[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mihailov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. Nc3 Rc8 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Qb3 h6 10. f4 hxg5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bxa7 Qa5 13. Bb6 Qxe5 14. Bd3 Rxh2 15. 0-0-0 e6 16. Nb5 Be7 17. Kb1 Kf8 18. Rhg1 Qg3 19. Na7 Re8 20. Rdf1 Rxg2 21. Rxg2 Qxg2 22. Qc3 Ne5 23. Rg1 Qh3 24. Bd4 f6 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qe1 Qh4 27. Qf1 Bc5 28. Rh1 Bxa7 29. Rxh4 gxh4 30. Qf3 Kg8 31. Qh5 Bf2 32. Be2 Re7 33. Qg6 Be8 34. Qg4 Bf7 35. Qf3 Bg1 36. Qd3 Re8 37. c4 g6 38. Bg4 f5 39. exf5 exf5 40. Bh3 e4 41. Qf1 Bd4 42. Qg2 Bg7 43. b3 e3 44. Qe2 Re5 45. Kc2 g5 46. Bf1 f4 47. Qf3 Bg6+ 48. Kd1 Be4 49. Qg4 f3 50. c5 e2+ 51. Ke1 exf1Q+ 52. Kxf1 Bd3+ 53. Kf2 Be2 54. b4 Kh7 55. Qc8 Rd5 56. Qxb7 Re5 57. Qf7 g4 58. Kg1 g3 0-1

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Guseinov, Elnur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bc2 h6 14. h3 Nc6 15. a3 Ne7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nc8 19. f4 Nd6 20. Re1 g6 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Bg7 23. Nxf7 Nxf7 24. e5 Nh5 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. Bg6 Re7 27. Bxh5 Rd3 28. Be2 Rg3 29. Bf1 h5 30. Be3 Nh6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Bc5 Re6 33. Rd7+ Ke8 34. Rxc7 Bd5 35. Kh2 h4 36. Bf2 Kd8 37. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miramonov, Faridun"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Rc8 12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Re1 e6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. b3 Ba6 18. c4 Ne7 19. Nd6 Rcd8 20. c5 Nc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rd7 24. Rac1 Bh6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 b6 27. b4 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rc7 29. Ra3 Rc6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. c6 Rxa2 32. c7 Ra5 33. c8Q Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7 Rxe5 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rxa7 Re2 38. Ne4 g5 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. Rxe6 h6 41. Nxg5 Rf2 42. Kg1 Rb2 43. Ne4 Rc2 44. Nf2 Rd2 45. Kg2 h5 46. Kg3 h4+ 47. Kg2 Rd5 48. Re4 Rg5+ 49. Rg4 Kh6 50. Kh3 Rf5 51. f4 Rd5 52. Rxh4+ Kg6 53. Kg4 Rd4 54. h3 Rb4 55. Nd3 Rb1 56. Ne5+ Kg7 57. Kg5 Rb5 58. Rh6 Ra5 59. h4 Rb5 60. h5 Ra5 61. Rb6 Rc5 62. Rb7+ Kh8 63. Kg4 Rc8 64. Ng6+ Kg8 65. h6 1-0

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2009.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Kurkin, Filipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. h3 Bf5 8. Qf3 e6 9. 0-0-0 Bd6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 0-0-0 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. f4 h6 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Ng5 Nb6 21. Bb3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. a3 b6 24. Rf2 Qd7 25. Rg2 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zaria, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Be3 d6 9. Ndb5 Bxe3 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Qxc8 12. fxe3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qc5 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. 0-0 Ne5 16. Qe2 Neg4 17. Rae1 Qe5 18. g3 h5 19. Rf3 h4 20. Rf4 Qg5 21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Qg2 hxg3 23. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 24. hxg3 Rh3 25. Kg2 Rah8 26. Rh4 R3xh4 27. gxh4 Rxh4 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 Nfg4 30. Nd1 Kd6 31. Kg2 g5 32. b4 b6 33. Be2 Nf6 34. Nf2 a5 35. a3 axb4 36. axb4 Nc6 37. c3 Ne5 38. Bd3 Nxd3 39. Nxd3 Nxe4 40. c4 f5 41. Nb2 g4 42. Na4 Kc6 43. Nb2 Nd2 44. Kg3 e5 45. Kf2 f4 46. Ke2 g3 47. c5 bxc5 48. bxc5 f3+ 49. Ke1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2009.