[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Yurmala (Latvia)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustem Dautov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d4
Nbd7 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne8 12.Nb3 a5 13.Be3
Qb4 14.a3 Qxc4 15.Nd4 f6 16.Nd5 cxd5 17.Bf1 Qc7 18.Ne6 Qb8
19.Qxd5 Kh8 20.Rac1 b5 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Rc1 Qb8 23.Nxf8 Nxf8
24.Bxb5 f5 25.Bg5 Ne6 26.Bd7 Nxg5 27.Rc8 Qxc8 28.Bxc8 Rxc8
29.exf5 Nf6 30.Qxa5 Nfe4 31.Kg2 Rf8 32.f4 Nf7 33.b4 Nd8
34.fxg6 hxg6 35.b5 Nb7 36.Qc7 Nec5 37.h4 d5 38.Qc6 Kh7 39.Qxd5
Rd8 40.Qf7 Rd2+ 41.Kh3 Nd6 42.Qc7 Nce4 43.b6 Nf5 44.b7 Ne3
45.g4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Yurmala (Latvia)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Naumkin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nd5 Rd7 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.c5 Nc6 12.Bb5 Rd8
13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Rd1 Ba6 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8 16.Nd2 Be7 17.h4 Rb8
18.b3 f5 19.Nf3 f4 20.Bd2 Bxc5 21.Nxe5 Re8 22.Nd7 Rxe4+ 23.Kd1
Be2+ 24.Kc2 Bd4 25.f3 Re6 26.Bxf4 c5 27.a4 c4 28.bxc4 Bxc4
29.Rd1 c5 30.Rb1 Re2+ 31.Kd1 Bd3 32.Rb8+ Kf7 33.Bd6 Bc3 34.Bg3
c4 35.Rb7 Rxg2 36.Nc5 Kf6 37.Nd7+ Ke6 38.Nf8+ Kd5 39.Rd7+ Kc6
40.Rc7+ Kb6 41.Nd7+ Ka5 42.Rxa7+ Kb4 43.Bd6+ Kb3 44.Nc5+ Ka2
45.Nxd3 cxd3 46.Bc5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 h5 4.Nf3 h4 5.Nxh4 Rxh4 6.gxh4 Qxh4
7.Bg2 Bc5 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qf3 d6 10.Qg3 Qh7 11.d3 Nd4 12.Be3 Bd7
13.b4 Bb6 14.Rac1 Nh5 15.Qh4 c6 16.f3 Nf5 17.exf5 Bxe3+ 18.Kh1
Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Bxf5 20.Re1 Kd7 21.Ne2 Rh8 22.d4 g5 23.Qf2 Nf4
24.Bf1 Bxc2 25.Nxf4 exf4 26.d5 Ba4 27.b5 c5 28.Qe2 Kc8 29.Qg2
Bc2 30.Re7 Bf5 31.b6 axb6 32.Qb2 Bd7 33.Kg1 g4 34.Bd3 Qh4
35.Rxd7 Kxd7 36.Bf5+ Kc7 37.fxg4 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 f3 39.Kxf3 Qf1+
0-1

[Event "Ch URS (select)"]
[Site "Borzhomi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alvis Vitolinsh"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 d5 7.e5
Qe8 8.f4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Bxc5 11.exf6 Qc6 12.Kd1 g6
13.g4 Qxf6 14.f5 Nc6 15.c3 Rhe8 16.Qg2 Kg7 17.Rf1 d4 18.c4
Rad8 19.g5 Qf7 20.Nd2 d3 21.Qh3 gxf5 22.Qxf5 Qh5+ 23.Qf3 Qxf3+
24.Nxf3 Rf8 25.b3 Bd4 26.Rb1 Ne5 27.Nd2 Rxf1+ 28.Nxf1 Rf8
29.Ng3 Rf2 30.Bd2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Site "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Naumkin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O Bd7 12.b3 Nh7 13.a3 h5
14.f3 Bh6 15.Kh1 Nc5 16.Rb1 f5 17.Qc2 Nf6 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4
Na4 20.exf5 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Bxf5 22.Bd3 Ra2 23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.fxe4
Ng4 25.h3 Ne3 26.Rg1 Rf4 27.Qe1 Qd7 28.Qxe3 Rxh4 29.Qg3 Qg4
30.Qxg4 hxg4 31.Ra1 Rd2 32.Rgd1 g3 33.Rxd2 Bxd2 34.c5 Bxb4
35.c6 bxc6 36.dxc6 Rf4 37.Rb1 Bc5 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Rb7 Rf7
40.Bc4 d5 41.exd5 Rf4 42.Be2 Re4 43.Rb2 Rd4 44.Rb3 Rd2 45.Bg4
Bf2 46.Rb7 Kf6 47.d6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Zagrebelny"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5
13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Rb8 15.h4 f5 16.Ng5 e4 17.Bd4 e3 18.Qd3 Qd7
19.a3 f4 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qd4+ Kh6 23.Bd3 c5
24.Qc4 Rxb2 25.h5 Rfb8 26.hxg6 Kg7 27.c3 e2 28.Be4 exd1=Q+
29.Rxd1 Rb1+ 30.Bxb1 Qe3+ 31.Kc2 Qf2+ 32.Kd3 Re8 33.Qa2 c4
34.Kxc4 Qxa2+ 35.Bxa2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Cup URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Milorad Ratkovic"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 a6 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Nge7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Nb3 Ba7 10.exd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bb8 12.Rfe1 h6
13.h3 Re8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Bc5 b6 16.Ba3 Bd7 17.c3 Ng6 18.Qxe8+
Bxe8 19.Rxe8+ Kh7 20.Rde1 h5 21.R1e7 Qxe7 22.Rxe7 Nxe7 23.Bxe7
Kg8 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Kf1 Bc7 26.Bg5 Re8 27.Be3 Kf7 28.Ke2 Ke6
29.Kd3 Kd7 30.Bd4 Re7 31.Nbd2 Rf7 32.Nf1 Kc6 33.Ne3 Bd6 34.Ke2
Rb7 35.Nh4 g5 36.Nf3 Bf4 37.g3 Bxe3 38.Kxe3 Re7+ 39.Kd2 g4
40.hxg4 hxg4 1-0

[Event "Belarus"]
[Site "Minsk  (25)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5
Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Ne5 9.Be2 c6 10.a4 Qa5 11.Ra3 O-O 12.Be3 Rfc8
13.Rb3 Rab8 14.Qd4 c5 15.Qd1 a6 16.f4 Ned7 17.g4 b5 18.axb5
axb5 19.Bxb5 c4 20.Ra3 Qb4 21.Bd4 Rxb5 22.Na2 Nxd5 23.Nxb4
Bxd4+ 24.Qxd4 Nxb4 25.Rf2 d5 26.exd5 Rxd5 27.Qc3 Rb5 28.Ra4
Nd5 29.Rxc4 Nxc3 30.Rxc8+ Kg7 31.bxc3 Nf6 32.h3 h5 33.g5 Ne4
34.Re2 Nd6 35.Ra8 Nf5 36.Rd2 f6 37.gxf6+ Kxf6 38.Ra6+ Nd6
39.c4 Rc5 40.Rd4 Kf7 41.Ra4 Rc6 42.Kf2 Ne8 43.Ra5 Rf6 44.Re5
Ng7 45.Rde4 Nf5 46.c5 Rc6 47.Ra4 Rc7 48.c3 Ng7 49.Ra6 Rc8
50.c6 Ne6 51.Ke3 Nc7 52.Ra7 Kf6 53.c4 h4 54.Kf3 g5 55.Rxg5 Ne6
56.Rh5 Rxc6 57.Kg4 Rxc4 58.Rf5+ Kg6 59.Rxe7 Re4 60.Rf8 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Pavel Blatny"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
c5 8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nd7 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb3 Be7
13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Nf6 15.Rfe1 Nh5 16.Bd2 g5 17.Rad1 Ng7 18.Bb1
f5 19.d5 exd5 20.exf5 Bf6 21.Qd3 h6 22.Ne5 d4 23.Bb4 Qd5
24.Qf1 Bxe5 25.Be4 Qxe4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Re1 Re8
29.Rxe4 Bxh2+ 30.Kxh2 Rxe4 31.Qc4+ Kf8 32.f3 Rf4 33.Qc8+ Kf7
34.g4 Ne8 35.Qe6+ Kf8 36.Qxh6+ Kf7 37.Kg3 d3 38.Qe6+ Kf8
39.Qd7 1-0

[Event "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Graham K Burgess"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d4 e4 9.Ne1 Re8 10.Nc2 Ne7 11.d5 Nf5 12.e3 h5 13.Nc3 h4
14.Rb1 Nh6 15.Nd4 Qe7 16.Qd2 a6 17.Rbc1 Nhg4 18.b4 Qe5 19.Nd1
Qh5 20.h3 Ne5 21.g4 Nfxg4 22.hxg4 Qxg4 23.Qe2 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Re5
25.Nxf3 h3 26.Rg1 hxg2 27.Rxg2 exf3 0-1

[Event "Ch Europe (juniors)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Dimitrov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.g3
e6 8.Bg2 Bb4 9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.Qd3 a5 11.e4 Nb6 12.Nxb6 Qxb6
13.O-O O-O 14.Be3 Rd8 15.h3 Qa6 16.Qc2 f6 17.Rfc1 Bf7 18.d5
cxd5 19.Nb5 Bd6 20.Nc7 Rc8 21.Nxa6 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Nxa6 23.Rac1
Kf8 24.exd5 exd5 25.Bb6 Be6 26.Bxa5 Nb4 27.Bxb4 Bxb4 28.Re2
Ra6 29.Rd1 Rd6 30.Re3 Bc5 31.Rb3 b6 32.Rb5 Bd7 33.b4 Bxb5
34.bxc5 Bxa4 35.Ra1 bxc5 36.Rxa4 c4 37.Kf1 Ke7 38.Ke2 Ke6
39.Ra5 g5 40.Rc5 h5 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.h4 gxh4 43.gxh4 Rd8 44.f4+
Ke6 45.Bh3+ Kf7 46.Kd4 Ra8 47.Bg2 Ra3 48.Bxd5+ Kg7 49.Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Europe (juniors)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "James Clifford Howell"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.h3 Qc7 10.O-O h6 11.Be3 b6 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Rfe1
Nh5 14.a4 Rad8 15.Nc4 Nf4 16.Bf1 Nb8 17.Qc1 g5 18.h4 f5
19.Bxf4 gxf4 20.e5 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Nc6 22.Qxf4 a6 23.Qg3 Kh8
24.Kh1 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Na3 Bxe5 27.Qh3 b4 28.Nc4 Bg7 29.Re6
Qd7 30.Rae1 Rf6 31.Rxf6 Bxf6 32.Qg3 Kh7 33.Bh3 e6 34.Qf4 Rg8
35.Nd6 Qg7 36.Qc4 Nd8 37.cxb4 cxb4 38.Qxb4 Bxb2 39.Qf4 Bc3
40.Rb1 Be5 41.Qb4 Kh8 42.Nc4 Bf6 43.Ne3 Nc6 44.Qf4 Be5 45.Qc4
Nd4 46.Ng2 Bf6 47.Qd3 Qc7 48.Qe3 Kh7 49.Nf4 Qc6 50.Nxe6 Qxe6
51.Qxe6 Nxe6 52.Bxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Europe (juniors)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3
h6 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 a6 11.Bf1 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5
14.exd5 Nb8 15.a5 Bf5 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Bxb4 Bxc2 18.Qd2 Bf5
19.Nxe5 Bg5 20.f4 Bh4 21.Nc4 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 Rd8 23.g4 Nd7
24.gxf5 Nf6 25.Nb6 Rab8 26.Bc3 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Bxa6 Ne4
29.Qe3 Nf6 30.Qd2 Ne4 31.Qd4 Nxc3 32.Qxc3 Qe7 33.Bb5 Rb8
34.Bf1 Qe4 35.Qd2 Qb1 36.Qf2 Qa2 37.a6 Qa5 38.b4 1-0

[Event "Ch Europe (juniors)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Robert Zysk"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6
7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6 9.Nd4 Bg7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O
Rb8 13.Qa4 Bf5 14.Bf3 Nb5 15.Ne2 c5 16.c3 Bd3 17.Rd1 c4 18.Nf4
Bxc3 19.Nxd3 cxd3 20.bxc3 Nxc3 21.Qf4 Nxd1 22.Bxd1 Rb5 23.Bb3
Rf5 24.Qd2 Re8 25.Bb2 Re2 26.Qc3 Rfe5 27.Bc4 Qd4 28.Rf1 Qxc3
29.Bxc3 Rc5 30.Bxd3 Rxa2 31.Bd4 Rc6 32.Rb1 Kf8 33.Be4 Rca6
34.Bb7 R6a5 35.Bf6 Rxf2 36.Bf3 1-0

[Event "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Site "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 a6 7.Nbd2
c5 8.dxc5 d4 9.b4 a5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.bxa5 e5 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bb2
Qc8 14.e3 dxe3 15.Nxe5 exf2 16.Qxf2 Nxa5 17.Bd4 Be6 18.Nxa5
Rxa5 19.c6 b6 20.Rfe1 Rd8 21.Bxb6 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Ng4 23.Qe2 Nxe5
24.Qxe5 Bf6 25.Qa5 Bxa1 26.Bxd8 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qb8 28.Be4 Bg4
29.Qb5 Qxd8 30.c7 Qc8 31.a4 g6 32.Qb8 Be5 33.Bb7 Qxb8
34.cxb8=Q+ Bxb8 35.c5 Bc7 36.Kg2 Bd7 37.c6 Bf5 38.Kf3 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Site "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3
b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.Qf2 Nfd7 11.f4 Bb7 12.f5 Be7 13.fxe6
O-O 14.Nf5 fxe6 15.Bxb6 Nxb6 16.Nxe7+ Kh8 17.Qh4 b4 18.Ne2
Bxe4 19.Rg1 Nc8 20.g5 d5 21.Nc6 Qd6 22.Ncd4 e5 23.O-O-O exd4
24.Bg2 Bg6 25.Nxd4 Nb6 26.Rge1 Rac8 27.Bh3 Rf4 28.Qg3 Rxd4
29.Bxc8 Qc6 30.Bf5 Bxf5 31.Qc7 Rxd1+ 32.Kxd1 Bxc2+ 33.Kc1 Ba4
34.Qxc6 Bxc6 35.Re6 Bb5 36.Rxb6 Kg8 37.Rb7 d4 38.Kd2 Kf8 39.h4
d3 40.b3 h6 41.gxh6 gxh6 42.Rh7 1-0

[Event "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Site "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "117"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Zurab Sturua"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nc3 O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8
13.Nd2 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxd5 15.Qb3 Qh5 16.Qxb7 Ne5 17.Rac1 Bb6
18.Bc8 Qxe2 19.Qxa8 Qxd2 20.Qe4 Nd3 21.Rcd1 Nc5 22.Qb1 Qb4
23.Bf5 g6 24.a3 Qc4 25.Bd3 Qd5 26.Qc2 Nd7 27.Bc4 Qd6 28.Qe4
Ne5 29.Ba2 d3 30.Kg2 Rc8 31.Rd2 Bd4 32.Qd5 Qxd5+ 33.Bxd5 Rc2
34.Rxc2 dxc2 35.Be4 Bxb2 36.Bxc2 Bxa3 37.Ra1 Bc5 38.Ra5 Nd7
39.Bb3 Kg7 40.Rb5 Bb6 41.Rd5 Nf6 42.Rd3 1-0

[Event "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Igor Novikov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5
Nd5 8.a4 Bb7 9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.e4 Nf6 12.Nc3 c6
13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.e5 h6 16.Bh4 Nbd7 17.exf6 Nxf6
18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qh5+ Kg7 20.Ra1 Rh7 21.Ne2 Bd6 22.d5 cxd5
23.Nd4 Bc8 24.Ra8 Qd7 25.Nxe6+ Qxe6 26.Bxd5 Qd7 27.Rxc8 Qxc8
28.Qf7+ Kh8 29.Qxf6+ Rg7 30.Qxh6+ Rh7 31.Qxd6 Rg7 32.Qh6+ Rh7
33.Qf6+ Rg7 34.h4 Qe8 35.Be6 Qe7 36.Qe5 Qb7 37.Qh5+ Rh7
38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qg8+ Kf6 40.Bd5 1-0

[Event "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "110"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Leonid Basin"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3
Bd7 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Qe2 b5 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5
13.f4 Bd4+ 14.Be3 Bc6 15.e5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Bxe3 17.exf6 Qd2
18.Rf2 O-O-O 19.Qg4+ Qd7 20.Qf3 Qd4 21.Re2 Qxf6 22.Rxe3 Kb8
23.Rae1 1-0

[Event "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 b6 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rfc1 Nc6 12.Nb5 Qd7
13.a4 Rfc8 14.Bf4 Ne8 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bc5 17.e4 Bb7 18.Rd1
a6 19.Nc3 d4 20.Ne2 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Bxa8 23.Nxd4 Bxd4
24.Be3 Rc4 25.Qd3 Qc8 26.Bxd4 Rc1 27.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28.Bf1 Bc6
29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.Bxc3 Nc7 31.f3 Na6 32.Kf2 Kf8 33.Ke3 Ke8 34.Kd4
Kd7 35.f4 Ke8 36.b3 Kf8 37.Bb2 Bd7 38.Ba3+ Kg8 39.Bd6 g6
40.Be2 Kg7 41.Ke3 h5 42.f5 Bc6 43.Kf4 Bd7 44.Kg5 Be8 45.g4
hxg4 46.Bxg4 Bd7 47.b4 Bc8 48.Bd1 Bd7 49.Bb3 Bc8 50.Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "93"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Edvins Kengis"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Qe2 Nxd3 12.cxd3 exf4
13.Bxf4 Be6 14.Kh1 Qa5 15.Nd4 Qh5 16.Qf2 d5 17.Nxe6 fxe6
18.Qb6 dxe4 19.dxe4 Bc5 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Bg3 Bd4 22.Qc4 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Qg6 24.e5 Ne4 25.Bf4 Rac8 26.Qb4 h6 27.Rae1 Nxc3 28.e6
Nd5 29.Qxb7 Nxf4 30.e7 Rfe8 31.Rxf4 Kh7 32.h3 Rc5 33.Rf8 Rf5
1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1 liga)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6
14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 g6 17.Nh2 Ne8 18.a4 Ng7 19.b3
Nb6 20.a5 Nd7 21.b4 Nf6 22.Bg5 Qc7 23.Bb3 Ne6 24.Bh6 Rfd8
25.Ng4 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Ne2 Nxg4 28.hxg4 Bg5 29.Qd3 Qe7
30.Bd5 Rac8 31.Nd4 Bb7 32.c4 bxc4 33.Bxc4 Bf6 34.Rab1 Re8
35.g5 Bxd4 36.Qxd4 Qxg5 37.f3 Rc7 38.Qd3 Ra8 39.Bb3 Qe5
40.Rec1 Qe7 41.Rxc7 Qxc7 42.Rd1 Rd8 43.Qd4 Qe7 44.e5 d5
45.Qxf4 Bc6 46.Rc1 Bb5 47.Rc5 Bc4 48.Bxc4 dxc4 49.Rxc4 Rd1+
50.Kh2 Rd5 51.Qf6 Qxe5+ 52.Qxe5 Rxe5 53.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "41"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 exf4
13.Kb1 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Be5 16.Bc4 b5 17.Bxb5 Rb8 18.c4
Nd4 19.Rhe1 f6 20.a4 Rf7 21.Qf2 Qa5 22.Re4 Nxf5 23.Qc2 Ne3
24.Nxe3 fxe3 25.c5 Kh8 26.Qc4 Re7 27.b4 Qc7 28.Rxe3 a6 29.Bxa6
Qc6 30.Bb5 Qxg2 31.Re2 Qf3 32.c6 Bxh2 33.Rdd2 Rxe2 34.Qxe2
Qf5+ 35.Qd3 Qg4 36.Rxh2 Qg1+ 37.Kb2 Qxh2+ 38.Qc2 Qd6 39.Kb3
Re8 40.a5 Qd5+ 41.Ka4 Re1 42.Bc4 Qxc6+ 43.Kb3 Re3+ 44.Bd3 Qd5+
45.Kc3 Rg3 46.Qe2 f5 47.Qe8+ Kh7 48.Qe2 Qe4 49.Qd2 Qc6+ 50.Kb3
Qd5+ 51.Kc3 h5 52.Qd1 g6 53.a6 Qe5+ 54.Kc4 Rg4+ 55.Kb3 Qd5+
0-1

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Krum Georgiev"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 a6
8.e4 b5 9.e5 Ne8 10.c5 Bg4 11.cxd6 exd6 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.exd6 Nb6
14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Rc8 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Rac1 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 f5
19.Nc5 Qxd6 20.Qxd6 Nxd6 21.Ne6 Rfe8 22.Rxc6 Rxc6 23.Bxc6 Rc8
24.Rc1 Bf6 25.b4 Kf7 26.d5 Ne4 27.Rc2 Be7 28.Nc5 Nxc5 29.bxc5
a5 30.Kf1 a4 31.Bxb5 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 Bxc5 33.Bxa4 Ke7 34.Bc6 Ba3
35.Ke2 Kd6 36.Kd3 Kc5 37.f3 Bb4 38.a4 Be1 39.g4 Ba5 40.gxf5
gxf5 41.Ke3 Bc7 42.Bb7 h6 43.Bc8 Kb4 44.Bd7 Bb8 45.f4 Bc7
46.Kf3 Ka5 47.Bxf5 Kxa4 48.Be6 Kb5 49.f5 h5 50.f6 Kc5 51.f7
Bd6 52.Ke4 h4 53.Kf5 Bf8 54.Kg6 Kd6 55.Kh7 Ke7 56.Kh8 1-0

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qa4+
Nd7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Bf4 c6 10.Rc1 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bh3 Bf6
13.Rxc6 Nc5 14.Rxc5 bxc5 15.dxc5 Bc8 16.Bg2 Bxb2 17.O-O Be6
18.Rb1 Bc3 19.Nd4 Qe8 20.Qd1 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qc6 22.Be5 f6 23.Bd6
Rfd8 24.h4 Rac8 25.Rb3 Re8 26.g4 Bf7 27.g5 f5 28.h5 Re6
29.Bxd5 Re4 30.Bxe4 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 fxe4 32.Rh3 Be6 33.Re3 Bf5
34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Kg3 g6 36.Kf4 Ke6 37.h6 Kd7 38.Rb3 Kc6 39.Ke5
Re8+ 40.Kf6 Be6 41.Rb8 1-0

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "83"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "John L Watson"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.c3 e6 11.e4 f5 12.exf5 exf5 13.Qb3+
Kh8 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nc4 Rb8 16.Rfe1 b5 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Bxd6 g4
19.hxg4 fxg4 20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.Nh4 Nf4 22.Ng6+ Nxg6 23.Bxg6 Qd6
24.Be4 g3 25.fxg3 Qxg3 26.Qf7 Rf8 27.Qxd7 Qf2+ 28.Kh1 Rf4
29.Bxc6 Rh4+ 30.Qh3 Rxh3+ 31.gxh3 Bf8 32.Rf1 Qxb2 33.Rxf8+ Kg7
34.Raf1 Qxc3 35.R1f7+ Kg6 36.Be4+ Kh5 37.Rf5+ Kh4 38.Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Yuniors Europe, Groningen"]
[Site "Ch Yuniors Europe, Groningen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ennio Arlandi"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Ba3 b6 12.Nge2 Bb7
13.Nd5 Nde5 14.Nc1 e6 15.Ne7+ Nxe7 16.Bxe7 Rxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Re8
18.Bg5 f5 19.exf5 Nxf3 20.f6 Nxg5 21.fxg7 Nh3 22.Nd3 Kxg7
23.Ke1 Rd8 24.Ne5 g5 25.Ng4 h5 26.Ne3 g4 27.Be2 Nf4 28.Rg1 Rd4
29.Bf1 Ng6 30.Be2 Nf4 31.Bf1 Be4 32.a3 e5 33.g3 Nd3+ 34.Bxd3
Rxd3 35.Nd1 Bf3 36.Nc3 e4 37.Nd5 e3 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "It, Moscow  (26)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Briffel Sobrinho"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 a6
8.O-O-O b5 9.h4 Qa5 10.Kb1 Nbd7 11.h5 Nxh5 12.g4 Ng3 13.Rh2
Nxf1 14.Rxf1 c5 15.Bh6 Bxd4 16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Ne2 Bg7
19.Qg5 Ra7 20.f4 f6 21.Qh4 e6 22.Ne3 bxc4 23.Rd1 Rd7 24.f5 Qe7
25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Nxc4 Qd8 27.Qf2 d5 28.exd5 Rxd5 29.Rc1 f5
30.Nf4 Rd4 31.gxf5 exf5 32.Qf3 Qc7 33.Rf1 Rxc4 34.Qd5+ Qf7
35.Qd8 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Kuibyshev"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 e5 12.Bd3 c5 13.Nf1
g5 14.Bf2 Nh5 15.Ne3 Ng7 16.h4 exd4 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Nd5 Bxd5
19.cxd5 Nf5 20.Bb5 O-O-O 21.Bxd7+ Rxd7 22.hxg5 Qe5 23.Rc1+ Rc7
24.Rxc7+ Kxc7 25.Qa1 Kb7 26.gxh6 Rc8 27.O-O Ng3 28.Re1 Rc2
29.Qxd4 Qe8 0-1

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Plovdiv (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gerardo F Barbero"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nd5 Rd7 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.c5 Nc6 12.Bb5 Rd8
13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Rd1 Ba6 15.Rxd8+ Rxd8 16.Nd2 Be7 17.g4 Rb8
18.b3 f6 19.f3 Rd8 20.h4 Rd3 21.Nf1 Bb5 22.h5 a5 23.hxg6 hxg6
24.Rh2 Bf8 25.Rc2 Kf7 26.Kf2 Ke6 27.Nd2 Be7 28.Nc4 a4 29.b4 f5
30.gxf5+ gxf5 31.exf5+ Kxf5 32.Bc1 Bh4+ 33.Kg2 Ke6 34.Nd2 Re3
35.Ne4 Re1 36.Bg5 Bxg5 37.Nxg5+ Kd5 38.Ne4 Bd3 39.Rd2 Kc4
40.Nf2 Bf1+ 41.Kg3 Kxb4 42.Ng4 Kc3 43.Rd7 Bb5 44.Rxc7 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.Nc3
a6 8.e4 b5 9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.e5 Nd5
13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Qb7 15.Rad1 Bh3 16.e6 Bxe6 17.Qe5 Bd6
18.Qxg7 Kd7 19.Nf6+ Kc6 20.Ne4 Qc8 21.Qd4 Qd7 22.Nf6 Qc8
23.Be3 b4 24.a4 bxa3 25.bxa3 Rb3 26.Qe4+ Kb5 27.Rd5+ Bxd5
28.Qxd5+ c5 29.a4 Kb6 30.Qxd6+ Kb7 31.Qd5+ Qc6 32.Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Giorgi Giorgadze"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O
Na6 8.Nd2 Rb8 9.a4 e6 10.Nc4 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bh3
13.Re1 Nb4 14.Bf4 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Be6 16.Qd3 g5 17.Bc1 d5 18.Na3
h6 19.c3 Qd7 20.Nc2 Bf5 21.Qd1 Rbd8 22.Ne3 Bg6 23.Ng2 Rfe8
24.h4 Bf6 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Bd2 Kg7 27.f3 Qh3 28.Kf2 Be5 29.f4
Be4 30.Rg1 Bc7 31.Qf1 Re6 32.Ne3 Qh2+ 33.Ke1 d4 34.cxd4 cxd4
35.Ng4 Qh5 36.Ne5 Bxe5 37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.g4 Qg6 39.Rg3 Bd3
40.Bxg5 Bxe2 41.Qf5 Rde8 42.Qxg6+ fxg6 43.Bf4 Re4 44.Bd6 Bxg4
45.Kf2 Rd8 46.Bb4 Re2+ 47.Kg1 0-1

[Event "Ch Europe (juniors)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efstratios Grivas"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.b4 Bb7 12.e4 d6 13.Bb2
Qc7 14.Qd3 Rfd8 15.h3 Rac8 16.Qe3 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6
19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Ne5 22.f4 Nd7 23.Qe3 Nf6
24.Nb3 Qb8 25.Re1 Re8 26.Qd3 h6 27.Kh2 Ba6 28.e5 dxe5 29.fxe5
Red8 30.Qf3 Nd7 31.b5 Nxe5 32.Qe4 Nd3 33.bxa6 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Qd6
35.c5 bxc5 36.Qc4 Rc7 37.Na5 Qd2 38.Nb7 Rd3 39.Rc2 Qe3 40.Qf4
Qxf4 41.gxf4 Rxa3 42.Bf1 Rf3 43.Bg2 Rxf4 44.Nd8 Rb4 45.Bb7 Rb6
0-1

[Event "Ch Europe (juniors)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rikard Winsnes"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Bb5 Nb4 12.Rhe1 h6
13.exd5 exd5 14.Qe3 Be6 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.f3 Nh5 17.Be5 Nc6
18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Nc5 Qb6 20.Nxe6 Qxe3+ 21.Rxe3 fxe6 22.Re2 Kf7
23.Kb1 Nf6 24.Rde1 Rfe8 25.g3 Bb4 26.Rf1 Nd7 27.Nd1 Nxe5
28.Rxe5 Rb8 29.f4 Bd6 30.Re2 Ke7 31.Nf2 Kd7 32.Nd3 Rf8 33.Rfe1
Rf6 34.c3 g5 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Kc2 c5 37.Ne5+ Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Rf2+
39.R1e2 Rxe2+ 40.Rxe2 g4 41.Re5 Rh8 42.Rg5 Rxh2+ 43.Kc1 Kd6
44.Rxg4 Ke5 45.c4 d4 46.Rg5+ Ke4 47.Rxc5 Kd3 48.Kb1 Rh1+
49.Ka2 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Kiev (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Qe2 Rc8
13.Bb3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.a5 Rfd8 16.Qf3 Qc5 17.Rfe1 Qd4 18.Nf1
Bxb3 19.cxb3 d5 20.exd5 Bb4 21.Ra4 Bxc3 22.Rxd4 Bxd4 23.Ne3
Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Rxd5 25.b4 Rc2 26.h3 e4 27.Rc1 Rxb2 28.Qc3 Ra2
29.Qc8+ Kh7 30.Qxb7 Rdd2 31.Qa7 Rab2 32.Rc7 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Rbb1
34.Qc5 Kg6 35.Qe7 Kg5 36.Rc5+ Kg6 37.Qe5 h5 38.Qf5+ Kh6
39.Qg5+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kh6 41.Rc8 Nh7 42.Rh8 g6 43.Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Kiev (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 Rb8 11.Nd2 Na5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.a3
Bd6 14.Nce4 b5 15.a4 Bd7 16.axb5 Rxb5 17.Nc3 Nb3 18.Nxb5 Nxa1
19.Qxc4 Bxb5 20.Qxb5 Nc2 21.Nc4 Nb4 22.Rc1 a6 23.Qb7 c6
24.Bxc6 Rb8 25.Qxe7 Bxe7 26.Be4 Rc8 27.b3 h5 28.Kf1 g6 29.Ke2
Na2 30.Re1 Nc3+ 31.Kd3 Nxe4 32.Kxe4 Rb8 33.Rb1 Kg7 34.Kd3 Rb7
35.Kc2 Bb4 36.Ra1 Ra7 37.Kd3 a5 38.Ra2 Kf8 39.Ne5 Rb7 40.Nc6
Be1 41.Kc4 Rb6 42.Nxa5 Rb4+ 43.Kd3 Rb6 44.Nc4 Rxb3+ 45.Ke2 Bc3
46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.Ra7 Rb8 48.Ne5 Rf8 49.f4 Bb4 50.Nc6 Bd6 51.Rd7
Ba3 52.Ne5 Bb4 53.e4 Kg8 54.Kd3 Be1 55.Rb7 h4 56.g4 h3 57.Rb1
Bh4 58.g5 Ra8 59.Rb3 Kg7 60.Ng4 Rd8 61.e5 Be1 62.Ke4 Rh8
63.Nh6 Bf2 64.Rxh3 Bg1 65.Rg3 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1 liga)"]
[Site "Kuibyshev (Russia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "121"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 Be6 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bf4 Nf6
8.h5 Nxh5 9.Rxh5 gxh5 10.Ng5 Bg8 11.Qxh5+ Kf8 12.Bd3 e6 13.g4
h6 14.Nf3 Bf7 15.Qh3 fxg4 16.Qxg4 Nd7 17.Bd6+ Kg8 18.O-O-O Nf6
19.Qf4 Bh5 20.Be5 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qe7 22.Rg1 Rf8 23.Qg3 h5 24.Bd6
h4 25.Qe5 Qd7 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Ne2 Nh5 28.Qb8+ Kf7 29.Bg6+ Ke7
30.Bxh5 Rxb8 31.Rxg7+ Kd6 32.Rxd7+ Kxd7 33.Bg4 Kd6 34.Kd2 Rg8
35.f3 e5 36.dxe5+ Kxe5 37.Ke1 Rh8 38.Bh3 c5 39.Kf2 b5 40.Nf4
Rh6 41.Nd3+ Kd6 42.f4 b4 43.f5 c4 44.Nf4 Ke5 45.Kf3 Rd6 46.Nh5
d4 47.exd4 Rxd4 48.f6+ Rd8 49.Bf1 Kf5 50.Bxc4 Kg5 51.Nf4 Kxf6
52.Nd5+ Kg5 53.Nxb4 Rd2 54.Ke3 Rd1 55.Nd3 h3 56.Nf2 h2 57.b3
h1=Q 58.Nxh1 Rxh1 59.Kd4 Rh4+ 60.Ke5 Kg4 61.Be6+ Kf3 62.c4 Rh2
63.c5 Rxa2 64.c6 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1 liga)"]
[Site "Kuibyshev (Russia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Adrian Mikhalchishin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1
Bc5 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 d6 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Bg5 Ne7 13.Nf1
Kh8 14.Ng3 f6 15.Be3 c5 16.Be6 Bc6 17.d5 Bb7 18.Nh4 c4 19.Qg4
Nc5 20.Nh5 Nxe6 21.dxe6 Rg8 22.Bxb6 Qxb6 23.Re3 Raf8 24.Nf5
Qc7 25.Rh3 g6 26.Nxf6 Nxf5 27.Nxh7 Kg7 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 29.exf5
Rxf5 30.Qh4 Rh5 31.Qg4 Rf5 32.Rd1 Kf6 33.Rh8 Qg7 34.Qh4+ Rg5
35.Rxd6 Bxg2 36.e7 Kf5 37.Qxg5+ Kxg5 38.e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1 liga)"]
[Site "Kuibyshev (Russia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.f4 d6 12.O-O Nd7
13.Be3 Nc5 14.Be2 O-O 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Nd2 Rac8 17.b4 Nd7 18.Nb3
a6 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Bd3 g6 21.Qf2 Ba8 22.Na4 Bd8 23.Be2 Ne7
24.Nc3 Bb7 25.Nd4 Nf6 26.f5 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Bxe4 28.fxe6 f5
29.Bh6 Re8 30.Bf3 d5 31.cxd5 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Bxd5 33.Nc6 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1 liga)"]
[Site "Kuibyshev (Russia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "70"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Elizbar Ubilava"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qc2 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.a3 Re8 13.Rac1
Bb7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.b4 Rad8 16.Qb3 Qb8 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.a4 Nxg3
19.hxg3 a5 20.cxb5 Bxb4 21.Na2 c5 22.Bc4 Re7 23.Qe3 Qa8 24.Rd6
Nf8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Nc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Nd7 28.Qe3 Nb6 29.Bb3 c4
30.Bxc4 Nxa4 31.Qb3 Nb6 32.Bxf7+ Kh7 33.Rd1 Qc8 34.Bd5 Bxd5
35.exd5 Qc4 36.Qb1+ g6 37.d6 Rg7 38.Nxe5 Qe6 39.Qb2 a4 40.Qd4
1-0

[Event "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ashot Anastasian"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.f3 Nfd7
13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.e4 Bg6 15.Be3 Rfe8 16.g4 f6 17.Rfd1 Bf7 18.h3
Bb4 19.Kf2 Ra5 20.Bb3 Raa8 21.Rac1 Red8 22.Rd3 Nc5 23.dxc5
Rxd3 24.cxb6 e5 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.Ke2 Rd7 27.Ra1 Ra6 28.a5 Rd8
29.Ra4 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Rda8 31.c4 Rxa5 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.c5 Ra2+
34.Kf1 g6 35.Bf2 f5 36.Kg2 Ra4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Dydyshko"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.Nbd2 d5 6.dxc5 Qc7 7.Nb3
e6 8.Qd4 Nc6 9.Qh4 Ne4 10.Bh6 Bf6 11.Qf4 e5 12.Qc1 Ne7 13.Be3
Nf5 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.g4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bxg4 18.Qxe4
Bd7 19.Bg2 Rb8 20.Rd1 O-O 21.O-O a5 22.Nxa5 Bf5 23.Qb4 Bxc5
24.Qb5 e4 25.Nc4 Rbd8 26.Ne3 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Qe7 28.Kh1 Qg5
29.Qc5 h5 30.Bh3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Rc8 32.Qe5 Qxe3 33.Bxf5 Qxe2
34.Bxc8 Qxd1+ 35.Kg2 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 e3 37.Qg3 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 e2
39.Be6 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Gross"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6
8.h3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Na6
13.O-O-O Nc5 14.g4 Bd7 15.h4 Qe5 16.Bf3 b5 17.cxb5 Rab8 18.b4
Rxb5 19.Nxb5 Bxb5 20.Rd4 Qf6 21.Bg2 Ba4 22.Qc4 Ne4 23.g5 hxg5
24.hxg5 Nxg5 25.b5 Nf3 26.Bxf3 Qxf3 27.Rdh4 Rxe3 28.fxe3 Qxe3+
29.Kb1 Qe5 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Bxd4 32.Rh4 Bxb5 33.Rxd4 f5
34.a4 Ba6 35.Kc2 Kf7 36.Rh4 Kg7 37.Rb4 g5 38.Rb8 g4 39.Kd2 Kf6
40.Ke3 Ke5 41.Re8+ Kxd5+ 42.Re7 Kc6 43.Rf7 g3 44.Rxf5 g2
45.Rg5 Bf1 46.a5 Kb7 47.Kf2 Ka6 48.Rg7 c5 49.Rd7 Kxa5 50.Rxd6
c4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bc4 d6
7.c3 Qf6 8.Na3 Bxa3 9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qxa3 Ne7 11.Be2 O-O 12.d3
Rfe8 13.cxd4 Qxd4 14.Be3 Qf6 15.d4 Qg6 16.f3 d5 17.e5 a6
18.Qb3 b6 19.Rac1 Rec8 20.Rc3 Bb5 21.Bxb5 axb5 22.Qxb5 c5
23.dxc5 Nf5 24.Bf2 d4 25.cxb6 dxc3 26.b7 cxb2 27.Qxb2 h5 28.a4
Qc6 29.bxc8=Q+ Qxc8 30.Ra1 h4 31.h3 Ra6 32.a5 Rg6 33.Qc1 Qb7
34.Qc2 Qxf3 35.Bc5 Qd5 36.a6 Qxe5 37.Rf1 Nd4 38.Bxd4 Qxd4+
39.Kh1 Qa7 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Ra1 Qd4 42.Qc1 Qe4 43.Qd2 Re6 44.a7
Re8 45.Qa2 Ra8 46.Qxf7 Qd4 47.Qa2 Qc5 48.Qa5 Qe7 49.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Plovdiv (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "Plovdiv (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ventzislav V Inkiov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.d3 Nxf3+
7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 c6 9.O-O-O h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Rhe1 fxe4
12.Qxe4 Bf5 13.Qe3 Be7 14.d4 Qg5 15.dxe5 Qxe3+ 16.fxe3 dxe5
17.Rf1 Rf8 18.Nb5 Rc8 19.Rxf5 Rxf5 20.Be6 cxb5 21.Bxc8 Rf6
22.Bxb7 Rb6 23.Be4 Bc5 24.Rd3 Ke7 25.Kd2 Rd6 26.Bd5 b4 27.Ke2
Rf6 28.Rd2 Bb6 29.Rd1 Rd6 30.Kf3 Rf6+ 31.Ke2 Rd6 32.Kf3 Rf6+
33.Ke4 Rf2 34.Kd3 g5 35.h3 h5 36.Be4 a5 37.Re1 Kd6 38.Kc4 Rd2
39.Kb5 Kc7 40.Ka4 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.a3 bxa3 43.Kxa3 Bc5+
44.Kb3 g3 45.Kc4 Kb6 46.b3 Rd8 47.c3 Rd2 48.Bd5 Rc2 49.Rd1 Bb4
50.Rd3 Ba3 51.Be4 Bb4 52.Ba8 Ka7 53.Bd5 Kb6 54.Be4 Rc1 55.Ba8
Ka7 56.Bd5 Kb6 57.e4 Kc7 58.Rxg3 Kd6 59.Rf3 Ba3 60.Kb5 Bb2
61.c4 Bd4 62.Kxa5 1-0

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Plovdiv (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bozidar Ivanovic"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.Rb1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5
13.Be2 Nd7 14.a4 a6 15.c4 bxc4 16.Qc2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qh4 18.g3
Qxd4 19.Bxc6 Rad8 20.Bg5 Qc5 21.Bxd8 Qxc6 22.Ba5 Ne5 23.Rfd1
Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Kg1 Nf3+ 26.Kf1 Nh2+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Kf1
Re8 29.Rb6 Nd2+ 30.Kg1 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 Qc8 32.Kg2 Nh4+ 33.Kh2 Nf3+
34.Kg2 Qa8 35.Kh3 Bc7 36.Qxc4 Ng5+ 37.Kh2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Marcel Piket"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Re1
Nbd7 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 Qe7 10.Bf1 b5 11.a3 a6 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Bg5
Bb7 14.Rad1 Qf8 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Qe3 h6 17.Bh4 Qc5 18.Qc1 Bc8
19.Nd2 Nh5 20.Nb3 Qb6 21.Be2 Nf4 22.Bg4 Ne6 23.Bxe6 Rxe6
24.Rd3 a5 25.a4 b4 26.Nd1 Nc5 27.Rd8+ Kh7 28.Nxc5 Qxc5 29.Ne3
Bb7 30.Rd7 Ba6 31.Rxf7 Rf8 32.Rxf8 Qxf8 33.Bg3 h5 34.Rd1 Rd6
35.b3 Rd4 36.Rxd4 exd4 37.Nf1 Qc5 38.Qd1 Qe7 39.Nd2 c5 40.Qf3
Qd7 41.Qf4 Be2 42.e5 Qf5 43.Ne4 c4 44.e6 Qxf4 45.Bxf4 Bf8
46.Bg5 d3 47.e7 Bxe7 48.Bxe7 dxc2 49.Bg5 c3 50.Nc5 1-0

[Event "cat.9"]
[Site "It , Minsk (Belarus) (11)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ronny Gunawan"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Nxe7+ Nxe7 12.Bxe7
Bxb2 13.Rb1 Bc3+ 14.Kd1 Re8 15.Ne2 Be5 16.Bb4 Nb6 17.Nc3 a5
18.Ba3 Bxc3 19.Rxb6 Bb4 20.Bc1 Rd8+ 21.Kc2 Bc5 22.Rb5 b6
23.Bg5 Re8 24.Rb1 Be6 25.Be2 Rac8 26.a4 f5 27.Bf6 fxe4 28.fxe4
Bf5 29.exf5 Rxe2+ 30.Kb3 Re3+ 31.Kb2 Rf8 32.Bc3 Rxf5 33.Rbe1
Rf2+ 34.Kb3 Rxe1 35.Rxe1 Rxg2 36.Be5 Rf2 37.Rd1 Kf7 38.Bc7
Rf3+ 39.Kc2 Ke6 40.Rb1 Bb4 41.Bxb6 Rc3+ 42.Kd1 Rxc4 43.Rb2 Rc6
44.Bf2 Kf5 45.Bg3 g5 46.Rf2+ Ke4 47.Bb8 Rc8 48.Be5 h5 49.Bf6
Rc5 50.Rg2 Kf4 51.Rb2 Rd5+ 52.Ke2 Rd6 53.Bg7 h4 54.Rc2 Kg4
55.Ke3 Re6+ 56.Kd4 Kh3 57.Be5 g4 58.Re2 Bd6 59.Re3+ Kg2
60.Bxd6 Rxd6+ 0-1

[Event "USSR 42/130"]
[Site "USSR 42/130"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4
Nb6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.b3 d5 12.c5 N6d7 13.Rc1
Bxf3 14.Bxf3 c6 15.Be2 b6 16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.f4 g6 18.g4 f5
19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Nb1 Qe7 21.Nd2 a4 22.Nf3 axb3 23.axb3 N6d7
24.Ne1 Rc8 25.Nd3 Ra2 26.Bf3 Rc7 27.Rf2 Rca7 28.b4 Nb6 29.g5
Bg7 30.Rxa2 Rxa2 31.Bg4 Nc4 32.Bf2 Nd7 33.Ra1 Rd2 34.Qf3 Nf8
35.Ra8 Qb7 36.Bxe6+ Kh8 37.Ne5 Nxe5 38.Rxf8+ Bxf8 39.fxe5 Bxb4
40.Be1 Rb2 41.Bxb4 Rb1+ 42.Kg2 Rb2+ 43.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk URS sf"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6
14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.a4 Rac8 17.Ng3 b4 18.b3 Na3 19.c4
Nxc2 20.Qxc2 Rfe8 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qd2 Qc5 24.Rad1
Rc6 25.Re3 Be6 26.Rd3 Rd8 27.Nf1 Kh7 28.Ne3 g6 29.Nd5 Bg7
30.Nxb4 Rb6 31.Nd5 Rb7 32.Qe2 a5 33.Nd2 Rdb8 34.Qf3 f5 35.Nc3
Rf7 36.Qe2 Bf6 37.Nb5 Be7 38.Qe3 Qc6 39.Na7 Qa6 40.Nb5 Qc6
41.Qe2 Qc5 42.Rg3 Bh4 43.Rf3 Rbf8 44.exf5 Bxf5 45.Nc3 Qb4
46.Nde4 Bxe4 47.Rxf7+ Rxf7 48.Nxe4 Qxb3 49.Rxd6 Be7 50.Qd3
Qxa4 51.Qd5 Qa1+ 52.Kh2 Rg7 53.Rd7 a4 54.Qb7 1-0

[Event "Dordrecht (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stuart C Conquest"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Nbd7 12.Nxc4 O-O
13.e4 Bh7 14.c6 bxc6 15.Bd3 Nh5 16.Bc2 g5 17.Bf2 Rfd8 18.Ke2
Nf4+ 19.Kf1 Nb6 20.Ne5 Rd2 21.Rc1 Rad8 22.g3 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Ne2
24.Kg2 Nxc1 25.Rxc1 Re2 26.Rd1 Nd5 27.Kg1 Rxc2 28.Nxc6 Re8
29.exd5 exd5 30.Nb4 Rxc3 31.Nxd5 Rxf3 32.Bd4 Bc2 33.Rc1 Re2
34.Bxa7 Rd3 35.Ne3 Bxa4 36.Ng4 Bd7 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Rf1 Bh3
39.Nh5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Dordrecht (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Farago"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.Bxc4 a6 7.a4
Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4
13.Qe5 Qd6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc5 16.Rd1 O-O 17.Bg5 Be6
18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Ne4 Rac8 21.g3 Bb4 22.Rd4 a5
23.Rad1 Rc2 24.Rd7 Rf7 25.b3 Re2 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.R1d4 Rc7
28.Kf1 Re1+ 29.Kg2 e5 30.Nd6 exd4 0-1

[Event "Dordrecht (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ralf Lau"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bc1 f5 11.b3 Bd6 12.Ba3 Bxa3
13.Nxa3 Qe7 14.Qb2 a5 15.Nc2 Nhf6 16.Nce1 b6 17.Nd3 Bb7
18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.Nfe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 c5 21.Rfd1 Rc7 22.Nd3 dxc4
23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.Rxc4 cxd4 25.Ne5 b5 26.Rc6 Rc7 27.Qxd4 Rac8
28.Qb6 Rxc6 29.Nxc6 Qc7 30.Rd8+ Kf7 31.Qc5 Rxd8 32.Ne5+ Qxe5
33.Qxe5 Nd5 34.Qd4 Ra8 35.f3 b4 36.e4 fxe4 37.fxe4 Nc3 38.Qd7+
Kf6 39.e5 Kxe5 40.Qxg7+ Kd6 41.Qxh7 Rf8 42.h4 Rf3 43.Kg2 Re3
44.h5 Ne4 45.Qg6 1-0

[Event "Dordrecht (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Liafbern Riemersma"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5
13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 a5 15.Qd2 b5 16.Ncxb5 a4 17.Bxa4 Qb6 18.b3
Qc5 19.Rhe1 Ra8 20.Qc3 Rab8 21.f4 Neg4 22.e5 Nd5 23.Qxc5 dxc5
24.Nf3 Be6 25.g3 Nge3 26.Rd2 Nf5 27.Rg1 Nb4 28.c3 Nd5 29.c4
Nb6 30.Nc3 Rfd8 31.Bc6 Rxd2 32.Kxd2 Rd8+ 33.Ke2 Nd4+ 34.Nxd4
cxd4 35.Nd5 Nxd5 36.cxd5 Bxd5 37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.Kd3 f6 39.exf6
exf6 40.a4 Kg7 41.Ra1 1-0

[Event "Dordrecht (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Luc Winants"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.Re1 Rb8 12.a4 b6 13.Bf4
a6 14.Bf1 Bb7 15.Rb1 Re8 16.b4 Nd7 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Nd1 Qe7
19.Ne3 b5 20.e5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Ng4 Qg7
24.bxc5 Nxd5 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.axb5 dxc5 27.bxa6 Ba8 28.a7 Qd4
29.Qxd4 cxd4 30.Rb8 Rf8 31.Bc4 Ne7 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Dordrecht (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Van't Hof"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Rb1 Nc6 6.a3 a5 7.d3 O-O
8.Nh3 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.f4 Qc8 11.Nf2 Ng4 12.e3 Nxf2 13.Rxf2 Rb8
14.Bd2 Na7 15.Qe1 a4 16.b3 axb3 17.Rxb3 b5 18.Nd5 Re8 19.Qb1
e6 20.Nc3 bxc4 21.dxc4 Bc6 22.Be1 Bxg2 23.Rxg2 Nc6 24.Rgb2
Rxb3 25.Rxb3 Na5 26.Ne4 Nxc4 27.Qc1 d5 28.Bc3 d4 29.Rb5 Nxe3
0-1

