[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhaylov, Artem"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 c4 7. 0-0 Bb4 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Bf4 0-0 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. Ne5 Qa5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc4 Qd8 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Ne3 Qb5 16. d5 Bh3 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rac8 20. Nc4 Rfe8 21. e4 Rcd8 22. b3 Rd4 23. f3 Red8 24. Kg2 Rd3 25. Qe2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Muromtsev, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 c6 8. Be2 Qb6 9. Qd1 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rb1 d6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 f5 18. Qd2 a5 19. Ng3 Bc5 20. Qf2 Bd6 21. Nh5 Rf7 22. Rbe1 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Re8+ Nf8 25. Rfe1 Rc6 26. Qf3 Bc5 27. Qxd5 Bxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxc2 29. h3 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. R1e5 Rc2 32. Rxa5 Rxb2 33. Rb8 g6 34. Ng3 Rd7 35. Raa8 Rf7 36. Nf1 Kg7 37. Ne3 Re7 38. Nc4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Rc2 40. Ne5 Ree2 41. Ra7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sannikov, Fedor"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1583"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nc3 Nc7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 e5 12. a4 Ne7 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxc7+ Qxc7 15. a5 Rc8 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Rfc1 Nf5 18. Bb6 Qc4 19. b3 Qc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Be4 Rfc8 22. g4 Nh4 23. Ra4 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Bg2 e4 26. Be3 Be5 27. Rb4 R8c7 28. Bd2 Rg7 29. Bxc3 Bxc3 30. Rc4 Bxa5 31. f3 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Garmash, Aliona"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Ne5 Qc8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. d4 Nc6 14. e3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 f6 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. e6 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Rad8 20. Ba3 f5 21. Rad1 Rd5 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Rc4 Bh6 24. Rfc1 Rb5 25. Qd3 Qf3 26. R4c3 Re5 27. Rf1 Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Bxe7 Rd5 31. Bf6+ Kg8 32. Be5 Kf8 33. Rc1 Ke7 34. Kf2 Ra3 35. Rc6 Rxa2+ 36. Ke3 g5 37. h4 Ra3+ 38. Ke2 Rxe5+ 39. dxe5 gxh4 40. gxh4 h5 41. Kd2 b5 42. Kc2 b4 43. Kb2 a5 44. Rb6 f4 45. Kc2 f3 46. Kd2 b3 47. Ke3 a4 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kxf3 Rh2 50. Ke4 b2 51. Rb7+ Kxe6 52. Rb6+ Ke7 53. e6 a3 54. Ke5 Re2+ 55. Kd5 a2 56. Rb7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozlov, Alexei"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. 0-0-0 Be7 9. Qxe4 0-0 10. Bd3 g6 11. Nf3 f5 12. Qf4 d6 13. h4 Bf6 14. Rde1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Qd6 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Re1 Kf7 21. a4 a6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. b3 Re8 24. Rh1 Kf6 25. c4 a5 26. Kd2 h6 27. f4 Rh8 28. Rf1 Rae8 29. Nf3 Re7 30. Rf2 Rhe8 31. Rf1 Rd8 32. Rf2 Rde8 33. Rf1 Re3 34. Rh1 Bc8 35. Rf1 R3e7 36. Rh1 Rg8 37. Rf1 Bd7 38. Rf2 Kf7 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Rc1 Rc8 41. Rb1 Ke8 42. b4 axb4 43. Rxb4 Ra8 44. Rxb7 Bxa4 45. Rb6 Rd7 46. Nd4 h5 47. Ne6 Ke7 48. Ke3 Rda7 49. c5 dxc5 50. Nxc5 Be8 51. d6+ Kf8 52. Kd4 Bd7 53. Bc4 Kg7 54. Nd3 Ra1 55. g3 R8a7 56. Ne5 Rd1+ 57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kf2 Re4 59. Bd3 Rd4 60. Ke3 Rda4 61. Rb8 Be6 62. Re8 Kf6 63. Rf8+ Kg7 64. d7 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Grebnev, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rac8 15. Nd2 b5 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qe3 Qb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Na5 Qb8 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. c3 f5 23. Kh1 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxf2 25. Rf1 Qa7 26. Ne3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bg5 28. Nd5 Qa8 29. Rd1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beznosov, Timofey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Bd2 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 d5 11. Ng3 Qd6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Rb1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. c3 Nd7 16. Qc2 f6 17. Ne2 f5 18. d4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bf7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Nf5 Qc5+ 23. Nd4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Qd5 25. Re2 Nc4 26. Rbe1 Re5 27. Nf3 Rxb2 28. Nxe5 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Bxe4 30. Rce2 Qxe5 31. Rxe4 Qxc3 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. R8e7+ Kf6 34. Re8 h6 35. R1e6+ Kf5 36. Rxc6 Qd4+ 37. Kf1 Ne3+ 38. Ke2 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Ng4+ 40. Kg3 Qd3+ 41. Kh4 g5+ 42. Kh5 Nf6+ 43. Rxf6+ Kxf6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rf3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Melnikov, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 0-0 14. Nce3 Be6 15. a4 b4 16. Bc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 e4 18. 0-0 Ne5 19. Be2 Ng6 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qg5 22. Rb1 Rac8 23. Qd3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Rc5 25. Rbd1 Re8 26. h4 Qg6 27. Qf4 Bh6 28. Qd4 Nc6 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Bxc6 Rc8 31. Bb7 Rxc3 32. Ned5 R8c4 33. Qb6 Kg7 34. Qd8 Be3+ 35. Nxe3 Rxe3 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Qg7 38. Ng8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 30th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2023.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrov, Maksim"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2023.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 216 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. h3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2 Qe8 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Bf3 Nc5 12. 0-0 a5 13. Qc2 cxd5 14. cxd5 Rc8 15. Qe2 h6 16. h4 Qf7 17. Rfd1 Nce4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nd2 a3 21. Ndxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 axb2 23. Rab1 Ba4 24. Rf1 Qxd5 25. Qf3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lazhevskaya, Zhanni"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Qf6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Re1 h6 7. d4 Bb6 8. Na3 0-0 9. Nc4 d6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. h3 Ng6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bf1 Ne7 14. Kh2 g5 15. g3 Nfg6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Qh5 Qg7 18. h4 f5 19. Bh3 Bf7 20. Bxf5 Nxh4 21. Qg4 Nhxf5 22. exf5 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. b3 Nxf5 26. Kg1 Qf7 27. Qe4 Bxb3 28. Nxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxe5 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qd5 31. Qe2 b5 32. Qc2 Qf5 33. Qb3+ Qf7 34. Qc2 Qf5 35. Qb3+ Rf7 36. Rf1 c6 37. Qb4 h5 38. Qd4 Qf6 39. Qe3 h4 40. Kg2 hxg3 41. Qxg3 Qf4 42. Rd1 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rf4 44. Rd7 b6 45. Rb7 Rc4 46. Rxb6 Kf7 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rb8 Rxc3+ 49. f3 Rc4 50. Rf8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gogolev, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 h6 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. Qe1 Bh7 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. b3 0-0 15. a4 d4 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. b4 b6 18. a5 e5 19. axb6 axb6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf4 Nxf3 23. Bxf3 Qd7 24. Ra6 Qh3 25. Qf2 Rfe8 26. Qg2 Bf5 27. Rb1 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Ng4 29. Rb7 g5 30. Bc1 c4 31. h3 cxd3 32. hxg4 Rxc2 33. gxf5 dxe2 34. Bxe2 d3 35. Rb2 dxe2 36. Rxc2 e1Q 37. Raa2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qxf5 39. Rf2 Qg6 40. Bd2 Rc8 41. Be3 Qe4 42. Rae2 Re8 43. Re1 Qxe3 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. g4 Kg7 46. Kg2 Kg6 47. Rf1 f6 48. Kf2 Ra3 49. Kg2 Ra6 50. Rh1 Ra4 51. Kg3 Rb4 52. Kf3 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 f5 54. gxf5+ Rxf5 55. Ra1 h5 56. Ra8 h4+ 57. Kh3 Rf3+ 58. Kg2 Rb3 59. Ra4 Kh5 60. Rc4 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 h3 62. Ra4 g4 63. Ra5+ Kh4 64. Ra4 Re2 65. Rb4 Kg3 66. Rb3+ Kf4 67. Rb8 Kf3 68. Rf8+ Kg3 69. Rf1 Re4 70. Ra1 Kh4 71. Ra8 Rd4 72. Ra1 g3 73. Rb1 h2+ 74. Kg2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. h4 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nh3 e5 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 0-0 11. Nf3 Re8+ 12. Be2 Nc6 13. 