[Event "Lazy Baltic Pearl op-B 05th"]
[Site "Lazy"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Trepkowski, Piotr"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. Nb3 a6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bf4 c4 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 f6 14. Ne3 g5 15. exf6 gxf4 16. fxe7 Nxe7 17. Ng4 Ng6 18. Qd2 Kf8 19. g3 Ke7 20. Bd1 Kd6 21. Bc2 fxg3 22. fxg3 Ndf8 23. Ng5 Kc7 24. Nxh7 Nxh7 25. Bxg6 Rg8 26. Qf4+ e5 27. Qf7+ Kb8 28. Nxe5 Rxg6 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30. Nc6+ Kb7 31. Re7 Bd7 32. Qxh7 Kxc6 33. Rae1 Rd8 34. R1e5 Qc8 35. Qg6+ Kb7 36. Rxd5 Qc6 37. Qxc6+ Kxc6 38. Rdxd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 a5 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donchenko, Anatoly G"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. b3 Bd6 7. 0-0 Qe7 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 0-0 10. Qc1 Bd7 11. Qa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Rd8 13. Rfc1 Be8 14. e3 a5 15. Ne5 Na6 16. c5 Nb4 17. Nc2 Nd7 18. Nxb4 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 Nd3 20. Rc3 cxd5 21. Rxd3 Rdc8 22. a4 b6 23. cxb6 Rcb8 24. Rc1 Rxb6 25. Bf3 Kf8 26. Rc7 Raa6 27. Rdc3 Rc6 28. Kf1 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Rc6 30. Rc5 Ra6 31. Ke1 Ke7 32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. Kd2 h6 34. Be2 Ra8 35. Kc3 g5 36. Kb2 Kg6 37. Ka3 h5 38. Bb5 h4 39. fxg5 Kxg5 40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rg8 Bc6 42. Rxa8 Bxa8 43. f4 Ke7 44. b4 axb4+ 45. Kxb4 Kd6 46. a5 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e4 Ne7 8. Be3 d6 9. Bd4 f6 10. c5 d5 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. Qd2 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Ba6 14. 0-0-0 0-0 15. h4 Qc8 16. h5 Rd8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bc2 Rb4 19. Qe3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. f3 Bc4 22. g4 Qe6 23. Qxe6+ Bxe6 24. Be3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. a3 Rb8 28. Bf4 Kf7 29. Bxc7 Rb3 30. f4 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3+ 32. Kb2 Rxc5 33. Rd4 a6 34. Kb3 Rc1 35. Kb2 Rb1+ 36. Kc3 Ke6 37. Ra4 Rb7 38. Be5 Ra7 39. Bd4 Ra8 40. Ra5 Kd6 41. Re5 Be6 42. Bc5+ Kd7 43. Re4 Rh8 44. Ra4 Rh3+ 45. Kb4 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Nureev, Garun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. d4 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rac1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Qxa7 Qxa7 15. Bxa7 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. b3 Rc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rcc8 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. a4 Bg5 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxe7 Bg3 25. Kf1 Rc1+ 26. Ke2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Voinov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Nc6 5. fxe4 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nf3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Bc5 9. Na4 Be7 10. Bc4 d6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Nd1 c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Nc3 b5 17. a3 Bd8 18. 0-0 Ba5 19. Bd2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxe4 22. Be1 Rac8 23. c3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Kf7 25. Ke2 Nc5 26. Bf2 a5 27. Rd1 Ke6 28. Rf1 Na4 29. Rb1 Rxc3 30. Kd2 Rc6 31. Be3 Nb6 32. b3 h6 33. Kd3 Nd5 34. Bd2 b4 35. a4 Nf4+ 36. Ke4 Nd5 37. Rf1 Nf6+ 38. Kd3 d5 39. h3 d4 40. g4 Kd5 41. g5 hxg5 42. Rf5 Ne4 43. Rf7 Nxd2 44. Kxd2 Rc3 45. Rxg7 Rxb3 46. Ra7 Rxh3 47. Rxa5+ Ke4 48. Rb5 g4 49. Rxb4 g3 50. Ke2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Bahtin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nc2 Bd6 8. 