[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rubtsov, Daniil"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1522"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. Be2 Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Be2 Ne7 10. 0-0 Ned5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 0-0 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. g4 Nxc4 16. gxh5 b5 17. Kh2 f5 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Ng5 Qxd4 20. Nxe6 Qxe5+ 21. Qg3 Qxg3+ 22. Rxg3 Rf7 23. b3 Bf6 24. Rb1 Nd6 25. Bf4 Ne4 26. Rg2 Re8 27. Nc7 Ree7 28. Rd1 Rxc7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. f3 Nc3 31. Re1 h6 32. Re6 c5 33. Rc2 Nd5 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rce2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Klimentiev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Qa4 Qd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Qb1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb3 17. Ra2 f5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. a4 Bd5 20. Ra3 Qc6 21. Qd1 Na5 22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Raa1 h6 24. Bc1 Na5 25. Ra3 Rad8 26. b3 Nxb3 27. Rxb3 Qxa4 28. Rb2 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Rc8 30. Ba3 Rfd8 31. Rec1 Rc4 32. Rd2 Rdc8 33. Bb2 b5 34. Ra1 R8c7 35. e3 Kf7 36. Bf1 R4c6 37. Bxb5 Rb6 38. c4 Bc6 39. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mokshanov, Igor"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. c3 Bg4 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Re1 e6 9. Bg5 Bd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bg6 12. Nf1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. N3d2 Bg6 15. Bh4 0-0 16. Bg3 b5 17. b4 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 a5 19. a3 Ne7 20. Nb3 Qxc3 21. Nxa5 Rfc8 22. Ne2 Qb2 23. Nf4 Nf5 24. Ne2 Nd6 25. Nf4 Bc2 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Qe2 Qxd4 28. Rac1 Ba4 29. Nc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Bb3 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. Rxe3 Bc4 33. a4 g5 34. Nh5 Kf8 35. a5 Ra7 36. f3 Nd2 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rh8 d4 39. Re1 Bb3 40. Kf2 Nc4 41. Ng3 Rd7 42. Ne4 Bc2 43. Rb8 d3 44. Rxb5 d2 45. Nxd2 Nxd2 46. a6 Bd3 47. Rb7 Bxa6 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Rd1 Kc6 50. Rxd2 h5 51. Rd8 f5 52. Rh8 g4 53. Rxh5 gxh3 54. gxh3 Bd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Palchun, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. exd6 exd6 15. Bf4 c5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxc3 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Re3 Qc5 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh4 f6 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 Qf7 27. Qg5+ Qg6 28. Qe7 Re8 29. Qc7 Re6 30. Qb7 Rf8 31. Bf4 Qf7 32. Qb4 d5 33. Rd3 Rg6 34. Qd2 Rd8 35. Be5 Qe6 36. f4 Kf7 37. Kh2 Rdg8 38. g3 Rd8 39. Qa5 Qb6 40. Qd2 Kf8 41. Rb3 Qa6 42. Qc2 Kg8 43. Rb2 Qa3 44. Rb3 Qa4 45. Qb2 Rc6 46. g4 Qe4 47. Qa3 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pasiev, Rakhim"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Nbd7 4. c3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. e3 Re8 8. Bh2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 e5 11. Qc2 f5 12. Be2 c5 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. 0-0-0 Kh8 16. Rd2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Be6 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Red8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 b6 22. Qa4 Qe6 23. Rd6 Qg8 24. Rd7 Qe8 25. Qd1 Be5 26. Bxe5+ Qxe5 27. Qb3 Rf8 28. g3 g5 29. Rxa7 f4 30. Qxb6 Qe8 31. Qxc5 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qxg5+ Kh8 35. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kopasov, Evgeny Aleksandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Nxe4 7. Bxe6 Bxe6 8. Rxe4 d5 9. Re1 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 0-0 13. Bf4 b6 14. Be5 f6 15. Bf4 Bf7 16. Be3 Re8 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Qd2 Bc5 20. Bd4 Re4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Bxc5 Qb7 23. Bxb6 exf3 24. Bd4 fxg2 25. f4 Bd5 26. Re1 a6 27. b3 Qf7 28. Qe2 Bb7 29. b4 Rd8 30. a4 Qd7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Kf7 33. b6 Re8 34. Qh5+ g6 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kigel, Dmytro"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 e6 7. h3 h5 8. Bg5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bd5 16. Bd3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Qe2 Qf7 19. f4 c5 20. Rg1 c4 21. Bc2 Nc5 22. g4 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 h4 25. Bf6 Rac8 26. b3 Rc6 27. Kd2 Rfc8 28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Kxc1 Qc7+ 31. Kb2 Kf7 32. Bxh4 Qc5 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Qxf5+ Ke8 36. Qd3 a5 37. Be1 Bf7 38. Bc3 a4 39. bxa4 Qf2+ 40. Bd2 Be6 41. Qd6 Bxh3 42. a5 Bd7 43. Qd5 Bc6 44. Qe6+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Ke8 46. e6 Qg2 47. Qf4 Qf3 48. Qg5 Qg2 49. Qf4 Qf3 50. Qh6 Qe2 51. a4 Ke7 52. a6 bxa6 53. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Shemenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 e6 7. 0-0 c5 8. Qc2 d4 9. b4 Nc6 10. bxc5 e5 11. d3 Nd7 12. Nbd2 Nxc5 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Qb2 Rd8 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qc7 17. b4 Rb8 18. b5 e4 19. Ng5 exd3 20. bxc6 dxe2 21. Qxe2 d3 22. Qf3 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 bxc6 24. Qf6 c5 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Qxd8+ Kg7 27. Bxc5 d2 28. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 21st"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anisimov, Pavel"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 0-0 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. c3 c5 10. h4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bc2 f6 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. 0-0-0 Bd7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nxe6 Rf7 17. N4g5 fxg5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. hxg5+ Kg8 20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. g6 Nf6 23. gxf7# 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Zakharov, Yuri Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 b5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bb3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. Bc6+ Ke7 16. c3 Rg8 17. b4 Rb6 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bb3 a5 20. a3 Bg4 21. Nh4 Ra8 22. Bd1 Be6 23. Be2 Rba6 24. Rac1 Rb6 25. Rfd1 axb4 26. axb4 Ra2 27. Kf1 Ra4 28. h3 c5 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. f3 Be3 31. Rb1 b4 32. cxb4 Raxb4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. g4 Bd4 35. Bd3 Rb2 36. Be2 Kf8 37. Rc1 Kg7 38. Ng2 h5 39. Ne1 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kh6 41. Nd3 Ra2 42. Nb4 Ra4 43. Nc2 Ba7 44. Ra1 Rxa1+ 45. Nxa1 Kg5 46. Nc2 Bb3 47. Bd3 Kf4 48. Ke2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bragina, Anastasia"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 Nd7 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Ngf6 7. Ne2 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. f3 0-0 10. Kh1 c5 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Be4 d3 15. Bxb7 dxe2 16. Qxe2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Bc6 Qe7 19. f4 Rd6 20. Bf3 Rfd8 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. b4 Nd3 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. g3 Ke7 25. Kg2 f5 26. Qe3 g5 27. fxg5 f4 28. Qe4 Kf8 29. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Gantsevich, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Re1 Be6 10. d3 0-0 11. Nxf7 Bxf7 12. Qxe7 Qd4 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Be3 Qg4 15. Qe4 Qh5 16. Bd2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd5 18. Qe5 Qf7 19. Qg3 Rad8 20. Be5 Rd7 21. b3 c5 22. Re3 Re8 23. Rae1 Re6 24. f3 Rde7 25. Qf2 Qh5 26. Bg3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Qe8 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qd2 c6 30. h3 Qf6 31. Kh2 b6 32. Qe3 Kf7 33. Bd6 Qf5 34. Bc7 b5 35. Qxc5 Kg8 36. Bg3 Qe6 37. c4 Bxf3 38. gxf3 Qe2+ 39. Qf2 Qxd3 40. cxb5 cxb5 41. Be5 Qd7 42. f4 g6 43. Qg2 Kf7 44. Qc2 Ke6 45. h4 a5 46. Kg3 a4 47. Qe2 Kf7 48. bxa4 bxa4 49. Qc4+ Kf8 50. Qc5+ Ke8 51. Bd4 h5 52. Qe5+ Kd8 53. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ananyeva, Taisia"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Qb3 a5 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Ne2 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Bd2 14. f4 Bg4 15. Nf3 a4 16. Qc2 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qxf4 18. Rae1+ Kf8 19. Qe2 g6 20. Kh1 Kg7 21. h3 Rhe8 22. Qd1 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxd4 25. Qe7 Nf6 26. Qxb7 Re8 27. Qc7 Re1+ 28. Bf1 Qxc5 29. Kh2 Re6 30. Qb7 Qd4 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 c5 33. Qa7 Re3 34. Rxe3 Qxe3 35. Qa4 Qe5+ 36. Kg1 Ne4 37. Qb5 h5 38. Bd3 h4 39. Bxe4 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 dxe4 41. Ke1 e3 42. Qa5 Kh6 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kxe3 Qxb3+ 45. Ke2 Qc4+ 46. Ke3 Qd4+ 47. Ke2 c4 48. Qb4 Kg7 49. Qb1 Qe5+ 50. Kd2 c3+ 51. Kc1 Qe1+ 52. Kc2 Qxb1+ 53. Kxb1 Kf6 54. Kc2 Ke5 