[Event "BUL-chT GpB 63rd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Jovchev, Aleksi"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia CSKA"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. c3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT GpB 63rd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Stefanov, Krasimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[BlackTeam "Silistra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. 0-0 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. Be3 0-0 13. Rad1 Bc7 14. Qd3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT GpB 63rd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vlashki, Nino"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slivnitsa Geroy"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qe2 a5 9. Bd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Be1 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nd6 13. a4 Qc8 14. Ne5 f6 15. Nd3 Qe6 16. Qf3 c4 17. Nf2 f5 18. g4 Nc7 19. Kh1 Nce8 20. Rg1 Nf6 21. g5 Nh5 22. b3 cxb3 23. Nxb3 Nc4 24. Bd2 Rac8 25. Rgc1 Rc6 26. Rc2 Rfc8 27. Rac1 Nd6 28. Rb1 Rc4 29. Nc1 Ne4 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Qe2 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "BUL-chT GpB 63rd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivelinov, Hristo"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yambol Tundzha"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e5 9. Qc2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 e4 13. Be2 Kd8 14. Rb1 Re8 15. h4 Ne5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nb3 b6 18. a4 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Bf5 20. a5 Kc7 21. Nc1 Ne5 22. Qb3 Reb8 23. Qa3 Nfd7 24. Ra1 Bg6 25. axb6+ Rxb6 26. Qa5 f5 27. Rb1 Qf8 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Rb5 f4 30. exf4 gxf4 31. Rh4 f3 32. gxf3 exf3 33. Bd1 Qd8 34. Rf4 Qh8 35. Rxc5+ Kb7 36. Bxf3 Nxf3 37. Qa4 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe1+ 39. Kxf3 Bh5+ 0-1

[Event "BUL-chT GpB 63rd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Dimov, Dian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[BlackTeam "Blagoevgrad Victory"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Bb5+ Nfd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 10. Bf1 Nf6 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bf4 Nce8 14. Qd2 a6 15. Red1 Qa5 16. Bh6 Qb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Qa5 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qxc5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT GpB 63rd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2013.09.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Danov, Lyubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[BlackTeam "Pernik Yuriy Benderev"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. f4 Kh8 15. Kh1 g5 16. fxg5 Bxg5 17. Nf3 Bh6 18. Qb3 b5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rg1 Rg8 21. Bh3 Qe7 22. Rxg8+ Rxg8 23. Rg1 Rc8 24. Bf1 a5 25. Qd3 Qb4 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Qxb2 28. Rg1 Rc3 29. Qd1 Qc1 0-1

[Event "BUL-chT-B 62nd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Milanov, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.09.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[BlackTeam "Slivnitsa Geroy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f3 Ne5 12. Qd4 Bd7 13. a4 Rac8 14. Na3 Qc5 15. Qd2 Qb4 16. Nc2 Qa5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nb6 Rc6 19. a5 Qc7 20. Nd4 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Rfc1 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT-B 62nd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nenkov, Ljudmil"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.09.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pernik Yuriy Benderev"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. 0-0 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. d3 0-0 7. Bg5 Ne8 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bh3 Nc7 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Nh4 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 g5 14. c3 gxh4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. d6 Qxd6 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. f4 hxg3 19. fxe5 gxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Qg4+ Qg7 22. Qf4 Rb6 23. Rac1 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rf2 Rb6 26. Rc5 0-1

[Event "BUL-chT-B 62nd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dimitrov, Dejan"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.09.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shabla Harmoniya"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 0-0 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. a5 Ng6 18. Bc1 Bh4 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qd1 Rac8 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bg5 24. Bd4 f5 25. b3 g6 26. c4 Bf6 27. Ra2 Nd7 28. Bg1 Bc3 29. Qd3 Bb4 30. Bf3 Ne5 31. Qd1 Bc5 32. Be2 Bxg1 33. Rxg1 Qh4 34. Qd2 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT-B 62nd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Yanev, Tihomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.09.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[BlackTeam "Shumen 2005"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. h3 c5 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. 0-0-0 Bc6 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Nxd4 Bxh1 19. Nb5 Bc6 20. Nxd6+ Kf8 21. f3 Qh5 22. Nxb7 Re8 23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Qxc6 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Rf8 26. Qd7 Qe5 27. c5 g6 28. c6 Kg7 29. c7 Rb8 30. cxb8Q Rxb8 31. b3 h5 32. Nd8 Qf6 33. Qc7 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT-B 62nd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2012.09.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nikolov, Sasho"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.09.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Silistra"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Nd5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. 0-0-0 Bf5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Bb4 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rc4 19. a3 Ke8 20. b3 Rc7 21. Rxd4 Kd7 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Rde4 h5 24. a4 h4 25. c4 Rh5 26. Bc3 Bd8 27. Kd2 g6 28. Ke2 h3 29. g4 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Rxc3 31. Re3 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. Kg3 Rxd5 34. Kxh3 f6 35. Kg3 g5 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 Rd4 38. f5 d5 39. Kh5 a6 40. Re8 Rb4 41. R1e6 d4 42. Kg6 d3 43. g5 Rd4 44. gxf6 d2 45. Rxd8+ Kxd8 46. f7 d1Q 47. f8Q+ Kc7 48. Qc5+ Kb8 49. Re8+ Rd8 50. Qe5+ Ka7 51. Qe3+ Kb8 52. Rxd8+ Qxd8 53. Qe6 Qd3 54. Kf7 Kc7 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT-B 62nd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2012.09.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Filev, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.09.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Slavia"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 d5 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Bd3 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Bb1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. h3 h6 22. Nd2 b5 23. Nce4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 f5 26. Nc3 Qd8 27. Qxd8 Bxd8 28. Kf1 Bc7 29. Ne2 g6 30. Nf4 Bf7 31. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Baharov Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Kostov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. 