[Event "It cat 8"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Qd7 9.Rb1 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.f3 Nc6 12.Bb5 Rfd8
13.d5 Qc8 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Qd4 f5
18.Ng3 Bb7 19.h4 Rd7 20.c4 c6 21.h5 cxd5 22.cxd5 Qf8 23.Rbc1
Rad8 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rc3 Qg7 26.Rd1 Qxd4+ 27.Rxd4 Kg7 28.Ra4
a5 29.Ne2 Re8 30.Kf2 fxe4 31.fxe4 f5 32.exf5 Rxd5 33.Rc7+ Kh6
34.Nd4 b5 35.Rxa5 Rxd4 36.Rxb7 Rd2+ 37.Kf3 Rd3+ 38.Kf2 Rd2+
39.Kg3 Ree2 40.fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sevastopol"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.d4 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qc2 b6 9.Rd1 Bb7 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Ng5 h6
13.Ngxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf6 15.Bf4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bg5 17.Bxg5 hxg5
18.b4 Rc7 19.Rd3 Qe7 20.c5 Rd8 21.a4 Rcd7 22.Rad1 Ba6 23.R3d2
Rc7 24.Qc3 b5 25.Qd3 Qd7 26.Qe2 Qe8 27.Bg2 Bb7 28.Qe5 Qe7
29.axb5 cxb5 30.Bxb7 Rxb7 31.c6 Rc7 32.Qxb5 Rdc8 33.Rc2 Qd6
34.d5 exd5 35.Rxd5 Qe6 36.Rdc5 g4 37.Qc4 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 Qd1
39.Qf4 Rxc6 40.Rxc6 Qd5+ 41.f3 Rxc6 42.Rxc6 Qxc6 43.Qxg4 Qc2+
44.Kh3 Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn (Estonia)"]
[Site "Tallinn (Estonia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9.Bd2 Be6 10.Qxb7 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 O-O 12.e4
Nc6 13.Qa6 Qxc5 14.Qb5 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qd4 16.Be2 Rfc8 17.O-O Rab8
18.Qa4 Qxe4 19.Rfe1 Nd4 20.Bf1 Qf4 21.b3 Rc5 22.Qxa7 Rh5 23.h3
Rxh3 24.Qxb8+ Qxb8 25.gxh3 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Igor V Glek"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.c4 b6 7.Bb2
Bb7 8.Nc3 d5 9.e3 c5 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.d3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nd7 13.Rfd1
Bd6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.d4 Qe7 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nd4
Ne4 19.Bb2 Qd7 20.a3 a6 21.b4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rc2 Rxc2
24.Qxc2 Qc8 25.Qd1 Be7 26.Ne2 Bf6 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Bxf6 gxf6
29.Nf4 Qd7 30.Qd4 Qc6 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.g4 Qd7 33.h3 Qd6 34.Nh5
Kg6 35.Ng3 Qc6 36.Nf5 Kf7 37.a4 Bc8 38.Ng3 Bd7 39.Nh5 Qd6
40.a5 bxa5 41.bxa5 h6 42.Qa7 Kf8 43.Qa8+ Be8 44.Ng3 Qc6
45.Qxc6 Bxc6 46.Nf5 h5 47.gxh5 Bd7 48.Nd4 Kg7 49.Ne2 Be8
50.Nf4 Bf7 51.Kf1 Kh6 52.Ke1 Kg5 53.h4+ Kh6 54.Kd2 f5 55.Kc3
Bxh5 56.Nxd5 Be2 57.Kd4 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Qb3
Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 O-O 9.Nh3 d6 10.Nf4 Ng6 11.Nd3 Ng4 12.h3 Nh6
13.dxe6 fxe6 14.e3 Rb8 15.c5 d5 16.c6 b6 17.e4 Ba6 18.O-O dxe4
19.Nxe4 Rbd8 20.Rfd1 Nf5 21.Nb4 Be2 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Nc2 Rd3
24.Nc3 Nxg3 25.Ne1 Rxc3 26.Qxc3 Nf5 27.Qd2 Bh5 28.Qd7 Nf4
29.Qxe7 Nxe7 30.Bf1 Kf7 31.b4 Nxc6 32.Rc1 Nxb4 33.Rxc7+ Kf6
34.Rxa7 Bg6 35.Nf3 Nbd5 36.Nd2 Bf5 37.Kh2 g5 38.Nc4 h5 39.Rb7
Nc3 40.a3 Be4 41.Rxb6 Nd1 42.Kg1 Nc3 43.Rb3 Nce2+ 44.Bxe2
Nxe2+ 45.Kh2 Nd4 46.Re3 Nf3+ 47.Kg3 h4 48.Kg2 Nd2 49.f3 Nxc4
50.Rxe4 Nxa3 51.f4 gxf4 52.Rxf4+ Kg5 53.Rg4+ Kf5 54.Rxh4 e5
55.Rh8 Nb5 56.Rf8+ Kg6 57.Kg3 Nd6 58.Kf3 Kg5 59.Rg8+ Kf6 60.h4
Kf7 61.Rg4 Kf6 62.h5 Nf7 63.Ke4 Ng5+ 64.Ke3 Kf5 65.Rg2 Nf7
66.Rg3 Kf6 67.Ke4 Ng5+ 68.Kd5 e4 69.Kd4 Kf5 70.h6 1-0

[Event "Memorial G.Agzamov"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4
13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Kf1 Kf8
18.Ke2 Ke7 19.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial G.Agzamov"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Leonid Yurtaev"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2
h6 8.Be3 b5 9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Qe1 e5 11.Nd2 Be7 12.f4 Rc8 13.Kb1
Qc7 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Rc1 Rfe8 16.Bd3 Bf8 17.Qd2 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5
19.Rhf1 Nc4 20.Qe1 Qe7 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Nd2 Nxe4 23.Ndxe4 Bxe4
24.Qg3 Bg6 25.Rcd1 Qb7 26.Rf2 Rb8 27.Bc1 Re5 28.Qf4 Rf5 29.Qd4
Rxf2 30.Qxf2 Be7 31.Nd5 Be4 32.Nxe7+ Qxe7 33.Qg3 Rb6 34.Bxh6
Qf6 35.Bc1 d5 36.Rd2 c3 37.Rf2 cxb2 38.Rxf6 Bxc2+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Yuri Kruppa"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.O-O e5 12.h3 exd4
13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Re1 a5 16.a3 Qd7 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Rxe4
a4 19.Ba2 Rad8 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.Rce1 Rxe4 22.Rxe4 Re8 23.Ne5
Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qf5 25.Qd3 h5 26.Qd4 c5 27.Qe3 c4 28.Qd4 Rc8
29.e6 fxe6 30.Re5 Qf6 31.Qe4 Rf8 32.f3 Nd7 33.Rxe6 Qxb2
34.Bxc4 Kh8 35.Kh2 Nf6 36.Qd3 Qc1 37.Qd6 Rc8 38.Bd3 Qc7 39.Bf5
Kg8 40.Qxc7 Rxc7 41.Bg6 Kf8 42.g4 hxg4 43.fxg4 Re7 44.Rxe7
Kxe7 45.Bc2 b5 46.Bd3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Ngxe5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5
7.Be2 Bc5 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Kh1 d6 11.Na4 Qh4 12.Nxc5
dxc5 13.f3 Bf5 14.Qe1 Qe7 15.Qc3 Rad8 16.e4 Nc6 17.Bf4 Bg6
18.Bd3 Nd4 19.Rae1 Rd7 20.Bb1 Qf6 21.Bc1 Qc6 22.a3 f6 23.Be3
b6 24.Bf2 a5 25.Rd1 Red8 26.Rde1 a4 27.Be3 Bf7 28.Rd1 Qe6
29.Bd3 Qe5 30.f4 Qh5 31.Rd2 Qg4 32.f5 Nc6 33.h3 Qh4 34.Bc2
Rxd2 35.Bxd2 Ne5 36.Rf4 Qh5 37.Bxa4 Qe2 38.Be1 Nd3 39.Bg3 Nxf4
40.Bxf4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Agzamov mem"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexei Barsov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 O-O 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.e3
Be6 8.Ng5 Bd5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxc4 c6 11.Nh3 e6 12.O-O Nd7
13.Qb3 N7b6 14.Be2 Qe7 15.Rfd1 Rad8 16.Bg5 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6
18.Qa3 Nc8 19.g3 h5 20.Kg2 h4 21.Ng1 g5 22.e4 Nde7 23.Nf3 h3+
24.Kg1 Ng6 25.Qe3 g4 26.e5 Qg7 27.Ng5 Nce7 28.Bxg4 Nd5 29.Qe4
Nc7 30.Bxh3 Rd7 31.f4 Rfd8 32.Nf3 Rd5 33.Rd2 Ra5 34.b3 Nd5
35.f5 exf5 36.Bxf5 Nge7 37.Bh3 Qh6 38.Bg4 Nc7 39.Rf1 Rad5
40.Rdd1 Nb5 41.e6 Nc3 42.exf7+ Kf8 43.Qe6 Qg7 44.Rde1 R5d7
45.Re5 Ncd5 46.Rg5 1-0

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Yuri Dokhoian"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Ne5 cxd4
7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. e3 Nf6 9. exd4 e6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Bf1 O-O
12. c3 Rb8 13. a4 Bd6 14. Nd2 a6 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Bd3 f5
17. Kg2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Na5 19. Qc2 Rbc8 20. Re2 Qf7 21. Rae1 Qh5
22. Ng1 Rf6 23. f3 Nc6 24. Qb1 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Rh6 26. Kf1 e5
27. Qa2 Qf7 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Qb1 Rf8 30. Rde2 Ng4 31. Qc2 f4
32. Rg2 fxg3 33. hxg3 Rh1 34. f4 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Qxf4+ 36. Ke2
Ne3 37. Qb3 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Uzhgorod (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5
7.e3 c5 8.Bb5 Qa5 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.bxc3 b6 12.Qc2
O-O 13.a4 f6 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.Rfb1 Rac8 16.Bd6 Rfe8 17.dxc5 Nxc5
18.Nd4 Ne4 19.Bb4 Qa6 20.a5 b5 21.f3 Nd6 22.Qf2 Nc4 23.Qg3
Rcd8 24.Qc7 Rc8 25.Qg3 Rcd8 26.Qc7 Rc8 27.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qc2 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Re8 11.h3 exd4 12.Rxd4 b5
13.cxb5 cxb5 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Nd5 Qxc2 16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.Rxc2 Bxe4
18.Rc7 Re6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng5 Ree8 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Rxe4 Nxe4
23.Rd7 Re8 24.Bd3 Nc5 25.Rxd6 Nxd3 26.Rxd3 g6 27.Kf1 Re6 28.g3
Kg7 29.h4 Kf6 30.Rc3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial G.Agzamov"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "92"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3
Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.g3 Be7 12.b3 Rc8
13.Qd3 e5 14.Bg2 e4 15.Qe2 Nf8 16.f4 Qd7 17.c5 Ne6 18.h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch-URS ,1 02"]
[Site "Ch-URS ,1 02"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Krasenkow"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qc2 h6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Rd1 Re8 11.c5 c6 12.b4 Qe7 13.Na4
Nf8 14.Nb2 Nh5 15.Nc4 Nf4 16.Nd6 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Rd8 18.Bb2 Bg4
19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Ne6 21.Qb3 b6 22.Qc2 Rab8 23.Rab1 Qc7
24.Qc3 Rd7 25.Rd2 Rbd8 26.Rbd1 h5 27.g3 Qb8 28.Qc4 Qc7 29.Kg2
Re7 30.a4 Rb8 31.Bc3 h4 32.a5 b5 33.Qe2 hxg3 34.fxg3 Nd4
35.Qg4 Rd8 36.Rf1 Qd7 37.Qh4 Qe6 38.Nxf7 g5 39.Nxg5 Qg6 40.Nf7
1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 Ngxe5
7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nxf3+ 9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 Re8 11.a3 a5 12.Na4
Bf8 13.e4 b6 14.Be3 Bb7 15.f3 Ng6 16.Qd2 Bc6 17.Nc3 Bc5 18.Rf2
d6 19.Rd1 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 f5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Qf6 23.Qc1 fxe4
24.fxe4 Qe5 25.c5 bxc5 26.Bc4+ Kh8 27.Rf5 Qe7 28.bxc5 dxc5
29.Rf7 Qe5 30.Rf5 Qe7 31.Rf7 Qh4 32.Rxc7 Ne5 33.Be2 Re7
34.Rxe7 Qxe7 35.Qe3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f3 Re8 12.Ng3 Bxd3
13.Qxd3 Qc8 14.e4 Qa6 15.Qe3 Nc6 16.Nf5 Nh5 17.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Vladimirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6
7. h4 Be7 8. g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 Nc6 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Bd7
12. f4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Rg1 Qa5 15. Bh3 Qc5 16. Qd3 b5
17. f5 b4 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Qc4 Bb7 20. fxe6 bxc3 21. Rxg7 d5
22. Qb3 cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Qb5 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. Rdg1 Qxb3 26. Bh6
Ng4 27. Rh7+ Nxh6 28. Rxh8+ Kxf7 29. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Yuri Kruppa"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 d5 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.Nh4 g6 14.e4 d4 15.e5 Nd5 16.Qg4 Qc7 17.Rac1 Rae8 18.Bxd4
h5 19.Qh3 Bg5 20.Nhf3 Bxd2 21.Nxd2 Nb4 22.e6 Nd3 23.exf7+ Kxf7
24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Rc3 Re1+ 26.Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent Hodzhaev mem"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4
Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qb3 e6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Ng1 Bxe2
13.Ngxe2 Qe7 14.O-O Na5 15.Qb5 Nac4 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Qb3 f5
18.Qc2 Nd6 19.Bf4 Nf7 20.exf5 exf5 21.d5 c6 22.dxc6 Qxc6
23.Qb3 Rad8 24.Be3 Qc4 25.Qxc4 Nxc4 26.Bxa7 Nxb2 27.Rb1 Rd2
28.Be3 Rc2 29.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 30.Bxc1 Nd3 31.Be3 f4 32.Bd4 Bxd4
33.Nxd4 Rc8 34.Nce2 Nd6 35.Rd1 Nb2 36.Rd2 Nbc4 37.Rc2 Re8
38.h4 b5 39.Nxf4 Re4 40.Nde2 Nf5 41.g3 Kf7 42.Kh2 Re7 43.Kh3
Rd7 44.g4 Ne7 45.Nc3 Rd4 46.Nxb5 Rxf4 47.Kg3 Ne3 48.fxe3 Ra4
49.Kf3 h5 50.gxh5 gxh5 51.Nd4 Ng6 52.Kg3 Ra3 53.Rf2+ Ke7
54.Nf5+ Kf6 55.Nd4+ Ke7 56.Re2 Kf6 57.Nf3 Kf5 58.Kf2 Ra4
59.Rb2 Nxh4 60.Rb5+ Kf6 61.Nxh4 Rxh4 62.Ra5 Rh1 63.a4 h4
64.Ra6+ Kf7 65.Ra7+ Kg6 66.a5 h3 67.Ra8 h2 68.Kg2 Re1 69.Kxh2
Rxe3 70.a6 Kg7 71.Kg2 Re6 72.Kf3 Rf6+ 73.Ke4 Re6+ 74.Kd5 Rf6
75.Kc4 Rb6 76.Kc5 Rf6 77.Kb5 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent Agzamov mem"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2
Nd7 8.f3 h5 9.e4 dxe4 10.fxe4 Bg6 11.g3 h4 12.Bg2 hxg3 13.Bxg3
Bh4 14.Qd2 Bxg3+ 15.hxg3 Rxh1+ 16.Bxh1 Qa5 17.Nf4 Ne7 18.O-O-O
O-O-O 19.d5 cxd5 20.exd5 Bh7 21.d6 Nc5 22.Ne4 Qxd2+ 23.Rxd2
Bxe4 24.dxe7 Re8 25.Bg2 Bxg2 26.Rxg2 Rxe7 27.Kc2 Re3 28.Nd5
Rf3 29.g4 Kd7 30.Re2 Kd6 31.Ne3 Ke5 32.Nf5+ Kf6 33.Nd6 b6
34.Nc8 Rf4 35.Nxa7 Rxg4 36.Nc8 Rc4+ 37.Kd1 Na4 38.Na7 g5
39.Rd2 g4 40.b3 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir A Savon"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Nd7 9.e4 c5 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qc8 12.Qb3 Bxe4
13.Rc1 Qd8 14.Ba6 g5 15.Bxg5 Be7 16.Bf4 O-O 17.O-O Nf6 18.Ne5
Nh5 19.Qe3 Nxf4 20.Qxe4 Ng6 21.Bb7 Bxa3 22.Rc3 Bd6 23.Bxa8
Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qxa8 25.Qa4 Nxe5 26.Rg3+ Ng6 27.h4 h5 28.Rg5 Rd8
29.Rxh5 e5 30.Rg5 Rd4 31.Qb3 Kf8 32.g3 Qc6 33.h5 Ne7 34.Rxe5
Qf6 35.Rfe1 Rd2 36.Qe3 Rd7 37.h6 1-0

[Event "Tashkent Hodzhaev mem"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeny Vladimirov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 c4 9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 Nc6 11.Ne5 a6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Nd2 Be6 14.Qc2 Ng4 15.Nb3 Nxe3 16.fxe3 Bg5 17.e4 dxe4
18.Bxe4 Be3+ 19.Kg2 Bd5 20.Rf3 f5 21.Bxd5+ Qxd5 22.Qc5 Rae8
23.Qxd5+ cxd5 24.Rd1 g5 25.Nc5 Rf6 26.Nd7 Rd6 27.Rd3 f4
28.gxf4 gxf4 29.Ne5 Re7 30.Rh3 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Rxe5 32.Kf2 Rde6
33.Rd2 Kg7 34.Rf3 Rh6 35.h3 Rf6 36.Rd4 Rfe6 37.Rd2 Rf5 38.Rd4
Re4 39.Rfd3 Rfe5 40.Rxd5 Rxe2+ 41.Kf3 Rxd5 42.Rxd5 Rxa2 43.Rd6
Ra4 44.h4 a5 45.Rd5 Kf6 46.Rh5 Ke6 47.Rxh7 Rb4 48.Ra7 a4 49.h5
Kf5 50.Ra5+ Kf6 51.h6 Kg6 52.Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent Hodzhaev mem"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexei Barsov"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Bd2 a6 12.a4 Qe7
13.Ne5 Rfd8 14.Rac1 h6 15.h3 cxd4 16.exd4 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bxc3
18.Bxc3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Qh4 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Bc6 22.Bb3 Rac8
23.f3 Ne7 24.Be3 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Nd5 26.Kf2 Kf8 27.Bd2 Ke8
28.Rc4 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Rc5 Bd7 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.f4 Bd7
33.Bf3 Ne7 34.Ke3 Bc6 35.Be2 Kd7 36.g3 Nd5+ 37.Kd4 Nb6 38.b3
1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Viacheslav Osnos"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 c5 4.a3 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6
7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Qd1 d5 9.e3 O-O 10.b4 Qe7 11.Bb2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5
13.b5 Na5 14.Ba2 e4 15.Nd4 a6 16.Bc3 Qd8 17.O-O Bg4 18.Qa4
axb5 19.Qxb5 Bd7 20.Qb2 b6 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.Ne2 Ba4 23.Rdc1 Qd8
24.Ng3 Re8 25.Nf5 Ra7 26.Bd4 Ra6 27.Nh6+ gxh6 28.Bxf6 Qd6
29.Qe2 Qxf6 30.Qxa6 Rd8 31.Qe2 Qe5 32.Rab1 b5 33.Rb4 h5 34.Rd4
Rxd4 35.exd4 Qxd4 36.Qxh5 Nc4 37.Qg4+ Kf8 38.Bxc4 bxc4 39.Qc8+
1-0

[Event "Tashkent Hodzhaev mem"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6
7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nb3 Bd6 9.O-O Nge7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nfd4
Bd7 13.c3 Qc7 14.Qh5 Ng6 15.h3 a6 16.Bf1 Re5 17.Rxe5 Ngxe5
18.Rd1 f6 19.Bc1 Be8 20.Qe2 Bf7 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.Bf4 Rd8 23.Nbd4
Qc8 24.g4 Re8 25.Nxc6 bxc6 26.Qxa6 Qxa6 27.Bxa6 Ra8 28.Bb7 Ra7
29.Bxe5 Rxb7 30.Bd6 Rxb2 31.a4 Bg6 32.Bxf8 Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent Agzamov mem"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.Qe2 Bd6 8.Bd2 h6 9.N5f3 Qc7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Nh3 Re8 12.Rhe1
e5 13.Bf5 exd4 14.Qf1 Rxe1 15.Rxe1 c5 16.g4 Nf8 17.Qg2 Bd7
18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.g5 Qg4 20.Qh1 Ne4 21.Ne5 Qxh3 22.Qxe4 Re8
23.f4 hxg5 24.Qxb7 Qf5 25.Qd5 Re6 26.Qg2 gxf4 27.Nf3 0-1

[Event "Beograd"]
[Site "Beograd"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6
7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 d6 11.Qf3 a6 12.Nd4 Bd7
13.Kh1 b5 14.a3 Rab8 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Qh3 g6 17.f5 b4 18.axb4
exf5 19.b5 axb5 20.exf5 b4 21.Ne2 Ra8 22.Rxa8 Bxa8 23.Bd4 Qd8
24.Nf4 Bc6 25.Qh6 Qa8 26.Bc4 1-0

[Event "active"]
[Site "Cup URS  Tallinn (Estonia) (11)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4
7.O-O O-O 8.Bg2 Re8 9.d3 c6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qd8
13.c5 d5 14.cxd6 Bxd6 15.Rc1 Be6 16.Qa4 Bd5 17.Nxd6 Qxd6
18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qc4 Rad8 20.Rfd1 Qxc4 21.Rxc4 f6 22.Rdc1 Rd5
23.R1c3 Rb5 24.b3 Rd5 25.b4 a5 26.Kf1 Ra8 27.a4 axb4 28.Rxb4
Ra7 29.Rcc4 Kf7 30.h4 h5 31.Kg2 Ke6 32.Kf3 Kd6 33.g4 hxg4+
34.Rxg4 b5 35.axb5 cxb5 36.Rb1 Ke6 37.Rgb4 Ra4 38.h5 Rxb4
39.Rxb4 f5 40.Rb1 Kf6 41.Rg1 g5 42.hxg6 Rd7 43.Ke3 b4 44.g7
Rxg7 45.Rxg7 Kxg7 46.Kd2 Kf6 47.Kc2 Ke6 48.Kb3 Kd5 49.Kxb4 Kd4
50.Kb3 f4 51.Kc2 Kd5 52.Kc3 Kc6 53.e3 fxe3 54.fxe3 Kb5 55.Kd2
Kb4 56.Kc2 Kb5 57.Kc3 Kc5 58.e4 Kd6 59.Kb4 1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Nf6 6.Na3 Qd5 7.Qc2
Bxa3 8.bxa3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 e5 10.Rc1 e4 11.Nd4 O-O 12.f3 exf3
13.Nxf3 Re8 14.Qxc4 Qxc4 15.Rxc4 Nb6 16.Rh4 Ne4 17.Ne5 Nc5
18.a5 Nd5 19.Kf2 f6 20.Nc4 Be6 21.Rb1 Bf5 22.Re1 Rad8 23.g4
Bd3 24.g5 fxg5 25.Rd4 Nf4 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Ne5 Be4 28.Bxe4
Nxe4+ 29.Kf3 Nxd2+ 30.Kg4 h6 31.a6 bxa6 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rc2 Nf1
34.Bc1 Rf8 35.e4 Re8 36.Nf3 Rxe4 37.Kf5 Ne3+ 38.Bxe3 Rxe3
39.Ne5 Rxa3 40.h4 Nd5 41.Rb2 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA-op"]
[Site "Belgrade GMA-op"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Qd2 b6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 e5 15. O-O exf4 16. Qxf4 Bd4+
17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. Qf4 f6 20. a4 g5 21. Qd2 Rb8
22. Bd3 Qe5 23. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch young masters URS"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bxc6
Bxc6 8.d3 Nf6 9.Qe1 Qc7 10.a4 e6 11.Kh1 a6 12.a5 O-O 13.Qh4
Rae8 14.Be3 Nd7 15.d4 f5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.e5 h6
19.Qf2 Rf7 20.Qg3 Kh7 21.Nh4 g5 22.fxg5 hxg5 23.Qxg5 Bxe5
24.Rae1 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius (Lithuania)"]
[Site "Vilnius (Lithuania)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "67"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bxc6
Bxc6 8.d3 Nf6 9.Qe1 Qc7 10.a4 e6 11.Kh1 a6 12.a5 O-O 13.Qh4
Rfe8 14.Be3 Nd7 15.d4 f5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.e5 h6
19.Qf2 Re7 20.Qg3 Kh7 21.Nh4 g5 22.fxg5 hxg5 23.Qxg5 Bxe5
24.Rae1 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch Leningrad (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.Qd3
Ba6 13.Qe3 Qd7 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qa3 Nc7 16.Rd1 Rfc8 17.Bb2 Nb5
18.Qd3 Nd6 19.d5 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 Qa4 21.e5 Qc4 22.Qb1 Nf5 23.d6
Rc5 24.Rbd2 exd6 25.exd6 Rd8 26.d7 Rc7 27.h3 h5 28.Ne5 Qc3
29.Qe4 Kg7 30.Rd3 Qc5 31.Rf3 Qe7 32.g4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch URS (young masters)"]
[Site "Vilnius (Lithuania)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O
b6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Bc4 Qa4 15.Bb5 Qa2 16.Bc4 Qa4 17.Bb5 Qa2
18.Re1 Rc8 19.Qd1 e6 20.Qe2 Nc6 21.Qe3 e5 22.d5 Nd4 23.Nxd4
exd4 24.Qf4 Bf8 25.Ra1 Qc2 26.Bd7 Rc5 27.Bb4 d3 28.Bxc5 Bxc5
29.Rec1 Qb2 30.Rd1 a5 31.Rab1 Qc3 32.Bb5 a4 33.Rxd3 Qc2 34.Rf1
a3 35.Rf3 Rf8 36.Be8 f5 37.Bd7 Qxe4 38.Be6+ Kh8 39.Qd2 Qe5
40.Rb3 Rd8 41.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch young masters URS Vilnius"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Krasenkow"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.Qc2 Be7 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Bf4 Nf6
13.Qe2 c5 14.Rfd1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Qc8 16.a3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qb7+
18.Qf3 Qxf3+ 19.Kxf3 Rfc8 20.Rac1 a6 21.g4 h6 22.h4 Ra7 23.b4
Rb7 24.g5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Nh7 26.g6 Nf8 27.gxf7+ Kxf7 28.Ke4 Nd7
29.Nf3 Ke8 30.Ne5 Nxe5 31.Bxe5 a5 32.Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beograd 46/731"]
[Site "Beograd 46/731"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Romanishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5
12. e4 Bf6 13. Re1 Bc8 14. Qf3 Be6 15. g4 Nd7 16. Qg3 dxe4
17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. g5 Be5 19. Qh4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Bxd5 Bxd5
22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Be3 Bg7 24. Rad1 Ne5 25. Qg3 f6 26. Bd4 Nf7
27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Re6 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qc7
31. Rxd5 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. Red6 Raf8 34. Rd2 Qb4 35. Qe5+
Kg8 36. h3 Qf4 37. Qxf4 Rxf4 38. Rc6 R8f7 39. Rc3 Ra4 40. Kg3
Kg7 41. f3 Kh6 42. a3 b5 43. Rb2 Rc4 44. Rd3 a6 45. Re2 Rfc7
46. Re6 Ra4 47. h4 Rb7 48. Re5 Rf7 49. Re6 Kg7 50. Rc6 Re7
51. Kh3 Kf7 52. Kg3 Rb7 53. Re3 Rd7 54. Rb6 Kg7 55. Rc6 Kh6
56. Rb6 Rdd4 57. Ree6 Rxa3 58. Rxa6 Rxa6 59. Rxa6 Kh5 60. Ra7
h6 61. Rb7 Rd5 62. Rb6 Rf5 63. Rb7 Rd5 64. Rb6 Rc5 65. Rd6 b4
66. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "09"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Romanishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3
d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 e6 9. Qa4 Nf6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7
12. Nb5 a6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nd4 b5 15. Qc2 Be7 16. a4 O-O
17. axb5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch young masters URS"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4
13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 a5 15.a3 Bf5 16.Re1 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8
18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Re1 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qf4 Be6 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Qc7 Nc4 24.Qxb7 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Qe1+ 26.Kh2 Qe5+ 27.g3 Qxd4
28.Kg2 c5+ 29.Qc8+ Kh7 30.Qf5+ Kg8 31.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6
7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.e3 Qd6 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.O-O Bxf3 12.gxf3
O-O-O 13.Rfc1 a6 14.Na4 Bd2 15.Rc5 Rhe8 16.Rd1 Nxd4 17.exd4
Bf4 18.Nb6+ Kb8 19.Nxd5 Bxh2+ 20.Kg2 Rd7 21.Bf5 Re2 22.Kf1
Rxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Qg3+ 24.Ke2 Qg2+ 25.Kd3 Qxf3+ 26.Kc2 Qxf5+
27.Qd3 Qe6 28.Nc3 Bd6 29.Rf5 Bb4 30.d5 Qg6 31.Rf4 Qd6 32.Qd4
Qg6+ 33.Qe4 Qxe4+ 34.Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Ch Leningrad (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.a3
Nbd7 8.g3 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Qe2 a5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bg2 Nxc3
13.bxc3 g6 14.Rb1 Rb8 15.O-O Bg7 16.Bf4 O-O 17.Bxb8 Rxb8 18.d4
Qxa3 19.Qd3 Qd6 20.Rfd1 b5 21.c4 Qc7 22.cxb5 cxb5 23.Rxb5 Rxb5
24.Qxb5 Qxc2 25.Bf3 Qc7 26.d5 Ne5 27.Bg2 Qc2 28.Rf1 h5 29.dxe6
fxe6 30.Qxa5 Kh7 31.Qb4 Nc4 32.Re1 Nb2 33.Be4 Qc7 34.Qb5 Kh6
35.Qe8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeny Vladimirov"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5
Nfd7 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Qc2 Nxe5 12.Qe4 Be6
13.Qxe5 Qxd5 14.Qxg7 Rf8 15.Rd1 Qe4+ 16.Be2 Nd7 17.Ng5 Qg6
18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.Qxh7 O-O-O 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.h4 Re7 22.Rh3 Rde8
23.Re3 Ne5 24.Kf1 Qf6 25.g3 Nd3 26.Bxd3 Rxe3 27.Bf5+ R3e6
28.Rc1 b5 29.b3 Kc7 30.Bxe6 Rxe6 31.Kg2 Qg6 32.Qd2 Qe4+ 33.Kg1
a6 34.bxc4 b4 35.Rd1 Qxc4 36.Rc1 Qe4 37.Rxc5+ Kb6 38.Rc1 Ka5
39.a3 Kb5 40.axb4 Rc6 1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 b6 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3
Bb7 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 h6 10.Bh4 cxd4 11.exd4 Nh5 12.Bg3 f5 13.d5
exd5 14.Nb3 f4 15.Bg6 Nxg3 16.fxg3 fxg3 17.Bc2 gxh2+ 18.Kh1
Rf6 19.Qd3 g6 20.Qxd5+ Kg7 21.Rae1 Qc7 22.Qd1 Qg3 23.Nbd2 Raf8
24.Ne4 Qf4 25.Qd3 R6f7 26.b4 d6 27.Nxd6 Rd8 28.Nxf7 Rxd3
29.Bxd3 a6 30.Be4 Bf8 31.N3e5 Nxe5 32.Nxe5 Qxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxe4
34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Rf6 Bg7 36.Rxb6 Kh7 37.Ng4 Bxc3 38.Nf6+ Bxf6
39.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "URS Cup rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "V Tukmakov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Bg2
Be6 8.c5 Qc7 9.Bf4 Qc8 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 Na6 13.e4
dxe4 14.Ngxe4 Be6 15.Qa4 Nd5 16.Bg5 Nac7 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Nc3
Nf6 19.b4 a6 20.Rad1 Rd8 21.Qc2 Bf5 22.Qc1 Bg4 23.Rd2 Bh3
24.Rxe7 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qg4 26.Rd3 Rd7 27.h3 Qf5 28.Rf3 Qxf3+
29.Kxf3 Rxe7 30.d5 cxd5 31.Bxf6 Bxf6 32.Nxd5 Kg7 33.Nxe7 Bxe7
34.Qe3 Bf6 35.Qe4 Rb8 36.Qd5 h5 37.a4 b5 38.Qd6 1-0

[Event "ch young masters URS"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O
b6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Bc4 Qa4 15.Bb5 Qa2 16.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World"]
[Site "World"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Be2 e5 12.e4 Nf8
13.Bf2 Ng6 14.g3 O-O 15.h4 Rfe8 16.d5 Nd7 17.Kf1 Nc5 18.Nb3
Nf8 19.Be3 Nfd7 20.g4 Nf8 21.Qc1 a5 22.Kf2 a4 23.Nd2 Bc8
24.Nf1 Bd7 25.Ng3 Nh7 26.Qd2 f6 27.Rag1 a3 28.Nf5 Bxf5 29.gxf5
Kh8 30.Rg6 Rg8 31.Rhg1 Rac8 32.Kg2 Ra8 33.Kh2 Rae8 34.Bf1 Rb8
35.Qg2 Qf7 36.Be2 Ra8 37.Bd1 Rab8 38.Bc2 Ra8 39.Qg4 Rab8
40.Bc1 Ra8 41.Rg2 Rab8 42.Qh5 Qe7 43.Bxa3 Ra8 44.Bc1 Rab8
45.Bd2 Ra8 46.Be3 Rab8 47.R6g3 Qe8 48.Qxe8 Rbxe8 49.Bxc5 dxc5
50.Ba4 Re7 51.Bc6 h5 52.a4 g5 53.fxg6 Nf8 54.d6 cxd6 55.Bd5
Ne6 56.Rb2 Rge8 57.Rxb6 Kg7 58.a5 Nf4 59.Bb7 Ne2 60.Rg2 Nf4
61.Rd2 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.h3 Bh5 5.Bd3 e6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2
O-O 8.Qc2 Nfd7 9.O-O Bg6 10.Nc4 c5 11.Bf4 b5 12.Nxd6 c4 13.Be2
Qb6 14.Nf5 exf5 15.exf5 Bh5 16.g4 Bd6 17.Be3 Nf6 18.gxh5 Nbd7
19.Ne5 Qc7 20.f4 Nd5 21.Bd2 N7b6 22.Bf3 Rae8 23.Rae1 f6
24.Bxd5+ Nxd5 25.Qe4 Nb6 26.Qg2 Kh8 27.Kh1 fxe5 28.fxe5 Be7
29.d5 Bd8 30.d6 Qc5 31.h6 g6 32.Be3 Qd5 33.Bd4 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2
Rxf5 35.Rxf5 gxf5 36.e6 Kg8 37.Kf3 Nd5 38.d7 Re7 39.Rg1+ Kf8
40.Bc5 Nc7 41.Re1 f4 42.Kxf4 Kg8 43.Bxe7 Nd5+ 44.Ke5 Nxe7
45.Rg1+ Kf8 46.Kd6 1-0

[Event "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Nd7 9.e4 c5 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb1 Be7
13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O g6 15.a4 Rc3 16.Rc1 Rxc1+ 17.Bxc1 Qc7 18.Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York open"]
[Site "New York open"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kovacevic"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Nd7 15. f4 Rfd8 16. Rc2 Nf6
17. Rb1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Kg2 d4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb6
22. Kf3 dxe3 23. fxe3 Re8 24. Re2 Re7 25. Bd5 g6 26. Rd1 Kg7
27. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils 48/496"]
[Site "Daugavpils 48/496"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Na6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3
Nb4 8.Qxb4 e5 9.c5 exf4 10.exf4 b6 11.Ne5 bxc5 12.Qb7 Bd7
13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Qxc6 Rc8 15.Qxd5 cxd4 16.Bb5 Bb4+ 17.Ke2 O-O
18.Rd1 Qh4 19.Kf1 Qxh2 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.Qg5 Bxd2 22.Qxf6 Rc2
23.Ke2 Bxf4 24.Kd3 Rxf2 25.Bc6 Qg3+ 26.Bf3 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f4 Be7 7.Be3
O-O 8.Qf3 e5 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 Nbd7 11.Bc4 exf4 12.Qxf4 Nh5
13.Qd4 Bf6 14.Qd5 Qe7 15.Kf2 Be5 16.Qf3 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qxc4
18.Qxh5 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qxc3 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.Rd3 Qxc2+ 22.Qe2 Qc6
23.Rc1 Qe4 24.Rd4 Qxf5+ 25.Qf3 Qe6 26.Bf4 Ne5 27.Qb3 h6
28.Qxe6 Rxe6 29.Rc7 b5 30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Rxd6 Rae8 32.g4 Re2+
33.Kg3 R8e3+ 34.Kf4 g5 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Ba3 O-O 8.Nf3 b6 9.Bc4 Bb7 10.O-O c5 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Bd5 e6
13.Bb3 Re8 14.e5 Rc8 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Qe2 Qa5 17.Bb2 Red8 18.h4
c4 19.Bc2 Rd5 20.Rad1 Nxe5 21.Nd4 Nd3 22.Bxd3 cxd3 23.Qxd3
Qxa2 24.Qb1 Qc4 25.Ba3 Ba8 26.Re3 Rh5 27.Be7 Rd5 28.Rde1 Rd7
29.Ba3 Qa6 30.Bb4 Qb7 31.Nf3 Rd5 32.Qa2 Rcd8 33.c4 Rf5 34.Ba5
Rc8 35.Bc3 Bxc3 36.Rxc3 Qb4 37.Ree3 a5 38.Nd4 Rfc5 39.Nc2 Qb7
40.Rg3 Qe4 41.Ne3 Qxh4 42.Ng4 h5 43.Ne3 Qd4 44.Ra3 Rb8 45.Rb3
Rd8 46.Rb1 Qe5 47.Qa3 Be4 48.Re1 Rd3 49.Qa4 Bc6 50.Qc2 Qc3
51.Qb1 Be4 52.Rh3 Rd8 53.Qa1 Qxa1 54.Rxa1 Rd2 55.Kf1 Bd3+
56.Kg1 f5 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York op"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a4 10. bxa4 h6 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bxf6
Qxf6 13. e3 c5 14. Nbd2 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 cxd4
17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Rb1 Ra6 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Rbb3 Ne5
22. Re4 Qd6 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Kg1 d6 25. Qe3 Qc5 26. Rb4 Qxe3
27. Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Ne7 6. Nf3 b6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York op"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "07"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Romanishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Ne5 Bh5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7
12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qxb7 Ndxe5 14. Qa6 Rb8 15. b3 Qe7 16. Rac1
Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rb6 18. Qa4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-YM Tbilisi"]
[Site "URS-YM Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Na6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3
Bxb1 8.Qxb7 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 Rd8 10.Qxc6+ Nd7 11.Qb5 Qxb5 12.cxb5 e5
13.dxe5 Nb4 14.Rxb1 Nxa2 15.Be2 Rc8 16.Nb3 Bb4+ 17.Kd1 Nc5
18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Bd3 Nb4 20.Ke2 Ke7 21.Bg5+ Ke6 22.Bf6 Rhe8
23.Rbc1 Rc7 24.Rhd1 Rb8 25.e4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Rxb5 27.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "World"]
[Site "World"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 c5 7.d5 Bg7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.h3 b5 10.cxb5 a6 11.bxa6 Nxa6 12.Bc4 Qa5 13.O-O
Rfb8 14.e5 Ne8 15.Qe2 Nac7 16.Bg5 Bf8 17.Rac1 Ra7 18.b3 Nb5
19.Bd2 Qb6 20.e6 fxe6 21.Nxb5 Bxb5 22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Ng5 Bd7
24.Bc3+ Nf6 25.Bxf6+ exf6 26.Qxf6+ Bg7 27.Qxd6 Qxd6 28.Nf7+
Kg8 29.Nxd6 Ra3 30.Rfe1 Rd8 31.Nb7 Rf8 32.d6 Kh8 33.Nxc5 Bc6
34.Ne6 Rf6 35.d7 Bxd7 36.Nxg7 Rxa2 37.f3 Bxh3 38.Re2 Rxe2
39.Bxe2 Bd7 1-0

[Event "Daugavpils URS sf"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qd2 Qa5
13.d5 Ne5 14.Bb3 e6 15.f4 Ng4 16.c4 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 exd5 18.cxd5
Bb5 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 b5 21.Rc2 Nf6 22.Ng3 Rfe8 23.d6 Nd7
24.Be3 Rc6 25.Rb1 a6 26.a4 Rxd6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rxb5 Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch URS (young masters)"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 c5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3
Kh8 14.a3 Ng8 15.Bg4 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bh3 Qf7 18.f4 Ne7
19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Qd2 Rae8 21.Rf1 Qg6 22.Rf3 Bg7 23.Raf1 Nc7
24.Bh4 Bh6 25.Qc2 f4 26.Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 c5 11.a3 Kh8 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Be2
Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Ne8 15.Bg4 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bh3 Qf7 18.f4 Nec7
19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Qd2 Rae8 21.Rf1 Qg6 22.Rf3 Bg7 23.Raf1 Re5
24.Bh4 Bh6 25.Qc2 f4 26.Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Bxd2+
7.Qxd2 Qe7 8.b4 e5 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Qd1 exd4 11.Qxd4 f5 12.Be2 a5
13.O-O Nc6 14.Qd5+ Be6 15.Qb5 Ra6 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 c6
18.Qa4 axb4 19.Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgy Timoshenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.O-O Be7 8.c4 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 O-O 12.Qe2
Nd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Rd1 Bg4 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Rxd4
Bxe2 18.Rd2 Rfe8 19.Bc2 Rac8 20.Bb3 Bh5 21.Kf1 Bg5 22.Rc2 Rxc2
23.Bxc2 Be2+ 24.Ke1 Bd3+ 25.Kd1 Bxc2+ 26.Kxc2 Re2+ 27.Kd3 Re1
28.Kc2 Re2+ 29.Kd3 Re1 30.Kc2 Rf1 31.f3 Rf2+ 32.Kd3 Bf6 33.g4
g5 34.Ke4 Kg7 35.Be3 Rxb2 36.Rd1 Rxa2 37.Rd7 b6 38.h3 Ra4+
39.Kf5 Ra5+ 40.Ke4 Re5+ 41.Kd3 Re7 42.Rd5 Kg6 43.f4 gxf4
44.Bxf4 a5 45.Rd6 Re6 46.Rxe6 fxe6 47.Kc4 a4 48.Kb4 b5 49.Bd6
Bb2 50.h4 e5 51.Bc5 Bc1 52.h5+ Kf6 53.h6 Kg6 54.g5 a3 55.Kb3
e4 56.Bd4 b4 57.Bc5 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Timoshenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.Rxf5 g6
13.Rf1 Nd4 14.Kh1 Rc8 15.Bd3 h5 16.h3 h4 17.Bg1 Kg7 18.Bh2 Bd6
19.Nd5 Nh5 20.Be2 Ng3+ 21.Bxg3 hxg3 22.c3 Ne6 23.Bg4 Bc5
24.Nf6 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.e5
dxe5 8.Nxe5 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Re1 Qd5 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.Na3 Nh5
13.Qe4 Rad8 14.Qxd5 cxd5 15.d4 c4 16.b3 f6 17.Ng4 e5 18.dxe5
fxe5 19.Bg5 Rc8 20.bxc4 dxc4 21.Nb5 Ba6 22.a4 Nf4 23.Nxa7 Rb8
24.Nc6 Rb2 25.Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 Bg4 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rae1 Kh8 15. Nd4 Na5 16. Bg5 Qe5
17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. e3 Bh5 19. Nb3 Bg6 20. Qd4 Nc6 21. Qd2 Qe7
22. e4 Bf7 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. c5 Qc4 25. Qd2 a5 26. cxd6 Rxd6
27. Qb2 Rd3 28. Rc1 a4 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.e4 d5 5.e5 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.Bc3
O-O 8.Nbd2 Nf5 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 f6 11.b3 Kh8 12.O-O dxc4
13.Nxc4 Nfxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxa5 b6 16.Nc4 Bb7 17.Bb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt a. Main (Germany)"]
[Site "Frankfurt a. Main (Germany)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gerardo F Barbero"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3
7.dxc3 Nc6 8.e4 e5 9.Qxd8+ Rxd8 10.Be3 f6 11.Nd2 h5 12.O-O-O
Bh6 13.Bxh6 Rxh6 14.Nb3 b6 15.Bb5 Ne7 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.Rxd7
Kxd7 18.Rd1+ Ke8 19.Nd2 Nc8 20.Nc4 Ke7 21.Ne3 c6 22.Nc4 Rh8
23.Rd3 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 Be7 7.Bb5+
Bd7 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bxd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.O-O Ngf6 8.Qe2 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Bxe4 10.Qxe4 c6 11.c4 Be7 12.Qg4
O-O 13.Bh6 Bf6 14.Rad1 Re8 15.h4 Qa5 16.h5 Qf5 17.Qxf5 exf5
18.Be3 Rad8 19.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6
8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O cxd4
13.exd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "open"]
[Site "New York  50/19 Epishin,V"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Re8
7.Ne2 c6 8.Qb3 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.f4 exf4 11.d3 d5 12.Bxf4 Nbd7
13.exd5 Rxe2 14.Bf3 Qe7 15.Qd1 Re3 16.dxc6 Rxf3 17.Qxf3 Qc5+
18.Be3 Bxc6 19.Qf4 Qh5 20.Bd4 Ng4 21.h4 Nge5 22.Bxe5 Nxe5
23.d4 Nxc4 24.Rae1 Qd5 25.Re2 h6 26.g4 Qh1+ 27.Kf2 Qxh4+
28.Kg1 Rf8 29.Rh2 Qe7 30.Rh5 Qe3+ 31.Qxe3 Nxe3 32.Re1 Nxg4
33.d5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 Be7 7.Bd3
O-O 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.O-O Nb4 10.Kh1 b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.a3 Na6 13.b4
Rc8 14.Bb2 Nb8 15.Bd3 a5 16.bxa5 bxa5 17.Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.b3 h6 9.Ba3 g5 10.e3 c6 11.Rc1 Na6 12.Re1 Qh5 13.Nd2
Qxd1 14.Rcxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "12544"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.b4 Bh6 11.c5 f5 12.Nb5 Nf6 13.Nxc7
Bxd2 14.cxd6 Qxd6 15.Nb5 Qd8 16.Bxd2 a6 17.Nc3 fxe4 18.Bg5 Kg7
19.d6 Neg8 20.Nxe4 h6 21.Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Bc1 Be6 23.Qd2 g5 24.Bb2
Nd7 25.Rac1 Qf6 26.Rc7 b5 27.Bf3 Rad8 28.Re1 Kg8 29.Qe3 Rf7
30.Bc6 Qf4 31.Qxf4 Rxf4 32.a3 Rc4 33.h3 Nb8 34.Bf3 Nd7 35.Bb7
Rb8 36.Bxe5 Nxe5 37.Rxe5 Rxc7 38.dxc7 Rxb7 39.Rxe6 Rxc7
40.Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Vyzmanavin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Bf4 b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Nc3 Nfd7 11.e4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 dxc4
13.Qg4 g6 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nf6 16.Qe2 b5 17.h4 Re8 18.Bg5
Nd7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.e5 Rab8 21.h5 f5 22.exf6 Nxf6 23.hxg6 hxg6
24.Rfe1 Rbd8 25.Qe5 Qg7 26.Qg5 a6 27.Re5 Nh7 28.Qe3 Nf6 29.Qg5
c5 30.Bxb7 cxd4 31.Be4 Nh7 32.Qxg6 Qxg6 33.Bxg6 dxc3 34.Rxd8
Rxd8 35.bxc3 Nf8 36.Be4 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Ra1 38.Rc5 Kf7 39.g4 Rxa2
40.g5 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valery A Chekhov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 a6
8.a4 e6 9.Bd3 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1 Nh5 13.Bg5
Bf6 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Be2 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Ng7 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.Rab1 Qc7
19.g4 Bd7 20.Bg2 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.g5 Bd8 23.b4 cxb4 24.Na2
Qa5 25.Nxb4 Bb6 26.Bf4 Bc5 27.Nd3 Qxd2 28.Bxd2 Ra8 29.Rec1 Ra2
30.Bb4 Bxb4 31.Nxb4 Ra7 32.Nc6 Rb7 33.Na5 Ra7 34.Nc6 Rb7
35.Na5 Ra7 36.Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Kh1 O-O 9.f4 e5 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Rxa4
Nd7 14.Nd5 exf4 15.Bxf4 Bb7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4
Ne5 19.Be2 f5 20.Rxd6 Bxe4 21.Qd4 Ng6 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.Bh6 Qe5
24.Be3 f4 25.Bxf4 Bxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Nxf4+ 27.Kh1 Qxd4 28.Rxd4 g5
29.h4 h6 30.Rd6 Kg7 31.Bxa6 Rf6 32.Rd7+ Rf7 33.Rxf7+ Kxf7
34.Bc4+ Kf6 35.hxg5+ hxg5 36.Kg1 Rd8 37.Bd3 Rb8 38.b3 Ke5
39.Bc4 Kd4 40.Rf3 Ra8 41.Kf2 Ra2 42.Bd3 Ra1 43.Bh7 Rh1 44.c3+
Ke5 45.Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mikhail Ulibin"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6
12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. h4 e5 16. c4 Qa4
17. Ng5 dxc4 18. Be4 Bf5 19. Nxf7 Bxe4 20. Qg4 c3 21. Bg5 Bf5
22. Nh6+ Kf8 23. Bxe7+ Nxe7 24. Qg5 Kg7 25. Qxe7+ Kxh6 26. h5
Qe8 27. hxg6+ Kxg6 28. Qxh7+ Kf6 29. Rh6+ Kg5 30. Qg7+ Bg6
31. dxe5 Qe6 32. f4+ Kf5 33. g4+ Kxf4 34. Rxg6 Qd5 35. Qf6+
1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vereslav Eingorn"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 Re8 9.h3 c6 10.a3 a6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Ba2
c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.O-O Qd3 16.Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4
a6 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Be3 Nb6 11.h4 Be6 12.Qd1 c5 13.Ng5
cxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Bxd4 Nd5 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rd1 Nc6 18.Bc5
Rf5 19.Nxd5 Rxe5+ 20.Be2 Rxd5 21.Be3 Bxb2 22.Rb1 Bc3+ 23.Kf1
Nd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Rh3 b4 26.h5 e5 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Bd3 Kg7
29.Rg3 e4 30.Bc2 Rf8 31.f3 Rh8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3
Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.O-O
Qc8 14.Qe2 Ba6 15.Rd1 Bxd3 16.Rxd3 Nd7 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Re3 cxd4
19.cxd4 Qc6 20.Rd1 Rac8 21.d5 exd5 22.exd5 Qc4 23.Rxe7 Qxf4
24.d6 Rc1 25.g3 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Qf6 27.Qd5 Nf8 28.Rxa7 Rxd6
29.Qe5 Qd8 30.Kg2 Rd1 31.Qf5 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.Ra8 g5 34.Rb8
b5 35.a4 bxa4 36.Ra8 g4 37.Nh4 h5 38.Rxa4 Ne6 39.h3 Nd4
40.hxg4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Igor Novikov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.O-O
e6 8.d3 Nf6 9.Qe1 Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 d5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Rd1
Qc7 14.Qg3 d4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Ne2 Ne8 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 g6
19.Rdf1 Ng7 20.R5f3 Qd6 21.Nf4 f5 22.Nd5 fxe4 23.Qxd6 Bxd6
24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Nxe4 Rxf3 26.Rxf3 Be7 27.Bc1 Kg8 28.Nf6+ Bxf6
29.Rxf6 Rf8 30.Rb6 Rf7 31.g4 Kf8 32.Ba3 Rc7 33.Rd6 Kf7 34.Kf2
Ne6 35.Kf3 Ke7 36.Rb6 Nf8 37.Bc1 Nd7 38.Bg5+ Kf7 39.Rd6 Nf8
40.Rf6+ Kg7 41.Rd6 Kf7 42.Ke4 Ne6 43.Bh4 g5 44.Bg3 Re7 45.Kf5
h6 46.Be5 Ng7+ 47.Ke4 Ne6 48.a3 a5 49.a4 Re8 50.Rd7+ Re7
51.Rxe7+ Kxe7 52.Kf5 Kf7 53.Bd6 b6 54.Ke5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2
Be6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Rc1 a6 11.Bh4 Bg4 12.a3 Bh5 13.b4
O-O 14.Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4
Nb6 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O e5 10.d5 Na5 11.e4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
Nac4 14.Qe2 Nd6 15.a4 a6 16.Be3 Nd7 17.a5 Kh8 18.Rac1 f5
19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Ne4 Nd4 21.Qd3 Nf6 22.Nxf6 Bxf6 23.f4 Nf5
24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Bf4 Qd6 26.Bxe5+ Qxe5 27.Rfe1 Qxb2 28.Rxc7
Rae8 29.Rf1 Qe5 30.Qc3 Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Rc8 32.Rfc1 Rxc3 33.Rxc3
Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4
Qb6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Nc3 a6 11.Qe2 Qh4 12.f4 Nh6
13.Be3 Rc8 14.Rf3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Rxc5 16.Raf1 Qe7 17.Rh3 Nf5
18.Qf2 Bc6 19.g4 d4 20.Nd1 Ne3 21.Nxe3 dxe3 22.Qxe3 Ra5 23.a3
g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Aseev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Bd6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Qe2 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 c6 12.c4
O-O 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Bc3 Bf8 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 g6 17.Rad1 Bg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Shneider"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4 7.e3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 e5 12.Be2 g5 13.Bf2
Nh5 14.g3 O-O-O 15.O-O Ng7 16.Re1 c5 17.a4 a5 18.Rb1 Rhf8
19.Nf1 f5 20.Ne3 fxe4 21.Nd5 Qf7 22.Nxb6+ Nxb6 23.Rxb6 g4
24.f4 h5 25.dxc5 dxc5 26.Qb3 Qc7 27.Rb1 Rf7 28.Qa3 Ba8 29.R1b5
Kd7 30.Rxc5 Qxb6 31.Rd5+ Bxd5 32.Bxb6 Rb8 33.cxd5 Rxb6 34.Bb5+
Kd8 35.fxe5 Rbb7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Kb1
Qa6 13.Nd4 Rfc8 14.f3 b5 15.g4 b4 16.Nce2 Be8 17.Ng3 h6 18.Be3
Nd7 19.Bxh6 Bf8 20.Bg5 Ne5 21.Nh5 Rc5 22.b3 Ra5 23.Qe2 Bb5
24.Nxb5 Rxa2 25.Kc1 Rc8 26.Nd4 Raxc2+ 27.Nxc2 Qa1+ 28.Kd2 Qc3+
29.Kc1 Nxf3 30.Kb1 Qxb3+ 31.Kc1 Qa2 0-1

[Event "URS Ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vadim Karpman"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qd8 16.h4 Bf6 17.fxe6 O-O 18.Bh3
Ng6 19.exf7+ Rxf7 20.Be6 Bxe6 21.Nxe6 Qe8 22.Ng5 Bxg5 23.hxg5
Nf8 24.g6 Rf6 25.Nd5 Rxg6 26.Ne7+ Qxe7 27.Qd5+ Re6 28. Qxa8 g6
29.Rhf1 Kg7 30.Qxa6 b4 31.Qc4 Nd7 32.Qxb4 Nc5 33.Qd4+ Kg8
34.a4 h5 35.a5 h4 36.Rf3 g5 37.Ra3 Qb7 38.e5 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4
c6 8.Ba2 Re8 9.Re1 a5 10.h3 h6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Nh4 Nf8 13.Qf3
Be6 14.Nf5 Bxa2 15.Rxa2 Kh7 16.Raa1 Ne6 17.Rad1 exd4 18.Nxd4
Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rad8 20.Re3 Kg8 21.Qf5 Nd7 22.Rg3 Ne5 23.Qh5 Bg5
24.Be3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open), New York"]
[Site "It (open), New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Maurice Ashley"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 d5 10. Nbd2 f5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc2
O-O 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Ne1 Rc8 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. e3
Qg5 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. f3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Rcd8 21. Rc2 Rfe8 22. Qc1
Qf6 23. Nd3 Qe7 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 dxc4 26. bxc4 e5 27. d5
Nc5 28. h4 b5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kh2 b4 31. Bh3 Bc8 32. Bxc8
Rxc8 33. Kg2 h6 34. Rd3 Rf8 35. Qd1 Qf7 36. dxc6 Qg6 37. Re2
Rxc6 38. Rd7 Qg4 39. Bxe5 Rg6 40. Qd3 Kh7 41. Rd2 a5 42. Rd5
Be7 43. Qe2 Qxh4 44. Rxa5 Re8 45. Qf3 Rf8 46. Qe2 Re8 47. Rd1
Bc5 48. Rh1 Qg5 49. Rh5 Qe7 50. Bf4 Bd4 51. e5 Qf7 52. Kh2 Bc3
53. Qd3 Kh8 54. Rf5 Qc7 55. Qd5 Rge6 56. Ra8 Qe7 57. Rxe8+
Qxe8 58. c5 Qg6 59. Rf8+ Kh7 60. Kg2 Bb2 61. Qc4 Bc3 62. c6
Qc2+ 63. Kh3 Qb1 64. Qxe6 Qh1+ 65. Kg4 Qd1+ 66. Kh4 g5+
67. Bxg5 hxg5+ 68. Kxg5 Bd2+ 69. Kf6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hartberg (Austria)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gerardo F Barbero"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.Bd3 d6 7.h3 e5
8.d5 a5 9.g4 Na6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.a3 Rfc8 13.Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nigel Rodney Davies"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.c4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d5 Nce7 6.h4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bg7
8.Bg5 O-O 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Nd2 h5 11.f3 Nh7 12.Be3 c5 13.g4 f5
14.g5 Rf7 15.Qb3 b6 16.Qa3 a5 17.O-O-O Nf8 18.Rdf1 Bc8 19.Nb5
Ba6 20.Qb3 Qb8 21.Nb1 Nd7 22.N1c3 Bf8 23.Bd2 Kh7 24.Bd3 Bg7
25.Kb1 Bc8 26.Ne2 Nf8 27.Ng3 Bd7 28.f4 fxe4 29.Bxe4 a4 30.Qd3
Bxb5 31.cxb5 exf4 32.Nxh5 c4 33.Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4
a6 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Be3 Nb6 11.a4 Be6 12.Qd1 b4 13.Ne4
Bd5 14.Bd3 f5 15.exf6 exf6 16.O-O a5 17.Re1 N8d7 18.Bf4 c6
19.Rc1 Re8 20.Qc2 Nf8 21.Nc5 Ra7 22.Nd2 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Re7
24.Re3 Bf7 25.Nc4 Rxe3 26.Bxe3 Nd5 27.Nb7 Qc7 28.Nbxa5 Nxe3
29.fxe3 c5 30.dxc5 Qxc5 31.Nb7 Qa7 32.Nbd6 Be6 33.Nb5 Qc5
34.Nd4 Bf7 35.Nd2 Qe5 36.Nf1 Bh6 37.Kh1 Bxe3 38.Nf3 Qf4
39.Nxe3 Qxe3 40.Bc4 Ne6 41.a5 Kg7 42.a6 Nd4 43.Qd2 Qxd2
44.Nxd2 Nc6 45.Kg1 f5 46.Kf2 Kf6 47.Bxf7 Kxf7 48.Nf3 Ke6
49.Nd4+ Kd5 50.Nb5 Kc4 51.a7 Nxa7 52.Nxa7 Kd3 53.Nc6 b3 54.Na5
Kc2 55.Ke3 Kxb2 56.Kf4 Kc3 57.Nxb3 Kxb3 58.Kg5 Kc4 59.Kh6 f4
60.h4 Kd3 61.Kxh7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Qc2
O-O 8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Ndf3 Bd6 12.cxd5 exd5
13.Nd3 Re8 14.Be3 Nbd7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Qa4 Qb6 17.b4 Bxd3
18.exd3 Qxb4 19.Qxb4 cxb4 20.h3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Logrono <SPA> tt 08"]
[Site "Logrono <SPA> tt 08"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
Na6 8.O-O Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 Qe7
13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.a3 Qe7 16.Qc2 c5 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Nb1
f5 19.Nc3 f4 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Bd2 f3 22.Bxf3 Bxh3 23.Rfd1 Bxd2
24.Qxd2 Be6 25.Qe3 Rc8 26.Be2 Nb8 27.b4 b6 28.b5 Nd7 29.Qg3
Nf6 30.Qxe5 Bxd5 31.f3 Re8 32.Qb2 Qd6 33.cxd5 Nh5 34.Bc4 Re5
35.Qd2 Rf8 36.Re1 Ng3 37.Rad1 g5 38.Qf2 Nh5 39.g3 Kg7 40.Kg2
Nf6 41.Qb2 Kf7 42.Qc2 Ke8 43.Rh1 h5 44.Rde1 Kd8 45.Rh2 Rfe8
46.Re2 g4 47.f4 Rxe4 48.Rxe4 Rxe4 49.Rxh5 Qe7 50.d6 Qb7 51.Bd5
Nxd5 52.Rh8+ Kd7 53.Kh2 Nf6 54.Rh6 Qa8 55.Qg2 Qf8 56.Rxf6 Qh8+
57.Kg1 Re1+ 58.Kf2 Qxf6 59.Qc6+ Kd8 60.Qc7+ Ke8 61.d7 Kf7
62.d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Match URS-ESP"]
[Site "Match URS-ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Rd1 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Qc7
13.h3 Bh2+ 14.Kh1 Be5 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Be1 Rfd8 17.Qe2 a6 18.Na4
Rac8 19.Bc3 b5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Nc3 b4 22.Na4 a5 23.Rd4 Qc7
24.a3 Rb8 25.axb4 axb4 26.Qe1 Qe7 27.Rc1 Rdc8 28.Rxc8+ Bxc8
29.Qc1 Be6 30.Qc5 Qb7 31.Qd6 h6 32.Nc5 Qb6 33.Qxb6 Rxb6 34.Nd3
b3 35.Rb4 Nd7 36.Rxb6 Nxb6 37.Bd1 Bf5 38.Nb4 Nc4 39.Bxb3 Nxb2
40.Bxd5 Nd3 41.Nc6 Bd7 42.Kg1 Bxc6 43.Bxc6 g5 44.Kf1 Kg7
45.Ke2 Ne5 46.Be4 Kf6 47.g3 Ke6 48.f4 gxf4 49.gxf4 Nd7 50.Bb7
Nf6 51.e4 Nh5 52.Kf3 f6 53.Bd5+ Ke7 54.Kg4 Ng7 55.f5 Kd6
56.Bf7 Ke5 57.Kf3 Nxf5 58.exf5 Kxf5 59.Kg3 Ke5 60.Kh4 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "It cat.13"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Rd8 12.Qb3 Qe7
13.Be2 Nd7 14.Ncb5 Nb6 15.Nc7 Rb8 16.a3 Bc5 17.Ncb5 a6 18.Qc2
Nd7 19.Nc7 Bxd4 20.exd4 Nf6 21.Rfd1 Bd7 22.Bf3 Rdc8 23.Qc5
Qxc5 24.Rxc5 Ba4 25.Rdc1 Rd8 26.R5c4 Bb3 27.Rb4 Bd5 28.Nxd5
Nxd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.g3 b5 31.a4 a5 32.Rxb5 Rbxb5 33.axb5 Rxb5
34.Rc8+ Kh7 35.Rc5 Rxb2 36.Rxa5 Rd2 37.Ra7 Kg6 38.Rd7 Kf6
39.Kg2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa 52/78"]
[Site "Terrassa 52/78"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qe7
7.e3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Bd7 11.a3 Bxd2 12.Qxd2
f6 13.b4 Rd8 14.Bh5+ Nf7 15.c5 Bb5 16.Rfd1 d5 17.e4 Ba4
18.exd5 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 O-O 20.d6 cxd6 21.cxd6 Qe6 22.Bf3 Kh8
23.d7 b6 24.Bc7 Ne5 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.Qc2 Rxd7 27.Qc8+ Qg8
28.Qxg8+ Kxg8 29.Rxd7 Nxd7 30.Bd5+ Kf8 31.f4 Ke7 32.Kf2 f5
33.Ke3 Kd6 34.Kd4 Nf6 35.Bf3 Ne8 36.Kc4 Nc7 37.g3 Ke6 38.Be2
Kd6 39.Bd3 Ke6 40.Kd4 g6 41.Bc4+ Kf6 42.a4 h6 43.h3 g5 44.h4
gxf4 45.gxf4 Ne6+ 46.Bxe6 Kxe6 47.Kc4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3
a6 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 c5 10.a4 cxd4 11.exd4 bxa4 12.Qxa4 Rb8
13.O-O Be7 14.Qc2 O-O 15.Bxa6 Qb6 16.Bb5 Bb4 17.Bg3 Bd6 18.Na4
Qxb5 19.Bxd6 Bb7 20.Bxb8 Rxb8 21.Ra3 Qh5 22.Qc7 Qb5 23.Nc5 Bd5
24.Ra7 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qe2 26.Nxd7 Nxd7 27.Qxd7 Qxf3 28.Ra3 Qf5
29.Rg3 Rxb2 30.d5 1-0

[Event "Oviedo"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Borislav Ivkov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nbd2 e6 5.Be2 Be7 6.c3 c6 7.O-O
O-O 8.h3 Bh5 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nbd7 12.Ndf3 Nxe5
13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Bf4 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.Rd2 Nf8 17.Rfd1 Ng6
18.Bg3 h5 19.Qe4 Rd5 20.c4 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Rd8 22.Rd3 h4 23.Bh2
Qa5 24.a3 Qb6 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Qd4 Qa5 27.Bf4 Bc5 28.Qd2 Qb6
29.Bg5 Qb3 30.Qe2 Qa2 31.Kh2 Bxa3 32.Bxh4 Qxb2 33.Qe4 Bc5
34.Qd3 Nxh4 35.Qd8+ Bf8 36.Qxh4 a5 37.Qg3 a4 38.Ng5 Qc2 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 b6
7.b4 Bb7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.e3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Na6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.b5 Nc7
13.O-O d5 14.Ne5 Rfd8 15.Qc2 Nce8 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.a4 Nd6 18.f3
h6 19.Qf2 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.Rac1 dxc4 22.Bb1 f5 23.Qg3 Rcd8
24.Qe5 Ne8 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.h3 Rd5 27.Qf4 Nd6 28.Be5 Nf7 29.Bc3
Nd6 30.Qg3 e5 31.Qg6 e4 32.f4 Bc8 33.Ba2 Be6 34.Bxg7 Qxg7
35.Qxe6+ Qf7 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.Bxc4 Nxc4 38.Rxc4 Ke6 39.g4 Rd1+
40.Kf2 Kd5 41.Rc2 fxg4 42.hxg4 c4 43.f5 Kc5 44.Kg3 Kb4 45.f6
c3 46.Rf2 Rd8 47.Kf4 Rd2 48.Rf1 c2 49.f7 Rd8 50.Ke5 Kxa4
51.Ke6 Rd1 52.f8=Q c1=Q 53.Rxd1 Qxd1 54.Qf5 Qb3+ 55.Ke5 Qxe3
56.Qd7 Ka5 57.Qc6 Qb6 58.Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "cat.13"]
[Site "It  Terrassa (37)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O
O-O 8.e3 Bb6 9.d4 Re8 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.d5 Ne7 12.Nd2 b5 13.e4
c6 14.b3 bxc4 15.bxc4 Bd7 16.Qb3 Qa5 17.Rb1 b5 18.cxb5 cxb5
19.Rb2 Rec8 20.Nb1 Rc4 21.Bd2 Qa6 22.Re1 Nc8 23.Nc3 b4 24.Nb1
Ba4 25.Qe3 Rc2 26.Rxb4 Rxa2 27.Bf1 Qa7 28.Nc3 Qxe3 29.Bxe3 Ra3
30.Nxa4 R3xa4 31.Rxa4 Rxa4 32.Rb1 Ra8 33.f3 Kf8 34.Rb7 Ne8
35.Bb5 Ne7 36.g4 Ng6 37.Ba7 Rc8 38.Rb8 Rxb8 39.Bxb8 f6 40.Kf2
Nh8 41.Bxe8 Kxe8 42.Bxd6 Nf7 43.Bb4 Ng5 44.Kg3 Nf7 45.Bd2 Nd6
46.Bc3 Nf7 47.Bb4 Nh8 48.g5 Kf7 49.Kg4 Ng6 50.Bd2 Ne7 51.Kh5
Ng8 52.Be3 Kf8 53.Bc5+ Kf7 54.Bd6 g6+ 55.Kg4 h6 56.h4 Ke8
57.Kg3 Kf7 58.Kf2 Kg7 59.Ke3 Kf7 60.Kd3 Kg7 61.Kc4 Kf7 62.Kc5
hxg5 63.hxg5 fxg5 64.Bxe5 Nh6 65.Bg3 g4 66.fxg4 Nxg4 67.e5 g5
68.Kc6 Ne3 69.e6+ Kf6 70.Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bf4
Nd7 8.O-O-O Ngf6 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Bb5
Bd6 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.Qf3 Bxf4+ 15.Qxf4 Raf8 16.Rd3 Qc7 17.Qd2
Rc8 18.Kb1 Rhe8 19.g4 Re7 20.h4 Qd6 21.h5 Rg8 22.g5 Kc8 23.a3
b6 24.Rf3 Rd8 25.Rf6 Rc7 26.Qe2 Kb7 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Rh7 Rf8
29.Qf3 Qd7 30.c3 a5 31.Qd3 Qe8 32.Qf3 b5 33.Ka2 Kb8 34.Qf4 Qc6
35.Rfxf7 Rxf7 36.Rxf7 Qc4+ 37.Kb1 Qf1+ 38.Kc2 Qe2+ 39.Kc1 Qe1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 51/424 Epishin,V"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia 51/424 Epishin,V"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Ne5 c5
13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Rad1 Rac8 16.Bf3 Bd6 17.Ne2 d4
18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.exd4 Qa6 20.Ng3 Bxg3 21.fxg3 cxd4 22.Qd3 Qxa2
23.Qxd4 Rc2 24.Rd2 Qxb3 25.Rxc2 Qxc2 26.h3 Re2 27.Qd8+ Ne8
28.Qd5 Qc7 29.Bd4 a6 30.Kh1 h6 31.g4 Re6 32.Qf3 Qd7 33.Bc3 Nd6
34.Rd1 Qc7 35.Qd3 Qc6 36.Bb2 Nc4 37.Bd4 Qd5 38.Rc1 Nd6 39.Rc5
Qb7 40.Kh2 Ne4 41.Re5 Qc6 42.Bb2 Rxe5 43.Bxe5 f6 44.Qb3+ Kh7
45.Bf4 a5 46.Qf7 Ng5 47.Bxg5 hxg5 48.h4 Qd6+ 49.g3 Qd2+ 50.Kh3
Qe1 51.Kg2 Qe4+ 52.Kh2 Qxg4 53.h5 Qf5 54.g4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "Wien"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 c6 11.a3 b5 12.dxc6 b4 13.axb4
axb4 14.Nb5 Nxc6 15.Nb3 Be6 16.Qd3 Ne8 17.Be3 f5 18.f3 fxe4
19.fxe4 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qd7 21.h3 Bf8 22.Bg4 Bxg4 23.hxg4 Qe6
24.Nd2 Rc8 25.Qd5 Nd8 26.b3 Be7 27.Bb6 Nf6 28.Rxf6 Bxf6
29.Nxd6 Rb8 30.Bc7 Qxd5 31.exd5 Ra8 32.N6e4 Be7 33.c5 Nf7
34.c6 Rc8 35.Bb6 Nd6 36.Nxd6 Bxd6 37.Ne4 Bf8 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.Ke2
Ke8 40.Kd3 Be7 41.Kc4 Rb8 42.c7 1-0