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nd7 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Nf6 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.cxd4
Ne8 13.h3 Nd6 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.e5 Nc8 16.Be4 Bc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6
18.a5 Qd5 19.Ba3 a6 20.Rfc1 Re8 21.Rc5 Qd7 22.Bc1 e6 23.Qc4
Ne7 24.Bg5 Bf8 25.Bxe7 Bxe7 26.Rxc6 Rec8 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.Qd3
Rb8 29.Nd2 Rb4 30.Rd1 Kg7 31.Ne4 Qd8 32.Qxa6 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Qxd4
34.Qb7 Bd8 35.a6 Bb6 36.g3 h6 37.Kg2 Ba7 38.h4 g5 39.Kh3 g4
40.Kxg4 Qxe5 41.Kf3 Qd4 42.Kg2 h5 43.Kh3 Qd1 44.Kh2 Qd4 45.Qe7
Bb6 46.Qd6 Qb2 47.Kg2 Qb5 48.Qa3 Qe8 49.Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Minsk (Belarus)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Bg4 5.Ne5 e6 6.cxd5 Qxd5
7.Nxg4 Nxg4 8.e3 Nd7 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c5 12.f3
Ngf6 13.e4 Qh5 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.Qd2 O-O 16.O-O Rfd8 17.Rb1 e5
18.d5 b6 19.a4 Ne8 20.a5 Nd6 21.c4 f6 22.Qc3 Qf7 23.Bc2 bxa5
24.Bd3 Nb6 25.Be3 a4 26.Rbc1 Re8 27.Qa3 Qc7 28.Rc3 f5 29.exf5
e4 30.fxe4 Nxe4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.f6 Rf8 33.Qxc5 Qf7 34.Qb5 Nd7
35.Qxa4 Nxf6 36.Qxa7 Qg6 37.Bd4 Rg4 38.g3 h5 39.Bxf6 Rxf6
40.Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 exf4
13.Kb1 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Be5 16.Bc4 b5 17.Bxb5 Rb8 18.c4
Nd4 19.Rhe1 f6 20.a4 a6 21.Bxa6 Rb3 22.Bb5 Qa8 23.Qxd4 Bxd4
24.Rxd4 f3 25.gxf3 Qa7 26.Rd2 Rxf3 27.Rg2 Qd4 28.Ka2 Rf2
29.Rxf2 Qxf2 30.Rc1 Kh7 31.c5 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Arkhipov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bd6 6.c5 Be7 7.b4 O-O
8.e3 b6 9.Bd3 a5 10.Rb1 c6 11.Nge2 Ba6 12.O-O Bxd3 13.Qxd3
Nbd7 14.Kh1 Re8 15.Bb2 Bf8 16.Ng3 e5 17.Qc2 b5 18.Rbd1 exd4
19.exd4 g6 20.Na2 axb4 21.Nxb4 Qc7 22.Bc1 Bg7 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+
24.Rxe1 Nf8 25.Qf2 Ne6 26.Ne2 Ne8 27.Rd1 Bf6 28.Rd3 h5 29.g3
N8g7 30.Nf4 Qd7 31.Kg2 Re8 32.Nc2 Nf5 33.Ne2 Re7 34.g4 Nfg7
35.h3 hxg4 36.hxg4 Ne8 37.Nf4 N8c7 38.Nxe6 Nxe6 39.Kf1 Re8
40.Qh2 Qe7 41.Be3 Bg7 42.Qf2 Rf8 43.f4 f5 44.g5 Kf7 45.Bd2 Rh8
46.Kg2 Qe8 47.Bc1 Rh5 48.Rh3 Rxh3 49.Kxh3 Nxd4 50.Nxd4 Qh8+
51.Kg3 Bxd4 52.Be3 Bg7 53.Qd2 Qa8 54.Bd4 Qxa3+ 55.Kg2 Bf8
56.Qf2 Qd3 57.Qb2 Qd1 58.Qf2 b4 59.Qe3 Qc2+ 60.Kg3 Qe4 61.Qd2
b3 62.Qc3 Qc2 63.Qe3 Qe4 64.Qc3 Kg8 65.Be5 Qc4 66.Qa1 Qd3+
67.Kg2 Qe2+ 68.Kh1 b2 69.Bxb2 Qf3+ 70.Kg1 Bxc5+ 71.Bd4 Qg3+
72.Kh1 Qa3 73.Qd1 Qh3+ 74.Kg1 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Silvino Garcia Martinez"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O Be6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bf1 h6 11.a4 a5 12.Nd2 Na6 13.Nc4
Rc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb4 16.Ne3 Rc5 17.Bc4 Nh7 18.c3 Na6
19.Qd3 Nb8 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 Rc8 22.Bd2 f5 23.Nxf5 Rxf5
24.Qxf5 Rxc4 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nd7 27.a5 Nhf8 28.Rc4 Bg5
29.Bxg5 hxg5 30.h3 b6 31.a6 Qa8 32.b5 Nc5 33.Qxg5 Qxd5 34.Rg4
Qf7 35.Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6 7.Qg4
Bxg5 8.hxg5 c5 9.g6 f5 10.Qg3 h6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O-O Nc6
13.Ne2 cxd4 14.Nexd4 f4 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Qh4 Qxh4 17.Rxh4 c5
18.c3 a5 19.c4 Nb6 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bd3 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 23.e6
Ra7 24.Rh5 Re7 25.Re5 Rf6 26.Rde1 Rxg6 27.Nh4 Rf6 28.Nf5 Re8
29.Nd6 Re7 30.Nf5 Kf8 31.Nxe7 Kxe7 32.b3 g6 33.Kd2 Rf8 34.Ke2
a4 35.Kf3 axb3 36.axb3 Ra8 37.Rh1 Kf6 38.Re2 h5 39.e7 Re8
40.Rhe1 Nc8 41.Re6+ Kf7 42.Kxf4 Rxe7 43.Rxe7+ Nxe7 44.Ke5 c4
45.b4 Nc6+ 46.Kxd5 Nxb4+ 47.Kxc4 Nc6 48.Kd5 Nb4+ 49.Ke4 Nc6
50.Rc1 Nd8 51.Ke5 Ne6 52.Rc6 Ng5 53.Rc7+ Ke8 54.f3 h4 55.Kf6
h3 56.Kxg5 h2 57.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f3 Qa5 12.Kb1 b4
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Nf4 O-O-O 16.Bc4 h5 17.Nd3 Qc7
18.Bb3 a5 19.Rhe1 Kb8 20.Rc1 Qb6 21.c3 Bh6 22.f4 bxc3 23.Qxc3
Bg7 24.Rcd1 Rc8 25.Qd2 a4 26.Bxa4 Rc4 27.Bb3 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Bxe4
29.Bc2 f5 30.Nb4 d5 31.a3 Rc8 32.Bd3 Bf8 33.Nc2 Bg7 34.Nb4 Bf8
35.Nc2 Qb3 36.Nd4 Qa4 37.Nc2 Qb3 38.Nd4 Qa4 39.Nc2 Rc7 40.g3
Qb3 41.Na1 Qa4 42.Ka2 Be7 43.h4 Rb7 44.Qc2 Qxc2 45.Nxc2 Bc5
46.Rd2 f6 47.b4 Ba7 48.Bxe4 fxe4 49.f5 Kc7 50.fxe6 Kd6 51.a4
Kxe6 52.Kb3 Ke5 53.a5 e3 54.Rd1 d4 55.a6 Rc7 56.Re1 Ke4 57.b5
Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgeny Pigusov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7
13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Qe1 h6 15.Rd2 Qc6 16.Bf3 Qc7 17.Nc1 b5 18.axb6
Nxb6 19.Rxa6 Nc4 20.Ra7 Qb8 21.Rxe7 Nxd2 22.Bxd2 Qxb2 23.Ra7
Rd7 24.Ra6 Rdc7 25.Nd1 Qxc2 26.Rxd6 Qb1 27.Nc3 Qb4 28.Rd3 Qb2
29.h3 Bc4 30.Nd1 Qb1 31.Rc3 Ba6 32.Rb3 Qa1 33.Nc3 Bb7 34.Rb1
Qa8 35.Nd3 Rd8 36.Nxe5 Re8 37.Ra1 Qc8 38.Ng4 Nxe4 39.Nxe4 Bxe4
1-0

[Event "Ch Armed Forces"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.h3 Qe7 11.Bb3 b6 12.e4 exd4
13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Bg5 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bd7 16.f4 Bc5 17.Rad1 Qd6
18.Qf2 Qc7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Kh1 Rae8 21.Qh4 Be7 22.Rd3 Kh8
23.Qh5 Rd8 24.Rg3 Bc8 25.Rff3 Qd6 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Qd4
28.Rg4 Bc5 29.Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Armed Forces"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander (Nenashev) Graf"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nxe5
dxe5 14.d6 Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Nc4 16.Qd3 Be6 17.Qg3 Nd7 18.b3 Ncb6
19.Nd2 a5 20.Nf3 f6 21.Nh4 a4 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Qc7 24.Bh6
Rf7 25.Rad1 Kh8 26.Bc1 axb3 27.axb3 Ra2 28.Be4 Rf8 29.Qe3 Ra1
30.h4 Nc8 31.h5 h6 32.Qf3 Ra6 33.Bc2 Nc5 34.Bxh6 gxh6 35.Qe3
Nd7 36.Qxh6+ Kg8 37.Qg6+ Kh8 38.Re3 Ne7 39.Qh6+ Kg8 40.Rg3+
Kf7 41.Qg7+ Ke8 42.h6 Rf7 43.h7 Rxg7 44.Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Ch Armed Forces"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander (Nenashev) Graf"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3
Nc6 8.Nc2 d6 9.b3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qh5 11.h3 Ne5 12.Rc1 Rb8 13.Be3
b6 14.f4 Bb7 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Nd7 17.Bf3 Qf5 18.Nd4 Bxd4
19.Qxd4 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Kf2 Qc2 22.Qa1 Nc5 23.Rd1 Ba6
24.Ke1 Qf5 25.g4 Qf6 26.Qd4 Qh4+ 27.Kd2 Bb7 28.Bf2 Qh6 29.g5
Qf8 30.b4 e5 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.Qxe5 Nd7 33.Qd4 Qe7 34.h4 Ne5
35.Bg2 Rc4 36.Qb2 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Ch Armed Forces"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Nikolay Anatolievich Legky"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.h4 Bg7 5.e3 Be6 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bf4 Nf6
8.h5 Nbd7 9.h6 Bf8 10.Qd2 Bf7 11.Ne5 e6 12.f3 Be7 13.g4 Nxe5
14.Bxe5 fxg4 15.fxg4 O-O 16.Be2 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.O-O-O e5
19.g5 Nd7 20.e4 b5 21.exd5 b4 22.Ne4 Qxd5 23.Bg4 Qxe4 24.Bxd7
Rad8 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Rhe1 Qa5 27.b3 c5 28.Kb1 Qc7 29.c4 Qg3
30.Qb2 Qc3 31.Qxc3 bxc3 32.Kc2 Kh8 33.Rf1 Bg8 34.Rxf8 Rxf8
35.Kxc3 Rd8 36.Bg4 Re8 37.Rd7 a5 38.Ra7 Re5 39.Rxa5 Rxg5
40.Bd7 Rg3+ 41.Kd2 Rg2+ 42.Ke3 Rg5 43.Ra8 Re5+ 44.Kd2 g5
45.Bc6 1-0

[Event "Memorial G.Agzamov"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "119"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexey Kuzmin"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bh5 13.dxc6 Qc7
14.Nbd2 Nxc6 15.Nf1 Rad8 16.Ne3 d5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 f5
19.Bb3 Kh8 20.Qc2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Na5 22.Qe2 Bd6 23.Bd2 Qf7 24.f4
e4 25.Kh1 Nxb3 26.axb3 Qxd5 27.Be3 Qc6 28.Rg1 Bc7 29.Rg5 Rd7
30.Rag1 Bd8 31.R5g2 Qh6 32.Kh2 Qh4 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Qxd1 Bc7
35.Qd7 Bxf4+ 36.Kg1 Be5 37.Rg5 Qxh3 38.Bf4 Qh4 39.Qe7 Rg8
40.Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Memorial G.Agzamov"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mihail Saltaev"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Nh6 11.d5 Rf7 12.b4 Nf8 13.Nd2
g5 14.Bg3 Ng6 15.c5 Bf8 16.Nb3 Nf4 17.a4 Rg7 18.a5 f5 19.exf5
Nxf5 20.Re1 Qe8 21.c6 bxc6 22.dxc6 Nxe2+ 23.Rxe2 Be6 24.b5 h5
25.f3 Qf7 26.Nd2 g4 27.fxg4 Rxg4 28.Nf1 h4 29.Be1 Qg6 30.h3
Rd4 31.Qc2 Bh6 32.Ne3 Qg5 33.Bf2 Ng3 34.Bxg3 Qxg3 35.Ng4 Bxg4
36.Qg6+ Bg7 37.Ne4 Bxe2 38.Nxg3 hxg3 39.Qxg3 Bxb5 40.Qb3+ Bc4
41.Qb7 Rf8 42.Qxc7 Rd2 43.Ra3 Bd3 44.Qxd6 e4 45.c7 Rc2 46.Rb3
Rc1+ 47.Kh2 Rf6 48.Qd5+ Kh7 49.Qh5+ Bh6 50.Rb7 Kh8 51.Rb8+ Kg7
52.Qg4+ Rg6 53.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Memorial G.Agzamov"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "83"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rashid Ziatdinov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 c4 13.b4 cxb3
14.axb3 Qc7 15.Nf1 Nb7 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.b4 Ncd7 18.h3 Bh5 19.Ng3
Bg6 20.Nh4 Nb6 21.Nhf5 Bd8 22.Bd3 Nfd7 23.Qg4 Bf6 24.Ne3 Na4
25.Ra2 Ndb6 26.Rc1 Rfc8 27.c4 Qd8 28.cxb5 Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Nc3
30.Rxa6 Ncxd5 31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Bd2 Rb8 33.Nh5 h6 34.Bc4 Nc7
35.Qxg6 d5 36.Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir P Malaniuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1
Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.h3 Nd7 13.Bd5
Rb8 14.a4 exd4 15.cxd4 Nb4 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.a5 Ba7 18.d5 Nd3
19.Re2 Qf6 20.Bxa7 Rxa7 21.b3 Rc8 22.Re3 N7e5 23.Rb1 c5
24.dxc6 Rxc6 25.Nf1 Nf4 26.Nd4 Rc5 27.Nf5 d5 28.N1g3 Rd7
29.Qd4 Ne6 30.Nh5 Qxf5 31.exf5 Nxd4 32.Rxe5 f6 33.Re8+ Kf7
34.Ra8 Ne2+ 35.Kf1 Nc3 36.Re1 d4 37.Nf4 Rxf5 38.Nd3 Nd5
39.Rxa6 Rc7 40.Rd6 Rc2 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.a6 Nb6 43.a7 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Tahir Vakhidov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Bg4 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3
Bxd4 13.Rxb7 Nc6 14.Qa4 Qd6 15.Rb5 Be5 16.Rd5 Qf6 17.Be3 Rfc8
18.Be2 Bd6 19.Rc1 a5 20.g3 Nb4 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Rxa5 Nc2
23.Bh6 Nd4 24.Bg4 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Qxf3 26.Ra8 Bb8 27.Qd4 e5
28.Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Tashkent (Uzbekistan)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4
Bd7 8.dxc5 Na5 9.Qc2 Bxc5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Rd1 h6 12.Nc3 Qe7
13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Qa4 Nc6 15.Qxc4 Nde5 16.Qa4 Rad8 17.Bf4 Ng4
18.Ne4 e5 19.Bg5 hxg5 20.Nxc5 Nd4 21.Ne4 Nxe2+ 22.Kh1 Nd4
23.h3 b5 24.Qa6 f5 25.hxg4 fxe4 26.Qg6 Rxf2 27.Qxe4 Re2 28.Qb7
Qxb7 29.Bxb7 Rxb2 30.Re1 Ne2 31.Bf3 Nxg3+ 32.Kg1 Rd3 33.Bg2
Ne2+ 34.Kh1 Rd6 35.Bf3 Rh6+ 36.Kg2 Nf4+ 37.Kf1 Rh3 38.Bb7 Rhh2
39.Re3 Rbf2+ 40.Ke1 Re2+ 41.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 42.Kf1 e4 43.Ba6 Rh2
44.Kg1 Rg2+ 45.Kh1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Uzbekistan"]
[Site "Ch Armed Forces, Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Ba3 a5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nb4
13.Rd1 e6 14.Bc4 exd5 15.exd5 Nc2+ 16.Kf2 Nxa3 17.bxa3 Bd7
18.Ne2 Rac8 19.Bd3 Ba4 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxd5 22.Rc8+ Bf8
23.Ke3 Rc5 24.Rb8 Rc7 25.Be4 Kg7 26.Rxb7 Rxb7 27.Bxb7 Bxa3
28.Bd5 Bc5+ 29.Kd3 f5 30.Nd4 Kf6 31.f4 Bd6 32.g3 g5 33.fxg5+
Kxg5 34.Be6 f4 35.h4+ Kf6 36.g4 f3 37.Bb3 f2 38.Ke2 Bd7 39.g5+
Ke5 40.Nf3+ Kf4 41.Kxf2 Bc5+ 42.Kg2 Bc6 43.Bd1 a4 44.h5 a3
45.g6 hxg6 46.hxg6 Bd5 47.Kf1 Bxa2 48.Ne1 Bc4+ 49.Be2 a2
50.Nc2 Bb3 51.Na1 Bd5 52.Bd1 Bd4 53.Bb3 Bxb3 54.Nxb3 Ke4
55.Ke2 Kd5 56.Kd3 Bg7 57.Kc2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Moscow II 43/606"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Arshak B Petrosian"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3
Bd7 8.Nc3 Nd5 9.Qe2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Rd1 b5 12.Ne5 Bxe5
13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qh5 Nd3 15.Ba3 Rb8 16.Be4 b4 17.Bxb4 Nxb4
18.cxb4 Rb5 19.Qe2 Qb8 20.a3 c5 21.Qxc4 Qc7 22.Rac1 O-O
23.bxc5 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Rd6 Qf3 26.c6 g5 27.c7 Rb2 28.Qf1
Qb7 29.Rd8 1-0

[Event "URS-FL Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "URS-FL Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxd2+
7.Qxd2 d5 8.O-O Rd8 9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.Qxc4
c5 13.a3 Na6 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Ne5 Be8 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.b4 Na6
18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rb1 Kf8 20.a4 Nb8 21.a5 b6 22.axb6 axb6 23.b5
Nd5 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Qd4 Qc5 26.Qh4 f6 27.Nd3 Qc2 28.Qb4+ Kg8
29.Rc1 Qxe2 30.Nf4 Qxb5 31.Qe7 Nc6 32.Rxc6 Bxc6 33.Qxd8+ Kf7
34.Qc7+ Bd7 35.Bxd5+ Ke7 36.Ba2 1-0

[Event "Armed Forces-ch"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery A Chekhov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c6 7.Be3
O-O 8.Nge2 a6 9.O-O b5 10.a3 bxc4 11.Bxc4 d5 12.Bd3 e5 13.exd5
cxd5 14.f4 e4 15.Bc2 Nb6 16.b3 Ne8 17.Qd2 Nd6 18.Ng3 h5
19.Rfc1 h4 20.Nf1 Nf5 21.Ne2 a5 22.a4 Ba6 23.Bd1 Qf6 24.Ra2
Bxe2 25.Bxe2 Nxd4 26.Rd1 Nf5 27.Bc5 Rfc8 28.Ba3 Qd4+ 29.Kh2
Qxd2 30.Raxd2 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Na6 11.Nc3 Nec5 12.dxc5 Nxc5
13.Bxf5 Nxb3 14.axb3 dxc4 15.bxc4 Bb4 16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Be3 Qc7
18.g3 Rfe8 19.Kg2 h6 20.Re2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 a5 22.c5 a4 23.Ra3
Qa5 24.Bd3 Kf8 25.Bd4 Rxe2 26.Bxe2 Re8 27.Bd3 Re7 28.Bc2 Qd8
29.Rxa4 Qd7 30.Bb3 Qe8 31.Ra1 Re2 32.Bc4 Re7 33.Rb1 Qb8 34.h3
Qe8 35.Rd1 Qb8 36.Nh4 Qc8 37.Rd3 Re4 38.Rf3 f6 39.Nf5 Qd7
40.Nd6 Re1 41.Bxf6 gxf6 42.Rxf6+ Ke7 43.Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Felix Levin"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Bxe7
Qxe7 8.Nb5 O-O 9.Nc7 Nxe5 10.Nxa8 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nbc6 12.Qd2 Qd6
13.Be2 Bd7 14.h5 f6 15.O-O-O Nf7 16.f4 Rxa8 17.Nf3 Nh6 18.Nd4
Ne7 19.g4 e5 20.g5 Nhf5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.gxf6 gxf6 23.fxe5 fxe5
24.Rhg1+ Kh8 25.Bg4 d4 26.Bxf5 Nxf5 27.Qg5 Qh6 28.Qxh6 Nxh6
29.Rdf1 1-0

[Event "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Hendrik Pieter Hoeksema"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 O-O
7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O dxc4 9.Qa4 Qxd4 10.Qxb4 Na6 11.Qa3 Qc5 12.Bf4
Qxa3 13.bxa3 Nb8 14.Rfd1 Nc6 15.Rab1 e5 16.Be3 h6 17.Bc5 Rd8
18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.Bd6 Nc6 20.Kf1 Ne8 21.Bc5 Nc7 22.Ke1 Ne6
23.Bd6 Ned8 24.Nd5 Bf5 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Rxc4 Kh7 27.Rc1 Be6 28.a4
f6 29.Ba3 Kg8 30.f4 exf4 31.gxf4 Kf7 32.Kd2 g5 33.Bf3 Nd4
34.Bh5+ Kg7 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.Be7 N8e6 37.Bxf6+ Kf8 38.Bg4 Nc6
39.fxg5 hxg5 40.Bxg5 1-0

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.c4 e6 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nc3 Na6 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 Nc7 11.Nd4 Bh7 12.Na4 O-O 13.Nc5
Bxc5 14.bxc5 Nd7 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.a4 Ne6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Ba3 Rad8
19.a5 a6 20.Rab1 Nf6 21.Bb2 e5 22.e4 Kh8 23.Rfe1 dxe4 24.dxe4
Rd7 25.Rbd1 Rfd8 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.h3 Qe6 28.Kh2 Rd8 29.Ba1 Qe7
30.Bb2 Rd7 31.Re2 Bg6 32.f3 Nh5 33.Bc1 Nf6 34.Be3 Nd5 35.Bd2
Nc7 36.Be3 Nb5 37.Rd2 Bf7 38.Qd1 Rxd2 39.Qxd2 Bc4 40.f4 exf4
41.gxf4 Bf7 42.Bf2 Qf6 43.Qe3 Qb2 44.f5 Nc3 45.Qd4 Nd1 46.Qxb2
Nxb2 47.Kg3 Kg8 48.Bd4 Nc4 49.Bc3 g6 50.fxg6 Bxg6 51.Bf3 Kf7
52.Kf4 Ke7 53.Bg4 Kd8 54.Be6 Na3 55.Bf6+ Kc7 56.Bg7 h5 57.Bf5
Bxf5 58.exf5 Kd7 59.Kg5 Nc4 60.Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Ch Leningrad (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Leonid M Sokolin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Be7 8.O-O h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 c5 11.c3 O-O 12.Bc2 Nf6
13.Qd3 Qd5 14.Re1 b6 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.c4 Qd8 17.Be5 g6 18.Rad1
Ng4 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.h3 Nf6 21.Ne5 Qxd4 22.Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Ch Leningrad (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Danilovich Tseitlin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bh4
g5 8.Bg3 Bg7 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.h3 Be6 11.Bd3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bb5
O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.O-O c5 16.Rfe1 Nb6 17.b3 Bf5 18.Rad1 e6
19.h4 g4 20.Nh2 Nc8 21.Qf4 f6 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Nb5 Qg6 24.Nc7
Bxc2 25.Qd2 Bxd1 26.Qxd1 Nb6 27.Rxe6 Qf5 28.Nxg4 Rad8 29.Nxh6+
Bxh6 30.Rxh6 Rf6 31.Rh5 Qe4 32.Rg5+ Rg6 33.Qh5 0-1

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Fokin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 e6 6.Qa3 Nc6 7.Nf3 a5
8.cxd5 Nb4 9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 Nbxd5 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxd7 Qxd7
13.Be2 c5 14.dxc5 a4 15.Qc4 Rfc8 16.Bd2 b6 17.Rd1 Rxc5 18.Qh4
a3 19.e4 Nb4 20.O-O axb2 21.e5 Nbd5 22.Bf3 Qc8 23.exf6 Bxf6
24.Nxd5 Bxh4 25.Nxb6 Qd8 26.Bxa8 b1=Q 27.Rxb1 Qxd2 28.g3 Be7
29.a4 Rc2 30.Be4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Semeniuk"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2
Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.f4 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.O-O Bxb3 12.cxb3 e6 13.Bf3
Nb4 14.Rf2 Qe7 15.Rd2 d5 16.exd5 Nfxd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Bf2
Rfd8 19.Bb6 d4 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.Qe2 Qxe2 22.Rxe2 d3 23.Re7 Bxb2
24.Rd1 b6 25.Rc7 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Bc5 27.g3 d2 28.Ra7 Kg7 29.Ra8
Rd3 30.Be2 Rd6 31.Ra7 Nc2 32.Re7 Kf8 33.Re4 Ne3 34.Rxe3 Bxe3
35.Kg2 Bc5 36.Bc4 Ke7 37.Kf3 f5 38.Ke2 Bb4 39.Kf3 Rd4 40.h3
Kd6 41.h4 Re4 42.Be2 h5 43.Rb1 0-1

[Event "Ch European Club"]
[Site "Rotterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rene Borngaesser"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6
Nxf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c4 O-O 10.c5 Bf4 11.Nb3 Ne4 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.a4
Ng5 14.Bxf4 Rxf4 15.Ne1 Qf6 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd3 Rxd4 18.Nxd4
Qxd4 19.Qd2 Ne4 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 a5 22.Ne5 Be8 23.Rac1 Nd2
24.Rf4 Ne4 25.h4 h5 26.b3 Ng3 27.Kf2 Ne4+ 28.Ke2 Rd8 29.Rf3
Nf6 30.Rcf1 Bc6 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.Rxf6 d4 33.Nxc6 bxc6 34.Rxe6
dxe3 35.Rxc6 Rd2+ 36.Kxe3 Rxg2 37.Rxc7 Rg3+ 38.Kd4 Kf8 39.Rh7
Ke8 40.Kc4 1-0

[Event "Ch European Club"]
[Site "Rotterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rini Kuijf"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Ng4 12.Qa4 Ngxe5
13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.Nxc8+ Rxc8 16.Bxa6 Ra8 17.Qb5 Qd5
18.Qxd5 exd5 19.Bb5 Kf6 20.O-O Bb4 21.Bf4 Rhc8 22.Rfd1 Ng6
23.Bd2 Bd6 24.a4 Rc2 25.Rab1 Ne5 26.Be1 d3 27.b3 Bc5 28.Bxd3
Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Re8 30.Kf1 Ree2 31.b4 Ba7 32.b5 Bc5 33.b6 Rxf2+
34.Bxf2 Rxf2+ 35.Ke1 Rxg2 36.Rf3+ Ke6 37.b7 Bd6 38.b8=Q Bxb8
39.Rxb8 Rxh2 40.Ra3 g5 41.a5 g4 42.a6 1-0

[Event "Ch European Club"]
[Site "Rotterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ralf Lau"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 Qc8
13.d5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Bxc3 15.e5 Qf5 16.Rb3 Ba5 17.Nh4 Qd7 18.Bh6
Qxd5 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Rd3 Qb7 21.Rd8+ Kg7 22.Nf5+ gxf5 23.Qe3
Qc6 24.Qg5+ Qg6 25.Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Ch European Club"]
[Site "Rotterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Pal Petran"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7
14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 h6 16.Ng3 Re8 17.Nh4 Bf8 18.Nhf5 Bb7
19.Nh5 Re6 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Ne3 Nc4 22.Nd5 Rg6 23.a4 Nb6
24.Bb3 bxa4 25.Nxb6 axb3 26.Nxa8 Qc8 27.Nb6 Qxh3 28.g3 Rxg3+
29.fxg3 Qxg3+ 30.Kf1 Qh3+ 31.Kf2 Qh4+ 32.Kg2 f5 33.Bd2 fxe4
34.Be3 Qf6 35.Qg4 1-0

[Event "Ch European Club"]
[Site "Rotterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gert Ligterink"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2
Nbd7 8.O-O a5 9.b3 e5 10.Bb2 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.f4 Bf8 13.Bf3
c6 14.Qc2 g6 15.Kh1 Bg7 16.b4 Nf8 17.c5 d5 18.e5 Ng4 19.Rae1
axb4 20.axb4 Qh4 21.Bxg4 Bxg4 22.f5 Ra2 23.Qb3 Rea8 24.b5 Bxf5
25.bxc6 bxc6 26.N2f3 Qg4 27.Nxc6 Be4 28.Nb4 R8a3 29.Qxa3 Rxa3
30.Bxa3 Ne6 31.c6 Bf8 32.h3 Qg3 33.c7 Bxf3 34.gxf3 Qxh3+
35.Kg1 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Ch URS (1 liga) (cat.10)"]
[Site "Simferopol (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Leonid Basin"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Nb3
Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bc4 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Kh1
Re8 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Qxd4
Bxd4 19.c3 Bf6 20.Bxf6 exf6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Kg1 f5 23.a4 a6
24.Kf2 Kf8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra6 Rd8 27.Ke3 h5 28.h4 Ke7 29.Kd2
b4 30.Ra7+ Rd7 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.Ke3 bxc3 33.bxc3 Kc7 34.Kd4
Bb5 35.c4 Ba4 36.Kc3 Kb6 37.Kb4 Bc2 38.g3 Kc7 39.Kb5 Bb3
40.Be2 Bc2 41.Ka6 Ba4 42.Bd3 Bd1 43.Bb1 Bb3 44.Kb5 Bd1 45.Kb4
Kb6 46.Bd3 Kc7 47.c5 Bf3 48.Kc4 Bd1 49.Kd4 Ba4 50.Be2 Be8
51.Ba6 f6 52.Kc4 Ba4 53.Bb5 Bd1 54.Kd4 Bf3 55.Be8 Bd1 56.Bxg6
Bg4 57.Be8 Bd1 58.Bb5 Bf3 59.Bd3 Bg4 60.c6 Kb6 61.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (young masters)"]
[Site "Vilnius (Lithuania)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Bb3 Ne5
13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.g4 e5 17.Nf5+ gxf5
18.gxf5 Bc6 19.Rdg1+ Kh7 20.Rg5 Rg8 21.Rhg1 b5 22.b3 Rc5
23.Kb1 b4 24.Ne2 d5 25.Ng3 Rxg5 26.Qxg5 Qg8 27.Qxf6 dxe4
28.Ne2 1-0

[Event "Dordrecht"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ralf Lau"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bc1 f5 11.b3 Bd6 12.Ba3 Bxa3
13.Nxa3 Qe7 14.Qb2 a5 15.Nc2 b6 16.Nce1 Nhf6 17.Nd3 Bb7
18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.Nfe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 c5 21.Rfd1 Rc7 22.Nd3 dxc4
23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.Rxc4 cxd4 25.Ne5 b5 26.Rc6 Rc7 27.Qxd4 Rac8
28.Qb6 Rxc6 29.Nxc6 Qc7 30.Rd8+ Kf7 31.Qc5 Rxd8 32.Ne5+ Qxe5
33.Qxe5 Nd5 34.Qd4 Ra8 35.f3 b4 36.e4 fxe4 37.fxe4 Nc3 38.Qd7+
Kf6 39.e5 Kxe5 40.Qxg7+ Kd6 41.Qxh7 Rf8 42.h4 Rf3 43.Kg2 Re3
44.h5 Ne4 45.Qg6 1-0

[Event "USSR 46/490 Khalifman,A; Nesis,G"]
[Site "ch"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2
Qxe5+ 13.Be2 b5 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Ra5 a6 16.Nxc4 Qc7 17.Nd6+ Ke7
18.O-O Qc5+ 19.Kh1 f6 20.Ne4+ Qb4 21.Ra3 Nd7 22.Rf4 Nf8 23.Rb3
Qa5 24.Qd6+ Kf7 25.Ng5+ Kg8 26.Qe7 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Przemyslaw Gdanski"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Bg3
Bd7 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.O-O-O Rc8 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.e5 Nd7
13.Ne2 Be7 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Kb1 Nc5 16.h4 Qb6 17.h5 Rfe8 18.Bh4
Bf8 19.Rh3 Kh8 20.Rg3 Qc7 21.Re1 Bd7 22.Qe3 f5 23.h6 Bc6
24.hxg7 Bxg7 25.Rxg7 Kxg7 26.Bf6+ Kg8 27.g4 fxg4 28.Qg5+ Kf8
29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Be2 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Leonid Yurtaev"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Be3 h6 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.exd6 Nxe3 11.fxe3 cxd6 12.Qxd6
Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qb6 14.Qd4 Re8 15.e5 Qc7 16.Rad1 Nxe5 17.Nxe5
Qxe5 18.Qxe5 Rxe5 19.Rd8+ Kg7 20.Bf3 a5 21.Bd5 Re7 22.e4 Rc7
23.e5 h5 24.Rf6 a4 25.Kf2 Ra5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rxf7+ Kh6
28.Rxb7 Rf8+ 29.Ke3 Rf1 30.e6 Rc5 31.Kd4 Rc8 32.e7 Kg5 33.Ke5
Re1+ 34.Kd6 Rb8 35.Rd7 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim (Germany)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Lev Gutman"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 a6 9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Qxa2 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.d5 h6
13.Bh4 Nd7 14.c4 Qd8 15.Bg3 g5 16.e5 O-O 17.h3 f5 18.e6 Nf6
19.Be5 Ne4 20.Bd3 b5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Nd2 bxc4
24.Nxe4 Rf5 25.d6 Bxe6 26.Rb7 Rf7 27.Qa1+ Kh7 28.Rd1 Qf8
29.Nxc5 Bf5 30.Qe5 exd6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim (Germany)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Frank Roeder"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3
Qe7 8.b4 cxb4 9.a3 Nh6 10.axb4 O-O 11.Bd2 f6 12.h3 Be6 13.Qc1
Nf7 14.Qb2 Rfd8 15.Be3 b6 16.Nc3 Rab8 17.Ra6 Rb7 18.Rea1 Bf8
19.b5 c5 20.Qa3 Rdd7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 f5 23.c4 g5 24.Re1
Qf6 25.Qc1 h6 26.Ra2 Bd6 27.Bd2 Re7 28.Bc3 h5 29.Nh2 Qg6 30.f3
e4 31.dxe4 fxe4 32.Rae2 exf3 33.Nxf3 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Re7 35.Rxe7
Bxe7 36.Qe1 Bf6 37.Ne5 Nxe5 38.Bxe5 Qe8 39.Bg3 Bd4+ 40.Kh2
Qxe1 41.Bxe1 Kf7 42.Kg3 Bf6 43.Kf3 Bd8 44.Ke4 Kf6 45.Bc3+ Kg6
46.g4 Bf6 47.Be5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim (Germany)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Martin Wittke"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.O-O c4 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.a4 Nb6 13.Ba3
Nxa4 14.Bb4 Qa6 15.Qg5 Bf8 16.Qf4 h6 17.Qe3 Qc6 18.e6 Bxe6
19.Ne5 Qa6 20.Bg4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 Rh7 22.Rfe1 e6 23.Bxf8 Kxf8
24.Qf4 b5 25.Nd7+ Ke7 26.Nf6 Rhh8 27.Nxd5+ Kf8 28.Nc7 Qc8
29.Nxa8 Qxa8 30.Rxe6 Nxc3 31.Rae1 Nd5 32.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim (Germany)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans-Werner Zimmer"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3
Nc6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Nd4 10.b4 Ne8 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nf4
Nf6 14.b5 Bd7 15.Bb2 g5 16.Nh3 Ng4 17.a4 h6 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Ba3
c5 20.Rbe1 b6 21.Kh1 Be6 22.f4 Ne3 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Rf2 Qe7
25.Bc1 f6 26.Qb2 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 c5 12.Rb1 Nf6 13.f3 f4
14.b4 b6 15.g4 fxg3 16.hxg3 h6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Kg2 g5 19.Rh1
Bd7 20.Nb5 Be8 21.Nf2 Bg6 22.Qa4 g4 23.Qa5 gxf3 24.Bxf3 a6
25.Qxd8 Raxd8 26.Nc7 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxf3 28.Kxf3 Rf8+ 29.Bf4 Nf5
30.Ne6 Nd4+ 31.Nxd4 cxd4 32.Nxd6 exf4 33.g4 Bxb1 34.Rxb1 Be5
35.Ne4 Rb8 36.Rxb8+ Bxb8 37.Nc5 Kf7 38.Nxa6 Bd6 39.c5 Bf8 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Gert Pieterse"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6
13.Bf3 Nf5 14.Bc3 Nh4 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Be4 Bf5 17.Qe2 Bxe4
18.Qxe4 Qf5 19.f3 g5 20.Rae1 Ng6 21.g3 Rf7 22.Kg2 Raf8 23.a4
Ne7 24.Qxf5 Nxf5 25.Nf2 Bf6 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Rf2 h6 28.Rd2 Kh7
29.Rd3 Kg6 30.b4 h5 31.h3 g4 32.fxg4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Nh6 34.Kh3
Rh7 35.Bd2 Rfh8 36.g5 Nf7 37.Kg4 Rh5 38.Rf1 Nxg5 39.Bxg5 Bxg5
40.c5 Be7 41.cxd6 cxd6 42.Rc3 Rg8 43.Rc7 Kh6 44.Kf3 Rh2 45.Rf2
Rf8+ 46.Ke2 Rfxf2+ 47.Nxf2 Bd8 48.Rc8 Bf6 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Rg8+
Bg7 51.Rd8 e4 52.Nxe4 Rb2 53.b5 Be5 54.Nxd6 Rb3+ 55.Ke2 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Michael Schlosser"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4 h5
14.g5 Nh7 15.h4 Nxg5 16.hxg5 Nf5 17.Rf2 Qxg5+ 18.Rg2 Ng3
19.Nf2 Rf7 20.Bd3 Bf8 21.Ne2 h4 22.Kh2 Rh7 23.Rg1 Be7 24.Nc3
Qh5 25.Ng4 h3 26.Ne2 Bh4 27.Be1 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zbigniew Szymczak"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 c6 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.O-O-O Na6 12.Nf3 Bg4
13.Be3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Rd2 Bf6 16.Rhd1 Rae8 17.b3 Rxe3
18.fxe3 Rxe3 19.h3 Bf5 20.Bd3 Bxh3 21.gxh3 Rxf3 22.Re2 Kg7
23.Re8 Nb4 24.Bb1 Rf2 25.Rg1 h6 26.a3 Na2+ 27.Bxa2 Rxa2 28.Rd1
Rxa3 29.Rd3 a5 30.Rb8 a4 31.Rxb7 axb3 32.Rdxb3 Ra4 33.R3b4
Rxb4 34.Rxb4 c5 35.Rb6 Bd4 36.Kd2 g5 37.Ke2 f6 38.Kf3 Kg6
39.h4 Kf5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Rb7 g4 42.Kg2 Ke4 43.Rg7 f5 44.Rg8
Be5 45.Rg5 g3 46.Rg8 f4 47.Rf8 Bd4 48.Re8+ Kd3 49.Kf3 Be3
50.Rg8 Kxc4 51.Ke4 Kc3 52.Rg7 c4 53.Kf3 Kd3 54.Rd7+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Csaba Horvath"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Be3
c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.h3 Be6
13.a3 f5 14.O-O-O h6 15.Be2 g5 16.g3 Ng6 17.Bh5 Bf7 18.Nc4 Ne5
19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Na5 Nc6 21.Nc4 Ke6 22.b4 a5 23.Nb6 axb4
24.Nxa8 Rxa8 25.a4 Bc3 26.Rdg1 Rxa4 27.Kd1 Ra1+ 28.Ke2 Ra2
29.Kd1 Nd4 30.Bxd4 Bxd4 31.h4 g4 0-1

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efstratios Grivas"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 g5 7.Be3
bxc4 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.Bxg5 Nxd5 10.Qxc4 Nb6 11.Qc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 Bg7
13.Rc1 Na4 14.Nb1 Nc6 15.e4 Rb8 16.Nf3 d6 17.Nfd2 Be6 18.Rc2
Kd7 19.Be2 Rb6 20.O-O Rhb8 21.Rfc1 Rb2 22.a3 Ba2 23.Rxb2 Rxb2
24.Bd1 Nb6 25.f3 Ne5 26.Rc2 Rxb1 27.Nxb1 Bxb1 28.Rc1 Bd3 29.a4
Nbc4 30.Bb3 Na5 31.Ba2 c4 32.Be3 Nec6 33.Bb1 Bxb1 34.Rxb1 Nb3
35.Rb2 Bxc3 36.Rc2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Stellan Brynell"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Bb5 c6 7.Ba4 a5
8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Ba6 10.Bd2 Bb5 11.Bxb5 cxb5 12.Qg4 f5 13.Qh5+
g6 14.Qe2 Qc6 15.h4 h6 16.Rh3 Na6 17.Rc3 Qd7 18.Rb3 b4 19.a4
Nc7 20.c3 bxc3 21.Rxc3 Ne7 22.Rac1 Rc8 23.Nh3 Kf7 24.b3 Na8
25.Rxc8 Nxc8 26.Qa6 Na7 27.b4 axb4 28.Bxb4 Nc6 29.Qb5 Rc8
30.Bd2 Kg7 31.Nf4 Rc7 32.Be3 Qc8 33.Qb2 Nd8 34.Rxc7+ Qxc7
35.Qb5 Qc3+ 36.Bd2 Qc6 37.Qb3 Kh7 38.Qe3 Nf7 39.Qg3 Nh8 40.Qc3
Qd7 41.Qb4 Nf7 42.Qf8 Nc7 43.Bb4 Ne8 44.Be7 Nh8 45.Bf6+ Nf7
46.h5 gxh5 47.Nxh5 Kg6 48.Nf4+ Kh7 49.Kf1 Nxf6 50.exf6 Nd6
51.Nxe6 Kg6 52.Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Nino Kirov Ivanov"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.f4
g6 14.Rad1 f5 15.Bb1 a6 16.g4 fxg4 17.Qxg4 Bc5 18.Rf3 Nf8
19.Ne4 dxe4 20.Rxd8 Raxd8 21.Rg3 Re7 22.Bc3 Red7 23.Kf2 b5
24.b4 Rd1 25.Rg1 Rxg1 26.Qxg1 Be7 27.c5 a5 28.a3 axb4 29.axb4
Ra8 30.Qc1 Ra4 31.Bxe4 Bxc5 32.bxc5 Rxe4 33.Bd4 g5 34.Kf3 Rxd4
35.exd4 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Thomas Luther"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Re1 Ne8 13.a4
Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qd2 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Qe5 17.Qe3 g5 18.Nb1 Rb8
19.Nd2 f6 20.b4 Qe7 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.a5 Bd7 23.Nb3 Rc8 24.Rac1
c4 25.Bxc4 Nd6 26.Bd3 Bb5 27.Nc5 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Qe5 29.Nd7 Qf4
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.g3 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ivan Marinkovic"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 d5
8.a5 Nc4 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 O-O 11.O-O Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
e6 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Ba4 c6 16.Qe2 b5 17.Bb3 Nd7 18.Bd2 f5 19.c3
a6 20.g4 Qh4 21.Kg2 c5 22.f4 Qe7 23.Rg1 cxd4 24.cxd4 Rac8
25.Kh2 Kh8 26.Rg2 Nb8 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rag1 Rg8 29.Qh5 Nc6
30.Be3 Qe8 31.Qh4 Nxa5 32.Bd1 Nc4 33.Bf2 Rc7 34.Bh5 Qe7 35.Qf6
h6 36.Bh4 Qf8 37.Qxe6 Ne3 38.Re2 Qb4 39.Rxe3 Qxd4 40.Reg3 Qxf4
41.Bf6 Rc2+ 42.Kh1 1-0

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Gennady Tunik"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Rfd1 Nb4 13.e3
Bd5 14.Qe2 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Ne5 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2
Nc6 19.Nf3 Rfd8 20.Qb5 Ra6 21.Rab1 Rb6 22.Qc4 Qd6 23.Rxb6 cxb6
24.Rb1 Ne7 25.Qb3 Nc8 26.Ne5 Qd5+ 27.Kg1 Qxb3 28.Rxb3 Rd6
29.Kf1 f6 30.Nf3 Rc6 31.Nd2 Kf7 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.Kd3 Kd7 34.e4
Kc7 35.Nc4 Nd6 36.Ne3 Nc8 37.f4 Rd6 38.Rb1 Rd8 39.Nc4 h5
40.Na3 Rh8 41.Nb5+ Kd7 42.e5 fxe5 43.fxe5 Rf8 44.Ke2 g5 45.Rf1
Rxf1 46.Kxf1 Ne7 47.Ke2 Nf5 48.Kf3 Nh6 49.c4 Ng4 50.h4 gxh4
51.gxh4 Nh2+ 52.Kf4 Nf1 53.Kg5 Ng3 54.Kf6 Ne2 55.d5 Nf4 56.Nc3
b5 57.dxe6+ Nxe6 58.cxb5 Nf4 59.Kf7 Nd3 60.e6+ Kd6 61.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2
d5 8.b3 c5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.e3 Ne4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5
13.dxe5 f5 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Rfd1 Rad8 16.Rac1 a5 17.Kh1 Bc6
18.Kg1 Qd7 19.f3 Ng5 20.h4 Ne6 21.f4 b5 22.Bf3 b4 23.Nc4 Qc7
24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Qxd6 26.Be5 Qd7 27.Qg2 Ba8 28.Rc2 d4
29.Bxa8 Rxa8 30.exd4 cxd4 31.Rc6 Rad8 32.Rb6 Qf7 33.Rb5 d3
34.Rxa5 Rd7 35.Rd2 Rfd8 36.Rb5 Qe7 37.Qc6 Nd4 38.Qc4+ Kh8
39.Kf2 Nxb5 40.Qxb5 Rd5 41.Qb6 Qc5+ 42.Qxc5 Rxc5 43.Ke3 Rcd5
44.h5 Kg8 45.Kf2 Kf7 46.Ke1 Rc5 47.Kd1 Rc6 48.Rb2 Rh6 49.Rh2
d2 0-1

[Event "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Site "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Milko Popchev"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5
Ng4 8.e6 fxe6 9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxb5 12.Qxg4 Bf6
13.Qxe6 Na6 14.Nf7 Qb6 15.Nxh8 cxd4 16.O-O Nc7 17.Qh3 dxc3
18.Be3 Qxb2 19.Rab1 Qxa2 20.Rxb7 Qc4 21.Rfb1 Bxh8 22.Rb8+ Kf7
23.Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Michael Schlosser"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O
c5 8.d5 Rb8 9.Bc4 Nc7 10.a4 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 fxe6
13.Qe2 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Nb5 a6 16.Nxc7 Qxc7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4
Qc6 19.a5 b5 20.axb6 Nxb6 21.Rxa6 Rfd8 22.Qe2 Qd5 23.Ng5 h6
24.Ne4 c4 25.Ra3 Qd4+ 26.Kh1 Nd5 27.Rg3 Kh7 28.Nd6 Rb4 29.Qg4
1-0

[Event "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mikhail Ulibin"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 O-O 7.Bd3
f5 8.Nh3 Na6 9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.Na4 Qe8 11.O-O c5 12.Nf4 Qf7 13.c4
dxc4 14.d5 Nxe5 15.d6 Bxg5 16.hxg5 Nd7 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Re1
Qxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Bb7 20.Qe6+ Rf7 21.Re1 Be4 22.f3 Bd3 23.Qd5 Rf8
24.Re7 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Dirk Maxion"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Qe1
Nb4 14.Nf3 Bc6 15.a5 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Nd7 17.Nd4 Rac8 18.Qg3 Bf6
19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.d4 e5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.d5 c5 23.Rf2 Be7 24.Qf3
f6 25.Qg4 Bd6 26.h4 c4 27.Na4 Rcd8 28.Nb6 c3 29.Rc1 Bb4
30.bxc3 Bxa5 31.Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Site "Bad Mergentheim"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Laszlo Zsinka"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Qc2 Na6 10.Bf4 Qc8 11.Rac1 Rd8 12.a3 c5
13.Rfd1 h6 14.Qb3 Qe6 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Qa2 a5 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Qb1
a4 19.Qf5 Ne6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qg6 Qe8 22.Qxe8+ Nxe8 23.Nb5 Bc5
24.Nd4 Kf7 25.Bh3 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Rdc8 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Rb4 Ra6
29.Bf1 Bd7 30.e4 b5 31.exd5 exd5 32.Bxb5 Bxb5 33.Rxb5 Ke6
34.Rb4 Nf6 35.Kf1 g5 36.Be3 Kf5 37.Ke2 Ng4 38.h3 Ne5 39.g4+
Ke6 40.Rb6+ Rxb6 41.Bxb6 Ng6 42.Be3 Ke5 43.Kd3 Nf4+ 44.Bxf4+
Kxf4 45.Kd4 Kf3 46.Kxd5 Kxf2 47.Kc4 Kg3 48.b4 axb3 49.Kxb3
Kxh3 50.a4 Kxg4 51.a5 Kh3 52.a6 h5 53.a7 g4 54.a8=Q h4 55.Qh1+
Kg3 56.Kc3 h3 57.Kd2 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 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 e6 15.Bb2 Bxb2 16.Rxb2 Re8 17.e5 Bb7 18.O-O
exd5 19.Bf3 f6 20.Re1 fxe5 21.fxe5 Qc7 22.Bxd5+ Bxd5 23.Qxd5+
Kg7 24.e6 Rad8 25.Qf3 Re7 26.Rf2 Qd6 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Qg5 Kg7
29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Qg5 Kg7 31.h4 Rde8 32.Qd5 Rd8 33.Qg5 Rde8
34.Rd2 Qc6 35.Qe5+ Kg8 36.Rd7 b5 37.cxb5 Qxb5 38.h5 Qb6
39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.h6 c4 41.Kh1 Qd8 42.Rb1 Rc7 43.Qf4 g5 44.Qxg5+
1-0

[Event "Leningrad 48/209 Khalifman,A; Nesis,G"]
[Site "Leningrad 48/209 Khalifman,A; Nesis,G"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Keith Arkell"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Be7 8.O-O h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bf4
Nd5 13.Bd2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Qe4 Nf6 17.Qh4 Be7
18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qxh6 Rd8 20.Rae1 Rd5 21.Ng5 Rxd3 22.cxd3 Qd8
23.Re3 Bf8 24.Qh8+ Kxh8 25.Nxf7+ Kg8 26.Nxd8 Bc5 27.Re2 Bd4
28.Nxe6 Bxe6 29.Rxe6 Bxb2 30.Re7 b5 31.Rb1 Rc8 32.Kf1 Nd5
33.Rd7 Nf6 34.Rxa7 Rc2 35.Re7 Nd5 36.Re8+ Kf7 37.Rbe1 Nf4
38.R8e3 Kg6 39.g3 Bc3 40.Rb1 Nd5 41.Re2 Rxe2 42.Kxe2 Bd4
43.Kd2 b4 44.f3 Bc5 45.Kc2 Nc3 46.Ra1 Ne2 47.Kb3 Bg1 48.Kxb4
Bxh2 49.a4 Bxg3 50.a5 Bb8 51.Kc4 Kf5 52.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Leningrad 48/467 Khalifman,A; Nesis,G"]
[Site "Leningrad 48/467 Khalifman,A; Nesis,G"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 a5 10.d3 a4 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Nf1 d5
14.exd5 Nxd5 15.a3 g6 16.c4 Nb6 17.Bg5 f6 18.cxb5 Nd4 19.Nxd4
Qxd4 20.Bxf6 Bc5 21.Qd2 Rf8 22.Re4 Qxb2 23.d4 Qxa1 24.dxc5
Rxf6 25.cxb6 Bb7 26.bxc7 Qxa3 27.Rxe5 Qd6 28.Qc3 a3 29.Be4 Qb6
30.Bxb7 Qxb7 31.Re7 Raf8 32.Qc4+ Kh8 33.Qh4 h5 34.Qg5 Kg8
35.Qh6 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rxf2+ 37.Kg3 R8f3+ 38.Kh4 Rf4+ 39.Qxf4
Rxf4+ 40.Kg3 Rf8 41.b6 a2 42.Re1 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Kuzmin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rfd8 17.Be2
f6 18.Qe3 Qf5+ 19.Kc3 Nc7 20.Qf3 Qc5 21.Kb3 b5 22.axb5 Nxb5
23.Ka2 Nd4 24.Qf2 Rab8 25.Rac1 Rb4 26.Rhd1 e5 27.Rd2 Ra4+
28.Kb1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2
d5 8.b3 c5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.e3 Ne4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5
13.dxe5 f5 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Rfd1 Rad8 16.Rac1 a5 17.Nb1 Bc6
18.Na3 Qd7 19.f3 Ng5 20.h4 Ne6 21.f4 b5 22.Bf3 b4 23.Nc4 Qc7
24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Qxd6 26.Be5 Qd7 27.Qg2 Ba8 28.Rc2 d4
29.Bxa8 Rxa8 30.exd4 cxd4 31.Rc6 Rad8 32.Rb6 Qf7 33.Rb5 d3
34.Rxa5 Rd7 35.Rd2 Rfd8 36.Rb5 Qe7 37.Qc6 Nd4 38.Qc4+ Kh8
39.Kf2 Nxb5 40.Qxb5 Rd5 41.Qb6 Qc5+ 42.Qxc5 Rxc5 43.Ke3 Rcd5
44.h5 Kg8 45.Kf2 Kf7 46.Ke1 Rc5 47.Kd1 Rc6 48.Rb2 Rh6 49.Rh2
d2 0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Moskva  47/401 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ventzislav V Inkiov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O Bc5
7.Nc3 d6 8.Be3 Bb6 9.Nd5 O-O 10.Bg5 Kh8 11.a4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3
13.Bxf3 Ne7 14.Nxf6 gxf6 15.Bh6 Rg8 16.a5 Bc5 17.c3 a6 18.Bh5
Ng6 19.Kh1 Qe7 20.g3 c6 21.Qf3 Nf8 22.Rad1 Ne6 23.b4 Ba7
24.Rxd6 Rad8 25.Rfd1 Ng7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Bf7 Qe7
29.Bc4 f5 30.exf5 Qf6 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Kg2 Kf8 33.Qd3 Qe7
34.Qd2 Kg7 35.Qe2 e4 36.Be6 Qf6 37.Qg4+ Kh6 38.Qxe4 Qxc3
39.Qh4+ Kg7 40.Qg5+ Kf8 41.f6 1-0