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Grachev, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bg6 5. Nh3 e6 6. Nf4 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. Nxg6 Nxg6 9. h5 Ne7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Qb5+ Nd7 16. c3 Nc6 17. b4 Be7 18. Be2 Ncxe5 19. fxe5 Qxc3 20. Kf2 Bh4+ 21. Rxh4 Qxa1 22. Nf3 Qc3 23. g5 Qc6 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. Qd4 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Qb6 27. Be3 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rc8 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Ke2 b6 31. a4 f6 32. Rg4 fxe5 33. Rxg7+ Kd6 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Nxe5+ Ke8 36. Bg6+ Kf8 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 a6 39. Nd7+ Ke7 40. Nb6 Rcg8 41. Bxh8 Rxh8 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Kc3 Kd6 45. Kb4 Rg8 46. Kc3 Rh8 47. Kd3 Rg8 48. Ke3 Rh8 49. Kf4 Rf8+ 50. Kg5 e5 51. h6 e4 52. h7 Rh8 53. Kh6 Ke5 54. Nd7+ Kd4 55. Kg5 e3 56. Ne5 e2 57. Nf3+ Ke3 58. Ne1 d4 59. Kh6 Kd2 60. Nd3 e1Q 61. Nxe1 Kxe1 62. Kg7 Rxh7+ 63. Kxh7 Ke2 64. Kg7 d3 65. Kf6 d2 66. Bh5+ Kd3 67. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aksenov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 a6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Be2 b4 7. Na4 Nf6 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Bd7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. cxb4 Nxb4 12. Nc3 e5 13. Ne1 Nc6 14. Nc2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Na4 0-0 17. f4 Rb8 18. f5 d5 19. Bf3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bc6 21. Re1 Qd7 22. b3 Qb7 23. Qb1 Bxa4 24. bxa4 Qxb1 25. Raxb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Bc5 27. g4 h6 28. g5 hxg5 29. Bxg5 Rd8 30. Kf1 d3 31. Ke1 Rd4 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Kd2 Bb4+ 34. Kd1 a5 35. Rb3 d2 36. a3 Be7 37. h4 Rxa4 38. Kxd2 Bxa3 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Ra8 Bb4+ 41. Kd3 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Kd3 Rf2 44. Be2 Rh2 45. h5 Rh3+ 46. Kc4 Bd2 47. Ra7 Rc3+ 48. Kd5 Re3 49. Bc4 Rc3 50. Ra6 Rc1 51. Ra7 Bb4 52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Rxf7 Kg5 54. Ra7 Rd1+ 55. Kc6 Kf4 56. Bd5 Rh1 57. Kb5 Ke3 58. Rf7 Rh6 59. Kc4 Bd2 60. Kb5 Kd4 61. Rd7 Kc3 62. Kxa5 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2009.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Evsyukov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2009.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. h3 0-0 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. a3 Bc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Na4 c6 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Bb3 a5 17. 0-0 axb4 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. axb4 b6 20. Be3 Ra7 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Qc3 h6 23. Nf3 Rea8 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Ra1 Ne7 26. Rxa7 Qxa7 27. d4 Nf6 28. Nd2 d5 29. dxe5 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Kh2 Qa6 32. Qb3 Kf7 33. Bd2 Qe2 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Bxe3 b5 36. g4 Nd5 37. Bd2 Kg6 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. h4 Kg6 40. h5+ Kf7 41. f4 e3 42. Be1 g6 43. Kf3 gxh5 44. gxh5 Ke7 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. f5 exf5+ 47. Kxf5 Ne7+ 48. Ke4 Nd5 49. c3 Ke6 50. Kd4 Ne7 51. Kxe3 Kxe5 52. Bg3+ Kf5 53. Bh4 Nd5+ 54. Kd4 Ke6 55. Kc5 Kd7 56. c4 bxc4 57. b5 c3 58. bxc6+ Ke6 59. Be1 c2 60. Bd2 Ne7 61. Bxh6 Nc8 62. Bc1 Ke7 63. h6 Kf7 64. c7 Kg6 65. Kc6 Kf7 66. Bb2 Kg6 67. Bc1 Kf7 68. Kb7 Nd6+ 69. Kb8 Kg6 70. c8Q Nxc8 71. Kxc8 Kh7 72. Kc7 Kg6 73. Kc6 Kh7 74. Kc5 Kg6 75. Kc4 Kh7 76. Kc3 Kg6 77. Kxc2 Kh7 1-0