[Event "Bern <SUI> 04"]
[Site "Bern <SUI> 04"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Margeir Petursson"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2
c5 8.O-O O-O 9.Bxb4 cxb4 10.a3 Na6 11.e3 Qe7 12.a4 Ne4 13.a5
b5 14.Nfd2 Nc3 15.Qc2 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nxb1 17.Raxb1 Rfc8 18.Qe4
bxc4 19.bxc4 d6 20.Rfc1 Rab8 21.Nb3 g6 22.Kg1 Rb7 23.Qd3 Rbc7
24.Rb2 Rc6 25.Rbc2 Qb7 26.c5 Qb8 27.cxd6 Qxd6 28.Rxc6 Rxc6
29.Qb5 Rc3 30.Rxc3 bxc3 31.Qc4 Qb4 32.Qxb4 Nxb4 33.Kf1 Kf8
34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Nc5 a6 36.Ne4 c2 37.Kd2 Kd7 38.Nf6+ Kc6 39.Nxh7
Kb5 40.Nf6 Kxa5 41.h4 Ka4 42.Ne4 Kb3 43.Nc5+ Kb2 44.Nd3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4
7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qf6 9.Re1 Nge7 10.b4 a6 11.e5 Qg6 12.Qb3 Be6
13.a4 O-O 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.b5 Na5 16.Qb4 Nd5 17.Qxd4 Nb3
18.Nxb3 Rxf3 19.Nc5 Nf4 20.g3 Nh3+ 21.Kh1 Rxf2 22.Ne4 Qh5
23.Re3 Rc2 24.Rf1 Nf4 25.h4 Nd5 26.Ref3 axb5 27.Ng5 Qg6 28.Qg4
Rc3 29.Rxc3 Nxc3 30.h5 Qe8 31.Nxe6 Qd7 32.Qf5 h6 33.axb5 Re8
34.Nc5 Qd5+ 35.Qf3 Rxe5 36.Qxd5+ Rxd5 37.Nxb7 Rxh5+ 38.Kg2
Rxb5 39.Nd8 Re5 40.Rc1 Nd5 41.Nc6 Re2+ 42.Kh3 Re3 43.Nd4 Nc3
44.Nf5 Rd3 45.Re1 Kf7 46.Rf1 Kg6 47.Kg4 Ne4 48.Nh4+ Kh7 49.Nf3
g5 50.Kh3 h5 51.Kh2 Nxg3 52.Kxg3 g4 53.Rc1 Rxf3+ 54.Kh4 Kg6
55.Rc6+ Kf5 56.Rc5+ Kf4 57.Rc4+ Ke3 58.Rc3+ Kf2 59.Rc2+ Kg1
60.Kxh5 g3 61.Kg4 Rd3 62.Rxc7 g2 63.Rf7 Rd8 64.Kf3 Rh8 65.Rg7
Kf1 0-1

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8
14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Nb5 Nh5 16.g3 axb4 17.axb4 Ndf6 18.c5 Bd7
19.Rb3 Bh6 20.Rc3 fxe4 21.fxe4 Bh3 22.Re1 dxc5 23.bxc5 c6
24.dxc6 Bxd2 25.Bxd2 bxc6 26.Nd6 Ng4 27.Rf3 Qe7 28.Rb1 Rxf3
29.Bxf3 Rf8 30.Bxg4 Bxg4 31.Bh6 Ng7 32.Rb7 Bd7 33.Qd2 Qf6
34.Nf5 Bxf5 35.exf5 Rg8 36.fxg6 Qxg6 37.Qg5 Nf5 38.Qxg6 Rxg6
39.Bc1 Kg8 40.Bb2 e4 41.Kf2 e3 42.Ke1 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno/Morava-C"]
[Site "Brno/Morava-C"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 axb4
14.axb4 Ng8 15.Qc2 Ngf6 16.Nb5 Nh5 17.g3 Ndf6 18.c5 Bd7 19.Rb3
Bh6 20.Rc3 fxe4 21.fxe4 Bh3 22.Re1 dxc5 23.bxc5 c6 24.dxc6
Bxd2 25.Bxd2 bxc6 26.Nd6 Ng4 27.Rf3 Qe7 28.Rb1 Rxf3 29.Bxf3
Rf8 30.Bxg4 Bxg4 31.Bh6 Ng7 32.Rb7 Bd7 33.Qd2 Qf6 34.Nf5 Bxf5
35.exf5 Rg8 36.fxg6 Qxg6 37.Qg5 Nf5 38.Qxg6 Rxg6 39.Bc1 Kg8
40.Bb2 e4 41.Kf2 e3 42.Ke1 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Wien"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "39"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 axb4
14.axb4 Ng8 15.Qc2 Ngf6 16.Nb5 Nh5 17.g3 Ndf6 18.c5 Bd7 19.Rb3
Bh6 20.Rc3 fxe4 21.fxe4 Bh3 22.Re1 Qd7 23.Nf3 Bxc1 24.Rxc1 Nf4
25.Ng5 Nxe2+ 26.Qxe2 Bg4 27.Qc4 Ne8 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Qxf1 Kg8
30.h3 h6 31.c6 bxc6 32.dxc6 Qe7 33.hxg4 hxg5 34.Rf3 d5 35.exd5
Qxb4 36.d6 Nxd6 37.Nxd6 cxd6 38.Rf6 Qb3 39.Kh2 Kg7 40.Rxd6
Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Rc1 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Nf3
Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qa5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5
13.Bh2 exd4 14.exd4 Qb4 15.Bb3 Nb6 16.Rfd1 a5 17.Rb1 a4 18.Bc2
Rfe8 19.a3 Qe7 20.g4 h6 21.Bg3 Nh7 22.h4 Qf6 23.Kg2 Qxf3+
24.Kxf3 Nf8 25.d5 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Nxd5 27.Rxb7 Nxc3 28.Rd2 Ne6
29.Kg2 Nb5 30.Bb1 Nc5 31.Rb6 Nb3 32.Rd7 Nc5 33.Rd1 Nc3 34.Rc1
Nxb1 35.Rbxb1 Ne4 36.Bf4 g5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Be3 c5 39.Bxc5 Nd2
40.Rb5 Re5 41.Rh1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Qg3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.e5 dxe5 14.Ne4 exf4 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Qg7 Rf8 17.Nd4 Nb6
18.Be2 Bd7 19.Qxf6 Rc8 20.Bf3 Nc4 21.Kb1 e5 22.Rhe1 Ne3 23.c3
Rd8 24.Nc2 Nxd1 25.Bh5 Ne3+ 26.Nxe3 fxe3 27.Rxe3 Bf5+ 28.Qxf5
Rd6 29.Qxe5+ Kd8 30.Qg7 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Qg8+ Kd7 33.Qxf7+
Kc6 34.Bf3+ Kb6 35.Qxc7+ Kxc7 36.Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "x"]
[Site "x"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 O-O 7.Be3
Nc6 8.d5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 Re8 11.g4 e6 12.g5 Nh5 13.dxe6
Rxe6 14.Qd2 a6 15.f4 Nc6 16.Bf3 Na5 17.b3 b5 18.cxb5 axb5
19.Rc1 c6 20.O-O Re8 21.Bf2 Nb7 22.Ne2 Qd7 23.Rc2 Ra6 24.f5
Be5 25.Bxh5 gxh5 26.Nf4 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Qe7 28.Re1 Qe5 29.Qxe5
Rxe5 30.Bd4 Re8 31.Kf2 c5 32.Bf6 c4 33.Bd4 Na5 34.bxc4 Nxc4
35.Ree2 h4 36.Rc3 h6 37.gxh6 Kh7 38.Rb3 Ra4 39.Bg7 b4 40.Kf3
Ne5+ 41.Kf4 Rea8 42.Rd2 Rxa2 43.Rxd6 Nc4 44.Rd7 Re8 45.Rxb4
Rf2+ 46.Kg5 Rg2+ 47.Kh5 Rxe4 48.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7
7. e3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. Bh2 e5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qc8 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Re1 Nf6
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rc1 Bxf3
21. Qxf3 a5 22. b3 Rf5 23. Qe4 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Romanishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. O-O Bf5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxd5
12. Bd2 a6 13. Ra5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be4 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Be3 Rfe8
17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. d5 Nb8 20. c4 e4 21. Bb6 Rd7
22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nc2 Rb7 24. c5 Bf8 25. Na3 Re5 26. Nc4 Rd5
27. b4 f5 28. Ra2 Kf7 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Nd7 31. Nc4 Rb8
32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Bc7 Ke6 34. Bf4 Nf6 35. Nb6 Ra7 36. Nc8 Ra8
37. Nb6 Ra7 38. Nc8 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa 52/536"]
[Site "Terrassa 52/536"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5
exd5 7. d4 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rad1 Ng6
12. Bc1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Ne4 14. Qb3 Bf5 15. Nd2 Ng5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd7 19. Bh1 Re7 20. f3 Rae8 21. e3 h5
22. b3 a6 23. Re2 Nf8 24. Ba3 Re6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rde1 Rd8
27. Bg2 Rg6 28. Rd2 h4 29. g4 Bxg4 30. fxg4 Qxg4 31. Kf1 h3
32. Bh1 Rdd6 33. Rf2 Rdf6 34. Rf4 Qg1+ 35. Ke2 Qxh2+ 36. Kd1
Rxf4 37. exf4 Rg1 38. Qf3 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Qg1+ 40. Ke2 Qxd4
41. Qxh3 Qxf4 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Bf3 d4 44. Qe8 d3+ 45. Kf2 g6
46. Qd7 d2 47. Ke2 d1=Q+ 48. Qxd1 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Qxa2 50. Bg4
Qa5 51. Bc8 Qc7 52. Qg4 a5 53. Bd7 Qd6 54. Bc8 b5 55. Qd7 Qxd7
56. Bxd7 a4 57. bxa4 bxa4 58. Bxc6 a3 59. Bd5 f5 60. Ke2 g5
61. Kd3 Kg6 62. Kc3 Kf6 63. Kb3 Ke5 64. Bc6 g4 65. Kxa3 Kd4
66. Kb2 g3 67. Kc2 Ke3 68. Kd1 Kf2 0-1

[Event "USSR 53/420 Epishin,V"]
[Site "ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.Rd1 c5
13.Nxb5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Bb8 15.Qe2 Nd5 16.f4 cxd4 17.Nxd4 e5
18.Nf3 Qf6 19.Ng5 g6 20.Ba6 exf4 21.Rxd5 Rce8 22.Bd2 fxe3
23.fxe3 Re5 24.e4 Rxd5 25.exd5 Qxb2 26.Rf1 Qxa3 27.Bb5 Ne5
28.Qe3 Qa2 29.Ne4 Ng4 30.Qe2 Qxd5 31.Qxg4 Qxb5 32.Nf6+ Kg7
33.Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Brno 52/476 Epishin,V; Shirov,A"]
[Site "Brno 52/476 Epishin,V; Shirov,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4
7.e3 Bg7 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Rb1 Bf5 12.Rb5 cxd4
13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Qa4 b6 15.Rxf5 gxf5 16.Ba6 Qd7 17.Bxc8 Rxc8
18.Rc1 Ne5 19.Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.h3 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 a6 22.d5 b5
23.Qa5 e5 24.Bg5 f6 25.Bh4 Kf7 26.Qb6 Qd7 27.e4 fxe4 28.fxe4
Qxh3 29.Qc7+ Kg6 30.Bg3 h5 31.d6 h4 32.Bxh4 Qxh4 33.d7 Qg4+
34.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa"]
[Site "Santa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6
Qxd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c3 c6 11. Re1 Rfe8
12. Qc2 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. g3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 g6 16. Ng2 Rxe1+
17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Stohl"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Ne5 e6 9.O-O Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Ne5 Nfd7 12.Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia II"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Ne5 e6 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nfd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Rc1 Ba6 14.O-O Rfe8 15.b3 Qb4 16.Rfd1 Bf8 17.Bh6 Be7 18.e4
Rac8 19.h4 Bb7 20.Rc2 Red8 21.Bg5 Nb6 22.Ne2 Qxd2 23.Rdxd2 f6
24.Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia II"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6
Qxf6 8.Nf1 b6 9.Ne3 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 Qf7 12.b4 Bf6 13.a4
a6 14.Ng4 h5 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Nh4 Ne7 17.Ba3 Nc8 18.b5 Kd8
19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 axb5 21.axb5 Ra5 22.Re1 Re8 23.Qb3 Bd5
24.g3 Na7 25.Bb4 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Nc8 27.Nf5 Be4 28.Nh6 Qg6 29.Bd2
Bb7 30.Re1 Nf8 31.Bd3 Qg7 32.Qd1 h4 33.Qh5 hxg3 34.hxg3 Nd6
35.Bf4 Re7 36.Bxd6 cxd6 37.Be4 Bxe4 38.Rxe4 f5 39.Re1 f4
40.Qf3 fxg3 41.Qa8+ Kd7 42.Qc6+ Kd8 43.Qxd6+ Ke8 44.Qc6+ Rd7
45.Qc8+ Rd8 46.Qc6+ Rd7 47.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58 Moscow ,URS-ch"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Leonid Yurtaev"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Bf4 h5 13.g5
Nh7 14.Qd2 Be5 15.Be3 Na6 16.Rad1 Bh3 17.Rg1 Nc5 18.Qe1 Qe7
19.Qh4 Bd7 20.Bf1 a5 21.Bg2 Bg7 22.Rd2 a4 23.Rgd1 Ra5 24.Qg3
Nf8 25.h3 Bc8 26.f4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 d5 28.b4 Ra8 29.cxd5 cxd5
30.Nb5 h4 31.Qxh4 Qxb4 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.gxf6 Rxe3 34.Rxd5 Ra6
35.Nd6 Qc3 36.f5 Bd7 37.Qh6 Rxh3+ 38.Qxh3 Qxh3+ 39.Bxh3 Bc6
40.Ne4 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia91 Top15"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Qd4 d6 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Qe4+ Be6
7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nf3 Qd7 9.Nd4 Bxc4 10.Nf5 Be6 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.g3
d5 13.Qf4 d4 14.Ne4 Bd5 15.f3 f5 16.Nc5 Qe7 17.Nd3 Nc6 18.h3
Nge5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Kf2 d3 21.Bd2 dxe2 22.Bxe2 Bxf3 23.Bb4
Qe6 24.Rhe1 Bxe2 25.Qe3 f4 0-1

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karel Mokry"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7
7.Qd2 Rc8 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.Bd2 a6 11.Kb1 Qc5 12.Qxc5
Rxc5 13.f3 Rc8 14.Be3 Bc6 15.g4 h6 16.h4 g6 17.Bh3 Bg7 18.Bd4
g5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rg8 21.Bf1 Kd8 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Bxf6
Bxf6 24.Bd3 Kc7 25.Bf5 Rcf8 26.Rh7 Rh8 27.Rdh1 Rxh7 28.Rxh7
Kb6 29.c3 Kc5 30.Be4 b5 31.Kc2 a5 32.Kd3 b4 33.cxb4+ axb4
34.Rh2 Kb5 35.b3 Rc8 36.Rc2 Rh8 37.Rc6 Rb8 38.Ke3 Rb6 39.Bd3+
Ka5 40.Rc7 Rb8 41.Rc6 Rb6 42.a4 Rxc6 43.dxc6 Kb6 44.Be4 Be5
45.Kd3 d5 46.Bxd5 e6 47.Be4 f5 48.gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Karel Mokry"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Qe2 e6 7.g4 Bg6
8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h4 h5 11.g5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Bh3
d5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qa5 16.exd5 cxd5 17.f4 O-O 18.f5 exf5
19.Rxd5 Qb4 20.Bg2 Rfe8 21.Kb1 Bf8 22.Qf2 a6 23.Rhd1 Rac8
24.Ne2 f4 25.R1d2 Rxe5 26.Nc3 Bc5 27.a3 Bxf2 28.axb4 Re1+
29.Ka2 Bxh4 30.Ra5 Rc7 31.Rc5 Rxc5 32.bxc5 Re5 33.b4 f3
34.Bxf3 Re3 35.Bxb7 Rxc3 36.Kb2 Re3 37.c6 Bg3 38.Bxa6 h4 39.b5
Bc7 40.Rd7 Be5+ 41.Ka2 h3 42.b6 h2 43.Rd1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "V Tukmakov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4
Na6 8.e5 Nd7 9.e6 fxe6 10.Be3 Nb6 11.Qb3 Qd6 12.Rc1 Bd7
13.Bxa6 bxa6 14.Ne4 Qd5 15.Nc5 Rxf3 16.gxf3 Qxf3 17.Rg1 Be8
18.Nxe6 Bf7 19.Ng5 Bxb3 20.Nxf3 Bxa2 21.Rxc7 Nd5 22.Rc2 Rb8
23.Kd2 Bf6 24.Ra1 Nb4 25.Rc5 Be6 26.Ne5 Rb6 27.Ra3 Kg7 28.Nc4
Rb8 29.Ra4 Rb5 30.b3 Rb7 31.Na5 Rb6 32.Rc7 Nd5 33.Rb7 Rb5
34.Kc2 Nxe3+ 35.fxe3 Rh5 36.Nc6 Rxh2+ 37.Kd3 Bf5+ 38.Kc4 Be4
39.Kc5 0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "V Tukmakov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Na6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Nc3
Qa5 8.Qd2 O-O 9.a3 Be6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.h3 Rac8 12.Be2 Qb6
13.Ng5 Bd7 14.O-O Nc7 15.Rfc1 Nfe8 16.Nf3 f6 17.b4 Qe6 18.Qa2
Qf7 19.Bd1 e6 20.Bb3 Qe7 21.Rc2 Nd6 22.Rac1 Kh8 23.e4 dxe4
24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Nxe4 Qb6 26.Nc5 Rcd8 27.Re1 a5 28.bxa5 Qa7
29.Nxe6 Nxe6 30.Bxe6 Ba4 31.Bb3 Bc6 32.d5 Bd7 33.Rc7 Qxa5
34.Rxb7 Qc5 35.Qc2 Qxa3 36.Nd4 Rc8 37.Nc6 Bf5 38.Qc4 Qd6
39.Ree7 Rg8 40.g4 Bb1 41.Ba4 Qa3 42.Rb3 Qa1 43.Re1 Ra8 44.Rb4
1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Konstantin Aseev"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Ne5 Nbd7
13.Bf4 c6 14.e4 Nf8 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bh3 Ba3 17.Rc2 a6 18.Na4
Ne6 19.Bc1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6
7.Qa4 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxd7 Nxd7 11.Qh4 h6 12.d4 g5
13.Qg3 Nf6 14.Ne5 Nxd5 15.h4 f6 16.Ng6 Re8 17.f4 Nxc3 18.bxc3
Qc7 19.Ba3 Bf5 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.Bxe7 gxh4 22.Qe3 Re8 23.Rae1
Bf8 24.Qf3 Rxe7 25.Qd5+ Rf7 26.Qxf5 Qxc3 27.Qe4 f5 28.Qe3
Qxe3+ 29.Rxe3 Rd7 30.Rd3 Rd5 31.Rb1 b5 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Rc1 Bd6
34.Ke3 a5 35.Rc6 b4 36.Ra6 Ke7 37.Rd1 h5 38.Kd3 Bxf4 39.Kc4
Rd8 40.Rxa5 Kf6 41.d5 Bd6 42.Ra6 h3 43.gxh3 f4 44.Kd4 Kf5
45.Ra7 Rf8 46.Rd7 Be5+ 47.Kc5 f3 48.d6 f2 49.Kd5 Rf6 50.Rf1
Bg3 51.Rd8 Kf4 52.d7 Kf3 53.Kc5 Rf7 54.Kc6 Rf6+ 55.Kb7 Rd6
56.Rf8+ Kg2 57.R1xf2+ Bxf2 58.d8=Q Rxd8 59.Rxd8 Kxh3 60.Kc6 h4
61.Kb5 Kg2 62.Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandar Budnikov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O e4 7.Nd4
Nc6 8.Nc2 Bxc3 9.dxc3 h6 10.Ne3 b6 11.Nd5 Bb7 12.b3 Ne5 13.f3
exf3 14.exf3 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Qe7 16.f4 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Ng6 18.Bb2 b5
19.Rc1 Qe3 20.c4 bxc4 21.bxc4 d6 22.Rf3 Qe2 23.Qd4 f6 24.Rb3
Bc8 25.Bf3 Qe7 26.Kg1 Bf5 27.c5 Rab8 28.Kf2 a5 29.Ba3 Qd7
30.cxd6 Rxb3 31.axb3 cxd6 32.Rc6 Qe7 33.Qd2 Qa7+ 34.Kg2 Be4
35.Bxd6 Bxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Qg1 37.Rc1 Qb6 38.Bc7 Qxb3+ 39.Kf2 Nf8
40.d6 Nd7 41.Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shneider"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Rb1 b6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Qd3 Qd7 11.O-O Qc6 12.e5 Rd8
13.Qe3 Qe4 14.Ba3 c5 15.Rfe1 Qxe3 16.fxe3 Bd5 17.Rb2 e6 18.Nd2
Bf8 19.c4 Bc6 20.Nb3 a5 21.dxc5 Nd7 22.Nd4 Be4 23.Bf3 Bxf3
24.Nxf3 Rac8 25.Rd1 Nxc5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Nxd2 Nd3
29.Bd6 f5 30.Nf3 h6 31.Kf1 Kf7 32.Nd4 Bxd6 33.exd6 e5 34.Nb5
Ke6 35.a3 Nb2 36.c5 bxc5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Yuri Dokhoian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5
Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 c5 16.Bxb5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Bxe4 18.Qe2
Qd5 19.f3 Bf5 20.c4 Qd4+ 21.Be3 Qe5 22.Qf2 Rfc8 23.Rad1 Be6
24.Qd2 h6 25.Bf2 Nh5 26.Rfe1 Qf6 27.Qe3 Nf4 28.Bg3 g5 29.Kh2
Rd8 30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Qe5 Kg7 32.Re4 Bf5 33.Re3 Bc2 34.Qxf6+
Kxf6 35.Be1 a4 36.Bc3+ Kg6 37.Bc6 h5 38.g3 Ne6 39.Bd5 Nc7
40.Bc6 Rd6 41.Bb7 Rb6 42.Bd5 Nxd5 43.cxd5 Rd6 44.Re5 Bb3 45.h4
f6 46.Re6 Rxe6 47.dxe6 Bxe6 48.Kg2 f5 49.f4 g4 50.Be5 Kf7
51.Bd6 c4 52.Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artashes Minasian"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Bd2
Qa6 8.Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Kuzmin"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8
14.Qc2 Bh6 15.Nb3 axb4 16.axb4 Ndf6 17.Na5 Nh5 18.g3 Nhf6
19.Rf2 Qe7 20.Bd2 Kg7 21.Rc1 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 Nh6 23.Bd3 fxe4
24.fxe4 Bh3 25.Bf1 b6 26.Bxh3 bxa5 27.bxa5 Rxa5 28.Be6 Raa8
29.Rcf1 Nfg4 30.Rxf8 Rxf8 31.Rxf8 Qxf8 32.h3 Nf6 33.g4 Nf7
34.Bxf7 Qxf7 35.Qf2 Qe7 36.Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6
7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.c3 O-O 11.Qe2 b6 12.Ne4 Bb7
13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Bc4 a6 15.Qe5 Nfd7 16.Qh5 b5 17.Be2 Rc8 18.Rd1
Qe7 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 Ne5 21.Bf4 Ng6 22.Be3 f5 23.Bf3 Be4
24.Bxe4 Nxe4 25.Qe2 f4 26.Bc1 Ng5 27.Re1 e5 28.h4 Nh3+ 29.gxh3
Qxh4 30.Qg4 exd4 31.cxd4 Rc2 32.Qxh4 Nxh4 33.Kf1 Nf3 34.Re2
Rc6 35.d5 Rc5 36.d6 Rd5 37.Re4 g5 38.b3 Rxd6 39.a4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Elmar Magerramov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8
13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 b5 15.Qe2 bxc4 16.Rfd1 Rc7 17.Nd2 Nb6
18.Nxc4 Bf6 19.Rac1 Qc8 20.Qc2 Rd8 21.Ba5 Bxc4 22.Bxb6 axb6
23.Qxc4 g6 24.Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia91 top15"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia, Italy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.b3 O-O 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ba3 Nc5 12.Qe3 Rc8
13.Rac1 a6 14.h3 Qc7 15.Nd4 Rfe8 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Bb2 Nfe4
18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qf3 Bf6 20.Ba1 Rc7 21.Nc2 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 b5
23.Ne3 bxc4 24.bxc4 Qc6 25.Rd3 Nc5 26.Rd2 Qxf3 27.exf3 Rc6
28.Rb1 Kf8 29.Nc2 Nd7 30.f4 Ke7 31.Ne3 g6 32.Rb7 Rec8 33.Ra7
R8c7 34.Ra8 Rb7 35.Re2 Nb8 36.f5 gxf5 37.Nxf5+ Kd7 38.Ne3 Kc8
39.Kg2 Rcc7 40.Rd2 Rd7 41.Ng4 f5 42.Nf6 Rd8 43.Re2 e5 44.Nd5
Kd7 45.f4 e4 46.g4 Rc8 47.Ne3 fxg4 48.hxg4 Kc6 49.Rd2 Rg7
50.Rb2 Rb7 51.Rd2 Rf7 52.Rb2 Rb7 53.Rd2 Rf7 54.Nf5 h5 55.Rb2
hxg4 56.Nd4+ Kc5 57.Ne6+ Kc6 58.Raxb8 Rxb8 59.Rxb8 Rf6 60.f5
d5 61.Rc8+ Kb7 62.Rc7+ Kb8 63.Rc5 Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 f6 7.Bd3 Qc7
8.O-O O-O-O 9.Bf4 c4 10.Bc2 h6 11.h4 Be8 12.b3 cxb3 13.Bxb3
Bh5 14.Nbd2 fxe5 15.dxe5 Bc5 16.Qb1 Nge7 17.c4 Rhf8 18.Bh2
Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Nd4 21.Kg2 Nef5 22.Bg3 Qf7 23.f4 g5
24.cxd5 gxf4 25.dxe6 Qh5 26.e7 Nxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Ch Russia (team)"]
[Site "Podolsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "265"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.Rd1 b6 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qxe4 Bb7
13.Bf4 Rad8 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rd3 Qc7 16.Rad1 c5 17.Qe3 h6 18.h3
a5 19.Ne5 cxd4 20.Rxd4 Nxe5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Qxe5
Bc6 24.Qe3 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.g3 Kf8 27.Kf1 Ke7 28.Ke1 Kd6
29.Kd2 e5 30.b3 e4 31.a3 Ke5 32.Kc3 f5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 f4
35.Bg4 Bb7 36.b5 g6 37.Kd2 Kd4 38.Be6 e3 39.fxe3+ fxe3 40.Ke2
Be4 41.Bf7 Bd3+ 42.Ke1 Bxc4 43.Bxg6 Bxb5 44.h4 gxh4 45.gxh4
Ke5 46.Bh5 Bd7 47.Bd1 b5 48.h5 Bf5 49.h6 Kf6 50.Be2 b4 51.Bc4
Bg4 52.h7 Kg7 53.Bd3 b3 54.Be4 b2 55.Bb1 Bh5 56.Be4 Bf3 57.Bb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Ne5
Ne4 8.O-O Bxd2 9.Bxd2 Bb7 10.Bc1 Qe7 11.b3 d6 12.Nd3 c5 13.Bb2
cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nd7 15.Bb2 a5 16.Nf4 a4 17.f3 Nef6 18.Ba3 Nc5
19.b4 Ncd7 20.Rc1 Rfd8 21.Rc3 b5 22.cxb5 e5 23.Nh3 Nb6 24.Qd3
Nfd5 25.Rc6 f4 26.Rfc1 Rac8 27.Nf2 Qe8 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Bh3
Rxc1+ 30.Bxc1 Bc8 31.Bd2 h6 32.gxf4 Bxh3 33.Nxh3 Qh5 34.e4
Qxh3 35.exd5 Nd7 36.Qe2 Qh5 37.Kh1 Kh8 38.Qd3 Qh4 1-0

[Event "Madrid 30"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Granda-Zuniga"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qc2 Nb6
7.d4 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.e3 Nb4 11.Qb1 N4d5 12.Be5 Nxc3
13.bxc3 Ba4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rd2 Qd5 16.Bd3 a6 17.Rb2 Bb5
18.Bxb5 axb5 19.Rxb5 Qxa2 20.O-O Qxb1 21.Rfxb1 Na4 22.R5b3 b5
23.Nd2 c5 24.g3 Rfd8 25.Ra1 e5 26.Nf3 exd4 27.exd4 Rac8
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Bernardino op"]
[Site "San Bernardino op"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rd1 Be4 12.Qc3 g5
13.Bg3 Bg6 14.Nd2 Nh5 15.c5 O-O 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Ba6 f5 18.f3
Ndf6 19.Bf2 Nd5 20.Qb3 Nhf6 21.O-O b5 22.Qxb5 Rab8 23.Qd3 Rxb2
24.Rb1 Rb6 25.Rxb6 axb6 26.Rc1 Ra8 27.Bc4 Kh7 28.g3 Qb7 29.Bb5
Rc8 30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Qc4 Qd8 32.Qc2 Qa8 33.a4 Qd8 34.e4 fxe4
35.fxe4 Qe7 36.h3 g4 37.Bf1 Qf7 38.h4 Ne7 39.Bd3 d5 40.e5 Ne8
41.Bxg6+ Qxg6 42.Qb3 Ng7 43.Qxb6 Qe8 44.a5 Qa4 45.Qb1+ Kg8
46.Nb3 Kf7 47.Qd3 Nc6 48.a6 Nf5 49.Kg2 Qa2 50.Nc5 Ncxd4 51.a7
Nf3 52.Qb3 Qxa7 53.Nxe6 Qd7 54.Nc5 Qc6 55.e6 Kg6 56.Qb8 d4
57.Qg8+ Ng7 58.h5+ Kf5 59.Qf7+ Ke5 60.Qxg7+ Kd5 61.Nd3 Kc4
62.Nb2+ Kb3 63.Qd7 Qe4 64.Qb5+ Ka2 65.Nd3 Nd2 66.Kg1 Nf3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7 9.c4 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Re8
13.h4 g6 14.h5 Qa5 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.a3 Qg5 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.Rad1
Qg4 19.Qxg4 Nxg4 20.Ne4 Nh6 21.d5 Nf5 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.b4 Nb6
24.Be2 Kf7 25.g4 Nh4 26.f4 Rf8 27.Kh2 Ke8 28.Kg3 Rd7 29.Bg7
Rf7 30.Bh6 g5 31.fxg5 Ng6 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.gxf6 Rxf6 34.g5 Rf5
35.Bh5 Kf7 36.Bxg6+ Kxg6 37.Rxe6+ Kf7 38.Rde1 Kg8 39.g6 Rf8
40.Re8 Rd3+ 41.Kg2 Nd7 42.Rxf8+ Nxf8 43.Re8 1-0

[Event "Tilburg 56/446"]
[Site "Tilburg 56/446"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6
7.Qc2 Bb4 8.e3 Nh5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.h3
g6 13.Bd3 Ng7 14.g4 Bd7 15.Kb1 O-O-O 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Rc1 Kb8
18.Na4 Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Rd6 20.Rc3 Rc8 21.Rhc1 f6 22.Ra3 b6 23.g5
Rc7 24.gxf6 Qxf6 25.Ne5 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Nxf5 27.f4 Ng3 28.b4 Ne4
29.Ka1 h6 30.Qc2 g5 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Rb3 Re6 33.Qh2 Qf2 34.Qxf2
Nxf2 35.Rbc3 Kb7 36.b5 c5 37.Nc6 Rexc6 38.bxc6+ Rxc6 39.dxc5
Ne4 40.Rd3 Nxc5 41.Rdd1 Re6 42.Rxd5 Rxe3 43.Rh1 Rg3 44.Rd4 Re3
45.Rg4 Ne4 46.Rc1 Nc5 47.Rh1 Ne4 48.Rh2 Kc6 49.Kb2 a5 50.Rgg2
Rf3 51.Rc2+ Kb5 52.Rc8 Nd6 53.Rg8 Nc4+ 54.Kc1 Rg3 55.Kd1 Kb4
56.Ke1 b5 57.Rh8 a4 58.Rh5 Ka3 59.Rc2 Nd6 60.Re2 Rg1+ 61.Kf2
Rh1 62.Kg3 Ra1 63.Rxg5 Rxa2 64.Re6 Rd2 65.h4 Kb4 66.Rg4+ Kc5
67.Re5+ Rd5 68.Rgg5 Rxe5 69.Rxe5+ Kd4 70.Kf4 a3 71.Re6 Kd5
72.Re5+ Kd4 73.Re7 b4 74.Ra7 Nb5 75.Ra5 b3 0-1

[Event "06, Madrid ;CBM 30"]
[Site "06, Madrid ;CBM 30"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 dxc4
12. Qxc4 c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc8 15. Rac1 Qxc4 16. Rxc4
Rd8 17. Be3 Kf8 18. Nf4 Ke8 19. Rfc1 Nd7 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. b4
Ne5 22. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Qe7
12. Na4 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Rad8 14. c5 b5 15. Nab2 Ra8 16. Qf4 Nb8
17. Ne5 Ra6 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. Ned3 f6 20. e3 Re8 21. a3 e5
22. Qg4 Re6 23. Qd1 Qf7 24. Rc1 exd4 25. exd4 Nc6 26. Nf4 R6e7
27. Qd3 g5 28. Qxb5 gxf4 29. Qxb7 Nxd4 30. Nd3 c6 31. Qb6 f3
32. Bf1 Rb7 33. Qa6 Reb8 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Nf4 Ra7 36. Qc4
Qxc4 37. bxc4 Kh8 38. Rd1 Ne2+ 39. Nxe2 fxe2 40. Re1 Rd7
41. Rxe2 Rd4 42. Kg2 a4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Moscow"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Krasenkow"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3
dxc4 8.Qa4 a6 9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qd3 c5 11.dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel 55/467 Christiansen,L"]
[Site "Ter Apel 55/467 Christiansen,L"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4
7.e3 Bg7 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Bf5 12.Re1 cxd4
13.exd4 Rc8 14.h3 Na5 15.Bb3 Re8 16.c4 Bd7 17.Ne5 e6 18.Qd2 b5
19.c5 Bc6 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Bd6 Bf8 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Bd1 Nc4
24.Qc3 e5 25.dxe5 Rxc5 26.Bg4 Qe7 27.e6 f5 28.Bf3 Rfc8 29.Qb3
Rd8 30.Rcd1 Nd2 31.Qe3 Nxf3+ 32.Qxf3 Rcc8 33.Qb3 Rxd1 34.Rxd1
Re8 35.Re1 a6 36.g3 Kg7 37.Qc3+ Qf6 38.Qc6 Re7 39.Qxa6 Qc3
40.Re3 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 Qc5 42.Qa8 Qd6 43.a3 h5 44.Qc8 Qd5+ 45.Kf1
Qd1+ 46.Re1 Qd3+ 47.Kg2 Qxa3 48.Qd8 Qb4 49.h4 g5 50.hxg5 h4
51.Re5 hxg3 52.f4 Ra7 53.Qf6+ Kg8 54.Qg6+ Kh8 55.Re2 Qc4
56.Qh5+ Kg7 57.e7 Qc6+ 58.Kxg3 Ra3+ 59.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 53/(266)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53/(266)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.c4
Ngf6 8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 c5 10.Be3 Qb6 11.Ne2 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc5
13.Bc3 Bb4 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Rhe1 O-O 16.g4 Rc5 17.Qg3 Rfc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4
Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Nb5 axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. g3
Ndf6 18. c5 Bd7 19. Rb3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nh5 21. f4 Bxb5 22. Bxb5
exf4 23. exf5 Nxg3 24. Rxf4 Nxf5 25. Nf3 dxc5 26. bxc5 Ra1
27. Rd3 Qe7 28. Kh2 Rfa8 29. Bb2 R1a2 30. Rb3 Ne3 31. Qe2 Qxc5
32. Re4 c6 33. Rexe3 Bxb2 34. Rxb2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2+ Kg8 36. dxc6
bxc6 37. Re5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 53/644"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53/644"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4
Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Nb5 Nh5 16. g3 axb4 17. axb4
Ndf6 18. c5 Bd7 19. Rb3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nh5 21. f4 Bxb5 22. Bxb5
exf4 23. exf5 Nxg3 24. Rxf4 Nxf5 25. Nf3 dxc5 26. bxc5 Ra1
27. Rd3 Qe7 28. Kh2 Rfa8 29. Bb2 R1a2 30. Rb3 Ne3 31. Qe2 Qxc5
32. Re4 c6 33. Rexe3 Bxb2 34. Rxb2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2+ Kg8 36. dxc6
bxc6 37. Re5 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.g3
Re8 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bg5 h6 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 hxg5 18.Nxd7 Nxd7
19.Qd2 Nf6 20.Qxg5 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Bf3 Re5 23.Rd7 Qxd7
24.Qxe5 Re8 25.Qc3 Qf5 26.Rd1 a5 27.Kg2 a4 28.h4 Ba8 29.Re1
Rc8 30.Re5 Qf6 31.Qe3 Kf8 32.h5 Rd8 33.g4 Bb7 34.g5 Qd6 35.h6
g6 36.Qc3 Qd4 37.Rc5 Qxc3 38.bxc3 Re8 39.c4 bxc4 40.Kg3 f6
41.Rxc4 fxg5 42.Rxa4 Re1 43.Ra7 Rg1+ 44.Kh2 Rb1 45.h7 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 Nh5 10.d5 c5 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.Nb5
Nb4 14.Na3 Nf4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Bg5 17.Bc3 f5 18.g3 Nh5
19.h4 Bh6 20.Bh3 Ng7 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Qe4 Qf6 23.Rf1 Nd4 24.Nb5
Nbc2 25.Bxd4 Nxd4 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Nxd6 Rad8 28.Nxb7 Nxe6
29.Nxd8 Nxd8 30.b4 Nb7 31.a3 Nd6 32.Qe2 Rc8 33.Rab1 cxb4
34.Rxb4 Nf5 35.Kg2 Bf8 36.Rb7 Bc5 37.h5 Nd6 38.Rb3 g5 39.Qg4
e4 40.Qe6 Qxe6 41.dxe6 Kg7 42.Rfb1 Kf6 43.Rb8 Rc7 44.Rg8 Bxa3
45.Rbb8 Nf5 46.Rgc8 Rxc8 47.Rxc8 Ne7 48.Rc7 a5 49.Ra7 Bb4
50.h6 Kxe6 51.c5 g4 52.Kf1 Bxc5 53.Rxa5 Kd5 54.Ra8 Ng6 55.Ke2
Nf8 56.Rd8+ Ke5 57.Re8+ Kf5 58.Rd8 Ne6 59.Rg8 Ng5 60.Rg7 Bf8
61.Ke3 Bc5+ 62.Ke2 Bf8 63.Ke3 Kf6 64.Rc7 Kg6 65.Rc6+ Kh5
66.Rf6 Bxh6 67.Kf4 Bg7 68.Rf5 h6 69.Rd5 Bc3 70.Ke3 Kg6 71.Rd6+
Bf6 72.Kf4 h5 73.Ra6 Nh3+ 74.Ke3 Kf5 75.Ra5+ Be5 76.Rb5 Ng5
77.Rb4 Ke6 78.Rb6+ Bd6 79.Rb5 Ba3 80.Kd4 Be7 81.Ke3 Kf6
82.Rb6+ Kf5 83.Rh6 Bc5+ 84.Ke2 Ba7 85.Rxh5 Bd4 86.Kf1 Kf6
87.Rh6+ Kf7 88.Rd6 Nf3 89.Ke2 Bc5 90.Rd5 Bb6 91.Rf5+ Ke6
92.Rf4 Kd5 93.Rxg4 Ng1+ 94.Kf1 Nh3 95.Rg6 Bd4 96.Rg8 Kc4
97.Rc8+ Kd3 98.Rd8 Ng5 99.Kg2 Nf3 100.Kf1 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine mem op"]
[Site "Alekhine mem op"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b5 11. Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valery Salov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Nd7 7.Nf3
Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxe5 9.Nf3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qc5 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Be6
13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxc4 15.Nf5 Kf8 16.Nd6 Ba6 17.e4 Bxf1
18.Rxf1 Rb8 19.Ke2 Nf6 20.Rad1 Ne8 21.Nc4 Nf6 22.Nd6 Ne8
23.Nc4 Nf6 24.Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Ng1 O-O 7.Qc2
Re8 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.a3 Be5 10.Ng3 d6 11.Be2 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7
13.Qxe4 c6 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Qc2 d5 16.d4 Bc7 17.O-O Re6 18.f4
Bb6 19.Bd3 Rh6 20.Nf5 Rg6 21.Bd2 Bd7 22.Bc3 Qf6 23.Rae1 Re8
24.Rf3 h5 25.Ng3 Rh6 26.Nf5 Rg6 27.Ref1 h4 28.Be1 Re4 29.Nxh4
Rg4 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Qxe4 Rxh4 32.Bxh4 Qxh4 33.Rg3 Qf6 34.Qd5
Bf5 35.Rc1 g6 36.b4 a6 37.b5 axb5 38.Qxb5 Ne7 39.a4 Kg7 40.a5
Bd8 41.Qxb7 Bxa5 42.Ra1 Nc6 43.Qa6 Bd8 44.Re1 Be4 45.Qb5 Ne7
46.Qe8 Qd6 47.Rh3 Kf6 48.Rh7 Bd5 49.e4 Qa3 50.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Gennady Sosonko"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb2
12. Rxc7 Na6 13. Rc2 Bxd4 14. e3 Bg7 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. O-O Bd7
17. Qf3 Bb5 18. Rd1 O-O 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxd5 Qc2
22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bxh4 Rc3 26. Bg3 Kh7
27. Kh2 Bc4 28. Rd6 Rc2 29. Nd4 Rxa2 30. Nf5 a5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7
32. Be5+ Kh7 33. Kg3 a4 34. e4 a3 35. Rd8 Re2 36. f3 f5
37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rc7 Bf7 40. Rxa7 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5
O-O 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nfd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Rc1 Rb8 14.b3 Qb4 15.O-O c5 16.Rfd1 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4
18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 Nb6 20.Rdd1 Bb7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Kg7
23.h4 Rfd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rc7 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Nxd7
28.Nd6 Ba6 29.b4 Kf8 30.b5 Ke7 31.Nxf7 Bxb5 32.Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 53/645"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53/645"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4
Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Nb5 axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. g3
Ndf6 18. c5 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bh3 20. Rf2 Qd7 21. c6 bxc6 22. dxc6
Qe7 23. Nc3 d5 24. exd5 e4 25. Nc4 Ng4 26. Bxg4 Rxf2 27. Qxf2
Bxg4 28. Qe3 Rf8 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. h4 Bf3 31. Be1 Qf5 32. Rb2
Nxg3 33. Bxg3 Qh3 34. Bxc7 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Bh5+ 36. Bf4 Qxh4+
37. Kg1 Rxf4 38. Rg2 Qf6 39. Nd2 Qd4 40. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 41. Kh2
Bxc3 42. d6 Be5 43. d7 e3 44. Kh3 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 53/501"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53/501"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "John Van der Wiel"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 Nf6 9. Qe2 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5+ Be7
12. Nc3 Nxd5 13. Qe4 Nxc3 14. Qxa8 O-O 15. Kg2 Bf6 16. Bf4 Nd5
17. Bxb8 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nf6 19. Qxa7 Qxb8 20. Qxb8 Rxb8 21. Rd1
b5 22. Ne5 Ra8 23. a4 bxa4 24. bxa4 Kf8 25. Ra1 Ke7 26. a5 Ra6
27. f4 Ne8 28. Re1 Nd6 29. Kf3 Kd8 30. Rd1 Kc7 31. Rd5 c4
32. Rc5+ Kd8 33. Nc6+ Ke8 34. Re5+ Kf8 35. Nb4 Ra8 36. a6 c3
37. Rc5 Rb8 38. a7 Ra8 39. Nc6 f6 40. Rxc3 Nb5 41. Rc5 Nxa7
42. Ra5 Nxc6 43. Rxa8+ Kf7 44. Ke4 Ne7 45. g4 Ke6 46. Rf8 Nc6
47. f5+ Ke7 48. Rc8 Nd8 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. Kd5 Nf7 51. Rc8+ Ke7
52. Rg8 g5 53. Rg7 Kf8 54. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valery A Chekhov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.Rd1 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Bb7
13.Bf4 Nf6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Qe3 Rfd8 16.c5 Qe7 17.Rac1 bxc5
18.Rxc5 Rd5 19.Rdc1 Rad8 20.Qa3 Rxc5 21.Rxc5 Qc7 22.Ra5 a6
23.Bxa6 Qf4 24.g3 Qc1+ 25.Kg2 Bxa6 26.Rxa6 h6 27.Ra8 Rxa8
28.Qxa8+ Kh7 29.Qb7 Ne4 30.Qb3 g5 31.h3 c5 32.Qb7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Andrei Kharlov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2
Bf5 8.Nbc3 e6 9.a3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ba2 Qd7 12.Be3 Rfd8 13.h3
h6 14.Qc1 Bf8 15.Rd1 Na5 16.d5 exd5 17.Bxb6 cxb6 18.Nxd5 Qc8
19.Nd4 Nc6 20.Qf4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bg6 22.Rad1 Kh8 23.b4 Qc6
24.Qd2 Rac8 25.Nf4 Rxd4 26.Qxd4 Be7 27.e6 Kh7 28.exf7 Bf5
29.Re1 Bf8 30.Qe5 g6 31.g4 Bc2 32.Ne6 Qf3 33.Qe3 Qxe3 34.Nxf8+
Rxf8 35.Rxe3 Ba4 36.Re5 Kg7 37.f4 Rd8 38.Kf2 Rd2+ 39.Re2 Rxe2+
40.Kxe2 g5 41.Ke3 Bc6 42.fxg5 hxg5 43.Kd4 Bg2 44.Ke5 Bxh3
45.Kf5 b5 46.Kxg5 Bf1 47.Kf5 Bc4 48.Bxc4 bxc4 49.Ke6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Joris Brenninkmeijer"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 e5
13.Qh4 Nf6 14.e4 exd4 15.e5 Bxe5 16.Re1 Bd6 17.Bd3 Qa5 18.Bg5
Bf5 19.Bxf6 Bxd3 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qxd4+ Kg8 22.Qxd6 Rad8
23.Qg3+ Bg6 24.h4 Rfe8 25.Kh2 Kg7 26.Rad1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rd5
28.a3 Qd8 29.Re5 Rxe5 30.Nxe5 h5 31.b4 Qd4 32.Nf3 Qd7 33.Qf4
f6 34.Nd4 b6 35.Qe3 Kf7 36.Ne2 Qd6+ 37.Nf4 c5 38.bxc5 bxc5
39.Qg3 Bf5 40.Nxh5 Qxg3+ 41.Kxg3 c4 42.Kf3 c3 43.Ke3 Ke7
44.Ng3 Bh7 45.Ne2 c2 46.Kd2 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2
a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 d5 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nd3 Be7 12.Rc1 Ne4 13.Be3
Ndf6 14.Qc2 Ba3 15.Rcd1 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Bc1
Rac8 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Bxa3 Qxa3 21.Nf4 Qe7 22.Rc1 c5 23.dxc5
Rxc5 24.Qb2 Rfc8 25.Nd3 R5c7 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.Bh3 Re8 28.Rc1
Qd6 29.Qc2 d4 30.Qc7 Qxc7 31.Rxc7 Ba6 32.Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5
7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.b4 O-O 10.e3 c6 11.Be2 a6 12.a4 Be6
13.O-O Nd7 14.b5 axb5 15.axb5 c5 16.Qd2 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 cxd4
18.Nxd4 Nc5 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Bf3 Rd8 21.h3 Nb3 22.Nxb3 Qxc3
23.Qxc3 Bxc3 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.g4 b6 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Nd4 Bxd4
28.Rxd4 Rd7 29.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gyula Sax"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.O-O Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.c4 Be4 11.Be3 O-O 12.Ng5
Bg6 13.c5 Bf4 14.Nh3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Qe7 16.Bf3 e5 17.c6 bxc6
18.Bxc6 Rad8 19.Rc1 Nf6 20.Re1 exd4 21.exd4 Qb4 22.Bf3 Rxd4
23.Qb3 Qd6 24.Qb7 Rd2 25.Qxa7 Rxb2 26.a4 Qb6+ 27.Qxb6 cxb6
28.Nf4 Bf5 29.Re5 g6 30.Rb5 Rxb5 31.axb5 Rc8 32.Rd1 Rc5 33.Rd6
Ne4 34.Bxe4 Bxe4 35.Rxb6 Kg7 36.g3 Rc2 37.Rd6 Rb2 38.b6 Kf8
39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.Rxd5 Rxb6 41.Rd2 Ke7 42.Kg2 h5 43.Kf3 g5 44.Rd5
f6 45.h4 Ke6 46.Ra5 g4+ 47.Kf4 Rb4+ 48.Ke3 Rb3+ 49.Kf2 f5
50.Ra4 Ke5 51.Ra5+ Ke4 52.Ra4+ Kd3 53.Rf4 Rb5 54.Kg2 Ke2
55.Rf2+ Ke3 56.Rf4 Rd5 57.Kg1 Ke2 58.Rf2+ Kd3 59.Rf4 Re5
60.Kg2 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Bg2 a6 7.a4 e5
8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Ng5 Bxc4 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Bxb7 Ra7 12.Bg2 O-O
13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Rb1 d5 16.e4 Ne5 17.Nb3 c4 18.Nd4
Qb6 19.a5 Qd6 20.f4 Nxe4 21.fxe5 Rxf1+ 22.Qxf1 Qxe5 23.Nf3 Qd6
24.Be3 Rb7 25.Qc1 Qb4 26.Bh3 Nc3 27.Bxe6+ Kh8 28.bxc3 Qxb1
29.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 30.Kg2 Rb2+ 31.Kf1 Rb5 32.Bb6 Bxc3 33.Bd7 Rb2
34.Bc8 Bf6 35.Bxa6 c3 36.Ne1 c2 37.Nxc2 Rxc2 38.Bb7 Rb2
39.Bxd5 Kg7 40.a6 Rxb6 41.a7 Ra6 42.a8=Q Rxa8 43.Bxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Bg5
Nbd7 8.e3 c5 9.Bh4 b6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.O-O Bxc3
13.Qxc3 Rac8 14.Rc1 cxd4 15.exd4 d5 16.b3 dxc4 17.bxc4 b5
18.Bg3 Qc6 19.c5 b4 20.Qc2 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Ne4 22.Rfe1 Nxg3
23.hxg3 Rfd8 24.Rc4 Qd5 25.Qb3 Nb8 26.Re5 Qd7 27.Rh5 Nc6
28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.Rxe5 Qc6 30.a3 bxa3 31.Qxa3 Qb5 32.Qa2 Rc7
33.c6 Rd5 34.Rxd5 Qxd5 35.Qb2 g6 36.Qb8+ Kg7 37.Qxc7 Qxc4
38.Qe5+ Kf8 39.Qd6+ Ke8 40.Qd7+ Kf8 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.c7 Qc1+
43.Kh2 Qh6+ 44.Qh4 Qc1 45.Qf4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e5
Qe7 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.O-O-O a6 10.h4 Bd7 11.Ne4 Bc6 12.Qf4 Bxe4
13.Qxe4 c6 14.Qf4 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nd7 16.Nc4 Nf6 17.Nd6+ Kf8
18.Nc4 h5 19.Kb1 Rd8 20.Be2 Nd5 21.Qg3 c5 22.Ne5 Qf6 23.Qa3
Kg8 24.Qxc5 Qxf2 25.Qa5 Rc8 26.Qe1 Qxg2 27.Bd3 Nf4 28.Be4 Qe2
29.Qxe2 Nxe2 30.Bxb7 Rb8 31.Bxa6 Nc3+ 32.Ka1 Nxd1 33.Rxd1 Bxe5
34.dxe5 Kg7 35.c4 Rhd8 36.Rc1 g5 37.c5 Rd2 38.Bc4 Rdxb2
39.hxg5 R2b7 40.Bd3 Rc7 41.a4 Rb4 42.Bb5 Ra7 43.Bc6 Ra6 44.Bd7
Rb7 45.Rd1 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 a5 10.c3 a4 11.Bc2 Nbd5 12.Bd2 Qb6
13.Rb1 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Ne5 O-O 16.Ngf3 Qc7 17.O-O b6
18.Rbc1 Bb7 19.Rfe1 Rfd8 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Qd6 22.Qf3 Ra7
23.a3 Ba8 24.Qh3 Qf8 25.Bb1 Rc8 26.Qd3 Rcc7 27.Rxc7 Rxc7
28.Qa6 Qe8 29.Rc1 Bb7 30.Qd3 Rxc1+ 31.Bxc1 Ne7 32.f3 Qc8
33.Bd2 Ba6 34.Qc3 Nfd5 35.Qxc8+ Nxc8 36.Ba2 f6 37.Nc6 Kf7
38.Kf2 Bb5 39.Nb4 Nce7 40.Nxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "05, New York op 93\\03"]
[Site "05, New York op 93\\03"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Maurice Ashley"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3
17. Re1 Bb5 18. axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxa7 Nf6 21. Qf3
Rc7 22. Rb7 Qd7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Be5 Qd7 25. Nc4 Qd5 26. Kg2
Bc5 27. Rd1 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Ra8 29. g4 h5 30. g5 Nh7 31. Bf4
Nf8 32. Be3 Ne6 33. h4 b5 34. Ne5 Bxe3 35. fxe3 b4 36. Rd5 Ra3
37. Rb5 Rxb3 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Nxf7 g6 40. Ke4 Kg7 41. Ne5 Rb1
42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. Rb6 Nf8 44. Nxg6 Nd7 45. Rb5 b3 46. Kf5 b2
47. Nf4 Nc5 48. g6 Kg7 49. Nxh5+ Kh6 50. Nf4 Nd7 51. Rb7 Re1
52. Rxb2 Rxe3 53. Re2 Ra3 54. Rd2 Ra7 55. Rd5 Nf8 56. h5 Ra4
57. Ne6 Nxe6 58. Kxe6 Ra1 59. Rd8 Rf1 60. Rh8+ Kg7 61. Rh7+
Kg8 62. Ra7 Rf2 63. h6 Re2+ 64. Kf5 Rf2+ 65. Ke4 Re2+ 66. Kf4
Re8 67. Kg5 Re5+ 68. Kf6 Re8 69. h7+ Kh8 70. g7+ Kxh7 71. Ra1
1-0

[Event "New York op (07)"]
[Site "New York op (07)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2
a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4
13.Qb2 c6 14.Rfe1 b5 15.Bf1 bxc4 16.bxc4 Nb6 17.Nd2 d5 18.Qa3
Qd7 19.f3 Bg6 20.e4 Qa7 21.Kg2 Rfd8 22.c5 Nc8 23.e5 Nd7 24.Nb3
a4 25.Nc1 Qc7 26.Rd2 Na7 27.Rb2 Rdb8 28.Rxb8+ Qxb8 29.Qxa4 Nb5
30.Qb4 Na3 31.Qxb8+ Nxb8 32.Kf2 Ra4 33.Rd1 Na6 34.Be2 Nc7
35.Bb2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3
7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 d6 9.d5 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Nd8 11.Bg2 O-O 12.dxe6
Nxe6 13.O-O Bd7 14.e4 Bc6 15.Re3 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 a5 17.Nd2 Qf6
18.Qc1 a4 19.h4 h6 20.Nb1 Qd4 21.Rd1 Qc5 22.Qc3 f5 23.exf5
Qxf5 24.Rde1 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qf7 26.Na3 Nc5 27.Nb5 Rxe3 28.Rxe3
Qd7 29.Qd4 Rf8 30.Nc3 c6 31.Qd1 Qf5 32.Qe2 Kh7 33.h5 Rf7 34.f4
g5 35.hxg6 Qxg6 36.Re7 Rxe7 37.Qxe7+ Kg8 38.Qe2 Kf7 39.Kh3
Qf5+ 40.Kh4 a3 41.Nd1 axb2 42.Qxb2 h5 43.Ne3 Qe4 44.Qe2 Qh1+
45.Kg5 Ne4+ 46.Kh6 Qh3 47.Qxh5+ Qxh5+ 48.Kxh5 Nxg3+ 49.Kg4 Ne4
50.f5 Kf6 51.Kf4 Nf2 52.Ng4+ Nxg4 53.Kxg4 d5 54.cxd5 cxd5
55.Kf4 d4 56.Ke4 d3 57.Kxd3 Kxf5 58.Kc4 Ke6 59.Kb5 Kd7 60.Kb6
Kc8 61.Ka7 Kc7 62.a4 Kc8 63.Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 a5 10.a4 c5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Ne5 cxd4
13.Bxd4 Bc5 14.Ngf3 O-O 15.O-O Rd8 16.c3 Bd7 17.Bxc5 Qxc5
18.Nd4 Be8 19.Kh1 Nbd5 20.f4 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Rac1 Qa3 25.Qc2 Rd4 26.Qf5 Qxa4 27.Bf7 Bxf7
28.Nxf7+ Kg8 29.Nxh6+ Kh8 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Ne5 Qe8 32.Rc7 a4
33.Qg5 Nd7 34.Ng6 Qe2 35.Rg1 Re8 36.Ne5 a3 37.Nxd7 Qe7 38.Qb5
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 a5 10.a4 c5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Ne5 Bd6
13.Ngf3 O-O 14.O-O Rd8 15.c3 Bd7 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5
18.Nd4 Be8 19.Kh1 Nbd5 20.f4 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Rac1 Qa3 25.Qc2 Rd4 26.Qf5 Qxa4 27.Bf7 Bxf7
28.Nxf7+ Kg8 29.Nxh6+ Kh8 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Ne5 Qe8 32.Rc7 a4
33.Qg5 Nd7 34.Ng6 Qe2 35.Rg1 Re8 36.Ne5 a3 37.Nxd7 Qe7 38.Qb5
1-0

[Event "01, Dos Hermanas ;CBM 36"]
[Site "01, Dos Hermanas ;CBM 36"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 a5
7. e4 a4 8. Rb1 axb3 9. axb3 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Nge2 Nb4
12. O-O O-O 13. Nf4 Re8 14. Rd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
Rxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qxb7 Bxb1 19. Nd5 Rb8 20. Qa7 Rxb3
21. Re1 h6 22. Qa4 Rb8 23. h3 Bf5 24. Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 57/152 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas 57/152 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Bd2 b6 12.Qg4
Kf8 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Rhe1 Rd8 15.Kb1 Nf6 16.Qh4 Ke7 17.Ne5 c5
18.f4 cxd4 19.g4 g5 20.Qf2 Rhg8 21.h3 a5 22.Re2 Nd5 23.Rde1
Ne3 24.Bxe3 dxe3 25.Qxe3 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8
14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Bd3 f4 16.Nb5 b6 17.Bb2 Ne8 18.Be2 h5 19.Rfc1
g5 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 Nxc5 22.a4 g4 23.Ba3 Na6 24.Qc3 Rg8
25.Nf1 g3 26.hxg3 Bh6 27.Rc2 fxg3 28.Bc1 Bxc1 29.Rbxc1 Qf6
30.Qe3 Bd7 31.Nc3 Nb4 32.Rd2 h4 33.Bb5 Rd8 34.Qa7 Bxb5 35.Nxb5
h3 36.Rc3 Rd7 37.Qxa5 Rh7 38.Ne3 Qh6 39.gxh3 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7
12. O-O O-O 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 16. d5 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 exd5 18. cxd5 Qd6 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rad1
Rab8 22. d6 g6 23. d7 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Re7 Kf8 26. Qe2
Qf6 27. Re5 Qc6 28. Red5 Kg8 29. Rd6 Qc7 30. h4 b5 31. h5 Rb6
32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qf6+ Kf8 36. Re1
1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qc2 a6 6. Ne5 Nd5
7. Nxc4 b5 8. Ne3 Bb7 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Qc6
12. Qc3 b4 13. Qxc6+ Nxc6 14. e3 O-O-O 15. a3 Kb7 16. Rd1 a5
17. Kf1 Be7 18. Ke2 Rd5 19. axb4 axb4 20. d3 Rhd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 Nd5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. a4 g6
12. h4 h5 13. g3 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. a5 Kf8 16. O-O Kg7
17. Rfe1 Rh8 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Qd3 Rhd8 20. Bg2 Rac8 21. Qc4 Rd7
22. Re5 Qd8 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. Bf3 b6 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Qxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "Rostov"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 b6
12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nce7 14. Nfg5 Ng6 15. h4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxg6 Qxh4 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Rf6 21. Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Bg4 7.h3
Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nf3 h5 10.Bg2 hxg4 11.Nxd4 Nd7 12.e6 Ne5
13.exf7+ Bxf7 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Ne4 Nxc4 16.Bg5 Bd5 17.Qd4 Bb4+
18.Kf1 Ne7 19.hxg4 Rxh1+ 20.Bxh1 O-O-O 21.Bf3 Qh2 22.Rd1 Ne5
23.Bg2 Nf7 24.Qxb4 Nxg5 25.Qxe7 Nh3 26.Ke1 Qxg2 27.Nd6+ Rxd6
28.Qxd6 Qxf2+ 29.Kd2 Ng5 30.Kc1 Ne4 31.Qe7 Qe3+ 32.Nd2 g5
33.Qf8+ Kc7 34.Qe7+ Kb6 35.Qb4+ Kc7 36.Qe7+ Kb6 37.Qa3 Qxe2
38.Qb4+ Kc7 39.Nxe4 Qxe4 40.Qxe4 Bxe4 41.Rf1 Kd6 42.Rf7 b5
43.Rxa7 Ke5 44.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Bg2 h5
8.h3 hxg4 9.hxg4 Rxh1+ 10.Bxh1 c5 11.Bg5 Nbc6 12.dxc5 Nxe5
13.Nd4 Qa5 14.Qe2 N5c6 15.Nb5 O-O-O 16.Kf1 a6 17.Nd6+ Kb8
18.Bf4 Ka8 19.a4 Nc8 20.b4 Nxb4 21.Ncb5 Nxd6 22.Nxd6 Qxc5
23.Nb5 Qxc2 24.Nc7+ Ka7 25.Nb5+ axb5 26.axb5 Kb6 27.Qe5 Qxf2+
28.Kxf2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "it, Rostov on Don (Russia)"]
[Site "it, Rostov on Don (Russia)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nf3 c5
7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4 h6 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4
12. Qd2 g5 13. Be3 e6 14. Ne1 Nc6 15. f3 Bg6 16. d5 exd5
17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Bf2 a6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qa5
22. Qb3 Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Rd2 b4 25. Bd4 Rfe8 26. Bxg7
Kxg7 27. Nc2 Nxd5 28. g3 Re5 29. Nd4 Ne3 30. Rb1 Rd5 31. b3
Kf6 32. Re1 Rc3 33. Kf2 Nf5 34. Red1 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc2+
36. Kg1 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Ke5 38. Rxb4 Rxa2 39. Rxb7 f5 40. Re7+
Kd4 41. Re6 d5 42. Ra6 Ke3 43. Rf6 d4 44. Rxf5 d3 45. Re5+
Kxf3 46. Rf5+ Ke3 47. Re5+ Kd4 48. Re8 d2 49. Rd8+ Ke3
50. Re8+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O Re8 13.Qb3
a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Rfe1 Nd7 16.e4 c5 17.Nxd5 cxd4 18.Bc4 Nc5
19.Qxb6 Qxb6 20.Nxb6 Rxe4 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1
Kf8 24.Bb3 Rb5 25.Kf1 d3 26.Rd1 Rb4 27.Rc1 Nxb3 28.axb3 Rxb3
29.Rd1 Bg5 30.Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern op"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "09"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. c3 Qe8
7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 Nh5 9. O-O Nf4 10. Bc4 e5 11. Re1 Nc6
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. Rad1 f5 15. Bg3 g5 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qf7 20. Qb5 Rab8 21. Nc4
a6 22. Qd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel izt"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4
Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Bd3 Ndf6 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. Nc4
Nf4 18. Be3 Nf6 19. b5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxc5
22. Bxc5 Rf7 23. d6 Ra2 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Nxb2 Bf5 26. Nc4 Rd7
27. g3 Ne6 28. Qd5 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Nxc5 30. Qxc5 cxd6 31. Qd5 h5
32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Rf7 Rxf7 34. Qxf7 Qc8 35. Qd5 Qg4 36. Qd3 d5
37. Qxd5 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern 57/614"]
[Site "Bern 57/614"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Nf6
14.f3 Nh5 15.c5 axb4 16.axb4 Nf4 17.Nc4 g5 18.Be3 Neg6 19.b5
Nh4 20.g3 Nh3+ 21.Kh1 f4 22.Bd2 g4 23.gxh4 g3 24.Be1 Qxh4
25.Bd1 Rf6 26.Rb2 Rg6 27.Qe2 Qh5 28.b6 dxc5 29.bxc7 b5 30.Nxb5
Ba6 31.Nbd6 Rf6 32.Qg2 Rxd6 33.Nxd6 Bxf1 34.Qxf1 1-0

