[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Lugovskoj, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. 0-0 Nb4 8. Nbd2 Nxd3 9. cxd3 Nf5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Nfxd4 0-0 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Be3 Qb5 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. Qf4 a5 20. Nxa5 Qb5 21. Nb3 Qxd3 22. Rfd1 Qc4 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. Nd4 Red8 25. a3 Rd5 26. Nc2 Rad8 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Ne5 h6 12. f3 Qb6 13. Qc4 Qb4 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bh7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Nxc6 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe7 Bxb1 21. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Burkhach, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bf4 Be7 8. h3 c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxb6 Bxb6 13. Bb5 0-0 14. 0-0 d4 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Ne3 17. fxe3 dxe3 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Be2 exd2 20. Nbxd2 Be6 21. Bc4 Bf5 22. Nb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nbd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bg6 27. Bd5 Bg5 28. Ke2 Bc1 29. b3 b6 30. Nc6 a5 31. a4 Kf8 32. Ne5 Ke7 33. Nc4 Bc2 34. Nxb6 Bf4 35. b4 f5 36. bxa5 Bc7 37. Kd2 Bb1 38. Nc4 Ba2 39. Ne3 f4 40. Nf5+ Kf6 41. Bxa2 Kxf5 42. a6 Bb6 43. Bb1+ Ke5 44. Bxh7 Kd5 45. Kd3 Ba7 46. Bg8+ Ke5 47. Kc4 Kd6 48. Kd3 Ke5 49. Ke2 Ke4 50. Bh7+ Ke5 51. Kf3 g5 52. Kg4 Kf6 53. Bd3 Be3 54. Bc2 Bc5 55. h4 gxh4 56. Kxf4 Bf2 57. Kf3 Ba7 58. Kg4 Bf2 59. a7 Bxa7 60. Kxh4 Bf2+ 61. Kh5 Be1 62. c4 Bb4 63. g4 Bd2 64. Bd1 Be3 65. a5 Bd2 66. a6 Be3 67. g5+ Ke5 68. g6 Kf6 69. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. 0-0 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. g3 Be5 13. Be3 0-0 14. Qd3 f5 15. Nb3 f4 16. Bc5 d6 17. Bb4 Qb6 18. g4 Rad8 19. Nd1 Rf6 20. Kh1 Rh6 21. f3 g5 22. Qd2 Kf7 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Bc3 Qc5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nc3 Rg6 28. Rad1 h5 29. gxh5 Rh6 30. Qd4 Kf6 31. Qb6 Rdh8 32. Rxd6 Rxh5 33. Re2 g4 34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. exd5 Rxh2+ 36. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 37. Kxh2 g3+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Kf5 40. Qg1 Qxf3 41. dxe6 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Borzov, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 a5 10. b3 Qc7 11. Nb2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 c5 13. Kb1 d5 14. dxc5 dxe4 15. Nd4 Nxc5 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nc4 Nfd7 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bb2 Bb7 20. Ncd6 exf3 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. gxf3 Rad8 23. Bc4 Qxf3 24. Rhf1 Qh3 25. Nd6 Nf6 26. Qe2 Ncd7 27. Rf3 Qg4 28. h3 Qh4 29. Nxf7 Rxf7 30. Bxe5 Rdf8 31. Rdf1 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Kh8 33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34. Qxa5 Re7 35. Qb6 Re1+ 36. Ka2 Rxf1 37. Rxf1 h5 38. Qe6 Kh7 39. Qc4 Qxh3 40. Rf4 Nd5 41. Rf1 Nc3+ 42. Kb2 Nxa4+ 43. Ka2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korotya, Olexandr"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. e4 Qd7 14. h3 Na4 15. Qc2 Rfb8 16. Bd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 e6 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Kxg2 Ra8 23. a4 h5 24. c4 h4 25. g4 Ne8 26. Nf3 Qc6 27. a5 Nd6 28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Rb6 Qxc4 30. Qb1 Qd5 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qb6 Nc4 34. Qxc5 Nxd2 35. Qe3 Bh6 36. Qc3 Bf4 37. a6 g5 38. Qd3+ Kg8 39. Qc3 Nxf3 40. Qxf3 Qxa6 41. Qd5 Qe6 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qb7 Qf6 44. Qd5 Be5 45. Qe4 Qf4 46. Qd3 Bd4 47. Qe2 Bc5 48. Qc2 Qd4 49. Qf5 Be7 50. Qf3 Bd6 51. Qb3 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 Bc5 53. Qd1 Bd4 54. Qd2 Qf4 55. Qe2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chemeris, Maxim"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 f5 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Qd4 e5 8. Qxc5 Bxc5 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Ke7 12. 0-0 Rd8 13. Bxe6 Kxe6 14. c4 Nc6 15. a3 e4 16. Ne1 a5 17. Nc2 d5 18. cxd5+ Rxd5 19. Nc4 Rd3 20. b4 axb4 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb3 24. Na5 Rxb4 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. g3 Rb7 27. Rc1 Kd6 28. Rc2 c5 29. Kg2 Kd5 30. f3 c4 31. Kf2 Rb3 32. Ke2 c3 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Biriukov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 e5 9. Kh1 Bc5 10. Nd2 d6 11. h3 h6 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. f4 0-0 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Bd2 exf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5 18. Raf1 Qg5 19. Rg4 Qh5 20. Rxg7 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Rg8 22. Rg5 Rxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Be2 Kg7 26. Rd1 Rh8 27. Kg2 Rh4 28. c5 dxc5 29. Nd2 a5 30. Rc1 c4 31. Rc3 Bd4 32. Rg3 f6 33. Bxc4 Bxb2 34. Rb3 Bc1 35. Rb7+ Kh6 36. Nb3 Nxc4 37. Nxc1 Rxe4 38. Kf3 Re3+ 39. Kf2 Rxh3 40. Rc7 Ne5 41. Ra7 Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rc2 43. Nb3 Rxa2 44. Nxa5 f5 0-1

[Event "Zaporozhye Ermak Cup 7th"]
[Site "Zaporozhye"]
[Date "2011.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Musiienko, Danylo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 dxe4 6. fxe4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bc4 e6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. 0-0-0 Nbd7 14. Rhf1 0-0 15. g4 b5 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Be7 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Qb5 21. Nc3 Qb7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Na4 Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Qb5 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3 Rb8 27. Rf3 Rb4 28. Rc3 Nb8 29. Ka2 Kf8 30. Rdd3 Na6 31. Nc5 Nb8 32. Ka3 Ke7 33. Rc2 Bf8 34. Ka2 Ke8 35. Rd1 Kd8 36. Rf1 Rxd4 37. Rxf7 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Na6 39. Rc1 Nb4+ 40. Ka3 Re4 41. Rxh7 d4 42. Rg7 d3 43. Rxg6 Rxe5 44. Rd1 Kd7 45. h4 Re2 46. h5 d2 47. Ka4 Nc2 48. h6 Re4+ 49. Kxa5 Re5+ 50. Ka4 Re4+ 51. b4 Rxb4+ 52. Ka5 Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-chT U26 final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 a6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Rd2 Qc4 16. Nf3 Qb4 17. Bd4 e5 18. a3 Qxb2 19. Ra2 Rxc3 20. Rxb2 Rxd3 21. cxd3 exd4 22. Rxb7 Bc8 23. Rc7 Nd7 24. Rc6 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. a4 a5 27. Rb2 f5 28. Rb8 Bd7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rc7 Bxa4 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Kf1 Bb5 33. Ke2 h5 34. Ra7 a4 35. Ra5 Bd7 36. g3 f4 37. gxf4 Bxf4 38. Rxh5 Be5 39. f4 Bxf4 40. Ra5 Bc1 41. Kd1 Ba3 42. Kc2 Bc5 43. h4 Kg7 44. Ra8 a3 45. Rd8 Bc6 46. h5 Bd5 47. h6+ Kxh6 48. Kb1 a2+ 49. Ka1 Bb4 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rh2 Bc3+ 52. Rb2 Bxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial op-A 5th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Babiy, Olga"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Ne5 8. 0-0 a6 9. f4 Nxd3 10. cxd3 0-0 11. e5 Ne8 12. d4 Be7 13. Be3 b5 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. a3 g6 16. Rd1 d6 17. d5 Qc8 18. Ng3 Qc4 19. f5 exd5 20. f6 Bd8 21. Bh6 d4 22. Nce4 dxe5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qd2 Kg8 25. Qh6 Qc2 26. Rd2 Bxe4 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Qg5 Bc7 29. Rc1 Bd3 30. Re1 h6 31. Qd2 Bc4 32. Ne4 Kh7 33. Qb4 Kg8 34. Qc5 Rd8 35. Rc1 d3 36. Rd1 Bb3 37. Rd2 Rd5 38. Qe7 Rd8 39. Rxd3 Bb6+ 40. Kh1 Rxd3 41. Qxe8+ Kh7 42. h4 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Bg1+ 44. Kh3 Rd3+ 45. g3 Be6+ 46. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial op-A 5th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gorbunov, Igor"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bf1 0-0 9. d3 Ne6 10. Nd5 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Nfg5 Ncd8 16. Qg4 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 e5 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 f5 20. Qh3 h6 21. Nf3 e4 22. Ne5 Kh7 23. Bd2 Nf7 24. Rac1 Qd6 25. Bf4 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. e6 Rac8 28. Qb3 Rfe8 29. Bb5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Qc4 Qc5 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. Bxc6 Rxc6 35. e7 Re6 36. Rd7 Kg8 37. Rxa7 Bxb2 38. Bd6 Kf7 39. Ra8 Rxe7 40. Bxe7 Kxe7 41. Kf1 Kd6 42. Ra6+ Kd5 43. Rxg6 c4 44. Ke2 Bd4 45. Rxh6 c3 46. Rh7 f4 47. Rc7 Bc5 48. h4 c2 49. Kd2 Bxf2 50. h5 f3 51. gxf3 exf3 52. Rxc2 Ke4 53. Rc4+ Kf5 54. h6 Kg6 55. Rc6+ Kh7 56. a4 Bd4 57. a5 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial op-A 5th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Matjushin, Gennady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Rfe8 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 a5 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. e5 a4 22. Ba2 dxe5 23. Rfe1 Rc5 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. Rde2 Nd7 26. f4 e6 27. fxe5 Ra8 28. Ne4 Rb5 29. b4 axb3 30. Bxb3 Rxe5 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Rxe5 Nxe5 33. Nh5+ gxh5 34. Rxe5 Kh6 35. Bc4 Rxa3 36. Kf2 Ra4 37. Be2 h4 38. Rh5+ Kg6 39. c4 f5 40. Rxh4 Ra2 41. g4 f4 42. Kf1 e5 43. g5 Kxg5 44. Rxh7 f3 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial op-A 5th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fingerov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Bd3 Nxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bf3 c6 8. c4 e5 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Ne2 Qxb2 12. 0-0 Bb4 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Qa4 Qa5 15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Bc5+ Kd8 18. Bf3 Kc7 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Bd6+ Kc8 21. Bxg4+ Nxg4 22. Nd4 Rd8 23. Nf5 Rd7 24. h3 Nh6 25. Nxh6 gxh6 26. Bf4 Bc3 27. Rab1 b6 28. Bxh6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Kc7 30. Rd5 Re8 31. Be3 Re4 32. Rf5 a5 33. Rxf7+ Kc6 34. Rxh7 Bd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. g4 Rxc4 37. g5 Kd5 38. Re7 b5 39. Kg2 a4 40. Re3 b4 41. g6 Rc6 42. Rg3 Rc8 43. g7 Rg8 44. h4 b3 45. axb3 axb3 46. Rxb3 Rxg7+ 47. Kh3 Ke4 48. Rg3 Rf7 49. Kg2 Rh7 50. Rg4+ Kf5 51. Kg3 Ra7 52. h5 Ra8 53. h6 Rh8 54. Rh4 Rh7 55. Rh5+ Kg6 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Kf5 Kg8 58. Kg6 Rg7+ 59. Kf5 Rf7+ 60. Kg6 Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geller Memorial op-A 5th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Lushenkov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bxc5 dxc5 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxf3 Qd4 12. Qe3 Rb8 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Na4 Ke7 15. b3 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Nb2 c5 18. Kd2 h5 19. c3 Kd6 20. Rc2 c6 21. Rhc1 Rhc8 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Rc5 Rc7 24. f4 Nd7 25. Ra5 Rb5 26. Nc4+ Ke7 27. fxe5 Rxa5 28. Nxa5 Nxe5 29. Nc4 f6 30. Ke2 c5 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Rc4 a5 33. Ra4 Ra7 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kd6 36. g5 Kc6 37. Rc4 Rf7 38. Rc1 Rf4 39. Rg1 g6 40. a4 Kd7 41. Rc1 Kd6 42. Rf1 Rxf1 43. Kxf1 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geller Memorial op-A 5th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dhillon, Jasteen"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 e5 7. 0-0 Bc5 8. Nd2 0-0 9. c3 Re8 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 f5 19. Rxe5 f4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial op-A 5th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Evtodiy, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Ng3 d6 8. Be2 Be6 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. 0-0 h6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Ne7 15. c3 d5 16. Bc2 0-0-0 17. b4 Ba7 18. a4 e4 19. a5 Nxf5 20. Ba4 Qe6 21. b5 g5 22. bxa6 Qxa6 23. Qb3 f6 24. Bb5 Qd6 25. Ba3 Qe5 26. Rfb1 Rh7 27. a6 e3 28. Qa4 exf2+ 29. Kh1 g4 30. Qxg4 Rg7 31. Qh3 Rg5 32. Bd3 Rd7 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxh6 Qg4 35. Qf8+ Rd8 36. axb7+ Kc7 37. b8Q+ Bxb8 38. Qc5+ Kd7 39. Rb7+ Ke6 40. Re7+ Kf5 41. Qxf2+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. g3 a5 8. Bg2 h6 9. 0-0 b5 10. Qb3 a4 11. Qd1 Ra6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nf1 0-0 14. Bf4 Ne4 15. N3d2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 17. Ne3 g5 18. Bxb8 Bc5 19. Ndf1 Rxb8 20. Rc1 Bg6 21. Kg1 Qe5 22. Qd2 Bd4 23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 c5 25. Kh1 Be4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Ng2 Ra3 28. e3 Bf6 29. Qf2 Be7 30. Red1 Qc6 31. Nd2 Rd8 32. Nf3 Rd5 33. Rf1 f6 34. e4 Rd8 35. Ne5 Qxe4 36. Rce1 Qd4 37. Qc2 Bf8 38. Nc6 Qd3 39. Qb2 Rda8 40. Qxf6 Bg7 41. Qxe6+ Kh8 42. Ne5 Qxb3 43. Nf7+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qg6 Qc3 46. Nxh6+ Kh8 47. Nf7+ Kg8 48. Nxg5 Qd3 49. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Tregubov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nc3 Rg8 10. Nh4 Qa5 11. g3 e6 12. f4 f5 13. 0-0-0 fxe4 14. Nxe4 0-0-0 15. a3 Bg7 16. Qe3 d5 17. Qc5 Qc7 18. Ng5 b6 19. Qf2 d4 20. Rhe1 d3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. cxd3 h6 23. Nh3 Kb8 24. Kb1 Qd7 25. Qe3 Qd5 26. f5 Qb3 27. f6 Bd5 28. Qe5+ Ka8 29. Nf4 Qa2+ 30. Kc1 Rc8+ 31. Kd2 Bf8 32. Nxd5 Bxa3 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Kxc1 Bxb2+ 35. Qxb2 Qxd5 36. Qg2 Qxg2 37. Nxg2 Kb7 38. Nf4 Kc6 39. Nxe6 Kd6 40. Nd8 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shagbazyan, Taron"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d6 6. d3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Troshchenko, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. a4 Na5 10. Nce2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Bf4 Bxd5 15. Bxc7 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Bb6 Bf6 18. c3 0-0 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Re2 23. Rfd1 g6 24. R1d2 Rae8 25. Kf3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Re7 27. Re2 Rd7 28. Ke3 Kf8 29. Rd2 Rc7 30. Rd4 Ke7 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. c4 g5 33. Rd5 h5 34. Kd4 b6 35. b4 f6 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Rc6 38. Rd5 Rc8 39. c5 Ra8 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Kc4 a5 42. b5 a4 43. Ra6 Rd8 44. b6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savvopulo, Anatolij"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. b4 Bd7 9. Bd2 Na7 10. Ne5 e6 11. Be2 Nc8 12. 0-0 Nb6 13. Nd3 Nc4 14. Nc5 Bc6 15. f4 Bd6 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. g3 h5 18. h4 g6 19. Qc2 Ke7 20. Kf2 Bxc5 21. dxc5 d4 22. exd4 Bxf3 23. Kxf3 Qc6+ 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Kf2 Rhd8 26. Nxd5+ Rxd5 27. Bc3 Rad8 28. Rfd1 Nxa3 29. Bf6+ Kxf6 30. Qc3+ Ke7 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxa3 Qd1 33. Ke3 Qg1+ 34. Ke2 Rd1 35. Qc2 Re1+ 36. Kd2 Qf2+ 37. Kc3 Re3+ 38. Kd4 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Karyaka, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Bd7 7. c4 Nf6 8. N2c3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Be3 a6 12. Qd2 0-0 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. d5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 exd5 16. h4 Nd7 17. cxd5 Bb7 18. Rh3 f6 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Bf5 Bc8 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. f4 Nc4 23. f5 Nd6 24. g4 a5 25. Bd4 b4 26. Qe3 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rb8 28. Qf4 Qe8 29. g5 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Qa4 31. h5 Rb1+ 32. Kxb1 Qxd1+ 33. Ka2 Rb8 34. Bb2 Qxd5+ 35. Ka1 Rxb2 36. Kxb2 Qg2+ 37. Kc1 Qxh3 38. gxf6 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kharchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 a6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Qd2 c6 8. 