[Event "St Petersburg rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Bd2 Bxc5 10. a3 Bd7 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qb1 h6 15. Rfe1 Bb8 16. e4 Ng4 17. Be2 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Ng6 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Be3 Bc6 22. Bf3 Nf8 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf2 a6 25. Rd2 Nf8 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Bc7 28. Qf2 Rd8 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Nd7 31. Kg2 Bb6 32. e5 Bxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Bxe3 34. Qxe3 f6 35. exf6 Nxf6 36. Qe5 Qd7 37. Ke2 Qc6 38. Kd2 Nd7 39. Qe4 Qd6+ 40. Qd3 Qc6 41. Qe4 Qd6+ 42. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg blitz prelim"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. b3 Bb4 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. c3 Bd6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. c4 c6 13. e3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. f3 Nf6 18. e4 Bh7 19. Rad1 Ba5 20. Nd3 dxe4 21. fxe4 Bb6 22. c5 Bc7 23. Rf2 Rd7 24. Rdf1 Rf8 25. Kh1 Qd8 26. Ne5 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Nc4 Bxe4 29. Rxf6 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 gxf6 31. Rd1 Qxc5 32. Rd7 Bb6 33. Qg4+ Qg5 34. Qe2 Rb8 35. Nd6 Rf8 36. h4 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 f5 38. Qh5 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Bd4 40. Qd1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4 d6 10. Nh4 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ne3 f4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Nd7 17. Rc1 Nf6 18. e4 h5 19. Rc6 Ng4 20. Nf3 Rf7 21. Re6 Qc5 22. Rc6 Qb4 23. Ng5 Rf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. d6 fxg5 26. Qd5+ Kg7 27. Qxa8 Qxd6 28. Qxa7 h4 29. Rc1 hxg3 30. Qxc7+ Qxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kf6 32. fxg3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg rapid Cup"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.09.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3 Re8 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. b3 a5 14. f4 Ned7 15. a4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. Rad1 Ng4 19. c4 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Bg4 21. Rd2 Qc8 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. c5 dxc5 24. Qxc5 Bf8 25. Qc1 Bxa3 26. Nxa3 Bc6 27. Nc2 Rd8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Qc5 Bh3 30. Bf3 Nd7 31. Qg5 Nf8 32. f5 c5 33. Rc3 Qb8 34. Rxc5 Qa7 35. f6 Rxd4 36. Qh6 Ne6 37. Rdc2 Rad8 38. g4 Rd3 39. Kf2 Qb6 40. Be2 Rxb3 41. Ke1 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rb2 43. Kg3 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 Qb3+ 45. Kh4 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg2 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 h6 9. b4 g5 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. a4 Rb8 12. a5 Ne7 13. Nb3 c6 14. Be3 b6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Ra1 f4 17. Bd2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ra7 Nc6 20. Ra4 b5 21. Na5 Ne7 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Nb3 h5 24. Nc5 h4 25. Qb3 hxg3 26. fxg3 Kh8 27. Nxd5 Nfxd5 28. Bxd5 Bh3 29. Ra6 Qd8 30. Bg2 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 fxg3 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Ne4 gxh2 35. Kxh2 Nf5 36. Bxg5 Ne3 37. Qe6 Nf1+ 38. Kg2 Qxb4 39. Qh3+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Bxf6 41. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. b3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. Ndxc4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Nbd5 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. g3 b5 19. Nd2 Nc3 20. Qd3 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 g6 22. Qxb5 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Ndc4 h5 25. f3 Rb8 26. Bd3 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nd5 28. Rd2 a5 29. Kf2 a4 30. bxa4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Rc7 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bb1 Rd7 18. f5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Ne6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe7 24. Rf1 g6 25. Bd5 Bd4 26. Bc1 Ng7 27. Qe4 Bc3 28. Rf3 Bb4 29. Bh6 Kh8 30. Qf4 Re8 31. Qxf7 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Nf5 33. Bg5 Be7 34. Bd2 Rf8 35. g4 Rxf7 36. Bxf7 Nh4 37. Bd5 Kg7 38. Be3 g5 39. Bd4 Bc5 40. Bc3 h6 41. Be4 Kf7 42. h3 Ke6 43. Kh2 Be3 44. Bd5+ Ke7 45. e6 Bf4+ 46. Kg1 Be3+ 47. Kf1 Ng6 48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Bg7 Nf4+ 50. Kf3 Nxh3 51. Ke4 Ke8 52. Bc6+ Ke7 53. Kf5 Nf4 54. Bd5 Ne2 55. Bf6+ Ke8 56. Kg6 Be7 57. Bc6+ Kf8 58. Bg7+ Kg8 59. Kxh6 Nf4 60. Bd5 Nd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. a3 a5 8. e3 e5 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Nge7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nbd2 0-0 13. Nc4 f6 14. Rb1 a4 15. b4 axb3 16. Qxb3 Kh8 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Bb4 Be6 19. Nfd2 Nd5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Ne4 h6 22. Bd2 f5 23. Ned6 Bxd6 24. cxd6 f4 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 f3 27. Rbe1 Bg8 28. Bf1 Qxd6 29. R5e4 Qxa3 30. Rxd4 b5 31. Bc1 Qd6 32. Bb2 Qg6 33. Qd2 Nf6 34. Rf4 Bd5 35. Re5 Rbd8 36. Qb4 Bc6 37. Ref5 Bd7 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Qe7 Bf5 40. Qc5 Bxd3 41. Rd4 Bxf1 42. Rxd8 Rxd8 43. Qe7 Re8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kostyukov, Alexandr A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. c4 Nb6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nbd2 dxe5 16. f5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Bh6 20. Nde4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Ne4 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Nd6 Qd8 26. Nxf5 Qg5 27. Rf1 Rbe8 28. h4 Qg6 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. Be4 Rg8 31. c5 Bf4 32. Nd6 Qf6 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Nxe8 Qa6 37. Nd6 Qxa2 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qe8+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Ke6 42. Bf5+ Kd5 43. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emdin, Mark"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 d6 5. Qe2 Nd7 6. 0-0 g6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. c3 0-0 10. Qe3 Qe8 11. Nh4 f6 12. Bh6 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfe1 Qxe3 17. Rxe3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Bb5 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Nd5 21. Re1 Rf7 22. Bf1 Re7 23. Rxe7+ Nxe7 24. g3 g5 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Kf6 27. f4 g4 28. Kf2 h5 29. Nf1 c5 30. Ke2 h4 31. Kd3 h3 32. Kc4 a6 33. dxc5 dxc5 34. a4 Ke6 35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 Nd5 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 Kd6 39. Kd4 Ne7 40. Ne3 Nc6+ 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Nc4 Ke7 43. Ne3 Ke6 44. Nc4 Nb4+ 45. Kd4 Nd5 46. Nd2 Kd6 47. Nc4+ Ke6 48. Nd2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. c4 Rfe8 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bb1 d5 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. N4f3 Bb4 17. e5 Ne4 18. a3 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Bf8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Rc3 g6 22. Rh3 Rc8 23. Nf3 Bg7 24. Rg3 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qc7 26. Ba2 Red8 27. Ng5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Qd2 Nc5 30. Qc1 Qf6 31. Qb1 Rd2 32. Rf1 Qb2 33. Qxb2 Rxb2 34. Bb1 Rd8 35. h4 h6 36. Nf3 Ne4 37. Rg4 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. Nbd2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nd3 Qf6 12. c3 Nd7 13. e3 Rad8 14. Qc2 e5 15. Rad1 h5 16. f4 h4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nf2 hxg3 21. hxg3 Qg6 22. Kg2 Nc5 23. b4 Nd3 24. Qb3+ Rf7 25. Nxd3 exd3 26. Qc4 b5 27. Qb3 Qe4+ 28. Kf2 Rd6 29. Rh1 Rdf6 30. Rh4 g5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. e4 e5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. N2f3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 Rd7 20. Kf1 Rad8 21. Ke2 Bc5 22. Rac1 Bb6 23. a3 g5 24. h3 h5 25. g3 Kf7 26. Rc4 Ne7 27. Rdc1 Nf5 28. Bc3 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Rd3 30. Nd2 Rxg3 31. Ne4 Rf3 32. Kg1 Rf4 33. Re1 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Nxd4 Nc7 13. 0-0-0 Bd7 14. Be2 Ke7 15. Bf3 Rab8 16. Rhe1 e5 17. g3 Rhd8 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Bd5 Kf8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re4 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Ng7 24. Ne3 h5 25. f4 Re8 26. f5 Rd8 27. Rc4 Rc8 28. Rb4 Rc7 29. Rb8+ Ne8 30. c4 Ke7 31. c5 Rd7 32. Kc2 h4 33. gxh4 Rd4 34. Rb4 Ng7 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Ng4 Nxf5 37. h5 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. b4 Nh4 40. Nxf6+ Ke6 41. Ne8 Ke5 42. Nd6 f6 43. h6 Ng6 44. h7 Nh8 45. Nc4+ Kd5 46. Nb6+ axb6 47. cxb6 Kd6 48. a4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 f5 7. exf5 gxf5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. 