0-0 d6 14. h5 g5 15. Bc4+ Kg7 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bd7 19. Be6 g4 20. Qc3+ Kh7 21. Bxd7 gxf3 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxf3 Qd7 24. Re1 Rg8 25. g3 c5 26. Qd5 Rg5 27. Qe6 Qg7 28. Kg2 a5 29. h6 Qg8 30. Qf6 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 f4 32. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 a6 7. a4 0-0 8. Nge2 d6 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nb4 12. c4 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 f6 16. d4 Re8 17. Qd3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qe7 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Nh5 Rf8 22. h4 Bh6 23. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qf6 10. Kh1 b6 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rad8 13. Be4 g6 14. Qg4 Qg7 15. Qh4 h6 16. Nf3 g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 f5 19. Bh6 Qg6 20. Bxd5+ Rxd5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. f4 Nd8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. fxe5 Nf7 25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. Qf6 Qxf6 27. exf6 Nh6 28. Rae1 Ng8 29. c4 Ra5 30. a3 Nxf6 31. Kg1 Kf7 32. h3 Bc8 33. Ra1 Kg6 34. Rf4 Nh5 35. Rd4 Bb7 36. Kf2 Nf6 37. g3 Re5 38. Rd8 Kg5 39. Rb8 Bc6 40. Re1 Rxe1 41. Kxe1 Kg6 42. Rc8 Ne8 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Rd8 Ke7 45. Rd4 Bg2 46. Rh4 Ng7 47. Rh8 Ne6 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. h4 Bf1 50. Ra8 a5 51. Ra7 Ke5 52. c5 Kd5 53. cxb6 cxb6 54. h5 Ke5 55. h6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 cxb5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 a5 13. 0-0 a4 14. Qxb5 Bd6 15. Qe2 Ra6 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rxf6 hxg5 18. Nd5 Rc6 19. Rcf1 Rf8 20. Qh5 Qg4 21. Qh7 Be6 22. Qxg7 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rc2 24. R6f2 Rxf2 25. Bxf2 Qc4 26. Qxg5 Qxd5 27. Qg4 Qc6 28. Rd1 Kd8 29. Be3 Ke7 30. Qg7 Ke6 31. Bh6 Rc8 32. Rf1 f5 33. Qg6+ Kd5 34. Qf7+ Kd4 35. Rd1+ Ke4 36. Re1+ Kd4 37. Be3+ Ke4 38. Bc5+ Kf4 39. Rf1+ Ke4 40. Qc4# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yashmetov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 Qd7 7. d5 Nb4 8. Nd4 Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qf3 Be6 11. c4 Nb6 12. Bd3 0-0-0 13. Qe2 Bf7 14. Bf5 e6 15. Nxe6 Re8 16. Nd4 Rxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bxc4+ 18. Kf3 Be7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Kg3 Rf8 21. Nf3 Bd5 22. Re1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bf6 24. Rb1 Nd5 25. f4 Ne7 26. Be3 c5 27. b3 b6 28. Rbd1 d5 29. Bc1 d4 30. Kf3 Nd5 31. Bd2 b5 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Ke4 Kd6 34. Red1 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Be1 d3 37. a3 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 d2 40. Ke2 dxe1Q+ 41. Kxe1 c3 42. Kd1 Nxf4 43. Kc2 Kd5 44. Rd1+ Bd4 45. f3 Kc4 46. Rb1 Nd3 47. Rd1 Nf4 48. Rb1 Nd5 49. Rb7 Ne3+ 50. Kc1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 0-0 8. Qd2 a6 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. f5 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Rac8 20. f6 gxf6 21. Qh6 fxe5 22. Re3 exd4 23. Rg3+ Qxg3 24. hxg3 f6 25. Bxd4 Bc6 26. Rf1 Bxa4 27. Bxf6 Bxc2+ 28. Kb2 Bxf6+ 29. Rxf6 Bd3 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Rf7 35. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 26th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tsarkov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be2 Qe7 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. a3 e5 11. Bh2 e4 12. Nd2 g5 13. b4 Qf7 14. c5 d5 15. Nb5 f4 16. exf4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Ne8 18. Bg3 Bxd4 19. Bh5 Qg7 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxc7 Qxg3 22. Qh5 Re5 23. Kh1 Qg7 24. Ne8 Rxh5 25. Nxg7 Bxg7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. d3 Nd7 8. g3 Ne7 9. Bg2 0-0 10. 0-0 a5 11. Kh1 f5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Rae1 Kh8 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bd6 Rf6 19. c3 Qb6 20. Be7 Nde5 21. Qh5 Rf7 22. Bd6 Nc4 23. Re6 Kg8 24. Rfe1 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxf2 26. Rde6 Raf8 27. Qg5 f4 28. gxf4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bimiev, Ahmad"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Nd4 Nc5 10. b4 Nfe4 11. Ncb5 Na6 12. f3 Nf6 13. Rb1 c6 14. Nc3 Nxb4 15. Rxb4 c5 16. Rb3 cxd4 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Nxd4 Qc7 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. Be3 Rfc8 21. Rc1 b6 22. Rbc3 Qd8 23. Bf2 Bh6 24. Re1 Rc7 25. f4 Rac8 26. a3 Ng4 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Bg7 30. Rc2 Qf8 31. Nc6 Kh8 32. Kg2 Bf6 33. Rce2 e6 34. Bf3 exd5 35. cxd5 Qh6 36. Kh1 Qh3 37. Qa6 Bc3 38. Rc1 Bf6 39. Rce1 Bc3 40. Rd1 Bf6 41. a4 h5 42. Bg2 Qg4 43. Qd3 Bf5 44. Qe3 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Qe2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qf4+ 14. Qe3 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Rc8 16. Bb2 Be4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nc6 19. a3 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Rd8 22. Kd2 Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Ke7 26. a4 Kd6 27. Kd3 Kc6 28. c4 Bc7 29. h3 a6 30. g4 g6 31. Bc1 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Bb2 b5 34. Ba3 bxa4 35. bxa4 Bd6 36. Bb2 Bf4 37. Bc3 Bg5 38. Ke2 Bh6 39. Kf3 Bg5 40. Ke2 Bh6 41. h4 Bc1 42. h5 Bg5 43. Bb4 Bf6 44. Ke3 Bg5+ 45. Kd3 Bc1 46. Be7 Kd7 47. Bf6 Kc6 48. Ke2 Bf4 49. Kf3 Bc1 50. Be5 Bd2 51. Bf4 Bc3 52. Ke3 Bb2 53. Kd3 Ba3 54. Be3 Kd6 55. Kc3 Kc6 56. Kd3 Bd6 57. Ke2 Ba3 58. Bf4 Bb2 59. Ke3 Bc1+ 60. Kf3 Bb2 61. Be5 Bc1 62. Kg3 Bd2 63. Kh4 Be3 64. Bg7 Bd2 65. Kg3 Kd6 66. Kf3 Kc6 67. Be5 Bc1 68. Bf4 Bb2 69. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minbayev, Bolatbek"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nc3 Nc7 4. d5 cxd5 5. exd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. 0-0-0 Bg4 10. Be2 h6 11. Be3 b5 12. Nd4 b4 13. Ncb5 Bxe2 14. Nxc7+ Qxc7 15. Qxe2 0-0 16. Qb5 Rfc8 17. Qd3 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Rd2 a3 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. b3 Rab8 22. c4 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Nxd5 25. Qd3 Nc3+ 26. Ka1 Ne4+ 27. Bd4 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Bxd4+ 29. Qxd4 Qc6 30. Rg1 Rc8 31. Qe3 d5 32. Qd3 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Fukson, Sofia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 b6 6. c4 Bc5+ 7. e3 0-0 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Be7 14. Nc3 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. d4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rfd1 Qe6 19. Bf1 Bd5 20. Qa6 Rac8 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Bb5 h6 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Qa4 a6 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Qb5 Ra7 27. Qe2 Rda8 28. Bc4 Rxa2 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Rd8 31. Qc3 b5 32. Bxb5 Bxb3 33. d5 Bxd5 34. Bxg7 Rb8 35. Ba4 Bb3 36. Rb1 c4 37. Be5 Rb4 38. Bxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 cxb3 40. h3 Qd5 41. Bd4 Qb5 42. Qc7 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qe2+ 44. Kh1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46. Qxc2 bxc2 47. Bb2 Kg6 48. g4 Bb4 49. Bc1 Bc3 50. Kg3 Be1+ 51. Kg2 h5 52. gxh5+ Kxh5 53. Kf1 Bc3 54. Kf2 Kg6 55. Kg3 Be1+ 56. Kg2 Kf7 57. Kf1 Bc3 58. Ke2 Ke6 59. Kf2 Kd5 60. Ke2 Kc4 61. h4 Kb3 62. h5 Ka2 63. h6 Kb1 64. Ba3 c1Q 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nguyen, Piotr"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. Nf3 d6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Ba3 Re8 10. c5 dxc5 11. Bxc5 Ne4 12. Ba3 Nxc3 13. Qc2 Nb5 14. Bb2 Nbxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qc4 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Rad1 a5 21. Be5 a4 22. Qb5 c6 23. Qb6 Ra6 24. Qb2 Ra7 25. Rd6 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Qb7 Rd8 28. Bc3 Qe8 29. Ba5 Ra8 30. Rxd7 Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yun, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. 