0-0 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nc2 0-0 10. b3 a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Na5 14. Ne3 e6 15. Na2 Nc6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Ne7 18. Bc3 Rab8 19. b6 Qxb6 20. c5 Qa6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. cxd6 Nc8 23. Bxa5 b6 24. Bb4 Ne8 25. Bc6 Nf6 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Rd1 Bf8 29. Nc4 b5 30. Na5 Ne5 31. f4 Bxd6 32. Bxd6 Nc4 33. Nc6 N4xd6 34. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Baharov Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stojanov, Alexandar"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rc8 15. Rhc1 f6 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. b4 Kd8 19. b5 Bd7 20. Re1 h6 21. h4 Rf8 22. a4 fxe5 23. Rxe5 Kc7 24. Re1 Kd6 25. Rc1 Be8 26. Ke3 Bg6 27. Bxg6 Nxg6 28. g3 Ne7 29. a5 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 31. Ne5 Kc7 32. Nf7 Kd7 33. Ne5+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Baharov Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Badev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Be2 Be7 6. 0-0 c6 7. a4 0-0 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Bg5 Rd8 10. a5 Nf8 11. d5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. g3 Bh3 16. b3 Ne7 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. h4 Bf6 19. Ne3 Rac8 20. a6 b6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bc4 d5 23. Ncxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Rec1 Rdc8 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. b4 Bd8 30. Rd1 b5 31. Ne3 Rc8 32. Rd5 Bb6 33. Rxb5 f6 34. Rxb6 axb6 35. Nd5 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 b5 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. h5 Rc6 39. a7 Ra6 40. Nc7 Rxa7 41. Nxb5 Ra2 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nf5 Kf7 44. b5 Rb2 45. Ke3 Kf8 46. Nd6 g6 47. hxg6 Kg7 48. Kf3 Kxg6 49. Ke3 h5 50. Kf3 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rd3 52. Nf5 Rd7 53. Kh3 Rb7 54. Nh4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Sofia Baharov Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Ivanov, Stojan Emilov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Ng1 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Bd3 c6 14. Qd2 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ne3 b5 18. b3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Qa8 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. 0-0 Qc6 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Nd4 Qa6 26. a4 Qb7 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Rb1 Qb4 29. Nfe3 e6 30. Qd2 Qb7 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxe4 33. Rd1 Ne5 34. Qa6 Rc3 35. Qxa7 Rxb3 36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Ra3 38. Nc4 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Nxc4 40. Rxc4 Kg7 41. g4 Kg6 42. g3 h5 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. Kg2 g4 45. Rc5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Baharov Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Georgi"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. Nbd2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 Qc8 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bh2 Ba6 12. Re1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qb7 14. Rab1 a6 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e4 Ra4 19. Rb3 Nd7 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 e6 22. Ne4 Rxb4 23. Rxb4 Nxb4 24. Rb1 Nc6 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Ra8 27. Bg3 h6 28. h4 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Rd1 30. Bf4 Nd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. f3 Rd5 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. exf6 Kh7 36. Kg3 Nxf6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Baharov Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galunova, Tsveta"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bd6 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Ne7 9. Na3 Nbc6 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. c4 0-0 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxe5 18. Qc3 N5c6 19. Nxa7 Nxa7 20. Bxa7 dxc4 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Qxc4 Nc6 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. h3 h6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Baharov Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Chunchukov, Ivelin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qd3 f5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. c5 Be7 16. b4 Rd8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rac1 b5 20. a4 a6 21. Ra1 Bd7 22. Ra2 Ra7 23. Qe2 Rda8 24. Rea1 Kh7 25. g3 g5 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Bf4 Qb7 29. Ne5 Re8 30. Qh5 Bxe5 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT 56th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2006.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dimitrovgrad Tradex"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Rc1 Nf6 11. h3 0-0 12. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT 56th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Bratanov, Zsivko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2006.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Plovdiv Lokomotiv 2000"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Bg7 10. c3 Bd5 11. Bf3 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT 56th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Petrov, Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2006.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Plovdiv Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 d6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxc5 Bxc4 11. Qxd8 Rfxd8 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT 56th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karakehajov, Kalin"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burgas Lukoil-Neftohimik"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 c5 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Bf3 Rb8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Qb7 14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Qe2 Rbd8 16. e4 e5 17. Nd1 Qc7 18. Ne3 Nxe4 19. Nf5 Rd2 20. Qxe4 Rxb2 21. Qxc6 Bd8 22. Qa4 e4 23. Rcd1 Bf6 24. Ne3 Be5 25. g3 Bd6 26. Rd4 f5 27. Nd1 Rb1 28. Ne3 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bc5 30. Qd7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Rf7 32. Rd8+ Rf8 33. Rd1 Re8 34. Rd7 Re7 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Ra8 Rd7 37. Ke2 a5 38. Nd5 Bd4 39. Rb8 Rd6 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. h4 a4 42. bxa4 Kh6 43. Ne7 g6 44. Ng8+ Kh5 45. Rxh7+ Kg4 46. Nh6+ Kh3 47. h5 Kg2 48. hxg6 Rxg6 49. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT 56th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2006.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2006.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 Be7 11. Nbd2 Qb6 12. 0-0 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Ra1 0-0 16. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT 56th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2006.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Todorov, Mladen"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2006.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Hemus"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nxb5 d5 7. c3 a6 8. Na3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. Nb1 Be7 12. g3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 22nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2006.