0-0 Rb8 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 e6 14. c3 Rb6 15. Ng5 Re8 16. Ne3 h6 17. Nh3 d5 18. g4 bxc3 19. bxc3 fxg4 20. Nxg4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Ne7 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nf4 Rf8 24. Ng6 Rf7 25. Qh5 Rb2 26. Bf4 Rxa2 27. Rb1 Rb7 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Rb1 Qe8 30. Rxb7 Kh7 31. Nf8+ Qxf8 32. Bh3 Qf6 33. Rf7 Qg6+ 34. Bg4 Qxh5 35. Bxh5 a5 36. Ra7 a4 37. Bf7 Bxc3 38. Bxe6+ Kg6 39. Bf7+ Kf6 40. Bxd5 Bd4+ 41. Kh1 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Ne3+ 43. Bxe3 Bxe3 44. Kf3 Bd4 45. Kf4 Be5+ 46. Kg4 Bxh2 47. Ra6+ Ke5 48. Bc4 Kd4 49. Rxh6 Be5 50. Kf5 Rf1+ 51. Ke6 Re1 52. Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nbxd4 Bc5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Be2 a5 11. 0-0 f6 12. Kh1 Ne7 13. b4 axb4 14. cxb4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 fxe5 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxe5 0-0 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. Bg1 Ra3 21. Rfc1 h5 22. Rc7 Nf6 23. Ne5 Kh7 24. Bd3 Ne4 25. Rac1 Ra8 26. a4 Rxa4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Rxb4 29. Re8 Rb2 30. Rxe6 b5 31. Nf3 g6 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 b4 34. Nd4 Nd6 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Re6 Nc4 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Rc6 Nd2 39. Rh6 Rb1 40. Rxh5 b3 41. Rb5 b2 42. Nf3 Ne4 43. Ng5+ Nxg5 44. fxg5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
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1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. 0-0 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Qc2 b5 12. Rae1 Qc7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Bg1 Nd8 15. Re2 a5 16. e5 d5 17. g4 c4 18. d4 b4 19. Qc1 a4 20. a3 bxa3 21. bxa3 Ndc6 22. Bf2 Na5 23. Bh4 Ng8 24. Qe1 Rb2 25. Bh3 Nb3 26. Nb1 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Bg2 Be8 30. Ng5 Qd7 31. Bf3 Ne7 32. Bh5 Ng6 33. Bxg6 Bxg6 34. Rg1 h6 35. Nh3 Qf7 36. Nf2 Kh7 37. h3 Rg8 38. Kh2 Bh5 39. Qe3 Bf8 40. Rxg8 Qxg8 41. Bf6 Na1 42. Nh1 Qf7 43. Ng3 Qb7 44. Nxh5 Qxb1 45. Bh4 Qc2+ 46. Bf2 Qd3 47. Nf6+ Kh8 48. Qc1 Qf3 49. Qg1 Bg7 50. Be3 Nc2 51. Ne8 Bf8 52. Nf6 Bg7 53. Ne8 Bf8 54. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frolochkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rae8 15. Re1 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. a3 Kh8 18. Bb1 g5 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Nxg5 e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qd2 Qd6 23. h3 Re7 24. Ng3 Rg7 25. N5e4 Qe7 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Ba2 d4 28. Bd5 Qd6 29. Be4 Rgf7 30. Rc2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Qf4+ 33. Bf3 Ne5 34. Nh5 Nd3+ 35. Kf1 Qg5 36. Re4 Ne5 37. Rc5 Nxf3 38. Rxg5 Nxg5 39. Rxd4 Bb5+ 40. Kf2 Ne6 41. Rd6 Nf8 42. g4 Kg8 43. Kg3 Bc6 44. Rf6 Nd7 45. Rf2 Nc5 46. Kh4 a5 47. Rf5 Nb3 48. Kg5 a4 49. Kf6 Nd2 50. Ke7 h6 51. Rf8+ Kh7 52. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba3 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Rac8 14. Qb1 a6 15. Rcd1 Bb4 16. Qa1 Ba3 17. Qb1 Na7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Ba1 Nb5 20. e4 Bb4 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Qd3 Bc3 23. Nef3 Nb4 24. Qe4 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Nc2 26. Nc4 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Bc6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Rd1 Nc3 30. Rd2 Qg6 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Nfe5 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Nb5 34. Nf3 f6 35. a4 Nd6 36. Nb6 Rc6 37. a5 Nb5 38. Nc4 Kf7 39. g4 Nd6 40. Nb6 Rc3 41. b4 Nc4 42. Nxc4 Rxc4 43. Rb2 Rd5 44. g5 Rb5 45. Rd2 Ke7 46. h4 Rcxb4 47. Rc2 Kd7 48. Re2 Rxa5 49. gxf6 gxf6 50. Re4 Ke7 51. Rg4 Kf7 52. Rf4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. h4 h6 3. h5 g5 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 gxf4 6. Bxf4 c5 7. Qg4 Bxd4 8. e5 Kf8 9. c3 d6 10. Qg3 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Nf6 13. Qxc5 Nc6 14. Na3 Qd2+ 15. Kxd2 Ne4+ 16. Ke3 Nxc5 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. Rh4 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rg5 22. Nf3 Ng4+ 23. Kd3 Rd5+ 24. Ke2 Bf5 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Kf3 e5 27. Nb3 f5 28. Bc4 Rd6 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Be2 Kf7 31. Kg3 f4+ 32. Kh3 Ne3+ 33. Kh2 Rg8 34. Bf3 Bc6 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Rg1 Rg3 37. Rh3 Ng4+ 38. Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Kh8 13. f4 b5 14. Bb3 b4 15. Ne2 f6 16. Nxg6+ Nxg6 17. f5 Ne7 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Nd5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Ba4 Qb6 24. Rfe1 Rfd8 25. Re6 Nf8 26. g5 fxg5 27. Be5 Nd7 28. Rcxc6 Nxe5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxe5 Nf4 31. h4 Qf6 32. Qe3 Rf8 33. Re8 Qxf5 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. hxg5 h6 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Kf2 Nh3+ 39. Kg3 Ng5 40. Qe5 Kg7 41. Bb3 Qxe5+ 42. dxe5 Kf8 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Bd5 Ne6+ 45. Ke3 h5 46. Bf3 h4 47. Bg4 Nc5 48. b3 a4 49. bxa4 Nxa4 50. Kd3 Nb6 51. Kd4 Nd7 52. Bf5 Kd8 53. e6 Nf6 54. Kc5 Ke7 55. Kxb4 Nd5+ 56. Kc5 Nf4 57. a4 Nxe6+ 58. Kb6 Kd6 59. a5 Nc5 60. Kb5 Kd5 61. Bh3 Kd6 62. Bg2 Ne6 63. Kb6 Nc5 64. Bh3 Na4+ 65. Kb7 Nc5+ 66. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM 9th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.01.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Re1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Rc8 10. e4 e5 11. b3 b5 12. Qe2 Qc3 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Qb6 18. Ra3 a6 19. Nc4 Qb4 20. Qd3 Ke7 21. Ra4 Qc5 22. Ra5 Qb4 23. Rea1 Bxe4 24. Qe3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Rhd8 26. R1a4 Qb8 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5+ Kf8 29. Rxa6 Qb4 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Be4 f5 33. Bxf5 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qb7+ 35. Be4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skrjabin, Igor"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 f5 9. exd5 exd5 10. c4 d4 11. a3 h6 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Ne5 Bc3 15. Ba3 Bxa1 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bd5+ Kh7 18. Bxf8 Bc3 19. Bc5 Bd7 20. Re2 Qf6 21. Nf3 a5 22. Qb3 Nb4 23. Be7 Qa6 24. Bf7 a4 25. Qd1 a3 26. Nh4 a2 27. Rxa2 Qxa2 28. Ng6 Qa1 29. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kg2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Domogaev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. e3 Bg4 10. Nf3 Qc8 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Qe2 e5 13. h3 Bxh3 14. Nxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd3 Kg8 19. f3 Nc5 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Nd2 Qa6 22. Qb2 Rfe8 23. Kf2 h5 24. Rh1 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Re8+ 26. Ne4 dxe4 27. f4 Qb6 28. Ke2 Na4 29. Qc1 Nc3+ 30. Kf1 e3 31. Qe1 Qd4 32. Rh2 e2+ 33. Kg2 b5 34. a3 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qxc2 36. b4 Qb2 37. Kf2 Nd1+ 38. Kf3 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. Nh3 0-0 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Bf4 h6 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Rad1 d6 13. Bc1 e5 14. Qb1 Qe8 15. Kh1 f4 16. gxf4 Qh5 17. f3 Rae8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. e4 Bc8 20. Ng1 Qh4 21. Bd2 Nh5 22. Be1 Qg5 23. Nce2 a4 24. Bd2 Qh4 25. Be1 Qg5 26. Qc2 Bd7 27. Qc1 Nf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Bf2 Rf6 30. Qc2 Rg6 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Bh3 Bxh3 33. Nxh3 Qh4 34. Ng1 Re5 35. Qf2 Qh5 36. Ne2 Rf6 37. Nd4 Qe8 38. Rg1 Kh7 39. Nc6 Rh5 40. Qg2 g5 41. Rge1 Rh4 42. e5 Rxc6 43. dxc6 Qxc6 44. Rd5 Kg7 45. Qe2 Ne6 46. Qe4 Rh3 47. Kg2 g4 48. Red1 gxf3+ 49. Kh1 Ng5 50. Rd7+ Qxd7 51. Rxd7+ Kh8 52. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Barhudarian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. exf5 gxf5 9. f4 Na6 10. 0-0 e4 11. Bc2 c5 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Ng3 Qe8 15. a3 Qg6 16. Qe1 Rg8 17. Kh2 Rae8 18. Nd1 Bh6 19. Ne3 Re7 20. Bd2 Nc7 21. Bc3 Nce8 22. Bd1 Reg7 23. Ngxf5 Bxf5 24. g4 Bd7 25. Qh4 Rf7 26. Be2 Bg7 27. g5 Rff8 28. f5 Bxf5 29. Nxf5 Nd7 30. Bh5 Qxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Bg6 Rf2+ 33. Kg1 Nf8 34. Bxh7 Bxc3 35. Bg6+ Kg7 36. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Luna Butz, Alberto"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Pogosian, Manvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qc7 6. g3 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. Bg2 Bc5 9. Nf3 Be6 10. b3 h6 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nb2 Rfd8 15. Bc3 b5 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. a4 a6 18. Nh4 c5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Bxe4 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Nb2 Re8 26. f3 c3 27. Nc4 Bb4 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Ne3 Ncxe4 30. fxe4 Rxe4 31. Qf3 Qa7 32. Nd1 Qxa1 33. Nxc3 Qxc3 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Rf2 Re5 37. g4 Bd4 38. Rd2 Re3+ 39. Kg2 Bc5 40. h3 Rc3 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rd2 Ne4 43. Re2 Rg3+ 44. Kh2 Bg1+ 45. Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Orlov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. 0-0 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. Ne1 0-0 10. f3 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Bg4 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e5 15. Nd3 exd4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxd4 Bg5 19. Nc4 Re7 20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Qxe8+ Raxe8 22. h4 b5 23. hxg5 bxc4 24. bxc4 N5b6 25. gxh6 Kh7 26. hxg7 Nxc4 27. Rf5 Kg6 28. Raf1 Ndb6 29. e6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikkelsen, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nhg5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. g3 Bg4 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. Bf5 Bh5 20. Bd2 Bd4 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 d4 23. Rb3 Qd5 24. Ne6 Ng4 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Be4 Qd6 27. Rf1 b6 28. Rf3 Re8 29. Rf5 Bg6 30. Rf4 Bh5 31. Bf3 Bg6 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 16th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Be2 exf5 8. c5 bxc5 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 c6 11. Nf3 d5 12. cxd6 Bb6 13. Ng5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Qb3 Qf6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 0-0 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Nxe4 Qxb2 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Bd3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 23. Kg1 Rae8 24. Ng5 Qe2 25. Rf1 Ne5 26. h4 h6 27. Nh3 Rf6 28. f3 Nd3 29. Kh2 Rxd6 30. Rd1 Rg6 31. Rhg1 Qe5+ 32. Qxe5 Nxe5 33. Rge1 Rge6 34. Re4 Nf7 35. Nf2 Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Rd8 37. Rc1 Rd3 38. a4 Ra3 39. Rc4 Ne5 40. Rc5 Nd7 41. Ra5 Nb6 42. Nc5 Rc3 43. Ne4 Rc4 44. Rxa7 Rxa4 45. Rc7 Rc4 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. h5 Nd5 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Ra8 Ne3 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. Ra3 Rxg2+ 52. Kh3 Re2 53. Ng3 Re1 54. Ra7 Kf6 55. Rc7 Rc1 56. Ne4+ Ke6 57. Ng3 Kf6 58. Ne4+ Ke5 59. Ng3 Nf5 60. Nxf5 Kxf5 61. Rxg7 Kf4 62. Rg6 Kxf3 63. Rf6+ Ke4 64. Rxh6 Kf5 65. Rd6 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikitinyh, Boris Aleksandrovic"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Be2 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. 0-0 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h3 g4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Ndxe5 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. g3 a6 17. Qf3 f5 18. Bh5+ Kd8 19. Rae1 Kc7 20. Kg2 Bd7 21. Rh1 Nd4 22. Qd1 Rag8 23. Ne2 Nc6 24. f4 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Nf4 d4 27. Rh4 Bc6+ 28. Kh3 Nf3 29. Bxf3 Rxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Qh6+ 31. Nh5 Bd7 32. Qc1 Qg6 33. Qf4+ Kc8 34. Re7 Rh8 35. Qe5 Rg8 36. Rg7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 Nfd7 7. Nge2 Nc5 8. Bc2 a5 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 b6 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Kh8 15. 0-0 Nf6 16. Rae1 Ng4 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qe3 f5 20. f4 g5 21. fxe5 f4 22. Qd4 Qxg3 23. exd6+ Kg8 24. dxc7 f3 25. Rf2 Bc8 26. Ne2 Qxc7 27. e5 fxe2 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxe2 Qg7 30. g4 Ra7 31. a3 Nf7 32. Qe3 Re7 33. e6 Bxe6 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Qa1+ 36. Re1 Qb2 37. bxc5 Qxc2 38. dxe6 bxc5 39. Qxc5 Qc3 40. Re3 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qd6 43. Qf5 Kg7 44. c5 Qd4 45. Re4 Qd3+ 46. Kf2 Ra7 47. Re2 Qxh3 48. Qf3 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Re1 Ne5 51. Qc3 Qh1+ 52. Ke2 Qxe1+ 53. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 54. Kxe1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosov, Ivan"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. c3 e5 9. Na3 Ne8 10. Nc4 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. h3 Nc7 13. a4 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rae8 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. c4 e4 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Nxd7 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 Rf7 21. Bd2 Bg5 22. f4 Rxd7 23. fxg5 Nd4 24. Qg2 d5 25. Re1 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 Re7 28. Bf2 Re2 29. Kg1 Rc2 30. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 f5 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 15th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vlassow, Valentin"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Rhb1 Rb8 18. Rb4 Ke7 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. a4 Kd7 21. a5 Kc7 22. f4 g6 23. Ke3 Rbe8 24. Be2 Rb8 25. R4b3 Rhc8 26. Kd2 Kd7 27. Rh3 Rh8 28. Rhb3 Rhc8 29. Rb4 Kc7 30. R1b3 b6 31. axb6+ Rxb6 32. Rxb6 axb6 33. Ra3 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. Kc3 Bc6 36. Kb4 Kd8 37. Bf3 Kc7 38. g3 Kd7 39. g4 Kc7 40. h4 Kd7 41. Bg2 Kc7 42. f5 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. f6 Kd7 45. Bf1 Kd8 46. Bd3 Bd7 47. Ba6 Bc6 48. c3 Bd7 49. Be2 Bc6 50. Bf3 Bd7 51. Bg2 Ke8 52. Bf1 Kd8 53. c4 dxc4 54. Bxc4 Bc6 55. Be2 Bd5 56. Kb5 Kc7 57. Kb4 Kd8 58. Kb5 Kc7 59. Ka6 Bb7+ 60. Ka7 Bd5 61. Bd1 b5 62. Ka6 b4 63. Be2 b3 64. Bd3 b2 65. Bb1 Bf3 66. Kb5 Bxg4 67. Kc4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 h6 2. Nf3 g5 3. h3 Bg7 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 f5 7. e4 b6 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. c3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Ng3 e5 14. Bb5 Ne7 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. 0-0 Qd6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Re1 Rf7 19. Qe2 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3 21. c4 Raf8 22. Be5 Qh4 23. Rf1 Bf5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bc4 c6 26. Bd6 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Be5 Qe4 29. Qb2 b5 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rae1 Qc2 32. Qxc2 Bxc2 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Bd4 Be4 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. Rc1 Kd7 37. Kg1 h5 38. g3 Bf5 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Rg4 42. Bf6 Be4 43. Ke3 Rg2 44. Rc5 a6 45. a4 Kd6 46. Rc8 Rg3+ 47. Kd2 Rxb3 48. axb5 axb5 49. Rh8 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. Ba1 Ra3 52. Bd4 b4 53. Rh6+ Kd7 54. Rb6 Rb3 55. Bc5 Rb2+ 56. Ke3 b3 57. Bd4 Rh2 58. Be5 Rxh4 59. Kd4 Rh3 60. Bd6 b2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Sokolov, Anatoly V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. f4 d5 6. Qe2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Nc6 8. c3 h5 9. Be3 a5 10. Na3 Ba6 11. Nb5 Na7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. Qxa6 Be7 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. f5 Nf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Ne5 g5 21. Bxg5 Qg7 22. Bf4 0-0 23. 0-0 Ng4 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25. Qc4 Re8 26. e5 Bc7 27. Re1 Qf7 28. Bg5 Qf5 29. Bf6 Bd8 30. Rf1 Qg6 31. Be4 Qh6 32. Qe2 Qh5 33. Rf4 Bxf6 34. exf6 Kf7 35. Qa6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikitinyh, Boris Aleksandrovic"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Nxc4 Nb6 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Bd7 12. a3 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 g5 14. b4 g4 15. Ne1 a6 16. Nc2 Qh4 17. Qf4 Rg8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 0-0-0 20. Bxf7 Rdf8 21. e6 Be8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxf7 24. exf7 Rg6 25. Rfe1 Rd6 26. Re8+ Kd7 27. Qf4 Rxe8 28. fxe8Q+ Kxe8 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qf5+ Kc6 31. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kazakevich, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ne8 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Qe2 e5 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. a4 Bg4 16. a5 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne6 19. c3 Rad8 20. b4 b5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Qe3 b5 23. Na5 Nb8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f4 Qd6 26. f5 Nf8 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nb7 Qd2 29. Qf3 Rd7 30. Nc5 Re7 31. Qf6 Qd8 32. Bh3 Nh7 33. Qf3 Qd6 34. Qg4 Re8 35. Rd1 Qe7 36. Bf1 Rd8 37. c4 Nf6 38. Qf3 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 bxc4 40. Bxc4 Nbd7 41. Nxd7 Qxd7 42. Qxd7 Nxd7 43. g4 Kf8 44. g5 Ke7 45. Kf2 f6 46. h4 fxg5 47. hxg5 Nb6 48. Bb3 Nc8 49. Ke3 Nd6 50. Kd3 Kd7 51. Ba2 Kc7 52. Bg8 Kb6 53. Bc4 Kc7 54. Bb3 Kd7 55. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kulikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Qc7 4. Be3 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. a4 0-0 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc4 Bb4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qe1 Qa5 13. Bc1 Nd6 14. Bb3 e4 15. Ng5 Qe5 16. f4 Qa5 17. Ba3 c5 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. a5 Qc6 20. f5 Nxf5 21. Nxf7 Be6 22. Nd8 Bxb3 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. cxb3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 c6 6. Ne2 Be6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. c4 Be7 9. d4 0-0 10. Nbc3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bf7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bf6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rcd1 Bg7 18. h4 Nf6 19. Bg2 Rae8 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Nd4 Bg4 22. Rde1 Qf7 23. Qd2 Kh8 24. Qf4 Qd7 25. f3 Bh3 26. Qd2 d5 27. c5 Nh5 28. Ne2 Bxb2 29. Qxb2+ Kg8 30. g4 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Nf4+ 33. Kg1 Nxe2+ 34. Qxe2 Re8 35. Qf2 d4 36. Rd1 d3 37. Rd2 Qd5 38. b4 Re5 39. Kg2 a6 40. Kg3 Qd7 41. f4 Rd5 42. Qe3 Kg7 43. Qe4 Kg8 44. Qe3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirnov, Artyom"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bd3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Re1 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne7 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. h4 Rac8 16. Bc2 Be8 17. g3 Ne7 18. Bf4 Nf5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rad1 Qb6 12. Qc2 h6 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Nh4 Nd4 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bxh4 21. Qxh4 Qd8 22. Qg4+ Qg5 23. Qd7 Qe7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Rde1 f5 26. Qd1 Qg7 27. Kh1 Nf6 28. Qa4 Rab8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 f5 9. N4c3 c6 10. Qd3 b5 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 a6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. 0-0 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Rad1 h5 17. a4 h4 18. axb5 hxg3 19. hxg3 axb5 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bd6 22. Qf3 b4 23. Na4 Ne4 24. Nb6 Qe7 25. Nc4 Bb8 26. Na5 Kf8 27. Nxb7 Qxb7 28. Qe3 Nf6 29. Nd3 Ng4 30. Qf3 Qd7 31. c3 bxc3 32. bxc3 Qd5 33. Qd1 Qc4 34. Qd2 Qb5 35. Nc5 f4 36. Nd7+ Kg7 37. Nxb8 fxg3 38. fxg3 Rxb8 39. Qf4 f5 40. Qg5+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Rb7 42. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Ndb8 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. f5 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 exf5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rxc6 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 0-0 19. Rc7 a6 20. Ba4 d4 21. Bxd4 Be6 22. c4 Rd8 23. Kc3 Nd7 24. Rb1 Rac8 25. Rbb7 Nf8 26. g3 g5 27. Bc2 Ng6 28. c5 Re8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Kb4 f4 31. Be4 Rd8 32. Bc3 fxg3 33. hxg3 h5 34. c6 h4 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. c7 Rc8 37. Kc5 h3 38. Kd6 Kh7 39. Rb2 Re8 40. Bc6 Rg8 41. Bd7 Bxd7 42. Kxd7 Nf8+ 43. Kd6 Ne6 44. Rh2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Shalimov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 d5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Be2 Nxd5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. c4 Ba4 15. Qc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Rfd8 17. Bd1 f6 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. Be2 e5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rfd1 Kf7 22. Nd2 Bb4 23. Nb3 Ke7 24. Kf1 a5 25. a4 b6 26. Bf3 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rc8 28. Be2 f5 29. Bd3 Kf6 30. Ra2 g5 31. Be2 g4 32. Nc1 Bd7 33. Nb3 h5 34. Bd3 h4 35. Be2 Bc6 36. Bd3 Rd8 37. Bc2 f4 38. exf4 exf4 39. Nc1 Rd2 40. Bb3 Rd8 41. Ne2 Kg5 42. g3 fxg3 43. fxg3 Rd3 44. gxh4+ Kxh4 45. Nc1 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rh3 47. Kf1 Bd6 48. Re2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Gogin, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. 0-0 d6 8. c3 b6 9. Be3 Ba6 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nbd2 0-0 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. Rad1 h6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Qa4 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Nexc6 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Nd3 21. d5 Ncb4 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na3 Nxb2 24. Rb1 a6 25. e5 N2d3 26. e6 Nxd5 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Nc2 Nc3 29. Rb3 a5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Serov, Maksim"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. c4 c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bd2 e5 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Re1 Qf7 21. b4 Rad8 22. Qa4 Ba8 23. Re2 Rd7 24. Rce1 Rfd8 25. Bh3 Re7 26. f4 Rde8 27. Bg2 Qg6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Qb3 a6 30. Bc3 e4 31. Qc4 e3 32. Bd4 Qg4 33. Bxd5+ cxd5 34. Qc3 Re4 35. Rxe3 Bc6 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Qxe4 38. Qe3 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Qe2 Qf5+ 41. Qf3 Qc2+ 42. Qe2 Qf5+ 43. Kg2 Bb5 44. Qe1 Qc2+ 45. Kg1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kulikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nxe4 f5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. 0-0-0 Nd7 13. g4 fxg4 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bg2 f5 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Kf8 21. Qd4 Qg7 22. Qc5+ Kf7 23. Qc4+ Kg6 24. Rhe1 Rf8 25. Qc5 Rf7 26. Rd8 b6 27. Qc6+ Kh7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc8 Qd4 30. Re8 Qf6 31. Kb1 h5 32. a4 h4 33. Re6 Qd4 34. Qc6 Qg7 35. Qe8 Qf8 36. Qc6 Qg7 37. Qc8 Qd4 38. Qe8 Qd7 39. Qxd7 Rxd7 40. Rf6 Rd5 41. Rf7+ Kg6 42. Rxa7 Kg5 43. Kc1 Kf4 44. c4 Rc5 45. b3 Kf3 46. Rh7 h3 47. Rd7 Kg2 48. Kd2 Kxh2 49. Rd6 Kg2 50. Rxb6 h2 51. Rh6 h1Q 52. Rxh1 Kxh1 53. Kd3 f4 54. b4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nh5 10. Qc1 Qe8 11. f3 b6 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Kg2 Ng8 15. h4 Bd7 16. h5 Nc5 17. Be2 a4 18. Be3 Nb7 19. Rh1 Bc5 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Raf1 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Nc5 23. Bd3 h6 24. Bc2 Rfb8 25. Nf5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rf2 b5 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Rxb5 30. b3 axb3 31. Bxb3 Nf6 32. Rc2 Nfd7 33. Kg3 Ra3 34. Rb1 Rb7 35. Ne3 Nd3 36. Nc4 Raa7 37. Rd2 N7c5 38. Ne3 Nf4 39. Rc2 Rb4 40. Nc4 f6 41. Ne3 Rab7 42. Nf5 Nxb3 43. Rxb3 Rxb3 44. axb3 Rxb3 45. Rxc7 Rb2 46. Ne3 Re2 47. Rc3 Kg8 48. Ra3 Kf7 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. Ra3 Kd8 51. Rc3 Kd7 52. Ra3 Kc8 53. Rb3 Kc7 54. Rc3+ Kb6 55. Rc6+ Kb5 56. Rxd6 Rxe3 57. Kf2 Re2+ 58. Kf1 Rd2 59. Rc6 Nd3 60. Kg1 Ne1 61. Rc3 Rc2 62. Re3 Ng2 63. Rb3+ Kc5 64. Rb7 Ne3 65. Rxg7 Rg2+ 66. Kh1 Rg3 67. Rc7+ Kd6 68. Rc6+ Ke7 69. Rc7+ Kd8 70. Rc3 Nxg4 71. Ra3 Ke7 72. h6 Nf2+ 73. Kh2 Rh3+ 74. Kg2 Rxh6 75. Kxf2 Rh4 76. Ra7+ Kd8 77. Ke3 Rh3 78. Rg7 Ke8 79. d6 Rh1 80. Re7+ Kf8 81. Ke2 Ra1 82. Rc7 Ke8 83. Re7+ Kf8 84. Rh7 Ke8 85. Re7+ Kf8 86. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Zacurdajev, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 d5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Qd2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 e5 19. Ng3 Bb5 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Rfd8 23. 0-0 Nd5 24. Ng3 Nf6 25. Qc3 g6 26. h3 Rd7 27. Qc4 Qd3 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Qg5 Re8 30. Rcd1 Qc2 31. Nh5+ Kf8 32. Rc1 Qxc1 33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. Rxc1 Nxh5 35. g4 Nf6 36. Qg5 Ke6 37. f4 exf4 38. exf4 Rd5 39. Qh4 Ne4 40. Qxh7 Red8 41. Qg7 Nd6 42. Re1+ Kd7 43. a4 Rc8 44. Qf6 Rc2 45. Qe7+ Kc6 46. Qe3 Rdd2 47. Qf3+ Kc7 48. h4 f5 49. h5 fxg4 50. Qxg4 gxh5 51. Qxh5 Nf5 52. Qh3 Nd4 53. f5 Ne2+ 54. Kh2 Rc3 55. Qh7+ Kb8 56. Qh8+ Ka7 57. Qe5 Nf4+ 58. Kg1 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakharchenko, Arnold"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qh5 7. Nh3 f5 8. Nf4 Qf7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Na5 12. exf5 exf5 13. c5 Ba6 14. Kf2 Nf6 15. Re1 0-0 16. Kg1 Rae8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nd3 d6 19. Bh6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Kf2 Bc4 24. Bf1 Qf7 25. Nc1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Qc4+ 27. Ne2 b5 28. Qd2 Nd5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. h3 Nc6 31. g4 Nce7 32. Bf4 Ke6 33. Bg5 Kd7 34. Bxe7 Nxe7 35. Qh6 Qf7 36. Kg3 Qxa2 37. Nf4 Qf7 38. Qg5 a5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qd6 14. g3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Qb4 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Rc7 Rb8 23. f3 Rc6 24. Nxd5 Rxc7 25. Nxc7 Bc6 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rc8 28. Nb5 Rc2 29. e5 Ng8 30. e6 Ne7 31. Rd1 Re2 32. Rd8+ Ng8 33. Nd4 Re5 34. Rd7 h5 35. Rxb7 Re4 36. Rb8 g6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rf7+ Ke5 40. Nf3+ Kd6 41. Rxa7 Nf6 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. Rf7 Nd5 45. Ng5 Re2 46. Rf2 Re1+ 47. Kg2 Ne3+ 48. Kf3 Nf5 49. Rd2+ Kc6 50. Kf2 Rh1 51. Nf3 Nd6 52. e7 Ne8 53. Rd8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC IM"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Melnikov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g4 fxg4 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Bf5 5. Bd3 Qd7 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. a3 0-0-0 8. b4 Bxd3 9. cxd3 e6 10. b5 Nce7 11. a4 Nf5 12. Qb3 Nh4 13. a5 Kb8 14. Nbc3 Ne7 15. Kd1 Nef5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxh4 Nxh4 18. Na4 Rhf8 19. b6 cxb6 20. Nxb6 Qc8 21. Na4 Rxf2 22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Qc3 Rff8 25. Qc7+ Ka8 26. Rc3 Bb4 27. Rb3 Bxa5 28. Qxg7 Nf5 29. Qxh7 Qc6 30. Nac3 Rc8 31. Kd2 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 33. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 34. Ke3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 f6 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc2 fxe5 8. fxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxc2 12. Bg2 Nf6 13. 0-0 Be7 14. b3 0-0 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. Nd3 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Nf6 18. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 19. Nxc5 Kf7 20. Bh3 e5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxb7 Rc6 23. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Shapiro, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. e4 Qe7 7. Bd3 Bc7 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 0-0 10. 0-0 d6 11. Ng3 Nbd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Qd2 Qd8 16. Kh1 Nfg4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qf6 19. h3 Nh6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nb5 axb5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxb5 Re4 24. g4 Rd4 25. Qb2 Nxd5 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nxf4 28. Qh2 d5 29. Rf1 g5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qd2 g5 32. Rxf4 Bxf4 33. Qxd5 Kg7 34. a5 Ra8 35. a6 bxa6 36. Qxa8 axb5 37. Qd5 c4 38. b4 f6 39. Qxb5 c3 40. Qc5 Be5 41. b5 Nf7 42. b6 Nd8 43. Qc8 Nf7 44. b7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sheynin, Izrail"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 a5 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Qe2 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Nf6 13. Nb3 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 0-0 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Bc6 18. Qg4 Rf6 19. Bg5 Rg6 20. h4 h6 21. Qe2 Rf8 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Bf6 25. Qc2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g4 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. g5 h5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. e4 fxe4 8. f3 Qc7 9. fxe4 Bxh2 10. Nge2 Bg3+ 11. Kd2 Bf4+ 12. Kc2 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Ne7 14. Kb1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. N2c3 g6 17. d5 0-0 18. Nf6+ Rxf6 19. gxf6 exd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bxd5+ Kh7 22. Rxh5+ Nh6 23. Rxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qh1+ Kg5 25. Rg1+ Bg4 26. Bxb7 Nd7 27. Bxa8 Nxf6 28. Bf3 Qxc4 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Qf3 Qd4 31. Rd1 Qe3 32. Qxe3+ Nxe3 33. Rd7 Kf4 34. Rxa7 g5 35. Rf7+ Ke4 36. a4 g4 37. a5 g3 38. a6 Nd5 39. a7 Nb6 40. Rg7 Kf3 41. Kc2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. g4 Ra7 17. g5 b4 18. g6 bxc3+ 19. Kxc3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Kg7 23. exf6+ Qxf6+ 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. h5 e5 26. Rab1 d4+ 27. Kd2 c3+ 28. Ke1 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Bxb7 30. f3 Bd5 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Re1 Kf6 34. Rg1 Kg7 35. Re1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gubochkin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Bb5 Qf6 9. Nce2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Kf8 15. Rf1 Qe7 16. Nd6 Nh6 17. a3 Bd5 18. Nxf7 Bc4 19. Nxh8+ Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Kg8 21. Ng6 hxg6 22. Kg1 Rf8 23. Qe2 Qh4 24. a4 Qxe4 25. Ra3 Ng4 26. h3 Ne5 27. b3 Rc8 28. c4 g5 29. a5 g4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Ra1 Qe5 32. Qe1 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Rf8+ 34. Ke2 Qxg2+ 35. Kd3 Qb2 36. Qc3 Nf2+ 37. Kd4 e5+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kazakevich, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nc5 8. Bc2 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. b3 Bd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rae1 Be8 15. g4 Bd7 16. Ng3 a4 17. Qc1 axb3 18. axb3 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. h4 Qc7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Bh6 Qd8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rf2 Qf6 26. b4 Qf4 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Ne2 Na6 29. Nxf4 Rfe8 30. Rb1 b5 31. Bd3 Rab8 32. Ra2 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxb4 34. Rxb4 Nxb4 35. Rb2 Bxg4 36. Rxb4 Bxf3 37. Kf2 Bg4 38. Bd3 h5 39. Rb6 Rd8 40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Kd4 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Ng2 h4 44. Rb2 Ra8 45. Ne3 h3 46. Nc4 Ra4 47. Ke3 f5 48. Nxd6 f4+ 49. Kf2 Rd4 50. Be4 h2 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. Bb1 Rxd5 53. Ne4+ Ke5 54. Kxh2 Bf3 55. Nd2 Bg4 56. Kg2 Rd7 57. Kf2 Rc7 58. Rb5+ Kd4 59. Rg5 Bc8 60. Nf3+ Kc3 61. Re5 Bb7 62. Be4 Bxe4 63. Rxe4 Rc6 64. Ne5 Rf6 65. Kf3 Rf8 66. Ng6 Ra8 67. Nxf4 Rf8 68. Ke3 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gorbunov, Evgeny Alekseevich"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bh4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 g6 18. Be2 Qb6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rac8 23. Rd2 Rc7 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. Ne2 Bf7 26. Nc3 Rd7 27. Rad1 Rcd8 28. Rd4 Ng8 29. h4 Ne7 30. Bg4 Rd6 31. a3 Nc6 32. Ne4 Nxd4 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd4 Kf6 35. f4 Rb6 36. Rd2 Ke7 37. f5 Rc6 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Bf3 Kd6 40. Kf2 a5 41. g4 Ke5 42. Ke3 b5 43. Be2 b4 44. axb4 axb4 45. Rd4 b3 46. Bd1 Rc2 47. Rd2 Rc4 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Rh4 50. Bf3 d4+ 51. Kd3 Rh3 52. Ke2 Bxh5 53. Bxh5 Rxh5 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Rf2 Rh3+ 56. Kd2 Kc4 57. Rg2 Rh1 58. Rg8 Rh2+ 59. Kc1 Rc2+ 60. Kb1 d3 61. Rg4+ Kd5 62. Rg5+ Ke4 63. Rg4+ Kf3 64. Rh4 d2 65. Rh3+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kononov, Viktor V"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 h6 2. c4 g5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 e6 7. d4 Ne7 8. h4 gxh4 9. Nxh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 Nf5 11. e3 h5 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Ne2 h4 15. gxh4 Nxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Bd2 0-0-0 18. Bc3 Rdg8 19. Ng3 Kb8 20. Kf1 f5 21. Ke2 Rf8 22. Rh1 Qe7 23. Nh5 Bh6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 d6 27. Qf3 Nd8 28. Qf4 Qd7 29. b3 e5 30. Qh6 Re8 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rd1 Qe7 33. Rd5 Nf7 34. Qc6 Qe6 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. c5 Kb7 37. Rd7 Ng5 38. cxb6 axb6 39. Rd5 Nf7 40. f3 Kc6 41. e4 fxe4 42. fxe4 Rd6 43. Bxe5 Re6 44. Bxc7 Rxe4+ 45. Kd3 Kxd5 46. Bxb6 Ne5+ 47. Kc3 Nc6 48. a4 Rh4 49. a5 Rh3+ 50. Kb2 Nb8 51. Ka3 Na6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Bortsova, Tatiana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 Na5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. f4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Rf3 Qd5 18. Re1 Nb7 19. Ng3 Nd6 20. Bf2 e6 21. Rfe3 Rae8 22. Qe2 Kf7 23. Nf1 Ne4 24. Rh3 Kg8 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd6 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Rge3 Qxf4 29. Qb2 Qb8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 a5 32. a3 Rc8 33. d5 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Qxb4 Qxb4 36. cxb4 c3 37. Rc6 Rd8 38. d6 Be5 39. Be1 Kg7 40. Bxc3 Bxc3 41. Rxc3 Rxd6 42. b5 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rb1 44. Rc5 Kg6 45. h3 Rb3 46. h4 Kh5 47. Rxf5+ Kxh4 48. Ke2 Kg4 49. Rd5 Rb2+ 50. Kd3 Rxg2 51. Rd7 Rb2 52. Rg7+ Kf4 53. Kc4 h5 54. Kc5 h4 55. b6 h3 56. Rh7 h2 57. Kc6 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nemtzev, Igor"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 e5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rcd1 Qb7 20. Ng3 Ne6 21. h3 b5 22. a3 a6 23. Nf5 Nc5 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Be3 Nfxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28. Ng5 h6 29. Nxe4 Qxe4 30. Qg3 Qe5 31. Qg4 Qxb2 32. Bxh6 Qxa3 33. Be3 Qb3 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Rec1 Qe6 36. Qg3 d5 37. Bd4 a5 38. Rab1 b4 39. Rb3 a4 40. Rxb4 a3 41. Rb3 Qe4 42. Qd3 Qxd3 43. Rxd3 Reb8 44. Rdd1 Rb5 45. g3 Kf7 46. Kg2 Rb7 47. Kf3 Be7 48. Ra1 Ra4 49. Ra2 Rbb4 50. Ba1 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Ra5 52. h4 Bf6 53. Bxf6 Kxf6 54. Rda1 d4 55. Kf1 d3 56. Ke1 Ke5 57. Kd2 Kd4 58. g4 Rb2+ 59. Rxb2 axb2 60. Rb1 Rb5 61. h5 Rb3 62. g5 Ke5 63. Ke3 Kf5 64. f4 Ke6 65. h6 gxh6 66. gxh6 Kf7 67. f5 Kf6 68. Kd2 Kxf5 69. h7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Be3 0-0 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. 