[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chalabashvili, T."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 g6 5.d3 Nh6 6.O-O f6 7.Re1 Nf7 8.d4 d6 9.Be3 Bg7
10.h3 Nd7 11.a3 O-O 12.d5 c5 13.b4 b6 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bc6 Rb8 16.Rb1 f5 17.a4 f4
18.Bd2 Kh8 19.Qe2 Ng5 20.Kh1 Nxf3 21.Qxf3 Kg8 22.b5 a5 23.Qd3 f3 24.g4 Qh4
25.Qf1 Nf6 26.g5 Bxh3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Barbascu, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.cxd3 e6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.O-O a6
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 O-O 11.Qb3 a5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.c4 Ng4 15.Bg3 Rc8
16.c5 Re8 17.h3 Nf6 18.Rfc1 Nd7 19.Rc2 Qf6 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Rac1 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Qg6
23.Rc7 Rd8 24.Qb5 Nf6 25.Rb7 Rc8 26.Rxb6 h6 27.Rb8 Rxb8  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geczi, Mirjam"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bc4 e6 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rad1 b5 12.Bb3 a5 13.a3 h6 14.Bh4 Qb6 15.Ne5 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Nd5 17.Rfe1 Nc5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Nh5 Na4 20.Nf4 Nxb2 21.Rb1 Nc4 22.a4 b4
23.Nxg6 fxg6 24.Qd3 g5 25.Bg3 Rac8 26.c3 Na3 27.Rb2 Rxc3 28.Qxc3 Nc4 29.Qc2 Nxb2
30.Qxb2 Rc8 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Qxc1 b3 33.Qb2 Qc6 34.Kf1 Qc2 35.Qa1 b2  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gedvilaite, M."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nge7 5.Bc4 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 d5
9.f5 dxc4 10.Qd2 exf5 11.Bh6 cxd3 12.Qg5 fxe4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nxe4 Nf5 15.Qf4 dxc2
16.Nxc5 Qd6 17.Qc4 Kg8 18.Rae1 Bd7 19.Ne4 Qe6 20.Qc3 f6 21.Nc5 Qf7 22.Nxb7 Rae8
23.g4 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Ng7 25.Nd6 Qd5 26.Ne4 c1=Q 27.Qxc1 Bxg4 28.Nfd2 Nd4 29.Nc3 Nf3+
30.Nxf3 Qxf3 31.Rf1 Qc6 32.Qf4 Be6 33.Rc1 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Bd5+ 35.Nxd5 Qxd5+
36.Kg1 Qg5+ 37.Qxg5 fxg5 38.b4 Rb8 39.Rb1 Ne6 40.a4 Kf7  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Qd2 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.h3 a6
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Kh8 11.Nf3 Qa7 12.a4 Nc6 13.Be2 b6 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Bf1 Bc8
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Bc5 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qe2 Rg8 21.Qh5 Qe7 22.Kh1 Bb7
23.Bd3 f5 24.Rg1 Rg7 25.Ne2 Rag8 26.Nd4 Rg5 27.Qf3 Qf6 28.c3 Bd6 29.Qd1 Qh6
30.Qf3 Rh5 31.Be2 Rh4 32.Bd3 f4 33.Rae1 Rg3 34.Nf5 Rhxh3+  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grau Carreras, Monica"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Ne5 Bd7 10.O-O O-O 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Na4 Bd6 13.Bc3 c5 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Qg4 Nf6
16.Qf3 Ne4 17.Qg4 Nxc3 18.Nxc3 Qf6 19.Rab1 Rab8 20.Na4 Rb4 21.Qe2 Rxa4 22.a3 Rb8
23.c3 Ra5 24.f3 Rab5 25.f4 c4 26.Rf2 Bxa3 27.Qd1 Bxb2 28.Qa4 Bxc3 29.Rxb5 axb5
30.Qa7 Qd8 31.f5 Qd6 32.Qb6 Rxb6 33.Ra2 h6  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geczi, Mirjam"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Nxe4 7.Re1 d5 8.Bb3 O-O
9.cxd4 Bb4 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Nbxd2 Bg4 12.Re3 Nxd4 13.Rd3 Nxb3 14.Rxb3 Bc5 15.h3 Be6
16.Rc1 Bb6 17.Rd3 Qf6 18.Rb3 d4 19.Rd3 Qg6 20.Ne5 Qf6 21.Ndf3 Rfe8 22.Nc4 Bxc4
23.Rxc4 Rad8 24.b4 Qe6 25.Rc2 a6 26.a3 h6 27.Nxd4 Bxd4 28.Rcd2 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 Qxd1
30.Rxd1 Be5+ 31.g3 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Bd6 33.Kg2 Kf8 34.Kf3 Re5 35.Rd4 Ke7  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Gara, Ticia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 dxe5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.fxe5 Nd5 11.Bd2 Bg7 12.O-O-O e6 13.Ne4 Bd7 14.Nd6 Rf8 15.c4 Nb6
16.Ba5 Ke7 17.Bb4 Bxe5 18.Nc8+ Ke8 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Bxf8 Rxa2 21.Ba3 c5 22.Kb1 Ba4
23.Rd3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Pop, Dumitru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Bb2 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Kh1 Nc5 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.f4 Rac8 15.Rac1 h6
16.h3 Qb6 17.Rf3 g6 18.Rg3 Kh7 19.f5 e5 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qg4 Rg8
23.Rf1 Bh4 24.fxg6+ fxg6 25.Rf7+ Kh8 26.Re3 Bg5 27.Ne6 Nxe6 28.Qxe6 Bf4 29.Rxb7 Rc7
30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Rf3 Kh7 32.g3 g5 33.Qf5+ Rg6 34.gxf4 gxf4 35.Rf1 Qg7 36.Rg1 f3
37.Qxg6+ Qxg6 38.Rxg6 Kxg6 39.Kg1 Kg5 40.Bc1+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motoc, Alina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.e3 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Nf8
9.a3 Ne6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.b4 Ng5 12.Be2 a6 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.Bf3 Bd7 15.Qc2 Qg6
16.Qxg6 hxg6 17.h3 Bf5 18.O-O g5 19.Rfd1 Kd7 20.Na4 Kc7 21.Nc5 Rh7 22.Kf1 b6
23.Nd3 Rh4 24.Rac1 g4 25.Bxd5 Bd7 26.Bxc6 Bxc6 27.d5 gxh3 28.Rxc6+ Kd7 29.gxh3 Rxh3
30.Ke2 Rb8 31.Rdc1 Rh4 32.Nb2 Rh6 33.Nc4 Bc7 34.Nd2 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Bd6 36.Nc4 Bc7
37.e4 b5 38.Na5 Rb6 39.Rxb6 Bxb6 40.Nc6 Kd6 41.f3 f5 42.Kf1 fxe4 43.fxe4 Be3
44.Kg2 Bc1 45.Kg3 Bxa3 46.Kg4 Bb2 47.Kf5 Bc3 48.Kg6 Bf6 49.Kf5 Bc3 50.Kf4 Bd2+
51.Kf3 Bc3 52.Ke3 Be1 53.Kd3 Bf2 54.Nb8 Bg3 55.Nxa6 Be1 56.Kd4 Bf2+ 57.Kd3 Be1
58.Ke2 Bc3 59.Kd1 Ke5 60.Nc5 Kd4 61.d6 Bxb4 62.d7 Ba5 63.Nb3+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Bathuyag, Mungutuul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Rb8
9.Nd5 Bc5 10.Bg5 Bxf3 11.exf3 Nd4 12.Qd1 h6 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Bxh6 Re8 15.f4 Kh7
16.Qh5 Kg8 17.Qg4+ Kh7 18.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riddi, S."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Nxe4 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Bxf7+ Rxf7 12.Nxe4 Bxb2 13.Rb1 Bg7 14.O-O d6 15.Qf2 Qc4
16.a3 Bf5 17.Rb4 Qc6 18.Ng5 Rff8 19.g4 Bc8 20.Qh4 h6 21.Ne4 g5 22.Qg3 d5
23.Nd2 Qxc2 24.Re1 e5 25.Nb3 d4 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Qc5 29.Qd6 Qxd6
30.Rxd6 Rxf3 31.Rxh6 Kg7 32.Rh5 Kf6 33.Rh8 Rc3 34.Rf8+ Kg7 35.Ree8 Rc7 36.Rh8 Kg6
37.Rhf8 b5 38.Rg8+ Rg7 39.Rh8 Rc7 40.Rhg8+ Kf6 41.Rgf8+ Rf7 42.Rg8 a5 43.Rxc8 Rxc8
44.Rxc8 Rb7 45.Kf2 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.Rc2 Ke5 48.Ke3 Kd5 49.Kd3 Rh7 50.Rg2 Rh3+
51.Kc2 Ke4 52.Rf2 Ke3 53.Rf5 Kd4 54.Rxg5 Kc4 55.Rh5 b3+ 56.Kb2 Re3 57.Rf5 Re2+
58.Kb1 Rxh2 59.Rf4+ Kc3 60.Rf3+ Kb4 61.Rg3 Ka3 62.Rg1 Rb2+ 63.Ka1 Rc2 64.Kb1 Rc6
65.g5 Rg6 66.Rg2 Re6 67.Rg1 Rg6 68.Rg2 b2 69.Rg3+ Kb4 70.Kxb2 Kc5 71.Kc3 Kd5
72.Kd3 Ke5 73.Ke3 Kf5 74.Kf3 Rxg5 75.Rxg5+ Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kisonova, Katarina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C23"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.cxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nxd2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 c6 10.Bxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 cxd5 12.Ngf3 Nc6 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 Bg4 15.Rac1 f6
16.Rc5 Rad8 17.h3 Bh5 18.a4 Rfe8 19.Re3 Kf7 20.b4 Rd7 21.b5 Nd8 22.Rc8 Ree7
23.Kf1 Ne6 24.a5 Rd8 25.Rc1 Rc7 26.Rxc7+ Nxc7 27.Rb3 Rd6 28.Nh4 Kf8 29.Nf5 Re6
30.Ne3 b6 31.Nb1 bxa5 32.Nc3 Rd6 33.Ra3 Bg6 34.Rxa5 Ke8 35.Ke1 a6 36.bxa6 Nxa6
37.Ncxd5 Kd7 38.Kd2 f5 39.Nc4 Bf7 40.Nxd6 Kxd6 41.Rxa6+ Kxd5 42.Ke3 g6 43.Ra7 Bg8
44.Rg7  1-0

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Farhat, Barbara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd7
9.Bc4 dxe5 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Qxb2 13.Bxf7+ Kd8 14.Be5 Ba6 15.Be6 Qb7
16.Rb1 Qc8 17.Rf2 Bh6 18.Bxh8 Kc7 19.Be5+ Kd8 20.Ne4 Ke8 21.Bxd7+ Qxd7 22.Qxd7+ Kxd7
23.Nc5+ Ke8 24.Nxa6 Rd8 25.Rb8 Be3 26.Rf8+ Kxf8 27.Rxd8+ Kf7 28.Bd4 Bg5 29.Bxa7 e5
30.Rd7+ Kf6 31.Rxh7 e4 32.Kg1 e3 33.Kf1 Kf5 34.a4 Kf4 35.Bb6 Ke4 36.Nc7 Bf4
37.a5 c5 38.a6 Kd4 39.a7 Kc3 40.Ke2 Kxc2 41.a8=Q c4 42.Qa2+ Kc3 43.Nd5+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao Dingding"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 Re8 7.d3 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bc2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.a4 b4 12.Ng5 h6 13.Ne4 Bb6 14.Qh5 Nf6 15.Qf3 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Qd6 17.Nd2 f5 18.Qh4 Qe7 19.Qg3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Qf6 21.Nc4 Bd7 22.Nxb6 cxb6
23.Rb1 Na7 24.Qe3 Qg6 25.f3 b5 26.axb5 Nxb5 27.Bb3+ Kh8 28.Ba4 Bc6 29.c4 Nd4
30.Bxc6 Qxc6 31.Bb2 Nc2 32.Qf2 Nxe1 33.Qxe1 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Rad8 35.Qc3 Qd4 36.Qxd4 exd4
37.c5 Rd5 38.Rc1 Rxc5 39.Ra1 Rc2 40.Bxd4 Ree2 41.Rg1 a5 42.Bb6 a4 43.d4 Red2
44.h3 a3 45.Ra1 a2 46.Kh2 Rxg2+ 47.Kh1 Rh2+ 48.Kg1 Rcg2+ 49.Kf1 Rh1+ 50.Kxg2 Rxa1
51.d5 Rd1 52.Kg3 a1=Q 53.Kf4  0-1

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Amri, S."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 d5
9.Nb3 dxe4 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.fxe4 Nb4 12.Rc1 Ng4 13.Bc5 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Nxa2
15.Ra1 Nxc3 16.h3 Nf6 17.Bxe7 Re8 18.Bxf6 Nxe4 19.Bb5 Re6 20.O-O Rxf6 21.Rfe1 Nd6
22.Nd4 Kg7 23.Re7 a6 24.Rc7 Bf5 25.Ra2 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Bc4 Nd6 28.Bd5 Be4
29.Bb3 Nf5 30.Nxf5+ Rxf5 31.Ra4 Bc6 32.Rd4 Rg5 33.Rd2 a5 34.Kh2 Rc5 35.g4 a4
36.Ba2 b5 37.Kg1 b4 38.Kf2 Rc3 39.h4 b3 40.cxb3 axb3 41.Bb1 Ba4 42.Ke1 Rc1+
43.Rd1 b2 44.Ke2 Bxd1+ 45.Kd3 Rxb1 46.Kc3 Bxg4 47.Kc2 f5 48.Kxb1 f4 49.Kxb2 f3
50.Kc2 f2 51.Kc3 f1=Q 52.Kd4 Qe2 53.Kd5 Qe3 54.Kc4 Be6+ 55.Kb5 Qc3 56.Kb6 Qc4
57.Kb7 Qc5 58.Kb8 Qb6+ 59.Ka8 Bd5+  0-1

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Pkhakadze, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O h6 11.Bf4 Nf8 12.Rae1 Ne6 13.Bg3 Nc7 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.f4 Be6
16.h3 c5 17.Qf2 c4 18.Bb1 b5 19.a3 a5 20.f5 Bd7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Be7 23.Nxf6+ Bxf6
24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Be5 Ra6 26.Qg3 Nd5 27.Be4 Rd8 28.Bxd5 Qxd5 29.Rf4 Qc6 30.Rg4 Bxe5
31.dxe5 g6 32.f6 Kh7 33.e6 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Qh5 35.e7 Re8 36.Rd4 Raa8 37.Re5 g5
38.Qg4 Qxg4 39.hxg4 Rab8 40.Red5 Kg6 41.Rd8  1-0

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Cherednichenko, Svetlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nd7 5.Qd2 a6 6.f4 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.Nf3 c5 9.Bd3 Ngf6
10.d5 Ng4 11.O-O Nxe3 12.Qxe3 O-O 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Qb6 15.Rad1 e6 16.Be2 Rad8
17.Kh1 b4 18.dxe6 Qxe6 19.axb4 cxb4 20.Rd6 Qe7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Nf6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8
24.Bxa6 Ng4 25.Qb3 Qa7 26.Bc4 Nf2+ 27.Kg1 Rd1 28.g3 Ne4+ 29.Kh1 Rxf1+ 30.Bxf1 h5
31.e6 Nf2+ 32.Kg2 Ng4 33.exf7+ Kh8 34.Qd3 Qf2+ 35.Kh3 Ne3 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.f8=Q Qxf1+
38.Kh4 Ng2+ 39.Kg5 Qb5+ 40.Qc5 Qxc5+  0-1

[Event "Wch U10 Girls"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meshcherjakova, E."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.O-O Nf6 10.h3 O-O 11.Qd2 a6 12.Ba4 b5 13.Bb3 Bf5 14.d5 Na5 15.Rfe1 Nxb3
16.axb3 b4 17.Na4 Nxd5 18.Bc5 a5 19.Rad1 c6 20.g4 Bd7 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Qxd7 Qxd7
23.Rxd7 Nd5 24.Nd2 Rfd8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Nc4 Ra8 27.Nd6 Bf8 28.Nc4 Bg7 29.Nc5 Bd4
30.Nb7 a4 31.bxa4 Rxa4 32.Nba5 c5 33.Nb3 Nf4 34.Nxd4 cxd4 35.Re4 Nxh3+ 36.Kg2 Ng5
37.Rxd4 Ne6 38.Re4 Kf8 39.Nb6 Ra6 40.Rxb4 Ke7 41.Nd5+ Kd6 42.Rb6+ Rxb6 43.Nxb6 Ke5
44.Kf3 Nd4+ 45.Ke3 Nxc2+ 46.Kd3 Nb4+ 47.Kc4 Na6 48.Kb5 Nb8 49.Nc4+ Kf4 50.Ne3 h5
51.gxh5 gxh5 52.Kb6 Nd7+ 53.Kc7 Nc5 54.Kc6 Nb3 55.Kd6 h4 56.Ng2+ Kg4 57.Nxh4 Kxh4
58.f4 f5 59.Ke6 Kg4 60.Ke5 Na5 61.Kd5 Kxf4 62.b4 Nb7 63.b5 Ke3 64.b6 f4 65.Kc6 f3
66.Kxb7 f2 67.Kc7 f1=Q 68.b7 Qc4+ 69.Kd7 Qb5+ 70.Kc7 Qc5+ 71.Kd7 Qb6 72.Kc8 Qc6+
73.Kb8 Kd4 74.Ka7 Qc7 75.Ka8 Qa5+ 76.Kb8 Kc5 77.Kc8 Qa6 78.Kc7 Qc6+ 79.Kb8 Kb6  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarova, Zeynab"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 d5 5.g3 Bf5 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O Ne4
9.Ne5 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 c6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.f4 Rfd8 14.h3 h5 15.b4 a5
16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Ra2 18.c3 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Rda8 20.Ra1 Qb5 21.Kh2 Qc4 22.Rxa2 Rxa2
23.Ra1 Bh6 24.Rxa2 Qxa2 25.Bc1 Qxd2 26.Bxd2 Kf8 27.b5 Ke8 28.Be3 e6 29.b6 Bf8
30.Bf3 Kd7 31.Bf2 c5 32.c4 Kc6 33.Be1 Bc2 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Bb3 36.cxd5+ Bxd5
37.e4 Ba2 38.Bh4 Kxb6 39.Bd8+ Kc6 40.Kh3 c4 41.Ba5 b5 42.Be2 b4 43.Kh4 Be7+
44.Kg3 Kb5 45.Bc7 b3 46.Bd1 c3 47.Be2+ Kc6 48.Ba5 c2 49.Bd2 b2  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gedvilaite, M."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.e5 c5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.Ne4 Qc7 10.Nxc5 Bxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxc5 12.c3 Nf5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.O-O Qb6 15.Rf2 Re8
16.Re2 Be6 17.b3 Nc6 18.Be3 Rad8 19.Qe1 Qc7 20.Qh4 Bd7 21.Rae1 Ne7 22.Nf3 f6
23.Qxf6 Nd5 24.Qh4 Bc6 25.Ne5 Nxc3 26.Rc2 Ne4 27.Rec1 Rd6 28.Bxa7 Qg7 29.Be3 Red8
30.h3 g5 31.Qe1 gxf4 32.Bxf4 Nd2 33.Qg3 Qxg3 34.Bxg3 Ne4 35.Nxc6 Rd1+ 36.Rxd1 Rxd1+
37.Kh2 bxc6 38.Rxc6 Rd2 39.a4 Rd3 40.Bc7 Rxb3 41.a5 Ra3 42.a6 Kf7 43.Bb8 h5
44.a7 h4 45.Rh6 Ng5 46.Rxh4 Ke6 47.Rh6+ Kd7 48.Rh5 Ne6 49.Rxf5 Kc8 50.Re5 Ng7
51.Rc5+ Kb7 52.g4 Ne6 53.Rf5 Nd4 54.Rf7+ Ka8 55.Bd6 Ra6 56.Rf8+ Kb7 57.Bc5 Nc6
58.a8=Q+ Rxa8 59.Rxa8 Kxa8 60.g5 Ne5 61.Kg3 Kb7 62.h4 Kc6 63.Bf8 Kd7 64.Bg7 Nc6
65.Kf4 Ke6 66.h5 Kf7 67.h6 Kg6 68.Ke4 Ne7 69.Ke5 Nf5 70.Bf8 Nh4 71.Kf4 Ng2+
72.Kg3 Ne3 73.Kf3 Nd5 74.Ke4 Nb6 75.Kd4 Nd7 76.Bg7 Nb8 77.Kd5 Na6 78.Ke6 Nc5+
79.Ke7 Ne4 80.Bf6 Ng3 81.Ke6 Ne4 82.Ke5 Nc5 83.Kd5 Nd7 84.Ke6 Nf8+ 85.Ke7 Nh7
86.Ke6 Nf8+ 87.Kd6 Nh7 88.Ke7 Nxg5 89.Bxg5 Kxg5 90.h7 Kg6 91.h8=Q  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Gara, Ticia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[ECO "B73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.O-O g6 8.h3 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Rad1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.Rfe1 a6 15.Bh6 Rxd4
16.Qxd4 Bxh6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Qxe5 e6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Qc8 21.c3 Bc6 22.Ree1 Bg7
23.Qd6 Bd5 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.Qg3 Bxa2 26.c4 Rd2 27.Qg5 Qd7 28.Qg4 Bxb2 29.Rcd1 Bb3
30.Rb1 a5 31.Qg3 Qd4 32.Re3 a4 33.Rf3 e5 34.Qg5 Bxc4 35.Qe7 a3 36.Qe8+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Gaiova, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Bc4 Bd7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.h5 a6 15.hxg6 fxg6
16.e5 Ne8 17.Bh6 Bxe5 18.Nb3 Rf7 19.Ne4 Nf6 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Kb1 b5 22.g4 Qc7
23.Rdg1 b4 24.f4 e6 25.Qd3 Bh8 26.Rd1 d5 27.Nd2 Rc6 28.Nf3 a5 29.Rhe1 a4
30.f5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Rxf5 32.Nd4 Bxd4 33.Qxd4 Kf7 34.Qg7+ Ke8 35.Rxd5 Kd8 36.Qg8+ Ke7
37.Rxf5 Rxc2 38.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Istrati, Viorica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.c3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.Nd2 d6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Bg4 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.e4 e6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.f5 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18.cxd4 Kg7 19.Rf3 exf5 20.exf5 Nf6 21.Raf1 Qe7
22.g4 Qd7 23.g5 Nd5 24.Qf2 Nc7 25.Qh4 Rh8 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Qf4 Rcf8 28.Qf6+ Kg8
29.Bxg6 Ne8 30.Bxf7+ Qxf7 31.Qxf7+ Rxf7 32.Rxf7 Ng7 33.Rf8+ Kh7 34.g6+ Kxg6
35.Rxh8 Ne6 36.d5 Nc7 37.h4 Nxd5 38.h5+ Kg7 39.Rff8 Nf4 40.h6+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgieva, Liubka"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Bc5
9.Be3 Ne5 10.Bf4 d6 11.Bxe5 dxe5 12.Nb3 Ba7 13.a4 Bd7 14.Qe2 Bd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Nd1 e5 17.c3 dxc3 18.Nxc3 O-O 19.h3 Rac8 20.Rfd1 Qc4 21.Qe3 Bc6 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.exd5 Bxa4 24.Rdc1 Qb4 25.Qxe5 Bd7 26.d6 Rce8 27.Qc3 Qxd6 28.Bxb7 Bb5 29.Qf3 Qb6
30.Bd5 Bd7 31.Bc6 Bxc6 32.Qxc6 Qxc6 33.Rxc6 Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kopinits, Anna Christina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qd8 7.Nb3 Nxd4 8.Nfxd4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Be3 Ne7 11.Nxe6 Bxe6 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7
15.Bxc5 Rhc8 16.O-O-O+ Ke8 17.Bd6 Rd8 18.Rhe1 Rd7 19.Ba3 Rc7 20.Rd2 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8
22.Rxe7 Rxe7 23.Bxe7+ Kxe7 24.Kd2 Kd6 25.Kd3 Kd5 26.c4+ Kc5 27.Kc3 g6 28.b4+ Kd6
29.Kd4 f6 30.a4 a6 31.c5+ Kc6 32.Kc4 h5 33.b5+ axb5+ 34.axb5+ Kc7 35.Kd5 f5
36.c6 bxc6+ 37.bxc6 h4 38.h3 g5 39.Ke5 g4 40.Kxf5  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lujan, Carolina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 e5 5.d5 Nf6 6.a3 Bg4 7.f3 Bf5 8.Bc4 Nbd7
9.Be3 Bc5 10.Qe2 O-O-O 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Bb3 Nbxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5
15.Nh3 Nc3 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Qf2 Qd6 18.bxc3 Qxa3+ 19.Kb1 Qxb3+  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Levushkina, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.O-O Bg7 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nf6 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Nc3 Qd8 12.d5 Nb4 13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Nde2 d6 8.Bg2 Bd7
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Ne5 11.g4 h5 12.g5 Nh7 13.f4 Nc4 14.Kh2 Rc8 15.Qd3 b5 16.a3 a5
17.Rb1 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Nd5 Bb5 20.Nxb4 Qa5 21.Nd5 Nxb2 22.Nxe7+ Kh8 23.Qf3 Rxc2
24.Bxb2 Bxb2 25.Qb3 Ba4 26.Qd3 Qb5 27.Qxb5 Bxb5 28.Rf2 Re8 29.Nd5 Bxe2 30.Ne3 Bd4
31.Rb3 Bxe3 32.Rxe3 Bd1 33.Rxc2 Bxc2 34.Re2 Bd3 35.Rd2 Bxe4  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Ne2 e5 5.c3 Nge7 6.d4 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.d5 Nb8 10.Be3 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.h3 Be6 14.Nd2 f5 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.c4 Rab8 17.b3 Rfd8 18.Nf3 h6 19.Nc3 d5 20.fxe5 dxe4 21.Nd4 Nf8 22.Nxe4 fxe4
23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.Nxe6 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qxe5 26.Bf4 Qxe6 27.Bxb8 Nf5 28.Bxa7 e3
29.Qe2 h5 30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Nh4 32.Qxe3 Qxg4 33.Qh3 Qd1+ 34.Bf1 Nf3+ 35.Kf2 Nd4
36.Qd3 Qc2+ 37.Qxc2 Nxc2 38.Bb6 Ba3 39.Bd3 Nb4 40.Bb1 Kf7 41.Kf3 Na6 42.Be4 c5
43.Bb7 Nb8 44.Bd8 Ke8 45.Bg5 Kd7 46.Be4 Nc6 47.Bf4 Ne7 48.Kg4 Ke6 49.Kg5 Kf7
50.Bd3 Kg7 51.Bd2 Kf7 52.Bf4 Kg7 53.Be4 Kf7 54.Bd5+ Ke8 55.Kf6 Kd7 56.Be6+ Kd8
57.Kf7 Nc6 58.Be3 Ne5+ 59.Kf6 Bb2 60.Kg5 Ke7 61.Bd5 Ba3 62.Be4 Kf7 63.Bf4 Ke6
64.Bd5+ Kd6 65.Kf6 Bb2 66.a4 g5 67.Bg3 Bc3 68.a5  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Dang Bich Ngoc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.h4 h5
9.Be3 d6 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Ne2 Bh8 15.g4 hxg4
16.h5 d5 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Qg5 dxc4 19.dxc4 e5 20.Qh4 Qe6 21.Nc3 Kf7 22.Nb5 Bf6
23.Qg3 Qb6 24.O-O-O Rd8 25.f4 gxf3 26.Qxf3 a6 27.Nc3 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Be6 29.Nd5 Bxd5
30.exd5 Nf5 31.Bd2 e4 32.Qa3 e3 33.Bc3 Re8 34.Bf3 e2 35.Re1 Bxc3 36.bxc3  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 Nbd7
9.Ng3 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nh5 Re8 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.O-O Qd6 14.Rb1 a5 15.a3 Bd8
16.Qh5 Bc7 17.Ne2 Bg4 18.Qh4 g5 19.Qg3 Qd7 20.f4 Qe6 21.Kf2 Kf8 22.Rbe1 Bxe2
23.Kxe2 Bxf4 24.Rxf4 gxf4 25.Qxf4 Re7 26.Kd2 Rae8 27.Bh7 Kg7 28.Bf5 Qf6 29.g4 c5
30.Kd3 cxd4 31.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 32.Kxd4 Kf6 33.Rf1 Kg7 34.Rf3 f6 35.h4 Re5 36.h5 R8e7
37.b4 Rc7 38.Bd3 axb4 39.axb4 Rc1 40.Rf5 Rd1 41.Kc3 Rg1 42.Rxe5 fxe5 43.Bf5 Kf6
44.b5 b6  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gara, Ticia"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nbd7 6.Nge2 Nb6 7.Bb3 Nbxd5 8.O-O Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Ng3 b6 11.Ba3 Bb7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Ba4 c6 14.c4 a6 15.c3 b5 16.Bc2 Qc7
17.Ne4 Rad8 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qg4 Bc8 20.Qg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 Be6 22.Be4 Rc8 23.cxb5 cxb5
24.Bb4 Rc4 25.Bd3 Rc7 26.a4 Bc4 27.Be4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 Bb5 29.Ra3 e6 30.Rd1 Be7
31.Bxe7 Rexe7 32.Bd3 Bxd3 33.Rxd3 Rc6 34.Kf1 Rec7 35.Ke2 Kf8 36.Re3 Ke7 37.Kd3 Kd7
38.g4 f6 39.Re1 Kc8 40.Rc1 Rd6 41.Ra5 Rcd7 42.f4 Kb7 43.Re1 Rb6 44.Ra2 Rc7
45.Re3 Rcc6 46.Kc2 Rb5 47.Rh3 Rc7 48.Ra1 e5 49.dxe5 fxe5 50.Rah1 exf4 51.Rxh7 Re5
52.Rxc7+ Kxc7 53.Rh7+ Kc6 54.Rf7 Re2+ 55.Kb3 g5 56.Rf5 Rxg2 57.Rxg5 f3 58.Rf5 Rxg4
59.Rxf3 Rg6 60.Kb4 Kb6 61.c4 a5+ 62.Ka4 Rg4 63.Rf6+ Kc5 64.Kxa5 Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.d3 Nc6 6.c4 e5 7.Nbc3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 f5 10.Rb1 Be6 11.Be3 Qd7 12.a3 a5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nd4 15.b4 axb4
16.axb4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 b6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxc5 f4 21.gxf4 Rxf4
22.Rxf4 Bxf4 23.Bf2 Rf8 24.Qe6+ Qxe6 25.dxe6 Bxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Rxf2 27.Rb7 Kf8
28.Rd7 Nf5 29.Kg1 Re2 30.Be4 h6 31.Rc7 h5 32.Rf7+ Ke8 33.Bc6+ Kd8 34.Rd7+ Ke8
35.Rg7+ Kd8 36.Rd7+ Ke8 37.Rxd6+ Ke7 38.Rd5 Rxe6 39.Rd7+ Kf6 40.Be4 Ng3 41.Bd5 Re2
42.Rf7+ Kg5 43.Rf2 Re1+ 44.Kg2 Nf5 45.Rb2 Kg4 46.Kf2 Re7 47.c5 h4 48.c6 Kf4
49.Rb7 Ke5 50.Rd7 Re8 51.d4+ Nxd4 52.c7 Nb5 53.Re7+ Kxd5 54.Rxe8 Nxc7 55.Rg8 Ke5
56.Rxg6 Kf5 57.Rh6 Kg5 58.Rd6 Ne8 59.Rd5+ Kg6 60.Kg2 Nf6 61.Ra5 Kf7 62.Kh3 Ke6
63.Kxh4 Nd5 64.Kg3 Ke5 65.Kf3 Kd4 66.Ke2 Kc4 67.Kd2 Kd4 68.Ra4+ Ke5 69.Kd3 Nf4+
70.Ke3 Nd5+ 71.Kf3 Kf5 72.Re4 Nf6 73.Ra4 Ke5 74.Ra8 Nd5 75.Re8+ Kd4 76.Re6 Kc4
77.Rc6+ Kd4 78.Rh6 Ke5 79.Rh5+ Kd4 80.Rf5 Kc4 81.Ke4 Nc3+ 82.Ke5 Kc5 83.Rf8 Kc4
84.Rc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Roganian, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O b6 8.Re1 Bb7
9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 Qc7 11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.h3 Rdg8 13.N1h2 g5 14.c3 h5 15.g4 Ncxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.d4 Ng6 18.gxh5 Nf4 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.Qf3 Bd6 21.Qxf4 gxf4 22.Ng4 Rg5
23.Kh1 Rhxh5 24.Nh2 Kd7 25.Rad1 Rg8 26.Ng4 Rxg4  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 d4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bc5
9.c4 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Qe1 Bf5 13.Qg3 Bg6 14.Rab1 Nb4 15.Rb2 Rab8
16.Re1 Nc6 17.Bf1 Nd8 18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Bxd8 Qxd8 20.Ng5 f6 21.Nf3 fxe5 22.Rxe5 Bd6
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qf2 c5 25.Rb1 Bf4 26.Kh1 Be3 27.Qg3 b6 28.Ne5 Bf5 29.Be2 Rb7
30.Bf3 Re7 31.Bc6 Qh5 32.Bf3 Qe8 33.Bc6 Qh5 34.Bf3 Qg5 35.Bd5+ Kf8 36.Rf1 g6
37.Nc6 Qxg3 38.hxg3 Ke8 39.Nxe7 Kxe7 40.g4 Bd7 41.Rf7+ Kd6 42.Rxh7 g5 43.Bf3 a6
44.g3 Kc7 45.Be4 Kd6 46.Bf3 Kc7 47.Kg2 b5 48.Bd5 Kd8 49.Rh6 a5 50.Rb6 b4
51.Ra6 a4 52.Bc6 Bxg4 53.Bxa4 Bd2 54.Rc6 Ke7 55.Rxc5 Be6 56.Ra5 g4 57.Bb3 Bc3
58.c5 Bd7 59.Ra7 Kd8 60.Bd5 Bc8 61.Rg7 Bd2 62.c6 Bf5 63.Bc4 Bc8 64.c7+ Ke8
65.Rg8+ Kd7 66.Be6+ Kxe6 67.Rxc8 Kd7 68.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D58"]

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 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Ba6 14.O-O Bxe2 15.Nxe2 c4
16.Nc3 Na6 17.Qa4 Nc7 18.Rb7 a6 19.Rfb1 Nb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Qc2 Qa5 22.R7xb5 Qxa2
23.Qxa2 Rxa2 24.Rxd5 Rc8 25.Ne1 c3 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.dxc5 Rd2 28.c6 c2 29.Rc1 Rd1
30.c7 Rxc1 31.c8=Q+ Kh7 32.Kf1 Bb2 33.Qxc2+ Rxc2 34.Nxc2 Kg6 35.Ke2 Kf5 36.Kd3 Be5
37.Nd4+ Kf6 38.h3 g6 39.Ke4 Bc7 40.Kd5 Ba5 41.Nf3 Bc3 42.e4 Ke7 43.Ne5 Kf6
44.Ng4+ Kg7 45.f3 h5 46.Nf2 Kf6 47.Nd3 Kg5 48.Nc1 Ba5 49.Ne2 Bc7 50.Kc6 Be5
51.Kd7 Kf6 52.Ke8 g5 53.g4 h4 54.Nc1 Ke6 55.Nd3 f6 56.Kf8 Bd4 57.Kg7 Be3
58.Kg6 Bd4 59.f4 gxf4 60.Nxf4+ Ke5 61.Ng2 Bf2 62.Kh5 Kxe4 63.Nxh4 Kf4 64.Nf5 Be1
65.Kg6 Bc3 66.Kh6 Be5 67.Kh5 Bc3 68.Kg6 Be5 69.Kf7 Bc3 70.Ke6 Be5 71.Kd5 Bb2
72.Kc4 Be5 73.Kd3 Kf3 74.Kc4 Bg3 75.Kd5 Kg2 76.Ke4 Kxh3 77.Nh6 Be5 78.Kf5 Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smetankin, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

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 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qf3 Kg7
16.Bf4 Nc6 17.Qe3 Nxd4 18.Bh6+ Kg8 19.Qxd4 Be6 20.Bxf8 Bxf8 21.a4 b4 22.a5 Qc7
23.Qb6 Qc8 24.Qf2 Qc7 25.Qg3 Bg7 26.Rfe1 Bf8 27.Qf4 Bg7 28.Qe3 Bf8 29.Qe2 Qc6
30.Rf1 Qc8 31.Rf4 Qb7 32.Rff1 Bc5 33.c4 Rd8 34.cxd5 Bxd5 35.Bxa6 Bxg2+ 36.Qxg2 Qxa6
37.Qf3 Qa7 38.a6 Qe7 39.Qf6 Qe8 40.Qf3 Qe7 41.Rad1 Rf8 42.Qd5 Ba7 43.e6 f5
44.Qb7 Qxe6 45.Rfe1 Qb3 46.Rd7 Qxb2 47.Qd5+ Kh8 48.Rxa7 Qc3 49.Qe5+ Qxe5
50.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Bc4 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Ba4 h5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 Bg4 14.Qc1 Rc8 15.a3 Qb6
16.Bb3 a6 17.Bf4 g5 18.Bd2 Be6 19.Qd1 Kf7 20.Qe2 g4 21.Bb4 Bxb4 22.axb4 Ng6
23.Ra5 Rcd8 24.Qd2 h4 25.Rc5 h3 26.c4 hxg2 27.cxd5 Qd6 28.dxe6+ Kg7 29.f4 gxf3
30.Ree5 Rxh2 31.Rh5 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7
9.c4 Nf5 10.Bd3 a6 11.Qa4 Ke7 12.Nc3 g6 13.O-O Bg7 14.f4 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Re8
16.Qc2 Kf8 17.Bd2 Kg8 18.Rae1 Bd7 19.b3 Rac8 20.Nd1 exf4 21.Bxf4 Qd4 22.Bc1 Qg4
23.Ne3 Nxe3 24.Bxe3 Qh4 25.Bf2 Qg5 26.Bg3 Be5 27.Qf2 f5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.c5 Qf6
30.Bc4 Kg7 31.b4 Rc7 32.Bb3 Rcc8 33.Qc2 e4 34.Ba4 Bxa4 35.Qxa4 Red8 36.Qb3 Qe5
37.Rd1 Rc7 38.d6 Rcd7 39.Rd5 Qe6 40.Qc3+ Qf6 41.Qxf6+ Kxf6 42.a4 Ke6 43.Rfd1 Rc8
44.Kg1 b6 45.Kf2 Rc6 46.Ke3 a5 47.cxb6 Rxb6 48.Rxa5 Rxb4 49.Ra6 Rb2 50.g3 Rxh2
51.Ra5 Rg2 52.Ra1 Rxg3+ 53.Ke2 Rd3 54.Ra8 R3xd6 55.Rb8 Ra6 56.Ke3 Rda7 57.Re8+ Kf6
58.Rf8+ Kg7 59.Rb8 Ra5 60.Rc1 Rd7 61.Kf4 h6 62.Rc3 g5+ 63.Ke3 Re5 64.Rc6 f4+
65.Ke2 f3+ 66.Ke3 Rd3+ 67.Kf2 e3+ 68.Kg3 e2 69.Rb7+ Kf8 70.Rc8+ Re8 71.Rxe8+ Kxe8
72.Rb8+ Kf7 73.Rb7+ Kg6 74.Rb6+ Kf5 75.Rb5+ Ke4 76.Kf2 g4 77.Rb4+ Rd4 78.Rb1 h5
79.Rh1 Rd1  0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mirzoeva, Elvira"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O c6
9.d3 Be6 10.c4 Qc7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nd7 13.Rb1 Bg4 14.Qd2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Rae8
16.Qf2 b6 17.Rbe1 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Qxf4 19.gxf4 Nb8 20.a4 c5 21.a5 Na6 22.Bc6 Re6
23.Ba4 Rb8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Re1 Kf7 27.Re5 g6 28.Kf2 Ra8 29.Bc6 Ra7
30.c3 Nb8 31.Bb5 Ra2+ 32.Re2 Ra3 33.d4 Na6 34.d5 Nc7 35.Bc6 Ke7 36.Rb2 Rxc3
37.Rxb6 exd5 38.cxd5 Rd3 39.Ke2 Rd4 40.Ke3 Nxd5+ 41.Bxd5 Rxd5 42.Ke4 Rh5
43.Rb2 Kd6 44.Rd2+ Kc6 45.Rb2 Rd5 46.Rb8 Rd7 47.h4 Rd4+ 48.Ke5 Rd5+ 49.Ke4 Rh5
50.Rc8+ Kb5 51.Rc7 Kc4 52.Rb7 Rxh4 53.Rc7 g5 54.Kf5 gxf4 55.Kg5 Rh1 56.Kxf4 h5
57.Kf3 h4 58.Kg2 Rd1 59.Kf3 Rd5 60.Ke3 Rh5 61.Kf2 Kd4 62.Rd7+ Kc3 63.Rc7 c4
64.Rc8 Kd3 65.Rd8+ Kc2 66.Rc8 c3 67.Rb8 Kc1 68.Rc8 c2 69.Rb8 h3 70.Kg1 Rd5  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Iotchis, DA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.Bc4 a6 7.c3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Ng3 Qh4 11.Qc2 Ne7 12.Qd2 h6 13.Bb3 g6 14.c4 Bg7 15.Ba4+ Kf8
16.Bc2 Rd8 17.Qb4 Kg8 18.O-O Nf5 19.Rad1 Kh7 20.a4 Bc6 21.a5 Rb8 22.b3 Rhd8
23.Qc3 Rbc8 24.Rfe1 Nxg3 25.fxg3 Qe7 26.Bf2 Rd7 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Rcd8
29.axb6 cxb6 30.Rf1 f6 31.exf6 Bxf6 32.Qd3 Qg7 33.Rd1 Bxd4 34.Bxd4 e5 35.Rde1 Rxd4
36.Qe3 Rxe4 37.Qxe4 Re8 38.Qc6 Re7 39.Qxb6 Rb7 40.Qe3 Re7 41.Qe4 Qf7 42.Rf1 Qe6
43.b4 Kg7 44.h3 Ra7 45.Rd1 Kf6 46.Qe3 Rf7 47.c5 Kg7 48.Qe4 Qf5 49.Qxf5 gxf5
50.Rd5  1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Cherepaniak, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Ndf3 Qb6
9.Ne2 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 f6 11.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12.Qd2 b5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O fxe5
16.fxe5 Nb6 17.b3 Bd7 18.Rac1 Rf7 19.Kh1 Raf8 20.Qd3 Rf4 21.Ng5 g6 22.Nf3 Nc8
23.Nb1 Nxd4 24.Rc7 Nxf3 25.Bxf3 Nb6 26.Rb7 Qc5 27.Qc3 Qxc3 28.Nxc3 g5 29.Kg1 d4
30.Ne2 R4f7 31.Rxb6 g4 32.Nxd4 gxf3 33.Nxf3 Bc8 34.Rd1 Bb7 35.Rxe6 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Rxf3
37.Rxa6 Re3 38.Re6 Rf5 39.Re7 Kf8 40.Rxh7 Rexe5 41.Rd8+ Re8 42.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.c3 dxe4
9.dxe4 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Nc4 b5 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Nd6 Bxd6 15.Bxd6 Rd8
16.Bxc5 e5 17.Nh4 Qe6 18.Qe2 Na5 19.Qxb5 Qa6 20.Qxa6 Bxa6 21.Rad1 Rd3 22.Rxd3 Bxd3
23.f3 Nb7 24.Be3 g6 25.Bf1 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Kg7 27.Rd1 a6 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Ng2 Ke7
30.Ne1 Rc8 31.Nd3 Ke6 32.Nb4 a5 33.Nd5 Nd7 34.Nb6 Nxb6 35.Bxb6 Rc6 36.Be3 Nd6
37.Rc1 a4 38.Kd3 f5 39.c4 Nb7 40.c5 Nd8 41.Kc4 Kd7 42.Kb5 Kc7 43.Kxa4 Ra6+
44.Kb3 Kc6 45.a3 Ne6 46.Rd1 Nxc5+ 47.Bxc5 Kxc5 48.Rd5+ Kc6 49.Rxe5 Kd6 50.f4 fxe4
51.Rxe4 Kd5 52.Re7 h5 53.Kc3 Rc6+ 54.Kd3 Rb6 55.Re5+ Kd6 56.b4 Kc7 57.Kc4 Rd6
58.Rg5 Kb6 59.a4 Re6 60.a5+ Ka6 61.Kb3 Rd6 62.Ka4 Rf6 63.b5+ Kb7 64.Kb4 h4
65.Rg4 hxg3 66.hxg3 Re6 67.Rg5 Rd6 68.Kc5 Rf6 69.Re5 Rf7 70.Rg5 Rf6 71.Rd5 Rf7
72.a6+ Ka7 73.Kc6 Rf8 74.Rd7+ Ka8 75.b6  1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.f3 Rfd8 12.Qe2 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.e5 d4
16.Bxd4 Rxd4 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Kh1 Re8 19.Ne4 Be5 20.Rae1 Rdd8 21.h3 f5 22.Rc1 Qg6
23.Nc5 Qg3 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.f4 Rd2 26.Rg1 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Qxf4 28.Ne6 Qh6  0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Danilovic, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Bd2 Nb6 14.O-O-O c6
15.Rhe1+ Kd7 16.a3 Bd6 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Bc3 f6 19.Ng3 Rhe8 20.Nh5 Be5 21.Bxe5 fxe5
22.b3 Nxa3 23.c4 Rab8 24.Re3 Rf8 25.Rd2 g6 26.Ng3 Rf4 27.Ra2 Nxc4 28.bxc4 Rxc4+
29.Rc2 Rxc2+ 30.Kxc2 Kd6 31.Ra3 Ra8 32.Ra6 Kc5 33.Kc3 Kb5 34.Ra1 a5 35.Re1 e4
36.Ne2 c5 37.Rd1 d4+ 38.Nxd4+ cxd4+ 39.Rxd4 Rf8 40.Rd2 a4 41.Rb2+ Kc5 42.Re2 Kd5
43.Rd2+ Ke5 44.Re2 Kf4 45.Ra2 Ra8 46.Ra3 h5 47.Kd2 Ke5 48.Kc3 Kd5 49.Kb2 Kd4
50.Ka2 Rf8 51.Rxa4+ Kd3 52.Ra3+ Kd2 53.Kb3 Rxf2 54.Kc4 e3 55.Kd4 Rf4+ 56.Ke5 Rf5+
57.Ke4 e2 58.Ra2+ Ke1 59.Kd3 Re5 60.Ra1+ Kf2 61.Ra2 Kf1  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Ng5 f6 8.Nxe6 Qxe6
9.b3 c5 10.Nc4 Ne7 11.d3 Nc6 12.Ne3 g6 13.f4 Bd6 14.f5 gxf5 15.Qh5+ Kd7 16.Nxf5 Nd4
17.Ne3 Rag8 18.c3 Nc6 19.Nd5 Rg6 20.Qf5 Rf8 21.Be3 Qxf5 22.Rxf5 Ne7 23.Nxe7 Kxe7
24.Raf1 Ke6 25.Bf2 Rfg8 26.Bg3 Be7 27.Kf2 b5 28.Ke2 a5 29.a3 Rb8 30.Rh5 h6
31.Rb1 Rb6 32.Rb2 Kf7 33.Rf5 Rg8 34.Rf1 Ke6 35.Rf5 b4 36.cxb4 cxb4 37.a4 Rc6
38.Kd1 Rd8 39.Rf3 Rc3 40.Ke2 Rc6 41.Be1 Bc5 42.Rc2 Rdd6 43.Bd2 Bd4 44.Rc4 Rxc4
45.dxc4 Bb2 46.Be3 Rd7 47.Rh3 Rg7 48.g3 Rh7 49.Rxh6 Rxh6 50.Bxh6 f5 51.Kf3 Bd4
52.Be3 c5 53.Bg5 fxe4+ 54.Kxe4 Kd7 55.Bf6 Ke6 56.Bd8 Bg1 57.h3 Bf2 58.g4 Kd7
59.Bxa5 Bg3 60.Bb6 Kc6 61.Bd8  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bg5 Ne5 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Kh1 Ng6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.f4 O-O 14.Qe1 a6 15.Qg3 Kh8
16.a4 b5 17.Bf3 b4 18.e5 bxc3 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bxa8 cxb2 21.Rab1 Rxa8 22.Bd4 Bxd4
23.Nxd4 Rb8 24.Qd3 e5 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Nb3 Nf4 27.Qd2 Bc6 28.Rf2 Rd8 29.Qa5 Qc8
30.Kg1 Nxg2 31.Qxe5 Nh4 32.Rxf7 Nf3+ 33.Rxf3 Bxf3 34.Rxb2 Qh3 35.Qg3 Rd1+
36.Kf2 Qf1+ 37.Ke3 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Batsanin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.O-O d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bg4
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 d5 12.Bd3 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bxd4
16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Rad1 e5 18.b3 Qa5 19.a4 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Qb6+ 21.Kf1 Rxb7 22.Rxe5 Qc7
23.Rde1 Kg7 24.Qe3 Qd6 25.Kg1 Rfb8 26.Re7 Rxe7 27.Qxe7 Qd4+ 28.Qe3 Qb4 29.Qe5+ Kg8
30.Re3 a6 31.h3 Qb6 32.Kh2 Qb4 33.Rf3 Qb7 34.Qf4 a5 35.Rc3 Rf8 36.Qf6 Qb8+
37.Kg1 Rd8 38.Rc1 Qa7+ 39.Kh1 Re8 40.Qc6 Rd8 41.Re1 Qb8 42.Qc4 Qb7 43.Qc3 Qb6
44.Rf1 h5 45.Qc4 Qb7 46.Qc3 Qb6 47.Qc4 Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Guseinov, Shakhin"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.O-O Be7
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Be6 11.b3 f6 12.Ne1 Nd5 13.Nc2 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bd5 15.e4 Be6
16.f4 Qd7 17.Qe2 Rad8 18.Rcd1 Qc7 19.Ne3 Rd7 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Bd6 22.fxe5 Nxe5
23.d4 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rfd8 27.Bxb7 Nd3 28.Kg2 Qb4 29.Qe6+ Kf8
30.Bf3 Qc3 31.Qc4 Qb2+ 32.Kg1 Qxa2 33.Bh5 g6 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Rxf6+ Kg7 36.Rxg6+ Kh7
37.Rf6 Rg7 38.Qe4+ Kg8 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Rh6+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bereslavsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Qb6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Rc8 13.O-O-O Kd7 14.Rhe1 Rg8
15.g3 Rg5 16.Nb5 Rg4 17.f4 h5 18.Kb1 a6 19.Nd4 Rc5 20.Nf5 Rg8 21.Re3 e6 22.dxe6+ fxe6
23.Nd4 e5 24.Nb3 Rb5 25.c4 exf4 26.Rf3 Rf5 27.Nd4 Rc5 28.Rxf4 Be7 29.Nf5 Rg4
30.Nxd6 Ke6 31.Nxb7 Rxc4 32.Nd8+ Bxd8 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Rxd8 Rc6 35.Rh8 Rc5
36.b4 Rb5 37.a3 a5 38.Kb2 axb4 39.a4 Rg5 40.Kb3 Kd6 41.Kxb4 Kc7 42.Rh7+ Kb6
43.Rh6 Rf5 44.Rh8 Rg5 45.Rb8+ Ka6 46.Rc8 Kb7 47.Rc5 Rg4+ 48.Kb5 h4 49.gxh4 Rxh4
50.Rf5 Rxh2 51.Rxf6 Rb2+ 52.Ka5 Ka7 53.Rf7+ Rb7 54.Rf6 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kasparov Cup op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ermekov, Almas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.Bb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Ng3 Nd4 11.Be3 Nxb3 12.axb3 b6 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bh4
16.Ne3 g6 17.Qe2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Qh5 Bd8 20.f4 e4 21.Ne2 Bf6 22.c3 Qb5
23.Ng3 Bg7 24.Nxe4 Qd3 25.Nf2 Qxe3 26.Rae1 Qxf4 27.Rxe6 Rad8 28.Qe2 Be5 29.g3 Qg5
30.Nd3 Rde8 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Qf3 Bg7 33.Qxf5 Qxf5 34.Rxf5 Re2 35.Rf2 Rxf2
36.Kxf2 Kf7 37.Nf4 Ke7 38.Ke3 Be5 39.Ke4 Bg7 40.Kd5 Kd7 41.Ne6 Bh6 42.g4 Bc1
43.Nf8+ Ke7 44.Nxh7 Bxb2 45.c4 Be5 46.h4 Bg3 47.h5 Bf4 48.g5 Kf7 49.Ke4 Be5
50.Kf5  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nc5 6.Nf3 d4 7.Ne2 Ne6 8.g3 Be7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Nf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 Be6 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Rae1 Rfe8
16.Qd2 Rad8 17.c4 Rb8 18.Bg5 Bh3 19.Bf4 Be6 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Bf5 22.Bf4 Rbc8
23.a3 Nd8 24.b4 Ne6 25.Be4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 b5 27.cxb5 Qxb5  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Enderjukova, Aelita"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A86"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.d4 e6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e3 Na6 7.Nge2 c6 8.b3 Nc7 9.Bb2 O-O
10.O-O Qe8 11.e4 e5 12.f4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 d5 15.Bg2 e4 16.Rc1 Bd6
17.Nc3 Qg6 18.Qd2 Bf5 19.Nd1 Ne8 20.Ne3 Nf6 21.Rc2 Ng4 22.Bc1 Qh5 23.Nxg4 Bxg4
24.Qe1 Rac8 25.Be3 Be7 26.Qd2 Rfd8 27.Rfc1 Qg6 28.Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Abramov, AP."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d3 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Nge2 Be6 8.b3 O-O 9.O-O Qe8
10.d4 Qh5 11.Ba3 Rd8 12.Qc2 Bf8 13.Rad1 Nbd7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bxf8 Nxf8 16.Rxd8 Rxd8
17.Rd1 Qe8 18.h3 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Qd7 20.Qxd7 N8xd7 21.f4 h6 22.e4 fxe4 23.fxe5 Nxe5
24.Kf2 Nd3+ 25.Ke3 Ne1 26.Bf1 Nc2+ 27.Kd2 Nb4 28.Nd4 Bd7 29.a3 c5 30.Ndb5 Nc6
31.Ke3 a6 32.Nd6 b6 33.Ndxe4 Nxe4 34.Kxe4 Nd4 35.Kd5 Nf5 36.Ke5 Nxg3 37.Bg2 Be8
38.Nd5 Ne2 39.Nxb6 Nc1 40.Kd6 Nxb3 41.Bf3 Nd2 42.Bb7 Nb1 43.a4 a5 44.Be4 Nc3
45.Bc2 g5 46.Kxc5 h5 47.Kd4 Ne2+ 48.Ke3 Nf4 49.c5 Kf7 50.Nc4 Ke6 51.Bb3 Kd7
52.Nxa5 Nxh3 53.Nc4 Nf4 54.Ne5+ Kc7 55.a5 Bb5 56.Nf7 Nd3 57.Nd6 Ba6 58.Kd4 g4
59.Bd5 Nf4 60.Ne8+ Kd8 61.Nf6 g3 62.Nxh5 Nxh5 63.Ke3 Ke7 64.Bg2 Kf6 65.c6 Ke5
66.Kf3 Kd6 67.Bh3 Bb5 68.Kg4 Be2+ 69.Kh4 Kxc6 70.Bg2+ Kb5 71.Ba8 Kxa5 72.Bd5 Nf4
73.Be4 Nh5 74.Kh3 Bf1+ 75.Kh4 Nf6 76.Kxg3 Nxe4+ 77.Kf4 Bg2 78.Ke3 Kb4 79.Kd4 Nc3
80.Kd3 Nb5 81.Ke3 Kc4 82.Kf2 Bc6 83.Ke3 Nd4 84.Kf4 Kd5  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kostjukovich, Svetlana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 d6
9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Nde2 Nxe3 11.Qxe3 Bd7 12.Rab1 Rc8 13.Bb3 Qa5 14.Rfd1 a6 15.a3 Ne5
16.h3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Qd3 Bb5  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Muhren, Bianca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nge2 Ne5 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Nc6 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.Be3 b6 12.f5 exf5 13.exf5 Bb7 14.Nf4 Ne5 15.Nfd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Qd7 17.Kg1 Rac8 18.f6 Bxf6 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Rxf6 Qd7
22.Rf4 Qe6 23.Bf2 Qg6 24.d4 cxd4 25.Bxd4 Qd3 26.Rg4+ Qg6 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Rxg6+ hxg6
29.Qe2 Rfe8 30.Rd1 Re7 31.Rd5 Rce8 32.b4 f6 33.c5 bxc5 34.bxc5 Rc7 35.Qc4 Kg7
36.c6 Rec8 37.Rd6 a5 38.Qe6 Rb8 39.Qxf6+ Kg8 40.Rd8+ Rxd8 41.Qxd8+  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motoc, Alina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qd2 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.Bf5 Rc7 18.Qa5 d4 19.Nxd4 Ne8 20.Nb5 Qg5 21.Bh3 Rc6 22.Rd7 Ra6
23.Qd2 Bc6 24.Rd3 Bxb5 25.Rd5 Qf6 26.Rdxc5 Rd6 27.Qa5 Bd7 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.b4 Rd2
30.Rf1 Rad8 31.Rf5 Qg6 32.Re5 Qd6 33.Qa4 Qxe5 34.Qxa7 Rd1 35.g3 Qe4 36.Qa4 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Xiaobing Gu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Bf3 Re8 14.b3 e6 15.f5 exf5
16.exf5 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nh5 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Qxb7 Rc7 21.Qd5+ Kh8
22.Nb5 Rd7 23.Rce1 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Red8 25.Rf7 Rxf7 26.Qxf7 Qa5 27.Re7 Rg8 28.Qf2 Qd8
29.Rxa7 Rf8 30.Rf7 Re8 31.Nd4 Qa8 32.h3 Nh5 33.Nf3 Re2 34.Qa7 Qe8 35.Rxh7+ Kg8
36.Rb7 Re1+ 37.Kh2 Qf8 38.Rb8 Re8 39.Rxe8 Qxe8 40.Qd4 Qb8 41.Qd5+ Kg7 42.Ng5 Qa7
43.Ne6+ Kh6 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Nf8+ Kg7 46.Nxg6 Nf6 47.Nf4+ Kh8 48.Qxf6+ Kg8
49.Qxd6 Qxa2 50.Qe6+ Kh8 51.Qf7 Qxg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kowalkowski, Victoria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bb1 cxd4 11.cxd4 h6 12.Qd3 g6 13.Bxh6 Re8 14.Nf4 Nb4 15.Qe3 Bf8
16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Ne2 Nf8 18.Nc3 Bd7 19.h4 Bb5 20.Nxb5 Qxb5 21.h5 Nh7 22.hxg6 fxg6
23.Bxg6 Rf8 24.Be7 Rfc8 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Ng5+ Kg6 27.Qh3 Rh8 28.Qxe6+ Kh5
29.g4+ Kh4 30.Nf3+ Kh3 31.g5+  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thanh Tu Le"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Qc2 Be7 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bd7 7.Bg2 Bc6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bf4 c6 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nf6 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.Qb3 Nd5 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qxa7 Nxf4+ 19.gxf4 Rxb2 20.e4 Bh4 21.Nd3 Rb6 22.Qa4 Qf6
23.Rg1 Rd8 24.f3 Rxd4 25.Qa3 Qd8 26.Rgd1 Be7 27.Qc3 h6 28.Qc2 Ba3 29.Rb1 Rxb1
30.Qxb1 c5 31.Nf2 c4 32.Qc2 Bb4 33.Rb1 Bc5 34.Rd1 Rxd1  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pokojska, Daria"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.Ne5 Ng6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.a3 a5
16.Ne2 Nh7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nf4 Bf5 19.Rae1 Bxd3 20.Nxd3 Nf6 21.Nc5 Red8 22.Rf2 Qc7
23.Rd2 Rac8 24.e4 dxe4 25.fxe4 Ng4 26.e5 Rd5 27.Re4 b6 28.Ne6 Qe7 29.Nf4 Rdd8
30.Nxg6 Qg5 31.Rxg4 Qxg4 32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.Nxc8 Rxc8 34.Qb3 b5 35.Rf2 Rc7 36.e6 f6
37.a4 Qxd4 38.Qg3 Re7 39.Qb8+ Re8 40.e7+ Kxe7 41.Qa7+  0-1

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nge2 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Rb1 Nec6 14.Bxd4 cxd4 15.Na2 a5
16.Nac1 Nb4 17.Ra1 Qb6 18.Qb3 Qa7 19.Na2 Nxa2 20.Qxa2 Bc6 21.f5 exf5 22.exf5 Bxg2+
23.Kxg2 Qc5 24.Qb3 Rae8 25.Rf2 Re3 26.Nf4 Qxf5 27.Qxb7 Qe5 28.Raf1 f5 29.b4 axb4
30.Qxb4 Qc5 31.Qb7 Qe5 32.Ra1 Kh8 33.a5 Qc5 34.a6 Ree8 35.a7 Qc8 36.Qxc8 Rxc8
37.Nd5 Ra8 38.Nb6 Be5 39.Nxa8 Rxa8 40.Rb2 d5 41.cxd5 Kg7 42.Rb6 Kf7 43.d6 Ke6
44.Rb8 Rxa7 45.Rxa7 Bxd6 46.Rb6  1-0

[Event "Wch U12 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.d4 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.c5 Bf5 7.Bb5 e6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.b4 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Mertes, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Be7
9.Bc4 a6 10.Bb3 Qd7 11.h3 b5 12.a4 c6 13.axb5 cxb5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxg7 Rf8
16.Bxd5 Bb7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Qxh6 Qxe4+ 20.Qe3 Qxe3+ 21.fxe3 Rc8
22.Kd2 Rc6 23.Rhf1 Ke7 24.Rf3 Rfc8 25.c3 Rg8 26.g4 f6 27.Raf1 d5 28.Rf5 Rd6
29.Kd3 Rh8 30.R1f3 Rhd8 31.Rh5 Rg8 32.Rff5 Ke6 33.Rh6 Rf8 34.Kd4 Rf7 35.h4 Rdd7
36.h5 Rd8 37.Rg6 Rd6 38.h6 Rdd7 39.Rh5 Rh7 40.g5 Kf5 41.Rxf6+ Kg4 42.g6 Kxh5
43.gxh7 Rxh7 44.Kxd5 Rd7+ 45.Rd6 Rxd6+ 46.Kxd6 Kxh6 47.e4 Kg5 48.e5 Kg6 49.e6 Kf5
50.e7 Ke4 51.e8=Q+ Kd3 52.Qe5 Kc2 53.c4 bxc4 54.Qc3+ Kb1 55.Qxc4 Kxb2 56.Qxa6  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukavec, S."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be6 7.Bb3 Nd4 8.Be3 c6
9.Bxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 Qb6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Rb1 e5 13.a3 a5 14.Qd2 a4 15.Ng3 Bxa3
16.Qc1 Qa5+ 17.Ke2 Bc5 18.Qg5 Qc7 19.Nh5 Nxh5 20.Qxh5+ Qf7 21.Qxf7+ Kxf7
22.Ra1 Ra6 23.Ra2 Rha8 24.Rha1 Bb4 25.Ng5+ Kf6 26.h4 h6 27.Nh3 g5 28.hxg5+ hxg5
29.f3 b5 30.g3 Rh8 31.Nf2 Rh2 32.Rh1 Rxh1 33.Nxh1 a3 34.bxa3 Rxa3 35.Rxa3 Bxa3
36.Nf2 Ke6 37.Nh3 Bc1 38.Nf2 c5 39.Ng4 d5 40.exd5+ Kxd5 41.Kd1 Be3 42.Ke2 c4
43.Nxe3+ dxe3 44.Kxe3 c3 45.d4 exd4+ 46.Kd3 b4 47.f4 g4 48.f5 Ke5 49.f6 Kxf6
50.Kxd4 Kf5 51.Kc4 Ke4 52.Kxb4 Kf3 53.Kxc3 Kxg3 54.Kb4 Kf4 55.c4 g3 56.c5 g2
57.Kb5 g1=Q 58.Kc6 Ke5 59.Kb5 Qg8 60.c6 Qc8 61.Kb6 Kd6  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Krumina, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qd3 Nc6 6.e3 d6 7.g3 Bd7 8.Bg2 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 Rb8 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Nf4 Kh8 12.h4 Ne7 13.h5 Ng8 14.O-O-O Nh6 15.e4 Ng4
16.Qd2 Qe7 17.Rde1 Qf7 18.Ng6+ Kg8 19.Nxf8 Qxa2 20.Qc3 Rxf8 21.exf5 Bxf5
22.f3 Nh6 23.g4 Bd7 24.Kd2 Bc6 25.b3 Qa6 26.Ra1 Qb6 27.Rhg1 Re8 28.f4 Bb5
29.Bd5+ Kf8 30.Rae1 Rxe1 31.Kxe1 Ng8 32.Bxg8 Kxg8 33.g5 fxg5 34.Rxg5 c6 35.Qe3 Qd8
36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Kf2 Qf8 38.Rf5 Qd8 39.Kg3 d5 40.Qd7 Qg8 41.Qe7  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Ba3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rd8 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Nf4 Bf5
16.e4 Bd7 17.d5 Qa5 18.dxc6 Qxa3 19.c7 Re8 20.Rfd1 Be5 21.Nd5 Be6 22.f4 Bxd5
23.fxe5 Bc6 24.e6 f6 25.e5 Rxc7 26.exf6 exf6 27.Qf2 Kg7 28.Qf4 Ree7 29.Rc2 Qa4
30.Rc4 Qxa2 31.Rf1 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Cherednichenko, Svetlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.h4 f5 9.Bg5 Nf6
10.Qc2 f4 11.h5 gxh5 12.Rxh5 Qe8 13.Rh1 Na6 14.O-O-O Nc5 15.Rdg1 Nfxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4
17.Bd3 Nxg5 18.Bxh7+ Nxh7 19.Qxh7+ Kf7 20.Ng5+ Kf6 21.Rh6+ Kxg5 22.Qxg7+ Kf5
23.Qh7+ Kg5 24.Rgh1 f3 25.R1h5+ Kg4 26.Rh4+ Kg5 27.Qg7+ Kf5 28.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bonnafous, Nathalie"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.bxc4 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 e5 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.Nc3 Bc5 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Rab1 Rab8 13.d3 Rfc8 14.Qa4 a6 15.Rfc1 Bd4
16.Ba3 Bc5 17.Bb2 Bd6 18.Qd1 Nf8 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bc5 21.e3 Qg5 22.h4 Qe7
23.Qh5 Re8 24.g4 g6 25.Qh6 Qe6 26.Bf3 Nd7 27.h5 Qf6 28.Kg2 Bf8 29.Bxe5 Nxe5
30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.exf4 Nxd3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaksaite, Salomeja"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Ng8 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.Qe2 Qa5 10.f4 d6 11.O-O dxe5 12.Qf3 Qc7 13.fxe5 Be6 14.Bf4 Nh6 15.Nb5 Qb7
16.Be4 Rc8 17.Nd4 O-O 18.Nxc6 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Nd4 Qb6 21.c3 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Qxd4+
23.Rf2 Bxe5 24.Bh6 Bxh2+ 25.Kf1 Qc4+ 26.Re2 Rfd8 27.g3 Rc5 28.Rc1 Qd4 29.Kg2 Rxc1
30.Rf2 Rcc8 31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.Kxh2 Qe5 33.Bd2 Qh5+ 34.Kg2 Qd5+ 35.Qxd5 Rxd5
36.Bc3+ Kg8 37.Rf4 Rc6 38.Ra4 a6 39.Re4 Kf7  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 d5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.e5 e6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Bf2 Qc7
10.Qd2 Nf5 11.Nh4 Bxe2 12.Nxf5 gxf5 13.Qxe2 h5 14.Bh4 Bf8 15.O-O-O Nb6 16.Nb1 Nc4
17.Nd2 b5 18.h3 Qa5 19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.Kb1 Rb8 21.Be1 Bb4 22.Bxb4 Qxb4 23.b3 Rb6
24.Qd2 c3 25.Qc1 Ra6 26.Rd3 Kd7 27.Qe1 Qa3 28.Rxc3 Qxa2+ 29.Kc1 Rg8 30.g3 Qa3+
31.Kd2 Qb4 32.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12 Girls"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Bc4 Bxf3 8.Qa4 Qd7
9.Nxf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Bb5 Bd6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Nd5 15.Qg4 Kf8
16.Qg3 Qc7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Be3 h5 19.Bc5+ Kg8 20.f4 Qa5 21.Rac1 h4 22.Qg4 Qd2
23.Rcd1 Qc2 24.Bd4 Qe4 25.Rf3 Rh6 26.Kh1 Qe2 27.Rdf1 h3 28.Qg3 Qd2 29.Bc3 Nxc3
30.bxc3 Qxa2 31.R3f2 Qd5 32.f5 exf5 33.Rxf5 Qxg2+ 34.Qxg2 hxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rg6+
36.Kh1 Re6 37.Rxf7 Rxe5 38.Rc7 Rf8 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.Rxc6 a5 41.c4 Ke7 42.Rc7+ Kd6
43.Rxg7 Kc5 44.h4 a4 45.Kh2 Kb4 46.Kh3 a3 47.Rg1 Re4 48.h5 Kxc4 49.h6 a2
50.h7 Re8 51.Rg4+ Kb3 52.Rg3+ Kb4 53.Rg4+ Kb3 54.Rg3+ Kb4 55.Rg4+ Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kharashkina, Bairta"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O cxd4
9.cxd4 e6 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.a3 Bd6 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qd2 Bc7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Bg5 Bxf3
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Bxf3 Nxd4 18.Qe3 Qd6 19.g3 Qe5 20.Rfe1 Qxe3 21.Rxe3 Nxf3+
22.Rxf3 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Rd8 24.Nc3 f5 25.Kf1 Rd2 26.b4 Bb6 27.Ke1 Rc2 28.Ne2 Kg7
29.g4 fxg4 30.hxg4 Rc4 31.Rf4 Rxf4 32.Nxf4 Kf6 33.f3 Ke5 34.Ne2 Be3 35.Kd1 f5
36.gxf5 exf5  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Manakova, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 f5 12.c3 Bg7 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nc2 O-O 15.Nce3 Be6
16.Bd3 f5 17.Qh5 e4 18.Bc2 Kh8 19.O-O-O Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Ne7 21.Rd2 b4 22.c4 Qa5
23.g4 Qxa2 24.Bb1 Qa1 25.gxf5 Nc6 26.Rg1 Be5 27.f6 Rxf6 28.Rg5 Rf3 29.Rf5 Nd4
30.Rxe5 Nb3+ 31.Kc2 Nxd2 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Rxa8 Qxb1+ 34.Kxd2 Qxb2+ 35.Nc2 Qc3+
36.Kc1 Rxa8 37.Qd5 Qd3 38.Qxd3 exd3 39.Nxb4 Rc8  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Razumova, Tatiana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.Qb3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.Nh3 Bb7
9.f3 a5 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.O-O d6 12.Rae1 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Kh8 14.b3 Rae8 15.Bb2 Qd8
16.Qf2 Qe7 17.Qh4 Kg8 18.g4 fxg4 19.fxg4 Be4 20.Be2 Bg6 21.Nf4 Ne4 22.Qxe7 Rxe7
23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Bd3 Ng5 25.Kg2 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Nf8 27.h4 Nf7 28.g5 e5 29.Kf3 Re6
30.Be4 Re7 31.Bd5 Nd7 32.Kg4 exd4 33.exd4 Nb8 34.Ba3 Kf8 35.c5 Ke8 36.Bxf7+ Rxf7
37.Rxf7 Kxf7 38.cxd6 c6 39.Bc1 Ke6 40.Bf4 b5 41.h5 gxh5+ 42.Kxh5 Kf5 43.Bd2 a4
44.bxa4 bxa4 45.Ba5 Nd7 46.Bd8 Nf8 47.Be7 Nd7 48.a3 c5 49.dxc5 Nxc5 50.Bf8 g6+
51.Kh6 Nd7 52.Be7 Ne5 53.Kg7 Ke6 54.Bf6 Nf3 55.Kxg6 Nxg5 56.Kxg5 Kxd6 57.Kf5 Kc7
58.Ke6 Kb7 59.Kd5 Ka8 60.Kc4 Kb7 61.Kb4 Ka7 62.Kxa4 Kb7 63.Kb5 Ka7 64.Kc6 Kb8
65.a4 Ka8 66.a5 Kb8 67.Bd8 Ka8 68.Kc7 Ka7  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O a5
9.a4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nb4 11.Bb1 b6 12.Re1 Ba6 13.Nf1 Rc8 14.Ng3 Rc6 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Qf4 Nd3 17.Bxd3 Bxd3 18.Bd2 O-O 19.Rac1 Bg6 20.Qe3 Nb8 21.Ne2 Na6 22.Nf4 Bc2
23.Nh5 Bg6 24.Nf4 Bf5 25.Nd3 Qd7 26.b3 Rfc8 27.Rxc6 Rxc6 28.Rc1 h6 29.Nfe1 Qc8
30.Rxc6 Qxc6 31.Qg3 Kh7 32.h4 b5 33.axb5 Qxb5 34.Nf4 Nb4 35.Nh5 Bf8 36.Qf3 Nc6
37.Qe3 Qb6 38.Nf3 Bg4 39.Ng3 Bxf3 40.Qxf3 Qxd4 41.Bc3 Qc5 42.Ne2 Kg8 43.Qd3 Qb6
44.Nd4 Nxe5 45.Qg3 Nd7 46.h5 Nc5 47.Ba1 a4  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhurina, Elizaveta"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Ne4
9.Rb1 Qe7 10.b4 Bd7 11.a4 a6 12.Qb3 Be8 13.Nd2 Bf7 14.Ndxe4 fxe4 15.c5 Bc7
16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 e5 18.Be3 exd4 19.Bxd4 Be5 20.e3 Bxd4 21.exd4 Nd7 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Qb7 Qe6 24.Rbe1 Bg6 25.Re3 Rab8 26.Qa6 Rb2 27.Ne2 Qf6 28.Bh3 Nb8 29.Qa4 Bf5
30.Bxf5 Qxf5 31.Qa3 Rb7 32.Nf4 g5 33.Ng2 Rbf7 34.Rb3 Qh3 35.Qb2 Nd7 36.Qd2 Qh5
37.Rb7 Re7 38.Ra1 Ne5 39.Qb2 Nf3+ 40.Kf1 Nxh2+  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Bezgodova, Svetlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 d4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bc5
9.O-O dxc3+ 10.Kh1 Be6 11.Qe1 Qd5 12.Qg3 O-O-O 13.Bf4 h6 14.d4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4
16.Bf3 Qc4 17.Qxg7 Rhg8 18.Qf6 Rg6 19.Qh4 Bxe5 20.Bxb7+ Kxb7 21.Qxd8 Bxf4
22.Rab1+ Ka6 23.Rxf4 Qxf4 24.Qb8 Bc4 25.Qb7+ Ka5 26.Qb4+  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prudnikova, Svetlana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A89"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Qa4 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6 Rc8 14.Bg2 Rxc4 15.Qb5 Rc5
16.Qa6 Nc4 17.Qxa7 Nd7 18.Qa4 Kh8 19.Rb1 Ndb6 20.Qd1 Rc8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Qa5
23.a3 Qb5 24.Qd3 Rc5 25.Rd1 Rb8 26.b4 Rc7 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Bg5 Rb7 29.a4 Qc6
30.b5 Qc8 31.Rdc1 Rxc1+ 32.Rxc1 Qd7 33.Qc4 h6 34.Qc8+ Kh7 35.Qxd7 Rxd7 36.Be3 d5
37.Bc5 d4 38.a5 e5 39.a6 e4 40.a7 Rd8 41.b6 d3 42.exd3  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ershova, Svetlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 Qc7
9.Bg2 Nd7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Qe2 f5 13.b4 Nf6 14.b5 c5 15.Bg5 Be7
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Be3 Qc7 18.a4 Bh5 19.Qb2 Nd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.c4 Rdd8 22.b6 axb6
23.Bxb6 Qc6 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Ng2 Bc5 26.Qb5 Bf3 27.Qxc6+ Bxc6 28.Ra2 Rd4 29.Rc1 Kc7
30.Nf4 Bf3 31.a5 Bb4 32.Ng2 Bc5 33.h3 Rd6 34.Ne3 f4 35.gxf4 Rd4 36.Ng2 Rd8
37.Kh2 Rg8 38.Nh4 Bd6 39.Nxf3 Bxf4+ 40.Kh1 Bxc1 41.Nd4 Rd8 42.Ne2 Bg5 43.f4 Bf6
44.Kg2 Ra8 45.Kf3 Kc6 46.Ke4 Kc5 47.Ra4 Ra6 48.Nc1 Bd8 49.Nd3+ Kd6 50.Rb4 Ra7
51.c5+ Kc6 52.Rd4 Bc7 53.Ne5+ Bxe5 54.Kxe5 Rxa5 55.Kf6 Rxc5 56.Kxf7 e5 57.fxe5 Rxe5
58.Rh4 h5 59.Kf6 Rc5 60.Re4 b5 61.h4 Kb6 62.Re8 b4 63.Rb8+ Ka5 64.Ra8+ Kb5
65.Rb8+ Kc4 66.Ke6 b3 67.Kd6 Rb5  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yangel, Anna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qb3 Kh8
9.Rd1 Qe8 10.Bf4 h6 11.h4 Nbd7 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Ne1 Nf6 15.Qe3 Kh7
16.d5 Bf5 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Nc2 Bh3 19.Ne3 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Qh3 21.Qe3 Kg8 22.f3 exf3
23.Qxf3 Ng4 24.Ne3 Rxf4 25.Qxf4 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Rf8 27.Qxf8+ Bxf8 28.Nxg4 Qh3+
29.Kf2 Qxg4 30.b3 Bg7 31.Rac1 Bd4+ 32.Kg2 Be5 33.Rd3 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kozlovskaya, Valentina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nf3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Nb4 13.Ne1 Ne8 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nd3 Nxd3
16.Bxd3 Nc7 17.a5 Rcd8 18.Qe3 g6 19.Qg3 Qf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Rad1 Kg7 22.h3 h5
23.Be2 h4 24.Qe3 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Rd2 Bc6 28.Red1 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Qf4
30.Bf3 Qxe3 31.fxe3 e4 32.Be2 Re5 33.b4 f5 34.c4 g5 35.Kf2 f4 36.Bg4 Kf7
37.Bd7 Ke7 38.Bc8 Ke8 39.Rd6 Ke7 40.Rd2 Kf7 41.Rd6 Ke7 42.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ovchinikova, Julia"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 d5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.g4 c5 10.gxf5 Nc6 11.a3 cxd4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 e5 15.Bg3 dxe3
16.fxe3 Bf6 17.Rad1 Ne7 18.Rhf1 Rb8 19.Be1 Qc7 20.Bb4 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Rd1 Qe8
23.Bd6 Ra8 24.c5 Kh8 25.Bc7 Nc6 26.Qd3 h6 27.Kd2 Qf7 28.Bd6 Qh5 29.Rf1 Bd7
30.Kc1 Re8 31.Kb1 a6 32.Ka1 Qh3 33.Rf2 Qg4 34.Ka2 Na5 35.Nd2 Bb5 36.Qc2 Qg1
37.Nf3 Qg4 38.b3 Bc6 39.Bxc6 Nxc6 40.e4 Qh5 41.Qe2 Qf7 42.Qd3 Na7 43.Rc2 Nc6
44.Qc4 Qh5 45.Qe2 Qg4 46.Nd4 Qxe2 47.Nxe2 Kg8 48.Rc3 Nd4 49.Ng1 Kf7 50.a4 Nc6
51.Nf3 Nd4 52.Rd3 Nxf5 53.Nxe5+ Bxe5 54.exf5 Kf6 55.b4 Bxh2 56.Bxh2 Re2+
57.Kb3 Rxh2 58.b5 axb5 59.axb5 Re2 60.Kb4 Re7 61.Rd5 h5 62.Ka5 h4 63.Kb6 h3
64.Rd3 Kxf5 65.Rxh3 g5 66.Rh8 g4 67.c6 bxc6 68.bxc6 g3 69.c7 Rxc7 70.Kxc7 Kf4
71.Kd6 Kf3 72.Ke5 g2 73.Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Bg5 Be7 10.f4 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qh5 Qc5+ 15.Kh1 h6
16.f5 Re5 17.Qh4 f6 18.Rae1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Bd7 20.Qh5 Rb8 21.b3 Qc3 22.Rd1 Re8
23.Qh4 Re5 24.Qf2 c5 25.h3 Kf8 26.a3 Qa5 27.b4 cxb4 28.axb4 Qxb4 29.Qxa7 Re1+
30.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31.Kh2 Qe5+ 32.Kg1 Bxf5 33.Qa8+ Kf7 34.Qb7+ Kg6 35.Bxf5+ Qxf5
36.Qb3 Qe4 37.Kf2 Kf5 38.g4+ Ke5 39.Qb8+ Ke6 40.Qe8+ Kd6 41.Qd8+ Kc5 42.Qc7+ Kd4
43.Qc6 Qe3+ 44.Kg2 Qd2+ 45.Kg1 Ke3 46.Qb6+ Kf3 47.Qb3+ Qe3+ 48.Kf1 Qxb3 49.cxb3 Ke3
50.b4 Kd4 51.Ke2 Kc4 52.Ke3 d4+ 53.Ke4 d3 54.Ke3 Kc3  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leite, Catarina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Rb8 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 b4
9.Nd1 Nd4 10.c3 Nxe2 11.Qxe2 bxc3 12.bxc3 e6 13.O-O Ne7 14.Qd2 Ba6 15.Re1 O-O
16.d4 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Nc6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Ne3 Qc7 20.Ng4 Qe7 21.e5 Nxe5 22.Qd4 f6
23.Rad1 Rb6 24.a4 Bb7 25.a5 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qb7+ 27.Kh3 Nf3 28.Qf4 Rb5  0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "De Los Santos, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O b5 11.a3 O-O 12.Rad1 h6 13.Be3 Nb6 14.f4 Ng4 15.f5 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 Bc4 17.Na5 Bg5 18.Qg3 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Bf6 20.Qg4 Qc7 21.Kh1 Kh8 22.Ng3 Rac8
23.Rd3 Rfd8 24.Nh5 Qe7 25.Qd1 Nc4 26.Nxc4 Rxc4 27.Qe2 Rdc8 28.c3 R4c5 29.Rg3 a5
30.Qd2 Kh7 31.Qf2 Rg8 32.Qd2 Rcc8 33.Rff3 Rc5 34.Rh3 Bg5 35.Qf2 Bf6 36.Qe3 Bg5
37.f6 Bxe3 38.fxe7 Bg5 39.Rxf7 Rcc8 40.Rhf3 Rce8 41.Nf6+ Bxf6 42.R3xf6  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Bonnafous, Nathalie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 a6 7.a4 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.h3 e6
10.Be3 Nbd7 11.e5 Ne8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Qe7 14.Qg4 Rc8 15.Ng3 h5 16.Qe2 c5
17.Bxa6 Bxa6 18.Qxa6 Nc7 19.exd6 Qxd6 20.Qd3 cxd4 21.Nce4 Qb4 22.Bd2 Qe7
23.a5 Nd5 24.axb6 N7xb6 25.Ng5 Nf6 26.Rfe1 Qc5 27.Rac1 Nc4 28.N3e4 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Qb6
30.b3 Nxd2 31.Nxd2 Rc3 32.Qe4 d3+ 33.Kh1 Qf2 34.Qe3 Qxe3 35.Rxe3 Rxc2 36.Rd1 Rd8
37.Kh2 Ra8 38.Rxd3 Raa2 39.Kh1 Bh6 40.g3 e5 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.Rd5 exf4 43.g4 Rc3
44.Kh2 hxg4 45.hxg4 Kf6 46.b4 Rb3 47.b5 Bf8 48.Kg1 Rg3+ 49.Kf2 Rxg4 50.b6 Ke6
51.b7 Rb2 52.Rd8 Bd6 53.Rxd6+ Kxd6 54.Kf3 Rxb7 55.Kxg4 Rb4 56.Nf3+ Kc5 57.Ne5 f5+
58.Kg5 Rd4 59.Rc1+ Kd5 60.Nxg6 f3 61.Kxf5 f2 62.Nf4+ Kd6 63.Rf1 Rd2 64.Nh3 Kc5
65.Nxf2 Rd8 66.Ne4+ Kc6 67.Rc1+ Kd7 68.Nf6+ Kd6 69.Ne4+ Kd7 70.Nc5+ Ke7 71.Ke5 Rh8
72.Ne4 Rh5+ 73.Kd4 Rh4 74.Rc6 Kd7 75.Rg6 Ke7 76.Ke5 Rh5+ 77.Ng5 Kd7 78.Kd5 Ke7
79.Re6+ Kd7 80.Re5 Rh1 81.Ne6 Rd1+ 82.Nd4 Ra1 83.Re2 Ra5+ 84.Kc4 Ra4+ 85.Kc5 Ra5+
86.Nb5 Ra6 87.Rh2 Rg6 88.Nc3 Rc6+ 89.Kd4 Rg6 90.Nd5 Rg4+ 91.Kc5 Ke6 92.Rh6+ Ke5
93.Ne3 Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charkhalashvili, Inga"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c3 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.Nbd2 Ngf6 6.e4 Bxf3 7.gxf3 e5 8.Bc4 Qe7
9.Nf1 g6 10.Be3 c6 11.O-O-O Bg7 12.Ng3 b5 13.Be2 a5 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.Be3 O-O 18.Bd3 Qe6 19.d5 cxd5 20.Bxb5 Nc5 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Qa4 Qb6  0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Calotescu, Cristina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.c3 d5 6.Nd2 O-O 7.O-O Qe8 8.Nf3 Ng4
9.Nf4 c6 10.h3 Nf6 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Qe1 Nd6 13.Nfd3 Nd7 14.Bf4 Nf7 15.h4 Nfxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 e6 18.Qd2 Rf7 19.Bf3 Rd7 20.Rad1 c5 21.Qc1 b5 22.Rd2 Bb7
23.Rc2 a5 24.Rd1 a4 25.Kg2 h5 26.Qe3 Qf8 27.Qc1 Kh7 28.Qe3 Rad8 29.Qc1 Qh8
30.Bg5 Rc8 31.c4 bxc4 32.Rxc4 Rdc7 33.Rxa4 Bxe5 34.Rd2 c4 35.Bf4 Bxf4 36.gxf4 Qf6
37.Kh3 Bc6 38.Rb4 Bd7 39.Qc3 Qe7 40.a3 Bc6 41.Qe5 Be8 42.Rb6 Bf7 43.e3 c3
44.Rc2 cxb2 45.Rxc7 Qxc7 46.Qxb2 Qc3 47.Kg3 Qxb2 48.Rxb2 Rc3 49.Rb7 Kg8 50.a4 Ra3
51.Ra7 d4 52.exd4 e5 53.Kg2 exd4 54.Bc6 Rc3 55.Bf3 Be6 56.Re7 Bc8 57.a5 Kf8
58.Re1 d3 59.Ra1 Ba6 60.Ra4 Ke7 61.Rd4 Rc5 62.Ra4 Ke6 63.Kg3 Rc3 64.Rd4 Ra3
65.Bd5+ Ke7 66.Kf3 Rxa5 67.Ke3 Ra1 68.Bf3 Ra3 69.Kd2 Ra2+ 70.Ke3 Bb5 71.Bd1 Rb2
72.Bf3 Rc2 73.Bd1 Rc3 74.Kd2 Rc5 75.Ke3 Ba6 76.Kd2 Bc4 77.Ke3 Ke6 78.Rxc4  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Boytsun, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.f4 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.f5 Bd7 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rf3 bxc4
16.Bxc4 Qb4 17.Qd3 Bb5 18.Bxb5 axb5 19.Bg5 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Qc4 21.Bxf6 Qxd3 22.Rxd3 gxf6
23.Nxb5 Rfb8 24.Rd5 Ra4 25.Nc3 Rc4 26.Rd2 Bf8 27.g3 Bh6 28.Re2 Rd4 29.Rb1 Bd2
30.Nd5 Kg7 31.b3 Rb5 32.b4 Rbxd5 33.exd5 Bxb4 34.a4 Bc3 35.Rc2 Ba5 36.Ra2 e4
37.Rb5 e3 38.Kg2 Bd2 39.a5 Rc4 40.Rb1 Rc5 41.a6 Rxd5 42.g4 h5 43.h3 Re5 44.a7 e2
45.Rxd2  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.g3 Be7 6.Nh3 c6 7.Nc3 Bf6 8.Bg2 Be6 9.d5 Bf7
10.Qb3 Qd7 11.Ng5 Nh6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bh3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 cxd5 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Rd1 Bc6
17.Bf4 Rf6 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.Qa3 Nf7 20.Nxf7+ Qxf7 21.Bxd6 Nd7 22.e3 Rh6 23.Bf1 Nf6
24.h3 Nd5 25.Rd2 Qe6 26.Bc5 b6 27.Bb4 f4 28.exf4 e3 29.fxe3 a5 30.Bd6 Rg6
31.Kh2 Nxe3 32.Be5 Nxf1+ 33.Rxf1 Rh6 34.h4 Bd7 35.Rfd1 Rd8  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Girls"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Jinova, Lucie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A06"]

1.b3 e6 2.Bb2 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 Qc7
9.h3 O-O 10.Nbd2 c4 11.c3 b5 12.Qe2 Rac8 13.Rfe1 Rfe8 14.a4 a6 15.axb5 axb5
16.Ra6 Nb6 17.e4 Bf8 18.Ne5 Ra8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.exd5 exd5 21.Bc1 Ra2 22.bxc4 dxc4
23.Ng4 Nfd5 24.g3 Nxc3 25.Qf3 b4 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Qc6 28.Nh6+ gxh6 29.Rg4+ Qg6
30.Qc6 Ra1 31.Rxg6+ hxg6 32.Kg2 Rxc1 33.Qxb6 c3 34.d5 Rd1 35.Qc6 Rd2 36.Kf3 h5
37.Ke3 Bh6+ 38.f4 Bf8 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rd1 41.g5 Rd2 42.Qc4 Rb2 43.Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Zhurina, Elizaveta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3 Rb8
9.h3 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.Be3 Ne8 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc7 14.Rb1 Ne6 15.Nde2 b6
16.f4 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.b3 Qc8 19.Kh2 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.e5 Bf5 22.Bxc5 dxc5
23.Rbd1 bxc4 24.bxc4 Rd8 25.Nd5 Kf8 26.Qe3 h5 27.Rd2 Nc2 28.Qc3 e6 29.Ne3 Rxd2
30.Qxd2 Qd8 31.Qc1 Nd4 32.Nc3 Rb4 33.Rd1 Qe7 34.Ncd5 exd5 35.Nxd5 Qa7 36.Nxb4 cxb4
37.Qe3 Nc6 38.Bxc6 Qe7  1-0

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seferjan, Narek"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Qb3 Qb4 13.Rfd1 O-O 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Rxd5 Qxb3 17.axb3 Bg6 18.Rd7 Bf6 19.Rxb7 a5 20.Rb6 Nb4 21.Bc5 Nc2 22.Ra4 Rfc8
23.Rb5 Bf5 24.Rbxa5 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Bxb2 26.Bc4 Bc3 27.Rb5 h6 28.Bd6 Be6 29.Bxe6 fxe6
30.Rb7 Rd8 31.Bc5 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rb1 33.Bd6 Rf1 34.Rc7 Bb4 35.Be5 Rxf2 36.Kg1 Re2
37.Kf1 Rxe5 38.Nxe5 Ne3+ 39.Kf2 Nd5 40.Rc6 Nf4 41.Kf3 Nd5 42.Rxe6 Bc3 43.Ke4 Nf6+
44.Kd3 Ba5 45.Kc4 Bc7 46.b4 Ne4 47.b5 Nd6+ 48.Kc5 Nb7+ 49.Kd5 Nd8 50.Re8+ Kh7
51.Nd7  1-0

[Event "Pripis mem+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 Nd7 6.Be3 b5 7.d5 b4 8.dxc6 bxc3
9.cxd7+ Bxd7 10.Bd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 cxb2 12.Qxb2 Qa5+ 13.c3 Nf6 14.Bd3 O-O 15.Qb4 Qc7
16.O-O Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Rab8 18.Qd4 Qa5 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nxe5 Be6 21.c4 Rc5 22.Nf3 Rd8
23.Qe3 Qc7 24.Nd4 Re5 25.Nxe6 Rxe6 26.Qf3 Red6 27.Bf1 Qc5 28.Rc2 Nd5 29.Rd2 Nb6
30.Rb2 Qd4 31.Qb3 Rc8 32.Rc1 Rdc6 33.Rbc2 Rc5 34.Rc3 Qf4 35.Qc2 e6 36.Rf3 Qc7
37.Rc3 Qe5 38.Re3 Qd4 39.Re4 Qd6 40.Rd1 Qc6 41.Red4 Nxc4 42.Bxc4 Rxc4 43.Rxc4 Qxc4
44.Rd8+ Kg7 45.Rxc8  1-0

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savitskaya, Ekaterina P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.h3 Nf8 11.Ne5 Ng6 12.Bh2 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 O-O 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bh2 f5
16.Ne2 Qe8 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.Nf4 Bd6 19.Nd3 Bxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Qe4 21.Nc5 Qe7 22.a4 Rab8
23.Nd3 Nc4 24.Qc3 Rf6 25.b4 Qc7+ 26.Kg1 g5 27.b5 Rh6 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Qg7
30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Rab1 Re8 32.f4 g4 33.Kh2 gxh3 34.gxh3 Qg4 35.e4 Qe2+ 36.Kh1 Qxe4+
37.Kh2 Rg6 38.Qf3 Qxa4 39.Ra1 Qd4 40.Rfd1 Qb2+ 41.Kh1 Qb7 42.Rg1 Kg7 43.Qa3 Re7
44.Qd6 Qd7 45.Qf6+ Kg8 46.Rab1 Qe8 47.Qxf5 Reg7 48.Rxg6 hxg6 49.Qf6 Kh7 50.e6 Qe7
51.Qe5 Qa3 52.Kh2 Qc5 53.Rb2 Qe7  0-1

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Annakov, Babakuli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Be2 e5 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.Be3 Ne7
9.dxe5 Qa5 10.O-O Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Qe1 O-O 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Qf2 b5 15.Bc5 Be6
16.Bd6 Qb7 17.Qc5 Rfe8 18.Kh1 Nc8 19.e5 Nxd6 20.Rxd6 Bf5 21.Qxc6 Qxc6 22.Rxc6 Rxe5
23.Bf3 Rae8 24.Kg1 Bxc2 25.Rc7 Bd3 26.Bc6 Re1 27.Rxf7 Bd4+ 28.Kh1 Bxf1 29.Bd5 Bc4+  0-1

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Panus, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bb5 e6 5.Ne2 a6 6.Bd3 Nge7 7.Bg5 Qd7 8.c3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Nf5 10.Ng3 Nce7 11.Nh5 Ng6 12.O-O Qb5 13.Qd2 h6 14.Be3 Be7 15.g3 Ngh4
16.b4 g5 17.Na3 Qa4 18.Nc2 O-O-O 19.Ne1 Rdg8 20.Nd3 b6 21.Nb2 Qe8 22.Rfc1 Nxg3
23.fxg3 Nf5 24.Bf2 g4 25.Qd3 Kb7 26.c4 Bg5 27.Rc2 c6 28.b5 axb5 29.cxd5 cxd5
30.a4 Qd7 31.axb5 Ra8 32.Na4 Rhc8 33.Rca2 Rc1+ 34.Rxc1 Bxc1 35.Nxb6 Kxb6
36.Rxa8 Qc7 37.Ra6+ Kb7 38.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kastanieda, Georgiy"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 Bg4 4.Bb2 e6 5.c4 c6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Rc1 Bb8 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Ncxe2 Ne5 13.d3 Re8 14.Ng3 Qd7 15.Rc2 Neg4
16.Ndf5 Qe6 17.h3 Ne5 18.f4 Ned7 19.e4 dxe4 20.dxe4 Bc7 21.e5 Nd5 22.Qf3 Nf8
23.Kh1 Red8 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.f5 Qe8 26.Nh5+ Kg8 27.Rd2 Qe7 28.e6 fxe6 29.Qg4+ Ng6
30.fxg6 Rf8 31.Rf7 Rxf7 32.gxf7+ Kxf7 33.Qg7+ Ke8 34.Qg8+ Kd7 35.Qxa8 Qh4
36.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Qh3 Nb4 14.Rae1 Rc8 15.a3 Nxd3
16.cxd3 O-O 17.Rf3 Bc6 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.f5 e5 21.Nf3 Bc6 22.Ng5 Bd8
23.Rf1 Qb7 24.Rff3 Bb6 25.Qh4 Bxe3+ 26.Rxe3 h6 27.Rh3 Qe7 28.Reg3 Nh7 29.Qh5 Nxg5
30.Rxg5 f6 31.Rg6 Rf7 32.Qe2 a5 33.Qd2 Qf8 34.Nd1 Be8 35.Rgg3 Rfc7 36.Ne3 Rc1+
37.Kf2 d5 38.exd5 Qc5 39.Ke2 h5 40.Rh4 Rb1 41.Rf3 Bf7 42.Rf1 Rxf1 43.Kxf1 Bxd5
44.Rxh5+ Kg8 45.Rh4 Bf7 46.h3 Rd8 47.Ke2 Rd4 48.Re4 Bd5 49.Nxd5 Qxd5 50.Qe3 Qb3
51.Qd2 b4 52.Rxd4 exd4 53.axb4 axb4 54.Qc1 Kh7 55.g4 Qd5 56.Qg1 Qe5+ 57.Kd1 b3
58.Qf2 Qd5 59.h4 Qh1+ 60.Ke2 Qd5 61.Kd1 Kg8 62.g5 fxg5 63.hxg5 Kf7 64.Ke2 Qe5+
65.Kf1 Qd5 66.Ke2 Qc5 67.Kd1 Qd5 68.Ke2 Qe5+ 69.Kd2 Qc5 70.g6+ Kf6 71.Qh4+ Ke5
72.Qe4+ Kf6 73.Qh4+ Ke5 74.Qh2+ Kd5 75.f6 Ke6 76.fxg7  1-0

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramazan, Elshad"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.c3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.h4 Qd6 5.e3 Nd7 6.Bf4 Qc6 7.Qb3 a6 8.Bd3 Ndf6
9.Nf3 Qd7 10.Bxe4 Nxe4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 e6 13.h5 h6 14.Be5 Qd8 15.O-O-O b5
16.Qc2 a5 17.Rh3 Ra6 18.Nf3 Rc6 19.Rg3 f6 20.a3 Qd7 21.Kd2 Qf7 22.Qd3 Ba6
23.b4 fxe5 24.dxe5 Rc4 25.Ke2 c5 26.Rg6 Be7 27.Nd2 Rh4 28.e4 Rxh5 29.exd5 Rxe5+
30.Kf1 Rxd5  0-1

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O d5 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.e5 Nd7 12.Bxd4 Nxe5 13.Qe3 Nc6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nxd5 Be6
16.Bc4 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Qc7 18.h4 e6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.h5 Rac8 21.c3 Qc5 22.Rd4 e5
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rh5 Kf6 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Rf4+ Qxf4 27.Qxf4+ Kg7 28.Qd4+ Kh7
29.Qxa7 Rc7 30.a4 Re8 31.Qf2 Rce7 32.Qb6 Re1+ 33.Ka2 R8e7 34.a5 R1e2 35.Qb4 Rd7
36.g4 Rg2 37.Qb6 Re2 38.Ka3 Re6 39.Qf2 Rd3 40.f4 Ree3 41.f5 gxf5 42.gxf5 Rg3
43.Qf4 Rgf3 44.Qe4 Kg7 45.Qxb7 Rxf5 46.a6 Rd1 47.b4 Rf2 48.b5 Ra1+ 49.Kb4 Rfa2
50.c4 Kg6 51.Kc5 f5 52.Qc7 Kg5 53.Qg3+ Kf6 54.Kb6 Ra3 55.Qf4 Ra4 56.Kb7 R1a2
57.Qd6+ Kg5 58.c5 Ra5 59.Qg3+ Kf6 60.Qb3 R5a3 61.Qc4 Ra4 62.Qc3+ Ke6 63.c6 R2a3
64.Qc2 Rh4 65.c7 Rh7 66.Qc6+  1-0

[Event "Pripis mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Yuferov, Sergey  N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Nge2 Ne5 6.Nf4 Nf6 7.d3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg4
9.f3 Bd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nfd5 Ne8 12.f4 Ng4 13.Bf3 Bd4+ 14.Kg2 f5 15.Qe2 Rf7
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.f5 h5 19.Be3 Ng7 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Ne4 Rxf5 22.Rxf5 Bxf5
23.Qf2 Bxe4+ 24.dxe4 Qf8 25.Qxd4 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Ne6 27.Qd2 Re8 28.Re1 Qf7 29.Qe3 Rf8
30.b4 b6 31.a3 Qg7 32.Nf4 Nxf4 33.gxf4 Qh6 34.f5 Qxe3+ 35.Rxe3 Rc8 36.Rc3 Kf7
37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.Rc2 h4 40.Rc1 Rg8 41.Rg1 g3 42.Kf3 gxh2 43.Rh1 Rg3+
44.Kf2 Rxa3 45.Kg2 Ra2+ 46.Kf3 h3 47.Kg4 Kxe4 48.Kxh3 Kxf5 49.Kg3 Ke4 50.Rd1 Rc2
51.b5 e5 52.Kh3 Ke3 53.Kg3 e4  0-1

[Event "San Agustin opJ"]
[Site "San Agustin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Martinez Penalver, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Qd3 Ne5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Qg3 O-O 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Kh1 Rad8
16.Nc1 Kh8 17.Nd3 Nd7 18.Bg4 Bxg4 19.Qxg4 Nf6 20.Qh3 Rd4 21.Rde1 b5 22.a3 Qb8
23.Rf5 b4 24.axb4 Bxb4 25.Nxe5 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.Qd4 Nd6
29.Rh5 Qc7 30.Qd3 h6 31.Ng4 Qe7 32.Re5 Qd8 33.h3 f5 34.Nf2 Qf6 35.Rd5 Ne4
36.Nxe4 fxe4 37.Qxe4 Qxb2 38.Rd1 Qf6 39.c4 Rc8 40.Qd5 Qc6 41.Re1 Qxd5 42.cxd5 Rd8
43.Rd1 Kg8 44.Kg1 Kf7 45.Kf2 Kf6 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.Ra1 Rxd5 48.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Agustin opJ"]
[Site "San Agustin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Santos, Santos Pablo"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 Nh6 7.Bf4 f6 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Nf7 10.Bg3 Re8 11.Bf1 b6 12.a4 Ba6 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.Bxb5 Re7
16.a5 Nd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.c4 a6 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.Ba4 Nc6 21.Qb3 Nb4 22.cxd5 Nxd5
23.Qxb6 Nxb6 24.Bc6 Raa7 25.d5 Nxd5 26.Rxe6 Nb4 27.Rd6 Bh6 28.Bd5+ Kg7 29.Bc4 Bf4
30.Rb6 a5 31.Rb5 Rec7 32.b3 Nc6 33.g3 Bd6 34.Bd5 Nb4 35.Rbxa5 Rxa5 36.Rxa5 Bc5
37.Bc4 Nc2 38.Kg2 Bb4 39.Rb5 Bc5 40.h4 Na3 41.Rb8 Nxc4 42.bxc4 Ba7 43.Rb2 Kf7
44.Rc2 Ke6 45.Nd2 Ke5 46.Nb3 Rb7 47.Na5 Rc7 48.Kf3 Kd4 49.Rd2+ Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Agustin opJ"]
[Site "San Agustin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Barrasa, Lopez Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.f5 Nge7 7.fxe6 dxe6 8.d3 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 12.Kh1 Nc6 13.Qe2 Qd8 14.Be3 Nd4 15.Qd2 b6
16.Bh6 Bb7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rae1 Bc6 19.Re3 Qg5 20.Qf2 b5 21.Rg3 Qe7 22.Ba2 bxa4
23.Qd2 Rab8 24.Rh3 h5 25.Nd1 Rb7 26.c3 Nb3 27.Qe3 Rd7 28.Nf2 Bb5 29.Ng4 Rxd3
30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Rxh5 gxh5 32.Nf6+ Qxf6 33.Qxf6 Rd7 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qxh5+ Kg8
36.Qg4+ Kh8 37.Rf6  1-0

[Event "San Agustin opJ"]
[Site "San Agustin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nbd2 b6 8.O-O c5
9.c3 Bb7 10.Ne5 Ne4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.f4 Nd7 13.Ndf3 a6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Ne5 Qe7
16.Qh5 Nf6 17.Qh3 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.f5 exf5 20.Bxf5 Qd6 21.Rf4 Rae8 22.Raf1 cxd4
23.cxd4 Re7 24.g4 Rfe8 25.g5 Rxe3 26.Qh5 Re1 27.Bd3 Qxf4  0-1

[Event "San Agustin opJ"]
[Site "San Agustin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Qa5+
9.Qd2 Nxe4 10.Qxa5 Nxa5 11.Be3 Bd7 12.f3 Nf6 13.Bxa7 Nc6 14.Bf2 d5 15.Be2 Bd6
16.O-O Ke7 17.c4 Be6 18.Rd1 d4 19.f4 Ne4 20.Nxd6 Kxd6 21.fxe5+ Kxe5 22.Nd2 Nxf2
23.Kxf2 Rhd8 24.Bf3 Ra6 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Nf3+ Kf6 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Nxd4 Rxc4
29.Rd1 Rc8 30.a3 Ke5 31.Nf3+ Kf6 32.Rd2 Rc1 33.Ke3 Bg4 34.Rd6+ Ke7 35.Rb6 Bc8
36.Nd4 f6 37.Rb3 Rg1 38.Kf2 Rd1 39.Nf3 Rc1 40.Ke3 Rc2 41.Rc3 Rxc3+ 42.bxc3 Kd6
43.Kd4 Kc6 44.Nd2 Be6 45.c4 Bg4 46.a4 b6 47.Kc3 Bd1 48.Kb4 h6 49.Nf1 Bc2
50.Ng3 g6 51.Ne2 Be4 52.g3 f5 53.Nd4+ Kb7 54.Ne6 g5 55.Nd8+ Kc7 56.Nf7 Kd7
57.Nxh6 Ke6 58.Kb5 Bd3 59.Kxb6 Bxc4 60.a5 Kf6 61.h4 Kg6 62.Nxf5 Kxf5 63.g4+ Kxg4
64.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Agustin opJ"]
[Site "San Agustin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Nb5 Kf8 8.c3 Bg4
9.Be2 a6 10.Na3 Bh6 11.Qd2 Kg7 12.Nc2 Bxf4 13.Qxf4 Nf6 14.h4 Qb8 15.Qg5 h6
16.Qe3 Bf5 17.Qc1 e5 18.Ne3 Be4 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Qd2 Rhe8 22.Qd4 Qxd4
23.cxd4 Re7 24.Kd2 Rae8 25.Rhe1 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Kxd3 Kg6 29.f3 Nd7
30.Kd2 Nb6 31.Rac1 f5 32.b3 f4 33.Nc2 Nd7 34.Rxe7 Rxe7 35.Nb4 Nf6 36.Rc5 Rh7
37.Ke2 Rh2 38.Kf2 Rh1 39.Nxd5 Nh5 40.Ke2 Ng3+ 41.Kd3 Rd1+ 42.Kc4 Nf5 43.Rc7 Rxd4+
44.Kc5 Rd2 45.Rxb7 Rc2+ 46.Kb4 Rxa2 47.Rb6+ Kg7 48.Rb7+ Kf8 49.Rb6 Nh4 50.Nf6 Rxg2
51.Rxa6 Kf7 52.Ne4 Nxf3 53.Rf6+ Kg7 54.Rf5 Kg6 55.Rf6+ Kh5 56.Rf5 Kg4 57.Rd5 Re2
58.Nc3 Re5 59.Rd1 Kf5 60.Kc4 g4 61.b4 g3 62.b5 g2 63.b6 g1=Q 64.Rxg1 Nxg1
65.Nb5 f3 66.b7 f2 67.b8=Q f1=Q+ 68.Kb4 Qe1+ 69.Nc3 Qh4+ 70.Kb3 Nf3 71.Qc8+ Re6
72.Qc5+ Ne5 73.Qc7 Qe7 74.Qb8 Qd6 75.Qh8 Qb6+ 76.Kc2 Qf2+ 77.Kb3 Rb6+ 78.Ka4 Qd4+
79.Ka5 Qb4+  0-1

[Event "San Agustin opJ"]
[Site "San Agustin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Alvarez Solis, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Qe1 O-O 8.d3 a6
9.a4 Rb8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nd5 12.Qg3 Re8 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Ng5 Re7 15.Nge4 Nd4
16.Bg5 b5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Bxe7 Bxe7 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Nfxd5 b4 21.Rxf7 Bg5 22.Qxg5 Qg8
23.Raf1 Be6 24.Ra7 bxc3 25.Nf6 Qf8 26.Qh5 Bg8 27.bxc3 gxf6 28.cxd4 Rb6 29.exf6 Qb8
30.f7 Qxa7 31.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "San Agustin opJ"]
[Site "San Agustin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Miguel Angel"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.Nf4 c6 6.h4 d6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.h5 e5 9.h6 Bh8
10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nd3 Re8 13.Bg5 Na6 14.e4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Bf5
17.Rh4 Kf7 18.O-O-O Bf6 19.Bxf6 Kxf6 20.Re1 Rad8 21.g4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Rd4 23.Rxd4 exd4
24.f4 Nc7 25.Rh1 Nd5 26.Kd2 Re3 27.Rf1 Rg3 28.f5 Rg2+ 29.Kc1 Rxc2+ 30.Kb1 Rd2
31.fxg6+ Kxg6 32.Ne5+ Kxh6 33.g5+ Kg7 34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Rxb7 Ne3 36.a4 Rd1+
37.Ka2 d3 38.Rd7 d2 39.Nf3 Nf1 40.Kb3 a5 41.Rd6 c5 42.Nxd2 Rxd2 43.Ra6 Ne3
44.Rxa5 c4+ 45.Kc3 Rd3+ 46.Kb4 Rb3+ 47.Kc5 Rxb2 48.Kd4 Rb3 49.Re5  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Grabuzova, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf1 Ne4 11.dxc5 Ndf6 12.Be3 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.Ne3 Re8
15.c3 Qb6 16.Qc2 Qa6 17.Red1 Qa4 18.Qxa4 Nxa4 19.Rab1 Nb6 20.Rd4 Re4 21.Rbd1 Rc8
22.Nxd5 Nbxd5 23.Rxe4 Nxe4 24.Rxd5 Kf8 25.Kf1 Rc6 26.Ne5 Ra6 27.f3 Nd6 28.c4 Ke7
29.c5 Nf5 30.Ng4 g6 31.Re5+ Kd7 32.a3 Rc6 33.b4 Ra6 34.Rd5+ Ke7 35.Rd3 Re6
36.f4 Re4 37.g3 f6 38.Nf2 Rc4 39.Nd1 Rc2 40.g4 Ng7 41.Re3+ Kd7 42.Rh3 h5
43.f5 Ke7 44.fxg6 hxg4 45.Rh7 Kf8 46.Ne3 Rc1+ 47.Ke2 f5 48.Rh8+ Ke7 49.Rb8 Kf6
50.Rxb7 Kxg6 51.Rxa7 Ne6 52.Ra6 Kf6 53.Rd6 Ke5 54.Rd1 Rc3 55.Kd2 Rb3 56.Re1 Nd4
57.Nc2+ Kd5 58.Nxd4 Kxd4 59.c6 Rb2+ 60.Kc1 Rxh2 61.c7 Rh8 62.Rd1+ Ke4 63.Rd8 Rh1+
64.Kd2 Rh2+ 65.Ke1  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.04.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grabuzova, Tatiana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 c6 4.c4 e5 5.d5 cxd5 6.cxd5 Qb6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Be3 Bxb5 11.Nxb5 Qa5+ 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Nh3 Rfc8 14.O-O Nb6 15.Qb5 Qxb5
16.Nxb5 Nfd7 17.Rfc1 a6 18.Na3 Rxc1+ 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Nxc8 21.Nc4 Bd8
22.a4 Ndb6 23.Nxb6 Bxb6 24.Kf2 f6 25.b3 Kf7 26.Ke2 Bxe3 27.Kxe3 Nb6 28.Kd3 g6
29.Kc3 h6 30.Kb4 Nd7 31.Ka5 f5 32.Nf2 Ke7 33.exf5 gxf5 34.g4 fxg4 35.Nxg4 h5
36.Ne3 Kd8 37.b4 Kc7 38.b5 b6+ 39.Kb4 a5+ 40.Kc4 Nc5 41.Nf5 Nxa4 42.h4 Nc5
43.Ng3 a4 44.Nxh5 a3 45.Kc3 e4 46.fxe4 Nxe4+ 47.Kb3 Nd2+ 48.Kxa3 Nf3 49.Kb4 Nxh4
50.Kc4 Nf3 51.Nf6 Nd2+ 52.Kd3 Nb3 53.Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.04.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.dxe6 fxe6
9.Na3 Nc6 10.c3 Ne8 11.Be3 Rb8 12.Qd2 b5 13.Rad1 b4 14.cxb4 Rxb4 15.b3 Ba6
16.Rfe1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Nd4 18.Qd3 Qa5 19.Nc2 Nxc2 20.Qxc2 Bd4 21.Bf1 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Rd4
23.Bc4 Ng7 24.Red3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Rd8 26.Qe3 Qxa2 27.Qc3 Qa3 28.Qf6 Rf8 29.Bxe6+ Nxe6
30.Qxe6+ Rf7 31.f4 Qb4 32.Kg2 Qb5 33.Kf2 Qd7 34.Rxd6 Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Rb7 36.Ra6 Rxb3
37.Rxa7 Rb2+ 38.Ke3 Rxh2 39.Rc7 Rg2 40.Kf3 Rc2 41.e5 Rc3+ 42.Ke4 Rxg3 43.e6 Rh3
44.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.04.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 a6 6.Nge2 Rb8 7.a4 e6 8.d3 Nge7
9.Rb1 O-O 10.h4 Nd4 11.h5 Nec6 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Na2 b5 14.b4 bxc4 15.dxc4 d5
16.exd5 exd5 17.O-O Bf5 18.Rb2 Be4 19.Bf4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 dxc4 21.Bxb8 Qxb8
22.Rb1 Qd6 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Ne5 25.b6 c3 26.b7 Qc6+ 27.Kg1 c2 28.Nb4 cxd1=Q
29.Nxc6 Qxf1+  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ogunremi, Adenike"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c3 Qe8 8.Qe2 Nc6
9.e4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Bf5 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.Qe3 Bg4 14.Ng5 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.O-O Kg7 18.h3 Bd7 19.Nf3 Bf6 20.Qxe8 Raxe8 21.Rae1 Bc6 22.Nh2 d5
23.Bd3 d4 24.Ng4 dxc3 25.Nxf6 Kxf6 26.bxc3 Bd5 27.c4 Bf7 28.Rb1 Rd8 29.Rfd1 b6
30.a3 Rd4 31.Bf1 Rfd8 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.c5 bxc5 34.Be2 c4 35.Kf1 Bd5 36.Rd1 Rxd1+
37.Bxd1 Ke5 38.f3 Kd4 39.Ke2 Kc3 40.Ke3 Kb2 41.Kd4 c6 42.a4 c3 43.Kd3 Bb3  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 a5 9.Qc2 Na6
10.Be3 Bd7 11.Rad1 c5 12.h3 Rb8 13.Qc1 Nc7 14.Bh6 Qf7 15.Bxg7 Qxg7 16.a4 Ne4
17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.axb5 Rf7 19.Nd2 Rbf8 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxh3 22.Bg2 Bd7
23.e4 g5 24.Rd2 Qe5 25.f3 h5 26.Qe1 h4 27.Kf2 g4 28.gxh4 gxf3 29.Ke3 Bg4
30.Bxf3 Rxf3+ 31.Ke2 Qxe4+  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bosboom Lanchava, Tea"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qd2 Bg4 8.Nd4 Ne5
9.e4 h6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.f4 Nc6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nf5 Bg6 14.g4 O-O-O 15.O-O-O h5
16.Be2 Bxf5 17.gxf5 g6 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Rdg1 Rhg8 20.c5 Qe6 21.Qc2 d5 22.Qa4 Kb8
23.e5 Nd7 24.Rd1 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.Bf3 Nb4 27.a3 Qf5 28.Nxd5 Be3+  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Shumiakina, Tatiana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 f6 6.O-O Nh6 7.d4 Nf7 8.Ba3 cxd4
9.Bxf8 Kxf8 10.Qxd4 Qb6 11.Qd2 g6 12.c4 Kg7 13.Nc3 d6 14.Nd4 e5 15.Nc2 Rf8
16.Na4 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Ne3 Bc8 20.Qc2 Be6 21.Nc3 Qa5 22.Rd2 Qb4
23.Rcd1 Rb8 24.Na4 Rfd8 25.h3 Rb7 26.Nb2 Rbd7 27.Nd3 Qb6 28.Nb2 Qa5 29.Na4 Qb4
30.Kh2 Kg8 31.Nc3 Kg7 32.Ne2 Qc5 33.Qc3 Rb7 34.Nc1 Re8 35.Nd3 Qd4 36.Qxd4 exd4
37.Nc2 c5 38.Re2 a5 39.Nb2 Bd7 40.Ne1 f5 41.f3 Bc6 42.Ned3 fxe4 43.fxe4 Rxe4
44.Rxe4 Bxe4 45.Re1 Bc6 46.h4 Kf8 47.Kg3 Re7 48.Rxe7 Kxe7 49.a3 Ne5 50.Ne1 Kf6
51.b4 cxb4 52.axb4 a4 53.Nc2 d3 54.Na3 Kf5 55.Kf2 Ke4 56.b5 Ba8 57.Nxa4 Kd4
58.g3 Bb7 59.b6 Nxc4 60.Nxc4 Kxc4 61.Nb2+ Kc3 62.Nd1+ Kd2 63.Nb2 Kc2 64.Nc4 d2
65.Ne3+ Kc1  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ciuksyte, Dagne"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.f3 Bh5 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Nge2 e6
9.Be3 c6 10.Qd2 Nd5 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.Nf4 Bg6 14.h4 f6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Qd3 Kf7 17.g4 Qa6 18.Qxa6 bxa6 19.Ne2 Nb6 20.b3 Ba3+ 21.Kb1 Rac8 22.Bc1 Bd6
23.a4 Rb8 24.Ka2 Rb7 25.Bf4 Rc8 26.Rc1 Bxf4 27.Nxf4 Nxa4 28.bxa4 Rc4 29.Ka3 Rc3+
30.Ka2 Rc4 31.Ka3 Rc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Susterman, Anja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Be2 Nxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.c4 Nb6 10.Nc3 Bf6 11.h3 Nc6 12.Be3 Bg6 13.b4 a6 14.Qb3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Rad1 Qc8 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.c5 Bxc3 19.cxb6 Be5 20.Qd5 Re8 21.Bg4 Qb8 22.Bd7 Be4
23.Qc4 c6 24.Bxe8 Qxe8 25.Rfe1 Bd5 26.Rxd5 cxd5 27.Qxd5 Rd8 28.Qxb7 Qa4 29.Qf3 Qxa3
30.Bg5 Qxf3 31.gxf3 f6 32.Rxe5 fxg5 33.Ra5 Kf7 34.Rxa6 Rb8 35.Kg2 Ke7 36.Kg3 Kd6
37.Ra7 Rxb6 38.Rxg7 Ke6 39.Rxg5 Kf6 40.Rg4 h5 41.Rc4 Kg6 42.Kf4 Rb5 43.Ke4 Rb6
44.Kd5 Rf6 45.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kim, Olga"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bc4 c6 7.Bd2 Qc7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe2 e6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ne5 b5 13.Bb3 a5 14.a4 b4 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Ne4 Be7 17.h4 Rc8 18.Ng5 Nd5 19.Rde1 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Qd6 21.Qa6 N7b6 22.Rh3 Kd7
23.Qxa5 Ra8 24.Qc5 Qxc5 25.dxc5 Nxa4 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rb3 Rhb8 28.Be3 Kc6
29.h5 gxh5 30.gxh5 e5 31.f4 d4 32.Bf2 Nxc5 33.Rg3 Ra1+ 34.Kd2 Rxe1 35.Kxe1 b3
36.c4 exf4 37.Rxg7 Re8+ 38.Kf1 d3 39.Be1 Ne4 40.Rxf7 d2 41.Bxd2 Nxd2+ 42.Kf2 Nxc4
43.Rxf4 Nxb2 44.Rf3 Nd1+ 45.Kg1 Rb8  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Pokorna, Regina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 a6 7.f5 Na5 8.Bb3 c6 9.Qe2 Nxb3
10.axb3 b5 11.Be3 Bb4 12.O-O Ng4 13.Bd2 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Qc7 15.h3 h5 16.Qe1 Nf6
17.Qg3 Rg8 18.Rae1 Bb7 19.Bg5 O-O-O 20.Qh4 Qe7 21.Re2 Rh8 22.Nd1 Rde8 23.c3 Bb6
24.Nf2 Qd7 25.Rd1 Ng8 26.d4 f6 27.Be3 Qc7 28.dxe5 dxe5 29.Bxb6 Qxb6 30.Qg3 Qc7
31.Red2 Re7 32.Nh4 Rf7 33.Ng6 Rh6 34.Nd3 Ne7 35.Nc5 Nxg6 36.Ne6 Qd7 37.Rxd7 Rxd7
38.Rxd7 Kxd7 39.Qd3+  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.h4 Qe7 13.Rhb1 Bc6 14.Bb5 a6 15.Be2 Nd7
16.Qf4 Rc8 17.a4 Qd8 18.a5 Qc7 19.Qe3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qd8 21.Bd3 Rc7 22.g3 Qe7
23.c3 Nb8 24.Rb3 Kf8 25.Nh2 Kg7 26.h5 Nd7 27.f4 Nf8 28.Nf3 Qe8 29.g4 Ba4
30.Rb4 Bd7 31.f5 Qc8 32.f6+ Kg8 33.Bc2 Rc4 34.Rab1 Bb5 35.Nh4 g5 36.Nf3 Rxb4
37.Rxb4 b6 38.axb6 Nd7 39.c4 dxc4 40.d5 c3+ 41.Kc1 Qf8 42.d6 Qa8 43.Be4 Qe8
44.b7 Nb8 45.Nd4 Bd7 46.Qxc3  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Mamedyarova, Zeynab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nf3 Qe7
9.O-O h6 10.c3 Be6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Qe1 O-O-O 13.a4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Rdg8 15.Bxc6 Bxc6
16.a5 bxa5 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Rxa5 b6 19.Ra7 Bb7 20.Qa1 c5 21.Nf5 Ne8 22.Qa2 g5
23.Bxd6 Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hernandez, Yudania"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.f3 Qb6
9.Qd2 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Qxd4 12.Qxd4 Nxd4 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.h4 h5 15.g4 hxg4
16.h5 Ne5 17.Bb3 gxf3 18.hxg6 Nxg6 19.Ng5 e6 20.Ne4 Kg7 21.Nd6 b6 22.Rdf1 Rb8
23.c4 Bb7 24.Kd2 Bc6 25.Ke3 Rh8 26.Bd1 f5 27.Bxf3 Bxf3 28.Kxf3 Kf6 29.Ke3 Ke7
30.Nb5 a6 31.Nd4 Ne5 32.b3 Rbg8 33.Rxh8 Rxh8 34.Rg1 Rh3+  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Pitam, Ela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.Bd3 Be7
9.h4 a6 10.h5 b5 11.Ne2 Bb7 12.Rh3 Qb6 13.Rg3 Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 O-O-O
16.Nc3 Bh4 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Rg4 Be7 19.Rxg7 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Bb4 21.Rg3 Nd3+ 22.cxd3 Qxf4
23.dxe4 f5 24.Qe2 fxe4 25.a3 Ba5 26.b4 Bb6 27.Ncxe4 Kb8 28.Nc5 Rd5 29.Rd3 Rhd8
30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Rc1 Ka7 32.Rc3 Qd4 33.Rd3 Qa1+ 34.Qd1 Re5+ 35.Re3 Rxe3+ 36.fxe3 Qxa3
37.Nxb7 Qxe3+ 38.Qe2 Kxb7 39.Qxe3 Bxe3 40.Ne4 Kb6 41.Ke2 Bc1 42.Kd3 Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Women)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Mihevc, Narcisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.O-O Be7 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.dxc3 Qc7 10.Bf4 g5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxg5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 Qxe5 14.f4 Qd6 15.Rae1 f6
16.Bh6 Kd8 17.Bg7 Re8 18.Qxh7 Bd7 19.Qh6 Kc7 20.Bh5 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 f5 22.Qxd6+ Kxd6
23.Bf7 Nd8 24.Be5+ Ke7 25.Bxd5 Be6 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.h4 Kf7 28.Rd1 Kg6 29.Rd7 b6
30.Re7 Nf8 31.Rg7+ Kh5 32.Rg5+ Kxh4 33.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.b3 Ne7 8.c4 Nf5 9.Bb2 h5
10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Re1 Bh7 12.Nf1 g5 13.N3d2 g4 14.Bd3 Bg5 15.Qc2 Bg6 16.Ng3 Ne7
17.Ngf1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nf8 19.Ne3 Nfg6 20.Ndf1 Nf4 21.Qc2 Neg6 22.Rac1 Kf8
23.Rcd1 Kg7 24.Ng3 Nh4 25.Kh1 Qg8 26.Bc1 Qh7 27.Qxh7+ Rxh7 28.Ngf1 Be7 29.g3 Nh3
30.gxh4 Nxf2+ 31.Kg2 Nxd1 32.Rxd1 Bxh4 33.Ng3 Be7 34.Ne2 a5 35.c5 b6 36.cxb6 Rb8
37.Bd2 Bb4 38.Bxb4 axb4 39.Nc2 Rxb6 40.Nf4 Rh8 41.Nd3 Rhb8 42.Kg3 Rb5 43.Rf1 R5b6
44.Rf2 Rb5 45.Kh4 Kg6 46.Nf4+ Kf5 47.Nd3+ Ke4 48.Rd2 Ra8 49.Kg5 Rg8+ 50.Kh4 Ra8
51.Kg3 h4+ 52.Kxg4 Rg8+ 53.Kxh4 Rg1 54.Nde1 Rb8 55.Re2+ Kf5 56.Ne3+ Kg6 57.N3g2 Rf1
58.Kg3 Rg8 59.h3 f6 60.exf6 Kxf6+ 61.Kh2 Re8 62.Ne3 Rf4 63.Ng4+ Kg7 64.Nc2 Ra8
65.Kg3 Rf1 66.Nxb4 Rd1 67.Nxc6 Rd3+ 68.Kg2 Rc8 69.b4 Rxc6 70.Ne5 Rcc3 71.Nxd3 Rxd3
72.Rb2  1-0

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Be3 Nd4 11.b4 b6 12.f4 Bd7 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Qe1 e5
16.Bd2 a6 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Bb5 20.Bf1 Qd7 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Qf3 Rbc8
23.g4 Qe7 24.g5 f6 25.Bh3 Rc7 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.h4 Rf8 28.f5 Bd7 29.Rf1 c4 30.gxf6 Bxf6
31.Bh6 Re8 32.fxg6 Bxe6 33.Qxf6+ Qxf6 34.Rxf6 hxg6 35.dxe6 cxd3 36.Rd1 Rc3
37.Rf8+ Rxf8 38.Bxf8 Kg8 39.Bxd6 Ra3 40.e7  1-0

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tzamtzis, K."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qb3 c6 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Rfe1 Nf8 15.e4 Ne6
16.exd5 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Kf1 Qe5 21.g3 Qh5
22.Re1 Qxh2  0-1

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Cela, Altin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Qg4 h5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qa4 Bd7
9.Be3 Ne7 10.Nf3 Nf5 11.Bd4 g5 12.c3 g4 13.Nfd2 Qg5 14.Qa6 Bg7 15.Qd3 Rb8
16.O-O Rxb2 17.Nb3 a5 18.Nxa5 h4 19.Nb3 Ke7 20.N1d2 Ra8 21.a4 Bc8 22.Rfd1 Ba6
23.c4 dxc4 24.Nxc4 Rd8 25.Be3 Rxd3 26.Bxg5+ f6 27.exf6+ Bxf6 28.Bxf6+ Kxf6
29.Nxb2 Rxb3 30.Rd2 e5 31.Nd1 Nd4 32.Rb2  1-0

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O-O c5 12.g4 cxd4 13.exd4 Bg5+ 14.Kb1 Bc8 15.h4 Bf4
16.Ne5 Be6 17.g5 h5 18.Be2 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nc6 20.Bf3 Nb4 21.Qb3 Bf5+ 22.Be4 Qc8
23.Qxb4 dxe4 24.Nd5 Qe6 25.Nc7 Qxe5 26.Nxa8 e3+ 27.Ka1 e2 28.Rd4 Rxa8 29.Qd2 Qe7
30.Re1 Re8 31.Rd5 Bg4 32.Rd3 Qe4 33.Re3 Qc6 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Qd5 g6 36.f3 Bh3
37.Qe4 Qxe4 38.fxe4 Bg4 39.Kb1 Kf8 40.Kc2 Ke7 41.Kd2 f6 42.gxf6+ Kxf6 43.Rc1 Ke5
44.Ke3 a6 45.b4 a5 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.Rc5+ Kd6 48.Rd5+ Kc6 49.Kd2 a4 50.Ra5 Bf3
51.Rxa4 Kb5 52.Ra3 Bxe4 53.Kxe2 Kb4 54.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Managadze, Nikoloz"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A82"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 fxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg7 5.h4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ exf6 7.h5 Qe7+ 8.Qe2 Nc6
9.Qxe7+ Nxe7 10.Bd2 d6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Re1 Kd7 13.h6 Bf8 14.Ne2 Re8 15.Nf4 Bf7
16.g4 g5 17.Nh5 Bxh5 18.Rxh5 Ng6 19.Rxe8 Kxe8 20.Bd3 d5 21.c4 dxc4 22.Bxc4 Kd7
23.Rh1 c6 24.Kc2 Nh4 25.Kd3 Ng6 26.b4 Bd6 27.a3 Ne7 28.Ke4 Re8 29.Re1 Ng8+
30.Kf3 Rxe1 31.Bxe1 Nxh6 32.Bd3 Bf4 33.Bxh7 Nf7 34.Ke4 Nd6+ 35.Kd3 b5 36.Bg8 f5
37.gxf5 Nxf5 38.f3 Kd6 39.Bb3 Nh4 40.Ke4 Ng2 41.Bf2 Bc1 42.a4 a6 43.axb5 axb5
44.d5 cxd5+ 45.Bxd5 Bd2 46.Bc5+ Kd7 47.Bg8 Nf4 48.Bh7 Kc6 49.Bf5 Be1 50.Bf8 Nd5
51.Bd7+ Kxd7 52.Kxd5 Bf2 53.Bg7 Be1 54.Kc5 Ke6 55.Kxb5 Kf5 56.Kc4 Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Tzermiadianos, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 g5 5.h3 Bg7 6.d3 h6 7.Be3 Nd4 8.Bxd4 cxd4
9.Nb5 Qb6 10.Qb3 a6 11.Na3 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.Be2 Ng6 14.g3 h5 15.Nc2 Qc5
16.Qb4 Qc7 17.c5 d6 18.Nb3 dxc5 19.Qxc5 Qxc5 20.Nxc5 h4 21.Na4 b5 22.Nb6 Rb8
23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Kd2 Be5 25.Rag1 Ke7 26.Ne1 hxg3 27.fxg3 Rc5 28.Nf3 Rhc8 29.Bd1 Bg7
30.Rf1 a5 31.Rh2 a4 32.Rhf2 Ke8 33.Ne1 Be5 34.Rg1 Bc7 35.Nf3 Ba5+ 36.Ke2 Rd8
37.Kf1 Ke7 38.Kg2 f6 39.Rgf1 Rc1 40.a3 Bc7 41.Re1 Be5 42.Ref1 Rdc8 43.Nh2 Nf8
44.Ng4 Nd7 45.Rh1 Rb1 46.Nxe5 Nxe5 47.Rd2 Rcc1 48.Rf1 g4 49.h4 Nf3 50.Rxf3 gxf3+
51.Bxf3 Rc8 52.h5 Rbc1 53.Bd1 R1c5 54.Kh3 Rg8 55.Rh2 Rcg5 56.g4 Kd6 57.Kg3 f5
58.exf5 exf5 59.h6 fxg4 60.h7 Rh8 61.Rh6+ Kc7 62.Bxg4 Rg7 63.Rh5 Kb6 64.Rh6+ Ka5
65.Rd6 Rhxh7 66.Rxd4 Rh6 67.Rf4 Rd6 68.d4 Rc7 69.Kf3 Rc2 70.Ke4 Rxb2 71.Ke5 Rd8
72.d5 Rb3 73.d6 Rxa3 74.Bf5 Kb6 75.Be4 Rh3 76.Bf5 Re3+ 77.Kd5 a3 78.Rf2 Rc3
79.d7 b4 80.Kd4 Rc7 81.Be6 Rc6 82.Bf5 Ka5 83.Kd5 Rf6 84.Ke5 Rxf5+  0-1

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fakaros, G."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 d6 3.e3 g6 4.h4 h6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.f3 Qe8 9.Nh3 e5
10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bh2 Qe7 12.Qe2 c6 13.Nf2 Nd5 14.Bc4 Be6 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Bb3 Nc6
17.O-O-O a5 18.c3 Rfd8 19.a3 b5 20.Qxb5 Rab8 21.Qxc6 Rxb3 22.Nd3 Rc8 23.Qa4 d4
24.exd4 exd4 25.Rhe1 dxc3 26.Qxb3 cxb2+ 27.Kd2 Bxb3 28.Rxe7 Bc3+ 29.Ke3 Bxd1
30.Rb7 Re8+ 31.Kf2 a4 32.Bd6 Bb3 33.Nxb2 Bxb2 34.g4 Bd4+  0-1

[Event "Ikaria op"]
[Site "Ikaria"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Chilov, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 d6 6.O-O-O Nf6 7.f3 Nbd7 8.Bh6 O-O
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.h4 h5 11.Nh3 e5 12.Nf2 exd4 13.Qxd4 Qe7 14.g4 Qe5 15.Qe3 hxg4
16.fxg4 Rae8 17.Bg2 Nc5 18.h5 g5 19.Qd2 Kh6 20.Rdf1 Ba6 21.Nd3 Nxd3+ 22.cxd3 Nxg4
23.Bh3 f5 24.Rf3 Bc8 25.d4 Qg7 26.Rg1 Bb7 27.Rfg3 Rg8 28.Bxg4 fxg4 29.Rxg4 Ref8
30.Qe3 Qf6 31.Qd3 Bc8 32.R4g3 g4 33.Nd5 Qg5+ 34.Kb1 Rf2 35.Ne7 Qxe7 36.Qe3+ Rg5
37.Qxf2 Qxe4+ 38.Ka1 Bf5 39.Re3 Qd5 40.Rge1 Rxh5 41.Re8 Kg6 42.Qe3 Rh7 43.Rf8 Qe4
44.Rg8+ Kf7 45.Qxe4 Bxe4 46.Rxg4 d5 47.b4 Ke7 48.Rc1 Kd7 49.Rg3 Kc8 50.b5 Kb7
51.Rgc3 Rg7 52.Kb2 Rf7 53.Kb3 Rf3 54.Rxf3 Bxf3 55.Kb4 Be2 56.Rc2 Bc4 57.a4 a6
58.bxa6+ Kxa6 59.Rf2 c5+ 60.dxc5 bxc5+ 61.Ka3 Bd3 62.Rf6+ Kb7 63.a5 Bc2 64.Rb6+ Ka7
65.Rb5 Bd3 66.Rxc5 Bc4 67.Rc6 Kb7 68.Rd6 Ka7 69.Rd7+ Ka6 70.Kb4 Ba2 71.Rd6+ Ka7
72.a6 Bb1 73.Ka5 Be4 74.Rd7+ Kb8 75.a7+ Ka8 76.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sukhareva, Olga"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bd2 c6 8.g4 Bg6
9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nd5 12.Qg4 e6 13.O-O-O Bb4 14.Ne4 Bxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Qc7
16.Rd3 Nd7 17.c4 Ne7 18.c5 Nf5 19.h4 O-O-O 20.f4 Nf8 21.Rhh3 Qa5 22.Qd1 Qxa2
23.Nc3 Qa5 24.Kb1 Nd7 25.Ne4 Nb8 26.Be2 Qc7 27.Bg4 Qxf4 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Nd6+ Rxd6
30.cxd6 Rxh4 31.Qh1 Rxh3 32.Rxh3 Qxd6 33.Rh8+ Kc7 34.Qh5 Nd7 35.Qxf7 Qxd4
36.Qxe6 Qd1+ 37.Ka2 f4 38.Rh4 Qd5+ 39.Qxd5 cxd5 40.Rxf4 Ne5 41.Kb3 Kd6 42.Kc3 Ke6
43.Kd4 Nf7 44.Rg4 Nd6 45.b4 Nf5+ 46.Kd3 a6 47.Rf4 Ke5 48.Rf1 g6 49.Rf2 d4
50.Rf1 Kd5 51.Rc1 b6 52.Rc8 a5 53.bxa5 bxa5 54.Rg8 Ne7 55.Rd8+ Ke5 56.Re8 Kd6
57.Kxd4 Kd7 58.Ra8 Ke6 59.Ke4 Nc6 60.Rf8 Ne7 61.Rf6+ Kd7 62.Kd4 Nc6+ 63.Kc5 Ne7
64.Kb5 Ke8 65.Kxa5 Nd5 66.Rxg6 Ke7 67.Kb5 Kf7 68.Rc6 Kg7 69.Kc5 Nf4 70.Kd4 Nh3
71.Ke5 Nxg5 72.Kf5 Nf7 73.Rc7 Kf8 74.Kf6 Nd8 75.Rh7 Ke8 76.Re7+ Kf8 77.Re1 Nf7
78.Rg1 Nd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gladisheva, Tatjana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7 4.Be2 Ngf6 5.b3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Bb2 Bb4+ 8.c3 Bd6
9.h3 Bh5 10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 Qe7 12.Nc4 O-O-O 13.O-O g5 14.Nxg5 Rhg8 15.Nf3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 e4 17.Be2 Ne5 18.Qc2 Nd3 19.Rad1 Rd5 20.f4 Rgd8 21.b4 Nh5 22.Bg4+ Kb8
23.Bxh5 Rxh5 24.Ne5 Rg8 25.Nxd3 exd3 26.Qxd3 Rxh3 27.Qd7 Qh4 28.Qxh3 Qxh3
29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.gxh3 Rd3 31.Re1 Rxc3 32.Re2 Kc8 33.Kf2 Kd7 34.Kf3 Kc6 35.Rb2 Kb5
36.Ke4 Rc4+ 37.Kf5 Rxb4 38.Rd2 c5 39.Rd8 c4 40.Rc8 Rb2 41.a4+ Kb4 42.e4 Rd2
43.Rc7 Rd6 44.Rxb7+ Kc5 45.e5 Rc6 46.Ke4 a6 47.Rxf7 Kb4 48.Rb7+ Kc5 49.Rxh7 Kb6
50.Rg7 c3 51.Rg1 Rc4+ 52.Kf5 Kc6 53.h4 c2 54.Rc1 Kd7 55.h5 Ke7 56.h6 Rc8
57.h7 Kd7 58.Rxc2 Re8 59.Rh2  1-0

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kochetkova, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 e5 5.Be2 Be7 6.d3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Be3 Nf6
9.a3 O-O 10.O-O Nd4 11.b4 b6 12.Bg5 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qe3 h6
16.Bh4 Qd7 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.Rab1 Bf7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nde4 Bh4 21.Rb2 Be6 22.Ne2 Rf7
23.N2g3 Ref8 24.Qe2 Kh7 25.Qh5 Be7 26.Nc3 g6 27.Qe2 Bh4 28.Nce4 Rf4 29.Rfb1 h5
30.bxc5 dxc5 31.Nxc5 Qc6 32.Nxe6 Qxe6 33.Ne4 R4f5 34.Rf1 Be7 35.a4 Qd7 36.Rb5 Qd4
37.Rd5  1-0

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Timurova, Lilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bd2 e6 8.Ne4 Qd8
9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.O-O Bd6 15.g3 Qa5
16.f4 Qh5 17.Rae1 O-O-O 18.b4 Qxe2 19.Rxe2 f5 20.Bb3 Bf8 21.a4 Nf6 22.Bc1 Nd5
23.Bd2 Bg7 24.Rb1 Nf6 25.Be1 Ng4 26.Bc4 Bf8 27.Reb2 Be7 28.h4 Nf6 29.Kg2 Ne4
30.Kf3 Kc7 31.Bd3 Nf6 32.Bf2 Ng4 33.Bg1 e5 34.b5 c5 35.b6+ axb6 36.Rxb6 Rb8
37.fxe5 Rhd8 38.Be2 cxd4 39.cxd4 Bf8 40.a5 Rdc8 41.Bc4 Bc5 42.R6b5 b6 43.Bxf7 Rd8
44.dxc5 Nxe5+ 45.Kf4 Nxf7 46.cxb6+ Kb7 47.Rc5 Rbc8 48.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Turkova, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "C07"]

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 O-O 14.Bg5 Be5 15.c3 h6
16.Bh4 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.Bc2 Be8 20.Re2 Rd7 21.Bb1 Rd5 22.Rde1 Bxd4
23.cxd4 Nh7 24.Bg3 Qd8 25.Be5 Ng5 26.Qg3 f6 27.h4 fxe5 28.hxg5 Qxg5 29.Qxg5 hxg5
30.dxe5 Bb5 31.Re3 Rd2 32.Rb3 Rf8 33.f3 Rfd8 34.Be4 Bc6 35.Kh2 Bxe4 36.Rxe4 b5
37.Rg4 R8d3 38.Rbb4 Rxf3 39.Rxg5 Rff2 40.Rbg4 Rf7 41.Rg6 Re7 42.Rb4 Re2 43.Rg5 Rd7
44.a4 Rd5 45.Rbg4 Rd7 46.axb5 axb5 47.b4 Re3 48.Kg1 Rf7 49.Rd4 Re1+ 50.Kh2 Rb1
51.Kg3 Rc7 52.Rg6 Rb3+ 53.Kf2 Re7 54.Ke2 Kf7 55.Rgg4 Ra7 56.Kf2 Rb2+ 57.Kg3 Re2
58.Kf4 Rf2+ 59.Ke3 Rf5 60.Ke4 Rc7 61.Rg3 Rh5 62.Rf3+ Ke7 63.g4 Rh4 64.Kf4 Rc1
65.Kg5 Rh6 66.Rdf4 Kd7 67.Rf7+ Kc6 68.Rd3 Kb6 69.Rxg7 Rh2 70.Re7 Rc6 71.Rdd7 Rc8
72.Rxe6+ Rc6 73.Rxc6+ Kxc6 74.Rd4 Re2 75.Kf6 Rf2+ 76.Ke7  1-0

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Malina, Diana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[ECO "A83"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 d5 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxd5 Bb4 8.Qxe4+ Kf7
9.Bc4+ Kg7 10.Ne2 Re8 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.O-O-O Bf5 13.Qd2 a5 14.Ng3 Qd7 15.Bb5 Qf7
16.Nxf5+ gxf5 17.a3 Bf8 18.Qf4 Red8 19.Qxf5 Ne7 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.d5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.Bc4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Bxg7 26.Rd7 Bh6+ 27.Kd1 Bf4 28.g3 Bd6 29.Bd3 Re8
30.Rxh7+ Kg8 31.Rh4 Be5 32.c3 c6 33.Rg4+ Kh8 34.h4 b5 35.Re4 Rd8 36.Kc2 Kg7
37.Rg4+ Kf7 38.h5 Rh8 39.Rh4 Rh6 40.Rh1 Ke6 41.f4 Bd6 42.Re1+ Kd7 43.Bf5+ Kc7
44.Bg6 Rh8 45.Re6 Rf8 46.h6  1-0

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loktionova, Natalia"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.e5 Nfd7 8.exd6 Bxd6
9.Re1 O-O 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Ng3 Bd6 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nf6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Qg4 Be7 17.f4 Qh4 18.Qf3 Rd8 19.c3 g6 20.Ne4 Nd7 21.Rad1 Nf6 22.Nf2 Nd5
23.g3 Qf6 24.Ne4 Qg7 25.Kh1 Nf6 26.g4 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Qf6 28.Rg1 Bd6 29.Rdf1 Bxe5
30.fxe5 Qh4 31.Rf3 Rd7 32.Qe3 Qg5 33.Qf2 h5 34.h4 Qh6 35.gxh5 Qxh5 36.Rg5 Qh6
37.Qg3 Kg7 38.Kg2 Rh8 39.Rf4 c5 40.Qf2 cxd4 41.cxd4 Rf8 42.Kg3 a6 43.a3 b5
44.Qd2 f6 45.exf6+ Rxf6 46.Rxf6 Kxf6 47.Qf4+ Ke7 48.Qe5 Rd6 49.Qc5 Qg7 50.Rg4 Qh6
51.Qc7+ Rd7 52.Qc5+ Rd6 53.Rf4 Qh5 54.Qc7+ Rd7 55.Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peshkova, Tatiana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.c4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Rc1 a6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.f3 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.a3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Be6
16.b4 Qh5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rc3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3+ Kg8 22.Qc7 Ba4
23.Re1 Qh4 24.g3 Qh6 25.Qxb7 Qe3+ 26.Kg2 Bb5 27.Bxb5 Qxe1 28.Bxe8 Qd2+ 29.Kh3 Qh6+
30.Kg4 Qh5+ 31.Kf4 Qh6+ 32.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia-chB (Women)"]
[Site "Kolontaevo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnik, Galina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 f6 6.e4 Be6 7.Be3 c6 8.Nc3 Kc7
9.a3 a5 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Na4 Ne7 12.Nd2 b6 13.O-O Nc8 14.Rac1 Be7 15.Rfd1 Rb8
16.Nc3 Kb7 17.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kostjukovich, Svetlana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Bd2 Qe8
9.e3 h6 10.Ne1 Be6 11.b3 Qd7 12.f4 d5 13.Qc2 exf4 14.exf4 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Nb4
16.Qc1 dxc4 17.dxc4 Rad8 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Ng4 20.Qxa7 Qd2 21.Nd1 Qe2 22.Nf3 Nc2
23.Rc1 Nce3 24.Nxe3 Nxe3 25.Rg1 Nxg2 26.Rxg2 Qxf3 27.Qf2 Rd1+ 28.Rxd1 Qxd1+
29.Rg1 Qd3 30.Qf1 Qe4+ 31.Qg2 Rd8 32.Qxe4 fxe4 33.Re1 Bf5 34.h3 Rd2 35.g4 Bh7
36.f5 Rd4 37.Kg2 g6 38.fxg6 Bxg6 39.Kg3 Rd3+ 40.Kf2 Rxh3 41.Ra1  0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Nguyen Thu Giang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.c3 Ne7 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nbd2 c5
9.Re1 Nc6 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8 13.a3 O-O 14.Nf1 Qb6 15.Ne3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Na5 17.b4 Nc4 18.Nxc4 Rxc4 19.Be2 Rc7 20.Bd3 Rfc8 21.f4 g6 22.Qf3 Nf8
23.g4 f6 24.Kh1 fxe5 25.fxe5 Bg5 26.Rf1 Bh6 27.Qe2 Rf7 28.Rxf7 Kxf7 29.Rf1+ Kg8
30.h4 g5 31.Qf2 Qc7 32.Bc1 Qg7 33.Qd2 Qc7 34.hxg5 Bg7 35.Bb2 Qe7 36.Kg2 Rc7
37.b5 b6 38.Ra1 Qd8 39.Bc3 Qc8 40.Bb4 Ng6 41.Kg3 Rf7 42.Rc1 Qe8 43.Bxg6 hxg6
44.Qd3 Rb7 45.Qc2 Bf8 46.Bxf8 Kxf8 47.Rf1+ Kg7 48.Rf6 Re7 49.Qh2 Qxb5 50.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savic, Marijana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O-O
9.Be3 e6 10.a3 Nd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.c3 f6 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Rad1 Qd3 17.Qxd3 Rxd3 18.Nb3 Bd6 19.Bc5 Rd8 20.Bxd6 R3xd6 21.Rxd6 Rxd6
22.Re1 c6 23.Nd4 Rd7 24.f4 Ng6 25.g3 Re7 26.Rxe7 Nxe7 27.Ne6 g6 28.Kf2 Kd7
29.Nc5+ Kc7 30.Ke3 b6 31.Ne4 f5 32.Ng5 h6 33.Nf7 h5 34.Ne5 Kd6 35.h4 Kd5
36.c4+ Kd6 37.Kd4 c5+ 38.Kc3 Ke6 39.a4 Kd6 40.b3 Ke6 41.Kd3 Kd6 42.Kc3 Kc7
43.Kd3 Kd6 44.Kc3 Kc7 45.Kd3 Kd8 46.Kc3 Ke8 47.Kd3 Kd8 48.Kc3 Kc8 49.Kd3 Kb7
50.Kc3 Kc8 51.Kd3 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd8 53.Kd3 Ke8 54.Kc3 Kd8 55.Kd3 Kc8 56.Kc3 Kb7
57.Kd3 Kc7 58.Kc3 Kd8 59.Kd3 Nc8 60.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Be2 Nxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.a3 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Bf6 11.h3 Nc6 12.Be3 h6 13.b4 e5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Qb3 Bg6 16.Rad1 Nf5
17.Bc5 Re8 18.Ne4 Nd7 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Be3 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 e4 22.Nd4 Qe5 23.c5 Nf6
24.Nb5 Rad8 25.d6 c6 26.Nc7 Rf8 27.f4 Qf5 28.g4 Qd7 29.f5 Bh7 30.Bc4 Ne8
31.Ne6 h5 32.Nxf8 Kxf8 33.Qxe4 Nf6 34.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Tsai, Cindy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.O-O Be6
9.Rb1 O-O 10.a3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.b4 f5 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Rxb7 Ne5
16.Nf4 Bd7 17.Re1 Re8 18.Nd5 Bc6 19.Rb1 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qa5 21.Rf1 Rab8 22.Rxb8 Rxb8
23.Bf4 Qxa3 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Qe2 Bg7 26.d6 Qa5 27.d7 Qd8 28.Bc6 Bf6 29.Qf3 Qe7
30.Ra1 Kf8 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.Rxa7 Qe5 33.Ra2 Qd6 34.Re2 Be7 35.Re1 Qf6 36.Qd5 Kg7
37.Re6 Qf8 38.Qe5+ Bf6 39.Qc7 Be7 40.Bb5 Qf7 41.Qe5+ Bf6 42.Qe2 Qf8 43.Bc6 Qf7
44.Re8 h6 45.h4 Rxd7 46.Bxd7 Qxd7 47.Qe6 Qb7+ 48.Kh2 Qf7 49.Qxf7+ Kxf7 50.Rc8 Be7
51.Kg2 Ke6 52.Kf3 g5 53.Rh8 gxh4 54.gxh4 Ke5 55.Rxh6 Bf8 56.Ra6 Be7 57.h5 Bg5
58.h6 Bf6 59.h7 Bh8 60.Ra8 Bf6 61.h8=Q Bxh8 62.Rxh8 Kd6 63.Kf4 Ke6 64.Rh6+ Ke7
65.Kxf5 Kd7 66.Ke5 Ke7 67.Rc6 Kd7 68.Rxc5 Ke7 69.Kxd4 Kd7 70.f4 Ke7 71.Rc6 Kd7
72.Kd5 Ke7 73.f5 Kd7 74.f6 Ke8 75.Rc7 Kf8 76.Ke6 Ke8 77.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xue Zhao"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.Nd5 Nge7 8.d4 exd4
9.exd4 Nf5 10.Be3 Bxd5 11.cxd5 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Ne7 13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7
15.Rf1 Raf8 16.Kd2 h5 17.Rf2 Bh6 18.Kd3 f5 19.Nc3 Bg7 20.Bh3 Kd8 21.Raf1 Rf7
22.Kc4 Rhf8 23.e4 a6 24.a4 c6 25.a5 Ke8 26.b4 Kd8 27.Na4 cxd5+ 28.exd5 Nc8
29.Kd3 Re8 30.Bg2 Rfe7 31.Rd1 Re3+ 32.Kc2 Re2+ 33.Rd2 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Bxd4 35.Rd2 Bf6
36.Bf1 Re3 37.Rd3 Re1 38.Rd1 Re4 39.Kb3 Re3+  0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gara, Ticia"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 e6
9.Bg2 c6 10.h4 Be4 11.Bxe4 Nxe4 12.Qf3 Nd6 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.O-O-O Nd7 15.Nxd7 Kxd7
16.Na4 Qb5 17.Nc5+ Kc8 18.Bf4 Nc4 19.b3 Na3 20.Kb2 Nc4+ 21.Ka1 Na3 22.Rd2 Be7
23.Qe4 Qb4 24.Rh3 Nb5 25.c4 Nd6 26.Bxd6 Bxd6 27.Qe3 Rd8 28.Ne4 Bc7 29.Rf3 Qe7
30.g5 Ba5 31.Rd1 Bb6 32.c5 Bc7 33.Qc3 a5 34.Qc4 h6 35.Rg1 h5 36.Ng3 g6 37.Ne4 Qd7
38.Rd1 Qe7 39.Rf6 Rd5 40.Rd3 Rf5 41.Rf3 Rxf3 42.Rxf3 Qd7 43.Nf6 Qe7 44.Ne4 Qd7
45.Nd6+ Bxd6 46.cxd6 b5 47.Qc5 Kb7 48.Qe5 a4 49.b4 Ka6 50.Rc3 Rd8 51.Qc5 Kb7
52.Rf3 Ka6 53.Kb2 Qxd6 54.Qxd6 Rxd6 55.Kc3 Rd7 56.Rf6 Kb6 57.Kd3 Kc7 58.Ke4 Kd6
59.Rf3 Re7 60.Rc3 e5 61.dxe5+ Rxe5+ 62.Kf4 Re2 63.Rd3+ Kc7 64.a3 Rxf2+ 65.Kg3 Rf5
66.Re3 Kd6 67.Rd3+ Rd5 68.Rf3 Ke6 69.Re3+ Re5 70.Rc3 Kd5 71.Rc5+ Kd6 72.Rc3 c5
73.bxc5+ Rxc5 74.Rd3+ Rd5 75.Rf3 Ke6 76.Re3+ Re5 77.Rc3 Rd5 78.Re3+ Kd7 79.Rf3 Ke7
80.Re3+ Kd6 81.Rf3 Ke6 82.Rf6+ Ke7 83.Rf3 Rd2 84.Re3+ Kf8 85.Rc3 Rb2 86.Rc8+ Kg7
87.Rb8 Rb3+ 88.Kf4 Rxa3 89.Rxb5 Rc3 90.Ra5 Rc4+ 91.Kg3 Kf8 92.Ra7 Rd4 93.Kh3 Ke8
94.Kh2 a3 95.Kg2 Rd2+ 96.Kg3 a2 97.Kh3 Kd8 98.Kg3 Kc8 99.Kh3 Kb8 100.Ra3 Kb7
101.Kg3 Kb6 102.Kh3 Kb5 103.Kg3 Kb4 104.Ra7 Kb3 105.Kf4 Kb2 106.Ke5 a1=Q  0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Zaksaite, Salomeja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6
9.Be3 d6 10.Rc1 Qc7 11.f4 e5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.Rxf5 Rfd8 15.Nd5 Qd7
16.Qf1 Rab8 17.Rd1 Qe6 18.Bb6 Rf8 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Qf2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Bd3 Rfd8
23.Rf1 Rd7 24.Qf4 Re8 25.Qg4 Be5 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.Qxd7 Rf8 28.Qxb7 Qg5 29.Qb3 Qe3+
30.Kh1 g6 31.c5 Kg7 32.Bxa6 Qxe4 33.Qd3 Qd5 34.b4 Rd8 35.Bc4 Ra8 36.Qd1  1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motoc, Alina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A86"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.d5 Nbd7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Nc5
9.Qc2 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.b3 Bd7 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.e3 Bc6 14.Rad1 a5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Bxg7 Qxg7 17.cxd5 Bd7 18.Nd4 Rfe8 19.a3 Re7 20.Ra1 Rf8 21.Qc3 a4 22.bxa4 Bxa4
23.Qb4 Bd7 24.Nb3 b6 25.Nd4 Ra8 26.Rfd1 Ra4 27.Qc3 Re8 28.Ra2 Rea8 29.Rda1 Re8
30.Rd1 g5 31.Qd2 Rea8 32.Rda1 Qf6 33.Qe2 Re8 34.Re1 Rxd4  0-1

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slavina, Irina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 Nd7 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Nh6
9.Re1 O-O 10.d5 c5 11.Bh3 Re8 12.f4 Nf8 13.Qd3 a6 14.a3 Qc7 15.Bd2 Rab8 16.a4 Rbd8
17.Re2 e6 18.Rae1 Qd7 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.a5 Nf5 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Qb1 Qc7 23.Na4 Bd4
24.b4 cxb4 25.Qxb4 Rc8 26.Rc1 Nd7 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Rxe3 Nf6 29.Ree1 Ne4 30.Nb6 Qc5
31.Qb2 Rc7 32.Ra1 Rg7 33.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zimina, Olga"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.b3 d6 6.Bb2 c6 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Qe8 9.d5 Na6
10.O-O Nc7 11.Rc1 h6 12.Re1 Qf7 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.c5 d5 16.Nf3 Nd7
17.b4 e5 18.b5 Kh7 19.a4 g5 20.bxc6 Bxc6 21.Nb5 Bxb5 22.axb5 e4 23.Nd4 f4
24.Bh5 Qf6 25.Rc2 Ne5 26.Nc6 Qe6 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.Nxe5 Qxe5 29.b6 axb6 30.cxb6 Ne6
31.Bg4 Rf7 32.Rc6 Ng7 33.Bc8 fxe3 34.fxe3 Qb2 35.Qc2 Qxc2 36.Rxc2 Rb8 37.b7 Ne8
38.Rc6 Re7 39.Ra1 Nc7 40.Kf2 d4 41.exd4 e3+ 42.Ke2 Nd5 43.g3 Rbxb7 44.Bxb7 Rxb7
45.Rd6 Ne7 46.Ra5 Kg7 47.Kxe3 Ng8 48.Raa6 Rf7 49.Rg6+ Kh7 50.d5 Rd7 51.Ke4 Re7+
52.Rae6 Rb7 53.d6 g4 54.Kd5  1-0

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koroljova, Valerija"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Be3 f6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O b5
9.h3 f5 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Ng5 Nb6 12.h4 Nf7 13.h5 Nxg5 14.fxg5 f4 15.Bxf4 gxh5
16.Re1 Bg4 17.g3 Nc4 18.Qh2 Qa5 19.Kb1 b4 20.Nd1 b3 21.axb3 Qxe1 22.Bxc4 Qe4
23.Nf2 Qxd4 24.Nxg4 dxc4 25.Qxh5 Qe4 26.bxc4 a5 27.Nh6+ Bxh6 28.gxh6 Qg6
29.Qxg6+ hxg6 30.h7+ Kh8 31.e6 Rf5 32.Bd2 Rh5 33.Bc3+ Kxh7 34.Rf1 Kg8 35.Kc1 a4
36.Bb4 c5 37.Ba3 Re5 38.Rd1 Rc8 39.Rd5 Rxe6 40.Bxc5 Kf7 41.b3 Ra6 42.Kb2 Re8
43.b4 a3+ 44.Ka2 e5 45.Be3 e4 46.c5 Rf6 47.Rd1 Rf3 48.Re1 Ke6 49.Kxa3 Rxg3
50.Kb3 g5 51.Kc4 Ke5 52.b5 g4 53.Re2 Rf3 54.b6 g3 55.Bd4+ Kf4 56.b7 Rf1 57.c6 Rb1
58.Ba7 Rg8 59.Kd5 Rb5+ 60.Kd6 g2 61.Re1 Rh8 62.Bg1 Rb2 63.Kd7 Rh7+ 64.Kd6 Rh8
65.Kd7 Rh7+ 66.Kd6 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Trofimova, Antonia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nge2 e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.Rb1 b6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Nd4 12.f4 Bb7 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Nb5 Nc6 15.b4 Qd7
16.f5 Bf6 17.Nf4 a6 18.Na3 exf5 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.exf5 Bg5 21.Nc2 b5 22.h4 Be3+
23.Ncxe3 dxe3 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Nxe3 Qb6 26.c5 dxc5 27.Nd5 Qd8 28.Qg4 Qd6 29.bxc5 Qxc5+
30.Kh2 Qd6 31.Rbe1 Ne5 32.Rxe5 Qxe5 33.Qxg6+ Qg7 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7
36.Bxb7 Rab8 37.Nh5+ Kg6 38.Be4+ Kxh5 39.Rxf8 Rxf8 40.Kh3 Rg8 41.g4+  1-0

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Vrublevskaya, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Rb1 Nec6 12.a3 Rb8 13.b4 b6 14.h4 Bd7 15.Bf4 e5 16.Bd2 Bg4
17.f3 Be6 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Be3 f5 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Ne2 f4 22.Qe1 g5 23.hxg5 Qxg5
24.gxf4 exf4 25.Qf2 Qe5 26.Qh4 Kh7 27.Kf2 Bf6 28.Qh2 b5 29.cxb5 Rxb5 30.Rh1 Bg5
31.Bh3 Bf7 32.Bf5+ Kg7 33.Rbg1 Kf6 34.Rc1 Rb7 35.Bc8 Rb8 36.Bd7 Rb7 37.Qh3 Bg6
38.Rc4 Rd8 39.Bc8 Rb8 40.Ba6 Bf7 41.Rc7 Be6 42.Qh5 Rd7 43.Rhc1 Rb6 44.Bc8 Bf7
45.Qh1 Rxc7 46.Rxc7 a5 47.bxa5 Qxa5 48.Qa1 Bh4+ 49.Kf1 Rb1+ 50.Qxb1 Qxc7
51.Bf5 Ke5 52.Qb5+ Qc5 53.Qd7 Qa5 54.Ng3 fxg3 55.Qxf7 Qd2 56.Qe6+ Kf4 57.Qxh6+ Bg5
58.Qxd6+ Kxf3  0-1