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Muhren, Bianca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. b3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 0-0 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. Na2 Be7 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Nc3 Bg5 19. Rb1 Nf4 20. Qf1 Bb7 21. g3 Bg2 22. Qe1 Bf3 23. Bf1 Bxd1 24. gxf4 Bc2 25. Rc1 Bxb3 26. fxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Bg2 Rc8 28. Ra1 h6 29. Ra3 Bc2 30. Ne2 Bg6 31. Rg3 Qf5 32. Bc3 Rdc7 33. h4 Qc2 34. d5 exd5 35. h5 Bxh5 36. Nd4 Qd1 37. Qxd1 Bxd1 38. Bd2 Kh7 39. Bxd5 Rd8 40. Be4+ g6 41. Be3 Rc4 42. Nc6 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 22nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 0-0 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. f5 Bd6 20. Qh3 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rd6 22. Rfe1 exf5 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qxf5 Nf6 25. Qc5 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. a4 b4 28. Nd1 b3 29. cxb3 Rxb3 30. Bc4 Rb4 31. b3 Kf8 32. Nc3 Rb6 33. Kg1 Ne8 34. a5 Rg6 35. Bf1 Rg4 36. Na4 Nc7 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Rc1 Rb4 39. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 22nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 a6 10. Nd2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. g3 cxd4 15. exd4 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 Re8 17. Qd1 Nf8 18. Bg2 Ne6 19. Nf1 Ng5 20. Ne3 Nge4 21. Rc1 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Qd8 23. Rc2 g6 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Re1+ 26. Bf1 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT2D 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Gulbas, Cemil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Chalon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Qb3 b6 7. Ne5 Be6 8. d4 g6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. Rc1 0-0 12. Be2 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bh6 14. Nb4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Rd1 Qd6 17. Nbxd5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. c4 Rab8 20. Bb4 Qd7 21. Bxe7 Bxd5 22. Bxf8 Na5 23. Qc2 Bxf3 24. Bxh6 Bxg2 25. Rg1 Bf3 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Rg3 Be4 28. Qc3 Nc6 29. f3 Bf5 30. Kf2 Qe7 31. e4 Qh4 32. Bg5 Qxh2+ 33. Rg2 Qh3 34. Kg1 Bd7 35. Bf4 Qh5 36. Rh2 Qa5 37. d5 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Na5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2D 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Marzolf, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Gambsheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. Be3 Kh8 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bh5 Qd8 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Bf3 a5 16. c3 Na6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd7 20. Qd3 b6 21. f3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rf2 Rab8 24. Raf1 Kg8 25. Qc4 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. c4 Rb4 28. Rc1 Rfb8 29. Rcc2 Bf6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke1 Kg6 32. Kd1 Bg5 33. Rfe2 h5 34. Ke1 Bf4 35. h4 Kf5 36. Kf2 g6 37. g3 Bh6 38. Kg2 g5 39. hxg5 Bxg5 40. Nf2 Bf6 41. Nd3 R4b6 42. Kh3 Rg8 43. Rc3 Rbb8 44. Ra3 Ra8 45. Ra4 Rgc8 46. Re4 Bg5 47. Kg2 Bd2 48. Kf2 Rh8 49. Kg2 Rhg8 50. Kh3 Rh8 51. Re2 Bg5 52. Ra3 Rhe8 53. Nf2 Bc1 54. Rc3 Bg5 55. Re4 Rab8 56. Nd3 Rf8 57. Rc2 Rf7 58. Rce2 Bf6 59. f4 Re7 60. fxe5 Bxe5 61. Rh4 Kg5 62. b3 Rbe8 63. Rhe4 Kf5 64. Nf4 Rg8 65. Nxh5 Rh7 66. g4+ Rxg4 67. Rxg4 Rxh5+ 68. Rh4 Rxh4+ 69. Kxh4 Kf4 70. Re1 Kf3 71. Kg5 Bf4+ 72. Kf5 Be3 73. Ke6 Kf2 74. Rh1 Bg5 75. Kd7 Ke2 76. Kxc7 Kd3 77. Kb6 Bd2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2D 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Heinz, Timothee"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Nancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 0-0 11. Kh1 Kh8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Qd3 Rae8 14. Qg3 Bd8 15. Bd3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Bg5 Nh5 20. Qh4 Nf4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Qf2 Rfd8 24. Qf3 Qb6 25. Ne2 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Qb3 27. Nc1 Qxb2 28. Qh5 h6 29. Rde1 Rc8 30. g4 Rdc7 31. Ne2 Qd2 32. Qxe5 Rc2 33. Qg3 Rb2 34. Nf4 Bxg4 35. h3 Rcc2 36. hxg4 Qh2+ 37. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 38. Kg1 g5 39. Re2 Rhxe2 40. Nxe2 Rxe2 41. Rxf7 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT2D 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.11.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Girardon, Jerome"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gueugnon"]
[BlackTeam "Nancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. a4 Bd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Be3 0-0 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qc4 Rac8 15. Rd2 Nd7 16. f4 Qb8 17. Kh2 Rfe8 18. Qe2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 d5 22. Ra5 b4 23. Na4 Bd8 24. Ra6 Qb7 25. Ra7 Qc6 26. Qe2 Nb8 27. b3 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT2D 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.11.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Montrevel en Bresse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 Nbd7 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rfe1 a5 14. Rad1 a4 15. Bf4 Ncd7 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Nde2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Karr, Jean Philippe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Bb6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 d4 16. Rd1 Rb8 17. b3 Qe7 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Qf4 Bc7 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb6 22. Rd2 Bg4 23. Rad1 Rd7 24. Kg2 Rbd8 25. h3 Be6 26. Rc2 a5 27. Ba3 a4 28. bxa4 Ra8 29. Rb2 Rxa4 30. Rxb6 Rxa3 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Rxa2 33. Bf3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. 0-0 Nec6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Bc5 9. Nf4 0-0 10. Qh5 Be7 11. d3 g6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. a4 Bg7 14. Bd2 a5 15. g3 f5 16. h4 Ne5 17. Bb3 fxe4 18. dxe4 b6 19. f3 Ba6 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. f4 Qc7 22. Bc1 Qc6 23. Kh2 Kh8 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. b3 Ba6 26. Bb2 Rac8 27. Rf2 d6 28. Re1 b5 29. axb5 Qxb5 30. Ba3 Rfd8 31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 a4 33. bxa4 Qxa4 34. Bd6 Rd7 35. Qe4 Bxd3 36. cxd3 0-1

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Genov, Petar"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Bg2 Na5 8. b3 b6 9. a3 Bxa3 10. Nb5 Bb4 11. Nxc7 Rb8 12. 0-0 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 a6 14. c5 d5 15. cxb6 Nc6 16. e4 Nxd4 17. exd5 exd5 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Nf1 Rxb6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Housieaux, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