0-0-0 Bg4 9. Re1 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. f4 Be7 14. f5 exf5 15. gxf5 Bh5 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Kf8 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. Re5 Qc7 20. Kb1 Bd6 21. Re2 Re8 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. Qf4 h6 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Qg3 b5 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Nc5 g5 28. fxg6 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rg7 30. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd1 a5 8. f3 Nf6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. h4 h5 12. Bh6 c5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qg5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Ne3 b3 17. Bb5 bxc2 18. Nexc2 Kh7 19. 0-0 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. b4 Nc4 22. bxa5 Rc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Ne6 Qxa5 25. Nxf8+ Kg7 26. Bxc4 Qc3 27. Bb5 Kxf8 28. Ne1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Nxe4 31. Nf3 Nf2+ 32. Kh2 e5 33. Rf1 Ng4+ 34. Kh3 Qf4 35. Rae1 Ne3 36. Rxe3 Qxe3 37. Re1 Qb3 38. Rxe5 c4 39. Rc5 c3 40. Kh2 Kg7 41. Nd4 Qb4 42. Rc4 Qe7 43. Kh3 Qe3+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kf1 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qe4 48. Kf1 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuchin, Pavel"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 bxa4 8. Qxa4+ Nbd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b4 c5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg5 Ndf6 14. Nbd2 Rfb8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. f4 cxb4 19. fxe5 Bc5+ 20. Kh2 Nd7 21. d4 Bf8 22. cxb4 Nb6 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qd7 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Bf4 Ba6 27. Rfe1 Bc4 28. Qa3 f6 29. h4 h6 30. h5 Qe8 31. Qf3 e5 32. dxe5 fxe5 33. Be3 Nd7 34. Bh3 Be6 35. Bf5 Nf6 36. g4 Qd7 37. Bc5 a5 38. bxa5 Rxa5 39. Bb4 Rb5 40. Rxc8+ Qxc8 41. Qb3 Bxb3 42. Bxc8 Rxb4 43. Rb1 Kf7 44. d7 Ke7 45. d8Q+ Kxd8 46. Be6 Bxe6 47. Rxb4 Nxg4+ 48. Kg3 Nf6 49. Kh4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Litvak, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Ba5 9. Bd3 d6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. 0-0 g6 14. f5 exf5 15. Bh6+ Ke8 16. Qa4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 d5 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. c4 d4 20. c5 Bc3 21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Bf6 Bd7 23. Rb3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Bxa5 25. Rfb1 Be6 26. Rb7 Bd8 27. Ba6 Bxa2 28. R1b4 g5 29. Rxd4 Bxf6 30. exf6 Rg6 31. c4 Rxf6 32. Rb2 Re6 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Ra1 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 Re5 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Rd5 38. Rc1 Kd7 39. Kg1 f4 40. Kf2 a5 41. h4 h6 42. h5 f5 43. Bf3 Re5 44. Rd1+ Kc7 45. Rd6 Rxc5 46. Rxh6 a4 47. Rxc6+ Rxc6 48. Bxc6 a3 49. Bd5 Kd6 50. h6 1-0

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Tkachenko, Georgiy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Nb6 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Qc2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. Bd2 h5 12. g3 Qd5 13. Be4 Qc4 14. Qf3 f5 15. b3 Qb5 16. c4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 fxe4 18. Qf6 Qb2 19. 0-0 Rg8 20. Be3 Qe2 21. Rab1 b6 22. d5 Qxc4 23. dxc6 Rg6 24. Qh8 Qxc6 25. Rfc1 Qb7 26. Bf4 Rc8 27. Bd6 Kd7 28. Bxf8 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rg5 30. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burkhach, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Be2 a6 8. a4 Bd6 9. e4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. d5 Qe7 12. Be3 h6 13. h4 g6 14. g4 Qf8 15. Rg1 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. Bh3 Nhf8 19. Ke2 Nb8 20. Qb3 b6 21. Qc4 Nfd7 22. Rab1 0-0 23. b4 a5 24. Nb5 axb4 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxb4 Nc5 27. Ra1 Nbd7 28. Qc4 Ra7 29. a5 Rfa8 30. Bd2 bxa5 31. Rgc1 Rb7 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Qc6 Rba7 34. Be3 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Rb7 36. Rc2 Ra6 37. f4 a4 38. Rc4 a3 39. Rc3 a2 40. Rc2 Ra4 41. Rcxa2 Rxe4 42. Ra4 Rbb4 43. Rxb4 Rxb4 44. Bd2 Re4+ 45. Kd1 Kf8 46. fxe5 Nxe5 47. Rc1 Nc4 48. Be1 Ke7 49. Kc2 Kd6 50. Kc3 Ne5 51. Rd1 Re3+ 52. Kc2 Re2+ 53. Kc3 Rg2 54. Kb3 Kd7 55. Bc3 Rg3 56. Kc2 Nc4 57. Rd4 Ne3+ 58. Kd2 Nf5 59. Re4 Rh3 60. Be5 Rxh4 61. Rxh4 Nxh4 62. Ke2 Nf5 63. Kf3 Nd6 64. Bg3 c6 65. dxc6+ Kxc6 66. Kf4 Kd5 67. Bf2 Ne4 68. Be3 Nc5 69. Bd2 Ne6+ 70. Kg3 Ke4 71. Kh4 Kf3 72. Kh3 Nf4+ 73. Kh4 Nd3 74. Kh3 Nf2+ 75. Kh4 Kg2 76. Bc1 Nd3 77. Bf4 Ne1 0-1

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Asarkhinov, Badma"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 Be7 9. Be2 d6 10. Be3 0-0 11. 0-0 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 Rc7 15. Qb3 Qa8 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Nb5 Rd7 19. Bf4 Bc6 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxd4+ 25. Be3 bxc5 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Qc2 Bb7 29. Qd3 Qb8 30. Rb1 Qc7 31. Qb5 Ba8 32. Rd1 h6 33. Qa4 Qc5 34. Qa6 e5 35. Qd3 Bc6 36. Be2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Shamshin, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. b3 Qc7 9. Bb2 d6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Nc4 0-0 12. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Barantseva, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Bf4 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. h3 b6 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Nf3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Ng3 Ne4 14. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kiripov, Mergen"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. Nb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Bxb8 d5 14. Bd6+ Ke8 15. exd5 b5 16. dxe6 bxc4 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxc4+ Be6 19. Bxe6+ Kxe6 20. Qe2+ Kf6 21. Be5+ Kg6 22. Rd1 Qe8 23. Qe4+ Kf7 24. 0-0 Nf6 25. Qf4 Rd8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Qxa6 Qc7 30. Rd1 Qxc3 31. Qb7+ Kg6 32. Qe4+ f5 33. Rd6+ Kg5 34. h4+ Kh5 35. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Pisanovsky, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. b4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nb3 Na7 13. Qd2 Bb5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qb5 16. Ke2 Qxd3+ 17. Kxd3 b6 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Rhb1 Kd7 20. Nbd2 Rhc8 21. Nf1 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. f4 g6 24. Ne3 h5 25. g3 Be7 26. h3 Rh8 27. Bd2 f5 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Nc2 Ne7 30. b5 a5 31. Rb3 Nf5 32. Rc3 Rac8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 34. Rc1 Kd7 35. Rg1 Nd6 36. a4 Ne4 37. Be1 Rc8 38. g4 Rc4 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Rg6 Bd8 41. Rh6 h4 42. Ne3 Rxa4 43. f5 exf5 44. Nxd5 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Rxh3 46. Rh8 Rb3 47. Bxh4 Bxh4 48. Rxh4 Rxb5 49. Ne3 a4 50. Rh7+ Ke6 51. Nc4 Kd5 52. Ne3+ Kxd4 53. Ra7 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Ng5+ 55. Kf4 Nh3+ 56. Kg3 Kxe3 57. Rxa4 Ng1 58. Ra3+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Elista Chess City op 10th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tulumdzhiev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.09.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. 0-0-0 Rfc8 12. g4 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 Rac8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h5 b5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. e5 b4 20. exf6 bxc3 21. Qe3 Bxf6 22. Nf4 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zubkov, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. 