[Event "West Berlin 48/108 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "West Berlin 48/108 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Pal Petran"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.h3 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Rb1
Nh5 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qd2 Re8 17.b4 b6 18.Rfe1 Rb7
19.bxc5 bxc5 20.a5 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 Ne5 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.Nxe5 Qxe5
24.Rb6 Rd8 25.Qe3 c4 26.Rc6 Bd7 27.Rxd6 Qa1+ 28.Kh2 Qxa5
29.Nc5 Bc8 30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Qd4 Qf6 32.Qxc4 Qxf2 33.Ne4 Qf5
34.Nd6 Qe5 35.Qxc8+ Kg7 36.Ne4 f5 37.Qc3 1-0

[Event "World Cup ( open )"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O Na6 11. Rhe1
0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 Nbd7 10.Qc1 Rc8 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Bg5 h6
13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qd1 N7f6 15.Qb3 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Be4 17.Rac1 Rfd8
18.a3 Rd5 19.b4 a5 20.bxa5 Ra8 21.Ne5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rdxa5
23.Nc4 R5a6 24.Qb2 b5 25.Ne5 Qb7 26.Qc3 c5 27.Qf3 Qxf3+
28.Nxf3 c4 29.Rb1 Ra5 30.Ne5 Ne4 31.a4 Nd2 32.axb5 Nxf1
33.Nxc4 Ra1 34.Rxf1 Rxf1 35.Kxf1 Ra4 36.Ne5 Rxd4 37.Nc6 Rd1+
38.Kg2 Rb1 39.Nd4 e5 40.Nf5 Rxb5 41.g4 Rb4 42.Kg3 Kh7 43.Nd6
Kg6 44.e3 Rb6 45.Nf5+ Kf6 46.Nh4 g6 47.Nf3 Rb4 48.h3 Ke6
49.Nd2 Kd5 50.Kf3 Ra4 51.Nf1 e4 52.Kg2 Kc4 53.Ng3 Kd3 54.Kf1
Kd2 55.h4 Rb4 56.Kg2 Ke1 57.Kg1 Rc4 58.Kg2 Rc2 59.Nxe4 f5
60.gxf5 gxf5 61.Ng3 Rxf2+ 62.Kh3 Kd2 63.e4 f4 64.Nf5 h5 65.Ng7
f3 66.Nxh5 Rg2 67.e5 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+
7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.Rd1 O-O 9.e3 f5 10.b4 Bd7 11.Qc2 Ne7 12.Be2 Qe8
13.Rc1 Nd6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Ne5 Ba4 16.Qa2 Bb5 17.Bxb5 Qxb5
18.a4 Qe8 19.O-O a6 20.Qb3 Rd8 21.f3 c6 22.Be1 Qe7 23.Bf2 Kh8
24.Nd3 Qg5 25.Rfe1 Rfe8 26.Bg3 Qe7 27.e4 fxe4 28.fxe4 Nb6
29.Nc5 Nf7 30.a5 Nc8 31.d5 cxd5 32.exd5 e5 33.Ne6 Rd7 34.Bxe5
Nxe5 35.Rxe5 Nd6 36.Rce1 Qf6 37.Qd3 Rf7 38.h3 h6 39.Ng5 Qf2+
40.Kh2 hxg5 41.Rxe8+ Nxe8 42.Rxe8+ Rf8 43.Rxf8+ Qxf8 44.d6 1-0

[Event "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 Rb8 13.Ng3 c5
14.Nf5 Bc8 15.N3h4 Ne8 16.Qh5 Bxh4 17.Nxh4 b3 18.cxb3 Nxb3
19.Bxb3 Rxb3 20.Qd1 Rb4 21.g3 Be6 22.Ra3 Qb8 23.Qe2 f6 24.Ng2
Bb3 25.a5 Be6 26.Ne3 Nc7 27.Nc2 Rb7 28.Ra1 Rb3 29.f4 Nb5 30.f5
Bd7 31.g4 Nd4 32.Nxd4 cxd4 33.g5 fxg5 34.Bxg5 Rxb2 35.Qg4 d5
36.Bh6 Rf7 37.Qg3 Qd6 38.Bc1 Rb3 39.Qg5 Rxd3 40.Qd8+ Qf8
41.Qxf8+ Rxf8 42.exd5 Rxf5 43.Rb1 Bb5 44.d6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2
Bf8 14.Bc2 Nb8 15.a4 Nbd7 16.Bd3 c6 17.Nf1 g6 18.Ng3 Bg7
19.Bg5 Nf8 20.Qd2 Ne6 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Bf1 Qc7 23.Red1 Red8
24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.d5 cxd5 27.exd5 Nf4 28.Bxf4 exf4
29.Qxf4 Nf6 30.Bxb5 Nxd5 31.Qd2 Nb6 32.Nd4 Rb8 33.Nf1 Nd5
34.Be2 Bxd4 35.Qxd4 Rxb2 36.c4 Rxe2 37.cxd5 Qc5 38.Qxc5 dxc5
39.Ne3 Kf8 40.Rc1 Rxe3 41.fxe3 Bxd5 42.Rxc5 Be6 43.Kf2 Kg7
44.Kf3 h6 45.Ke4 Ba2 46.Ke5 Bb3 47.Rc3 Ba2 48.Rc6 Bb3 49.Kd4
Ba2 50.Rb6 Kh7 51.Rf6 Kg7 52.Ra6 Bb3 53.Rb6 Ba2 54.e4 g5 55.g3
Kh7 56.Ke5 Kg7 57.Kd4 Kh7 58.h4 gxh4 59.gxh4 Kg7 60.Ke5 Bc4
61.Rb4 Be6 62.Rb1 Kg6 63.Rb6 h5 64.Rxe6+ fxe6 1-0

[Event "Moscow GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow GMA-qual f"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
Bf6 8.Qc2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.d5 e5 13.e4
a5 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.a3 Rfb8 16.b4 Qd8 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Nb3 axb4
19.axb4 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ra8 21.Qd1 Nf6 22.h4 Bh6 23.c5 Qb8 24.c6
Ba6 25.Bf1 Bxf1 26.Qxf1 g6 27.Kg2 Qc8 28.Qb1 Ra6 29.Qf1 Ra8
30.f3 Ne8 31.Qb1 Ra6 32.Qf1 Ra8 33.Qb1 Ra6 34.Ra2 Qa8 35.Qa1
Rxa2+ 36.Qxa2 Qxa2+ 37.Nxa2 Kf8 38.Nc3 Ke7 39.Kf2 Ng7 40.Nb5
Ne8 41.Ke2 Kd8 42.Kd3 Kc8 43.Nc3 Kd8 44.Na1 Bc1 45.Ne2 Bh6
46.Nc2 Bg7 47.Ne3 Bh6 48.Nc4 Nf6 49.g4 Ne8 50.g5 Bg7 51.Ne3 h6
52.Ng1 Kc8 53.Kc4 Kb8 54.Ng4 h5 55.Nh6 f6 56.Nf7 fxg5 57.hxg5
Ka7 58.b5 Kb8 59.Nh3 Kc8 60.Kd3 Bf8 61.Nh8 Kd8 62.Nxg6 Be7
63.Nh4 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.06.30"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Ng8
14.Bb2 Ndf6 15.Rbd1 Bd7 16.exf5 gxf5 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 axb4
19.axb4 Ne7 20.Rff1 Ng6 21.Nb3 Ng4 22.Bxg4 fxg4 23.Ne4 Ne5
24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Rf1 Qe7 26.Ng3 Qg5 27.Kh1 Qg6 28.Qe2 Kg8
29.Na5 Re8 30.Qd1 Bc8 31.c5 h5 32.cxd6 h4 33.Ne2 h3 34.Ng3
cxd6 35.Nb3 Nc4 36.Bc1 Ne3 37.Bxe3 Rxe3 38.Qc1 Rc3 39.Qb1 Qd3
40.Qe1 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Vyzmanavin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2
c5 8.Bxb4 cxb4 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.e3 d5 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.O-O O-O
13.Ne1 Rac8 14.Nd3 Rc7 15.Nf4 dxc4 16.bxc4 Na5 17.Bxb7 Nxb7
18.Nd3 a5 19.Qb3 Nd7 20.f4 Rd8 21.Rfd1 h5 22.Nf2 Nb8 23.Nf3
Nd6 24.e4 Rdc8 25.Nd2 Qd8 26.a4 Nb7 27.Qd3 Qd7 28.Ra1 Nd6
29.Rdc1 f6 30.e5 fxe5 31.fxe5 Nf5 32.Nf3 Rd8 33.d5 Na6 34.d6
Ra7 35.Ne4 Nc5 36.Nxc5 bxc5 37.Kg2 Qc6 38.Kh3 Rf8 39.Rf1 Qe8
40.Nh4 Nxh4 41.gxh4 Raf7 42.Kg2 Rf4 43.h3 Qc6+ 44.Kg1 Qe4
45.Qxe4 Rxe4 46.Rad1 Rd8 47.d7 Rxc4 48.Rd6 Re4 49.Rxe6 Rxd7
50.Re8+ Kh7 51.e6 Rd6 52.Ra8 Rdxe6 53.Rxa5 Rg6+ 54.Kh2 Re2+
55.Kh1 Rc2 56.Rb5 Rg3 57.Rf5 Rxh3+ 58.Kg1 Rxh4 59.Rfxc5 b3 0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.06"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vasil Spasov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4 g5
14.Be1 h5 15.h3 Ng6 16.c5 Rf7 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Rc1 Bf8 19.Bf2
Rh7 20.Qb3 hxg4 21.hxg4 Nh4 22.Bxh4 Rxh4 23.Nf2 a6 24.a4 Rh7
25.Kg2 Bd7 26.Nb1 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Na3 Qb6 29.Nxb5 Bxb5
30.Qxb5 Qxb5 31.Bxb5 Rb8 32.Bc6 Rxb2 33.Ra1 Be7 34.Rfb1 Rxb1
35.Rxb1 Kf7 36.Rb8 Rg7 37.Nd1 Rg8 38.Rb7 Rd8 39.Nc3 Nh7 40.Nb5
Nf8 41.Na7 Kf6 42.Kf2 Ng6 43.Bd7 Nh4 44.Ke2 Ra8 45.Be6 Rd8
46.Nc6 Re8 47.Rd7 Bf8 48.Rf7+ Kg6 49.Ra7 Kf6 50.Bd7 Re7
51.Nxe7 Bxe7 52.Kf2 Bd8 53.Ra6 Ke7 54.Bf5 Bc7 55.Ke2 Ng2
56.Ra7 Kd8 57.Ra8+ Ke7 58.Rg8 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Novikov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 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.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rfd8 17.Be2
f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Na5 Rdc8+ 20.Kb3 Nc5+ 21.Ka3 b6 22.Nb3 Kf7
23.Rac1 Nxb3 24.Kxb3 a5 25.Ka3 Ke7 26.b4 Kd6 27.bxa5 bxa5
28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rb1 Rc3+ 30.Rb3 Rxb3+ 31.Kxb3 f5 32.h4 Ke5
33.Kc3 Ke4 34.Kd2 Kf4 35.Bf3 Kg3 36.h5 g5 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Ke2
g5 39.Kf1 g4 40.Be2 f4 41.Bb5 f3 42.Bc6 d4 43.gxf3 gxf3 44.Ke1
e5 45.Bb5 e4 46.Bc6 e3 47.Be4 0-1

[Event "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Matthias Wahls"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4
Bc5 8.O-O O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nxc6 Qh4 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Qg5
13.Rf4 Bb7 14.Qxd5 Rad8 15.Qxe4 Rd1+ 16.Kf2 Bxc6 17.Qxc6 Qxe5
18.Qc3 Qb5 19.Na3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Bosboom"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4
c4 8.Bc2 e5 9.a4 Be7 10.Na3 Be6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.f3 Bc8 13.Nxc4
Nh5 14.f4 Nxf4 15.Nf3 Be6 16.Ne3 O-O 17.Nf5 Ng6 18.Kh1 Rc8
19.Rf1 Bf6 20.Qe1 d5 21.d3 dxe4 22.dxe4 Nb4 23.Rf2 Nxc2
24.Rxc2 Bxf5 25.exf5 Qd3 26.Rf2 Qxf5 27.Ng5 Qd7 28.Ne4 Bh4
29.g3 Be7 0-1

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vereslav Eingorn"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.O-O
Bb7 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.e5 c5 11.Bf3 Ne7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7
13.a4 Rd8 14.Qh5 Nf5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7
18.Nxb5 O-O 19.Na3 Rd4 20.c3 Ra4 21.Qe2 Qg5 22.Nc4 Rxa1
23.Rxa1 h5 24.Qe4 h4 25.h3 Rd8 26.Ra8 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Rxa8
28.Qxa8+ Kh7 29.Qe4 Qf1 30.Qf4 Qd3 31.Nd6 Nxd6 32.Qxh4+ Kg6
33.exd6 Qxd6+ 34.Qg3+ Qxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Kf5 36.b4 cxb4 37.cxb4 Ke4
38.h4 Kd4 39.h5 Kc4 40.Kf4 Kxb4 41.g4 1-0

[Event "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Site "Lvov (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Smbat Gariginovich Lputian"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.f4 c5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Na2 Nc6
13.Nxb4 Nxb4 14.dxc5 Qa5 15.b3 Qxc5 16.Qf3 Rfd8 17.Kh1 Qc6
18.a5 Rac8 19.Ra4 Nd3 20.Ba3 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Qxf3 22.gxf3 Rxc5
23.Ra2 Kf8 24.Rg1 Ke7 25.Rg5 Rxg5 26.fxg5 Nd5 27.Re2 Nb4
28.Kg2 Rd1 29.a6 bxa6 30.Kf2 Rh1 31.Kg3 a5 32.Rd2 a6 33.h4
Rg1+ 34.Kf2 Rh1 35.Kg3 Rg1+ 36.Kf2 Rc1 37.Be2 Rc3 38.Bd1 Nd5
39.e4 Nb4 40.Rd4 e5 41.Rd2 Rd3 42.Ke2 Rxd2+ 43.Kxd2 Kd6 44.Be2
Kc5 45.Bc4 a4 46.Bxf7 a3 47.Kc1 Nd3+ 48.Kb1 Ne1 49.Ka2 Kb4
50.f4 exf4 51.Bxg6 Nf3 52.e5 Nxe5 53.Be4 f3 54.h5 f2 55.Bg2
Nf7 56.g6 Nh6 0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.11"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Branko Damljanovic"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5
8.Be3 Na6 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Nb3 b6 11.g4 f5 12.Bd3 Ndc5 13.Nxc5
Nxc5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bxf5 Bxf5 16.gxf5 Rxf5 17.Rg1 Qf8 18.Qd2
Kh8 19.O-O-O Rh5 20.Rg3 Bh6 21.Qe2 Bxe3+ 22.fxe3 Rh6 23.Rdg1
Rf6 24.Kb1 Qf7 25.a3 a4 26.Ka2 Rf8 27.Rg5 Rf1 28.Qg2 Rxg1
29.Qxg1 h6 30.Rg6 Kh7 31.Rg4 Kh8 32.Qg2 Qf5 33.Rg6 Kh7 34.Rg7+
Kh8 35.e4 Qf6 36.Rxc7+ Rg8 37.Qe2 Nb3 38.Qd1 Qf4 39.Nxa4 Nc1+
40.Ka1 Qe3 41.Qf1 Qf4 42.Rf7 Nb3+ 43.Ka2 Qxf1 44.Rxf1 Nd2
45.Rc1 Nxe4 46.Nxb6 Nc5 47.Rc2 e4 48.b4 Nd3 49.c5 dxc5 50.bxc5
e3 51.c6 e2 52.Rxe2 Nc1+ 53.Kb2 Nxe2 54.c7 Nf4 55.d6 Ne6
56.c8=Q Rxc8 57.Nxc8 Kg7 58.a4 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.02"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Stohl"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.e3 b6 11.Be2 Ba6 12.O-O Ne5 13.Nd2
Bb7 14.Bg3 d6 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Qc7 18.Qe2 e4
19.Nd4 Rfc8 20.b3 a6 21.Rfc1 h5 22.Na4 Bd6 23.g3 Bc5 24.Nc2
Qc6 25.Nb2 g6 26.b4 Be7 27.Nd4 Qd7 28.Rd1 e5 29.Nb3 Qh3 30.Qf1
Qe6 31.Rdc1 h4 32.Nd2 Kg7 33.Qg2 Qf5 34.h3 hxg3 35.fxg3 Rh8
36.g4 Qg5 37.Nd1 Rad8 38.Ra2 Rh4 39.Kf1 Nxg4 40.hxg4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7
13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Qe2 Ngf6 15.Ne5 Nb6 16.c4 Rxd4 17.Be3 Rxd1+
18.Rxd1 Rg8 19.Bf4 Nbd7 20.Qd2 Bb4 21.Qxb4 Nxe5 22.Ne2 Nxh5
23.Be3 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qc3 Qd6 26.Bxa7 c5 27.Qa5 Nd3+
28.Kb1 Qa6 29.Qc3 Nxb2 30.Qxb2 Qxa7 31.Qe5 Qb6+ 32.Kc2 Nf6
33.Nc3 Qc7 34.Qe3 Ng4 35.Qe2 Ne5 36.Nb5 Nc6 37.Nxc7 Nd4+
38.Kd2 Nxe2 39.Ne8 Nf4 40.g3 Nh3 41.Ke3 Kd7 42.Nxg7 Ng5 43.Nh5
f5 44.Nf4 Kd6 45.Nd3 e5 46.f3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Bd5 Be6 12.Rad1 Qc7
13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Qc8 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Nc4 17.Na4 b5 18.b3
h6 19.Nf3 bxa4 20.bxc4 e5 21.Bc1 Qc5+ 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Nh4 Rf7
24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Ng3 Rc8 26.c5 dxc5 27.Qc4 Qb5 28.Qe6 Re8 29.Qf5
Rd7 30.Nh5 Rf7 31.Qg6 Re6 32.Bxh6 Qe8 33.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "James Clifford Howell"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 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.Qb1 Be7
13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Rc3 15.Rc1 Rxc1+ 16.Bxc1 Qa8 17.Ra2 f5
18.Bc4 Bxe4 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Qb3 Nf6 21.Bg5 Bd5 22.Bxd5 Qxd5
23.Qxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Re2 Nd5 26.Re5 Nc3 27.Re7 a5
28.Rb7 b5 29.d5 Nxd5 30.Rxb5 Nf4 31.g3 Nd3 32.Rxa5 f4 33.g4
Re8 34.Rd5 Ne1 35.Nxe1 Rxe1+ 36.Kg2 Kg8 37.Kf3 Rh1 38.Kxf4
Rxh2 39.Rd2 h5 40.a4 hxg4 41.Kxg4 Kf7 42.a5 Rh6 43.Rd7+ Kf8
44.Rd5 Rc6 45.Rb5 Kg8 46.Rb6 Rc5 47.a6 Ra5 48.Kf4 Kh7 49.Ke4
Ra2 50.f3 Ra3 51.Rc6 Ra5 52.Kd4 Ra3 53.Kc5 Rxf3 54.a7 Ra3
55.Kb6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Sokolov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Nd2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 b6
13.Bf1 Ne5 14.h3 Bb7 15.f4 Ng6 16.Qe2 Bc6 17.Qf2 b5 18.axb5
axb5 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Nxb5 Bxb5 21.Bxb5 Qxc2 22.f5 Qxb2 23.Bc6
Ra6 24.Bd4 Qc2 25.Bb7 Ra2 26.fxg6 Qxd2 27.gxf7 Kxf7 28.Qxd2
Rxd2 29.Bf2 Rb2 30.Bc6 Bd8 31.e5 Bb6 32.Bxb6 Rxb6 33.Bf3 dxe5
34.Rxe5 Ke7 35.Ra5 Kd6 36.Ra7 g6 37.Kf2 e5 38.Ra4 Ke6 39.Ke3
Kf5 40.Ra5 Rb3+ 41.Kf2 h5 42.h4 Rb4 43.Kg3 Rd4 44.Ra8 Rd3
45.Kf2 e4 46.Be2 Rc3 47.Rf8 Ke5 48.Rf7 Rc2 49.g3 Nd5+ 50.Ke1
Nc3 51.Ba6 Rg2 52.Bc8 e3 53.Re7+ Kd4 54.Rd7+ Kc5 55.Rc7+ Kb4
56.Rb7+ Ka3 57.Rf7 e2 58.Kd2 Ne4+ 59.Ke1 Nxg3 60.Kd2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Groningen 50/609 Rogers,I"]
[Site "Groningen 50/609 Rogers,I"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 c6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5
Nfd7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.h4 Nb6 10.Ng5 h5 11.e6 f5 12.Ne2 Qe8 13.Rh3
Nc6 14.Bb5 Rf6 15.Nf4 a6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Rc3 Qd6 18.Qe2 Na4
19.Rg3 b5 20.Kf1 Qc6 21.Nxg6 Rxg6 22.Qxh5 f4 23.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow GMA"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4
O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Nf5 10.Nf3 f6 11.g4 c4 12.gxf5 cxd3
13.Rg1 exf5 14.Bh6 Rf7 15.Kd2 Be6 16.Bxg7 Rxg7 17.Rxg7+ Kxg7
18.Rg1+ Kh8 19.Nh4 Ne7 20.exf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow GMA-qual f"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 c4 10.b4 Qc7 11.Nc5 Be7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.a4
O-O-O 14.g3 f5 15.h3 h5 16.Be2 g6 17.Qd2 Rdg8 18.Kf2 Nd8
19.Ng5 Rf8 20.Kg2 Nf7 21.Nf3 Rfg8 22.h4 Kd8 23.Rhb1 Ke8 24.b5
Kf8 25.a5 Qc8 26.Qa2 Kg7 27.Nd2 Nh6 28.Nf1 Qe8 29.Qb2 Ng4
30.Bc1 Rf8 31.Bd1 Rf7 32.b6 a6 33.Qa2 Qf8 34.Ba3 Bxa3 35.Qxa3
Qxa3 36.Rxa3 Bc6 37.Rb2 Rc8 38.Kf3 Kf8 39.Rg2 Ke7 40.Ke2 Rff8
41.Kd2 Rh8 42.Kc1 Rhf8 43.Kb2 Rh8 44.Ra1 Rhf8 45.Ka3 Rh8
46.Bf3 Rhf8 47.Re2 Rh8 48.Nd2 Rhf8 49.Kb4 Rh8 50.Rh1 Rhf8
51.Bg2 Rh8 52.Rhe1 Rhf8 53.Bf1 Nh6 54.Nb1 Nf7 55.Ka3 Nh6
56.Ra2 Bd7 57.Kb2 Ng4 58.Na3 Nf2 59.Nc2 g5 60.hxg5 h4 61.gxh4
Rh8 62.Nb4 Rxh4 63.Bg2 Nd3+ 64.Nxd3 cxd3 65.Rf1 Bb5 66.Rf2 Rg4
67.Ra1 Rh8 68.Rd1 Rhh4 69.Bf1 Rg3 70.Rfd2 Rh1 71.Bxd3 Rxd1
72.Rxd1 Bxd3 73.Rh1 Kd7 74.Kb3 Kc6 75.Kb4 Kd7 76.Rh7+ Kd8
77.Rxb7 Bb5 78.Rc7 Bd7 79.Kc5 Rxc3+ 80.Kd6 Rxc7 81.bxc7 Ke8
82.Kc5 1-0

[Event "Moscow GMA-qual f"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e4 c5 7.e5 h6
8.Bd2 cxd4 9.exf6 dxc3 10.bxc3 Bf8 11.fxg7 Bxg7 12.Bxc4 Nc6
13.O-O O-O 14.Qe2 Qf6 15.Rad1 e5 16.Bd3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5
18.Nh4 Qe6 19.Bc1 Rad8 20.Qh5 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 f5 22.h3 f4 23.Qg4
Qxg4 24.hxg4 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.Kf1 Ne6 27.Nf5 Bf8 28.Ke2
Kf7 29.g3 fxg3 30.Nxg3 b5 31.Be3 a6 32.Kd3 Bc5 33.Ke4 Bxe3
34.fxe3 Kf6 35.Kd5 Ng5 36.Nh5+ Kg6 37.Kxe5 Nf3+ 38.Kf4 Nd2
39.Ng3 a5 40.e4 b4 41.cxb4 axb4 42.e5 b3 43.axb3 Nxb3 44.Ke4
Nc5+ 45.Kd5 Nd3 46.Nh5 Nf2 47.Nf6 Nh3 48.Kd6 Nf2 49.Kd5 Nh3
50.Kd6 Nf2 51.Ke7 Nd3 52.Ke6 Nf2 53.Ke7 Nd3 54.Ke6 Nf2 55.Kd6
Kf7 56.Kd5 Kg6 57.Kd6 Kf7 58.Kd5 Kg6 59.Kd4 Kf7 60.Ke3 Nh3
61.Nh5 Ng5 62.Kd4 Ke7 63.Kd5 Ne6 64.Ke4 Ng5+ 65.Kf5 Nf3 66.Nf4
Nd4+ 67.Kg6 Nf3 68.Kxh6 Kf7 69.e6 Kf6 70.Kh5 Ne5 71.g5+ Kg7
72.e7 Kf7 73.Nd5 1-0

[Event "USSR 51/210 Khalifman,A; Nesis,G"]
[Site "ch"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Kh1 Na5 11.f4 Nc4 12.f5 Nxb2 13.Qe1
Bd7 14.Qh4 Na4 15.Nxa4 Bxa4 16.Nd4 Rc8 17.Bd3 Bd7 18.Rab1 Qc7
19.Rf3 Qc5 20.Ne2 Qa5 21.Rh3 h5 22.Nf4 Qxa2 23.Rf1 Rxc2
24.Nxh5 Nxh5 25.g4 f6 26.Be3 Qb3 27.Bxc2 Qxc2 28.gxh5 Bc6
29.Rg3 g5 30.Qg4 Qxe4+ 31.Qxe4 Bxe4+ 32.Kg1 Kf7 33.Rg4 Bd3
34.Rf2 Rh8 35.Bxa7 Rxh5 36.Bb6 d5 37.Rb4 Be4 38.Bc5 g4 39.Rxb7
Bf8 40.Rf4 Rg5 41.Kf2 Bxf5 42.Ra4 Rh5 43.Kg2 Be4+ 44.Kg3 f5
0-1

[Event "USSR 51/466 Khalifman,A; Nesis,G"]
[Site "ch"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 Qc2 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Rbc1 Qd8 22.Rxc8 Qxc8
23.Rc1 Qd8 24.Bf4 a5 25.Ng5 Na6 26.Qa2 e6 27.Bxa6 Bxa6 28.Nxf7
Qxd4 29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Nh6+ Kh8 32.Qxe6 Qf6 33.Nf7+
Kg8 34.Nh6+ Kh8 35.Nf7+ Kg8 36.Qd5 Rf8 37.Ne5 Kh8 38.g3 Qe7
39.Rc7 Qb4 40.Kg2 Qe1 41.Rc1 Qb4 42.Nf7+ Rxf7 43.Qxf7 Qxe4+
44.f3 Qe2+ 45.Kh3 Qb5 46.Re1 Bc8+ 47.Kg2 Bd7 48.Be5 1-0

[Event "Triberg 25'"]
[Site "Triberg 25'"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Pavel Blatny"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O a6 7.a4
c5 8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.Nxc4 Bc5 10.Nxd4 Nb6 11.Nxb6 Bxb6 12.Nc2 O-O
13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Nxe3 Rb8 15.Nc4 Bd7 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7
18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Rac1 a5 20.Rc7 Rfd8 21.Rd1 Nb6 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Rxb7 Nxa4 24.Bc6 Nc5 25.Rb5 Na4 26.Bf3 Rc8 27.b3 Nc5 28.Bc6
Na6 29.Bb7 Rc1+ 30.Kg2 Nc5 31.Rxa5 Kf8 32.Rb5 Ke7 33.b4 Na4
34.Bf3 Kd6 35.Ra5 Nc3 36.Ra7 f5 37.Rxg7 e5 38.Rxh7 e4 39.Bh5
Nd5 40.Rh6+ Ke5 41.b5 Nf6 42.f4+ exf3 43.Bxf3 1-0

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Rodney Davies"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 f5 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nge2
O-O 8.O-O d6 9.b3 Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.Bb2 Bf7 12.f4 Nxd5 13.cxd5
Nb4 14.e4 Qb5 15.Rf3 Nxd5 16.exd5 e4 17.Bxg7 exf3 18.Bxf8 Qb6+
19.d4 fxe2 20.Qd2 Kxf8 21.Re1 Re8 22.Kf2 Qb5 23.Rxe2 Bxd5
24.Rxe8+ Kxe8 25.Bf1 Qc6 26.Be2 Kd8 27.Bf1 b6 28.Qb2 a5 29.a3
Kc8 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Qa4 32.Be2 Kb7 33.Ke3 Qe8+ 34.Kd2 Qe4
35.Qc3 Qg2 36.h4 Kb8 37.Ke1 Qg1+ 38.Kd2 Qb1 39.Ke3 Qa2 40.Kf2
Kb7 41.Ke1 h5 42.b5 Qa5 43.Kd2 Ba2 44.Bd3 d5 45.Qxa5 bxa5
46.g4 hxg4 47.Bxf5 gxf5 48.h5 g3 49.Ke3 g2 50.Kf2 Bc4 51.h6 a4
52.h7 a3 53.h8=Q a2 0-1

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1991.02.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5
e6 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Ne4 dxe5 10.Bg5 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qa5 12.Bf6 Bxf6
13.Qxf6 O-O 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.dxe5 Bd7 16.Nbd2 Bc6 17.f4 N6d7
18.Bc2 a5 19.O-O-O Kg7 20.Rhe1 a4 21.b4 axb3 22.axb3 Na6 23.b4
Nb6 24.Kb2 Rad8 25.g3 Bb5 26.Bb3 Ba4 27.Bxa4 Nxa4+ 28.Kb3 b5
29.Nf3 c5 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Nd6 Nc7 32.Ng5 c4 33.Kc2 Ra8 34.Ra1
f6 35.Nge4 fxe5 36.fxe5 Nb6 37.Rxa8 Nbxa8 38.Nf6 Nb6 39.Kd2 h5
40.Nfe8+ Nxe8 41.Nxe8+ Kf8 42.Nc7 Ke7 43.Ke3 Kd7 44.Nxb5 Kc6
45.Nd4+ Kd5 46.Kf4 Nd7 47.Nc2 Nxe5 48.Ne3+ Kd6 49.h4 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helgi Olafsson"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.Be3
O-O 8.O-O e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Bc2 Nxc2 11.Qxc2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5
13.f4 Nf6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Qd2 Qe8 16.a4 a6 17.Ng3 Qg6 18.Qf2 Rae8
19.Rae1 Rf7 20.a5 Bf8 21.Bd2 Rg7 22.Re3 h5 23.Nge2 h4 24.Kh2
Nh5 25.Be1 Be7 26.Rg1 Kh7 27.Rf3 Reg8 28.Kh1 Bf6 29.Qe3 Kh8
30.Bd2 Re7 31.Qf2 Rh7 32.Kh2 Rhg7 33.Kh1 Bc8 34.Be1 Rh7 35.Nd1
Bd7 36.Ndc3 Re8 37.Bd2 Rg8 38.Be1 Rhg7 39.Bd2 Kh7 40.Be1 Re7
41.Bd2 Bc8 42.b4 Kh8 43.Kh2 Reg7 44.Kh1 Qh7 45.Be1 e4 46.Re3
Bd7 47.Nc1 Ng3+ 48.Kh2 Bd4 49.Bd2 Qh6 50.N3e2 Bxe3 51.Qxe3 Kh7
52.Be1 Be8 53.Qf2 Re7 54.Qe3 Reg7 55.Qf2 Bh5 56.Nd4 Re7 57.Qe3
Qg6 58.Bxg3 hxg3 59.Kh1 Qf6 60.Re1 Rf7 61.Ne6 Kh6 62.Nb3 Qb2
63.Ng5 Rxg5 64.fxg5 Kh7 65.Nd2 Bg6 66.Qe2 Qe5 67.Rf1 Kg8
68.Qe3 f4 69.Qe2 Qf5 70.Re1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Reggio"]
[Site "Reggio"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 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.Bb2 Nxg3
24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qc3+ Kg8 26.Rxf4 Nh5 27.Rf2 fxe4 28.Rxf8+
Qxf8 29.Nxe4 Qf5 30.Qf3 Qxd5 31.Rd3 Qe5 32.Rd1 d5 33.Nf2 c6
34.Bf1 Rf8 35.Qh3 Nf4 36.Qf3 Qb2 37.b5 Nh3+ 38.Qxh3 Qxf2+
39.Kh1 Rf5 40.bxc6 bxc6 41.Qb3 Rg5 42.Bh3 Rg3 43.Qb8+ Kg7
44.Qe5+ Kh6 45.Qe6 Qf3+ 46.Kh2 Qf2+ 47.Kh1 Qxc5 48.Rf1 Qc2
49.Rf7 Qd1+ 50.Rf1 Qd3 51.Kh2 Rg5 52.Qc8 Qg3+ 53.Kh1 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Heinz Wirthensohn"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Ng5
Nc6 8.h3 Bd7 9.d5 Nb4 10.Nf3 c6 11.Be2 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Na6
13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Bf3 Qb6 16.b3 Qa6 17.b4 Ne6 18.a4
Qc4 19.Be2 Qc7 20.c4 a5 21.b5 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Qxd4 Rac8
24.O-O Qc5 25.Qd2 b6 26.Qb2 Qe5 27.Qxe5 dxe5 28.Rac1 Rc5
29.Rfd1 Be6 30.Rd2 Rfc8 31.Rdc2 Kg7 32.f3 g5 33.Kf2 h5 34.Ke3
h4 35.Bf1 Kf8 36.Be2 Ke8 37.Bf1 f6 38.Be2 Rd8 39.Rd2 Rdc8
40.Rdc2 Rd8 41.Rd2 Rd6 42.Rxd6 exd6 43.Kd2 f5 44.Bd3 fxe4
45.fxe4 Ke7 46.Be2 Rc8 47.Bd3 g4 48.hxg4 Rg8 49.Rf1 Rxg4
50.Rf2 Rf4 51.Ke3 Rxf2 52.Kxf2 Bg4 53.Bc2 Kf6 54.Ke3 Kg5
55.Bb3 Bd7 56.Kf3 Bc8 57.Bc2 Bd7 58.Bb3 Bc8 59.Bc2 Be6 60.Bb3
Bg4+ 61.Ke3 Bh5 62.Bc2 Bf7 0-1

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stuart C Conquest"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.c3 Qxc5 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Na3 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.Rad1 b5
13.Kh1 Bb7 14.Bg1 Nc5 15.Nd2 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qc6
18.Qd2 Qxe4 19.Rfe1 Qf5 20.Rxe7 Be4 21.Re1 d5 22.Re2 Bh6
23.Nc2 Bxf4 24.Be3 Bd6 25.Rxe4 dxe4 26.Rf2 Qe6 27.Nd4 Qe5
28.Bf4 e3 29.Qd3 Qh5 30.Qxe3 0-1

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "John L Watson"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Rf7 12.f3 f4 13.Rc1 h5
14.c5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5 16.Bc4 Kf8 17.Be1 b6 18.b4 cxb4 19.Nb5
c5 20.d6 Nc6 21.Qd5 Qd7 22.Bh4 1-0

[Event "Memorial M.Vidmar"]
[Site "Rogatska Slatina (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "61"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Djuric"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
d5 8.a3 Bd6 9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e4 d4 12.Nb5 Be7 13.e5
Ne8 14.b4 a6 15.Nd6 Nxd6 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.bxc5 Qxc5 18.Rb1 Bxf3
19.Qxf3 Nd7 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Rb7 Rad8 22.Qh3 f5 23.Bg5 Qc6
24.Rfb1 Rb8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Rxb8+ Bxb8 27.Bf1 Nc5 28.Bd2 Ne4
29.Be1 Qd6 30.f3 d3 31.fxe4 Ba7+ 32.Bf2 d2 33.Bxa7 d1=Q
34.exf5 Qf4 35.Bf2 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Memorial M.Vidmar"]
[Site "Rogatska Slatina (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "79"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Aljosa Grosar"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bg2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 cxd4
7.Nf3 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Nxd4 Qh5 11.Nf3 e5 12.Qg5
Nc6 13.Nc3 Bg4 14.Qxh5 Bxh5 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1
Kf8 18.Kf1 Ke7 19.e3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Nxd8 22.Ke2 a6
23.Kd3 Kd6 24.b4 b6 25.h4 h6 26.a4 Nc6 27.Kc4 Nd8 28.Ne4+ Nxe4
29.Bxe4 g5 30.h5 Nc6 31.g4 Nd8 32.Kd3 Ne6 33.Bf3 Nd8 34.Ba8
Ne6 35.Kc4 Nd8 36.Be4 Nc6 37.b5 Na5+ 38.Kb4 axb5 39.Kxb5 Kc7
40.Bd5 f6 41.Bg2 Nb3 42.Kc4 Nd2+ 43.Kd3 Nb3 44.Ke4 Nc5+ 45.Kf5
Nxa4 46.Kg6 Nc3 47.Kxh6 b5 48.Bf1 1-0

[Event "Triberg (Germany)"]
[Site "Triberg (Germany)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romuald Mainka"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2
Nc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bg4 10.d5 Nb8 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Bxf3 Nbd7 14.a4 Rfc8 15.a5 Rab8 16.Re1 h5 17.Be2 Qc5 18.Qa4
b5 19.axb6 Nxb6 20.Qa6 Qb4 21.Qd3 Na4 22.Qe3 a5 23.Ba6 Rc5
24.Nf3 Nxb2 25.Rb1 Nd7 26.Bxb2 Bxb2 27.e5 dxe5 28.Re2 Bd4
29.Rxb4 Bxe3 30.Rxb8+ Nxb8 31.Bb7 Rc7 32.Rxe3 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "BL 9091 ;BL"]
[Site "1990"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rainer Tomczak"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.a4 c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Bf4
Nc5 14.Re1 Nh5 15.Bh2 Qb6 16.Rb1 Bd7 17.Nd2 Qc7 18.Nxc4 Nxe4
19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxc4 21.Nxd6 Qb4 22.Qf3 Rf8 23.b3 f5
24.Bd3 f4 25.Ne4 h6 26.Rd1 Qxb3 27.Nc5 1-0

[Event "BL 9091 ;BL"]
[Site "1991"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Gerhard Fahnenschmidt"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Bf3
Bb7 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Bf4 Nc6 16.Qf3 Rac8 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Nxc6
Rxc6 19.b4 Nd7 20.Ne4 Qc8 21.Qg3 Kh8 22.Qd3 Nb8 23.Bg5 Qb7
24.Rf3 Rcc8 25.Rh3 1-0

[Event "BL 9091 ;BL"]
[Site "1991"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthias Steinbacher"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.g4 Be6 10.g5 Nd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Nd5 Nc5 13.Bxc5
dxc5 14.c3 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nd4 16.cxd4 e4 17.d6 Qxd6 18.Nh4 Qd5
19.Rg1 cxd4 20.Rg4 Rc5 21.Rd1 d3 22.Bg2 Bxg5 23.Qb4 d2 0-1

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina 52/465 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Bled/Rogaska Slatina 52/465 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 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
Nd7 13.Bb4 Nb6 14.Ra1 Qe6 15.Qb1 Bd7 16.Ra5 Nc8 17.Ne5 Be8
18.Ba3 b5 19.Bxb5 Bxe5 20.Bxe8 Bc7 21.Rc5 Bd6 22.Ba4 Bxc5
23.dxc5 a6 24.Bb3 Qe5 25.Qc2 Rb8 26.Bb2 Qc7 27.Qc3 e5 28.f4
Rb5 29.fxe5 Ne7 30.Ba3 Qa5 31.Qf3 h5 32.Bxf7+ Kh7 33.c6 Qb6+
34.Kh1 Rxe5 35.Bxe7 Rxe7 36.Bxg6+ Kxg6 37.Qxf8 Rg7 38.Qf5+ Kh6
39.Qf6+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kh6 41.Qd5 Rg6 42.Qe5 Qxc6 43.Qh8+ Kg5
44.Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina 52/501 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Bled/Rogaska Slatina 52/501 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Be3 a4 12.Rfd1 Qa5
13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Bd6 15.Ne1 f5 16.Ndf3 Qa6 17.Rac1 Qxc4
18.Qxc4 dxc4 19.Rxc4 Nb6 20.Rcc1 a3 21.b3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nb4
23.Bxb4 Bxb4 24.Nd3 Be7 25.Nfe5 Rd8 26.e3 Nf6 27.Rc4 Nd7 28.b4
Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Bf6 30.f4 Bxe5 31.fxe5 Ra4 32.Rb1 Bd7 33.Kf2 Kf7
34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd2 g5 36.Rc5 h5 37.Ra5 Ra8 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.h4
gxh4 40.gxh4 Ra8 41.Bf3 Rg8 42.Ke2 Kd8 43.Rb3 Kc7 44.Rxa3 Rf8
45.Rc3 f4 46.a4 fxe3 47.Kxe3 Rg8 48.Rc1 Rg7 49.a5 Kd8 50.Rh1
Be8 51.Rh2 Rg1 52.Rg2 Re1+ 53.Kd2 Rf1 54.Ke3 Re1+ 55.Kf4 Rb1
56.Rg8 Kd7 57.Rg7+ Kc8 58.Rg8 Kd7 59.Rg7+ Kc8 60.Re7 Bd7
61.Bxh5 Rxb4 62.Bg6 Rxd4+ 63.Kg5 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina 52/626 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Bled/Rogaska Slatina 52/626 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Branko Damljanovic"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.h3 e6
8.Bd3 Na6 9.O-O e5 10.a3 h6 11.Rb1 Nh7 12.Nh2 f5 13.f4 exf4
14.Bxf4 g5 15.Bd2 f4 16.Nf3 g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.Qe1 Be5 19.Nxe5
dxe5 20.b4 b6 21.Ne2 Ng5 22.Nxf4 exf4 23.Bxf4 Qe8 24.b5 Nb8
25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.Qg3 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Qh5 28.e5 Nd7 29.e6 Nf8
30.Qd6 Qh6 31.Qc6 Rb8 32.e7 Qxc6 33.bxc6 Nd7 34.Bg6 1-0

[Event "Hamburg 52/412 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Hamburg 52/412 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hannu Wegner"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1
gxf6 13.h4 a6 14.Rc1 Qb4 15.Be2 O-O 16.Rh3 Kh8 17.Rg3 Rg8
18.Rcc3 Ne5 19.Rxg8+ Kxg8 20.Rg3+ Kf8 21.Nf3 Nc6 22.e5 fxe5
23.Nxe5 Qd4 24.Nd3 e5 25.Qc1 Qxh4 26.Kg1 Bf5 27.Nxe5 Rc8
28.Qb2 Qb4 29.Rb3 Qe1+ 30.Kh2 Qxf2 31.Nxc6 Qf4+ 32.Kg1 Rxc6
33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Rxb7+ Bd7 35.Bf3 Qe3+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Qe3+
38.Kh2 Rh6+ 39.Kg3 Rg6+ 40.Kh2 Rh6+ 41.Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Hamburg 52/6 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Hamburg 52/6 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rainer F A Knaak"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6 5.b3 Be7 6.c4 bxc4 7.bxc4
Qc8 8.Nc3 Na6 9.d3 O-O 10.e4 d6 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.d4 Nb6 13.Bh3 c6
14.Nd2 Nc7 15.e5 dxe5 16.dxe5 Ba6 17.Qg4 Qd7 18.Rd1 Ne8 19.Nf3
Qc8 20.Bf1 f5 21.Qf4 c5 22.a4 Nc7 23.a5 Nd7 24.Nb5 Bxb5
25.cxb5 Nd5 26.Qc4 Qc7 27.Rxd5 exd5 28.Qxd5+ Kh8 29.Bf4 Rad8
30.e6 Nb8 31.Bxc7 Rxd5 32.Bc4 Rdd8 33.Bxd8 Rxd8 34.Ne5 Kg8
35.Nc6 Nxc6 36.bxc6 1-0

[Event "Hamburg 52/96 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Hamburg 52/96 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Soenke Maus"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Bf4 Re8 11.O-O b5 12.Bxd6 b4 13.Ne2
Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Rxe4 15.Ng3 Re8 16.Bxc5 Bb5 17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1
Bxb2 19.Rd1 Bc3 20.Qe4 Na6 21.Be7 Qd7 22.d6 Re8 23.Qh4 Nc5
24.Nd4 Bd3 25.Nh5 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 gxh5 27.Qxc5 Bg6 28.Rd4 h6
29.Qxb4 Kh7 30.Qa4 Qe6 31.d7 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Rb8 33.d8=Q Rb1
34.Rd1 1-0

[Event "London 52/349 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "London 52/349 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Peter K Wells"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1
Bb7 14.a4 d5 15.axb5 dxe4 16.bxa6 exf3 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qxc4 exd4
19.Bh6 d3 20.Qxd3 Nc5 21.axb7 Rxa1 22.Qb5 Bg7 23.Bxg7 Qg5
24.g3 Rb8 25.Bd4 Ne6 26.Qxg5 Nxg5 27.h4 Ne6 28.Be4 Nxd4
29.cxd4 Ra4 30.Bxf3 Rxd4 31.Rc1 1-0

[Event "London 52/628 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "London 52/628 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 Nfd7 7.Be3
c5 8.d5 Na6 9.O-O O-O 10.Ng5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nc7 12.a4 a6 13.f4
Rb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.f5 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Qg4 Rb6 18.b4 gxf5
19.Qxf5 Rg6 20.bxc5 bxc4 21.d6 exd6 22.cxd6 Ne6 23.Nxf7 Qf6
24.Qxf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Nh6+ Kg7 27.Ra7 Rd8 28.Nf5+ Kg6
29.Ne7+ Kf7 30.Nc6 Rc8 31.Rxd7+ Ke8 32.Nxe5 Bxe5 33.Re7+ Kd8
34.Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "London 52/93 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "London 52/93 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mihai Suba"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Be3
Nd7 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Re1 Rb8 16.Qd2 Qa5 17.Qc2 b5 18.axb5 axb5
19.Ra1 Qb4 20.Ra7 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Rb1 c4 23.Na2 Qb3
24.Qxb3 cxb3 25.Nb4 f5 26.Nc6 Rb7 27.Rxb7 Bxb7 28.exf5 gxf5
29.Bxf5 Bg7 30.Ra1 Bxb2 31.Rb1 Bg7 32.Rxb3 Ba6 33.Ra3 Ra8
34.Bd3 Bb2 35.Ra2 Bc3 36.Bxb5 Bb7 37.Rxa8+ Bxa8 38.Kf1 Nf6
39.Bc4 Bb2 40.Ke2 Kf7 41.f4 Ke8 42.Kd3 Kd7 43.Nb4 h5 44.g3 Bb7
45.Bd4 Bxd4 46.Kxd4 Bc8 47.Nc2 Ke7 48.Bf1 Kf7 49.Ne3 Ke7
50.Bg2 Kd8 51.Nd1 Ng8 52.Bf3 Ne7 53.Ne3 h4 54.g4 Ba6 55.f5 1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O d5 6.d3 Ba6
7.Nbd2 c4 8.exd5 cxd5 9.c3 Qa5 10.dxc4 dxc4 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Ne5
Qc7 13.Ndf3 Bd6 14.Rd1 Nf6 15.Nxf7 Bxh2+ 16.Nxh2 Kxf7 17.Bg5
Rhe8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Ng4 Rf8 21.Rd4 Bb7 22.Rad1
Bc6 23.Rxc4 Kh8 24.Qh6 Rf7 25.Nxf6 Qe7 26.Ne4 Rg7 27.Ng3 Qb7
28.Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 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.Qg5 f6 20.Qh5+ Rf7 21.O-O O-O-O 22.Rd6 Qxd6
23.Qxf7 Ne5 24.Qxh7 Qd2 25.Qf5+ Rd7 26.Bh5 Qg5 27.Qh3 Qh6
28.f4 Nd3 29.Bg4 Qxh3 30.gxh3 b5 31.h4 Kc7 32.Bxd7 Kxd7 33.h5
Ke7 34.Kh1 Kf7 35.Rg1 Nf2+ 36.Kg2 Ng4 37.Kf3 Nh6 38.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53/348 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia 53/348 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2
Bf8 14.a4 h6 15.Bc2 exd4 16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Bb1 c5 18.d5 Nd7
19.Ra3 f5 20.Nh2 Nf6 21.Rf3 Re5 22.Rxf5 Rxf5 23.exf5 Bxd5
24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 d5 26.Bf3 c4 27.Re6 Nd3 28.Be3 d4 29.Bxh6
Nxb2 30.Qc2 Nxa4 31.Bg5 d3 32.Qd2 Nc5 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Rc6 Rc8
35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Bd5+ Kh7 37.Qf4 d2 38.Qg4 d1=Q+ 39.Qxd1 Qxf5
40.Ng4 Bh6 41.Qe1 Bf8 42.Qe8 Qb1+ 43.Kh2 Bd6+ 44.g3 Qg6 45.Qd8
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.d5 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.Qxd5 Qxd5
7.Nxd5 Bd6 8.Nd2 Ne7 9.Nxc4 Nxd5 10.Nxd6+ Ke7 11.Nxc8+ Rxc8
12.g3 Nb4 13.Bh3 Rd8 14.O-O N8c6 15.Bg5+ f6 16.Be3 b6 17.Rfc1
a5 18.Bg2 a4 19.a3 Nd5 20.Bxc5+ bxc5 21.Rxc5 Nd4 22.Rxd5 Rxd5
23.Bxd5 Rb8 24.e3 Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Rxb2 26.Be4 Nc3 27.Bxh7 Kd6
28.Bd3 Rd2 29.Bc4+ Ne4 30.Ra2 Kc5 31.Be6 Kb5 32.Rxd2 Nxd2+
33.Ke2 Nb1 34.Kd3 Nxa3 35.h4 Kc5 36.Bd7 Nb5 37.Bxb5 Kxb5 38.g4
Kb4 39.Kc2 Kc4 40.h5 Kd5 41.f4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik 52/18 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Reykjavik 52/18 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Ne5 Qd4 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Qa4
Bd6 8.e3 Qc5 9.Nxc4 b5 10.d4 Qf5 11.Qa5 Rb8 12.Nxd6+ cxd6
13.Qxa7 h5 14.Nc3 b4 15.Nd1 h4 16.Nf2 hxg3 17.hxg3 Rxh1+
18.Bxh1 Qb5 19.Bd2 Ba6 20.O-O-O Qa4 21.Bxb4 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik 52/255 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Reykjavik 52/255 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6
Nxf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c4 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Re1+ Ne7
13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Ne5 Qf5 15.Qa4+ Kf8 16.Nf1 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Ng4
18.Bf4 c5 19.Ng3 Qe6 20.Bg5 Nh6 21.f4 Nef5 22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Nxf5 Qxf5 24.Qc6 Kg7 25.Qxd5 Qxf4 26.Re4 Qf5 27.Qb7+ Kg6
28.Rf1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik 52/360 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Reykjavik 52/360 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6
14.a4 c4 15.bxc4 Nxc4 16.Na3 Qc7 17.Nxc4 Qxc4 18.Qd3 Qxd3
19.Bxd3 Nd7 20.Be3 f5 21.exf5 Nf6 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Nxd5
24.Bd7 Nxc3 25.Rac1 Ra3 26.Bg5 Bf6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Re3 Na2
29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Rc7 Rxe3 31.fxe3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Nb4 33.Kf2 d5
34.Kg3 d4 35.exd4 exd4 36.Kg4 Na6 37.Rd7 Nc5 38.Rd5 Nb7
39.Rxd4 Rd8 40.Rc4 Nd6 41.Rc7 Ne8 42.Rf7 Rd4+ 43.f4 Nd6 44.Ra7
Nb5 45.Ra8+ Kg7 46.Kh5 h6 47.Rg8+ Kh7 48.Re8 Kg7 49.Re7+ Kf8
50.Rf7+ Ke8 51.Kg6 Nd6 52.Rd7 Kf8 53.Kxh6 Rd2 54.h4 Rd1 55.h5
Rd2 56.Kh7 Rd1 57.h6 Rd2 58.Rg7 Rh2 59.Rg6 Ne8 60.Rg8+ Ke7
61.Rg4 Nd6 62.Kg7 Ne8+ 63.Kg6 Kf8 64.Rg1 Nd6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik WCup Schuessler,H"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.c4
c6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Rb1 dxc4
13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.a4 a6 16.Be4 Rc8 17.Qd3 Bg6 18.Bxg6
hxg6 19.Bg5 Qa5 20.c4 bxc4 21.Qxc4 Nb6 22.Qb3 Rb8 23.Bd2 Qf5
24.Rbc1 Rfc8 25.a5 Nd5 26.Qc4 Rb5 27.Rfe1 Nf4 28.Ne5 Rb2
29.Be3 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Nd3 31.g4 Qf3 32.Qxd3 Rxf2 33.Bxf2 Qxd3
34.e6 fxe6 35.Rxe6 Qxh3 36.Rc4 Rd8 37.Rce4 Rd1+ 38.Be1 Qg3+
39.Kf1 Qf3+ 40.Kg1 g5 0-1