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "Rostov"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
O-O 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Bf4 c6
13.Ne5 Bb4 14.Bg5 Be7 15.f4 c5 16.e3 Re8 17.Qd3 cxd4 18.exd4
a6 19.Nd1 Ne4 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Ne3 Ndf6 22.g4 Nd6 23.g5 Nfe4
24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.Rxc6 Nb5 26.Rfc1 g6 27.a4 Na7 28.R6c2 Qd6
29.Qxa6 Rd8 30.Qf1 b5 31.Ng4 Qb4 32.Qd3 bxa4 33.bxa4 Qxa4
34.Rc7 Qb4 35.Bxe4 dxe4 36.Qc3 Qxc3 37.R1xc3 Kf8 38.Rxe7 Kxe7
39.Rc7+ Rd7 40.Rxd7+ Kxd7 41.Kf2 Ke6 42.Ke3 Nb5 43.Kxe4 f5+
44.gxf6 Nd6+ 45.Kd3 h5 46.Ne3 Kxf6 47.h4 Nf7 48.d5 Nd6 49.Kd4
Ke7 50.Kc5 Kd7 51.Kd4 Ke7 52.Ke5 Nf7+ 53.Ke4 Nd6+ 54.Kd4 Kd7
55.f5 gxf5 56.Ke5 Ne4 57.Nxf5 Nf2 58.Ne3 Nh1 59.Kf4 Nf2 60.Kg5
Kd6 61.Kxh5 Nd3 62.Kg5 1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 Nd7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7
7.O-O e6 8.d5 e5 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Ngf6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.b4 Re8
13.Bf3 a5 14.a3 Nb6 15.Qd3 Nfd7 16.h3 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1
18.Rxa1 Qf6 19.Bd2 Ne5 20.Qe2 Nbxc4 21.Be1 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Qxf3
23.gxf3 b5 24.Kf1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Bxc3 26.Re7 Bxb4 27.Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "Rostov"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 Qe8 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c5 Nb4 12.dxe5 dxe5
13.Qb3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.h3 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Bg4 Bxg4
18.hxg4 b6 19.Nf4 Kh7 20.e5 Bg5 21.Nd5 Rd8 22.cxb6 axb6
23.Rad1 c5 24.f4 Qc6 25.Nb4 cxb4 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.e6 fxe6
28.Rxe6 Qd7 29.Rxb6 Qxg4 30.Rxb4 Qh4 31.Qh3 Qxh3 32.gxh3 Rf4
33.Rb3 Kh6 34.Rbd3 g4 35.hxg4 Kg5 36.a4 Rxg4+ 37.Kf2 Rh8
38.Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "Rostov"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "V Tukmakov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.O-O
O-O 8.Ne5 Ng4 9.Nxg4 Bxg4 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Bd7 12.e3 e6 13.Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.Qb3 b6
13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 exd5 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 f6
18.Nf3 Bd7 19.Nd2 Rac8 20.Nf1 Rc4 21.Rad1 Rc2 22.Rb1 Rfc8
23.Ne3 Rd2 24.Red1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Kf7 26.f3 Ke6 27.Kf2 Kd6
28.h4 Be6 29.g4 Bd7 30.Kg3 Be6 31.Re1 Bd7 32.g5 Rf8 33.Rh1 Re8
34.Kf2 Rf8 35.Rg1 Be6 36.gxf6 g6 37.h5 Rxf6 38.hxg6 hxg6
39.Rg5 a5 40.Kg3 Kc6 41.a4 b5 42.axb5+ Kxb5 43.Nxd5 Bxd5
44.Rxd5+ Kb4 45.Rd8 a4 46.d5 Kc5 47.Ra8 Rb6 48.Rxa4 Rxb2
49.Ra5+ Kd6 50.Kf4 Rg2 51.Ke3 Rg1 52.Ke4 Re1+ 53.Kf4 Rg1
54.Rb5 Rg2 55.Ke3 Rg1 56.f4 g5 57.fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Eric Lobron"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Ne5
Ra7 8.Nd3 c5 9.Nxb4 axb4 10.Bf4 d6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.O-O Ne8
13.Nd2 e5 14.Be3 Qe7 15.a3 f5 16.Nb3 f4 17.Bd2 bxa3 18.Rxa3
Rxa3 19.bxa3 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Bc3 Nd7 22.Na5 Qa8 23.f3 fxg3
24.hxg3 Ndf6 25.Qd2 h5 26.Rb1 Qc8 27.Qg5 Rf7 28.Qg6 Kf8 29.Kg2
Qa8 30.Qc2 e4 31.Rb3 h4 32.gxh4 exf3+ 33.exf3 Nh5 34.Qe4 Nf4+
35.Kf2 Qxe4 36.fxe4 Nd5+ 37.Kg3 Nxc3 38.Rxc3 Ra7 39.Nb3 Rxa3
40.e5 dxe5 41.Rf3+ Ke7 42.Nxc5 Rxf3+ 43.Kxf3 Nd6 44.Kg4 Nxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilya M Gurevich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 a5 10.a3 a4 11.Ba2 c5 12.Be3 Nbd5
13.Ne5 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Nc4 Qa7 16.Nh3 cxd4 17.Nf4 Be7
18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qg4 g6 20.Ne5 Qc5 21.O-O Qxc2 22.Qe2 O-O
23.Rfc1 Nf4 24.Rxc2 Nxe2+ 25.Kf1 d3 26.Nxd3 Nd4 27.Rc7 Bd6
28.Rc4 e5 29.Bxh6 Re8 30.Nc5 Bf5 31.f3 Be7 32.Re1 b6 33.g4
Bxc5 34.gxf5 Nxf5 35.Bd2 Kg7 36.Rce4 f6 37.f4 Nd6 38.R4e2 Bd4
39.Rg2 e4 40.Bb4 Nf5 41.Rge2 e3 42.Kg2 Rh8 43.Rc1 Rh4 44.Rc7+
Kh6 45.Kf3 Bc5 46.Bc3 Rf8 47.Bb1 g5 48.Rg2 Rxf4+ 49.Ke2 Kg6
50.Rd7 Rh8 51.Rd5 Re8 52.h4 Kh5 53.Rxf5 Rf2+ 54.Rgxf2 exf2+
55.Kf1 Kxh4 56.Rxf6 g4 57.Bc2 g3 58.Rg6 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Curt Hansen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O
O-O 8.e3 Bb6 9.d3 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Ne7 11.Nd2 c6 12.dxc6 Nxc6
13.b3 d5 14.Bb2 Be6 15.h3 f6 16.Kh2 Rc8 17.Qe2 d4 18.Nc4 dxe3
19.fxe3 Qd7 20.Ba3 Ne7 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.Nxb6 axb6 23.d4 exd4
24.Rxd4 Qc7 25.Re4 Qd7 26.Rd4 Qc7 27.Re4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Qc2 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5
13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.Be4 Qc8 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Qxc3 Nd7 17.Rd5 f6
18.Rhd1 Nc5 19.Qc2 O-O 20.Qg6 Qc8 21.f3 Qe8 22.Qc2 e4 23.fxe4
Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Nxe4 25.Rd7 Rac8 26.b3 Rfe8 27.Be1 Nc5 28.R7d5
Kf7 29.Bc3 c6 30.Rf5 Ne4 31.Be1 Rcd8 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Kc2 g5
34.c5 Ke6 35.g4 bxc5 36.a4 h5 37.h3 hxg4 38.hxg4 Rd5 39.Rf1 c4
40.bxc4 Re5 41.Rf3 Kf7 42.Rf5 Rxf5 43.gxf5 Nc5 44.Bxa5 Nxa4
45.Bc7 Nc5 46.Kc3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Pigusov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.e4 Nb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Qe1 Nac4 11.Nc3 e6 12.b3 Ne5 13.Nxe5
Bxe5 14.Bb2 Qe7 15.Rc1 Bd7 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rfd1 Rfe8 18.h4 h5
19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Qd6 22.Bc3 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Rd7
24.a4 Re5 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re7 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.d6 Qxd6
29.Bxb7 Nd7 30.Kg2 Nc5 31.Bf3 Ne6 32.b4 Nd4 33.Be4 Qe5 34.Bb7
Qd6 35.b5 Ne6 36.Qc4 Qc5 37.Qe4 Kg7 38.Bd5 Kf6 39.Bb7 Qe5
40.Qc4 Qc5 41.Qd3 Qb4 42.Qd1 Ke7 43.Bd5 Qd4 44.Qxd4 Nxd4 45.f3
Ne6 46.Kf2 Kd6 47.Ba2 Kc5 48.Ke3 Kb4 49.g4 Kxa4 50.gxh5 gxh5
51.Bc4 Kb4 52.Be2 Kc5 53.f4 Ng7 54.Ke4 f6 55.f5 c6 56.bxc6
Kxc6 57.Bd1 a5 58.Ba4+ Kc5 59.Bd7 Kc4 60.Ba4 Kc3 61.Bd7 Kb4
62.Kd3 a4 63.Kd2 a3 0-1

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3
Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 c5 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rad1 Ne4
13.dxc5 Rxc5 14.Be3 Rc7 15.Bd4 Bf6 16.Qc1 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nc5
18.Ne5 Qe7 19.Ng4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Ne4 21.Qb2 Nd6 22.Ne3 Nc4
23.Nxc4 Rxc4 24.Rc1 Rfc8 25.Rfd1 Qc7 26.Rxc4 Qxc4 27.Bf3 Qc2
28.Rb1 Qxb2 29.Rxb2 Kf8 30.e3 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Ke7 32.Be2 Bc6
33.Kf3 Rc3 34.Ra2 Ba4 35.Bf1 Kd6 36.Ra1 a5 37.Ke2 Bb3 38.Ke1
a4 39.Bb5 Rc2 40.Bd3 Rb2 41.Rc1 Ra2 42.Bb5 Rxa3 43.Rc6+ Ke7
44.Rxb6 Ra1+ 45.Kd2 Ra2+ 46.Kc3 Rxf2 47.Rb7+ Kd6 48.Be8 Re2
49.Rd7+ Ke6 50.Rxf7 Rxe3+ 51.Kd2 Re4 52.Kc3 Re2 53.Rxg7 Rxh2
54.Kb4 Kf5 55.Bxa4 Bxa4 56.Kxa4 Ke4 57.Rg4+ Kd3 58.Kb5 Rc2
59.Rh4 Rc7 60.Kb6 Rc4 61.g4 Kxd4 62.Rxh7 Rc8 63.g5 Rg8 64.Rh4+
Ke5 65.Kc5 Rc8+ 66.Kb4 d4 67.g6 d3 68.g7 d2 69.Rh1 Rg8 70.Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Bf4 c6
13.Ne5 Re8 14.e4 Nf8 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bh3 a6 17.Na4 Bd6 18.Be3
b5 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Bg2 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Bd4 Re8 23.Bxf6 Qxf6
24.Bxd5 Bh3 25.Bxa8 Bxf1 26.Ne4 Qh6 27.Rc6 Ne6 28.Rxa6 Bh3
29.Bd5 Qg6 30.Bxe6 fxe6 31.f3 Bf5 32.Nd6 Rd8 33.Qd4 Bh3 34.Qe4
Qf6 35.Rc6 Qa1+ 36.Kf2 Qxa2+ 37.Qe2 Qxb3 38.g4 Qd5 39.Nb7 Rf8
40.Qxe6+ Qxe6 41.Rxe6 Bxg4 42.Rb6 Rxf3+ 43.Kg2 h6 44.Rxb5 Rc3
45.Nd6 Kh7 46.Rb4 Bf3+ 47.Kf2 Bd5 48.Rd4 Rc2+ 49.Ke3 Ba8
50.Rd2 Rc3+ 51.Rd3 Rc1 52.Ra3 Bc6 53.Ra7 Rc3+ 54.Kd4 Rc2
55.Rc7 Rd2+ 56.Ke5 Ba4 57.Nf5 Rg2 58.Kf4 Bb3 59.Kf3 Bd5+
60.Kf4 Be6 61.Kf3 Rg6 62.Ne3 h5 63.Rc5 Rf6+ 64.Kg3 Kh6 65.Rc6
Kg6 66.Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxd5
7.e4 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.O-O Qb6 11.a4 Qc5 12.Qd3 Qd6
13.Qe2 a6 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Bxc6 Bxc6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Be3 Bd6 18.a5
Qe7 19.Bb6 O-O 20.Nd4 Rfc8 21.Nxc6 Rxc6 22.Rac1 Rac8 23.Rxc6
Rxc6 24.g3 Bc7 25.Bxc7 Qxc7 26.Qd2 Qe5 27.Qb4 Qc7 28.Qd2 Qe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Rb1 b6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Be2 Bc6 12.Bd3 O-O
13.Ne2 e6 14.h4 Nd7 15.h5 Nf6 16.f3 Nxh5 17.g4 Nf6 18.Bh6 Bh8
19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Rh3 Bg7 21.e5 Nd5 22.f4 f6 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.g5
Nd5 25.Bc4 b5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.dxc5 Rc8 28.Qe3 a6 29.Rd1 Qxa2
30.Rh2 Qc4 31.Qh3 Qe4 32.Rd3 Kf7 33.Re3 Qf5 34.Qxh7 Rxc5
35.Re5 Qb1+ 36.Kf2 Qa2 37.f5 exf5 38.Rh6 Rc6 39.Rxg6 Rxg6
40.Rxf5+ Ke7 41.Qxg6 Bxc3 42.Qb6 Be1+ 43.Kf1 Be6 44.Qc5+ Kd7
45.Qd4+ Ke7 46.Qf6+ Kd7 47.Qg7+ Kd6 48.Rf3 Qb1 49.Qd4+ Ke7
50.Kg2 Qa2 51.Re3 Bd2 52.Qg7+ Ke8 53.Qh8+ Kd7 54.Rd3+ Bd5+
55.Kf2 Ba5 56.Qg7+ Kc6 57.Qf6+ Kb7 58.Qe7+ Kc6 59.Qe8+ Kd6
60.g6 Bb6+ 61.Kg3 Bc7 62.g7 Qa1 63.Qg6+ Ke7+ 64.Kf2 Bc4
65.Re3+ Kd7 66.Qe8+ Kd6 67.Qe7+ Kc6 68.Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nb4 11.Be2 a5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 c5
14.g3 Bh3 15.Nh4 Qd7 16.Bd2 b6 17.a3 Na6 18.Bd3 Nh7 19.Bf1
Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Nc7 21.a4 Ne8 22.Ra3 Nef6 23.Qe2 Rae8 24.Rb3 Qd8
25.Nd1 Nd7 26.Ne3 Kh8 27.Kh1 Rg8 28.Neg2 Qe7 29.Re3 Bf6 30.Bc3
Rg7 31.Nf3 Kg8 32.h4 h5 33.Nfe1 Qd8 34.Nd3 Qc8 35.Kg1 Qa6
36.b3 Qc8 37.Re1 Qb8 38.Kf1 Qc8 39.Bb2 Ndf8 40.f4 exf4 41.gxf4
Bxb2 42.Qxb2 f6 43.e5 fxe5 44.fxe5 dxe5 45.Nxe5 g5 46.R1e2 Ng6
47.Nxg6 Rxe3 48.Rxe3 Rxg6 49.Qe2 Qf5+ 50.Rf3 Qb1+ 51.Ne1 gxh4
52.d6 Qa1 53.d7 Qd4 54.Qe8+ Kg7 55.Qe7+ Kh6 56.d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Geneva"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Florin Gheorghiu"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Bg5 Nc7 10. a4 Qe7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4
e5 13. a5 Qe8 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. g4 Bf6 16. Bg3 Kg7 17. Qd2 Qe7
18. Kg2 Rh8 19. h4 Qd8 20. Nd1 b5 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Ne3 Na6
23. Rh1 Nb4 24. Bd1 Bd7 25. Be2 a5 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Be7
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Bxe5+ f6 30. Bc3 Na4 31. Rxa4 Rxh1 32. Kxh1
Bxa4 33. Ng4 Qh8+ 34. Kg1 Kf8 35. gxf6 Bd6 36. e5 Bc7 37. Qe3
Na6 38. e6 Bd6 39. e7+ 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk, Russia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5
Bb4+ 8.Kf1 c6 9.Nxc4 O-O 10.Bb2 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Ne4 Be7
13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Nd2 c5 17.Ne4 Be7
18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Qc3 Nf6 20.Bf3 Rc8 21.Kg2 Bd5 22.Nd2 Rfd8
23.Nc4 Qb7 24.Rhd1 Ne8 25.Qe3 h6 26.h4 Bf6 27.Rd3 Qa6 28.Bxf6
Nxf6 29.Rc2 Rd7 30.Ne5 Rdc7 31.Rdc3 Qb5 32.Qf4 Qb7 33.Nd3 Qb5
34.Qe3 Bxf3+ 35.Qxf3 Nd5 36.Rc4 Nb6 37.Rg4 f5 38.Rg6 Qe8 39.h5
Nd5 40.e4 fxe4 41.Qxe4 Nf6 42.Qe5 Qc6+ 43.f3 Rf7 44.Rxc5 Qd7
45.Rxc8+ Qxc8 46.Nc5 Re7 47.b4 Kh7 48.g4 Qd8 49.Ne4 Nd5 50.g5
Qf8 51.Kg3 Rf7 52.Rxh6+ Kg8 53.Qxe6 Qxb4 54.Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Qxd5 d6
7.e4 Be7 8.Bg5 Bxg5 9.Nxg5 O-O 10.Bc4 Qe7 11.Nxf7 Rxf7
12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Qxd6 Kf8 14.Bxf7 Kxf7 15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.h4 Be6
17.a3 Rf8 18.f3 Ne5 19.h5 h6 20.Rh4 b6 21.b3 a5 22.Kb2 a4
23.f4 Nc6 24.Rd3 axb3 25.cxb3 Rb8 26.Rg3 Kf8 27.f5 Bf7 28.Rhg4
Re8 29.Rxg7 Rxe4 30.Rh7 Re2+ 31.Kc3 Nd4 32.Rxh6 Nxf5 33.Rh8+
Ke7 34.Rh3 Nd4 35.Rb8 Be6 36.Rxb6 Rc2+ 37.Kd3 Bf5+ 38.Ke3 Bxh3
39.gxh3 Rc3+ 40.Ke4 Rxh3 41.b4 Ne6 42.bxc5 Nxc5+ 43.Kd5 Rxh5+
44.Kc4 Kd7 45.Rg6 Nb7 46.a4 Nd6+ 47.Kb4 Kc6 48.Rg3 Rh4+ 49.Kb3
Ne4 50.Rg6+ Kd5 51.a5 Nc5+ 52.Kc3 Rh3+ 53.Kb2 Rb3+ 54.Ka2 Rb5
55.a6 Ra5+ 56.Kb2 Kc4 57.Rg4+ Kb5 58.Rg8 Rxa6 59.Kc3 Ne6
60.Kd3 Kc5 61.Rh8 Ra4 62.Rh5+ Kd6 63.Ke3 Nf4 64.Rf5 Nd5+
65.Kd3 Kc5 66.Rf3 Rd4+ 67.Ke2 Kc4 68.Rf8 Rd3 69.Rf3 Nc3+
70.Kf2 Ne4+ 71.Ke2 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3
Nc6 8.d5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 c6 11.a4 Qa5 12.Ra3 Rfc8
13.Qd2 cxd5 14.exd5 Nfd7 15.Rb3 Qc7 16.Rc1 a6 17.Rb4 Nc5
18.Bh6 Bh8 19.Bf1 Qa5 20.Rh4 Ncd7 21.Re1 Qb6 22.Nd1 Nf6 23.h3
Qc5 24.c4 a5 25.Be3 Qb4 26.Qxb4 axb4 27.b3 Ned7 28.Bd2 Nc5
29.Re3 e6 30.Bxb4 g5 31.Bxc5 gxh4 32.Bxd6 exd5 33.cxd5 Rd8
34.Ba3 Nxd5 35.Rf3 Bf6 36.Bc4 Kg7 37.Nb2 Nb6 38.Bd3 Rac8
39.Nc4 Nxc4 40.Bxc4 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Be5+ 42.g3 hxg3 43.fxg3 Rd2+
44.Kg1 f6 45.Bb4 Rb2 46.Bc3 Bxc3 47.Rxc3 Rd8 48.Bd3 Re8 49.Bf1
Re1 50.h4 b6 51.g4 h6 52.Rc7+ Kf8 53.Rc6 Ke7 54.Rc7+ Kd6
55.Rc3 Ke5 56.Rf3 Re4 57.Bh3 Rb1+ 58.Kh2 Re2+ 59.Bg2 Rbb2
60.Rg3 Kf4 61.g5+ fxg5 62.hxg5+ hxg5 63.Rf3+ Ke5 64.Rg3 Kd4
65.b4 Rxb4 66.Rxg5 Rbb2 0-1

[Event "it Malme Sweden ("]
[Site "it Malme Sweden ("]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7
7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 c5 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Rac8
13.Bh4 Be4 14.Qd2 Rfe8 15.Bg3 e5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nh4 h6 18.f3
Bh7 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Nf8 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 e4 23.Nf5 exf3
24.gxf3 Kh7 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Nd6 Rcd8 27.Nxe8 Rxe8 28.Kf2 Rd8
29.Ke2 Kg6 30.b4 Rc8 31.b5 Rd8 32.a4 Kf5 33.a5 Rd7 34.Ra1 Ng6
35.axb6 axb6 36.Ra6 Rb7 37.Ra8 Ne5 38.e4 Ke6 39.Bxe5 Kxe5
40.Ke3 f5 41.Re8+ Kf6 42.e5 Kg7 43.Kf4 Rd7 44.Kxf5 Rd4 45.Rb8
Rxc4 46.Rxb6 Rh4 47.f4 Rh5+ 48.Kg4 Rxh2 49.Rb7 c4 50.f5 Kg8
51.Rb8+ Kh7 52.Rc8 c3 53.b6 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Blatny"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.d3 d6 5.Bg2 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a3 a5
8.Rb1 Nge7 9.Qa4 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Qc2 h6 12.e3 f5 13.Rd1 g5
14.Nb5 Be8 15.d4 cxd4 16.exd4 e4 17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Na7
19.Nc3 Qc7 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Bh5 22.Rd2 Nac6 23.Nd5 Qd7
24.Nb6 Qc7 25.Nd5 Qd7 26.Nb6 Qc7 27.Nxa8 Rxa8 28.Be3 Bf7
29.Bf1 Ng6 30.f4 Ra3 31.Kf2 Qb6 32.c5 Qa7 33.Bc4 d5 34.Be2 Nf8
35.b5 Na5 36.Rb4 Nc4 37.Rxc4 dxc4 38.Bxc4 Rxe3 39.Kxe3 Qa3+
40.Kf2 e3 41.Ke2 exd2 42.Bxf7+ Kxf7 43.Qxf5+ Bf6 44.Qd5+ Kg6
45.Kxd2 Qa2+ 46.Ke3 Qxh2 47.f5 Kh6 48.Qd6 Nh7 49.c6 Qg1+
50.Ke2 Qb1 51.c7 Qxb5+ 52.Ke1 Qb1+ 53.Kf2 Qc2+ 54.Kf1 b5 55.d5
b4 56.Qc6 Qd1+ 57.Kg2 Qe2+ 58.Kh1 Qf3+ 59.Kh2 Qf2+ 60.Kh1 Qf1+
61.Kh2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O Re8 13.Qb3
a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.a4 Nd7 16.Rfe1 g6 17.Rab1 Bg7 18.Bf1 Ba6
19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Rec1 Bf8 21.Ne1 Bd6 22.Nd3 Nf6 23.h3 Qa8
24.Nb4 Bxb4 25.Qxb4 Kg7 26.Rc2 Ne4 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Qc3 Re6
29.Rcb2 Qa7 30.Rb4 Rxa4 31.Rxb6 Rc4 32.Qb2 Qa4 33.Rc1 Rxc1+
34.Qxc1 Qa5 35.Rb1 Qc7 36.Qc5 Qe7 37.Qa5 Qd7 38.Rb6 Re8 39.Qb4
Rc8 40.Ra6 Qc7 41.Qc5 Qd7 42.Ra7 Rc7 43.Ra8 Rc8 44.Rxc8 Qxc8
45.Qd6 h5 46.h4 Qe6 47.Qc7 Qf6 48.g3 Qe6 49.Kf1 Qh3+ 50.Ke2
Qg4+ 51.Ke1 Qe6 52.Ke2 Qg4+ 53.Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.07.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nh4 Ng6 12.Nf5 Re8
13.Rb1 h6 14.Qf3 Rb8 15.g3 Nh7 16.h4 Ne7 17.Ne3 Rf8 18.Nf5
Nxf5 19.exf5 Re8 20.Be4 Bd7 21.Kg2 b5 22.Rh1 Nf6 23.g4 Qa5
24.g5 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 h5 26.cxb5 Qxc3 27.a4 Qd4 28.f3 a6 29.Be3
Qxe4 30.fxe4 axb5 31.axb5 Bxb5 32.Kf3 Bd3 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Bd2
Rb2 35.Ba5 c4 36.Re1 Kf8 37.f6 gxf6 38.gxf6 Ke8 39.Rg1 Be2+
40.Kg3 Kd7 41.Rg2 Rb5 42.Bd2 Bd3 43.Kf3 Rb2 44.Ke3 Bxe4
45.Kxe4 c3 46.Ke3 cxd2 47.Rxd2 Rxd2 48.Kxd2 Kc7 49.Kc3 Kb6
50.Kb4 e4 51.Kc4 e3 52.Kd3 Kc5 53.Kxe3 Kxd5 54.Kf4 Ke6 55.Kg5
d5 56.Kxh5 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.07.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2
a5 8.O-O d5 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Qc2 Bb4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Na4 Bd6 13.Rfc1
Bb5 14.Nc3 Be8 15.a3 Na6 16.e3 Qe7 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Rab1 Rb8
19.Ne1 Qa7 20.Nd3 Bd7 21.b4 axb4 22.Nxb4 Nc7 23.Rb3 Rfc8
24.Qb2 Na8 25.Bf1 h5 26.Rb1 Qa5 27.Nba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.07.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "04"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Ne5 Be7 9.Qa4 c6 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 Nfd7 12.Nd3 Na6
13.Nf4 Nc7 14.Qb3 a5 15.Rd1 a4 16.Qc2 Re8 17.Nb1 b5 18.Nc3 Nb6
19.b3 axb3 20.Qxb3 b4 21.Nce2 Ba6 22.Bd2 Bc4 23.Qb1 Ra4 24.Nc1
Nb5 25.Nb3 Qa8 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 cxd5 28.Nc5 Rxa2 29.Rxa2
Qxa2 30.Qxa2 Bxa2 31.Bxb4 Bf6 32.Bf1 Nxd4 33.Nd7 Nf3 34.Kg2
Ne5 35.Nxf6 gxf6 36.Bc3 Rc8 37.Bd4 Rc2 38.Bd3 Nxd3 39.Rxd3 Kg7
40.Rf3 Rc6 41.g4 Bb1 42.Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.07.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Bd3 g6
13.Re1 Re8 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Rad1 c5 16.d5 f6 17.Bh6 Ne5 18.Nxe5
Bxe5 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qg5 Bxh2 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.dxe6 Be7 23.Qe3 Bf6
24.Bc2 Qc6 25.f3 Re7 26.Bg5 Bxg5 27.Qxg5 Rxe6 28.Bxf5 Rxe1
29.Rxe1 Re8 30.Be4 Qd7 31.Bd5 Bxd5 32.Rxe8 Qxe8 33.cxd5 Kf7
34.Qf4 Ke7 35.Qc7 Kf6 36.Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 Ng4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
c6 8.h3 Nf6 9.f4 b5 10.Bd3 b4 11.Nce2 a5 12.Nf3 O-O 13.O-O d5
14.Bxf6 dxe4 15.Bxg7 exd3 16.Bxf8 dxe2 17.Qxe2 Kxf8 18.Rfe1
Be6 19.a3 Na6 20.Qe5 Kg8 21.Nh4 Bc8 22.Qxe7 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1 Qxb2
24.Nxg6 Be6 25.Qb7 Rb8 26.Ne7+ Kf8 27.Qxa6 bxa3 28.Qxa5 a2
29.Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6
7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Qf3 a5
13.a4 Nd5 14.Bb5 Nb4 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.c3 Nbd5 17.Nd4 Qb6 18.Nf3
Bd7 19.Bd3 Rfd8 20.Ne5 Be8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Nf6 23.Qe2 Nd7
24.Be3 Qc7 25.Nxd7 Bxd7 26.Red1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dortmund, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.07.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "09"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Rb1 a6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nf3 b5
13.Bd3 c4 14.Bb1 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.h4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.h5
Qd8 19.hxg6 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 hxg6 21.Rh6 Kf7 22.Rh7+ Kg8 23.Rch1
Rd8+ 24.Bd4 Rxd4+ 25.cxd4 Bxd4 26.f4 Bg7 27.e5 g5 28.R7h5 gxf4
29.Bh7+ Kf8 30.Be4 Rb8 31.R1h4 Ke8 32.Rg4 Bf8 33.Rh8 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.e4
cxd4 8.e5 Ne4 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Qxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nc6
13.Bxc6 Bxd2+ 14.Kxd2 dxc6 15.Qxd8+ Rxd8+ 16.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nb1 Ba6 7.Qc2 Nf6
8.Bxc4 Bxc4 9.Qxc4 Qd5 10.Qxd5 cxd5 11.Nd2 e6 12.Nb3 Nbd7
13.Ne2 a5 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Nf4 Nc4 16.Nd3 Bd6 17.Ke2 Ke7 18.Rhc1
h5 19.h3 g5 20.Be1 g4 21.Nbc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 b3 23.Rc3 Rab8
24.Rac1 Rhc8 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Rxc4 dxc4 27.Rxc4 Nd5 28.Rxg4 Nb4
29.Nxb4 axb4 30.Bxb4 e5 31.Kd3 Rg8 32.Rxg8 Rxg8 33.g3 Ra8
34.Kc4 Rxa4 35.Kxb3 Ra1 36.Kc4 Kd7 37.Bc3 e4 38.Kd5 Rf1 39.b4
Rxf2 40.c6+ Kc7 41.Be5+ Kb6 42.Bd4+ Kc7 43.b5 Rf5+ 44.Be5+ Kb6
45.Kd6 Rf1 46.Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
Be6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.b3 Bg4 12.Na4 Nfd7
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e6 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Be2 Na7 17.Rfc1 Rfc8
18.Kf1 Bf8 19.b4 Rxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Nxc8 22.Bd3 Nd6
23.Be1 f5 24.Ke2 Kf7 25.f3 Ke8 26.Bg3 Kd8 27.Nc3 Nf6 28.a3 Be7
29.Bf4 h5 30.h4 Nfe8 31.g3 Nf6 32.Kd2 Kd7 33.Kc2 Kc6 34.Kb3
Bf8 35.a4 Be7 36.Be5 Kd7 37.Ne2 Ke8 38.Nf4 Kf7 39.Nh3 Bf8
40.Be2 Nd7 41.Bf4 Nf6 42.a5 bxa5 43.bxa5 Ke8 44.Ka4 Be7 45.Ng5
Kd7 46.Bb5+ Nxb5 47.Kxb5 Ng8 48.Nf7 Bf6 49.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "04"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3
e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.e4 Nd7 10.Ne1 f5 11.Nd3 Nf6 12.Bg5 fxe4 13.Nxe4
Nf5 14.Qd2 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Qe8 16.Rae1 Nd4 17.Kg2 b5 18.c5 Bf5
19.f3 Qd7 20.c6 Qc8 21.Qd1 Bh3+ 22.Kg1 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Qh3 24.Qd2
Rae8 25.Nf2 Qc8 26.Kg2 Qa6 27.b3 b4 28.Nd3 Qb5 29.Qxb4 Qa6
30.Qd2 Nf5 31.Rf2 Qb6 32.Qb4 Ne3+ 33.Kg1 Qd4 34.Bxe3 Qxe3
35.Kg2 Bh6 36.Qe1 Qd4 37.Re2 Rb8 38.Nf2 Rb5 39.Ng4 Bg7 40.Rd2
Qb4 41.Qe3 Rc5 42.h4 Rc3 43.Qg5 Rc1 44.h5 gxh5 45.Nh6+ Kh8
46.Nf5 Bf6 47.Qh6 Rf7 48.a3 Qc3 49.Re2 Kg8 50.Qxh5 Bg7 51.Qg5
Kh8 52.Qd8+ Bf8 53.Nh6 Rg1+ 54.Kxg1 Qc1+ 55.Kg2 Qxh6 56.b4 Qc1
57.Qe8 Kg7 58.Qe6 Qxa3 59.Rf2 Qc1 60.Bxh7 Qg5 61.Be4 Be7
62.Ra2 Qe3 63.b5 Bg5 64.b6 cxb6 65.Rc2 Bd8 66.Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Rivas-Pastor"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rb1 b6 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.e5 Rd8
13.Rb5 Qa4 14.Rb2 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Qxa6 16.Qe2 Qa4 17.O-O cxd4
18.cxd4 Rac8 19.h4 h5 20.e6 f5 21.Rd2 Bxd4 22.Bg5 Bc5 23.Rfd1
Qe4 24.Kf1 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Qxe2+ 26.Kxe2 Nd8 27.Rd7 Nxe6 28.Rxa7
Nxg5 29.hxg5 Bd6 30.Kd3 Rc1 31.Nd4 Kf7 32.a4 Rd1+ 33.Kc4 Rd2
34.Nb5 Be5 35.f3 Rxg2 36.Kd5 Bf4 37.Ra8 h4 38.Rh8 Bxg5 39.Kc6
Bf6 40.Rd8 h3 41.Kxb6 h2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 cxb4
13.Nxb5 Bb7 14.Nd6 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bc7 16.Nb7 Qe7 17.axb4 e5
18.Bxa6 exd4 19.exd4 Qxb4 20.Be3 Rfb8 21.Rab1 Qe7 22.Bb5 Ra3
23.Bc6 Nb6 24.Rfc1 h5 25.h3 Qe6 26.Rb5 Qa2 27.Qd1 Nbd5 28.Rc2
Nc3 29.Rxa2 Rxa2 30.Qf1 Nxb5 31.g4 Nd6 32.Nxd6 Bxd6 33.g5 Ne8
34.g6 Nf6 35.gxf7+ Kf8 36.Qc4 Ra7 37.Qe6 Rd8 38.Bb5 Re7 39.Qf5
1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "07"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 h6 7.a3 a5
8.Bg2 d6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nd2 Qd8 12.e3 Ne7 13.Ne4
Ba7 14.Nc3 c6 15.d4 Be6 16.b3 f5 17.a4 Qc7 18.Ba3 Rad8 19.f4
Bf7 20.Kh1 exd4 21.exd4 Kh8 22.Ra2 Ng8 23.Bh3 Bg6 24.Rd2 Nf6
25.Qc2 Rde8 26.d5 Ne4 27.Nxe4 fxe4 28.Rdd1 Rf6 29.Bb2 e3
30.Qe2 Be4+ 31.Bg2 Rf7 32.Bxe4 Rxe4 33.f5 Qe7 34.Rf3 Bc5
35.Bc3 Kg8 36.Rdf1 cxd5 37.f6 gxf6 38.cxd5 Re5 39.Bxe5 Qxe5
40.Rf5 Qe4+ 41.Kg1 Kg7 42.h4 Bb6 43.Kh2 Rc7 44.Rxf6 Bd4
45.R6f4 Qc2 46.Rg4+ Kh7 47.Rf7+ Kh8 48.Rf2 Qxe2 49.Rxe2 Bc5
50.Re4 b5 51.Kh3 bxa4 52.bxa4 Kh7 53.Rb2 Kg6 54.Re6+ Kg7
55.Rb5 Bd4 56.Re4 Rc4 57.Rxa5 Kf6 58.Ra8 Kf5 59.Rae8 Rxa4
60.R8e6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4
Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 Bf6 12.Be3 c6
13.Rac1 a5 14.Rfd1 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Ra7 16.Rd3 Rd7 17.Rcd1 Qc8
18.Ne1 Qb7 19.Nf3 Rc8 20.h4 Na6 21.Bg5 Nb4 22.R3d2 c5 23.dxc5
Rxd2 24.Rxd2 bxc5 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.h5 h6 27.Qc3 Kg7 28.a3 Nc6
29.Rc2 Rd8 30.Qxc5 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Nd4 32.Rc4 e5 33.Qc8 Qe4 34.Rc1
Rxc1 35.Qxc1 Qxe2 36.Nh4 Qxh5 37.Qd2 a4 38.Qd3 Qg4 39.f3 Qc8
40.g4 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "09"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.g3
Bb7 8.Bg2 d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Re8 11.Bb2 e5 12.d3 a6 13.Rac1
c5 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.Nh4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 g6 17.Kg1 b5 18.Rc2 bxc4
19.dxc4 Qb6 20.Qd3 Qc6 21.Rd1 Qa4 22.Rcd2 Re6 23.Bc3 a5
24.bxa5 Rb3 25.Ng2 e4 26.Qc2 Qxc4 27.Bxf6 Qxc2 28.Rxc2 Rxf6
29.Ne3 Rxa3 30.Nc4 Ra4 31.Nxd6 Re6 32.Nxf7 Re7 33.Nd8 e3 34.f3
Ne5 35.Rxc5 Ra2 36.Re1 Kf8 37.f4 Ng4 38.Kg2 Nf2 39.Kf3 Ne4
40.Rd5 Nd2+ 41.Kg4 Kg7 42.Nc6 h5+ 43.Kh3 Rb7 44.Rd3 Rc7 45.Ne5
g5 46.fxg5 Rxa5 47.Rxe3 Re7 48.Rd1 Ra2 49.Rc1 Ra5 50.Rd1 Ra2
51.Kh4 Re8 52.Nc4 Rxe3 53.Nxe3 Kg6 54.Ng2 1-0

[Event "10'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.a3 Bxd2 9.Bxd2 d6 10.Bc3 Nbd7 11.b4 Qc7 12.Bb2 Rfe8
13.Be2 e5 14.Rc1 cxd4 15.exd4 Nh5 16.c5 bxc5 17.bxc5 dxc5
18.dxc5 Nf4 19.Bc4 Qc6 20.Qb3 Re6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Rfe1 Rf8
23.Re3 Rf6 24.a4 Rg6 25.g3 Nh3+ 26.Kf1 Rf6 27.Ke1 a6 28.Bxe5
Rxf3 29.Rxf3 Nxe5 30.Re3 Ng5 31.Qb6 Ngf3+ 32.Kf1 Qd5 33.Qd6
1-0

[Event "10'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2
e6 8.Bf3 Ra7 9.e4 Rd7 10.Nge2 e5 11.Qb3 exd4 12.e5 dxc3
13.exf6 Qxf6 14.O-O Be7 15.Nxc3 O-O 16.Ne4 Qe5 17.g3 Qf5
18.Bf4 Bb7 19.Rfe1 c5 20.h3 c4 21.Qc3 Rd3 22.Bg4 Qd5 23.Rad1
Rxd1 24.Bxd1 f5 25.Bf3 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Qf7 27.Qe3 Bxe4 28.Bxe4
Nd7 29.Qa7 Nf6 30.Bg2 Qe6 31.Kh2 h6 32.Qb7 Rd8 33.Be3 Nd5
34.Bd4 Bf6 35.Bc5 b4 36.h4 c3 37.bxc3 bxc3 38.Bh3 Qf7 39.Qc6
Kh8 40.Ba3 Be7 41.Bxe7 Nxe7 42.Qc5 Rd2 43.Kg1 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "20'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O a6 11.a4 cxd4 12.exd4 Nb6
13.Bb3 Nbd5 14.Ne5 Nb4 15.Qd2 a5 16.Rfe1 b6 17.Nb5 Ne4 18.Qf4
Bxh4 19.Qxe4 Rb8 20.g3 Bf6 21.Nxf7 Rxf7 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Nd6
Qc7 24.Nxf7 Kf8 25.Qxe6 Bxd4 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "20'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Bd3 g6
13.Re1 Re8 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Rad1 c5 16.d5 f6 17.Bh6 Ne5 18.Nxe5
Bxe5 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qg5 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.dxe6 Be7 23.Qe3 Bf6
24.Bc2 Qc6 25.f3 Re7 26.Bf4 Bd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Qxd4 Rxe6
29.Rxe6 Qxe6 30.Bd2 Kf7 31.Bb3 Ke8 32.c5 Qe7 33.Ba4+ Kf7 34.c6
Bxc6 35.Bxc6 Rd8 36.Bd5+ Ke8 37.Qa4+ Rd7 38.Bc6 b5 39.Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Netherlands"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5
Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Ng3 g6
19.Bd2 Kf8 20.Rc1 Qb6 21.Qe2 Kg7 22.Bc4 Qd4 23.Bb3 h5 24.Red1
Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Netherlands"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nxc3 9.Bxc3 Qd5 10.g3 Qf5 11.Qxf5 exf5 12.d5 O-O
13.Nd4 g6 14.Bg2 Nd7 15.O-O Rfe8 16.Rac1 a6 17.Rfd1 Bd6 18.e3
Nc5 19.b4 Ne4 20.Bb2 h5 21.Nc6 Bf8 22.Rc2 a5 23.bxa5 bxa5
24.a4 Nc5 25.Rd4 Bxc6 26.dxc6 Reb8 27.Bf1 Rb4 28.Bb5 Bd6
29.Kg2 Kf8 30.Bc3 Rxd4 31.exd4 Ne4 32.Bb2 Bb4 33.d5 Re8 34.Re2
Nd6 35.Rxe8+ Kxe8 36.Bd3 Ke7 37.Kf3 f6 38.Ke3 Nf7 39.f4 Bc5+
40.Kf3 Bb4 41.Bd4 Nd6 42.h3 Nf7 43.Ke2 Nd6 44.Kf3 Kf7 45.Bf2
Ke7 46.Be3 Nf7 47.Bd4 Nd6 48.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It , Brno (Czechoslovakia)"]
[Site "a"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nd7 9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Rd1 c5 12.dxc5 Qc8
13.cxb6 axb6 14.Bb5 Nc5 15.Rd4 f5 16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Rg4 Bf8
18.Ne5 Ba6 19.Bxa6 Qxa6 20.Qe2 h5 21.Rc4 b5 22.Rb4 Na4 23.Re4
Nxc3 24.bxc3 Qxa3 25.O-O Qxc3 26.Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas ESP It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.h3 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qc8 12.Bxf5 Qxf5
13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Rb1 b6 15.Re1 Nc6 16.Bg5 Rac8 17.Qb5 Rc7 18.Qe2
Nd8 19.Bd2 Ne6 20.Rb4 Rfc8 21.Qa6 Nd8 22.Nh2 Rc4 23.Reb1 Rxb4
24.Rxb4 Nc6 25.Rb1 Na5 26.Re1 Rc4 27.Rb1 h5 28.Nf3 e6 29.Rb4
Rxb4 30.cxb4 Nc4 31.Bg5 Bf8 32.a3 Bg7 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Kf8
35.Kg2 Ke8 36.Ng1 Bf8 37.Ne2 Be7 38.Bxe7 Kxe7 39.Nc3 f6
40.exf6+ Kxf6 41.Ne4+ Ke7 42.g5 dxe4 43.Qxc4 Kd6 44.Qc3 Qc6
45.Qg3+ Kd5 46.Qe5+ Kc4 47.Kg3 Kd3 48.Qf4 Qd5 49.Qf6 Qd6+
50.Kg2 Ke2 51.Qxg6 Qf4 52.Qh5+ Ke1 53.Qh1+ Ke2 54.Qh5+ Ke1
55.Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mlada Boleslav"]
[Site "Mlada Boleslav"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlastimil Jansa"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Be6 10.f4 Qc7 11.f5 Bc4 12.a4 Rc8 13.a5
Nbd7 14.Ra4 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 16.Ra2 d5 17.exd5 Nbxd5 18.Bxc4
Qxc4 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Ra5 Rd8 21.Qd3 Qxd3 22.cxd3 f6 23.d4 Bb4
24.Ra4 a5 25.dxe5 fxe5 26.Bg5 Rd7 27.Rd1 Raa7 28.h3 h6 29.Bh4
Ne3 30.Rda1 Nc4 31.Bf2 Rac7 32.R4a2 Rd3 33.Nc1 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 e4
35.Nb3 Bd6+ 36.g3 Rd3 37.Nxa5 Nxa5 38.Rxa5 Rc2 39.Kg1 Bxg3
40.Ra8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Las Palmas (Spain)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7
12. Qd3 Ng6 13. Bd2 b6 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 Ngf4 16. Qb1 Qc7
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Nxh5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ne5 g6 21. Nb5
Qd8 22. Bb4 Kg7 23. Bxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qc1 Rc8 25. Qd2 Qd8
26. Rac1 a6 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nc3 Bg5 29. Qd3 Nf4 30. Qf3 Be6
31. Ne2 Nh5 32. Qd3 Qc8 33. Qc3 Qd8 34. Qc6 Bh6 35. Qc3 Qg5
36. g3 Qf5 37. Qd3 Qh3 38. Qf3 f6 39. Nd3 Bf5 40. Nef4 Nxf4
41. Nxf4 Bxf4 42. Qxf4 g5 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. Qb8 Bc8 45. Rc7 Be6
46. Qe8+ Kf5 47. Rc6 1-0

[Event "cat.17, It , Las Palmas (Spain)"]
[Site "cat.17, It , Las Palmas (Spain)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 e6 11. Bf4 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. h4 Ne7 16. Bb4 Nf5
17. Rdc1 Qb6 18. Bc5 Qa6 19. Bf1 Nd6 20. e3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Nxb5
22. Qb4 b6 23. Be7 Qb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. a4 Nc7 26. Rc1 Ne8
27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qb5 f6 29. a5 bxa5 30. Bc5 Bf8 31. Qxa5 a6
32. Qb6 e5 33. Qb3 Qc6 34. Bxf8 e4 35. Ba3 exf3 36. Qb4 h5
37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qxg6 Ng7 40. Bf8 Ne6 41. Be7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2 bxc4 5.e4 c3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bd3
Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O e6 10.Nf4 exd5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nxd5 Nc6
13.Nf3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Re1 d6 16.Bh6 Be6 17.Bxf8 Bxd5
18.Rxe5 dxe5 19.Bxc5 Qc7 20.Be3 Qc6 21.Bf1 Nd6 22.Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It Brno (CZE)"]
[Site "a"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Krasenkow"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6
8.h3 Bh5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7
13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bb2 Be7 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.Rc1 O-O 17.Rc6 Qb7
18.Qc2 Ra7 19.Rc1 Nxe5 20.Nxe6 Qxc6 21.Nxf8 Qxc2 22.Rxc2 Nc4
23.bxc4 dxc4 24.Bd4 Rc7 25.Nxh7 Kxh7 26.Bb6 Rc6 27.Ba5 Ba3
28.Kf1 b4 29.Ke2 Rc5 30.Bb6 Rb5 31.Bd4 b3 32.Rxc4 b2 33.Bxb2
Rxb2+ 34.Kf3 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Sweden"]
[Site "It Malme  (07)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Krasenkow"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2
c6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 Bb7 10.b3 Rc8 11.Bb2 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Ne5
cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qd7 16.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas, Cat.17"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Cat.17"]
[Date "1994.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+
c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Re8 12.O-O Nd7
13.Rfd1 Nf8 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.e3 Ne6 16.b4 Rd8 17.Qb3 a6 18.a4
Qa7 19.Ne1 b5 20.Nd3 Bc8 21.a5 Qe7 22.Ne2 Rd6 23.Ne5 Nd8
24.Qb2 Bg5 25.Rc3 Qe8 26.Qc2 Bf6 27.Nf3 g6 28.Nd2 Bf5 29.Qb2
Ne6 30.Rdc1 h5 31.h4 Ra7 32.Nf3 Nd8 33.Nf4 Bg7 34.Bh3 Bxh3
35.Nxh3 Rf6 36.Nf4 Re7 37.Ne5 Rxe5 38.dxe5 Qxe5 39.Qc2 Bf8
40.Rb3 Bd6 41.Ne2 Qe7 42.Qd2 Be5 43.Nd4 Qd7 44.Kg2 Nb7 45.Nf3
Bd6 46.Ng5 Be5 47.e4 Rd6 48.Rd3 Bf6 49.exd5 cxd5 50.Rd1 d4
51.Nf3 Qg4 52.Kh2 Rc6 53.Nxd4 Rc4 54.Nc2 Be5 55.Ne3 Qxh4+
56.Kg1 Qf6 57.Nxc4 bxc4 58.Re3 c3 59.Qd5 c2 60.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas, Cat.17"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Cat.17"]
[Date "1994.05.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3
e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.e4 Nd7 10.Ne1 f5 11.Nd3 Nf6 12.Bg5 fxe4 13.Nxe4
Nf5 14.Kh1 h6 15.Nxf6 Bxf6 16.Bd2 Qd7 17.Bc3 Qg7 18.Qb3 b6
19.a4 a5 20.Rae1 g5 21.Qd1 Bd7 22.Be4 Rae8 23.b3 Qf7 24.f3 Bg7
25.Nf2 Kh8 26.Qd3 Re7 27.Kg2 Qe8 28.Rh1 h5 29.Rhf1 Qg6 30.Kh1
Qh6 31.Rg1 Ref7 32.Ref1 h4 33.Kg2 Nd4 34.Bxd4 exd4 35.g4 Be5
36.Nh3 Qf6 37.Rf2 Bxg4 38.Qf1 Bd7 39.Kh1 g4 40.fxg4 Qxf2
41.Nxf2 Rxf2 42.Qh3 Rxh2 43.Qxh2 Bxh2 44.Kxh2 Rf4 45.Bf5 Bxf5
46.gxf5 d3 47.Kh3 Kh7 48.f6 Kh6 49.f7 Kh5 50.Rd1 Rf3 51.Kg2
Kg4 52.Rxd3 h3 53.Kg1 Rxf7 54.Re3 Rf3 55.Re7 Rxb3 56.Rxc7 Ra3
57.Rd7 Kg3 58.Rg7 Kf4 59.Rb7 Rc3 60.Rc7 Ke5 61.Kh2 Ra3 62.Re7
Kd4 63.Rd7 Kxc4 64.Rxd6 Rb3 65.Rd8 Kc5 66.d6 Kc6 67.Kh1 Ra3
68.d7 Rb3 69.Kh2 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas, Cat.17"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Cat.17"]
[Date "1994.05.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.e3 d6 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Qb6
13.Rd1 Ba6 14.O-O Rfc8 15.Rd2 d5 16.Rfd1 Rab8 17.Qc2 Rb7
18.Nc1 d4 19.exd4 cxd4 20.b4 Bxc4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Bxc4 Ne5
23.Rxd4 Rbc7 24.Qe4 Rxc4 25.Ne2 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Qb5 27.h3 Ng6
28.Qe3 Kg7 29.Ng3 a6 30.Rd6 Rc4 31.Qf3 Nf4 32.Qg4+ Kh7 33.Rd8
Ng6 34.Qf3 Qe5 35.Kh2 Rc3 36.Qb7 Kg7 37.Rd7 Nh8 38.Qxa6 h5
39.h4 Rc2 40.Qa7 Qf4 41.Qd4 Ng6 42.Qxf4 Nxf4 43.Ne4 Re2 44.Nd6
Kg6 45.Rxf7 Nd5 46.Rf8 Rxf2 47.b5 Rf4 48.Kh3 Rd4 49.g3 f5
50.Rc8 f4 51.Nc4 Kf5 52.b6 Nxb6 53.Nxb6 Rd3 54.Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas, Cat.17"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Cat.17"]
[Date "1994.05.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Na3
Nf6 14.Rxe8 Nxe8 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Re1 Nd7 18.Be4 Nb6
19.b3 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Nf6 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.bxc4 Bc8 23.Bc2 Ra7
24.Qe3 Rb7 25.Ba4 Bd7 26.Bc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Rc7 28.Qf3 h6 29.Ne4
Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Qa8 31.Qf4 Qf8 32.Qf3 Qa8 33.Qf6 Rxc6 34.Re7 Qf8
35.Rd7 Qg7 36.Qd8 Qf8 37.Qf6 Qg7 38.Qf3 Rb6 39.Qa8 Kh7 40.Qe8
Qa1 41.Kh2 Qe5 42.Qxe5 dxe5 43.Rxf7 Kg8 44.Re7 Rb2 45.Kg3 Rxa2
46.Rxe5 Kf7 47.Rxc5 a5 48.h4 h5 49.Kf3 a4 50.Ra5 a3 51.Ke3 Rc2
52.Rxa3 Rxc4 53.g3 Kf6 54.f3 Rb4 55.Rd3 Ra4 56.Rd4 Ra5 57.Rc4
Ke5 58.Re4 Kf5 59.Kd4 Kf6 60.Re8 Ra4 61.Ke3 Kf5 62.Rf8 Ke5
63.f4 Ke6 64.f5 gxf5 65.Rh8 f4 66.gxf4 Ra3 67.Ke2 Ra2 68.Kd3
Ra3 69.Kd2 Ra2 70.Kc3 Ra3 71.Kd4 Ra4 72.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Ng4 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. h3 Nf6 9. f4 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. Nf3
O-O 13. O-O d5 14. Bxf6 dxe4 15. Bxg7 exd3 16. Bxf8 dxe2
17. Qxe2 Kxf8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. a3 Na6 20. Qe5 Kg8 21. Nh4 Bc8
22. Qxe7 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2 24. Nxg6 Be6 25. Qb7 Rb8 26. Ne7+
Kf8 27. Qxa6 bxa3 28. Qxa5 a2 29. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Mlada Boleslav"]
[Site "Mlada Boleslav"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Zsofia Polgar"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 a6 11.e4 e5 12.Bg5 b5 13.Bb3
h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5 16.Ne2 Bb7 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5
19.Bh2 Rfe8 20.f4 gxf4 21.Nxf4 Nf6 22.Nd3 Nc4 23.e5 Nd5 24.Rf3
Nde3 25.Qf2 c5 26.Rg3+ Kh7 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Nxc5 Nd5 29.Rf1 Rf8
30.Rf3 Kg7 31.e6 f6 32.Nxb7 Qxb7 33.Rg3+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Kh8
35.Rg6 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Romanishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Re1 Rd8
12. f3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. e3 Qc8 15. g4 Nbd7 16. Nd3 a5
17. Bg3 Nf8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. h3 N6d7 20. Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas Hertneck"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7
8.Ne5 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 e6 10.O-O Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5
13.Bb2 Bb4 14.Rfd1 O-O 15.a4 bxa4 16.Nxa4 Qe7 17.e4 dxe4
18.Qxe4 Rab8 19.g3 a5 20.Rd3 Rfd8 21.Bd4 Nf8 22.Rad1 Qb7
23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.Be3 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Nd7 26.f4 Kf8 27.Kg2 Ke7
28.Kf3 Rc7 29.Rd1 Rc2 30.h3 f6 31.exf6+ gxf6 32.g4 f5 33.Bf2
Nf8 34.Rd3 Ng6 35.Bg3 Rc1 36.Nb6 Rc6 37.Nc4 a4 38.gxf5 exf5
39.Ne3 Ke6 40.bxa4 Ra6 41.Rd4 Bc5 42.Rc4 Bd6 43.Nc2 Kd5
44.Ne3+ Ke6 45.Ke2 Rb6 46.Nc2 Rb3 47.Bf2 Rxh3 48.Be3 Rh4 49.a5
Nxf4+ 50.Bxf4 Rxf4 51.Rxf4 Bxf4 52.Nd4+ Kd5 53.a6 Bb8 54.Nxf5
Kc6 55.Kf3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It , Brno (Czechoslovakia)"]
[Site "a"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Stohl"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6
8.Ne5 dxc4 9.Nxc4 b5 10.Ne5 c5 11.Bf3 Ra7 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.Nd3
Rd8 14.e4 Be6 15.Bf4 Qc8 16.Qc2 Nc6 17.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.d4 e4 6.Ne5 cxd4 7.exd4
Bb4 8.Be2 Qe7 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Bxd6 Qxd6
13.O-O Bg4 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.h3 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Rfe8 17.d5 a6
18.Qe3 cxd5 19.Nxd5 h6 20.b3 Qe5 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Rfe1 h5
23.c5 h4 24.b4 g6 25.a4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Qb2 27.Rd4 Qc2 28.a5 Qb1+
29.Kh2 Qb2 30.Qd2 Qa1 31.Qe3 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Vyzmanavin"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf4 Nc6 7.d5
Ne5 8.h4 O-O 9.h5 Bd7 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Be3 Qe8 12.Bd4 c5 13.Be3
Qc8 14.a4 Rb8 15.Qb1 b6 16.Qa2 a6 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 c4
19.Bg5 Qxe6 20.Rd1 Rfc8 21.Nd5 Ned7 22.Rh4 b5 23.axb5 axb5
24.Qa7 Kf7 25.Nc7 Rxc7 26.Qxc7 Ne4 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Qc6 Bf6
29.Bxf6 Nxf6 30.Qc7 Rc8 31.Qb6 g5 32.Rh1 Rc5 33.e3 Qf5 34.Rd2
Ng4 35.Qb8 Rc8 36.Qb7 c3 37.bxc3 Rxc3 38.Qd5+ Qxd5 39.Rxd5
Rxc2 40.Rh7+ Ke6 41.Rxb5 Nxf2 42.Rh6+ Kd7 43.Rb7+ Kc6 44.Rxe7
Nd3+ 45.Kd1 Rg2 46.Ree6 Rxg3 47.Rxd6+ Kc5 48.Rc6+ Kd5 49.Rhd6+
Ke5 50.Kd2 Rg2+ 51.Kc3 Rg1 52.Re6+ Kd5 53.Rcd6+ Kc5 54.Ra6 Kd5
55.Rad6+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mlada Boleslav op"]
[Site "Mlada Boleslav"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 e6 7.Nge2
Bg6 8.O-O Be7 9.f3 Nb6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.e4 c5 12.Be3 c4 13.Bc2
Nc6 14.a3 Qd7 15.Qe1 Rad8 16.Rd1 Qc8 17.Nf4 Bg5 18.Nce2 e5
19.dxe5 Rxd1 20.Bxd1 Nxe5 21.Qa5 Qb8 22.Kh1 Bd8 23.Bc2 Nc6
24.Qb5 a6 25.Qc5 Bc7 26.Nxg6 hxg6 27.f4 Re8 28.Nc3 Nd8 29.Qg5
Qc8 30.e5 Ne6 31.Qg3 Nf8 32.Qf3 Nbd7 33.Be4 Bb6 34.Bxb7 Qb8
35.Bxb6 Nxb6 36.Bxa6 Ne6 37.a4 Rd8 38.a5 Nd7 39.Qb7 Ndc5
40.Qxb8 Rxb8 41.Bxc4 Rxb2 42.a6 Nc7 43.a7 Rc2 44.Nb5 1-0

[Event "Mlada Boleslav op"]
[Site "Mlada Boleslav"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Tomas Oral"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3
Nc6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.Qc1 Rc8 12.Rd1 Qa5
13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 Ncb8 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.Bxc5 Nxc5
18.Rxc5 Qd6 19.Qxd6 exd6 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Nd2 b5 22.Bd5 Bxb2
23.Rb1 Bc3 24.Ne4 b4 25.Bxf7+ Kg7 26.Bd5 Rd8 27.Rb3 Na6
28.Nxc3 bxc3 29.Rxc3 Nc5 30.Re3 Rd7 31.Re8 Rc7 32.Kf1 Na4
33.Rd8 Nc3 34.a3 Nb1 1-0

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Petr Haba"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 f5 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O
8.O-O b6 9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Be1 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 a5 12.Rc1 Ba6 13.b3 Nd7
14.Be1 Nf6 15.Bh4 Qd7 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Rf2 Rff8 18.Ne5 Bxe5
19.fxe5 Bb7 20.Bf3 Rac8 21.Rfc2 Rfd8 22.c5 b5 23.Qe1 Ra8
24.Be2 Qe7 25.Bd3 Rf8 26.Rf2 Bc8 27.a3 Bd7 28.Qe2 Qg5 29.Rcf1
h5 30.Rf4 Qh6 31.h4 a4 32.b4 g6 33.R1f3 Rae8 34.Rg3 Re7 35.Rg5
Rg7 36.Qf2 Rgf7 37.Rf3 Be8 38.Rfg3 Kh7 39.Qf4 Rg8 40.Be2 Rfg7
41.Kf2 Bd7 42.Ke1 Be8 43.Kd2 Bd7 44.Kc3 Be8 45.Kb2 Bd7 46.Rh3
Be8 47.Qf1 Rh8 48.Rhg3 Rhg8 49.Qd1 Kh8 50.Qc1 Kh7 51.Rf3 Rb7
52.Bd1 Rgg7 53.Rfg3 Ra7 54.Be2 Rae7 55.Qf1 Ra7 56.Qd1 Kh8
57.Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 d5 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3
Be7 8.b4 a6 9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bd6 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Ne5 Nb8
13.Be2 Bd7 14.Bf3 a5 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.bxa5 Rxa5 17.O-O Ra7
18.Nc4 Be7 19.Rfc1 c6 20.a4 Qc7 21.a5 Nbd7 22.Qb3 Rb8 23.g3
Qd8 24.Rab1 Ne8 25.Bc3 Nd6 26.Bd2 Nxc4 27.Qxc4 Ne5 28.dxe5
Qxd2 29.a6 Rxa6 30.Rd1 Qa2 31.Qxa2 Rxa2 32.Rd7 Bf8 33.Rbxb7
Rxb7 34.Rxb7 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ulf Andersson"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1
Bf5 8.e3 e6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Nd7 11.Bg3 Rc8 12.Bd3 Bxd3
13.Qxd3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rc2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup European Club"]
[Site "Ljubljana (Slovenia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.a3 a5 11.b3 b6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.Na4
Rec8 14.Ne5 b5 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Nc3 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Rxa8
Rxa8 19.Na4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 c5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Qg4
f5 24.Qf4 Bd5 25.Bc4 Bd6 26.Qd4 Bc5 27.Qf4 Bd6 28.Qd4 Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Elista"]
[Site "RUS-ch Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6
7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bd2
O-O 13.c4 N5f6 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Qc2 b6 16.Rad1 Bb7 17.Rfe1 Qc8
18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Nf6 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Nd4 Rac8 22.Qe2 a6
23.a3 Bf8 24.Be5 Nd7 25.Bg3 g6 26.b4 Nf6 27.h3 Nh5 28.Be5 f6
29.Bh2 Ng7 30.Qa2 Qf7 31.f4 Red8 32.Kh1 Rd7 33.Qe2 a5 34.b5
Bxa3 35.Nc6 Bc5 36.Rxd7 Qxd7 37.Rd1 Qe8 38.Bg1 Nf5 39.Rd3 Bxg1
40.Kxg1 h5 41.g4 Ng7 42.Qd1 Qf8 43.Kg2 e5 44.fxe5 Re8 45.Rf3
f5 46.Qd5+ Kh8 47.c5 Ne6 48.cxb6 Qf7 49.Qd2 f4 50.Rd3 Qb7
51.Qxa5 Nc5 52.Qa7 Qc8 53.Qf7 hxg4 54.b7 Nxb7 55.Rd7 gxh3
56.Kh2 1-0

[Event "IV Torneo Magistral de la Comunidad de Madrid,"]
[Site "IV Torneo Magistral de la Comunidad de Madrid,"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd2 Rc8
13.Nb3 Be4 14.Qc3 Nd5 15.Qd2 c5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Rxc5
18.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19.Rxc1 Qa8 20.Qd4 Nf6 21.Qc5 h6 22.a3 Rd8 23.h3
Bb7 24.Qb6 Rb8 25.b4 Bd5 26.Qc7 Ne8 27.Qf4 Qb7 28.h4 Rd8
29.Rc5 Nd6 30.g4 Qe7 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Bxf3 33.Bxf3 Nf5 34.e4
Nd4 35.Bg4 Qd6 36.Qxd6 Rxd6 37.f4 f5 38.gxf6 gxf6 39.Kf2 Kg7
40.Ke3 e5 41.fxe5 fxe5 42.Rxe5 Nc2+ 43.Kf4 Nxa3 44.Re7+ Kf8
45.Ra7 Nc2 46.Ke5 Rh6 47.Be6 Nxb4 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.Kf5 Nd3
50.Ra7 Kf8 51.Ra8+ Ke7 52.Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2
b6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Kb1 Rd8 15.Rhe1 O-O 16.Ne5 c5 17.f4 cxd4
18.g4 Nd5 19.g5 hxg5 20.Qh5 f5 21.Ng6 Nf6 22.Qxg5 Nh7 23.Qh5
Rf6 24.Rg1 Be4 25.Rg3 Rc8 26.Rc1 Qc6 27.a3 Rc7 28.Bb4 Bxb4
29.axb4 a5 30.Rcg1 Rxg6 31.Qxg6 Bxd3 32.Qxg7+ Rxg7 33.Rxg7+
Kf8 34.Rg8+ Kf7 35.R1g7+ Kf6 36.Rg6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Nb3 Ne5 13.Be3
c5 14.Bf1 Be6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Ne4 17.Kg2 f5 18.Qc2 Nf7
19.Bd3 Re7 20.Re2 Rae8 21.Rae1 Qa6 22.Nc1 Nf6 23.Bd2 Ne5
24.Bc3 b6 25.Re3 Qb7 26.R1e2 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Bb2 Nh5 29.Bxe5
Bxe5 30.Rf3 Nf6 31.Rfe3 f4 32.Rf3 Nh5 33.Re4 fxg3 34.fxg3 Rf7
35.Ree3 Ref8 36.Ne2 Bd4 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.Qxg6+ Ng7 39.Rxf7 Qxf7
40.Qxf7+ Rxf7 41.Nxd4 cxd4 42.Rd3 Nf5 43.Kf3 Ne3 44.Ke4 Re7+
45.Kf4 Ng2+ 46.Kf5 Ne3+ 47.Kf4 Nf1 48.g4 Kg7 49.Rxd4 Re2
50.Re4 Rxa2 51.Re7+ Kf8 52.Rd7 Rf2+ 53.Kg5 Nd2 54.Rxa7 Ne4+
55.Kg6 Rf6+ 56.Kh5 Rf3 57.h4 Rxb3 58.g5 Rh3 59.Kg4 Rh1 60.Rb7
Rg1+ 61.Kf5 Ng3+ 62.Ke6 Rb1 63.Kxd6 b3 64.Kc6 Nf5 65.d6 b2
66.Rb8+ Kf7 67.d7 Nd4+ 68.Kc5 Ne6+ 69.Kc6 Rc1 70.Rxb2 Rxc4+
71.Kd6 Rd4+ 72.Ke5 Rxd7 73.g6+ 0-1

[Event "Ch Russia"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Ne7 7.dxc5
Nd7 8.c4 dxc4 9.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial M.Botvinnik"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8
13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 Bb5
18.axb3 Bxc6 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 20.Rxa7 Bf6 21.Nc4 Nc5 22.Qxd8 Rxd8
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Ree7 Nxb3 25.Ne3 Rf8 26.Nf5 h5 27.Re3 Rc1+
28.Kg2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial M.Botvinnik"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
Nxd2 8.Qxd2 d6 9.e3 Bg4 10.Ng1 Nc6 11.h3 Bf5 12.Nge2 O-O
13.Rd1 cxd4 14.exd4 e5 15.Nb5 Qxd2+ 16.Rxd2 Rad8 17.g4 Bc8
18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nd6 Bh6 20.Rd1 Nd4 21.c5 Nc2+ 22.Kf1 f5
23.Bd5+ Kg7 24.Bb3 Nb4 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Ng3 Bd3+ 27.Kg2 Ba6
28.Nge4 Be2 29.Rhe1 Bf3+ 30.Kf1 Bxd1 31.Rxd1 Be3 32.Ke2 Bd4
33.Nxb7 Rb8 34.Nbd6 Bxb2 35.Ng5 Kh6 36.Ngf7+ Kg7 37.Ng5 Kh6
38.Ngf7+ Kg7 39.Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Maribor"]
[Site "EUCup Maribor"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Bc5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 g6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Ne4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Qe6 14. Bxe4 Rd8 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxe6
fxe6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bg2 Rxd4 19. Nd3 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rdc4
21. b3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Kf7 24. h4 Be7 25. Nd3 Bd6
26. b4 Bc7 27. Bb7 a5 28. bxa5 Bxa5 29. Kg2 Bc3 30. Bc8 Nc6
31. Nc5 e5 32. Bd7 Na7 33. Be6+ Ke7 34. Bg8 h6 35. Kf3 Nc8
36. Ke4 Bd4 37. Nd3 Nd6+ 38. Kd5 Ne8 39. Nxe5 Bxf2 40. Nxg6+
Kd8 41. Kc6 Nf6 42. Be6 b4 43. g4 Ne4 44. Bd5 Nc3 45. e4 Ne2
46. Kb5 Be1 47. e5 Kc7 48. e6 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'"]
[Site "Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Rb1 b6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nf3 O-O
13.Rc1 Bg4 14.d5 Rad8 15.O-O Bxf3 16.Bxf3 e6 17.Be2 exd5
18.exd5 Ne7 19.Bf3 Nf5 20.Bg5 Rd7 21.Bg4 c4 22.Rfd1 Re8
23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.g3 Qc5 25.Be3 Qe7 26.Re1 Qd8 27.Bg5 Rxe1+
28.Rxe1 f6 29.Bf4 Rxd5 30.Qe2 Qc8 31.Qh5 Qc6 32.Re7 1-0

[Event "New York op New York USA"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2
b6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Ne5 c5 15.Bb5+ Ke7 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Bc3 Rhd8
18.Bd4 Qc7 19.Rhe1 Kf8 20.c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid ESP"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.e4 a6 9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.b3 c5 12.Nde2 Rb8 13.a4
Re8 14.h3 b6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Be3 h5 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Rd2 Bb7
19.Rfd1 Bf8 20.Nf4 Rbd8 21.Re2 Bg7 22.Nfd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5
24.cxd5 Nd7 25.f4 Qb8 26.Bf2 b5 27.Rde1 c4 28.bxc4 Rc8 29.axb5
axb5 30.Rb1 Rxc4 31.Qb3 Qc7 32.e5 dxe5 33.d6 Qxd6 34.Rd1 Nc5
35.Rxd6 Nxb3 36.Bd5 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Nc5 38.fxe5 Ne6 39.Rb6 Nc7
40.Ba2 Rxe5 41.Rxe5 Bxe5 42.Rxg6+ Kf8 43.Rg5 f6 44.Rxh5 Rc2
45.Bb1 Rb2 46.Be4 Bd4 47.Rf5 b4 48.Kf1 Be5 49.g4 Ne6 50.h4 Nd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP Madrid"]
[Site "ESP Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valery Salov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bf5 7.Nc3
e6 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.a3 Qd7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Be3 Be7 12.Rc1 f6
13.exf6 gxf6 14.Na4 Nd5 15.Bc4 Na5 16.Ba2 Bg4 17.Nac3 Rhg8
18.Qd2 Nb6 19.Ne4 Nc6 20.f3 Bh5 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Rxc5 Bf7
23.Rfc1 e5 24.Bb1 Bg6 25.Ba2 Bf7 26.Bb1 Bg6 27.Ba2 Bf7 28.Bb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4
7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Nb3 Nge7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nfxd4
Rd8 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Qf3 Be6 15.Rac1 Bxc4 16.Rxc4 Rd3 17.Qe2
Rd5 18.Re4 Rad8 19.h3 Qe6 20.f4 g6 21.Qf2 b6 22.Kh2 h5 23.Rc1
Qf5 24.Qe3 Rd3 25.Qe2 Na5 26.Nxa5 bxa5 27.e6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "05, Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'"]
[Site "05, Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. Qe2 Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Bf1 Rd7 16. g3 Rfd8
17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Qd3 Bf6 19. c3 c5 20. Bg2 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nb4
22. Qb5 Nxa2 23. Qa4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25. d5 e5 26. Qxa7 Qxb3
27. Rb1 Qc3 28. Re3 Qd4 29. Qa5 Be7 30. Qe1 Bd6 31. Reb3 Rb8
32. Qe2 g6 33. Qb5 Rdd8 34. Rc1 e4 35. Qa5 b6 36. Qc3 Qxd5
37. Qc2 f5 38. Bf1 Qe5 39. Qa2 Kh8 40. Qa7 Bc5 41. Kg2 Ra8
42. Qf7 Rf8 43. Qc4 f4 44. gxf4 Rxf4 45. Rc2 Raf8 46. Rbb2 e3
0-1