0-0 Qd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. d3 e6 10. e4 Be7 11. Re1 0-0-0 12. d4 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na3 h5 17. f3 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. b4 b5 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. bxc5 Qc6 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rc4 Ka7 29. Rxa4 Nxc5 30. Rc4 Qb6 31. Qb1 Qxb1 32. Rxb1 Ne6 33. Rc6 Rb8 34. Rxa6+ Kxa6 35. Rxb8 Ka7 36. Rb5 f6 37. Rd5 Be8 38. Rd6 Nc7 39. Bf1 Bb5 40. Bg2 Kb7 41. Ba5 Rh8 42. Rb6+ Ka7 43. Rd6 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Krivosheev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Qc2 0-0 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bc1 Nh5 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. a3 Nf4 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bb2 f3 18. Rfd1 fxg2 19. e5 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Rd2 Rbc8 24. Qe4 Qg5 25. Rd6 Rc4 26. Qd3 Qh4 27. Qe2 Kxh7 28. Rd3 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pisarenko, Oleg"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. 0-0 Bc5 9. b3 b6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qc2 e5 12. Bb2 0-0 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Rad1 f5 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Rd2 a5 18. a3 Qe7 19. Bxe5 Bxa3 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Rfd1 b5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qb7 24. c5 b4 25. Ra1 Qa8 26. Qa2 Rc7 27. Rad1 a4 28. Qxa4 Qxa4 29. bxa4 Rec8 30. Rxe6 b3 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Rxc6 Rd7 33. Rd6 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. Bc6+ Kd8 37. Bb5 Rb6 38. d7 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Makarenko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Qe2 fxe4 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Qxe4 Nf6 7. Qxe5+ Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 d5 10. Bg5 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Qc3 Rb4 13. d4 Qe8 14. Ne5 Qh5 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. f4 Rh6 17. h3 Rb6 18. a3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rg6 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Be6 22. b4 a5 23. Nb3 axb4 24. axb4 h6 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. Nc5 Rxb4 27. Rff8 Rg3 28. Nxe6 Rb2 29. Kh2 Rc3 30. Rf7 Kg6 31. Raf8 Rcxc2 32. Rxg7+ Kh5 33. Nf4+ Kh4 34. Rg4# 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mizinov, Igor"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 e5 6. h3 Bd7 7. b3 exd4 8. exd4 Ne7 9. d5 Ng6 10. Qd4 Be7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. g4 Bc8 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nde5 15. Nd4 Bg5 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Bc1 Re8 18. Kf1 Nxe2 19. Ncxe2 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qh4 21. Kg2 g6 22. Ng3 f5 23. f4 Nf7 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. g5 Qg7 26. h4 h5 27. gxh6 Nxh6 28. Rce1 Bd7 29. Qd2 Ng4 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chaplygin, Anton"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. 0-0 c5 8. Rd1 Bd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Bg5 Nfd5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. a3 h6 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 0-0 17. Ba5 Rac8 18. Bxb6 Bxb6 19. Qe4 Qf6 20. e3 Qxb2 21. Qxb7 c3 22. Rdb1 Qc2 23. Be4 Qa4 24. Bd3 Rfd8 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd2 27. Rc1 Ba5 28. Rab1 c2 29. Rxc2 Rdxc2 30. Bxc2 Rxc2 31. Rb5 Bb6 32. a4 Ra2 33. Rb4 Kf8 34. Rc4 Ke7 35. h4 Kd6 36. e4 Bc5 37. e5+ Kd5 38. Rg4 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 g6 40. Rf4 Bxg3 41. Rxf7 Rxa4 42. Rf6 Rf4+ 43. Rxf4 Bxf4 44. Kg2 a5 0-1

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Filonov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. a3 Be7 10. Nf3 0-0 11. Be2 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. 0-0 Qe7 14. Qe1 Rad8 15. Qf2 h6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Bc5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qf7 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rad1 Nxc4 21. Rfe1 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 Qc5+ 23. Qf2 Qxc3 24. dxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxe6 26. Qxa7 b6 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qe4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Zvjgincev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nce7 10. Qd2 a6 11. 0-0-0 h5 12. f4 Qd6 13. Bh3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be5 15. Rhf1 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 g5 17. Rf2 g4 18. Qd4 f6 19. Bf1 h4 20. Rg2 g3 21. hxg3 hxg3 22. Qe3 Rh3 23. Rg1 Rh2 24. Rxg3 0-0-0 25. Bh3+ Kb8 26. Rf1 c6 27. Qg1 Rh1 28. Qxh1 Qxg3 29. Be6 cxd5 30. exd5 Qg5+ 31. Kb1 Nh6 32. Ne4 Qe5 33. Nxf6 Nhf5 34. Nd7+ Rxd7 35. Bxd7 Ne3 36. Re1 N7xd5 37. Qf3 Qd4 38. Be6 Qd2 39. Rc1 Qd4 40. Bxd5 Nxd5 41. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Uljanovsk Bagirov Memorial"]
[Site "Uljanovsk"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.08.12"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Rhe1 Qa5 11. Kb1 0-0-0 12. Be3 Kb8 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Nb3 Qa6 15. Qb4 h5 16. Nd4 Nc7 17. Nxc6+ Qxc6 18. Qd4 b6 19. Qxg7 f6 20. Qxe7 d5 21. Qxf6 Rdf8 22. Qe5 dxe4 23. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Davydovskiy, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qf3 Nc6 4. Ne2 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. d3 Qd7 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Nbc3 0-0 9. g4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Ne8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bb3 c5 14. 0-0 Nc7 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. Qg3 a5 17. f4 a4 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. f5 Rae8 20. Bf4 Rd8 21. Bg5 Rde8 22. f6 e5 23. fxg7 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Ne6 25. Bh6 Nxg7 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Qh4 Rf8 28. Rf5 h6 29. Kg2 b5 30. b3 a3 31. Qh5 b4 32. Kg3 Rf6 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qd8 Rxf5 35. exf5 Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 d5 39. g5 e4 40. dxe4 dxe4 41. Kh5 e3 42. g6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minosians, Artem"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. h3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qa3 9. Bc4 e6 10. 0-0 Qd6 11. g3 Qd8 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bf4 0-0 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qe5 Qe6 20. Qc7 Bd8 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Bxd6 Bb6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. c3 Bxh3 25. f3 Be6 26. Kg2 Rc8 27. Rh1 h5 28. f4 Bg4 29. Rhe1 c5 30. Re5 cxd4 31. cxd4 Bd7 32. Kh2 Rc3 33. Rd1 Bc6 34. Bf1 Ra3 35. Re2 h4 36. gxh4 Rf3 37. Bg2 Rxf4 38. Rf1 Rxh4+ 39. Kg3 Rxd4 40. Bf3 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Sladkov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Ba2 b4 11. Nd5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nxd5 13. exd5 d6 14. a5 f5 15. Qb3 f4 16. Qxb4 Bc8 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bb1 Bh4 19. Re2 e4 20. d3 exf3 21. gxf3 Bh3 22. Ra4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Qd2 Qh5 25. Rf2 Re3 26. Rxf4 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khmelnitski, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc3 13. Qa2 Re8 14. Bc7 b6 15. Rfc1 Qa5 16. Ne5 Na6 17. Nxc6 Qa4 18. Bb3 Qb5 19. a4 Qd3 20. Rd1 Qc3 21. Rac1 Nxc7 22. Qa3 Nd5 23. Rxc3 Ndxc3 24. Re1 Bb7 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Nxf5 Kf6 27. Nd6 Nxd6 28. Qxd6 Bd5 29. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Kostrikina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 a6 6. Be3 Qa5+ 7. N5c3 e6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nd2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. h3 0-0 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Re1 Be6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Bg5 Be5 19. c3 h6 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Nf5 Ne4 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Qh5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rad1 Kg8 28. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bestchastny, Yiakov"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 d6 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bf2 Nec6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Ne4 0-0 15. c3 Nf5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. d4 Bg7 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Rf2 Qe7 21. Raf1 Rf8 22. Nd2 Bh6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rf3 Bg7 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. R3f2 h5 27. Nf3 Rd8 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Re2 Rd5 30. Nd3 Rd8 31. Nf4 Bh6 32. Kh1 Qd7 33. Nd3 Bg7 34. Ne5 Qc7 35. Ra1 Rd5 36. Nd3 Rd8 37. Nf4 Qd7 38. a4 Bh6 39. Nd3 Bf8 40. a5 b5 41. Ne5 Qc8 42. Qc6 a6 43. Qxc8 Rxc8 44. Nxg6 fxg6 45. Rxe6 Bd6 46. Rxg6+ Kf7 47. Rg5 Kf6 48. Rxh5 Kg6 49. g4 Ne3 50. Re1 Nxg4 51. Rd5 Bxh2 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Rxa6 Bb8 54. Rxb5 Rh8+ 55. Kg2 Ne3+ 56. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Skiba, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4 Qc7 9. Be2 Bd7 10. 0-0 Ne5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. b3 0-0 15. f4 Ng6 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. a4 Bd8 18. g4 Ba5 19. f5 Ne5 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bd8 22. Rg1 b6 23. Qe1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Qb7 25. Qh4 exf5 26. Bxd8 Rfxd8 27. Bd3 Ng6 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Kg1 fxe4 30. Bxe4 d5 31. Bxg6 Be8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Kd6 35. Qxb7 Bxg6 36. Qxb6+ Ke5 37. Nc6+ Rxc6 38. Qxc6 Rd6 39. cxd5 Be4 1-0

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kochetkov, Victor N"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 e5 12. Nb3 Bf5 13. a3 h5 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. Nd3 Rfd8 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Qe2 h4 19. Nh1 f5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nhf2 Rac8 22. c3 e4 23. Nc5 Bf7 24. Nb3 Nb5 25. Nd4 exf3 26. gxf3 Nd6 27. Nh3 Re8 28. Bd2 Ne5 29. Qg2 Nec4 30. Bc1 Bf6 31. Bd3 Kh8 32. Kh1 Rg8 33. Qf2 Rce8 34. b3 Ne5 35. Be2 Rg7 36. a4 Rc8 37. Bd2 Nc6 38. Bd3 Qd7 39. Rg1 g5 40. f4 g4 41. Ng5 Nxd4 42. exd4 Ne4 43. Qxh4+ Kg8 44. Qe1 Re8 45. Bxe4 dxe4 46. Nxf7 Qxf7 47. Be3 Rh7 48. Rg2 Kg7 49. Kg1 Rh3 50. Qd2 Rf3 51. c4 Rh8 52. d5 Rhh3 53. Bd4 Kg6 54. Be5 Rxb3 55. Rxb3 Rxb3 56. Qc2 Ra3 57. Rd2 Bd8 58. c5 Qe8 59. c6 Bb6+ 60. Kg2 e3 61. cxb7 exd2 62. b8Q Qxb8 63. Bxb8 Ra2 64. Qd1 Bd4 65. Kf1 Ra1 66. Ke2 Rxd1 67. Kxd1 Be3 0-1

[Event "Volgodonsk op"]
[Site "Volgodonsk"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Glazkov, Arseny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Ng3 Qb6 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Nd1 0-0 10. Bc4 d6 11. h3 Nf6 12. 0-0 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 a5 15. Qe2 d5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne3 d4 19. Ng4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rab1 Rd7 22. Rfc1 Qa3 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Nf5 Qe8 25. Nfe3 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 h5 27. Ne3 Qf7 28. Rb2 Rfd8 29. Rcb1 Rd2 30. Qf1 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Rd4 32. Qb1 Rb4 33. Rxb4 Nxb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. Qd1 g6 36. Nc4 Qc7 37. a4 Nd4 38. Qd3 Qc5 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. h4 b5 41. axb5 Qxb5 42. f4 Qb3 43. Qf1 exf4 44. Nxa5 Qg3+ 45. Kg1 Qxh4 46. Qd1 e5 47. Nc4 f3 48. gxf3 Qg3+ 49. Kf1 Qxf3+ 50. Qxf3 Nxf3 51. Kg2 Ng5 52. Nxe5 Nxe4 53. Kf3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Voronezh op 3rd"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1999.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Kiselev, Gennady Aleksandrov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Bd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb4 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nxe5 0-0 11. 0-0 Rb8 12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qh5 f5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. d4 d6 18. Nd3 Bxd4 19. c3 Bb6 20. Nf4 Bc4 21. Be3 b4 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Re3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qb8 25. h4 Rb5 26. Rae1 Re5 27. Qg5 c6 28. h5 h6 29. Qh4 Bf7 30. Nd3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Re8 32. Nf4 Re5 33. Kh2 d5 34. Qg3 Re4 35. Rf3 Qe8 36. Qh3 Qe5 37. g3 Qf6 38. Nd3 Qxc3 39. Qxf5 Re7 40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Qf5 Be6 42. Qg6 Re7 43. Kg2 Qd4 44. Rf4 Qa7 45. g4 Qd7 46. f3 Qe8 47. Ne5 Qxg6 48. hxg6 c5 49. Ra4 Kf8 50. Ra6 Bc8 51. Rc6 Bb7 52. Rb6 Rxe5 53. Rxb7 Re6 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Rc7 Rxg6 56. Rxc5 Rd6 57. Kf2 Kf7 58. Ke3 Ke6 59. Rc7 g5 60. Kd4 Ra6 61. Rh7 Ra4+ 62. Kd3 Ke5 63. Rxh6 Ra3+ 64. Ke2 Kd4 65. Rg6 Ra2+ 66. Kf1 Ke3 67. Rxg5 d4 68. Re5+ Kxf3 69. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voronezh op 3rd"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iliushkin, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Bb7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bd2 c4 17. Bxh7 c3 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Bg5 Nb4 20. Qb1 Bxf3 21. Bxe7 Bxe2 22. Bxb4 Bxd1 23. Qe4 c2 24. Rc1 Nf8 25. Bd6 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Voronezh op 3rd"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kostin, Alexey"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c3 e5 7. Na3 Bh6 8. e3 d6 9. Qc2 f4 10. exf4 Bxf4 11. Ne2 Bg5 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Nf5 Be7 14. 0-0-0 a6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. f4 b5 17. Nxe5 Bf6 18. Nc6 0-0 19. Rd3 Kh8 20. Rh3 Rg8 21. Qe4 Nf8 22. Bd3 Rg6 23. Re3 Bd7 24. h4 Re8 25. Qxe8 Bxe8 26. Rxe8 Rg8 27. Nh6 c4 28. Bf5 b4 29. Nxg8 Kxg8 30. Rh3 Kg7 31. h5 Kh6 32. g4 Qb6 33. Rg3 Qf2 34. g5+ Bxg5 35. fxg5+ Kxh5 36. Bg4+ Kh4 37. Ree3 bxc3 38. bxc3 Ng6 39. Bd1 Qxg3 40. Rxg3 Kxg3 41. Be2 Kf4 42. Bxc4 Kxg5 43. Bxa6 h5 44. Bf1 Nf4 45. c4 h4 46. a4 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op 3rd"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Petukhov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Nc6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Bc4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bd7 16. Qf7 Qc5 17. Rhd1 Rf8 18. Qh7 e5 19. Nd5 Re8 20. R4d3 Qxc4 21. Nxe7 Qxa2 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Ra3 Qc4 24. Rc3 Qb5 25. Qxh6 Re6 26. Qf8+ Be8 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. Qg8 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op 3rd"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moltchanov, Roman"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nc6 10. Be2 Nge5 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bg7 13. Qd2 gxh4 14. Bxh4 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. c4 Rc8 18. Rc1 a5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bf2 Rg8 21. 0-0 Nc5 22. Bf3 Qb6 23. Rc2 Bf6 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. Bg4 Rc7 26. Bf5 Qb4 27. Kh1 Na4 28. Be1 Qb6 29. b3 Nc5 30. Qd2 a4 31. b4 Nd7 32. Bf2 Qa6 33. Bd3 Qa8 34. c5 Kg7 35. a3 dxc5 36. bxc5 Rd8 37. Qb4 Nf8 38. Be4 Ng6 39. Bf3 Qc8 40. Qxa4 Qf5 41. Qe4 Qd7 42. c6 bxc6 43. dxc6 Qc8 44. Rb1 Nh4 45. Bb6 Nf5 46. Kh2 Nd4 47. Bxc7 Qxc7 48. Rb7 Qd6 49. Rc4 e6 50. Bh5 Rf8 51. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akhundov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 d6 6. Bxc4 Ba6 7. Ne2 Bxc4 8. Qxc4 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Nbc3 0-0 11. e5 Ne8 12. exd6 exd6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nc7 15. Qf4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qf3 Rb8 18. Re1 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Qe2 Rb4 22. Be3 a5 23. b3 a4 24. Qf3 axb3 25. axb3 Qf6 26. Qg3 Rfb8 27. Bd2 R4b6 28. Bg5 Qf5 29. Bf4 Bf8 30. Bd2 Qxd5 31. Rbd1 Rxb3 32. Bf4 Qxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxg3 34. fxg3 f5 35. Rd2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Bedgarani, Ilgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 Be7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Be2 d6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Re8 15. 