[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Andreev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Nc3 Bxc5 5. Nf3 0-0 6. a3 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nb5 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. Be2 Be4 16. Rc1 Qxb2 17. 0-0 Na6 18. Rc3 Nc5 19. Re3 a4 20. Nfd4 e5 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Nd2 Bc6 23. Re1 Bxb5 24. cxb5 d5 25. Bf1 e4 26. Nb1 Rad8 27. Rc3 Kh8 28. h3 Ng8 29. Be2 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 exd3 32. Rxd3 d4 33. Nd2 Qf5 34. Nf3 Qxb5 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qb3 37. Re3 Qb1+ 38. Re1 Qb3 39. Re3 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pimenov, Revolt"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 Nd7 9. 0-0 e5 10. d5 Nb6 11. Be2 Be7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 0-0 14. Na4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Nc5 Bg4 17. Nd3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qd6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Bg4 Rc7 21. Nc5 Qf6 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Na6 Re7 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 g6 26. b3 h5 27. Bh3 Kg7 28. Kf1 Rb7 29. Ke2 Be7 30. Kd3 Nd7 31. Kc4 Nb8 32. Nxb8 Rb4+ 33. Kd3 Rxb8 34. Rc7 Rd8+ 35. Kc3 Kf8 36. Rxa7 Bc5 37. Rc7 Bxf2 38. Rc8 Ke7 39. Rxd8 Kxd8 40. Kc4 Bg1 41. Kd5 Bxh2 42. Kc6 Ke7 43. Bc8 Bf4 44. b4 f5 45. exf5 g5 46. Kd5 Kf6 47. Ke4 Bd2 48. b5 Ba5 49. Be6 g4 50. g3 Bc7 51. a4 Bb6 52. Bd7 Bc7 53. Be8 h4 54. gxh4 g3 55. Kf3 e4+ 56. Kg2 Kxf5 57. Bc6 e3 58. Bf3 Kf4 59. Be2 Kf5 60. Kf3 Kg6 61. Bf1 Kh5 62. Kxe3 Kxh4 63. Kd4 Kg4 64. Kc5 Kf3 65. b6 Bf4 66. a5 Kf2 67. Bh3 Kg1 68. a6 Kh2 69. Bf1 Kg1 70. Bc4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Volkova, Svetlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. b3 e5 7. e3 Re8 8. Bb2 e4 9. Nfd2 Bf5 10. Nc3 c6 11. d5 Na6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. 0-0 Nc5 14. Ne2 Nd3 15. Bc3 c5 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Rad8 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Kh1 Bh4 23. Nb1 Bh3 24. Rg1 Bxg2+ 25. Rxg2 d5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Rg1 Rd8 29. Kg2 Bf6 30. Rc1 h4 31. Qxc5 h3+ 32. Kxh3 Qd7+ 33. Kg3 Bb2 34. Re1 Kg7 35. Qc2 Rh8 36. Qxb2+ f6 37. h4 g5 38. fxg5 Qd6+ 39. Kg2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maevsky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3 a6 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. g4 h6 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Ng4 14. Bg1 b5 15. Rd2 g6 16. Bh3 Bg7 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Rh5 19. e5 d5 20. Bc5 b4 21. Ne4 dxe4 22. Rhd1 Rd8 23. Qg1 Nb8 24. Bb6 Qc8 25. Bxd8 Bf8 26. Bb6 Be7 27. Bc5 Rxh4 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Qd4 Qc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grachev, Alexey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Bg2 a6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 b5 10. Qc3 b4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qa4 0-0 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8 20. Nc6 Qb7 21. Kg1 Re8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rc6 Qd7 24. Rfc1 Nd5 25. Qxa6 Ra8 26. Qc4 Rxa2 27. e4 Nf6 28. Rc7 Qd6 29. Rc2 Qe5 30. Qe2 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. R7c4 Nf6 33. Rxb4 Nd5 34. Rb7 Raa8 35. Rc5 Reb8 36. Rcb5 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Ra4 38. Kf1 g5 39. Ke2 g4 40. Nd2 Rd4 41. Nf1 Kg7 42. Ne3 Nb4 43. Rc7 Kf6 44. Rc4 Rxc4 45. Nxc4 e5 46. Kd2 Ke6 47. Ne3 f5 48. Kc3 Nc6 49. b4 Nd4 50. Kc4 Kd6 51. b5 h5 52. b6 Kc6 53. b7 Kxb7 54. Kd5 Nf3 55. Nxf5 Kc7 56. Nh4 Nxh2 57. Kxe5 Nf1 58. Kf4 Nd2 59. Nf5 Nf3 60. Nh4 Nd2 61. Ng6 Kd6 62. Kf5 Kd5 63. Nf4+ Kd4 64. Nxh5 Ne4 65. Kxg4 Nxf2+ 66. Kf4 Kd5 67. Kf5 Kd6 68. Nf6 Ke7 69. Kg6 Nh1 70. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Kopasov, Evgeny Aleksandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 e5 6. dxe5 Be6 7. Qa4 Nd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 0-0 11. Be2 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. 0-0 c6 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qe4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qb4 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Rd4 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. a3 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Rd8 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Qd1 c5 24. Rd2 h6 25. e4 c4 26. f4 b5 27. e5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Ne8 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Rd5 Qf2 31. Rxb5 Rd8 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Bd3 34. Kg1 Nc7 35. Rxa5 Ne6 36. Rd5 Rb8 37. Bxd3 Nf4 38. Bxc4 Nxd5 39. Bxd5 Rxb2 40. a4 Rc2 41. Ne4 Kf8 42. h4 Ke7 43. Kh2 Rc1 44. Kg3 Rd1 45. Bc6 Rc1 46. Bb5 Ke6 47. Kf4 f6 48. exf6 gxf6 49. g4 Ra1 50. Ng3 Rc1 51. Nf5 h5 52. gxh5 Rc5 53. Ng3 Rc2 54. h6 Rf2+ 55. Ke3 Rh2 56. h5 Kf7 57. a5 Kf8 58. a6 Ra2 59. Nf5 Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Kg8 61. Kc5 Rf3 62. Bd7 Kh7 63. a7 Ra3 64. Kb6 Ra2 65. Bb5 Rb2 66. Nd6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qc7 9. Bb2 h6 10. Re1 e5 11. e4 Re8 12. Qc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Nb3 b6 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Na4 Rb8 19. Naxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Nd7 22. Qc2 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Re5 25. Qc3 Bd7 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Qd2 Be6 28. Qxh6 Bxa2 29. Rc1 c5 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. Bh3 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. h4 c4 35. h5 Qf7 36. hxg6 Qxg6 37. Qe5+ Qf6 38. Qb5 Qe7 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. Qxc4 Qd6 41. f4 Kg6 42. Kg2 a5 43. Kh3 Qb6 44. Kg4 Kf6 45. e5+ Ke7 46. Qd3 Qc5 47. Qa6 Qd5 48. Kg5 Qd8 49. Qa7+ Qd7 50. Qxa5 Kf7 51. Qb6 Qe7+ 52. Kh5 Kg7 53. Kg4 Qf7 54. Qb1 Qc7 55. Qd3 Kh6 56. Qd6 Qc4 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Kg5 Qb3 59. g4 Qb6 60. Kf6 Qc7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Churkin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Bd6 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. f5 Nc5 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. a5 Rc8 20. Qh5 Bb5 21. fxe6 Bxc4 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. exf7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Menovshchikov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 c6 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 Qc7 12. h3 a6 13. a4 c5 14. Nde2 Bxh3 15. Bxh3 Nf3+ 16. Kg2 Nxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nxe4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rb1 f5 20. Kg1 Re8 21. Bg2 Rb8 22. Qd1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. f3 Ng5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Nc7 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Rb8 30. Ne6 Qxg3 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Qc4+ Kf8 33. Qxd4 Qe5 34. Qd3 Kf7 35. b4 Qb5 36. Qxb5 Rxb5 37. f4 d5 38. Ke2 h6 39. Ke3 g5 40. Kd4 Ke6 41. Bf1 Rb8 42. b5 Kd6 43. Rc1 gxf4 44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. Rxh6 Kc7 46. Rf6 Re8 47. Rxf5 Re1 48. Rxf4 Rd1+ 49. Bd3 Kd6 50. Rf5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Babakhin, Anton"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. 0-0 a6 9. Nd4 Bb4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 d5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 e5 14. Rb1 Be6 15. b3 0-0 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Kh1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 Bd5 21. Qe2 e4 22. Bc4 Rae8 23. Bxd5+ cxd5 24. Qxa6 Qe7 25. Qb5 Qe5 26. g3 f4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Qe6 29. Kg1 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Qc2 Nbc6 10. a3 Bf5 11. e4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qc3+ Qf6 15. Qxf6+ Kxf6 16. f4 Nd4 17. Rc1 Kg7 18. Bg2 Rae8 19. f3 f5 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. Kf2 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rxf4+ 23. Ke3 Rxf1 24. Bxf1 Nc6 25. b4 Ne5 26. Be2 Bg4 27. c5 d5 28. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 29. Kf4 Nf2 30. Kf3 Nxe4 31. Nb3 Ng5+ 32. Kf2 Rf8+ 33. Kg2 Rf3 34. Nd4 Rxa3 35. h4 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Ne4+ 37. Kf4 c6 38. Ke5 Rb2 39. b5 cxb5 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Nd8+ Ke7 42. Nxb7 Kd7 43. Kxd5 Kc7 44. Nd6 Nf6+ 45. Ke6 Nd7 46. Ne4 Kc6 47. Kf7 Rb4 48. Ng5 Rxh4 49. Ne6 Rc4 50. Nd8+ Kxc5 51. Ne6+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kiseleva, Arina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Nb3 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. h3 Kg7 22. Rfc1 Qe5 23. Rab1 a6 24. Rc2 Qd6 25. Be2 Rb8 26. Rd2 Qc7 27. Rc2 Qd6 28. Rd2 Qc7 29. Rc2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Majkov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. a3 a6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Bc3 Be7 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Qe7 21. Rad1 Bd7 22. b4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. c5 a5 25. Rd6 Qb7 26. Qe4 Rfc8 27. Rfd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Ne5 axb4 30. axb4 Bf6 31. Qxc6 Qa7 32. Nxf7+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Nd6 Qa2 35. g3 Rf8 36. Re1 Be5 37. Re2 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Ne4 Bf6 41. Nxf6+ Rxf6 42. Qe4+ Rg6 43. h4 Kh6 44. g4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Re1 f5 11. Rb1 g6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nhf6 14. a5 Ne4 15. Na4 g5 16. h3 Qg7 17. Nh2 Kh8 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nc5 Nf6 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 g4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Nd3 Bd7 24. Nfe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rg8 26. Qf3 Raf8 27. Kf2 Be8 28. Rh1 Rf6 29. Rh3 Rh6 30. Rbh1 Rxh3 31. Rxh3 Qg5 32. Rg3 Qe7 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. c5 Bg6 35. Qg3 Kg7 36. Nc4 Kh6 37. Qf4+ Kg7 38. g3 h5 39. Qd6 Qg5 40. Qc7+ Kh6 41. Qf4 Qxf4+ 42. exf4 Be8 43. Nd6 Bd7 44. Nxb7 Be8 45. Nd8 Bd7 46. Nf7+ Kg7 47. Ne5 Be8 48. b5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Belov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Re8 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bg3 Bb4 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. c4 Nf6 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Be5 Rg4 18. Ne1 Rg6 19. f3 h5 20. Nd3 Qd8 21. Nf4 Rh6 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. Qd2 Nb6 24. Rfc1 h4 25. e4 f6 26. Bf4 g5 27. Be3 Rg6 28. a4 Be6 29. Qd3 Nd7 30. Qd2 h3 31. g3 Qe7 32. a5 Rd8 33. Qb2 f5 34. Qxb7 fxe4 35. fxe4 Bd5 36. Nc3 Bxe4 37. Re1 Rb8 38. Qxa7 Rb2 39. Ra2 Rxa2 40. Nxa2 Qf7 41. Qa6 Qxa2 42. Qc8+ Nf8 43. Bf2 Rf6 44. Rf1 Bg2 45. Qd8 Qf7 46. Re1 Rxf2 47. Qxg5+ Ng6 48. Qc1 Ra2 49. Qe3 Bd5 50. Re2 Rxa5 51. Qc3 Rb5 52. Qc2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Belenkaya, Dina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 a6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. h3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Kh1 Rd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 g6 19. g4 c5 20. b3 Rc8 21. Rdf1 Ne8 22. c4 Rcd8 23. R4f3 Qh4 24. Kg1 h5 25. Re3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. Nf3 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Nc7 29. Rf2 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxf2 32. Nh2 Qe1+ 33. Nf1 Be2 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxc7 Qxf1+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Bf1+ 38. Kg4 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Gavrilov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be6 6. e3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Ne4 N7f6 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. Nf3 b6 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. e4 Nc7 16. Qe2 a5 17. Be3 a4 18. Nbd2 Ng4 19. Nc4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 b5 21. Nce5 Ne6 22. Kh1 Qd6 23. Rad1 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 c5 25. Bxb5 cxd4 26. Nd7 Rfd8 27. e5 Qd5 28. Nb6 Qxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rab8 31. Nxa4 Rxb5 32. exd4 Ra8 33. Nc3 Rxb2+ 34. Rf2 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rxa3 37. Ne4 Nd5 38. Rd2 Kg7 39. Nc5 g5 40. Rb2 g4 41. Rb7 Rf3+ 42. Ke2 Rh3 43. e6 Rxh2+ 44. Kd3 g3 45. Rb1 g2 46. Rg1 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tkachev, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. 0-0 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Qb3 e4 13. Nd2 0-0 14. f3 exf3 15. Rxf3 Nf6 16. e4 b5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Rg3 Bh5 19. Qc2 Bg6 20. e5 Bxd3 21. exf6 Bxc2 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. fxe7 Kxg7 24. exf8Q+ Rxf8 25. Re1 Kf6 26. Nf3 Bf5 27. Ne5 Be6 28. Nxc6 a6 29. Nb4 a5 30. Nd3 Bxa2 31. Ra1 Bc4 32. Ne5 Ra8 33. Nd7+ Kf5 34. Nb6 Ra6 35. Nd7 a4 36. Nc5 Ra7 37. Ra3 Kf4 38. Kf2 Re7 39. g3+ Kg4 40. h3+ Kxh3 41. Kf3 Re1 42. Nxa4 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Kxg3 44. Nb2 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Re2+ 46. Kc1 f5 47. Nxc4 bxc4 48. Ra5 f4 49. Rg5+ Kh4 50. Rg1 f3 51. Rh1+ Kg3 52. Rxh7 f2 53. Rg7+ Kf3 54. Rf7+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Yudin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rec8 18. Nb3 b6 19. Qd2 a4 20. Nc1 c5 21. Ne2 c4 22. Bc2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Bd6 24. Qh5 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qd6 26. Rfd1 Re8 27. Qf3 b5 28. e4 Rad8 29. e5 Qb6 30. Qc3 f6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Re1 Rf8 33. f4 Ne7 34. Rbd1 Nc6 35. Bb1 Rfe8 36. Re3 g6 37. Qd2 Qxd4 38. Qxd4 Nxd4 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Kf1 Re2 41. Rxd4 Rxb2 42. Rd1 d4 43. Be4 d3 44. Bxd3 cxd3 45. Rxd3 b4 46. axb4 Rxb4 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chernenko, Ilya"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. b3 Qc7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Rd8 11. Bb2 e6 12. f5 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5+ Kf8 15. Nf3 e5 16. 0-0-0 Re8 17. d3 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Ng5 Be7 20. Ne4 f6 21. a4 Kf7 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Nd5 Nb8 24. c4 Nc6 25. Bc3 Bd6 26. Kb2 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Bxe7 28. Kc2 g6 29. Rhf1 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rcg8 31. Rf2 Ke6 32. Rdf1 h5 33. Be1 Rg6 34. Re2 Rhg8 35. g3 h4 36. gxh4 Rg2 37. Kd2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 f5 39. Kf3 Rh8 40. Rg1 Bxh4 41. Bxh4 Rxh4 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rd6 b6 44. Rd7+ Ke6 45. Rxa7 Rh3+ 46. Kg2 Rxd3 47. Rb7 e4 48. Rxb6+ Ke5 49. a5 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 Ra2 51. Rb5 Kd4 52. b4 f4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. a4 0-0 11. e5 b6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Be4 Bb7 14. Ba3 cxd4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Qh6 Qf8 21. Qh4 h6 22. Rab1 Nd5 23. Nd2 Rac8 24. Rb3 Rc3 25. Rfb1 Rdc8 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Ne4 Rc4 28. h3 Kg7 29. Nd6 Rc6 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Qe4 Kh7 32. Qf3 f5 33. Rb3 Qh4 34. Rd3 Qf4+ 35. Qxf4 Nxf4 36. Rd2 Nd5 37. Nb7 Rc4 38. a5 b5 39. Nc5 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne5 g6 9. Be2 Ng7 10. 0-0 f6 11. Nf3 0-0 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Rd8 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Rad1 Nc7 16. Rfe1 Nge8 17. Bf1 Kg7 18. h4 Nd6 19. Ng3 Qf7 20. Ne4 Nce8 21. c5 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Nc7 23. Rde1 Nd5 24. Bc4 b6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. R4e3 Qa7 28. a3 Bd7 29. Qb4 Kf7 30. h5 Rac8 31. h6 Rc6 32. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Ermolov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 c5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nc5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qd8 14. b4 Nd7 15. Bc3 Ne5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Bb2 e5 22. fxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe5 24. e4 Kg7 25. g5 Ng8 26. Nf3 f6 27. gxf6+ Bxf6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Bf5 30. Nc4 Qd8 31. d6 Bxb2 32. Qxb2+ Nf6 33. Qd4 Qc8 34. Rc3 Rd8 35. Nb6 Rxd6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Nxc8 b5 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Ne7 Kg5 40. Nxf5 Rxf5 41. Rc5 Kf4 42. Rxf5+ gxf5 43. Bb7 Ke3 44. Bxa6 Kd4 45. Bxb5 Kc3 46. a3 Kb3 47. Be2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efremova, Daria"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. Re1 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. f3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Qd2 0-0 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Ba7 Qa8 20. Na5 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Bd4 Rfc8 23. Qg3 Bf8 24. f4 d5 25. exd5 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bc5 27. Qd3 Qa7 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Kh1 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qa8 31. d6 Bxg2+ 32. Kg1 Bc6 33. Rd3 Rd7 34. Rg3 g6 35. Qc5 Qa7 36. b4 Ba8 37. Qxa7 Rxa7 38. a4 Bc6 39. Rd3 Rd7 40. axb5 axb5 41. Kf2 f6 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kd4 Rxd6+ 44. Kc5 Rxd3 45. cxd3 Ba8 46. Nxb5 g5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Nc7 Bg2 49. Kd6 Kf6 50. Nxe6 h5 51. Nc5 Ba8 52. b5 h4 53. b6 g4 54. Ne4+ Kf5 55. Kc7 Kf4 56. Nf6 Kf3 57. d4 g3 58. hxg3 h3 59. d5 h2 60. b7 Bxb7 61. Kxb7 h1Q 62. d6 Qh6 63. d7 Qxf6 64. Kc8 Qc6+ 65. Kd8 Kxg3 66. Ke7 Qc7 67. Ke8 Qe5+ 68. Kf8 Qd6+ 69. Ke8 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Bagrunov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Nh4 Be4 4. f3 Bg6 5. Nxg6 hxg6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. g4 e6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Qd2 a6 10. 