[Event "Triberg 25' ;GER 04"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Thomas Krause"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1
Re8 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Nh4 Bf8 16.Qf3 Rc8 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Ngf5 b4
19.Ba4 Rf8 20.cxb4 cxb4 21.Rac1 Rc5 22.Be3 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Nb7
24.Rc8 1-0

[Event "Triberg 25' ;GER 04"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marc Fischer"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.d4 h4
8.d5 Nb8 9.e4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nd7 12.Be3 Bh6 13.Bf3
Ngf6 14.Qd2 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Kf8 16.Qg5 Kg7 17.Kf1 a5 18.b3 Nc5
19.Kg2 c6 20.Rhe1 cxd5 21.cxd5 hxg3 22.fxg3 Qc8 23.Bg4 Nxg4
24.Qxg4 Nxb3 25.Qxc8 Rhxc8 26.axb3 Rxc3 27.b4 a4 28.Rec1 Rxc1
29.Rxc1 a3 30.Ra1 a2 31.Kf2 Ra3 32.b5 f5 33.h4 Kh6 34.b6 Kh5
0-1

[Event "Triberg 25' ;GER 04"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Thomas Pioch"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+
c6 8.g3 Be7 9.Bg2 O-O 10.Bf4 b5 11.Qc2 a5 12.O-O Na6 13.Rad1
b4 14.axb4 axb4 15.Nb1 Qb6 16.Nbd2 Rac8 17.Bh3 Rcd8 18.Rc1
Rfe8 19.Nb3 h6 20.Ne5 Bd6 21.Nxc6 Bxf4 22.gxf4 Rc8 23.Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Triberg 25' ;GER 04"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans-Joachim Vatter"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Be5 Be7
13.f4 O-O 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Qe2 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Rb8 17.Bc4 Bd7 18.Bb3
a5 19.a4 Rb4 20.Rd3 Kh8 21.Rhd1 Qb8 22.g3 f6 23.Re1 Rc8 24.Kb1
f5 25.Red1 Be8 26.h3 Bg6 27.Ka2 f4 28.Rd4 fxg3 29.Qg4 Bg5
30.Qxg3 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Bf6 32.Qf3 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Triberg 25' ;GER 04"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rainer Schlenker"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nxc3
7.bxc3 e6 8.Bd3 d6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.Nf3 O-O-O 12.O-O h6
13.Rb1 Kb8 14.Qe2 d5 15.Rfc1 Na5 16.c4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4
18.Rxc4 Bc6 19.Ba5 Qxa5 20.Rxc6 Be7 21.Rb5 Qa4 22.Qb2 Rd7
23.d5 Qa3 24.Qb1 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 51/138 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51/138 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.01.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 Re8 9.O-O Qc7 10.Ng3 Be6 11.f4 c5 12.d5 Bd7
{12...Bxd5? 13.Qh5! +-} 13.c4 Na6 14.Qf3 Qb6 15.b3 Bf8 16.Bb2
Nc7 17.Bf5 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 Red8 19.Rae1 Ne8 20.Qh5 Qa5 21.Rxe8
{!} Rxe8 22.Nh6+ gxh6 {22...Kh8 23.Qxf7 Be7 24.Qg8+! Rxg8
25.Nf7# } 23.Qg4+ {23...Bg7 24.Bxf6 (any) 25.Qxg7#} 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 51/463 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51/463 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 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.O-O e6 14.f4 Bg7 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.f5 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 gxf5
18.exf5 Bxa2 19.Rb2 Bd5 20.f6 Bh8 21.Rf4 h5 22.Bxh5 Rfd8
23.Rg4+ Kh7 24.Bg5 Rac8 25.Rf2 Be6 26.Rh4 Kg8 27.Rf3 c4 28.Rg3
Rd3 29.Bf3 Bf5 30.Bf4 Bg6 31.Be5 Re8 32.Rxg6+ fxg6 33.Rxh8+
Kf7 34.Rh7+ Ke6 35.Bd4 Kf5 36.Rxa7 Rc8 37.f7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Bundesliga"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.a3 Bd6 9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 e5 13.Re1
e4 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.f4 exf3 16.gxf3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Qf2 Nf8
19.Nde4 Ng6 20.Nxd6 cxd6 21.Bf1 Nh5 22.e4 Nhf4 23.Qg3 d5
24.exd5 Qd7 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Re1 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Nxd5 28.Ne4 Qe7
29.Qg3 Ndf4 30.Bc1 Bxe4 31.Bxf4 Bd5 32.Bc1 h6 33.Bd3 Qf6
34.Be3 Bxf3 35.Bxg6 fxg6 36.h4 Bd5 37.Qf4 Qe7 38.Qe5 Qd7
39.Kf2 Qxb5 40.Kg3 Qd7 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qxb6 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Site "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Eric Lobron"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.Nc3 O-O 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Be1 Qe7 12.b4 axb4
13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Re8 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nd2 Nd6 17.e4 c5
18.Qc3 b6 19.f3 Bb7 20.Bf2 f5 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Rb1 Bc6 23.Qd3
Rf8 24.Nb3 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nb7 26.Nd2 h6 27.Nf1 Qd6 28.Qc2 Qg6
29.Ne3 Nd6 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.cxd5 c4 32.Re1 Qg4 33.Qc3 Qh5 34.Qb4
Nf6 35.h3 Nfe8 36.g4 Qg6 37.Bg3 Qg5 38.Qc3 Nf7 39.Qxc4 h5
40.Qc1 Qg6 41.Qd1 Ned6 42.Kh2 hxg4 43.Qxg4 Qxg4 44.hxg4 Nh6
45.g5 Nhf7 46.g6 Nh6 47.Bh3 Rf6 48.Be6+ Kf8 49.Ra1 Rxg6
50.Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2
d6 8.O-O a5 9.Rc1 e5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 exd4
13.Bxb4 axb4 14.Qxd4 Qxe2 15.Rfe1 Qg4 16.Qxg4 Bxg4 17.Re4 Bc8
18.Rxb4 Rxa2 19.h4 c5 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Bxc6 Be6 22.Rd1 g6
23.Rxd6 Ra6 24.Rbd4 Rc8 25.Bf3 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Rb8 27.Rd2 Rb3
28.Bd1 Rb5 29.Kf1 Kg7 30.Ke2 Bb3 31.Bxb3 Rxb3 32.Kd1 Rb7
33.Kc2 Rc7+ 34.Kd3 Rb7 35.Kc4 Rc7+ 36.Kb5 Rb7+ 37.Kc5 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nc6 6.Re1 Bg4 7.h3
Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.d3 O-O 10.c3 b5 11.e5 Nxe5 12.Qxa8 Qxa8
13.Bxa8 Rxa8 14.Rd1 c4 15.dxc4 bxc4 16.b3 Ne4 17.Be3 a5 18.Kg2
a4 19.bxc4 Nxc4 20.Bd4 e5 21.Be3 Nxe3+ 22.fxe3 Rb8 23.Kf3 f5
24.Ke2 Rb2+ 25.Rd2 Nxd2 26.Nxd2 e4 27.Rc1 Rxa2 28.g4 Kf7
29.gxf5 gxf5 30.Kd1 d5 31.c4 d4 32.exd4 Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Anatoly Davidovich Machulsky"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4
Nc6 8.g5 Nd7 9.h4 Qc7 10.Qh5 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.O-O-O Bb7
13.Bh3 Nc5 14.Rhe1 b4 15.Nd5 exd5 16.exd5 Kd8 17.Bxc5 Bc8
18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.Re2 dxc5 20.d6 Qd7 21.g6 f6 22.gxh7 Rc6 23.Re7
Bxe7 24.dxe7+ Kxe7 25.Rxd7+ Kxd7 26.Qf7+ Kd6 27.Qxg7 Rcc8
28.Qxf6+ Kd5 29.Kd2 c4 30.f4 Rcd8 31.Ke3 Rhf8 32.Qe5+ Kc6
33.Kf3 Rde8 34.Qg7 a5 35.Kg4 Rd8 36.Kg5 Kd6 37.Kg6 Rfe8 38.f5
Rh8 39.f6 Ke5 40.f7 Kf4 41.Qxh8 Rxh8 42.Kg7 a4 43.Kxh8 1-0

[Event "Memorial M.Tal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Anatoly Donchenko"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
c6 8.Nd2 Rb8 9.e4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 b5 11.Ne3 b4 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.Qc2
c5 14.Rd1 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Qa5 17.b3 Rfd8 18.Bb2 Ne5
19.Rad1 h5 20.f4 Neg4 21.Nxg4 Nxg4 22.h3 Rxd4 23.Bxd4 Rd8
24.hxg4 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Bc5 26.Qc4 e5 27.fxe5 Qb6 28.gxh5 Bxd4+
29.Kh2 Qc5 30.Qxc5 Bxc5 31.g4 Bd4 32.e6 fxe6 33.Kg3 Be5+
34.Kh4 Kf7 35.g5 Bf4 36.Kg4 Bd2 37.Bf1 Bc1 38.Bc4 Bd2 39.Ba6
Bc1 40.Bb5 Bd2 41.Bd7 a5 42.Bc8 Bc1 43.Ba6 Bd2 44.Be2 Bc1
45.Bd1 Bd2 46.g6+ Kf6 47.Kf3 Kg5 48.Ke2 Bf4 49.Kd3 Bd6 50.Kc4
Bf8 51.Kb5 e5 52.Kc6 Kf6 53.Kb5 Kg5 54.Be2 Kf4 55.Kc6 Kg5
56.Bf3 Kf6 57.Kb6 Kg5 58.Bd1 Kf4 59.Kc7 Kg5 60.Kc6 Kf6 61.Kb6
Kg5 62.Kxa5 Kf4 63.h6 gxh6 64.g7 Bxg7 65.Kxb4 Kxe4 66.Kc4 Kf5
67.a4 Ke6 68.a5 Kd6 69.b4 e4 70.b5 h5 71.Bxh5 Kc7 72.b6 Kb7
73.Kb5 Bd4 74.a6 Kb8 75.Be8 1-0

[Event "Memorial M.Tal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergey Kiselev"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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.Bc3 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd6 Qb8
13.Nb5 a6 14.Qxb8 Raxb8 15.Nd6 Ba8 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Ng5 Rf8
18.Rd2 h6 19.Nge4 Nh7 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.f4 Kf8 22.c5 Ke7 23.cxb6
Rxb6 24.Nc5 Nf8 25.Nc4 Rb5 26.Nxa6 d5 27.Nc7 Rb7 28.Nxa8+ Rxa8
29.Rc1 Nd7 30.Nb2 Nb4 31.Na4 f5 32.e3 Nb6 33.Nxb6 Rxb6 34.a4
Kd6 35.Bf1 Rc6 36.Rxc6+ Kxc6 37.Rd1 Kd6 38.Rc1 g5 39.Bb5 Rb8
40.Kf1 Ra8 41.Ke2 Rb8 42.Kd2 Ra8 43.Ra1 gxf4 44.gxf4 Rb8
45.Kc3 Kc5 46.Rg1 Na2+ 47.Kb2 Nb4 48.Rc1+ Kb6 49.Ka3 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Inaki Astoreka"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7
8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Nd1 Qd7 12.c3 Rad8 13.Nf2 d5
14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 dxe4 16.Rad1 exd3 17.Ng4 Bxg2 18.Bh6 Qa4
19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.exf6 Nf5 21.Rxf5 exf5 22.b3 Qg4 23.Bxf8 Be4
24.Rf1 Kxf8 25.Qh6+ Ke8 26.Qxh7 Qe2 27.Qg8+ Kd7 28.Qxf7+ Kc8
29.Qe6+ Kb8 30.Qe5+ Ka8 0-1

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Antonio Acebal Muniz"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
Qc7 14.Nd2 Rfe8 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 g6 17.a4 Nd7 18.b3 Na5
19.Bd2 Nc5 20.Qd1 Nab7 21.a5 Nd7 22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.b4 Nf6 24.Bb3
Nd8 25.Qf3 Ne6 26.Bd5 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Miodrag Todorcevic"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Be3 Nc6 6.d5 Nce7 7.c5 f5
8.Bb5+ Kf7 9.f4 fxe4 10.fxe5 Bxe5 11.Nxe4 Nf5 12.Bg5 Bf6
13.Nf3 h6 14.Bd2 Bh4+ 15.g3 Nf6 16.O-O Nxe4 17.Nxh4 Nxd2
18.Qxd2 Kg7 19.Nxf5+ gxf5 20.Rac1 Rf8 21.Rf4 a6 22.Bd3 Bd7
23.Qb4 Qf6 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Rc7 Rf7 26.Qxb7 Rd8 27.Bxf5 Qe5
28.Rxd7 Rdxd7 29.Bxd7 Rxf4 30.gxf4 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Qe2+ 32.Kg3
Qe3+ 33.Kh4 Qf2+ 34.Kh5 Kf6 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia (team)"]
[Site "Podolsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "308"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Belikov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Be3 b5 7.Be2
Ngf6 8.Nd2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 a6 10.f4 Be7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.f5 Bc5
13.O-O Bxe3+ 14.Qxe3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6 16.Nf3 Nfd7 17.b3 f6
18.Kf2 Nc5 19.Ke3 Ke7 20.g4 a5 21.g5 a4 22.h4 axb3 23.axb3
Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Ra8 25.Rxa8 Nxa8 26.Nd1 Nb6 27.Nf2 Nbd7 28.Ng4
Kd6 29.g6 hxg6 30.fxg6 Ke6 31.h5 f5 32.Ng5+ Ke7 33.exf5 Nf6
34.Nxf6 Kxf6 35.Ne4+ Nxe4 36.Kxe4 b4 37.h6 gxh6 38.Kf3 h5
39.Kg3 c5 40.Kh4 e4 41.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia (team)"]
[Site "Podolsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "230"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O
Bd7 13.Rxb7 Rc8 14.Bf4 e6 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 Bc6 17.Re7 Bxe4
18.Bb5 Nc6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Qc1 Qd5 21.f3 Kf8 22.Qg5 Be8 23.Qf6
Rc2 24.Bf4 Qh5 25.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia (team)"]
[Site "Podolsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "386"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Igor Valerievich Samarin"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.a4 Re8 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4
e5 14.Bg1 exf4 15.Rxf4 Be6 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia (team)"]
[Site "Podolsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "332"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander I Petrushin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5
Nb8 8.Bg5 c6 9.Qd2 cxd5 10.exd5 Bg4 11.a4 Qa5 12.Rfb1 Nbd7
13.Ra3 Rfc8 14.Bh6 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Qc5 17.a5 Ne5
18.Ra4 Nc4 19.Re1 b5 20.b4 Qc7 21.Nxb5 Qd7 22.Nc3 Nxa5 23.Qe3
Nc4 24.Qd4 Nb6 25.Ra3 Rc4 26.Qd2 Rxb4 27.Ne4 Rxe4 28.Bxe4 Nc4
29.Qb4 Nxa3 30.Qxa3 a5 31.Bf3 a4 32.c4 Ra7 33.Ra1 Qc7 34.Qb4
Qa5 35.Qxa5 Rxa5 36.Bd1 a3 37.Kf1 Ne4 38.Ke1 Kg7 39.Bc2 Nc5
40.Kd2 Kf6 41.Kc3 a2 42.Kb4 Ra8 43.Kc3 Ke5 44.Re1+ Kf4 45.Ra1
h5 0-1

[Event "BL 9192 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jakob Heissler"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3
g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.a4 a6 11.Na3 e6 12.d3 b5 13.axb5
axb5 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Rad1 d5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.exd5 exd5 18.Qf3
Bxc3 19.Nc4 dxc4 20.bxc3 Ne5 21.Qf4 cxd3 22.Bxd3 Nxd3 23.Rxd3
Rad8 24.Rfd1 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rd8 26.Re3 Qb8 27.Qf3 Re8 28.Qg3 Kg7
29.Qxb8 Rxb8 30.Kf1 Rb6 31.Rd3 Kf6 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.Rd5 b4
34.cxb4 cxb4 35.Kd3 Rd6 36.Rxd6 Kxd6 37.Kc4 Ke5 38.Kxb4 Kd4
39.Kb5 Kd3 40.Kc6 Ke2 41.f4 Kf2 42.g4 Kg3 43.f5 gxf5 44.gxf5
Kxh3 0-1

[Event "BL 9192 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Henrik Teske"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O
Bb7 8.a3 Be7 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qc2 g6 11.Nc4 Nd7 12.e4 N5f6 13.b4
a5 14.bxa5 b5 15.Nce5 Rxa5 16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Qxc6 b4 18.Bh6 Qa8
19.Rac1 Rc8 20.axb4 Bxb4 21.Bf4 Qxc6 22.Rxc6 Ra3 23.Rd1 Ne8
24.h3 Bd6 25.Be3 Rb8 26.e5 Be7 27.Be4 Nb6 28.Rb1 Rd8 29.Kf1
Nd5 30.Bd2 Ra7 31.Ke2 Ng7 32.Rbc1 Rd7 33.g4 Ne8 34.Rb1 Rd8
35.Rc2 Ra4 36.Rb7 Ra1 37.Rcb2 Raa8 38.Rc2 Ra4 39.Rcb2 Raa8
40.h4 Bf8 41.Rc2 Be7 42.h5 f5 43.gxf5 gxf5 44.Bd3 Kf7 45.Bc4
Ra3 46.Bc1 Rc3 47.Rbb2 Ba3 48.Ra2 Bxc1 49.Bxd5 Rxc2+ 50.Rxc2
Rxd5 51.Rxc1 h6 52.Ke3 Ra5 53.Ne1 Ra6 54.Nd3 Ra3 55.Rc6 Ke7
56.d5 exd5 57.Kd4 Ng7 58.Rxc7+ Kf8 59.Rc8+ Kf7 60.Nc5 Nxh5
61.e6 1-0

[Event "BL 9192 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Matthias Wahls"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.Qd2 Qe7 9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Na6 12.O-O Bh6 13.Qd1 Bf4
14.a3 g5 15.Bg3 c5 16.Nxg5 Nxh2 17.Bxf4 Nxf1 18.Ne6 Bxe6
19.Bh6 Ng3+ 20.fxg3 Bd7 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Bg4 Nc7 23.Qf3 Bxg4
24.Qxg4+ Qg7 25.Qf3 Qg5 26.Rf1 Qd2 27.Nd1 Ne8 28.b3 a6 29.Ne3
Qd3 30.Nf5 Qd2 31.Qd1 Qb2 32.a4 Qc3 33.g4 Kh8 34.Rf3 Qb4
35.Kh2 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Qc1 bxc4 38.bxc4 Rg8 39.Ra3 Qb7
40.Qa1 Qb4 41.Ra8 Qxc4 42.Rxe8 Rxe8 43.Qa7 Rg8 44.Qf7 1-0

[Event "Deutschland 54/88 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Deutschland 54/88 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yury Piskov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Qb5 10.Ng5 Qb6 11.Be3 Rd8 12.h4 a5
13.Qd2 c6 14.Rac1 Qb5 15.h5 Bd7 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Bf4 Na6 18.e4
Nb4 19.a3 Nd3 20.Rcd1 Nxb2 21.Rb1 Nc4 22.Qe2 Qa6 23.exf5 Bxf5
24.Rbc1 Nb6 25.Qa2 c5 26.dxc5 Na4 27.cxd6 exd6 28.Qb3 Nb2
29.Ne6 Nd3 30.Rc7 Bf6 31.Nxd8 Bxd8 32.Rc4 a4 33.Qa2 Bb6 34.Be4
Nxf4 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.Rxf4 Qd3 37.Kg2 Bc5 38.Rf3 Qe4 39.Qd2 Qg4
40.Rh1 Rf8 41.Rh4 1-0

[Event "Deutschland 57/359 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Deutschland 57/359 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Oswald Gschnitzer"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Nc6 14.Nb3 Bf6 15.d5 Na5 16.Nbd2 Nb6 17.Nf1 Bd7 18.b3 Nb7
19.Ng3 g6 20.Bh6 Bg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.b4 a5 23.a3 Qc7 24.Qd2
Rfc8 25.Rac1 Qd8 26.Bd3 Nc4 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Rc3 axb4 29.axb4
Ra4 30.Rb1 Qb6 31.Qg5 Rxb4 32.Rxb4 Qxb4 33.Re3 Kf8 34.Qf6 Nd8
35.Ng5 c3 36.Nxh7+ Kg8 37.Nh5 gxh5 38.Qh6 f6 39.Qg6+ Kh8
40.Nxf6 1-0

[Event "GER-CupT 9192 ;BIG"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Horst Alber"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5
exd5 8.cxd5 Bxd5 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 Bc6 11.Qf4 O-O 12.e4 d6
13.b3 Nbd7 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.Nh4 Ne5 16.Nf5 Rfe8 17.g4 Bf8 18.g5
Ng6 19.Nh6+ gxh6 20.Qxf6 Re6 21.Qf5 Re5 22.Qh3 hxg5 23.Ne2 Re6
24.f4 gxf4 25.Nxf4 Nxf4 26.Rxf4 Bg7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Raf1 Rf8
29.Rh4 h6 30.Qc3+ Re5 31.Rf5 Rh8 32.Rhf4 Qe7 33.Bf1 b5 34.Kf2
Be8 35.Be2 Kf8 36.Bh5 Rh7 0-1

[Event "GER-CupT 9192 ;BIG"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Martin Borriss"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6
8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5 10.Nd2 a5 11.g4 c6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.h4 cxd5
14.cxd5 b5 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Nh7 17.Nxb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Rb8
19.a4 Nxg5 20.Qg4 f6 21.Ra3 Qc8 22.Qg2 Nxa4 23.Bxa4 Rxb2
24.Bc6 Qb8 25.Rxa5 Rc2 26.Rb5 Qc8 27.Bxg5 fxg5 28.Qh3 Qxh3
29.Rxh3 g4 30.Rh4 g3 31.fxg3 Rc1+ 32.Ke2 Rg1 33.Rh2 Rxg3
34.Bd7 Rf4 35.Be6+ Kf8 36.Rb8+ Ke7 37.Rb7+ Kf8 38.Rh7 Rg2+
39.Kd3 1-0

[Event "GER-CupT f Frankfurt-Hamburg 1 Ernst,T"]
[Site "GER-CupT f Frankfurt-Hamburg 1 Ernst,T"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karsten Mueller"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.g4 Be6 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.a3 Rab8
13.g5 Nh5 14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.Kb1 Rfc8 16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Bxd5
18.exd5 Nf5 19.Bh3 Rc4 20.Re1 Kf8 21.Re4 Rbc8 22.c3 R8c7
23.Rd3 h6 24.gxh6 Nxh6 25.Kc2 f5 26.Red4 Ng8 27.b3 Rxd4
28.Rxd4 Nf6 29.Bf1 Kg7 30.h4 Rc5 31.c4 Rc8 32.Kd2 Nd7 33.Be2
a5 34.Bd1 Kf6 35.Ke3 Rh8 36.Bc2 Ke5 37.Bd1 Nc5 38.a4 Na6
39.Bc2 Nb4 40.Bd1 Na6 41.Bc2 Nb4 42.Bd1 b6 43.h5 Rxh5 44.f4+
Kf6 45.Rd2 Rh1 46.Bf3 Rc1 47.Bd1 Rc3+ 48.Kd4 Rh3 49.c5 bxc5
50.Kc4 Rh4 51.Kb5 Rxf4 52.Kxa5 g5 53.Kb5 g4 54.a5 g3 55.a6
Nxa6 56.Kxa6 Rd4 57.Rxd4 cxd4 58.Bf3 d3 0-1

[Event "Manila 55/384 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "ol"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rico Mascarinas"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bxc4
Ng6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Bb5+ Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.Bf1 Nf6 13.h3
b5 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.a4 b4 16.Ne2 c6 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Rc1 Na5
19.Ng3 Be6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Nd5 22.Ne4 Nxe3 23.Rxe3 Be7
24.Rd3 Qb6 25.f6 gxf6 26.Qh5 Qe6 27.Nc5 1-0

[Event "Munchen 54/265 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Munchen 54/265 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6
8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.O-O
O-O-O 14.a3 b4 15.axb4 Qxb4 16.Ne2 d4 17.Ng5 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Qe7
19.Ne4 Kb8 20.Ra4 Nb4 21.Nd6 Rxd6 22.exd6 Qxd6 23.Qxd4 Qc6
24.Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Munchen 54/499 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Munchen 54/499 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+
c6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5
13.dxe5 Nh5 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Rxd5 Qe8 16.Bxe7 Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Rfe8
18.Rd7 Bb5 19.Rc7 Bxa4 20.g4 Rec8 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.gxh5 f6
23.Rg1 Kf7 24.Bd6 Re8 25.f4 Bc2 26.Kd2 Be4 27.Kc3 f5 28.Kc4 a6
29.h6 gxh6 30.Bc7 Re6 31.Bd8 b5 32.Kxc5 Rc6+ 33.Kb4 Rc2 34.b3
Rxh2 35.Bf6 Bd5 36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Rd7 Be6 38.Rd6 Kf7 39.Rxa6 Rb2
40.Ra7+ Kg6 41.Kc5 Rxb3 42.Rg7+ Kh5 43.Kd6 Bc4 44.e6 Rxa3
45.e7 Ra8 46.Bc3 b4 47.Bxb4 Kh4 48.e4 fxe4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Nf6 5.d5 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Nh3 d6 9.Nf2 Na6 10.Qd2 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Be2 a6 13.O-O
Rb8 14.Bh6 b5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.f4 e6 17.axb5 axb5 18.dxe6 Bxe6
19.Bf3 b4 20.Ncd1 d5 21.e5 Nd7 22.c3 bxc3 23.bxc3 Nb5 24.Be2
c4 25.Ne3 Nc5 26.Rad1 Qa5 27.f5 Nb3 28.Nxc4 Nxd2 29.Nxa5 Nxf1
30.fxe6 Nxc3 31.e7 Rfe8 32.Kxf1 Nxd1 33.Bxd1 Rb6 34.Nb3 Rxe7
35.Nd3 Rc7 36.Ke2 Rc4 37.Nd2 Rc3 38.Ke3 Rb4 39.Bf3 Rb5 40.Kd4
Ra3 41.Nf1 Kf8 42.Ng3 Rbb3 43.Be2 Ke7 44.Nh1 Ra2 45.Bf3 Ra4+
46.Ke3 Rxd3+ 47.Kxd3 Ke6 48.Nf2 h5 49.Ke3 Kxe5 50.Nd3+ Kd6
51.Nf4 Ra3+ 52.Kd4 Ra4+ 53.Ke3 d4 54.Ke4 f5 55.Kd3 g5 56.Nxh5
Ke5 57.Ng3 Ra3+ 58.Kd2 Ra2+ 59.Kd3 Ra3+ 60.Kd2 d3 61.Nxf5 Kxf5
62.Ke3 Ke5 63.h3 Rb3 64.Bd1 Ra3 65.Bf3 d2 66.Kxd2 Kf4 67.Ke2
Kg3 68.Ke1 Ra1+ 69.Ke2 Rg1 70.Ke3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Felix Izeta Txabarri"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5
Nbd7 8.O-O Nxc5 9.h3 b6 10.Nb5 Bb7 11.Be5 Ncd7 12.Bh2 a6
13.Nbd4 Rc8 14.c3 Ne4 15.Nd2 Ndc5 16.N4b3 e5 17.Nxe4 Nxe4
18.Rc1 b5 19.Kh1 Qb6 20.Nd2 Nc5 21.Bg1 Rfd8 22.Nb3 Ne4 23.Qe1
Qe6 24.f3 Nd6 25.e4 dxe4 26.Nc5 Qe7 27.fxe4 Nxe4 28.Nxb7 Qxb7
29.Bf3 f5 30.Rc2 Qd5 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.a3 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8
34.Re2 Qd3 35.Rxe4 Rf1 36.Qe3 Qxe3 37.Rxe3 Rb1 38.Re2 Kf7
39.g3 Ke6 40.Rd2 Bh6 41.Re2 Kd5 42.b4 Rc1 43.Kg2 Rxc3 44.Bf2
e4 45.h4 Bc1 0-1

[Event "Rakvere (Estonia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Qxc4
b5 8.Qd3 c5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 Bb7 11.Be2 cxd4 12.exd4 Bg7
13.O-O Nc6 14.a4 Nb4 15.Qd2 bxa4 16.Nxa4 a5 17.Bb5+ Ke7 18.Be2
Qd6 19.Nc5 Bd5 20.Ra3 Nc6 21.Na4 f5 22.Rd1 Rab8 23.Nc3 Bxf3
24.Bxf3 Nxd4 25.Rxa5 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Qxd2 27.Ra7+ Kf6 28.Rxd2
Rhd8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Kf1 Rd2 31.Rb7 Kg6 32.Ke1 Rxb2 33.Nb5 Bd4
34.Nd6 Bxf2+ 35.Kf1 Rxb7 36.Nxb7 Bb6 37.Kg2 Bc7 38.Nc5 Bd6
39.Nd3 e5 40.Nf2 Kg5 41.Nh3+ Kf6 42.Ng1 f4 43.Ne2 Ke6 44.Nc3
Bb4 45.Ne4 f5 46.Nf2 Kd5 47.Kf1 e4 48.Ke2 Bc5 49.Nh3 Ke5
50.Ng5 Kf6 51.Nh3 Be3 0-1

[Event "Rakvere (Estonia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Ba3 Qc7
13.Rfc1 Nb6 14.Bb3 O-O-O 15.c4 Rhe8 16.Qe3 Nd7 17.a5 e5 18.d5
c5 19.Nh4 Nef6 20.Ba4 Qd6 21.Qb3 Re7 22.Qb5 Ne8 23.Qb3 e4
24.Qe3 Nef6 25.h3 Kb8 26.Rab1 Rc8 27.Rb5 Rc7 28.Rcb1 Kc8
29.Nxg6 hxg6 30.Qb3 b6 31.Bc1 Rb7 32.Be3 Kd8 33.Qa3 g5 34.axb6
axb6 35.Bd1 Re5 36.Qc1 Nh7 37.Ra1 Ke7 38.Ra8 Kf6 39.Bg4 Kg6
40.Bxd7 Qxd7 41.Qb2 f6 42.Rxb6 Rxb6 43.Qxb6 g4 44.Ra7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Branko Damljanovic"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4
Bd6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qe1 O-O 10.Nh4 Re8 11.Nb3 a5 12.a4 Nc5 13.Nxc5
Bxc5 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Re6 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Qc7 18.Kg2
Nd7 19.Qe2 Ree8 20.Rfd1 Nf8 21.Bd2 Ne6 22.c3 f6 23.Be1 Bf8
24.Nd2 Red8 25.f3 Qf7 26.Bf2 Bc5 27.Nc4 Bxf2 28.Kxf2 Qe7
29.Nb6 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.Ke1 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Qc5 33.Nc8 Qg1+
34.Ke2 Qg2+ 35.Ke3 Qxb2 36.Qd7 Qxc3+ 37.Ke2 Nd4+ 38.Kf1 Qxf3+
0-1

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Rb8 11.Kb1 Ne5 12.f4 Ned7 13.e5
Ng4 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Be2 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Qe7 17.Rhe1 h5 18.Bf3 Rh6
19.Nf5 exf5 20.Qf2 Re6 21.Rxe6 Qxe6 22.Re1 Nf6 23.Nd5 Kd7
24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Nb6+ Kc7 26.Qe3 Bd7 27.Nc4 b6 28.Qe5+ Kc8
29.Nd6+ Bxd6 30.Qxd6 Ne4 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.Kc1 e3 33.Kd1 Rb7
34.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dejan Mozetic"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.Nh3 Rb8 12.O-O-O h6
13.Bf4 e5 14.Bg3 Rb6 15.Bd3 Ba6 16.Rd2 Qc7 17.Bc2 Rfb8 18.b3
Bc8 19.Rhd1 Ne8 20.f4 e4 21.f5 Ndf6 22.Rf1 Bd7 23.Bh4 R8b7
24.Nf4 Qb8 25.Ne2 a5 26.a4 Rxb3 27.Bxb3 Rxb3 28.Qa1 Qb4 29.Rc2
Ra3 30.Qb2 Qxa4 31.Nc3 Qxc4 32.Qxa3 Qxf1+ 33.Kb2 a4 34.Bxf6
Nxf6 35.Qa2 Qd3 36.Qb1 d5 37.Ka2 d4 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.Rb2 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luis Galego"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 a6 11.b3 Rb8 12.a4 Bg4 13.h3
Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.Bb2 Qa5 16.Qe3 Bd4 17.Qc1 e6 18.Ne2 Bxb2
19.Qxb2 Qe5 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Nc5 23.a5 Qxd4
24.Rxd4 b6 25.axb6 Rxb6 26.e5 a5 27.exd6 Rxb3 28.Rxb3 Nxb3
29.Rd3 Nc5 30.Rd1 a4 31.Bc6 a3 32.d7 Nb3 33.Ba4 Nc5 34.Bc6
Nxd7 35.Bxd7 a2 36.Ra1 Rxd7 37.Rxa2 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Rc1 39.Ra8+
Kg7 40.Rc8 Rc3 41.Rc7 g5 42.c5 h5 43.c6 h4 44.Rc8 Kf6 45.Rc7
e5 46.Rc8 Kf5 47.Rc7 f6 48.Rc8 Kf4 49.f3 Rc2 50.Rc7 Ke3 51.Rc8
f5 52.Rf8 Kf4 53.Rc8 Rc5 54.Rc7 Ke3 55.Rf7 Kf4 56.Rc7 Rc1
57.Rc8 e4 58.fxe4 fxe4 59.Rc7 Ke3 60.Rc8 Ke2 61.Rc7 e3 62.Rc8
Ke1 63.c7 e2 64.g4 Rc3 65.Kg2 Rc2 66.Kg1 Kd2 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Susan Arkell Lalic"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Nc3 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.Rc1 Re8 14.Ne1 Be7 15.Nd3 Qb6 16.Qd2 Bg4 17.h3 Bf5 18.Qf4
Bg6 19.a3 h6 20.h4 Rad8 21.Rc2 a5 22.Rfc1 Bf8 23.Bf3 Ne7 24.h5
Nd5 25.Qh4 Bf5 26.Qh1 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Nd6
Qxd6 30.Bxd5 Bg4 31.Bf3 Bxf3 32.Qxf3 b6 33.Qe4 Be7 34.Qa8+ Kh7
35.Qe8 Qf6 36.Nf4 Bc5 37.Qe4+ Kg8 38.Kg2 Kh8 39.Nd3 Qg5
40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qxf7 a4 42.Nf4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Davorin Komljenovic"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Qe6 14.Bc4 Qd7 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Ba6 17.e6 fxe6
18.Bh6 Bxc4 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Rd4 Nd7 22.Rxc4 Nc5
23.Qg5 Kg7 24.e5 h6 25.Qg3 Qd7 26.h4 h5 27.Rf4 Qd5 28.Qg5 Re8
29.Rf3 Qe4 30.Rd1 a5 31.Kh2 Qg4 32.Rb1 Nd7 33.Qxg4 hxg4 34.Rc3
Rb8 35.Rb5 Kh6 36.Rc6 a4 37.Rc7 Rd8 38.Ra7 g5 39.Rxa4 gxh4
40.Rxg4 Rf8 41.Rxh4+ Kg5 42.Kg3 Rxf2 43.Rd4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ricardo Montecatine Rios"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6
7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 d6 9.Na3 exd4 10.cxd4 Ne7 11.d5 O-O 12.dxc6 bxc6
13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 d5 15.Re1 Be6 16.Bb3 Qd7 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nc4
Rfd8 19.Bg3 Bc7 20.Qd4 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Bf7 22.Rad1 Qc7 23.Qc5
Rab8 24.Rd2 Rb5 25.Qd4 c5 26.Qe4 Rbb8 27.Red1 Nb6 28.Nd6 Bxb3
29.axb3 Rd7 30.Qe6+ Kf8 31.g4 Re7 32.Qf5 Kg8 33.Qf3 Re5 34.g3
Qe7 35.Nf5 Qe8 36.Rd6 Re1+ 37.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 38.Kg2 Re8 39.Qb7
Qe4+ 40.Qxe4 Rxe4 41.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ismael Pla Ferreres"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Nc6 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Kf8 7.Nf3 f5
8.Qf4 Nge7 9.h4 Ng6 10.Qe3 h5 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.Ne2 Nce7 13.a4 Ng8
14.a5 Bxa5+ 15.Rxa5 Nh6 16.b3 c6 17.Ra1 Ke8 18.Nf4 Nxf4
19.Qxf4 Nf7 20.Qg3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gerrit Prakken"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.e3 Re8 10.h3 a5 11.d5 Nb4 12.e4 e6 13.a3 Na6
14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Re1 h6 16.Bf4 e5 17.Be3 Nc4 18.Bc1 Nc5 19.b3 Nd6
20.Bb2 f5 21.Nh4 Qf7 22.exf5 g5 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Rxa1
25.Bxa1 Na6 26.b5 Nc5 27.Nf3 Bxf5 28.Bf1 Bg6 29.Be2 e4 30.Nh2
e3 31.Ng4 exf2 32.Nxf2 Re3 0-1

[Event "BL 9293 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gerald Hertneck"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 Nbd7 7.Nf3
a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O Re8 11.Bf4 Nf8 12.h3 Ng6 13.Bg3
Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Na4 Ne4 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Nh4 18.Qc2 Qh6
19.Qe2 Nxg2 20.Kxg2 Bxh3+ 21.Kg3 Re6 22.f4 Rae8 23.Rf3 f5
24.Qh2 Rxe3 25.Rf1 Qg6+ 26.Kf2 Rxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Qg4+ 28.Kf2 Bxf1
29.Bxf1 Qd1 30.Nc3 Qxd4+ 31.Kg2 Re6 32.Qh4 Qd2+ 33.Qf2 Qxf2+
34.Kxf2 Kf7 35.Bd3 Kf6 36.b4 h6 37.Ne2 Re8 38.Nd4 g6 39.a4 Ke7
40.a5 Kd6 41.Nb3 Re7 42.Nc5 d4 43.Bc4 g5 44.Nb3 Re4 45.fxg5
hxg5 46.Bd3 Re3 47.Nc5 Re7 48.Kg3 Ke5 49.Bc2 g4 50.Bb1 Rh7
51.Nd3+ Kf6 52.Nc5 Rh3+ 53.Kf2 f4 54.Nxb7 d3 55.Nc5 Rh2+
56.Kg1 d2 0-1

[Event "BL 9293 ;BL"]
[Site "1992"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ales Pekarek"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 b6 11.a3 Ne8 12.b4 f5 13.Nb3 Nf6
14.f3 Kh8 15.Bd2 Neg8 16.Rb2 Bh6 17.Bd3 Bxd2 18.Qxd2 f4
19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Nd1 a5 21.Nc1 g5 22.g4 h5 23.h3 Ne7 24.Ne2 Ng6
25.Nec3 Kg7 26.Na4 Rh8 27.Nb6 Ra7 28.Nxc8 Qxc8 29.Nf2 hxg4
30.hxg4 Nf8 31.Rfb1 N8d7 32.Bf1 Kg6 33.Nh3 Rh4 34.Qg2 Qa6
35.Qc2 a4 36.Qd1 Ra8 37.Rh2 Rah8 38.Rbb2 R8h7 39.Qb1 Qa5
40.Qc1 Qa8 41.Bg2 Qh8 42.Qf1 Nxg4 43.fxg4 Rxg4 44.Qd1 Rg3
45.Qxa4 Nf6 46.Kh1 g4 47.Bf1 gxh3 48.Rb6 Qd8 0-1

[Event "BL 9293 ;BL"]
[Site "1993"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Enno Heyken"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5
Qxg5 8.Nh3 Qh6 9.g3 a6 10.f4 g6 11.Qf3 Qf8 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.f5
Nb6 14.Ng5 Qg7 15.fxg6 Qxg6 16.Qf4 h6 17.Be2 Nb4 18.Rd2 Ke7
19.Nf3 Bd7 20.Qh4+ f6 21.a3 Nc6 22.Bd3 Qg7 23.Ne2 Be8 24.Nf4
Bf7 25.Re2 Raf8 26.Rhe1 Nd8 27.Bf5 Qg8 28.exf6+ Kd6 29.Nxe6
Bxe6 30.Rxe6+ Nxe6 31.Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "BL 9293 ;BL"]
[Site "1993"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Peter Panzer"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Bd2 Qd7 6.Bb5 c6 7.Ba4 a5
8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Ba6 10.Bd2 Bb5 11.Bxb5 cxb5 12.Qg4 f5 13.Qh5+
g6 14.Qe2 h6 15.h4 Nc6 16.Qd3 Nge7 17.Ne2 Kf7 18.f3 b4 19.axb4
Nxb4 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Kf2 Ra5 22.b3 Qa7 23.Rac1 Ra2 24.Qe3 Qd7
25.Qd2 Qb5 26.Rhe1 Ke8 27.Ra1 Ra5 28.Rec1 Kd7 29.Nf4 Rc8
30.Nd3 Nc6 31.Rxa5 Qxa5 32.Qxh6 Ne7 33.Qd2 Rc3 34.Kg3 Nc6
35.Nf4 Ne7 36.Qd1 Qa8 37.Ra1 Qb8 38.Qd2 Qc7 39.Ra2 Rc6 40.Qxb4
1-0

[Event "BL 9293 ;BL"]
[Site "1993"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3
a6 8.a4 c5 9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Nb6
13.Bb3 Nbd5 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Bg3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bd6
18.Qf3 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Bd7 20.Bc2 g6 21.Qg3 Qf6 22.h4 b5 23.h5
Kg7 24.Be4 Rab8 25.axb5 Bxb5 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Re1 Ba4 28.Re3
Bd1 29.Bd3 Rb6 30.Bc4 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Qxf2+ 32.Kh2 Rb1 33.Bd3 Qg1+
34.Kh3 Qh1+ 35.Kg3 g5 36.Bxb1 Rf4 1-0

[Event "BL 9293 ;BL"]
[Site "1993"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karl Heinz Podzielny"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Rb1
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Ng5 e6 10.Nge4 b6 11.d3 h6 12.a3 Bb7 13.Nxd5
exd5 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Bd2 Rc8 16.a4 Qd7 17.Ra1 Ba8 18.Qb3 Rfd8
19.a5 c4 20.Qa4 Bc6 21.Qa3 b5 22.Rad1 Rb8 23.Na2 d4 24.Nb4
Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Nc6 26.Qa1 Qd6 27.Nc2 Re8 28.Rde1 Rxe2 29.Rxe2
cxd3 30.Re4 Qd5 31.f3 dxc2 32.Qc1 d3 33.Bxh6 Bh8 34.Rfe1 Rd8
35.Bd2 Ne5 36.g4 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Deutschland 56/313 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Deutschland 56/313 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Dirk Poldauf"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4
Qa5 8.Bd2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Qa4 10.Nf3 b6 11.h5 Ba6 12.h6 gxh6
13.Bxh6 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Nd7 15.Bd2 Rc8 16.c3 Qxd1+ 17.Rxd1 b5
18.Ke2 f6 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Rb1 a6 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rb7 Ne4 23.Rh6
Ng6 24.Ne5 O-O 25.Nxg6 Rxf2+ 26.Ke1 hxg6 27.Rxg6+ Kh8 28.Rh6+
Kg8 29.Rg6+ Kh8 30.Bh6 a3 31.Bg7+ Kg8 32.Bh6 Kh8 33.Bg7+ Kg8
34.Be5 Kf8 35.Rh6 Ke8 36.Bg7 Rf8 37.Rxe6+ Kd8 38.Bxf8 Rxc3
39.Rxa6 Rc1+ 40.Ke2 Rc2+ 41.Ke3 Rc3+ 42.Kf4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 57/69 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas 57/69 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4
e5 8.a4 Re8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Na3 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Nd2 h5 13.f3
Qe7 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.a5 Ne6 16.a6 Bc8 17.c3 h4 18.Nc2 Nh5 19.Nf1
c5 20.Red1 Nef4 21.gxf4 exf4 22.Bc1 h3 23.Bh1 Be6 24.Nd2 Rad8
25.Kf1 Rd7 26.Re1 Red8 27.e5 Rd5 28.Ra4 Rxd2 29.Bxd2 Bb3
30.Ra3 Bxc2 31.c4 Bf5 32.Bc1 Re8 33.b4 cxb4 34.Rb3 Qc5 35.Bd2
Rxe5 36.Bxb4 Qc7 37.Qd1 Qxc4+ 38.Kg1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Ne2 Ne4 9.c4 Kh8 10.Be5 e6 11.b4 Nd6 12.Bxg7+ Kxg7
13.Qb3 Nd7 14.a4 Qf6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.b5 Ne4 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Qc2
Rf6 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Nf4 h6 21.Qb2 Kh7 22.Ne5 Ndc5 23.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel 57/512 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Ter Apel 57/512 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1993.04.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "John van der Wiel"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Bf6 21.Nc4 Bxc3 22.Rxd7 Qc8
23.Re3 Bf6 24.Qd5 b5 25.Na3 b4 26.Nc4 h6 27.Kg2 Rc7 28.Nb6
Rxd7 29.Nxd7 Re8 30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Rf3 Qa6 32.Rf4 Re1 33.Rg4+
Kf8 34.Qc5+ Re7 35.Re4 Qb7 36.Qxe7+ Qxe7 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.Kf3
f5 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd4 f4 41.gxf4 Kf5 42.Kc4 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel 57/613 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Ter Apel 57/613 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1993.03.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Nf6 13.c5 axb4
14.axb4 Kh8 15.f3 Nh5 16.Nc4 Ng8 17.b5 b6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Be3
Rb8 20.Na4 Bh6 21.Bxb6 Rxb6 22.Naxb6 Be3+ 23.Nxe3 Qxb6 24.Rb3
f4 25.Qc1 Bd7 26.Kh1 fxe3 27.Qxe3 Qxe3 28.Rxe3 Nf4 29.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Switzerland"]
[Site "izt Biel  (04)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qd3 Be4 12.Qe3 Bc6 13.Nc3
Nbd7 14.Qd3 Bb4 15.Rfe1 h6 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Qc2 b6 18.e4 Bb7
19.Rad1 Re8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Nd7 22.Bf4 Qe7 23.Re2 c5 24.d5
e5 25.Be3 Qd6 26.Bh3 Rc7 27.Nb1 Bc8 28.Nd2 b5 29.Nf3 c4 30.Nh4
g6 31.Bxh6 Nc5 32.Bxc8 Rexc8 33.axb5 axb5 34.Nf3 Ra8 35.Bd2
Ra4 36.Kg2 Nd3 37.Bxb4 Rxb4 38.Rxd3 cxd3 39.Qxd3 f6 40.Qa3 Qc5
41.Nh4 Kh7 42.Qf3 Qd6 43.b3 Qa6 44.Rd2 Rd4 45.Rxd4 exd4 46.Qf4
Qb6 47.d6 Rf7 48.Qg4 Rg7 49.Qh3 d3 50.Nf5+ Kg8 51.Nxg7 Qxd6
52.Ne8 Qd4 53.Nxf6+ Kf7 54.Qh7+ Ke6 55.Qxg6 d2 56.Nd5+ Kd7
57.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Na5 16. Rg4 Nf6
17. Ra4 Rfd8 18. Qa1 Nc6 19. Rc4 Na5 20. Ra4 Nc6 21. Rf4 Nb4
22. Rc1 Qa6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Qxe2 26. Ne5
Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Bf1 Qh5 29. Qf4 Qf5 30. Qe3 Nc2
31. Qc3 Nd4 32. f4 Qe4 33. Bd3 Ne2+ 34. Bxe2 Qxe2 35. Qa5 Qd1+
36. Kf2 Rd8 37. Nc4 Qc2+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Kg2 Qf3+
41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kg4 Qf3+ 43. Kg5 Kg7 44. Qc7 h6+ 45. Kh4 Qe2
46. Kh3 Rd5 47. Ne5 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 b6 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3
d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.e4 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Rc8
13.Ndb5 h6 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bd2 Nc5 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Nxc3 O-O 18.f3
Nh5 19.Rf2 Nf4 20.Bf1 Nfe6 21.Be3 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Nb5 Qe5
24.Rd1 Ne6 25.Qd2 Ba6 26.f4 Qc5 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Qc6 29.Na7
Qxe4 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.f5 Ng5 32.Rf4 Qe7 33.Re1 Qd8 34.Rxd4 Bb7
35.Rxd6 Qc7 36.Rd7 Qb8 37.Qd6 Qa8 38.Qxb6 Rb8 39.Qa5 Ba6 40.b5
1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bozidar Ivanovic"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6
Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.c3 Ne7 10.d4 Nxd5 11.dxc5 Nf4 12.g3 Nh3
13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Bf1 Bg4 17.Bg2 Rad8
18.Ng1 Nxg1 19.Rxg1 Rhe8 20.h3 Be6 21.b3 a5 22.c4 a4 23.Ke2
axb3 24.axb3 Qxb3 25.Rgb1 Qxc4+ 26.Ke1 Rd7 27.Rb4 Qc5 28.Kf1
Bc4+ 29.Kg1 b5 30.Bf1 Rc8 31.Rc1 Ra7 32.Qb2 Rac7 33.Bxc4 bxc4
34.Rc3 Qd4 35.Qc2 Kf8 36.Kh2 g6 37.h4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.Be3 a6 11.c3 Qc7 12.Ne5 Nbd5
13.Ngf3 Bd6 14.O-O b5 15.Bd2 Bb7 16.Rac1 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qb6
18.a3 O-O 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.h3 Rad8 21.Rcd1 Nf5 22.Bb1 Bd5 23.Bc1
Qb7 24.g4 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Nh4 26.Qd3 Bf3 27.Rd2 Bxg4 28.Qg3 Nf5
29.Qf4 Bxh3 30.f3 Ne7 31.Qg3 Bf5 32.Rg2 Nh5 33.Qh4 Bxb1
34.Qxh5 Bg6 35.Qg4 Qd5 36.Be3 Rc8 37.Kh2 Rc7 38.Reg1 Rfc8
39.Bf2 Rc2 40.Bh4 Nf5 41.Nxg6 fxg6 42.Qxg6 Qxf3 43.Qxe6+ Kh8
44.Qg6 Qf4+ 45.Bg3 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 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.Rac1
Rac8 19.a3 Qd7 20.Kg1 Bb8 21.g3 Ba7 22.g4 h6 23.Bg2 d4 24.exd4
Bb3 25.Rd2 Bb8 26.Qf3 Bd5 27.Nxd5 Rxc1 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.Rd1
Rxd1 30.Qxd1 Be5 31.d5 Bxb2 32.Bd2 Bxa3 33.Bxh6 Qe7 34.Bf3 Bd6
35.Be3 Qe5 36.Kf1 b5 37.Qc2 b4 38.Qa4 Rb8 39.Bd1 Qxd5 40.Bb3
Qb5+ 41.Qxb5 Rxb5 42.Ke2 Re5 43.Kd3 Bc5 44.Bd2 Bxf2 45.Bxb4
Re3+ 46.Kc2 Rxh3 47.Bc4 Rg3 48.Bxa6 Rxg4 49.Bd2 Rd4 50.Bd3 Kg7
51.Bc3 Rd6 52.Bd2 Bh4 53.Bb4 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dibyendu Barua"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6
7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 b5 11.a4 a6 12.Qe2 Rfe8
13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qb7 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qxe4
18.Rxe4 f6 19.Bc3 Kf7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ree1 f5 22.f4 g5 23.g3
gxf4 24.gxf4 Bd6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Be5 Ke7 27.Kf2 Ra2 28.Re2
Bxe5 29.fxe5 Kd7 30.Ke3 Kc6 31.Rg2 b4 32.Kf4 Ra1 33.Kg5 Kd5
34.Kf6 f4 35.Rf2 Rh1 36.Kg5 Kxe5 37.Re2+ Kd4 38.Kxf4 Kc3
39.Rxe6 Kxc2 40.Rc6 Kxd3 41.Rxc5 Rxh2 42.Rc7 Rc2 43.Rxh7 Kc3
44.Ke3 Kxb3 45.Rb7 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Kh1 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4
13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.Bd4 f5 16.a4 Kf7 17.a5 Rxd4
18.Rxd4 Rb8 19.f4 exf3 20.Bxf3 Bxe5 21.Rd3 Rxb2 22.Re1 Bd6
23.Bxc6 Rxc2 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Ra2 26.g3 Bb4 27.Rb1 Rxa5
28.Rd7 Ke6 29.Rd8 Bd6 30.Rh8 h5 31.Rf8 Re5 32.Rb2 a5 33.Ra2
Bb4 34.Kg2 Kd5 35.Rc2 a4 36.Rg8 Re6 37.Rd8+ Bd6 38.Rd2+ Kc6
39.Ra8 a3 40.Kf3 Re4 41.Rg8 Rb4 42.Rc8+ Kb5 43.Rd5+ Kb6 44.Ra8
Rb3+ 45.Ke2 Rb2+ 46.Rd2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Spain"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Na6 7.h3 e5
8.d5 Nc5 9.Nd2 a5 10.g4 c6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.h4 cxd5 13.exd5 a4
14.g5 Ne8 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Nde4 a3 17.Qb3 b6 18.h5 Bf5 19.d6
axb2 20.Qxb2 Nxd6 21.Rd1 Nxe4 22.Rxd8 Rfxd8 23.Nd5 Be6 24.hxg6
hxg6 25.Rg1 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Rdb8 27.Bb5 Nd6 28.Bc6 e4 29.Qc2 Ra5
30.Rg4 c4 31.a4 Rc5 32.Kf1 c3 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.f3 e3 35.Kf1 Nf5
36.Bd7 Rd8 37.Bc6 Nd4 38.Rxd4 Bxd4 39.Ke2 Rc4 40.Kd3 Rb4
41.Qc1 Rc8 42.f4 Kg7 43.Bb5 c2 44.d6 Bb2 45.d7 Rc3+ 46.Ke2 Rd4
0-1