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1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Ne2 Nd7 5. Nbc3 e5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. f3 0-0 8. d5 f5 9. Nc1 Kh8 10. Nd3 Ng8 11. Qd2 Ndf6 12. 0-0-0 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Qh4 15. Nf2 Bh6 16. g3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qh6 18. Qxh6 Nxh6 19. Rd2 Bg4 20. Bg2 Rf6 21. Nd3 Raf8 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Rde2 Kg7 24. Kd2 Bg4 25. Re3 Rf2+ 26. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 27. R1e2 Rxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. Kxe2 g5 30. b4 Kf8 31. Kf3 g4+ 32. Ke3 Ng8 33. h3 h5 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Bf1 Ke7 36. a3 Nf6 37. Be2 Kd7 38. Bd1 Kc8 39. Ba4 Kb8 40. Bd1 a5 41. Ba4 Ka7 42. c5 axb4 43. axb4 dxc5 44. bxc5 Ka6 45. Kd3 Ka5 46. c6 bxc6 47. Bxc6 Kb6 48. Ba4 Kc5 49. Bc6 Kb6 50. Ba4 Kb7 51. Bc6+ Kc8 52. Ba4 Kd8 53. Ke3 Ke7 54. Bb5 Kd6 55. Ba4 Kc5 56. Kd3 Kb4 57. Bc6 Kb3 58. Bb7 Kb2 59. Bc8 Kc1 60. Bf5 Kd1 61. Kc4 Ke2 62. Kc5 Kf3 63. d6 cxd6+ 64. Kxd6 Nxe4+ 65. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Leburgue, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. h3 c5 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ke2 Nf6 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Rh4 Qg2 19. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Villeneuve, Alain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bd4 Qh4 19. f4 Bh6 20. Rf1 g5 21. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oger, Claude"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 d5 11. Bf3 0-0 12. e5 Nd7 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. b3 c5 15. c3 a5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bg4 Nb6 18. f5 exf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Qc6 22. Rh5 f5 23. Rh6 Qe8 24. Bf4 Rb7 25. Qf3 Rf7 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. e6 Rfe7 28. Qg3+ Rg7 29. Qh3 Rg4 30. Rh4 Qxe6 31. Rxg4+ fxg4 32. Qg3 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riquier, Laurent"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Qe2 0-0 7. c3 Nc6 8. 0-0 d6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b3 Nd5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ndb4 13. a3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 a5 15. Qb5 d5 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qa4 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Le Touquet op 20th"]
[Site "Le Touquet"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Saatdjian, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 f5 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. e4 g6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Bb1 c5 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 f4 17. Nf3 Be5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Red1 Re7 20. f3 Qc7 21. b4 Nf8 22. Qd6 Bc6 23. Ba2 Kf7 24. Bb3 Rd7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd6 Ke7 27. Rcd1 Rb8 28. h4 Be8 29. Kh2 Rc6 30. R6d3 Rcc8 31. Kh3 Nd7 32. Kh2 Rb7 33. Na4 Nb8 34. g3 Bxa4 35. Bxa4 Rxc4 36. Bb3 Rc8 37. gxf4 exf4 38. e5 Rd7 39. Rxd7+ Nxd7 40. Rd6 Rc3 41. Rxe6+ Kd8 42. Bd5 Rxa3 43. Bc6 Kc7 44. Be4 Kd8 45. Bc6 Kc7 46. Kh3 Nxe5 47. Be4 Nxf3 48. Kg4 Nd2 49. Kxf4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT2D 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lille"]
[BlackTeam "Nancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. b3 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Be3 b6 14. a3 Bf6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Kf8 18. 0-0 b5 19. Na5 Qd6 20. Qd2 Be7 21. Qc3 Rec8 22. Nb7 Qc7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5+ Nxc5 25. Qxc5+ Qe7 26. Ra6 Qxc5 27. bxc5 Rc7 28. f4 Re8 29. g3 Kg7 30. Rfa1 Ree7 31. Kf2 f5 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. R1a5 fxe4 34. dxe4 Red7 35. Rxb5 Rd4 36. Rba5 Rc4 37. Kd3 Rd4+ 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. Rxa7 Rc3+ 40. Kd2 Rxa7 41. Rxa7 Rxg3 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. Rxh7 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT 55th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Petrov, Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2005.09.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Plovdiv Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT 55th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.09.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Burgas Lukoil-Neftohimik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Na6 14. 0-0-0 Nc7 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Kb1 Bxb3 17. axb3 Ne6 18. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT 55th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Chuklev, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.09.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Plovdiv Darshans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5 a6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qb3 b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc2 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. a4 Nxa4 18. Nxa4 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 bxa4 20. Qxa4 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. e3 Qd7 23. Qa5 g6 24. Bf1 Qd6 25. Bd3 Bb7 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd2 Kd7 29. h4 h6 30. b4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. f4 gxf4 33. exf4 f5 34. Bc2 Bc6 35. Bd3 Bb7 36. Be2 Ke7 37. Kc3 Kd7 38. Kb3 Qc7 39. Qc5 Qc6 40. Ka3 Kc7 41. Bd1 Kb8 42. Ba4 Qc7 43. Qf8+ Bc8 44. Qc5 Kb7 45. Kb3 Kb8 46. Bc6 Bb7 47. Be8 Bc8 48. Ka4 Kb7 49. Qxc7+ Kxc7 50. Ka5 Kd8 51. Bh5 Kc7 52. Be2 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT 55th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2005.09.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Todorov, Momchil"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.09.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Hemus"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 a6 15. Nfd4 Bg6 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Rb1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Nbd2 b5 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Rbd1 Qa5 25. a3 Qa4 26. g4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Kf8 28. g5 Be7 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Rd7 Bxg5 32. Rxf7 Bf6 33. Qd5 Rxf7 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qxg6 Kg8 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Nd7 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Bg5 39. Nf8 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT 55th"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2005.09.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Rahnev, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.09.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Plovdiv Maritza"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kg7 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. g3 f5 21. b4 Qe7 22. Ne5 Qf6 23. Nc4 Be7 24. Na5 Ba8 25. a3 e5 26. Ba6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Bb7 Bxb7 29. Nxb7 Rd5 30. Rc1 Rb5 31. Na5 Rb6 32. Qc4 Qd6 33. Nxc6 Bg5 34. Qc5 Qg6 35. Rc2 e4 36. Qc3+ Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Bxf6 38. Na5 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT 54th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Biser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. d4 Bf5 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. e4 Bc8 11. Bc4 e6 12. 0-0 h6 13. Nf3 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Re1 a6 16. Bd2 Nbd7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nb6 21. Ra2 Be7 22. Rea1 Nc4 23. Bc1 Kd7 24. b3 Nb6 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Na8 28. Ra7+ Nc7 29. Bd2 Rb8 30. Bxh6 Rxb3 31. h4 Kc6 32. Be3 Rb8 33. g3 Kb6 34. Ra1 Nb5 35. Rc1 Ba3 36. Rc2 Bb4 37. Bd2 Be7 38. Kg2 Ra8 39. g4 f6 40. Be3 Kb7 41. Kg3 Rh8 42. Rc1 Na7 43. exf6 Bxf6 44. Bg5 Bg7 45. Ne5 Bxe5+ 46. dxe5 Nc6 47. Bf6 Rh7 48. Kf4 d4 49. Kg5 d3 50. Kxg6 Rd7 51. h5 Nd4 52. h6 Ne2 53. Rb1+ Kc6 54. h7 Nc3 55. Rc1 d2 56. Rxc3+ Kb5 57. Rb3+ Kc4 58. Rb1 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT 54th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Plovdiv Lokomotiv 2000"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Bxe5 Bxa4 16. Qd3 Bg5 17. f4 Bd8 18. Nf5 Qb6+ 19. Bd4 Qg6 20. Ne3 Bc6 21. f5 Qd6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qc3 Ba5 24. Qxa5 Qxd4 25. Qa3 Bb5 26. Rfd1 Qf6 27. Rc2 Kh8 28. Qc5 a6 29. Rd6 Qg5 30. Kf2 Qh5 31. h4 f6 32. Qd4 h6 33. Rd2 Rae8 34. b3 Re5 35. Rd5 Rfe8 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qc8 Re7 39. a4 Bxe2 40. Rd8 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qxg3+ 42. Kd2 Rd7+ 43. Qxd7 Bd3 44. Qe8 Qf2+ 45. Kc3 Qe1+ 46. Kd4 Qa1+ 47. Kc5 Qc1+ 