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Zakurdiaeva, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.e3 Nge7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Be2 Be4 10.O-O Nf5 11.cxd5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nxh4 13.dxc6 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Qe7
15.cxb7 Rab8 16.Ne2 Bd6 17.Ng3 c5 18.Nf5 Qd7 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Qxe6+ Kh8
22.Rac1 Qg5+ 23.Kh1 Qb5 24.b3 Qxb7 25.Qc6 Qb4 26.Rg1 Rg8 27.Qc7 Qd2 28.Rc2 Qd5
29.e4 Qd3 30.Rc3 Qe2 31.Qxa7 Rbc8 32.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Zhurina, Elizaveta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 Be6 8.Bxf6 exf6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Ne1 Qd7 12.Nd3 Rfd8 13.Bf3 Rab8 14.Nc5 Qe8 15.Rc1 f5
16.Qa4 f4 17.Nb5 fxe3 18.fxe3 Bf5 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.Qb3 a6 21.Nc7 Qc6 22.N5e6 Bxe6
23.Rxc6 bxc6 24.Qc3 Bc8 25.Be2 Rd7 26.Nxa6 Bxa6 27.Bxa6 Ra7 28.Bd3 Rxa2 29.b4 Bf8
30.Rf1 Ra4 31.Rb1 Ra7 32.e4 dxe4 33.Bxe4 Bg7 34.Qc4 Rd7 35.Rf1 Rf8 36.d5 cxd5
37.Qb5 Rfd8 38.Bd3 Bd4+ 39.Kh1 Rd6 40.Qa4 Nc8 41.b5 Be5 42.Re1 Nb6 43.Qg4 Bf6
44.h3 Kg7 45.Rc1 Re8 46.Qf4 Ree6 47.Rf1 Rd7 48.g4 Be5 49.Qd2 Rde7 50.h4 Nc4
51.Bxc4 dxc4 52.h5 h6 53.g5 gxh5 54.gxh6+ Rxh6 55.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Dorofeeva, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Be3 Nf6
9.f3 O-O 10.Na3 Qc7 11.Be2 d5 12.Ndb5 Qe5 13.Bd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Qb8 15.Nc3 dxe4
16.fxe4 e5 17.d5 b5 18.Bxb5 Bxb5 19.Naxb5 a6 20.Na3 Qxb2 21.Qb3 Qd2 22.Rae1 Rab8
23.Qc2 Qxc2 24.Nxc2 Rfc8 25.Rf3 Rb2 26.Re2 Ne8 27.g4 Nd6 28.Rg2 Kf8 29.g5 Ke7
30.Ne1 Rb4 31.Re2 Rbc4 32.Ree3 h6 33.h4 hxg5 34.hxg5 Rb8 35.Kg2 f6 36.gxf6+ Bxf6
37.Rh3 Bg5 38.Rh7+ Kf6 39.Rf3+ Bf4 40.Ra7 Rb6 41.Rd3 Nxe4 42.Nxe4+ Rxe4 43.d6 Rd4
44.d7 Ke7 45.Rh3 Ke6 46.Rd3 Rbd6 47.Rxd4 Rxd4 48.Rxa6+ Kf7 49.Kf3 Rxd7 50.Ng2 Rd3+
51.Ke2 Rd2+ 52.Kf3 g5 53.Nxf4 gxf4 54.a4 Rd3+ 55.Ke4 Re3+ 56.Kf5 Ke7 57.Kg4 Rg3+
58.Kf5 Re3 59.Kg4 Kd7 60.a5 f3 61.Rf6 e4 62.a6 Kc7 63.Rf7+ Kb8 64.Kg3 Re2
65.Rb7+ Ka8 66.Rf7 Ra2 67.Kf4 Ra4 68.Ke3 Rb4 69.a7 Ra4 70.Re7 Rc4 71.Rf7 Rb4
72.Re7 Ra4 73.Rf7 Rxa7 74.Rf8+ Kb7 75.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kazarova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 d4 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Qe1 Nc6 12.Qg3 Kh8 13.Bg5 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6
16.Ng5 Be6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 18.Rf1 Qe7 19.a4 Bd5 20.Bh5 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Qh3 Qe7
23.Qg3 h6 24.Nh3 Bf7 25.Bxf7 Qxf7 26.Nf4 Qa2 27.Qe1 Qxc2 28.Qe8+ Kh7 29.Qe4+ Kg8
30.Qe6+ Kh7 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Qe6+ Kh7 33.Qg6+ Kg8 34.Qe6+ Kh7 35.Qe4+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polovnikova, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 Nc6
9.d5 Ne7 10.Bg5 Ne8 11.Ne4 f6 12.Bd2 Qa6 13.b3 f5 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.c4 f4 16.Nc3 Bf5
17.Re1 Qf6 18.Qe2 Ng6 19.h4 fxg3 20.fxg3 Qb6+ 21.Be3 Qa5 22.Ne4 Nd6 23.Bd2 Qa3
24.h5 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Ne7 26.Bg2 Qc5+ 27.Qe3 Qb6 28.Qxb6 axb6 29.Rxe5 Nc8 30.Bb4 Nd6
31.Rf1 Bg4 32.a3 Rxf1+ 33.Bxf1 Nf7 34.Re7 Rc8 35.Be2 Bf5 36.Bd1 h6 37.Bc3 Kf8
38.Bb4 Kg8 39.g4 Bb1 40.Kg2 Ng5 41.Bc3 Nf7 42.g5 hxg5 43.Bg4 Rd8 44.Be6  1-0

[Event "RUS-chJ Girls"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andreeva, Natalija"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.Nbd2 Nd7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Ngf6 6.h3 Bh5 7.c3 e6 8.e4 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Qe2 Nxd2 11.Bxd2 Qb6 12.Be3 c5 13.O-O Be7 14.Qd2 O-O 15.Nh2 Bg6
16.f4 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Qa6 18.g4 Bd3 19.Rfd1 Bg6 20.Qf2 f5 21.exf6 Nxf6 22.Qe3 Ne4
23.Nf3 Qb5 24.b3 Rac8 25.c4 Qb4 26.a3 Qd6 27.Ne5 Bh4 28.Ra2 b5 29.Nxg6 hxg6
30.Be5 Qc5 31.Qxc5 Rxc5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rd7 Rf7 34.Rxf7 Kxf7 35.Bd4 Rc7 36.cxb5 Bf6
37.Bxf6 gxf6 38.a4 Rc3 39.b4 Rg3+ 40.Kf1 Ke7 41.Rc2 Kd6 42.Rc6+ Kd5 43.Ra6 e3
44.Ke2 Ke4 45.Rxe6+ Kxf4 46.Rxf6+ Ke4 47.Re6+ Kd4 48.a5 Rg2+ 49.Kf1 Rb2 50.b6 axb6
51.Rxb6 Rb1+ 52.Ke2 Rb2+ 53.Kf3 Rf2+ 54.Kg3 Rf7 55.Re6 Kd3 56.a6 e2 57.b5 Kd2
58.b6 Rf6 59.Rxe2+ Kxe2 60.a7 Rf8 61.g5  1-0

[Event "Bled op"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 Qb6 6.O-O Be7 7.d3 d6 8.h3 Bd7
9.Be3 Nd4 10.Rb1 a5 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Bd1 Bc6 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ng3 Bd7
16.Ne1 Qb4 17.Qxb4 axb4 18.Bb3 b5 19.f4 bxc4 20.Bxc4 g6 21.Nf3 Ra5 22.Ne2 Nh5
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.g4 Ng7 25.Rf2 Be6 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Ra1 Rfa8 28.Nc1 f6 29.Nd2 Nf4
30.Rf3 g5 31.Nc4 R5a6 32.b3 Kg7 33.Rb1 h5 34.Rb2 Rh8 35.Rh2 Rh7 36.Rg3 Ra8
37.h4 hxg4 38.hxg5 Rxh2 39.Kxh2 Rh8+ 40.Kg1 Nh3+ 41.Kf1 Rh4 42.gxf6+ Kxf6
43.Ne2 Ke6 44.Na5 Nf4 45.Nc6 Bc5 46.Na5 Bd6 47.Nc4 Be7 48.Na5 Bg5 49.Nc4 Nh5
50.Rg1 Bf4 51.Kg2 Rh2+ 52.Kf1 g3 53.Rg2 Rh1+ 54.Rg1 Rh3 55.Rg2 Nf6 56.Ng1 Rh1
57.Ke2 Ng4 58.Kf3 Nf2 59.Nb2 Nh3 60.Nxh3 Rxh3 61.Nc4 Rh1 62.Nb6 Rd1 63.Nd5 Rxd3+
64.Kg4 Rd1 65.Nxf4+ exf4 66.Kxf4 Rf1+ 67.Kxg3 Ke5 68.a3 bxa3 69.Ra2 d3 70.Kg2 Rf8
71.Rxa3 d2  0-1

[Event "Bled op"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Waller, Helmut"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.O-O O-O-O 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Na4 Qb5 12.b3 Nxd4 13.c4 Qe8 14.Nxd4 Rxd4 15.Qf3 Be4
16.Qe3 e5 17.Bc3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nxg4 19.hxg4 Rxg4+ 20.Kf3 f5 21.Qxe5 Qh5 22.Qe6+ Kd8
23.Rad1+ Rd4+ 24.Ke3 Rxd1 25.Bf6+ gxf6 26.Qxf6+ Ke8 27.Rxd1 Qxd1 28.Qxh8 Qe1+
29.Kf3 Qe4+ 30.Kg3 f4+ 31.Kg4 f3+ 32.Kg3 Kf7 33.c5 b5 34.Nc3 Qg6+ 35.Kxf3 Qf5+
36.Ke2 Bg7 37.Qd8 Qc2+ 38.Kf1 Bxc3 39.Qxc7+ Kf6 40.Qc6+ Kf5 41.Qxb5 Qd1+
42.Kg2 Qd5+ 43.Kg1 Kf4 44.Qb8+ Be5 45.Qf8+ Ke4 46.Qe7 Kf3 47.Qf8+ Bf4  0-1

[Event "Bled op"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Balinov, Ilija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O Qb6 7.d3 d6 8.Ne1 Nd4
9.f4 Bd7 10.Nc2 h5 11.Rb1 g6 12.Bf3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Ng4 14.h3 Bf6 15.e5 Bc6
16.Ne4 dxe5 17.hxg4 O-O-O 18.g5 Bg7 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Bf4 Bg7 21.Qe2 h4 22.Nd6+ Rxd6
23.Bxd6 h3 24.Rxf7 hxg2 25.Qxe6+ Kd8 26.Be7+ Kc7 27.Bxc5+ Kb8 28.Bxb6 Rh1+
29.Kf2 axb6 30.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Bled op"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.Nd2 d5 7.Nh3 Qb6 8.Nf4 Na6
9.h4 Qxb3 10.axb3 Nc7 11.Nf3 Ne6 12.Nd3 Nd8 13.Bf4 Nf7 14.Ng5 Nh5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.Bf3 Nxf4 17.gxf4 b6 18.b4 Bb7 19.Kd2 h6 20.Rhg1 Bf6 21.Rg2 Rhg8 22.Rag1 Rg7
23.e3 Rd8 24.b3 Bc8 25.Ra1 a6 26.Be2 Bb7 27.Rh2 Ke6 28.Ne1 Ra8 29.Nf3 Kd6
30.Rg2 c5 31.bxc5+ bxc5 32.Ra5 c4 33.b4 Bc6 34.Ra1 Ke6 35.Bd1 Kf7 36.Bc2 e6
37.Rgg1 Rgg8 38.Ra2 Bb5 39.Rga1 Rab8 40.Ba4 Rb7 41.Ke2 Rgb8 42.Bxb5 axb5
43.Kd2 Rc8 44.Kc2 Rcc7 45.Kb2 Re7 46.Ra6 Red7 47.R1a5 Ke7 48.Rc6 Rd6 49.Rc5 Rdb6
50.Rc8 Kf7 51.Raa8 Bg7 52.Rg8 Rc7 53.Ne5+ Bxe5 54.dxe5 Ra7 55.Raf8+ Ke7 56.Rf6 Rba6
57.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "Bled op"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Bojkovic, Natasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 d5 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.h4 Bxh4 15.g3 Be7
16.Kg2 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rh1 g6 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.Rh2 Qe7 21.Bf4 Re8 22.Ne5 Rg7
23.Bh6 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Rf7 25.Rah1 Rf5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Bf4 Be6 28.Qd2 h5 29.Bg5 Qf7
30.Bf6 Qh7 31.Qg5 Kf7 32.Qf4 Rc8 33.Rb1 Ke8 34.Rhh1 Rc7 35.Rhd1 Qf7 36.Qh6 Qh7
37.Qxh7 Rxh7 38.Kf3 Rc7 39.Rb5 Kd7 40.Kf4 b6 41.Kg5 Na5 42.a4 Nb7 43.f3 Rc4
44.Ra1 Rc7 45.Rd1 Rxc3 46.Rbxd5+ Bxd5 47.e6+ Kxe6 48.Re1+ Kd6 49.Bxc3 Bxf3
50.Kxg6 Bg4 51.Be5+ Kd5 52.Bb8 Nc5 53.a5 bxa5 54.Bxa7 Ne4 55.Ra1 Nxg3 56.Rxa5+ Ke4
57.Bb8 Ne2 58.Kg5 Ke3 59.Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled op"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Ng5 Nf6 4.d3 e5 5.dxe4 h6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nc3 Qd7 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Qe2 Bf7 12.O-O-O Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Qf7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Nd8
16.Nd2 Qd7 17.f4 Nf7 18.Nf3 Be7 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Qe4 Bf6 21.Bc5 Qb5 22.Ba3 O-O-O
23.c4 Qa4 24.Kb1 Kb8 25.Rhe1 Nd6 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Qc2 Qb4 28.a3 Qb6 29.Nd2 Rc8
30.Ne4 Qc7 31.b3 Rhf8 32.Qd3 Rf7 33.Rf1 Rcf8 34.Rf3 Be7 35.Rxf7 Rxf7 36.c5 Qd7
37.Qc4 Rf4 38.g3 Rf8 39.b4 Rc8 40.Rf1 Bf8 41.c6 Qe8 42.b5 Be7 43.Ka2 Qh5
44.g4 Qg6 45.Rf5 Rf8 46.Qf1 Kc7 47.Qf3 Rxf5 48.Qxf5 Qe8 49.Qe6 Qd8 50.Kb3 a6
51.a4 axb5 52.axb5 Kb6 53.Nc3 Kc7 54.Na4 bxc6 55.dxc6  1-0

[Event "Bled op"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Praznik, Niko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.Bd3 Be7
9.h4 h6 10.h5 Qb6 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.Kf1 Nxd3 13.cxd3 Qa6 14.a3 b5 15.Rh3 Rb8
16.Rg3 Kf8 17.Ne1 Nd4 18.Ne2 Nf5 19.Rh3 Bc5 20.Nc2 Bb6 21.Bd2 Rc8 22.Nf4 Qb7
23.Ne3 Nxe3+ 24.fxe3 d4 25.Bb4+ Kg8 26.e4 Bc7 27.Qf3 Bxe5 28.Ne2 Rc2 29.Kg1 Qc7
30.Rf1 Be8 31.b3 a5 32.Be1 Rb2 33.Bg3 Bxg3 34.Nxg3 Rxb3 35.e5 Qxe5 36.Qa8 Kh7
37.Ne4 Rxa3 38.Qb7 f5 39.Qe7 Ra2 40.Ng5+ hxg5 41.h6 Kg6 42.hxg7 Rg8 43.Rh8 Bf7
44.Rh5 Qf6 45.Rh6+ Kxh6 46.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polyakova, Natalia"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 Bg4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Qc8 7.d5 Ne5 8.Nxe5 Bxe5
9.Qd3 h5 10.h4 Bg7 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Ne4 Nh7 13.Be3 O-O 14.c3 Bf5 15.Bd4 c5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.c4 Qd7 18.Qc3+ Kg8 19.Nd2 b5 20.e4 Bg4 21.e5 Rab8 22.Rfe1 Rfd8 23.e6 fxe6
24.dxe6 Qc8 25.b3 Nf8 26.Bd5 bxc4 27.Nxc4 Nh7 28.Qe3 Nf6 29.Qh6 Bf5 30.Rad1 Ng4
31.Qg5 Qc7 32.f3 Nf6 33.g4 hxg4 34.fxg4 Nxg4 35.h5 Nf6 36.hxg6 Bg4 37.Qh6 Bxd1  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ovchinikova, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 d4 4.Ne2 c5 5.Ng3 a6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d3 Qc7 8.O-O g6 9.Ne1 Bd7
10.c3 h5 11.f4 h4 12.Nh1 f5 13.Nf3 Be7 14.Nf2 Nh6 15.Bd2 Nf7 16.Qc2 Qb6 17.Rab1 a5
18.Rfe1 O-O 19.Bd1 Qa7 20.Kh1 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Bf6 22.Qb1 Kg7 23.Nh3 Re8 24.exf5 exf5
25.Bb3 Nh6 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Re1 Qb8 28.Rxe8 Qxe8 29.Qe1 Nd8 30.cxd4 a4 31.Bc4 b5
32.Bd5 Qxe1+ 33.Bxe1 cxd4 34.Bxh4 Bxh4 35.Nxh4 Ng4 36.a3 Be6 37.Bf3 Ne3 38.Nf2 Nd5
39.g3 Nc6 40.Ng2 Na5 41.Ne1 b4 42.Nc2 bxa3 43.Nxa3 Nb3 44.Nb5 Nb4 45.Bd1 Bd7
46.Na3 Nc5 47.Be2 Nb3 48.Kg1 Bc8 49.Kf1 Nc5 50.Ke1 Bd7 51.Kd1 Be6 52.Nc4 Bd5
53.Ne5 Kf6 54.Bf3 Ne6 55.Bxd5 Nxd5 56.Nc6 Ne3+ 57.Ke2 Nd5 58.Nh3 Ndc7 59.Ng1 Nb5
60.Nf3 Kg7 61.Kd2 Kh6 62.Kc2 Kh5 63.Nfe5 g5 64.fxg5 Kxg5 65.h3 Kh5 66.Nf3 Kg6
67.Ne7+ Kf6 68.Nd5+ Kf7 69.Ne5+ Kg7 70.Nc6 Kf7 71.Ne5+ Kg7 72.Nd7 Ng5 73.Nf4 Nf7
74.Nc5 a3 75.bxa3 Nxa3+ 76.Kb3 Nb1 77.Kc4 Nd2+ 78.Kxd4 Nf1 79.Ne2 Ng5 80.h4 Nf3+
81.Kd5 Kf7 82.Kd6 f4 83.gxf4 Nxh4 84.d4 Ne3 85.Nd3 Nhf5+ 86.Ke5 Ne7 87.Ke4 N3d5
88.Ne5+ Ke6 89.Ng3 Nc3+ 90.Kd3 Ncd5 91.Ke4 Nc3+ 92.Kd3 Ncd5 93.Ne2 Kf5 94.Kc4 Ke4
95.Nd7 Nxf4 96.Nf6+ Kf5 97.Nxf4 Kxf6 98.Nd5+ Ke6 99.Nxe7 Kxe7 100.Kc5 Kd7
101.Kd5  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Nge2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a3 Nxc4 8.dxc4 d6
9.f3 Be6 10.b3 c6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Nd7 13.Bf2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ng3 Bg6
16.Qe2 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Rae8 18.Rd2 Bg5 19.Be3 Bxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Nb6 21.Rad1 Nc8 22.Nge4 Re6
23.Rf2 a6 24.a4 Ne7 25.Ng3 Nf5 26.Nxf5 Rxf5 27.Rfd2 Rf4 28.Ne2 Rff6 29.Nc3 Rf4
30.Re1 Qf7 31.Qb6 Kh7 32.Qe3 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chasovnikova, Eugenia"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 g6 5.Bd3 Be6 6.h4 Bg7 7.Nge2 h6 8.Bf4 Nf6
9.Be5 Nbd7 10.Nf4 Bf7 11.Qf3 e6 12.Bd6 Nb6 13.Be5 Bf8 14.g4 Nbd7 15.Qg3 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nxg4 17.Be2 h5 18.O-O-O Qc7 19.Nd3 Bg7 20.Bxg4 hxg4 21.f3 gxf3 22.h5 g5
23.Qxg5 Bh6 24.Qg3 Bxe3+ 25.Kb1 O-O-O 26.Qxf3 Bd4 27.Rde1 Bxc3 28.bxc3 Rh6
29.Ka1 Qa5 30.Nf4 d4 31.c4 Rg8 32.Qe2 Rg3 33.Rb1 Qc3+ 34.Rb2 Qf3 35.Qxf3 Rxf3
36.Nd3 Rxh5 37.Rg1 Rh7 38.c5 Rfh3 39.Rb4 Rh1 40.Rxh1 Rxh1+ 41.Kb2 Rh4 42.Kb3 Re4
43.c3 dxc3 44.Rxe4 fxe4 45.Nf4 b6 46.Kxc3 bxc5 47.Kc4 Kc7 48.Kxc5 e3 49.Kd4 Kb6
50.Kxe3 Kc5 51.Kd3 Kb4 52.a3+ Kxa3 53.Kc3 a5 54.Ne2 Ka4 55.Kc4 Bg6 56.Nd4 Be4
57.Kc5 Bd5 58.Kd6 Kb4 59.Nxe6 a4 60.Nd4 Kc3 61.Nb5+ Kc4 62.Na3+ Kb3 63.Nb5 Bc4
64.Nd4+ Kc3 65.Nxc6 a3  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kulish, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 d4 4.Ne2 c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O Nge7
9.Nd2 e5 10.f4 exf4 11.gxf4 O-O 12.f5 gxf5 13.Ng3 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 f5 15.Nxc5 Qd6
16.Nb3 Nd5 17.Qf3 Ne3 18.Bxe3 dxe3 19.Qxe3 Bxb2 20.Rab1 Be5 21.Bxc6 bxc6
22.d4 Bg7 23.Qf4 Qg6 24.Qh4 Ba6 25.Rf2 f4 26.Rxf4 Qxc2 27.Re1 Rxf4 28.Qxf4 Rf8
29.Qe3 Kh8 30.Nc5 Bc8 31.Re2 Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Qg6 33.Nd3 Qd6 34.Ne5 Qd5+ 35.Kg1 c5
36.dxc5 Bb7 37.c6 Bxc6 38.Nxc6 Qxc6 39.Qe4 Qc5+ 40.Kg2 a5 41.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grabuzova, Tatiana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Qe8 8.b3 h6 9.Ba3 g5
10.e3 Na6 11.Qd3 c6 12.Nd2 Qh5 13.f4 Ng4 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Rae1 Rf7 16.c5 dxc5
17.h3 Nf6 18.Ne5 Rff8 19.dxc5 Rad8 20.Qc4+ Kh7 21.e4 fxe4 22.g4 Qe8 23.fxg5 hxg5
24.Nxe4 Bh6 25.Bc1 Nc7 26.Bxg5 Bxg5 27.Nxg5+ Kg7 28.Qc2 Rg8 29.Rxf6 exf6
30.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Stepovaia Dianchenko, Tatiana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 e5 8.d3 d6 9.Nbd2 Ne8
10.Nf1 Nc7 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bb3 Be6 13.Ne3 Kh8 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.a4 b4
17.Nd5 a5 18.Rf1 Ne7 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.Ne1 f5 21.f3 Bf6 22.Nc2 f4 23.Be1 h5
24.Bf2 Rf7 25.Qd2 g5 26.Rfd1 Rg8 27.Kf1 g4 28.hxg4 hxg4 29.Ke2 gxf3+ 30.gxf3 Bh4
31.Rh1 Rh7 32.Rag1 Rxg1 33.Bxg1 bxc3 34.bxc3 Qd7 35.Kd1 Qxa4 36.Qg2 Qe8 37.Qg4 Bd8
38.Rxh7+ Kxh7 39.Na3 Qg6 40.Qh3+ Kg7 41.Bf2 a4 42.Nb5 Be7 43.Bh4 Kf7 44.Bxe7 Kxe7
45.Kc2 Qg8 46.c4 Nd4+ 47.Nxd4 cxd4 48.Qh1 Kd7 49.Qd1 Qb8 50.Qb1 Qxb1+ 51.Kxb1 Ke6
52.Kb2 Kf6 53.Ka3 Kg5 54.Kxa4 Kh4 55.Kb5 Kg3 56.Kc6 Kxf3 57.Kxd6 Ke3 58.c5 f3
59.c6 f2 60.c7 f1=Q 61.c8=Q Qxd3 62.Qc1+ Kxe4 63.Qe1+ Qe3 64.Qh1+ Kd3 65.Qb1+ Kc3
66.Qa1+ Kb4 67.Kd5 Qc3 68.Qa6 d3 69.Qb6+ Ka4 70.Qa6+ Qa5+  0-1

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Slavina, Irina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 f5 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nd7 7.O-O Qf6 8.b3 Nh6
9.a4 Nf7 10.Ba3 g5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.e3 O-O 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Qc5 Qxc5
16.dxc5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.f4 gxf4 20.gxf4 Nd3 21.b4 Nxb4 22.a5 Rf6
23.Rfc1 Rg6 24.Kh1 Na6 25.Bf1 Nc7 26.Rab1 a6 27.Rb6 Nb5 28.Bxb5 axb5 29.Ra1 Ra6
30.Ra2 Kf7 31.Ra1 Ke7 32.Ra2 Kd8 33.Rxa6 bxa6 34.f5 Rf6 35.Rg2 Bd7 36.Rg5 Ke8
37.Kg2 Kf7 38.Rh5 Kg7 39.Kg3 Be8 40.Rg5+ Kf7 41.Rh5 Kg7 42.Rg5+ Kf7 43.Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Polovnikova, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4 Qb6 8.b3 c5 9.c3 Bg6
10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Na3 Nf5 12.Nc2 Be7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.g3 a5 15.Rb1 a4 16.b4 cxd4
17.cxd4 Rfc8 18.Qd2 Rc7 19.Bd3 Rac8 20.h4 Nb8 21.a3 Nd7 22.Kg2 Qa7 23.h5 gxh5
24.Bxf5 exf5 25.Ne3 Qa6 26.Nxf5 Qe6 27.Nxe7+ Qxe7 28.Qd1 Qg5 29.Rh1 g6 30.Qxa4 Nf8
31.Qd1 Ne6 32.Rc1 Qf5 33.Rxc7 Rxc7 34.Qf3 Qxf3+ 35.Kxf3 Rc2 36.Rb1 Ng5+ 37.Ke3 Ne4
38.a4 Nxf2 39.Bc1 Ne4 40.a5 Rc3+ 41.Ke2 Nxg3+ 42.Kf2 Ne4+ 43.Kg1 Rc4 44.b5 Nc3
45.Rb2 Ne2+ 46.Rxe2 Rxc1+ 47.Kg2 Rb1 48.e6 Kf8 49.Rf2 f5 50.Kf3 g5 51.Rg2 Rb3+
52.Ke2 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Rb1+ 54.Ke2 g4 55.Rf2 g3 56.Rxf5+ Ke7 57.Rg5 h4 58.a6 bxa6
59.bxa6 Kxe6 60.Kf3 h3 61.a7 h2 62.Rh5 Rb3+ 63.Kf4 Ra3 64.Rh6+ Kf7 65.a8=Q Rxa8
66.Kxg3 Ra2 67.Rxh2 Rxh2 68.Kxh2 Kf6 69.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mirzoeva, Elvira"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.e3 e5 4.Be2 Bd6 5.Bb2 Nd7 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Nbd2 Qe7 8.O-O O-O
9.c4 c6 10.a3 a5 11.Ne1 Bf5 12.Nc2 e4 13.d4 Ne8 14.Re1 Be6 15.c5 Bc7 16.b4 f5
17.b5 Qg5 18.Nf1 f4 19.exf4 Qxf4 20.f3 cxb5 21.Bc1 Qf7 22.Rb1 Qg6 23.Kh1 Bf5
24.Rb2 Nef6 25.Nce3 exf3 26.Bxf3 Be4 27.Bxe4 Qxe4 28.Rxb5 Rae8 29.Rb2 Ng4
30.Kg1 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Nxe3 32.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 33.Kh1 Qh6 34.g3 Nf6 35.Kg2 Qg6 36.Qf3 Ng4
37.Qxd5+ Kh8 38.Qf3 Nf6 39.Rxb7 Qf7 40.d5 Rb8 41.d6  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch49th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.05.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mashinskaya, Iulia"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 e6
9.Bg2 c6 10.h4 Be4 11.f3 Bd5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.f4 Qd6 15.c3 h5
16.g5 Nd5 17.g6 fxg6 18.Nxg6 Rh7 19.c4 Ne7 20.c5 Qc7 21.Nxe7 Bxe7 22.Qd3 Nf8
23.f5 O-O-O 24.fxe6 g6 25.Bf4 Qa5 26.Qe4 Qb4 27.Rad1 Rd5 28.Bd6 Bxd6 29.cxd6 Qxd6
30.e7 Rxe7 31.Rxf8+ Kc7 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.Rxf4 Ra5 34.a3 g5 35.hxg5 Rxg5 36.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Be6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h4 Bf7 8.h5 Bg7 9.Ne5 Nbd7
10.g4 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 fxg4 12.h6 Bf8 13.e4 Qd7 14.Qe2 O-O-O 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 Qxd5
17.O-O-O Qxa2 18.Bc4 Qa1+ 19.Kd2 Qa5+ 20.c3 b5 21.Be6+ Kb7 22.Kc2 Qb6 23.b4 a6
24.f3 g3 25.f4 a5 26.bxa5 Qxa5 27.Ra1 Qb6 28.Qf3 Rd6 29.Bb3 Rd8 30.Qxg3 Ra8
31.Rxa8 Kxa8 32.Qf3 Kb7 33.Be6 Qa5 34.Kb2 b4 35.cxb4 Qxb4+ 36.Qb3 Qxb3+ 37.Kxb3 Kb6
38.Kc4 Kb7 39.Rh2 Kb6 40.Rh1 Ka7 41.Kb4 Kb7 42.Ka5 Ka7 43.Rh3 Kb7 44.d5 cxd5
45.Rb3+  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Peters, Stephen G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O b5 10.Re1 Be7 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Ne2 Qb6 13.c3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 b4 15.Ned4 a5
16.Rec1 Ba6 17.Qd1 Bb5 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Be3 Qa6 21.Qg4 Rg8 22.Nb3 Rb8
23.Qh5 h6 24.Nc5 Qb5 25.c4 dxc4 26.Nxd7 Qxd7 27.Rxc4 Rb5 28.Rac1 Rd5 29.Rc8+ Bd8
30.Bb6 Qe7 31.R1c7 Rd7 32.Qf3 Rxc7 33.Bxc7 Qc5  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Bb3 Be7
9.f4 O-O 10.Qf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Qxd4 14.exf6 Bc5 15.fxg7 Rd8
16.Rd1 Qe5+ 17.Qe4 Rxd1+ 18.Kxd1 Qxe4 19.Nxe4 Be7 20.c3 Bb7 21.Re1 Kxg7 22.Kc2 Bc6
23.Nf2 Rd8 24.Nd3 Bd6 25.g3 a5 26.a3 Bf3 27.Nf4 e5 28.Bd5 Bg4 29.Nd3 Bf5
30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Rxe4 f5 32.Re1 e4 33.Nc1 Bc5 34.Ne2 Be3 35.Rd1 Rxd1 36.Kxd1 Kf6
37.b3 a4 38.Kc2 Ke5 39.c4 bxc4 40.bxa4 Bb6 41.Kc3 Kd5 42.Nf4+ Kc5 43.Ne6+ Kd6
44.Ng7 Kd5 45.Nxf5 e3 46.Kc2 e2 47.Kd2 Ke4 48.Nh4 c3+ 49.Kxe2 Be3 50.Nf3 c2
51.Nd2+ Kd4 52.a5 Kc3 53.Ne4+ Kb2  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Qd3 Nd7 11.Be3 Nc5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Bd4 Bh6 14.Rfd1 b6 15.Nd5 Rc8
16.a4 Nd7 17.b3 e6 18.Be3 Bg7 19.Nc3 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bd4 dxe4 22.Bxg7 exf3
23.Bxf8 Qxf8 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Nd6 Qg5 26.g3 Qg4 27.Qc4 Qxc4 28.Nxc4 Nc5 29.b4 Nxa4
30.Nd6 Rc7 31.Rdc1 b5 32.Nxb5 Bxb5 33.Rxc7 a6 34.Ra3 Nb6 35.Rxf3 Nd5 36.Rcxf7 Nxb4
37.Rf8+ Kg7 38.R3f7+ Kh6 39.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Qc7
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.f4 Qc5 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.O-O Bb7
16.Be3 Rd8 17.Be2 Bc5 18.Qc1 Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Qd4 20.Qxd4 Rxd4 21.Rad1 Rd8 22.Kf2 Ke7
23.f5 Rhe8 24.Ke3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Kf8 26.Kf4 g5+ 27.Kxg5 Rxe5 28.Bf3 Ke7 29.g4 f6+
30.Kh6 Re3 31.Rf1 Kf7 32.h4 b4 33.Kxh7 Ba6 34.Rf2 Bc4 35.g5 fxg5 36.hxg5 Bxa2
37.Bh5+ Kf8 38.g6 Rh3 39.g7+ Ke7 40.f6+ Kd6 41.f7 Bxf7 42.Rxf7 Rxh5+ 43.Kg6 Rh2
44.Rf5  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Giddins, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Nb4 13.Be5 Bd7 14.Nd4 Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6
16.Be5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Rac8 18.f3 Qc7 19.Rhe1 Qxe5 20.Rxe5 Ne8 21.Ne2 Nd6 22.f4 Rce8
23.Re3 Bb5 24.Bxb5 Nxb5 25.g3 Kf7 26.b3 h6 27.Re5 Kf6 28.c4 Nc7 29.Nc3 g5
30.cxd5 gxf4 31.gxf4 exd5 32.Nxd5+ Nxd5 33.Rexd5 Re2 34.Rd6+ Kf5 35.Rxh6 Rc8
36.Rf1 Rcc2 37.Rh5+ Kf6 38.Ra5 a6 39.h4 Rh2 40.h5 Rb2+ 41.Ka1 Rbd2 42.b4 Rde2
43.Rb1 Ref2 44.b5 Rxh5 45.Ra4 Rxb5 46.Rxb5 axb5 47.Rb4 Ke6 48.Rxb5 Rxf4 49.Rxb7 Kd6
50.Kb2 Kc6 51.Rb8 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marusenko, Petr"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Qd2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.cxd5 Rfc8 17.Rac1 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Qc3+ Qxc3 21.bxc3 Kf6
22.Kf2 e6 23.dxe6 Kxe6 24.Ke3 Ke5 25.f4+ Ke6 26.g4 f6 27.Kd4 g5 28.f5+ Ke7
29.c4 bxc4 30.Kxc4 Kd8 31.Kd5 Kd7 32.a3 a5 33.a4  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Longson, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.d5 Ne5
9.Re1 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.c4 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Qxe6+ Qxe6
16.Rxe6 Kf7 17.Re3 a6 18.Rd3 Rad8 19.Bf4 Rd7 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.f3 h6 22.g4 Ke6
23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Bf6 25.b3 b5 26.Kg2 Bd4 27.Rf5 Re7 28.Rd5 Red7 29.Bg3 bxc4
30.bxc4 Rb7 31.Re1+ Kf7 32.Re2 Rb4 33.Rc2 Rb6 34.a3 a5 35.h4 a4 36.h5 Rb2
37.Rxb2 Bxb2 38.Rd3 Bd4 39.Rd1 Rb8 40.Bxd6 Rb3 41.Re1 Rxa3 42.Re7+ Kg8 43.f4 Ra2+
44.Kg3 Ra3+ 45.Kg2 Ra2+ 46.Kg3 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 8th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Coleman, David"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bd3 b5 11.g4 b4 12.Na4 Bb7 13.g5 Nd7 14.f4 Be7 15.Rhg1 Nc5
16.b3 Nxa4 17.bxa4 Qd7 18.f5 e5 19.Nb3 Qxa4 20.Kb1 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Bc1 f6
23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Qc6 26.Qxb4 Nxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.Qg4 O-O 29.Ba3 a4
30.Rd6 Qc7 31.Qc4+ Qxc4 32.bxc4 Ra7 33.Re6 Rb8+ 34.Ka2 Kf7 35.Bb2 a3 36.Bxe5 Rb2+
37.Ka1 Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Rxc2 39.Rb1 a2 40.Rh1 Rxc4 41.h4 Kf6 42.Rb5 Rf4 43.Rc1 Rxh4
44.Rb6+ Kf7 45.Rf1 Rh6 46.Rxh6 gxh6 47.Rh1 Kf6 48.Rxh6+ Kg5 49.Rh1 h5 50.f6 h4
51.Rf1 Rf7 52.Kxa2 Rxf6 53.Rg1+ Kh5 54.Kb2 Rc6 55.Rd1 h3 56.Rd5+ Kg4 57.Rd4+ Kf3
58.Rd3+ Kg2 59.Rd8 Rg6 60.Rd2+ Kg3 61.Rd3+ Kh4 62.Kc2 Rg2+  0-1

[Event "Dresden (Women)"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kiseleva, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nge7 5.d4 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qe3 b6
9.Qg3 Qf6 10.Bg5 Qg6 11.Bd3 f6 12.Bf4 Bb4 13.Rc1 Qxg3 14.hxg3 Ne5 15.Bxe5 fxe5
16.Rh5 Bd6 17.Nb5 Bb8 18.Ke2 Ke7 19.g4 g6 20.Rh6 Kf6 21.g3 Ba6 22.Rd1 Bxb5
23.cxb5 Bd6 24.Bc4 Bf8 25.Rh2 Rd8 26.g5+ Kxg5 27.Bxe6 Bc5 28.Bxd7 Bd4 29.f4+ Kf6
30.Bc6 h6 31.Kf3 Rd6 32.b3 g5 33.Rdh1 exf4 34.Rxh6+ Rxh6 35.Rxh6+ Ke7 36.Rh7+ Kf6
37.gxf4 gxf4 38.Kxf4 Be5+ 39.Kg4 Rd2 40.Rxa7 Bc3 41.Bd5 Bd4 42.a4 Ke5 43.Re7+ Kd6
44.Re6+ Kd7 45.a5 bxa5 46.b6 Rg2+ 47.Kf3 Rf2+ 48.Kg3 Rf8 49.b7 Ba7 50.Ra6 Bb8+
51.Kg2 Bd6 52.Rxa5  1-0

[Event "Dresden (Women)"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koglin, Anke"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.f4 Qc7 11.Bd3 b5 12.Kb1 Be7 13.Rhe1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b4 15.Ne2 e5
16.Bg1 a5 17.Rc1 O-O 18.h3 Rfb8 19.c4 bxc3 20.Nxc3 Qd8 21.f5 Bc6 22.Qe2 Rb7
23.Rc2 Qd7 24.Ka1 Bd8 25.g4 d5 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 Bxd5 28.Be4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Rab8
30.Qe2 Bf6 31.Be3 Rb4 32.Kb1 Qd5 33.Qd2 Qb7 34.Bc5 Rb5 35.Ba3 Rd5 36.Qe2 Rbd8
37.Bc5 Rd3 38.Qf1 a4 39.a3 Qb3 40.h4 Bxh4 41.Rec1 Bg5 42.Re1 Rd2 43.Rec1 R2d5  0-1

[Event "Dresden (Women)"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Mietzner, Tina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Bf5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Nf6 7.f3 c6 8.e4 Be6
9.h4 Bg7 10.hxg5 hxg5 11.Rxh8+ Bxh8 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.O-O-O Na6 14.d5 O-O-O 15.Bxc4 cxd5
16.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bf5 19.Nh3 Bf6 20.Nf2 Nc5 21.b4 Na4 22.Ne4 Bxe4
23.fxe4 Bc3 24.Rf2 Bxb4 25.Rxf7 Nc3 26.Bd3 Bc5 27.Kb2 Nd1+ 28.Kb3 b6 29.Ba6+ Kd7
30.e5 Rh8 31.d6 Kc6 32.Rxe7 Ne3 33.Bb7+ Kb5 34.a4+  1-0

[Event "Dresden (Women)"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.d5 Ne5
9.Re1 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.c4 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Qe2 h6 15.Qxe6 Qxe6
16.Rxe6 Kf7 17.Re2 d5 18.cxd5 Rad8 19.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden (Women)"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Lomineishvili, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 Qc7 5.Be2 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Qd3 e5 11.Nd1 O-O 12.Be3 Nd7 13.a3 Bc5 14.b4 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Re8
16.c5 Nf8 17.Nc4 Rd8 18.Qc3 Rd4 19.Nd6 Ne6 20.f4 f6 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.fxe5 fxe5
23.Rf7 Qd8 24.Raf1 Bd7 25.Qg3 Ng5 26.Qxg5  1-0

[Event "Dresden (Women)"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Bb5 O-O-O 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.O-O e5 10.Qd3 exd4 11.Ne2 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qd5 13.Qd3 c5 14.Rd1 Bd6 15.Bf4 Bxf4
16.Nxf4 Qd6 17.Qf5+ Kb8 18.Nd3 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Rxd5 20.b3 Re8 21.Re1 Kc8 22.Rxe8+ Nxe8
23.Re1 Kd8 24.Re5 Rxe5 25.Nxe5 Ke7 26.Nc6+ Kd7 27.Na5 Nd6 28.Kf1 c6 29.Ke2 Kc7
30.Kd3 f6 31.Nc4 Nb5 32.a4 Nc3 33.Nd2 Kd6 34.Nc4+ Kd5 35.f3 f5 36.g3 g5 37.h3 h5
38.g4 fxg4 39.fxg4 h4 40.Kd2 Ke4 41.Nd6+ Kf3 42.Nf7 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "Dresden (Women)"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Heymann, Ulrike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Be3 d6 4.Qd2 Nf6 5.f3 a6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Nh3 Rb8 8.Bh6 O-O
9.Nf2 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.h4 b5 12.h5 Be6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Qh6+ Kg8
16.g4 Rf7 17.g5 Nh5 18.Rxh5 gxh5 19.b4 Rg7 20.f4 Bf7 21.bxc5 Qa5 22.Nd1 dxc5
23.Qc6 b4 24.Nd5 b3+ 25.c3 Kh8 26.Qxa6 Qd8 27.axb3 Bxd5 28.exd5 Qxd5 29.Qc4 Qf3
30.Nf2 Rd8 31.Rd1 Qe3+ 32.Be2 Rgg8 33.Rd3 Rxd3 34.Nxd3 Ra8 35.Nf2 Ra1+ 36.Nd1 Qg1+
37.Kd2 Ra2+ 38.Kd3 Qe1 39.Ke3 Qg1+ 40.Kd3 Qe1 41.Ke3 Qg1+ 42.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden (Women)"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Werner, Veronika"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Bc4 Qd7 8.Qb3 Bd6
9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Nxg4 Nxg4 11.Be2 Nf6 12.Nc4 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 Nc6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.g3 Rab8 20.Bg2 b5 21.Rd2 Na5 22.Qc2 Ne5
23.Rad1 Nac4 24.Nxc4 Nxc4 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.b3 Qd2 28.Qe4 Qd1+
29.Bf1 Qxf1+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perez Garcia, Hebert"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Rb1 Nf6 5.b4 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O c6
9.Ne5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.d4 Be7 13.Rb3 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qe2 Rfd8 17.Rd1 Nd5 18.a3 Bf6 19.Rf3 b5 20.Ne5 c5 21.bxc5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Qxc5
23.Rfd3 Rdc8 24.Qg4 Qc4 25.Qg3 Qe4 26.c3 Rc4 27.h3 Rac8 28.Bd2 Qf5 29.Rd4 Qg6
30.Qf3 h6 31.Kh2 Qc2 32.Be1 Qb3 33.R1d3 Qxa3 34.Bd2 Qe7 35.Rxd5 exd5 36.Qxd5 R4c5
37.Qf3 Qxe5+ 38.Bf4 Qf6 39.Qg3 Qg6 40.Qe3 R5c6 41.Be5 Re6 42.f4 f6  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.O-O a6 5.Be2 e6 6.c4 Qc7 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Nf6
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Kh1 h5 11.h3 b6 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bb7 15.Bf3 Be5
16.Nb5 axb5 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Bxe5 bxc4 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.bxc4 Kd8 21.Rfb1 Kc7
22.Rb2 h4 23.Rab1 Bc6 24.Rxb6 Rxa2 25.R6b2 Rxb2 26.Rxb2 Kd6 27.Kh2 Ke5 28.Rd2 Rb8
29.Bh5 Rf8 30.Bf3 Rh8 31.Be2 Kf4 32.Bf3 Rg8 33.Rd4 Ke5 34.Rd2 Rg5 35.Rb2 f5
36.exf5 Bxf3 37.gxf3 Rxf5 38.Re2+ Kf4 39.Re4+ Kxf3 40.Rd4 Kxf2 41.Rxd7 Ke3
42.Rc7 e5 43.c5 e4 44.c6 Rf2+ 45.Kg1 f5 46.Rh7 Rc2  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krnic, Zdenko"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 g6 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 Nc6 8.O-O-O a5
9.a3 Bd7 10.Bd3 Qe8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.Nxf6+ Rxf6 14.e4 e5 15.exf5 Bxf5
16.Bxf5 Rxf5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Rhe1 Qf8 19.Nxe5 Rxf2 20.Rd2 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 dxe5
22.Qd5+ Qf7 23.Rxe5 b6 24.Qe4 Qf1+ 25.Kc2 Rd8 26.Re8+ Rxe8 27.Qxe8+ Kg7 28.Qe5+ Kh6
29.Qxc7 Qxg2+ 30.Kb3 a4+ 31.Kxa4 Qxb2 32.Qg3 Qd4 33.Kb3 Qd1+ 34.Kc3 Qa1+
35.Kb3 Qd1+ 36.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mestrovic, Zvonimir"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Bd2 d5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Qc1 O-O 8.Bh6 e5
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.e4 d4 11.Ne2 c4 12.O-O cxd3 13.cxd3 Bd7 14.b4 Qb6 15.Rb1 Rfe8
16.Nh4 Qb5 17.Qd2 a5 18.bxa5 Qxa5 19.Qxa5 Rxa5 20.Nc1 b5 21.f4 Rc8 22.Nf3 Be6
23.Ng5 Bd7 24.Rb2 Rca8 25.Rc2 h6 26.Nf3 Nb4 27.Rc7 R8a7 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Nxe5 Be6
30.Nf3 Rd7 31.h3 Nxa2 32.Nxa2 Bxa2 33.Ra1 Bb3 34.Rb1 Bc2 35.Rb4 Ra7 36.Rxd4 Ra4
37.e5 Nh5 38.Kh2 Rxd4 39.Nxd4 Bxd3 40.Bf3 Kf8 41.Bxh5 gxh5 42.Kg2 b4 43.Kf3 h4
44.gxh4 Bf5 45.Ke3 Bxh3 46.Kd3 f6 47.Kc4 Kf7 48.Kxb4 fxe5 49.fxe5 Kg6 50.Kc5 Kh5
51.Nf3 Bg4 52.Nh2 Bh3 53.Kd6 Kxh4 54.e6 Bxe6 55.Kxe6 Kg3 56.Nf1+ Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 O-O 10.O-O Qd6 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Rae1 Nc6 13.Qf5 Rae8 14.c3 g6 15.Qf3 Kg7
16.Rd1 Re7 17.Rfe1 Rd8 18.Nf1 Nh5 19.Ne3 Nf4 20.g3 Nxh3+ 21.Kg2 Ng5 22.Qg4 f6
23.Nxd5 Qe6 24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.f4 exf4 26.Nxf4 Red6 27.d4 f5 28.Ne6+ Nxe6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6
30.Bxe6 Kf6 31.Bb3 Na5 32.Bc2 Nc4 33.Kf3 Re8 34.d5 Ne5+ 35.Ke3 Ng4+ 36.Kd2 Ne3
37.Rh1 Nxd5 38.Rxh7 Re7 39.Rxe7 Nxe7 40.Ke3 Ke5 41.Bd3 Nd5+ 42.Kf2 g5 43.Bc4 Nf6
44.Be2 Ne4+ 45.Kg2 Nc5 46.Bd1 Nd3 47.b4 Nc1 48.a3 b6 49.Kf3 f4 50.gxf4+ gxf4
51.Bc2 b5 52.Bb1 a6 53.Kf2 Kd5 54.Kf3 Kc4 55.Kxf4 Kxc3 56.Be4 Nd3+ 57.Ke3 Nxb4
58.axb4 Kxb4 59.Kd4 a5 60.Bc6 a4 61.Bxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Be7
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rad1 O-O 13.Kh1 Rfe8 14.Bb1 Bf8 15.f4 Rac8
16.Rd3 g6 17.Rh3 Bg7 18.Nf3 Nf8 19.e5 N6d7 20.Be4 Nc5 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 22.Ne4 d5
23.cxd5 exd5 24.Nc3 Rcd8 25.Nd4 Nc5 26.b4 Nce6 27.Nxe6 Nxe6 28.Qd2 Qc4 29.Rd3 Bh6
30.g3 Nc7 31.Ne2 Ne6 32.Nd4 Nxd4 33.Bxd4 Rc8 34.Rd1 Qb5 35.a3 Qc6 36.Qf2 b5
37.Kg1 Bg7 38.Bc5 Rcd8 39.Qg2 f6 40.exf6 Bxf6 41.Rxd5 Rxd5 42.Qxd5+ Qxd5
43.Rxd5 Re1+ 44.Kg2 Rc1 45.f5 gxf5 46.Rxf5 Rc2+ 47.Kh3 Kg7 48.Rd5 Rc3 49.Rd7+ Kg8
50.Rd6 Be7 51.Rxa6 Bxc5 52.bxc5 Rxc5 53.Ra5 Rc3 54.Kh4 Rb3 55.g4 b4 56.axb4 Rxb4
57.Ra7 Rb6 58.Kh5 Rb5+ 59.g5 Rb2 60.h4 Rb4 61.Ra3 Kg7 62.Rg3 Ra4 63.Rg4 Rxg4
64.Kxg4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Popov, Luben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4 4.Nce2 Ne4 5.c3 Nc6 6.cxd4 Ng5 7.f4 Ne6 8.Nf3 Nexd4
9.Nexd4 Nxd4 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.e6 Bxe6 13.Ne5 Bd7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bxc6 e6
16.b3 Be7 17.Bb2 Bf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rc1 Rc8 20.Bxd7+ Qxd7 21.Qxa7 O-O 22.Qe3 Rfd8
23.Qg3+ Kf8 24.Qc3 Kg7 25.Rf1 Qd5 26.Rf3 Qe4+ 27.Qe3 Qf5 28.Kf1 Rd6 29.d3 Qa5
30.f5 Qxa2 31.Rg3+ Kf8 32.fxe6 Rxe6 33.Qc5+ Rd6 34.Qf5 Re6 35.Qc5+ Rd6 36.Re1 Qxb3
37.Qh5 Re6 38.Qc5+ Rd6 39.Qf5 Rcd8 40.Qxh7 Re6 41.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Bd3 Nxc5
9.h4 Qb6 10.Rb1 Bd7 11.h5 h6 12.Kf1 Nxd3 13.cxd3 Be7 14.Rh3 f6 15.Qe2 O-O
16.Kg1 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bf6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Rf3 Rxf3 21.Qxf3 Rf8
22.Qe2 Qd4 23.Rc1 Rf5 24.Nd1 Qh4 25.g3 Qh3 26.Qf1 Qxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Rxh5 28.Ke2 Bc6
29.Ne3 Re5 30.Kd2 Rg5 31.Nc2 Rf5 32.f4 Rh5 33.Nd4 Rh2+ 34.Ke3 Rxb2 35.Nxc6 bxc6
36.Rxc6 Rxa2 37.Rxe6 a5 38.Rd6 a4 39.Rxd5 a3 40.Ra5 Ra1 41.Kd4 a2 42.Ra7 h5
43.f5 Kh8 44.Kd5 Rd1 45.Rxa2 Rxd3+ 46.Ke4 Rxg3 47.Rh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-C op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.b4 Qb6 8.O-O e6
9.Rb1 Be7 10.d4 c6 11.b5 Nbd7 12.bxc6 Qxc6 13.Rb3 O-O 14.Bg5 Bd8 15.Qc1 Bg6
16.Nh4 Ne4 17.Nxg6 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Qxc3 19.Nxf8 Nxf8 20.Be3 Bb6 21.Rd1 Rc8 22.Bd3 Rd8
23.Qd2 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Ng6 25.g4 f5 26.gxf5 Nh4 27.Be4 Nxf5 28.Bxb7 Bxd4 29.Bxd4 Rxd4
30.Rxd4 Nxd4 31.Be4 Ne2+ 32.Kf1 Nc3 33.Bd3 Nxa2 34.Bc4 Nc3 35.Bxe6+ Kf8 36.Ke1 Ke7
37.Bg8 h6 38.Kd2 Ne4+ 39.Ke3 Nf6 40.Bb3 Kd6 41.Kd4 Nd7 42.Ba4 Nc5 43.Be8 Ne6+
44.Kc4 Ke5 45.Bd7 Ng5 46.Kb5 Ne4 47.f3 Nd2 48.Bc6 Kd4 49.Kb4 g5 50.c3+ Kd3
51.c4 Kd4 52.Bd5 a5+ 53.Kb5 a4 54.Bg8 Nxf3 55.Kxa4 Kc5 56.Kb3 Nd4+ 57.Kc3 Ne2+
58.Kd2 Nf4 59.h4 gxh4 60.Ke3 Nh5 61.Kf2 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bf4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nh5 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Ng5+ Kg6 14.Nxe6 Bxe6
15.Qxe6+ Kh7 16.Rxd5 Nxf4 17.Qe4+ Kh8 18.Rxd8 Raxd8 19.g3 Rde8 20.Qc4 Ne6
21.f4 Bb6 22.Ne4 Ncd4 23.c3 Nf5 24.Kb1 Ne3 25.Qb5 Nxf4 26.Nd6 Re6 27.Qd7 Ref6
28.gxf4 Rxf4 29.a3 Rg4 30.Re1 Rf3 31.Nf7+  1-0

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ludden,GJ"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 a5 9.Nd4 Na6
10.b3 Bd7 11.Rb1 Nc5 12.Bb2 g5 13.e3 Qg6 14.Qc2 Ng4 15.Rbd1 Qh5 16.h3 Nf6
17.Ba3 f4 18.Qe2 f3 19.Nxf3 g4 20.Nh2 gxh3 21.Bf3 Qg5 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.e4 Ne8
24.Rd3 Bd4 25.Bg4 Bxg4 26.Qxg4 Qxg4 27.Nxg4 Nd6 28.e5 Nf5 29.Nb5 h5 30.Nxd4 Nxd4
31.Nh2 a4 32.f4 axb3 33.axb3 Ra3 34.Rb1 Ra2 35.Kh1 Rfa8 36.g4 Ra1 37.Rdd1 Rxb1
38.Rxb1 Ne2 39.gxh5 Ra2 40.Nf1 Nxf4 41.Ng3 Nd3 42.Rf1 Nxe5 43.Ne4 Ng4 44.h6 Re2  0-1

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Qe2 e5 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qc4 d6 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 O-O 10.dxc5 Be6 11.Qc2 Nb4 12.Qe2 dxc5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Bc4 Bg4 15.Be3 Qc7
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 b5 18.Be2 Nc2 19.Rac1 Nd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.a4 b4 22.Nd1 f5
23.Qb3+ Kh8 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.Bf3 Rae8 26.Qxb4 Qf4 27.Qc4 Ng3 28.Ne3 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Qxe3+
30.Kh2 Qf4  0-1

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bosboom,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.d4 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne4 8.Qc2 Qe8
9.O-O Nd7 10.d5 Ndf6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Bd7 13.Qb2 h6 14.Rae1 g5 15.e4 fxe4
16.Rxe4 Rf7 17.Re3 Ng4 18.Re2 Qf8 19.Rfe1 Re8 20.h3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Nf6 22.Nd4 Rh7
23.c5 h5 24.c6 bxc6 25.dxc6 Bc8 26.Ne6 Bxe6 27.Rxe6 Rg7 28.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gouw,CP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.h4 c5 6.Nb5 O-O 7.c3 Ba5 8.d4 a6 9.Nd6 cxd4
10.Bd3 dxc3 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Kf1 cxb2 13.Bxb2 f6 14.Ng5 fxg5 15.Qh5 Ng8 16.Bxg8+ Kxg8
17.hxg5 Rxf2+ 18.Kxf2  1-0

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Afek,Y"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bd3 b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nb1 e5 13.Nf5 g6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Ne3 Nc5
16.b3 Bb7 17.Bf6 Rg8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nd7 20.Bg5 Nb7 21.Nd2 f6 22.Be3 Be7
23.h4 a5 24.Bb5 Kf7 25.h5 g5 26.h6 a4 27.Qd3 axb3 28.Bxd7 Qxd7 29.Qxh7+ Kf8
30.axb3 Ra1+ 31.Kb2 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Qxg4 33.Ra1 Qc8 34.Nc4 Qe8 35.Ra7 Nd8 36.Nxd6 Bxd6
37.Rg7 Qf7 38.Rxf7+ Nxf7 39.Bb6 Rh8 40.Qg7+ Ke7 41.h7 Rb8 42.Be3 Rh8 43.c4 bxc3+
44.Kxc3 Rc8+ 45.Kd3 Rb8 46.Ke4 Rf8 47.Kf5 Ke8 48.Ke6  1-0

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Werner,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Ne2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be6 8.Bb3 O-O
9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.f4 e4 11.Bxd5 Qxd5 12.c3 exd3 13.cxb4 Rad8 14.Nc3 Qd4+ 15.Rf2 Nxb4
16.Bd2 Nc2 17.Rc1 a6 18.f5 b5 19.f6 g6 20.Qf3 Rfe8 21.Rf1 Ne3 22.Bxe3 Rxe3
23.Qf4 Qxf4 24.Rxf4 c5 25.Re4 Rxe4 26.Nxe4 c4 27.Kf2 h6 28.Ke3 g5 29.Kd2 Kh7
30.g4 Kg6 31.h3 Re8 32.Re1 Re5 33.Re3 b4 34.Re1 Ra5 35.Rc1 Rxa2 36.Rxc4 Rxb2+
37.Kxd3 Rb3+ 38.Kd4 a5 39.Rc8 a4 40.Rg8+ Kh7 41.Rg7+ Kh8 42.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Romero Holmes,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.Bd3 Be7
9.h4 d4 10.Ne4 Nxd3+ 11.cxd3 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 b6 13.Qb3 Ba6 14.Rh3 Qb5 15.Qxb5 Bxb5
16.Ke2 O-O 17.h5 h6 18.g4 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.g5 Nb4 21.Ne1 Nd5 22.Bd2 Bxg5
23.Nxg5 hxg5 24.Bxg5 Rf5 25.Rg3 Raf8 26.f3 Re5+ 27.Kf2 Rff5 28.Bh6 Rf7 29.Bg5 Nb4
30.Rd1 Nxa2 31.Bd2 Bc6 32.Ra1 Bd5 33.Nc2 Rxh5 34.Nxd4 e5 35.Nb5 a5 36.Ke3 Rhf5
37.Nd6 Rxf3+ 38.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 39.Ke2 Rh3 40.Nc4 Bxc4 41.dxc4 Nb4 42.Bxb4 axb4
43.Ra6 Rh4 44.b3 Rh3 45.Rxb6 Rxb3 46.Rb5 e4 47.Rb7 Kh7 48.c5 Kg6 49.c6 Rc3
50.Rxb4 Kf5 51.Rb7 Kf6 52.c7 g5 53.Kd2 Rc4 54.Ke3 Kf5 55.Rb5+ Kg4 56.Rb7 Kh3
57.Rb5 Kg4 58.Rb7 Kg3 59.Rb5 g4 60.Rb7 Kh3 61.Kf4 g3 62.Rb3 e3+ 63.Kf3 Rxc7
64.Rb6 Rh7 65.Rg6 Kh2  0-1

[Event "Corus Reserve Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stojanovski,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O Be7 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.f4 b5 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rae1 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 gxf4
16.Rxf4 Nd7 17.Qh5 Nde5 18.Rf2 O-O-O 19.a4 b4 20.Ne2 Rhg8 21.Ned4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Rdf8
23.Ref1 Qb6 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Green,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.Bd3 Qb6
9.O-O Be7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.a3 a5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Bd4 Bd7 15.c3 Nxd4
16.Nbxd4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 b5 18.Rfe1 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Nd2 Bc5 21.f4 Qb6 22.Kh1 Bxd4
23.cxd4 Bb5 24.Qe3 Rac8 25.Rbc1 Rc6 26.Rxc6 Qxc6 27.Qb3 f6 28.Qxb4 fxe5 29.dxe5 h6
30.Nf3 Qc4 31.Qxc4 Bxc4 32.g3 Rb8 33.f5 exf5 34.e6 g6 35.Ne5 Kg7 36.Nc6 Re8
37.b4 Bd3 38.Nd4 Be4+ 39.Kg1 Rb8 40.b5 Kf6 41.Kf2 Rb6 42.Rc1 Rb7 43.Rc6 Ke5
44.Ke3 g5 45.Nf3+ Bxf3 46.Kxf3 Rxb5 47.e7 Rb3+ 48.Kg2 Rb8 49.Rxh6 Re8 50.Rh7 d4
51.Kf2 Kf6 52.h4 gxh4 53.Rxh4 Rxe7 54.Rxd4 Kg5 55.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demir,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 a5 9.Ne1 Na6
10.Nd3 Bd7 11.Rb1 c6 12.b3 Nc7 13.Bb2 b5 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.Nxb5 Nxb5
17.cxb5 Qxb5 18.Nf4 Qd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qd5+ Kh8 21.Rfc1 Rfc8 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8
23.Ne6 Rb8 24.Rd1 Qc3 25.Kg2 Rc8 26.Rd2 Qe5 27.e3 Qxd5+ 28.Rxd5 Bc3 29.Rb5 Re8
30.Rb7 Bb4 31.Nc7 Rf8 32.Nd5 Bc5 33.Nxe7 Ra8 34.Nd5 Ra7 35.Rxa7 Bxa7 36.b4 axb4
37.Nxb4 Bc5 38.Nc6 Ba3 39.Kf1 Kg7 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.Kd3 g5 42.Nd4 h5 43.Nc2 Bc5
44.f3 d5 45.a4 h4 46.gxh4 gxh4 47.h3 Bb6 48.f4 Ke6 49.Nd4+ Kf6 50.Nf3 Ke6
51.Nd4+ Kf6 52.Nc6 Ke6 53.a5  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Erdogdu,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 Bb7
9.Qd2 Nfd7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Bd3 N8d7 12.Rhe1 Ne5 13.Qg2 Rc8 14.Bd2 Nec4 15.f4 Be7
16.Kb1 Nxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.f5 e5 20.Nf3 Qc7 21.g5 b4 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.exd5 f6 24.gxf6 Bxf6 25.Re2 O-O 26.Rg2 Rc8 27.Rc1 a5 28.Ng5 a4 29.Ne6 Qf7
30.Rcg1 a3 31.b3 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Qb7 34.Rgc1 Qxd5 35.Rc8+ Kf7 36.Rf8+ Ke7
37.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Horton,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Qf3 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Bd3 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Qh3 g6
16.Qh4 Ne8 17.f5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 Ne5 19.Ned4 a4 20.Nc1 a3 21.fxe6 f6 22.Qd2 axb2
23.Kxb2 Qa5 24.Ndb3 Qa3+ 25.Kb1 Nc7 26.Bf1 Rfd8 27.e7 Rd7 28.Re3 Qa7 29.Rh3 Ne8
30.Qxb4 Rxe7 31.Qd4 Qb8 32.Bc4+ Kh8 33.Bd5 Bxd5 34.Qxd5 Qc8 35.Re3 Rc7 36.Re2 Rc6
37.Qd4 Nc7 38.Rf1 Kg7 39.Qf2 Ne8 40.Qd4 Nc7 41.Qf2 Qd8 42.Rd2 Nb5 43.Nd4 Nxd4
44.Qxd4 Rb8+ 45.Nb3 Ra6 46.Rdf2 Nd7 47.g4 Qa5 48.Qb2 Qe5 49.h4 Qxb2+ 50.Kxb2 Rb4
51.g5 Rxe4 52.gxf6+ Kf7 53.h5 g5 54.Rf5 h6 55.Rb5 Rb6 56.Rxb6 Nxb6 57.Rf5 Re5
58.Rf1 g4 59.Rf4 Rg5 60.Nd4 Nd5 61.Rf1 g3 62.a4 g2 63.Ra1 Ne3 64.Nf3 Rxh5
65.Kb3 Rh1 66.Ra3 Rf1 67.Nd2 Rxf6  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Serper,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Be2 a6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Re1 Bd6 8.h3 Ne7
9.Bf1 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nc6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Qe3 Nb4 13.Qb3 b5 14.d4 bxc4 15.Qxc4 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Qxc4 17.Bxc4 Bc5 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.Rd1 Bb7 20.e5 Rac8 21.Bf1 Bd5 22.Be3 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Nc2 24.Rac1 Nxe3 25.Re1 Nxf1 26.Kxf1 Rb8 27.Rc3 Rfc8 28.Rec1 Rxc3
29.Rxc3 Kf8 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.g4 a5 32.Rc7 Bxb3 33.axb3 Rxb3 34.Rc2 Rxh3 35.Rc5 Rb3
36.Rxa5 Rxb2+ 37.Kf3 Rb3+ 38.Kf4 h6 39.Rc5 g5+ 40.Ke4 Rg3  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Halldorsson,Br"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.h4 h6 5.Nh3 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nf4 d6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.Nc3 O-O
10.Bd4 Kh7 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Bf5 13.Qe2 c5 14.Bc3 Qd7 15.O-O-O Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bxe4
17.Qxe4 Qf5 18.Qe2 a6 19.Rd2 Rf7 20.Ne6 Bh8 21.f4 Ng4 22.Ng5+ Kg8 23.Nxf7 Bxc3
24.Nxh6+ Nxh6 25.bxc3 Kf8 26.Re1 b5 27.Qxe7+  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Aigner,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 g6 5.Qf3 f6 6.d3 Nd4 7.Qd1 c6 8.Nge2 Ne7
9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Bh6 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bb5+ Kf7 14.c3 Bb6 15.O-O Be6
16.Kh1 Qg8 17.f4 e4 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.Qe2 f5 20.Rad1 Qc8 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bh4 Qc5
23.Bf2 Qc7 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Rhd8 26.Bc4 Rxd4 27.Bxe6+ Kxe6 28.cxd4 Rd8
29.Qf2 Qc4 30.Rd1 Qxa2 31.Qc2 Qd5 32.Qc7 Qd7 33.Qe5+ Kf7 34.d5 Re8 35.Qd4 b6
36.Kg1 Rc8 37.d6 Rd8 38.Qd5+ Qe6 39.Qb7+ Rd7 40.Qc8 Rxd6 41.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sabas,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.d5 a5 8.O-O Qe8 9.Nd4 Na6
10.Rb1 Bd7 11.b3 c6 12.Bg5 Nc5 13.a3 Nce4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Qd2 Qf7
17.Be3 cxd5 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.Rfd1 a4 20.Qb4 b5 21.Rd2 axb3 22.Nxb3 Qc4 23.Nd4 Ra4
24.Qb2 Rfa8 25.Rc1 Qf7 26.Rc3 Rc4 27.Rb3 Rac8 28.Kg2 Bc6 29.Qa2 Bxd4 30.Bxd4 e3+
31.f3 exd2 32.Rd3 Bd5 33.Qxd2 Rc2 34.Qe3 Bc4 35.Rd2 Rxd2 36.Qxd2 e5 37.Bc3 Qd5
38.Qg5 Bxe2 39.Kh3 Qxf3 40.Qe7 Bf1+  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bouchaud,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 g6 5.Qf3 Qf6 6.Qg3 Nge7 7.Nge2 Nd4 8.Nxd4 Bxd4
9.d3 h6 10.O-O c6 11.Kh1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Bb3 Be6
16.Rae1 Nd7 17.f4 Bxb3 18.fxe5 Qe6 19.axb3 O-O-O 20.Qf2 Rdf8 21.Qxa7 g5 22.c4 c5
23.b4 Nxe5 24.Qxc5+  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Saunina,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.Bd3 d4
9.Ne4 Nxd3+ 10.cxd3 Qa5+ 11.Ned2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 b6 14.Re4 Qd5 15.Qa4 Rd8
16.Bg3 a5 17.Qd1 a4 18.Ne1 Ba6 19.Ndf3 Qb5 20.Qd2 Qb4 21.Qe2 a3 22.b3 Qc3
23.Rd1 Rd7 24.Bh4 Bf8 25.Bg5 Nb4 26.Rh4 Bb7 27.h3 Rc8 28.Nh2 g6 29.Ng4 Nd5
30.Nf3 Qb2 31.Nxd4 Qxe2 32.Nxe2 Rc2 33.Nf4 Bg7 34.Nxd5 Rxd5 35.Nf6+ Bxf6
36.Bxf6 Rxa2 37.Rc4 Rc5 38.Be7 Rxe5 39.Rc7 Ba6 40.Bf6 Rf5 41.Bd4 Rd5 42.Bf6 Rf5
43.Bd4 Rd5 44.Bf6 Rf5 45.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korbut,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Bb3 Be7
9.f4 O-O 10.Qf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.Rhe1 Bc6 14.Qe2 b4 15.Nd5 Bb5
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Qe3 a5 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Rxd6 Qe7 20.Rb6 Rab8 21.Rxb8 Rxb8
22.c4 Rc8 23.Kb1 Bxc4 24.Rc1 Ba6 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Qd4 Qc7 27.g3 Bd7 28.Bc2 g6
29.Bd3 Qb7 30.Kc2 a4 31.a3 bxa3 32.bxa3 Qb3+ 33.Kd2 Bb5 34.Bxb5 Qxb5 35.e5 Kg7
36.h4 Qf1 37.Qe3 h6 38.Kc3 Qb1 39.Qd3 Qb3+ 40.Kd4 Qd5+ 41.Ke3 Qg2 42.Kd4 g5
43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Kc4 Qb2 45.Qe3 gxf4 46.gxf4 Qc2+ 47.Qc3 Qxc3+ 48.Kxc3 Kg6
49.Kd4 Kh5 50.Ke3 Kh4 51.Kd4 Kh3 52.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ovchinikova,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 d4 4.Ne2 c5 5.Ng3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.d3 Qc7 8.O-O Bd6
9.Ne1 Bf4 10.Bxf4 Qxf4 11.Nh5 Qg5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.f4 Qh6 14.c3 Bd7 15.Rb1 Rb8
16.Bb5 Rd8 17.Nc2 Rg8 18.Qe1 Qg6 19.Qf2 f5 20.Rbe1 a6 21.Bc4 b5 22.Bd5 exd5
23.exf5+  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kulish,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 e5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Be3 Qa5
16.Bf1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.Na4 Bd3 19.Qxd3 Qxa4 20.Re2 Rfe8 21.f3 f5 22.exf5 Rad8
23.Qb3+ Qxb3 24.axb3 gxf5 25.Kf2 Rd3 26.Bxa7 Rxe2+ 27.Kxe2 Rxb3 28.Rd1 Rxb2+
29.Kf1 Be5 30.Rd7 b5 31.Re7 Bg3 32.Re8+ Kf7 33.Rh8 b4 34.Rxh7+ Ke6 35.Rh6+ Kd5
36.Rf6 f4 37.Rf8 b3 38.Rb8 Kc4 39.Rc8 Rb1+ 40.Ke2 Re1+ 41.Kd2 b2 42.Rxc6+ Kd5  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shumiakina,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 f5 12.c3 Bg7 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nc2 Be6 15.g3 O-O
16.Bg2 a5 17.O-O Rb8 18.Qh5 Ne7 19.Nce3 f5 20.Rad1 b4 21.c4 Nc6 22.g4 Nd4
23.gxf5 Nxf5 24.Be4 Qe8 25.Qxe8 Rbxe8 26.Nc7 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Bxc4 28.Nxe8 Rxe8
29.Bd5+ Bxd5 30.Rxd5 e4 31.b3 Be5 32.Rxa5 Rc8 33.Rb5 Rc3 34.Rxb4 Rxe3 35.a4 Re2
36.Rf2 Re1+ 37.Kg2 e3 38.Rg4+ Bg7 39.Rc2 h5 40.Rg3 h4 41.Rg4 d5 42.Rc7 d4
43.Rgxg7+ Kf8 44.Rh7 Re2+ 45.Kh3 Kg8 46.Rhd7  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polovnikova,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 f5 6.d3 d6 7.Rb1 h6 8.h4 Nf6 9.b4 Be6
10.b5 Ne7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.e4 Qd7 13.Nd5 c6 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxf6+ Rxf6 16.c5 fxe4
17.dxe4 Raf8 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Be3 Rxf3 20.Bxf3 Rxf3 21.Bxa7 Kh7 22.Bc5 Qd7
23.O-O Ng8 24.Rb8 Rd3 25.Qb1 Bc4 26.Rc1 Qg4 27.Qc2 Ba6 28.Ra8 Nf6 29.Rxa6 Rf3
30.Ra3 Rxa3 31.Bxa3 Qh3 32.Qe2 Nh5 33.Bc5 Bf6 34.Be3 Nxg3 35.Qf3 Bxh4 36.Rb1  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Slavina,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.e5 Ne8 10.Be3 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.O-O Nd4 13.Ng5 Ng7 14.Nge4 Ngf5 15.Bf2 b6
16.Nxf6+ exf6 17.Be4 Rb8 18.Bd5+ Kg7 19.Ne2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Re8 21.Qf3 Ne7
22.Be4 Bf5 23.Bxf5 Nxf5 24.Rad1 Qc7 25.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sirotkina,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Re1 Bb4
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Bf1 d6 11.Qg4 Nf6 12.Qxg7 Rg8 13.Qh6 b4 14.Nce2 Bxe4 15.Ng3 Bd5
16.Bxb4 Rg6 17.Qd2 h5 18.Ba5 Qd7 19.c4 Bb7 20.Bd3 Rg4 21.Be2 Rg8 22.Bf3 h4
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 h3 26.g3 Qb7 27.f3 Nd7 28.Rae1 Nc5 29.R4e2 Bg5
30.f4 Bf6 31.Nf5 Be7 32.Nxd6+ Bxd6 33.Qxd6 Rc8 34.b4 Nd7 35.Rxe6+  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Women"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 O-O
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hamzabegovic,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.d4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Be3 Qb6
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.c3 Nd5 12.b4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bxd4 14.exd4 O-O 15.Qh5 g6
16.Qxe5 Qd8 17.Rf6 Bd7 18.Raf1 Rc8 19.c4 Qc7 20.Qg5 Qd6 21.R1f4 Kg7 22.Rh4 Rh8
23.d5 Qxb4 24.Qe5 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Kg8 26.Bxg6 Qxd5 27.Bxf7+  1-0

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.06.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Blitterswijk,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nce2 Ne5 13.Ng3 Rb8 14.h3 Qc7 15.Kb1 d5 16.f4 Nc4
17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.g5 Ng8 19.Qf2 a5 20.g6 f6 21.f5 e5 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.fxe6 Qc6
24.Nf5 b3 25.cxb3 cxb3 26.axb3 Qxe6 27.Rd5 Ne7 28.Nd6+ Kd7 29.Rd2 Nxg6 30.Bc5 Rg8
31.Ba3 Bxd6 32.Rxd6+ Qxd6 33.Bxd6 Kxd6 34.Qa7 Ke6 35.Qxa5 Ne7 36.b4 Ra8 37.Qb5 Rgc8
38.Rd1 Rab8 39.Qa6+ Kf7 40.Rd7 Re8 41.Qd6 Rb5 42.Ra7 h5 43.h4 g6 44.Ra6 Kg8
45.Qe6+ Kh7 46.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2000.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Firman,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nce2 Ne5 13.Ng3 Be7 14.h4 Qa5 15.Kb1 Rb8 16.g5 hxg5
17.hxg5 Rxh1 18.gxf6 Nc4 19.fxg7 Nxd2+ 20.Bxd2 Rh2 21.g8=Q+ Bf8 22.Ngf5 Rxd2
23.Nxd6+ Ke7 24.Qxf7+ Kd8 25.Rxd2 b3 26.Nxe6+ Bxe6 27.Nb7+ Kc8 28.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "FIDE women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang Yu"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d6 8.a4 b6
9.Kh1 Be7 10.f4 Bb7 11.Qe1 Nbd7 12.Qg3 h5 13.f5 e5 14.Nf3 Rg8 15.Bg5 O-O-O
16.Qe1 Rge8 17.Qe2 Nc5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bc4 Kb8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Ka7 22.b4 Nb7
23.a5 b5 24.c4 bxc4 25.Bxc4 d5 26.Bxd5 Rc8 27.Qe3+ Kb8 28.b5 Qc5 29.Qb3 Qc3
30.Qb1 Rc4 31.Bxb7  1-0

[Event "FIDE women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khurtsidze,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 Be7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rfc1 O-O 13.a4 Ne5 14.b3 Qc7 15.Nd1 Bd8
16.b4 Qb8 17.Nf2 Bc7 18.Kh1 Rfe8 19.Nb3 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.f4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4
23.Rxc4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Bxe4 26.Rc1 Rd8 27.Nd4 Qb7 28.Qb2 Bd6 29.Re1 h6
30.Kg1 Be7 31.Rd1 Qd7 32.b5 axb5 33.Qxb5 Qg4 34.Rd2 Bc5 35.Qf1 Rd6 36.h3 Qd7
37.Qd1 Bb4 38.Bf2 Bxd2 39.Qxd2 Rg6 40.g4 Ba8 41.f5 Rd6 42.Qf4 Qb7 43.Kf1 Rd8
44.Ke1 Qe7+ 45.Kf1 Qa3 46.f6 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "FIDE women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 Qe8 8.c4 Na6
9.Qc2 Rb8 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Rfe1 Kh8 12.a3 bxc4 13.Qxc4 Qb5 14.Qxb5 Rxb5 15.e3 Ne4
16.Rab1 Nxd2 17.Nxd2 c5 18.Bf1 Rb6 19.Bc3 Rb8 20.Rbc1 Bb7 21.Nc4 cxd4 22.Bxd4 Nc5
23.Bxg7+ Kxg7 24.Na5 Be4 25.b4 Ne6 26.Be2 Rbc8 27.f3 Ba8 28.Kf2 Kf6 29.Ba6 Rc7
30.Rxc7 Nxc7 31.Be2 Rb8 32.Rc1 Ne6 33.Bd1 g5 34.Bb3 g4 35.f4 Bf3 36.h4 Be4
37.Bd1 Ba8 38.Be2 Be4 39.Rc3 h6 40.Bf1 Bf3 41.Bd3 Ba8 42.Nb3 Bd5 43.Nd4 Nxd4
44.exd4 Be4 45.Ba6 Rb6 46.Bf1 Bc6 47.Ke3 e6 48.Bc4 Ke7 49.d5 exd5 50.Bd3 Ke6
51.Kd4 Bb5 52.Bc2 Bc4 53.Re3+ Kf6 54.Ba4 a5 55.bxa5 Ra6 56.Bc2 Rxa5 57.a4 Rc5
58.Ra3 Ra5 59.Ra1 Ke6 60.Re1+ Kf7 61.Rb1 Ke6 62.Rb8 Ba2 63.Rh8 Rc5 64.Rxh6+ Ke7
65.Bxf5 Rc4+ 66.Ke3 d4+ 67.Kf2 Rxa4 68.Bxg4 Bc4 69.Rh7+ Kf6 70.Rh6+ Ke7 71.f5 Ra2+
72.Kf3 d3 73.f6+ Kf8 74.Bh5 Kg8 75.f7+ Bxf7 76.Bxf7+ Kxf7 77.Rxd6 Ra3 78.Kg4 Ke7
79.Rd4 Ke6 80.h5 Ke5 81.Rd8 Ra4+ 82.Kf3 Kf6 83.Rxd3 Ra5 84.Kg4 Ra4+ 85.Kh3 Ra5
86.Kh4 Ra1 87.Rd6+ Kg7 88.g4 Ra5 89.Rd7+ Kg8 90.h6 Rb5 91.g5 Rb6 92.Kh5 Rb5
93.Re7 Ra5 94.Kg6 Ra6+ 95.Kf5 Ra1 96.g6 Rf1+ 97.Ke6 Re1+ 98.Kd7 Rd1+ 99.Kc6 Rc1+
100.Kd5 Rd1+ 101.Kc4 Rc1+ 102.Kd3 Rd1+ 103.Kc2 Rd8 104.Kc3 Kf8 105.Rc7 Kg8
106.Kc4  1-0

[Event "FIDE women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 a6 10.O-O dxc4 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Nxf5 Nxf5 14.Bb6 Nc6 15.f4 Rc8
16.Bxc4 Ncd4 17.Nd2 Rc6 18.Bxd4 Nxd4 19.Bd3 Bc5 20.Kf1 Ke7 21.Be4 Rc7 22.Nc4 b5
23.Ne3 Bb6 24.Rac1 Rhc8 25.Rxc7+ Rxc7 26.g3 h6 27.Rd2 Rc1+ 28.Rd1 Nb3 29.Bc2 Bxe3
30.Bxb3 g5 31.Ke2 gxf4 32.Kf3 Rc5 33.gxf4 Bc1 34.Rd6 a5 35.Rb6 Bxb2 36.Rb7+ Kf8
37.Bd1 Bc1 38.Kg3 Rc3+ 39.Bf3 b4 40.Ra7 Ra3 41.Rb7 Bd2 42.f5 exf5 43.Kg2 Re3
44.Bh5 Rxe5 45.Rxf7+ Kg8 46.Rd7 Bg5 47.Ra7 Rc5 48.Bd1 Kf8 49.Kg3 Bd8 50.Rh7 Bc7+
51.Kg2 Bf4 52.Bb3 Bg5 53.h4 Bc1 54.Kf2 Re5 55.Rd7 f4 56.Rf7+ Ke8 57.Rh7 h5
58.Bf7+ Kf8 59.Rxh5 Rxh5 60.Bxh5 a4 61.Bg6 Kg7 62.Bc2 b3 63.axb3 a3 64.Bb1 Kh6
65.Kf3 Kh5 66.b4 Kxh4 67.b5 Kg5 68.b6 Be3 69.b7 Ba7 70.Ke2 Kg4 71.Kd2 Kf3
72.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laubshner,Anxel"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.e3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.h4 Be6 7.Nh3 h6 8.Bf4 Nf6 9.Be5 Nbd7
10.Nf4 Bf7 11.f3 e6 12.e4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bxf5 Bxe5 16.Ng6 exf5
17.Nxh8 Bxh8 18.Qe2+ Qe7 19.Qxe7+ Kxe7 20.O-O-O Rg8 21.Rhg1 Bf6 22.g3 Ne5
23.f4 Nc4 24.Rge1+ Kd6 25.Rd3 b5 26.b3 Nb6 27.a3 Nd7 28.Nd1 Nc5 29.Rde3 Ne4
30.R1e2 d4 31.Rd3 c5 32.Ne3 Nxg3 33.Rg2 Kc6 34.Nd1 Ne4 35.Rxg8 Bxg8 36.Rh3 c4
37.bxc4 bxc4 38.Nb2 Be7 39.Nd1 c3 40.Kb1 Bxa3  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Nb3 Qg5 10.g3 f5 11.O-O Bg7 12.Nd5 O-O 13.exf5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Nd2 Bxf5
16.Rxb7 e6 17.Nf3 Qh5 18.Be2 exd5 19.Nd4 Qg5 20.Nxc6 Bh3 21.f4 Qf6 22.Rf3 Rfe8
23.Rd3 Rac8 24.Nd4 Rc4 25.Nf3 Rce4 26.Bf1 Bg4 27.h3 Bf5 28.Rxd5 Re3 29.Rxd6 Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palliser,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A86"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.d5 O-O 7.Nh3 c5 8.Nf4 Ng4 9.Qb3 Na6
10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Ne5 12.Bd2 Rb8 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nxc7 Qxc7 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Nc6
17.e3 Nd8 18.Bd5 Qc8 19.e4 fxe4 20.Rae1 Nc6 21.Rxe4 Nd4 22.Qd3 b5 23.axb5 axb5
24.b3 bxc4 25.bxc4 Rb3 26.Rxd4 Rxd3 27.Rxd3 Qa6 28.Bc3 Bxc3 29.Rxc3 Qa2 30.Kg2 Rf5
31.Rf3 Rxd5 32.cxd5 Qxd5 33.Re1 Qc6 34.g4 c4 35.Kg3 d5 36.Rf7 d4 37.f4 c3
38.Rxe7 c2 39.Rd7 Qc3+ 40.Kf2 Qxe1+  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kiriakov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 c4 7.O-O Bd6 8.b3 cxb3
9.axb3 Ne7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 Nbc6 12.Ne3 h6 13.c3 Be6 14.Bd3 Rc8 15.Ba3 Bxa3
16.Rxa3 Qd6 17.Ra2 Rfd8 18.Rae2 Rc7 19.Qb1 Qf4 20.Nf1 Kf8 21.N1d2 Bf5 22.g3 Bxd3
23.Qxd3 Qf5 24.Qe3 Kg8 25.Nh4 Qf6 26.f4 Na7 27.Ndf3 Nb5 28.Rc1 Nd6 29.Ne5 Nef5
30.Nxf5 Nxf5 31.Qd3 g6 32.g4 Nd6 33.Rf1 Nb5 34.g5 Qb6 35.Rc2 Rdc8 36.f5 Nxd4
37.cxd4 Rxc2 38.fxg6 fxg6 39.Ng4 Rc1 40.Nf6+ Kh8 41.Qe3 Qc7 42.Nxd5 Rxf1+
43.Kxf1 Qc1+ 44.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 45.Ke2 hxg5  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sedgwick,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.c3 Be7 5.d3 d5 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Nf3 b6
9.e5 Nd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.d4 a5 12.Nbd2 Ba6 13.Qe3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.O-O-O a4
16.Bc2 Rfc8 17.Ne1 Bd3 18.Nxd3 Nxc2 19.Qg3 Na3+ 20.Nc5 Nb5 21.Qd3 Na7 22.b4 axb3
23.Nxb3 bxc5  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cooper,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Nbd2 Nb4 11.Nf1 c5 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.c3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 c4 15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nd2 d5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Nde4 Qc6 22.Qg4 Be7
23.Re3 Rab8 24.Nf5 Qg6 25.Qh3 Bg5 26.Nxg5 hxg5 27.Qg4 f6 28.Nd6 Red8 29.Nxc4 Qf7
30.b3 Rxb3 31.Rd1 Rdb8 32.Nd6 Qe6 33.Qxe6+ Bxe6 34.c4 Rxe3 35.fxe3 Rb2 36.c5 Rc2
37.Nb7 Bf5 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Nd6 Be6 40.Nb7 Bf5 41.Nd6 Be6 42.Nb7 Bb3 43.a5 Ba4
44.Rd6 Bb5 45.h3 f5 46.Re6 e4 47.g3 Rc1+ 48.Kf2 Rc2+ 49.Kg1 Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jackson,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qd2 e6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nb5 Qxd2+
9.Kxd2 f5 10.Nc7+ Kd7 11.Nxa8 g5 12.Bg3 f4 13.Rd1 Bxc5 14.Kc1+ Ke7 15.Nc7 a6
16.c3 fxg3 17.fxg3 Bb6 18.Na8 Be3+ 19.Kc2 Nf6 20.b4 Bd7 21.b5 Ne5 22.Re1 Bc5
23.Nc7 Rc8 24.Nxa6 bxa6 25.bxa6 Ba4+ 26.Kb2 Nd3+ 27.Bxd3 exd3 28.Nf3 Bc2
29.Nd2 Nd5 30.Nb3 Bb6 31.h4 g4 32.Re5 Bxb3 33.axb3 Nxc3 34.Rc1 Bd4 35.Re4 d2  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sherbakov,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Qb5 10.Ng5 c6 11.e4 fxe4 12.Bxe4 Bf5 13.a4 Qc4 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.Qe1 cxd5
16.Qe6+ Kh8 17.Nf7+ Rxf7 18.Qxf7 Nc6 19.Be3 Rf8 20.Qe6 Bxd4 21.Rac1 Qe2 22.b4 Bf6
23.Qxd5 Nxb4 24.Qxb7 a5 25.Bh6 Rg8 26.Rc8 Qa2 27.Rfc1 Bd4 28.Qf3 Bg7 29.Qa8  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bergstrom,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 c6 7.Be3 d5 8.exd5 Bc5
9.Qd3 Qe7 10.Nd4 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Nf5 Qf6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.g3 Bb6 15.Qxd5 Nb8
16.Bxb6 axb6 17.Bd3 Ra5 18.Qd6 Bxf5 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.b4 Rd5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Rhf1 Rh5
23.h4 f5 24.Rd6 Nc6 25.b5 Na5 26.Rxb6 Kg7 27.Rd1 Rh6 28.Rxh6 Kxh6 29.Rd5 Kg6
30.Kb2 Rc8 31.a4 f6 32.c3 Rc4 33.Rd8 Rxa4 34.Kc2 Re4 35.Ra8 Nc4 36.Kd3 b6
37.Ra7 h6 38.Ra8 Nb2+ 39.Kc2 Na4 40.c4 Nc5 41.Kc3 Re3+ 42.Kc2 Re6 43.Rg8+ Kf7
44.Rb8 Rd6 45.Rh8 Kg7 46.Rc8 Ne4 47.Kb3 Nc5+ 48.Kc2 Rd4 49.Kc3 Rd3+ 50.Kc2 Rxg3
51.h5 Rh3 52.Rc7+ Kg8 53.Rc6 Na4 54.Rxf6 Rc3+ 55.Kd2 Rxc4 56.Rxf5 Rc5 57.Rf6 Rxh5
58.f5 Kg7 59.Rg6+ Kf7 60.Kc2 Rxf5 61.Rxh6 Rxb5 62.Rh4 Nc5 63.Kc3 Ke6 64.Kc4 Rb1
65.Rh6+ Kd7 66.Kd5 Rd1+ 67.Kc4 Rd6 68.Rh8 Kc6 69.Rc8+ Kb7 70.Rh8 Ne6  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Garces,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6 4.b3 h5 5.Bd3 Na6 6.a3 Nh6 7.Ne2 Nc7 8.Nd2 Bf5 9.Nf1 e6
10.Ne3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c5 12.Bb2 b5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bd4 Qe7 15.a4 b4 16.O-O O-O
17.Rac1 Rac8 18.c3 Na8 19.cxb4 Bxb4 20.Qa6 Bc5 21.b4 Bxd4 22.Rxc8 Bxe5 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8
24.Qc8+ Qe8 25.Rc1 Nb6 26.Qc5+ Qe7 27.a5 Bd6 28.Qc6 Nc4 29.Nxc4 dxc4 30.b5 Kg7
31.Qxc4 Ng4 32.h3 Bh2+ 33.Kf1 Qh4 34.hxg4  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kulikov,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Be6 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.b3 b5 14.cxb5 g5 15.Bg3 Rxc3
16.Qxc3 Nxe4 17.Qe3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.b4 Ra8
22.a4 Kg7 23.a5 g4 24.f3 Kf6 25.Kf2 Ke5 26.a6 f5 27.Rc1 Bd5 28.Bc4 gxf3 29.gxf3 e6
30.Bxd5 Kxd5 31.Rc6 Rb8 32.Rxb6 Rxb6 33.a7  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yandemirov,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.c3 Bh5 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Rxe5 Bg6 14.Re1 Rab8 15.a4 b6
16.Nf3 Nd7 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Qb5 Ra8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 a6 22.Qe2 b5
23.h4 h6 24.h5 Bh7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Qxb5 Ra1+ 28.Kh2 Qd8 29.Qe2 Bf5
30.Bxd5 Qg5 31.f4 Qd8 32.Bg2 Rc1 33.Qf3 Kh7 34.Re2 Qa5 35.g4 Bb1 36.Qe3 Rd1
37.Re1 Qa4 38.Be4+ Bxe4 39.Qxe4+ f5 40.gxf5 Rxe1 41.Qxe1 Qc2+ 42.Kg3 Qd3+
43.Kf2 Qxf5 44.Qe5 Qh3 45.c4 Qd3 46.d5 Qd2+ 47.Kf3 Qd3+ 48.Qe3 Qd1+ 49.Qe2 Qb3+
50.Ke4 exd5+ 51.cxd5 Kg8 52.Qd2 Qc4+ 53.Kf3 Qf1+ 54.Ke3 Kf7 55.Kd4 Ke8 56.Qe3+ Kd8
57.Qe5 Qd1+ 58.Kc5 Qc2+ 59.Kb4 Qd2+ 60.Kb5 Qd3+ 61.Ka5 Qd2+ 62.b4 Kc8 63.Qe8+ Kb7
64.Qe7+ Kb8 65.Kb6 Qd4+ 66.Qc5  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Davidov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.a5 Rb8 10.d3 d6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Ba4 f6
16.Bb3 f5 17.Ncd2 Bxb3 18.Nxb3 Bd6 19.Bc1 h6 20.Qe2 Qf6 21.Nfd2 Rbe8 22.Qf3 Ne7
23.Nc4 Ng6 24.Qd5+ Kh7 25.Nxd6 cxd6 26.Bd2 f4 27.f3 Rb8 28.Qc6 Rf7 29.Qxa6 Ne7
30.Qa7 Nc6 31.Qf2 d5 32.a6 d4 33.Qe2 Qd6 34.a7 Ra8 35.Bxb4 Qxb4 36.Qe4+ g6
37.Qxc6 Rxa7 38.Kf2 Rxa1 39.Rxa1 Nf6 40.Qc4 Qe7 41.Nc5 Nh5 42.Kg1 Ng7 43.Ne4 Qc7
44.Nf6+ Kh8 45.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nadyrhanov,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Ne8 11.a4 Nc7 12.Nc4 Ne6 13.f4 b5 14.Ne3 Nd4 15.Qd1 f5 16.c3 Ne6
17.exf5 gxf5 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Qb3 Qb6 20.g4 Kh8 21.gxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Berelovich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.e5 c5 8.dxc5 dxe5
9.fxe5 Nd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Qg4 Nf6 14.Qxe6 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Bxg2
16.Rg1 Qd5 17.Qxd5 Bxd5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Bc6 20.Rxa6 Rxa6 21.Bxa6 Nd5 22.Bd4 Rf8
23.Kd2 Kd7 24.Be2 Nf6 25.Rf1 Ne4+ 26.Ke3 Rxf1 27.Bxf1 Nf6 28.Bh3+ Ke8 29.Be6 Nd5+
30.Kf2 Kf8 31.Kg3 h6 32.c4 Nc7 33.Bh3 Kf7 34.Bg2 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Ke6 36.Kf3 Na6
37.Ke4 Nb4 38.Be3 g5 39.Bd2 Nc6 40.Bc3 h5 41.Bd2 g4 42.Bc3 h4 43.Kf4 g3 44.hxg3 hxg3
45.Kxg3 Kd7 46.Kf4 Nd8 47.Ke5 Kc6 48.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sulskis,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.fxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Bc4 Qh4+
9.g3 Qe7 10.e4 Nf6 11.Qf3 Bg4 12.Qe3 h5 13.h3 Bd7 14.Ba3 Qd8 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.Qc5 Nd7
17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qc4+ Kf6 19.h4 Bf8 20.O-O+ Kg7 21.Rf7+ Kh6 22.Bc1 Bg7 23.d4+ Kh7
24.Bg5 Qg8 25.Raf1 exd4 26.Nd5 Rf8 27.Ne7 Rxf7 28.Rxf7 Qe8 29.Nxc6 bxc6 30.Re7 Qf8
31.Rxd7 Qf3 32.Qd3 Qg4 33.Rf7 Rf8 34.Rxf8 Bxf8 35.Kg2 Bd6 36.Bf6 c5 37.e5 Bf8
38.Qf3 Qd7 39.Qe4 Qe6 40.Kf2 c6 41.Ke2 Bh6 42.Bg5 Bg7 43.Bf4 Kg8 44.Kd2 Kf7
45.Qe2 Qd5 46.Qf1 Ke6 47.Qh3+ Ke7 48.Bg5+ Kf7 49.Qf1+ Ke8 50.Bf4 Kd7 51.Qa6 Bxe5
52.Qb7+ Ke6 53.Bxe5 Qxe5 54.Qxc6+ Kf5 55.Qf3+ Ke6 56.Qc6+ Kf5 57.Qf3+ Ke6
58.a4 Qd5 59.Qd3 Kf6 60.Kc1 Qe6 61.Qf3+ Kg7 62.Qb7+ Qf7 63.Qe4 Qc7 64.Qf3 Qe5
65.Kd2 Qc7 66.Kd3 Qe5 67.Kc4 a6 68.Qb7+ Kh6 69.Qa8 d3 70.Qf8+ Kh7 71.Qf7+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.Kh1 b5 13.a3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6 15.Rae1 Rad8
16.Bd3 e5 17.fxe5 Nh5 18.Qf2 dxe5 19.Bb6 Qd6 20.Bxd8 Bxd8 21.Rd1 Qg6 22.Be2 Nf4
23.Bf3 Qe6 24.Rd2 Bb7 25.Rfd1 Bb6 26.Qg3 Bd4 27.Nb1 Bxb2 28.c3 Qb3 29.Qf2 Bxa3
30.Qa7 Bc8 31.Rd8 Ne6 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Qxa6 Rxc3 34.Nxc3 Qxc3 35.Qxb5 g6 36.Bg4 Ng5
37.Qd5 Bf8 38.h4 h5 39.Bd7 Nf3 40.Be8  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vorobiov,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Bc7 Qd7 15.Be5 Ne8
16.exd5 cxd5 17.Rd4 f6 18.Bf4 g5 19.Be3 Bd6 20.f4 Ng7 21.Bd3 Qf7 22.Qf2 Bb7
23.f5 e5 24.h4 exd4 25.hxg5 h5 26.Bxd4 fxg5 27.g4 Kg8 28.Ne2 Bc6 29.f6 Bb5
30.Bxb5 axb5 31.Qe3 Rxa2 32.Rxh5 Ra1+ 33.Kd2 Nxh5 34.gxh5 Bb4+ 35.c3 Qxh5
36.Qe6+ Rf7 37.cxb4 Ra8 38.Ng3 Qh2+ 39.Ne2 Qh5 40.Ng3 Qh2+ 41.Ne2 Rd8 42.Be5 Qf2
43.Bd4 Qh4 44.Qf5 Qh6 45.Nc3 Re8 46.Nxd5 Qh2+ 47.Kc3 Qg3+ 48.Kc2 Qg2+ 49.Kb3 Qg3+
50.Nc3 Ref8 51.Be5 Qh4 52.Ne4 Qh7 53.Qxg5+ Kh8 54.Nc3 Qd3 55.Qh4+ Kg8 56.Qf4 Qh3
57.Qg5+ Kh7 58.Bd4 Qe6+ 59.Kc2 Rxf6 60.Bxf6 Rxf6 61.Qxb5 Rf2+ 62.Kd3 Kg6
63.Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Burmakin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 Bg4
9.Bc4 Nc7 10.a4 b6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 a6 13.g4 Rb8 14.Qe2 b5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Nxb5 Nxb5 17.Bxb5 Nxe4 18.Re1 f5 19.Bd3 Bxb2 20.Bxb2 Rxb2 21.Bxe4 fxe4
22.Qxe4 Rf7 23.Ra7 Rb4 24.c4 Qf8 25.Rxe7 Rxe7 26.Qxe7 Qxe7 27.Rxe7 Rxc4 28.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Velcheva,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nd7 6.exd5 exd5 7.Nb3 Nxc5 8.Nxc5 Bxc5
9.Ne2 Qb6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bg5 Ng4 13.Nxd5 Qxb2 14.h3 Ne5 15.Rb1 Nxd3
16.Rxb2 Nxb2 17.Qb1 Be6 18.Nc7 Nc4 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.Qxb7 Rc8 21.Rd1 Nd6 22.Qa6 h6
23.Be7 Ne4 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Qxa7 Nc3 26.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiseleva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Be3 c5 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rc1 Be7 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Nc3 O-O 17.b4 Na4 18.Qe4 Qxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxb4 20.Bxa7 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 f5 22.Nc5 Ba3
23.Nb3 Bxc1  0-1

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dembo,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.O-O Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.f4 a6 12.Qf3 Bd7 13.Qh3 g6 14.Kh1 Nb4 15.f5 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Qd8 17.Nd4 exf5 18.exf5 b5 19.a3 Rb8 20.Qf3 b4 21.axb4 Rxb4 22.Rae1 d5
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Qxd5 Bf6 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.Qxc6 Rxb2 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Bh6 Rb6
29.Qc4+ Rf7 30.Re4 Rd6 31.Rfe1  1-0

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bojkovic,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Rhe1 Be7 15.Qf2 Ne5
16.Bd4 Bf6 17.f4 Ng4 18.Qg1 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 e5 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Ne2 Rc8 22.Ng3 Bd7
23.c3 O-O 24.Bc2 Bg4 25.Rd2 a5 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Nc4 28.Rde2 Qd8 29.Bd3 Rc5
30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Qd3 Qf6 32.h3 a4 33.a3 h5 34.Re7 Rf4 35.Qxb5 Qxf5+ 36.Qxf5 Rxf5
37.R7e4 Rf2 38.R1e2 d5 39.Re7 Rf5 40.R7e5 Rf1+ 41.Kc2 Rd8 42.Rd2 f5 43.Rexd5 Rxd5
44.Rxd5 Kf7 45.Rd2 g5 46.c4 Re1 47.b4 axb3+ 48.Kxb3 Ke6 49.c5 Rc1 50.Kb4 f4
51.a4 g4 52.hxg4 hxg4 53.a5 Rb1+ 54.Kc4 Rc1+ 55.Kb5 Rb1+ 56.Ka6 Rc1 57.Kb6 Rb1+
58.Kc7 Ra1 59.c6 Rxa5 60.Kb6 Ra1 61.Rc2 Rb1+ 62.Ka7 Ra1+ 63.Kb7 Rb1+ 64.Kc8 Kd5
65.c7 f3 66.Kd8 Rh1 67.gxf3 gxf3 68.c8=Q Rh8+ 69.Ke7 Rxc8 70.Rxc8 Ke4 71.Rc1 Ke3
72.Kf6 f2 73.Ke5 Ke2 74.Ke4 f1=Q 75.Rxf1 Kxf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Prudnikova,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "C07"]

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.c3 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.h3 h6
16.a4 Rhe8 17.a5 e5 18.Nc2 Be6 19.c4 Kb8 20.Be3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vasilevich,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 f6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 b5 8.a4 Ne7
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O a6 11.Qc2 Ng6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.d5 Bxc3 15.dxe6 Qxe6
16.Qxc3 Qxe4 17.b3 c5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8+ Bxa8 20.Qa5 Nge5 21.Qxb5 Bc6
22.Qa5 cxb3 23.Kf1 O-O 24.Qc3 Rb8 25.Nxe5 Qxg2+ 26.Ke1 fxe5 27.Bc4+ Kh8 28.Bxb3 Nf6
29.Qxe5 Qh1+ 30.Kd2 Rd8+ 31.Kc1 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Ba4 33.Qb8+ Ne8 34.Qd8 c4 35.Qd4 h6
36.f3 Qf1 37.f4 Nf6 38.Qd2 Ng4 39.Bd4 Bxd1 40.Qxd1 Qxf4+ 41.Kb1 Nxh2 42.Ka2 Qg4
43.Qd2 Nf3 44.Qxh6+ Kg8 45.Bxg7 Qxg7 46.Qe6+ Qf7 47.Qg4+ Kf8 48.Qc8+ Kg7
49.Qg4+ Kh6 50.Qh3+ Kg5 51.Qg3+ Kh5 52.Qh3+ Nh4 53.Kb2 Qf3 54.Qc8 Qb3+ 55.Kc1 Nf3
56.Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gaponenko,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Qc5 Qb7
15.Qa3 Bf5 16.Bd3 Rfb8 17.b3 a5 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Qc5 a4 20.b4 a3 21.Rd3 Bb2+
22.Kd1 Qxb4 23.Qxf5 Bg7 24.Rb3 Qc4 25.Qg4 Qd5+ 26.Ke2 Rc8 27.Rc1 Rc4 28.Qg3 Rd8
29.Kf2 Kf8 30.Rxa3 f5 31.Rd3 Qa8 32.Qg5 f4 33.Qf5+ Bf6 34.Bxf4 Rxd3 35.cxd3 Qxa2+
36.Kg3 Rxc1 37.Bxc1 Qe2 38.Bh6+ Ke8 39.Qe4 Qf1 40.Be3 Qe1+ 41.Bf2 Qa5 42.Qxh7 Qe5+
43.f4 Qe2 44.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Rhe1 Be7 15.Bd4 O-O
16.f4 b4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e5 19.Bf5 Bf6 20.Bxd7 exd4 21.Bc6 Rab8 22.g4 Qd8
23.Rh1 a5 24.Qd3 g6 25.Rd2 Rc8 26.h4 Bxh4 27.g5 hxg5 28.fxg5 Bxg5 29.Qh3 Bh4
30.Qxh4 Qxh4 31.Rxh4 Kg7 32.Rhxd4 Rh8 33.a3 bxa3 34.b3 f5 35.Ra4 g5 36.Rxa5 g4
37.Ra7+ Kf6 38.Bd7 Rcf8 39.Be6 g3 40.Rg2 f4 41.b4 Rb8 42.Rf7+ Kg5 43.c3 Rh1+
44.Ka2 Rbh8 45.Kxa3 Rb1 46.Ka4 Rh6 47.Rf5+ Kg4 48.Rf6+ Kg5 49.Rxh6 Kxh6 50.c4 Kg5
51.c5 dxc5 52.bxc5 Kh4 53.Rd2 Re1 54.d6 Rxe6 55.d7 Ra6+ 56.Kb4 Ra8 57.c6 Rb8+
58.Ka5 f3 59.c7  1-0

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Alexandrova,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.d5 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zozulia,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B32"]

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 Be6 10.N1c3 a6 11.Na3 Rc8 12.Nc2 Nd7 13.Ne3 Bg5 14.Ncd5 Nc5 15.Re1 Bxd5
16.exd5 e4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.dxc6 Qf6 19.cxb7 Rce8 20.Nc2 Qxf2+ 21.Kh1 Bxc1
22.Rxc1 Qb6 23.Qd4 Qxb7 24.Ne3 Re6 25.Nf5 Rf6 26.Rxe4 Rxf5 27.Rce1 Qc6 28.h3 Qc5
29.Rd1 Rf2 30.Qxc5 dxc5 31.Re5 Rxa2 32.Rxc5 g6 33.Re5 Rb8 34.Rd3 Rb2 35.Ree3 Kg7
36.Rc3 a5 37.c5 Rc8 38.Re7 Rc6 39.Rb7 Rd2 40.Rb5 Ra6 41.c6 Rd6 42.c7  1-0

[Event "TCh-YUG Women"]
[Site "Kragujevac YUG"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maksimovic,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Qc2 e5
9.dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Simon,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Qa4 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qxc6 Rb8 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Qa4 Bf5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bf4 g5
16.Bg3 Rf7 17.d5 Nc2 18.Rad1 Rxb2 19.Rd2 Rb4 20.Qxa7 Rc4 21.Qa5 Qd7 22.d6 c6
23.Na4  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Nb3 Nge5 11.h4 Bg4 12.f3 Be6 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.Qd2 g4
16.Qh6 Ng6 17.f4 Bf6 18.f5 Bxb3 19.axb3 Nge5 20.Nd5 Nd7 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.e5 Ng8
23.Qg7 Kd7 24.Qxf7 Qf8 25.Qe6+ Kc7 26.f6 d5 27.Qxd5 e6 28.Qe4 Rd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Kxd1 Nh6 31.Qh7+ Kb8 32.Bd3 Nf7 33.Qg7 Qe8 34.Qxg4 Qh8 35.Qh3 Qg8 36.Bf4 Nd4
37.c3 Nxb3 38.Qxe6 Nc5 39.Qxf7 Qg4+ 40.Be2  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bernard,Ja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nc2 O-O 15.Nce3 Bd7
16.Bd3 f5 17.Qh5 e4 18.Bc2 Qe8 19.Qh4 Rd8 20.O-O Ne5 21.f4 exf3 22.Nxf5 Bxf5
23.Bxf5 Rf7 24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Nf4 Rf6 26.Nh5 Rf7 27.Bg6 Nxg6 28.Rxf3 Nf4 29.Rxf4 Bd4+
30.cxd4 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 Qxf4 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Nxf4 Rxh8 34.Ng6+ Kf6 35.Nxh8  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cherniaev,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.c3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 b6
10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Re1 Ba6 12.a4 Rad8 13.Na3 Qd7 14.Rb1 Bb7 15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nb4
17.Qb3 a5 18.Nc2 Nxc2 19.Qxc2 Nc6 20.d5 exd5 21.exd5 Nb4 22.Qd1 Nxd5 23.Nh4 Nb4
24.Bxb6 Bxg2 25.Nxg2 Rb8 26.Bc5 Rfd8 27.Bxb4 Rxb4 28.b3 d5 29.Nh4 Rc8 30.Nf3 d4
31.Nd2 d3 32.Nc4 Bc3 33.Rf1 Qd5 34.h4 Re8 35.Qf3 Qd4+ 36.Kh1 d2 37.Ne5 Qe4
38.Qxe4 Rxe4 39.Nf3 Re1 40.Ne5 Rxb1  0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Landenbergue,C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 O-O 10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 d6 12.Rc1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b6 14.f3 Bb7 15.Qe1 Nd7
16.Qg3 Bf6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Be3 Be5 19.Qf2 Rac8 20.g4 Ba8 21.Bd3 Qb8 22.Qe2 Bc6
23.b4 h6 24.f4 Bxc3 25.Rxc3 b5 26.Bf2 bxc4 27.Bxc4 Bb5 28.Rdc1 Rxc4 29.Rxc4 d5  0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Heedt,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e3 Nge7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Be6
9.Nd5 Qd7 10.Rb1 Nd8 11.b4 Nc8 12.e4 c6 13.Ne3 Ne7 14.d4 Bh3 15.Bb2 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 exd4 17.Nxd4 Re8 18.Nf3 Ne6 19.Qd2 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Ng7 21.Rfd1 Rad8
22.b5 Nc8 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.h3 h5 25.Qd4 Qe7 26.Rb8 Ne6 27.Qb2 Nc5 28.e5 dxe5
29.Qxe5 Qf8 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Qg5 Ne6 32.Qf6 Nd6 33.Rxd8 Qxd8 34.Qxd8+ Nxd8
35.Ne5 Kg7 36.f4 f6 37.Nd3 Ne6 38.g4 h4 39.f5 gxf5 40.c5 Ne4 41.Nxf5+ Kf7
42.Nb4 N6xc5 43.Nxc6 a6 44.Nfd4 Nc3 45.Nb3 Nd3 46.Nb8 Nf4+ 47.Kh2 Ne4 48.Nxa6 Ng5
49.Nd4 Nfxh3 50.Nf5 Nf2 51.Nxh4 Nxg4+ 52.Kg3 Ne3 53.Nc5 Ke7 54.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bergez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Qc5 Qb7
15.Qa3 Be6 16.Bd3 Bd5 17.Ba6 Qc6 18.Bd4 e5 19.Bc5 Rfc8 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.b4 a5
22.Qd3 Bxa2 23.Qd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Bf8 25.Bxf8 h5 26.Bd6+ Kg7 27.Bxe5+ f6
28.Rd6 Qb5 29.Bxf6+ Kf7 30.Re1 Qb8 31.Re7+ Kf8 32.Rc6 Bf7 33.Rcc7 Be6 34.Bg7+ Kg8
35.Bh6  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zueger,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bd2 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.h3 O-O
9.g4 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.f3 Nf8 12.Nge2 b5 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.g5 N6d7 15.Kb1 Nb6
16.e4 b4 17.e5 Bxe5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.dxe5 Rec8 20.Qb3 a5 21.Nd4 Qxe5 22.Nf5 Nc4
23.Bc1 Re8 24.h4 Bc6 25.f4 Qc7 26.h5 Ne6 27.Bc2 Rac8 28.g6 Bb5 29.gxh7+ Kh8
30.Qg3 Na3+ 31.bxa3 Qxc2+ 32.Ka1 Qxf5 33.Bb2 bxa3 34.Be5 f6 35.h6 fxe5 36.hxg7+ Nxg7
37.Rdg1 Re7 38.Qh4 Qc2  0-1

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 O-O 15.exd5 exd5
16.Bd3 Re8 17.Ne2 Bxd2+ 18.Qxd2 b5 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.g4 Re5 21.h4 Ne8 22.f4 Re7
23.g5 h5 24.f5 f6 25.Qf2 Qb6 26.c3 b4 27.axb4 a5 28.Qf3 Qd6 29.Bc4 Nc7 30.gxf6 Rf7
31.Nb3 axb4 32.Rxd5 Qc6 33.Qd3 Be8 34.Rg1 Qxf6 35.Rd6 Qxh4 36.Rdg6 Kh8 37.f6 Qf4+
38.Kb1 Bd7 39.Bxf7 Bf5 40.fxg7+ Kh7 41.g8=Q+ Rxg8 42.Bxg8+ Kh8 43.Rh6+ Qxh6
44.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bb6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Bg4 12.Bd5 Bd7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bg3 Re8 15.Nbd2 Nxd5
16.exd5 Ne7 17.Qb3 a5 18.a3 a4 19.Qa2 Bc8 20.Rxe5 Bb7 21.d6 cxd6 22.Rxb5 Bc6
23.Rh5 Ng6 24.Nc4 Bc5 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Qb1 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Qxf3 28.Rf5 Bxf2+ 29.Bxf2 Qg4+
30.Bg3 Qxc4 31.Qd3 Qxd3 32.Rxd3 Re2 33.Rf2 Rxf2 34.Kxf2 Rb8 35.Rd2 Ne5 36.Bxe5 dxe5
37.Ke3 Kf8 38.Ke4 Rb5 39.c4 Rc5 40.Kd3 Ke7 41.Kc3 f5 42.Kb4 Rc7 43.c5 e4
44.Kb5 e3 45.Re2 f4 46.Kb6 Rc8 47.c6 Kd6 48.Rc2 f3 49.Kb7 Rc7+ 50.Kb6 f2
51.Rc3 f1=Q  0-1

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.Qg3 Bc7
16.e5 Nd7 17.Re1 g6 18.h4 d4 19.Na2 Ba4 20.Bd3 Nc5 21.Kb1 Nxd3 22.cxd3 Bc2+
23.Ka1 Bxd3 24.h5 a5 25.f4 Bf5 26.Qf3 Qd5 27.Qxd5 exd5 28.Nc1 Bb6 29.Nb3 a4
30.Ba5 axb3 31.Bxb6 d3 32.e6 fxe6 33.hxg6 Rg8 34.g4 Bxg4 35.Reg1 d2  0-1

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.c3 d6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Ra4 Re8 15.Re1 d5
16.e5 Ne4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.Nc3 Ba5 19.Nxe4 Bxf3 20.Nf6+ gxf6 21.Qxf3 Bxe1 22.Bh6 Ne7
23.Qxf6 Qg4 24.h3 Rb6 25.Qxe7 Bxf2+ 26.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.Bc2 e5 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Qb4 15.Na4 Rfd8
16.a3 Qc4 17.Qxc4 Bxc4 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 b6 20.Rd6 Nde5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rad1 Nf7
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Nxd8 25.f4 Kf7 26.Kf2 Nc6 27.Nc3 Ne7 28.Bb1 Ke6 29.b4 cxb4
30.axb4 Nc6 31.Ba2 Bxa2 32.Nxa2 Bf8 33.b5 Nd8 34.Nc3 Nb7 35.Nd5 f5 36.Nc3 fxe4
37.Nxe4 Be7 38.Kf3 Kd5 39.g4 Ke6 40.Bf2 Na5 41.h4 Nc4 42.h5 Na3 43.Nc3 Bf6
44.Ne4 Nxb5 45.hxg6 hxg6 46.Nxf6 Kxf6 47.Ke4 Nc3+ 48.Kd4 Ne2+ 49.Ke4 Nc3+
50.Kd4 Nb5+ 51.Ke4 Nd6+ 52.Kd5 Ke7 53.Bh4+ Kd7 54.Bf2 Kc7 55.Bd4 Kd7 56.Bf2 Nc8
57.f5 gxf5 58.gxf5 Ne7+ 59.Ke5 Ng8 60.f6 Ke8 61.Ke6 Nxf6 62.Kxf6 Kd7 63.Ke5 Kc6
64.Kd4 Kb5 65.Kc3 Ka4 66.Kb2 Ka5 67.Kb3 a6 68.Be1+ Kb5 69.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Girl Stars FIDE Trophy"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.c3 d6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Ra4 Re8 15.Re1 Qd7
16.Bc2 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Nc3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Qh3 21.f4 Ne7 22.Re3 Qd7
23.Rg3 Ra8 24.f5 Rxa4 25.Bxa4 c6 26.Qg4 g6 27.fxg6 Qxg4 28.gxh7+ Kh8 29.Rxg4 Ra8
30.Bg5 Rxa4 31.Bxe7 Kxh7 32.Bf6 c5 33.Rg7+ Kh6 34.dxc5 Bxc5 35.Rxf7 Rc4 36.Rd7 Rg4+
37.Kf1 Rf4 38.Rxd5 Bxf2 39.Ke2 Kg6 40.Rd3 Bh4 41.Rd6 Kf5 42.Rd4 Rf2+ 43.Ke3 Bxf6
44.Kxf2 Bxe5 45.Rd5  1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moshina,C"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Bd3 b5 12.Kb1 Na5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.Nf3 Qc7
16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qe1 Qc7 19.Ne5 b4 20.Nxd7 bxc3 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Qxc3 Qxc3
23.bxc3 Ke7 24.Rhe1 Rhc8 25.Re4 Rxc3 26.Rh4 Rb8+ 27.Kc1 Ra3 28.Rxh6 Nc6 29.Rf1 f5
30.Bxf5 Rxa2 31.Bd3 Ne5 32.Rhf6 a5 33.g4 a4 34.g5 a3 35.Kd2 Rab2 36.Ra1 R8b3
37.Ke3 Rxc2  0-1

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Berend,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.Be3 Ne5 11.f4 Ned7 12.Bf3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Qe2 h6 15.Rfd1 Qc7
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Bd4 Rfe8 18.Kh1 Nh7 19.Bg1 Nhf8 20.Qe3 Qb8 21.Rc2 Bc6 22.Be2 Qa8
23.Nab1 b5 24.Nd2 b4 25.Ncb1 Nc5 26.Bf3 e5 27.f5 Nfd7 28.Qe2 Nf6 29.Re1 a5
30.Rcc1 Bb7 31.Bf2 Bc6 32.g4 Qb7 33.h4 Nh7 34.Nf1 g5 35.hxg5 Bxg5 36.Rcd1 Nf6
37.Ng3 Rcd8 38.Nd2 Kh7 39.Nb3 Nxb3 40.axb3 Rg8 41.Ra1 Ra8 42.Qd3 Qe7 43.Red1 Rgd8
44.Kg2 Bf4 45.Bb6 Rd7 46.Nh1 Ne8 47.Nf2 Rb7 48.Be3 Bg5 49.Rh1 Kg7 50.Bxg5 Qxg5
51.Rh5 Qf6 52.Rah1 a4 53.g5 Qd8 54.f6+  1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ionescu Brandis,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Be3 b6
10.Bf2 Ba6 11.Re1 Qd7 12.a4 Rac8 13.Na3 e5 14.f5 d5 15.g4 Rcd8 16.Bg3 f6
17.Nc2 Qc8 18.Ne3 dxe4 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.dxe4 Na5 21.Qa3 Rd3 22.Qa2 c4 23.Bf1 Rd7
24.Rad1 Rfd8 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.g5 Qc5 27.Bf2 fxg5 28.Ng4 Qd6 29.Nxg5 Kg8 30.Ne3 Qc6
31.Bg2 Bb7 32.Bf1 Ba6 33.Bg2 Bb7 34.Bf1 Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Moser,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 c6 10.Bg3 Qb6 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.Kh1 a5 13.a4 Ne5 14.Be2 Be6 15.f4 Ned7
16.Bf2 Qb4 17.Nd4 Bc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Qf3 Bf8 20.b3 Qa6 21.Nf5 g6 22.Ng3 Rad8
23.Rad1 b5 24.axb5 cxb5 25.Bd4 Qc6 26.f5 Bg7 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Nd5 Re6 29.Nf4 Rxe4
30.Nxe4 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 Nxe4 32.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arakhamia,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Qe3 Bb7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bd3 Qa5 15.Kb1 b4
16.Ne2 Qc5 17.Nd4 d5 18.Qe2 Kf8 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Kg7
23.f5 Rad8 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Nd4 Kf7 26.Nc6 Rc8 27.Ne5+ fxe5 28.Rhf1+ Kg7 29.Qg4+ Bg5
30.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Bd3 a5 13.Rae1 a4 14.f4 Qa5 15.Kh1 Rfe8
16.e5 Nd7 17.Qe3 Nc5 18.Bb1 Ne6 19.Bb6 Qb4 20.f5 gxf5 21.Rxf5 Qxc4 22.Qg3 dxe5
23.Be3 Nf8 24.a3 e6 25.Rh5 Ng6 26.Qh3 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Rg5 Qd4 29.Qxh7+ Kf8
30.Be4 Qf6 31.Qh5 Ke7 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.Rg4 Qd4 34.Re4 Qd3 35.Qc5+ Kd7 36.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedova,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.exd5 exd5
9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Be3 Bc7 12.h3 h6 13.c3 Qd6 14.Qc2 Qf6 15.Nbd4 Bd7
16.a4 Rfe8 17.b4 Rac8 18.Qd1 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Rc1 Nc6 21.Ne2 Bf5 22.Bc2 Red8
23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.Bb6 Rd6 25.Bc5 Rg6 26.Kf1 Rd8 27.Nd4 Qg5 28.Qf3 Rf6 29.Qg4 Qxg4
30.hxg4 Bxd4 31.cxd4 Rf4 32.Rcd1 Rxg4 33.b5 Nb8 34.Bb6 Rc8 35.Re7 axb5 36.axb5 Rg6
37.Rxb7 Re6 38.Re1 Rd6 39.Bc7 Rd7 40.Rc1 Rdd8 41.Bxd8 Rxc1+ 42.Ke2 Rc8 43.Bb6  1-0

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Skripchenko,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nh6 7.Re1 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.Nc3 d6 11.h3 Nf7 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khurtsidze,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nc2 Be7
9.O-O Ne5 10.Be2 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qe1 Qc7 13.Be3 b6 14.Qf2 Rb8 15.Qg3 h5 16.f5 h4
17.Qh3 Ne5 18.Nd4 exf5 19.exf5 Bb7 20.Rac1 Ba8 21.Nd5 Qb7 22.Rfd1 Rc8 23.Nb3 Nxd5
24.cxd5 O-O 25.Bf2 Rxc1 26.Nxc1 Qc8 27.Nd3 Nxd3 28.Bxd3 Bxd5 29.Bxh4 Bxh4
30.Qxh4 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 f6 32.b4 Qc3 33.Bxa6 Bxg2+ 34.Kg1 Bf3 35.Qc4+ Qxc4 36.Bxc4+ d5
37.Bxd5+ Bxd5 38.Rxd5 Ra8 39.Rd2 Kh7 40.Kf2 Ra3 41.Ke2 Kh6 42.h4 Kh5 43.Rd6 Kg4
44.Rxb6 Rxa2+ 45.Kd3 Kxf5 46.h5 Kg5 47.Rb7 Kh6 48.Rb5 Rf2 49.Rc5 Rb2 50.Kc3 Rb1
51.Rf5 g6 52.hxg6 Kxg6 53.Rf2 f5 54.Rb2 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Prudnikova,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O e6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ch-EUR Women"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Peptan,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qe1 O-O-O 14.f5 Qc5 15.fxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Bd7 11.Kb1 Na5 12.g4 b5 13.Bd3 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.h4 g6
16.g5 Nh5 17.Nce2 a5 18.Nb3 Qc7 19.Nf4 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 e5 21.Be3 h5 22.Nc1 Be7
23.Ne2 b4 24.Rc1 O-O 25.Rhg1 Be6 26.Ng3 d5 27.Nxh5 d4 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Bf2 Qc4
30.b3 Qc3 31.Qxc3 bxc3 32.f4 a4 33.fxe5 d3 34.cxd3 axb3 35.axb3 Ra3 36.Nd5 Rfa8
37.Kc2 Ra2+ 38.Kxc3 Ba3 39.Bb6 Bb2+ 40.Kb4 Rb8 41.Kc5 Bxc1 42.Rxc1 Bxd5 43.exd5 Rc8+
44.Kb5 Rxc1 45.d6 Rc3 46.d7 Rxd3 47.d8=Q Rxd8 48.Bxd8 Kf8 49.Bf6 Ke8 50.e6 fxe6
51.Kc6 Ra6+ 52.Kc7 Ra3 53.h5 gxh5 54.Kd6 Rxb3 55.Kxe6 h4 56.Be5 Re3 57.Kf5 Rxe5+  0-1

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.Nbd2 Qb6
9.Rc1 Bb7 10.e4 h6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Be3 Qa5 14.a3 Nbd7 15.Be2 Rc8
16.O-O O-O 17.b4 Qc7 18.Nb3 Qb8 19.Nfd2 Qa8 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 a5 22.f4 Ba6
23.h3 Rb8 24.Qd3 Rfd8 25.g4 Nd7 26.Qc2 b4 27.Bxa6 Qxa6 28.a4 Nf6 29.Nb3 Rd7
30.Kh2 Bd8 31.Rg1 Bc7 32.Rcf1 Rf8 33.Rf2 Ne8 34.Kh1 Bd8 35.f5 e5 36.Rd2 exd4
37.Bxd4 Bg5 38.Rh2 Rxd4 39.Nxd4 Be3 40.Nb3 Bxg1 41.Kxg1 Nf6 42.e5 Nd5 43.Qe2 Qa7
44.Rf2 Re8 45.e6 Qc7 46.g5 Qg3+ 47.Rg2 Qxb3 48.exf7+ Kxf7 49.Qh5+ Kf8 50.f6 Qe3+
51.Kh1 Qe1+ 52.Kh2 Qe5+ 53.Kh1 Nxf6 54.Qg6 Qf4 55.gxf6 Re1+ 56.Rg1 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Bg5 e6 5.Qc2 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nbd2 dxc4 8.Nxc4 b5
9.Ncd2 Bb7 10.e3 Nd7 11.Bd3 a6 12.Ne4 Bb4+ 13.Ke2 Qd8 14.Nfd2 O-O 15.Nb3 e5
16.Nec5 Bxc5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Qg5 19.Qc3 Qg4+ 20.Kf1 Rad8 21.f3 Qe6 22.Kf2 f5
23.Bc2 Kh8 24.Bb3 Qe7 25.Rhd1 e4 26.f4 Bc8 27.Kg1 Kh7 28.a4 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rd8
30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.axb5 axb5 32.h3 Qh4 33.Kh2 Qd8 34.Bc2 h5 35.b4 h4 36.Bb3 Qf6
37.Qe1 g5 38.fxg5 Qxg5 39.Qf2 Kh6 40.Kg1 Kg7 41.Kf1 Qf6 42.Qd2 Be6 43.Bxe6 Qxe6
44.Kf2 Kg6 45.g3 hxg3+ 46.Kxg3 Qe5+ 47.Kg2 Kh5 48.Qd1+ Kh4 49.Qd8+ Kh5 50.Qd7 Qb2+
51.Kf1 Qc1+ 52.Kf2 Qb2+ 53.Kg3 Qe5+ 54.Kg2 Qb2+ 55.Kf1 Qc1+ 56.Kf2 Qb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 Nbd7
9.e5 Ne8 10.Nf1 Nc7 11.Bf4 c5 12.Qd2 Nb6 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.c3 c4 16.d4 Nd7
17.Ng3 b5 18.a3 a5 19.Bf1 Rb8 20.Kg2 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.h4 h6 23.h5 Bh7 24.Be2 bxc3
25.bxc3 Rb6 26.g5 hxg5 27.Nxg5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Qb8 29.Be7 Re8 30.Qg5 Kh8 31.h6 g6
32.Nh5 Rxe7 33.Qxe7 gxh5 34.Qxd7 Qg8+ 35.Kh2 Qg5 36.Qxc7 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Be4
38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.Ra8  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Re8
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 e5 11.Rc1 a6 12.Rc2 Nb6 13.Qa1 d4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Bg4
16.Rfc1 Rc8 17.Rxc8 Nxc8 18.Kf1 Nd6 19.Ne1 Qd7 20.Bh1 Rc8 21.Nd3 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Qc8
23.Qxc8+ Bxc8 24.f4 f6 25.e3 dxe3 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.Nxe5 Nb5 29.Ke2 Nc3+
30.Kxe3 Nxa2 31.Nd3 b6 32.Nf4 Kf7 33.e5 Nb4 34.Kd4 Ke7 35.Kc4 a5 36.Kb5 Bd7+
37.Kxb6 a4 38.bxa4 Bxa4 39.Ka5 Bc6 40.Kxb4 Bxh1 41.Kc5 g5 42.Nd3 Ke6 43.Kd4 Kf5
44.Nb4 Ke6 45.Na6 h5 46.Nc7+ Kd7 47.Nd5 Ke6 48.Nf6 Bf3 49.Nh7 Kf5 50.e6 Bc6
51.Kc5 Ba4 52.Kd6 h4 53.e7 hxg3 54.hxg3 g4 55.Kc7 Be8 56.Kd8 Bf7 57.e8=Q Bxe8
58.Kxe8 Ke4 59.Nf6+ Kf3 60.Nh5  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f3 Bd7 11.g4 Ne5 12.h4 b5 13.Bd3 g6 14.g5 Nh5 15.f4 Nxd3+ 16.Qxd3 b4
17.Nb1 Rc8 18.Rh2 Qc4 19.Qxc4 Rxc4 20.Nd2 Rc7 21.N4b3 Be7 22.Na5 Bb5 23.Kb1 O-O
24.b3 Ng3 25.Bb6 Rcc8 26.Re1 Bd8 27.Bxd8 Rfxd8 28.Re3 Rc3 29.Re1 d5 30.exd5 Rxd5
31.Kb2 Rd4 32.a3 Rxf4 33.axb4 Rc7 34.c4 Be8 35.Rg2 Nf5 36.h5 Nh4 37.Rg3 hxg5
38.hxg6 Nxg6 39.Rxg5 Rf2 40.Kc3 Kf8 41.Ne4 Rf3+ 42.Kc2 f6 43.Nc5 Bf7 44.Rgg1 e5
45.Nxa6 Rf2+ 46.Kc3 Nf4 47.b5 Rd7 48.Rd1 Rf3+ 49.Kb4 Nd3+ 50.Rxd3 Rdxd3 51.b6 Rd6
52.b7 Rb6+ 53.Kc5 Rfxb3 54.Nxb3 Rxb7 55.Na5 Rb2 56.Nb4 Bxc4 57.Nxc4 Rf2 58.Nd5 Kf7
59.Kd6 Rc2 60.Nde3 Rc3 61.Kd7 Kf8 62.Ke6 f5 63.Kxf5 Ke8 64.Kxe5 Kd7 65.Rg6 Rc1
66.Kd5 Ke7 67.Ne5 Kd8 68.Kd6 Kc8 69.Rg7 Rh1 70.Rc7+ Kd8 71.Rg7 Kc8 72.Nd5 Rh6+
73.Ng6 Kb8 74.Kc6 Rh1 75.Rb7+  1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Qa5 12.Be2 Bb4 13.Be5 dxe4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nxe4 Qxa2
16.Nxf6+ Ke7 17.c3 Ba3 18.bxa3 Rb8 19.Qa7+ Rb7 20.Rd7+ Rxd7 21.Nxd7 Qxa3+
22.Kd2 Rd8 23.Bd3 Rxd7 24.Qb8 Qc5 25.Qb4 Qxb4 26.cxb4 a5 27.Ke3 axb4 28.Rc1 Kd6
29.h4 c5 30.g4 f6 31.f4 Rg7 32.g5 fxg5 33.fxg5 hxg5 34.h5 e5 35.Rd1 Ke7 36.h6 Rg8
37.Rc1 Kd6 38.Rd1 Rh8 39.h7 Be6 40.Be4+ Ke7 41.Ra1 Kf6 42.Ra6 Kf7 43.Ra7+ Kf6
44.Ra6 g4 45.Bd5 Rxh7 46.Bxe6 Kg5 47.Ra8 b3 48.Rb8 Rh1 49.Bxb3 Rb1 50.Rg8+ Kh4
51.Bd5 Rb4 52.Rh8+ Kg3 53.Rc8 Rb5 54.Ke4 Kf2 55.Rf8+ Kg1 56.Rg8 Kf2 57.Rf8+ Kg1
58.Rg8 Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov,And"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Bg5 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.Bh4 Nd7 13.Rb1 a5 14.Nd5 Re8 15.c3 a4 16.Nc1 Qa5
17.Nd3 e6 18.N5b4 Nxb4 19.Nxb4 Qc7 20.Bf2 a3 21.bxa3 Rxa3 22.Qe2 Rb8 23.Rfc1 Rxc3
24.Rxc3 Qxc3 25.Qd1 Rc8 26.Qxd6 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Rd1 Bf8
30.Rd8 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Bxc8 32.a3 f6 33.Be2 Bc5+ 34.Kf1 Bd7 35.Bd3 Kf7 36.Ke2 Ke7
37.h3 Kd6 38.g4 e5 39.f5 Bxb4 40.axb4 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Master Open"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Qb6 10.dxc5 Qxb2 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Rb1 Qa3 13.Nb5 Qxc5 14.Be3 d4 15.Bxc6 dxe3
16.Bxb7+ Kxb7 17.Qa4 exf2+ 18.Kf1 Nd5 19.Nd6+ Ka8 20.Qa6 Ne3+ 21.Kxf2 Nd1+
22.Kg2 Qd5+  0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Xu Yuanyuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Bxh7 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Nxh7 13.e6 Qb5+ 14.Kg1 fxe6 15.Qg4 Nf6
16.Qg6+ Kd7 17.Be3 Kc7 18.Kh2 Qc4 19.Rhd1 Qxh4+ 20.Kg1 Qg4 21.Qf7 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.Bxa7 Nd7 24.Re1 e5 25.Be3 e6 26.f3 Qb4 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.Qh5 Kc7 29.Ne4 Rg8
30.Qg6 Nf6 31.Nxf6 Qxf6 32.Qe8 Qe7 33.Qa8 c5 34.b4 Qh4 35.bxc5 e4 36.Rb1  1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe1 Be7 13.f5 Qb6 14.Kb1 Qc5 15.Bd3 h5
16.Ne2 e5 17.h4 a5 18.Ng3 Kd7 19.Be2 Rag8 20.Bf3 a4 21.Nxh5 a3 22.b4 Qc4
23.g4 Bb7 24.Qd2 d5 25.exd5 Rxg4 26.Bxg4 Qxg4 27.Rhg1 Qxh5 28.Qd3 Ba6 29.d6 Bd8
30.Rg7 Kc8 31.d7+ Kb8 32.Rdg1 Qxh4 33.Qxa3 Qd4 34.Qxa6 Qxb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Kb1 Qc7 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.h4 Nd7 15.Nd4 d5
16.Bd3 e5 17.exd5 exd4 18.Bxd4 O-O-O 19.c4 Nc5 20.cxb5 Kb8 21.bxa6 Bxd5 22.Qc3 Nxd3
23.Qxc7+ Kxc7 24.Rxd3 Be7 25.Rc3+ Kb8 26.Bxg7 Rhg8 27.Bxh6 Rxg2 28.Bf4+ Ka8
29.Rh2 Rxh2 30.Bxh2 Bxh4 31.Be5 Ka7 32.a4 Be1 33.Rc7+ Kxa6 34.Kc2 Bxf3 35.b4 f5
36.b5+ Kb6 37.Rc4 Rd2+ 38.Kc1 Rd5 39.Bd4+ Kb7 40.Be3 Rd3  0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Bg6 15.h4 Be4
16.h5 Qg5 17.Be2 h6 18.Bf3 Bh7 19.Nf6+ Qxf6 20.Bxc6 Rac8 21.Bb7 Rb8 22.Bd5 Qg5
23.a4 b4 24.Bc4 bxc3 25.bxc3 Kh8 26.O-O f5 27.f4 exf4 28.Nd5 Be5 29.Qf3 Rg8
30.Ra2 Qh4 31.Qf2 Rg3 32.Nxf4 Bxc3 33.Ra3 Rb2 34.Be2 Qg5 35.Rc1 Rb4 36.Rcxc3 Rxc3
37.Rxc3 Rxf4 38.Bf3 Bg8 39.Rc8 Qg7 40.Qe3 Rd4 41.Ra8 f4 42.Qb3 Rc4 43.Qd1 Rd4
44.Qb3 Qg3 45.Qc3 Qg7 46.Rc8 Qe5 47.Kh2 Kg7 48.Qc7+ Kh8 49.Qc3 Kg7 50.Ra8 Bc4
51.Qb2 Qf6 52.Ra7+ Bf7 53.Qc3 Qh4+ 54.Kg1 Qf6 55.Kh2 Qh4+ 56.Kg1 Qf6 57.Kh2 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.e4 Bb7
9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.e5 h6 11.Bd2 Nh7 12.a4 Be7 13.Ne4 O-O 14.b4 a5 15.bxa5 b4 16.Qb1 c5
17.Bd3 Ng5 18.Nfxg5 hxg5 19.O-O cxd4 20.a6 Bxa6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Bxb4 Bxb4
23.Qxb4 Nxe5 24.Rfd1 d3 25.Rac1 Qa5 26.Qxa5 Rxa5 27.Nxg5 Rxa4 28.g3 Rd8 29.Rc5 Nc4
30.Rxd3 Re8 31.Rd4 Ra1+ 32.Kg2 Nb6 33.Rc7 f6 34.Re7 Raa8 35.Rxe6 fxg5 36.Rxb6 Ra2
37.Rb3 Kh7 38.Rf3 Re6 39.Rd5 Kh6 40.Rdf5 Kg6 41.h3 Rf6 42.Re5 Rb2 43.Rd5 Ra2
44.g4 Rb2 45.Rff5 Kf7 46.Kg3 Rb3+ 47.f3 Ra3 48.Kf2 Ra2+ 49.Kg3 Ra3 50.Rd6 Ke7
51.Rd4 Rxf5 52.gxf5 Ra1 53.f4 Ra3+ 54.Kg4 gxf4 55.Rxf4 Kf6 56.Rc4 Ra6 57.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Juniors"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xu Yuanyuan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be2 Ne4 12.f3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.c4 c5
16.cxd5 Qxb3 17.axb3 exd5 18.Ba6 cxd4 19.exd4 Bf6 20.Ra4 Bd7 21.Rb4 Bc8 22.Ra1 Bxa6
23.Rxa6 Rfe8 24.Kf1 Rac8 25.Rxa7 g5 26.Bd6 Rc2 27.Rb8 Rxb8 28.Bxb8 Bxd4 29.Rd7 Rf2+
30.Ke1 Rxg2 31.Rxd5 Be3 32.Be5 f5 33.Rd7 h5 34.b4 f4 35.h3 Kf8 36.Bd6+ Kg8
37.Bc5 g4 38.fxg4 hxg4 39.Bxe3 fxe3 40.hxg4 Rxg4 41.Rb7 Rg2 42.Re7 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lukashok,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Bg7 11.Qd1 Qb6 12.Rb1 Rc8 13.Be2 Bc6 14.f3 Nh5 15.Bf2 Qb4
16.O-O Nf4 17.a3 Qa5 18.b4 Qe5 19.Rb3 Bd7 20.Nd5 Ba4 21.Re3 O-O 22.Bd3 Nxd3
23.Qxd3 Rxc2 24.Bg3 Qd4 25.Rd1 Qb2 26.Nxe7+ Kh8 27.Rde1 Bd4 28.Nf5 Rxg2+
29.Kh1 Rd2 30.Qf1 Bxe3 31.Nxe3 Qf6 32.Nf5 Rc8 33.Nxd6 Rf8 34.b5 Kh7 35.Nf5 Rfd8
36.Qc4 Bd1 37.Re3 Rc2 38.Qf1 Qa1 39.Re1 Rc1 40.Kg1 Qxa3 41.Qh3 Qf8 42.Bf2 Rc3
43.Nd4 Rd3 44.Ne2 Bxe2 45.Qf5+ Kg8 46.Rxe2 Qa3 47.Kg2 Rd1 48.Rc2 Qd3 49.Rc7 Qb3
50.Rxb7 R1d2 51.Kg3 Qc4 52.Qf6 R2d6 53.Qe7 Qe6 54.Qxe6 Rxe6 55.Bxa7 Rf6 56.Be3 Rd3
57.Kf2 Rb3 58.Rb8+ Kh7 59.b6 Rc6 60.Bd4 Rc2+ 61.Kg3 Rd2 62.Rd8 Rdd3 63.Kg2 Kg6
64.Rd6+ Kh5 65.Rd5 f5 66.exf5 Rxb6  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Isajevsky,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Be2 a6
9.d3 e5 10.a3 Re8 11.b4 Nf8 12.c5 Bc7 13.d4 e4 14.Ne5 Bf5 15.h3 Bxe5 16.dxe5 N6d7
17.f4 exf3 18.Qxf5 fxe2 19.Nxe2 Ng6 20.O-O Ndxe5 21.Bd4 Qe7 22.Ng3 Nc4 23.Qf2 f6
24.Ra2 Qd7 25.Nf5 Re6 26.h4 Nge5 27.h5 Rf8 28.Qg3 Kh8 29.h6 gxh6 30.Nxh6 Qe8
31.Raf2 Qh5 32.Rxf6 Rexf6 33.Rxf6 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Qh5+ 35.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zimina,O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ne7 8.h3 Bg6 9.c4 Nf5
10.Na3 Be7 11.Nc2 O-O 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Re1 Re8 14.Qd2 Nf8 15.Bb2 Nh7 16.Ne3 Ng5
17.Nh2 Nh4 18.c5 Be4 19.Bf1 Bg6 20.Qe2 Ne4 21.g3 Nf5 22.Ng2 Qa5 23.Nf4 b6
24.Nxg6 fxg6 25.Bg2 Ng5 26.cxb6 axb6 27.h4 Nf7 28.h5 gxh5 29.Qxh5 Qd2 30.Re2 Qg5
31.Qh3 Qg6 32.Nf3 Ng5 33.Nxg5 Qxg5 34.Bf3 Bf8 35.Bg4 g6 36.Bc1 Qe7 37.Bxf5 exf5
38.g4 fxg4 39.Qxg4 Qe6 40.Qh4 Rc7 41.Be3 Rf7 42.Kg2 Qf5 43.Rg1 c5 44.Kh2 Bg7
45.Qg4 Kh7 46.Qxf5 Rxf5 47.Rge1 Bxe5+ 48.dxe5 Rfxe5 49.Rd2 d4 50.Rf1 dxe3
51.fxe3 h5 52.Rf6 R8e6 53.Rxe6 Rxe6 54.Rd3 g5 55.Kg3 Kg6 56.Kf3 g4+ 57.Kg3 Kf5
58.Kh4 Ke4 59.Rd1 Re5 60.Rd6 b5 61.a4 bxa4 62.bxa4 Kxe3 63.Rc6 Kd4 64.a5 c4
65.Rd6+ Kc3  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lazhevsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.h4 h5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.Nd5 f6
9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.Bxf6 O-O 11.Bc4+ Kh7 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Nf5 15.Bxf5 gxf5
16.O-O fxe4 17.Qd5 Qc6 18.Qe6 d5 19.Qe7+ Kg8 20.Be3 Qf6 21.Qxc7 Nc6 22.Qxb7 Rab8
23.Qd7 Rfd8 24.Qh3 Qe5 25.f4 exf3 26.Rxf3 Nd4 27.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dushenok,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Bf5 6.e3 Qb6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.a3 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.f3 Bf5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Be2 Nh5 15.Nd3 Nxf4
16.Nxf4 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Nxd3 Bd6 19.O-O O-O 20.Kh1 a5 21.Rae1 Rfe8 22.Qf2 Qb5
23.Rd1 Re7 24.e4 f6 25.Rfe1 Rae8 26.Qh4 Qc4 27.exd5 Qxd3  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Yevseev,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Qh5 Qe7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Nf6 12.Qe2 Na6 13.b3 Qc7 14.Bb2 Ba3 15.Bxa3 Qa5+
16.b4 Qxa3 17.Qd2 Nd5 18.Rb1 Qxa2 19.O-O Nf6 20.Rb3 Nc7 21.Re1 O-O-O 22.Ne5 Rhf8
23.Qd3 Nb5 24.Ne2 Nd7 25.Nf3 e5 26.d5 Qa6 27.c4 Nd6 28.Nd2 cxd5 29.Ra3 Qc6
30.cxd5 Qb6 31.Nc3 Kb8 32.Rea1 a6 33.Na4 Qd4 34.Qe2 Rc8 35.Nc5 Nxc5 36.bxc5 Nb5
37.Rb3 Qxa1+ 38.Rb1 Qd4 39.d6 Qxc5 40.Ne4 Qc4  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shamugia,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Bc7 Qd7 15.Be5 Bb7
16.f4 Rg8 17.Qh3 Rgd8 18.f5 exf5 19.exf5 Nh7 20.Ne4 Qe8 21.f6 Bxf6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.Nxf6 Qxe2 24.Rhe1 Bc8 25.Qg3 Qc4 26.b3 Qb4 27.Qe5 Be6 28.Rd4 Qc3 29.Nh5 f6
30.Nxf6 Bf5 31.Re2 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Bg6 33.Rg4 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 gxf6 35.Re7 Rg8 36.Rh4 h5
37.Re6 Bf7 38.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 39.Kc3 Bg6 40.Kb4 a5+ 41.Kc5 Rxc2+ 42.Kb6 Kg7 43.Rd6 Rxa2
44.Rh3 Rb8+ 45.Kc7 Rf8 46.Kxc6 Rf6 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Kxd5 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kornev,Alexe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ne7 8.Nh4 Bh7 9.f4 c5
10.c3 Nc6 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Bb2 Be7 13.Rf2 O-O 14.Bd3 Be4 15.Qe2 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6
17.Nbd2 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bb4 20.a3 Bxd2 21.Nxd2 Qd6 22.Raf1 Ne7
23.h3 Qa6 24.Qxa6 bxa6 25.Re1 Rc6 26.a4 Nf5 27.Ba3 Rf7 28.Bc5 Ng3 29.Rf3 Nge4
30.Nxe4 Nxe4 31.b4 a5 32.b5 Rcc7 33.Kh2 Rf6 34.Rxe4 dxe4 35.Re3 Rd7 36.Rxe4 Kf7
37.g4 g5 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.Re5 Rc7 41.Kg3 Rcf7 42.d5 exd5 43.Rxd5 Rf4
44.Rxg5+ Kxg5 45.Be3 Kg6 46.Bxf4 Rd7 47.Be3 Rd3 48.Kf2 Ra3 49.Bxa7 Rxa4 50.Bb6 Ra3
51.h4 a4 52.h5+ Kf7 53.g5 Rh3 54.Bc7 Ke6 55.b6 a3 56.b7 Rb3 57.h6 a2 58.Be5 Rxb7
59.g6 Kxe5  0-1

[Event "Chigorin Mem Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krivonogov,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg4 5.O-O e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.e4 Nbd7
9.c3 Qb6 10.Qb3 Rfd8 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.h3 Bh5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nc4 b5 15.Nce5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 f6 17.Nd3 Bf7 18.a3 b4 19.Nf4 Nxf4 20.gxf4 bxc3 21.bxc3 Ra5 22.a4 Bd6
23.Be3 Rda8 24.Reb1 Rb8 25.Rb2 Bg6 26.c4 Bd3 27.d5 exd5 28.cxd5 c5 29.Rb6 Bc7
30.Rb2 Bd6 31.Rb6 Bc7 32.Rb2 c4 33.Bd2 Ra6 34.d6 Rxd6 35.Rxb7 Rxb7 36.Bxb7 Bf5
37.Bb4 Rd3 38.Rc1 Be6 39.Re1 Rb3 40.Rxe6 Rxb4 41.Bd5 Kf8 42.Rc6 Bxf4 43.Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Qh5 f5
16.Bd3 e4 17.Bc2 Ne7 18.Nf4 Bf7 19.Bb3 Qd7 20.Rd1 Be5 21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Nfd5 Nxd5
23.Nxd5 Rg8 24.Qe3 Rae8 25.g3 a5 26.Qb6 Bh5 27.Rd2 Bf3 28.Rg1 f4 29.Nf6 Bxf6
30.Bxg8 Qg7 31.Bd5 b4 32.Qc6 Qg6 33.Kf1 e3 34.Bxf3 exd2 35.Kg2 bxc3 36.bxc3 fxg3
37.hxg3 Bg5 38.Rh1 Re5 39.Qb7 h6 40.Rb1 Re1 41.Qa8+ Re8 42.Qc6 Rf8 43.Be4 Qf7
44.Qb6 Qe6 45.Qb7 Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shahade,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.g4 Ne5 12.h4 b5 13.Bd3 Nfd7 14.Kb1 Nb6 15.Qg2 Nec4
16.Bc1 b4 17.Nce2 e5 18.Nf5 Be6 19.g5 Na4 20.b3 Na3+ 21.Bxa3 bxa3 22.c4 Bxc4
23.Ne3 Be6 24.Rc1 Qa5 25.Rhd1 Nb2 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.Bxc4 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 hxg5 29.hxg5 g6
30.f4 exf4 31.e5 Qxe5 32.Qc6+ Kd8 33.Nd4 Rh2 34.Qf3 Rc8 35.Qc3 Bg7 36.Qb4 Qe4+
37.Kc1 Bxd4 38.Qxd6+ Ke8  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shahade,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Ne5 13.Qh3 O-O 14.Qh6 Kh8 15.Rg1 Rg8
16.Rg3 Bd7 17.Rh3 Rg7 18.g5 Qd8 19.Nce2 fxg5 20.fxe6 Ng4 21.Qh5 Nf6 22.Qf3 fxe6
23.Qb3 Qc8 24.Rc3 Qg8 25.Ng3 h5 26.Nc6 h4 27.e5 dxe5 28.Nh5 Bxc6 29.Nxf6 Bxf6
30.Rxc6 g4 31.Rxe6 Bg5+ 32.Kb1 Bf4 33.Rdd6 Rd8 34.Qd5 Rxd6 35.Qxd6 e4 36.Qd5 Bxh2
37.Qxe4 Qh7 38.Qc6 Qf5 39.Bd3 Qf3 40.Re8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Nf3 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Be3 Kh8 14.Ng5 g6 15.a3 Bd7
16.b4 Rae8 17.Rc1 Ne7 18.Nh3 Nh5 19.Qd2 Bb8 20.Be2 Ng7 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Nxf4 Ngf5
23.Rfd1 Nc6 24.g4 Nh4 25.Qe3 Qd8 26.b5 Na5 27.Qg3 Nc4 28.Nd3 g5 29.Nc5 b6
30.Nxd7 Qxd7 31.Ne4 dxe4 32.Rxc4 Rf4 33.Qc3 Nf3+ 34.Kh1 Qg7 35.Rc8 Ref8 36.Rxf8+ Rxf8
37.Bxf3 Rxf3 38.Qc8+ Qg8 39.Qc7 Rxf2 40.Qe5+ Qg7 41.Qxe4 Qc7 42.Qe5+ Qxe5
43.dxe5 Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O c5 10.d5 Nb6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.e4 Be7 14.Bg5 O-O 15.e5 Nfd5
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bd3 h6 18.Be4 Rad8 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Rfd1 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Qe6
22.b3 Nd5 23.Rdc1 Rc8 24.Rc2 Rfd8 25.Rd1 Nb4 26.Rcd2 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 c4 28.bxc4 Qxc4
29.Qxc4 bxc4 30.Ne1 c3 31.Rd1 c2 32.Rc1 Rd8 33.Nxc2 Nxc2 34.Kf1 Rd2 35.Rb1 a5
36.g3 Nd4 37.Rb8+ Kh7 38.Rd8 Kg6 39.a4 Nf3 40.Ra8 Rd5 41.Ra6+ Kf5 42.Ke2 Nxe5
43.f4 Nc4 44.Rc6 Rd2+ 45.Kf3 Rd3+ 46.Ke2 Re3+ 47.Kf2 Rc3 48.Rc7 Nd6 49.Ra7 Ke4
50.Rxa5 Rc2+ 51.Ke1 Rxh2 52.Re5+ Kf3 53.Rd5 Ne4 54.Rd3+ Kg4 55.Ra3 Nxg3 56.a5 Re2+
57.Kd1 Re7 58.a6 Ra7  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.Qg4 Nf8 19.Bd3 Rd5 20.Bb4 Qd8 21.Bd6 Ng6 22.c4 f5
23.Qg3 Rd4 24.Bc5 Rg4 25.Qe3 Qa5 26.Kb1 Rxg2 27.Rg1 Rxh2 28.Bd6 Qb6 29.Qc1 Bf3
30.c5 Qc6 31.Rde1 Bd5 32.Qd1 Rd8 33.Be2 Rd7 34.Rg3 f4 35.Ra3 f3 36.Bxf3 Bxf3
37.Rxf3 Rd8 38.Qb3 Re8 39.Ref1 Qe4+ 40.Ka1 h5 41.a3 Nxe5 42.Re3 Qc4 43.Rfe1 Rc2
44.Bxe5 Rc1+ 45.Ka2 Qxb3+ 46.Kxb3 Rxc5 47.Rg1 Kh8 48.Rg5 Rb5+ 49.Kc4 a6 50.b4 Re7
51.Rxh5+ Kg8 52.Rg5 Rd5 53.Reg3 b5+ 54.Kc3 Rdd7 55.Bd4 Rf7 56.Rc5 Rf1 57.Be5 Kh7
58.Kb3 Rf5 59.Bc3 a5 60.Rg2 a4+ 61.Kc2 Rdf7 62.Re2 g5 63.Bd2 g4 64.Rxe6 g3
65.Rh6+ Kg7 66.Rcc6 Rf3 67.Rhg6+ Kf8 68.Rc3 Ke8 69.Rxg3 R3f5 70.Rgd3 Rb7
71.Rc5 Rf2 72.Rdd5 Rf3 73.Bc1 Rf2+ 74.Kb1 Rh7 75.Rxb5 Rh3 76.Rd2 Rxd2 77.Bxd2 Rxa3
78.Rd5 Ke7 79.Kb2 Rb3+ 80.Ka2 Rh3 81.Rc5 Kd7 82.Bc3 Rh6 83.Ka3 Ra6 84.b5 Ra8
85.Rc4 Rb8 86.Kxa4 Ra8+ 87.Ba5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Qa5 12.Bc4 Be7 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.f3 b5 15.Bd2 b4
16.Ne2 d5 17.e5 Nd7 18.Qg3 Qc7 19.Nd4 Kf8 20.f4 Bc5 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.f5 exf5
23.Rhf1 Qe6 24.Qh4 Qe7 25.Qh3 g6 26.e6 fxe6 27.g4 Nf6 28.gxf5 exf5 29.Rde1 Qd7
30.Qh4 Kf7 31.Re5 a5 32.Rd1 Rhe8 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Bxh6 Re4 35.Qh3 a4 36.Bg5 axb3
37.Qxb3 Qe6 38.a3 Be7 39.Bxf6 Kxf6 40.axb4 Rxb4 41.Qc3+ Qe5 42.Qc6+ Kg7 43.c3 Bg5+
44.Kb1 Qe4+ 45.Ka2 Rxb2+ 46.Ka3 Qc2  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Skripchenko,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e5
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Re8 13.Nf1 Nd7 14.g4 Bg6 15.Ng3 Nf8
16.Be3 Ne6 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Rad1 Rb8 19.Nf5 Nc7 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 d5 22.exd5 Bb4
23.Qc1 e4 24.d6 Nd5 25.Nd2 Bxf5 26.gxf5 Qd7 27.Qb1 Nf6 28.Bg5 Qxf5 29.Bxf6 Qxf6
30.Nxe4 Qf4 31.d7 Red8 32.Nc3 Rxd7 33.Re4 Qd6 34.Rde1 Ne7 35.Qc2 Rf8 36.Qb3 Ba5
37.Kf1 Ng6 38.Qa4 Bc7 39.Ne2 b5 40.Qb3 Qf6 41.Qf3 Qg5 42.Qg4 Qd8 43.Qh5 Bb6
44.Rd1 Rd6 45.d5 Qc7 46.Rc1 Qd7 47.Rd1 a5 48.Ng3 Rf6 49.Bf3 Qc7 50.Rde1 Nf4
51.Qg4 Qc2 52.Ne2 Nd3 53.Ra1 Nxf2 54.Rc1 Qxe4  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Xu Yuhua"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 g6 12.d5 Nb8 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Be3 Nbd7 15.Rc1 Qb8
16.Nd2 Bg7 17.Nc4 O-O 18.h4 Nh5 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.Qxb6 Bf6 21.Rc7 Bxh4 22.Rac1 Qe8
23.b3 f5 24.e5 Rd8 25.Qxb7 dxe5 26.Bxa6 Rd6 27.Rc8 Rd8 28.Bb5 Qf7 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.d6 f4 31.Rc8 Qf8 32.Qd5+ Kg7 33.Rxd8 Qxd8 34.Bc5 exd6 35.Qxd6 Qa8 36.Bc6 Qg8
37.Qxe5+ Nf6 38.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Xu Yuhua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Be7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qd8
16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.fxe6 g6 18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Qe2 Kg7 20.Qf2 b4 21.Nd5 a5 22.h4 Rf8
23.Qg3 Bh6 24.Be2 Ra7 25.h5 Raf7 26.Qh3 Rh8 27.Ne3 Qb6 28.Nc4 Nxc4 29.Bxc4 Re7
30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Qg3 Re5 32.Rdf1 Re7 33.Rhg1 d5 34.Bxd5 Be3 35.Rh1 Rxh1 36.Rxh1 Bd4
37.Qh4 Kf8 38.Rf1+ Ke8 39.Qg4 Qa6 40.Qf3 Qb6 41.Qf8+ Kd7 42.Rd1 a4 43.Bc4 Rxe4
44.Qa8 Qc6 45.Bb5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Xu Yuhua"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 b6 10.Nf6+ Kf8 11.Ne4 h6 12.h3 Kg8 13.b3 Ne6 14.d3 Kh7 15.Ng3 Nd4 16.Bb2 Be6
17.c4 Qd7 18.Re4 Nf5 19.Nf1 Rhd8 20.g4 Nd6 21.Re2 Nb7 22.Ng3 a5 23.a4 Kg8
24.Rd2 h5 25.Ng5 Bh6 26.f4 Bxg5 27.fxg5 hxg4 28.h4 Kg7 29.h5 Rh8 30.h6+ Kh7
31.Qf1 Rad8 32.Qf4 Rhf8 33.Rf1 Qc8 34.Qe3 Rd7 35.Ne2 Nd8 36.Nf4 Bf5 37.e6 fxe6
38.Qe5 Rg8 39.Rh2 Rd4 40.Bxd4 cxd4 41.Qxd4 Nf7 42.Qe3 Nxg5 43.Kf2 Nf3 44.Rg2 Rf8
45.d4 g5 46.Nh5 Bg6 47.Ng3 Rf4 48.Ne2 Re4 49.Qc3 Qf8 50.Kg3 Qxh6 51.Kf2 Qf8
52.Kg3 Qb8+ 53.Kf2 Nh4 54.Rg3 Kg8 55.Qd2 Nf3 56.Qc3 Rxe2+ 57.Kxe2 Qxg3 58.Qe3 Kg7
59.d5 cxd5 60.cxd5 Qf4 61.Qxf4 gxf4 62.dxe6 Nd4+  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Xu Yuhua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 Bd6 13.Nd4 c5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rb8
16.Rb1 Rb4 17.Bg3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Re8 19.c3 Rb7 20.Qa4 Re2 21.b4 cxb4 22.cxb4 Re5
23.Bd3 Ne4 24.Rbc1 g6 25.Ba6 Rb8 26.a3 d4 27.Bd3 Nc3 28.Qxa7 Ra8 29.Qb7 Rxa3
30.Ra1 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Qd5 32.Qb8+ Kg7 33.Ra5 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Qd7 35.Ra8 Kf6 36.Qh8+ Ke7
37.Bxg6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rb1 b5 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Re1 Rxe1+
16.Qxe1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 a6 18.Qe4 g6 19.Bh6 Ra7 20.Qg4 Qe8 21.Kf1 Re7 22.f4 Nd7
23.f5 c5 24.Bg5 f6 25.Be3 c4 26.Bc2 g5 27.a4 Nb6 28.Qg2 Kh8 29.axb5 axb5
30.Ra1 Qc8 31.Ra5 Qe8 32.Ra6 Bc7 33.Qf3 Qc8 34.Ra1 Qe8 35.Kg2 Kg8 36.Ra7 Bd8
37.Ra6 b4 38.cxb4 Qb5 39.Ra5 Qxb4 40.Rc5 Qb2 41.Be4 c3 42.Bd5+ Kh8 43.Be6 Qb4
44.Qc6 Kg7 45.Qd6 Nd7 46.Bxd7 Rxe3 47.Be6 Rxe6 48.fxe6 Ba5 49.Qd7+ Kh6 50.e7  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bc3 f6 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.Nd2 Qf4 12.g3 Qc7 13.Bh5+ Ng6 14.f4 O-O 15.Qe2 Ne7
16.Bf3 Nf5 17.O-O-O Rb8 18.Nb3 c5 19.Rd2 Nb4 20.Kb1 b6 21.Rhd1 a5 22.a4 Nc6
23.g4 Nfe7 24.g5 fxg5 25.Qg2 e5 26.fxe5 Bf5+ 27.Ka1 Nxe5 28.Qxg5 N7g6 29.Qg3 Qe7
30.Bd5+ Kh8 31.Nc1 Rbe8 32.Re1 Qc7 33.Rde2 Qd7 34.Bxe5 Nxe5 35.Rxe5 Qxa4+
36.Na2 Rxe5 37.Qxe5 Bg6 38.Qd6 Re8 39.Rxe8+ Qxe8 40.Nc3 h5 41.Qxb6 a4 42.Qe6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7
9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.g5 Nd7 14.h4 b4 15.Ne2 Bb7
16.Bh3 d5 17.f5 Rc8 18.c3 dxe4 19.Qe3 Bc5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Rhf1 Rf8
23.Bg4 Rxf1 24.Rxf1 Qa5 25.Qd4 Qxa2 26.Kc2 e3 27.Bh5+ g6 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Qxh7+ Kd6
30.Bxg6 b3+ 31.Kc1 Na4 32.Rd1+ Bd5 33.Rxd5+ exd5 34.Kd1 Qxb2 35.Ke1 Qd2+
36.Kf1 Rf8+  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.b3 Qe7 7.c4 c6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qc1 a5
10.Ba3 Na6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.c5 Qe7 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.f4 b6 16.cxb6 Qb4
17.Qc3 Qxb6 18.Nd2 Rfc8 19.Rfc1 c5 20.Nf3 Rc7 21.e3 Rac8 22.Qd2 a4 23.Ne5 Be8
24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.bxa4 Bxa4 26.Rab1 Qa7 27.Qd4 Be8 28.Rc2 Qa3 29.Qc3 Qa4 30.Qb2 Qa6
31.Bf1 Qa7 32.Qd4 Qa3 33.Qc3 Qa4 34.Qb2 Qe4 35.Re1 g5 36.Bg2 Qa4 37.Rec1 Qa5
38.Qc3 Qa7 39.Qd4 Qa3 40.Qc3 Nb3 41.Qxb3 Qxb3 42.axb3 Rxc2 43.Rxc2 Rxc2 44.fxg5 Re2
45.Nf3 Rxe3 46.Nd4 Kf7 47.Bf1 Bd7 48.Kf2 Rc3 49.b4 e5 50.Nf3 Ke6 51.Nh4 e4
52.g6 hxg6 53.Nxg6 d4 54.h4 Rc2+ 55.Ke1 Rc1+ 56.Kf2 e3+ 57.Kg1 Bb5  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qd2 h5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 g6 13.O-O h4 14.Na4 Nh5 15.Rfd1 f5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.f4 Qc7 18.Rac1 h3 19.Nb6 Ndf6 20.Nxc8 Qxc8 21.Bf3 hxg2 22.c4 Kf7 23.c5 Bxb3
24.cxd6 Qe6 25.Rc7 Bxd1 26.Qxd1 Kg6 27.Rxe7 Qc4 28.fxe5 Ng3 29.Kxg2 f4 30.exf6 Nf5
31.Bf2 Kxf6 32.Re4 Qg8+ 33.Bg4 Qh7 34.Qf3 Qxh2+ 35.Kf1 Rc8 36.Rxf4 Rc1+ 37.Ke2 Rc2+
38.Kd3  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.14"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A91"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nd2 h6 9.Nf4 Qe8
10.Nf3 g5 11.Nd3 Nbd7 12.Bd2 a5 13.b3 Ne4 14.Nfe5 Bf6 15.Bc1 Be7 16.a3 Nxe5
17.Nxe5 b6 18.f3 Nf6 19.Bd2 Ba6 20.e4 c5 21.exd5 exd5 22.Qxf5 Kg7 23.Qd3 Rd8
24.Rfe1 dxc4 25.bxc4 Rxd4 26.Qc2 Bd6 27.Ng4 Qg6 28.Qb2 Nd7 29.Bc3 Kg8 30.Bxd4 cxd4
31.Kh1 Bxc4 32.Qxd4 Bb3 33.Re3 a4 34.Rd3 Nc5 35.Qxd6 Qxd3 36.Qxh6 Qf5 37.Qxb6 Qc2
38.h3 Ne6 39.Re1 Qc4 40.Kh2 Kg7 41.Re4 Qd5 42.Re5 Qd7 43.Qe3 Qe7 44.Nf2 Qf6
45.Ra5 Rd8 46.Ne4 Qb2 47.Rxg5+ Kf7 48.Qa7+ Ke8 49.Rg8+ Nf8 50.Rg7 Rd7 51.Qb8+ Rd8
52.Nd6+  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.14"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhu Chen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qd2 h5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 g6 13.O-O h4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nh5
16.c4 f5 17.Rfd1 f4 18.Bf2 h3 19.c5 dxc5 20.d6 Bh4 21.Bc4 Bxf2+ 22.Qxf2 Qg5
23.Rd2 Nhf6 24.Qe1 Kf8 25.Re2 e4 26.fxe4 Ne5 27.Qc3 Nxe4 28.Qc2 Nf3+ 29.Kf1 Nxh2+
30.Ke1 Nf3+ 31.Kd1 hxg2 32.Qxe4 g1=Q+ 33.Kc2 Nd4+ 34.Nxd4 Qxd4 35.Rf1 Qxe4+
36.Rxe4 Qg2+  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.a4 b4 10.e4 c5 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Bb1 Nxe5 15.Nxd4 Be7
16.Re1 Bb7 17.Qh5 Ng6 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg6 O-O-O 20.Bxf7 Bf6 21.Nxe6 Qe7 22.Bd2 g6
23.Nxd8 Qxd8 24.Qg4+ Kb8 25.Bxb4 Nxb4 26.Qxb4 Qd7 27.Bc4 Qc6 28.Bf1 Bd8 29.Rac1 Qf6
30.Qc3 Qf8 31.Qe5+ Ka8 32.b4 Bb6 33.Rc2 Qd8 34.a5 Ba7 35.Rd2 Qc8 36.Rc1 Qf8
37.b5 Bb8 38.Qc3 Qh6 39.g3 Rc8 40.Qxc8 Bxc8 41.Rxc8 Kb7 42.Rdd8  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bd3 b5 11.a3 Rb8 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Rhf1 Qb7 18.Kd2 Bc5 19.e6 O-O 20.Rxf7 Rxf7 21.exf7+ Qxf7
22.Nc6 Bg4 23.Qxg4 Bxe3+ 24.Kxe3 Qe8+ 25.Kd2 Qxc6 26.Qd4 Qh6+ 27.Kc3 Rd8
28.h4 Qd6 29.Kd2 Qh6+ 30.Ke2 Qg6 31.Kd2 Qxg2+ 32.Kc1 Qe2 33.Kb1 Rd7 34.Rg1 Qe6
35.h5 h6 36.Rg6 Qe2 37.Rxa6 Qxh5 38.a4 Qh1+ 39.Ka2 Qe4 40.Qxe4 dxe4 41.Re6 g5
42.Rxh6 Kf7 43.a5 e3 44.Rh7+ Ke6 45.Rh3 e2 46.Re3+ Kf5 47.Rxe2 Rd5 48.Ka3 Rxa5+
49.Kb4 Re5 50.Rf2+ Ke4 51.Kxc4 Ke3 52.Rf1 Ke2 53.Rh1 g4 54.b4 g3 55.b5 g2
56.Rg1 Kf2 57.Rxg2+ Kxg2 58.b6 Kf3 59.b7 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Psakhis,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 c4 6.a4 Nc6 7.b3 cxb3 8.Nxb3 Bg4
9.Be2 Bd6 10.O-O Nge7 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.f4 Qc7 14.Bb2 Rae8 15.Rae1 f6
16.Nd3 Qc8 17.Qf3 b6 18.f5 Qa6 19.Re6 Rd8 20.Qh5 Qc4 21.Re3 Kh8 22.Rh3 h6
23.Rf2 Ng8 24.Bc1 Rfe8 25.g4 Nb4 26.g5 fxg5 27.f6 Nxd3 28.fxg7+ Kh7 29.Rxd3 Re7
30.Bxg5 Rxg7 31.Rf7 Qxc2 32.Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rh3 hxg5 34.Qh8+ Kf8 35.Rh7 Qd1+
36.Kg2 Qg4+ 37.Kf2 Qf5+ 38.Kg1 Qf6  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goloshchapov,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Bb4 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Nxe4 14.Qxg7 Qf6 15.Qxf6 Nxf6
16.c4 a5 17.f3 Ba6 18.b3 Ke7 19.a4 Nd7 20.Bd3 e5 21.Rhe1 Kd6 22.Bg3 h5 23.f4 f6
24.Bf5 h4 25.Bf2 Rad8 26.g3 Nc5 27.cxd5 Nxb3+ 28.Kc2 Nd4+ 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.dxc6 Kxc6
31.Re6+ Rd6 32.Be4+ Kc5 33.Rxd6 Kxd6 34.Rxd4+ Kc5 35.Kc3 hxg3 36.Rd5+ Kb6
37.Rd6+ Ka7 38.hxg3 Rc8+ 39.Rc6 Rg8 40.Rxf6 Rxg3+ 41.Kd4 Ra3 42.Rf7+ Kb6
43.Rf6+ Ka7 44.Bc6 Bd3 45.Bb5 Bxb5 46.axb5 Kb7 47.Ra6 a4 48.Ke5 Ra1 49.f5 a3
50.Ke6 a2 51.Kf6 Kb8 52.Rb6+ Kc7 53.Rc6+ Kb7 54.Rc2 Kb6 55.Rb2 Kc7 56.Rg2 Kd7
57.b6 Kc6 58.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.c4 a5 12.Qd2 b6 13.Be2 Nd7 14.O-O O-O 15.f4 Rc8
16.a3 Na6 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.b4 Ne4 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.Nf5 a4
23.Qa2 Bd8 24.Rf4 Ng6 25.Rff1 Ne5 26.Rac1 Re8 27.Qb2 b5 28.c5 dxc5 29.Bxc5 Ne4
30.Qd4 Nxc5 31.bxc5 Bf6 32.Qd2 Qa7 33.Kh1 Red8 34.d6 Qa6 35.Qb4 Rb8 36.Rb1 Nc6
37.Qg4 Ne5 38.Qb4 Nc6 39.Qg4 Ne5 40.Qe4 Re8 41.Qd5 Nd7 42.Bh5 Rf8 43.Ne7+ Kh8
44.Bxf7 Ne5 45.Be6 Rbd8 46.Nf5 b4 47.axb4 Rb8 48.Nd4 Rxb4 49.Rbd1 Ng6 50.Nc6 Rf4
51.Rg1 Rh4 52.d7 Qe2 53.Rde1 Qf2 54.Rgf1 Qg3 55.Bh3  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Meshkov,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.e5 e6 8.exd6 cxd6
9.d5 e5 10.a4 f5 11.Ng5 e4 12.Ne6 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qb6 14.Be2 Ngf6 15.axb5 Bb7
16.bxa6 Bxd5 17.Nd4 Ke7 18.Be3 Qb2 19.Nb5 Rhb8 20.Bd4 Rxb5 21.c4 Qb4+ 22.c3 Qxc4
23.Bxc4 Bxc4 24.Qa4 d5 25.a7 Ne8 26.Kf2 Bd3 27.c4 Bxc4 28.Qa3+ Ke6 29.Rhb1 Nd6
30.Rxb5 Nxb5  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6
9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxe6 Bxd4 11.Nxd8 Bf2+ 12.Kd2 Be3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firman,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 O-O 13.h4 Bb4 14.e5 Nh7 15.g4 c5
16.g5 d4 17.Qg3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qa5 19.gxh6 g6 20.cxd4 Bb7 21.Rh3 cxd4 22.Qa3 Qd8
23.Be3 Rc8 24.Bxd4 Be4 25.c4 Qc7 26.Qd6 Qb7 27.Rb3 Qa8 28.Bb6 Bf5 29.f3 Rc6
30.Qd4 a5 31.c5 a4 32.Rc3 Rcc8 33.Bb5 Qb8 34.Qd6 Qb7 35.Qd7 Qb8 36.Rd6 Qa8
37.c6 Nf6 38.exf6 Qb8  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mirovshchikov,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.a4 b4 10.Nbd2 c5 11.Nb3 Bb7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Bd2 Ne4 14.Rfc1 Nxd2 15.Nfxd2 Qb6
16.a5 Qa7 17.Be4 Rc8 18.Qf3 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Be7 20.Rc4 O-O 21.Qc2 Rcd8 22.Ne4 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Qa8 24.Nc6 Rde8 25.Rd1 Nf6 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Rg4+ Kh8
29.Rh4 f5 30.Rxb4 f6 31.Rb6 Rg8 32.Qc6 Qxc6 33.Rxc6 Rb8 34.Rb6 Ra8 35.Rdd6 Rc8
36.g3 f4 37.exf4 Rc2 38.Rxe6 Rd7 39.Re3 Kg7 40.b4 Rdd2 41.Rf3 Rb2 42.f5 h5
43.Rf4 Rd5 44.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Varavin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 exd4 13.cxd4 Re8 14.Bf4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4
16.Nb1 Nf8 17.Nbd2 Ne6 18.Be3 c5 19.d5 Nf8 20.Rb1 c4 21.b3 cxb3 22.Nxb3 Nc4
23.Bd4 Nd7 24.Bd3 Rc8 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 27.Nbd2 Rc3 28.Rxb4 Qc7 29.Qb1 Bc8
30.Rb3 Bd7 31.Rxc3 Qxc3 32.Qb6 Qa3  1-0