0-0 h6 9. Nce1 Nf6 10. Nd3 Be4 11. Bf4 0-0 12. b3 Nh5 13. Bc1 f5 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. e3 Nf6 18. Bb2 Qe8 19. a4 Qe7 20. c4 c6 21. Qc1 Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Ba3 Nf7 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qa3 Rad8 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. c5 Rdd8 28. b4 Rfe8 29. f4 a6 30. Rfb1 Ra8 31. Kf2 g5 32. Rb2 Kg7 33. Rab1 Kf6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Ra3 36. Ke2 Rea8 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Rb6 Ra2+ 39. R1b2 Rxb2+ 40. Rxb2 g4 41. Kd2 h5 42. Nc1 h4 43. Rb6 Nd8 44. Kc3 h3 45. Nd3 Ra2 46. Rb2 Ra1 47. Ne5 Rg1 48. Ra2 Rg2 49. Ra8 Ke7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Ra8 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Gelman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nb3 a5 12. Qxd6 a4 13. Nd2 a3 14. Rb1 Ng4 15. Qg3 Nc5 16. h3 axb2 17. Bxb2 Be5 18. Qf3 Qxd2 19. hxg4 Qg5 20. Be2 Ne6 21. Bd1 Rd8 22. Na4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. c5 Ra7 25. Bb3 Rf8 26. Bd1 Be6 27. a3 Rd8 28. Bb3 Bxb3 29. Qxb3 Qd2 30. Rf1 Qa5 31. Nb6 Qxc5 32. a4 Re8 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Qe2 Qa5 35. Nc4 Qxa4 36. e5 b5 37. Nd2 Qa2 38. e6 fxe6 39. Rfe1 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Shur, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. 0-0 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 h6 9. Na3 Bd6 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4 0-0 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rb1 a6 14. a4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. c5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bb8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Na5 20. Ra1 Nc3 21. Bxc3 dxc3 22. Ra3 Qd7 23. b6 f6 24. Nb4 Qb5 25. Qa4 Qxc5 26. Rea1 e4 27. dxe4 Bxg3 28. Nd3 Qxb6 29. Qd4 Bc7 30. Nb4 Bxf3 31. Qxb6 Bxb6 32. Bxf3 Bc5 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Bxb4 35. Rb5 c2 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kremenietsky, Anatoly M"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Be7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. f3 a6 12. Rd1 0-0 13. Bf4 d6 14. Ndb5 Qc5 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Nbd7 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Ra7 20. b4 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhelesny, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. d4 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 d5 10. e4 Nbd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. b4 Be7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nb3 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nd4 a6 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Qg4 Bc8 20. Bh6 Be5 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Bh6 f5 23. Qg5 Be5 24. Rad1 Kh8 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Qe7 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Bg5 Rf8 29. Bf4 Bd7 30. Bf1 Rac8 31. Re1 Rfe8 32. Nf3 Bb5 33. Bxc4 Bxc4 34. Ne5 Kg8 35. a3 Bb5 36. Bd2 d4 37. cxd4 Kf8 38. Be3 Rc3 39. Ra1 Ba4 40. h3 Rd8 41. Bd2 Rc2 42. Be3 Rdc8 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 R8c3 45. Nf3 Ke7 46. d5 Rd3 47. Ne1 Rxe3 48. Nxc2 Rd3 49. Ne3 exd5 50. Kf1 Bd7 51. Ke2 Bb5 52. Ke1 g6 53. g5 Rd4 54. Rd1 Rxd1+ 55. Kxd1 Ke6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bujakevich, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 0-0 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Qd8 16. gxf3 g6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Bd6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Bh6+ Kh7 21. Bg5 Kg7 22. Bh6+ Kh7 23. h4 f5 24. Rh1 Qf7 25. Rh3 Rg8 26. Bg5 Kg7 27. Bh6+ Kh7 28. Rah1 Rce8 29. Bg5 Kg7 30. h5 Kf8 31. Kf1 Re6 32. hxg6 Rexg6 33. Rh8 Rxh8 34. Rxh8+ Kg7 35. Rh5 Kg8 36. Bh4 Rg1+ 37. Kxg1 Qxh5 38. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 39. Bxg5 f4 40. Kg2 Nb8 41. Kh3 Nd7 42. Kg4 Kf7 43. Kf5 c5 44. Bb5 Nb6 45. dxc5 Bxc5 46. Bxf4 d4 47. b4 Bf8 48. cxd4 Bxb4 49. Bg5 Bd6 50. Bd3 Na4 51. Bc4+ Kf8 52. Ke6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 0-0 7. Na4 Re8 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qd6 13. Qe2 b6 14. 