0-0 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Ne7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Be4 Ndxe5 13. f4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. f5 Ngf8 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Qf3 Nb6 18. Rad1 Nfd7 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Bf5 Qxf5 21. Rde1+ Be7 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bd6+ Kxd6 24. Qxf5 Ke7 25. Qf4 Kd8 26. c5 Nc8 27. Qg5+ f6 28. Qxg7 Re8 29. Qxh7 Ne7 30. Ne4 Nd5 31. Nd6 Rf8 32. Nxb7+ Kc7 33. Nd6 Rh8 34. Qb1 Rag8 35. Nf5 Ne5 36. Qe1 Rh7 37. h3 Rgh8 38. b4 Rb8 39. a3 Rd7 40. Qg3 Rh8 41. Ne3 Nxe3 42. Qxe3 Rdd8 43. Qe4 Rh5 44. Rxf6 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rd5 46. Rd6 Rxd6 47. cxd6+ Kxd6 48. Qd4+ Ke6 49. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bondarenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 c6 8. Qb3+ Kh8 9. Nd2 d6 10. Ne2 e5 11. 0-0 e4 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. Rfc1 Na6 14. Bf1 Nc7 15. Qd1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bb3 b5 19. a4 a5 20. Ra2 Rfb8 21. Rca1 Qc7 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. Qc2 Kf7 24. Qd1 Kg7 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Rh1 Bf7 27. h4 h6 28. Rha1 Rh8 29. Rh1 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. axb5 cxb5 33. Ra1 a4 34. Bc2 Bxd4 35. Rh1 Rxh1 36. Kxh1 Be5 37. Bd1 f4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. exf4 Qh6+ 40. Kg1 Qxf4 41. Nf1 Be8 42. Qe3 Bc6 43. Qxf4 Bxf4 44. Ne3 Kf6 45. Kf1 Ke5 46. Bc2 d4 47. cxd4+ Kxd4 48. Ke2 b4 49. Kd2 Bd7 50. Bd1 Bb5 51. Bc2 b3 52. Bd1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lepaev, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[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. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Nbd2 Nfd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rc1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nf1 Ne5 22. N1h2 h5 23. Qd2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nbd7 25. Bb1 Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. f3 Qd8 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Kf2 f6 33. Ke3 Rc8 34. Rd1 Bf7 35. Rd6 Rc1 36. Bd3 Re1+ 37. Kd2 Ra1 38. Rxa6 Bxb3 39. Bxb5 Rxa2+ 40. Rxa2 Bxa2 41. Ke3 Be6 42. Be2 g5 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Kb4 Kd6 46. Kb5 Kc7 47. Kc5 Bb3 48. Kb4 Bf7 49. Kc5 Bb3 50. Kb4 Bf7 51. Kb5 Bb3 52. Kc5 Bf7 53. Bd1 Be6 54. Ba4 Bf7 55. Bb5 Bb3 56. Be2 Bf7 57. Bc4 Bxc4 58. Kxc4 Kc6 59. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 24th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fokin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Qe8 8. h3 Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. 0-0 Be6 14. Qc2 e4 15. Nxc7 exf3 16. Nxe6 fxe2 17. Nxd8 exf1Q+ 18. Kxf1 Raxd8 19. c5 Kh8 20. Bd6 Rf7 21. Rc1 Rfd7 22. a3 Nf6 23. b4 a6 24. Qb3 Ne4 25. Rd1 h6 26. Qe6 Kh7 27. g4 Ng5 28. Qd5 Ne7 29. Qb3 Nxh3 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. e4 Nxd6 32. Qxh3 Be5 33. Qe6 Bf4 34. cxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. e5 Bf8 37. Qf7+ Bg7 38. e6 Rf8 39. Qxb7 Kg8 40. e7 Re8 41. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hurtado, Felipe"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. Bd2 e5 11. e3 Bg4 12. c3 Qb6 13. Qc1 d3 14. Nh4 c4 15. f5 Bh6 16. h3 Be2 17. Rf2 Qc5 18. Kh2 b5 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 f6 21. Qf1 g5 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 Rfd8 24. Ra6 Rd6 25. Qa1 Rb8 26. Rf1 Rb6 27. b4 Qc4 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Qa6 Bf8 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Bf3 Qb2 32. Qa2+ Qxa2 33. Rxa2 Be7 34. Bd1 Bd8 35. Bb3+ Kf8 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Kf3 Ra7 38. Kf2 Rd7 39. Ke1 Ke7 40. Bc1 Bc7 41. Bd5 Kd6 42. Rd2 Ne7 43. Be6 Rd8 44. Rxd3+ Kc6 45. Rxd8 Bxd8 46. Ke2 Kc7 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Nc6 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Bd2 h5 51. Ke2 Be7 52. Kd3 Bf8 53. Bb3 Bh6 54. Bd1 Kd7 55. Bxh5 Ke7 56. Bd1 Kd7 57. Bb3 Ke7 58. Be6 Kd8 59. Ba2 Kc7 60. Bd5 Nd8 61. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kiseleva, Arina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. d3 e5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 Qb6+ 8. e3 exf4 9. gxf4 Bg7 10. Kh1 d5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 0-0 13. Qe1 Re8 14. e5 Ng4 15. Ne4 Nf8 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Qh4 Nh6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rae1 f6 20. Nd4 Ng4 21. Nxc8 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 g5 23. fxg5 fxe5 24. Nf5 Raxc8 25. Bh3 Ng6 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Qe6 Rd8 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. cxd3 Nf4 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. d4 Ng6 34. dxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Nxe5 36. Kg2 b5 37. b3 Kg7 38. Rf6 a5 39. Re6 Nd3 40. Rxc6 Nb4 41. Rb6 Nxa2 42. Rxb5 Nc1 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Puraev, Artemiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 c6 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Kb1 Nf8 14. d5 cxd5 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Ba4 Ng6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kc8 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Qg3 f4 21. Qa3 Kb8 22. c4 Qe7 23. Qb3 dxc4 24. Qxc4 a6 25. Nd4 b5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Qe8 28. Qb4 Ra6 29. Nb5 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Rd7 Nf5 32. Rxf7 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxf4 Bxg2 35. Rh4 Rc8 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Rd7 38. a4 Bd5 39. Kc2 Rf7 40. Rb4+ Rb7 41. Rxb7+ Kxb7 42. f4 Bc6 43. Kb3 Kb6 44. Kb4 Bf3 45. h4 Bd1 46. b3 Be2 47. Kc3 Ka5 48. Kd4 Bd1 49. Kc4 Be2+ 50. Kc5 Bg4 51. Kc4 Kb6 52. Kc3 Kc5 53. b4+ Kd5 54. a5 Be2 55. Kd2 Ba6 56. Ke3 h5 57. f5 exf5 58. Kf4 Ke6 59. Kg5 Ke5 60. Kxh5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vlasenko, Miroslav"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne2 Ne4 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. c4 Be8 14. c5 Bc7 15. g4 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qb3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Kh8 19. Qxe6 Qd2 20. Kf2 fxg4 21. Rfd1 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qc2 23. Rbc1 Qb2 24. Qd6 Bh5 25. Rd2 Qb5 26. Nd4 Qa6 27. Ne6 Rg8 28. f5 Qa5 29. Rxc6 Rbe8 30. Rc7 h6 31. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Bc3 Bf5 8. Nbd2 Qb6 9. e3 0-0-0 10. a4 a5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Nfd4 Bd7 14. Bb5 Nge7 15. 0-0 Kb8 16. Qd2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nb4 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Qxb4 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nc6 22. Qa4 Ne5 23. Rfc1 Nc4 24. Nd4 Kc7 25. b3 Ra8 26. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lamorelle, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg2 Be4 10. f3 Bc6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Bf4 Ke7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. c4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. Be3 h6 20. Qf2 Qc7 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qxf6+ Ke8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shadrin, Anton"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 c6 11. h3 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Ng3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qb8 18. Qa4 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Bd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxb2 Bxa4 22. Rb7 c4 23. Bf5 a6 24. Rb6 Bb5 25. a4 Bxa4 26. Rxa6 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Be8 28. Bc8 Kf8 29. Bb7 Bd7 30. Ra5 Ke7 31. Ra3 Kd6 32. Ra5 h5 33. Nh1 h4 34. g3 Rb1 35. Ba8 Rb2 36. g4 Be6 37. f4 Rxc2+ 38. Kg1 Rd2 39. Nf2 c3 40. Kf1 c2 41. Ra1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Markelova, Lubov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. e4 d4 8. Ne2 c5 9. Nd2 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Nb6 12. Ra5 Be6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Ra6 Bc8 15. Ra1 a5 16. h3 a4 17. bxa4 Nxa4 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. f4 f6 22. Kh1 Rfc8 23. c3 Nxc3 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nxc3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 Qd4 27. Qc2 Ra2 28. Qd1 Rf2 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Kh2 Qd4 31. Qe2 c4 32. dxc4 Bxc4 33. Qf3 Qd3 34. Qf2 h5 35. Bf3 h4 36. gxh4 Qf1 37. Qxf1 Bxf1 38. Kg3 Bd3 39. Kf2 exf4 40. Bxf4 Ne5 41. Bxe5 fxe5 42. h5 Kf7 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. h4 Kf6 45. Kd2 Bh3 46. Kc3 Be6 47. Kb4 Ba2 48. Kc5 Bg8 49. Kd6 Be6 50. Be2 Bh3 51. Bb5 Bg2 52. Bc6 Bf3 53. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Summer op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2016.