 45. Rd3+ Rxd3 46. cxd3 g3 47. d4 h4 48. Kg2 Ke6 49. b4 Rf8 50. b5 Rd8 51. d5+ Ke5 52. a4 Rh8 53. Kh3 Rg8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Davos"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rukavina, Josip"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. d3 Nb6 9. b4 a6 10. Ne4 Re8 11. Bb2 f5 12. Nc5 Bf6 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Rd1 f4 15. e4 Nb6 16. Nxa6 bxa6 17. Qxc6 Bd7 18. Qc5 Na4 19. Qd5+ Be6 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb3 23. Rb1 Ba2 24. Ra1 Rxe5 25. Rxa2 c5 26. f3 Rd4 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. 0-0 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 08th"]
[Site "Davos"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Masich, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 Nc6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 d6 8. b3 Bd7 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. Nfd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Na5 12. d3 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd1 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Kg7 16. h4 h5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 a5 19. e4 f6 20. f4 Qc8 21. Kh2 a4 22. Rae1 axb3 23. axb3 Ra8 24. e5 Bf5 25. Qb2 Ra3 26. Rf2 Qc7 27. Rfe2 Rf7 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Kxh3 Qc8+ 30. e6 Rf8 31. Rg1 Kh6 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. Rxg4 Qa6 34. Qc2 f5 35. Rg3 Ra1 36. Kh2 Qa3 37. Reg2 Rf6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qe2 h4 40. Rg5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Rb1 a5 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 e5 13. a3 f5 14. f3 Nc5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ne6 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Rfd1 f4 19. Bf2 Nd4 20. Qb2 g5 21. Ne2 c5 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. b5 h5 25. Ra7 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. fxg4 Bxg4 28. Rda1 Be5 29. Qd2 Qg5 30. Rc7 Bf3 31. Be1 Rg8 32. Raa7 Qh5 33. Rh7+ Qxh7 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qa5 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rbg8 37. Qc7+ R2g7 38. Qc6 Bg4 39. b6 Bd7 40. Qd5 f3 41. Bf2 Rb8 42. Bh4 Rxb6 43. Bf6 Rb2 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Qa8 Bh3+ 46. Ke1 Bf4 47. Qa7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qa5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 0-0-0 15. h4 Rhe8 16. g3 Re5 17. Rhf1 d4 18. exd4 Rxd4+ 19. Kc3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rf5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Rd3 h5 24. Kd2 Nd7 25. Ke2 Ne5 26. Re3 Kd6 27. Bg2 Ng4 28. Rd3+ Kc7 29. Bf3 Re5+ 30. Kf1 Nf6 31. Rd2 a5 32. a3 Rc5 33. Re2 Rc3 34. Kg2 Kd6 35. Rd2+ Kc7 36. Re2 Kd6 37. Rd2+ Kc5 38. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bg2 Na6 6. 0-0 Bf5 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Rb1 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Qc2 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Qd6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qb3 e5 18. Nc2 Be6 19. d4 Ne4 20. Nf3 f6 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Rac8 24. Na3 d4 25. Qb2 Nc7 26. Rbc1 h6 27. Bd2 Nd5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Be4 Nc3 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Qb1 Qa6 32. Nc2 Bf5 33. Ne3 Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Rd8 35. Qc2 Qa3 36. Qxg6 Qa7 37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Qc6 Qd7 39. Qc5+ Kf7 40. Nxg7 Rc8 41. Qxe5 c2 42. Nh5 c1Q 43. Qg7+ Ke6 44. Qf6+ Kd5 45. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 46. Kg2 Qd6 47. Qf5+ Kc6 48. Qc8+ Qc7 49. Qf8 Kb7 50. Qxh6 Rc4 51. Nf4 Qe7 52. Qh5 Rxb4 53. h4 Ka6 54. Qh8 Qb7+ 55. f3 Qa7 56. h5 Rb1 57. h6 Rg1+ 58. Kh3 Rh1+ 59. Kg4 Qd7+ 60. Kg5 Qe7+ 61. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pankov, German"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Nd2 0-0 8. Ne2 Re8 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd2 Na6 13. 0-0 Nc7 14. a3 Bf8 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Bh3 17. Bh1 h5 18. b4 h4 19. Nce4 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nd5 21. Nf1 f5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Nf6 24. Nd2 Ne4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Rab1 Bg4 27. b5 Re6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qg5 f5 30. Qf4 Rh6 31. Bg2 Qe7 32. Rc5 g5 33. Qe5 Re6 34. Rb8+ Rxb8 35. Qxb8+ Qe8 36. Qxa7 Qh5 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qxc6 Bh3 40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Ke6 42. Bxh3 Qxh3 43. Qxg5 Qh7 44. Qf4 Kd5 45. Qb8 Kc4 46. a4 Kd3 47. Qb5+ Kd2 48. d5 Qh5 49. Qb2+ Kd3 50. Qb1+ Kd2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Donskov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. Nbd2 d4 9. Nb3 c5 10. e3 Nc6 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Re1 a5 13. a4 Ne8 14. c5 Bf6 15. Qc4 g5 16. h4 h6 17. Bd2 Kh7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh2 Kg6 20. g4 Rh8 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 f4 23. Bd5 Nc7 24. Qf7+ Kh6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Bxa5 Rc8 27. Nd2 Rf8 28. Qc4 Kg7 29. Ne4 Qd7 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Bb6 Rh8 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Nf3 Qh7 34. N3h4+ gxh4 35. a5 Nd5 36. a6 h3 37. Kh2 f3 38. Nxd4 Nxb6 39. cxb6 Rxb6 40. Nxf3 Qc7+ 41. Kh1 Rxb2 42. Qe4+ Kg7 43. g5 Bc3 44. Nd4 Qd7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. a7 Kh7 47. Qxh8+ Kxh8 48. a8Q+ Kg7 49. Ra7 Rb1+ 50. Kh2 Qxa7 51. Qxa7+ Kg6 52. Qc5 Bxd4 53. Qxd4 Kxg5 54. Qc5+ Kg4 55. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kopasov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Ne5 Rb8 21. Rd3 b6 22. Rad1 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. b4 b5 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Rxd7 Qb8 28. a3 a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Markevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Rad8 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Qb5 Rc7 21. Bc2 Qf6 22. Qd3 g5 23. Qd6 Re7 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Qc5 Rc8 26. f4 Rcc7 27. Qe3 g4 28. Bb1 Re8 29. Rd6 Na5 30. Rd4 Rec8 31. Qe4 Re7 32. Rfd1 Nc6 33. Rc4 Rce8 34. Rc5 Qg7 35. Rd6 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Bc2 Qf7 38. Rh5 Re7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turetsky, Mark"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1684"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Re8 7. d4 d6 8. g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 exd4 10. Bxc6 d3 11. Qxd3 bxc6 12. f3 Ba6 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qf4 Nd7 15. Kf2 Ne5 16. Qf5 Bxc4 17. Qc2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Tukan, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 Qe8 9. b4 a6 10. a4 Qh5 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh8 16. Bb2 Bf6 17. Bf3 Qg5 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Bc1 Qg6 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Ra7 c6 23. Rb1 Qe8 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rbb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Qc8 28. Ra7 Qb8 29. Qa5 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Qe8 31. Qc7 Rg8 32. Qe7 Qh5 33. Rd7 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Qxh2 36. Rd8 h6 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxf5+ Kh8 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qxd6 Qg1+ 43. Kd2 Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korchagina, Victoria"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e5 7. Be3 Be7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 0-0 10. Ne2 d5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc4 15. Bd4 Qd5 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Solovjova, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nh4 exd3 8. exd3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qe7+ 10. Kd1 Bg4+ 11. f3 Be6 12. Re1 0-0 13. Nf5 Qc5 14. d4 Qa5 15. c5 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Nbd7 17. g4 b6 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qc3 Qa4 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Qxc6 Qb4 23. g5 Qxe7 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Qd6 Qf5 26. Re2 h5 27. Ke1 h4 28. Kf2 h3 29. Bf1 Nf6 30. Nd2 Rfc8 31. a3 Rc2 32. Qb4 Rac8 33. Kg1 Nh5 34. Rae1 Nf4 35. Re5 Qg6+ 36. Kh1 Nd3 37. R5e3 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minina, Veronika"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. d4 0-0 7. b3 a5 8. Qc2 a4 9. c5 axb3 10. Qxb3 Bc7 11. Nc3 b6 12. cxb6 Bxb6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rfc1 Ba6 15. e3 Bc4 16. Qb2 Nbd7 17. Nd2 Bd3 18. Bb4 e5 19. Nd1 exd4 20. exd4 Re1+ 21. Nf1 Re2 22. Qc3 Bb5 23. Nd2 h5 24. Bf3 Re1+ 25. Kg2 Ng4 26. Nb3 Qe8 27. Qxe1 Qc8 28. Nc3 Bc4 29. Nc5 Ndf6 30. a4 Qf5 31. h3 Nh6 32. Qe5 g5 33. Qxf5 Nxf5 34. a5 Ba7 35. Rd1 Re8 36. a6 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Bxg4 Nxg4 39. Rd2 Kg7 40. Rb1 Ra8 41. N3a4 Bb5 42. Bc3 Rh8 43. Rh1 Rc8 44. Rhd1 Nd6 45. Rb1 Nc4 46. Ra2 Rh8 47. Rh1 Re8 48. Re1 Rxe1 49. Bxe1 Nf6 50. f3 Ne3+ 51. Kg1 Nf5 52. Bf2 Ne8 53. g4 Ne7 54. Bh4 Ng6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. e4 e5 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Ng3 h6 15. Be3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Ng4 17. Rfd1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronnikova, Elizaveta"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. 0-0 Nxc4 12. Qa4 Nb6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Qf3 d5 15. Nc3 Be7 16. Bf4 0-0 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. b3 Rfc8 21. a4 a5 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rfe1 h6 24. Rac1 Qg5 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rc1 Ne7 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Kf1 f6 30. Ke2 e5 31. Rc5 Rb8 32. Kd3 Kf7 33. Kc3 Ke6 34. Nc7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Kuzevanova, Evgenia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Qc2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. d4 Ndf6 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Bd2 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Qb3 e6 15. Rac1 Nd6 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 a6 18. Qb3 a5 19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qb5 Nf6 24. b4 Nd7 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Nc6 Bf6 27. Bxa5 Kg7 28. a4 Nf8 29. Bb4 Qc7 30. Qc5 Nd7 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Bxd6 Bb7 33. Ne5 Nb6 34. a5 Nc8 35. Bc7 Be7 36. e3 f6 37. Nd7 Kf7 38. Bf1 Bb4 39. a6 Ba8 40. Nb6 Nxb6 41. Bxb6 Ke7 42. Bb5 Bd6 43. Kf1 h5 44. Ke2 h4 45. gxh4 Bxh2 46. Kf3 Bd6 47. Kg4 Kf7 48. Bd7 Ke7 49. Bc8 Bb8 50. h5 gxh5+ 51. Kxh5 e5 52. Kg6 exd4 53. exd4 Bd6 54. Ba7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lupik, Marina"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 e5 5. Bxc4 exd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nf3 b5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bg5 Qf5 12. Rad1 b4 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. h3 Qh5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. d5 Bd7 18. Bd2 a5 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rfe1 Na6 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Qg6 24. Be3 Nd7 25. Rc1 Nf6 26. Nxd6 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 cxd6 28. Bf4 Nxd5 29. Bxd6 Rfd8 30. Bg3 Rac8 31. Rd2 Nf6 32. Rde2 a4 33. Be5 Rc6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 37. Re4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 a3 39. bxa3 bxa3 40. Re3 Rc2 41. Rxa3 Rxf2 42. Kg3 Rf1 43. Ra8 f5 44. Ra4 Kg6 45. Rf4 Ra1 46. a4 Ra2 47. Rb4 Kg5 48. h4+ Kg6 49. Kf3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Dushenok, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nh3 c5 5. Nf4 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. a3 Ne5 10. d3 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Bb2 Rd7 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 e6 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd2 h5 20. h4 Qf6 21. Kg2 Rfd8 22. Qb2 Nd4 23. a4 Rd6 24. Ra1 Qe7 25. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 19th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2006.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Sarovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bg5 Bb4 4. e4 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na4 Qf4 13. c4 c6 14. Re1 Bc7 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Nb2 a5 17. Nd3 Qf6 18. Qe2 axb4 19. axb4 e5 20. d5 Nb6 21. Qc2 cxd5 22. cxd5 Rac8 23. Qb3 Bb8 24. Rac1 g5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Nd2 Ba7 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Nb2 Nd7 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Nbc4 Nf6 33. Ne3 Bxe3 34. Rxa8 Qxa8 35. Qxe3 Qa6 36. Qe1 Qd3 37. Qe3 Qb5 38. Qc3 Qb6 39. Nc4 Qc7 40. Qd3 Ng8 41. Ne3 Ne7 42. Qb5 h5 43. Qe8 h4 44. b5 b6 45. g3 hxg3+ 46. Kxg3 f6 47. Qxe7+ Qxe7 48. Nf5+ Kf8 49. Nxe7 Kxe7 50. Kg4 Kf8 51. Kf5 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 19th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrovic, Petar"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e3 Re8 6. Nge2 c6 7. e4 Na6 8. 