[Event "Cheliabinsk Kurnosov Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "2018.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.09.07"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Re1 e6 12. d6 e5 13. b3 Bg4 14. Ba3 Nd7 15. Qd3 c5 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Bg2 a5 20. Nc7 Rc8 21. Qc4 b6 22. Nd5 Kh8 23. Ne7 Ra8 24. Bb2 Nf6 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Qc6 Ng8 27. Nd5 Rb8 28. Rac1 Nf6 29. h4 Nd7 30. Bh3 Nc5 31. Rxc5 bxc5 32. Qxc5 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Ne7 f4 35. Rxe5 fxg3 36. fxg3 Rb5 37. Qxb5 Qxd6 38. Nc6 d3 39. Rf5 Qxg3+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest Spring op 26th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mester, Attila"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. cxb5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qh4 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Qd2 Be7 14. Nc2 0-0 15. bxa6 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 f5 17. g3 Qh6 18. Ng2 f4 19. gxf4 exf4 20. f3 Qh5 21. Be2 Bh3 22. Rg1 Qe5 23. Rc1 Rxa6 24. b3 Bd8 25. Kd1 Ra7 26. Bc4 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Bb6 29. Qd2 Re8+ 30. Kd1 Qxg1+ 31. Ne1 Bf2 32. Kc2 Bxe1 33. Qxf4 Qf2+ 34. Kb1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Budapest Spring op 26th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2010.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Meixner, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nge7 11. Bb5 0-0 12. 0-0 a6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. Qd1 Rfc8 16. a3 b5 17. Ne2 Qd8 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rc4 22. Rc3 Nc6 23. Rd3 Nb8 24. b3 Rc6 25. Rf3 a5 26. Be7 Qb7 27. Bd6 a4 28. bxa4 bxa4 29. Qa5 Rc8 30. Qxa4 Bf8 31. Rb3 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Rb7 Bxd6 34. exd6 Nf6 35. Nf4 Rd8 36. Nd3 Rxd6 37. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Budapest Spring op 26th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Gabor2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 e4 10. Ng1 Nf6 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qb3 0-0 14. Nf4 Qd6 15. Nxh5 Nxh5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Qxb7 Nd5 18. 0-0 Rab8 19. Qa6 Rb6 20. Qa4 Rb2 21. Qd1 f5 22. c4 Nf4 23. d5 e3 24. fxe3 Nxh3+ 25. Kh1 Qh6 26. Qe1 f4 27. Bf3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Budapest Spring op 26th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yip, Michael"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 h6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne4 Qxb3 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. axb3 Bd7 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. f4 a6 18. Bf3 Bc8 19. Kg2 Kh7 20. Rfd1 Kg6 21. Ra4 Be6 22. c4 Bc8 23. Bc3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Ra5 Red8 26. Rd5 R8xd5 27. Bxd5 Bg4 28. Be4+ Kg7 29. Re1 Bc8 30. Kf3 Rd6 31. Kxe3 Rb6 32. Rb1 Rb4 33. Kd2 Kf8 34. Kc3 a5 35. Ra1 b6 36. d4 Bd7 37. Bc2 Ke7 38. e4 Ke6 39. f5+ Kd6 40. g4 c5 41. Rd1 Bc6 42. dxc5+ Kxc5 43. h4 b5 44. cxb5 Bxe4 45. Bxe4 Rxe4 46. b6 Kxb6 47. Rd6+ Kc5 48. Rxf6 Rxg4 49. Rxh6 Rf4 50. Rf6 Rxh4 51. Rxf7 a4 52. bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Spring op 26th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Bd3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 h6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qe1 Rb8 13. Bd2 a6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qh3 Kg8 17. Ng5 Qd8 18. Nh7 Re8 19. Rae1 Bh4 20. Re3 g6 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qxh6 Qg7 24. Qh4 Bd7 25. f5 exf5 26. Rg3 Ne7 27. Bg5 Nd5 28. c4 f4 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Rbd8 31. Qxd6 Bc6 32. Qf4 Rxd4 33. Qf2 Red8 34. Qc2 Be8 35. Be4 Ba4 36. Qxa4 Rxe4 37. Rgf3 Rde8 38. Qd7 R4e7 39. Qd5 Rc7 40. h3 Qe5 41. Qd2 Qg7 42. Rf6 Rce7 43. Qd5 Rf8 44. Qd6 Rfe8 45. Qd5 Rf8 46. Rb6 Rb8 47. Rff6 Kh8 48. c5 Qf8 49. Qd4 Kh7 50. Qb4 Rc7 51. Qf4 Rbc8 52. a4 Rd7 53. Rbd6 Re7 54. Qd4 Rce8 55. Qd5 Kg7 56. a5 Re1+ 57. Kh2 R1e7 58. Qd4 Kh7 59. c6 bxc6 60. Rxc6 Ra8 61. Rxa6 Qb8+ 62. Qd6 Rxa6 63. Rxf7+ Rxf7 64. Qxb8 Rxa5 65. Qd8 Ra2 66. Qh4+ Kg7 67. Qd4+ Kh7 68. Kg3 Ra3+ 69. Kh4 Rfa7 70. g4 R3a4 71. Qd8 R4a5 72. Qf8 Ra4 73. Qd8 R4a5 74. Qf8 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Spring op 26th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2010.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Farkas, Richard"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 b5 7. Nf3 d6 8. 0-0 Nd4 9. h3 h5 10. e5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bb7 12. Ne4 Nh6 13. f5 Nxf5 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 e6 16. gxf5 Bxe5 17. fxe6 f5 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Qg7+ 21. Bg5 Bxe4 22. Qf7+ Qxf7 23. exf7+ Kf8 24. dxe4 Bxb2 25. Rad1 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Rb7 27. Bf4 Rxf7 28. Bxd6+ Ke8 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. c3 Ke6 31. cxd4 Kxd6 32. dxc5+ Kxc5 33. Kf3 b4 34. e5 a5 35. Ke4 a4 36. Rc1+ Kb5 37. e6 Rh2 38. Kd3 Rh3+ 39. Kd4 b3 40. e7 Rh8 41. axb3 axb3 42. Rb1 Kb4 43. Kd5 Kc3 44. Kd6 Kc2 45. Rxb3 Kxb3 46. Kd7 Kc4 47. e8Q Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Spring op 26th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Horvath, Attila Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc5 Qa5+ 9. b4 Nxb4 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. 