0-0-0 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be3 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bc7 15. Bg5 Be5 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nbd7 18. e3 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Be2 Ne4 21. Bd3 Nf2 22. f5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Ne5 24. Be2 Nxd1 25. Bxd1 Nc4 26. fxe6 Qe5 27. exf7+ Kf8 28. Bg4 Rxh2 29. Rxh2 Qxh2 30. Bf4 Qd2+ 31. Kb1 Qg2 32. Bxc8 Nd2+ 33. Kb2 Nxb3 34. Kxb3 d4 35. Be6 Qc6 36. Bc4 b5 37. Bd3 Qc3+ 38. Ka2 Kxf7 39. Be5 g5 40. Bxd4 Qd2 41. Kb3 Qd1 42. a4 Qb1+ 43. Ka3 Qc1+ 44. Kb3 Qb1+ 45. Ka3 bxa4 46. e4 g4 47. e5 g3 48. Bc4+ Ke8 49. Bd3 g2 50. b5 a5 51. Bc4 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. 0-0 c5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nb5 Na6 12. a3 0-0 13. b4 Be7 14. Bf4 Bc6 15. Nfd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd5 17. Rac1 Nxf4+ 18. gxf4 Bf6 19. Nc6 g6 20. e4 Rfc8 21. e5 Bh4 22. Kh3 Bd8 23. Nbxa7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Rcc8 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Ne8 Rcc8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Nd6 h6 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Nc8 b5 32. Na7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg June op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Mukha, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Ndb5 Ne4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxe4 Qxb2 12. Qxd5+ Bd7 13. Rd1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Ganichev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Be2 Be7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nb3 f5 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 0-0 19. a4 b4 20. cxb4 Nxb4 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. Qc1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bb7 24. a5 Qa7 25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Qc4 Bd5 27. Qxb4 Rdb8 28. Qd6 Rxb3 29. Bf3 Qb8 30. Qd7 Qe8 31. Qd6 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rd8 33. Qe5 Rd5 34. Qe2 Rbd3 35. Ra2 Qd7 36. Rb2 h6 37. Rg1 Rd1 38. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kg2 Kh7 40. Qxa6 Qd4 41. Qb6 Rg1+ 42. Kh3 Qd1 43. Rf2 Qa4 44. Rg2 Rxg2 45. Kxg2 Qa2+ 46. Kg3 g5 47. a6 gxf4+ 48. Kh3 Qe2 49. Qc6 Qf1+ 50. Kh4 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 Qe7 6. Nd2 Nfd7 7. c3 g6 8. Bd3 f6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Kf7 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. 0-0 Rd8 16. Nf3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 a6 19. Be2 Ke7 20. h4 e5 21. h5 Be6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. b3 a5 24. Nd2 Rd8 25. Kf1 f5 26. Nf3 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Ne4 28. Nxe5 Nxc3 29. Bf3 b6 30. Nxg6+ Kd6 31. Nf4 Bf7 32. Ne2 Nxa2 33. Nd4 Ke5 34. Nc6+ Kf6 35. Nd4 Nc1 36. Bd1 Ke5 37. Nf3+ Kd6 38. Nd4 Kc5 39. Nxf5 Bxb3 40. Ke1 Nd3+ 41. Kd2 Bxd1 42. Kxd3 b5 43. Ne3 Bh5 44. Kc3 b4+ 45. Kb2 Bg6 46. f4 a4 47. f5 a3+ 48. Ka1 Bh7 49. Nc2 b3 50. Nxa3 Bxf5 51. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bb2 e4 11. Nd4 c6 12. Qc2 e3 13. f3 a6 14. Qc1 Nc5 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Nc2 a5 17. Kf1 Bf5 18. Nd4 a4 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Nxa4 Nxa4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. Qc2 Qb4 23. a3 Qxc4 24. Qxf5 Qe6 25. Qd3 Ra5 26. f4 Rh5 27. Kg1 Rb5 28. Be5 Ng4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Bf3 Nf2 31. Qd4+ Qf6 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rdb1 Rxb1+ 34. Rxb1 Re7 35. Kg2 Rd7 36. Rb3 Re7 37. a4 Kf5 38. h3 f6 39. a5 Kg6 40. a6 bxa6 41. Bxc6 Nd1 42. Kf3 Rc7 43. Be8+ Kg7 44. Rd3 Nc3 45. Rd7+ Rxd7 46. Bxd7 Nd1 47. Ba4 Nc3 48. Bc2 a5 49. Kxe3 h5 50. Kd3 Nd5 51. Kd4 Ne7 52. Kc5 h4 53. g4 Kf8 54. Kd6 Nc8+ 55. Ke6 Kg7 56. e4 Nb6 57. e5 fxe5 58. Kxe5 a4 59. g5 Nc4+ 60. Ke6 a3 61. Bb3 Nd2 62. Ba2 Ne4 63. Kf5 Nf2 64. Bb3 Nxh3 65. Kg4 Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zverkov, Valentin"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 a6 9. Qc2 c5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. 0-0-0 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qb3 0-0 17. Nxd5 Ng4 18. f3 Bxd4 19. fxg4 Be5 20. Nf4 Qc7 21. h3 Bc6 22. g3 Qb7 23. Bf5 Rce8 24. g5 g6 25. Bc2 Bf3 26. Rd2 Re7 27. h4 Rfe8 28. Rf1 Bxf4 29. exf4 Re3 30. Rd3 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Bd1 Be4 33. Kc1 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qc7+ 35. Kd2 Re8 36. Qc2 Qa5+ 37. Qc3 b4 38. Qb3 Qc5 39. Be2 Rd8+ 40. Bd3 Qf2+ 41. Kc1 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Nugaev, Nail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. b4 0-0 11. Bb2 Rac8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Re1 a6 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. f4 Rfe8 18. N4f3 Qa8 19. h3 Nd7 20. Qe3 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. e5 Bf8 23. Bd4 a5 24. Qb3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rb1 h6 27. Ne1 Ne7 28. g4 Nc6 29. Qxd5 Nxd4 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Bxb7 Rc3 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Ne4 Rxa3 34. Rd1 Nc5 35. Rxd4 Nxb7 36. Rc4 Ra1 37. Kf2 a4 38. Rc8 a3 39. Ra8 Rd1 40. Nc2 Rd3 41. f5 Rd8 42. Ra7 Nc5 43. Nd6 Bxd6 44. exd6 Rxd6 45. Ra8+ Kh7 46. Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vunder, Andrei"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. h3 g6 13. Qd2 h6 14. b3 Bd7 15. a4 a5 16. f3 Qd6 17. Nge2 h5 18. g5 Nh7 19. h4 0-0 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Bg4 22. e5 Qb4 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Kd2 Bf3 26. Rhf1 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rfe8 28. Bd3 Nf8 29. Bc4 Ne6 30. Rf6 Rad8 31. Raf1 Rd7 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Rf6 Kg7 35. Rxe6 c5 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. exd6 cxd4 38. Nxd4 Kf7 39. Kc3 Ke8 40. Ne6 Nc6 41. Kd3 Kf7 42. Nd4 Nb4+ 43. Ke4 Na6 44. Kd5 Nb8 45. Nf3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Qc2 g6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bg7 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Qf4 Na6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Bc3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 0-0 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 Be6 17. h3 Rad8 18. Kg2 Qb6 19. b3 Nb4 20. Qe5+ Kg8 21. Qc3 a5 22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Be2 Qc5 25. a3 Nc6 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Bc8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 f5 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. h4 e5 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. Nd2 Ke7 34. Bf3 Bc2 35. Bd5 Kd6 36. Ne4+ Kc7 37. Nd2 Ne7 38. e4 Nc6 39. Bf7 Nd4 40. b4 a4 41. Bxg6 b5 42. Be8 Nb3 43. Nf3 bxc4 44. Bxa4 Bxe4 45. Nxe5 Nd2 46. Kf4 c3 47. Ke3 Bh7 48. Kd4 Nb1 49. Nd3 Nxa3 50. Kxc3 Nb1+ 51. Kd4 Nd2 52. Ne5 Nf1 53. Kc5 Ng3 54. Bc6 Be4 55. b5 Bxc6 56. bxc6 Nf5 57. h5 Ng3 58. Nf7 Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Klobukov, Alexey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. c4 c6 8. Rb1 Bd6 9. b4 0-0 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nh4 g6 12. e4 d4 13. Bh3 c5 14. b5 Nh5 15. Qd1 Ng7 16. Ndf3 f5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Nd2 f4 19. Bh6 Nf6 20. a4 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Kg2 fxg3 23. hxg3 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Rxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Ne3+ 26. Kh2 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Kxg7 28. Rdf1 Qd7 29. Ndf3 h6 30. Kg2 Qe6 31. Ra2 a6 32. Rfa1 Be7 33. bxa6 Rxa6 34. a5 Bxh4 35. Nxh4 h5 36. axb6 Rxa2+ 37. Rxa2 Qxb6 38. Rf2 Qb1 39. Rf3 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 g5 41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. g4 Qe2 43. Rg3 h4 44. Nxh4 gxh4 45. Kxh4 Kg6 46. Rh3 Qe1+ 47. Rg3 Qf2 48. g5 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin CC-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Kudriavtsev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. Nh4 e6 5. Nxf5 exf5 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. 