0-0 Nc5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 a5 11. d3 a4 12. Be3 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. d4 d6 15. h3 Qa6 16. Re1 Be6 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Bf1 b5 20. g4 h6 21. f3 Rec8 22. Na2 Rc7 23. Nc1 Na5 24. Nd3 Nc4 25. Bf2 Qb7 26. Nb4 Rac8 27. Bd3 Nh7 28. Qe2 Na5 29. Rbd1 Nf8 30. Be3 Ng6 31. Qh2 Nh4 32. Qf2 g5 33. Rf1 Nc4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Qd2 f6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Rc1 Ng6 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Rc1 Qc7 40. Rc3 Rxc3 41. Qxc3 Qxc3 42. bxc3 Ke7 43. Nd3 Bc8 44. Bb6 Kd7 45. Ba5 Ba6 46. Bb6 Bb7 47. Be3 Kc7 48. Nc1 Ne7 49. Ne2 Nc8 50. Ng3 Ne7 51. Nh5 Ng8 52. Ng7 Bc8 53. Ke2 Bd7 54. Kd3 Bc8 55. Bf2 Ba6 56. Kd2 Bc8 57. h4 Kd7 58. h5 Kc7 59. Be3 Bd7 60. c4 bxc4 61. Kc3 Bc8 62. Nf5 Ba6 63. Ng3 Ne7 64. Kb4 c3 65. Kxa4 c2 66. Kb3 Bd3 67. Kc3 Bb5 68. Kxc2 Ba4+ 69. Kc3 Bd1 70. Kb4 Bxf3 71. a4 Bxg4 72. a5 Kb7 73. Bb6 f5 74. Bd8 f4 75. Nh1 Ng8 76. a6+ Kxa6 77. Bc7 Bf3 78. Nf2 g4 79. Bxd6 g3 80. Nh3 Bxe4 81. Bxe5 Bxd5 82. Nxf4 g2 83. Bd4 Bf3 84. Be3 Nf6 85. Nxg2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 19th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2006.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Nestorovic, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. e4 e6 6. Re1 Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Nbd2 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 0-0 12. Bb2 d4 13. a4 e5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bc1 Rae8 16. Bd2 Nc8 17. h4 Nd6 18. h5 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Nb4 20. Bh3 Qc6 21. Ra1 f5 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. a5 fxe4 26. dxe4 Ra8 27. axb6 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Qxb6 29. Nh4 Bh6 30. Nf3 Ra8 31. Qd1 Qf6 32. Nh2 Qe6 33. Qg4 Qxg4 34. Nxg4 Bg7 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Ra2 37. Rc1 d3 38. cxd3 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 19th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brenjo, Slavisa"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. Bb5+ Ned7 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Bg5 Nc8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Bc6 bxc6 18. dxc6 0-0 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. c7 Qxc7 21. Rxe7 Rxb2 22. Ne4 Nc5 23. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 19th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Velickovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Nd2 Qc7 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 0-0 13. Qc5 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd4 16. Qc3 Rfd8 17. g3 Qb6 18. Kg2 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Rxb4 20. b3 Rbd4 21. f4 Nd7 22. a4 Nc5 23. Bc4 Rd2+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Ke3 Rxc2 27. fxe5 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Bxb5 Nxb3 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Rd7 a5 32. Bc4 a4 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Bd5 Rc3+ 35. Kf4 Nc5 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Rxg7 h6 38. e6 Nd3+ 39. Kf5 Nb4 40. Kf6 Rf3+ 41. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 19th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Barbara"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 d5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. 0-0 c5 11. Kh1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nc6 13. Bb5 cxd4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxd4 Rb8 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Qb3 0-0 19. Qxb6 Bxb6 20. b3 c5 21. Rd1 Rbc8 22. f5 Bc7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nf4 Rce8 25. Re1 Ba5 26. Re2 Rf7 27. Ref2 Rf5 28. Nd3 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 c4 30. Nb2 cxb3 31. axb3 Rc8 32. Rf2 Bc3 33. Nd3 a5 34. g3 Rf8 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Nc5 Ke7 37. Na4 Rc8 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. Kf3 Rf8+ 40. Kg4 Rf5 41. c3 Rxe5 42. Rb2 Re4+ 43. Kh3 Be5 44. Rb1 Re3 45. Rc1 Kd6 46. c4 Rxb3 47. cxd5 exd5 48. Rc8 Rb4 49. Nc5 Bf6 50. Nd3 Rb5 51. Ra8 d4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 19th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Savic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. e3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3 0-0 12. h3 Rb8 13. Kh2 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qc8 15. a4 b6 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nf5 Be6 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Qd2 Rbc8 23. Rc1 h5 24. Bd5 Re8 25. Nf3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Ng5 Nh8 28. Nge4 Qd8 29. Bb2 Be7 30. Qd4 Qc8 31. Qxb6 Bxh3 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qb7 Bd7 34. Qxc8 Bxc8 35. Bc6 Kf8 36. Bxe8 Kxe8 37. Nd5 Ng6 38. Nxe7 Nxe7 39. Bxf6 Be6 40. Bxe7 Kxe7 41. f5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 19th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2006.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lalev, Dimitar"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. 0-0 Bf5 6. Na3 b5 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 e6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Nh4 b4 11. Nc4 0-0 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Na5 Qd6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxc6 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Ne4 19. Rc2 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Rxc6 21. Rxa7 Bg5 22. e3 Re6 23. Rb7 Be7 24. Rdd7 Re8 25. Bd4 h6 26. h4 g5 27. h5 Re4 28. Kg2 Re6 29. Kf3 f6 30. Rd5 Kf7 31. Rxf5 Rc6 32. g4 Ke6 33. Ra5 Bf8 34. Raa7 Re7 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Rb7 Rc1 37. Ke4 Rb1 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Kf5 Rf1 40. f4 gxf4 41. exf4 Rc1 42. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gorovykh, Eduard"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 0-0 11. g4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxd5 16. c4 Nc7 17. a3 Ne6 18. b4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Qe3 axb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Kh1 Nxd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Chernov, Yurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Nc4 f6 10. a4 0-0 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. a5 Rab8 14. Qa4 Nc7 15. Be3 Bd5 16. Rac1 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Na3 Nd4 19. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxd7 21. Bg4 Be6 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Nb5 Ra8 24. Ra1 Rdd8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Rec1 f5 27. Ra3 Rxa3 28. Nxa3 f4 29. Bd2 fxg3 30. hxg3 e4 31. Nc4 exd3 32. Ne5+ Ke8 33. Nxd3 Nd4 34. Bf4 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Rxd6 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. Ra7+ Rd7 38. Ra6 Rb7 39. e3 Ne6 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. f4 c4 42. Ne5 Kd5 43. Kf3 Nc5 44. Ra1 b5 45. Rd1+ Ke6 46. Nc6 Rb6 47. Nd4+ Kf7 48. Ra1 Na4 49. Nxb5 Nxb2 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Nd4 h6 52. Rc7 Ra6 53. g4 Kf6 54. Nf5 h5 55. Nxg7 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Nd1 57. e4 Ra2 58. e5+ Kg6 59. f5+ Kh6 60. f6 Kg6 61. Ne6 Rg2+ 62. Kf3 Rf2+ 63. Kg3 c3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[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. b3 0-0 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bf5 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rad8 14. Ne3 Bg6 15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. Rxd7 Rxd7 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nb4 20. Ba3 Kf8 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Bc2 Bc3 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Kf1 Nd7 25. Ng4 Nc5 26. Ke2 a5 27. Nd2 a4 28. bxa4 Nxa4 29. f4 Bb4 30. Nf2 Nc3+ 31. Kd3 Nxa2 32. Nb3 Be7 33. Ne4 Ke8 34. Kd4 Nb4 35. Kc3 b6 36. g3 Kd7 37. Kd2 Nc6 38. Kd3 Na5 39. Nd4 Nb7 40. Nb3 f5 41. exf6 gxf6 42. g4 f5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. Ned2 Bd6 45. Ke3 Nd8 46. Nd4 Ne6 47. Nxe6 Kxe6 48. h3 Ba3 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Nb3 Bb2 51. Ke3 c6 52. Kd3 b5 53. cxb5 cxb5 54. Nd2 Bc1 55. Nf3 Bxf4 56. Nh4 Ke6 57. Nxg6 Bg3 58. h4 Kf6 59. h5 Kg5 60. Ne7 Bd6 61. Nc6 Bc5 62. Ke2 Kxh5 63. Kf3 b4 64. Na5 Kg5 65. Nb3 Bb6 66. Nd2 Kf6 67. Ke2 Ke6 68. Kf3 Bc7 69. Ke3 Kd5 70. Kd3 Be5 71. Nf3 b3 72. Nd2 b2 73. Kc2 f4 74. Kd3 Bf6 75. Nb1 Ke5 76. Ke2 Kd4 77. Kf3 Kd3 78. Kxf4 Be7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Zuttis, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Qc2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Re1 f5 16. Qc1 h6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bxh6 f4 19. Bg5 fxg3 20. fxg3 Qc7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Nd4 23. Kh2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Be7 25. Qe3 Qd7 26. Bg2 Qd4 27. Qd2 c4 28. dxc4 Qxd2 29. Nxd2 Bb4 30. Red1 Rfd8 31. Nf3 Bxc4 32. Nxe5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bxe2 34. Rd4 Be7 35. Bd5+ Kh7 36. Be4+ Kg8 37. Rd2 Bh5 38. Bb7 Rc1 39. Nd3 Rf1 40. Kg2 Rf6 41. Nf4 Bg6 42. Rd7 Kf8 43. Bd5 Bf5 44. Ra7 Rd6 45. Ra8+ Rd8 46. g4 Rxa8 47. Bxa8 Bb1 48. Ne6+ Kf7 49. Bd5 Be4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasnov, Andrew"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Kh1 Be7 9. Be3 Nh5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nhf6 13. Rg3 g6 14. Bc4 0-0 15. Bg5 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf1 Nh5 19. Bxe7 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 bxc3 21. Qf4 Rae8 22. Bf6 cxb2 23. Rf1 Nd7 24. Bxb2 Qh5+ 25. Kg1 Re7 26. g4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qb4 28. Rf3 Qxe4 29. Qh6 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Ne5 31. Rf4 Qd2 32. Qg5 Qd6 33. Kh3 Kg7 34. Rd4 Qf6 35. Qd2 Qf1 36. Rd7 Rfe8 37. Kg3 Rxd7 38. Qxd7 Qe1+ 39. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Onoprienko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc4 f6 10. a4 Be6 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rad8 13. Re1 Kh8 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Bc3 Rfe8 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Ne3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thiel, Thomas"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[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 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 0-0 11. b3 Ned7 12. f4 Nf6 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. 0-0 Nc5 15. Bd4 a5 16. Kh1 e6 17. Qd2 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxd5 Re8 21. Ng5 Qf6 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. Rce1 Bf5 24. Be4 Bd7 25. Bf3 Bf5 26. Ne4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Zilbert, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nh3 h5 5. Nf4 h4 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 d6 8. d3 Bd7 9. g4 g5 10. Nh5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 h3 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Rg1 Qa5 14. Bb2 Nh6 15. Ng7+ Kf8 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Be2 f6 19. Rg3 Rh4 20. e4 Be6 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. a4 a6 23. Kf1 Qc7 24. a5 b5 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Qc2 Qb7 27. Bc1 Kf7 28. Kg1 Ng6 29. Bf3 Bd7 30. d4 e5 31. dxc5 dxc5 32. Be3 Qc6 33. Rd1 Be6 34. Rb1 Bxc4 35. Rxb6 Qxb6 36. Bg4 Nf4 37. Qd1 Qc7 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Rxh3 Rxh3 40. Bxh3 Ke7 41. Qa4 Bb5 42. Qb3 Qd6 43. c4 Bc6 44. Bf5 Qd4 45. Qb6 f3 46. h3 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd6+ 48. Kg1 Bd7 49. Qa7 Qd4 50. Bxd7 Qxd7 51. Qxc5+ Qd6 52. Qe3 Qd1+ 53. Kh2 Qf1 54. Qxf3 Qxc4 55. Qa3+ Kd7 56. f3 Qc7+ 57. Kg2 a5 58. Qa4+ Kc8 59. Kf2 Kb7 60. Ke2 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kim, Sergey2"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e5 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nh4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 g6 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Qc4 Qe7 15. Nf3 a5 16. Ne2 0-0 17. Nc1 Rfe8 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Rd2 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Re2 b5 22. Ra1 Ree8 23. Nd2 Bc7 24. g3 Red8 25. Nb3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Nd7 27. Nbc5 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 Bb6 29. Nd3 f6 30. f4 Re8 31. h4 h5 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. Rad1 bxa4 35. Ra1 Red8 36. Rxa4 Rd4 37. Ra3 c5 38. Re2 c4 39. Ne1 a4 40. c3 Rd1 41. Kg2 Bc5 42. Ra2 a3 43. bxa3 Rxa3 44. Rxa3 Bxa3 45. Nc2 Bc5 46. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Morales Mendoza, Luciana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nh3 Be7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. Nf4 0-0 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e3 Ne5 9. b3 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. d4 cxd4 12. exd4 d6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 a6 15. d5 e5 16. c5 f5 17. Na4 Nf6 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Bb6 Qe7 20. Rc1 Ne8 21. Ba7 Bd7 22. Bxb8 Bxb8 23. Nc5 Bb5 24. Re1 f4 25. Qg4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Ba7 27. b4 Nd6 28. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Dmitri"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bf4 h5 13. d5 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nb8 15. Kg2 Qd7 16. Rh1 Bf6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 g5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bg4 Qe7 22. Be6+ Rf7 23. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Tjurin, Alexander P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Nc5 c6 13. b4 Rb8 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. a3 Bd6 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Rc5 Nd7 19. Ra5 a6 20. h3 Bf5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Qf6 23. a4 Bd6 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. Kh2 Re7 27. Qb2 Rbe8 28. Bf1 h5 29. Rc4 h4 30. Rxd4 hxg3+ 31. fxg3 Qc7 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Bf4 Qd7 34. e4 Bg6 35. g4 f5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Re3 Be6 38. Rg3 Rf8 39. Rf3 Ref7 40. Qe5 Bb3 41. h4 Qe7 42. Qxe7 Rxe7 43. a5 Rd7 44. Kg3 Bc2 45. Re3 Rd4 46. Be5 Rxb4 47. Bd6 Rb5 48. Bxf8 Kxf8 49. Rf3+ Ke7 50. Rf2 Bb1 51. Kf4 Rxa5 52. Rg2 Kf8 53. d4 Ra2 54. Ke5 Rxg2 55. Bxg2 Ke7 56. d5 cxd5 57. exd5 b5 58. d6+ Kd8 59. Kd5 Bd3 60. Kc5 a5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-C"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fomichenko, Eduard"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 a6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qb4 15. c5 Be6 16. cxd6 Bxb3 17. axb3 exd6 18. Qxd6 Qxb3 19. Rb1 Ne5 20. Bd4 Rcd8 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Rc8 23. Bd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Onoprienko, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Qh5 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. b3 a6 17. a4 g5 18. Nd5 Qg6 19. Re1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 e6 22. Rce1 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. cxd5 f5 26. Bb4 Bf7 27. Bxd6 Bxd5 28. b4 Bxf3 29. gxf3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. f4 g4 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kg3 Ke6 34. Bc5 Bf6 35. f3 h5 36. Kg2 Kd5 37. Bf2 Be7 38. Kg3 Kc4 39. fxg4 hxg4 40. h4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stoletov, Gennadi"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 b5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Nc5 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Be3 0-0 16. Bc4 Nc5 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Re1 Rd4 19. b3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nf5 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Bg5 23. Red1 g6 24. h4 Be7 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. g3 a5 27. Qe3 Kg7 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Rad1 Rb8 30. Kg2 Rb7 31. Ra1 Rd7 32. Rad1 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Loktiev, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. d5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Na6 10. Nd4 Nc5 11. Bf4 Bg5 12. Qd2 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 d6 14. Qd2 e5 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. e4 a5 17. a4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. h3 Bc8 20. f4 Bd7 21. Nc1 Nh5 22. Qe3 Qe8 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nd3 Bxa4 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. g4 Ng7 27. Qf6 Bb3 28. Nxe5 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rfxd8 30. Nc6 Bxc4 31. Nxd8 Rxd8 32. Bf1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Ne8 34. c4 Nd6 35. c5 Nc4 36. cxb6 cxb6 37. Ke2 f5 38. Rec1 b5 39. Rxc4 bxc4 40. Rxa5 Re8 41. gxf5 Rxe4+ 42. Kf3 gxf5 43. Ra4 Re5 44. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khavsky, Sergey V"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. c3 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Komarov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. c3 e5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Bb5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barkhatov, Lev"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng1 d6 8. Ne2 Ne5 9. Ng3 Nxd5 10. cxd5 f5 11. d4 Nf7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Bb5 g6 14. Bd2 a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qc4 Rc8 17. 0-0 Be7 18. Rac1 Qb5 19. Qa2 0-0 20. a4 Qd7 21. b4 c6 22. Ne2 Bg5 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Nc3 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Zvenigorod"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Qd3 d5 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. c4 Nf6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bf3 Ne7 14. Nb3 0-0 15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Nc5 Re8 17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. Be4 Nbc6 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 f5 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qe3 Nc8 25. Be5 Kg8 26. Rb4 Qxc2 27. Rh4 Rd7 28. Qh3 Qe2 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Qh7 Qxe5 31. Qh5+ g6 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4+ g5 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qxg5+ Kd6 36. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Danin, Alexandre"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 c6 4. a4 e5 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. h3 a5 7. Bc4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 h6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nh4 Nh7 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qg6 Nd5 14. exd5 Bxh4 15. d6 Qb6 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxh6 Rf7 19. g3 Bd8 20. Ra3 Qb4 21. Ree3 b5 22. Rf3 Raa7 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rf3 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. Be3 Qb4 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Sadykov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Qc2 e5 5. d3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Ng4 14. Qb2 Qd7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxh3 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Qb2 Re7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Ra2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ng4 23. Qc3 Ne5 24. Nd4 Qg4 25. f3 Qg6 26. e4 dxe4 27. dxe4 Rd7 28. Rd2 axb4 29. axb4 Red8 30. Red1 Qh5 31. Nb3 Rxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 33. Nxd2 f6 34. Qd4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Busygina, Alena"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 c6 4. f3 e5 5. Be3 Be7 6. Qd2 Qc7 7. 