0-0 b6 14. Rb1 Qc3 15. Rb3 Qc7 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. c4 g6 18. Qe2 Kg7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Be6 21. Ba6 Rcd8 22. Rbb1 Nc6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Rbc1 Qd7 25. Nb3 Nb8 26. Bb5 Qf7 27. Nd4 Rhf8 28. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Budapest Spring op 26th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fendrich, Zoltan"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. 0-0 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 0-0 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Qb6 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Rbd1 Nd7 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nf4 Bxb2 18. c3 Qa5 19. Rb1 Bxc3 20. Rb5 Qxa2 21. Bxc3 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Nb6 23. Bf6 Rfb8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. f4 Nd7 26. Bh4 a6 27. Rb2 b5 28. Rd2 b4 29. Rxd6 Nb6 30. Rc6 a5 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Bf2 Nd7 33. Rb5 Nf6 34. Bc5+ Kg8 35. e5 Ne4 36. Bd6 Nd2 37. c5 Nb3 38. Rb1 Nd2 39. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "9.65"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nb3 d4 16. Bf2 Bb5 17. Rfd1 Qd5 18. Qe1 h5 19. a4 Bc6 20. Qf1 a5 21. c4 Qe4 22. e6 f6 23. Nd2 Qxf4 24. Ra3 h4 25. Rh3 Bxa4 26. Qd3 Bxd1 27. Qg6+ Kd8 28. Qxg7 Kc8 29. Qxh8+ Kb7 30. Qxh4 Qxd2 31. Qe4+ Ka7 32. Rd3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Moshensky, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1847"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Qb3 0-0 13. Rfd1 Nb4 14. Nb5 Qd5 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. a3 Nc6 17. Rac1 a6 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. b4 Nd5 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qc7 23. Qb3 Ne5 24. g4 Bg6 25. Qb2 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rd8 27. Rd4 f6 28. Rcd1 Bf7 29. Qd2 h6 30. Bf4 Qd7 31. Be4 g5 32. Be3 Kg7 33. f4 gxf4 34. Bxf4 Rh8 35. Bd6 Qa4 36. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ovchinnikov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bf6 10. h4 Re8 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 g6 14. Qd5 Be6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Qxb7 a5 17. h5 Rb8 18. Qc6 Qc8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rd5 Ra8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe8 23. Qf3 Re1+ 24. Rd1 Re5 25. g4 Qf8 26. Qh3 Qg7 27. f4 Re2 28. Rde1 Rae8 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Qd3 Re8 31. g5 Qf8 32. Qd4 Qg7 33. Qd5 Qf8 34. Qxa5 Ra8 35. Qd5 Re8 36. Kd2 Rb8 37. Qd4 Qg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. b3 f6 40. a4 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tolmachev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. c4 Qd6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Ne2 Nc5 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. Be3 0-0 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. 0-0 Nf4 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. h3 Bxe2 22. Bxe2 Rb2 23. Bg4 g6 24. g3 h5 25. gxf4 Qxc4 26. d6 cxd6 27. fxe5 Rb8 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Popov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nh5 8. c4 Ba6 9. g3 0-0-0 10. Bg2 g5 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 h6 13. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb7 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. c4 b4 14. Qxb4 Bxe4 15. c5 d5 16. Qa4+ Kf7 17. f3 Bf5 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. b4 Be6 20. Bd3 a5 21. bxa5 d4 22. Bd2 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. Rc7 Qd8 26. Bc4 f5 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 28. Qc4+ Kf6 29. Rc6+ Nxc6 30. Qxc6+ Kf7 31. Nc7 Qc8 32. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabanov, Nurlan Mammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. f4 dxe5 9. fxe5 Bf5 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. 0-0 Be7 14. Rb1 b6 15. c4 Qc7 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Rc1 f5 18. d5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Bd4 Nb7 21. Qa4+ Qd7 22. Qb3 Rh5 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. d6 Qd7 25. Rfd1 0-0-0 26. a4 Rdh8 27. a5 Qc6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra1 Kd7 30. Ra7 g5 31. Bxc5 g4 32. Ne1 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 R8h3 34. Qxh3 Rxh3 35. gxh3 Qxc5+ 36. Kh1 Qc6+ 37. Kh2 Qe4 38. Rda1 Qxe5+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kf1 Qxh3+ 41. Ke2 Qh2+ 42. Kd3 Qxd6+ 43. Kc2 Qh2+ 44. Kc3 Qg3+ 45. Kc2 Qf2+ 46. Kc3 Kc6 47. Nd3 Qf3 48. Kc2 Qg2+ 49. Kc3 Qg3 50. Kd4 Qd6+ 51. Kc3 Qg3 52. Kd4 Qc7 53. R1a6 Kd7 54. Ra8 Ke7 55. R6a7 Kf6 56. Kc3 g3 57. Rf8+ Kg5 58. Re8 g2 59. Ra1 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kruchev, Boris"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Bc4 Bc6 12. 