0-0 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. d5 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 f6 15. Qb1 Bd7 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Nd4 e5 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bb1 Qe7 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Qg3 Bc4 23. Rc1 Qe5 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. Nf3 Ba6 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. a4 Rcd8 28. Ba2+ Kh8 29. h3 Bb7 30. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turkin, Viktor"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. b3 f6 8. Bd3 g6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. a4 e5 13. Ba3 Qb6 14. Bb5 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 0-0-0 17. Nd2 e4 18. Qe2 Rhe8 19. Rac1 Bh6 20. Kh1 e3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 22. Qf2 Nh5 23. Nf3 Qc7 24. Rfe1 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Rde8 26. Bc5 Ne4 27. Rxe3 Nxf2 28. Rxe8+ Nd8 29. Bxf2 Bxc1 30. Nd4 Qxc3 31. Ne6 Bg5 32. Nxd8 Bxd8 33. Bb6 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Bf1 Kd7 37. Rxd8+ Ke6 38. Re8+ Kd6 39. Rf8 Qd1 40. Rf3 Kc6 41. Bf2 g5 42. Rg3 h6 43. Rd3 Qc1 44. Rf3 h5 45. Be3 Qd1 46. Bxg5 Kd6 47. Be3 Ke6 48. Bf2 Ke5 49. Re3+ Kd6 50. Rd3 Qc1 51. Bd4 Qe1 52. Bc3 Qc1 53. Rf3 Ke6 54. Kh2 b6 55. Bd4 Qc7+ 56. Kg1 Ke7 57. Rf5 Qc2 58. Rf3 Qc7 59. Re3+ Kf7 60. Rc3 Qd6 61. Rf3+ Ke7 62. Bb5 Qg6 63. Re3+ Kd6 64. Bxb6 Qb1+ 65. Kh2 Qc1 66. Rf3 Qe1 67. Bd4 Qd1 68. Bc3 h4 69. Bxa5 Qd4 70. Bc3 Qc5 71. Bf6 Qb4 72. Bc3 Qc5 73. b4 Qc7 74. Bd2 Qc2 75. Be3 Qb2 76. Bc5+ Ke6 77. a5 Qe5+ 78. Kg1 Qa1+ 79. Bf1 d4 80. a6 Kd5 81. a7 d3 82. Rxd3+ Kc6 83. Rd6+ Kc7 84. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Busygina, Alena"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. f4 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 0-0 13. a4 f6 14. Bb5 Ne7 15. dxc5 a6 16. Be2 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18. 0-0 Rac8 19. Rfb1 Rc7 20. Kh1 Bc8 21. Rb3 Qxc5 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Qe1 g5 24. Qg3 Rg7 25. Qg4 Qe3 26. Qh5 g4 27. Re1 Qf4 28. Nh4 Qg5 29. Qxg5 Rxg5 30. Ng6 Rf7 31. g3 Kg7 32. Nf4 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Nxe5 34. Be2 Kf6 35. Rb6 Kf5 36. Ng2 Rc7 37. Ne3+ Kg5 38. Nd1 h5 39. Kg2 Bd7 40. Rb4 Be8 41. Rb6 Bc6 42. Kf2 Rf7+ 43. Ke3 Nd7 44. Rb4 e5 45. a5 Nc5 46. Rb6 Rd7 47. Rb4 Ne6 48. Rb6 d4+ 49. cxd4 exd4+ 50. Kd2 Nc5 51. Nf2 Rf7 52. Nd1 Bf3 53. Bc4 Rc7 54. Nf2 Ne4+ 55. Nxe4+ Bxe4 56. Bd3 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 h4 58. gxh4+ Kxh4 59. Kxd4 Rxc2 60. Rh6+ Kg5 61. Rh7 Rb2 62. Ke4 Rb4+ 63. Ke3 Rb5 64. Rg7+ Kf5 65. Rh7 Kg6 66. Rh4 Rxa5 67. Rxg4+ Kf5 68. Rf4+ Ke6 69. Re4+ Re5 70. Rxe5+ Kxe5 71. h4 Kf5 72. Kd4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Stroganov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 Na6 6. Bd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nge2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nb4 10. Bxb4 cxb4 11. e4 g6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. e5 Nh5 14. Qd2 a5 15. Qe3 d6 16. f4 d5 17. c5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rac1 Qa8 20. g4 Ng7 21. Rf3 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Ng3 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rc6 25. Rf2 Rf8 26. Rfc2 Rfc8 27. f5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 exf5 29. gxf5 Rxc5 30. dxc5 gxf5 31. Qe5 Qc6 32. Qb8+ Qe8 33. Qxe8+ Nxe8 34. Nxf5 Kf7 35. Nd4 Nc7 36. Kf2 Na6 37. c6 Nc7 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Nf5+ Kf6 40. Nd4 Ke5 41. h4 Kd6 42. h5 Ne8 43. Kf4 a4 44. h6 Nc7 45. Kf5 Ne8 46. b3 a3 47. Nc2 Kc5 48. Ke5 Nc7 49. Kf6 d4 50. Ne1 Kxc6 51. Kg7 Nd5 52. Kxh7 Nc3 53. Kg6 Nxa2 54. h7 Nc1 55. h8Q Nxb3 56. Nd3 Kb5 57. Qb8+ Kc4 58. Qxb4+ Kxd3 59. Qxb3+ Ke2 60. Qxa3 d3 61. Qb2+ Kd1 62. Kf5 d2 63. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Gavrilenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 0-0 7. Nge2 Nh5 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Be3 Kh8 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 b6 14. Nb5 Nb8 15. c5 axb4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Rc7 Qd8 18. axb4 Ba6 19. Rfc1 Nf6 20. Bxb6 Ne8 21. Rb7 Qh4 22. Ra7 Bh6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 f5 27. g3 Qh3 28. Rc8 f4 29. f3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Nd7 31. Rd8 Ndf6 32. f4 Ng4 33. Qf3 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh5 35. Ke1 Kg8 36. b5 exf4 37. Nxf4 Qg5 38. Rc8 Ne5 39. Qe3 Ng7 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. b6 Qe7 42. Nc6 Qb7 43. Nxe5 dxe5 44. Qc5+ Kg8 45. Ne2 Ne8 46. Qc6 Qb8 47. Nc3 Kf8 48. Nb5 Ke7 49. b7 Kd8 50. Qb6+ Kd7 51. d6 g5 52. Qa7 Qxa7 53. Nxa7 Nxd6 54. b8Q 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-B 14th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Re1 Qe8 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d6 12. e4 fxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Nh4 Nbd7 15. b4 Qf7 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. Bf1 Rab8 18. f3 g6 19. Bd2 Nh5 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Rec1 Qf6 22. Be3 Nf8 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Bh3 Nef4 25. Bg4 Rbd8 26. Bxh5 Nxh5 27. Bg5 Qf8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. c5 Qf6 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Rc7+ Kh8 33. Rxa7 Be2 34. Kf2 Bxf3 35. Nxf3 Rf8 36. Qd3 g5 37. h3 Ng7 38. Kg2 Ne6 39. Rf1 Qg6 40. Nxe5 dxe5 41. Rxf8+ Nxf8 42. Ra8 Kg7 43. Qf3 Ne6 44. Ra7+ Kh6 45. Re7 b5 46. Qf5 Qxf5 47. exf5 Nd4 48. Rxe5 Nc2 49. Rc5 Nxa3 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Ke4 Nb1 52. Kd3 Na3 53. Rc3 Nc4 54. Rxc4 bxc4+ 55. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Qe2 d6 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Bd6 Qc6 15. Qd2 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Rfc1 Nd5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Rab1 h5 20. Be4 h4 21. f4 f5 22. Rc7 Nxc7 23. Bxb7 Ra7 24. Bc6 Rh6 25. Rxb6 Nb5 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Bb8 Ra8 28. Rb7 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Modestov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. c3 0-0 9. Be3 b5 10. Qc2 b4 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Bf2 Rae8 15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qb3 Nc6 21. Ng5 Nd8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. c5+ Kh8 24. Nc4 Qd5 25. Nd6 Qxb3 26. axb3 Re3 27. Rc1 Nc6 28. Rfe1 Rb8 29. Kf2 Rxd3 30. Re6 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Ndf7+ Kg8 33. Rxc6 h6 34. Rxg6 hxg5 35. Nxg5 Rxb3+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 b3 38. Re1 Kh8 39. Re7 Rg8 40. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fominykh, Maria"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c3 Bb7 4. Qc2 f5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 d6 10. 0-0-0 g6 11. h3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. g4 Nbd7 15. g5 Ne8 16. h4 Nd6 17. h5 Kg7 18. Rh2 Nc5 19. Rdh1 Rh8 20. c4 Rad8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Nf3 Rxh2 24. Rxh2 Nxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Bxe4 26. Nxe5 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 f3 28. Nf4 Re8 29. Rh6 Ne4 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rc6 Nxf2 32. Rxc7+ Kg8 33. Nh5 Ng4 34. g6 f2 35. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Egorov, Dmitry Petrovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qc7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. f3 b5 7. Bb3 e5 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Bc5 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Nd1 0-0 12. h4 a5 13. a3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Nc5 15. Ba2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Nh3 Rad8 18. Kf1 Rd7 19. Kg2 Nf4+ 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Nf5 g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. g5 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Qe3 25. Qxe3 fxe3 26. gxf6+ Kxh6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. f4 Rd2+ 29. Kf3 Rxc2 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 e2 32. Re1 Rc3+ 33. Kxe2 Kh5 34. e5 Ra3 35. Rg1 h6 36. Kf2 Kxh4 37. e6 fxe6 38. f7 Ra8 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Ke4 Ra8 41. Rxg6 Rf8 42. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Dmitriev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Ne4 7. Bg2 Qa5 8. Qb3 e6 9. 0-0 Bb4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nxd4 12. Qd1 e5 13. Nxe4 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15. e3 Nc6 16. f4 0-0 17. a3 Rad8 18. Qc2 exf4 19. axb4 Qxa1 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxf5 Rd6 22. Be4 Rfd8 23. exf4 Kf8 24. Qh5 Nd4 25. f5 Qa6 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Re1 Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Kc8 29. Bf4 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Qb6+ 32. Be3 Qxb4 33. Rc2+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrovichev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. d4 Qe8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 e5 13. Nd3 Bd8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nb4 Be7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qf7 18. e4 f4 19. Qg4 Bb4 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Ng5 Qg6 22. Qxd7 f3+ 23. Kh1 Qxg5 24. Qxc7 Qg4 25. d6 Bc5 26. d7 Rd8 27. Qxe5 Rxd7 28. Rad1 Re7 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. e5 Re6 31. Bc1 g5 32. Qd7 Qh3 33. Rg1 Bxf2 34. Bxg5 Bxg1 35. Bf6+ Rfxf6 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. exf6+ Kh6 38. Rxg1 f2 39. Qc1+ Kh5 40. Qd1+ Qg4 41. Qd5+ Kh6 42. Qd2+ Kg6 43. Qxf2 Rxf6 44. Qc2+ Kg7 45. Qc7+ Rf7 46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. Qd5 Qd7 48. Rd1 Qxd5+ 49. Rxd5 Kf8 50. Kg2 Ke7 51. Rd3 Ke6 52. g4 Ke5 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. Rc3 Rd7 55. Rc4+ Ke5 56. h3 Re7 57. Kh4 Kf6 58. Kh5 Kg7 59. g5 Rd7 60. h4 Re7 61. b4 Rf7 62. a4 Re7 63. a5 bxa5 64. bxa5 a6 65. Rc6 Ra7 66. Kg4 Kf7 67. Kf5 Ke7 68. h5 Kf7 69. g6+ hxg6+ 70. hxg6+ Kg7 71. Ke5 Re7+ 72. Kd5 Re1 73. Rxa6 Rd1+ 74. Kc4 Rc1+ 75. Kb3 Ra1 76. Kb4 Rb1+ 77. Kc5 Rc1+ 78. Kb6 Rb1+ 79. Ka7 Ra1 80. Kb7 Ra2 81. Ra8 Rb2+ 82. Ka7 Kxg6 83. Rb8 Re2 84. a6 Re7+ 85. Rb7 Re8 86. Rc7 Kf6 87. Kb7 Ke6 88. a7 Kd6 89. Rh7 Re1 90. a8Q 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. c3 0-0 9. Be3 b6 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Bf2 e5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. Rad1 exf4 15. gxf4 d5 16. e5 Bc8 17. Nf1 Bg4 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Rc8 20. Qb3 f6 21. d4 fxe5 22. fxe5 Qd7 23. Rd3 Nd8 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ne4 Bf5 26. Rd2 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Ne6 28. Bg2 Nf4 29. Ne3 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Rc6 31. b5 Rc7 32. Bg3 Qc8 33. e6 Rc3 34. Qb4 Re8 35. Bd6 Bf6 36. Ng4 Bg5 37. Rf2 Nf5 38. Bf4 Rc4 39. Qa3 Rxd4 40. Ref1 Qxe6 41. Qc3 Rc8 42. Re1 Re4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. 0-0 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. f4 e5 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Qh4 b5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Ne2 a6 16. Ng3 Bc8 17. f5 Be7 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 f6 21. a4 Rd8 22. g4 Be7 23. axb5 cxb5 24. g5 Bb7 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Be3 Ke7 27. b4 Rd7 28. Ra3 Kd8 29. Rfa1 Qc6 30. Qe2 g6 31. Qf2 Rg8 32. Rg1 Qxe4+ 33. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 34. Qg2 gxf5 35. Qxe4 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 fxe4 37. Rxa6 Be7 38. Rb6 Rd5 39. c3 Rd3 40. Kf2 Rxc3 41. Rxb5 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 Rc3 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Re2 45. Rd5+ Kc7 46. Bc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 0-0 8. e3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Nf1 Re7 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Bb5 20. g4 Qh6 21. e4 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Bc6 23. g5 Nh5 24. c4 d4 25. Nf1 Nf4 26. Ng3 Re5 27. h4 Ng6 28. Nf5 Bd7 29. Nd6 R8e6 30. Nf5 Ra6 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rxd4 Bc6 33. Re2 Nxh4 34. f4 Re8 35. Bh1 Ng6 36. Rf2 f5 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Bg2 Kf7 39. b4 b5 40. c5 Ra3 41. e5 Rg3 42. Kh2 Rxg2+ 43. Rxg2 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 fxe5 45. fxe5 Nxe5 46. Rh4 Kg6 47. Rd4 Re6 48. a4 a6 49. axb5 axb5 50. Rd8 Nc6 51. Rg8+ Kf5 52. Rf8+ Ke4 53. Kg3 Kd5 54. Rf7 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kitsis, Andrey"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Qh4 6. Nbc3 Nf6 7. Nb5 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Bf4 Kd8 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. 0-0 Rg8 14. Bg5 Qg4 15. h3 Qd7 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Qf4 h6 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Qxf6+ Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Ng3 Be6 22. Rfe1 Kd7 23. Na3 Nc6 24. Nh5 Rg5 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. f4 Rg3 27. f5 Bd7 28. Rad1 Rxa4 29. Kh1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxa3 31. Rg3 Kc8 32. Rg8+ Nd8 33. Nxd5 Bc6 34. Ne7+ Kd7 35. Nxc6 Nxc6 36. d5 Ne7 37. Rg7 Nxd5 38. Rxf7+ Kc6 39. Rh7 Rxc3 40. Rxh6+ Kb5 41. f6 Bc5 42. Rb1+ Ka4 43. f7 Rb3 44. Rh4+ Ka3 45. Rf1 Bd6 46. Kg1 b5 47. Rh5 Rd3 48. f8Q Bxf8 49. Rxf8 b4 50. Rd8 c6 51. Ra8+ Kb2 52. Rc8 Rc3 53. Rxc6 Rxc6 54. Rxd5 b3 55. Rb5 Kc3 56. g4 b2 57. g5 Rc5 58. Rb6 Rxg5+ 59. Kh2 Rd5 60. Rc6+ Kb4 61. Rb6+ Rb5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lanin, Alexsej"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 0-0 11. h3 Re8 12. Nb5 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bb4 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qb3+ Nd5 17. Bc4 Nc5 18. Qxb4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. Nc7 Rd8 22. Rd1 Nef6 23. Qd2 Qe4 24. Bb3 Rd7 25. f3 Qe7 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Qc3 Bxb3 28. Qxb3+ Kf8 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Qc4 Qf5 33. Bg3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxb2 35. Rc7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Belov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 e5 9. Na3 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Kh2 exf4 13. gxf4 Bh6 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. f5 d5+ 16. Kg1 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 dxe4 18. dxe4 gxf5 19. Qh6 Nf4 20. Ng5 f6 21. Rxf4 fxg5 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Rxf5 Qg3 24. Raf1 Rxf5 25. exf5 Rd8 26. f6+ Kf8 27. f7 Qb8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 b6 9. Be3 Ba6 10. Bf2 f5 11. e5 h6 12. Re1 Qe8 13. a3 Rd8 14. b4 d6 15. exd6 Rxd6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rxd3 18. Qa4 Bc8 19. Qc4 Rd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nd4 Rd6 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Qc7 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Nc8 27. Rc1 Qd8 28. Qc3 Nb6 29. Nf3 Bb7 30. Ne5 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 g5 32. Qc6 Re8 33. Rd1 Nd5 34. Rd3 gxf4 35. Kh3 Qc8 36. Qa4 Re7 37. gxf4 Kh7 38. Rg3 Qe8 39. Qxe8 Nxf4+ 40. Kh4 Rxe8 41. Rb3 Ng6+ 42. Nxg6 Kxg6 43. Rb7 Ra8 44. Rc7 a5 45. Rc6 Kf6 46. Kh5 Rg8 47. h4 f4 48. Rc5 e5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Golovchenko, Gleb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. Be3 a5 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. Nbd2 Ne8 13. Rae1 Nc7 14. g4 b4 15. c4 Ne6 16. f5 Ned4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bc8 20. Nf3 Bg7 21. Qf2 e6 22. Nh2 Bd4 23. Qd2 a4 24. Re2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Bg7 26. Qf4 exf5 27. exf5 Qf6 28. Nd2 gxf5 29. gxf5 Bh6 30. Qg4 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Rg8 32. Qf4 Rg5 33. Be4 Bd7 34. d4 cxd4 35. c5 Re8 36. cxd6 Reg8 37. Rff2 Qh6 38. Bg2 f6 39. h4 R8g7 40. Rxd4 Qh5 41. Bf3 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Qe8 43. Re4 Qg8 44. Re7 Rxe7 45. dxe7 Re1 46. Rg2 Qe8 47. Bd5 Rxe7 48. Rg8+ Qxg8 49. Bxg8 Kxg8 50. Qb8+ Kf7 51. Qxb4 Re5 52. Kg3 Rxf5 53. Qd6 Ke8 54. b3 axb3 55. axb3 h5 56. b4 Kd8 57. b5 Rxb5 58. Qxf6+ Kc7 59. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Orlov, Nikolay I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. a3 c4 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Bxc4 fxe5 11. dxe5 Ng6 12. Bd3 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qh5+ Nf7 15. c4 g6 16. Qe2 0-0-0 17. b4 Bg7 18. Rb1 Rhf8 19. Nb3 Kb8 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rfc1 Qe5 22. Qd2 Qh5 23. Bc5 Bh6 24. Be3 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Bb5 26. Qc3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qe5 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. exf4 e5 31. Nc5 Rfe8 32. fxe5 Nxe5 33. Rb3 Nd7 34. Nd3 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Kc7 38. Nf4 Nf6 39. Re3 Kd7 40. h4 Rc4 41. Rd3+ Ke7 42. Kf3 Rc1 43. g3 Rf1+ 44. Ke2 Ra1 45. Re3+ Kd7 46. Rd3+ Ke7 47. Rc3 Kd6 48. Kd3 Rg1 49. Kd4 Rd1+ 50. Kc4 Nd7 51. Re3 Ne5+ 52. Kc3 h6 53. h5 g5 54. Ng6 Rc1+ 55. Kb3 Nxg6 56. hxg6 Rc7 57. Rf3 Rg7 58. b5 Ke6 59. Rf8 Rxg6 60. Ra8 Kf5 61. Rxa7 b6 62. Rc7 h5 63. Kc4 h4 64. gxh4 gxh4 65. Rh7 Kg4 66. a4 h3 67. a5 bxa5 68. Kb3 Kg3 69. Ka4 h2 70. Kxa5 Kg2 71. Rxh2+ Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mukhlisov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 fxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxe4 0-0 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. 