0-0-0 Ba6 15. h4 Rad8 16. c4 Nd7 17. g4 Nf8 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Ng6 20. Bg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qf3 Qe5 23. Qh3 g6 24. Bd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Bc8 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. cxd5 Re5 28. Rdg1 c4 29. dxc4 Rxe4 30. b3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qf7 12. b4 Nd8 13. Qc1 c6 14. Nc3 e4 15. Nd2 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Qa3 Be6 19. Rbc1 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. f3 e3 22. Nf1 Bf8 23. f4 Bxb4 24. Qb2 Ba5 25. a3 Bb3 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. exd3 Rd8 28. Rb1 Rxd3 29. Qxb3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Bxc3 31. Nxe3 Rxe3 32. Kf2 Rd3 33. Bf1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb8 11. e4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bc6 14. h3 a6 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Qe2 Qxg3 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Qd3 Rab8 23. Qd6 Qf2 24. Qxa6 Rb2 25. Rg1 d5 26. cxd5 exd5 27. a4 d4 28. a5 Qg3 29. Qc6 Qb8 30. Qxc5 Rb5 31. Qc4 Rb4 32. Qc5 Rb5 33. Qe7 Re8 34. Qd7 Rd8 35. Qg4 Rc5 36. a6 Qa7 37. Qe4 Rc7 38. Qd3 Rc3 39. Qb5 Rb8 40. Qxb8+ Qxb8 41. a7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Lukianenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Qe7 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Bxd2 e5 9. Ne1 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Qb3 b6 12. Qc2 exd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Qc3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Qd7 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. b4 Qf5 19. b5 Ne7 20. Rfe1 g5 21. Nf2 g4 22. f4 Ng6 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 Ne4 25. Bb4 Rad8 26. Rc2 f5 27. g3 Nf8 28. Ba3 Ne6 29. Bb2 Kf7 30. Rce2 d5 31. Ne5+ Kg8 32. Nc6 Rd7 33. Rc1 dxc4 34. Rxc4 Nf6 35. Rc1 Nd8 36. Re5 Nxc6 37. bxc6 Rd5 38. Rce1 Rdxe5 39. dxe5 Ne4 40. Rd1 Re6 41. Rc1 Nc5 42. Ba3 Rxc6 43. Bxc5 bxc5 44. h3 gxh3 45. Kh2 Kf7 46. Kxh3 Ke6 47. Kh4 c4 48. Kg5 c3 49. Rc2 a5 50. Kg6 a4 51. Kxg7 Ke7 52. g4 Ke6 53. g5 Rc4 54. g6 Rxf4 55. Kf8 Rb4 56. Rxc3 Rb8+ 57. Kg7 Rc8 58. Kh7 Kxe5 59. g7 Kd4 60. Ra3 c5 61. Rxa4+ c4 62. Ra5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. g3 Ng6 6. h4 Bc5 7. h5 Ne7 8. h6 g6 9. Bg5 Ng4 10. e3 d6 11. Be2 f5 12. a3 0-0 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Ne4 Rf5 15. Qxg4 Rf4 16. Qe2 Rxe4 17. f3 Nf5 18. Bxd8 Rxe3 19. Bg5 Rxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Bd7 21. g4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. 0-0-0 b5 24. cxb5 Bxb5 25. Rhe1 Bf2 26. Re4 Rf8 27. Be3 Bg3 28. Rb4 a6 29. a4 Be2 30. Rd2 Bxf3 31. Rb7 Bxg4 32. Rxc7 Rf1+ 33. Kc2 Bf5+ 34. Kb3 Rf3 35. Rc3 Be1 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kulikov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. a3 a6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. b4 d6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Nd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qd7 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh6 Re8 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Ng5 Ne5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. e4 Qg4 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. f3 Qh5 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. f4 Nc4 30. e5 Bxg2 31. exd6+ Kd7 32. Nxf7 Bh3 33. a4 Be6 34. Ng5 Bf5 35. b5 a5 36. Rd4 Bg6 37. Nf3 Bc2 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Ne5+ Kxd6 40. Nxc4+ Kc5 41. Na3 Bh7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suslov, Serafim"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. c3 0-0 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. Bxf5 