0-0-0 b5 8. g4 Nbd7 9. h4 Nb6 10. h5 h6 11. Nb1 Bd7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qg2 Qe7 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Kb1 0-0-0 19. Bd3 Na4 20. Ne2 Kc7 21. Qf2 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Nc1 Rh6 24. Nf1 Bg5 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. axb3 Bf4 27. Rg1 Rg8 28. c4 a6 29. Kc2 Rxh5 30. Ra1 Kb6 31. c5+ Kxc5 32. Rxa6 Rh3 33. Be2 g5 34. b4+ Kxb4 35. Rxc6 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Nd2 Rh2 38. Kd3 Be6 39. b3 Rh8 40. Rd1 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. a4 b6 9. Re1 d6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bd2 h6 14. Nh4 Rc7 15. Ne3 Kh7 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Kg2 Nd4 19. c3 Ne6 20. Nc4 Rd7 21. Nf3 Qb7 22. h4 a6 23. h5 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Na5 Qb6 26. c4 g5 27. cxb5 Qxb5 28. Nc4 f5 29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Kg1 Qc6 31. Nh2 Rdf7 32. Qg4 Kg8 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Nb6 Qe8 35. b4 Nfd4 36. Rf1 Rf3 37. Nc4 Qxh5 38. Nxd6 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 N6f4+ 40. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 41. Kh1 Nxd3 42. Qg4 Qxg4 43. Nxg4 cxb4 44. Kg2 b3 45. Ne4 b2 46. Rh1 R3f5 47. Rhd1 Rd8 48. Rd2 Rd4 49. f3 Rf8 50. Ngf2 Nxf2 51. Rxf2 g4 52. Nd2 Rxd2 53. Rxd2 gxf3+ 54. Kf2 e4 55. Rbxb2 Bxb2 56. Rxb2 Rc8 57. Ke3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 Kh8 9. Bb2 Bd8 10. Re1 d5 11. e3 c6 12. Ne2 Rg8 13. Ne5 g5 14. f3 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Rg7 16. Rc2 h5 17. Qd3 h4 18. gxh4 gxh4 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. c5 Be7 21. Bh3 Qf8 22. Rec1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bd7 24. f4 Qf7 25. Bd4 Rag8 26. Rg1 Kh7 27. Qc3 Bd8 28. Rcc1 Rxg1+ 29. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 30. Nxg1 Ng7 31. Bf1 Be8 32. Nf3 Kg8 33. Qe1 b5 34. Nxh4 Qh5 35. Ng2 Qf3 36. Be2 Qh3 37. a4 a6 38. axb5 axb5 39. Qd1 Qh6 40. Qa1 Be7 41. Qa8 Kh7 42. Qa7 Bh4 43. Kg1 Qg6 44. Bc3 Bd8 45. Qa8 Be7 46. Qa7 Qf7 47. Ba5 Qf8 48. b4 Kg6 49. Bc7 Qf7 50. Qa8 Bd7 51. Qh8 Qe8 52. Nh4+ Bxh4 53. Qxh4 Qa8 54. Ba5 Kf7 55. Kf2 Kg8 56. Qg5 Qe8 57. h4 Kh7 58. h5 Qf7 59. h6 Ne8 60. Bh5 Qf8 61. Qg6+ Kh8 62. Bd8 Qg8 63. Qg5 Kh7 64. Qxg8+ Kxg8 65. Bg6 Kf8 66. Kg3 Kg8 67. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Shishkin, Aleksey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Qd1 Re8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd5 Bf8 11. b3 Nb8 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 c6 14. Ne3 Qc7 15. Nd4 a6 16. b4 Ne5 17. h3 Bd7 18. f4 Ng6 19. Qd3 Red8 20. Kh2 h5 21. Ndf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Ne8 23. Qf3 Ne7 24. Qxh5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 Qe7 26. Qc2 d5 27. cxd5 Qxb4 28. a3 Qa5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Rfd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rc8 32. Rd7 Qb5 33. a4 Qb4 34. Qf5 Qb3 35. Rxf7 Nd6 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Qe5 Rf6 38. Bxc6 Kf8 39. Bf3 Qxa4 40. Qc5 Rh6 41. Qc7 Ne8 42. Qb7 Re6 43. Qd5 Rd6 44. Qf5+ Ke7 45. Be5 Rd2 46. Bc3 Rd6 47. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bashkirov, Valentin"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. f4 0-0 9. Nf3 axb5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxb5 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Ba6+ 16. Kf2 Bc4 17. Re1 Re8 18. f5 Bxd5 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. a4 Nf6 21. Nd2 gxf5 22. c4 Bc6 23. a5 Kg7 24. Ra3 e5 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bh4 e4 27. Kg1 f4 28. Rf1 f3 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. gxf3 exf3 31. Nxf3 Ke6 32. Nh4 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Rg4 34. Nf3 Rxc4 35. Re1+ Re4 36. Rb1 Rf4 37. Rbb3 Rxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Bxf3 39. Kxf3 d5 40. a6 d4 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. Kf4 Kd5 43. a7 c4 44. Ra5+ Kc6 45. Kxf5 d3 46. Ke4 d2 47. Ra1 Rxa7 48. Rd1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Dergatchov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qc2 Na6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Rb1 e5 10. b4 e4 11. Ne1 e3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13. Ndf3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Rxe3 15. c5 Nc7 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Rf2 Nb5 18. Bf1 Na3 19. Qb3 Nxb1 20. Qxb1 Bg4 21. Ng1 Qd7 22. Nc2 Re7 23. h3 Be6 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. Nf3 Rae8 26. Qc1 a5 27. a3 axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 29. Ncd4 Bd7 30. Qb1 b6 31. Qc2 bxc5 32. Qxc5 Be8 33. e3 Bf8 34. b5 Rxe3 35. Qc2 c5 36. Ne2 Bd6 37. Qb3 Bxg3+ 38. Nxg3 c4 39. Qb4 cxd3 40. b6 Qb8 41. Qd4 d2 42. Qxd2 Qxb6 43. Qxd5 Rd8 44. Qa2 Qc7 45. Kg2 Bc6 46. Bc4 Ra8 47. Qc2 Raa3 48. Bxf7+ Kxf7 49. Ne4 Kg7 50. Qb2+ Kh6 51. Qf6 Bxe4 52. Qf8+ Qg7 53. Qd8 Bxf3+ 54. Rxf3 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e4 d6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. a4 Qb4 11. Be2 e6 12. 0-0 exd5 13. exd5 Nbd7 14. a5 Qb8 15. Nc4 Ra7 16. Na4 Re8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Rb1 Re4 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Nb6 Bf5 22. Bd3 Nxd5 23. Bxf5 Nxb6 24. axb6 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Kleiman, Boris Moiseevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15. Na4 Rac8 16. Ba3 c4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. e3 g6 20. b4 Rb8 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. e4 Bg4 23. Rd2 dxe4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Re1 Rd4 26. Nxe4 Nd5 27. f3 Bf5 28. a3 a5 29. Qf2 Rd3 30. Nc5 Re3 31. Rxe3 Nxe3 32. g4 axb4 33. axb4 Bd3 34. Qd2 Qe5 35. Nxd3 Qd4 36. Qb2 Qxd3 37. Qe5 Nxg2 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh6 40. Kxg2 Qd2+ 41. Kh3 c3 42. Qe8 Qf4 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Qc5+ f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.09.