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Manises ESP"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.c5 Bc7 10.e4 e5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Bg5 Qe6 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.Bxf6 e4 15.Bh4 exf3
16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bf5 Qc6 18.Nc3 fxg2 19.Kxg2 Nxc5 20.dxc5 d4+ 21.Be4 Qh6 22.Bg3 Bh3+
23.Kg1 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 dxc3 25.Qxc3 Bf4 26.Bxb7 Rae8 27.c6 Bd2 28.Qc5 f5 29.c7 f4
30.c8=Q Rxc8 31.Bxc8 fxg3 32.Qxf8+  1-0

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Manises ESP"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 a6 5.Nge2 e6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nce2 Nc6
9.f4 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Rc8 13.f5 Rc4 14.Qd3 Qb6 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Rf1 Ne7 17.b3 Rc7 18.Be3 Qb4+ 19.Bd2 Qa3 20.c3 Ng6 21.Qf3 Qb2 22.Ke2 Nxe5
23.Qh5+ Ng6 24.Qg4 Bd6 25.Qa4+ Rc6 26.Rab1 b5 27.Qg4 Qa3 28.Qxe6+ Kd8 29.Qxd5 Re8+
30.Kf2 Qc5+ 31.Qxc5 Bxc5+ 32.Kf3 Ne5+ 33.Ke2 Ng4+ 34.Kd1 Rd6 35.Kc1 Nxh2
36.Bg5+ Kc8 37.b4 Be3+ 38.Bxe3 Rxe3 39.Nf5 g6 40.Nxe3 Rd1+ 41.Nxd1 Ng4  1-0

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Manises ESP"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.h3 e5 11.Bb3 exd4 12.exd4 Nb6 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Bg5 Nbd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxc7 Bxc7 18.Rac1 Bb6 19.Be7 Re8 20.Bc5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bxc5
22.dxc5 Be6 23.Nd4 Rc8 24.b4 Re8 25.Nb5 a5 26.Nd6 Re7 27.bxa5 Rc7 28.Rb1 g6
29.Nxb7 Bf5 30.Rb6 Bd3 31.c6 d4 32.a6 Rc8 33.Nd6  1-0

[Event "II Magistral"]
[Site "Manises ESP"]
[Date "2002.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.c3 cxd4 10.Nexd4 Nge7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Rae1 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.f4 g6
16.Nf3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Be7 18.b3 Qb5 19.Qb1 O-O 20.Be3 a5 21.Qb2 a4 22.f5 exf5
23.Bh6 Rfe8 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 Nxe5 26.Bf6 Nd3 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qd2 Nc5
29.Rg1 Ne4 30.bxa4 Qxa4 31.Qd4 Qxd4 32.Bxd4 Ra8 33.Ra1 f6 34.Kg1 f4 35.Kf1 g5
36.Ke2 b5 37.Kd3 Ra4 38.a3 Kf7 39.Rb1 Ra5 40.Rb3 Ke6 41.Bb6 Ra6 42.Rxb5 Rxa3
43.Bd4 Ra2 44.Rb6+ Kf5  0-1

[Event "Open Championships"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Glicenstein,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.h3 d4 13.Ne2 Qd5 14.Ng3 Ne5 15.Bf5 Nc4
16.Bxc8 Raxc8 17.b3 Nb6 18.Bb2 Rfd8 19.Qd3 Qc5 20.Rac1 Rd5 21.Rfd1 Rcd8 22.Ne2 Nh5
23.b4 Qc7 24.Qf3 Nc4 25.Bxd4 Nf4 26.Nxf4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Ne2 Rd2 29.Ng3 Qe5
30.Nf1 Rd7 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Qc3 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Qc7 b5 35.Qxf7 Nxa3 36.Qf5+ Kh8
37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Ne3 a5 39.Qf5+ Kh8 40.bxa5 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qxa5 42.Qe5 Qa7 43.Kg1 Qd7
44.Qc5 Nb1 45.Qf5 Qxf5 46.Nxf5 Kh7 47.Nd4 Nc3 48.Kf1 Kg6 49.Ke1 Kf6 50.Kd2 Ne4+
51.Ke3 Nd6 52.Nc6 Ke6 53.Kd4 Kf5 54.Kd5 Nf7 55.Nd4+  1-0

[Event "Open Championships"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marcantoni,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B77"]

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 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qd3 Nxb3+ 13.cxb3 a5 14.a4 Nd7 15.Ndb5 b6
16.Kb1 Nc5 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.g4 Qb8 19.h4 Rc8 20.h5 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Nxa4 22.Qh2 Nc5
23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Qxh7+ Kf7 25.Rh6 Rg8 26.Qxg6+ Kf8 27.Rh5 Nd7 28.Rf5+ Nf6
29.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Open Championships"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harovelo,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Ne2 Ne7
9.Qb3 Nd7 10.O-O-O c5 11.Bc3 O-O 12.Ng3 Qf4+ 13.Rd2 Nf6 14.Be2 Nc6 15.Qb5 Nb4
16.Kb1 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 18.Ka1 Nc2+ 19.Rxc2 Qxc2 20.Re1 Rd8 21.a3 b6 22.Qc6 Bd7
23.Qf3 Ba4 24.h4 Qg6 25.h5 Qg5 26.Bd3 Rac8 27.g3 Bc6 28.Qe2 Rd7 29.Rg1 e5
30.Bc2 Rcd8 31.Qe1 Bf3 32.Qb1 Qxh5 33.Ka2 g6 34.Qe1 f6 35.Qe3  0-1

[Event "Open Championships"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Be3 a6
9.Qd2 e6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.O-O-O Na5 13.g4 b4 14.Nce2 Nxb3+ 15.Nxb3 Bb5
16.Ned4 Qc4 17.Kb1 a5 18.Nxb5 Qxb5 19.Nd4 Qb7 20.Qd3 Rb8 21.Nb3 a4 22.Na5 Qc7
23.Qa6 Rc8 24.Rd2 Be7 25.Nb7 d5 26.g5 Nd7 27.exd5 exd5 28.Bf4 Qc6 29.Qxc6 Rxc6
30.Rxd5 Nb6 31.Rdd1 O-O 32.Bd6 Bxd6 33.Nxd6 f6 34.Nf5 Rc5 35.Nd4 Rd5 36.Nc6 Rxd1+
37.Rxd1 fxg5 38.Nxb4 Rxf3 39.b3 Kf7 40.Nc6 Rf2 41.h3 a3 42.c4 Rb2+ 43.Ka1 Rh2
44.Ne5+ Ke7 45.Nf3 Rxh3 46.Nxg5 Rh5 47.Re1+ Kd7 48.Ne6 g5 49.Nf8+ Kc6 50.Kb1 g4
51.Re6+ Kc5 52.Kc2 Nc8 53.Kd3 Rh3+ 54.Kd2 h5 55.Ng6 h4 56.Re4 Rh2+ 57.Kc3 Rh3+
58.Kd2 Rh2+ 59.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open Championships"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Rouzaud,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc4 Rc8 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Ncd5 Qd8 13.c3 Be7 14.b4 O-O 15.a4 Bg5
16.Nc4 Ne7 17.h4 Bh6 18.g4 Bxd5 19.exd5 Bf4 20.a5 Qc7 21.Ra3 Rbe8 22.Be2 f5
23.Nb6 e4 24.c4 fxg4 25.Bxg4 Nf5 26.O-O Qe7 27.Rh3 e3 28.Qd3 exf2+ 29.Rxf2 Qe1+
30.Rf1 Be3+ 31.Kh2 Nxh4 32.Rxe1 Bf4+ 33.Rg3 Rxe1 34.Qc3 Re5 35.Nd7 Rg5 36.Kh3 Bxg3
37.Nxf8 Be5 38.Qe3 Bf6 39.Qe8  1-0

[Event "Open Championships"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abergel,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Qxd4 Bf5 10.Na3 Qc7 11.b3 h6 12.Nh4 Be6 13.c4 Nb6 14.Qe4 O-O-O 15.Nc2 Nd7
16.Be3 Qxe5 17.Qxe5 Bxe5 18.Bd4 g5 19.Rxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 gxh4 21.Bxh8 Rxh8
22.Rd1 h3 23.g3 Bg4 24.Rd4 h5 25.f4 c5 26.Rd5 b6 27.Ne3 Bf3 28.Rd2 e6 29.Kf2 Be4
30.Nd1 a6 31.Ke3 Bf5 32.Nc3 h4 33.gxh4 Rxh4 34.Ne2 Kc7 35.Ng3 Bg6 36.f5 exf5
37.Rf2 f4+ 38.Rxf4 Rxf4 39.Kxf4 Bb1 40.Ne4 Bxa2 41.Nd2 b5 42.cxb5 axb5 43.Kg3 Kd6
44.Kxh3 Ke5 45.Kg4 c4 46.bxc4 bxc4 47.Nf3+ Ke4 48.Nd2+ Ke3 49.Nxc4+ Bxc4
50.Kf5 Be6+  0-1

[Event "Battle of the Babes"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7
9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Be3 O-O 11.a3 b6 12.Qb3 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.h3 h6
16.Qa2 Bf8 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Nc3 Ne7 19.Ne5 Ned5 20.Bf3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Bxf3 22.Nxf3 Qg3
23.Ne2 Qg6 24.Qb1 Qxb1 25.Rxb1 Rc2 26.Nc3 Bxa3 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Nxd2 Bb4 29.Rc1 Rc8
30.Kf2 Nd5 31.Nxd5 Rxc1 32.Nxb4 a5 33.Nd3 Rc8 34.Ke2 Kf8 35.Kd1 Ke7 36.Nb1 a4
37.Kd2 f6 38.Na3 g5 39.Nb5 h5 40.g3 h4 41.g4 f5 42.Ne5 fxg4 43.Nxg4 Ra8 44.Na3 b5
45.Kc3 Rc8+ 46.Kb4 Rc1 47.Nxb5 Rh1 48.Kxa4 Rxh3 49.Nc3 Rh1 50.Ne4 Rg1 51.Nef2 h3
52.Nh2 Rg2 53.Nfg4 Rxb2 54.Ka3 Rb8 55.Nf3 Rf8 56.Nfh2 Kd6 57.Kb3 Kd5 58.Kc3 Ke4
59.Kd2 Ra8 60.Nf2+ Kf5 61.Ke2 Ra3 62.Kf3 Kg6 63.Nxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Battle of the Babes"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[ECO "C91"]

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.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qd7 15.Qd3 Bf5
16.Qe2 Na5 17.Nd2 Nxb3 18.axb3 a5 19.f4 a4 20.h3 Be6 21.g4 f6 22.exf6 Bxf6
23.f5 Bf7 24.Qd3 Qd6 25.Bf2 Qd7 26.bxa4 bxa4 27.Nf3 Rfb8 28.g5 Bd8 29.Ne5 Qb5
30.Qe3 Bh5 31.f6 gxf6 32.gxf6 Bxf6 33.Qh6 Bxe5 34.Rxe5 Bf7 35.Rg5+ Bg6 36.Rxg6+ hxg6
37.Qxg6+ Kh8 38.Bh4 Rb6 39.Bf6+ Rxf6 40.Qxf6+ Kh7 41.Qf7+ Kh8 42.Qh5+ Kg7
43.Kh1 Qe8 44.Rg1+ Kf8 45.Qxd5 Qf7 46.Qxa8+  1-0

[Event "Battle of the Babes"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7
9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Be3 O-O 11.a3 b6 12.Qb3 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.h3 h6
16.Qa2 Bf8 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Nc3 Qa8 19.Qb1 Ne7 20.Qd3 Nf5 21.Bf4 Bc5 22.Be5 Nd7
23.Bh2 Be7 24.Qd2 Bf6 25.Qf4 Nf8 26.Qg4 h5 27.Qxh5 Nxd4 28.Nxd4 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Bxd4
30.Qg4 Be4 31.Ba6 Bxc3 32.Bxc8 Bxb2 33.Rc7 Qd5 34.Bf4 Bf5 35.Qg3 a5 36.Bb7 Qd1+
37.Kh2 Ng6 38.Rc8+ Kh7 39.Bd6 Bf6 40.Bf3 Qd4 41.Bb8 e5 42.Bg4 Bxc8 43.Bxc8 Nf4
44.Bf5+ g6 45.Bg4 b5 46.Qe3 Qxe3 47.fxe3 Nd5 48.Ba7 b4 49.axb4 axb4 50.Bf3 Nc3
51.Bc5 e4 52.Bg4 Be5+ 53.g3 b3 54.Ba3 f5 55.Bxf5 gxf5 56.Bb2 Kg7 57.Kg2 Bf6
58.Kf1 Nd1  0-1

[Event "Battle of the Babes"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2002.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Nbd2 h6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.c3 Bf8 13.Ne3 Na5 14.Ba2 c5 15.b4 cxb4 16.cxb4 Nc6
17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Bb2 bxa4 19.Qxa4 Nd4 20.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Nxd7 22.Nd5 Rec8
23.Bc4 Ra7 24.Ra5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Nb6 26.Bb3 d5 27.Rea1 Bxb4 28.Rxa6 Rxa6 29.Rxa6 Nd7
30.Bxd5 Rc2 31.Ra7 Rxb2 32.Rxd7 Bc5 33.Rxf7 Kh7 34.f4 Rxf2 35.Rc7 Rc2+ 36.Kf1 exf4
37.e5 Rc1+ 38.Ke2 Be3 39.Be4+ Kg8 40.Rd7 Rc2+ 41.Kf3 h5 42.Bg6 Kf8 43.e6 Rf2+
44.Ke4 Bc5 45.Rf7+ Kg8 46.Kd5 Ba3 47.e7 Re2 48.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "Dual of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.Bf1 Rc8 12.h3 Nb4 13.Nd4 Bc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Ndb5 d5
16.exd5 Nfxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.c3 Rd8 20.Rd1 Rcc8 21.Bd2 Nb6
22.b3 Rd7 23.Be3 Nd5 24.Ra2 Bxc3 25.Rc2 Nxe3  0-1

[Event "Dual of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.f4 Nxe4 11.c4 O-O 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.g4 Nb4 14.g5 Ne8 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7
16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Rf3 f5 18.Rh3 Nf6 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Nf3 Nd3 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.fxg5 Nf4
23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Rh6 Ne2+ 25.Kf2 Nf4 26.Rf6+ Ke8 27.Qxg7 Nh3+ 28.Ke1 Qa5+ 29.Ke2 Qb4
30.Qg6+ Ke7 31.Bc5+ Qxc5 32.Qg7+ Ke8  1-0

[Event "Dual of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.Bf1 Bxb3 12.cxb3 e6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qb6 15.Bg3 Rfd8
16.Nb5 Ne8 17.Bf4 d5 18.e5 Nc7 19.Qd2 g5 20.Bg3 Nxb5 21.axb5 Nd4 22.Qe3 Bf8
23.Ra4 Bc5 24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Rxc5 Nf5 26.Rxc8 Nxe3 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.fxe3 Qc7
29.e4 Qc2 30.exd5 Qxb3 31.Rxa5 exd5 32.Ra8+ Kg7 33.Bf2 Qxb2 34.Rb8 Qxe5 35.Rxb7 h5
36.Rd7 h4 37.b6 g4 38.g3 Qe6 39.b7  1-0

[Event "Dual of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Qf2 Nfd7 14.h4 Qc7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nc4 17.Bc1 a5 18.c3 Ndb6 19.Nd2 Rb8 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Bf6
23.Rh3 O-O 24.g5 Be5 25.Qe4 h5 26.g6 Na4 27.Qc2 Qd7 28.Rf3 fxg6 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
30.Ka1 Qb5 31.Rd2 Kg8 32.Qxg6 Qe8 33.Qc2 Qb5 34.Bh3 Nc5 35.Rf2 a4 36.Qg6 Qe8
37.Bf5 Qxg6 38.Bxg6 a3 39.Rf5 axb2+ 40.Bxb2 Bf6 41.Kb1 Na4 42.Rf2 Bxc3 43.Bc2 Nxb2
44.Kc1 Nd3+ 45.Bxd3 cxd3 46.a4 d2+ 47.Kc2 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Dual of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 d5 7.Bg5 d4 8.c3 Nc6
9.Bb5 Be6 10.cxd4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qxd4 12.Be3 Qb4+ 13.Nc3 Qxb3 14.axb3 a6 15.Nd5 Rc8
16.Nb6 Rc7 17.Ba4 Bb4+ 18.Kf2 O-O 19.Rac1 Rd8 20.Rc2 h6 21.Rhc1 Rd6 22.g4 Rd3
23.Ke2 Rd6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Rc4 a5 26.R1c2 g5 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.Rxc5 Re6 29.Nc4 Nd7
30.Rxa5 Rb7 31.Rc3 h5 32.h3 hxg4 33.hxg4 f6 34.Ra8+ Kg7 35.Na5 Rc7 36.Ra6 Nb8
37.Rb6 Re8 38.Nxc6 Nd7 39.Ra6 Rh8 40.Ra7 Rxa7 41.Nxa7 Nf8 42.Rc7+ Kg6 43.Rc6 Rh2+
44.Kd3 Rxb2 45.Kc4 Kf7 46.Rc7+ Ke6 47.Kb4 Nd7 48.Rc6+ Kf7 49.Nc8 Rf2 50.Nd6+ Ke7
51.Nf5+ Kd8 52.Rc3 Nf8 53.Kb5 Ne6 54.Kb6 Rd2 55.b4 Nd4 56.Ra3 Rb2 57.Nxd4 exd4
58.Kc5 Rd2 59.Kc4 Kc7 60.Rd3 Rc2+ 61.Kxd4 Kd6 62.Ra3 Rb2 63.Ra6+ Ke7 64.Kc4 Rc2+
65.Kd3 Rb2 66.Rb6 Rb3+ 67.Ke2 Kf7 68.b5 Kg6 69.Rb8 Kg7 70.b6 Kf7 71.b7 Kg7
72.Kd2 Rb6 73.Kc3 Rb1 74.Kc4 Rb2 75.Kd5 Rd2+ 76.Ke6 Rb2 77.Re8 Rb6+ 78.Kf5 Rxb7
79.e5 fxe5 80.Rxe5 Rf7+ 81.Kxg5 Rxf3 82.Re7+ Kf8 83.Ra7 Rc3 84.Kh5 Kg8 85.Rd7 Rc6
86.Kg5 Rb6 87.Kf5 Rc6 88.Re7 Rb6 89.g5 Ra6 90.Kg4 Ra4+ 91.Kh5 Ra6 92.Rc7 Rb6
93.g6 Rb1 94.Kh6 Rh1+ 95.Kg5 Rg1+ 96.Kf6 Rf1+ 97.Ke7 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dual of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Qf2 Nfd7 14.h4 Qc7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nc4 17.Bc1 a5 18.Bd3 Rb8 19.g5 a4 20.Nd2 Ndb6 21.gxh6 gxh6 22.Ne4 a3
23.b3 Nd7 24.Qg2 Nb2 25.Bxb2 axb2 26.c3 Qa5 27.Qxb2 Nb6 28.Bf1 Kd7 29.Qe2 Nc8
30.Bh3+ Kc7 31.c4 bxc4 32.Qxc4+ Kb7 33.Rc1 Ka7 34.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "Dual of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 d5 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Qxd5 Bxd5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Nd5 O-O-O 14.Bb5 Bh6+
15.Kb1 Bxd5 16.Rxd5 Nb6 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.Nc5 Kc7 19.Bd3 Be3 20.Ne4 f5 21.Nc3 f4
22.a4 a5 23.b3 Kd7 24.Bf5+ Ke7 25.g4 h5 26.h4 Bd4 27.Nb5 Bf2 28.g5 Rd8 29.Nc3 Nd5
30.Nxd5+ Rxd5 31.Be4 Rd7 32.g6 fxg6 33.Bxg6 Kf6 34.Bxh5 Rh7 35.Bg4 Rxh4 36.Rxh4 Bxh4
37.Bc8 b6 38.Bb7 Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dual of the Graces"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.O-O Bb7
9.f4 b4 10.Ne2 Nf6 11.Ng3 h5 12.Re1 Ng4 13.Qf3 Qb6+ 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qxe3+
16.Rxe3 a5 17.Ree1 a4 18.Nd2 Bc5+ 19.Kf1 h4 20.Ne2 f6 21.Nf3 Nc6 22.Rad1 Ke7
23.Bb5 Ra5 24.Bc4 Nd8 25.Nc1 Nf7 26.Nd3 Bd6 27.b3 g5 28.e5 fxe5 29.Nfxe5 Nxe5
30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.fxe5 axb3 33.axb3 Rf8+ 34.Kg1 Rf5 35.Bb5 Bd5
36.Re1 Rf4 37.Bd3 Rg4 38.Re2 Kd8 39.Rf2 Kc7 40.Re2 Kb6 41.Rf2 Kc5 42.Rd2 Rf4
43.Bg6 Bc6 44.Bh7 Rd4 45.Re2 Bb5 46.Re1 Rd2 47.h3 Bc6 48.Be4 Bxe4 49.Rxe4 Rxc2
50.g3 Rc3 51.gxh4 gxh4 52.Rxh4 Rxb3 53.Kf2 Rd3 54.Ke2 Rd4 55.Rh8 Kd5 56.h4 b3
57.h5 Rb4 58.Ke1  0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Hyderabad IND"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stepovaia Dianchenko,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nge2 Ne7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.d3 g6
9.Bf4 Bg7 10.Qd2 Bf6 11.Bd6 Qb6 12.O-O Ne5 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Qh6 Bf6 15.f4 Qc5
16.e5 Be7 17.Qg7 Rf8 18.Ng3 b5 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.Bb3 h5 21.a4 Bb7 22.axb5 O-O-O
23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.exd6 f6 25.Rf2 Qxb5 26.Bxe6 Qxb2 27.Bxd7+ Kb8 28.Raf1 Qb6
29.Qe7 Bd5 30.Ba4 Rf7 31.Qe1 Qxd6 32.Re2 Rb7 33.Qa1 Rb4 34.Be8 f5 35.Qa5 Qb6
36.Ra1 Qxa5 37.Rxa5 Rb6 38.Re7 Bb7 39.Bf7 Rc8 40.Bb3 Ba6 41.h3 h4 42.Rd7 Bxd3
43.cxd3 Rc1+ 44.Kf2 Rxb3 45.Rxd4 Rb2+ 46.Kf3 Rf1+ 47.Ke3 Re1+ 48.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Hyderabad IND"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.O-O f4 13.c4 b4 14.Qa4 Rc8 15.Nxb4 Bd7
16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Rfd1 d5 18.exd5 Rh6 19.Qb3 Bc5 20.Rd2 O-O 21.Nc2 Qh4 22.Ne1 Qxh2+
23.Kf1 Bg4 24.f3 Qg3 25.Ke2 Rh1 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.fxg4 Qf2+ 28.Kd3 Qe3+ 29.Kc2 Rxe1
30.Rxe1 Qxe1 31.Qd3+ e4 32.Qh3+ Kg7 33.Qh5 Be7 34.d6 Bf6 35.g5 Bxb2 36.Qd1 Qxd1+
37.Rxd1 Be5 38.Rd5 f6 39.d7 Rd8 40.c5 Bc7 41.c6 Kg6 42.Rd4 f5 43.Rb4 Kxg5
44.Rb7 Bd6 45.Kc3 Kg4 46.Kd4 f3 47.gxf3+ exf3 48.Kd5 f2 49.Kxd6 f1=Q 50.Kc7 Rf8
51.Rb4+ Kg5 52.d8=Q+ Rxd8 53.Kxd8 Qd3+ 54.Kc8 Qd6 55.Rb6 f4 56.Kb7 f3 57.c7 Qd7
58.Rb2 Qd4 59.Rb3 Qd5+ 60.Kb8 Qd6 61.Rxf3 Qb6+ 62.Kc8 Qe6+ 63.Kb8 Qb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Hyderabad IND"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.O-O-O a5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.a4 Na6 15.e4 Nb4
16.Kb1 O-O 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bc4 Nf6 19.Qc2 Kh8 20.h4 b5 21.Bxb5 Qa7 22.Bc4 Rab8
23.h5 gxh5 24.g4 Kg8 25.g5 Nd5 26.Rxh5 g6 27.Rh6 Kg7 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.Bf4 Rg8
30.Bxb8 Qxb8 31.Rdh1 Qd8 32.Rh7+ Kf8 33.f4 Qd7 34.Rc1 Ke8 35.Qb3 Bb4 36.Qe3+ Kd8
37.Qe5 Rf8 38.Qb8+ Ke7 39.Qb6 Qf5+ 40.Ka2 Bd6 41.Re1+ Kd7 42.Qb5+  1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Hyderabad IND"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ioseliani,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.f4 a6 9.h4 h6
10.dxc5 Be7 11.h5 Bh7 12.Bg2 Qc7 13.a3 f6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 fxe5 16.fxe5 Rc8
17.b4 Qd8 18.O-O Bg5 19.Rf2 Ne7 20.Bxg5 hxg5 21.Raf1 Nc6 22.Qe3 Rc7 23.Na4 d4
24.Qf3 Nxe5 25.Qe2 Nf7 26.Qxe6+ Re7 27.Qb3 Ne5 28.Nb6 Nc6 29.Qf3  1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Cup Gp C"]
[Site "Hyderabad IND"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thipsay,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 f5 8.exf5 Qa5+
9.Qc3 Qxf5 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.O-O e5 12.Re1 O-O-O 13.Qa5 h5 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.Nxc6 Qxc6
16.Qxa7 h4 17.h3 g5 18.Nb3 Rg8 19.Na5 Qc7 20.Re3 b6 21.Qa6+ Kd7 22.Qb5+ Ke6
23.Nb3 g4 24.Nd4+ Kf7 25.Nf5 Qc8 26.hxg4 Rxg4 27.Rf3 Qb7 28.Qb3 Kg6 29.Qc2 Kf7
30.Nxh4 Bg7 31.Rh3 Rh8 32.g3 Qc8 33.Be3 d5 34.Bxb6 Qe6 35.c5 Ne4 36.Kg2 Ng5
37.Rah1 Nxh3 38.Rxh3 Bf6 39.Nf5 Rc4 40.Nd6+ Qxd6 41.Qxc4 Qe6  0-1

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macek,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qc2 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.a3 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.g3 Bb7 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Be2 d4
16.Na2 Be4 17.Qa4 Qh3 18.Bf1 Qf5  0-1

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang Pin"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 O-O 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Bc7 Qd7 15.Be5 Qb7
16.exd5 cxd5 17.Rd4 Ne8 18.Bd3 Bf6 19.Re1 Bd7 20.a3 a5 21.a4 Rb8 22.Nb5 Bxb5
23.axb5 Qe7 24.Kb1 Rb7 25.Ra4 Bxe5 26.Qxe5 Qc7 27.Qxc7 Nxc7 28.Rxa5 Rfb8
29.c4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Nxb5 31.Bxb5 Rxb5 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Re4 Kg8 34.b4 Kf8 35.Kb2 Ke7
36.Kb3 Kd6 37.Rc4 Rb8 38.Rc5 f5 39.Ra5 Rb7 40.Ra2 Kc6 41.Kc4 Rc7 42.b5+ Kd6+
43.Kb4 Rc1 44.Ka5 Kc7 45.Ka6 Kb8 46.Re2 Kc7 47.Ra2 Kb8 48.Kb6 Rd1 49.Rc2 e5
50.Rc6 Rd2 51.Re6 Kc8 52.Rxe5 Rxf2 53.g3 g5 54.Kc6 Rc2+ 55.Rc5 Rxh2 56.Rxf5 Rc2+
57.Kb6 Rc3 58.g4 Rg3 59.Rf6 Rxg4 60.Rxh6 Rg1 61.Rh8+ Kd7 62.Kb7 Ke6 63.b6 g4
64.Kc8 Rc1+ 65.Kb8 Kf5 66.b7 Rb1 67.Kc7 Kf4 68.b8=Q Rxb8 69.Rxb8 g3 70.Kd6 g2
71.Rg8 Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mkrtchian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Ne4 11.c3 Bf5 12.Bc2 Rc8 13.Ng5 Bg6 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qe2 f5
16.Bf4 Qh4 17.Be3 Bc7 18.Bc5 Rfe8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 f4 21.Qb5 Re7 22.Bc5 Ree8
23.Bd4 Re7 24.Bc5 Ree8 25.Bd4 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Baginskaite,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Qc7 12.Kb1 b5 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb6
16.Na5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxa5 18.c4 Rab8 19.Bd3 Qa4 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Rc1 b4 22.Rc7 Qe8
23.Bf5 g6 24.Bg4 Rb5 25.Qd3 d5 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Qxb5 d4 28.Bd2  1-0

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khurtsidze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f4 b5 11.Be2 Rb8 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Qb6 14.f5 Rb7 15.Bf3 Rc7
16.Be3 Bc5 17.Bh6 O-O 18.Ne4 Ne8 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.Be3 Rxe5 21.Bxb6 Rxf5 22.b4 Nf6
23.Bc5 Nd5 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Rd4 Ke7 26.Re1 Bb7 27.Be4 Re5 28.Kd2 Kd6 29.a4 f5
30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5+ Bxd5 32.axb5 axb5 33.g3 g5 34.Ra1 f4 35.Ra7 Be4 36.Ra6+ Kd7
37.Ra5 Kc6 38.c4 bxc4 39.Rc5+ Kd6 40.Rxc4 Bd5 41.Rc8 e5 42.b5 e4 43.b6 e3+
44.Kd3 Bb7 45.Rc7 Ba6+ 46.Kd4 e2 47.Rc1 fxg3 48.hxg3 h5 49.Ke3 h4 50.g4 e1=Q+
51.Rxe1 Kc6 52.Kf2 Bc8 53.Rc1+ Kb7 54.Kf3 h3 55.Rc7+ Kb8 56.Kg3 h2 57.Rh7  1-0

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olarasu,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.b3 Qe7 11.Bb2 e5 12.Rfe1 h6 13.Nh4 Re8 14.Nf5 Kf8 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qg6 Be6 19.Qg3 Ne4 20.Qh4 exd4 21.Qxe4 Bxc4 22.Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Voiska,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 Nbd7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.h3 c6 8.a4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Be3 Re8 11.d5 cxd5 12.exd5 Bf8 13.g4 h6 14.Ng3 a6 15.Nf5 Qc7
16.Qd2 Rac8 17.Kh2 Qd8 18.Rg1 Nh7 19.Be4 Ng5 20.Bh1 e4 21.Rg3 Ne5 22.Bxg5 hxg5
23.Nxe4 Nc4 24.Qd4 Re5 25.b3 Bxd5 26.Nxg5 Bxh1 27.Kxh1 Qxg5 28.f4 Qf6 29.fxe5 dxe5
30.Qe4 Nd2 31.Qd5 Rd8 32.Qg2 e4 33.Rd1 Nf3 34.Rxd8 Qxd8 35.Qe2 g6 36.Ne3 Qf6
37.Kg2 Nh4+ 38.Kh1 Nf3 39.g5 Qe5 40.Nf1 Bd6 41.Rg4 Nxg5 42.Kg2 Ne6 43.Qxe4 Nf4+
44.Rxf4 Qxf4 45.Qxf4 Bxf4 46.Kf3 g5 47.Ke4 b5 48.axb5 axb5 49.Kd5 Kf8 50.Kc6 b4
51.Kc5 f5 52.Kxb4 g4 53.hxg4 fxg4 54.Kc5 Ke7 55.Kd5 g3 56.Nxg3 Bxg3 57.Kc6 Be1
58.c4 Kd8 59.Kb7 Bb4 60.Kb6 Ba3 61.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.h4 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nd7
16.Nf4 Ne5 17.Be2 g6 18.Rhd1 Ke7 19.c4 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Qb8 21.Bb3 Bg7 22.Ne2 a5
23.Bd4 a4 24.Bxa4 Ba6 25.f4 Nc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 27.Bxg7 Rg8 28.Bb3 Rxg7 29.Bxc4 Bxc4
30.Nc3 Rg8 31.Qd4 Rc8 32.g4 Qc7 33.Rc1 Qc5 34.Qxc5 Rxc5 35.b4 Rc8 36.Kb2 Kd7
37.Na4  1-0

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Le Kieu Thien Kim"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.Re1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Bc2 Bc5 14.Nb3 Qxd1 15.Nxd1 Bb4
16.Bd2 Bxd2 17.Nxd2 Rc8 18.Ne3 Ke7 19.f3 Nfd7 20.Nb3 Nc5 21.Nxc5 Rxc5 22.Rad1 Rhc8
23.Rd2 a5 24.Red1 R8c7 25.Kf2 b4 26.Ba4 Bc8 27.g3 Nd7 28.Bxd7 Bxd7 29.Rd4 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad w"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hagarova,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.h4 Bh6 14.g3 Rb8 15.Bh3 Be6
16.Kf1 a5 17.Qd3 Ne7 18.Kg2 Nxd5 19.exd5 Bxh3+ 20.Rxh3 Qc8 21.Na3 Qc5 22.Nc2 Rfc8
23.g4 Bf4 24.b3 Re8 25.Qe4 Qc8 26.Qf5 Qc5 27.Qe4 Qc8 28.Qf5 Qc5 29.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 O-O-O
16.Qe1 e5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 exf4 19.a4 b4 20.Qe2 Kb7 21.Bd3 Ka7 22.Bxa6 Nxd5
23.Bc4 h6 24.Nh3 f3 25.Qxf3 Bxh2+ 26.Kh1 Ng6 27.Qh5 Nge7 28.Rf7 Nb6 29.Be3 g5
30.Be6 Bd6 31.Nf2 Qc6 32.a5 Nd7 33.Bxd7 Rxd7 34.Qg4 Rhd8 35.Rd1 Kb8 36.Qe4 Qxe4
37.Nxe4 Bc7 38.Rxd7 Rxd7 39.Bg1 Be5 40.Nxc5 Rd1 41.Rxe7 Bd4 42.Nd7+ Kc8 43.Nb6+ Kb8
44.a6 Rxg1+ 45.Kh2 Bxb6 46.Rb7+ Ka8 47.Rxb6 Rb1 48.Rxb4 Ka7 49.Rd4 Kxa6 50.Rd6+ Kb7
51.Rxh6 Kc7 52.Rh7+ Kc6 53.Rh6+ Kc7 54.Rh3 Rxb2 55.Rd3 Kc6 56.Kh3 Ra2 57.Rd4 Kc5
58.Rd8 Kc6 59.g3 Ra4 60.Rd2 Kc5 61.Rd3 Rb4 62.Rd8 Kc6 63.Rg8 Kd6 64.Rxg5 Ke6
65.Rg4 Rb7 66.Kh4 Kf6 67.Rg8 Rh7+ 68.Kg4 Rh1 69.Rg5 Rg1 70.Ra5 Kg6 71.Ra6+ Kg7
72.Kh4 Rb1 73.Ra5 Kg6 74.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tseshkovsky,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nd2 Bg4 5.h3 Bf5 6.e4 Bg6 7.f4 e6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.g4 h6
10.Ngf3 Qb6 11.f5 Bh7 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.exd5 exd5 14.Kd1 c5 15.Re1 Nc6 16.g5 hxg5
17.Nxg5 Bg6 18.Nc4 Bh5 19.Nxb6 Bxe2+ 20.Rxe2 axb6 21.c3 Kd7 22.Ne6 Rh7 23.Nf4 d4
24.h4 dxc3 25.bxc3 Bd6 26.Bh3+ Kc7 27.Ne6+ Kb8 28.Bg5 Nd5 29.Rc1 Ra3 30.Rec2 g6
31.Bg2 Nde7 32.Rb1 Ka7 33.Be4 Rf7 34.Rb3 Ra4 35.Rcb2 Ra6 36.Re2 Ra4 37.Reb2 Ra6
38.Bxe7 Rxe7 39.Bxc6 bxc6 40.Nd8 b5  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe1 Ra7 13.Bd3 h5 14.Qh4 Be7 15.f5 Qb6
16.Rhe1 Qc5 17.Kb1 e5 18.Be2 Rc7 19.Rd2 b4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 a5 22.b3 Bd8
23.Bc4 Rc8 24.Qg3 Kf8 25.Qh4 Ke7 26.g4 Bb6 27.g5 fxg5 28.Qxg5+ Kd7 29.Qf6 Rh7
30.Qh4 Rg8 31.Qh3 Rhh8 32.f6+ Kd8 33.Rdd1 Rg4 34.Be2 Rg5 35.Qd3 Kc7 36.c3 bxc3
37.h4 e4 38.Qxe4 Re5 39.Qc2 Rhe8 40.Rd3 Re3 41.Qc1 c2+ 42.Kb2 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2002.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arkell,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.g3 b4
9.Ne4 Qb6 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.Bg2 Ba6 12.Qc2 c5 13.Bg5 Rc8 14.Bxf6 cxd4 15.Qa4+ Bb5
16.Bxd4 Bxa4 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.b3 Bd7 19.Ne5 Bb5 20.Be4 Bd6 21.Bd3 Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Nf1 f5 18.exf5 Rxe1 19.Qxe1 Bxd5 20.Ra3 bxa4 21.N1h2 Bb3 22.Rxb3 axb3
23.Qe6+ Kh8 24.f6 Nxf6 25.Nh4 g5 26.Ng6+ Kg7 27.h4 Qd7 28.Qxb3 Re8 29.Bd2 Qf7
30.Qf3 Qd5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Qc3 Na2 33.Qa5 Nb4 34.Qc7+ Qf7 35.Qa5 Ne4 36.Bxe4 Rxe4
37.Nxf8 Qxf8 38.Nf3 g4 39.Ng5 Re2 40.Be3 Qe7 41.Qa3 Re1+ 42.Kh2 Qe5+ 43.g3 Kg6  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barsov,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.g5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.a4 bxa4 15.c4 Nb4
16.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 17.Kf1 Qe7 18.c5 e5 19.Qe4 exd4 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.exd4 h6 22.Rg1 hxg5
23.Rxg5 g6 24.Kg2 a5 25.Bd1 Nf8 26.Rb1 Ra7 27.Bxa4 f6 28.Re1+ Kd8 29.Rg4 g5
30.d5 Ng6 31.dxc6 Bc8 32.Rd4+ Kc7 33.Rd6 Nf4+ 34.Kg1 Kb8 35.Rb1+ Ka8 36.Nd4 Nh3+
37.Kf1 Rc7 38.Rb6 Nf4 39.Nb5 Re7 40.Rd7 Bxd7 41.Nc7+  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.c4 O-O 14.Kb1 Qa5 15.Ne5 Rad8
16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8
22.Qe2 Qd4 23.Bd2 b5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.f4 b4 26.Qe3 Qd5 27.g4 a5 28.Bc1 Qd1
29.Qg3 Qe2 30.a3 Qe4+ 31.Ka1 Qc4 32.Qe3 Bc5 33.Qd2 Bd4 34.Kb1 bxa3 35.Qxa5 Bxb2
36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Bxb2 Qe4+ 38.Ka2 axb2 39.Qd1 g6 40.Kxb2 Qb4+ 41.Ka2 Qxf4 42.Qe2 Kg7
43.Kb3 Qd4 44.Ka2 Qb4 45.Ka1 Qb3 46.hxg6 Kxg6 47.Qe4+ Kg5 48.Qh7 Qc3+ 49.Ka2 Qxe5
50.Qg8+ Kh4 51.Qxf7 Qe3 52.Qh5+ Kg3 53.Kb2 e5 54.Kc2 e4 55.Kd1 Qg1+ 56.Ke2 Qf2+
57.Kd1 e3  0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flear,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 a6
9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.bxc3 Be7 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Rb1 Ra7 15.Bf3 O-O
16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Nxc6 Qd5 18.Nxa7 Qxg2 19.Rf1 Qa8 20.Qb3 Qe4+ 21.Be3 Nd5 22.Kd2 f5
23.Kc1 Bd6 24.Bd2 Nf4 25.Be3 Ra8 26.Qc2 Ba3+ 27.Kd2 Qf3 28.Qd1 Qe4 29.Bxf4 Qxf4+
30.Kc2 Rxa7 31.Qe2 Qd6 32.Rb3 h6 33.Rfb1 Re7 34.Qf3 Re8 35.c4 Qxd4 36.Rxa3 Qxc4+
37.Kb2 Qd4+ 38.Rc3 Rd8 39.Rc1 Qd2+ 40.Kb1  1-0

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2003.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c4 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.Qd2 bxc4 17.Nxc4 O-O 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.b4 Rb5 20.Ne3 f4 21.Nc2 Rxd5 22.Qxf4 Re5
23.Bxa6 d5 24.Rcd1 f5 25.Bc4 Kh8 26.Rfe1 Qc8 27.Bb3 Ng6 28.Qc1 f4 29.Rxd5 Nh4
30.Qd1 f3 31.Rxe5 Bxe5 32.Rxe4 Rd8 33.Nd4 Bf6 34.g3 Nf5 35.Qxf3 Rxd4 36.Re6 Rd2
37.Rxf6 Nd4 38.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stellwagen,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B77"]

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 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qd3 Bd7 13.h4 Rc8 14.h5 Nbc4 15.hxg6 fxg6
16.Kb1 Nxb3 17.axb3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Rc5 19.f4 Bg4 20.Rd3 Qd7 21.Nf3 Rfc8 22.e5 Qc7
23.b4 Rc4 24.Nd5 Qd7 25.exd6 Rxc2 26.Nxe7+ Kf8 27.Ne5 Qa4 28.Nxc8 Be6 29.Ra3 Qxb4
30.Kxc2 Bf5+ 31.Kc1 Bxe5 32.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hector,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Bb3 Qc7
9.O-O b5 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.f3 Be7 12.a4 b4 13.a5 O-O 14.Na4 Bb7 15.Nb6 Rad8
16.Qe1 Qc7 17.Kh1 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bd4 Bc5 21.Qe4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Rd6
23.Rfd1 Rfd8 24.Qe5 Ne7 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.h3 g6 27.Re1 Nf5 28.Kh2 Nd4 29.Kh1 Nf5
30.Kh2 Nd4 31.f4 Nc6 32.Qc5 Rd4 33.Ba4 Qxf4+ 34.Kh1 Nd8 35.Qb6 Rd6 36.Qc7 Rd4
37.Qb6 Rd6 38.Qc7 g5 39.Bd7 Qd2 40.Qxd8+ Kg7 41.Re2 Qd1+ 42.Kh2 h6 43.Qb8 Rxd7
44.Qe5+ Kg8 45.Re4 Qxc2 46.Rxb4 Qc7 47.Qxc7 Rxc7 48.Rb6 Rc2 49.Kg3 Kg7 50.Kf3 Kf6
51.b4 Rb2 52.Ke3 Ke5 53.Kd3 Kd5 54.Kc3 Rxg2 55.Rxa6 Rg3+ 56.Kb2 Kc4 57.Rb6 Rxh3
58.a6 Rh2+ 59.Ka3 Rh1 60.Kb2 Rh2+ 61.Ka3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.Nb3 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Qh3 Be7 12.O-O Nb4 13.Rae1 Nxd3 14.cxd3 b4 15.Nd1 a5
16.Nf2 h6 17.Rc1 Qd8 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nh7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nc5 Bd5 22.Ng4 O-O
23.Rf2 Rad8 24.b3 Qg5 25.Rcf1 h5 26.Rf4 hxg4 27.Rxg4 Qxe5 28.Rh4 Qg5 29.Rg4 Bxg2
30.Qxg2 Qxc5+ 31.d4 Rxd4 32.Rxg7+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 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 O-O
16.Bf4 Bc5 17.Rd2 Bf5 18.Nd5 Ne4 19.Re2 Rac8 20.Ba2 Rfd8 21.Rae1 Be6 22.Rxe4 Bxd5
23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Bf8 26.Kf1 f6 27.Rb8 Rd7 28.Ke2 Kf7 29.b3 Bb4
30.Rc8 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Jonkman,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nxc6 Bc5 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Nc3 Qg6 8.f4 Ne7
9.Bd3 d5 10.Na4 Bd4 11.e5 Bf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Qe2 h5 14.c3 Bb6 15.b3 d4 16.Qe4 dxc3
17.Nxb6 axb6 18.O-O O-O-O 19.Qc4 Nh4 20.g3 Nf5 21.Qxc3 h4 22.g4 Qxg4+ 23.Kf2 Nd4
24.Qd3 Kb7 25.Rg1 Qe6 26.Bb2 Nf5 27.Qe2 h3 28.Rac1 Rd5 29.Rc2 Rh4 30.Qe4 Nd6
31.Qe3 Qf5 32.Rgc1 Rxf4+ 33.Kg1 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.h4 Re8 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.Bc7 Qd7
16.Be5 Bf8 17.Bd3 Qe7 18.Rhe1 d4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.Be3 Rb8 21.Nb1 Qb7 22.b3 a5
23.f3 a4 24.Bc4 Be6 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Qf2 c5 27.Nd2 Qb4 28.Qe2 Nd7 29.Nc4 Nb6
30.Bd2 Qb5 31.Nxb6 Qxb6 32.Qc4 axb3 33.axb3 Rd8 34.Bc3 Rd4 35.Bxd4 cxd4 36.Qc8 Kg8
37.Rd3 Qb4 38.Kd1 Kh7 39.Ke2 Be7 40.h5 Qb5 41.Ra1 Rc6 42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.Ra8+ Bf8
44.Rc8 Rf6 45.Qh3 Qb7 46.Rc4 Re6 47.Qf5 Be7 48.Kf2 Bg5 49.Rd1 Be3+ 50.Ke2 Bf4
51.Ra1 Re8 52.Kd3 Rd8 53.Ra5 Qb6 54.Rac5 Qa6 55.Rc8 Bg5 56.Rxd8+ Bxd8 57.Qd7 Qa1
58.Qxd8+ Kh7 59.Rc8  1-0

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Acs,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 Qc7 12.d5 Nc4 13.a4 Nb6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Nxa8
16.Nbd2 Nb6 17.Nf1 c4 18.N3h2 g6 19.g4 h5 20.Ng3 h4 21.Ne2 Nh7 22.Bh6 Re8
23.f4 g5 24.fxg5 Nxg5 25.Qd2 Qd8 26.Qe3 f6 27.Bxg5 fxg5 28.Nf1 Nd7 29.Qa7 Nc5
30.Ra1 Bb7 31.Ne3 Qd7 32.Qa2 Qc7 33.Qa5 Qd7 34.Qa2 Ra8 35.Qb1 Rxa1 36.Qxa1 Bd8
37.Nf5 Qc7 38.Kg2 Qb6 39.Qf1 Qc7 40.Ng1 Kh7 41.Nf3 Kg6 42.Qc1 Bc8 43.N3xh4+ Kf7
44.Nf3 Bxf5 45.gxf5 Qe7 46.Nh2 g4 47.Nxg4 Qg5 48.Qe3 Qxe3 49.Nxe3 Bg5 50.Kf3 Kf6
51.Bd1 Kf7 52.Nc2 Na6 53.Na3 Nc7 54.b3 Bc1 55.Nb1 cxb3 56.Bxb3 Na6 57.Ke2 Kf6
58.Kd1 Bh6 59.Na3 Kg5 60.Nxb5 Bf8 61.Ke2 Kh4 62.Bc4 Nc5 63.Kf3 Kxh3 64.Nc7 Kh4
65.Be2 Kg5 66.Ne8 Be7 67.Ke3 Kh6 68.Bf3 Kg5 69.c4 Bf8 70.Be2 Kh4 71.Bd3 Kg5
72.Bc2 Kh6 73.Bd1 Kh7 74.Bh5 Kh6 75.Bf3 Kg5 76.Bg2 Kh4 77.Nf6 Bg7 78.Ne8 Bh6+
79.Kf3 Bf8 80.Nf6 Bg7 81.Ne8 Bf8 82.Bf1 Kg5 83.Ke3 Kh4 84.Bd3 Kg5 85.Kd2 Kh6
86.Kc3 Kh7 87.Bc2 Kg8 88.Kb4 Kf7 89.Nc7 Ke7 90.Ka5 Kd7 91.Nb5 Be7 92.Nc3 Bh4
93.Kb6 Bf2 94.Kb5 Be1 95.Nd1 Kc7 96.Ne3 Nd7 97.Ng4 Bh4 98.Nh6 Bg5 99.Nf7 Be3
100.Nh8 Nf6 101.Ng6 Nd7 102.Bd1 Bg5 103.Ba4 Bf6 104.Kb4 Nc5 105.Bc2 Bg5 106.Nh8 Kb6
107.Nf7 Bd2+ 108.Ka3 Kc7 109.Nh8 Nd7 110.Ng6 Nf6 111.Nf8 Kb6 112.Ne6 Be3
113.Kb4 Bd2+ 114.Kb3 Be3 115.Kc3 Bg1 116.Kd3 Kb7 117.Ba4 Kc8 118.Bc6 Bf2
119.Ke2 Bb6 120.Kf3 Ba7 121.Ba4 Bg1 122.Nf8 Kd8 123.Ng6 Bc5 124.Bc2 Bb6 125.Kg3 Bc5
126.Kh4 Be3 127.Nf8 Ke8 128.Ne6 Ke7 129.Bd3 Bf2+ 130.Kg5 Be3+ 131.Kg6 Bd2
132.c5 Ne8 133.f6+ Nxf6  1-0

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Vreugt,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 Qc7 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.Nb3 Rb8
16.Qa5 Qc8 17.Bd2 Be7 18.Bb4 Nc5 19.Qa3 e5 20.Be2 O-O 21.Rd2 Ba8 22.g4 Qc6
23.Rhd1 Rfc8 24.Bf1 Ne6 25.c3 Nc5 26.Bh3 Rc7 27.Na5 Qe8 28.Bf1 Qc8 29.Bd3 Bg5
30.Re2 Qe6 31.Bc2 Rbc8 32.Bb3 Qf6 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Rf1 c4 35.Bc2 Qb6 36.b4 cxb3
37.Nxb3 Rxc3 38.Qa5 Rxb3+  0-1

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c4 Bg7 15.Qd2 e4
16.Be2 bxc4 17.Nxc4 O-O 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.b4 Rb5 20.Ne3 f4 21.Nc2 Rxd5 22.Qxf4 Re5
23.Bxa6 Nd5 24.Qd2 Qh4 25.Ne3 Rh5 26.h3 Nf4 27.Bc8 Rg5 28.Ng4 Be5 29.Nxe5 Rxg2+
30.Kh1 dxe5 31.Qe3 f5 32.Be6+ Kh8 33.Qc3 Nxh3 34.Qxe5+ Rg7 35.Qh2 e3 36.Bxf5 Rg1+
37.Rxg1 Nxf2+ 38.Kg2 Rg8+  0-1

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.Qb4 c6 12.e5 Nxd5 13.Qh4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 c5 15.O-O Nc6
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 f6 18.a4 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rab1 Bg4 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.exf6 exf6
23.Rxb5 Rxb5 24.Bxb5 Rd8 25.Bc4+ Kh8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Be2 Qd6 28.h3 Be6 29.Nd2 f5
30.Bc4 Kg8 31.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Rogers,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.b3 Bg4 8.c4 Nf5 9.Nbd2 Bh5
10.Bb2 Be7 11.h3 Bg6 12.g4 Nh6 13.Ne1 f5 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Bd3 Bd6 16.f4 Qe7
17.Qe2 O-O-O 18.c5 Bc7 19.b4 Ng8 20.b5 Nb8 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Rf3 e5 23.dxe5 Qxc5+
24.Kg2 fxe5 25.Rc1 Qe7 26.bxc6 Nxc6 27.Rxc6 bxc6 28.Qa6+ Kd7 29.fxe5 Rh7
30.Nd3 Rb8 31.Ba3 Rb6 32.Qxa7 Qh4 33.Bd6  1-0

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van der Wiel,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Ne2 Qc7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Kb1 Be7 15.h4 Nd7
16.b3 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bf4 Qb6 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Qc3 Nf6 21.Be5 b4 22.Qb2 exf5
23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qxf6 gxf6 25.Rxd5 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Bxa6 Bd6 28.Re1 Be5
29.Bd3 Rg8 30.Re2 f4 31.a3 Kc7 32.axb4 Bc3 33.Re4 Kb6 34.b5 Ra8 35.Ra4 Rxa4
36.bxa4 Ka5 37.b6 Kxa4 38.b7 Be5 39.Bc4 Kb4 40.Bxf7 Kc3 41.Bg6 Bc7 42.Ka2 Bd6
43.Bd3 Kb4 44.c4 Be5 45.Kb1 Kc3 46.Bf1 Kb3 47.h5 Bc7 48.Be2 Be5 49.Kc1 Kc3
50.Kd1 Bc7 51.Ke1 Bb8 52.Kf1 Kd4 53.Kg1 Kc5 54.Kh2 Kc6 55.Kh3 f5 56.Bd3 Kxb7
57.Bxf5 Kc6 58.Kg4 Bd6 59.Be6 Kc7 60.Kf5 Kd8 61.Bf7 Kd7 62.Bd5 Kd8 63.Kg6 Bf8
64.c5 Bxc5 65.Kxh6 Ke7 66.Kg7 Bd4+ 67.Kg8  1-0

[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 h6 12.Qh3 O-O-O 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.a4 Qb6 17.axb5 Qxd4 18.Be4 Qxe4 19.Rxe4 Bxe4 20.bxa6 Kd7 21.Rd4 Bc6 22.b4 Be7
23.Qb3 Rb8 24.c4 Rhc8 25.Kd1 d5 26.b5 Bc5 27.bxc6+ Kc7 28.Qc3 Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Kxc6
30.cxd5+ exd5 31.Qxg7 Kb6 32.Qxf7 Kxa6 33.Qe6+ Ka7 34.Qd7+ Ka6 35.Qa4+ Kb6
36.f5 Kc5 37.Qf4 d4 38.Qxh6 Rb1+ 39.Kc2 Rcb8 40.Kd3 R8b3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.Rd1 Nh4 12.Nd4 Nf5 13.Nde2 h5 14.Ne4 h4 15.c4 a5 16.Bd2 a4
17.Nf4 Nd4 18.Bc3 Ne6 19.Nd3 b6 20.Re1 c5 21.f4 Rh5 22.Re3 Bb7 23.Rf1 Rd8
24.Nc1 Rf5 25.Ne2 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 g5 27.fxg5 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Bxg5
30.g3 hxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Rd3+ 32.Kg4 Bd2 33.Bxd2 Rxd2 34.b3 Rxa2 35.bxa4 Rxa4
36.h4 Nd4 37.h5 Nxe2 38.Rxe2 Rxc4+ 39.Kg5 Kf8 40.h6 Kg8 41.e6 fxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nce7
9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Be7 12.Bd2 a5 13.Qb3 Nf6 14.Nb6 a4 15.Bb5+ Bd7
16.Bxd7+ Nxd7 17.Nxa4 Bg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.O-O O-O 20.Nc3 f5 21.Qb4 Nc5 22.f4 Qg6
23.fxe5 Rab8 24.Qa3 Ra8 25.Qb4 Rab8 26.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.Rd1 Nh4 12.Nd4 Ng6 13.f4 Bc5 14.Be3 h5 15.Kf2 h4 16.Kf3 Bxd4
17.Bxd4 Rh5 18.Be3 Be6 19.Ne4 b6 20.b3 Ke7 21.Ng5 Bf5 22.Rd2 a5 23.Rad1 Ke8
24.Bf2 Ne7 25.c4 Rh6 26.Ke3 Bg6 27.Nf3 Nf5+ 28.Ke2 Bh5 29.Rd3 c5 30.Kf1 a4
31.bxa4 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Re6 33.a5 f6 34.exf6 Rxf6 35.Re1+ Kf7 36.Ra3 Nd6 37.Bxh4 Nxc4
38.Bxf6 Nxa3 39.Bc3 Nc4 40.Re2 Nxa5 41.Rg2 g6 42.f5 gxf5 43.Rg7+ Ke6 44.h4 Nc4
45.h5 Ne3+ 46.Kg1 Nd5 47.Rg6+ Kf7 48.Rg7+ Kf8 49.Bb2 c4 50.h6 c3 51.Bc1 Rd8
52.Kf2 f4 53.Rg4 b5 54.Ke2 Kf7 55.h7 Rh8 56.Rh4 Kg6 57.Rg4+ Kxh7 58.Bxf4 Ra8
59.Kd3 Rxa2 60.Bc1 c5 61.Rg5 Nb4+ 62.Ke4 Re2+ 63.Kf5 Nd3 64.Kf6 Nxc1 65.Rxc5 Re3
66.f4 Ne2 67.f5 Nd4 68.Rc7+ Kh6 69.Rc8 Kh5 70.Rc5 b4 71.Kg7 Nxf5+ 72.Rxf5+ Kg4
73.Rc5 b3  0-1

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nce7
9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Nf6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Be2 Be7 14.a4 O-O 15.O-O Bb7
16.Nb6 Nd7 17.a5 f5 18.f3 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qd7 20.b4 Bd8 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Rb1 Qf7
23.Bc4 Rfc8 24.Qd3 Ra8 25.Rfc1 Qh5 26.Bb3 Bg5 27.Qd2 Bxe3+ 28.Qxe3 Qf7 29.Qb6 Bxd5
30.Qxa6 Rxc1+ 31.Rxc1 Rxa6 32.Rc8+ Qe8 33.Rxe8+ Kf7 34.Ra8  1-0

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.Rd1 Nh4 12.Nd4 Ng6 13.f4 h5 14.Be3 Nh4 15.Ne4 Nf5
16.Kf2 h4 17.Rd2 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Be6 19.Bc5 Bd8 20.a4 b6 21.Ba3 c5 22.a5 Rh5
23.b4 Rf5 24.bxc5 Rxf4+ 25.Ke3 Rf5 26.cxb6 axb6 27.axb6 Rxe5 28.Rxd8+ Kxd8
29.b7 Rb8 30.Bb2 Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dannemann Match"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2003.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nce7
9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Nf6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Be2 Be7 14.a4 O-O 15.O-O Bb7
16.Nb6 Nd7 17.a5 f5 18.f3 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qd7 20.b4 Bd8 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Rb1 Qf7
23.Bc4 Rfc8 24.Qd3 Ra8 25.Rbc1 Bd8 26.Bb3 Rab8 27.Rc6 Qf8 28.Rc4 Rxc4 29.Bxc4 Ra8
30.Rc1 Bc8 31.Bb3 Bd7 32.Bc4 Bc8 33.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Fleischman,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[ECO "B76"]

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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.g4 Qc7 13.h4 h5 14.gxh5 Nxh5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Rg1 Rh8 17.f4 Qb6 18.Rg5 f6 19.Rb5 Qc7 20.f5 gxf5 21.exf5 Bf7 22.Qg2+ Kf8
23.Rxb7 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.Re1 Rh7 26.Rb8+ Kg7 27.Rxe7 Ng3 28.Bg2 Rb6 29.Rxb6 axb6
30.Bd5 Kf8 31.Rxf7+ Rxf7 32.Bxf7 Kxf7 33.Nd5 Nxf5 34.Nxb6 Nxh4 35.a4 Ke7
36.a5 Kd8 37.a6  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casella,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B77"]

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 Nd7 10.h4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qd3 Nxb3 13.axb3 d5 14.Ndb5 a6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6
16.Nxd5 Qd8 17.Ndc3 Bd7 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.O-O-O Rfd8 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.Qe3 a5 22.Ne2 a4
23.Nb6 Qe5 24.Nc4 Qc7 25.Qb6 Qc8 26.Kb1 Ra6 27.Qb4 b5 28.Na3 Bf8 29.Qd2 b4
30.Qxb4 e6 31.Qc3 Qb7 32.Nc4 Rc8 33.h5 Bg7 34.e5 Bb5 35.h6 Bf8 36.Rh4 axb3
37.cxb3 Qa7 38.Rhd4 Ra1+ 39.Kc2 Rxd1 40.Rxd1 Qf2 41.Qd2 Bxh6 42.Qxh6 Bxc4
43.bxc4 Qxe2+ 44.Qd2 Qxc4+ 45.Kb1 Ra8 46.Qd4 Qa2+ 47.Kc2 Kg7 48.Kd3 Ra5 49.Ke2 Rd5
50.Qc3 Qa6+ 51.Ke1 Rxd1+ 52.Kxd1 Qf1+ 53.Kd2 Qxg2+ 54.Ke3 h5 55.b4 h4 56.Qc4 Qg1+
57.Ke2 g5  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ibragimov,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd2 a6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Be2 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 Qa5 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.O-O c5 14.Rfc1 Rc8 15.Ne5 Be7
16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 O-O 18.Qb3 Ne4 19.Rc4 Nxd2 20.Nxd2 cxd4 21.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bick,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.Nd4 Nc5 10.f3 Ne6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.cxd4 c5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.d5 Bd7 15.h4 a5
16.g4 a4 17.g5 f5 18.Rg1 Be8 19.Qe2 Qa5 20.Bf4 Qc7 21.Qe3 b5 22.h5 Bxh5 23.Bxb5 Rfb8
24.Bc6 Ra7 25.Rd2 c4 26.Rh2 Bg6 27.Qe6+ Kf8 28.Be3 c3 29.bxc3 f4 30.Bd4 Rab7
31.Rg4 Bf7 32.Qf5 Rb1+ 33.Kd2 g6 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Rxh7+ Kf8  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Rad1 Rd8 13.a3 a5 14.Ba2 e5 15.Ne4 Bb8
16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Bb1 f5 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.dxc5 a4 20.e4 f4 21.Ba2+ Kh7 22.Rd3 Ra5
23.Rc1 Ba7 24.Rc3 Bg4 25.Ne1 Rd8 26.f3 Bh5 27.Nd3 Be8 28.Kh1 b5 29.h3 Bb8
30.Nb4 Bc7 31.Rd3 Raa8 32.Rcd1 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Rd8 34.Na6 Qh4 35.Nxc7 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qg3+
37.Kg1 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.exd6 cxd6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 Bg4
9.Bh6 O-O 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.d5 Bxf3 12.Qc3+ Kg8 13.Qxf3 e6 14.Nc3 exd5 15.cxd5 N8d7
16.Be2 Qf6 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.O-O-O Rac8 19.Kb1 Rfe8 20.Rhe1 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Rxe4
22.Bf3 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Kf8 24.b3 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Nxa4 15.axb4 Qc7 16.bxa4 Nd7
17.Bh3 d5 18.g5 Qc4 19.Qd3 Qxb4 20.Qb3 hxg5 21.hxg5 Ne5 22.Qxb4 Bxb4 23.Bg2 Rxh1
24.Rxh1 Nc4 25.Bf2 Bd2+ 26.Kd1 Bxg5 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.Ke2 Ke7 29.Nb3 Bf4 30.Nc5 Ne5
31.Bd4 Rc8 32.c3 Rb8 33.Kd1 Rb2  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg vs. Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Novikov,MiV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Be2 b5 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Rhe1 O-O 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Re3 Kh8
16.Bh5 b4 17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Ne5 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Rh3 Rg8 21.Kb1 Rg7 22.Qxb4 Rb8
23.Qe4 f5 24.Qe2 a5 25.g4 a4 26.Nc1 Qb6 27.b3 Ba6 28.Qe3 fxg4 29.Qxb6 Rxb6
30.Rg3 Rb4 31.Rdg1 Bc8 32.c4 axb3 33.axb3 Bf5+ 34.Kb2 Bf6 35.Rf1 Rg5 36.Bxg4 e4+
37.Ka3 Bxg4 38.Rxf6 Rb8 39.Rxd6 Rg7 40.c5 Bf5 41.Rf6 Ra7+ 42.Kb2 Bg6 43.c6  1-0

[Event "St Petersburg vs. Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novikov,MiV"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.bxa3 Rb8
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 b5 11.Rad1 Ne7 12.e4 Ng6 13.h4 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Qe7 15.Nh2 e5
16.d5 Rfd8 17.Qe2 h5 18.Bc1 Qc5 19.Bf3 c6 20.d6 Rxd6 21.Bxh5 Nxh5 22.Qxh5 Rd3
23.Rxd3 cxd3 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.Rd1 c5 26.Ng5 Nf8 27.Rxd3 f6 28.Nf3 Bxe4 29.Re3 Bg6
30.Qg4 Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Nxe6 32.Nd2 Kf7 33.Kf1 Rd8 34.Ke1 c4 35.Bb2 Nc5 36.Bc3 Nd3+
37.Kf1 Nc1 38.Ba5 Rc8 39.Re1 Nd3 40.Ra1 c3 41.Nb3 c2 42.Bd2 Rd8 43.f3 Nc5
44.Ke2 Nxb3 45.axb3 Rd3 46.h5 Bh7 47.b4 e4 48.fxe4 Rxg3 49.a4 Bxe4 50.axb5 axb5
51.Ra7+ Ke6 52.h6 gxh6 53.Ra6+ Kf5 54.Rb6 Bd3+ 55.Kf2 Rh3 56.Kg2 Rh4 57.Rd6 Be4+
58.Kf2 Rh1  0-1

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Strenzwilk,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Be2 Nxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.a3 Be7 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.h3 Bf6 12.Be3 Na5 13.b3 c5 14.Ra2 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qc1 Rfd8 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Qxd4 21.Rd1 Qc5 22.Rad2 Rxd2
23.Qxd2 h6 24.Qd6 Rc8 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Rd8+ Kh7 27.Rb8 Nxc4 28.Na4 Rc7 29.b6 Rc6
30.Rxb7 Bc2 31.Rc7 Bxa4 32.b7 Rb6 33.Bd3+ f5 34.Bxc4 Bb3 35.Ba6 Bd5 36.f4 Rb2
37.a4 Rb6 38.Kf2 Kg6 39.g4 Kf6 40.Ke3 g5 41.gxf5 gxf4+ 42.Kxf4 exf5 43.Rh7 Rb4+
44.Ke3 f4+ 45.Kd2 Be4 46.Bb5 Bxb7 47.Rxb7 Rb3 48.h4 f3 49.Rb6+ Ke5 50.Rxh6 Kf4
51.Rf6+ Kg3 52.h5 Rb2+ 53.Ke3 Rb3+ 54.Bd3  1-0

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shibut,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.Bf3 O-O 12.Be3 Bd7 13.d5 e5 14.Qb3 Bg4 15.Nb5 Qd7
16.Bxg4 Nxg4 17.d6 Bd8 18.Bc5 a6 19.Nc7 Rc8 20.Rad1 Qc6 21.d7 Bxc7 22.dxc8=Q Rxc8
23.h3 Nf6 24.Be3 b5 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.Rfd1 h6 27.Qc2 e4 28.Bf4 e3 29.fxe3 Qb6
30.Bxc7 Qxe3+ 31.Qf2  1-0

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nh5
9.Bg3 Nd7 10.Nge2 g6 11.O-O Nxg3 12.Nxg3 Be7 13.Rad1 f5 14.f3 O-O 15.e4 f4
16.Nge2 Nb6 17.b3 Qd7 18.a4 a5 19.g3 g5 20.Kg2 Rf7 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 cxd5
23.Rc1 Ba3 24.Rc2 Re8 25.Qb5 Qxb5 26.axb5 fxg3 27.Nxg3 Re3 28.Rb1 Rexf3 29.Re1 Rxb3
30.Rc8+ Bf8 31.Re5 h6 32.Rxd5 Rb2+ 33.Kh3 Rf4 34.Nf5 Rbf2 35.Nxh6+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zimbeck,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bf4 a6
9.O-O h6 10.Bg3 b5 11.Re1 Nf8 12.Ne2 g5 13.c3 Ne7 14.Nfd4 Nf5 15.Bxf5 exf5
16.f4 Be6 17.a4 b4 18.Bf2 bxc3 19.b4 Ba7 20.Qd3 Ng6 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Bxf2+
23.Kxf2 Qb6+ 24.Kf1 Nh4 25.Qd3 O-O 26.Nxc3 Rfd8 27.g3 d4 28.Ne4 Ng6 29.Nf6+ Kf8
30.e6 Qc6 31.Nd7+ Rxd7 32.exd7  1-0

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qd2 h6 10.Nf3 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 exf4 12.Qxf4 Ne5 13.Rf1 Nxc4 14.dxc4 Nd7 15.Qg3 Kh8
16.Bf4 Nb6 17.b3 Bh4 18.Qf3 Bf6 19.Rad1 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 f5 21.Nb5 fxe4 22.Qxe4 d5
23.Qe2 dxc4 24.bxc4 Qe8 25.Qd3 Qc6 26.c3 Bf6 27.Nd6 Be7 28.Rfe1 Rxf4 29.Rxe7 Raf8
30.h3 Nc8 31.Nxc8 Qxc8 32.Qg6 Rf1+ 33.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 34.Kh2 Qb8+ 35.g3 Qf8 36.Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Adu,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Ne5 13.Qh3 O-O 14.Rg1 Kh8 15.Rg3 Rg8
16.Nce2 Nc4 17.fxe6 Bxe6 18.Nf4 Qd7 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.gxf5 Ne5 21.Be2 Qa7 22.Qh4 Rxg3
23.hxg3 Qe3+ 24.Kb1 Nd7 25.Rh1 Nf8 26.Nd5 Qxe2 27.Nxe7  1-0

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zaitshik,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e6 7.e4 Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 b5 11.Qe1 Bg6 12.Nh4 Ne8 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Qe2 Nc7 15.f4 a5
16.a3 a4 17.b4 c5 18.bxc5 Bxc5+ 19.Kh2 b4 20.axb4 Bxb4 21.Rfb1 Re8 22.Bd4 Bf8
23.Qf2 Ra6 24.Ra2 Qa8 25.c4 Rb8 26.Rc1 Qc6 27.Rac2 Qd6 28.cxd5 Nb5 29.e5 Qa3
30.Bb2 Qb4 31.d6 a3 32.Ba1 Nxd6 33.exd6 Rxd6 34.Qe2 Rdb6 35.Nc4 Ra6 36.Ne5 Rd8
37.Rc6 Ra7 38.Rc7 Ra5 39.Bc3  1-0

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.O-O Be6 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.a4 Nd7 15.Bd4 Bxd4+
16.Qxd4 Qb4 17.Rab1 Nc5 18.Qe3 Nd7 19.Kh1 Nf6 20.f4 Qc5 21.Qg3 b5 22.axb5 axb5
23.b4 Qb6 24.e5 Nd7 25.f5 Bxc4 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 27.Nd5 Qd8 28.exd6 exd6 29.fxg6 hxg6
30.Qxd6 Ra7 31.Ne7+ Kg7 32.Rxf7+ Kxf7 33.Rf1+  1-0

[Event "103rd ch-SUI"]
[Site "Silvaplana SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Risch,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 Bb7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bd2 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne4 12.Be3 c5 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Ba6
16.Rc1 Qd7 17.O-O Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nc6 19.Rc3 Rac8 20.f4 f5 21.Bd2 Ne7 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Bb4 Rc4 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Qxf5 Rxd4 26.Rc1 Rc4 27.Rxc4 dxc4 28.Qc8+ Kh7
29.Qxc4 Kg6 30.g4 Qd7 31.Qe4+ Kf7 32.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "103rd ch-SUI"]
[Site "Silvaplana SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Jaeggi,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 f5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.g4 Nfe4 15.Ngxe4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4  1-0

[Event "103rd ch-SUI"]
[Site "Silvaplana SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huss,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qd2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Qxc3 d6 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Nd2 Qh4 13.f3 Ng5 14.f4 Nh3+ 15.gxh3 Rf6
16.Nf3 Rg6+ 17.Kh1 Qxh3 18.Qe2 Nc5 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.Bd2 Be4  0-1

[Event "103rd ch-SUI"]
[Site "Silvaplana SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Horvath,Ta1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Rc8
9.b3 a6 10.N5c3 Nd4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.Be3 Be7 14.f4 O-O 15.Bxd4 exd4
16.Nd2 Rc3 17.Nf3 Re8 18.Qd2 Bf6 19.Rae1 Qc7 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5
23.Qf4 f6 24.Bc4 d3 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.d6+ Rxc4 27.Qxe5 fxe5 28.bxc4 Ba4 29.Kf2 Kf7
30.Ke3+ Ke6 31.Kxd3 Be8 32.Rf8 Bg6+ 33.Kc3 Kxd6 34.Rg8 Ke6 35.Rxg7 Be4 36.g4 Kf6
37.Rg8 Kf7 38.Rd8 Ke7 39.Rd2 Kf6 40.h4 Bc6 41.Rd6+ Kf7 42.Rxc6 bxc6 43.Kd3 a5
44.a4 c5 45.Ke4  1-0

[Event "103rd ch-SUI"]
[Site "Silvaplana SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jenni,F"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qc2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Nbd7
9.Ba3 Qb6 10.d4 e6 11.Bxf8 Nxf8 12.Nbd2 N8d7 13.b4 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Rxa5 Qxa5
16.e4 O-O 17.e5 Nd5 18.Ng5 g6 19.Nde4 b4 20.Rb1 Qa7 21.Nd6 Nc3 22.Re1 Ba6
23.Bxc6 Ne2+ 24.Rxe2 b3 25.Qxb3 Bxe2 26.Qb2 Qb6 27.Qxb6 Nxb6 28.Be8 Kg7 29.Bxf7 Ra8
30.Kg2 Ra1 31.Nxe6+ Kh6 32.f3 Nc4 33.g4 Nxd6 34.exd6 Bb5 35.Kg3 Bd7 36.d5 Rd1
37.h4 Bxe6 38.Bxe6 Rb1 39.d7 Rb8 40.Kf4 Kg7 41.Ke5 Ra8 42.Kd6 Kf8 43.g5  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sanchez Carrasco,F"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8
9.h3 b5 10.Nh4 Nd4 11.Ne2 b4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.f5 a5 14.Bg5 Rb5 15.Qd2 Rc5
16.Rf2 Qc7 17.g4 Bd7 18.Re1 a4 19.Ree2 b3 20.axb3 axb3 21.cxb3 Rb8 22.Bh6 Rxb3
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qf4 Be8 25.Rd2 Rc1+ 26.Bf1 Qc5 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Nf5+ gxf5
29.gxf5 Bb5 30.Qh4 Kf8 31.Qh8+ Ng8 32.Rg2 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qc1+ 34.Ke2 Bxd3+
35.Rxd3 Rxb2+  0-1

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dvoirys,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 h5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Kh1 Bd7 14.Nd1 Qb4 15.Qe3 d5
16.exd5 Ne7 17.c4 Nf5 18.Qf3 exd5 19.Ne3 dxc4 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.Na5 h4 22.Nxb7 Qc6
23.Qe4+ Ne7 24.Nd6+ Qxd6 25.Nxe7  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pavlovic,Mi1"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nce7
9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Nf6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Be2 Be7 14.a4 O-O 15.O-O Bb7
16.Nb6 Nd7 17.a5 f5 18.f3 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qd7 20.Qd2 Bd8 21.Bf2 h6 22.Be3 Bf6
23.Rac1 Qf7 24.b4 Ra8 25.Rfd1 Rfc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Qc2 Bd7 28.Qc7 Ba4 29.Rc1 Bg5
30.Bxg5 Qxc7 31.Rxc7 hxg5 32.Rb7 Bb3 33.Rb6 Rc8 34.Rc6 Rd8 35.Bxa6 Kf7 36.Rc7+ Kf6
37.Bb7 e4 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Rc3 Ba2 40.a6 Ke5 41.Ra3  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cvitan,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.g4 O-O 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nd7 12.h4 Ne5 13.Be2 b5 14.g5 Nc6 15.Qd2 Qa5
16.a3 b4 17.Nb1 Rb8 18.b3 Bb7 19.a4 Qe5 20.f4 Qa1 21.Bd4 Qa2 22.Rh3 Rfc8
23.c4 Qxd2+ 24.Rxd2 Nxd4 25.Rxd4 e5 26.fxe5 dxe5 27.Rd7 Kf8 28.Bg4 Rd8 29.Rd5 Bxd5
30.exd5 g6 31.Nd2 h6 32.Ne4 hxg5 33.hxg5 Kg7 34.Kc2 a5 35.Rd3 Rh8 36.d6 Bd8
37.c5 Rh4 38.Rg3 Bxg5 39.Nxg5 f5 40.d7 Rh2+ 41.Kc1 Kf6 42.c6 Rhh8 43.c7 Rbc8
44.Ne4+ Ke7 45.dxc8=Q Rxc8 46.Bxf5  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5
9.Rd1 Bd6 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e5 Be7
16.Nh4 Qe8 17.e6 fxe6 18.Ng6 Qxg6 19.Rxd7 Bc5 20.Rf1 Nd4 21.Qe5 Rf5 22.Qe4 Raf8
23.Rxd4 Bxd4 24.Qxd4 Qg5 25.Bh3 Rd8 26.Qa7 Rff8 27.Qxa6 Rd6 28.Qb7 Qh5 29.Qxc7 Rd2
30.Bxe6+ Kh8 31.a3 Rxb2 32.Nd5 Qg6 33.Nf4 Qf6 34.h4 Re8 35.h5 Rd2 36.Qc6 Red8
37.Ng6+  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shchekachev,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 d4 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.e4 dxe3
10.fxe3 Ng4 11.Ra2 Qc7 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.Qe2 Qb6 14.Rb2 Bf6 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Rb1 Qd6
17.Rd1 Rb8 18.Nd2 Qxd3 19.Qxg4 Qxe3+ 20.Kh1 e5 21.Ne4 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Qd4 23.Qe2 Be7
24.Be3 Qd8 25.Nexc5 f5 26.Rd1 Qe8 27.Qd2 e4 28.Nd7 Bxd7 29.Qxd7 Qxd7 30.Rxd7 Bxa3
31.Bh3 g6 32.Bf4 Re8 33.Nc3 e3 34.Nd5 Bb2 35.Bxe3 Na5 36.Bf1 a6 37.b4 Nc6
38.Rxb7 Ne5 39.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Misiano,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "D48"]

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.d5 Qc7 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 O-O-O
16.Qe2 h6 17.Nf3 Bxf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.g3 Qc7 20.e5 Nd5 21.Ne4 Kb8 22.Nd6 Rxd6
23.exd6 Qxd6 24.a4 c4 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rae1 Nd7 27.Qxe6 Qc5+ 28.Rf2 N7f6 29.Qe5+ Ka7
30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.Nxd4 Kb6 32.Nf5 h5 33.Re6+ Kc5 34.Nxg7 h4 35.gxh4 Rxh4 36.Nf5 Rg4+
37.Kf1 Nd7 38.Ne3 Nxe3+ 39.Rxe3 Kb4 40.Bf5 Rg7 41.h4 Nf6 42.Be6 Ng4 43.Bxg4 Rxg4
44.Rh2 Be4 45.h5 Bd3+ 46.Kf2 Kb3 47.h6 Rg8 48.h7 Rh8 49.Ke1 Ka2 50.b4+ Kb3
51.Rh4 Kc3 52.Kd1 Kb2 53.Rxd3 cxd3 54.Kd2 Kb3 55.Kxd3 Ka4 56.Kc3 Rc8+ 57.Kb2 Rh8
58.Ka2 Rc8 59.h8=Q Rxh8 60.Rxh8 Kxb4 61.Kb2  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Derieux,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Ne5 12.Ra3 g5 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nd1 Nh7 15.Ne3 Nf8
16.Re1 Nfg6 17.Ndf1 Nh4 18.Ng3 Re7 19.Qd1 Qf8 20.Nh5 f5 21.g3 Nhg6 22.f4 gxf4
23.gxf4 Nxf4 24.Nxf4 fxe4 25.Nc4 Nxc4 26.Bxc4 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Rg7 28.Qe2 Bf5
29.Ne6 Bxe6 30.dxe6 Qf5 31.Bxh6 Rg6 32.e7+ d5 33.Bb5 Kf7 34.Rf3 Rg1+ 35.Rxg1 Qxf3+
36.Qxf3+  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sedlak,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Ba4 a6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Nxb3 7.axb3 Bb7 8.Nf3 e6
9.Bg5 Ne7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Re1 d5 12.Bh4 d4 13.Bg3 Qb6 14.Ne2 Nc6 15.Nf4 Bd6
16.e5 Be7 17.Nh5 O-O-O 18.Nd2 g6 19.Nf6 Bxf6 20.exf6 h5 21.Nf3 Rd5 22.h4 Rf5
23.Ng5 Rxg5 24.hxg5 h4 25.Bh2 h3 26.c3 hxg2 27.Qg4 Qd8 28.Qg3 e5 29.Rxe5 Nxe5
30.Qxe5 Rxh2 31.Qxc5+ Kb8 32.Qe5+ Ka7 33.Qxh2 dxc3 34.bxc3 Qxd3 35.Qe5 b4
36.cxb4 Qxb3 37.Qc5+ Ka8 38.Re1 Qa4 39.b5 Qxb5 40.Qxb5 axb5 41.Re8+ Ka7 42.Re7 b4
43.Rxf7 b3 44.Rd7  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Papa,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6
9.Bh4 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Bd3 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5 13.Qf2 Nfg4 14.Qd2 Qc5 15.Nf3 Nxf3
16.gxf3 hxg5 17.fxg4 gxh4 18.Kb1 Bd7 19.Rhf1 Rf8 20.Rf3 O-O-O 21.Rdf1 Be8
22.Qe2 Kb8 23.Bc4 Rg8 24.Nd1 Rc8 25.Rc3 Qd4 26.h3 Rg5 27.Qd3 Bf6 28.Ne3 Rgc5
29.Rb3 Ba4 30.Rb4 b5 31.Rxf6 Qxf6 32.Qxd6+ R8c7 33.Qb6+ Kc8 34.Qxa6+ Kd7
35.Bb3 R5c6 36.Qa5 Qf2 37.Rd4+ Rd6 38.Rxd6+ Kxd6 39.Qb6+ Kd7 40.Qd4+ Kc8
41.Bxa4 Qg1+ 42.Qd1 Qxd1+ 43.Nxd1 bxa4 44.c3 f5 45.gxf5 exf5 46.exf5 Rg7
47.Kc2 Rg3 48.Kd2 Rxh3 49.Ke2 Kd7 50.c4 Rg3 51.Kf2 Rg5 52.Ne3 h3 53.Nf1 Rxf5+
54.Kg1 Rg5+  0-1

[Event "1st League TCh-SCG w"]
[Site "Budva SCG"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zozulia,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Bg5 d6 8.h3 h6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Rb8 11.a4 a6 12.c3 Be6 13.Qd2 g5 14.Nh2 Bg7 15.Ng4 Ne7
16.Nge3 Ng6 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nh4 19.Ne3 Qc8 20.Qe2 Nxf5 21.Qh5 b5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Ba2 c4 24.Qf3 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Qe6 26.e4 Ra8 27.Qe3 Rfc8 28.Kh2 Qd7 29.dxc4 bxc4
30.Bxc4 Rxa1 31.Bxf7+ Qxf7 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Qd3 Ke7 34.Qd5 Ra7 35.c4 h5 36.Qd2 Bf6
37.Qf2 Rb7 38.Qf5 Rh8 39.Qf2 g4 40.c5 Bg5 41.c6 g3+ 42.Kxg3 Rb3+ 43.Kh2 Bf4+
44.Kh1 Ra8 45.Qh4+ Ke6 46.Qe1 Rxb2 47.c7 Rc2  0-1

[Event "1st League TCh-SCG w"]
[Site "Budva SCG"]
[Date "2003.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stojanovic,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Ne7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh3 Rfc8 19.Re3 Nd5 20.Rf3 f5 21.Re1 Rc7 22.Rg3 Rac8
23.Bd2 Rf7 24.Qh6 Rg7 25.h4 Nxc3 26.Bf4 Qd7 27.Be5 Ne4 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.h5 f4
30.Qxf4 Bf5 31.Bxg7 Qxg7 32.h6 Qc7 33.Qxc7 Rxc7 34.Rge3 Kf7 35.f3 Rc6 36.g4 Bc2
37.d5 exd5 38.Re7+ Kf6 39.Rxh7 g5 40.Rd7  1-0

[Event "1st League TCh-SCG w"]
[Site "Budva SCG"]
[Date "2003.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Velcheva,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Be3 e6
9.Qd2 Qb8 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.e5 fxe5 14.Ne4 Bc6 15.Nxd6+ Bxd6
16.Qxd6 Bxf3 17.Qd7+ Kf8 18.Bxb5 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Kg7 20.Rf1 Rf8 21.Qd2 Qd8 22.Qe3 f6
23.Qe2 Qb6 24.Bd3 Rab8 25.c3 Rfd8 26.Bxh7 Kxh7 27.Rxf6 Rd7 28.b3 Rbd8 29.Qh5+ Kg8
30.Rg6+ Rg7 31.Rh6 Qe3+ 32.Kb2 Rd2+  0-1

[Event "1st League TCh-SCG w"]
[Site "Budva SCG"]
[Date "2003.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kononenko,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Bxc5 8.O-O Qc7
9.a3 a6 10.c3 Be7 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.e5 Nd7 15.Nd4 b6
16.f4 Nc5 17.Bc2 g6 18.b4 Ne4 19.c4 Bb7 20.Bb2 O-O 21.cxd5 Nc3 22.Bxc3 Qxc3
23.Nc6 Bh4 24.Rec1 Qb2 25.Qe3 exd5 26.Rab1 Qa2 27.Nd4 Rac8 28.f5 Rfe8 29.Qh6 Rxc2
30.Nxc2 Be7 31.Nd4 Qxa3 32.Rb3 Qxb3 33.Nxb3 Bxb4 34.e6  1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 Rg8 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nxg4 Nxg4 14.Bxg4 Qb6 15.a4 a5 16.d5 cxd5
17.Nxb5 Rc8 18.exd5 Nf6 19.d6 Bc6 20.Bf3 Rxg3 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.Bxc6+ Kd8 23.Nxd4 Rd3
24.Rad1 e5 25.d7 Rc7 26.Nf3 Bd6 27.Bb5 Nxd7 28.Bxc4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxc4 30.Rxd6 f6
31.b3 Rc3 32.Nd2 Ke7 33.Ra6 Nc5 34.Rxa5 Nxb3 35.Ra7+ Ke6 36.Ne4 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 f5
38.Ra6+ Kd5 39.Nf6+ Kd4 40.Rd6+ Kc4 41.Nd7 Re1 42.h5 Nd4 43.a5 e4 44.Nb6+ Kd3
45.Nd5 Nb5 46.Nf4+ Kc4 47.Rxh6 Ra1 48.Rc6+ Kd4 49.h6  1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.O-O d6 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Re1 Ba7
9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.Re2 Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nf1 f5 13.d4 Qf6 14.Bg5 Qg6 15.exf5 Bxf5
16.Qd2 Nf7 17.Ng3 exd4 18.Bf4 d3 19.Ree1 Bd7 20.Bd5 Nfe5 21.Be3 Nxf3+ 22.Bxf3 Rxf3
23.gxf3 Ne5 24.Qd1 d2 25.Re2 Nxf3+ 26.Kg2 Rf8 27.Bxd2 Bc6 28.Be3 Qe6 29.Qc1 Nd4+  0-1

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d5 c5 11.Be3 Ne8 12.Bd3 Nb8 13.a3 f5 14.b4 f4 15.Bd2 Na6 16.bxc5 Nxc5
17.Be1 Bd7 18.Be2 g5 19.Nd2 g4 20.f3 h5 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 b6 23.a4 gxf3
24.Bxf3 Bg4 25.a5 Rc8 26.axb6 axb6 27.Nb5 Qg5 28.Rdc1 Rf7 29.Bf2 Rb8 30.Kf1 Bf8
31.h3 Nf6 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Ke2 Rh7 34.Rh1 gxf3+ 35.gxf3 Nh5 36.Rh4 Ng3+ 37.Bxg3 Rxh4
38.Bxh4 Qxh4 39.Qd1 Rb7 40.Qh1 Qxh1 41.Rxh1 Be7 42.Ra1 Rd7 43.Ra8+ Kf7 44.Rc8 Bd8
45.Rc6 Ke7 46.Kd3  1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 e5 4.Nd5 Nce7 5.Ne3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 d6 8.Bc4 Be6
9.d3 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 O-O 13.Rf1 d5 14.exd5 Nexd5 15.Nexd5 Nxd5
16.Ne4 Nc7 17.Qf3 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Qd4+ 19.Be3 Qxc4 20.Nd6 Qd5 21.Nxb7 Rab8 22.Nxc5 Rxb2
23.Rad1 Qxf3 24.Rxf3 Rxc2 25.Rd7 Ne6 26.Nxa6 Rc4 27.a5 Ra8 28.Ra7 Rxa7 29.Bxa7 Ra4
30.Bb6 Bd4+ 31.Bxd4 Nxd4 32.Rd3 Ra1+ 33.Kf2 Ra2+ 34.Kf1 Rxa5 35.Rxd4 Rxa6
36.Kf2 Kg7 37.Rb4 g5 38.Rb2 h5 39.Rc2 Kg6 40.Rb2 g4 41.g3 h4 42.Re2 Ra1 43.Kg2 Kg5
44.gxh4+ Kxh4 45.Rf2 Ra7 46.Rf5 Rd7 47.Kf2 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nce7
9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Be7 12.Bd2 a5 13.Qb3 Bd7 14.Qb6 Qxb6 15.Nxb6 Rb8
16.Nxd7 Kxd7 17.Bxa5 Nf6 18.a4 Nxd5 19.Bb5+ Ke6 20.Bc4 Rhc8 21.b3 Rc5 22.Bd2 Kf6
23.O-O Nb6 24.Be3 Rc7 25.Bxb6 Rxb6 26.a5 Rb8 27.a6 Ra7 28.Rfd1 g6 29.Rd5 Rb6
30.f4 exf4 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Rxf4 f5 33.Rf2 Bf6 34.Ra2 Kh6 35.Kf1 Kg5 36.Ra4 Bc3
37.Ke2 Be5 38.h3 h5 39.Kd3 Bg3 40.b4 Kh4 41.b5 Bf2 42.Ke2 Bc5 43.Kf3 Rb8
44.Bd3+ Kg5 45.g4 hxg4+ 46.hxg4 Kf6 47.gxf5 g5 48.Re4 Rh7 49.Re6+ Kf7 50.Bc4 g4+
51.Kxg4 Rbh8 52.Rxc5 Rh4+ 53.Kf3 dxc5 54.Re4+ Kf6 55.Rxh4  1-0

[Event "4th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2003.09.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Nb3 Ng4 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Bg3 Qe3+ 12.Be2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Nf6 14.Bf3 h5 15.Rad1 h4
16.Bf2 g5 17.fxg5 Nd7 18.Ke2 Nde5 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Be3 Rc8 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Kf2 Rg8
23.Ne2 Bxg5 24.Bxg5 Rxg5 25.h3 Ke7 26.b3 b5 27.Rd2 Rgg8 28.Rhd1 Rgd8 29.Nf4 Ba8
30.Re1 Rc3 31.Ne2 Rc5 32.c3 Nd7 33.Rd4 Nf6 34.a4 e5 35.Rb4 Bc6 36.axb5 Bxb5
37.c4 Bc6 38.Nc3 Nd7 39.Nd5+ Kf8 40.Nb6 a5 41.Nxd7+ Bxd7 42.Rb6 a4 43.bxa4 Bxa4
44.Be2 Bc6 45.Ke3 Ra8 46.Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC Women"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zimina,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.h3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 b6
10.cxb6 Qxb6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.b4 a5 14.a3 Ba6 15.Na4 Qa7 16.Bxa6 Qxa6
17.Nc5 Qa7 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Ne8 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.Qa4 Rc7 22.bxa5 Ra8 23.Rfb1 Ne6
24.Rb6 Nf8 25.Ra6 Qb8 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.Rb1 Nd7 28.a6 Nxc5 29.dxc5 Ra7 30.Rb6 Rc7
31.h4 h5 32.Qb4 Rc8 33.Qa4 Rc7 34.Qf4 Rc8 35.g4 hxg4 36.Qxg4 Kg7 37.Qd7 Rh8
38.a7 g5 39.Qxe7 gxh4 40.Qg5+ Kh7 41.Rb4  1-0

[Event "ECC Women"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gretarsdottir,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 d5 6.Nxd5 Nxd5 7.cxd5 Nb4 8.Qb3 c6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.d4 exd4 11.exd4 Bf5 12.O-O Be7 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bf4 Bd3 15.Rfe1 Ba6
16.a3 Nd3 17.Red1 g5 18.Be5 Qb6 19.Rxd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 f6 21.Qc4+ Kh8 22.Bc7 Qxc7
23.d5 Rab8 24.Nd4 Rxb2 25.dxc6 Qb6 26.Rd1 Bc5 27.Ne6 Bxa3 28.Rf1 Rc8 29.Be4 Rd2
30.Qc3 Qb2 31.Qxb2 Bxb2 32.c7 Be5 33.Bb7 Rxc7 34.Nxc7 Bxc7 35.Be4 Bb6 36.Kg2 Kg7
37.h4 g4 38.h5  0-1

[Event "ECC Women"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zaiatz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bd6 5.c3 O-O 6.d3 Re8 7.Bg5 a6 8.Ba4 Bf8
9.Nbd2 d6 10.Nf1 h6 11.Bh4 g6 12.Ne3 Bg7 13.O-O Bd7 14.Bb3 Qc8 15.Nd2 Nh5
16.g3 Bh3 17.Ng2 Na5 18.Bd1 Nf6 19.f4 Bg4 20.Qf2 Be6 21.fxe5 Nh7 22.Bf6 dxe5
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.b4 Nc6 25.d4 exd4 26.cxd4 Ng5 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.d5 Qd8 29.Qc3 Bxd5
30.exd5 Qxd5 31.h4 Ne6 32.Rf2 Qd4 33.Qxd4 Nexd4 34.Nb3 Nf5 35.g4 Nd6 36.a3 Ne5
37.Nd2 Kg7 38.Be2 f5 39.gxf5 Nxf5 40.Nc4 Rad8 41.Nxe5 Rxe5 42.Bg4 Ne3 43.Nxe3 Rxe3
44.Raf1 Re7 45.h5 Rd4 46.Rg2 g5 47.Bf5 Rc4 48.Rg3 c5 49.bxc5 Rxc5 50.Bg6 Rce5
51.Rgf3 Re1 52.Rf7+ Rxf7 53.Rxe1 Rc7 54.Re6 Rc3 55.a4 Rc4 56.a5 Rc5 57.Be4 Rxa5
58.Rg6+ Kf7 59.Rxh6 Re5 60.Bg6+ Kf6 61.Bd3+ Kg7 62.Rh7+ Kf6 63.Rxb7 Re7 64.Rb8 Kg7
65.Rb6 Re8 66.h6+ Kh8 67.Rxa6 Rd8 68.Bg6 Rb8 69.Kg2 Rd8 70.Kg3 Rb8 71.Kg4 Rb4+
72.Kh5 Rb8 73.Ra7 g4 74.Rh7+ Kg8 75.Rg7+ Kh8 76.Be4 Rb5+ 77.Kg6 Rg5+ 78.Kxg5  1-0

[Event "ECC Women"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lomineishvili,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Nc3 g6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qc2 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.a3 Rc8 12.Qe2 Ne4 13.Nb5 a5 14.b3 O-O 15.Bb2 Be7
16.Nbd4 Ndc5 17.Bb5 Bf6 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Rfd1 Nd6 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Nce4 22.Bd3 Qd7
23.Ne1 Rfe8 24.Nef3 Qa4 25.b5 Qb4 26.Ba1 Nc4 27.Rb1 Qe7 28.Rbc1 Ned6 29.Nd2 Rc5
30.Bc3 Rc7 31.N2b3 Rec8 32.Bb4 Qd7 33.Bxd6 Qxd6 34.Bb1 Qa3 35.h3 Be5 36.Rc2 Qe7
37.Rdc1 Qf6 38.Ba2 Re7 39.Qg4 Rce8 40.Nf3 Bb2 41.Re1 Qd6 42.Nbd2 Nxd2 43.Nxd2 Bg7
44.Rec1 h5 45.Qd1 d4 46.Nc4 Qd5 47.Qf1 dxe3 48.Nxe3 Qg5 49.Rc7 Be5 50.Rxe7 Rxe7
51.Bd5 Bd4 52.Bxb7 Rxb7 53.Qc4 Rd7 54.Nf1 Bc5 55.Re1 Qf6 56.Qe2 Re7 57.Ne3 Qc3
58.Kf1 Re6 59.Kg1 Kg7 60.Kf1 Qe5 61.Kg1 Bd6 62.Kf1 Rf6 63.Qd3 Qf4 64.Qc2 Qh2
65.Qc3 Be5 66.Qd3 Bg3 67.Nd1 h4 68.Qd5 Rf5 69.Qd4+ Be5 70.Qe4 Bg3 71.Re3 Bd6
72.Qd4+ Rf6 73.Rf3 Be5 74.Qg4 Rd6 75.Ne3 Rd8 76.Qxh4 Rd2 77.Nf5+ gxf5 78.Qg5+ Kf8
79.Qxd2 Qh1+ 80.Ke2 Qxg2 81.Qh6+ Ke7 82.Qxb6 f4 83.Qb7+ Kf8 84.Qa8+ Ke7 85.b6 Qg6
86.Qb7+ Kf8 87.Qc8+ Ke7 88.Qb7+ Kf8 89.Rd3 f3+ 90.Qxf3 Qxb6 91.Qf5 Bd4 92.Kf1 Qa6
93.Kg2 Bf6 94.Rf3 Kg7 95.h4 Bxh4 96.Qxf7+ Kh6 97.Rh3 Qc6+ 98.Qf3 Qg6+ 99.Kh1 Qb1+
100.Kh2 Qb4 101.Qf6+ Kh5 102.Qe5+ Kg6 103.Rd3 Bf6 104.Qg3+ Kf7 105.Rd7+ Be7
106.Rd5 Qc4 107.Rf5+ Bf6 108.Qf3 Qh4+ 109.Qh3 Qd4 110.Rf3 Qe5+ 111.Kg2 Qe4
112.Qh5+ Kg7 113.Qf5 Qc6 114.Kg3 Qd6+ 115.Kh3 Kf7 116.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "ECC Women"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kryukova,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6
9.f4 Qxf4 10.Nxa7+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.Qb5+ Ke6 13.Qxb7 Bd6 14.Qb3+ Ke7
15.Nc6+ Kd7 16.Nd4 Kc8 17.Qe6+ Kb7 18.g3 Qg5 19.Nf5 Ra6 20.Qb3+ Rb6 21.Nxd6+ cxd6
22.Qe3 Qf5 23.Qf2 Qh3 24.b3 Rc8 25.c4 d5 26.c5 e3 27.dxe3 Rxc5 28.Ba3 Rc8
29.Qf1 Qe6 30.Qf3 Qh3 31.Bb2 Ne4 32.Qf1 Qh5 33.Qd3 Rbc6 34.Rd1 Nxg3 35.Rg1 Qxh2
36.Qb5+ Ka8 37.Qa5+ Kb7 38.Qb5+ Ka8 39.Qa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC Women"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shumiakina,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O h6 13.Re1 Be7 14.Nd2 cxd4 15.Nb3 N5b6
16.Nxd4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 O-O 18.Bf1 Nxe5 19.Qb5 Qxd4 20.Qxb7 Ng4 21.Qf3 Bc5 22.Re2 Rad8
23.Bf4 Nf6 24.Rc1 Qd5 25.Qxd5 Rxd5 26.Rec2 Bb6 27.Bc4 Rf5 28.Bg3 Ne4 29.Bd3 Nxg3
30.hxg3 Rd5 31.Be4 Rd4 32.Bf3 f5 33.Rd1 Rfd8 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Kf1 Kf7 36.Be2 Rd6
37.Bb5 g5 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Rc8 Bd4 40.Rc7+ Kf6 41.b3 Rd5 42.Be8 Bc3 43.Rd7 Re5+
44.Kd3 Ra5 45.f4 e5 46.fxe5+ Bxe5 47.Rh7 Rxa2 48.Rxh6+ Ke7 49.Bc6 Bxg3 50.Bd5 a5
51.Rg6 Bf4 52.Re6+ Kd7 53.Rf6 Rd2+ 54.Kc4 Be5 55.Rxf5 Kd6 56.Ba8 g4 57.Rg5 g3
58.Rg6+ Kd7 59.Bf3 Bd6 60.Rg5 a4 61.bxa4 Rc2+ 62.Kb3 Rc3+ 63.Kb2 Re3 64.Rg7+ Ke6
65.Rg6+ Ke7 66.Bd5 Be5+ 67.Kc1 Bf6 68.Rg4 Kd6 69.Bb7 Kc5 70.a5 b3 71.Re4 b2+
72.Kb1 Ra3  0-1

[Event "ECC Women"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prudnikova,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.Bg5 Qb6 10.a4 a6 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.a5 Qa7 14.Nc3 Rc8 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.e3 O-O 17.Qb3 Rfd8 18.Ne1 Ng4 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Ng2 Rd2 21.Rad1 Bxe3 22.Rxd2 Bxd2
23.Rd1 Ne5 24.Kf1 Nf3 25.h4 h5 26.Qb4 Rc4 27.Qd6 Rd4 28.Qb6 Qxb6 29.axb6 Bxc3
30.Rc1 Bb4 31.b7 Bd6 32.Rc6 Be5 33.Ke2 Rd7 34.Kxf3 Rxb7 35.Rxa6 Bxb2 36.Nf4 g6
37.Nd3 Bd4 38.Ke4 Bf6 39.f4 b4 40.Nc5 Rc7 41.Ra5 Be7 42.Nd3 Rb7 43.Ra1 b3
44.Rb1 Ba3 45.Ne5 b2 46.Nc4 Rb4 47.Kd4 Rb3 48.Nxa3 Rxa3 49.Rxb2 Rxg3 50.Rh2 Kg7
51.Ke4 Kf6 52.Rh1 Rg4 53.Rh2 e5 54.Kf3 Rxf4+ 55.Kg3 Kf5 56.Ra2 Rg4+ 57.Kh3 e4
58.Rf2+ Rf4 59.Re2 Rf3+ 60.Kg2 Ke5  0-1

[Event "EuTCh w"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agababean,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 c5 10.Rd1 Qb8 11.h3 Bd6 12.Bc2 O-O 13.Bd2 Qa7 14.Be1 Rfd8 15.a4 b4
16.Nb1 Rac8 17.Bd3 Qa8 18.Nbd2 cxd4 19.exd4 Nb6 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Nh5 22.Bd2 Nf4
23.Bxf4 Bxf4 24.Ne1 Qa7 25.b3 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Qxd4 27.Rd1 Qb6 28.Rd7 Re8 29.Kf1 g6
30.h4 h5 31.Nf3 a5 32.Qd1 Bc6 33.Rd3 Qc7 34.g3 Bh6 35.Nd4 Be4 36.Nxe6 Bxd3+
37.Qxd3 Qc6 38.Bd5 Qc3 39.Qb5 Rxe6 40.Bxe6 fxe6 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qxe6 Bg7 43.Kg2 Qe5
44.Qc4 Qf5 45.f3 Qd7 46.f4 Qb7+ 47.Kf2 Qh1 48.Qf7 Kh6 49.Qc4 Qh2+ 50.Kf3 Qd2
51.f5 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "EuTCh w"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topel,Z"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.Bd2 a5 7.e3 b5 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nd7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 Qe7 19.Rfd1 Rfc8 20.Be2 a4 21.Bd4 a3 22.Qf4 b3
23.Rab1 b2 24.Bxb2 axb2 25.Rxb2 Bc6 26.Rbd2 Ra5 27.Qd4 Qg5 28.f3 Nxe5 29.Qb6 Bxf3
30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.Bf1 Ra2 32.R1d2 Rxd8 33.Qxd8 Qxe3+  0-1

[Event "EuTCh w"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Voiska,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 cxd4 13.Nxe6 Qc4 14.Nxg7+ Kf7
15.f5 Kxg7 16.Qh4 Nc6 17.Bh6+ Kf7 18.Rf1 Ke8 19.f6 Kd7 20.f7 Rhf8 21.Qh3+ Qe6+
22.Qxe6+ Kxe6 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.cxd4 Nxd4 25.O-O-O Nc6 26.Rd3 Rxf7 27.Re3+ Ne5
28.Rxf7 Kxf7 29.Rb3 b6 30.Rc3 Ke6 31.Ra3 a5 32.Rb3 Nd7 33.g4 Kf6 34.Rf3+ Kg7
35.a3 h6 36.Kc2 Ne5 37.Rb3 Nd7 38.Rc3 Kf6 39.Rf3+ Kg5 40.Rf7 Kxg4 41.Rxe7 Ne5
42.Re6 h5 43.Rxd6 g5 44.Rxb6 Nf3 45.b4 axb4 46.a4 Kh3 47.a5 Nd4+ 48.Kb2  1-0

[Event "EuTCh w"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Houska,Jo"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Ne7 6.d3 a6 7.Bxc6+ Nxc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe1 O-O 10.Bd2 b5 11.Nd1 Bb7 12.Ne3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.e5 c4
16.Bc3 Qe4 17.Qg3 Bc5 18.Rae1 b4 19.Bd2 f5 20.Kh1 Rfd8 21.Rf2 Qc6 22.Rfe2 Be7
23.c3 a5 24.Nc2 Rd3 25.Qf2 Qa4 26.Nd4 Bd5 27.Re3 Qxa2 28.Rxd3 cxd3 29.cxb4 Qxb2
30.Nb5 Bxb4 31.Nc7 Qxd2  0-1

[Event "EuTCh w"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mkrtchian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.h3 Nf5 13.c3 Qf6 14.Bc2 Rd8 15.Qd3 g6 16.Qd2 Bf8
17.Qe2 Bg7 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.Be3 Be4 20.Nfd4 Ne5 21.Rad1 Nc4 22.Bc1 Rac8 23.Nd2 Nd6
24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Nb5 Nxb5 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qxb5 Qc6 28.Qa5 Qb6 29.Qxb6 axb6
30.f3 exf3 31.gxf3 f5 32.Be3 b5 33.Bc5 Bf8 34.Bxf8 Kxf8 35.Re6 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Rd2+
37.Ke3 Rxb2 38.Rxg6 Rxa2 39.Rxh6 Ra3 40.Rb6 Rxc3+ 41.Kf4 Rc4+ 42.Kg5 Rc3
43.Rf6+ Kg8 44.Rxf5 b4 45.Kg4 Rc1 46.Rb5 Rb1 47.f4 b3 48.Kf5 b2 49.Rxb7 Rh1
50.Rxb2 Rxh3 51.Kg6 Rg3+ 52.Kf6 Rf3 53.Rb8+ Kh7 54.f5 Rf1 55.Re8 Rf2 56.Re5 Kg8
57.Rd5 Rf1 58.Rd8+ Kh7 59.Ke6 Kg7 60.Rd7+ Kg8 61.Kf6 Rf2 62.Rg7+ Kf8 63.Rc7 Kg8
64.Rc8+ Kh7 65.Ke6 Kg7 66.Rc7+ Kg8 67.Rc4 Re2+ 68.Kf6 Rf2 69.Rg4+ Kf8 70.Kg6 Kg8
71.Rd4 Rg2+ 72.Kf6 Rf2 73.Rd5 Rf1 74.Re5 Kf8 75.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh w"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vajda,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 h6
9.a5 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Ba2 Re8 12.h3 Qc7 13.f4 Ng6 14.Qd3 Bf8 15.Bd2 Kh8
16.Re2 b5 17.Rae1 b4 18.Nd1 d5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Rxe4 dxe4 21.Qc4 Be6 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Qxe4 Qf7 24.c3 Qf5 25.Qxc6 Qc2 26.Be3 b3 27.Qa4 Rab8 28.Nf2 Qxb2 29.Bb1 Qxc3
30.Re2 Bc5 31.Bd2 Qg3 32.Qe4 Nf8 33.f5 exf5 34.Qxf5 Bxf2+ 35.Rxf2 b2 36.e6 Qg6
37.Qxf8+ Rxf8 38.Rxf8+ Rxf8 39.Bxg6 Rb8 40.e7 b1=R+ 41.Bxb1 Rxb1+ 42.Kf2 Rb8
43.Be3 a6 44.Ba7 Rc8 45.Ke3 Kg8 46.Kd4 Kf7 47.Bc5 Rc6 48.g4 Ke8 49.Kd5 Rg6
50.Ke4 Rg5 51.Bb4 Rb5 52.Bc3 g6 53.Bd2 h5 54.h4 hxg4 55.Kf4 Rd5 56.Be1 Rd4+
57.Kg5 Kxe7 58.Bg3 Kf7 59.Bc7 Rc4 60.Bd6 Ra4 61.Bc7 g3 62.Bxg3 Rxa5+ 63.Kf4 Ke6
64.Be1  0-1

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richards,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Bg4 10.Re1 e6 11.b3 Be7 12.Na3 Qc5 13.bxc4 Qa5 14.Nb1 Nxc4 15.d4 O-O
16.Bd3 Nd6 17.Ba3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nxd4 19.Qh3 N4f5 20.g4 Nh6 21.Qg3 Rfd8 22.Bc1 Kh8
23.Re5 Qa4 24.Bxh6 gxh6 25.Nd2 Ne8 26.Nb3 Bd6 27.Bc2 Bxe5 28.Qxe5+ f6 29.Qh5 Qf4
30.Re1 Ng7 31.Qh3 h5 32.Re4 Qg5 33.Nd4 f5 34.Re3 hxg4 35.Qg2 Rd7 36.Nxe6 Nxe6
37.Rxe6 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ovod,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.a4 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Bc8 15.Bg2 Bb7 16.g5 Nd7
17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh3 Bf8 19.f5 Bg7 20.Rf4 Bxc3 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.bxc3 Re7 23.Rd1 Rf8
24.Rxf8+ Nxf8 25.Bf4 e5 26.Bc1 Nd8 27.Qd3 Nf7 28.Rf1 Ne6 29.h4 Qc6 30.h5 gxh5
31.Qf3 Qxa4 32.Qf6 Qe8 33.g6 hxg6 34.Qxg6+ Ng7 35.Bh3 Nh8 36.Qxd6 Bxe4+ 37.Kh2 Rf7
38.Re1 Bxc2 39.Nd4 Qf8 40.Qxe5 Ng6 41.Qd5 Qb8+ 42.Kh1 Qg3 43.Re3 Qf2 44.Rf3 Qe1+
45.Kh2 Bf5 46.Nxf5 Nxf5 47.Rxf5 Qe2+ 48.Bg2 Qe7 49.Qxf7+ Qxf7 50.Bd5  1-0

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sedina,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Bxe4
9.Bg5 Bd5 10.Nbd2 b5 11.b3 c4 12.bxc4 bxc4 13.Nf1 e6 14.Ne3 Qa5 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Nd2 Rg8 17.Ndxc4 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Qb5 19.Ne3 Bh6 20.Rb1 Qa5 21.Qf3 Rd8 22.Nd5 Kf8
23.Nxf6 Rg6 24.Rb7 Qf5 25.Qxf5 exf5 26.Nd5 Re6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Rxh7 exd5
29.Rxh6 Ke7 30.Rh7+ Ke6 31.h4 Rc8 32.h5 Kf6 33.h6 Kg6 34.Rd7 Kxh6 35.Rxd6+ Kg5
36.Rxd5 Rxc3 37.Ra5 Rd3 38.g3 Rxd4 39.Rxa6 f4 40.Kg2 Kg4 41.gxf4 Kxf4 42.a4 Kf5
43.a5 Rg4+ 44.Kf1 Ke5 45.Ra8 Kd6 46.f3 Ra4 47.Kf2 Kc6 48.a6 Kb6 49.Kg3  1-0

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedjarova,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c4 O-O 14.O-O f5 15.Qf3 bxc4
16.Nxc4 d5 17.exd5 e4 18.Qe3 Qf6 19.Be2 Bb7 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.d6 f4 22.Qh3 Qe6
23.Qh4 Kh8 24.d7 Rxd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Nd6 Bc8 28.Nxe4 Bxb2 29.Nd6 f6
30.Bc4 Kg7 31.Nxc8 Qxc4 32.Rd7+ Rf7 33.Qg4+ Kh6 34.Rd1 Be5 35.g3 Qc2 36.Nd6 Bxd6
37.Rxd6 fxg3 38.hxg3 Qxa2 39.Kg2 Qb1 40.Rd4 Qb7+ 41.Kh2 Rg7 42.Qf5 Rg6 43.Qh3+ Kg7
44.Rd7+ Qxd7 45.Qxd7+ Kh6 46.f4 Rg7 47.Qe6 Kg6 48.g4 Rf7 49.Qxa6 Kg7 50.Kg3 Re7
51.Kh4 Rf7 52.g5 h6 53.gxf6+ Rxf6 54.Qb7+ Rf7 55.Qe4 Rf6 56.Kh5 Kf7 57.f5 Kf8
58.Qe5 Kf7 59.Kg4 Kg7 60.Kh4 Kf7 61.Kh5 Kg7 62.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bojkovic,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 Bb4 11.Bd2 Rd8 12.Bd3 c5 13.Qg4 Ne7 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 c4
16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 O-O 18.h4 Rd5 19.h5 Nf5 20.Rae1 Rfd8 21.Rf4 h6 22.Qf3 a5
23.Kh2 Nd4 24.Qe4 Nc6 25.b4 cxb3 26.cxb3 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Bb2 Rd2 29.Re2 Ne7
30.Qe3 Rxe2 31.Qxe2 Nd5 32.Rc4 Qa7 33.Bc1 Qa1 34.Bd2 Qb2 35.Qe1 Qxb3 36.Rg4 Kf8
37.Qc1 Nc3 38.Bxh6 gxh6 39.Qxh6+ Ke8 40.Qf6 Kd7 41.Rd4+ Nd5 42.Qxf7+ Kc6
43.Qxe6+ Kc5 44.Rh4 Qd3 45.h6 b3 46.h7 b2 47.h8=Q Rxh8 48.Qd6+ Kb5 49.Rxh8 b1=Q
50.Rb8+ Kc4 51.Rxb1 Qxb1 52.Qh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Ne2 Bb7 8.Ng3 Nd7 9.Qd2 c5
10.Bd3 Ngf6 11.h3 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Ng5 cxd4 15.e6 f5 16.Qxb4 Ne5
17.Bf4 Qd5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Nf7 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Rf8 21.O-O-O d3 22.cxd3 exd3
23.Rhe1 Rc8+ 24.Kb1 Rc4 25.Qb6 Rxf7 26.exf7+ Kxf7 27.Re3 Rxa4 28.Rdxd3 Qa2+
29.Kc1 Qc4+ 30.Rc3 Qf1+ 31.Kc2 Be4+ 32.Rxe4 Qxg2+ 33.Kb3 Qxe4 34.Rc7 a5 35.Rxe7+ Kxe7
36.Qc7+ Kf8 37.Qd8+ Qe8 38.Qxe8+ Kxe8 39.Kxa4 g5 40.b4 f4 41.gxf4 gxf4 42.bxa5 Kd7
43.a6 Kc6  0-1

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mkrtchian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.f4 c5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O-O f6 11.Ne2 b6 12.c3 Ba6 13.Qh3 Bc4 14.Kb1 b5 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.Ng3 b4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.cxb4 Nxb4 19.Rhe1 c3 20.bxc3 Nbd5 21.Ne2 Rab8+
22.Ka1 Rb6 23.Ne5 Rfb8 24.Rb1 Qb7 25.Rxb6 Qxb6 26.Nc4 Qa6 27.Qd3 cxd4 28.Qxd4 Qa4
29.Qe5 Qe8 30.Nc1 Ng4 31.Qd4 Qb5 32.Nb3 Qa6 33.Ncd2 Rc8 34.Ne4 Qc6 35.Nec5 Nc7
36.h3 Nf6 37.g4 Qd5 38.c4 Qxd4+ 39.Nxd4 Kf7 40.Nb7 Nfe8 41.Nc6 Na8 42.Nbd8+ Kg8  1-0

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Peptan,C"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Be3 Ne4 12.Qd5 Bf6 13.Bd3 c6 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Rhe1 Be6
16.Qa3 d5 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 Be7 19.Bc5 f5 20.f3 Bh4 21.Bd6 Qf7 22.g3 Bg5
23.f4 Bf6 24.Nf1 Qh5 25.h4 b6 26.Ne3 Qf3 27.Nf1 Qf2 28.Qa6 Rad8 29.Qe2 Qxe2
30.Rxe2 Bf7 31.Ree1 Bh5 32.Rd2 c5 33.Ne3 Kf7 34.Nc4 Ke6 35.Be5 Rxd2 36.Kxd2 b5
37.Bxf6 bxc4 38.Be5 Rd8+ 39.Ke3 Bd1 40.Bxg7 Bxc2 41.Re2 Rd3+ 42.Kf2 Bd1 43.Re3 Rd7
44.Be5 Bf3 45.b4 Rd2+ 46.Kf1 Rxa2 47.bxc5 Kd5 48.Bd4 Bd1 49.Re1 Bc2 50.g4 Bd3+
51.Kg1 fxg4 52.f5 Ra6 53.f6 Ke6 54.h5 Kf7 55.Kg2 Ra2+ 56.Kg3 h6 57.c6 Ra6
58.c7 Rc6 59.Be5 e3 60.Rxe3 Bf5 61.Kf4 Be6 62.Re2 a5 63.Rb2 Bd7 64.Rb7 Bc8
65.Rb8 Be6 66.Ra8 Rc5 67.Ra7 Bc8 68.Ra8 Be6 69.Bd6 Rf5+ 70.Ke4 Rxf6 71.Be5 Rf5
72.c8=Q Bxc8 73.Rxc8 Rxh5 74.Rc7+ Ke6 75.Rc6+ Kf7 76.Rxc4 Rg5 77.Rc7+ Kf8
78.Bf4 Rg6 79.Kf5 Ra6 80.Kxg4 a4 81.Rd7 a3 82.Rd1 a2 83.Ra1 Ke7 84.Kf3 Ke6
85.Ke2 Kd5 86.Kd3 h5 87.Be3 Ra4 88.Kc2 Kc4 89.Bf2 Ra6 90.Kb2 Re6 91.Bd4 Re2+
92.Ka3 h4 93.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 94.Kxa2 h3 95.Be5 h2 96.Bxh2 Kxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Danielian,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Qd6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.c3 Bd7 11.Nd2 c6 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.b4 f5 15.Bd3 f6
16.O-O h5 17.a4 Kb8 18.Rfb1 h4 19.h3 Rg8 20.Qf3 Bh6 21.Bf1 Rg7 22.b5 Rdg8
23.b6 Qf4 24.bxa7+ Kxa7 25.Qe2 Bc8 26.Re1 e5 27.a5 Be6 28.Nb6 Qe4 29.f3 Qxe2
30.Rxe2 e4 31.c4 Rg3 32.Kf2 Bf7 33.Ra3 Rd8 34.Rb2 Bf8 35.Rab3 Rxd4 36.Nc8+ Kb8
37.Rxb7+ Kxc8 38.Rb8+ Kc7 39.R2b7+ Kd6 40.Rxf7 Bh6 41.Rxf6+ Kc7 42.Rb6 Rd2+
43.Ke1 Be3 44.Rbxc6+ Kd7 45.c5 exf3 46.gxf3 Rxf3 47.Bb5 Rd4 48.Rce6+ Kc8
49.Re8+ Rd8 50.Rc6+  1-0

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Qb6 6.Rc1 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.e3 e6
9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Qe2 Nxd4 13.Qxh5 Qxb2 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.Qd2 Ba3
16.Rb1 Qxc3 17.Qxc3 Rxc3 18.Kd2 Rc8 19.Bg3 Nc6 20.Rxb7 Nb4 21.Be5 Nxd3 22.Kxd3 Rh7
23.Rxa7 Bb5+ 24.Kd2 Bc5 25.Rb7 Bb4+ 26.Kd1 Ba4+ 27.Ke2 Rc2+ 28.Kf3 g4+ 29.Kg3 Be1
30.Nh3 gxh3 31.Rxe1 hxg2 32.Kxg2 Bc6 33.Rc7 d4+ 34.Kg3 d3 35.Bf6 Bd7 36.Ra7 h5
37.Rb1 Rh6 38.Ra8+ Bc8 39.Bh4 e5 40.e4 Rd6 41.Bg5 d2 42.Rd1 Kd7 43.Ra7+ Kc6
44.Rxf7 Ba6 45.Rf5 Be2 46.Rxd2 Rcxd2 47.Bxd2 Rxd2 48.h3 Kd6 49.f3 Rd3 50.a4 h4+
51.Kg4 Re3 52.a5 Rxe4+ 53.Kg5 Ra4 54.f4 e4 55.Re5 Bf3 56.Kxh4 Ra3 57.Kg3 Bd1+
58.Kg2 e3 59.h4 e2 60.Kf2 Rf3+ 61.Ke1 Rxf4 62.Re8 Rxh4 63.a6 Rh1+ 64.Kd2 Rh7
65.Rd8+ Kc6 66.Rc8+ Kb6 67.Re8 Kxa6 68.Re5 Kb6 69.Re8 Kc6 70.Ke1 Kd7 71.Re3 Re7
72.Rd3+ Ke8 73.Rh3 Ba4 74.Rh8+ Kd7 75.Ra8 Bb5 76.Ra7+ Kd6 77.Ra3 Rf7 78.Re3 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 O-O 7.Ngf3 a5 8.O-O Na6
9.exd5 exd5 10.Rd1 Nxc5 11.Bb5 Bg4 12.Nf1 Ne6 13.h3 Bh5 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Ne5 Qb6
16.c3 Bc5 17.Bd7 Rad8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Qxe3
22.fxe3 Rc8 23.Rd4 Rc5 24.Re1 Rb5 25.Rd2 a4 26.e4 a3 27.bxa3 Rc8 28.exd5 exd5
29.Re3 Ra5 30.a4 Rxa4 31.Ne2 Rca8 32.Rb2 Rxa2 33.Rxb7 R2a7 34.Ree7 Rxb7 35.Rxb7 Rc8
36.Re7 Ne4 37.Nf4 Nxc3 38.Ne6 Kh8 39.Kf2 Ne4+ 40.Ke3 Ng3 41.Kf4 Nf5 42.Rd7 Re8
43.Ng5 Ne3 44.g4 Kg8 45.Rd6 Ng2+ 46.Kg3 Ne3 47.Kf3 Nc4 48.Rxd5 Ne5+ 49.Kf4 Nf7
50.Nf3 Rf8 51.Kg3 Ra8 52.g5 Ra3 53.h4 Kf8 54.Rc5 Ke7 55.Kf4 Ra4+ 56.Ke3 Ra3+
57.Ke4 Nd6+ 58.Kf4 Ra4+ 59.Ke5 Nc4+ 60.Kd5 Ne3+ 61.Kc6 Ng2 62.Ne5 Nxh4 63.Kd5 Ra8
64.Rc7+ Kf8 65.Rc4 Ra5+ 66.Ke6 Ra6+ 67.Kd7 Ra7+ 68.Kc6 Nf5 69.Kb6 Ra8 70.Nxg6+ Kf7
71.Nf4 Rb8+ 72.Kc7 Rb1 73.Rc6 Ne7 74.Rd6 Rg1 75.Rd7 Ke8 76.Rd8+ Kf7 77.Rd7 Ke8
78.Rd8+ Kf7 79.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th ch-EURw"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Bxc6 Bxc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 Qa5 11.h4 a6 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.f4 O-O 14.f5 Rfe8 15.Rhf1 h6
16.fxe6 fxe6 17.e5 Ng4 18.Nxc6 Bxg5+ 19.hxg5 bxc6 20.exd6 Qxg5+ 21.Kb1 Rb8
22.d7 Red8 23.Qd6 Ne3 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.Qxc6 Nxf1 26.Rxf1 Qa5 27.Rd1 Rb6 28.Qc8 Rb8
29.Qc6 Rb6 30.Qc8 Rb8 31.Qc4 Rb7 32.Qe4 Qb4 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Na4 Rbxd7  0-1

[Event "5th ch-EURw Playoffs"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qd3 O-O 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Nb4 12.Qe2 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Ra3 Nbd5 15.Rb3 Qc7
16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.Re1 Bd6 18.h4 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Ne4 Bc7 21.Ra1 Qc6 22.Bd3 f5
23.Rc1 Qxa4 24.Ra3 Qd7 25.Nc3 Nf4 26.Bxf4 Bxf4 27.Rd1 b5 28.Raa1 Qc6 29.d5 exd5
30.Qf1 d4 31.Nxb5 Qf6 32.Bc4+ Kh8 33.Nxd4 Qxh4  0-1

[Event "5th ch-EURw Playoffs"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.Re1 d6
9.Bf3 Be7 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 a5 12.c3 bxc3 13.Nxc3 Nd7 14.Ndb5 Qb8 15.b3 Ngf6
16.Ba3 Ra6 17.g3 h5 18.h4 g6 19.Qd2 O-O 20.Rad1 Rc8 21.Bg2 Bf8 22.Bxd6 Bxd6
23.Nxd6 Rxd6 24.Qxd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Rxc3 26.e5 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rxb3 28.exf6 Nxf6
29.Ra6 Rb2 30.Kg1 Ng4 31.Rf1 e5 32.Rxa5 Ra2 33.f3 Ne3 34.Re1 Nf5 35.Rexe5 Nxg3
36.Ra7 Nf5 37.Rxf5 gxf5 38.Ra5 Kg7 39.Rxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Speelman,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bb2 Qe7 8.d4 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O b6 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb7 14.Rad1 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 c5 17.Qxb7 Qxb7 18.Rxd6 Rxe5 19.Bxe5 Qe4 20.Bxg7 Qxe2 21.Bh6 Re8
22.h3 Re6 23.Rd8+ Re8 24.Rd6 Re6 25.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Wells,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.Rd3 Rad8 13.Rg3 Kh8 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Bc6
16.Qe3 Ng8 17.h4 h6 18.Qe2 Rd4 19.Bd3 Rfd8 20.Bd2 b5 21.Kb1 b4 22.Nd1 Be4
23.Nf2 Bf5 24.Rf3 Qd5 25.Bf4 a5 26.Rg1 Bxh4 27.g3 Be7 28.g4 Bh7 29.g5 hxg5
30.Rh3 Nh6 31.Bxg5 Bxg5 32.Rxg5 a4 33.Rxg7 Rxd3 34.Rxh7+ Kxh7 35.cxd3 Qg2
36.Rxh6+ Kg7 37.Rh1  1-0

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "West Bromwich ENG"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kelly,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 e5 14.Qh4 Re8 15.Bd3 h6
16.a4 Bb7 17.Bf5 exd4 18.exd4 Nf8 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.Be3 Qe7 21.Rdc1 Rad8 22.h3 Qf6
23.Nd2 g6 24.Bd3 Qg7 25.Nb3 f5 26.Qh4 f4 27.Bd2 Kg8 28.Bc2 Bc8 29.f3 Be6
30.Qf2 Bd5 31.Nc5 Ne6 32.Nxe6 Rxe6 33.Re1 Bc7 34.a5 c5 35.dxc5 Qxb2 36.Rac1 Be5
37.Kh1 Bc4 38.Red1 Bf6 39.Re1 Bd4 40.Qh4 g5 41.Qh5 Rxe1+  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sergeeva,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7 13.g5 Nc5 14.h4 Nxb3+ 15.axb3 f5
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Rf4 Qc6 18.Rd1 Rxf4 19.Bxf4 b5 20.h5 b4 21.Na4 e5 22.Bd2 a5
23.Be3 Be6 24.Kb1 Rc8 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.Na4 Rc8 27.Nb6 Rc7 28.h6 d5 29.Na4 d4
30.Bc1 Bf5 31.Qxe5 Qxc2+  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sergeeva,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 h6 12.Kh2 a5 13.b3 a4 14.Rb1 axb3 15.axb3 Ne6
16.Nde2 Ng5 17.Qd3 Nd7 18.g4 Ne5 19.Qg3 Ne6 20.f4 Nc6 21.Kh1 Ned4 22.Rd1 Kh7
23.Be3 Nxe2 24.Nxe2 Qe7 25.Nd4 Ra2 26.Nb5 f5 27.Rd2 Ra5 28.Re2 Qf7 29.exf5 gxf5
30.Rbe1 Ra1 31.Rxa1 Bxa1 32.Re1 Bg7 33.Bf3 fxg4 34.hxg4 Kh8 35.Bd2 Rxe1+
36.Qxe1 Nd4 37.Nxd4 Bxd4 38.Qh4 Kg7 39.Qd8 Qd7 40.Qh4 Qf7 41.f5 Qf6 42.g5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cmilyte,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Re1 Bg7 15.Rb1 O-O
16.c4 e4 17.Bf1 bxc4 18.Nxc4 Rb8 19.b4 Rb5 20.Ne3 f4 21.Bxb5 fxe3 22.Rxe3 axb5
23.Rxe4 Qd7 24.Qd3 Ra8 25.Rbe1 Be5 26.f4 Bf6 27.R4e2 Rc8 28.Kh1 Qb7 29.Qh3 Kg7
30.Re3 Ng6 31.Re4 Rc3 32.Qh5 Rd3 33.Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Ne7 35.Re3 Qxd5 36.Rg3+ Kf8
37.Rd3 Qe4 38.Rxd6 Qxf4 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Rd3 Qxb4 41.Rb3 Qc4 42.Qb1 Nd5 43.Rg3+ Kf8
44.h3 Be5 45.Rf3 f6 46.a3 Nf4 47.Qd1 Ke7 48.Qg1 Ne2 49.Qa7+ Ke6 50.Qb6+ Kf7
51.Qa7+ Kg6 52.Qe3 Qc2 53.Qd3+ Qxd3 54.Rxd3 Nc3 55.g4 Kg5 56.Rf3 Ne2 57.Kg2 Nd4
58.Rc3 Kf4 59.Rc8 Bd6 60.a4 b4 61.a5 b3 62.a6 b2 63.a7 b1=Q 64.a8=Q Qb2+
65.Kh1 Kg3  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 Qe7
9.O-O Re8 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.Rae1 e4 13.Nd2 Nf8 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Qc7
16.h3 Ne6 17.d5 Nf8 18.Nce4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 Be5 21.Ba3 Ng6 22.Nf3 Bg3
23.Re2 cxd5 24.Bxd5 Be6 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Qe4 Rac8 27.Rc2 Qc6 28.Ng5 Be5 29.Qg4 Nf8
30.Qh5 h6 31.Qf7+ Kh8 32.Bxf8 hxg5 33.Qh5+ Kg8 34.Qf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Socko,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Qb3 f5 14.a5 c5 15.dxc6 bxa5
16.c5+ Kh8 17.c7 Qxc7 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.cxd6 Nc6 20.Bc5 Ba6 21.Ng5 Rf6 22.Bc4 Bf8
23.Be6 Qb7 24.Rfb1 Bxb5 25.Qxb5 Qxb5 26.Rxb5 Bxd6 27.Rb7 Bc7 28.Bd7 Nd8 29.Rb3 Nd6
30.exf5 Nxf5 31.g4 Ng7 32.Rh3 h5 33.Ne4 Rf4 34.Ng3 Nf7 35.Ne2 Rc4 36.Be3 Rd8
37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Bb5 Rb4 39.Bc6 Rg4+ 40.Kf1 Ng5 41.Rg3 N5e6 42.Rxg4 hxg4 43.Ra4 Nf5
44.Rxg4 Ned4 45.Nxd4 exd4 46.Bg5 Rf8 47.Kg2 Be5 48.Be4 a4 49.Bc1 Bg7 50.Ba3 Rf6
51.Rg5 Nd6 52.Bd3 Nf7 53.Ra5 Nh6 54.Ra8+ Ng8 55.Kf1 Rc6 56.Rxa4 Be5 57.h3 Nf6
58.Ra5 Bd6 59.Bb2 Bc5 60.Ra8+ Kg7 61.Rd8 Bb6 62.Rb8 Kf7 63.Ke2 Ke6 64.h4 Nd5
65.Be4 Ke5 66.Re8+ Re6 67.Rxe6+ Kxe6 68.Kd3 Nf4+ 69.Kc4 Ke5 70.f3 Ba7 71.Ba3 Bb6
72.Bf8 Bd8 73.Bg7+ Kd6 74.Bh6 Ke5 75.Bg5 Ba5 76.Be7 Be1 77.Bd8 Ne6 78.Be7 Nf4
79.Kc5 Ne6+ 80.Kc6 d3 81.Bxd3 Nd4+ 82.Kd7 Nxf3 83.h5 Bd2 84.Bf8 Kf6 85.h6 Ne5+
86.Ke8 Bxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Skripchenko,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 e5 8.h3 Be7
9.d4 Qc7 10.d5 Na5 11.Nbd2 b5 12.b3 O-O 13.Bd3 Ne8 14.Bc2 g6 15.Nf1 Ng7 16.Bb2 Nb7
17.Qd2 Rae8 18.b4 f5 19.Red1 f4 20.a4 c4 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra6 g5 23.Rda1 h5
24.Bd1 Bc8 25.N3h2 Nd8 26.Ra7 Qb6 27.Bc1 Nf7 28.Qa2 Bd8 29.Bf3 Kh7 30.Qe2 Kg6
31.Bd2 Re7 32.Ra8 Bb7 33.R8a5 Nh6 34.Be1 Ng8 35.Kh1 Nf6 36.g4 fxg3 37.fxg3 Bc8
38.Bg2 Qb7 39.R5a2 Bb6 40.Ra8 Ref7 41.R8a2 Bd7 42.Ne3 Qc8 43.h4 g4 44.Nhf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zielinska,Mar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.Nf4 Nb6 8.Qf3 Bf5
9.O-O Bxc2 10.Re1 a6 11.Bf1 Bf5 12.b3 Qd7 13.Ba3 Rfe8 14.h3 h5 15.Re5 Nh7
16.Rae1 Bf6 17.Nxh5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 gxh5 19.e6 fxe6 20.dxe6 Bxe6 21.Ne4 Qd4
22.Qxh5 Bf7 23.Qe2 Bg6 24.Nc5 e5 25.Rd1 Qh4 26.g3 Qh6 27.Nxb7 Ng5 28.h4 Be4
29.Bg2 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Qc6+ 31.f3 e4 32.Qd2 exf3+ 33.Kf1 Ne4 34.Qf4 Qe6 35.Kg1 f2+
36.Kg2 Rf8 37.Bxf8 Rxf8 38.Qxc7 Qg4 39.Rf1 Nd5  0-1

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Radziewicz,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Nd7 7.Nf3 Nxe5 8.Nxd4 Bg4
9.f3 Bh5 10.e3 O-O-O 11.Be2 c5 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.O-O Nf6 14.f4 Nxc4 15.Bxh5 Nxe3
16.Qf3 Nxf1 17.Nxf1 c4 18.Be3 Kb8 19.Nbd2 Bb4 20.Bg4 Rhe8 21.b3 Rxe3 22.Nxe3 Bxd2
23.Nxc4 Bxf4 24.g3 h5 25.Bh3 Be5 26.Re1 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Ng4 28.Bxg4 hxg4 29.Qxg4 b5
30.Na3 Bc5 31.Nc2 Qc6+ 32.Qe4 Qxe4+ 33.Rxe4 Rd2 34.Nb4 Kb7 35.Rf4 Kb6 36.a3 a5
37.Rxf7 axb4 38.axb4 Bxb4 39.Rxg7 Bc3 40.Rf7 Kc5 41.h4 Be5 42.Rf5 Kd4 43.h5 Ke4
44.Rg5 Rd3 45.Kg2 Rxb3 46.h6 Rb2+ 47.Kh3 Rb1 48.Kg2 Rc1 49.h7 Ba1  1/2-1/2

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dworakowska,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 e5 5.O-O Be6 6.a3 Qd7 7.b4 Bd6 8.Bb2 a6
9.Nbd2 Bh3 10.c4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 d4 12.e3 dxe3 13.fxe3 O-O 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.e4 Rad8
16.Rad1 Qe6 17.Rc1 h6 18.Rfd1 Nd7 19.Nf1 a5 20.c5 Bf8 21.Ne3 axb4 22.Nd5 bxa3
23.Bxa3 Rc8 24.Qb2 Nf6 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.Ra1 Rb8 27.Qc3 Red8 28.Bb2 Re8 29.Rf1 Qe6
30.Ra4 b6 31.cxb6 Rxb6 32.Rc4 Reb8 33.Ba1 f6 34.Rc1 Na7 35.Qe1 c5 36.Nd2 Nc6
37.Ra4 Nb4 38.Ra3 Ra6 39.Rxa6 Qxa6 40.Rd1 Nc2 41.Qg1 Qxd3  0-1

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Qb6 6.e3 Qxb2 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.Nge2 e6 10.Qa4 Rc8 11.Bxc6+ Rxc6 12.Qxa7 Be7 13.Qa8+ Bd8 14.e4 Ra6 15.Qc8 Nxe4
16.O-O Rc6 17.Na4 Qxe2 18.Rxc6 bxc6 19.Qxc6+ Ke7 20.f3 Qc4 21.Qb7+ Kf6 22.fxe4 Qxd4+
23.Kh1 dxe4 24.Qb5 Kg6 25.Nc5 Bf6 26.Nd7 Qd3 27.Qxd3 exd3 28.Nxf6 gxf6 29.a4 e5
30.Be3 Rb8 31.Kg1 Be4 32.a5 f5 33.g3 h5 34.a6 h4 35.a7 Rh8 36.gxh4 f4 37.Bf2 Kf5
38.Ra1 d2 39.Rd1 Rc8 40.Kf1 Bd3+ 41.Kg2 Rg8+ 42.Bg3 fxg3 43.hxg3 Ra8 44.Rxd2 Be4+
45.Kh3 Rxa7 46.Rd6 Bf3 47.Rd2 Bg4+ 48.Kg2 e4 49.Kf2 Ra3 50.Rd5+ Ke6 51.Rd4 Ke5
52.Rb4 Ra2+ 53.Ke3 Re2+  0-1

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 h6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Kf6 8.Qd4 c5
9.Nxd7+ Ke7 10.Qxc5+ Kxd7 11.Qb5+ Ke7 12.Nc3 Kf7 13.Be3 Nf6 14.e5 Ng4 15.O-O Qh4
16.h3 Nxe3 17.fxe3+ Kg8 18.Qb3+ Kh7 19.Nd5 Qg5 20.Rf7 Bxh3 21.Qd3+ Kg8 22.Nf4 Kxf7
23.Nxh3 Qxe5 24.Rf1+ Kg8 25.Qc4+ Kh7 26.Qd3+ Kg8 27.Qc4+ Kh7 28.Qd3+ Kg8
29.Qc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zielinska,Mar"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 b6 7.a3 Bb7 8.Bd3 Be7
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rac1 Rac8 12.Rfd1 Rfd8 13.h3 Qb8 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Qxa6 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 b5 18.a4 b4 19.Qd3 Rd6 20.Nf3 Ne4 21.Re1 Bf6 22.g3 Rdc6
23.Kg2 Qc7 24.Re2 g6 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Nc3 27.Re3 Qb6 28.Rf3 Qc5 29.Qd2 Ne4
30.Qf4 Qe7 31.Bd4 Rxc2 32.Rh1 Nc3 33.Qh6 Ne2 34.Be3 R8c3 35.h4 Qf8 36.Qg5 h6
37.Qf6 d4 38.h5 Rxe3 39.hxg6 Rxf3 40.Qxf3 fxg6 41.Qe4 Qf5 42.Qa8+ Kg7 43.Rxh6 Nf4+
44.Kg1 Nh3+ 45.Kh1 Rc1+ 46.Kh2 Qxf2+ 47.Kxh3 Qf1+ 48.Kg4 Qd1+ 49.Kg5 Qd2+
50.Kg4 Qxh6 51.Qxa7+ Kg8 52.Qb8+ Qf8  0-1

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radziewicz,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.c5 Bxf3 8.gxf3 g6
9.f4 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rb1 b6 12.Bb5 Qc7 13.Qa4 Nd8 14.b4 Ne6 15.Ne2 Nh5
16.f5 gxf5 17.Qc2 f4 18.Qf5 fxe3 19.fxe3 Nf6 20.Bd3 Kh8 21.Ng3 Rg8 22.Nh5 Nf8
23.Nxf6 Bxf6 24.Qxd5 Rd8 25.Qxf7 bxc5 26.Rc1 Qb7 27.Rf1 Qxb4+ 28.Ke2 Rg2+
29.Kf3 Rg7 30.Qh5 Qd2 31.Rg1 cxd4  0-1

[Event "PWPW S.A Chess Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dworakowska,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Qxd4 10.Qxd4 Nxd4 11.Rxd4 Be7 12.Be2 Bd7 13.Bf3 Bc6 14.Re1 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Bh5 Bd8 17.Rxd6 Ke7 18.Rd3 Ba5 19.a3 Rhd8 20.b4 Bc7 21.g3 Rxd3 22.cxd3 Rd8
23.Kc2 b5 24.Bf3 Bb6 25.Nd5+ Bxd5 26.exd5 Bd4 27.dxe6 Rc8+ 28.Kb1 fxe6 29.Re4 e5
30.fxe5 fxe5 31.Rh4 Rc3 32.Rxh6 Rxd3 33.Be4 Rxa3 34.g4 a5 35.Rh7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Slavina,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.c3 Qc7 8.Qg4 g6
9.f4 Nf6 10.Qg3 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.O-O Be7 13.Rae1 d6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bf2 dxe5
16.fxe5 Nd7 17.Nc4 O-O-O 18.b4 Kb8 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.exd6 Qxc3 21.Rc1 Qxb4 22.Bxa6 Rc8
23.Bb5 N5f6 24.Qf4 Ka8 25.a3 Qb2 26.Bxd7 Nxd7 27.Qxf7 Nc5 28.d7 Rcd8 29.Qe8 Nd3
30.Qxd8+ Ka7 31.Nc6+ Bxc6 32.Qxb6+  1-0

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bb5 e5 5.a3 Nf6 6.b4 cxb4 7.axb4 Bd7 8.Rb1 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Qc7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.d5 Bd7 13.Qd3 Rac8 14.Rb3 Nh5 15.Qe2 Nf4
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Nd4 Bf6 18.Qd3 Qc4 19.Nce2 Ba4 20.Rb2 Rfe8 21.b5 Rc5 22.Rfb1 Rec8
23.Kf1 Bxc2 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.Rxc2 Rxc2 26.Nxc2 Rxc2 27.Nxf4 Bd4 28.Nd3 g6
29.f4 f6 30.Rb4 Bb6 31.Rb2 Rc4 32.Rb4 Rc2 33.Rb2 Rc4 34.Rb4 Rc3 35.Ke2 Rc2+
36.Kf3 Kf7 37.e5 fxe5 38.fxe5 dxe5 39.Nxe5+ Ke7 40.Rh4 Rc3+ 41.Kf4 h6 42.Nxg6+ Kd6
43.Kf5 Kxd5 44.Nf4+ Kc5 45.Rxh6 Kxb5 46.Nd5 Rc5 47.Ke4 Rc4+ 48.Kf5 Rc5 49.Ke4 Rc4+
50.Kf5 Bd4 51.Rh7 Kc6 52.Ke6 Bb6 53.Ne7+ Kb5 54.Nf5 Rc6+ 55.Kd5 Rc5+ 56.Ke6 Rc6+
57.Kd5 Rc5+ 58.Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Polovnikova,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.a4 Bb7 12.d5 Ne7 13.Na3 Qb8 14.Be3 c6 15.c4 bxc4 16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.Nxc4 d5 18.Na5 d4 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.Bd2 Nb4 21.Bc4 Nc5 22.Ra3 a5 23.Nh2 d3
24.Ng4 Qd6 25.Be3 Nc2 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Rc3 Qb4 29.Qg4+ Kh8 30.Rd1 Nd4
31.Rdxd3 Rg8 32.Qd1 Qxb2 33.Rg3 Rac8 34.Qh5 Rxg3 35.Rxg3 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Rf8
37.Qg4 Qg5 38.Qxg5 fxg5 39.Rxg5 f6 40.Rg3 h6 41.Bd5 f5 42.Rg6 fxe4 43.Bxe4 Rxf2
44.Rxh6+ Kg7 45.Rg6+ Kf7 46.Rg4 Ne2 47.h4 Rf6 48.h5 Nf4 49.Rg5 Ke6 50.g4 Ne2
51.Bf5+ Kf7 52.Kg2 Nf4+ 53.Kg3 Rc6 54.Bg6+ Kf6 55.Rf5+ Ke6 56.Bf7+  1-0

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be7 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Nc4 O-O 17.d6 Bh4 18.Bg2 b5 19.Ne3 Qb6 20.Re2 Nc5 21.Nf5 exf5 22.exf5 Rad8
23.Be3 Rxd6 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 b4 26.Qd5 Be7 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Qxe5 Qd6
30.Qxd6 Bxd6 31.Bf1 Rc7 32.b3 a5 33.Bc4 Kf8 34.Rd1 Be7 35.Rd5 a4 36.bxa4 Nxa4
37.Bb3 Nc5 38.Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Ne7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nec6 11.a4 b4 12.Nce2 Be7 13.a5 O-O 14.Qd2 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 d5
16.e5 Nc6 17.f4 Nxa5 18.Rxa5 Qxa5 19.f5 exf5 20.Nxf5 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22.Kh1 Bc8
23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Qxh6 Qxc2 25.Bxd5 Be6 26.Qg5+ Qg6 27.Qxg6+ fxg6 28.Bxe6+ Kg7
29.Re1 Rf2 30.Bd7 Kf7 31.Rc1 Ra7 32.e6+ Ke7 33.b3 Rf3 34.Ba4 Kxe6 35.Rc6+ Kf7
36.Kg2 Rc3 37.Rb6 a5 38.Rb5 Rc2+ 39.Kh3 Kf6 40.Rb6+ Kf5 41.Rb5+ Ke4 42.Rb6 Kf5
43.Rb5+ Kf6 44.Rb6+ Kg5 45.Rb5+ Kh6 46.Re5 Rf2 47.g4 Raf7 48.Bc6 Rc2 49.Be4 Rc3+
50.Kh4 Rf2 51.g5+ Kg7 52.Kg4 Rxb3 53.Re7+ Kf8 54.Rb7 a4 55.Bxg6 a3 56.Bf5 a2  0-1

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shadrina,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bh6+ 13.Kb1 Bf4 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Ne2 Be5
16.Qd2 Qb6 17.Nf4 O-O-O 18.g3 Kb8 19.Bh3 Rhe8 20.Rhf1 Bc8 21.Rf3 Qc6 22.Re3 Re7
23.Qb4 Rc7 24.Qb3 d5 25.exd5 exd5 26.Bxc8 Rdxc8 27.Re2 Qc4 28.Qf3 Bxf4 29.gxf4 Re7
30.Red2 Re4 31.f5 Re5 32.Qf2 Kb7 33.Qg2 Qe4 34.Qg7+ Rc7 35.Qxf6 Rxf5 36.Qd6 Re5
37.a3 Rc6 38.Qd7+ Rc7 39.Qh3 Re6 40.Qb3 Rec6 41.a4 Kb6 42.axb5 axb5 43.Rxd5 Qxc2+
44.Qxc2 Rxc2 45.Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stepovaia Dianchenko,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Rxe1+ 12.Qxe1 Bg4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Qb1 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Qc7 17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.Bd3 Nf8 19.Kg2 Qf7 20.c5 Bb8 21.Bf5 Qc7 22.f4 b6
23.Qd3 Qf7 24.Qh3+ Kg8 25.Re1 bxc5 26.dxc5 Bc7 27.Be6 Nxe6 28.Qxe6 Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Ba5
30.Rxc6 d4 31.Ra6 dxc3 32.Be3 Bc7 33.Ra3 Kf7 34.Rxc3 Ke6 35.Kf3 Rh8 36.Rd3 Rxh2
37.c6 Rh3+ 38.Ke4  1-0

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zaiatz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 b6 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Bd3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd7 14.d5 Ndc5 15.Nd4 e5
16.Nxf5 Nxd3 17.Ng7+ Kd7 18.Qxd3 Nc5 19.Qf5+ Ke7 20.f4 Qf8 21.Qg6 Rg8 22.fxe5 Qxg7
23.exd6+ cxd6 24.Qxd6+ Ke8 25.Rf5 Nd7 26.Qe6+ Kd8 27.Rf7  1-0

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 c6 10.Qc2 Na6 11.a3 Bg6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.bxc3 dxc4 15.Qa4 c5
16.Qxc4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nc7 18.Rb1 Rb8 19.g3 b5 20.Qb3 Qd7 21.d5 b4 22.a4 Qf5
23.Rd1 Rfe8 24.Rb2 Rbc8 25.Rbd2 Re4 26.Kg2 Na6 27.Nd4 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Rc3 29.g4 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shumiakina,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Rg1 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.O-O-O Nxc3 12.Qxc3 O-O 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bd3 c5 15.Qc2 g6
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Kb1 Bd7 18.Qc3 Rac8 19.Qe5 Rfe8 20.Qxe7 Rxe7 21.h3 h5 22.Nd4 hxg4
23.hxg4 Ne4 24.Rg2 Bxg4 25.Rxg4 Nxf2 26.Bxg6 Nxg4 27.Bf5 Rc4 28.Bxg4 Rxe3
29.b3 Rcc3 30.Bf5 Re5 31.Bd3 a6 32.Kb2 Rc7 33.Nf5 Rc6 34.Rg1+ Kf8 35.Rh1 Kg8
36.Rh5 Re1 37.Nd4 Rd6 38.Kc3 Rg1 39.Nf5 d4+ 40.Nxd4 Rg3 41.Rh4 b5 42.Rf4 Rd5
43.Nf3 a5 44.Be4 Rd1 45.Rf5 Ra1 46.Bd5 Rxa2 47.Rxf7 Kh8 48.Kd4 Re2 49.Kc5 b4
50.Nd4 Re5 51.Kd6 Rh5 52.Rf8+ Kh7 53.Be4+ Kg7 54.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "54th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2004.07.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Matveeva,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bd2 Nhf6 10.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Regez,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.O-O O-O
16.e4 e5 17.c5 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 exd4 19.Bxd4 Ng4 20.Rad1 Bc6 21.Bc4 Nde5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5
23.Bd5 Rab8 24.Re3 a4 25.Rg3 b3 26.Qb2 Bxd5 27.exd5 f6 28.f4 Nc4 29.Qc3 b2
30.Rb1 Qxf4 31.Qxc4 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 b1=Q 33.d6+ Kf8 34.Re3 Qxe3+  0-1

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murtez,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O a6
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Be3 b5 11.a3 O-O 12.f4 Rc8 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bf3 Nd7 15.Qf2 Qc7
16.Rad1 Qb7 17.Rd3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.e5 b4 20.Ne2 c4 21.Rdd1 bxa3 22.bxa3 Bxa3
23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Kh1 Bc5 25.Qg3 a5 26.Rb1 Rb6 27.Ra1 Rb8 28.Qc3 Rb1 29.Qxa5 Rxf1+
30.Rxf1 Qb1 31.Ng3 Bf2 32.Qd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxb1 Be3 34.Rf1 Rd2 35.Rb1 Rd8 36.Rf1 h6
37.f5 Rd5 38.fxe6 fxe6 39.Ne4 Rxe5 40.Nd6 Rc5 41.Re1 Bf4 42.Rxe6 Rd5  0-1

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Flueckiger,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.Nf3 b5 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.e5 b4 9.Ne4 Nxe4
10.Bxe4 d5 11.Bd3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 a5 13.h4 e6 14.h5 Nd7 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Nb6
17.Bd3 f5 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Rg1 Qxf3 21.Qc2 Rh1 22.Kd2 Bh6 23.Be2 Qxf2
24.Qxc6+ Ke7 25.Qc5+ Kd7 26.Bxh6 Rxh6 27.Raf1  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nemet,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Ne5 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 b6 9.O-O Bb7
10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.a4 a5 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Rc2 Rc7 15.Qa1 c5 16.cxd5 Nxd5
17.Ndc4 cxd4 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Bxd4 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Qe5 Re8 22.Bh5 g6 23.Bf3 Ba6
24.Rd2 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Qxc4 26.Rfd1 Kf7 27.Rd4 Qc5 28.h3 Qd6 29.Kf2 Qxe5 30.fxe5 Red8
31.g4 Ke8 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Bh5+ Ke7 34.Rg1 Kf8 35.Rgd1 Rc8 36.Bf3 Rc2+ 37.Kg3 Rc5
38.Bxd5 Rdxd5 39.Rxd5 exd5 40.Kf4 b5 41.axb5 Rxb5 42.Ra1 Ke7 43.Kxf5 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Raetsky,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Bg4 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Rxe4 f5 12.Re6 Qd7 13.Re1 Na6 14.Qb3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Rae8
16.Be3 Nb4 17.c5 Nc2 18.cxd6 f4 19.Bd2 Nxe1 20.Qb3+ Kh8 21.Na3 f3  0-1