[Event "Gagra op"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "2008.09.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agrba, Adgur"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. 0-0 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Be7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Nd4 0-0 16. Qf3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Rab1 Qb6 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nd1 f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Ne3 Qc6 24. f3 Bd4 25. Kh1 Rce8 26. Qd2 f4 27. Nf5 Be5 28. h3 Qd7 29. Qb4 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Qd2 Re6 32. Qd3 Qg5 33. Re2 Rh6 34. Rf1 Bc8 35. Qd5+ Be6 36. Qa8+ Kf7 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Qb8 Kg6 39. Qe8+ Bf7 40. Qd7 Rh4 41. Rfe1 Qf6 42. Rd1 Be6 43. Qe8+ Qf7 44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rb1 Bd5 46. b3 Rxh3+ 47. Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Gagra op"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "2008.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Bartsits, Sabina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[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 Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 0-0 12. Bd3 f6 13. Nb3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Ne7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qh5 Rf5 18. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Gagra op"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sotnikov, Alexander I"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. Ne5 a6 6. f4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Nf8 9. c4 d4 10. e4 Ng6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. g3 Bd7 14. e5 Bc6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Be4 0-0-0 17. d3 g5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd2 gxf4 20. gxf4 Rh6 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Rdh8 23. Rae1 Nf8 24. Bc1 Rh3 25. Re2 Kd7 26. Rg2 Ng6 27. Rg3 R3h5 28. Bd2 Nh4 29. Nxh4 Rxh4 30. Rf2 g6 31. Rfg2 R8h5 32. Rg4 Bf8 33. Be1 Rxg4 34. Rxg4 Bh6 35. Bg3 b5 36. Kg2 Kc6 37. Kf3 bxc4 38. bxc4 Kb6 39. h4 Bf8 40. Be1 Be7 41. a4 Kc6 42. a5 Bd8 43. Ke2 Kd7 44. Kd1 Ke8 45. Kc2 Kf8 46. Kb3 Kg7 47. Ka4 Rf5 48. Bd2 Kh6 49. Rg1 Kh5 50. Rb1 Kg4 51. Rb8 Bxh4 52. Ra8 g5 53. fxg5 Rf2 54. Be1 Rf3 55. Bxh4 Kxh4 56. Rxa6 Rxd3 57. Kb5 Ra3 58. Ra7 d3 59. Rxf7 Kxg5 60. a6 d2 61. Rd7 Kf5 62. Rxd2 Kxe5 63. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Gagra op"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "2008.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Shishkin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Rhe1 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Qd2 0-0-0 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Bg3 Ka8 15. Nd4 Nh5 16. Qe3 Nxg3 17. Qxg3 Qg5 18. Qh3 Rc8 19. f4 Qh4 20. Qf3 Rhd8 21. g3 Qf6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Ne4 Qf5 26. Qd3 Bc7 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Rf1 f5 29. Nc3 a6 30. a3 Qd6 31. Qf3 Bd8 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Qd3 Bf6 34. Ne2 Qe5 35. c3 Rc5 36. Nf4 g5 37. Nh5 Be7 38. Qd7 Qe2 39. Qe8+ Ka7 40. Rd4 Rb5 41. b4 Bc5 42. Rd8 Bd6 43. Rxd6 Re5 44. Qd8 Qf2 45. Rd2 Re2 46. Rxe2 Qxe2 47. Qd4+ Kb8 48. Nf6 Qxh2 49. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Gagra op"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "2008.