[Event "BL 9394"]
[Site "BL 9394"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 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. O-O Bg7 14. f4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 Qf6
17. Qe2 Bb7 18. f5 Qe5 19. fxe6 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Bxe4 21. Qf7+
Kh8 22. Bf4 Qxc3 23. e7 Bc6 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Rd8 Qe1+ 26. Bf1
Bd4+ 27. Rxd4 Qxe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd6 Be8 30. Bh6 Bf7
31. Bb5 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6
7.e4 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6
13.f4 Bg7 14.c4 exd5 15.cxd5 Bd4 16.Bb2 Qb6 17.Bd3 c4 18.Bxc4
Re8 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxe4+ 21.Kd2 Rxd4+ 22.Kc3 Rxf4 23.d6
Kg7 24.Rhf1 Rxf1 25.Rxf1 Bf5 26.g4 Bxg4 27.Rxf7+ Kh6 28.Kd4
Rc8 29.Bd5 Kg5 30.Ke5 h5 31.d7 Rd8 32.Be6 Kh4 33.Bxg4 Kxg4
34.Kd6 Kh3 35.Kc7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Johann Hjartarson"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2
Re8 8.d4 d5 9.Ne5 c6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rfd1 Nbd7 12.e4 h6 13.Bf4
Qc8 14.Rac1 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 c5 18.Rd2
Qc7 19.Rcd1 Red8 20.h4 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Bxb7
Qxb7 24.Qd3 Be7 25.h5 Qa6 26.a3 Qa4 27.Bc1 Qc6 28.b3 Qb7
29.Bd2 Qc6 30.f3 Qb7 31.Kf2 Qc6 32.Ke2 Qb7 33.Kd1 Kf8 34.Ke2
Kg8 35.Bc3 Qc6 36.Ke3 Bg5+ 37.Ke2 Be7 38.Ke3 Bg5+ 39.f4 Be7
40.Qe4 Qxe4+ 41.Kxe4 g6 42.g4 gxh5 43.gxh5 a5 44.Bd2 Kh7 45.f5
Bh4 46.b4 exf5 47.Kxf5 cxb4 48.axb4 a4 49.Bc1 Bg5 50.Ba3 Kg8
51.b5 Bd8 52.c5 bxc5 53.Bxc5 Kh7 54.Ke4 Kg7 55.Kd5 Bc7 56.b6
Bb8 57.b7 f5 58.Bd6 Ba7 59.Kc6 f4 60.e6 f3 61.e7 1-0

[Event "Memorial M.Chigorin"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Andrey Lukin"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Be6
13.e3 Qd7 14.Rc1 Bb6 15.Bc3 Rfd8 16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bh3
18.Bxh3 Qxh3 19.Ne2 Qf5 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Rfd1 Qf3 22.Qd3 Rd7
23.Nd4 Qg4 24.Qe2 Qe4 25.Qb5 Rad8 26.a4 Qe7 27.a5 Bxd4 28.Rxd4
f5 29.b4 Qe6 30.Qd3 a6 31.Rc5 g6 32.b5 axb5 33.Rxb5 Qc6 34.Qb3
Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Qc6 36.h4 Kg7 37.Rb6 Qc5 38.Rb5 Qc6 39.Kh2 Kh6
40.Rb6 Qc5 41.h5 Qxa5 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.Qb2 f4 44.Rxf4 d4
45.Rh4+ Kg7 46.Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Memorial M.Chigorin"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexei Lugovoi"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nd7 8.Bd3 Qd8 9.O-O Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Qc2 a6 12.b4 f5 13.Na4
Bd6 14.Nc5 Qf6 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Qc3 Kh8 17.c5 Bc7 18.a4 Be8
19.Ne5 Qe7 20.f4 g5 21.Rf2 Rg8 22.Re1 Rg7 23.Qb2 h5 24.Bf1 h4
25.Qb3 Bh5 26.b5 Bxe5 27.fxe5 axb5 28.axb5 Rf8 29.Ra1 f4
30.Ra7 cxb5 31.c6 Qc7 32.cxb7 Rb8 33.exf4 Rxb7 34.Rxb7 Qxb7
35.fxg5 Rxg5 36.Qh3 Rg4 37.Be2 Qa7 38.Bxg4 Qa1+ 39.Rf1 Qxd4+
40.Kh1 Qxg4 41.Qxg4 Bxg4 42.Rf4 1-0

[Event "Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alon Greenfeld"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7
7.Ndb5 Kd8 8.Be3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.g4 e6 11.h3 Be7 12.Bg2 a6
13.Nd6 Bxd6 14.Rxd6 Kc7 15.Rhd1 h6 16.Na4 Nd5 17.R6xd5 exd5
18.Bf4+ Kd8 19.Nb6 Ke7 20.Nxd5+ Ke6 21.Nb6 Rad8 22.Bc7 Ke7
23.Bxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nxd7 Rxd7 25.Bxc6 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 bxc6 27.Kd2
Kf6 28.f4 Ke6 29.e4 g5 30.Ke3 c5 31.Kf3 Kd6 32.h4 gxh4 33.Kg2
Kc6 34.Kh3 1-0

[Event "Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5
Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Rh8 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qa3 18.Qxg6+ Kd8
19.Rd1 Qxc3+ 20.Ke2 Qb2+ 21.Rd2 Qb4 22.Qxe6 c3 23.a3 Qxa3
24.Rc2 Kc7 25.Rh7 b4 26.Ra2 b3 27.Rxa3 c2 28.Ra4 c1=Q 29.Rc4
1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.O-O-O
Na4 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Bxh6 Qc7 16.Qb5 Nc3 17.bxc3
gxh6 18.Ne2 Ne4 19.Rd7 Qb6 20.Rxb7 Ba3+ 21.Kb1 Qxf2 22.Ka1 Nd6
23.Qh5 Nxb7 24.Qxh6 Qc5 25.g4 Nd6 26.Ng5 Rfb8 27.Qh7+ Kf8
28.Nxe6+ fxe6 29.Rf1+ Ke8 30.Qg8+ Kd7 31.Qg7+ Kc6 32.Nd4+ Qxd4
0-1

[Event "Memorial M.Chigorin"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexei Gavrilov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 g6 16.Ra3 Bg7 17.Nh2 c5 18.d5 Nd7
19.Ndf3 Nb6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ng4 Kh7 22.h4 Bc8 23.Nfh2 Bxg4
24.Nxg4 Qe7 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.h5 Nc4 27.e5 dxe5 28.b3 Nb6
29.hxg6 fxg6 30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Qh5 Qg7 32.Rxe5 N4xd5 33.Re6 Rg8
34.Rxg6 1-0

[Event "It (open) (active)"]
[Site "Eupen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dirk Fehmer"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 c6 7.e3
Be7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.b4 a6 14.a4 Ng6 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Nh4 17.Ne2 Bh3 18.Qc2
Bxg2 19.Rfc1 Be4 20.Ng3 Nf3+ 21.Kf1 Qh4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.b5
axb5 24.axb5 Qh3+ 25.Ke2 Qg4 26.Kf1 h5 27.bxc6 bxc6 0-1

[Event "It (open) (active)"]
[Site "Eupen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "A Deravet"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bb7 7.Qe2
c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.d5 exd5 11.Bxd5 Be7 12.e4 O-O 13.Bg5
Nb4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.e5 Nfd5 16.Qe4 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nxd5
Bxb2 19.Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "It (open) (active)"]
[Site "Eupen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eddy van Beers"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3
Be7 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.g3 Bc5 11.b4 Bb6 12.h3 a5 13.Bb2
axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1 15.Bxa1 Na6 16.b5 Nc5 17.Bg2 d6 18.O-O Qe7
19.Nf4 Bf5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Na4 Nxa4 22.Qxa4 Ne4 23.Nxg6 hxg6
24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Nc5 26.b6 Ra8 27.Ra1 Rxa1+ 28.Qxa1 Qd8
29.Qa7 Kh7 30.Bf1 Qf6 31.Qa3 Qf4 32.Bg2 Qe5 33.Qf3 Kg8 34.Qa3
Qe1+ 35.Bf1 Ne4 36.Qe3 Qxe3 37.fxe3 Nf6 38.Bb5 Nxd5 39.Bc6
Nxe3 40.Bxb7 Nc4 0-1

[Event "It (open) (active)"]
[Site "Eupen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Roman Vidonyak"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5
Be7 8.e3 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxe4 dxe4
13.Nd2 Be6 14.Qb6 f5 15.Nb3 Bxb3 16.axb3 Rf7 17.Ra5 Qf8 18.Na4
Qc8 19.Nc5 Qc7 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.Na4 b5 22.Nc5 Nd7 23.Rc1 Nxc5
24.Rxc5 g6 25.Ra1 Kf7 26.Rac1 Rac8 27.h3 Ke7 28.b4 Kd6 29.Kh2
Rf8 30.R1c2 Rff7 31.g4 h6 32.Kg3 1-0

[Event "It (open) (active)"]
[Site "Eupen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igors Rausis"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 d5 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Nd2 Nc5 7.Bc2
Nc6 8.Ngf3 Bg4 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 d4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Ne4 d3 13.Nxc5
dxc2 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.Nxb7 Rd1 16.Be3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rxe1+
18.Rxe1 Kd7 19.b4 Kc8 20.Na5 Nxa5 21.bxa5 Rd8 22.Rc1 Rd1+
23.Kg2 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 Kd7 25.f4 Ke6 26.Kf3 Kf5 27.a6 g5 28.Ke2
g4 29.hxg4+ Kxg4 30.f3 Kf5 31.Kd3 h5 32.Kxc2 h4 33.Be3 h3
34.Bg1 Bc5 35.Bxc5 h2 36.Bxa7 h1=Q 37.Be3 Qxf3 38.a7 Qd5
39.Kb2 Ke4 40.Bd4 Kxf4 41.a4 Ke4 42.Ka3 Kd3 43.Kb4 c5 0-1

[Event "It (open) (active)"]
[Site "Eupen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Valentin Arbakov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.c3 dxc3 10.Qh5 Qe7 11.Nxc3 c6 12.Bf4 Nf6
13.Qf3 Ng4 14.Rad1 Qf6 15.Qg3 Ne5 16.Bg5 Qg6 17.f4 Ng4 18.h3
h6 19.Bh4 Nf6 20.Qe3 Qh5 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Be6 23.Bxf6 gxf6
24.Ne4 Be7 25.exf6 Bd8 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.f7+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgenij Ermenkov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
Na6 8.Bf4 Nc7 9.a4 b6 10.Re1 a6 11.h3 Nd7 12.Bc4 Rb8 13.Qd3 f6
14.Rab1 Ne5 15.Nxe5 fxe5 16.Be3 Bd7 17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.Qxa6 b5
19.Nxb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 Ra8 21.Qb7 Rb8 22.Qa6 Ra8 23.Qc6 Rc8
24.b4 Rxc6 25.dxc6 e6 26.Red1 Qb8 27.bxc5 d5 28.exd5 exd5
29.Rxd5 Qe8 30.c7 Qf7 31.b6 Qxd5 32.b7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ng4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Rb8 13.a4
Nh6 14.Nd5 Nf5 15.a5 b5 16.Nb6 bxc4 17.bxc4 Rxb6 18.axb6 Qxb6
19.Rb1 Nxd4 20.Qd3 Bf5 21.Be4 Qc6 22.Qxd4 Bxd4 23.Bxc6 Bxb1
24.Bxd4 Bd3 25.Re1 e6 26.Bf6 Bxc4 27.Rd1 d5 28.Rb1 h6 29.h4
Kh7 30.f3 g5 31.h5 g4 32.f4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Qb6
13.Rhe1 b4 14.Nd5 exd5 15.exd5 Na7 16.Qe2 Nc8 17.Nh4 Ra7
18.Bf5 h5 19.Rd3 Kd8 20.Bxd7 Rxd7 21.Nf5 Rc7 22.Re3 Qb7 23.Qf3
Qb5 24.Nd4 Qc4 25.Nc6+ Rxc6 26.dxc6 f5 27.b3 Qc5 28.Qe2 d5
29.Qxa6 Rg8 30.Qb7 Qd6 31.Rxe7 Nxe7 32.Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Yudasin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5
Qb6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.O-O-O a6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Bd3 Rb8 14.g4 Qb7 15.b3 Nd7 16.Kb1 c5 17.Qh3 c4 18.Be2 cxb3
19.cxb3 Qb4 20.Bd2 Nc5 21.Kb2 Nxb3 22.Nd5 Qd4+ 23.Bc3 exd5
24.axb3 Qa4 25.Bd4 dxe4 26.f5 d5 27.Qc3 Qa3+ 28.Kc2 Bb4 29.Qb2
Qxb2+ 30.Kxb2 Bb7 31.g5 Rbc8 32.h4 Bc5 33.f6 Rfd8 34.Be5 Re8
35.Bf4 Bb4 36.Bd2 Bd6 37.fxg7 Be5+ 38.Kb1 Bxg7 39.Rhf1 Re7
40.h5 Rec7 41.Bg4 Re8 42.Ba5 Rce7 43.h6 Bf8 44.Rf6 e3 45.Rd4
e2 46.Be1 Rc7 47.Kb2 a5 0-1

[Event "BL 9394 ;BL"]
[Site "1993"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Gernod Beckhuis"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.g3
O-O-O 13.Ba6 Nf8 14.Bxb7+ Kxb7 15.Rd3 f5 16.Ned2 Ng6 17.Nc4
Bf6 18.Rhd1 Rd5 19.Ne3 Rd7 20.c4 Rhd8 21.a3 c5 22.d5 Ne5
23.R3d2 Nxf3 24.Qxf3 Kb8 25.g4 Bd4 26.gxf5 e5 27.f6 Rg8 28.Nf5
Rg6 29.Ne7 Rxe7 30.fxe7 Qxe7 31.Qf5 h6 32.Re2 Rf6 33.Qh3 Kc7
34.Qh4 Kd8 35.Rg1 Rg6 36.Qxe7+ Kxe7 37.Rxg6 fxg6 38.Kc2 Kf6
39.Kd3 Kf5 40.f3 g5 41.b3 Ba1 42.d6 Ke6 43.Ke4 Kxd6 44.h4 gxh4
45.Rg2 Bc3 46.Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "BL 9394 ;BL"]
[Site "1994"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Norbert Sehner"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Nbd2
O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.Rd1 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5
13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Nd4 Be4 16.Bxe4 Qxe4 17.Qd3 Rfe8
18.Qxe4 dxe4 19.Be3 Be5 20.Nb5 Rec8 21.Rd2 a6 22.Nd6 Rc7
23.Rad1 h6 24.h3 b5 25.Kg2 Rc6 26.Nf5 Kh7 27.Bd4 Re8 28.Bxe5
Rxe5 29.Ne3 Rec5 30.Rd8 Rc1 31.g4 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Ne8 33.Kg3 Nd6
34.h4 h5 35.gxh5 Ne8 36.Rd7 Nf6 37.Rxf7 Nxh5+ 38.Kg4 Kh6
39.Nf5+ Kg6 40.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "BL 9394 ;BL"]
[Site "1994"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Georg Seul"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5
8.Bg2 cxd4 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Qb3 Nc6
13.Be3 Be6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bb6 Qd6 16.e4 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4
18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 Rc2 22.b3 Rb2
23.Rd3 Rc8 24.Re1 Bf6 25.Ree3 Rc1+ 26.Kg2 Rcc2 27.Re8+ Kf7
28.Rb8 Rc3 29.Rxb7+ Ke6 30.Rxc3 Bxc3 31.Be3 Kd5 32.Kf3 a5
33.Rb5+ Kd6 34.Bb6 Ke6 35.Kg2 Kf7 36.Bxa5 Bxa5 37.Rxa5 Rxb3
38.Rb5 Ra3 39.a5 Ra2 40.h4 Kf6 41.Rb6+ Kf7 42.a6 h5 43.Kf3
Ra3+ 44.Ke4 1-0

[Event "New York PCA-op"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3
Nxf4 8.exf4 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 b6 12.Qc2 a5 13.a3
Qc7 14.g3 e6 15.h4 Ba6 16.h5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Qb7 18.hxg6 hxg6
19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.fxe5 axb4 21.axb4 b5 22.Rab1 Qe7 23.Kg2 Ra6
24.Nd1 Rfa8 25.Ne3 Ra3 26.Qe2 Ra2 27.Qf3 Qg5 28.Rh1 R8a3
29.Rh4 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "PCA Qualifier active"]
[Site "PCA Qualifier active"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ilya M Gurevich"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2
Bg7 13.O-O b6 14.f4 e6 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.f5 Bd7 17.f6 Bxf6
18.Rxf6 Qxf6 19.Qxd7 Qxc3 20.Bh6 Rfd8 21.Qg4 Re8 22.Bf3 Rad8
23.Rf1 c4 24.Bg5 Rd6 25.Bf4 Rde6 26.e5 1-0

[Event "Sankt Peterburg 62/457 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Sankt Peterburg 62/457 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Grigory Serper"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 Ba5 12.h4 g4 13.e3
Nc6 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Rc5 Qe7 16.O-O Bb4 17.Rxd5 Bd6 18.Nc4 Bxg3
19.fxg3 O-O-O 20.Qa4 Qe4 21.Rc5 Kb8 22.Rf4 Qe8 23.Kh2 f5
24.Rf2 h5 25.Rb2 Rh6 26.d5 Ne5 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.Rxb7+ Kxb7
29.Rxc7+ Kxc7 30.Qxa7+ Kc8 31.d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'"]
[Site "Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Bg1 Rb8 13.Nd4
Bxe2 14.Qxe2 b5 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd7 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Bxa7
Rb7 19.Bd4 b4 20.Ne4 Nxe5 21.a3 bxa3 22.Rxa3 Qc4 23.Qxc4 Nxc4
24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.cxb3 Ne5 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Kg1 Rd4
29.Nc5 Rd2 30.Rb1 Nc6 31.Na6 e5 32.b4 Nd4 33.Nc7 Rc2 34.Ne8+
Kf8 35.Nf6 Ke7 36.Nxh7 Ne2+ 37.Kh1 Nf4 38.g3 Ne6 39.Ra1 Nd4
40.Ra7+ Ke6 41.Ng5+ Kf5 42.Nxf7 Nf3 43.Nd6+ Ke6 44.Rh7 Kxd6
45.Rh6 e4 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mark van der Werf"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5+ 7.Nbd2
Ne4 8.Bf4 Bb4 9.a3 g5 10.Bg3 h5 11.O-O-O Bxa3 12.bxa3 Qxa3+
13.Qb2 Qxb2+ 14.Kxb2 h4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bd6 exf3 17.gxf3 f6
18.Rg1 Kf7 19.Be2 b6 20.c5 a5 21.f4 bxc5 22.dxc5 gxf4 23.exf4
Ba6 24.Bf3 Bb5 25.Ka3 Rag8 26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Bh5+ Kg7 28.Be7 Nf8
29.Rg1+ Kh7 30.Rxg8 Kxg8 31.Bxf6 Nd7 32.Bd4 Kf8 33.Kb3 Ke7
34.Bf3 Nf6 35.Bc3 a4 36.Ka3 Nd5 37.Be5 Kf7 38.Bd1 Ke7 39.Bc2
Kd7 40.f5 exf5 41.Bxf5+ Ke7 42.Bd4 Nf4 43.Bg4 Be2 44.Bc8 Ne6
45.Be3 Bb5 46.Kb4 Kf7 47.Ka3 Kf6 48.f4 Kf5 49.Bf2 h3 50.Kb4
Kf6 51.Be3 Kf5 52.Bc1 Kf6 53.Bb2+ Kf7 54.Be5 Ke7 55.f5 Ng5
56.f6+ Kf7 57.Bg4 Kg6 58.Bd4 Bf1 59.Kxa4 Bg2 60.Ka5 Bf3 61.Bd7
Bd5 62.Kb6 Nf3 63.Bc3 Nxh2 64.Bxh3 Nf3 65.Bd7 Ng5 66.Bxc6 Be6
67.Be8+ Kf5 68.c6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark van der Werf"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Ne2 Qa5+
7.Nbc3 Ne7 8.O-O Nd7 9.a4 c5 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Bg5 a6 12.f4 g6
13.Ng3 Qc7 14.f5 cxd4 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Qxd4 Qc5 17.Qxc5 Nxc5
18.Rf6 Nc6 19.Be3 Be7 20.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 21.Kh1 Ke7 22.Raf1 Rhf8
23.Nce2 Nxe5 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Rxf8 Kxf8 26.Nf4 Ke7 27.Nge2 Nc4
28.b3 Ne3 29.c3 Kf6 30.h4 e5 31.Nd3 Bd6 32.Kg1 e4 33.Ndf4 Bxf4
34.Nxf4 Ke5 35.g3 Nf5 36.Ne2 d4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1994/95"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Eckhard Schmittdiel"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 c5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Rc1 Qd7
13.Qb3 Rad8 14.Rfd1 Kh8 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Ne4 b6 17.Nxf6 Bxf6
18.Qa4 Ne7 19.Qxd7 Rxd7 20.b3 Nf5 21.Bd2 Kg8 22.e3 Kf7 23.Bh3
h5 24.Rc6 Rfd8 25.Rdc1 g6 26.Kf1 Be7 27.Ke1 Ba3 28.R1c2 Bc5
29.b4 Bd6 30.Rc1 Ne7 31.R6c2 Be5 32.Bf1 Nf5 33.Bb5 Re7 34.Bd3
Nd6 35.Rc7 Rdd7 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.a4 Nf5 38.Ke2 Rc7 39.Rxc7+
Bxc7 40.Bc3 Nh6 41.h3 Nf5 42.e4 dxe4 43.Bxe4 Ne7 44.Kd3 Nd5
45.Bd2 h4 46.gxh4 Nf4+ 47.Kc4 Nxh3 48.Be3 a6 49.Bb7 Nf4
50.Bxa6 Nd5 51.Bg5 Bd6 52.Bb7 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Vulfson"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.Nxd5 Nf6 7.Bxc4
Nxd5 8.Bxd5 Be7 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Bf4 Bf6
13.e5 Be7 14.Be4 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 g5 16.Be3 Rb8 17.b3 Be6 18.Nb5
Nd7 19.f4 gxf4 20.Bxf4 c4 21.bxc4 Nb6 22.Nd6 Nxc4 23.Nxb7 f6
24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Bxb8 Bxa1 26.Bxa7 Bc3 27.Nd8 Bg4 28.Bd5+ Kh8
29.Nf7+ Kg7 30.Rc1 Ne5 31.Rxc3 Nxf7 32.Rg3 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Ionov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2
a6 8.Bd3 c5 9.Nge2 Qa5 10.Nd5 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 e6 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6
13.Be3 b6 14.Rhd1 Re8 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nc3 Nd7 17.f4 Bb7 18.Ke2
f5 19.Bc2 Nf6 20.Rd6 b5 21.e5 Ng4 22.Bxc5 Bxg2 23.Rg1 Rac8
24.Rxg2 Rxc5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Bb3 Kf8 27.h3 Nh6 28.Kf3 g5
29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Bxe6 gxf4 31.Rd2 Rxe5 32.Rd8+ Ke7 33.Rd7+ Kxe6
34.Rxg7 Nf7 35.h4 Kf6 36.Rg8 b4 37.Ne2 Re3+ 38.Kf2 Re4 39.Rf8
Kg7 40.Rb8 Ne5 41.Rd8 Ng4+ 42.Kf1 f3 43.Nd4 f2 44.Ne2 Re3
45.Rd1 Kf6 46.Rc1 Rd3 47.a4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maksim Notkin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a4 O-O
8.Bc4 Bb7 9.Nge2 e6 10.Nf4 axb5 11.Nxb5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nc6
13.Nd6 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Nb7 Qc8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Nd6 Qc7
18.Ne4 Be5 19.O-O Nb4 20.f4 Bg7 21.Bd2 Re8 22.Ng5 h6 23.Nf3
Nd5 24.Qb3 Nf6 25.Ne5 d6 26.Nc4 Ne4 27.Bc3 Nxc3 28.bxc3 d5
29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.fxe5 Rxe5 31.Rad1 c4 32.Qc2 Qa7 33.Kh1 Rxa4
34.e4 dxe4 35.Qd2 Kg7 36.Qd6 Re6 37.Qd8 Qe7 38.Qd4+ Kh7
39.Rde1 e3 40.Re2 h5 41.h3 Qa7 42.Qf4 Ra1 43.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44.Kh2
Qa7 45.Qxc4 Qb8+ 46.g3 Qb7 47.Qf4 Re4 48.Qf6 Qd5 49.h4 Kg8
50.Qa6 Kg7 51.Qc8 Qd3 52.Ra2 Qd6 53.Qb7 Rxh4+ 54.Kg2 Rg4
55.Qf3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Valery A Loginov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 b5 10.a4 Bb7 11.Nd5 Nbd7 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7
13.f3 bxa4 14.Na5 Nc5 15.Nxb7 Nxb7 16.Rxa4 Nc5 17.Ra1 Rfb8
18.b3 a5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Qd2 h6 21.Ra2 a4 22.Rfa1 Rd8 23.b4 Ncd7
24.Rxa4 Rxa4 25.Rxa4 Nb6 26.Ra6 Rb8 27.Bf1 Nfd7 28.Qd3 Rc8
29.Bg1 Kf8 30.Qb3 Ke7 31.Qa2 Rb8 32.Ra7 Rb7 33.Rxb7 Qxb7 34.c4
Nc8 35.Qa5 Qc6 36.c5 dxc5 37.bxc5 Qb7 38.Qa2 Na7 39.Qd5 Nc6
40.Bc4 f6 41.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Yalta (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Bg5 Qc8 10.g3 Bd6 11.Bh3 h6 12.Bf4 Bxf4
13.gxf4 Qd8 14.Rc1 c6 15.Qf5 g6 16.Qxd7+ Qxd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7
18.Ne5+ Ke6 19.Kd2 Rhc8 20.Rc3 c5 21.Rhc1 cxd4 22.Rc7 Rxc7
23.Rxc7 Ba6 24.Rxf7 g5 25.Rh7 Kf5 26.Rxh6 gxf4 27.Rh5+ Kf6
28.Nf3 d3 29.exd3 Rg8 30.Rh6+ Ke7 31.Rh7+ Kd6 32.Rxa7 Bc8
33.Rf7 Rg4 34.Rf6+ Kc5 35.Ne5 Rg2 36.Rc6+ Kd4 37.Rxc8 Rxf2+
38.Kc1 Rxh2 39.Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Fominyh"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 c4 7.Be2
Bc5 8.O-O a6 9.a4 Qb6 10.c3 O-O 11.Nd4 Re8 12.Bf3 d6 13.axb5
axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.b4 cxb3 16.Qxb3 Bxd4 17.cxd4 Na6 18.Na3
Rb8 19.Rd1 g6 20.Nc2 Bb7 21.Be2 Bc8 22.h3 Bd7 23.Ra1 Ra8
24.Qb2 Nc7 25.Rxa8+ Nxa8 26.Qa1 Nc7 27.Nb4 h5 28.Bd3 Kf8
29.Kf1 Bc8 30.Ke2 Bb7 31.f3 Kg7 32.g4 h4 33.Ke3 Na6 34.Nxa6
Bxa6 35.Qc3 Bb7 36.Qb4 Ba6 37.f4 g5 38.f5 Kf8 39.Qc3 Bb7
40.Qb4 Ba6 41.Kd2 Ke8 42.Kc2 Kd7 43.Kb2 Kc8 44.e5 fxe5 45.dxe5
Kd8 46.e6 f6 47.Qc3 Ke7 48.Qc6 Qb7 49.Kb3 Qc8 50.Kb4 Bb7
51.Qxc8 Bxc8 52.Kxb5 Bb7 53.Bc4 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Burmakin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O
Rb8 8.b3 a6 9.Bb2 b5 10.d5 Na5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nd4 b4 13.Na4
e5 14.Nc2 Bd7 15.Qe1 Bxa4 16.bxa4 Nc4 17.Rb1 Nxb2 18.Rxb2 e4
19.Rxb4 Nxd5 20.Rxe4 Rb2 21.Qd2 Nc3 22.Rc4 Nxa2 23.Bc6 Qb8
24.Qe3 Rb3 25.Qe7 Nc3 26.e3 Rb2 27.Ne1 Qb3 28.Rh4 Qb6 29.Qd7
Bf6 30.Rc4 Qb3 31.Bb5 Nxa4 32.Rxa4 Qxb5 33.Qxb5 Rxb5 34.Nd3
Rfb8 35.Rc4 Bd8 36.Kg2 Kf8 37.Ra1 Ke8 38.Raa4 c5 39.Ra6 R5b6
40.Ra7 R6b7 41.Ra6 Rb6 42.Ra2 Rb3 43.Nf4 Rb2 44.Ra7 R8b7
45.Ra8 Rd2 46.h4 Rbb2 47.Nh3 Ra2 48.Rca4 Rxa4 49.Rxa4 Kd7
50.Ng5 Bxg5 51.hxg5 d5 52.Rf4 Ke7 53.Kf1 c4 54.Ke1 c3 55.Rf6
Kd7 56.Rxf7+ Kd6 57.Rxh7 Ra2 58.Kd1 Rxf2 59.Rh4 Rd2+ 60.Kc1
Re2 61.Rh6 Rxe3 62.Rxg6+ Kc5 63.Kc2 Rxg3 64.Kb3 d4 65.Rg8 Kd5
66.g6 Ke4 67.g7 Ke3 68.Rh8 Rxg7 69.Rh3+ Ke4 70.Rh4+ Ke3
71.Rh3+ Kf2 72.Rd3 Rd7 73.Kc2 Ke2 74.Rh3 d3 75.Kb3 d2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1994/95"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Matthias Wahls"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 O-O 7.e4
Nc6 8.Bg5 h6 9.h4 d6 10.Rc1 hxg5 11.hxg5 g6 12.gxf6 Qxf6 13.a3
Bxc3+ 14.Rxc3 Qxd4 15.Qc1 Rfd8 16.Be2 Qe5 17.Qh6 Qg7 18.Qf4
Kf8 19.c5 Bxe2 20.cxb6 Bb5 21.bxc7 Rd7 22.a4 Bxa4 23.e5 Bb5
24.exd6 g5 25.Qe3 a6 26.Ne4 Qe5 27.Nc5 Qxd6 28.Rh8+ Ke7
29.Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vadim Ruban"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nc6
12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.d5 exd5 16.exd5 Na5
17.Bf1 Qd6 18.Ng5 Rcd8 19.Qd3 Qh6 20.Qf5 Bc8 21.Qf4 Nb7 22.Re7
f6 23.Ne6 Qxf4 24.Nxf4 Rf7 25.Re3 Rc7 26.h4 Kf7 27.h5 g5
28.hxg6+ hxg6 29.Rde1 Rh8 30.d6 Nxd6 31.Nd5 Rd7 32.Re7+ Kf8
33.Rxd7 Bxd7 34.Nxf6 Bf5 35.g4 Kf7 36.gxf5 Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia"]
[Site "Elista (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ruslan Shcherbakov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3
Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nd7 10.N1c3 a6 11.Na3 Bg5 12.Bb2 Re8
13.Nc2 Re6 14.Nd5 Rh6 15.Re1 Nc5 16.Bf1 a5 17.Qf3 Rg6 18.Nce3
Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Ne6 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Rac1 Qh4 23.g3 Qh5
24.Bg2 Rh6 25.h3 Rf6 26.Qe2 Qh6 27.Bc3 Ned4 28.Qe3 Qh5 29.f4
exf4 30.gxf4 Qc5 31.Kh1 Rh6 32.f5 Re8 33.Ba1 f6 34.Qd3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1995/96"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Viktor Gavrikov"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 c5 11.Rc1 a6 12.Bf5 Re8
13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe2 b5 15.Rfd1 Qa5 16.Qc2 Ne6 17.Ne2 Rac8
18.Qb1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 h6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nf4 d4 22.Bxd4 Be4
23.Qa1 Bxf3 24.gxf3 b4 25.Kh1 Qf5 26.Qb1 Qxb1 27.Rxb1 Bd6
28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Ne2 Kf7 30.Rc1 Rd8 31.f4 a5 32.Kg2 a4 33.Kf3
e5 34.f5 Be7 35.Rc2 a3 36.Ng3 Rd1 37.Ke2 Rb1 38.Rd2 Ke8 39.Kf3
Kf7 40.Kg4 Ra1 41.Kf3 Rb1 42.Ke4 Rb2 43.Kd3 Rb1 44.Rc2 Ra1
45.Kc4 Rg1 46.Re2 Rc1+ 47.Kb5 Rd1 48.Rc2 Rb1 49.Rd2 Ra1 50.Kc6
Ke8 51.Ne4 Rc1+ 52.Kd5 Kd7 53.Ng3 Ke8 54.h3 Rc5+ 55.Ke4 Rc1
56.Kf3 Kf7 57.Kg4 Ra1 58.Rc2 Rb1 59.Ne4 Rh1 60.h4 Ra1 61.Kh5
Kg7 62.Rc7 Kf8 63.Kxh6 Rxa2 64.Kg6 Ke8 65.h5 Ra1 66.h6 Rh1
67.h7 1-0

[Event "Ch Russia (club)"]
[Site "Kazan (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nd7 7.Nh3 c5
8.a4 b4 9.Nd1 Ngf6 10.Nhf2 O-O 11.Be2 cxd4 12.Bxd4 a5 13.O-O
Bb7 14.Bb5 Qc7 15.c3 Nc5 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Ne3 Rfd8 18.Qe2 Ne8
19.Rac1 Nd6 20.cxb4 axb4 21.Rfd1 Nxb5 22.Qxb5 Rxd1+ 23.Nfxd1
Bd4 24.Qxb4 Qf4 25.Qxb7 Rb8 26.Qxb8+ Qxb8 27.Kh1 Qf4 28.a5
Bxe3 29.Ra1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1995/96"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Horvath"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qb4 Qc7 11.Bg5 Be6 12.a4 a5
13.Qa3 h6 14.Bd2 Ng4 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.b3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne3
18.Rfe1 Nxg2 19.Kxg2 f5 20.Qb2 fxe4 21.Bd4 Qc6 22.Be3 Qd5
23.h3 Qf5 24.Rh1 Qf3+ 25.Kg1 Rf5 26.Qd4 Rd5 27.Qb6 Rc8 28.c4
Rd3 29.Re1 Rf8 30.Bxh6 e3 31.Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Ch Russia (club)"]
[Site "Kazan (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vadim V Popov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7
7.Be3 g6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a4 bxa4 10.f3 Bb7 11.Rxa4 Nb6 12.Rb4 Nfd7
13.Nb3 Bg7 14.Bxb6 Nxb6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Linares (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4
Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Qa5
13.h3 Rfb8 14.Re2 Ne8 15.Rc2 Nb6 16.Qe2 Qa6 17.Ng1 Na4 18.Qxa6
Rxa6 19.Nge2 Nc7 20.a3 f5 21.f3 fxe4 22.fxe4 Nxc3 23.Nxc3 Nb5
24.Nxb5 Rxb5 25.Rc4 Bxb2 26.Rb1 Rab6 27.a4 Rb3 28.a5 Bxc1
29.Rbxc1 Rb2+ 30.R1c2 R6b5 31.a6 Rb6 32.e5 Rxc2+ 33.Rxc2 Rxa6
34.exd6 exd6 35.Re2 Kf7 36.Re6 c4 37.Re4 c3 38.Rc4 Ra3 39.Kf3
c2 40.Kf2 Ra2 41.Ke3 Kf6 42.Kd2 Ra3 43.Kxc2 Rxg3 44.Re4 Rxh3
45.Re6+ Kf7 46.Rxd6 Ke7 47.Re6+ Kd7 48.Ra6 Rh5 49.Kc3 Rxd5
50.Ra7+ Ke6 51.Rxh7 g5 52.Rh1 Kf5 53.Rf1+ Ke4 54.Rg1 Kf3
55.Kc4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Linares (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Bd3 Ne7
13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.O-O f5 15.c4 O-O 16.Qf3 bxc4 17.Nxc4 d5
18.exd5 e4 19.Qe3 Bb7 20.d6 Qf6 21.Bc2 f4 22.Qh3 Rac8 23.Bb3
Rc5 24.Rad1 Rg5 25.Rd2 Bd5 26.Nb6 Bxb3 27.Nd7 Qg6 28.Nxf8 Bxf8
29.axb3 Bxd6 30.Rc1 Be7 31.Rd7 Qf6 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Qc3 Qxc3
34.bxc3 Ra5 35.Kf1 Bh4 36.Rc4 Ra1+ 37.Ke2 Ra2+ 38.Rd2 1-0

[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Linares (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 f6 9.d4 exd4 10.Nb5 Bf5 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Rc1 d3
13.exd3 Nd5 14.Nfd4 Nxf4 15.Nxf5 Nxg2 16.Rxc6 bxc6 17.Nxa7 Qd5
18.Nxc8 Qxf5 19.Nxe7 Kxe7 20.Kxg2 Qd5+ 21.Kg1 Qxa2 22.Re1+ Kd8
23.Qg4 Rg8 24.Qe4 Qd5 25.Qxh7 f5 26.d4 Qf7 27.Re5 Rf8 28.Qh4+
Kd7 29.Qf4 g6 30.h4 Qb3 31.Re3 Qd5 32.Re1 Rf6 33.Re5 Qf7 34.b4
Qb3 35.Qg5 Qf7 36.b5 cxb5 37.Rxb5 Qe6 38.Re5 Qb6 39.Qh6 Kc8
40.Qh8+ Kb7 41.Re1 Qb4 42.Ra1 Qf8 43.Rb1+ Kc8 44.Qh7 Qf7
45.Qh6 f4 46.g4 Qe6 47.Qg5 Rf7 48.Rc1 Kd7 49.Kf1 Qa6+ 50.Kg2
Qe6 51.Rc5 Kc8 52.Re5 Qc6+ 53.d5 f3 54.Kg3 Qd6 55.Kh3 Qa6
56.Re8+ Kb7 57.Qc1 Rf6 58.Re7 Qb6 59.Qc4 Qa5 60.Kg3 Rd6
61.Qb3+ Ka7 62.Re4 Ra6 63.Rb4 Rb6 64.Qa4 Qxa4 65.Rxa4+ Kb7
66.Kxf3 Rb3+ 67.Kf4 Rd3 68.Kg5 Rxd5+ 69.Kxg6 c5 70.Ra2 Rd6+
71.Kh5 Kc6 72.Ra6+ Kd5 73.Rxd6+ Kxd6 74.Kg5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 12.exf6 b4 13.Ne4
c3 14.bxc3 bxc3 15.Qd3 Bb7 16.Be2 c5 17.O-O c4 18.Qe3 Nb6
19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 Nd5 21.Qd4 Rc8 22.Rab1 Ba6 23.Rfc1 Qxc5
24.Qxc5 Rxc5 25.Rb8+ Bc8 26.Be3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 O-O 28.Rxc3 Ba6
29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.g4 Kg8 31.Kf2 Kh7 32.h4 Kg6 33.g5 Kf5 34.Kg3
Bb5 35.Bd3+ Ke5 36.Bc2 Kd6 37.Kg4 Rd5 38.h5 Rd3 39.Rxd3+ cxd3
40.Bd1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 e6 12.O-O-O Bd6
13.Ne4 Ngf6 14.Kb1 Bf4 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qa3 Qc7
18.Ne5 Qe7 19.Qe3 Nd7 20.Nd3 Qg5 21.f4 Qxg2 22.Rhg1 Qd5 23.Ne5
Rg8 24.c4 Qd6 25.d5 cxd5 26.Nxd7 Qxd7 27.cxd5 Rd8 28.f5 e5
29.Qxe5+ Qe7 30.Qd4 Kf8 31.d6 Qf6 32.Qc5 b6 33.Qd5 Rh8 34.d7
Qh4 35.Rge1 Kg8 36.Re8+ Kh7 37.Qxf7 Rhxe8 38.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Deutschland 62/491 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Deutschland 62/491 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Murray Chandler"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 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.Qd3 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Rab8
18.h3 c4 19.Qc2 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 Qa5 21.Nc3 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Rb8
23.Rxb8+ Nxb8 24.e4 dxe4 25.Nxe4 Qd5 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Nd2 Qxd4
28.Nxc4 Nc6 29.Ne3 Qa1+ 30.Kh2 Qe5+ 31.g3 Nd4 32.Qc8+ Kg7
33.Qd7 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Ng5 35.Qg4 h5 36.Qf5 Ne6 37.h4 Nd4 38.Qd3
Kg8 39.Kf1 Kf8 40.Kg2 Kg8 41.Kf1 f5 42.Qc4 f4 43.Qd5 Qxd5
44.Nxd5 fxg3 45.fxg3 Kg7 46.Kf2 Kg6 47.Ke3 Nf5+ 48.Kf4 f6
49.Kf3 Kg7 50.Nf4 Kh6 51.Ne2 Nd6 52.Ke3 Kg6 53.Nf4+ Kh6 54.Kd3
Nf5 55.Ne2 Kg6 56.Ke4 Ne7 57.Nf4+ Kh6 58.a3 Nc8 59.Kd5 Nb6+
60.Kc6 Nc4 61.a4 Nd2 62.a5 Ne4 63.Kb7 Nxg3 64.Kxa7 Nf5 65.a6
1-0

[Event "EUCup Vilnius"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Daniel Roos"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.d5
Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bxa1 14.Qxa1 Na5 15.Bh6 f6 16.Bg4 Nc4 17.Be6+ Kh8
18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Qc3 Rd8 21.Rb4 b5 22.Rxb5 a5 23.g3
Rd6 24.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Tournament SPEED PLAYOFF Wijk aan Ze"]
[Site "Hoogovens Tournament SPEED PLAYOFF Wijk aan Ze"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3
Nbd7 8.b3 b6 9.Nd2 Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Ndxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6
13.Bf4 Qd7 14.c5 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Rfd8 16.Qc2 Qxd4 17.Be3 Qe5
18.cxb6 axb6 19.Bxb6 Rdc8 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Be4 Qb5 22.Bd4 c5
23.Bc3 Bf8 24.Rfd1 Kg8 25.Rd2 c4 26.Rb1 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 cxb3
28.Rxb3 Qg5 29.h4 Qh5 30.Kg2 Rd8 31.a4 Rac8 32.Rb5 Qh6 33.Rxd8
Rxd8 34.a5 Qc1 35.Rh5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Tournament SPEED PLAYOFF Wijk aan Ze"]
[Site "Hoogovens Tournament SPEED PLAYOFF Wijk aan Ze"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 d6 7.a4 a5
8.b5 Ne7 9.O-O Ng6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ba3 Nh5 12.d4 Nhf4 13.dxe5
Bg4 14.g3 Nxe5 15.gxf4 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Nxc4 17.Qd5 Nxa3 18.Rxa3
Qf6 19.f5 g6 20.Qxb7 gxf5 21.c4 Kh8 22.Kh1 Rae8 23.exf5 Rg8
24.Qd5 Qg7 25.Nh4 Qg4 26.Ng2 Re5 27.Rg3 Rxd5 28.Rxg4 Rxg4
29.cxd5 Rxa4 30.Ne3 Rf4 31.Rc1 Rxf2 32.Nc4 Rxf5 33.Nxb6 cxb6
34.Rc6 Rxd5 35.Rxb6 Kg7 36.Kg2 a4 37.Ra6 Rxb5 38.Rxa4 Kf6
39.Kf3 Ke6 40.Rh4 h5 41.Ra4 Rf5+ 42.Ke3 Re5+ 43.Kf3 f6 44.Ra8
d5 45.Ra6+ Kf5 46.Rd6 Kg5 47.Kf2 Rf5+ 48.Kg2 Kf4 49.Re6 d4
50.Kf2 Kg5 51.Kg2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.h3 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.Bd3 dxc5 9.e5 Ne8 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Qe2 Rd8 13.O-O
Nc7 14.a3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.b4 Qb6 17.Na4 Qc6 18.b5 Qe8
19.Be4 a6 20.Rab1 axb5 21.cxb5 Nd5 22.Qd2 Bh6 23.Ng5 Ne3
24.Rfe1 Nc4 25.Qd3 Bxg5 26.fxg5 Nxe5 27.Qg3 Nc4 28.Bxb7 Bd7
29.Nc5 Bxb5 30.Qc7 Ne3 31.Qb6 Ba4 32.Qa6 Bc2 33.Rb4 e5 34.Ne4
Bxe4 35.Bxe4 Qe7 36.h4 Rb8 37.Reb1 Rxb4 38.axb4 Qd7 39.b5 d3
40.Qc6 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 g6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e4
O-O 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 a6 10.O-O c5 11.dxc5 Be6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Be3
Ng4 14.Nd5 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qb7 16.c6 Qa7 17.c7 Bxd5 18.c8=Q Qxe3+
19.Kh1 Nc6 20.Qg4 Be6 21.Qh4 Bf6 22.Qf2 Qxf2 23.Rxf2 Rac8
24.Qd2 Rfd8 25.Qh6 Bg7 26.Qh4 h6 27.Rff1 g5 28.Qf2 Bxb2
29.Rad1 Ne5 30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.Qxb2 Bc4 33.Nxe5
Bxf1 34.Kg1 Rd1 35.Kf2 e6 36.Qc2 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
Nh6 8.d5 Nf5 9.Bd3 Nd4 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Bg5 Ne5 12.f4 h6 13.Bh4
g5 14.fxe5 gxh4 15.exd6 Qxd6 16.Qg4 Kf8 17.Qxh4 Qf6 18.Qh3 Rd8
19.Rad1 h5 20.Ne4 Qf4 21.Nc5 Qc7 22.Bf5 cxd5 23.Nd7+ Rxd7
24.Bxd7 e6 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.cxd5 e5 27.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT Kazan"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Valerij Filippov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4
7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Ne7 9.Qd2 Ng6 10.Nh3 f6 11.O-O-O Kf7 12.f3
Qh4 13.Bc5 e5 14.Nf2 f5 15.g3 Qf6 16.Rhf1 Na6 17.Ba3 Be6
18.Ne4 fxe4 19.fxe4 Nf4 20.gxf4 Rhd8 21.Bd6 Kg8 22.fxe5 Qh4
23.Qf4 Qxf4+ 24.Rxf4 Re8 25.Rdf1 Rad8 26.h4 Nb8 27.Kc2 Nd7
28.Kc3 Nf8 29.h5 h6 30.a4 Nh7 31.b4 a6 32.c5 Ng5 33.Bc4 Bxc4
34.Kxc4 g6 35.hxg6 Kg7 36.Rf7+ Kxg6 37.Rxb7 Nxe4 38.Rf4 Nd2+
39.Kd3 Kg5 40.Rf2 1-0

[Event "Sankt Peterburg op 63/62 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Sankt Peterburg op 63/62 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantin Aseev"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bg7 7.Bg2 d6
8.Nf3 Bxa6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 O-O 11.h3 Nb6 12.e4 Nfd7 13.Nc3
Nc4 14.Bf1 Qb6 15.Qc2 Nce5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Kg2 Rfb8 18.Bxa6
Qxa6 19.Rd1 Nc4 20.g4 Qa5 21.Rd3 Ne5 22.Rd1 Nc4 23.Rd3 Ne5
24.Rd1 Qb4 25.Rb1 Nc4 26.Rd3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Na3 28.bxa3 Qxe4+
29.Rf3 Rxb1 30.Bb2 Qd4 31.Qxd4 cxd4 32.Bxd4 Rb5 33.Rc3 Rxd5
34.Be3 Rda5 0-1

[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 "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stuart C Conquest"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4
7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.Qg4 g6 11.Bh6 d6 12.Qe4
Qd7 13.Bd3 dxe5 14.O-O f6 15.f4 Qc6 16.Qxc6+ bxc6 17.fxe5 f5
18.Rab1 Be6 19.Be2 Kf7 20.Rb7 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Rhc8 22.Rfb1 a5
23.a4 Ra6 24.R7b2 Rb6 25.Bg5 Rcb8 26.Rxb6 Rxb6 27.Rd1 Be7
28.h4 Rb3 29.Bf3 Rxc3 30.Bxc6 Rxc4 31.Bb5 Rc5 32.Re1 c6 33.Ba6
Bxg5 34.hxg5 Rc3 35.Rb1 Rb3 36.Rc1 Bd5 37.Bc4 Rb4 38.Bxd5+
cxd5 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.Rxh7 Kxe5 41.Rg7 Kf4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Suat Atalik"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4
Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Ra6
13.h3 Qa8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 e6 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.a4 g5 18.Ra3 d5
19.Qc2 Rf7 20.exd5 exd5 21.Nb5 Qb7 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.Nxg5 Nf8
24.Nxf7 Qxf7 25.Rf3 Ne6 26.Qf5 Qh5 27.Qxh5 Nxh5 28.Rfe3 Kf7
29.Nc7 Nxc7 30.Re7+ Kg6 31.Rxc7 c4 32.f4 Bxb2 33.f5 Kg5 34.g4
Nf6 35.Rg7+ Kf4 36.Rf1+ Ke3 37.g5 Ne4 38.Re7 Rxa4 39.f6 Ra2
40.Rf2 Bxf6 41.Rxe4+ dxe4 42.Rxa2 Bxg5 43.Kg3 Kd3 44.h4 Bd2
0-1