0-0 Ngf6 9. c4 Rc8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 g6 12. Nc4 Bb8 13. Bh6 Qf6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxc8+ Ke7 17. Qc1 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxd5 Ne4 21. Be3 b6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. f3 Nc5 24. Bg5+ f6 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Rxd6+ Rxd6 27. Rxd6+ Ke7 28. Rd2 h6 29. Kf2 g5 30. Ke3 a6 31. Kd4 Ke6 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Nd7 34. e5 Nc5 35. b4 Nd7 36. g4 Nf8 37. Ke4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Sergey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Qc1 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. h3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matrosov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 0-0 7. Qe2 a5 8. 0-0 Ba6 9. Bd2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc8 11. Be1 c5 12. Bh4 e6 13. Nbd2 Qb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bg7 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Rad1 b5 20. Rf2 Na6 21. Rfd2 Rad8 22. Qe2 b4 23. c4 Qb6 24. Qf2 e5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nf3 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Bg7 29. b3 f5 30. Neg5 Nc5 31. Rd5 Rc8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nd6 Rc6 34. Nb5 a4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Nfd4 Ra6 37. Kf3 Be5 38. Rd5 Bxd4 39. Nxd4 Ne4 40. Rb5 Nc3 41. Rxb4 a3 42. Nc2 Nxa2 43. Ra4 Rxa4 44. bxa4 Nc3 45. a5 Na4 46. Nxa3 Ke6 47. Nb5 Nc5 48. Kf4 h6 49. h4 Nd3+ 50. Ke3 Nb4 51. Kd2 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Kc3 Na6 54. Kd4 f4 55. Ke4 Nc5+ 56. Kf3 Kf5 57. Nc7 g4+ 58. Ke2 Ke4 59. a6 Nxa6 60. Nxa6 Kd4 61. c5 Kd5 62. Kf2 Kc6 63. Nb4+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. f3 0-0 6. e4 d6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 c5 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Be3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. 0-0 Rad8 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. Bg5 Nd4 20. Qe3 Rde8 21. Bf4 Qc6 22. Be5 Ng4 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 26. Nh5 Ke7 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Be4 Qc7 30. Bxb7 Kd8 31. Be4 Rh8 32. Qg3 e5 33. Bd5 Rh5 34. Re4 Qe7 35. f4 Rh4 36. Rxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhukov, Klim"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Qg3 Nd7 12. Bb5 f6 13. 0-0-0 Qb8 14. Qg4 exd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Qe6+ Be7 17. Bxd7+ Kf8 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Bxc8 Bc5 20. Qxe5 fxe5 21. Rf1+ Ke8 22. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Andreev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. c4 Bxc5 5. Nc3 b6 6. a3 Bb7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. e3 d6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Qb1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Qa2 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. Nd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 h5 19. h3 h4 20. Bh2 Qd7 21. Qb1 Nh7 22. f4 f5 23. Bd3 Bd8 24. Rd1 Ne7 25. b3 Rf6 26. f3 Nc6 27. Ne2 Qb7 28. Kf2 a6 29. e4 Ne7 30. Kf1 Nf8 31. Bg1 Nd7 32. Bf2 Rh6 33. Bc2 e5 34. Rd2 exf4 35. Nxf4 b5 36. Qd1 Qc6 37. exf5 bxc4 38. Be4 Qb5 39. bxc4 Qxc4+ 40. Kg2 Nf6 41. Rc2 Qf7 42. Rxc8 Nxc8 43. Bc2 Kh7 44. Ne6 Qe7 45. Rb1 Qe8 46. Rb8 Be7 47. Ng5+ Kh8 48. Ba4 Nd7 49. Qc2 Bxg5 50. Rxc8 Bd8 51. Qc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Churkin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 exd5 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qb5+ Ke7 15. Rb1 Ke6 16. 0-0 Bd6 17. Bd2 Rhc8 18. Bb4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxb7 Qc7 21. Qa6+ Qc6 22. Qa5 a6 23. Ba3 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Re1 Qb6 26. Qa4 Qb5 27. Qf4 Rb6 28. Qc7 Rb7 29. Qd6+ Kf5 30. Qg3 g5 31. h4 h6 32. Qf3+ Kg6 33. Bf8 Qa4 34. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. Qc2 b6 14. Ne1 Bb7 15. Nd3 Rfd8 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Re8 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne2 Qa7 24. Bb2 Ne6 25. Bc3 Rd8 26. Qe1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Nd4 28. Nc1 Qb6 29. Kg2 Bh6 30. Nd3 Qxb3 31. Qxb3 Nxb3 32. Nxe5 Bg7 33. f4 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. g4 g5 38. h3 Ke7 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Kc2 Nd4+ 41. Kb2 Nf3 42. Bxa5 Nxe5 43. Kc3 Kd6 44. Bd8 h6 45. a5 Kd7 46. Bb6 Kc8 47. Bxc5 Nd7 48. Bd6 Kb7 49. Kb4 Ka6 50. e5 Kb7 51. Be7 Nxe5 52. Kc5 Ka6 53. Bd6 f6 54. Bc7 Kb7 55. Bd8 Ka6 56. Kd4 Nf3+ 57. Ke4 Ng1 58. Kf5 Nxh3 59. Bb6 Nf4 60. Kxf6 Nd3 61. Kf5 c5 62. Bc7 Nb2 63. Bb6 Nxc4 64. Bxc5 Kxa5 65. Bd4 Kb5 66. Kg6 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachev, Taras"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. d5 e5 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bd3 0-0 14. Qc2 h6 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bf5 Rae8 18. h3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Re7 20. Nh4 e4 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Nf3 Qe2 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Re1 Rxf2 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Kg1 Rxb2 30. Rd8 Bg3 31. Kf1 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rxa2 33. Kf1 Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Rc2 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. Rd7 Rf2+ 37. Kg1 Rb2 38. Kf1 a5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Mai op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Belenkaya, Dina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bc2 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. a3 Be7 19. h3 Nh5 20. Kf2 Bc5 21. Rhe1 0-0 22. e5 Qb6 23. b4 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 g5 25. f5 Rae8 26. Bf3 g6 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxg6 Nhf6 30. Kg2 e5 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Nf6 33. Bc2 Kg7 34. Re2 Re7 35. Rce1 Rfe8 36. Bf5 e4 37. Re3 Re5 38. g4 c5 39. Kg3 c4 40. h4 gxh4+ 41. Kxh4 R8e7 42. Kg5 b5 43. Rh1 Rc7 44. Rhh3 Ree7 45. Reg3 Re8 46. Re3 Rce7 47. Rh1 Rd8 48. Reh3 Ree8 49. Rh7+ Nxh7+ 50. Rxh7+ Kg8 51. Kh6 Re5 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rh7 Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rh7 Kg8 56. Rg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 b5 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. a3 h6 13. Qe2 e5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Be3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Be7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nf6 19. Rad1 Ra7 20. Rd3 0-0 21. Re3 Re8 22. g4 Kf8 23. h4 Qb6 24. g5 Ng8 25. Kh1 hxg5 26. hxg5 Raa8 27. c3 Qc5 28. Qh5 a5 29. Rf1 Qc7 30. Bh3 Qc5 31. Be6 Nh6 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Guzenko, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Rc1 b6 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Red8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. b4 Rac8 21. c5 bxc5 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Nb8 24. Qe2 cxb4 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bb6 Re8 29. Bc5 Qb7 30. axb4 Nc6 31. Ra1 Nd4 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. f3 h6 34. Qa6 Qd7 35. Qc4 Rc8 36. Kh1 Kh7 37. Qd3 Kg8 38. f4 Qc7 39. fxe5 Nc6 40. Bd6 Qb7 41. Qa6 Qxa6 42. Rxa6 Nd4 43. Ra1 Rc2 44. Rd1 Ne2 45. Rb1 Nc3 46. Rb3 Nb5 47. Bc5 Rc4 48. Re3 Nc3 49. Bd6 f6 50. exf6 Nxe4 51. Be7 gxf6 52. Rb3 Kf7 53. Bd8 Ke8 54. Ba5 Nd2 55. Rd3 Rc1+ 56. Kh2 Nf1+ 57. Kg1 Ne3+ 58. Kf2 Nd5 59. Rb3 Rc2+ 60. Kf3 Ra2 61. g4 Ra1 62. Ke4 Ke7 63. Kd4 Kd6 64. Kc4 e5 65. Rd3 Rc1+ 66. Kb3 e4 67. Rd2 Rc3+ 68. Ka4 Rxh3 69. b5 e3 70. Rc2 Rg3 71. Rc4 e2 72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rc1 Rxg4+ 74. Kb3 f5 75. b6 f4 76. Kc4 f3+ 77. Kd3 Rg8 78. Rh1 Re8 79. Be1 Re6 80. b7 Kc7 81. Kd4 Ne7 82. Bg3+ Kxb7 83. Kd3 Nf5 84. Bf2 Kc6 85. Ra1 Kd6 86. Ra5 Re5 87. Ra1 Ke6 88. Ra6+ Kf7 89. Be1 Re3+ 90. Kd2 Rb3 91. Kc2 Nd4+ 92. Kd2 Rb1 93. Rxh6 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zubritskiy, Artyom"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nd2 Nhf6 10. f4 0-0 11. Bd3 c5 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Rd8 15. Qf3 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Be4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Ne3 Nd7 20. c4 Nf6 21. c5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bd7 23. d5 Re8 24. c6 bxc6 25. dxc6 Bc8 26. Nd5 Qa5 27. Qe5 Kh8 28. Nc7 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Ba6 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31. Rb1 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. c7 Qd7 34. Qd6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Malakhov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. Qc2 e6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 0-0 12. 