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zenklusen,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bd3 a6
9.Qe2 Be7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.f4 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Kb1 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.f5 e5
16.Bc4 Rb8 17.h4 O-O 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.g4 Rfc8 20.g5 Qxc4 21.Qxc4 Rxc4 22.gxf6 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Herbrechtsmeier,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bd3 Bb4 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 f5
9.N4g3 Bg5 10.h4 Bxc1 11.Qxc1 O-O 12.c4 Ne7 13.Nf4 Kh8 14.Qe3 c5 15.dxc5 Nbc6
16.O-O-O Qc7 17.Rhe1 Rfc8 18.Kb1 Na5 19.b4 bxc5 20.bxa5 Qxa5 21.Bc2 Rab8
22.Kc1 Nc6 23.Nge2 Ba6 24.Qc3 Qc7 25.Rd6 Bxc4 26.Rxc6 dxc6 27.Qxc4 Qxe5 28.Nd3 Qa1+
29.Kd2 Qxa3 30.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ermeni,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 e5 8.a4 Be7
9.Na3 O-O 10.Nc4 Be6 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Bg5 Qc7
16.Bh4 Ndb4 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bg3 Qd8 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 Re8 21.Re2 Qb6 22.Ng5 Nd4
23.Rxc8 Nxe2+ 24.Qxe2 Rxc8 25.Be7 Rc2 26.Qf3 Nd5 27.Ba3 h6 28.Ne4 Qd4 29.g4 Rc1
30.Kg2 Nb4 31.Qf4 Qxe4+ 32.Qxe4 Bd5 33.Qxd5 Nxd5 34.Be2 Nf4+ 35.Kf3 g5 36.a5 Kh7
37.Ke3 Re1  0-1

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Efimenko,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Qg4 Nf5 6.Bd3 h5 7.Qf4 Qh4 8.Bxf5 Qxf4
9.Bxf4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 exf5 11.h4 Be6 12.Nh3 Nc6 13.Be3 Na5 14.f3 Nc4 15.Bf2 Na3
16.Kd2 a5 17.Nf4 Ra6 18.Rhg1 g6 19.g4 fxg4 20.fxg4 Nc4+ 21.Kd3 hxg4 22.Nxe6 Rxe6
23.Rab1 b6 24.Rbe1 Rh5 25.Rxg4 Rf5 26.Ke2 Na3 27.Rc1 Nb5 28.Be1 Rc6 29.Rg3 Rf4
30.Rh3 Re4+ 31.Kf2 f6 32.exf6 Rxf6+ 33.Rf3 Rxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Kd7 35.a4 Nd6 36.Bf2 Nc4
37.Rg1 Nd2+ 38.Kg3 Ke6 39.Kh3 Kf6 40.Rg2 Nc4 41.Bg3 c6 42.Rf2+ Kg7 43.Bf4 b5
44.axb5 cxb5 45.Bg5 Re6 46.Rf1 a4 47.Rb1 a3 48.Rxb5 Rb6 49.Rxd5 Rb7  0-1

[Event "MTO"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Thorfinnsson,Br"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Ne4
16.Nd2 f5 17.f3 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Qb6 19.Rab1 Bc6 20.Kh1 Nf6 21.e4 fxe4 22.fxe4 Ng4
23.Rf1 Qc7 24.e5 Qb7 25.d5 exd5 26.h3 Nh6 27.Qg5 dxc4 28.Bxc4+ Nf7 29.Rxf7 Rxf7
30.Rf1 Bxg2+ 31.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Ra7 33.Bd4 Rc7 34.Rxf7 Rxf7 35.Bc5  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Fort Lauderdale USA"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gannon,Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D18"]

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.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.f3 c5 12.e4 Qxd4+ 13.Qxd4 cxd4 14.Na2  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Fort Lauderdale USA"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Browne,W"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Be7
9.f3 Bd7 10.Be3 h5 11.h4 b5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.a3 Qb6 17.Ne2 Bc6 18.Be3 Qb7 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Bg5 Ra8 21.f4 Qb6 22.c3 Ng8
23.f5 e5 24.Nc2 a5 25.Ne3 Bc6 26.Bc2 Nf6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Fort Lauderdale USA"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Chua,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Be2 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O Bd6
9.c4 Nd7 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 e5 12.Bh6 Bg6 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Rfe1 Qb6 15.Qa4 Bc5
16.Bb5 Bxf2+ 17.Kh1 Bxe1 18.Bxd7+ Ke7 19.Nxe1 Qxb2 20.d6+ Kxd6 21.Rd1+ Ke7
22.Bc1 b5 23.Qxa7 Qc2 24.Bxb5+ Kf8 25.Bh6+  1-0

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Ne3 Be6 7.Nd2 Nxd2 8.Bxd2 c5
9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.Bc3 Qb6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O cxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc5 14.c3 Bxd4 15.cxd4 Qxb2
16.Qa4 Qb5 17.Qa3 Rb8 18.Rfc1 Qb4 19.Qxa7 O-O 20.a3 Qb2 21.Qc5 Bd7 22.h3 f5
23.Qd6 Rbd8 24.Nc2 f4 25.Qb4 Rb8 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.Nb4 Re8 28.Nd3 Rd2 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Rxd1 Ra8 31.Nc5 Bf5 32.a4 Kf7 33.Re1 g5 34.f3 h5 35.Kf2 Bc8 36.Rb1 Ke7
37.Ke1 Kd6 38.Kd2 Ba6 39.Kc3 Kc7 40.Re1 Kb6 41.Kb4 Bc8 42.Re5 g4 43.Rxh5 gxf3
44.gxf3 Kc7 45.Rh7+ Kd6 46.a5 Rb8+ 47.Kc3  1-0

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.c4 Qd6 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Qc2 e5 15.a3 Be6
16.Bd3 Na5 17.b4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Rc8 19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.bxc5 Rxc5 21.Nd6 Bxc4 22.Kb2 Qc7
23.Nxc4 Rxc4  0-1

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.cxd5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxd5 12.Qg3 Qxd4 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Nb5 Qg4 15.Bf4 Qxg3
16.Bxg3 Rad8 17.Rad1 Bb4 18.Rf1 a6 19.Nxc7 Ba5 20.Bb1 Nd4 21.Bd3 Rd7 22.Be5 Rfd8
23.Rc1 Nc6 24.Bf5 Re7 25.Bxf6 gxf6  0-1

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 Qc7
9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.Bf3 O-O 11.Qe1 Rb8 12.Qg3 Rd8 13.Re1 Nf8 14.Be3 Ne8 15.Nf5 exf5
16.Nd5 Qd7 17.exf5 Bf6 18.Ba7 Qxf5 19.Bxb8 Be6 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Ba7 Qxb2
22.Qf2 Rc8 23.Bd4 Qb5 24.Be4 Nd7 25.f5 Bd5 26.a4 Qc6 27.Qf3 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Nef6
29.Qxc6 Rxc6 30.Rab1 b6 31.c3 h5 32.g3 Kf8 33.Kg2 d5 34.Rb4 Ne4 35.c4 a5
36.Rb5 Rxc4 37.Rxd5 Ndf6 38.Rd8+ Ke7 39.Bxb6 Nd7 40.Bxa5 Rxa4 41.Ra8 Rd4
42.Bc3 Rc4 43.Bxg7 f6 44.Ra7 Ke8 45.Re2 Rd4 46.Bh6 Kd8 47.Bf4 Rc4 48.Ra8+ Ke7
49.Rh8  1-0

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Papa,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Nxc4 b5 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.e3 e6 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 Bb4 13.a4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 O-O 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rxa8 Bxa8 17.Bxb5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd5 19.Bd2 Qc7 20.Qg4 Qxe5 21.Re1 Qc7 22.Bd3 Rd8
23.Qh3 g6 24.Bf1 Nf4 25.Qe3 e5 26.c4 f6 27.f3 Qd7 28.Bc3 Bc6 29.Qb6 Ra8 30.Ra1 Rxa1
31.Bxa1 Kf7 32.Qe3 Qd1 33.Bc3 g5 34.h3 h5 35.Be1 g4 36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Qd2 Qxd2
38.Bxd2 gxf3 39.Bxf4 fxg2 40.Bxg2 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th YM"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Papa,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Rg1 e5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Ne4 Bb4 12.a3 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 b6 14.Bc4 Bb7 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Ng3 Rc8 19.f4 Qe6 20.Nf5 O-O 21.Qd4 f6 22.Qd3 Rf7
23.Nd4 Qe4 24.Qxe4 dxe4 25.Kd2 Rc5 26.Rac1 h5 27.h3 hxg4 28.hxg4 Bc8 29.g5 Rfc7
30.gxf6 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Kxc1 gxf6 33.Nb5 Bd7 34.Nxa7 Kf7 35.Kc2  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ptacnikova,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 a5 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nbd2 d6
9.Nf1 Na6 10.Ne3 Bd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qd3 Bc6 13.Rac1 Be4 14.Qd2 Qd7 15.Rfd1 Rc7
16.Bh3 Qe7 17.Ne1 h6 18.f3 Bc6 19.Nd3 b6 20.Ng2 b5 21.b3 bxc4 22.bxc4 e5
23.e4 Ba4 24.Re1 exd4 25.e5 dxe5 26.Rxe5 Qd6 27.Rxa5 Bd7 28.Bxd7 Nxd7 29.Rd5 Qf6
30.Nxb4 Nxb4 31.Qxb4 Ne5 32.Qb3 Nxf3+ 33.Kh1 Ng5 34.Qd3 Nh3 35.Qxd4 Nf2+
36.Kg1 Nh3+ 37.Kh1 Nf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedjarova,Z"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Ngf6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Bd2 Ba5 10.Rab1 O-O 11.b4 Bc7 12.e4 dxc4 13.Qxc4 e5 14.Be3 Nb6 15.Qe2 Ng4
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bh4 exd4 18.Rfd1 Qe8 19.Rxd4 Nxh2 20.Nd2 Be5 21.Rd3 Rd8 22.Nc4 Rxd3
23.Qxd3 Ng4 24.Nxe5 Nxe5 25.Qe2 Qe7 26.f3 Rd8 27.Bf2 Rd3 28.Qc2 Qd7 29.f4 Ng4
30.Nd5 Nxf2 31.Kxf2 Rd4 32.Nxb6 axb6 33.Ke3 b5 34.a3 h5 35.Qe2 f5 36.Qa2+ Rc4
37.exf5 Qxf5 38.g3  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Polgar,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Ne4 Ng6 11.h3 Be7 12.Re1 h6 13.b3 c5 14.g4 h5 15.Nfg5 Ke8 16.Nf6+ gxf6
17.exf6 hxg4 18.fxe7 Nxe7 19.Bb2 Rh6 20.Re3 gxh3 21.Rae1 Be6 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Rxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 Kd7 25.Rh6 c4 26.Rxh3 cxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.Kh2 b5 29.f4 Ke6
30.Rh6+ Kd5 31.Rh5+ Kc6 32.Rh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhukova,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Be7 8.Qc2 c5
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.Nb3 Bd6 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.f4 O-O
16.Bd2 Rfe8 17.Bc3 e5 18.Qf2 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rad1 f6 21.Rfe1 exf4 22.Qd4 Rad8
23.Rxe4 Be5 24.Qxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Bxe5 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Qd1+ 28.Kf2 Qc2+
29.Re2 Qxc4 30.Rd2 h6 31.Rd4 Qc2+ 32.Rd2 Qe4 33.Re2 Qc4 34.Rd2 a5 35.Nd4 Qxa2
36.Ne2 Qc4 37.Kf3 Qc6+  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Rd1 Bg4
9.c3 O-O-O 10.d4 Qe6 11.Nc2 Bd6 12.b4 f5 13.exf5 Qxf5 14.Ne3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxf3
16.gxf3 exd4 17.Rxd4 Ne7 18.Re4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Rg4 Rd7 21.Be3 Rf8 22.Kg2 Rf5
23.Rd1 Rdf7 24.Rgd4 c6 25.c4 Bxb4 26.cxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 cxd5 28.Rxd5 Kc7 29.Rd4 Bd6
30.Rc4+ Kd7 31.Ra4 g6 32.Bd2 Rf5 33.Rh4 Rh5 34.Rxh5 gxh5 35.Kh3 Ke6 36.Kg2 b5
37.h3 Kd5 38.Kf1 b4 39.Ke2 Kd4 40.Kd1 Kd3 41.Bg5 a5 42.Kc1 a4 43.Kb1 Bc5
44.Bh4 Bd4 45.Be7 Bc3 46.Bc5 b3 47.axb3 axb3 48.Be3 Bf6 49.Bc1 Ke2 50.f4 Kxf2
51.Bb2 Be7 52.Bg7 Kg3 53.f5 Kxh3 54.f6 Bxf6  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.Nb3 O-O 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Qe1 Qc7 13.h4 b5 14.Be3 Nd7 15.f4 Bb7 16.g5 Rac8
17.Rh2 Nc5 18.h5 b4 19.Nd5 exd5 20.exd5 Na5 21.Nxa5 Qxa5 22.Bxc5 Re8 23.Bd4 Qxa2
24.Qxb4 Bxd5 25.Rh3 Be4 26.Bd3 d5 27.Qb7 Qa1+ 28.Kd2 Qa4 29.c3 Bxd3 30.Rxd3 Rb8
31.Qxd5 Bxg5 32.b4 Bxf4+ 33.Be3 Bxe3+ 34.Rxe3 Rbd8  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sergeeva,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.f3 a6 10.Kb1 O-O 11.Be3 Qc7 12.g4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nd7 14.h4 b5 15.g5 Rd8 16.h5 b4
17.Ne2 Ne5 18.g6 Nxf3 19.Qf4 Ng5 20.gxf7+ Nxf7 21.Qf2 Rf8 22.h6 Ng5 23.Qg2 Bb7
24.Ng3 g6 25.Bd3 e5 26.Be3 Kh8 27.Rdf1 Ne6 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Rf1 Nf4 30.Bxf4 exf4
31.Ne2 d5 32.exd5 Qe5 33.Qe4 Bf6 34.Qxb4 Rb8 35.c3 f3 36.Rxf3 Bxd5 37.Re3 Qxe3
38.Qxb8+ Bg8 39.Qg3 Qxh6 40.Bxa6 Qh1+ 41.Nc1 Kg7 42.Bd3 Bf7 43.a4 h5 44.a5 h4
45.Qg4 h3 46.Be4 Qf1 47.a6 h2 48.Qg2 Qg1 49.a7 Qxa7 50.Qxh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Madl,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Nb3 a6 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.f4 O-O-O 12.Be2 h5 13.Rhf1 h4 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.Rf3 Bc8
16.Qe1 Be7 17.Rh3 f5 18.exf5 d5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Bg4 Rh6 21.Rhd3 Qc7 22.Ne2 Bd6
23.Qd2 Rf6 24.Rf3 Rdf8 25.Rdf1 Bb4 26.Qe3 Bd6 27.Bh3 Qh7 28.a3 Qc7 29.Qd2 Qf7
30.Nbc1 Qc7 31.Nb3 Qe7 32.Nec1 Qc7 33.Nd3 Qb6 34.Qe1 a5 35.Ne5 a4 36.Nxc6+ Qxc6
37.Nd4 Qb6 38.Nxe6 Bxe6 39.Bxe6 Bxf4 40.Bxd5 Qd6 41.Qe4 Be5 42.Bxb7 Rxf3
43.gxf3 Qc7 44.Bd5 Rf4 45.Qe2 Rf8 46.Qb5+  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 Be7
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.f4 O-O 11.Nf3 g6 12.Kh1 Re8 13.Bd2 b6 14.Rae1 Bb7 15.Ng5 Rad8
16.Bb1 Nh5 17.Nf3 Bf8 18.Rc1 Qb8 19.Qf2 Bg7 20.f5 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.fxe6 fxe6
23.Nd4 Ne5 24.Ncxb5 d5 25.Qe2 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Ba6 27.Rc5 Rxd4 28.Bc3 Rdd8 29.a4 Rf8
30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.g3 Rc8 32.b4 Nd7 33.Rxc8+ Qxc8 34.Bd2 Nhf6 35.Bg2 Nb6 36.Bh3 Qc6+
37.Bg2 Qd7 38.Bh3 Qd5+ 39.Bg2 Qf5 40.Bc6 Nxa4 41.Qc4 Nd5 42.Kg2 Nac3 43.Bxd5 exd5  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 bxa3 4.Nxa3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 d5 7.e5 a6 8.Bd3 Rb8
9.O-O Nge7 10.c4 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Nd5 12.Ng5 b5 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qf3 Qd7 15.Nd6+ Bxd6
16.exd6 h6 17.Qh3 Qxd6 18.Ne4 Qc7 19.Qh4 f5 20.Nf6+ Nxf6 21.Qxf6 Rg8 22.d5 Nb4
23.Qd4 Nxd5 24.Bxh6 Qc3 25.Qxc3 Nxc3 26.Bf4 Rb6 27.Rfc1 Rc6 28.Be5 b4 29.Bxc3 bxc3
30.Ra3 Rg7 31.Raxc3 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Kd8 33.Ra3 Ra7 34.f4 a5 35.Kf2 Bd7 36.Ke3 Ke7
37.Kd4 Kd6 38.h3 a4 39.Bc2 Ra5 40.g4 e5+ 41.fxe5+ Rxe5 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.h4 Rd5+
44.Ke3 Ke5 45.h5 Rd4 46.Ke2 Rh4 47.Bd1 Bb5+ 48.Ke1 Kd5 49.Kf2 Kc5 50.Kg3 Rd4
51.Bc2 f4+ 52.Kf3 Bc6+ 53.Kg4 f3+ 54.Kg3 f2 55.Ra1 Bb5 56.Kxf2 Rd2+ 57.Kg3 Rxc2
58.h6 Kb4 59.h7 Rc8 60.Rb1+ Ka5 61.Kf4 Rh8 62.Rh1 a3 63.Ke3 a2 64.Ra1 Bc4
65.Kd4 Kb4 66.Rc1 Bb3  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Ne5 O-O 15.Ne4 Rad8
16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Qg3 Ne4 18.Qe3 Nd6 19.g4 Qd5 20.Rhg1 b5 21.g5 hxg5 22.Bxg5 Nf5
23.Qf4 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 f6 25.Qg6 fxe5 26.h6 Rd7 27.Rd3 exd4 28.Rh3 Qe5 29.Qh7+ Kf7
30.hxg7 Nxg7 31.Rh5 Qxh5 32.Rxg7+ Kf6 33.Qxh5 Kxg7 34.Qg4+ Kf7 35.Qh5+ Kf6
36.b4 Rd5 37.Qh4+ Kg6 38.Qg3+ Kf6 39.Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GP"]
[Site "Aix-En-Provence FRA"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 a6
9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 cxb2 12.fxg7 Bxg7 13.Bxb2 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 c5 15.O-O Bb7
16.Nc4 Qc7 17.d5 Bxb2 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Qh5+ Ke7 20.Nxb2 Nf6 21.Qh3 Nd5 22.Rfe1 Qc6
23.Nd3 Rag8 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Nf4 Rxg2+ 26.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 27.Nxg2 Rg8 28.f3  1-0

[Event "GP"]
[Site "Aix-En-Provence FRA"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.c3 d6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Ba4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 d5
16.e5 Nh5 17.Be3 Qh4 18.Qd2 Nd8 19.Nc3 Ne6 20.Bc6 Bxd4 21.Ra4 Nhf4 22.Bxf4 Nxf4
23.Kh1 Qh3  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Qd3 Bd7 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Bc4 exd4 12.cxd4 g5 13.e5 gxh4 14.Qg6+ Kh8 15.Qxh6+ Nh7
16.Ne4 f5 17.Nfg5 Qe7 18.Nf6 Qg7 19.Qxh7+ Qxh7 20.Ngxh7 Rfd8 21.Ng5 dxe5
22.Nf7+ Kg7 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Nh5+ Kg6 25.Nxe5+ Kxh5 26.Be2+ Kg5 27.Nf7+ Kf6
28.Nxd8 Rxd8 29.Rad1 Re8 30.Bf3 Bc8 31.Rfe1 Rg8 32.Bd5 Rh8 33.Bb3 Bc5 34.Rd3 Bd6
35.Bd5 b6 36.g3 Bd7 37.Rf3 Rh5 38.Re4 hxg3 39.hxg3 f4 40.Rfxf4+ Bxf4 41.Rxf4+ Ke7
42.Rd4 c5 43.Rd2 b5 44.f4 c4 45.Kf2 a5 46.Ke3 Rh3 47.Rg2 Rh1 48.a4 b4 49.Bxc4 Bxa4
50.g4 Bc6 51.Rg3 Re1+ 52.Kd2 Rb1 53.b3 a4 54.Re3+ Kf8 55.bxa4 Bxa4 56.Bd3 Rb2+
57.Kc1 Rg2 58.g5 Be8 59.Re6 b3 60.Rb6 Rg4 61.Rf6+ Kg7 62.Bc4 Ba4 63.Bd5 Rg3
64.Kb2 Re3 65.Rb6 Re2+ 66.Ka3 Ra2+ 67.Kb4 Rf2 68.Rb7+ Kg6 69.Be4+ Kh5 70.Rf7 Be8
71.Rf8 b2 72.Kc3 Bg6 73.Rh8+ Kg4 74.Bxg6 Rxf4 75.Kxb2 Kxg5 76.Bd3 Kf6 77.Re8 Kf7
78.Re3 Kf6 79.Kc3 Rh4 80.Bc4 Kf5 81.Kb4 Kf4 82.Re7 Rh5 83.Kc3 Re5 84.Rf7+ Rf5
85.Re7 Re5 86.Rh7 Re3+ 87.Bd3 Re8 88.Rh4+ Ke3 89.Rh1 Rc8+ 90.Bc4 Rd8 91.Be6 Rd3+
92.Kc4 Rd4+ 93.Kc5 Ra4 94.Rh3+ Kf2 95.Bc4 Ra8 96.Kd4 Ra4 97.Rc3 Ra7 98.Ke4 Rh7
99.Rf3+ Kg2 100.Bd5 Rh4+ 101.Ke5 Kg1 102.Be4 Rh2 103.Rf4 Rd2 104.Kf5 Rf2
105.Bf3 Rb2 106.Rh4 Rb8 107.Kf4 Kf2 108.Rh2+ Ke1 109.Be4 Rb3 110.Bf3 Rb4+
111.Kg3 Rd4 112.Re2+ Kf1 113.Re3 Rd2 114.Ra3 Rd4 115.Re3  1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Bb4 8.Bg5 Qa5
9.Qc2 Nd5 10.Ne4 b5 11.b3 h6 12.a3 Bc3 13.bxc4 bxc4 14.Bd2 Bxd2 15.Nfxd2 O-O
16.Nxc4 Qc7 17.Rfc1 Ba6 18.e3 Rab8 19.Ncd2 Bb5 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Qxc5 Ba4 22.Ne4 Rb3
23.Qc4 Nb6 24.Qe2 Bb5 25.Qc2 Ba4 26.Nc5 Rb4 27.Qd2 Rb5 28.Bf1 Qd6 29.Bxb5 cxb5
30.Qa5 e5 31.Nxa4  1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.a4 a5 9.Ne5 Be6
10.f4 Na6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.e4 Nb6 13.b3 Qd6 14.Be3 f5 15.Rc1 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Qb4
17.Ng5 Bxb3 18.Qd3 Bxe5 19.fxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qc4 21.Qd2 Qc2 22.Qe1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8
24.Nxh7+ Ke8 25.Qf1 Qe4 26.Bg5 Qxd4+ 27.Kh1 Nd7 28.Bd3 Nac5 29.Bxg6+ Kd8
30.Qe1 b6 31.h4 Bd5 32.e6 Nxe6 33.Be3 Qg4  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 c6 10.c5 Bc7 11.Ng5 Bg6 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Qb3 b5 15.Ngxe4 Na6
16.Bg5 Qxd4 17.Rad1 Qb4 18.Qxb4 Nxb4 19.a3 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.Nxe4 Nd5
22.Nd6 f6 23.Bh4 Bxd6 24.cxd6 Rd8 25.Bg3 Nb6 26.f3 Kf7 27.Rc1 Nc4 28.b3 Nxd6
29.Rxc6 Nf5 30.Rc5 Nxg3 31.hxg3 a6 32.Rc7+ Kg6 33.Ra7 Rd3 34.Rxa6 Rxb3 35.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.a4 O-O 11.Qe2 b4 12.a5 d5 13.d3 bxc3 14.bxc3 Rb8 15.Nbd2 d4 16.Ba4 dxc3
17.Bxc6 cxd2 18.Bxd2 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Bb4 20.Red1 Qd6 21.Rac1 Bxd2 22.Rxd2 Rb4
23.Rdc2 g6 24.Qe3 Rfb8 25.Rc5 Rd4 26.Qg5 Rxd3 27.Qxe5 Rd2 28.Qxd6 cxd6 29.R5c2 Rxc2
30.Rxc2 Kf8 31.Bd5 Nxd5 32.exd5 Rb5 33.Rc6 Rxa5 34.Rxd6 Ke7 35.Rb6 Rxd5 36.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Na5
9.Bd3 b5 10.b4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 bxc4 12.Qxc4 Bb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qd3 d5 15.e5 Nd7
16.Bf4 Bxb4 17.Nce2 Rc4 18.Rab1 Qc7 19.Nf5 exf5 20.e6 Ne5 21.exf7+ Kf8 22.Qxf5 Bd6
23.Rxb7 Qxb7 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Qxe5 Re4 26.Qg5 Qxf7 27.Nc3 Re8 28.Nxd5 h5 29.c4 Rh6
30.Qd2 Kg8 31.h3 Rhe6 32.Ne3 Rb8 33.Rc1 Reb6 34.Nd5 Rb2 35.Rc2 Rxc2 36.Qxc2 Qe6
37.Kh2 h4 38.a4 Re8 39.Ne3 Qe4 40.Qd1 Qe5+ 41.Kg1 Rb8 42.Qd3 Rf8 43.Ng4 Qf5
44.Qd4 Re8 45.Ne3 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Qe4 47.Qd7 Qe5+ 48.Kg1 Rb8 49.Qd3 Kh8 50.Ng4 Qe8
51.Qf5 Rb6 52.c5 Re6 53.Kh2 Kg8 54.f4 Qg6 55.Qd5 Qe4 56.Qd8+ Re8 57.Qg5 Rf8
58.f5 Qd5 59.Qg6 Qb7 60.f6 Qc7+ 61.Kh1 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nijboer,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B67"]

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.f3 Be7 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qa5 13.Qd2 h6 14.Be3 e5 15.g4 Be6
16.Bh3 Rxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxa2+ 18.Kc1 d5 19.Bc5 d4 20.Qa3 Qxa3 21.Bxa3 Nd7 22.Bxe7 Kxe7
23.Kd2 Nf8 24.Ra1 Ng6 25.Bf1 h5 26.g5 Rc8 27.Ra3 Nf4 28.b4 f6 29.b5 axb5
30.gxf6+ Kxf6 31.Bxb5 g5 32.hxg5+ Kxg5 33.c3 dxc3+ 34.Rxc3 Ra8 35.Rg1+ Kf6
36.Bc4 Rd8+ 37.Kc2 Rc8 38.Bb5 Ra8 39.Bc4 Rc8 40.Bb5 Rh8 41.Bc4 h4 42.Rh1 Bd7
43.Bd5 Rh7 44.Kd2 h3 45.Rc7 Rg7 46.Ke1 Ke7 47.Rxb7 Kd6 48.Rb6+ Kc5 49.Rb7 Kd6
50.Rb6+ Kc7 51.Rb7+ Kc8 52.Bc6 Rg6 53.Bxd7+ Kxb7 54.Bg4 Ra6 55.Kf2 Ra2+ 56.Kg3 Rg2+
57.Kh4 h2 58.Bh3 Rb2 59.Kg3 Kb6 60.Bf1 Rb1 61.Kxh2 Kc5 62.Kg3 Kd4 63.Bg2 Rb8
64.Bh3 Ke3 65.Re1+ Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ramirez,Al"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.g3 Nf6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 b5 8.Ne3 Qb6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 Qa6 13.Qc2 Rac8 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Bd2 b4
16.Ne4 c5 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.a6 Qb5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Qc4 Qb6 22.Qf4 Bd4
23.Be1 h6 24.Ra4 e5 25.Qf5 Bxe3 26.fxe3 Qxe3+ 27.Kf1 Qb6 28.Rxb4 Qc6 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8
30.Qf3 e4 31.Qb3 e3 32.Qxe3 Nd5 33.Qd4 Re8 34.Rb3 Qe6 35.Qd3 Ne3+ 36.Qxe3 Qxe3
37.Rxe3 Rxe3 38.Bf2 Re6 39.Bxa7 Rxa6 40.Bd4 Ra4 41.e3 g5 42.h4 gxh4 43.gxh4 Kh7
44.Kf2 Kg6 45.Kf3 Kh5 46.Bf6 Ra6 47.Be7 Re6 48.Bd8 Rd6 49.Be7 Re6 50.Bd8 Re8
51.Bf6 Kg6 52.Bd4 Kf5 53.b4 Re4 54.Kg3 Rg4+ 55.Kh3 h5 56.b5 Ke6 57.b6 Kd6
58.Bf6 Kc6 59.Bd8 Re4 60.Kg3 Rxe3+ 61.Kf4 Rd3 62.Bc7 Rd5 63.Ke4 Rb5 64.Kf4 Kd7
65.Ke4 Rb4+ 66.Kd5 Rxh4 67.Bd6 Rd4+ 68.Kxd4  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stellwagen,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6 8.Bc4 b5
9.Bb3 f5 10.Ng3 c5 11.c3 c4 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.O-O-O Bd5 15.Rhe1 b4
16.Ba4 Qa5 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Ne5+ Kc7 19.Kb1 bxc3 20.Nxc4 Qa4 21.b3 Rab8 22.Ka1 Rxb3
23.Ne3 Rd8 24.Qc2 Ra3 25.Nxd5+ Rxd5 26.Qxa4 Rxa4 27.Ne2 Rc4 28.Rd3 Bf6 29.Rc1 Kd6
30.Rcxc3 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Rxd4 32.Kb1 Rd2 33.Rc2 Rd1+ 34.Rc1 Rd2 35.Rc2 Rd1+
36.Rc1 Rxc1+ 37.Kxc1 Kc5 38.Kc2 Kc4 39.f3 Be5 40.h4 h5 41.Kd2 f4 42.Kc2 Bd6
43.Nc3 f5 44.Ne2 e5 45.Nc1 Kd4 46.Kd2 Bb4+  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Ne4 Ng6 11.h3 Bd7 12.b3 Kc8 13.Bb2 h6 14.Rad1 a5 15.Rd2 Bb4
16.c3 Be7 17.Rfd1 Rd8 18.c4 Nf4 19.Kh2 a4 20.g4 Ne6 21.Kg3 Bb4 22.Rd3 axb3
23.axb3 c5 24.Nc3 Bxc3 25.Bxc3 Ra3 26.Nd2 g5 27.Ne4 b6 28.Bb2 Ra2 29.Rb1 Bc6
30.Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.Nc3 Ra8 32.Rd1+ Ke8 33.Ne2 Be4 34.Rd2 Rd8 35.Rxd8+ Kxd8
36.h4 Bc2 37.Nc1 Nf4 38.h5 Ke7 39.f3 Ke6 40.Ba1 c6 41.Kf2 b5 42.Ke3 Bd1 43.Kf2 b4
44.Ke3 Kd7 45.Kf2 Ke7 46.Kg3 Kd7 47.Kf2 Ke6 48.Ke3 Ng2+ 49.Kf2 Nh4 50.Nd3 Bxf3
51.Nxc5+ Ke7 52.Kg3 Bd1 53.Na6 Bxb3 54.Nxb4 Bxc4 55.Nxc6+ Kf8 56.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Ne2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be6 8.Bxd5 Bxd5
9.f4 O-O 10.f5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 f6 12.Ng3 Qd7 13.Be3 Ne7 14.c4 Bc6 15.Qg4 Kh8
16.Rae1 b6 17.Re2 Rf7 18.Qh5 Nc8 19.c5 Rf8 20.Ne4 Qf7 21.Qh4 Qxa2 22.g4 Ne7
23.g5 fxg5 24.Nxg5 Qg8 25.Ref2 Bd7 26.Nxh7 Qxh7 27.Qxe7 Bxf5 28.Qg5 g6 29.h4 Rae8
30.d4 bxc5 31.dxe5 Rf7 32.h5 Re6 33.Bxc5 Qg7 34.Rh2 Qh7 35.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ernst,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "C83"]

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.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qd5 Qxd5 14.Bxd5 exf3 15.Bxc6 fxg2
16.Kxg2 Rab8 17.b4 f6 18.f4 Rbd8 19.h3 Be2 20.Rfe1 Bc4 21.a4 fxe5 22.fxe5 bxa4
23.Bd4 Bb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Re4 c6 26.e6 Rd5 27.h4 Rdf5 28.Rd1 Rd8 29.Rg4 g6
30.Rh1 Rdd5 31.Rc1 Rd8 32.c4 Bxb4 33.cxb5 c5 34.Bc3 Bxc3 35.Rxc3 Re8 36.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5
9.Rd1 Bd6 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.h3 Qe7 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.f4 Nd3 15.Nc3 Bc6
16.e5 Nd7 17.Be3 Bxg2 18.Qxg2 O-O 19.a4 b4 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.b3 c6 22.bxc4 cxd5
23.Qxd5 N7xe5 24.fxe5 Qxd5 25.cxd5 Nxe5 26.Bc5 Rfc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Korbut,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Bf5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.f3 Ngf6 7.O-O-O e6 8.Re1 Bh7
9.e4 Nxe4 10.fxe4 Qxh4 11.Nf3 Qd8 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Bd6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 O-O
16.Ne3 Rc8 17.Kb1 Bf4 18.g4 Nb6 19.Ng2 Bd6 20.g5 h5 21.g6 Nc4 22.Ne3 b5 23.Rhg1 f6
24.Qe4 Re8 25.Qh4 f5 26.Qxh5  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5
9.O-O Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Qh5 Nf6 13.Qd1 Nfd7 14.Bf4 O-O 15.Qg4 Nxb3
16.axb3 Nf6 17.Qd1 Bc5 18.Be3 Nd5 19.Bf2 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Qd5 21.Nf3 Be7 22.c4 Qc6
23.Qe2 b6 24.Qe3 Bc5 25.Qf4 Bb7 26.Rad1 Rad8 27.Qh4 Bxf2+ 28.Qxf2 h6 29.Rd4 Qc7
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Qe3 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.c3 Qc6 34.h3 Qd5 35.b4 Rc8 36.Ra1 Rc4
37.Ra7 Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Bxf3 39.Qxf3 Qxf3 40.gxf3 Rxc3 41.Rb7 Rxf3 42.Rxb5 Rb3
43.h4 g6 44.Kg2 Kg7 45.Rb8 Re3 46.Rb5 Rb3 47.Rb8 g5 48.h5 Re3 49.Rb5 Re4
50.Kf3 Rh4 51.Rb8 Rxh5 52.b5 Rh4 53.b6 Rb4 54.Ke3 h5  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Be7
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 O-O 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Rd3 Rc4 15.Qe3 b4
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne2 Qc7 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Rd2 a5 20.g4 g6 21.g5 Bg7 22.f5 exf5
23.exf5 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Be5 25.Qh3 a4 26.Qh6 Bg7 27.Qh3 Be5 28.Qh6 Bg7 29.Qh3 Qc5
30.Qd3 Be5 31.Rf1 Rh4 32.h3 Qc4 33.Qf3 gxf5 34.Qxf5 Qe6 35.Qf2 Rxh3 36.Nf4 Bxf4
37.Qxf4 b3 38.cxb3 axb3 39.Rxd6 bxa2+ 40.Ka1 Qb3 41.Qf6 Re3 42.Rd8+ Rxd8
43.Qxd8+ Kg7 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich,Yul"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 b5 13.Bg5 Bg4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qd3 Be7
16.Nd5 Bg5 17.c3 Kh8 18.h3 Bh5 19.Re1 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 g6 21.Red1 f5 22.Rd3 Na5
23.Qe2 Nb7 24.f3 Nc5 25.Rdd1 Bh4 26.Bc2 Rf7 27.b4 Ne6 28.a4 Nc7 29.axb5 axb5
30.Bb3 Ne6 31.Bc2 Ng5 32.Ra5 fxe4 33.Bxe4 Nxe4 34.Qxe4 Rc4 35.Qe2 Qe8 36.Rda1 Rf8
37.Ra7 Bg5 38.Qa2 Qc6 39.Ra8 Bd8 40.Qd2 Bb6+ 41.Nxb6 Qxb6+ 42.Kh2 Rxa8 43.Rxa8+ Kg7
44.Qd5 Qe3 45.Qg8+ Kh6 46.Qf8+ Kg5 47.Qe7+ Kh6 48.Qf8+ Kg5 49.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Pogonina,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h4 Rfc8 13.h5 Qa5 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.a3 Bc4
16.g4 Bxf1 17.Rdxf1 Rc4 18.Be3 Rac8 19.Bh6 Bh8 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Ne3 R4c5 22.Rh3 Rb5
23.Nd1 Qa5 24.Qd3 Qa6 25.Rfh1 Nd7 26.Bc1 Bg7 27.Qd2 Qa4 28.Qh2 Qd4 29.Rh8+ Bxh8
30.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matveeva,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.Nxc4 Bb4 8.f3 O-O
9.e4 Nxe4 10.fxe4 Qh4+ 11.Kd2 Qxe4 12.Qf3 Qxd4+ 13.Ke1 Nd7 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bd2 Bg4
16.Qg3 Nc5 17.Rc1 Rad8 18.Be3 Bxc3+  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Ng3 Bg6 8.h4 h6
9.Bc4 e6 10.N1e2 Qc7 11.Qd2 h5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Bb3 Bh6 15.Nge4 Bxe4
16.Nxe4 Rdg8 17.Ng3 Bf4 18.Nf1 Rxg2 19.Qf3 Rg4 20.c3 f5 21.Bd1 Nf6 22.Qd3 Rg7
23.Bf3 Rd8 24.b4 Ng4 25.Qc2 Kb8 26.Rd1 Rg6 27.Ke2 e5 28.Qxf5 exd4 29.Bxg4 hxg4
30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.cxd4 Qe7+ 32.Ne3 Bh6 33.Qe5+ Qxe5 34.dxe5 Kc7 35.Rg1 Bf4
36.Rxg4 Bxe5 37.h5 Rh6 38.Rg5 Bf4 39.Rf5 Bxe3 40.Kxe3 f6 41.Kf4 Kd6 42.Kg4 Ke6
43.Rf3 Rh8 44.Rh3 Kf7 45.f4 Rd8 46.Re3 Rd2 47.a3 Rg2+ 48.Kf3 Rh2 49.Kg4 Rg2+
50.Kf3 Rh2 51.Kg4 Rg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zaiatz,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Be3 Bc5 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 d5
9.O-O O-O 10.f4 N5c6 11.e5 Qh4 12.Bf2 Qh6 13.Nb5 Bxf2+ 14.Rxf2 Bf5 15.Nxc7 Rad8
16.Nb5 f6 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Nd2 a6 19.Na3 d4 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Qf3 b5 22.Bb3 dxc3
23.Qxc3 Nd4 24.Re1 Nec6 25.Qe3 Nb4 26.Ne4 Qg6 27.Nc5 Rfe8 28.Qc3 Nxb3 29.axb3 Nd3
30.Nxd3 Rxd3 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.fxe5 g6 34.Re2 Kg7 35.Nc2 Rd1+
36.Ne1 Be6 37.Kf2 Bxb3 38.Nf3 Kf7 39.Ke3 Ke7 40.g3 Bd5 41.Nd4 a5 42.Rc2 Re1+
43.Kd2 Rxe5 44.Rc7+ Kf6 45.Nxb5 Rh5 46.h4 g5 47.hxg5+ Kxg5 48.Nd4 Kf6 49.Ra7 Ke5
50.Ke3 Rh2 51.Ne2 Bc4 52.Rxa5+ Kf6 53.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ng8 11.Be3 e6 12.a3 Nge7 13.Nbd2 Nf5 14.Bd3 Be7 15.Qb1 Qd7
16.b4 Bh5 17.Bxf5 exf5 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Nxd4 20.Nb3 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 b6 22.g4 Bxg4
23.f3 Nc3 24.Qc1 d4 25.e6 fxe6 26.Qf4 O-O 27.Nxd4 Bh5 28.Qh4 Rf6 29.Ndxe6 h6
30.Qxh5 hxg5 31.Nxg7 Qxg7 32.Re8+ Rxe8 33.Qxe8+ Rf8 34.Qe6+ Kh7 35.Re1 Qf6
36.Qd7+ Rf7 37.Qe8 Nd5  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.Nd2 c5 7.dxc5 e6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qc7
10.Qe2 Na5 11.Be3 Nc4 12.Bd4 Ne7 13.c3 Nc6 14.Bg2 Be7 15.Nc1 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qa5+
17.Kf1 b6 18.Nb3 Qb4 19.Ne1 O-O 20.Kg1 a5 21.cxb6 Qxb6 22.Nd3 Bb5 23.Nbc5 a4
24.g5 a3 25.gxh6 axb2 26.Nxb2 gxh6 27.Nxc4 Bxc4 28.Qg4+ Kh7 29.Nd7 Qb2 30.Nxf8+ Bxf8
31.Kh2 f5 32.exf6 Bd6+ 33.Kh3 Rg8 34.Be4+ dxe4 35.Qxe4+ Kh8 36.Rhg1 Qxf2
37.Rxg8+ Kxg8 38.Qg6+ Kf8 39.Qxh6+ Ke8 40.Qh5+ Kd7 41.Qf7+ Kc6 42.Qe8+ Kd5
43.Qa8+ Kxd4 44.Rd1+ Ke5 45.Qa5+ Ke4 46.Qe1+ Qxe1 47.Rxe1+ Kf5 48.f7 Kf6
49.Rd1 Be7 50.a4 Kxf7 51.a5 e5 52.Rc1 Ba6 53.Kg4 Bd6 54.Rc6 Be2+ 55.Kg3 Ke7
56.a6 Bb5 57.Rb6 e4+ 58.Kg2 Bxa6 59.Rxa6 Bc5 60.Rc6 Bd6 61.Rc4 Kf6 62.Rxe4 Kf5
63.Kf3 Bc7 64.Rc4 Bd6 65.Rd4 Be7 66.Rd5+ Ke6 67.Rh5 Kf6 68.Kg4 Kg6 69.Re5 Bf6
70.Re6 Kf7 71.Rb6 Bd4 72.Rc6 Kg7 73.Kg5 Be3+ 74.Kh5 Bd2 75.Rg6+ Kf7 76.Rg2 Be3
77.Kg4 Kf6 78.Kf3 Bc1 79.h5 Kf7 80.Ke4 Bh6 81.Kf5 Bf8 82.Rg6 Bg7 83.h6 Bh8
84.h7 Bg7 85.Rg3  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Samara RUS"]
[Date "2005.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kochetkova,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 d5 7.Ne3 Be6 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O Qd7 10.Qe2 O-O-O 11.a4 f5 12.b4 Ne5 13.a5 f4 14.Nd1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 g5
16.b5 Re8 17.b6 cxb6 18.axb6 a6 19.f3 Bf5 20.Qd2 Bc5+ 21.d4 Bxb6 22.Nb2 Qb5
23.Na4 Ba7 24.Ra2 Bd3 25.Rf2 Re6 26.Rb2 Rhe8 27.h4 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Qxa4 29.Qxd3 Qd1
30.Qf5+ R8e6 31.Qf8+ Kc7 32.Qf7+ Re7 33.Bxf4+ gxf4 34.Qxf4+ Kc6 35.Rf1 b5
36.Qf6+ Kd7 37.Qf5+ Kc7 38.Qf6 Rd7 39.Rxe1 Qxe1 40.Ra2 Bb8 41.Rxa6 Kb7+  0-1

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "B69"]

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.f5 Qb6 13.Kb1 O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.Bh3 Bc8
16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Qh6 b4 18.Ne2 Ne5 19.Ned4 Rdg8 20.Qh5 Nxf3 21.Qxf3 f5 22.Rhe1 Bf6
23.Nb3 Bb7 24.Qf1 Rd8 25.exf5 e5 26.Bg2 d5 27.Nd4 Rd6 28.Ne6 Rc8 29.g4 h6
30.h4 Rxe6 31.fxe6 Qxe6 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 Bxg5 34.Bh3 Qf6 35.Bxc8 Kxc8 36.Qh3+ Kc7
37.Qh7+ Kb6 38.Rg1 Bc6 39.Qg8 Be3 40.Rg6 Qf3 41.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Kb1 a6 14.Qxc4 e5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Qxd4 O-O 17.Bd3 Rc6 18.f3 Qa5 19.Be1 Qc7 20.Bc3 Rd8 21.Bc2 Nc4 22.Qf2 f5
23.Qg3+ Qxg3 24.Nxg3 Ne3 25.Rd3 Nxc2 26.Kxc2 Rg6 27.Rhd1 Ba4+ 28.b3 Rxd3
29.Rxd3 Bb5 30.Rd2 f4 31.Nh5 Rh6 32.Nxf4 Rxh2 33.Nd5 Kf8 34.Nxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 O-O 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Rfe8 14.Bf4 Rac8 15.c4 Qd7
16.Rab1 Bf6 17.d5 b6 18.Rbd1 Ne7 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Qd6 21.Re3 f6 22.Nf3 Ng6
23.Nd4 Rxe3 24.Qxe3 Qe5 25.Qb3 Re8 26.g3 Kh8 27.Qa4 a5 28.Ne6 Re7 29.c5 bxc5
30.Qxa5 h5 31.Qd2 h4 32.f4 Qh5 33.Rb1 Qf5 34.Qd1 Rd7 35.g4 Qxd5 36.Qxd5 Rxd5
37.Nxc7 Rd2 38.Ne6 c4 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Rc8 h3 41.Rxc4 Rg2+ 42.Kf1 Rxh2 43.Rc3 Rh1+
44.Kf2 h2 45.Rh3+ Kg8 46.Kg2 Re1 47.f5 Ne5 48.Rxh2 Nxg4 49.Rh4 Nh6 50.Nd4 Ra1
51.Re4 Rxa2+ 52.Kf3 Ra3+ 53.Kf4 Rh3 54.Re8+ Kf7 55.Rd8 Rh4+ 56.Kf3 Rxd4 57.Rxd4 Nxf5
58.Rd7+ Ke6 59.Ra7 g5 60.Kg4 Ne3+ 61.Kh5 Ke5 62.Ra5+ Kf4 63.Kg6 g4 64.Kxf6 g3
65.Ra1 Kf3 66.Rg1 Ng2 67.Rf1+ Ke2 68.Rf5 Ne3 69.Rg5 g2 70.Rxg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 b5
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Qh5 Ke7 12.f5 Qc5 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Nxc6+ Bxc6 15.Bf3 b4
16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Ne2 Qe4 19.Kb1 Rg8 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Ng3 Qg4 22.Qxh7+ Rg7
23.Qd3 Kf7 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Qc4 Rh8 26.Rd7 Kg6 27.g3 Bf8 28.Rd3 Re7 29.Rd6 Kg7
30.Qd3 a5 31.Nc5 Rh6 32.b3 Re8 33.Rxe6 Re7 34.Qd5 Rc7 35.Rc6 Rxc6 36.Qxc6 Bxc5
37.Qxc5 Qf3 38.Qe7+ Kg6 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Qd7+ Kg6 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qd7+ Kg6 43.Qe8+ Kg7
44.Qd7+ Kg6 45.Rd1 Rxh2 46.Qe8+ Kf5 47.Qc8+ Kg5 48.Qg8+ Kf5 49.Qc8+ Kg5 50.Qg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 b4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 d6 11.Bxc5 dxc5 12.a5 O-O 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Nc4 Nd7 15.c3 Nf8
16.g3 Qf6 17.Nh4 Ne6 18.Ne3 Rad8 19.Nd5 Qg5 20.Ng2 Rd6 21.f4 Qd8 22.Qh5 exf4
23.Ndxf4 Qd7 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Nf4 bxc3 26.bxc3 Nd8 27.Qxc5 Kh7 28.Ba4 Bc6
29.e5 Bxa4 30.exd6 cxd6 31.Qh5 Bc6 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Nh5 e5 34.Rf2 Rg8 35.Rb1 Ne6
36.Nxg7 Ng5 37.Qxh6+ Nh7 38.Nf5  1-0

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhukova,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Be7 14.Bxg4 Rg8 15.Bf3 O-O-O 16.Qe2 Ba6
17.b3 b4 18.Nd1 Qb7 19.bxc4 Nd7 20.Bh2 Nb6 21.Nb2 Rxd4 22.Qe3 Bc5 23.O-O Qe7
24.Qxh6 Rg6 25.Qh5 Rg8 26.Rad1 f5 27.Nd3 Bd6 28.Ne5 Nxc4 29.Rxd4 Bxe5 30.Bxe5 Nxe5
31.Rc1 Qg7 32.Rd2 Qf8 33.Rcd1 Qf6 34.exf5 Bc4 35.Rd6 Kc7 36.R6d4 Nxf3+ 37.Qxf3 Bd5
38.Rxd5 exd5 39.h5 Qg5 40.g3 Rf8 41.Re1 Rxf5 42.Qe2 Kb6 43.Rb1 a5 44.a3 Re5
45.Qc2 Re4 46.axb4 axb4 47.Ra1 Qe5 48.Qd1 Qc3 49.h6 b3 50.Rc1 Qb4 51.h7 b2
52.Rb1 Qc3 53.Kg2 Re8 54.Qh5 Rb8 55.Qe2 Ka5 56.Qe7 Kb6 57.Qe2 Kc5 58.Qe7+ Kb6
59.Qe2 Ka5 60.Qe7 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Xu Yuhua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 c5 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.O-O a5 14.Rfe1 Bd7 15.h4 O-O-O
16.a4 f5 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Qxg6 Qe7 19.Qg3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nd2 e5 22.Nxe4 Rhg8
23.Nd6+ Kb8 24.Qh2 Qe6 25.Rab1 Nb4 26.Bf4 Bc6 27.Bg3 Nxc2 28.Rxe5 Qa2 29.Rd1 Ka8
30.h5 Qxa4 31.Qh4 Qxh4 32.Bxh4 Rxg2+ 33.Kf1 Rh2 34.Bxd8 Bf3  0-1

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.Be2 Be7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Qd5 Bg6 11.h4 Qd7 12.h5 Bf5 13.h6 g6 14.Nd4 Be6 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Qe4 O-O-O 17.Be3 Kb8 18.O-O-O Bf6 19.Bf3 Rhf8 20.g3 Qe7 21.Bg2 Rde8 22.Qc2 Qd7
23.Qa4 a6 24.b4 Ne5 25.b5 d5 26.Bh3 Qd6 27.cxd5 exd5 28.bxa6 Qc6 29.Qxc6 bxc6
30.Bc5 Be7 31.Bd4 Nf3 32.Bg7 Rf7 33.Kc2 Bc5 34.Bf1 Ka7 35.Bd3 Ne5 36.Bxe5 Rxf2+
37.Rd2 Rxd2+ 38.Kxd2 Rxe5 39.Bxg6 Be3+ 40.Kd3 Bxh6 41.Rxh6 Re6 42.Rxh7 Rxg6
43.Rxc7+ Kxa6 44.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Urals Cup"]
[Site "Krasnoturinsk RUS"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nge7
9.c4 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.cxb5 Be7 12.Be3 Nf5 13.bxa6 O-O 14.Bd2 e4 15.Nc4 Bxa6
16.Be2 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 e3 18.fxe3 Bg5 19.O-O Nxe3 20.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 21.Kh1 Qh4 22.Qd3 Rae8
23.Rf3 Bc5 24.g3 Qg4 25.Raf1 Re4 26.Rf4 Rxf4 27.Rxf4 Qg5 28.Qe2 Qd8 29.Bb5 Ba7
30.a4 Qb6 31.Kg2 g5 32.Rf5 h6 33.Be8 Qe3 34.Qxe3 Bxe3 35.Bb5 Rc8 36.Kf3 Bd4
37.Ke4 Bxb2 38.Rf2 Ba3 39.a5 Rc5 40.Ra2 f5+ 41.Kxf5 Rxd5+ 42.Kg6 Rxb5 43.Rxa3 Rb7
44.a6 Ra7 45.Rb3  1-0

[Event "15th ETC Women"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maric,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 f5 13.Bd3 b5 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rd1 c4
16.Bc2 Nf6 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.h3 Qc6 19.Rac1 Ne4 20.Be1 Rf6 21.b3 Rg6 22.d5 exd5
23.Nd4 Qe8 24.Nxf5 Ba3 25.Rb1 d4 26.f3 d3 27.Bxd3 cxd3 28.Rxd3 Ng5 29.Nh4 Nxh3+
30.Kf1 Rf6 31.gxh3 Be4 32.Rbd1 Bxd3 33.Rxd3 Qe6 34.Qg2 Be7 35.f4 Rc8 36.Bc3 Rf7
37.Nf3 Bf6 38.Bxf6 Qxf6 39.Nd4 Rfc7 40.Rd1 Kh8 41.Qg4 Re8 42.Rd3 g6 43.Kf2 b4
44.Ke2 a5 45.Kf2 Qe7 46.Qd1 Rec8 47.Nf3 Rc1 48.Qe2 R8c2 49.Rd2 Qe4 50.Ne1 Rxd2
51.Qxd2 Rc3 52.Qd8+ Kg7 53.Qb6 Qf5 54.Qd4+ Kh6 55.Kg3 Qc5 56.Qxc5 Rxc5 57.e4 Rc1
58.Nf3 Ra1 59.e5 Rxa2 60.e6 Kg7 61.Nd4 Kf6  0-1

[Event "15th ETC Women"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dembo,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Bh4 Qa5 12.Bc4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qd3 Bg4 15.Rdf1 Be6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.Bb3 a5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 a4 21.a3 Ra6 22.h4 Rb6
23.g4 Qd4 24.Qxd4 exd4 25.Rf2 Rd6 26.Kc1 Rc8 27.Bxb7 Rb8 28.Bd5 Rdb6 29.b4 Rc8
30.Rh3 Rc7 31.Kd1 Rb8 32.Rhf3 Kh7 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Bxg5 35.Bxf7 Rb6 36.e5 Rh6
37.Bd5 Rh1+ 38.Rf1 Rxf1+ 39.Rxf1 Rc3 40.b5 g6 41.Rf3 Rxf3 42.Bxf3 Bf4 43.e6 Kg7
44.b6 Kf6 45.Bd5 Bd6 46.b7 Ke7 47.Ke2 Kd8 48.Kd3 Kc7 49.Kc4 Bxa3 50.Kb5 Bd6
51.Kxa4 Kd8 52.Kb5 Bb8 53.Kc4 Ba7 54.Be4 Ke7 55.Kd5 g5 56.Bf5 Kd8 57.Bg4 Ke7
58.Ke5 d3 59.c4 d2 60.c5 Bb8+ 61.Kd5 Ba7 62.c6 Bb8 63.Kc5 Bc7 64.Kb5 Kd6
65.Ka6 d1=Q 66.Bxd1 Kxc6 67.Ka7 Kd6 68.Bg4  1-0

[Event "15th ETC Women"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peptan,C"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Be3 Qc7
9.g4 Nc6 10.O-O-O h6 11.Kb1 O-O 12.Qe2 Na5 13.f4 b5 14.f5 Nc4 15.Bc1 Ne5
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bb7 18.Bg2 Qc4 19.Qxc4 Nxc4 20.Rhe1 Ne5 21.fxg6 fxg6
22.Re2 Rf7 23.Ne6 Kh7 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.b3 Nd7 26.Rde1 Re8 27.Bb2+ Kg8 28.Be4 Nf8
29.Bc1 Kg7 30.h4 Rc8 31.h5 g5 32.Bb2+ Kg8 33.Bg6 e5 34.dxe6 Re7 35.Bf7+ Kh7
36.Bf6 Rcc7 37.Bxe7 Rxe7 38.Rd2 d5 39.c3 Kg7 40.Re5 Bc6 41.Kb2 Nh7 42.Bg6 Nf6
43.Bf5 Kf8 44.Rf2 Kg7 45.Kc2 Ng8 46.Kd3 Nf6 47.Kd4 Ba8 48.Re3 Bb7 49.Rd2 Bc8
50.Ke5 Rc7 51.Rxd5 Nxd5 52.Kxd5 Kf8 53.Kd6 Re7 54.Bg6 Bb7 55.Re5  1-0

[Event "15th ETC Women"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qd2 exf4 10.Qxf4 Bh5 11.Nf3 Qd7 12.a3 Rac8 13.Qg3 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Qd8 17.Qf2 Bf6 18.Bf4 a6 19.a4 Re8 20.Rfe1 Be5 21.Bd2 Qd7 22.a5 Re7
23.b4 f5 24.Bg5 Ree8 25.Bb3 f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC Women"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhukova,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 h6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Rad1 Kc8 13.Rd2 b6 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.Nd4 Nd5
16.Nxc6 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Ba3 18.f4 g6 19.Nd4 Bc4 20.Rb1 Bc5 21.a4 Kb7 22.Kf2 Rad8
23.Rbd1 a5 24.g4 h5 25.Kg3 hxg4 26.hxg4 Rde8 27.Re1 Rh7 28.Nf3 Be7 29.Rg1 Be6
30.Nd4 Bd7 31.Nb5 Bc6 32.Kf2 Rh3 33.Ke2 g5 34.Rd3 Bf3+ 35.Kd2 Be4 36.Rd7 Rh2+
37.Ke1 Bxc2 38.Rxc7+ Kb8 39.Rc6 Bc5 40.Bxc5 bxc5 41.Rb6+ Kc8 42.Nd6+ Kc7
43.Rb7+ Kc6 44.Nxe8 Kxb7 45.Nd6+ Kc7 46.Nxf7 gxf4 47.Rf1 Bxa4 48.Rxf4 Bb3
49.Nd6 a4 50.c4 Kd7 51.Ne4 Ke6 52.Rf5 Bc2 53.Nxc5+ Ke7 54.Rf3 Rg2 55.Rc3 Bg6
56.Nxa4 Rxg4 57.Nb6 Re4+ 58.Kd2 Rxe5 59.c5 Be8 60.c6 Bxc6 61.Rxc6 Re6 62.Rc7+ Kd6
63.Rg7 Kc5 64.Na4+ Kd4 65.Nc3 Rh6 66.Rg4+ Kc5 67.Ne4+ Kd5 68.Ke3 Rh3+ 69.Ng3 Ke5
70.Kf3 Rh8 71.Rg5+ Kd4 72.Ne2+ Kc4 73.Re5 Rh3+ 74.Ke4 Rh4+ 75.Nf4 Rh1 76.Ng2 Kb4
77.Rd5 Rh2 78.Rg5 Kc3 79.Nf4 Rh8 80.Rc5+ Kb4 81.Kd4 Rh4 82.Rc4+ Kb5 83.Kd5 Rh8
84.Rc5+ Kb6 85.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC Women"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 e6 11.Bf4 Bb4+ 12.c3 Be7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Kb1 Qa5 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Rd8 17.Qe2 Nd5 18.Bc1 Qb5 19.Qc2 Nb6 20.f4 O-O 21.b3 a5 22.c4 Qa6
23.f5 a4 24.f6 axb3 25.axb3 Ra8 26.Qb2 Ba3 27.Qa2 Bxc1 28.Qxa6 Rxa6 29.Kxc1 gxf6
30.exf6 Ra3 31.Rh4 Rxb3 32.Rg4+ Kh8 33.Kc2 Rb4 34.Kc3 c5 35.Rd3 Nd5+ 36.Kd2 Nxf6
37.Rf4 Nd5 38.Rg4 b5 39.Rf3 bxc4 40.Rg6 c3+ 41.Kc1 Ra8  0-1

[Event "15th ETC Women"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.a4 Rc8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Bd2 c4 16.Qb1 Qc6
17.Rc1 Be7 18.b3 N7b6 19.Bg5 Bb4 20.bxc4 Nxc4 21.Bd2 Be7 22.Ra7 Rb8 23.Qa2 Ndb6
24.Nc3 O-O 25.Nxb5 Qxb5 26.Bxc4 Nxc4 27.Qxc4 Qxc4 28.Rxc4 Bd5 29.Rc1 Bb4
30.Be3 h6 31.Ne1 Bxe1 32.Rxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 g6 14.Nf1 Qc7 15.Bh6 Rfb8
16.g4 Bf8 17.Qd2 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Qd8 19.Ng3 Qf8 20.Qe3 c4 21.Nd2 Nc5 22.b4 cxb3
23.axb3 a5 24.b4 axb4 25.cxb4 Na4 26.Bd3 Bc8 27.Nb3 Bd7 28.f4 Rc8 29.Ne2 exf4
30.Qxf4 Qe7 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Rf3 Be8 33.Raf1 Nd7 34.Ned4 Ne5 35.Rg3 Rc3 36.Bxb5 Bxb5
37.Nxb5 Rxg3+ 38.Qxg3 Nb2 39.Na5 Nbd3 40.Nc6 Nxc6 41.dxc6 Qxe4 42.Qf3 Qc4
43.Qf6+ Kg8 44.Nxd6 Qxb4 45.Qxf7+ Kh8 46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.Qe6+ Kg7 48.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Re8 8.Nf3 d6
9.h3 Be6 10.Bxe6 Rxe6 11.g4 Qb6 12.O-O-O Bd4 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3
16.bxc3 Nbd7 17.c4 d5 18.g5 hxg5 19.Nxg5 Rd6 20.f4 Nh5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.c5 Rd7
23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Ne4 Nf3 25.Bf2 Re8 26.Rhf1 f6 27.Bg1 Nxg1 28.Rxg1 Re7 29.Rde1 Kf8
30.Ref1 b6 31.cxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Bxh7 Nxh7 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.Bf4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Nf6 14.O-O-O Be7 15.Kb1 Qa5
16.Ne4 O-O-O 17.Nxf6 gxf6 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Rxd6 20.Qf3 f5 21.Qh5 Qc7 22.Rd3 Qe7
23.Rhd1 Qf6 24.c3 Rg8 25.Rg3 Rxg3 26.fxg3 Rd8 27.g4 Qg6 28.Qxg6 fxg6 29.Rf1 Rg8
30.Rf3 Kd7 31.Rg3 g5 32.gxf5 exf5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rh3 f4 35.Kc2 Ke6 36.Kd3 Kf5
37.Ke2 Kg4 38.Kf2 Rd8 39.Rd3 Kf5 40.b3 c5 41.Rd2 cxd4 42.cxd4 Rd5 43.Kf3 g4+
44.Kf2 Ke4 45.Re2+ Kxd4 46.Re7 Rc5 47.Rd7+ Ke5 48.Re7+ Kf6 49.Rxb7 Rc2+ 50.Kf1 Rxa2
51.Rb8 Kg5 52.Rh8 Rb2 53.Rh7 a6 54.g3 f3 55.Rg7+ Kf5 56.Rf7+ Kg6 57.Ra7 Rg2
58.Rxa6+ Kf5 59.Ra5+ Kf6 60.Ra6+ Ke5 61.Ra5+ Kd4 62.Ra4+ Ke3 63.Rxg4 Rb2
64.Kg1 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.Qg4 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Bh6 Bf6
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Rc3 Kh8 20.Rf3 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 f5 22.Qxg7+ Qxg7
23.Bxg7+ Kxg7 24.Rg3+ Kf8 25.Nc5 Kf7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd3 Rd5 28.Rxd5 cxd5
29.f4 Ke7 30.Kf2 Kd6 31.Nd3 d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Qd7 11.c5 Bc7 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Nf1 f5 14.Ng5 Nxg5 15.Bxg5 b6
16.Re2 Qf7 17.Rae1 Re8 18.Qc2 g6 19.Nd2 b5 20.f4 Nd7 21.Nf3 Ba5 22.Rf1 Qg7
23.Ne5 h6 24.Bh4 Nxe5 25.fxe5 g5 26.Be1 Bxe1 27.Rexe1 f4 28.a4 a6 29.Ra1 Rf8
30.Qd2 Qb7 31.Qe2 Kg7 32.b4 Qd7 33.Ra3 Ra7 34.Rfa1 Rb7 35.axb5 axb5 36.Bc2 Bg4
37.Qf2 Rc7 38.Ra5 Bf5 39.Re1 Qe6 40.Ra3 Bxc2 41.Qxc2 Rcf7 42.Rf1 Qg4 43.h3 Qe6
44.Qe2 Qg6 45.Ra6 Re7 46.Re1 Re6 47.Ra7+ Kg8 48.Rea1 h5 49.Qf2 Qe4 50.Ra8 Rxa8
51.Rxa8+ Kg7 52.Ra7+ Kg6 53.Kh2 Qf5 54.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dvoirys,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.Ra2 Kh8 17.Nce3 Ne7 18.O-O Nxd5 19.Nxd5 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khismatullin,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Be7 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.g3 c6 8.Bg2 Na6 9.O-O O-O
10.d5 Nc7 11.a4 cxd5 12.cxd5 Rb8 13.a5 Re8 14.f3 exf3 15.exf3 b5 16.axb6 Rxb6
17.Nf4 Bf8 18.Re1 a6 19.Bf1 Bd7 20.Bc4 Qc8 21.b3 Nb5 22.Na4 Rb8 23.Bb2 Qb7
24.Qd2 Be7 25.Kg2 Nc7 26.Nc5 Qc8 27.Rac1 Qd8 28.Nce6 Bxe6 29.Nxe6 Nxe6 30.Rxe6 Rf8
31.Rce1 Rf7 32.Bxa6 Nd7 33.b4 Bf8 34.Bd4 f4 35.Bc4 Qc8 36.Bd3 Qb7 37.Qc2 Nf6
38.Bxf6 gxf6 39.b5 Rc8 40.Qb1 Qxd5 41.R6e2 fxg3 42.Be4 Qg5 43.Bf5 Rc3 44.hxg3 Rg7
45.g4 Qf4 46.Qa2+ Rf7 47.Rf1 d5 48.Qd2 Qxd2 49.Rxd2 Ra7 50.Rb1 Bc5 51.b6 Rb7
52.Rxd5 Be3 53.Rd6 Kg7 54.Be4 Bf4 55.Rd8 Rb8 56.Rd7+ Kf8 57.Rxh7 Rd8 58.b7 Bb8
59.Rh8+ Ke7 60.Rxd8 Kxd8 61.Rh1  1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lugovoi,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.d5 Nd6 7.Be2 e4 8.dxc6 exf3
9.cxb7 Bxb7 10.Bxf3 O-O 11.Bxb7 Nxb7 12.c4 Bf6 13.Qf3 Na5 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Qd5 c6
16.Qd3 d5 17.cxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Rb1 Nc6 20.Nf3 Rab8 21.Rd1 Red8 22.Kf1 h6
23.h3 a6 24.Ne1 Nb4 25.Bf4 Rb5 26.a3 Nc6 27.b4 g5 28.Bg3 Nd4 29.Nd3 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov,Val"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.a4 Qb6
9.O-O a6 10.d3 c5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Qb3 b4 15.Na4 Qb5
16.Qc2 O-O 17.b3 Nbd7 18.Bb2 Bd5 19.Nd2 Ra8 20.Ra1 Qb7 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.e4 Ng4
23.Rc1 h5 24.Re1 d4 25.Bc1 Qa6 26.Nc4 Nge5 27.Nxe5 Nxe5 28.Rd1 c4 29.dxc4 d3
30.Qb1 Qg6 31.Bf4 Nf3+ 32.Kf1 Qxe4 33.Qxd3 Nxh2+ 34.Kg1 Nf3+ 35.Kf1 Nh2+
36.Kg1 Nf3+ 37.Kh1 Qc6 38.Qd5 Qxd5 39.cxd5 g5 40.Bc7 Bf6 41.d6 Ra7 42.Bb6 Rxa4
43.bxa4 b3 44.a5 b2 45.a6  1-0

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Iljushin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O b6 11.h4 Bb7 12.Qe2 c5 13.Neg5 h6 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.Rde1 Bd6
16.Rh3 Nf6 17.g4 Nd5 18.Rg1 Nf4 19.Qf1 Nxh3 20.Qxh3 c4 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Be4 Bf4
23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Re1 Rad8 25.Ne4 f5 26.Nc3 Bd6 27.g5 Rfe8 28.h5 b5 29.gxh6 gxh6
30.Nh4 b4 31.Ne2 b3 32.Nc3 bxa2+ 33.Nxa2 Rb8 34.Qc3 Bb4 35.Nxb4 Qxb4 36.Qxb4 Rxb4
37.Nxf5 Reb8 38.Rxe6 Rxb2+ 39.Kc1 R2b6 40.Re5 c3 41.Kd1 Rb5 42.d5 a5 43.Nd4 Rb1+
44.Ke2 a4 45.d6 Rd8 46.Nb5 Rb4 47.Kd3 Rf4 48.Kxc3 Rxf2 49.Re7 Kg8 50.Rc7 a3
51.Ra7 Rc8+ 52.Kd3 Rcxc2 53.d7 Rfd2+ 54.Ke3 a2 55.Nd4 Rxd4 56.Kxd4 Rd2+ 57.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bragin,Alex"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 a6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 O-O 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Nd6 Bxd6
16.exd6 Qg5 17.Rf2 a5 18.Qe2 Ra6 19.Bc3 b4 20.Bd2 Qc5 21.Bf4 Nf6 22.Bc4 Raa8
23.Bd3 Nd5 24.Qe4 f5 25.Qxe6+ Kh8 26.Bg5 Rae8 27.Be7 Nxe7 28.dxe7 Rxe7 29.Qc4 Qxc4
30.Bxc4 g6 31.Rd2 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "58th ch-RUS Semi-Final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Obolenskikh,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.a3 Nbd7
9.Bh4 Be7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.g4 Nc5 12.Bg2 O-O 13.g5 Nfd7 14.b4 Nb3 15.Ncb5 axb5
16.cxb3 d5 17.Qd2 dxe4 18.Bxe4 e5 19.Nf5 Bd8 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.O-O exf4 22.Rxc8 Qxc8
23.Rc1 Qb8 24.Qxd7 Bxg5 25.h4 Qe5 26.Re1 Rad8 27.Qxb7 Qf6 28.hxg5 Qxg5+ 29.Kf1 Rd2
30.Qxb5 g6 31.Bh4  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Bb3 Nf6
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.d5 Nb8 13.c4 Nh5 14.Nc3 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Qd2 Kg7 17.Bc2 a5 18.Nh4 Qe7 19.g3 Na6 20.a3 c6 21.Rab1 cxd5 22.exd5 Rac8
23.Qe2 Qd8 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Qb6 26.Bd3 Qd4 27.Qc2 Rxc4 28.Bxc4 Qxc4 29.Qb3 Rc8
30.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Qb6
9.Ndb5 O-O 10.f4 a6 11.Nxd6 Bxd6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qxd6 Rd8 14.Qa3 Qe3+ 15.Kb1 Rxd1+
16.Nxd1 Qxf4 17.Qf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 b5 19.c3 Bb7 20.Ne3 Ne5 21.Be2 Rd8 22.Kc1 Kf8
23.Rg1 Ke7 24.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Na3 a6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Bg2 Nbd7 12.g5 Ne4 13.Nh4 Nd6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Nc2 O-O-O
16.Qe2 Nf5 17.O-O-O e6 18.Kb1 Be7 19.Nb4 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Nb6 21.Nd3 Nd5 22.Qe5 Qxe5
23.Nxe5 Nf4 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Be4 Rd2 26.Nxf7 Rxf2 27.h4 Re2 28.Bf3 Rf2 29.Be4 Re2
30.Bf3 Rf2 31.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Rc1 a6 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Rc8 13.b4 Qe7 14.Qb3 O-O 15.O-O Rc7
16.Qb1 f5 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Rfd1 Ne4 19.Be1 Rf6 20.g3 Rh6 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Nd2 Qf7
23.Nxe4 Be7 24.Nc5 Qh5 25.Nxb7 Qxh2+ 26.Kf1 Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Rxb7 28.a3 Rd7 29.Qc2 Qh5+
30.f3 e5 31.dxe5 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Qxe5 33.Qb3+ Kf8 34.Rd4 Rh2+ 35.Kd1 Bf6 36.Qd3 Qe6
37.Re4 Qa2 38.Qd6+ Kf7 39.Qd7+ Kg6 40.Qg4+ Kh6 41.Qf4+ Kg6 42.Qg4+ Kh6 43.Qf4+ Kg6
44.Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kempinski,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 e6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Nc3 Qd8 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.a3 O-O 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.f4 Ne7
16.Ne4 Ned5 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Rf3 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Qb6 20.Be3 Rc8 21.Qb1 Bb5 22.Bc2 Qc7
23.Bb3 Nd5 24.Rh3 g6 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Qe1 Qc2 27.Ng4 Qxb2 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Rxh7+ Kxf6
30.Qh4+ Ke6 31.Qg4+ Ke7 32.Qxc8 Qe2 33.Qc1 Bd3 34.f5 Bxf5 35.Bg5+ Kf8 36.Bf6  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian,TL"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 g6 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nd2 Rc8 16.Nc4 Rxc4
17.Bxc4 Bg7 18.Rc1 O-O 19.Bb3 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Nxe5 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Qxd4 Nc6 23.Qh4 f6
24.Bh6 g5 25.Qe4 f5 26.Qe1 Rd8 27.Nb7 Bxb7 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khoudgarian,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 h6 4.a3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Bd3 c5
9.Be3 Bd6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O Rd8 12.Rfe1 b6 13.Be4 Rb8 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Bc6 Nf6
16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Qf3 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Nd7 20.Be4 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Qg3 Kh8
23.Rd3 Nf8 24.h4 Qc7 25.h5 Rd8 26.Rc3 Rd5 27.Bf4 Qd7 28.Kh2 Qd8 29.Qg4 Nd7
30.Rg3 Qf8 31.Qe2 Qe7 32.Qe3 Qh4+ 33.Rh3 Qg4 34.Rg3 Qh4+ 35.Rh3 Qg4 36.c4 Rd4
37.Bxh6 Qe4 38.Rg3 Qxe3 39.Bxg7+ Kh7 40.fxe3 Rh4+ 41.Kg1 Rxh5 42.Bf6 Nxf6
43.exf6 Re5 44.Rg7+ Kh6 45.Rxf7 Kg6 46.Rxa7 Rxe3 47.f7 Kg7 48.Rb7 Rb3 49.a4 Rxb2
50.a5 Rb4 51.a6 Rxc4 52.a7 Ra4 53.Rb8  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Khoudgarian,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.O-O Nc6 6.Re1 e5 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 d5
9.Ne3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 dxe4 11.Bxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 O-O 13.Nf5 Bf6 14.Re3 g6 15.Nh6+ Kg7
16.Rh3 Bg5 17.d3 f5 18.Qc4 f4 19.Qxc5 Bxh6 20.b4 Qe7 21.Qd5 Nd8 22.Bb2 Nf7
23.Re1 Rad8 24.Qb5 Qd7 25.Qc5 b6  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Danielian,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.b3 Ngf6 8.Bb2 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.c4 Re8 11.Qc2 e5 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 a5 14.a3 Qb6 15.Nh4 Rad8
16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Bc3 Nc5 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Nd3 20.b5 Bb4 21.Nb3 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 cxb5
23.c5 Qc7 24.Ne3 b4 25.Qc4 Be2 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.exd5 Nf4 28.d6 Qd7 29.Qxb4 Nxg2
30.Kxg2 Bxf1+ 31.Rxf1 e4 32.Nd4 Ra8 33.Rb1 Ra7 34.Qc4 e3 35.fxe3 Rxe3 36.Rf1 g6
37.Qb5 Qd8 38.Rf2 Raa3 39.Nf3 Reb3 40.Qc4 Qd7 41.g4 Qc6 42.Qf4 Rd3 43.Qf6 Qxc5
44.Re2 Qc6 45.g5 Rxf3  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Danielian,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nd7 6.Nf3 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bc4 Ne7 9.a5 g5
10.h4 g4 11.Ng1 Nf6 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Nge2 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Ng3 Nxg3 16.fxg3 c5
17.Na4 c4 18.Be2 Nf5 19.Bf2 h5 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Be3 Nxg3 22.Bg5 f6 23.Qe3+ Ne4
24.Bf4 Be6 25.Bxc4 f5 26.Bd3 Kf7 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.O-O Kg8 29.c3 Kh7 30.Bxb8 Qxb8
31.Qg5 Qe8 32.Nxd5 Bxd5 33.Qxd5 e3 34.Rae1 e2 35.Rf2 Qe3 36.Rxe2 Qc1+ 37.Rf1  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cmilyte,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bf4 Qb6
9.b3 Nh5 10.Be5 Bxe5 11.Nxe5 Qc7 12.Ng4 e5 13.Qd2 f6 14.Ne2 a5 15.a4 Be6
16.Qe3 b6 17.g3 Rae8 18.O-O-O Qe7 19.f4 b5 20.f5 gxf5 21.Nh6+ Kh8 22.Nxf5 Bxf5
23.exf5 bxa4 24.bxa4 e4 25.d4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Qe5 27.Rhd1 Qxf5 28.Nc3 Qf3 29.R4d3 Qxe3+
30.Rxe3 f5 31.g4 fxg4 32.hxg4 Nf6 33.g5 Ng4 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.Nxe4 Rf4 36.Nc5 Kg8
37.Rd7 Ne5 38.Rc7 Rf7 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Ne4 Rf4 41.Nf6 Rxa4 42.Rg8+ Kf7 43.Ra8 Rh4
44.Kb1 a4 45.Ra5 Ke6 46.Ne8 Nf3 47.Ng7+ Kf7 48.Nf5 Rb4+ 49.Ka2 Nxg5 50.Rc5 Kf6
51.Ng3 Nf7 52.Rxc6+ Kg5 53.Rc7 Rf4 54.Ne2 Rf2 55.Nc3 Rxc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women KO"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.Rc1 a5 12.Nf3 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Ne5 15.Be2 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Qb6 17.O-O O-O 18.Rfd1 e5 19.Qc3 f6 20.Qc7 Qxc7 21.Rxc7 Rb8 22.Rd6 b5
23.Ra7 a4 24.h4 Bf5 25.Bd5+ Kh8 26.e4 Bc8 27.Rf7 Re8 28.Re7 Rf8 29.Rc6 Bb7
30.Rcc7 Bxd5 31.exd5 Rg8 32.h5 h6 33.Rb7 Rgd8 34.Rbc7 Rg8 35.Rb7 Rgd8 36.Ra7 Rg8
37.d6 Rb6 38.d7 Rbb8 39.f3 Rgd8 40.Rb7 Ra8 41.Rxb5 Kg8 42.Rb6 Rf8 43.Rbe6 Rad8
44.Kf2 f5 45.Rxe5 f4 46.Re4  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Leite,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Bb7 14.e5 Ne4 15.Qe3 d5
16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 O-O 18.Ba3 Re8 19.Bc5 Qd7 20.Qd3 Nd8 21.Rad1 c6 22.f5 Rxe5
23.Bd4 Qd6 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Rde1  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aketaeva,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Qxc3 Re8 8.b4 Nbd7
9.d4 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.c5 Ne4 12.Qc2 c6 13.Bd3 f5 14.O-O bxc5 15.bxc5 Qa5
16.Qe2 Rf8 17.Rfd1 Rae8 18.Rab1 Bc8 19.Qe1 Qc7 20.Bc3 Qd8 21.Ba1 Rf6 22.Rb4 Rh6
23.Ra4 a6 24.Qa5 Qe7 25.Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Radziewicz,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Rg6
9.Qe3 Nc6 10.Bb2 b5 11.Nh3 Bb7 12.Bxb5 Qd6 13.c4 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Ng4 15.Qxe4 a6
16.d5 Ne7 17.Bc6 Nxc6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Rxd6 Bxe4 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.f3 Ne3 22.fxe4 Rxg2
23.Bd4 Nxc4 24.Bc5 Kd7 25.Nf4 Rg4 26.Rf1 Kc6 27.Nd3 Rxe4 28.Rxf7 Rh4 29.Rf2 e5
30.Bf8 a5 31.Nb2 Nb6 32.Nd3 Nc4 33.Nb2 Nb6 34.Bg7 Kd5 35.Rd2+ Ke6 36.Re2 e4
37.Bc3 Nd5 38.Bxa5 Ke5 39.c4 Nb6 40.Bc3+ Kf5 41.Be1 Rh6 42.Rf2+ Ke6 43.a4 Rh5
44.Re2 Kd7 45.a5 Nc8 46.h4 Re5 47.Nd3 Rf5 48.Rxe4 Nd6 49.Rf4 Rxf4 50.Nxf4 Nxc4
51.Nd5 Kc6 52.Nf6 h6 53.Ng4 h5 54.Nf6 Ne5 55.Nxh5 Nf3 56.Kd1 Kb5 57.Nf6 Nxh4
58.Bxh4 Kxa5 59.Kc2 Kb4 60.Bf2 Kc4 61.Ne4 c5 62.Bxc5 Kd5 63.Kd3 Ke5 64.Bd6+ Kd5
65.Bf4 Ke6 66.Nc3 Kf5 67.Ke3 Ke6 68.Ke4 Kf6 69.Nd5+ Ke6 70.Be5 Kd7 71.Nb4 Ke6
72.Nc6 Kd7 73.Kd5  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhukova,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c4
9.Bc2 Nbd7 10.O-O Qa5 11.Ne2 Ne4 12.Bf4 Re8 13.a3 Bf8 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 Nb6
16.Nc3 Bf5 17.Bc7 Qa6 18.f3 exf3 19.Qxf3 Bg6 20.e4 Rac8 21.Bg3 Na4 22.Nd5 Qa5
23.b4 Qd8 24.e5 Kh8 25.Bf2 c3 26.Nb3 b6 27.Rac1 c2 28.Nd2 a5 29.Qb3 axb4
30.axb4 b5 31.Nf4 Bf5 32.Qxf7 Bxb4 33.Nf3 Rf8 34.Qb3 Rc4 35.Nh4 Nc3 36.Kh1 Qa8
37.Nxf5 Rxf5 38.Nd3 Ne4 39.Rxc2 Nd2 40.Rxd2 Bxd2 41.Rd1 Bb4 42.Bg3 Be7 43.h3 Rxd4
44.Qxb5 h5 45.Kh2 h4 46.Bf2 Rxd3 47.Qxd3 Rxf2 48.Qg6 Qf3 49.Rd4 Qf7 50.Qc6 Bg5
51.Rg4 Rd2 52.Qa8+ Rd8 53.Qe4 Be7 54.Rxh4+ Kg8 55.Qh7+ Kf8 56.Qh8+ Qg8 57.Rf4+ Bf6
58.Qxg8+ Kxg8 59.exf6 gxf6 60.Rxf6 Rd3 61.h4 Kg7 62.Rf4 Kg6 63.g3 Kh5 64.Kh3 Ra3
65.Rf5+ Kg6 66.Rc5 Ra4 67.h5+ Kh6 68.g4 Ra1 69.Rc6+ Kh7 70.Kh4 Ra5 71.Rc7+ Kh8
72.h6 Ra6 73.Kh5 Rb6 74.g5 Rb5 75.Re7 Ra5 76.Kg4 Ra1 77.Kf5 Rf1+ 78.Kg6 Rf8
79.Kh5 Rf5 80.Kg4 Rf1 81.g6 Rg1+ 82.Kf5 Rf1+ 83.Ke6 Re1+ 84.Kd7 Rd1+ 85.Ke8 Kg8
86.Rg7+ Kh8 87.Rh7+ Kg8 88.Rg7+ Kh8 89.Rf7  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 a6
9.Bd3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Nd5 12.c4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Be7 14.h4 c5 15.d5 exd5
16.cxd5 Qc7 17.Bf5 Rd8 18.e4 O-O 19.Kb1 Rfe8 20.Qf2 Bd6 21.h5 Bg3 22.Qc2 b5
23.Rhf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Repkova,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 Nc5
9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bd7 12.Bg5 Bc6 13.Nh4 g6 14.Bh6 Nfd7 15.a4 a5
16.Qd2 Ne6 17.Nf3 g5 18.Nd5 Rg8 19.h4 f6 20.hxg5 fxg5 21.Nh2 Rg6 22.Ng4 Nd4
23.Qd1 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qb6 25.Be4 O-O-O 26.c3 Nb3 27.Ra3 Ndc5 28.Bc2 Bf8 29.Bxf8 Rxf8
30.Bxb3 h5 31.Ne3 Rgf6 32.Nc4 Qc7 33.Re2 h4 34.Bc2 hxg3 35.fxg3 Nd7 36.Ne3 Rf3
37.Kg2 g4 38.Nxg4 Nb6 39.Be4 Qf7 40.c4 Rf1 41.Re1 Rf2+ 42.Kg1 Kb8 43.Bg6 Qxg6
44.Nxf2 Nxc4 45.Rf3 Rc8 46.Qd3 Qh6 47.Ng4 Qh3 48.b3 Nb6 49.Qg6 Ka7 50.Nf2 Qd7
51.Rf7 Qd8 52.Qg7 Rb8 53.Rd1 Qc8 54.Rc7 Qf5 55.Qg4 Qf6 56.Ne4 Qf8 57.Rf1 Qd8
58.Nf2 Qxc7 59.Qe6 Qc5 60.Kg2 Nxd5 61.Ng4 Qc6 62.Kg1 Re8 63.Qf7 e4 64.Rd1 Nc3
65.Re1 d5 66.Nf6 Rd8 67.Qe7 Qd6 68.Qg7 Qe5 69.Rf1 e3 70.Nh5 Ne2+ 71.Kg2 Qxh5
72.Qc7 Qg5 73.Qxa5+ Kb8 74.Rf3 Rc8 75.Qb6 d4 76.Qd6+ Ka8 77.b4 Qd8 78.Qg6 Qd5
79.Qf6 d3 80.a5  0-1

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Rd1 exd4 12.exd4 Nf8 13.h3 h6 14.Rb1 Rb8 15.Be3 a6
16.Bd3 Qc7 17.c5 Bf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Ne5 Qg5 20.Qd2 Ne6 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.Bc4 Nd7
23.Ne4 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Re7 25.Rd6 Ra8 26.Rb3 a5 27.a4 Kf8 28.Rg3 Bd7 29.Nxg5 Nxg5
30.Rxg5 Be8 31.e6 f6 32.Rg3 b5 33.cxb6 Rb8 34.Rd4 Rxb6 35.Rd8 Rb4 36.Bb3 Rc7
37.Ra8 g5 38.Rxa5 c5 39.Rc3 Ke7 40.Bc2 Kxe6 41.Ra8 Kf7 42.a5 Ba4 43.Bf5 c4
44.a6 Bd7 45.Bxd7 Rxd7 46.Ra3 Rb3 47.Ra1 c3 48.a7 c2 49.Rf8+ Kxf8 50.a8=Q+ Kg7
51.Kh2 Rb1 52.Qc8 Rxa1 53.Qxd7+ Kh6 54.Qc6 c1=Q 55.Qxf6+ Kh7 56.Qf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.a4 Bb7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.d5 Na5 14.Ba2 c6 15.Nbd2 g5 16.Nxg5 hxg5
17.Bxg5 Kg7 18.b4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Nxc4 cxd5 21.exd5 Ba7 22.Qf3 Bxd5 23.Bxf6+ Qxf6
24.Qxd5 Bxf2+ 25.Kh1 Rh8 26.h3 Qf5 27.Rg1 Bg3  0-1

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khurtsidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 d5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Nf3 d4 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.e3 g5 14.Bg3 Ne4 15.Qc2 Qa5+
16.b4 Nxb4 17.Qxe4 f5 18.Qb1 Nc2+ 19.Ke2 Nxa1 20.Bxe5 Be6 21.Qxa1 Bxc4+ 22.Kd1 Bb3+
23.Ke2 Rac8 24.Nxd4 Qxe5 25.Nxb3 Qb5+ 26.Kf3 Qd5+ 27.Kg3 f4+ 28.Kh3 Qf5+  0-1

[Event "37th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 Rfe8 14.Rad1 a6 15.a4 Bc6
16.Bc2 Qb7 17.Qd3 c4 18.Qe2 b5 19.Rfe1 Rab8 20.Bc1 b4 21.cxb4 Bxb4 22.Bd2 Rbc8
23.Bxb4 Qxb4 24.Rb1 Qa5 25.Qe3 Rb8 26.Qa3 Nf6 27.Qe3 Nd7 28.Qa3 Nf6 29.Qe3 Nd7
30.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Nb3 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.g4 Na5 15.g5 Ne8 16.Nd2 Bd8
17.Bg2 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rfc1 b4 20.Na4 Bb5 21.Qf2 f6 22.g6 hxg6 23.Qg3 f5
24.e5 Nc4 25.Nxc4 Bxc4 26.b3 Bd5 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Qxg6 dxe5 29.fxe5 Rb7 30.Bd4 f4
31.c4 dxc4 32.Rxc4 Qh3 33.Nc5 Re7 34.Ne4 Re6 35.Qg2 Qh5 36.Kh1 Rg6 37.Qf1 f3
38.Ra2 Rf4 39.Bf2 Rg2 40.Bg3 Rxe4 41.Rxe4 Rxa2 42.Rf4 Rc2 43.Rxf3 Be7 44.Qd3 Nc7
45.Rf5 Qe2 46.Qxe2 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd5 Be6
9.Qb5 Qc8 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Bd3 d5 12.Qa4 Bf6 13.Qf4 Re8 14.h4 Bg4 15.Qg3 Ne5
16.Bg5 Nxd3+ 17.Rxd3 Bxg5+ 18.hxg5 c6 19.Ne5 Bf5 20.Re3 Re6 21.Qh4 f6 22.gxf6 Rxf6
23.Rhe1 Qc7 24.Nf3 Be4 25.Ng5 Qf4 26.Qxf4 Rxf4 27.f3 Bg6 28.Re7 Rf5 29.Ne6 Rf7
30.Nc5 b6 31.Nd7 Rxe7 32.Rxe7 Re8 33.Re5 Rd8 34.Re7 Re8 35.Rxe8+ Bxe8 36.Ne5 g5
37.Kd2 Kg7 38.c4 dxc4 39.Nxc4 Kf6 40.Nd6 Bd7 41.Ne4+ Kf5 42.Ke3 h5 43.Kd4 h4
44.Ke3 Be6 45.c4 g4 46.fxg4+ Kxg4 47.Nf6+ Kf5 48.Ne4 Kg4 49.Nf6+ Kg3 50.Nh5+ Kh2
51.b3 Bf5 52.Kf2 Bb1 53.Nf6 Bxa2 54.Ng4+ Kh1 55.b4 Bxc4 56.Ne5 Bd5 57.Ng6 a5
58.bxa5 bxa5 59.Ke3 Kxg2 60.Nxh4+ Kf1 61.Kd2 a4 62.Nf5 Kf2 63.Ne7 a3 64.Kc3 a2
65.Kb2 Ke3 66.Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 g5 5.Bg3 Ne4 6.Nbd2 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.e3 c5
9.c3 d6 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.dxc5 d5 13.e4 Qxc5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Nb3 Qe7
16.Bb5 a6 17.Bxc6+ bxc6 18.Rde1 Be6 19.Nbd4 O-O 20.Nxc6 Qf6 21.Nfd4 Rfe8
22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Ne5 Qf5 24.Qxf5 exf5 25.Nc6 Kf7 26.Kd2 Rac8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8
28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Kxe1 Ke6 30.Kd2 h5 31.Kd3 g4 32.Nd4+ Kf6 33.Ne2 Bh6 34.b4 Ke5
35.a4 Bg5 36.Nf4 Bd8 37.Nxh5 Bb6 38.f3 a5 39.Nf4 Bf2 40.Ne2 axb4 41.cxb4 Be1
42.Nd4 Bxg3 43.a5 Bf2 44.a6  1-0

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nac5 13.f3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nc5 15.Qd4 Nb3
16.Qxg4 Nxa1 17.Bh6 g6 18.Nc3 Qb6+ 19.Rf2 Rfe8 20.Qf4 Qc7 21.Re2 Re6 22.Bg5 f5
23.Kf1 d4 24.Qxd4 Nb3 25.Qd1 Nc5 26.b4 Nd7 27.f4 Nf8 28.Rd2 Qg7 29.Na4 h6
30.Bf6 Qf7 31.Nc5 Ree8 32.Rd4 b6 33.Nd7 Ne6 34.Rd6 Nxf4 35.Qc1 Re6 36.Qxf4 Rxd6
37.exd6 Qxd7 38.Qxh6 Kf7 39.Bd4 Qxd6 40.Qg7+ Ke8 41.Qg8+ Kd7 42.Qxa8 Qxd4
43.Qb7+ Kd6 44.Qb8+ Kd7 45.Qb7+ Kd6 46.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.Ng3 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bb3 h6 19.Qd3 Qc7 20.Nh4 Qb7 21.Nhf5 d5 22.Nh5 dxe4
23.Qg3 Nxh5 24.Qg6 Kh8 25.Qxh5 Bd5 26.Qh4 Re6 27.Bc2 Rc8 28.Bd2 Nb6 29.Rad1 Nc4
30.Bc1 Rf6 31.Nxh6 Rxh6 32.Bxh6 gxh6 33.Qh5 Bg7 34.a4 Rf8 35.axb5 axb5 36.f3 f5
37.fxe4 fxe4 38.Kh2 e3 39.Rf1 Rxf1 40.Rxf1 e4 41.Qe8+ Bg8 42.Kh1 Qc7 43.Bd1 Qg3
44.Qh5 Nd2 45.Rg1 Bc4 46.Qe8+ Kh7 47.Qd7 Qf4 48.Bg4 Nf1  0-1

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.h3 a6 7.g4 e6 8.g5 Nd7
9.h4 Nde5 10.Be3 b5 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.f4 Qc7 14.Qf2 Nb8 15.a3 Nd7
16.f5 Ne5 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Bh3 Qf7 19.Qg3 Rc8 20.Rf1 Qe7 21.Bd4 Nc6 22.Bg1 b4
23.axb4 Nxb4 24.O-O-O Rc4 25.g6 Qd7 26.gxh7 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Qa4 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8
29.Nxd6+ Ke7 30.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sitnikov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nh6 7.Nc3 b6 8.Be3 f6
9.Qd2 Nf7 10.Ne2 e5 11.Nh2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 exf4 14.Nxf4 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Qf6
16.O-O Bd7 17.Nh5 Qc3 18.Rxb2 Qxb2 19.Bg5 Nxg5 20.Qxg5 Qd4+ 21.Kh1 Kf7 22.Ng4 h6
23.Nxh6+ Rxh6 24.Qxh6 Rh8 25.Qg5 Rg8 26.Qd2 c4 27.Rf4 c3 28.Qe1 Qd6 29.Qf2 Qg6
30.Rd4 Be6 31.Nf4 Qg3 32.Qe2 Bd5 33.Nxd5 cxd5 34.Rxd5 Kf6 35.Rd4 Rg7 36.Rd8 Rg8
37.Rd5 Qf4 38.Qe1 Kg5 39.Qe7+ Kh6 40.Rd6+ Rg6 41.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alavkin,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Nc4 Be7 11.Bf4 Nde5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Ncxe5 dxe5 14.Be2 Bxf3
15.Bxf3 O-O 16.Qb3 Qc7 17.a4 Rfd8 18.Red1 Rab8  1/2-1/2

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nechepurenko,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.O-O-O Rg8 12.Na4 Qa7 13.Nac5 Bc8 14.Nd3 Bd7 15.Kb1 O-O-O
16.g3 h5 17.Be2 h4 18.g4 Kb8 19.Bf3 Be7 20.Qe1 Rh8 21.c4 a5 22.h3 a4 23.Nd2 a3
24.Nb3 Rc8 25.Rh2 Rc7 26.Rc2 axb2 27.Rxb2 Rhc8 28.Qxh4 f5 29.Qf2 fxe4 30.Bxe4 Bf6
31.Qxa7+ Nxa7 32.Ne5 dxe5 33.Nc5 Bb5 34.Nxb7 exf4 35.Rb3 Bxc4 36.Nc5+ Nb5
37.Nd7+ Ka7 38.Rxb5 Bxb5 39.Nxf6 Be2  0-1

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kabanov,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.c4 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Qe1 Nc5 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Nce4 13.cxd5 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Nxd5 15.Ba1 c5
16.Bc4 Qd6 17.Qg3 Nf6 18.d3 a6 19.b4 cxb4 20.e4 e6 21.Qh4 Nd7 22.Qg3 b5 23.Bb3 Nc5
24.Bc2 f6 25.Ng4 Na4 26.Bb3 Kh8 27.e5 fxe5 28.Bxe5 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Nc3 30.Rce1 Rae8
31.Qh4 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Qc6 33.Rf2 Rf4 34.Qg3 Ref8 35.Nf6 Rxf2 36.Qxf2 a5 37.d4 a4
38.Bc2 b3 39.axb3 a3 40.Rg1 a2 41.Ra1 b4 42.h3 Rf7 43.Kh2 Qb5 44.Qd2 Qe2
45.Qxe2 Nxe2 46.Rxa2 Nxd4 47.Be4 Bxe4 48.Nxe4 Nc6 49.Ng5 Re7 50.Nf3 Ra7 51.Rxa7 Nxa7
52.Nd4 Kg8 53.Kg3 Kf7 54.Kf4 h6 55.Ke4 g5 56.g4 Ke7 57.Kd3 Kd7 58.Kc4 Nc8
59.Kxb4 Ne7 60.Kc5 Ng6 61.b4 Nxe5 62.b5 Nd3+ 63.Kb6 Kd6 64.Ne2 e5 65.Nc3 Nc5
66.Ka7 e4 67.b6 Ke5 68.Na4 Nd7 69.b7 Kd4 70.Nb6 Ne5 71.Ka8 Nc6 72.Nc8 e3
73.Na7 Nb8 74.Kxb8 e2 75.Kc7 e1=Q 76.b8=Q Qg3+ 77.Kd7 Qxh3 78.Qb4+ Kd5 79.Nc6 Qe3
80.Ne7+ Ke5 81.Qd6+ Ke4 82.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabanov,Y"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qe2 e5 6.O-O Bg4 7.Na3 a6 8.Ba4 Ne7
9.d3 Ng6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nc2 Be7 12.b4 O-O 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Bb3 Kh8 15.Bd5 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.bxc5 dxc5 18.Be4 Rad8 19.Rfd1 b5 20.Ng5 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Bxf5 Bxg5
23.Be4 Ne5 24.Qh5 Bh6 25.d4 Nd7 26.Bf3 Qa5 27.dxc5 Qxc3 28.c6 Nf6 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.Qf5 g6 31.Qe6 Bg7 32.Rd1 Re8 33.Qb3 Qc5 34.Nb4 a5 35.Nd3 Qf5 36.c7 Qc8
37.Ne5 Bf8 38.Qf7 Bg7 39.Bg4  1-0

[Event "59th ch-RUS 1st League"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Va"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nf1 Nc5 12.Bc2 Ne6 13.Ng3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bg5 15.Be3 Qf6
16.Qg4 Qg6 17.Qd1 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Nf4 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.Rd1 Rad8 21.d4 g6 22.Kh2 h5
23.d5 Nb8 24.Nf1 h4 25.c4 a5 26.Ra3 b6 27.Ne3 Nd7 28.g3 Nh5 29.Rf1 Ng7 30.Qe2 Kh8
31.Ng2 hxg3+ 32.fxg3 f5 33.Raf3 fxe4 34.Qxe4 Rxf3 35.Rxf3 Rf8 36.h4 Qh6 37.g4 Rxf3
38.Qxf3 Kg8 39.g5 Qh7 40.Qh3 Nf8 41.Ne3 Nh5 42.Ng4 Qd7 43.Bxg6 Qe7  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 c6
16.Rb1 Qc7 17.c4 exd4 18.Qxd4 Bg7 19.Qd2 d5 20.Bb2 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Nf6
23.Bd3 Rad8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Bxg7 Nxg7 26.Qe3 Ne6 27.Ne5 Qd6 28.Rd1 c5 29.b4 bxc4
30.Be2 Nd4 31.Bxc4 Nf3+ 32.gxf3 Qxd1+ 33.Kg2 Bd5 34.Be2 Qd4 35.bxc5 Qxe3
36.fxe3 Rc8 37.Nd7 Be6 38.Nf6+ Kg7 39.Ne4 f5 40.Nf2 a5 41.e4 Bxa2 42.exf5 gxf5
43.Nd3 Bc4  0-1

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Negi,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 f5 18.Bd1 Qh6 19.Re1 f4 20.Ne4 Bc7 21.f3 Bh3 22.Qf2 g4
23.fxg4 Qg6 24.Qc2 Rae8 25.Bd2 Ne3 26.Bxe3 fxe3 27.Nc5 Qh6 28.Ne4 Qg6 29.Nc5 Qg5
30.Qd3 Rf2 31.Bc2 Re7 32.Ne4 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Qg6 34.Rxe3 Kg7 35.Rae1 Rf7 36.Ng5 Rxc2
37.Qxg6+ hxg6 38.Nxf7 Kxf7 39.Re7+ Kf6 40.Rxc7 Bg2+ 41.Kg1 Bd5 42.h4 Rg2+
43.Kf1 Rxg3 44.g5+ Kf5 45.Kf2 Rg2+ 46.Ke3 Rxb2 47.Rg1  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d3 O-O
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.Nf1 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Ne3 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4
16.Nd5 Ba7 17.d4 Na5 18.Nb4 c5 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Nc2 g4 21.Nd2 Qh4 22.O-O-O cxd4
23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.cxd4 Rac8+ 25.Kb1 Nc4 26.Nxc4 Rxc4 27.f3 h5 28.Rhg1 g3 29.hxg3 Qxg3
30.Rh1 Rfc8 31.Qd3 Rc2 32.e5 Qxg2 33.Rhg1 Rxb2+ 34.Ka1 Rxa2+ 35.Kb1 Rb2+
36.Ka1 Ra2+ 37.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.Nbd2 Qd7 11.Nf1 Nd8 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Ng3 Ne6 15.c3 c5
16.Nf5 Bd8 17.h3 Bb6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Nh2 Rd8 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 d5 22.Bh6 g6
23.Qh4 gxf5 24.exf5 f6 25.fxe6 Qe7 26.Rxe5 Bc7 27.Re1 d4 28.Qh5 c4 29.dxc4 Bc6
30.cxb5 Be8 31.Qg4+ Bg6 32.cxd4 Kh8 33.Qf3 Rg8 34.Bd2 Be8 35.Bc3 Rg5 36.d5 Kg7
37.h4 Rg6 38.Bc2 Rh6 39.Qg4+ Kh8 40.Qg5 Qg7 41.Qxg7+ Kxg7 42.Ra1 Bd6 43.Ra6 Be5
44.Ra7+  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Kh1 Rc8 14.Bh5 Bg7 15.Rf3 O-O
16.Raf1 Kh8 17.Rh3 Ne7 18.e5 d5 19.Ne4 dxe4 20.Qxd7 f5 21.Qxb7 Nd5 22.Nd4 Qb4
23.Qxb4 Nxb4 24.c3 Nd5 25.Ne2 f6 26.g4 fxe5 27.gxf5 exf5 28.fxe5 Bxe5 29.Bg6 Rc7
30.Rxf5 Rxf5 31.Bxf5 e3 32.Bd3 Bxc3 33.Bxa6 Bd2 34.a4 Nc3 35.Nxc3 Rxc3 36.Kg2 Ra3
37.Rh4 Kg7 38.Be2 h6 39.Kf3 Ra1 40.Rg4+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Qh4 8.c4 O-O-O
9.c5 g6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Ne2 Ng4 12.Bf4 g5 13.Bg3 Qh6 14.Qd2 f5 15.f4 gxf4 16.Bxf4 Qc6
17.b4 Bh6 18.b5 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Qg6 20.c6 Be6 21.cxb7+ Kb8 22.Rac1 Rd6 23.Rc6 Bd7
24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Qxd6 cxd6 26.Nc3 Ne3 27.Re1 f4 28.Ne2 f3 29.gxf3 Rf8 30.Kf2 Ng4+
31.Kg3 Nf6 32.Nf4 Rf7 33.a4 Kxb7 34.Bc2 Rg7+ 35.Kf2 Kb6 36.Bb3 Ka5 37.Nxd5 Nxd5
38.Bxd5 Bh3 39.Bc6 Rg2+ 40.Ke3 Rxh2 41.Kf4 Rc2 42.Rh1 Bc8 43.Rxh7 Kb6 44.Rh8 Be6
45.Rb8+ Ka5 46.Rb7 Rc4 47.Rxa7+ Kb6 48.Ra6+ Kc7 49.Ke3 Rc3+ 50.Kd2 Rc4 51.Kd3 d5
52.a5 Bf5+ 53.Ke3 Rc3+ 54.Kf4 Bc8 55.Ra7+ Kd6 56.Ra8 Be6 57.a6 Rd3 58.a7  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC w"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Klinova,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 d6
9.a4 Rb8 10.c3 h6 11.d4 Re8 12.axb5 Rxb5 13.d5 Na5 14.Ba4 Nb7 15.c4 Rb6 16.Bxe8 Qxe8
17.Nc3 Nc5 18.Be3 Rxb2 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Nxe5 Rb4 21.Nc6 Rxc4 22.Qd3 Rb4 23.e5 Nh7
24.Nxb4 cxb4 25.Ne4 Bf8 26.d6  1-0

[Event "ETCC w"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Danielian,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.c4 Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5
10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Rc1 d4 12.Nb5 e5 13.exd4 exd4 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.a3 a5 16.Re1 Rfe8
17.Qd2 h6 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re1 Re6 20.Bc1 Qc7 21.Qf4 Rxe1+ 22.Nxe1 Ne5 23.Bc2 Qe7
24.Qd2 a4 25.f3 axb3 26.Bxb3 Ba6 27.Qe2 Nxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Qxe1+ 29.Qf1 Qc3 30.Ba2 Qc2  0-1

[Event "ETCC w"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Ba7
9.a4 Bg4 10.axb5 axb5 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Bd5 Bd7 13.Ra6 Bb6 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Na3 Nxd5
16.exd5 Nxd4 17.cxd4 e4 18.Nd2 Bxd4 19.Nxe4 Bxb2 20.Nc2 f5 21.Nd2 Qxd5 22.Nb4 Qf7
23.Re1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Qc2 Bd4 26.Qd3 Ba7 27.Qf3 h6 28.Bf4 Bd4 29.Qa8 Kf8
30.Nd5 Bc5 31.Nb3 Qe6 32.Be3 Bxe3 33.Nxc7 Qe5 34.Qxe8+ Qxe8 35.Nxe8 Bxf2+
36.Kxf2 Kxe8 37.Nd4 g6 38.Nxb5 Ke7 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd4 g5 41.Nc3 h5 42.Nd5 h4
43.Nc3 Kf7 44.Kd5 Kf6 45.Ne2 f4 46.Ke4 Kg6 47.h3 Kf6 48.Nd4 d5+ 49.Kxd5 g4
50.Ke4 f3 51.Nxf3 gxf3 52.gxf3  1-0

[Event "ETCC w"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Socko,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Rd1 Bg4
9.c3 Qe6 10.Nc2 Ne7 11.Ne3 Bh5 12.d4 O-O-O 13.Nf1 exd4 14.Rxd4 Re8 15.Ng5 Bxe2
16.Nxe6 c5 17.Rd2 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Nc6 19.Nxf8 Rhxf8 20.Re2 Ne5 21.b3 Rf7 22.Be3 b6
23.Rd1 Rfe7 24.f3 Nf7 25.Kf2 Kb7 26.Bf4 g5 27.Bc1 c4 28.bxc4 c5 29.f4 Kc6
30.Rde1 Nd6 31.fxg5 fxg5 32.Bxg5 Rxe4 33.g4 Rf8+ 34.Kg3 Rxc4 35.Be7 Rg8 36.Re6 Rxc3+
37.Kh4 Rd3 38.Rh6 Rg6 39.Rxg6 hxg6 40.Kg5 Rd4 41.h4 Kd5 42.h5 gxh5 43.gxh5 Rd2
44.Rh1 Ne4+ 45.Kf4 Rf2+ 46.Ke3 Rf7 47.Bd8 Ng3 48.Rh3 Nf5+ 49.Kf4 Nd4+ 50.Kg5 Ne6+
51.Kg6 Rf8 52.Bf6 Nf4+ 53.Kg7 Ne6+ 54.Kg6 Nf4+ 55.Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC w"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C52"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O Nge7 8.cxd4 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ba3 Be6 11.Nbd2 Bb4 12.Bxb4 Ncxb4 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Bb5 Ne7 15.Rab1 O-O
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rb7 a5 18.Rc1 Ra6 19.Qc2 Bd5 20.Qc5 Ng6 21.Ra7 Rxa7 22.Qxa7 Nf4
23.Re1 Qd7 24.Qxa5 Qg4 25.g3 Nh3+ 26.Kg2 f5 27.Re5 f4 28.Qc3 Ng5 29.Rxd5 cxd5
30.Nxg5 Qxg5 31.Nf3 Qg6 32.Ne5 f3+ 33.Nxf3 Qe4 34.h3 h5 35.Qb3 Kh8 36.Qe3 Qxe3
37.fxe3 Ra8 38.Ng5 Ra3 39.Kf3 Rxa2 40.Ne6 c6 41.Nf4 Ra3 42.Ke2 Kh7 43.Nxh5 Kg6
44.Nf4+ Kf5 45.Nd3 Ra2+ 46.Kf3 Rc2 47.Nf2 Rc3 48.Ke2 c5 49.dxc5 Rxc5 50.Nd3 Rc2+
51.Kf3 Rc3 52.Ke2 Ra3 53.g4+ Ke4 54.Nf2+ Ke5 55.Nd3+ Kd6 56.h4 d4 57.exd4 Kd5
58.Nf4+ Ke4 59.Ne6 Ra2+ 60.Ke1 Ra7 61.Kf2 Re7 62.d5 Kxd5 63.Ng5 Ra7 64.Kg3 Ra3+
65.Kf4 Ra4+ 66.Kg3 Ra3+ 67.Kf4 Kd6 68.Nf3 Ke6 69.Kg3 Kf6 70.Kf4 g6 71.Kg3 Ke6
72.Kf4 Ra4+ 73.Kg3 Kf6 74.Kh3 Ke6 75.Kg3 Kd5 76.h5 gxh5 77.gxh5 Ke6 78.h6 Kf5
79.h7 Ra8 80.Nd4+ Ke5 81.Nf3+ Kf6 82.Kf4 Kg6 83.Ke4 Kxh7 84.Ne5 Kg7 85.Nf3 Kf6
86.Nd4 Rd8 87.Nc6 Re8+ 88.Kd5 Re1 89.Nd4 Re5+ 90.Kc4 Rh5 91.Kd3 Ke5 92.Nf3+ Kd5
93.Ke3 Rf5 94.Nd2 Re5+ 95.Kd3 Re8 96.Nf3 Re4 97.Nd2 Rd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC w"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 Nf5 8.Nc2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Ne3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Be7 12.O-O Rc8 13.a3 Nc6 14.b4 a6 15.Qe1 O-O
16.Bd3 Na7 17.Rf2 Ba4 18.Bb2 Qd7 19.Qd2 Bb5 20.Bc2 Ba4 21.Bd3 Bb5 22.Ne1 f5
23.exf6 Rxf6 24.Nf3 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Qb5 26.Qb1 Rff8 27.e4 Nc6 28.Qe1 Bf6 29.Rc1 Rcd8
30.Qe3 dxe4 31.Qxe4 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.Re1 Bxd4 34.Nxd4 Nxd4 35.Bxd4 Rxd4
36.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC w"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Bd7
9.Nf3 c5 10.dxc5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Qxc5 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Bc6 15.Rh4 a6
16.O-O-O b5 17.Kb1 Rd8 18.Ne5 Ke7 19.f4 Rd6 20.f5 Rhd8 21.Rd4 Be8 22.Nf3 Bc6
23.Ne5 Be8 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Re1 Bc6 27.Nf3 Bd5 28.Nd4 Kd8 29.g4 Kc8
30.Qe5 Rd7 31.g5 hxg5 32.Nxe6 Qd6 33.Nd4 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 Kc7 35.Rxg5 Kb6 36.Kc2 b4
37.a4 bxa3 38.bxa3 Rc7 39.g3 Ne4 40.Rg6+ Ka7 41.Rxa6+ Kb7 42.Nb5 Rc5 43.Nd6+ Nxd6
44.Rxd6 Bc6 45.Rg6 Ba4+ 46.Kd2 Rc7 47.c4 Re7 48.Kc3 Be8 49.Rg5 Kc6 50.a4 Kd6
51.a5 Bc6 52.Rg6+ Kc5 53.Rg5+ Kd6 54.Kd4 Rd7 55.Rg6+ Kc7+ 56.Kc5 Bf3 57.Bf5 Re7
58.Re6  1-0

[Event "ETCC w"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C83"]

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.d4 Nxe4 10.dxe5 Be6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Bb4 13.f3 Ng5 14.h4 Nh3+ 15.gxh3 Qxh4
16.Re2 f6 17.Bd2 Qxd4+ 18.Be3 Qxe5 19.Nc3 Rad8 20.Qd4 Qg3+ 21.Rg2 Qd6 22.Rd1 c5
23.Qh4 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Rd7 25.Bc2 f5 26.Bf4 Qc6 27.Be5 Rff7 28.Qh6 d4 29.cxd4 Qd5
30.Qf4 c4 31.Kh2 Kf8 32.Rdg1 Qc6 33.Bxg7+ Rxg7 34.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "ChInt Open"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarasova,Viktoriy"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Nb3 Nxc3
9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 O-O 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.a3 Rd8 14.Qd3 Qe5 15.Rb1 d5
16.c5 Qh5 17.f4 e5 18.Bf3 Qh3 19.Bxd5 exf4 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Qb3 Nd4 22.Qc4 Nc2+
23.Qxc2 Rxd5 24.Rf1 Re8 25.Rxf4 Qg2  0-1

[Event "ChInt Open"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shoker,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Be3 a6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.a4 b6 8.d5 Ngf6 9.Nd4 O-O
10.f3 Qe8 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.Bc4 Bb7 13.O-O Ne5 14.Bb3 Rb8 15.Qe2 Nfd7 16.Ba2 c5
17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.Bc4 e6 20.Nb3 Qe7 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.Bxa6 Nd4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4+
24.Kh1 Bxa6 25.Qxa6 Rxb2 26.Ne2 Be5 27.f4 Bg7 28.Qd3 Qb7 29.Ng3 Ra8 30.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ChInt Open"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carpentier,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2 e5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.f4 h5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3
10.Bxf3 h4 11.g4 exf4 12.Nxf4 Bd6 13.O-O Be5 14.Nd5 Qd6 15.Bg2 Nge7 16.a3 Nxd5
17.exd5 Ne7 18.Qf3 f6 19.Bd2 Rd8 20.c4 dxc3 21.Bxc3 O-O 22.Bxe5 fxe5 23.Qe4 Rxf1+
24.Rxf1 Qxd5 25.Qxd5+ Nxd5 26.Re1 Nf4 27.Rxe5 Rxd3 28.Bxb7 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Rd2+
30.Kh1 Rxb2 31.Be4 Re2 32.Bd5+ Kh7 33.Rxe2 Nxe2 34.Bc4 Nf4 35.Bf1 Kg6 36.Kg1 Kf6
37.Kf2 Ke5 38.Ke3 g5 39.a4 a5 40.Kd2 Kd4  0-1

[Event "ChInt Open"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Quezada Perez,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.Bd4 c5 14.Be5 Rb6 15.b3 Nxe4
16.Bxg7 Rg8 17.Be5 d6 18.Qd3 f5 19.Bb2 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.c4 e5 22.Rad1 Kf7
23.Qc2 Qe6 24.Rfe1 h5 25.Qd2 Qc8 26.Qc3 h4 27.Qh3 Rh8 28.Bd3 Rh5 29.f4 Qe6
30.fxe5 dxe5 31.Qe3 e4 32.Be2 Rh8 33.Qxc5 Rc6 34.Qe3 Qe5 35.Rf1 Qc5 36.Qxc5 Rxc5
37.b4 Re5 38.Rd6 Rb8 39.a3 a5 40.b5 Ke7 41.Ra6 Rd8 42.Rxa5 Rd2 43.Ra7+ Ke6
44.Re1 f4 45.Bf1 Rg5 46.Ra6+ Kf7 47.Rxf6+ Kxf6 48.Rxe4 Kf5 49.Re2 Rd3 50.Ra2 Rb3
51.a4 Ke4 52.a5 Kd4 53.a6 Rg8 54.Kf2 Kc5 55.a7 Ra8 56.Be2  1-0

[Event "ChInt Open"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.f3 Kh8 19.Re1 Nf4 20.Ne4 Bh3 21.Bxf4 Bxf1 22.Bxd6 Bc4
23.Be5+ f6 24.Nxf6 Rxf6 25.Bxf6+ Kg8 26.Re5 h6 27.Re7 Bxb3 28.axb3 Kf8 29.Rh7 Re8
30.Bg7+ Kg8 31.Rxh6 Qf7 32.Be5 Qxb3 33.Rxc6 Qxb2 34.Rg6+ Kf7 35.Rf6+ Ke7
36.Raxa6 Qc1+ 37.Kg2 Qd2+ 38.Kh3 g4+ 39.Kxg4 Rg8+ 40.Rg6 Rxg6+ 41.Rxg6 Qxc3
42.h4 b4 43.h5 b3 44.Rg7+ Ke6 45.h6 b2 46.h7 Qc8 47.Rg8 b1=Q 48.Rxc8 Qf5+
49.Kh4 Qxh7+ 50.Kg5 Qf5+ 51.Kh6 Qxf3 52.Rd8 Ke7 53.Rd6 Qf8+ 54.Kg5 Qg8+ 55.Rg6 Qa2
56.Rf6 Qg8+ 57.Kf4 Qa2 58.g4 Qc4 59.Kg5 Qg8+ 60.Rg6 Qc4 61.Kh6 Kf7 62.Rg7+ Kf8
63.Bd6+ Ke8 64.Re7+ Kd8 65.Bc5 Qg8 66.g5 Qh8+ 67.Rh7 Qg8 68.g6 Qe6 69.Rf7 Qh3+
70.Kg7 Qg2 71.Re7 Qg4 72.Re5 Kd7 73.Re3 Kc6 74.Re5 Kd7 75.d5 Qc4 76.Be7 Qc8
77.Bf6 Kd6 78.Kf7 Qb7+ 79.Kf8 Qc8+ 80.Re8 Qf5 81.Re6+ Kd7 82.g7 Qxd5 83.Re7+ Kd6
84.g8=Q Qf5 85.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "ChInt Open"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Moradiabadi,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Bg4 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Rb8 13.Nbd2 Qc8 14.Bc4 Na7 15.d4 Nb5
16.Qc2 Nd7 17.h3 Bh5 18.Be2 exd4 19.cxd4 c5 20.dxc5 Bf6 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 dxc5
23.Qc2 Qc7 24.Bd3 Rfe8 25.Re3 Nf8 26.e5 Bg6 27.Ne4 Ne6 28.Qc1 Nbd4 29.Nd6 Bxd3
30.Nxd4 Nxd4 31.Nxe8 Rxe8 32.Qd1 c4 33.Qa4 Qc6 34.f4 g6 35.g4 Kf8 36.f5 Ke7
37.Kh2 Rg8 38.e6 f6 39.Ra2  0-1

[Event "ChInt Open"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romieux,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bd3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qf3 b4 11.Nce2 Nd7 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.Qh5 Nc5 14.f5 O-O-O 15.fxe6 Nxd3+
16.Rxd3 Bxe4 17.Kb1 Kb7 18.exf7 Rc8 19.Rc1 d5 20.Re3 Qe5 21.Qxe5 fxe5 22.Ne6 Bh6
23.Rxe4 dxe4 24.Rd1 Rc6 25.Nd8+ Rxd8 26.Rxd8 Rf6 27.c3 Rxf7 28.Kc2 Rf2 29.Kd1 b3
30.axb3 Rf1+ 31.Kc2 Re1 32.Rd2 e3  0-1

[Event "ChInt Open"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roser,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.a4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.f3 Qc7 12.Rf2 O-O 13.Bf1 Rfd8 14.Rd2 Nc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5
16.Bc4 h6 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Rd1 Qc8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 b5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bxb5 Nd6 24.c4 Nxb5 25.cxb5 Ra5 26.h3 Qb7 27.Bxc5 Rxb5 28.b4 Bxc5+ 29.bxc5 Qa6
30.Kh2 Qc6 31.Qc4 Kh7 32.Rxe5 f6 33.Rd5 Ra5 34.e5 Qc7 35.f4 fxe5 36.Rxe5 Ra7
37.Qe4+ g6 38.Re6 Qf7 39.c6 Rc7 40.Qe5 Ra7 41.Re8 Qg7 42.Rd8  1-0

[Event "15th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d3 Be6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bd2 Nb6 10.Rc1 f5 11.a3 a6 12.Na4 Nd7 13.b4 Qe8 14.Bc3 Qg6 15.Bb2 e4 16.Ne1 Qf7
17.dxe4 fxe4 18.Qc2 Qg6 19.g3 Nde5 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Nc5 Bh3 22.Nxb7 Bxf1 23.Bxf1 Ng4
24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Rc2 Bg5 26.Nc5 Nxf2 27.Ne6 Bxe3 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 29.Kg2 Qf5  0-1

[Event "15th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.Ne5 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 c5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e3 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Nc7 15.Qh5 Qe7
16.Rad1 Rad8 17.f4 d4 18.exd4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 cxd4 20.Ne4 Nd5 21.Kg1 Ne3 22.Rd3 f6
23.Nd6 fxe5 24.fxe5 Qe6 25.b3 Rd7 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.bxc4 Qxc4 28.Qe2 Rdf7 29.e6 Re7
30.Qe4 Rd8 31.Rf3 Rde8 32.Rf6 gxf6 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qxh6+ Rh7 35.Qxf6+ Rg7
36.Re5 Qc1+ 37.Kg2 Qd2+ 38.Kh3 Kg8 39.e7 Rh7+ 40.Kg4 Qd1+ 41.Kg5 Rg7+ 42.Kh6 Qd2+
43.Kh5 Qxh2+  0-1

[Event "15th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.O-O Nb4 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qxd7+ Kxd7 13.Rd1+ Ke8 14.Nd4 Bxc5
15.Be3 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 Nxc2 17.Rac1 Nb4 18.Rc4 Nd5 19.b3 Kd7 20.Bb2 Rhc8 21.Rd2 Rc6
22.Rxe4 Rac8 23.Kf1 Ra6 24.a3 Rb6 25.Rd3 Ke8 26.g3 h6 27.Ke1 Kf8 28.Kd1 Rbc6
29.h4 h5 30.Rdd4 b5 31.Rd2 Kg8 32.Red4 Kh7 33.R4d3 Kg6 34.Rd4 Kf5 35.R4d3 a6
36.Rf3+ Kg6 37.Rfd3 a5 38.Rd4 Kf5 39.R4d3 b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.Rf3+ Kg6 42.Rfd3 R8c7
43.Rd4 Kf5 44.R4d3 Kg4 45.Ke2 Kf5 46.Kd1 Rc5 47.Rf3+ Kg6 48.Rd4 Ra5 49.g4 Ra2
50.gxh5+ Kxh5 51.Bc1 Nc3+ 52.Ke1 Ne2  0-1

[Event "15th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Be2 h5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Kb1 O-O-O 13.Rhf1 Be7 14.Rf3 Kb8 15.Nb3 Na5
16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Rh3 Rdg8 18.Bf3 Rc8 19.Qe1 Qc5 20.Qe2 b5 21.a3 h4 22.Qd2 Bc6
23.f5 Bb7 24.Ne2 Qe5 25.Nf4 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Qf2 Kb7 29.Re3 Rxc2
30.Qxc2 Qxe3 31.Rc1 Rb8 32.Qc7+ Ka8 33.Qxe7 Qxf4 34.Qxe6 Qe5 35.Qd7 Rb7 36.Qc6 Ka7
37.Rd1 Qf5+ 38.Ka1 Rd7 39.Rc1 Qe6 40.Qc8 Qe7 41.Rc6 Rb7 42.Qg4 Qe1+ 43.Ka2 Qe5
44.Qf3 Qd4 45.Rc3 b4 46.axb4 Qxb4 47.Qf2+ Kb8 48.Qc2 d5 49.Rc8+ Ka7 50.Rc3 d4
51.Ra3 Qb5 52.Qd2 Qc4+ 53.Kb1 Re7 54.Rf3 Re2 55.Qd1 Re6 56.Rd3 Rd6 57.Qe2 Rb6
58.Qd2 Rd6 59.Qe2 Rd7 60.b3 Qc5 61.Kb2 f5 62.Qf2 Qe5 63.g3 h3 64.Qf4 Qe4
65.Qd2 Qg2 66.Ka3 Qxd2  1-0

[Event "15th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 Nc6 7.g4 e5 8.Nde2 Be6
9.Bg2 Be7 10.Be3 b5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Na5 13.b3 Qc7 14.O-O O-O 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Nd7 17.g5 f6 18.g6 hxg6 19.Nd4 Rfc8 20.Kh1 Ne5 21.Nc6 Naxc6 22.dxc6 Nxc6
23.Qg4 Nd8 24.Bd5+ Kf8 25.Qxg6 Qc3 26.Qh5  1-0

[Event "15th Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Na5
9.Ba2 d5 10.d4 dxe4 11.Nxe5 Bb7 12.Bg5 c5 13.c3 b4 14.Be3 Nd5 15.cxb4 Nxb4
16.Nc3 Nxa2 17.Rxa2 f6 18.Ng4 f5 19.Ne5 f4 20.Bd2 e3 21.fxe3 cxd4 22.exd4 Qxd4+
23.Kh1 Rad8 24.Nf3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Bh4 26.Re2 Nc4 27.Ne4 Qd3 28.Qf1 Rde8 29.b3 Rxe4
30.fxe4 f3 31.Rf2 Qxb3 32.Bc1 Bxf2 33.Rxf2 Ne5 34.Bg5 Ng4 35.Rd2 f2  0-1

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bg4
9.Re1 Qd7 10.h3 Be6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 O-O 14.Qf3 Rfe8 15.Rbd1 Ne7
16.c4 Qc6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Qg3 Ng6 19.h4 h5 20.f4 Qc5+ 21.Kh2 Bxa2 22.Bf6 gxf6
23.Bxg6 fxe5 24.Rd7 Kh8 25.Qg5 Qf8 26.Qxh5+ Kg7 27.Qh7+ Kf6 28.fxe5+ Rxe5
29.Rf1+ Ke6 30.Rfxf7  1-0

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C23"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.f4 Nxc4 6.dxc4 Bb4 7.Qd3 d6 8.Bd2 exf4
9.Nge2 Ng4 10.Nxf4 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qd8 12.h3 Ne5 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Rf1 Bxc3
16.Bxc3 Qg5 17.Qf2 O-O-O 18.Bd2 Qg6 19.O-O-O b6 20.Qe2 Nd7 21.g4 Rdf8 22.Kb1 Kb7
23.Bc3 e5 24.Rf5 Qe8 25.Bd2 Nc5 26.Rdf1 g6 27.R5f3 Rxf3 28.Qxf3 Qc6 29.Re1 Ne6
30.Qf6 Qe8 31.Bh6 Rg8 32.h4 Nc5 33.b3 Qd7 34.Qf3 Ne6 35.Qf6 Re8 36.c3 Re7
37.Rf1 Nd8 38.Qh8 Nf7 39.Qxh7 Nxh6 40.Qxh6 Qxg4 41.Rf6 Qxe4+ 42.Kb2 Qe2+
43.Ka3 e4 44.Rxg6 Re5 45.Rg5 Qd2 46.Qg6 Qc1+ 47.Ka4 Qb2 48.a3 Qxc3 49.Rxe5 Qxe5
50.b4 e3 51.Qg2+ d5 52.cxd5 e2 53.d6+ c6 54.Qg4 Qb5+ 55.Kb3 Qd3+ 56.Kb2 e1=Q
57.Qd7+ Ka6 58.Qc8+ Kb5 59.a4+ Kxb4 60.Qg4+ Qee4  0-1

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Rea1 Qc7 22.Bh6 Be7
23.Rf1 Nb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Nh2 Bh4 27.Nxh5 gxh5 28.Qe2 f6 29.Qxh5 Bg5
30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.Bxg5 fxg5 32.Qh6+ Qh7 33.Qxd6 Nbd7 34.Ng4 Qg7 35.Rb1 Kh7 36.Qc7 Qh8
37.b4 cxb3 38.Bxb3 Qb8 39.Qxb8 Rxb8 40.Bc2 Ba6 41.g3 Kg7 42.f3 Nb7 43.Bd3 Nbc5
44.Bc2 Rb6 45.Kf2 Na4 46.Nxe5 Nxe5 47.Bxa4 Rh6 48.Bd1 Rxh3 49.Ra1 Rh6 50.Be2 Rb6
51.Ke3 Kf7 52.Kd4 Nd7 53.e5 Nb8 54.f4 gxf4 55.gxf4 b4 56.e6+ Ke7 57.Bxa6 Nxa6
58.cxb4 Kd6 59.e7 Kxe7 60.Re1+ Kd7 61.f5 Nxb4 62.Rh1 Rd6 63.Rh7+ Kd8 64.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.Re1 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.Nf1 Na5 12.Ba2 d5 13.Ng3 h6 14.Bd2 b4 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.b3 Rad8 18.Be3 Ng4 19.Nd2 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qe6 21.Qf3 g6 22.e4 Qc6
23.Rf1 Rd7 24.Qg4 Re6 25.Nc4 Nxc4 26.dxc4 Rd2 27.Rf3 Rf6 28.Raf1 Rxf3 29.Qxf3 Qd7
30.h3 Rxc2 31.Rd1 Bc5+ 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.Rxd2 Qxd2 34.Ne2 Be3 35.h4 h5 36.g3 Qd3
37.g4 Qxb3 38.Kg2 hxg4 39.Qxg4 Qxc4 40.h5 Kg7 41.Ng3 Qc2+ 42.Kh3 Bf4 43.hxg6 Qd3
44.gxf7+ Kxf7 45.Qh5+ Ke7 46.Qh4+ Kd7 47.Qg4+ Kc6  0-1

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ushenina,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Be5 O-O 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.Bxe4 Nxe5 14.Bh7+ Kg7 15.Bd3 b6
16.cxb6 d4 17.exd4 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 Re8+ 19.Kd1 Bf5 20.Qd2 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxb6
22.Ne2 Rac8 23.Qa3 Rc2 24.Re1 Rd8 25.Qe3 Qxb2 26.Rc1 Re8  0-1

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ushenina,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 a6 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Nxf5 Nxf5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Bb6 Nc6 15.f4 Rc8
16.g4 Nh4 17.Bxc4 Be7 18.Bb3 g5 19.f5 Nxe5 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Bd4 Nhf3 22.Bxe6 Rd8
23.Bd5 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 h5 25.gxh5 Rxh5 26.Re1 g4 27.Re2 Kf8 28.Kc2 b5 29.Rf4+ Kg7
30.Bb7 Rdh8 31.Kb1 R8h6 32.Nd5 Bd6 33.Ne3 Kh8 34.Nxg4 Rh4 35.h3 Nxg4 36.Rxg4 Rxg4
37.hxg4 a5 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Ra8 Bc7 40.Bd5 Kf6 41.Rg8 Rg6 42.Rf8+ Ke5 43.Bf3 Rf6
44.Re8+ Kf4 45.Be2 b4 46.b3 Be5 47.Kc2 Rc6+ 48.Kd3 Rd6+ 49.Kc2 Rc6+ 50.Kd3 Rd6+
51.Kc4 Rd2 52.Bd3 Bf6 53.Rf8 Kg5 54.Rg8+ Kf4 55.Rf8 Kg5 56.Rg8+ Kf4 57.Bb1 Rb2
58.Bf5 Rxa2 59.Ra8 Ra1 60.Kd5 Re1 61.Be6 Be7 62.Bf5 Re3 63.Re8 Bf6 64.Rf8 Kg5
65.Rg8+ Kf4 66.Rf8 Kg5 67.Rg8+ Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 f6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 fxe5 11.dxe5 Qe7 12.h4 Bd7 13.b4 a6 14.h5 O-O-O 15.Qd2 Kb8
16.c3 Rdf8 17.Qe3 Na7 18.a4 c5 19.bxc5 Rc8 20.Rb1 Qxc5 21.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.Bxa6 Rc7
23.Kd2 Bxa4 24.Rb4 Bd7 25.Rhb1 Bc8 26.Nd4 Re8 27.f4 Ree7 28.Rb6 h6 29.g3 Re8
30.Rd6 Ree7 31.Bf1 Bd7 32.Bh3 Nc8 33.Bxe6 Nxd6 34.exd6 Bxe6 35.dxe7 Bd7 36.Nf5  1-0

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 O-O 13.Nbd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 Bb8 15.h3 Qe7 16.Nc4 cxd4
17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.f4 Ba7 19.Kh2 Be4 20.Ne5 Rfd8 21.Bf3 Qb7 22.Bxe4 Nfxe4 23.Qe2 Bb8
24.Nc4 f6 25.Rc2 e5 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Nf5 Kh8 28.Kg1 Nc3 29.Qg4 Rf8 30.Rcf2 Nd3
31.Nfd6 Bxd6 32.Nxd6 Nxf2 33.Rxf2 Qd5 34.Nxc8 Rxf2 35.Kxf2 Qd2+ 36.Kg3 Qe1+
37.Kf3 Qe2+ 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kf3 Qe2+ 40.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a3 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.d3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.h3 Bd7 13.d4 Qc7 14.d5 c4 15.Nbd2 Nb7 16.Nf1 Nc5
17.g4 h5 18.N3h2 hxg4 19.hxg4 Qc8 20.f3 Nh7 21.Ng3 Bg5 22.Nf5 Qd8 23.Kg2 g6
24.Ng3 Kg7 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.Nhf1 Qf6 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Nxe3 Ng5 29.Qe2 Rag8 30.Raf1 Qf4
31.Rxh8 Rxh8 32.Rh1 Rxh1 33.Nxh1 Nd3 34.Bxd3 cxd3 35.Qf2 d2 36.Ng3 Nxf3 37.Qxf3 Bxg4
38.Qf2 d1=Q 39.Nxd1 Bxd1 40.Qe1 Bf3+ 41.Kg1 f5 42.exf5 gxf5 43.Qf2 Kg6 44.b3 e4
45.c4 bxc4 46.bxc4 Qg5 47.c5 f4 48.cxd6 fxg3  0-1

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Bg5 Qb4+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Bc5 14.Kb1 O-O-O 15.Bg3 Nh5
16.Be5 f6 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.Bxd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 e5 20.Rd5 Qc7 21.g3 g5 22.Rhd1 Ng7
23.Nd2 Bc6 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Bxd3 f5 26.f3 Re8 27.Re1 h5 28.Qe3 g4 29.fxg4 e4
30.Be2 hxg4 31.Qxa7 b6 32.Qa3 Rd8 33.Qb4 Ne6 34.Nc4 b5 35.Ne3 Nd4 36.c4 Qd6
37.Qxd6 Rxd6 38.cxb5 Nxe2 39.bxc6 Nd4 40.Rf1 Kc7 41.Nxf5 Nxf5 42.Rxf5 Kxc6
43.Re5 Rd4 44.Kc1 Kd6 45.Re8 Kd7 46.Rf8 Ke6 47.Rf4 Ke5 48.Rxg4 Rd8 49.Rg5+ Kf6
50.Rc5 e3 51.Rc2 Kf5 52.a4 Ke4 53.Rc4+ Kd3 54.Rc3+ Ke4 55.Rc4+ Kd3 56.Rc3+ Ke4
57.Rc4+ Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nd4 12.Nd2 Re8 13.c3 Nxb3 14.Nxb3 c5 15.Qh5 g6
16.Qf3 f6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.c4 Qd7 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Qg3 g5 21.Be3 Rac8 22.Qg4 Qxg4
23.hxg4 Bd6 24.Rec1 Kf7 25.Nd2 Be5 26.Rc2 Be6 27.Ne4 c4 28.dxc4 Rxc4 29.Rxc4 bxc4
30.Rd1 Rb8 31.b3 cxb3 32.axb3 Rxb3 33.Bd4 Bxg4 34.f3 Bxd4+ 35.Rxd4 Be6 36.Rd6 a5
37.Nc5 Rb1+ 38.Kf2 Bf5 39.Ra6 Rb5 40.Ne4 Bxe4 41.fxe4 Rb2+ 42.Kf3 Ra2 43.Kg3 a4
44.Kf3 a3 45.Kg3 Ra1 46.Kh2 a2 47.Kg3 Ke7 48.Kh2 Kd7 49.Kg3 Kc7 50.Kh2 Kb7
51.Ra3 Kb6 52.Ra8 Kb5 53.Rb8+ Kc4 54.Ra8 Kd4 55.Ra4+ Kd3 56.Kg3 Ke3 57.Kh2 Kf4
58.e5+ Kxe5 59.g4 Kd5 60.Kg2 Kc5 61.Ra8 Kb4 62.Ra6 Kc4 63.Ra3 Kd4 64.Ra6 Ke5
65.Ra4 Ke6 66.Ra8 Ke5 67.Ra4 Re1 68.Rxa2 Kf4 69.Rf2+ Kxg4 70.Rxf6 Re2+ 71.Kg1 Kg3
72.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-Women"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O a6
9.a4 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Nb3 b6 13.Qe1 Bc8 14.Qg3 Bb7 15.f5 Kh8 16.Rad1 Rae8
17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Qh3 Bd8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 e5 21.Rc4 Qb8 22.Rd1 b5 23.axb5 axb5
24.Nxb5 Nxe4 25.Bd3 Nf6 26.Rh4 e4 27.Be2 Bc8 28.Qg3 Ba6 29.c4 Bxb5 30.cxb5 Bb6
31.Bf4 Qa7 32.Bxd6 Bf2 33.Qf4 Nd5 34.Qc1 Rc8 35.Qd2 Rfd8 36.Rxh7+ Kxh7 37.Qxd5 Qe3
38.Bg4 Ra8 39.Qe6 Kh8 40.Qe7 Qh6 41.h3 Qg6 42.Qe5 Bb6 43.Bh5 Qh6 44.Bg4 e3
45.Qe4 Qf6 46.Rd5 Ra1+ 47.Kh2 Qxd6+ 48.Rxd6 Bc7 49.Qf5 Bxd6+ 50.g3 Kg8 51.Qd5+ Kf8
52.Qf5+ Ke7 53.Qe6+ Kf8 54.Qf5+ Kg8 55.Qd5+ Kf8 56.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dworakowska,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.Nc3 d6 10.a3 h6 11.Nd5 Na5 12.Ba2 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nc4 14.d3 Nb6 15.c4 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.c5 dxc5 18.Nxe5 Bd5 19.Qg4 Bg5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.h4 Bxc1 22.Raxc1 Nf6 23.Qf3 Qd6
24.b4 cxb4 25.axb4 Rac8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Qe3 Re8 28.f4  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Socko,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Nc5 8.cxd5 Nxd3
9.Qxd3 Bg4 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Rfe1 Bh5 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Qg3 Nb6 15.d6 cxd6
16.exd6 Bf6 17.Ndb5 Qd7 18.Nc7 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Rc8 20.Be5 Bd8 21.b3 a6 22.h3 Na8
23.Bf4 Nxc7 24.dxc7 Bf6 25.Na4 Bd4 26.Be3 b5 27.Nb6 f6 28.Qf3 Bf7 29.Rd1 Qe6
30.Qh5 Be8 31.Qc5 Kf7 32.h4 Kg6 33.g4 f5 34.Bh6 gxh6 35.Qc2 Bd7 36.Qd3 Rxc7
37.gxf5+ Qxf5 38.Qxf5+ Bxf5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qb3 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Rd1 b6 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bb7 15.e4 Bxd5
16.Qxd5 Rad8 17.Bg5 Nf6 18.Qf5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Qc6 20.e5 Ne4 21.Be3 h6 22.Kf1 Re8
23.Ke2 Kf8 24.Rd7 Re7 25.Rd8+ Re8 26.Rd7 f6 27.exf6 Nxf6 28.Rd6 b5 29.axb5 axb5
30.Kf1 Ra8 31.b3 Ra3 32.g3 Ra1+ 33.Kg2 Rb1 34.Kh3 Rb2 35.Rxc6 Kf7 36.Ra6 Rxf2
37.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sachdev,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 Be7
9.g4 Nc6 10.Nb3 b5 11.Be3 Bb7 12.g5 Nd7 13.O-O-O Nb4 14.Kb1 d5 15.h4 Rc8
16.Rc1 Qb8 17.h5 Qa8 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.g6 f5 21.exf5 d4 22.Be4 dxc3
23.Bxb7 Qd8 24.Ne4 cxb2 25.Rcd1 Qa5 26.a3 Nxc2 27.Nxc5 Nxa3+ 28.Kxb2 Nc4+
29.Kb1 Na3+ 30.Kc1 Bxc5 31.Qc6+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e3 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.Ngf3 Be7 8.Bb5 Qb6
9.a4 O-O 10.Rb1 a6 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Qe2 b6 14.Bg3 Bd6 15.Ne5 Nd7
16.f4 Ne7 17.O-O Nf5 18.Bf2 Be7 19.g4 Nd6 20.Bg3 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Nc4 22.Nf3 b5
23.axb5 axb5 24.b3 Nb6 25.Rbc1 Ra3 26.Nd2 Ba6 27.Bf4 Ra2 28.Qe3 b4 29.c4 dxc4
30.bxc4 Ra3 31.Qe4 Rxd3 32.Qxd3 Nd5 33.Ra1 Nxf4 34.Rxf4 Bg5 35.Rff1 Bb7 36.Nf3 Qc6
37.Rab1 Be7 38.Rbd1 Rc8 39.d5 exd5 40.cxd5 Bc5+ 41.Kg2 Qa4 42.Rd2 b3 43.Qf5 Rd8
44.e6 fxe6 45.Qxe6+ Kh8 46.Nh4 Qc4 47.Ng6+ Kh7 48.Nf4 Rf8 49.g5 hxg5 50.Qh3+ Kg8
51.Qe6+ Kh7 52.Qg6+ Kg8 53.Qxg5 Qe4+ 54.Kg3 Qe3+ 55.Rf3 Qxd2 56.h4 Bd6 57.h5 Bxd5  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 d5 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qe7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Nf1 Bb6 15.Ng3 Qc5
16.Nh4 Ne7 17.Qf3 Nh7 18.Nhf5 Nxf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Qe7 21.Qf3 Rd6 22.Be3 Ng5
23.Qe2 Ne6 24.Bb3 Nf4 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.Rad1 Red8 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Rd1 Rxd1+
29.Bxd1 Qc5 30.Bb3 g6 31.Qf3 g5 32.g3 Qe5 33.Qh5 Qf6 34.e5 Qg7 35.e6 fxe6
36.Qe8+ Qf8 37.Qg6+ Kh8 38.gxf4 gxf4 39.Qxe6 f3 40.Kf1 Kg7 41.Qg4+ Kh8 42.Qe6 Kg7
43.Bc2 Qd6 44.Qg4+ Kf8 45.Qxf3+ Ke7 46.Qe4+ Qe6 47.Qh7+ Kd6 48.Qd3+ Qd5 49.Qg3+ Qe5
50.Qg6+ Qe6 51.Qd3+ Qd5 52.Qg3+ Qe5 53.Qf3 Qd5 54.Qf6+ Qe6 55.Qf4+ Ke7 56.Qh4+ Qf6
57.Qe4+ Qe6 58.Qh4+ Qf6 59.Qe4+ Qe6 60.Qf3 Qf6 61.Qe4+ Qe6 62.Qf3 Qf6 63.Qxf6+ Kxf6
64.Be4 c6 65.Ke2 Ke5 66.f3 Kf4 67.h4 Kg3 68.h5 Kf4 69.Kd3 Bc5 70.Kc4 Be3
71.Kd3 a5 72.a4 Bc5 73.Kc4 Be3 74.b4 Bb6 75.b5 cxb5+ 76.Kxb5 Bc7 77.Bxb7 Kg5
78.c4 Kxh5 79.c5 Kg5 80.Kc6 Bf4 81.Bc8 Be3 82.Kd6 Bf4+ 83.Kd7 h5 84.c6 h4
85.Kd8 Be3 86.c7 Bb6 87.Be6 Kf6 88.Bh3 Ke5 89.Kd7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Be6 15.b3 Bg5
16.Qd3 Ne7 17.a3 bxa3 18.Rxa3 f5 19.Bf3 Bxd5 20.cxd5 fxe4 21.Bxe4 g6 22.Ne3 Bxe3
23.Qxe3 Nf5 24.Bxf5 Rxf5 25.Rfa1 Rf8 26.b4 a4 27.Rxa4 Rxa4 28.Rxa4 Qc8 29.h3 Qc4
30.Qd2 Rf7 31.Ra8+ Kg7 32.Rd8 Qc7 33.Re8 Qc4 34.Re6 Rb7 35.Rxd6 Qxb4 36.Rd7+ Kg8
37.Rd8+ Kg7 38.Rd7+ Kg8 39.Qxb4 Rxb4 40.Re7 e4 41.d6 Rb8 42.d7 Kf8 43.Rxh7 Rb1+
44.Kh2 Rd1 45.Kg3  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.a3 Nc6
9.Nb3 Bd7 10.Qf3 Be7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.Bh4 Na5 13.Nd4 Nc6 14.Bf2 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Qc7
16.Rb4 d5 17.Bb6 Qc6 18.exd5 exd5 19.Bxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd4 Bg4 21.Qg3 Bc5 22.Rd3 d4
23.Nd1 Bf5 24.Qxg7 Bxd3 25.Bxd3 Rg8 26.Qxf7 Rxg2 27.Re1 Nd7 28.Be4  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shen Yang"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Be5 O-O 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Bd6 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Bxc3+ 17.Ke2 Bxd3+ 18.Qxd3 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 Nxc5 20.Qb5 Qxb5+ 21.Nxb5 Rfc8
22.Nc7 Ne4 23.Be5 f6 24.Nxa8 fxe5 25.f3 Nf6 26.Rb1 b6 27.Nxb6 axb6 28.Rxb6 Kf7
29.Kd3 Ra8 30.Rb2 Ra3+ 31.Ke2 e4 32.h3 Ke6 33.Kd2 Nd7 34.Rc2 Ne5 35.Ke2 Nc4
36.fxe4 Rxe3+ 37.Kf2 Rxe4 38.a4 Na5 39.Ra2 Ke5 40.Kf3 h5 41.g4 hxg4+ 42.hxg4 d4
43.Rc2 Re3+ 44.Kf2 Rc3 45.Rb2 Nc4 46.Rb5+ Ke4 47.a5 Rc2+ 48.Ke1 Ra2 49.Rxg5 Ke3
50.Kf1 d3 51.Rd5 Rxa5 52.Rd8 Ra1+ 53.Kg2 d2  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.b3 Bb7 8.Bb2 c5 9.Nbd2 Nc6
10.Qe2 dxc4 11.bxc4 Qc7 12.Rac1 Rad8 13.Bb1 Rfe8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Nb3 a5 16.dxc5 bxc5
17.Nbd2 a4 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Nb4 20.Bb1 Bd6 21.h3 Qc6 22.a3 Na6 23.Qc2 f5
24.Qc3 Bf8 25.Bc2 Nc7 26.Qe5 Na8 27.Bc3 Nb6 28.Ba5 Nxc4 29.Qc3 Nxa5 30.Qxa5 Ra8
31.Qc3 Be7 32.Qe5 Bf6 33.Qf4 g5 34.Qc4 Kg7 35.Rd2 Re7 36.Rcd1 Ba6 37.Bxa4 Bxc4
38.Bxc6 Rxa3 39.Rc1 Ba6 40.Rxc5 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Bb7 42.Bxb7 Rxb7 43.Rdc2 Re7
44.Rc7 Ra7 45.Rxe7+ Rxe7 46.Rc6 e5 47.g4 e4 48.Nd2 Be5+ 49.Kg2 fxg4 50.hxg4 Bf6
51.Rc4 Rf7 52.Nxe4 Be5 53.Rc5 Bb8 54.Rb5 Ba7 55.Nd6 Rd7 56.Nf5+ Kg6 57.Ra5 Kh7
58.Ra6 Bb8  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Li Ruofan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f4 d6
9.Qf3 Nf6 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nfd7 12.a3 Bb7 13.Be3 Nc5 14.f5 Nbd7 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Bf4 Qb6 18.Qh5+ g6 19.Qh3 c4 20.Be2 O-O 21.Be3 Bc5 22.Bxc5 Nxc5
23.O-O-O Rf7 24.Bg4 Re8 25.Rhe1 a5 26.Qe3 b4 27.Nb1 Bxe4 28.Rd4 Bf5 29.Bxf5 Rxf5
30.Rxc4 bxa3 31.Nxa3 Rb8 32.b3 Qd6 33.Rd1 Qf8 34.Nb1 Rc8 35.h4 Rf3 36.Qe5 Qf5
37.Qxf5 Rxf5 38.Nc3 Re8 39.Na4 Nxa4 40.Rxa4 Rc5 41.Re1 e5 42.Kb2 Rec8 43.Re2 Kf7
44.Ra1 Ke6 45.Rf1 Rb5 46.Rf6+ Kd5 47.Ra6 e4 48.Ra7 Re8 49.Rd7+ Kc6 50.Rxh7 Re6
51.Rf7 e3 52.Rf3 Rbe5 53.Kc3 Kd5 54.Kd3 Kc5 55.Rfxe3 Rxe3+ 56.Rxe3 Rd6+ 57.Kc3 Kb5
58.Re5+ Kb6 59.Kb2 Rc6 60.c4 a4 61.bxa4 Rxc4 62.Kb3 Rxh4 63.Re6+ Ka5 64.Rxg6 Rh3+
65.Kc4 Kxa4 66.Kd5 Kb5 67.Ke5 Kc5 68.Rg8 Rh1 69.Rc8+ Kb6 70.g6 Kb7 71.Rc4 Rg1
72.Kf6 Rf1+ 73.Ke7 Rg1 74.Kf7 Rf1+ 75.Kg8 Kb6 76.g7 Kb5 77.Rh4 Rg1 78.Kh7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.Ng3 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bb3 h6 19.Nh4 Nb6 20.Ng6 Rc8 21.Nxf8 Rxf8 22.Nf5 d5
23.Be3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Bc5 Rxc5 27.bxc5 Qc7 28.Qe2 Re8 29.Qe3 Qc6
30.Qg3 g6 31.Nxh6+ Kf8 32.Rxe5 Rc8 33.f3 Qxc5+ 34.Qf2 Qd6 35.Rae1 Nd7 36.R5e2 Kg7
37.Ng4 Be6 38.Rd2 Qc5 39.Qxc5 Nxc5 40.Ne5 Na4 41.Re3 Rb8 42.Nc6 Rb1+ 43.Kf2 Rc1
44.Nd4 Bd7 45.Ne2  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vasilevich,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 Be6
9.Rb1 f6 10.O-O O-O 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 Qc8 14.e3 Nf5 15.Qc2 Nd6 16.Nde4 Bh3
17.Nc5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nf7 19.Ne2 Ng5 20.Ng1 Kh8 21.e4 Nd7 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.a4 Ne6
24.Be3 f5 25.Nf3 f4 26.Bd2 Bc5 27.Nxe5 f3+ 28.Kh1 Qe8 29.Be3 Bd4 30.Nc4 Qh5
31.Nd2 Qh3 32.Rg1 Rf6 33.Nf1 Rd8 34.Rc1 b6 35.Qd2 Bc5 36.Rc4 Qg4 37.d4 Qxe4
38.dxc5 Qxc4 39.Qb2 bxc5 40.Nd2 Qd5 41.Rc1 h6 42.Qc2  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.e3 g6 8.Qc2 Bg7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Rd1 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Be2 Nd7 15.h3 Be6
16.O-O Qa5 17.Rb1 Rac8 18.b4 Qc7 19.Rbc1 Nb6 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.a3 Qe7 22.Na4 Nxa4
23.Qxa4 a6 24.Qc2 Bd5 25.Ne1 h5 26.Bc4 Be4 27.Bd3 Bd5 28.Bc4 Be4 29.Bd3 Bd5
30.Be2 Qg5 31.Bc4 Be6 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Nf3 Qf5 34.Qb3 Rf8 35.Rc5 Qf6 36.Rd2 Rce8
37.Ne5 Re7 38.a4 Kh7 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 cxb5 41.Rxb5 Qf5 42.Rxb7 Rxb7 43.Qxb7 Kh6
44.Nf3 g5 45.Qc6 g4 46.hxg4 hxg4 47.Nh2 g3 48.fxg3 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.c3 b6 6.Ngf3 Bb7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Be5 Nf6 11.Ne4 d6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.dxc5 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 d5 15.cxb6 Qxb6
16.Qa4+ Nd7 17.O-O-O Rb8 18.Rd2 O-O 19.Qxd7 Bxc3 20.Bc2 Qxb2+ 21.Kd1 Bxd2
22.Kxd2 Rfc8 23.Nd4 Qc3+ 24.Ke2 Rc7 25.Qd6 Rbc8 26.Rd1 Qc4+ 27.Kf3 Qxa2 28.Bd3 Qa4
29.Kg3 Qxd1 30.Nxe6 Qxd3 31.Nxc7 Qg6 32.Qd7 Rf8 33.Nxd5 Qg7 34.Qd6 Kh8 35.Nf6 a5
36.Nh5 Qg8 37.Qe5+ Kh7 38.Nf6+ Kg7 39.Nxg8+ Kxg8 40.Qxa5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.a4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bg5 Rb8 12.Qd3 Bxf3 13.Bd5 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Bh5 15.Bc6+ Kf8
16.axb5 axb5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Qc2 h6 19.Bh4 g5 20.Bg3 Bd4 21.Nc3 b4 22.Nb5 Kg7
23.Nxd4 Qxd4 24.Ra5 b3 25.Qc1 Qb4 26.Rxe5 Rhd8 27.Rc5 Rbc8 28.e5 Nd7 29.Rc4 Qb6
30.Re1 Nb8 31.e6 fxe6 32.Qc3+ Kf7 33.Qe5 Rd6 34.Qe4 Bg6 35.Qf3+ Ke7 36.Bxd6+ cxd6
37.Bd5 Rxc4 38.Rxe6+ Kd7 39.Bxc4 Qc5 40.Qb7+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Houska,Jo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nd2 c5
9.c3 Nc6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.a3 a5 13.Qa4 Be7 14.b4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Be3 Qxe5 18.g3 d4 19.Rad1 dxe3 20.Qxd7+ Kf8 21.Qxb7 Rb8 22.Qa7 axb4
23.f4 Bc5 24.Qa5 Qf5 25.Rd8+ Ke7 26.Qc7+ Kf6 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Qxb8 Qc2 29.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.a4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bg5 Rb8 12.axb5 axb5 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Bh4 g5
16.Bg3 exd4 17.cxd4 Bg6 18.Qc3 Ne7 19.Rfe1 Ra8 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.d5 Nh5 22.Kh2 Nxg3
23.fxg3 Kh7 24.Nd4 Qa5 25.N2f3 Qxc3 26.bxc3 Rb8 27.g4 b4 28.c4 Ra8 29.Nf5 Ng8
30.e5 dxe5 31.Nxe5 Bxf5 32.gxf5 Re8 33.Nd3 Rxe1 34.Nxe1 Ne7 35.g4 Bd4 36.Nd3 Bc3
37.c5 Kg7 38.d6 cxd6 39.cxd6 Nc6 40.Ba4 Nd8 41.Kg2 Kf8 42.Nc5 Bd2 43.Kf3 Bf4
44.d7 Ke7 45.Ke4 Bd6 46.Nb3 f6 47.Kd5 Bg3 48.Nd4 Bd6 49.Nb3 Bg3 50.Na5 Be5
51.Nc4 Bg3 52.Nb6 Bc7 53.Nc8+ Kf7 54.Kc4 Ba5 55.Kb5 Bc7 56.Kxb4 Nb7 57.Bb3+ Kf8
58.Kb5 Nd8 59.Bd5 Bf4 60.Kb6 Bg3 61.Na7 Ke7 62.Be6 Bf2+ 63.Ka6 Bxa7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E49"]