Nxf5 8. g4 Nd6 9. h4 Qc8 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. Qf3 c6 13. f5 g5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg3+ 19. Ke2 gxh4 20. Bd2 Rad8 21. Be1 Qc7 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rxh4 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 e6 27. e4 exf5 28. gxf5 Rf7 29. Ke2 Bf8 30. Bf2 Be7 31. Bd4 Bd8 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Be3 Kf8 34. Bh6+ Ke8 35. Bf4 Bc7 36. Be3 Rg7 37. Rh3 Ke7 38. Bd4 Kf7 39. a4 Ke7 40. Rh6 Rf7 41. b4 Bb8 42. a5 Bc7 43. c4 Bd8 44. Bc3 Bc7 45. b5 Bd8 46. b6 a6 47. e5 fxe5 48. Ke4 Kf8 49. Bxe5 Bg5 50. Re6 Rd7 51. Rd6 Ke8 52. f6 Bh4 53. Kf5 Bf2 54. Re6+ Kf7 55. Bd6 Bh4 56. Be7 Bf2 57. Re2 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bb4 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 c6 9. Qg3 d6 10. Bg5 Kh8 11. Kh1 h6 12. Qh4 Kg8 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. f4 a5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 b5 18. Bb3 a4 19. Ba2 Be6 20. c4 bxc4 21. f5 Bd7 22. Bxc4 Rfb8 23. Rab1 Kf8 24. Kg1 Ke7 25. Kf2 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Ra5 27. Ke3 d5 28. Ba2 dxe4 29. dxe4 Rb5 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Bd5 Be8 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. h4 Kc5 34. Ke3 Bd7 35. Bxf7 Bc6 36. Kd3 b4 37. axb4+ Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Abramov, Anatoli P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 0-0 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Ba6 Rc2 17. Rb2 Rxb2 18. Bxb2 Bc6 19. f3 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Kf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Qb4 25. Nf1 Rc5 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Qf2 Qa4 28. Rd2 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. e4 Be6 31. Ne3 Qc1+ 32. Rd1 Rc3 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Nf1 Bc4 35. g3 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Kc4 Kc6 41. e5 b5+ 42. Kd4 a6 43. f4 h5 44. h3 a5 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kb6 47. Kd5 a4 48. g5 b4 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Kxb4 Kd5 51. Kxa4 Ke4 52. Kb5 Kxf4 53. a4 Kxe5 54. a5 Kd6 55. Kb6 f5 56. gxf6 g5 57. a6 g4 58. a7 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Burlov, Vassili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Nf4 Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bd3 0-0 12. 0-0 e5 13. Nfe2 Nh5 14. f4 f5 15. Rab1 Rae8 16. exf5 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Rxe2 22. Qxh5 Re5 23. Rf4 Rf6 24. g4 fxg4 25. Rxg4+ Kh8 26. Qh4 Qd8 27. Kh1 Ref5 28. Rbg1 Rf1 29. Qg3 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Rf8 31. Qc3+ Qf6 32. Qxf6+ Rxf6 33. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Kruglov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 16. Kc1 Qxa2 17. Nc2 0-0 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Ra1 Qxa1+ 22. Nxa1 Ba4 23. Nc2 Rac8 24. Rf1 b5 25. Rf4 bxc4 26. Qh3 f5 27. Rh4 Bxc2 28. Kxc2 c3 29. Rh7 Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kf6 31. h4 g6 32. Qg5+ Ke5 33. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Losev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nxe2 8. Bxe2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. a4 Nf6 12. 0-0 0-0-0 13. h3 Rdg8 14. f4 h6 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bf3 Ng7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. e6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Bc6 20. Bd5 Rf8 21. Qe4 Nh5 22. Rb2 Nf6 23. Qf3 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qa5 25. Bd2 Qa6 26. Rb5 Ne8 27. c4 Nc7 28. Bc3 Rhg8 29. Qe4 Kb8 30. Rb3 Ka8 31. a5 Rb8 32. Bb2 Rbf8 33. Kh2 Rb8 34. Kh1 Rbf8 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. Kg1 Rbf8 37. Raa3 Rb8 38. Kh2 Rbf8 39. Kh1 Rb8 40. Kg1 Rbf8 41. Rf3 Rb8 42. f5 gxf5 43. Rxf5 b5 44. axb6 Qxb6 45. Bc3 Rg3 46. Kh2 