48. Kd6 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT 54th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Mladenov, Plamen"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pleven Spartak XXI"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 d6 9. a4 Be7 10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 0-0 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Na5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 Nc4 16. Bc1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qh5 b4 19. Ne2 Re8 20. f5 Nde5 21. Nbd4 Qc5 22. Kh1 g6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Qh3 Bf8 25. b3 Na5 26. Bb2 Bg7 27. c3 bxc3 28. b4 Qc7 29. Bxc3 Nac4 30. Rfc1 Bb7 31. Ra2 Qd8 32. Qg3 d5 33. Nb3 dxe4 34. Nc5 Nd3 35. Rf1 Nxc5 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. bxc5 e5 38. Rc2 Nd2 39. Rd1 e3 40. c6 Qd3 41. Rcxd2 Qc4 42. Qxe3 Bxc6 43. Rc1 Bxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qe6 45. Ng3 Rb4 46. Rf2 Re7 47. Rcf1 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT 54th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Yordanov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Varna Georgi Daskalov"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be3 c4 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Bd6 8. Na3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nge7 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Qh5 Qd7 12. Ne2 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Ng3 h5 15. h3 Be6 16. Ne2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Bf4 Kd7 19. Bxb8 Raxb8 20. 0-0 a6 21. Na3 g5 22. Nc2 Rbe8 23. Ng3 Nce7 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 e6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2 f5 9. Ng5 Ndf6 10. f3 Be7 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. Na4 0-0 13. 0-0-0 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rae8 15. Ba5 Qb8 16. g4 fxg4 17. fxg4 e5 18. gxh5 exd4 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. h6 Qe5 21. hxg7 Rf7 22. Bd2 Nxc5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxc5 Bf6 25. Qc2 c5 26. Bh3 c4 27. Qf5 c3 28. bxc3 dxc3 29. Qxe5 cxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxe5 31. Kb1 Kxg7 32. Bg2 d4 33. Bf3 Rc7 34. Rg1+ Kf7 35. Rd3 Rc3 36. Rgd1 Rb5+ 37. Ka1 Ke7 38. Rb1 Rxb1+ 39. Kxb1 Rc7 40. e3 dxe3 41. Rxe3+ Kd6 42. Rb3 b5 43. Ra3 Ra7 44. Be2 Kc5 45. Rh3 Kd4 46. Bd3 h5 47. Be2 h4 48. Rd3+ Kc5 49. Rf3 Bd4 50. Rf5+ Kb4 51. Rf4 Kc3 52. Rxh4 Re7 53. Rh3+ Be3 54. Bg4 Re4 55. a3 Kb3 56. Bf5 Re5 57. a4 Rxf5 58. Rxe3+ Kxa4 59. Re2 b4 60. Kb2 Rh5 61. Rg2 a5 62. Kc2 Kb5 63. Kb3 a4+ 64. Kc2 a3 65. Kb1 Ka4 66. Ka1 Rh3 67. Kb1 Rh4 68. Rf2 b3 69. Ka1 Rc4 70. Rf1 b2+ 71. Ka2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Bg2 Na5 8. b3 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Onkoud, Abdelaziz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. h3 a6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Nc3 c5 7. d5 Ngf6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Re1 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qb6 14. a4 Ne8 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Bd2 Ra6 18. Ra2 Qa7 19. b3 Rb8 20. Bc3 Rbb6 21. Ra3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rb4 23. Re3 c4 24. bxc4 Qc5 25. Qd4 Rxc4 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. a5 Ra8 28. Nd2 Rb4 29. f3 Ra6 30. Rec3 Rb5 31. Nc4 f5 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Rbxa5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Nc6 Rb5 36. Nxe7+ Kf7 37. Nc8 Kf6 38. f4 h6 39. h4 g5 40. hxg5+ hxg5 41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. d6 Kf6 43. Kh2 Nd7 44. Rh3 Rc5 45. Rh8 Rc3 46. Ne7 Rd3 47. Rh6+ Kg5 48. Rg6+ Kh5 49. Re6 Kg5 50. Rg6+ Kh5 51. Rg3 Rxg3 52. Kxg3 Kg5 53. Nd5 f4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goldsztejn, Gildas"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. f3 Nf6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 fxe4 13. Nd2 0-0 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Rf8 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Be8 21. c4 Bg6 22. c5 Bc7 23. Kf2 Bb1 24. a3 Bc2 25. b4 Bb3 26. Be4 Bd5 27. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Dubois, Loic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf1 Bf8 10. h3 g6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Rad1 h6 14. a3 g5 15. d5 c5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 a6 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. Rb2 Nh5 21. Reb1 Nf8 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Na4 g4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Nh2 Bc8 26. Nb6 Ra7 27. Qa4 Qe7 28. g3 Ng6 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Bh3 Rf8 31. Qd1 Nf6 32. Bf5 Qc7 33. Ng4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 f5 35. Nxh6+ Bxh6 36. Bxh6 fxe4 37. Qg4 Rf6 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Qxb7 Bxg2 9. Rg1 Bh3 10. Qxa8 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7 12. Rg3 Bd7 13. Ba6 Nh5 14. Rg5 0-0 15. Qb7 Qxh2 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. Rg2 Qh1 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Qc7 e5 20. dxe5 Rc8 21. Qa5 c5 22. Rg1 Qf3 23. Rg2 Nc6 24. Qa4 Nxe5 25. Qc2 Bh3 26. Nf4 Qxf4 27. exf4 Nf3+ 28. Kd1 Bxg2 29. Qxe4 Rd8+ 30. Qd3 Rxd3+ 31. Bxd3 h5 32. Be3 h4 33. Ke2 h3 34. Be4 Nd4+ 35. Bxd4 Bxe4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. f3 Bd5 38. a3 Kf6 39. Kf2 g5 40. fxg5+ Kxg5 41. Kg3 Be6 42. Re1 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Glicenstein, Asher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 a6 4. h4 h5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Ng5 Bg7 7. Be2 Nh6 8. a4 b6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. 0-0 Qc8 13. Ra3 Rb8 14. Nd1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rg3 Nhg4 17. c3 b4 18. f3 Nh6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bg7 22. Ne3 Rb3 23. Nc4 Ng4 24. e5 0-0 25. Qc2 Ba4 26. Qa2 Qd7 27. Nxf7 dxe5 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Nfxe5 Qb5 30. Qc2 Rxf4 31. Qxg6 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Qb3 34. Rxg4 Qc2+ 35. Qxc2 Bxc2 36. Nc6 Kf7 37. N4e5+ Kf8 38. Nd7+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Ke8 40. Rxg7 Kxd7 41. Nc6 Kd6 42. Nxe7 Be4 43. Ke3 Bc2 44. c4 Rb8 45. g4 Re8 46. Kd2 Be4 47. Nf5+ Bxf5 48. gxf5 Ke5 49. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marechal, Andy"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 0-0 7. h3 Qb6 8. Bf1 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. e5 Ne8 12. Na3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 4th"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Colin, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c4 8. Bc2 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qf3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 0-0 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qh3 g6 15. f4 Ne8 16. Nf3 f5 17. g4 Qe7 18. Rf2 Bc6 19. Rg2 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nd6 21. Kh1 Be8 22. Rag1 Rf6 23. Qh4 Rc7 24. Qe1 Qd8 25. h4 Rg7 26. h5 Kf8 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. g5 Rff7 29. hxg6 h6 30. gxf7 Bxf7 31. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Mladenov, Plamen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. 0-0 Qc5 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Bd3 0-0-0 15. a4 Bxa4 16. Ba3 Qc6 17. Rfb1 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qd6 19. Rxa4 Nxa4 20. Bc2 Nb6 21. Ra1 a6 22. h3 g5 23. d4 exd4 24. cxd4 h5 25. e5 fxe5 26. Bf5+ Kb8 27. dxe5 Qb4 28. e6 g4 29. Ne5 g3 30. Kh1 Rd2 31. Nc6+ bxc6 32. Qxa6 Qa4 33. Qxa4 Nxa4 34. fxg3 Nb6 35. Re1 Nd5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 c5 38. Rc1 Rd4 39. Bf3 c4 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxc4 Re5 42. h4 Kb7 43. Kh2 Kb6 44. Kh3 c5 0-1