0-0 Rae8 14. Rae1 Na5 15. Nd2 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17. f4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Rf6 19. Re7 Rd6 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. Re5 Rf6 22. Ke2 Nc6 23. Re3 Rg6 24. g3 Na5 25. Kd3 h6 26. Nf3 d6 27. Re2 Rf6 28. Re3 Nb7 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Ne1 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Nf3 Rg6 33. h4 gxh4 34. gxh4 Rg3 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Rg7 37. Ng5 Kg6 38. Ne6 Rf7 39. Nf4+ Kh7 40. Ne6 Kg6 41. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Turikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bb3 Qc7 6. 0-0 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. h3 0-0 10. Be3 Kh8 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Qe1 f6 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Ncxe5 Bxb3 16. axb3 fxe5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Bxd8 Qxd8 19. Qb4 Qc7 20. Rfd1 Na6 21. Qc4 Rf8 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Ne6 Re8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd2 Ng8 26. c3 Nf6 27. b4 Nc7 28. f3 a6 29. Rad1 Ne6 30. Qf1 Rf8 31. Qe1 Rf7 32. Qe3 Nf4 33. Qc5 Qxc5+ 34. bxc5 Re7 35. b4 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Ke3 g5 38. Ra1 Nc7 39. Rd8 Ne6 40. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Tchernyi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 c4 10. Bc2 Qxb2 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. f4 a6 13. Qd2 g6 14. Kh1 h5 15. f5 exf5 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Nf4 Kd7 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. a4 b5 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. Bh4 b4 24. Bg3 h4 25. Nxe6 hxg3 26. Nc5+ Ke7 27. h3 Kf8 28. Bxf5 Kg8 29. Be6 fxe6 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Rf4 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. cxb4 a5 34. b5 Nf5 35. Nxe6 Rhe8 36. Nc7 Red8 37. Ne6 Rd6 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Kg1 Re6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golovchenko, Gleb"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. e5 Qb4+ 12. Nfd2 Nh6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Rc1 g6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Qc2 b5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nd6 Qxd4 20. Qe4 Qxe4+ 21. N2xe4 Kg7 22. b5 Nb8 23. Nf6 Nf5 24. Nfe8+ Kf8 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Nc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bb3 Ne7 7. Nd2 a6 8. Ngf3 h6 9. Qe2 b5 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bc2 Kh7 14. Rfd1 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Ba7 Re8 18. Qf1 Rb7 19. Bd4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nb3 c6 22. Nc5 Rbe7 23. c4 Qb6 24. Na4 bxa4 25. cxd5 e4 26. Ne1 Ba6 27. Nd3 cxd5 28. Bxa4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 exd3 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Qxd3 Qxb2 32. Rd1 d4 33. h4 h5 34. Rb1 Qc3 35. Qd1 d3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gochelashvili, David"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. c3 Ne4 9. Rg1 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. g4 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Qh4 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. 0-0-0 Qxf2 16. Rdf1 Qxe3 17. Bxf5 Nxd4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qd3 Ne2+ 20. Kd1 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Nxg1 22. Rxg1 Rf2 23. Rg6 Rf6 24. Rg4 Rh6 25. h4 Rf8 26. Bg6 Rf6 27. h5 Kg8 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Ng5 Rhxg6 30. hxg6 Rxg6 31. Kd2 Rf6 32. Ke3 g6 33. a4 Kg7 34. Rh4 Bc6 35. b3 Rf5 36. Rg4 Kh6 37. Ne4 Re5 38. Rh4+ Kg7 39. b4 g5 40. Rg4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Potyavin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng5 h6 6. N5f3 c5 7. Be3 Nd5 8. c3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ne2 0-0 12. 0-0 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bc2 c4 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. e5 b5 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Qc1 Nb6 19. Bb1 Nd5 20. Ng3 b4 21. Re4 bxc3 22. Rg4 f5 23. Qxh6 Rf7 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Bf6 26. Re1 g6 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Rxg6+ Rg7 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khromkin, Andrey"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Bxd2 0-0 9. Bb4 Re8 10. d5 exd5 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. Bxd5+ Nxd5 13. Qxd5+ Re6 14. Bc3 Rb8 15. Rad1 Qf8 16. Qxd7 Rxe2 17. Nxf5 Ne5 18. Qe6+ Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Nxf7 20. Rd7 Rbe8 21. Rxc7 Bc8 22. Nxg7 Rd8 23. Nh5 Bf5 24. g4 Bg6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. f4 Bc2 27. f5 h6 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 a5 30. c5 b5 31. Bxa5 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Ne5 33. c6 Nd3+ 34. Ke3 b4 35. Rd7 Re1+ 36. Kd2 b3 37. c7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 d4 7. Nce2 e5 8. f4 Qd6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. a3 f6 13. b4 Bb6 14. b5 Ne7 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Ng5 Be6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rf2 0-0-0 19. Qd2 Rhf8 20. Raf1 Rxf2 21. Rxf2 Ng6 22. Qb4 Qd6 23. Qxd6 cxd6 24. Rf7 Rg8 25. Bh3+ Kb8 26. Be6 Re8 27. Bf5 Rg8 28. h4 Nf8 29. Re7 Ng6 30. Rd7 Bc5 31. h5 Nf8 32. Rd8+ Kc7 33. Rc8+ Kb6 34. a4 g6 35. Be6 Rh8 36. g4 Ka5 37. Bb3 a6 38. bxa6 Kxa6 39. Bd5 Ka5 40. Bb3 b6 41. Kf1 Kb4 42. Ke1 Ka3 43. Ra8 Kb4 44. Kd1 Ka3 45. Ng1 Kb2 46. Nf3 gxh5 47. gxh5 h6 48. Nh4 Kc3 49. Bd5 Kb4 50. Ng6 Rh7 51. Nxf8 Rg7 52. Ng6 Rh7 53. Rh8 Ra7 54. Bb3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tjurin, Alexander P"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Bf4 Ng4 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Ng3 Qd6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Qg5 Qb6 23. Re2 Bd7 24. Nh5 Nxh5 25. Qxh5 g6 26. Qxd5+ Be6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Bc4 Rfe8 30. Re1 Kf7 31. f4 Kf6 32. Rxe6+ Rxe6 33. Bxe6 Kxe6 34. Kf2 Kd5 35. Ke3 a5 36. Kd3 b5 37. g4 h5 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxh5 Ke5 40. Ke3 f4+ 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. h4 a4 43. a3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup 300 years"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Qf3 Qxf3 7. Nxf3 Bb4 8. exd5 exd5 9. d4 0-0 10. Bd3 Re8+ 11. Kd2 Bg4 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Kxc3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd7 15. Rhg1 Nf6 16. Rg3 Re6 17. f4 Rae8 18. Rag1 Nh5 19. Rg4 Kf8 20. f5 Re1 21. R1g2 b6 22. Kb4 c6 23. Ba6 R8e4 24. f3 R4e3 25. Rf2 Nf6 26. Rgg2 Nd7 27. Bb7 Nb8 28. f6 g6 29. f4 a5+ 30. Ka4 Re6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxf5 R1e4 33. c3 Nd7 34. Rgf2 Nc5# 0-1

[Event "Malmo op U20"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chalupa, Ivan"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "5"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 f6 12. Be3 0-0 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Nbxd4 Bc5 20. Kg3 Ra6 21. Rhc1 Ba7 22. Rc4 Bb8 23. Rac1 Bd7 24. b3 Rb6 25. h3 Kg6 26. Kg4 Kf7 27. R1c3 Ke7 28. h4 Be8 29. Rc8 Bd7 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Rc4 Ke7 32. Kf4 Ra6 33. g4 Ra8 34. h5 Ba7 35. g5 Rb8 36. Kg4 Bb6 37. g6 Rf8 38. Nc2 Bc6 39. Rf4 Bd5 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. Ncd4 Bc5 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Kg5 Ba3 44. Kg4 Bb2 45. Ng5 Kf8 46. Ngxe6+ Kg8 47. Kf5 Bg2 48. Nf4 Bf1 49. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Malmo op U20"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dragicevic, Drazen"]
[Black "Merzliakov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bd6 7. 0-0 c6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 0-0 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Qc1 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. c3 Ne6 16. Re1 h6 17. g3 Re7 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Rae8 21. Kf1 Kh7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Kg6 25. Ke2 Kf5 26. Ke3 h5 27. Bd1 Ke6 28. Bc2 Ne8 29. b3 Nd6 30. Bd3 b5 31. Kf3 a5 32. a3 Kf6 33. Bc2 Nc8 34. Kg3 Nb6 35. f5 Nd7 36. Kf4 Nb6 37. Bd3 a4 38. Bc2 axb3 39. Bxb3 g5+ 40. fxg6 fxg6 41. h4 Nc8 42. a4 bxa4 43. Bxa4 Na7 44. Bc2 Nb5 45. Ba4 Na7 46. Bc2 Nb5 47. Ba4 Nxc3 48. Bxc6 Ke6 49. Kg5 Kf7 50. f3 Ne2 51. Bxd5+ Kg7 52. Be4 Nxd4 53. Bxg6 Nxf3+ 54. Kxh5 Nxh4 1/2-1/2