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sanarov, Leonid"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Re1 fxe4 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. Qc2 Nd4 14. Qb1 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 exf3 16. Ba3 Bf5 17. Qb2 e4 18. Nxf3 exf3 19. Rxe8 Rfxe8 20. Qc1 Ng4 21. h3 Ne5 22. g4 Bd3 23. Nd5 Be2 24. Rb1 Nd3 25. Qg5 Re5 26. Qh4 g5 27. Qh5 Rxd5 28. Bc1 Re5 29. h4 gxh4 30. Qxh4 Re4 31. Qh5 Rae8 32. Bh6 Bxh6 33. Qxh6 Rxg4+ 34. Kh2 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Aseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 c5 6. d3 d5 7. Qe1 b6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bb7 10. Nc3 e6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Nd6 Ba6 14. c4 Nde7 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Be3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Nb5 Qxd1 20. Qxd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nd4 23. a4 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Nef5 25. Bf2 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nfd4 27. Be1 Rf5 28. Bd2 Nb3 29. Bh3 Re5 30. Bc3 Ned4 31. Bf1 Rxg5 32. Bc4 Rf5 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Bxb3 Nxb3 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Ra8 Rd5 37. Rxa7+ Rd7 38. Bf6+ Kd6 39. Be5+ Ke7 40. Bc7 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Kf6 42. Bxb6 Rxb2 43. Rxh7 e5 44. Rc7 Ra2 45. a5 e4 46. a6 e3 47. Rc6+ Kf5 48. Bxc5 Nxc5 49. Rxc5+ Ke4 50. Rc8 Kd4 51. Re8 Kc5 52. Rxe3 Kxb5 53. Re6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yakimenko, Alexander A"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. f3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. Bg5 fxe4 7. a3 Be7 8. fxe4 0-0 9. Ng3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Be2 d4 12. Na4 h6 13. Bd2 Nh7 14. Bf3 Ne5 15. b4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 e5 17. Qe2 Be6 18. 0-0 Ng5 19. Nb2 Qc7 20. Nd3 b6 21. Rae1 bxc5 22. bxc5 Bh3 23. Rf2 Be6 24. Rff1 Rf7 25. Nf5 Bxc5 26. h4 Nh3+ 27. Kh2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rg1 Kh7 30. Qg2 Bxf5 31. exf5 Bf8 32. Re6 Bxa3 33. Ne5 Raf8 34. Nxf7 Qxf7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. f6 Qxg6 37. Rxg6 Rxf6 38. Rexf6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg7 40. Ra6 Bc5 41. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 d5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 dxc3 14. exd7 Nxd7 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Nf6 17. Bd4 Nd5 18. Bc4 Nb4 19. Bb2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rfd8 21. Kf1 a5 22. a4 Kf8 23. f4 Bc5 24. Ke2 f6 25. h4 Nc6 26. Kf3 Nb4 27. Ke2 Nc6 28. h5 h6 29. Kf3 Nb4 30. Ke4 Nc6 31. Kf3 Nb4 32. Be6 Rb8 33. Ke4 Re8 34. Kf5 Rbd8 35. Bd7 Re7 36. Bb5 Rc8 37. Rd2 Rec7 38. Rad1 Be7 39. Ke6 Rc5 40. Bd4 Rxh5 41. Bxb6 Rb8 42. Bd8 Rb7 43. Bxa5 Kg8 44. Rd7 Rxd7 45. Rxd7 Bc5 46. Rd8+ Kh7 47. Bxb4 Bxb4 48. Bd3+ g6 49. Rd7+ Kg8 50. Kxf6 Ra5 51. Rd8+ Bf8 52. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hakobyan, Hovhannes H"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nc3 Nc7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e5 Bg7 6. Bd3 d5 7. h3 h5 8. 0-0 Nh6 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. Re1 Qd7 11. c4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 0-0 14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Nc3 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 e6 18. Re3 Qe7 19. Nge4 Kh7 20. g3 Rac8 21. b4 Rc7 22. a4 b6 23. Red3 Rcd7 24. Nd6 Nf5 25. Nce4 Nxd6 26. exd6 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. b5 Qd7 29. bxc6 Rxc6 30. Qb5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Rb3 Rc4 33. a5 bxa5 34. Rb5 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Rxd5 Bc3 37. Rd6 a6 38. Kf1 Bb4 39. Rxa6 Kh6 40. Ke2 Kg5 41. f4+ Kh6 42. Kf3 Be1 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 Bd2 45. Rd6 Bb4 46. Rd7 Kg7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Ra7 Bd2 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 Bc3 52. Ra7+ Ke8 53. Kg5 Bd2+ 54. Kf5 Bc3 55. Rc7 Bd4 56. Rc4 Bb6 57. Kf6 Bd8+ 58. Kg7 Be7 59. Rf4 f6 60. Rd4 Ba3 61. Re4+ Be7 62. Kg8 Kd7 63. Kf7 Bd8 64. Rd4+ Kc8 65. Ke6 Kc7 66. Rd5 Kc8 67. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Atabayev, Yusup"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Nd4 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qd3 Qc5 20. Nxd4 Bg6 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. f3 Re5 23. Qd2 f5 24. Bd5 Rc8 25. b4 Qb6 26. f4 fxe4 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. c3 exd4 29. cxd4 Qd6 30. Bb3 Qg3 31. Qf2 Qc3 32. d5 e3 33. Qe2 Qe5 34. d6 Bh5 35. d7 Rd8 36. g4 Bg6 37. Qf3 e2 38. Re1 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 Qxb4 40. Rxe2 Rxd7 41. Qf6 Qd4+ 42. Qxd4 Rxd4 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 Rd6 45. Ra7 h5 46. gxh5 Bxh5 47. Kf2 Bg6 48. Kg3 Rf6 49. Bd5 Rd6 50. Bb3 Kf6 51. Kf4 Bh5 52. Ke4 Bg6+ 53. Kf4 Rd4+ 54. Kg3 Rd3+ 55. Kf4 Rd6 56. Ke3 Rd3+ 57. Kf4 Rd4+ 58. Kg3 Kg5 59. Rxa6 Rd3+ 60. Kg2 Be4+ 61. Kf2 f5 62. Rb6 Kf4 63. Rxb5 Rxh3 64. Bd5 Rh2+ 65. Kg1 Rd2 66. Bxe4 fxe4 67. Kf1 Kf3 68. Rf5+ Ke3 69. Rb5 Rd1+ 70. Kg2 Ke2 71. a4 e3 72. a5 Ra1 73. Rd5 Ke1 74. Rb5 e2 75. Rd5 Ra2 76. a6 Rxa6 77. Rd8 Rg6+ 78. Kh2 Rg5 79. Ra8 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pavlova, Nataliy"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. c4 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. Nd2 g5 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Ng4 13. Qc1 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 gxf4 15. Nd1 Nxh2 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Bc8 10. Bd3 Be7 11. 0-0 f5 12. f4 0-0 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. c4 a5 15. Rad1 a4 16. Nc1 e4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. c5 Bd7 19. Ne2 Na6 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Rc1 Bb4 22. Qd1 Bc5 23. Qd2 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qd6 25. Rfd1 Nb4 26. a3 Nxd5 27. Qd4 Qb6 28. Qxb6 Nxb6 29. Rd6 Bc6 30. Nd4 Nc4 31. Re6 Bd5 32. Re7 Nxb2 33. Re5 Rfd8 34. Rxf5 Rac8 35. Rb1 Nc4 36. Bxa4 Ne3 37. Rg5 Ba2 38. Rb4 h6 39. Rgb5 Ng4 40. g3 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Bc4 42. Kh3 Nf6 43. Nf5 Bf1+ 44. Kh4 Rd2 45. Rb2 Bxb5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 Qd7 7. Bg5 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rae1 Rae8 12. Re2 d5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Nd1 Qf7 18. Ne3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Bd6 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. Re4 Rd8 26. Ne3 Be7 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. c3 Rd6 29. Ke2 b5 30. f4 a5 31. Ng4 Kg6 32. Ne3 Kf7 33. f5 c6 34. f4 h5 35. Ng2 a4 36. Ne3 c5 37. Nc2 Rd8 38. c4 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Bxb2 40. Rxa4 Bc3 41. Ne3 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rxh2 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. Nd5 Bd4 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46. Ng6+ Ke8 47. Ke4 Rd2 48. Ne5 Kf8 49. Nf3 Re2+ 50. Kd5 Bf6 51. a4 h4 52. a5 h3 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. Rh8 Ra2 55. Ne5 h2 56. Nc4 Bc3 57. Kc6 Kf6 58. Nd6 g6 59. Ne4+ Kg7 60. Rh3 Bd4 61. fxg6 Kxg6 62. Nd6 Bg1 63. Kb5 Rb2+ 64. Kc4 Rb4+ 65. Kd5 Rxf4 66. a6 Ra4 67. Ke5 Rxa6 68. Rg3+ Kh5 69. Rg8 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bezstrakhov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 d4 6. Ne2 e5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Nc5 11. d3 g6 12. Rd1 a5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg7 15. Ne2 c5 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh2 0-0 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qxe5 dxc3 20. Nxc3 b4 21. Nb5 Nxg4 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Qxc5 Qxh3 25. Qe3 Qd7 26. Nd6 Nh5 27. Bh2 Bxb2 28. Ra2 Bf6 29. Qf3 Qe6 30. d4 a4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. bxa4 Qa2 33. e5 Be7 34. d5 Bxd6 35. exd6 Qxa4 36. Rb1 Ng7 37. Qf6 Nh5 38. Qd4 Ng7 39. Rxb4 Qc2 40. d7 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ 42. Bg3 Nf5 43. Qe5 Qd8 44. Rb7 Nxg3 45. Kxg3 f6 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. d6 Kh6 48. Rc7 f5 49. Qe7 f4+ 50. Kh2 g5 51. Rc8 Qb6 52. Qxf8+ Kg6 53. Qe8+ Kf5 54. Qe2 Qxd6 55. d8Q f3+ 56. Qxd6 fxe2 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. Qe6+ Kh5 59. Qxe2+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nd1 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. f4 0-0 11. Nf3 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. 