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Luther"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bd3 b4 13.Ne2
e5 14.Be3 Rb8 15.h3 O-O 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.g4 Qa5 18.Kb1 Rd8
19.Ng3 Ne8 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Qe2 Be6 22.Bc4 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Qb5
24.Qxb5 axb5 25.Ba7 Ra8 26.Bf2 Rdc8 27.Rd5 g6 28.Ng3 Ra5
29.Be1 Nf6 30.Rd3 Rca8 31.a3 R5a6 32.Ka2 bxa3 33.b4 Rc6 34.Rc3
Rac8 35.Rxc6 Rxc6 36.c3 Rc4 37.Kxa3 Nxe4 38.Nxe4 Rxe4 39.Bf2
f5 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Rd1 f4 42.Rd5 Re2 43.Ba7 f3 44.Rxb5 Kf7
45.Kb3 Bd6 46.Rd5 Ke6 47.Rd1 e4 48.Rf1 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Memorial P.Keres (cat.17)"]
[Site "Parnu (Estonia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be2
O-O 8.Nf3 e5 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Nc6 12.dxe5 dxe5
13.Qd5+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Be8 15.Qe6 Qc8 16.Qxc8 Rxc8 17.h3 Nh6
18.Rhe1 Nf7 19.Kb1 Nfd8 20.Bf1 Ne6 21.Bg3 Rf7 22.Nd2 Ncd4
23.Nb3 Bf8 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Nd5 g5 26.Be2 c6 27.Bg4 Bd7 28.Bh5
Kg8 29.Bxf7+ Kxf7 30.Ne3 Rd8 31.Nf5 c5 32.Bd6 b5 33.Bxf8 Kxf8
34.cxb5 Bxb5 35.g3 c4 36.e5 Ba4 37.Rd2 fxe5 38.Rxe5 Kf7
39.Nh6+ Kf6 40.Ng4+ Ke7 41.f4 gxf4 42.gxf4 Kf7 43.Ra5 c3
44.bxc3 1-0

[Event "Memorial P.Keres (cat.17)"]
[Site "Parnu (Estonia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Zbynek Hracek"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 dxc3 12.Nxe6 fxe6
13.bxc3 Qd3 14.Bc2 Qxc3 15.Nb3 Rd8 16.Bd2 Rxd2 17.Nxd2 Nxe5
18.Nb3 Ned7 19.Nd4 Bd6 20.Rc1 Qb2 21.Bb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 O-O
23.Rc2 Qa3 24.Nxe6 Qxb3 25.Nxf8+ Nxf8 26.Qb1 Qxb1 27.Rxb1 Nd7
28.Rd1 Nc5 29.Rd5 Ne4 30.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Konstantin Aseev"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 c5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d3 h6 9.Na4 b6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Bf4 Bd7 12.Nc3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3
d4 14.Qc2 Ne8 15.b4 f6 16.Bd2 Nd6 17.e3 e5 18.exd4 exd4
19.Rab1 Rc8 20.Bf4 Nf7 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.h3 Re8 23.Qd1 Nce5
24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Re1 Nf7 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Nh4 Nd6 28.Qg4 h5
29.Bd5+ Kh7 30.Qf3 Rc7 31.Ng2 g5 32.h4 Bg6 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Qe2
Qf6 35.Re1 Be8 36.Qe6 Rf7 37.Qxf6 Rxf6 38.Re7+ Kh6 39.Rxa7 Bg6
40.Ne1 Nf5 41.Nf3 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vassily Orlov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5
7.dxc5 Nc6 8.e3 Bg4 9.Be2 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Rc1
Bxc5 13.Nxd5 Qd6 14.Qa4 Be6 15.Nf4 Kb8 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Rfd1
Qe7 18.Bb5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rc8 20.Qf4+ Ka8 21.Qe4 a6 22.Bc4 e5
23.a3 Ka7 24.h3 Bd6 25.Nh4 Bb8 26.Nf3 Nd8 27.Bd5 Bd6 28.Qd3
Bb8 29.Nd2 Ne6 30.Qf5 Re8 31.Bxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxe6 Rxe6 33.Rc1 Rb6
34.Rc2 Bd6 35.Kf1 Kb8 36.Ke2 Bc7 37.Kd3 Rg6 38.g3 Rf6 39.Ne4
Rb6 40.Nc3 h5 41.Nd5 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergey Sivokho"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3
g6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Na4 Nd7 11.e4 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg5
Re8 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Bh4 h6 16.b4 b5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Rxc5 a5
19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Bc2 axb4 21.axb4 Ra3 22.Bg3 Qd8 23.Bf4 Nc8
24.Qc1 Ra6 25.Bxh6 Qxd4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rd1 Qxb4 28.Qf4 f5
29.Qg5 Ne7 30.Nxg6 Qxc5 31.Nxe7 Kf7 32.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Ch St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vasily Yemelin"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 d6 8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.f3 Qe7 10.e4 e5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 g5
13.Bf2 Nh5 14.Nf1 Nf4 15.Ne3 g4 16.O-O gxf3 17.Qxf3 exd4
18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Qe4 dxc3 21.Bh4 Qd7 22.Bf6 Rg8
23.Rae1 c6 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Qxe5+ Kf8 26.Bf5 Qd8 27.Be6 Rg7
28.Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Elista"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6
7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 a6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Rfd1
b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 Qb6 15.b4 exd4 16.Qxd4 Qxd4 17.Rxd4 Ne5
18.Be2 c5 19.Rdd1 cxb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Nc6 22.Nxb5 d5
23.Rc1 Nxb4 24.e5 Ne4 25.Nd4 g6 26.f3 Nd2 27.Rc7 Rb8 28.Kf2
Nc4 29.Bxc4 dxc4 30.f4 Nd3+ 31.Ke3 Nb2 32.Ke4 Ra8 33.f5 gxf5
34.Nxf5 h5 35.Nh6+ Kg7 36.Nxf7 Kg6 37.Nd6 Ra4 38.Kd5 Ra5+
39.Kd4 Ra1 40.Kc3 Na4+ 41.Kb4 c3 42.Kb5 Nb2 43.e6 Re1 44.e7
Re5+ 45.Kb6 Na4+ 46.Ka7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.10.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.O-O b5 7.a4 Bb7
8.Ne5 Qb6 9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 Nbd7 11.Be3 c5 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.d5
bxa4 14.Qxa4 exd5 15.Nc3 d4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rd8 18.Bf4 Qf6
19.Qb5 Bd6 20.Ra6 Rb8 21.Bb7 Bxf4 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.gxf4 f5
24.Qc6 Kd8 25.Qd5 Kc7 26.Bc6 1-0

[Event "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Ng5
Nc6 8.d5 Nb8 9.f3 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.g4 c6 12.gxh5 Nxh5 13.O-O-O
Qa5 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 b5 16.Kb1 b4 17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Qd2 cxd5
19.Nf4 b3 20.Qxa5 bxc2 21.Kc1 cxd1=Q+ 22.Kxd1 Nxf4 23.exd5 Bf5
24.Qd2 Nh5 25.Qe3 Rc7 26.Bb5 Kf8 27.Qd4 Nf6 28.Nh7+ Kg7
29.Nxf6 exf6 30.h5 gxh5 31.Rxh5 1-0

[Event "It (open), Bad Wiessee (Germany)"]
[Site "It (open), Bad Wiessee (Germany)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maurice Ashley"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. Nce2 c5 8. c3 Ngf6 9. f3 e5 10. d5 Nb6 11. Ng3 h5 12. N1e2
h4 13. Nf1 Nfd7 14. h3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nh2 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. f4 e4 19. Nf1 Bh6 20. Bf2 Ne5 21. Ne3 Nd3+ 22. Kf1
Rb8 23. Nxc4 a5 24. b3 Ba6 25. Ne3 Nxf4 26. c4 Nd3 27. Nc1
Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Qf6 29. Rb1 Qd4 30. Ke2 f4 31. Nf5 f3+ 32. Ke1
Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 fxg2 34. Kxg2 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6
13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7 16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Qf1 c5 18.Re1
Kh8 19.a4 Nf4 20.Ne4 Nh3+ 21.Kh1 c4 22.dxc4 Nxf2+ 23.Qxf2 f5
24.Qd4 fxe4 25.Be3 Qh3 26.Qxd6 Rf2 27.Bxf2 e3+ 28.Qd5 Bxd5+
29.cxd5 exf2 30.Rf1 Rf8 31.axb5 Qg4 32.Kg2 Qf3+ 33.Kh3 Rf5
34.Ra4 Rh5+ 35.Rh4 Rxh4+ 36.Kxh4 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3
Rb8 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.d5 Bxf3 10.exf3 Ne5 11.b3 Re8 12.f4 Ned7
13.Re1 Nf8 14.Rc1 a6 15.Be3 N6d7 16.b4 e5 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Ba7
Ra8 19.Be3 Qb8 20.Ne4 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.Qxd4
Qa7 24.Qf6 Nd7 25.Qb2 a5 26.c5 axb4 27.cxd6 c5 28.Rxe6 Rxe6
29.Bd5 Re8 30.Qb3 Kf7 31.Re1 Qa3 32.Rxe6 Qxb3 33.Re7+ Kf8
34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Bxb3 b5 36.Rxd7 c4 37.Re7 Kf8 38.Rxe8+ Kxe8
39.Bc2 Kd7 40.f3 Kxd6 41.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Site "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o  NED"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friso Nijboer"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Nb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8
13.Na3 c6 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Nbd7 16.f4 Bb7 17.Nf2 Bc8 18.d4 Qa5
19.Nc2 c5 20.Ne3 c4 21.Nf5 Re8 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.Bc2 Re8 24.g4
b4 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.cxb4 Qxb4 27.f5 Nc5 28.h4 c3 29.g5 hxg5
30.hxg5 Nh7 31.bxc3 Qxc3 32.Re3 Qd4 33.Rh3 Qxd1+ 34.Bxd1 Bb7
35.Bc2 Ra8 36.g6 Ra1 37.gxh7+ Kh8 38.Rc3 Rxc1+ 39.Kh2 Bxe4
40.Nxe4 Nxe4 41.Rc8+ Kxh7 42.f6 g6 43.Kg2 Re1 44.Rc7 Ng5
45.Bb3 Re2+ 46.Kg1 Kh6 47.Bxf7 Nxf7 48.Rxf7 Kg5 49.Rf8 Kf5
50.Kf1 Re4 51.Kg2 Ke6 52.f7+ Ke7 53.Ra8 Kxf7 54.Ra6 Rg4+
55.Kf3 Rf4+ 56.Kg3 Rf6 57.Ra1 Ke6 58.Kg4 Rf4+ 59.Kg5 Rd4
60.Ra5 Rd1 61.Kxg6 Rg1+ 62.Kh5 Kf5 63.Kh4 Kf4 64.Kh3 e4 65.Kh2
Rg8 0-1

[Event "Anibal open"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bogdan Lalic"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Qe7
8.Qe2 Ng8 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Nh3 c4 11.Be3 axb5 12.O-O-O Qb4 13.Nf4
Ne7 14.Bb6 h5 15.Rxd5 Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qd2
Be6 19.Be2 Nc6 20.f4 b4 21.f5 bxc3 22.Qxc3 Ra3 23.Qb2 c3
24.Qb5 Bxf5 25.Rf1 Rxa2 26.Rxf5 Nb4 27.Qa5 g6 0-1

[Event "Klooster, Ter Apel NED"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+
c6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nd7
13.O-O c5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bg5 16.Bg3 g6 17.h4 Bh6 18.h5
Qe7 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Qg4 Bc8 21.Qe2 Be6 22.f4 f5 23.a4 Rf7
24.Kf2 Bf8 25.Rh1 Rh7 26.Qd2 Rb8 27.Be2 Rb7 28.Bb5 Rc7 29.Rxh7
Qxh7 30.a5 c4 31.axb6 axb6 32.Ra6 Bc5 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.Kg1 Qh5
35.Ba4 g5 36.Bf2 Kg6 37.Be8+ Bf7 38.Qxd5 Bxe8 39.Rxe8 Qe2
40.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Klooster, Ter Apel NED"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.h3 Re8 9.e4 exd4 10.Nxd4 c6 11.Re1 a5 12.Rb1 Nc5 13.b3
Bd7 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Bxd6 Nfxe4 16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 Rxe4 18.Nxe4
Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Rd1 Bg7 21.Bb8 Rxb8 22.Rxd7 b5 23.Nd6 a4
24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Nxf7 Re8 26.Kf1 Bc3 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.g4 axb3
29.axb3 Rf8 30.g5 Re8 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.h4 b4 34.Nf7+
Kg8 35.Nh6+ Kh8 36.Kg2 Rf8 37.Nf7+ Kg8 38.Nh6+ Kh8 39.f4 Bb2
40.Nf7+ Kg8 41.Nh6+ Kh8 42.Kf3 Bc3 43.Nf7+ Kg8 44.Nh6+ Kh8
45.Kg4 Bg7 46.Rb7 Bc3 47.Nf7+ Kg8 48.Nh6+ Kh8 49.f5 gxf5
50.Nxf5 Bd2 51.Rd7 Bc1 52.Rd1 Bb2 53.h5 Rg8 54.Nh6 Re8 55.Rd8
Rxd8 56.Nf7+ Kg7 57.Nxd8 Bc3 58.Kf5 Bd2 59.Ne6+ Kf7 60.Nf4 Kg7
61.Nd5 Kf7 62.h6 Kg8 63.Nf6+ Kh8 64.Ne4 Bc1 65.Kg4 Kg8 66.Nf6+
Kh8 67.Nd5 Bd2 68.Kh5 Kg8 69.g6 1-0

[Event "Viking op"]
[Site "Aaland-Stockholm"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lenka Ptacnikova"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[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.c4
d6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Bb1
Nbd7 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.b3 Rfe8 17.h3 Bf8 18.f4 Ned7
19.g4 g6 20.Nf3 Qb8 21.g5 Nh5 22.Qf2 d5 23.Nd2 Ba3 24.Rcd1 Bb4
25.Ne2 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Nxc5 27.cxd5 exd5 28.e5 Qc7 29.Nf3 Ne4
30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Nfd4 Red8 32.Qe3 Ng7 33.Rc1 Qd7 34.Kh2 Rxc1
35.Rxc1 Nf5 36.Nxf5 Qxf5 37.Nd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.a4 O-O 9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4
Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Ba7 Ra8 17.g5 Rd8 18.Qe2 Ne8
19.Be3 Be6 20.Bg4 Bc4 21.Qf2 Qc6 22.b3 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 f6 24.Nd5
Rxd5 25.exd5 Qxd5+ 26.Bf3 e4 27.c4 Qe6 28.Be2 Rd8 29.c5 Qxb3
30.Qf5 Kh8 31.Qxe4 Qd5 32.Bf3 Qxe4 33.Bxe4 Nc7 34.Bxb7 Kg8
35.gxf6 gxf6 36.c6 Rd3 37.Bb6 Bd8 38.a5 Kf7 39.Bc8 Rd6 40.Bd7
Rd2 41.Rf3 h5 42.Rb3 Rd5 43.Kg2 h4 44.Kf3 f5 45.Ke2 Re5+
46.Kd3 Ke7 47.Rb4 Nd5 48.Kd4 Nxb6 49.Kxe5 Nxd7+ 50.cxd7 Kxd7
51.Rd4+ Kc8 52.Rxd8+ Kxd8 53.Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2 bxc4 5.e4 d6 6.Bxc4 g6 7.b3 Bg7
8.Bb2 O-O 9.Ngf3 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Bc3 e6 13.dxe6
fxe6 14.h3 Nxc4 15.bxc4 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Nh5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rb1
Rf7 19.Rb3 Nf4 20.h4 h6 21.g3 Nh5 22.Rd3 Qf6 23.e5 dxe5
24.Rxe5 Rb8 25.Qe2 Kh7 26.Rxe6 Qf5 27.Re7 Rb1+ 28.Kh2 Ng7
29.Rxf7 Qxf7 30.Rd5 Qb7 31.Kg2 Qb2 32.Qxb2 Rxb2 33.Rd2 Rb6
34.Ne5 Ra6 35.Kf3 Ne6 36.Ke4 Nd4 37.Kd5 Nf5 38.Rb2 h5 39.Rb7+
Kg8 40.Rb8+ Kg7 41.Rb7+ Kg8 42.a4 Rxa4 43.Nxg6 Ra2 44.Ne7+
Nxe7+ 45.Rxe7 Rxf2 46.Rxa7 Rf3 47.Re7 1-0

[Event "4th World Team Ch"]
[Site "Lucerne, Switzerland"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.Qc2 Bxf3 7.exf3
Bg7 8.Bg5 c5 9.d5 h6 10.Be3 exd5 11.cxd5 O-O 12.g4 d6 13.h4
Nbd7 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Nh7 16.f4 Re8 17.Bb5 Nhf8 18.O-O-O a6
19.Bc6 b5 20.Bxa8 Qxa8 21.Ne4 b4 22.axb4 Qb8 23.f3 cxb4 24.Kb1
b3 25.Qd3 Nc5 26.Bd4 Nxd3 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Skolernes Skakklub"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.a3 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Ba2 b5 9.Re1 Rb8 10.c3 a5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qb6 13.Nf1
Bg4 14.Be3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qb7 16.Ng3 a4 17.f4 Na5 18.Bd2 Nc4
19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Bb4 h5 21.d5 h4 22.Nf1 Nh5 23.Qg4 Qc8 24.f5
Bxb2 25.Qxh4 Bf6 26.Qg4 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Nf6 28.Qg2 c3 29.Ne3 Kh8
30.Rc1 Rxb4 31.axb4 a3 32.Kh1 a2 33.f4 Qa6 34.Ra1 Qd3 35.fxg6
fxg6 36.Qh3+ Nh5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Daniel Roos"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2 c5 9.Rb1 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6
13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5 16.d6 Rb8 17.Ba3 Bf5 18.Rbd1
b6 19.h3 Qf6 20.Bb2 Rbd8 21.Bb5 Bd7 22.c4 Qf5 23.Bxd7 Rxd7
24.Qe2 Qe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Be5 a6 27.Rf3 Bb4 28.Rb3 Kf7 29.Kf2
Rb7 30.Ke3 Ke8 31.Ke4 Kd7 32.h4 b5 33.Rc1 Kc6 34.g4 bxc4
35.Rxc4 Rfb8 36.d7 Rd8 37.a3 Ba5 38.Rxc5+ Kxc5 39.Rxb7 Kc6
40.Ra7 Bb6 41.Rxa6 Rxd7 42.Ra8 Bd8 43.h5 gxh5 44.gxh5 Rd2
45.Ra7 Rh2 46.Rxh7 Rh3 47.h6 Bb6 48.Bd4 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1st"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Thorsten Kaftan"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Nxd5
7.e4 Nb6 8.d5 Ne5 9.f4 Ned7 10.a4 c6 11.a5 Nc8 12.a6 Qc7
13.axb7 Qxb7 14.Ba6 Qc7 15.Qa4 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Qd6 17.Bb7 Rb8
18.e5 Ncb6 19.Qxa7 Rxb7 20.Qxb7 Qxd5 21.Ra8+ Nxa8 22.Qc8# 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 1998"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Burmakin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7
7. Bg2 d6 8. Nc3 Bxa6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Qc2 Bb7 13. e4 Ba6 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. b3 Ne5 16. Nf3 Nbd7
17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Na4 c4 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Bd4 Rab8
22. Qc3 Rfc8 23. f4 cxb3 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. fxe5 b2 26. Rab1
Rb4 27. exd6 Bxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rxd4 30. d7 Rxb1
31. d8=Q+ Kg7 32. Qxe7 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rf1+ 34. Bxf1 b1=Q
35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Bxa6 Qd1+ 38. Kf4 Rf2+ 39. Ke5
Qa1+ 40. Kd6 Qf6+ 41. Kd7 Qxa6 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kg7
44. Qe5+ Kh6 45. Nc3 Rb2 46. Qf4+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ f6 48. Qe7+ Kh6
49. d6 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1998-9"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "1998.11.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rainer F A Knaak"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3
Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4 8. Rd1 O-O 9. e3 Ne7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. O-O Ng6 13. Be1 a5 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. f3 Nd6 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Bg3 Rfc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 c5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Bc4 cxd4 23. Bxf7+ Kh7 24. Rf3 Qd7 25. Qd3 Rc5
26. Rh3+ Rh5 27. Rxh5+ gxh5 28. e5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1998-9"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "1998.11.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stuart C Conquest"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bh4 e4 11. Ne1 Nb6 12. b3
Be6 13. c4 Nc8 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Bg3 Nf5 16. Bf4 h5 17. Nc2 Nh7
18. cxd5 cxd5 19. f3 exf3 20. gxf3 Rc8 21. Rg1 Bd7 22. Nf1 Bh6
23. Bxh6 Nxh6 24. Nb4 Nf5 25. Nxd5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Nxd4 27. exd4
Rxe2 28. Qc4 Re6 29. Nf4 Qf6 30. d5 Re1 31. Qc7 Bh3 32. Ng2
Qxf3 0-1

[Event "2nd OIBM Bad Wiesee Germany"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikheil Kekelidze"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6
12. Nf3 Kg7 13. O-O-O Be6 14. e3 Nd7 15. Kb1 c6 16. Bd3 a5
17. Qg3 Qb8 18. Ne2 Qxg3 19. Nxg3 Be7 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Ne2 Nf6
22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Rc2 Rhe8 24. Ne2 Ne4 25. Nc3 f5 26. Na4 Rad8
27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rd1 Bg4 31. Rdd2
Rd6 32. b3 Rf6 33. Kb2 Rh5 34. g3 Bh3 35. Nb6 Bf1 36. Rc1 Bh3
37. Rh1 Bg4 38. Kc3 Rhf5 39. Rh2 Re6 40. a3 Kf7 41. Na4 Re7
42. Rh1 Ke6 43. Rc1 Ke5 44. Kb2 Ref7 45. Rcc2 Bh3 46. Nc5 Bf1
47. Ka1 Bb5 48. Na4 Bxa4 49. bxa4 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Kb1
R5f6 52. Kc1 Rh6 53. Kd1 Rh1+ 54. Ke2 Ra1 55. Ra2 Rg1 56. Rab2
Kf5 57. Rd1 Rxd1 58. Kxd1 Kg4 59. Ke2 Kh3 0-1

[Event "2nd OIBM Bad Wiesee Germany"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.12.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Christian Gabriel"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6
12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Qc2 O-O-O
17. Qg6 Bb3 18. a5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nc5 20. Ra3 a6 21. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "2nd OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.11.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Holger Grund"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Na6 8. O-O Nb4 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. e4 Bg6
12. Be3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bh7
17. f4 g5 18. fxg5 Bg6 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Qg4 Nc2 21. Bxe6 Rxh4
22. Qxh4 Nxa1 23. Bxf7+ Bxf7 24. Qf6 Bc4 25. e6 Qc7 26. Qh8+
Ke7 27. Rf7+ Kd6 28. e5+ 1-0

[Event "2nd OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.12.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dorian Rogozenko"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 e5
13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Bd7 16. Ba3 Ne8 17. Rfb1
Rc8 18. e4 Qc7 19. Bb2 Qc5 20. Ba1 f5 21. Qd1 f4 22. Qe2 fxg3
23. hxg3 Bh6 24. Nf1 Nc4 25. a4 Na3 26. R1b3 bxa4 27. Nxa4 Qc1
28. Bb2 Qc2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Bxa3 Rfxf2 31. Bh1 Bh3 32. Rb1
Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "2nd OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.12.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Pawel Jaracz"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 Bb7
7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Rad1 c5 13. Bb5 c4 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. a3 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Qd6 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rb1 Re8 21. Rfe1
Qc7 22. Bg3 Qc8 23. f3 Rce6 24. Bf2 Nf8 25. Nf1 Ng6 26. Qc2
Qc6 27. a4 Ne7 28. Bh4 g5 29. Bf2 Nc8 30. Rb2 Nd6 31. Reb1 Nd7
32. Bg3 Nc8 33. Bf2 Nd6 34. Ng3 Rg6 35. h3 Rge6 36. Ra1 Rf8
37. e4 Rfe8 38. e5 Nc8 39. Nf5 Rg6 40. h4 Ne7 41. h5 Re6
42. g4 Kh8 43. Bg3 Ng8 44. Nd6 R8e7 45. Nf5 Re8 46. Nd6 R8e7
47. Re1 Qa8 48. Qf5 f6 49. Nf7+ Kg7 50. Qg6+ Kf8 51. Nxh6 Rg7
52. Qf5 Qe8 53. Nxg8 Kxg8 54. Rbb1 fxe5 55. Bxe5 Nxe5 56. Rxe5
Rxe5 57. Qxe5 Qxe5 58. dxe5 Re7 59. Rxb6 Rxe5 60. Kf2 Kf7
61. Rb5 Ke6 62. Rxa5 Kd6 63. Ra8 Re7 64. h6 Rh7 65. f4 d4
66. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "2nd OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "1998.12.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Valeri Yandemirov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. Ba3 b6
17. Bb5 Qf6 18. Bb2 Bf5 19. Rbd1 a6 20. Bc6 Rad8 21. Qe3 c4
22. Qe5 Kg7 23. d6 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rf3 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Re8
27. Rd5 Re6 28. Bc1 f6 29. Bf4 Kg8 30. a4 g5 31. Bg3 g4
32. Rf4 Bxc3 33. Rxg4+ Kf7 34. exf6 Bxf6 35. Rxc4 Re2 36. Kf1
Rb2 37. Rc7 Ke6 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. d7 Rb4 40. Rc6+ Ke7 41. Re1+
Kf7 42. Rxf6+ Kxf6 43. Bd6 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Galkin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Rb1 Bh6
17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. b3 bxc3 19. bxc4 Qa6 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. dxe6
Qb2 22. e7 Re8 23. Bc6 Qd2 24. Qb3 Qb2 25. Bxd7+ 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Aleksej Aleksandrov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 c4 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O
12. g3 Bf5 13. Bg2 Rd8 14. O-O Bd3 15. Re1 Qa6 16. e4 Nd7
17. e5 Nf8 18. a4 Qe6 19. Nf1 Re8 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. f4 Ng6
22. Bf1 Be4 23. Bg2 Bd3 24. Qh5 Ne7 25. g4 Qg6 26. Qh4 f5
27. exf6 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5+ Kf8
31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. Bc6 Re2 33. Rxe2 Bxe2 34. h3 Ke7 35. Re1 Kd6
36. Bb5 a6 37. Rxe2 axb5 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Kf2 Rb3 40. Re3
Rb2+ 41. Kf3 Kd5 42. h4 Rh2 43. Kg3 Rh1 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5
fxg5 46. hxg5 Rh8 47. Kg4 Rg8 48. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 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+ Qd7 15. Ne5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5+
Kf8 17. f3 Ne8 18. Bd7 Rd8 19. Bc6 Bc8 20. Be3 f6 21. Nd3 Bd7
22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Rhc1 Nd6 25. a4 Nb7 26. Rc3 Na5
27. g4 Bd6 28. h3 Rc7 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Rc1 Bb8 31. f4 Rd8
32. e5 Ke7 33. Rc3 Kd7 34. f5 fxe5 35. Nxe5+ Bxe5 36. dxe5
exf5 37. gxf5 Rf8 38. e6+ Kd6 39. Rd3+ Kc6 40. e7 Re8 41. Bg5
Nb7 42. Kf3 Nd6 43. Kf4 Kc7 44. Bh4 Nf7 45. f6 g6 46. Ke4 Kc6
47. Rc3+ Kd6 48. Bg3+ Kd7 49. Kd5 Ra8 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Kc6 1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 b4 12. Na4
Nxe4 13. Bxc4 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nd7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qxg4 Qe7
17. O-O+ Ke8 18. Bxe6 Bc8 19. Rae1 Kd8 20. d5 Qg7 21. dxc6
Qxg4 22. Bxg4 Nb6 23. Rf7 Bd6 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. c7+ Bxc7
26. Rd1+ Ke8 27. Bh5 Bg4 28. Rh7+ Bxh5 29. Rxh8+ Ke7 30. Re1+
1-0

[Event "President's Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6
17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3
Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Nd3 24. h4 b3 25. Kg2 Kb7 26. Ra4 Bb4
27. Bd2 Bc5 28. Be3 Rg8 29. Bg5 Qd4 30. Rb1 Kc6 31. Qd2 Bb6
32. Kh3 e5 33. Be3 Qxe3 34. Rxc4+ Kd5 35. Qxe3 Bxe3 36. Rc3 e4
37. Ra1 Ke5 38. Ra5+ Kxf6 39. fxe4 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Ng4 41. Rc6+
Kg7 42. Kf3 Kh7 43. Rc7 Bb6 44. Rh5+ Nh6 45. Rc6 Rg6 46. Rxg6
fxg6 47. Rb5 Kg7 48. g4 Nf7 49. e5 Nd8 50. Rxb3 Ne6 51. Rb4
Kf7 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Rc4 Bf2 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Kf7 56. Kd5
Bb6 57. h6 Nc7+ 58. Rxc7+ Bxc7 59. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Slobodjan"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6
7. Nb3 Bg7 8. g4 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. f5 Bd7 11. g5 Ne8 12. O-O
a5 13. a4 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nb4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxf5 17. Bf3
Rc8 18. c3 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bg2 d5 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Be3 Qd8
23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Qb3 Nc5 25. Qa2 Nd3 26. Rg1 Qxg5 27. Rge1 Qh5
28. Rf1 Be5 29. Bg1 Bh3 30. Bxd5 Bxf1 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Rxf1
Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Baklan"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Qe7
7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nc6
12. Bc2 O-O-O 13. a3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Rhg8 16. Rxd6 Rxd6
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxf6 g4 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. f4 gxf3
22. gxf3 h5 23. h3 Rd8 24. f4 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Qh8+ Qd8
27. Qxh5 Qe7 28. Qe2 Rd8 29. Nb3 Rg8 30. Qd3 Bf3 31. Rf1 Rd8
32. Qc3 Be2 33. Re1 Qd6 34. Nxc5 Bd1 35. Ne4 Qd7 36. Nc5 Qd6
37. Ne4 Qd7 38. c5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guenther Beikert"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7
7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e4 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Qc1 c6 13. h3 Bxh3 14. Bxh3 Nf3+ 15. Kf1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2
Nxe1 17. Kxe1 Rxe4+ 18. Kf1 Qg5 19. Nc3 Re7 20. Rd1 d5 21. b4
Rae8 22. b5 Qf6 23. Qb4 Re3 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Qf3 26. Bg2
Qxd3+ 27. Kg1 d4 28. Na4 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 Qxb5
31. Qxd4 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+ 33. Bh3 Qd1 34. Qxa7 Rh1+ 35. Kg2
Qd5+ 36. f3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Site "Bundesliga 1998/99, Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Koehn"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Bg5 a6
7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 Qa5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Ra3 Ne5 12. Qc2
e6 13. Bd2 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Ne2 axb5
17. axb5 Rxa3 18. bxa3 d5 19. f4 Qh4+ 20. g3 Nf3+ 21. Kf2 Qh5
22. h4 dxe4 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Qxe4 Nxb5 25. Bg2 Bg4 26. Bf3 Nd6
27. Qd5 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qf5 29. g4 Qd3 30. Ng3 Qxa3 31. Qd5 Qb2+
32. Kf3 Nb5 33. Bxc5 Nd4+ 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Ne4 Rb8 36. Rb1
Qxb1 37. Qxd4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Dibyendu Barua"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7
7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1
Ne4 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Ba6 Qc8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qb5 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Ne4 21. Rcd1
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rac8 23. a3 Bf8 24. Rcd3 Rc5 25. Qb3 Rd6 26. Nd4
Qd7 27. Ne2 Qf5 28. Nc3 Qg6 29. Nxd5 Qe6 30. Rd4 Rdc6 31. R4d2
Rc1 32. Qd3 Qe5 33. Qb3 Qe6 34. Qa4 R6c4 35. b4 a5 36. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 axb4 39. axb4 Qe4 40. Qd4 Qb1+
41. Kh2 b5 42. e4 Qe1 43. e5 Qe2 44. g4 Qe1 45. Kg3 Qe2
46. Nc3 Qb2 47. Nxb5 Qxb4 48. Qxb4 Bxb4 49. Kf4 Be1 50. f3 Kf8
51. Ke4 Ke7 52. Kd5 Bd2 53. Nd4 Bc1 54. Ne2 Bd2 55. Ng3 Bc1
56. Nh5 Kf8 57. Ke4 Bd2 58. f4 g6 59. Nf6 Bc1 60. Nd5 Bd2
61. f5 Bc1 62. Nf4 Kg7 63. Nd3 Ba3 64. f6+ Kh7 65. Kd5 g5
66. e6 fxe6+ 67. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Rc8
12. O-O Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 b5 15. c5 b4 16. Bxb4 Nf6
17. Qe1 Nd5 18. Ba5 Qe8 19. Qe4 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 Bf6 21. h4 g6
22. h5 Bd8 23. Bd2 f5 24. Qe2 gxh5 25. Re1 Rf6 26. Bh3 h6
27. Nh4 Qf7 28. Bg2 Bc7 29. Bf3 Qg7 30. Qa6 Qd7 31. Bxh5 Bb8
32. Nf3 Kh7 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Rff8 35. Qe2 Rg8 36. Kg2 Qg7
37. Rh1 f4 38. Bf3 Rgf8 39. Be4+ Rf5 40. Bxf5+ exf5 41. Qh5
Qg6 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kf3 Rd8 44. Bxf4 h5 45. Rd1 Kf7 46. Rh1
Kg6 47. Re1 Nb4 48. Re2 Nd3 49. e6 Nxc5 50. e7 Re8 51. Rc2 Nd3
52. Rxc6+ Kf7 53. Bd6 Rxe7 54. Bxe7 Ne5+ 55. Kf4 Nxc6 56. Bc5
Ke6 57. b4 a6 58. Kg5 Ne5 59. Kxh5 Kd5 60. Kg5 Ke4 61. f4 Nd3
62. Be7 Nb2 63. a3 Nd1 64. a4 Nc3 65. b5 axb5 66. a5 Nd5
67. a6 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karen Asrian"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kh1 a6 12. Bf3
Nd7 13. f5 Bc4 14. Be2 Nce5 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. c3 Rfe8 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qd2 Qd3
22. Rad1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Nc4 24. Rdf2 Be5 25. h3 f6 26. Bc1 b5
27. Rd1 Kf7 28. g4 a5 29. Rd3 a4 30. Nd2 b4 31. Ne4 bxc3
32. bxc3 Rb8 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. Nd2 Rxc1 35. Nxc4 Bxc3 36. Nb6 a3
37. Rf1 Rc2+ 38. Rf2 Rc1 39. Rf1 Rxf1 40. Kxf1 Bb2 41. Nc4 Rc8
42. Nxa3 Rc5 43. Ke2 Bxa3 44. Rxa3 Rxd5 45. Ra8 Rb5 46. Kd3 f5
47. gxf5 gxf5 48. Kc4 Rc5+ 49. Kd3 Rc1 50. a4 Rh1 51. Rh8 Kg7
52. Rh4 e5 53. Kc4 f4 54. Rh5 Kg6 55. Rh8 Ra1 56. Kd5 Rxa4
57. Kxd6 e4 58. Rg8+ Kf5 59. Rf8+ Kg5 60. Rg8+ Kh4 61. Ke5 e3
0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rab1 Na5 16. Qa3
Rc8 17. c4 Qc5 18. Qc3 e5 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Rfd1
Be6 22. h3 O-O 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. Bg4 Rg8 26. Rd3
Rg5 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Rbd1 Rcg8 29. Rd6 Qc8 30. g3 Kg7
31. R1d5 h6 32. Rxe5 Rd8 33. Red5 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Rg6 35. Qf4 a4
36. bxa4 Qxc4 37. Rd8 Qc3 38. Kg2 Qb4 39. Ra8 h5 40. Qb8 Qxe4+
41. Kh2 Rg5 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kf5 44. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Dibyendu Barua"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6
7. h3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O a6
12. a4 Nb8 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. Qb3 Bd6
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a5 b5 19. Na2 Rfc8 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Kf8
22. Kf1 h6 23. Ke1 Ke7 24. Kd2 Kd6 25. f3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8
27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Be2 Bb7 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. f4 Bc6 31. Bh5 f6
32. Kc3 Ke7 33. Kb4 Kd6 34. Be8 Nb8 35. Bg6 Bd7 36. Kc3 Nc6
37. b4 Ne7 38. Bh5 Nf5 39. Kd2 Bc8 40. Nc5 Ne7 41. Bf3 Nc6
42. Kc3 f5 43. Bh5 Ke7 44. Nd3 Bd7 45. Nc5 Bc8 46. Bf3 g6
47. g4 Kd6 48. h4 fxg4 49. Bxg4 h5 50. Bf3 Ne7 51. e4 dxe4
52. Bxe4 Nd5+ 53. Bxd5 exd5 54. Kd3 Ke7 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Kf3
Bg4+ 57. Kf2 Bc8 58. Ke3 Kf5 59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Nd3 Bg4+ 61. Kg3
Bf5 62. Nc5 Bc8 63. Nb3 Bg4 64. Kf2 Bf5 65. Nd2 Bc8 66. Nf1
Be6 67. Ne3 Kf7 68. Kg3 Kg7 69. f5 gxf5 70. Kf4 Kf6 71. Nc2
Bd7 72. Ne1 Bc8 73. Nd3 Be6 74. Kf3 Ke7 75. Kg3 Kf6 76. Nc5
Bc8 77. Kf4 Kg6 78. Ke5 f4 79. Kxf4 Kf6 80. Kg3 Kg7 81. Kf3
Kg6 82. Nd3 Bg4+ 83. Ke3 Be6 84. Nf4+ Kf5 85. Nxh5 Kg4 86. Nf4
Bf7 87. Nd3 Be6 88. Nc5 Bc8 89. h5 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Dibyendu Barua"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7
7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg3 Re8
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Nf8 15. Ne2 c5 16. Nc3 Bb7
17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Bh4 19. Be4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 dxe4 21. Rxd8
Raxd8 22. Rd1 Ne6 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. exd6 Rd8 25. Qd1 b5 26. Nd5
Kf8 27. Nb6 g6 28. g4 Bc6 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Nd4 31. exd4
Rxd6 32. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. h3 Re8 11. g4 Nf8
12. O-O-O Be6 13. Ng5 Rc8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Be5
Bxg5 17. f4 Bh6 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Rg4 Nf6 20. Rdg1 N8d7 21. Rh4
Qe7 22. Kb1 c5 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Qg3 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Rce8 26. Bc2
b5 27. a3 Rf7 28. e4 b4 29. e5 bxc3 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. Bxc3 Rd8
32. Be5 d4 33. Qd3 Rc8 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rxh6 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5
37. Qxa6 Rb8 38. Qe6 Rd8 39. Qxe7 Rxe7 40. Be4 d3 41. Rc6 d2
42. Rd1 Rd4 43. Bf3 e4 44. Be2 e3 45. Rg1 Re8 46. Rc3 Rf4
47. Kc2 Rf2 48. Kd1 Rh2 49. b4 Rxh3 50. b5 Rh6 51. a4 Rh4
52. Rc4 Rxc4 53. Bxc4 Rc8 54. Rg4 h5 55. Re4 Kg7 56. b6 Rc6
57. a5 Rc5 58. b7 Rxa5 59. Rxe3 Ra1+ 60. Kxd2 Rb1 61. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O
12. g4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O-O e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. g5 Nd7
17. h4 Ne5 18. h5 Rc8 19. Rh4 c4 20. Rxe4 c3 21. bxc3 Qa5
22. Kb1 Rxc3 23. Bd4 Rfc8 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qd4 f6 26. gxf6
gxf6 27. f4 Bc5 28. Qa4 Qb6+ 29. Ka1 Nf7 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. h6+
Nxh6 32. Qd7+ Nf7 33. Rb1 Qd8 34. Rxb7 Qxd7 35. Rxd7 Rxc2
36. Bh5 Ba3 37. Re1 Bb4 38. Rxf7+ Kh6 39. Rh1 1-0

[Event "wcc elim"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Be3 Qb8 12.g3 Bc5
13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.O-O-O Nf6 15.f4 O-O 16.Bg2 e5 17.f5 Qd8 18.Bf3
Rb8 19.Rd2 g6 20.Rf1 Kh8 21.g4 gxf5 22.exf5 Bxf3 23.Rxf3 Nxg4
24.f6 Nxf6 25.Qf5 Rb6 26.Qxe5 Re8 27.Qxc5 Qe7 28.Qxe7 Rxe7
29.c5 Rc6 30.b4 a5 31.Kc2 axb4 32.axb4 Kg7 33.Kb3 Re5 34.Rdf2
Rce6 35.Rf5 Kg6 36.Rxe5 Rxe5 37.b5 Re3 38.Re2 Rf3 39.b6 Nd5
40.b7 Rxc3+ 41.Kb2 Rc4 42.b8=Q 1-0

[Event "wcc elim"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.b3 b6 9.Nd2 Ba6 10.e4 b5 11.e5 Ne8 12.c5 f6 13.f4 fxe5
14.fxe5 Nxc5 15.Rxf8+ Bxf8 16.dxc5 Bxc5+ 17.Kh1 Bd4 18.Bb2
Bxe5 19.Qe2 Qd6 20.Nce4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Qc7 22.Ng5 Bxb2 23.Qxe6+
Kh8 24.Nf7+ Qxf7 25.Qxf7 Nd6 26.Qf1 b4 27.Qd1 Bxa1 28.Qxa1 Re8
29.Bxc6 Rc8 30.Bg2 h6 31.h3 Rc3 32.Qe1 Bd3 33.g4 Bc2 34.Kh2
Kh7 35.Qe6 Rd3 36.Bd5 Rd2+ 37.Kg1 Rd1+ 38.Kf2 Rxd5 39.Qxd5
Ne4+ 40.Ke1 Nc3 41.Qa5 Bd3 42.a3 Kg8 1-0

[Event "wcc elim"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d3 Nh5
8.Nc3 f5 9.O-O Nc6 10.b5 Ne7 11.e4 c5 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.c5 d5
14.exd5 cxd5 15.Qb3 e4 16.dxe4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 dxe4
19.Ng5 Bf5 20.Nxe4 Rb8 21.Qc3 Nd5 22.Qa3 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Nhf6
24.Bf3 Qc7 25.Rac1 Ne7 26.c6 Nf5 27.Qc3 Rbc8 28.Rfe1 Qg7
29.Rcd1 Rc7 30.Re6 h5 31.Qe5 Kh7 32.h3 Ng8 33.Qe4 Nf6 34.Qe5
Ng8 35.Qe4 Rf6 36.Rxf6 Nxf6 37.Qb4 Qe7 38.Qb8 Nd6 39.g4 hxg4
40.hxg4 Nf7 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Re1 Qd8 43.Qb2 Ng5 44.Re3 Qd6 45.Qa3
Qxa3 46.Rxa3 Kf7 47.Be2 Ne6 48.Ra4 Nd5 49.Bf3 Ne7 50.Kg3 Kf6
51.Rc4 Ke5 52.Rc1 Nd4 53.Re1+ Kf6 54.Bg2 Nexc6 55.f4 Ne7
56.Bf1 Rc3+ 57.Kg2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "wcc elim"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.01.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6
13.c5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Ng7 16.Rfd1 Be6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.f4
Bf6 19.Nb5 Be7 20.Rac1 a6 21.Nd4 Bf6 22.Nf3 Qa5 23.Qxa5 Nxa5
24.b4 Nc6 25.Rb1 h6 26.a4 g5 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.g4 Ne5 29.Nxe5
Bxe5 30.Be3 Rf8 31.Rf1 Bf4 32.Bxf4 gxf4 33.Bf3 Rf7 34.a5 Rd8
35.Rbe1 d4 36.Re4 d3 37.Bd1 d2 38.Rfxf4 Rxf4 39.Rxf4 Ne8
40.Kf2 Nc7 41.h4 e5 42.Rc4 Nd5 43.Kf3 Rf8+ 44.Ke2 Rd8 45.Kf3
Rf8+ 46.Ke2 Rd8 47.Rc2 Nf4+ 48.Ke3 Nd5+ 49.Ke2 Nf4+ 50.Kf3 Kf7
51.c6 bxc6 52.Rxc6 Rd3+ 53.Ke4 Ke7 54.h5 Rd4+ 55.Kxe5 Rxb4
56.Rc7+ Kf8 57.Rd7 Ng2 58.h6 Kg8 59.g5 Ne3 60.g6 Rb5+ 61.Ke4
1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mark Danilovich Tseitlin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6
13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5 16.d6 b6 17.Bf3 Bf5 18.Bxa8
Bxb1 19.Bc6 Bf5 20.Re1 Qf6 21.Bb2 Rd8 22.Re8+ Rxe8 23.Bxe8 c4
24.Bb5 Qd8 25.Bxc4 b5 26.Bb3 Bb6+ 27.Kh1 Qe8 28.Bd5 Be4
29.Bxe4 Qxe4 30.d7 Qb1+ 31.Bc1 Kg7 32.h3 h5 33.Kh2 Kh7 34.Kg3
Qe4 35.Kh2 Qb1 36.Qd1 Bc7 37.Qe1 Bb6 38.Qd2 Bc7 39.Ba3 Bb6
40.Bc1 1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Victor Mikhalevski"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5
7.d4 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6
13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5 16.d6 b6 17.Bf3 Bf5 18.Bxa8
Bxb1 19.Bc6 Bf5 20.Re1 Qf6 21.Bb2 Rd8 22.Re8+ Rxe8 23.Bxe8 a6
24.a4 Qd4+ 25.Qxd4 cxd4 26.d7 b5 27.cxd4 b4 28.d5 Kf8 29.Bf6
b3 30.d6 Bd8 31.Bb2 Be4 32.Kf2 f5 33.Ke3 Bc6 34.Kd3 Bxa4
35.Kc4 Bc6 36.g3 Bf3 37.Kxb3 Bd5+ 38.Kb4 Bf7 39.Bxf7 Kxf7
40.Kc5 Ke6 41.Kc6 a5 42.Ba3 a4 43.Bb4 h6 44.h4 h5 45.Ba3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Burmakin"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nd7
7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O Nc8 9. h3 Bh5 10. b3 c5 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Ncb6 15. Rd1 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 a6
17. Nf3 Qc8 18. Qd4 Qc6 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Qe3 Qb5
22. b4 h6 23. bxc5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Bxc5 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Ne4 Be7
27. Rab1 Qc6 28. Rxb7 Rd8 29. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zaw Win Lay"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6
7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3
Bd6 13.Nf5 Bxh2+ 14.Kh1 O-O 15.Nxg7 Rd8 16.Qf3 Kxg7 17.Bh6+
Kg6 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 e5 20.Kxh2 Ng4+ 21.Kg1 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "WCC2000"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mohamed Tissir"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 a6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Bd6
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3
Bd5 17. Nfd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b4 19. Qc6 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nc4
Qe7 22. e4 Rfe8 23. Rf1 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. f4 Bd6 26. Kf3
Bf8 27. Rac1 Nb6 28. Nba5 Rcd8 29. Rfd1 h5 30. Ne3 Rxd1
31. Rxd1 Na4 32. Nac4 Nb6 33. e5 a5 34. Nxa5 Ra8 35. Nc6 Rxa2
36. Rd8 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Nxa8 38. Nd5 Nb6 39. Ndxb4 Bxb4 40. Nxb4
c5 41. Nd3 c4 42. Nc5 Nd5 43. Na4 Kh7 44. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 g5 9. b4 g4 10. Ne1 Nxb4 11. Nc2 Nc6
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. d4 f6 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 fxe5 16. Ba3
a5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ne1 Ba6 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. exd3 Rhd8
21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Rbc1 Ra6 23. a3 h5 24. Re1 Rb6 25. Nd2 Kf6
26. Nc4 Rb3 27. Rxe5 Rxd3 28. Rxh5 Rc3 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Ne3
Rd4 31. Rc5 Nb5 32. Rxc6+ Kf7 33. Rc5 c6 34. Nc4 Ke6 35. Kg2
a4 36. h3 gxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Nd6 38. Nb6 Nb5 39. Rxc6+ Kf7 40. Rc4
Rd2 41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. Nxa4 Nxa3 43. Nc5 Nc2 44. Ne4 Rd5
45. Rg4+ Kf7 46. Rg5 Rd4 47. Rc5 Ne1 48. Ng5+ Kf6 49. g4 Nd3
50. Rf5+ Kg6 51. f3 Nf4+ 52. Kg3 Nh5+ 53. Kh4 Rd1 54. Nh3 Ng7
55. Nf4+ Kh7 56. Rd5 Rf1 57. Rd3 Ra1 58. Rd7 Kg8 59. Nd5 Ne6
60. Re7 Nd4 61. f4 Kf8 62. Re4 Nf3+ 63. Kg3 Nd2 64. Re2 Ra3+
65. Ne3 Ne4+ 66. Kf3 Nd6 67. Rc2 Kf7 68. Rc7+ Ke8 69. f5 Nf7
70. Kf4 Nd6 71. Nd5 Ra4+ 72. Kg5 Nf7+ 73. Kf6 Nd6 74. g5 Ra5
75. Ke6 Ra6 76. Nf6+ Kf8 77. Nd7+ Kg8 78. Nb8 Rb6 79. Rc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4
12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4
17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rfb1 Bc7 21. Be4 Nxa4
22. Rd5 Bd6 23. Rh5 g6 24. Rxb7 Bc7 25. Rd5 Qc8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Bd5 Rd7 28. Qf6 Qd8 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bc6 Bb6 31. Bxa4
Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxa7 c3 34. Bb3 Rb4 35. Ra3 Kg7 36. Kf1
f5 37. Bc2 Rc4 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Kd3 Rf4 40. f3 Kg5 41. Ke3 Rc4
42. Ra4 f4+ 43. Kf2 Rxa4 44. Bxa4 Kh4 45. Bc2 Kg5 46. g3 fxg3+
47. Kxg3 Kh5 48. f4 Kh6 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. h4 h6 51. Kf3 Kf7
52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kd4 g5 54. hxg5+ hxg5 55. f5 g4 56. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch "]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rafael Duailibe Leitao"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. d4 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. c5 Bf8 15. c6 exd4 16. cxb7+
Kb8 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Be4 Nd5 19. Rb1 Nc3 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3
Nxb1 22. Rxb1 Rd6 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. Bxc7+ Kxc7 25. Rc1+ Bc5
26. Rxc5+ Kb8 27. Bc6 Rd8 28. d5 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Kxb7 30. Kg2 a6
31. a4 Rd7 32. Kg3 Kb6 33. Rc6+ Ka5 34. d6 Kxa4 35. Rc7 Rxd6
36. Rxg7 h5 37. Rh7 Rd5 38. Rh6 Rg5+ 39. Kf4 Rg2 40. Rxh5 Rxf2
41. h4 a5 42. Rh8 Ka3 43. h5 Rh2 44. h6 a4 45. h7 Rh5 46. Kg4
Rh1 47. f4 Rh2 48. Kf5 Rh4 49. Ke4 Rh5 50. f5 Ka2 51. Ra8 Rxh7
52. Rxa4+ Kb3 53. Ra6 Re7+ 54. Re6 Rf7 55. Kd5 Kc3 56. Re8 Ra7
57. Ke6 Ra6+ 58. Kf7 Kd4 59. Re6 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6
8.dxc5 Nxe5 9.Nd4 Nf6 10.f4 Ned7 11.f5 exf5 12.c6 bxc6 13.Nxc6
Qc7 14.Bb5 a6 15.Qe2 Qd6 16.Ba4 f4 17.Bxf4+ Qe6 18.g5 Qxe2+
19.Kxe2 Nh5 20.Be3 Bf5 21.Nxd5 Bd6 22.Kf2 Bh3 23.Rad1 f6
24.Nb6 Nxb6 25.Bxb6 O-O 26.Rxd6 fxg5+ 27.Ke3 Rae8+ 28.Kd2 Nf6
29.Rd8 h5 30.Rxe8 Nxe8 31.Bc5 Rf4 32.Ne7+ Kf7 33.Bb3+ Be6
34.Bxe6+ Kxe6 35.Re1+ Kd7 36.Ng6 Rf5 37.Re7+ Kc6 38.Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7
8.Nb5 Bc7 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 a6 11.Nxc7+ Qxc7 12.Bb2 Qxe5+
13.Ne2 Qc7 14.Ng3 e5 15.Be2 Be6 16.f4 exf4 17.Nh5 Qe5 18.O-O
Bf5 19.Qh6 Rg6 20.Qxf4 Rxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Qxe2+ 22.Kg3 Qxh5 23.Bxd4
Nbc6 24.Rae1 Nxd4 25.Qxd4 Qh3+ 26.Kf2 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.03.08"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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
Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5 16.Rxb7 e6 17.d6 Rfd8
18.Re1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qa5 20.Rf1 Bf8 21.d7 Qa2 22.Bb5 a6 23.Ba4
Nxf3+ 24.Kg2 Ne5 25.Bb6 Qc4 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.Bxd4 Nd3 28.Bc6 Nc5
29.Rc7 Bd6 30.Bxc5 Bxc7 31.Bxa8 Rxa8 32.Be7 Rd8 33.Rd1 f5
34.Bxd8 Bxd8 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Rd6 Kf7 37.Rxa6 Ke7 38.Kg3 Bc7+
39.Kh4 Kxd7 40.Ra7 Kc6 41.Rxc7+ Kxc7 42.Kh5 e5 43.Kxh6 Kd6
44.Kg5 Ke6 45.h4 f4 46.h5 f3 47.Kg4 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mihail Marin"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4
12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15. b4 Ne6 16. g4 Bg6
17. Nf5 O-O 18. a4 Rfe8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. Qe2 Ncd8
22. Ra5 d4 23. Rd1 c6 24. N3xd4 Bg5 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Bc4 Qc7
27. Bxe6 Bxc1 28. Rd7 Qb6 29. Bxf7+ Bxf7 30. Raa7 Ra8 31. Rxa8
Rxa8 32. e6 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Smbat Gariginovich Lputian"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2
bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. Ba1 Bf5 15. Rxb8 Qxb8 16. h3 Qb4 17. e4
Bd7 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. e5 Ne8 21. Qf3 dxe5 22. fxe5
Qd4+ 23. Kh2 Qxe5 24. Ne4 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qxa2 26. Nxc5 Bb5
27. Qe4 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. Qxe7 Bc6 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4
Nf5 32. Qf4 Re8 33. Rd2 Qe6 34. Bd5 Qe3 35. Qxe3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4
7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O Rh8 16. Qg7 d4
17. Qg4 Nf5 18. Rfb1 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Qc7 20. Kf1 Rhg8 21. Qf4 f5
22. h3 Kb8 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Ng5 Rd5 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. Rab1 Ng6
27. Qh2 Qh7 28. Rb4 Nh4 29. Nxd4 Nxg2 30. Reb1 Qd7 31. Ne2
Rxd3 32. cxd3 Qxd3 33. Rc1 c2 34. Rd4 Qf3 35. Nf4 b6 36. Nxg2
Ba6+ 37. Kg1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Galkin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e5 Ne7
7. Nf3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbc6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O O-O
12. Rb1 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 Bg6 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Rd7
17. Rb5 b6 18. Re1 a6 19. Rb1 c4 20. Bc2 Nd8 21. Nh4 Rb8
22. f4 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 b5 24. f5 Ndc6 25. f6 Ng6 26. Nf5 h6
27. e6 hxg5 28. exd7 Qxd7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nxg7 b4 31. Qd2
Nf4 32. cxb4 Qa7 33. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1
Re8 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bf1 Nfd7 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. d6 Qa5 21. Red1 Kg7 22. Qe3
b6 23. b3 Bb7 24. Bc4 Bc6 25. Bd5 Rbc8 26. f4 b5 27. axb5 axb5
28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Qf4 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qd8 31. Ne7 Ra8 32. Nc6
Qg5 33. Qxg5 Rxg5 34. Ra1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 c4 36. bxc4 bxc4
37. Ra7 c3 38. Nd4 Rc5 39. Nc2 Rb5 40. Rxd7 Rb2 41. Ne3 Re2
42. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Galkin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4
7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O Rh8 16. Qxf7
Rdf8 17. Qg7 Rhg8 18. Qh6 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nd4 20. Qf4 Nef5
21. Kh1 Bb5 22. Rfd1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc5 24. Qc1 Kb8 25. Qd1 Rc8
26. Bf4 Nc6 27. Qe1 Qc4 28. Bg5 Ncd4 29. Qd1 Qa4 30. Ra2 Qc4
31. Ra1 Qa4 32. Ra2 Nb5 33. f4 Qe4+ 34. f3 Qa4 35. Qe1 d4
36. h4 Nc7 37. Qe4 0-1