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makarkin, Zhan"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. h4 Nc6 12. h5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3 Be6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Kb1 Nb6 18. Ng3 Na4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nc3+ 21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Qd5 Qb8+ 23. Qb3 Qc8 24. f6 Bxf6 25. gxf6 Rb8 26. Rg1 Rxb3+ 27. axb3 g6 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Rxd6 Qf5 31. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Gagra op"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "2008.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Topchan, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Be2 Be6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Bg5 0-0 11. c3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nfd4 Qd7 15. f4 f5 16. Be1 g4 17. Kh1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Kh7 19. Bh4 Rg8 20. Bb5 Qf7 21. g3 Rac8 22. Qe2 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Rc7 24. Rac1 Rgc8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Bd3 a6 27. Qe3 b5 28. Kg2 Rc6 29. Bd8 Qd7 30. Ba5 Qg7 31. Bb4 Qd7 32. Bc5 Qc7 33. b4 a5 34. Bxb5 Qb7 35. Bxc6 Qxc6 36. a3 axb4 37. axb4 Qa4 38. Qe2 Bd7 39. Qb2 Qb5 40. Rd1 Bc6 41. h3 gxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Kg6 43. Kh2 Qc4 44. Ra1 Bb5 45. Ra8 Qf1 46. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Gagra op"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inozemtsev, Arsen"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Ra1 Nbd7 14. Rxa4 Ne5 15. Qe2 e6 16. Nb3 Bc6 17. Rxa6 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rxa6 19. Qxa6 Nd7 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Qe2 Qa5 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Nde2 Bc6 26. Qa6 Ne5 27. f4 Ng4 28. Bb6 Qd7 29. f3 Nf6 30. Qa7 Qe8 31. Qc7 d5 32. e5 Nh5 33. Qd8 Qxd8 34. Bxd8 Bf8 35. Bb6 Bb4 36. Be3 Ng7 37. Na2 Be7 38. Nd4 Bb7 39. b4 Kf8 40. b5 Ke8 41. Nc6 Nf5 42. Bb6 Ba3 43. Kf2 Kd7 44. Nd8 Ba8 45. Nxf7 Bb2 46. Bc5 Bd4+ 47. Bxd4 Nxd4 48. c3 Nxb5 49. Ng5 h6 50. Nf7 h5 51. Nh8 d4 52. cxd4 Nxd4 53. Nxg6 Nxf3 54. Kg3 Nd4 55. Nc3 Nf5+ 56. Kh3 Bf3 57. Nb5 Bg4+ 58. Kg2 Ne3+ 59. Kg3 Nf5+ 60. Kf2 Kc6 61. Nc3 Kc5 62. Ne4+ Kd4 63. Ng5 Ng7 64. Nh4 Bd1 65. h3 Bc2 66. Nhf3+ Kd3 67. Nh2 Nf5 68. Nf1 Kd4 69. Nxe6+ Ke4 70. Ng3+ Nxg3 71. Kxg3 Bd1 72. Ng7 Bc2 1-0

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malinin, Sergey Alekseevich"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Trofimov, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. e5 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Na3 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. d3 Nf6 13. c4 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qf3 0-0 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bc3 e5 21. Nc2 Qd6 22. b4 cxb4 23. Nxb4 Rac8 24. d4 Qc7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nxd5 Qf7 27. Nb6 Rc7 28. Bb4 Re8 29. Bd6 Rb7 30. Nd5 Bf8 31. c5 Bxd6 32. cxd6 f5 33. Ne7+ Rbxe7 34. dxe7 Rxe7 35. Qd5 e4 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rd6 Nf4 38. Rxa6 Rb7 39. a4 Nd3 40. Rf1 Rb2 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rxh7 Ra2 43. Ra7 f4 44. a5 Ke5 45. Re7+ Kf5 46. g4+ Kg5 47. Rxe4 Rxa5 48. Rd1 Ra3 49. Kg2 Kh4 50. Rd2 Rb3 51. Re6 Kg5 52. f3 Ra3 53. Rde2 Ra1 54. Rd2 Ra3 55. Ree2 Kh4 56. Re8 Kg5 57. Rde2 Rb3 58. Rh8 Rb1 59. h4+ Kf6 60. g5+ Kg7 61. Rhe8 1-0