[Event "Manresa 64/513 Epishin,V"]
[Site "Manresa 64/513 Epishin,V"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Kevin Spraggett"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Qb3 Ng4 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bd2 f5 13.e4
Nf6 14.Rfe1 Qd8 15.Rad1 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 Qf6 18.Bg5
Qf5 19.Qe3 Be6 20.g4 Qf7 21.Bh4 h6 22.b3 b6 23.h3 Rae8 24.Bg3
Bc8 25.Rd6 Bb7 26.Nh4 Re6 27.Rxe6 Qxe6 28.Nf3 Re8 29.Nd2 Nd4
30.Kh2 Kh7 31.Qd3 Qf7 32.Re3 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Re6 34.Qe4 Kg8
35.Nf3 Nxf3 36.Rxf3 Qd7 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
O-O 8.d5 Nxc3 9.Bxc3 Bf6 10.Rc1 c6 11.O-O cxd5 12.Ne1 Bxc3
13.Rxc3 b5 14.cxd5 Qb6 15.Nd3 Na6 16.Ne5 b4 17.Nxd7 Qb5 18.Rd3
Rfe8 19.dxe6 Rxe6 20.a4 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5
13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7 16.Qd2 Rfd8 17.h3 Rab8
18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.dxc5 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qxc5 21.Qxc5 Nxc5 22.Nd4 Ne6
23.Nc6 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Rd7 25.Rd1 Rc7 26.Nb4 d4 27.exd4 Rc4 28.d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek Van Wely"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 c6
12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Ne4 14. Bf4 Re8 15. e3 f6 16. h4 a5
17. Rc1 Nf8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Ne6 20. Bh2 Ke7 21. Bd3 h6
22. Bf5 a4 23. Rc3 Ra5 24. Rhc1 Rc8 25. f3 Rb5 26. R1c2 c5
27. Kc1 h5 28. Bg1 Kf7 29. e4 Re8 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. exd5 Bxd5
32. Rd2 c4 33. Bc2 Ra8 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Be4 Nf4 36. Bxd5+
Nxd5 37. Rxc4 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Kd2 Ke6 40. Bh2 Kf5 41. Rc5
Ke6 42. Rc4 Kf5 43. g4+ hxg4 44. fxg4+ Ke6 45. Re4+ Kd7
46. Be5 Re8 47. Kd3 Re6 48. Rxa4 Rxe5 49. Kd4 Nb6 50. Kxe5
Nxa4 51. b4 Nc3 52. Kf5 Kc6 53. Kxg5 Nb5 54. a4 Nc3 55. b5+
Kc7 56. Kf6 Nxa4 57. g5 Nb6 58. Ke6 Nd7 59. b6+ Kc6 60. b7
Nc5+ 61. Ke5 Nxb7 62. g6 Nd6 63. g7 Nf7+ 64. Kf6 Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2
Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc3 Na6 15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 Nc5 17.Qxd5
cxd5 18.Ne5 Ne4+ 19.Kb4 Nd6 20.a5 f6 21.Nd3 e5 22.Nc5 Rhe8
23.g3 f5 24.Bg2 e4 25.a6 d4 26.axb7 Nxb7 27.Rhc1 a5 28.Kb3 Kb8
29.Nxb7 Kxb7 30.Rxa5 d3 31.Rb5+ Ka6 32.Rxf5 Rb8+ 33.Ka3 e3
34.Rc6+ Rb6 35.Rc4 Rb5 36.Rc6+ Rb6 37.Rc4 Rb5 38.Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "S Mayer"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Ng4 6. Nf3
Nxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3
1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.Bg2 O-O
7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O Re8 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rfd1 Bd7 12.Rac1
Na5 13.Qd3 Rac8 14.b3 Qc7 15.Qb1 e5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Ng5 Bc6
18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Qe7 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.d6 Qd8 22.Qf5 h6
23.Nge4 Nd7 24.Nf3 Qe8 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.d7 Nxd7 27.Rxd7 Rd8
28.Rc7 Nc6 29.e3 Ne7 30.Qe5 Nd5 31.Qxe8+ Rxe8 32.Rd7 Re5
33.Nd6 Nc3 34.Rxb7 a5 35.Nc4 Rc5 36.a4 bxa3 37.Nxa3 Ne4 38.Ra7
Rc3 39.Rxa5 Rxb3 40.Nc4 Rc3 41.Ne5 f6 42.Ng4 Rc4 43.h3 Ng5
44.Kg2 h5 45.Nh2 h4 46.g4 Rc2 47.Ra4 Kf7 48.Nf1 g6 49.Rd4 Ke6
50.Rd2 Rc1 51.Nh2 Ra1 52.Rb2 Kf7 53.f4 Ne4 54.Nf3 g5 55.Nd4
Nd6 56.Rc2 Re1 57.fxg5 fxg5 58.Nf3 Rxe3 59.Nxg5+ Ke8 60.Kf2
Ra3 61.Re2+ Kd7 62.Nf3 Nf7 63.Kg2 Kd6 64.Nxh4 Ng5 65.Nf5+ Kd5
66.h4 Ne4 67.Ne3+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qe3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 b6
13.Rac1 Bc5 14.Qd2 Qb8 15.Kh1 d6 16.f4 Bd4 17.Rf3 Ra7 18.Rg3
f6 19.Bd3 Bd7 20.Qe2 e5 21.f5 Be8 22.Rf1 Kh8 23.h4 Ne7 24.a4
Qc8 25.Bb1 Qc5 26.Qd3 Bh5 27.Qd2 Nc6 28.Bc1 Qa5 29.Bc2 Rc8
30.Bd1 Be8 31.h5 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 h6 33.Ba3 b5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.b4
Qd8 36.a5 Bf7 37.Be2 Nd4 38.Rxc8 Qxc8 39.Rc1 Qb7 40.Bd3 Nb3
41.Qe2 Nxc1 42.Bxc1 Qc6 43.Be3 Rb7 44.Kh2 Bc4 45.Qd2 Bxd3
46.Qxd3 Rc7 47.Bf2 Rc8 48.Qe3 Qc1 49.Qd3 Rc3 50.Qe2 Ra3 51.a6
Rxa6 52.Qxb5 Rc6 53.Qa4 Kh7 54.Be3 Qc4 55.Qa8 Rc8 56.Qb7 Rc7
57.Qb8 Qf7 58.Kg1 Rc3 59.Bd2 Rd3 60.Be1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O a6 7.Be3 Bg4
8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 c5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Nxg6 hxg6
14.Kg2 Qb6 15.Rb1 Rc8 16.a3 Be7 17.b4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qa7 19.Nb3
b5 20.Nc5 Nb6 21.f4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.d5 exd5 24.Qxd5 O-O
25.e6 Qa8 26.Nd7 fxe6 27.Qe4 Nd8 28.Qxa8 Rxa8 29.Nxf8 Kxf8
30.Rfd1 Ke8 31.Bd4 Nc6 32.Bxg7 a5 33.bxa5 Rxa5 34.Bb2 Ra6
35.Bc1 b4 36.axb4 Nxb4 37.Bd2 Ra2 38.Ra1 Rb2 39.Rab1 Ra2
40.Kf1 Nd5 41.Ra1 Rb2 42.f5 gxf5 43.gxf5 exf5 44.Ra5 Nf6
45.Rxf5 Ne4 46.Be1 c3 47.Re5 Rb4 48.Ke2 Rb2+ 49.Kd3 c2 50.Rc1
Nc5+ 51.Kc3 Na4+ 52.Kd2 Kf7 53.Rxc2 Bb4+ 54.Kc1 Ba3 55.Ra5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Andrei Kharlov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bf5 7.Ne2
e6 8.Nbc3 Nc6 9.a3 f6 10.Bf4 g5 11.Be3 fxe5 12.O-O Be7 13.d5
Na5 14.Bxb6 axb6 15.Ba2 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nc6 17.Qb3 Rf8 18.Rad1
Bd6 19.Qe3 Kd7 20.Rd2 Kc8 21.Rfd1 Kb8 22.Nxb6 Ra6 23.Nc4 Nd4
24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Rxd4 Re8 26.Qd2 Qf6 27.Nxd6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6
29.Qxd6 cxd6 30.Kf1 Kc7 31.f3 Kd7 32.Bc4 Rc8 33.b3 Be6 34.Rd4
Bxc4+ 35.Rxc4 Re8 36.h4 h6 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Re4 Rc8 39.Rg4 Rc5
40.Ke2 Ke6 41.Kd3 b5 42.a4 bxa4 43.bxa4 Kf5 44.Rc4 Ra5 45.Kc3
Ra8 46.Kb3 Ke6 47.Re4+ Kd7 48.Rc4 Rb8+ 49.Rb4 Ra8 50.Rb7+ Ke6
51.Rb5 g4 52.fxg4 d5 53.g5 d4 54.g6 Rc8 55.g7 d3 56.Rh5 d2
57.Rh1 Kf7 58.Rd1 Rd8 59.a5 Kxg7 60.Kc3 Ra8 61.Kb4 Rb8+ 62.Kc5
Rb2 63.a6 Ra2 64.Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergey Smagin"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6
7.Qc2 Nb6 8.h3 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.e3 Qe7 11.Bd3 Nc4 12.Bxc4
dxc4 13.O-O O-O 14.e4 b5 15.Rfe1 Rd8 16.a4 a6 17.axb5 cxb5
18.d5 Bb7 19.Rad1 Qc5 20.Rd4 Re8 21.Red1 Nd7 22.Ne2 Qd6 23.Ng3
g6 24.Qd2 f6 25.h4 Ne5 26.h5 Bc8 27.Nh4 Ra7 28.Re1 Rg7 29.Re3
Ng4 30.Rc3 Bd7 31.Nf1 g5 32.Nf5 Bxf5 33.exf5 Nh6 34.g4 Rge7
35.Ng3 Nf7 36.Kg2 Qd8 37.Ra3 Qb6 38.d6 Rd7 39.Ne4 Kg7 40.Re3
Re5 41.h6+ Nxh6 42.Nxf6 Qc6+ 43.Kg1 Kxf6 44.Rxe5 Kxe5 45.f4+
Kf6 46.fxg5+ Kf7 47.gxh6 Qc5 48.Kf1 Qe5 49.Kg2 b4 50.Kf3 a5
51.Qe3 Qxe3+ 52.Kxe3 Kf6 53.Rxc4 Kg5 54.Rd4 a4 55.Ke4 a3
56.bxa3 bxa3 57.Ke5 Rd8 58.Ra4 Re8+ 59.Kd5 Re3 60.d7 Rd3+
61.Rd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.Nbd2
Nc6 8.O-O Qe8 9.Nc4 e6 10.a4 Bd7 11.e3 Rd8 12.Qe2 h6 13.Ne1
Ne4 14.Nd3 Kh7 15.Rad1 b6 16.f3 Ng5 17.f4 Ne4 18.Nd2 d5 19.Rc1
Rc8 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Ne5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3
Bg4 8.Nge2 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.a3 Bh5 11.b4 O-O 12.Rc1 b5 13.Nxb5
axb5 14.Rxc6 Rxa3 15.Qc2 Bxb4 16.Rb1 Rxd3 17.Qxd3 Bg6 18.Qxb5
Bxb1 19.Qxb4 Bd3 20.Ng3 Qa8 21.Qc3 Bc4 22.Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid, Spain"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
Qe7 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.f3 h6 10.Bf4 exd5 11.e4 g5 12.Bg3 dxe4
13.Qxd6 Nb6 14.h4 g4 15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.Bf2 Na4 17.Nf4 exf3
18.gxf3 gxf3 19.Nd5+ Nxd5 20.cxd5 Nxc3 21.Bxc5+ Kd8 22.Bd4
Re8+ 23.Kf2 Ne4+ 24.Kxf3 Nd2+ 25.Kg3 Rg8+ 26.Kf4 Rg4+ 27.Ke3
Nxf1+ 28.Raxf1 f5 29.Rhg1 f4+ 30.Ke4 h5 31.Rxg4 Bxg4 32.Rxf4
Ke8 33.Ke5 b6 34.Bb2 Rc8 35.Ba3 Rc2 36.Rf8+ Kd7 37.Rf7+ Kc8
38.Rf8+ Kb7 39.Rf7+ Kc8 40.Rf8+ Kb7 41.Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "cat.14"]
[Site "It  I(XII) Reggio Emilia (Italy) (05)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qa4+
Qd7 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Qc8
13.Qe2 Ba6 14.a4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Rd8 16.Bf4 Qb7 17.a5 Nc6 18.axb6
cxd4 19.cxd4 axb6 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Qb1 Nb4 23.Rd2
Ra8 24.Rb2 Ra4 25.Bd2 Qa8 26.Qd1 Ra1 27.Rb1 Rxb1 28.Qxb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "open"]
[Site "Koop Tjuchem  Groningen NED (05)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Blatny"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.dxc5 Na6 7.Qc2
Nxc5 8.b4 Ne6 9.Bb2 a5 10.a3 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1+ 12.Bxa1 d5
13.Be2 d4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Qxd4 16.O-O Qh4 17.Qd3 Be6
18.g3 Qh6 19.Qf3 Ng4 20.Qg2 Ne3 21.fxe3 Bxc3 22.Qe4 Qg7
23.Bxc3 Qxc3 24.c5 Rd8 25.Kf2 Rd5 26.Rd1 Qf6+ 27.Kg1 Qb2
28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Qxe2 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qxe7 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qxb4
33.Qe5+ Kg8 34.Kf3 h5 35.Qd4 Qb1 36.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.a3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.b3 Qe7 13.Bb2
Rac8 14.Rd2 Rfd8 15.Rad1 Bc7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Qf5 Ba5 18.Nxd5
Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Nf8 21.Bc4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open 1, Vienna AUT"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Galliamova-Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nc3 d5 7.O-O Bg7
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.Qc1 c5 13.e5
Qd7 14.Qf4 Nc6 15.Rab1 Ne7 16.dxc5 h6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.cxb6
Bxf3 19.Qxf3 axb6 20.Rxb6 Rxa2 21.Re1 Qc7 22.Rc6 Qa7 23.h3 Rd8
24.Re2 Ra1+ 25.Kh2 Qd7 26.Ra6 Rd1 27.Bc4 Rc1 28.Qe3 Qd1 29.Ra7
Qg1+ 30.Kg3 Rcd1 0-1

[Event "Memorial Petrosian & Kasparian (cat.15)"]
[Site "Erevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.Be3 e5 7.d5
Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.Bxd4 exd4 10.Nd2 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Ne7
13.O-O O-O 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.a3 Rab8 16.c5 dxc5 17.Nxc5 Rfd8
18.Nd3 a5 19.Qc2 axb4 20.axb4 Ra8 21.g3 Ra7 22.Rxa7 Qxa7 23.e5
Qa6 24.Re1 Nd5 25.e6 Qb5 26.exf7 Kxf7 27.Qe2 Bf6 28.Qe6+ Kg7
29.Ne5 Rf8 30.Bxd5 cxd5 31.Nd7 Rf7 32.Nxf6 Rxf6 33.Qe7+ Rf7
34.Qe5+ Kh6 35.Qxd4 Qc4 36.Qd2+ Kg7 37.Rc1 Qe4 38.b5 d4 39.Qb2
Rb7 40.b6 Qe5 41.Ra1 Qc5 42.Rb1 h5 43.Qb5 Qd6 44.Qb4 Qf6
45.Rb3 Qd8 46.Qb5 Qd6 47.h4 d3 48.Qa6 Rd7 49.Qa1+ Qd4 50.Qd1
d2 51.Rb1 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "it Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 Ba6
13.e4 Rb8 14.exd5 Rxb3 15.axb3 cxd5 16.Rxa6 Qb8 17.Be3 Qxb3
18.Rxa7 Bf6 19.Rd2 Qc4 20.Bf1 Qb4 21.Ra4 Qb3 22.Ra3 Qb4 23.Ra4
Qb3 24.Ra5 Rb8 25.Bf4 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Qxc3 27.Rda2 Rc8 28.Ra8 f6
29.Bd2 Qc6 30.R8a6 Qe8 31.Bh3 Rc6 32.Ra8 Rc8 33.R8a6 Rc6
34.Ra8 Rc8 35.R8a7 h6 36.Ra1 Kh8 37.Bb4 Rc4 38.Be7 Rc6 39.Bf1
Rc8 40.Bd3 1-0

[Event "1.1"]
[Site "CS Masters g25, Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bg3 Qc7 12.dxc5
Qxc5 13.O-O-O Bxg3 14.hxg3 Bd7 15.Rh4 Rc8 16.Ne5 Bb5 17.Qe1
O-O 18.Ngf3 Nbd5 19.Kb1 Bc6 20.Qd2 Rfe8 21.Rdh1 Qf8 22.g4 Ne4
23.Qe1 Nd6 24.g5 Nf5 25.gxh6 Nxh4 26.h7+ Kh8 27.Nxh4 Nf4
28.Qb4 g5 29.Qd4 Kg7 30.Nf5+ exf5 31.h8=Q+ Qxh8 32.Nxf7 1-0

[Event "1.2"]
[Site "CS Masters g25, Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Ne8 13.Kh1 h6
14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc8 16.c5 Qxe6 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Qa4 a6 19.b5
axb5 20.Qxb5 c6 21.Qxb7 d5 22.exd5 cxd5 23.Nb5 Kh7 24.a4 d4
25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Bd3 Rd7 27.Rxe6 Rxb7 28.c6 Nxc6 29.Rxc6 Nf6
30.a5 Nd5 31.a6 Re7 32.a7 Nb4 33.Rc7 Rxc7 34.Nxc7 Nxd3 35.a8=Q
Rxa8 36.Rxa8 Nb2 37.Ne6 d3 38.Nf8+ Bxf8 39.Rd8 Bb4 0-1

[Event "EuClubCup Final Budapest HUN"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.Qxg4 Bxd4 12.Qd1 Qf6
13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Ne5 15.Qd2 Be6 16.b3 Rad8 17.Rg3 Qh4
18.Re1 a6 19.Ne2 Ng4 20.h3 Nf6 21.Nf4 b5 22.Rd3 bxc4 23.g3 Qg5
24.Nxe6 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 c3 26.Rc2 fxe6 27.Rxc3 c5 28.Bc4 Kf7
29.e5 Nd5 30.Rf3+ Ke7 31.exd6 Kxd6 32.Rd3 g5 33.Rd2 a5 34.Re4
h6 35.h4 Rf5 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Be2 Re5 38.Rxe5 Kxe5 39.Bc4 Ra8
40.a4 Rf8 41.Re2+ Kd6 42.Kg2 Rf5 43.Kh3 Re5 44.Rxe5 Kxe5
45.Kg4 Kf6 46.Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6 9.Qa4 a6 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Nxf5 Nxf5
13.Bb6 Be7 14.f4 O-O 15.Qxc4 Bd8 16.Bf2 Ba5 17.O-O Qc7 18.Bd3
Nfe7 19.Ne4 Bb6 20.Nd6 Nd5 21.Be4 Nce7 22.Qxc7 Bxc7 23.Bc5 b6
24.Ba3 Rad8 25.Rc1 Rd7 26.f5 Rb8 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Rf3 b5 29.Bc5
Bb6 30.Bxb6 Nxb6 31.Ra3 Nc4 32.Rxa6 Nxe5 33.Rc5 Nc4 34.Rxb5
Rf8 35.Rb7 Rxd6 36.Bxh7+ Kxh7 37.Rxd6 Nxd6 38.Rxe7 Nc4 39.Rxe6
Nxb2 40.Re7 Nc4 41.Re4 Nd2 42.Rh4+ Kg8 43.h3 Ra8 44.a4 Nb3
45.Rc4 Ra5 46.Rb4 Nc1 47.Kh2 Ra6 48.Rd4 Nb3 49.Rc4 Na5 50.Rc5
Kf7 51.h4 Nc6 52.Rc4 Ne5 53.Rd4 Ke6 54.Kh3 Rb6 55.g3 Rb3
56.Rf4 Ra3 57.h5 Ra1 58.Kh4 Nf7 59.Re4+ Kf6 60.Rf4+ Ke7 61.Rb4
Ra3 62.g4 Ra1 63.Rb7+ Kf8 64.Rb8+ Ke7 65.Rb7+ Kf8 66.Rb8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg ch-cit"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Nc2 Be5 12.Nd5 Ne7
13.f4 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Bg7 16.Bxh5 Bf5 17.Bf2 gxh5
18.Rxb7 Bg4 19.Qd2 Re2 20.Qd3 Qc8 21.Rb3 Qf5 22.Qxf5 Bxf5
23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.Bxd4 h4 25.h3 Rae8 26.Bf6 Rxa2 27.Bxh4 Ree2
28.Rf2 Rxf2 29.Bxf2 Rc2 30.c5 dxc5 31.Rb7 Be4 32.Rxa7 Rc1+
33.Kh2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Petrosian & Kasparian (cat.15)"]
[Site "Erevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7
13.O-O b6 14.Qe2 a5 15.Rfc1 Bb7 16.a3 Rfd8 17.h3 a4 18.Rd1 c5
19.Bb5 Ra5 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Rd2 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Rd5 23.Qc4 Rxd4
24.Qxd4 Qxd4 25.Nxd4 e5 26.Nf3 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Rd2
29.b3 Rxf2+ 30.Kg3 Re2 31.e4 axb3 32.Rxb3 Ra2 33.h4 h5 34.Rxb6
Rxa3 35.Rb5 f6 36.Rb7 f5 37.exf5 e4 38.Kf4 exf3 39.Rb2 Ra4+
40.Kxf3 Rxh4 41.Rg2 Rh3+ 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.Rg5 h4 44.Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4
Bd6 8.h3 Bh5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.c4 O-O 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Qb3 N5f6
13.Nc4 Nc5 14.Qa3 Rc8 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Be3 b6 17.Nxe5 Nd5 18.d4
Nxe3 19.fxe3 f6 20.g4 Be8 21.Nd3 Bb5 22.Rad1 Ne4 23.Bxe4 Qg3+
24.Bg2 Qxe3+ 25.Kh1 Kh8 26.d5 Rfd8 27.Rfe1 Qh6 28.Qxa7 Bd7
29.Nf2 f5 30.gxf5 Bxf5 31.Qe7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7
13.O-O b6 14.Qe2 a5 15.Rfc1 Bb7 16.h3 c5 17.Bb5 e5 18.dxe5
Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Rcd3 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Bd5 23.a4
Be6 24.Qd2 Qc7 25.Rd6 Kf8 26.e4 Ke7 27.Rc6 Qd8 28.Qc3 Kf8
29.e5 Rb8 30.f4 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qd5 32.Rd6 Qe4 33.Qd2 g5 34.Rxe6
fxe6 35.Qd6+ Kf7 36.Qxb8 Qxf4+ 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kf1 Qc1+ 39.Kf2
Qd2+ 40.Kf3 Qf4+ 41.Ke2 Qe4+ 42.Kd2 Qxg2+ 43.Kc1 Qh1+ 44.Kc2
Qe4+ 45.Kd2 Qf4+ 46.Kd1 Qd4+ 47.Kc1 Qe3+ 48.Kb1 Qe4+ 49.Ka2
Qd5+ 50.Ka3 Qf3+ 51.Ka2 Qd5+ 52.Ka3 Qf3+ 53.b3 Qd1 54.Qe8+ Kg7
55.Qe7+ Kh8 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Qe7+ Kh8 58.Qe8+ Kg7 59.Qd7+ Qxd7
60.Bxd7 Kf7 61.Kb2 h5 62.Kc3 1-0

[Event "EUCup final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "1996.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 a6
7. O-O b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. e4 Qb8
12. a3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Bd4 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Qe3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf8 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qg5 h6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern Cup"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Kharlov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qh5
7.Qd1 c5 8.e3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qc5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3
Rd8 13.Bb4 Qe5 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Bc3 Rc8 16.Bd3 Qh5 17.Ne2 Nd5
18.O-O Nxc3 19.Nxc3 Bc6 20.Rfd1 Nd7 21.Be4 Nb6 22.Rd4 g6
23.Rad1 Qc5 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.Qe2 Qe7 26.e4 Rac8 27.g3 Qc5 28.h4
h5 29.Nb5 Nc4 30.a4 a6 31.b3 axb5 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.bxc4 Rxc4
34.Rd7 Qe5 35.Qf3 Rf8 36.Rxb7 Qxe4 37.Qxe4 Rxe4 38.Rdb1 Kg7
39.Rb8 Rxb8 40.Rxb8 Kf6 41.Rb7 e5 42.Rb6+ Kf5 43.Rb7 Kf6
44.Rb6+ Kg7 45.Kf1 Rd4 46.Ke2 Re4+ 47.Kf1 Kf8 48.Rb8+ Ke7
49.Rb7+ Kf6 50.Rb6+ Kf5 51.Rb7 f6 52.Rb6 Ra4 53.Rb8 Ke4 54.Kg2
Ra6 55.Rg8 Kf5 56.Rb8 Rd6 57.Re8 Ke4 58.Rg8 f5 59.Ra8 Kd3
60.Ra3+ Kd2 61.Kf3 Rc6 62.Ra5 Rc1 63.Kg2 e4 64.Ra3 Ke1 65.Re3+
Kd2 66.Ra3 Rb1 67.Re3 Rb2 68.Kf1 Rb1+ 69.Kg2 Ra1 70.Rb3 Ra2
71.Kf1 Ra1+ 72.Kg2 Rc1 73.Ra3 Rc6 74.Rb3 Ra6 75.Kf1 Ra1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.10.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 d6 7.Nbd2
Nc6 8.O-O Qe8 9.Re1 e5 10.e4 f4 11.c3 Nh5 12.b4 Bg4 13.b5 Nd8
14.Qb3+ Kh8 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.c4 Nf7 17.Ba3 Rg8 18.c5 Rd8 19.b6
Be6 20.Qb2 axb6 21.cxb6 cxb6 22.Rac1 g5 23.Rc7 Rd7 24.Rec1 g4
25.Ne1 Ng5 26.Bb4 h6 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Bc3 Qd6 29.Bf1 Rc8 30.Nd3
Kh7 31.Bb4 Qd8 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.Bc3 Qc7 34.Bxe5 Bxe5 35.Qxe5
Qxe5 36.Nxe5 fxg3 37.fxg3 Nf6 38.a3 Kg7 39.Bg2 Ne8 40.Kf2 Nd6
41.Ke3 Kf6 42.Kf4 Ngf7 43.Nxf7 Kxf7 44.Bf1 b5 45.Ke3 Nc4+
46.Nxc4 bxc4 47.a4 c3 48.Bb5 Kf6 49.a5 Ke5 50.Ba4 Bc4 51.Bd1
Be6 52.Kd3 Bd7 53.Bc2 Bc6 54.Kxc3 Bxe4 55.Bxe4 Kxe4 56.Kc4 Kf3
57.Kc5 Kg2 58.Kb6 Kxh2 59.Kxb7 h5 60.a6 h4 61.a7 h3 62.a8=Q
Kxg3 63.Kc6 Kg2 64.Kd6+ Kg1 65.Qa1+ Kg2 66.Qb2+ Kg1 67.Qd4+
Kh1 68.Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Gerald Hertneck"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 a5 7.Nc3 Ba6
8.Bg5 Qxb6 9.Qb3 Qb4 10.e4 Bg7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.e5 Bg7 13.h4 d6
14.Qa4+ Qxa4 15.Nxa4 dxe5 16.Nxc5 O-O 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Rc1 Rfd8
19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Ke2 Rd6 21.Rhd1 Nf6 22.Nc3 Bh6 23.Ng5 Nxd5
24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Rc8+ Kg7 27.Rc7 Bxg5 28.hxg5 e6
29.f3 Rb5 30.b3 a4 31.bxa4 Rb2+ 32.Kf1 e4 33.f4 e3 34.Rc4 Rf2+
35.Kg1 Rxa2 36.Re4 e2 37.a5 h6 38.gxh6+ Kxh6 39.Kh2 g5 40.Kg3
gxf4+ 41.Kf3 Rxa5 42.Rxe2 Kg5 43.Rb2 e5 44.Rb7 Ra3+ 45.Kf2 f6
46.Rg7+ Kf5 47.Rb7 Ra2+ 48.Kf1 e4 49.Rg7 e3 50.Rg8 Rf2+ 51.Ke1
f3 52.gxf3 Kf4 53.Ra8 f5 54.Ra4+ Kxf3 55.Rb4 Ra2 56.Rf4+ Kxf4
0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia, Italy"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3
7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O 9.Bg2 d6 10.O-O e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.Nd2 Nxc3
13.Rxc3 a5 14.f4 Nd7 15.f5 Nc5 16.g4 e4 17.Qc2 Re8 18.Nxe4
Nxe4 19.Re3 Qg5 20.Rxe4 Bd7 21.Qc1 h6 22.Qxg5 hxg5 23.Kf2 g6
24.f6 Rxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxg4 26.Rg1 Bd7 27.Rxg5 Kh7 28.h4 Kh6
29.Kf3 b5 30.cxb5 Bxb5 31.Rg1 Rb8 32.Rc1 Rb7 33.b3 Kh5 34.e3
Bd7 35.Kg3 g5 36.Bd3 Ra7 37.e4 Rb7 38.Kf3 Bg4+ 39.Ke3 Bd7
40.hxg5 Kxg5 41.Rf1 a4 42.Bc4 Bb5 43.Kd4 Bxc4 44.Kxc4 axb3
45.axb3 Rb8 46.b4 Rb7 47.b5 Rb8 48.Rf2 Rb7 49.Ra2 Kxf6 50.Ra8
Ke5 51.Re8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2
Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4 9.Rc1 d6 10.d5 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd8 12.dxe6 Nxe6
13.O-O Bd7 14.Re1 Bc6 15.e4 a5 16.Re2 Rfd8 17.h4 Qf6 18.Nh2
Nc5 19.Rce3 a4 20.Rd2 Re8 21.Qe2 Rab8 22.f4 Qe6 23.Nf3 Qg4
24.Nd4 Qxe2 25.Rdxe2 Bd7 26.Nb5 Rbc8 27.Nc3 Kf8 28.Kf2 Be6
29.Nd5 Nd7 30.Rd3 f6 31.Rd4 Nc5 32.Bf3 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Re7 34.g4
Rce8 35.g5 Kf7 36.gxf6 Kxf6 37.Ke3 g6 38.Rc4 b6 39.Rb4 Kf7
40.Rc2 Kf6 41.Rbc4 Kf7 42.b4 axb3 43.axb3 Nxb3 44.Rxc7 Nc5
45.Rxe7+ Rxe7 46.Ra2 Kf6 47.Rb2 Rb7 48.Kd4 b5 49.e5+ Ke7 50.h5
b4 51.hxg6 hxg6 52.Rg2 Nd7 53.exd6+ Kf7 54.Bg4 b3 55.Bxd7 Rxd7
56.Kc5 Rb7 57.Rb2 Ke8 58.Kc6 Ra7 59.Rxb3 Ra6+ 60.Rb6 Ra8
61.d7+ Ke7 62.d8=Q+ Rxd8 63.Rb7+ Kf6 64.Rb4 g5 65.d6 Ke6 66.d7
gxf4 67.Re4+ Kf5 68.Re8 Rxd7 69.Kxd7 f3 70.Kd6 Kg4 71.Ke5 f2
72.Rf8 Kg3 73.Ke4 Kg2 74.Rg8+ Kh2 75.Rh8+ Kg2 76.Rg8+ Kh2
77.Rh8+ Kg2 78.Rg8+ Kh2 79.Rh8+ Kg2 80.Rf8 f1=Q 81.Rxf1 Kxf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres mem B"]
[Site "Parnu, EST"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qb8
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a4 O-O 15. Rac1 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Be7
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd6 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. Ne1 Nd7 21. R5c3
Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc2 Bb7 25. f3 Kf8
26. Qc3 Qc5+ 27. Qxc5+ Nxc5 28. b4 Nd7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6
31. Nc2 Nb8 32. Nd4 Nc6 33. Nxc6 Kxc6 34. Kd4 f6 35. f4 Bc8
36. e5 f5 37. Be2 g6 38. g4 fxg4 39. Bxg4 Kb6 40. h4 h5
41. Be2 Bd7 42. Bc4 Kc6 43. Bxa6 Be8 44. Kc4 Kb6 45. Bc8 Bf7
46. Bd7 Kc7 47. Bb5 Kb6 48. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Keres mem B"]
[Site "Parnu, EST"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Heikki M J Westerinen"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nh6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4
11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Ng4 13. Nb5 Bd7 14. Nxc7 Rac8 15. Rac1
Rxc7 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Rxc7 Bc6 18. Rc8+ Rf8 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8
20. Rd1 Ke7 21. f3 Ne5 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. b3 Na3 24. Rc1 Kd6
25. Ke3 Bd7 26. f4 Bc6 27. g4 a5 28. h4 a4 29. bxa4 Bxa4
30. e5+ Kd7 31. Rc3 Nb1 32. Rd3+ Ke7 33. f5 Bc2 34. Rd4 Na3
35. Kf4 b5 36. e6 Bb1 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rxg7 Bxa2 39. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "NY op"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Pavel Blatny"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.c4 dxc4
13.Bxc4 Rd8 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.Rc3 Ne7 17.Qb3 a5 18.a3
Bd5 19.Qc2 Qe6 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.Bf3 Nd5 22.Rb3 Ba6 23.Rd1 c5
24.e4 a4 25.Rbb1 Nf4 26.Qxa4 Be2 27.d5 Qg6 28.g3 Bxd1 29.Rxd1
Re8 30.h4 c4 31.Nxc4 Rxe4 32.Bxe4 Qxe4 33.gxf4 Rxc4 34.Qb3
Qxf4 35.d6 Qg4+ 36.Kf1 Rc3 37.Qd5 Qh3+ 38.Ke2 Qg4+ 39.Kf1 Rc2
40.Qd3 Rc3 41.Qd5 Qd7 42.a4 g6 43.Rd3 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva op"]
[Site "SUI"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Nd2
c5 14.a4 Ra6 15. Nb3 b6 16.a5 bxa5 17.Ra4 Nh5 18.Bd2 f5 19.Qa1
Nf6 20.f3 Bd7 21.Nb5 Nc8 22.Rxa5 Rb6 23.Ra8 fxe4 24.fxe4 Ng4
25.h3 Qh4 26.hxg4 Qf2+ 27.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4
Be7 8.Qe2 Nb6 9.Bg3 O-O 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Nd2 Na4 12.Nxc4 Nxc3
13.bxc3 Ba4 14.Rd2 b5 15.Na5 Ba3+ 16.Kb1 c5 17.Nb7 Qb6 18.Nxc5
Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.f3 Qxc3 21.Qd3 Qa5 22.Qe3 Rad8 23.Be1 Qc7
24.Be2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Rc8 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.Rc3 Ne8 28.Qd4 a5 29.Kb2
b4 30.Rc5 Rxc5 31.Qxc5 Qc7 32.Qxc7 Nxc7 33.Be3 Na8 34.Ba6 Bc6
35.Kb3 Kf8 36.Kc4 Nc7 37.Kc5 Bd7 38.Bc4 Ne8 39.Kb6 a4 40.Bc5+
Kg8 41.Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4
a6 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Be3 c5 11.e6 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.exf7
Rxf7 14.Qd1 Bb7 15.Rc1 Qd6 16.Nf3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nc6 18.Qxd6
exd6 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.Bh3 Rff8 21.f4 Nb4 22.Ke2 Rfe8 23.Nd5 Nxd5
24.Rxd5 Bxb2 25.f5 Ne4 26.Kf3 Bf6 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Rg1 Kf7
29.Rg4 Nc3 30.Rd3 d5 31.Rf4 Ne4 32.Kg2 Rd6 33.Bg4 Kg7 34.Bd1
d4 35.Bc1 Nc5 36.Rdf3 Re4 37.h4 Rxf4 38.Bxf4 Rd5 39.Bh6+ Kxh6
40.Rxf6 Kg7 41.Rc6 d3 42.Kf3 Na4 43.Bxa4 bxa4 44.Rc1 Kh6
45.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Na6 10.Re1 c5 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5
13.Qe2 d6 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.g4 Re8 16.g5 Nfd7 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Ndb5
Rd8 19.f4 Nc6 20.f5 a6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Re8 23.Qg4 Bf8
24.g6 fxg6 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Rd2 Nd7 27.Qxg6 b5 28.Bd4 Ne5
29.Bxe5 dxe5 30.Rd3 Bc5+ 31.Kh1 Rf8 32.Rh3 Rf6 33.Qh7+ Kf7
34.Qh5+ Kg8 35.Qh7+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Kg8 37.Qxe5 bxc4 38.bxc4 Bf2
39.Rb1 Qd7 40.Qh5 Rh6 41.Qg4 Rxh3 42.Bxh3 Re8 43.Nd5 Bd4
44.Qd1 Qf7 45.Qxd4 exd5 46.cxd5 Bc8 47.Bg2 Bg4 48.Rf1 Qh5
49.Qc3 Be2 50.Rf5 Qh4 51.Kg1 Rb8 52.Qg3 Qd8 53.Bh3 Rb1+ 54.Kg2
Qb6 55.Rf2 Bh5 56.Be6+ Kh7 57.Qh4 Kh6 58.Qf4+ Kh7 59.Qf5+ Kh6
60.Qf8 Qd4 61.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3
Be7 8.Nf4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bg5 12.O-O Nc6
13.Re1 Qd6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.Bxg5 Qd7 16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.Bb5 Bf5
18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.b4 Rc8 20.Be3 a6 21.Ba4 Qd8 22.Bb3 Na7 23.Rc5
Be6 24.Qh5 Rxc5 25.dxc5 Nc6 26.Bc2 h6 27.Bxh6 gxh6 28.Qxh6 Qd7
29.Bh7+ Kh8 30.f4 d4 31.f5 d3 32.fxe6 Qd4+ 33.Kf1 Qa1+ 34.Kf2
Ne5 35.Bxd3 Kg8 36.Bh7+ Kh8 37.Bg6 1-0

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5
7.Qd1 c5 8.e3 cxd4 9.exd4 O-O 10.Bd3 Qh5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Ne2
Bd6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Qa5 15.a3 Rd8 16.Rc1 Nf8 17.Ne5 Qb6
18.Rc4 Bd7 19.Rb4 Qc7 20.Qf3 Bc6 21.Rc1 a5 22.Rbc4 Qb6 23.Qe2
Bb5 24.Rc7 Rxd4 25.Bxb5 Rxf4 26.Bd3 Rd8 27.Rxf7 Nd5 28.Rxf4
Nxf4 29.Qd2 Qd4 30.Rc4 Qxe5 31.Rxf4 Rxd3 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qxd3
Qe1+ 34.Qf1 Qd2 35.Qb1 g6 36.g3 Kf7 37.b3 b5 38.Qf1 Qd5 39.Qc1
Qxb3 40.Qc7+ Kf6 41.Qxa5 Qd1+ 42.Kg2 Qd5+ 43.Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Ne7 8.Bg5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Bg6 10.O-O a6 11.h4 h5 12.Bd3 Bxd3
13.cxd3 Nbc6 14.Nf3 Ng6 15.d4 Be7 16.Bxe7 Ngxe7 17.a3 Nf5
18.g3 Qb6 19.Na4 Qa7 20.Nc5 Nfxd4 21.Rc1 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Ne7
23.Rc3 Rc8 24.Rfc1 Rc6 25.b4 Qb6 26.Qf4 Qc7 27.a4 Ng6 28.Qd2
Qxe5 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Rb6 31.Nd3 Qd6 32.Rc8+ Kd7 33.R1c7+
Qxc7 34.Rxc7+ Kxc7 35.Qc3+ Kd7 36.Nc5+ Kd6 37.Nxb7+ Kd7 38.Qc5
Rxb7 39.Qc6+ Ke7 40.Qxb7+ Kf6 41.b6 d4 42.Qc7 d3 43.Kf1 Ne5
44.b7 1-0

[Event "Graz op"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Georgy Timoshenko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Bd2 Rb8 7.a3
Bb7 8.Qd3 Na5 9.b4 Be4 10.Qc3 Nb7 11.Bg2 c5 12.O-O Be7 13.Bf4
Rc8 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qd3 d5 17.Rfc1 cxb4 18.axb4
Bxb4 19.Rxa7 Na5 20.cxd5 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 exd5 22.Bh3 Nc4 23.Kg2
b5 24.Rd7 Qa8 25.Ne5 Qa1 26.Rxd5 Qxc1 27.Nxc4 Nxf2 28.Kxf2
bxc4 29.Qe4 c3 30.Kg2 Qd2 31.Bf5 g6 32.Qb1 gxf5 33.Qxb4 Qxe2+
0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7
7.Qb3 Bc8 8.g3 e6 9.Bg2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 b5 12.c5 a5
13.e4 Ba6 14.Rfe1 dxe4 15.Be5 a4 16.Qd1 b4 17.Nxe4 Bb5 18.Qc2
Nd5 19.a3 b3 20.Qd1 Ba6 21.Rc1 Ra7 22.h4 Re8 23.Qg4 g6 24.Qd1
Rf8 25.Qd2 f6 26.Bd6 Bxd6 27.Nxd6 Re7 28.Re4 Bc8 29.Rce1 Bd7
30.Bh3 f5 31.Re5 Rg7 32.Qg5 Qa8 33.Bg2 Nf6 34.Bf1 h6 35.Qxh6
Ng4 36.Qf4 Nxe5 37.dxe5 Qa5 38.Rc1 Rb8 39.Qd4 Rd8 40.Nb7 Qc7
41.Nxd8 Qxd8 42.Qxa4 g5 43.h5 f4 44.Qxb3 Qa5 45.Qc3 Qa4 46.b4
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.exd4
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qc7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Bd2 b6
13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.Bd3 Nd5 15.Qe4 N5f6 16.Qe2 Nd5 17.Qe4 N5f6
18.Qh4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qc6 20.Re3 Rfd8 21.Kh1 Nf8 22.Rg1 Ng6
23.Qh3 Rd5 24.Ree1 Rad8 25.Rc1 Rh5 26.Qg3 Ne8 27.Be4 Qd7
28.Bg5 f6 29.Bd2 Nd6 30.Bxg6 hxg6 31.Qxg6 Qf7 32.Qd3 Ra5 33.c4
Rxa2 34.d5 Ne8 35.Rce1 b5 36.Be3 Ra4 37.dxe6 Rxd3 38.exf7+
Kxf7 39.cxb5 Nc7 40.Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nova Gorica op 2nd"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dusko Pavasovic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Ng5 dxe5
13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh3 Be7 15.Rfe1 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 f5 17.dxe5 O-O
18.Re3 Rf7 19.Rd1 Nc5 20.Bc2 Rd7 21.Rde1 Rf8 22.Qh6 Qc6 23.Rg3
Ne4 24.Bxe4 Qxe4 25.Bd2 Qd5 26.Bf4 Qd1 27.Rxg6+ hxg6 28.Qxg6+
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Raiffeisen op-A 6th"]
[Site "Aschach"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gerald Hertneck"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 Bxc3 6.bxc3 O-O
7.O-O Re8 8.d3 e4 9.Nd4 h6 10.dxe4 Nxe4 11.Qc2 d5 12.Rd1 Nxd4
13.Rxd4 Qf6 14.Bf4 Bf5 15.Qb2 dxc4 16.Rxc4 b6 17.Rxc7 Rac8
18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Rc1 Rxc3 20.Bxe4 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 Qxb2 22.Bxb2
Bxe4 23.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1997/98, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1997/98, Germany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 b6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6
12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h4 Rd8 14. Ne2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc5 16. Qxa5 bxa5
17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxe4 19. O-O O-O 20. Rfb1 Nd6 21. Rxa5
Rd7 22. d5 Ra8 23. Bf4 Bf6 24. g3 Kg7 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Be3 Rb2
27. Nd4 Nb7 28. Rxa7 Rxd5 29. Nc6 Nd6 30. Rd7 Rxa2 31. Nb4
Rda5 32. Nxa2 Rxa2 33. Ra7 Rb2 34. Bc5 Ne4 35. Rd7 Nxc5
36. Rxc5 h5 37. Rd8 Ra2 38. Kg2 Rb2 39. Rcc8 Be5 40. Rg8+ Kh7
41. Rgd8 Kg7 42. Rc4 f5 43. Rdc8 Bf6 44. Rc2 Rb3 45. R8c7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 Qe8 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Be3 c6
13.Rb1 Nc7 14.d5 c5 15.b4 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valery Beim"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6
8.Re1 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 f4 13.Ba3
Re8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.gxf4 exf4 16.e5 Bg4 17.Bd6 Qf7 18.Qb3 h6
19.Rb1 b6 20.c5 Be6 21.Qa4 bxc5 22.h4 Nd7 23.Rb7 Qf5 24.Qe4 a5
25.Qxf5 Bxf5 26.Kh2 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Nxf8 28.Bh3 Be6 29.Bxe6+ Rxe6
30.Re4 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Kh3 Ng6 33.Kg4 Rf8 34.Re1 Re7
35.Rxe7 Nxe7 36.Nxg5 Rd8 37.Ne4 Rd3 38.e6 Kg7 39.Rg1 f3 40.c4
Rd4 41.Kxf3+ Kf8 42.Rc1 Ng6 43.Nxc5 Ke7 44.Ke3 Rh4 45.Rd1 Ne5
46.f4 Nxc4+ 47.Kf3 Nd6 48.Re1 Rh3+ 49.Kg4 Rh2 50.f5 Rg2+
51.Kf3 Rc2 52.Re5 Rxa2 53.Ne4 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Ned7 12.Qf3 b5 13.Bxb5
axb5 14.Ndxb5 Qb8 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.e5 O-O 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Qe3
Bd7 19.a4 c4 20.Rad1 Qb7 21.Rf2 Nd5 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Nc3 Bc6
24.Qd4 h6 25.f5 Rfd8 26.f6 g6 27.Re2 Qxb2 28.Rb1 Qa3 29.Re7
Qd6 30.Rb6 Rac8 31.a5 Re8 32.Nb5 Qd8 33.Na7 1-0

[Event "Karl Wagner mem 5th"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tomas Oral"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.O-O e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Qd3 a6
13.Rad1 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Qc6 15.e5 dxe5 16.Qxe5 Qc7 17.Qxc7 Rxc7
18.Rd3 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Rd1 Be7 21.Kf1 Kf8 22.Ke2 Ke8
23.Kf3 Rc5 24.g4 h5 25.h3 Rg5 26.Rg1 b5 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Ne4
hxg4+ 29.hxg4 Nxe4 30.Kxe4 b4 31.f4 f5+ 32.Kf3 fxg4+ 33.Rxg4
Ra5 34.Bxg7 Rxa2 35.Ke4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Bd2 Bb7 7.Bc3
Ne4 8.a3 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Be7 10.Qd3 d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Qh5
13.Bg2 O-O 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Rad1 Bf6 16.Qe3 Ne7 17.Ne4 Bxe4
18.Qxe4 Qb5 19.Rd2 c5 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Rc2 Rab8 22.e3 Qd3
23.Qxd3 Rxd3 24.Rxc5 Rxb2 25.a4 Ra3 26.Ra5 Rb4 27.Rxa7 Rbxa4
28.Rxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schwarzach op-A"]
[Site "Schwarzach"]
[Date "1998.08.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valery Beim"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6
8.Re1 Nh5 9.h3 e5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd4 f4 12.g4 Nf6 13.Nce2 Qb6
14.Rf1 Ne8 15.c5 dxc5 16.Nf3 Nc7 17.Nxf4 Ne6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6
19.Ng5 Bc4 20.f4 Na6 21.Qc2 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Qb5 23.Bd2 Bf6 24.a4
Nb4 25.Qc1 Qa6 26.Bxb4 cxb4 27.Nf3 Bxf1 28.Bxf1 Qb6 29.Kg2
Rad8 30.a5 Qc7 31.e5 Bg7 32.Bc4+ Kh8 33.Qe3 b5 34.axb6 axb6
35.Ng5 Qd7 36.Ne6 Qd2+ 37.Qxd2 Rxd2+ 38.Kf3 Re8 39.Nxg7 Kxg7
40.Ra7+ Kh8 41.Bf7 Red8 42.f5 gxf5 43.gxf5 R8d4 44.f6 R2d3+
45.Ke2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Smagin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 b6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Bd3
Bxd3 8.Qxd3 e6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Qc8 12.Ne5 Nbd7
13.Rad1 Rd8 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Bg3 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Rd2 Qc7
18.Re1 Ne7 19.c3 Rd7 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 21.Qe4 Rad8 22.Rde2 h6 23.g3
Qc8 24.Nd2 c5 25.Nf3 cxd4 26.Nxd4 Nc6 27.Nxc6 Rxc6 28.Qa4 Qb7
29.Rd1 Rcd6 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.Kg2 Rd5 33.h4 g6 34.c4
Rd4 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.b3 g5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Qf3 f6 39.Re4 Rd6
40.b4 Qc6 41.g4 Kf7 42.a4 a5 43.c5 bxc5 44.bxa5 c4 45.Re3 Qd5
46.Qe4 Rc6 47.f3 Kg7 48.Rc3 Rc5 49.Rc2 c3 50.Qb4 Rc7 51.Qb5
Qd1 52.Qb3 Qd3 53.Kg3 e5 54.a6 e4 55.Rf2 e3 56.Qb6 Rf7 57.a7
exf2 58.Qxf2 Qd6+ 59.Kg2 Qc6 60.Qe2 c2 61.Qb5 c1=Q 62.a8=Q
Qxa8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Iskusnyh"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 h6 11. Qc2 Re8
12. Rad1 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5
Rad8 17. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vasily Yemelin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. e3 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. a4 d5 11. Ba3 Rd8
12. Bg2 dxc4 13. O-O e5 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qe2 Qxc3
17. Bb4 Qd3 18. Qxd3 cxd3 19. Bxc6 Bh3 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. Ba5
Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rc8 23. Bb7 Rc5 24. Bb4 Rc2 25. f3 h5 26. e4 d2
27. Ba3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 axb5
7. e4 Ba6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Qxc5 O-O 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O d6
12. Qb4 exd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Nf4 15. Bxb5 Qa5 16. Bxa6
Qxa6 17. g3 Ne2+ 18. Kg2 Nc6 19. Qc4 Rfb8 20. Re1 Ned4
21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rb1 Rxa2 25. Nf3
Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergey Dolmatov"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O c6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. a3 Ne4 11. f3 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Nd7 13. a4 b6 14. e4 Ba6 15. e5 Bc7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ba3 Rf7
18. Rfb1 Qe8 19. Nf4 Rc8 20. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergey Volkov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qc5+ 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bxc5
Bxc5+ 17. Qf2 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 b5 19. e5 bxc4 20. exf6 Bf5
21. fxg7 Kxg7 22. Re1 Bd3 23. Re5 Rfe8 24. Rg5+ Kf8 25. h3 f5
26. Kh2 Kf7 27. Rh5 Kg6 28. g4 h6 29. Rg2 Re7 30. Rh4 Rb8
31. gxf5+ Kh7 32. f6 Rf7 33. Rhg4 Rxf6 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Ra7
Rxf4 36. Rxa6 Bf1 37. Rd2 Rf3 38. Rxc6 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Rf8
40. Rf2 Rxf2 41. Kxf2 Bd3 42. a5 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Rxb2 44. Rc8+
Kg7 45. a6 Bf1 46. a7 Bg2 47. Ne4 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 Rf3+ 49. Ke5
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valerij Popov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bd2 h6 9. O-O b6 10. Rfe1 Bb7 11. e4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 e5 13. h3 Qc7 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Nxd4
Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bf1 g6 19. Qc1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Kh7 21. e5
Rfe8 22. f4 a6 23. Kg1 b5 24. Qf2 b4 25. Na4 Nd5 26. Nb3 Bc8
27. Bc4 N5b6 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxf7 Rf8 31. e6
Nd5 32. f5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Yakovich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8
12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qb5+ Bc6 15. Qb1 O-O 16. O-O Nh5
17. Be3 Ba4 18. e5 g6 19. Bb5 Bc2 20. Qb2 Be4 21. Ba6 Rc2
22. Qb3 Rc7 23. Nd2 Bd5 24. Qd3 Ng7 25. f3 f6 26. Ne4 fxe5
27. dxe5 Nf5 28. Bf2 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rad1
Qc7 32. Rfe1 Rd8 33. Bc4 Rxd1 34. Bxe6+ Kg7 35. Rxd1 Rc1
36. Qe1 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Rxd1 38. Qxd1 Nd4 39. Bh3 Qxe5 40. g3 Qe3
41. Kg2 a5 42. Bd7 Kf6 43. f4 Ke7 44. Bc8 Qc3 45. a4 Kd6
46. Ba6 Kc5 47. Kh3 Qe3 48. Qf1 Qe6+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kh3 Qxa4
51. Qc1+ Kd6 52. Qe3 Qd7+ 53. g4 Kd5 54. Qe5+ Kc6 55. Bd3 b5
56. Be4+ Kb6 57. Bd5 Nc6 58. Qe3+ Kc7 59. Qc5 h5 60. f5 hxg4+
61. Kxg4 gxf5+ 62. Kg5 Qd8+ 63. Kxf5 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Burmakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. e4
a5 13. Nd3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qc7 15. Re1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxe4 17. Bxe4
Nxe4 18. Rxe4 bxc5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qc6 21. Re3 a4
22. Bc3 Rfb8 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Rd1 axb3 25. axb3 Rd8 26. Red3
Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Re8 28. Qd1 e5 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Qd6 31. Qa8
f6 32. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Ionov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7
12. Ne2 Qb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Qc2 d5 16. b3 Kh8
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Bxc6
Qxc6 22. Nf4 Re5 23. Nd3 Rg5 24. f4 Rh5 25. Nxc5 Nf6 26. Qe2
Qe8 27. b4 Qe7 28. Qf3 Re8 29. Rc3 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rf1
Rh6 32. Qf5 Qd6 33. g3 Re5 34. Qf3 Qe7 35. Rd3 a5 36. Rfd1 Kg7
37. Rc3 Ne4 38. Nxe4 dxe4 39. Qe2 axb4 40. axb4 Qxb4 41. Qc4
Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998-9"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kiril D Georgiev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. e5 bxc4
12. Be4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 dxe5 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qxa8+
Bxa8 17. Be3 Nb6 18. dxe5 Na4 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Rd6 Qb7 21. f3
Qb2 22. Re1 Bd5 23. Kf1 Qc2 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Rd7 Qf5 26. Bc1
Kg8 27. Ra7 Qc2 28. Rc7 Qd3 29. Kf2 Qc2 30. Kf1 Qd3 31. Kf2
Nxc3 32. Nxc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc5 Qd4+ 34. Be3 Qh4+ 35. Kf1 Qxh2
36. a4 h5 37. a5 h4 38. Bg1 Qh1 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. a6 h3
41. gxh3 Qxf3+ 42. Bf2 d4 43. a7 d3 44. Ra1 Qa8 45. Bd4 Kh7
46. Kf2 Kg6 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Rf1+ Ke6 49. Ra1 Kf5 50. Rf1+ Ke6
51. Ra1 Kf5 52. Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998-9"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. g3 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Nxc5 11. O-O Bf5
12. Rc1 Be4 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Nd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bf6 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. Qb3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998-9"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "1998.11.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Bc3 Nc6
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. b4 Rd5 21. Qc4 b5
22. Qe2 Re5 23. f3 f5 24. c4 bxc4 25. Qb2 Rd5 26. b5 Qc7
27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Qd4 dxe4 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qxa8 Qe5 31. Qc8
Qc3+ 32. Kd1 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1998-9"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Casper"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2
e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. c3 Nf6 9. h4 O-O 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bg5 Bxg3
12. fxg3 Qd5 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. c4 Qa5+ 16. Qd2
Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rf2+ 18. Kc3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Ne4+
21. Kb3 Rd8 22. c5 Rd4 23. Rg1 Kf7 24. a3 Nxg3 25. Bc4 Ne4
26. Bb5 a6 27. Bf1 Ke7 28. Rc1 a5 29. bxa5 Nd2+ 30. Kc3 Ra4
31. Bb5 Rxa3+ 32. Kb4 Rb3+ 33. Ka4 Rf4+ 34. Rc4 Nxc4 35. Kxb3
Nxa5+ 36. Kc3 Rxh4 37. Be2 Re4 38. Bd3 Re5 39. Kb4 Nc6+
40. Kb5 Nb8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1998-9"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "1998.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Schmidt"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Nf6
7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. b3 Bb7
12. a5 a6 13. e4 c5 14. d5 Re8 15. Re1 f5 16. exf5 Qf6 17. Bg5
Qxf5 18. Bh4 Ne5 19. Bg3 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Bxg3 21. hxg3 h6
22. Qa4 Kf8 23. g4 Qc8 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. Re3 Qc7 26. Rae1 Kg8
27. Nd3 Rab8 28. g5 hxg5 29. Qd1 Qd6 30. Qh5 b3 31. Qxg5 Bxd5
32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Erik Van Den Doel"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7 15. Re3 Bf6 16. dxc5 Bxc3
17. Rxc3 Nxc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Re3 Qf6 20. Qd4 Rfd8 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Rae1 a5 23. Nh4 Nd6 24. c5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nc4 26. Re4
b5 27. a4 f5 28. Rf4 Nb2 29. axb5 Nd3 30. Rb1 Nxf4+ 31. gxf4
axb4 32. c6 Rd4 33. b6 Rc4 34. c7 Re8 35. Nf3 f6 36. Nd2 Rc2
37. Rxb4 Kf7 38. Nc4 Rg8+ 39. Kf3 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. c3 e6 10. Nh5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. Qg4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Be5 Qf5 16. Qxf5
Bxf5 17. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ana Matnadze"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5
7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nbd2 Rb8
12. Rac1 d6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. e4 e5 15. Nh4 bxa3 16. bxa3 Nc7
17. f4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Ne6 19. Qb2 Nc5 20. Rcd1 Ncxe4 21. Nf5
Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc7 24. Nxd6 Re6 25. Rfd1 Rd8
26. Nf5 Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 h5 28. Qd4 Kh7 29. Qd3 g6 30. Ne3 Qc5
31. Nd5 Ng4 32. h3 Ne3+ 33. Nxe3 Rxe3 34. Qd5 Qe7 35. a4 Ra3
36. f5 Qf6 37. Rf2 g5 38. Qd1 Kh6 39. h4 Re3 40. Qd2 Qe7
41. Kh2 Kh7 42. hxg5 h4 43. gxh4 Qe5+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kg1
Re1+ 46. Rf1 Re2 47. g6+ fxg6 48. Qg5 Qd4+ 49. Kh1 Qe4+
50. Kg1 Qd4+ 51. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Stephan Buchal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7
7. Be2 f5 8. h4 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 h6
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Bd3 Rf4 15. h5 Bf5 16. f3 Rh4
17. Ke2 Rxh1 18. Qxh1 c6 19. g4 cxd5 20. gxf5 dxe4 21. fxe4 g5
22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Qg1 Qe8 24. Qg4 Bf6 25. Bc2 Kg7 26. b3 Rc6
27. Rd5 Be7 28. Kd3 Kf6 29. b4 Qc8 30. Bb3 Qc7 31. Qg1 Qb6
32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Bd1 Rc8 34. Kc3 Ra8 35. Kb3 Ra7 36. a4 Ra8
37. Be2 Ra7 38. Bd1 Ra8 39. Rb5 Bd8 40. c5 dxc5 41. bxc5 Ra5
42. Kc4 Rxb5 43. axb5 bxc5 44. Kxc5 Ba5 45. b6 Ke7 46. Bg4 Bc3
47. f6+ Kxf6 48. Kd6 Bd4 49. Kc7 Ke7 50. Bf5 Be3 51. Bc8 Bd4
52. Bxb7 g4 53. Bc8 g3 54. Bh3 Kf6 55. b7 Ba7 56. b8=Q Bxb8+
57. Kxb8 Kg5 58. Kc7 Kxh5 59. Kd6 Kh4 60. Bf1 Kg4 61. Kxe5 h5
62. Kf6 h4 63. e5 h3 64. e6 g2 65. Bxg2 hxg2 66. e7 g1=Q
67. e8=Q Qd4+ 68. Kf7 Qf4+ 69. Kg7 Qg5+ 70. Qg6 Qxg6+ 71. Kxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "04"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fred Hedke"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bxd3 e5 6. Nc3 Bc5
7. Nf3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a3 a6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. b4
Bxe3 13. fxe3 Rc8 14. Nd5 b5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. cxb5 axb5
17. Kh2 Bd7 18. a4 bxa4 19. b5 Qb6 20. Re1 d5 21. Rxa4 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Qxb5 23. Ra7 Bxh3 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. gxh3 e4 26. Nd4
Qb8+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafal Lobejko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nf1 e5 11. Ne3 Bb7
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qf1 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Bc3
Re7 17. a3 f5 18. Nd2 e4 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. dxe4 fxe4 21. Ne3
Ref7 22. Red1 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Bh6 25. Bd2 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "07"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sipke Ernst"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Ne4 8. h3 b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd5
12. a5 Nd7 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Qb3 e6 16. Bd6 Bf8
17. Bg3 Qc8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qa5 21. Rb1
Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. Qxb6 Qd3 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Be7
26. Rb7 Kf8 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Bc7 Kg7 29. Kf1 Bd8 30. Bxd8 Rxd8
31. Ke2 Rb8 32. Ra2 Rb1 33. Rc2 Rg1 34. g3 f5 35. c4 dxc4
36. Rxc4 h6 37. Rc6 Kf7 38. Kf3 Rf1 39. g4 Rh1 40. gxf5 gxf5
41. Kf4 Ra1 42. Ke5 Ra5+ 43. Rc5 Ra2 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Kxe6
Rxf2 46. Rc5 Kg5 47. e4 1-0

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Sturua"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Kg2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Rc1 Nd8 16. Ng1 f5
17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bb4 c5 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. Ba3 b5 21. Rc2 Qf5
22. Rce2 Bc3 23. Rf1 d4 24. Qb1 d3 25. Re3 Qd5+ 26. f3 Ne5
27. Rd1 b4 28. Bc1 Rad8 29. Bd2 Ng4 30. Re4 Rxf3 31. Nxf3 Qxe4
32. Re1 Qd5 0-1

[Event "2nd OIBM Bad Wiesee Germany"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valeri Yandemirov"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg3 c5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Rxc5 Qxa2 11. e3 Be6
12. Bd3 Na6 13. Rb5 b6 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. Nb1 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7
17. Nc3 Qe6 18. O-O Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nc7 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21. Qe2
Rd8 22. f4 Qd6 23. h4 Rdc8 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. g3 Qe6 26. Kh2 Qb3
27. Ba6 Rd8 28. Rd1 e6 29. Kh3 Bf8 30. Bd3 Rdc8 31. e4 Bb4
32. Ba6 Rd8 33. Qb5 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "2nd OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.11.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "F Lisko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. b4 Na4 15. Kd2 Rfd8 16. Kc2 a6
17. Rhd1 Kf8 18. Kb3 Bc6 19. Nd4 Be8 20. Bf3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rac1 d5 24. Rc7 Nb6 25. Nc6 Nc4 26. Na7 f5
27. h3 h5 28. Rd4 Kg7 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Rxg4+ Kf8
32. Rg1 Rb8 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35. Rh1 Kg7 36. Rg1+ Kf8
37. Rd1 Rb6 38. Rh1 Kg7 39. Rg1+ Kf8 40. Rh1 Kg7 41. Ra1 Ra6
42. Kc3 e5 43. a4 bxa4 44. b5 Rf6 45. Rxa4 Rxf2 46. Raxc4 dxc4
47. b6 Rf1 48. Rxc4 Rc1+ 49. Kb4 Rb1+ 50. Kc5 Kf6 51. Rb4 Rc1+
52. Rc4 Rb1 53. Rb4 Rc1+ 54. Kd6 Rd1+ 55. Kc7 Rd7+ 56. Kc8 Ke6
57. b7 Rxb7 58. Kxb7 f5 59. Kb6 Kd5 60. Nb5 Bxb5 61. Kxb5 e4
62. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "2nd OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.12.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jochen Kountz"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Nc6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 d5 12. e5
Ne4 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxe4 Nxd4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qf2
Nb5 18. Bb6 Qc6 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. c3 Rac8 21. a3 Be8 22. Rae1
Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Bd4 Qd7 25. Qe3 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Rf6
27. Qe5 Kf7 28. h3 Rc4 29. Rf3 Rf5 30. Qb8 Re4 31. Ref1 Re2
32. R1f2 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 g5 34. g4 Rf6 35. Qe5 gxf4 36. Rxf4 Qd8
37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Kg3 Qb6 39. Rxf6 gxf6 40. Qd4 Qd6+ 41. Kg2 Qc6
42. g5 e5 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Qh4+ Kg6 45. Qg3+ Kf6 46. Qh4+
Kg6 47. Qg3+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.d5
Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.Bxd4 exd4 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O c6
13.Nf3 Qb6 14.Qd2 f5 15.Bd3 fxe4 16.Bxe4 cxd5 17.cxd5 Rac8
18.Qe2 Bf6 19.Ne1 Bg7 20.Nd3 Rce8 21.Rfe1 Qb5 22.g3 Nxd5
23.Nf4 Nc7 24.Qxb5 Nxb5 25.Ne6 Rxe6 26.Bd5 Kh8 27.Rxe6 d3
28.Rd1 Bd4 29.Rxd3 Bxf2+ 30.Kg2 Nd4 31.Re4 Nc2 32.Rf3 Ne1+
33.Rxe1 Rxf3 34.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. e5 Nd5 15. b3 c5 16. Bb2 Rb6
17. Bc4 Nb4 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Rfd1 Rd8
22. Bc3 g6 23. Bb5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 d6 26. a4 Rbb8
27. exd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. g3 Rd8 30. Qc4 Qe7 31. c3 Bc7
32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. b4 Bb6 34. Qd3 Qf6 35. Qd2 e5 36. Qe2 e4
37. bxa5 Bxa5 38. Qxe4 Qxc3 39. Bc4 Qe1+ 40. Qxe1 Bxe1 41. Kf1
Ba5 42. Ke2 Kf8 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Bb3 Bb6 45. f3 h5 46. Kc4 Bg1
47. h3 Bf2 48. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. e3 Ne4 12. h4
Re8 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc7 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Qc2 Ne6 18. Rcd1 Qe7 19. Rd6 h6 20. Red1 Rad8 21. Qa4 Bc8
22. h5 Nxf4 23. exf4 e3 24. fxe3 Bg4 25. R1d2 Rxd6 26. Rxd6
Rc8 27. Qe4 Be6 28. a3 f6 29. Qg6 Bf7 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. exf6
Qxe3+ 32. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Dr. Gunther Beikert"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd3 Ba6 8. b3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. e4 dxc4
12. bxc4 e5 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Rac8 16. a5 Bb7
17. c5 bxc5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc4
Rc7 22. Rad1 Qf4 23. f3 Rd7 24. Qf2 Qg5 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. f4
Qh4 27. Qa2 Re7 28. e5 Bc8 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Bc4 Nf8 31. Ne4
Ne6 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rb7 34. Bxe6 Bxe6 35. Nxc5 Re7
36. Rb2 g5 37. g3 Kg6 38. Kf2 Bd5 39. Ke3 Kf5 40. Rb8 gxf4+
41. gxf4 Kg4 42. Rf8 Kh3 43. Kd4 Kxh2 44. f5 h5 45. f6 Rh7
46. e6 Bxe6 47. Nxe6 h4 48. f7 h3 49. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Baklan"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7
12. f4 O-O 13. f5 c5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. O-O-O Qd5 18. Nc3 Qf5 19. Qc4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qg4 21. Qe5
Rae8 22. Qc7 Qc4 23. Rhe1 Rf7 24. Qxa7 Bd6 25. Qa4 Qxa4
26. Nxa4 Bg3 27. Re2 e5 28. Be1 Bf4+ 29. Kb1 e4 30. c4 h5
31. Nc3 e3 32. Kc2 Ng4 33. a4 Rb8 34. Rd4 Be5 35. Re4 Rfb7
36. Nd1 Bxb2 37. Nxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 Qe7
12. Rb1 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b4 Nc7 15. b5 cxb5 16. cxb5 Be6
17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bg4 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Rc4
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bd2 23. Re2 Ba5 24. Rc6 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bd6
12. Qe2 Nce7 13. Ne5 Nf5 14. Rd1 Nxd4 15. Qe4 Nf5 16. Nxd5
exd5 17. Qxd5 Bc7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Re1 g5 21. Nf3
Rd8 22. Bxc7 Rxd3 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rc1 b6 25. Be5+ f6 26. g4
Kf7 27. Rexc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Rxf3 29. Rc7+ Ke6 30. Bc3 Ne7
31. Rxa7 Nd5 32. Rb7 Rd3 33. Kf1 f5 34. Rh7 Nxc3 35. Rxh6+ Ke5
36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rxb6 Rxa3 38. Rb5+ Kf4 39. gxf5 Kf3 40. Rb1
Ra6 41. h3 Kf4 42. Rb5 g4 43. Rb4+ Kf3 44. Rb3+ Kf4 45. f6
gxh3 46. f7 Ra1+ 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Kd1 Ra1+ 49. Kc2 Ra2+
50. Kc1 Ra1+ 51. Kb2 Ra8 52. Rxh3 Rf8 53. Rh7 Kg5 54. Kc2 Rc8+
55. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 g6
7. b3 Bg7 8. Nd2 c5 9. Bb2 Nfd7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. a3
a5 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Rac1 Rc7 15. Ndf3 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jesper Hall"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4
7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. O-O Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. h3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Re7 17. c5 Rae8 18. Rf4 Qc7 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. a4 h6 21. Rbf1 Rf8
22. Rf5 Qc7 23. R1f4 Qd7 24. c4 Rfe8 25. a5 a6 26. h4 f6
27. h5 Kh8 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Qc3 Qd7 30. g4 Qc8 31. Kg2 Qd7
32. Rf1 Re6 33. Rb1 R6e7 34. Qe1 Qe6 35. Rc1 Qd7 36. Qg3 Qd8
37. Ra1 Rd7 38. Qf4 Kg8 39. Kf1 Kh8 40. Ke1 Kg8 41. Ra2 Kh8
42. Kf2 Kg8 43. Kg2 Kh8 44. Qg3 Kg8 45. Qe1 Kh8 46. Raf2 Kg8
47. Qc3 Rde7 48. Kf1 Qd7 49. Ke1 Kh8 50. R2f4 Kg8 51. Kd1 Kh8
52. Kc2 Kg8 53. Kb3 Rc8 54. Kb4 Qe8 55. Rf1 Qd7 56. Qe1 Qc7
57. Qf2 Qd8 58. Qg3 Qe8 59. R5f2 Rd7 60. Qf4 Qe7 61. Qf5 Re8
62. Qg6 Kh8 63. g5 hxg5 64. h6 Rf8 65. Rh2 Kg8 66. hxg7 Qxg7
67. Qf5 Re8 68. Rfh1 1-0