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.Nf3 Qc7 10.Qc2 c4 11.Bf5 Nc6 12.O-O Re8 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh3 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Ne4
16.Qxd5 Na5 17.Bb2 Qb6 18.a4 Nb3 19.a5 Qa6 20.Ra3 Rad8 21.Qh5 Qd6 22.Ra4 Qc6
23.Ra2 Rd5 24.Qe2 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Nxa5 26.f3 Nf6 27.e4 Nb3 28.Nf4 b5 29.Qf2 a5
30.Qg3 b4 31.e5 Nd5 32.Nh5 Qg6 33.Qh3 bxc3 34.Bc1 Nxd4 35.f4 Ne2+ 36.Kh1 Nxc1
37.Rxc1 Rb8 38.f5 Qg5 39.Rf1 c2  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 h6 11.Rd1+ Ke8 12.Ne4 Ng6 13.Re1 c5 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Nh5 Kd7
16.a4 Re8 17.Bd2 Bd5 18.Bc3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nh4 20.Red1+ Kc6 21.f4 Rg8 22.Kf1 b6
23.a5 b5 24.a6 b4 25.Bd2 Be7 26.c3 b3 27.Ng3 g5 28.fxg5 hxg5 29.c4 g4 30.hxg4 Rxg4
31.Ra3 Rb8 32.e6 f5 33.Ba5 Bd6 34.Rd3 Rxc4 35.Rdxb3 Re8 36.Rc3 Rxc3 37.Bxc3 Rxe6
38.Rb3 f4 39.Ne2 f3 40.Ng3 c4 41.Rb7 Bc5 42.Ba5 Kd5 43.Rxc7 Rxa6 44.Be1 Ra1
45.Rd7+ Kc6 46.Rd8 Bb4 47.Re8 Ng2 48.Nf5 Nxe1  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xu Yuhua"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Nxe5 Nxb3 12.axb3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nf3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qd5
16.Bb2 Bd6 17.Qd2 Qh5 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re1 Ra8 20.Qe2 h6 21.Nd2 Qxe2 22.Rxe2 a5
23.c4 b4 24.Ne4 a4 25.bxa4 Bf8 26.Ng3 Bc6 27.Nf5 Bxa4 28.Ne7+ Bxe7 29.Rxe7 Bxc2
30.Rxc7 Bxd3 31.Rb7 Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shen Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.Ng3 h6 15.Nh2 Nc5
16.Bc2 c6 17.b4 Ncd7 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Bb3 Nb6 20.Ng4 Bd7 21.Qf3 Be6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.Qxf6 gxf6 24.Nh5 Rec8 25.Re3 Nd7 26.f4 a5 27.Rg3+ Kh7 28.bxa5 Rxa5 29.Bxe6 fxe6
30.f5 exf5 31.exf5 d5 32.Rg6 Ra6 33.Bd2 Rcc6 34.Rb1 b4 35.cxb4 Rxa2 36.b5 Rb6
37.Rc1 Rb7 38.Rc8  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Bd3 a6 12.a4 Bb4 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfc1 Qe7 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Be4 f5 17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.Qd1 Rab8 19.Qe2 c5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxb5 Bxd2 22.Nxd2 cxd4
23.exd4 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Qg5 25.g3 f4 26.Bc4 fxg3 27.hxg3 Nf6 28.Qe5 Rd8 29.Qxg5 hxg5
30.Nb3 e5 31.dxe5 Ng4 32.Re1 Nxe5 33.Rxe5 Rd1+ 34.Bf1 Ba6 35.Nd2 Bb7 36.Nc4  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.Be2 h5 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Kb1 Kb8 14.Rhf1 Be7 15.Rf3 Na5
16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Rh3 h4 18.f5 Rc8 19.Qe1 Qb6 20.g4 Rc7 21.Qg1 Qxg1 22.Rxg1 Rc5
23.Bd3 Bc6 24.Rf1 Re5 25.a3 d5 26.exd5 Bxd5 27.Nxd5 exd5 28.c3 Bc5 29.Bc2 Re2
30.Bd1 Re7 31.Rd3 Rd8 32.b4 Re3 33.Rf3 Rxf3 34.Bxf3 Bg1 35.h3 d4 36.Kc2 Kc7
37.c4 Re8 38.Bd5 Re7 39.c5 b6 40.Rd1 Be3 41.Kd3 Bf2 42.Be4 Re5 43.Rc1 bxc5
44.bxc5 Be3 45.Rc4 a5 46.a4 Bf2 47.Rc2 Bg1 48.c6 Re7 49.Rc5 Kb6 50.Rb5+ Ka6
51.g5 fxg5 52.f6 Rc7 53.Rxg5 Bf2 54.Rb5 Be3 55.Rh5 Bf2 56.Rh7 Kb6 57.Kc4 Be3
58.Rxh4 Bg5 59.Rh8 Bxf6 60.Rb8+ Ka7 61.Rb5 Ka6 62.Kd5 Rc8 63.Bd3 Rd8+ 64.Ke4 Ka7
65.Rb7+ Ka8 66.Rxf7 Bh4 67.Ba6  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6 8.g3 b5
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.h4 Bd5 13.Qe3 Kh8 14.Kb1 Rg8 15.Nc3 c6
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bf1 f5 18.Bd3 Bf6 19.Rdg1 Rg7 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.hxg5 Qxg5 22.f4 Qf6
23.Rh5 Qd8 24.Rg5 Nf6 25.Qe5 Kg8 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.g4 fxg4 28.f5 exf5 29.Qxf5 Qe7
30.Rf1 h6 31.Rh1 Rh8 32.a4 bxa4 33.Ka2 a5 34.Rf1 Rb8 35.Qf4 Rh8 36.Qg3 a3
37.bxa3 Re8 38.Qf4 Rh8 39.Bf5 Qe2 40.Bd3 Qe7 41.Rf2 Rc8 42.Rh2 Rh8 43.Rf2 Rc8
44.Rh2 Rh8 45.Re2 Qb7 46.Rf2 Qb6 47.a4 Rb8 48.Bb5 Rh8 49.Re2 Rc8 50.Qf5 Rd8
51.Qf4 Qd6 52.Re5 Qb6 53.Re2 Qd6 54.Re5 Qb6 55.Re2 Qd6 56.Re5 Qb6 57.c3 Rc8
58.Re3 Rd8 59.Re2 Qd6 60.Qf5 Qg3 61.Rf2 Rd6 62.Bd3 Qe3 63.Rg2 Qg5 64.Qc8 Re6
65.Be2 h5 66.c4 Qd2+ 67.Ka1 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dagiisuren,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[ECO "C79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 Bg4 8.Re1 Be7
9.d3 h6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.h3 Bd7 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 g6
16.e5 Nh7 17.e6 Rxe6 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Bxg6 Qf6 20.Qc2 Ng5 21.Nxg5 hxg5 22.Nh5 Qxd4
23.Bxg5 Bg7 24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Nxg7 Qxg7 26.Qg6 Qxg6  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reizniece,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 a5
9.d3 O-O 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.a3 Kh8 12.h3 Be6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 f6 15.Ne4 Bd5
16.Nc5 Qc8 17.Kh2 Nd4 18.e4 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Be6 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Qc2 Ra2 22.Rb2 Rxb2
23.Qxb2 Rd8 24.Be2 Qd6 25.Rc1 Nd7 26.Be3 c6 27.Rc4 Qe6 28.d4 exd4 29.Bxd4 Nf8
30.Be3 Ng6 31.Rd4 Re8 32.Bg4 Qe5 33.f4 Qb5 34.Qd2 Nf8 35.Be2 Qa4 36.Bf3 Qa8
37.h4 Qc8 38.Bg2 h6 39.Bh3 Qc7 40.Bf5 Rd8 41.Qd3 Rxd4 42.Bxd4 Ne6 43.Bc3 Qd8
44.Qc2 Nd4 45.Qb2 Nb5 46.Bd2 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Madl,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Be7
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.Rhe1 Rc4 14.Qd3 Qc7 15.e5 dxe5
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.fxe5 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Qxd5 O-O 21.e6 fxe6
22.Rxe6 Qf7 23.Re2 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Rc6 25.Rd7 Rf1+ 26.Kd2 Rf8 27.c3 Rg6 28.g3 h6
29.Kc2 Rc8 30.Kb3 Rc4 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Ree7 h5 33.Rd4 Rcc6 34.Re5 Rc5 35.Rxc5 Kh6
36.Re5 Rf6 37.Rf5 g5 38.Re5 Rf2 39.Rd2 Rxd2 40.Rd5 Re2  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ng3 Qd7 15.Bd2 Rad8
16.Bc2 Nf6 17.h3 Qd5 18.Qe2 Na5 19.b4 Nc6 20.Rad1 Ne7 21.Qxe5 Qc6 22.Qc5 Qd7
23.Ne5 Qc8 24.f4 Ned5 25.Qf2 c5 26.c4 cxb4 27.cxd5 Qxc2 28.axb4 Bxd5 29.Rc1 Qa2
30.Ra1 Qb2 31.Reb1 Qc2 32.Rc1 Qb2 33.Rab1 Qa2 34.Ra1 Qb2 35.Rab1 Qa2 36.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Borosova,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 b4 11.a5 Rb8 12.Bc4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Bf6
16.Rf5 g6 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rf4 Be5 19.Rg4 f5 20.Rxb4 Rxb4 21.cxb4 Qh4 22.h3 Qxb4
23.Nc3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Qxc3 25.Bh6 Re8 26.d4 Qc6 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.f3 c6 29.Qd2 Qe7
30.Rb1 Rc8 31.Bg5 Qd7 32.Bf6 Qe6 33.Be5 Re8 34.Rb7 Re7 35.Rb8+ Re8 36.Qh6  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hoang Thi Nhu Y"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 c5 8.c4 d5 9.Ne5 cxd4
10.Bxd4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qd7 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Nf3 Qe4
16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qd7 Qc6 20.Rd1 a5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vasilevich,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "B28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Bd3 h6 8.O-O Bc5
9.Ne2 d5 10.Ng3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 O-O 13.Qe2 Re8 14.c3 Nc6 15.Nh4 Be6
16.Qf3 Bf8 17.Qg3 g6 18.Nf5 Kh7 19.Nxh6 f5 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Qh3 Kg7 22.f4 Bc5+
23.Kh1 Rh8 24.fxe5 Qxe5 25.Bf4 Qd5 26.Rad1 Qe4 27.Rde1 Qd5 28.c4 Qxc4 29.Be5+ Kf8
30.Bxh8 Bb4 31.Bc3 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Kg7 33.Qe3 Bd5 34.Nxf5+ gxf5 35.Qg5+ Kh7
36.Rf4 Bxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Qd5+ 38.Kh3 Qd3+ 39.Kh4  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sachdev,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Be2 b4 10.Na4 Qa5 11.b3 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Qb5+ Qxb5 15.Bxb5+ Ke7
16.e5 Nd5 17.O-O Nc3 18.Bc4 Bd5 19.Bg5+ f6 20.Be3 Rhc8 21.exf6+ gxf6 22.Nd2 a5
23.Bxd5 Nxd5 24.Nc4 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Rc6 26.Rf4 a4 27.Rh4 Rh8 28.bxa4 Nxa4 29.Na5 Ra6
30.Nb3 Rb8 31.Rxh7+ Kd6 32.Rd1+ Ke5 33.Rd2 f5 34.Rc7 Rb5 35.Kf2 Nc3 36.Rc5+ Kf6
37.Rc6 Rxc6 38.Rb2 Rc4 39.Kf3 Ne4  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Yildiz,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.c3 Re8 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.Ng5 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qh5 h6 18.Qxf7+ Kh8 19.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cua,Sheri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.Nf3 a6
9.O-O c5 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.a3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Be7 15.h3 O-O
16.Be3 Qb7+ 17.Nf3 Rfd8 18.Qb1 Nb6 19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.Qc2 Bc5 21.e3 Qb7 22.Qe2 h6
23.Kh2 Nd7 24.Rd2 Nb6 25.Rad1 Be7 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Nd2 Bf6
29.Qd3 Qd7 30.Qxd7 Nxd7 31.Nde4 Be7 32.Kg2 f5 33.Nd2 Nc5 34.b4 Nd3 35.Nb3 Kf7
36.Na5 Bf6 37.Nd1 Nb2 38.Nxb2 Bxb2 39.Nc6 Bxa3 40.Kf3 Ke8 41.Ke2 Kd7 42.Ne5+ Kd6
43.Nd3 e5 44.Nc5 Bxb4 45.Nxa6 Ba5 46.Kd3 Kc6 47.f4 e4+ 48.Kd4 Bb6+ 49.Ke5 g6
50.Nb4+ Kc5 51.Nc2 b4 52.Kf6 b3 53.Na3 Kd5 54.Kxg6 Bxe3 55.Kxf5 Bd2 56.g4 e3
57.g5 hxg5 58.fxg5 e2  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Berezina,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d5 5.e5 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 h5 8.Be3 h4 9.Bd3 e6
10.b3 Nh6 11.O-O Nf5 12.Bxf5 gxf5 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Bf2 Bf8 15.Qe3 Be7 16.Nf3 Nf8
17.c4 Ng6 18.Rac1 Bf8 19.Qd2 Bh6 20.Be3 Qe7 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rc5 O-O 23.Rfc1 Rfd8
24.b4 Rd7 25.a4 Qd8 26.b5 Bf8 27.R5c2 Ba3 28.Ra1 Bf8 29.a5 Qe7 30.Rac1 Qd8
31.a6 bxa6 32.bxa6 Be7 33.Qd3 Bf8 34.Qb5 Bh6 35.Qb7 Kg7 36.Rc8 Rxc8 37.Qxc8 Qe7
38.Ng5 Bxg5 39.fxg5 Rd8 40.Qc7 Rd7 41.Qc5 Qd8 42.Qc8 Qe7 43.Qc5 Qd8 44.Bd2 f4
45.Qc8 Qe7 46.Qc6 Rd8 47.Qc7 Rd7 48.Qc8 Rd8 49.Qc5 Qxg5 50.Qxa7 Qg3 51.Rc3 Qg5
52.Qc7 Ne7 53.Bxf4 Ra8 54.Ra3 Nf5 55.Bxg5 Nxd4 56.Bxh4 Kg6 57.Bf2 Nc6 58.a7 Nxe5
59.Rb3 Nc6 60.Rb7 Nxa7 61.Bd4 Nb5 62.Kh2 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hoang Thi Nhu Y"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 b5 5.Ne5 Bb7 6.c4 bxc4 7.Nxc4 c6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Qd2 Bb4 11.Nc3 c5 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.e3 Ba6 14.Bf1 Rc8 15.Bxa6 Qxa6
16.a3 O-O 17.Rc1 cxd4 18.exd4 Ba5 19.Qe2 Qb6 20.b4 Qxd4 21.Be3 Qf6 22.bxa5 Rxc3
23.O-O Rxc1 24.Rxc1 d4 25.Bd2 Ne5 26.f4 Ng6 27.Qd3 e5 28.f5 Ne7 29.g4 Nd5
30.Qe4 Qd6 31.Re1 Re8 32.Qd3 h6 33.h3 Rc8 34.Qg3  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hoang Thi Nhu Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Qg4 Nd7 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Bb5 Qxc5 8.Nc3 a6
9.Bd3 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Bxb4 11.Bd2 Ne7 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Rhe1 b5 14.h4 h5 15.Kb1 Bb7
16.a3 Ba5 17.g3 O-O-O 18.b4 Bb6 19.Re2 d4 20.Ne4 Ndxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Bf4 Nxd3
23.cxd3 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Kb7 25.Bc1 Rd5 26.Bb2 Rhd8 27.Rde1 Rf5 28.R1e2 Rf3 29.Kc2 Rc8+
30.Kd2 Rd8 31.Re5 g6 32.R5e4 a5 33.Re5 Kc6 34.Kc2 Rd5 35.R5e4 a4 36.Bc1 e5
37.Bd2 Bc7 38.Re1 Rxf2 39.R4e2 Rf3 40.Rg1 f5 41.Bg5 Rd7 42.Kd2 Kd5 43.Rc1 Bd6
44.Rg2 e4 45.dxe4+ fxe4 46.Bf4 Rxa3 47.Kd1 Bxb4 48.Rb2 Rb3 49.Rbc2 e3 50.Rc6 Rb2
51.R1c2 Rxc2 52.Kxc2 e2  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Guerrero Rodriguez,Alej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bb5 Qc7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.h5 h6 14.g4 Ne4 15.Qe3 Qa5
16.O-O Nxc3 17.bxc3 Ba6 18.Rfb1 Rab8 19.Qxa7+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.dxc5 e5 11.Ng3 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxe2 13.Kxe2 Rg6 14.Qd2 Qc8 15.h3 Qe6
16.Kf1 Qc4+ 17.Kg1 Qxc5 18.Qe3 Qc4 19.Kh2 O-O-O 20.Re1 Rdg8 21.Qe2 Qxc3 22.Be3 h5
23.Rab1 h4 24.Nf5 Rxg2+ 25.Kh1 Qxa3 26.Qb5 Nd8 27.Qxe5 Nd7 28.Ne7+ Qxe7 29.Qxe7 Nc6
30.Qxe4 R2g6 31.Bf4 Nc5 32.Qd5 Ne6 33.Bh2 Rf6 34.Rg1 Rd8 35.Qg2 Rd2 36.Qg8+ Rd8
37.Qg2 Rd2 38.Rbf1 Ncd4 39.Qe4 Nf3 40.Rg8+ Nd8 41.Qc4+ Rc6 42.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borosova,Z"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 d6
9.Nc4 h6 10.h3 b5 11.Ne3 Ne7 12.Nh2 Kh7 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Nhg4 Nxg4 15.hxg4 Bxe3
16.Bxe3 g5 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qe2 Ng6 19.f3 Kg7 20.Qd2 d5 21.exd5 Qxd5 22.a3 Rad8
23.Rad1 Qb3 24.Rf2 Rd5 25.Qc2 Qxc2 26.Rxc2 Rfd8 27.Rcd2 Nf4 28.Bxf4 exf4
29.Kf2 c5 30.Ke2 Kf7 31.Ke1 h5 32.gxh5 Rh8 33.d4 c4 34.Kf2 Rxh5 35.Re2 Rh8
36.Rde1 Rd6 37.Re5 Kf6 38.Rc5 Rh4 39.Rce5 g4 40.fxg4 Rxg4 41.Rh1 Kg7 42.Kf3 Rg3+
43.Kf2 Rg4 44.Kf3 Rg3+ 45.Kf2 Rg4 46.Rhh5 Rb6 47.Rh1 a5 48.Kf3 Rg3+ 49.Kf2 b4
50.axb4 axb4 51.cxb4 Rxb4 52.Re2 Rb5 53.Rc1 Rbg5 54.Kf1 f3 55.Rf2 Rxg2 56.Rxg2 Rxg2
57.Rxc4 Rxb2 58.Rc3 f2 59.Rf3 Rd2 60.Rxf2 Rxd4 61.Ke2 Kg6 62.Ke3 Ra4 63.Rf8 Kg5
64.Rf7 Ra5 65.Rf8 Rf5 66.Re8 Kf6 67.Rf8+ Ke5 68.Ra8 Rf7 69.Ra5+ Kf6 70.Ra6 Kf5
71.Ra5+ e5 72.Ra1 Rb7 73.Ra3 Rb4 74.Ke2 Re4+ 75.Kf3 Rh4 76.Kg3 Rg4+ 77.Kf3 e4+
78.Kf2 Rf4+ 79.Ke2 Rh4 80.Ra8 Rh2+ 81.Ke3 Rh3+ 82.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.h3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Nbd2 Kh8 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Nf1 f5 12.Ng5 Qe8 13.Bf7 Rxf7 14.Qxh5 g6 15.Nxf7+ Qxf7
16.Qe2 f4 17.Nh2 g5 18.b4 Bd7 19.Bb2 Rg8 20.d4 h5 21.Red1 g4 22.hxg4 hxg4
23.g3 Qh5 24.Rd2 Rg7 25.gxf4 exf4 26.Qf1 g3 27.fxg3 fxg3 28.Qf8+ Kh7 29.Kh1 Bh3
30.Qf3 Qh6 31.Re2 Ne5 32.Qf8  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Madl,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Bd7
9.f3 Be7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 Qb6 13.Nd4 Ba4 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Kb1 e5
16.Nb3 d5 17.Bd3 dxe4 18.fxe4 O-O 19.Bg5 Ng4 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.h5 h6 22.Rdf1 Qg5
23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Rh3 Bd7 25.Rg3 f6 26.Na5 Rc7 27.Nc4 Be6 28.Nb6 Nh6 29.Nd5 Bxd5
30.exd5 f5 31.Rxg5 e4 32.Be2 b5 33.Rg6 Rd7 34.c4 bxc4 35.Bxc4 Ng4 36.d6+ Kh8
37.Rxg4  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoang Thi Bao Tram"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Ba2 Bd7 13.Bg5 Bc6 14.Ne5 Nbd5 15.Qd3 Rc8
16.Rad1 Re8 17.Bb1 g6 18.Ba2 Nd7 19.Bxe7 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe7 21.Qh3 Qb6 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Qxe6+ Kg7 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.Qe6+ Kg7 26.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 Qc7
9.a4 b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Bf2 Rfe8 14.Nb3 Rac8 15.g4 d5
16.e5 Ne4 17.Bd4 f6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 fxe5 21.fxe5 Qxc2 22.Qxc2 Rxc2
23.Bc3 Re2 24.Kh1 Nxe5 25.Rae1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Nxg4 27.Rxe6 Kf7 28.Rxb6 Bf6
29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.h3 Nf2+ 31.Kg2 Nd3 32.Nd4 Re4 33.Nf5 Kg6 34.Nd6 Rxa4 35.Ne8 Nf4+
36.Kf3 Nxh3 37.Rxf6+ Kg5 38.Rc6 h5 39.Rc5+ Kh4 40.Nd6 Ng5+ 41.Kg2 Rg4+ 42.Kf1 Rf4+
43.Kg2 Kg4 44.Nc4 h4 45.Ne5+ Kh5 46.Rc8 Rf6 47.Rh8+ Rh6 48.Rf8 Rh7 49.Rf6 Re7
50.Rf5 Rb7 51.Nd3 Rd7 52.Nf2 Rd2 53.b4 Rb2 54.Ra5 h3+ 55.Kg3 Rb3+ 56.Kh2 Kh4
57.Nxh3 Rb2+ 58.Kg1 Nxh3+ 59.Kf1 Kg3 60.Ra3+ Kg4 61.Rxa6 Rxb4 62.Ke2 Nf4+
63.Kd2 Kf3 64.Ra8 Rd4+ 65.Kc3 Rd7 66.Re8 Ng6 67.Re6 Ne7 68.Kc4 Kf4 69.Re1 Nf5
70.Kc5 Ne3 71.Rh1 Ke5 72.Rh5+ Nf5 73.Kb5 Rc7 74.Kb4 Ke4 75.Rh1 Nd4 76.Rh4+ Kd3
77.Rh3+ Kc2 78.Rh2+ Kd3 79.Rh3+ Kd2 80.Rh2+ Ne2 81.Kb5 Kd3 82.Rh3+ Ke4 83.Rh4+ Nf4
84.Kb4 Ke5 85.Kb5 Rc1 86.Rh8 Kd4 87.Rh4 Rb1+ 88.Kc6 Ke5 89.Rh8 Rc1+ 90.Kb5 Ne6
91.Rh5+ Kd6 92.Rh6 Rc2 93.Kb4 Rc8 94.Kb5 Rg8 95.Kb4 Rg4+ 96.Kc3 Kd5 97.Rh5+ Ng5
98.Kb3 Kc5 99.Kc3 Rg3+ 100.Kb2 Kd4 101.Rh8 Ne4 102.Rd8+ Kc4 103.Rc8+ Nc5
104.Kc2 Rg2+ 105.Kd1 Kd4 106.Rd8+ Ke3 107.Re8+ Ne4 108.Kc1 Rh2 109.Kb1 Kd3
110.Rd8+ Kc4 111.Rc8+ Nc5 112.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zdebskaja,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 Qc7
9.a4 O-O 10.f4 Nc6 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Nb3 b6 13.Qe1 Bc8 14.Qf2 Nd7 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.e5 dxe5 18.f5 Rf8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Qg3 Nf6 21.Qh3 Nb4 22.Qxe6+ Kh8
23.Bxb6 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Bxc6 25.Na5 Be8 26.Rde1 Nxd3 27.cxd3 Bg6 28.Nc6 Bd6 29.Nxe5 Bxe5
30.Rxe5 Nd7 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Re6 Nxb6 33.h3 Nd7 34.Rxa6 Nc5 35.Rc6 Nxd3 36.a5 Be8
37.Rc8 Nb4 38.Rb8 Nc6 39.a6 Nxb8  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Popova,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Bg7
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc6 Rb8 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Be4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Re8 15.a3 Na6
16.Bc6 Re6 17.Bd5 c5 18.Bxe6 Bxe6 19.Qe2 Nc7 20.Bf4 Rb6 21.Rad1 Nd5 22.Be3 Qh4
23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harika,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.h4 a6 14.Rh3 Qb4 15.Be2 Ne5
16.Rb1 Qd6 17.h5 b5 18.Qd2 Bb7 19.f4 Rd8 20.Rd1 Nc4 21.Qc1 Bxe4 22.Nxb5 Nd2+
23.Ke1 axb5 24.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 25.Qxd2 Rxd2 26.Kxd2 Bxg2 27.Bxb5+ Ke7 28.Rg3 Be4
29.Rc3 Kd6 30.Ke3 Bd5 31.a4 Rg8 32.a5 e5 33.a6 Rg3+ 34.Kd2 exf4 35.Rxg3 fxg3
36.Ke1 h6 37.Bd3 Kc7 38.Kf1 Kb6 39.Be2 f5 40.Kg1 f4 41.Kf1  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Pourkashiyan,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Nc6 8.Bc2 Nb4
9.cxd5 Nxc2 10.Qxc2 Qxd5 11.Rd1 Qc6 12.Qxc6 bxc6 13.Be3 Be6 14.Nd4 Rfd8 15.Rc1 Bd5
16.Nf5 Bg5 17.f3 Bxe3+ 18.Nxe3 Ng5 19.Nc3 Ne6 20.Rd1 Rab8 21.b3 Nf4 22.g3 Ng6
23.Ncxd5 cxd5 24.f4 c6 25.Rac1 Ne7 26.Rd4 g6 27.g4 Rb5 28.f5 c5 29.Rd3 d4
30.Nc4 Nc6 31.Re1 Rb7 32.f6 Rbd7 33.a3 Re8 34.Rf3 Rd5 35.Rf4 d3 36.Rfe4 h6
37.Kf2 Nd4 38.b4 cxb4 39.axb4 Nc2 40.Rb1 d2 41.Rd1 Nxb4 42.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 43.Nxd2 Nd3+
44.Ke2 Nc5 45.Re3 a5 46.Nc4 a4 47.h4 g5 48.hxg5 hxg5 49.Nd6 Rb8 50.Rc3 Rb2+
51.Kd1 Ne6 52.Rc8+ Kh7 53.Ra8 Rb4 54.Nxf7 Rxg4 55.Ra7 Kg6 56.Nd6 Rd4+ 57.Kc2 Rd5
58.Nc4 Rc5 59.Kc3 g4 60.Rxa4 g3 61.Ra2 Nf4 62.Kd4 Rxc4+ 63.Kxc4 g2 64.Ra1 Ne2
65.Kd5 Kf7 66.Kd6 g1=Q 67.Rxg1 Nxg1 68.e6+ Ke8 69.f7+ Kf8 70.e7+ Kxf7 71.Kd7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vasilevich,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bxb4 axb4 7.Nd2 O-O 8.e3 b6
9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Nd7
16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.Qc6 Rfb8 18.Rd3 e5 19.d5 Qd7 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 21.a4 b5 22.cxb5 Rxb5
23.b3 Rb6 24.Rc1 f5 25.f3 Rd6 26.g4 f4 27.Rc4 Ra5 28.Re4 Kf7 29.Nc1 Kf6 30.Rd2 Nb6
31.Kf2 Ra7 32.Ke1 g5 33.Nd3 Rxd5 34.Nxe5 Rxd2 35.Kxd2 Nd5 36.Nd3 Nc3 37.Rc4 Re7
38.Nxc5 Re2+ 39.Kd3 Re3+ 40.Kd4 Rxf3 41.Rxb4 Ne2+ 42.Kd5 Nc3+ 43.Kd4 Ne2+
44.Kd5 Nc3+ 45.Kd6 Re3 46.Rc4 f3 47.Nd7+ Kg7 48.Ne5 Ne4+ 49.Ke6 f2 50.Rc7+ Kg8
51.Rc8+ Kg7 52.Rc7+ Kg8 53.Rc8+ Kg7 54.Rc7+ Kg8 55.Rc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vasilevich,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.O-O e5
9.f4 Bc5+ 10.Kh1 Nf6 11.f5 h5 12.Qf3 Ng4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 Bd7 15.Na4 Ba7
16.b4 O-O-O 17.h3 g5 18.fxg6 Rdg8 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.bxc5 Rxg6 21.Rab1 Qa5 22.Rb6 Kc7
23.Rfb1 Bc8 24.g3 Qxc5 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Qe2 Qxb6 27.Rxb6 Kxb6 28.Qf2+ Kc7
29.Kg2 Rf8 30.Qc5 Re8 31.Bc4 Rh6 32.Qe3 Reh8 33.Qa7 f5 34.exf5 Bxf5 35.Bxa6 Be4+
36.Kg1 Rb8 37.Bd3 Bxd3 38.cxd3 Rd6 39.Qa5+ Kd7 40.Qxe5 Re8 41.Qg7+ Kc8 42.Qxg4+ Kc7
43.Qf4 Re6 44.d4 Kb6 45.Be7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hoang Thi Bao Tram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Ne4
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.h3 Bf5 11.Nc3 Bg6 12.Ne2 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nf4 Re8 15.Bb5 Ng5
16.Nxg6 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 hxg6 18.Rad1 Nxe5 19.Qg3 Bh4 20.Qg2 c6 21.Be2 Qc8 22.g5 f6
23.c4 Nxc4 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Rd4 Bxg5 26.Bxg5 fxg5 27.Rxc4 Qf5 28.Rg4 Re5 29.f4 gxf4
30.Rxg6 Re7 31.Rg5 Qf6 32.Kh1 Rf8 33.Rg6 Qd4 34.Rg4 Qe5 35.Rf3 Rff7 36.Kh2 Qe2
37.Rf2 f3 38.Qg3 Qe5 39.b3 Qf6 40.Qb8+ Rf8 41.Qxa7 Re2 42.Qc5 Rfe8 43.Qc4+ R8e6
44.Kg3 Rxf2 45.Kxf2 Qb2+ 46.Kxf3 Qf6+ 47.Rf4 Qh6 48.h4 Qh5+ 49.Kg3 Qg6+ 50.Rg4 Qf5
51.Rf4 Qe5 52.Kf3 Qe3+ 53.Kg2 Kh7 54.Qc2+ Kh6 55.Rg4 Qe2+ 56.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 57.Kf3 Rxa2
58.Rb4 b5 59.Re4 Rc2 60.Kg4 g6 61.Re6 Rc5 62.Rd6 Kg7 63.Rd7+ Kf6 64.Rd6+ Kf7
65.b4 Rc4+ 66.Kg5 Rc1 67.Rf6+ Ke7 68.Rxg6 Rg1+ 69.Kf5 Rh1 70.Rh6 Kd7 71.h5 Rh4
72.Rh7+ Kd6 73.h6 Rxb4 74.Kg5 Rb1 75.Rh8 Rg1+ 76.Kf6 Rf1+ 77.Kg7 Rg1+ 78.Kf6 Rh1
79.h7 Kc5 80.Kg6 b4 81.Rb8 Kc4 82.h8=Q Rxh8 83.Rxh8 b3 84.Rb8 Kc3 85.Kf5 c5
86.Ke5 c4 87.Kd5 b2 88.Rxb2 Kxb2 89.Kxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team w KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hoang Thi Bao Tram"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 Bxa3 10.bxa3 b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bb2 Ne4 13.a4 f5 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 Rf6
16.d5 exd5  1-0

[Event "Trophee CCAS GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.a4 Nc6 10.Bf3 Nb4 11.a5 Be6 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Bb6 Qd7 14.Re1 Qc6 15.Re2 Nd7
16.Be3 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.Na5 Qc7 19.Nd5 N4xd5 20.exd5 Bd7 21.b3 Bf6 22.Ra2 Na4
23.Bd2 Nc3 24.Bxc3 Qxc3 25.Nc6 Bg5 26.Re4 Bxc6 27.Rc4 Bb5 28.Rxc3 Rxc3 29.Be2 Rfc8
30.g3 g6 31.h4 Be7 32.Bxb5 axb5 33.Qe2 R3c5 34.Ra7 Bf8 35.Rb7 h5 36.Qf3 R8c7
37.Rxc7 Rxc7 38.c3 Bg7 39.Qd3 Rc5 40.b4 Rc4 41.Qxc4 bxc4 42.b5 Bf6 43.b6 Bd8
44.b7 Bc7 45.Kf1 Kf8 46.Ke2 Ke7 47.f3 Kd7 48.g4 f5  0-1

[Event "Trophee CCAS GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.Be2 Bg5 14.O-O O-O 15.Qd3 Be6
16.Rad1 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qb6 18.b3 Rab8 19.g3 Bf6 20.Kh1 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Bg4 Rfe8
23.f4 Qb7 24.Rfe1 Qxd5 25.cxd5 g6 26.Bd7 Re7 27.Bc6 Bg7 28.Kg2 Rc8 29.Kf3 Kf8
30.g4 g5 31.fxg5 Be5 32.h4 Kg7 33.Kg2 Rf8 34.Rf1 f6 35.Rf5 fxg5 36.hxg5 Rg8
37.Kf3 Kh8 38.Rh1 Reg7 39.Rh5 d3 40.Ke3 Rxg5 41.Rhxg5 Rxg5 42.Rxg5 Bf4+ 43.Kxd3 Bxg5
44.e5 dxe5 45.Ke4 Bf6 46.Kf5 Kg7 47.d6 h6 48.Bd5 Bd8 49.Kxe5 Kf8 50.Ke6 Bb6
51.Kd7 Kg7 52.Ke8  1-0

[Event "Trophee CCAS GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O b5 10.f3 Rc8 11.g4 Nb6 12.g5 Nh5 13.Na5 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qxa5
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Kb1 g6 18.f4 Ng7 19.fxe5 d5 20.h4 Nf5 21.Bd3 Qc7 22.Bf4 Ng7
23.Rdf1 Bc5 24.Bh2 Nf5 25.h5 Be3 26.Qe2 Bxg5 27.Qg4 Qe7 28.Bf4 Bxf4 29.Rxf4 g5
30.Rxb4 O-O 31.h6 Kh8 32.Rb6 a5 33.Rg1 a4 34.a3 Rb8 35.Rxb8 Rxb8 36.Bxf5 Qxa3
37.Qd4 Rb4 38.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "Trophee CCAS GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bd7 8.Qf3 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Kb1 h5 13.Be2 b5 14.f5 Be7 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Qg3 b4 17.Qg7 Rf8 18.e5 Qxe5 19.Nd5 exd5 20.Rde1 Qg5 21.Bxh5+ Kd8 22.Qxe7+ Kc7
23.Re6 Qxh5 24.Qxd6+ Kb7 25.Qxd7+ Rc7 26.Qb5+ Ka8 27.Rhe1 Rfc8 28.R6e2 Qf5
29.g4 Qf3 30.Qxb4 Rb7 31.Qd4 Rbc7 32.b3 f5 33.g5 Rc5 34.g6 Qh5 35.g7 Qg6
36.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Trophee CCAS GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Kb1 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qxc6 bxc6
16.Nd4 c5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.c4 Bf6 19.b3 Rf8 20.f3 h5 21.h3 Be5 22.Rhe1 Bg3
23.Re2 Rf5 24.Bd2 Kf7 25.Ba5 d5 26.cxd5 exd5 27.c4 c6 28.Kc2 Re8 29.Rdd2 Re6
30.Rxe6 Kxe6 31.Kd3 Kd7 32.Rc2 Kd6 33.Re2 Kd7 34.Bd2 g5 35.Be3 d4 36.Bd2 Bf4
37.Bxf4 gxf4 38.h4 a5 39.Re4 Kd6 40.Re8 Re5 41.Rd8+ Kc7 42.Rf8 Re1 43.Rxf4 Rd1+
44.Kc2 Ra1 45.g4 Rxa2+ 46.Kc1 Ra1+ 47.Kb2 Re1 48.g5 Re2+ 49.Kc1 Kd6 50.Rf6+ Ke5
51.Rf8 Rg2 52.Kd1 Rb2 53.Ke1 Rxb3 54.g6 Rb7 55.f4+ Ke4 56.f5 Rb1+ 57.Kd2 Rb2+
58.Kc1 Rg2 59.f6 Rxg6 60.f7 Rf6 61.Re8+ Kd3 62.f8=Q Rxf8 63.Rxf8 Kxc4 64.Rf5 a4
65.Rxh5 a3 66.Rh8 Kb3 67.Rb8+ Kc3 68.Ra8 Kb3 69.h5  1-0

[Event "Trophee CCAS GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.Qd2 Rfc8 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Ne5 14.Ne3 Be6 15.Ned5 Bxd5
16.cxd5 Qb4 17.Rab1 Nxe4 18.Qh4 f5 19.a3 Qd4 20.Rbd1 Qb6 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.b4 e3
23.f4 Nf7 24.f5 Ne5 25.Qxe7 Re8 26.Qg5 Qd8 27.Qxe3 Qb6 28.Qxb6 axb6 29.a4 Rf8
30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Bb5 Rac8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Rd4 Rc1+ 34.Kf2 Rc2+ 35.Kg3 Rc3+
36.Kf2 Rc2+ 37.Kf1 Kg7 38.h3 g5 39.Kg1 Kf6 40.h4 Kg6 41.Be8+ Kh6 42.h5 Rc8
43.Bg6 Ra8 44.b5 Rc8 45.Kf2 Rc5 46.Be8 Rc8 47.Bg6 Rc5 48.Be8 Rc2+ 49.Kg3 Rc3+
50.Kh2 Rc8 51.Bg6 Rc5 52.Be8 Rc2 53.Kg3 Rc3+ 54.Kh2 Rc8 55.Bg6 Rc5 56.Be8 Rc2
57.Kg3 Rb2 58.Kh3 Rc2 59.Kg3 Ra2 60.Kh3 g4+ 61.Kg3 Kg5 62.Bg6 Ra3+ 63.Kf2 g3+
64.Ke2 Ra2+ 65.Kf1 Ra1+ 66.Ke2 Ra2+ 67.Kf1 Rb2 68.Re4 Rb1+ 69.Re1 Rb4 70.Re4 Rb1+
71.Re1 Rb4 72.Re3 Kf4 73.Ra3 Rc4 74.Ke2 Rc1 75.Rb3 Rg1 76.Rb4+ Kg5 77.Be4 Kxh5
78.Rb3 Kg4 79.Rb4 Ra1 80.Bb1+ Kg5 81.Rb3 Kh4 82.Rb4+ Kh5 83.Ke3 Kg5 84.Kd2 Ra3
85.Bc2 Ng4 86.Bb3 Ra1 87.Re4 Rg1 88.Re2 Nf2 89.Ke3 Kg4 90.Rc2 Rxg2 91.Rc7 Rg1
92.Rg7+ Kh3 93.Rh7+ Kg2 94.Rxb7 Rb1 95.Bc2 Rb2 96.Be4+ Nxe4 97.Kxe4 Kf1 98.Kf5 g2
99.Rg7 Re2  0-1

[Event "Trophee CCAS GpA"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Nb3 Nxc3
9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 O-O 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Qc2 Qh5 14.Rd1 d5 15.Nb3 dxc4
16.Qxc4 e5 17.O-O Bh3 18.Qb5 Rab8 19.Rd2 a6 20.Qc5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qg4 22.Qe3 h5
23.Nc5 Rfe8 24.Qe4 Qxe4+ 25.Nxe4 Red8 26.Rfd1 Rd4 27.Nc5 a5 28.e3 Rc4 29.Nd7 Re8
30.Nb6 Rb4 31.Nd5 Rc4 32.Nc7 Re7 33.Nb5 a4 34.Nd6 Rb4 35.a3 Rg4 36.h3 Rg6
37.Nf5 Rc7 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.Rxd7 Rf6 40.Nd6 Na5 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Rg6 43.Kg3 e4
44.Rd8+ Kh7 45.Nxf7 Ra6 46.Rh8+ Kg6 47.Ne5+ Kf6 48.Kf4 Nb3 49.Re8 g5+ 50.Kxe4 Rd6
51.Kf3 Rd2 52.Nc4 Rc2 53.Nb6 Nc1 54.Nd5+ Kf7 55.Re7+ Kg6 56.Re6+ Kf7 57.Re7+ Kg6
58.Rxb7 Nd3 59.Rb6+ Kg7 60.Ke4 Nxb2 61.f4 Nc4 62.Rb7+ Kf8 63.Rb4 Nd6+ 64.Ke5 Nf7+
65.Kd4 Rd2+ 66.Kc5 gxf4 67.exf4 Nd8 68.Rxa4 Nb7+ 69.Kc6 Nd8+ 70.Kc5 Nb7+
71.Kb6 Nd6 72.Kc6 Ne8 73.Rc4 Re2 74.f5  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedjarova,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "C83"]

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.Be3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.c3 Qd7 12.h3 Rad8 13.Bc2 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.a4 Bxh3
16.gxh3 Qxh3 17.Ng5 Qh4 18.Bf5 Bd6 19.Ndf3 Qh5 20.Kg2 h6 21.Rh1 Qe8 22.Ne6 Ne7
23.Nxg7  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 Qh4 7.Qf3 d6 8.Qf4 Qe7
9.Be3 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 Nf6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O c5 13.h3 Bb7 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.Qg3 Nh5
16.Qg4 Nf6 17.Qg3 Nh5 18.Qg4 Nf6 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Bg5 15.Qd3 Bb7
16.Rfd1 Nb8 17.Nde3 Na6 18.Nf5 Nc5 19.Qxd6 Nxe4 20.Qxe5 Bf6 21.Rxd8 Bxe5
22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.Nfd4 Rd8 24.Rd1 Nc5 25.b3 Be4 26.f3 Bxd4+ 27.Nxd4 Bb1 28.Rxb1 Rxd4
29.Kf2 Rd2 30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Bxd1 Kf8 32.Ke3 Ke7 33.Bc2 h6 34.Be4 a4 35.bxa4 Nxa4
36.Kd4 Kd6 37.c5+ Nxc5 38.Kc4 g6 39.Kxb4 f5 40.Bc2 Ne6 41.Kc4 Nf4 42.g3 Nd5
43.Bd3 g5 44.Kd4 Nb4 45.a3 Nc6+ 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.f4+ gxf4+ 48.gxf4+ Ke6 49.a4 Ne7
50.a5 Kd5 51.h4 Kc5 52.h5 Nd5+ 53.Kf3 Nf6 54.Bxf5 Nxh5 55.Bd3 Nf6 56.f5 Nd5
57.Ke4 h5 58.Ke5 h4 59.a6 Ne7 60.Be4 Nc8 61.f6  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8 8.f4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.O-O-O Rxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Bh4 Nxc3 14.Rd3 Ne4
15.Be2 g6 16.Re1 Bc6 17.Rb3 a6 18.Bf3 f5 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.Rh3 h5 21.Rc3 d5
22.Bf2 Bh6 23.Be3 Rf8 24.g3 Bg7 25.Ra3 d4 26.Bd2 Rf5 27.Ra5 Kd7 28.Bb4 e5
29.Kb1 Ke6 30.fxe5 Bxe5 31.Rd1 e3 32.Re1 Rf2 33.c3 Be4+ 34.Kc1 Rxh2 35.cxd4 Bxd4
36.Rg1 Rc2+  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moser,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.e4 Ne7 8.d4 O-O
9.Re1 Bh5 10.c4 Bb4 11.Qb3 Qa5 12.Rd1 b5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.a3 Bd6 15.e5 Bc7
16.Nf1 Nc6 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Be3 Rfc8 19.N1d2 Bd8 20.Rdc1 Be7 21.Qd3 Bg6 22.Qe2 b4
23.a4 Na5 24.Qb5 Qd8 25.Bf1 Bc2 26.Ne1 a6 27.Qe2 Bg6 28.Qd1 Nb6 29.Rxc8 Nxc8
30.Rc1 Qb6 31.b3 Na7 32.Nd3 N7c6 33.Nc5 Nb7 34.Nxb7 Qxb7 35.Nf3 Na5 36.Nd2 Nc6
37.Nf3 Qb6 38.Bd3 Na5 39.Bxg6 hxg6 40.Qc2 Qb7 41.Bg5 Bf8 42.Nd2 Be7 43.h4 Kf8
44.Bxe7+ Qxe7 45.Qc7 Qxc7 46.Rxc7 Ke8 47.Kf1 Rd8 48.Ke2 Rd7 49.Rc8+ Rd8 50.Rc7 Rd7
51.Rc5 Nb7 52.Rc6 a5 53.Nf3 Ke7 54.Ne1 Kd8 55.f4 Rc7 56.Rxc7 Kxc7 57.Kd3 Nd8
58.Ng2 Kd7 59.Ke3 Nc6 60.Ne1 Ne7 61.g4 Nc6 62.Nd3 Ke7 63.Nc5 Nd8 64.Kd3 Ke8
65.Ke3 Ke7 66.Nd3 Nc6 67.Nf2 Kd7 68.Nh1 Ke7 69.Ng3 f6 70.Ne2 Kf7 71.Ng3 Ke7
72.exf6+ gxf6 73.h5 gxh5 74.Nxh5 Kf7 75.g5 fxg5 76.fxg5 Kg6 77.Nf4+ Kf5 78.g6 e5
79.Nxd5 exd4+ 80.Kd3 Kxg6 81.Ke4 Kf7 82.Nf4 Ke7 83.Kd5 Kd7 84.Nd3 Kc7 85.Kc5 Kd7
86.Kd5 Kc7 87.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Socko,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Qh4 10.g3 Qh3 11.Re1+ Be6 12.Bf1 Qf5 13.Bd3 Qh3 14.Bf1 Qf5 15.Rb1 O-O-O
16.Qe2 c6 17.Rxb7 Kxb7 18.Qa6+ Kb8 19.Bg5 Qxc2 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.Bd3 Bc8 22.Qa5 Qxd3
23.Qxd8 Bc7 24.Qf8 Kb7 25.Qxf7 Bh3 26.Qe7 Bf5 27.Qb4+ Qb5 28.Qf8 g6 29.h3 Be4
30.Kh2 Qb2 31.c4 Qxd4 32.Re3 dxc4 33.Qb4+ Kc8 34.Qf8+ Kb7 35.Qb4+ Kc8 36.Qf8+ Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.e4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qe7 14.f3 Ne5 15.Bb3 Rfc8
16.Bg5 Rxc3 17.Kh1 h6 18.Bh4 Rc5 19.Bf2 Ng6 20.Nb5 Rh5 21.Nd6 Bd5 22.Nc4 Qc7
23.g3 Bc6 24.Rac1 Nd7 25.Nd6 Nc5 26.f4 Nxf4 27.gxf4 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Qxf4 29.Bg3 Bxe4+
30.Kg1 Qf5 31.Rd7 Qg6 32.Rcc7 Rf8 33.Bxe6 Qxe6 34.Qxh5 Qxa2 35.Qh3 Bd5 36.Qf1 Qd2
37.h4 Re8 38.Rxf7 Qe3+ 39.Kh2 Qd2+ 40.Rf2 Qd4 41.Rxa7 Qg4 42.Ra1 Bc4 43.Qd1 Qe4
44.Qf3 Qe6 45.Ra8  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad w"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Rg6
9.Qe3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Ne7 11.Ng3 Ned5 12.Qd2 b6 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Be2 Bc6 15.Bb2 b5
16.c4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 h5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Nf1 Rb8 20.Ne3 Qb5 21.Bc1 Ng4 22.c4 Qb3
23.O-O Nxe3 24.fxe3 Qxc4 25.Qf2 f5 26.d5 Bxd5 27.Bb2 Qb5 28.Bd4 c5 29.Be5 Rb7
30.Qc2 Bb3 31.Qc3 Rd7 32.Bf4 Kf7 33.Rf2 Rg8 34.h4 Qc4 35.Qb2 Rd3 36.Qe5 Qd5
37.Qc7+ Qd7 38.Qxc5 Rc8 39.Qe5 Qd5 40.Qb2 Qc4 41.Be5 Rxe3 42.Qd2 Qd3 43.Qa5 Qd7
44.Bb2 Rg3 45.Qe5 Rcg8 46.Rc1 e3 47.Re2 Bc4 48.Rxc4 Qd1+ 49.Kh2 Rxg2+ 50.Rxg2 Rxg2+
51.Kxg2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qf2+ 53.Kh1 Qf1+ 54.Kh2 Qf2+ 55.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Burress,Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo ""]


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Ng8 8.Bc4 d5
9.exd6 exd6 10.O-O Be6 11.Re1 d5 12.Ba6 Ne7 13.Qd4 Rg8 14.Bb7 Bg7 15.Qa4 Rb8
16.Qxa7 Qd6 17.g3 Rd8 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Na4 Bd4 20.Qxd4 Qxb7 21.Nc5  1-0

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Barclay,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2220"]


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bf3 Nd7
9.g3 Rb8 10.O-O Ne5 11.Bg2 h5 12.f4 Bg4 13.Qe1 Nc4 14.b3 Nb6 15.f5 h4 16.h3 hxg3
17.hxg4 Bf6 18.g5 Be5 19.Bf4 Bd4+ 20.Be3 c5 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Ne2  1-0

[Event "14th ECC w"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steil Antoni,F"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.f4 d5 7.e5 Ne7 8.Nf3 Nf5 9.O-O h5
10.Qe1 Qb6 11.Nd1 Nc6 12.c3 Be7 13.Ne3 Nh6 14.h3 d4 15.Nd1 Nf5 16.Kh2 Rd8
17.Nf2 Rd7 18.Bd2 c4 19.dxc4 bxc4 20.Rb1 h4 21.Ne4 hxg3+ 22.Nxg3 Nh4 23.Nxh4 Bxh4
24.Qe2 d3 25.Qg4 Ne7 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.b3 Qa5 28.Ne4 Nf5 29.bxc4 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 O-O
31.Rg1 Qxa2 32.Rg2 Rb8 33.Be1 Bg3+ 34.Bxg3 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Ne3+ 36.Kf3 Nxg4
37.hxg4 a5 38.Bh4 f6 39.exf6 a4 40.f7+ Kxf7 41.Nd6+ Kg6 42.c5 a3 43.c6 d2  0-1

[Event "14th ECC w"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iljushina,O"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Be5 a6
9.Rc1 Qb6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O f6 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 O-O 15.Qc2 Bd7
16.a3 h6 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Rfc8 19.Qd6 Qc7 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.Rc5 Kf8 22.Rfc1 Ke7
23.b4 Kd6 24.e4 dxe4 25.Bxe4 Rac8 26.d5 exd5 27.Rxd5+ Ke7 28.Rdc5 b6 29.R5c2 Kd8
30.Rd1 Nb8 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Nd4 Ke7 33.Nf5+ Bxf5 34.Bxf5 Nc6 35.f4 a5 36.Re1+ Kd6
37.Rd1+ Ke7 38.Re1+ Kd6 39.Rd1+ Ke7 40.Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th ECC w"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Foisor,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bd6 5.c3 O-O 6.d3 Re8 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 h6 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.Re1 d6 12.Nf1 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.a3 Bb7 15.b4 Nc6 16.bxc5 dxc5
17.Ne3 Rc8 18.Bb2 Rc7 19.Rad1 Rd7 20.Bb3 a5 21.a4 b4 22.Nc4 Qc7 23.h3 Ba6
24.Rb1 Rdd8 25.Qe3 Nd7 26.Red1 Nb6 27.Nxb6 Qxb6 28.Bd5 Bb7 29.Nd2 Qc7 30.Nc4 Ra8
31.Qg3 Ra6 32.Ne3 Nd8 33.Bc4 Rb6 34.Rbc1 Kh8 35.cxb4 axb4 36.Bb5 Rg6 37.Ng4 Ree6
38.Bc4 Re8 39.Bxe5 Qe7 40.Bb2 h5 41.Qe5 hxg4 42.Qh5+ Kg8 43.Qxg6 gxh3 44.Qg3 Bc6
45.gxh3 Bxa4 46.Rf1 Ne6 47.f4 Qd7 48.Rf2 Nd4 49.Bd5 Qd6 50.Kh2 Bd7 51.Bxd4 cxd4
52.Bc4 Ra8 53.Re1 Be6 54.e5 Qc6 55.Bxe6 fxe6 56.Qg6 Qe8 57.Qe4 Rd8 58.f5 exf5
59.Rxf5 Qe6 60.Rh5 Be7 61.Qh7+ Kf7 62.Rf1+ Ke8 63.Qxg7 Kd7 64.Qg2 Kc7 65.Rc1+ Kb6
66.Qd2 Kb5 67.Qg2 Rd5 68.Qa2 Bc5 69.Qc4+ Kb6 70.Ra1 Kb7 71.Qb5+ Bb6 72.Qa6+ Kc7
73.Rc1+  1-0

[Event "14th ECC w"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Javakhishvili,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 c5 10.d5 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 exd5 12.Be5 O-O 13.cxd5 d6 14.Qxe4 dxe5 15.c4 Nd7
16.Qf5 Re8 17.h4 g4 18.Qxg4+ Kf8 19.h5 Nf6 20.Qh4 b5 21.Nd2 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Nxd5
23.Qe4 Bc6 24.Qh7 Qf6 25.Ne4 Qg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nxc5 Rac8 28.Nb3 Nb4 29.Rc1 Nxa2
30.Ra1 Ba4 31.Nd2 Nc3 32.Ra3 Nd1 33.Rxa4 Nb2 34.Rb4 Nd3+ 35.Bxd3 Rc1+ 36.Ke2 Rxh1
37.Rb7 Rxh5 38.Bc4 Rf8 39.Rxa7 Rh1 40.Ne4 Kg6 41.Ra6+ f6 42.Bd3 Kg7 43.Ng3 Rc1
44.Nh5+ Kf7 45.Rxf6+ Ke7 46.Rxh6 Rg1 47.Be4 Rh1 48.Rh7+ Kd6 49.Ng3 Ra1 50.Rh6+ Kc5
51.Bf5 Ra2+ 52.Kf3 Kd5 53.e4+ Kd4 54.Rd6+ Kc3 55.Nf1 Rh8 56.Ne3 Rh4 57.Ng4 Ra5
58.Rh6 Rxh6 59.Nxh6 Kd2 60.g4 Ke1 61.g5 Kf1 62.g6 Ra3+ 63.Kg4 Kxf2 64.Kg5  1-0

[Event "14th ECC w"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Bg5 Bb6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nh4 f5 11.Qh5 f4 12.Bc4 Kg7 13.g3 fxg3 14.hxg3 f6 15.Bb3 Qd7
16.Nc4 Qh3 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Bd1 Ng6 19.Ng2 Qxh5 20.Bxh5 Bh3 21.Kh2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 f5
23.Rh1 f4 24.Bg4 fxg3 25.fxg3 Ne7 26.a3 Rf6 27.d4 exd4 28.cxd4 Raf8 29.Rac1 c5
30.b4 Rf2+ 31.Kg1 Ra2 32.bxc5 dxc5 33.dxc5 Rxa3 34.Kg2 Ra2+ 35.Kh3 Rf6 36.Bh5 Ra5
37.e5 Re6 38.cxb6 Raxe5 39.Bf3 Rxb6 40.Rhd1 Rb3 41.Kg2 Ree3 42.Rc7 Rb2+ 43.Kh3 Rxf3
44.Rxe7+ Rf7 45.Rxf7+ Kxf7 46.Rd7+ Kg6 47.Rd6+ Kg5 48.Rd5+ Kg6 49.Rd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th ECC w"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gaponenko,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O d5 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.Ndb5 a6 12.Na7 e6 13.g4 Qc7 14.g5 d4 15.Bf4 e5 16.gxf6 dxc3
17.Qxc3 Bxf6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Be3 Be7 20.a3 a5 21.Bc4 Bh3 22.Bh6 Rfe8 23.f4 Qb6
24.f5 Qc5 25.Rd7 Bg2 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.f6 Rxb2+ 28.Kxb2 Rb8+ 29.Ka2  1-0

[Event "8th TCh-Eur w"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Calzetta Ruiz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Bd5 Bg4 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qe2 Nf6
9.Nbd2 Bd6 10.Nc4 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bg5 Qe7 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nfd2 h6 15.Bh4 Rab8
16.f3 Bc5 17.Nb3 Bb6 18.O-O-O Qe6 19.Bg3 Nd7 20.h4 f6 21.g5 fxg5 22.hxg5 h5
23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Nxe5 Qe6 25.f4 Be8 26.f5 Qe7 27.g6 Qg5+ 28.Kb1 Be3 29.Rxh5 Qxg3
30.Qc4+  1-0

[Event "8th TCh-Eur w"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.c4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Nc3 Nxg3
9.fxg3 Bg7 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.g4 c5 14.Be4 cxd4 15.Bxb7 Rb8
16.Nb5 Rxb7 17.Qf3 d5 18.exd4 Nf6 19.Nc3 dxc4 20.Nxc4 O-O 21.Ne5 Rc7 22.Qe2 Qd8
23.Rad1 Nd5 24.Rf3 Qc8 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.h3 Re8 27.Rdf1 Qe6 28.Qf2 f6 29.Nd3 Rce7
30.Re1 Qd6 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.Qc2 Re4 33.Qc8+ Qf8 34.Qb7 Qf7 35.Qc8+ Qf8 36.Qb7 Qf7
37.Qc8+ Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th TCh-Eur w"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vajda,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be6 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nd4 Bc8 13.Re1 h5 14.e6 Bxe6 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Rxe6 hxg4 17.hxg4 Kd7 18.Re5 Ng6 19.Rf5 Nh4 20.Rf7+ Ke6 21.Rxc7 Nf3+ 22.Kf1 Nd4
23.Ne4 Be7 24.c3 Nc2 25.Rb1 Rh1+ 26.Ke2 Re1+ 27.Kd3 Nb4+ 28.cxb4 Rd8+ 29.Kc2 Rxe4
30.Rxb7 Rxg4 31.Be3 Rd7 32.Rxd7 Kxd7 33.Bxa7 Rc4+ 34.Kd3 Rxb4 35.Bd4 Bf6
36.Bxf6 gxf6 37.b3 c5 38.Rc1 Rd4+ 39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Rc2 Rh4 41.Rc4 Rh1 42.Kf4 Rh2
43.Rc2 Ke6 44.Re2+ Kf7 45.Kg4 Rg2+ 46.Kf3 Rg8 47.Rc2 Ra8 48.a4 Rb8 49.Rc3 Rb4
50.Ke3 Ke6 51.Kd3 Kd5 52.Kc2 Rf4 53.f3 Kc6 54.Re3 Kb6 55.Re6+ Kb7 56.Re3 Kb6
57.Kb2 Ka5 58.Ka3 Rf5 59.Rd3 Rf4 60.Rc3 Kb6 61.Kb2 Rf5 62.Kc2 Rf4 63.Kd2 Kc6
64.Ke3 Rb4 65.f4 f5 66.Kf3 Rb8 67.Re3 Kd6 68.Rd3+ Kc6 69.Kg3 Rg8+ 70.Kf2 Rb8
71.Rf3 Kd5 72.Rd3+ Ke4 73.Rc3 Kxf4 74.a5 Rb5 75.a6 Rb8 76.Rc4+ Ke5 77.Rxc5+ Kd6
78.Ra5 Kc6 79.b4 Kb6 80.Ke3 Ra8 81.Rxf5 Re8+ 82.Kd4 Kxa6 83.Kc4 Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th TCh-Eur w"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Rea1 Rb8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Qd1 Bc8 24.Ra7 Rb7 25.Nd2 Be7 26.Qc1 Nb6 27.R1a5 Bd7 28.Qa1 Rxa7 29.Rxa7 Bg5
30.Bxc5 dxc5 31.Nf3 Bh6 32.Qa6 Bf8 33.Qb7 Bd6 34.h4 Re7 35.Ra6 Nc8 36.Ra8 Kg7
37.Ng5 Qb6 38.Qxb6 Nxb6 39.Ra6 Nc8 40.Bd1 Re8 41.Be2 Kf6 42.Nf1 Ke7 43.Ne3 Bc7
44.g4 Nd6 45.gxh5 gxh5 46.Bxh5 Rg8 47.Kf1 Rh8 48.Bxf7 Rxh4 49.Be6 Rh1+ 50.Ke2 Rb1
51.Nf5+ Nxf5 52.exf5 Rxb2+ 53.Ke3 Be8 54.Ra7 b4 55.Rxc7+ Kd6 56.Rb7  1-0

[Event "8th TCh-Eur w"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedjarova,Z"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Nd2 Nf6
16.f4 b5 17.f5 e5 18.d5 c4 19.Bc2 a5 20.Kh1 b4 21.Ra1 Nd7 22.Rf3 b3 23.Bd1 Nb6
24.Nf1 Na4 25.Bc1 Nc5 26.Rg3 Rd6 27.Nd2 Ba6 28.Qg4 Bf8 29.Nf3 b2 30.Bxb2 Nd3
31.Qh5 Nf2+ 32.Kg1 Qb6 33.h3 Nxe4+ 34.Kh2 Nxg3 35.Kxg3 Rh6 36.Qg5 Qxb2 37.Rc1 e4
38.Nh4 Bd6+  0-1

[Event "8th TCh-Eur w"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Jackova,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "C89"]

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 f5 17.Re1 Kh8 18.Nf3 f4 19.Ng5 Qf5 20.Ne4 Bc7 21.a4 Rb8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bc2 h6 24.d4 Qh3 25.Bd3 Bg4 26.Bf1 Qh5 27.Be2 f3 28.Bf1 Rbe8 29.b3 Rxe4
30.Rxe4 Nxc3 31.Qd3 Nxe4 32.Qxe4 Bd7 33.Be3 Re8 34.Qc2 Bb8 35.Qc5 Qf7 36.b4 Qe6
37.Qh5 Qf5 38.Qxf5 Bxf5 39.d5 cxd5 40.Bxb5 Rd8 41.Bb6 Rc8 42.Bc5 Be5 43.Ra3 Be4
44.h4 d4 45.Bd3 Bc6 46.Kf1 Re8 47.Bg6 Re6 48.Bf7 Rf6 49.Bc4 Be4 50.Ra7 d3
51.Rd7 g5 52.h5 g4 53.Ke1 Bc3+ 54.Kd1 Rf5 55.Bxd3 Bxd3 56.Rxd3 Bg7 57.Rd8+ Kh7
58.Bd4 Bxd4 59.Rxd4 Rg5 60.Kd2 Kg7 61.Kd3 Kf6 62.Rd6+ Ke7 63.Rxh6 Rd5+ 64.Kc3 Re5
65.Rh7+ Ke6 66.Rh8 Kf7 67.h6 Kg6 68.Rd8 Kxh6 69.Rd2 Kg5 70.Rb2 Rb5 71.Kc4 Re5
72.Kd3 Rb5 73.Ke4 Kf6 74.Kf4  1-0

[Event "8th TCh-Eur w"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Danielian,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.a4 Bh7
9.a5 a6 10.Nb3 Nc8 11.Ne1 Be7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Nxd3 Na7 14.Qg4 g6 15.Be3 Nb5
16.Nd2 h5 17.Qf4 Nf8 18.Rfd1 g5 19.Qf3 Ng6 20.g3 Kf8 21.Ra4 Kg7 22.c4 Nc7
23.b3 Ne8 24.Qe2 Kg8 25.Nc5 Rb8 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.b4 Ng7 28.b5 Qe8 29.Rb1 Nf5
30.Rab4 Ra8 31.bxa6 bxa6 32.Rb6 Kg7 33.Nxa6 Qa4 34.Nb3 Qc4 35.Qxc4 dxc4 36.Nbc5 Bxc5
37.Nxc5 Nxe3 38.fxe3 Rxa5 39.Rb7 Nxe5 40.Rf1 Rxc5 41.dxc5 Rc8 42.Rb5 Kg6
43.Rc1 Kf5 44.c6 Ke4 45.Rc5 Rc7 46.Kf1 Rxc6 47.Rxc6 Nxc6 48.Rxc4+ Kd5 49.Ra4 Ke5
50.h4 Kf6 51.Ke2 Ne5 52.Ra5 gxh4 53.gxh4 Kf5 54.Ra4 Kg6 55.Kf2 Ng4+ 56.Kf3 Ne5+
57.Ke4 Ng4 58.Kf4 f6 59.Ra6 e5+ 60.Kf3 Nh2+ 61.Ke4 Ng4 62.Ra3 Nf2+ 63.Kd5 Kf5
64.Ra1 Kg4 65.Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Re8 8.Ba4 b5
9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bc2 h6 11.Re1 Bb6 12.Nf1 d5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Nxe3 Qd6 15.Qe2 d4
16.Nf1 Rad8 17.Ng3 dxc3 18.bxc3 Qc5 19.Qd2 Rd7 20.Nh4 b4 21.cxb4 Nxb4 22.Rec1 Nxa2
23.Rxa2 Bxa2 24.Ba4 Rxd3 25.Rxc5 Rxd2 26.Bxe8 Nxe8 27.Rxe5 Be6 28.f4 Nd6
29.Rc5 Nb5 30.Nf3 Rd3 31.Nf5 Rc3 32.Re5 Kf8 33.N5d4 Bd7 34.Rd5 Ke8 35.Ne5 Nxd4
36.Rxd4 Bb5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qc7 10.b3 Bxc5 11.Qc2 Nb4 12.Qe2 O-O 13.e4 Nd7 14.Ba3 b6 15.Rad1 Bb7
16.h3 h6 17.Kh1 Rfd8 18.Rd2 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bb2 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 Qd4 22.Qxd4 Bxd4
23.f3 Na2 24.Nd1 Rd8 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Nf2 Nb4 27.Rd1 Nc2 28.Rd3 Kf8 29.Kg1 Ke7
30.e5 Rxd3 31.Nxd3 Na3 32.Nb2 Nxc4 33.Nxc4 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Na3 b4 36.Nc2 Bd5
37.Nxb4 Bxb3 38.Nc6+ Kd7 39.Nd4 Bd5 40.Kf2 f6 41.f4 Ke7 42.h4 g5 43.g3 gxf4
44.gxf4 fxe5 45.fxe5 Kf7 46.Kg3 Kg6 47.Kg4 Bc4 48.Kf4 Kh5 49.Kg3 Kg6 50.Kg4 Bd5
51.Ne2 Bc4 52.Nf4+ Kf7 53.Kf3 Bb3 54.Ke4 Bc2+ 55.Kd4 Ke7 56.Kc5 Kd7 57.Kb6 Be4
58.Nh5 Bf5 59.Nf6+ Ke7 60.Kc7 Kf7 61.Kd6 Bh3 62.Ne4 Kg6 63.Nc5 Kf7 64.Nb7 Kg6
65.Nd8 Kh5 66.Nxe6 Kxh4 67.Ke7 h5 68.Kf6 Bxe6 69.Kxe6 Kg3 70.Kd7 h4 71.e6 h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bb5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bb5 Nd7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nd4 Nb8 14.Qd3 Qd7 15.Qg3 Re8
16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Na4 Kh8 18.Be3 Qe7 19.f4 Bc8 20.Nb3 Nd7 21.Nac5 a5 22.a4 Ba6
23.Rfe1 Bc4 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Nc5 Qf5 26.b3 Ba6 27.Qf2 Bc8 28.Bd4 h6 29.h3 Qg6
30.Kh2 Bf5 31.g4 Bxc5 32.Bxc5 Be4 33.f5 Qg5 34.Be3 Qe7 35.Bf4 Qb4 36.Re3 Qc5
37.Rc1 Rab8 38.h4 Rb4 39.f6 g6 40.c4 Reb8 41.Bxh6 Rxb3 42.Rce1 Rb2 43.R1e2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 O-O 12.Be3 Nxe4 13.Re1 exd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.Qc1 Bb7
16.Nc3 Nb4 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.Qd1 Rbe8 19.Bf4 Qf6 20.Be3 Re7 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qh6 Qg7
23.Qh4 g5 24.Qh5 Rxe5 25.dxe5 Bxe3 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Rxe3 Nd3 28.Rg3 h6 29.h4 Nf4
30.Qg4 Bc8 31.Qd1 Qxe5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Qd2 Kg7 34.Re1 Bb7 35.Qc2 c5 36.Qc1 c4
37.Bc2 Rh8 38.Qe3 Rh4 39.Qb6 Bd5 40.Qd8 Ne6 41.Qe7 Qf6 42.Qxf6+ Kxf6 43.Rge3 Nc5
44.g3 Rh8 45.Rd1 Ke5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bb5 Nd7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qxd5 Ndxe5 13.Bxc6 Nxc6 14.Qf5 Bf6 15.Rad1 Qc8
16.Qb5 a6 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Qb4 Nc6 19.Qb3 Na5 20.Qa4 Nc6 21.c3 Qf5 22.Qb3 b5
23.Rd5 Qe4 24.Rfd1 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.h3 h6 28.Qa3 Qc6 29.Bd4 Nb7
30.Qb3 Nc5 31.Qd1 Qd5 32.Qe2 Bxd4 33.Nxd4 Qe4 34.Qxe4 Nxe4 35.Kf1 Kf8 36.Ke2 Ke7
37.Ke3 Nd6 38.Nb3 Nc4+ 39.Kd4 Kd6 40.Nc5 Nxb2 41.Nxa6 Na4 42.c4 bxc4 43.Kxc4 Nb6+
44.Kb5 Nd5 45.a4 c6+ 46.Kc4 Nb6+ 47.Kb4 Nd5+ 48.Kb3 c5 49.Kc4 Nb6+ 50.Kb5 Nd7
51.a5 Kd5 52.Nc7+ Kd6 53.Ne8+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bb3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 d6 11.h3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Qc1 Nc4
16.Bh6 Be6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.b3 Nb6 19.e5 Nc6 20.Qf4 Nd7 21.Rfe1 b4 22.Ne4 Bf5
23.g4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Rae8 25.Rae1 Re7 26.Bd3 Rfe8 27.Bxa6 Ndxe5 28.Nxe5 Rxe5
29.Bc4 R8e7 30.g5 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Qxf4 32.Rxf4 Ne5 33.h4 Ra7 34.Re4 Nxc4 35.Rxc4 Rxa2
36.Rxc5 Rb2 37.Rb5 Rxb3 38.Rb7 Kf8 39.Kg2 Ke8 40.Rb5 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Ke6 42.Rb6+ Kd5
43.Rb7 Kc6 44.Rb8 Kc5 45.Rc8+ Kd4 46.Rd8+ Kc4 47.Rc8+ Kd3 48.Rd8+ Kc2 49.Rb8 Rb1
50.Kf3 b3 51.Rc8+ Kd2 52.Rd8+ Kc3 53.Rc8+ Kd2 54.Rd8+ Ke1 55.Re8+ Kf1 56.Rb8 Rb2
57.Kg3 Rb1 58.f4 Ke2 59.Rb7 Kd3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nac5 13.f3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nc5 15.Qd4 Nb3
16.Qxg4 Nxa1 17.Bh6 g6 18.Nc3 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 f5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Rxa1 Qxb2 22.Rc1 Re8
23.h4 Rf5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Qd4 Re7 26.Qc5 Re8 27.Rb1 Qc2 28.Rxb7 Rh5 29.Bg5 Rxg5
30.hxg5 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Qf4+ 32.g3 Qxf3 33.Qxd5+ Qxd5 34.Nxd5 Re5 35.Nf6+ Kf8
36.Nd7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Bg6 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nbd2 Nf5 8.a4 Nd7
9.a5 Be7 10.Nb3 O-O 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Be3 Be7 15.Qf3 Rc8
16.g3 Bg5 17.h4 Bxe3 18.fxe3 h6 19.Rf2 Qe7 20.Qg4 b5 21.Bf1 a6 22.Nd2 Bf5
23.Rxf5 exf5 24.Qxf5 Qe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Bh3 Kf7 27.b4 Ke7 28.Kg2 Rc7 29.Ne4 Rcc8
30.Rc1 Rc7 31.g4 Rcc8 32.g5 h5 33.g6 Rh8 34.Ng5 Rh6 35.Bxe6 Rxg6 36.Bf5 Rh6
37.d5 Rf8 38.dxc6 Rxf5 39.c7 Rh8 40.c8=Q Rxc8 41.Rxc8 Nxe5 42.Rc7+ Kd6 43.Rxg7 Nd3
44.Rg6+ Kd7 45.Rxa6 Nxb4 46.Rb6 Re5 47.e4 Nc6 48.a6 Kc7 49.Rb7+ Kc8 50.Nf7 Re6
51.Ng5 Rd6 52.Kf3 Rd3+ 53.Kf4 Ra3 54.Rxb5 Rxa6 55.e5 Ra4+ 56.Ne4 Nd4 57.Rc5+ Kd7
58.Rd5+ Ke6 59.Rd6+ Ke7 60.Rh6 Ne6+ 61.Kf5 Ng7+ 62.Kf4 Ne6+ 63.Kf5 Ng7+ 64.Kf4 Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Be7 6.d4 d6 7.Bxf4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Nxd5
9.exd5 Nb4 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 Na6 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Rae1 b5 15.Bxb5 c6
16.dxc6 Nc7 17.c4 a6 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Ba4 Rxb2 20.Qa3 Rb8 21.d5 a5 22.Rxe7 Rxe7
23.Qxd6 Qe8 24.Qc5 Rc8 25.h3 Bd3 26.Rf2 Re4 27.Nd2 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Na6 29.Qd4 Bg6
30.d6 Qe6 31.d7 Rf8 32.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Qa6 8.Bg5 O-O
9.Qd2 Bf5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.a3 Rad8 12.Bh6 e5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.d5 Bg4 15.Qe3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bg2 Rfe8 18.h4 Nf5 19.Qe2 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 e4 21.Nc3 e3 22.fxe3 Nxe3
23.Rd2 Nxg2 24.Rxg2 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Rf2 Re4 27.Rhf1 f5 28.b3 Kf6 29.a4 a5
30.Kb2 b6 31.Kc3 Re3+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc5 6.Nb3 Ne6 7.Nbd4 c5 8.Nxe6 Bxe6
9.Ng5 Nc6 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Bd3 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qxb2 13.O-O Qxe5 14.Re1 Qf6 15.Rb1 O-O-O
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qg4 h5 18.Qh3 Ne5 19.Bf1 Bd6 20.Qb3 Rd7 21.h3 Rf8 22.Re2 Nc6
23.c3 g5 24.g3 h4 25.g4 Ne5 26.Bg2 Nf3+ 27.Kf1 Nxd2+ 28.Rxd2 Bg3 29.Rbb2 Qe5
30.Re2 Qd6 31.Kg1 Bh2+ 32.Kh1 Bf4 33.Qa4 a6 34.c4 Be5 35.Rb1 Bd4 36.Qc2 Rf6
37.a4 Qf4 38.Rbe1 Qd6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Re8 13.c4 Bf8 14.Bc2 Qa5 15.a3 Qg5
16.h3 Rad8 17.Bc3 g6 18.b4 Bg7 19.Rad1 Qh4 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Qf6 22.Qg3 Nb6
23.Bb3 Rd7 24.Re3 Qd8 25.Red3 Nc8 26.Qe3 Nd6 27.g4 a6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 a6 10.Nd2 Rc8 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Nf3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Bb4+ 15.Kf2 O-O
16.a3 Bc5 17.Qf4 g6 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.b4 Ba7 20.Rd5 Rcd8 21.Rhd1 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 Re8
23.Qh6 Qf8 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.g3 Bb8 26.b5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Bxe5 28.bxa6 bxa6 29.Bxa6 Bf6
30.Bb5 Rc8 31.Rd2 Rc3 32.a4 Be7 33.Ke2 Bb4 34.Rd4 Ba5 35.h4 h5 36.Rd7 Bb6
37.Rd3 Rc1 38.Ra3 Ba5 39.Kf3 Rc2 40.Ra1 Rc3 41.Rd1 Bb6 42.Rd3 Rc1 43.Ra3 Ba5
44.Rd3 Kg7 45.Ra3 Kf6 46.Rd3 Ke5 47.Rd7 Ke6 48.Ra7 Bb4 49.Ra6+ Ke5 50.Ra7 Kf6
51.Be8 Be7 52.Ra6+ Kg7 53.Rc6 Ra1 54.Rc7 Kf8 55.Bb5 Ra2 56.Rc8+ Kg7 57.Rc7 Bb4
58.Bc4 Be1 59.Rxf7+ Kh6 60.Be2 Bxg3 61.Kxg3 Rxe2 62.Kf3 Rh2 63.Kg3 Rh1 64.a5 Rg1+
65.Kf3 Rg4 66.a6 Rxh4 67.a7 Ra4 68.Ke2 h4 69.Kf3 Kg5 70.Rb7 Ra2 71.Rc7 Kh6
72.Kf4 Ra4+ 73.Ke5 h3 74.Kf6 Ra6+ 75.Kf7 h2 76.Kg8 Kg5 77.Rh7 Rxa7 78.Rxh2 Re7
79.Rg2+ Kf6 80.Rg3 g5 81.Kf8 Re4 82.Rh3 g4 83.Rg3 Kg5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 Bc6 6.O-O g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.Bf1 O-O
9.Nbd2 e5 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Bg5 Rfe8 13.b4 b6 14.Qb3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.b5 Bb7 17.Bh4 Nf4 18.Ng5 Bd5 19.Bg3 h6 20.Ne4 f5 21.Ned2 Kh7 22.Qd1 Rad8
23.a5 Bb7 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra7 Nd5 26.Qb3 f4 27.Bh4 g5 28.Rxb7 Qxb7 29.Nd6 Qa8
30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.Be2 N7f6 32.Bf3 Qd8 33.h3 gxh4 34.Nc4 Qc7 35.Nd2 Qd7 36.Nc4 Qc7
37.Nd2 Ne7 38.Nc4 Ng6 39.Qc2 Re7 40.Ra1 Qd7 41.Qb1 Qe6 42.Ra6 e4 43.Rxb6 Qd5
44.Rd6 Qf5 45.dxe4 Nxe4 46.Rc6 Ng3 47.Qxf5 Re1+ 48.Kh2 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 Be7
9.a4 b4 10.Na2 e5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.a5 Qb7 14.h3 O-O 15.Qe2 Be6 16.Nc1 h6
17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Rfc8 19.Qd3 Rd8 20.Nb3 d5 21.exd5 Rxd5 22.Qe2 e4 23.Nh2 Ne5
24.Be3 Rc8 25.Red1 Nc4 26.Bd4 Nd6 27.Ng4 Nxg4 28.hxg4 Qb5 29.Qxb5 Nxb5 30.Bb6 Rxd1+
31.Rxd1 Rxc2 32.Rd2 Rc4 33.Rd7 Bf6 34.Nd2 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Bxb2 36.Nxe4 b3 37.Nc5 Be5+
38.g3 b2 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.Nd7 Bd6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O c5
9.e4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.Nd5 exd5 13.Nf5 Qxe4 14.Bc2 Qc4 15.Bd3 Qg4
16.Bxc5 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Kd7 18.Nd6 Bc6 19.Nxf7 Re8 20.Nd6 Rd8 21.Rfe1 Kc7 22.Nf5 Nbd7
23.Bd4 Re8 24.Nxg7 Rg8 25.Nf5 Rg5 26.h4 Rg4 27.f3 Rgg8 28.Rc1 Nb6 29.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Kh1 Rc8 14.Bh5 Bg7 15.f5 O-O
16.Rf3 Ne5 17.Rg3 Kh8 18.Rf1 b5 19.Ne2 Qxa2 20.Ned4 Nc4 21.Qf4 e5 22.Qg4 Rg8
23.Bxf7 Bh6 24.Qxg8+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rd1 c6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Rd3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Ne5 f6
16.Nf3 Re8 17.Re1 b6 18.Nh4 Nf4 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.Bxe6+ Bxe6 21.Qxe6+ Kf8 22.Ng6+ hxg6
23.Rh3 Qh6 24.Rxh6 gxh6 25.Qxc6 Rac8 26.Qf3 Rc7 27.Qf4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "C79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bb3 Nf6
10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.Nd2 c6 15.h3 Qc7 16.Nf3 Rfe8
17.g4 Be6 18.Qe2 Bxb3 19.axb3 Nd7 20.Nd2 Nc5 21.b4 Ne6 22.Bg3 a5 23.bxa5 Rxa5
24.Nb3 Ra4 25.Rxa4 bxa4 26.Nd2 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Qc4 Qd7 29.Nf3 Rb8 30.Qe2 Rb3
31.e5 Qb7 32.e6 fxe6 33.Qxe6+ Qf7 34.Qxc6 Rxb2 35.Qxa4 Bxc3 36.Re8+ Kg7 37.Qe4 Bf6
38.Ra8 Qb7 39.Qe8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.Rxe5 c6 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qh4 13.g3 Qf6 14.d4 Bh3 15.Qh5 Rae8
16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.Qxh3 Re1+ 18.Bf1 g6 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Re1 Rb8 21.Qd7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O Bxa2 10.b3 a5 11.Kb2 a4 12.Kxa2 axb3+ 13.Kxb3 Na5+ 14.Kb2 Qd7 15.Ra1 O-O
16.Qd5 b5 17.Ne5 Qe6 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.Rxa5 Rxa5 20.Nc6 Ra6 21.Nxe7+ Kf7 22.Bxb5 Rb6
23.c4 Kxe7 24.Bg5+ Kf7 25.Kc3 Ra8 26.Be3 Rbb8 27.Bc6 Ra3+ 28.Kd2 Rb4 29.c5 Ra2
30.cxd6 cxd6 31.Bf3 d5 32.Rc1 h6 33.Kd3 Rba4 34.c3 Ra1 35.Rxa1 Rxa1 36.h4 Kf6
37.g3 g5 38.h5 Ra4 39.Bd1 Ra1 40.Kd2 e5 41.Bc5 Ra2+ 42.Bc2 e4 43.Kc1 Kf5
44.Bd1 Ra1+ 45.Kc2 Ra2+ 46.Kb1 Ra5 47.g4+ Ke5 48.Bd4+ Kf4 49.Bg7 Ra6 50.Be2 Rb6+
51.Kc2 Rb7 52.Bxh6 e3 53.fxe3+ Kxe3 54.Bd1 Kf4 55.Bf8 Rf7 56.Bc5 Ke4 57.Bd4 Rh7
58.Bf6 Rc7 59.h6 Kf4 60.Bg7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.dxc5 Nd5 10.Nd4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc5 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Qc2 Qd5 14.Bf4 Qe6 15.Qa4 O-O
16.Bxc4 Qg6 17.Rae1 Nd8 18.Bd5 Rc8 19.Be3 Qb6 20.Rb1 Qc7 21.Bf4 Qe7 22.Qc2 g6
23.Qd2 Ne6 24.Rxb7 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Rd1 Rb8 28.h4 Rb7 29.h5 Kf7
30.hxg6+ hxg6 31.Qe2 Bf8 32.c4 Bg7 33.Rc1 Qc5 34.Qe3 Qxe3 35.fxe3 Rc7 36.c5 Rc6
37.e4 fxe4 38.Rc4 Bf8 39.Be3 g5 40.Kf2 Be7 41.g4 Ke8 42.Ke2 Ra6 43.a4 Ra5
44.Kd2 Kd7 45.Kc3 Kc6 46.Kb4 Ra6 47.Rxe4 Rb6+ 48.Kc3 Rb1 49.Kd2 Rb2+ 50.Kc3 Re2
51.Kd3 Ra2 52.Rc4 a5 53.Ke4 Re2 54.Kf3 Ra2 55.Rd4 Ra3 56.Rc4 Kd5 57.Rc2 Kc6
58.Rc4 Kd5 59.Rd4+ Kc6 60.Rc4 Ra2 61.Ke4 Ra3 62.Kf3 Ra2 63.Bf2 Ra3+ 64.Ke4 Ra1
65.Be3 Ra2 66.Kf3 Ra3 67.Ke4 Ra2 68.Kf3 Ra3 69.Ke2 Ra2+ 70.Kd3 Ra3+ 71.Ke2 Ra2+
72.Kf3 Ra3 73.Rc2 Rxa4 74.Rb2 Rb4 75.Ra2 a4 76.Ke2 Bxc5 77.Rc2 Rb5 78.Bxg5 Kd5
79.Bf6 a3 80.Kd3 Rb3+ 81.Kd2 Bd4 82.g5 Rb2 83.g6 Rxc2+ 84.Kxc2 a2 85.g7 a1=Q
86.g8=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nd4 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.f4 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 O-O 11.Kh1 a6 12.Nce2 c5 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Qd1 Nc6 15.Ng3 Bg4
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nd4 18.Qd3 f5 19.c3 Ne6 20.Rd1 d4 21.Qc4 Re8 22.cxd4 cxd4
23.Be3 Qh4 24.Bf2 Qxf4 25.Kg1 Qxe5 26.Re1 Qd6 27.Re2 b5 28.Qb3 Kf8 29.Be1 a5
30.Rf2 b4 31.Rd1 Nc5 32.Qf3 Ra7 33.a3 bxa3 34.Qxa3 Rd7 35.Bxa5 Na6 36.Qxd6+ Rxd6
37.b4 Kf7 38.b5 Nb8 39.Rc2 Be5 40.Nf1 d3 41.Rcd2 Rd5 42.Rxd3 Rxb5 43.Bc3 Bxc3
44.Rxc3 Rbe5 45.Nd2 Rd5 46.Rc7+ Kg8 47.Kh2 Nd7 48.Rcc1 Nf6 49.Nf3 Rxd1 50.Rxd1 Re7
51.Rd6 Kg7 52.Ra6 Ne4 53.Nd4 Kf7 54.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Be2 h5 12.Kb1 Be7 13.Rhf1 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Qc5 15.Qd2 b5
16.Bf3 b4 17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Nc1 a5 19.Nd3 Qd4 20.Qe2 Bb5 21.Bxh5 a4 22.Bf3 Rxh2
23.Qf2 Qc4 24.b3 Qc3 25.Qd2 axb3 26.cxb3 Qd4 27.Rfe1 Rc3 28.Nf2 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 Bd8
30.Ng4 Rh8 31.Rxd6 Bd3+ 32.Kb2 Bc7 33.Rd4 Bxf4 34.Nxf6+ Ke7 35.e5 Bxe5 36.Ng8+ Kf8
37.Rd8+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bh4 e5 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Qb3 Na5 15.Bxf7+ Kf8
16.Qd3 Bb5 17.Qd2 Kxf7 18.Qh6 Qc8+ 19.Kb1 Qf5 20.Rhe1 Bc6 21.Ka1 Bxe4 22.Nxd4 exd4
23.Rxd4 Rad8 24.Ra4 Nc6 25.g4 Qxg4 26.f3 Qg6 27.Qf4 Bc2 28.Rc4 Bd3 29.Rcc1 Rhe8
30.Qc7 Ne5 31.Qxb7 Rd7 32.Qb3+ Kf8 33.Bg3 Qf7 34.Qa4 Bb5 35.Qe4 Nd3 36.Rg1 Bc5
37.Qh4 Bxg1 38.Rxg1 Ne5 39.Bf4 Ng6 40.Bh6+ Kg8 41.Qb4 Red8  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O b5 8.Re1 Bb7
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Bf3 Bd6 11.g3 Ne7 12.Qe2 Be5 13.Bg2 c5 14.Be3 Bd4 15.Nd1 O-O
16.c3 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 Rad8 18.a4 c4 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nc2 Rd7 21.Nd4 Qb6 22.e5 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Nc6 24.Nf3 Rd3 25.Qe4 h6 26.Ra2 Rfd8 27.Rea1 Qc5 28.Ra6 Ne7 29.Ra8 g6
30.R1a7 Qc6 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Qh4 Rd3 33.Qf6 Rd7 34.Rxd7 Qxd7 35.Nd4 b4 36.h4 h5
37.Qf3 bxc3 38.bxc3 Qc7 39.Qe4 Nd5 40.Ne2 Qc5 41.Qb1 Ne7 42.Qb8+ Kg7 43.Qd6 Qxd6
44.exd6 Nc6 45.d7 Kf6 46.Nd4 Nd8 47.Nb5 Ke7 48.Na3 Kxd7 49.Nxc4 f6 50.Kf3 Kc6
51.Ke4 Kc5 52.Kd3 Nc6 53.Ne3 Ne5+ 54.Ke4 Nf7 55.Kd3 Nd6 56.Nc2 e5 57.Ne3 g5
58.Ke2 Ne4 59.c4 Nd6 60.Nd5 Ne8 61.Ne3 Kd4 62.Nf5+ Kxc4 63.g4 Nc7 64.gxh5 Ne6
65.h6 Nf8 66.hxg5 fxg5 67.Kf3 Kd3 68.Kg4 Ke2 69.Kxg5 Kxf2 70.Kf6 e4 71.Kf7 Nh7
72.Kg6 Nf8+ 73.Kg7 Ne6+ 74.Kf6 Nf8 75.Nd4 e3 76.Kg7 Ne6+ 77.Nxe6 e2 78.Nf4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Qc2 Bxc5 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bd2 b6 14.Bd3 Nd5 15.Neg5 g6
16.Rac1 Bb7 17.h4 Rac8 18.h5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Qe5 20.f4 Nxf4 21.exf4 Qd4+ 22.Kh2 Nb4
23.Qb3 Nxd3 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Be1 Qxf4+ 27.Bg3 Qxg5 28.Qxd3 Qh5+
29.Kg1 Bd5 30.Rf1 Bc4 31.Qc3 Rc5 32.Rf2 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Rh5+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Bd6 7.h3 c5 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nc4 Nd7 10.a4 b6 11.O-O Re8 12.Nfd2 Nf8 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ng6
16.Be3 d5 17.Qf3 Be6 18.a5 Qd7 19.axb6 axb6 20.Qg3 d4 21.Bf4 Nxf4 22.Qxf4 b5
23.b3 Qc6 24.Nf3 h6 25.g4 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Ra8 27.Rf1 Rc8 28.Kh2 Qc7 29.Qxc7 Rxc7
30.Ra1 g5 31.Ra5 b4 32.Kg3 Kg7 33.h4 Kf6 34.Ra6 Rc8 35.h5 Rc7 36.Nd2 Ke5
37.Nf3+ Kf6 38.Nd2 Ke7 39.Nf3 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nd4 Bd7
9.Qh5 Nc6 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.h3 g6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nf3 Bf6 15.g4 Re8
16.Qf2 a5 17.Kb1 a4 18.a3 b5 19.f5 Rb8 20.g5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 b4 22.cxb4 Nxb4
23.axb4 Rxb4+ 24.Ka1 Bxf5 25.Bd4 Qa8 26.Bc3 Rf4 27.Bg2 Be4 28.Qd4 f6 29.gxf6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Nb3 Be7
9.a4 d6 10.Be3 b6 11.f4 Nbd7 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Qg3 h5 14.h3 h4 15.Qf2 Nh5 16.Ne2 Nhf6
17.Nc3 Nh5 18.Ne2 g6 19.Bd4 Rh7 20.f5 e5 21.Be3 g5 22.Nd2 Nf4 23.Bxf4 gxf4
24.Kh1 Nf6 25.a5 bxa5 26.Nc3 Nh5 27.Kh2 Rc8 28.Rfc1 Ng3 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.exd5 Qc5
31.Qf3 Bd8 32.f6 Rh6 33.Ne4 Nxe4 34.Bxe4 Rxf6 35.Qg4 Bb6 36.Qxh4 Ke7 37.Ra3 Qf2
38.Qxf2 Bxf2 39.Rxa5 Be3 40.Rca1 Rc4 41.Bd3 Rd4 42.R1a4 Rxa4 43.Rxa4 f3 44.gxf3 Rxf3
45.Rxa6 f5 46.Ra4 e4 47.Bxe4 Rf4 48.Ra3 Rxe4 49.Kg2 Bf4 50.Kf3 Be5 51.c3 Rh4
52.Kg2 Kf6 53.Ra8 Kg5 54.Rc8 Re4 55.Kf3 Re1 56.b4 Rc1 57.c4 Rc3+ 58.Kg2 f4
59.c5 f3+ 60.Kf1 Bd4 61.Re8 f2 62.Kg2 Rc1 63.Rf8 Rg1+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 b6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Bb7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.O-O a5 10.Bb2 a4 11.a3 Bd6 12.b4 b5 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Rc1 Nb6 15.e3 Qc8 16.Qf3 Qe6
17.Qe2 Qe8 18.Rc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Nc4 20.Nexc4 bxc4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Nxc4 Qe6
23.Nd2 Rad8 24.Qd3 c6 25.Nf3 Qe4 26.Qd1 Ba6 27.Nd4 Qe8 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Qh4 Qe5
30.Nxc6 Qg5 31.Qxg5 fxg5 32.Nxd8 Bxf1 33.Kxf1 Rxd8 34.c6 Kg7 35.b5 Rb8 36.c7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.g3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.Bf4 Qb4 10.O-O O-O-O 11.d5 e6 12.a3 Qxb2 13.Na4 Qb5 14.c4 Qxc4 15.Nd2 Qxf4
16.Qb3 Nd4 17.Nb6+ cxb6 18.Qxb6 Qd6 19.Qa7 exd5 20.Rab1 Qc7 21.Nc4 Bc5 22.Qa8+ Kd7
23.Ne5+ Ke6 24.Qxb7 Qxb7 25.Rxb7 Kxe5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.b4 a5 10.b5 Nd4 11.Rb1 a4 12.Nxe5 Bb3 13.Rxb3 axb3 14.e3 Nc2 15.Bxb7 O-O
16.Nc6 Qd7 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.a4 Nxa4 19.Nxa4 Rxa4 20.d4 Bf6 21.Qd3 Qd5 22.Bb2 g6
23.Rc1 h5 24.e4 Qc4 25.Qf3 Bg5 26.Ne5 Qe6 27.d5 Qe8 28.Rd1 f6 29.Qxb3 Rb4
30.Qxc2 fxe5 31.Bc3 Rxb5 32.Qa2 Qf7 33.Qa8+ Kh7 34.Bxe5 Bf6 35.Bxf6 Qxf6
36.Qc6 Qf3 37.Qxc7+ Kg8 38.Qc2 h4 39.Qd3 Qf7 40.Qxb5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O c6 8.Bg5 b5
9.Ne5 Ra6 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 O-O 12.e3 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nd3 c5 15.Nd2 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 cxd4 17.Nc5 Ra7 18.exd4 b4 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.Qe3 Nd7 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.d5 Ra6
23.d6 Qf8 24.Rac1 f5 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.Qxc5 Bd7 27.Bb7 Raa8 28.Bxa8 Rxa8 29.Qb6 f4
30.Rc7 Rd8 31.Ra7 fxg3 32.hxg3 Kh7 33.Qb7 Qf5 34.Re1 Qc2 35.Qe4+ Qxe4 36.Rxe4 a4
37.bxa4 b3 38.Rb4 Be8 39.Ra6 Rc8 40.Rxb3 Rc1+ 41.Kg2 Bc6+ 42.f3 Rc2+ 43.Kg1 Rc1+
44.Kf2 Bd5 45.d7 Rc2+ 46.Ke3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 h6 13.a4 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.Rg3 Nbd3 20.Rf1 Nxc1 21.Qxc1 Qf6 22.Nf5 g6
23.f4 Nd3 24.Bxd3 cxd3 25.Ne3 Rac8 26.Qb1 Qd4 27.Kh2 Bg7 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rd1 b4
30.Rf3 Ba6 31.Qa2 Bb5 32.Qa5 Rb8 33.Qc7 Red8 34.b3 Qc3 35.Qe7 Bf6 36.Qa7 Ra8
37.Qb6 Be8 38.Nec4 Qc2 39.Rff1 Rab8 40.Qc7 Qc3 41.e5 Bg7 42.exd6 Bd7 43.Qa7 Bf5
44.Qe3 Re8 45.Qf3 Re2 46.Rf2 Rbe8 47.d7 Bxd7 48.Nd6 Rxf2 49.Qxf2 Re2 50.Qa7 Be8
51.Qb8 Kf8  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 b5 14.Bf1 Nc7 15.Bg5 Qd7
16.Bh4 Be6 17.Qc2 h6 18.Bg3 Nd5 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 a5 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.f4 Qc5+
23.Kh1 Qxc3 24.Qf2 Ne7 25.Bd3 Rad8 26.Qf3 Qb2 27.Bh4 Rd7 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.f5 Bd5
30.Qg3 Rd7 31.f6 g5 32.Re2 Qb4 33.Qh3 Bxg2+ 34.Rxg2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Rea1 Qc7 22.Qd1 Nb6
23.axb5 axb5 24.Ng5 Rxa3 25.Rxa3 h4 26.Nf1 Nba4 27.Qg4 f6 28.Nf3 g5 29.Nxh4 Bc8
30.Nf5 Qh7 31.N1g3 Nxb2 32.Nh5 Qg6 33.Ra8 Nbd3 34.h4 Bd7 35.Rxe8 Bxe8 36.Nhg3 gxh4
37.Qxh4 b4 38.cxb4 Nxb4 39.Bd1 Bf7 40.Bh5 Qh7 41.Qg4+ Kh8 42.Qh4 Nd7 43.Bxf7 Qxh4
44.Nxh4 c3 45.Ne2 c2 46.Nc1 Nc5 47.Kf1 Ncd3 48.Ke2 Nxc1+ 49.Bxc1 Na2 50.Kd2 Bh6+
51.Kxc2 Nxc1 52.Nf5 Bg5 53.Nxd6 Ne2 54.Be8 Kg7 55.Nf5+ Kf8 56.Bh5 Nf4 57.g4 Nh3
58.d6 Nf4 59.d7 Ne6 60.Kb3 Nc5+ 61.Kc4 Nxd7 62.Kd5 Nb6+ 63.Ke6 Na4 64.f3 Nc5+
65.Kd5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 c5 8.a3 cxd4
9.axb4 dxc3 10.O-O Nc6 11.b5 Ne5 12.Nxc3 Qd6 13.h3 Rd8 14.Bc2 Be6 15.Ra4 Nc4
16.b3 Nb6 17.Rd4 Rac8 18.Bb2 Qc7 19.Bb1 Qe5 20.Ne2 Qg5 21.f4 Qh5 22.Qe1 Bd7
23.Bd3 Ne4 24.Ng3 Nxg3 25.Qxg3 f6 26.f5 Qe8 27.Rg4 Qe7 28.Bd4 Be8 29.Rff4 h5
30.Rh4 Rc1+ 31.Rf1 Rdc8 32.Rf4 Nd7 33.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34.Rf1 Rc8 35.Be2 b6 36.Qh4 Qf7
37.Qf4 Nc5 38.Rc1 Rd8 39.b4 Nb3 40.Rc7 Qf8 41.Bc3 Nc1 42.Bf1 Na2 43.Bd2 Bf7
44.Qd4 Rc8 45.Rc6 a5 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.Bxa5 Re8 48.Bd2 Qa3 49.b6 Qb3 50.Rc7 Qb1
51.b7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 Ng4 6.Bf4 O-O 7.h3 Nf6 8.Qd2 c6
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Bh6 b4 12.Ne2 Qa5 13.Kb1 c5 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.exd6 exd6 17.dxc5 Rb8 18.Ka1 Nxc5 19.Bc4 Nb6 20.Bb3 Be6 21.Ned4 Bxb3 22.cxb3 Rfe8
23.h4 h5 24.Qg5 Kg8 25.Qh6 Nd5 26.Nf5 Nxb3+ 27.Kb1 Nc3+ 28.bxc3 Qxf5+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Nf3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.Ne5 Bxd2+
9.Nxd2 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc4 Rb8 12.O-O Nd5 13.Qxa7 Rb4 14.Rfc1 Bb7 15.Na5 Ra8
16.Qc5 Rxb2 17.Nxb7 Rxb7 18.Qxc6 Rba7 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Qxd5 h6 21.e3 Ra5 22.Qc4 R8a7
23.Rc2 Qd7 24.Rac1 Rh5 25.Qc6 Qh3 26.Qg2 Qd7 27.h4 Rha5 28.Qc6 Qf5 29.Qe8+ Kh7
30.Rxc7 Rxa2 31.f4 Rxc7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bg2 g5 13.h4 gxf4 14.Nde2 Ne5 15.Qxf4 Bg7
16.Kb1 Bd7 17.g5 O-O-O 18.Rh3 Kb8 19.Nd4 Rc8 20.Nb3 hxg5 21.hxg5 Rxh3 22.Bxh3 Nc4
23.Rd3 Nxb2 24.Kxb2 Bxc3+ 25.Kb1 Be5 26.Qd2 a5 27.Bf1 Bb5 28.Rxd6 Bxf1 29.Rd7 Qb6
30.Rxf7 Bc4 31.Qxa5 Qg1+ 32.Nc1 Qd4 33.c3 Bd3+ 34.Kb2 Rxc3  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Bf5 11.Re1 O-O 12.c3 Re8 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Nd2 a5 15.Nc4 Qa6
16.a4 Bd3 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.c4 Bg6 19.Nf3 Rad8 20.Bd2 Ne4 21.Bf4 Bb4 22.Re2 Nd6
23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Re5 f6 25.c5 Rd5 26.Re3 Bf7 27.Bf1 Qa8 28.Bc4 Rdd8 29.Rc1 Qc8
30.Rc2 Qd7 31.Kg2 Re7 32.Rce2 Rde8 33.Re4 Kf8 34.g4 Qc7 35.h3 Qd7 36.g5 e5
37.dxe5 Bd5 38.Bxd5 Qxd5 39.Qxd5 cxd5 40.Rf4 Re6 41.Rc2 Ke7 42.exf6+ gxf6
43.Rh4 Rh8 44.g6 h5 45.Nd4 Re5 46.f4 Re4 47.Nf5+ Ke6 48.Ng7+ Ke7 49.Rxh5 Rg8
50.Nf5+ Ke6 51.g7 d4 52.Kf3 d3 53.Kxe4 dxc2 54.Nd4+ Kf7 55.Nxc2 Rxg7 56.Rd5 Rg2
57.Nxb4 axb4 58.b3 Re2+ 59.Kd3 Rf2 60.Rd4 Rf3+ 61.Kc4 Ke6 62.Kxb4 Kf5 63.a5 Rxh3
64.Kc4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.d3 Nd7
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nc4 h5 13.g5 h4 14.Ne3 Ne6 15.Nf5 Bh5
16.N5xh4 g6 17.d4 exd4 18.Qc4 Bg7 19.cxd4 Qd7 20.Be3 d5 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Qb4 c5
23.Qd2 Rb8 24.Bf4 Nxf4 25.Qxf4 O-O 26.O-O-O Qa4 27.Kb1 cxd4 28.Rd2 Rb4 29.Qd6 d3
30.Rc1 Qa3  0-1

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Socko,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.f4 O-O
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Bf3 Nb4 13.Rf2 Bxb3 14.cxb3 Nd7 15.e5 dxe5
16.Rd2 exf4 17.Bf2 e5 18.Rxd7 Qf6 19.Ne4 Qf5 20.Rd2 Qe6 21.Nc5 Rxc5 22.Bxc5 e4
23.Bxf8 Bxf8 24.Be2 Nc6 25.Bc4 Qf5 26.Rd5 Ne5 27.Qd4 Bg7 28.Rd8+ Bf8 29.Qd6  1-0

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhukova,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 h6 8.Be3 Bd7
9.O-O Na5 10.Nd2 c5 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Qg4 O-O-O 13.Nb3 Nc4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Bc6
16.Qf4 Rd5 17.Bd4 f5 18.Qe3 g5 19.Nd2 f4 20.Qh3 Bxc5 21.Qxe6+ Kb8 22.Nb3 Be7
23.Rad1 Rhd8 24.Qxh6 Qc8 25.e6 Ka8 26.Rfe1 b6 27.c4 R5d6 28.c3 Qb7 29.Qh3 Qa6
30.c5 bxc5 31.Nxc5 Qc4 32.Nd7 Qd5 33.Re5 Qc4 34.Ra5 R8xd7 35.exd7 Rxd7 36.Rb1 a6
37.Qh8+ Rd8  1-0

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Menzi,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.d5 Nd8 14.Nf1 g6 15.Ng3 Bg7
16.Qd2 Re8 17.c4 c5 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Red1 Nc5 20.Qxd6 Nxb3 21.axb3 Qb7 22.cxb5 Qxb5
23.Qd3 Qb7 24.Nd2 Ne6 25.Nc4 Qb4 26.Qc3 Reb8 27.Nd2 Qb7 28.f3 Nd4 29.Bxd4 exd4
30.Qc5 Rc8 31.Qa5 Bb5 32.b4 d3 33.Qa3 Rc2 34.Rab1 Qb6+ 35.Kh1 Qf2 36.Ngf1 Bd4
37.Kh2 Qg1+ 38.Kg3 Bf2+  0-1

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.a4 Rb8 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 O-O 12.Be3 Ra8 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Re1 Re8 15.Ng5 Rf8
16.Nf1 Ne7 17.dxe5 Bxe3 18.Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Qf8 21.Nh6+ gxh6
22.exf6 Qxf6+ 23.Kg1 Ng6 24.Ne3 Re8 25.Nd5 Qe5 26.Qd4 c5 27.Qxe5 Rxe5 28.Rad1 Kg7
29.Ne3 Bxe4 30.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.O-O Ne6 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bf5 13.Na4 Qb8 14.Be3 Qb5 15.b3 Ba3
16.c3 O-O 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Rf2 a5 19.h3 h5 20.Kh2 Be7 21.Rg1 g6 22.g4 hxg4
23.hxg4 Be4 24.Kg3 Rf8 25.Rh2 f6 26.e6 Rae8 27.Qxe4 f5 28.Qd4 Bf6 29.Qd2 Rxe6
30.Bd4 Rfe8 31.Bxf6 Re3+ 32.Kh4 Kf7 33.Kg5 d4 34.Rh7+ Ke6 35.Qxd4 fxg4+ 36.Nc5+  1-0

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.a4 O-O 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Nb3 b6 13.Bf3 Bc8 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rad1 Rac8
16.Qf2 Nd7 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.Re2 Ba8 19.Red2 Rb8 20.Qg3 Na5 21.Nxa5 bxa5 22.Ne2 Nf6
23.Bd4 Rb4 24.e5 dxe5 25.Bxe5 Qc8 26.Bc3 Rc4 27.Bxa8 Qxa8 28.b3 Rcc8 29.Be5 g6
30.Qf3 Qxf3 31.gxf3 Nd5 32.c4 Ne3 33.Re1 Nf5 34.Bc3 Rb8 35.Rb1 Rec8 36.Rdd1 Bb4
37.Be5 Rb7 38.Rd3 Be7 39.Rbd1 f6 40.Bb2 Kf7 41.Nc1 Rc6 42.Bc3 Bd6 43.Bxa5 Bxf4
44.Ne2 Bd6 45.Nd4 Nxd4 46.Rxd4 Ke7 47.Bd8+ Kxd8 48.Rxd6+ Rxd6 49.Rxd6+ Ke7
50.Rd3 a5 51.Kg2 e5 52.Kf2 Ke6 53.Ke2 f5 54.Kd2 e4 55.fxe4 fxe4 56.Rc3 Ke5
57.Ke3 Rf7 58.c5 Kd5 59.Rc1 Rf3+ 60.Ke2 Kc6 61.b4 axb4 62.Rc4 b3 63.Rxe4 Rh3
64.Rb4 Kxc5 65.Rb8 Kd5  1-0

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klinova,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O e5 6.c3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 e4 10.Nfd2 Nf6 11.f3 exf3 12.Qxf3 Bd7 13.Nc3 Be7 14.d5 O-O 15.dxc6 Qb6+
16.Qf2 Qxc6 17.Nf3 d5 18.h3 Ne4 19.Qe2 Bc5+ 20.Be3 Ng3 21.Qd2 Nxf1 22.Rxf1 Rae8
23.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24.Kh1 d4  0-1

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Yildiz,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 Nc5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Bc2 Ne6 15.Nf1 Ng5
16.Ng3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bg5 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Ne7 20.d4 c5 21.Qf2 Bc6 22.Rf1 Qc7
23.Bb3 c4 24.Bc2 Qa5 25.Qd2 Qa7 26.Bd1 Qb7 27.Bf3 Re8 28.Bh5 Ng6 29.Nf5 Qc7
30.d5 Bd7 31.Qf2 Bxf5 32.exf5 Ne7 33.f6 Nxd5 34.fxg7 Re7 35.Ra1 Nb6 36.Qf6 Rd7
37.Bg4 Rd8 38.Bf5  1-0

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ozturk,Ku"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Qc2 Qc7 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nb5 Qb8
9.a3 Be7 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Qc2 b6 13.Bd3 f5 14.O-O Bb7 15.b4 a6
16.Nd4 Bd6 17.f4 Nxd4 18.exd4 Rc8 19.Be3 Be7 20.Rac1 a5 21.Qb2 axb4 22.axb4 Ra4
23.c5 Bd5 24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Qxa1 bxc5 26.bxc5 Qb3 27.Qd1 Qa3 28.Bf2 Rb8 29.Re1 Bf6
30.Bf1 Qa2 31.Qe2 Rb2 32.Qe3 Qa4 33.Be2 Qb4 34.Rd1 Rb3 35.Qd2 Qb7 36.Bf1 Be4
37.Rc1 Rb2 38.Qc3 Qb8 39.Rd1 Rc2 40.Qe3 Qb2 41.h3 Qa2 42.g3 Rb2 43.Bg2 Qa4
44.Rd2 Rb3 45.Qe2 Qa1+ 46.Kh2 Qc3 47.Bxe4 fxe4 48.Rc2 Qd3 49.Rd2 Qb1 50.c6 dxc6
51.Qc4 Kf7 52.Qxc6  0-1

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Javakhishvili,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Re1 d6 10.Bf4 Ne5 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 Rb8 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.Nc1 Be7
16.Nb3 O-O 17.a5 Nd7 18.Qg4 Re8 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.Bc4 Kh8 21.b3 Rf8 22.Qh5 Bb7
23.Nf3 Bxe4 24.Nxe5 g6 25.Qe2 Bb7 26.Ng4 Qc6 27.f3 f6 28.Kh1 h5 29.Nf2 e5
30.Bc1 Ne6 31.Nd3 Nd4 32.Qe3 Nf5 33.Qf2 Kh7 34.Bb2 Bd6 35.Rad1 Rbe8 36.Qb6 Qxb6
37.axb6 h4 38.Nf2 Bc5 39.Ne4 Bd4 40.Bxd4 exd4 41.Nxf6+ Rxf6 42.Rxe8 h3 43.Bf1 Rxb6
44.Rde1 hxg2+ 45.Bxg2 Kh6 46.f4 Bxg2+ 47.Kxg2 Rc6 48.R1e2 Ne3+ 49.Kf3 Nxc2
50.R2e7 g5 51.f5 g4+ 52.Kf4 Kh5 53.Rh8+ Rh6 54.Reh7  1-0

[Event "1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Konya TUR"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qb3 c5 8.a3 Ba5
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Be3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qe7 12.g3 Nc6 13.Bg2 O-O 14.O-O Nd5 15.Bg5 Qc5
16.Rfc1 Na5 17.Qc2 Nc4 18.e4 Ndb6 19.a4 h6 20.Bd2 e5 21.a5 Nd7 22.Bf1 Nxa5
23.Be3 Qc7 24.c4 b6 25.Nh4 Nc5 26.Rab1 Bd7 27.Nf5 Bc6 28.Bg2 h5 29.Qe2 g6
30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.Qe3 f6 32.Nh4 Be8 33.Bh3 Qe7 34.Qh6 Qg7 35.Qd2 Nc6 36.Qd5+ Kh8
37.Qxc5 Nd4 38.Rd1 Ba4 39.Rxd4 exd4 40.Qxd4 Rad8 41.Qe3 Bd7 42.Bg2 Be6 43.c5 Rfe8
44.c6 g5 45.Rb7 Rd1+ 46.Bf1 Qg8 47.Qe2 Bg4 48.Qb2 Qe6 49.Ng2 Qxc6 50.Ne3 Rd7
51.Rb8 Rxb8 52.Qxb8+ Kg7 53.Bb5 Rb7 54.Bxc6 Rxb8 55.Kg2 a5 56.h3 Be6 57.Nd5 Rb2
58.Kf3 Bxd5 59.Bxd5 a4 60.e5 a3  0-1

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Duhayon,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Be7
9.Bd3 h6 10.Ne4 Nd5 11.c3 O-O 12.Ng3 f5 13.Bxf5 Nf4 14.Bc2 Ba6 15.Nf5 Rxf5
16.Bxf5 Nd3+ 17.Kd1 Qd6 18.b4 e4 19.Bxe4 Rf8 20.Bxd3 Rxf3 21.Bxa6 Rxf2 22.bxa5 Qd5
23.Re1 Bd6 24.Kc2 Rxg2 25.Bd3 Rxh2 26.Re8+ Kf7 27.Re4 Qxa5 28.Na3 Bxa3 29.Bxa3 g5
30.Rf1+ Kg8 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Bf8+  1-0

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zaremba,An"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.e3 d6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bc4 e5
9.O-O e4 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nh2 O-O-O 12.Qe2 d5 13.Ba6 Qc6 14.Bxb7+ Qxb7 15.c4 f5
16.a4 dxc4 17.Qxc4 a5 18.Rac1 Kb8 19.Nb1 Nf6 20.Nc3 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Rxd5 22.f3 exf3
23.Rxf3 Bd6 24.Nf1 Rd8 25.Nd2 g5 26.Qc2 f4 27.Nc4 fxe3 28.Nxd6 R5xd6 29.Rxe3 Rxd4
30.Qc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 R8d6 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Kh2 Kb7 34.Kg3 Rd4 35.b3 Kc6 36.Re6+ Rd6
37.Re3 Kc5 38.h4 gxh4+ 39.Kxh4 Kb4 40.Kh5 c5 41.g4 c4 42.bxc4 Kxa4  0-1

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.O-O Ne7 8.c4 dxc4
9.Na3 c3 10.Bg5 f6 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bc1 Nd5 13.Nh4 Bg6 14.Bf3 N7b6 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.bxc3 Kf7 17.c4 Nb4 18.Be3 Qe7 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Rad1 Na4 22.Bxc5 Qxc5
23.Qe4 Nc6 24.Rfe1 e5 25.Nb5 f5 26.Qc2 Nb6 27.Qc1 e4 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Be2 Nd7
30.Rd1 Nf6 31.Rxd8 Nxd8 32.Qd2 Ne6 33.Nd6+ Ke7 34.Nxb7 Qb6 35.Na5 e3 36.fxe3 Ne4
37.Qb4+ Qxb4 38.Nc6+ Kd6 39.Nxb4 Nc3 40.Bf3 a5 41.Nc6 a4 42.a3 Nb1 43.Nd4 Nxa3
44.Nxe6 Kxe6 45.Bd1 Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fridman,D2"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.e3 b6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nc3 Bb7
10.cxd5 exd5 11.d4 Qd7 12.Ne5 Qe6 13.Nb5 Rfc8 14.f4 Bf8 15.g4 a6 16.g5 axb5
17.gxf6 Qxf6 18.Bxd5 Nd8 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.Qf3 Rc7 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Rf2 Qf5
23.e4 Qc8 24.Ng4 Ra6 25.Rg2 Rcc6 26.Kh1 c4 27.bxc4 bxc4 28.Qc3 Qe6 29.f5 Qd6
30.e5 Qd3 31.e6 Qxc3 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Nxf7+ Kg8 34.Nh6+ Kh8 35.Bxc3 Rc7 36.Re1 Ra3
37.f6  1-0

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stebbings,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Rb8 12.Bd3 Be7 13.c4 c5 14.Qc2 d6 15.Rad1 Nd7
16.Nc3 g6 17.f5 Bf6 18.Bh6 Re8 19.e5 Bxe5 20.fxg6 f5 21.Bxf5 Nf6 22.gxh7+ Kh8
23.Bg6 Rd8 24.Bf4 d5 25.Qd2 Kg7 26.Qe3 Bxf4 27.Rxf4 d4 28.Qg3 dxc3 29.h8=Q+ Kxh8
30.Rh4+ Kg8 31.Bf7+ Kxf7 32.Qxc7+  1-0

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Saravanan,V1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.a4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qd3 exd4 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Bg5 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Ne5
16.Qf5 O-O 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rd1 Qa1 19.cxd4 Bxd4 20.Nc3 Qxb2 21.Nd5 Ng6 22.Nxc7 Bb6
23.Nd5 Qxb3 24.Nxf6+ Kh8 25.Rxd6 Bd8 26.Nd5 Qb2 27.Ne3 Be7 28.Rd7 b4 29.Ng4 Kg7
30.g3 Rd8 31.Rb7 Qc1+ 32.Kg2 Qc6 33.Ra7 Qe6 34.h4 Re8 35.h5 Nf8 36.Qf4 h6
37.Ne5 Kg8 38.Rb7 Bd6 39.Qxf7+ Qxf7 40.Nxf7 Bc5 41.Nxh6+ Kh8 42.e5 Re6 43.Nf7+ Kg8
44.f4 Re7 45.Nh6+ Kh7 46.Rb5 Kxh6 47.Rxc5 Rb7 48.Rc1 Kxh5 49.Kf3 b3 50.g4+ Kg6
51.f5+ Kf7 52.Ke4 b2 53.Rb1 Nh7 54.Kd3 Rb5 55.e6+ Kf6 56.Kc3 Ng5 57.Rxb2 Rxb2
58.Kxb2 Nxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lovik,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Bd7
9.f3 Be7 10.Kb1 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bd3 h6 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Ne2 d5
16.Bf4 e5 17.Bg3 Qb7 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bf5 Nb6 20.Bxe5 O-O 21.Rhg1 Rfd8 22.Qc1 Nc4
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.g5 hxg5 25.Rxg5+ Bxg5 26.Qxg5+ Kf8 27.Nf4 Rd6 28.Qh4 Qc6
29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qh4+ Kf8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qh4+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zozulia,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 O-O
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Bg5 11.O-O a5 12.a4 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.c3 Ne7 15.Bd3 Nxd5
16.Bxf5 Nf4 17.Bg4 Kh8 18.g3 Ng6 19.Bf3 Qb6 20.Bg2 Rxf2 21.Rxf2 Rf8 22.Nd4 Be3
23.Kh1 Rxf2 24.Nb5 Bc5 25.Qd5 Qc6 26.Qxc6 bxc6 27.Bxc6 Ne7 28.Bg2 Rxb2 29.Rf1 g6
30.g4 g5 31.Rd1 Ng6 32.Bc6 Nf4  0-1

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhukova,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 c5 10.Bd3 h5 11.Qf3 Nxc3 12.dxc5 d4 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.Qf4 g5 15.Qxg5 Qxg5
16.Bxg5 Nxe5 17.Bf6 Nxd3+ 18.cxd3 Rg8 19.Bxd4 Nd5 20.g3 Bd7 21.Nf3 Bc6 22.Ne5 Nb4
23.Nxc6 Nc2+ 24.Kd2 Nxa1 25.Na5 b6 26.Rxa1 bxa5 27.Rb1 Rg5 28.Rb5 Rd5 29.Be3 O-O-O
30.Ke2 Rxd3 31.Rxa5 Kb7 32.c6+ Kxc6 33.Ra6+ Kb5 34.Rxa7 R3d7 35.Rxd7 Rxd7
36.h4 e5 37.Bg5 f5 38.Bf6 Rd5 39.Be7 Kc4 40.Bf8 Rd7 41.Bb4 Rd3 42.Be7 Rb3
43.Bf8 Kd4 44.Bd6 Kd5 45.Bb4 Ke4 46.Kd1 Rb2 47.Bd2 Kd3  0-1

[Event "8th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2010.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Degtiarev,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Rd1 Rfe8 14.h4 h6 15.Bb5 Bc6
16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Bf4 Nf6 18.Re1 Rac8 19.Ne5 Qa4 20.Qe3 cxd4 21.cxd4 Bf8 22.g4 Qa5
23.Bxh6 Red8 24.Qf4 Rxd4 25.Bxg7 Bxg7 26.g5 Qd2 27.Re3 Rc1+ 28.Rxc1 Qxc1+
29.Kg2 Rd1 30.gxf6 Rg1+ 31.Kf3 Qd1+ 32.Re2 Re1 33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2 Bxf6 35.Ng4 Bxh4
36.Rd7 a5 37.Nh6+ Kg7 38.Nxf7 Ra1 39.Ne5+ Kf8 40.Rd3 Ra2 41.Kg4 Be7 42.Nc4 Bc5
43.f4 Rg2+ 44.Kh5 Kf7 45.Ne5+ Ke8 46.f5 exf5 47.exf5 Ke7 48.Rf3 Ra2 49.f6+ Ke6
50.Nc4 a4 51.f7 b5 52.Na5 Bf8 53.Nc6 Rxa3 54.Rf1 Rc3 55.Nd4+ Kd7 56.Rd1 Rc5+
57.Kg4 Ke7 58.Kf3 Kxf7 59.Ke4 Bg7 60.Nf5 Be5 61.Ne3 Ke6 62.Rd8 Bb2 63.Ra8 a3
64.Ra6+ Kd7 65.Kd3 Kc7 66.Nc2 Kb7 67.Ra5 Kb6 68.Ra8 Rc3+ 69.Kd2 Rb3 70.Kd1 Rh3
71.Kd2 Kb7  0-1

[Event "11th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a5 8.Bf4 Na6
9.Ne5 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Qe8 11.e4 Bb4 12.Re3 Be7 13.Nc3 d6 14.Nd3 h6 15.Re2 Qc6
16.Rc1 Rad8 17.f3 Qb7 18.Qb3 Nd7 19.a3 Bf6 20.Be3 Be7 21.Qc2 c6 22.d5 cxd5
23.cxd5 e5 24.Qb3 Rb8 25.Qb5 Nac5 26.Nxc5 bxc5 27.Qxa5 Ra8 28.Qb5 Qxb5 29.Nxb5 Rfb8
30.Nc3 Nb6 31.Rcc2 Nc4 32.Na2 Ra4 33.Bc1 Na5 34.Nc3 Rc4 35.Nd1 Ra4 36.Nc3 Rc4
37.Nb1 Ra4 38.Nc3 Rc4 39.Nd1 Ra4 40.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.Ng5 Be8 12.Rd3 h6 13.Nge4 Be7 14.Bf4 Bd7 15.h3 Nh4
16.Be3 b6 17.Ng3 h5 18.f4 Be6 19.Nce2 Bd5 20.Nd4 Nxg2 21.Ndf5 Bf8 22.Rad1 h4
23.Nf1 g6 24.c4 Bxc4 25.Rd8+ Kb7 26.Rxa8 Kxa8 27.Rd8+ Kb7 28.Kxg2 gxf5 29.Nd2 Bxa2
30.b3 a5 31.Bd4 a4 32.Kf1 Rg8 33.bxa4 Bd5 34.a5 bxa5 35.Bc5 Bxc5 36.Rxg8 a4
37.Nb1 a3 38.Nxa3 Bxa3 39.Rh8 c5 40.Rxh4 c4 41.Ke2 Be4 42.Kd2 Bb4+  0-1

[Event "11th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanko,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.Nd2 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bg3 d6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.d5 Nd4 12.Ne2 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd7 14.O-O Nc5 15.Bc2 Bf6
16.Rab1 a5 17.b3 Re8 18.Qd1 c6 19.dxe6 Nxe6 20.Re1 Nd4 21.Bd3 b5 22.Nf3 b4
23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Bc2 c5 25.Qd3 Qg5 26.Kh1 Qg6 27.f3 Bc6 28.Bf4 a4 29.Be3 axb3
30.axb3 Be5 31.Bd2 Ra2 32.Re2 Qh5 33.g4 Qh3 34.Rf2 Rxc2 35.Qxc2 Bxh2 36.Rbf1 Bg3+
37.Kg1 Bxf2+ 38.Rxf2 h5 39.gxh5 Re5 40.Bf4 Rxh5 41.Bh2 Rg5+ 42.Kh1 f5 43.Qe2 fxe4
44.fxe4 Rg4  0-1

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhukova,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.f4 d5 10.e5 Qh6 11.Be2 Nxe5 12.Qd2 Nc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.f5 Qh5 15.f6 Nd5
16.fxg7 Re8 17.Bf2 Bb7 18.Na3 Bd6 19.g3 Nf4 20.gxf4 Qd5 21.Be3 Rxe3 22.Nf3  0-1

[Event "11th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.e3 h5 10.f3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qe7 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Nge2 c6 15.a3 Ba5
16.Rc1 Kf8 17.b4 Bc7 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 f6 20.Kf1 Kg7 21.b5 Bd5 22.N2c3 Bb6
23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Nc3 Bxd4 25.Nxd5 Qe5 26.Bc4 Nb6 27.Nxb6 axb6 28.Re1 Qc5 29.Qb4 Rxa3
30.Qxc5 Bxc5 31.Rd1 f5 32.Rd7+ Kf6 33.Be2 Ra1+ 34.Rd1 Ra2 35.f4 gxf4 36.Rxh5 f3
37.Rxh8 fxe2+ 38.Ke1 Bf2+  0-1

[Event "11th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Molchanova,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 Bg6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7
10.Bb5 c4 11.b3 cxb3 12.axb3 Qd7 13.c4 Nge7 14.c5 O-O 15.Nc3 a6 16.Be2 f6
17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Qd2 Raf8 19.Ra4 Qc7 20.Nh4 Qf4 21.Qxf4 Rxf4 22.Nf3 Bh5 23.Ng5 Bxe2
24.Nxe2 R4f6 25.f4 h6 26.Nf3 g5 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Re1 Rg6 29.Ng3 Rf4 30.Nh5 Rf7
31.Re2 Nf5 32.Rf2 Ng7 33.Ng3 Nf5 34.Ne5 Nxe5 35.dxe5 Nxg3 36.Rxf7 Kxf7 37.hxg3 Rg7
38.g4 Ke8 39.Rb4 Rc7 40.Rb6 Rxc5 41.Rxe6+ Kf7 42.Rf6+ Ke7 43.Kf2 Rb5 44.Ke3 Rb4
45.Rd6 Rxb3+ 46.Kd4 a5 47.Rh6 Rb1 48.Kxd5 a4 49.Rh7+ Kf8 50.Rh8+ Ke7 51.Rh7+ Kf8
52.Rh8+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zueger,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bc1 Ne4 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.Ne2 f5
9.Qh3 c5 10.f3 Ng5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.f4 Qd8 13.a3 Qa5 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.Nxc3 c4
16.g4 Nc6 17.gxf5 exf5 18.Rg1 Ne7 19.Qh4 Rg8 20.Rd2 Qa6 21.Rdg2 Qe6 22.Nb5 Rb8
23.Nc7 Qc6 24.Rxg7 Rxg7 25.Rxg7 Kxg7 26.Qxe7+ Kg6 27.e6 Bxe6 28.Nxe6 Rg8
29.Be2 c3 30.h4 h5  1-0

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Forster,Ri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Na3 Qd5 6.Qa4+ c6 7.Qxc4 Bxa3 8.Qxd5 exd5
9.bxa3 O-O 10.d3 Re8 11.Rb1 Nbd7 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.O-O Na4 14.Be3 a6 15.Rb4 c5
16.Rxa4 Bd7 17.Rb4 cxb4 18.axb4 h6 19.Bd2 Rac8 20.h3 Ba4 21.f4 Red8 22.f5 Ne8
23.g4 Nc7 24.f6 Ne6 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.f7+ Kh7 27.Be3 Rf8 28.Bc5 Rxc5 29.bxc5 Bc6
30.d4 g6 31.Rf6 Bd7 32.h4 Kg7 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Rxf7 35.Rxf7+ Kxf7 36.Kf2 Bb5
37.Ke3 Bc4 38.a3 Ke7 39.Bf3 Kd7 40.Kf4 b6 41.cxb6 Kc6 42.Bh5 Kxb6 43.Bxg6 Bxe2
44.Be8  1-0

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Qd3 Nf8
9.Nh3 Qh4 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nf4 Nc6 12.Nh5 Rg8 13.f4 Bd7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Bg2 Qb4
16.a3 Qa5 17.f5 a6 18.f6 gxf6 19.Nxf6 Rg7 20.Nxh7 Nxh7 21.Rxh7 Rdg8 22.Rxg7 Rxg7
23.Rh1 Kb8 24.Rh8+ Ka7 25.Bh3 Qb6 26.Rh4 Ne7 27.Qe3 Ng6 28.Rh6 Be8 29.Bg2 Ne7
30.Nxd5 Nf5 31.Nxb6 Nxe3 32.Nc8+ Kb8 33.Ne7 Rxg3 34.Rh8 Rxg2 35.Rxe8+ Ka7
36.Nc8+ Kb8 37.Nd6+ Ka7 38.Nc8+ Kb8 39.Nd6+ Ka7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ekstroem,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.c5 Qc7 13.f4 Be7 14.Bg2 Na6 15.O-O b6
16.Qa4 Qb7 17.b4 Nc7 18.Rb1 O-O 19.Qc2 a5 20.a3 axb4 21.axb4 Qa6 22.Bf3 bxc5
23.bxc5 e5 24.Be2 Qa7 25.fxe5 Bxg5 26.Bg4 f5 27.exf6 Nxf6 28.Bf3 Rae8 29.e4 Bxc1
30.Rbxc1 Ne6 31.Qd2 dxe4 32.Nxe4 Nxe4 33.Bxe4 Qc7 34.Rxf8+ Rxf8 35.Qh2 Rf4
36.Bxg6 Qd8 37.Re1 Qxd4+ 38.Kh1 Qc3 39.Rb1 Rf3 40.Kg2 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Huss,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Nbd7
9.Nh3 Qe7 10.Bg5 e5 11.Be2 Rg6 12.Qh4 b6 13.Bh5 Rg7 14.Bg4 Qd6 15.Bxd7+ Bxd7
16.dxe5 Qc5 17.O-O Ng4 18.Rae1 Bf5 19.Bf6 Rg6 20.Nf4 e3 21.Nxg6 exf2+ 22.Rxf2 Nxf2
23.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Bxg6 25.Re2 h5 26.Rd2 Bf5 27.Kg3 Kf8 28.Kh4 Bg6 29.Kg5 Re8
30.Rd7 Bxc2 31.Rxc7 Ra8 32.Kxh5 Bf5 33.Rc4 Be6 34.Rd4 Rc8 35.Kg5 Bb3 36.Kh6 b5
37.Kh7 Bc2+ 38.Kh8 Bf5 39.g4 Be6 40.h4 a5 41.h5 a4 42.Kh7 Bb3 43.g5 Bc2+
44.g6 fxg6 45.hxg6 Rc7+ 46.Kh6 Rc8 47.e6  1-0

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kurmann,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Ng5 h6
9.Nxf7 Rh7 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Ke7 13.Nxc7 Rb8 14.f4 b5 15.Nxb5 Rxb5
16.Bxb5 Kxf7 17.Bxd7 Bxd7 18.fxe5 Ng4 19.Raf1+ Ke7 20.c4 a5 21.Kc3 Rh8 22.h3 Nxe5
23.Rd1 Be6 24.b3 h5 25.Rhe1 Rf8 26.Rf1 Re8 27.Rd2 h4 28.Kd4 Rd8+ 29.Ke3 Rg8
30.c5 a4 31.Kd4 Rd8+ 32.Kc3 Rxd2 33.Kxd2 axb3 34.axb3 Bxb3 35.Rf5 Nf7 36.Kc3 Be6
37.Rf1 Ne5 38.Rd1 g5 39.Rd6 g4 40.hxg4 Nxg4 41.Kd4 Nf6 42.Ra6 h3 43.Ra7+ Kd8
44.gxh3 Bxh3 45.c6 Nxe4 46.Kxe4 Bg2+ 47.Ke5 Bxc6 48.Kd6 Be4 49.Ra4 Bb7 50.Rh4  1-0

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6
9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Ba6 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.axb5 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 O-O 15.e3 Rb8
16.Na3 Rb4 17.O-O Qb8 18.Rab1 a4 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.e4 Nf6 21.Qc3 h6 22.Nc2 Rb3
23.Qxc4 Qb6 24.Qxa4 e5 25.d5 Ng4 26.Rd2 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Qxb2 28.Bf3 Qc3 29.Bxg4 Qxd2
30.dxc6 Qc3 31.Ne3 Rd4 32.Qa8+ Kh7 33.Qe8 Qa1+ 34.Kg2 Qa7 35.Bf5+ g6 36.Bd7 Qa2
37.Nd5  1-0

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Jenni,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.g3 Bg4 7.Bg2 e6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Bg2 Nbd7 13.f4 b5 14.Qf3 Rac8 15.O-O Nb6
16.Rad1 Nbd5 17.Ne2 c5 18.Bc1 g6 19.g4 Rfe8 20.Kh1 Ne7 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.b3 Ned5
23.Bb2 Bf8 24.Rc1 Bg7 25.c4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Ne7 27.Be5 Qa5 28.Nd4 h5 29.Nb5 hxg4
30.hxg4 Nxg4 31.Qxg4 Nf5 32.Nd6 Bxe5 33.fxe5 Qxe5 34.Nxf5 exf5 35.Qf4 Qxf4
36.Rxf4 Rc5 37.Rd4 Re7 38.Rd5 Rec7 39.Rxc5 Rxc5 40.Bd5 Kg7 41.Kg2 Kf6 42.Kf3 g5
43.Ke3 Ke5 44.Kd3 g4 45.Re1+ Kf6 46.Kd4 Rc7 47.c5 f4 48.c6 f3 49.Rb1 Kg5
50.Ke5 f2 51.Kd6 Rc8 52.Kd7 Rh8 53.c7 f5 54.c8=Q Rxc8 55.Kxc8 Kf4 56.Kd7 Ke5
57.Bg2 f4 58.Rf1 g3 59.Rd1  1-0

[Event "ch-SUI"]
[Site "Lenzerheide SUI"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bb3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.d4 Bb4 8.Bxf4 Ne4
9.Qf3 a5 10.a4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Be6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.O-O Nd7 14.Rab1 Qc8 15.Ba2 Qc6
16.Rb5 Nb6 17.Bb3 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Ra1 Bd7 20.Rxb7 Bxa4 21.Rc7 Bc6 22.Ng3 Rae8
23.Nf5 Nxc3 24.Kh1 Nb5 25.Qg3 g6 26.Ne7+ Rxe7 27.Rxe7 Nxd4 28.Qg5 Ne6 29.Rxe6 fxe6
30.Be3 Qc3 31.Rg1 a4 32.Bf4 Qxc2 33.Qe7 Qf5 34.Bh6 Qf7 35.Bxf8 Qxe7 36.Bxe7 Kf7
37.Bd6 Ke8 38.Rf1 Kd7 39.Be5 Bb5 40.Rf7+ Kc6 41.Rc7+ Kb6 42.Rxh7 Kc5 43.Rc7+ Kb4
44.Re7 Bc4 45.Rxe6 d4 46.Rd6 d3 47.Kg1 Kb3 48.Kf2 Kc2 49.Rc6  1-0

[Event "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.Nf1 Rae8 12.Ng3 Bd8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Bg5 Ng6
16.Ra7 Qc8 17.Qd2 Qb8 18.Rea1 Nd7 19.Be3 Ne7 20.h4 Nc6 21.R7a3 Bf6 22.Nh5 Be7
23.Bh6 g6 24.Ng3 Bf6 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.h5 b4 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.R3a2 Nc5 29.Bd5 Ne7
30.Bxb7 Qxb7 31.Ra7 Qb6 32.Ra8 Nc8 33.Nh2 Bg7 34.Ng4 Ne6 35.Ne3 Nf4 36.Ne2 c6
37.Nc4 Qb7 38.Nxf4 exf4 39.Qxf4 d5 40.exd5 cxd5 41.Ne5 d4 42.Nc4 Re8 43.b3 Qe7
44.Qf3 Qc5 45.Qb7 Qf5 46.g3 Kh7 47.Kg2 Re2 48.Qf3 Qxf3+ 49.Kxf3  1-0

[Event "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B09"]

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 Bg4
9.Bc4 Nc7 10.a4 a6 11.Qe1 b6 12.Kh1 Rb8 13.e5 Nfe8 14.Qe2 Qc8 15.Ra3 Kh8
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 e6 18.Rb3 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Nc7 21.Rbd3 Qe8 22.Bb3 dxe5
23.fxe5 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bd5 c4 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Bb7 Qxe5 28.Re3 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qc5
30.c3 Kg8 31.Bf3 Bh6 32.Re1 Bxc1 33.Qxc1 Re8 34.Rf1 Kg7 35.Qd2 Qe5 36.Qd7 Re7
37.Qc6 Ne6 38.Rd1 Nf4 39.Qd6 Nd3 40.Rxd3 cxd3 41.Qxd3 Qg3  0-1

[Event "GRENKE Rapid WCh"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Be7 12.g4 Ne5 13.h4 b5 14.a3 Nfd7 15.g5 Nb6 16.gxh6 gxh6
17.Qg2 Nbc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Nb3 Qc7 20.Qg7 Rf8 21.Bxh6 a5 22.f4 Nc4 23.f5 b4
24.f6 bxc3 25.fxe7 Qxe7 26.Qxc3 Qc7 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Rhf1 Ne5
30.Qf6+ Ke8 31.Rg1 Rb5 32.Rg8+ Kd7 33.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Skripchenko,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O e5 6.Re1 Be7 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nf6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nf1 Nd7 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rb8 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Qc2 Qb6 18.b3 Bc5 19.Be3 Bd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Qd3 Rfd8 22.Rad1 Qa5
23.Re2 h6 24.f4 f6 25.Rc1 Rbc8 26.Nf1 Bf7 27.Nd2 Qxa2 28.Nc4 Qa6 29.e5 fxe5
30.fxe5 Be6 31.Rf2 c5 32.Rcf1 Bxc4 33.bxc4 Qe6 34.Qg3 Rf8 35.Rf6 Qxc4 36.e6 Rxf6
37.Rxf6 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qg5 39.Qxg5 hxg5 40.Rf5 d3 41.Kg1 c4 42.e7 Re8 43.Rc5 d2  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Be2 Nxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.a3 e6 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Bf6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.h3 a5 13.b3 e5 14.d5 e4 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 c6
17.d6 Nd7 18.Qd2 Re8 19.Rad1 b6 20.Rfe1 Be5 21.Bf1 Nc5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Qf4 Qf6
24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Ne6 26.Qe3 c5 27.Nd5 Qd8 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Nc6 Qf6 30.Nxe5 Qxe5
31.Rd5 Qf6 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.d7 Rd8 34.Qg3 h6 35.Qe5 Qxe5 36.Rxe5 Nd4 37.Rxc5 Rxd7
38.Rd5 Rxd5 39.cxd5 Kg8 40.Rd1 Nb3 41.d6 Bd7 42.Bc4 Nc5 43.Ra1 g5 44.Ra7 Kg7
45.Rc7  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gaponenko,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 O-O-O 6.c4 Qf5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O e5
9.d5 e4 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bd6 12.Bxf6 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Qxf6 14.Nc3 Qe5 15.g3 f5
16.Rad1 h5 17.f4 Bc5+ 18.Kg2 Qf6 19.h4 Rh6 20.a3 Rg6 21.Rh1 Rg4 22.Qf1 Be3
23.Rh3 Bxf4 24.Qf2 e3 25.Qf3 Re8 26.Kf1 Bd6 27.Re1 f4 28.Re2 fxg3 29.Qxf6 gxf6
30.Kg2 f5 31.Nd1 Rxc4 32.Rxe3 Rce4 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.Nc3 Re3 35.Rh1 a6 36.Rf1 f4
37.Rf3 Re1 38.Rf1 Rxf1 39.Kxf1 f3 40.Ne4 g2+ 41.Kg1 Be5 42.b3 Bd4+ 43.Nf2 Kd7  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.f4 Nb6 8.g4 g6
9.Bg2 Bg7 10.O-O h5 11.g5 Ng4 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bg4 15.Qf2 O-O
16.b3 Rad8 17.c4 Qc8 18.Be3 Qc7 19.h3 Bf5 20.Rad1 Nc8 21.Kh2 Nb6 22.Bf3 Nc8
23.Ng3 Be6 24.h4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Qe2 Rd7 27.Ne4 Bf5 28.Nc5 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Bxe5
30.Kg3 Bg7 31.Nd3 Nd6 32.Nf2 b6 33.Bd4 Ne8 34.Bxg7 Nxg7 35.Qd4 Ne6 36.Qe3 c5
37.Ne4 Nd4 38.Bg2 Bg4 39.Qd3 Nf5+ 40.Kf2 Qxf4+ 41.Ke1 Nxh4  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nebolsina,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 c6 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.c4 Ne6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.a3 Rc8 15.b4 Nb6
16.Nd4 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Qd7 18.Red1 Na4 19.Qd3 Nb2 20.Qb3 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 b6
23.f4 Qf5 24.Qf3 Rfd8 25.Nf1 Qe4 26.Qg4 Rc4 27.Be3 d4 28.Bd2 d3 29.Ng3 Qd4+
30.Kh2 Qd7 31.Qf3 Rd4 32.f5 Qd5 33.Qe3 f6 34.Bc3 Qxe5 35.Bxd4 Rxd4 36.Rxd3 Qxe3
37.Rxe3 Bd6 38.Kg1 Bxg3 39.Rxg3 Rd2 40.Rc3 a5 41.Rc6 axb4 42.axb4 Rd5 43.Rxb6 Rxf5
44.Rb7 Rf4 45.b5 Rb4 46.Kf2 Rb3 47.Ke2 Kf8 48.b6 h5 49.Kd2 h4 50.Kc2 Rb5
51.Kc3 Rb1 52.Kc4 Ke8 53.Kc5 Kd8 54.Rxg7 Rc1+ 55.Kd6 Rd1+ 56.Ke6 Rb1 57.b7 Rb6+
58.Kf5 Rb5+ 59.Kg6 Rb6 60.b8=Q+ Rxb8 61.Rg8+ Kc7 62.Rxb8 Kxb8 63.Kxf6  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C89"]

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.f3 Nxe3 20.Qf2 Nd5 21.fxg4 Qxg4 22.Qf3 Qg6
23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Qe4 Rf5 25.Re1 Bxg3 26.Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.Rxe6 Bf2+ 28.Kh1 a5
29.Rxc6 a4 30.Bxd5+ Rxd5 31.Nf3 h5 32.Re6 Rf5 33.Kg2 g5 34.Kxf2 g4 35.Re3 gxf3
36.Rxf3 Rd5 37.Ke3 Kg7 38.Ke4 Rd7 39.Rf5 Re7+ 40.Re5 Rf7 41.Rxh5 Re7+ 42.Kd3 Rb7
43.Rc5 Kf6 44.h4 Ke6 45.h5 Kd6 46.h6  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bc5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bd6 Qb6
9.Bxc5 Qxc5 10.Qd6 Qb6 11.Qd2 d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.O-O-O Rd8 14.Nd4 Ne4 15.Qe3 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Bd7 17.Kb1 Rac8 18.Qb3 Qc5 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Re8 22.Re1 Re5
23.Kc1 Rce8 24.Kd2 d4 25.e4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Be2 c5 28.Bf3 Re5 29.c3 dxc3+
30.Kxc3 Kf8 31.Rd1 Ke7 32.a3 Be6 33.Rd3 Bf5 34.Rd2 Be6 35.Rd3 h5 36.Kd2 h4
37.Rc3 g5 38.Rd3 g4 39.Bc6 f5 40.b4 cxb4 41.axb4 a6 42.Bb7 Bc4 43.Re3 Kd6
44.g3 Rxe3 45.Kxe3 hxg3 46.hxg3 Ke5 47.Bc8 Bb5 48.Bb7 Bc4 49.Bc8 Bb5 50.Bb7 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 gxf6 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Rac1 Kg7
15.Rc7 Rd8 16.Ke3 a6 17.Bc4 Kf8 18.Rc1 Nd7 19.a4 Ne5 20.Be2 Rb8 21.a5 Bd7
22.Rb1 Nc6 23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Bh5 Bb5 25.Rxf7+ Kg8 26.Rxf6 Rd3+ 27.Kf4 Rd2 28.Ke5 Rc8
29.Bf7+ Kg7 30.Bxe6 Re8 31.f4 Bc6 32.f5 Re2 33.Rb4 Ra2 34.Rf7+ Kh6 35.Kf6 Ra3
36.e5 Ra4 37.Rxa4 Bxa4 38.g4 Bc6 39.g5+ Kh5 40.Rxh7+ Kg4 41.g6  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4 Be4 8.Nd2 c5
9.g3 Qb6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Be3 Nc6 13.c3 Qxb2 14.Bd4 Rd8 15.Rb1 Qxa2
16.Bb5 Be7 17.Qg4 O-O 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Ra1 Qd5 20.Ng2 Nb3 21.Nf4 Qc4 22.Rxa7 Rfe8
23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.Nh5 f5 25.exf6 Rf7 26.Nxg7 Kh8 27.Nxe6 Rg8 28.Qf5 Nxd4 29.cxd4 Qd5
30.Qxd5 cxd5 31.Nf4 Rd8 32.Rc1 Rxf6 33.Rc5 Rfd6 34.h4 Kg7 35.Rc7+ Kg8 36.Kg2 Re8
37.Rc5 Red8 38.h5 R8d7 39.Kh3 Kg7 40.g4 Kf6 41.Kh4 h6 42.Ng6 Ra7 43.Ne5 Ra4
44.Nc6 Ra2 45.Kg3 Ra3+ 46.Kg2 Kg5 47.Ne5 Ra4 48.Nf7+ Kxg4 49.Nxd6 Rxd4 50.Nf7 Rd2
51.Nxh6+ Kg5 52.Nf7+ Kxh5 53.Kg3 Kg6 54.Ne5+ Kf5 55.Ng4 Ke6 56.Kf4 Kd6 57.Ra5 Rd3
58.Ne3 Rd2 59.Ng4 Rd3 60.Ra6+ Kc5 61.Ne5 Rd2 62.Ke3 Rb2 63.Rc6+ Kb5 64.Rf6 Kc5
65.Nd7+ Kc4 66.Rc6+ Kb3 67.Rb6+ Kc3 68.Rxb2 Kxb2 69.Kd4 Kc2 70.Nf6 Kd2 71.Ng4 Ke2
72.Kxd5 Kf3 73.Ke5 Kxg4 74.Kxe4 Kg5 75.Ke5 Kg6 76.f4 Kg7 77.Ke6 Kf8 78.Kf6 Ke8
79.Kg7 Ke7 80.f5  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhukova,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Qe2 c5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.a3 Rc8 12.h3 Be7 13.e4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.Bg5 Qb8
16.Rac1 Rfe8 17.Bb1 Bc5 18.Nf3 e5 19.Nh4 h6 20.Be3 Bf8 21.Nf5 Nc5 22.Qf3 Ne6
23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Qxf6 Bg7 25.Qf5 Nd4 26.Qh5 Nb3 27.Rc2 Rc6 28.Nd5 Rxc2 29.Bxc2 Nd4
30.Bxh6 Re6 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Qg5+ Rg6 33.Qc1 Qc8 34.Rxd4  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Rea1 Nb6 22.axb5 axb5
23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Ra7 Nbd7 25.Qd1 Qb8 26.Qa1 Bb7 27.Ra5 Bc8 28.Qa3 Nf6 29.Nd2 Bd7
30.Qb4 Qc8 31.Kh2 h4 32.Ne2 Nh5 33.Ra1 f5 34.Nf3 fxe4 35.Nxh4 Kh7 36.Ra7 Be7
37.g3 Nf6 38.Bxc5 dxc5 39.Qa5 Kh6 40.Qb6 Rg8 41.d6 Nd5 42.Qb7 Bxh4 43.Qxd7 Qxd7
44.Rxd7 Bf6 45.Bxe4 Nb6 46.Rb7 Na4 47.Rxb5 Rd8 48.Bd5 Rxd6 49.Bxc4 Rd2 50.b3 Nb2
51.Ng1 Rxf2+ 52.Kh1 e4 53.Be2 Nd3 54.Rb6 Bxc3 55.Re6 Nc1 56.Rxe4 Nxb3 57.Bd3 Nd4
58.Rh4+ Kg7 59.Rg4 Rf6 60.Kg2 Rb6 61.h4 Kh6 62.Nh3 Bd2 63.Nf2 Be3 64.Ne4 Rb2+
65.Kh3 Nf3 66.Rxg6+ Kxg6 67.Ng5+ Kf6 68.Nxf3 Rb3 69.Be4 c4 70.g4 c3 71.g5+ Ke6
72.Bd3 Rb4 73.g6 Kf6 74.h5 Bh6 75.Kg3 Rb2 76.Ne1 Rd2 77.Bb1 Re2 78.Nc2 Ke5
79.Kf3 Rh2 80.Ne1 Rxh5 81.Ke2 Kd4 82.Nf3+ Kc4 83.Be4 Kb4 84.Nd4 Rh2+ 85.Kd3 Ra2
86.Nc6+ Kc5 87.Ne5 Bg7 88.Nd7+ Kb4 89.Nb6 Rd2+ 90.Ke3 Rd6 91.Nc8  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qg3 Nc6
9.b4 O-O 10.Bh6 Ne8 11.Bd2 a5 12.b5 Ne7 13.e4 Ng6 14.Bd3 e5 15.Ne2 Nc7 16.h4 h5
17.f4 exf4 18.Nxf4 Bg4 19.O-O Qxh4 20.Qxh4 Nxh4 21.Nd5 Ne6 22.c6 bxc6 23.bxc6 Nc5
24.Bc2 d3 25.Bd1 Nxe4 26.Bf4 Be6 27.Bxh5 Nf5 28.Bf3 Nf6 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.c7 Rae8
31.Bc6 Rc8 32.Bb7 Rce8 33.Bc6 Rc8 34.Bd5 Nd4 35.Kf2 Bg4 36.Rab1 Rfe8 37.Rb8 Re2+
38.Kg1 d2 39.Bb7 Re1 40.Bxd2 Ree8 41.Bxc8 Bxc8 42.Re1 Rf8 43.Bxa5 Nc6 44.Bb4  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d3 Re8 7.h3 d5 8.Nbd2 Bd7
9.g4 Ne7 10.Bxd7 Nxd7 11.Nh4 g6 12.Nf1 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nc6 14.Ng2 Bf8 15.Bd2 Nc5
16.O-O-O Qd3 17.Qe3 Rad8 18.Ng3 Na5 19.b3 Ncxb3+ 20.Kb2 Nxd2 21.Qxd3 Rxd3
22.Kc2 Red8 23.Nf1 Nac4 24.Nfe3 Na3+ 25.Kb2 Ndc4+ 26.Kb3 b5 27.Nd5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Kg7
29.Re1 a5  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nc6 5.Be3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.a3 a6
9.h3 e6 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Qd3 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.c4 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qh5 15.O-O Be7
16.Bc3 g5 17.Nh2 O-O-O 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Qe4 Nxc4 20.d5 Nd6 21.Qa4 exd5 22.Rxd5 Qg6
23.Re1 Bf6 24.Rc5 Bxc3 25.Rxc3 Rhe8 26.Rec1 Nb5 27.Rc5 Kb8 28.Nf3 Re4 29.Qc2 Re7
30.Qxg6 fxg6 31.Rxg5 Rd6 32.a4 Na7 33.Ne5 Ree6 34.f4 Nc8 35.Nc4 Rc6 36.Rc3 Ne7
37.Ne5 Rcd6 38.Kh2 Nf5 39.Rd3 Rxd3 40.Nxd3 Re4 41.Rxg6 Rxa4 42.Rg5 Ne3 43.Rxg7 Rd4
44.Ne5 Rxf4 45.Nf3 Nc4 46.b3 Nd6 47.h4 b5 48.h5 Rf6 49.Rg6 Rxg6 50.hxg6 Nf5
51.Nd4 Ng7 52.g4 c5 53.Nf5 Ne8 54.g7 a5 55.Kg3 Nf6 56.Nd6 a4 57.Nxb5 axb3
58.Nc3 Kb7 59.g5 Nh5+ 60.Kg4 Nxg7 61.Kf4 Kc6 62.Ke5 Nh5 63.g6 b2 64.Nb1 Kb5
65.Kd5 Kb4 66.Ke4 c4 67.Kd4 Ng7 68.Ke3 Kb3 69.Kd2 Nf5 70.Nc3 Ng7 71.Nb1 Ne6
72.Nc3 Ng7 73.Nb1 Nh5 74.Nc3 Ng3 75.g7 Nf1+ 76.Ke2 Kxc3 77.g8=Q b1=Q 78.Qg7+ Kb3
79.Qb7+ Kc2 80.Qe4+ Kb2 81.Qxc4 Ng3+ 82.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.a4 d6 10.f4 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Nd7 15.Bg2 Na5 16.Nxa5 bxa5
17.Rb1 Bb7 18.g5 Bf8 19.Rf3 g6 20.Rh3 Bg7 21.Qe1 Bc6 22.b3 Ba8 23.Bd2 Rec8
24.Qh4 Nf8 25.Rf1 Qc5 26.f5 exf5 27.exf5 Bxg2+ 28.Kxg2 gxf5 29.Qf2 Ng6 30.Rd3 f4
31.Qxc5 Rxc5 32.Rd1 Rxg5+ 33.Kf1 Rc5 34.Ne4 Rxc2 35.Bxa5 d5 36.Rxd5 Rxb3
37.Rd8+ Bf8 38.Nf6+ Kg7 39.Nd5 Rf3+ 40.Kg1 Bc5+ 41.Kh1 Rff2 42.Bc3+ Kh6 43.Bd4 Rxh2+
44.Kg1 Rcg2+ 45.Kf1 Bxd4 46.Rxd4 Ra2 47.Kg1 f3 48.Nf6 Rhg2+ 49.Kf1 Ra1+ 50.Rd1 Rxd1+
51.Rxd1 Ne5 52.Rd4 Kg5 53.Ne4+ Kf5 54.Nd6+ Ke6 55.Ne4 h5 56.Rd6+ Kf5 57.Nf2 Ng4
58.Rd5+ Kf4 59.Nh3+ Kg3 60.Rxh5 Ne3+ 61.Ke1 Re2+  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Ng4
9.Ne2 f6 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.e6 Na5 12.Qd3 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 c6 14.Nf4 Qd6 15.h3 Nh6
16.d5 g5 17.Nh5 cxd5 18.Qd3 Bxe6 19.Bd2 Bf5 20.Qb3 Bg6 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.O-O-O Rfc8
23.Bc3 Be4 24.Nxg5 Qf4+ 25.Bd2 Bxc2 26.Ne6+ Kf7 27.Nd8+ Kg6 28.Qxd5 Be4+
29.Qc6 Rxc6+ 30.Nxc6 Qf5 31.Nd4 Qc5+ 32.Bc3 e5 33.Nb3 Qc6 34.g4 Bxh1  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nc4 Qc7 8.Qf3 Nb6
9.Bf4 Qd7 10.Be5 Qg4 11.Qxg4 Bxg4 12.Na5 O-O-O 13.f3 Bf5 14.O-O-O Nfd5 15.Ne4 f6
16.Bg3 Ne3 17.Rd2 Nxf1 18.Rxf1 e6 19.c3 Be7 20.Re1 Rhe8 21.Bf2 Nd5 22.Ng3 Bd6
23.Nxf5 exf5 24.g3 Rxe1+ 25.Bxe1 Bc7 26.Nc4 b5 27.Na3 Re8 28.Nc2 f4 29.g4 Ne3
30.Re2 Kd7 31.Bf2 Nd5 32.Rxe8 Kxe8 33.Kd2 Kf7 34.Kd3 Ke6 35.b3 g6 36.c4 bxc4+
37.bxc4 Ne7 38.h3 Ba5 39.Be1 Bxe1 40.Nxe1 f5 41.Ke2 fxg4 42.fxg4 g5 43.Kf3 Ng6
44.Nd3 Kd6 45.Ke4 Nh4 46.Ne5 h6 47.c5+ Kc7 48.Nf7 Ng2 49.Nxh6 Ne3 50.Nf7 Nd5
51.Nxg5 Nc3+ 52.Kxf4 Nxa2 53.Ke3 Nc3 54.Ne6+ Kd7 55.Nf4 a5 56.Kd3 Nd1 57.Ke2 Nc3+
58.Kd2 Ne4+ 59.Kd3 Nf2+ 60.Kc4 Ke7 61.g5 Ne4 62.h4 Nd2+  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gaponenko,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.O-O-O d5 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.e5 Nf5 12.exf6 exf6 13.Bc5 d4 14.Nb5 Re8 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 f5 17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Bxg7 Bxb5 19.Qh6 Qe7 20.Bc3 f6 21.h4 Rac8 22.Qf4 Rc4
23.Qd2 Rcc8 24.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Bg2 Be7
9.h4 a6 10.Be3 Nce5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bc1 b5 14.b3 Na5 15.Bb2 Bb7 16.O-O-O b4
17.Na4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bxg7 Rf8 21.Be5 Qc8 22.f5 exf5 23.exf5 Qxf5
24.Bd6 Qd7 25.Bxc5 Qc7 26.Bd6 Qd7 27.Bxb4 Qc7 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Nebolsina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.e3 f5 10.Nd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Qf6 13.a4 a5 14.Rb1 Bc6 15.Nf3 d6
16.d5 Bd7 17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Be2 Na6 20.Bh5+ Ke7 21.Bf3 Raf8 22.Nb5 Kf7
23.Bb7 Nc5 24.Bd5+ Kg7 25.Nxc7 Bxa4 26.Qd2 Rb8 27.Bf3 Nb3 28.Qd3 Nc5 29.Qd2 Nb3
30.Qd3 Nc5 31.Qd2 Bb3 32.Bd5 a4 33.O-O h5 34.Qd4 h4 35.f4 g4 36.e4 Qxd4+
37.cxd4 Nxe4 38.Bxe4 fxe4 39.gxh4 g3 40.f5 Rxh4 41.Ne6+ Kf6 42.Nf4 Rbh8 43.Nh3 Bxc4
44.Rfe1 b5 45.Re3 Rg8 46.Rbe1 d5 47.Rb1 Kxf5 48.Rb2 Ra8 49.Rxg3 Rh6 50.Rf2+ Ke6
51.Nf4+ Kd6 52.Ng6 Re8 53.Ne5 Rxe5 54.dxe5+ Kxe5 55.Ra3 Bb3 56.g4 Rg6 57.Rg2 Kf4
58.Ra1 Rxg4 59.Rf1+ Kg5 60.Kh2 Rxg2+ 61.Kxg2 a3  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nd5 Qxd4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bxb5 Qc5 15.b4 Qxb5
16.Nc7+ Ke7 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Qd3 Ra6 19.Qxb5 Rb6 20.Qd3 h5 21.a4 Bh6 22.g3 Rc8
23.a5 Rbc6 24.Rd2 Ba6 25.b5 Nc5 26.Qc4 Bxb5 27.Qxb5 R6c7 28.a6 Rc6 29.a7 Ra6
30.Qb8 Nb3+ 31.Kd1 Ra1+ 32.Ke2 Ra4  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Muzychuk,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bg2 O-O-O 8.Be3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxd6 Bxd6 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O a6 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.c3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 f6
16.Nc5 c6 17.h3 Be2 18.Rf2 Bc4 19.g4 Rhe8 20.Be4 g6 21.Bc2 b6 22.Ne4 Re6
23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 Bxa2 25.b3 Bb1 26.Nd2 Bd3 27.c4 Bc3 28.Nf3 Rxe3 29.Kg2 Be4
30.Be2 Be1  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d3 Re8 7.Bg5 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 Be7 10.Nbd2 d6 11.h3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Ne3 Nac6
16.Nh4 d5 17.Qf3 d4 18.Nef5 Nxf5 19.Nxf5 dxc3 20.bxc3 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 Qa5 22.O-O Qxc3
23.Bb3 c4 24.dxc4 Nd4 25.Qd7 bxc4 26.Ba4 Red8 27.Qc7 Rac8 28.Qb6 Qa3 29.Bd1 c3
30.Bg4 Rb8 31.Qc7 Qd6 32.Qxc3 g6 33.Kh1 h5 34.Bd1 Rdc8 35.Qg3 Rb2 36.Bxh5 a5
37.Bg4 Rcc2 38.a4 Qf6 39.Kg1 Re2 40.Rac1 Rxe4 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.Qd3 Rf4 43.Qa3 Rb3
44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Qg8+ Kh6 46.Qh8+ Qxh8 47.Rxh8+ Kg7 48.Ra8 Nc6 49.Rc1 Nd4 50.Rf1 Nc2
51.Bd1 Rc3 52.Bxc2 Rxc2 53.Rxa5 Ra2 54.Rxe5 Raxa4 55.g3 Rf6 56.Kg2 Ra2 57.Re3 Rb2
58.Rf3 Rxf3 59.Kxf3 g5 60.Re1 Kg6 61.Rd1 f6 62.Rd6 Rb3+ 63.Ke2 Rb2+ 64.Rd2 Rb3
65.Rd3 Rb2+ 66.Ke3 Rb4 67.Kf3 Rb1 68.Ra3 Rc1 69.Ra8 Rh1 70.Kg2 Rb1 71.Rg8+ Kf7
72.Rh8 Kg7 73.Rd8 Kg6 74.g4 Rb3 75.Re8 Kf7 76.Re3 Rb4 77.Kg3 Kg6 78.h4 gxh4+
79.Kxh4 Rb1 80.Kg3 Rb4 81.f3 Ra4 82.Re4 Ra3 83.Kf4 Rb3 84.Rd4 Ra3 85.Rd6 Ra4+
86.Kg3 Ra3 87.Rd5 Ra4 88.Rf5 Rb4 89.f4 Rb3+ 90.Kh4 Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Qc8 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 f5 11.Bf4 d6 12.Bf1 Bf6 13.Nd2 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.a4 e5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bd2 e4 18.Qc2 Nb4 19.Bxb4 axb4 20.e3 Qe6 21.Red1 Qe5 22.c5 Qxb2
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Qxb4 Bc3 25.Qc4 Ba6 26.Qe6 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 bxc5 28.Nxc5 Qb4 29.Nd7 Rfe8
30.Qxf5 Bxa1 31.Rxa1 Rxa4 32.Rc1 Qd6 33.Kg2 Raa8 34.Nc5 Qe5 35.Qg4 Rad8 36.Rc4 Qd5
37.Rc2 c6 38.h4 g6 39.Nb7 Rd7 40.Nc5 Rf7 41.Qh3 Qf5 42.Qxf5 gxf5 43.Nb3 Rc8
44.Rc5 Kg7 45.Nd4 Kg6 46.h5+ Kxh5 47.Nxf5 Kg6 48.Nd6 Rcc7 49.Nxf7 Kxf7 50.Rc4 c5
51.g4 Ke6 52.Rxe4+ Kd5 53.Ra4 c4 54.Kf3 c3 55.Rd4+ Kc5 56.Ke2 Kb5 57.Kd1 Rf7
58.f4 Re7 59.Rd3 Kc4 60.Kc2 Ra7 61.Rd4+ Kc5 62.Kxc3 Ra2 63.Kd3 Ra3+ 64.Ke4 Ra7
65.g5 Re7+ 66.Kf3  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhukova,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2 O-O 8.h3 Nc6
9.c3 dxe5 10.dxe5 Bf5 11.Bf4 Bd3 12.Qe3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.Nbd2 Nd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5
16.Qe4 Qxe4+ 17.Nxe4 b6 18.e6 f5 19.Ned2 Rac8 20.O-O-O h6 21.Rhe1 Nd8 22.Ne5 Kh7
23.Nd7 Re8 24.h4 Nb7 25.Nf3 Nd6 26.Nfe5 Bb7 27.f3 Ra8 28.Kc2 Rac8 29.b3 Ra8
30.c4 Ra6 31.Nf7 Bc6 32.Nfe5 Bb7 33.c5 bxc5 34.Nxc5 Bxe5 35.Rxe5 Rc6 36.Kb2 Bc8
37.Nd7 Kg7 38.Rxa5 Bxd7 39.exd7 Rd8 40.Rad5 Rxd7 41.a5 Rd8 42.b4 Rb8 43.Kb3 e6
44.Bxd6 exd5 45.Be5+ Kf7 46.f4 Rc4 47.Bc3 c6 48.a6 Ra8 49.Ra1 Rxf4 50.a7 Re4
51.Ra6 Re3 52.Kc2 Re2+ 53.Kd3 Re7 54.Bd4 Rb7 55.Bc5 Rc7 56.Kd4 Ke6 57.Ra1 f4
58.Rf1 Kf5 59.g3 g5 60.hxg5 hxg5 61.gxf4 gxf4 62.Ra1 Kg4 63.Bb6 Rb7 64.Kc5 f3
65.Kxc6 Rf7 66.Bf2 Kh3 67.Kxd5 Kg2 68.Ra2 Rb7 69.Kc6 Re7 70.Be3+ Kg3 71.Bf2+ Kg2
72.Be3+ Kg3 73.Bf2+ Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Bb4 12.Be2 O-O 13.e5 Nd7 14.g4 Qb6 15.Qg3 Rb8
16.g5 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Nc5 19.Be3 Ne4 20.Qa3 c5 21.f3 d4 22.fxe4 dxe3
23.Rhg1 Qb4 24.Rg3 Bb7 25.Qxb4 cxb4 26.Rxe3 Rfd8 27.Bd3 Rbc8 28.Rg1 Rc5 29.Rg5 Kf8
30.Rh3 g6 31.Rh8+ Ke7 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.h4 Ke7 34.Kd2 a5 35.Ke3 a4 36.Kd4 Rc8
37.h5 gxh5 38.Rxh5 Rd8+ 39.Kc4 Ba6+ 40.Kxb4 Bxd3 41.cxd3 Rxd3 42.Kxa4 Rd4+
43.b4 Rxe4 44.Kb5 f5 45.exf6+ Kxf6 46.a4 e5 47.a5 Rd4 48.a6 e4 49.a7 Rd8
50.Kc6 e3 51.Rh3  1-0