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vekshin, Vasily"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bb1 Ng6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bc3 Qf4 21. f3 Bc5 22. Ne2 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Bxf3 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Bxd3 Bxe2 26. Bxe2 Bxd4 27. Red1 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Kf8 31. Kg1 Ke7 32. Kf1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Gumerov, Renant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Ng8 6. Ngf3 Qd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Ba6 Bxa6 10. Qxa6 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. Re1 Nge7 14. Nf1 0-0 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Ng3 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Qa4 Rg8 20. Be3 Rg4 21. Qc2 e4 22. Ng5 Rg7 23. c4 d4 24. N5xe4 dxe3 25. Rxe3 Nf5 26. Ree1 Nfd4 27. Qa4 Qf7 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. Rd2 h5 30. f3 Rf4 31. Kh1 h4 32. Ne2 Rxf3 33. Ng1 Rf2 34. Qd1 Rgxg2 0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.09.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berdibekov, Akhtjam"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Qb3 a5 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 c6 8. Bg2 Re8 9. a3 Bc5 10. e3 d6 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. 0-0 Nf6 13. d4 Ba7 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Kh1 b5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. e4 Be6 19. c5 a4 20. Be3 Bb3 21. Qc3 Bc4 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Ng1 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Rad1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Qe7 28. h3 Nh5 29. Kh2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.08.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Kremenietsky, Anatoly M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 bxa3 6. Bxa3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. d4 Re8 11. d5 Na5 12. Nd2 b6 13. Bb4 Nb7 14. Nb5 a6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Na3 Nc5 17. e4 g6 18. f4 Nh5 19. Qf3 exf4 20. gxf4 Bf6 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qh4 23. Qf3 f5 24. Rab1 fxe4 25. Qe3 Ng3 26. Rxb6 Bxh3 27. Rxd6 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nxf1 29. Nxf1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.08.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilkin, Albert"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. Rad1 b5 13. a3 Na5 14. Kh1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. a4 e5 17. Nf5 Bc6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. a5 Ne8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nd6 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bc5 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 Qg5 25. Bxd6 Re8 26. Qg3 Qh5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanets, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. e5 Nh5 7. d4 a6 8. Be2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxe5 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 bxc6 12. fxe5 Ng7 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Bh6 Ne6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. 0-0-0 0-0-0 17. Ne4 Kc7 18. Rd3 Bc8 19. Rc3 Rd5 20. Rxc6+ Kxc6 21. Nc3 Nc7 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. c4 Be6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. b4 h5 26. Kb2 Kc7 27. cxd5 Bg4 28. Rc1+ Kb6 29. Rc6+ Kb7 30. Rc5 Bxf3 31. gxf3 g5 32. h3 Rg8 33. Rc4 f5 34. exf6 exf6 35. d6 Rd8 36. Rc7+ Kb6 37. Rh7 Rxd6 38. Rxh5 Kb5 39. Kc3 Re6 40. f4 Re3+ 41. Kd4 Rg3 42. h4 Kxb4 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Rxg5 Rf3 45. f5 Rf2 46. Ke5 Re2+ 47. Kd6 Rd2+ 48. Ke6 Rf2 49. Kd5 a5 50. Ke4 a4 51. Rg3 Rxa2 52. f6 Re2+ 53. Re3 Rf2 54. Rf3 Re2+ 55. Kd5 Re8 56. f7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 d5 5. c4 0-0 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. h3 a5 10. d3 a4 11. Bd2 a3 12. bxa3 Rxa3 13. Nb5 Ra6 14. Rab1 h6 15. a3 e5 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Kh2 b6 20. Bd6 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qc6 cxd6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxe2 25. Nc4 Qe7 26. Kg2 Qe6 27. Rb5 Qxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Bf8 29. Rb1 Rc2 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Nxb6 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Liberzon, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 Bf5 9. b4 Qd7 10. b5 Nd8 11. Re1 e4 12. Nh4 exd3 13. exd3 Bh3 14. Bh1 Ng4 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. Bb2 Nd4 17. Re4 c5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxe7 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Rab8 24. Rf1 c5 25. Bd5 Rb2 26. Nf3 Rxa2 27. Qf4 Rb8 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial-B 4th"]
[Site "Satka"]
[Date "2004.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geshelin, Yuri"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 c6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Be6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. a3 b5 10. Nbd2 Nd5 11. Bg3 b4 12. cxb4 Nxb4 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Bd3 0-0 15. 0-0 h6 16. e4 Nb6 17. Rfd1 N8d7 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 c5 20. Bb5 cxd4 21. Rc7 Rfc8 22. Rxb7 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nxd4 Nc5 25. Nc6 Rb7 26. e5 d5 27. b4 Ne4 28. Rc1 Nxg3 29. fxg3 Rc7 30. Rc5 e6 31. a4 Bf8 32. Rc2 Nc4 33. Na5 Bxb4 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Bxc4 Bc3 37. Kf2 Bxe5 38. a5 Kf8 39. a6 Ke7 40. Ke3 Bb8 41. g4 Kd6 42. Ke4 f5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Deviatkin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Qc2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. b3 a5 15. Bb2 Ba6 16. Qd2 d3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. exd3 Qd4 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Bh3 Rcd8 23. Rde1 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Kf8 25. Qe2 Bb5 26. Bf1 Bd7 27. Re5 Bg4 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 d4 30. Re4 Be6 31. Be2 Rd6 32. g4 g5 33. f4 Bd7 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Kf2 Bc6 36. Re5 f6 37. Rf5 Bd7 38. Rf3 Bxg4 39. Rg3 Bd7 40. Ke1 Rd5 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Bg4 Bf5 43. h3 Re5 44. Rg1 Ke6 45. Rc1 Rc5 46. Re1+ Kf7 47. Rb1 Bg6 48. Be2 Rc3 49. Rh1 f5 50. h4 g4 51. Rf1 Ke6 52. Re1 Kf6 53. Rf1 Bh5 54. Rg1 Rc7 55. Rf1 Re7 56. Rf4 Ke5 57. Rf1 f4 58. Rg1 f3 59. Bxf3 gxf3 60. Rg5+ Kf6 61. Rxh5 f2 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. b4 0-0 9. Bb2 e4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 d5 12. b5 Bb4 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. a3 Bd6 15. h3 Qe6 16. Nb3 dxc4 17. Na5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nb6 19. Nxb7 Bb8 20. a4 a6 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Na3 Nxa4 23. Nxa4 Qxa4 24. Nxc4 Qb5 25. Ba3 Re8 26. Rab1 Qf5 27. Nb6 Ra7 28. Rc6 h5 29. Qc4 Qa5 30. Nc8 Qxa3 31. Nxa7 Bxa7 32. Rc7 Re7 33. Rbb7 Rxc7 34. Qxc7 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qa2 36. Rxa7 h4 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh6 39. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Kachar, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 d5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. f4 g6 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Nf3 c5 15. Ng5 Bg7 16. Qg4 Nf8 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Bf2 Rac8 20. Bh4 f6 21. Nf3 d4 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Ne5 Re7 25. Rce1 Rb8 26. Rf2 Be8 27. h4 Reb7 28. Ree2 Kh8 29. Qh3 Qg7 30. g4 h6 31. h5 Rb6 32. hxg6 Bxg6 33. f5 exf5 34. gxf5 Bh7 35. Qh5 Rf6 36. Ng4 Rd6 37. Qh2 Rbd8 38. Rg2 Qg5 39. Ne5 Qf6 40. Ng4 Qg5 41. Ne5 Qf6 42. Qh5 R8d7 43. Nxd7 Rxd7 44. Re8 Rf7 45. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarasov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[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 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Be2 0-0 10. e4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bg5 a6 15. Ne2 h6 16. Be3 Kh7 17. Rac1 Ncd7 18. g3 Rfc8 19. Qb1 Nc5 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Bd2 c5 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Bd1 Bf8 27. Bb3 c4 28. Bd1 Rb8 29. Ne3 Nc5 30. Be2 Nd3 31. a3 Rd8 32. Qc2 Nxe4 33. Nxc4 Nxd2 34. Nxe5 Qxe5 35. Bxd3+ Kh8 36. Qxd2 a5 37. Rd1 axb4 38. axb4 Rd4 39. b5 Bc5 40. Qe3 Qxe3 41. fxe3 Rd6 42. Kf2 g6 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Ke2 f5 45. Rc1 Bb6 46. Rc3 Kf6 47. Bc4 g5 48. g4 Ke5 49. gxf5 Kxf5 50. Rc1 Ke5 51. Bd3 Rd8 52. Rc6 Rd6 53. Rc4 Kd5 54. Rc8 Rd8 55. Rc6 Rd6 56. Be4+ Ke5 57. Rc4 Rd8 58. Bc6 Rd6 59. Re4+ Kf6 60. Ra4 Re6 61. e4 Ke5 62. Ra6 Bd4 63. Kd3 Rf6 64. Kc4 Bf2 65. Ra3 h5 66. Rd3 Rd6 67. Rf3 Rf6 68. Rxf6 Kxf6 69. Kd5 g4 70. hxg4 hxg4 71. Bd7 g3 72. Bh3 Ke7 73. Kc6 Kd8 74. Bg2 Bd4 75. Kd6 Ba7 76. Bh3 Bb8+ 77. Kc6 Be5 78. Kd5 Bc7 79. Ke6 Bb6 80. e5 Bd4 81. Bg2 Kc7 82. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Kalashnikov, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[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 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. Nf1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. e5 Nd7 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Qc7 14. c3 0-0-0 15. Bh3 Nf8 16. d4 c4 17. b3 Na5 18. N1d2 g6 19. g4 Kb8 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. a4 gxh5 22. gxh5 Nh7 23. Nb3 a5 24. Nbd2 Rdg8+ 25. Kh2 f5 26. Rb1 Ng5 27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. Be3 Bd8 29. Kg1 f4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Bc1 g4 32. Bxg4 Rxh5 33. f3 Qh7 34. Bxf4 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bashkirov, Valentin"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 g6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bh6 8. Ndf3 0-0 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nh3 e6 12. 0-0 Ne4 13. Qh5 Bg7 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Qh4 h6 16. Ngf3 Ne4 17. Qxd8 Nxd8 18. Be3 f6 19. Nd3 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Rf7 21. Rc2 Rfc7 22. Rac1 Kf7 23. Bd2 Bf8 24. Be1 b6 25. Nd2 Nc6 26. Nf3 Na5 27. Nf2 Bd6 28. g3 Nc4 29. Nd1 b5 30. Bf2 a5 31. Ne1 h5 32. Nd3 Nb6 33. Ne3 Kg6 34. Kf1 h4 35. gxh4 Kh5 36. Bg3 Rg8 37. Rg2 Rcg7 38. Be1 Nc4 39. Rxg7 Nxe3+ 40. Ke2 Rxg7 41. Kxe3 Rg2 42. a4 bxa4 43. c4 dxc4 44. Rxc4 a3 45. bxa3 Bxa3 46. Nc5 Rxh2 47. Nxe6 Bd6 48. Ra4 Rh1 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. d5 Rh2+ 51. Kd3 Bxf4 52. Rxa5 Rh3+ 53. Kc4 Nd6+ 54. Kb4 Be5 55. Ra8 Rh1 56. Rg8+ Kf3 57. Bd2 Rxh4+ 58. Ka5 Nc4+ 59. Kb5 Nxd2 60. Kc6 Nc4 61. Ra8 Nd6 62. Nc5 Rc4 63. Ra3+ Ke2 64. Kb6 Bd4 65. Kc6 Bxc5 66. Ra2+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Achang, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 e6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qa3 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. d4 Nf5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qa4 a6 16. Re1 0-0-0 17. Bf4 Rhe8 18. Qxa6 Nb6 19. Qa7 Nd6 20. Nd4 Re4 21. b4 Qc7 22. Bg4+ f5 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Ne6 Qc6 25. Nxd8 Kxd8 26. Rd1 Nbc8 27. Be2 Ke7 28. Rxd6 Nxd6 29. Bxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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. f4 Nb6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Nb5 Kh8 12. Qe1 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. e6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Qxe6 Qxe6 17. Nxe6 Rf6 18. Nexc7 Rc8 19. d5 Na7 20. Nxa7 Rxc7 21. Rd1 Rf7 22. Nb5 Rc8 23. b3 Kg8 24. Be3 Nd7 25. Rac1 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Kf2 Rf6 28. Rd3 Kf7 29. Re1 Rh6 30. h3 Bf6 31. c4 Rh4 32. Kf3 Rc8 33. Re6 Rh5 34. Rxd6 Rg8 35. Rb6 Bh4 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. hxg4 Bf2 38. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[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 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Bb1 g6 13. h4 Rfc8 14. h5 Ne7 15. hxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Krasnov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd2 f5 17. Bg2 Kh7 18. Rfc1 Rf7 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd7 21. Na4 b6 22. Qc2 h5 23. Qc6 Bf7 24. h4 Rd6 25. Qb7 Rd7 26. Qc6 Rd6 27. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasnov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khropov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. g5 Ng8 9. Nh4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qf3 Bb4 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. 0-0-0 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxe4 16. Rhe1 Bg6 17. f4 0-0-0 18. Be3 f6 19. Bxa7 fxg5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. fxe5 Nh6 22. Rd6 Nf8 23. Qa5 Nf5 24. Bb6 Nxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Qa8+ Qb8 27. Qxb8+ Kxb8 28. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland/Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khropov, Boris"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. 0-0 d6 8. a4 b6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. N1d2 Nbd7 11. a5 b5 12. c4 Ne5 13. Qe2 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Nd2 0-0 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2