[Event "ECC14 Final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Rb8
12. Nh3 Na5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf4 e5 15. Nh5 Qb6 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Qxa5 d6 18. Qc3 Qh6 19. Rd2 Bc8 20. Bd3 f5 21. Bc2
Rb6 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Be6 24. Rhd1 Qxh2 25. Rxd6 Qxg2
26. c5 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bf7 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bxf5 Qxf3 30. Bd7 Re7
31. c6 Be8 32. c7 Bxd7 33. Rxd7 Qf1+ 34. Rd1 1-0

[Event "ECC14 Final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tomasz Markowski"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Na3 d6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Bf2
Rad8 13. Nb5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Re1 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. d4
Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 f4 20. g4 a6 21. Na3 cxd4
22. cxd4 d5 23. Nc2 Kh8 24. Re2 Ng8 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Qb7
27. b4 Rd6 28. Bh4 Qf7 29. Rc5 Qg6 30. h3 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6
32. Kg2 Qh4 33. Rc3 Rg6 34. Qf2 Qf6 35. Qf3 h5 36. Kf1 hxg4
37. hxg4 Rh6 38. Re5 Qh4 39. Rxd5 Qh2 40. Rdc5 Qh1+ 41. Qxh1
Rxh1+ 42. Kg2 Rd1 43. Rf5 Rxf5 44. gxf5 Bxd4 45. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.e4 c6 9.Rb1 Re8 10.h3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Re1 a5 13.b3
Qe7 14.Re2 h5 15.Bg5 Qc7 16.Qc2 a4 17.Rd2 axb3 18.axb3 Qb6
19.b4 Ncd7 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Ndb5 cxb5 22.Nxb5 Qb8 23.Nxd6 Re6
24.c5 Ne8 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.Rbd1 Re7 27.b5 Ne5 28.Rd8 Qxd8
29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.f4 Bh6 31.c6 bxc6 32.Bc5 Re6 33.fxe5 cxb5
34.Bb4 Rxe5 35.Bf1 Rd4 36.Bc3 Rc5 37.Bd3 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1999.12.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O
Bxd2 8.Qxd2 d6 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.d5 e5 12.Bh3 Bxf3
13.exf3 O-O 14.Bf5 Qf6 15.Be4 Nd7 16.b4 a5 17.a3 Ra7 18.Rfe1
g6 19.Kg2 Rfa8 20.Rac1 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.exd4
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qc7 9.Qd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Bg5 Na5 12.Bb5 Nd5
13.Rac1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 a6 15.Ba4 Qc4 16.Bc2 Qxd3 17.Bxd3 b5
18.Nd2 h6 19.Be3 Bd7 20.Nb3 Nb7 21.c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1998-9"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "1999.01.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "07"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7
7. Nh4 c5 8. c3 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7
12. O-O c4 13. g3 b5 14. h4 a5 15. Ng5 Nb6 16. Bg4 Qd7 17. Qf3
Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Na4 19. Qe2 Ne7 20. Kg2 Kd8 21. Rh1 Kc7 22. h5
gxh5 23. Bxh5 Raf8 24. Bg4 Kb6 25. Qc2 Nf5 26. Rab1 Ka6
27. Qe2 Ne7 28. Rbe1 Re8 29. Bc1 Nf5 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Bxf5
exf5 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Qxe6 34. Rxe6+ Kb7 35. Re7+ Kc6
36. Rxg7 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. cxb4 Re8 39. Rg6+ Kb5 40. Rd6
Kxb4 41. Rxd5 Kb3 42. Rxf5 Kc2 43. Bg5 Re1 44. d5 Nxb2 45. Bf6
c3 46. Rf4 Kb3 47. Rf3 Na4 48. Rd3 Kc4 49. Rd4+ Kb5 50. d6 c2
51. Bg5 Rd1 52. Re4 Nc5 53. Re2 c1=Q 54. Bxc1 Rxc1 55. Rd2 Kc6
56. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gerd Brueckmann"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Qa4 Qa5 11. Qxa5
Bxa5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. c5 Bd8 15. Be5 Be7 16. Rac1
Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Bd6 f5 20. f3 Bf6 21. b3 Ne5
22. h3 Rcd8 23. Kh2 Nf7 24. Bc7 Rd7 25. Ba5 e5 26. e4 dxe4
27. fxe4 f4 28. g4 Bh4 29. Nf3 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 g5 31. h4 h6
32. Kg1 h5 33. Bh3 Nh6 34. hxg5 Nxg4 35. Nh2 Rd3 36. Nxg4 hxg4
37. Bf1 Rg3+ 38. Kf2 Rf3+ 39. Kg1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Gottfried Schumacher"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 a6
12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. e4 b5 14. b4 Ncxe4 15. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Bd6 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. Qc7 Qxc7
21. Rxc7 Bd5 22. a3 a5 23. b5 Rab8 24. Nd4 a4 25. f3 Rfc8
26. b6 Kf8 27. Rdc1 Re8 28. Rb1 Rec8 29. Rb4 Ke8 30. Nb5 Rd8
31. Ra7 Bc6 32. Nc7+ Ke7 33. Na6+ Rb7 34. Rxb7+ Bxb7 35. Nc5
Bc6 36. Nxa4 Kd6 37. Nb2 Kc5 38. Nc4 Rb8 39. Na5 Bb5 40. Nb3+
Kxb6 41. a4 1-0

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Zumsande"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Be7
7. Bd3 d6 8. a3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. O-O b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7
12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nfg5 Nxe5 14. Qh5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nxe6
Qf6 17. Nxf8 Nxd3 18. Nd7 Qe6 19. Rd1 N5f4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4
21. Nc5 0-1

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "04"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Norbert Heck"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 f5
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf2 Nf6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rae1 c5 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. b3 a6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+
21. Bxe1 Qe6 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Bd2 Ke7 24. Qe2 Kd7 25. Qxe6+
Kxe6 26. Ke2 c6 27. g4 d5 28. Nd1 Nd7 29. Nf2 Bd4 30. Nh3 Bf6
31. f4 Nf8 32. Ng1 Kd6 33. Nf3 Ne6 34. Be3 Ng7 35. Kd3 Ne6
36. h3 Ng7 37. Kd2 Ne6 38. Ke2 Ng7 39. Ne1 Ne6 40. Nd3 Bd4
41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 dxc4 43. bxc4 Ng7 44. f6 Bxf6 45. Bxc5+
Kc7 46. Be3 Nf5 47. Bf4+ Kb6 48. Kf3 Nd4+ 49. Ke4 Nc2 50. Bc1
Bc3 51. h4 Nb4 52. Nxb4 Bxb4 53. h5 Kc5 54. Kd3 Kd6 55. Bb2
Ke6 56. Ke4 Bd6 57. Bd4 Bc7 58. Bb2 Bd6 59. Bc1 Bc7 60. Bg5
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Kloninger"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4
d6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Be2 b6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Bf3 Re8 16. Rfe1 a5
17. Re3 b5 18. Rae1 Qb8 19. Nf1 Qa7 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Ng3 Nd5
22. R3e2 Nxf4 23. Rf2 Nd3 24. Qxd3 Qxf2 25. Rf1 Qc5 26. Bh5
Rf8 27. Rf4 Qe5 28. Rf5 Qe7 29. Bf3 Bc8 30. Rh5 g6 31. Rd5 Be6
32. Rxb5 c6 33. Rb6 Rab8 34. Rxc6 Rxb2 35. h3 Qh4 36. Ne2 Rxa2
37. Rxd6 a4 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qc4 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Qf6 41. Bg4
Qe5+ 42. Ng3 h5 43. Bxe6+ Kg7 44. h4 Rff1 0-1

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Baklan"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. Ng1 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nd4 6. g3
Nxf3+ 7. exf3 Qb6 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f4 Be7 11. b3 O-O
12. Bb2 d6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 Bf6
17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. d3 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Re2 Re8 21. Qd2 Kf7
22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Qc3 Qb4 24. Qa1 a5 25. d4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 a4
27. Qd1 axb3 28. axb3 Qa3 29. Qe1 Kf7 30. Re3 g6 31. b4 Qb2
32. Rd1 Qc2 33. Rc1 Qb2 34. Rb1 Qd4 35. Qe2 d5 36. Rd1 Qb6
37. b5 cxb5 38. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "07"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Gutman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Bf4 c6
7. Qc1 Bg4 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qb6
12. b3 e5 13. e3 exd4 14. exd4 Rae8 15. Nc3 Re7 16. Qf4 Rfe8
17. Kg2 Kg7 18. h4 h6 19. g4 Qa5 20. Rd3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Re3 Nf6 23. Rae1 Qd8 24. g5 Nh5 25. Qg4 f5 26. gxf6+ Nxf6
27. Qf4 h5 28. Qg5 Rf7 29. Qc5 Nh7 30. Rg3 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4
7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rc2 Nb6 15. Bb3 c6 16. Ne2 Rd3
17. f4 Bc7 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 Re8 20. e5 Rd8 21. Be3 Ng7
22. Kg2 Nf5 23. Kf3 Kg7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Nxe3 26. fxe3
Nc4 27. b3 Nd2+ 28. Kf2 Ne4+ 29. Kf3 Nd2+ 30. Kf2 Ne4+ 31. Kf3
Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open, Bad Zwesten"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten GER"]
[Date "1999.01.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "09"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexej Shchekachev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6
7. N1e2 Bd6 8. h4 Ne7 9. h5 Bf5 10. h6 gxh6 11. Bxh6 Bg6
12. Qd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Bd3 Bxg3 15. Bxg6 Nxg6 16. Nxg3
Qd5 17. b3 O-O-O 18. c4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Qxc4+ 20. Qc2 Rxd4
21. Bg7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Rg8 24. Bd4 Nf4 25. Bxa7
f5 26. Rh1 h5 27. Nxh5 Nd5 28. Ng3 b6 29. Rh7 Rg4 30. a3 Ra4
31. Kb3 Ra6 32. Rh8+ Kd7 33. Bb8 c5 34. Be5 b5 35. Ne2 Nb6
36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Nc3 Nc4 38. a4 Na5+ 39. Kc2 b4 40. Re7 bxc3
41. Rxe6+ Kb7 42. Rxa6 Kxa6 43. Bxc3 Nc4 44. Kb3 Nd6 45. f3
Kb6 46. Be5 Nb7 47. g4 fxg4 48. fxg4 Nd8 49. g5 Nf7 50. g6 Nh6
51. g7 1-0

[Event "Bratto op 19th"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8
12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qb5+ Bc6 15. Qb1 O-O 16. a4 Qd7
17. O-O Bxa4 18. d5 Nh5 19. Bd2 exd5 20. e5 g6 21. e6 fxe6
22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 Qb5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qg6
Bc2 27. Qxe6 Bxh7 28. Qxe7 Qe8 29. Qh4 Qf7 30. Ra3 Rc4
31. Bc3+ Ng7 32. Bd4 Qf4 33. Qe7 Rxd4 34. Rf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3
Rdf4 36. Qxa7 b5 37. Rd1 Bg8 38. Rb1 b4 39. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Rc1 d4 10.exd4 Nxd4 11.Be2 Qe7 12.b4 Rd8
13.Bd2 Bb6 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Qc2 b6 16.O-O Bb7 17.Rcd1 Bc6
18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Rac8 20.Rfe1 a5 21.Qb3 axb4 22.axb4 Be5
23.Bg3 Bd4 24.Bf1 Bxc3 25.Qxc3 Ne4 26.Qb2 Nxg3 27.hxg3 h5
28.Qc3 b5 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.c5 h4 31.gxh4 Qxh4 32.Rd1 Ra8
33.Rd6 Bd5 34.c6 Rc8 35.Qc5 Kh7 36.Bxb5 Qe4 37.Bf1 Ra8 38.Qe3
Qxb4 39.Rd7 Bxc6 40.Rxf7 Qg4 41.Rf4 Qh5 42.Qg3 Ra4 43.Rxa4
Bxa4 44.Qd6 Qd5 45.Bd3+ Kg8 46.Qb8+ Kf7 47.Qf4+ Ke7 48.Bg6
Qd1+ 49.Kh2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Van der Borgt"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Be7
7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O Nc5
12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Be3 O-O-O
16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 Nb8 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Nc4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bb6+ Kd7 23. f4 f6 24. Kf2 fxe5
25. fxe5 Nd8 26. Kf3 Kc6 27. Ke4 Nf7 28. a4 Bc5 29. Ba5 b6
30. Bb4 a5 31. Ba3 Bxa3 32. Nxa3 Nd8 33. Nb5 Kc5 34. Nd6 g6
35. g3 Nc6 36. g4 Na7 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Nc4 Nc8 39. Nd6 Nxd6
40. exd6 Kxd6 41. Kd4 e5+ 0-1

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Tom Lammens"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 Be7 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. exd4 Nd5 13. Qe4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf6 15. Bf4 Ra7 16. Bb8 Ra8
17. Be5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Rh3 h6 21. Rf3 Kf8
22. Re1 g6 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Qf6+ Kh7 25. Bc2 Rg8 26. h4 Qd7
27. h5 Qe8 1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Merijn Van Delft"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. f4 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e5 12. O-O
exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. h3 Be6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Bb3 Kg7 21. g4 Bb4 22. Rf3
Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Nd7 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Nc5
27. Qc4 Qd6 28. Kg1 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+ 30. Kf1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mathias Kraft"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Re1 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Bf1 Nc5 11.f3 a5 12.Be3 c6
13.Bf2 Qe7 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rd8 16.e5 Nfd7 17.Nb3 Nxb3
18.exd6 Nxd2 19.dxc7 Rf8 20.Rxd2 b6 21.Na4 Ra7 22.Nxb6 Rxc7
23.Re7 Bf6 24.Nxc8 Bxe7 25.Nxe7+ Kg7 26.Bg3 Rb7 27.Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radik Asylguzhin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nge2 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qe3 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Nb5 Bc5
13.Qg3 e5 14.Nc3 Nd4 15.Bg4 Bb7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 f5 18.exf5
Nxf5 19.Bxf5 Rxf5 20.Be3 Raf8 21.Rd2 h5 22.Rc1 d6 23.Bxc5 bxc5
24.Qb3 h4 25.Qe3 Rf4 26.h3 a5 27.Qc3 Qg5 28.Qe3 Qg6 29.Qd3
Qxd3 30.Rxd3 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Boris Margolin"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.g4 Bb4 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 c5
13.h3 Ne4 14.Qc2 Re8 15.O-O h5 16.gxh5 Ndf6 17.Kh2 Nxh5 18.Be5
f6 19.Bg3 Qe6 20.Ng1 cxd4 21.exd4 Bd7 22.Rfe1 Rac8 23.Qb3 Bb5
24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.d5 Qf7 26.Rac1 f5 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Be5 Bc4
29.Qe3 Qxd5 30.f4 Qd3 31.Qf2 Bf7 32.Bc3 Qd6 33.Ne2 Bc4 34.Ng3
Qxf4 35.Qxf4 Nxf4 36.Nxf5 Re8 37.Nd6 Nd3 38.Re3 Rf8 39.Nxc4
Rf2+ 40.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qb4 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Be3 e6
13.Rad1 Rad8 14.Ne2 Qb5 15.Ng3 Na5 16.h4 Qc6 17.Qxc6 Nxc6
18.c3 Na5 19.Bc2 Nc4 20.Bc1 c6 21.h5 Rd7 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Ne4
Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Bf6 25.g3 Rfd8 26.Bc2 b5 27.Kg2 a5 28.Be4 Rc8
29.g4 a4 30.a3 Nb6 31.f4 Nd5 32.Kf3 Ne7 33.Rg1 Kf8 34.Rh1 Bg7
35.Bc2 Rd5 36.Be4 Rdd8 37.Bc2 Rd5 38.Rh2 c5 39.dxc5 Rcxc5
40.Be3 Rc4 41.Bd3 Rc8 42.Rhd2 f5 43.Be2 Rb8 44.g5 Kf7 45.Rxd5
Nxd5 46.Bd4 Rh8 47.Kg3 Nxf4 48.Kxf4 e5+ 49.Bxe5 Bxe5+ 50.Kxe5
Re8+ 51.Kf4 Rxe2 52.Rd7+ Ke6 53.Rg7 Rf2+ 54.Ke3 Rxb2 55.Rxg6+
Ke5 56.Rc6 Kd5 57.Rf6 Ke5 58.Rc6 Kd5 59.Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5
7.Qb3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Ne4 9.Bg2 Nxc5 10.Qa3 Qxa3 11.Bxa3 Na4 12.Kd2
Nb6 13.Kd3 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nd4 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.f4 Nxd4
18.Kxd4 f6 19.Bc5 Na4 20.Bxd5 O-O-O 21.e4 Bf3 22.Rhc1 Rhe8
23.Kc4 Nb2+ 24.Kb5 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Bd4 a6+ 27.Ka5 Rd5+
28.Kb4 Rb5+ 29.Ka3 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Konstantin Landa"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.O-O Bxc5 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bg5 d4
13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Bxg6 hxg6
18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.exd4 Rfd8 21.Rad1 Rac8 22.Rd2 Kf8
23.Re1 Rc4 24.Re4 Re8 25.f3 f5 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3
Rc1 29.Kf4 Kf6 30.d5 g5+ 31.Ke3 f4+ 32.Kd4 Rh1 33.Kc5 Ke7
34.d6+ Kd7 35.Rd5 b6+ 36.Kd4 Rxh3 37.Rxg5 Rxf3 38.Rxg7+ Kxd6
39.Rxa7 Rf2 40.Ke4 f3 41.Ke3 Rxb2 42.Kxf3 Ke5 43.Re7+ Kf6
44.Re2 Rb4 45.Kg3 Ra4 46.Kh4 Kg6 47.Rb2 Ra6 48.Kg3 Kg5 49.Rb5+
Kg6 50.Kh4 Rxa2 51.Rxb6+ Kg7 52.Kh5 Rh2+ 53.Kg5 Ra2 54.Rb7+
Kg8 55.Re7 Ra6 56.Kf5 Rb6 57.g5 Ra6 58.Kg4 Rb6 59.Kh5 Ra6
60.g6 Ra1 61.Kg5 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Romuald Mainka"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7
8.Be2 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nh3 O-O 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.h3 h6 13.g4 hxg5
14.gxf5 exf5 15.Bxg5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.h4 Na6 18.Be3 Bd6
19.c4 Qa5+ 20.Kd1 c5 21.Qxb7 Nb4 22.Rg1 Qc7 23.Qxc7 Bxc7
24.cxd5 Rad8 25.dxc5 Rxd5+ 26.Kc1 Nd3+ 27.Bxd3 exd3 28.Rg4 Be5
29.Rg5 Rb8 30.Rb1 Rb4 31.Kd2 Rxh4 32.c6 Rb5 33.f4 Rd5 34.Rxe5
Rh2+ 35.Kc3 Rc2+ 36.Kb4 a5+ 37.Kb3 Rd6 38.Rc5 Rxc6 39.Rxc6
Rxc6 40.Rd1 Rd6 41.Kc3 Rc6+ 42.Kb3 Rd6 43.Bd2 Rb6+ 44.Kc3 Kf7
45.Re1 a4 46.Re4 Rc6+ 47.Rc4 Ra6 48.Kxd3 Ke6 49.Bc3 g6 50.Ke4
Ra8 51.Rc6+ Kf7 52.Rf6+ Ke7 53.Rxg6 Rc8 54.f5 Rc4+ 55.Kd5 Rf4
56.Rg7+ Kf8 57.f6 Rf2 58.Ra7 Rf3 59.Bb4+ Kg8 60.f7+ Rxf7
61.Rxf7 Kxf7 62.Kc4 Ke6 63.Kb5 Kd5 64.Kxa4 Kc6 65.Bc3 Kc5
66.b4+ Kb6 67.b5 Kb7 68.Ka5 Ka7 69.b6+ Kb7 70.Kb5 Ka8 71.a4
Kb7 72.a5 Ka8 73.a6 Kb8 74.Be5+ Kc8 75.Kc6 Kd8 76.b7 Ke7
77.b8=Q Ke6 78.Qd8 Kf5 79.Qd4 Ke6 80.Qe4 Kf7 81.Qf5+ Ke7
82.Qg6 Kd8 83.Qf7 Kc8 84.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Keres mem op 25th"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2000.05.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d5
Bb4 8.O-O Na6 9.Bd2 Nc5 10.Rc1 Re8 11.dxe6 dxe6 12.Qc2 Bxc3
13.Bxc3 Be4 14.Qd1 a5 15.b3 h6 16.Ba1 Na6 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2
a4 19.Nc6 Qd7 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 21.Rfd1 Ndb8 22.Nd4 axb3 23.axb3
Nb4 24.Nb5 N8a6 25.Be5 c6 26.Nc7 Nxc7 27.Bxc7 b5 28.Bd6 Na2
29.Rc2 Red8 30.Rdd2 Ra6 31.e4 bxc4 32.Rxc4 c5 33.e5 Nb4
34.Rxc5 Nd5 35.Rdc2 Rb6 36.Rc8 Rxc8 37.Rxc8+ Kh7 38.Rb8 Rc6
39.b4 Rc2 40.b5 Ne3+ 41.Kf3 Nd1 42.Ke4 Rxf2 43.b6 Rxh2 44.b7
Rb2 45.Kd3 Nf2+ 46.Kc4 Ng4 47.Kc5 Kg6 48.Kc6 Rc2+ 49.Kb5 Rb2+
50.Bb4 Nxe5 51.Rc8 Nd7 52.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 4th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Tamaz Gelashvili"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.g3
a6 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nh4 Bc5 16.Kg2 b4 17.Na4 Be7 18.f3 g6
19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Rac1 Nfd7 22.Nxd7 Bxd7 23.Kh1 Bxh4
24.gxh4 a5 25.Qd2 Bc8 26.Qf4 f5 27.Bc4+ Be6 28.exf5 Bxc4
29.Rxc4 Qf7 30.Re4 Qxa2 31.Rxe5 Qb3 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Qd4 Qf7
34.Rg1 Re7 35.Qd8+ Re8 36.Qd4 Re7 37.Qd3 Rd7 38.Qe4 Rd6 39.h5
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Bd3 Bxd3
13.Qxd3 N5f6 14.f4 c5 15.O-O-O Be7 16.dxc5 Nxe5 17.Qxd8+ Rxd8
18.fxe5 Nd7 19.b4 b6 20.cxb6 Nxb6 21.c3 Rc8 22.Kb2 O-O 23.Ne4
a5 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Rfd8 26.Kb3 Rxd6 27.Be3 Nd5 28.Bc5 Rdc6
29.Be3 Rb8 30.Bd4 f6 31.Rhe1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malaga op 3rd"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "2000.02.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arianne Caoili"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2
a5 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 Be7 10.Nc3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qc2 Re8
13.Rfc1 Na6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Na4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.e3 h6 18.Nb2
c5 19.Nh4 Rac8 20.Nc4 Qe6 21.Qf5 cxd4 22.exd4 Qc6 23.Rc2 b5
24.Ne3 Qd6 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Qd3 Nc7 27.Nhf5 Qb6 28.Rc1 b4 29.a4
g6 30.Nh4 Kg7 31.Nf3 Ba6 32.Qc2 Ne6 33.Qd1 Bb7 34.Bh3 Ne4
35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Ne5 Nc3 37.Qg4 Qxd4 38.Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "V Tukmakov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
c6 8.Nc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jens Henrichsen"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 a5 11. bxa5 c5 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Be3 Rxa5 15. Rab1 c5 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Rxd6
Qa8 18. a3 Bb7 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. Bf3 Nc8 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rd3
f5 23. Nc7 Qa7 24. Ne6 Bxe4 25. Nxf8 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gerd Fischer"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6
7. d3 Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Rad1
Nd7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bg3 Bf6 15. Ne2 Na5 16. Ba2 Rad8 17. c3 c4
18. Qe3 Nc5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 cxd3 21. Nxd3 Qc6 22. f3 Nxd3
23. Rxd3 Qxa4 24. Bb1 Nc4 25. Qc1 Qb3 26. Rfd1 Qxb2 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qd1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ludwig Deglmann"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4
fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. Qe2 d6 9. Qe3 Nc6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Nxf6+
Qxf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Be4 Rae8 15. Rhe1 Qf4
16. Kb1 Qxe3 17. Rxe3 Rf6 18. Kc1 Rd6 19. Rde1 Nd8 20. h3 Bh5
21. g4 Bf7 22. Bd3 Rf6 23. g5 Rf4 24. Nxe5 Rxf2 25. h4 g6
26. Nxf7 Rxe3 27. Nh6+ Kf8 28. Rxe3 Rf4 29. Re4 1-0

[Event "4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Holger Grund"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7
7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qg4 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Qf4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 c5 16. Be4 Rb8
17. Qg7 Ke7 18. O-O cxd4 19. Rfd1 Rb5 20. Rac1 Rg8 21. Qh6 Rh5
22. Qd2 Qc7 23. g3 d3 24. Qxd3 Re5 25. Qd4 Rd8 26. Qb4+ Qc5
27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Bf3 Qxb4 29. cxb4 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Rc2
Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roland Ekstroem"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bf6
12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc4 b6
17. Rad1 Bb7 18. d5 Na5 19. Ba2 exd5 20. Nxd5 Rc8 21. Rfe1
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. h4 Rd7 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rc2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th OIBM in Bad Wiessee"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2000.11.03"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "David Gross"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rd1 N5f6 11. g3 b6
12. Bg2 Rb8 13. O-O Bb7 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Rfe1 Qc7
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Bf6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3 a5
22. a4 Rfc8 23. Na3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. d6 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Kf8 28. Rc1 Rdc8 29. Nc7 Bd8 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Rxe5
1-0

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jan Werle"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. Nf4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 c6 11. b4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3 a5 15. Rd1 Qb8 16. bxa5 Rxa5
17. Bb2 Rc5 18. Rd4 Ba6 19. Rad1 Bc4 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 cxb5
22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Ncd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bd6 26. g3
Nxb2 27. Qxb2 b4 28. Qb3 Rc8 29. e4 Bf8 30. Kg2 Qe5 31. f3 Ra8
32. Qc2 h6 33. Nb6 Ra3 34. Rd8 Rc3 35. Qa4 Qc5 36. Nd5 Rc2+
37. Kh3 g6 38. Qe8 Kg7 39. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Y Kharitonov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. h3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Be6
12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bc4 14. Qe1 Rad8 15. c3 Bd5 16. Bxd5
Qxd5 17. Bf4 Rd7 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Re1 h6 20. a4 e6 21. axb5
axb5 22. Ra6 b4 23. Bg3 bxc3 24. bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.18"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 c5 10. d5 Na6 11. Be2 Nb6
12. Rd1 Qd6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bg5 c4 16. Qe3 Rc5
17. Nc3 Re8 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. a3 Ra5 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nc5
22. Bg4 Qd8 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Nba4 25. Nxa4 Rxa4 26. Qe3
Qb6 27. e5 Ra5 28. Rc1 Nd3 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Rxc4 Nxe5 31. Rb4
Rxd5 32. Rxb6 Nxg4 33. hxg4 Rd7 34. Rc1 e5 35. Rc3 Kf8 36. b4
Ke7 37. a4 Kd8 38. a5 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 40. Rf6 Re7 41. g5 Rd7
42. b5 e4 43. Kf1 Kc8 44. Ke2 Rd5 45. b6 Rxa5 46. Rxf7 Rxg5
47. Rc7+ Kd8 48. Rxb7 h5 49. Rg7 Kc8 50. g3 Rg4 51. Ke3 g5
52. Kd4 h4 53. gxh4 Rxh4 54. Rxg5 Kb7 55. Rb5 Rf4 56. Rb2 Rh4
57. Ke3 Rg4 58. Rb4 Rg7 59. Rxe4 Kxb6 60. Rc4 Rg8 61. f4 Kb5
62. Rc1 Re8+ 63. Kd4 Rf8 64. Ke5 Re8+ 65. Kd5 Rd8+ 66. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Ulibin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Ne5 Bd8 15. Bd6 Be7 16. Bb5 Qxb5
17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. a4 Qb4 20. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Victor Mikhalevski"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bd2
Rfb8 13. O-O Ne8 14. Qc2 Qa3 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. Bc1
Qa5 18. Bd2 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Qe2 d6 9. Bg5 b4 10. Nb1 Nc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bd2
bxa3 13. Nxa3 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Nc4 Bd7 16. Nba5 Rfb8
17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. b3 Bb5 19. Ba5 Qc5 20. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.13"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luuk Van Kooten"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c6
12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Ne1 Re8 14. Nd3 Bf8 15. a3 Bd6 16. g3 h5
17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Bg2 h4 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Qd2 hxg3
22. hxg3 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Rad8 24. Ne2 Ne4 25. Qd4 Ng5 26. Qc3
Be4 27. Nd4 Qc7 28. b3 Rd7 29. Kh2 f5 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Kg2
Rf8 32. Rh1 Rh7 33. Ne2 Qd7 34. Nf4 Qg4 35. Rxh7 Qf3+ 36. Kg1
Kxh7 37. Qe5 Rf5 38. Rf1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Yge Visser"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Kh8 12. Re1
Ng8 13. Nd2 f5 14. c5 dxc5 15. Nc4 Ngf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bb2
Ne8 18. Nb5 Ra6 19. d6 cxd6 20. Nbxd6 Rc6 21. Nxc8 Qxc8
22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Qd2 Nd6 24. Ne3 Ne4 25. Qc2 Rg6 26. Bd3 Ng5
27. Bxf5 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rg5 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. h3 e4
32. Bxf6 Rxf6 33. Nd5 Qe5 34. Nxf6 Qxf6 35. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[EventDate "2000.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roberto Cifuentes-Parada"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 e5 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 exd4 16. Nxd4
a6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Rb1 Kf8 22. Bg3 Ke7 23. Kd3 Bxd4 24. Kxd4 Bb5 25. e4 Na4
26. Bh4+ f6 27. f3 Rd8+ 28. Bd5 Nb6 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Bg3 Nxd5
31. exd5+ Kf7 32. d6 Re8 33. Kc5 Rxe1 34. Bxe1 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bolzano op 15th"]
[Site "Bolzano"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gyula Sax"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4
d6 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.Be3 b6 10.O-O Ngf6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Nd4 O-O 13.b3
Re8 14.Bb1 Bf8 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.f3 Rad8 17.Kh1 Qb8 18.Qf2 Ba8
19.Rfd1 Rc8 20.Bd3 Ne5 21.Bc2 h6 22.Qg3 Nh5 23.Qh4 Nf6 24.Qg3
Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ferenc Langheinrich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4
d6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.f4 Re8 12.Be3 Bf8 13.Rad1
Nd7 14.e5 dxe5 15.f5 Nf6 16.Bb1 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Bxd4 e5
19.Be3 Qc7 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Be4 Bd7 23.b3 Bc6
24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Rd2 e4 26.Rfd1 Rad8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.Kf2 Qa5 30.g4 h5 31.h3 Qe5 32.Kg2 Bh4 33.Bf2 Bxf2 34.Kxf2
c5 35.Qe3 h4 36.Ke1 f6 37.Ke2 Kf7 38.Kf2 Ke7 39.Ke2 a5 40.Kf2
Kd6 41.Ke2 Kc7 42.a4 Kb6 43.Kf2 Qd4 44.Ke2 Kc6 45.Qd2 Kd6
46.Qf4+ Kd7 47.Qe3 Ke7 48.Qd2 Kf7 49.Qe3 Qe5 50.Qd2 Qd4 51.Qe3
g5 52.Qd2 Ke7 53.Qxa5 Qd3+ 54.Ke1 Qe3+ 55.Kd1 Qxb3+ 56.Ke2
Qxc4+ 57.Ke3 Qd3+ 58.Kf2 Qf3+ 59.Ke1 Qe3+ 60.Kf1 Qxh3+ 61.Ke1
Qe3+ 62.Kd1 Qd4+ 63.Ke2 Qd3+ 64.Ke1 Kd6 65.Qd8+ Ke5 66.Qc7+
Kd4 67.Qd6+ Ke3 68.Qxc5+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 4th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.f4 Ngf6 11.N1d2 O-O 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Bd2
e5 14.Qf2 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ng4 16.Qd2 Nge5 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5
dxe5 19.Bc4 Be6 20.Bxe6 Qb6+ 21.Qf2 Qxe6 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.Qxc5
Rac8 24.Qf2 Red8 25.c3 Rd3 26.a3 Rcd8 27.Rae1 Kg7 28.h3 Qe7
29.Re3 h5 30.Rxd3 Rxd3 31.Qb6 h4 32.a4 Rd2 33.Rf2 Rd1+ 34.Rf1
Rd2 35.Rf2 Rd1+ 36.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malaga op 3rd"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[EventDate "2000.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nd2 Bb4 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. f3 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Qe7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Ne2 Nxe5 11. O-O Nxc4
12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qxg7 Qxb2 15. Qxb2 Nxb2 16. Nc3
Bc6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. a4 Nc4 19. Rfc1 Kb7 20. Rab1 d6 21. Nb5
Nd2 22. Rb2 Nxe4 23. a5 f5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rcb1 d5 26. Na3
Kc7 27. Rxb6 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8 Kxb8 30. g4 Nf6 31. g5
Nh5 32. Bf3 Nxf4 33. h4 Kc7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Ne6 36. Bh5
Ke7 37. Bd1 Kd6 38. Bh5 f4+ 39. Kf2 Nd4 40. Bf7 Nf5 41. Bg8 h6
42. Bh7 Bd7 43. Nb5+ Ke5 44. Bxf5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Na6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Qxf3 e5 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.Ba3 Rfe8 16.d5 Bf8 17.d6 Qc8 18.c4
b6 19.c5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Bb3 Rd7 22.Bc4 Kg7 23.Rb3 Qd8
24.Ra3 Qb8 25.Rb3 Qd8 26.Ra3 Qb8 27.Qg4 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Bxd6
29.Rf3 Rf8 30.Qh4 f5 31.Rb3 Qc8 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.g3 Rf8 34.Kg2
Qd7 35.Qe4 Rb8 36.Rf3 Rf8 37.Rd3 Rd8 38.h4 Qc7 39.h5 Be7
40.hxg6 hxg6 41.Rf3 Rf8 42.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Ne2 c5
12. Qb3 Ba6 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Bh4 d5
17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Qb3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxc4
Nd5 22. Bf2 Rc8 23. Qd3 Nc6 24. Ne2 Nf6 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc1
Kf8 27. e4 Ke8 28. Nd4 Ne7 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Nc6 f6 31. Kf1
Nc5 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Ke2 Kd7 34. Na5 Nb6 35. Kd3 Kc7 36. Nc4
Kc6 37. b3 h5 38. h4 Nxc4 39. Kxc4 e5 40. g4 g6 41. gxh5 gxh5
42. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Turov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "18"]

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 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bettina Trabert"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7
7. O-O d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a3 a6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Qg4
f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rf7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qh3 Nf6 17. Nf3
e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Nf3 Rh5 22. Qg3
Ne4 23. Qg4 Rh6 24. Rfe1 Rf8 25. c4 Rg6 26. Qh4 Qxh4 27. Nxh4
Rgf6 28. Nf3 Nd6 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Rad1 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Nb5
32. Bxb5 axb5 33. Re7 h6 34. Rdd7 Rg6+ 35. Kf1 Rxf3 36. h4 Kh7
37. Rb7 Rh3 38. Re4 Rb3 39. Re2 Rg4 40. h5 Rg5 41. Rxb6 Rxh5
42. Rb7 Rg5 43. f4 Rgg3 44. f5 Rgf3+ 45. Rf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2
Kg8 47. Kg1 Rxb2 48. a4 c4 49. axb5 c3 0-1

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. c4 c6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. b4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Be8
12. Nfd2 Qe7 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bh5 15. Rfc1 g5 16. b5 dxc4
17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qc5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Be8 20. Qc5 Bc6 21. Nc4 Qd8
22. Qd6 Bd5 23. Qxd8 Bxd8 24. Nc5 Rf7 25. a4 Rc7 26. Na3 Be7
27. Nb5 Rcc8 28. Nc3 Bxc5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxc5 b6 31. Rc4
Kf7 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke1 Nc3 34. Rc1 Rxc4 35. Bxc4 Nxa4 36. Bb3
b5 37. Rc6 Nb2 38. Rxe6+ Kd7 39. Ra6 Nd3+ 40. Kd2 Nb4 41. Rf6
a5 42. Rxf5 a4 43. Rxb5 axb3 44. Rxb4 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rxf2
46. Rxb3 Rxg2 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rb6 h5 49. Rb5 h3 50. Rxh5 h2
51. e4 Ke7 52. Kc4 Kf6 53. Kd5 Kg6 54. Rh8 Rg5+ 55. Ke6 Rh5
56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Kf7 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5
12. Re1 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Rad1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2
f5 17. c5 fxe4 18. Rxd6 Qe8 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qxe4 Nf5 21. Rdd1
Qe7 22. Bd2 Rxc5 23. Na4 Nd6 24. Qb4 Rc4 25. Qa3 Bg4 26. Nb6
Bxf3 27. Nxc4 Bxd1 28. Nxd6 Bc2 29. Be3 Qe6 30. Rc1 Qd5
31. Qc3 Ba4 32. Nc4 e4 33. Qb4 Bb5 34. a4 Bxc4 35. Qxc4 Bb2
36. Qxc6 Qd3 37. Rf1 Bd4 38. Qd6 Bg7 39. Qxd3 exd3 40. Rd1 Rd8
41. a5 Rd6 42. g3 Bc3 43. Bb6 d2 44. Kg2 Re6 45. Be3 Bxa5
46. Bxd2 Bxd2 47. Rxd2 Re7 48. g4 Kg7 49. Rd5 h6 50. h4 Ra7
51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. f3 Ra7 53. Kf4 Rf7+ 54. Ke4 Re7+ 55. Re5 Ra7
56. f4 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Re3 Ra7 59. Rd3 Kf7 60. h5 gxh5
61. gxh5 Kf6 62. Rd6+ Kf5 63. Rd5+ Kf6 64. Ke4 Re7+ 65. Re5
Ra7 66. Rf5+ Ke6 67. Rf8 Ra4+ 68. Kf3 Ra1 69. Rh8 Kf5 70. Rf8+
Ke6 71. Rd8 Rf1+ 72. Ke3 Re1+ 73. Kf3 Rf1+ 74. Kg3 Rg1+
75. Kf2 Ra1 76. Rh8 Kf5 77. Kg3 Ra3+ 78. Kh4 Kxf4 79. Rxh6 Kf5
80. Rb6 Ra1 81. Rb5+ Kf6 82. Rb4 Rh1+ 83. Kg4 Rg1+ 84. Kf4
Rf1+ 85. Kg3 Kg5 86. Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.27"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "J M De La Villa Garcia"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. Be3 e5
7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O c5 13. g3 Nc8 14. h4 Nb6 15. h5 Nd7 16. hxg6 hxg6
17. Kg2 Re8 18. Rh1 Rb8 19. f4 a6 20. a4 d3 21. Bxd3 Bxb2
22. Ra2 Bf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. f5 g5 25. Ne4 Bg7 26. f6 Nxf6
27. Rf2 b5 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rh7 e4 30. Qh5 Rb7 31. Be2 bxc4
32. d6 Qxd6 33. Bxc4 Re6 34. Rxf6 Rb2+ 35. Kh3 g4+ 36. Qxg4+
1-0

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Zlochevskij"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bb3 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Re8 13. Bd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Qh4 b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7
17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nd7 Kg7
22. Nxb6 Rb8 23. Na4 Rec8 24. Rac1 Bc6 25. Nc3 a5 26. g3 Rc7
27. Red1 Rcb7 28. d5 exd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Be5 31. Rxa5
Bxb2 32. Rc4 Rd8 33. Rg4+ Kf8 34. Rh4 Bc1 35. Rc5 Bg5 36. Re4
Bd2 37. Rc6 Kg7 38. Rg4+ Bg5 39. Rc5 Kf8 40. Rgc4 Bd2 41. h4
Kg7 42. Kg2 Re7 43. Rc6 f5 44. R4c5 f4 45. g4 Bb4 46. Rf5 Rd6
47. Rxd6 Bxd6 48. a4 f6 49. Rb5 Rc7 50. a5 Ra7 51. Kf3 Bc7
52. Rc5 Bxa5 53. Rc8 Rc7 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Rb8 Re7 56. Rf8 Kg7
57. Rg8+ Kh7 58. h5 Rb7 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Luis Galego"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. a4 Nc6 10. a5 Qa7 11. Ndxb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Bxe3 13. Nxa7 Bxa7 14. a6 Bc8 15. O-O Rb8 16. Ra4
Nge7 17. b3 O-O 18. Qd6 f5 19. Bd3 Ra8 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5
Rxf5 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. f4 Bb8 24. Qd3 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Nb4 26. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5 f5 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bf4 Bf6 11. O-O Qe7
12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Rac1 Na6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qa4
Rfd8 17. e3 Rd7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rdd8 21. Qe2
Nd7 22. b3 Nf8 23. f4 g5 24. e4 Qg7 25. Qf2 gxf4 26. exf5 f3+
27. Kxf3 Qb7+ 28. Kg4 Rc5 29. Kh3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxf5 31. Ne4
Ng6 32. Rf1 Rdf8 33. Nxd6 Rh5+ 34. Kg4 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stefan Djuric"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. O-O a6 10. Nd4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 e5 15. a4 Qc7 16. a5 Nd7
17. Bh3 f5 18. g4 fxg4 19. Bxg4 Rae8 20. Ra3 Bh4 21. Rf1 Kh8
22. Rh3 g5 23. Rc3 Qd8 24. Be3 Re7 25. b4 Qe8 26. Rc7 Nf6
27. Rc8 Qf7 28. Be6 Rxc8 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Qd3 Rfc7 31. Rc1
Rc4 32. Qf5 Rf8 33. Kh1 Rcc8 34. Qe6 Rcd8 35. Bb6 Rd7 36. c4
Rff7 37. Rg1 h6 38. Be3 Kg7 39. Qh3 Kf8 40. f3 Rc7 41. c5 Nxd5
42. cxd6 Rcd7 43. Qxh4 gxh4 44. Bxh6+ Rg7 45. Bxg7+ Kf7
46. Bxe5 Ke6 47. Re1 Kf5 48. Re4 Nxb4 49. Rxh4 Kxe5 50. Rxb4
Rxd6 51. Rxb7 Rd5 52. Rh7 Kf4 53. Kg2 Rg5+ 54. Kf2 Rxa5
55. Rf7+ Kg5 56. Kg3 Ra1 57. h4+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Kamil Miton"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 d6
7. h3 Na6 8. O-O e5 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bc2 Nc5
12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Qg5 17. Qe3 Nf4 18. g3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Ng5 21. f4
Ne6 22. Rd3 Nc5 23. Rxd6 Be6 24. Rd4 Rad8 25. Rad1 Rxd4
26. Rxd4 a5 27. a3 Kf8 28. Kf3 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5
31. Nd1 Ne6 32. Rd7 Re7 33. Rd6 Kf7 34. Ne3 Ng7 35. c5 Re6
36. Rd8 Re7 37. Ra8 Rd7 38. Rxa5 Rd3 39. b4 Kf6 40. Ra7 Ne6
41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Rxb7 Nd4+ 43. Kd2 Nf3+ 44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Kf2
Rb2+ 46. Kf1 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 Ne2 49. Kh4 Rb1 50. Kh3
Rb2 51. Kh4 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Kantsler"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Stanislav Savchenko"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bb3 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Qe7 13. Re1 e5 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Qh4 e4 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. a3 Rac8 19. Bc3 Bd6 20. Ne2 Be5 21. Bb4 Bd6
22. Bc3 Be5 23. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Chatalbashev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Bg7 9. O-O-O e6 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 h5
12. f3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Kf8 14. e4 hxg4 15. fxg4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qf4 Qxa2 19. Rdf1 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qa5+
21. c3 f5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. h5 Qd5 24. Qg5 Rh6 25. gxf5 exf5
26. Re1 Rc7 27. Rhg1 Qd6 28. Re5 Rf7 29. Kc1 Qf6 30. Qe3 Rxh5
31. Re6 f4 32. Rxf6 fxe3 33. Rfxg6+ Kf8 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. R8g3
Kd7 36. Rxe3 Rh2 37. c4 Kc7 38. Rd3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter K Wells"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8
7. d5 d6 8. g3 exd5 9. cxd5 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bg2 d5
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. h3 g6 16. Nd4 c5
17. Na4 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Nbc3 Bxh3 20. Bxh3 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 d4
22. e4 dxc3 23. Nxc3 Nxe4 24. Qa4 Ned2+ 25. Bxd2 Nxd2+ 26. Kg1
Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nh4+ 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Qb7 30. Qb5 Nh4+
31. Kg1 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Zelcic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6
7. h4 h6 8. N1e2 Nf6 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ngh5 O-O
12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. g3 Bf5 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qd3
Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Trajce Nedev"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4
12. Qb3 a6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Qc2 f5 16. Re1 Ndf6
17. Ng5 Nxd5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Qd1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Rxe4 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qe2 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd1+
26. Qf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 c4 28. Rb1 a5 29. Bf4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2
Bxb2 31. a4 Kg8 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd2 Ke6 34. Bc7 Bd4 35. f3 Kf5
36. Bxa5 Be5 37. Ke3 Bb8 38. Bc3 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Klaus Bischoff"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6
7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne7 11. Nd2 Ng6
12. b4 Qd7 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bb2 a6 15. Qc2 Qg4 16. f3 Qe6
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Ne7 19. Bd3 Rf8 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 d5
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Bf1 e4 25. f4 Rab8 26. Rad1 Rb3
27. Qc1 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Stelios Halkias"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 Bc8 12. Nh4
h6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. O-O g5 15. Nf3 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2
Bb7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rbd1 Nf6 20. Ne1 Rb8 21. Bc3 h5 22. e4 Qe6
23. Nd3 h4 24. Rfe1 hxg3 25. fxg3 c4 26. bxc4 Qxc4 27. Rc1 Qa6
28. Nf2 Qa7 29. Qd2 Kf8 30. a5 Qa8 31. e5 Bxg2 32. exf6 exf6
33. a6 Rd8 34. a7 Bb7 35. Bd4 Rg8 36. Rc7 f5 37. Qxg5 Re8
38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC Playoff g/15"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[EventDate "2001.06.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mathias Roeder"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6
7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6
12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb6
17. Ne4 g5 18. Bg3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Nd5 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. a3 Rcd8
22. Ba2 Qf8 23. Bb1 Ne7 24. h4 f5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Ba2 Nd5
27. e4 fxe4 28. Qxe4 Qf5 29. Re1 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Kf7 31. Rce1
Re7 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Kf6 34. g3 Rd6 35. Bxd5 Rxd5
36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Rc1 Kf5 38. f3 g4 39. Kg2 e5 40. dxe5 Rxe5
41. Kf2 gxf3 42. Kxf3 d4 43. g4+ Kg5 44. Rd1 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Re4
46. Kf3 Rxg4 47. Rh1 d3 48. Rd1 Kf5 49. Rxd3 Rh4 50. Rd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd IECC Playoff g/15"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[EventDate "2001.06.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mathias Roeder"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4
Re8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bf1 Bf8 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. a5 c5 17. Bc3 Bxb5
18. cxb5 bxa5 19. Nd2 Nc8 20. Nc4 Nb6 21. Nxa5 Qc7 22. Qc2
Nfd7 23. Nc6 Bh6 24. Ra6 Rf8 25. Rea1 Rxa6 26. bxa6 Kh8
27. Ba5 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Rb1 Bg7 30. Qb3 c4 31. Bxb6 Nxb6
32. Qxb6 Qxb6 33. Rxb6 c3 34. Bd3 e4 35. Bc2 e3 36. fxe3 Bh6
37. Kf2 Re8 38. Rb8 Bxe3+ 39. Kf3 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC Playoff g/15"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[EventDate "2001.06.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Stanislav Savchenko"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be2 Bg4
12. O-O Rad8 13. Rd1 Rd6 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Bb4 Nxb4 16. Qxb4
Bh5 17. h3 c6 18. Qc5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qe6 20. Be2 Rd5 21. Qc2 f5
22. b4 f4 23. Bf3 R5d6 24. exf4 exf4 25. a4 Nd5 26. Qc4 Qf7
27. b5 Ne7 28. Re1 Rxd3 29. Qc5 R3d7 30. Qxa7 cxb5 31. axb5
Nf5 32. Re4 Nd4 33. Bg4 Rd6 34. Rae1 Nxb5 35. Qa5 Nd4 36. Rxd4
1-0

[Event "2nd IECC Playoff g/15"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[EventDate "2001.06.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stanislav Savchenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Nd4
7. Bg2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Qb3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. O-O d5
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bg2 h6 14. Rac1 d4 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Qb4 Bd5
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Rc7 Qxa2 19. Rxb7 Qe6 20. Rc1 e4 21. Qxd4
Rad8 22. Qxa7 Ng4 23. Rcc7 Ra8 24. Qd4 Rad8 25. Qc4 Qxc4
26. Rxc4 exd3 27. exd3 Ne5 28. Rf4 f6 29. Bc3 Rxd3 30. Kg2 Nf7
31. Ra4 Ng5 32. Raa7 Ne6 33. h4 Rd5 34. Rd7 Rf5 35. b4 Rc8
36. Bd2 Rc2 37. Be3 Re5 38. Kh3 h5 39. Re7 Rb2 40. Re8+ Kh7
41. Rae7 Nc7 42. Rxe5 fxe5 43. Rxe5 Rxb4 44. Rxh5+ Kg8 45. Re5
Kf7 46. g4 Ne6 47. Rd5 Rb3 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Rd7 g6 50. Ra7 Rb1
51. Ra6 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Rh1 53. Bg5+ Ke5 54. Ra5+ Kd6 55. Bf6 Rb1
56. Be5+ Kc6 57. Ra7 Kd5 58. Bg3 Nd4+ 59. Kg2 Rb6 60. Rd7+ Ke4
61. f3+ 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC Playoff g/5"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[EventDate "2001.06.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Stanislav Savchenko"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 Ne7 6. a3 Bxa3
7. bxa3 c5 8. Nf3 Nbc6 9. Be3 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rf8
12. O-O f6 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rb1 Rf7 15. Rfc1 g5 16. Qe2 f4
17. h3 Na5 18. Rb2 Rc8 19. Kh2 Rg7 20. Kh1 g4 21. hxg4 Rxg4
22. Rbc2 Nb3 23. Rb1 Na5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Rbc1 Rg3 26. Bc4 a6
27. Bxd5 Rg8 28. Bxb7 Nd5 0-1

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.07.28"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Marc Naalden"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. dxe5 dxc4
6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. g3 Be6 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nc3 Kc7
11. Rd1 Ne7 12. Na4 Rhd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Nxc5 hxg5 15. Nxe6+
fxe6 16. Bh3 Nf5 17. Kg2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8
20. e3 b5 21. Kf3 a5 22. Ke2 a4 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. f4 gxf4
25. exf4 c5 26. Bg2 Nd4 27. g4 Ke7 28. Bb7 Kf7 29. h4 g6
30. Bc8 Ke7 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Kf7 33. Bd7 Kg7 34. f5 Nxf5
35. Bxb5 Nd4 36. Bxa4 Nf3+ 37. Kc3 Nxe5 38. Bd1 Nd3 39. a4 e5
40. a5 1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.07.29"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "P De Heer"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. bxc3
d6 7. Rb1 Re8 8. O-O h6 9. d3 e4 10. Nd4 Nbd7 11. Be3 Ne5
12. f3 exd3 13. exd3 c5 14. Nc2 Bf5 15. Rxb7 Bxd3 16. Re1 Bxc4
17. f4 Nd3 18. Rb1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.07.29"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "J Mellegers"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 g5
17. b3 Kg7 18. Bb2+ f6 19. Qe6 Bf4 20. Qe4 Nc5 21. Qc2 Bg4
22. Rae1 Rae8 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nd7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Kg2
Be5 27. Bf5 Qf7 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. d6 Nc6 31. a3
Qe8 32. Rd5 Qf7 33. Qc5 h5 34. b4 a6 35. Rd1 Kh6 36. Be4 Ne5
37. Qb6 Qd7 38. Qxb7 Qxb7 39. Bxb7 Nc4 40. Bxa6 Nxa3 41. Be2
Kg7 42. b5 Kf8 43. b6 Ke8 44. b7 Kd7 45. Ra1 1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sipke Ernst"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Re8 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O Kf8
16. Nb3 Ke7 17. Na5 Bc8 18. g3 a6 19. f4 Ra7 20. Bg2 Bd7
21. Rd3 Rc8 22. Nb7 Rc7 23. Nxd6 f5 24. Rhd1 Nc6 25. e3 Na5
26. b3 Nc6 27. Kb2 Ra8 28. Kc3 Rb8 29. R1d2 Rb6 30. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ikonnikov"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. Bd2 a5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 c5 12. Ng3
b6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Be2 Nc7 15. Bf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb5 17. Nge2
h6 18. Bf4 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Be6 20. Be5 Rc8 21. Qd2 Be7 22. Rfe1
Qd7 23. Qd3 Red8 24. h3 Rc4 25. Be2 b5 26. Qg3 Rdc8 27. Bxc4
bxc4 28. Re3 Ra8 29. a4 Ne8 30. Nb5 Bf5 31. Nc7 Bh4 32. Qxh4
Nxc7 33. Qf4 Ne8 34. Rde1 f6 35. Bb8 Bg6 36. Re7 Qxa4 37. Qg4
Kh7 38. Bf4 Qc2 39. Bxh6 Qf5 40. Qh4 Qh5 41. Qxh5 Bxh5 42. Bd2
Nd6 43. Rd7 Ne4 44. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.08.01"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 e5
7. d5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nb8 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. h3 h5
12. O-O-O a6 13. g4 Nb6 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5
17. d6 cxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nxc4 20. Rd5 Be6 21. Rxc5
Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. h4 Rd8 26. Rxd8
Kxd8 27. Bf3 g6 28. Ne4 Kc7 29. Nc5 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Bxd7 31. Kd2
Be6 32. a3 a5 33. Kc3 b6 34. Be4 Kd6 35. f4 b5 36. Bd3 Bd7
37. b4 a4 38. Bb1 Be6 39. Bd3 Bd7 40. f5 gxf5 41. Be2 Be8
42. Bxh5 Ke7 43. Kd2 Kf8 44. Be2 f6 45. g6 Kg7 46. h5 Bc6
47. Ke1 f4 48. exf4 exf4 49. Kf2 f5 50. Bd3 Kf6 51. Ke2 Kg5
52. g7 Bd5 53. Bxb5 Kxh5 54. Bc6 1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Regina Pokorna"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nge2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 a6 12. Rb1
Ra7 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. b5 c5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Qc2
Bb7 18. Rb3 Nf8 19. Ba3 Ne6 20. Qb2 Bc7 21. Rc1 Ba8 22. Na2
Qd7 23. Rbc3 Qxa4 24. Nb4 Bd6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Bxd6 Ba8
27. Ra1 Qd7 28. Qxb6 Rd8 29. Bc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Ne4 31. Nxe4
dxe4 32. Bc4 g6 33. h3 Kg7 34. Rxa6 Rxa6 35. Qxa6 Bb7 36. Qa7
Ra8 37. Qb6 Rc8 38. d5 Rxc5 39. Qxc5 f5 40. d6 Bc6 41. Qe5+
Kh6 42. Qf6 Ba4 43. Bg8 Bc6 44. Kh2 1-0

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O a5 9. f3 Na6 10. Kh1 c5 11. a3 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Nc7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Be6 15. Bd3 a4 16. dxc5 Bb3
17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bb2 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 b5 21. Qxb5
Rxe3 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd5 24. Qb4 h6 25. h3 Bc4 26. Nf5
Qxf5 27. Qxc4 Nh5 28. Bc1 Qg6 29. Kg1 Kh7 30. Re7 Kg8 31. Be3
Ng3 32. Bf2 Nf5 33. Qe4 Ra6 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Qc4 Rc6 36. Qf4
Nd6 37. Re1 Rc4 38. Qe5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "HZ Open"]
[Site "Vlissingen NED"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J Van Zandwijk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nf6
7. d3 d6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Nf4
b5 13. Rae1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nh3 Nd7 16. f4 c4 17. d4
Rac8 18. dxe5 c3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Qxd7 Rc7 21. Qd3 Qxc2
22. Rd1 Qxa2 23. Rd2 Qa3 24. Nf2 h6 25. Qf3 a5 26. Rfd1 a4
27. Rd3 Qb2 28. bxa4 bxa4 29. R3d2 Rc2 30. Qd3 Rfc8 31. Qd7
Rd8 32. Rxc2 Qxc2 33. Qxe7 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd4+
36. Ke2 Ba6+ 37. Kf3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marco Salami"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. d3 Bb7 6. f4 d5 7. e5
Nh6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Ne2 Qd7 12. d4 cxd4
13. Nexd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nf5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qd3
Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rad1 g6 20. Rf2 Qc7 21. Qb3 a5 22. Kg1
Kg7 23. Rdd2 Rd8 24. Qf3 Bc8 25. Qd1 Be6 26. Bf3 b4 27. Rd3
Qb6 28. Kg2 Rdc8 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Qc6 31. Rdd2 Qa4
32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Flavio Guido"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 Bf6 13. Be3 Be6 14. O-O Qb6 15. Bxd5 Nxd4 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. Be4 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Ne2+ 19. Kg2 Qe5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qxe2 b6 22. Kg1 Rad8 23. a4 Rd5 24. Rb4 Rc8 25. h4 Rc3
26. Rf4 Qh5 27. Qxh5+ Rxh5 28. Rb1 Kg8 29. Rbb4 Rd5 30. Kg2
Be5 31. Rfc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Kf7 33. h5 Bd6 34. g4 Bc5 35. Kf3
Kf6 36. Bc1 Rd1 37. Rf4+ Ke7 38. Bb2 Bd6 39. Re4 Kf7 40. g5
Rd2 41. g6+ Kf8 42. Rxe6 Bc5 43. Re2 Rd5 44. Be5 Rd3+ 45. Kg4
Ra3 46. f4 Rxa4 47. Rd2 1-0

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.24"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Cristina Adela Foisor"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O
7. Nge2 a6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 c6 11. b4 b5 12. cxb5
axb5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Rb8 15. Qa1 Nb6 16. Ra7 Be6 17. Rc1
Nc8 18. Ra6 Qd7 19. Qa4 Bxh3 20. Rxc6 Bg4 21. b5 Ne7 22. f3
Be6 23. Ra6 d5 24. d4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Ng4 26. d5 Bxd5 27. Ba7
Bb7 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Bh3 Bxa6 30. Qxa6 h5 31. Rd1 Qc7
32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 f5 35. Nd5 Nxd5 36. Rxd5
Bf6 37. Nc3 Rc8 38. Rd3 Bd8 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Nd5 fxe4 41. Rb3
Ke6 42. Ne3 Bb6 43. Nxg4 Rf8 44. Rc3 Bd4 45. Rc1 e3 46. Re1
Rb8 47. Nxe3 Rxb5 48. Re2 e4 49. Nc2 Ke5 50. Nxd4 Kxd4
51. Rd2+ Ke3 52. Rd6 g5 53. Ra6 Rd5 54. Kh3 Kf3 55. Rf6+ Ke2
56. g4 Kd3 57. Kg2 e3 58. Ra6 Rd4 59. Ra3+ Ke4 60. Kg3 Rd1
61. Ra4+ Kd3 62. Ra3+ Ke2 63. Kg2 Kd2 64. Ra2+ Kd3 65. Ra3+
Ke4 66. Ra4+ Rd4 67. Ra8 Kf4 68. Kf1 Rd2 69. Ke1 Rg2 70. Kf1
Rf2+ 71. Ke1 Kxg4 72. Re8 Kf3 73. Rf8+ Kg3 74. Rg8 g4 0-1

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.25"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Erald Dervishi"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. b4 Be7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bd3 Bf6 13. Rc1 a6 14. O-O Be6 15. Re1 g6 16. Qd2 Qe7
17. h3 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Rcd1 Qf8 20. Ng5 Na7 21. e4 Bc3
22. Qe3 d4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc6 25. Qe3 b5 26. h4 Qg7
27. Bd6 Qd4 28. Qg3 Qd2 29. Nf3 Qc3 30. Re3 Qa1 31. Re1 Qc3
32. Re3 Qa1 33. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.26"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. O-O N7f6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Ng3 O-O
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 b6 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bf4 Ba6
17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Be5 Rac8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re4 f5 21. Rf4 Bb7
22. f3 Qd6 23. Bb3 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qd2 e5 26. Rh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O b6
12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Nd4 Rfc8 15. Bg3 Nf8 16. Bd3 Bb4
17. Na2 Bd6 18. e4 Bxg3 19. hxg3 N6d7 20. Qe3 Ne5 21. Be2 Nfd7
22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc5 24. a5 bxa5 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. Nb3
Ned7 27. Nxa5 Rb8 28. f3 e5 29. b4 Ne6 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. Qxa6
Ndf8 32. Bc4 Nd4 33. Qa3 Qg5 34. g4 Rb6 35. Bf1 Qd2 36. Rc8
Rh6 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. b5+ Ke8 39. Qa8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ferenc Langheinrich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4 b6 12. Rf3
g6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Raf1 Re8 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. e5 Nh5 17. Rh3 Ng7
18. Bb1 Rf8 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. Bc3 f5 22. Ng5 Bxg5
23. fxg5 e5 24. c5 b5 25. a3 Rce8 26. Ba2 Rf7 27. Nd2 Ne6
28. Nf3 Nf4 29. Nxe5 Nxh3 30. Rd1 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julius H Van Doeland"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e4 Ne7 8. c5 Rb8 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. cxd6 cxd6
12. Qe2 Be6 13. Rd1 d5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Qa5
17. Bb3 d4 18. Ne4 Nf5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Bxb3 21. axb3
Qb6 22. Bg5 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Qg4 Qxb3 25. Bxh4 Nxh4 26. Qxh4
d3 27. Qa4 Qd5 28. Qa5 Rb5 29. Qc3 Rb3 30. Qa5 Qxa5 31. Rxa5
Re2 32. Rxa7 Rbxb2 33. Rxd3 Rxf2 34. Rg3 Kg7 35. Ra6 f6
36. Raa3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "P Span"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 Bd7 6. Nb5 Bxb5
7. Bxb5+ Nc6 8. Qf3 O-O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. c4 Qe4
12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5
Nd3+ 17. Nxd3 Rxd3 18. Rd1 Rhd8 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Rd4
21. Rc1 Kc7 22. Rc3 a5 23. Ke3 Rh4 24. h3 g5 25. Ra3 Kb6
26. Rb3+ Kc5 27. Rb7 f5 28. b3 Re4+ 29. Kd3 h5 30. Rg7 g4
31. h4 Re1 32. Ra7 Kb6 33. Re7 f4 34. Rf7 e5 35. Rf5 Rg1
36. Ke2 Rxg2 37. Kf1 Rh2 38. Rxh5 e4 39. Re5 e3 40. fxe3 f3
41. Rg5 Rxh4 42. Kg1 c5 43. Rg6+ Kc7 44. e4 Kd7 45. e5 Ke8
46. e6 Ke7 47. a3 Kd6 48. Rf6 Rh3 49. Kf2 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 Ke5
51. Rg6 Kf5 52. Rg7 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Karel Van der Weide"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. Nh4 Nfd7
12. Qc2 Nc4 13. a3 Rb8 14. O-O Qa5 15. Bh3 Rb7 16. b4 cxb4
17. Na2 b3 18. Rxb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 Nc5 20. Qb8+ Qd8 21. Qxd8+
Kxd8 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Nf3 h6 24. e3 Kc7 25. Nd4 Ra8 26. Re1 Kd8
27. Bf1 Nb6 28. Nbc6+ Ke8 29. e4 Ba6 30. Nb5 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Kf8
32. h4 h5 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. Re3 Nbd7 35. Bd2 Ne5 36. Bb4 Ng4
37. Re1 Na6 38. Ba5 Nb8 39. a4 Nxc6 40. dxc6 Rxa5 41. c7 Ra8
42. Bd7 Ne5 43. c8=Q+ Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Ke8 45. a5 Kd8 46. Ba6 Nc6
47. Bc4 e6 48. a6 Bd4 49. Bb5 Na7 50. Ba4 e5 51. Rb1 1-0

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.27"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Giulio Borgo"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
c6 7. Qc2 Bb4 8. e3 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 Nb6
12. g4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Ka1 Ne8
17. Ne2 h5 18. g5 Nd6 19. Nf4 Bc8 20. Rc1 h4 21. Rhg1 Rde8
22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Qb3 Ka8 24. Rc3 Nb6 25. Qc2 Qd8 26. a4 Bd7
27. Ra3 Nbc8 28. b4 Ne7 29. Rb1 Qb8 30. b5 Rc8 31. b6 Bf5
32. Bxf5 Ndxf5 33. Nd3 axb6 34. Rxb6 Qa7 35. a5 Nd6 36. Qc5
Nb5 37. Qxe7 Rhe8 38. Qc5 Nxa3 39. Qxa3 Kb8 40. Nc5 1-0

