[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Bykov, Oleg1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. g4 Ndc5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Qd2 c6 13. 0-0-0 a4 14. h4 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Bc6 16. Qxd6 Qa5 17. Qd2 a3 18. b3 Nb4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qe3 Qa5 21. Kb1 Rfc8 22. h5 Bf8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bd7 26. Nxe5 Bf5+ 27. Ka1 Bc5 28. Qc1 Bxf2 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. Bxg4 Rf8 31. Qc2 Rf4 32. Be6+ Kg7 33. Kb1 Raf8 34. Rdf1 Bh4 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Qd3 Bxg5 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Qc3 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh5 41. Qxa3 Qd3+ 42. Kb2 Qd2+ 43. Kb1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lesovoi, Evgenij"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. d4 Bd7 10. b4 b5 11. c5 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 dxc5 14. bxc5 b4 15. Nd5 Bg4 16. f3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Rb2 Qxd5 19. g4 Bc8 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Kh1 e5 22. f4 e4 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. Rd2 b3 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Stepanyan, Eva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. f3 d5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 0-0 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 Rac8 15. e4 Ne7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Bb5 c6 18. Ba4 e5 19. Ne2 exd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. Bc2 c5 22. Bc3 Nc6 23. Kf2 a5 24. Rhd1 Nb6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 Kf8 28. Bd2 Nc4 29. Bc1 N6e5 30. Bc2 b4 31. Nf4 Nc6 32. Nd3 Nd4 33. Nxc5 Nxc2 34. Nxb7 Na1 35. axb4 axb4 36. Nc5 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. Nd3 Nc2 39. Bd2 Nd4+ 40. Ke1 Nc2+ 41. Ke2 Nd4+ 42. Kd1 b3 43. Bf4+ Ke7 44. Be5 Ne6 45. Bc3 Ne3+ 46. Kd2 Nxg2 47. Nc1 Nh4 48. Ke3 Ng5 49. Bxg7 Ngxf3 50. Bxh6 f6 51. Bf4 Ne1 52. Bg3 Nc2+ 53. Kd3 Nf3 54. Nxb3 Nb4+ 55. Ke3 Ng5 56. Nc5 Nf7 57. Kd4 Nd8 58. Kc4 Ndc6 59. Kb5 f5 60. e5 f4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Efimenko, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Nc6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. a3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Qd7 9. Bd2 0-0-0 10. b4 Kb8 11. Na2 f5 12. Qf4 g6 13. Qe3 Bh6 14. Qe2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nge7 16. Nc1 h6 17. Nb3 Nc8 18. a4 g5 19. a5 N6e7 20. Ng1 Ng6 21. c3 Nf4 22. Bf1 Rdg8 23. Ne2 Nxe2 24. Bxe2 h5 25. 0-0-0 Bc6 26. Kb2 Bb5 27. Na1 f4 28. Nc2 Rf8 29. Na3 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 g4 31. f3 Rhg8 32. Rd2 Rg7 33. Nc2 Rfg8 34. Rhd1 h4 35. fxg4 Rxg4 36. Ne1 Qg7 37. Qf3 Qg5 38. Kb3 Qf5 39. Re2 Qg5 40. a6 Ne7 41. Rc1 Nf5 42. Rcc2 Ne3 43. Rcd2 Nc4 44. Ra2 Ne3 45. Rf2 Qf5 46. h3 Rg3 47. Qxf4 Qb1+ 48. Rab2 Qd1+ 49. Nc2 Nf5 50. Rd2 Qg1 51. Ka2 Rxc3 52. Rb1 Rxc2+ 53. Rxc2 Qxd4 54. Qxd4 Nxd4 55. Rd2 Nc6 56. Re2 Kc8 57. b5 Nd4 58. Rd2 c5 59. bxc6 Nxc6 60. Ka3 Nxe5 61. Re2 Nc4+ 62. Kb4 Kd7 63. Rf1 Nd6 64. Rf6 Re8 65. Rh6 Nf5 66. Rh7+ Kd6 67. Rd2 Re7 68. Rxe7 Nxe7 69. Rd4 Nc6+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bf5 g6 10. Bh3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Ne2 0-0 14. 0-0 Bc8 15. Nf4 Bxh3 16. Nxh3 Qf6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Nf4 Nd7 19. Qa4 Qd6 20. Rc2 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. Qb3 Nf8 23. Nd3 Ne6 24. Nb4 c5 25. Nxd5 c4 26. Rxc4 Qxd5 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Qa4 Qa5 30. Qxa5 bxa5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Kc4 f5 35. a3 a6 36. Kd3 Nd5 37. b3 Nb6 38. f3 a4 39. b4 Nd5 40. g3 Nc7 41. h3 Nb5 42. g4 Nxa3 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. e4 fxe4+ 45. fxe4 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qc8 9. Re1 Na6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Qd3 Qa6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rbd8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 20. e5 b5 21. exd6 exd6 22. axb5 Nxb5 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxb5 Re7 27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Nb6 29. c4 Kf8 30. f4 Rc7 31. Re1 a5 32. Kf2 a4 33. bxa4 Nxa4 34. Bd5 Nb2 35. Ke2 Re7+ 36. Kd2 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Ke7 38. Bxf7 Kd6 39. Bd5 Na4 40. Kd2 Nb6 41. Kd3 Nc8 42. g4 Ne7 43. Ke4 Nc8 44. f5 Ne7 45. f6 Nc8 46. g5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. e3 Bh5 9. Bh4 Bg6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bg3 Nf5 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bd3 g5 16. 