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 b5
9.g4 Bb7 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Nb3 g6 12.Bd2 Bg7 13.h4 h5 14.gxh6 Rxh6 15.O-O-O Nc6
16.Kb1 Rh8 17.h5 gxh5 18.Rxh5 O-O-O 19.Rxh8 Rxh8 20.Be1 b4 21.Ne2 Nc5 22.Nxc5 dxc5
23.Qg4 Bf6 24.e5 Be7 25.Be4 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Nc1 Nd4 28.Bxb7+ Kxb7 29.Qg7 Qe8
30.Bf2 Nf5 31.Qg1 c4 32.Qh1+ Qc6 33.Qh7 Qf3 34.Qh2 c3 35.Be1 cxb2 36.Kxb2 Bc5
37.Nb3 Bd4+ 38.Nxd4 Nxd4 39.Bxb4 Ne2 40.Qh7 Qxf4 41.a3 Qxe5+ 42.Kb1 Qf5 43.Qh1+ Kb6
44.Qa8 Qe5 45.Qd8+ Kb7 46.Qd7+ Qc7 47.Qd3 Nf4 48.Qb3 Kc8 49.Bd2 Nd5 50.Qh3 Qb6+
51.Ka2 Qd4 52.Qg2 Qc4+ 53.Kb2 Qd4+ 54.Ka2 Kd7 55.Qe2 Ke8 56.Qg2 Kd7 57.Qe2 e5
58.Qg2 e4 59.Qg4+ Ke8 60.Qc8+ Ke7 61.Bg5+ Kd6 62.Qd8+ Ke6 63.Qc8+ Kd6 64.Qd8+ Ke6
65.Qc8+ Kd6 66.Qxa6+ Ke5 67.Qb5 Kf5 68.Bc1 Kg4 69.Qd7+ f5 70.Qc6 Nc3+ 71.Kb3 Qd5+
72.Qc4 Qxc4+ 73.Kxc4 Ne2 74.Bd2 f4 75.a4 e3 76.Bxe3 fxe3 77.a5 Nf4 78.a6 e2
79.a7 e1=Q 80.a8=Q Qe2+ 81.Kb3 Qe3+ 82.c3 Ne2 83.Qg8+ Kf3 84.Qd5+ Kf2 85.Qf7+ Ke1
86.Qf6 Kd2 87.Qd6+ Kc1 88.Qf6 Qc5 89.c4 Nd4+ 90.Kc3 Qa3+  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e4 cxd4 6.e5 g5 7.Bg3 Nd5 8.h4 g4 9.Qxg4 Nc6
10.a3 Qa5 11.Nf3 h5 12.Qe4 Bh6 13.Rd1 b5 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Bb7 16.Be2 Ne7
17.b4 Qc7 18.Ne4 Nf5 19.Nd6+ Qxd6 20.Qxd6 Nxd6 21.Rxd6 Bxg2 22.Rg1 Bc6 23.f4 a5
24.Kf2 axb4 25.axb4 Ra4 26.c3 Ra3 27.Rc1 Bf8 28.Rd4 Be7 29.Bf3 Bxf3 30.Kxf3 Rg8
31.Be1 Rg4 32.Rcd1 Ra7 33.f5 exf5 34.Rd5 Rb7 35.Ra1 Bd8 36.Ra8 Ke7 37.Bf2 Bc7
38.Bc5+ Ke6 39.Rd1 Bxe5 40.Re8+ Kf6 41.Be7+ Kg6 42.Bg5 f6 43.Bd2 Kf7 44.Rh8 Rxh4
45.Rg1 Rg4 46.Rh1 h4 47.R1xh4 Rxh4 48.Rxh4 Ke6 49.Rh7 Rc7 50.Ke2 Bxc3 51.Bf4 Be5
52.Be3 Rc4 53.Bd2 Bd6 54.Rh8 Bxb4 55.Re8+ Kd5 56.Rd8 d6 57.Bh6 Re4+ 58.Kd3 Bc5
59.Bg7 Re6 60.Rf8 b4 61.Bxf6 Re3+ 62.Kd2 Rf3 63.Bg7 b3 64.Ke2 Rf2+ 65.Kd3 f4
66.Rb8 Rf3+ 67.Kd2 Kc4 68.Rf8 Rf2+ 69.Kd1 b2 70.Rb8 Bd4 71.Ke1 Rh2 72.Bxd4 Kxd4
73.Kf1 b1=Q+  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paikidze,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Qxb2
9.Nb5 c4 10.Nc7+ Kd7 11.Nxa8 Bxc2 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.Bd2 Nge7 14.Nb6+ axb6 15.Bxb4 Qxb4
16.Qc1 Be4 17.a3 Qb5 18.Bd1 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nxd4 20.Bd1 Ndc6 21.Qf4 Ke8 22.Bc2 Ng6
23.Qg3 Qc5 24.Kh1 Qd4 25.f4 Nce7 26.Rab1 h5 27.f5 h4 28.Qg5 exf5 29.Bxf5 h3
30.Bxh3 Qxe5 31.Qg4 f5 32.Qf3 Qe4 33.Bxf5 Qxf3 34.Bxg6+ Nxg6 35.Rxf3 Rf8
36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Rxb6 Nf4 38.Rxb7 c3 39.a4 d4 40.a5 c2 41.Rc7 d3 42.h3 d2
43.Kh2 d1=Q 44.a6 Qe2 45.Kg3 Ne6 46.Rc8+ Kf7 47.a7 Qe3+ 48.Kh2 Qxa7 49.Rxc2 Qd4
50.Re2 Qf4+ 51.Kg1 Ke7 52.Rf2 Qe3 53.Kf1 Kd6 54.Re2 Qd3 55.Kf2 Nd4 56.Ra2 Ke5
57.Ra7 Qe2+ 58.Kg3 Qe3+ 59.Kh2 Qf4+ 60.Kg1 Ne2+ 61.Kh1 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "WCh w Blitz Final"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.e3 h5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Bf5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.f3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qf6
16.Ne2 O-O-O 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Nb6 19.Qb3 h4 20.Kf2 hxg3+ 21.Nxg3 Qg6 22.a4 f5
23.Qc2 Rhf8 24.a5 Nd5 25.a6 b6 26.Rac1 Qe6 27.Rhe1 Rd7 28.e4 fxe4 29.Nxe4 Nb4
30.Qc3 Nxa6 31.Nc5 Qd5 32.Nxd7 Qxd7 33.Qa3 Qxd4+ 34.Kf1 Nc5 35.Qxa7 Qd3+
36.Re2 Kd7 37.Qa2 g4 38.Kg1 Qd4+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kg1 Qxc1+  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sultana,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bb6 Qe5 12.Bd3 c5 13.c3 d5 14.Bxc5 dxe4 15.Bd4 Qf5
16.Bc2 O-O 17.f3 Qg5 18.f4 Qf5 19.Qe2 Bb7 20.b4 Rfd8 21.Nb6 Rab8 22.Be5 Bd6
23.Nc4 Bxe5 24.fxe5 Qg4 25.Qf2 Nd5 26.Rae1 e3 27.Qxf7+ Kh8 28.Rf3 Nf6 29.Rg3 Rf8
30.Rxg4 Rxf7 31.Rf4  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dengler,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bc1 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.Ne2 Nxc3
9.Nxc3 c5 10.a3 cxd4 11.axb4 dxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Qg3 Nc6 14.f4 d4 15.b5 Ne7
16.c4 Nf5 17.Qf3 h5 18.Bd3 a6 19.O-O O-O 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Ba5 Qc8 22.Rfb1 axb5
23.cxb5 Ne3 24.Qe4 Qc5 25.Ra4 Nd5 26.Rc4 Qa7 27.Bd2 Qa2 28.Qe1 Qa7 29.Qf2 Qa2
30.Rb3 Qa1+ 31.Qf1 Ne3 32.Bxe3 dxe3 33.Rb1 Qa5 34.Rd4 Rfd8 35.Qe2 Qa2 36.Rdb4 Ra5
37.Qxe3 Be8 38.Qb6 Rd7 39.Qc5 Ra8 40.h3 Qa5 41.Qe3 Rad8 42.Kh2 Rd5 43.Be2 Qc7
44.Bf3 Rd2 45.Be4 R2d7 46.Ra1 h4 47.b6 Qb8 48.Ra7 g5 49.Bf3 Qc8 50.fxg5 Qxc2
51.Rxh4 Rd3 52.Qe4 Bc6 53.Qh7+ Kf8 54.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kochetkova,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 Be7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Re1 Nh7
9.Bb5 exd4 10.cxd4 Ng5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Bc4 a6 13.a3 Qc8 14.Nxg5 Bxg5 15.Nf3 Bxc1
16.Rxc1 Ne7 17.Nh4 Be6 18.d5 Bd7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Rxe5 Qd8 21.d6 cxd6 22.Qxd6 Nc6
23.Re4 Qg5 24.Rc3 Bf5 25.Nxf5 Qxf5 26.Rf4 Rad8 27.Qxf8+  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melia,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 b4 12.Nce2 Qb6 13.g3 Rc8 14.Bg2 Na5 15.b3 Bg7
16.h4 h5 17.Rhf1 Rc7 18.Qe3 Qc5 19.Rc1 O-O 20.c4 Nc6 21.Nc2 a5 22.Rcd1 a4
23.Qxc5 dxc5 24.Bf3 Na5 25.Nc1 Bc6 26.Rd3 Kh7 27.Re1 Kh6 28.Red1 Rg8 29.Re3 Ra7
30.Rd6 Rc8 31.Rd1 Nb7 32.Red3 Ra6 33.Bh1 Bf8 34.Bf3 Be7 35.e5 Na5 36.Bxc6 Nxc6
37.exf6 Bxf6 38.Rd7 Kg6 39.R1d6 axb3 40.Nxb3 Nb8 41.Rxa6 Nxd7 42.Ne3 Nb8
43.Rb6 Nc6 44.f5+ exf5 45.Nd5 Bd8 46.Ra6 Kg7 47.Nxc5 Ne7 48.Nb7 Rxc4 49.Nd6 Rc5
50.Nf4 Ra5 51.Nxh5+ Kf8 52.Rxa5 Bxa5 53.Nf4 Bc7 54.Nc4 Ng6 55.Ne2 f4 56.Nxf4 Nxf4
57.gxf4 Bxf4 58.Kc2 Bg3 59.h5 Kg7 60.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.O-O b6
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nh5 12.Bc1 f5 13.b3 Bd6 14.a4 Qe7 15.a5 Ba6
16.Bb2 b5 17.c5 Bc7 18.Na2 Bc8 19.Nb4 Nb8 20.a6 Bd7 21.Ne5 Be8 22.e3 Nf6
23.f3 Kh8 24.Rf1 Qd8 25.Bc3 Ng8 26.e4 f4 27.exd5 exd5 28.Bd2 fxg3 29.hxg3 Ne7
30.Bh3 Nd7 31.Rae1 Nxe5 32.dxe5 Bg6 33.Qb2 Qe8 34.Kg2 Bf5 35.g4 Be6 36.Nc2 Ng6
37.f4 d4 38.Nxd4 Bd5+ 39.Kg1 Qe7 40.Qc3 Rab8 41.Nf5 b4 42.Qe3 Qd8 43.Re2 Ne7
44.Nd6 Nc8 45.Bg2 Ne7 46.Qd3 Bxg2 47.Kxg2 Nd5 48.Rh1 h6 49.f5 Kg8 50.Kg3 Qe7
51.f6 Nxf6 52.exf6 Qxf6 53.g5 Qf5 54.Qxf5 Rxf5 55.Re7 Bxd6+ 56.cxd6 Rd5 57.Bf4 hxg5
58.Be5  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ushenina,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 c6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be3 b5 9.O-O Bb7
10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.g4 Re8 13.Ng3 Nf8 14.Nce2 N6d7 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.c4 b4
17.a3 Nc5 18.Qc2 a5 19.axb4 axb4 20.Bd2 Nce6 21.c5 Qxc5 22.Qb3 Qb6 23.Qxb4 Qxb4
24.Bxb4 Rec8 25.Ba3 Bh6 26.h4 Bg7 27.Bh3 Ba6 28.Rac1 Rab8 29.Rd6 Bb7 30.f3 Rd8
31.Kf2 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 Rd8 33.Ba3 Nc7 34.Nf1 Nb5 35.Be7 Re8 36.Bb4 Ne6 37.Nd2 Bf8
38.Bxf8 Kxf8 39.Nc4 Nd8 40.g5 f6 41.gxf6 Kg8 42.Bd7 Rf8 43.Nxe5 Rxf6 44.Nc4 Rf7
45.Rd1 Re7 46.Nc1 Nf7 47.Nb3 Nbd6 48.Nb6 Re5 49.Na4 Kf8 50.Nbc5 Ke7 51.Nxb7 Kxd7
52.f4 Rb5 53.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vajda,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bg2 c6
9.f4 Nh6 10.O-O Nf5 11.Nxf5 Bxf5 12.g4 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Bd7 14.f5 Na6 15.a4 Bb4
16.Ne2 h5 17.gxh5 O-O-O 18.Nd4 c5 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.Bg5 Rde8 22.Qxd5 Rxh5
23.Bf4 Re7 24.Rfd1 Rh8 25.Bf1 Qd7 26.Qe4 Qc7 27.Rxa6 Rh4 28.Rxa7 Kb8  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karavade,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nd5
9.Bxe7 Ncxe7 10.a4 Rb8 11.Nbd2 c3 12.bxc3 Nxc3 13.Qc2 Ncd5 14.Rfc1 Nc6 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 O-O 17.e4 Nb4 18.Qxc7 Qxc7 19.Rxc7 Rd8 20.Nc4 Rd7 21.Rxd7 Bxd7 22.Rb1 Nd3
23.a5 Bc6 24.f4 Kf8 25.Nd6 Ke7 26.Bf1 Nc5 27.Rc1 Nb3 28.Rb1 Nc5 29.Rc1 Nb3
30.Rb1 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stojanovic,Andj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nd2 e5 4.c3 g6 5.Ngf3 exd4 6.cxd4 Bg7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.d5 Na6 10.a4 Nb4 11.Bb1 b6 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.Nfd2 Nd7 14.f4 Qf6 15.Rf2 Qe7
16.Kh1 Bd4 17.Rf3 f5 18.Na3 Nf6 19.exf5 Be2 20.Qe1 Rae8 21.Rg3 Ng4 22.Ne4 Qxe4
23.Bxe4 Nf2+ 24.Kg1 Nh3+ 25.Kh1 Nf2+ 26.Kg1 Nfd3+ 27.Be3 Nxe1 28.Rxe1 Rxe4
29.Rxe2 Nxd5 30.Nc2 Rfe8 31.fxg6 Bxe3+ 32.Nxe3 Rxe3 33.gxh7+ Kxh7 34.Rd2 Nxf4
35.Kf2 R3e6 36.Rg4 Ng6 37.g3 Rf8+ 38.Kg2 Rf5 39.h4 d5 40.a5 d4 41.axb6 axb6
42.Kh3 Re3  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Girya,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 a6 10.Nd2 Rc8 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxc6 Bb4 14.O-O Rxc6 15.Rxc6 Qxc6
16.Qxc6+ bxc6 17.Nb3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Be7 19.Bxa6 Be4 20.Nd2 Bg6 21.Bb7 O-O 22.Bxc6 Rc8
23.Rc1 f6 24.Rc4 Kf7 25.Be4 Rb8 26.b3 f5 27.Bc6 Rd8 28.Nf3 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Bh5
30.Nd4 Bh4+ 31.g3 Rd2+ 32.Ke1 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Rd2+ 34.Ke1 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shadrina,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 Qd7 13.d5 Ne7 14.Nf1 c6 15.dxc6 Qxc6
16.Ng3 h6 17.c4 bxc4 18.Ba4 Qc7 19.Bxe8 Rxe8 20.Qa4 d5 21.exd5 Nexd5 22.Ne4 Re6
23.Nxf6+ Nxf6 24.Bd2 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Bc5 26.Rad1 e4 27.Be3 exf3 28.Qxc4 Ne4
29.Kh1 Ng3+ 30.fxg3 Qxg3 31.Qg4 Qxg4 32.hxg4 Bxe3 33.Rf1 f2 34.Kg2 Kh7 35.b4 Kg6
36.Rd5 Ba7 37.Rd7 Bb6 38.a4 Kg5 39.a5 Be3 40.Rxf7 g6 41.Kf3 Bd4 42.Rd7 Rf6+
43.Kg3 Be5+ 44.Kg2 Kxg4 45.Rxf2 Rc6 46.Rb7 Bd4 47.Re2 Kf5 48.Rf7+ Kg5 49.Rd7 Bf6
50.Rd5+ Kf4 51.Rc5 Rd6 52.Rec2 Ke4 53.Rc6 Be5 54.Rxd6 Bxd6 55.b5 axb5 56.Rc8 Be5
57.Re8 Kd5  1-0

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girya,O"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.Qc2 c5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qc7 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Rac1 a6 15.Rfd1 Nc6
16.Nf3 Qb7 17.Kg1 h6 18.Rd2 Rab8 19.Qd1 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Qxa4 d5
23.Nd4 Ne5 24.Ndb5 Qb6 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Nxd4 Nc4 27.Rdc2 Kf8 28.b3 Na5 29.Na4 Rxc2
30.Rxc2 Nxb3 31.Rb2 Rb4 32.Rxb3 Rxd4 33.Rb8+ Ke7 34.Rb7+ Kd6 35.Nc3 Rc4 36.Nb5+ Kc6
37.Rb8 Ra4 38.Nc3 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 d4 40.Nb1 Ra2 41.Kf1 Ne4 42.f3 Nd6 43.Ke1 Nb5
44.Nd2 Nc3 45.Rc8+ Kd7 46.Rg8 Ra1+ 47.Kf2 Nd1+ 48.Kg2 Ra2 49.Kf1 Ne3+ 50.Ke1 Ra1+
51.Kf2 Rd1  0-1

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.f4 Rc8 12.Kb1 Bg7 13.Qe3 f5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Rd5 Qb6
16.Qg3 O-O 17.fxe5 Be6 18.Rb5 Qc7 19.Bd3 Rfd8 20.Re1 a6 21.Rb4 Qa5 22.Ra4 Qc5
23.Rh4 Rd4 24.a3 Rxh4 25.Qxh4 Bxe5 26.Qxh6 Bg7 27.Qg5 Kf8 28.Re3 Qd4 29.Nd1 Qg4
30.Qxg4 fxg4 31.Nf2 Rc5 32.Re4 Re5 33.c3 f5 34.Re2 Rxe2 35.Bxe2 Bd5 36.g3 Bh6
37.c4 Bc6 38.h4 f4 39.Bxg4 fxg3 40.Nh3 g2 41.Kc2 Be3 42.Kd3 g1=Q 43.Nxg1 Bxg1
44.b4 Kf7 45.Bc8 Kg6 46.a4 Bg2 47.c5 Kh5 48.Kc4 Kxh4 49.b5 axb5+ 50.Kxb5 e5
51.Kb6 Bd5 52.a5 e4 53.a6 bxa6 54.Bxa6 Bd4 55.Be2 Kg3 56.Kb5 Kf2  0-1

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bodnaruk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.Bg5 Qe7 10.Na3 Rg8 11.Kh1 a6 12.c3 Ne6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qe1 Bd7 15.Rd1 O-O-O
16.Qf2 Kb8 17.Qxf6 Qxf6 18.Rxf6 Ng5 19.h4 Nxe4 20.Rxf7 Bc6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Rxh7 Nf6 23.Rg7 Rd2 24.Kg1 Rxb2 25.Bf1 Rxa2 26.Nc4 a5 27.Rg6 Nd7 28.Rg5 a4
29.h5 Be4 30.Nxe5 Nf6 31.Bd3 a3 32.Nd7+ Nxd7 33.Bxe4 Nf6 34.Bg6 b6 35.Bf7 Ra1+
36.Kh2 a2 37.Bxa2 Rxa2 38.Rf5 Ng4+ 39.Kh3 Ne3 40.Rf3 Nxg2 41.h6 Kb7 42.h7 Ra8
43.Kxg2 Rh8 44.Rf7 b5 45.Kf3 Kb6 46.Ke3 c6 47.Rg7 Kc5 48.Kd3 b4 49.cxb4+ Kxb4
50.Rb7+ Kc5 51.Ke4 Kd6 52.Kf5 c5 53.Kg6 Kd5 54.Kg7 Rc8 55.h8=Q Rxh8 56.Kxh8 c4
57.Kg7 c3 58.Kf6 Kd4 59.Rc7 Kd3 60.Ke5 c2 61.Kf4 Kd2 62.Kf3 c1=B 63.Rxc1 Kxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paikidze,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 a6 10.Nd2 Qd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Bb4 14.O-O Nxe3 15.Qxb4 Nxf1
16.Nc4 Qe7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Rxc6 Kg8 19.Bxf1 a5 20.Qc5 h5 21.Rc7 Qf8 22.Ba6 Bg6
23.Bc8 Kh7 24.f4 Qd8 25.g3 Rb8 26.Bb7 f6 27.Be4 f5 28.Bb7 Rf8 29.b3 h4 30.Kg2 Bh5
31.Qc6 Be8 32.Qc3 Bd7 33.Kf2 Kh8 34.Qxa5 g5 35.Qc3 h3 36.a4 gxf4 37.gxf4 Qh4+
38.Ke3 Be8 39.a5 Rg8 40.Nxf5 Qg4 41.Qe1 exf5 42.a6 Bh5 43.e6 Rge8 44.Kd3 Rbd8+
45.Kc2 Kg8 46.a7 Qxf4 47.Rd7 Qxh2+ 48.Kc3 Rxd7 49.exd7 Qc7+ 50.Kd4 Qxd7+
51.Kc3 Rxe1 52.a8=Q+ Kg7 53.Bd5 Re8 54.Qa5 Re5  0-1

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nebolsina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 b6
9.e4 Ne8 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 f5 12.exf5 exf5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Ng3 g6 15.Be3 d6
16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Rab1 Qc7 18.Be2 Na5 19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 a6 21.Rfe1 Nf6 22.Bf2 Rfb8
23.Rbd1 Re8 24.Nf1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Nc6 26.Bh4 Nh5 27.Bg5 Qd7 28.Ne3 Ne5 29.Qxd7 Nxd7
30.Nd5 Rb8 31.Be7 Rb3 32.Bd8 Kf8 33.Bg5 Nb6 34.Bh6+ Kf7 35.Re7+ Kg8 36.Re8+ Kf7
37.Re7+ Kg8 38.Nc7 Nxc4 39.Ne6 Rb1+ 40.Kf2 Rb2+ 41.Ke1 Rb1+ 42.Ke2 Rb2+ 43.Kd1 Rb1+
44.Kc2 Rb2+ 45.Kd1 Rb1+ 46.Kc2 Rb2+ 47.Kd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 Rc8
9.Bd2 Be7 10.a4 O-O 11.a5 Nf5 12.g4 Nh6 13.h3 Kh8 14.Re1 Ng8 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.cxd3 f6 17.Kg2 f5 18.g5 f4 19.h4 Qe8 20.Rh1 Qh5 21.Rh3 Bd8 22.Nh2 Qg6
23.Nc1 c5 24.Ne2 cxd4 25.Nxf4 Qf5 26.Nf3 Nc5 27.Nxd4 Qxe5 28.Qg4 Ne7 29.h5 Kg8
30.Nfxe6 Nxe6 31.Nxe6 Qf5 32.Qe2 Re8 33.Nd4 Qd7 34.Re1 Bxa5 35.Bxa5 Nc6 36.Ne6 Nd4
37.Qg4 Nxe6 38.Rhe3 Rc6 39.f4 d4 40.Re5 g6 41.hxg6 hxg6 42.Kg3 Qf7 43.Bb4 b6
44.R1e4 a5 45.Be1 Ng7 46.Rxe8+ Nxe8 47.Rxd4 Nd6 48.Kf3 Qb3 49.Kg2 Rc2+ 50.Kh3 Nf5
51.Rd8+ Kf7 52.Qf3 Qe6 53.Qe4 Ng7+ 54.Qxe6+ Nxe6 55.Rd7+ Ke8 56.Rd6 Re2 57.Bg3 b5
58.Rb6 b4 59.Kg4 Kf7 60.Rb7+ Kg8 61.f5 gxf5+ 62.Kxf5 Ng7+ 63.Kg4 Re3 64.g6 Ne8
65.Bf4 Re2 66.b3 Rg2+ 67.Bg3 Nf6+ 68.Kf3 Rd2 69.Ke3 Rg2 70.Rb8+ Kg7 71.Be5 Rg5
72.Kd4 Rg4+ 73.Ke3 Rg5 74.d4 Rxg6 75.Rb6 Rg3+ 76.Kf4 Rxb3 77.Rxf6 Kg8 78.d5 Rb1
79.d6 Rd1 80.Kf5 a4 81.Ke6 a3 82.Rf3 a2 83.d7 Kh7 84.Ke7 b3 85.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Re1 O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nd5 Na5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Nh4 Nxb3 14.Nf5 Qf8 15.axb3 Re6
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Rd8 18.Re3 Ne8 19.Qg4 Kh7 20.Qh4 Ra8 21.Rf1 c5 22.Rg3 c4
23.bxc4 bxc4 24.Bg5 cxd3 25.cxd3 Nd6 26.Nxg7 Qxg7 27.Bf6 Qf8 28.Qh5 Rc8 29.e5 Rc5
30.d4 Rb5 31.Qg4 Be4 32.Qg7+ Qxg7 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Rg4+ Kh7 35.Rg7+ Kh8 36.Rxf7+ Kg8
37.Rg7+ Kf8 38.Rxd7 Rxb2 39.Rf4 Bxg2 40.Bh4+ Nf5 41.Rxf5+ Kg8 42.d5 Re8 43.Bf6 Be4
44.Rf2 Rb1+ 45.Kh2 Rh1+ 46.Kg3 a5 47.Rg7+ Kf8 48.e6 Rg1+ 49.Kf4 Rxg7 50.Bxg7+ Kxg7
51.Kxe4 Ra8 52.d6 a4 53.d7  1-0

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Matveeva,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Nc6 7.Nh3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Be2 b5 12.Qe3 Na5 13.Qg3 Bd6 14.f4 Nc4 15.Nf2 Qe8
16.h5 Ra7 17.Rde1 c6 18.Bd3 Qf7 19.Ref1 c5 20.Ne2 Rc7 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Ng4 Qe7
23.Ne5 Rf6 24.h6 g6 25.b3 Nb6 26.dxc5 Bxc5 27.Rf3 Nd7 28.Kb1 Bb7 29.f5 Nxe5
30.fxg6 Rxg6 31.Qxe5 Bd6 32.Qh5 Rg5 33.Qh3 e5 34.Bf5 Kh8 35.Rhf1 e4 36.Rc3 Rxc3
37.Qxc3+ Be5 38.Qh3 Rg8 39.Be6 Rf8 40.Rf5 Bf6 41.Nf4 d4 42.Qg3 d3 43.cxd3 exd3
44.Qxd3 Rd8 45.Qe2 Rd4 46.Bd5 Re4 47.Qd2 Re1+ 48.Kc2 Qc5+ 49.Kd3 Qd4+ 50.Kc2 Qb2+
51.Kd3 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pogonina,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.h3 O-O 10.Nh2 Nd4 11.Ng4 Be6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Bg4 Rc4 15.a3 a6
16.Rc1 Qc7 17.Qd2 b5 18.Rfd1 Rd8 19.Qe1 Qb7 20.Be2 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Qxe4
23.Qd2 Qg6 24.Kh1 d5 25.f3 Rc8 26.Rf1 Rc4 27.f4 d4 28.cxd4 exd4 29.Bf2 Bd5
30.Rg1 Rc3 31.Kh2 Rxa3 32.Qb4 Rc3 33.Qd6 Bxg2 34.Rxg2 Rxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qh5 36.Kf1 Qf3
37.Re1 Rh1+ 38.Rg1 Rh2 39.Re2 Kh7 40.Qd7 Qxf4 41.Qxf7 Rxf2+ 42.Rxf2 Qc1+
43.Kg2 Qg5+ 44.Kf1 Qc1+ 45.Kg2 Qg5+ 46.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "60th ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Bg7
16.Bd3 d5 17.Bg5 b4 18.c4 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.exd5 exd4 21.Ne4 Qd8 22.a5 f5
23.Ng3 c5 24.h4 h5 25.Ng5 Ne5 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Qxh5 Qd7 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Nxf5 Qc7
30.Nh6  1-0

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mezioud,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nf1 Qc7 13.Ng3 Rfe8 14.c3 c4 15.h3 Rac8
16.d4 Bc6 17.d5 Bd7 18.axb5 axb5 19.Be3 Nb7 20.Bb1 Ra8 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Nd2 Nc5
23.f4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Ne8 25.Nf3 g6 26.Nd4 Bf6 27.Qf3 Na4 28.Qf2 Be5 29.Rf1 f6
30.Bc1 Qd8 31.Nge2 Qe7 32.Nc2 Nc5 33.Nb4 Ng7 34.Bh6 Re8 35.Nd4 Nh5 36.Nbc6 Qf7
37.Nxe5 dxe5 38.Nxb5 Nxe4 39.Bxe4 Bxb5 40.g4 Nf4 41.Bxf4 exf4 42.Qxf4 Kg7
43.Bg2 Qe7 44.Ra1 Qd7 45.Qd4 Qd6 46.g5 Re7 47.Rf1 Rf7 48.h4 Ba6 49.Rf4 Bb5
50.Bh3  1-0

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mezioud,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 O-O
9.Qd2 a5 10.a4 Nb4 11.g4 Be6 12.g5 Nh5 13.O-O-O Rc8 14.Kb1 Qd7 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.Qf2 Bd8 17.Qd2 Be7 18.Qf2 Nf4 19.h4 f5 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Bb6 Qf7 22.Nxa5 d5
23.Bc5 Be7 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.exd5 Nfxd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Rhe1 Rxf3 28.Qe2 Ba2+
29.Ka1 Nxc2+ 30.Kxa2 Ra3+  0-1

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khukhashvili,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Ba6 11.b3 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Be2 Nd5
16.Rc1 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 O-O 18.O-O Qxe5 19.Rh3 h6 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Rad8 22.Qxc6 Rd2
23.Qa4 Rfd8 24.Re3 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khukhashvili,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 Rad8 15.Bd3 Rfe8
16.Rae1 Rd7 17.Re2 Bc6 18.Ref2 Qb8 19.b4 Bd8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 Qb7 22.Qh3 g6
23.Re2 Nh5 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Qc8 26.Qf3 Rf8 27.f5 Bf6 28.Bc6 exf5 29.Bxd7 Qxd7
30.Qc3 Rc8 31.Qa1 Qc6 32.Qd4 Rd8 33.Qc5 Qd7 34.Rfe1 Kg7 35.Kg1 Rc8 36.Bxf6+ Nxf6
37.Qe5 Rc6 38.h3 Qc8 39.Qd4 Rc4 40.Qb2 Rc3 41.Rd1 Rc6 42.Rdd2 Qc7 43.Qd4 Rc4
44.Qb2 Rc6 45.Qd4 Rc4 46.Qa1 Qg3 47.Rd3 Qc7 48.Red2 Rc6 49.a4 bxa4 50.Qxa4 g5
51.Qa1 Kg6 52.Rd8 Re6 53.R8d3 Qe7 54.Rd1 Qxb4 55.Qd4 Qb7 56.Rb3 Qe7 57.Rb6 Re2
58.c4 h5 59.c5 h4 60.Rf1 Rc2 61.Rd6 Re2 62.Kh1 Re4 63.Qd3 Qe5 64.Rxa6 Kg7
65.Qd6 Qxd6 66.Rxd6 Nh5 67.Rc1 g4 68.c6 Ng3+ 69.Kh2 Ne2 70.Rdd1 g3+ 71.Kh1 Nxc1
72.Rxc1 Re8 73.c7 Rc8 74.Kg1 Kf6 75.Kf1 Ke6 76.Ke2 Kd6 77.Rc4 Rxc7 78.Rxh4 Ke5
79.Ra4 Rc2+ 80.Kf3 Rc3+ 81.Ke2 Rc5 82.Kf3 Rc3+ 83.Ke2 Kf6 84.h4 Kg6 85.Rf4 Ra3
86.Rf3 Rxf3 87.Kxf3 Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khukhashvili,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb7 11.Bd3 Bb4 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.O-O c5 14.Qf4 g5 15.Qg3 Rhg8
16.Rac1 h5 17.a3 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 h4 19.Qe3 Rde8 20.Re1 Qc6 21.f3 d5 22.cxd5 Nxd5
23.Be4 Rxe5 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Rec1 Re8 26.Qf2 Ree5 27.h3 Qd6 28.Be3 f6 29.Bxc5 Rd1+
30.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31.Kh2 Re1 32.Qxe1 Qxe1 33.Bd4 Qd2 34.Bxa7 Qxb2 35.Re3 f5 36.Bc5 g4  0-1

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khukhashvili,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Bd3 Rd7
16.Rae1 Re8 17.Re2 Qd8 18.Qh3 g6 19.f5 e5 20.Be3 Bc6 21.Ref2 h5 22.fxg6 fxg6
23.Qe6+ Kg7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Rf8 26.Rf3 h4 27.Bg5 e4 28.Bxe4  1-0

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ruan Lufei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 d5 8.d4 Bb6
9.O-O Nxe4 10.Nxc6 Qd6 11.Nb4 Re8 12.Na3 a5 13.Nd3 Ba6 14.f3 Nf6 15.Nc2 c6
16.Rf2 Nh5 17.Be3 Bc7 18.g3 Qg6 19.Ne5 Qe6 20.Qd2 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Bc5 Nf6
23.Nd4 Rac8 24.Nb3 Nd7 25.Ba3 a4 26.Nc5 Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ruan Lufei"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.b4 Be7 7.O-O d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.b5 Na5 10.Nxe5 Nxc4 11.dxc4 Nb6 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nxa3 Na4 15.Rac1 f6
16.Nf3 Bg4 17.Nd4 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Rxd4 19.Nc2 Rd2 20.Nb4 Rad8 21.h3 Be2 22.Rfc1 Rd1+
23.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24.Kh2 Rd4 25.Nd5 Rxc4 26.Re3 Bh5 27.Ra3 Rc5 28.Nf4 Bf7 29.Rxa7 g5
30.Ne2 Rxb5 31.Nd4 Rd5 32.Ne2 Rd2 33.Nc3 Rb2 34.a4 c5 35.Ne4 c4 36.Nxf6+ Kg7
37.Ne4 Bd5 38.Nc3 Bc6 39.Ra5 Kf6 40.Rc5 Kg6 41.Kg1 Rb4 42.a5 Bd7 43.Kf1 h6
44.Ke2 Be6 45.Ke3 Rb2 46.Rb5 Rxb5 47.Nxb5 Bd5 48.f3 Bc6 49.Nd6 c3 50.Kd3 h5
51.Kxc3 g4 52.hxg4 hxg4 53.Ne4 Kf5 54.Kd4 gxf3 55.gxf3 Kf4 56.Nd2 Bb5 57.Kc5 Ba6
58.Kb6 Ke3 59.Ne4 Kxf3 60.Nc5 Bf1 61.Nxb7 Ke4 62.Nd6+ Kd5 63.Nb5 Ke6 64.a6 Kd7
65.a7 Bg2 66.Na3 Be4 67.Nc4 Ba8 68.Ne5+ Kd6 69.Nd3 Kd7 70.Nc5+ Kd6 71.Nb7+ Kd7
72.Na5 Kd6 73.Nc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ruan Lufei"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qe1 Be7 14.Bd3 b4 15.Ne2 a5
16.f5 e5 17.Ng3 a4 18.Bc4 Ra5 19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Rxd5 21.exd5 Rg8 22.Qe2 a3
23.Rd1 axb2 24.Ne4 Kd7 25.g4 h6 26.h3 Ra8 27.Qc4 Qa5 28.Qb3 Bd8 29.Nd2 Qb5
30.Qc4 Qb6 31.Ne4 Rc8 32.Qd3 Qa5 33.Qb3 Ke7 34.h4 Bb6 35.g5 hxg5 36.hxg5 fxg5
37.f6+ Kd7 38.Qh3+ Kc7 39.Qh7 Ra8 40.Qxf7+ Kb8 41.Qf8+ Bd8 42.Qxd6+ Bc7 43.Qf8+ Kb7
44.Nc5+ Ka7 45.Qe7 Kb6 46.Qe6+ Ka7 47.Qc6 Qb6 48.Qa4+ Qa5 49.Qc6 Rb8 50.d6 Bd8
51.Qd7+ Kb6 52.Na4+ Ka6 53.Nxb2 Bxf6 54.Nc4 Qb5 55.Qxb5+ Kxb5 56.Nxe5 Bxe5
57.Rd5+ Kc6 58.Rxe5 Rg8 59.Re4 Kxd6 60.Rg4 Ke5 61.Kb2 Kf5 62.Rg1 g4 63.c3 bxc3+
64.Kxc3 Kf4 65.a4 Rb8 66.Kc4 g3 67.a5 Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Women"]
[Site "Antakya TUR"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ruan Lufei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.c3 Bb6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Re8 15.Ne3 Kg7
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Nf5+ Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Qc8 19.Qf3 Qg4 20.Qxg4 Nxg4 21.f3 Bb6+ 22.Kh1 Ne3
23.Rfc1 f5 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.Be1 d5 26.Bd2 Kf6 27.g4 Nh4 28.Rf1 Ng6 29.Rae1 Re7
30.a4 a5 31.Bc2 Rf8 32.Re2 Kg7 33.Ree1 Ref7 34.Bd1 Bc7 35.Be3 Nh4 36.Bc5 Re8
37.Bd4 Ree7 38.Bc5 Re6 39.d4 b6 40.Ba3 e4 41.fxe4 Rxf1+ 42.Rxf1 Rxe4 43.Bf8+ Kg8
44.Ba3 Bf4 45.Kg1 Re3 46.Kf2 Rh3 47.Rh1 Kf7 48.Kg1 Be3+ 49.Kf1 Ng6 50.Bc2 Nf4
51.Ke1 Rf3 52.Kd1 Rf2 53.Re1 Ng2 54.Rh1 Bd2  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dykes,Denton J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.Nbd2 Nh5 7.Bg3 Be7 8.Ne5 Nxg3
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.hxg3 Qb6 11.Qc2 g6 12.a3 a5 13.a4 Rb8 14.b3 Bf6 15.Rc1 O-O
16.f4 Bg7 17.Kf2 Bd7 18.Bd3 Rfc8 19.g4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bf8 21.Qd1 c5 22.dxc5 Rxc5
23.Rxc5 Qxc5 24.Nf3 Bg7 25.f5 Qb4 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Bc2 Rc8 28.Ng5 d4 29.e4 Qc5  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.c4 Qxb2 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nbd2 Nbc6 10.Nb3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Rd8 12.Nxc5 Nd5 13.Nd3 Qa3 14.Rc1 Be7 15.Qd2 O-O
16.h3 Be4 17.Bb3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nb6 19.Qc3 Rd7 20.Nf4 Rfd8 21.Rcd1 Nxe5 22.Bc1 Qb4
23.Qxb4 Nxf3+ 24.Kg2 Nh4+ 25.Kg3 Nf5+ 26.Kg4 Nh6+ 27.Kh5 Bxb4 28.Nxe6 fxe6
29.Bxh6 Rxd4 30.Bxe6+ Kh8 31.Rxd4 Rxd4 32.Rg1 Bf8 33.f4 Nd5 34.Bg5 h6 35.Kg6 hxg5
36.Rxg5 Nxf4+ 37.Kf7 Rd6  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Yanayt,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 Qb6 13.Nb3 Nc5 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.g5 Be7
16.f5 hxg5 17.hxg5 Rxh1 18.Qxh1 exf5 19.Qh8+ Bf8 20.Nc4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 fxe4
22.Nxd6+ Ke7 23.g6 f6 24.Qg8  1-0

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ambartsumova,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Ng5 Ke7 11.Rd1 h6 12.Nxe6 Kxe6 13.g4 Nh4 14.f4 h5 15.h3 hxg4
16.hxg4 f6 17.f5+ Kxe5 18.Kf2 g6 19.Re1+ Kd6 20.Bf4+ Kd7 21.Rad1+ Bd6 22.Ne4 Rad8
23.Nxd6 cxd6 24.Bxd6 Kc8 25.Be7 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 gxf5 27.Bxf6 Rh6 28.g5 Rh5 29.Rh1  1-0

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kashlinskaya,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.a4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.Bd3 e5 13.Qc2 exd4 14.exd4 h6 15.Ba3 Ne7
16.Rfe1 Bb7 17.Ne5 Ned5 18.Qd2 Rfe8 19.Bb2 Rad8 20.Rac1 Qd6 21.Bb1 Nc7 22.Rcd1 Ne6
23.f3 Qc7 24.Qf2 Nf4 25.Qh4 Ne6 26.Kh1 cxd4 27.cxd4 Bd5 28.Bc1 Nxd4 29.Bf4 Bb3
30.Rc1 Qb7 31.Bxh6 Rd5 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Qxf6 Re6 35.Ng6+ Ke8 36.Rxe6+ Nxe6
37.Be4 Nc5 38.Bxd5 Bxd5 39.Ne5 Qe7 40.Qh8+ Qf8 41.Qh5 Be6 42.Rd1 Bb3 43.Rd4 Ne6
44.Rd7 Nd8 45.Qg5 f6 46.Qg6+ Nf7 47.Rxa7 Bd5 48.Nxf7  1-0

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Fominykh,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O c6 7.a4 O-O 8.Re1 a5
9.h3 Nb6 10.Ba2 Nfd7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 h6 13.Nh2 Bg5 14.Ng4 Qe7 15.Qf3 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 g6 17.Qg3 Qg5 18.Qh2 Nc5 19.h4 Qf6 20.h5 Kg7 21.Bc4 Qf4 22.g3 Qg5
23.Be2 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Kh1 e4 26.Ng2 Be6 27.Nf4 Bg8 28.Rg1 Ne6 29.Ng6 Rf6
30.g4 Kh7 31.gxf5 Qxf5 32.Bg4 Qxf2 33.Nxe4 Qxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Raf8 35.Nxf6+ Rxf6
36.Rae1 Nd7 37.Ne7 Bf7 38.Ref1 Rxf1 39.Rxf1 Kg7 40.Nf5+ Kh7 41.Nd4 Ne5 42.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Girya,O"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Bg2 d5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.a4 Qe7 12.Na3 Rac8 13.Qb2 Rfd8 14.Rc2 Ne4 15.Rac1 Qf6
16.b4 c5 17.dxc5 Qxb2 18.Rxb2 bxc5 19.b5 Bb7 20.Nd2 f5 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Bh3 Kf7
23.cxd5 exd5 24.Rbc2 c4 25.Bxd7 Rxd7 26.e3 Rc5 27.Rd1 Ke6 28.Nb1 Ke5 29.Rd4 Rd8
30.Nc3 Ra8 31.Rb2 a6 32.bxa6 Bxa6 33.Rb6 Bc8 34.f4+ exf3 35.Kf2 Ra6 36.Rxa6 Bxa6
37.Kxf3 Bb7 38.Ke2 Bc6 39.Rh4 h6 40.Rh5+ Kd6 41.g4 Be8 42.Rf5 Bd7 43.Rf7 g5
44.Rf6+ Ke5 45.Rxh6 Bxg4+ 46.Kd2 Bd7 47.Rh5 Kf6 48.h4 gxh4 49.Rxh4 Ra5 50.Rh5 Be6
51.e4 Kg6 52.Re5 Kf6 53.Rh5 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c6
16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Qd2 Bg7 18.Bh6 Nf8 19.b4 Ne6 20.Bb3 Nd7 21.Rad1 bxa4 22.Bxa4 a5
23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Bb3 Ndf8 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Nf1 Raa8 27.Ne3 h5 28.Nc4 exd4 29.cxd4 d5
30.exd5 cxd5 31.Ne3 Qa5 32.Qb2 Nf4 33.g3 N4e6 34.Ra1 Qb6 35.Rab1 Qd6 36.Qd2 Nh7
37.Ba2 Reb8 38.Rxb7 Rxb7 39.Bxd5 Nd8 40.Bxb7 Nxb7 41.Qb2 Ra7 42.Nh4 Qd7 43.d5+ Kg8
44.Nc4 Nf8 45.Qe5 Nc5 46.Qd4 Nb3 47.Qe3 Rb7 48.d6 Qxh3 49.Qf3 Nc5 50.Na5 Rb6
51.Nc6 Ncd7 52.Ne7+ Kg7 53.Qc3+ Nf6 54.Nc8 Rb8 55.Ne7 Rd8 56.Qe5 Qe6 57.Qa5 Qd7
58.Qg5 N8h7 59.Qe5 Kh8 60.Rd1 Qg4 61.Rd4 Qg5 62.Nf3 Qxe5 63.Nxe5 Kg7 64.N7c6 Rf8
65.d7 Nxd7 66.Rxd7 Nf6 67.Ra7 Ng8 68.Nd4 Re8 69.Rxf7+ Kh6 70.f4  1-0

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 Rc8
9.a4 Be7 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.c3 Kg7 13.Rae1 b5 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Ra1 Qb6
16.Qe3 Rc6 17.Na5 Rc7 18.b4 Rfc8 19.Rfc1 f6 20.Nb3 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Qxe5+ Bf6
23.Qe3 Re7 24.Nc5 e5 25.Qh3 Rce8 26.Nd7 Qc6 27.Nxf6 Qxf6 28.Bxb5 Rf8 29.Qe3 exd4
30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.cxd4 Rf4 32.Rd1 Rb7 33.g3 Rf6 34.Ra5 Bh5 35.Rda1 Rfb6 36.Ba6 Re7
37.Rxd5 Bf3 38.Re5 Rd7 39.Re3 Ba8 40.Bc8 Rc7 41.Be6 Rxb4 42.d5 Rd4 43.Ra5 Re7
44.Kf1 Rd2 45.Ke1 Rd4 46.Ke2 Kf6 47.h3 Kg7 48.g4 Kf6 49.Kf3 Bb7 50.Kg3 a6
51.Rf3+ Kg7 52.Rb3 Rd1 53.Kf4 Kf6 54.Rb6 Rd4+ 55.Kg3 Kg7 56.h4 Rd2 57.Rc5 Rd4
58.f4 Rd3+ 59.Kf2 h5 60.g5 Kf8 61.f5 Rd2+ 62.Kg3 Rd3+ 63.Kf4 Rd4+ 64.Ke5 Rd1
65.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galojan,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6
9.e4 Ne8 10.O-O Ba6 11.f4 f5 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Nd6
16.Qd3 Na5 17.Ng3 c4 18.Qc2 Nb3 19.Rb1 Qe7 20.a4 Nxc1 21.Qxc1 Rae8 22.Kh1 Qe3
23.Qa3 Rf6 24.a5 b5 25.Rf3 Qd2 26.Qc5 Qa2 27.Qg1 b4 28.cxb4 Qd2 29.Qxa7 c3
30.Qg1 Nb5 31.Rd1 Qb2 32.Rb1 Qa2 33.Nh5 Rf5 34.Re1 Ref8 35.Ng3 Rxd5 36.f5 c2
37.Rc1 Qb2 38.Rff1 Nd4 39.Rf2 Rc8 40.f6 Nb3  0-1

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zawadzka,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.c4 Qd8 8.d5 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.O-O g6 11.Be3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Rc8 13.Nc3 Bg7 14.Rfe1 O-O 15.Bg5 Re8
16.Rad1 h6 17.Bh4 Qd7 18.h3 a6 19.Re3 Qd6 20.Qe2 Kh7 21.Re1 Qf4 22.Bg3 Qf5
23.Be5 Rcd8 24.Na4 b5 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Re5 Qf4 28.g3  1-0

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Munguntuul,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.a3 Bc5 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.c3 Bc5 15.Qf3 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 a5 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Bd2 Ra6 20.Re4 Qa8 21.c4 bxc4 22.dxc4 Bc5
23.Be3 Qa7 24.Re1 Rf6 25.Qg3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qxe3 27.R1xe3 Rb8 28.b3 d6 29.Rc3 g5
30.g3 Rg6 31.c5 Rb5 32.Rec4 dxc5 33.Rxc5 Rgb6 34.a4 Rxc5 35.Rxc5 Rxb3 36.Rxc7 Rb4
37.d6 Rd4 38.d7 Kg7 39.Ra7 Kf6 40.Kf1 Ke6 41.Rxa5 Kxd7 42.Ra7+ Ke6 43.Ra6+ Ke7
44.g4 Re4 45.a5 Ra4 46.Ra8 Ra2 47.a6 e4 48.a7 Kf6 49.Ke1 Kg7 50.Kd1 Kf6 51.Kc1 Kg7
52.Kb1 Ra6 53.Kb2 Rb6+ 54.Kc3 Rb7 55.Kd4 Re7 56.Kd5 Kf6 57.Rh8 Rxa7 58.Rxh6+ Kg7
59.Rh5 Kg6 60.Kxe4 f5+ 61.Kf3 Ra3+ 62.Kg2 Ra4 63.Kg3 Ra3+ 64.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 e6 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qa5 13.a4 Rd8 14.Qe4 Bd7 15.Bd3 g6
16.Rb1 Rab8 17.Re1 Be8 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Qxe5 20.Nxh7 Qxc3 21.Re3 Kxh7
22.Qh4+ Kg7 23.Bxg6 Qf6 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Be4 Nd4 26.Qh5 Bc6 27.Qc5+ Ke8 28.Rbe1 Bxe4
29.Rxe4 b6 30.Qc7 Rbc8 31.Qg3 Rc3 32.Qg4 Rc2 33.f3 Rd5 34.h4 Ke7 35.Kh1 Nf5
36.Rf4 Qg6 37.Qh3 Qg3 38.Qxg3 Nxg3+ 39.Kh2 Nh5 40.Rg4 Nf6  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deviatkin,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Qxd7+ Nxd7 12.Bf4 c6 13.Nd2 g5 14.Be3 O-O 15.Rfd1 Nb6
16.Ne4 h6 17.Rac1 Be6 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Rfe8 20.b3 Bd5 21.Bf1 Nd7 22.Be3 a5
23.Rd4 Nf8 24.Bg2 Ne6 25.Rd2 Nc7 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Bc5 a4 28.b4 Nc7 29.Rd7 Nd5
30.e3 b6 31.Bd6 Rac8 32.a3 Kg7 33.g4 Re6 34.Bg3 Nf6 35.Rb7 c5 36.Ra7 c4 37.Rxa4 Ne4
38.b5 c3 39.Rc2 Rc5 40.Rb4 Rd5 41.Kf1 h5 42.gxh5 f5 43.Kg2 Kh6 44.h4 g4 45.a4 Rd2
46.Rc1 Kxh5 47.Rc4 Rd5 48.Rc2 Rd1 49.Rc6 Rg6 50.Be5 g3 51.Bxg3 Rxg3+ 52.fxg3 Rd2+
53.Kf3 Rxc2 54.g4+ Kxh4 55.gxf5 Nc5 56.a5 Rb2 57.axb6 Rxb5 58.b7 Nxb7 59.Kf4 Kh5
60.Rxc3 Nc5 61.e4 Kh6 62.Rg3 Rb4 63.Ke5 Rxe4+ 64.Kd5 Rf4 65.Kxc5 Rxf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mareco,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.a4 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Nd2 Qa5 13.Nf1 b5 14.Ne3 Nb6 15.Bd2 b4
16.Na2 Bxa2 17.Rxa2 d5 18.Nf5 Rfe8 19.Bg5 dxe4 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.Bxf6 b3 22.Ra1 bxc2
23.Qc1 gxf6 24.Bxe4 Rec7 25.Re2 Nd5 26.g3 Ne7 27.Ra3 Kg7 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Bxc2 Qb4
30.h4 Rc4 31.Qb1 Qd2 32.Rc3 Rxc3 33.bxc3 Nd5 34.Bb3 Nxc3 35.Qf5 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Ne2
37.Qg4+ Kf8 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Qg4+ Kh6 40.Qf3 Kg7 41.Qg4+ Kh6 42.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb7 11.Bd3 Bb4 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.O-O c5 14.Qh4 Ba6 15.f4 f5
16.b3 Ba3 17.Nd5 Kb8 18.Bc3 g6 19.Rad1 Bb7 20.Ne3 Bb4 21.Bxb4 cxb4 22.c5 Nc8
23.Qe1 d6 24.Qxb4 dxe5 25.Bc4 Qc6 26.Bd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 exf4 28.Qxf4 Re8 29.Re5 Rd8
30.h4 Rd3 31.Rf2 Qd7 32.Nc2 Be4 33.Nb4 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Qb5 35.Rxe4 fxe4 36.Qxe4 c6
37.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vocaturo,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6
16.Bb2 c5 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.c4 Qc7 19.Bd3 Nc8 20.Nf1 Na7 21.Ne3 b4 22.Nd5 Qd6
23.Bc2 Bc8 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.f4 Rxd5 26.cxd5 Qxf4 27.e5 Nh7 28.Qd3 Ng5 29.Rf1 Qh4
30.e6 Nb5 31.Rxf7 Nd6 32.Qg6 Nxh3+ 33.Kf1 Nf5 34.Rxf8+  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maletin,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.O-O c5
9.a4 b4 10.a5 Be7 11.d3 O-O 12.Bg5 Nc6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.a6 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Kxg2 Qd4 18.Nd2 Qxb2 19.Qxb2 Bxb2 20.Ra5 Rac8 21.Rb1 Bd4
22.Ne4 c4 23.Rxb4 c3 24.Ra1 c2 25.Rc1 Rxf2+ 26.Nxf2 Be3 27.Rxc2 Rxc2 28.Rb8+ Kf7
29.Rb7+ Kg6 30.Kf3 Bb6 31.Ng4 Rc5 32.Ke4 Ra5 33.Ne5+ Kh6 34.Re7 Rxa6 35.Rxe6+ g6
36.Ng4+ Kg5 37.Kf3 Ra5 38.e4 Bd4 39.Re7 h6 40.h4+  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vorobiov,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Be3 Qf6 7.c3 Nc6 8.Bc2 Nge7
9.Qd2 d5 10.Nxc6 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 bxc6 12.e5 Qh4 13.Nd2 f6 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.O-O-O Bd7
16.Rhe1 O-O 17.Qc5 Ng6 18.Qd6 Rf7 19.Rd4 Qh6+ 20.Re3 Raf8 21.Bd3 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 fxe5
23.Qxe5 Rxf2 24.Rg4 R2f4 25.Rh3 Rf1+ 26.Kc2 Qc1+ 27.Kb3 Qd1+ 28.Ka3 Qxg4
29.Rg3 Re1 30.Qxe1 Qf4 31.b4 a5 32.Rf3 axb4+ 33.cxb4 Ra8+ 34.Kb3 Qd4 35.Qe3 Ra3+  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huschenbeth,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 b5 10.a3 Qa5 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Qc8 15.Nxd6+ Bxd6
16.Qxd6 Na5 17.Nc5 Bb5 18.b3 Bc6 19.Rd4 Rg8 20.g3 f5 21.Rhd1 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 fxe4
23.Kb2 Qb7 24.Rb4 Qc8 25.Rxe4 Ra6 26.Qb4 Qb7 27.Red4 Ra8 28.Rd6 Qe7 29.f5 Nb7
30.Rb6 Nd8 31.fxe6 fxe6 32.Rbd6 Nf7 33.Rb6 Qxb4 34.axb4 Rg6 35.b5 Rf6 36.c4 Ne5
37.Rbd6 Ke7 38.Ra6 Rff8 39.Rxa8 Rxa8 40.Kc3 Nd7 41.Kb4 Rc8 42.Rd4 e5 43.Rh4 Nf6
44.g4 Rg8 45.b6 Kd7 46.Rh6 Rg6 47.Rxg6 hxg6 48.Kb5 e4 49.c5 e3 50.c6+ Kc8
51.Ka6 Nd5  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Danin,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ovod,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.b4 b5 11.Bb3 Nb6 12.h3 Be6 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Bxb3 15.N2xb3 Qd7
16.Re3 Ne5 17.Nf5 Bf6 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Qh5 Ng6 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 f6 22.Qg4 Rf7
23.Rd1 Qe8 24.h4 Nc4 25.Rh3 Nce5 26.Qg3 h5 27.Ne3 Nf8 28.f4 Ng4 29.Rd5 Nxe3
30.Qxe3 Re7 31.Nd2 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.cxb4 Rd8 34.Qf3 g6 35.Qc3 Kg7 36.Rg3 Kf7
37.Qf3 c6 38.Rxh5 d5 39.f5 dxe4 40.fxg6+ Kg7 41.Qe3  1-0

[Event "12th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomilova,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d6 11.b3 a5 12.Bb2 a4 13.Nf4 Nd7 14.Qc2 Qb8 15.d5 e5 16.Nd3 Bg5
17.e4 f5 18.exf5 Nc5 19.h4 Bf6 20.Nb4 Qe8 21.Nc6 Qh5 22.b4 a3 23.Bc3 Na4
24.Bd2 b5 25.Qe4 bxc4 26.Rac1 Qf7 27.Be3 Nb2 28.Kg2 Bd8 29.g4 Ra6 30.Rxc4 Nxc4
31.Qxc4 Ra8 32.Bg5 Bf6 33.Bc1 Bxh4 34.Rh1 Qf6 35.Rh3 Bg5 36.Bxa3 g6 37.Rf3 gxf5
38.Rxf5 Qg7 39.Rxf8+ Rxf8 40.f3 h5 41.Bb2 Bf4 42.Qe2 hxg4 43.fxg4 Qh7 44.Kg1 Qh4
45.a4 Qg3+ 46.Kh1 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "12th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.g3 Bb4 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Bg5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qb5 11.h4 b6 12.Qd2 a5 13.h5 Ne8 14.h6 g6 15.Nd4 Nxd4
16.cxd4 f6 17.Bf4 Bb7 18.a4 Qc4 19.Bf1 Qc8 20.d5 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.c4 exd5
23.Bd3 Rf7 24.cxd5 Qc5 25.Be3 Qxd5 26.Rh4 Ba6 27.Be4 Qe5 28.Qd4 Qxd4 29.Bxd4 Rb8
30.Bd5 Nc7 31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.Rf4+ Kg8 33.Re4 Ne6 34.Rc1 Bb7 35.Rxe6 dxe6 36.Rc7 e5
37.Rg7+ Kf8 38.Rxh7 Bd5 39.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "12th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Iljushina,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Bd6 10.O-O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 a5 13.e4 a4 14.Qc2 a3 15.b3 e5
16.d5 b4 17.Na4 O-O 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Be3 c5 21.Rc1 Nbd7 22.g4 Be7
23.h4 Ne8 24.Bb5 Ndf6 25.Bc6 Ra5 26.Nxc5 Nd6 27.Qe2 Qd8 28.h5 gxh5 29.g5 Nfe8
30.Rxh5 g6 31.Rh8+ Kxh8 32.Qh2+ Kg8 33.Rh1 Bf6 34.Nd7 Qxd7 35.gxf6  1-0

[Event "12th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhukova,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.Bd2 Nb6
9.Ne4 Be7 10.e3 N8d7 11.f4 O-O 12.Rc1 f5 13.Nf2 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Rb8 15.O-O Bd7
16.b3 cxb3 17.Qxb3 Na4 18.Nd3 c5 19.Nf4 Kh8 20.Nxe6 Bxe6 21.Qxe6 cxd4 22.Rxf5 Bg5
23.Rxf8+ Qxf8 24.Qb3 b5 25.Kh1 Qf2 26.Qe6 Nc3 27.Bxc3 dxc3 28.Rf1 Qxe3 29.Qd6 Rg8
30.Rf8 Qe1+ 31.Bf1 c2 32.Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.Qf5+ Ke8 35.Qe6+ Be7 36.Qc8+ Kf7
37.Qf5+ Bf6 38.Qd7+ Kg6 39.Qg4+ Kh6 40.Qh3+ Kg6 41.Qg4+ Kf7 42.Qd7+ Be7 43.Qf5+ Ke8
44.Qc8+ Bd8 45.Qc6+ Kf8 46.Qc5+ Kf7 47.Qd5+ Kg6 48.Qe6+ Kg5 49.h4+ Kh5 50.Qf7+ Kh6
51.Qf4+ g5 52.Qf8+ Kg6 53.Qg8+ Kf5 54.Qxh7+ Kg4 55.Qd7+ Kxg3 56.Qh3+ Kf4
57.Qh2+ Ke3 58.Qh3+ Kd4 59.Qd7+ Kc3 60.Qd3+ Kb2 61.Qb3+ Ka1 62.Qxc2 Qxf1+
63.Kh2 Qf4+ 64.Kg2 Qg4+ 65.Kh2 Qxh4+ 66.Kg2 Qg4+ 67.Kh2 Qh4+ 68.Kg2 Qe1 69.e6 Bb6
70.a4 g4  0-1

[Event "12th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cmilyte,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Na3 Bg7 6.Bc4 Qd8 7.Qb3 e6 8.O-O Ne7
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Bg5 Nbc6 12.Nab5 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 e5
16.Nf3 Ng6 17.Rfe1 Qc7 18.h4 g4 19.Nd4 a6 20.Bd3 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Qd5 g3
23.fxg3 fxg3 24.Rf1 Qe7 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Rfd8 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Bg6 f6 29.Rae1 Qc5+
30.Kh1 Qc4 31.Be4 Re8 32.Rf4 Rad8 33.Qg6 Re6 34.Ref1 Rdd6 35.Qf5 Qe2 36.c4 h5
37.c5 Rd1 38.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39.Rf1 Qe2 40.Bxb7 Qc4 41.Rg1 Re2 42.Qc8+ Kf7 43.Qd7+ Kg6
44.Qh3 Re3 45.Bf3 Qf4 46.c6 f5 47.c7 Re8 48.Bc6 Rc8 49.Bd7 Rxc7 50.Bxf5+ Kh6
51.Bd7 Bf6 52.Ba4 Qxa4 53.Qxg3 Qxh4+ 54.Qxh4 Bxh4 55.g4 Rc2 56.gxh5 Kxh5
57.Rb1 Kg4 58.Kg1 Kh3 59.a3 Rg2+ 60.Kf1 Rf2+ 61.Kg1 Rh2 62.Rd1 Rxb2 63.Rd3+ Bg3
64.Kf1 Ra2 65.Rb3 a5 66.Rd3 Kg4 67.Rd4+ Kf3 68.Rd3+ Kf4 69.Rc3 Kg4 70.Rc4+ Bf4
71.Rc3 Bd6 72.Rc4+ Kf3 73.Rc3+ Ke4 74.Ke1 Rxa3 75.Rc2 Rd3 76.Ke2 Rd4  0-1

[Event "12th TCh-RUS Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O c5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.Ne5 O-O
10.f4 Qc8 11.Qe2 Rd8 12.g4 Nc6 13.g5 Ne8 14.d3 dxc4 15.bxc4 Nb4 16.Bxb7 Qxb7
17.Rd1 h5 18.gxh6 Bxh6 19.h4 Bg7 20.h5 gxh5 21.a3 Nc6 22.Qxh5 f6 23.Ng6 Ne7
24.Nh4 b5 25.cxb5 Qxb5 26.Qe2 Rab8 27.Rd2 Qa5 28.Kf2 Rb3 29.d4 Nd6 30.e4 cxd4
31.Kg2 Re3 32.Qg4 Rxe4 33.Rxd4 Qb6 34.Rb4 Rxb4 35.axb4 Nc4 36.Bc1 f5 37.Qg5 Rd1
38.Nf3 Nd5 39.Na3 Nce3+ 40.Kg3 Ng4 41.Ra2 Rxc1 42.Qg6 Ndf6  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kashlinskaya,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rc1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Bb5 e4 14.Nd2 Ng4 15.g3 Qd6
16.Be2 Qg6 17.h3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qxg3+ 19.Kh1 Qxh3+ 20.Kg1 Re6 21.Bh5 Qg3+ 22.Kh1 Rh6
23.Nxe4 Qh3+ 24.Kg1 Rxh5 25.Ra1  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Romanko,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Rd8 9.cxd5 Rxd5
10.Nc3 Rd8 11.d5 Nge7 12.d6 Ng6 13.Na4 Qb4 14.a3 Qe4 15.Nxc5 Qc2 16.d7+  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Girya,O"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.O-O Ne5 14.Be2 Rc8 15.a3 Bxc3
16.Bxc3 Ng6 17.Bb4 Qd8 18.Na5 Nxe4 19.Bf3 Nc5 20.Bxb7 Rc7 21.Bf3 Ne5 22.Bxc5 Nxf3+
23.Qxf3 Rxc5 24.Nb7 Bc6 25.Rfd1 Qc7 26.Nd6+ Qxd6 27.Rxd6 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Ke7
29.Rad1 a5 30.Rd7+ Kf6 31.Rb7 Rf5 32.Kg2 Rc8 33.Rd4 Rc2 34.h4 g5 35.h5 Rf4
36.Rdd7 Kg7 37.Kg3 a4 38.Re7 Re2 39.Red7 Re1 40.Kg2 Re5 41.Kg3 Ref5 42.Rd3 Rh4
43.Ra7 Rff4 44.Re3 Kf6 45.Ra8 Rxh5 46.Re4 Rfh4 47.Raxa4 Rh2 48.Red4 Ke5 49.Rd3  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Pogonina,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Bf8 12.Ne3 Na5 13.Ba2 c5 14.Nf5 c4 15.dxc4 bxc4
16.Ng3 Rc8 17.Bd2 d5 18.exd5 Qxd5 19.Bc3 e4 20.Nh4 Qg5 21.Nhf5 Nc6 22.Bxc4 Ne5
23.h4 Qg4 24.Be2 Nf3+ 25.gxf3 exf3 26.Bf1 Rcd8 27.Rxe8 Rxd1 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8
29.Rxd1 Qxa4 30.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 Na6 8.Nc3 c5
9.Rd1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Rc8 12.b3 d5 13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Nf3 Qb7 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.Qe4 Nc5 17.Qg4 f5 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qh3 g5 20.Qh6 g4 21.Nb5 gxf3+ 22.exf3 Rcd8
23.Rxd8 Bxd8 24.Rd1 Qg7 25.Qe3 Nd5 26.Rxd5 Qxb2 27.Rxd8 a6 28.Qg5+ Qg7 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
30.Qd8+ Kf7 31.Nd6+ Kg6 32.Qxb6 Qe5 33.Qd8 Qd5 34.h4 h6 35.Qe7 e5 36.Nxf5 e4
37.h5+  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kovanova,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nc3 c5 14.d5 Re8 15.Bf4 h6
16.Qd2 Bf8 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.g4 c4 19.Be3 Qd8 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.Bd4 Nd3 22.Re2 Nd7
23.b3 Rb8 24.bxc4 Nb2 25.Ra1 Nxc4 26.Qa2 Nce5 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Qxa6 Rb3 29.Qc4 Rb4
30.Qd3 Nc5 31.Qd1 Qf6 32.Kg2 Qf4 33.Qd2 Qf6 34.Rb1 Rxb1 35.Nxb1 Rb8 36.Nc3 Rb3
37.Re3 Nd7 38.Qc2 Ra3 39.Nd1 Ra1 40.Rc3 Bc5 41.Ne3 Bxe3 42.Rxe3 Qa6 43.Re1 Rxe1
44.Nxe1 Nf6 45.Nf3 Qa1 46.d6 Kh7 47.Qd3 Nd7 48.Qb5 Nf6 49.Qxe5 Qd1 50.Qf5+ Kg8
51.e5 Nd5 52.e6 fxe6 53.Qxe6+ Kh7 54.Qe4+ Kg8 55.d7  1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vasilevich,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.Rb1 a5 11.Na4 Nd7 12.Nd2 Ra6 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Qa4 h6
16.Nde4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 b5 18.Qxb5 Rb6 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.exd3 Nd4 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Bd6
23.Be3 Rfb8 24.Bd2 Nc2 25.Rec1 Nxa3 26.Ra1 Rxb2 27.Bxa5 Nc2 28.Ra4 Rb1 29.Rxb1 Rxb1+
30.Bf1 Nd4 31.Rc4 Nb5 32.Kg2 Rb2 33.Rc1 f5 34.h4 Ra2 35.Be1 Kf7 36.Rb1 Na3
37.Rb7 Nc2 38.Bd2 f4 39.gxf4 exf4 40.Bc1 Ne3+ 41.Kg1 Nxf1  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Turova,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxe5 Qe6 10.Qe3 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.Re1 Bb7 13.f3 Bh4 14.Re2 Rae8 15.Qxc5 Bf6
16.d4 d6 17.Qxa7 Ba8 18.Bf4 dxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Qg6 21.Rxe8 Qxe8 22.Kf2 Qe4
23.Qc5 Qf4 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Qb4 Bxf3 26.g3 Qf5 27.Kg1 Be4 28.Qe1 Qf3  0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid Women"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5
9.Nb3 d4 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bxb7 Bxe2 12.Bxa8 d3 13.Qb1 Bxf1 14.Nxf1 e4 15.Bg5 Re8
16.Nbd2 Qd4 17.Be3 Qd7 18.a3 Bd6 19.Kg2 Nc6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.b4 Be5 22.Ra2 Nh5
23.c5 f5 24.Qb3+ Kf8 25.Nc4 f4 26.gxf4 Nxf4+ 27.Kh1 Qd5 28.Ncd2 Qd7 29.Qc4 Nd5
30.Qxe4 Nc3 31.Qf3+ Kg8 32.Rb2 Rf8 33.Qg2 Rf6 34.Rb3 Qe6 35.c6 Rg6 36.Ng3 h5
37.c7 Kh7 38.Qb7 Qc6+ 39.Qxc6 Rxc6 40.Bxa7 Rxc7 41.Bb8  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arabidze,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Na4 Qc7 12.Re1 c5 13.e4 Nf4 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 15.dxc5 Nd7
16.cxb6 axb6 17.Bb5 Nf6 18.Qd2 Qg4 19.h3 Qh5 20.Nc3 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxb5 22.Nc3 Qb3
23.Rad1 Ra5 24.Nd4 Qc4 25.b3 Qa6 26.a4 Rh5 27.Ndb5 Qa8 28.Qe3 Bh6 29.Qd4 Rg5
30.Ne4 Nxe4 31.Qxe4 Qxe4 32.Rxe4 Rc8 33.g3 Bf8 34.Kg2 Rc2 35.Rd8 Rf5 36.Rf4 Rxf4
37.gxf4 Kg7 38.Nd6 Be7 39.Rd7 Kf8 40.Nc4 Bc5 41.Ne5 Rxf2+ 42.Kg3 g5 43.Rxf7+ Kg8
44.Rf6 gxf4+ 45.Rxf4 Rb2 46.Rg4+ Kf8 47.Nd7+ Ke7 48.Rg7+ Kd6 49.Nxc5 bxc5
50.Rb7 e5 51.a5 Ra2 52.Rxh7 Rxa5 53.Rb7 Ra1 54.Rb5 Rf1 55.b4 c4 56.Rc5 e4
57.Rxc4 Kd5 58.Rc8 e3 59.Re8 Kd4 60.h4 Kd3 61.h5 e2 62.Kg4 e1=Q 63.Rxe1 Rxe1
64.Kf5 Kd4 65.h6 Kd5 66.h7 Rh1 67.Kg6 Ke6 68.Kg7 Rg1+ 69.Kf8 Rf1+ 70.Kg8 Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 Rc8 8.Be3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nge7 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.Nb5 Ng6 12.f4 a6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Rxc5
16.Qb4 Rc8 17.g4 Bxb1 18.Raxb1 Qe7 19.Qa4+ Rc6 20.Rbe1 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 O-O 22.Bd3 Re8
23.a3 b5 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.axb4 f6 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Re3 Rd8 28.Bb1 d4 29.Rg3 dxc3
30.bxc3 Rcd6 31.Bc2 Kg7 32.f5 Ne5 33.g5 exf5 34.gxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rxf5+ Ke6 36.Rf4 Ng6
37.Bb3+ Ke5 38.Rf7 R6d7 39.Re3+ Kd6 40.Re6+ Kc7 41.Rxa6 Rxf7 42.Ra7+ Kc6
43.Rxf7 Rd3 44.Rxh7 Rxc3 45.Rh6 Rxb3 46.Rxg6+ Kd7 47.Rg4 Rb2 48.h4 Ke6 49.Kg1 Kf5
50.Rg5+ Kf4 51.Rxb5 Kg3 52.Kf1 Kxh4 53.Ke1 Kg4 54.Kd1 Kf4 55.Kc1 Rh2 56.Rd5 Ke4
57.Rd8 Ke5 58.Rd3 Rh4 59.Rb3 Kd5 60.Kb2 Kc6 61.Ka3 Kb5 62.Rg3 Rh5 63.Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Goryachkina,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nf6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Bg5 15.Qd3 Be6
16.Rfd1 Rb8 17.b3 Kh8 18.h3 Qc8 19.Qg3 Bd8 20.Bg4 Ne7 21.Nce3 Qb7 22.Rd3 Nxd5
23.Nxd5 Bb6 24.Nxb6 Qxb6 25.Rad1 Rbd8 26.Qe3 Qc6 27.c5 d5 28.exd5 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Bxd5
30.Qxe5 Be4 31.Rd6 Qa8 32.Bd7 Bxg2 33.c6 Bf3 34.Qe7 Kg8 35.c7 Bb7 36.Bg4  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charochkina,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Be5 O-O 13.Nd4 Re8 14.Bxb8 Nxc3 15.Nxf5 Ne4+
16.Kd1 Raxb8 17.f3 Rbc8 18.fxe4 dxe4 19.Bc4 Rxc5 20.Nd4 b5 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7
22.Rf1+ Kg8 23.Qf2 Rc7 24.Qf5 Qa4+ 25.b3 Qa6 26.a3 Bf8 27.Qd5+ Kh8 28.Rf7 Rxf7
29.Qxf7 Rd8 30.Rc1 Bg7 31.Rc7 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Bxf6 33.Rxa7 Bxd4 34.exd4 Rxd4+
35.Ke2 Rd3 36.b4 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Manakova,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Nc4 Rc8
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nce7 11.Be3 Nf5 12.Bb6 Qh4 13.Qd3 g6 14.O-O-O Nf6 15.Qb3 Nd7
16.g3 Qe7 17.f4 Bg7 18.fxe5 O-O 19.Nxd6 Nxd6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Bd4 Nc5 22.Qf3 Na4
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qf4 Qxf4+ 25.gxf4 Rfd8 26.Bg2 Rd6 27.Rhe1 Rb6 28.b3 Nc3 29.Rd2 Nxa2+
30.Kb2 Nc3 31.d6 Na4+ 32.Ka3 Nc5 33.Bh3 Rd8 34.b4 Nd7 35.c4 Rc6 36.c5 a5
37.Bxd7 Rxd7 38.Ka4 axb4 39.Kb5 b3 40.Re3 Kf6 41.Rxb3 Kf5 42.Kc4 Kxf4 43.Kd5 f5
44.Rg3  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shadrina,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.h3 O-O 10.a4 Bb7 11.Re1 h6 12.Be3 exd4 13.cxd4 Na5 14.d5 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 Ba5
16.Bd2 b4 17.Bf4 Nd7 18.Nbd2 Nc5 19.Qc4 Bb6 20.a5 Ba7 21.Nd4 Qf6 22.Be3 Rab8
23.Nf5 Qxb2 24.e5 Qxe5 25.Bxc5 Qxf5 26.Bxa7 Ra8 27.Be3 Qxd5 28.Qxd5 Bxd5
29.Bf4 g5 30.Bg3 Rfe8 31.f3 f5 32.Rab1 Rxe1+ 33.Bxe1 c5 34.Rd1 Re8 35.Bg3 f4
36.Bf2 c4 37.Nb1 c3 38.Rc1 Re2 39.Nxc3 bxc3 40.Rxc3 Ra2 41.Bb6 Rd2 42.Bc7 Kf7
43.Bxd6 Bxf3 44.Bxf4 Rxg2+ 45.Kf1 Bd5 46.Bc7 Ra2 47.Kg1 Be4 48.Rc4 Re2 49.Rd4 Rg2+
50.Kf1 Rc2 51.Rxe4 Rxc7 52.Rb4 Re7 53.Rb6 Re6 54.Kf2 h5 55.Kf3 Kf6 56.Rb8 Kf5
57.Rf8+ Rf6 58.Rg8 Rc6 59.Rf8+ Kg6 60.Rb8 Rc3+ 61.Kg2 Rc2+ 62.Kg1 Kf5 63.h4 g4
64.Rh8 Kf4 65.Rxh5 Kg3 66.Kf1 Kh2  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 c4
9.h4 Nc6 10.h5 h6 11.Ne2 Nge7 12.g3 Bd7 13.Bh3 O-O-O 14.Nf4 Kb8 15.O-O Nc8
16.Ra2 Nb6 17.Qd1 Qa5 18.Qg4 Rhg8 19.Ne2 Na4 20.f4 f5 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Qh4 f5
23.Kh1 Rdf8 24.g4 fxg4 25.Bxg4 Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Nxd8 27.Bf3 Nf7 28.Kh2 Nd6 29.Ng3 Nb5
30.Raa1 Nbxc3 31.f5 exf5 32.Bxh6 f4 33.Ne2 Nxe2 34.Bxe2 Rf5 35.Rxf4 Nc3 36.Bf3 Kc8
37.Re1 Ne4 38.Rxf5 Bxf5 39.Bf4 Kd7 40.h6 Nf6 41.Re5 Bxc2 42.Bg5 Rf8 43.Kg3 Ne4+
44.Bxe4 Bxe4 45.Re7+ Kd6 46.Rxb7 c3 47.Rxa7 c2 48.Ra6+ Kd7 49.Ra5 Rf1 50.Rc5 Rg1+
51.Kh4 Rh1+ 52.Kg4 Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Savina,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.d6 Ng6 11.e5 Nd7 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Qe2 c4 14.Qxc4 Ngxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Be7+ Kg8 17.Qe2 Ng6 18.a3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 a6 20.Bc4 Bd7 21.Rab1 b5 22.Qe4 Rb8
23.Qd4 Qb6 24.Qxb6 Rxb6 25.a4 f6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bd8 Rxd6 28.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 bxc4
30.Rxd7 h5 31.Rc7 Ne5 32.f4 Ng4 33.Rxc4 Kf7 34.Rd4 e5 35.fxe5 fxe5 36.Rd2 e4
37.h3 Ne5 38.Bc7 Nd3 39.Re2 Rc8 40.Ba5 Rc4 41.Bb6 Ke6 42.Bd4 Kf5 43.Ra2 h4
44.Ra5+ Ke6 45.Ra6+ Kd5 46.Ra5+ Ke6 47.Ra6+ Kf5 48.Ra5+ Ke6 49.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qd2 Bg6 15.Rd1 Re8
16.b4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Qe7 18.Ng3 Rad8 19.Bg5 Rd5 20.Bd2 Ne5 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.a4 Rc8
23.Rac1 h6 24.b5 b6 25.Re1 d3 26.Nf1 dxc2 27.Rxc2 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 Nd3 29.Re3 Nc5
30.Bc3 Qf5 31.Qa2 Nfe4 32.Be1 Rd1 33.Qc2 Qd5 34.f3 Nd6 35.Bc3 Rd3 36.Qf2 Nf5
37.Re5 Qd7 38.Bb4 f6 39.Re1 Qd4 40.Bxc5 bxc5 41.Re8+ Kh7 42.Re4 Qxf2+ 43.Kxf2 Ra3
44.Ng3 Nd4 45.Re7 Rxa4 46.Nh5 Ra2+ 47.Kg1 Kg6 48.Nxg7 c4 49.Ne6 Nxe6 50.Rxe6 c3
51.Rc6 c2 52.Kh2 Kf5 53.Kg3 Ke5 54.Kg4 Kd4 55.Kf5 Kd3 56.Rd6+ Kc3 57.Rc6+ Kb2
58.b6 c1=Q 59.Rxc1 Kxc1 60.bxa7 Rxa7 61.Kxf6 Kd2 62.f4 Ke3 63.f5 Kf4 64.g4 Ra6+
65.Kg7 Kg5 66.Kf7 h5 67.Ke7 h4  0-1

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanko,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.dxc5 Bf5 11.Nd4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxg3 13.Nxf5 Nxh1 14.Nd6+ Kf8
15.Qf5 Qd7 16.Qxd5 Nc6 17.g3 Qe7 18.Qxh1 Qe5 19.Qf3 Rh7 20.Rb1 f6 21.Bg2 Re7
22.Kf1 Rd8 23.Qh5 Kg8 24.c4 Kg7 25.Nxb7 Rc8 26.Nd6 Rb8 27.Be4 Rxb1+ 28.Bxb1 Nd4
29.Qg6+ Kf8 30.Qxh6+ Kg8 31.Be4 Ne6 32.Bd5 Rg7 33.Ne8 Rf7 34.c6 Re7 35.Nxf6+ Kf7
36.c7 Rxc7 37.Bxe6+ Qxe6 38.Qh7+ Kxf6 39.Qxc7 Qa6 40.Qd8+ Ke6 41.Qd5+ Kf6
42.c5 Qb5 43.g4 Kg6 44.Qd3+  1-0

[Event "ch-Euro Indiv Women"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2011.05.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Purtseladze,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 a6 10.Nd2 Qa5 11.Qxa5 Nxa5 12.Nxf5 Nxf5 13.Bb6 Nxc4 14.Nxc4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Rc8
16.Bb3 Bb4+ 17.Ke2 O-O 18.Rac1 Rc6 19.Rxc6 bxc6 20.g4 Ne7 21.a3 Rb8 22.Bc7 Rb7
23.Bd6 Ba5 24.Bc4 Rxb2+ 25.Kf3 Nd5 26.Rf1 Bb6 27.Bxa6 Rb3+ 28.Kg2 Nf4+ 29.Kh1 Bd4
30.a4 c5 31.Bc4 Ra3 32.Rb1 h6 33.Bb3 Nd3 34.Kg2 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Nxe5 36.Bc2 g5
37.Rb3 Rxb3 38.Bxb3 Nc6 39.Bd1 Kf8 40.Kf3 Ke7 41.Ke4 Kd6 42.Kd3 Kc7 43.f4 gxf4
44.Ke4 e5 45.Bb3 f6 46.Bc4 Na5 47.Be2 c4 48.Kd5 c3 49.Bd3 f3 50.Ke4 Nb3 51.Kxf3 c2
52.Bxc2 Nd4+ 53.Ke4 Nxc2 54.h4 Nd4 55.g5 fxg5 56.hxg5 hxg5 57.Kxe5 Ne6  0-1

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beney,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.g3 Qe6 10.b3 a5 11.h4 a4 12.Bb2 Bb4+ 13.Nd2 a3 14.Bc1 Bc3 15.Rb1 Qf5 16.Qd3 Qxe5+
17.Be2 d5 18.f4 Qf6 19.O-O Bd4+ 20.Kh2 Bf5 21.Qf3 O-O 22.Bd3 Rfe8 23.Bxf5 Qxf5
24.c5 Bxc5  0-1

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Simon,Ra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 h6 7.b3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O Qc7
10.Bb2 Be7 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Ne5 O-O 13.f4 c5 14.f5 cxd4 15.exd4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bc5+
17.Kh1 Qxe5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxe5 Ne3 20.Qb1 Bxg2+ 21.Kg1 Bxf1 22.Bxf1 Ng4+
23.Kh1 Nxe5 24.Qe4 Bd6 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Bh3 Rce8 27.b4 Re7 28.c5 bxc5 29.bxc5 Bc7
30.Rd1 Nf7 31.Bxe6 Rfe8 32.Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.Qc4+ Kg6 34.Qc2+ Kf7 35.c6 Kg8 36.Qc3 Bb6
37.a4 Kh8 38.a5 Bc7 39.Rd7 Re1+ 40.Kg2 R8e2+ 41.Kf3 Be5 42.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Riff,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bb3 d5 7.Nbd2 b5 8.O-O a5
9.a4 b4 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Ne4 Ba7 12.Re1 Kh8 13.cxb4 Ndxb4 14.Nfg5 Bf5 15.Bc4 Qd7
16.Be3 Nd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Qb3 Bg6 19.Nf3 Rab8 20.Rac1 Rfd8 21.Qa3 f6 22.h3 Ba7
23.Qc3 c6 24.Rcd1 Bh5 25.Kh2 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Nd5 27.Bxd5 cxd5  0-1

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kurmann,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rac8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 f5 15.Qe3 Rcd8
16.c5 bxc5 17.Bc4 Nb6 18.Bxe6+ Kh8 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Qh6  1-0

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.c3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 Na5 15.Bc2 b4
16.d4 exd4 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.cxd4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Bxd4 20.Bf4 b3 21.Bd3 Qd7 22.Rd1 Bxb2
23.Bxa6 Qxa4 24.Bxc7 Ra8 25.Bd3 Nb7 26.d6 Qb4 27.Nd2 Ra1 28.Rxa1 Bxa1 29.Nxb3 Be5
30.Ba5 Qxd6 31.Qxb7 g5 32.Qf3 Kg7 33.Bd2 h6 34.Na5 Bd4 35.Nc4 Qe6 36.Ne3 Be5
37.Nf5+  1-0

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zueger,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.Nf3 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.a4 e6 12.Bc3 Be7 13.Ne5 Bf6 14.O-O O-O 15.Qg4 Qc7
16.Nc6 Bxc3 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.bxc3 Qe5 20.Rac1 Qe6 21.h3 Nc6 22.Rfd1 Ne5
23.Qh4 f5 24.Rd2 c4 25.Qd4 Nd3 26.Rcd1 f4 27.Rxd3 cxd3 28.exf4 Qh6 29.g3 Qxh3
30.Qxd5 Rad8 31.Bxd3 Rxf4 32.gxf4 Qg4+ 33.Kh2 Qh4+ 34.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filipovic,Br"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C22"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O Re8 8.Qg3 Rxe4
9.a3 Rg4 10.Qf3 Bc5 11.h3 Rd4 12.g4 Ne5 13.Qg2 c6 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4
16.g5 Ne8 17.Nf3 d6 18.Kb1 Qb6 19.Qe2 Be6 20.f5 Bxa3 21.Bc1 Rxc3 22.fxe6 fxe6
23.Ka2 Bxb2 24.Bxb2 Re3 25.Qg2 Qa6+ 26.Kb1 Qe2 27.Qxe2 Rxe2 28.Nd4 Re4 29.Rhf1 Nc7
30.Rf3 Rf8 31.Rb3 e5 32.Rxb7 exd4 33.Rxc7 c5 34.Rxa7 Rf3 35.Rd7 Re6 36.h4 h6
37.gxh6 Rxh6 38.Bc1 Rxh4 39.Rxd6 Rh2 40.Rd5 Rc3 41.Bd2 Rc4 42.Kb2 Rh3 43.Ra1 Kf7
44.Ra6 Rg3 45.Rd7+ Kg8 46.Raa7 Kh7 47.Rac7 Kh8 48.Rd5 Kh7 49.Rb7 Kg8 50.Rb3 Rg1
51.Rb8+ Kf7 52.Kb3 Rb1+ 53.Kxc4 Rxb8 54.Rxc5 Rd8 55.Ba5 Rd6 56.Bc7 Rg6 57.Kxd4 Rg1
58.Bf4 Kf6 59.c4 g6 60.Rd5 Rd1+ 61.Ke4 Re1+ 62.Be3 Ke6 63.Ra5 Kf6 64.Ra6+ Kf7
65.c5 g5 66.Rd6 g4 67.Rd2  1-0

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Grandadam,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Ne2 Na6
9.Bf8 Ne7 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Bc3 c5 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Ng3 Qh4 15.Bd3 Bc6
16.f3 Rd7 17.Qe3 Rgd8 18.Rd2 Nb4 19.Bxb4 cxb4 20.Kb1 a5 21.Rhd1 Qxh2 22.Nf1 Qh1
23.Kc2 Qh4 24.g4 Qf6 25.Be4 Bxe4+ 26.Qxe4 Nc6 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Rxd7 Kxd7 29.Nd2 Qg6
30.Kb3 Qxe4 31.Nxe4 Nd4+ 32.Ka4 b6 33.f4 f5 34.Nf6+ Ke7 35.g5 h6 36.Ng8+ Kf7
37.Nxh6+ Kg7 38.c5 bxc5 39.Kxa5 Kf8 40.a4 Kg7 41.Kb6 c4 42.a5 c3 43.a6 Nc6
44.bxc3 bxc3 45.Kxc6 c2 46.a7 c1=Q+ 47.Kb7 Qb2+ 48.Kc7 Qa3 49.Kb7 Qb4+ 50.Kc8 Qc4+
51.Kd7 Qa6 52.Ke7 Kg6  0-1

[Event "111th ch-SUI"]
[Site "Leukerbad SUI"]
[Date "2011.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Leib,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bd6 Re8
9.Bxc5 Ne4 10.Bd4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 d6 12.e3 Bg4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bb5 Re4 15.Qd3 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Re7 17.Qd4+ f6 18.h4 Nd7 19.h5 Ne5 20.Be2 Qa5 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Kf1 Ree8
23.Kg2 Rh8 24.Rab1 b6 25.a4 Rac8 26.f4 Nf7 27.Rxh8 Nxh8 28.Rb3 Nf7 29.Bb5 Rc5
30.e4 Rc8 31.Qd3 Rc7 32.Rb4 Rc5 33.Qg3 Rc7 34.Qe3 Rc8 35.Qh3 Rh8 36.Qe6 Rf8
37.Rc4 a6 38.Be8 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Ra3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1 Qf6
16.Rg1 Nf4 17.Be3 Nd8 18.Ra6 Nde6 19.Bc4 Rfd8 20.b4 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Rxd5
23.c4 Rxb5 24.cxb5 exd4 25.Bc1 Qf5 26.Qe2 Rd8 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.fxe4 f6 29.Rd1 g5
30.Kg2 Kf7 31.Ra3 Re8 32.h4 h6 33.f4 Nxf4+ 34.Bxf4 gxf4 35.Kf3 Re5 36.Kxf4 Rxb5
37.Ra4 Rh5 38.Kg4 Re5 39.Kf3 Rh5 40.Kg4 Re5 41.Kf3 Rh5 42.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.Bf4 c5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Re1 Nc6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Ne5 Nd4 13.Nc4 Bc6 14.Ne3 Qb6 15.Rb1 Rad8
16.Bg5 Qb7 17.b4 Nb5 18.Nxb5 Qxb5 19.Nf5 Rfe8 20.bxc5 Qxc5 21.Rc1 Qb6 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.e3 Bd7 25.Qxd5 Be6 26.Qe4 Rc7 27.Rb1 Qa5 28.Qh4 Kg7 29.Bh3 Bxa2
30.Ra1 Rd2 31.Qf4 Qe5 32.Bf5 Qxf4 33.exf4 a5 34.Bb1 Bxb1 35.Rexb1 Rcc2 36.Rxa5 Rxf2
37.Rh5 Kg6 38.Rh4 h5 39.Rf1 Rg2+ 40.Kh1 f5 41.Rd1 Rge2 42.Rd6+ f6 43.Rd1 Rb2
44.Kg1 Rg2+ 45.Kh1 Rge2 46.Kg1 Rg2+ 47.Kh1 Rge2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 c4
9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Bf5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.h4 Rg8 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.O-O Bxc3
16.Rxc3 b5 17.a4 a6 18.Qa1 b4 19.Rcc1 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.a5 g4 22.Qa4 Qe6
23.Rfd1 Rc8 24.Bf4 Qf5 25.Kf1 Qh5 26.Ke1 Bxg2 27.Bd6 Bf3 28.Bxf3 gxf3 29.Bxb4 Qh4
30.b3 Rg2 31.Rc2 Rg1+ 32.Kd2 Qxf2+ 33.Kc1 Qxe3+ 34.Bd2 Rxd1+ 35.Kxd1 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 cxd4
9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qh4 Na5 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Rc1 h6 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd2 Nb3 15.Rcd1 Nxd2
16.Rxd2 Qc7 17.b3 Qc5 18.Ra1 Ne4 19.Rd4 f5 20.e3 Qc7 21.Qe7 Rf7 22.Qb4 e5
23.Rdd1 f4 24.exf4 exf4 25.g4 Re8 26.a4 a5 27.Qa3 Nc5 28.b4 axb4 29.Qxb4 Ra8
30.Rd2 Be4 31.Rda2 Ra5 32.Qc3 d6 33.Re1 Qb7 34.Nh4 f3 35.Bf1 Qe7 36.Nxf3 Qd7
37.Nd2 Qxg4+ 38.Qg3 Qxg3+ 39.hxg3 Bc6 40.Rb1 Rb7 41.Bg2 Bxg2 42.Kxg2 Ra6
43.Re1 Rba7 44.Re8+ Kf7 45.Rd8 Ke7 46.Rg8 Ke6 47.Re8+ Re7 48.Rb8 Rxa4 49.Rb2 Raa7
50.Nf3 Nd7 51.Rc8 Ne5 52.Nxe5 Kxe5 53.Rxb6 Ra2 54.Rd8 Rd2 55.Rb3 Kf6 56.c5 d5
57.Rf3+ Kg6 58.c6 Rc7 59.Rd6+ Kh7 60.Rc3 d4 61.Rc4 Rd3 62.Rd7 Rc8 63.c7 Rc3
64.Rd8 Rxc7 65.Rxc7 Rxc7 66.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Bg7
16.Bd3 c6 17.Bg5 Nf8 18.Qd2 Ne6 19.Bh6 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Bc2 Qf6 22.Red1 Rad8
23.axb5 cxb5 24.d5 Nf4 25.Qe3 Rc8 26.Nd2 h5 27.Rdc1 Rc7 28.Bd1 Nc5 29.Nf3 h4
30.Nf1 Qe7 31.Bc2 f5 32.exf5 Nxd5 33.Qe1 gxf5 34.Ne3 Nxe3 35.fxe3 Bxf3 36.gxf3 e4
37.Qd2 exf3 38.Qd4+ Kf7 39.Bxf5 Qg5+ 40.Qg4 Qxg4+ 41.Bxg4 Rxe3 42.Rf1 Na4
43.Bxf3 Kg7 44.Kf2 Rd3 45.Rg1+ Kf8 46.Be4 Rf7+ 47.Kg2 Rg3+ 48.Kh2 Rf2+ 49.Bg2 Rxb2
50.Raf1+ Ke7 51.Rf4 Nxc3 52.Rxh4 Rg7 53.Re1+ Kd7 54.Rg4 Rxg4 55.hxg4 b4 56.g5 Re2
57.Rxe2 Nxe2 58.Bf1 Nc1 59.Bxa6 b3 60.g6 Ke7 61.Bb7 b2 62.Be4 Ne2 63.Bd3 Nc3
64.Kg3 Kf6 65.Kf4 b1=Q 66.Bxb1 Nxb1 67.Ke4 Nc3+ 68.Kd4 Nb5+  0-1

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galliamova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.f3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Bd6 11.O-O-O c6 12.e4 dxe4 13.fxe4 Qa5 14.Bc4 Na6 15.Qf2 f5
16.d5 Qc5 17.Qe2 b5 18.Bb3 b4 19.e5 Be7 20.Qh5+ Kd8 21.d6 Bf8 22.d7 Bxd7
23.e6 Rh7 24.exd7 Re7 25.Nf3 bxc3 26.Rhe1 Kc7 27.Rxe7 Bxe7 28.Nd4 Kb6 29.Qe2 Nc7
30.Kb1 Rd8 31.bxc3 Rxd7 32.Qb2 Qa3 33.Qxa3 Bxa3 34.Nxf5 Rxd1+ 35.Bxd1 Bf8
36.g4 Nd5 37.Kc2 Kc5 38.Bf3 Ne7 39.Nd4 Kd6 40.c4 Bg7 41.c5+ Kd7 42.Nb3 Ke6
43.Kd3 Bb2 44.Na5 Ba3 45.Kd4 Bb2+ 46.Ke4 Ba3 47.Kd4 Bb2+ 48.Kc4 Kd7 49.Kb4 Bd4
50.Nb3 Be3 51.Kc4 Ng6 52.Kd3 Bg1 53.Be4 Ne5+ 54.Kc3 Kc7 55.Bf5 Nd7 56.Bxd7 Kxd7
57.Kd3 Ke6 58.Ke4 Bf2 59.Kf3 Bg1 60.Ke4 Bf2 61.Kf3 Bg1 62.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ruan Lufei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Bb6 8.Nc4 Ne7
9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Ba4 Ng6 11.Bc2 h6 12.h3 Re8 13.Re1 Be6 14.a3 d5 15.d4 dxe4
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Nd7 19.Bxe4 Nc5 20.Re1 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Bf5
22.Re2 Red8 23.Be3 Rd5 24.g4 Be6 25.f4 Rd3 26.Kf2 Rad8 27.Ree1 Bb3 28.a4 Ra8
29.Ra3 Bd1 30.f5 h5 31.Ra1 Rad8 32.gxh5 Bxh5 33.a5 bxa5 34.Rxa5 R3d5 35.Rxd5 Rxd5
36.Bf4 f6 37.Re4 fxe5 38.Bxe5 c6 39.Kg3 Kf7 40.Kh4 Bd1 41.Re1 Bc2 42.Kg5 Rd1
43.Re3 Rf1 44.Bf4 Rg1+ 45.Rg3 Rxg3+ 46.Bxg3 b5 47.Kf4 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 Na6
9.Rb1 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.a3 Rc8 13.Nb3 Qf7 14.Na5 Nc5 15.Be3 Nce4
16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.b4 a6 18.h3 d5 19.Nb7 Rb8 20.Nc5 e5 21.Nxa6 Ra8 22.b5 cxb5
23.cxb5 Bxb5 24.Rxb5 Rxa6 25.Qb3 d4 26.Qxf7+ Rxf7 27.Bc1 Re7 28.g4 h6 29.Bb2 Ree6
30.Rc1 Reb6 31.Rc8+ Bf8 32.a4 Kf7 33.f4 Rxb5 34.axb5 Ra2 35.Bc1 exf4 36.Bxf4 d3
37.exd3 exd3 38.Bf3 Rb2 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.Rc6+ Kf7 41.Be5 Rb1+ 42.Kg2 Nd7 43.Bc3 Bb4
44.Bxb4 Rxb4 45.Rd6 Ne5 46.Bd5+ Kg7 47.b6 d2 48.Bf3 Rb2 49.Bd1 Nc4 50.Rd7+ Kf6
51.b7 Ke6 52.Rd4 Ne3+ 53.Kg1 Nxd1 54.Rxd2 Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.Be3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bg5 Na5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bc2 Re8 15.Qe2 h6
16.Bh4 Nb7 17.Rfd1 Nd6 18.a4 Rb8 19.Nf1 g5 20.Bg3 Nd7 21.N1h2 f5 22.exf5 e4
23.Ng4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 exf3 25.Qxf3 Ne5 26.Qd5+ Nef7 27.Bb3 Kg7 28.Re1 Nc4 29.Bxc4 bxc4
30.Qxc4 Qd2 31.Re6 Rxe6 32.Qxe6 Bc5 33.Re1 Rb6 34.f6+ Kg8 35.Qc8+ Bf8 36.Re8 Rxf6
37.Rxf8+ Kh7 38.Qe8 Qd5 39.Qe7 Kg6 40.Rg8+ Kh7 41.Rc8 Kg6 42.Kh2 c6 43.Rg8+ Kh7
44.Ra8 Kg6 45.Rxa6 Qc4 46.Ra8 Qxg4 47.f3 Qc4 48.a5 h5 49.Rg8+ Kh7 50.Rxg5 Rf4
51.Rc5 Qa4 52.b3  1-0

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Danielian,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 e6 5.d4 Nf6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7
9.c3 Qc7 10.O-O Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.b3 a5 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Nd2 c5 15.Qe2 a4 16.Ba3 axb3
17.axb3 Rxa3 18.Rxa3 cxd4 19.Ra7 Qxc3 20.Rxb7 Bb4 21.Qb5 Bd6 22.Rd1 Ne5 23.Be4 g6
24.Bb1 Ned7 25.Nc4 Bf8 26.Qg5 h6 27.Qh4 Nc5 28.Qxf6 Nxb7 29.Ne5 Qc7 30.Bxg6 fxg6
31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Nf7+ Kh7 33.Nxd8 Nxd8 34.Qe4 Bg7 35.b4 Qc4 36.Rb1 Ne6 37.h4 h5
38.f4 Nc7 39.f5 Qf7 40.Rf1 Ne8 41.g4 hxg4 42.h5 gxf5 43.Qf4 d3 44.b5 Nc7
45.b6 Nd5 46.Qc4 d2 47.Qd3 Nxb6 48.Qxd2 Nd5 49.Qd3 Ne7 50.Qd7 Qf6 51.Rd1 Qe5
52.Qd3 Nc6 53.h6 Qd4+ 54.Kg2 Qxd3 55.Rxd3 Ne5 56.Rd6 Bxh6 57.Kg3 f4+ 58.Kh4 g3
59.Kh3 Bg7 60.Re6 Ng6 61.Re1 Bd4 62.Kg2 Nh4+ 63.Kh3 Bf2 64.Re7+ Kg6 65.Re8 Kf7
66.Re4 Ng6 67.Kg2 Kf6 68.Ra4 Kf5 69.Kh3 Ne5 70.Kg2 f3+ 71.Kf1 Be3 72.Ra2 Ng4
73.Ra5+ Kg6 74.Ra6+ Kf7 75.Ra2 Nh2+  0-1

[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.O-O Nc7 6.Be2 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Nc3 e5
9.a3 Be7 10.b4 Bf5 11.bxc5 Qxc5 12.Rb1 O-O-O 13.Ne1 e4 14.Nb5 Ne6 15.d3 a6
16.Be3 Qe5 17.Na7+ Nxa7 18.Bxa7 h5 19.Qd2 Nf4 20.d4 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 Qe6 22.c4 Bg4
23.Qe3 Qg6 24.d5 Rd7 25.Rb6 Qg5 26.Qg3 Rc7 27.d6 h4 28.Qe3 Qxe3 29.fxe3 Bg5
30.dxc7 Bxe3+ 31.Kh1 Be2 32.Rxf7 Bxc4 33.Rf5 Bd3 34.Rxb7 Kxb7 35.Bxe3 Kxc7
36.Nxd3 exd3 37.Rd5 Rb8 38.Rxd3 Rb1+ 39.Bg1  1-0

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Be3 d6 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.c3 O-O
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Ne5 12.Bc2 Ng6 13.Bg3 Bxd4 14.cxd4 e5 15.O-O Bd7
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.a4 b5 18.Nf1 bxa4 19.Bxa4 Bxa4 20.Rxa4 Qb7 21.f3 Nh5 22.Bf2 Nhf4
23.Qd2 Rfb8 24.b4 Qb5 25.Rda1 Rc8 26.Ra5 Qb7 27.Ne3 exd4 28.Nf5 d5 29.Bg3 Nh5
30.Nd6 Qe7 31.Nxc8 Rxc8 32.Rxd5 Nxg3 33.hxg3 Rc6 34.Qxd4 Kh7 35.f4 Nf8 36.e5 Rg6
37.Qe4 Qa7+ 38.Kh2 Qf2 39.Ra3 h5 40.Rd6 Ne6 41.Qf3 Qe1 42.f5 Rg4 43.fxe6 Qxe5
44.Rd1 Qxe6 45.Rf1  1-0

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zaiatz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 c5
9.Bc3 f6 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.Nd2 Qf4 12.g3 Qc7 13.Bh5+ Ng6 14.h4 Nc6 15.Ne4 Ke7
16.Nxc5 Rd8 17.Qa4 Nce5 18.O-O Kf7 19.b4 Nd3 20.Rad1 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Bd7 22.Qa3 b6
23.Rd6 Bc6 24.Rfd1 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Rb8 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.cxb6 axb6 28.Kh2 Be8 29.Bd4 Kg8
30.Qe3 Qxc4 31.Be2 Qxa2 32.Rd2 Qd5 33.Bxf6 Qf5 34.Bb2 Bc6 35.h5 Nf8 36.Qd4 e5
37.Bc4+ Kh8 38.Qxe5 Qxe5 39.Bxe5 Nd7 40.Bd4 Nf6 41.Be2 h6 42.Bxb6 Bd5 43.g4 Rc1
44.f3 Kg8 45.Bd4 Kf7 46.Kg3 Be6 47.Rb2 Rc7 48.Bd3 Nd7 49.Bg6+ Kf8 50.Re2 Rc6
51.Bb2 Kg8 52.Be4 Rb6 53.Rc2 Rb3 54.Bd4 Nf6 55.Bxf6 gxf6 56.Rc6 Kf7 57.Rc7+ Kg8
58.Rh7 f5 59.Rxh6 fxe4 60.Rxe6 Rxf3+ 61.Kh4 e3 62.Kg5 Kf7 63.Re4 Kg7 64.Re8 Kf7
65.Re5 Kg7 66.h6+ Kf7 67.Re4 Rh3 68.Rf4+ Ke6 69.Kg6 Rh4 70.Re4+ Kd5 71.Rxe3 Rxg4+
72.Kh5 Rg1 73.Rh3  1-0

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Na4 Qa5+
9.c3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Ne7 12.Nc5 Qc7 13.b4 Nc6 14.f4 Be7 15.O-O O-O
16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Qd2 b6 18.Nb3 a5 19.Qe3 Qb7 20.bxa5 bxa5 21.g4 Be4 22.Nc5 Qb2
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Bb6 Rb8 25.Bc7 Bd8 26.Bxd8 Rfxd8 27.Rfd1 Ne7 28.c4 Qxa2 29.Qxe4 Qa3
30.Kf2 h5 31.Qe3 Qb2 32.h3 a4 33.f5 exf5 34.e6 Rf8 35.gxh5 f4 36.Qe4 f3 37.Kxf3 fxe6+
38.Kg2 Nf5 39.Kh2 Nd4 40.Rxd4 Rf2+ 41.Kg3 Rxe2 42.Qf3 Qxc1  0-1

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shadrina,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Rb8 12.Nc4 Qc8 13.h3 h6 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Ba4 Qb7 16.Nfd2 Nh7
17.Qf3 Bg5 18.Rf1 Ne7 19.Qg3 Ng6 20.Bxg5 Nxg5 21.Rfe1 Rf8 22.Bb3 Rbe8 23.d4 exd4
24.f4 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 d5 27.Bb3 dxe4 28.Qxg6 c5 29.Qd6 Qc8 30.Bc4 Qf5
31.Rf1 e3 32.Bd3 Qe6 33.Qxc5 e2 34.Rfe1 Qe3+ 35.Kh1 Qf2 36.Qh5 b3 37.Rxe2 Qg3
38.Qg4 Qxg4 39.hxg4 Rxe2 40.Bxe2 bxc2 41.Rc1 f5 42.Rxc2  1-0

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Charochkina,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 b6
9.Rd1 h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.e4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.e5 g4 14.Bh4 Be7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Nd4 Bb7 17.Qe4 Qg5 18.Ndb5 Re7 19.Nd6 Rb8 20.Nxb7 Rxb7 21.Be2 Nf4 22.Bxg4 Qxg4
23.g3 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Ng6 25.Qe2 Qh3 26.Kd2 d5 27.Kc1 Rbc7 28.cxd5 exd5 29.Qf3 Qc8
30.Kb1 Ne5 31.Qxd5 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Qxc3 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qxe7 Qb3+ 35.Kc1 Qc3+
36.Kb1 Qb3+ 37.Kc1 Qc3+ 38.Kb1 Qb3+ 39.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kovanova,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 Qc8 12.Bg5 Re8 13.d5 Nb8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Na3 Nd7
16.Nc2 a5 17.b4 a4 18.Qd3 Qb7 19.Na3 Rab8 20.Rec1 Bd8 21.c4 bxc4 22.Rxc4 f5
23.exf5 Nf6 24.Ng5 Qxd5 25.Qc2 e4 26.Re1 Qxf5 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.Rcxe4 Rf8 29.b5 d5
30.R4e2 Qxc2 31.Rxc2 Bf6 32.Rd1 Rfd8 33.Rdd2 Rd7 34.Rc5 Re8 35.Kf1 Re4 36.g3 Rb4
37.Rcc2 Rb3 38.Ke2 Bxb2 39.Rxb2 Rxa3 40.Rd3 Ra1 41.b6 cxb6 42.Rxb6 h6 43.Ra6 d4
44.Kf3 Ra2 45.Kg4 Rxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pogonina,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Nf6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Kb1 c5 11.h4 b5 12.h5 Rb8 13.h6 g6 14.Ng5 Rb6 15.Be2 Bd7 16.Bf3 Bf5
17.Rhe1 d5 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.Bc1 Re8 20.Qd2 Rd6 21.Qf4 Ra6 22.g4 Ra4 23.Qg3 Bxg4
24.Bxg4 Rxg4 25.Qf3 Ra4 26.Re5 Rf8 27.Rde1 Bd8 28.Qe2 Rh4 29.f3 b4 30.Qf2 Rc4
31.cxb4 cxb4 32.b3 Rc3 33.Qd4 a5 34.Bb2 Rc6 35.Qd2 d4 36.Qxd4 Rd6 37.Qg1 Bb6
38.Qf1 Bd4 39.Bxd4 Rxd4 40.Ne4 Nxe4 41.fxe4 Rc8 42.Rd5 Qc6 43.Qe2 Qc3 44.Qf2 Rd8
45.Rf1 f5 46.Rxd8+ Rxd8 47.Qb6 Re8 48.Rd1 Qf3 49.Qd4 Re7 50.Qc4+ Kf8 51.Rd8+ Re8
52.Qc5+ Kf7 53.Qd5+ Kf8 54.Qd6+ Kf7 55.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Girya,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 a6 10.Nd2 Qd7 11.cxd5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Nxd5 13.O-O Rc8 14.Nc4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Bc5
16.Qg3 O-O 17.Rfd1 Qb5 18.Rd2 Rfd8 19.Nd6 Qb4 20.Rad1 Bxd6 21.a3 Qa4 22.exd6 Rd7
23.h4 h6 24.b4 Qc6 25.Bf3 Be4 26.Bg4 Qc3 27.Qf4 Bc6 28.Rd3 Qf6 29.Qg3 Ba4
30.Re1 Rc4 31.Bf3 Rd4 32.Rxd4 Qxd4 33.Rc1 Rxd6 34.Bxb7 Bb5 35.Bf3 Rd8 36.h5 Qb2
37.Qc7 Rf8 38.Rc3 Be2 39.Rc2 Qa1+ 40.Rc1 Qb2 41.Qc3 Qxc3 42.Rxc3 Bxf3 43.gxf3 Rd8
44.Rc6 a5 45.b5 Rd1+ 46.Kg2 Rb1 47.b6 Kh7 48.Kg3 g6 49.Rc7 Kg7 50.hxg6 Kxg6
51.b7 h5 52.a4 f6 53.f4 Rb3+ 54.f3 Rb2 55.Re7 Kf5 56.Rh7 Kg6 57.Rc7 Rb1 58.Re7 Kf5
59.Rh7 Kg6 60.Rc7 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "61st ch-RUS w"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bodnaruk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bg4 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Ne5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qe7 15.f4 f6
16.Qc4+ Kh8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Qd3 f5 19.Bd2 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 b5 21.c4 b4 22.d5 a5
23.Kh1 Bc7 24.a3 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 a4 27.g3 cxd5 28.cxd5 Bb6 29.Bc3 Rc8
30.Kg2 Bc5 31.Ra2 a3 32.Be5 Rd8 33.Rd2 Bb4 34.Rd1 h6 35.Qa6 Kh7 36.Qb6 Bd6
37.Bxd6 Qxd6 38.Qxd6 Rxd6 39.Ra1 Rxd5 40.Rxa3 Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Rxh2 42.Ra5 Kg6
43.Ra6+ Kh5 44.Ra5 Kg6 45.Ra6+ Kf7 46.Ra7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings vs Queens Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Arnold,Mar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.a4 Nc6 10.Bf3 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Re2 Nb4 14.Rd2 Rac8 15.Nc1 Rfd8
16.a5 bxa5 17.Nb3 d5 18.exd5 e4 19.Nxe4 Nfxd5 20.Bc5 Nb6 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Nd6 Rxd6
23.Rxd6 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Nc4 25.Rd7 Qf6 26.c3 Nc6 27.Nd2 Nxb2 28.Qb3 Nd3 29.Ne4 Qg6+
30.Kf1 Nce5 31.Rc7 Rf8 32.Ke2 Qf5 33.Nd2 Nf4+ 34.Kd1 Rd8 35.Qc2 Qh3 36.Qe4 Qf1+
37.Qe1 Qd3 38.Qe3 Qf1+ 39.Qe1 Qd3 40.Qe3 Qf1+ 41.Qe1 Rxd2+ 42.Kxd2 Nxf3+
43.Ke3 Qd3+ 44.Kxf4 g5+ 45.Kg4  1-0

[Event "Kings vs Queens Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Finegold,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 d6
9.Nb3 b6 10.g4 Bb7 11.g5 Nd7 12.h4 Na5 13.Nxa5 bxa5 14.Bf3 Rc8 15.h5 Rxc3
16.bxc3 Qc7 17.Rb1 Ba8 18.Bd2 Nb6 19.Qe2 Nc4 20.Bc1 e6 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Kf1 Rc8
23.Rh3 Bxc3 24.e5 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Nd2+ 26.Bxd2 Bxd2 27.Rd1 Qc4+ 28.Kg1 Bxf4
29.exd6 Bxg5 30.d7 Rd8 31.Rh2 Qc5+ 32.Kh1 Kg7 33.Qe4 Qf5 34.Qxf5 gxf5 35.c4 Be3
36.Rb2 Kf6 37.Rd3 f4 38.Rb5 Ke7 39.Rxa5 Rxd7 40.Rxd7+ Kxd7 41.c5 Kc6 42.Rxa7 f5
43.Re7 Kxc5 44.Rxe6 Kd5 45.Re8 Kc4 46.Kg2 Kc3 47.Ra8 Kb4 48.Kf3 Kb5 49.Ke2 Kb4
50.Kd3 Bc1 51.Kc2 Be3 52.a3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings vs Queens Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C36"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.c4 Qe7+ 7.Qe2 a6 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7
9.Ne5 O-O-O 10.d4 Re8 11.Bxf4 Ng4 12.h3 Nh6 13.Nc3 f6 14.O-O-O fxe5 15.dxe5 g5
16.Bh2 Bg7 17.Rhe1 Qb4 18.a3 Qb3 19.Qe3 Bf5 20.Rd2 Nf7 21.e6 Nd6 22.Qa7 Bxe6
23.dxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Qxc3+ 26.Kd1 Qb3+ 27.Ke1 Kd7 28.Rdxd6+ cxd6
29.Rxd6+ Ke7 30.Qc5 Re8 31.Qe5+ Kf7 32.Rf6+ Kg7 33.Re6+  1-0

[Event "Kings vs Queens Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stopa,Ja"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bb4 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bg5 Qa5
9.Nb5 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Bd3 Qd8 13.Bc7 Qd7 14.a3 Ba5 15.Bxa5 Nxa5
16.Ne5 Qd8 17.Re1 Nac6 18.Nf3 Ng6 19.Qa4 Bd7 20.Qb3 Nf4 21.Bf1 Qb6 22.Qa4 Ng6
23.Qd1 a6 24.Qxd5 Be6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Nd6 Qxb2 28.Rd1 Nce5 29.Bc4 Nxf3+
30.gxf3 Ne5 31.Bd5 Rf6 32.Qe7 Qe2  0-1

[Event "Kings vs Queens Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cao,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 Nf6 8.Nd2 b5
9.Bb3 d6 10.a4 a5 11.c3 Bb6 12.axb5 cxb5 13.h3 O-O 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Nf1 d5 16.Qf3 dxe4
17.dxe4 h6 18.Ng3 Nh7 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.h4 Bc8 21.Bd5 Ra7 22.g3 Be6 23.Kg2 Kh8
24.Rh1 Rd7 25.Bc6 Bxf5 26.exf5 Re7 27.Be4 Rd8 28.g4 Qd6 29.g5 Rg8 30.Rd1 Qc7
31.Qd3 Qc5 32.Be3 Qc7 33.Bxb6 Qxb6 34.Qd6 Qxd6 35.Rxd6 hxg5 36.hxg5 Rb8 37.f6 Ra7
38.Rad1 Nf8 39.Rd8 Rxd8 40.Rxd8 Kg8 41.Rb8 gxf6 42.gxf6 b4 43.c4 Ra6 44.c5 a4
45.c6 Ra7 46.Rc8 a3 47.c7  1-0

[Event "16th ECC w"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Qd2 a5 13.a3 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bb5 Rc8
16.Ne5 a4 17.O-O Qb7 18.Be2 Nc6 19.Nd3 c4 20.Nf4 Na5 21.Qc3 Rcb8 22.Rc2 Qb3
23.Qd2 Bf5 24.Rcc1 Qxb2 25.Qxd5 Bh7 26.Bf3 Ra7 27.Qc5 Qb6 28.Qxb6 Rxb6 29.Rfd1 g6
30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.Bd1 Rb3 32.Bxb3 axb3 33.Rb8 Nb7 34.Ne2 g5 35.Nc3 b2 36.Rf1 Bd3
37.Re1 Bg6 38.Rf1 Bd3 39.Re1 Bg6 40.a4 Nc5 41.Rxb2 Nd3 42.Ree2 Nxb2 43.Rxb2 Bf5
44.f3 Be6 45.g4 Kf6 46.Kf2 Ke7 47.Ke2 Ra8 48.e4 Ra7 49.Rb8 Bd7 50.Rb4 Be6
51.Kd2 Ra8 52.Rb7+ Kd6 53.Ke3 Kc6 54.Rb2 Rd8 55.Rd2 Ra8 56.e5 Kc5 57.Rd6 Ra5
58.Rd8 Kb4 59.Kd4 Kb3 60.Rb8+ Kc2 61.Rb4 Ra8 62.Rb6 Ra7 63.h3 Ra8 64.Rd6 Ra5
65.Ne4 Rxa4 66.Nc5 Rb4 67.Nxe6 fxe6 68.Rxe6 c3+ 69.Ke3 Kb2 70.Rc6 c2 71.Kd2 Rd4+
72.Ke3 Rd1 73.Ke4 Re1+ 74.Kf5 c1=Q 75.Rxc1 Kxc1 76.f4 Rf1 77.e6 Rxf4+ 78.Kg6 Re4
79.Kxh6 Re5 80.Kg6 Rxe6+ 81.Kxg5 Kd2 82.h4 Ke3 83.h5 Re5+ 84.Kf6 Kf4 85.h6 Ra5
86.h7 Ra6+ 87.Kg7 Ra7+ 88.Kh6 Rxh7+ 89.Kxh7 Kxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th ECC w"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Danielian,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Nfd7 12.Bb5 Na6 13.Bxa6 Qxa6 14.a4 b6 15.c6 Qd3
16.Kf2 Nc5 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Rd1 c4 19.Rxd3 cxb3 20.Ne2 e5 21.c4 Rb8 22.Nc3 f5
23.Rb1 fxe4 24.Nxe4 b2 25.c7 Rb7 26.Nd6 Rxc7 27.Rxb2 e4 28.Re3 exf3 29.Rxf3 Rd8
30.Rd3 Ba6 31.Rd4 Re7 32.Rbd2 Rf8+ 33.Kg3 Re3+ 34.Kg4 Ra3 35.Rf4 Rxa4 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8
37.Rd4 Ke7 38.Kf4 g6 39.g4 Rb4 40.h4 Bb7 41.Ke5 Rb3 42.Nxb7 Rxb7 43.c5 a5
44.Ra4 Rb5 45.Kd5 Kd7 46.Rf4 Kc7 47.Rf7+ Kb8 48.Kd6 Rb1 49.c6 Rd1+ 50.Kc5 a4
51.Rb7+ Kc8 52.Ra7 Ra1 53.Kd6 Rd1+ 54.Ke5 Ra1 55.Kf6 a3 56.Kg7 Rh1 57.Kxh7 Rxh4+
58.Kxg6 Rxg4+ 59.Kf5 Rc4 60.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th ECC w"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhukova,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 c5
9.O-O b5 10.Rfe1 Bb7 11.Bg5 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Nb3 Ne6 14.Bh6 Rc8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.a4 b4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nc5 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.Qxb4 a5 21.Qb7 Nxd5 22.c3 e6
23.Rxe6 Rc7 24.Qxd5 fxe6 25.Qxa5 Rxf2 26.Qb6 Rd2 27.Be4 d5 28.Bf3 Qe7 29.Re1 e5
30.a5 e4 31.a6 Qc5+ 32.Qxc5 Rxc5 33.b4 exf3 34.gxf3 Rxc3 35.Ra1 Rcc2 36.b5 Rg2+
37.Kf1 Rh2 38.Kg1 Rcg2+  0-1

[Event "16th ECC w"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Yildiz,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.d5 Nce7 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7
9.O-O Bg7 10.c4 h6 11.Nc3 f5 12.Re1 Nf6 13.c5 fxe4 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Ndxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf5 18.Qg4 Qf7 19.Bd2 Rac8 20.Bc3 Kh7 21.Rad1 b5 22.Kh1 Rc4
23.Qh3 Qe7 24.b3 Rcc8 25.Bb4 Rfd8 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qb7 28.Qd3 Nd4 29.Ba5 Rc8
30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.Bxc3 Nf5 33.Bb4 Ne7 34.Nc3 Nc8 35.g4 Bf6 36.Ne4 Be7
37.Ba5 Kg7 38.Kg2 Kf7 39.Kf3 Ke8 40.a3 Bf8 41.h4 Be7 42.h5 Kf7 43.Bc7 Bf8
44.Ke3 gxh5 45.gxh5 Ke7 46.Ba5 Bg7 47.Ng3 Bf6 48.Ne4 Bg7 49.Kf3 Kd7 50.Ng3 Bf6
51.Bd2 Ne7 52.Ke4 Bh4 53.Bxh6 Ng8 54.Bg7 Bxg3 55.fxg3 Ke7 56.g4 Kf7 57.Bxe5 dxe5
58.g5 Ne7 59.Kxe5 Nc8 60.g6+  1-0

[Event "16th ECC w"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 Re8
9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Bd6 11.b4 c6 12.Bb2 Ng4 13.Nce2 h5 14.h3 h4 15.hxg4 hxg3
16.Nxg3 Qh4 17.Qe1 Bxg4 18.f4 Bc7 19.Rc1 a6 20.e4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Ra7 22.d5 Qh6
23.Qf2 cxd5 24.Bxd5 Bd6 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Qg3 Bf5 27.Ng5 Bf6 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Qb3 Bg6
30.Qc3 Rd7 31.Bc4 Rc7 32.Qb3 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 b5 34.Bd5 Rxc1 35.Bxf7+ Kf8 36.Rxc1 Qxf4
37.Bxg6 Qxc1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4+ 39.g3 Qf2+ 40.Kh3 Qf1+ 41.Kh4 Re5 42.Ne6+ Ke7 43.Nf4 Qc4
44.Qb2 Qc7 45.Nd3 Nd7 46.Nxe5 Nxe5 47.Be4 Qd6 48.Qc1 Nc4 49.Qg5+ Qf6 50.Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.Bd2 Nb6
9.e3 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.Nf3 a5 12.Ne4 Nc6 13.Bc3 Nd5 14.Nfd2 f5 15.Bxb4 axb4
16.Nc5 b6 17.e4 bxc5 18.exd5 Nxd4 19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Ra6 21.dxe6 Bxe6 22.Re1 Rd6
23.Qc1 Qf6 24.Re2 Rd3 25.Bg2 Rfd8 26.Qe1 R8d6 27.Bf1 f4 28.Re4 R3d4 29.Rxd4 Qxd4
30.Qe2 Bf7 31.Rc1 h6 32.Qc2 fxg3 33.hxg3 Rg6 34.Kh2 Rf6 35.Kg1 Rf3 36.Bxc4  0-1

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.O-O Bc5 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.c3 Bb6 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Nd2 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.f5 c5 17.Ne2 Qe7 18.c4 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Qxe2 20.Nf3 Rae8 21.Bg5 Qxc4 22.Bxf6 Rxf6
23.Qd7 Ref8 24.Rae1 Qd3 25.Rd1 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 c6 27.Rde1 Qd3 28.b3 h6 29.h3 Kh7
30.Kh2 R8f7 31.Qc8 Rxf3 32.gxf3 Qd2+ 33.Kg3 Bc7+ 34.f4 Bxf4+ 35.Kh4 Bg5+
36.Kg3 Bh4+  0-1

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 f5 11.Nc3 Nc7 12.b4 Qe8 13.Bb2 Kh8 14.c5 Be7 15.Ne5 Bf6 16.Ne2 a5
17.f3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Qh5 20.Rf1 Qh6 21.Bc1 Ng5 22.Nf4 g6 23.Re1 Qg7
24.Bf1 Nf7 25.Nfd3 Nd8 26.Nf4 Nf7 27.Bb2 Kg8 28.b5 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Bg5 30.Bc1 Bxf4
31.Bxf4 Ne6 32.Bd2 f4 33.Bb4 Rf5 34.Qa2 Qc7 35.Qb2 b6 36.cxb6 Qxb6+ 37.Qf2 Qxf2+
38.Kxf2 c5 39.Bxc5 Nxc5 40.Rc1 Bb7 41.Rxc5 Rf8 42.b6 Rc8 43.Rxc8+ Bxc8 44.Ke2 Kf7
45.Kd3 g5 46.Kd4 Ke6 47.Bd3 h6 48.Bh7  1-0

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 e6 5.d4 Nf6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Bb4 8.e5 Nfd7
9.O-O Be7 10.Ne2 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.b3 cxd4 13.cxd4 O-O 14.Bg4 Qb6 15.Be3 Rfc8
16.f4 Nb4 17.Bf2 g6 18.Bf3 Qa6 19.Nc1 Nc2 20.Rb1 Rc3 21.Be2 Qa3 22.Nd3 Rac8
23.Qd2 Nb4 24.Nxb4 Bxb4 25.Qb2 Rc2 26.Qxa3 Bxa3 27.Bb5 Nb8 28.Ra1 a6 29.Bd3 Rd2
30.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rc1 32.Rxc1 Bxc1 33.g3 Nc6 34.Kg2 Bb2 35.g4 Bxd4 36.Bh4 Kf8
37.Kf3 Bb2 38.Bg5 Nb4 39.Bb1 Nc6 40.Bh6+ Kg8 41.Ke2 Bc1 42.Kd1 Ba3 43.Kd2 Bf8
44.Bg5 h6 45.Bf6 Be7 46.Ke3 g5 47.Bd3 Kf8 48.Kf3 Bxf6 49.exf6 Nb8 50.fxg5 hxg5
51.Ke3 Nd7 52.Kd4 Ke8 53.b4 Kd8 54.h4 gxh4 55.g5 Kc7 56.Bf1 Kd6 57.Bh3 Ne5
58.Ke3 Ng6 59.Kd4 Nf4 60.Bg4 h3 61.Ke3 h2 62.Bf3 e5 63.Kf2 e4 64.Bh1 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Nf6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rhe1 d5 12.c4 d4 13.Bg5 Be6 14.c3 b5 15.cxb5 Qa5
16.c4 Qb6 17.Ne5 a6 18.Nc6 Bd8 19.Nxd8 Qxd8 20.bxa6 Rxa6 21.b3 Qa8 22.a4 Nd7
23.Bc2 Qb7 24.Bf4 Rb6 25.Qd3 g6 26.Qf3 Qa6 27.g4 Nf6 28.h3 Bxc4 29.bxc4 Qxc4
30.Bc7 Nd5 31.Bxb6 Nc3 32.Ba5 Na2+ 33.Kb2 Nc3 34.Bxc3 Rb8+ 35.Kc1 dxc3 36.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 g5 13.exf6 gxh4 14.Be2 Qa5 15.O-O Nd7
16.Kh1 Qg5 17.Rf4 e5 18.Nd5 exd4 19.Qxd4 Kd8 20.Ne7 Qc5 21.Qd2 Bxe7 22.fxe7+ Qxe7
23.Bg4 Re8 24.Rc4 b6 25.Rd1 a5 26.h3 Ra7 27.Qc3 Ba6 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.Rxd7+ Qxd7
30.Rd4 Re6 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.Qd4+ Ke8 33.Qxh4 Kf8 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Qd4+ Kg8
36.Kh2 Bb7 37.g4 Be4 38.c4 Bb7 39.Kg3 Be4 40.c5 bxc5 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qxa5 Bb7
43.Qxc5 Ba6 44.a4 Kg8 45.Qd4 Kh7 46.h4 Kg8 47.Kf4 Kh7 48.a5 Kg8 49.Qd8+ Kg7
50.g5 hxg5+ 51.Qxg5+ Kh7 52.h5 Rh6 53.Qe7 Kg7 54.Kg5 Re6 55.Qc7 Rh6 56.Qh2 Kh7
57.Qc2+ Kg7 58.Qc5 Re6 59.Qc1 Rh6 60.Kh4 Re6 61.Qg5+ Kh7 62.Kg3 Rh6 63.Kf4 Re6
64.Qd8 Kg7 65.Qa8 Rh6 66.Qg2+ Kh7 67.Qe4+ Kg7 68.Qe5+ Kh7 69.Qe4+ Kg7 70.Qd4+ Kh7
71.Kf5 Re6 72.Qb2 Rh6 73.Ke5 Re6+ 74.Kd5 Rh6 75.Qf2 Kg7 76.Qg3+ Kh7 77.Qc3 Re6
78.Qa3 Kg7 79.Qb4 Rh6 80.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.g3 c5 10.Bg2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Bxb7 Nxb7 13.O-O Qc7 14.Bf4 d6 15.Nb5 Qc6
16.Rfd1 Rd8 17.Rac1 a6 18.Nd4 Qc7 19.Bg5 Rc8 20.Qe4 Nd7 21.b4 h6 22.Be3 Ne5
23.Bf4 Ng6 24.Be3 Ne5 25.Rc2 Rab8 26.Rdc1 Qe7 27.Bf4 Qf6 28.c5 bxc5 29.bxc5 Ng4
30.Nc6 d5 31.Qa4 Ra8 32.Nb4 a5 33.Nd3 e5 34.Qd7 exf4 35.Qxg4 fxg3 36.hxg3 Rc7
37.Nf4 Qc6 38.Qf5 Rd8 39.Rd2 d4 40.Rb2 g6 41.Qe5 Re8 42.Qxd4 Rd7 43.Qc3 Rc7
44.Nd3 Rec8 45.Qd2 Qd5 46.Rbc2 h5 47.Qe3 Rc6 48.Rc4 Re6 49.Qf3 Qxf3 50.exf3 Rec6
51.Rd4 R6c7 52.Rd5 Kg7 53.f4 Kf6 54.Kg2 Ke6 55.Re5+ Kf6 56.Kf3 Rd8 57.Rc3 Rdc8
58.Ke3 Nd6 59.Kd2 Nb7 60.Rc1 Kg7 61.Rd5 f6 62.Ke3 Kf7 63.Kd4 Nd8 64.Ke3 Rb8
65.Rc3 Nc6 66.Kd2 Ke6 67.Rd6+ Kf5 68.f3 Rb1 69.g4+ hxg4 70.fxg4+ Kxg4 71.Rxf6 Kh5
72.Rxc6 Rxc6 73.Ne5 Rb2+ 74.Kc1 Rb3 75.Rxb3 Rxc5+ 76.Kd2 Kh6 77.Rb6 Kh7 78.Nxg6 Rc4
79.f5 Ra4 80.Ne5 Rxa3 81.f6 Ra4 82.Rb7+ Kh6 83.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.c3 Bh5 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.c4 Qa5 12.Qe3 Bb4 13.a3 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Qa6 15.Bd2 Be7
16.Rac1 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Qe2 Rbc8 19.b4 Be7 20.h3 Rfd8 21.Bf4 h6 22.g4 Bg6
23.Nfe5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Nd7 25.Bb2 Nb6 26.Ne3 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Qxe2 28.Rxe2 Bg5
29.Rc2 Bf4 30.Kf1 f6 31.Ke2 Be8 32.Kf3 g5 33.Bf1 a6 34.Rd2 Rc8 35.Bb2 Kf7
36.Bd4 Rd8 37.Bc3 Rxd2 38.Bxd2 Bc6 39.Bd3 Nd7 40.Bc3 b5 41.Nc2 f5 42.Ne3 Be5
43.Bd2 fxg4+ 44.Nxg4 Bg7 45.Ke2 Kg6 46.f4 Kh5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.Nh2 Ne5 49.Ke3 Nc4+
50.Bxc4 bxc4 51.Bc1 Be5  0-1

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 e5 8.Nf3 Ng4
9.Qd2 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 exf4 11.Qxf4 Be7 12.O-O-O Be6 13.h4 O-O 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.a3 Na5
16.g4 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bf6 18.g5 Qc7 19.Rh2 Be5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Qb4 Rcd8 22.d6 Qb6
23.Qxb6 axb6 24.d7 f5 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.Rg2+ Kh8 27.b4 Nc6 28.Bc4 e4 29.Be6 f5
30.Rg5 Ne7 31.c4 Rf6 32.Rd6 h6 33.Rg1 f4 34.c5 bxc5 35.bxc5 Nc6 36.Kd2 Kh7
37.Bg8+ Rxg8 38.Rxf6 e3+ 39.Ke2 Rxg1 40.Rxc6 Rg2+ 41.Kf3 Rg3+ 42.Kxf4 e2
43.d8=Q e1=Q 44.Qd7+ Kh8 45.Rxh6+ Kg8 46.Qh7+ Kf8 47.Rf6+ Ke8 48.Qf7+ Kd8
49.Rd6+ Kc8 50.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Munguntuul,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Kh8 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.Bb5 f6 14.Nh4 Bf7 15.Nhf5 Bc5
16.Ne4 Bb6 17.Qg4 Rg8 18.Qf3 Nce7 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.Bd2 c6 21.Ba4 Bc7 22.c4 Nb6
23.Bc2 Bg6 24.b4 Rad8 25.Bc3 Rge8 26.a4 Bb8 27.a5 Nc8 28.Rad1 Qc7 29.Ng3 Nd6
30.Bb3 Qf7 31.a6 Nb5 32.Bb2 Nd4 33.Bxd4 Rxd4 34.axb7 Qxb7 35.b5 Red8 36.Bc2 e4
37.Nxe4 cxb5 38.cxb5 Qxb5 39.Rb1 Qe5 40.Ng3 Qc5 41.Re2 a5 42.Ne4 Qe5 43.Ng3 Qd6
44.Rbe1 h5 45.Re6 Qc7 46.Rc6 Qf4 47.Qxf4 Bxf4 48.Ne2 Re8 49.Kf1 Rd6 50.Ba4 Rxe2
51.Kxe2 Bxd3+ 52.Kf3 Rd4 53.Bc2 Be5 54.Rd1 Rf4+ 55.Ke3 Bxc2 56.Rxc2 Rb4 57.Rd8+ Kh7
58.Ra8 Rb3+ 59.Ke4 Rb5 60.Kf5 Bc3+ 61.Ke6 Bd4 62.f3 Kg6 63.Rc4 Be3 64.g4 f5
65.gxh5+ Kxh5 66.Rh8+ Kg6 67.f4 Rb6+ 68.Kd5 Rb5+ 69.Kd6 Rb4 70.Rxb4 axb4
71.Ke5 Bb6 72.Rc8 Kh5 73.Kxf5 Kh4 74.Rb8 Bc5 75.Rb7 Bd4 76.Rxb4 Bc3 77.Rb3 Bd2
78.Rb7 Bc3 79.Kg6 Kg3 80.Rb3 Kh4 81.f5  1-0

[Event "Nalchik WGP 2011"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Bb7 7.g4 h5 8.g5 Nfd7 9.a4 b4
10.Nce2 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Rd1 Nc6 13.Nf4 Bg7 14.Bh3 Nb6 15.Qf2 Qc7 16.Nge2 O-O
17.a5 Nc4 18.Bxc5 Nxb2 19.Rd7 Qxa5 20.O-O Bc8 21.Nd5 Bxd7 22.Bxd7 Ne5 23.Bxb4 Qd8
24.Bh3 Nc6 25.Ba3 Nc4 26.Bc5 e6 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.gxf6 Qxf6 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.f4 e5
31.Kh1 Nd2 32.Rg1 exf4 33.Nxf4 Nxe4 34.Qe3 Qd4 35.Qxd4 Nxd4 36.Kg2 Nxc2 37.Nxh5 Rd8
38.Nf4 Ng5 39.Bg4 Ne3+ 40.Kf2 Nxg4+ 41.Rxg4 Rd4 42.Rxg5 Rxf4+ 43.Kg3 Ra4
44.h4 Kg7 45.Rc5 Ra1 46.h5 gxh5 47.Rxh5 a5 48.Kf4 a4 49.Kf5 Rf1+ 50.Ke4 a3
51.Ra5 Ra1 52.Rg5+ Kf6 53.Rg2 Re1+ 54.Kd5 Re5+ 55.Kc4 Ra5 56.Kb4 a2  0-1

[Event "18th European Teams w"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.1.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gara,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Bb7
9.a4 b4 10.Nd1 e5 11.Nb3 d5 12.Bc5 Bxc5 13.Nxc5 Bc6 14.Qxb4 O-O 15.Nf2 a5
16.Qc3 Qb6 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Qxe5 Nbd7 19.Nxd7 Qe3+ 20.Kf1 Nxd7 21.Qd6 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rab8
23.b3 Rb6 24.Re1 Qh6 25.Qd4 Qf4 26.Qe3 Qf6 27.Kg1 Bb7 28.e5 Qh4 29.Bc4 Re8
30.Nd3 Qg4 31.Qf2 Re7 32.h3 Qg5 33.h4 Qg4 34.Rh3 Qh5 35.Rg3 Qh6 36.Qd4 Ba6
37.Nc5 Bxc4 38.Nxd7 Rxd7 39.Qxd7 Qxh4 40.Qg4 Qxg4 41.Rxg4 Be6 42.Rd4  1-0

[Event "18th European Teams w"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.1.4"]
[White "Voicu,C"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 a6 11.a4 Qc7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nb8 14.a5 Nd7 15.Bf1 f5
16.c4 Bf6 17.Ra3 Kh8 18.Nd2 e4 19.b4 Be5 20.Nb3 Nf6 21.Be3 f4 22.Bd4 Re8
23.Qd2 Qe7 24.c5 Bf5 25.Bc4 Rad8 26.c6 bxc6 27.dxc6 f3 28.Bf1 fxg2 29.Bxg2 Qf7
30.Bb6 Rc8 31.c7 Nd5 32.Nd4 Bf4 33.Qa2 Bg6 34.b5 Be5 35.Nc6 axb5 36.Na7 b4
37.Ra4 Rxc7 38.Bxc7 Qxc7 39.Qxd5 Qxa7 40.Rxb4 Bc3 41.Rb7 Qxa5 42.Qxa5 Bxa5
43.Rd1 Re6 44.h4 Bc3 45.Rc1 Bf6 46.Bh3 Re5 47.Rc6 Bxh4 48.Rxd6 Bh5 49.Be6 Kh7
50.Rb8 Bf6 51.Bc4 Bf3 52.Rd5 Re7 53.Kf1 Rc7 54.Rb4 h5 55.Kg1 Kh6 56.Kh2 e3
57.fxe3 Rxc4 58.Rxc4 Bxd5 59.Ra4 Bf3 60.Kg3 Bd1 61.Ra5 h4+ 62.Kf4 Bh5 63.e4 Bc3
64.Ra6+ g6 65.e5 Bd2+ 66.Ke4 h3 67.e6 Kg7 68.Ke5 h2 69.Ra7+ Kh6 70.e7 h1=Q
71.e8=Q Qe1+ 72.Kf6 Bc3+  0-1

[Event "18th European Teams w"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.1.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O d6 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Kh1 e5 11.Qe2 Ng4 12.h3 Qh4 13.Nd1 Be6 14.Bd2 h5 15.Qf3 O-O-O
16.Rc1 Nh6 17.Ne3 Bg4 18.Qg3 Qxg3 19.fxg3 Be6 20.Be2 g6 21.Nd5 Kb8 22.Bg5 Rc8
23.Rcd1 Ng4 24.Bxg4 hxg4 25.h4 Rh5 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Nxe3 g5 28.Kg1 gxh4 29.Kf2 h3
30.Rxd6 hxg2 31.Rg1 Rch8 32.Nc5 Kc7 33.Rdd1 Bc8 34.Rxg2 Nd4 35.Nd5+ Kb8 36.Nf6 Rg5
37.Ncd7+ Bxd7 38.Nxd7+ Kc7 39.Nxe5 Rxe5 40.Rxd4 Rhe8 41.Ke3 f5 42.Kf4 Rxe4+
43.Rxe4 Rxe4+ 44.Kxf5 Rxc4 45.b3 Rd4 46.Ke5 Rd3 47.Kf5 Rd4 48.Rc2+ Kb6 49.Rc4 Rd2
50.Ra4 Ka7 51.Kxg4 b5 52.Re4 Rxa2 53.Kf3 a5 54.g4 a4 55.bxa4 Rxa4 56.g5 Kb6
57.Re8 Ra1 58.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams w"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.1.3"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Qb6 12.Be2 Nb3 13.Rb1 Bf5 14.Bd3 Be4 15.O-O Qg6
16.Bg3 Nc5 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Ne5 Qe6 19.Qe2 f6 20.b4 Na4 21.Qc4 Qxc4 22.Nxc4 Rac8
23.Rbc1 Rfd8 24.Na5 Nc3 25.Kh1 b6 26.Nb7 Rd3 27.Rfe1 Kf7 28.f3 Ke6 29.fxe4 Rc4
30.Rf1 Rxe4 31.Rc2 Rexe3 32.Bf2 Re4 33.Rfc1 Nd1 34.Kg1 Nxf2 35.Kxf2 Rxa3
36.b5 Re5 37.Rc7 Kf5 38.h3 h5 39.Rd1 Ra2+ 40.Kf3 h4 41.Nd6+ Bxd6 42.Rxd6 Rxb5
43.Rd3 g5 44.g4+ hxg3 45.Kxg3 Rbb2  0-1

[Event "18th European Teams w"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1.4"]
[White "Szczepkowska Horowska,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 h6 12.Bh4 Bd6 13.c4 Be5 14.Bg3 Bxg3 15.hxg3 d4
16.b3 Qa5 17.Re1 Rd8 18.Qf3 Bd7 19.c5 Re8 20.Rec1 Qd2 21.Rd1 Qg5 22.Qf4 Qh5
23.Qh4 Qe5 24.Qf4 Qh5 25.Qh4 Qe5 26.Qf4 Rad8 27.Rd2 Qh5 28.Qh4 Qe5 29.Qf4 Qh5
30.Qh4 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams w"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.1.3"]
[White "Galojan,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 O-O 7.Nh3 bxc4 8.Bxc4 Nxd5
9.Bxd5 exd5 10.Qxd5 Qb6 11.O-O Na6 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Qh5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 d6 15.Rfd1 f5
16.Bf4 c4+ 17.Kh1 fxe4 18.Rab1 Qc6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Bxd6 Rf5 21.Be7 Be6 22.Rd6 Rxg5
23.Qxg5 Qxd6 24.Bxd6 hxg5 25.Bxc7 exf3 26.gxf3 Bd5 27.Rb8+ Rxb8 28.Bxb8 a6
29.Kg1 Bxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams w"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.1.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Newrkla,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 d5 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.N1d2 Bc5
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bb3+ Kh8 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Nd4 Qd6 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Rad1 Bb6
23.Qc1 Qe5 24.Bf4 Qh5 25.Bg5 Qg6 26.Qf4 Nd5 27.Qg4 Rd6 28.Bc2 Nf6 29.Qg3 Rd5
30.Bf4 Qxg3 31.Bxg3 c5 32.Nb3 c4 33.Nd4 e3 34.f3 Rg5 35.Bf4 Rd5 36.Bxe3 Rde5
37.Bf2 Bxd4 38.cxd4 Re2 39.Rc1 Nd5 40.Rxe2 Rxe2 41.Kf1 Re8 42.Be4 g6 43.Bg3 Kg7
44.a3 Kf7 45.Kf2 h6 46.h4 Re7 47.Bd6 Rd7 48.Be5 Nb6 49.g4 Na4 50.Rc2 a5 51.Ke3 Nb6
52.Bxb7 Rxb7 53.Ke4 b4 54.axb4 axb4 55.d5 c3 56.Kd4 cxb2 57.Rxb2 Na4 58.Rb3 Rb5
59.Bd6 Nb6 60.Bc5 Nd7 61.Rxb4 Rxc5 62.Rb7 Rc1 63.Rxd7+ Kf6 64.f4 Rd1+ 65.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zatonskih,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Ba2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Be7 14.Bb1 b5 15.e4 g6
16.Qd2 Qb6 17.e5 Nh5 18.Be3 Qb8 19.g4 Ng7 20.Ne4 Rfd8 21.Nd6 Be8 22.Bf4 Rc7
23.Qe3 Na5 24.b3 Nb7 25.Ne4 Rcd7 26.Rxd7 Bxd7 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.Bg3 Ne8 29.Qh6 Bxf6
30.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Na6 13.Nd4 Nac5 14.f3 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Nc5
16.Qc2 Qf6 17.dxe6 f4 18.exf4 gxf4 19.Bf2 O-O-O 20.O-O Rhg8 21.Qf5 Qg7 22.Qh3 Kb8
23.Rad1 Rde8 24.Nf5 Qxc3 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Qxh6 Qc2 27.Nh4 Qxc4 28.Rfe1 Re7
29.Nf5 Qxa2 30.Nh4 Bxf3 31.Rb1+ Kc8 32.g3 fxg3 33.Nxf3 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 O-O 14.Rg1 b4 15.Nce2 e5
16.f6 exd4 17.fxe7 Re8 18.Nxd4 Ne5 19.Qf4 Be6 20.Kb1 Rxe7 21.Nf5 Rd7 22.Rg2 Rad8
23.Ne3 d5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Rgd2 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 a5
29.Qd5 g6 30.h4 Ng4 31.Be2 h5 32.Bd3 Kg7 33.Qd4+ Kg8 34.b3 Qe7 35.Kb2 Ne3
36.Kc1 Ng4 37.Be4 Qc7 38.Bd5 Qg3 39.Qe4 Ne5 40.Qd4 Ng4 41.Qe4 Ne5 42.Qd4 Qe1+
43.Kb2 Ng4 44.a3 Ne3 45.Bxf7+ Kxf7 46.Qd7+ Kf8 47.Qd8+ Kf7 48.Qd7+ Kf8 49.Qd8+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Qd6 5.f4 f6 6.c4 d4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qd5 Bd7 9.Qxd6 exd6
10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nf3 dxe3 12.dxe3 O-O-O 13.Nc3 Bg7 14.O-O-O Nh6 15.Nd5 Ng4
16.Rhe1 Rhe8 17.h3 Nf2 18.Rd2 Ne4 19.Rd3 Rd7 20.Kc2 f5 21.Bxg7 Rxg7 22.Re2 b5
23.Nd2 Ng3 24.Re1 a6 25.Nb6+ Kc7 26.Nd5+ Kb7 27.Nf3 h6 28.Nd2 g5 29.fxg5 hxg5
30.Kd1 Rg6 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Kc2 Rge6 33.h4 g4 34.Ng5 Rh6 35.Nxe4 Rxe4 36.g3 bxc4
37.bxc4 Rxc4+ 38.Kd2 Bb5 39.Rb3 Kc6 40.Ne7+ Kd7 41.Nd5 Ke6 42.Nc7+ Ke5 43.Nxb5 axb5
44.Rxb5 Ra4 45.Rb2 d5 46.Rc1 c4 47.Ke2 Rha6 48.Rcc2 Ra3 49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Re2 c3
51.Rb4+ Ke5 52.Rb3 Rxb3 53.axb3 Ke4 54.b4 Kd3 55.b5 Rb6 56.e4 fxe4 57.Re3+ Kd4
58.Re2 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nce2 a5 8.Ng3 Ba6 9.h4 Bxf1
10.Kxf1 h5 11.Nh3 Nf6 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Ng5 O-O 14.Kg1 c5 15.Rd1 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Qc7
17.Ne2 Nb6 18.b3 e5 19.Bf2 d5 20.Kh2 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Rad8 23.Qe3 Nd7
24.c4 Nf6 25.Qc5 Qb7 26.Rd5 Nxe4 27.Qa7 Qxa7 28.Bxa7 Rxd5 29.cxd5 Rd8 30.Rd1 Rd6
31.Bb8 Rd7 32.d6 Bf8 33.Rd5 Nxd6 34.Rxa5 Rb7 35.Ra8 Kg7 36.a5 e4 37.a6 Rd7
38.Nd4 Kf6 39.Nc6 e3 40.Kg3 Kf5 41.Kf3 Bh6 42.Ra7 Rxa7 43.Bxa7 Nb5 44.Nd4+  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.a4 Qa5 15.Rfe1 Qg5
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Bc6 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qd2 20.g3 Qxd4 21.b3 Rfe8 22.Rac1 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Kf8 24.Qf5 g6 25.Qd7 Qd2 26.Re7 Qd1+ 27.Kg2 Qd5+ 28.Kg1 Qd1+ 29.Kg2 Qd5+
30.Kg1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Rapid w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dembo,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qe1 O-O-O 14.Qh4 Be7 15.f5 Qc5
16.Bd3 Kb8 17.Rhe1 Bb7 18.Qh5 Rdf8 19.g3 Bd8 20.Ne2 Ba5 21.Rf1 Qe5 22.Nf4 Rhg8
23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Qxh7 Rh8 25.Qe7 Re8 26.Qf7 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Qxe4 28.Rf2 f5 29.a3 Bc7
30.Re2 Qf3 31.Nxe6 Qxe2 32.Qxc7+ Ka8 33.Rxd6 Qe1+ 34.Ka2 Qxe6+ 35.Rxe6 Rxe6
36.Qd7 Reh6 37.Qxf5 Rxh2 38.g4 R2h7 39.g5 Ra7 40.Qd5+ Rb7 41.g6  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz Women"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cmilyte,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 Nc6
9.Nb3 a6 10.a4 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Bf3 Nd7 13.Qd2 Na5 14.Nxa5 bxa5 15.Rab1 Rb8
16.b3 e6 17.Ne2 Qc7 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.Ng3 Rfd8 20.Bd4 e5 21.Bc3 Ne6 22.f5 Nd4
23.Bxa5 Qc5 24.Kh1 Rdc8 25.c4 gxf5 26.Nxf5 Nxf5 27.exf5 e4 28.Bg4 Re8 29.Bb4 Qc6
30.Qg5 f6 31.Qe3 Rbd8 32.Be2 Re5 33.Rf1 Kh8 34.Bc3 Re7 35.Rbd1 d5 36.cxd5 Rxd5
37.Rxd5 Qxd5 38.Bc4 Qc6 39.h3 Re8 40.Rd1 Qc7 41.Be6 Rd8 42.Qd4 h6 43.Bd2 Qe7
44.Bf4 Bf8 45.Qe3 Kh7 46.Qg3 Qg7 47.Qe3 Qe7 48.Kh2 Qg7 49.g4 Qe7 50.Kg3 Qg7
51.Qb6 Qe7 52.Qc7 Kg7 53.Bd6 Qxc7 54.Bxc7 Bc5 55.Ba5 e3 56.h4 Bd6+ 57.Kh3 Be5
58.Bc4 Bf3 59.Be1 Bb7 60.Bg3 Bc3 61.Be2 Kf8 62.Bf4 Kg7 63.Bxe3 Bd5 64.Bc4 Bb7
65.g5 hxg5 66.hxg5 fxg5 67.Bxg5 Bf6 68.Be3 a5 69.Bb6 Bc3 70.Bxd8 Bb4 71.Kg4 Be4
72.f6+ Kf8 73.Kf4 Bc2 74.Ke5 Ke8 75.Bb6 Bc3+ 76.Bd4 Bb4 77.f7+ Kf8 78.Be3 Kg7
79.Bd4 Kf8 80.Ke6 Bg6 81.Kf6 Bh5 82.Bb6 Be7+ 83.Ke5 Bb4 84.Kf6 Be7+ 85.Kf5 Bxf7
86.Bxf7 Kxf7 87.Bxa5 Bd6 88.Bd8 Ke8 89.Ba5 Kd7 90.Ke4 Kc6 91.Kd4 Kb7 92.Kd5 Bf8
93.Bc3 Kb6 94.Kc4 Be7 95.Bb4 Bf6 96.Bc5+ Kb7 97.b4 Bh4 98.b5 Be1 99.Bb4 Bf2
100.a5 Kb8 101.b6 Kb7 102.Kb5 Kb8 103.Bd6+ Ka8 104.Bc5 Bg3 105.Kc6 Bf4 106.a6 Kb8
107.Bd6+ Ka8 108.b7+  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz Women"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Socko,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 b6 8.e3 Bb7
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Rc8 11.b4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 d5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Bb2 O-O 15.Rac1 Qe7
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Ba8 18.h3 h6 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 Qd8 22.Bb2 Bb7
23.Bd4 Qc8 24.Kh2 Qd8 25.Bd3 Bc6 26.b5 Bb7 27.a4 Qc8 28.f3 Qd8 29.Bc4 Qc8
30.Bb3 Qd8 31.Bc3 Qc8 32.Qd4 Qc7+ 33.Qe5 Qc8 34.Bb2 Qd8 35.Bd4 Qc8 36.Qd6 Ne8
37.Qe7 Qb8+ 38.f4 Qa8 39.f5 Qb8+ 40.g3 Bd5 41.Bxd5 exd5 42.Qd7 Nf6 43.Bxf6 gxf6
44.Qxd5 Qc8 45.Qe4 Qc3 46.h4 Qd2+ 47.Kh3 Qe1 48.Qf3 Qa1 49.Qg4+ Kf8 50.Qb4+ Kg7
51.Qe4 Qf1+ 52.Kh2 Qf2+ 53.Kh3 Qf1+ 54.Kg4 Qd1+ 55.Kh3 Qf1+ 56.Kh2 Qf2+ 57.Kh3 Qf1+
58.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz Women"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nce2 Nf6 8.f3 a5 9.Ng3 h5
10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Nh3 O-O 12.O-O Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nbd7 14.Qd2 c5 15.d5 Ne5 16.b3 c4
17.Bh6 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 cxb3 19.cxb3 Rac8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qg5 Kh7 22.f4 Neg4 23.e5 Nxd5
24.Nxh5 Nh6 25.e6 Nf6 26.Qh4 Rh8 27.Rf3 Rc3 28.exf7  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz Women"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4 d5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qf3 Nc6 11.Qh3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.f3 Ng5 14.Qg3 d4 15.Ne2 dxe3
16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Bxe3 Ne6 18.f4 c4 19.Bc2 Bc5 20.f5 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Qc5 22.Nd4 Nxd4
23.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 24.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz Women"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Nbd7 6.f4 e5 7.Qf3 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.f5 Be7 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.a3 a6 13.Nge2 c5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nb6 17.O-O O-O-O 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Rad1 Rhf8 20.Qg4+ Kb8 21.Rxf8 Rxf8
22.Qe4 Bd6 23.b3 Rc8 24.a4 b4 25.Ng3 c4 26.Qg4 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28.Kh2 Nxd5
29.Qe6 Nf4 30.Qxa6 Qc6 31.Qxc6 Rxc6 32.Rd2 cxb3 33.cxb3 Rc3 34.Rb2 Re3 35.Nf1 Re1
36.Nd2 e4 37.Kg3 Nd3 38.Rc2 e3 39.Nf3 Rb1 40.Re2 Nc1 41.Rxe3 Nxb3 42.Re8+ Kb7
43.Re7+ Ka6 44.Rxh7 Nc5 45.Rg7 b3 46.Nd2 Rb2 47.Rxg6+ Ka5 48.Nc4+ Kb4 49.Nxb2 Kc3
50.Rc6 Kxb2 51.Rxc5  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blitz Women"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Qxe4 Bb4+
9.c3 Bd6 10.dxe5 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Bf4 Qh4 13.Qa4 Bh3 14.g3 Qg4 15.f3 Bc5+
16.Kh1 Qh5 17.g4 Qg6 18.Rd1 h5 19.g5 Rad8 20.Nd2 Bf5 21.Nf1 h4 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Rd1 Qc6 24.Be3 Bg4 25.Kg2 h3+ 26.Kg3 Bxe3 27.Nxe3 Bd7 28.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bb6 Qf4 12.Bd3 d5 13.g3 Qb8 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Be3 e5
16.c3 Bh3 17.Re1 O-O 18.Qb3 Qc8 19.Nb6 Qc6 20.Qa4 Qb7 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Rab8
23.Qd1 Rfd8 24.Na4 Qd7 25.Rb1 h5 26.Bc5 Bxc5 27.Nxc5 Qf5 28.Qd3 e4 29.Qe2 d4
30.cxd4 Rxd4 31.Rbc1 Rbd8 32.Nb3 Rd3 33.Rfe1 h4 34.Rc5 Qh3 35.Qf1 hxg3 36.Qxh3 gxf2+
37.Kxf2 Rxh3 38.Kg2 Rh4 39.Rc3 Rd5 40.h3 Nh5 41.Nc5 Rd2+ 42.Kg1 f5 43.Ne6 Kf7
44.Rc6 Nf6 45.Rxa6 Rxb2 46.Rf1 e3 47.Re1 f4 48.Rf1 e2 49.Re1 Ne4 50.Ra4 Kxe6
51.Rxe4+ Kf5 52.Re7 Rxh3 53.Rxg7 Rg3+ 54.Rxg3 fxg3 55.a4 Kf4 56.Kg2 Ra2 57.a5 Ke3
58.Kxg3 Rxa5 59.Rb1 Rg5+ 60.Kh4 Rg8 61.Ra1 Kf2  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Socko,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be6 10.O-O Qc8 11.h3 Rd8 12.Qd2 d5 13.e5 d4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Nd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.c3 Qc6 18.Bf3 e6 19.Qe3 Bf8 20.Kh2 b6 21.b3 Rac8 22.Rad1 Qb7
23.c4 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Qa6 25.a4 Qa5 26.Rd3 Qb4 27.Rfd1 Qe7 28.Bf2 g5 29.Qg4 h6
30.fxg5 hxg5 31.Be3 Bh6 32.h4 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Kf8 34.Bxg5 Bxg5 35.hxg5 Rc5 36.Qh4 Qc7
37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Qf6+ Ke8 39.Rd6 Rc6 40.g6 Rxd6 41.g7  1-0

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxe5 Qe6 10.d4 Bf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nd3 Qf5 13.Nf4 Bg5 14.Nh3 Bxc1 15.Rxc1 Qf7
16.O-O d6 17.Ng5 Qg6 18.Qe3 Bg4 19.f4 h6 20.Nh3 Rae8 21.Qg3 Qf5 22.Nf2 Be2
23.Rfe1 Re7 24.h3 Rfe8 25.Ng4 Kh7 26.Nh2 Re4 27.Rc2 Re3 28.Rcxe2 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Rxe2
30.Nf1 Rxb2 31.Qf3 Rb1 32.Kh2 Ra1 33.Ng3 Qb1 34.h4 d5 35.f5 Qd1 36.Qf4 Qg1+
37.Kh3 Rxa2 38.Qxc7 Rxg2 39.h5 a5 40.f6 Rxg3+ 41.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 42.Kxg3 gxf6  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Qe1 d4 8.a4 O-O 9.Na3 Be6
10.Bd2 Qd7 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.Nc4 Nd5 13.c3 Rad8 14.h3 h6 15.Ne4 Bxh3 16.Nxc5 Qc8
17.Bxh3 Qxh3 18.Nxb7 Rb8 19.Nc5 Rxb2 20.cxd4 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 Qxg3+ 22.Kh1 Qh3+
23.Kg1 Bxd4+ 24.e3 Nxe3  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c5 10.O-O Rc8 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Nc5 14.Qe3 e5 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Bh3 Rcd8 17.Nh4 Rfe8 18.Nf5 Ne6 19.f3 Nf8 20.Qg5 Ng6 21.e4 b5 22.cxb5 d5
23.Qe3 dxe4 24.fxe4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Qc2 26.Qd2 Qxb3 27.Bg2 Qxb5 28.Nd6 Qb6+
29.Qf2 Rd8 30.Qxb6 axb6 31.Rd2 Ne8 32.Nc4 Rxd2 33.Nxd2 Nd6 34.Kf2 Kf8 35.Ke3 Ke7
36.h4 f6 37.Bc3 Nf8 38.Bb4 Ba6 39.Nb1 Kd7 40.Bh3+ Kc6 41.Nc3 Bc4 42.h5 Bf7
43.Bg4 Nd7 44.Bf3 Nc5 45.g4 Nc4+ 46.Ke2 Ne6 47.Kd3 Nf4+ 48.Kc2 Be6 49.Bf8 Bxg4
50.Bxg4 Ne3+ 51.Kb3 Nxg4 52.Bxg7 Nxh5 53.Bh8 Nf4 54.Kc4 h5 55.Nd5 Nxd5 56.exd5+ Kd6
57.Bg7 h4 58.Bf8+ Kd7 59.Bb4 h3  0-1

[Event "Sportaccord WMG Blindfold w"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rc8 15.Nd2 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 Nb6 17.Qe2 Qd7 18.dxc5 Nc4 19.f4 Qe6 20.fxg5 hxg5 21.Qh5 Qg6 22.Qxg6+ fxg6
23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Rb1 b6 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Rb5 Nxe3 27.Be5 Ra8 28.Bd4 Nf5 29.Bxb6 Rxa2
30.Rxd5 Rc2 31.Rd3 g4 32.Bd8 Rc1+ 33.Kf2 Rc2+ 34.Kg1 Rc1+ 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Kg1 Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nguyen Thi Thanh An"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rfd1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe3 Qb6 15.b4 Na4
16.Nxa4 Qxe3 17.Bxe3 bxa4 18.Bc5 Bxc5 19.bxc5 Rac8 20.Rac1 Ne4 21.Ne5 Rxc5
22.Rxc5 Nxc5 23.Bxb7 Nxb7 24.Rd7 Nc5 25.Rc7 Ne4 26.Rc4 Nd6 27.Rxa4 Ra8 28.Nc6 Nb5
29.Nb4 Nc7 30.Ra5 Kf8 31.Rc5 Ra7 32.a4 Ke8 33.Rc6 Kd7 34.Rb6 a5 35.Nc6 Nd5
36.Ne5+ Kc7 37.Rc6+ Kb7 38.Rc5 Nb6 39.Nc6 Nxa4 40.Rxa5 Rxa5 41.Nxa5+ Kb6
42.Nc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhukova,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.e3 b5 9.Nc3 Nbd7
10.Qc2 b4 11.Na4 c6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.d4 Rc8 16.Qd2 Qe7
17.Rfc1 a5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bf1 h5 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Qd8 22.Bb5 Nf6 23.f3 Qd6
24.Nc5 Qb6 25.Bf1 Bc6 26.Rc2 Re8 27.Nd3 Nd7 28.Qc1 Bb5 29.Rc7 Kg8 30.Rc8 Rxc8
31.Qxc8+ Kg7 32.Nf4 Bc6 33.Bh3 Bb5 34.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khotenashvili,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Na4 Qc7 12.Re1 c5 13.e4 Nf4 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 15.dxc5 Nd7
16.Rc1 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.Rxc5 Rfd8 19.Qc2 a5 20.Bf1 Bf8 21.Rc4 Rac8 22.Qa4 Rxc4
23.Qxc4 Rc8 24.Qb5 Qc7 25.h3 Rb8 26.Qc4 Qb6 27.Ne5 Rc8 28.Qe2 Qd4 29.Nf3 Qa4
30.Qd3 Qc2 31.Qb5 Bc6 32.Qa6 Bd7 33.Ne5 Be8 34.Nc4 Rc5 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Bb5
37.Na3 Bxa6 38.Nxc2 Rxc2 39.Bxa6 Bxb4 40.Re2 Rxe2 41.Bxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qb3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 c5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.O-O bxc5 12.Rd1 d4 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.e4 Re8 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Na5 17.Bd2 Nc4 18.Qa4 Qb6 19.Bc1 d3 20.Qd7 Bf6 21.Rb1 Red8 22.Qf5 Nxa3
23.Ra1 Nc2 24.Ra4 g6 25.Qg4 h5 26.Qe4 Bb5 27.Ra2 Nb4 28.Ra3 Re8 29.Qf4 Nxd5
30.Qh6 Bg7 31.Qg5 Nb4 32.g4 hxg4 33.Qxg4 Nc2 34.Rc3 Qe6 35.Qh4 Qe2 36.Rf1 Qe4
37.Qh3 Qf5 38.Qg3 Rcd8 39.Rb3 c4 40.Rc3 Nd4 41.Nxd4 Rxd4 42.Bh3 Qh5 43.Be3 Rh4
44.Bg2 Be5 45.f4 Bxc3 46.bxc3 Rg4 47.Qf3 Rxe3 48.Qxe3 Bc6  0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cemhan,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.c4 Be7 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Rc3 Bb7
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Bd4 Rc8 18.Rh3 Bc6 19.Kh1 Bb5 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 g6 22.f5 Qb5
23.Qf3 exf5 24.Nc3 Qc4 25.Rd1 Bc5 26.b3 Qb4 27.Nxd5 Qa3 28.Ba1 Bf8 29.Qf4 Rc6
30.e6 Rxe6 31.Qd4 f6 32.Qc4 Rae8 33.Nc7 Nb6 34.Qh4 h5 35.Nxe8 Rxe8 36.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Solomons,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.h3 h6 8.Nf1 a6
9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Ng3 Nc6 13.d4 Re8 14.O-O Bf8 15.Re1 Qc7
16.a4 Rb8 17.d5 Nd8 18.axb5 axb5 19.b4 Nb7 20.Bd3 Bd7 21.Qe2 c4 22.Bc2 Ra8
23.Be3 Rec8 24.Nd2 Nd8 25.f4 g6 26.Qf2 Bg7 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Rf1 Ne8 29.Bb6 Qb7
30.Rxa8 Qxa8 31.Bxd8 Rxd8 32.Qxf7+ Kh7 33.Qe7 Qa7+ 34.Kh2 Ra8 35.Rf8 Qe3
36.Ndf1 Qxc3 37.Qxd7 Qxc2 38.Qf7 c3 39.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Mardin TUR"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mkrtchian,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "D41"]

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.Bd3 Nc6 12.e5 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Kd2 Rd8 15.Ke3 Bd7
16.Ng5 f5 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Ne4 Kf7 19.Rhc1 Bc6 20.Rc5 b6 21.Rh5 Kg7 22.Rc1 Rac8
23.Ba6 Bb7 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.d5 f5 27.Ng3 Rc3+ 28.Kf4 Rc4+ 29.Ke5 Kg6
30.f4 exd5 31.Rg5+ Kf7 32.Rxf5+ Ke7 33.Rh5 Nc6+ 34.Kxd5 Rc5+ 35.Ke4 Rc4+
36.Kf3 Rc3+ 37.Kg4 Rc2 38.Rxh7+ Ke6 39.h4 Rxg2 40.h5 Nd4 41.Kh3 Rxa2 42.h6 Ra3
43.Kg4 Ra2 44.Rh8 Rh2 45.h7 Kf7 46.Nh5 Ne6 47.Ra8 Nxf4 48.Kxf4 Rxh5 49.h8=Q  1-0