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.28"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sinisa Drazic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. f4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Qg3 Nd7 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Be3 Rd5
21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Rd1 b6 24. c4 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 bxc5
26. g3 g6 27. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.29"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 a6 11. Rd1 c5 12. b3
b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Nd4 Bf5 18. Qf1 Qg6 19. Kh1 Be4 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Rd2 f5
22. f4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qg3 24. Kg1 Re6 25. Qe1 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Rc6 27. Red1 h5 28. Kh2 Rdd6 29. b4 Rd8 30. Bc5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2
Rf6 32. Be7 Rg6 33. Bc5 Re6 34. a3 Kf7 35. Kg1 Ke8 36. Kf1 Rc6
37. Kf2 Rg6 38. Kg1 Re6 39. Kh2 Rg6 40. Kg1 Re6 41. Kf1 Rg6
42. Bd4 Rd6 43. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2001.08.30"]
[EventDate "2001.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michele Godena"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "210"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. g3 Nd7
12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. e4 g6 16. exd5 cxd5
17. Rfe1 a6 18. Nd3 b5 19. a4 Rc4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Ba8
22. Nf4 Rb4 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Qc2 g5 25. Nfe2 Bf8 26. Ra1 h6
27. Ra4 Rb6 28. Rea1 Bb7 29. Ra7 Qc8 30. Qd2 Rbe6 31. Bf1 Ne4
32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Bh3 e3 34. fxe3 Bf3 35. d5 Rxe3 36. Bxc8
Rxe2 37. Qd4 g4 38. Bf5 Bg7 39. Qc5 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rxh2 41. Be6
fxe6 42. Ra8 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Ke1 Re2+ 45. Kf1 exd5
46. Rxe8+ Rxe8 47. Ra7 Be4 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. Qc3+ Kf7 50. b4
Bf3 51. Qd4 Re6 52. Qc5 d4 53. Qxd4 Re7 54. Qf4+ Ke8 55. Qxh6
Kf7 56. Qf4+ Ke8 57. Qg5 Kf7 58. b5 Ke8 59. Qg6+ Kd7 60. b6
Be2+ 61. Kf2 Bf3 62. Qf6 Re2+ 63. Kf1 Re7 64. Qf5+ Kc6
65. Qf6+ Kd7 66. b7 Bxb7 67. Qd4+ Ke8 68. Qxg4 Kf7 69. Qf5+
Kg7 70. Qg5+ Kf7 71. Kf2 Be4 72. Ke3 Bg6+ 73. Kf4 Re4+ 74. Kf3
Re6 75. Qc5 Kg8 76. Qc8+ Re8 77. Qg4 Kf7 78. Qc4+ Kg7 79. Qc3+
Kg8 80. Kf4 Bf7 81. Kf5 Re6 82. Qc8+ Kg7 83. Qc3+ Kg8 84. Qd2
Rg6 85. Qe3 Kg7 86. Qd4+ Kg8 87. Qe5 Kh7 88. Qe7 Kg7 89. Qh4
Be6+ 90. Ke5 Bf7 91. Qd4 Kg8 92. Kf4 Kh7 93. Qd7 Kg7 94. Qe7
Re6 95. Qg5+ Rg6 96. Qe5+ Kg8 97. Kf5 Kh7 98. Qe3 Kg7 99. Qc3+
Kg8 100. Kf4 Kh7 101. Qb2 Kg8 102. Qd4 Kh7 103. Qc3 Kg8
104. Kf5 Kh7 105. Qc5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.16"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rob Bertholee"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 c6 6. f4
Bd6 7. Ne4 Bc7 8. fxe5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bc7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4
Ke7 12. Rg1 Bf5 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. Kf2 Nh6 15. e4 Rd8 16. e5 Bxf3
17. Kxf3 Rd2 18. Ne4 Rxh2 19. Rxg7 Nd7 20. Rxh7 Ng4 21. Bh3
Rg8 22. Re1 Nf8 23. Rh5 f5 24. Nd6 Nf2 25. Nxf5+ Kd8 26. Nh6
Rg7 27. Rg5 Rxg5 28. fxg5 Nxh3 29. Kg3 Nxg5 30. Rd1+ Kc7
31. Kxh2 Nf3+ 32. Kg3 Nxe5 33. Ng4 Nc4 34. b3 Nb6 35. Nf6 Ne6
36. Kg4 a5 37. Kf5 Nc5 38. Ke5 Na6 39. a4 Nb4 40. Rd2 Na6
41. Rh2 Nb4 42. Ne4 Nd7+ 43. Kd4 Kb6 44. c3 Na6 45. Rh5 Nf8
46. Nd2 Ne6+ 47. Ke5 Nac5 48. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "John Van der Wiel"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4
O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nfd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bg5
12. f4 exf4 13. O-O Nc6 14. b4 Ne7 15. Nxf4 Nf5 16. Bd3 Nxd4
17. Bb2 Nc6 18. Qh5 Bh6 19. Rf3 Qg5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rg3 f6
22. Rxg5+ fxg5 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Qe2 Bg4 25. Qd2 Kh8 26. Rf1 Bg7
27. Ne3 Be6 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Be2 Rd8 30. h3 Nc6 31. Bf3 Ne5
32. Bxb7 Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34. Bd5 Ba6 35. a4 h6 36. b5 Bc8
37. a5 Rf8 38. b6 axb6 39. axb6 Ba6 40. Bf3 Be5 41. b7 Rb8
42. Qb4 Kg7 43. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nd2 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. c3 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5
12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 g6 15. Rf1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Qc6
17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Nxe5 Qe6 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. b4 Kg7 21. bxc5
Bxc5 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Bb2 Bd6 24. g3 Be5 25. Ba3 Rfd8 26. Bb3
Qe8 27. Rae1 Rac8 28. Re3 h5 29. Bd5 b5 30. Bb4 Qd7 31. Ba5
Rf8 32. Bb4 Rfd8 33. Ba5 Rf8 34. Bb4 Rfd8 35. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. e4 h6 11. Be3 c5
12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Qxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Kb1 Nc7 16. Nf4 Qe8
17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Bc2 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 20. Qd3 f5 21. exf6
N7xf6 22. Ng6 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rf7 25. Bb3 Bc8
26. h4 Rc7 27. Nf4 Kh8 28. Re1 Nh5 29. Ka2 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Qd8
31. g4 Bb7 32. Rd1 Bd5 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. g5 Rc6 35. Ka1 Rd6
36. Qe5 Kg8 37. gxh6 Rxh6 38. Rxd5 Qxh4 39. Rd7 Qf6 40. Qd5+
Kh7 41. Rxa7 Rh2 42. Qd3+ Kh6 43. Qb3 Re2 44. Rb7 Re6 45. Ka2
g6 46. Qd1 Qe5 47. Qc1+ Qe3 48. Qh1+ Kg5 49. Rf7 Qd2 50. f4+
Kg4 51. Qg1+ Kf3 52. f5 Qd5+ 53. Ka1 Re1+ 54. Qxe1 Qxf7
55. Qc3+ Kf4 56. fxg6 Qxg6 57. Qd4+ Kf3 58. Qd5+ Kf4 59. Ka2
Qg1 60. Kb3 Qe3+ 61. Kb4 Qe1+ 62. Kb3 Qe3+ 63. Kc2 Kg4
64. Qd7+ Kh4 65. Qd3 Qc5+ 66. Kb3 Qf2 67. Qc3 Kh5 68. Ka4 Qe2
69. Qh8+ Kg6 70. Qg8+ Kh6 71. Qf8+ Kh5 72. Qf7+ Kg5 73. Qd5+
Kf6 74. Qd6+ Kf7 75. Qxb6 Qc4+ 76. Qb4 Qa6+ 77. Kb3 Qd3+
78. Ka2 Qf1 79. Qb3+ Ke7 80. Qd5 Qh3 81. a4 Qg4 82. Ka3 Qg3+
83. b3 Qc3 84. a5 Qa1+ 85. Kb4 Qe1+ 86. Kb5 Qe2+ 87. Kb6 Kf8
88. a6 1-0

[Event "Essent Open"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 b5
12. Rad1 Na5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Qf4 b4 15. d5 bxc3 16. Qh4 h5
17. dxe6 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh5 g6 20. exf7+ Rxf7
21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Rg7 25. Bg6
Qc6 26. Rd6 Qxd6 27. Qxa8+ Ke7 28. Qe4+ Kd8 29. Kh1 Rxg6
30. bxc3 Qc6 31. Re1 Re6 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Qxc6+ Rxc6 34. Rd3
Nc4 35. Kg2 Nb2 36. Rg3 Na4 37. h4 Nxc3 38. a3 Ne4 39. Rg7+
Kb6 0-1

[Event "5th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[EventDate "2001.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "G Bouroutzakis"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6
7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. O-O Nbd7
12. a5 h5 13. Re1 Bc7 14. b3 b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8
17. Qf3 Qd6 18. g3 Re8 19. Bb2 h4 20. gxh4 g6 21. Qg2 Kg7
22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bd3 Qb4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxb3 26. Rb1
Kf8 27. Bxc6 Qc2 28. Ba3+ Kg7 29. Rc1 Qa2 30. Bxd7 Qxa3
31. Rxc7 Re7 32. Qg3 Qa5 33. Bc6 Re6 34. Bf3 b5 35. Rb7 b4
36. Kg2 Rf6 37. e4 Qa3 38. e5 Rf5 39. e6 Qc3 40. exf7 Rxf7
41. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "5th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[EventDate "2001.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Romuald Mainka"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. c4 Nd7 11. Rb1 a5
12. a3 Kh8 13. Qc2 c6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 e5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qe8 20. Bxe4 Be6 21. Qc5
fxe4 22. Nd4 Bd5 23. b5 h6 24. Rfc1 Rf6 25. Ra1 Kh7 26. h3 Rd8
27. bxc6 Bxc6 28. Qe5 Qg6 29. Rc5 Rfd6 30. f5 Qg5 31. Ne6 Rd1+
32. Kh2 Qe7 33. Nxd8 Qxe5+ 34. Rxe5 Rxa1 35. Nxc6 bxc6
36. Rxe4 Rf1 37. g4 h5 38. Kg2 Re1 39. Re8 Kh6 40. Re6+ Kg5
41. Rg6+ Kh4 42. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "5th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[EventDate "2001.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "E Pezerovic"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 b6
7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nxc3 Bb7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Be3 Nc5
12. Bc2 a5 13. a3 Bc8 14. f3 Bd7 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qd2 Qe7
17. Rfc1 Ra7 18. Bb3 Rfa8 19. Rab1 h6 20. Ne2 axb4 21. axb4
Ne8 22. Nc3 Kh8 23. Rf1 g5 24. Qb2 f6 25. Ra1 Qd8 26. Kf2 Kg7
27. Ke2 Qb8 28. Kd2 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Ra7 30. Rh1 Ra8 31. h4 Qa7
32. Bc2 Qa3 33. Qxa3 Rxa3 34. g3 Ra8 35. f4 Kg6 36. Bd1 Ng7
37. Kc1 Ra1+ 38. Kb2 Ra8 39. Be2 Re8 40. f5+ Kf7 41. Ra1 Rb8
42. Ra7 Ke7 43. Bd1 Be8 44. g4 Bd7 45. h5 Ne8 46. Ka3 Kd8
47. Ba4 Bxa4 48. Kxa4 Kc8 49. Kb5 Nd8 50. Ka6 c5 51. Nb5 Rb7
52. Rxb7 Nxb7 53. Kxb6 cxb4 54. Na7+ Kb8 55. Nc6+ Kc8 56. Nxb4
Nd8 57. Na6 Nb7 58. Nb4 Nd8 59. Nc6 Nf7 60. Bd2 Nc7 61. Ba5
Kd7 62. Kb7 Ne8 63. Bb6 Ng7 64. Nb8+ Ke7 65. Kc8 Nxh5 66. gxh5
g4 67. c5 g3 68. c6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Wolfgang Pajeken"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2 f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. O-O Na6 12. a3
Nac5 13. b4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qc2 exd5
17. cxd5 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qe5 21. e3 h5
22. Qd3 h4 23. gxh4 Qf6 24. Rc2 Qxh4 25. f3 Ng5 26. Nxf5 Nxf3+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vlastimil Babula"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4
7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5
12. Qf3 c6 13. dxc6 Qxd4 14. Be2 a6 15. O-O Qc5 16. Be3 Qxc6
17. Rfd1 e5 18. b3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 c3 21. Rc5 e4
22. Qg4 Qe8 23. Bc4 Nd7 24. Qxg6 Ne5 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Bd4 Nf3+
27. gxf3 Bh6 28. Qh3 Rg8+ 29. Kh1 Rg6 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[EventDate "2001.02.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ferenc Langheinrich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Re8 12. Be3
Bf8 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. f5 Nf6 16. Bb1 Nd4 17. Nxd4
exd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6
22. Be4 Bd7 23. b3 Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rd2 e4 26. Rfd1 Rad8
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Kf2 Qa5 30. g4 h5 31. h3 Qe5
32. Kg2 Bh4 33. Bf2 Bxf2 34. Kxf2 c5 35. Qe3 h4 36. Ke1 f6
37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke2 a5 40. Kf2 Kd6 41. Ke2 Kc7
42. a4 Kb6 43. Kf2 Qd4 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. Qd2 Kd6 46. Qf4+ Kd7
47. Qe3 Ke7 48. Qd2 Kf7 49. Qe3 Qe5 50. Qd2 Qd4 51. Qe3 g5
52. Qd2 Ke7 53. Qxa5 Qd3+ 54. Ke1 Qe3+ 55. Kd1 Qxb3+ 56. Ke2
Qxc4+ 57. Ke3 Qd3+ 58. Kf2 Qf3+ 59. Ke1 Qe3+ 60. Kf1 Qxh3+
61. Ke1 Qe3+ 62. Kd1 Qd4+ 63. Ke2 Qd3+ 64. Ke1 Kd6 65. Qd8+
Ke5 66. Qc7+ Kd4 67. Qd6+ Ke3 68. Qxc5+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[EventDate "2001.02.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Kb1 Qe8
12. f3 Ba4 13. Nxa4 Nxa4 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Rc1 Nh5 16. cxd5 Nxf4
17. exf4 Nxd5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bc4 Bb4 20. Qc1 Nb6 21. a3 Bd6
22. Bb3 Qxc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen GER"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[EventDate "2001.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "S Glas"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. Bc2 Re8
12. Re1 exd4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxd8
Rxd8 17. Rxe5 fxg5 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Rxg5 Re8 20. Kf1 Rad8
21. Ra5 a6 22. Rae5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Ke2
c5 26. Ke3 h6 27. Kf4 Kf7 28. Ke5 Ke7 29. h4 Bf7 30. b3 b6
31. g4 a5 32. a4 Be6 33. Bf5 Bf7 34. f4 Bg8 35. Be4 Be6 36. f5
Bc8 37. Bc6 Ba6 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Bc8 40. Bd5 Bd7 41. f6+
gxf6+ 42. gxf6+ Kf8 43. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen GER"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[EventDate "2001.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Hei Fuchs"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4
12. Rad1 h6 13. Nd4 g5 14. Bh5 Kh8 15. c5 Ng8 16. Be2 Be5
17. Nf3 Bg7 18. h3 h5 19. Nh2 Nf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. d6 Be6
22. Rfe1 g4 23. Bf1 Nd7 24. dxc7 Qxc7 25. Rd6 a5 26. a3 axb4
27. axb4 Qd8 28. Bb5 gxh3 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. Red1 Bf6 31. Rxe6
Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 fxe6 33. Rxd7 Qg8 34. Ne4 Qg6 35. Bd3 h2
36. Nxh2 Rxh2 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kd2 Bg7 39. Kc3 Qf3 40. Kc4 Rh1
41. Ng5 Qc6 42. Rd6 Qg2 43. Nxe6 f3 44. Kb5 e4 45. Bc4 e3
46. Nd8 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen GER"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[EventDate "2001.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arkadi Naiditsch"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6
7. N1e2 Bd6 8. h4 Nf6 9. h5 Be4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qd3 Nf6
12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Qf3 h6 15. g4 Nd5 16. Bb3 b5
17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 a5 19. h6 gxh6 20. Bxh6 a4 21. Bxd5 cxd5
22. Bg5 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rc8 24. c3 a3 25. b3 b4 26. Kb1 bxc3
27. Kc2 Nf8 28. Rh8 Be7 29. Bh6 Qb6 30. Bg7 e5 31. Bxe5 Qg6+
32. Kc1 c2 33. Bf4 Qa6 34. Ng3 Bf6 35. Qe3+ Kd7 36. Rh5 Qe6
37. Be5 Be7 38. Nf5 Ng6 39. Nxe7 Nxe7 40. Qd3 Ng6 41. Qb5+ Qc6
42. Qxc6+ Rxc6 43. Bg3 Ke6 44. Rh1 Ne7 45. Re1+ Kd7 46. Bf4 f6
47. Re3 Ng6 48. Bb8 Nf8 49. Rd3 Ne6 50. Ba7 Kc7 51. b4 Rc4
52. Bc5 Nxc5 53. bxc5 Kc6 54. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen GER"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[EventDate "2001.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ivan Farago"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bd2 Nbd7
12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. Bc1 b5 15. Rfe1 Ba6 16. Nb1 Qb6
17. Nd2 b4 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. exf4 c5 21. Bh3 Rc7
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Nf6
26. axb4 axb4 27. Kg2 h6 28. Qd1 Rc8 29. h3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen GER"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[EventDate "2001.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Szendro Horvath"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Ng3 cxd4
12. cxd4 e5 13. O-O Re8 14. f4 exd4 15. Bb2 Qc5 16. Qf2 Ng4
17. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. h3 Rd8 21. Be2
Nh6 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. Rd5 b6 24. Rxc5 Bb7 25. Rc7 Bxe4 26. Nxe4
Rxe4 27. Bf3 Rxf4 28. c5 Ra4 29. c6 Rf8 30. Rc1 Nf5 31. Rd7
Rd4 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. c7 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen GER"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[EventDate "2001.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mathias Roeder"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 c6 10. Be3 a5 11. a3 Ng4 12. Bg5
cxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qb5 axb4 16. axb4 f5
17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 Ra2 21. Qxd6
Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bf8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Bxb4 25. Nb3 Nf6
26. exf5 gxf5 27. f3 Nd7 28. Kf2 Nc5 29. Na1 Bc3 30. Nc2 Kg7
31. g3 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ba5 33. f4 exf4+ 34. Kxf4 Ne6+ 35. Kf3 Bb6
36. Bf1 Nd4+ 37. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "German Team Cup"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Karsten Volke"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8
7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Be2 dxc4
12. O-O Ne5 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf8 15. Bc3 Nd3 16. Bxd3
cxd3 17. f4 f5 18. Nf2 b6 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 Bb7 21. Kf2
Rac8 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. Bd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8
26. Be5 Ba6 27. Ke2 Bb7 28. g3 Be7 29. Bb8 a6 30. Bc7 b5
31. Kd2 h6 32. Kc3 g5 33. Kd4 g4 34. Ba5 Bd5 35. Bb4 Bd8
36. Ke5 Bc4 37. Nc5 a5 38. Bc3 Kf7 39. Nb7 Bc7+ 40. Kd4 Bb6+
41. Ke5 Bc7+ 42. Kd4 Bb6+ 43. Ke5 Bc7+ 44. Kd4 Bb6+ 45. Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "German Team Cup"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Ne5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Be3
O-O 13. Bb6 Qe8 14. Nc3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 e5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. f4
exf4 18. Rxf4 Nd7 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Rff1 Qd8 21. d4 f6 22. Qe1
Bf7 23. Qg3 Re8 24. h3 b5 25. Bf4 Qc7 26. Rfc1 Qa7 27. Be3 Qb7
28. d5 Ne5 29. Bd4 b4 30. Na4 Qb5 31. Nb6 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Qxa5
33. Nc8 Bf8 34. Na7 b3 35. Qe3 f5 36. Nc6 Qb5 37. Rc3 Bg7
38. Rxb3 Qa4 39. Bxe5 dxe5 40. Rb7 fxe4 41. Kh2 Bxd5 42. Ne7+
Rxe7 43. Rxe7 Qd4 44. Nf1 Bc4 45. Rc7 Qxe3 46. Nxe3 Bb5
47. Kg3 h5 48. Nd5 e3 49. Nxe3 e4 50. Kf4 Bxb2 51. Nd5 Bd3
52. Kg5 a5 53. Rb7 Bd4 54. Nf6+ Bxf6+ 55. Kxf6 e3 56. Rb8+ Kh7
57. Rb7+ Kg8 58. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Bea Buehler"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Rb1 c6 10. Ng3 a5 11. Be2 axb4 12. axb4
bxc5 13. dxc5 Ba6 14. O-O Bxe2 15. Ncxe2 Ne8 16. e4 Nc7
17. Qc2 Nb5 18. Rb3 Nd7 19. f4 dxe4 20. f5 e5 21. Bb2 Qc7
22. Qxe4 Rfe8 23. Nh5 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Ng3 Rad8 26. Nh5
Rd5 27. Rg3 Kf8 28. Rxg7 Bxg7 29. f6 Re6 30. Qxh7 Bxf6
31. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Claude Landenbergue"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 Bd7
12. Nb5 Qb8 13. a3 Nd5 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Bc2 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Qd8 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Rb1 b6 20. c4 g6 21. Ne5 Rc8
22. Qd3 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Bc6 25. Rbe1 Qd6 26. Qe3
Rcd8 27. Be4 Ba4 28. c5 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. cxb6 axb6
31. Bf3 Rc8 32. h3 Rc3 33. R5e3 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Kf8 35. Rc3 Ke7
36. Rc7+ Rd7 37. Rc4 Bd1 38. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kh2 Kd6 40. a4 Rd5
41. Rb4 Kc5 42. Rb5+ Kc6 43. Rb4 e5 44. Rc4+ Kb7 45. Rb4 Rd4
46. Rb5 Rxa4 47. Rxe5 Ra7 48. f4 Kc6 49. Kg3 b5 50. Kf3 b4
51. Ke3 b3 52. Kd3 Rb7 53. Re1 b2 54. Rb1 Kd5 0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Korotylev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 h6 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. h3
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. Ne5 c5 19. Qg4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4
21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd7 Qc8 24. Red1 Bf6 25. R1d6
Qc5 26. Nd3 Qa3 27. c5 Be4 0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grzegorz Lukasiewicz"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. e4 d5
7. Bxf6 exf6 8. exd5 Ne7 9. Bc4 Nxd5 10. O-O Nf4 11. Qe1 h5
12. Ne4 Bh6 13. a4 Kg7 14. a5 g5 15. Nfd2 h4 16. f3 g4
17. fxg4 h3 18. gxh3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.24"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 c5 10. d5 Na6 11. Be2 Rb8
12. O-O Qa5 13. Qd1 Nc7 14. a4 Ne8 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Nd2 Bxe2
17. Qxe2 Nd6 18. f4 Re8 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. e5 f6 21. exd6 exd6
22. Qf3 fxg5 23. Nc4 Qb4 24. Nxd6 Re7 25. Nde4 Bxc3 26. Nxc3
Qxf4 27. Qd1 Qd4 28. Qb3 c4 29. Qa3 Qc5 30. b4 Qd6 31. Rad1
Re3 32. Qc1 Rbe8 33. Nb5 Qxb4 34. Nc7 R8e5 35. Ne6 Qc3 36. Qb1
Qb3 37. Qc1 c3 38. Nd4 Qb2 39. d6 Qxc1 40. Rxc1 a6 41. h3 Rd5
42. Nc2 Re4 43. Rb1 b6 44. Rb3 Rxd6 45. Rxc3 Rxa4 46. Ne3 Rf4
47. Ra1 b5 48. Rc7 Rf7 49. Nc2 Rf4 50. Ne3 h5 51. Ra7 Re4
52. Nc2 Nc5 53. Rc7 Nd3 54. Ra7 Re2 55. Rc7 b4 56. Nd4 Re1+
57. Rxe1 Nxe1 58. Nb3 Nd3 59. Kg1 h4 60. Rb7 Kf8 61. Nd2 Nc5
62. Rb8+ Ke7 63. Nf3 b3 64. Kh2 Kd7 65. Rb4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Thorsten Heedt"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Nxc3
12. Bxd8 Nxd1 13. Be7 Nxb2 14. Bxf8 Nxd3 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. Rfb1
Ba6 17. Rb3 Bc4 18. Rd1 Nb4 19. Rb2 Nxa2 20. Rdd2 1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. Bd2 h6
12. Be1 Bf8 13. Qd2 c5 14. f3 Nc7 15. Bf2 b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7
17. g4 g6 18. b3 Ne6 19. h3 Bg7 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. a4 Ba6
22. Bg3 Bf8 23. Be5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 cxd4 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nxd5
Qh4 27. Kh1 dxe3 28. Qxe3 Nc7 0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicola Ambrosini"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7
7. O-O d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Ne1 Nc6 10. Qg4 g5 11. Nc2 h5 12. Qg3
h4 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Kh1 h3 15. f4 hxg2+ 16. Kxg2 O-O-O 17. Nd2
cxd4 18. cxd4 gxf4 19. Qxf4 Ndxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Rh4
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Castrop Rauxel GER"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[EventDate "2001.02.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Florian Handke"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne8
12. Kg2 c6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Qd7 16. Nf4 c5
17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Rc1 Rae8 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Na4
c4 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Be3 Qe6 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Qd6 Nxe5 26. Rhd1
Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. a4 Rfe8 29. Bd4 h5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rc6
Ree8 32. Rxc4 Nd5 33. Nd3 Rcd8 34. Nf4 Nxf4+ 35. Rxf4 Re7
36. a5 g6 37. Rfc4 Rd5 38. a6 Ra5 39. Rb4 Kg7 40. Rb3 Ra2
41. Rf3 Ra1 42. Rf4 Ra2 43. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Castrop Rauxel GER"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[EventDate "2001.02.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Rogers"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. e5 Qd8
7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. b4 Be7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qe2 a5 12. O-O
O-O 13. Nbd2 b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. c4 dxc4
17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb7 19. Nd4 Ra7 20. b5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5
Qxb5 22. Rg4 Qd5 23. Qe3 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. h4
Kh8 27. Bc2 Qh5 28. Rxd7 Qxg4 29. Qd3 Qf5 30. Qd6 Be5 31. Bxf5
Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxf5 33. Rxe6 Rf4 34. g3 Ra4 35. Re2 h5 36. Kf1
Kh7 37. Ke1 Kg6 38. Kd1 Kf5 39. Rc2 g6 40. Kc1 Ra3 41. Kb2 Rf3
42. Rc5+ Ke4 43. Rxa5 Rxf2+ 44. Kb1 Rf1+ 45. Kc2 Rf2+ 46. Kb1
Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2001.04.07"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guido Goessling"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bd2
O-O 13. Rae1 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Be4
Bb7 18. Qh5 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qe5 Bd6
22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rh4 Nxc2 24. Kh1 Rab8 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4
Bxh2 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28. Rdxf4 Rfe8 29. Qxa6 Nh5 0-1

[Event "7th Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2001.04.07"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Gediminas Sarakauskas"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Be3 g6
7. Nd2 Bf5 8. f3 h5 9. Bf2 g5 10. e4 Bg6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Be3
Nh7 13. h4 gxh4 14. f4 e6 15. e5 Nb6 16. Nf3 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5
18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Nxh4 Be4 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3
Nf8 23. Bd2 Ng6 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Rdh3 c5 26. dxc5 Rc8 27. Rxh5
Rxc5+ 28. Kd1 Rxh5 29. Rxh5 Rc4 30. g3 Bc5 31. a3 Re4 32. Rh7
Bf8 33. Bb4 Rc4 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nh6 Rc7 36. e6 1-0

[Event "7th Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastian Siebrecht"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. c3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Nd2 O-O
12. c4 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb3 Rad8 15. Qxd5 Rxd5 16. Bc4
Rd6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Be3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. Rac1
Rdc6 22. Bb3 Ng4 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Bh4 Bxf2 25. Bxf2 Nxf2+
26. Kg1 Ng4 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rb8 Rc7
31. g4 h5 32. g5 Ne4 33. h4 Nd6 34. Rh8 Nxf5 35. Rxh5 Rc1+
36. Kf2 e4 37. Rh8 e3+ 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 Nd4
0-1

[Event "7th Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mihail Kopylov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2
Ra7 13. O-O Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Re1 Bc8 16. h3 g5 17. Nf3
Nbxd5 18. Nxg5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rbxb7 21. Qd3 h6
22. Bxf6 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rxa2 24. h4 Qc8 25. Qf3 Raa7 26. Rbd1
Rb4 27. Rd3 Qb7 28. e4 Qd7 29. e5 Qe6 30. Bd2 Rd4 31. Rxd4
cxd4 32. exd6 Qxd6 33. h5 Ra2 34. Qd3 e5 35. b4 Qc6 36. h6 e4
37. Qxe4 Qxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxd2 39. Rg4 d3 40. Kg2 Rd1 41. Rxg7+
Kf8 42. Rg5 d2 43. h7 Rg1+ 44. Kxg1 d1=Q+ 45. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Baklan"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7
17. h5 Qd5 18. f3 Bg5 19. Qxd5+ exd5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Kf2
Rae8 22. g4 Re6 23. Rae1 f6 24. f4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rh1
Re4 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. Kf3 Re6 29. Rh2 a5 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Kxe2
b5 32. Kd3 Kc7 33. Kc2 Kb6 34. Kb3 Ka6 35. a4 Kb6 36. Ka3 Ka6
37. b4 Kb6 38. Kb3 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav V Zakharstov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Ne5
Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Bf4 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O c5 11. Bc4 Qxd4
12. Qxd4 cxd4 13. Rfe1 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nc6 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Bb3
Rfd8 17. f3 Rac8 18. Rd2 g5 19. Ba4 f6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Bxd4
e5 22. Be3 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Rxc2 24. Bc3 Kf7 25. Rd1 h6 26. Rd2
Rc1+ 27. Kf2 g4 28. Kg3 Rf1 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Rd8 Bf5 31. Rd2
Be4 32. a3 Ke6 33. Re2 Bc6 34. Kh4 Rf4+ 35. Kh5 Be8+ 36. Kxh6
Rh4+ 37. Kg7 Rg4+ 38. Kh6 Rg6+ 39. Kh7 Kf7 40. Rf2 Bc6 41. Rd2
Be4 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Rg7 Rxg2+ 44. Kg8 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergei Beshukov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Rac1 h6 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 Qb8 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. e4 dxe4
17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Bc4 N7f6 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Ne5 Qa8 21. Qb3 a5
22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Nf5 Qd2 24. Ne3 Qa5 25. h3 Re6 26. Red1 g6
27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Be2 Bg7 29. Bg4 f5 30. Bf3 Kh7 31. Rc4 Qa8
32. h4 c5 33. h5 cxd4 34. hxg6+ Kg8 35. Nd3 Rxg6 36. Rc7 Kh8
37. Rxb7 Qxb7 38. Nf4 Rgd6 39. Bxd4 Nxf4 40. Bxb7 Ne2+ 41. Kf1
Nxd4 42. Qb4 Re6 43. g3 Kh7 44. Qb1 Kh8 45. a4 Red6 46. Rd2
Bf6 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Rb2 f4 49. Rxb6 fxg3 50. Rxd6 Rxd6 51. a5
Ne6 52. a6 Bd4 53. fxg3 Ba7 54. Qb2+ Bd4 55. Qa3 Bc5 56. Qa5
Rb6 57. Bc8 Rb2+ 58. Kf1 Rb1+ 59. Ke2 Nd4+ 60. Kd3 Nb5 61. Bd7
Na7 62. Qc3+ Kf7 63. Kc2 1-0

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Konstantin Chernyshov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. fxe5 Nxe5
7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. d4 Bg7 9. c4 dxc4 10. b3 Nh6 11. Ba3 Qg5
12. Rf4 Nf5 13. h4 Nxh4 14. Qf1 Nf5 15. Qf3 c6 16. Nd2 Kd8
17. Ne4 Qh6 18. g4 Nxd4 19. Rd1 f5 20. g5 Qh5 21. Qg2 1-0

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bb2 Rc8
12. Rfd1 c6 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Nh4 Bb4 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. e3 g6
17. Nh4 Qe7 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. a3 Bd6 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd2 Nf6
22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Bxa3 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25. c5 Nd5 26. Ra1
Qc3 27. Bxe4 bxc5 28. dxc5 Qxc2 29. Bxc2 Rc7 30. Rd4 Rb8
31. Be4 Nc3 32. Bd3 Re8 33. Rc4 Nd5 34. Ra5 Nf6 35. Rca4 Ree7
36. Be2 Ne4 37. Bd3 Ng5 38. Kg2 Red7 39. Bc4 Re7 40. h4 Ne4
41. Bd3 Nf6 42. Be2 Ne4 43. Bf3 Nd2 44. Bd1 Ne4 45. Bc2 Nf6
46. Ra2 h5 47. Bd1 Red7 48. Bf3 Nd5 49. R2a4 Kg7 50. Rd4 Ne7
51. Rd6 Nd5 52. e4 Nb4 53. Be2 Re7 54. f3 f5 55. Rd4 Nd5
56. Bd3 fxe4 57. Bxe4 Nf6 58. Bd3 Rcd7 59. Rd6 Nd5 60. Rxg6+
Kf7 61. Rd6 Rxd6 62. cxd6 Rd7 63. Kf2 Kf6 64. Be4 Ke5 65. Bg6
1-0

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Kharlov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3 Bf8 9. Ng3 d5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a4 Bd6 12. e4
g6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Re1 d4 15. Bc1 Nf8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rf1 f6
18. Nb1 h5 19. h4 Re7 20. Bd2 Rh7 21. Na3 Qe7 22. Qc1 Nd7
23. Ne2 Rf7 24. f3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.05.06"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Qb3 c5 11. Rad1 Nc6
12. Ng5 Na5 13. Qa4 cxd4 14. Nxe6 Qc8 15. Nxd4 Nxc4 16. Qc2
Nd6 17. Rc1 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bf3 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Bc5
21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Ne6 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Bd6 24. Nc7 Rab8 25. Nb5
Bf8 26. Rc7 Bc5 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. b4 Bf8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8
30. Kf2 Bd7 31. Nd4 Kf7 32. Ke2 b5 33. Be1 h6 34. a3 g5
35. fxg5 hxg5 36. h4 Bd6 37. hxg5 Kg6 38. Bh4 f4 39. exf4 Bxf4
40. Nc2 Bg4+ 41. Ke1 e3 42. g3 Be5 43. Nxe3 Bc3+ 44. Kf1 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 c5 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. e5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6
17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5
c4 22. Qd6 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Rc5 24. Rd5 Qf5 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Kg2
Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Qf5 28. Kg2 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Pavel Smirnov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5
12. Re1 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Qd2
Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Be6
21. Ng5 Qa8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxa4 25. h3 Rc8
26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Rd2 Rc4 28. Qd1 Bf8 29. Rd7 Rc7 30. Rd8 Rc8
31. Rd7 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qb3 Qc6 34. Rd1 Rb4 35. Qa2 Rb8
36. Qa5 Bg7 37. Rc1 Qd5 38. Qa4 Ra8 39. Qg4 e4 40. Rc5 Qd6
41. g3 Re8 42. Qxe4 Qe7 43. Ra5 Qf7 44. h4 h6 45. Kg2 Rb8
46. Kh2 Re8 47. Kh3 Rd8 48. g4 e5 49. Ra6 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5
51. Rg6 Qd5 52. Qxd5+ Rxd5 53. Rxg5 Kf7 54. Rh5 Rd3 55. Kg3
Rc3 56. Kf3 Ke6 57. Rh7 Kf6 58. Rh1 Rc6 59. Rb1 Ke6 60. Rb7
Kf6 61. Rb4 Ra6 62. Ke4 Rc6 63. Rb6 Rxb6 64. Bxb6 Ke6 65. Bd8
Bf8 66. g5 Ba3 67. g6 Bf8 68. Bg5 Bg7 69. Bh4 Bh6 70. f3 Bf8
71. Bd8 Bh6 72. Bh4 Bf8 73. f4 exf4 74. Kxf4 Bg7 75. Kg5 Ke7
76. Kf5+ Kf8 77. Bf6 Kg8 78. Bxg7 Kxg7 79. Kg5 Kg8 80. Kh6 Kh8
81. g7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Burmakin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aosta Valley"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2001.02.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Lexy Ortega"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5
7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Bd3 Nf6
12. Ne4 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5
Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Rfd1 Qd6 20. Bb5 Ra7 21. Rac1
Bd7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. d6 Rb8 24. Qc5 b3 25. Qxe5 a4 26. Qg3+
Kh8 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhong Zhang"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h4 f6
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nh5 15. Nxg6 Nxf4 16. Nxf4
Rxf4 17. gxf4 Bd7 18. c3 Nf5 19. Nf3 Kh8 20. Re1 Qg8 21. Kh2
Rf8 22. Bh3 Qf7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qf3 Nxh4 26. Qg3
Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qe7 29. Bg4 Rg8 30. Rh1 Rg6 31. Qf4
Kg7 32. f3 Bb5 33. d4 Bd3 34. Kf2 c4 35. Bh5 Rg5 36. Qh4 Kf8
37. f4 Rg8 38. Qxe7+ Kxe7 39. Bf3 Rg6 40. Bh5 Rg8 41. Bf3 Rg6
42. b3 b5 43. b4 Bf5 44. a3 Bd3 45. Ra1 Bc2 46. Ra2 Ba4
47. Rd2 a6 48. f5 exf5 49. Bxd5 h5 50. Bf3 h4 51. Ke3 Rg1
52. d5 Rc1 53. d6+ Kd8 54. e6 Rxc3+ 55. Kf4 Rxf3+ 56. Kxf3 c3
57. e7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Aosta Valley"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2001.02.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Miso Cebalo"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 c5 6. a3 Ba5
7. Rb1 Na6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. Bd3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd4
12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 14. f3 Nc7 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. O-O h6
17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rbd1 Nfe8 19. Kh1 f5 20. Ng3 b5 21. Nh5 a6
22. a4 Bc6 23. Nf4 Rf6 24. axb5 axb5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qd7
27. Nd3 Bd5 28. Ne5 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qd5 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. dxc5
Nd5 32. c6 Nd6 33. Rc1 f4 34. Rfe1 Rf5 35. Kg1 Nf7 36. Nd3 Nd8
37. c7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Nxc7 39. Bxf4 Rd5 40. Ne5 Nb5 41. h4 Nd4
42. Kf2 Rc5 43. Rd1 N8c6 44. Nxc6 Nxc6 45. Rd7 Ne5 46. Rd8+
Kf7 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Ra8 Rd5 49. Ra7+ Nd7 50. Bc1 Kf7 51. Bb2
h5 52. Kh3 g6 53. Bc1 e5 54. Bg5 Rd3 55. Kh2 Rd4 56. Kg3 Ke6
57. Ra6+ Rd6 58. Ra8 Kf7 59. Rd8 Rd4 60. Kf2 Nf8 61. Ra8 Rd7
62. Ra5 Ke6 63. Ke2 Nh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aosta Valley"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2001.02.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Paolo Vezzosi"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 b6 6. a3 Ba5
7. Rb1 Na6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. Bd3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd4
12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 14. f3 e5 15. Bg5 exd4 16. Bxf6
Qe6+ 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Bxd4 Nd3+
21. Kd2 Ba6 22. Ne4 e5 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Bg5 Rd5 25. Ke3 Ra5
26. Rbd1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4+ 28. Kxf4 Rxa3 29. Rd7 Rf8+ 30. Kg3
Bc8 31. Rc7 Bf5 32. Re1 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rf6 34. h4 Ra5 35. Ree7
Rg6+ 36. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Giovanni Vescovi"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Ngf6 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Nc3
Nfg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd7
17. Rad1 Qc7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rd8 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. Qf4 Rf8
22. Ne4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. h3 a5
27. Kh1 Qg3 28. c5 Qc7 29. Nd4 Qxc5 30. Qxb7 Qd5 31. Qc8+ Kf7
32. Qc2 Bd6 33. Nf3 Rxf3 34. gxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kh2
Bd6+ 37. Kg1 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Petr Haba"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Be3
Bc5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.e5 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Qc7 12.Bf3 Rb8
13.Qd6 Qxd6 14.exd6 f5 15.e4 Nh6 16.O-O-O O-O 17.b4 Bb7
18.Rhe1 Rfc8 19.Rd3 g6 20.Kb2 Rc4 21.Kb3 Nf7 22.e5 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Rh4 24.Re2 Nd8 25.Nb1 Nc6 26.c3 f4 27.Nd2 Rh5 28.Rd4
Rf8 29.Ne4 Rxe5 30.Rdd2 Rff5 31.a3 Kf7 32.c4 bxc4+ 33.Kxc4 g5
34.Rg2 h6 35.h4 Rd5 36.Kc3 Rxd2 37.Nxd2 gxh4 38.Rg4 Ne5
39.Rxh4 h5 40.Rh3 Ng6 41.a4 h4 42.Ne4 Rh5 43.a5 Rd5 44.Rh1 Kg7
45.Rg1 Kh6 46.Rh1 Kg7 47.Rg1 Kh6 48.Rh1 Kg7 49.Rg1 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zoltan Varga"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nf6 11.O-O-O e5 12.Bc4 O-O 13.h4
Ng4 14.Bd2 Bxh4 15.g3 Bg5 16.f3 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Nf6 18.g4 Be6
19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Rae8 22.Nc5 Nd4 23.Nd7 Nxd7
24.Rxd7 h5 25.gxh5 g5 26.Rxb7 Nxf3 27.Ne2 Kh8 28.Rd1 g4
29.Rdd7 Ng5 30.Ng3 Rf3 31.Rg7 Rg8 32.h6 Rxg3 33.Rxg8+ Kxg8
34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.Rxg5 Kh7 36.Rxe5 Rg2 37.a4 Rf2 38.b4 Kxh6
39.Rxe6+ Kg7 40.Rd6 g3 41.Rd3 g2 42.Rg3+ Kf6 43.Kb2 Ke5 44.Rg4
Kd4 45.a5 Ke3 46.b5 axb5 47.Ka3 Kf3 48.Rg8 Rf1 49.Kb4 g1=Q
50.Rxg1 Rxg1 51.Kxb5 Kxe4 52.a6 Kd5 53.a7 Ra1 54.Kb6 Kd6
55.Kb7 Rb1+ 56.Kc8 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Apeldoorn op"]
[Site "Apeldoorn"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Merijn Van Delft"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.c4 Nf6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nc3 d6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Rac1
b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Bb1 Rc8 16.Bf4 Bf8 17.Rd2 Nh5 18.Be3 Ne5
19.c5 bxc5 20.Nxc5 Ba8 21.Rcd1 Qh4 22.g3 Qh3 23.Nxa6 d5 24.Bd4
Nf4 25.Bxe5 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marc Dutreeuw"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qg3 d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.c3 Ngf6 11.Rd1 Nh5 12.Qh3 e5 13.Bf1
O-O 14.Bh6 Ng7 15.N1d2 Nf6 16.Qd3 Ng4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nc4 f5
19.f3 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Rf4 21.Qc2 Rxc4 22.fxg4 Rxg4 23.g3 h5
24.Bh3 Rg5 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Rf1 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Qc6+ 28.Qg2 h4
29.Qxc6 bxc6 30.gxh4 Rg4 31.Rg1 Rxh4 32.Rg2 d5 33.Rag1 g5
34.Rg4 Rch8 35.R1g2 Kf7 36.c4 Bf6 37.Na5 d4 38.Nxc6 e4 39.Nxd4
Bxd4 40.Rxg5 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 5th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2001.10.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janusch Koscielski"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Bd2 b6 12.f4 Ngf6 13.Rae1
O-O 14.e5 Nh5 15.Rf3 Ng7 16.Rh3 Ra7 17.Kh1 f5 18.Nd4 Nc5
19.Nf3 Bb7 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Ne5 Raa8 22.Bc1 Rad8 23.b3 Bf6
24.Bb2 Qd4 25.Rf1 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Nh5 27.Re3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga "]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[EventDate "2001"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Kempinski"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "358"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.b4 b6 6.Bb2 d6 7.Be2 c5
8.b5 Bb7 9.O-O e6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.a4 a5 12.bxa6 Rxa6 13.Qc2
Ra8 14.Rfc1 Re8 15.Ne1 cxd4 16.exd4 e5 17.d5 Nc5 18.Nd3 Nxd3
19.Bxd3 Rc8 20.Qb1 Ba6 21.Bf1 Bh6 22.Bc3 Rc5 23.Qb2 Bc8 24.Re1
Bf5 25.a5 bxa5 26.Nb3 Rc8 27.Nxa5 Bd7 28.Bb4 Bf8 29.Qa3 Ra8
30.Qc3 Qb6 31.g3 Reb8 32.Reb1 Qc7 33.Qe1 Bf5 34.Rb2 Bd7 35.h3
Rb6 36.Bc3 Rxb2 37.Bxb2 h5 38.Bg2 Qc5 39.Bc3 Rb8 40.Rb1 Rxb1
41.Qxb1 Bf5 42.Qb4 Qc8 43.h4 Be4 44.Bd2 Qg4 45.Qb3 Qe2 46.Qe3
Qd1+ 47.Qe1 Qc2 48.f3 Bd3 49.Qc1 Qa2 50.Qc3 e4 51.Nb3 Bg7
52.fxe4 Qb1+ 53.Nc1 Nxe4 54.Qxd3 Qxd3 55.Nxd3 Nxd2 56.c5 Bd4+
57.Kh2 Bxc5 58.Kh3 Be3 59.g4 hxg4+ 60.Kxg4 Kg7 61.Kg3 Kh6
62.Bh3 f5 63.Bg2 Bd4 64.Kh3 Kg7 65.Ne1 Bf2 66.Nf3 Nc4 67.Ng5
Kf6 68.Nh7+ Kg7 69.Ng5 Ne5 70.Bf1 Be3 71.Ne6+ Kf6 72.Be2 Bf2
73.Ng5 Be3 74.Ne6 Bh6 75.Nd4 Bc1 76.Kg3 Bd2 77.Kh3 Be3 78.Nc6
Nd7 79.Bf3 Bf2 80.Nd8 Nc5 81.Bg2 Be1 82.Bf3 Ba5 83.Nc6 Bb6
84.Kg3 Nb3 85.Bg2 Nd2 86.Bh1 Nf1+ 87.Kh3 Bc5 88.Bf3 Nd2 89.Bg2
Bf2 90.Nd8 Nc4 91.Nc6 Ne3 92.Bf3 Be1 93.Bh1 Nd1 94.Bf3 Nf2+
95.Kg2 Nd3 96.h5 g5 97.Bd1 Nf4+ 98.Kf1 Bc3 99.h6 Nxd5 100.Bb3
Ne3+ 101.Ke2 f4 102.Kd3 Bb2 103.h7 Kg7 104.Bg8 Bf6 105.Ke4 d5+
106.Kf3 Kh8 107.Nb4 d4 108.Nd3 Nf5 109.Ke4 Ne7 110.Bc4 Kxh7
111.Nxf4 gxf4 112.Kxf4 Kg7 113.Kg4 Nc6 114.Kf5 Bh4 115.Ke4 Bf2
116.Bb5 Nb4 117.Bc4 Kf6 118.Be2 Ke6 119.Bc4+ Kd6 120.Be2 Kc5
121.Bf1 Nc6 122.Be2 Kb4 123.Bf1 Kc3 124.Bb5 Nb4 125.Bf1 d3
126.Bxd3 Nxd3 127.Kf3 Bc5 128.Ke4 Kc4 129.Kf5 Kd5 130.Kf6 Bd6
131.Kf7 Ne5+ 132.Ke8 Ke6 133.Kd8 Nf7+ 134.Kc8 Kd5 135.Kb7 Kc5
136.Ka6 Bc7 137.Kb7 Kd6 138.Ka6 Kc6 139.Ka7 Nd6 140.Ka8 Bd8{?}
{140...Nc4 141.Ka7 Nb6 142.Ka6 Bb8 is the standard win.}
141.Ka7 Kb5 142.Kb8 Kb6 143.Ka8 Nb7 144.Kb8 Bc7+ 145.Ka8 Kc6
146.Ka7 Nc5 147.Ka8 Nd7 148.Ka7 Nb6 149.Ka6 Bb8{!} {Reaching
the same position Black could have forced earlier (see
previous note).} 150.Ka5 Kc5{?} {150...Nd5 is the standard
win.} 151.Ka6 Bd6{?} 152.Kb7 Kb5 153.Ka7 Kc6 154.Ka6 Bb8{!}
{Reaching the same position as after Black's 149th move.}
155.Ka5 Nd5{!} {Belatedly finding the winning move he missed
five moves ago.} 156.Ka6 {Objectively best was 151.Ka4.}
Bc7{?} {Missing the standard 156...Nb4+.} 157.Ka7 Bb6+ 158.Kb8
Bc5 159.Ka8 Nc7+ 160.Kb8 Nb5 161.Ka8 Kb6 162.Kb8 Na7 163.Ka8
Ka6 164.Kb8 Bb6 165.Ka8 Nb5 166.Kb8 Nd6 167.Ka8 Kb5 168.Kb8
Kc6 169.Ka8 Bc7 170.Ka7 Nb7 171.Ka8 Nc5 172.Ka7 Bb6+ 173.Ka8
Bc7 174.Ka7 Nd7 175.Ka8 Bd6 176.Ka7 Nb6 177.Ka6 Bb8 178.Ka5
Bc7 179.Ka6 Nc8 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.11"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hidalgo Paniagua,F"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 f5 16. Qg5 Bb7
17. Rfe1 Rf6 18. Qh5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "M Carrabeo-Garcia"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. e5 dxe5
12. fxe5 a6 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Ba4 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bf4 Re8
17. Qf3 Qf6 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Qf2 b5 20. Ne4 Qg7 21. Nd6 Rf8
22. Nxc8 bxa4 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. Nxa4 Nbd7 25. b4 Rb7 26. bxc5
Rb4 27. Nb6 Nxb6 28. cxb6 Rb2 29. Qe3 Nc4 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. d6
Nxb6 32. Qxc8+ Nxc8 33. d7 1-0

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Fernandez-Romero"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Bd2 Ne5 12. Nd4
Qc7 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Kh1 Re8 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb7 17. b3
Rad8 18. Qh3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Be3
Bf8 23. Qg3 Rd5 24. Qf2 Qd7 25. Rc1 a5 26. Ne2 Ba6 27. Rg1 Ba3
28. Nc3 Rd3 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Nb1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxe3 32. Nxa3
Re2 33. Qc1 h5 34. Nc4 h4 35. h3 e3 36. Nd6 Bb7 37. f5 Bd5
38. Qd1 Rd2 39. Qg4 Rxa2 40. Qxh4 Rf2 41. Qg3 Qc6 42. Qg5 Qa8
43. Kh2 e2 44. Qe3 Rxg2+ 45. Rxg2 Bxg2 46. Qxe2 Bd5 47. Nc4
Qb8 48. Nd6 Qc7 49. Qd3 Qc5 50. Ne4 Qc6 51. Nf2 b5 52. Ng4 a4
53. bxa4 bxa4 54. f6 Qc4 55. Qd2 Qa2 0-1

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.14"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mark Paragua"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5
12. Re1 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Qd2
Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Be6
21. Ng5 Qa8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a4 e4 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bb6 Rxa4
26. Qxd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Rf5 28. Rdd1 Bc3 29. Rf1 Ra2 30. Be3
Re2 31. g3 h5 32. Rc1 Bf6 33. Rfd1 Bg5 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+
Kf6 36. Rc6+ Ke5 37. Bxg5 Rfxf2 38. Be3 Rxh2 39. Rxg6 Reg2+
40. Kf1 h4 41. Rdd6 1-0

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Davorin Komljenovic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Bf4 Na6 10. h3 h6 11. e4 c5 12. d5 e6
13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qc1 g5 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. h4 Nb4
18. hxg5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Nc2 20. Qc1 Nxa1 21. gxh6 Bxc3 22. Qxc3
f6 23. Rxa1 Rad8 24. e5 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Bogdan Lalic"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6
12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rad1 Rc7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 g6
17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rc1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "E Rodriguez-Guerrero"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Bxf3 6. exf3
Nbd7 7. f4 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qc2 dxc4
12. dxc4 Rad8 13. Nd2 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf3 Nfd7 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Rfe1 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qa5 20. Red1 Qb4
21. h4 h5 22. f4 Rfe8 23. f5 Kh7 24. Qf2 Nd3 25. fxg6+ Kxg6
26. Qc2 Re3 27. Rxd3 Rdxd3 28. Be4+ Rxe4 29. Qxd3 Qc5+ 30. Kg2
Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. Ke3 Rc2 34. Kf4 a5 35. Kf3
f6 36. Kf4 a4 37. g4 a3 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Kf5 Rf2+ 40. Ke6 f5
41. Kd6 f4 42. Ke5 Kxh4 43. Rg1 Kh3 44. Rg7 Kh2 45. Rxb7 Kg3
46. Rg7+ Kf3 47. Rf7 Ke3 48. b4 f3 49. Kf5 Rxa2 50. Kg4 Rg2+
51. Kh3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "C Matamoros-Franco"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4
Nfd7 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bf1 Qa5 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Bf4
e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rc1 Rae8 20. b3 e5 21. Bd2 Bd3 22. Nd5
Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd3 24. Nc3 Qxf3 25. Be3 Qf5 26. Qxd6 Nf6
27. Qd3 Rc8 28. Rd1 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 c4 30. bxc4 h6 31. Bb6 Kh7
32. a4 Ra8 33. a5 Qg4 34. Re1 Rf3 35. Qd5 Raf8 36. a6 Ra3
37. a7 Ra2 38. Bc5 Rc8 39. Qb7 Re8 1-0

[Event "XXVII Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[EventDate "2002.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Roberto Cifuentes-Parada"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nf6 15. Bf5 Qa5 16. Bxc8
Rfxc8 17. Qb3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Kf1 Nb4
21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Re1
Kf8 26. Re5 Bd4 27. Bb4+ Kg8 28. Re2 Bf6 29. Rc2 h5 30. b3 Rd7
31. Ke2 Kh7 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Bb4 Bb6 34. Rc4 Rd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4
36. Bd2 Kg6 37. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th HIT Open"]
[Site "Nova Gorica SLO"]
[Date "2002.01.31"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Samo Stajner"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2
Nc6 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 e5
12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. Bd3 Qd6 15. O-O Be5 16. g3 g5
17. Rac1 h5 18. Rc4 g4 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Qxa7 h4 21. Qc5 Qxc5
22. Rxc5 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rh3 24. Kf1 Rch8 25. Rxc7+ Kf6 26. Rc8
R8h6 27. Ke2 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Rxg3 29. e5+ Kxe5 30. Re8+ Kd6
31. Kd2 Rh2+ 32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Kxd5 34. Rf1 Rh3 35. Bxg4
Rh2+ 36. Be2 Rh7 37. Rf5+ Ke6 38. Rb5 f5 39. Bd3 Kf6 40. Rxf5+
1-0

[Event "7th HIT Open"]
[Site "Nova Gorica SLO"]
[Date "2002.02.01"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ante Jurkovic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O
7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Nf1 b6 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. c3 Rc8 11. a3 Ne5 12. d4
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rc7 15. Be3 Qa8 16. Qd3 Rfc8
17. Bd2 g6 18. h4 Rc4 19. Bg5 e5 20. d5 R8c7 21. Be2 Rd4
22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Rac1 Rc5 24. b4 Rc8 25. Qf3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxd5
27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Qe3 f6 29. Ba6 Be6 30. Ne2 Rg4 31. f3 fxg5
32. fxg4 Bxg4 33. Qe4 Bf5 34. Qd5+ Kg7 35. Ng3 Bg4 36. Rf1
gxh4 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Qb7 Bd7 39. Bb5 Qe8 40. Rxe7 Qxe7
41. Nf1 e4 42. Qxd7 Qg5 43. Qxd6 h5 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Bc4 Qf5
46. Bg8+ Kh8 47. Bf7+ Kh7 48. Ne3 1-0

[Event "7th HIT Open"]
[Site "Nova Gorica SLO"]
[Date "2002.02.02"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Rado Tavcar"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ng6
12. Bh2 Bd6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 a5 15. g4 Bxh2 16. Rxh2 Qd6
17. g5 Nh5 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Rhh1 a4 20. Qd1 Nf8 21. Ne5 g6
22. f4 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. h4 Re7 25. Rg1 Rg7 26. Ne2 Be8
27. Ng3 Raa7 28. Rg2 Rac7 29. Rgc2 Ne6 30. f5 Nd8 31. fxg6
hxg6 32. Qf3 Rce7 33. Rf1 Re6 34. Rg2 a3 35. h5 Nd7 36. Nxg6
Rf6 37. Nf5 Qb4 38. Nf4 Rxg2 39. Qxg2+ Bg6 40. hxg6 1-0

[Event "7th HIT Open"]
[Site "Nova Gorica SLO"]
[Date "2002.02.03"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vojko Srebrnic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rfd1
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Rac1 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Qa5 18. Bc4 Nh5 19. Qd2 Qxa2 20. Bxg7 Qxd2 21. Rxd2
Kxg7 22. Ra1 Rfc8 23. f3 Nf6 24. e4 Nd7 25. Rxa6 Ne5 26. Ra7
Kf6 27. f4 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. e5+ dxe5 30. fxe5+ Ke6
31. Ra6+ Kxe5 32. Re2+ Kf5 33. Rf2+ Rf4 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.06"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5
7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Nf4 Re8 13. Bc2 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Qf6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Bb3 Rad8
17. Qd2 h6 18. Rac1 b6 19. Ba4 Bd7 20. Rc3 Na5 21. Bc2 Bf5
22. Bxh6 Nc4 23. Qf4 Qxh6 24. Qxf5 g6 25. Qg4 Nxb2 26. Rc7 Rd6
27. Qf3 Rf8 28. Bb3 Qg5 29. h3 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Qd8 31. Rxa7 dxc4
32. Qb7 Rxd4 33. Qc7 Qxc7 34. Rxc7 Ra8 35. Rc1 b5 36. Rc5 Rxa3
37. Rxb5 Ra2 38. Rc5 Rdd2 39. R5xc4 Rxf2 40. Rg4 Rfc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.07"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tom Wedberg"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. f4 b6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bd2
O-O 13. Qh3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Bc3
Ne4 18. N5d4 Nb4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nf5 f6 21. Nbd4 Bd5 22. Qg3
g6 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. f5 g5 25. a3 Nd3 26. Qe3 Rab8 27. Rab1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.08"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Emanuel Berg"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Ba3 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. e4 Qd7 11. O-O
Qb5 12. Rb1 Qa6 13. Qc1 Nbd7 14. Rd1 O-O-O 15. f3 Rhe8 16. Nf1
Nb8 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Rd2 Qa4 19. Bb4 a5 20. Ba3 Rd7 21. Bb2
Red8 22. Ba1 b5 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Na7 25. a4 c6 26. Ra2
Rb7 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Rxa5 Kc7 29. Nc2 Rdb8 30. Na3 Ne8
31. Ra6 Nc6 32. Nc2 Rb6 33. Rxb6 Kxb6 34. Bb2 Na5 35. Bc1 Nb3
36. Be3 Ra8 37. d5+ Kc7 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Bxd4 exd5 40. Rxb5
dxe4 41. fxe4 Nd6 42. Re5 Kd7 43. Rd5 Kc6 44. Re5 Kd7 45. Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.09"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Nd7 8. Ne1 Ngf6 9. f4 b4 10. Ne2 g6 11. h3 h5 12. Nf3
d5 13. e5 Ng8 14. c4 Be7 15. Be3 Nh6 16. Bf2 Kf8 17. Nd2 Kg7
18. Rc1 Rc8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Kg2 Nf8 22. Nf3
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.10"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Thomas Luther"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Nd7
12. f4 Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. a3 fxe5
17. axb4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. f5 Re5 21. g4
Bd7 22. Rad1 Be8 23. Rd6 a5 24. Rxh6 axb4 25. f6 c5 26. Rf3
Rg5 27. Rfh3 Kf8 28. Rh8+ Rg8 29. Be4 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Ra2 31. Ke3
Rxb2 32. R3h7 c4 33. g5 Rb3+ 34. Kd4 b5 35. h4 Rg3 36. Rxg8+
Kxg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. g6 fxg6 39. Re7 Bc6 40. Bxc6 b3 41. Re8+
Kh7 42. f7 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Hannes Stefansson"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 15. e6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Bf6
17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Na6 19. Re3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Rac8 21. g4
Rd7 22. g5 Be7 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Re6 Nc7 25. Rc6 Bd6 26. Be5
Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Re7 28. Nd3 c4 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Nf4 Rf8
31. Rxc4 Ne6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. f4 h6 34. h4 Rfe8 35. Kf3 h5
36. Rc3 Kh7 37. Rd7 Re1 38. Rxa7 Rf1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Rg4
41. f5 Kh8 42. g6 Rf4+ 43. Rf3 Rxh4 44. a4 Kg8 45. a5 Ra4
46. a6 h4 47. Re3 Rf8 48. Ree7 Rf4+ 49. Ke3 R8xf5 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 cxd4
7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7
12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Ne5 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. f4 Rad8
17. c4 Qb6 18. c5 Qa5 19. Bb2 Bd5 20. c6 Nb6 21. f5 Nc4
22. fxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf2 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. d5 Nxb2 26. Bxh7+
Kxh7 27. dxc6 Nc4 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Rxc4 Qc7 30. Rc2 Rd6
31. Rfc1 b4 32. Qc5 Ng4 33. g3 a5 34. Re2 Nf6 35. Qxd6 Qxd6
36. c7 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 g6 38. c8=Q+ Kg7 39. Qc5 Qb7 40. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.13"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. b4 Nxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Qb3 a5
12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rd4 Qe7 14. Be5 Rfc8 15. Kb1 b5 16. Nxb5 a4
17. Qa2 Bxb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxb5 Rc3 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Be2
Ba3 22. Qd2 Qb4+ 23. Ka1 Rc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Ka2 Qc4+
26. Kxa3 Ra1+ 27. Kb2 Qa2+ 28. Kc3 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2002.06.14"]
[EventDate "2002.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonny Hector"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Qd3 b4 11. Bxc5 Qxc5
12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd4 e5 16. Qe3 Bb7
17. Bd3 Rab8 18. f3 Rfc8 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Bc6 21. Qc5
Qxc5+ 22. Nxc5 Bb5 23. Nxa6 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Rb6 25. b4 h5
26. Rfa1 h4 27. R1a2 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 g4 30. fxg4 Nxg4+
31. Kd2 Rg1 32. h3 Nf6 33. Kc3 d6 34. Rb2 Rc1+ 35. Kb3 d5
36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. Kxc2 dxe4 38. dxe4 Nxe4 39. Ra5 f6 40. Kb3
Kf7 41. Kc4 Rd6 42. Nc5 Rd4+ 43. Kb3 Nd2+ 44. Kc3 Nb1+ 45. Kc2
Nd2 46. Ra7+ Kg6 47. Rd7 Rxd7 48. Nxd7 Nc4 49. Kd3 Nd6 50. Nc5
Kf5 51. Ke3 Nc4+ 52. Kf3 Nd6 53. g4+ hxg3 54. Kxg3 Nb5 55. h4
Nd4 56. Na4 e4 57. Nc3 e3 58. b5 e2 59. Kf2 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 10th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2
e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Re8 11.Be3 Qe7 12.Rfd1 h6
13.Nd2 Nd4 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.Qxd4 Qxe2 16.Nf1 c6 17.Ne3 Qh5
18.Re1 Be6 19.b3 Red8 20.Qc3 Rd7 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Rxd7 Rxd7
23.Nf1 Qc5 24.Re2 h5 25.Rd2 Ng4 26.h3 Qe5 27.Qxe5 Nxe5 28.Rxd7
Bxd7 29.Ne3 g5 30.Kf1 f5 31.Ke2 f4 32.gxf4 gxf4 33.Nd1 Kg7
34.Nc3 b6 35.c5 bxc5 36.Ne4 c4 37.bxc4 Be6 38.Nd2 Nxc4 39.Nxc4
Bxc4+ 40.Kd2 Bd5 41.Bxd5 cxd5 42.Kd3 Kf6 43.Kd4 Ke6 44.h4 Kd6
45.f3 a6 46.a3 a5 47.a4 Kc6 48.Ke5 Kc5 49.Kxf4 d4 50.Kg3 d3
51.f4 d2 0-1

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 10th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 c5 7.Be3
Nf6 8.Rc1 Qa5 9.Bd3 Qxa2 10.Nge2 Qa5 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 O-O
13.Ne4 Nbd7 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nbd6 Bxd6 16.Nxd6 Nc5 17.Bd4 Rd8
18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kf8 20.Rc2 Qc7 21.Rd2 Ke7 22.Nxf7 Rxd2
23.Qxd2 Kxf7 24.Qh6 Qd6 25.Bg6+ Ke7 26.Qh8 Kd7 27.b4 Nb3
28.Qg7+ Kd8 29.c5 Qd5 30.Re1 Bd7 31.Qxf6+ Kc7 32.Qf4+ Kc8
33.h4 Rb8 34.h5 Bc6 35.Qg4 Kc7 36.Qg3+ Kd7 37.Bf7 Nd4 38.h6
Rh8 39.Qg7 Qxg2+ 40.Qxg2 Bxg2 41.Kxg2 Rxh6 42.Rd1 e5 43.f4 Rf6
44.Bd5 Rxf4 45.Bxb7 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Petr Haba"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Be3
Bc5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Qd3 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 Ne7 12.Qd4 O-O
13.a4 bxa4 14.O-O Rb8 15.Rfb1 f5 16.Bd3 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Qxe4
18.Nxe4 Nd5 19.c3 Nb6 20.Nd6 Bb7 21.Nxb7 Rxb7 22.Bxa6 Ra7
23.Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Neckar op 6th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Petr Haba"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.a4
Bd6 8.Nd2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Nxc4 a5 11.e4 b5 12.axb5 cxb5
13.Nd2 Ba6 14.e5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Qd3 Rfc8
18.Nd6 Nxc3 19.Bh5 g6 20.Bh6 f5 21.Rfc1 b4 22.Qd2 Nf6 23.exf6
Qxd6 24.Bf3 a4 25.h4 Bb5 26.Bf4 Qd7 27.Bxa8 Rxa8 28.Rxc3 bxc3
29.Qxc3 Bc6 30.Be5 Qb7 31.h5 g5 32.Rc1 Rc8 33.Qa3 Kf7 34.f3
Qd7 35.Rc5 h6 36.Qb4 1-0

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 6th"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arkadi Naiditsch"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.a4 Nf6 12.a5 O-O 13.Na4
Bd7 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.a4 Nc6 10.a5 Nf6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Be3
Bf8 14.Na4 Bg7 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.c3 Bd7 17.Rfd1 Ne5 18.Bc2 Qc7
19.h3 Bb5 20.Qd2 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Bf4 Rbd8
24.Nd4 Qc5 25.b4 Qc8 26.Bg5 Nc4 27.Qf4 f6 28.Bh6 Nd6 29.Bxg7
Kxg7 30.Rac1 Bc4 31.Re1 Qd7 32.h4 h5 33.f3 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Re8
35.Qg3 Rxe1+ 36.Qxe1 Kf7 37.Qe3 Qe8 38.Qxe8+ Nxe8 39.g4 Ng7
40.Kf2 g5 41.gxh5 Nxh5 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.Bf5 Ke7 44.Bc8 Kd6
45.Bxb7 Nf4 46.Bc8 Nd3+ 47.Ke3 Nf4 48.b5 Bxb5 49.Nxb5+ axb5
50.a6 d4+ 51.Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 24th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.Rae1
h5 14.Kh1 Ngf6 15.Bg5 h4 16.h3 Ne5 17.Nd2 Nh5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7
19.Nf3 Nxf3 20.Qxf3 g5 21.Nd1 f5 22.Ne3 Raf8 23.Qd1 f4 24.Ng4
e5 25.Be2 Ng7 26.Bf3 Bc8 27.Re2 Ne6 28.Rd2 Nc5 29.Nh2 Bb7
30.c4 a5 31.Re1 Rd8 32.b3 Bc6 33.Qb1 Qb7 34.Rde2 Rdg8 35.Bg4
Rf8 36.f3 Rd8 37.Bf5 Be8 38.Ng4 Bf7 39.Rd2 Qc7 40.Red1 Rhf8
41.Nf2 Be8 42.Qb2 Nb7 43.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "2002.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marc Dutreeuw"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qg3 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c3 Ngf6 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Qh3
e5 13. Bf1 O-O 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. N1d2 Nf6 16. Qd3 Ng4 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Nc4 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Rf4 21. Qc2 Rxc4 22. fxg4
Rxg4 23. g3 h5 24. Bh3 Rg5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rf1 Qb6+ 27. Kh1
Qc6+ 28. Qg2 h4 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. gxh4 Rg4 31. Rg1 Rxh4
32. Rg2 d5 33. Rag1 g5 34. Rg4 Rch8 35. R1g2 Kf7 36. c4 Bf6
37. Na5 d4 38. Nxc6 e4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Rxg5 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 24th"]
[Site "Copenhagen, Denmark"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O
8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bf4 Ne8 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.Bh6 d6 12.Bxg7 Nxg7 13.Qh6
f6 14.h4 Rf7 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Ne2 e5 17.f4 Qf8 18.a4 f5 19.exf5
Nxf5 20.Qxf8+ Raxf8 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.b4 Re7 23.Ra2 e4 24.dxe4
Rxe4 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.a5 Rxc4 27.axb6 axb6 28.Kf2 h5 29.b5 Kf7
30.Rd3 d5 31.Ng1 Rc3 32.Rad2 Kf6 33.Ne2 Rxd3 34.Rxd3 Ke6
35.Ke1 Kd6 36.Kd2 Kc5 37.Ra3 Nd6 38.Ra8 Nc4+ 39.Kd1 d3 40.Nc3
Re3 41.Rd8 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 f5 10. Nd2 b6 11. f4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3
Qe7 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Nf1 Rfd8 17. Rc2
c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5
22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qc2 e5 25. b4 Bf8 26. fxe5 Qxe5
27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 g6 29. a3 a5 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. g3 Bc5
32. Qd3 Kg7 33. a4 Kh6 34. Kg2 Qb2+ 35. Qd2 Qb7+ 36. Kf2 Bb4
37. Qc2 Qd5 38. h4 Qe5 39. Qc1 Qe4 40. Nd2 Qe8 41. e4 Kg7
42. exf5 gxf5 43. Nf3 h6 44. Qb2+ Kg6 45. Ne5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. f4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1
Rb8 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nc5 15. Bb1 Qc8 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Nf3 h6
18. Qg3 Qc7 19. f5 Rd8 20. Bf4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3
23. Rxc3 f6 24. fxe6 Nxe6 25. Be3 Rd7 26. Qg6+ Rf7 27. Qg4 Bc8
28. e5 dxe5 29. Bg6 O-O 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qg6 Nf8 32. Qc2 Qc6
33. Qb3 Bb7 34. Rg1 Nd7 35. c5 bxc5 36. Qc2 f5 37. Bxc5 f4
38. Bf2 Qe6 39. Rc7 Nf6 40. Rxf7 Qxf7 41. Qb3 Bd5 42. Qb8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.03.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Daniel Campora"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 dc4 6. e4 Nc6
7. Be3 Nb4 8. Qd1 Nd3 9. Bd3 cd3 10. Ne5 O-O 11. f3 Bd7
12. Rc1 Be8 13. Nd3 c6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Kh1 Qa5 16. Qb3 Qb6
17. Qc2 Qa6 18. Rfd1 f5 19. a4 Qb6 20. Re1 fe4 21. Ne4 Qc7
22. Bf2 Rf5 23. Bg3 Qb6 24. Nec5 Nc5 25. dc5 Qd8 26. Qb3 Qc8
27. Ne5 Kh8 28. h3 h6 29. a5 Rg5 30. Bh2 Rf5 31. Qc4 Bd8
32. b4 Bc7 33. Qc3 Qb8 34. Rcd1 b6 35. cb6 ab6 36. Nd7 Qc8
37. Nb6 Bb6 38. ab6 c5 39. Be5 Qb7 40. bc5 Bc6 41. Rd6 Bf3
42. c6 Qf7 43. Rd2 Re5 44. Qe5 Bc6 45. Qc7 Qe8 46. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo-Pons"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nb3 Ba7 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nbc6
12. h4 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 f5 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. Rxd6 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. Rhd1 Nf5 20. R6d2 Rb8 21. h5 b5
22. g4 Nh4 23. Nd4 Rb6 24. g5 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Ndxb5 Bb7
27. Nc7 Nf3 28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. h6 gxh6 30. Ne8 Bc6 31. Nf6+ Kf7
32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. gxh6 Ke7 34. Nh5 Rb4 35. Ng3 Rh4 36. Rc1
Rxh6 37. Nce4 Bd5 38. Rc7+ Kd8 39. Ra7 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. a3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O b6 10. Nbd2 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qc7
12. Ndf3 O-O 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Nc4 Qb8 16. Nce5 Qd6
17. Nc4 Qb8 18. Nce5 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. f3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. g3 Bb4+
12. Kf2 Be7 13. Ng2 Nd7 14. Be2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qb3 h5
17. e4 Bc5+ 18. Kf1 Nb6 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. a4 a5 21. Nh4 g6
22. Kg2 O-O-O 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. f4 Ng4 25. Ra3 Bg7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6
27. h3 Nh6 28. Nf3 Re8 29. Re3 Bf8 30. b3 Qc7 31. Bd3 Bb4
32. Re2 Ng8 33. Be3 Nf6 34. Bxb6 Qxb6 35. Bc4 Re7 36. e5 Nd7
37. Ng5 h4 38. gxh4 Qd4 39. Re4 Qa1 40. Re2 f6 41. exf6 Rxe2+
42. Qxe2 Nxf6 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. fxe5 Nd7 45. Nf7 Nf8 46. Kf3
Kd7 47. Kg4 Ke7 48. Ng5 Nd7 49. Nf3 Bc3 50. Kf4 Bb2 51. h5
gxh5 52. Kf5 Bc3 53. Be2 Bb2 54. Bc4 Bc3 55. e6 Nf8 56. Ng5 h4
57. Ne4 Bd4 58. Nd2 Bc3 59. Nf1 Bd4 60. Nh2 Bc3 61. Ng4 Bg7
62. Ne3 Bd4 63. Ng2 Bf6 64. Nf4 Bc3 65. Nd3 Kd6 66. Nc5 Ke7
67. Nxb7 Bb4 68. Ke5 Ng6+ 69. Ke4 Nf8 70. Kd4 Nxe6+ 71. Bxe6
Kxe6 72. Nc5+ Kd6 73. Nd3 Bd2 74. Nb2 Be1 75. Nc4+ Kc7 76. Ke4
Kd7 77. Kf5 Ke7 78. Ke5 Bc3+ 79. Kf4 Ke6 80. Ke4 Be1 81. Ne5
Kd6 82. Nf3 Bf2 83. Ne5 Be1 84. Nc4+ Kc5 85. Kd3 Kb4 86. Kc2
Bg3 87. Nb2 Kc5 88. Kd3 Kb4 89. Kc2 Kc5 90. Nc4 Kb4 91. Nd2
Kc5 92. Kd3 Kb4 93. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd8 Nxc3
12. Bh4 Nd5 13. Bf2 f5 14. Bb5 c6 15. Bd3 e5 16. Ne2 Rae8
17. O-O exd4 18. exd4 Nb8 19. Nc3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Rustemov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 d6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3
Bf8 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nde4 Nd7 15. Ng3 f5 16. Bh5 Qg5 17. Bxg6
Qxg6 18. Nd5 Rab8 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Qxf5 Qxf5
22. Nxf5 Rf7 23. g4 b5 24. Bc3 g6 25. Ng3 a4 26. Reb1 b4
27. Bd2 axb3 28. Rxb3 Ra8 29. Ne4 Nf6 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Rbb1
bxa3 32. Bc1 e4 33. dxe4 Ra4 34. Bxa3 Rxc4 35. Rb8 Rxe4
36. Bb2 Rf7 37. Ra6 Re6 38. Raa8 Ree7 39. Bc3 Ra7 40. Kg2 Rxa8
41. Rxa8 Rd7 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. e4 Bg7 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Ke3 d5
46. Rc8 dxe4 47. Kxe4 Re7+ 48. Kd3 Rd7+ 49. Ke3 Rd1 50. Kf4
Rc1 51. h4 Rc4+ 52. Kg3 g5 53. h5 Kh7 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Kf3
Rf4+ 56. Kg3 Rc4 57. Kf3 Rf4+ 58. Kg3 Rc4 59. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.03"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexei Bezgodov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2
Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Qf3 Be6 10. Qg3 Qd7 11. a3 Be7
12. Nf3 Nc3 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. bxc3 Bxd3 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Bd2
Bxb1 17. Raxb1 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxa3 19. e6 fxe6 20. h4 Rhf8
21. h5 Rf5 22. Qg4 g6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6 Bc5 25. Qxe6 Qxe6
26. Rxe6 a5 27. Kf1 Bd6 28. Re3 Rg8 29. Nd2 Rh5 30. Rh3 Rxh3
31. gxh3 Bb4 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Ne4 b6 34. Ke2 Nd5 35. Kf3 Rf8+
36. Kg3 Kd7 37. h4 a4 38. h5 Rg8+ 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Re1 Rf8+
41. Kg4 Nf6+ 42. Kh4 a3 43. f4 Ra8 44. Nc3+ Kf5 45. h6 Kxf4
46. Na2 Rh8 47. Rf1+ Ke5 48. Re1+ Kf5 49. Re3 Rxh6+ 50. Kg3
Ne4+ 51. Kg2 Rg6+ 52. Kh2 Rc6 53. Rxa3 Rc2+ 54. Kh3 c5 55. Ra8
b5 56. Ra5 Kf4 0-1