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3
Kh8 13. Re1 c6 14. a3 Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bf4 Rc8
18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bg8 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Ne2
Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rb8 24. Qh3 Rb6 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. f3 g5 27. fxe4
gxf4 28. exf5 Qg5 29. Rc8 Qg7 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Nd7 Qg7
32. f6 Rxf6 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Kh1 Qxd4 35. Qc3 Qg7 36. Re7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Neum BIH"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6
12. O-O d4 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nd2 Re8
17. Bg3 Kh8 18. f4 f6 19. Kh2 Rc8 20. Rc1 Bf7 21. Qf3 Bg8
22. h4 Rf8 23. Qe2 Na5 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. g5 Nb3 26. Nxb3 Bxb3
27. h5 fxg5 28. fxg5 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Bc7 30. h6 Bxg3+ 31. Kxg3
Qd8 32. Qf5 gxh6 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. gxh6 Qd7 35. Qf6 Qf7
36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Kf4 Bf7 39. e5 b6 40. Bxh7 Bd5
41. Be4 Bc4 42. Bf5 1-0

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2001.05.18"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6
fxe6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. e5 Nc7 17. Ne4
Nd5 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Qc2 Bf8 20. Bd2 a5 21. h4 Be7 22. Rae1
Raf8 23. Be3 Nb4 24. Qc4 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Nxa6 26. Rd1 Bc8 27. Bh3
c4 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Nb4 30. Bd2 c5 31. a3 Nd3 32. b3 Nxe5
33. fxe5 Rxf1 34. Bxf1 Rxf1 35. Bh6 cxb3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rf8+
Ke7 38. Rxf1 b6 39. Kg1 Ba6 40. Rb1 a4 41. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Plauen GER"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Klaus Bischoff"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4
7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Ne3 Re8 11. Qc2 a5 12. f4
exf3 13. exf3 Ne7 14. f4 Rb8 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. Rfe1
Bh3 18. Bh1 Qd7 19. b3 b6 20. Nd5 Nf5 21. Re2 Nxd5 22. Rxe8+
Rxe8 23. cxd5 h5 24. Re1 Nh6 25. c4 Bf5 26. Qd4 Ng4 27. Bf3
Nf6 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Bg4 30. Bg2 Qf5 31. Qb2 Qd3 32. Bf2
Ne4 33. Bf1 Qd2 34. Qxd2 Nxd2 35. Bd4 Bd1 36. Be3 Nxf1
37. Kxf1 Bc2 38. Ke1 Bb1 39. Kd2 Bxa2 40. Kc2 a4 41. bxa4 Bxc4
42. a5 bxa5 43. Ba7 Kf8 44. Bb8 Ke7 45. Bxc7 a4 46. Ba5 a3
47. Bb4 a2 48. Bc3 g6 49. h4 Bxd5 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Kd4 Bc6
52. Ba1 Kf5 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. Kf2 f5 55. Bb2 Be8 56. Bc3 g5 0-1

[Event "EUR vs Tartarstan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[EventDate "2001.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. b4 b6 11. Bb2 Be7
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. f4 Bb7 15. Rf3 g6 16. Rh3 Bf6
17. e5 dxe5 18. Be4 Qc7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. fxe5 Qc7
22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 e5 24. Rf3 Rfd8 25. Rd5 h5 26. Rfd3 Nf8
27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Ne6 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5
Rc8 32. Bd6 g5 33. Kf2 Kh7 34. Be7 Kg6 35. Ke3 Rb8 36. Rd2 Kf5
37. Kd3 Rb4 38. Kc3 Rb1 39. Kc4 Rc1+ 40. Kd5 h4 41. c6 g4
42. Kd6 g3 43. hxg3 hxg3 44. Kd7 Rc3 45. Bd6 Kxf6 46. Re2 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Rapid Match"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.05"]
[EventDate "2001.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c4 Bg7
7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5
12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Re1 d6 14. Bf1 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. f4 gxf4
17. Bxf4 N7g6 18. Qd2 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Ng6 20. Qf3 f4 21. Rad1
Nh4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Qxd6 Qg5 24. Ne4 Qh5 25. Rd5 Qf7 26. Nf2
f3 27. g3 Nf5 28. Qf4 Be6 29. Rd2 Rac8 30. Qxf3 Bxc4 31. Bxc4
Qxc4 32. Rc1 Qe6 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Qd5 Ne3 35. Qd3 Ng4
36. Nxg4 Qxg4 37. Nc5 Qb4 38. Nd7 Re8 39. b3 Qe7 40. Kg2 Rd8
41. Qd5 b5 42. Qf5 b4 43. Kh3 a5 44. Ne5 Bxe5 45. Rxd8+ Qxd8
46. Qxe5+ Kh7 47. g4 Qd3+ 48. Kh4 Kg6 49. Qxa5 Qd2 50. Qf5+
Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg6 52. Kg3 Qc3+ 53. Kf4 Qd2+ 54. Kf3 Qxa2
55. Qd6+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Kg6 57. Qe4+ Kg7 58. Qxb4 Qxh2 59. Qe7+
Kg6 60. Qe4+ Kg7 61. Qd4+ Kg6 62. b4 Qh1+ 63. Kf4 Qf1+ 64. Ke5
Kg5 65. Kd6 Qf8+ 66. Kc7 Qe7+ 67. Kb6 Qe6+ 68. Ka5 Qa2+
69. Kb5 Qe2+ 70. Kc5 Qe7+ 71. Kd5 Qf7+ 72. Kc6 Qe6+ 73. Kc7
Qe7+ 74. Kc8 Qe6+ 75. Kd8 Qg8+ 76. Ke7 Qh7+ 77. Kf8 Qb7
78. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.11"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Nf4 cxd4
12. Bd3 Nxe5 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Bxg6+ Kd7 15. gxh5 Bb4+ 16. c3
dxc3 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. bxc3 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6
21. Rb1 Kd6 22. Ba3+ c5 23. Rhc1 Bd4 24. Rb7 Ne7 25. Rxc5 Bxc5
26. Bxc5+ Kxc5 27. Rxe7 Rhg8 28. Rxe6 Rab8 29. Ra6 Rb7 30. f4
Rd8 31. f5 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Kxd6 33. f6 gxf6 34. h6 Ke5 35. h7 Rb8
36. Bf7 Rh8 37. Bg8 f5 38. Ke3 d4+ 39. Kd3 f4 40. h5 f3 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Xiaomin Peng"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 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. c5 a5 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nd6 17. bxa5
Rxa5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bd2 Ra8 20. Rb1 Qa7 21. Bc4 Bd7 22. Be3
Qb8 23. Ne6 Rc8 24. Qd3 f4 25. Bg1 Ra4 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5
Rxa2 28. Qd7 Bf6 29. Rxb7 Qa8 30. Nxf4 Bh4 31. Nd3 Qa3
32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nfd7
7. a4 Nb6 8. axb5 Bb7 9. Be2 e6 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6
12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Re1 Nb4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4
17. Bxc4 Qc6 18. Bf1 Rd8 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rd1 h6
22. h3 Qa8 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Qe2 Kf8 26. Rd1 Nd5
27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Rc1 Rb7 29. Rc3 Bb4 30. Rc2 Be7 31. Qa6 Kg8
32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Qa4 Bb4 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Ba5 36. Rc5 Bb6
37. Rc3 Rb8 38. Kg3 Rd8 39. Rc4 Rd5 40. Kf3 Kg6 41. Ke4 f6
42. f4 f5+ 43. Kd3 Rb5 44. b4 Kf7 45. g4 g6 46. Bd2 Rd5
47. Bc3 Rd8 48. Bb2 Ra8 49. Rc3 Rd8 50. Rc1 Ra8 51. Kc4 Rd8
52. Ra1 Ke7 53. Bc3 Kf7 54. Rd1 Rd5 55. b5 Kg7 56. Bb4 Kf7
57. Rd3 fxg4 58. hxg4 h5 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. f5 h4 61. Bc3 Rd8
62. Rh3 exf5 63. Rxh4 Rg8 64. Rh5 Kg6 65. Rh1 f4 66. Rg1+ Kf7
67. Rxg8 Kxg8 68. Kd3 Kf7 69. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Bb5 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qg6
12. Bh5 Bg4 13. Bxg6 Bxd1 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Raxd1 Bxd4
16. Bxd4 N7c6 17. Ne4 Rhe8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Rde1
Nxd4 21. cxd4 Ne3 22. Rg1 h6 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. g3 Kf7 25. a3 a5
26. Kg2 Ne3+ 27. Kh3 Re7 28. g4 Rae8 29. Kg3 b5 30. a4 bxa4
31. Ra1 Rb8 32. Rxa4 Rxb2 33. Rxa5 Nc2 34. Rg2 Re3 35. Ra1
Rbb3 36. Rxc2 Rxf3+ 37. Kg2 Rxf4 38. Rxc7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6
7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2 h5 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Na5
12. Kb1 a6 13. h3 h4 14. Rhe1 Rh5 15. Nde2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4
17. b3 Rc8 18. Nf4 Re5 19. Nfd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Nf4 Qd7
22. Bd4 Qc6 23. Nd3 f6 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Bb2 b5 26. Re2 Kf7
27. Qe1 Ra8 28. Red2 g5 29. Rd8 Ra7 30. R1d3 a5 31. Qe3 Qa6
32. Rb8 a4 33. Rb6 Qa5 34. Bc3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. d5 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nh3 cxd5
7. cxd5 d6 8. Nf4 Na6 9. O-O Nc5 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Be3 Rc8
12. Bd4 a5 13. e4 Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 16. Qe1 g5
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nfe2 Nd3 19. Qd2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2
Rxc3 22. Rab1 Qc7 23. Qh5 Kg7 24. Be4 h6 25. Rfe1 b6 26. Rbd1
Qd6 27. Qg4 Rh8 28. Bb1 h5 29. Qf5 h4 30. Kg2 Rc7 31. Qg4 b5
32. Re3 Rc4 33. Qf5 Qc5 34. Re6 hxg3 35. hxg3 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[EventDate "2001.02.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Igor Stohl"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1 e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8
12. Nc3 d5 13. Ndb5 dxe4 14. Bf4 e3 15. Bxe3 Nb6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8
17. Nxa7 Nfd5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Nxc8 fxg5 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Rad1
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. Rd6 Nc4 24. Bxc4+ Rxc4 25. Rd8+ Kf7
26. Rd7+ Kg8 27. Rd3 b5 28. Kf1 b4 29. Nd1 g4 30. Ke2 h5
31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. Ne3 Rc6 34. Rb7 Bxb2 35. Rxb4
Be5 36. g3 Rc3 37. Rb3 Rc6 38. a4 Bd4 39. Rd3 Ba7 40. a5 Rc1
41. Rd7 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 Ra1 43. Ra7 Ra4 44. Kd3 Ke8 45. a6 Kd8
46. Ra8+ Kc7 47. a7 Kb7 48. Rg8 Kxa7 49. Rxg6 Ra2 50. Rf6 Kb7
51. Ke3 Kc7 52. Rf5 h4 53. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Godesberg GER"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[EventDate "2001.02.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mladen Muse"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. a3
Qxc5 7. b4 Qc7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d6
12. Nd4 a6 13. Bf3 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qe2 Rac8
17. e4 Ned7 18. N4b3 Rfe8 19. Rc2 Qa8 20. Qd3 Red8 21. Re1 Rc7
22. f4 b5 23. cxb5 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 axb5 25. Qd3 Qa7+ 26. Bd4 Qb8
27. Na5 Rc8 28. h3 e5 29. Be3 exf4 30. Bxf4 Ne5 31. Bxe5 dxe5
32. Ndb3 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Qf2 34. Rf1 Qc2 35. Qxc2 Rxc2 36. Nc5
Nh5 37. Rf3 Nf4 38. Rg3 Bh6 39. Nc6 Ne2 40. Rf3 Rc1+ 41. Kh2
Bf4+ 42. g3 Nxg3 43. Kg2 Nxe4 44. Ne7+ Kf8 45. Nxe4 Kxe7
46. Nc3 Bd2 47. Nxb5 e4 48. Rf1 Rc2 49. Nd4 Ra2 50. Nc6+ Kd6
51. Rf6+ Kd5 52. b5 e3 53. Kf3 e2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qf3 Qd7
17. Ne4 Rae8 18. Bd2 Na5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Ba2 Be6 21. d5 Bf5
22. c4 b6 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Bb3 Bd7 26. Bc2 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Bd3 Qc5 30. Qb2 Kf8 31. h3 Rc7
32. Re1 Rc8 33. Rb1 Rc7 34. Kh2 Rc8 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rb1 Qc5
37. h4 Rc7 38. Kg1 Rc8 39. g3 Rc7 40. Kg2 Rc8 41. Rc1 Qb6
42. Rb1 Qc5 43. Qc1 Re8 44. Qf4 Re7 45. Rb8+ Be8 46. Qf5 Qd4
47. Qh7 g6 48. h5 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7
12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 Qb6 14. Qg3 d4 15. Nb1 Qa5 16. Rxd4 e5
17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Rc4 Rb8 19. b3 Bf6 20. Rb4 Qc7 21. Rxb8 Qxb8
22. Qc3 c5 23. Be3 O-O 24. g4 Be7 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Qd6
27. Bd2 Nb6 28. a4 c4 29. a5 cxb3 30. Qxb3 Na8 31. Qg3 Qg6
32. Qh2 f5 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bh5 Rxh8 35. Bxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rxh8
Bb7 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38. Rg8 Kg6 39. Re8 Kf7 40. Rb8 Bf3 41. Be3
Nc7 42. Nd2 Bg2 43. Rb6 Nd5 44. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[EventDate "2002.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Acs"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5
O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c5 11. c3 Nf5
12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. O-O Bc7 15. g3 b5 16. Nf4 Nh4
17. d4 Bb7 18. d5 Rad8 19. a4 Qd7 20. gxh4 Bxf4 21. Qf3 Qc7
22. Rd1 Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4
Bxd5 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxd5 Qc6 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rxd8 Qh1+
31. Ke2 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5
12. Nxe5 gxf4 13. Nxd7 O-O-O 14. Qd4 Qxd7 15. Qxf4 Bd6 16. Qh6
Kb8 17. O-O Qe6 18. Qxe6 Bxe6 19. a5 a6 20. Ne4 Bb4 21. Ra4
Be7 22. Rc1 Rd5 23. h4 Rhd8 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. Be4
Rd2 27. Rb4 Kc7 28. Kf1 Rxa5 29. Ke1 Rd7 30. Bxh7 Rh5 31. Be4
a5 32. Bf3 Rf5 33. Rh4 Rb5 34. Rc2 a4 35. e4 Rd4 36. Be2 Rb3
37. e5 Rxh4 38. gxh4 Rb4 39. h5 Re4 40. Rc3 Rxe5 41. h6 Re4
42. Rc5 Bg4 43. Rc4 Rxe2+ 44. Kf1 Bf3 45. Rf4 Re6 46. Rxf7+
Kb6 47. Rxf3 Rxh6 48. Ke2 Ka5 49. Rc3 Kb4 50. Kd2 Rf6 51. Ke3
Re6+ 52. Kd2 Rh6 53. Rf3 c5 54. Kc2 b5 55. Rf4+ c4 56. Rf5 Rc6
57. Rf3 Ra6 58. Ra3 Rf6 59. f3 Rh6 60. Re3 Rh2+ 61. Kc1 Rf2
62. Kb1 Kc5 63. Re5+ Kb6 64. Rf5 Ka5 65. Ka1 Kb4 66. f4 Re2
67. Rd5 Re3 68. Kb1 Rf3 69. f5 c3 70. Re5 Kc4 71. Ka2 Rf2
72. Kb1 b4 73. Re1 Rxf5 74. Rh1 Kb3 75. Kc1 Ra5 76. Kb1 c2+
0-1

[Event "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Andrei Kovalev"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 Re8 9. e4 c6 10. Re1 a5 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4
Nc5 13. Rb1 Nfd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qc2 a4 16. Red1 axb3 17. axb3
Qe7 18. f4 Ned7 19. Bf2 Ra3 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nde2 h5 22. Qc1 Ra8
23. Qd2 Ra3 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bh6 26. Be3 Ng7 27. Rd1 Qe6
28. Qd3 Nb8 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Be6 31. c5 Na6 32. Rd4 Bb3
33. Rd7 Rb8 34. Rd2 Nxb4 35. Rb2 Nc2 36. Bf2 Na1 37. Nd4 Bc4
38. Nxc6 Ra8 39. Rxb7 h4 40. Nd5 hxg3 41. Nce7+ Kh8 42. Bxg3
Nb3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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. h4 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1
Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bf5
17. Ng5 Rf6 18. g4 Be6 19. Nce4 Bd5 20. f3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Be2 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Re6 24. g5 Qc7 25. Qc2 Rd8 26. Rd1 Nd5
27. Qc1 Ng4 28. Bf4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Ne5 10. Bb3 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7
12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Rhe1 Rb8 16. Nf5
exf5 17. e5 Bc8 18. exf6+ Be6 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. Qxd6 Rxb2+
21. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 22. Kc1 Qb2+ 23. Kd2 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Ke2
Bb6 26. Rb1 Bc7 27. Rb7 Bxh2 28. f4 O-O 29. Rh1 Bg3 30. Rxh5
Kg7 31. Bh6+ Kg6 32. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2
c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Kb1
Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Be7 14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3
g6 17. Rhg1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 a5 13. b5 c5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. exd4 cxd4
17. Na4 Ra7 18. f4 Qd5 19. Rf2 Nd7 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8
22. Qc2 Bb7 23. Bc4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Nxb6 d3
27. Nc8 Rc7 28. Nd6 Ba8 29. b6 Rc6 30. Bd5 Rxd6 31. exd6 Bxd5
32. Rxd3 Be6 33. d7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Acs"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 15. c3 Rac8 16. a3 a6
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rd3 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Be7 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Qe2
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qe4 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Ne1 f5 25. Qd3 b5 26. Qg3+
Qg4 27. Qd3 Qe4 28. Qg3+ Qg4 29. Qf3 Bd6 30. g3 Qc4+ 31. Qd3
Qc6 32. Ke2 Bc5 33. Qf3 Qe4+ 34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. Nc2 f5 36. Nb4
a5 37. Nc6 a4 38. Nd8 Kf6 39. Nb7 Bf8 40. Na5 e5 41. c4 b4
42. axb4 Bxb4 43. Nc6 Bc5 44. h3 h5 45. f3 exf3+ 46. Kxf3 Ke6
47. g4 fxg4+ 48. hxg4 h4 49. g5 Kf5 50. g6 e4+ 51. Kg2 Kxg6
52. Ne5+ Kf5 53. Nd7 Bd4 54. c5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Be2
Bf5 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. hxg4
Ndf6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Nexd6 Nxd6
22. Bxd6 Qf7 23. e4 Re8 24. Ne3 Bxb2 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Rxh6
Nf6 27. g4 Nxg4 28. Re6 Rxe6 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. Qd5 Qxd5
31. exd5 Bxa1 32. fxg4 c4 33. Be7 Kf7 34. Bxg5 b5 35. axb5
axb5 36. Kd1 b4 37. Bd2 b3 38. g5 Be5 39. Kc1 c3 40. Be3 Kg6
41. Kb1 Kf5 42. g6 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7
7. Nf4 c5 8. dxc5 Nec6 9. h4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Bg2 Qxe5+
12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Ncxe2 Na6 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. f3 h6 16. Bc3
Nc4 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Nf4 Kf7 19. Nxe6 Ne3 20. Nxf8 Rhxf8
21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Bh3 Nxc5 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. g5 Rc7 25. Bd4 Nf5
26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Be5 Rf7 28. Rxd5 Nd7 29. h5 gxh5 30. g6 Re7
31. Bc3 Ne3 32. Rxh5 Nb6 33. b3 Nbd5 34. Be5 Kd8 35. Kd2 b5
36. Bd6 Re8 37. Re5 b4 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. Be6 h5 40. Kd3 h4
41. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8
12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Ra2 Qd7 15. Re2 Re6 16. Bb2 Rd8
17. Rd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ne8 19. e4 Ne7 20. e5 Rc8 21. f4 g6
22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Ng7 25. Qg4 Rd6 26. Qf3
Rdc6 27. Rf1 Rc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Bc1 Rc6 30. h4 h6 31. h5
Kf8 32. a4 Kg8 33. Bd2 Kh7 34. Qxf7 Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Kg8 36. Rxa7
Nf5 37. Rd7 Rc2 38. Bf4 Nxd4 39. Bxh6 Nf5 40. Bg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. h3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 b5 11. Qe2 c6 12. dxc6
Nxc6 13. Rd1 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Bb7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qa3 Na5 17. Bg5
Nc4 18. Qb4 Bd5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxb8 Qxb8 21. Nxd5 Bd8
22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Nc3 Bg5 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. b3 Rc8 26. Rd3 Rc5
27. a4 Qc8 28. Ne2 d5 29. Rad1 d4 30. b4 Rc2 31. Nxe5 Rxe2
32. Rxd4 Qc3 33. a5 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35. Bf1 Na4 36. b5
axb5 37. a6 Qa5 38. Rd6 Kf8 39. Rf6 Bg7 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Re7
Bxe5 42. Rxe5 Nc3 43. Rc5 Nxe4 44. Rxb5 Qe1 45. Rb2 Nd2
46. Rxd2 Qxd2 47. h4 Kg7 48. Kg2 Qd4 49. Be2 Kf6 50. Bf3 Ke5
51. Be2 Kd5 52. Bf3+ Kc4 53. Bb7 Kd3 54. Kf3 Kd2 55. Kg2 Ke2
56. f4 Qf2+ 57. Kh3 h5 58. Bg2 Qb6 59. Bb7 Kf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
7. f4 c6 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. Bh4 b5 10. e5 Nh5 11. Qd2 bxc4 12. Bxc4
Bg4 13. Ng5 d5 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 f6 16. Nf3 Bh6 17. O-O
Ne6 18. g3 Nhg7 19. g4 Ne8 20. Bg3 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nd6 22. Nxc6
Qd7 23. Ne5 Qb7 24. Nc3 Rac8 25. Rae1 Ne4 26. Qe3 Rfd8 27. Nf3
Bg7 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Qxb2 30. Nxd5 Nxg3 31. Qxe6+ Kh8
32. hxg3 Rc2 33. Ne3 Rc3 34. Ne5 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7
7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c5 9. O-O a6 10. Rb1 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5
12. b4 Ngf6 13. Na4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Rb8 15. Qb1 O-O 16. Rd1 Qf4
17. Qd3 Qg5 18. Rdb1 b6 19. g3 h5 20. h4 Qg6 21. Qe3 Ng4
22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 Rb7 24. a3 Rfb8 25. Be2 f6 26. f3 Ne3
27. Bd3 f5 28. exf5 Rf8 29. f6 Rc7 30. Kf2 Nxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4
32. Bxc4 b5 33. Bd3 bxa4 34. Rb7 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Stephan Berndt"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8
17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 Qf8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc7 21. a3 b6
22. Bg5 h6 23. Be3 g5 24. Qf2 Rb7 25. g3 Bf6 26. b4 axb4
27. axb4 Nd7 28. Bh3 Ne5 29. f4 Nd3 30. Qe2 gxf4 31. gxf4 Qg7+
32. Kh1 Qh7 33. Rg1+ Kh8 34. Qh5 e6 35. Rcg2 Re7 36. dxe6 fxe6
37. Rg6 Bg7 38. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Halkidiki GRE"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Suat Atalik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. Qd2 Nc5 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5
12. g4 Bg6 13. h4 Re8 14. h5 Be4 15. Rhg1 Ne6 16. Be3 c5
17. g5 d5 18. g6 hxg6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Ng4 d4
22. Bc4 dxc3 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. bxc3 Qc7 26. Qg4
Qe5 27. Rd5 Qxc3 28. Qxe4 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxg1 30. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Kamil Miton"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Na5
7. e4 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 e6 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5
Re8 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bxd6 Bxh3 16. Bh2 Bg4 17. e5
Qb6 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Re4 Bf5 20. Rh4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 c4 22. Qc2
f5 23. d6 Qc5 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. Rd5 Qb6 26. Rxc4 f4 27. a5 Qa7
28. Re4 b5 29. Nxb5 axb5 30. Qxc6 Nf6 31. exf6 Rxe4 32. Rd1
Rc4 33. Qxb5 Qc5 34. Qb3 Bxf6 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Bled Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qc1 a4 14. b4 Qe7 15. Bf1 c5 16. Qe3 h6
17. Rac1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bb2 Qe6 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Qd3 a3
22. Ba1 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. e4 Qxa2 25. Nc4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4
Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rac8 28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Qxe5 Rcd8 30. Qf5 Rd5
31. Qf3 b5 32. Nxa3 Ra8 33. Bxf6 Qxa3 34. Rd1 Qa2 35. Qg4 g6
36. Kg2 h5 37. Qf4 Ra6 38. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergio Minero Pineda"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Ng4 9. e3 d6 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Nxd4
12. exd4 Nh6 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Ne4 Bd7 15. d5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 b5
17. c5 dxc5 18. Nxc5 Nd6 19. Nd3 Rc8 20. Ne5 b4 21. a3 bxa3
22. Rxa3 Bb5 23. Re1 Qc7 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Ra8 26. Qe5 Ra7
27. Ra4 Rb8 28. b4 Rb5 29. Qe3 e6 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Ra2 Qe7
32. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Qd1 d6
12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rc1 Rfc8
17. Re1 a6 18. b4 Rc7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. d5 Ne5 21. f4 Ned7
22. Bc2 Qf8 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Qd3 exd5 25. cxd5 Ba8 26. e4 Rxb1
27. Bxb1 c4 28. Qd4 Qb8 29. e5 Ne8 30. Bf5 Qb6 31. Qxb6 Nxb6
32. Bd8 Rb7 33. e6 Rb8 34. Bxb6 Rxb6 35. e7 Rb7 36. Bc8 Ra7
37. f5 g6 38. f6 Kh7 39. h4 h5 40. Be6 Kg8 41. Bc8 Kh7 42. Kf2
g5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kxg5 45. Ne4+ Kh6 46. g4 Bxd5 47. Kf4
Kh7 48. Bf5+ Kg8 49. Nxd6 Bc6 50. Nxe8 Bxe8 51. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XII"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Daniel Hugo Campora"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. Nc3 h5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Na6 11. g4 Nd7
12. O-O Nc7 13. Re1 Kf8 14. f4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Bf6 16. g5 Bxc3
17. bxc3 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Rae4 Qd7 21. Qf3 Qf5
22. c4 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. f5 f6 26. g6 Nc8
27. Bf4 Rh4 28. Bg3 Rh8 29. Bf3 Nc7 30. Qe4 Na8 31. Qc2 Nab6
32. Re6 Rh6 33. Kg2 Rh8 34. Be2 Na8 35. Qb3 Nab6 36. Bd3 Rh5
37. Qd1 Rh8 38. Qg4 Qc7 39. Qe4 Qd7 40. Bh4 Qd8 41. Bc2 Rh6
42. Bxf6 gxf6 43. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg vs. Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. c4 Nd7 15. f4 Re8 16. Nd2 Bf8
17. Bc2 g6 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. b3 Qh4 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. Qf3 Re7
22. Bb2 Rae8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qd3 Bc3 25. Qxd6 Re6 26. Qc7
R6e7 27. Qd6 Re6 28. Qc7 Qd8 29. Qxb7 Qxd2 30. Bd1 Rxe4
31. Bf3 R4e7 32. Qxa6 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Re1 34. Qc6 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1
Re1 0-1

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.03"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Petr Kiriakov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rc1 Bd6
12. Ne2 Re8 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Ng3 g6 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe7
17. b4 Rac8 18. Nc6 Qe6 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rf8 21. a4 Nb8
22. Na7 Rcd8 23. Be2 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Qd3 Nb4
27. Qb3 c5 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Ba3 Na6 30. a5 bxa5 31. dxc5 Qc6
32. Rfd1 Nc7 33. Rb1 Ne6 34. Rxd5 Rb8 35. Qxb8 Qxd5 36. Qb3
Qc6 37. Qb5 Qxb5 38. Rxb5 a4 39. Ra5 Rb8 40. Rxa4 Rb1+ 41. Kh2
h5 42. Rc4 Ra1 43. Bb2 Ra2 44. Bd4 Kf8 45. c6 Ra8 46. Bf6 Ke8
47. g4 1-0

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valerij Popov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2
Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. h4 h6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Rc1 Bd7
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Nc4 b6 14. f4 h5 15. O-O Ned4 16. Bf2 O-O
17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Re1 Nf5 19. Rb1 Bd4 20. Qd2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 b5
22. Ne3 Qd4 23. Rec1 e5 24. Rxc5 exf4 25. gxf4 Nce7 26. Rbc1
Rxc5 27. Rxc5 a6 28. a4 Rb8 29. a5 Kf8 30. Bf3 Rd8 31. Re5 Nd5
32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Nc3 Rc5 34. Be4 Nd6 0-1

[Event "56th Russian Championships"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk RUS"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergei Shipov"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5
7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 e5 11. cxd5 exf4
12. dxc6 Qe7 13. fxg4 Qxe3+ 14. Be2 Nxg4 15. Nh3 Rad8 16. Qc2
Ne5 17. Kf1 Nxc6 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Qxe3 fxe3 22. g4 Nd4 23. Kg2 Nxe2 24. Nxe2 Rd2 25. Kf3
Rxb2 26. Ng5 Rxa2 27. Rb1 Rc2 28. Rxb7 Be5 29. h3 h5 30. Nxf7
hxg4+ 31. hxg4 Bg7 32. Ng5 Be5 33. Rxa7 Rxc5 34. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "19th ECC 2003"]
[Site "Rethymnon, Crete"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.51"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgeny Solozhenkin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. f4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Bc3 Nd5 16. Nh5 Bxc5
17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Rg3 Bf8 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qf5 Rxc3
22. Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxg3 24. Qxf7+ Kh7 25. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "European Clubs Cup (Men)"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergey Dolmatov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Nbd2 g5 13. Nb3 h5 14. Rc1 g4 15. Ne1 a5 16. Bxf5 exf5
17. Nd3 axb4 18. Nbc5 Be6 19. axb4 Qb5 20. Nf4 Rh6 21. Bc3 Bg5
22. Bd2 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Rg6 24. Be3 Rg8 25. Re1 Ne7 26. Qd2 h4
27. Bg5 h3 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Qh6 Rc6 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Ra1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[EventDate "2003.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rasul Ibrahimov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bf4 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Nc3 Bc4 9.Qd1 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.Qa4 Qc8 12.Bg2 Be7
13.O-O O-O 14.Rfc1 Qb7 15.e4 b5 16.Qb3 b4 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.exd5
Bd8 19.d6 Qb8 20.Qf3 Bb6 21.Nb3 Qe8 22.Nc5 Be2 23.Qb3 Rc8
24.Qxb4 a5 25.Qd2 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Bxc5 27.Qxa5 Bd4 28.Qd2 Rxc1+
29.Rxc1 1-0

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jakob Meister"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. f3 cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. e4 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 exd4
12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rd8 16. Be3 Be6
17. Be2 a6 18. Kf2 b5 19. Rhc1 Ne8 20. Rc6 Bd7 21. Rb6 Rdb8
22. Rc1 Rxb6 23. Bxb6 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bc5 Nc7 26. Ke3
Ne6 27. Bd6 f6 28. f4 g6 29. g4 Kg7 30. h4 Bd7 31. Bb4 h6
32. Bd1 Kh7 33. f5 Ng7 34. Bb3 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ne8 36. Kd4 Ng7
37. Bd5 Nh5 38. Ke3 Be8 39. Be1 Kg7 40. Bb7 Kf7 41. Bd5+ Kg7
42. Kf3 Kh7 43. Bc3 Kg7 44. Kg4 Kf8 45. Bb4+ Kg7 46. Bb7 Kh7
47. Bxa6 Ng7 48. Bc3 Nh5 49. Bb7 Kg7 50. Bd5 Kf8 51. Bb4+ Kg7
52. Bd6 Kh7 53. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Russia Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Ivanov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "196"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qd1 e5 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 e3 11. f3 O-O
12. g3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Nd5 14. Qd3 Nce7 15. Qxf5 Bxf5 16. O-O f6
17. Nc4 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Rfd1 g5 20. Be1 h5 21. Na5 b6
22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. Rxc6 Kg7 24. h4 Bd7 25. Rc2 gxh4 26. gxh4 Bf5
27. Rc6 Rd7 28. Kh2 Kh7 29. Bh1 Rg7 30. Bg3 Ree7 31. Rg1 Kg8
32. Rcc1 Kf8 33. Bg2 Ke8 34. a3 a5 35. Rgd1 Rg8 36. Rg1 Kd7
37. Bh1 Rg6 38. Bg2 Rgg7 39. Bh1 Kc8 40. Bd6 Rxg1 41. Kxg1 Re8
42. Kh2 Kb7 43. Bg3 Ka6 44. a4 Re7 45. Bg2 Kb7 46. Bh1 Re6
47. Bg2 Kc8 48. Bh1 Kd8 49. Bg2 Re7 50. Bh1 Nb4 51. Be1 Nd5
52. Bg3 Ke8 53. Bg2 Kf7 54. Bh1 Ke8 55. Bg2 Kd7 56. Bh1 c6
57. Bg2 Re8 58. Bh1 Ra8 59. Bg2 Ra7 60. f4 Ra8 61. Bxd5 cxd5
62. Rc3 Re8 63. Kg2 Re4 64. Rd3 Bg4 65. Kf1 Ke6 66. Ke1 Kf5
67. Bh2 Bh3 68. Bg1 Kxf4 69. Bh2+ Kg4 70. Bg1 Kf4 71. Bh2+ Kg4
72. Bg1 Kxh4 73. Rxe3 Rxe3 74. Bxe3 Kg3 75. Bf2+ Kg4 76. Bg1
Kg3 77. Bf2+ Kg4 78. Bg1 Bg2 79. Bh2 h4 80. Kf2 Be4 81. Bc7 f5
82. e3 h3 83. Bf4 Bc2 84. Bc7 Be4 85. Bf4 Bd3 86. Bc7 Bc2
87. Bxb6 f4 88. Bc7 f3 89. Kg1 Bd3 90. Kf2 Bc2 91. Kg1 Kf5
92. Bxa5 Ke4 93. Be1 Kxe3 94. a5 Bd3 95. Bf2+ Ke2 96. Bg3 Ba6
97. b4 f2+ 98. Bxf2 h2+ 0-1

[Event "Russia Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Valerij Filippov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6
12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rab1 a5 15. a3 N8d7 16. Rfc1 g6
17. Nd2 Nb6 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Nfd7 20. Qb2 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. Rxb6 Nxd3 23. Rxd6 Nxb2 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxa3
26. Rc7 b6 27. Rdd7 Rd3 28. Rxf7 Rxd2 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rxh7+
Kg8 31. Rhg7+ Kh8 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rcg7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8
35. Rfg7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rhg7+ Kh8 38. Rxg6 Rb8 39. Rff6
b5 40. Rh6+ Kg7 41. Rhg6+ Kh8 42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. h4 Nc4
44. Rhg6+ Kh8 45. Rh6+ Kg7 46. Rfg6+ Kf7 47. h5 Rbd8 48. Rh7+
Kf8 49. Rh8+ Kf7 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rgg7 R2d6 52. Rf7+ Kg8
53. Rhg7+ Kh8 54. Rh7+ Kg8 55. Rfg7+ Kf8 56. Rb7 Kg8 57. Rhg7+
Kh8 58. Rh7+ Kg8 59. Rhg7+ Kh8 60. Rge7 Rb6 61. Rh7+ Kg8
62. Rbg7+ Kf8 63. Rc7 Kg8 64. Rcg7+ Kf8 65. Rc7 Kg8 66. g4
Rbd6 67. Rcg7+ Kf8 68. Rf7+ Kg8 69. Rfg7+ Kf8 70. Rb7 Kg8
71. Rhg7+ Kh8 72. Rge7 Rh6 73. Rxb5 Nd6 74. Rb6 Rf6 75. Kg2
Rg8 76. f3 Ra8 77. f4 Ne4 78. Rxf6 Nxf6 79. Kf3 Rg8 80. g5
Nxh5 81. Re6 Kg7 82. Kg4 Kf7 83. f5 Ng7 84. g6+ Kf8 85. Rf6+
Ke8 86. Ra6 Kd7 87. Kg5 Ne8 88. f6 Nc7 89. f7 1-0

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oleg Nikolenko"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. g3 Nbd7
7. d4 e6 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Be3 Qc6 10. Rg1 Qb6 11. Qd2 Qxb2
12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. dxc5 Bd7 15. Ne4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2
Ng4 17. Bd4 e5 18. h3 exd4 19. hxg4 Bxc5 20. Rxb7 Bxg4 21. Ne4
Ba3 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Ng5 Bh5 24. Rh1 Bg6 25. Rh4 Rfe8+ 26. Kf1
Be7 27. f4 Rac8 28. f5 Rxc4 29. Re4 Bxf5 30. Rexe7 Rxe7
31. Rxe7 g6 32. Nxf7 Kf8 33. Ra7 Rxc2 34. g4 d3 35. gxf5 Rc1+
36. Kf2 d2 0-1

[Event "57th ch-RUS Qualifier"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Qa4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1
Qb8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rc7 19. Rd2 a6 20. Qb3 b5 21. a4 c5
22. axb5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 c4 25. Qa4 axb5 26. Qxb5
Qf3 27. Ne2 h5 28. Nd4 Qe4 29. Rxc4 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1
Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. f3 Qg6+ 34. Kh3 Ra7 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qd3
Qh6 37. Qe4 Rad7 38. Rg2 Bf8 39. Rc6 Re8 40. f5 exf5 41. Nxf5
1-0

[Event "20th European Club Clup"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jouni Yrjola"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 d6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Rac1 Nd7
12. b3 Qc8 13. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 a6 15. f4 Rb8 16. Nd5 Re8
17. b4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 cxb4 19. c5 Nf6 20. Bf3 Ng4 21. c6 Nxe3
22. cxb7 Qe6 23. Re1 Bc3 24. Rxe3 Qb6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6
Bd2 27. Bxe8 Bxc1 28. Rxe7 Bb2 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "20th European Club Clup"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Goloshchapov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Nc2 f4 16. a4 bxa4
17. Rxa4 Qg5 18. f3 Bf6 19. Nb4 Kh8 20. Bxa6 Rg8 21. Rf2 Bd8
22. Bxc8 Bb6 23. Bg4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 h5 25. h3 hxg4 26. hxg4
Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qh4+ 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Qa7 Rh8 30. Nd3 Qg3
31. Kg1 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Qg1 Kf6 34. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 35. Ke2
Rb1 36. c4 Ke6 37. g5 Rh1 38. b4 Rh5 39. Kf2 Rxg5 40. Nc1 Rg8
41. Nd3 Ra8 42. c5 Ra2+ 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Nf2 dxc5 45. bxc5 f6
46. Ng4 Rc2 47. Nh6 Rxc5 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Kg1 Rc1+ 50. Kh2 Rc7
51. Kg1 Rh7 52. Nf5 Kd7 53. g3 Kc6 54. gxf4 exf4 55. Nd4+ Kd6
56. Kg2 Rh5 57. Ne2 Ke5 58. Kg1 Rh8 59. Kg2 Rc8 60. Kf2 Rc4
61. Kf1 f5 62. exf5 Kxf5 63. Kg2 Kg5 64. Kh3 Kh5 65. Ng1 Rc3
66. Kg2 Kh4 67. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Petrosian mem Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd3 Nb6
12. Be4 Bc6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Rac1 Rd8
17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7
Nd7 22. Kf1 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd5 Nc5 25. Rd1 Ne6
26. Ke2 Kf8 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Ke8 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Be3 h5
31. Ke4 g6 32. Ne1 Kc6 33. Nd3 Nc7 34. f4 Nd5 35. Bd4 a5
36. f5 gxf5+ 37. Kxf5 b4 38. e6 fxe6+ 39. Kxe6 Bd6 40. Ne5+
Bxe5 41. Kxe5 a4 42. h4 Ne7 43. g3 Kb5 44. g4 hxg4 45. Bf2
Ng6+ 46. Ke4 Kc4 47. h5 Nf8 48. h6 Nh7 49. Be1 a3 50. b3+ 1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2
g6 8.e4 dxe4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxe4+ Kf8 11.Bc4 Kg7 12.O-O Re8
13.Qf4 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Rfe1 Qd6 16.Qxd6 Rxd6 17.Ne4 Rd8
18.g4 Be7 19.b4 Bxb4 20.Reb1 Na6 21.a3 Re8 22.axb4 Rxe4 23.b5
cxb5 24.Rxb5 Re7 25.g5 Rd8 26.Kg2 Rd6 27.Kg3 h6 28.h4 h5
29.Ra4 Rc6 30.Ne5 Rc3+ 31.f3 Kf8 32.Rb1 Kg7 33.Kf4 Rc2 34.Ke4
Rh2 35.f4 Rxh4 36.Rc1 Nc7 37.Rxa7 Ne6 38.Rf1 Nxg5+ 39.Kd5 Nh3
40.f5 gxf5 41.Rxf5 Nf4+ 42.Kd6 Ng6 43.Nxg6 Re6+ 44.Kd5 Kxg6
45.Re5 Kf6 46.Rxb7 Rxe5+ 47.dxe5+ Kg6 48.e6 fxe6+ 49.Kxe6 Re4+
50.Kd5 Re1 51.Rb8 h4 52.Rh8 Kg5 53.Kd4 Kg4 54.Kd3 h3 55.Rg8+
Kf3 56.Rh8 Re3+ 57.Kd4 Kf2 58.Ra8 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Galkin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. h4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nd4 d5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rhe1 Be7 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Re2 Nc5 21. h5 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 O-O 23. Qe3 Bc5 24. Qc1 Rfd8 25. Be3 a5 26. Ree1 a4
27. Ne2 Bb4 28. Rh1 e5 29. Ng3 Qc6 30. Rh4 Be7 31. Rhh1 Qe6
32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c6
7. Bd3 Na6 8. Qd2 b5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 Nb4 11. h3 Nxd3+
12. Qxd3 Nh6 13. O-O-O b4 14. Ne4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Ba6 16. Qb3 Qd5
17. Ned2 Qxb3 18. axb3 d5 19. Be3 Bc8 20. Ne1 f6 21. Nd3 a5
22. Nf3 Nf7 23. Nc5 Nd8 24. Ne1 Ne6 25. Ned3 Nxc5 26. Nxc5
fxe5 27. fxe5 Bf5 28. Bg5 Rfe8 29. Kc1 h6 30. Be3 Be4 31. Nxe4
dxe4 32. Rhg1 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. c4
Rxd4 17. Be3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rg8 19. f4 Kb8 20. Qd3 Nc8 21. Qd8
Bd6 22. Qxc7+ Bxc7 23. Nxf7 Ng4 24. Bd2 Rf8 25. Ne5 Nxe5
26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Ne4 b6 28. Kc2 Kc7 29. Re1 Bd4 30. Nc3 Rf2
31. Rxe6 Rxg2 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. Re1 Bf6 34. c5 b5 35. a4 a6
36. axb5 axb5 37. b4 Ne7 38. Ne4 Be5 39. Rf1 Rh2 40. Bf4 Rh3+
0-1

[Event "USA vs Russia Distance Match"]
[Site "St. Petersberg / New York"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[EventDate "2001.2.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 b5
7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. d5 Bb4
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Qd4
Be7 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Rf8 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. a4 b4 21. Rad1
Rd5 22. f4 Kf8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. fxg5 c5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Rf1
Kg8 27. Rd1 d4 28. c3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Ra7 30. cxd4 Nd7 31. Nc4
cxd4 32. Rxd4 Rc7 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Ke3 Nc5 35. a5 Nb3 36. Rf4
Kg8 37. Re4 Nc5 38. Re8 Kf7 39. Nd6 Kg6 40. h4 Rc6 41. Nc4 Nd7
42. Kd4 Kh5 43. Re7 Nf8 44. Ne5 Rc1 45. Rf7 Ng6 46. Nxg6 hxg6
47. Ra7 Rg1 48. Rxa6 Rxg3 49. Rd6 Ra3 50. a6 Ra5 51. Kc4 Kxh4
52. Rxg6 Kh5 53. Rd6 Ra1 54. Kb5 Kxg5 55. Rd5 Kf4 56. Rd4 Kf5
57. Ra4 Rb1 58. Kc6 Rb8 59. a7 Ra8 60. Kb7 Rxa7 61. Rxa7 g5
62. Kc6 g4 63. Kd5 Kf4 64. Kd4 Kf3 65. Kd3 g3 66. Rf7 Kg2
67. Ke2 Kg1 68. Kf3 g2 69. Kg3 Kh1 70. Rh7+ Kg1 71. Rh2 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 Bb7
7. c4 bxc4 8. bxc4 dxc4 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Bd5 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Qe7 17. Qb3 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Bd4 20. Qf3 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 Qe8 22. Rc7 h6 23. Nxf7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Qc6
26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Ng5 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Lastin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rfc8
12. Bb3 Ne5 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Rab8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5 e6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. b3 Rcc8
22. Nb4 a5 23. Nd3 Qc7 24. Rhf1 a4 25. Nb4 Qb7 26. Qd3 Ra8
27. Bc1 Rf8 28. Bb2 Nf4 29. Qe3 e5 30. Nf3 Bh3 31. Rf2 Rad8
32. Rdd2 Be6 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Ne1 d5 35. exd5 Nxd5 36. Nxd5
Bxd5 37. Nd3 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Bc4 39. Rd2 Qd5 40. Bc3 Qh1+
41. Nc1 Qb7+ 42. Bb4 Rxd2 43. Qxd2 Qd5 44. Nd3 Bxd3 45. cxd3
e4 46. dxe4 Qxe4+ 47. Kc1 Bd4 48. Kd1 Kf7 49. Qa2+ Qe6 50. Qg2
Qb3+ 51. Ke2 Qe3+ 52. Kf1 Ke6 53. Qc6+ Kf5 54. Qd5+ Kg4
55. Qd7+ Kf3 56. Qd5+ Qe4 57. Qf7+ Qf5 58. Qa2 Qd3+ 59. Ke1
Bc3+ 60. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 61. Qd2 Qa1+ 62. Qd1+ Qxd1+ 63. Kxd1 Kg2
0-1

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3
Bf8 13. Qf3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bg1 exf4 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. Qxf4
Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nh5 20. Qf2 g6 21. g4 Ng7 22. Qf4
Qc7 23. Rf3 Re7 24. Raf1 Rae8 25. c4 Qd7 26. b3 Qc8 27. h3 Qd7
28. Kg2 Qc7 29. R1f2 Rd7 30. h4 h5 31. Qh6 hxg4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7
33. Bxg6 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qf7+ 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7
37. h5 1-0

[Event "58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergey Volkov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3
Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 Be5 14. c3 h6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Bd7
17. Re2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Bxh6 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3
gxh6 22. Qxh6 Nh7 23. Bc2 f6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Bd5
26. Bxh7+ Qxh7 27. Qxf6 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Bxe6 29. Qxd8+ Kg7
30. Qe7+ Bf7 31. Qe5+ Kh7 32. Qc7 Qf5 33. f3 Qd5 34. a3 Qb3
35. h4 Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc3 Qb6 38. Qc2+ Kg7 39. Qd2 Qc7+
40. Kh3 Qc4 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kh7 44. Qf6 Qb3
45. g4 Bd5 46. Kg3 Bc6 47. h5 Qd1 48. Qg6+ Kh8 49. Qh6+ Kg8
50. Qe3 Kf8 51. b4 Be8 52. h6 Qb1 53. d5 Qd1 54. Qe5 Bf7
55. d6 Qg1+ 56. Kh4 Qh1+ 57. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qb6
17. a4 a6 18. Qd2 Bh6 19. Qd6 Bf8 20. Qe5 Be7 21. Bf4 Rg8
22. Bg5 g3 23. Qxg3 Nh7 24. a5 Qa7 25. Bxh5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Rxg5
27. Qf3 Rg7 28. Qf4 Qb8 29. e5 Rh7 30. Bf3 f5 31. Ne2 c5
32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Nf4 Rg7 34. Qh3 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qxe5 36. Re1 Qb8
37. Rxe6 Rg4 38. Qd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yury Shulman"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7
12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Rb1 Na7
17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nb5 19. Qd3 Qxc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. a4
Nc3 22. Rxb7 Nxa4 23. g3 Bc8 24. Rb8 Kd7 25. Bd3 Rb2 26. Rb4
Rxb4 27. Bxb4 Nb2 28. Be2 Nc4 29. Kf2 Bb7 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Ra1
Rb8 32. Bc3 Rc8 33. Bb4 Rb8 34. Be1 Bc6 35. Ra2 Bb5 36. h4 Kc6
37. h5 Kc5 38. g4 d4 39. Rc2 Rd8 40. Bd3 Kd5 41. Bb4 a5
42. Bxa5 Nxa5 43. Bxb5 Ke4 44. Kg3 Rb8 45. Rb2 Rc8 46. Re2+
Kd5 47. h6 Nb3 48. Bd3 Nc5 49. Rc2 Rh8 50. Bc4+ Kc6 51. g5
Ne4+ 52. Kf3 Nc3 53. Bd3 Kc5 54. h7 Kc6 55. Rb2 Kc7 56. Rb4
Nd5 57. Ra4 Kb6 58. Rxd4 Kc7 59. Ra4 Kb6 60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[EventDate "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Nbd7
12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nce2 Qb6 15. h4 h5 16. Nc1 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Re1 e5 19. Ndb3 a5 20. Nd3 O-O 21. Qf2 Qc7
22. g4 a4 23. Nbc1 a3 24. gxh5 axb2 25. Nb3 e4 26. fxe4 Nc3+
27. Kxb2 Nxe4 28. Qh2 Qc3+ 29. Kb1 Bd5 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Bh3
Bxb3 32. axb3 Ra8 33. Nb2 Nc3+ 34. Kc1 Ra1+ 35. Kd2 Nxd1
36. Rxd1 Qxb2 37. Rxa1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yury Shulman"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. h5 h6 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rf4
Bd7 13. Nh4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. g4 fxg4 16. Be2 Nd8 17. Bxg4
Ne6 18. Rf3 Ng5 19. Rg3 O-O-O 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Kd2 f5 22. Bf3
g4 23. Bxd5 Qb5 24. Qh1 b6 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. Bxc4 f4 27. Rgg1
Ba4 28. Rb4 Kb8 29. Rxg4 Rd7 30. Qe4 Rhd8 31. e6 Rc7 32. Qxf4
Kb7 33. Rg5 b5 34. Rgxb5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yury Shulman"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7
12. Kh2 Qa5 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Rb1 Na4 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Rfb8
17. Rhe1 Nd7 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Qd2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Qxa2 22. Rb2 Qc4 23. Rb7 Ke8 24. Qf4 Qxc3 25. Qh4 h5 26. Be3
Qe5+ 27. g3 Ra4 28. Rc7 Kd8 29. Rc6 Rxe4 30. Bd2 f6 31. Bf4
Qxd5 32. Ra6 Re1 0-1