0-0 e6 13. f4 Bd6 14. Rad1 Ke7 15. Rde1 Rhd8 16. c3 Kf8 17. f5 e5 18. Be3 b5 19. Bb3 f6 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Kf2 a5 22. Be6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. g3 Be7 26. Bb6 a4 27. Ke3 Bd6 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. c4 g6 30. Bg8 gxf5 31. c5 Bb8 32. Bxh7 Bd5 33. Bxf5 Bxa2 34. Kc3 Bc4 35. Be4 Kd7 36. g4 Be2 37. h3 Ke6 38. Kb4 Bf1 39. h4 Be2 40. Bf5+ Kd5 41. h5 e4 42. h6 Bf4 43. h7 Bd2+ 44. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vardanian, Haik G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Bd2 d6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 Bc6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. 0-0 g6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bd3 0-0-0 17. a4 Nb6 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Rfb1 Nc4 20. Rb3 Qc6 21. Be1 Be7 22. a5 Ka8 23. Qa2 a6 24. Qb1 Rb8 25. Ra2 Bd8 26. Qa1 Qc7 27. Ra4 Be7 28. Qa2 Rbc8 29. Bd2 Qd7 30. Bc1 Rc6 31. Qa1 Qc7 32. Kf2 Bd8 33. Rbb4 Nxa5 34. Bd2 Nc4 35. Bxc4 dxc4 36. Qa2 Bh4+ 37. g3 Be7 38. Rxc4 Rc8 39. Rxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomnin, Vladilen"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Be2 Ng6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Be3 Bg5 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 0-0 16. g3 Bh3 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qg2 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 f4 21. f3 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rf6 23. Nc2 Nh4 24. Qh3 Nxf3+ 25. Kg2 Qe7 26. Ne3 Raf8 27. Rh1 Ng5 28. Qg4 h6 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Nxf1 Qf6 31. Nh2 e4 32. Qd7 Qe5 33. Qb7 e3 34. a3 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharous, Ernest"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nh6 7. b4 Nf5 8. b5 Nb8 9. Na3 Nd7 10. Nc2 0-1

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Korolkov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nd3 g5 17. b5 Na5 18. Bd2 g4 19. Nfe1 Nc4 20. Bb4 Bg5 21. Ra2 Rc7 22. a4 a5 23. bxa6 Ra7 24. Nc2 Rxa6 25. Na3 Bd7 26. Qe2 Be7 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Nf4 0-0 30. Nd5 Qd8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Qxc4 b5 33. Qc1 h6 34. a5 b4 35. Qb2 Bb5 36. Rfa1 Qe7 37. Nd5 Qb7 38. Nxb4 Bc4 39. Nxa6 Qxa6 40. Ra3 Bd5 41. Qb6 Qc8 42. a6 Qc2 43. Qb1 Qc8 44. a7 Ba8 45. Ra6 Rd8 46. Qb6 Rh8 47. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Patrushev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 h6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nh2 g5 10. Qh5 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 a5 13. Ne2 Ng6 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Qf3 h5 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. g3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ganiev, Takhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Bc4 c6 4. 0-0 h6 5. Re1 d6 6. h3 g5 7. d4 g4 8. hxg4 Bxg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. c3 Ngf6 11. Nbd2 h5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Bf1 Be6 14. c4 Qc7 15. Qc3 Ng4 16. d5 Bd7 17. b4 cxd5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. c5 dxc5 20. exd5 cxb4 21. Rxe5+ Kd8 22. Re8+ Bxe8 23. Qxh8 Bc5 24. Ne4 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Be3 26. d6 Qc6 27. d7 Qxd7 28. Nf6 Qa4 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. Qxh5 Nf2+ 31. Kh2 Rc8 32. Bb5 Qe4 33. Qxf7 Qf4+ 34. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 35. g3 Bd6 36. Rf1 Ng4+ 37. Kh3 Nh6 38. Ng5 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Logachiov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Nb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Rc8 12. Nxa7 Rc5 13. Be3 Nxe3+ 14. fxe3 e6 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Bd3 Rd5 17. Ke2 Bc5 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. Nc3 Rg5 20. Rag1 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne6 12. c3 f5 13. Be3 0-0 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nd2 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. N2b3 Ra4 18. Kh1 Qa8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Qc2 Rc4 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Nd4 g6 24. Rab1 Qa5 25. Rb4 Qxb4 26. cxb4 Rxc2 27. Nxc2 c5 28. Kg1 Ra8 29. a3 d4 30. Rf3 Bd5 31. Rg3 Be4 32. Ne1 c4 33. h4 0-1