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Rhd1 Rc6 17. f4 Rac8 18. h3 h5 19. Ke1 h4 20. Kf2 R6c7 21. Bd3 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Rc6 26. Be3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Bc3 30. Kf3 Rc4 31. Rd5 Rxa4 32. Rxf5 Rac4 33. Bf2 Bf6 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Kg4 Rc2 36. Bxh4 Bxh4 37. Kxh4 Rxg2 38. Rg5+ Rxg5 39. fxg5 d5 40. Kg4 d4 41. h4 d3 42. Kf3 e5 43. Ke3 e4 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kd2 Kf7 46. Ke3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Re1 0-0 9. c3 h6 10. h4 b6 11. e5 Ba6 12. Nf1 d4 13. c4 b5 14. b3 bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb8 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. N1d2 Qc7 18. Ne4 Nd8 19. Qc1 h5 20. Qa3 Bb7 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rc8 24. Nd7 Re8 25. Rab1 Nec6 26. Bg5 Rc7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxf6 Kf8 29. Rb5 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Bratanov, Zsivko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2003.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d5 0-0 7. Nh3 Na6 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Rc1 Ng4 10. Bd2 a5 11. b3 e5 12. dxe6 c6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. e7 Re8 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Qxe7 17. 0-0 a4 18. Rb1 axb3 19. axb3 Ra3 20. Qc2 Be6 21. Bc1 Raa8 22. Ng5 Bd7 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. h3 Nf6 26. Nd2 h6 27. Be3 Nh5 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. e3 g5 30. Na4 Rad8 31. Nb6 Be6 32. Bf3 Nf6 33. Bg2 Qf7 34. b4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Bf8 36. Rbb1 Bd6 37. c5 Bf8 38. Nbc4 Nd5 39. Na5 Bc8 40. Kh2 Qc7 41. Ndb3 Bg7 42. Rbd1 f4 43. exf4 gxf4 44. Nc4 Rf8 45. Rfe1 Rf6 46. Nd6 Rdf8 47. Ne8 Qf7 48. Nxf6+ Nxf6 49. Nd4 Nh5 50. Qb3 Qxb3 51. Nxb3 Nf6 52. Na5 h5 53. Re7 Bh6 54. Nxb7 Bg5 55. Rde1 fxg3+ 56. fxg3 Nd7 57. Nd6 Bxe7 58. Rxe7 Nxc5 59. Bxc6 Be6 60. g4 hxg4 61. hxg4 Bxg4 62. Bd5+ Kh8 63. Kg3 Nd7 64. Ne8 Bh5 65. Ng7 Nf6 66. Be6 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mihov, Mitko"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2003.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc7 9. Ba4 0-0 10. Nc3 d5 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Marmarov, Atanas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2003.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Rc1 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 0-0 11. Bd3 f5 12. a3 Bd7 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. Na4 Rc7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marinov, Antonio"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Re1 Rhe8 16. f3 Nc4 17. Kf2 Re6 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. Bf4 h5 20. e3 b5 21. Bxd6 Kxd6 22. Ke2 a4 23. Kd2 g5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 Rae8 26. Re2 f5 27. Rg1 c5 28. h4 gxh4 29. dxc5+ Kxc5 30. gxh4 f4 31. e4 dxe4+ 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Rf8 35. Kd3 f3 36. Rf1 Rf4 37. Rf2 Kd6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Rxf3 Rxe4+ 40. Kd3 Rxh4 41. Rf8 Rh3+ 42. Kc2 h4 43. Rb8 Ke4 44. Rxb5 Rh2+ 45. Kb1 h3 46. Rb4+ Kf3 47. Rxa4 Re2 48. Rh4 h2 49. a4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "BUL-chT"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pantev, Veselin"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. d5 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. a4 Na6 11. Bb5 Re7 12. Nd2 Nc7 13. e4 Rb8 14. Bd3 a6 15. a5 Bd7 16. f3 Bb5 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 19. Kh1 Re8 20. f4 b5 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Be2 Bd4 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Bf3 Bg7 25. Ra5 Nc8 26. f5 Be5 27. Bg4 Qe7 28. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pierrefitte op"]
[Site "Pierrefitte"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.04.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 a6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. e4 c5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. Nd5 Nxf2 13. Nxb6 Nxd1 14. Nxa8 Bxd4+ 15. Kh2 Nxb2 16. Bxb2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. h4 h5 19. Bh3 g5 20. hxg5 h4 21. Re3 Bxg3+ 22. Kg2 Bf4 23. Re2 Bxg5 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Rxb6 Bf6 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxb7 Rxc4 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Ra8 Ra4 30. Rb8 Rc4 31. Rb3 a5 32. Kh3 a4 33. Rf3 Kg6 34. Rg2+ Bg5 35. Rf4 Rc3+ 36. Kh2 h3 37. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Pierrefitte op"]
[Site "Pierrefitte"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vlahovic, Dimitri"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.04.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Ne2 d5 9. c3 0-0 10. Nh4 Be6 11. f4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc4 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Bf3 f5 15. Re1 Bd3 16. exf5 e4 17. Bg4 gxf5 18. Bh3 h5 19. Be3 b6 20. Kf2 Na5 21. Rad1 Nc4 22. Bc1 Nd6 23. Ng2 Nd5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Kh7 26. Nc1 Kg6 27. Bf1 c4 28. Ne2 Nb5 29. a4 Nc7 30. Nd4 Rd6 31. Bh3 a6 32. Ne2 Ne6 33. Nc1 Rfd8 34. Na2 Nc7 35. Nb4 a5 36. Nxd3 cxd3 37. Rd2 Nd5 38. Bg2 Re6 39. Ra1 Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Bf8 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Bxb4 43. Rdd1 Bc5+ 44. Kd2 e3+ 45. Ke1 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "Pierrefitte op"]
[Site "Pierrefitte"]
[Date "2003.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bouthors, Luc"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.04.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 h6 9. 0-0 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Re1 g6 13. Bd2 Kf8 14. Qc1 Kg7 15. h4 Rc8 16. Nh2 Na5 17. Qd1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Nd7 19. h5 Bg5 20. Nf3 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxb2 22. Qd2 Nc4 23. Qb4 b6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Nf1 Qf8 26. Qxf8+ Rhxf8 27. Ra1 Kf6 28. N1d2 Nxd2 29. Nxd2 Nc5 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke2 h5 32. g3 Na4 33. Nb3 Rc3 34. Rab1 Rfc8 35. Kd2 Bxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. cxb3 Nc5 38. Rb1 Nxd3 39. Kxd3 Rc3+ 40. Kd2 h4 41. g4 h3 42. Ke2 a5 43. a4 Ke7 44. Kd2 Kd6 45. b4 axb4 46. Rxb4 Kc6 47. Rb1 h2 48. Rh1 Rh3 49. Kc2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Pierrefitte op"]
[Site "Pierrefitte"]
[Date "2003.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoarau, David"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2003.04.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. f4 h5 10. e5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qe2 g6 13. Na4 Be7 14. Bd2 c5 15. Rae1 c4 0-1

[Event "Pierrefitte op"]
[Site "Pierrefitte"]
[Date "2003.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Butcher, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "1820"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.04.27"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Rb8 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ra8 18. Rd6 Rd8 19. Red1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 f6 21. Qd3 g6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. Qd6 Qe7 25. Qf4+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kh6 27. Rg8 Qf7 28. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mohandesi, Shahin"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bagneux"]
[BlackTeam "Le Mans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 a5 6. Bg2 a4 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. d3 Qa5 9. Bc3 Bb4 10. Bxb4 Qxb4 11. Nbd2 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Vareille, Francois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Le Mans"]