0-0 a5 14. f5 exf5 15. Bxf5 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qc2+ Kg8 20. Qxc6 Rb8 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Qc2 Rfc8 23. Qf2 Na4 24. Qg3 Nc3 25. Rae1 Rb2 26. Ng5 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Qh4 Qd7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 Rf8 32. Nh7 Qc8 33. Nxf8 Qxf8 34. Nf5+ Ke8 35. Nd6+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kd7 37. Nxf7 Rxa2 38. Nd6 Qe7 39. Qc1 Qd8 40. Qb1 Rd2 41. Qb5+ Ke7 42. Qc5 Kd7 43. Rb1 Ke7 44. Nb7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosyan, Tigran S"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nf3 Nc7 4. Nc3 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Ng5 Bg7 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Qd2 d5 9. e5 Bf5 10. 0-0-0 Qd7 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. f3 Nf5 14. Kb1 Nh6 15. Re1 b6 16. Bd3 0-0-0 17. Rd1 Kb7 18. Qe2 Ka8 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. g4 Qf4 23. Qg2 hxg4 24. fxg4 f5 25. g5 Bg7 26. Ne2 Qe3 27. Rh3 Qe4 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Nf4 Rd7 30. Nxg6 Rhd8 31. c3 c5 32. h5 cxd4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. h6 Bh8 36. Nxh8 f4 37. h7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Alieva, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Nd4 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. c3 Ne6 11. Qc2 g6 12. 0-0-0 f5 13. Bd5 e4 14. c4 Rf8 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Bd7 20. f3 0-0-0 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Be6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxh2 25. c5 Qh5 26. Rd6 Qf5 27. Qxf5+ gxf5 28. Bf2 Rxd6 29. cxd6 Kd7 30. Bxa7 Rf6 31. Bb8 Rg6 32. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lantini, Marco"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bd6 9. 0-0-0 h6 10. Be3 Ke7 11. Nge2 Ng4 12. Nd5+ Kf7 13. Rdf1 Rf8 14. Bd2 Kg8 15. f4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. g4 c6 21. f5 Bd7 22. h4 Raf8 23. g5 R6f7 24. gxh6 Bxf5 25. hxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhg1+ Kh8 27. Bh6 Bxe4 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rg4 Bh6+ 31. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponomarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Qb6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. 0-0 Nf5 8. Kh1 h5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 h4 11. Nxh4 Nxh4 12. gxh4 Bf5 13. Qe1 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. a4 Qc5 16. a5 a6 17. b4 Qd6 18. Ra3 Rxh4 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. Ba3 Nf6 21. Qe1 Rh5 22. b5 Rxb5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Re3 Qxe3 25. dxe3 0-0-0 26. e4 Nd7 27. e5 Kc7 28. c4 Rb2 29. Qc3 Ra2 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. Qb3 Ra3 32. Qb2 Bc5 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Qd2 Rd8 35. Rd1 Be7 36. Qe2 Nc5 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Be4 Kc7 39. f5 Rxa5 40. f6 Bd8 41. Bxg6 Nd7 42. Bxf7 Rxe5 43. Qf2 Bxf6 44. Qf4 Be7 45. h4 Bd6 46. Qf2 Re4 47. c5 Bxc5 48. Qh2+ Bd6 49. Qh3 Ne5 50. Be6 Ng6 51. Qf1 Rxh4+ 52. Kg2 Nf4+ 53. Kg3 Rh7 54. Ba2 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prizant, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 e5 7. Bb5 e4 8. d5 a6 9. Nd4 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qd7 13. 0-0 Be7 14. Ng3 0-0 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rae1 c5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxe4 Qxc2 19. Bc3 Kh8 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Ne4 22. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e5 Nh5 8. g3 Nd4 9. Bg2 Nxf4 10. gxf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qh4+ 12. Kf1 Qxf4 13. Kg2 Qg5+ 14. Kh3 Rd8 15. Ne4 Qxe5 16. c3 Nf5 17. Ng3 Bd6 18. Qe2 Qf4 19. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 20. Kg2 Qg5+ 21. Kf1 Qf6 22. Kg2 Bf4 23. Rhg1 Qh6 24. Kh1 Bxd2 25. c4 Bg5 26. Rxg5 Qxg5 27. Rg1 Qf5 28. Bg4 Qf4 29. Be5 Qh6 30. Bh5 Rg8 31. Qf3 g6 32. Bf6 Rc8 33. Bg4 Qd2 34. Rd1 Qc2 35. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 0-0 10. Qe1 Be6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Qh4 g6 13. Be2 Kh8 14. a3 a6 15. Rad1 Rae8 16. Qg3 Bg8 17. Rf2 Nd7 18. Rxf8 Rxf8 19. h4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Na5 21. b3 Nc6 22. Nd5 Qg7 23. b4 h6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Nh3 Ne7 26. Be2 Be6 27. Nf2 Kh7 28. c4 g5 29. hxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. c5 Rd8 32. Bg4 Bb3 33. Rd3 Ba2 34. Rd2 Bb3 35. Bh3 Kg7 36. Rb2 Ba4 37. Be6 dxc5 38. bxc5 Bc6 39. Bc4 Ng8 40. Bxg8 Kxg8 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kg4 Bd7+ 44. Kf3 Bc6 45. Rb1 Rh8 46. Rd1 Ke6 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Kg3 Ke6 49. Rf1 Rh4 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Rd1 b5 52. cxb6 cxb6 53. Rc1 Kd6 54. Rd1+ Ke7 55. Rc1 Kd6 56. Rd1+ Ke7 57. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Fokin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. c5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 b6 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Rad1 e6 17. h4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Bb3 Nd5 21. Bg3 b5 22. h5 f6 23. h6 Bh8 24. Nd3 Qf7 25. Re2 Re8 26. Rde1 Ra7 27. Nc5 f5 28. Bb8 Rae7 29. Bd6 Ra7 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rae7 32. c4 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Qf6 34. Bb3 g5 35. Ba4 Rc7 36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Bxe8 Qxh6 38. Bb5 Qf6 39. Qe3 Kf7 40. a4 Ra7 41. Nd3 Kg6 42. Rc1 Ba6 43. Ne5+ Kg7 44. Bxa6 Rxa6 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46. Qh3 h6 47. Rf7 g4 48. Qh5 Qg5 49. Rf8+ Kh7 50. Qf7+ Qg7 51. Qe8 Ra7 52. Ng6 Qxd4 53. Rh8+ Kg7 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Nf8+ Kxg8 56. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bykova, Anastasia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e3 0-0 9. d3 Qb6 10. Qe2 c4 11. Nc3 cxd3 12. cxd3 d4 13. Na4 Qa6 14. Nxd4 Bxd3 15. Qf3 Be4 16. Qe2 Bd3 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 b5 20. Nc5 Qa3 21. Nd3 Qxa2 22. g4 Qxb3 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. g5 Rac8 25. Qh3 Nc3 26. Kh1 Qc2 27. f5 exf5 28. Nd7 Rfd8 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. gxf6 Rxd4 31. exd4 Bxf6 32. Bb7 Re8 33. Bc6 Rd8 34. Qh6 Ne4 35. Rg1+ Kh8 36. Rc1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nc3 Nc7 4. Bf4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 d5 7. Bxc7 Qxc7 8. exd5 Nf6 9. dxc6 0-0 10. Ne5 bxc6 11. 0-0 c5 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd7 16. Nec6 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. c3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rd6 21. Rfe1 Bf6 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rde1 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. Bxf7 Rd2 26. b4 Rf8 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Bxg6 Rfxf2 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. R1e7+ Kxg6 31. Rg8+ Kf6 32. Rxb7 Ke5 33. Rxa7 Nd5 34. Rd7 Nxb4 35. Re8+ Kf6 36. Rf8+ Ke6 37. Rxf2 Rxd7 38. h4 Ra7 39. Kh2 Nxa2 40. Kh3 Nc3 41. h5 Ne4 42. Rb2 Kf5 43. Rb5+ Kf4 44. Rb8 Ra1 45. Kh2 Nf6 46. g3+ Kg4 47. h6 Ra2+ 48. Kg1 Kxg3 49. Kf1 Rh2 50. Ra8 Ne4 51. Re8 Kf3 52. Rf8+ Ke3 53. Ra8 Nd2+ 54. Kg1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pranizin, Gennady"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. a3 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Nd2 c6 12. b4 Bb6 13. f4 Qe7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. f5 Kh7 17. Ne4 Rg8 18. Qh5 Rg5 19. Nxg5+ fxg5 20. f6 Qf8 21. Bxf7 e4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chekhov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. 0-0 d6 11. f4 0-0 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 f6 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. f5 Nde5 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bc3 Bg5 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Nc7 Be3+ 21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Be1 Qf2 23. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd1+ 25. Kf1 Nf2 26. Kg1 Bxb3 27. Nxa8 Bxc2 28. Nc7 Nd1+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. Bf3 Ne5 31. Rc1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Zherebtsova, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[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. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 d6 12. Qf3 Be6 13. cxd4 Bxb3 14. axb3 dxe5 15. dxe5 Bb4 16. Nc3 c6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qxa6 Nc7 19. Qb7 Qd3 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nd5 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nb6 25. Ba3 Rfe8 26. Rc1 f5 27. Rd4 Rxe5 28. g3 Rc6 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. c5 Nc8 31. Rb1 Re8 32. Rb7+ Re7 33. Rb8 Re8 34. Rd5 g6 35. Kg2 Re4 36. Rd8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Rb7+ Ne7 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. Bb2+ Ke6 42. Kg5 f4 43. Ba3 fxg3 44. fxg3 h5 45. Rb6 Kf7 46. Bb4 Re6 47. Rb7 Rc6 48. Kh6 Kf6 49. Ba3 Nf5+ 50. Kh7 Ne7 51. Bb2+ Kf7 52. Be5 Ke6 53. Bd6 Nf5 54. Kxg6 Nxd6 55. cxd6 h4 56. Kg5 hxg3 57. d7 Ke7 58. hxg3 Rc5+ 59. Kh4 Rd5 60. d8Q+ Kxd8 61. Rf7 Ke8 62. Rf1 Rd7 63. g4 Rf7 64. Rxf7 Kxf7 65. Kh5 Kg7 66. Kg5 Kg8 67. Kg6 Kh8 68. g5 Kg8 69. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. 0-0 g6 11. Re1 Bg7 12. Bf1 0-0 13. a3 Nb7 14. c4 Nc7 15. d3 f5 16. Nec3 Nc5 17. b4 N5e6 18. Bb2 f4 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Nce4 Nce6 21. Nb3 g5 22. c5 f3 23. g3 Qd5 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nd6 g4 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Qc4 Rf6 29. Rac1 Bf8 30. Re4 Bxd6 31. Rxd4 Qxc4 32. dxc4 Bxc5 33. Rxd7 Bf8 34. c5 a5 35. h3 axb4 36. axb4 h5 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Rd4 Rg6 39. Bd3 Rg5 40. Bc4+ Kh8 41. Be6 Bg7 42. Rxg4 Rxg4 43. Bxg4 Ra1 44. Rxa1 Bxa1 45. Bxf3 Bc3 46. b5 cxb5 47. c6 Ba5 48. Bd5 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. f4 Ke7 51. Kf3 Kd6 52. Be4 b4 53. g4 b3 54. g5 b2 55. Kg4 b1Q 56. Bxb1 Kxc6 57. Kh5 Bc3 58. Kg6 Kd6 59. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Qd2 exf4 12. gxf4 Qb6 13. e5 Rd8 14. Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nd5 Bf5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Rfb1 Qc3 23. Qd3 Bh6 24. Qxc3 dxc3 25. Rxb7 Bxf4 26. Be4 Ng3 27. Bd3 Bxe5 28. Rxf7 Nh5 29. Re1 Bd4+ 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. Re5 Bd6 32. Re4 a5 33. Rd4 Be5 34. Rdd7 Nf6 35. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Qf6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Re1 h6 7. d4 Bb6 8. Na3 a6 9. Ba4 0-0 10. Nc4 d6 11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. h3 b5 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Nce7 16. Bc2 Nf4 17. Kh2 Be6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Ng1 g5 20. g3 Nfg6 21. Qh5 Qg7 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Bb6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. Nf3 Nf8 27. Ne1 Nd7 28. Be3 Nf6 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Ng2 Nd7 32. Bc1 f6 33. Ne3 Nc6 34. Qd1 Qe7 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. exd5 Nd8 37. Qh5 Nf7 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Bf5 Qc5 40. Be3 Qxd5 41. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kunin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Re1 Ne5 9. Bb3 c5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qh3 15. Bg3 h5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Re3 Nh4 18. Qf1 Qxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Ng6 20. f5 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Rb3 Kh7 24. Bd5 Rb6 25. Rd1 Kg8 26. Ke2 Rfb8 27. Bc4 Rxb3 28. axb3 Rd8 29. Bd5 Kf8 30. Kd3 g5 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Ra1 Rd7 33. Ra6 Kg7 34. Re6 Bg5 35. h3 Bf4 36. Rc6 g5 37. f3 Bc1 38. Kc3 Rd8 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40. Bf7+ Kh6 41. Rxc5 Bd2+ 42. Kc4 Rd4+ 43. Kb5 Rb4+ 44. Kc6 Rb6+ 45. Kd5 Rf6 46. Rc6 Rxc6 47. Kxc6 g4 48. fxg4 h4 49. Kd5 Kg5 50. Kxe5 Bc1 51. c4 Bxb2+ 52. Kd5 Kf4 53. c5 Be5 54. g5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. Qe1 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 11. Kh1 Be6 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Be3 Qb4 14. b3 Ng4 15. e5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Rab8 17. Rad1 b6 18. Bd5 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bxf3+ 20. Qxf3 e6 21. Ne4 Qa5 22. a4 c4 23. Nd6 cxb3 24. Nb7 Rxd1 25. Nxa5 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 bxa5 27. cxb3 Bf8 28. Qc4 Bb4 29. Qc7 Rb6 30. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. d3 Qh4 8. Nd2 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. a3 Nf6 11. b4 Bb6 12. Qe1 Qxe1 13. Rxe1 Kd7 14. Bxe6+ fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nc4 a6 17. Bd2 Ba7 18. Re4 b5 19. Na5 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Nb3 Rhc8 22. c4 bxc4 23. dxc4 d5 24. Rg4 c5 25. Rxg7+ Ke8 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 dxc4 28. Rc1 Rab8 29. c6 Kf8 30. Rxh7 Kg8 31. Rb7 Rxb7 32. cxb7 Rb8 33. Rb1 c3 34. Kf1 c2 35. Rc1 Rxb7 36. Rxc2 Rb3 37. Ra2 a5 38. a4 Kg7 39. g4 Kg6 40. h4 Kg7 41. Ke2 Rc3 42. h5 Rb3 43. f4 Kf7 44. g5 Kg7 45. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 d6 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. f4 0-0 12. g4 Re8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh4 b5 16. f5 Nde5 17. Rae1 Bf8 18. Re3 Bb7 19. Rh3 h6 20. gxh6 Kh7 21. Kh1 b4 22. Nd1 a5 23. Bg5 Be7 24. Ne3 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Qf4 a4 27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Nf3 Nxf3 29. Rhxf3 exf5 30. exf5 g5 31. Qg3 Ne5 32. R3f2 Bxg2+ 33. Rxg2 f6 34. h4 Rg8 35. hxg5 Rxg5 36. Qh2 Qg8 37. Qh3 Rxg2 38. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 b3 40. cxb3 axb3 41. axb3 Rb8 42. Nd5 Rxb3 43. Nxf6+ Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. g4 Kh8 10. Rg1 Qa5 11. Ke2 Nd7 12. gxf5 exf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Ndf6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Na6 Ra8 17. Qc7 Qxc7 18. Nxc7 Rb8 19. Nxd5 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Nf4 Bd7 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Nxb5 24. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Baryshpolets, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. h3 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. g4 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. f5 Bb7 13. Qe1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ra7 Qb6 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 Rfc8 18. Rxb5 Rxc2 19. Na3 Rc5 20. Rb3 Nd7 21. Nc4 Rc7 22. Rb5 Ba6 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. b3 Nc6 25. Bg5 Bxc4 26. bxc4 h6 27. Bh4 g5 28. Bf2 Nb4 29. Rd1 Ra7 30. Bf1 Ra3 31. Be1 Nc2 32. Bd2 Be5 33. Kg2 Bf4 34. Kf3 Be5 35. Rc1 Ra2 36. Be2 Rb2 37. Bd1 Ne3 38. Bxe3 dxe3 39. Be2 Bd4 40. Rh1 Kg7 41. h4 h5 42. Rg1 f6 43. gxh5 Kh6 44. hxg5+ fxg5 45. Re1 Bb6 46. Rg1 Bc5 47. Rg2 Rb1 48. e5 dxe5 49. Ke4 Bd4 50. Kd5 Rb2 51. Ke6 g4 52. Kxe7 Rxe2 53. Rxe2 Kxh5 54. f6 Kg5 55. f7 Bc5+ 56. Ke6 Kf4 57. Kd5 Bf8 58. c5 Kf3 59. Re1 Kf2 60. Rb1 e2 61. c6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 0-0 6. h4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 c5 9. h5 gxh5 10. e4 Qe8 11. Nxh5 Nxh5 12. Rxh5 Na6 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Rxh6 Rf6 16. Rh4 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. 0-0-0 Rd8 19. Qd2 Nb4 20. Rdh1 Rd7 21. a3 Nc6 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Be4 Rff7 24. Qg5+ Rg7 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Rf4+ Rdf7 27. Bg6 Rxf4 28. Rh8+ Rg8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ajrapetjan, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 a4 15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Re1+ Kd7 17. Qb1 g6 18. Bd2 Qc4 19. Qe4 Rae8 20. Qf3 f5 21. g4 f4 22. Re5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Ke6 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Re4 Qa2 26. Rd4 c5 27. Rd3 Qc4 28. Be1 Kxe5 29. Qe2+ Kd6 30. f3 Rf6 31. Qe4 b5 32. Bd2 g5 33. Qxh7 Kc6 34. h4 gxh4 35. g5 Re6 36. Qg8 Nc7 37. Qd8 Qa2 38. Rd7 Nd5 39. Rxd5 Qxd5 40. Qa8+ Kd6 41. Bxf4+ Re5 42. Qa6+ Kc7 43. Qxb5 Kc8 44. Qa6+ Kd7 45. Qxa4+ Kd8 46. Bxe5 Qxe5 47. Qxh4 Qxc3 48. g6+ Ke8 49. Qe4+ Kf8 50. f4 Kg7 51. Qe5+ Qxe5 52. fxe5 Kxg6 53. a4 c4 54. Kf2 Kf5 55. a5 Kxe5 56. a6 c3 57. Ke3 Kd5 58. a7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedoseeva, Valentina"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1930"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 d6 11. Bb3 Nh7 12. d4 g4 13. Nh4 exd4 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qg5 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qxf5 18. Bxh6 Nxe4 19. Bxf8 Nxf2 20. Qe2 d3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 20th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. exf5 e4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nd4 Qe5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Nd4 Qe5 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Nd4 Qe5 13. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Ra7 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Nh6 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. h3 Bf5 19. e4 Be6 20. d4 a4 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Qh5 23. Nd3 Bb3 24. Rxb3 axb3 25. Qxb3+ Qf7 26. Qc2 Qc4 27. Nb2 Qe6 28. a4 Bc5 29. Nd3 Bd4 30. Ne2 Rxa4 31. Ndf4 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 g5 33. Qxc7 gxf4 34. Bxf4 Nf7 35. Qxb7 Nd6 36. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Arslanov, Shamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nh6 6. Bxh6 gxh6 7. a3 Ba5 8. dxc5 d4 9. b4 dxc3 10. bxa5 Qxa5 11. Nf3 Qxc5 12. Rb1 b6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qd3 a6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. 0-0 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rfe1 Qc5 19. Rb3 Rd8 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. h3 Ke7 22. Qh4+ Qg5 23. Qb4+ Qc5 24. Qh4+ Qg5 25. Qb4+ Rc5 26. Qxb6 Rd8 27. Qb4 a5 28. Qe4 Qg6 29. Qh4+ Qf6 30. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mustafin, Nariman"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Bf4 h6 7. d5 d6 8. Nd4 Bd7 9. c4 Na6 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Rc1 a5 12. Nb3 Nce4 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Bd4 a4 20. Nc5 dxc5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd7 Qe5 23. R1d2 f4 24. Bxc6 Bg5 25. R2d5 Qf6 26. R5d6 Qf5 27. Qc3 fxg3 28. Qxg3 Rxb2 29. Rd3 Rxe2 30. Bf3 Rxa2 31. h4 Bf4 32. Qg4 Rf7 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. R3d5 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 a3 36. Bh5 Rg7+ 37. Kf3 e5 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rxc5 Rh1 40. Kg2 a2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Emdin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. c3 Qb6 6. d4 Nh6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e3 Nf5 9. g4 Nd6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Qe1 e5 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Qg3 Nf7 15. e4 Nf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxf6 Qd8 20. Rf2 Bd7 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Bf4 Rae8 23. Bc7 Qa6 24. a3 b6 25. Raf1 Qc8 26. b3 Be6 27. Rf6 Nh8 28. Be5 Nf7 29. Bc7 Nh8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Bd6 Qe8 33. Bb8 Qd7 34. Qe5 Nf7 35. Qf6 a6 36. Bf4 b5 37. Bg3 Kf8 38. Be5 Qe7 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Qxh7 Qxa3 41. Qxg6 Kd7 42. Qg7 a5 43. Kh2 Qc1 44. h4 Qh6 45. Qxh6 Nxh6 46. Bf4 Nxg4+ 47. Kg3 Nf6 48. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ershov, Valentin"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 d5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 e6 8. c4 c6 9. Bf4 Kh8 10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. Qe3 Nd7 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qb6 16. c5 Qxb2 17. f4 exf3 18. exf3 b5 19. Rfb1 Qc2 20. a4 Ba6 21. Bf1 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Rac1 Qf5 24. f4 Rg7 25. Bd3 Qh3 26. Bf1 Qf5 27. Bd3 Qh3 28. Bf1 Qh6 29. h4 Rc7 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Kg2 Qf8 32. Bd3 Bb7 33. a5 Rd8 34. Bc2 Rcd7 35. Qd4 Rg7 36. Rh1 h6 37. Rbd1 Rdd7 38. Qb4 Qd8 39. Rd4 Qf8 40. Qc3 Rdf7 41. Bd1 Bc8 42. Qc1 Kg8 43. Rf1 Qe7 44. Rh1 a6 45. Be2 Bd7 46. Bd3 Be8 47. Qc2 Rf8 48. Kg1 Qf7 49. Qf2 Qc7 50. Qd2 Kf7 51. Rh2 Ke7 52. Rf2 Kd8 53. Kf1 Kc8 54. Ke1 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Kd1 gxf4 57. Rdxf4 Rfg8 58. Qe1 Rxg3 59. Bh7 Qxh7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chuprova, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d3 e5 4. e4 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nge7 6. Nbc3 0-0 7. 0-0 f5 8. f4 d6 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Rae1 c6 12. Nd1 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Be6 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. b3 Qd7 17. c3 fxe4 18. d4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Qxe4 Bf5 21. Qe2 Kh8 22. Nf2 Ng8 23. g4 Re7 24. Qf3 Be6 25. Qg3 Rae8 26. c4 b5 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Qc3+ Re5 30. Bxd5 Qg7 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Voronenkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. 0-0 Nge7 6. Re1 h6 7. d4 Bb6 8. Be3 0-0 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Bg4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 f5 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Kh1 Nh4 17. Be2 Kh8 18. a3 exd4 19. cxd4 Rae8 20. d5 Ne5 21. Rc1 Re7 22. Rc3 Nexf3 23. Rec1 fxe4 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rf6 26. Bxb6 Rg6 27. Rc1 Ng2 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. Rc3 Nf4 30. Rxf3 Nxd5 31. Bd4 Kh7 32. Rf7 b5 33. Rb7 Nf4 34. Rxb5 Nxh3 35. Be3 Ng1 36. Rd5 Nf3 37. Rd1 d5 38. b4 d4 39. Bf4 d3 40. b5 d2 41. Be3 Rf6 42. b6 g5 43. a4 Rf8 44. a5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 19th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. c4 g6 12. Be2 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Qd2 Rh8 15. 0-0-0 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 Qb6 18. Rhf1 Nc5 19. f4 Nfe4 20. Qc2 a3 21. b3 Qa5 22. Ka1 exf4 23. Rxf4 f5 24. Nd3 Qd8 25. Nxc5 Qf6+ 26. Kb1 Nc3+ 27. Kc1 Nxd1 28. Nxb7 Nc3 29. c5 Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2+ Kf8 31. Qe6 Qc3+ 32. Kd1 Re8 33. Rxf5+ Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Re7 Rhf8 36. Rxe8 Qd3+ 37. Kc1 Rf1+ 38. Qe1 Qc3+ 39. Kd1 Qa1+ 40. Kd2 Qxa2+ 41. Kc3 Qb2+ 42. Kc4 Rxe1 43. Rxe1 a2 44. Rg1 dxc5 45. Nxc5 a1Q 46. Rxa1 Qxa1 47. d6 Qf1+ 48. Kd5 Qxg2+ 49. Ke6 Kg7 50. b4 Qg4+ 51. Ke7 Qh4+ 52. Ke8 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Khakimov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. d5 Qd7 13. Qb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 0-0 15. c4 c6 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rac8 19. h3 Ng6 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qc4 g5 23. d6 Kg7 24. Kh2 Kg6 25. Bb2 f6 26. Qc3 Rf8 27. Qd4 Qc6 28. f3 Qc2 29. Rd2 Qf5 30. Qxa7 Nxh3 31. Qd4 Nf4 32. d7 Ne6 33. Qd6 Rd8 34. g4 Qf4+ 35. Qxf4 gxf4 36. Bc3 b6 37. Bb4 Kf7 38. Rd6 Ra8 39. Rxb6 Rxa2+ 40. Kg1 Ra8 41. Rd6 Rb8 42. Ba5 Ke7 43. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b4 0-0 6. Bb2 d6 7. Nbd2 Qe8 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. b5 h6 12. c4 Ra7 13. Qc2 Be6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nd4 Qf7 16. 0-0 Ne4 17. f4 Nc5 18. e4 Rfa8 19. Rfe1 Nxa4 20. e5 Nxb2 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxb2 Qf8 23. Re2 Qa8 24. exd6 exd6 25. Re7 Bf6 26. Rxd7 Qc8 27. Nc6 Qxd7 28. Qxf6 bxc6 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. dxc6 Kf6 32. Bd5 Ra2 33. Kh1 Rc2 34. Kg1 Kg6 35. Kh1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc3 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 a5 10. Ba3 Qe6 11. Bxf8 Rxf8 12. a4 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qxe6+ Rxe6+ 16. Kd2 0-0-0 17. Bd3 h6 18. Rhe1 Rf6 19. Ne4 Rff8 20. f3 d5 21. Nc5 Rf6 22. Kc3 Nd7 23. Ne6 Rg8 24. Nxg7 c5 25. Nh5 d4+ 26. Kc2 Rxg2+ 27. Kc1 Rf8 28. Nf4 Rf2 29. Ng6 Rd8 30. Be4 Nf6 31. Ne7+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. Nb3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. 0-0 Ne5 11. Bf4 N7g6 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nf3 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Ng6 15. f5 Nf4 16. fxe6 dxe6 17. Kh1 Rd8 18. Qe1 g5 19. Rd1 Bd6 20. Rg1 g4 21. Nd4 Qc5 22. f3 Qe5 23. Qg3 h4 24. Qxg4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vunder, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. 0-0 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. d3 c6 9. Qe1 Qb6+ 10. Kh1 Bc5 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 0-0 14. h3 h6 15. g4 Bh7 16. Qe1 Qd8 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Qh4 Kh8 19. g5 Ng8 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Bc3+ f6 22. Rg1 Rf7 23. Raf1 Raf8 24. Nh2 Rg7 25. Ng4 Bf5 26. Bf3 Kh7 27. Rg2 Bxg4 28. Rxg4 Rxg4 29. Qxg4 Rf7 30. Rg1 Rg7 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. e4 Ne7 34. Kg2 Ng6 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. f5 Nge5 37. fxe6+ Kxe6 38. exd5+ cxd5 39. Bh5 Nf7 40. Bg4+ f5 41. Bh5 Nfe5 42. Bd4 Nf6 43. Be2 a6 44. Be3 Nf7 45. Kf4 Ne5 46. Kg3 Nf7 47. Bc5 Ne5 48. Bf8 f4+ 49. Kf2 h5 50. Bg7 h4 51. Bf3 Ned7 52. c4 dxc4 53. Bxb7 Nc5 54. Bc8+ Kf7 55. Bxf6 Nxd3+ 56. Kf3 Kxf6 57. Bxa6 Kf5 58. Bc8+ Ke5 59. Bb7 Nxb2 60. Be4 c3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nb5 Na6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. h3 Be8 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. a3 Nb8 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. f3 Nd6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. b3 g5 18. Bg3 Bg6 19. Rad1 Rf7 20. Qe2 Rcf8 21. Be5 Bf6 22. f4 h6 23. c5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qg4 Qe7 29. Ne2 Rf7 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Kh7 32. Ke1 Kh6 33. Qg3 Bh5 34. Nc1 Qf6 35. b4 Kg6 36. Nb3 b6 37. b5 cxb5 38. c6 Qe7 39. c7 Qd7 40. Qe5 Qc6 41. g4 Qc3+ 42. Nd2 Qxe3+ 43. Kd1 Qxh3 44. Qxe6+ Kh7 45. c8Q 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polonovsky, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. dxe4 c6 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Qb3 d5 10. c4 Bd4 11. Nc3 h6 12. exd5 0-0 13. 