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Balashov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. c3 Ne7
7. O-O d6 8. Qh5 Ng6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Qe2 O-O
12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Bg5 e5 14. Nf5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nb3 Bxf5
17. exf5 Ba7 18. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Viacheslav Zakhartsov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. a4 c5 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Qc7
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Rac1 b6 15. Be1 Qb8 16. Ne4 Nd5
17. Neg5 h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bg8 N7f6 20. Bxf7 hxg5 21. Nxg5
Qe5 22. h4 Ne4 23. Qc6 Nxg5 24. hxg5 Bd7 25. Qxd7 Rxf7 26. g6
Rf6 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxe7 Rxg6 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. e4 Qd7 31. a5
bxa5 32. Bxa5 Rc8 33. Bc3 Rc5 34. Qf4 Qc7 35. Qxc7 Rxc7
36. Rd1 Rc6 37. Rd7 Rg5 38. f3 e5 39. Kf2 Kh7 40. g4 Rc5
41. Kg3 Rg6 42. Re7 Kg8 43. Bxe5 Kf8 44. Rxg7 Rxg7 45. Bd6+
Kg8 46. Bxc5 a5 47. f4 Rb7 48. Ba3 Rb3+ 49. Kh4 Kf7 50. Kg5
Re3 51. Kf5 Re2 52. g5 Rg2 53. e5 a4 54. e6+ Kg7 55. Bd6 Kg8
56. Be5 Kf8 57. Kf6 Kg8 58. f5 Rg1 59. Bd6 Rg2 60. Ba3 Rf2
61. g6 Rf3 62. Ke5 Re3+ 63. Kf4 1-0

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Belov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. e5 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ng5 Nc6
12. Nce4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. Qf7+ Kd8 16. Be3
Kc8 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Qh5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21. Bf3
Qe5 22. b3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Ra7 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Kh1 h6 26. c4
dxc4 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. bxc4 Ke7 29. Rb1 Rc7 30. cxb5 axb5
31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ruslan Sherbakov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3
Rb8 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3 Bb7 9. Rd1 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. e3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 a6 15. Nb3 Bc6 16. Nac5
Bxc5 17. Nxc5 a5 18. Nb3 Bd5 19. f3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Ivanov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bf5
7. a5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. e3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd5 11. Rg1 Nd7
12. Qc2 e6 13. Bxc4 Qxf3 14. Qb3 Be7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qb4+ c5
17. dxc5 Qc6 18. Rxg7 Qxc5 19. Qxc5+ Nxc5 20. Ke2 Rac8 21. Rd1
Ne4 22. Rd4 Nf6 23. Bd3 Rhd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. h4 Rc8 26. Kd2
Kf8 27. Rg1 Ke7 28. b4 h6 29. Rb1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Konstantin Chernyshov"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. h4 c6
12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc7 14. e4 f6 15. Nf3 f5 16. Qc2 b5
17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. c5 a5 19. a3 Rab8 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Re3 Bf6
22. Rae1 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Rb1 bxa3 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Rxa3
h5 27. Rb3 Qa8 28. Ne5 Qa1 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Nf3 Qa3 31. Qe2
Qa7 32. Rf8 g6 33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Qxe6 dxe6 35. Rxa7 Rd5 36. Rc7
Bxd4 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxc6 Kf7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Rc8 e5 41. Ke3
Rc4 42. Kd3 Rd4+ 43. Kc3 Rd1 44. Kc4 Rd2 45. Re8 Re2 46. Kd5
Rd2+ 47. Kc6 Re2 48. Kd7 Rd2+ 49. Kc7 Re2 50. c6 Kf7 51. Rb8
Rxf2 52. Kd6 Rd2+ 53. Kxe5 Re2+ 54. Kd6 Rd2+ 55. Kc7 Rd3
56. Rb5 Rxg3 57. Kb7 1-0

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeny Gleizerov"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d6
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. e4 f4 12. h3
Rg6 13. Kf1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nd5 Qf8 16. b4 Bd8 17. b5 Nd4
18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qf3 Bg5 20. Re1 Rb8 21. e5 Re6 22. h4 Bh6
23. h5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Qe4 Bd7 26. Qxh7+ Kf7 27. Qg6+
Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. c5 Rc8 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Qg6+
Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34. Qg6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Bocharov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 c5 11. O-O Na6
12. e3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. h4 Rab8 16. Nh2 Bc8
17. f4 b5 18. f5 b4 19. axb4 cxd4 20. exd4 Rxb4 21. Qf2 h5
22. Rd2 Re8 23. Ra1 a6 24. Nf1 Qd7 25. Qf4 Bb7 26. Rad1 Nb5
27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. Qf2 Bc6 29. g4 hxg4 30. Nh2 g3 31. Qxg3 Qb8
32. Qf2 Qd8 33. Nf3 Bd7 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. dxe5 Qxh4 36. Qxh4
Rxh4 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Bxe6 39. Bxd5 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rg4+
41. Kf2 Rf8+ 42. Ke3 Rf6 43. Rd6 Rgg6 44. Rxf6 Rxf6 45. Rd8+
Kh7 46. Ke2 Kg6 47. b4 Kh5 48. Rh8+ Kg4 49. Rh1 Re6+ 50. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7
7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 b5 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Qb3 Qa7 11. Bd3 c5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxc5 Qxc5 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. O-O
Rfd8 17. Be4 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Ba3
21. Nd4 Bxa2 22. Rb6 Nb4 23. c6 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxa6 Bb2
26. Nb5 Nb4 27. Na7 Nxa6 28. Nxc8 e5 29. Bg5 Kf8 30. Nd6 Ba3
31. Nb5 Be7 32. c7 Nxc7 33. Bxe7+ Kxe7 34. Nxc7 Kd6 35. Nb5+
Kc5 36. Nc3 Kc4 37. Ne4 f5 38. Ng5 h5 39. h4 Kd5 40. Kf1 e4
41. Ke1 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. dxc5 Na6
7. Nd4 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd3 d5 11. O-O a5
12. b5 e5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nc2 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bg4 16. Rd6 Rfc8
17. Na3 Bf8 18. Rd5 Be6 19. Rxe5 Bg7 20. Bb2 Bxc4 21. h3 Bd3
22. b6 Ra6 23. Bc1 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Qc2 d6 11. Rad1 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qa4 Qe8 14. Qxe8 Rxe8 15. Bh3 Bb7 16. Nd2 Nd7
17. e4 g6 18. Bg2 Rab8 19. f4 Kf7 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 dxe5
22. fxe5 Bh8 23. d5 h6 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nd4 a5 26. dxe6+ Nxe6
27. Nc6 Rbc8 28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. b4 a4 30. Red1 Bg7 31. R1d5 Ra8
32. a3 Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Rd1 Rad8 35. Nc6 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Kg8
37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Nd5 Kh8 39. Nxc7 Nxc7 40. Rxc7 Bxe5 41. Bxe5+
Rxe5 42. Rc6 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Rxg6 Rc2 45. Rxh6+ Kg7
46. Rc6 Rc3+ 47. Kf4 Kf7 48. Kxf5 Rxg3 49. Rxb6 Ke7 50. Ke5
Kd7 51. Ra6 Rxa3 52. Kd5 Ra1 53. c5 a3 54. Ra7+ Kc8 55. b5 Kb8
56. b6 Rd1+ 57. Kc6 Rd3 58. Rh7 Rd8 59. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bd2 O-O
7. Rd1 Qe7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Nxc5 10. f3 d6 11. Bg5 Bd7
12. e4 Ba4 13. Rd2 Nb3 14. Rd1 Nc5 15. Rd2 Nb3 16. Rd1 Rfc8
17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Rd2 Nb3 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. Rd2 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2003.12.30"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abhijit Kunte"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. Ne5 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Qg4
g6 17. f4 Ra7 18. Ne2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2003.12.31"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Stuart Conquest"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4
7. Be3 Nfd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. g3 Nb6 10. b3 e6 11. Rc1 d5 12. cxd5
exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Ne1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qd6 19. Qc4 Kh8 20. Nd3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 c6
22. Nc5 Nb6 23. Qe2 Rf7 24. Bf4 Qd5 25. a4 g5 26. Bd2 Qf5
27. Ne6 Rg8 28. a5 Nd5 29. a6 Bh6 30. axb7 Rxb7 31. Rxc6 Nf4
32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Rcxe6 Rxb3 35. Rxf6 Bg5 36. Rf5
1-0

[Event "Assisi op"]
[Site "Assisi"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Spyridon Skembris"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qc2
c6 8.O-O b6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Rfd1 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6
13.e4 Rc8 14.c5 a5 15.a3 bxc5 16.dxc5 a4 17.Rac1 Qa5 18.Ne5
Rc7 19.Bf1 Rb8 20.b4 axb3 21.Nxb3 Qa7 22.exd5 cxd5 23.Bb5 Ne4
24.c6 Bg5 25.Nd4 Bxc1 26.Qxc1 Ba6 27.a4 Nd6 28.Nd7 Bxb5
29.Nxb8 Bxa4 30.Rd2 Qxb8 31.Rb2 Qa7 32.Qa1 e5 33.Nf3 Bxc6
34.Ra2 Qb7 35.Nxe5 d4 36.Rb2 Bb5 37.Rb1 Qd5 38.Re1 Re7 39.f4
Bc6 40.Nxc6 Rxe1+ 41.Qxe1 Qxc6 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Bellin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. e3 O-O 8. c3 Rb8 9. Qc2 b5 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O a6 12. Rfd1
Qc7 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. a4 Rfc8 15. axb5 axb5 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. b4 Qb6 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Qa2 Ra8 20. e4 Ne5 21. Ra1 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 Bxh4 23. Qa5 Qb8 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.29"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Colin Anderson McNab"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6
7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6
12. b4 Rb8 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. a3 O-O 15. Nb3 c5 16. b5 f5 17. O-O
Kh8 18. a4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Bd3 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Qd6 22. Rc1
Rbc8 23. Qd3 Rf5 24. Nd2 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Nc4 Rcf8
27. Rce1 Rg5 28. Re4 Rf4 29. Rfe1 h5 30. a5 Kh7 31. g3 Rxe4
32. Rxe4 Rf5 33. b6 axb6 34. axb6 Rf7 35. Kg2 Re7 36. f3 Rxe4
37. fxe4 Qb7 38. Qf3 Qa6 39. Qb3 Be5 40. Qd3 Bb8 41. e5 Qa2+
42. Kg1 Kg7 43. Qf1 Qc2 44. Nd6 d3 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46. Qe7+ Kg8
47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Nf7+ Kg7 50. Ng5+ Kh6 51. Nf7+
Kg7 52. Nd6+ Kh6 53. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.30"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Nb5 Nc6
7. Ba3 Bxa3 8. N1xa3 d5 9. c4 Nf6 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4
12. Qe2+ Kf8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Nd4 Nbxd5 15. Qe5 b5 16. Nac2
Qb8 17. Qxb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Andreas Arnold Schmitz"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6
7. O-O c5 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. g4 Bg6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5
b5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 O-O-O 15. e4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4
17. Qxd4 cxd4 18. Bd2 Rd6 19. a4 b4 20. f4 f5 21. Rac1+ Kd7
22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Bb7 Bg6 24. f5 Bh5 25. e5 Rb6 26. e6+ Kd6
27. Bf4+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ Kd6 29. Bg2 d3 30. a5 d2 31. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hichem Hamdouchi"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. a3 d6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. a4
bxa4 13. Nxa4 Ngf6 14. c4 O-O 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Qb3 h6 17. Rac1
g5 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. h4 Nh7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Bf1 Ba8 22. b5
Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Ra1 axb5 25. Ba5 bxc4 26. Qe3 Qd6
27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxc4 g4 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. e5 Qd8 31. Nh2 Ra4
32. Bd3 Qd4 33. Qg3 Qf4 34. Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Re4 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 f5
37. exf6 Nxf6 38. Bd3 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 f5 8. d5 O-O 9. Qc2 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. Rd1 a5
12. O-O Bf6 13. Bc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Nd4 Nxd5 16. cxd5
Qf6 17. Nb5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bogdan Lalic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5
7. Qb3 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 d6 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Nf4 Ned7 11. dxe6 fxe6
12. O-O c6 13. Nd3 e5 14. e4 Kh8 15. Qc3 b6 16. b4 c5 17. b5
Bb7 18. a4 a5 19. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Milos Pavlovic"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nc3 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qc1 d5 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. exf3 a4 16. c5 c6
17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. b4 Nbd7 19. a3 Nh7 20. Ra2 Ng5 21. Rd3 Rac8
22. h4 Nh7 23. Rc2 Qb7 24. Bd2 e5 25. Be3 Nhf8 26. f4 exd4
27. Bxd4 Ne6 28. Bb2 c5 29. Bg2 cxb4 30. Bxd5 Qa6 31. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. a5 Nf6 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Na4
O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. h3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bb5 17. Nd4
Nd7 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Be3 Nxb6 20. axb6 Qd7 21. Qc2 Rbc8
22. Qb3 Rfd8 23. Ra5 d5 24. Rxb5 dxe4 25. dxe4 Qc6 26. f3 Qd6
27. e5 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Re1 Rc2 30. g3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Bc5
32. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2003.02.06"]
[EventDate "2003.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Andrew Ledger"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. e5 Nxe3 11. fxe3 e6
12. h4 Ne7 13. h5 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. O-O-O c5
17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Kb1 Rxc5 19. Qb3 Rfc8 20. Bc4 Rxc4 21. Rxd7
R4c6 22. Rxb7 Nf5 23. Rb5 Qa6 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. Nxf5 gxf5
26. Rd1 Qc6 27. a4 Qxg2 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxc4 Qg6 30. Ka2 Qe8
31. Ne2 Rc8 32. Qb3 a6 33. Rb6 Rc6 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Nd4 Qd5
36. Qxd5 exd5 37. Nxf5 h5 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. b4 h4 40. b5 axb5
41. axb5 h3 42. b6 h2 43. b7 h1=Q 44. b8=Q Qe4 45. Qa7+ Kf8
46. Qc5+ Kf7 47. Qc7+ Ke8 48. Qc6+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kg8 50. e6
Qxe3 51. e7 Qe2+ 52. Ka3 Qa6+ 53. Kb4 Qb6+ 54. Ka4 Qa6+
55. Kb3 Qc4+ 56. Kb2 Qb4+ 57. Kc2 Qc4+ 58. Kd2 Qd4+ 59. Ke2
Qe4+ 60. Kf2 Qf4+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kg3 Qg6+ 63. Kf2 Qc2+
64. Kg1 Qd1+ 65. Kg2 Qc2+ 66. Kh3 Qh7+ 67. Kg3 Qg6+ 68. Kf4
Qf6+ 69. Ke3 Qe5+ 70. Kf3 Qe4+ 71. Kg3 Qg6+ 72. Kf2 Qc2+
73. Ke3 Qe4+ 74. Kd2 Qd4+ 75. Kc2 Qc4+ 76. Kb2 Qe2+ 77. Ka3
Qa6+ 78. Kb4 Qb6+ 79. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto op 23rd"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erald Dervishi"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.a4 Ne5 11.a5 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Na4
Nxd3 14.cxd3 e5 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.Bg5 Be6 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Ndc4 Nh5
19.Bd2 Bf8 20.Qf3 Qh4 21.g3 Qh3 22.Qg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Rbd8
24.Bc3 Nf6 25.Rfe1 Nd7 26.d4 exd4 27.Bxd4 Nc5 28.Bf6 Be7
29.Bxe7 Rxe7 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.exd5 Rc7 32.Re3 Nd7 33.Rc3 Nf6
34.Nb6 Re7 35.Rac1 Kg7 36.Rc7 Rde8 37.Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 12th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2003.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Florian Handke"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Bd2 b6 12.f4 Ngf6 13.Rae1
Bb7 14.e5 Nh5 15.exd6 Bxd6 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Ra7 18.g3 O-O
19.Bc3 Ng7 20.Rd1 Rc8 21.Rd2 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5+ 23.Kh1 Qe7
24.Rfd1 h5 25.a3 a5 26.Bf3 Qf8 27.Qe5 Be7 28.Rd7 f6 29.Qe4
Rxd7 30.Rxd7 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Qxd8 32.Qxg6 b5 33.Qe4 Kf7 34.Qh7 Bf8
35.Bxh5+ Ke7 36.Bf3 Qb6 37.Qe4 Nf5 38.Qb7+ Qxb7 39.Bxb7 Ne3
40.Be4 f5 41.Bd3 b4 42.Bd4 Nd5 43.a4 Kf7 44.Bc4 Ne7 45.Bb6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 12th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2003.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gary W Lane"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.a4 Nd7 10.a5 Ne5 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Be3
Nxd3 14.cxd3 e5 15.d4 Be6 16.d5 Bd7 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ng4
19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Qf2 Rc8 22.Qf4 Rc4 23.Nf3 f5 24.Ng5
Ng4 25.Nf7 Kxf7 26.Qxg4 Bf6 27.Qg3 Be5 28.Bf4 Bxc3 29.bxc3
Rexe4 30.Bxd6 h5 31.Bb4 Bb5 32.Rfd1 h4 33.Qf2 h3 34.g3 Rxb4
35.cxb4 Re2 36.Qf4 Qf6 37.g4 Re4 38.Qc7+ Kg8 39.Qxb7 Qg5
40.Qb8+ Kg7 41.Kh1 f4 42.Qc8 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven op 15th"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2003.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Golubev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.O-O Nd7 10.a4 Ne5 11.a5 Nf6 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nc3
Nxd3 14.cxd3 e5 15.Bb6 Qe8 16.d4 Be6 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Nc5 Rc8
19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.f4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Nd7 22.Rxf8+ Bxf8 23.Bd4 Qe7
24.Kh1 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rd1 Ne5 27.Qd2 Nc6 28.Qd7 Rc7
29.Qd2 Rc8 30.Ne2 Rd8 31.Qc3+ Kg8 32.Rf1 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8
34.Kg1 Qd8 35.Nf4 Qxa5 36.Qxa5 Nxa5 37.Nxe6 Kf7 38.Nc5 Kf6
39.Kf2 Ke5 40.Kf3 Kd4 41.Ne6+ Ke5 42.Nc5 Nc4 43.b3 Na5 44.Ke3
b6 45.Nd7+ Kd6 46.Nxb6 Nxb3 47.Kf4 Nc5 48.Nc4+ Ke6 49.h4 h6
50.Na5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 21st"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.a4 Nd7 10.a5 Ngf6 11.Bh6 Bf8 12.Bxf8 Kxf8 13.O-O
Kg7 14.Nc3 Qc7 15.f4 h5 16.h3 b5 17.axb6 Qxb6+ 18.Qf2 Rb8
19.Ra5 h4 20.Rfa1 Rh5 21.Qxb6 Rxb6 22.R5a4 Nc5 23.Nxc5 Rxc5
24.R4a2 Rb4 25.Na4 Rc7 26.c3 Rb3 27.Ra3 Rxa3 28.Rxa3 Bb7
29.Rb3 Bxe4 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Rb6 d5 32.Kf1 a5 33.Ke2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 21st"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar De la Riva Aguado"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.a4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.a5 Ne5 12.Na4 Nxd3+
13.cxd3 e5 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8 16.Bh6 Nh5 17.g3 Bg5
18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.h4 Qe7 20.O-O O-O 21.Rac1 Ng7 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Nxc1 Ne6 25.Nb3 h5 26.Qd2 Qd7 27.Kg2 Kh7
28.Qe3 Qb5 29.d4 exd4 30.Nxd4 Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Qxa5 32.Qxd6 Qb5
33.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto op 23rd"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gyula Sax"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Bd2 Ngf6 11.Bh6 b5 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.f4
Rc8 14.Bg7 Rg8 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.e5 Nh5 17.Rhf1 d5 18.Kb1 Ng7
19.g4 Bc6 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.f5 Qb6 22.Qf2 gxf5 23.gxf5 Bc5 24.fxe6
Bxe6 25.Nce2 Kd7 26.Qh4 Rcf8 27.Qxh7 Qb8 28.Nxe6 fxe6 29.Nf4
Kc6 30.Ng6 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 Kb6 32.Rf7 Nf5 33.Bxf5 exf5 34.Rxf5
Qc8 35.Rf6+ Ka5 36.a3 b4 37.axb4+ Bxb4 38.Qf7 Rd8 39.Ne7 Bxe7
40.Qxe7 Kb5 41.Qa3 d4 42.Qb3+ Kc5 43.Qb6+ Kd5 44.Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0304 79th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.a4 Nd7 10.a5 Ne5 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Na4 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3
e5 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.d4 Be6 16.d5 Bd7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Bh6 Ng4
19.Bg7 Rg8 20.f3 Nf6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nd2 Kf8 23.Nc4 Kg7 24.Nb6
Qc7 25.Qc4 Bd8 26.Qxc7 Bxc7 27.Nc4 f5 28.Ke2 Rgf8 29.g3 Rf7
30.Rhf1 Rbf8 31.exf5 gxf5 32.Ra4 Bb8 33.Rd1 Rc7 34.h3 Rf6
35.b3 Ba7 36.Nb6 Bxb6 37.axb6 Rc5 38.f4 exf4 39.Rxf4 Rb5
40.Rd3 Rxb6 41.b4 Rb5 42.Kd2 b6 43.Kc3 a5 44.Kb3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Pavel Blatny"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Nd7 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Rfd1 O-O 11. Rac1 Kh8
12. Bb1 Rg8 13. b4 g5 14. b5 Ne7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc4 N7g6
17. Nfxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. a4 Qe7 20. Bd4 f6 21. Ba2 Rg6
22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 g4 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Kh1 Qf7 26. Qg3 Rg5
27. c4 Qg6 28. Re1 Rg8 29. Rc3 h6 30. a5 Kh7 31. a6 Rg7
32. Be3 Rh5 33. Bf4 Rf5 34. Qe3 Re7 35. Bg3 Qe8 36. Qc1 Rg5
37. Rce3 Rgg7 38. Qc2+ Qg6 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40. Re4 Kf5 41. Kg1
Ng6 42. f3 gxf3 43. gxf3 Ne5 44. Kg2 h5 45. Rh4 Kg6 46. Re3
Rh7 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Bxe5 Rxe5 49. Rxe5 fxe5 50. f4 exf4
51. Rxf4+ Kg6 52. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.30"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marie Sebag"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Ng5 Be7 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Qh5 Bxg5
13.Qxg5 O-O 14.Bd3 h6 15.Qh4 Ne5 16.Bc2 Ng6 17.Qg3 Qxg3
18.hxg3 Bd7 19.f3 Rfc8 20.Rb1 b5 21.Be4 Rab8 22.Bxg6 fxg6
23.Bf4 Rb6 24.Kd2 Ra6 25.Rb2 Rc4 26.Be5 Bc6 27.Ra1 Rca4 28.Ke3
g5 29.g4 Kf7 30.Kd2 Kg6 31.Bd6 Bd5 32.Bc5 Rxa2 33.Ke1 R2a5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2002/03"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Matthew Sadler"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. a4 Re8 11. Ba3 Bxa3
12. Rxa3 exd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Qc1 Ng6 15. Rd1 Qd6 16. h3 Bf5
17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Rb3 Qc7 19. Qb2 Rd7 20. Rc1 h6 21. a5 Nf4
22. a6 b6 23. Nd1 Ne6 24. Nc3 Nf4 25. Rd1 Rdd8 26. Ra3 Re7
27. Qc1 Ne6 28. Ne2 Be4 29. Re3 Red7 30. Nd2 Bg6 31. Nb3 Bh5
32. Qa1 Rd6 33. Rd2 Qd7 34. f3 Bg6 35. Qe1 Qc8 36. Ra2 Qc7
37. Qf2 Bh7 38. Qg3 Nh5 39. Qe5 Nf6 40. Qh2 Qd7 41. Qg3 b5
42. c5 Rd5 43. Qf2 Qc7 44. f4 Ne4 45. Qf3 f5 46. g4 Rf8
47. Bg2 fxg4 48. Qxg4 Bf5 49. Qh4 Nf6 50. Ra1 Qf7 51. Rf1 Rdd8
52. Na5 Nd5 53. Re5 Ne7 54. Qe1 Bd3 55. f5 Ng5 56. h4 Nh7
57. Rf3 Bxf5 58. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Gormally"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. f4 g6 10. c5 e6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Bd2
Ng8 13. Ne2 a5 14. h4 h5 15. Ng1 Ne7 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. a3 Bf6
18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Ng5 O-O 20. O-O-O Rfb8 21. Rdg1 Kf8 22. Bxf5
exf5 23. Nh7+ Ke8 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. f3 a4 26. b4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2004.01.02"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Cherniaev"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 a6 6. O-O c5
7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Bb6 14. b4 O-O 15. Qb3 d4 16. e4 Nd7 17. Bc4
Nde5 18. Bd5 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfe8 21. Rd3 Bg6
22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qd1 Qe7 24. Rd2 Ba7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Bxd4
Bb8 27. Bc5 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qe6 29. e5 h6 30. Qe3 Qd5 31. Qd4
Qe6 32. Bd6 Qb3 33. Qb6 Bxd6 34. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2004.01.03"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. a4 Nd7 10. a5 Ne5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Na4
Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 e5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. d4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nxd7
Qxd7 18. Bh6 Ng4 19. Bg7 Rg8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd2
Kf8 23. Nc4 Kg7 24. Nb6 Qc7 25. Qc4 Bd8 26. Qxc7 Bxc7 27. Nc4
f5 28. Ke2 Rgf8 29. g3 Rf7 30. Rhf1 Rbf8 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Ra4
Bb8 33. Rd1 Rc7 34. h3 Rf6 35. b3 Ba7 36. Nb6 Bxb6 37. axb6
Rc5 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxf4 Rb5 40. Rd3 Rxb6 41. b4 Rb5 42. Kd2
b6 43. Kc3 a5 44. Kb3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2004.01.04"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mark Hebden"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 Kh8 11. a4 f5 12. Re1
Nf6 13. Bg5 Neg8 14. a5 a6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ng5
fxe4 18. Ncxe4 Qe7 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 c6 21. Nxf6 Rxf6
22. dxc6 bxc6 23. c5 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Re4
Rd8 27. f3 Rf4 28. Rae1 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Kg7 30. Kf1 Qd1+
31. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Ke2 Rd5 33. Rc4 Rd6 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. g3 Kf5
36. h3 h6 37. h4 g5 38. g4+ Kf6 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Rc1 Ke6
41. Rc2 Kd7 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings 2003/2004"]
[Date "2004.01.05"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Rowson"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 Nh5 9. Be5 O-O 10. h3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 g6
12. O-O-O b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qa4
Rc5 17. g4 Ng7 18. Kb1 a6 19. Be2 Qc7 20. f4 Rb8 21. Na2 Bc8
22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Nb4 a5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxa5 Bb6 26. Qa4 g5
27. Qd1 gxf4 28. exf4 Bd7 29. Qd2 Ba5 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rc5 Bxb4
32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rb4 35. Rd3 Bb5 36. Nxb5
Rxb5 37. Rd4 Rb8 38. b4 Ne8 39. Kb2 Kf8 40. b5 Ke7 41. Ra4 Nc7
42. h4 Rb7 43. g5 h5 44. Ra5 d4 45. Bc4 Ne8 46. Kb3 Ng7
47. Bd3 Nf5 48. Bxf5 exf5 49. Kc4 Rd7 50. Kd3 Rd5 51. Ra7+ Ke6
52. Kc4 Rd8 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Rd6 Rc8+ 55. Kb4 Rc1 56. Rxd4 Rh1
57. b6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.27"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter K Wells"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Qg4 Ra7
17. Rac1 Kh8 18. Rc6 Qb8 19. Nh5 g6 20. Nf4 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8
22. Rc1 Qf8 23. Bd4 Rb7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6 Kg7 26. Qxa6
Qb8 27. Qe6 Nf8 28. Qxd5 b4 29. Rc6 Rb5 30. Qc4 Ra5 31. Rc8
Qb5 32. e6+ Kh6 33. Qc7 Qg5 34. f4 Qg3 35. Bg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxe7+
Kh6 37. Kh1 Kh5 38. Qxf8 g5 39. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.28"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Timothy J Upton"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6
12. O-O a5 13. b5 c5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. exd4 cxd4
17. Na4 Qg5 18. Bg4 Qxe5 19. Nxb6 Ra7 20. Rb1 f5 21. Re1 Qf6
22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Re6 Qf7 24. Be2 Nd7 25. Na4 Be4 26. Bc4 Qh5
27. Re1 Rc7 28. b6 Nc5 29. Qa3 Nxe6 30. bxc7 Qg6 31. f3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.29"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. e5 Nb6 11. Qc5 f6
12. Be3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Qc8 14. h4 Qe6 15. Ng5 Qxe5 16. f3 Qxc5
17. Bxc5 Bc8 18. Bb5 h6 19. Nge4 Be6 20. Rhe1 Kf7 21. Bf2 a6
22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 exf6 26. Rd4 a5
27. N5a4 Rad8 28. Red1 Rfe8 29. b3 Rd6 30. R1d2 Red8 31. Nc5
Ra8 32. Kd1 Ke7 33. Ke2 Bf7 34. N5e4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Bd5 36. Nc5
Kd6 37. Nd3 g5 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Nc3
Kd6 42. Ne4+ Ke7 43. Nc3 Kd6 44. Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas Speck"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6
12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 O-O 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. c3 Rf5
17. Be3 Bf6 18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rd5 20. Qe3 Qd6 21. Nf3 Rf8
22. Re1 g6 23. Qe2 Bg7 24. a4 h6 25. Rb4 Rff5 26. axb5 axb5
27. h3 g5 28. Re4 Bf6 29. g4 Rf4 30. Rxf4 Qxf4 31. Rd1 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 d5 33. Qd3 Kg7 34. Kg2 Qc4 35. Qe3 Kf7 36. Qa7+ Kg6
37. Qd7 Qe2 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew J Muir"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. e4 O-O
7. Be2 Be5 8. Bg5 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nf3 d6
12. O-O Bg4 13. Rfe1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Be2 a6 16. a4 Qa5
17. f4 c4 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Rab1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bf3 Rab8
22. Na2 Qa4 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Nc5 25. Qxa4 bxa4 26. e5 dxe5
27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. g3 Rb3 29. Rxb3 axb3 30. Nb4 Kf8 31. Nc6 Bc3
32. Rb1 b2 33. Bd1 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Ne4 35. Bc2 Re2+ 36. Kf3 Rxc2
37. Kxe4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.02.01"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ruslan Pogorelov"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Bd2 Qe7
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. f3 a5 10. e4 d6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ng3
h6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O a4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Na6 17. Be3 Ne8
18. Rad1 f6 19. Qd4 Bc6 20. Bd3 Nec7 21. Bc2 Rad8 22. Qg4 f5
23. Qf4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe5 Kf7 27. Ne2
Qh4 28. Qc3 Bd7 29. Bf2 Qg5 30. h4 Qe7 31. Qe5 Bc6 32. Nc3 Qd7
33. Bd4 Ne8 34. Nb5 Bxb5 35. cxb5 Nac7 36. Bxa4 Nd5 37. Bb3
Qxb5 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. h5 Nc7 41. Kf2 Ne6
42. Ke3 f4+ 43. Kd3 g6 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. a4 Kf7 46. b4 Ke7
47. Be5 Kd7 48. Kc3 Kc6 49. Bd4 b5 50. a5 Kb7 51. Be5 h5
52. Kd2 Kc6 53. Ke2 Kb7 54. Kf1 Kc6 55. Kf2 Kb7 56. g3 fxg3+
57. Kxg3 d4 58. f4 h4+ 59. Kf2 h3 60. f5 Ng5 61. Bh2 Ne4+
62. Ke2 Nf6 63. Kd3 Ng4 64. Bg3 Kc6 65. Kxd4 h2 66. Bxh2 Nxh2
67. f6 Nf3+ 68. Ke4 Ng5+ 69. Kf5 Nf7 70. Ke6 Ng5+ 71. Ke7 Kc7
72. f7 Nxf7 73. Kxf7 Kd7 74. Kf6 Kd6 75. Kf5 Kd5 76. Kf4 Kd6
77. Ke4 Ke6 78. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.02.02"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Antoaneta Stefanova"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Be7
12. Rd1 O-O 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. g3 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6
17. Rd3 Nf8 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. h4 Ne7 20. h5 b5 21. b3 a5
22. Qe4 h6 23. Ne5 a4 24. Rf3 f6 25. Nd3 axb3 26. axb3 bxc4
27. bxc4 Ra4 28. Re1 Ra3 29. Rfe3 Ra4 30. Qg4 f5 31. Qf4 Rd8
32. Ne5 c5 33. dxc5 Qxc5 34. Rb3 Qc7 35. Qe3 Nc6 36. Rd3 Rxd3
37. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.02.03"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Be3 d6
7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Qg4 Qf6 9. N2b3 e5 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. Qg3 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 d5
17. f4 Qh6 18. Rac1 Bg4 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 exf4 21. Qf2 Rac8
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Rc2 25. exd5 Rxd2 26. d6
Kf8 27. dxe7+ Kxe7 28. Re4+ Kf8 29. a4 Rxd3 30. Rc4 Ke7
31. Rc6 Rd6 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Ra7 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rb7 Rd5
36. Rb6+ Kf5 37. Rb7 Kg6 38. Kf2 h5 39. g3 Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kg5
41. Rb7 Rf5+ 42. Ke3 g6 43. Rb6 f6 44. Rc6 h4 45. g4 Rf1
46. Rc5+ f5 47. Rxb5 Rh1 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Rb8 Rxh3+ 50. Kf2
Rb3 51. b5 h3 52. b6 Kf4 53. b7 h2 54. Kg2 Rh3 55. Kh1 Rh7
56. Ra8 Rxb7 57. Kxh2 Rb2+ 58. Kg1 Re2 59. Ra5 Ke4 60. Kf1 Rd2
61. Ke1 Rc2 62. Ra3 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.02.04"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6
12. O-O Qd6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Bf1 Qxb4 16. Nxd5 Qd6
17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. a4 Ne4 20. Qb2 c5 21. a5 Bd5
22. axb6 axb6 23. Ne5 cxd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxd4 Re8 26. Nd3
Ba8 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. f3 Bd5 29. Nb4 Bc4 30. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.02.05"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abhijit Kunte"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Qb1 h6 16. Be5 Re8
17. Bd4 b5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Qd6
22. Qd3 Qa6 23. e3 Ne4 24. Bf1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[EventDate "2004.03.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Nce2 Nc6
12. O-O Re8 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 d4 15. b4 Bb6 16. b5 Ne5
17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Rfe1
f6 22. a4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. a5 Qd7 26. Qc4
b6 27. a6 Qe6 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. bxc6 Kf7 30. Bf4 Ne7 31. d5
Nxd5 32. Bb8 Ke7 33. Bxa7 Kd6 34. Bb8+ Kxc6 35. Kf1 Nb4 36. a7
Kb7 37. Ke2 Nc6 38. Bd6 Nxa7 39. Kd3 Kc6 40. Bf8 g6 41. Ke4
Nb5 42. g4 Nd6+ 43. Kd4 b5 44. Be7 Ne8 45. f3 Kd7 46. Ba3 Nc7
47. Bc1 Kc6 48. Bb2 Nd5 49. Bc1 Kd6 50. h4 Ke6 51. Bd2 h5
52. Kc5 b4 53. Kc4 Ke5 54. Bc1 Ke6 55. Bd2 f5 56. gxh5 gxh5
57. Bh6 f4 58. Bf8 Ne3+ 59. Kxb4 Ng2 60. Bh6 Kf5 61. Bg5 Ne1
62. Kc3 Nxf3 63. Be7 Ke4 64. Kc2 Kf5 65. Kd3 Kg4 66. Ke4 Nd2+
67. Kd3 Nf1 68. Ke2 Ng3+ 69. Kf2 Nf5 70. Bd8 Nxh4 71. Bc7 Nf5
72. Kg2 h4 73. Kf2 h3 74. Bb8 Ng3 75. Kg1 Nf5 76. Ba7 Ne3
77. Kh2 Nf1+ 78. Kg1 Kg3 79. Bf2+ Kf3 80. Bc5 Ke2 81. Bd6 f3
82. Bc5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sigurbjorn Bjornsson"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. f3
O-O 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Rc2 Qb8 17. Rb1
Bf8 18. b4 Qa8 19. Na4 h6 20. Nb3 Rb8 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5
dxc5 23. Naxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxe4 26. Rxb8 Qxb8
27. fxe4 Nxe4 28. Qa5 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Rc8 30. Qa5 Rc6 31. h3 Qd6
32. a4 f5 33. Qe1 e5 34. a5 e4 35. Bb6 f4 36. Qb1 e3 37. Bf3
Rc8 38. Qe4 Kh8 39. Bd4 Rf8 40. Be5 Qe7 41. Qd4 e2 42. Bxe2
Re8 43. Bxf4 Qxe2 44. Bxh6 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Qxe5 Rxe5
47. Bd2 Rd5 48. Be1 Rd3 49. h4 Kh7 50. g3 Kg6 51. Kh3 Kf5
52. Bf2 g6 53. Bb6 Rc3 54. Ba7 Rc8 55. Bb6 Rh8 56. Bc5 Rh7
57. Bb4 Rd7 58. Bc5 Rd1 59. Bb6 Rc1 60. g4+ Kf4 61. h5 g5
62. Bd4 Rh1+ 63. Kg2 Rh4 64. Bg7 Rxg4+ 65. Kf2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Pascal Charbonneau"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 dxc4
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. bxc4 c5 14. Ba3 cxd4 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qxd4
Qxd4 17. Nxd4 bxc4 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Rab1 g6 20. Rb7 Nd5 21. g3
Ne7 22. Kf1 Nf5 23. Nf3 Kg7 24. Ng5 Nd6 25. Rd7 Kf6 26. Rxd6
Kxg5 27. Rxa6 Ra8 28. Rc6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Votava"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qc2 O-O
7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7
12. Qc7 Ba6 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. e3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. d3 h6 10. Rc1 c6 11. a4 a5 12. b5 c5
13. e3 Be6 14. Nh4 Kh7 15. f4 exf4 16. exf4 Qf7 17. Qd2 Ra7
18. Bf3 b6 19. Ng2 d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. cxd5
Bxd5 23. Qc3+ Kh7 24. Ne3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Re7 26. Nc4 Nd7
27. Re1 Rfe8 28. Rfe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Qe6 31. Kf2
Nf6 32. Qe5 Qa2+ 33. Kf3 Ng4 34. Qc7+ Kh8 35. Qd8+ Kh7
36. Qd7+ Kh8 37. Nxg4 fxg4+ 38. Qxg4 Qd5+ 39. Ke3 Qd4+ 40. Ke2
Kh7 41. Qe6 Qxa4 42. Qxb6 Qc2+ 43. Ke3 Qxh2 44. Qc7+ Kg8
45. b6 Qg1+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+ 47. Kc3 Qd4+ 48. Kc2 a4 49. Qe5 Qf2+
50. Kc3 a3 51. Kb3 c4+ 52. dxc4 Qxb6+ 53. Kxa3 Qa7+ 54. Kb4
Qb7+ 55. Kc5 Qa7+ 56. Kd5 Qa8+ 57. Kd4 Qa1+ 58. Kd3 Qd1+
59. Kc3 Qf3+ 60. Kd4 Qxg3 61. c5 Qf2+ 62. Kd5 Qa2+ 63. Kd6 Qa3
64. Kd7 Qa7+ 65. Qc7 Qa4+ 66. Qc6 Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Korneev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rae1
Bb7 13. Kh1 h5 14. Nd4 Ngf6 15. h3 h4 16. Nf3 Ne5 17. a4 Kf8
18. Bg5 Nh5 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qe3 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Qc5 22. Qg4
Rag8 23. Qe2 Nf4 24. Qe3 g5 25. f3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Rc8 27. Rd1
Rhd8 28. Kg1 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 f5 11. c5 fxe4 12. Nxe4
Nf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. g3 Rf8 15. Rfd1 Bf5 16. a4 a5 17. Rab1
Kh8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nfg5 Rc8 20. Qa2 h6 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6 d5 23. bxa5 Qc7 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. Rbd1 Qxe6 26. R5d2
Qxa2 27. Rxa2 Nc6 28. a6 bxa6 29. Bxa6 Rb8 30. Rd6 Nd4 31. Kg2
Rb4 32. Bd3 g5 33. a5 Nf3 34. Nc5 g4 35. a6 e4 36. Bxe4 Rc4
37. a7 Ne1+ 38. Kf1 Rc1 39. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 a5 15. Qb1 c5 16. Rd1 Na6
17. Bg5 Rad8 18. h4 h6 19. Be3 Qe6 20. Qd3 Nb4 21. Qe2 Rc8
22. a3 Nc6 23. dxc5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Qf6 25. f4 Nd7 26. c6 Nc5
27. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeny Romanov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O c6 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. h3
b5 13. Nf4 Ne6 14. Nce2 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Bb7 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Nd3
Ne4 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Re8 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. a4 Ba6 22. axb5
Bxb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc1 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 f5 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. g4
fxg4 28. hxg4 Qe6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qc4 Re8 31. Kg2 Qxc4
32. Rxc4 Re6 33. Rc5 h6 34. Kg3 g5 35. f4 exf3 36. Kxf3 Kf7
37. e4 Kg6 38. e5 h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. Rc1 g4+ 41. Kf4 Re8
42. Rh1+ Kg6 43. Rg1 Kf7 44. Rxg4 Rf8 45. Ke4 Ra8 46. Kf5 Ra5
47. Rg6 Ra4 48. e6+ Ke7 49. Rg7+ Kd8 50. Kf6 Ra1 51. Rd7+ Kc8
52. Rf7 Rf1+ 53. Ke5 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. Bb2 e6 8. Bd3 Bh5 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qc2 Bg6
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5 16. a3
Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Qe3 g5 20. g4 Qg6 21. Bc1
Nf8 22. Nxg5 f5 23. Nxe6 Bxa3 24. Qg5 Rxe6 25. Qxd8 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 fxg4 28. h4 Qe4 29. Qb8 Qxd4 30. Re1
Qf6 31. Re8 Qf3 32. Qg3 Qf7 33. Qe5 b5 34. Re7 Qg6 35. h5 Qh6
36. Qf5 g3 37. Qf7+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. f4 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Sergey Ivanov"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4
O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. Nd4 d6 11. Be2 Re8
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nc2 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5
17. Qd4 Neg4 18. Bxg4 Re4 19. Qc3 Rxa4 20. b4 Qd8 21. Bd1 Ra6
22. Be2 b5 23. Bxb5 Rb6 24. Be2 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rfc1 Qd7
27. Qd3 Rb6 28. h3 h5 29. Rab1 Rab8 30. Rb3 a5 31. Rc4 Qb7
32. Nf5 Re8 33. Ne3 Rb5 34. Rd4 Re5 35. Rb1 Nxd5 36. Nc4 Rg5
37. g3 Qa6 38. Re1 g6 39. h4 Rg4 40. Rxg4 hxg4 41. Nxd6 Rb6
42. b5 1-0

[Event "57th Russian Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oleg Nikolenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bg5 b4 11. Ne2 Bxg5
12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. a3 h6 15. Nf3 d6 16. Qd2 a5
17. axb4 axb4 18. Bb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 O-O 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Re1
Qc5 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. h3 Qb6 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 d5 26. exd5
Bxd5 27. Nde2 Qc6 28. f3 Qc7 29. Nf1 Bc4 30. Nfg3 Rd8 31. Qf4
e5 32. Qe3 Rd3 33. Qf2 Be6 34. Rc1 Qc4 35. Qb6 Nd7 36. Qf2 Rd2
37. Qe3 Rd3 38. Qe4 Rd2 39. Qe3 Qc5 40. Qxc5 Nxc5 41. Ra1 Kh7
42. c4 Rc2 43. Ra3 Rxc4 44. Rc3 g5 45. Rxc4 Bxc4 46. Nc3 Kg6
47. Nge4 Nd3 48. Nf2 Nf4 49. Ng4 Nd3 50. Nf2 Nb4 51. Ng4 Nc6
52. Ne3 Ba6 53. g3 f5 54. Kf2 f4 55. Ng2 Nb4 56. Ne1 Bc8
57. h4 gxh4 58. gxf4 exf4 59. Ne2 Kf5 60. Kg2 Ke5 61. Kh2 Nd5
62. Nd3+ Kf5 63. Nd4+ Kf6 64. Ne2 Kg5 65. Nd4 h5 66. Nf2 Kg6
67. Ne4 Nf6 68. Nd6 Bd7 69. Ne2 Nd5 70. Ne4 Bf5 71. Nf2 Kf6
72. Nd4 Ne7 73. Nxf5 Kxf5 74. Kh3 Ng6 75. Nd3 Ke6 76. Nc5+ Kd6
77. Ne4+ Ke5 78. Kg2 Ne7 79. Kh3 Nf5 80. Kg2 Ng3 81. Ng5 Nf5
82. Ne4 Kd4 83. Nf6 Ng3 84. Nh7 Ke3 85. Ng5 Nf5 86. Nh3 Nd4
87. Ng5 Nxf3 88. Nh7 Nd2 0-1

[Event "57th Russian Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bd2 d6 11. a4 bxa4
12. Rxa4 Nd7 13. Qa1 Qc8 14. Nd4 Ngf6 15. Nb3 O-O 16. Rc4 Qd8
17. Na5 Rb8 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Bf1 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rf4 Bd6
22. Rf3 Qb8 23. Rh3 Ne5 24. Bf4 Rb4 25. Bg3 Re8 26. b3 h5
27. Rd1 h4 28. Rxh4 Rxh4 29. Bxh4 Neg4 30. g3 Be5 31. Bxf6 Qb6
32. Rd2 Nxf6 33. Na4 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Bxa1 35. Kg2 a5 36. c3 Re1
37. Bd3 Rc1 38. Rc2 Rd1 39. Be2 Rb1 40. Bd3 Rd1 41. Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "57th Russian Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bf5
7. f3 g6 8. e4 Be6 9. Be3 b6 10. Na4 Nfd7 11. cxb6 Bg7 12. Qc2
Nxb6 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qxf4 15. Nxb6 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd6
17. Nxa8 Nxc6 18. Rc1 Qb4+ 19. Kd1 O-O 20. d5 Bxd5 21. Qxb4
Nxb4 22. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th Russian Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Be2 f5 6. f4 Nf6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Be1 Ne4 11. b4 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Qc2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qe7
17. a3 Rac8 18. Qb3 Ba8 19. Rbe1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. e4 fxe4
22. Rxe4 cxb4 23. axb4 Kh8 24. Ng5 Nxf4 25. Rexf4 Bxf4
26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Qb7 28. Bf1 Qd5 29. Qh3 Qf5 30. Nxe6
Qxh3 31. gxh3 Rc2 32. Be3 Bd5 33. Nd4 Rb2 34. b5 Ra2 35. Nc6
a5 36. Bb6 a4 37. Nb4 Rd2 38. Be3 Rd1 39. Nxd5 Rxd5 40. b6 a3
41. b7 Rd8 42. Bb6 Rb8 43. Bg2 a2 44. Bd4 Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kf8
46. h4 g6 47. Be5 Ke7 48. h3 Kd7 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "57th Russian Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5
Qxc5 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Nbd2 Nh6
12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb6 Qd7 16. Bxh6
Bxh6 17. Nc4 Bxf3 18. Ne5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 a6
12. Ne2 Bd6 13. g3 Qe7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bg2 g5 16. e4 Bb4
17. e5 Nd7 18. Qe3 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Qb4 20. Rc3 a5 21. O-O a4
22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Nb6 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Ra1+ 26. Bf1 O-O
27. Qd3 Nd7 28. Rh4 f5 29. Qf3 Rfa8 30. Qh5 Nf8 31. Rf3 Qd2
32. Rf2 Qe3 33. Kg2 R8a2 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Rhf4 Ne7 36. Qh5+
Nfg6 37. h4 Kg8 38. R4f3 Qe4 39. Qg5 Qg4 40. Qxg4 fxg4 41. Rc3
Nf5 42. Rd3 Rb1 43. h5 Nge7 44. Nf4 Rbb2 45. Rxb2 Rxb2+
46. Kg1 Kf7 47. Be2 Nc6 48. Bxg4 Nfxd4 49. Re3 b5 50. Re1 Rxb3
51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kh3 Rf2 53. Nd3 Nf3 54. Rh1 Rd2 55. Nf4 Ncxe5
56. Bxe6+ Kf6 57. Bxd5 Kf5 58. Be6+ Kg5 59. Bd5 b4 60. Ne6+
Kxh5 61. Nxg7+ Kh6 62. Bxf3 Kxg7 63. Be4 b3 64. g4 b2 65. Kg3
Nf7 66. Kf4 Rd4 67. Ke3 Rb4 68. Bb1 Rxg4 69. Kd3 Rg2 70. Kc3
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nc6
12. Rac1 Bd7 13. f3 h6 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Nd4 Qb8 16. Kh1 Re8
17. Bf1 Ra7 18. b3 Rb7 19. a4 Rc7 20. Ra1 Rec8 21. Rdc1 Rb7
22. Qa2 Be8 23. Rab1 Rbc7 24. Qa1 Bd8 25. Rb2 Nfd7 26. Rd1 Bf6
27. Qa3 Be7 28. Rbd2 Nf6 29. Qa2 Rb7 30. Bg1 Qc7 31. Nc2 Ra8
32. Rc1 Rbb8 33. Qb2 Rc8 34. Rdd1 Qb7 35. Nd4 Rab8 36. Qa2 Bd8
37. Re1 Nh5 38. Qf2 Nf6 39. Be2 Qe7 40. Qf1 Nc6 41. Nxc6 Rxc6
42. b4 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bd6
12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qa4
Rfb8 17. Bc3 Qc8 18. Rfc1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rb3 dxc4
21. Qxc4 Rxb3 22. Qxb3 Nd5 23. g3 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bd4 Qc6
26. Nc3 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Korotylev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd2 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. h3 Bf6
17. e5 Be7 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Qa4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nb6
22. Nd2 Qb7 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Ne4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Nd6 Qc7
27. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6 9. Nf4 b6 10. Be2 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4
Ba6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Nd3 Rfa8 17. f3
R6a7 18. Kh1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qc8 21. Qc2 Rab7
22. Ra1 e5 23. Bc1 e4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Nb2 Nf6
27. Nc4 Qe6 28. Bd2 Bd8 29. Ba5 Bxa5 30. Rxa5 Nd5 31. h3 Nb4
32. Qe2 Nd3 33. Nb6 g6 34. Qa2 Qxa2 35. Rxa2 f5 36. g4 f4
37. exf4 Rd8 38. f5 Rxd4 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. fxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rg8+
Rg7 42. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 Kf8 11. Nc4 Kg7 12. Bd2
Ngf6 13. Bc3 Re8 14. f4 d5 15. Ne3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 e5 17. Ba5 b6
18. Bxa8 bxa5 19. f5 Qc7 20. Kh1 Nb6 21. Bf3 gxf5 22. g3 a4
23. Nd2 Bc5 24. Ndc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Be6 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Nc4
Bxc4 28. Qxc4 e4 29. Be2 Re5 30. Qxa6 Qxb2 31. Qxa4 Nd5
32. Qb3 Qa3 33. Qxa3 Bxa3 34. Rfb1 f4 35. Rb5 Kf6 36. Bc4 Ne3
37. Rxe5 Kxe5 38. gxf4+ Kxf4 39. Bxf7 Nxc2 40. Rf1+ Ke5
41. Rd1 Nd4 42. Bh5 e3 43. Kg2 Ke4 44. Kf1 Bb4 45. Be2 Bd2
46. Rb1 h5 47. Rb8 h4 48. Rg8 Kf5 49. a4 Ba5 50. Rh8 Nxe2
51. Kxe2 Kg4 52. Ra8 Bc7 53. a5 Kh3 54. a6 Bb6 55. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Kapuskasing"]
[Date "2004.07.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dane Mattson"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O
d5 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Re1 c5 12.a4 Qc7
13.Ba3 Rad8 14.Qe2 e5 15.a5 h6 16.Nd2 Rfe8 17.Nb3 exd4 18.cxd4
cxd4 19.Rac1 Qe5 20.exd4 Qg5 21.Qf1 Nd5 22.Bd6 N7f6 23.Re5
Rxe5 24.Bxe5 Nh5 25.Re1 Nhf4 26.Re4 Rc8 27.Nd2 Nh3+ 28.Kh1
Qxd2 29.gxh3 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. cxd5 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 cxd5 13. a4 Rc8 14. O-O Nc4 15. Ba3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Rfb1 b6 18. a5 Nxa5 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. c4 Qg5 21. Bd6 Qh5
22. g4 Qh3 23. Bg3 O-O 24. Rb5 f5 25. d5 exd5 26. gxf5 gxf5
27. Rxd5 Rf7 28. Rad1 Nb4 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. c5
bxc5 32. Qb5 Nd3 33. Qe8 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nd7
12. Bb3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 a5 14. a4 Qb6 15. O-O Bb4 16. Bxd5 cxd5
17. c3 Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qg4 g5 20. h5 Rg8 21. Bd4 Ra6
22. b3 Rc6 23. Rfc1 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd4 g4 26. Nf1 b6
27. Ne3 Be4 28. c4 Rg5 29. Re1 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Nxg4 Rg5
32. Nf6+ Ke7 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxh5 35. Rd1 Rc7 36. Red4
Rhc5 37. Rd8 R5c6 38. Rh8 Rd6 39. Rxd6 Kxd6 40. Rxh6 Kc5
41. Kf1 Kb4 42. Rh3 f5 43. Ke2 e5 44. Rf3 f4 45. g3 fxg3
46. fxg3 e4 47. Re3 Rg7 48. Kf2 Rg4 49. Kg2 Kc5 50. Re1 Kd4
51. Rd1+ Kc3 52. Rd6 Kxb3 53. Rxb6+ Kxc4 54. Rb5 Rg8 55. Rxa5
Rf8 56. g4 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4
12. Rd1 b6 13. h3 Ba6 14. Qb3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Nf4 c4
17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Nfe8 22. Nc6 Bxb2 23. Rd7 Bg7 24. g4 Nb5 25. g5 Nc3 26. Nxa7
h6 27. h4 hxg5 28. hxg5 Nd6 29. Bxb6 Nc4 30. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "57th ch-RUS"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3
e6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Qe2 Nf6
12. Bd2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Bc1 Ne7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf4 Ned5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. b3 Rfd8 21. h3 Nf4
22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qg4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qg5 25. Qg4 Kf8 26. f4
Qxg4 27. hxg4 Ke7 28. Kf2 Rc5 29. g3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiel op 17th"]
[Site "Kiel"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Christoph Wisnewski"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bd6
7.Bg3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nge7 9.e3 a6 10.Qc2 h5 11.O-O-O h4 12.Bxd6
Qxd6 13.f4 g6 14.Kb1 Nd8 15.Bh3 f5 16.Ne2 Ne6 17.Nc1 O-O-O
18.Nd3 g5 19.fxg5 Nxg5 20.Bf1 Rdf8 21.Rc1 c6 22.a3 Rhg8 23.Ka2
Rf6 24.Qa4 Ne4 25.Rc2 Qc7 26.f3 Nd6 27.Ne5 f4 28.Bh3+ Kd8
29.Nd7 Rfg6 30.exf4 Nef5 31.Ne5 Rf6 32.Nxc6+ bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qe7
34.Qa5+ Ke8 35.Re1 Ne3 36.Rc7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.O-O
d6 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 b6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qf3 Qc7 13.Rad1
Re8 14.Qh3 Bb7 15.Kh1 Rac8 16.Nd2 g6 17.f5 Bf8 18.fxe6 fxe6
19.Nf3 Bg7 20.Ng5 Nf8 21.e5 dxe5 22.c5 bxc5 23.Bc4 Qe7 24.Rd2
h6 25.Nf3 Nh5 26.Qg4 Nf6 27.Qh3 Nh5 28.Qg4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Navalmoral de la Mata op"]
[Site "Navalmoral de la Mata"]
[Date "2004.12.07"]
[EventDate "2004.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Diego Guerra Bastida"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. a4 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a5 Nc6 12. Be3
Ne5 13. O-O Nxd3 14. cxd3 e5 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. Nb6
Rc6 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Re8 20. Rfd1 Bf8 21. Qf3 Bg7 22. h3
Qe7 23. Re1 Nh5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. Qd4+ Qf6
27. Qxf6+ Nxf6 28. Rac1 Bb3 29. f3 Re5 30. Ne2 Rxa5 31. Rxc6
bxc6 32. Nd4 c5 33. Nxb3 Rb5 34. Nxc5 Rxb6 35. Nd3 Rb3 36. Rd1
Nd7 37. Rd2 Nb6 38. Nc1 Rb5 39. b3 d5 40. exd5 Nxd5 41. Kf2
Kf6 42. Rd4 a5 43. f4 h5 44. Nd3 Nc7 45. b4 a4 46. Nc5 Ne6
47. Rc4 Nxc5 48. bxc5 a3 49. Ra4 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. g4 Ke6
52. Ra6+ Kd5 53.c6 Kd6 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. Kg3 Kc7 56. Kh4 Rh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Kapuskasing CAN"]
[Date "2004.07.11"]
[EventDate "2004.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Bluvshtein"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Bd2 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 a5
13. O-O Ngf6 14. c3 d5 15. cxb4 axb4 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne3 Bb7
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 O-O 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Qxb4
Qb8 23. Qa3 Rc8 24. Rfc1 Qf4 25. g3 Qg4 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qd6
Nf6 28. a5 Qe2 29. Qd2 Qb5 30. Nd4 Qd5 31. Rd1 Ne4 32. Qe2 Rd8
33. Re1 f5 34. Nxe6 Qxe6 35. f3 Rd4 36. Qb5 Qd6 37. fxe4 fxe4
38. a6 Rb4 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Rf1 Qc5+ 41. Kh1 e3 42. a7 e2
43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran L Petrosian"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 f5 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nf3
Nc6 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Nd8 15. Nbd2 Nf7 16. Nc4 Ngh6 17. Be3
O-O 18. Bf1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Nfd2 Bc6 22. Nb6
Rad8 23. Ndc4 f4 24. Na5 f3 25. g3 Nf5 26. Qc4 h5 27. Rad1 h4
28. Nxc6 dxc6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qg4 Kg7 31. Nc4 hxg3 32. hxg3
Ng5 33. Nd6 a5 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rd2 36. Qxf3 Rxc2 37. b3
Qg5 38. Rc4 Qd2 39. Rxc2 Qxc2 40. Bc4 Qc3 41. Qxc6 Nd4
42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Qe4 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Nxe5 45. Bxe6 Kg7 46. Bd5 g5
47. Qf5 g4 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bxc4 Rd8 11. a3 Bxc3
12. bxc3 c5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bd7
17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Qe1 Bc6 19. Ra2 Bd5 20. Raf2 Qg5 21. Rc2 Bc4
22. Rf3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qe7 24. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. c5 Nd7
7. a3 f6 8. f4 fxe5 9. fxe5 Ng6 10. Be3 b6 11. b4 bxc5
12. bxc5 Rb8 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Rb2 16. Bc1 Rb7
17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Bg5 Rb2 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rac1 h6 21. Nh4 Rd2
22. Nf3 Rb2 23. Nh4 Rd2 24. Nf3 Rb2 25. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4
12. Rd1 b6 13. h3 Ba6 14. Qb3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Nf4 c4
17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Nfd5 21. Nxd5
Rxd5 22. Nd4 Ne8 23. Nc6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxb2 25. g4 Nf6
26. Kg2 h5 27. g5 Ne4 28. Rd7 Kf8 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nxa7 Nc3
31. Bxb6 Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zahar Efimenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6
12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. f5 c5 16. Nxf7 Qb6
17. Rhe1 cxd4 18. fxe6 Qc7 19. Kb1 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Nb6 21. Nf5
Nfd5 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Qg6 Rxf7 24. exf7+ 1-0

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ron Hermansen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 b6 6. O-O Bb7
7. Re1 Ngf6 8. h3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Be3 Qc7
12. Nh2 d5 13. f4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rad8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Rfe8 17. Ng4 Nd5 18. Bf2 Bf8 19. Ne5 g6 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. a3 Ne7
22. Ndf3 Nc6 23. c3 Ndxe5 24. fxe5 Rd7 25. b4 Rc8 26. Kh2 Qd8
27. Rad1 Ne7 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Qc2 Rd5 30. d4 cxd4 31. Bxd4
Qa5 32. Ra1 Rd7 33. Qb3 Qd5 34. Qd1 Nc6 35. Qe2 Nxd4 36. cxd4
Rc3 37. Rf1 Rdc7 38. Ra2 a5 39. a4 Rb3 40. Rb2 Rcc3 41. Rxb3
Qxb3 42. Nd2 Qxa4 43. Qf2 Rc7 44. Qf4 Rd7 45. Nf3 Qc2+ 46. Kg1
Rb7 47. Nd2 a4 48. Ne4 a3 49. Rf2 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 a2 51. Nc3 a1=Q
0-1

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "H Contreras"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 c6
7. e4 d5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rd1 a5
12. Bf4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Rc1 Nb8
17. O-O Nfd7 18. Rc4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Qc2 a4
22. Bxb8 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Qc3 Rcxb8 25. Ne5 Rc8 26. Nxc6
Re8 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rb4 Qd8 29. Qxb3 Rd7 30. Qc3 h6 31. Rc4
Qb6 32. b4 Ra2 33. Rc5 e5 34. d5 Qf6 35. Rc2 Rda7 36. Ra5
R7xa5 37. bxa5 Ra4 38. Kg2 Rxe4 39. Qd3 Qg6 40. d6 Rd4
41. Qxg6 fxg6 42. a6 1-0

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nde2 Nf6 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 O-O 12. Qe1
b4 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Bg1 a5
18. fxe5 dxe5 19. axb4 axb4 20. b3 Qc6 21. Bc4 Nf6 22. Nb6
Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Be6 24. Qxe5 Qxe4 25. Re1 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd6
27. Re1 Bf5 28. Rd1 Be7 29. Re1 Bd6 30. Rd1 Be7 31. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Giorgi Kacheishvili"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. O-O Rd8 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5
12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qg5 16. Rf3 Bd7
17. Rg3 Qf4 18. Ra2 Bc6 19. Bh5 Rd7 20. Rf2 Qe4 21. Qf1 Rf8
22. Rf4 Qc2 23. Rf2 Qe4 24. Rf6 Kh7 25. Rf4 Qd5 26. Bxf7 Kh8
27. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 O-O 11. Rc1 h6
12. Ne5 Na5 13. Qa4 Be6 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. e3 Qc8
17. Qb5 Rb8 18. e4 a6 19. Qb2 b5 20. a3 Bh3 21. Bh1 Rd8
22. Bb4 Qc7 23. Nc3 Be6 24. Re1 Bxb4 25. axb4 Rxd4 26. Nxb5 c3
27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Rb6 29. f4 Rc4 30. Ra3 Rcxb4 31. f5 Bc4
32. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andres Rodriguez"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Qg4 g6
7. Qe2 Nf6 8. d3 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qa6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6
12. Nf3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Rac8
17. a4 c4 18. Ne5 Nc5 19. Nxc4 Nxe4 20. a5 b5 21. a6 Bd5
22. Na5 Bc5 23. Be3 Nd6 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Bg2 Rd7 26. Rad1 Nc4
27. Nb7 Rc6 28. Re2 Rxa6 29. Nc5 Bf3 30. Nxd7 Bxe2 31. Re1 Bd3
32. Nc5 Rd6 33. b3 Nb2 34. Bf3 Bc2 35. Ra1 Bd1 36. Ba8 Rd2
37. Rxa7 Rc2 38. Rc7 Bg4 39. f4 h5 40. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Shulman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. a5 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. c5 g5 10. e3 Bg7 11. h4 Ng4 12. hxg5
hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. e4 e5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Qe7 18. Nxd5 Qxe5+ 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Bxb2
21. Ra2 Be5 22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Re2 f6 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8
26. Rc2 Bd6 27. Bxb7 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29. Bxa6 Bb4+ 30. Ke2
Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. e4 a6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. e5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 dxe5 11. Qxe5+ Qe7
12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. O-O-O Nh5 15. Bc7 Bd8 16. d6
Nf4 17. Bc4 O-O 18. Rhe1 Nf6 19. Nd5 N4xd5 20. Bxd5 Bxc7
21. dxc7 Rac8 22. Re7 Ne8 23. Bxb7 Rxc7 24. Rdd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7
Ng7 26. Bxa6 Ne6 27. Bc4 Ra8 28. Kb1 h5 29. b3 Kf8 30. Kb2 h4
31. a4 g5 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc7 Ra5 34. Kc3 c4 35. Rxc4 Rf5
36. f4 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Artem Iljin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7
7. e3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d6
12. e4 Nd7 13. O-O Qc8 14. b4 Qb7 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rab1 a5
17. b5 e5 18. Rbd1 Bf6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3
Qc8 22. Kg2 Qe6 23. f4 Rac8 24. f5 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Bc3 26. Rg1
Re8 27. f3 Bb4 28. Kf1 Bc5 29. Rg2 f6 30. Be1 Re7 31. Bc3 Kf8
32. a4 Rce8 33. Ke2 Rf7 34. Kd3 Rfe7 35. Rdd2 Rf7 36. Rde2
Rfe7 37. h4 Rf7 38. h5 Ree7 39. Rg3 Ke8 40. f4 Kf8 41. Rf3 Rd7
42. Kc4 Rde7 43. Rf1 Ke8 44. Kd3 Kf8 45. Rg2 Ke8 46. e5 fxe5
47. fxe5 dxe5 48. Ke4 Rf6 49. Rg6 Kf8 50. Bd2 Ref7 51. Rf3 Bd4
52. Be1 Rd7 53. Bh4 Rff7 54. Rg2 Bc5 55. f6 Kg8 56. Rxg7+ Rxg7
57. fxg7 Rxg7 58. Rg3 Bd6 59. Rxg7+ Kxg7 60. Kf5 Kf7 61. Bd8
Ke8 62. Bf6 Kf7 63. Bh8 Kf8 64. Kg6 e4 65. Bg7+ Ke8 66. Bxh6
Bc5 67. Bf4 e3 68. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Bragin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e5
7. Nf5 Be6 8. Ne3 Rc8 9. Bd5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 g6 12. f3
Qd7 13. Rf2 Nd4 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Ned5 Bxd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Be3 f5 21. Rd2
Kf7 22. Kg1 Ke6 23. c3 h5 24. Rad1 Bd8 25. Rd5 fxe4 26. fxe4
Bb6 27. R5d3 Rf4 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Rg3 Rg4 30. Rxg4 hxg4
31. b4 a5 32. Kf2 axb4 33. c4 b3 34. Ke3 Rb4 35. Kd3 b5
36. Rc1 bxc4+ 37. Rxc4 Rb8 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. Rb4 Rh8 40. Rb7+
Kc6 41. Rg7 Rxh2 42. Rxg6 Rxg2 43. Kxb3 g3 44. Kc3 Re2
45. Rxg3 Rxe4 46. Rg6 Kc5 47. Rg8 Re3+ 48. Kc2 Kd4 49. Rc8
Re2+ 0-1