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serebriakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. Nh4 e6 8. f4 Nge7 9. a4 0-0 10. Na3 a6 11. c3 d5 12. e5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Be3 b4 17. Nc2 Ba6 18. Rf2 Bc4 19. g4 f5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nf3 Ra8 22. h4 Na5 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. Ne1 Be4 25. h5 Nac6 26. Nb3 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qa7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qxa7 Nxa7 30. Nc5 Nb5 31. Ned3 Nc6 32. Bf1 Nbxd4 33. Nxb4 Nxb4 34. Bxd4 Nc6 35. Bc3 Rb8 36. Na6 Rb6 37. b4 g5 38. b5 Nd8 39. Ba5 Rh6 40. Bg2 Nb7 41. fxg5 Rg6 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Bd2 Bxe5 44. Rf5 Re6 45. Nb4 Nd6 46. Rf1 Nc4 47. Be1 d4 48. Nd5 e3 49. Bb4 d3 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Nxe3 Nxe3 52. Rd8 Nc2 53. Bc5 Ne1 54. Kf2 Bf4 55. Bb4 Nc2 56. Bc3+ Kg6 57. Rxd3 Be3+ 58. Kf3 Bxg5 59. Rd5 Ne3 60. Rc5 Kh5 61. Rxg5+ Kxg5 62. Bd2 Kf5 63. Bxe3 Re5 64. b6 Rb5 65. Bd4 Rb3+ 66. Kf2 Ke4 67. Bc5 Rb5 68. b7 Rxb7 69. Kg2 Rb2+ 70. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nc7 8. 0-0 d5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. a3 Na8 14. Qd3 Be7 15. Bd1 Qb6 16. Ba4 0-0 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Nb5 Nb6 19. Bc2 g6 20. Rfb1 Nxe5 21. Rxb2 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 Na4 23. Rb3 a6 24. Na7 Rc7 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Rab1 Ra8 27. Rxb7 Rxa7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rb3 Ra7 30. Bh6 Bd6 31. Rb1 Bc7 32. Rc1 a5 33. Rc6 Nb6 34. Bb5 Nc8 35. g4 Nd6 36. a4 f6 37. Bc1 Kf7 38. Ba3 Nxb5 39. axb5 Rb7 40. Bc5 Bb8 41. b6 a4 42. Kf1 e5 43. Ke2 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. dxe5 Bxe5 46. Kd3 Rb8 47. Bd4 Bxd4 48. Kxd4 a3 49. Rc7+ Ke6 50. Kc5 d4 51. Ra7 Rc8+ 52. Kxd4 Kd6 53. Rxa3 Rd8 54. Rb3 Kc6+ 55. Ke5 Kb7 56. f3 Rf8 57. Ke6 f4 58. Ke5 Rf7 59. Rb4 Rf8 60. Ke6 Rg8 61. Rxf4 Rg3 62. h4 Kxb6 63. h5 Kc5 64. Ke5 Kc6 65. Rf6+ Kd7 66. f4 Ke7 67. Rh6 Rg7 68. Ra6 Rg1 69. Ra7+ Kf8 70. Kf6 Ke8 71. Rxh7 Rf1 72. f5 Rg1 73. Re7+ Kf8 74. h6 Rg2 75. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Ekaterinburg UrFO-ch"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krutko, Anatoly"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. a3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. b4 0-0 12. bxc5 b5 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Na2 Qe7 15. Nb4 Rac8 16. Na6 f5 17. a4 Rf7 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Rfb1 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qh4 Qe8 22. Ra5 e4 23. Raxb5 exd3 24. cxd3 Nd5 25. Rb8 Be5 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qe4 Qe6 28. Bd4 Nf6 29. Qxe5 Qxa6 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. g4 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pliev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d5 8. Bd3 e6 9. Qg4 Qc7 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. 0-0 Ng6 12. h4 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. f4 h5 16. Qh3 Ne7 17. f5 Qd7 18. f6 Ng8 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. Rf2 Nh6 21. Raf1 Bxa4 22. Ng3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Bxf5 Qc6 25. e6 f6 26. Bg6+ Kd8 27. Bxf6+ Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Kc7 29. e7 Qc4 30. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tunyan, Yury"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. c4 Qd6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rb1 c5 11. Bd3 0-0 12. Ne2 Ne8 13. e4 Qg6 14. 0-0 Nd6 15. f4 f6 16. f5 Qe8 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. a4 b6 19. g4 g5 20. h4 h6 21. Qe1 Kf7 22. Ne2 Rh8 23. Kf2 Qg8 24. Rh1 Bxa4 25. Ng1 Bd7 26. Nf3 Rf8 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Ke8 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Nxe5 Bxf5 31. exf5 Rxh1 32. Qxh1 Qg5 33. Re1 Rh6 34. Nf3 Rxh1 35. Nxg5 Rxe1 36. Kxe1 b5 37. cxb5 c4 38. Ne4 Ndxf5 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Bxf5 Kxf6 41. Be6 Ke5 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. g5 Kxb5 45. d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kochetkov, Iliya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bf4 0-0 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Bf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 Ne5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. h4 Rad8 18. Bb3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Ng4 20. Qd2 Bxh4 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qf4+ Bf6 23. Qxg4 Bxc3 24. Qc4+ Qe6 25. Qxc3 h5 26. f3 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Bxc7 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ageev, Alexey"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 d6 5. Nec3 Be7 6. Nb5 Kf8 7. Nbc3 Nf6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. 0-0 Kg8 10. d3 h6 11. f4 Kh7 12. f5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Rf8 14. c3 Rb8 15. a4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. fxg6+ Qxg6 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Rf3 f6 22. Raf1 Kg7 23. Qe6 Rbe8 24. Qxd6 Ne7 25. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pokhlebin, Sergej"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. cxb5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. Bc4 0-0 13. 