0-0 b5 13. b3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Bf6 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Ne1 Nxc4 17. Bxe4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Rc4 cxd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. exd4 Rc3 26. Qb1 Qxa3 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qb7 Rc2 29. Qe4 Rc1 30. h4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qa5 32. g4 Qd5 33. Qf4 a5 34. g5 e5 35. dxe5 Be7 36. Qa4 Bb4 37. Qc2 Qd7 38. Qc4 Qe6 39. Qc2 Qf5 40. Qb3 Bc5 41. Ke1 Qf4 42. Qc2 Qb4+ 43. Kf1 a4 44. h5 a3 45. e6 Qa5 46. hxg6+ fxg6 47. Ne5 a2 48. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Krylov, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. 0-0 h6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. h3 Rd8 17. Bf4 0-0 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bg3 Kh8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Bh4 f6 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Rf1 Bd4 25. Kh1 Rd7 26. Bc4 Rdf7 27. f3 Rd7 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Qe2 Rdc7 30. b3 Ba6 31. Bxa6 Rxc1 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. f4 Rc3 34. Bh2 Re3 35. Qc4 Rc3 36. Qe2 Qc5 37. fxe5 Rc1 38. Bf4 Qc2 39. Qb5 Rxf1+ 40. Qxf1 Qxa2 41. Bxh6 Qa1 42. Qxa1 Bxa1 43. Bc1 Bxe5 44. Kg1 a4 45. bxa4 b3 46. a5 b2 47. Bxb2 Bxb2 48. Kf2 Bd4+ 49. Ke2 Kh7 50. Kd3 Ba7 51. e5 Kg6 52. Ke4 Kg5 53. a6 Kh4 54. Kf4 g5+ 55. Kf3 Bb6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barhudarian, Rafael"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Qf3 Qc8 5. Nc5 c6 6. Nxb7 Bxc2 7. Na5 Qe6+ 8. Qe3 Qd5 9. Qc3 Be4 10. Bc4 Qf5 11. f3 Bd5 12. Ne2 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Nf6 14. 0-0 e6 15. b4 Be7 16. Bb2 Qd5 17. a4 0-0 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Ng3 Qb7 20. Ne4 Qxb4 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qc2 Nd7 23. Ba3 Qxa3 24. Rxa3 Bxa3 25. Qxc6 Ne5 26. Qe4 Ng6 27. h4 f5 28. Qd3 Bb2 29. h5 Nf4 30. Qc4 Nxh5 31. Qh4 Ng7 32. Nc4 Rab8 33. Kh1 e5 34. Qf6 Bd4 35. f4 Rbe8 36. Rf3 e4 37. Qxd4 exf3 38. gxf3 Re2 39. Ne3 Rc8 40. Kg1 Rc1+ 41. Nf1 Ree1 42. Qd8+ Ne8 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Kf8 45. Qd3 Ree1 46. Kg2 Rxf1 47. Qxf5 Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Rg6 49. Qe5 Rf6 50. Qe3 Rc7 51. Qe5 Rc2 52. Qe3 a6 53. Qd3 Ra2 54. Qd4 h5 55. Qc5+ Rd6 56. Qxh5 Raxd2+ 57. Ke1 Nf6 58. Qc5 R2d5 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. f5 Rd1+ 61. Kf2 R6d2+ 62. Kg3 Rg1+ 63. Kh3 Rf2 64. a5 Rxf3+ 65. Kh2 Rg5 66. Qc6 Rfxf5 67. Kh3 Rg6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pochinkov, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Qxe5 8. d3 c4 9. f4 Qa5 10. Bc2 cxd3 11. Bxd3 e6 12. Nd2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qf2 b6 19. 0-0 a5 20. Qd4 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rf2 Qxd4 23. cxd4 Kd7 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 26. Rc2+ Kd7 27. a4 Ra7 28. g4 Rb7 29. Kf2 b5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Ke2 Rb3 32. f5 Rh3 33. fxe6+ fxe6 34. Kd1 Rd3+ 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Kc6 37. Kc3 Kb5 38. Kb3 g5 39. Ka3 Kc4 40. Ka4 Kxd4 41. Kxa5 Ke3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Potyavin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 b6 12. h3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Bg3 Bc5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. b4 Qd1+ 22. Kh2 Be7 23. b5 Qd7 24. Qf3 Qd4 25. bxc6 Bc8 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Kf8 28. Bc2 Ke8 29. Ba4 Kd8 30. Kg1 Kc7 31. Kf1 Ba3 32. Ke2 Ba6 33. Kd3 Bc5 34. f3 Bc8 35. Bf4 Ba6 36. g4 Be7 37. Be3 Bd8 38. Bb5 Bc8 39. c5 Be7 40. Kc4 Bf8 41. a4 Be7 42. a5 bxa5 43. Bd2 a4 44. Ba5+ Kb8 45. c7+ Kb7 46. c6+ Ka8 47. Bxa4 Bg5 48. Kd4 Be7 49. f4 g6 50. Bb3 Ba3 51. h4 Be7 52. h5 Bf8 53. hxg6 fxg6 54. Bc2 h5 55. Bxg6 hxg4 56. Ke4 Bc5 57. Be8 Bb6 58. Bxb6 axb6 59. Bd7 Ba6 60. c8Q+ Bxc8 61. Bxc8 Kb8 62. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg March op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Efremova, Daria"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 Qxc6 6. d3 d6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. a4 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Ng3 0-0 12. a5 b5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. Qd3 a6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nb3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nd4 Nf6 22. Bf2 Qc4 23. h3 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Bf8 25. b3 Qc7 26. Qd2 g6 27. f5 e5 28. Qg5 Bg7 29. Nf3 h6 30. Qd2 Qxc2 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Qxd6 Qxb3 33. Qb6 Qf7 34. Rd6 Kh7 35. Nd2 Qe7 36. Bc5 Qc7 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Bb6 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. Be3 Rc8 41. Rf1 Kg8 42. Nf3 Rc3 43. Rd1 Bc6 44. Bf2 Bf8 45. Kh2 Kf7 46. Nxe5+ Nxe5 47. Bd4 Rd3 48. Rf1+ Nf3+ 49. Rxf3+ Rxf3 50. gxf3 Bb4 51. Bb6 Bd6 52. Be3 b4 53. f4 b3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Solovjova, Valentina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Na5 16. Bg5 Ba3 17. Bc1 Bc5 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Nxh7 g6 20. Ng5 Nc4 21. Bf4 b5 22. Qg4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Bc6 24. Qg3 Bd5 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Nb2 27. Raa1 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Qc4 29. Qxc4 Bxc4 30. Bg5 Kd7 31. Red1+ Bd5 32. Bf6 Rhg8 33. Rxa6 Rxc3 34. Rxd5+ exd5 35. e6+ fxe6 36. Bxc3 Rc8 37. Be1 d4 38. Ra3 Kd6 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. Rd3 Kd5 41. Bd2 e5 42. f3 Kc4 43. Ke2 Ra2 44. h4 Ra8 45. g4 Re8 46. Ra3 e4 47. fxe4 Rxe4+ 48. Kf3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Molchanova, Tatjana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nbd2 f5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Bd7 9. c4 Be8 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Rae1 f4 16. gxf4 Rxf4 17. e3 Rh4 18. f4 Bg6 19. Qc1 Rh6 20. Bd4 Qh4 21. Nf3 Qh5 22. cxd5 Be4 23. Rf2 Bxd4 24. exd4 exd5 25. h3 Qf5 26. Kh2 Nf8 27. Ng1 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Ne6 29. Qe3 Rf8 30. Ne2 c5 31. Rd1 cxd4 32. Qf3 Kh8 33. Rd3 Rh4 34. Kf1 Nxf4 35. Nxd4 Qxe5 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Qg3 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lupik, Marina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. h3 Be6 16. Bf1 Rad8 17. Qc1 h6 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bc4 Qh4 22. Rf1 Bb6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Be3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Minina, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e4 Nxc5 8. e5 Nfe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qd5 Nd6 11. 0-0-0 Nf5 12. g4 e6 13. Qd2 Nh4 14. Ne1 b6 15. Rg1 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bb7 18. Kb1 Bc6 19. Qe3 Nf3 20. Nxf3 Rxf3 21. Qe1 Qg5 22. Bg2 Re3 23. Qd2 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Bxe5 25. Bc1 Bf4 26. Qxd7 Re5 27. Bb2 Rf8 28. h4 Qf6 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Re2 Kh8 31. g5 Qf5 32. Qb5 Bg3 33. Qc4 e5 34. Qe4 Bf2 35. Qxe5+ Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Bxh4 37. Rd7 h5 38. Kb2 Bg3 39. Ree7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sudakova, Irina"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.01.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. Ne4 e6 11. Be2 Nd4 12. 