[BlackTeam "Le Chesnay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 0-0 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3 c6 9. Nc2 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qb6 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Na6 14. Nc2 Bf5 15. Ne3 Nb4 16. Kf2 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Rd1 Ba6 19. a4 Nd7 20. Nb5 Rec8 21. d6 Bxb5 22. axb5 Kf8 23. Kf1 Be5 24. Nd5 Rc2 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. f4 Bxb2 27. Ra2 a5 28. f5 g5 29. Bxg5 f6 30. Bh6 Ne5 31. Ne3 Rc1 32. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Laporte, Damien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Le Mans"]
[BlackTeam "Bordeaux II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Na4 0-0 13. f3 Bf5 14. 0-0 h6 15. Bd2 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rfc8 18. Qf2 Rc2 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qb5 21. Bf1 Bd3 22. a4 Qa6 23. Rad1 Bc4 24. a5 Qb5 25. Qxa7 Bxe2 26. Qf2 Re6 27. Ra1 Bd3 28. Qxc2 Re2 29. Qa4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Migne Auxances"]
[BlackTeam "Le Mans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Qa5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Rxh5 17. Red1 Rd8 18. Rd3 g5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. b4 g4 21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Re5 24. Rb1 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rb6 Rc7 27. Re1 f5 28. c4 Ke7 29. a5 Rxc4 30. Rxb7+ Kf6 31. Bxe4 Rcxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Kf1 Kg5 34. Rb6 Kf6 35. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lecuyer, Christian"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 e6 5. c4 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. Ndf3 a5 12. a4 Na6 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nd3 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Qb1 c5 17. Rfd1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bc6 19. Qa1 Be8 20. Nfe5 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nac5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Rb1 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxa4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc3 Qd7 27. h4 Bb3 28. Kh2 a4 29. Qb4 Qa7 30. Qb5 Rc8 31. Bc6 Qa5 32. Ra1 Qxb5 33. cxb5 Bd5 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Kg2 Ra8 36. Bd4 Nb3 37. Rd1 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 a3 39. Rd1 a2 40. Ra1 Ra3 41. e3 Kf7 42. Kf3 d4 0-1

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Bxb5 7. axb5 Bf6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Bf4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qf6 11. Ne2 e5 12. Bg3 Qe6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Rd1 Ngf6 15. 0-0 c4 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxe4 18. Rdd1 0-0-0 19. Rfe1 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 Nf6 21. Ra1 Kb8 22. Rxe5 Rhe8 23. Rc5 Rd5 24. Rxc4 Rxb5 25. Nf1 a6 26. h3 Re4 27. Rd4 Rc5 28. Rd3 Rec4 29. Ra3 Nd5 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Ka7 32. Kf2 h5 33. Kf3 Rf5+ 34. Ke2 Rg5 35. Kf3 h4 36. Rd4 Rgc5 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. e4 g5 39. Ke3 Rc7 40. e5 Rc4 41. Kd3 Rf4 42. Ra1 Kb6 43. Re1 Kc7 44. e6 Kd8 45. Re5 g4 46. Rd5+ Ke8 47. hxg4 Rxg4 48. Rd4 Rg3+ 49. Kc4 Rxg2 50. Rxh4 Rxc2 51. Rh7 b5+ 52. Kd3 Ra2 53. Kd4 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Alzaim, Talal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Bb4 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 h6 9. Nh3 d6 10. Nf4 Nbd7 11. e3 0-0 12. Be2 a5 13. h4 Ne5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. 0-0-0 Bg4 16. Kb1 c6 17. Bxg4 Nexg4 18. Qe2 b5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. dxc6 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rfb8 22. Rd2 Rb4 23. Qc3 Rab8 24. g4 d5 25. c7 Rc8 26. g5 Rc4 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Qxc4 Nb4 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. cxd8Q+ Qxd8 31. Qxe4 Qd2 32. Rc1 g6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kh7 35. Qc3 Qxf2 36. Qf6 Qxf6 37. gxf6 Nd5 38. Rc5 Nxe3 39. Rc7 g5 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 41. Re7 Nd5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f7 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bd8 9. a3 Nge7 10. Rb1 Ba5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Bb6 15. d4 exd4 16. Bb2 0-0 17. Nxd4 Rac8 18. Qd3 Qg4 19. Kh1 Bxd4 20. f3 Qg6 21. Bxd4 Nxd5 22. Bxg7 Nf4 23. Qd2 Kxg7 24. Qxf4 Rc2 25. Rg1 f5 26. e5 dxe5 27. Qxe5+ Qf6 28. Qd5 Rf7 29. Rbe1 Qb2 30. f4 Qc3 31. Qd8 h6 32. Qe8 Qc6 33. Qb8 Qc7 34. Qxa7 Qxf4 35. Qa4 Rc4 36. Rgf1 Qd6 37. Rb1 Qe5 38. h3 Re4 39. Qd1 Re3 40. Rb3 Rxb3 41. Qxb3 Re7 42. Qf3 Kg6 43. Rd1 Qe3 44. Rd6+ Kg5 45. Qxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Glicenstein, Asher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 Bg4 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Qxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nfd2 Nb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 a6 12. Ra2 Nf6 13. b3 e6 14. f3 0-0 15. Rd1 exd5 16. cxd5 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Nfd7 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nba3 Rd8 21. Bf4 f6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rb1 Bh6 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Bc1 26. Nc2 Rd7 27. Ra1 Bg5 28. Rab1 Bd8 29. Ke2 Na7 30. N2a3 Kf8 31. Kd3 g5 32. R4b2 Nc8 33. g3 Rf7 34. Ke2 h5 35. Nc2 Rd7 36. Kd3 Rf7 37. N2e3 Rxf3 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxb7 Ke8 40. Ke2 Rf7 41. Rb8 Rc7 42. Ra8 Kd7 43. Rxa6 Rc5 44. Nb6+ Kc7 45. Ra8 Kb7 46. Rxc8 Bxb6 47. Rxc5 Bxc5 48. Nf5 Ka6 49. Ng7 h4 50. Ne6 Ba3 51. Nxg5 hxg3 52. hxg3 Kxa5 53. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gervasio, Ricardo"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
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1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 0-0 8. a4 Nb6 9. Bb3 a5 10. 0-0 Na6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. e4 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Nc4 15. f4 Rd8 16. Bc2 Rd7 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Bg4 19. Nf2 Be2 20. b3 Nb6 21. Be3 Nbd7 22. Re1 Ba6 23. Rd1 b6 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Nh3 Ke8 26. Ng5 b5 27. f5 h6 28. Nf3 bxa4 29. bxa4 Bc4 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxg6 Bb3 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le Roy, Brice"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 0-0 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Rc1 g6 16. a3 Qg7 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. Re1 Rae8 19. b4 Bf4 20. Rc2 g5 21. Bg3 g4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bxe5 25. Qd3 Bd4 26. Ba2 Kh8 27. Rd1 Bb6 28. b5 Rc8 29. Rdc1 axb5 30. Nd1 Bc6 31. Rb2 e5 32. Qe2 e4 33. Rbb1 Ba7 34. Qd2 d4 35. Qe2 Rce8 0-1

[Event "Paris NAO IM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Rainfray, Arnaud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2003.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Bf1 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Ne4 Bg4 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qf4 Bh5 19. Bxf6 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Bxf4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nc5 24. g3 Bg5 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Rb1 Na4 27. Rc2 Kg7 28. b3 Nc3 29. Rbc1 Nd5 30. Rc4 Nc7 31. Rb4 Nb5 32. a4 Nd6 33. Rd1 a5 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rf4 Be7 36. Rfd4 c5 37. Rd5 b6 38. g4 Ke8 39. Rh5 Bf8 40. f4 Rc8 41. Rc1 c4 42. bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxc4 Nxc4 44. Kf3 Nb2 45. Re5+ Kd7 46. Re4 b5 47. axb5 a4 48. b6 a3 49. Re1 Kc6 50. g5 Kxb6 51. h4 h5 52. f5 Nc4 53. Ke4 Kc5 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Kc2 Nd6 56. f6 Nf5 57. Kb3 Nxh4 58. Re7 Ng6 59. Rxf7 h4 60. Ka2 Ke5 61. Ra7 Kf4 62. f7 h3 63. Ra6 h2 64. Rf6+ Kxg5 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Monroy, Charles"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rennes"]