0-0-0 Qxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. b4 a6 19. Na4 Kf7 20. Nc5 Nf6 21. Be2 g4 22. Nd3 Rh6 23. f3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 g5 25. h3 Nc4 26. Rde1 Kg7 27. b3 Nd6 28. Rhf1 Nd7 29. Bd1 Re8 30. Nc5 Nf8 31. Bc2 Rf6 32. Kd2 Re7 33. Rf2 Ng6 34. g3 Ref7 35. Ref1 Ne7 36. Nd7 Rh6 37. Ne5 Rf8 38. g4 Ng8 39. gxf5 Nf6 40. Rh2 Nfe4+ 41. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 42. Ke1 Rfh8 43. Rf3 Nf6 44. Rg2 Ne4 45. Ke2 Ra8 46. Ng4 Rd6 47. h4 gxh4 48. Ne5+ Ng3+ 49. Kd3 Rf8 50. Rf4 Rh6 51. Ng6 Rxg6 52. fxg6 Rxf4 53. exf4 Kxg6 54. Ke3 Kf6 55. Kf3 Nf5 56. Rd2 Nh6 57. Rd3 Kg6 58. Rd2 Kf6 59. Rh2 Nf5 60. Kg4 Ne3+ 61. Kxh4 Kf5 62. Rf2 Ng4 63. Rf3 Nf6 64. Rf1 Ne4 65. Rf3 Nd2 66. Rd3 Ne4 67. Rf3 Nd2 68. Rd3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpenko, Artem"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. f3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Rb8 12. a3 Na6 13. a4 Nb4 14. 0-0 a6 15. a5 b6 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Nf1 Bb5 19. Ne3 Nd7 20. f4 Rfe8 21. Kh1 c4 22. Ng4 h5 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Nf2 Qc7 25. Ra3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Na4 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Bd4 Nc5 29. Bc3 Nbd3 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Nxd3 cxd3 32. f5 Rbc8 33. Qd2 Kh7 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. f6 Qf8 36. Rcd1 Rc4 37. Rxd3 Rcxe4 38. Rxe4 Bxd3 39. Re7 Bf5 40. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 25th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Tsarkov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Ng4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bxg6 0-0-0 14. Bd3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rdf8 16. Qe2 Ndf6 17. Bd2 Nh6 18. 0-0-0 Nf5 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. e4 Nb5 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Bxb5 cxb5+ 23. Kb1 Kb8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. f3 Nh5 26. Rhd1 f5 27. g4 f4 28. Bd2 Nf6 29. Bxf4+ Ka8 30. Rc7 Qe8 31. Rxg7 Rxh3 32. Bg5 Qh8 33. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Jamilov, Robert F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[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 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Be7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Ndb5 0-0 12. Qd3 Rd8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd4 Ra7 15. Nf3 Rc7 16. b3 Qb7 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Qd2 g5 19. Be3 g4 20. Bxh6 gxf3+ 21. exf3 Rc5 22. h3 Rf5 23. Qe3 Nbd7 24. g4 Re5 25. Qd2 Nf8 26. Bf4 Rc5 27. Be3 Rcc8 28. Bd4 Ng6 29. Kg3 d5 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Be3 Bd6+ 34. f4 Qxd2 35. Bxd2 Rc6 36. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Tukhvatullin, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[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. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. e4 Qc7 9. Re1 Rb8 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Bb7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nh4 a6 16. f4 Rbe8 17. Nf3 Nh7 18. fxe5 Re7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. e6 b5 21. Bf4 Qd8 22. axb5 Rxe6 23. Bxb8 Nxb8 24. bxa6 Bxa6 25. Red1 Qc7 26. e5 Nd7 27. Bh3 Bxc4 28. Rxd7 Bxb3 29. Rxc7 Re8 30. Rxc5 Bf8 31. Rc8 Re7 32. e6 f5 33. Nd4 Bxe6 34. Nxe6 Rxe6 35. Bf1 Kg7 36. Ra7+ Be7 37. Bc4 Re4 38. Rcc7 Kf6 39. Ra6+ Kg5 40. Re6 Bd8 41. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Selegenenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[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 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. f4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Nc6 14. g4 Nb4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Ng3 f6 17. g6 hxg6 18. fxg6 Rfd8 19. Bg4 Nf8 20. Bf5 d5 21. Qh5 Bc5 22. Be6+ Nxe6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nf5 Bxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Qc5 26. Qh3 Ke7 27. Rf2 Rh8 28. Nf5+ Kd7 29. Qg4 Rxh2 30. Raf1 Rah8 31. Nxg7 Rh1+ 32. Kg2 R8h2+ 33. Kg3 Qe3+ 34. Rf3 Rh3+ 35. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Ng5+ 37. Kg2 Nxf3 38. Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Pudjakov, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[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. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nfd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Rc1 Nf8 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Bc2 f5 18. Bb1 Nf6 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. e4 Ne7 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. exf5 Rd5 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxb7 Rb5 25. Qc7 Bd5 26. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhailov, Pavel"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. h3 h6 9. Kh2 Be6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Nh4 Kh7 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Be3 c5 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Qe1 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qa6 19. b4 Qa3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. f4 Rc3 22. Rf3 exf4 23. gxf4 Bf6 24. f5 g5 25. Ng6 fxg6 26. fxg6+ Kxg6 27. Rf5 Be5+ 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Qf2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Novozenin, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[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. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. c5 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Qg4 f5 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kopeikin, Yuri"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nge2 a6 9. Nc1 b5 10. Nb3 bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Be2 e5 13. 0-0 exd4 14. Bxd4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Re8 16. Qg5 Qe7 17. Rae1 h6 18. Qh4 a5 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Qf4 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd1 Nh5 24. Qh4 Nc4 25. Nd4 Ree8 26. Nf5 Bf6 27. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Malin, Denis Sergeevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. f3 Nh5 12. 0-0 Nf4 13. Rfe1 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qg5 16. Bf1 Qc5 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Rd2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 g5 20. Red1 h6 21. g3 Ng6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. Bh3 Rad8 25. b3 a5 26. R5d2 Ne5 27. Re1 Re7 28. f4 Nc6 29. Bg2 Nb4 30. e5 Kf8 31. Red1 Re6 32. Bh3 Re7 33. exd6 cxd6 34. Rxd6 Rde8 35. R6d2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Re3 37. Bg2 Na6 38. Bf3 R8e6 39. Rd8+ Re8 40. Rxe8+ Rxe8 41. Rd6 Nb4 42. Rxb6 Nxa2 43. c5 Nb4 44. c6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Ufa Siamidi Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gumashjan, Gegam"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.10.03"]
[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. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Ne2 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bf5 8. 0-0 e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5+ 12. Kh1 Qh4 13. Bf4 0-0 14. b4 Be7 15. Bg3 Qf6 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bd3 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qc1 c5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxd4 23. Bh4 Rxc3 24. Bxf6 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 gxf6 26. Rg4+ Kh8 27. g3 f5 28. Rh4 Kg7 29. Rc4 Bf6 30. Rh5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Kg6 32. g4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Ufa Dautov Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Khaziev, Anvar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. c4 0-0 13. Rab1 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Na5 17. f3 Nd6 18. e4 f6 19. Ng4 Ndc4 20. Rb5 dxe4 21. fxe4 Qd7 22. Rf5 Rc5 23. Rxc5 Qxg4 24. R5xc4 Qxf4 25. Rc7 Re8 26. d5 Rxe4 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. R1c7+ Kg6 29. d6 Qf5 30. Qg3+ Rg4 31. Qf2 Rf4 32. Qe2 Re4 33. Qd2 Rf4 34. Rc1 Rf1+ 35. Rxf1 Qxc8 36. d7 Qd8 37. Re1 Nb7 38. Qd3+ Kh6 39. Re8 Qc7 40. Qh3+ Kg6 41. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Ufa Dautov Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Selegenenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 Qe8 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be3 Be6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 f5 17. f4 Nc6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 Bd7 20. Bf3 Nc5 21. Ndb5 Na6 22. Rde1 Qd8 23. Bf2 Nc5 24. Nd5 a6 25. Nbxc7 Rc8 26. b4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Nd3 28. Qxd6 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Bc6 30. Qxd8 Rfxd8 31. Ne6 Re8 32. f5 h5 33. Be4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bd7 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Bd4+ Kh6 37. Nf6 Rc7 38. Be3+ Kg7 39. Bf4 Rcc8 40. Nxd7 Rxc4 41. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Ufa Dautov Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Tukhvatullin, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Rb1 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f4 e4 14. Be3 Qe8 15. Nb5 h6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Nf2 Rae8 19. a3 a4 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qxa4 Kh8 24. Qc4 Nd7 25. Kh1 Bd4 26. Nh3 Rg8 27. g3 Nb6 28. Qa2 Rd8 29. Rbc1 Nxd5 30. Bc4 Qh5 31. Ng1 Rxg3 32. Bxd5 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Ufa Dautov Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jamilov, Robert F"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. 0-0 Be7 12. Qb3 0-0 13. Rd1 a6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Bf3 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Nc2 22. Rd2 Nxe3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. fxe3 Bb4 25. Rf2 Rd8 26. Rc2 Rd7 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Kf2 Be7 29. Ke2 g5 30. Kd3 Kg6 31. e4 dxe4+ 32. Bxe4+ Kf6 33. a3 a5 34. Kc4 Bd8 35. Bxb7 Rc7+ 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. b4 axb4 38. a4 Bb6 39. d5 Ke5 40. Kxb4 Kd6 41. Bc6 g6 42. Kb5 Bc5 43. Ka6 f5 44. a5 f4 45. Kb7 f3 46. Bb5 f2 47. Bc4 Bd4 48. a6 Kc5 49. a7 Kxc4 50. a8Q Kxd5 51. Kc7+ Ke5 52. Qf3 Ke6 53. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Ufa Dautov Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Maxim"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. Bf3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 a5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nd5 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Bxa5 dxe5 18. Bb4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nd6 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Qe6 24. Rf1+ Bf6 25. Qd3 Qe4 26. Qh3 Rxc2 27. Qxh7+ Ke8 28. Qh3 Nf5 29. b3 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Ufa Dautov Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Darmin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ncxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Na4 Bf8 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Qh4 13. Qd4 Qh6 14. Nc3 c6 15. Rad1 f5 16. Ba3 Nf7 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bf1 g6 19. Bb2 Bg7 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Ne2 Ne5 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Be2 Qh4 24. Nd3 Qe7 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Qa5 b6 28. Qc3 c5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qd6 32. Be2 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke1 Be8 35. a4 a5 36. Kf1 Qf6 37. Bf3 e4 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Be2 g5 40. g3 f4 41. Bg4 Ke5 42. Bc8 Bh5 43. g4 Bf7 44. Ke1 h5 45. h3 hxg4 46. hxg4 fxe3 47. fxe3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ufa Dautov Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zijatdinov, Ramil"]
[Black "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Re1 e5 9. e4 Qb6 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Be3 Rac8 15. Rac1 f5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Qd2 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Bf5 20. Re2 Bd3 21. Rd2 Bh6 22. Qc3 e4 23. Rxd3 exd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb2 25. a3 Bg7 26. Bh3 Qc3 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Ng5 Bd4 30. Ne4 Bc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. d6 Rd8 33. d7 Kg7 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Bh3 Ke5 36. Ke2 Kd4 37. Kd2 b5 38. f4 a5 39. Be6 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Kc2 c4 42. f5 b3+ 43. Kb2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Ufa Dautov Memorial op"]
[Site "Ufa"]
[Date "2009.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zakirov, Rafael"]
[Black "Prigoda, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. h3 h6 9. 0-0 Nh7 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Bd3 Rxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Qf8 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. f4 Nf7 17. Bxg6 Nh8 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. Bc1 Re8 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf6 25. Nxd6 Rb8 26. Nf5 Ng6 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ Kf7 29. Rfe1 Nhf8 30. R6e4 b5 31. d6 e6 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. f5 exf5 34. Nxf5+ Kf7 35. h4 Rb7 36. h5 Nh8 37. g4 bxc4 38. g5 Bxb2 39. Re7+ 1-0