0-0 axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Nxd4 Bxc4 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Re1 Bf6 18. a4 Rfc8 19. b4 e4 20. Ra3 Qf5 21. g4 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Na5 Bc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Rd1 Rd3 26. Rxd3 exd3 27. Bf4 Rc8 28. b5 Rc2 29. Kf1 Ra2 30. Ke1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petukhov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Qb3 0-0 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Nfd5 18. Bf3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. Kf2 Nc2 21. Rxc2 Bxc2 22. Rd2 f6 23. Nc4 Bg6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bf3 Rbc8 26. b3 Be8 27. Ne4 Bh4+ 28. Ke2 Bb5 29. Nc5 e5 30. a4 exd4 31. exd4 Bxc4+ 32. bxc4 Bg5 33. Rd3 Re8+ 34. Kf2 Bh4+ 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Nb7 Rc1 37. Rd2 R8xc4 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. Bxc4 Rxc4 40. d5 Ke7 41. d6+ Kd7 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rb5 Rxa4 44. Rb3 Rd4 45. Na5 Kxd6 46. Rb7 Be1 47. Rxa7 Bxa5 48. Rxa5 Ke6 49. Ra7 Rd7 50. Ra5 Kf7 51. Ra3 Kg6 52. Kg3 h5 53. Rb3 Rd5 54. Ra3 Kg5 55. gxh5 Kxh5 56. Rb3 Rg5+ 57. Kh2 Rc5 58. Kg3 g5 59. Rf3 f5 60. Ra3 f4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Badalian, Albert"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Be2 0-0-0 8. 0-0 Qa5 9. Nxe5 Bxe2 10. Nxc6 Bxd1 11. Nxa5 Bh5 12. Nb3 f5 13. a3 Be7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Rac1 Kb8 16. f3 b6 17. Ne2 Bf7 18. Na1 c5 19. Nc2 Bb3 20. Ne1 Kb7 21. Nd3 a5 22. Ne5 Rhe8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Kf2 g5 25. g3 f4 26. e4 Ne3 27. Rfe1 Nc2 28. Rg1 cxd4 29. Rxc2 Bxc2 30. Nxd4 Bc5 31. Nec6 Rxd4 32. Nxd4 Rd8 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Rg7+ Kc8 35. Rxh7 Bxd4+ 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. Rh4 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 Bb3 39. Rxf4 Rxb2 40. h4 Rc2 41. h5 Rc6 42. Kg2 Rh6 43. Rf5 Be6 44. Rb5 Bf7 45. f4 Bxh5 46. f5 Be8 47. Re5 Bc6 48. Re7 Kd8 49. Re5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-B 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Matyushin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 8. gxf3 Nf6 9. Be3 a5 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. b4 Nd5 12. a3 e5 13. Kc2 Be7 14. Nd2 0-0 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Nc4 axb4 17. axb4 f6 18. Ra7 Rc7 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Rd1 Nxe3+ 21. fxe3 Kf7 22. c6 Rxc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rdd7 Re8 25. Rdc7 g5 26. e4 h5 27. Rxc6 g4 28. fxg4 hxg4 29. Rcc7 f5 30. exf5 Kf6 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 33. Kd3 Kf6 34. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op-B2"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kirste, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 a5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Re1 0-0-0+ 12. Bd2 g6 13. Kc1 e4 14. Ne5 axb4 15. Bg5 Bf5 16. Bxf6 Bh6+ 17. Kb2 bxc3+ 18. Kxc3 Rhe8 19. Nxf7 Rd3+ 20. Kb2 Bf8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. cxd6 Kd7 23. Bg5 Rb8+ 24. Kc1 Rb4 25. Bd2 Rc4+ 26. Kb2 c5 27. a4 Kxd6 28. Bc3 Kd5 29. Re3 Bd7 30. a5 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op-B2"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2006.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Metlyakhin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Qf6 6. 0-0 d6 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qd3 c6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nge4 Qe7 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15. Nxc5 0-0-0 16. Qe4 Rhg8 17. f4 Qh5 18. Kh1 exf4 19. Rxf4 Nf5 20. Qb4 b6 21. N5e4 Qg6 22. Rg1 Rg7 23. a4 Rd4 24. Qb3 Ng3+ 25. Nxg3 Rxf4 26. a5 Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Bxe6 28. Nh5 Rgf7 29. Nxf4 Rxf4 30. axb6 axb6 31. Re1 Kd7 32. Kg1 Bd5 33. Re5 Kd6 34. Rh5 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Pardubice op-B2"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2006.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Voegerl, Ronald"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 d6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Nh3 Nd7 7. 0-0 Ngf6 8. Nf4 Ne5 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Nf3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ng4 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Rb8 14. Bf4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 Qa5 18. Bxd6 Rd8 19. Bxe7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bd4 21. Bd5 Qc7 22. Rxd4 Qxe7 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. Rb1 Qd6 25. Rb7+ Kh6 26. c4 Qe5 27. Rb1 Qxe2 28. Rf1 Qxa2 29. Bf3 Qxc4 30. Bxg4 fxg4 0-1

[Event "Pardubice op-B2"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2006.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turecek, Vaclav"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 e4 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 0-0 6. Nge2 Re8 7. h3 a5 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 Na6 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. 0-0 d6 13. Ng3 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Bh3 Ne5 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qh4 18. Kg2 Qh5 19. f3 Qg6+ 20. Kf2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxf3 22. Kxf3 Qxe4+ 23. Ke2 Qxc4+ 24. Qd3 Qb4 25. b3 Re5 26. Rac1 Rae8 27. Rf3 R8e7 28. Rc4 Qb6 29. Rcf4 c6 30. Be6 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op-B2"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2006.