0-0 Be7 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 0-0 15. f4 Rad8 16. Rad1 h6 17. f5 exf5 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bxh6 Rfe8 20. Qf2 Bf6 21. Qf4 Qd6 22. Qc1 Be5 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Re3 26. d4 Re7 27. Rf2 cxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Re7 31. Rd1 Bd5 32. b3 f4 33. Nf1 Re2 34. Rd2 Re1 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. g3 g5 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Rc2 Kg7 39. Nd2 Kf6 40. Nf3 Kf5 41. Rd2 f6 42. Ne1 Kg4 43. Ke2 a5 44. Nc2 Rh1 45. Kd3 f5 46. Na3 f3 47. Nc4 Kf4 48. Nxb6 Be4+ 49. Kc3 Rc1+ 50. Kb2 Rc2+ 51. Rxc2 Bxc2 52. Nd5+ Ke4 53. Nc3+ Kxd4 54. Kxc2 f2 55. Ne2+ Ke3 56. Ng3 f4 57. Nf1+ Ke2 58. Nd2 f1Q 59. Nxf1 Kxf1 60. h4 f3 61. h5 f2 62. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gnidenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 Nhf6 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Rab1 0-0 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Nc5 Bd5 19. Rb2 Ne8 20. Rfb1 Nd6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 f5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nb7 Nxb7 25. Rxb7 Qg5 26. g3 Ra2 27. R7b2 Ra3 28. Qc5 Raa8 29. Bc4 h5 30. Qxc6 Bxc4 31. Qxc4+ Kh8 32. h4 Qg6 33. Qe2 f4 34. exf4 Rxf4 35. Rb8+ Rf8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Rb5 Ra4 38. Qxh5+ Qxh5 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40. Rd5 Kf7 41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Gorjunov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. e3 Nh5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 c6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Rab1 b5 16. e4 b4 17. e5 Be7 18. Na4 Nb6 19. Nc5 a5 20. b3 Ra7 21. Ne1 Nd7 22. Ned3 Qb6 23. f4 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Qc7 25. f5 Bg5 26. Bg4 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Ba6 28. e6 f6 29. Rf3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Bxc5 31. Rh3 Qe5 32. Bh5 Rfa8 33. Qc2 Be7 34. Bf7+ Kh7 35. Bg6+ Kh8 36. Qxc6 Rd8 37. Rd1 Rc7 38. Qb6 d4 39. Qa6 Rdc8 40. Qf1 Rc3 41. Qa6 Rc1 42. Rhd3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Churkin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Bf8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Rd8 19. h4 Bd7 20. g4 Be8 21. h5 Nxh5 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. gxh5 Qh4 24. Qe2 Bf7 25. Kg2 Rg8 26. Rh1 Qf6 27. Rh3 Raf8 28. Rf3 Qe7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. hxg6+ Kh8 31. gxf7 Qxf7 32. Kf1 Bf8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Kiseleva, Arina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 d5 4. c4 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. e4 e5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Bc4 0-0 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. Bc1 Bc5 18. 0-0 Nf6 19. Bb2 Bg4 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. Rg3 Bh5 22. Bd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Be2 24. Bxe5 g6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Ng4+ f6 27. Bxf6+ Rxf6 28. Nxf6 Kg7 29. Qb2 Bxf1 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. f4 Ng7 12. Qf3 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. c3 Bd7 15. e4 c6 16. e5 Qd8 17. Qh3 Rf7 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Nf3 Qe3 20. Ng5 Qxh3 21. Nxh3 Raf8 22. g3 c5 23. Nf2 g5 24. Ng4 gxf4 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Nh5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Be2 Kh6 31. Bxh5 Kxh5 32. Rg1 Bc6 33. Rg5+ Kh4 34. Kg1 d4 35. cxd4 cxd4 36. Kf2 Bd5 37. a3 h6 38. Rg3 Be4 39. Ke2 h5 40. Rg5 Kh3 41. Rxh5+ Kg4 42. Rh6 Bf5 43. Rf6 Kxf4 44. Rf7 Kxe5 45. Rxb7 Kf4 46. Rxa7 e5 47. Ra4 Bg4+ 48. Kd2 Kf3 49. h4 Kf2 50. h5 e4 51. Rxd4 e3+ 52. Kd3 e2 53. Re4 Bxh5 54. Kd2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bocharov, Leonid"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd1 d6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 0-0 14. Rd3 Ne8 15. Qh5 b6 16. e5 d5 17. Re1 Ra7 18. h3 Qc5 19. Qh4 b5 20. a3 a5 21. Qd4 Rc7 22. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Kirpichenkov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bc8 6. e3 a6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Nhf3 Nbd7 12. e4 0-0 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Qb1 Re8 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Neg5 Nf8 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Rxc6 Bd7 22. Rc1 h6 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Bf4 Nh5 26. Be3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Be4 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Ra7 30. Ng4 Be7 31. Qc4 b5 32. Qb3 Qd6 33. axb5 Bxb5 34. Ne5 Bf6 35. f4 Rc7 36. h3 g5 37. Rd1 Be2 38. Rd2 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Bb5 40. g3 Rf1 41. Bg2 Re1 42. Qc3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukhlisov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Na4 f6 13. c4 Nb6 14. Bf4 fxe5 15. Bxe5 d6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. c5 d5 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Qc3 Rb8 21. b4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 e5 23. Rxe5 Rxb4 24. Qe3 Qb8 25. Re1 Rb1 26. Re8 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qb7 28. h4 Qf7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qe5 Qe6 31. Qc7 Qd7 32. Qb6 Ke7 33. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Babakhin, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. e4 f5 12. Qe2 f4 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. e5 c5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 cxd4 17. cxd4 b5 18. d5 Nc5 19. Qd4 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rac1 Ne6 22. Qxb5 Rab8 23. Qc6 Rb6 24. Qc4 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Rfe1 f3 27. g3 Rh6 28. e6 Qh5 29. h4 Re8 30. e7 Rb6 31. Qf4 Rf6 32. Qa4 h6 33. Rcd1 Qg6 34. Qxe8+ Qxe8 35. Rd8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Nezbailo, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. 0-0 e6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 Qe7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Rxc5 18. b4 Rcc8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nd4 Ne4 23. Bg4 f5 24. Be2 Kf7 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. g4 Kf6 27. a4 h6 28. f3 Re8 29. Kf2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. h4 Bd7 34. a5 Ke5 35. f4+ Kf6 36. Ne2 Bb5 37. Bxb5 Nxb5 38. axb6 axb6 39. Nd4 Nxd4 40. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekmenev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. f4 d6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Bf3 0-0 15. Rc1 Na5 16. b3 b5 17. Qd4 bxc4 18. b4 e5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. f5 Rfd8 21. Qf2 Rdc8 22. g4 d5 23. exd5 Nxb4 24. Nxb4 Bxb4 25. g5 Bxc3 26. gxf6 Bb4 27. Qg2 g6 28. Be4 Bc5 29. Rf3 Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Qb6 31. Rcc3 Qxf6 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. h4 Kh8 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rf3 Qb6+ 36. Kh2 Rg8 37. Qh3 Qh6 38. Rf7 Qd2+ 39. Bg2 Bxd5 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Qf5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Barinova, Valerija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Bd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8. 0-0-0 Bg4 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. b4 Qc8 11. Bb5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 e6 13. Rhe1 Qd8 14. Qc3 Rc8 15. Qd4 exd5 16. exd5+ Be7 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. f4 a6 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Bf5 Qxb4 21. Re4 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 Rc5 23. Ka1 Kd8 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. Rb1 Rb5 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27. Re1 Ra5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Efremova, Daria"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Re1 d6 9. Nf1 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Ne3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nh4 d5 14. Ng4 f5 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bf4 Rb6 18. Qc1 Nd4 19. Ra7 Re6 20. Rxe6 Nxe6 21. Nf3 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Be6 23. Ng5 Bg8 24. Nxg8 Nxg8 25. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Markevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e4 Bxc5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. c3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nfd4 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Qd6 14. Ned4 Rad8 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Qh5 f5 17. f4 Rde8 18. Qf3 Re4 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Rd3 Nce5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Nxd3 24. Bxb6 Re1 25. Be3 R8xe3 26. Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nh5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. f4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 c5 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. exd4 0-0 14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Ne5 Qb6 21. Nxd7 N6xd7 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. d5 Nc5 24. Bc4 exd5 25. Nxd5 Qh6 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Ng4 Qh5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. h3 Ng6 30. Kh2 Qg5 31. Qc7 h5 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Bystrov, Sergey V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. h4 c6 8. 0-0-0 Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxe4 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Bg7 12. Rd1 cxd5 13. Rxd5 0-0 14. Ng3 e6 15. Rd1 d6 16. Nh5 Rd8 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 0-0 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Re3 Bd7 15. Na4 Nd5 16. Rb3 Qa7 17. Bd2 c5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nb6 c4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rf3 d4 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Rf4 Bf6 24. Re1 Rfe8 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 h5 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Bc1 Rc8 30. Ke1 a5 31. h4 Rb8 32. Kd1 a4 33. c3 dxc3 34. bxc3 Rc8 35. Kc2 g6 36. Bf4 a3 37. Bc1 Kg7 38. Bxa3 Ra8 39. Bb2 Ra4 40. Kb1 Kf8 41. a3 Be7 42. Ka2 Bc5 43. Re2 f6 44. Bc1 Kf7 45. f3 Bd6 46. g4 Be5 47. Bb2 hxg4 48. fxg4 Ke6 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 f5 51. Bc1 Kd5 52. Rf2 Ke4 53. Re2+ Kd5 54. h6 Ra7 55. Rd2+ Ke4 56. Re2+ Kd5 57. Rf2 Ke4 58. Re2+ Kd5 59. Rd2+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Nbd7 4. Bb2 c6 5. Nbd2 Qc7 6. e4 e5 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Rd8 10. Qc1 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bc4 h6 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 dxc4 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Be5 Qa7 18. bxc4 Be6 19. Ne3 Nd7 20. Bd4 Rac8 21. Qb2 Bf8 22. a5 Rb8 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Qa2 Qa8 25. c3 Rdc8 26. Nd2 Be7 27. Reb1 Nd7 28. Nd5 Rxb1+ 29. Rxb1 Bg5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kazakevich, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nb3 d6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. f4 Be7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. c4 Nc5 17. Nd2 0-0 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Bc6 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. Rd3 Qc7 22. Bf2 a5 23. Qd1 Qb7 24. Qe2 b3 25. Be1 Qa6 26. Rdd1 Rfc8 27. Qd3 Be8 28. Be2 Rc6 29. Bc3 Bd8 30. Qg3 f6 31. Kh1 e5 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Qf3 Qc8 34. Rf1 Rc5 35. Bd2 Be7 36. Be3 Rc7 37. Rfc1 Bf7 38. Qf1 Bc5 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Qd1 Qc6 41. Rc3 Qxe4 42. Rxb3 Rbc8 43. Rb5 Bxc4 44. Rxc5 Rxc5 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Bh5+ Ke6 47. Qe8+ Kf5 48. Bf3 Qh4 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qd6 Qd4 51. Qe7 Rc8 52. Rd1 Qc5 53. Qd7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Rusakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. a4 h6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bg3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rb1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qc3 22. Nf3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Qa5 24. Rd2 Rc3 25. e5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nd5 27. Qe4 g6 28. Qh4 Rdc8 29. Qxh6 Qxa4 30. Kg2 Rc1 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qxe6 Ne7 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. e6 Kd8 36. Rxc1 Rxc1 37. d5 Qb5 38. Qf8+ Qe8 39. Qxe8+ Kxe8 40. d6 Nc6 41. f4 b5 42. f5 b4 43. f6 b3 44. d7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gnidenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 Be6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Na4 N6d7 14. Bf4 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bf6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qf6 20. Rbd1 Bd7 21. Kh1 Nf8 22. Bd6 g6 23. Be5 Qd8 24. Qd2 f6 25. Bd6 Kg7 26. Rde1 Ne6 27. Bb1 Ng5 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Re1 Ne4 30. Qe3 Nxd6 31. cxd6 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Re8 33. e4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 f5 36. Bf3 Kf6 37. g3 Ke6 38. Kg2 Kxd6 39. Kf2 Be6 40. a3 Bd5 41. Bd1 g5 42. Ke3 Be4 43. Bb3 Ke7 44. h4 h6 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bd1 Kf6 47. Be2 Bd5 48. Bd1 Ke6 49. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Malinovsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c4 Re8 9. h3 Nf8 10. Qc2 N6d7 11. 0-0 f5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rac1 Nf6 14. Ne5 Ne6 15. b4 Bd7 16. b5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qb3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qa5 20. Qxd5 Qxb5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Rac8 23. Ba3 Kf7 24. Nd2 Bb5 25. Rfe1 Bd3 26. f3 exf3 27. gxf3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. h4 Be2 30. Bb4 b6 31. Kf2 Bd3 32. e4 a5 33. Bc3 Nc5 34. Kg3 Na4 35. Nb3 Bxe4 36. Bxa5 Rd3 37. Kf4 Bxf3 38. Bb4 Bd5 39. Rc7 Rf3+ 40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kg5 Rf5+ 42. Kh6 Rxe5 43. Nd2 Nc5 44. Bxc5 bxc5 45. Rxc5 Kf6 46. a4 Be4 47. Nxe4+ Rxe4 48. Rg5 Rxh4 49. Rxg6+ Kf5 50. Rg5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Vunder, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. a3 Bxc5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. 0-0 a6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rfd1 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rutman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nge2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 b5 15. Na2 Bd7 16. Nac3 Ne6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra1 Qe7 19. Qb2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qd6 21. Ng3 g6 22. Ra6 Qf8 23. Ra7 Rd8 24. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkisov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. a3 Rac8 13. Rfc1 Rfd8 14. b4 Ne5 15. Nb3 b6 16. Qd4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Nd1 Qb7 19. Nf2 Ng6 20. Rab1 Qa8 21. g4 Bc6 22. Nd4 Be8 23. g5 Nd7 24. Ng4 Nde5 25. f4 Nxg4 26. Bxg4 e5 27. Ne2 exf4 28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Qxe4 30. Re1 Qg6 31. h4 h5 32. Bf3 Bd7 33. Rbd1 Bg4 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Rbc8 37. Rd4 g6 38. Bg3 Bg7 39. Rxg4 d5 40. cxd5 Rxd5 41. Rge4 b5 42. Re8+ Rxe8 43. Rxe8+ Kh7 44. Re7 Rd3 45. Kg2 Kg8 46. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Zheleznov, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. a3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. b4 Be7 6. Bb2 0-0 7. Nbd2 b5 8. e3 a5 9. Bxb5 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Bxb4 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Be2 Be7 14. Rb1 Qc8 15. c4 Na6 16. Bd4 Nc5 17. Qb2 Ba6 18. Ne5 d6 19. Nef3 e5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ra1 Qc6 22. Bf1 Nd7 23. Qa2 Bb7 24. Qb3 Nc5 25. Qb5 g5 26. Ra7 Bf6 27. Nb3 Qxb5 28. cxb5 Nxb3 29. Rxb7 e4 30. Ne1 Rc8 31. b6 Bd8 32. Bc4 Rxc4 33. Rb8 Kg7 34. Rxd8 Rb4 35. Rxd6 Nc5 36. f3 Rb1 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 exf3 39. Kxf3 Na4 40. Kg4 h6 41. Kh5 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights CYSS op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koltsov, Roman"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.06.02"]