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.Nf1 Nb6 15.Ne3 Nac4
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bd6 18.b3 Nb6 19.c4 f5 20.Bb2 e4 21.Nd2 Bd7 22.Qe2 Rae8
23.Rad1 Rf7 24.a3 h6 25.Qh5 Be5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.b4 Qd6 28.Nb3 Na4 29.cxb5 cxb4
30.bxa6 bxa3 31.a7 Ra8 32.Nd2 Nb2 33.Ra1 Rxa7 34.Qh4 Rf8 35.Bb3 Kh7 36.Rec1 Nd3
37.Rcb1 Qe5 38.Ba2 e3 39.Nf3 exf2+ 40.Kh1 Qf6 41.Qc4 Ne5 42.Nxe5 Qxe5 43.Qc5 Rc7
44.Qxf2 Rc3 45.Re1 Qf6 46.Rad1 Rb8 47.Rd2 f4 48.Qa7 Qd6 49.Qd4 Rbc8 50.Bb1+ Kg8
51.Qe4 f3 52.Qh7+ Kf8 53.Bg6 fxg2+ 54.Kg1 Qb6+ 55.Rf2+ Qxf2+ 56.Kxf2  1-0

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Bg2 d5
9.O-O O-O 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.a4 Qe7 12.Na3 Bb7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.b4 a5 15.b5 c5
16.e3 Ne4 17.Qb2 c4 18.Nb1 Qb4 19.Qa3 f5 20.Nc3 Rae8 21.Ra2 Rf6 22.Ne2 h6
23.Ne1 g5 24.Nc2 Qb3 25.Na1 Qb4 26.Nc2 Qf8 27.Qxf8+ Nxf8 28.Ne1 Ng6 29.Nc3 Nxc3
30.Rxc3 f4 31.Ra1 Kg7 32.exf4 gxf4 33.Bf3 Ne7 34.Nc2 Nf5 35.Rd1 Nd6 36.Ne1 fxg3
37.hxg3 Ref8 38.Rd2 Nf7 39.Bg2 Re8 40.Nc2 Ng5 41.Re3 Rxe3 42.Nxe3 Nf3+ 43.Bxf3 Rxf3
44.Re2 h5 45.Kg2 Rf7 46.Nd1 Bc8 47.Nc3 h4 48.f4 Kf8 49.Re5 Rg7 50.Rg5 h3+
51.Kh2 Rxg5 52.fxg5 Be6 53.g4 Bxg4 54.Nxd5 Kg7 55.Kg3 Be6 56.Nf4 Bf5 57.Nd5 Kg6
58.Nxb6 c3 59.Nd5 c2 60.Nf4+ Kxg5 61.Ne2 Kf6 62.b6 Bc8 63.Nc1 Kf5 64.Kxh3 Ke4+
65.Kg2 Kxd4 66.Kf2 Kc5 67.Ke3 Kxb6 68.Kd3 Bf5+ 69.Kc3 Bg6 70.Nb3 Be4 71.Kb2 Bc6
72.Nxa5 Bxa4 73.Nc4+ Kc5 74.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.e4 a5 11.a4 Qc7 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 dxe4 14.dxe4 b5 15.Nf5 Nc5 16.Ba3 Rfd8
17.Qe2 Bf8 18.Rfd1 Rab8 19.Qe3 Ne6 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Nf3 Nf4 22.Bf1 h5 23.g5 Nd7
24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Nxe5 Qe6 26.Qxf4 Rbe8 27.Nxg6 fxg6 28.axb5 Kh7 29.Bc4 Qc8
30.Qh4 cxb5 31.Bxb5 Qc3 32.Rf1 Rd8 33.Bd3 Rxd3 34.cxd3 gxf5 35.Qxh5+ Kg8
36.g6 Rd8 37.Qh7+ Kf8 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qh4+ Kd7 40.exf5 Qxd3 41.Re1 Kc8 42.Rc1+ Kb7
43.Qe7+ Rd7 44.Qe6 Qb5 45.Qe4+ Qd5 46.Re1 Kb6 47.Qxd5 Rxd5 48.Re7 Rxf5 49.Rxg7 Kc5
50.h4 Kd6 51.Rf7 Kd5  1-0

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.d4 e6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.h3 Bh5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.g4 Bg6
9.h4 h5 10.gxh5 Bxh5 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Bb4 13.Qg4 Qe7 14.Nf3 f5 15.Qg6+ Qf7
16.Qg3 c5 17.Bd2 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Nc6 19.O-O-O O-O-O 20.Qf4 Rh5 21.Rhg1 Rdh8
22.Rg3 Qe7 23.Rdg1 Rxh4 24.Nxh4 Rxh4 25.Qf3 cxd4 26.Rxg7 Qc5 27.Bd2 Ncxe5
28.Rg8+ Kc7 29.Bf4 d3 30.c3 d4 31.R1g7 Rxf4 32.Rxd7+ Nxd7 33.Qxf4+ e5 34.Qg5 Qd5
35.Qd8+ Kc6 36.a4 d2+ 37.Kxd2 dxc3+ 38.Kxc3 Qd4+ 39.Kc2 Qxa4+ 40.Kd2 Qd4+
41.Ke1 Qe4+ 42.Kf1 Qh1+ 43.Rg1 Qh3+ 44.Ke2 Qh5+ 45.Kd2 Nc5 46.Qf6+ Kd5 47.Qd8+ Kc6
48.Qc8+ Kb5 49.Re1 Qf3 50.Qe8+ Kb4 51.Qe7 Qxf2+ 52.Re2 Qd4+ 53.Ke1 e4 54.Rc2 Qg1+
55.Kd2 Qd4+ 56.Kc1 f4 57.Kb1 Qd1+ 58.Rc1 Qd3+ 59.Ka1 b6 60.Rc3 Qa6+ 61.Kb1 Qf1+
62.Ka2 Qa6+ 63.Kb1 e3 64.Qd6 Qf1+ 65.Ka2 Qa6+ 66.Kb1 Qf1+ 67.Ka2 Qa6+ 68.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Chiburdanidze,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.c4 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Nc3 g6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.Rc1 Rad8 14.Bc4 c5 15.Qe2 Qc6
16.Bd3 f5 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qd6 19.Bc4 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Kh8 21.dxc5 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 Nxc5
23.b4 Qf6 24.Rcc1 Ne4 25.Nd4 Rd6 26.f3 Ng5 27.Nb5 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 a5 29.Nd6 Ba8
30.h4 Nf7 31.Nxf7+ Rxf7 32.Qd2 Kg7 33.Qd8 Qc3 34.Qd4+ Qxd4 35.Rxd4 axb4 36.axb4 e5
37.Rd8 Rc7 38.Bd5 Bxd5 39.Rxd5 Rc4 40.Rxe5 Rxb4 41.Re7+ Kg8 42.h5 gxh5 43.Re5 f4
44.e4 Kg7 45.Rxh5 b5 46.Rf5 Rb1+ 47.Kh2 b4 48.Rxf4 b3 49.Rf5 b2 50.Rb5 Kf6
51.Kg3 Ke6 52.Kf4 Kd6 53.e5+ Kc6 54.Rb8 Kd5 55.Kf5 Re1 56.Rb5+ Kd4 57.Rxb2 Rxe5+
58.Kf6 Re8 59.Rb7 h5 60.Rh7 Rg8 61.Rg7 Rh8 62.Re7 Rg8 63.Rg7 Rh8 64.f4 Ke3
65.f5 h4 66.Ke7 Kf4 67.f6 Ra8 68.f7 Ra7+ 69.Kd6 Ra6+ 70.Kd7 Ra7+ 71.Kc8 Ra8+
72.Kc7 Kf5 73.Rh7 Kg6 74.Rxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zatonskih,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 cxd4 10.b4 Qc7 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nb8 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Bc5 Bxc5 15.Nxc5 O-O
16.O-O f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qg5 Kg7 20.Rf3 a5 21.Rc1 b6 22.Nb3 a4
23.Nd2 Nxb4 24.Bb1 Nc6 25.Rcf1 Ba6 26.R1f2 Raf8 27.Rh3 Kg8 28.Qh6 Qg7 29.Qh4 e5
30.Rhf3 e4 31.Rh3 Ne7 32.Qg5 Nf5 33.Nf1 Bxf1 34.Rxf1 Rc6 35.Rc1 Rfc8 36.Kh1 b5
37.a3 Qe7 38.Qg4 Qxa3 39.Qd1 Qc5 40.Ba2 Rd6 41.g4 Ne3 42.Qe2 Nc4 43.f5 Rf8
44.Rf1 Rdf6 45.Qe1 gxf5 46.Qh4 Qc7 47.gxf5 Kh8 48.Qg5 Qg7 49.Qh5 Qf7 50.Qd1 Rxf5
51.Rg1 Qf6 52.Rhg3 Rf1 53.Qxd5 Rxg1+ 54.Rxg1 e3 55.Bb1 Qf3+ 56.Qxf3 Rxf3
57.Be4 Rf6 58.Kg2 a3 59.Rd1 Ra6 60.Kf3 a2 61.Ra1 Nd2+  0-1

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.f4 Qh4
9.Be3 Be7 10.Be2 c6 11.Nd2 Bf5 12.Nf3 Qh6 13.Nd4 Be4 14.Bf3 g6 15.Qe2 Qg7
16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.c4 Rd8 18.cxd5 Rxd5 19.Nf3 Nc5 20.Rad1 O-O 21.Rxd5 cxd5 22.Rd1 Rd8
23.Qb5 Qf8 24.f5 a6 25.Qe2 Ne4 26.f6 Bc5 27.Nd2 Ng5 28.Nb3 Bxe3+ 29.Qxe3 Ne6
30.h3 Kh8 31.Kh2 h6 32.Nd4 Nc5 33.Rc1 Kh7 34.b4 Nd7 35.a3 Re8 36.Nf3 Nxf6
37.Rc7 Ne4 38.Rxb7 Re7 39.Rb6 Qc8 40.Qf4 Kg7 41.Qe3 Re6 42.Rxe6 Qxe6 43.Qd4 g5
44.a4 h5 45.Kg1 g4 46.hxg4 hxg4 47.Ne1 g3 48.Nf3 Kg8 49.Qe3 Qc6 50.Nd4 Qxa4
51.Qc1 Qxb4 52.Qc8+ Qf8 53.Qg4+ Qg7 54.Qc8+ Kh7 55.Qf5+ Qg6 56.Qf4 Nc3 57.Qh4+ Kg7
58.Qf6+ Qxf6 59.exf6+ Kxf6 60.Kf1 Ke5 61.Nc6+ Ke4 62.Ke1 Ke3 63.Nb4 a5 64.Nc2+ Kd3
65.Na3 f5 66.Kf1 Kd2 67.Kg1 Kc1  0-1

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.e3 a6 11.bxa6 Nc6 12.Be2 e5 13.e4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Qb3 Bxa6
16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.exd5 e4 18.d6+ Kh8 19.d7 Nxd7 20.Qd5 e3 21.Nf3 Qd3 22.Rd1 Qc2
23.fxe3 Qxg2 24.Rf1 dxe3 25.Qg5 Qxb2 26.Rxd7 Qc3+ 27.Kd1 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Mamedjarova,Z"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Qc8 11.e4 d6 12.b4 O-O 13.Bb2 Nbd7 14.Qe2 Qb7 15.f3 Rfe8
16.Rfe1 Bf8 17.Rad1 Rac8 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Rc1 Rc7 21.Rc2 Ng6 22.N4b3 Nd7
23.f4 Rec8 24.Qf3 b5 25.Rec1 Nb6 26.Na5 Qa8 27.Bd4 Nd7 28.h4 e5 29.Bf2 exf4
30.gxf4 Nf6 31.Bg3 h5 32.e5 Ng4 33.Ne4 dxe5 34.f5 Nf4+ 35.Kg1 bxc4 36.Bxf4 exf4
37.Rxc4 Rxc4 38.Rxc4 Qa7+ 39.Kh1 Rxc4 40.Nxc4 Qe7 41.Ng5 Qe1+ 42.Kg2 Qc1
43.Na5 Qd2+ 44.Kg1 Qh2+ 45.Kf1 Qxh4  0-1

[Event "ACP Women Cup 2012"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cmilyte,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7
9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Be2 Ne5 13.O-O Nfd7 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Qxb6
16.Ra2 f5 17.Re1 Bb7 18.Bf1 Rec8 19.e4 fxe4 20.Ndxe4 Rf8 21.Bg5 Rae8 22.Qd2 c4
23.Be3 Qc7 24.Ng5 Nc5 25.Rd1 Bc8 26.Nce4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Bxh3 28.Rxa6 Bg4 29.Rc1 Qc8
30.Ra7 Bf3 31.Nxd6 Qg4 32.Qd4 Qxd4 33.Bxd4 Bxd5 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Nxe8+ Rxe8
36.f4  1-0

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Abdulla,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bb6 Qf4 12.Bd3 d5 13.g3 Qb8 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Be3 e5
16.Nb6 Bh3 17.Nxa8 Qxa8 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Re1 h5 21.Qe2 Kf8 22.Bxa6 h4
23.Qb5 hxg3 24.hxg3 Be6 25.Bb7 Qb8 26.Rad1 d4 27.a4 Bc4 28.Qc6 Rh6 29.Kg2 Be6
30.Rh1 Rxh1 31.Rxh1 g6 32.a5 Kg7 33.a6 Bf5 34.f3 Qa7 35.Qe8  1-0

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arabidze,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O c5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.dxc5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 bxc5 13.Qa4 Qc7 14.e4 O-O 15.Be3 Ne5
16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Bc6 Bxc6 18.Qxc6 Rfc8 19.Qb7 Rab8 20.Qxa7 Qxe4 21.Bxc5 Bxc3
22.Rac1 Rb7 23.Qxb7 Qxb7 24.Rxc3 Qb2 25.Rfc1 e5 26.h3 Kg7 27.R3c2 Qb5 28.Bb4 Rxc2
29.Rxc2 g5 30.Rc3 h5 31.Re3 Kg6 32.Bc3 f6 33.g3 Qd5 34.Kh2 Qa2 35.Be1 Qc4
36.Kg1 Qe6 37.Kh2 e4 38.a4 f5 39.a5 Qa2 40.g4 Qc4 41.gxf5+ Kxf5 42.Kg2 Qa4
43.Bd2 Qa2 44.Bb4 Qc4 45.Bd2 Qd5 46.Be1 h4 47.Bb4 g4 48.hxg4+ Kxg4 49.Be1 Qb7
50.Kh2 Qc7+ 51.Kg2 Qc6 52.Kh2 Qd6+ 53.Kg2 Kf5 54.Bc3 Qg6+ 55.Kh2 Qa6 56.Kg2 Qg6+
57.Kh2 Kg4 58.Kg2 Qc6 59.Kh2 Qh6 60.Be1 Qc6 61.Bc3 Qb7 62.Kg2 h3+ 63.Kh2 Qf7
64.Rg3+ Kf5 65.Kxh3 Qa2 66.Kg2 Qd5 67.Re3 Qg8+ 68.Rg3 Qd5 69.Re3 Qg8+ 70.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Schleining,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 e6
9.Nde2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.O-O Re8 12.h3 Be6 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Qf3 Nh5 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Na4 Qc7 17.c3 Nf6 18.Nc5 Ne4 19.Rfe1 Bf5 20.Nd3 Rad8 21.Rad1 h6 22.Ba4 Ng5
23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Re3 Re4 25.Bc2 g4 26.Qg3 Qxg3 27.Rxg3 Re2 28.Ba4 gxh3 29.gxh3 Rd6
30.b3 Bxc3 31.Nc1 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 Bxe1 33.Ne2 c5 34.Nf4 Ba5 35.Bb5 Be4 36.Kf1 Rf6
37.Ne2 Bb6 38.Nc3 c4 39.Nxe4 dxe4 40.Bxc4 Rxf2+ 41.Ke1 Kg7 42.Be2 Rh2 43.Kd1 Kh6
44.b4 f5 45.Bc4 f4 46.Rg4 Be3 47.h4 Rd2+ 48.Ke1 Rd4 49.Bf7 Rd6 50.Ke2 Kh5
51.Rg5+ Kxh4 52.Rxg6 Rd2+ 53.Ke1 f3 54.Rf6 f2+ 55.Kf1 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivakhinova,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ng3 b5
10.e4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Nb6 15.b3 Ng6 16.Be3 a5
17.Rfb1 Bd7 18.Bf1 Ne7 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 a4 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Be8 23.Qd4 f6
24.b5 Bg6 25.Be3 Rb8 26.Bd3 f5 27.Bg5 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Nbxd5 30.Qxa4 h6
31.Bd2 Qb6+ 32.Kh1 Rf2 33.Ne4 Rf5 34.Qc4 Rc8 35.Qd3 Qb8 36.h3 Kh8 37.b6 Nxb6
38.Qxd6 Qb7 39.Rxb6 Qxe4 40.Re1 Rc1 41.Rxc1 Rf2 42.Rg1 Nf5 43.Qb8+ Kh7 44.Rb4 Qd5
45.Be1 Re2 46.Qf4 Re3 47.Kh2 Re2 48.Ra4 Qe6 49.Ra5 Ne3 50.Bf2 Nd5 51.Qf3 Re4
52.Re1 Rxe1 53.Bxe1 Ne3 54.Bg3  1-0

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Umudova,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.g4 a5 14.gxh5 Nxh5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.a4 bxa4 17.Nxa4 Qc7 18.Rg1 Rh8 19.Qd4+ Nf6 20.Nb6 Qa7 21.Qf2 Rab8 22.Nc4 Qxf2+
23.Kxf2 a4 24.Bxa4 Be6 25.b3 Bxc4 26.bxc4 Rxh4 27.Bb5 Nh5 28.Ra7 e5 29.Rg4 Rh1
30.Ke3 Rh2 31.Ra6 Nf4 32.Rxf4 exf4+ 33.Kxf4 Rxc2 34.Rxd6 Rc3 35.e5 Rh8 36.Ke4 Rh4+
37.Kd5 Rd3+ 38.Kc6 Rxf3 39.c5 Rb4 40.Rd5 Rc3 41.Kb6 g5 42.c6 g4 43.Rc5 Rxc5
44.Kxc5 Rxb5+ 45.Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Isgandarova,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nb8 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nd4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Bc5
9.O-O d6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Nc3 a5 13.Na4 Ba7 14.Kh1 g5 15.Bg3 Qe7 16.Nc3 Rb8
17.f4 Bg4 18.Qe1 Nh5 19.e5 d5 20.f5 f6 21.h3 Nxg3+ 22.Qxg3 Bh5 23.exf6 Qd6
24.Qxd6 cxd6 25.g4 Bf7 26.Nd1 Bd4 27.c3 Bxf6 28.Rc1 Rfe8 29.Rc2 c5 30.Rd2 d4
31.cxd4 Bxd4 32.Nc3 Re3 33.Kg2 Kf8 34.Be2 d5 35.Bf3 Re5 36.Nd1 Be8 37.Nf2 Bb5
38.Rfd1 a4 39.h4 Bc4 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Nh3 Be3 42.Re1 Bxd2 43.Rxe5 Rxb2 44.Kg3 Bf1
45.Re6 Ba5 46.Rf6+ Ke7 47.Re6+ Kd7 48.Bd1 Bc7+ 49.Kf3 Bxh3 50.Bxa4+ Kc8 51.f6 Bf4
52.Re2 Bxg4+  0-1

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ozturk,Ku"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.e4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 Bxc6
9.f3 e6 10.Be3 Bb4+ 11.Kf2 Nf6 12.a3 Be7 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Nb3 Ne5 15.Be2 b6
16.Rac1 Ba4 17.Nd4 O-O 18.f4 Ng6 19.Rc4 b5 20.Rcc1 b4 21.axb4 e5 22.fxe5 Bxb4
23.Nf3 a5 24.Bc4 Bd7 25.Rhd1 Bg4 26.Bd5 Rac8 27.h3 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Nxe5 29.Ke2 Rb8
30.f4 Ng6 31.Kf3 Rfe8 32.Bd4 Rbc8 33.Bc4 h5 34.b3 Rcd8 35.e5 Nh4+ 36.Ke4 g6
37.Bb6 Rb8 38.Bc7 Rbc8 39.Rd7 Rf8 40.e6 Nf5 41.exf7+ Kh7 42.Rcd1 a4 43.Ba6 Ra8
44.Bb7 Ra7 45.Bb6 Rxb7 46.Rxb7 axb3 47.Ke5 b2 48.Bf2 Ba3 49.Rd3 Be7 50.Ke6 Kg7
51.Bd4+ Nxd4+ 52.Rxd4 Bf6 53.Rd1 h4 54.f5 g5 55.Rg1 Bd8 56.Rb8  1-0

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goryachkina,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qc2 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.O-O Bc5 10.Nbd2 Ba7 11.b3 b5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Rb8 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.Qg4 O-O
16.Nxd4 Ne5 17.Qf4 Ng6 18.Qd2 e5 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Qe1 e4 22.Qc3 f6
23.Nd4 Rbc8 24.Nf5 Qf8 25.Qa5 Bc5 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Bh3 Rc7
30.Bd4 Bd6 31.Rxc7 Bxc7 32.Bc5 Kf7 33.Nd6+ Bxd6 34.Bxd6 Ne7 35.Kf1 Nd5 36.Ke1 g6
37.Kd2 f5 38.Be5 Ke6 39.Bb2 a5 40.Bf1 e3+ 41.fxe3 Ne7 42.e4 Bxe4 43.e3 Bc6
44.Bc3 a4 45.bxa4 bxa4 46.Kc2 Nd5 47.Bc4 Kd6 48.Bd4 Nc7 49.Kb2 Nb5 50.Bg7 Kc5
51.Bg8 Bd5 52.Bxh7 a3+ 53.Ka1 Bf7 54.h4 Nd6 55.Bf8 Kd5 56.Bxd6 Kxd6 57.h5 gxh5
58.Bxf5 Ke5 59.Bc2 Bd5 60.Bd1 Bf7 61.Bf3 Bg6 62.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Molchanova,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 e6 5.d4 Nf6 6.h3 Bh5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.g4 Bg6
9.h4 h5 10.gxh5 Bxh5 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Bb4 13.Qg4 Qe7 14.Nf3 f5 15.Qg3 c5
16.Kf1 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Nc6 18.Rg1 Kf8 19.Bg5 Qf7 20.Be3 Re8 21.Ng5 Qh5 22.Ne4 Re7
23.Nd6 cxd4 24.Bg5 Ndxe5 25.Bxe7+ Kxe7 26.cxd4 Nf3 27.Nxb7 Nxg1 28.Qxg7+ Qf7
29.Qxh8 Qg6 30.h5 Qg4 31.h6 Nf3 32.Qg7+ Qxg7 33.hxg7 Kf7 34.c3 Kxg7 35.Ke2 Ng5
36.f3 Kf6 37.Nc5 f4 38.Rb1 Na5 39.Nd7+ Ke7 40.Ne5  1-0

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mammadova,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Nh6 8.g4 Bg7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.d3 f6 11.exf6 exf6 12.Be3 f5 13.g5 Nf7 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.h4 Qb4
16.Ne2 Qxb2 17.O-O b6 18.a3 Qb5 19.Ra2 c4 20.Nf4 c5 21.h5 Qc6 22.Nh4 Nxg5
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Nfxg6 Nf3+ 25.Nxf3 Qxg6+ 26.Ng5 c3 27.Qc1 Bb7 28.f3 Rae8
29.Kg2 Bd5 30.Ra1 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 f4 32.Qe7 Re8 33.Qxe8+ Qxe8 34.Ne4 Bxe4 35.dxe4 Qg6+
36.Kf2 Bd4+ 37.Ke2 c4  0-1

[Event "European Ind w 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Foisor,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 c6 11.f4 Ned7 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Qd2 a5 14.O-O a4 15.Bf3 Qc7
16.Rab1 Rfb8 17.Rfd1 Ra5 18.Qc2 Rb4 19.a3 Rb3 20.Rd3 h5 21.Rbd1 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Rxc5
23.e5 Rxc4 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Kh1 d5 26.f5 g5 27.Bxh5 Qb8 28.R1d2 Kg7 29.Re3 Qf4
30.Re1 Rxb2 31.Qxb2 Bxc3 32.f6+ Qxf6 33.Qa2 Bxd2 34.Qxd2 Re4 35.Rc1 Rc4 36.Rd1 e5
37.Kg1 Qf4 38.Qb2 Qe3+ 39.Kh1 Rf4 40.h3 d4 41.Qc2 Qxa3 42.Qxc6 Qb3 43.Qe8 Qe6
44.Qxe6 fxe6 45.Kg1 Rf8 46.Ra1 e4 47.Rxa4 Rd8 48.Ra6 Kf6 49.Bg4 Ke5 50.Rxe6+ Kf4
51.Bh5 Ra8 52.Rxe4+ Kxe4  1-0

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Borosova,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nb8 4.Bf1 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 b5
9.Bb3 O-O 10.a4 Bb7 11.d3 d6 12.Nbd2 Na5 13.Ba2 c5 14.Nf1 h6 15.Ng3 Re8 16.Nh4 d5
17.Nhf5 dxe4 18.Bxh6 Bf8 19.Bg5 exd3 20.Nh5 dxc2 21.Qxc2 e4 22.Qc3 Nd5 23.Qg3 Qb8
24.Bf4 Qc8 25.Nhxg7 Nxf4 26.Nxe8+  1-0

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gvetadze,Sopi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e5 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 d4 8.Na3 Bd6 9.Nc2 Ne7
10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 f6 12.a3 O-O 13.e3 dxe3 14.Nxe3 Nc5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Ne6
17.Qb3 Bc7 18.Bb2 Qd7 19.h4 Kh8 20.Rfe1 Rad8 21.Rbd1 Bb6 22.c5 Bc7 23.Rd2 Nd5
24.Nh2 Bf7 25.Nc4 Nd4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Nf3 Nc3 28.Rc2 Rfe8 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Qb2 Bg6
31.Nd6 Bxd6 32.cxd6 Qxd6 33.Nxd4 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Na4 35.Qa3 Qxd4 36.Qxa4 Qxd3
37.Rb2 Qd4 38.Ra2 Re8 39.b5 Qxa4 40.Rxa4 cxb5 41.Rb4 Bd3 42.Bxb7 Rb8 43.Bd5 Rd8
44.Bc6 g6 45.Kg2 Kg7 46.Be4 Bc4 47.Bf3 f5 48.Rb1 Rb8 49.Rb4 Kf6 50.Bd1 Ke5
51.Kf3 Kd4 52.Kf4 Kc3 53.Rb1 b4 54.Kg5 Bd3 55.Ra1 Rb7 56.Ra8 b3 57.Rc8+ Kd2
58.Bxb3 Rxb3 59.Rc7 Ke2 60.f4 Be4 61.Rxh7 Rxg3+ 62.Kf6 Kf3 63.Ke5 Rg4 64.h5 gxh5
65.Rxh5 Rxf4 66.Rh3+ Kg4 67.Rh8 Rf1 68.Rg8+ Kf3 69.Rb8 Rd1 70.Rh8 Rd5+ 71.Kf6 Ra5
72.Kg5 f4+ 73.Kh4 Ke3 74.Rb8 f3 75.Rb3+ Bd3  0-1

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Ne4 dxe5 15.fxe5 O-O
16.Bd3 Nb4 17.Nf6+ gxf6 18.Qh4 Nxd3+ 19.Rxd3 Kh8 20.Re1 Bxg2 21.Rd7 Qxd7
22.Qxf6+ Kg8 23.Re3 Rfd8 24.Rg3+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.Qh4+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Batsiashvili,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nxd5  1-0

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.h3 Bb6
9.Re1 f6 10.b4 Be6 11.a4 a5 12.b5 Nce7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Qd7 15.Qb3 Kh8
16.Nbd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Nc8 18.Qc2 Nd6 19.Bb3 Ne7 20.c4 c5 21.bxc6 Nxc6 22.d4 Nb4
23.Qb1 e4 24.Nxe4 Bxc4 25.Nxd6 Bxb3 26.Qxb3 Qxd6 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Nd2 Rc6 29.Rc4 Re8
30.Rxc6 Qxc6 31.Nc4 Qd5 32.Nd2 Qc6 33.Nc4 b6 34.Na3 h6 35.Nb5 Kh7 36.Qb1+ g6
37.Rc1 Qe6 38.Rc7+ Re7 39.Rxe7+ Qxe7 40.e4 Qe6 41.d5 Qf7 42.Qf1 f5 43.d6 Na6
44.exf5 gxf5 45.Qe2 Nc5 46.Qe7 Kg6 47.Nc7 Qc4 48.Qe8+ Kf6 49.Qe7+ Kg6 50.Qe8+ Kf6
51.Qe7+ Kg6 52.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 g6 6.Ne5 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nb5 Qd8 10.c3 a6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Na3 Qd6 13.Be2 Nd5 14.Nc4 Qf6 15.Bf3 Rd8
16.Ne5 Bb7 17.Nd3 Rab8 18.Re1 Bc8 19.Qe2 Re8 20.Ne5 Rb6 21.g3 Qe6 22.Qd1 Bxe5
23.Rxe5 Qd7 24.c4 Nf6 25.b3 Ng4 26.Re1 Qf5 27.Re4 h5 28.Bb2 a5 29.Rf4 Qd7
30.c5 Rb8 31.d5 cxd5 32.Bxd5 Nh6 33.Qf3 e5 34.Rf6 Kg7 35.Re1 c6 36.Rxe5 cxd5
37.Rxf7+ Nxf7 38.Re7+ d4 39.Qxf7+  1-0

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B67"]

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.f3 Be7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.g4 b5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.g5 Nd7 14.Ne2 O-O 15.Nd4 Bb7
16.h4 d5 17.h5 dxe4 18.g6 Nc5 19.h6 fxg6 20.hxg7 Rf5 21.Bh3 Qc7 22.Kb1 exf3
23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Bf4 Qb6 25.Be5 f2 26.Rh2 Ne4 27.Qh6 Ng5 28.Nxf5 Qc5 29.Qxh7+  1-0

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Nb3 Bd7 10.Be2 h5 11.f4 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Rhf1 Rdg8 14.g3 Kb8 15.Kb1 Na5
16.f5 Rc8 17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.Nb5 Qxd2 19.Rxd2 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Rc5 21.Bd3 Kc7 22.Rf4 Re5
23.c3 d5 24.exd5 Rxd5 25.Kc2 exf5 26.Rdf2 Bc5 27.R2f3 Bd6 28.Rh4 f4 29.gxf4 Rg8
30.Rg3 Re8 31.Rg7 Re7 32.f5 Rd7 33.Rh3 Bxh2 34.Rh7 Bf4 35.R7xh5 Re7 36.R5h4 Bd6
37.Rh7 Bf4 38.Rf3 Bg5 39.b4 b6 40.a4 a5 41.Bc4 Rd2+ 42.Kb3 axb4 43.cxb4 Kd6
44.Rxf7 Rxf7 45.Bxf7 Rd4 46.Bc4 Re4 47.Rd3+ Kc7 48.Rd1 Re3+ 49.Bd3 Bf4 50.Kc4 Kb7
51.Rh1 Re7 52.Rh8 Bd2 53.Rf8 Bg5 54.Rd8 Bf4 55.Rd4 Be5 56.Rg4 Rd7 57.Be4+ Kc7
58.Bd5 Bd6 59.Be6 Rh7 60.Kb5 Kb7 61.Bd5+ Ka7 62.Rg8 Bb8 63.Rf8 Rd7 64.Be6 Re7
65.Rxf6 Be5 66.Rf8 Kb7 67.a5 bxa5 68.bxa5 Bg7 69.Rg8 Bd4 70.a6+ Kc7 71.Rc8+ Kd6
72.Rd8+ Ke5 73.Rxd4 Kxd4 74.Kb6 Ke5 75.a7 Re8 76.Bc8 Ke4  1-0

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Muzychuk,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.d3 Nh6 10.Bf4 Nf5 11.Ne4 Nd4 12.c3 Ne6 13.Be3 b6 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Bh6 Bh8
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.d4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rd8 19.Qe3 Ng7 20.Qf4 Nf5 21.Bg5 f6 22.exf6 Qxf4
23.Bxf4 exf6 24.Nc3 Kf7 25.d5 cxd5 26.Nxd5 Bb7 27.Nc7 Rac8 28.Nb5 a6 29.Nbd4 Nxd4
30.Nxd4 f5 31.Ne6 Rxd1 32.Ng5+ Kg8 33.Rxd1 h6 34.Ne6 g5 35.Be3 f4 36.Bxb6 Bd5
37.Nc5 Bxa2 38.b4 Bc4 39.Ba5 Re8 40.h3 Bc3 41.Rc1 Re1+ 42.Rxe1 Bxe1 43.Ne4 Kg7
44.g3 Kg6 45.gxf4 gxf4 46.f3 Bd5 47.Kg2 Kf5 48.Nc5 Bc4 49.Ne4 Ke6 50.Nc5+ Kd5
51.Nd7 Bb5 52.Nf6+ Kc4 53.Ne4 Bc6 54.Bc7 Bxe4 55.fxe4 Bxb4 56.Bxf4 h5 57.Bc7 a5
58.Bxa5 Bxa5 59.e5 Kd5 60.Kg3 Be1+ 61.Kg2 Kxe5 62.h4 Kf4 63.Kh2 Kf3 64.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bodnaruk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.a4 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Re1 h6 14.Nd2 Nh7 15.Nf1 Ng5
16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Nf6 18.Qe2 Qc4 19.f3 Qxe2 20.Rxe2 Ne6 21.Rd2 Kh7 22.Bf2 g6
23.h4 Rfe8 24.Ra4 Nd7 25.Nd5 Bd8 26.Nfe3 Ndc5 27.Ra2 Nd4 28.b4 Nce6 29.c3 Nb5
30.Rd3 Kg7 31.g3 h5 32.Be1 Rc6 33.Kf1 Rc8 34.Rg2 Rh8 35.f4 Na3 36.f5 Nf8
37.f6+ Bxf6 38.Nb6 Ne6 39.c4 Nxc4 40.Nexc4 Rc6 41.Rxd6 Nd4 42.Rd7 g5 43.hxg5 Bxg5
44.Nxe5  1-0

[Event "European Ind w Rapid 2012"]
[Site "Gaziantep TUR"]
[Date "2012.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 d6
9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 Bd7 11.Qg3 g6 12.Rae1 h5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.fxe5 Ng4
16.Bxg4 hxg4 17.Qf4 Rh7 18.Rd1 g5 19.Qg3 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Bd4 Qa5 22.Qd3 Rh6
23.Qe3 Qb4 24.b3 Be7 25.a4 Rh4 26.g3 Rh7 27.Nd1 Qa5 28.c4 Bf3 29.Bb6 Qb4
30.Nf2 Qa3 31.Qd3 Rh8 32.Bd4 Kf8 33.Qe3 Kg7 34.Ra1 Qb4 35.a5 Bc6 36.Nxg4 Rd8
37.Nf6 Bxf6 38.exf6+ Kg6 39.h4 gxh4 40.gxh4 Kh7 41.Qe5 Rg8+ 42.Kf1 Rg2 43.Qe3 Qd2
44.Qxd2 Rxd2 45.Be3 Rd3 46.Ke2 Rxb3 47.Rg1 Rb2+ 48.Bd2 Kh8 49.Rg7 Be8 50.h5 Rb1
51.h6 Rh1 52.Bf4 Rh5 53.Ke3 Rh4 54.c5 Rh5 55.Bg5 Bc6 56.Kf4 Be8 57.Ke5 Rh1
58.Kd6 Rd1+ 59.Ke7 Bc6 60.Kxf7 e5 61.Ke6 e4 62.f7 Bd5+ 63.Ke7 Bxf7 64.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "13th TCh-RUS w 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bodnaruk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Bf3 Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Qc7 12.Re1 Rfc8 13.Be3 h6 14.Qd2 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6
16.Na5 Nc4 17.Nxc4 Bxc4 18.Rec1 Qb7 19.b3 Be6 20.Qd3 Bd8 21.Ra2 Bb6 22.Bd2 Bc5
23.h3 Bb4 24.Rd1 Bc5 25.Be1 Re8 26.Ne2 a5 27.Nc3 Bd7 28.Na4 Bd4 29.Bc3 Bb5
30.Qd2 Nxe4 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.Qxd4 Bc6 33.Nb6 Ra6 34.Nc4 Qb4 35.Nxd6 Qxd4 36.Rxd4 Nc3
37.Nxe8 Nxa2 38.Rd6 Bb5 39.Rd8 Bxe8 40.Rxe8+ Kh7 41.Be4+ g6 42.Re7 Kg7 43.Bd3 Ra8
44.Bc4 Kf6 45.Rxf7+ Ke5 46.f4+ Kd4 47.Bd3 Nb4 48.Bxg6 Rc8 49.Re7 Rc6 50.Be4 Rc5
51.c4 Na2 52.f5 Nc3 53.Bc2  1-0

[Event "13th TCh-RUS w 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Severiukhina,Z"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Re8 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.axb5 Nxb3 12.cxb3 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Nxb5 d5 15.exd5 Bb4
16.Bd2 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Bxd5 18.Nxe5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qd5+ 20.Nf3 Qxb5 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8
22.Qf4 Nd5 23.Qe4 Qd8 24.h4 g6 25.Ne5 Kg7 26.Qd4 f6 27.Nc4 c5 28.Qe4 Nb4
29.Ne3 Nxd3 30.Qb7+ Kh8 31.Ng4 f5 32.Nh6 Qxh4 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Nxf5+ gxf5 35.Qd7+ Kg6
36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Qd7+ Kh6 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qd7+ Kg6 40.Qe8+ Kg7 41.Qd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th TCh-RUS w 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Re1 O-O
16.b4 Qd7 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Bf4 a5 19.g4 d2 20.Bxd2 Bxb1 21.Qxb1 axb4 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.cxb4 Bxb4 24.Bxb4 Nxb4 25.Qe4 Qd5 26.Qxd5 Nxd5 27.Rc1 b4 28.Nd4 h5 29.e6 fxe6
30.Nxe6 hxg4 31.hxg4 Re8 32.Rc6 Re7 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Nc5 g6 35.b3 Re5 36.Nd3 Re4
37.g5 Re6 38.Rc4 Rb6 39.Re4 Re6 40.Rd4 Rd6 41.Nxb4 Nxb4 42.Rxb4 Ke6 43.Rf4 Ke5
44.Rf7 Rb6 45.Rxc7 Rxb3 46.Rf7 Rb4 47.Rf6 Rg4 48.Rxg6 Kf5 49.Rg8 Rxg5 50.Rxg5+ Kxg5
51.Kg2 Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th TCh-RUS w 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.e4 b5 7.e5 exd5 8.exf6 d4 9.a3 Ba5
10.b4 dxc3 11.bxa5 Qxf6 12.Qd5 Re8+ 13.Kf2 c2 14.Ra2 Bb7 15.Qxb7 Qd4+ 16.Kg3 Qe5+
17.Kh3 Qh5+ 18.Kg3 Qe5+ 19.Kh3 Qh5+ 20.Kg3 Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th TCh-RUS w 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kovanova,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 Qc8 12.Bg5 Re8 13.d5 Nb8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Na3 Nd7
16.Nc2 a5 17.b4 a4 18.Qd3 Qb7 19.Ne3 g6 20.Rec1 Ra7 21.Qd1 Nb6 22.c4 bxc4
23.Nxc4 Nxc4 24.Rxc4 Qb5 25.Qc2 Bd8 26.Nd2 Rf8 27.Nb1 f5 28.Qe2 fxe4 29.Nc3 Qb6
30.Nxe4 Be7 31.Ra3 c6 32.Qd2 cxd5 33.Qxd5+ Kg7 34.b5 Rb7 35.Raxa4 Bh4 36.Ra6 Bxf2+
37.Kh2 Bg1+ 38.Kh1 Qxb5 39.Qxb5 Rxb5 40.Rc7+ Kh6 41.Kxg1 d5 42.Nf6 e4 43.h4  1-0

[Event "13th TCh-RUS w 2012"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timofeeva,Ekaterina"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qxc4 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Rc8 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.d4 b5 10.Qd3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Qd1 b4 13.Na4 Qa5 14.b3 Nd5 15.a3 Bxa4
16.axb4 Qb6 17.Bxd5 Rd8 18.Rxa4 Rxd5 19.Bb2 Bxb4 20.Qa1 Bc5 21.Ra6 Qb7 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Rxe6+ Kf7 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Bxe5 Re8 26.Qc3 Qd5 27.Bxg7 Rxe2 28.Qf6+ Ke8
29.Bh6 Bd4 30.Qf4 a5 31.h4 Bc5 32.Qg4 Bxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Qd1+ 34.Rf1 Rg2+ 35.Kxg2 Qxg4
36.Rf3 Qe4 37.Bf4 Ke7 38.g4 Ke6 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kh3 Qh1+ 41.Kg3 Kd5 42.Re3 Kd4
43.h5 Qf1 44.g5 Qg1+ 45.Kh3 Qd1 46.Kh4 Qb1 47.Kg4 Qc2 48.Kg3 Kc5 49.Kg4 Qd1+
50.Kh4 Qg1 51.Re5+ Kb4 52.Re3 Qg2 53.Bd6+ Kb5 54.Bf4 Kc5 55.Re5+ Kd4 56.Re3 Kd5
57.Re5+ Kc6 58.Re6+ Kd7 59.Re3 Qd5 60.Kg4 Qd4 61.Kg3 Qd5 62.Kg4 Qf7 63.Rd3+ Ke8
64.Re3+ Kf8 65.Be5 Qd7+ 66.Kg3 Kf7 67.Bf4 Qd1 68.Kh4 Qf1 69.Kg4 Qh1 70.Rf3 Qd1
71.Kg3 Qg1+ 72.Kh3 Ke6 73.Bg3 Qd1 74.Re3+ Kf7 75.g6+ hxg6 76.hxg6+ Kxg6 77.Re6+ Kf7
78.Re5 Kg6 79.Re6+ Kf7 80.Re5 Qd7+ 81.Kg2 Kf6 82.Kh2 Qd1 83.Kh3 Kf7 84.Kh2 Qa1
85.Kh3 Qa2 86.Re3 Kg6 87.Kg4 Kf7 88.Kh3 Qb2 89.Re5 Qc3 90.Kh2 Kf6 91.Rd5 Ke6
92.Rd6+ Kf5 93.Rb6 Kg4 94.Rg6+ Kf3 95.Kh3 Qc8+ 96.Kh4 Qh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Mammadova,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.g4 d5 7.Bg2 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 dxe4
9.dxe4 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Nf6 11.e5 Nxg4 12.Ke1 Bd7 13.h3 Nh6 14.Ng5 Nf5 15.Ne4 b6
16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.Kf2 Rad8 18.Be4 Na5 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.a4 Bc6 21.Re1 Nc4 22.Be3 h6
23.a5 Nxe3 24.Kxe3 b5 25.Red1 Ke6 26.h4 a6 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rg1 b4 29.cxb4 c4
30.h5 g5 31.fxg5 Kxe5 32.c3 hxg5 33.Nh7 f6 34.Nxg5 fxg5 35.Rxg5 Rd3+ 36.Ke2 Bf3+
37.Kf2 Kf4 38.Rg6 Rd2+ 39.Ke1 Ke3 40.Re6+ Be4  0-1

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qh6 Re8 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rae1 c5 15.c4 dxc4
16.Bxc4 Bf5 17.c3 Rad8 18.Re3 Qf8 19.Qg5 Qe7 20.Qh6 Qf8 21.Qg5 Qe7 22.Qh6 Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.05.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Re1 Bg7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 a5 12.Qc2 Nc5 13.Be3 Nfd7 14.b3 f5 15.a3 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qf6 18.b4 Qf5 19.Ng5 Qxe4 20.Nxe4 Nf6 21.f3 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Kf7
23.c5 axb4 24.axb4 Ke7 25.b5 Kd7 26.c6+ bxc6 27.bxc6+ Ke7 28.Rab1 Ra4 29.Rb7 Rc8
30.g3 Bf6 31.Bb6 Kd8 32.Rf1 Be7 33.Rf7 Ke8 34.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 e5
9.c3 Qc7 10.Qc2 g6 11.Re1 Bg7 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.Ne3 Ne7 17.Bf1 Bg7 18.Bc4 Kh7 19.Nh4 Bc6 20.a4 Qb7 21.f3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 a6
23.b3 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Be2 Bd7 26.Qd3 Be6 27.Qxb5 Qxb5 28.Bxb5 Bxb3 29.Rd7 Nc8
30.c4 h5 31.Rd3 Ba2 32.Rd2 Bh6 33.Nhg2 h4 34.gxh4 Bb1 35.Rd1 Ba2 36.Ra1 Bb3
37.Ra3 Bxc4 38.Nxc4 Bg7 39.Ra8 Rd8 40.Nge3 Bf6 41.Ba6  1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bb6 Qb8 12.Bf3 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.c4 O-O 15.Be3 a5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nb6 Ra6 18.Nxc8 Rxc8 19.Bd4 Bd6 20.g3 Be5 21.Re1 Re6 22.Bxe5 Rxe5
23.Qd4 Re6 24.Rac1 h6 25.Red1 Ree8 26.Qd2 a4 27.Qd4 Qb5 28.Rc3 Rxc3 29.Qxc3 Rb8
30.Qd4 Qxb2 31.Qxa4 Rd8 32.Qb3 Qxb3 33.axb3 Rb8 34.Rd3 Rb4 35.Kf1 d4 36.Ke2 Nd7
37.Bd5 Ne5 38.Rd1 d3+ 39.Kd2 Rb5 40.Bc4 Nxc4+ 41.bxc4 Rb2+ 42.Kxd3 Rxf2 43.c5 Kf8
44.Re1 Ra2 45.c6 Ra6 46.Rc1 Ra8 47.Kd4 Ke7 48.Kc5 Kd8 49.Rd1+ Kc8 50.Rd7 Ra5+
51.Kb6 Ra2 52.Rxf7 Rb2+ 53.Kc5 Rxh2 54.Rxg7 h5 55.Kd6 Rd2+ 56.Ke5 Rc2 57.c7 Rc4
58.Kf5 h4 59.g4 Rxc7 60.Rg8+ Kd7 61.Rh8 Rc5+ 62.Kf6 Rc6+ 63.Kf7 Rc3 64.g5 Rf3+
65.Kg7 h3 66.g6 Ke7 67.Rh4 Rg3 68.Re4+ Kd6 69.Kh7 h2 70.Rh4 Rg2 71.g7 Kd5  1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Bg2 d5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.e4 Nxe5
16.exd5 Rad8 17.Re1 Qf6 18.f4 Nd3 19.Ne4 Qd4+ 20.Nf2 exd5 21.Rad1 Qc5 22.Re3 Nxf2
23.Qxf2 d4 24.Re5 Qc3 25.Re7 Rfe8 26.Qxd4 Qc8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qd5 h6 29.f5 Qc2
30.Bf3 Bc8 31.Qc6 Qxc6 32.Bxc6 Rf8 33.Rd5 g6 34.f6 Bf5 35.Kf2 Rc8 36.Rd6 g5
37.Ke3 Kh7 38.Kd4 Kg6 39.Ke5 a5 40.a3 g4 41.b4 axb4 42.axb4 h5 43.b5 Kg5
44.Rd2 Be6 45.Rd4 h4 46.gxh4+ Kxh4 47.Kf4 Rh8 48.Rd2 Rh5 49.Be4 Rxb5 50.Rd8 Rh5
51.Re8 Kh3 52.Rd8 Kxh2 53.Rd2+ Kg1 54.Rb2 b5 55.Bg2 Rc5 56.Be4 Bd7 57.Bd3 Rc3
58.Rd2 Bc6 59.Kg3 Bf3 60.Kf4 b4 61.Ke3 b3 62.Rb2 g3 63.Kd4 Rc6 64.Rb1+ Kh2
65.Rxb3 g2  0-1

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 h4
10.Bd3 e6 11.O-O Bf8 12.Ne2 Be7 13.b3 a5 14.c4 Kf8 15.Bf2 Na6 16.Nc3 Nf5
17.c5 Nb8 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Rfc1 Kg7 20.a3 Qc7 21.Kh2 Ra7 22.Rc2 Rha8 23.Qe2 Rh8
24.Rc3 Qd8 25.Ra2 Qc7 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 b5 29.Nc3 Qc7 30.Rca1 Rha8
31.Bxf5 Rxa2 32.Rxa2 Rxa2 33.Qxa2 exf5 34.Qa8 Nf8 35.Nxd5 cxd5 36.Qxd5 Qa7
37.Qb3 Ne6 38.Be3 g5 39.fxg5 Qa1 40.Qd3 f4 41.Bf2 Bxg5 42.d5 f3 43.Qxf3 Qxe5+
44.Kh1 Nf4 45.d6 Ne2 46.Qa3 Ng3+ 47.Kg1 Ne2+ 48.Kh1 Ng3+ 49.Kg1 Qe2 50.Qa1+ Bf6
51.Bd4 Bxd4+ 52.Qxd4+ f6 53.Qa1 Qe3+ 54.Kh2 Qf4 55.Kg1 Ne2+ 56.Kh1 Ng3+ 57.Kg1 Qxb4
58.Kh2 Qxc5 59.Qd1 Qc8 60.d7 Qd8 61.Qg4+ Kf7 62.Qxh4 Qxd7 63.Qxg3 Qd5 64.Qc7+ Kg6
65.Qc2+ Qf5 66.Qd2 Qe4 67.Qd8 Qe5+ 68.Kh1 Qe1+ 69.Kh2 Qe5+ 70.Kh1 Qe1+ 71.Kh2 Qe6
72.Qd3+ Qf5 73.Qd8 Qf4+ 74.Kh1 Qc1+ 75.Kh2 Qc4 76.Qe8+ Kg7 77.Qd7+ Kh6 78.Qd6 Kg6
79.Qg3+ Kf7 80.h4 Qd5 81.Qc7+ Kg6 82.Qc2+ Kh6 83.Qc8 Qe5+ 84.Kh3 Kg7 85.Qg4+ Kh6
86.Qc8 Kg7 87.Qg4+ Kh6 88.Qc8 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Rg6 11.Qe3 Qa5 12.Bd2 e5 13.Ng3 Qa4 14.f3 exf3 15.gxf3 Qh4
16.Qf2 Be6 17.Bd3 Rg8 18.Nf5 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 O-O-O 20.Nd6+ Kc7 21.Rhg1 Nd7
22.Be3 h5 23.Rab1 b6 24.Nb5+ Kb8 25.Be4 Kb7 26.Rgd1 Bh3 27.Bxc6+ Kxc6 28.Rd6+ Kb7
29.c6+ Ka6 30.Nc7+ Ka5 31.cxd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Rg2+ 33.Ke1 Bxd7 34.Rb4 Rxh2
35.Bd2 b5 36.c4 Kb6 37.Nxb5 Rh1+ 38.Ke2 Rh2+ 39.Kd3 Bf5+ 40.Kc3 a5 41.Rb1 Kc6
42.Na7+ Kc7 43.c5 Rf2 44.c6 Rxf3+ 45.Kc4 Kd6 46.Bxa5 Be6+ 47.Kb5 h4 48.Rd1+ Ke7
49.Bb4+ Kf6 50.c7 h3 51.c8=Q Bxc8 52.Nxc8 h2 53.Nd6 Kg5 54.Rh1 Rh3 55.Nxf7+ Kf5
56.Bd6 Rh7 57.Nxe5 Ke6 58.Nc4 Kd5  1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Tan Zhongyi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Nd7 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Nc5 15.Qg6+ Kd7
16.Nd4 Qe8 17.Qc2 Qf7 18.dxe6+ Nxe6 19.Qa4+ Kc8 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.c5 bxc5 22.O-O h5
23.h4 gxh4 24.Qxh4 Kd7 25.Kh2 Rag8 26.f3 Qxe3 27.Rae1 Qg5 28.Qh3+ Kc6 29.Bh4 Qf4+
30.Bg3 Qc4 31.Bh4 Bc8 32.g4 hxg4 33.fxg4 Qxg4  0-1

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bb3 Nf6
10.Be3 Qe7 11.a4 O-O 12.Nbd2 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.b4 exd4 15.cxd4 cxb4 16.Bg5 h6
17.Bh4 g5 18.Nxg5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Qe6 20.e5 dxe5 21.dxe5 Ng4 22.Ne4 b3 23.Bb1 Nxe5
24.Qh5 f5 25.Re3 Qg6 26.Qh4 Rac8 27.Rg3 Qh7 28.Qf4 fxe4 29.Qd2 Nac4 30.Qd5+ Rf7
31.Bxe4 Qh5 32.Bf6 Kh8 33.Bg6 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship 2012"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Khurtsidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 c5 9.cxd5 exd5
10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.exd4 Bd6 13.Qd2 Nb4 14.Bb1 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Ng5 Re8
17.Ba3 a5 18.Rfe1 f5 19.f3 h6 20.Nh3 Nd3 21.Bxd3 Bxa3 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.fxe4 Bxc1
24.Rxc1 Rxe4 25.d5 b5 26.Bxb5 Qb6+ 27.Nf2 Qxb5 28.Nxe4 fxe4 29.d6 Qb6+ 30.Kh1 e3
31.Qd3 Rd8 32.d7 Qe6 33.Rf1 Qg4  0-1

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.c3 h6 12.Ba2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ne4 Nb8 15.b4 Nd7
16.Bd2 Bc6 17.Bb3 Re6 18.d4 Bb7 19.Ng3 bxa4 20.Bxa4 e4 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Ne5 Qe8
23.Qb3 Nb6 24.Ra5 Rd8 25.Bc1 f6 26.Ng4 Bd5 27.Qc2 Nc4 28.Ra1 h5 29.Ne3 Nxe3
30.fxe3 Bc4 31.Qf2 Rd5 32.Ne2 g5 33.Bd2 Bd6 34.Ra5 Rxa5 35.bxa5 h4 36.d5 Re5
37.Qxf6 Qe7 38.Qg6+ Qg7 39.Qh5 Rxd5 40.Qe8+ Bf8 41.Qxe4 Ba2 42.Nd4 c5 43.Qc2 Bc4
44.e4 Rd7 45.Nf5 Qg6 46.Be3 Bd3 47.Qd2 Qf7 48.Bf2 Qf6 49.h3 Bb5 50.Qc2 Qe6
51.Qc1 Qg6 52.Rd1 g4 53.Rxd7 Bxd7 54.Nxh4 Qxe4 55.Qg5+ Bg7 56.hxg4 Bxg4 57.Qxc5 Be5
58.Nf3 Bxf3 59.Qc8+ Kg7 60.Qd7+ Kg6 61.Qe8+ Kg7 62.Qd7+ Kg6 63.gxf3 Qxf3
64.Qe6+ Qf6 65.Qg8+ Kf5 66.c4 Qd6 67.Qf7+ Ke4 68.Kg2 Kd3 69.c5 Qc6+ 70.Qf3+ Qxf3+
71.Kxf3 Bc7 72.c6 Bxa5 73.Kf4 Bc7+ 74.Kf5 a5 75.Ke6 a4 76.Bc5 Kc4 77.Bd6 Ba5
78.Kd7 Kb3 79.c7 Bxc7 80.Kxc7 a3 81.Bxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cmilyte,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd3 Nge7
9.Nc3 Nb4 10.Qd1 Qg6 11.h4 h5 12.a3 Nbc6 13.Be3 d6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.Bd3 f5 17.Bg5 Rd7 18.Rhe1 Kb8 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Be4 Ncd4 21.f4 Rc8 22.Bd3 Rc5
23.Kb1 Qf7 24.Rc1 Rdc7 25.Bd8 R7c6 26.Be4 Rc8 27.Bb6 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Nb5 29.c4 Nxa3+
30.Ka1 Nxc4 31.Qb4 exf4 32.Rb1 Qf6+ 33.Bd4 Qxd4+ 34.c3 Qb6 35.Qa4 Ka7 36.Bxb7 Qa5
37.Qxa5 Nxa5 38.Bxc8 Bxc8 39.Re4 g6 40.Rxf4 Ne3 41.Rf7+ Nb7 42.Rc7 Kb8 43.Rg7 Nxg2
44.Rxg6 Nxh4 45.Rxd6 Bf5 46.Rb4 a5 47.Rb5 Kc7 48.Rh6 Bg6 49.Rg5 Be4 50.Rg7+ Kb8
51.Re7 Bf3 52.Rf7 Bg4 53.Rh8+ Ka7 54.Rhh7 Bf3 55.Rf4 Bg4 56.Rxg4 hxg4 57.Rxh4 Kb6
58.Rxg4 Kb5 59.Kb2 Nc5 60.Ka3 Ne6 61.Rh4 Nc5 62.c4+ Kc6 63.Rh6+ Kd7 64.Kb2 Kc7
65.Kc3 Kb7 66.Kd4 Nb3+ 67.Kd5 a4 68.c5  1-0

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosintseva,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nf3 b6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qb4 Qe7 11.Qa4 O-O 12.Rc1 a5 13.a3 Ba6 14.e3 Rfc8 15.Nbd2 Qd8
16.Bf1 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Ne8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rc5 20.Nb3 b5 21.Qd4 Rc4 22.Qd2 Qc7
23.Nd4 Rc8 24.Rxc4 bxc4 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.b3 f6 27.exf6 Nxf6 28.bxc4 dxc4 29.Kg1 Qd5
30.Qb2 Ng4 31.Qb6 e5 32.Nf5 Qd7 33.Nd6 Rf8 34.Qc5 h6 35.Qxc4+ Kh8 36.Ne4 Qf5
37.Rf1 Rc8 38.Qd5 Rf8 39.Nd6 Nxe3 40.Qc5 Qd3 41.Qxe3 Qxd6 42.Rc1 a4 43.Rc4 Rb8
44.Kg2 Qd5+ 45.Qe4 Qxe4+ 46.Rxe4 Rb3 47.Rxa4 e4 48.Ra8+ Kh7 49.a4 Ra3 50.a5 Ra2
51.Kf1 Kg6 52.a6 Kg5 53.h3 h5 54.a7 Ra1+ 55.Ke2 Ra2+ 56.Ke3 Ra4 57.Kd2 Ra2+
58.Kc3 Ra4 59.Kb3 Ra1 60.Kc4 Ra5 61.Kd4 Ra4+ 62.Ke5 Kg6 63.Kf4 Kh7 64.Kf5 g6+
65.Kf6 Ra6+ 66.Ke5 Ra4 67.Ke6 Kg7 68.Kd5 Ra1 69.Kxe4 Re1+ 70.Kd3 Rd1+ 71.Ke2 Ra1
72.f4 Ra3 73.g4 h4 74.f5 Ra2+ 75.Kd3 Ra3+ 76.Kc4 gxf5 77.gxf5 Ra4+  1-0

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.f4 Bb4 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O cxd4
10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Qd3 Nbd5 14.Bd2 Ne7 15.g4 b5 16.g5 Ne8
17.Bc2 Nf5 18.Nc6 Qd6 19.Nxb4 Qxb4 20.Ne4 Qxd4+ 21.Qxd4 Nxd4 22.Bd3 Nc7 23.Bb4 Re8
24.a4 bxa4 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.Nxc8 Raxc8 27.Rxa4 Nc6 28.Rc1 Nxb4 29.Rxb4 a5 30.Rb7 Nd5
31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.f5 Nf4 33.Bc4 Kf8 34.b3 Nh3+ 35.Kg2 Nxg5 36.h4 Ne4 37.fxe6 fxe6
38.Bxe6 Rc2+ 39.Kf3 Nc5 40.Rb8+ Ke7 41.Bg8 Rc3+ 42.Kf4 h6 43.Rb5 Ne6+ 44.Bxe6 Kxe6
45.Rxa5 Rxb3 46.Ra4 Rb5 47.Kg4 Kf6 48.h5 Rg5+ 49.Kh4 Rd5 50.Rf4+ Rf5 51.Ra4 Ke5
52.Ra5+ Ke4 53.Ra4+ Kf3 54.Ra3+ Ke4 55.Ra4+ Ke5 56.Ra5+ Ke4 57.Ra4+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Be7 6.h3 Bf6 7.d4 exd4 8.Qe2 c5
9.Rd1 Bd7 10.c3 Bb5 11.Qe1 d3 12.Na3 Qd7 13.e5 Be7 14.Nxb5 Qxb5 15.Qe4 Rd8
16.c4 Qb6 17.Rxd3 Rxd3 18.Qxd3 Nh6 19.Qe4 O-O 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8
23.Qg4+ Kf8 24.Qd7 Be7 25.b3 a5 26.g3 h5 27.h4 h6 28.Kg2 Qa6 29.Qc8+ Kg7
30.Qxc7 Bf8 31.Qd7 Kg6 32.Ne1 Qa8 33.Nd3 b5+ 34.f3 bxc4 35.Nf4+  1-0

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 Nb4
9.Nf3 Ba6 10.c4 c5 11.a3 Nc6 12.Bd2 h6 13.Bc3 Qe6 14.O-O-O Be7 15.Nd2 Rb8
16.f4 Nd4 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Nf3 Qb6 19.Qc2 Qa5 20.Qd2 Qxd2+ 21.Rxd2 c5 22.Bd3 Bb7
23.Kc2 Bc6 24.b3 O-O 25.Re2 Rb6 26.Be4 f5 27.exf6 Bxe4+ 28.Rxe4 Bxf6 29.Nd2 Bd8
30.Rf1 Ra6 31.a4 Raf6 32.g3 g5 33.b4 cxb4 34.Rxd4 gxf4 35.gxf4 R8f7 36.Ne4 Re6
37.f5 Re5 38.Nd6 Rg7 39.Re4 Bf6 40.Rf2 Rge7 41.Rfe2 Kf8 42.h3 h5 43.Rxe5 Rxe5
44.Rxe5 Bxe5 45.Ne4 a5 46.Kb3 Ke7 47.Kc2 Bf4 48.Kb3 d6 49.Kc2 Kf7 50.Kb3 Ke7
51.Kc2 Kf7 52.Kb3 Ke7 53.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Galliamova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.b4 Nf6
9.a4 bxa4 10.Rxa4 Be7 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.Na2 Nd7 15.Na5 Nxa5
16.Rxa5 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Re1 e5 19.Qd2 Ne8 20.c4 Nc7 21.c5 Qc6 22.Nc3 Rfd8
23.Qc2 dxc5 24.bxc5 Rd4 25.Rb1 Rad8 26.Bf1 Bc8 27.Rb6 Qe8 28.h3 h6 29.Qc1 Ne6
30.c6 Nc7 31.Nd5 Na8 32.Rb8 Be6 33.Rxd8 Qxd8 34.c7 Nxc7 35.Nxc7 Bc4 36.Rc5 Bxf1
37.Nd5 Qh4 38.Qxf1 Qxe4 39.Ne3 Rd6 40.Qa1 Re6 41.Rc8+ Kh7 42.Qb2 Qf4 43.Qb8 a5
44.Rh8+ Kg6 45.Qg8 Rd6 46.Qh7+ Kf6 47.Re8  1-0

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 c6 5.d4 d6 6.Ne2 O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.O-O Re8
9.Be3 Ba5 10.a4 a6 11.g4 Nf8 12.Ng3 Ng6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nxf4 15.Rxf4 Nd7
16.Qd3 Qb6 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.Qd1 Ng6 19.Rf2 Qd8 20.Nce2 Bc7 21.Qd2 d5 22.e5 Be6
23.Rbf1 c5 24.c3 cxd4 25.cxd4 Rf8 26.Nh5 Qh4 27.Neg3 f6 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Nh5+ Kh8
30.Qh6 Rg8 31.Rxf6 Rae8 32.Rf7 Bxf7 33.Rxf7 Nf8 34.Rxc7 Rg6 35.Rxh7+ Nxh7
36.Qxg6 Rg8 37.Qf7 Qg5 38.Qxd5 Nf8 39.Kh2 Qd2 40.Qd6 Nh7 41.e6 Qe3 42.d5 b5
43.axb5 axb5 44.Qf4 Qxf4+ 45.Nxf4 Kg7 46.Nh5+ Kh6 47.d6  1-0

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Danielian,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.Qd2 Nxc5 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Rh3 h6 12.Nge2 Rd8 13.Qf4 Nd7 14.Rg3 Rg8 15.Re3 Rb8
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 g5 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Qg3 Qc5 20.Qg4 b5 21.b4 Qc6 22.Qh5 a5
23.Nxd5+ exd5 24.e6 Rg6 25.exd7+ Kxd7 26.Bd3 Rg7 27.Qh8 Qf6 28.Rxd5+ Kc6
29.Rc5+ Kd6 30.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qf4 Qb8 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.e4 a6 14.h3 Ra7 15.Qe3 Ba8 16.Qe2 Rad7
17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Bc6 19.Rad1 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.b4 Ne8 22.R4d2 Rc8 23.Bf1 Rb7
24.Qe3 Nf6 25.Bd3 Nd7 26.Ne2 Nb6 27.Rc2 Nc4 28.Qc1 Rbc7 29.Qa1 Nxb2 30.Qxb2 Qb7
31.Qd4 f5 32.Rdc1 fxe4 33.Bxe4 Bxe4 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Rxc7 Qxc7 36.Qxe4 Qc4
37.Nd4 Kf7 38.Qf3+ Bf6 39.Qb7+ Kg6 40.Qe4+ Kf7 41.Qb7+ Kg6 42.Qe4+ Kf7 43.Qb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th WGP Kazan 2012"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Yildiz,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bc2 d5
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Bg4 12.e5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 g5 14.Bg3 Qd7 15.a4 b4
16.Ne2 Qh3 17.f4 a5 18.Qd3 Rb8 19.b3 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.O-O-O Kd7 22.f5 Rhf8
23.Qf3 Bg7 24.Ng1 Rxf5 25.Qe2 Qg2 26.Bxf5+ Nxf5 27.Nf3 Nfxd4 28.Nxd4 Nxd4
29.Qg4+ Kc6 30.Rhe1 Nxb3+ 31.Kb1 Bf8 32.Re6+ Bd6 33.Qe2 Qh3 34.Bxd6 Qf5+
35.Kb2 cxd6 36.Qa6+ Kc5 37.Qxd6+ Kc4 38.Re2 Rf8 39.Qc6+  1-0

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Classical"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Qb8 12.a5 Rc8 13.h3 Bd8 14.Nd2 Rc5 15.Na4 Rc6
16.Nc3 Rc5 17.Na4 Rc8 18.Nc3 b6 19.axb6 Nxb6 20.Nf1 Nc4 21.Na4 Nb6 22.b3 Nxa4
23.Rxa4 Bb6 24.Ne3 a5 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.exf5 Ra7 27.Bg5 Bd8 28.Bxf6 Bxf6 29.Bd5 Qb6
30.Re3 Rac7 31.c4 Rb8 32.Rd3 h6 33.Be4 Be7 34.Qh5 Bf6 35.h4 Ra7 36.g4 Qd8
37.Rh3 Kf8 38.Bd5 e4 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 Bxg5 41.Rxa5 Rc7 42.Qh8+ Ke7 43.Qxg7 Qg8
44.Rh7 Qxg7 45.Rxg7 Kf6 46.Rh7 Rxb3 47.Bxe4 Rxc4 48.Rxf7+ Kxf7 49.Bd5+ Kf6
50.Bxc4 Rb2 51.Kf1 Bh4 52.Be2 Rb1+ 53.Kg2 Rb2 54.Kf3 Rb3+ 55.Kg2 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Classical"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd5 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Ne4 c5 15.Bg5 Nb4
16.Qc1 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Rad8 19.a3 Nd5 20.Rd2 h6 21.Qh4 Qc7 22.a4 Qxe5
23.Bf3 b4 24.Rc1 Nf6 25.Rdc2 b3 26.Rc3 Rd4 27.Qh3 c4 28.Qf1 Rd2 29.Rxc4 Qxb2
30.Kg2 Qa3 31.R1c3 Nd5 32.Bxd5 exd5 33.Rc8 Qxa4 34.Qc1 Rxe2 35.Rf3 Rc2 36.Rxc2 bxc2
37.Rc3 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 d4 39.Rxc2 d3 40.Rc7 Rd8 41.Qd2 Qe2 42.Qf4 Qa2 43.Qh4 Qd5
44.Rc5 d2  0-1

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Classical"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shen Yang"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Bg2 d5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.a4 Qe7 12.Na3 Bb7 13.b4 a5 14.b5 c5 15.e3 Rfd8 16.Qb2 Ne4
17.Nd2 Nd6 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Nab1 Rac8 20.Nc3 cxd4 21.exd4 Nf6 22.Re1 Qd7 23.Re5 Nc4
24.Nxc4 dxc4 25.d5 Re8 26.Qe2 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 Qd8 28.Re1 Kf8 29.h3 Rc5 30.g4 h6
31.f4 Ne8 32.g5 hxg5 33.fxg5 Nd6 34.h4 Rc7 35.h5 Re7 36.Qxe7+ Qxe7 37.Rxe7 Kxe7
38.Kf2 Bc8 39.Ne4 Bg4 40.h6 gxh6 41.gxh6 Bf5 42.Ke3 Bxe4 43.Bxe4 Kf8 44.Kf4 f6
45.Bc2 Kg8 46.Kg4 Kf8 47.Kh5 Kf7 48.Bg6+ Kf8 49.Bb1 Kf7 50.Bc2 c3 51.Kg4 Nc4
52.Kh5 Nd6 53.Bd3 Nc8 54.Bf5 Kf8 55.Bd3 Kf7 56.Kg4 Nd6 57.Kf4 Ke7 58.h7 Nf7
59.Kf5 Nh8 60.d6+ Kf7 61.d7 Ke7 62.d8=Q+ Kxd8 63.Kxf6 Ke8 64.Kg7 Nf7 65.Bg6 Ke7
66.Bxf7 c2 67.h8=Q c1=Q 68.Qe8+ Kd6 69.Qe6+ Kc5 70.Qc6+ Kb4 71.Qxc1  1-0

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Classical"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ding Yixin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Re8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Be3 Bf8 14.Qd2 h6 15.Rec1 Bc4
16.h3 Rac8 17.Qd1 d5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Qd6 20.Be4 Nf6 21.Bf5 Rb8 22.Ba7 Ra8
23.Bc5 Qxd5 24.Bxf8 Qxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Kxf8 26.Nc5 g6 27.Bd7 Red8 28.Ba4 Rdb8
29.b3 Bb5 30.Bxb5 axb5 31.Rd6 b6 32.Rxf6 bxc5 33.Rc6 Rc8 34.Rxc8+ Rxc8 35.a6 Ra8
36.a7 Ke7 37.Ra6 Kd7 38.g4 Kc8 39.Kg2 Kb7 40.Rf6 Rf8 41.Kf3 Kxa7 42.Ke4 Rd8
43.Rxf7+ Kb6 44.Rf6+ Ka5 45.c3 g5 46.Rc6 c4 47.bxc4 bxc4 48.Rxc4 Kb5 49.Rc7 Rd2
50.Rf7 Kc4 51.Kxe5 Rd3 52.Rc7+ Kb5 53.Kf5 Rxh3 54.Kg6 Rh4 55.f3 Rh3 56.Rc8 Kb6
57.c4 Kb7 58.Rh8 Kc7 59.Rxh6 Rxf3 60.Kxg5 Rc3 61.Re6 Rxc4 62.Kh5 Kd7 63.Re1 Rc2
64.g5 Rg2 65.Kh6 Kd8 66.g6 Kd7 67.g7 Rg3 68.Re5 Rh3+ 69.Kg6  1-0

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Classical"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8
9.h3 c6 10.a4 a5 11.Bf4 Nbd7 12.g4 Nc5 13.Re1 Ne6 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.Nb3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Qxc5
17.Qd2 Nd7 18.Kh1 Nb6 19.b3 h5 20.g5 g6 21.f4 Bg7 22.e5 d5 23.Ne2 Be6 24.Nd4 Nc8
25.Rf1 Qf8 26.Bf2 Ne7 27.Qc3 Rec8 28.Ne2 Nf5 29.Rfd1 Qd8 30.Qe1 Qc7 31.Qg1 Bf8
32.Kh2 Qe7 33.Nc1 Qe8 34.Nd3 Ng7 35.Qe1 Bf5 36.Bb6 Ne6 37.Be3 Be7 38.Qe2 Qf8
39.c3 Qe8 40.Qf2 Qf8 41.Qe2 Qe8 42.Qf2 Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Qb8 12.a5 Rc8 13.Be3 Bd8 14.Be2 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Nxe4
16.Qd3 f5 17.c4 Be7 18.Bf3 Ndf6 19.Rab1 Qc7 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 e4 22.Be2 d5
23.Bf4 Qc8 24.Rb6 Bc5 25.Rxe6 Qxe6 26.cxd5 Qd7 27.d6 Rd8 28.Rd1 h6 29.h3 Kh7
30.Qc3 Rc8 31.Qe5 Ba7 32.c4 Re8 33.Qc3 Qc6 34.Be5 e3 35.f3 Nd7 36.Bxg7 Re6
37.Bd4 Bxd4 38.Qxd4 Kg6 39.Qf4 Nf6 40.g4 fxg4 41.hxg4 Kg7 42.c5 Nd7 43.Qd4+ Kg6
44.Bd3+ Kg5 45.Qg7+ Kf4 46.Be2 Kg3 47.Qf7 Re5 48.Rd4 Kh3 49.g5 Kg3 50.Qh5  1-0

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.a4 b4 10.d3 c5 11.a5 a6 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.e4 Bc6 16.Rfd1 Bb5
17.b3 Ne8 18.d4 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc5 20.Rd2 Qe7 21.e5 h6 22.Qd1 g5 23.Be3 Bxe3
24.Nxe3 Bc6 25.Ng4 h5 26.Rc1 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Rxc1 28.Nh6+ Kg7 29.Qxc1 Nxe5 30.Bg2 Kxh6
31.h4 Ng6 32.Rd4 Ng7 33.Rc4 Rd8 34.Rc6 Kh7 35.hxg5 Rd6 36.Rc4 Qd8 37.Qe3 Qxa5
38.Be4 Qa1+ 39.Kg2 Qd1 40.Rxb4 Nf5 41.Qc5 Rd7 42.Ra4 h4 43.Bxf5 exf5 44.Qxf5 hxg3
45.Qh3+ Kg8 46.Qxg3  0-1

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shen Yang"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Bg2 d5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.a4 Qe7 12.Na3 Bb7 13.a5 c5 14.Nb5 dxc4 15.bxc4 cxd4
16.Nfxd4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Nc5 18.f3 e5 19.Nf5 Qd8 20.Qg5 Ne6 21.Qe3 e4 22.fxe4 Ng4
23.Qc3 Qg5 24.h4 Qh5 25.Nc7 Nf6 26.Nxa8 Qxe2+ 27.Kg1 Nxe4 28.Qe3 Qg4 29.Rf1 Rd8
30.axb6 Nd2 31.Rad1 axb6 32.Rxd2 Rxa8 33.Qf3 Qxf3 34.Rxf3 g6 35.Nh6+ Kg7
36.Nxf7 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Nc5 38.Ne5 Re1 39.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ding Yixin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Re8 12.a5 Rc8 13.Be3 Qc7 14.h3 h6 15.Re2 Bc4
16.Rd2 Bf8 17.Nc1 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.b3 Bb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Qe2 b4 22.Ra6 Rb8
23.Na2 d5 24.exd5 e4 25.Bg4 Nbxd5 26.Ra7 Rb7 27.Rxb7 Qxb7 28.Bd4 Ra8 29.Nc1 Nc3
30.Bxc3 bxc3 31.Rd1 Ra1 32.Qe1 Qc7 33.Be2 Bc5 34.Bc4 Qf4 35.b4 Bb6 36.Be2 Rxc1
37.Rxc1 Bxf2+ 38.Qxf2 Qxc1+ 39.Bf1 e3 40.Qf3 Qxc2 41.Qxe3 Qb2 42.Qd4 Qd2
43.Bd3 g6 44.Qc4 Qe1+ 45.Kh2 Qe5+ 46.Kg1 Nd5 47.b5 Nf4 48.Be4 Qf6 49.Kh2 g5
50.b6 Qxb6 51.Qxc3 Qd6 52.g3 Ne2 53.Qe3 Nd4 54.Bd3 Kg7 55.Qe4 f5 56.Qb7+ Kg6
57.Bc4 Ne6 58.Qc8 Qd2+ 59.Kh1 Qe1+ 60.Kg2 Ng7 61.Qc6+ Kh7 62.Qd5 Qe8 63.Bd3 Qf8
64.g4 Qb8 65.Qd4 Qb7+ 66.Kf2 Qb8 67.gxf5 Qh2+ 68.Ke1 Qg3+ 69.Kd2 Qg2+ 70.Kc1 Qc6+
71.Bc2 Nxf5 72.Qd3 Qh1+ 73.Kb2 Qb7+ 74.Kc1 Qh1+ 75.Kb2 Qb7+ 76.Kc1 Qh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Huang Qian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Be3 h6 14.Nd2 Rfe8 15.Nf1 Bf8
16.h3 Kh7 17.g4 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Ng3 Qb7 20.Bc1 Red8 21.Qd3 Bc4 22.Qe3 d5
23.exd5 Nbxd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Nxd5 26.Qe4+ f5 27.Nxf5 Qb4 28.Nd4+ Kh8
29.Ne6 Qxe4 30.Rxe4 Nf6 31.Re1 Rd6 32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.b3 Rc8 34.c4 Rb8 35.Re3 Rdb6
36.Ra3 Nd7 37.Bd2 Kg8 38.b4 Kf7 39.Rad3 R8b7 40.Rd5 Re6 41.c5 e4 42.Bc3 Rc7
43.Rf5+ Kg6 44.f3 a5 45.Rxe4 Rxe4 46.fxe4 axb4 47.Bxb4 Nb8 48.Rd5 Nc6 49.Bc3 Kf7
50.Rf5+ Ke6 51.Kf2 Ra7 52.Rd5 Ne7 53.Rd6+ Kf7 54.Ke3 Ra4 55.Kd3 g6 56.h4 h5
57.g5 Ke8 58.Bf6 Ra3+ 59.Kd4 Ra4+ 60.Ke3  1-0

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.h3 Bh5 6.d3 e6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 f6 9.c4 Ne7
10.d4 O-O 11.Nbd2 a5 12.a3 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 Qd7 16.N2f3 a4
17.Nh4 Bf7 18.f4 N5c6 19.b4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Rac8 21.Rac1 Bb8 22.Kh2 Qb5 23.e4 Nc6
24.Qf2 Ba7 25.Qd2 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Rfd8 27.Qg2 Be3 28.Rcd1 Bb3 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8
30.Bc1 Bb6 31.Re1 Bd5 32.Nf5 Bxe4 33.Qxe4 Qd5 34.b5 Qxe4 35.Rxe4 Nd4 36.Nxd4 Rxd4
37.Re6 Ba5 38.Be3 Rd3 39.Bb6 Kf7 40.f5 Rd2+ 41.Kh1 Bxb6 42.Rxb6 Rd7 43.Kg2 g6
44.g4 gxf5 45.gxf5 Kg7 46.h4 Rd2+ 47.Kf3 Rd7 48.Ke4 h5 49.Ke3 Kf7 50.Ke4 Ke7
51.Re6+ Kf7 52.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 c4 13.b4 Nb7 14.a4 Bd7 15.Na3 Rfc8 16.h3 g6
17.Be3 Nh5 18.Qd2 Qd8 19.Ra2 Qe8 20.g4 Ng7 21.Nh2 Nd8 22.f4 exf4 23.Bxf4 f6
24.Nf3 Nf7 25.Bd1 Ne5 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Bh6 Qd8 28.Be2 Ne8 29.Be3 Nd6 30.Qc2 a5
31.Nxb5 axb4 32.cxb4 Bxb5 33.axb5 Rxa2 34.Qxa2 Nxe4 35.Bxc4 Bxb4 36.Rf1 Qd6
37.Bd3 Bc5 38.Bxe4 Bxe3+ 39.Kh1 Bb6 40.Qb3 Kg7 41.Qf3 Rc4 42.h4 Bd4 43.h5 Rc3
44.Bd3 Bb6 45.Qe4 Qa3 46.Rd1 Qb3 47.Rd2 Rc1+ 48.Kh2 Qc3 49.Rc2 Rxc2+ 50.Bxc2 Qd2+
51.Kh3 Qc1 52.d6 Qf1+ 53.Qg2 Qxb5 54.hxg6 hxg6 55.g5 Qd7+ 56.Kh2 Qxd6 57.Qb7+ Bc7
58.gxf6+ Kxf6 59.Qe4 Kg7 60.Bd3 Bb6 61.Qb7+ Bc7 62.Qe4 Bd8 63.Kg2 Bg5 64.Qb7+ Kh6
65.Qa8 Bf6 66.Qe4 Be7 67.Kf3 Bg5 68.Ke2 Qf6 69.Qg4 Bh4 70.Bxg6 Qxg6 71.Qxh4+ Qh5+
72.Qxh5+ Kxh5 73.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Shen Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.O-O g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.d4 O-O
9.d5 Ne7 10.Bxd7 Nxd7 11.c4 a5 12.Nc3 Kh8 13.Rb1 Ng8 14.a3 Bh6 15.b4 b6 16.Nd2 f5
17.Nb3 axb4 18.axb4 Bxc1 19.Qxc1 Ngf6 20.Qc2 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Qf6
23.f3 Qf7 24.Ree1 Nf6 25.Nd2 Ra3 26.Ra1 Rfa8 27.Rxa3 Rxa3 28.Qb2 Ra8 29.f4 Nd7
30.fxe5 Nxe5 31.Nf3 Qf6 32.Nxe5 dxe5 33.Qxe5 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 Ra4 35.Re7 Rxb4
36.Rxc7 Rb1+ 37.Kf2 Rd1 38.Ke2 Rd4 39.Ke3 Rd1 40.Rb7  1-0

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding Yixin"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.d4 d6 8.h3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nf8 10.Ng3 Ng6 11.g5 Nd7 12.Nf5 Ndf8 13.Ne2 d5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Neg3 dxe4
16.Bxe4 Neg6 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Be3 Ne6 19.Rad1 Bd7 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Be8
22.Rfd1 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Kf8 24.Nf5 Ngf4 25.h4 g6 26.Nh6 Ke7 27.Rd2 f5 28.gxf6+ Kxf6
29.Ng4+ Ke7 30.c4 b6 31.f3 Rc8 32.b4 h5 33.Nf2 c5 34.bxc5 bxc5 35.Kh2 Rd8
36.Rb2 Kf6 37.Rb7 Rd7 38.Rb8 Bf7 39.Bc6 Rc7 40.Ne4+ Ke5 41.Ba4 Nd4 42.Kg3 Nde2+
43.Kf2 Nd4 44.Rf8 Nd3+ 45.Kg2 Rb7 46.Bb3 Nf5 47.Bg5 Nf4+ 48.Kf1 Ne6 49.Rc8 Nxg5
50.hxg5 Kf4 51.Kf2 h4 52.Nxc5 Re7 53.Ne4 Ng3 54.Rh8 Nxe4+ 55.fxe4 Kxg5 56.Kf3 Be6
57.c5 Bg4+ 58.Kf2 Rxe4 59.c6 Re2+ 60.Kf1 Re7 61.Bd5 h3 62.a4 Kf4 63.Kf2 Re2+
64.Kf1 Rc2 65.Re8 h2 66.Re4+ Kg5 67.Re7 Bh3+ 68.Ke1 Bg2 69.Bxg2 Rxg2 70.Rh7 Rg1+
71.Kd2 h1=Q  0-1

[Event "8th RUS-CHN Summit Women Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huang Qian"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.b4 f6 11.Bb2 Qd7 12.Rc1 a5 13.b5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Ne4 Bd5
16.a4 f5 17.Nd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 f4 19.Nf3 Bf6 20.Rc5 fxg3 21.hxg3 Nd5 22.Qb3 Rad8
23.Bxd4 Qe6 24.Rb1 Kh8 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.d4 Rg6 27.Kg1 b6 28.Rc6 Rd6 29.Rxd6 cxd6
30.e4 Ne7 31.Qxe6 Rxe6 32.Nd2 d5 33.e5 g5 34.Rc1 g4 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5
37.Nf1 Kf7 38.Ne3 Rh6 39.Rc7  1-0

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bxf6 Bxf3 14.Bxd8 Bxe2 15.Bxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "2,1"]
[White "Zueger,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d3 e5 5.h3 Bh5 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4 Ngf6 8.Qe2 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Qe7 10.Qb5 Bc5 11.Nh4 O-O-O 12.Nf5 Qf8 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.Qe2 a6
16.O-O-O Bd4 17.g5 Nfd7 18.Nb1 f6 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Na3 Qc5 21.h4 Rhe8 22.f4 Bf7
23.Kb1 Na4 24.Rh3 Ndb6 25.Bc1 f5 26.e5 Nd5 27.Ka1 Nb4 28.Qf2 Nxa2 29.Bd2 N2c3
30.Re1 Ne4 31.Rxe4 fxe4 32.Bxe4 Qb6 33.Bc1 Qe6 34.Rb3 Nc5 35.f5 Qxe5  0-1

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bc4 Bb7
9.Qe2 c6 10.a4 Nd7 11.Ng3 Qc7 12.O-O Nf8 13.Nh5 Rg8 14.a5 b5 15.a6 Bc8 16.Bd3 Rb8
17.b3 Rb6 18.c4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 c5 20.Rfc1 Bd7 21.Qe3 Rg6 22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Bd3 Rc6
24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Nxf6+ Ke7 27.b4 Rf5 28.Rc1 Qb8 29.Ng8+ Ke8 30.h3 Nh7
31.Qc3 Qf4 32.Rd1 f6 33.Rd4 Qb8 34.Qd2 Nf8 35.Qh6 Kf7 36.Qh8 Rf4 37.Nh6+ Ke8
38.Qg7  1-0

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Klauser,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f3 Be7 10.Kb1 Qc7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bd3 b5 13.Ne2 O-O 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.g4 b4
16.h4 a5 17.Be3 a4 18.h5 e5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.gxf5 Kh8 21.Qxb4 d5 22.Qb6 Qc8
23.h6 g6 24.Bg5 Nd7 25.Qg1 Bc5 26.Be3 d4 27.Bc1 Rb8 28.Rh2 Ba3 29.b3 Bxc1
30.Rxc1 Qc3 31.Qe1 axb3 32.axb3 Qc5 33.Kb2 Ra8 34.Ra1 Nb6 35.Ba6 Ra7 36.Ra5 Qe7
37.Rh1 Rd8 38.Qd2 Rxa6 39.Rxa6 Nc4+ 40.bxc4 Qb7+ 41.Kc1 Qxa6 42.Qb4 Qa1+
43.Qb1 Qa3+ 44.Qb2 Qxf3 45.Re1 Qf4+ 46.Kb1 Qxh6 47.Qb6 Qf8 48.Qf6+ Kg8 49.Kc1 Qa3+
50.Kd1 Qf3+ 51.Kc1 Ra8 52.Kd2 Qf2+ 53.Re2 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Domont,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bg5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 h6 15.Bh4 Re8
16.Qf3 Ne5 17.Qxb7 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Qd5 19.Qa6 Re6 20.Qc4 Rc6 21.Qa4 Nd7 22.Rac1 Rac8
23.Rxc6 Rxc6 24.Bg3 Nc5 25.Qa5 Qd7 26.Rd1 Nxd3 27.Qd2 Nc5 28.Qxd4 Qxd4 29.Rxd4 Nd3
30.h4 Nxb2 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Rd7 Ra6 33.Rxf7 Nd3 34.Bb8 Rxa3 35.Bxa7 Ne5 36.Rb7 Rd3
37.f3 Rd7 38.Rxd7 Nxd7 39.h5 g6 40.hxg6+ Kxg6 41.Kf2 h5 42.Kg3 Kf5 43.Kh4 Kg6
44.Bd4 Nf8 45.f4 Ne6 46.Be5 Nc5 47.Bd6 Ne4 48.Be7 Nf2 49.f5+ Kxf5 50.Kxh5 Ng4
51.g3 Nh2 52.Bc5 Ng4 53.Bd4 Nh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Carron,J"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Bd7
9.Nbd2 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.b3 Na5 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Rfd1 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Ne4 Be7
16.b4 Nc6 17.a3 Qc7 18.Qc3 Ne5 19.Nh4 Bc6 20.f4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Ng6 22.Nf3 O-O
23.h4 Rfd8 24.h5 Nf8 25.Kf2 Nd7 26.h6 Nb6 27.g4 Bf8 28.Qxf6 Qe7 29.Bxh7+  1-0

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gerber,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B74"]

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.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Rc8 11.Qe1 Nb4 12.Nd4 Bc4 13.Rd1 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qa5 15.a3 Nc6
16.Nb3 Qh5 17.Rf3 Ng4 18.Rh3 Nxe3 19.Rxh5 Nxd1 20.Nxd1 gxh5 21.c3 e6 22.Ne3 Kh8
23.Qxh5 Ne7 24.Nd2 Rc5 25.f5 exf5 26.exf5 Ng8 27.Ng4 d5 28.Nf3 Nf6 29.Nxf6 Bxf6
30.Qh6 Bg7 31.Qd6 Rc6 32.Qxd5 Bf6 33.Ne5 Rc7 34.Qd6  1-0

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Rc1 Ra7 13.Nc3 Nd5 14.Ne4 a5 15.Qxb5 Nxd4
16.Qd3 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qb8 18.Qd4 Nf6 19.Ba3 c5 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxf6+ gxf6
22.Rxc5 e5 23.Qh4 Kg7 24.Bg4 Qd6 25.Rcxa5 Rxa5 26.Rxa5 Qb4 27.Bxd7 Qxa5 28.Qg4+ Kh8
29.Bf5 Rd8 30.Be4 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Rd2 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.Qg4+ Kf8 34.Qc8+ Kg7 35.Qg4+ Kf8
36.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "112th ch-SUI 2012"]
[Site "Flims SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kurmann,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Nd2 Be7 8.e4 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Nxc3 10.Qg4 Kxe7 11.Qg5+ Ke8 12.Qxg7 Rf8 13.bxc3 b4 14.Nb3 Qa3 15.Bd3 Nc6
16.O-O bxc3 17.Qxc3 a5 18.Qd2 a4 19.Nc1 Rb8 20.Bc2 Rg8 21.Qd3 Qb2 22.Rb1 Qg7
23.g3 Rxb1 24.Bxb1 Qd4 25.Qe2 Ba6 26.Rd1 Qc3 27.Qh5 Qe5 28.Qf3 Bxc4 29.Bd3 Nd4
30.Qe3 Qh5 31.Rf1 Nf3+ 32.Kg2 Nh4+ 33.Kh1 Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Re8 10.a4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qc7 12.Ba3 b6 13.Qe2 Na5 14.Bd3 c4 15.Bc2 Nb3
16.Rab1 Nd5 17.Qe1 Bd7 18.e4 Nf4 19.g3 Ng6 20.h4 h6 21.h5 Nf8 22.Qe3 Nh7
23.e5 Bc6 24.Nh4 Bb7 25.Bd6 Qc6 26.Kh2 Ng5 27.f3 a6 28.Rbe1 b5 29.f4 Nh7
30.f5 exf5 31.Nxf5 Qg2+  0-1

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.a4 Rc8 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.a5 Qb8 14.Na4 Bd8 15.Qd2 Rc4
16.Qd3 Rc6 17.Red1 Qc8 18.Nc3 Qc7 19.Rdc1 Rc8 20.h3 h6 21.Bd1 Rc4 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.exd5 e4 24.Qd2 Ne5 25.Bd4 Qe7 26.Be2 R4c7 27.c3 Nxd5 28.Rd1 Nf6 29.Bb6 Rd7
30.Nd4 g6 31.Bxd8 Rdxd8 32.Qxh6 d5 33.Qg5 Re8 34.Nf5 Qe6 35.Ne3 Rcd8 36.Ra4 Nh7
37.Qg3 Nc6 38.Bg4 Qe5 39.Qxe5 Rxe5 40.Be2 f5 41.Nc2 Nf6 42.Nd4 Rc8 43.Nb3 Rc7
44.g3 g5 45.Rd2 f4 46.Bd1 Kg7 47.Nd4 f3 48.Nc2 Ne7 49.Ne3 Nf5 50.Nxf5+ Rxf5
51.Bb3 e3 52.fxe3 Ne4 53.Rf2 Nxg3 54.Bc2 Rf6 55.Rg4 Ne2+ 56.Kf1 Kh6 57.h4 gxh4
58.Rh2 Ng3+ 59.Kf2 Nf5 60.Rf4 Rcf7 61.Bxf5 Rxf5 62.Rhxh4+ Kg5 63.Rhg4+ Kh6
64.Rh4+ Kg7 65.Rhg4+ Kh6 66.Rh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.Qc2 d5 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Bg2 c6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Qa4 Qc8 14.cxd5 Nb6 15.Qa5 Nbxd5
16.dxc5 Bxe2 17.Rfe1 Qa6 18.Qxa6 Bxa6 19.Ne5 Rfc8 20.Nb3 Kf8 21.Rac1 Ke7
22.Nd4 Rc7 23.f4 Rac8 24.c6 g6 25.Rc5 Nb6 26.Ra5 Bc4 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Nc2 Bd5
29.Nb4 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Rd2+ 31.Kf3 Nfd5 32.Na6 Rc8 33.c7 f6 34.Nc6+ Kd7 35.Nxa7 Rxc7
36.Nxc7 Nxc7 37.Nb5 Nxb5 38.Rxb5 Nd5 39.Rb7+ Kd6 40.Rxh7 Rxa2 41.Rh6 Ne7
42.Rd1+ Kc6 43.Rd3 Kc5 44.h4 Kc4 45.Rd7 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 Ra2+ 47.Kf1 Nd5 48.Rxg6 Kd4
49.Rxf6 Ra6 50.f5 Ra1+ 51.Kg2 Ke5 52.Rxe6+ Kxf5 53.Re2 Nf6 54.Rb7 Ra3 55.Rf2+ Ke5
56.Rb5+  1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.c3 Bb6 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Bc2 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 d5 14.Nd2 g5 15.Bg3 Bg4 16.f3 Be6
17.Re1 dxe4 18.fxe4 Bg4 19.Nf3 Nh5 20.Bf2 Qf6 21.Rf1 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Bb6
24.d4 Nf4 25.Rfd1 Nh3+ 26.Kg2 Nxf2 27.Kxf2 Rad8 28.Ke3 Rd7 29.Rd3 Rfd8 30.Rad1 exd4+
31.cxd4 c5 32.dxc5 Rxd3+ 33.Bxd3 Bxc5+ 34.Ke2 Kg7 35.Rc1 b6 36.Bc4 Rd4 37.Bd5 f5
38.Bc6 Kf6 39.exf5 Kxf5 40.a3 a5 41.Rd1 Rxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Estrada,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Re1 Bf8 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb1 g6 15.Ne4 Bh6
16.a3 f5 17.Ned2 a5 18.Rc2 Nf4 19.Nf1 Ne7 20.Ne3 Ned5 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.Nc4 Bd5
23.Rb2 Ne4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Nce5 Qd5 26.Be3 g5 27.Qd2 Nxg2 28.Bxg5 Nxe1 29.Nxe1 Bg7
30.Bf4 Rad8 31.Qe2 Qxd4 32.Rd2 Qa1 33.Ra2 Qd1 34.Qf1 Qxb3 35.Re2 Qc3 36.Re3 Qa1
37.f3 Bb7 38.Qg2 Rd1 39.Nd3 Qd4 40.Bh6 Kh8 41.Bxg7+ Qxg7 42.Qxg7+ Kxg7 43.Ne5 Red8
44.Re2 Ba6 45.Re3 f4 46.Re4 R8d2 47.Ng4 Be2  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gazola,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd3 Nge7
9.Nc3 d5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Be6 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Qe3 Nb4 14.Qc3 Nxa2 15.Rxa2 Bxa2
16.b3 O-O 17.Ba3 Qg5 18.g3 Rc8 19.Qb2 Rfd8 20.Bd3 b5 21.h4 Qh6 22.Ke2 Bxb3
23.Qxb3 a5 24.Qxb5 Qe6 25.Rb1 Qg4+ 26.Kf1 Qf3 27.Kg1 h6 28.Qxe5 Qg4 29.Rb7 Rd7
30.Rxd7 Qxd7 31.Bb2 f6 32.Qd5+ Qf7 33.Qxa5  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Yanjindulam,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Bg7
16.Bd3 c6 17.Be3 Nf8 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c4 b4 20.c5 N6d7 21.Qb3 Ne6 22.Qxb4 Ndxc5
23.Bc4 a5 24.Qa3 Qe7 25.Red1 h6 26.Rac1 Na6 27.Qc3 Qc7 28.h4 Kh7 29.h5 Rac8
30.Qb3 c5 31.hxg6+ Kxg6 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Rd7 Nd4 34.Rxc7 Nxb3 35.N3h4+  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.01"]
[White "Bollengier,Andreea"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 b5 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.O-O Ngf6
9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 Rc8 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.d3 Bc5 13.d4 Be7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Ne5 O-O 17.Qb3 c5 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.axb5 cxd4 20.Rxd4 axb5 21.Qxb5 Qxb5
22.Nxb5 Rc5 23.Nd7 Rxb5 24.Nxf8 Bxf8 25.Ra2 g5 26.h3 Kg7 27.Kf1 h5 28.e3 Kg6
29.Ke2 Nd5 30.Rc4 Rb3 31.Kf1 Bg7 32.e4 Nb6 33.Rc2 Rb4 34.f3 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4
36.Kg2 Nc4 37.Kf2 gxf3 38.Kxf3 Rb3+ 39.Ke2 Nxb2 40.Ra7 Be5 41.Rc8 Rxg3 42.Rf8 Nc4
43.Raxf7 Re3+ 44.Kd1 Bg7  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6
9.a4 Ne4 10.Qe3 Nd6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.O-O b5 13.Qf4 Bb7 14.e4 Na6 15.e5 Nf5
16.g4 Ne7 17.Ne4 Ng6 18.Qg3 Nb4 19.Rfd1 Nd5 20.g5 Kh8 21.h4 h5 22.Nc5 Rb8
23.Nd2 Ndf4 24.Bf1 Qxd4 25.Nxb7 Rxb7 26.Nxc4 Qc5 27.Nxa5 Rb6 28.Rac1 Qxe5
29.Nxc6 Ne2+ 30.Bxe2 Qxe2 31.axb5 Qxb5 32.Qf3 Kg8 33.b4 Qf5 34.Qxf5 exf5
35.Rc4 Re8 36.Rd5 f4 37.b5 Kf8 38.Ra4 Nxh4 39.Rxf4 Ng6 40.Ra4 Ne7 41.Nxe7 Kxe7
42.Ra7+ Ke6 43.Rc5 g6 44.f4 Kd6 45.Rc2 Rxb5 46.Rd2+ Kc6 47.Rxf7 Re6 48.Kg2 Rb3
49.Ra2 Kd5 50.Rd7+ Kc6 51.Rda7 Ree3 52.R7a6+ Kd5 53.Rxg6 Rg3+ 54.Kh2 h4 55.Rga6 Ke4
56.R6a4+ Kf5 57.Rf2 Rh3+ 58.Kg1 Rb1+ 59.Kg2 Rhh1 60.Kf3 Rb3+ 61.Kg2 Rbb1
62.Kf3 Rb3+ 63.Kg2 Rbb1 64.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zawadzka,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Bf3 Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Nd2 Rfe8 14.Nf1 h6 15.Ne3 Bf8
16.Bd2 Qc6 17.b4 Nh7 18.h4 g6 19.Ra3 Ndf6 20.Ncd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Qd7 22.c4 Qe7
23.Qb1 h5 24.Qa2 Nd7 25.g3 Kh8 26.Ng2 Bg7 27.Bd1 Nhf8 28.Ba4 Red8 29.Rd3 f5
30.Bg5 Bf6 31.f4 Qg7 32.Bxf6 Qxf6 33.Rde3 e4 34.Rd1 Qg7 35.Re2 Qc3 36.c5 Qxb4
37.cxd6 Qxa5 38.Qb2+ Kg8 39.Bxd7 Rxd7 40.Ne3 Qc5 41.Ree1 Qxd6 42.Qe5 Rcd8
43.Kg2 Re7 44.Qb2 Rc8 45.Rc1 Rec7 46.Rxc7 Qxc7 47.Rd1 Qc3 48.Qe2 Nd7 49.d6 Kg7
50.Nd5 Qf3+ 51.Qxf3 exf3+ 52.Kxf3 Rc6 53.Nc7 Kf7 54.Ke3 b5 55.Rd4 Rb6 56.Na8 Rb7
57.Nc7 b4 58.Kd2 a5 59.Nd5 Nc5 60.Kc2 Ne4 61.Nb6 Ke8 62.Nc4 a4 63.Ne5 Nc5
64.Rc4 Rb5 65.Kb1 b3 66.Rd4 a3 67.d7+ Nxd7 68.Nxd7 a2+ 69.Kb2 Ra5 70.Nf6+ Kf7
71.Rd1 a1=Q+ 72.Rxa1 Rxa1 73.Kxa1 Kxf6 74.Kb2 Ke6  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Soumya,Sw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.g4 Bg6 12.f4 Qd7 13.f5 exf5 14.h4 fxg4 15.Bxg4 Qd8
16.h5 Qh4 17.Kg2 Be4+ 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bf4 Rd8 20.Bg3 Qg5 21.Qb3 Rxd4 22.Qxf7+ Kd8
23.Qe6 Kc7 24.Rad1 Bc5 25.Rf7+ Kb8 26.Rxd4 Bxd4 27.Qd7 Qd2+ 28.Kh3 Qxb2 29.Qc7+ Ka8
30.Bc8  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Galojan,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Be4 Nc6 11.Rb1 Bf5 12.Qc2 Bg6 13.Rxb7 Na5 14.Rb5 Nxc4 15.Bxg6 Qxg6
16.d3 a6 17.Rb1 Rfe8 18.Re1 h6 19.h3 Rad8 20.Re2 Nb6 21.Be3 e4 22.dxe4 Rxe4
23.Rbe1 Nd5 24.Bc1 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 Qf6 26.Bd2 Bc5 27.c4 Nf4 28.Bxf4 Qxf4 29.Re5 Ba3
30.Ra5 Qd6 31.Rd5 Qe7 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.Qa4 Bc5 34.Qc2 Qd7 35.Nd2 Qe6 36.Ne4 Bd4
37.Qd3 c5 38.Kf1 Qf5 39.Qe2 Qe5 40.g3 Qe6 41.Kg2 a5 42.g4 Qc6 43.Kg1 a4 44.Ng3 g6
45.h4 Qd6 46.Kg2 Be5 47.Nf1 Qd4 48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 Qf4 50.Ng3 Qg5 51.Kh3 Kf8
52.Qf3 Bxg3 53.fxg3 a3 54.Qg4 Qe5 55.Qc8+ Kg7 56.Qg4+ Kf6 57.Qh4+ Qg5 58.g4 Ke6
59.Qxg5 hxg5 60.Kg3 f5 61.gxf5+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Davletbayeva,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "C74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O Bd3 8.Re1 Be7
9.Re3 e4 10.Ne1 Bg5 11.Rh3 Bc4 12.d3 Bxc1 13.Qxc1 exd3 14.Nxd3 Ne7 15.Qf4 Bf7
16.Bb3 Bxb3 17.axb3 Qd7 18.b4 O-O-O 19.c4 Ng6 20.Qd2 Nd4 21.Qd1 Qe6 22.b5 axb5
23.cxb5 Qe2 24.Qa4 Qc2 25.Nc3 Qxa4 26.Rxa4 Ne6 27.f4 Rdf8 28.Rf3 Nh4 29.Re3 Kd7
30.Nd5 Nf5 31.Ree4 h5 32.g3 Re8 33.Rac4 Rc8 34.Kf2 Rhf8 35.Kg2 Ne7 36.Nxe7 Kxe7
37.Rc2 Kd7 38.Rd2 Rf6 39.Ne5+ Ke7 40.Nf3 Kf8 41.b4 Nd8 42.Ng5 Rf5 43.b6 d5
44.bxc7 Rxc7 45.Red4 Rd7 46.b5 Ke7 47.h3 Ne6 48.Re2 Rxg5 49.fxg5 Kd6 50.Rd1 Nxg5
51.h4 Ne6 52.Rf2 Kc5 53.Rc2+ Kb6 54.Rb2 d4 55.Re2 Nc5 56.Re5 g6 57.Kf3 Rd6
58.Rb1 Na4 59.Kf4 d3 60.Rd1 Nb2 61.Rd2 Nc4 62.Rd1 Nxe5 63.Kxe5 Rd8 64.Kf6 Kxb5
65.Kxg6 Rd5 66.g4 hxg4 67.h5 Kc4 68.h6 Rd6+ 69.Kg5 g3  0-1

[Event "17th European Club Cup w"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.d4 exd4 6.exd5 Nf6 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.Be2 O-O
9.Nb3 Re8 10.O-O Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Be5 13.Nc5 Rc8 14.Nd3 Bb8 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Qd6 19.Rf2 Kg7 20.Qd2 Qxg3 21.Raf1 Re7 22.c3 Ne5
23.cxd4 Nc4 24.Qb4 Rcc7 25.Rc1 Ne3 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Qd2 Nf5 28.Ne5 Nd6 29.Rf1 Qh4
30.Qd3 Qg3 31.Qd2 Nf5 32.Qd3 Nd6 33.Qd2 Nf5 34.Qd3 Qf4 35.Bxb7 Qxd4+ 36.Qxd4 Nxd4
37.Ba6 Rc2 38.Rf2 Rc1+ 39.Rf1 Rc2 40.Rf2 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 h5 42.Rd2 Nf5 43.Rf2 Nd6
44.Bd3 h4 45.Rf1 Rc7 46.g3 Re7 47.Nf3 Re3 48.Ba6 hxg3+ 49.Kxg3 Nf5+ 50.Kh2 g4
51.hxg4 Nxg4+ 52.Kh3 Ne5 53.Bb7 Nd6 54.Ba8 f5 55.Kg3 Nd3 56.Kh4 Kf6 57.b3 Re8
58.Rd1 Rxa8 59.Rxd3 Ne4  0-1

[Event "17th European Club Cup w"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bodnaruk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Bf3 Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Re1 Rc4 13.Re3 Qc8 14.h3 Rd8 15.Rd3 h6
16.Nd2 Rc6 17.Nf1 Nf8 18.Ne3 Ng6 19.Ncd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rc7 21.Ra4 Nf4 22.Rd2 Nd7
23.Bg4 g6 24.g3 h5 25.gxf4 hxg4 26.f5 gxh3 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Qg4 Nf8 29.Qg3 Bf6
30.Rg4 Rh7 31.Kh2 Kh8 32.Nc4 g5 33.Qf3 Rh6 34.Rd3 Qc7 35.Qf5 Qh7 36.Qxh7+ Nxh7
37.Rxh3 Kg7 38.Rxh6 Kxh6 39.Ne3 Kg6 40.b3 Be7 41.Rc4 Rd7 42.Kg2 Nf6 43.Kf3 Bd8
44.Bd2 Bc7 45.Ra4 Bb8 46.Ra1 Ba7 47.Rg1 Rf7 48.Ke2 Nxd5 49.Rh1 Bxe3 50.Bxe3 Nxe3
51.Kxe3 d5 52.Rh8 Kf5 53.Re8 d4+ 54.Kf3 g4+ 55.Ke2 Rg7 56.Rf8+ Ke4 57.Kd2 Rg5
58.Ke2 g3 59.fxg3 Rxg3 60.Rf7 Rg2+ 61.Kd1 Ke3 62.Kc1 e4 63.Rxb7 Rg1+ 64.Kb2 d3
65.cxd3 exd3 66.Re7+ Kd2 67.Rd7 Rg2 68.b4 Ke3+ 69.Kc3 Rc2+ 70.Kb3 Rc1 71.Re7+ Kf2
72.Rf7+ Ke2 73.Re7+ Kd1 74.Re6 Rb1+ 75.Kc4 Kc2 76.Rxa6 d2 77.Rd6 Ra1 78.Kc5 Ra3
79.Rxd2+ Kxd2 80.Kb6 Kc3 81.b5 Kb4 82.a6 Ra5 83.a7 Rxb5+ 84.Kc7 Ra5 85.Kb7 Kc5
86.a8=Q Rxa8 87.Kxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Club Cup w"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd7
9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bc6 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.e4 Ne5 15.Bb3 Rfd8
16.Bc2 a6 17.c4 Ng6 18.Nf3 Nf4 19.Qe3 e5 20.Re1 Ne6 21.Bb2 Nd4 22.Nxd4 exd4
23.Qd3 Nh5 24.g3 Qd7 25.Qf3 g6 26.Rad1 Qe7 27.Qb3 Qe5 28.f4 Qf6 29.Re2 Ng7
30.b5 axb5 31.cxb5 Be8 32.Bd3 Qb6 33.Ba3 Rdc8 34.Be7 Bd7 35.Ree1 Rc3 36.Qb4 Bg4
37.Rd2 Rac8 38.Qd6 Qa5 39.Qb4 Qxb4 40.Bxb4 Rb3 41.Bd6 Bd7 42.Be5 Ne6 43.Red1 Bxb5
44.Bxb5 Rxb5 45.Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Club Cup w"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Efroimski,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[ECO "B63"]

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.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 a6 11.h4 b5 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Ne2 Rc8 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.Nd4 d5
16.e5 Ne8 17.Bd3 Bc5 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.Qe2 Qd7 20.Bd2 f6 21.Bb4 Rf7 22.f4 fxe5
23.fxe5 Rf2 24.Rdf1 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Nc7 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qg5 Qg7 28.h5 gxh5 29.Qxh5 Be3
30.Rf3 d4 31.Rg3  1-0

[Event "17th European Club Cup w"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Danielian,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Bf5 10.d4 Rc8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Na4 Ba3 14.Bxa3 Qxa3 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Nd4 Bg6 17.Qc1 Qe7 18.Qc5 Qb7 19.Rfc1 Ne4 20.Qa5 Qe7 21.Nc5 Nd6 22.Qa6 Nf5
23.Nxf5 Bxf5 24.Qa4 Rfd8 25.Qf4 Bg6 26.Rc3 Rd6 27.Rd1 Rf6 28.Qh4 Bf5 29.Rd4 Qe5
30.Qf4 Qe8 31.Qh4 Rh6 32.Qf4 Rf6 33.Qh4 Rh6 34.Qf4 Rf6 35.Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Club Cup w"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kovanova,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "C96"]

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.a4 exd4 13.axb5 dxc3 14.Nxc3 axb5 15.Nxb5 Qb6
16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Nc6 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Bb3 Rf8 21.Ba4 Nde5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5
23.Rd1 c4 24.Bc2 Rc8 25.g3 h6 26.Kg2 Qa6 27.Bf4 Rc5 28.Qd4 Qb7 29.Ra1 Kh7
30.Be3 Bf6 31.Qd1 Rc8 32.Bd4 Nd3 33.Bxf6 Qxe4+ 34.Qf3 Qxf3+ 35.Kxf3 gxf6
36.b4 Kg7 37.Bxd3 cxd3 38.Ke3 Rb8 39.Rb1 Rb5 40.Kxd3 d5 41.Kc3 Kf8 42.Ra1 Rb7
43.Ra5 d4+ 44.Kc4 Rd7 45.Ra3 Ke7 46.Rd3 Rc7+ 47.Kxd4 Rc2 48.Re3+ Kd6 49.Rf3 Ke6
50.b5 Rb2 51.Kc5 f5 52.Kc6 Ke5 53.b6 Ke4 54.Rf4+  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Bf4 Nd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.Be2 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Qxg2 11.Bf3 Qg6 12.Qe2 h5 13.O-O-O Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 f6
16.Bh2 Qg5+ 17.Kb1 Qd5 18.Qd3 e6 19.Qg6+ Kd7 20.Ka1 h4 21.c4 Qh5 22.Qc2 Bd6
23.d5 Bxh2 24.dxc6+ Kxc6 25.Qa4+ Kb6 26.Qb4+ Kc6 27.Qa4+ Kb6 28.Qb4+ Kc6
29.Qa4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Bf3 Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Be3 Rc4 13.Nd2 Rb4 14.b3 Qc7 15.Ndb1 Nc5
16.Na2 Rb5 17.Re1 Ncxe4 18.Bb6 Qc6 19.Nbc3 d5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.c3 Bd6 22.Rc1 Qd7
23.c4 bxc4 24.bxc4 Ng5 25.cxd5 Nxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Bxd5 27.Qe2 Qf5 28.Bc5 Qg6 29.f3 Bxc5+
30.Rxc5 e4 31.f4 h6 32.Nb4 Be6 33.Qf2 Bf5 34.Qg3 Qh7 35.h3 h5 36.Qg5 Be6
37.f5 Bd7 38.Nd5 Nxd5 39.Rxd5 Bc6 40.Rd8 f6 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 42.Qf4 Qh6 43.Qd6+ Kg8
44.a6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh Women World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Pogonina,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.Nbd2 d6 10.c3 Rb8 11.a5 h6 12.Bc4 bxc3 13.bxc3 Re8 14.Qa4 Qd7 15.Qa2 Bf8
16.Re1 Nd8 17.Nf1 g6 18.Ng3 Bg7 19.Bb2 Qc6 20.Rab1 Be6 21.Nd2 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5
23.Ne2 Nb7 24.Ba1 Rbd8 25.Ne4 Nd6 26.Bb3 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Nf4 28.Qa4 Qc5 29.Bxe6 Rxe6
30.Nxf4 exf4 31.Qb4 Rc6 32.Rbd1 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Bxc3 34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.Bxc3 Qxc3
36.h4 Qf6 37.Qf8 Rd6 38.Rxd6 cxd6 39.f3 h5 40.Kf1 Qe6 41.Kf2 d5 42.exd5 Qxd5
43.Kg1 Qd4+ 44.Kh2 Qf6 45.Kh3 Qe6+ 46.Kh2 Qf5 47.Kg1 Qf6 48.Kf1 Qg7 49.Qb4 Qa1+
50.Kf2 Qf6 51.Qb6 Kg7 52.Ke2 Qe5+ 53.Kd3 Qf5+ 54.Kd2 Qd7+ 55.Kc3 Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh Women World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2012.11.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pogonina,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f5 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ng3 h5
16.h4 Qc5 17.Qe2 Ke7 18.Nxh5 Bb5 19.Qg4 Bh6 20.Bd3 Rhg8 21.Qe2 Qe3 22.Bxb5 axb5
23.Qxb5 Qa7 24.Qd5 Qa6 25.Qb3 Ra7 26.Rd3 Rxg2 27.Rhd1 Rd2 28.R3xd2 Bxd2 29.Ng3 Bf4
30.Nf1 Ra8 31.Qd5 Rh8 32.Nd2 Be3 33.Nb3 Ra8 34.Nc1 Bd4 35.Nd3 Rb8 36.h5 Be3
37.Qb3 Qb6 38.Qc4 Qb7 39.Rh1 Bh6 40.Rg1 Qb6 41.Rd1 Bg5 42.Qd5 Rh8 43.Qb3 Rb8
44.Nc1 Qc6 45.Qd3 Rh8 46.Qe2 Ra8 47.Qd3 Rh8 48.Nb3 Ra8 49.Nd2 Ra6 50.Nc4 Qa8
51.Qd5 Qb8 52.Rd3 Bf4 53.a3 Kf8 54.Rb3 Qc7 55.Rxb4 Rc6 56.a4 Kg7 57.a5 Rc5
58.Qd3 Rc6 59.b3 Rc5 60.a6 Qc6 61.Rb6 Qa8 62.Qxd6 Rxc4 63.bxc4 Bg5 64.Rb8  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Danielian,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.d4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Na6 11.Ne5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc8 13.e4 Qb7 14.Qf3 Rad8 15.Rad1 c6
16.Rfe1 Nc7 17.Na4 Nb5 18.Qe2 Bb4 19.Rf1 a6 20.Qc4 c5 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.f3 Nd7
23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.Qxc5 Rc8 26.Qe5 f6 27.Qxe6+ Rf7 28.Rc1 Nc7 29.Qc4 Re8
30.Rfd1 Qc8 31.Rd6 Rd8 32.Ba3 h5 33.Rcd1 Rxd6 34.Rxd6 Qe8 35.Rc6 Qd7 36.Rd6 Qe8
37.Qd3 Qe5 38.f4 Qa1 39.e5 Qxa2+ 40.Kh3 Qxa3 41.Qc4 Kf8 42.Rd8+ Ne8 43.b4 Qf3
44.Qc5+ Re7 45.exf6 Qg4+ 46.Kg2  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 Be7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Be3 O-O
16.Bd4 Qd5 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Re3 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bg6 20.b4 c5 21.bxc5 Bxc5 22.Ba2 Qb7
23.e6 Bxd4 24.cxd4 Rxd4 25.exf7+ Bxf7 26.Bxf7+ Qxf7 27.Rxd3 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 Re8
29.h3 Qe6 30.Qd4 h6 31.Qa7 Qf6 32.Rd1 Qxb2 33.Qxa6 b4 34.Qc4+ Kh8 35.Qf7 Rb8
36.Qf4 Rc8 37.Qf5 Rb8 38.Qf4 Rc8 39.Qf5 Rb8 40.Qf4 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nge2 c6 6.a3 Ba5 7.O-O d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Na4 Bg4 14.Qd3 Re8 15.Nxb6 Be2
16.Qd2 Bxf1 17.Nxa8 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qxa8 19.Bb2 Nd7 20.Re1 f6 21.Bd4 Nb6 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Bxb6 axb6 24.a4 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 Qe5 26.a5 bxa5 27.bxa5 Qa1+ 28.Kg2 h5 29.Qb4 h4
30.gxh4 Qa2 31.Qe7 Qxa5 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Qh5+ Kg8 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 Nc6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Na5 15.Nd2 Bb7 16.g5 Nd7
17.Bg2 Nc4 18.Nxc4 Qxc4 19.Qd2 Rbc8 20.f5 exf5 21.exf5 Bxg2+ 22.Qxg2 Bf8
23.Rae1 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.g6 hxg6 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Rf2 Re5 28.Qxg6 Rce8 29.Rg1 Qc6+
30.Rgg2 R8e7 31.Nd1 Rd5 32.Nc3 Rde5 33.Nd1 Qd5 34.Nc3 Qa8 35.Nd1 b4 36.Kg1 Rd5
37.Bd2 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 Ne5 39.Qxd6 Nf3+ 40.Kf2 Rf7 41.Qe6 Nxd2+ 42.Kg1 Nf3+
43.Kh1 Nh4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Harika,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qf3 f5
9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.a3 Ba5 11.O-O d6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Bf4 Qc6 14.Rae1+ Kf7 15.Qh5+ Qg6
16.Qh4 Be6 17.bxc3 Bxc3 18.Be2 Qf6 19.Qg3 Bxe1 20.Rxe1 Rhe8 21.Be5 f4 22.Bh5+ g6
23.Qc3 Qg5 24.Bf3 c6 25.Qb2 Re7 26.Bd6 Rd7 27.c5 Re8 28.h3 Qf6 29.Be5 Qe7
30.Bh8 Kg8 31.Bg4 Qf7 32.Qe5 Bxg4 33.Qxe8+ Qxe8 34.Rxe8+ Kf7 35.Rb8 Bf5 36.Be5 f3
37.g4 Bd3 38.Bd6 Ke6 39.Re8+ Kd5 40.Re3 Be2 41.a4 b6 42.Re5+ Kd4 43.Rg5 Bd1
44.Kh2 Bxa4 45.Kg3 Bd1 46.h4 b5 47.h5 Bc2 48.Kxf3 b4 49.Ke2 b3 50.Kd2 Rb7
51.hxg6 hxg6 52.Be5+ Ke4 53.f4 a5 54.Kc1 a4 55.Kb2 Kd5 56.Bh8+ Kc4 57.f5 a3+
58.Kxa3 b2  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bc5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bc7 Qe7
9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qd8 11.Nc7 Rb8 12.Be2 b5 13.N7xb5 Qb6 14.O-O a6 15.Na4 Qa5
16.Nbc3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxa4 18.Bd3 Qd4 19.Qxd4 Nxd4 20.c3 Nc6 21.b4 a5 22.a3 d5
23.Nc5 axb4 24.axb4 d4 25.Be4 Ne7 26.Ra7 Nf5 27.Bxf5 exf5 28.cxd4 Rxb4 29.Ra4 Rb2
30.Re1 Be6 31.f3 Rd8 32.Nxe6 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Rc8 34.Re1 Rcc2 35.Ra8+ Kf7 36.Ra7+ Kf6
37.Ra6+ Kg5 38.Kh1 Rxg2 39.Rg1 Rxg1+ 40.Kxg1 Kf4 41.d5 Rd2 42.Ra7 Kxf3 43.Ra3+ Ke4
44.Ra7 g5 45.Rxh7 Rxd5 46.Ra7 Ke3 47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Kh3 f4 49.Ra5 f3 50.Rxg5 f2
51.Kg2 Rd1 52.Rg3+ Ke2  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.Qxd7 Nxd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rd1 g6 15.Bf4 c6
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Ne1 Bf6 18.Nf3 Rfe8 19.Kf1 Bg7 20.h3 Re4 21.e3 Re6 22.g4 h6
23.Rc2 g5 24.Bg3 Rf8 25.Kg2 f5 26.gxf5 Rxf5 27.Ne1 c5 28.dxc5 bxc5 29.Nd3 Bf8
30.b3 h5 31.h4 gxh4 32.Nf4 Re4 33.Bxh4 d4 34.Bg3 Nf6 35.exd4 cxd4 36.Ng6 Rg4
37.Nh4 Rd5 38.Nf3 Bd6 39.Rc8+ Kf7 40.Nh2 Rg6 41.Kh3 Ne4 42.Rf1 d3 43.Bxd6 Rgxd6
44.f3 Ng5+ 45.Kh4 Ne6 46.Rd1 Re5 47.Rc3 Rd4+ 48.Kg3 h4+ 49.Kg2 Re2+ 50.Kg1 d2
51.Nf1 Re1  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nb3 b6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.g4 Bc8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bg2 Bb7 16.Qh5 Rfe8
17.Rf3 g6 18.Qh6 Bf8 19.Qh4 Bg7 20.Rh3 Nf8 21.f5 Bxc3 22.f6 h5 23.Bf3 Bxf6
24.gxf6 Ne5 25.Bxh5 Nh7 26.Be2  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 Be6 13.Rb1 Nd8 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.Ne2 Rc8
16.Nd4 Rxc5 17.Kd2 b6 18.Rb4 Nb7 19.Rc1 Na5 20.h4 Rhc8 21.Ba6 R8c7 22.Bd3 Bd7
23.f3 Nc6 24.Rbb1 Ra5 25.Nb5 Rc8 26.Rb3 Ne5 27.Ra1 Nxd3 28.Nxa7 Rxa7 29.Kxd3 b5
30.Kd4 Rc4+ 31.Kd3 Rxh4 32.f4 Kd6 33.Rb4 Rh2 34.Ra2 Rh1 35.e4 dxe4+ 36.Kxe4 Bc6+
37.Kf5 Rh5+ 38.Kg4 Rc5 39.Rd2+ Kc7 40.Re2 Rxc3 41.Re7+ Kb6 42.Re5 Raxa3 43.g3 Rxg3+
44.Kf5 Rg6 45.Re7 Rf6+ 46.Kg4 Ra4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Danielian,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 h6 8.a3 Rc8 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.b4 Bb6 11.Nbd2 Nge7 12.c4 O-O 13.Bb2 a6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Bc7 16.Nd4 Nxd4
17.Qxd4 Bg6 18.Bf3 b5 19.Nd6 Bb6 20.Qg4 Rc2 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.Qxd4 Qg5
24.Qxd5 Rd2 25.Qc5 Rd8 26.Rad1 Rc2 27.Qd4 Re2 28.Rfe1 Ra2 29.h4 Qe7 30.Re3 Qe6
31.Rde1 Rd7 32.Qf4 Rc7 33.Qf3 Rcc2 34.h5 Rxf2 35.Qa8+ Kh7 36.Rg3 Bxh5 37.Qf8 Bg6
38.Ne4 Rfe2 39.Rxe2 Rxe2 40.Ng5+ hxg5 41.Rh3+ Qxh3 42.gxh3 Rxe5 43.Qd6 Re6
44.Qd5 Kh6 45.Qd8 Kh7 46.Qxg5 Be4 47.Qh4+ Kg8 48.Kf2 g6 49.Qd8+ Kg7 50.Qd4+ Kh7
51.Kg3 Bf5 52.h4 Kg8 53.Qc3 Rd6 54.Qe5 Rd3+ 55.Kf4 Rxa3 56.h5 Rh3 57.hxg6 Bxg6
58.Qd6 Rh4+ 59.Kg5 Re4 60.Qd8+ Kh7 61.Qd2 Re5+ 62.Kf6 Re6+ 63.Kg5 Re5+ 64.Kf4 Re4+
65.Kf3 Rc4 66.Qd6 Be4+ 67.Ke3 Bg6 68.Qf8 Re4+ 69.Kd2 Rc4 70.Qe7 Re4 71.Qd6 Re6
72.Qh2+ Kg7 73.Kc3 Rc6+ 74.Kb3 Re6 75.Qf4 Re4 76.Qc1 Re6 77.Qh1 Be4 78.Qh4 Bd5+
79.Kc3 Rc6+ 80.Kd2 Rc4  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.e3 Be7 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Qd3 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nf4 Qd8 12.d4 Ng6 13.Nd3 c6 14.b3 Be6 15.Bb2 Qc8
16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Bh3 18.e4 Rd8 19.f5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Bf6 21.Ne2 c5 22.Rc1 Qc6
23.Ng3 Bxd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 cxd4 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.f6 g6 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.e5 Nd7
30.Re1 Re8 31.Rd1 c5 32.b4 Rxe5 33.bxc5 Rxc5 34.Ne4 Rc4 35.Rb1 d3 36.Kf3 h6
37.Rb7 Rxe4 38.Rxd7 Re6 39.Rxa7 Rd6 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.Rf8 d2 42.Rxf7+ Kg8 43.Rg7+ Kf8  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 h6 14.h3 Re8 15.Nf1 Bf8 16.Ne3 g6
17.Bb2 Bg7 18.Qd2 Nh5 19.d4 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qxh3 21.Nh2 exd4 22.Neg4 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5
24.f3 Nf4 25.Bf1 Qh4 26.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 27.Qxd4 Re5 28.Qf2 Qg5+ 29.Kh1 Rxa5 30.Rxa5 Qxa5
31.Qh4 Nh5 32.f4 Qc5 33.Bc4 Re8 34.Qg4 Kg7 35.Qd7 Qf2 36.Qxf7+ Kh8 37.Qxe8+ Kg7
38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Socko,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e4 b5 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Be2 a5 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Be8 14.O-O b4 15.axb4 axb4
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne4 Ba4 18.Qxc4 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Nd7 20.d6 cxd6 21.Rxd6 Ra1+
22.Bf1 Qe7 23.Qd5 Ne5 24.Nd4 Ng6 25.Nf5 Qe5 26.Qd3 Re8 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Nh6+ Kg7
29.Nf5+ Kh8 30.Nh6 Qe1 31.g3 Ne5 32.Qb5 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Ng5 34.Rd4 Qe5 35.Qc4 Kg7
36.Ng4 Qe6 37.Qc2 Rc8 38.Qd2 Rcc1 39.Ne3 Qc6+ 40.Rd5 Rc5 41.h4 Rxd5 42.Qxd5 Qxd5+
43.Nxd5 Ne4 44.Bd3 Nc5 45.Bc4 b3 46.Ne3 Rb1 47.Nf5+ Kf8 48.Nd6 Rxb2 49.Nxf7 Rd2
50.Nh6 b2 51.Ba2 Nd3 52.Ng4 Rd1 53.Ne3 b1=Q 54.Bxb1 Rxb1 55.Kf3 Ne5+ 56.Ke4 Rb4+
57.Kf5 Kf7 58.f4 Rb3 59.Nd5 Nd7 60.g4 Rb5 61.Ke4 Nc5+ 62.Kd4 Ne6+ 63.Ke4 Rb1
64.f5 Re1+ 65.Kd3 Nc5+ 66.Kd2 Re4 67.Ne3 Rf4 68.Ke2 Nd7 69.g5 Rxh4 70.gxf6 Nxf6
71.Kf3 Rh3+ 72.Kf4 Rh4+ 73.Kg5 Re4 74.Nc2 Kg7  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Qe2 d6
9.f4 Nc6 10.c3 O-O 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.O-O-O e5 14.f5 b5 15.g4 d5
16.g5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Ra7 19.f6 g6 20.Rhe1 Re8 21.Bc2 Rd7 22.Bb3 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Bf5 24.Qe2 e4 25.h4 e3 26.Rd4 a5 27.h5 a4 28.Bd5 b4 29.hxg6 Bxg6
30.Bc4 bxc3 31.bxc3 Qa3+ 32.Qb2 Qxb2+ 33.Kxb2 h6 34.Be2 hxg5 35.Rxa4 Re6
36.Rg4 Rxf6 37.Kc1 Rf2 38.Bc4 Rc2+ 39.Kd1 Rxc3 40.Bb3 Bh5  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nge2 c6 6.O-O Re8 7.a3 Ba5 8.d3 d6
9.h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nf8 11.b4 Bb6 12.d4 Be6 13.Qd2 Bc4 14.Rfe1 Qe7 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.d5 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 cxd5 18.exd5 b5 19.Nc1 Qc7 20.Nb3 Bxb3 21.cxb3 Qb7 22.a4 bxa4
23.bxa4 Qxb4 24.Nb5 Qxa4 25.Nxa7 Rb8 26.Nc6 Rb3 27.Rd3 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 h6 29.Rb1 e4
30.Qd2 Qc4 31.Rd1 N8d7 32.Kh2 Nb6 33.Qf4 Qc5 34.Rc1 Qxd5 35.Qe3 Nc4 36.Qc3 Qxc6
37.Qxc4 Qxc4 38.Rxc4 d5 39.Rd4 Kf8 40.g4 Ke7 41.f3 e3 42.Bf1 Kd6 43.Be2 Rb8
44.Rd3 Rb2 45.Rxe3 d4 46.Rd3 Rxe2+ 47.Kg3 Kd5 48.Kf4 Nd7 49.h4 Nc5 50.Rd1 d3
51.g5 hxg5+ 52.hxg5 d2 53.Kg3 Na4 54.f4 Nc3 55.Kf3 Rh2  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.Nf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.c3 O-O 10.Re1 N7f6 11.h3 Bf5 12.a4 a5 13.Bb3 Rb8 14.Nbd2 b5 15.Ne5 Qc7
16.Ndf3 h6 17.Qe2 Kh7 18.Nd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 b4 20.c4 Nb6 21.Bc2 Rbd8 22.Ne5 c5
23.d5 Kg8 24.Qe2 Rde8 25.Bf4 Qc8 26.Nc6 e6 27.Bd6 exd5 28.Ne7+ Rxe7 29.Bxe7 Re8
30.Qf3 Ne4 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Rxe4 Bxb2 33.Rae1 Bc3 34.R1e2 Nxa4 35.Bf6 Rxe4
36.Rxe4 Qd7 37.Re7 Qxe7 38.Bxe7 b3 39.Qc6 b2 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qxf7+ Bg7 42.Bf6 b1=Q+
43.Kh2 Qb8+ 44.g3 Qg8 45.Qb7 Qf8 46.Bxg7 Qxg7 47.Qb5 Nc3 48.Qxc5 a4 49.Qa3 Qf6
50.f4 h5 51.h4 Kh6 52.Qb4 Qd4 53.Qf8+ Qg7 54.Qb4 Qd4 55.Qf8+ Kh7 56.Qe7+ Qg7
57.Qb4 Kh6 58.f5 gxf5 59.Qd6+ Kh7 60.Qc5 Qxg3+ 61.Kh1 Qxh4+ 62.Kg2 Qg4+ 63.Kf1 Qf3+
64.Kg1 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.Ne1 f5 11.Nd3 Nd7 12.f3 Nef6 13.c5 bxc5 14.Nf4 Qe7 15.Qb3 Bd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.c4 cxd4 18.cxd5 Rae8 19.Bd3 Nc5 20.Qc2 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 dxe3
22.Qxf5 Qf7 23.Re1 Qxd5 24.Qc2 e2 25.Bb2 Qe6 26.Qxc7 Rf7 27.Qc2 Nd5 28.Rac1 Nf4
29.Bd4 Qd5 30.Bf2 Nd3 31.Qd2 Qf5 32.Rc4 Nxe1 33.Bxe1 Qb1 34.Rd4 Rf6 35.h4 Rc8
36.Qxe2 Qc2 37.Rd2 Qg6 38.Bf2 Qf5 39.Kh2 Re6 40.Qd1 Rd8 41.Rd5 Qf6 42.Bg3 h6
43.Ra5 Rd7 44.Rd5 Qg6 45.Ra5 Qe8 46.Qd3 Re2 47.Rd5 Re6 48.Ra5 Kh8 49.Rd5 Re3
50.Qd4 Re2 51.Ra5 Qf7 52.Rb5 Qxa2 53.Rb8+ Kh7 54.Qd3+ g6 55.Kh3 Qe6+ 56.Kh2 Qa2
57.Kh3 Rxg2 58.Qd4 Rxg3+ 59.Kxg3 Rg7 60.Qxd6 Qe2 61.Qd8 Qe5+ 62.Kg2 Qe2+
63.Kg3 Qe5+ 64.Kg2 g5 65.h5 Qe2+ 66.Kg3 Qe5+ 67.Kg2 Qe2+ 68.Kg3 Qe5+ 69.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Nb3 b6 16.Bg2 Na5
17.Nd2 Bc5 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.b3 Bb7 20.Qe1 Nc6 21.Qh4 Nd4 22.Rac1 Qa5 23.Qg3 Rbc8
24.Qd3 Qb6 25.Ne2 Nc6 26.Ng3 a5 27.c4 Nb4 28.Qe3 Qc7 29.Nh5 Rb8 30.Qg3 d4
31.Be4 Na2 32.Rce1 Nc3 33.Bf3 Bxf3+ 34.Rxf3 g6 35.Nf6+ Nxf6 36.exf6 e5 37.fxe5 Re6
38.Qf4 Qd8 39.Qh6 Qf8 40.Qh4 h6 41.Rh3 Kh7 42.Nf3 Kg8 43.Ng5 Rbe8 44.Nxe6 Rxe6
45.Kg1 Kh7 46.Qg3 Qb8 47.Qf4 Qf8 48.Kf1 Kg8 49.Rxh6 Qa8 50.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nbd7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 c6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.e4 O-O 8.b3 Re8
9.Re1 a5 10.a3 Bc5 11.h3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nf8 13.Bb2 Ng6 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Bc3 b5
16.b4 Bb6 17.Nb3 a4 18.Nc1 Be6 19.Nd3 Bc4 20.Nd2 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Rad8 22.Qe2 Bd4
23.Bxd4 exd4 24.f4 Nd5 25.Nf1 Nc3 26.Qd3 Nf8 27.Nd2 Ne6 28.e5 c5 29.bxc5 Nxc5
30.Qf3 d3 31.cxd3 Rxd3 32.Qf2 Red8 33.Nf1 Nb3 34.Kh2 Nxa1 35.Rxa1 Qc4 36.Re1 Qd4
37.Qb2 b4 38.axb4 Nb5 39.Qc2 a3 40.e6 fxe6 41.Rxe6 Qd7 42.Qc4 Kh8 43.Bc6 Nd6
44.Qxd3 Qxe6 45.Qxa3 Qe2+ 46.Bg2 h5 47.Qa5 Re8 48.Qd5 Nc4 49.g4 hxg4 50.Qh5+ Kg8
51.Qd5+ Kf8 52.Qf5+ Ke7 53.hxg4 Rh8+ 54.Kg1 Qe6 55.Qc5+ Nd6 56.f5 Qh6 57.Qc7+ Kf8
58.Qd8+ Ne8 59.b5 Qc1 60.Qd4 Rh6 61.Bc6 Rd6 62.Qe5 Rd8 63.Kg2 Qc2+ 64.Kg1 Qd1
65.Qc5+ Nd6 66.Qb4 Rc8 67.Qf4 Kg8 68.f6 Nf7 69.fxg7 Rd8 70.b6 Qb3 71.Qf3 Qxb6+
72.Kg2 Qb2+ 73.Kg1 Qb6+ 74.Kg2 Qb2+ 75.Kg1 Qd4+ 76.Kg2 Ne5 77.Qb3+ Kxg7 78.Qb7+ Nf7
79.Bf3 Qc3 80.Qe4 Qb2+ 81.Kg3 Rd4 82.Qf5 Qb8+ 83.Kg2 Rb4 84.Ng3 Rb2+ 85.Kh3 Qd6
86.Nh5+ Kf8 87.Nf4 Qh6+ 88.Nh5 Qd6 89.Nf4 Qh6+ 90.Nh5 Rd2 91.Qc8+ Rd8 92.Qc5+ Qd6
93.Qf5 Qe5 94.Qxe5 Nxe5 95.Be4 Rd4 96.Bf5 Kf7 97.Kh4 Rd1 98.Kg5 Rd4 99.Ng3 Nf3+
100.Kh5 Rd1 101.g5 Ne5 102.Kh4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.Nf3 N7b6 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qe2 e6 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Nd2 Bd6
16.Ne4 Bc7 17.Qf3 Qe7 18.Bd2 N7f6 19.Nc5 Bd6 20.Nd3 Nb4 21.Nxb4 Bxb4 22.c3 Bd6
23.O-O-O Nd5 24.Rhe1 O-O-O 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Kb1 Qc7 27.Ka2 Kb8 28.Rc1 Rc8
29.b3 Qd7 30.Rc2 Ka7 31.Rh1 Be7 32.Bf4 Rc6 33.Be5 f6 34.Bf4 Rhc8 35.Rhc1 Bf8
36.Re1 Bb4 37.Rec1 Bf8 38.c4 dxc4 39.bxc4 Rb6 40.c5 Rb4 41.Rc3 Qxa4+ 42.Ra3 Qb5
43.Qc3 e5 44.Bd2 exd4 45.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khotenashvili,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.b4 Bb6 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.Qxg7 Rg8
9.Qxh7 Bd4 10.Ra2 Bxe5 11.Nf3 Bf6 12.Bb2 Bxb2 13.Rxb2 Nbc6 14.Bb5 Qd6 15.g3 e5
16.Nh4 Be6 17.c4 d4 18.Nd2 f5 19.c5 Qd5 20.O-O e4 21.Bc4 Qe5 22.Qh5+ Kd7
23.f4 Qf6 24.b5 Na5 25.c6+ Kc7 26.cxb7 Kxb7 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Qd1 Rac8 29.Qa4 Qb6
30.Ng2 d3+ 31.Kh1 Nd5 32.Qd1 e3 33.Qf3 Rgd8 34.Nb1 e2 35.Re1 Qd4 36.Rb4 Rc4
37.Rxc4 Nxc4 38.h4 Qe4 39.Qh5 Nce3 40.Rg1 e1=Q 41.Qf7+ Kb8  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.c4 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 e6 8.O-O O-O-O
9.Be3 Bc5 10.a3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Bxd4 12.Bxc6 Bxe3 13.Bxb7+ Kxb7 14.Qf3+ c6 15.Qxe3 Qb6
16.c5 Qb3 17.Qg3 Rhg8 18.Rfd1 Nd5 19.Qh4 g5 20.Qh5 Rd7 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Qxh7 Re8
23.Rd3 Qxb2 24.Rdd1 Ka8 25.Rab1 Qe5 26.Qc2 Rb7 27.Rxb7 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blindfold Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Danielian,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 Rc8 8.a3 h6 9.b4 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 a6 12.a4 Ne7 13.b5 axb5 14.axb5 Ng6 15.Ba3 Bxa3 16.Rxa3 Qc7
17.f4 Bxb1 18.b6 Qe7 19.Qa4+ Kf8 20.Rxb1 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Qe3 22.Bh5 Kg8 23.Qd7 Kh7
24.Bxg6+ fxg6 25.Qxe6 Rhf8 26.Qxd5 Rxf4 27.h3 Rcf8 28.Raa1 g5 29.Re1 Qxb6
30.e6 g4 31.e7 Re8 32.hxg4 Rxg4 33.Qf5+ Qg6 34.Qxg6+ Kxg6 35.Rab1 Rc4 36.Rxb7 Rxc3
37.Kh2 Rc6 38.Kh3 Kf7 39.Kh4 Re6 40.Rxe6 Kxe6 41.g4 Rxe7 42.Rxe7+ Kxe7 43.g5 hxg5+
44.Kxg5 Kf7 45.Kf5 g6+ 46.Kg5 Kg7 47.Kg4 Kf6 48.Kf4 g5+ 49.Kg4 Kg6 50.Kg3 Kf5
51.Kf3 g4+ 52.Kg3 Kg5 53.Kg2 Kf4 54.Kf2 g3+ 55.Kg2 Kg4 56.Kg1 Kf3 57.Kf1 g2+
58.Kg1 Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blindfold Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khotenashvili,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nbd7 4.c4 c6 5.O-O e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 N5b6 8.d4 Bd6
9.a4 a5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.h3 h6 12.Re1 Re8 13.b3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Bb4 15.Bb2 Nc5
16.Re2 Ne6 17.Rd2 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Qe7 19.Ne2 Nd7 20.Nf4 Ne5 21.Qh5 Qg5 22.Rc1 Qxh5
23.Nxh5 f6 24.Nf4 Kf7 25.Rdd1 g5 26.Ne2 Nd7 27.Bf3 Kg6 28.Bd4 Ne5 29.Bg2 Nf7
30.f4 Nd6 31.e5 Nf5 32.Be4 Kf7 33.Bb2 gxf4 34.gxf4 Be6 35.Bf3 Rg8+ 36.Kh2 fxe5
37.Bxe5 Rad8 38.Rxd8 Rxd8 39.Rg1 Rd2 40.Bh5+ Ke7 41.Rg2 Bxb3 42.Bg4 Ne3 43.Rf2 Nxg4+
44.hxg4 Bc4 45.Bg7 Rxe2 46.Rxe2+ Bxe2 47.Kh3 h5 48.g5 Bg4+ 49.Kg3 Kf7 50.Ba1 Kg6  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blindfold Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nf3 Qxd5 5.Be2 Nc6 6.c4 Qh5 7.O-O O-O-O 8.h3 e5
9.d5 e4 10.hxg4 Nxg4 11.Bf4 exf3 12.Bxf3 f5 13.Nd2 Bd6 14.Bxg4 fxg4 15.Bg3 Bxg3
16.fxg3 Ne5 17.Qc2 Rhf8 18.Rxf8 Rxf8 19.Rf1 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Qf7+ 21.Ke2 h5
22.Qe4 Nd7 23.Nb3 Nf6 24.Qf5+ Kb8 25.a3 Qe8+ 26.Qe6 Qg6 27.Nd2 a6 28.d6 cxd6
29.Qxd6+ Ka7 30.Qc5+ Kb8 31.Qd6+ Ka7 32.Qc5+ Kb8 33.Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blindfold Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 f5 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Rfe1 Nd8 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 d6
16.Nf3 g5 17.e4 g4 18.Ng1 Bg5 19.Qe2 Bc1 20.Raxc1  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blindfold Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zatonskih,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Bb4+ 11.c3 Bc5 12.Be5 Bd6 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Bxd6+ Qxd6 15.Nd4 Qc5
16.O-O Rd8 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.Bc4 Rac8 19.Bb3 Kf8 20.f4 Bc6 21.Kh1 Bd5 22.Qe3 Bxb3
23.axb3 Qb6 24.h3 Rd7 25.g4 Rcd8 26.Rf3 Nd5 27.Qe4 Nf6 28.Qc2 Kg8 29.Re1 Qc5
30.Qg2 Rd5 31.Rfe3 R5d7 32.Re5 Rd5 33.R5e2 R5d7 34.Kh2 Qc7 35.Qg3 a6 36.Kg2 Qd6
37.Re5 Qc7 38.f5 exf5 39.Rxf5 Qxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Re8 41.Rxe8+ Nxe8 42.Rc5 Kf8
43.Rc8 g6 44.Kf4 Ke7 45.Kg5 h5 46.Rc5 hxg4 47.hxg4 Kf8 48.Rc8 Ke7 49.Kf4 Nc7
50.Ke5 Ne8 51.g5 f6+ 52.gxf6+ Nxf6 53.Rb8 Kf7 54.Kf4 Re7 55.Nf3 Nd5+ 56.Kg5 Ne3
57.Rh8 Nd1 58.Rh7+ Ke8 59.Rh2 Kf7 60.Kf4 Ne3 61.Rh7+ Kf6 62.Rh2 Nd5+ 63.Kg3 Ne3
64.Kf4 Nd5+ 65.Kg3 Ne3 66.Rf2 Nf5+ 67.Kf4 Rh7 68.Ne5 g5+ 69.Ke4 Ke6 70.Nf3 Rg7
71.Ne5 Nd6+ 72.Kd4 Nf5+ 73.Ke4 Nd6+ 74.Kd4 g4 75.Rg2 g3 76.Nf3 Kf5 77.Kd5 Kf4
78.Nd4 Nf5 79.Ne6+ Kf3 80.Nxg7 Nxg7 81.Kc5 Kxg2  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blindfold Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Socko,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Qxc4 a6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.e4 b5 12.Qd3 Nd7 13.Be2 Bb7 14.O-O c5 15.e5 c4
16.Qe3 Be7 17.Nd2 Nb6 18.f4 O-O 19.Bf3 Nd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nde4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Qb6
23.Rad1 f5 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.f5 Rad8 26.Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.fxe6 Bxd4+ 28.Kh1 Rxf1+
29.Rxf1 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Re8 31.Re1 Kf8 32.a4 Ke7 33.axb5 axb5 34.g4 Kd6 35.Rb1 Kc5
36.Re1 b4 37.cxb4+ Kxb4 38.Kg2 c3 39.Rb1+ Kc5 40.Rb3 Kd4 41.Rb6 Kd5 42.Rb3 Kd4
43.Rb6 c2 44.Rc6 Kd3 45.Kf3 Kd2 46.Rd6+ Ke1 47.Rc6 Kd1 48.Rd6+ Kc1 49.Rc6 Rb8
50.e7 Kb2 51.Ke4 c1=Q 52.Rxc1 Kxc1 53.Kf5 Kd2 54.Ke6 Ke3 55.Kf7 g5 56.e8=Q+ Rxe8
57.Kxe8 Kf4 58.Kf7 Kxg4 59.Kf6 h5 60.Kg6 h4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blindfold Women 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 c4 14.Nf1 Qc7 15.Ng3 Rfb8
16.Nf5 Bf8 17.g4 a5 18.Bd2 Nc5 19.Qe2 Ba6 20.a3 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.g5 Nfd7
23.Nh2 bxc3 24.Bxc3 Nd3 25.Reb1 N7c5 26.Ng4 Bb5 27.Qf3 Kh8 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.h4 Qd8
30.Bd2 Ra2 31.Nfe3 Kg8 32.Bc3 Nf4 33.Nf5 Na4 34.Bd2 Rxb2 35.Rxb2 Nxb2 36.Bxf4 exf4
37.Qxf4 Kh8 38.e5 dxe5 39.Nxe5 Qxd5 40.Ne3 Qe6 41.Bf5 Qe8 42.Be4 Nd3 43.Qf5 g6
44.Nxf7+ Kg8 45.Qf6 Qxe4 46.Nh6+ Bxh6 47.gxh6 Qe5 48.Qd8+ Kf7 49.Ng4 Qe6
50.Qd4 Ke7 51.Qg7+ Kd6 52.Ne3 Qd7 53.Qd4+ Kc7 54.Qa7+ Kc6 55.Qa8+ Kb6 56.Nd5+ Kc5
57.Nf6 Qf7 58.Qa3+ Kb6 59.Qd6+ Kb7 60.f4 Bc6 61.Kf1 c3 62.Qxd3 Qxf6 63.Qc4 Kc7
64.Ke2 Kb6 65.Ke3 Qe7+ 66.Kd4 Qf6+ 67.Ke3 Bb5 68.Qc8 Qe7+ 69.Kd4 Qb4+ 70.Kd5 Qc4+  0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bulmaga,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.dxc5 d4
9.Qb3 Ng6 10.Qxb7 Qc8 11.Qxc8+ Rxc8 12.a3 a5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Nxd4 Bxc5
16.Nxf5 exf5 17.Ra5 O-O 18.Rd1 Rfe8 19.Ba3 Bf8 20.Rb5 Rxe5 21.Bf1 Nc6 22.Bb2 Ree8
23.Rxf5 Nce5 24.Nd2 Bb4 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Nf3 Nxf3+ 27.Rxf3 Re1 28.Rxe1 Bxe1
29.Rb3 g6 30.g3 Kg7 31.Bd3 Rc6 32.Kg2 Ba5 33.Be2 Kf6 34.Rb5 Bc3 35.g4 h6
36.f4 Bd2 37.Kf3 Re6 38.f5 Re3+ 39.Kf2 Re5 40.Rb6+ Kg5 41.Rb7 gxf5 42.Rxf7 fxg4
43.Rg7+ Kf6 44.Rxg4 Rf5+ 45.Bf3 Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Saduakassova,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 d5
9.Bf4 Na6 10.Rad1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 c6 12.Qb1 Nc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.h4 Ba6 15.Rfe1 Nb5
16.Qb2 Rc8 17.Bd2 Nd6 18.Ne5 Ne4 19.Rc1 Bd6 20.Qc2 Ba3 21.Rb1 Nxd2 22.Qxd2 Qc7
23.Rb3 Bd6 24.e4 f6 25.Nd3 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Bc4 27.Rb2 Rcd8 28.Bg2 e5 29.Qe3 exd4
30.cxd4 Qf7 31.Bh3 Rfe8 32.Qd2 Qg6 33.Nf4 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Bxf4 35.h5 Qxh5 36.Be6+ Bxe6
37.Qxe6+ Kh8 38.gxf4 Re8  0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Yildiz,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nc4 Qc7 8.Qf3 Nb6
9.Bf4 Qd7 10.h3 Nxc4 11.Bxc4 Qxd4 12.Bb3 Bf5 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Be5 e6 15.g4 Bg6
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qxf6 Rg8 18.Bxe6 Be7 19.Bd7+ Kf8 20.Qf3 Qxb2 21.O-O Qxc2
22.Rfe1 Bb4 23.Re3 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Be4 25.Rxc2 Bxf3 26.Re1 h5 27.Kh2 hxg4 28.Kg3 Rd8
29.Bf5 Rd5 30.Bc8 Rd3 31.Re3 Rxe3 32.fxe3 Be4 33.Rc4 gxh3+ 34.Kxh3 Bg2+ 35.Kh2 Bd5
36.Ra4 Rg2+ 37.Kh3 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Huang Qian"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qg3 Nc6
9.b4 e5 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qh6 Rg6 12.Qd2 Ne4 13.Qb2 a5 14.b5 Qf6 15.e3 Ne7 16.Nf3 Bh3
17.exd4 Bxg2 18.Nxe5 Bxh1 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Be3 Bf3 21.Be2 Nxc5 22.Rb1 Bxe2
23.Qxe2 Ne4 24.Rc1 Qh4 25.Qf3 Nf5 26.Bf4 Kf8 27.Rd1 Re8 28.Kf1 Ng5 29.Bxg5 Qxg5
30.h3 Qh4 31.Qg4 Qf6 32.Kg1 Kg7 33.c5 Rh8 34.d5 Qc3 35.c6 bxc6 36.dxc6 Rxh3
37.Qe4 Qc5 38.a4 Rh5 39.Qd5 Rg5+ 40.Kh1 Ng3+  0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Safranska,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.c4 Nb6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nc6 12.exd6 cxd6 13.O-O d5 14.c5 Nc8 15.Rfd1 Bf6
16.Nf3 b6 17.Bf4 bxc5 18.dxc5 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qa5 20.Qe3 N8e7 21.g4 Ng6 22.Bd6 Rfe8
23.a4 Qa6 24.h4 e5 25.h5 Nf4 26.Rd2 f6 27.a5 Qc8 28.Nh2 Qd8 29.Qf3 Qd7 30.a6 Rad8
31.Nf1 Ne7 32.Ne3 Qe6 33.Rad1 Nd3 34.Nf5 e4 35.Nxe7+ Rxe7 36.Qf5 g6 37.Qxe6+ Rxe6
38.h6 Ne5 39.Rxd5 Nf7 40.c4 Rc8 41.Rb1 Nxh6 42.Rb7 Nxg4 43.Rxa7 e3 44.fxe3 Rxe3
45.Rb7 Rce8 46.Rd1 Ra3 47.a7 Ra2 48.Bg3 Ne5 49.Bxe5 fxe5 50.Rb8  1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Khotenashvili,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qa5 13.Qe2 Qh5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qf5
16.Qe2 Nf6 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Rfc1 Nd5 19.Bg3 Bd7 20.Qe4 Qf5 21.Ne5 Qxe4 22.Bxe4 Rad8
23.Nd3 Bd2 24.Rc2 Bg5 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Rc7 Bc8 27.Bf4 Bxf4 28.Nxf4 Rd6 29.a5 g5
30.Nd3 b6 31.b4 Bd7 32.Ne5 Bb5 33.Rac1 bxa5 34.bxa5 Re6 35.h4 gxh4 36.R1c5 Rd6
37.Kh2 Kg7 38.f3 Kf6 39.Ra7 Kg7 40.Rb7 h5 41.Kh3 Rf6 42.Rxd5 Rc8 43.Nd7 Rc1
44.Kh2 Bxd7 45.Rbxd7 h3 46.Rg5+ Kh6 47.Rdd5 hxg2 48.Rxh5+ Kg7 49.Kxg2 Rd1
50.Rhg5+ Kf8 51.Rd8+ Ke7 52.Rgd5 Re6 53.R8d7+ Kf6 54.Kg3 Kg6 55.R7d6 Kf6
56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Rd7+ Kf8 58.Rf5 Ke8 59.Rfxf7 Rxd4+ 60.Rxd4 Kxf7 61.Rd7+ Kf8
62.Ra7 Rf6+ 63.Ke4 Re6+ 64.Kf5 Rc6 65.f4 Rc5+ 66.Kf6 Rc6+ 67.Kg5 Rc5+ 68.f5 Rxa5
69.Kf6 Ke8 70.Ke6 Kd8 71.f6 Ra1 72.Ra8+ Kc7 73.f7  1-0

[Event "FIDE Women's World Teams"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2013.03.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.g4 Ne5 12.Kb1 b5 13.Bd3 b4 14.Nce2 d5 15.g5 hxg5 16.Bxg5 dxe4
17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bxe4 Bd7 19.Qf4 Ke7 20.Qg3 Bh6 21.f4 Nc4 22.Rhe1 f5 23.Bd3 Nd6
24.Ng1 Kf8 25.Ngf3 a5 26.Ne5 a4 27.Nxd7+ Qxd7 28.Bb5 Qc7 29.Bxa4 Ne4 30.Qb3 Bxf4
31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.Nxe6+ Kf7 33.Nxc7 Nd2+ 34.Rxd2 Bxd2 35.Bb3+ Kf6 36.Re6+ Kg5
37.Re2 Bf4 38.Rg2+ Kh4 39.Ne6 Be3 40.a4 bxa3 41.Rg7 Rh6 42.Nc7 axb2 43.Re7 Bc1
44.Ne6 Ra8 45.Ba2 Rhh8 46.Nc7 Ra7 47.Rd7 f4 48.Rg7 f3 49.Rf7 f2  0-1

[Event "14th TCh-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lahno,Kateri"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 c6 7.Bg2 d5 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nb5 O-O 12.Rc1 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nc6 14.f4 Ba6 15.Nd6 Na5
16.b3 Nb7 17.Nxb7 Bxb7 18.O-O Qe7 19.Rc2 Rac8 20.Rfc1 h6 21.e3 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc2 Qc5 25.Qxc5 bxc5 26.Kf2 Bd7 27.Ke1 a5 28.Kd2 Bb5 29.Kc3 Kf8
30.a3 Ke7 31.b4 axb4+ 32.axb4 cxb4+ 33.Kxb4 Be2 34.Kc5 Bd1 35.e4 dxe4 36.Bxe4 Be2
37.Bc6 Bd1 38.Kd4 Be2 39.Ke3 Bd1 40.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th TCh-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ushenina,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Re1 Nc6 10.Bf3 h6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Qd3 Qc7 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Ng3 Rfe8
16.h3 Nc4 17.Bc1 b5 18.Nh5 Be6 19.a4 Qc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Nd1 b4
23.b3 Na5 24.Be3 Qc7 25.Ra4 Nc6 26.Re2 Bg5 27.Nb2 Ra8 28.Re1 Rxa4 29.Nxa4 Bxe3
30.fxe3 Na7 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Rd2 Qc6 33.Be2 Kf8 34.Bf1 Ke7 35.Rf2 Rb8 36.Rd2 Nb5
37.Rd1 Na7 38.Qd2 Rb7 39.Nb2 Nc8 40.Nd3 Qb6 41.Ra1 Bd7 42.Nb2 Ra7 43.Re1 Bc6
44.Nd3 Rb7 45.Nf2 Qa5 46.Rd1 Rd7 47.Qe1 Rb7 48.Bc4 Kf8 49.Ra1 Qc7 50.Qd2 Rb8
51.Bd5 Ne7 52.Bc4 Nc8 53.Ra6 Qb7 54.Qd3 Ra8 55.Rxa8 Qxa8 56.Qd2 Bxe4 57.Nxe4 Qxe4
58.Bd5 Qf5 59.Qxb4 g5 60.Qb7 Ne7 61.Qb8+ Kg7 62.Qxd6 Ng6 63.Qc7 h5 64.Qc4 g4
65.hxg4 hxg4 66.Qe4 Qh5 67.g3 f5 68.Qb4 Qh3 69.Qe1 e4 70.Bc4 Ne5 71.Be2 Kg6
72.Qf2 Qh8 73.Qf4 Nf7 74.Bc4 Ne5 75.Be2 Nf7 76.Qc7 Qb2 77.Qc6+ Kg7 78.Qc7 Kg6
79.Kf2 Qc1 80.Qc6+ Kg7 81.Qc3+ Kg6 82.Bb5 Qh1 83.Qc6+ Kg7 84.Qc3+ Kg6 85.Be8 Qf3+
86.Ke1 Qxg3+ 87.Kd2 Qd6+ 88.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th TCh-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Loo RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.a3 Be7 12.Be3 Bf6 13.Qc2 g6 14.Rfd1 Qd8 15.Be4 Bd7
16.d5 exd5 17.Bxd5 Qc8 18.Rac1 Ne7 19.Qb1 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.Nf4 Be5 22.b4 Bxf4
23.Bxf4 Qg4 24.Be3 Rfd8 25.h3 Qh4 26.b5 Nd4 27.Rc7 Nf5 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Bf4 Qd5
30.Kh2 Re8 31.Qc2 Nh4 32.f3 Nxf3+ 33.Kg3 Nd4 34.Qc4 Ne2+ 35.Kh2 Qf5 36.Bd6 Qf6
37.Qc5 b6 38.Rc8 Qe6 39.Rxe8+ Qxe8 40.Qe5 Qd7 41.Be7 f6 42.Qxe2 Qc7+ 43.g3 Kf7
44.Bb4 h5 45.Kg2 Qd7 46.Qe4 Qd8 47.Qc4+ Kg7 48.Qe6 Qd4 49.h4 Qb2+ 50.Kf3 g5
51.Qe7+ Kg6 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.Qf7+ Kh8 54.hxg5 fxg5 55.Qxh5+ Kg7 56.Qxg5+ Kf7
57.Qf5+ Kg7 58.Qd3  1-0

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7
9.g5 h6 10.g6 Ngf6 11.gxf7+ Bxf7 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Qb3 b5 15.Qc2 Ndf6
16.Rg1 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Kf8 18.Be5 Rg8 19.Nf4 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Ng6+ Ke8 22.Nxe7 Kxe7
23.Bxg7 Bd5 24.Rg3 b4 25.cxb4 Qxb4+ 26.Qd2 Qxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Rab8 28.Kc3 h5 29.Rg5 Rb5
30.Be5 Rxg5 31.hxg5 Kf7 32.a4 Rb3+ 33.Kc2 Kg6 34.Bf4 Rd3 35.Rb1 Ra3 36.Rb8 Rxa4
37.Rh8 Ra2+ 38.Kc3 Rxf2 39.Rh6+ Kf5 40.Rxh5 a5 41.Rh8 Ra2 42.Rf8+ Kg6 43.Rf6+ Kh5
44.Rh6+ Kg4 45.g6 Ra3+ 46.Kb2 Ra2+ 47.Kc3 Ra3+ 48.Kb2 Ra2+ 49.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Girya,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4 cxd4 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Bxf3 8.Nxd5 Bxd1
9.Nc7+ Kd7 10.Nxa8 Bc2 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Rc1 d3 13.h4 e6 14.Rh3 Nge7 15.Bxd3 Bxd3
16.Rxd3+ Nd5 17.b4 b5 18.a4 bxa4 19.b5 Nxe5 20.Rc7+ Kd8 21.Rd4 Bd6 22.Rxa7 Bc5
23.Ba5+ Kc8 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.Nb6+ Bxb6 26.Bxb6 Re8 27.Kd1 Nc4 28.Bd4 Re4 29.Bxg7 Rxh4
30.Rxf7 Rg4 31.Bf8 a3 32.Ra7 Rxg2 33.Ke2 Kb8 34.Ra6 Rg6 35.Ra4 Re6+ 36.Kf1 Nd2+
37.Kg2 Rg6+ 38.Kh3 Ne4 39.f4 Rg3+ 40.Kh4 Rb3 41.Bxa3 Rxb5 42.f5 Rb1 43.Rb4+ Rxb4
44.Bxb4 Kc7 45.Kh5 Kd7 46.Kh6 Ke8 47.Kg7 d4 48.Be1 Ng5 49.Bd2 Ne4 50.Be1 d3
51.f6 Ng5 52.Bc3 Ne6+ 53.Kxh7 Kf7 54.Kh6 Nc5 55.Kg5 Ne4+ 56.Kf4 Nxc3 57.Ke3 Kxf6
58.Kxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.b4 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qc7
9.Bf4 a6 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 Nge7 12.Bd3 Bg7 13.Qe3 h6 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 d4
16.cxd4 Nd5 17.Qf2 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 O-O-O 19.Nf3 Nxd4 20.O-O Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Bxe5
22.Rad1 Bxh2+ 23.Kh1 Rd4 24.Be4 Rhd8 25.Bxb7+ Qxb7 26.Qxb7+ Kxb7 27.Rxd4 Rxd4
28.Kxh2 Rxb4 29.Rxf7+ Kc6 30.Rf6 Re4 31.Rxh6 Kxc5 32.Rh3 Re2 33.Ra3 Kb5 34.Kg3 a5
35.Kf3 Rc2 36.g4 a4 37.g5 Kb4 38.Re3 Rxa2 39.g6 Rd2 40.Rxe6 Rd7 41.Kf4 a3
42.Ra6 Kb3 43.Rb6+ Kc2 44.Rc6+ Kb3 45.Rb6+ Kc2 46.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Nb3 b6 15.g4 Bc8
16.g5 Nd7 17.Bg2 Na5 18.Qf2 Nc4 19.Bc1 Bb7 20.Nd4 Bf8 21.b3 Na5 22.Bb2 Nc6
23.Nf3 Nb4 24.Rad1 d5 25.exd5 exd5 26.f5 Qf4 27.g6 Qxf5 28.Bh3 Qxg6 29.Bxd7 Red8
30.Bh3 d4 31.Ne2 d3 32.Nf4 Qh6 33.Bg2 dxc2 34.Rxd8 Rxd8 35.Nd4 Bxg2+ 36.Nxg2 Qg6
37.Qe2 Qd3 38.Qf2 f6 39.Qe1 Re8 40.Qa1 Bc5 41.Nf5 Na2 42.Ng3 Qxb3 43.Nf4 Rd8
44.Qe1 Qxb2 45.Qe6+ Kh8 46.Nd3 Qd4 47.Re1 Qxd3  0-1