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lubbe, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nxd4 9. 0-0 0-0-0 10. b4 Qe5 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Qxa1 13. Bb2 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 e6 15. Qa4 b6 16. Bc6 Bxb4 17. Qa6+ Kb8 18. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 07th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2005.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Qd5 Ng6 13. Bg3 Rb8 14. Qa5 b6 15. Qxa7 Bb7 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Qa4 Kh8 18. Qc2 Rf6 19. b4 Rbf8 20. a4 Qf7 21. Bh5 Qd7 22. f4 Ne7 23. Be2 Be4 24. Bd3 Re6 25. a5 bxa5 26. bxa5 Qc6 27. Rec1 Qc5 28. Bf2 Nc6 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. a6 h6 31. Qb3 Na5 32. Qb5 Nxc4 33. Qb7 Qb6 34. Rcb1 Qxb7 35. Rxb7 Ra8 36. a7 Ree8 37. Rxc7 Nd2 38. Rb7 Ne4 39. Rab1 Rg8 40. Be1 Kh7 41. Ba5 Nc5 42. Rc7 Kg6 43. Bc3 Kh7 44. Bd4 Ne6 45. Rcb7 Nxd4 46. exd4 Kg6 47. Rb8 Kh7 48. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 07th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. b3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qa5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Na4 Ba6 12. d3 c4 13. Bd2 cxd3 14. cxd3 Qb5 15. Nd4 Qxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxd3 17. Nxc6 Ba3 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Rfxc1 f6 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Nd7 Rg8 24. Rc6 Ke7 25. Nc5 g5 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mokhna, Natalia"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Nb5 Qd8 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3 e6 9. Be3 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. 0-0 Ned5 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Qe2 0-0 16. a4 c5 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Rb2 Rfc8 19. Rab1 c4 20. Rxb6 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Nd5 23. Rb7 Qc6 24. a5 Bd8 25. Qf3 Bc7 26. R1b3 Rab8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8+ Bxb8 29. Qd3 Qb5 30. g3 Qxd3 31. cxd3 Bc7 32. c4 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shaklein, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 a5 9. Bd2 axb4 10. h3 b3 11. a4 Bxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bxc5 13. Bc4 Na5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Ke2 Rd8 16. Rd1 Ne7 17. c4 Nec6 18. Nc3 Nd4+ 19. Kf1 Nxf3 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Ne4 Bb4 22. f4 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Kg2 h6 25. Rab1 Ke7 26. Nf2 Nxb5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. cxb5 Ke6 29. Kf3 Bc3 30. Ne4 Bd4 31. Bd2 Ra8 32. Bxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxb3 Rxa4 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 Ra1 36. Nc3+ Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rb1 38. Rc7 Rxb5 39. Rxg7 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 b5 41. h4 Rh3 42. Rb7 Kc4 43. Re7 Rxh4 44. Rxe5 Rd4 45. Ke3 Rd6 46. Re4+ Kc3 47. Re8 b4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhunusov, Murat"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxb5+ axb5 11. Nxb5 Ra6 12. Nbc7+ Kd7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxa6 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 Bxa6 16. Qg4+ Ke8 17. 0-0-0 h5 18. Qg5 Nc6 19. Kb1 Bc4 20. Rhe1 Rh6 21. g3 Be6 22. a3 f6 23. Qe3 Rh8 24. f4 Be7 25. Nd5 Kf7 26. f5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Na7 28. Qf3 Nb5 29. Re4 Bd8 30. Rh4 Bb6 31. Rxh5 Rb8 32. Rh7 Nxa3+ 33. Qxa3 Qxa3 34. bxa3 Bd4+ 35. Kc1 Be3+ 36. Rd2 Rb5 37. c4 Ra5 38. Kc2 Bxd2 39. Kxd2 Rxa3 40. Rh4 Rf3 41. Rh5 Kg8 42. Ke2 Rc3 43. Rh4 Kf7 44. Kf2 Ke7 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Re4 g6 47. fxg6+ Kxg6 48. Rg4+ Kf7 49. h4 f5 50. Rg5 Kf6 51. Rg8 Rxc4 52. Rf8+ Kg7 53. Rxf5 Rd4 54. Kf3 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karlovich, Anastazia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne5 9. Be2 Qg6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Bh5 Qf6 12. f4 N5c6 13. N2b3 Bb6 14. Bf3 a5 15. a4 Be6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bxb3 18. Nxb3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. g3 h5 22. Bxh5 Qe6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qxe4+ 25. Bf3 Qe3 26. Qxa5 b6 27. Qb4 Ne7 28. Rae1 Qd3 29. Be4 Qa6 30. Qb3 c5 31. dxc5 dxc5 32. Qc2 Rd4 33. b3 Red8 34. Rf2 Nd5 35. Ree2 Nb4 36. Qc3 Nd3 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Qe5 Qb7+ 39. Qe4 Qxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Rxb3 41. Kg2 Rbd3 42. Re7 R3d7 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Rb2 Rd6 45. Rb5 c4 46. a5 bxa5 47. Rxa5 Rc6 48. Ra8+ Kh7 49. Ra2 Kg6 50. Kf3 c3 51. Rc2 Kf5 52. h3 Ke6 53. Ke4 Rc4+ 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. f5 Rd4+ 56. Kxc3 Rc4+ 57. Kd3 Rxc2 58. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turkin, Viktor"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Bd2 0-0 14. Ba5 Qe8 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bc7 Nxd5 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nf4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rg1 Bxg2 21. Qb3 Bd5 22. Qc3 Qe8 23. b3 h6 24. Rg3 Qe7 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Rd8 27. Qe4 Qd7 28. Kf1 f6 29. h4 Qd2 30. Qe3 Qxa2 31. Qa7 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Nh5 33. Rc7 g5 34. Rh7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ 36. Kxh1 Nxg3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kxf1 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dergatchov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bf4 d5 9. 0-0 e6 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Rfe1 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. a4 a6 15. a5 c5 16. axb6 cxd4 17. Ne2 g5 18. Bh2 Qxb6 19. Ng3 Nc6 20. Nh5 Bf8 21. Qe2 Be7 22. Ng7+ Kf8 23. Nh5 Nb4 24. Rf1 Bc6 25. Ne1 Nc5 26. f4 Ne4 27. f5 Bd7 28. fxe6 Bxe6 29. Ra4 a5 30. Kh1 Qb7 31. Nf6 Nxd3 32. Nxd3 Nc3 33. Qh5 Nxa4 34. bxa4 Rc8 35. h4 Bxf6 36. exf6 Qd7 37. Ne5 Qxa4 38. hxg5 Qxc2 39. g6 Ke8 40. gxf7+ Kd8 41. Qxh6 Kc7 42. Ng6+ Kb6 43. Nxh8 Qc5 44. Ng6 Bxf7 45. Ne5 Qb5 46. Qf4 d3 47. Bg1+ Ka6 48. Nxf7 d2 49. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loukachouk, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. h3 Qb6 11. Na3 a6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nc4 dxc4 14. Bxe4 Rad8 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Be3 Qb5 18. Qe2 Be6 19. a4 Qh5 20. Kh2 Rfe8 21. d5 Bc8 22. Bb6 f5 23. dxc6 Rxe4 24. Bxd8 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 bxc6 26. Re8+ Kf7 27. Rae1 Bf8 28. Ng5+ Kg7 29. Be7 Bxe7 30. R1xe7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saveljev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5+ 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qb3 0-0-0 10. Na3 Nf6 11. 0-0-0 Be7 12. Bc4 Ng4 13. Bd5 b6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bxf7 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Kb8 17. g3 Bc6 18. Bd5 Rhe8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Bg5 23. f4 Qe6 24. Qd3 Be7 25. a4 h5 26. Kb1 h4 27. Nc4 hxg3 28. hxg3 Kc7 29. f5 Qc6 30. Ne3 Bd6 31. Nd5+ Kb7 32. a5 bxa5 33. g4 a4 34. c4 Be5 35. Qe4 Bd4 36. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bryndin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nd7 9. Nd1 Rd8 10. c3 Qa5 11. Nf2 Ngf6 12. Be2 0-0 13. Rg1 e5 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Rxg4 Nf6 16. Rg5 h6 17. Rg2 Nh5 18. f5 exd4 19. cxd4 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 gxf5 21. f4 Nf6 22. Rag1 Ne8 23. e5 Kh8 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bd3 Nc7 26. Bxf5 Nd5 27. Bd2 c5 28. Be4 Nb6 29. dxc5 dxc5 30. Bxb7 Nc4 31. Bc1 Nb6 32. Ba6 f6 33. Bd2 fxe5 34. Bc3 Nd5 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 36. Bxe5 Ne3+ 37. Kc1 Nf5 38. Rg6 Kh7 39. Rc6 Rg1+ 40. Kc2 Nd4+ 41. Bxd4 cxd4 42. Bd3+ Kg7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Rc6+ Ke7 45. Rxh6 Rc8+ 46. Kd2 Rg2+ 47. Be2 Rf8 48. Ra6 Rxf4 49. Rxa7+ Kd6 50. Ra6+ Kc5 51. Ra5+ Kd6 52. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Artes, Sergey"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Be3 e5 11. Nh2 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Be6 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Ra6 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. Ra1 Ra8 19. Qe2 e4 20. dxe4 Bxb2 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. c4 Ra2 23. cxb5 Bg7 24. Bd2 Bc3 25. Rd1 c4 26. e5 dxe5 27. b6 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Ra1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 c3 31. Be4 Qb7 32. Qa4 Qxb6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qxe5+ Qf6 35. Qc7 c2 36. Bxc2 Nxd5 37. Qb7 Nc3 38. Bb3 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Nd4 40. Bd5 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gavryushin, Oleg"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. g3 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 d6 6. h4 Na6 7. Nd2 Nh6 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. h5 e5 10. dxe6 g5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bxh6 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Be5 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Bg2 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qxa2 18. Bd5 Qa6 19. c3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Qd8 21. Qa4+ Ke7 22. Bg5+ Bf6 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Qh4+ Ke5 25. e7 Qa5 26. Rd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gitkis, Dmitry"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 f5 4. g4 d6 5. g5 h5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Qd3 h4 10. Bh3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. 0-0 Qa4 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Rae1 0-0-0 15. e4 Kb8 16. e5 Be8 17. Bg2 Nc8 18. Nb3 Qa3 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Rfe1 h3 21. Bf1 Kc8 22. Qg3 Kc7 23. Qe3 Na4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khakimov, Fidel"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Ncxe5 7. h3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Bd2 Re8 11. 