[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 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. 0-0 Nd4 6. Bc4 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. d3 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d6 12. Ng3 Be7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 Bd7 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. f4 Re8 18. Qf2 Re7 19. f5 e5 20. Qd2 Ke8 21. Rf2 gxf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Re6 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. R1f3 Qc7 26. Rf2 Rg6 27. Qb4 a6 28. Qd2 Rfg8 29. Qe2 Qe7 30. Qf3 R8g7 31. Qh3 Qe6 32. R5f3 Qxh3 33. Rxh3 Ke7 34. Rhf3 Ke6 35. Rf5 f6 36. Kf1 Rd7 37. Ke2 d5 38. g3 dxe4 39. dxe4 Rc7 40. Kd3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Sardarov, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. g3 0-0 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Be4 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Bh3 h6 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. f4 a5 18. dxc5 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. b5 Nb6 21. Ba1 Ne8 22. e4 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Nh4 Ne4 26. Qb2 Qf7 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Kh7 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7 30. Nxg7 Ra8 31. Re1 Nd2 32. Re7 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Bc3 Nxc4 35. Re1 Ra3 36. Re7 Rxc3 37. Nh5+ Kg8 38. Rxd7 Rb3 39. f5 Rxb5 40. f6 Ne5 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Re7 Kg8 43. Nf4 Rb2 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rc7 c4 46. f7 Nxf7 47. Rxf7 c3 48. Nd3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikitinyh, Boris Aleksandrovic"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. d3 e6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Ne2 h6 11. Nf4 Bh7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Bg8 14. h4 Qc7 15. Qd2 0-0-0 16. 0-0-0 Kb8 17. h5 Ne8 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rdg1 Bxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Rh6 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Bf3 Nd4 23. Bd1 e5 24. Ng2 d5 25. Qe1 dxe4 26. dxe4 Ne8 27. Ne3 f6 28. Nf3 c4 29. c3 Nb5 30. b4 a5 31. a3 axb4 32. axb4 Rd3 33. Nf5 Rh7 34. Rg3 Nxc3 35. Bc2 Qb6 36. Bxd3 Qxb4+ 37. Kc2 cxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Qc4+ 39. Kd2 Nxe4+ 40. Ke3 Nc7 41. Nd2 Qc3+ 42. Ke2 Nxg3+ 43. fxg3 Bd5 44. Rh4 Ne6 45. Ne3 Nd4+ 46. Kf2 Qc5 47. Kf1 Bc6 48. g4 Rh8 49. Rh3 Rd8 50. h6 gxh6 51. Rxh6 Bb5+ 52. Kg2 Ne2 53. Ne4 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bb2 e4 7. Ne5 e3 8. fxe3 Nbd7 9. Ndc4 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bc5 11. b4 Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe3 14. Nc4 Bh6 15. Bc1 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 0-0 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. h3 Be6 19. a3 Nd5 20. g3 Ne3 21. Rh2 Bf5 22. Nf3 Nc2+ 23. Kf2 Nxa3 24. Nd4 Be4 25. Ra1 Nb1 26. Rxa7 Nxc3 27. e3 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Kg1 Ra1 30. Rd2 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Be2 g6 33. Bf3 Rb1 34. b5 Bxf3 35. Kxf3 Nxb5 36. Ne2 Nd6 37. g4 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Golcman, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b3 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Bb2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ra3 Kg8 20. Rfa1 Nb7 21. e4 Ra5 22. Rxa5 Nxa5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bh3 Nf6 25. Bxf5 Nb7 26. Ne4 h6 27. Qd2 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Rf6 29. Qe2 c4 30. Qxc4 Qb6 31. Qe2 Nd8 32. Ra8 Rf8 33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Bf5 Qxb3 35. Qg6 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qxd5+ 37. Be4 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rutman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rd8 12. Qe2 e5 13. Rad1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qxh5 Nxc4 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. h3 Be6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Kf1 f6 24. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Korolev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Nb5 Nd5 12. a3 c5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Bxe7 Qxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxe7 18. Qa3 Nc8 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Rc7 Bf8 21. Qa2 Rb8 22. Ng5 Ne5 23. dxe5 Bd5 24. Qc2 Be7 25. h4 a5 26. Bc4 h6 27. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirnov, Leonid G"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 d6 10. Be3 e5 11. h3 0-0 12. g4 Be6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 d5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. c4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qg2 fxg4 20. hxg4 Qd7 21. Bc3 Bxg4 22. Bxe5 Rf7 23. Qh2 Bf3 24. Qg3 Qf5 25. Rfe1 Qh5 26. Qh2 Rf5 27. Re3 Qf7 28. Qh3 Rf8 29. Kf1 Bg5 30. Bd6 Bxe3 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Tovbin, Naum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Qxc5 5. e4 d6 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. f3 g6 10. h4 h5 11. 0-0-0 Bg7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Na4 b5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. f4 d5 18. Nd4 Rb7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Bf3 a5 21. e5 1-0

[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 "Vunder, Yakov"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Ne5 0-0 12. Bh3 Ra8 13. Qb3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 c6 15. Na4 b5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. e3 Rd8 20. Rc2 Rd6 21. Rfc1 h5 22. Nd3 Qd7 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Nxa6 h4 25. Qd3 Bd8 26. Nc5 Qa7 27. Qf5 Rb8 28. a3 g6 29. Qg4 f5 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Qe5 Rb6 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33. Nd3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Re6 35. Ne5 b4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 g5 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0-0 e5 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 d6 11. Ne2 0-0 12. c4 Nh5 13. Qd2 Bf6 14. h3 Qe7 15. Qe3 Bg5 16. Qf3 g6 17. Bc1 Ng7 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qg3 Qxg3+ 21. Nxg3 Ne6 22. Rad1 c5 23. Ne2 Bc6 24. Bb1 Rad8 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Rb8 28. Bd3 a5 29. Rb1 Rb4 30. Rfc1 Rfb8 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rb4 33. a3 Rxb1 34. Bxb1 f5 35. f3 Kg7 36. Kg1 Kf6 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. exf5 gxf5 39. g3 h6 40. h4+ Kh5 41. Ke3 f4+ 42. gxf4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Kxh4 44. Bg6 Kh3 45. Bf5+ Kh4 46. Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Ubykin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nbd2 e6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Qb1 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. b4 Qb8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Be5 Qa8 17. Be2 Nfe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2+ Kg8 20. cxd5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bxd5 22. Qd4 Ne4 23. Ne5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Re1 Qb7 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Nd7 Nc5 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxd5 Nxd3 31. Nxb6 Rc2 32. Ra1 Rc6 33. Rb1 Nb2 34. Nd7 Na4 35. Kf1 Rc3 36. Ne5 Kf6 37. f4 Nc5 38. Ra1 Ra3 39. Rc1 Nd3 40. Nxd3 Rxd3 41. Ke2 Ra3 42. Rc2 h5 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. g3 g5 46. fxg5+ Kxg5 47. Kf3 f6 48. Re2 f5 49. h3 h4 50. Rg2 hxg3 51. Rxg3+ Kh5 52. Rg2 e5 53. Rb2 f4 54. Re2 Kh4 55. Kf2 Kxh3 56. exf4 exf4 57. Rb2 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Black "Yerastov, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nf4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd3 Qc7 11. b3 Rd8 12. Qc2 e4 13. Nf4 Na6 14. a3 Ng4 15. b4 Bf6 16. Bh3 Qf7 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. c5 Bf5 19. Be3 g5 20. Ng2 Qc4 21. Rac1 Bg6 22. Qb1 Nc7 23. Qa2 Qxa2 24. Nxa2 a5 25. Nc3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra3 27. Nb1 Rb3 28. Nd2 Rxb4 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Nb5 31. Kf1 h6 32. Ne1 Bc3 33. Nc4 Bf7 34. Nb6 Na3 35. Rc1 Bb2 36. Rc2 Nxc2 37. Nxc2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Bc1 39. Nd4 Bxe3 40. fxe3 Rc1 41. Nd7 Kh8 42. Kf2 h5 43. Nf6 Rxc5 44. Nxe4 Re5 45. Nd6 Re7 46. N4f5 Rd7 47. e4 Be6 48. Ke3 Bxf5 49. Nxf5 Kg8 50. e5 Kf7 51. Nd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch sf"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Anatoly V"]
[Black "Nikolaev, Vadim S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 a6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. h3 Be5 10. Nde2 d5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bxe4 0-0 14. Qd3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Qb6 16. 0-0 g6 17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. h4 f5 21. Bf3 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Bc6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Bf6 25. h5 g5 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Nb3 Kg7 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. N3a4 Be7 30. b4 Kh6 31. Nb6 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Kxh5 33. Rd4 e5 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxb7 Rxc5 37. Rxh7+ Kg4 38. Rh6 Rxc2 39. Kh2 Re2 40. Rh3 f4 41. exf4 exf4 42. Rh6 f3 43. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Ra2 45. Ra5 Kf4 46. Kg1 g4 0-1