Rbg8 47. Rf2 Qb7 48. Qc2 h5 49. Qa4 Na6 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Vitalij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. f4 c5 6. d5 e5 7. Nf3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Qe1 Ne8 16. Bd1 Rc8 17. Ba4 f5 18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rae1 Rce8 22. h3 Qc8 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Kh8 25. Qg5 Ng8 26. Nd1 Re7 27. b3 Rf6 28. Nb2 Rg7 29. Qe3 f4 30. Qc3 Rfg6 31. Re2 Qf5 32. Rff2 e4 33. g4 h5 34. Rg2 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Nxf6 36. gxh5 Nxh5 37. Rxg6 Rxg6+ 38. Kf2 e3+ 39. Kf3 Rg3+ 40. Ke4 f3 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Bc4 0-0 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Kf2 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Rf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nfxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. Rad1 Re8 21. f4 a6 22. f5 Nd8 23. Ba5 b5 24. Bb3 Nc6 25. fxe6+ Ke7 26. Bb6 Nd8 27. Bxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shilovskij, Grigorij A"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 0-0 6. Ngf3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Ndf3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Bf4 Be4 13. Qe3 c5 14. Be5 b5 15. Ncd2 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. a5 Qa7 20. e4 c4 21. Qc2 Nb4 22. Qc3 Nd3 23. Bf4 Rac8 24. Be3 Qa8 25. b3 f5 26. exf5 Bb4 27. Qc2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. fxe6 Nf6 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Rb1 Nd5 33. Re2 Rfe8 34. Rd1 N5b4 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shvedchikov, Anatoli I"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 0-0 6. Bb2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. e3 Bf5 13. Qb2 a6 14. a3 Nd4 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Rac1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Umanskaya, Irina"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Nfd2 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 cxd4 13. Bb2 exd5 14. Bxd4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qc7 16. Qa4 Bxc4 17. Rc1 b5 18. Qxa7 Qxa7 19. Bxa7 Bd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nb3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ne4 23. N1d2 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 f5 25. Nb3 b4 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Re5 Rc2 29. Ra5 g6 30. Be3 Rc7 31. Bc5 Ne4 32. Be3 Nd6 33. Bd4 Ne4 34. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Webb, Laurence"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. 0-0 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. f4 f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. Re1 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Kf7 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Qf2 b6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bd4 Qg6 18. Be5 Rhe8 19. d4 Kg8 20. Re3 Bf8 21. Rde1 Qf7 22. h3 Bc8 23. Kh2 c5 24. Ne2 g6 25. Ng1 h6 26. g4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Bd6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Bxe3 d4 32. Bd2 Bb7 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Nf3 d3 35. Ne5+ Bxe5 36. fxe5 g5 37. h4 Ke6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Bxg5 Kxe5 40. Kf2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zakharov, Valentin M"]
[Black "Kostin, Mikhail Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. 0-0 Qh4 8. c4 0-0-0 9. c5 g5 10. f3 Nf6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf2 Qh6 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Nd2 g4 15. Qc2 gxf3 16. Nxf3 Qh5 17. b4 Ng4 18. Bg3 Ne3 19. Qf2 Nf5 20. Bf4 c6 21. Ne5 Rhg8 22. Kh1 Bf6 23. Nf3 Ng7 24. Be5 Bd8 25. a4 Bg4 26. b5 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Bh4 28. Qf1 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 cxb5 30. Bxb5 Re6 31. Rc1 0-1