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Artyom Timofeev"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Na6
7. Nb3 Bf5 8. c3 Qc8 9. Bg5 Bh3 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bxh3 Qxh3
12. e3 Qe6 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. Rd2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Nfd4 Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Kf1 a5 21. a4
Bxd4 22. exd4 Rc7 23. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Chuprov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Kh1 Nf6 12. Bh6
Nfg4 13. Bd2 h5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bd7 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5
e5 18. Nd5 Bc6 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Nd2
d5 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Bg1 Bf6 25. Rf3 Rh7 26. Rh3 Qc8 27. Rf1 Bb5
28. Qd1 Qc6 29. Nb3 Be7 30. Rff3 b6 31. Rfg3 Nf6 32. Qe1 Qd6
33. d4 e4 34. Be3 h4 35. Rg5 Ne8 36. Rxh4 Rxh4 37. Qxh4 Bxg5
38. Bxg5 f6 39. Bf4 Qb4 40. h3 Ke7 41. Qh7+ Kd8 42. Qb7 Bc4
43. Bb8 Bxb3 44. axb3 Qb5 45. Kg1 Qxb3 46. Kh2 Qc4 47. Qxb6+
Ke7 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Bf4 Qxd4 50. Bh6+ Ng7 51. Qc8+ Ke7
52. Qc7+ Ke8 53. Bxg7 e3 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Magaram Magomedov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Re1 Re8 11. exd5 exd4
12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Rh4 h6 15. h3 Bc5 16. Qb3 b6
17. Bb5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 b5 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7
12. e4 b4 13. Na4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. d5 e5
17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Ne1 Rfe8 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. f3 f5 21. Rfe1 h6
22. Qf2 g5 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Re2 Re7 25. Rde1 f4 26. Qf2 h5
27. h4 g4 28. Nxf4 Rf8 29. Nxh5 Bh6 30. f4 Qg6 31. Ng3 Rxf4
32. h5 Qe8 33. Qe3 e4 34. Rf2 Rf3 35. Rxf3 gxf3 36. Qf2 Bf4
37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Qc2 Bh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qxh5+ 40. Kg1 f2+ 41. Qxf2
Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Bc8 43. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Valeri Yandemirov"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3 b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nb6
12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Be4 Na5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nd6
17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Ng5 Qd6 20. Qe2 Bh6 21. Nfxe6
Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qb4+ 23. Rd2 Qd6 24. O-O Ng4 25. g3 Nf6 26. Re1
Nd5 27. Rc2 Bf5 28. Rc5 Rad8 29. Bd2 Qf6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5
Nf6 32. Ne6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxd4 34. Bh6 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rb8
36. Rxc7 Nd5 37. Rc1 Ra4 38. Rxa4 bxa4 39. Rd1 Nb4 40. a3 Nc6
41. Rc1 Ne5 42. Rc5 Nd3 43. Ra5 Nxb2 44. Ra7 Rb3 45. Bg5 Rxa3
46. Rxe7+ Kf8 47. Rxh7 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Nd3 49. Ra7 Ne1+ 50. Kh3
Nf3 51. Be3 Ke8 52. Rg7 Ne5 53. Bd4 Re1 54. Bxe5 Rxe5 55. Ra7
Re2 56. Kg2 Re4 57. f4 Re2+ 58. Kh3 Ra2 59. Rg7 Rf2 60. Rxg6
1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Valerij Popov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 a5 11. b5 d6 12. O-O
Nd7 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 e5 16. f4 exd4 17. exd4
Be4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. d5 Qg6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Re3 Re7 22. Bd4
Qf5 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. g3 g6 26. Kg2 Rfe8 27. Qd1
h5 28. Rf2 Rh7 29. h3 Rf7 30. Rf1 h4 31. g4 g5 32. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Kosyrev"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. f4 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Be1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Ne4
12. b4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Rfc1 Qe7 16. Rab1 g5
17. Be1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 g4 19. a4 a6 20. Rb2 Qd7 21. Bh4 b5
22. c5 Qg7 23. g3 Qh6 24. Rf1 bxa4 25. Qa3 a5 26. b5 cxb5
27. Bxb5 Ba6 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30. cxb6 Nd2 31. Rf4
Nc4 32. Qxa4 Nxb6 33. Qc6 Nc4 34. e4 Ne3 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Bf6
Qg6 37. Qxe6+ Qf7 38. Qc8+ Qf8 39. Rxg4+ Nxg4 40. Qxf5 Nxf6
41. exf6 Qf7 42. Qc8+ Qf8 43. Qc6 Qd8 44. g4 Kf7 45. g5 Kg6
46. h4 Qg8 47. Qd7 h6 48. h5+ Kxh5 49. Qf5 Qg6 50. Qf3+ Kxg5
51. f7 Kh4+ 52. Kf2 Qc2+ 53. Ke1 Qc1+ 54. Ke2 Qc2+ 55. Kf1
Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qg6+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Ke3 Qc3+ 59. Ke2 Qc2+
60. Kf1 Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qg6+ 62. Kh1 Qb1+ 63. Kh2 Qc2+ 64. Kg1
Qg6+ 65. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "S Del Rio Angelis"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. e4 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Nh5
13. Be3 Nd7 14. Be2 Nhf6 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. a5 N8h7 17. Bf1 Ng5
18. f3 Nh5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bd3
Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Nxf4 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Re8+ Kg7 26. Rf1 Bf5
27. Rxa8 Nxd3 28. Re8 h5 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Ne5 31. Rxe5
dxe5 32. Rf2 Kf8 33. Rb2 Be4 34. Rxb7 Bxd5 35. Rc7 f6 36. Rxc5
Be4 37. Rc7 Ke8 38. c4 g5 39. Ra7 f5 40. Rxa6 Kd7 41. Rb6 f4
42. a6 Kc7 43. c5 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. a7 Ba8 46. Rb8 1-0

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd2 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Be2 Qf4 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. g3 Qh6
17. O-O Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vasil Spassov"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bd3 e6 10. Ng1 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7
12. Bc2 f5 13. g4 Nf6 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Nge2 c5 16. Qd3 Be6
17. f3 d5 18. dxc5 dxc4 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Nd4 Rfe8 21. O-O-O
f4 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxe6 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Be4 Re5
26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Rb8 Rxc5 28. Rxb7+ Kf8 29. Rxa7 Rg5 30. Rc7
Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxg2 32. Rxc4 Bxb2+ 33. Kd1 h5 34. Rc2 Rg1+
35. Ke2 Bd4 36. Kd3 Be3 37. Rh2 Rd1+ 38. Kc4 Rd4+ 39. Kb3 Rd5
40. a4 Kf7 41. Kc4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Qa5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O
O-O 12. c4 Qa6 13. Bb2 Qxc4 14. Qxc4 dxc4 15. Rfc1 Re8 16. e3
Be6 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxc4 Rac8 20. Nd6 Rxc1+
21. Rxc1 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Re7 23. Nxb7 Rc7 24. Nd8 Rc2 25. Be4 Rb2
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rd1 f5 28. Bf3 Nb4 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kf6
31. Bh5 Kg5 32. Rxh7 e5 33. f4+ Kf6 34. Rxa7 Nd3 35. Ra6+ Ke7
36. Bg6 Ne1 37. Bxf5 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 1-0

[Event "CCA-ICC International"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.11"]
[EventDate "2005.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. a3 Be7
7. Be3 Nbd7 8. c4 Qd6 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O
12. O-O Nf6 13. Bc2 g6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Ne5 Be8
17. Qf3 Qb8 18. b4 cxd4 19. exd4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Qe3
Rde8 22. c5 f5 23. d5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Ba4
Bf7 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Qc7 30. Qd6 Qc8
31. Rfe1 Rf8 32. Qd7 Qb8 33. Qd6 Qc8 34. Re7 b6 35. Rxa7 bxc5
36. Qxc5 Qe6 37. Rad7 Qf6 38. Qd4 Qa6 39. Rd8 Qxa3 40. Rxf8+
Kxf8 41. Ra1 Qb3 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "CCA-ICC International"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[EventDate "2005.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O Nxd3
7. Qxd3 Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rad1 d6
12. Qc2 Qd7 13. d5 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA-ICC International"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[EventDate "2005.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zviad Izoria"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg4
7. Ne5 Bf5 8. h3 Bg7 9. e3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CES Open Northeim"]
[Site "Northeim GER"]
[Date "2005.04.14"]
[EventDate "2005.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "K Muehlhan"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. e4 d6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5
Qb6 13. Qc1 Ne5 14. Be2 f5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. a5
Qb3 18. Ra3 Qc2 19. g4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Bd3 22. Qc1
1-0

[Event "CES Open Northeim"]
[Site "Northeim GER"]
[Date "2005.04.14"]
[EventDate "2005.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bernd Leiber"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Rad1 e6 13. h4 h6 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. c4 e5 17. d5
Nb4 18. Qb1 a5 19. Rd2 Bc8 20. Bd1 Bd7 21. Ba3 Bf8 22. Re3 Qf6
23. Bb2 Na6 24. h5 Nc5 25. Nh2 Bg7 26. Bc1 Qh4 27. d6 cxd6
28. Rxd6 Re6 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qxb6 Qd8
32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Be2 h5 34. Ba3 Rc8 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Nf3
Bf8 37. Rc3 Kg7 38. Nd2 Rc7 39. Nf1 a4 40. Ne3 Bc5 41. Nd5 Rb7
42. Rc2 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Bxf2 44. Nc3 Ra1 45. g3 a3 46. Kg2 Bd4
47. Nb5 Bc5 48. Nc7 Bc8 49. Nb5 Kh6 50. Nc3 Bd7 51. Rd2 Bb4
52. Rxd7 Bxc3 53. Ra7 Rxa2 54. Kf3 Bb4 0-1

[Event "CES Open Northeim"]
[Site "Northeim GER"]
[Date "2005.04.15"]
[EventDate "2005.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Leonid Sobolevsky"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Ne4
7. Nfd2 f5 8. f3 Nef6 9. Nc3 g6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. e5
Ne8 13. f4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Nb3 Nc7 17. Be3 b4
18. Nd1 a5 19. Rc1 a4 20. Nc5 Ncd5 21. Bd2 a3 22. b3 Re8
23. Qe1 Bh6 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Rf3 Ra7 26. Be2 Rg8 27. h4 Bf8
28. Rh3 Bh6 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Bf1 Nd7 31. Nd3 Bb7 32. Rh3 c5
33. dxc5 Nb8 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. Bxe3 Be4 36. Nxb4 Nc6 37. Nxc6
Bxc6 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Rd6 Qc7 40. Qd2 Bf8 41. Bc4 Bxd6 42. exd6
Qb7 43. Bd4+ Kg8 44. h5 Bd5 45. Bf1 g5 46. h6 Kf7 47. fxg5 e5
48. Bc3 Kg8 49. b4 f4 50. b5 Qa8 51. Bb4 Be6 52. Rxa3 Qe4
53. c6 Qb1 54. Kg1 Rf7 55. d7 Bxd7 56. cxd7 Rd8 57. Ra8 1-0

[Event "CES Open Northeim"]
[Site "Northeim GER"]
[Date "2005.04.15"]
[EventDate "2005.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksandr Karpatchev"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6
12. Bf4 Bc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rfd1
Qa7 17. Na4 Ba6 18. Bf3 Bb5 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Nc5 a4 21. a3 h6
22. g3 Rd6 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. Qe3 Nd5 25. Qe1 Ne7 26. Qb4 Nf5
27. d5 exd5 28. Bg4 Ne7 29. Ne4 Rg6 30. Bh5 Re6 31. Nc5 Re5
32. Qh4 Re8 33. Bf3 Bc4 34. Nd3 Ng6 35. Qg4 Rg5 36. Qh3 Bxd3
37. Rxd3 Nf4 38. Qf1 Nxd3 39. Qxd3 Rg6 40. Kg2 Rf6 41. Rc2 Qe7
42. Re2 Re6 43. Rc2 Qf6 44. Qa6 Rb8 45. Bg4 Qd4 46. Bxe6 Qe4+
47. Kg1 Qxc2 48. Bxf7+ Kh7 49. Qa7 Rxb2 50. Bh5 Qe4 0-1

[Event "CES Open Northeim"]
[Site "Northeim GER"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[EventDate "2005.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Baklan"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5
12. Re1 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Qd2
Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Be6
21. Ng5 Qa8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a4 Rc8 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bb6
Rxa4 26. Qxd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Rb4 28. Be3 Rcb8 29. Rdd1 R8b7
30. g3 Kf7 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Rc6 Ra4 34. Re2 Rb7
35. h4 Rd7 36. Rb2 e4 37. Rbc2 Rb4 38. Ra6 Bg7 39. h5 Bd4
40. Bxd4 Rbxd4 41. hxg6+ hxg6 42. Rcc6 Re7 43. Rf6+ Ke8
44. Rxg6 e3 45. fxe3 Rxe3 46. Raf6 Ke7 47. Rf2 Rdd3 48. Rg7+
Ke6 49. Rf8 Ra3 50. Kh3 Rf3 51. Rb8 Rfb3 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Rgg8
Rb7 54. Re4 Rh7+ 55. Kg2 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kf4 Rha7 58. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "CES Open Northeim"]
[Site "Northeim GER"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[EventDate "2005.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Alexander Becker"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 a6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. a3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. O-O Bg5 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4
12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Nd7 14. Qf3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Bd7 16. Be2 b5
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. a4 c4+ 21. Kf1
Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxb5 23. Ra1 Qxb2 24. Qa3 Qd2 25. Rf2 Qd4 26. h3
h6 27. Rf4 c3 28. Rf2 Rc8 29. Qa6 Rc4 0-1

[Event "CES Open Northeim"]
[Site "Northeim GER"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[EventDate "2005.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Henrik Teske"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bg5 Ne7 8. e3 Bg4 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Bh4 Bh5 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ka1 f6 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Qb3 Bg6 16. Be2 Bf7
17. Na4 Nf5 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Bd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bg6 21. Be2 Kc7
22. a3 Nb6 23. Nc5 Rhe8 24. Rc3 Kb8 25. Rhc1 Ka7 26. Qd1 Nc8
27. b4 Qb6 28. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "11th Werther Schloss-Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2005.03.18"]
[EventDate "2005.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Manuel Dargel"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 a6 14. Rc1 Ba7 15. Nf4 Bf5 16. Nb3 Rc8
17. Nd3 Re8 18. Ndc5 Qb6 19. Qd2 Qb5 20. Rfe1 Re5 21. Bxc6
Qxc6 22. Nd3 Qd5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qa5 1-0

[Event "11th Werther Schloss-Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[EventDate "2005.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hartwig Kruse"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2
Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nb3
Qh5 12. Nfd4 Qxe2 13. Bxe2 Rd8 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Na5 Rd5
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ndb3 Rd7 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rfd1
Rb8 21. Nd6 Bd7 22. Bf3 Na4 23. Rab1 b5 24. Be4 Rb6 25. Nab7
f5 26. Bf3 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Rcxc6 28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Rd7 Bf6
30. Na5 Rd6 31. Rxa7 Nxb2 32. Re1 Re6 0-1

[Event "11th Werther Schloss-Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[EventDate "2005.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "E Kirnos"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nxd5 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nf6
12. Bc4 O-O 13. Bc3 Qe7 14. Bd3 h6 15. O-O Bg4 16. Rfd1 Rac8
17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Ne4 19. Rd5 Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rd3
Rcd8 22. Rad1 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Bc7 24. c4 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rd8
26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Ne5 Bc7 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. f4 a6 30. a4 b6
31. Kf2 Kf7 32. e4 Ke8 33. e5 Be7 34. Nb2 Kd7 35. Nd1 h5
36. Nc3 g6 37. g3 Kc6 38. Kf3 Kc7 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Kd7
41. h4 Ke8 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Bd8 44. Kg6 Bh4 45. Ne4 Ke7
46. Kh5 Be1 47. Kg5 b5 48. axb5 axb5 49. cxb5 c4 50. b6 Ba5
51. b7 Bc7 52. Kg4 Kd7 53. Nc5+ Kc6 54. Nxe6 Kxb7 55. Nxc7 c3
56. Ne6 1-0

[Event "11th Werther Schloss-Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[EventDate "2005.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhael Mchedlishvili"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 Ne4
7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bf4 c5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6
12. O-O Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bf6 14. Qd2 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb4 Qa5
17. Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Werther Schloss-Open"]
[Site "Werther GER"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[EventDate "2005.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qf6 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Bc3 Rfe8 16. h3
Bc7 17. Rd2 Nf8 18. Re1 Ng6 19. g3 Ne7 20. Kg2 Nf5 21. Rd3 Qg6
22. g4 Ne7 23. Rde3 Qh6 24. R3e2 Ng6 25. Bd2 Nf4+ 26. Bxf4
Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th International Bethune Open"]
[Site "Bethune FRA"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "N Friess"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 h6 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 c5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Na3
cxb3 18. Bd3 b4 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Bb2 Bc5 21. Ra1 Bxb5 22. Bxb5
O-O 23. Nd2 Qb6 24. Bc6 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Nxb3 Qc3 27. Qf3
Qc2 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. h3 Rc8 30. Rc4 Nb8 31. Qd3 Qa3 32. g3 Nfd7
33. Kg2 Nb6 34. Rc5 N6d7 35. Ra5 Qb2 36. Ra7 Nf6 37. Ra8 Qc3
38. Bb5 Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Nfd7 40. Bb5 Nb6 41. Ra7 Rc3 42. Rb7
N8d7 43. Bxd7 Nxd7 44. Rxb4 Kf8 45. Na5 f5 46. exf5 Rc5
47. Nc4 Rxd5 48. Ne3 Rd2 49. Rc4 Nf6 50. Kf3 h5 51. Ra4 Kf7
52. g4 hxg4+ 53. hxg4 g6 54. g5 Nd7 55. f6 Rd4 56. Ra7 Ke6
57. Kg3 Rd3 58. Kg2 Rd4 59. f3 e4 60. f4 Rd2+ 61. Kf1 Rd3
62. Ke2 Rd4 63. Ra6+ Kf7 64. Ng4 Nf8 65. Ne5+ Ke8 66. f7+ 1-0

[Event "26th International Bethune Open"]
[Site "Bethune FRA"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arnaud Jossien"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Bg2 g5 6. h3 Bg7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. Bxg5 Bxe5 11. Qd3 h6
12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. a4 Qc4 15. Qxc4+ dxc4 16. a5 Ne7
17. a6 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Ra4 Nd4 20. Rxc4+ Kb8 21. Nb1
bxa6 22. c3 Nf5 23. Na3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th International Bethune Open"]
[Site "Bethune FRA"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Kim Le Quang"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qc2 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5
12. Re1 c5 13. a4 Kh8 14. Rb1 Ng8 15. Rb5 Ra6 16. Nd2 Nhf6
17. Nf1 Ne8 18. Bd1 Qh4 19. Ng3 Bh6 20. Rf1 Ng7 21. Bxh6 Nxh6
22. Qd2 g5 23. Re1 f6 24. a5 Nf7 25. Na4 Ra7 26. Nb6 Qh6
27. Qb2 Qg6 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxb7 Raa8 30. Rd7 Rxa5 31. Bg4
Rf8 32. Nf5 h5 33. Nxg7 hxg4 34. Nf5 1-0

[Event "26th International Bethune Open"]
[Site "Bethune FRA"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Craig A Hanley"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nh5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 c6 10. b5 Nf4 11. Qc2 Bg4
12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Ndxe2 a6 16. Qb3
axb5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Rd5 f3 19. gxf3 Nc6 20. Rad1 Rfd8
21. Kg2 Qa6 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Qxb5 Ne6 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. a4
Ra5 26. Rb1 Rg5+ 27. Kf1 Rh5 28. Rxb7 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Rxh2
30. Kg1 Rh3 31. a5 Rxf3 32. Rb8+ Nf8 33. Nb5 Rf6 34. Ra8 Kg7
35. a6 Rb6 36. a7 Rxb5 37. Rxf8 Kxf8 38. a8=Q+ Kg7 39. Qa1+ f6
40. Qa7+ Kh6 41. f4 1-0

[Event "26th International Bethune Open"]
[Site "Bethune FRA"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ovidiu Doru Foisor"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. g3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Bd7
7. b3 Rb8 8. Bb2 a6 9. Ne4 Bxb2 10. Qxb2 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ exf6
12. Nh3 Qe7 13. Nf4 Qe5 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Nd5 Kg7 16. e3 Qxb2+
17. Kxb2 b5 18. Rd2 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th International Bethune Open"]
[Site "Bethune FRA"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Olivier Simon"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4
7. exd4 d5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Bc4 Qb6 11. Bb3 Nd7
12. O-O Rad8 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. d6 e6
17. Re2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nc5 19. Qe5 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qxb3 21. Red2
Rd7 22. h4 h5 23. Rd3 Qb4 24. g3 Rfd8 25. b3 b6 26. Kg2 Qc5
27. Qf4 Qf5 28. Qe3 Qc5 29. Qf4 Qf5 30. Qe3 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th International Bethune Open"]
[Site "Bethune FRA"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "D Housieaux"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "232"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e4 d6
7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O Re8 9. d5 c6 10. Nbc3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7
12. Nc1 Na6 13. Nd3 Nc5 14. Be3 b6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Rc1 c4
17. Ne1 Qb6 18. Qe2 Rec8 19. Nf3 a4 20. a3 Ba5 21. Rb1 Rab8
22. Rfc1 h5 23. h3 g6 24. Ng5 Kg7 25. Bf1 Qd8 26. Nf3 Bxc3
27. bxc3 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Bf5 30. Qe1 Bxb1 31. Qxb1
Rb8 32. Qc2 Qa5 33. Nd2 Qxd5 34. Bxc4 Qc5 35. Qd3 f5 36. Kg2
Rb2 37. Bd5 Rb5 38. Bc4 e4 39. Qc2 Rb7 40. Qxa4 d5 41. Bb3
Qxc3 42. Bxd5 Rc7 43. Nf1 h4 44. Qe8 hxg3 45. Qg8+ Kh6
46. Qf8+ Qg7 47. Qd8 Qe7 48. Qh8+ Qh7 49. Qf8+ Qg7 50. Qd8 Re7
51. Nxg3 Qf6 52. Qb8 Re5 53. Qb3 Qe7 54. Bc6 e3 55. fxe3 Rxe3
56. Qb2 Kh7 57. Qb7 Qxb7 58. Bxb7 Rxa3 59. Bf3 Kg7 60. Ne2 g5
61. Kg3 Kf6 62. Kg2 Ke5 63. Kg3 Ra4 64. Bc6 Rc4 65. Bf3 Rc5
66. Bb7 Rc2 67. Bf3 Rd2 68. Kg2 Ke6 69. Kf2 Rb2 70. Kg3 Rd2
71. h4 g4 72. Bxg4 fxg4 73. Nf4+ Ke5 74. Kxg4 Ke4 75. Ne6 Rg2+
76. Kh5 Kf5 77. Ng5 Rg3 78. Nf7 Rg7 79. Nd6+ Ke5 80. Kh6 Rg4
81. Kh5 Kf4 82. Ne4 Rg8 83. Nf6 Rh8+ 84. Kg6 Rxh4 85. Nh5+ Ke5
86. Kg5 Ra4 87. Nf6 Ra7 88. Nh5 Ra8 89. Nf6 Ke6 90. Ng4 Rf8
91. Ne3 Rf3 92. Ng4 Rf5+ 93. Kh4 Ra5 94. Kg3 Kf5 95. Ne3+ Ke4
96. Ng2 Ra3+ 97. Kf2 Rb3 98. Ne1 Rb8 99. Ng2 Rf8+ 100. Kg3
Rf3+ 101. Kg4 Ra3 102. Nh4 Ra1 103. Kg3 Ra8 104. Ng2 Rf8
105. Nh4 Rf6 106. Ng2 Rg6+ 107. Kf2 Rg4 108. Ne1 Rf4+ 109. Kg3
Rf1 110. Ng2 Rf3+ 111. Kg4 Rf1 112. Kg3 Kd3 113. Nf4+ Ke3
114. Ng2+ Ke4 115. Nh4 Rf8 116. Ng2 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.16"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Valverde Urbano"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nh5
7. Bg3 d5 8. Ne5 Nxg3 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. hxg3 Rb8 11. Qc2 Qb6
12. Nd2 c4 13. Be2 Qxb2 14. Qxb2 Rxb2 15. Nf3 f6 16. Nh4 O-O
17. Bd1 Bd7 18. O-O g5 19. Nf3 Rfb8 20. Re1 Ba3 21. Ba4 R2b7
22. Nh2 Bb2 23. Rad1 Bxc3 24. Rf1 Rb2 25. f4 f5 26. Rf3 0-1

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "C De Andres Oterino"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4
7. exd4 d5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O Nd7
12. Na4 Qa5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 b4
17. Qc2 Rac8 18. c6 Be5 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Rac1 Rc7
22. Rc4 Rb8 23. Re2 a5 24. h4 a4 25. Qd1 Qb5 26. Rce4 f5
27. Rd4 Ra7 28. g3 Qb6 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. Rdd2 Bd6 31. Re6 Ra5
32. Qe1 Qc7 33. Rde2 Ra7 34. Qc1 f4 35. h5 fxg3 36. hxg6 Bf4
37. gxh7+ Kh8 38. Qc5 Bd6 39. Qd4+ Kxh7 40. R2e4 1-0

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D Martinez Pelaez"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Be3 e5 10. a4 Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. h3
Rc8 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 O-O 15. Nd4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. g4 d5
18. Qd2 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Ned6 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxe3 22. Nxe3
Nxf4 23. Bf5 Ne5 0-1

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "J Salinero de Prado"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c4 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Rc1 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 Kh8 11. O-O Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Nd8 13. b4 Nf7 14. b5 c6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Qa5 Qd6 18. Rc7 Qb6 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 a6 21. Rb1 Kg8
22. Rb6 Re8 23. Bd1 Kf8 24. Nd4 Re7 25. Rcc6 e5 26. Ne6+ Bxe6
27. Rxe6 Rc8 28. Ba4 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 g6 30. Rc6 Rd8 31. Rxa6 d4
32. exd4 exd4 33. c6 Rc8 34. f4 Rc7 35. Rb6 Nd6 36. Rb4 1-0

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aimen Rizouk"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 f5 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nf3
Nc6 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Nd8 15. Nbd2 Nf7 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Ng5
Ngh6 18. Nxf7 Nxf7 19. Be3 Bd5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe2 O-O
22. b3 a5 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Azer Mirzoev"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Re1 e5
12. Bc2 exd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qc3 Qb6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3
Nf6 17. h3 c5 18. b3 Be6 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Kf8 23. Bf3 Qc7 24. Qc2 Kg8 25. Bd5 Qc8 26. Qe4
Re7 27. Qh4 Ree8 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qe7 Re8
31. Qd6 Rd8 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Re7
Rxf2 36. Rxb7 Rxa2 37. Kg3 Kh7 38. h4 h5 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. g3
Kf6 41. Rb5 Rb2 42. Kf4 g6 43. Rxc5 Rxb3 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Rc7+
Kf6 46. Rxa7 Rc3 47. Ra6+ Kg7 48. Rc6 Kf7 49. c5 Kg7 50. Rc8
Kf6 51. c6 Rc4+ 52. Ke3 Kf5 53. c7 Kg4 54. Rg8 Rxc7 55. Rxg6+
Kh3 56. Rg5 Rf7 57. Ke4 Rf8 58. Rf5 Rg8 59. Rg5 Rf8 60. Ke5
Rf3 61. Rxh5 Kxg3 62. Rh8 Kg4 63. h5 Rf5+ 64. Ke4 Rxh5
65. Rxh5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "X Galarza Bilbao"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Rxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bxa3 15. Nd4 Be6
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rb5 e5 18. Bg3 Rab8 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Bd5 Bd6
21. Ke2 g6 22. Rhb1 Ne7 23. Bxb7 Nf5 24. Bxe5+ Bxe5 25. Rxe5
Nd6 26. Re7 a5 27. Rd7 Nc4 28. Rd4 Ne5 29. Rb5 Rf7 30. Rxe5
Rbxb7 31. f4 Rb2+ 32. Kf3 Ra2 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Ra8 a4 35. Rea5
Rc2 36. Rxa4 g5 37. R8a7 1-0

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dragan Paunovic"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 e6 6. e4 d6
7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nh3 d5 12. e5
Nd7 13. Nf2 Qc7 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Nf3 Nd4 16. c3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3
Rab8 18. Qe2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Erandio Open"]
[Site "Erandio ESP"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[EventDate "2005.12.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "D Torres Novalbos"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. e4 Be7 11. Re1 c5 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 cxd4 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nbd2 Nc5 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bb7 19. Rxd4 O-O 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21. Re1 a5 22. Qe4
g6 23. Qg4 Kg7 24. h4 h5 25. Qg3 Nb6 26. Ng5 Rf8 27. Rd6 Nxa4
28. Nxe6+ Kh7 29. Nxf8+ Rxf8 30. Bxg6+ fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8
32. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6
8.h3 Bh5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 Bd6 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.cxd5
cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.e4 dxe4 17.d5 O-O 18.dxe6 Nc5
19.Nf4 Ra7 20.Bd4 Bxf4 21.Bxc5 Bxc1 22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Qxc1 fxe6
24.Qc6 Qe7 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Qxe4 Rc7 27.Qxe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxe6 Rc1+
29.Kh2 Rc2 30.Rxa6 Rxf2 31.Kg3 Rc2 32.h4 b4 33.Kf3 Rc3+ 34.Kf4
Rd3 35.g3 Rd2 36.Ra4 Kf7 37.Ke3 Rg2 38.Rxb4 Rxa2 39.Rf4+ Ke6
40.Kd4 Rd2+ 41.Kc3 Rg2 42.Rg4 g6 43.b4 Kd5 44.Rg5+ Kc6 45.Kd4
Kb7 46.b5 Kb6 47.g4 Rh2 48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 Re2 50.Re5 Rf2
51.Ke4 Rf6 52.Rf5 Re6+ 53.Kf4 Ka5 54.Re5 Rd6 55.Kf5 Rb6 56.Re7
Kxb5 57.Rxh7 Kc5 58.Rd7 Kc6 59.Rd4 1-0

[Event "25th Open"]
[Site "Bratto ITA"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michele Godena"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8
7. Nc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 cxd4 9. Ncxd4 Bc5 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Nb6
12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Re1 a6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Qe2 h6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Najib Draoui"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Qc2 Qb8 10. O-O Bh5 11. h3 O-O
12. Ng5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c5 Be7
17. f4 Nh7 18. Ndf3 Nxg5 19. fxg5 e5 20. e4 exd4 21. exd5 Bxc5
22. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4 c5 24. b4 Rac8 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qb1
Qa5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Kh1 Qb6 29. Nb3 Qe3 30. d6 Qxg5 31. Qe4
Qb5 32. Re1 Nf6 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Nc1 Qc6 35. Rd1 a5 36. Qe5 b6
37. Nb3 Re8 38. Qg3 Ne4 39. Qf3 Qc2 40. d7 Rd8 41. Kh2 f5
42. Rd4 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Elina Danielian"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Qc2 h6 8. a4 Rc8 9. Rd1 g6 10. e4 Bg7 11. Na3 O-O 12. h3 a5
13. Bd2 b6 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Ne8 16. Bf4 b5 17. Nce5 Nb8
18. Qb3 g5 19. Bd2 Nd6 20. axb5 a4 21. Rxa4 cxb5 22. Ra7 Nxe4
23. Ba5 Qe8 24. Re1 Nd6 25. d5 Nc4 26. Bc3 e6 27. Ng6 Nd7
28. dxe6 Nc5 29. exf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 f5 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nf3
Nc6 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Nd8 15. a5 Nf7 16. Nbd2 Bc5 17. Nc4 Ne7
18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 O-O 20. Bf1 Nd5 21. Rb3 Rfb8 22. Qd2 Bc6
23. Rd3 Ra7 24. Re1 Ba8 25. Rd4 Qc5 26. h4 Bc6 27. h5 Qe7
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Nd6 f4 30. Bc4 Rf8 31. Qd3 Nxd6 32. Qxg6+
Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. exd6 Rf5 35. Ne5 Bb5 36. Bxd5 exd5
37. Rxb4 Rf6 38. Rd4 Rxd6 39. Rxf4 Re6 40. Re3 d6 41. Rg3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.21"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Gaby Livshits"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. c6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qc7
12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. O-O
Rab8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Na4 h5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rfd1
Be8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qa5 24. Nc5 Ra8 25. a4 Qc3 26. Qe2
a5 27. Rc1 Qf6 28. Qd2 Qb2 29. Qd3 Rb8 30. Rd1 Qc3 31. Qa6 Be5
32. Rc1 Qb2 33. Nd3 Qe2 34. Re1 1-0

[Event "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Avigdor Bykhovsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Nc3 Nbd7
12. Nh4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 e5 14. d5 g6 15. b4 Nh5 16. e4 Ng7
17. f3 f5 18. Rae1 f4 19. g4 h5 20. h3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6
22. b5 Qd7 23. Qd1 Qe7 24. Nb1 Nge8 25. Nd2 Nh7 26. Kf2 Kg7
27. Rh1 Rh8 28. Rh4 Nef6 29. Reh1 Ng5 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Rxh8
Kxh8 32. Qh1+ Kg8 33. Ne1 Nd7 34. Nd3 Nf7 35. a4 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Anthony Wirig"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3
Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd8
12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. O-O a5 14. Re1 Bd7 15. e4 Bc6 16. Rce3 Rad8
17. b3 b6 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. Nb1 b5 20. h4 Qc5 21. cxb5 Qxb5
22. Qc1 Nc5 23. Na3 Qb8 24. Qc3 Qa8 25. Nc4 f5 26. Nxa5 Bxe4
27. Bh3 Nd3 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 29. Nc6 Rde8 30. Re7 Rxe7 31. Nxe7+
Kf7 32. Qxd3 Kxe7 33. Qc3 Qxa2 34. Qxc7+ Ke6 35. Qxg7 Rf7
36. Qh6+ Kd7 37. Qe3 Qa1+ 38. Bf1 Qe5 39. Qa7+ Ke8 40. Qb8+
Ke7 41. Bc4 Rg7 42. Qc7+ Kf6 43. Qd8+ Qe7 44. Qc8 Qd7 45. Qa8
Qa7 46. Qc8 Qd7 47. Qa8 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.05"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "F Losada Cabrera"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. g4 dxc4
7. g5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O-O a6
12. Kb1 Nb4 13. Qe4 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Ne4 Be7
17. Rhg1 c5 18. Ne5 f5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Qg3 N5b6 21. Nd6 Rb8
22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Ng4 Qg6+ 24. Ka1 Be7 25. Bd3 Qg5 26. e4 1-0

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.06"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "H Asis Gargatagli"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 g6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nd7
7. Ne2 Nf6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nbc3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. b4 Bd7 12. Rb1
Rb8 13. b5 Qe7 14. Nf4 Rfe8 15. Qb3 Bh6 16. b6 axb6 17. Qxb6
Qd8 18. Qb4 Qe7 19. d5 Ng4 20. Nd3 Qd8 21. Qb6 Bg7 22. Qxd8
Rexd8 23. Rfc1 Be8 24. Rb6 Kh8 25. Ne2 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5
27. Rcb1 e4 28. f3 cxd5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Bxe4
Re5 32. Bxb7 Rxe3 33. Kf2 Re5 34. Ba6 Rd8 35. Bc4 Rc8 36. Bb3
Bh6 37. Rb4 Bd2 38. Rc4 Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.07"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Marc Narciso-Dublan"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 dxc4
12. Bxc4 a6 13. O-O b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Nb4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bc7 Qxa3 18. bxa3 Nxc2 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. Bb3 Nd4 21. Nxd4
Rxd6 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Rad8 24. Rb1 Be4 25. Nc2 Rd2
26. Rfc1 Bb2 0-1

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "F Cruz"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. Nd2 Na6 9. Nc4 Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Na3
Qe8 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Nab5 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. axb5 Qxb5
17. Rxa7 Rd7 18. Ra2 Qc4 19. b3 Qd4 20. Ra6 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 b5
22. Re1 b4 23. e4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Rf5 26. Rf4 Kf7
27. Kg2 Rxf4 28. Bxf4 Rc7 29. Bd2 Bd4 30. f4 c4 31. Rc6 cxb3
32. cxb3 Ra7 33. Rc4 Bc5 34. Bxb4 Ra2+ 35. Kf3 Bxb4 36. Rxb4
Rxh2 37. Rd4 h5 38. Rd3 h4 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40. Ke4 g5 41. Kf5
Rxf4+ 42. Kxg5 Rf1 43. Rd4 Ke8 44. Rb4 Kd8 45. Rd4 Kc7 46. Re4
Kd7 47. Rd4 e5 48. dxe6+ Kxe6 49. Re4+ Kd5 50. Re2 Rd1 51. Kf4
Kd4 52. Re4+ Kc3 53. Rc4+ Kd3 54. Kf5 d5 55. Rh4 d4 56. Ke5
Kc3 57. Rh8 0-1

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.09"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Francisco De la Paz"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Na6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Ne8 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3
c5 13. g3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Nh4 Kh8 16. Bd3 Nac7 17. Qh5
Nf6 18. Qg5 Ng4 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Be2 Nf6 21. b4 Na6 22. Rb1
Ne8 23. Rb3 Bf6 24. Ng2 Rg8 25. Bb2 Rg7 26. b5 Nb8 27. Nd1 Re7
28. Nde3 Ng7 29. f4 Rf8 30. Rf1 e4 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. h3 h5
33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rh6 35. g5 Rh3 36. Kf2 Ne8 37. Nxf5 Bxf5
38. Rxh3+ Bxh3 39. Rh1 Rh7 40. g6 Rh6 41. Bg4 Bxg4 42. Rxh6+
Kg8 43. Ne3 Nf6 44. Kg3 Bc8 45. Kh4 Kg7 46. Kg5 b6 47. a4 a5
48. Rh8 Kxh8 49. Kxf6 Kg8 50. Ke7 Kg7 51. f5 Bxf5 52. Nxf5+
Kxg6 53. Ne3 Kg5 54. Kxd6 Kf4 55. Nc2 1-0

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.10"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henrik Teske"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.11"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "J M Lopez-Martinez"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Qe2 c5 8. d5 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Rd1 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 b5
12. Na3 a6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Nc2 Nd7 15. Nce1 Ne5 16. Bf4 Qd6
17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 f5 20. Rac1 fxe4 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Rxc5 Rad8 23. b4 Rd6 24. Qe3 e6 25. Rc6 Rxd5 26. Re1
Qb2 27. Rxa6 Rd2 28. Qxe4 Rdxf2 29. Rxe6 Qxa2 30. Re7 R2f7
31. Qd4 Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Rc8
Rf4 36. b5 Rf5 37. b6 Rb5 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Rxc4 Rxb6 40. Kh2
Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Gonzalez"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bf4 c6 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. e3
Nf8 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nf8 16. Ne2
h6 17. Kf2 Ne6 18. b4 Bd7 19. a4 a5 20. b5 cxb5 21. Nc3 Nc7
22. axb5 b6 23. Rhc1 Rhc8 24. Rc2 Kd8 25. Na4 Rab8 26. Rb1 Ne8
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Open Barbera del Valles"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles ESP"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[EventDate "2006.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Victor Manuel Vehi Bach"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. e3 c5 9. Bb5 c4 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. Ne5 Be6
12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Qh5 Kg7
17. f4 Qe8 18. f5 f6 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. fxe6 fxe5 21. Bxe5+
Kg6 22. g4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rxe6 24. Rf8 Rb6 25. a4 Nxc3 26. a5
Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Ne4 28. Rc8 Kf7 29. Rc7+ Ke6 30. a6 bxa6 31. Rc6+
Kd7 32. Rxa6 Rb2+ 33. Kh3 c3 34. Rxa7+ Kc6 35. Rc7+ Kb5
36. Bg3 Nxg3 37. Kxg3 Kb4 38. Kf3 c2 39. h3 Kb3 40. e4 dxe4+
41. Kxe4 Rb1 42. d5 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4
g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.a4 Nf6 10.Bh6 Bf8 11.Bxf8 Kxf8 12.a5 e5 13.Bc4
Kg7 14.O-O Qc7 15.f4 Bg4 16.Qd3 Nbd7 17.N1d2 exf4 18.Qd4 Ne5
19.Rxf4 Be6 20.Bd5 Rhf8 21.Raf1 Nfd7 22.Qe3 Rae8 23.Nd4 Bxd5
24.exd5 Qc5 25.Ne4 Qxd5 26.Rh4 h5 27.Rxh5 Nf3+ 28.Rxf3 Qxh5
29.Rh3 Rxe4 30.Qxe4 Qd1+ 31.Kf2 Qd2+ 32.Ne2 Ne5 33.Qh4 Re8
34.Qh7+ Kf6 35.Qh4+ Kg7 36.Qh7+ Kf6 37.Qh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Bg2
Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Ne1 Qc8 11. a5 Bh3 12. Na4 Bxg2
13. Nxg2 Nbd7 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Qc2 e4 16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Nb6 Qg4
18. Nf4 g5 19. h3 Qf5 20. g4 Nfxg4 21. hxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Kh2 Nf3+
23. exf3 exf3 24. Nd7 Re2 25. Rbe1 gxf4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Rg1
Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7
12. Bf4 c6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5
17. Qh5 c5 18. Rcd1 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Qc7 20. Rfe1 g6 21. Qh3 Rad8
22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 h5 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. f5
Qc8 27. Rd3 Qc6 28. Rf3 Qxf6 29. fxg6 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+
31. Rg3 Qd5+ 32. Rf3 Qg5+ 33. Rg3 Qd5+ 34. Rf3 fxg6 35. Qc8+
Kh7 36. Qc7+ Kh6 37. Qf7 Qg5+ 38. Rg3 Qf5 39. Rf3 Qg4+ 40. Rg3
Qe4+ 41. Rf3 Qg4+ 42. Rg3 Qf5 43. Rf3 Qxf7 44. Rxf7 a5 45. Rf6
Ra1 46. Rxb6 Rxa2 47. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.25"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "3.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iweta Radziewicz Rajlich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. Qc2 Bf5
7. f3 Nc6 8. fxe4 Bg6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Be3 Be7 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 Ng4 13. Nf3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3
Re8 17. Qf2 Bf6 18. O-O Re4 19. e3 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. h3 Kf8
22. Rac1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Qxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. c5 Ke7 26. Kf2
Re4 27. Rd1 dxc5 28. dxc5 Rc4 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. c6 bxc6
31. dxc6 Rxc6 32. Ne5 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 c5 35. a4 f6
36. Re6 Rxb2 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Ra6 c4 39. Rxa7+ Kd6 40. Ra6+
Ke5 41. Ra5+ Kd4 42. Rd5+ Kc3 43. Rb5 Rb4 44. Ra5 Kb2 0-1

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Holger Rasch"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. h4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. O-O-O Nc7 13. Kb1 Bg4 14. Rdg1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne6 16. Bf5
Qe7 17. Ne2 g6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. h5 g5 20. f4 O-O-O 21. Rg3
Rdg8 22. fxg5 Rxg5 23. Rxg5 hxg5 24. Ng3 Bd8 25. a3 Bc7
26. Nf5 Qe4 27. Qxe4 dxe4 28. h6 Rh7 29. Rg1 f6 30. Rg4 Kd7
31. Rxe4 Bd6 32. Rg4 Bf8 33. Rg1 Ke6 34. e4 Kf7 35. Kc2 Bxh6
36. Rh1 Kg6 37. Kd3 Bf8 38. Rxh7 Kxh7 39. d5 cxd5 40. exd5 Kg6
41. Ke4 Kf7 42. f3 Bc5 43. a4 Bb4 44. Ne3 Kg6 45. Nc4 f5+
46. Ke5 g4 47. Ke6 Kg5 48. fxg4 fxg4 49. d6 Bxd6 50. Nxd6 Kf4
51. Nf5 Ke4 52. b4 g3 53. Nxg3+ Kd4 54. b5 Kc5 55. Ne4+ Kb4
56. Kd6 Kxa4 57. Kc5 Kb3 58. Nd6 a5 59. Nxb7 a4 60. Na5+ 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5
Qb6 7. Bf4 Na6 8. a4 Bg7 9. a5 Qc6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Nc3 O-O
12. O-O Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. h3 Bf5 15. c3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxd1
17. Rfxd1 Nxc5 18. Be3 b6 19. Ra3 Rac8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
bxa5 22. Rd5 Nb7 23. Bxa7 Rfd8 24. Bf3 Nd6 25. Raxa5 Rd7
26. Bd4 Nc4 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Ra7 e5 29. Be3 Be6 30. Bc1 Kg7
31. Kf1 Rb8 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Na5 34. Ba6 Bb3 35. Ke2 f5
36. Kd3 Bd5 37. b4 Bxg2 38. c4 Nc6 39. Ba3 Kf6 40. b5 Nd4
41. h4 f4 42. Bd6 Nf5 43. Bc7 e4+ 44. Kd2 e3+ 45. fxe3 fxe3+
46. Ke2 Ke7 47. Bf4 Kd7 48. c5 Nxh4 49. b6 g5 50. Bh2 g4
51. Bb5+ Bc6 52. b7 Bxb5+ 53. Kxe3 Nf5+ 54. Kd2 g3 55. b8=Q
gxh2 56. Qxh2 Ke6 57. Qxh7 Ne7 58. Qe4+ Kf7 59. Qf3+ Ke8
60. Qa8+ Kf7 61. Ke3 Bc6 62. Qb8 Bd7 63. Kf4 Ng6+ 64. Kg5 Ne7
65. Qb3+ Be6 66. Qb2 Bd5 67. Qf6+ Ke8 68. Qe5 Kf7 69. Qf4+ Ke6
70. Qf6+ Kd7 71. Qd6+ Ke8 72. Kf6 Ng8+ 73. Ke5 Ne7 74. Qc7 Bg2
75. Kd6 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "6.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 cxd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Be7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Qg4 Nc5 16. Bf1
Rfd8 17. a3 b5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qg3 N5b6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Rac8 22. Rg4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rh4 Qd6 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Nf3
Nbd5 27. Qe1 h6 28. Rd4 Qb6 29. Rad1 Rc3 30. Ne5+ Ke7 31. g3
Rdc8 32. Bh3 Kf8 33. R4d3 R3c7 34. Rf3 Kg8 35. Nd3 Re8 36. Nc5
Kh8 37. Rfd3 Rce7 38. Nb3 Rc7 39. Nd4 e5 40. Nf5 Qc6 41. Ne3
Nc3 42. Bg2 e4 43. Rd6 Qb7 44. R1d4 Qc8 45. h3 Nb1 46. Kh2
Nxa3 47. Rxf6 gxf6 48. Qd2 Nb1 49. Qd1 Nc3 50. Qh5 Rh7 51. Rd6
Re5 52. Qh4 Re6 53. Qg4 Rhe7 54. Rd2 Qg8 55. Qf4 Qg5 56. Rd8+
Re8 57. Qc7 Qe5 58. Rxe8+ Rxe8 59. Qf7 h5 60. h4 Ne2 61. Nd5
Re6 62. Bh3 Rd6 63. Ne7 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxg2 10. Be4 Qh3 11. Qd4 Nf6
12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Rhg1 g6 14. Rg3 Qh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf3 Qxh2
17. Be3 e5 18. Qa4 e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qh4 21. Nc5 b5
22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Qd5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.31"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Ismael Teran-Alvarez"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 bxc4 5. e4 c3 6. bxc3 g6
7. Ngf3 Bg7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6
12. Re1 Qc7 13. c4 Nh5 14. Nf1 e5 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. Ne2 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. f4 d5 9. e5 Nh6 10. N1d2 O-O 11. c3 f6 12. exf6
Bxf6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bc5 Be7 16. Bg1 Rxf4
17. O-O-O Qf8 18. Kb1 e5 19. h3 Nf2 20. Bxf2 Rxf2 21. Rdf1 Bd7
22. Bg6 Bg5 23. Qd1 Bh6 24. g4 Ne7 25. Bc2 Bb5 26. Rxf2 Qxf2
27. g5 Bxg5 28. Qh5+ Bh6 29. Qxe5 Re8 30. Qh5 Ng8 31. a4 Nf6
32. Qg6 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Ka2 Be8 35. Qg2 Bxa4 36. Nf3
Bxb3+ 37. Kxb3 Qa1 38. Ne5 b5 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nxh6+ Kf8
41. Kb4 Qxb2+ 42. Ka5 Qa3+ 43. Kb6 Qd6+ 44. Ka5 gxh6 45. Qg6
Ke7 46. Bf5 Qa3+ 47. Kb6 Qd6+ 48. Ka5 Ne8 49. Qg8 Qf6 50. Qxd5
Qxc3+ 51. Kb6 Qf6+ 52. Ka5 Qd6 53. Qe4+ Kf8 54. Bg6 Nf6
55. Qb7 Nd7 56. Qxa6 Qa3+ 57. Kxb5 Qb3+ 58. Ka5 Qc3+ 59. Kb5
Ke7 60. Bh7 Qxh3 61. Kb4 Qe3 62. Qa3 Qe5 63. Kc4+ Kf7 64. Qf3+
Kg7 65. Bd3 Qc5+ 66. Kb3 Qd4 67. Qg2+ Kf6 68. Qf3+ Ke7 69. Kc2
Ne5 70. Qe4 Qf2+ 71. Kc3 Kf6 72. Be2 Qg3+ 73. Kd2 h5 74. Qe3
h4 75. Qxg3 hxg3 76. Ke3 Kg5 77. Bf3 Nc4+ 78. Ke2 Kh4 79. Bg2
Kg4 80. Bd5 Kh3 81. Ba8 Kh2 82. Bb7 Ne5 83. Ba8 Ng6 84. Kf1
Nf4 85. Be4 g2+ 86. Bxg2 Nxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Er Peterson"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 e6 5. Bxd3 Bc5 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Na4 e5 10. h3 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Nxc5
dxc5 13. Be3 b6 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Rd2 Nd4 17. Bxd4
cxd4 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. Qb5 Rc8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4
f6 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nf4 25. Qxb8 Raxb8 26. Ne1 Rb3 27. h4
Rc3 28. Rcd1 R8xc5 29. g3 Nxd3 30. Nxd3 Ra5 31. Rb1 Ra2
32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rxa2 Bxa2 34. Nb4 Bb1 35. Nd5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Konstantinos Klokas"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. c3 Qc7 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Re1 Bc6 11. a4 Nbd7
12. h3 Nh5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. a5 c4 16. e5 Nf4
17. Re4 g5 18. Nxg5 Qg6 19. Ndf3 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 h6 21. Nh4 Qc6
22. Nf5 Kh8 23. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O Be6
12. Be5 g6 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6
17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Qd1 Rac8 19. Rc1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rc8 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qb3 Rc4 25. Qxb7 Rc2 26. Rf1
Qxb2 27. Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rfd1 O-O 11. Qe2 Ne4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qg5 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Rd7
Qxe5 17. Rxb7 c5 18. h3 g6 19. Rd7 Ra6 20. Qc2 Rfa8 21. Qb3 h5
22. a4 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rxa3 24. bxa3 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Rxa3 26. Qb8+
Kg7 27. Qf4 Qf6 28. Qxe4 Qxf2 29. Qxe6 Rxe3 30. Rxf7+ Qxf7
31. Qxe3 Qxc4 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kg5 34. Qe7+ Kf5 35. Qf8+
Ke4 36. Qe8+ Kd4 37. Qxg6 Qd5 38. g4 Qe5+ 39. Kg2 h4 40. Kf1
Qf4+ 41. Ke1 Kc3 42. Qg7+ Kc2 43. Qh7+ Kc1 44. Qd3 Qb4+
45. Ke2 c4 46. Qd1+ Kb2 47. Qd4+ Kb3 48. Qd1+ Kb2 49. Qd4+ Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Qg6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. f3 Be6 11. Bd3 Nd7
12. Nge2 Ne7 13. Kf2 g5 14. h3 g6 15. Rhc1 Kf8 16. Na4 Kg7
17. Rc3 Rae8 18. Nc1 f5 19. Ne2 Nc8 20. Nc5 Nd6 21. Rb3 Nxc5
22. dxc5 d4 23. Rb6 dxe3+ 24. Ke1 Nf7 25. Rxb7 Rd8 26. Rd1 Kf6
27. Nc3 g4 28. fxg4 fxg4 29. Ke2 gxh3 30. Rf1+ Ke5 31. Rf3
Rxd3 32. Kxd3 Bf5+ 33. Rxf5+ gxf5 34. gxh3 Ng5 35. Re7+ Kf6
36. Rc7 Rxh3 37. Rxc6+ Ke5 38. Rc8 Ne6 39. Re8 f4 40. Ne2 Rh6
41. Nd4 Kd5 42. Nxe6 Rxe6 43. Rxe6 Kxe6 44. b4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 b4 11. axb4 Bxb4
12. h4 c5 13. Kf1 Bb7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4
17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Bg6 19. Nb3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb6 21. Bb5+
Kf8 22. Bd3 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Qd5 24. Ke2 g6 25. Nf3 Qxd3+
26. Kxd3 Ke7 27. Ra5 Rhc8 28. Rga1 Rc7 29. Ne5 Nd7 30. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 f6 6. Ngf3 Nd7
7. c4 Bb4 8. Be2 fxe5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxe5 Ngf6 11. O-O O-O
12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 Bd6 14. f4 Rb8 15. Rae1 c5 16. Nxd7 Bxd7
17. dxc5 Bc7 18. Bd4 b6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qxe4
bxc5 22. Bxc5 Bb6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bxc5+ 25. bxc5 Rc8
26. Qd4 Qc7 27. Rc1 h6 28. Rc3 Rf6 29. Bd3 Bc6 30. Bb1 Rd8
31. Qf2 Bb5 32. Qc2 g6 33. Rh3 Kh7 34. Re1 Qxf4 35. Rf3 Qd4+
36. Kh1 Re6 37. Rfe3 Ba4 38. Qc1 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Qd1+ 40. Re1
Qxc1 41. Rxc1 Bc6 42. Kg1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Ndb4 11. Be2 O-O
12. a3 Nd5 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. Rad1 Bxd4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb4
Nxb4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Bf3 Qf6 19. Nb5 d4 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Bxc6
Qxc6 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rcd1 Qc5 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. Rcd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O e6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Ba5 Rd5 16. Bxb6
axb6 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. f4 Bd6 19. Qf3 Rhe8 20. Rhe1 Kb8 21. c4
g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Nxg6 Qh7 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Rxe6 Qxg6
26. Ne4 Rge8 27. Rxd6 Qxe4 28. Rxf6 Qxg2 29. d5 Re2 30. Qd4
Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. b3 b5 33. cxb5 cxd5 34. b6 d4 35. f5 h5
36. Rf7 h4 37. f6 Rf4 38. Re1 h3 39. Rd7 Rf8 40. f7 Kc8
41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Ree7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qe3 Bb7
12. d5 Nd7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Qc3 exd5 16. cxd5
Rac8 17. Nc4 c6 18. Qa3 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qxb6 Ra6 21. Qb4
Ra4 22. Qc3 cxd5 23. b4 dxc4 24. bxc5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 dxc5
26. Kg1 Rxa2 27. Qxc4 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Logman Guliev"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 a6 9. a4 a5 10. Be2 Qe8 11. O-O e5 12. Bh4 h6
13. Rfe1 Nh7 14. Ne4 g5 15. Nxd6 Qe6 16. Bd3 Nhf6 17. Bg3 Qxd6
18. dxe5 Qe7 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bf5 Nb6 21. Bxc8 Nxc8 22. Be5
Qg6 23. e4 Re8 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. c5 Ne7 26. Rd6 Ng6 27. h3 Kh7
28. e5 Re6 29. Qf5 Rae8 30. g3 Kg8 31. Kg2 Qh7 32. Qg4 Qg7
33. Qf5 Qh7 34. Kf1 Qg7 35. Red1 Ne7 36. Rxe6 Nxf5 37. Rxe8+
Kh7 38. Rdd8 g4 39. Rh8+ Qxh8 40. Rxh8+ Kxh8 41. hxg4 Ne7
42. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frank Remman"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 Bc7 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Re1
Ba5 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. e4 c4 15. Re3 Qc7 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. Qc2 Rac8
18. g4 Qc5 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Ne2 h5 21. g5 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf5
23. Ng3 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxd5 25. Nfd2 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 c3 27. bxc3
Re1 28. Bb2 Qxg5+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Rce8 31. Rxe1 Rxe1
32. Qd3 Rd1 33. Qe4 Qxd2 34. Ba3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Hans Olav Lahlum"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6
7. g4 O-O 8. g5 Nh5 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Rg1 g6 11. e4 e5 12. cxd5
exd4 13. Nxd4 cxd5 14. Be3 dxe4 15. Nf5 gxf5 16. Qxh5 Qe5
17. O-O-O Bc5 18. Bc4 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Kh8 20. g6 fxg6 21. Rxg6
Nf6 22. Qh6 Qe7 23. Rdg1 Ng4 24. R1xg4 fxg4 25. Nd5 Qf7
26. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.06"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Heikki M J Westerinen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2
Rd5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Be5 c5 19. c4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Bc3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Nh4 Bf8 24. Nf5 g6 25. hxg6 fxg6
26. Ne3 h5 27. Qc2 Qf7 28. Nd5 Bc5 29. Nxf6 Qxf6 30. f4 Bd4
31. Qa4 Qc6 32. Qxc6+ bxc6 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Rxd4 Re3 35. Rd6
Rxg3 36. Rxc6+ Kb7 37. Rf6 h4 38. Kd2 h3 39. Rf7+ Kb6 40. b4
h2 41. Rh7 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Espen Lie"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 Ba7
7. b3 Nge7 8. d3 Bd7 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O O-O
12. Rac1 bxc4 13. dxc4 a5 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Ne4 Bb6
17. Bxe5 Nf5 18. Ba1 Re8 19. N2c3 Be6 20. Qb2 f6 21. a3 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bxc1 24. Qxc1 Bxb3 25. axb4 Bxd1
26. Qxd1 axb4 27. Nd5 Re5 28. Nf4 b3 29. Nd3 Kh8 30. h4 Qe8
31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Bb2 h6 33. Nc3 Qg6 34. Qf3 Qc2 35. Nd1 c6
36. Bf1 Qg6 37. Bd3 Qe6 38. Ne3 e4 39. Bxe4 Re8 40. Kh2 Qxe4
41. Qf7 Re7 42. Qf8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. Bd2 N5b6 10. Rd1 c5 11. g3 Nf6
12. Bg2 Bd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Qc8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qxc8
Raxc8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bb4 Rfd8 19. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Joachim Thomassen"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 e6 6.Bg5 b5 7.Qc2
Bb7 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.e4 Qb6 10.a4 a6 11.Be2 c5 12.axb5 axb5
13.Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.O-O Be7 15. Rc1 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qb3 Bc6
18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 c4 20.Nxc4 Bxd5 21.Nxb6 Bxb3 22.Bxb5 Be6
23.Nd4 Bg4 24.h3 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotel, Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 c5 6. Bxb4 cxb4
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 d6 11. e4 Nbd7
12. Ne1 a5 13. Nc2 e5 14. Ne3 exd4 15. Qxd4 Rae8 16. f3 Re5
17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Ndf1 Ne8 19. Rac1 g6 20. Ng4 Ne6 21. Qd2 Rc5
22. Nfe3 h5 23. Nf2 Qe7 24. a3 bxa3 25. bxa3 h4 26. Rb1 hxg3
27. hxg3 Rg5 28. Nf1 Qc7 29. f4 Rh5 30. Bf3 Rh7 31. Qb2 Nc5
32. Qxb6 f5 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Nd2 Ng7 35. Rb6 g5 36. exf5 Bxf3
37. Nxf3 Nxf5 38. g4 Ne3 39. Rdxd6 Rxf4 40. Nxg5 Rxc4 41. Rg6+
Kf8 42. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Michail Brodsky"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. h3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. Bg2 a5 11. a4 c6 12. O-O
h5 13. f3 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nh7 15. Nf4 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Ba3 Ne8
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd6 21. Qd3 Nxe4 22. Bxe4
Ng5 23. Rae1 Qd6 24. d5 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Ra6
27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michele Buono"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nh6 5. b4 c4 6. d4 cxd3
7. Bxd3 Nc6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Bxf6
12. Ra2 Bf5 13. Re2 Qd7 14. Kh1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qf5 16. Rd1 Rad8
17. Be3 Qh5 18. Nbd2 Nf5 19. Bf2 Qg4 20. b5 Na5 21. Bxa7 Qxf4
22. Bb6 Rd6 23. Bxa5 Qa4 24. Bb4 Qxd1+ 25. Re1 Qa4 26. Bxd6
Nxd6 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxb5 30. Rb1 Qc6
31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Rb6 Ra8 33. Rxc6 Rxa3 34. Kg1 Bxc3 35. Re6
Bf6 36. Kf2 Ra4 37. h3 h5 38. Nd2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Ke2 Ra2
41. Kd3 Bg5 42. Nf3 Rxg2 43. Nxg5 Rxg5 44. Rxe7+ Kf6 45. Re3
Re5 46. Rg3 g5 47. Kd4 Re1 48. Rf3+ Kg6 49. Rg3 h4 50. Rf3 Kh5
51. Kd3 Re5 52. Rf8 Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kf7 54. Ra8 Re1 55. Kd2 Rh1
56. Ra3 g4 57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. Ra6+ Kd5 59. Ra5+ Kc6 60. hxg4 h3
61. Ra6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Llambi Qendro"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7
7. Be2 f5 8. c5 h6 9. cxd6 cxd6 10. Qa4+ Kf7 11. exf5 Nxf5
12. O-O Nf6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ne7 16. Be3 Bf5
17. Nd2 Kg8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. f3 Rec8 20. a4 Kh7 21. h3 b6
22. g4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rf8 24. Qb5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qxb5 26. axb5
Rc8 27. b3 Rc3 28. Nc4 Kg8 29. Rb1 Nc8 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. Bd2 Kf7
32. Ra1 Bf6 33. Ke2 Bg5 34. Kd3 Rxc4 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. bxc4 Be7
37. Bc3 Bf6 38. Ke2 Bd8 39. Rf3 Be7 40. Bd2 g5 41. h4 Kg6
42. Rf5 Bf6 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Bxg5 Bxg5 45. Rf8 Ne7 46. Ra8
Bc1 47. c5 bxc5 48. Rxa7 Nc8 49. Ra6 c4 50. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rolly Martinez"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2
Rd5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Be5 c5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c4 cxd4 21. Kb1
d3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Qc3 Be7 25. Qe3 Qc5 26. g4
Qxe3 27. fxe3 Bc5 28. e4 Rg8 29. Rh4 Be7 30. Rh1 Rxg4 31. Rg1
Rxe4 32. Rg7 Rf4 33. Rxf7 Kd7 34. Nd2 e5 35. Rh7 Ke6 36. Rxh6
e4 37. Kc2 e3 38. Nb3 e2 39. Kd2 Re4 40. Nd4+ Rxd4+ 41. Kxe2
Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.08.26"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Jacob Aagaard"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bb7
7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bg2 Ne7
12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b3 Ng6 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Rad1 Bf8
17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. h4 Rad8 19. a4 h6 20. Bc3 Ng4 21. Qf5 Bc8
22. Qd3 Ba6 23. Qf5 Bc8 24. Qd3 Ba6 25. Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.08.27"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erald Dervishi"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. c4 c5 15. Nxf6 Nxf6 16. Be3
cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Qe2 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc5 20. Nc2 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Kc1 Qg5+ 23. Ne3 Rd4 24. g3 Qe5 25. Qf3 Qa5
26. a3 Qa4 27. Qe2 Qc6 28. Rd1 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Pawel Jaracz"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7
7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rad8
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nh4 Qb8 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Ne2
Ree8 17. Nf4 Nf8 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Re1 f6 20. a4 Qd6 21. Re2 Qd7
22. b4 Ne6 23. Ba3 Nd6 24. Nb2 a6 25. b5 cxb5 26. Bxd6 Qxd6
27. axb5 a5 28. Nc4 Qd7 29. Nxb6 Qxb5 30. Na4 Bc6 31. Rec2 Ba8
32. Nc5 Rc8 33. Bf1 Qb8 34. Nxe6 Rxc2 35. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.08.29"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabio Bruno"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. Nbd2 c5
7. c3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Rd8
12. c4 Qe7 13. Qe2 b6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bxa6
17. Qxa6 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Rac1
Nf4 22. exf4 Qxd4 23. b4 Na4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qa6 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.08.30"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Vladimir Burmakin"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 Bf6
17. Bc3 a6 18. b4 Nf8 19. Rd3 Ng6 20. Re3 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Bxh4
22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Re1 g6 25. Qf4 Bg7 26. h4 Rd7
27. h5 g5 28. Qe3 h6 29. Qd2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratto Festival"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. h3
Nbd7 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg2 c6 9. f4 e6 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ZMD Open"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hi Schwarz"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. c4
Qa5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd2 Bb4 9. Nc3 c6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7
12. h3 Bh5 13. b4 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 b5 16. d5 cxd5
17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Qg3 f6 20. cxb5 Rac8 21. Bd4 Nc4
22. Qg4 Qf7 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. a4 e5 25. Bc5 d4 26. a5 Rb8
27. b6 axb6 28. axb6 Nxb6 29. Ra6 Nd5 30. Ra7 Qg6 31. Qf3 Nc3
32. Re1 d3 33. Be3 e4 34. Qg4 Qxg4 35. hxg4 d2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Romanenko"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Nb8 5. e4 Bc5 6. Bg5 a5
7. Qd2 d6 8. f3 c6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 cxd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 O-O 14. Nc3 f5 15. Bd3 Na6 16. exf5
Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "O Badmatsyrenov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6 9. d3 O-O 10. h4 Nc6 11. Ng5 Qc7 12. f4 Nd4
13. Be3 h6 14. Nh3 b5 15. Nf2 Nh7 16. Rc1 b4 17. Ne2 Nxe2+
18. Rxe2 Rae8 19. d4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qb6
Qc8 23. c5 Bc6 24. Qxb4 Qa8 25. Ng4 Rb8 26. Qc3 Bxe4 27. Qxe5
Bxg2 28. Rxg2 Rfe8 29. Qf5 h5 30. Qxh5 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6
32. Bf4 Rxb2 33. c6 Qc8 34. Kh2 Rb5 35. Qd1 g5 36. hxg5 Bxg5
37. Qd7 Kg7 38. Rd2 Rh8+ 39. Kg2 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Qxd7 41. cxd7
Rbb8 42. Rc6 Ra8 43. f5 Rhd8 44. Kf3 Ra7 45. Rcd6 Rc7 46. Ke4
Rc4+ 47. Ke5 Rc5+ 48. R6d5 Rc6 49. f6+ Kg8 50. Rg2+ Kf8
51. Rh2 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.21"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bg6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O h5 9. Ne1 h4 10. Nd3 Nh6 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. Nh5
g6 13. Ng7+ Kf8 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. c3 c5 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Bg4
Kg7 18. Qd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb6 20. Na5 Qd7 21. Bxf5 gxf5
22. Bg5 Qd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8
Nxc8 27. h3 Nb6 28. Qc1 Kg8 29. b3 Kh7 30. Qc5 Qg5 31. Qc3 Qe7
32. Qc5 Qg5 33. Qc3 Qe7 34. a4 Kg6 35. Kh2 f6 36. Qe3 Qc7
37. f4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rd1 h6 11. Qc1 Qb6
12. Be1 c5 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Qa7 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg6
17. Na4 Rfc8 18. Bc3 Rc7 19. Qd2 e5 20. Nc2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5
22. e3 Re8 23. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny A Levin"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bg5 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Bg4
12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qe8 1/2-1/2