0-0 Rb8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qg5 14. Rac1 Bd6 15. Rc4 Be5 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 c6 18. Rg4 Qh6 19. Qg3 d6 20. Rh4 Qf6 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 c5 23. Rf4 Qh6 24. Bg6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzubov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bc4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 e6 13. Qg4 Qe7 14. Bb3 h6 15. Qh3 Kh7 16. g4 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. c4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Qf1 Rd5 21. Qe1 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf1 Bxb2 24. Qg2 Bb7 25. Bc2 f5 26. Ba4 Bc8 27. Kh1 Be5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rg1 Qf6 30. Be8 g5 31. Qh3 g4 32. Qh5 Be6 33. h3 Bd6 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Rc1 a5 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Bc6 Bf5 38. Bd5 Qg6 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40. Rd1 h5 41. Bc6 h4 42. Rd4 Be5 43. Rd8 Kf6 44. Rf8+ Kg5 45. Bd5 Kg6 46. Ra8 Kf6 47. c5 bxc5 48. Rxa5 Ke7 49. Ra6 Bd6 50. a4 Kf6 51. a5 Ke5 52. Bc4 Kf6 53. Ra8 h3 54. a6 h2+ 55. Kg2 g3 56. fxg3 Bxg3 57. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Babanskij, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 0-0 14. Rc1 Ncb4 15. Bb1 b5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ba2 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. h4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Nb6 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Rc7 Qe4 28. Rxe7 Nc4 29. Qc1 Qxd4 30. h5 Qf6 31. Ra7 gxh5 32. b3 h4 33. Bf4 Nb2 34. Bg5 Qd4 35. Bh6 Rd8 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Davydov, Sergey P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxb5 Qxb5 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Bxc4 Qb6 12. Qh4 Nc6 13. 0-0 Nge7 14. b4 Bd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bb2 Ndf5 17. Qe4 0-0 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. Bxd3 Ng6 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qd8 24. Qc2 h6 25. g3 Qd5 26. Bh5 Nfe7 27. f4 Nf5 28. Qf2 b6 29. Bf3 Qa2 30. Be4 Nge7 31. Qd2 Nd5 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Qd4 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Qd2 f4 36. gxf4 Nxf4 37. Bc1 Qb1 38. Kf1 Kh7 39. h4 Qe4 40. Bb2 Qf3+ 41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makarova, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nh6 6. c3 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Nc3 Nf7 13. Qb3 Nd6 14. Bf1 Kh8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rac1 f5 17. f3 Qa5 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Qa3 a6 20. b4 Qd8 21. a5 Qe8 22. Bc5 Qf8 23. Rb1 Qf6 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Bf8 27. Bd3 Rab8 28. Rb6 Qh4 29. Bf2 Qg5 30. Qb2 Bg7 31. a6 Rc7 32. Be3 f4 33. Bf2 Nc8 34. Rxb7 Rcxb7 35. axb7 Nd6 36. Ba6 Qf6 37. Ba7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Portnjagin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 Qd8 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nc3 0-0 12. a3 a5 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Na4 Ba7 15. Bd6 Rfc8 16. Nc3 a4 17. Rac1 Ne8 18. Bg3 Bc5 19. Rd7 b6 20. Bd1 f5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 e5 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxe5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Re1 e3 28. fxe3 Re8 29. Bd4 Re4 30. Kf2 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxc4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rc1 b5 34. Rc5 b4 35. Kf3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Re7 37. Ra5 Rf7+ 38. Ke2 Rb7 39. Rxa4 Kf7 40. Rb4 Ra7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f3 Qc7 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 e5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne2 c4 9. Bc2 Bc5 10. Qc1 a6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ng3 Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Qc5 14. Kf2 Qxe3+ 15. Kxe3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Ndf1 Kf8 19. Ke2 g6 20. Ne3 Ke7 21. Ngf1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Nd2 b5 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Kc7 27. b4 Nb7 28. Bd3 Nd6 29. Kd1 Nd7 30. Bc2 f6 31. c4 bxc4 32. Ndxc4 Nb5 33. Nd2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Orsk"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Poletaev, Vitaly"]
[Black "Menshikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. exd5 Ngf6 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. d3 Re8 12. Nc3 b5 13. b3 Bg4 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Qf2 Qa5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rac8 19. f5 c4 20. f6 g6 21. Bf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 c3 23. d4 Qc7 24. Bh6 Bf8 25. Qh3 Qd6 26. Rac1 b4 27. Bf4 Qxd5 28. Be5 h5 29. Rc2 Qe4 30. Rcc1 c2 31. Qf3 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qxe5 33. Qd3 Qb2 34. Qxa6 Qc3 35. Rf2 Qb2 36. Rff1 Qc3 37. Rf2 Rc6 38. Qf1 Qb2 39. Qe1 Kh7 40. Qd2 Bh6 41. Rf4 Qxc1+ 42. Qxc1 Bxf4 0-1