0-0 Bf8 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. h3 Rb8 19. a3 Nfd7 20. Rfe1 Qb7 21. Rd2 Qb3 22. Qc1 Qb6 23. Bg3 Qd8 24. f4 Ng6 25. Bd3 Be7 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Ne4 Rb6 29. Re2 Qd8 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. Nc4 Rb3 32. Qc2 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Rb8 34. Re2 Rb7 35. f5 Ne5 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Bxa6 Rd7 38. Bxc8 Qxc8 39. Qe4 Rb7 40. Qg4 f6 41. Be1 c4 42. Qe4 Rb5 43. a4 Rb3 44. d6 Rd3 45. Rd2 Rxd2 46. Bxd2 Qc5+ 47. Be3 Qxd6 48. Qxc4+ Kh8 49. a5 Qd1+ 50. Qf1 Qb3 51. Qe2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Davydiuk, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4 Ng6 8. e5 Bb4 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. g3 0-0 11. Kf2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. Re1 Rxe1 15. Qxe1 Qe6 16. Ba3 b6 17. Bd5 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Ba6 19. f5 Nh8 20. Re7 Rd8 21. c5 c6 22. Bxc6 dxc6 23. Rxa7 bxc5 24. Rxa6 cxd4 25. cxd4 f6 26. Bc5 Nf7 27. g4 h5 28. h3 Ng5 29. gxh5 Ne4+ 30. Ke3 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rd5 32. Rxc6 Rxf5 33. Kd4 Rxh5 34. Re6 Rxh3 35. c6 Kf7 36. c7 Rh8 37. Rc6 Rc8 38. Kc5 g5 39. Kb6 g4 40. Kb7 Rg8 41. c8Q Rxc8 42. Rxc8 f5 43. Rc1 Ke6 44. a4 f4 45. a5 f3 46. a6 1-0

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Lapienis, Donatas P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. cxd5 c6 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Nf3 e5 10. e3 e4 11. Ng1 d5 12. d4 exd3 13. Bxd3 d4 14. e4 Ne5 15. Ne2 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. h3 b6 18. Nf4 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Ba6 20. Kg1 Rac8 21. h4 Qb5 22. Rh3 Rc3 23. Nf4 Rxh3 24. Nxh3 Qe5 25. Qf3 d3 26. Rd1 d2 27. Nf4 Bb7 28. Nd5 f5 29. Qe3 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Rxd5 32. Kf2 Kh6 33. Kf3 Kh5 34. Kf4 Rd7 35. g3 Rd8 36. Kf3 g5 37. hxg5 Kxg5 38. Ke2 Kg4 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Ke2 Rd6 41. Kf2 b5 42. Kg2 b4 43. Kf2 Rh6 44. Kg2 Rd6 45. Kf2 a5 46. Kg2 Rd8 47. Kf2 Rd3 48. Ke2 Rd6 49. Kf2 Rh6 50. Kg2 Rh3 51. Rxd2 Rxg3+ 52. Kf2 Rf3+ 53. Ke2 Kg3 54. Rd5 Rf2+ 55. Kd3 h5 56. Rxa5 h4 57. Ra8 h3 58. Rg8+ Kf3 59. Rg5 h2 60. Rxf5+ Kg3 61. Rh5 Rf1 62. Kc4 h1Q 63. Rxh1 Rxh1 64. Kxb4 Kf3 65. Kc5 Ke4 66. b4 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rb1 68. a3 Rb3 69. Kc6 Ke5 70. b5 Ke6 71. a4 Rc3+ 72. Kb7 Kd7 73. a5 Rc7+ 74. Kb6 Kc8 75. a6 0-1

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Libov, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6 9. h4 Nf6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 0-0 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Qd1 b5 14. Ne2 e5 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. c3 Nd7 17. g3 Nc5 18. cxd4 exd4 19. d3 b4 20. Re2 a5 21. Rc2 a4 22. Rc4 axb3 23. axb3 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qb8 25. Qe1 Qa7 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxb3 28. Rxb4 Qa2 29. Qc3 Nd2 30. Bg2 Ra8 31. Kh2 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Qxf2+ 33. Bg2 h5 34. Qb2 Qe3 1-0

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bg2 e4 6. Ng1 Nf6 7. Nh3 Bf5 8. a3 Qd7 9. Ng5 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 0-0 12. 0-0 Re8 13. d3 exd3 14. exd3 Bxd3 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nc6 17. Nc3 Qf5 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Qd2 Be2 20. Nh3 Bxd1 21. Qxd1 Ng4 22. Qd2 Nce5 23. Nd5 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Nxd3 25. Nxb6 Nxb2 26. Nd5 Re1+ 27. Bf1 c6 28. Nc3 Nxh2 29. Kxh2 Rxf1 30. Ne4 Ra1 31. Nd6 b6 32. Nf4 Rxa3 33. Kg2 Nd3 34. Ne2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Mirzahodjaev, Bohodir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bxb7 Bxh3 15. Bxa8 Bxf1 16. Bh1 Bh3 17. Bd2 e4 18. Bxa5 e3 19. f4 Nh5 20. Kh2 Bc8 21. Nf3 Qd7 22. Qf1 Nxg3 23. Kxg3 Qg4+ 24. Kh2 Qh5+ 25. Kg1 Qxa5 26. Nh2 Bf5 27. Bd5 Rb8 28. b4 Qxa3 29. b5 Qc5 30. Kg2 Re8 31. Rb3 Qd4 32. Qf3 h5 33. Bc6 Rf8 34. Nf1 Bg4 35. Qxe3 Qa1 36. Qf2 Qa2 37. Rb4 Bc3 38. b6 Bxb4 39. bxc7 Qa6 40. Bd5 Qc8 41. Ng3 Bc5 42. d4 Bb6 43. e4 Be6 44. f5 Bxd5 45. cxd5 Qxc7 46. f6 Qc3 47. Nf5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Popova, Z."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Bb3 a5 7. Be3 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 h5 12. Nge2 Na6 13. 0-0 Nc7 14. Rf2 Be6 15. Raf1 Qd7 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. h3 h4 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Qf5 20. Bb1 Ne6 21. f4 Bh6 22. Bc2 Ng7 23. Bd1 Qd7 24. Bg4 Nf5 25. Rf3 e6 26. Bf2 Bf8 27. Rc1 Qd8 28. Qd1 Be7 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Kh2 Qb8 31. Re3 Qa7 32. Re2 Nd7 33. Rec2 Nf8 34. Ne2 Ng6 35. Be3 Qb6 36. Bd2 Rg8 37. Bc3 Qb5 38. Qd2 Kd7 39. Rg1 Rg7 40. Rcc1 Qb6 41. Rcf1 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Purgin, Nikolaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. 0-0 d6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qe1 Nxb3 11. axb3 0-0 12. Nc3 c6 13. Nh4 b4 14. Nb1 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. e4 Bb7 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Nc4 f6 21. Nb6 Qd4+ 22. Qf2 Rad8 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. Ra4 g5 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. Qxf5 Qe7 27. Qf2 Rd4 28. Qe1 g4 29. Qg3 Kh8 30. h4 Qc5 31. Kh2 Rf4 32. Rxf4 exf4 33. Qxf4 g3+ 34. Kh1 Qf2 35. Qxf2 gxf2 36. Nd2 Re8 37. Kh2 Re2 38. Nf1 Re1 39. Ng3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rd1 Qe7 9. Qxc4 e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Nc3 h6 12. h3 c6 13. dxc6 Be6 14. Qh4 Nxc6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Rxd6 e4 17. Nh2 Qxd6 18. Qxf6 Qe5 19. Qxh6 f5 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. g4 Rf6 22. Qh5+ Kg7 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Qh4 Rh8 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 Rb5 27. b3 Bxh3 28. Bxh3 Rxh3 29. Kg2 Rh6 30. Rd1 Rg6+ 31. Ng3 Nb4 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. a4 Rbb6 34. f4 Na6 35. f5 Rg7 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd3 Nc5 38. Rd5 Rxb3 39. Nf3 Nxa4 40. Kf2 Nb6 41. Rd6 Ke8 42. Nh5 Rc7 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Nd4 Rb4 45. Ne4 Rd7 46. Rf6+ Rf7 47. Rd6 Rd7 48. Rf6+ Rf7 49. Rd6 Nc8 50. Rd5 Rxd4 51. Rxd4 Rxf5+ 52. Ke3 Ke7 53. Rc4 Rf8 54. Rc7+ Kd8 55. Rxb7 Re8 56. Rb4 a5 57. Ra4 Nb6 58. Ra1 Kc7 59. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Nbd2 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Be7 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 0-0 19. Re5 c6 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. Rh5 h6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rh3 Qa7 24. Rd1 Rfe8 25. Kf1 Re6 26. Re3 Rae8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. h4 Bxh4 29. Qh3 Qe7 30. g3 Bg5 31. f4 Re3 32. fxg5 Rf3+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Yunusov, Azam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nbc6 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Nf3 f6 12. h4 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng6 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Qxc3+ 17. Kf2 Qxe5 18. Kg3 Qc3+ 19. Qf3 Qxc2 20. Rhf1 d4 21. Rac1 Qg6+ 22. Qg4 Qxg4+ 23. Bxg4 e5 24. Bxe5 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Bxg4 26. Kxg4 Rd8 27. Rd1 d3 28. Kf4 b5 29. Bc3 a6 30. Rd2 Rf8+ 31. Ke3 Rf1 32. Rf2 Rg1 33. Kd4 h5 34. Ke3 Rh1 35. Rf4 Rc1 36. Bb4 Rc2 37. Rf2 Rc1 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Ra8 Rc2 40. Rxa6 Rxg2 41. Rb6 Rh2 42. Rxb5 Rxh4 43. a4 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Rh2+ 45. Ke1 Kg6 46. a5 Ra2 47. Bd2 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ra2 49. Ke3 h4 50. Rc5 Ra4 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Rg5+ Kf7 53. Ke3 Ra3 54. Kd4 Ra2 55. Bc3 h3 56. Rg1 h2 57. Rh1 Rg2 58. a6 d2 59. a7 d1Q+ 60. Rxd1 Rg1 61. a8Q Rxd1+ 62. Kxc4 h1Q 63. Qa7+ Ke6 64. Qe3+ Kf7 65. Qa7+ Ke8 66. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuksov, Valerij S"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. 0-0 0-0-0 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Be8 11. a3 e6 12. b4 Qb6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 f6 16. Nf3 Qc6 17. Nf2 Qc3 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Nf2 Qc3 20. Ne4 Qc6 21. Nc5 Bh5 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. a4 e5 24. b5 Qc4 25. bxa6 Qxa6 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Rab1 Bd6 28. Rb5 Be8 29. Rb2 Qxa4 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Rfb1 b6 32. Nb4 Bxb4 33. Rxb4 Qa5 34. c4 Rhe8 35. c5 Kb8 36. Qc4 Rxe3 37. cxb6 c5 38. Qd5 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Qxb4 40. Qd6+ Kb7 41. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisik, Valery"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nd4 Nd7 15. Nxf5 Ndc5 16. f3 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 Qd7 18. Bg6+ Bf7 19. 0-0 0-0-0 20. Bxf7 Qxf7 21. Qf5+ Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Rde8 23. e4 Re5 24. Rfd1 Kb7 25. Rd4 Ne6 26. Rd2 h5 27. Kf2 Rf8 28. c4 Ra5 29. h4 g4 30. Re1 gxf3 31. gxf3 Ra4 32. Rc2 Rg8 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34. Kxg1 Ra3 35. Kf2 a5 36. Rd2 Rc3 37. Ne3 a4 38. Rc2 Ra3 39. Rd2 Kc6 40. Nd5 Kc5 41. f4 c6 42. f5 Nd8 43. Ne3 Nf7 44. Kf3 b5 45. cxb5 cxb5 46. Kf4 b4 47. Rd5+ Kc6 48. Nc2 Rh3 49. Nxb4+ Kd7 50. Ra5 Rxh4+ 51. Ke3 Ng5 52. Ra7+ Ke8 53. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikitin, Yury M"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 0-0 6. Nge2 Re8 7. a3 Bf8 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. d4 d6 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Nh7 12. h3 Ng6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qd2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Nc3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rf8 20. c5 Rf7 21. Rac1 Nf8 22. Ne4 Nh7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rc3 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rfc1 Raf8 28. Rc7 g4 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 0-0 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 c5 15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Qg5 Qc8 18. Ne4 c4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7 b5 23. Qd5 Qxc2 24. Rxf7 Qxb2 25. h4 Rad8 26. Ree7 h6 27. Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nb3 a5 8. 0-0 a4 9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 0-0 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf4 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc3 d4 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Re1 Be6 20. Nb4 Qb6 21. Rc1 Bg5 22. f4 Nxb4 23. Bc5 Qb5 24. Bxb4 Bf6 25. Rc7 Rab8 26. Qd3 Qb6 27. Rec1 h5 28. Kh1 Rbc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Bd5 Bg4 31. Qg6 Be6 32. Qxh5 g6 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Bxb7 Bg4 35. Qxg4 Qxb7+ 36. Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. exf3 Re2 38. Rd1 Rxb2 39. g4 Kg8 40. g5 Bg7 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Rc1 Re8 43. Kf2 d3 44. Rd1 Bd4+ 45. Kg3 Re3 46. Be1 d2 47. Rxd2 Ba1 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Bb4 Bb2 50. Bc5 Rb3 51. Ra8 Bxa3 52. Bd4+ f6 53. Rxa4 Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. gxf6 Rd3 56. Be5 Bb4 57. Rg7+ Kf8 58. Rxg6 Kf7 59. Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rb7 Bc5 61. Rc7 Bb4 62. Rc6+ Kf7 63. Kg4 Rd2 64. h4 Rh2 65. h5 Rh1 66. f5 Rg1+ 67. Kf4 Rh1 68. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamshin, Rudolf"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. 0-0-0 Ra6 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Rdg1 0-0 16. Nh4 Rfa8 17. Rg3 Nf8 18. Rhg1 Rb6 19. Nf3 Be8 20. Ne1 Nfd7 21. h4 Rb4 22. Qd1 b5 23. a3 bxc4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nb1 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 Nb6 27. Bxh5 Ra2 28. Bxb6 Ba4 29. Qg4 cxb6 30. Qc8+ Bf8 31. Bd1 Qa7 32. h5 b5 33. Nd3 cxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Rxb2 35. Bc2 Qd4+ 36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Rf3 Bxc2 38. Kf1 Rxb1+ 39. Kg2 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. 0-0 d6 7. c3 Be7 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 Nb8 15. b5 Nd7 16. a4 Rc7 17. Qe3 0-0 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qd7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Bb4 Ng6 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Qc1 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 f6 28. Bd6 fxe5 29. dxe5 Kf7 30. a5 bxa5 31. Qxa5 Bc8 32. Qb4 Ne7 33. Bxh7 Nf5 34. Qf4 Qxb5 35. g4 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 dxe4 38. gxf5 exf5 39. h4 g6 40. h5 gxh5 41. e6+ Kxe6 42. Bc5 a5 43. Bg8+ Ke5 44. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. a4 c6 15. c4 bxc4 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nxc4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. b3 Rad8 20. Be3 Qb8 21. Bb6 Rc8 22. Ba5 d5 23. exd5 e4 24. Nfd2 Bxd5 25. Nb6 Rcd8 26. Nbc4 Bxc4 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. bxc4 Qf4 29. Re2 Bc5 30. Qe1 Nd3 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. Re3 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Rb8 35. Ra3 Nd7 36. Rxd3 Nc5 37. Rd6 Rb2 38. Rc6 Nxa4 39. Rxa6 Nc5 40. Rd6 Rc2 41. Kf1 g6 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Rd5 Nb3 44. Kd1 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. a4 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. 0-0 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Na6 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rfb8 15. Nd2 Qd8 16. Nc4 Nc7 17. Nba3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 Rb4 20. b3 Nb6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Nc2 Rxc4 23. bxc4 Rxa4 24. Ne3 Ne8 25. Ra1 Nf6 26. e5 Nfd7 27. exd6 exd6 28. Rxa4 Nxa4 29. Qa1 Nab6 30. Rb1 h5 31. Qa6 Kg7 32. h3 Kh6 33. Qb7 Kg7 34. Qc6 Nc8 35. Qa8 Kf8 36. Nf1 Qe8 37. Nd2 Ne7 38. Qa1 Kg8 39. Ne4 Nxd5 40. Re1 Nc7 41. Nxd6 Qf8 42. Ne4 Qe7 43. Qa7 Qe5 44. Nf6+ Qxf6 45. Qxc7 Qf5 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Rd1 Nb6 48. Qxf5 gxf5 49. Rc1 f4 50. Kf1 Kf6 51. Ke2 Kf5 52. Kd3 Nd7 53. Rd1 f3 54. gxf3 Ne5+ 55. Kc3 Nxf3 56. Rd5+ Kf4 57. Rxc5 f5 58. Rd5 Ng5 59. c5 Ke4 60. Rd4+ Ke5 61. f4+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brianski, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. b3 d5 13. Ba3 dxc4 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. b4 Ng4 16. Qc1 Nb3 17. axb3 cxb3 18. Qg5 Bxc3 19. Qxg4 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qc3 21. Qd4 Rfd8 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Bb2 Rc2 24. Rb1 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Nd4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxd4 29. Rxb3 Rd8 30. Rb7 Ra8 31. Rxe7 a4 32. Rc7 a3 33. Rc1 a2 34. Ra1 Ra3 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Ke1 Ke7 37. Kd2 Kd6 38. Kc2 Kc5 39. Kb2 Kb4 40. Kc2 Ra7 41. Kb2 Rd7 42. Rxa2 Rd2+ 43. Kb1 Rxa2 44. Kxa2 Kc3 45. f4 f5 46. Kb1 Kd2 47. g4 Kxe2 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Kc2 h5 50. Kc3 Ke3 51. Kc2 Kxf4 52. Kd1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Berkovich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. e3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. b4 0-0 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. 