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Pavel Anisimov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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. cxb6
Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Bf6 20. Qa5 Bxa1
21. Rxa1 Nc8 22. Qxa6 Qxd2 23. Rb1 Qd6 24. Bf1 Qc5 25. Rd1 Qc7
26. a4 h6 27. Qc4 Qe7 28. Qc6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qa8 Kh7
31. Qb7 f5 32. a5 Ne7 33. a6 Nc8 34. Be2 Qe7 35. Qxc8 Qxe2
36. Qxf5+ Kh8 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qc6 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qd4 40. Qe6
Qc5 41. g4 Qd4 42. h4 Qd8 43. Qf5+ Kh8 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5
Qd6 46. g6 Qd5+ 47. Qf3 Qg5+ 48. Qg3 1-0

[Event "59th Russian Championship"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Evgeny Shaposhnikov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6
7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 Ne7 9. f3 c5 10. a3 Nf5 11. Bf2 cxd4 12. exd4
Be7 13. g4 Nd6 14. Rg1 Nh7 15. Bd3 Ng5 16. Rg3 f5 17. gxf5 O-O
18. f4 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. fxg5 Bd6 21. gxh6 Bxg3 22. hxg3
Qg5 23. hxg7 Rfe8+ 24. Kf1 Qh6 25. d5 Qh1+ 26. Bg1 Re3 27. Kf2
Rae8 28. Nf1 f4 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. gxf4 Qh3 31. Bh2 Rd3 32. Qh1
Qh4+ 33. Ke2 Rh3 34. Qe4 Rxh2+ 35. Kd3 Qg3+ 36. Qe3 Qg6+
37. Kd4 Rxb2 38. Rg1 Rd2+ 39. Qxd2 Qxg1+ 40. Qe3 Qxg7+ 41. Kd3
Qf8 42. Qe5 Ba6 43. a4 Qc8 44. Nb5 Bxb5 45. axb5 Kf7 46. d6
1-0

[Event "22nd European Club Cup 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martijn Dambacher"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Rc1 Qc7 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Qe7 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Ne2 Bb4 18. Nd4 Bxe1 19. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Ne4+ 21. Ke2
Qg5 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Qd4 Bg4 24. Qe5 Qg6 25. Qf4 Bxf3+
26. Qxf3 a5 27. Ke1 h5 28. Qf4 Re8 29. Kf1 Qe6 30. Kg2 f6
31. Rc7 Rc8 32. Bd4 Rxc7 33. Qxc7 Qg4 34. Qc2 h4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Martin Ahn"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Qe8 9. Nbd2 Qh5 10. Qc2 g5 11. d5 exd5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 N7b6 14. a4 c5 15. a5 cxd4 16. axb6 Qf7
17. Rxa7 Rb8 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Rc4 22. b5 h6 23. Qd2 Rb4 24. Ba1 Rxb5 25. Qd4 Kh7 26. Qd3 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yuri Kuzubov"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. f3 Nf6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Qxd5
12. e4 Qe6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Be3 b6 16. Be2 O-O
17. O-O Bb7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
h6 22. Bf1 Qc7 23. Qc1 Ne8 24. Qc3 a5 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Bxd3
Qd6 27. Bc4 Nc7 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Ba6 30. Bf4 Bxc4
31. Bxc7 b5 32. Bxa5 Be6 33. Bb6 c4 34. g4 g6 35. Be3 Kg7
36. Bd4+ Kf8 37. Bf6 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kg2 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kh7
41. Kf4 Bh3 42. Ke5 Bg2 43. f4 Kg8 44. Be7 Bf3 45. f5 Kg7
46. h4 Bg2 47. Kd5 f6 48. Bb4 Kf7 49. Bd2 Bf3 50. Kc5 Bxe4
51. Kxb5 Bd3 52. Bc3 Ke7 53. Kc5 Be2 54. Kd4 Bf1 55. a4 Kd7
56. Ke3 Bd3 57. Kf4 1-0

[Event "6th Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Konstantin Maslak"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bxc4 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qa4 Nd7 16. Qh4 Bxg5
17. Nxg5 Nf8 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bd7 20. Qf4 f5 21. Ne6
Nxe6 22. dxe6 Qe7 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Qc3 Kg8
26. Qg3+ Kf8 27. Qc3 Kg8 28. exd7 Qxd7 29. Re3 f4 30. Qc4+ Qf7
31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Re4 Rc8 33. Rxf4+ Ke6 34. Re4+ Kd5 35. Re2
Kd4 36. Rd2+ Ke5 37. Kf1 d5 38. Ke2 d4 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. f4 Rf8
41. Rf2 h5 42. f5 Ke5 43. f6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sasha Kaplan"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Qe1 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nc4 16. Qxe7 Ne3 17. f5
Nxf5 18. Qe1 Bd7 19. g4 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Ne3 21. Qf2 Nc4 22. Qxb6
Nxb6 23. Nd2 Bb5 24. Rfe1 Bxb2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rb1 Bc3
27. Ne4 Be2 28. Kg2 Nxd5 29. Nxd6 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Re6 31. Ne4
f6 32. Bh4 Be5 33. Rd1 Nb6 34. Nc5 Rc6 35. Bf2 a5 36. Nb7 Rc3+
37. Ke4 Rc4+ 38. Kd3 Rc3+ 39. Ke4 Rc4+ 40. Kd3 Rc3+ 41. Ke4
Nc4 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. h4 f5+ 44. Kd5 fxg4 45. Rd7+ Kh6 46. Nd8
g3 47. Nf7+ Kh5 48. Nxe5 Nxe5 49. Rxh7+ Kg4 50. Bd4 Nf3
51. Bxc3 bxc3 52. Rg7 g5 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 d6
7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be2 a6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O h6 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. Bh2
e5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxe5 Nh7 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Ba2
c4 18. Rd6 Ng5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. f4 Bf5 21. e4 Bc8 22. Qf2 Ra6
23. Ne2 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Kh7 25. Nd4 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Rf6
Kh6 28. Rf4 Be6 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Nf3 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rh8 32. Qf6+
Kg8 33. Ng5 Nd7 34. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sang Cao"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qc2 Na6 8. O-O c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. cxd5 d6
12. Rd1 Nc7 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 Ba6 15. Nf5 Rc8 16. bxc5 bxc5
17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Re5 21. Rb1 Qa8
22. g4 Bb7 23. Bf4 Bxd5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Nfxd6 Ne6 26. Qb2
Nd7 27. Qb5 Bc6 28. Nc3 Nd4 29. Bxc6 Nxb5 30. Bxa8 Nxc3
31. Rb7 Nb6 32. Rb8 Nxe2+ 33. Kf1 Nd4 34. Nc8 Nxc8 35. Rxc8 g5
36. Bd5 Nb5 37. a4 Nc3 38. Bb3 Ne4 39. Ke2 a5 40. f3 c4
41. fxe4 cxb3 42. Rb8 h6 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. Qh5 Rg8 13. c3 h6 14. g3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg4 16. Qh4 Qxh4
17. gxh4 O-O-O 18. Nf6 d5 19. Bg2 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Be6 21. Nxg8
Rxg8 22. Rg1 Kc7 23. O-O-O Kd6 24. Bf3 Rc8 25. Kb2 Na5 26. Rg7
Nc4+ 27. Ka1 Nxa3 28. Bh5 Rxc3 29. Bxf7 Rc7 30. Bxe6 Rxg7
31. Bxd5 Nc2+ 32. Kb1 Nd4 33. Bb3 Rg2 34. h3 Rxf2 35. Rg1 Nxb3
36. axb3 Kc5 37. Rg6 a5 38. Rxh6 Kb4 39. Rb6 Rf3 40. Kc2 Rc3+
0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7 14. Be1 b5 15. Nd4 b4 16. c5 Bxc5
17. Na4 Ba7 18. Rac1 a5 19. Nc5 Rd8 20. Nd3 Bxd4 21. exd4 Nxd3
22. Bxd3 Be6 23. Qb2 Bd5 24. Bd2 Qe6 25. Re1 Qg4 26. Bf1 h6
27. h3 Qg6 28. Bf4 Qf5 29. Bc7 Rdc8 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bg3 Nf8
32. Re5 Qf6 33. Re3 Ng6 34. Qd2 Rd8 35. Rc5 Rd7 36. Be2 Re7
37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Kh2 Nh4 39. Bd3 Ng6 40. f3 Nf8 41. Rc1 Ne6
42. Bb1 Qg5 43. Qc2 Nf8 44. Re1 a4 45. Bd6 b3 46. axb3 axb3
47. Qc3 Qd8 48. Bg3 Ra7 49. Qe3 Rd7 50. Bf2 Rd6 51. Qd2 Re6
52. Rxe6 Nxe6 53. Qd3 Nf8 54. Qc3 Qe7 55. Qd3 Qb4 56. Be3 Qe1
57. Bf4 Bc4 58. Qf5 Qe6 59. Qa5 Qf6 60. Qd2 Ng6 61. Bg3 h5
62. Bc7 h4 63. Qb4 Qxd4 64. Qb8+ Kh7 65. Be5 Qc5 66. f4 Bd5
67. Qd8 Qf2 68. Qg5 Bf3 69. Bc7 c5 70. f5 Nf8 71. f6+ g6
72. Bf4 Ne6 73. Be3 Nxg5 74. Bxf2 Be4 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Nd5
12. Ng2 Bg6 13. Na2 Bd6 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bb3 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5
17. a5 Nc8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Nc3 Na6 21. Bf4 Nc5
22. Ba2 Bd4+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nd6 25. Rfd1 Rad8 26. Rd2
Nc8 27. Rad1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf8 29. Bc4 b5 30. axb6 axb6 31. b4
Nb7 32. Ba6 Ncd6 33. Na4 Bxe4 34. Bxb7 Nxb7 35. fxe4 Rxe4
36. Rd7 b5 37. Rxb7 bxa4 38. Kf2 g6 39. h3 Kg7 40. Kf3 Rd4
41. Ke2 Rf4 42. Nc2 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Re7 Rh4 45. Re3 Kf6
46. Kd3 Rf4 47. Kc3 Rf1 48. Kd4 Rd1+ 49. Ke4 Kg5 50. Nd4 Rc1
51. Ke5 f6+ 52. Kd6 Rd1 53. Kc5 Rc1+ 54. Kb6 Kf4 55. Ra3 Ke4
56. Nxc6 f5 57. Rxa4 f4 58. b5+ Ke3 59. Ne5 Rc8 60. Ra3+ Ke2
61. Nf3 Kf2 62. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5
7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 b6
12. Qd2 f5 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bh6 a5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3 Ra7
17. a3 a4 18. Ng3 Qd5 19. Re4 b5 20. Rae1 Raf7 21. Ne2 Qd6
22. Qd2 Kg8 23. h4 Kg7 24. Nf4 Nc7 25. g3 Bf5 26. R4e3 h6
27. Nh2 c4 28. Rf3 c5 29. Nh5+ Kh7 30. g4 Bc8 31. Ng3 f5
32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. Rxf4 Ne6 35. Rxe6 Bxe6 36. dxc4
Bxc4 37. Nf3 Bd5 38. Ne5 Re7 39. Nd3 c4 40. Nb4 Re1+ 41. Kh2
Be4 42. f3 Bb7 43. h5 Rd8 44. Nxf5 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh3
Bc8 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Maia Chiburdanidze"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4
7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Qe7
12. Rab1 Rb8 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Na5 16. Ne5
b6 17. Rbd1 f6 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 f5 20. f4 Ba6 21. Bb5
Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rbe8 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Kf2 e5 25. Rd8 Rxd8
26. Rxd8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. fxe5 Kf7 29. Kf3 g5 30. h4
Ke6 31. hxg5 Kxe5 32. g4 f4 33. a4 c4 34. e4 fxe3 35. Kxe3 Kd5
36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Ke4 Kf7 38. Kd5 Kg6 39. Kc6 Kxg5 40. Kb7 Kxg4
41. Kxa7 h5 42. a5 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6
12. h3 Nf5 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bc2 Rd8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Nh2 Bxh2+
17. Kxh2 Nh4 18. Bxh6 Ne5 19. Qg3 Nef3+ 20. gxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2
1-0

[Event "NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4
Rb8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Nfd2 Bf8 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Rad1
Qb7 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qh4 g6 20. f3 Bg7 21. Ba4 Rf8 22. c3 Na7
23. d4 bxc3 24. bxc3 exd4 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Rxb7 Bxh4 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Bxd4 Bxe1 29. Bxa7 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rb1 31. g4 Bxc3+
32. Kf2 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Qf5 Nf6
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 d6 14. Qxc8 Rxc8 15. Nb5 Nbd7 16. Nxd6
Bxd6 17. Rxd6 h6 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne6 21. Nf5
Rd8 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Bf4 Ne6
26. Bd6+ Kg8 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. Nc8 Nd4 29. Be5 Nxe2 30. Bxf6
gxf6 31. Nxa7 c4 32. Nb5 Nc1 33. Nd6 Nxa2 34. Nxc4 b5 35. Nd6
b4 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Ke4 Nc1 38. f4 h5 39. f5+ Kg5 40. Nxf7+ Kg4
41. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Pavel Maletin"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5
7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1
Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Kc2 a5 15. Kb3 Nf6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Rad1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra7 19. c5 g5 20. g4 h6 21. h4
gxh4 22. Nxh4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nf3 Kg7 25. Ne5 Bc7
26. f4 f6 27. Nd3 b6 28. c6 Ba6 29. f5 Ra8 30. fxe6 Rd8
31. Ra1 Bxd3 32. e7 Re8 33. Bxd3 Rxe7 34. Ra7 Kf7 35. Bc4+ Kg6
36. Ka4 Kg5 37. Kb5 Kxg4 38. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vasile Sanduleac"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+
Kxd8 7. O-O f6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Ne1 Nc6
12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Be3 Bf8 14. a4 Bd6 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. Bxc6 b6
17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. a5 Kc6 19. axb6 cxb6 20. b4 Kb7 21. c3 Rd8
22. Nb2 Bc7 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. Nc4 Kb8 26. b5 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Hedinn Steingrimsson"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3
Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6
12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Bg3
Nf6 17. e4 Nh5 18. Reb1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Rb2
b6 22. e5 Rac8 23. b4 axb4 24. Rxb4 b5 25. c4 Bd3 26. c5 Rc7
27. Ra6 Rec8 28. f4 h5 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke3 Bc4 31. Rb1 Ke7
32. Rba1 g6 33. Rb6 Kd7 34. Raa6 Bb3 35. Kd2 Bc4 36. Kc3 Be2
37. Kb4 Bc4 38. Bf3 Bd3 39. Ra3 Bc4 40. Rba6 Bd5 41. Bxd5 exd5
42. Ra7 Rxa7 43. Rxa7+ Rc7 44. Ra8 Rc8 45. Ra7+ Rc7 46. Ra6
Rb7 47. Ra8 Ke7 48. Kb3 Kd7 49. f5 gxf5 50. Rh8 Ra7 51. Rxh5
Ra4 52. Rxf5 Rxd4 53. Rxf7+ Ke6 54. Rf6+ Kxe5 55. Rxc6 Rg4
56. h5 Rxg3+ 57. Kb4 Ke4 58. Rg6 Rh3 59. h6 Rh1 60. c6 Rb1+
61. Ka5 b4 62. c7 Rc1 63. h7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Rainer Buhmann"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O Bh6 15. Ne4 c5 16. Bxh6
Rxh6 17. Qd2 Rh5 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxe4 Rd4
21. Qf3 Re5 22. Bh7 Qb7 23. Qxb7+ Kxb7 24. Rfd1 Red5 25. Rxd4
Rxd4 26. Bg8 Rd7 27. Re1 Nd3 28. Re2 b4 29. h4 c3 30. bxc3
bxc3 31. h5 Ne1 32. h6 Rd1 33. h7 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kh3 c2
36. Rxc2 Nxc2 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5
7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 O-O 11. Nbd2 exd4
12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nf5 Ne5 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. b3 c5 16. Bb2 Re8
17. Qe2 Qc7 18. f4 Ned7 19. Qd3 Re6 20. Re2 d5 21. exd5 Rxe2
22. Qxe2 Nxd5 23. Nc4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Qg2
Qc8 27. Re1 Rb8 28. Qf3 h6 29. Qxc3 Nf8 30. Nd6 Qd7 31. Qxc5
Ne6 32. Qe5 Rd8 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Rd2 Qb6+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kg1
Qb6+ 37. Kf1 Qb4 38. Rd3 Rd7 39. Qb5 Qa3 40. Qxd7 Qc1+ 41. Kg2
Qxc2+ 42. Kh3 Nxf4+ 43. gxf4 Qxd3+ 44. Kh4 Qxb3 45. Qe8+ Kh7
46. Nxf7 Qb2 47. Qh8+ Kg6 48. Ne5+ Kf5 49. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "61st Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Nikolai Kabanov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Bf4 dxc4
7. Bxc7 cxb3 8. e4 Bg6 9. axb3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Be7
12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Rfb8 15. b4 a6 16. Kf2 Nb6
17. b3 Rd8 18. Nxb7 Rxd4 19. Rxa6 Rxb4 20. Rxa8+ Nxa8 21. Na5
Nb6 22. Be2 c5 23. Rd1 Rd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Na4 Nfd7 26. Nxb6
Nxb6 27. Nc6 Kf8 28. b4 f6 29. Nxd4 Ke7 30. Nc6+ Kd6 31. Na5
Kc7 32. Ke3 e5 33. Bc4 Be8 34. Kd3 Nc8 35. Kc3 Nd6 36. Nb3 g5
37. Nd2 h5 38. Nf1 f5 39. exf5 Nxf5 40. Bd3 Nd4 41. Nd2 h4
42. Bf1 Nf5 43. Nc4 Bb5 44. Kd2 Nd4 45. Ke3 Nc2+ 46. Ke4 Nxb4
47. Nd2 Bxf1 48. Nxf1 Kd6 49. Kf5 Nc2 50. h3 Kd5 51. Kxg5 e4
52. fxe4+ Kxe4 53. Kxh4 Kf4 54. g3+ Kf3 55. g4 Ne1 56. g5 Ng2+
57. Kh5 Nf4+ 58. Kh6 Kg2 59. h4 Kh3 60. h5 1-0

[Event "61st Russian Championship Higher League"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yuri Yakovich"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6
Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa6 14. Bb4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Qxa2
16. Rhe1 Nd5 17. Rd3 Qc4 18. Bd2 Rhf8 19. f3 Nb6 20. Bg5 Rde8
21. Re4 Qa6 22. Be3 Qb7 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Ra4 b5 25. Ra5 Rd8
26. Qd4 e5 27. Qc5 Rf4 28. Rda3 d6 29. Qe3 Ra4 30. R3xa4 bxa4
31. Rxa4 Rd7 32. b3 Kd8 33. f4 exf4 34. Qxf4 Qb6 35. Rb4 Qa7
36. Kb2 Kc7 37. Qf8 g6 38. g4 Rd8 39. Qg7+ Rd7 40. Qh8 Re7
41. Qf8 Kd7 42. h4 d5 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Qc7 45. Rb8 Qe5+
46. Ka2 d4 47. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNT"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Dragan Kojovic"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Bf4
Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1
N6d7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 f6 15. Bh6 Nc6 16. Bb3+ e6
17. Nd4 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Ne7 19. e4 Rd8 20. Be3 b6 21. Rb1 Rd6
22. Nf3 e5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bb3+ Kf8 25. Nd2 Rb8 26. Nc4 Rd8
27. Ke2 Bd7 28. Rhd1 Bb5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. a4 Be8 31. Bc2 Bf7
32. Bd3 Be8 33. Rb6 Bxa4 34. Rxf6+ Kg7 35. Re6 Ng8 36. Nxe5
Bb5 37. Rb6 Re8 38. Bxb5 Rxe5 39. Bc6 Ne7 40. Kd3 a5 41. Bb5
g5 42. Rb7 Kf6 43. Bc4 g4 44. f4 gxf3 45. gxf3 Kg5 46. Rb8 Ng6
47. Ke3 a4 48. Ra8 Kh6 49. Rxa4 Rh5 50. Ra2 Ne5 51. Be6 Kg7
52. h3 Rh6 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Bf5 Rd6 55. Rxh7 Nf7 56. Kf4 Kg8
57. e5 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 a4 10. Bg5 Ra6 11. O-O h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 b5 14. Rb1 Na7 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nc5 Rd6
17. f4 O-O 18. e4 Rc6 19. e5 Rxc5 20. dxc5 Rd8 21. Qe1 Qxc5+
22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Rd3 24. Rf3 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rd3 26. Rc2 Kf8
27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke2 f5 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Bd7 31. Rb2 Be8
32. Kd2 Kd7 33. Bf3 c6 34. g4 fxg4 35. Bxg4 Bg6 36. Ke3 Nc8
37. Rd2+ Bd3 38. f5 Nb6 39. fxe6+ Ke7 40. Kd4 Nd5 41. Bf3 Nf4
42. Bxc6 Ne2+ 43. Rxe2 Bxe2 44. Bxb5 g5 45. Bxa4 Kxe6 46. Bc6
g4 47. a4 h5 48. a5 Bf3 49. Bxf3 gxf3 50. Ke3 Kxe5 51. a6 1-0

[Event "10th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Kotanjian"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5
12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Nxf5 Nxe5 15. Ne7+ Kg7 16. Nexd5
Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Kxf6
21. Be2 Qxc5 22. Kc1 Rc8 23. Kb2 Qb6+ 24. Qb3 Qc6 25. f3 Rd8
26. Rc1 Nd3+ 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. e4 Qc5 29. Qxb7 Rd2+ 30. Rc2
Rd6 31. e5+ Qxe5 32. Qxa7 Qb5+ 33. Kc1 Qf1+ 34. Kb2 Qb5+
35. Kc1 Rb6 36. c4 Qc5 37. Qxb6+ Qxb6 38. c5 Qc6 39. h3 Ke5
40. Re2+ Kd4 41. Rd2+ Ke3 42. Rc2 h5 43. Rc3+ Ke2 44. Rc2+ Ke1
45. Kb2 f5 46. Rc1+ Kd2 47. Rc2+ Kd3 48. Rc3+ Kd4 49. Rc2 g4
50. hxg4 fxg4 51. fxg4 hxg4 52. Rd2+ Ke3 53. Rc2 Kd4 54. Rd2+
Kc4 55. Rc2+ Kb4 56. Kb1 Qe4 57. c6 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship: Higher League"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.02"]
[EventDate "2009.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bc5
12. c4 Qd8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 d5 16. exd6 Qf6
17. Rb1 e5 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. fxg5 Rd8 20. Be4 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5
22. g3 Bxd6 23. Rf1 Bc5 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. Nd5 b6 26. Bc3 Ne7
27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Bxe5 Bd4 29. Nd7+ Kg6 30. Bxd4 Rxd7 31. Bb2
Rxc4 32. Rf2 Kxg5 33. Kf1 Kg6 34. Re1 f6 35. h3 Rdc7 36. Ree2
Nd5 37. Ke1 h5 38. a3 Nc3 39. Re3 Ne4 40. Rfe2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Be2 Be7 8. g4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5+
12. c3 Bd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc6 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Qc4 c5 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2
21. Rxd2 Qxh2 22. Rd7 Qh4 23. Qf4 h6 24. Qe5 Bg5 25. Bxg5 hxg5
26. Qxc5 Qxg4 27. Qxa7 Qf4+ 28. Qe3 Qa4 29. Ra7 Qb5 30. Qd4
Qf1+ 31. Kc2 Qe2+ 32. Qd2 Qe4+ 33. Qd3 Qf4 34. Qd4 Qf5+
35. Kc1 e5 36. Qd2 g4 37. Rd7 Kh7 38. a4 Ra8 39. b3 Kg6
40. Kb2 Rh8 41. Ka3 Rh2 42. Qd6+ Kh7 43. a5 Rxf2 44. a6 g3
45. a7 g2 46. a8=Q g1=Q 47. Qd8 Qc1+ 48. Kb4 Qe4+ 49. c4 Rf3
50. Q6f8 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 dxc4 11. e3 Nd7
12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Rd2 f6 16. Nd3 Rd8
17. Rad1 Nf8 18. Qc5 Qf7 19. b4 Bd7 20. Qc3 Be8 21. a4 Rac8
22. a5 Ng6 23. e4 b6 24. Bh3 Bd7 25. Nb2 Qe7 26. axb6 axb6
27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Bg2 b5 29. Na5 e5 30. Qc5 Qe8 31. d5 cxd5
32. Qxd5+ Kh8 33. Nc6 Ne7 34. Nxe7 Qxe7 35. Bh3 Qxb4 36. Bxd7
Qc3 37. Qc6 Qa5 38. Qc5 Qa4 39. Qc7 Rf8 40. Bf5 Qa8 41. Rd7
Rg8 42. Be6 Rgc8 43. Qd6 Re8 44. Bf7 Rf8 45. Bd5 Qa4 46. Rc1
h5 47. Rcc7 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qg4 49. Rxg7 Qxg7 50. Rxg7 Kxg7
51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Be6 Rbe8 53. Qd7 b4 54. Bf5 Rh8 55. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. O-O b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 Nxc3 11. Qf3 Qe7
12. bxc3 Nb6 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Nxh7 O-O-O 15. Nxf8 Rxh5 16. Nxd7
Rxd7 17. Bf3 Rh8 18. Bd1 Nd5 19. Bd2 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Rb1 Nc7
22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Nc7 24. Re1 Rdd8 25. f3 Rd7 26. h4 c5
27. Be3 cxd4 28. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Andrei Deviatkin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O e6 8. b4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7
12. e4 b6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Rfd1 Qb8
17. e5 a6 18. Be2 Qa8 19. Qe3 Rc8 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Bd6 a5
22. a3 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. h4 axb4 25. axb4 Qb5 26. h5 Qd5
27. Qf4 f5 28. hxg6 h6 29. g4 Nf8 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Qxf5 Ne6
32. Re1 Rf8 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Qe4 Rxf3 35. Rxc6 Nf4 36. Qxd5+
Nxd5 37. Rd6 Ne7 38. Rxb6 Rd3 39. Rd6 Bf8 40. b5 Nf5 41. Rd8
Kg7 42. Rb1 Be7 43. Rd7 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 Nxd4 45. Kg2 Bg5 46. b6
Bf4 47. Re1 Nc6 48. b7 Kxg6 49. Re4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ivan Bukavshin"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 g5 9. b3 h5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nb5 Bf5
12. Bb2 Bxb1 13. Qxb1 Qd7 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O-O
16. Bxh8 Rxh8 17. Rd1 Qe6 18. e3 Bf6 19. Qc2 h4 20. Nd4 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 hxg3 22. hxg3 c6 23. Qc5 Qg6 24. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Anthony Wirig"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nc6
12. Bd3 Bg4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. c4 Nxg3 16. fxg3
dxc4 17. Bxc4 Rad8 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Nxg5 Bxc2 20. Rxf6 hxg5
21. Rxc2 Kg7 22. Rf1 Ne5 23. Be2 Rd7 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1
Rc8 26. Bf3 Rc7 27. Kf1 Nd7 28. Ke2 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Kd2
Kf6 31. Kc3 b6 32. h4 Kf5 33. g4+ Ke5 34. h5 Ne6 35. h6 Kf6
36. Be4 Nc7 37. Bf5 Nd5+ 38. Kd4 Nb4 39. e4 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valerij Popov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nc3 h6
12. Nde2 Bb4 13. Kh2 Be6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Na4 Bf5 16. Nac3 Qd7
17. Nb5 Ne5 18. Nbd4 Be4 19. b3 Neg4+ 20. hxg4 Nxg4+ 21. Kg1
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxe3 23. Nf4 Rd8 24. Rh1 Re4 25. Rc1 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "8.62"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Mustafa Yilmaz"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. d3 Bb7 6. O-O c5
7. Nc3 b4 8. Na4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc7
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Kg1 Rfc8
17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Be3 Ne5 19. c5 d5 20. Nb6 Re8 21. Qxb4 Nc4
22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Bf4 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxb8
Bxb6 27. Be5 Ne4 28. e3 f6 29. Bc3 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Ba5 31. Rd6
Bxc3 32. Rc6 a5 33. Rxc4 Bb4 34. Nd4 Kf7 35. Kf1 g6 36. a4 Re7
37. Nc6 Rd7 38. Nxb4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Ra7 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Kd3 Kd6
42. Kc3 e5 43. h4 f5 44. Kb3 Kc6 45. Rb8 Rd7 46. a5 Rd1
47. Kb2 Rd2+ 48. Ka3 Rd1 49. Rb2 Ra1+ 50. Kb4 Rc1 51. Ra2 Rb1+
52. Kc3 Rc1+ 53. Kd2 Rf1 54. Ke2 Rb1 55. a6 Rb8 56. e4 Re8
57. a7 Kb7 58. a8=Q+ Rxa8 59. Rxa8 Kxa8 60. exf5 gxf5 61. g4
fxg4 62. Ke3 Kb7 63. Ke4 Kc6 64. Kxe5 h5 65. Kf5 Kd5 66. Kg5
Ke4 67. Kxh5 Kf4 68. Kg6 Kf3 69. Kg5 1-0

[Event "12th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[Round "4.91"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Danny Raznikov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Qe2 b5 12. b3
Qb6 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. h3 h6 15. Nc3 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Qf1 Bc2
18. Rd2 Be4 19. Rc1 Qd5 20. Qd1 Qb5 21. Bf1 Qb7 22. Bg2 Qb5
23. Qf1 Qd5 24. Qe2 Qb5 25. Ne1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Ne4 27. Rdc2
Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Nb6 29. f3 Nxa4 30. fxe4 Nxb2 31. Rxb2 c5
32. Rbc2 Rb8 33. dxc5 Bf6 34. Kf3 Rb7 35. Ke2 Rbd7 36. c6 Rc7
37. Rc5 Bc3 38. Nd3 Rdc8 39. a3 Rb8 40. e5 Rb6 41. Kd1 Kf8
42. axb4 Bxb4 43. Nxb4 Rxb4 44. Kc2 Ke7 45. Kb2 Re4 46. R1c3
h5 47. Ka3 h4 48. g4 f5 49. exf6+ gxf6 50. b4 Kd8 51. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Russian Chess Championships Higher League"]
[Site "Taganrog RUS"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Dmitrij Sitnikov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. dxc5
Qxc5 7. Be3 Qa5 8. h3 Rd8 9. Nbd2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. a4 Nd5
12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. O-O e6 16. Bd4 f6
17. Rfe1 Kf7 18. Re4 c5 19. Be5 Qc8 20. Bg3 Kg8 21. Rd1 h5
22. a5 Qc6 23. Kh1 g6 24. Bd6 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 dxc4
12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Na3 c3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Nc4 Be7
17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qe6 20. Bc7 f6 21. Qb3 Kf7
22. Bd6 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rfd8 25. Kf1 g5 26. f4
gxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Ra7 29. Ra1 Bf6 30. Ra5 Bxc3
31. Rxf5+ Ke8 32. Ke2 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Kd3 Bb4 35. g4 Be7
36. Kd4 Ke6 37. Bg3 Bf8 38. h4 Be7 39. h5 Bf8 40. Bf4 Be7
41. Ke4 Bd8 42. g5 Be7 43. Bd2 Bd8 44. g6 hxg6 45. hxg6 Be7
46. Bc3 Ba3 47. Kf4 Bc1+ 48. Kg4 Be3 49. Kh5 Bc1 50. Ba5 Be3
51. Bd8 Bf4 52. Bg5 Be5 53. Kh6 c5 54. Bd2 Kd5 55. Kh7 c4
56. bxc4+ Kc5 57. Kg8 Bd4 58. Kf7 Kxc4 59. Bg5 1-0

[Event "21st Keres Memorial (Final)"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.08"]
[EventDate "2012.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 Nxe5 15. Rac1 a6 16. Ne4 h6
17. Bc5 O-O 18. Qc3 f6 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Ng6 21. Qh3 Kh7
22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. e3 Rg8 25. Kh1 Qf7 26. a3 Ne7
27. Be4+ f5 28. Bf3 Nd5 29. Nd3 Nxe3 30. Ne5 Qf6 31. Bxc6 Nxf1
32. Bxa8 Nd2 33. Rc7+ Rg7 34. Rxc8 Qe7 35. Bg2 Qa7 36. Rh8+
Kxh8 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "21st Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[EventDate "2012.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Lauri Teelem"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bf5
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nd5 c6 9. Ne3 Bc8 10. Qc2 f5 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2
Qc7 13. d5 Ndf6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 f4 19. Nf1 fxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. c5 d5 24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Qxd5+ Rf7
26. Qxd7 Nxf2 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rd4 e5 29. Rd5 Rce7 30. b4 h5
31. c6 Ng4 32. b5 Rc7 33. a4 Kf8 34. a5 Rf6 35. Rdc5 Ke7
36. b6 axb6 37. axb6 Rc8 38. b7 1-0

[Event "21st Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[EventDate "2012.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Deimante Daulyte"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 e5
7. Nge2 d5 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Nxd5 Bxe5 10. Bg2 f5 11. c3 Be6
12. Ndf4 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Bc4 14. h4 O-O-O+ 15. Kc2 Rhe8 16. b3
Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nxg3 18. Nxg3 Bxg3 19. Rae1 Bd6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Bg5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rf8 23. b4 Kd7 24. Be3 a6 25. Kd3 f4
26. Bd4 Rf5 27. a4 Be7 28. Rh1 Rh5 29. Ke4 Rxh4 30. Rxh4 Bxh4
31. Kxf4 Ke6 32. c4 Be7 33. b5 cxb5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. a5 Kd5
36. a6 Kc6 37. Ke5 h5 38. Ke6 Bd6 39. Kf7 h4 40. Ke8 h3
41. Kd8 h2 42. Kc8 h1=Q 43. a7 Qh3+ 44. Kb8 Kd7 45. a8=Q c5+
46. Kb7 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "21st Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2012.01.07"]
[EventDate "2012.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Denis Kovaljov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. a4 Rc8 11. Nd2 Bb4 12. e4
dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Qb3 c5 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. f4 Nc6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Rad1 Na5 21. Qc2 Nb8 22. f5 f6
23. e6 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Nbc6 25. Nd5 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Nd4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.08"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8
7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Qc1 b5 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. b3 cxb3
12. axb3 a6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Nb4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5
Qd6 17. Qh5 Qd5 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf4 Qd8 20. e4 Rg8 21. Rfd1
Rg6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rc5 c6 24. h4 a5 25. h5 Rg8 26. Rd2 Qe7
27. Rc1 Ra8 28. d5 e5 29. Qh6 Rad8 30. Nh4 Bc8 31. dxc6 Rxd2
32. Qxd2 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Rc4 Na6 35. Rxa4 Qc5 36. Qd5
Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Be6 38. Qd6 Nc5 39. Qe7 Nxa4 40. Qxf6+ Rg7 41. h6
Qg5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.11"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7
12. Bd2 Ng4 13. f4 Nh6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. h3 Kh8 16. Na4 f6
17. Nb6 Bf5 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf7 20. Kg2 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5
22. Bc3 Qe7 23. b4 Rbe8 24. Rae1 Kg8 25. a3 g5 26. fxe5 Nxe5
27. Bxe5 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Qxe5 29. Rf3 Qb2+ 30. Rf2 Qe5 31. Rf3
Qb2+ 32. Rf2 Qc3 33. Qxc3 Bxc3 34. Kf3 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Rxf2+
36. Kxf2 Bb2 37. e4 Bxa3 38. exd5 Bxb4 39. Na4 cxd5 40. Ke3
Kf7 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Nb6 Be1 43. Nxd5 Bf2+ 44. Kc4 Ke5 45. Ne7
b5+ 46. cxb6 Bxb6 47. Nd5 Ba5 48. Ne7 Kf4 49. Nd5+ Kg3 50. Nf6
Kxh3 51. Nxh7 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.14"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. a4 b6 8. g4 Bb7 9. Bg2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 h5 12. g5 Nfd7
13. h4 Qc7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bg7 17. b4 Ncd7
18. a5 bxa5 19. Rxa5 O-O 20. Be4 Nb6 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. c4 Nxc4
23. Rc1 Nd7 24. Ra2 Rab8 25. Qb3 a5 26. b5 Nxe3 27. Rxc7 Rxc7
28. fxe3 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Qa3 Rc4 31. Qxa5 Nxe4 32. Nxe4
Rxe4 33. Qc7 Rg4+ 34. Kh3 Rf8 35. b6 Rb4 36. b7 Rb3 37. Ra8
Rxe3+ 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "3.76"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Andreas Diermair"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. d4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. Be2 a6 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O-O e4 12. Nd2
Nf8 13. g4 Be6 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Qe7 17. g5
N6d7 18. h4 b5 19. c5 Bb8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf4 22. b4 a5
23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Bg4 25. Rde1 Kh8 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Bxf3
Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Ka2 Ne6 30. Ne2 Rf1 31. Bg4 Rf2
32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qe4 Rf8 34. Qxe6 Nb8 35. Nxf4 R2xf4 36. h5
Na6 37. Kb3 Rf3+ 38. Bc3 Nb8 39. h6 gxh6 40. d5+ Rxc3+
41. Kxc3 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "7.51"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Daniil Lintchevski"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be3 Bxf3 6. gxf3
e6 7. Nc3 Qf6 8. Qa4 O-O-O 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. f4 Bxc3 11. bxc3
Qg6 12. f3 Qh5 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Qxc4 Na5 15. Qd3 c5 16. Rhg1 c4
17. Qc2 h6 18. Rxg7 Rhg8 19. Rxg8 Rxg8 20. d5 Qxh2 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. Qd2 b6 23. Bf1 Qh5 24. Qd6 Re8 25. Bd4 Nd7 26. f5
exf5 27. e5 Nf8 28. Qd5 Kc7 29. e6 Nc6 30. Be5+ Kb7 31. f4 Qg6
32. Bxc4 Rxe6 33. Qb5 a6 34. Qxa6# 1-0

[Event "13th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Na6 8. Qe2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. dxc5 a5
12. Nc4 Ba6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Be3 Qd3 15. Qxd3 Nxd3 16. Nxa5 Nxb2
17. e5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rac8 19. Ke2 Rfd8 20. Bd4 Na4 21. Rc1 f6
22. Rc4 fxe5 23. Be3 Nb2 24. Re4 Nd1 25. Bd2 Rxc5 26. Nb7
Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Rd5+ 28. Kc2 Nxf2 29. Re2 e4 30. Rxf2 Rb5
31. Nd2 e3 32. Re2 exd2 33. Rxe7 Rb2+ 34. Kd1 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Russian Chess Championships Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.20"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Alexandr Ulanov"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. c3 Nxd2
7. Bxd2 Be7 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 Nb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4
Qd7 13. b5 a6 14. a4 c6 15. Qe2 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1
cxb5 18. Bc2 Rd8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Bxh6 b4 21. Ng5 Qe8 22. Qh3 f5
23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Qf3 Bh8 25. h4 e5 26. Ra7 e4 27. Qf4 Bf5
28. Bb3 Qc6 29. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Russian Chess Championships Higher League"]
[Site "Tyumen RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.27"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Denis Yevseev"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. O-O
Nh5 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qe7 15. b3 cxd5 16. exd5 Bxc3
17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Nxb5 Qxc3 21. Nxc3
Nb6 22. bxc4 Rac8 23. Nb5 Nxc4 24. Nxa7 Rc5 25. Rc1 Ba6 26. a4
Re8 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. Rc1 Bd3 30. Rc8 Kf8 31. f3
f6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Nb5 Kd7 35. Nc3 Bc4 36. Ne4
Ke6 37. Ke3 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Nd2 Ba6 40. Kf4 f5 41. Kg5
1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "2.47"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George-Catalin Ardelean"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nce2 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 Nbc6 8. f4 Qb6 9. O-O-O c4 10. g4 Qa6 11. Kb1 b5
12. Ng3 Qb6 13. Nh5 Rg8 14. Nf3 b4 15. Rg1 Ba6 16. f5 c3
17. Qg5 O-O-O 18. Nxg7 cxb2 19. Qf6 Bc4 20. fxe6 Bxa2+
21. Kxb2 Qa5 22. Rd3 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Bc4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Nd2
Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+ 27. Nb1 Ba2 28. Kd2 Bxb1 29. Be2 Qb2 30. Rc1
Ba2 31. e6 Bc4 32. Re3 Bxe2 33. Rxe2 a5 34. Kd1 Qxd4+ 35. Qxd4
Nxd4 36. Rf2 Nxe6 37. Rf7 Nc6 38. Rxh7 Rf8 39. Kd2 a4 40. h4
a3 41. g5 Ne5 42. Rd1 Rf2+ 43. Kc1 b3 44. cxb3 Nc6 45. Rxd5 a2
46. Rh8+ Kb7 47. Rd7+ Nc7 48. Rxc7+ Kxc7 49. Ra8 Nd4 50. g6
Nxb3+ 51. Kd1 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5
7. d4 Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc5
12. Ng5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g3
Ke7 17. Kg2 h5 18. h4 g6 19. a4 a5 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Rd1 b6
22. Kf1 Bd6 23. Be3 Bc5 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Bd2 Ke7 26. Bb5 Nc7
27. Bc4 Ne8 28. Ke2 Nd6 29. Bd5 f6 30. f3 Kf8 31. g4 Ke7
32. Be1 Kf8 33. Kd3 Kg7 34. Bb3 hxg4 35. fxg4 g5 36. h5 Kh6
37. Be6 Kg7 38. c4 Kh6 39. Bc3 f5 40. gxf5 Kxh5 41. Be5 g4
42. f6 Kg6 43. Bxg4 Ne8 44. Bh5+ Kxh5 45. f7 Nf6 46. Bxf6 Kg6
47. f8=Q Bxf8 48. Bd4 Kf5 49. Bxb6 Bb4 50. Bd4 Ke6 51. Bc3 Be7
52. Bxa5 Kd7 53. Bb6 Kc6 54. a5 Kb7 55. Ke4 Ka6 56. Kd5 Bb4
57. Kc6 Bd2 58. Bd8 Be1 59. Kd7 Bb4 60. Bc7 Bc5 61. Bd6 Be3
62. Bb4 Kb7 63. Kd6 Bf2 64. Kd5 Be3 65. Bc3 Bf2 66. Bf6 Be1
67. Bd8 Bb4 68. Bb6 Be7 69. Bc5 Bg5 70. Bd4 Bd2 71. Bb6 Bb4
72. Bd8 Ba3 73. Ke6 Bb4 74. a6+ Kxa6 75. Be7 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Legnica POL"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[Round "1.70"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Davit Lomsadze"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5
13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Nf1 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 h5 17. f3 Nf6
18. Ne3 h4 19. Bf2 Nh5 20. Nc3 Qf6 21. Nf5 Bh6 22. g4 Nf4
23. Rab1 Rd8 24. b4 Bf8 25. Be3 b6 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. a4 Bd7
28. Qa2 Rab8 29. a5 bxa5 30. Qxa5 Rb4 31. Qxa7 Rxc4 32. Rb6
Qh8 33. Qc7 Ra8 34. Qxd7 Rxc3 35. Rdb1 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Ng3
37. Rb8 Ra2+ 38. R1b2 Rc2+ 39. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Ke1 Nxf5
41. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Temur Igonin"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1
Bc5 12. c3 b5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qh4 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5
Nf6 22. Rd4 Kg7 23. Re3 h6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Bxg6
Qxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 28. Qg3+ Kf7 29. Rf4 Rg8 30. Qe3 Bxg2
31. Qe5 Bh3+ 32. Kh1 Bf5 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. Rd4 Rg7 35. Qc6 Rag8
36. f3 Kh7 37. Rd1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Bronstein Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[EventDate "2014.02.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7
7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qd3 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. b4 Be7 12. Be3
O-O 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Nd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nc5 16. bxc5 bxc5
17. Nb3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. Na5 Bd8 20. Bf3 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Bxa5
22. Bxa5 Nd7 23. Bc3 f6 24. Rb1 Qd8 25. Rb2 Bc8 26. Rxb8 Nxb8
27. e5 fxe5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Nd7 31. Bc3
Qb6 32. d6 c4+ 33. Qd4 Kf8 34. Qxb6 Nxb6 35. Bd4 Nd7 36. Bd5
g6 37. Bxc4 Ke8 38. Kf2 Nf8 39. Ke3 Be6 40. Bxe6 Nxe6 41. Bc3
Kd7 42. Bb4 Ng7 43. Kf4 Nf5 44. Kg5 Ne3 45. g4 Ke6 46. Bc5 Nd5
47. Kh6 Nf6 48. h3 Ne4 49. Ba3 Nf2 50. Kxh7 g5 51. Kh6 Nxh3
52. Kg6 a5 53. Kh6 Kd7 54. Kh5 a4 55. Kh6 Ke6 56. Kg6 Kd7
57. Kf5 Ke8 58. Bb2 Kd7 59. Be5 a3 60. Kf6 Nf2 61. Kxg5 Ke6
62. Bh2 Ne4+ 63. Kh5 Nc3 64. g5 Nxa2 65. g6 Nb4 66. g7 Kf7
67. d7 Nc6 68. Be5 Nd8 69. Ba1 a2 70. Kg4 Ne6 71. Kf3 Kg8
72. Ke3 Kf7 73. Kd2 Nd8 74. Kc2 Nb7 75. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Tseshkovsky Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[EventDate "2014.09.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Svetlana Vishnjakova"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Be6
12. b3 h6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4 Ne5 15. Qd2 a6 16. Rac1 Rab8
17. Rfd1 Kh7 18. Na4 b6 19. Qb2 Bh8 20. Nc3 Ng4 21. Nd5 Qa7
22. h3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Ne5 24. Kh2 a5 25. e4 Nc6 26. Qe3 Bc8
27. g4 f6 28. Nc3 Qd7 29. Nb5 h5 30. Rd2 Ba6 31. e5 Bxb5
32. cxb5 Nd8 33. exd6 exd6 34. Qd4 Nf7 35. Qxf6 Qxb5 36. Be4
Ne5 37. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Tseshkovsky Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai Pushkov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. f3 Re8 8. Be2 c6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qxd2+
12. Kxd2 Bxd4 13. Nd6 Re6 14. Nxc8 Na6 15. Ne7+ Kg7 16. Bd3 f6
17. Nf5+ gxf5 18. Bf4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Be5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxb7
Nc5 22. Rbb1 f4 23. Rhe1 Rae8 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. g3 Kf6 26. Bc2
Rg8 27. gxf4 exf4 28. Bxh7 Rh8 29. Bd3 Rxh2+ 30. Be2 Rh8
31. a4 Ke5 32. a5 Kd4 33. Rb4 Rh2 34. Rb8 Ne4+ 35. fxe4 f3 0-1

[Event "Tseshkovsky Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.09.23"]
[EventDate "2014.09.17"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Sergey Grishchenko"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 h6
7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Bb6 9. b3 Bf5 10. h3 Bh7 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. a3
Ne7 13. Na4 c6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. a4 f5 16. Re1 e4 17. dxe4
fxe4 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Qg4 Qc8 20. Nxc6 Qxg4 21. Nxe7+ Kf7
22. hxg4 Nd3 23. Nf5 Nxb2 24. Bxe4 Kf6 25. Ra2 Rae8 26. Bb1
1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial (Rapid)"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
c5 7. d3 a6 8. Qb3 Be7 9. a4 Nd5 10. a5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nc6
12. Nc4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. e4 Ndb4 16. Be3 f5
17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Kh8 19. d4 c4 20. Nxc4 fxe4 21. Nb6 Rc7
22. Bxe4 Bc6 23. Qxe6 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. d5
Rc2 27. Nd7 Rd8 28. Qxb4 Qf5 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd7 31. d6
h5 32. Rd1 h4 33. Qd5 Qg6 34. Rd4 Qb1+ 35. Rd1 Qg6 36. Kg2 Qf6
37. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.03.27"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[Round "1.29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Kirill Kuderinov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 f5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. Na4 Qd6 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Rc3 b6 17. b4 Bd7
18. Nb2 Rad8 19. h3 Bh8 20. a4 c6 21. g4 Ng7 22. f3 cxd5
23. cxd5 Rc8 24. Nd3 Qd6 25. Qb3 e6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 exd5
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bb4 Qf6 30. Qxd5+ Qe6 31. Nxe5 Qxd5 32. exd5
Bxb5 33. Nxg6 Bxf1 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nxc8 Ba6 36. Nd6 Kg6
37. Bf1 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 h5 39. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Ismayil Bahram Shahaliyev"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Nd5
12. Bxd5 Bxg5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Ne4 Bc6
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qe4 Nd5 21. Ba4
Ne7 22. Bxc6 Rfd8 23. Ba4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4
26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Kf8 28. Kf1 Nd5 29. Bb3 Nf4 30. Bc4 Ke7
31. g3 Ng6 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. f4 f5 34. Ke3 e5 35. fxe5+ Kxe5
36. b4 Ne7 37. b5 g5 38. a4 Nd5+ 39. Kd3 f4 40. a5 f3 41. b6
axb6 42. a6 Nc7 43. a7 Kd6 44. Ke3 Kc6 45. Kxf3 Kb7 46. Kg4 h6
47. Kh5 Kxa7 48. g4 b5 49. Ba2 Kb7 50. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pouria Darini"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c4 O-O 8. h3 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Nde2 Nd7 15. c5 Qe7 16. Qb3 Rfb8
17. Qa3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. f4 c4 20. Qa5 g6 21. Rad1 Bg7
22. Qa4 Qc5+ 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. e5 a5 25. Qc2 Qb4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qa4 Qa8 30. Qxc4 c5 31. e6 Bxg2
32. exf7+ Kf8 33. Qe6 Bb7 34. Ng3 Qc8 35. Qc4 Bd4 36. Nce2 Qd7
37. f5 Qxf7 38. Qb5 Qd5 39. Nf4 Bg1+ 40. Kxg1 Qd4+ 41. Kf1
Qxf4+ 42. Ke2 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Nakhchivan Open"]
[Site "Nakhchivan AZE"]
[Date "2015.05.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Seyed Khalil Mousavi"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. Ne1 h6 11. e4 Na6 12. Nd3
Nb4 13. a3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 a4 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng4 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Nd1 Qf6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Nf2 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4
22. Nxg4 fxg4 23. b3 axb3 24. Rxb3 b6 25. Rd3 Bg7 26. Rdd1 h5
27. Rde1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Bf6 29. Be4 Re8 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Kg2 Bd4
32. Bc2 Rxe1 33. Bxe1 Kf6 34. a4 Bf5 35. Bb3 Be4+ 36. Kf1 Bd3+
37. Kg2 Ke5 38. a5 bxa5 39. Bxa5 Bb6 40. Bc3+ Ke4 41. h3 Ke3
42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Bd1 Be2 44. Bb3 Kd3 45. Bf6 Kd2 46. Bd8 Kc3
0-1