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Shlyakova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Rhf1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 0-0 18. Qxe5 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Rac8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 h6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe3 b6 24. g3 e5 25. a3 Qd7 26. h4 Qh3 27. b3 Qf1+ 28. Kb2 Qa6 29. Qd2 Qb7 30. f3 Qe7 31. Nd5 Qd6 32. c4 b5 33. Qb4 Qxb4 34. axb4 bxc4 35. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morev, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 a6 15. g5 Ne8 16. h4 e5 17. Nde2 f5 18. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudryashov, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. d4 c6 8. 0-0 a5 9. e3 Na6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Na4 Rce8 16. Qd2 c5 17. Qd6 Bxa4 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. bxa4 e4 20. Nd2 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Kasantsev, Anatolij B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 0-0 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Qd2 Nbd5 14. Rac1 b5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Re5 Qxa2 17. d5 Rd8 18. Qf4 Rxd5 19. Rc7 Rd7 20. Qc1 Bb7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxd7 fxe5 23. Rxe7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qa4 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qf6 Qf4 27. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosinov, Leonid"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Nxe4 fxe4 5. c4 d6 6. e3 c6 7. Ne2 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxg5 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. a3 Nd7 14. b4 Qg5 15. f4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Be4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Qh5 19. Qb3 Ng4 20. h3 Nxe3 21. g4 Qh4 22. Ne2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 c5 24. Rad1 b6 25. d5 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Ng3 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Rf1 Qg4 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Qd3 Be5 32. Rf3 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Bxg3 36. Kxg3 0-1

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Black "Izhokin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 0-0 9. e6 fxe6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. dxc5 Qd5 15. Qxe4 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Nd2 e5 18. Qb4 Qf7 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. f3 h6 23. Ne4 Qh4 24. Bf2 Qh5 25. g4 Qh3 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Ng3 f4 28. Qf1 Qe6 29. Ne4 Rg8 30. Kh1 Qf5 31. Re2 Qh5 32. Bc5 Bf6 33. Rd1 Bh4 34. Qh3 Rad8 35. Red2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Kh7 37. Bf2 Bxf2 38. Nxf2 Qg6 39. Qf1 Qh5 40. Ne4 Qg6 41. Rg2 Qxg2+ 42. Qxg2 Rxg2 43. Kxg2 Kg6 44. c4 1-0

[Event "Lipetsk Region-ch sf"]
[Site "Lipetsk"]
[Date "2007.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nechepurenko, Nikolay"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Bf5 10. c4 Qd7 11. Qb3 0-0 12. Rad1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 c6 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. Bg3 Re7 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. Qa5 b6 20. Qa4 Rc8 21. Qc2 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Bg4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Rde1 Rce8 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qxd3 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qxf7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qg6 32. Qf4 d3 33. g4 c5 34. Kg3 a6 35. Kf3 h5 36. gxh5 Qxh5+ 37. g4 Qh3+ 38. Ke4 Qh1+ 39. Kxd3 Qd1+ 40. Kc3 Qe1+ 41. Qd2 Qe5+ 42. Kb3 b5 43. Qd3+ Kh6 44. Qd5 bxc4+ 45. Qxc4 Kg5 46. Qxa6 Kxg4 47. Qg6+ Kh4 48. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 49. fxg3+ Kxg3 50. a4 g5 51. a5 g4 52. a6 Kf2 53. a7 g3 54. a8Q 1-0