0-0 e4 10. d3 exd3 11. Qxd3 Ne5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rd1 c6 14. b5 c5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Bb2 g5 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Rbd1 a6 20. a4 axb5 21. cxb5 Rf8 22. Bc3 Be6 23. a5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe8 25. Rxd6 Qxb5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. R6d5 Rae8 28. Rxc5 Qa6 29. Rb1 Re7 30. Rb6 Qa8 31. Nc3 Qe8 32. Nd5 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. c4 0-0 8. b3 a6 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Qc1 d6 12. Qb2 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b4 Nce4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rxd2 Rac8 19. Rd4 h6 20. Rcd1 d5 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Nc2 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nd5 24. a3 b5 25. Rd2 Qc7 26. Nd4 Qe5 27. e3 Nb6 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. Rd3 Nc4 30. Qc1 Qb7 31. Rc3 Rd8 32. Nd4 e5 33. Nb3 Qf3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Izhnin, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qc1 Qd7 11. Rd1 Rad8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc8 15. b3 c5 16. Be3 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Rd8 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rc1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 b6 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Rc2 f5 24. Qf3 Qd5 25. Rd2 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Kf7 27. g4 Ke6 28. gxf5+ Kxf5 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Bf4 b5 31. e4+ Ke6 32. Be3 Be7 33. Ke2 a6 34. Kd3 g6 35. h3 Bd6 36. Bg5 Bc7 37. Bh6 Bd6 38. f3 Bc7 39. Bc1 Bd6 40. Ke3 Be5 41. f4 Bc7 42. Kf3 h5 43. Be3 Bd6 44. e5 Be7 45. Ke4 Bf8 46. Bd2 Be7 47. Ba5 Bf8 48. Bd8 Kd7 49. Bf6 Ke6 50. Bg5 Bg7 51. Bd8 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rb1 Nbd7 10. d3 c6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. e4 Nb6 13. f4 d5 14. c5 Nbd7 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. d4 Neg4 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. h3 Ngf6 21. Rb3 b6 22. Bc7 Nxc5 23. Be5 Ncd7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 Be6 26. c4 dxc4 27. Rbf3 Rad8 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxd4 30. Nf3 Rd3 31. Rxh6 Qc3 32. Qb1 Bf5 33. Kh2 Rxf3 34. Qb5 Re2 35. Qc6 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rxg3+ 37. Kh2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Black "Tverdohlebov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. c3 Re8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Qc2 a4 11. Nf1 c6 12. h3 Nb6 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Ng3 Nc4 16. Bf1 b5 17. Kh2 h4 18. Ne2 d5 19. dxe5 a3 20. Ned4 axb2 21. Bxb2 Nxe5 22. exd5 Bf5 23. Qd2 Qxd5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 25. f4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qxd4 28. cxd4 Rxa2 29. Re2 Bd3 30. Re8+ Nf8 31. Bxd3 Rxb2+ 32. Kg1 Rd2 33. Be4 Rxd4 34. Bxc6 Rxf4 35. Bxb5 Rf5 36. Bc4 Rxg5+ 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Re7 Rf5+ 39. Ke3 g5 40. Ra7 Ng6 41. Bd3 Re5+ 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Rxe7 Nxe7 44. Kg4 f6 45. Kh5 Nd5 46. Kg4 Kf7 47. Kf5 Ne7+ 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. Bc4+ Kd6 50. Bf7 f5+ 51. Kd4 Nc6+ 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Be8 Nd4 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Bd7 Nc2 56. Ba4 Ne3 57. Bb3 g4 58. hxg4 fxg4 59. Be6 h3 60. Kg1 Kg3 61. Kh1 Nd1 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. b4 Qf5 8. b5 Nb4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 0-0-0 11. d3 e6 12. Be3 Kb8 13. Qd2 g5 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qc3 h5 17. Bd4 Bg7 18. Rae1 g4 19. Re7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxf6 gxf3 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Qf6 d4 24. Re1 fxg2 25. Kxg2 b6 26. Kh2 Qxb5 27. Qxf7 Rc8 28. Bxd4 Qa4 29. Qc4 Qxa3 30. Qc6 Qf8 31. Re4 Qf7 32. Qe6 Qf3 33. Be3 Rd8 34. Rf4 Qd1 35. Rc4 Qf3 36. Qe4 Qf7 37. Bf4 Rd7 38. Bg3 Qe7 39. Qxe7 Rxe7 40. Kg2 Kb7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Podat, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 axb5 8. Bxb5 Qb6 9. Qb3 e6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd5 12. Qd3 Qb7 13. f3 c4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 d5 16. Qc2 dxe4 17. fxe4 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bc5 19. Bc3 0-0 20. Ke2 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Rhc1 h6 23. a3 Qb7 24. b4 Rfc8 25. Qd3 Nf6 26. e5 Nd5 27. Kf2 g5 28. Kg3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qa7 30. Rb1 Nf4 31. Qd2 Qxa3 32. h4 Ng6 33. hxg5 h5 34. Kh2 Rb8 35. Qd6 Rb7 36. b5 Qe3 37. Rb4 Nf4 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qf6 Ng6 40. b6 Qc5 41. Rb2 Qe3 42. Rb5 Qf2 43. Rb4 Qc5 44. Rb2 Qe3 45. Kg3 Qe4 46. Rd2 Qg4+ 47. Kf2 Qb4 48. Rd6 Qc4 49. Kg3 Qg4+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Kh1 Qc1+ 52. Ng1 Qf4 53. Nh3 Qxe5 54. Qf3 Qxd6 55. Qxb7 Kg7 56. Qa7 Qd4 57. Qc7 Qe5 58. Qc4 Qa1+ 59. Ng1 Ne5 60. Qf4 Ng4 61. b7 e5 62. Qf6+ Nxf6 63. gxf6+ Kxf6 64. b8Q Kg7 65. Qd8 f6 66. Qd7+ Kg6 67. Kh2 Qc1 68. Qd3+ Kg7 69. Ne2 Qg5 70. Ng3 Qh4+ 71. Kg1 Qg5 72. Qf3 Kg6 73. Qe4+ Kg7 74. Nf5+ Kf7 75. Kh2 Qd2 76. Ng3 Qh6 77. Qf5 h4 78. Qd7+ Kg6 79. Qe8+ Kg5 80. Ne4+ Kf4 81. Nd6 f5 82. Qa4+ e4 83. Qd4 Qg5 84. Qd2+ Kg4 85. Qd1+ Kf4 86. Kh1 Kg3 87. Nb5 h3 88. Qe1+ Kg4 89. Qe2+ Kh4 90. Qf2+ Qg3 91. Qxg3+ Kxg3 92. gxh3 e3 93. Nc3 f4 94. Kg1 Kxh3 95. Kf1 Kg4 96. Ke2 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. 0-0-0 c6 10. e4 b5 11. cxb5 Bb7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. h4 Nd7 14. Kb1 g6 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. h5 g5 18. Rhe1 Rfb8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qd8 21. g3 Bf8 22. f4 a6 23. Bc2 Bg7 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 axb5 26. Bc2 b4 27. axb4 Ba6 28. Qf2 Rxb4 29. Nxd5 Qb8 30. Nxb4 Qxb4 31. Qd4 Qe7 32. Qd6 Qa7 33. Qd4 Qe7 34. Qe4 Rb8 35. Re3 Bc8 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. Bxb3 Be6 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. g4 Qc7 40. Re1 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shalimov, Valery A"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. 0-0 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Rc1 0-0 13. Qd3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bc6 15. Rd1 e5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd3 Be7 22. Rd5 a5 23. Nd3 Na6 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. a3 Ke8 26. Rb7 Nb8 27. Nf4 Nd7 28. Nd5 Bd8 29. Kf3 Rb8 30. Rb5 a4 31. bxa4 Ra8 32. a5 Bxa5 33. Ke4 Bd8 34. Rb3 Ra4 35. Ne3 Nb6 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Kc2 Kc6 38. Rd3 Bf6 39. Kb3 Ra8 40. Nf5 Rb8 41. e3 Nd7+ 42. Kc2 Rb2+ 43. Kc1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d5 c4 15. Nf1 Nd7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Ng3 Reb8 18. Nh2 Bc8 19. Ra2 Nc5 20. f4 Bd7 21. Nh5 bxa4 22. f5 Nd3 23. Rf1 f6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Nf3 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Nxb2 27. Nh4 Qd8 28. Rf3 Qe7 29. Rg3 Qf7 30. Qf3 a3 31. Bb1 Nd3 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Bh6 Rb8 34. Ba2 hxg6 35. Rxg6 Nf4 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Qg4 Kh7 38. Nxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rxf6 gxf6 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qh5+ Kg7 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. f6 Be8 46. f7 Bxf7 47. Qxf7 Bg7 48. Qc7 Rb2 49. Qxd6 Rxa2 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qxa5 Be5 52. d6 Rd2 53. Qxa3 Bxd6 54. Qxa6 Bc5+ 55. Kf1 Rf2+ 56. Ke1 Rxg2 57. Qxc4 Be3 58. e5 Rg7 59. Ke2 Rg2+ 60. Kf3 Rg3+ 61. Ke4 Kh6 62. Qf7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zvonitsky, V."]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Ng3 g6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bg7 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. d5 Nd7 19. Rb1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. b3 b4 23. Bh6 a5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg5 Qd8 26. Qd2 Ba6 27. f4 Nd7 28. Re3 Qf6 29. Rf3 Rac8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Ne4 Qb6 32. f5 c4+ 33. Kh1 Qd4 34. f6+ Nxf6 35. Qxd4 exd4 36. Nxf6 Re2 37. bxc4 Rxc2 38. d6 Bxc4 39. d7 Rd8 40. Rd1 Be2 0-1