[BlackTeam "Le Mans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. b3 f6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Ba3 e5 13. dxe5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rac1 b6 16. f4 Qxe2 17. Bxe2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Bg4 19. c4 Rad8 20. Bb2 d4 21. Rce1 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Ng4 23. Ng5 Ne3 24. Ne6 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Rd6 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Kf2 h5 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. g3 Bf6 30. h3 Rd8 31. Ba1 d3 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. Rd1 d2 34. g4 Rd3+ 35. Ke4 Rxh3 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rxd2 h4 38. Rd7 Rh2 39. Rxa7 h3 40. Kf3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Fantin, Ludwig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Le Mans"]
[BlackTeam "Clermont Ferrand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. 0-0 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. Be3 0-0 13. Rad1 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Be7 15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. b4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nf5 Nf6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. bxc5 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Be6 22. f3 g6 23. Rd6 Rae8 24. Nd5 Rc8 25. Nf4 Bf5 26. Re5 Rc7 27. g4 Bb1 28. Rd2 g5 29. Rxg5 f5 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lejarre, Ludovic"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poitiers Buxerolles"]
[BlackTeam "Le Mans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. 0-0 b6 7. d3 Bb7 8. Ba4 a6 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nh6 11. h3 f5 12. e5 b5 13. Bb3 Qb6 14. Qe1 e6 15. Qf2 Nf7 16. Nxd4 g5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bxe6 dxe6 19. Nxe6 Bf8 20. Bb6 Qb4 21. Nc7+ Kd7 22. e6+ Kc8 23. exf7 Rb8 24. Rae1 Be7 25. c3 Qd6 26. Re6 Qd7 27. Rfe1 Bd8 28. Re8 Qxf7 29. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Le Mans"]
[BlackTeam "Brest"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Re8 17. e5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Rad1 Nxc3 20. Rd3 Na4 21. Rd4 Nb6 22. Bd3 Be6 23. a4 Bd5 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Bf5 Be6 26. Be4 g6 27. h3 Nd5 28. Bf3 h5 29. Kh2 Nb6 30. a5 Nd5 31. g4 Ne3 32. Kg3 Bd5 33. Be2 hxg4 34. hxg4 f5 35. exf6 Kf7 36. Bg5 Rcd8 37. Kf2 Rd6 38. Rc3 Rde6 39. Rd2 Rh8 40. Kg3 Rh1 41. f5 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Nxf5 44. Rxd5 Rexe2 45. Rd7+ Kf8 46. Bf4 g5 47. gxf5 gxf4 48. Rxb7 Rg5 49. Rxa7 Re1 50. Kh4 Reg1 51. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry"]
[BlackTeam "Le Mans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe1 0-0 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Qh3 e5 18. Be3 Bd8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 Rd6 21. Re3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Toulzac, Pierre Yves"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Le Mans"]
[BlackTeam "Evry II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 c5 13. Nb3 Ra6 14. a5 f5 15. f3 Kh8 16. Na4 Ng8 17. Nb6 Nef6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. g3 f4 21. g4 Qg5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bd3 Nhf6 24. Bf5 Rf8 25. Qf2 Nxg4 26. Bxg4 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 e4 29. Qh2+ Qh6 30. Ra2 e3 31. g5 Qh7 32. Bb2 Rf5 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rg2 Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Ne7 36. Rb1 Ng6 37. Nc1 Ne5 38. Rxb7+ Kg6 39. Rb6 Nxf3+ 40. Kh3 Rxb6 41. axb6 Nxg5+ 42. Kh4 f3 43. Rg1 f2 44. Rf1 Nf3+ 45. Kh3 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 02nd"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. a3 Qb5 13. b3 bxa3 14. Bxa3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 0-0 16. Qc2 Qb4 17. Rfa1 Rab8 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rb5 21. Rxa7 Rxc5 22. Ra8 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ra8+ Ke7 25. Ra7+ Nd7 26. Qxh7 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. g3 Qd1 29. Qh4+ f6 30. Qb4+ c5 31. Rxd7+ Qxd7 32. Qg4 Kf8 33. Qf4 e5 34. Qe4 Qd1 35. g4 Qxb3 36. g5 Qe6 37. Nh4 fxg5 38. Ng6+ Kf7 39. Nxe5+ Ke7 40. Qb7+ Kf6 41. Nd7+ Kf7 42. Nxc5+ Qe7 43. Qxe7+ Kxe7 44. Ne4 Ke6 45. Nxg5+ Kf5 46. Nf3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 02nd"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Trajkovic, Predrag"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Re8 13. e3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qe6 15. Nd2 Nd8 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bg6 18. Rfe1 c6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxe6 Nxe6 21. fxe4 Ng5 22. e5 Rad8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Red1 Bh5 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. d5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc7 28. Bd2 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 b6 30. Bd2 Bg4 31. Bc3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 02nd"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 h6 11. a4 f5 12. Ra3 Nf6 13. Nd2 g5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 02nd"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruned, Yvalin"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8. Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Nd2 Bd4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 d6 14. Nf3 Bc5 15. a3 a5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. 0-0 Ke7 18. Rfd1 h5 19. Rab1 h4 20. h3 Qg8 21. Kf1 Qg6 22. Ne1 Nd4 23. Qd3 a4 24. Bf3 Rhg8 25. e5 Nxf3 26. Qxg6 Nh2+ 27. Kg1 Rxg6 28. exf6+ Rxf6 29. Kxh2 Rxf2 30. Rd3 Rg8 31. Nd1 Rfxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 02nd"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Peric, Slavisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nbd7 10. Nd3 a6 11. b4 Rc8 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nb3 Bd8 14. Bf4 Bc7 15. f3 Bg6 16. Kd2 Bxf4+ 17. gxf4 Bxd3 18. Kxd3 Kd8 19. e3 Kc7 20. Bf1 Nb8 21. Kd2 Rcd8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Ra3 Rhe8 24. Re1 Re7 25. Na5 Kc8 26. Kc3 Ne8 27. Rg1 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 02nd"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guez, Fabien"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. a5 0-0 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rae8 17. Qc4 Qb8 18. Rd2 Bd8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Qe2 Be7 23. f4 Nd7 24. Qc4 Rc8 25. Qe2 f5 26. Bh3 Bf6 27. Bd4 Rce8 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. exf5 exf5 30. Qd3 Be4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Re2 d5 33. Bg2 Rc8 34. Rc1 Qc4 35. Qa3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Delaunay, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Le Mans"]
[BlackTeam "Nantes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Rd1 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qe2 b6 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. g3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc5 23. Qe4 Qe7 24. Qd4 Rb8 25. h4 Qc5 26. h5 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Ke3 Rxd4 31. Kxd4 Kd7 32. f4 g6 33. g4 gxh5 34. gxh5 Kc6 35. a4 Kb7 36. c5 Kc6 37. cxb6 Kxb6 38. Kc4 c5 1/2-1/2