55. Kxc3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kopasov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[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 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qc7 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Rfe1 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd4 Qb5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Bd8 17. a3 Bb6 18. Rac1 d5 19. e5 Rc4 20. Re3 Rfc8 21. Rec3 Ba5 22. b4 Bb6 23. h4 h6 24. g4 a5 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Rb1 Qa4 27. Kg2 Qxa3 28. bxa5 Bxa5 29. Qf4 b6 30. g5 Qd3 31. Rh1 Qe4 32. Qg3 h5 33. Kh3 Rc3 34. Kg2 Qg4 35. Rb1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Yusupova, Lilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[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 a6 3. c3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bc4 h6 8. 0-0 e6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd3 e5 11. b4 Nc6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bc4 Ne7 14. Qd6 f6 15. Na4 Bb7 16. Nc5 Ra7 17. Rd1 Bc8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nxa6 Rb7 21. a3 f5 22. Nc5 Rb8 23. Rd6 fxe4 24. Nh4 g5 25. Ng6 Nxg6 26. Rxg6 Bf8 27. Nxe4 d5 28. Rxc6 dxe4 29. Rd1 Bd7 30. Rc7 Ba4 31. Bf7# 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esipovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. Qc2 0-0 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 g6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 b6 17. Re3 Bb7 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. h4 c5 20. h5 Rd4 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Fokin, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Be6 15. Rfc1 Rec8 16. Ne2 g6 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nf3 Ng7 19. b5 cxb5 20. Qb3 bxa4 21. Qxb7 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 a5 24. h3 Nf5 25. Rb2 Nd6 26. Ra2 Bd7 27. Bc2 Rb8 28. Nd3 Nc4 29. Bxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Nd7 31. Ra2 Rb3 32. Nc5 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Ndb6 34. Kg3 Kf7 35. Nd2 Rb4 36. Nxc4 Nxc4 37. Nd3 Rb5 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. e4 Rb3 40. Ke2 dxe4 41. Nc5 Rb4 42. Nxe4 a4 43. Kd3 Nb6 44. Nc5 f5 45. Re2+ Kd6 46. Re6+ Kd5 47. Re5+ Kc6 48. Re6+ Kb5 49. Re5 a3 50. Nb3+ Kc6 51. Rc5+ Kd6 52. Kc3 Ra4 53. Kd3 a2 54. Rc1 Rb4 55. Kc3 Ra4 56. g3 Nd5+ 57. Kb2 Nb4 58. Kc3 Kd5 59. Re1 Nc6 60. Rd1 Rc4+ 61. Kb2 Nxd4 62. Rd2 Rc7 63. f3 Re7 64. Kc3 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Winter op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Androsov, Sergey"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.01.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Be4 0-0-0 12. Bxb7+ Kxb7 13. a4 e5 14. Nxe5 Rhe8 15. Qe4+ c6 16. f4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qh3 19. a5 f6 20. axb6 fxe5 21. Rxa7+ Kxb6 22. Qb4+ Kxa7 23. Kf2 Qc8 24. Ra1+ Qa6 25. Qc5+ Kb7 26. Rxa6 Kxa6 27. Qxc6+ Ka7 28. fxe5 Rc8 29. Qd7+ Ka8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Dodonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. g4 Nh4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. g5 Nf5 13. h4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Rfc8 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Bd3 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5+ 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Bxf5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 21. Be3 exf5 22. Nd3 Qe4 23. Rh3 Rc3 24. Ke2 Qg4+ 25. Rf3 Ba4 26. Qb1 Re8 27. Ne5 Rxe3+ 28. fxe3 Qxh4 29. Qxf5 Bc5 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Raf1 Rg8 32. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frolov, Albert"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spiridonov, Nikita"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 Nge7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nbd4 a4 14. Rb1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. f4 Bc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qf3 Bb5 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Kh1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qb6 22. Bb2 Qd8 23. Rec1 Bc4 24. Rc3 Kd7 25. Rbc1 b5 26. h3 Qh4 27. Re3 Rc6 28. Rec3 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Qg3 Qh5 31. Re3 Rhc8 32. Rce1 f5 33. Re5 Bb3 34. Qe3 Re8 35. g4 Qh8 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Kh2 Bc2 38. Qd2 Be4 39. Re2 Qh4 40. R5xe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Korchagina, Victoria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. h4 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 Qa5 17. Bd3 Rfb8 18. Bf5 Nc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Be7 