0-0 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qe8 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rae1 Qh5 17. Be2 Qh4 18. Nd1 cxd5 19. Bf3 dxc4 20. Qxc4+ Be6 21. Qc7 Nd7 22. g3 Qg5 23. Bg2 Raf8 24. Qc2 Nb6 25. Kh1 Bg4 26. Re4 Bf5 27. Qb3+ Be6 28. Qb1 Bd5 29. Rh4 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rh6 31. Qb3+ Kh8 32. f4 Qg6 33. Rxh6+ Qxh6 34. Qd3 Qc6+ 35. Kh3 Rf6 36. fxe5 Qd7+ 37. g4 Rh6+ 38. Kg2 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. 0-0 Qb6+ 6. d4 Nh6 7. c3 Nf5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Na3 Nd6 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Qc2 Qa6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Nxc4 Bf5 15. Nxd6+ exd6 16. Be4 Qb5 17. Bb2 0-0 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rf3 Qd5 20. Raf1 a5 21. h3 h5 22. R3f2 Rfe8 23. Bc1 a4 24. bxa4 Re6 25. Rg2 Rg6 26. Qb3 Qe4 27. Qxb7 Rxa4 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qb3 Ra7 30. Qd1 h4 31. g4 c5 32. dxc5 dxc5 33. g5 f6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Eltsov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2011.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Nbd2 e5 10. fxe5 Re8 11. exf6 Bg4 12. h3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Pogosian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 Bxg5 8. Qh5 Qe7 9. Bxg5 Ngf6 10. Qf3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Qe3 Nf8 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. 0-0-0 Kf8 17. f4 gxf3 18. gxf3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Rhg1 Kg7 21. Qg5 Rae8 22. Kb1 b5 23. Bh2 Rh7 24. Ne2 Kh8 25. Ng3 Nf4 26. Qf5 Qe7 27. Rd2 Rg7 28. Rgd1 Reg8 29. Ne2 Ng6 30. Rd6 Ne8 31. Rxc6 Qxh4 32. Bxe5 f6 33. Rxf6 Nxf6 34. Bxf6 Qh2 35. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 c5 5. Nb3 c4 6. Nd4 Bc5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 0-0 12. Ba3 Qb6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Na3 a5 15. Nc2 Bg4 16. Re1 Rfb8 17. Ra3 Ra7 18. Qa1 Rba8 19. Ne3 Bh5 20. d4 Qb6 21. Qa2 c5 22. Ra4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Qb5 24. Qd2 Rd7 25. Bh3 Rdd8 26. g4 Qd7 27. c4 Bxg4 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 a6 8. 0-0 d6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 0-0 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. c4 f5 17. Rc1 f4 18. Bd2 Bg5 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. Be4 Rf6 21. Qh5 Bh6 22. g4 g5 23. Bc3 Rc8 24. b3 Qc7 25. Rc2 Be8 26. Qh3 Bf8 27. c5 Rh6 28. cxd6 Qxd6 29. Qd3 Bb5 30. Qf3 Bd7 31. h3 Rh4 32. Bb2 Re8 33. Rc6 Qb8 34. Re6 Bd6 35. Bf5 Bxe6 36. dxe6 Rd8 37. Kg2 Rh6 38. Qe4 Qc7 39. Rd5 Rf6 40. Bxh7+ Qxh7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Krylov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. 0-0 h6 11. Nf3 a6 12. e5 axb5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. Re1+ Kd8 16. Be3 Qg4 17. Nf4 Be6 18. Qxb5 Kc8 19. b4 Ne5 20. Nd2 f5 21. Rac1 c6 22. h3 Qh4 23. Qe2 Kd7 24. b5 Qe7 25. bxc6+ bxc6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. f4 Nf7 28. Rxc6 Rhb8 29. Qc4 Rb7 30. Bb6 Nd8 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Qa4 Ke8 33. Rc7+ Rd7 34. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Massironi, Marco"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nc3 Nc7 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be3 d5 7. e5 h5 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. 0-0 Bf5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. h3 Qd7 12. Qd2 f6 13. Rad1 0-0-0 14. b4 Nc7 15. a4 Rdf8 16. b5 Bxh3 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Bd3 fxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. Bxa7 Qg3+ 22. Qg2 Qxf4 23. Nh4 Qxe5 24. Rf2 Nxf2 25. Bxf2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Be2 Ngf6 5. b3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc3 c6 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Nd4 g6 13. g3 h5 14. Qe2 Rae8 15. Rae1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Ng4 17. Qd3 Qe4 18. Qd4 f6 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Nh4 Kh7 21. Re2 f5 22. Ng2 Rf7 23. h3 Nh6 24. Nf4 Rd7 25. Rg2 b5 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. c3 Bc5 28. a4 g5 29. Nxh5 Kg6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxe3+ 33. Kf1 Bxd2 34. Ke2 Bf4 35. axb5 Nxg4 36. bxc6 Kxh5 37. Rxa7 Rc8 38. Ra6 Ne5 39. c4 Nxc6 40. Bc3 Kg4 41. b4 Nb8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzevanova, Evgenia"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 d6 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nc4 Nh5 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qd7 16. Rf2 Na5 17. Bc2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. e4 Be6 20. Qd2 Qg7 21. b4 Nc6 22. a4 a5 23. b5 Ne7 24. Raf1 Ng6 25. Nh2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rf8 27. Nf1 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Qf7 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. Ne3 Nf8 31. Qd1 Qf7 32. d4 Kg7 33. Kh1 Qf2 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Nd7 36. g4 Nb6 37. Kg2 Nc4 38. Nxc4 Bxc4 39. Kf2 Kg6 40. Ke3 h5 41. gxh5+ Kxh5 42. Kf2 Kh4 43. Bd1 Kh3 44. Bc2 g4 45. fxg4 Kxg4 46. Ke3 Kg3 47. Bd1 Kg2 48. Bc2 b6 49. dxe5 dxe5 50. Bd1 Kf1 51. Kd2 Kf2 52. Bc2 Kf3 53. Bb1 Bb3 54. Kd3 Kf4 55. c4 Bxa4 56. Kd2 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Be3 g6 4. c3 Nc7 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 d6 7. Be2 Nh6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 f5 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. e5 g5 12. exd6 exd6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Nf1 g4 15. N3d2 Bd7 16. Qc2 b5 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. c4 cxd4 21. exd4 Rc8 22. c5 Qf6 23. Nb3 a5 24. Qf2 a4 25. Na5 Bg7 26. c6 Bxc6 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Bxb5 Rb6 29. Bxa4 Qxd4 30. Rad1 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rxb2+ 32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Be5 34. h3 gxh3 35. gxh3 Rb8 36. Bc6 Rb6 37. Bd7 f4 38. a4 Rb2+ 39. Rd2 f3+ 40. Ke3 Bf4+ 41. Kxf4 Rxd2 42. Kxf3 Kg7 43. Ke3 Ra2 44. Kd4 Kf6 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Kb3 Ra1 47. Kb2 Rf1 48. Bg4 Rf4 49. Kb3 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedoseeva, Valentina"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 a6 6. Be3 Ba7 7. a4 0-0 8. Bxa7 Rxa7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. c3 Ra8 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 Qe7 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Qc2 g6 17. Ne2 N6h5 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. Nfg1 Nxg1 21. Nxg1 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Qe2 Rae8 24. Bd5 Qg5 25. Kh1 exd4 26. Qxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Bd7 28. Rg8+ Kh7 29. c4 Bc6 30. Rc8 Bxd5+ 31. cxd5 Qxd5+ 32. f3 c5 33. Re1 Qf7 34. Ree8 d3 35. Rf8 Qxf8 36. Rxf8 d2 37. Rf7+ Ng7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Autumn op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Belov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 6. Nb5 Be7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 f6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. c4 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf6 15. 0-0 Bd6 16. Bf4 Ke7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. cxd5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxd5 20. Bc4 Rc5 21. Bb3 b5 22. Rad1 Ra6 23. Bc3 Kf7 24. Bb4 Rcc6 25. Rd8 Bd7 26. h3 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Re5 Bd7 29. f4 g6 30. Kf2 h5 31. Kg3 Ra8 32. Kh4 Re8 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bc6 35. Bc2 Rh8+ 36. Kg3 Rh1 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Bxe1 Ne4+ 39. Kh4 Ke8 40. Ba5 Kd7 41. a3 Kd6 42. Bb6 Kd7 43. Bd3 Kd6 44. Kh3 e5 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Nf6 47. Bd8 Nd5 48. Kg4 Ne3+ 49. Kg5 e4 50. Be2 1-0