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 g6 23. Be4 Qa7 24. Rhg1 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. a3 Qf2 27. h5 Rxa3 28. hxg6 Rba8 29. gxh7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Klobukov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nb3 b6 10. c3 0-0 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. d4 c4 15. Nbd2 Qd7 16. Re1 f5 17. Nf1 f4 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Bc1 Rf7 20. N1d2 Ref8 21. Qe2 Qf5 22. b3 b5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. gxf4 gxf4 25. Ba3 Rb8 26. Nh4 Qg5 27. Nhf3 Qh5 28. Qd1 Nf5 29. Qa4 Qg6 30. Kh1 Nfe7 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. Qxa7 Nc6 33. Qc5 Rd7 34. Qa3 Ra7 35. Qc1 Kh8 36. h3 Bd7 37. Kh2 Bf6 38. Ne5 Nxe5 39. dxe5 Bh4 40. Rf1 Be6 41. Nf3 Bg5 42. h4 Be7 43. Qxf4 Rf8 44. Qe3 Rb7 45. Rg1 Qh5 46. Rh1 Rb2 47. Kg1 Bg4 48. Nd2 Rg8 49. Kf1 Be6 50. Bf3 Qg6 51. Ke2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zakharov, Yuri Vasilievich"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5 Ne4 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. d4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e6 15. h4 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. h5 Nc4 19. h6 Bf8 20. a4 Na5 21. Rcb1 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nc4 23. Ra6 Rcb8 24. Rba1 Rb3 25. Bh3 Qb7 26. Rxe6 a5 27. Rf6 Rb1+ 28. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kh2 Qe4 30. Qd1 Nb2 31. Qb3 Nd3 32. Qb7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. a4 Bd7 8. Bb5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. 0-0 Nf5 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 0-0 14. Qd3 Be7 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. Na2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rac1 Be8 19. Qd2 Bg6 20. b4 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Bd3 23. Rfe1 Rc6 24. Qb3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Be4 26. Qc3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qd6 28. Qc5 Be7 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. f4 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Bd7 Kf7 33. Kg2 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 b6 35. h3 Kf6 36. Kf3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Krutyansky, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. c3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bc2 b6 12. d4 Bb7 13. Nd2 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Qe8 15. Qd1 Qe6 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. f3 Ba6 19. Ne3 Qc6 20. Ng4 Bh4 21. g3 Re2 22. Ne5 Qb5 23. b3 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Bf6 25. c4 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. Re1 g6 28. Kg2 Nf5 29. Nxd7 Bxd4 30. Qe4 Qd6 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Bf4 Qa3 33. Be5+ Bxe5 34. Qxe5+ Kh6 35. Re2 Qd6 36. Qxd6 Nxd6 37. Re7 Bc8 38. Ne5 Kg7 39. Rxc7 Kf6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Svidinsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 0-0 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bd6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qh5 Nd8 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Qxh6+ Ke8 20. Bxf7+ Nxf7 21. Qg6 Qa2 22. h4 Qxb2 23. h5 Bf8 24. g4 Qxc2 25. g5 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch qual"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khatenever, Feliks"]
[Black "Plotnikov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Bd3 c6 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. c4 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 exd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Rd3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qd6 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Qd3 Qf6 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. f3 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. e4 Qe5 26. Qd2 Rdc8 27. Rxd5 Qg3 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qe5 32. Qd2 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 h5 34. f4 Qc6 35. Qe2 Qf6 36. Qf2 Qc6 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Qd3 Qf6 39. Qg3 Qc6 40. e5 Qc2 41. a4 Qf5 42. Qe3 Qe6 43. g3 Qc6 44. Qd3 Qb6 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh2 Qb6 47. Qc2 Qb4 48. e6 Qe7 49. exf7+ Kxf7 50. Qc4+ Kg7 51. Kg2 Qd7 52. Qc3+ Kh7 53. Kf2 Qxh3 54. Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qxb7 Qe6 56. Qf3 Qb6+ 57. Qe3 Qf6 58. Qd3 Qb6+ 59. Ke2 Qf6 60. Qc4 Qe7+ 61. Kd2 Qb7 62. Qc3 Qg2+ 63. Kc1 Kh7 64. Qd3 Qc6+ 65. Kb2 Qf6+ 66. Qc3 Qb6 67. b4 Qd6 68. b5 axb5 69. axb5 h4 70. Qe5 Qb4+ 71. Kc2 hxg3 72. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