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Khotenashvili,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Rc1 Nd5 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Ne4 a5 15.Nc5 Be8
16.e4 Nb6 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Qe7 19.Ne4 Nxd5 20.Nh4 f5 21.Qxb5 Rd8 22.Ng5 Qd6
23.Rd1 Nce7 24.Qe2 Rd7 25.Ne6 Bh5 26.Qxh5 Qxe6 27.Nf3 Qe2 28.Bd4 Nf6 29.Qg5 c5
30.Bf1 Qxf3 31.Bxf6 Rxf6 32.Rxd7 h6 33.Bc4+ Kh8 34.Qe3 Qxe3 35.fxe3 Nc6 36.Rad1 Ne5
37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Bg8+ Kg6 39.R1d6 c4 40.Rxf6+ Kxf6 41.Bxc4 Bc5 42.Kg2 Ng4 43.Rc8 Bxe3
44.Rc6+ Ke5 45.Kf3 Bd2 46.Ke2 Bb4 47.h3 Nf6 48.Ke3 Nd5+ 49.Bxd5 Kxd5 50.Rg6 Bc3
51.Kf4 Bf6 52.Kxf5 Kd4 53.Rg4+ Kc3 54.Ra4 Bd8 55.Kg6 Kxb3 56.Ra1 Bc7 57.Re1 Kc2
58.Re3 Bb6 59.Re4 Kb3 60.Kxg7 a4 61.Re8 Bc7 62.Kxh6 a3 63.Re3+ Kb4 64.Rxa3 Kxa3
65.g4 Kb3 66.g5 Bf4 67.h4 Kc4 68.Kh7  1-0

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ushenina,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 h6 8.Bh4 g6
9.f4 e5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.h3 Be7 12.Bf2 b5 13.g4 Bb7 14.Bg2 Rc8 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Qa5+ 17.c3 O-O 18.O-O Rfe8 19.Be3 Bf8 20.Qf2 Qc7 21.Rad1 Bg7 22.Bf4 Qd7
23.Bc1 b4 24.Ne2 a5 25.Qb6 Nc4 26.Qf2 Ne5 27.Qb6 Nc4 28.Qf2 bxc3 29.Nxc3 Nxb2
30.Bxb2 Bxc3 31.Bc1 Ba6 32.Bxh6 Bxf1 33.Rxf1 Bg7 34.Bf4 Rc4 35.Kh1 Be5 36.Bh6 Rb4
37.Qd2 Reb8 38.a3 Rb1 39.Qxa5 Rxf1+ 40.Bxf1 Qb7 41.Qd2 Qb1 42.Qd3 Qa2  0-1

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Batchimeg,Tuvshintugs"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.a3 Re8 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bf8 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 f5 14.Qf4 Ne7 15.c4 Ng6
16.Qg3 Qb8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bc6 19.Rfd1 Qb7 20.Be2 Be7 21.Rd2 Rf8 22.Bf3 Rad8
23.Rad1 Kf7 24.Bxc6 dxc6 25.Qh3 Kg8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Qd3 Be7
29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Ke2 b5 31.f3 a5 32.cxb5 cxb5 33.Bc3 Qb6 34.Bd4 Qc6 35.Bc3 Qc5
36.Bd4 Qc6 37.Bb2 h5 38.Qc3 Qd5 39.Qd3 Qc5 40.Kf1 g5 41.Bc3 g4 42.b4 axb4
43.Bxb4 Qc1+ 44.Kf2 Bxb4 45.axb4 Qb2+ 46.Kf1 Qxe5 47.Qd7+ Kg6 48.Qe8+ Kg5
49.Qd8+ Kh6 50.Qf8+ Qg7 51.Qe8 Qa1+ 52.Kf2 Qd4+ 53.Kf1 Qc4+ 54.Kf2 gxf3 55.gxf3 Qd4+
56.Kg2 Qd2+ 57.Kh3 Qe2 58.Qf8+ Kg5 59.Qg7+ Kf4 60.Qh6+ Kxf3 61.Qxh5+ Ke3
62.Qg5+ Ke4 63.Qg6 Kd5 64.Qg5 Qf1+ 65.Kh4 Qf2+ 66.Kh3 Qf3+ 67.Kh4 e5 68.Qd8+ Ke4
69.h3 Qc3 70.Qd6 f4 71.Qg6+ Kf3 72.Kg5 e4 73.Qd6 Qg7+ 74.Kf5 Qf7+ 75.Kg5 e3
76.Qc6+ Kf2 77.Kg4 Qg7+ 78.Kf5 e2 79.Qc5+ Kg2  0-1

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Bxh6 Nxe4
10.Nxe4 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qxh6 12.Qxh6 Bxh6 13.Nxd6 exd5 14.cxd5 Nd7 15.f4 Nb6 16.O-O-O Rd8
17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.Bh3 Rc7 19.d6 Rc6 20.d7 f5 21.Nf3 Re6 22.Bg2 Rxd7 23.Rxd7 Nxd7
24.Nd2 Nb6 25.Bxb7 g5 26.fxg5 Bxg5 27.h4 Bh6 28.Rh2 Re3 29.Rg2 c4 30.Kc2 Kh8
31.g4 fxg4 32.Rxg4 Re2 33.Rg2 Re3 34.Ne4 Bg7 35.Nd6 Re7 36.Be4 Be5 37.Nf5 Rc7
38.Rg5 c3 39.b3 Bf4 40.Rg4 Be5 41.h5 Rf7 42.Rg6 Rd7 43.Rg2 Nc8 44.Bd3 Rd8
45.h6 Bf6 46.h7 Rf8 47.Rg6 Nb6 48.Nh6 Bg7 49.Rd6 Nc8 50.Re6 Nb6 51.Nf5 Nd5
52.Nxg7 Kxg7 53.Rg6+ Kh8 54.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nc3 Bb4
9.e3 O-O 10.Bxc4 e5 11.O-O exd4 12.Nd5 Qd6 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxb4 Qxb4 15.Nxb4 Nf5
16.Rfd1 Ne7 17.Nd3 Rd8 18.Nc5 Rd6 19.Ne4 Rd7 20.Nc5 Rd6 21.Bb3 a5 22.Rac1 Nf5
23.Ne4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Kf8 25.Rd8+ Ke7 26.Rg8 b6 27.Bd5 Bb7 28.Rxa8 Bxd5 29.Ra7 Kd7
30.Nc5+ bxc5 31.Rxa5 Kc6 32.b3 Nd6 33.f3 Kb6 34.Ra4 Nb5 35.Rg4 g6 36.Rh4 h5
37.e4 Be6 38.f4 f5 39.exf5 Bxf5 40.h3 Nd4 41.Kf2 Be4 42.f5 Bxf5 43.b4 Bd3
44.Rf4 Nc2 45.Rf6+ c6 46.bxc5+ Kxc5 47.g4 hxg4 48.hxg4 Nb4 49.a4 Nd5 50.Re6 Nb4
51.Ke3 Bc2 52.Kd2 Kd5 53.Rf6 Kc5 54.Re6 Bb1 55.Re8 Ba2 56.Rb8 Be6 57.g5 Na6
58.Rb7 Bc8 59.Rg7 Bf5 60.Rb7 Kc4 61.Rb6 Nb4 62.a5 Bc8 63.Rb8 Bf5 64.Rb6 Kc5
65.Rb8 Na6 66.Rb7 Bc8 67.Rg7 Bf5 68.Rb7 Bc8 69.Rg7 Bf5 70.Rb7 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Qd6
9.O-O Be7 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 O-O 13.Bc4 a6 14.Nc3 Bf6 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Bb3 Na5 18.Bc2 b5 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.Ne2 Rc8 21.Rc1 Nc4 22.b3 Nb6
23.Nd3 Ba3 24.Nc5 Ba8 25.Ra1 Bxc5 26.dxc5 Rxc5 27.Qb1 Nbd5 28.Be5 h6 29.Qb2 Ng4
30.Bg3 Qd7 31.Rac1 Rfc8 32.Bb1 Qb7 33.Rxc5 Rxc5 34.Qd4 Rc8 35.Qxg4 Ne3 36.Qf3 Qxf3
37.gxf3 Nxf1 38.Kxf1 Bxf3 39.Bf4 e5 40.Bd2 h5 41.Nc3 Rd8 42.Be1 Rd4 43.Bf5 b4
44.Nb1 g6 45.Bc8 a5 46.Nd2 Bc6 47.Ba6 Rd8 48.Be2 f6 49.Nc4 Ra8 50.Bd2 Kg7
51.Ke1 Be4 52.Nb6 Rd8 53.Nc4 Ra8 54.Nb6 Ra7 55.Be3 Bb1 56.Kd2 Rc7 57.Nc4 Bxa2
58.Nxa5 Rc3 59.Bc4 h4 60.Ke1 Bb1 61.Bd2 Rh3 62.Kf1 Rxh2 63.Kg1 Rh3 64.Bf1 Rc3
65.Bxc3 bxc3 66.b4 Bc2 67.b5 Ba4 68.b6 c2 69.b7 c1=Q 70.b8=Q Qg5+ 71.Kh1 Qd2
72.Qa7+ Kh6 73.Qc5 Bc2 74.Qf8+ Kg5 75.Qc5 Be4+ 76.Kg1 Kh6 77.Qf8+ Kg5 78.Qc5 Qf4
79.Nc4 Qf3 80.Qe3+ Qxe3 81.Nxe3 f5 82.Bc4 Kf4 83.Nd5+ Bxd5 84.Bxd5 e4 85.Kg2 g5
86.Be6 Ke5 87.Bc8 Kf4 88.Be6 Ke5 89.Bc8 f4 90.f3 Kd4 91.fxe4 Kxe4 92.Bg4 Ke3
93.Bh5 Kd4 94.Bg4 Ke4 95.Kf2 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva WGP 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 dxe4 7.Qxe4 Nd7 8.g3 g6
9.Bg2 Bg7 10.O-O Ne7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Rad1 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 O-O 15.Ne4 Qb6
16.Qa3 Rfd8 17.c3 a5 18.Qa4 Nf6 19.Qc2 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 a4 21.Rfe1 Rd6 22.h4 Qa5
23.Re2 Rad8 24.Rde1 b6 25.Bf3 Qf5 26.Be4 Qa5 27.Bf3 Qf5 28.Be4 Qa5 29.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.c4 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 Nb6
9.h3 Na6 10.Nc3 Nc7 11.a4 a5 12.Qb3 Na6 13.Be3 Nb4 14.Rad1 Be6 15.d5 cxd5
16.Ng5 Bd7 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Nge4 Rc8 19.g4 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Nc4 21.Bc5 Nxb2 22.Rd2 N2d3
23.Rxd3 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 f5 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Ng5 Rxc5 27.Ne6 Qd6 28.Nxf8 Bxf8
29.Qxf5 Rc4 30.Kh1 Qf6 31.Qd7 Rf4 32.Rg1 Kh8 33.d6 Qxd6 34.Bd5 h6 35.Qxb7 e6
36.Qb2+ Kh7 37.Be4+ Rf5 38.Bxf5+ exf5 39.Qb7+ Kh8 40.Qb2+ Kh7 41.Qb7+ Kh8
42.Qf3 Qe5 43.Qg3 Qd5+ 44.Qg2 Qc4 45.f3 Qd5 46.Qg3 Kh7 47.Rg2 Qd1+ 48.Kh2 Qd5
49.Qg6+ Kh8 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.Qg6+ Kh8 52.Qg3 Bd6 53.f4 Qf7 54.Kh1 Kh7 55.h4 Bf8
56.Kh2 Bd6 57.Kh3 Bf8 58.Qd3 Qe6 59.h5 Be7 60.Qg3 Bf8 61.Qg6+ Qxg6 62.Rxg6 Bb4
63.Kg3 Bc3 64.Kf3 Bg7 65.Rd6 Kg8 66.Rd5 Bc3 67.Rxf5 Kg7 68.Ke4 Bd2 69.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.a4 Be7 12.Ne4 Be6 13.a5 Rd8 14.c3 Bd5 15.Re1 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Rd1+
17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Nxe1 h4 19.Ra4 Kd7 20.Nd3 c5 21.Re4 Kc6 22.Kf1 Kb5 23.e6 fxe6
24.Rxe6 Bd6 25.Re4 Rf8 26.Ke2 Kxa5 27.Bg5 b5 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Kb6 30.Re4 Rh8
31.Re5 Rf8 32.Re4 Rh8 33.Re5 Rf8 34.Re4 Rh8 35.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 dxe4 7.Qxe4 Nd7 8.g3 g6
9.Bg2 Bg7 10.O-O Ne7 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Rd1 Nb6 13.c3 a5 14.Qc2 a4 15.Nf4 Nc4
16.Nd3 Qc8 17.Nc5 Nb6 18.Bg5 Ned5 19.c4 Nf6 20.Be3 Rd8 21.Rd3 Ne8 22.Ne4 Qc7
23.Rad1 h6 24.h4 Nd7 25.Bf4 Qa5 26.Bd2 Qc7 27.Nc3 Nb6 28.c5 Nc8 29.Nxa4 e5
30.d5 cxd5 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Bxd5 Ne7 33.Bg2 Nc6 34.b3 Nd4 35.Qc4 Rd8 36.Bc3 Qc8
37.Bxd4 exd4 38.Nb2 Nc7 39.Nd3 Re8 40.b4 Qg4 41.Rf1 Bf6 42.b5 Kg7 43.b6 Ne6
44.Re1 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.c6 bxc6 47.b7 Rb8 48.Qxc6 Qf5 49.Qc8 Rxb7 50.Qxb7 Qxd3
51.Rxe6 Qd1+ 52.Bf1 d3 53.Rxf6 Kxf6 54.Qa6+  1-0

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.h3 Bh5 15.Ng3 Bg6
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Ne6 18.Nf5 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Qf3 O-O 21.Qg3 f6 22.Bd2 fxe5
23.Qxe5 Rde8 24.Ne3 Bxe3 25.Bxg6 Bxf2+ 26.Kh1 hxg6  0-1

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Edouard,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 h6 5.Bh4 Be7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.Bd3 c5 8.c3 Bb7
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.f4 Nc6 12.O-O Ndxe5 13.fxe5 O-O-O 14.b4 cxb4 15.c4 Qg5
16.Qe2 Rhf8 17.cxd5 exd5 18.a3 Kb8 19.Bb5 Rc8 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.axb4 Rc3 22.Rf3 Qe7
23.b5 f6 24.Qf2 Bc8 25.Rf1 f5 26.Qg3 g5 27.Qe1 Rc2 28.Nb1 Be6 29.g4 f4 30.exf4 gxf4
31.Rxf4 Rxf4 32.Rxf4 Qg5 33.Qe3 Bxg4 34.Rf8+ Kc7 35.Qxg5 hxg5 36.Rf7+ Kd8
37.Na3 Ra2 38.Nb1 Ra1 39.Rf1 Be2 40.Re1 Bd3  0-1

[Event "Geneva Masters GpB 2013"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 e6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Qg3 O-O 12.Ne2 b5 13.Bh6 Ne8 14.Bf4 Ndf6 15.Be5 Bd6
16.a4 b4 17.a5 Qc7 18.f4 c5 19.c3 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxe5 21.fxe5 Nd7 22.Be4 Rc8
23.Nc6 bxc3 24.Bxh7+ Kh8 25.Qh4  1-0

[Event "113th ch-SUI 2013"]
[Site "Graechen SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Meylan,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be6
9.Re1 Be7 10.Bf1 O-O 11.h3 a6 12.a4 Qc7 13.b3 Nb4 14.Bb2 Nd7 15.Nd2 f5 16.Bc4 Bxc4
17.Nxc4 fxe4 18.Ba3 b5 19.Bxb4 bxc4 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Bxd6 Qf7
23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Rxe4 cxb3 25.cxb3 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Qf7 27.Rc1 Qe6 28.Qg4 Rf5
29.Rec4 h5 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Qc4 Qe7 32.Qg8+ Kh6 33.Qh8+ Kg5 34.Qd8 Qxd8 35.Rxd8 Nf6
36.Rd6 a5 37.Re6 e4 38.Rc7 g6 39.Kg1 Rd5 40.Rcc6 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Nd5 42.Rxe4 Kf5
43.Re8 Nb4 44.Rc5+ Kf4 45.Rxa5 Nc2 46.Rae5 Nd4 47.a5 Rd2 48.Re4+ Kf5 49.Rxd4 Rxd4
50.a6  1-0

[Event "113th ch-SUI 2013"]
[Site "Graechen SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Levrand,Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Bd7
9.f3 Be7 10.Be3 b5 11.g4 Qa5 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.g5 Nh5 14.f4 h6 15.g6 fxg6 16.Rg1 g5
17.fxg5 Ne5 18.gxh6 gxh6 19.a3 Nf6 20.Rg7 Nfg4 21.Bf4 Bf6 22.Rxg4 Nxg4 23.Bxd6 Qa7
24.Kb1 Qe3 25.Qg2 Ne5 26.Be2 O-O-O 27.Qf1 Qg5 28.Qf2 Be7  1-0

[Event "113th ch-SUI 2013"]
[Site "Graechen SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.13"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Kuenzli,S"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 O-O
9.Qd2 a5 10.Na4 d5 11.Bb6 Qd7 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.O-O-O Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Bf5 15.Bc5 Rac8
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Nc3 Ned5 18.Nde4 Nxc3 19.Nxc3 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Be2 Kf8
22.Re1 Rc8 23.Bb5 Rc5 24.a4 h5 25.h4 Ke7 26.Kd2 Be6 27.Re3 Nd7 28.Bxd7 Bxd7
29.b3 f6 30.Ne4 Rc8 31.Rc3 Bc6 32.Rc5 Ra8 33.Ke3 Kd7 34.Ng3 Kd6 35.Rc3 g6
36.Ne4+ Ke7 37.Rc5 Ke6 38.Nd2 Bd5 39.Nc4 Bxc4 40.Rxc4 Kd6 41.c3 Rb8 42.f4 Re8
43.Kf3 b6 44.fxe5+ fxe5 45.b4 Kd5 46.Rc7 Rf8+ 47.Ke3 Rf4 48.g3 Rg4 49.bxa5 bxa5
50.Rd7+ Ke6 51.Ra7 Rxa4 52.c4 Kf5 53.Ra6 Ra3+ 54.Kf2 Ra2+ 55.Ke3 a4 56.c5 a3
57.c6 Rc2 58.Rxa3 Rxc6 59.Rb3 Re6 60.Ra3 Kg4 61.Ke4 Rf6 62.Rb3 Rf1 63.Kxe5 Rf3
64.Rb6 Rxg3 65.Rxg6+ Kxh4 66.Ra6 Rf3 67.Rg6 Kh3 68.Ke4 Rf1 69.Ke3 h4 70.Ke2 Rf5
71.Rg8 Kh2 72.Rg4 h3 73.Rg8 Kh1 74.Rg7 Ra5 75.Rg3 Ra2+ 76.Kf1 Kh2 77.Rg8 Rg2
78.Rf8 Rg1+ 79.Kf2 Ra1 80.Rg8 Ra2+ 81.Kf1 Rg2 82.Rf8 Rg5 83.Kf2 Rg6 84.Rf7 Ra6
85.Rf8 Ra2+ 86.Kf1 Kg3 87.Rg8+ Kf3 88.Rf8+ Kg3 89.Rg8+ Kf3 90.Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "113th ch-SUI 2013"]
[Site "Graechen SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Deubelbeiss,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 b5 10.Be2 h5 11.Bf3 b4 12.Nce2 Nd7 13.O-O-O Rb8 14.Kb1 Be7 15.Ng3 h4
16.Nf1 Nc5 17.f5 a5 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Ne3 a4 20.Rhe1 Kf7 21.Qe2 Bd7 22.Rf1 Qa5
23.Nc4 Qc7 24.Bh5+ Kf8 25.e5 dxe5 26.Nxe5 b3 27.Ng6+ Kg7 28.Nxe7 bxa2+ 29.Ka1 a3
30.Qg4+ Kf8 31.Ng6+ Ke8 32.Nxh8+  1-0

[Event "113th ch-SUI 2013"]
[Site "Graechen SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Hund,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 Nf6 8.Nc3 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Nb1 c4 11.Qe2 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Nh4 Bg4 14.Nf3 Nc5 15.Qe3 O-O
16.b3 Ne6 17.Bb2 Qa6 18.Nc3 Rfd8 19.Ne2 Bh6 20.Nfd4 Nc5 21.Ng3 Qb6 22.Qf2 e6
23.h3 Bf5 24.Ndxf5 exf5 25.Bd4 Bf8 26.e6 fxe6 27.Qe3 Qc7 28.d3 Re8 29.bxc4 dxc4
30.dxc4 Nd7 31.Rfd1 e5 32.fxe5 Nxe5 33.c5 Nc6 34.Qb3+ Qf7 35.Bg1 f4 36.Nf1 Rad8
37.Nh2 Na5 38.Qa4 Nc4 39.Rxd8 Rxd8 40.Qxa7 Ne3 41.c6 Nf5 42.Nf3 Qg7 43.Rb1 bxc6
44.Qxg7+ Bxg7 45.a4 Bc3 46.Rb3 Ba5 47.Rd3 Re8 48.Rd1 Re4 49.Rd8+ Bxd8  0-1

[Event "113th ch-SUI 2013"]
[Site "Graechen SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Carron,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qd5 8.Nf3 Qe4+
9.Kf1 Qf5 10.Na3 Bd6 11.d3 Nf6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Ba3 O-O 14.Ne3 Qh5 15.Nd2 Qh6
16.Bxc5 Rd8 17.h4 e5 18.Qf3 Nd5 19.Ne4 Qe6 20.Ng5 Qe8 21.Nf5 f6 22.Ne4 Kh8
23.h5 Nf4 24.Ne7 f5 25.Ng3 e4 26.dxe4 Ba6+ 27.Kg1 Ne6 28.Ngxf5 Nxc5 29.Ng6+ hxg6
30.hxg6+ Kg8 31.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "113th ch-SUI 2013"]
[Site "Graechen SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Miezis,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.f4 e5
9.f5 h5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qd2 b5 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Qg5 Rh7
16.Bf3 Nd7 17.h4 Nf6 18.Kb1 Rd8 19.Qe3 c5 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.a4 b4 22.Ne2 Kc8
23.a5 Kb8 24.Qd3 Rh8 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Qc4 Ka7 27.Ng3 g6 28.Nf1 gxf5 29.exf5 e4
30.Be2 Nd7 31.Bxh5 Ne5 32.Qe2 Qxh4 33.Ne3 Rd8 34.Rxd8 Qxd8 35.Nc4 Qd4 36.Nxe5 Qxe5
37.Bxf7 Qxf5 38.Bc4 Qg5 39.Qd1 Qe7 40.g4 e3 41.Be2 Bc6 42.g5 Bb5 43.g6 Bxe2
44.Qxe2 Qg5 45.Qh2 Qe7 46.Qh7 Qxh7 47.gxh7 e2 48.h8=Q e1=Q+ 49.Ka2 b3+ 50.Kxb3 Qb4+
51.Ka2 Qxa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "113th ch-SUI 2013"]
[Site "Graechen SUI"]
[Date "2013.07.18"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Huss,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 a5
9.Bc2 Nbd7 10.Rb1 Nh5 11.g3 g6 12.h4 c6 13.Nf1 a4 14.Ne3 Nc5 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Ng5 h6
17.Qf3 hxg5 18.hxg5 Nh7 19.Nf5 Bxg5 20.Ke2 Bxd2 21.Rxh7 Kxh7 22.Rh1+ Kg8
23.Kxd2 Qg5+ 24.Ne3 Kg7 25.Rh4 Bd7 26.Qg2 Rh8 27.f4 exf4 28.Rxf4 Qe5  0-1

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Pavlidou,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Rfd1 a6 12.h3 b5 13.Qe3 b4 14.Na4 h6 15.Bxh6 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Bxb3 17.axb3 Nxe4 18.Bxa6 Rb8 19.Bc4 Ne5 20.Rd4 Nf6 21.Re1 Nxc4 22.Rh4 Nh5
23.Rxh5 gxh5 24.Qg5+ Kh7 25.Qxh5+ Kg7 26.Qg5+ Kh7 27.Re4  1-0

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mammadova,G"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Bf4 Nh6
9.Ne4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qa5+ 12.c3 Nf5 13.O-O h6 14.Nd2 e6 15.g4 Nh4
16.Qe3 O-O-O 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Bg3 g5 19.b4 cxb4 20.Qxa7 Kd7 21.cxb4 Ng6 22.Qe3 Ke8
23.Nd6+ Kf8 24.b5 Kg8 25.d4 Ne7 26.Qf3 Nd5 27.bxc6 Qxc6 28.Qxf7+ Kh7 29.Rac1 Nc3
30.Kh2 Rhf8 31.Qxe6 Qa6 32.Rxc3 Qxf1 33.Nf5 Rg8 34.Rc7 Qa6 35.Qxa6 bxa6 36.e6 Rc8
37.Rb7  1-0

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kazimova,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "B84"]

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.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Na5 14.b3 Nc6 15.a5 Bd7
16.Nde2 Nb4 17.Bb6 Qc8 18.Na4 d5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.c4 Nd3 22.Ng3 f5
23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Nxe4 Bxa1 25.Nd6 Qc6 26.Nxe8 Bxe8 27.Qxd3 Bf6 28.Qe2 Bg6
29.Nc5 Bf5 30.Rd1 Re8 31.Nd7 Kh8 32.Nxf6 gxf6 33.Bd4 Kg7 34.Bc3 Be4 35.Rd4 Bf5
36.Qh5 Bg6 37.Qd1 Re7 38.h3 Bf5 39.Kh2 Bg6 40.Qe1 Qc5 41.Qg3 Qc7 42.Rd2 Qc5
43.Qh4 Rf7 44.g4 Qe3 45.Qg3 Qxg3+ 46.Kxg3 Kf8 47.Rd6 Bc2 48.Rxe6 Bxb3 49.Bxf6 Bxc4
50.Rb6 Rd7 51.Kh4 Bf1 52.Rb1 Bg2 53.Rb2 Bf1 54.Rf2 Rd1 55.Be5 Rb1 56.Rf3 Bg2
57.Rg3 Be4 58.Re3 Bg2 59.Kg5 Kf7 60.Bd6 Rb5+ 61.f5 Rxa5 62.Re7+ Kg8 63.Kh6 Bc6
64.Rg7+ Kh8 65.Rf7  1-0

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rakic,Ma"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.a3 Ba5
9.e3 Qb6 10.Qd2 Ne4 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf5 13.Bd3 c4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Qd2 Nd7
16.O-O Nc5 17.Qd4 Bd3 18.Qg4 Qxb2 19.Bf6 Bg6 20.Bd4 Nb3 21.Rb1 Qc2 22.Nb5 Rad8
23.Bxa7 Qe4 24.Qg5 h6 25.Qg3 Qxd5 26.Nbd4 Bxb1 27.Rxb1 b6 28.Nxb3 cxb3 29.Nd4 b2
30.h4 Qa2  0-1

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Vojinovic,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Ngf3 Qxc5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O b6
9.Ne4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.a4 Bd6 13.Rd1 Nc5 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.g3 a6
16.Bc4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Bxa8 19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Qc6 21.Rd1 Qe4 22.Be3 Qc4
23.Qxc4 bxc4 24.Nd2 c3 25.bxc3 Rc8 26.Ra1 Rc6 27.Ra7+ Bc7 28.c4 Nd7 29.Kf1 Bb6
30.Bxb6 Rxb6 31.c5 Rc6 32.Nb3 e5 33.f4 Ke8 34.Ra5 Rc7 35.Ke2 Ke7 36.f5 Nb8
37.c3 Nc6 38.Ra6 Nb8 39.Rb6 Nd7 40.Rb5 h5 41.Kd3 Rc8 42.Ke4 Nb8 43.Rb7+ Kf8
44.Rb6 Nc6 45.Nd2 Ne7 46.Rxf6 Rxc5 47.c4 Kg7 48.Rb6 Ng8 49.Kd3 Rc7 50.Ne4 Rd7+
51.Rd6 Ra7 52.c5 Nh6 53.f6+ Kg6 54.Rd8 Kf5 55.c6 Rc7 56.Rd6 Ng4 57.h3 Nh2
58.Nd2 Nf3 59.Nxf3 e4+ 60.Ke3 exf3 61.Rd5+ Ke6 62.Rc5 Kd6 63.Rc3 Ke5 64.Kxf3  1-0

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gaponenko,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 h6 8.Bh4 Qxd4
9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.O-O-O g5 11.Rxd4 gxh4 12.Nb5 e5 13.Nc7+ Ke7 14.Rd1 Bg4 15.Nxa8 Bxd1
16.Kxd1 Bg7 17.Nf3 Rxa8 18.Nxe5 Rd8+ 19.Ke2 Rd4 20.Re1 Ne4 21.Nf3 Rxc4 22.Kd3 Rb4
23.Rxe4+ Rxe4 24.Kxe4 h3 25.g3 Bxb2 26.Ng1 Kd6 27.Nxh3 Kc5 28.Kd3 Kb4 29.Kc2 Ka3
30.Kb1 Bd4 31.g4 f6 32.Nf4 Bxf2 33.Nd5 Bh4 34.Ne7 Bg5 35.Nc8 a6 36.Nd6 b5
37.Nb7 Kb4 38.h3 Bf4 39.Nd8 Kc3 40.Ne6 Bd6 41.h4 Kc4 42.Kc2 Kd5 43.Ng7 Ke4
44.Nf5 Bf4 45.Ne7 Kf3 46.Nd5 Be5 47.Nb4 a5 48.Nc6 Kxg4 49.Nxa5 Kxh4 50.Kd3 Kg3
51.Ke2 Kg2 52.Nc6 h5 53.Ne7 h4 54.Nf5 h3 55.Nh4+ Kg3 56.Nf5+ Kf4  0-1

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Melia,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc2 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5 d6
9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qd2 Nc5 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Ne3 Nd4 15.O-O Nxe2+
16.Nxe2 Bd3 17.Rfe1 e5 18.Rad1 Qf6 19.f3 Rad8 20.Ng4 Qg7 21.b3 Qxh6 22.Nxh6+ Kg7
23.Ng4 Bxe2 24.Rxe2 Ne6 25.Ne3 Nd4 26.Red2 a6 27.Nc2 Nxc2 28.Rxc2 Kf6 29.Rcd2 Ke6
30.Rd5 Rd7 31.Kf2 Rc8 32.h4 b5 33.cxb5 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 axb5 35.Rxb5 Rxa2 36.Rb6 Rb2
37.Rd3 Kf5 38.Kh3 Ke6 39.b4 h5 40.Kg3 Kf5 41.Rdxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Khurtsidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 Re8
9.Bd3 Bd6 10.O-O Bxf4 11.exf4 Nc6 12.f3 a6 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.f5 Qf6 15.Bb1 Nb6
16.g4 Nc4 17.Qd3 Bd7 18.g5 Qxf5 19.Qc3 Qh3 20.Bd3 Qh4 21.Rf2 Nd6 22.Nf4 Qxg5+
23.Rg2 Qh4 24.Bd2 Bh3 25.Rg3 Bf5 26.Nxd5 Qxd4+ 27.Qxd4 Nxd4 28.Nf6+ Kf8 29.Nxe8 Bxd3
30.Nxd6 cxd6 31.Bb4 Ne2+ 32.Kf2 Nxg3 33.Bxd6+ Kg8 34.Kxg3 Rd8 35.Rc1 Bb5
36.Be7 Re8 37.Rc7 Bc6 38.Kf2 f6 39.Bb4 Re5 40.Re7 Rf5 41.Re3 g5 42.Kg3 h5
43.Rd3 h4+ 44.Kg4 Rf4+ 45.Kh5 Kg7  0-1

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C81"]

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.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qb8 15.Bb3 Na5
16.Nd4 c5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.f3 c4 19.fxe4 cxb3 20.exd5 Nc4 21.Qd4 Qa7 22.Qxa7 Rxa7
23.axb3 Ne3 24.Rc1 Raf7 25.Nd2 Rf2 26.Nc4 Nxd5 27.Rxa6 Re2 28.Rxe6 Nf4 29.Rd6 Rxg2+
30.Kh1 Re2 31.Rf1 Ng6 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Rd2 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Nxe5 35.Kf2 Re4 36.Rd8+ Ke7
37.Re8+ Kxe8 38.Nd6+ Kd7 39.Nxe4 Kc6 40.Ng5 Kb5 41.Kg3 h6 42.Ne6 g5 43.Nd4+ Kb4
44.Nf3 Nd3 45.Kg4 Kxb3 46.Kh5 Kxb2 47.Nd4 Ne5 48.h3 Nd3 49.Kxh6 Nf4 50.Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.Qg4 g6 9.dxc5 Nxe5
10.Qg3 Nbc6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.Nge2 a6 14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.Bc7 Qe7 16.Bd6 Qd8
17.h5 g5 18.Bc7 Qe7 19.Bd6 Qd8 20.O-O Ne7 21.Bc7 Qc8 22.Be5 Nf5 23.Qh2 Bxe5
24.Qxe5 O-O 25.b4 f6 26.Qh2 d4 27.Ne4 Bc6 28.Nd6 Nxd6 29.Qxd6 e5 30.f4 Qg4
31.Rf2 Rad8 32.Qc7 gxf4 33.a4 Rd7 34.Qb6 Rg7 35.Kf1 Bxg2+ 36.Ke1 f3 37.c6 fxe2
38.c7 Bf3 39.Qd6 Qg1+ 40.Kd2 e1=Q+ 41.Rxe1 Qxf2+ 42.Kd3 Rxc7  0-1

[Event "14th ch-EUR Ind w"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2013.08.03"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.O-O a6 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 c5 11.d3 O-O 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.e4 Rac8 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Nd1 Ng4
16.d4 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Bc5 18.Bb2 f6 19.a4 bxa4 20.bxa4 a5 21.Qb5 Ba6 22.Qxb6 Nxb6
23.Re1 Rfd8 24.Bh3 h5 25.Ba3 Nxa4 26.Bxc5 Nxc5 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Rxe3 a4 29.Ne1 Kf7
30.f3 Bb5 31.Bf1 Rb8 32.Bxb5 Rxb5 33.Rc3 Rd2 34.Nc2 Nd3 35.Ne3 Rb3 36.Rc7+ Kg6
37.Nf1 Rf2 38.f4 h4 39.f5+ exf5 40.exf5+ Rxf5 41.Rxa4 Ne5 42.Raa7 Nf3+ 43.Kh1 Ng5
44.Rxg7+ Kh5 45.Ra1 h3 46.Rd7 Rf2 47.Rd2 Rb2 48.Rxb2 Rxb2 49.Ra4 Nf3 50.Rf4 Rf2
51.Rxf3 Rxf3 52.Kg1 f5 53.Nd2 Rd3 54.Nf1 Ra3 55.Kf2 Ra2+ 56.Kf3 Rg2 57.Ke3 Kg4
58.Kd4 Kf3 59.Kd3 Ra2 60.Kd4  0-1

[Event "Razuvaev Memorial"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2013.08.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tukmakov,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 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 Nd5 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qxb5 a5
16.e4 Ba6 17.Qa4 d4 18.Rxd4 Bc5 19.Rd1 Qb6 20.Qc2 Rac8 21.Bf4 h6 22.h4 Bd4
23.Qd2 Bxb2 24.Be3 Qb4 25.Rab1 Qxd2 26.Bxd2 Bc3 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.Rb6 Bd3 29.Rd6 Bc2
30.R1d4 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Bf1 Rb8 33.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Razuvaev Memorial"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2013.08.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Qxe5 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Bd3 b6 17.Be4 Rb8 18.Rhe1 Bb7 19.Rd7 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Nc6 21.Nb5 Rfd8 22.Rc7 Rdc8
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rc4 Ne7 25.Rxc8+ Nxc8 26.Kd2 Kf8 27.Ke3 Ke7 28.c4 Kd7 29.g4 a6
30.Nd4 Ne7 31.Ke4 f6 32.h4 Ng6 33.Nf3 a5 34.b3 Ne7 35.a3 Nc6 36.Kf4 Ke7 37.Ke4 Kd7
38.Kf4 Ke7 39.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Razuvaev Memorial"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2013.08.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Alburt,L"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.Be5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.h4 Rg8 11.hxg5 Rxg5 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Bd3 Qd6 14.Rh4 Qb4 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.g4 Kb8 17.Qg3 Qd6 18.f4 Rg8 19.Qf3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Bd5 22.Nxd6 Bxf3
23.Ndxf7 Bxd1 24.Nxd8 Bg7 25.Ndxc6+ bxc6 26.Kxd1 Kc7 27.Nf7 c5 28.Nxh6  1-0

[Event "Razuvaev Memorial"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Mihalcisin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bc2 d5
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 Be6 13.h4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 f5 15.Ng5 Bc4
16.Bf3 f4 17.Bxf4 Qxd4 18.Be3 Qxd2+ 19.Bxd2 Rad8 20.O-O-O Nb4 21.Be3 Nd3+
22.Kc2 Nf5 23.b3 Nb4+ 24.Kb2 Nd3+ 25.Kc2 Nb4+ 26.Kb2 Nd3+ 27.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Danielian,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 O-O 8.Bg5 Be6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.a3 Bxc5 11.Be2 Rc8 12.O-O Be7 13.Qd1 Nb6 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nbd4 Nc4
16.b3 Nd6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.b4 f5 21.Nb3 Ne4 22.Bd3 Bf6
23.Rc1 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 Rc8 25.Qd1 Nd6 26.Nc5 Qe7 27.Qe2 a5 28.Nb3 axb4 29.axb4 Kh8
30.Nd4 Bg7 31.g3 Qf6 32.Rd1 Nf7 33.Bb1 Nd6 34.Bd3 Nf7 35.Qh5 Ne5 36.Nxe6 Nxd3
37.Nxg7 Nb2 38.Rxd5 Qxg7 39.Qxf5 Rf8 40.Qc2 b5 41.Rxb5 Qf6 42.Rd5 Nc4 43.Rd7 Qa1+
44.Rd1 Qf6 45.Rd7 Qa1+ 46.Rd1 Qf6 47.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.dxe5 Nf5 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Qd3 O-O-O 12.Qe4 Be6 13.Rad1 h6 14.h3 Qc5 15.Rfe1 Rhe8
16.Qa4 a6 17.a3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Ne7 19.Qe4 Bf5 20.Qf4 g5 21.Qd2 Ng6 22.Ne4 Qd5
23.Qxd5 cxd5 24.Nf6 Rd8 25.Nd4 Be6 26.Re1 c5 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.g3 Rh8 29.Kg2 Kd8
30.c4 dxc4 31.Ne4 b6 32.Nd6 Kc7 33.Nxc4 Rd8 34.Re2 Rd5 35.Kf3 h5 36.Ne3 Rd3
37.Rc2 Rd4 38.Kg2 Nxe5 39.Re2 Kd6 40.Nc2 Rd3 41.Ne3 b5 42.Rc2 c4 43.Nf1 Nf3
44.Re2 Nd4 45.Re3 Rd1 46.g4 h4 47.Re4 Kd5 48.Re3 e5 49.Rc3 Rb1 50.a4 e4 51.axb5 axb5
52.Ra3 Ne6 53.Ne3+ Kc5 54.Ra2 Nf4+ 55.Kh2 Nd3 56.Ra8 Ne1 57.Rc8+ Kb4  0-1

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D05"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.O-O O-O
9.c4 c5 10.Rc1 Re8 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.a3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bf8 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bc6 Ra7
16.Qe2 Ba8 17.N2f3 Ne7 18.Rfd1 Nxc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 Qa8 21.Rc4 b5 22.Rc2 Nf6
23.Ne5 Rc8 24.Rdc1 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qe8 26.Qc8 Ra8 27.Qb7 Nd5 28.g3 f6 29.Nd7 b4
30.Nxf8 Qxf8 31.e4 Ne7 32.Rc7 Ng6 33.Rxg7+ Qxg7 34.Qxa8+ Nf8 35.axb4 Qd7
36.b5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khotenashvili,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 g6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.b4 Nc6
16.a3 Nb6 17.Nf1 Be6 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Ne3 Rad8 20.Qd2 Qf6 21.Rad1 cxb4 22.axb4 d5
23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Ng5 a5 26.bxa5 Nxa5 27.Ra1 Nb7 28.Qe3 Qc6 29.Qh3 h5
30.c4 Be6 31.Qg3 Bf5 32.Bb3 Rxd3 33.cxb5 Qc3 34.Bxf7+ Kf8 35.f3 Red8 36.Bxg6 Qd4+
37.Kh1 h4 38.Bxf5 hxg3 39.Ne6+ Kf7 40.Nxd4 R3xd4 41.hxg3 Kf6 42.Be4 Nd6 43.b6 Nxe4
44.Rxe4 Rd1+ 45.Re1 R1d6 46.Reb1 Rb8 47.b7 Rd7 48.Ra7 e4 49.Kg1  1-0

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 Re8 10.Rc1 Bf8 11.a4 h6 12.d4 Nc4 13.dxe5 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 Nxb2 15.Rf1 Nc4
16.Bf4 Be6 17.Nb5 Rac8 18.Nfd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Na5 20.Bd2 Nb3 21.Nxb3 Bxb3 22.Bxb7 Rcd8
23.Ba5 Bxa4 24.Bxc7 Rd4 25.Ba6 Ba3 26.Ra1 Bf8 27.e3 Re4 28.Bd3 Rb4 29.Ba5 Bb5
30.Bxb4 Bxd3 31.Rfd1 Be2 32.Rd4 Bxb4 33.Rxb4 Rxe5 34.Rxa7 g5 35.g4 Rc5 36.Ra1 h5
37.gxh5 Bxh5 38.Rba4 f6 39.Ra7 Bf3 40.h3 Rc8 41.Kh2 Bd5 42.Rd1 Be6 43.Rd6 Re8
44.Kg3 f5 45.h4 f4+ 46.exf4 gxh4+ 47.Kxh4 Bf7 48.Kg5 Rc8 49.f5 Rb8 50.Rg6+ Bxg6
51.fxg6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Nakhbayeva,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Bf4 Nh6
9.Ne4 Nf5 10.c3 Qd5 11.Qe2 Be6 12.g4 Nh6 13.Nd6+ exd6 14.c4 Qxf3 15.Qxf3 dxe5
16.Be3 Nxg4 17.Bxc5 O-O-O 18.O-O Bf5 19.Rfd1 Kb8 20.h3 Nf6 21.Qe3 b6 22.Bxb6 axb6
23.Qxb6+ Kc8 24.Qxc6+ Kb8 25.Rac1 Bc8 26.Qb5+ Bb7 27.c5 Rd5 28.Qb3 Kc8 29.c6 Ba8
30.Qa4 Kc7 31.Qa7+ Kd6 32.Qxf7 Rg8 33.c7 Bb7 34.c8=Q Bxc8 35.Rc7  1-0

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7
9.g5 h6 10.g6 Ngf6 11.gxf7+ Bxf7 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Bh2 O-O 14.Qg4 Ndf6 15.Qg2 Be6
16.Bg6 Ne4 17.Nf3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qa5 19.Kd2 Qa3 20.Rhb1 Nf6 21.Rb3 Qa6 22.Be5 c5
23.a4 Ng4 24.Bf4 Rac8 25.a5 b5 26.dxc5 d4 27.cxd4 Bxb3 28.Qxg4 Rcd8 29.Bxh6 Qf6
30.Bf4 Bxc5 31.Qh5 Bb4+ 32.Kd3 Qxg6+ 33.Qxg6 Rc8 34.Qh5 Rc3+ 35.Ke2 Bc4+
36.Kd1 Bb3+ 37.Ke2 Bc4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Girya,O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Kh1 O-O
9.f4 d6 10.Ndb5 Qb8 11.a4 Rd8 12.Qe1 a6 13.Na3 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.f5 h6 16.Bf4 Bd6
17.Qh4 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 d4 19.Na2 Qe5 20.Bd3 b5 21.Re1 Qd5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Bb7
24.Bc4 Qc5 25.Bf1 Ne7 26.Qf2 Ned5 27.Rxd4 Re8 28.Re2 Rxe2 29.Bxe2 Re8 30.Bf3 Ne3
31.c3 Nxf5 32.Bxb7 Nxd4 33.cxd4 Qb6 34.h3 Qxb7 35.Nc3 Qb3 36.Nab5 Ne4 37.Nxe4 Rxe4
38.Nc3 Re8 39.d5 Rb8 40.Ne4 Qxb2 41.Qf5 Re8 42.Ng3 Qa1+ 43.Kh2 Qe5 44.Qd7 Qe7
45.Qg4 Qd6 46.Kg1 Qc5+ 47.Kf1 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Harika,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O g6 6.e3 Bg7 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 b5 9.Re1 Ne4
10.Qc2 Nd6 11.cxb5 Qb6 12.a4 Bxd5 13.Nc3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qb7 15.e4 Nxe4 16.Qd3 d6
17.Bh6 Re8 18.Rad1 Nf6 19.a5 Nbd7 20.a6 Qb6 21.Qc3 e6 22.Bh3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 d5
24.Bg5 Kg7 25.Qf4 Qxb5 26.Bf1 Qb6 27.Qh4 h5 28.Qf4 e5 29.Bxf6+ Qxf6 30.Qc1 Qc6
31.b4 c4 32.Qc3 f6 33.f4 e4 34.Qd4 Nb6 35.Ra1 Qd6 36.Rab1 Rac8 37.Re3 Rc7
38.Ra3 e3 39.Rxe3 Rxe3 40.Qxe3 d4 41.Qf3 d3 42.f5 Qd4+ 43.Kg2 Nd5 44.fxg6 Ne3+
45.Kh1 d2 46.Qxh5 Qd5+ 47.Qxd5 Nxd5 48.Rd1 c3  0-1

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Nbd2 g6 8.O-O b5
9.Bc2 Bg7 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nb3 O-O 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Be3 Nd7
16.Na5 Rfc8 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.a4 Nb6 19.Bxb6 Qxc6 20.Be3 Rd8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bd3 Rxa1
23.Rxa1 Bc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Qxe4 27.Qd8+ Bf8 28.h3 Kg7
29.Bh6+ Kxh6 30.Qxf8+ Kg5 31.Qxf7 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qxb2 33.h4+ Kxh4 34.Qf6+ Kh5
35.Qxe5+ Kh6 36.Qf4+ Kg7 37.Qxc7+ Kf8 38.Qc5+ Ke8 39.Qxc4 Qxf2 40.Qg8+ Ke7
41.Qxh7+ Kf6 42.Qh8+ Ke6 43.Qg8+ Ke5 44.Qc4 Qe3 45.Qc7+ Ke6 46.Qc6+ Ke7 47.Qf3 Qe5+
48.Kh3 Qc5 49.Kg3 Qg5+ 50.Kf2 Qh4+ 51.g3 Qh2+ 52.Qg2 Qh6 53.Qe4+ Kd7 54.Qd5+ Kc8
55.c4 Qh2+ 56.Kf3 Qh1+ 57.Kg4 Qh2 58.Qc6+ Kb8 59.Qb6+ Ka8 60.Qa6+ Kb8 61.Qd6+ Ka8
62.Qe5 Kb7 63.c5 Kc6 64.Qd6+ Kb5 65.c6 Qh5+ 66.Kf4 Qf5+ 67.Ke3 Qg5+ 68.Kf2 Qf5+
69.Kg1 Qe4 70.Qb8+ Ka6 71.Qc8+ Kb5 72.Qb8+ Ka6 73.Qb7+ Ka5 74.Kf2 Qf5+ 75.Ke3 Qe5+
76.Kd2 Qd4+ 77.Kc2 Qc4+ 78.Kb2 Qd4+ 79.Ka2 Qd2+ 80.Kb1 Qd1+ 81.Kb2 Qd2+ 82.Kb1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WGP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Muminova,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.Bh4 Nxe4 10.Qf4  0-1

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kovanova,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Bb4 12.Be2 O-O 13.e5 Nh7 14.h4 Qa5 15.a3 Bc5
16.Qf3 Rb8 17.Rh3 Rb7 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Qg4 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Qg6 Qd8 22.Be5 Bd6
23.f4 c5 24.Bxa6 Rff7 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Nb5 Bf8 27.a4 d4 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Qxf6 gxf6
30.c3 Bd7 31.cxd4 Bxb5 32.axb5 Bd6 33.Rf3 Kg7 34.dxc5 Bxc5 35.h5 e5 36.fxe5 fxe5
37.Rd5 Bd4 38.Rd6 Rxb5 39.b3 Rb7 40.Kd2 Bc5 41.Re6 Bb4+ 42.Kd3 Rd7+ 43.Ke4 Rd2
44.Rg6+ Kh7 45.Kxe5 Rd7 46.Ke4 Bd2 47.g4 Rb7 48.Rd3 Bc1 49.Rgd6 Re7+ 50.Kf5 Rf7+
51.Ke6 Rf4 52.Rd7+ Kg8 53.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Pogonina,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bxd2 13.Bxd2 Be6 14.Bc2 Qh4 15.Qe1 Rfd8
16.b3 Nd5 17.Be4 c6 18.f4 Qxe1 19.Raxe1 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Ba5 Re8 22.Bd3 Bd5
23.Bc3 Ne4 24.Be5 Nc5 25.Bf5 a5 26.Re3 Be6 27.Bc2 Bf7 28.Rg3 g6 29.h4 Nd7
30.Bc3 Nf8 31.h5 Bd5 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.f5 Re2 34.Rf2 Rae8 35.fxg6 Rxf2 36.Kxf2 Be4
37.Bxe4 Rxe4 38.Bxa5 Nd7 39.Bc3 Ne5 40.g7 b5 41.Rh3 Kxg7 42.Re3  1-0

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nc3 e6 11.Rfe1 Be7 12.Re3 Qc7 13.Rae1 Qc5 14.Qd2 Bd8 15.Rd3 Bb6
16.e5 Bc6 17.exd6 O-O-O 18.Ne4 Qa5 19.b4 Qf5 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Kb8 22.Ng3 Qg6
23.c4 h5 24.b5 axb5 25.Qa5 b4 26.Qc7+ Ka8 27.Qa5+ Kb8 28.Qc7+ Ka8 29.Qa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 a6 7.Be3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nxe5
9.Qd1 e6 10.Be2 Ne7 11.b4 Nf5 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.O-O g6 14.Bd3 Bg7 15.Bxf5 gxf5
16.Bd6 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Nd2 Qd7 19.Nb3 Ra4 20.Nd2 Ra3 21.Rb1 Be5 22.Bxe5 Nxe5
23.Re1 Ng6 24.Qc1 Rxa2 25.Nf3 O-O 26.h4 f6 27.Rb6 e5 28.Qb1 Ra7 29.Rd6 Qc8
30.Rxd5 Ne7 31.Rd6 Qxc5 32.Qb3+ Kh8 33.Rd7 Ng6 34.Qe6 b5 35.Rxa7 Qxa7 36.Qxf5 Qg7
37.Rd1 Nf4 38.g3 Ne2+ 39.Kg2 Qg6 40.Qxg6 hxg6 41.Rd7 Nxc3 42.Rb7 Kg8 43.g4 Rd8
44.h5 g5 45.Nh2 Rd4 46.f3 Rd2+ 47.Kh1 Rb2 48.Nf1 e4 49.fxe4 Nxe4 50.Ne3 Rb3
51.Nd5 Nf2+ 52.Kg1 Nxg4 53.Ne7+ Kf8 54.Nf5 Rh3 55.h6 Nxh6 56.Kg2 g4 57.Nd4 Re3
58.Kf2 Re4 59.Nxb5 Rb4 60.Rh7 Rxb5 61.Rxh6 Kg7 62.Rh4 f5 63.Kg3 Kg6 64.Rh8 Rb3+
65.Kg2 Kg5  0-1

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Goryachkina,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 Nxe4 7.d5 Ne5 8.Na3 g6
9.Re1 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 f5 11.Bd3 Bg7 12.Bxe4 fxe4 13.Qxe4 Bf5 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Bg5 O-O-O
16.Qxe7 Rde8 17.Qxd7+ Kxd7 18.f3 Bd3 19.Kf2 a6 20.Re3 Rxe3 21.Kxe3 c4 22.Kd2 h6
23.Be3 Re8 24.Re1 Re5 25.Nc2 Bxc2 26.Kxc2 Rxd5 27.g4 b5 28.f4 a5 29.Bd2 Rd3
30.a4 b4 31.cxb4 Rb3 32.Bc3 Bxc3 33.bxc3 axb4 34.cxb4 d5 35.f5 gxf5 36.gxf5 d4
37.Re4 d3+ 38.Kc1 Rxb4 39.f6 Rxa4 40.f7 Ra1+ 41.Kd2 Rf1 42.Rxc4 Rxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kashlinskaya,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Be2 Nf8 10.g4 Bd7 11.Bf4 Ne6 12.Be5 c5 13.dxc5 Bc6 14.Bf3 Nd7 15.Bd6 Bxd6
16.cxd6 Nb6 17.a4 a5 18.Qb3 Nc5 19.d7+ Nbxd7 20.Qa3 Nd3+ 21.Ke2 Nb4 22.Rhc1 Ne5
23.Na2 Qb6 24.Qc3 Qa6+ 25.Kd1 Nxf3 26.Nxf3 Qf1+ 27.Ne1 d4 28.exd4 O-O 29.Nxb4 axb4
30.Qxb4 Rfe8 31.Kc2 Qxf2+ 32.Kb1 Rac8 33.Nd3 Be4 34.Ra3 Rxc1+ 35.Kxc1 Qf1+
36.Kc2 Rc8+ 37.Kd2 Bxd3 38.Rxd3 Qf2+ 39.Kd1 Qc2+  0-1

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Charochkina,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qa4 13.O-O e6 14.Rfe1 Be7 15.a3 Rd8
16.b4 O-O 17.Nf5 Rfe8 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Nxg7 Nf8 20.Nxe8 Rxe8 21.Ne5 Kg7 22.Re1 N6h7
23.Re3 Bf6 24.Rg3+ Ng5 25.f4 Rd8 26.Nf3 Nh7 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Nxg5 Bxd4+ 29.Kh1  1-0

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bodnaruk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 O-O 12.Be3 Ra8 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Re1 exd4 15.cxd4 Nb4
16.Nf1 Nxe4 17.Bxh6 Bf5 18.Ne3 Bg6 19.Nd5 Nxf2 20.Qd2 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Nxh3+
22.gxh3 gxh6 23.Qxh6 Qf6 24.Re4 c6 25.Rf4 Qg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Bxc6 Rac8
28.Be4 Rc4 29.Bd5 Rc2 30.b3 Re8 31.Rf1 Ree2 32.Nh4 f5 33.Rd1 Kf6 34.Bf3 Red2
35.Rxd2 Rxd2 36.Kf1 Bxd4 37.Be2 Be5 38.Nxg6 Kxg6 39.Rf2 Rb2 40.Rg2+ Kf6 41.Rg8 Rxb3
42.h4 Rh3 43.h5 Bc3 44.Kg2 Rh4 45.Ra8 Bxa5 46.Rxa6 Bb4 47.Rb6 Re4 48.Bxb5 Kg5
49.Bd3 Rd4 50.Be2 Re4 51.Bf3 Rc4 52.Be2 Rc2 53.Kf1 Bc5 54.Rb8 f4 55.Rg8+ Kh4
56.Rf8 Kh3 57.Ke1 Rc1+ 58.Kd2 Be3+ 59.Kd3 Kg3 60.Ke4 Rc2 61.Rg8+ Kf2 62.Bg4 f3
63.Kd3 Rd2+ 64.Kc3 Ke2 65.Rf8 Rd3+ 66.Kc2 Bh6 67.Rf6 Bg7 68.Rf7 Rc3+ 69.Kb1 Be5
70.h6 Kf2 71.h7 Kg3 72.Bh5 f2 73.Be2 Re3 74.Ba6 Kg2 75.Kc2 Ra3 76.Bb5 Rh3
77.Kd2 Bc3+ 78.Kc2 Bd4 79.Bd3 d5 80.Rf5 Ba1 81.Rf8 Rxd3 82.Kxd3 f1=Q+ 83.Rxf1 Kxf1
84.Ke3 Bh8  0-1

[Event "63rd ch-RUS w 2013"]
[Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.c4 dxc4 12.Nxc6 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 bxc6 14.Bxc4 Be7 15.Nc3 Nd7
16.Nb5 Bd8 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Bg5+ f6 19.exf6+ gxf6 20.Bh4 Bb6 21.Be2 Ne5 22.Kf1 Bc7
23.Nc4 Nxc4 24.Bxc4 Rhd8 25.Bg3 e5 26.f3 Bb6 27.Be1 Bd4 28.Bb4+ Ke8 29.Rd2 a5
30.Ba3 Be3 31.Re2 Bh6 32.Bc5 Rab8 33.Kf2 Bd3 34.Bxd3 Rxd3 35.g3 Rb5 36.Ba3 Rbd5
37.f4 Kf7 38.fxe5 fxe5 39.Rae1 Bd2 40.Rf1 Ke6 41.Bf8 a4 42.Kg2 Rd7 43.Rff2 Be3
44.Rf3 Bb6 45.Bh6 Rxf3 46.Kxf3 Rd3+ 47.Kg4 Bd4 48.h4 c5 49.h5 Rd1 50.Rc2 Kd5
51.b3 axb3 52.axb3 Rd3 53.Ra2 Rxb3 54.Ra7 Bf2 55.Rxh7 Ke4 56.Kg5 Bxg3 57.Bf8 Bf4+
58.Kg4 Rg3+ 59.Kh4 Kf3 60.Bh6 Rg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th ECC w 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zimina,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Bg5 a6 8.Ba4 h6
9.Bh4 b5 10.Bc2 Be7 11.Re1 d5 12.Nbd2 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nh5 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Be6
16.Qe2 Bc5 17.a4 Rb8 18.axb5 axb5 19.b4 Bd6 20.Bd3 Bd7 21.Nb3 Qe7 22.Nh4 g6
23.Ra6 Kg7 24.Nd2 Nd8 25.Nf1 Ne6 26.Ne3 Qd8 27.Qd2 Qg5 28.Be2 Bc8 29.Ra5 Bb7
30.Nf3 Qd8 31.Bxb5 c6 32.Bd3 c5 33.Ng4 Ng5 34.Nxg5 hxg5 35.Bb5 Rh8 36.Ra7 cxb4
37.cxb4 Qb6 38.Qxg5 Bxb4 39.Rb1 Rh5 40.Qf6+ Qxf6 41.Nxf6 Kxf6 42.Rxb4 Bc8
43.Rxf7+ Kxf7 44.Bc4+ Be6 45.Bxe6+ Kxe6 46.Rxb8 Rh7 47.Rb6+  1-0

[Event "18th ECC w 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bojkovic,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 d6 7.c3 b5 8.Bc2 Ba7
9.a4 O-O 10.axb5 axb5 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Bxa7 Rxa7 13.Rxa7 Nxa7 14.b4 Re8 15.Nbd2 Nc8
16.Bb3 h6 17.Re1 c5 18.Qb1 Qc7 19.Ba2 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.d4 cxd4
23.cxd4 e4 24.Nxe4 Ne7 25.Ned2 Rc8 26.Qd3 Qb7 27.Nb3 Bc4 28.Qd1 Nd5 29.Nc5 Qa8
30.Qd2 Qa3 31.Rb1 Nc3 32.Re1 Qxb4 33.h3 Nd5 34.Rc1 Qxd2 35.Nxd2 Nf4 36.Rb1 Ne2+
37.Kh2 Nxd4 38.Nd7 Be6 39.Ne5 f6 40.Nef3 Nxf3+ 41.Nxf3 Rb8 42.Nd4 Bd7 43.Kg3 Kf7
44.Kf4 Ke7 45.Nb3 Rc8 46.Nd4 Rb8 47.Nb3 Kd6 48.Rd1+ Kc7 49.Nc5 Bc8 50.Ke3 Kb6
51.Nb3 b4 52.Rd8 Ra8 53.Kd4 Bb7 54.Rd7 Bxg2 55.Rxg7 Bf1 56.Rd7 Rc8 57.Nd2 Bxh3
58.Rh7 Rd8+ 59.Ke3 Re8+ 60.Kd4 Bf5 61.Rxh6 Rd8+ 62.Kc4 Be6+ 63.Kxb4 Rxd2
64.Rxf6 Re2 65.f4 Re4+ 66.Kc3 Kc5 67.f5 Bd5 68.Rf8 Re3+ 69.Kd2 Kd4 70.f6 Rf3
71.Ke2 Rf5 72.Kd2 Rf4 73.f7 Bxf7 74.Ke1 Ke3 75.Rd8 Rg4 76.Kd1 Bg6 77.Kc1 Rb4  0-1

[Event "18th ECC w 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O a6 10.h3 Rb8 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.Bd4 O-O
16.Rhe1 Rfc8 17.Rd2 Qc7 18.Kb1 Qa5 19.Qe3 b4 20.Ne2 e5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.b3 Ng6
23.h4 Nxh4 24.Bh1 Bxg5 25.Qg1 Ng6 26.Rd3 Rxc2 27.Kxc2 Qxa2+ 28.Bb2 Bf6 29.Kd2 Qxb2+
30.Ke3 h6 31.Red1 Bg5+ 32.Kf2 Nf4 33.Re3 Bc6 34.Rb1 Qf6 35.Ke1 Nxe2 36.Rxe2 Qc3+
37.Kf2 Bb5  0-1

[Event "18th ECC w 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ushenina,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 a6 12.a3 c5 13.Ba2 Qc7 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Bb1 Nf8
16.Bg3 Qc6 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Nh5 20.Rxd8 Bxd8 21.Qd3 Be7 22.Bb8 b5
23.Qd4 Nf6 24.Qxc5 Bxc5 25.Nd2 N8d7 26.Bc7 b4 27.axb4 Bxb4 28.Nde4 Ne8 29.Bd8 f5
30.Na2 Bf8 31.Nec3 Nd6 32.Nc1 Kf7 33.Nd3 g5 34.Ba2 Ne4 35.Ne2 Nec5 36.Nxc5 Nxc5
37.Nd4 Bc8 38.Bc7 Kf6 39.b4 Nd3 40.b5 e5 41.Bd8+ Kg6 42.Be6 exd4 43.Bxc8 dxe3
44.fxe3 axb5 45.Ba6 Bc5 46.Bxb5 Bxe3+ 47.Kf1 Nf4 48.Be8+ Kg7 49.Bd7 Kg6 50.Be8+ Kg7
51.Bd7 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th ECC w 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Nd5 10.a3 b6 11.e4 N5f6 12.b3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Nbd2 Nb8 15.e5 Nd5
16.Ne4 Nc6 17.Qe2 Rc7 18.Rfd1 Ba6 19.Rac1 Na5 20.b4 Nb3 21.Rc2 Bb5 22.Nc3 Nxc3
23.Rxc3 Ba4 24.Rb1 Qd7 25.bxc5 Nxc5 26.d4 Bb5 27.Qc2 Ba4 28.Qe2 Bb5 29.Qc2 Ba4
30.Qe2 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Teams w"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Havlikova,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.Nd4 Qc7 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Bd3 Nd7
16.g4 g6 17.h4 Ne5 18.g5 h5 19.Rhe1 Be7 20.Bg1 O-O 21.Qe2 Nc4 22.c3 e5 23.Nc2 d5
24.exd5 Bd6 25.Ne3 Nb6 26.Qc2 Rfd8 27.Be4 a5 28.Qd3 Ba6 29.Rc1 Na4 30.Ng2 Rb8
31.Qc2 Rdc8 32.Qb3 Qd7 33.Red1 b4 34.c4 Nc3+ 35.Rxc3 bxc3 36.Qxc3 Rxc4 37.Qxa5 Ra4
38.Qd2 Bc4 39.b3 Bxb3 40.axb3 Rxb3+ 41.Kc2 Rc4+  0-1

[Event "10th European Teams w"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Newrkla,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Bd3 b6 12.Be4 Bb7 13.O-O Nd7 14.c4 Rc8 15.a4 Ba6
16.Rfc1 Bxc4 17.Qb2 Qb8 18.d5 O-O 19.Bc3 f6 20.Qb1 f5 21.dxe6 fxe4 22.exd7 exf3
23.dxc8=Q Bxh2+ 24.Kh1 fxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bd5+ 26.Kf1 Qxc8 27.Bd4 Qh3+ 28.Ke1 Bf4
29.Rc3 Re8+ 30.Be3 Be5 31.Qc1 Bf3 32.Rd3 Bxa1 33.Qc4+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "10th European Teams w"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Iwanow,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 Qc7 12.d5 Ne8 13.b3 Bd7 14.Nbd2 g6 15.Nf1 Ng7 16.N3h2 Nb7
17.Bh6 c4 18.Qd2 cxb3 19.axb3 Rfc8 20.Re3 Nd8 21.Rf3 f6 22.Ne3 Nf7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7
24.h4 Qb6 25.Rg3 Kh8 26.Nhg4 b4 27.cxb4 Qd4 28.Qe1 Bb5 29.Ra2 Rc3 30.Rf3 Rac8
31.Nxf6 Nh6 32.h5 Kg7 33.Bd1 Bxf6 34.Nc2 Rxc2 35.Rxc2 Rxc2 36.Bxc2 Bg5 37.Qc3 Qxc3
38.Rxc3 gxh5 39.Bd3 Bxd3 40.Rxd3 Nf7 41.Rd1 Kf6 42.Kf1 Nd8 43.Ra1 Bd2 44.Rxa6 Bxb4
45.Ra8 Ke7 46.Ra7+ Kf6 47.Rd7 Nf7 48.Rb7 Bc3 49.b4 Nd8 50.Rd7 Bxb4 51.Rxd8 h4
52.Rg8 Bd2 53.Ke2 Bc1 54.Kd3 h6 55.Kc4 Bd2 56.Re8  1-0

[Event "10th European Teams w"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kachiani-Gersinska,K"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e3 a5 9.Nc3 Nbd7
10.d4 Qb8 11.Qc2 a4 12.Rad1 Ra5 13.Ne5 dxc4 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Bxc6 cxb3 16.axb3 a3
17.Ba1 b5 18.Qe2 b4 19.Na2 Qb6 20.Rc1 Nc5 21.dxc5 Qxc6 22.Nxb4 Qb7 23.Bc3 Rxc5
24.Nd3 Rd5 25.Nf4 Rd7 26.Qc4 Qe4 27.Qb5 c6 28.Qa6 e5 29.Ne2 Bc5 30.Qc4 Qxc4
31.bxc4 Ne4 32.Bxe5 Nd2 33.Bd4 Bxd4 34.Nxd4 Nxf1 35.Kxf1 Ra8 36.Ra1 a2  0-1

[Event "10th European Teams w"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zawadzka,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.Bd3 Rfe8
16.Kh1 Rd7 17.Re2 Qd8 18.Qh3 Bf8 19.f5 e5 20.Bf2 d5 21.Bh4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Be7
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nc5 Rc7 25.Nxb7 Rxb7 26.Re4 Rd7 27.Rfe1 Qc7 28.Qh5 Red8 29.g4 g6
30.Qh3 Rd4 31.Qg3 Qe7 32.Qf3 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Bg5 34.Kg2 Bc1 35.a4 Qc5 36.axb5 axb5
37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Qf6 Rf8 39.Rxe5 Qd4 40.Qe6+ Kg7 41.Re2 Bxb2 42.Qe4 b4 43.g5 Rf4
44.Qxd4+ Bxd4 45.Kg3 Rf7 46.h4 Bc3 47.Re8 Rc7 48.Kg4 Kf7 49.Rb8 Kg7 50.Be4 Rd7
51.Rb5 Kf7 52.Bd5+ Kg7 53.h5 gxh5+ 54.Kxh5 Bd2 55.Bb3 Kf8 56.Kh6 Rc7 57.Rf5+ Ke8
58.Ba4+ Ke7 59.Kxh7 Ke6+ 60.Kg6 Bc3 61.Bb3+ Kd6 62.Rd5+ Ke7 63.Rb5 Kd6 64.Rb6+ Ke5
65.Rf6 Ke4 66.Rf7 Rc5 67.Rf2 Bd4 68.Rf8 Be3 69.Re8+ Re5 70.Ba4 Rxe8 71.Bxe8 Ke5
72.Bf7 Kd6 73.Kf5 Ke7 74.g6 Bd4 75.Ke4 Bc3 76.Kd3 Kf8 77.Kc4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th European Teams w"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gara,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O g6
9.Na3 Bg7 10.Ng5 O-O 11.Ne4 Qe5 12.d3 Nd7 13.Qf3 Qf5 14.Qg3 Nf6 15.Re1 b6
16.Nb5 Bb7 17.Ng5 Rad8 18.Ne6 Rxd3 19.f3 Rc8 20.Nxg7 Kxg7 21.Bc2 c4 22.Bxd3 cxd3
23.Qg5 Rd8 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.Bf4 Rd5 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Rxd4 28.Rxe7 Bxf3
29.gxf3 Rxf4 30.Re3 Rc4 31.Rxd3 Rc2 32.Rad1 Rxb2 33.R1d2 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 Nh5
35.Ra3 Nf4 36.Rxa7 Kg6 37.Ra4 Ne6 38.Ra3 Nc5 39.Ra8 Kg7 40.Rad8 Kg6 41.Rg8+ Kf6
42.Ke3 Re1+ 43.Kf2 Rb1 44.Rg2 f4 45.Rg1 Rb4 46.Re1 Kf5 47.Ree2 Na4 48.Rd5+ Kf6
49.Red2 Nc3 50.R5d3 Rc4 51.Rd6+ Ke5 52.Rxb6 Ra4 53.Rb7 f6 54.Rxh7 Nxa2 55.h4 Nc3
56.Rc7 Ra3 57.h5  1-0

[Event "10th European Teams w"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Arabidze,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 f5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O d6 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Qc2 Rf6 13.d5 Rh6 14.dxe6 Rxe6 15.Rfd1 c5
16.bxc5 Nexc5 17.Qxf5 Rg6 18.Rd5 Qe7 19.Qc2 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Rf8 21.Kf1 Nf6 22.h3 Nfe4
23.Bd4 Rh6 24.Ke1 Qf7 25.a4 Qg6 26.Bf1 Rxh3 27.a5 Rh1 28.axb6 Qxg2 29.Qe2 Nd3+
30.Qxd3 Qxf2+  0-1

[Event "10th European Teams w"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Muzychuk,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 e5
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.Qe2 h5 14.h3 Bxd2 15.Bxd2 h4
16.hxg4 hxg3 17.fxg3 Qd5 18.e4 Qxc4 19.Qxc4 Bxc4 20.Rfb1 Bd3 21.Rd1 Bxe4
22.b3 Rd8 23.Be1 Rd5 24.Kf2 Rh2+ 25.Ke3 Rxe5 26.Bc3 Re6 27.Rd2 Bd5+ 28.Kf4 Re4+
29.Kf5 Rh3 30.Bxg7 Rxg3 31.Rh1 Rgxg4 32.Rh8+ Kd7 33.Bf6 Kd6 34.Rd8+ Kc5 35.Rc2+ Kb6
36.Bg5 Be6+ 37.Kf6 c5 38.Rb8+ Kc6 39.Ra8 Re1 40.Rf2 Reg1 41.Be3 Rg6+ 42.Ke7 Kb7
43.Rd8 Re1 44.Bxc5 f5 45.Rd4 Bd5+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qc2 b5
9.a4 a6 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O Rb8 12.axb5 axb5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.b3 Nb4
16.Qb2 Bc6 17.d5 exd5 18.Qxg7 Rf8 19.Rfd1 Nd3 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Rxd3 f5 22.Qxh7 Bf6
23.Qg6+ Ke7 24.Nxf6 Rxf6 25.Qg7+ Kd6 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Ra6+ Rb6 28.Qg3+ Kc5 29.Rxb6 Kxb6
30.Qe5 Rd6 31.b4 Qf6 32.Qf4 Rc6 33.h4 Rc4 34.Rb3 Qg6 35.Qg5 Qd6 36.g3 Rxb4
37.Rxb4 Qxb4 38.Qd8 Qb1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kh2 Qe8 41.Qf6+ Ka5 42.Nb3+ Kb4 43.Qb2 c5
44.Nc1+ Ka5 45.Nb3+ Kb4 46.Nc1+ Ka5 47.Qa3+ Kb6 48.Nb3 Qe7 49.h5 f4 50.exf4 d4
51.h6 d3 52.Qa5+ Kb7 53.Qa3 Kb6 54.Qa5+ Kb7 55.Qc3 c4 56.Na5+ Ka6 57.Nxc4 bxc4
58.Qxc4+ Bb5 59.Qd4 Qe6 60.Qa1+ Kb6 61.Qd4+ Ka6 62.Qa1+ Kb6 63.Qd4+ Ka6 64.Qa1+ Kb6
65.Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bb4 5.Nd5 Ba5 6.c3 O-O 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 Nxe4
9.Qc2 Nxf2 10.Nxb6 Nxh1 11.Nxa8 d5 12.d3 Bf5 13.b5 e4 14.Bg5 f6 15.bxc6 fxg5
16.cxb7 g4 17.Ne5 Qh4+ 18.g3 Qxh2 19.O-O-O Nf2 20.Qb3 c6 21.b8=Q Nxd1 22.Bxd1 exd3
23.Q3b4 Qh6+ 24.Kb1 c5 25.Q4b7 Qe6 26.Q8c7 Qf6 27.Qxd5+ Be6 28.Qdb7 h5 29.Nd7 Qf1
30.Kc1 Rf7 31.Qcb8+ Kh7 32.Qe4+ Bf5 33.Qef4 d2+ 34.Qxd2 Rxd7 35.Qbf4  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.a3 cxd4 6.exd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.c5 Ne4
9.Qc2 f5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne5 Bf6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Ne2 e5
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Bf4 Qb8 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.f3 Nxc5 20.Qxc5 Qxe2 21.Qxc6 Qxb2
22.Qxd5+ Kh8 23.Qa2 Qd4+ 24.Qf2 Qa4 25.Rfe1 Rae8 26.Qc5 h6 27.Rac1 Rxe1+
28.Rxe1 Rd8 29.h3 Qd4+ 30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.Re5 Ra4 32.Rxf5 Rxa3 33.Kf2 Kh7 34.g4 g5
35.Kg3 a5 36.h4 Kg6 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rb5 a4 39.Rb6+ Kf7 40.Rb5 Kf6 41.Rb6+ Kf7
42.Rb5 Kf6 43.Rb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 Be6
9.e3 O-O 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Be2 Bxc5 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rfd1 Be7 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Qb1 Rfd8
16.a3 a6 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 b5 19.Qa1 g5 20.Bg3 Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.b4 Qb6
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Rd1 Qb6 25.Qe5 Qc6 26.h3 Bf8 27.Qd4 Qc2 28.Bh5 Qc4 29.Qa7 Qc6
30.Kh2 Ra8 31.Qd4 a5 32.Qf6 Bg7 33.Bxf7+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6
9.a3 Be7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nbd7 12.Be2 b5 13.Qg3 O-O 14.O-O Nc5 15.Bf3 Bb7
16.Rae1 Rad8 17.b4 Na4 18.Nxa4 bxa4 19.e5 Nd5 20.Be4 dxe5 21.fxe5 Bg5 22.Ne2 Bd2
23.Rd1 Nf4 24.Nxf4 Bxe4 25.Bc5 Rfe8 26.Rxd2 Rxd2 27.Qe3 Bxg2 28.Nxg2 Rxc2
29.Qg3 Qd7 30.Nf4 Qd2 31.Be3 Qc3 32.Nh5 g6 33.Nf6+ Kf8 34.Bc5+ Re7 35.Qxc3 Rxc3
36.Rd1 Rxc5 37.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg3 g6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Nge2 f5 11.Nf4 Ndf6 12.Nxh5 Nxh5 13.Be5 O-O 14.f3 Bd6 15.O-O-O Bxe5
16.dxe5 Qe7 17.f4 Be6 18.Kb1 Rab8 19.Be2 Ng7 20.h3 b5 21.Bf3 Rfd8 22.Rd2 b4
23.Na4 Rdc8 24.Nc5 Bf7 25.Rc1 a5 26.b3 Qa7 27.g4 a4 28.Be2 axb3 29.axb3 Ra8
30.Qb2 Qe7 31.Bd3 Ra5 32.Rdc2 Be8 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Qd4 Rca8 35.Rg2 Bg6 36.Rcc2 Qh4
37.Na4 Ne6 38.Qxb4 c5 39.Qb6 Nf8 40.Rxc5 Rxa4 41.bxa4 Qxh3 42.Re2 Rxa4 43.Qb3 Qh1+
44.Kc2 Qa1 45.Kd2 Ra2+ 46.Rc2 Ra5 47.Re1 Qa4 48.Qxa4 Rxa4 49.Rg1 Kf7 50.Rc7+ Ke6
51.Bb5 Rb4 52.Ra1 d4 53.Ra6+ Kd5 54.Rd6+ Ke4 55.Bc6+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.e5 e6 7.exd6 cxd6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Qd2 Nf6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.O-O b4 14.Nd1 Nf5 15.a3 Ng4
16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 a5 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Bc4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nf6 21.Nf2 Nh5 22.Rab1 Qd8
23.Nh3 Qh4 24.Qg2 d5 25.Bd3 Bh6 26.Qg4 Qe7 27.a4 Rab8 28.Ng5 Bg7 29.Qg2 Qd6
30.Bb5 Nxf4 31.Qg4 Nh5 32.Nh3 Qe7 33.Nf2 Bh6 34.f4 Qc7 35.Nd1 Nf6 36.Qf3 Ne4
37.Be1 Nfd6 38.Nf2 Nxf2 39.Rxf2 Ne4 40.Rf1 Rfc8 41.Rb3 Nd6 42.Bd2 Rb6 43.Qh3 Bg7
44.Qd3 Rcb8 45.Rfb1 Ne4 46.Be3 Bh6 47.Rf1 Nd6 48.Bd2 Qb7 49.Rfb1 Qe7 50.Qh3 Kg7
51.Bc1 Qf6 52.Qg4 Ne4 53.Be3 Rc8 54.Rc1 Rb7 55.c4 dxc4 56.Ra3 Qe7 57.Ra2 Nf6
58.Qf3 Rbc7 59.Bd2 c3 60.Rxc3 Nd5 61.Rb3 Rc2 62.Rbb2 Rxb2 63.Rxb2 Qf6 64.Qe4 Bxf4
65.Bxf4 Nxf4 66.Qe3 Nd5 67.Qe5 Rc1+ 68.Kg2 Nf4+ 69.Kf3 Rc3+ 70.Ke4 Nd5 71.Bd3 Ra3
72.h4 Qxe5+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Bg2 a6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.a4 Bd6
9.O-O Ngf6 10.Nc3 b4 11.Nb1 O-O 12.d3 a5 13.Nbd2 Nb6 14.b3 Qe7 15.Bb2 e5
16.e4 Rfe8 17.Nh4 g6 18.Rac1 Ba6 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Nf1 Nfd7 21.Ne3 Nc5 22.Nf3 Ncd7
23.d4 Rc8 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.f4 Qg7 28.e5 h5 29.Bh3 Bb7
30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.Qc5 h4 32.g4 Qh6 33.Rd4 h3 34.Rcd1 Qh4 35.e6 fxe6 36.Qe5 Qe7
37.f5 c5 38.Rd6 Rc6 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.fxg6+ Kxg6 41.Qh5+ Kf6 42.Rf1+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Qd2 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Ne2 Rb8 9.Ng3 c5
10.a5 Qc7 11.Bc4 e6 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.h4 h5 16.Nf3 Nf6
17.Ng5 O-O 18.O-O Bb7 19.Rfd1 Kg7 20.Qd2 d5 21.exd5 exd5 22.Be2 Nce4 23.N5xe4 dxe4
24.Qxb4 e3 25.Qc3 exf2+ 26.Kh2 Qxc3 27.bxc3 Bc8 28.Rf1 Rb2 29.Rac1 Ra2 30.Rxf2 Rxa5
31.Rf4 Be6 32.c4 Rc8 33.Rcf1 Nd7 34.Ne4 Ne5 35.Ng5 Bxc4 36.Bxc4 Rxc4 37.Rxc4 Nxc4
38.Rxf7+ Kg8 39.Rc7 Ne5 40.Ne4 Ng4+ 41.Kg3 Ra3+ 42.c3 Ra5 43.c4 Kf8 44.c5 Ke8
45.Nd6+ Kf8 46.Nb7 Ra4 47.c6 Ne5 48.Rc8+ Ke7 49.Rc7+ Kf6 50.Nd6 Ra3+ 51.Kf2 Ra2+
52.Kg3 Rc2 53.Ne8+ Ke6 54.Ng7+ Kd6 55.Ne8+ Ke6 56.Ng7+ Kd5 57.Rd7+ Ke4 58.Re7 Rxc6
59.Ne6 Rc3+ 60.Kf2 Rc2+ 61.Kg3 Rc3+ 62.Kf2 Ng4+ 63.Ke2 Rc2+ 64.Ke1 Ke5 65.Ng5+ Kd6
66.Re6+ Kd5 67.Rxa6 Rxg2 68.Rxg6 Ke5 69.Rg8 Kf4 70.Rh8 Rg1+ 71.Kd2 Rg2+ 72.Kc3 Nf6
73.Rf8 Ke5 74.Nf3+ Ke6 75.Nd4+ Ke7 76.Rh8 Rg3+ 77.Kc4 Rg4 78.Kc5 Rf4 79.Ra8 Kf7
80.Ra7+ Kg6 81.Nc6 Rxh4 82.Ne5+ Kf5 83.Nf3 Rf4 84.Nd4+ Kg4 85.Rg7+ Kh3 86.Ne6 Rf5+
87.Kc4 Ng4 88.Nd4 Rf4 89.Kd3 Ne5+ 90.Ke3 Rg4 91.Rh7 Nc4+ 92.Kd3 Ne5+ 93.Ke3 Nc4+
94.Kd3 Ne5+ 95.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.c4 c5 5.b3 g6 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d5 9.e3 Na6
10.Qe2 Nc7 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 b5 13.cxd5 Ncxd5 14.e4 Nb4 15.e5 Nfd5 16.Ne4 Qb6
17.a3 Nc6 18.e6 f6 19.d4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Na5 21.b4 Nc4 22.Nc5 Rxc5 23.bxc5 Qxc5
24.Rac1 a6 25.Nb3 Qd6 26.Bd4 Qxa3 27.Nc5 Ba8 28.Ra1 Qb4 29.Rdb1 Nc3 30.Qe1 Qxb1
31.Rxb1 Nxb1 32.Qxb1 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Rd8 34.Nd7 Rc8 35.Qb4 Nd6 36.Bc5 Rc6 37.Qd4 f5
38.Qd5 Rc8 39.Bxd6 exd6 40.e7+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bc4 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Nd7 7.O-O Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bf5
9.Qe2 e6 10.Bb3 Bc5 11.Rd1 Qh4 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Rf1 O-O 14.c3 Rae8 15.Nd2 f6
16.Nf3 Qh5 17.Be3 Rxe5 18.Qd2 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Re7 20.Nd4 Bg6 21.Rae1 Rfe8 22.b4 Qe5
23.a4 a5 24.b5 c5 25.Nf3 Qe6 26.c4 dxc4 27.Qxa5 b6 28.Qc3 Bd3 29.Rf2 Qd6
30.Qc1 Ra8 31.Ra2 Rea7 32.Qd1 Qe6 33.e4 Rd7 34.e5 f5 35.Qc1 h6 36.Qf4 c3
37.Raa1 Be4 38.Rac1 Qb3 39.Qe3 Rd3 40.Qf4 Bxf3 41.gxf3 Qe6 42.Re3 Rd4 43.Qg3 f4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Bb4 12.Be2 O-O 13.e5 Nh7 14.h4 Qa5 15.Rh3 Bc5
16.Qf3 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Bd3 e5 19.Bxe5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Rxf3 21.Rxf3 dxe4 22.Bc4+ Kh7
23.Rf7 Be3+ 24.fxe3 Qxe5 25.Kb1 Bg4 26.Rdf1 Rd8 27.a3  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6
9.a3 Be7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nbd7 12.Be2 b5 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.g4 Nc5 15.Bd3 g5
16.h4 gxf4 17.g5 Nfd7 18.g6 fxg6 19.Qh3 e5 20.Ne6 Nxe6 21.Qxe6 Nf8 22.Qg4 Qd7
23.Qg2 O-O-O 24.Nd5 Kb8 25.Rh3 Rc8 26.Nb6 Qc7 27.Nxc8 Bxc8 28.Rhh1 Be6 29.Kb1 Rg8
30.Be2 Nd7 31.Bg4 Bf7 32.Rh3 Nf6 33.Rc3 Qb7 34.Bf3 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Qh1 g4
37.Bg2 f3 38.Bf1 Nxe4 39.Qh7 Nxc3+ 40.bxc3 Bf8 41.Bd3 g3 42.Be4 Qc7 43.Be3 f2
44.Kb2 d5 45.Bg2 d4 46.cxd4 Qc4 47.Qe4 Qa2+ 48.Kc1 Qxa3+ 49.Kd2 Qb4+ 50.Kc1 Qa3+
51.Kd2 Qb4+ 52.Kc1 Qa3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.b3 Be6 10.Bb2 f6 11.Nd2 Qd7 12.Rc1 Bh3 13.Nce4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nb4 15.a3 N4d5
16.Nc5 Qg4 17.Nf3 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 c6 19.b4 Rad8 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.b5 Nf4+ 22.Kh1 Nxe2
23.Nd2 cxb5 24.Re1 Nd4 25.Qd1 Qxd1 26.Rxd1 Ne6 27.Rc3 Na4 28.Rb3 Nec5 29.Rxb5 Nxd3
30.Ne4 Naxb2 31.Rb1 b6 32.Kg2 Nc4 33.R5b3 f5  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Koneru,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 h6 7.c3 O-O 8.b4 Bd6
9.O-O Nxd5 10.exd5 Ne7 11.Qb3 c6 12.dxc6 dxc6 13.Re1 Be6 14.Qc2 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.c4 Nf5 17.Bd2 Ra7 18.Qb2 Qc7 19.Bc3 f6 20.Nd2 Ba3 21.Qc2 Bc5 22.Nb3 Qd6
23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.Qb2 Rfa8 25.Bg4 Qd6 26.d4 exd4 27.Bxf5 Bxf5 28.Bxd4 c5 29.Be3 Qc6
30.h3 Ra4 31.Rec1 Bd3 32.Qb3 Be4 33.Rc3 Bxg2 34.Bxh6 Kh7 35.Rg3 gxh6 36.Rxg2 Qe4
37.Rd1 Rg8 38.Rd7+ Kh8 39.Rxg8+ Kxg8 40.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bd3 b5 11.g4 Be7 12.g5 Nd7 13.f4 b4 14.Nb1 Nc5 15.Nd2 e5 16.Nf5 O-O
17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.f5 Nxd3+ 19.Qxd3 Bb7 20.h4 Rfc8 21.Bb6 Nc6 22.Nc4 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4
24.Rhe1 d5 25.Nb6 dxe4 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Qxd4 a5 28.Qd7 Qc5 29.Qd8+ Qf8 30.Qxf8+ Kxf8
31.Rd7 Bc6 32.Ra7 Bb5 33.Kd2 Rd8+ 34.Ke3 a4 35.Rb7 Rd5 36.Kxe4 Bc6 37.Rb8+ Ke7
38.Kf4+ Kd6 39.Rxb4 Rd2 40.Rc4 Rf2+ 41.Ke3 Rxf5 42.Rd1+ Kc7 43.Rf4 Re5+ 44.Kd2 Re7
45.Rdf1 Rd7+ 46.Kc3 Bb5 47.R1f2 f6 48.gxf6 gxf6 49.Rxf6 Rd5 50.Rf7+ Kb6 51.R2f6+ Bc6
52.b4 Rh5 53.Re7 Kb5 54.Ree6  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cmilyte,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nb3 b6 10.f3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Bh6 Ne5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nd4 Nc4 15.Qc1 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.c3 e5 19.Nf5+ gxf5 20.Qg5+ Kh8 21.Qf6+ Kg8 22.Qg5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Nh6 8.g4 Bg7
9.d3 f6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Be3 Qa5 12.O-O-O fxe5 13.Ng5 Nf7 14.Nge4 b6 15.Kb1 Nd6
16.h4 Be6 17.b3 Nb5 18.Nxb5 cxb5 19.h5 c4 20.dxc4 bxc4 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bh6 cxb3
23.cxb3 Qb4 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Ng5 Qxg4 26.Qxe5+ Rf6 27.Rh7+ Kg8 28.Rdh1 Qf5+
29.Qxf5 Bxf5+ 30.Kb2 Rff8 31.Rxe7 Rfe8 32.Rhh7 Rxe7 33.Rxe7 a5 34.Ne6 a4
35.Nd4 a3+ 36.Kc3 Bb1 37.Re1 Rc8+ 38.Kb4 Bd3 39.Re6 Rd8 40.Kc3 Bb1 41.Rxb6 Rf8
42.f3 Bxa2 43.Rxg6+ Kf7 44.Rg1 Rc8+ 45.Kb4 Rd8 46.Nc6 Rd6 47.Ne5+ Ke6 48.Nc4 Rd3
49.Na5 Rxf3 50.Kxa3 Bxb3 51.Nxb3 Ke5 52.Kb4 Rf4+ 53.Kc5 Rf3 54.Re1+ Kf4 55.Nd4 Re3
56.Rh1 Ke4 57.Rh4+ Kd3 58.Kd5 Rg3 59.Nf5 Rf3 60.Rd4+ Kc3 61.Nd6 Rd3 62.Nb5+ Kd2
63.Rxd3+ Kxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 Nh6 8.d3 Nf5
9.Bf4 Nd4 10.Ne4 Bg7 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qd5 13.Qe3 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.Qxc5 Qxc5
16.Nxc5 b6 17.Ne4 Bf5 18.O-O-O O-O-O 19.Rhe1 h6 20.d4 Be6 21.b3 Rd7 22.Nd2 Rhd8
23.Nf3 Rd6 24.Ne5 g5 25.g4 Kc7 26.f3 a5 27.Nc4 R6d7 28.Ne3 a4 29.Kb2 c5 30.d5 Bxd5
31.Nxd5+ Rxd5 32.Rxe7+ Kc6 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.Rxf7 axb3 35.Kxb3 Rd6 36.a4 Re6
37.f4 gxf4 38.Rxf4 Kd5 39.Rf5+ Kc6 40.h4 b5 41.a5 Re2 42.Rf6+ Kd5 43.a6 c4+
44.Kb4 Rb2+ 45.Ka5 b4 46.cxb4 c3 47.Rf8 Kc4 48.Rc8+ Kb3 49.b5 Ra2+ 50.Kb6 c2
51.Kb7 Ra4 52.Rxc2 Kxc2 53.a7  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ushenina,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Be3 e6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nb5 O-O-O
9.Nfxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Qb3 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nf6 13.O-O-O Qxb3 14.axb3 a6
15.f3 Rhe8 16.Be2 e5 17.Bb6 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Nd7 19.Be3 f6 20.b4 Kc7 21.b5 axb5
22.Bxb5 Rd8 23.h4 Be6 24.Kc2 Bf5+ 25.Bd3 Bxd3+ 26.Rxd3 Ra8 27.Rd1 Ra4 28.Bf2 h6
29.Kb3 Ra6 30.c4 Nb8 31.Bc5 Nc6 32.Kc3 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rh1 Nd8 35.Rh7+ Kc8
36.Be7 Re6 37.b4 b6 38.b5 Nb7 39.Kb4 g4 40.Rf7 gxf3 41.gxf3 e4 42.Rf8+ Kd7
43.Bxf6 exf3 44.Bd4 Re4 45.Rf7+ Kc8 46.Rf8+ Kd7 47.Kc3 Nd6 48.Rxf3 Ke6 49.Re3 Kd7
50.Kd3 Rxe3+ 51.Bxe3 Ne4 52.Kxe4 Kc7 53.Kd5 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 h6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.e4 Bh7 8.Qe2 Be7
9.Re1 Qc7 10.b3 dxe4 11.dxe4 Ngf6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Nc5 15.Nfd2 Nd7
16.c4 Nb4 17.Nf3 c5 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Nd6 Nb8 20.a3 Nc2 21.Rf1 Nc6 22.Rd2 N2d4
23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Bxd6 26.exd6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.b4 b6
29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Be4 f5 31.Bg2 Re8 32.Rc1 e5 33.Bd5+ Kh8 34.c5 e4 35.c6 f4 36.Qg4 e3
37.Qd7 exf2+ 38.Kxf2 Qe5 39.Kg2 Bf5 40.Qf7 Qe2+ 41.Kh1 f3 42.Rg1 f2 43.Qxf5 fxg1=Q+
44.Kxg1 Qd2 45.Bg2 Qc1+ 46.Bf1 Qxc6 47.Bd3 g6 48.Qxg6 Qxg6 49.Bxg6 Re3 50.a4 Rb3
51.b5 Rb2 52.Be4 Ra2 53.Bc6 Kg7 54.h4 Kf6 55.Bg2 Rxa4 56.Kh2 a6 57.bxa6 Rxa6
58.Kh3 Ra3 59.Bc6 Rc3 60.Be8 Rc5 61.g4 b5 62.Kg3 b4 63.Ba4 b3  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nb5 O-O-O
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 a6 11.Be2 e6 12.Qa4 Bc5 13.O-O Bxd4 14.cxd4 Kb8 15.Rfd1 Be4
16.Qb4 Qd6 17.Qc3 Rc8 18.Qe3 Bd5 19.Ne5 Rc7 20.Rdc1 Rhc8 21.b3 h6 22.h3 Ne4
23.Nc4 Qe7 24.Nb6 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Qc7 27.Qxc7+ Kxc7 28.Nxd5+ exd5
29.Bd3 Nc3 30.a3 a5 31.f3 b5 32.Kf2 b4 33.axb4 axb4 34.Ke3 Kd6 35.Bc2 Nb5
36.Bd3 Nc7 37.Bf5 Ke7 38.h4 g6 39.Bd3 g5 40.Bf5 Kf6 41.Bd7 Ke7 42.Bf5 Kf6
43.Bd7 Ke7 44.Bf5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Re8 10.Bf3 Bf8 11.h3 a6 12.b3 g6 13.Bb2 Bg7 14.Qd3 Rb8 15.Rae1 Be6
16.Ba1 b5 17.Rd1 b4 18.Ne2 Bd7 19.c4 bxc3 20.Nxc3 a5 21.Rfe1 Qc8 22.e5 dxe5
23.fxe5 Bf5 24.Qc4 Nd7 25.Nd5 Be6 26.Qf4 c6 27.Nf6+ Nxf6 28.exf6 Bf8 29.Rc1 Bd7
30.Be5 Rb5 31.Bd6 Rf5 32.Qd4 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 c5 34.Qd2 Rxf6 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Qxa5 Bxh3
37.Rd1 Kg7 38.Qc3 Be6 39.Rc1 Qa6 40.Rc2 Bf5 41.Rf2 Qd6 42.g4 Kg8 43.gxf5 Rxf5
44.Qe3 Re5 45.Qc1 Qd4 46.Qd1 Qf4 47.Qd2 Qg3+ 48.Bg2 h5 49.Qd8+ Kg7 50.Qf6+ Kh6
51.Qh8+ Kg5 52.Qf6+ Kh6 53.Qxf7 Re1+ 54.Rf1 Qe3+ 55.Kh1 Rxf1+ 56.Qxf1 h4
57.Qf3 Qe1+ 58.Kh2 Qe5+ 59.Kh3 g5 60.Qf8+ Kg6 61.Qg8+ Kh6 62.Qf8+ Kg6 63.Qf3 Kh6
64.Qc6+ Kg7 65.Qd7+ Kh6 66.Qd3 Qe6+ 67.Kh2 Qe5+ 68.Kh1 Qe1+ 69.Qf1 Qe5 70.a4 g4
71.a5 Qd6 72.a6 h3 73.Bxh3 gxh3 74.Qxh3+ Kg7 75.Qg2+ Kf8 76.Qf3+ Ke7 77.a7 Qh6+
78.Kg2 Qd2+ 79.Kf1 Qc1+ 80.Kf2  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "17.6"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qe7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.fxe5 Bxe5
9.Bxe5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxe5 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Qf4 Qe7 14.Qa4 Qd6 15.Qf4 O-O
16.Qxd6 cxd6 17.O-O-O Rfe8 18.Rhf1 Ng4 19.Rf4 Ne5 20.Rdf1 f6 21.Ra4 Re7 22.Ra6 Rc7
23.Rf4 Nd7 24.d4 Nf8 25.Kd2 Ne6 26.Rf1 Re8 27.h4 Nd8 28.Kd3 Rce7 29.Rf3 Kf7
30.Nd1 Ke6 31.c4 dxc4+ 32.bxc4 Rb7 33.Nc3 Kd7 34.Rf2 Kc7 35.Ra5 Nf7 36.Rh5 Nh6
37.Re2 Re7 38.Ra5 Ng4 39.e4 Re8 40.c5 Rd8 41.cxd6+ Rxd6 42.Kc4 Kb8 43.e5 fxe5
44.dxe5 Re6 45.Re4 h5 46.Ne2 Rb6 47.Nd4 Re7 48.e6 Nf6 49.Ree5 g6 50.Kc5 Kb7
51.Kd6 Re8 52.Rac5 Ng8 53.e7 Rb4 54.Nxc6 Rb6 55.Kd7 Nf6+ 56.Ke6 Ng4 57.Kf7 Rxc6
58.Kxe8  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 e6 5.d4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.h3 Bf5 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.h4 h6 10.h5 Bh7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Ngf6 13.Bd2 Be7 14.O-O-O c5 15.Kb1 O-O
16.Rde1 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Qc4 b5 19.Qc3 Rc8 20.Nf3 Nce4 21.Qe3 Bc5 22.Qe2 Nxf2
23.Rh4 N2g4 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Nd4 Rfd8 27.Nxf6+ Nxf6 28.Bc1 b4 29.Rh3 Qc5
30.Rhd3 Nd5 31.Qg4 Nf6 32.Qe2 Qxh5 33.g4 Qxg4 34.Qf1 Bc5 35.Nb3 Rxd3 36.Qxd3 Bb6
37.Rf1 Qe4 38.Qd2 Rd8 39.Qh2 Ng4 40.Qh4 Nf6 41.Qh2 e5 42.Bxh6 Ng4 43.Qh4 Rc8
44.Bc1 Qxc2+ 45.Ka1 Qc4 46.Rh1 f6 47.Qh8+ Kf7 48.Qh5+ Ke7 49.Qg6 Nf2 50.Qxg7+ Qf7
51.Qg2 Nxh1 52.Qxh1 Rc7 53.Bd2 Qg6 54.Bxb4+ Kf7 55.Qd5+ Kg7 56.a3 e4 57.Qd6 Rf7
58.Ka2 e3 59.Qe6 Rc7 60.Qd6 Rf7 61.Qe6 Qg5 62.a4 Kg6 63.a5 Bc7 64.Qe4+ Qf5
65.Qxe3 Be5 66.Qg1+ Kh7 67.Qh1+ Kg7 68.Qg2+ Qg5 69.Qc2 Rb7 70.Qc5 Kg6 71.Qc2+ Qf5
72.Qg2+ Qg5 73.Qxb7 Qf4 74.Qg2+ Kf7 75.Qb7+ Kg6 76.Qb5 Qe3 77.Qc5 Qd3 78.Qg1+ Kf5
79.Qf2+ Kg6 80.Qg2+ Kf5 81.Ba3 a6 82.Qf2+ Kg6 83.Qg2+ Kf5 84.Nd2 Ke6 85.Qc6+ Kf5
86.Qg2 Ke6 87.Qf2 Qd5+ 88.Ka1 Qxa5 89.Nc4 Qb5 90.Qe2 a5 91.Qd3 a4 92.Qh3+ Kd5
93.Ne3+ Ke4 94.Nd1 Qc4 95.Qg4+ Bf4 96.Qg2+ Kf5 97.Nc3 Qd3 98.Ka2 Qc4+ 99.Kb1 Be5
100.Qh3+ Kg6 101.Qg2+ Kf5 102.Qf3+ Kg6 103.Ne4 Qd4 104.Qg4+ Kf7 105.Qh5+ Ke6
106.Qh3+ Kf7 107.Qh5+ Ke6 108.Nc3 Qd3+ 109.Ka2 Qc4+ 110.Kb1 Qd3+ 111.Ka2 Qc4+
112.Ka1 Bxc3 113.Qe8+ Kf5 114.Qh5+ Ke6 115.Qh3+ Kd5 116.Qxc3 Qxc3 117.bxc3 Kc4
118.Kb2 f5 119.Bd6 f4 120.Bxf4 a3+ 121.Kxa3 Kxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "19.5"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.b4 f6 11.Bb2 Qd7 12.Ne4 a5 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.bxc5 Nc8 15.Qc2 N8e7
16.Rfd1 a4 17.Qb1 Bf5 18.Bc3 Rfb8 19.Qb2 Nd5 20.Be1 Be6 21.e4 Nde7 22.d4 exd4
23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Qe8 25.Rb4 Bb3 26.e5 Nd5 27.Rxb3 axb3 28.Bxd5+ Kh8 29.exf6 Qd7
30.fxg7+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "20.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Re1 e6 12.a4 Be7 13.Na3 Qd7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 g6 18.d4 Bd6 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Kg2 Ne7 21.Qb5 Qc7 22.Be4 Rab8
23.Qg5 Nc6 24.Qf6 Bf8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.d5 exd5 27.Bxd5 Rbd8 28.Rad1 Rd7 29.Ba2 Rxd1
30.Rxd1 Ne5 31.Rd4 h5 32.f4 Nc6 33.Qxg6+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "21.4"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe2 Nh6 8.d3 Bg4
9.Ne4 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nf5 11.O-O Nd4 12.Qd1 b6 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.Nd6+ Kf8 15.Ne4 Ne6
16.Re1 Bxe5 17.Bh6+ Bg7 18.Qd2 Qd5 19.h3 Rd8 20.Rab1 Qh5 21.Be3 h6 22.b4 c4
23.Ng3 Qd5 24.Rbd1 c3 25.Qe2 Kg8 26.a3 Kh7 27.Ne4 f5 28.Ng3 f4 29.Bc1 Nd4
30.Qxe7 Rd7 31.Qh4 fxg3 32.Re7 Nf5 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Qf4 gxf2+ 35.Kf1 Rf8 36.d4 Qd5  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "22.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 Qc7 8.O-O-O g6
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bg7 13.h4 Ne5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Rxh8+ Bxh8
16.Qh5 Bf6 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Ne6 Qa5 19.Nxg5 Bxg5+ 20.Qxg5 Qxa2 21.Qxe5 f6
22.Qh5+ Kd8 23.Qh8+ Kc7 24.d6+ exd6 25.Qxf6 Be6 26.Qg7+ Bd7 27.Qc3+ Bc6 28.Bc4 Qa1+
29.Kd2 Qa4 30.b3 Qa3 31.Qg7+ Kb6 32.Qd4+ Kc7 33.Ra1 Qc5 34.Qxc5 dxc5 35.f3 b5
36.Be2 Kb6 37.g4 Rd8+ 38.Ke3 Re8+ 39.Kf2 a5 40.g5 a4 41.bxa4 bxa4 42.g6 Rg8
43.Bd3 c4 44.Bxc4 Rxg6 45.Ke3 Kc5 46.Bd3 Rg3 47.Be4 Bxe4 48.Kxe4 Kb4 49.f4 Rg2
50.Ra2 Re2+ 51.Kf3 Re1 52.f5 a3 53.Kf4 Rb1 54.f6 Rb2 55.f7 Rxa2 56.f8=Q+ Kc3
57.Qc5+ Kb2 58.c4 Ra1 59.Qd4+ Kb1 60.c5 Ra2 61.Qd1+ Kb2 62.c6 Ra1 63.Qd4+ Ka2
64.Qd2+ Kb3 65.Qd3+ Kb2 66.Qd4+ Ka2 67.Qc4+ Kb2 68.c7 Rc1 69.Qxc1+ Kxc1 70.c8=Q+ Kb1
71.Qb7+ Ka1 72.Qg7+ Kb1 73.Qg1+ Kb2 74.Qd4+ Kc2 75.Qc4+ Kb2 76.Qb4+ Ka2  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "23.3"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qg3 Nc6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bh6 Ne8 11.Bd2 a5 12.e3 Nf6 13.Rd1 Ne4 14.Qh4 Qxh4 15.Nxh4 Nxc5
16.exd4 Nxd4 17.Bf4 Ndb3 18.Be2 Bd7 19.Nf3 Ba4 20.O-O f6 21.Rd6 e5 22.Be3 Rfd8
23.Rfd1 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Kf7 25.Nd2 Nxd2 26.Rxd2 Ne4 27.Rd3 Ke6 28.f3 Nd6 29.b3 Bc6
30.Bc5 Nf7 31.Kf2 h5 32.h4 Ra6 33.Rd2 Ra8 34.Ke3 f5 35.g3 g6 36.Kf2 Rb8 37.Bb6 Ra8
38.Bc5 Rb8 39.Bb6 Ra8 40.Bc5 Rb8 41.Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "24.7"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.d5 Nb8 7.Be3 d6 8.f4 Nf6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Ne4 Nc7 15.d6 exd6
16.Nxd6 b6 17.Bc4 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Nd2 Nd5 20.Qg4 Qe7 21.Rae1 Rad8 22.N2e4 Rf5
23.g3 Rff8 24.Ng5 Nc7 25.Qh3 h6 26.Nge4 Nd5 27.Qg4 Kh7 28.h4 Rf5 29.Qe2 Rff8
30.a3 a5 31.Qb5 Qd7 32.Qe2 Qe7 33.Qg4 Rf5 34.Nd2 Rff8 35.Nf3 Rg8 36.Rf2 Bh8
37.Rh2 Nc7 38.Kf2 Rxd6 39.exd6 Qxd6 40.Re2 Bd4+ 41.Kg2 Qd5 42.h5 gxh5 43.Qxh5 Qxh5
44.Rxh5 Nd5 45.Kh3 Nf6 46.Rh4 Kg6 47.Rxe6 Kf5 48.Rxb6 Bf2 49.Rxf6+ Kxf6 50.Rxh6+ Kf5
51.Rh5+ Ke4 52.Ng5+ Kd3 53.Rh6 Kc2 54.Rb6 c4 55.Rb5 Bd4 56.a4 Bxb2 57.Rxa5 c3
58.Rc5 Kb1 59.Ne4 c2 60.Nd2+ Kc1 61.Nb3+ Kd1 62.Rd5+ Ke1 63.Rc5 Rh8+ 64.Kg2 Kd1
65.Rd5+ Ke1 66.Rc5 Kd1 67.Rd5+ Ke1 68.Rc5 Kd1 69.a5 Rb8 70.Rd5+ Ke1 71.Rc5 Kd1
72.Rd5+ Ke1 73.Rc5 Kd1 74.Rd5+ Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "25.2"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O c5
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rad1 Re8 13.Rfe1 b4 14.Na4 Nd5 15.Nc5 Bc8
16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.Ne4 Qb6 19.Ng5 f6 20.Qc2 g6 21.Qxc8+ Kg7 22.Nxe6+ Rxe6
23.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "26.8"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qh5 5.Be2 Bg4 6.h3 Nc6 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qc5
9.d3 e6 10.Be3 Qd6 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.d4 d5 15.c3 O-O
16.Bg5 Ne8 17.Re1 Nd6 18.Qe2 b5 19.Qd3 Rab8 20.a3 a5 21.Bd1 Ne7 22.Bc2 Ng6
23.h4 f6 24.Bc1 Rfe8 25.h5 Nf8 26.Bf4 Rb7 27.Qg3 Ne4 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Rxe4 Qd5
30.Qf3 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.h6 g5 33.Bd2 f5 34.Re3 Qxf3 35.Rxf3 bxc3 36.bxc3 g4
37.Rd3 Kf7 38.c4 Rc8 39.c5 Rd7 40.Raa3 Ng6 41.Rdb3 Rcc7 42.Ra4 e5 43.Bc3 Nf4
44.Kf1 exd4 45.Rxd4 Rxd4 46.Bxd4 Ne6 47.Be3 f4 48.Bd2 Rxc5 49.Rb6 f3 50.gxf3 gxf3
51.Be3 Ra5 52.Ke1 Ra2 53.Rb7+ Kg6 54.Rb6 Kf5 55.Rb7 Kg6 56.Re7 Re2+ 57.Kd1 Nf8
58.Rg7+ Kh5 59.Rf7 Ng6 60.Rxh7 Ne5 61.Rg7 Nc4 62.h7 Nb2+ 63.Kc1 Nd3+ 64.Kb1 Rb2+
65.Ka1  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "27.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7
9.h3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd3 Nh6 12.Be3 Nf5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.g4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qc7
16.Ng5 dxe5 17.Nxf7 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rf8 19.Ng5 exf4 20.Qe6+ Kb8 21.Nxh7 Rh8
22.Qxg6 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qa5 24.Qg7 Rc8 25.Kb2 Ne5 26.c4 Nxc4+ 27.Ka1 Ne5 28.Qxe7 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "28.8"]
[White "Ushenina,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 b6 5.b3 Bb7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O c5 10.d4 Nc6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Na4 Ne4 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Ne1 d4 15.Bf3 dxe3
16.fxe3 Nd2 17.Rf2 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 Nb4 19.Rd2 Qe8 20.a3 Nc6 21.Rc4 Na5 22.Rg4 f6
23.Nc3 Bd8 24.e4 Bb6 25.Kh1 Qe6 26.Nh4 Qxb3 27.Qf3 Rcd8 28.Rf2 Kh8 29.Nf5 g6
30.Nh4 Qf7 31.Qh3 Kg8 32.Nf5 Qd7 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.exd5 Qxd5 35.Ne7+ Kg7 36.Nxd5 Rxd5
37.Qf3 Rd6 38.Re4 Rf7 39.h4 c4 40.Rc2 Nb3 41.Qe2 Bd8 42.Rexc4 Rfd7 43.Kh2 Na5
44.Rf4 Nc6 45.Qf2 Bc7 46.Kh3 Rf7 47.Rfc4 Rd3+ 48.g3 Bxg3 49.Qxg3 Rxg3+ 50.Kxg3 Ne7
51.Rf2 Nd5 52.Rc6 h6 53.Rd6 Ne3 54.Bxf6+ Kh7 55.Kh3 Nf5 56.Ra6 Rd7 57.h5 Rd3+
58.Kg2 Ne3+ 59.Kf3 Nd1+ 60.Ke2 Nxf2 61.Rxa7+ Kg8 62.Kxf2 gxh5 63.a4 Rd5 64.Bc3 h4
65.Kg2 Rd3 66.Be5 Rd5 67.Bf4 Rf5 68.Bh2 Rc5 69.a5 Rc2+ 70.Kh3 Kf8 71.a6 Ra2
72.Bg1 Ra4 73.Bf2 Kg8 74.Bxh4 Ra3+ 75.Kg4 Ra5 76.Bf2 h5+ 77.Kh4 Kf8 78.Ra8+ Kg7
79.a7 Ra2 80.Bd4+ Kh7 81.Rh8+ Kg6 82.a8=Q Rh2+ 83.Kg3 Rh4 84.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "29.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 a6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Qe7
9.Qd3 Be5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 c6 12.Qb3 O-O 13.f4 Bc7 14.Bd3 b5 15.c3 c5
16.c4 bxc4 17.Qxc4 a5 18.Qc2 Ba6 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Be3 d6 21.Rae1 Rb8 22.Bd2 a4
23.Bc3 Qd8 24.Qd3 Ra7 25.Qg3 f6 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.Qf3 Ba5 28.Rfe1 Bxc3 29.Qxc3 Rab7
30.Re2 Rb4 31.e5 dxe5 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Rxe5 Qf6 34.Qxc5 Rxb2 35.Rde1 Qb6 36.Qxb6 R8xb6
37.Rf1 Rf6 38.Rxf6 gxf6 39.Rf5 Kg7 40.Rf2 a3 41.g3 h5 42.Kg2 Kg6 43.Kf3 Kg5
44.h3 h4 45.Rg2 Kh5 46.gxh4 Kxh4 47.Rg6 Rxa2 48.Rxf6 Rh2 49.Rh6+ Kg5 50.Ra6 Rxh3+
51.Kg2 Rb3 52.Kf2 Kf4 53.Ke2 Ke4 54.Kd2 Kd4 55.Kc2 Rb2+ 56.Kc1 Rb3 57.Kc2 Rh3
58.Kb1 Kc4 59.Ra8 Kb4 60.Rb8+ Kc3 61.Ra8 Rh1+ 62.Ka2 Kb4 63.Rb8+ Kc3 64.Rb3+ Kc4
65.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "30.7"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 f5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Ng5 11.f3 d6 12.a4 Nc6 13.Nb3 Qf6 14.a5 Rae8 15.axb6 axb6
16.Bd2 Qg6 17.Kh1 d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rab1 Rf6 20.c4 dxc4 21.Bxc4+ Kh8 22.Bd3 Ref8
23.Be1 Qh5 24.Bg3 Ne6 25.d5 Nb4 26.Qd2 Nxd5 27.Bc4 Rd8 28.Rbd1 c6 29.Qf2 Rdf8
30.Rfe1 Rh6 31.Bxd5 cxd5 32.Nd4 Nc5 33.Qd2 Rg6 34.Qf2 Rh6 35.Qd2 Qg6 36.Qf2 Re8
37.Ne2 Qf7 38.Nf4 g5 39.Ne2 Kg8 40.Nd4 Rf6 41.f4 Ne4 42.Qf3 g4 43.Qe2 Qh5
44.Kg1 Rh6 45.Ra1 Rf8 46.Ra7 Bc8 47.Rc1 Nxg3 48.hxg3 Qh1+ 49.Kf2 Qxc1 50.Qa2 Qc4
51.Qb2 Rf7 52.Ra8 Rhf6 53.Ne2 Kg7 54.Qe5 Bd7 55.Ra7 Bb5 56.Rxf7+ Kxf7  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Rde1 c5 18.g4 Nxg4 19.Rhg1 f5 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 f4 22.Rd1 Qc6
23.Qg4 Bg5 24.Ba5 Qa6 25.Bc7 Qc6 26.Bd6 Rf5 27.Qe2 b6 28.Qc4 Qe8 29.Rd3 Qxh5
30.Qxe6+ Qf7 31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.c4 Ke6 33.a3 Rc8 34.Kc2 Rf7 35.Kc3 Bh4 36.Rg6+ Kf5
37.Rg2 Be7 38.Rd5 g5 39.Rh2 Rh8 40.b4 cxb4+ 41.axb4 h5 42.e6+ Kxe6 43.Bxe7 Rxe7
44.Rxg5 Kd6 45.Rgxh5 Rxh5 46.Rxh5 Re2 47.Rh2 a5 48.Rh6+ Kc7 49.Rh7+ Kd6 50.Rh6+ Kc7
51.Rh7+ Kd6 52.Rh6+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bd2 e5 15.Bc4+ Kh8
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Rae1 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qg6 19.Bf4 Rb8 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Rd1 Qf6
22.Rfe1 b5 23.Bd5 Rb6 24.Qe3 a5 25.Bf3 Be6 26.Qc5 Bxa2 27.Rd7 b4 28.Rxc7 Qd6
29.cxb4 axb4 30.Qxd6 Rxd6 31.Ree7 Bg8 32.Rb7 b3 33.Rxg7 Rfd8 34.h4 b2 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8
36.Rxb2 Kg7 37.Kh2 Rd4 38.h5 Rd2 39.Rb5 Kf6 40.Rb7 R8d7 41.Rb6+ R7d6 42.Rb8 Rxf2
43.Rg8 Ke5 44.Kg3 Rfd2 45.Re8+ Re6 46.Ra8 Rd4 47.Rf8 Re7 48.Kh3 Rg7 49.Rh8 Rd6
50.Ra8 Kf6 51.Ra5 Rd4 52.Ra6+ Kg5 53.Ra5 Rd6 54.Be4 Kf4 55.Bxf5 Rg3+ 56.Kh2 Rd4
57.Bg6 Rg5 58.Ra2 Ke3 59.Ra3+ Ke2 60.Ra2+ Rd2 61.Ra3 Ke1 62.Rg3 Rxg3 63.Kxg3 Kf1
64.Kf4 Rxg2 65.Ke5 Rf2 66.Bf5 Kg2 67.Kf6 Kg3 68.Ke5 Kh4 69.Bg6 Kg5 70.Ke4 Rf4+
71.Ke3 Kg4 72.Ke2 Rf3 73.Ke1 Kf4 74.Ke2 Rg3 75.Kf2 Re3 76.Kg2 Re2+ 77.Kh3 Re3+
78.Kg2 Kg4 79.Kf2 Re7 80.Kf1 Kg3 81.Bd3 Re3 82.Bg6 Re5  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Nf1 Bd6
9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O Qg6 11.Bd3 Qh5 12.h3 Nf6 13.Re1 Bd7 14.c3 Kh8 15.Nf1 Rae8
16.Ng3 Qf7 17.Ng5 Qg8 18.f4 h6 19.Nf3 Re7 20.Ne5 Be8 21.b4 g5 22.fxg5 hxg5
23.b5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Bc5+ 25.Kh2 Nh7 26.a4 Bg6 27.Be2 Ref7 28.Bg4 Rf2 29.Re2 Rxe2
30.Nxe2 Qg7 31.Nd4 Qxe5+ 32.Kg1 Bd3 33.Ba3 Qe3+ 34.Kh2 Bxa3 35.Rxa3 Rf1 36.Qxf1 Bxf1
37.Ra2 Nf8 38.Nf3 Bc4 39.Rd2 Qxc3 40.Rf2 Qe3 41.Kg1 Ng6  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bd3 b5 11.a3 Be7 12.g4 Rb8 13.g5 Nd7 14.f4 Nb6 15.Nf5 exf5
16.exf5 Bb7 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.f6 O-O 19.Qh5 h6 20.fxg7 Bxg5 21.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8
22.fxg5 Qe3+ 23.Kb1 Bxh1 24.Qxh6+ Ke7 25.Qf6+ Kd7 26.Qxf7+ Kc6 27.Rxh1  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Nh6 8.g4 Bg7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.d3 f5 11.Bxh6 fxg4 12.Nd2 Bxh6 13.hxg4 Bf4 14.O-O-O Qd4 15.Ne4 Be6
16.Kb1 Qxe5 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Rad8 19.f3 a6 20.c3 b5 21.Qf2 bxc4 22.Rde1 Rd5
23.Qe2 Rd3 24.Qf2 Rb8 25.g5 Qf5 26.Qh4 Qf7 27.Nf6+ exf6 28.Qxf4 Qb7 29.Qxc4+ Rd5
30.Re2 fxg5 31.Rhe1 Qb5 32.Qe4 Qd3+ 33.Qxd3 Rxd3 34.Re5 Rxc3 35.Rxg5 Rxf3
36.Rxc5 Rf2 37.b3 Rf6 38.Re7 Rb5 39.Rc2 Rd5 40.Ra7 a5 41.a4 h5 42.b4 axb4
43.a5 c5 44.a6 Rdd6 45.Re2 c4 46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.a7 Rf1+ 48.Kb2 Ra6 49.Re7+ Kf6
50.Rb7 Rf2+ 51.Kb1 Rfa2 52.Rf8+ Kg5 53.Rb5+ Kh6 54.Rxb4 Rxa7 55.Rxc4 Rg2
56.Rh8+ Kg7 57.Rcc8 Re7 58.Rhg8+ Kh6 59.Rh8+ Kg5 60.Rc5+ Kg4 61.Rc1 Re4 62.Rh1 Rb4+
63.Kc1 Ra4 64.Kb1 Rf4 65.Rh7 Kg3 66.Rh6 Rf6 67.Rd1 Kg4 68.Rh8 g5  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Na3 O-O
9.Nc2 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.dxc5 Rfd8 12.Bc4 Qxc5 13.b4 Qh5 14.Ne3 Rac8 15.Bb2 Bd6
16.Rfd1 Ne7 17.Nf1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Ng6 19.Ng3 Qh4 20.Ba6 Nf4 21.Qf1 Rb8 22.Rd4 Be5
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 N6d5 26.Qd2 h5 27.Bf1 Nh3+ 28.Kh1 Ndf4
29.c4 Bxb2 30.Qxb2 Qg5 31.Bxh3 Nxh3 32.Qb1 h4 33.Ne4 Qf5 34.Qd3 f6 35.Qe3 e5
36.Qd3 Nf4 37.Qd1 Qh3  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "B76"]

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.Nxe6 fxe6 11.g5 Nh5 12.f4 e5 13.f5 Nd4 14.Be2 Nxe2 15.Qxe2 Rc8
16.Nd5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.O-O-O e6 19.f6 exd5 20.fxg7 Kxg7 21.Rxd5 Rc5 22.h4 Rxd5
23.exd5 f3 24.Qe3 Qb6 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.Kd2 f2 27.Ke2 Rf4 28.Rf1 Rxh4 29.Rxf2 Rd4
30.Kf3 Rxd5 31.Kg4 Rd4+ 32.Kg3 Rd5 33.Kg4 b5 34.Rf3 Rd4+ 35.Kg3 Rc4 36.Rf2 b4
37.Rd2 Rc5 38.Kg4 d5 39.Re2 Rc4+ 40.Kg3 Kf7 41.Kf3 b5 42.Kg3 Rc7 43.Kf4 Ra7
44.Re5 Rxa2 45.Rxd5 Rxb2 46.Rxb5 Ke6 47.Ke4 Kd6 48.Kd3 Kc6 49.Rb8 Rb1 50.Ke4 Rg1
51.Kf4 Kc5 52.Rb7 Rh1 53.Ke3 Rh4 54.Kd3 Rh3+ 55.Ke4 Kc4 56.Ke5 Kc3 57.Rc7+ Kb2
58.Rb7 Rh4 59.Rc7 Rh2 60.Rb7 Kc3 61.Rc7+ Kb2 62.Rb7 Rh4 63.Rc7 Rh3 64.Rb7 Kc3
65.Rc7+ Kd2 66.Rb7 Rh4 67.Rc7 Ke3 68.Kf6 Kf3 69.Rb7 Rc4 70.Kg7 Kg4 71.Kh6 Kf4
72.Rb5 Rxc2 73.Rxb4+ Kf5 74.Rb5+ Kf4 75.Kxh7 Rc6 76.Kh6 Rd6 77.Rb8 Re6 78.Rf8+ Ke5
79.Kg7 Ra6 80.Rf6 Ra1 81.Kxg6 Rg1 82.Kh6 Rh1+ 83.Kg7 Rg1 84.g6 Rg2 85.Kf7 Ra2
86.g7 Ra7+ 87.Kg6  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d3 O-O
9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nbd2 Ba7 12.Nf1 Ne7 13.Ng3 Ng6 14.a4 Bb7 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.fxe3 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Qe2 c5 19.Qf2 Qc7 20.Bc2 b4 21.c4 Nf6 22.Nd2 Rad8
23.b3 Re6 24.Nf5 Ne7 25.Ng3 Red6 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Rad1 Bc8 28.Nf3 Nd7 29.d4 exd4
30.exd4 cxd4 31.Ne4 Rg6 32.Nxd4 Ne5 33.Ng3 Rf6 34.Qe3 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 N7g6
36.Ndf5 Rd8 37.Nh5 Bxf5 38.Bxf5 Qd6 39.Nf4 Ne7 40.Bc2 Qd4 41.Qxd4 Rxd4 42.Re1 f6
43.Ne6 Rd2 44.Be4 Kf7 45.Nc7 a5 46.Nb5 N7g6 47.c5 Ne7 48.Rc1 N7c6 49.Nd6+ Ke7
50.Nf5+ Kf7 51.Nd6+ Ke7 52.Nf5+ Kf7 53.Nd6+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qxc4 c5 6.Bg2 Bc6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.O-O Rc8
9.Qb3 Ngf6 10.d3 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.a4 Nd5 13.e4 Nb4 14.Bf1 c4 15.dxc4 Nc5
16.Qxb4 Nxe4 17.Qxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxe4 Qb4 19.Re3 Rfd8 20.Nc3 b6 21.Ne5 Be8 22.Ra3 f6
23.Nd3 Qd6 24.Nf4 Bf7 25.Rd3 Qe7 26.Be3 Qb4 27.Nb5 g5 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Nd3 Qxc4
30.Nxa7 Qc7 31.Nb5 Qb7 32.Rc3 Bg6 33.Rc7 Qf3 34.Ne1 Qd1 35.Rc1 Qxa4 36.Bxb6 Rb8
37.Nc3 Qb3 38.Bd4 e5 39.Be3 Qxb2 40.Nd5 Rf8 41.Rc7 Be4 42.Nc3 Ba8 43.Bd3 h6
44.Bh7+ Kh8 45.Bf5 Qa1 46.Kf1 Rd8 47.h4 Qa5 48.Rc5 Qa6+ 49.Kg1 Qa1 50.Bb1 Rb8
51.Kf1 Qa6+ 52.Bd3 Qb7 53.Be4 Qa6+ 54.Bd3 Qb7 55.Nd5 Rc8 56.Rxc8+ Qxc8 57.Nxf6 Qh3+
58.Ke2 gxh4 59.Be4 Bxe4 60.Nxe4 Qh1 61.Nf3 h3 62.Bxh6 h2 63.Bg5 Qxf3+ 64.Kxf3 h1=Q+
65.Ke3 Qe1+ 66.Kf3 Qh1+ 67.Ke3 Kh7 68.Bf6 Kg6 69.g4 Qc1+ 70.Kd3 Qf4 71.Bg5 Qxg4
72.Be3 Qf5 73.Bc5 Kf7 74.Ke3 Qf4+ 75.Kd3 Ke6 76.Nd2 Kd5 77.Be3 Qf5+ 78.Ke2 e4
79.Kf1 Qg4 80.Ke1 Kc6 81.Nf1 Kb5 82.Nd2 Kb4 83.Bd4 Qh5 84.Be3 Qh1+ 85.Ke2 Kc3
86.Bf4 Kc2 87.Ke3 Qe1+ 88.Kd4 Qxf2+ 89.Be3 Qf6+ 90.Kxe4 Qc3 91.Nf3 Qc6+ 92.Kf4 Qd6+
93.Ke4 Qe7+ 94.Ne5 Kc3 95.Bd4+ Kd2 96.Be3+ Ke2 97.Bd4 Qe6 98.Bc3 Qe8 99.Bd4 Qa8+
100.Kf5 Qd5 101.Bb6 Qd6 102.Bg1 Qd1 103.Bh2 Qb1+ 104.Ke6 Ke3 105.Bg3 Ke4
106.Bh2 Qa2+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque Women 2013"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.a4 e6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Qe7
10.Rfe1 h6 11.Rad1 Ngf6 12.h3 e5 13.Qc1 O-O-O 14.a5 b5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nd2 Nc5
17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.cxb3 Qb4 19.Bb6 Rd7 20.Bxb5 axb5 21.Rxd7 Nxd7 22.Nd5 Qxe1+
23.Qxe1 Bxd5 24.Qc1 Bc4 25.bxc4 cxb6 26.cxb5+ Kd8 27.a6 Ke7 28.Qc6 Rd8 29.a7 Bf8
30.a8=Q Rxa8 31.Qxa8 Ke6 32.Qe8+ Be7 33.g4 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Kg2 Kd6 36.Qxf7 Bg5
37.Qd5+ Ke7 38.Qc6 Ke8 39.Kf3 Ke7 40.Kg2 Ke8 41.Kh3 Ke7 42.Qd5 Kd8 43.Qe6 Kc7
44.f4 exf4 45.e5 f3 46.Qd6+  1-0

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mirzoeva,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 e5
9.Re1 a5 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 Bf8 12.Bf1 c6 13.Qc2 exd4 14.Nxd4 Qb6 15.h3 Ne5
16.Rad1 Bd7 17.g3 Rac8 18.Bg2 Qa7 19.Kh2 b5 20.f4 Ng6 21.Nf5 Nh5 22.Bd4 Qb8
23.Bf3 Nhxf4 24.gxf4 Nxf4 25.Nf1 d5 26.Kh1 c5 27.Bb2 Bxf5 28.exf5 d4 29.Bc1 a4
30.Bxf4 Qxf4 31.Bd5 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Qh4 33.Rb1 Qxh3+ 34.Kg1 d3 35.Qg2 Qxf5 36.bxa4 b4
37.Nd2 Bd6 38.Rf1 Bf4 39.axb4 cxb4 40.a5 Re8 41.Ne4 d2 42.Nxd2 Re3 43.Ne4 g6
44.a6 Ra3 45.Nd6 Qf6 46.Nxf7 Kg7 47.Qf2 Be3 48.Qxe3 Rxe3 49.Rxf6 Kxf6 50.a7 Ra3
51.a8=Q Rxa8 52.Bxa8 Kxf7 53.Bd5+ Kf6 54.c5 Ke5 55.Bb3 h5 56.Kf2 g5 57.Kg3 g4
58.Kh4 Kf6 59.Bc4 Ke7 60.Bd5 Kd7 61.Kxh5 g3 62.Kg4 g2 63.Bxg2 b3 64.Kf5 b2
65.Be4 b1=Q 66.Bxb1 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D59"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Bd3 c5 13.O-O Nd7 14.Re1 Qd6 15.Bb1 Rac8
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.e4 Qb6 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Ne5 Be6 21.Qc3 Rfd8 22.Nd3 Rd4
23.Ne5 Qd6 24.b3 Qd5 25.Nf3 Rg4 26.Re5 Qb7 27.h3 Rf4 28.Qe3 Nd5 29.Qd3 Kf8
30.Rxe6 fxe6 31.Ne5 Rf5 32.Re1 Kg8 33.Ng6 Rg5 34.Qe4 Qf7 35.Ne5 Qf5 36.Qxf5 Rxf5
37.Bxf5 exf5 38.Nc4 Nc3 39.Nd6 Rc7 40.a3 f4 41.Re5 a6 42.Nc4 Nb5 43.f3 Nd4
44.Nd2 Nc2 45.Ne4 c4 46.bxc4 Nxa3 47.c5 Nc4 48.Re8+ Kf7 49.Ra8 a5 50.Kf2 Rb7
51.Ke2 Rb2+ 52.Kd3 Ne5+ 53.Kd4 Nc6+ 54.Kd5 Ne7+ 55.Ke5 Nc6+ 56.Kd6 Nd4 57.Kd5 Nf5
58.Ra7+ Ke8 59.Rxa5 Rxg2 60.Ra8+ Kd7 61.c6+ Kc7 62.Ra7+ Kb6 63.Rb7+ Ka5 64.c7 Rc2
65.Nd6 Rd2+ 66.Kc5 Rc2+ 67.Nc4+ Ka6 68.Rb6+  1-0

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Girya,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 d6
9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 O-O 13.O-O Be6 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.f5 Bd7
16.a5 Bc6 17.Bf3 h6 18.Qf2 Nh7 19.Bb6 Qb8 20.h4 Bd7 21.Nd5 Bd8 22.g4 Bc6
23.Nc3 Bxb6 24.axb6 Rcd8 25.Qg3 Rd7 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 Qd8 28.f6 Qxb6+ 29.Kh2 Qe3
30.Rg1 Qf4 31.Qxf4 exf4 32.Ra5 Re8 33.Rf5 Re5 34.Rxf4 Rxg5 35.Bg4 Rc7 36.fxg7 Kxg7
37.Rd1 Nf6 38.Bh3 Re7 39.Rxd6 Nh5 40.Rh4 Nf6 41.Bf5 Re5 42.Rd4 Rc5 43.Rd3 b5
44.Rd2 b4 45.Ne2 a5 46.Nd4 Bb7 47.Re2 Re5 48.Rf4 a4 49.Ref2 Re8 50.Bh3 Rg6
51.Nf5+ Kg8 52.Nd6 Re7 53.Nxb7 Rxb7 54.Rxf6 Rxf6 55.Rxf6 Rc7 56.c3 bxc3 57.bxc3 Rxc3
58.Ra6 a3 59.Bf5 Kg7 60.Kg2 Kf8 61.Kf2 Ke7 62.Ke2 Rg3 63.Kd2 Rf3 64.Kc2 Re3
65.Kb1 Ke8  1-0

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Drozdova,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 c6
9.Bg2 a5 10.Qc2 Na6 11.O-O b6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bb7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Be3 Rc8
16.Rfd1 Nc7 17.Nf4 Bg5 18.Qb3 Bxf4 19.Bxf4 Nd5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Rac1 Re8 22.Rxc8 Bxc8
23.Qc3 Qe7 24.Bd2 Be6 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Qb3 Qd6 27.Bf4 Qc6 28.f3 a4 29.Qd3 Qd7
30.Kf2 h6 31.g4 Rc8 32.Rc1 Rc4 33.Rxc4 dxc4 34.Qe3 Qb5 35.Qd2 Bd5 36.Qc3 h5
37.h3 Qc6 38.Qe3 hxg4 39.hxg4 Qb5 40.Qc3 f6 41.Bd6 Kf7 42.Bf4 Be6 43.Bd2 Qd5
44.Qe3 Qd8 45.Qf4 Bd5 46.Qe3 Qh8 47.Qf4 Qh7 48.Bc3 Qc2+ 49.Kg3 Qd1 50.Qe3 g5
51.Bb4 Qh1 52.Qe7+ Kg6 53.Qe8+ Bf7 54.Qe4+ Kg7 55.Qe1 Qh8 56.Kg2 Qd8 57.Qe4 Qd7
58.Qe3 Be6 59.Kg3 Kf7 60.Qe4 Kg7 61.Qe3 Kg6 62.Qe4+ Kg7 63.Qe3 Bf7 64.Kg2 Qc7
65.Qe4 Qd8 66.Qe3 Qh8 67.Qe4 Qd8 68.Qe3 Qd5 69.Qe4 Qb5 70.Qe3 Qc6 71.Qe4 Bd5
72.Qe3 Kg6 73.Kg3 Qc7+ 74.Kg2 Qd7 75.Kg3 Qc7+ 76.Kg2 f5 77.gxf5+ Kxf5 78.Bd2 Qg7
79.Kg3 Qc7+ 80.Qe5+ Qxe5+ 81.dxe5 Kxe5 82.Bxg5 c3 83.bxc3 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Charochkina,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.c3 Bg6 8.Nbd2 Nf5
9.Nb3 Be7 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 Be4 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 h6 15.f5 Qe7
16.Qh3 g5 17.Be3 O-O-O 18.Rf3 f6 19.fxe6 Qxe6 20.Rf5 h5 21.Raf1 hxg4 22.Qxg4 fxe5
23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Qg2 g4 25.Nd4 Qe7 26.Bf4 Nd3 27.Qxg4 Qd7 28.Bg3 Bxg3 29.Qxg3 Rdg8
30.Rg5 Qh7 31.Ne6 Nc5 32.Rxg8+ Rxg8 33.Ng5 Qh5 34.Kh1 Rxg5 35.Qd6 Nd7 36.Qe6 Qg6
37.Qh3 Qe4+ 38.Rf3 Kc7  0-1

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vasilevich,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Qc2 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.d3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.e4 O-O 12.Qe2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Ba6
16.Rd1 e5 17.Qf3 Rc6 18.Ne2 Rd6 19.Nxd4 Rxd4 20.fxe5 Nd7 21.Bf4 Qe7 22.Rd2 Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Rad1 Rfd8 25.b3 f6 26.Bf1 Bb7 27.Qf2 f5 28.Bg2 fxe4 29.dxe4 Rxd2
30.Rxd2 Qa1+ 31.Bf1  0-1

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kashlinskaya,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Be2 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Re1 e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.Nb5 Bc5 12.d4 exd3 13.cxd3 c6 14.d4 Bf5 15.Rb2 cxb5
16.Rxb5 Rc8 17.Rxc5 Rxc5 18.dxc5 Nd3 19.Bxd3 Bxd3 20.Qf3 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8
22.Qxd3  1-0

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kovalevskaya,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Be6 7.Be3 Qd7 8.Bxc5 dxc5
9.Ng5 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.h4 h6 12.Nh3 Nd4 13.Nf2 Qd6 14.g4 Bg6 15.Qd2 O-O-O
16.O-O-O Kb8 17.Ne2 Qa6 18.Kb1 Nd7 19.h5 Bh7 20.c4 Nb6 21.Nxd4 Rxd4 22.b3 f6
23.f4 exf4 24.Nh3 Nd7 25.Nxf4 Ne5 26.Qe2 Qd6 27.Rhf1 Rd8 28.Kc2 a5 29.Rf2 Qd7
30.Rd2 a4 31.Bh3 Nc6 32.g5 Qe7 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.Kb1 Bxe4 35.Bg2 Bxg2 36.Qxe7 Nxe7
37.Nxg2 axb3 38.Rxf6 bxa2+ 39.Kxa2 Rxd3 40.Rxd3 Rxd3 41.Nh4 Rh3 42.Ng6 Nc6
43.Rf5 Nb4+ 44.Kb2 b6 45.Ne5 Nd3+ 46.Nxd3 Rxd3 47.Rf6 Rd6 48.Rg6 Kc8 49.Kc3 Kd7
50.Rg7+ Ke6 51.Rxc7 Kf6 52.Kb3 Kg5 53.Ka4 Kxh5 54.Kb5 Rg6 55.Rb7 Kg5 56.Rxb6 Rxb6+
57.Kxb6 h5 58.Kxc5 h4 59.Kb6 h3 60.c5 h2 61.c6 h1=Q 62.c7 Qa8  0-1

[Event "ch-Moscow Superfinal w 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gvantseladze,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nbd2 Bg6 8.Nb3 Nf5
9.a4 Be7 10.a5 a6 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.f4 f5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bd3 Bf7
16.Qf3 Qc7 17.f5 e5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qxf4 21.Rxf4 O-O-O 22.Re1 Rde8
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Kf2 Ne5 25.Be2 Kc7 26.Nc5 Nd7 27.Nd3 c5 28.b3 Kd6 29.g5 Nb8
30.f6 g6 31.Rh4 Bg8 32.b4 Nd7 33.Rf4 Bf7 34.Bg4 c4 35.Nc1 Ne5 36.Ne2 Nc6
37.c3 Ne5 38.Nc1 Nc6 39.Bf3 Ke5 40.Rh4 h5 41.gxh6 g5 42.Rg4 Kxf6 43.h4 gxh4
44.Rxh4 Ne5 45.Bd1 Rh8 46.Rh1 Kg5 47.Ke3 Rxh6 48.Rxh6 Kxh6 49.Kd4 Kg5  1-0

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.h4 g6 6.g4 h6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Qf3 Qa5
9.Ne2 Ne4 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Qg2 Nf6 12.g5 hxg5 13.hxg5 Rxh1+ 14.Qxh1 Nh5 15.O-O-O Bg4
16.Qxe4 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Qxa2 18.Nc3 Qa1+ 19.Kd2 Qa5 20.b4 Qf5 21.Qxf5 gxf5 22.Bh2 O-O-O
23.Ra1 e5 24.Rxa7 exd4 25.Ra8+ Kd7 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Ne2 dxe3+ 28.Kxe3 Bf8
29.c3 Be7 30.f4 Kd7 31.Bg1 Bd6 32.Kf3 Bc7 33.Be3 Ng7 34.Ng3 Ke6 35.Bd4 Ne8
36.c4 Bd6 37.Bc3 b5 38.c5 Be7 39.Ne2 Kd5 40.Nd4 Bf8 41.Nxf5 Kc4 42.Be1 Kd3
43.Kg4 Nc7 44.Nd6 Ke2 45.Bc3 Nd5 46.Bh8 Nxb4 47.Nxf7 Bxc5 48.Nd8 Nd5 49.Nxc6 Ke3
50.f5 Ke4 51.f6 Nf4 52.f7 Ng6 53.Bc3 Kd5 54.Nd8 b4 55.Bb2 b3 56.Kf5 Ne7+
57.Kf6 Ke4 58.f8=Q Nd5+ 59.Kf7 Bxf8 60.Kxf8 Kf5 61.Nf7 Nf4 62.Kg7 Nd3 63.Bf6 b2
64.Nh6+ Kf4 65.Bxb2 Kxg5 66.Bf6+ Kf4 67.Kf7 Ne5+ 68.Ke6 Ng4 69.Nxg4 Kxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "C58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5
9.h4 Nf4 10.Bf1 h6 11.Ne4 Ne6 12.Ng3 Bc5 13.c3 Nb7 14.b4 Bb6 15.Na3 a5 16.Nc4 Bc7
17.bxa5 Nxa5 18.Ne3 O-O 19.Ba3 c5 20.Bb5 Nb7 21.Bb2 Nd6 22.Be2 f5 23.Nc4 f4
24.Nxd6 fxg3 25.Nxc8 gxf2+ 26.Kf1 Qxc8 27.Bc4 Kh8 28.Qg4 Qb7 29.Bc1 Nf4 30.d3 e4
31.Be3 Qb2 32.Rd1 h5 33.Bc1 Qxc1 34.Rxc1 hxg4 35.dxe4 Nh5  0-1

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ushenina,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rfd1 b5 13.Bd3 Qe8 14.a4 b4 15.Nb1 c5
16.Nbd2 cxd4 17.exd4 Nh5 18.Bg3 Nb6 19.a5 Nd5 20.Qe4 g6 21.Be5 Ra7 22.Qe1 Qa8
23.Bf1 Kh7 24.Nc4 Qd8 25.Nfd2 f6 26.Bg3 Ndf4 27.Qe3 Qb8 28.Nb3 Re8 29.Rac1 Bf8
30.Nb6 Nxg3 31.hxg3 Nd5 32.Nxd5 Bxd5 33.Bc4 Qa8 34.Bxd5 Qxd5 35.Rd2 h5 36.Rdc2 Bh6
37.f4 Rg7 38.Rc5 Qd8 39.Qe4 e5 40.dxe5 fxe5 41.Re1 h4 42.Rxe5 Rxe5 43.fxe5 hxg3
44.Nd4 Qxa5 45.Nf3 Qc5+ 46.Kh1 a5 47.Qh4 Qe7 48.Qxg3 a4 49.e6 a3 50.bxa3 bxa3
51.Qe5 a2 52.Qb2 Qa7 53.Ra1 Rc7 54.e7 Rxe7 55.Qxa2 Qc5 56.Qa5 Qxa5 57.Rxa5 Bf4
58.Kg1 Re2 59.Kf1 Rb2 60.Ng5+ Kh6 61.Ne4 g5 62.g3 Be3 63.Ra6+ Kg7 64.Ra3 Bc1
65.Rc3 Bd2 66.Rd3 Bc1 67.Rc3 Bd2 68.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Batchimeg,Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.c3 Bb6 10.Bb3 h6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Ne3 Qd7 14.d4 Bg4 15.Qg3 O-O
16.f4 h5 17.Bc2 Rfe8 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.d5 Qd6 20.Nxg4 hxg4 21.Bg5 Nh7 22.Bh4 g5
23.Qxg4 Qg6 24.Bf2 cxd5 25.Qe2 Nf6 26.exd5 e4 27.Rad1 Rad8 28.c4 Qh6 29.g3 e3
30.Be1 Be5 31.Ba4 Re7 32.Bb4 Bd6 33.c5 Re4 34.Bc3 Be5 35.Bc2 Bxc3 36.Bxe4 Bb4
37.Bf3 Bxc5 38.b4 Bxb4 39.Qxe3 b6 40.Rc1 Re8 41.Qd4 Bd6 42.Rc6 Nd7 43.Qa4 Re3
44.Rc8+ Nf8 45.Qxa7 Be5 46.Bg4 Qh7 47.Qe7  1-0

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.cxd5 Bxd5 7.Bb2 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.b4 O-O 10.b5 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.O-O axb5 13.axb5 Rxa1 14.Bxa1 Qa8 15.Qc2 Ne5
16.Nh4 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 Rc8 18.Ne3 Qb7 19.Rb1 h5 20.Ncd1 Ng6 21.h4 Ne8 22.Ng2 Bf6
23.Bc3 Ra8 24.Nge3 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Nd6 26.Qb3 Ne5 27.Qb4 Ra7 28.Qd4 Nd7 29.Nc4 Nxc4
30.Qxd7 Qa8 31.Qd4 Nd6 32.Qe5 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34.Kg2 Qb2 35.Qg5 f6 36.Qxh5 Qxd2
37.Qf3 Nc4 38.Qc6 Qxc3 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qh5+ Kg8 43.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.h3 Nd7 13.Be3 b6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.Qd2 Nc5
16.Bb1 Rad8 17.b3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Bf4 Ne5 20.Nd4 Ng6 21.Bg5 Rde8 22.b4 Nd7
23.Nce2 Nde5 24.a3 Kh8 25.Ba2 Nf7 26.c5 dxc5 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Bf4 Nxf4 29.Nxf4 Bh6
30.Ndxe6 Rxe6 31.Nxe6 Bxd2 32.Nxc7 Bxc1 33.Rxc1 Nd6 34.Rxc5 f4 35.Ne6 Rf6
36.Rc7 Be4 37.Rd7 Ne8 38.Rd8 Bg6 39.Nc7 Rd6 40.Ra8 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Rd2 42.Bc4 Rxf2
43.Kg1 Rc2 44.Nxe8 Be4 45.Rd8 Rxg2+ 46.Kf1 Rc2 47.Bb3 Rb2 48.Nd6+ Kg7 49.Rg8+ Kh6
50.Nf7+ Kh5 51.Bd1+ f3 52.Rg5+ Kh4 53.Rg4+ Kxh3 54.Rxe4 Kg3 55.Nh6  1-0

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Girya,O"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 a6 12.a4 c5 13.Rfd1 Qe8 14.Rac1 Bd6 15.d5 e5
16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Ne4 Bb8 18.Bh4 f5 19.d6+ Kh8 20.Be7 fxe4 21.Nh4 Nhf6 22.Be6 Bc6
23.Bf5 Rf7 24.Ng6+ Kg8 25.Qc4 Ra7 26.b3 Nd5 27.Bxd7 Rxd7 28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Bc7
30.Nxe5 Rxe7 31.Nxf7 Rxf7 32.dxc7 Qc8 33.Qd8+ Rf8 34.Rd1 Kh7 35.h3 c4 36.bxc4 Qf5
37.Qxf8 Qxf8 38.Rd8 Qf6 39.c8=Q  1-0

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.f4 Nc6
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Qg4 Kf8 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Nf3 Rb8 13.h5 b5 14.h6 g6 15.Qh4 b4
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qf6 b3 18.Qxh8+ Ke7 19.Qf6+ Ke8 20.Rxd5 bxa2 21.Qxc6+ Ke7
22.Qf6+ Ke8 23.Qh8+ Ke7 24.Qf6+ Ke8 25.Qh8+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O dxc4 8.Qc2 b5
9.a4 Bb7 10.Nc3 a6 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bf4 b4 13.Ne2 c5 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Rad1 Qc8 17.Rfe1 Be4 18.Qxc4 Nb6 19.Qc1 O-O 20.a5 Nbd5 21.Be5 Re8 22.Qc4 Qb7
23.Nc1 Nb6 24.axb6 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Qxf3 26.Nb3 Ng4 27.Qf4 Nxe5 28.Qxe5 Bf8 29.Qc7 Qxb3
30.Qd7 Qf3 31.Ra1 Red8  0-1

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muminova,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nb6 12.e3 c6 13.Bd3 Qf6 14.a3 Bf8 15.e4 Qxd4
16.O-O-O Bg7 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Rhe1+ Be6 19.Nb3 Qf6 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Bb5+ Kf8
22.Nd4 Bg4 23.f3 Qb6 24.Qc3 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Rc8 26.Rc4 d4 27.Qd3 Rxc4+ 28.Bxc4 Bh5
29.Re4 Bg6 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Ke7 32.Kd2 Rc8 33.Ke3 a6 34.a4 Bc2 35.a5 Rc6
36.Bd5 Rc5 37.b4 Rc3+ 38.Kd2 Rc7 39.Bxb7 Rxb7 40.Kxc2 Rc7+ 41.Kb2 f5 42.Rd1 Rc6
43.Kb3 Rc7 44.Rh1 Rc6 45.b5 axb5 46.Ra1 Kd6 47.a6 Rc8 48.Rd1+ Ke5 49.Kb4 g4
50.a7 h5 51.f4+ Ke4 52.Re1+ Kd4 53.Kxb5 Rg8 54.Re5  1-0

[Event "4th WGP 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.a5 c5 7.c4 bxc3 8.Nxc3 Nc6 9.O-O Ba6
10.Bg5 Rc8 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Rfc1 Nb4 14.Ne5 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Bd6 16.Rxc8+ Bxc8
17.Rc1 Ke7 18.Bd2 Bxe5 19.Bxb4+ Bd6 20.Bxd6+ Kxd6 21.Nc5 Nd7 22.Nb3 Ne5 23.Nd4 Bd7
24.f4 Nc4 25.b3 Ne3 26.Bh3 h5 27.Rc3 Ng4 28.Bg2 Rb8 29.h3 Nf6 30.e3 Ne8 31.Kf2 f6
32.Nc2 Nc7 33.e4 Nb5 34.Rd3 Rc8 35.Rd2 Nc3 36.Ne3 Nb1 37.Rd1 Nc3 38.Rd2 Nb1
39.Rb2 Nc3 40.exd5 Nxd5 41.Rd2 Bc6 42.f5 Ke7 43.Bxd5 Bxd5 44.Nxd5+ exd5 45.Rxd5 Rb8
46.Rd3 Rb5 47.Re3+ Kd7 48.g4 hxg4 49.hxg4 Rxa5 50.Kg3 Ra1 51.Rd3+ Ke7 52.Re3+ Kd7
53.Rd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kashlinskaya,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Bf3 Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Qc7 12.Be3 Rfc8 13.Qd2 b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Na5 Nc4
16.Nxc4 Qxc4 17.Ra4 Qc6 18.Rfa1 Qb7 19.Rb1 h6 20.h3 Rd8 21.Ra5 Rd7 22.Qd3 Bd8
23.Ra3 Bb6 24.Rba1 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Rdd8 26.Na4 Rab8 27.b3 Qc6 28.c4 Nd7 29.Nc3 Nc5
30.Bd1 Rb4 31.Bc2 Rdb8 32.Na2 R4b6 33.b4 Nd7 34.Bd3 R8b7 35.Rc1 Rxb4 36.Nxb4 Rxb4
37.Qd2 Qb6 38.Be2 Nc5 39.Qe3 a5 40.Kh2 Rb2 41.Rca1 a4 42.Bd1 Bxc4 43.Bxa4 Re2
44.Qf3 Nxe4 45.Bd1 Re1 46.Ra8+ Kh7 47.Bc2 Rxa1 48.Bxe4+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Ne4 8.h3 b6
9.cxb6 axb6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Be2 c5 13.O-O cxd4 14.exd4 Nf6 15.Nc4 b5
16.Ne3 Qb6 17.a3 Rfd8 18.Be5 Nd7 19.Qb3 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bc5 21.Rad1 Bc6 22.Kh1 Bd4
23.Rc1 Qb7 24.Rc2 Bxe5 25.Rfc1 Be8 26.Rc5 Bd6 27.R5c2 h6 28.Qc3 Qe7 29.Kg1 Qg5
30.Qb3 Be5 31.Nf1 Bd4 32.Re1 Rac8 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Bg4 Qf6 35.Re2 Rc1 36.Rd2 e3
37.Rd1 Qxf2+ 38.Kh2 Bc6 39.Nxe3 Bxe3 40.Rd8+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ushenina,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bc4 e6 6.d4 b5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ngf6
9.a4 bxa4 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.f3 Be7 12.Nxa4 O-O 13.Kh1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.c4 Nb4
16.Be3 Qc7 17.Qe1 Rfd8 18.Bd2 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Ba5 Re8 21.Bd3 Nf6 22.b4 Rab8
23.Nb6 Bd8 24.c5 Bxb6 25.Bxb6 Nd5 26.Ba5 Qc8 27.Qh4 g6 28.Rfe1 Bc6 29.Re5 Bb5
30.Bc2 Qd7 31.Qh6 Qe7 32.Rae1 Qf6 33.R5e4 Rbc8 34.Rh4 Qg7 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rd4 Bc6
37.Bb3 Rb8 38.Kg1 f5 39.h4 Kf6 40.Kf2 h6 41.g4 g5 42.hxg5+ hxg5 43.gxf5 Kxf5
44.Bc4 Ra8 45.Rh1 Kf6 46.Bd3 Rf8 47.Rh6+ Ke7 48.Kg3 Rf6 49.Rh7+ Rf7 50.Rxf7+ Kxf7
51.Bc4 Kf6 52.Rd2 Bb7 53.Rh2 Kg7 54.Bd3 Bc6 55.Rh7+ Kf6 56.Rh6+ Kf7 57.Kg4 Nf4
58.Bc4 Bd5 59.Kxg5 Bxc4 60.Kxf4 Rg8 61.Ke5 Bd5 62.Rh7+ Kg6 63.Ra7 Bxf3 64.Rxa6 Bd5
65.c6 Kf7 66.Ra7+ Kg6 67.Kd6 Kf5 68.b5 Rg2 69.c7 Rc2 70.Bb6 Rg2  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.h3 Nd4 6.e5 Nxb5 7.Nxb5 Nd5 8.O-O Bg7
9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc7 11.Nxa7 Ne6 12.Qe3 Qa5 13.Nxc8 Rxc8 14.c3 O-O 15.Qe4 b5
16.Be3 Rc4 17.Qd5 Rd8 18.a3 Qa4 19.Nd2 Rc6 20.f4 Qa6 21.Ne4 Rc4 22.Rad1 Nc7
23.Qd3 Qc6 24.Nd2 Ra4 25.Nb3 d6 26.exd6 Rxd6 27.Qe2 Nd5 28.Bd4 Bh6 29.Nc5 Rc4
30.Nd3 Rxd4 31.cxd4 Qb6 32.Qf2 Rf6 33.Qh4 Bg7 34.Ne5 Rd6 35.Qf2 e6 36.Rc1 Ne7
37.Rfd1 f6 38.Nf3 Bh6 39.g3 Bg7 40.d5 Nxd5 41.Qxb6 Rxb6 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.Nd4 f5
44.Rc2 b4 45.Nf3 bxa3 46.bxa3 Ra6 47.Ng5+ Ke7 48.Rd3 h6 49.Nf3 Kd6 50.Re2 Bf6
51.h4 Ra5 52.Ne5 Ra4 53.Nxg6 Bd4+ 54.Kf3 Nc3 55.Re1 Kd5 56.Nf8 Kc4 57.Rxd4+ Kxd4
58.Nxe6+ Kd5 59.Ng7 Rxa3 60.Re3 Ra7 61.Nxf5 Rc7 62.Nxh6 Kc4 63.Nf5 Rd7 64.h5 Nd1
65.Re4+ Kc3 66.Re2 Kd3 67.h6 Ra7 68.Rh2  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.f4 h6
9.Bh4 Qd7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.Qf3 Rb8 14.b3 Qe8 15.Rae1 Bg4
16.Qd3 Bxe2 17.Rxe2 Nd7 18.Na4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Rxb6 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 g5 22.Bg3 Qe6
23.a4 Rbb8 24.Qc3 Rb4 25.Qd3 Rbb8 26.h4 Rbd8 27.Qf5 Qxf5 28.Rxf5 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 gxh4
30.Bxh4 Re8 31.Bg3 Rd5 32.c4 Rd3 33.Rf3 Rd1 34.Bf4 Bf8 35.Bd2 Bc5+ 36.Kg3 Re6
37.Bxa5 Rg6+ 38.Kf4 Be7 39.Bxc7 c5 40.g4 Rg1 41.Rg3 Rf1+ 42.Ke4 Rd1 43.Kf3 Bh4
44.Rgg2 Bg5 45.Rb2 Rc6 46.Bd6 f6 47.Rge2 fxe5 48.Bxe5 Re6 49.a5 Rd7 50.Ra2 Ra6
51.Ke4 Bd8 52.Red2 Rxd2 53.Rxd2 Ra8 54.a6 Kf7 55.Rd7+ Ke8 56.Rd6 Bg5 57.Kd5 Be3
58.Rg6 Kf7 59.Rg7+ Kf8 60.a7 Rd8+ 61.Ke4 Bd4 62.Rb7  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e4 d6
9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Na6 13.Bb1 Nc5 14.Qc2 g6 15.h4 h5
16.Nd4 b6 17.Qe2 Bb7 18.Rh3 Rfd8 19.Kf1 Nd7 20.Bd3 Nf8 21.Kg1 Rd7 22.Bc2 Qc5
23.Rg3 Rxd4 24.cxd4 Qxd4 25.Rd1 Qxh4 26.c5 bxc5 27.Qe3 Bd5 28.Qxc5 c6 29.Rd4 Qd8
30.Bd1 h4 31.Rgg4 h3 32.gxh3 Rb8 33.Qc1 Nd7 34.Qh6 Qf8 35.Qe3 Qg7 36.Rg5 Rb1
37.Kh2 Nb6 38.Qa3 Nc4 39.Qe7 Rb2 40.Rf4 Nd2 41.Qe8+ Qf8 42.Rxg6+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Muzychuk,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 Nd4 8.e5 Ne8
9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Nd5 e6 11.Nf4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Qxc2 13.b3 Qf5 14.d3 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6
16.Bc4 b5 17.Bd5 Rb8 18.g4 Qg5 19.h4 Qxh4 20.Ng2 Qh3 21.Nf4 Qh4 22.Ng2 Qh3
23.Nf4 Rxf4 24.Bxf4 Bb7 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Rac1 Nf6 27.f3 Nd5 28.Be5 Bh6 29.Rc8+ Kf7
30.Bxd4 Qg3+ 31.Kh1 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Nf4 33.Qf1 Qg3+ 34.Kh1 Nxd3 35.Re4 Bf4 36.Bg1 Qh4+
37.Kg2 d5 38.Rd4 Ne1+ 39.Qxe1 Qxe1 40.Rxf4+ Kg7 41.Rff8 Qe2+ 42.Kg3 Rf7 43.Rg8+ Kh6
44.f4 Qd2 45.f5 exf5 46.Bc5 fxg4 47.Rgf8 Qf4+ 48.Kg2 Qf1+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+ 50.Kg2 Qf3+
51.Kg1 Qg3+ 52.Kh1 Rf3 53.Bd4 Qh3+ 54.Kg1 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.d4 d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.dxc5 Ne4 11.Be3 Rb8 12.Qc1 a5 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Nd4 e5
16.Nc2 f5 17.b4 f4 18.Bd2 Bb7 19.Qa3 e3 20.fxe3 f3 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.gxf3 Qd7
23.Re2 Bxf3 24.Qc4 e4 25.Ne1 Qg4+ 26.Rg2 Bxg2 27.Nxg2 axb4 28.Rc1 Rbd8 29.Be1 bxc3
30.c6 Rd2 31.Bg3 Qf3 32.Ne1 Qxe3+ 33.Kh1 Re2 34.Ng2 Qxc1+  0-1

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Girya,O"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Ne4 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.Qe2 b5 14.Bb3 c5 15.Rfd1 c4
16.Bc2 Nd7 17.d5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Bc5 19.b3 cxb3 20.Bxb3 Nb6 21.Nxb6 Qxb6 22.Ne5 Qc7
23.Qh5 Rae8 24.Nxf7 Rxf7 25.Bxf7+ Qxf7 26.Qxc5 Qe6 27.Rd4 Qf7 28.Rad1 Qxa2
29.Rd8 Qe6 30.Qc7 Bc6 31.R8d6 Rc8 32.Rxc6  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5
9.Ne2 Bd7 10.Bb2 Ba4 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.dxc5 Ng4 13.Qf4 Qg5 14.Rd2 Nxf2 15.Rg1 Qxf4
16.Nxf4 Ng4 17.h3 Nge5 18.Rd1 Nxc5 19.c4 Ncd7 20.g4 Rc8 21.Nh5 Ke7 22.Bc3 b6
23.Bb4+ Nc5 24.Be2 a5 25.Be1 Ng6 26.Rf1 Nd7 27.Bg3 e5 28.g5 Rgd8 29.Ng7 Nc5
30.Nf5+ Kf8 31.Nd6 Rc7 32.Rd5 Bc6 33.Nxf7 Rxd5 34.Nxe5+ Kg7 35.cxd5 Bxd5
36.Nxg6 Rc6 37.Ne7  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Gaponenko,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Be7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 Qd6 13.Rfe1 h6 14.Rac1 Bf6 15.Bc3 Rb8
16.Ne5 Bg5 17.Rcd1 Be6 18.a3 Rfc8 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Bb4 Qd8 21.Bb5 Rcc8 22.Bd2 Qb6
23.Ba4 Qd6 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Qg3 Qf4 26.Qxf4 gxf4 27.Rc1 Rc4 28.Rxc4 dxc4 29.Re4 b5
30.Bd1 b4 31.a4 c3 32.bxc3 bxc3 33.d5 Rb1 34.Rd4 c2  0-1

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Guseva,Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.g4 Bg6 12.f4 f5 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.gxf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 exf5
16.Be3 Bb4 17.Ne2 O-O 18.Kh1 Qd7 19.Qa4 Ba5 20.Rg1 Bb6 21.Nc3 Qf7 22.Rg3 Nxd4
23.Bxd4 Rc4 24.e6 Qc7 25.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.e3 a5 9.Nc3 Nbd7
10.Qc2 Ra6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.e4 Bb7 14.d4 Ra7 15.Rad1 Nf6 16.Rfe1 Bb4
17.Nd2 Qe7 18.h3 Nd7 19.Re3 e5 20.Nc4 exd4 21.Bxd4 Bc5 22.Qb2 Bxd4 23.Qxd4 Nc5
24.Ree1 Raa8 25.Ne3 Rfd8 26.Nf5 Qf8 27.Qe3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Re8 29.f3 Rd8 30.Rd2 Ne6
31.h4 h5 32.Qc3 Rxd2 33.Qxd2 g6 34.Ne3 Qc5 35.Kh2 Qd4 36.Qe2 Nc5 37.Nc4 a4
38.Qc2 axb3 39.axb3 Qd3 40.Qxd3 Nxd3 41.Bf1 Ne1 42.Be2 Ba6 43.Kg1 Nc2 44.Kf2 Kf8
45.Nd2 b5 46.Bd1 Nb4 47.Be2 Ke7 48.Nb1 Nc2 49.Bd1 Nd4 50.Ke3 Nc6 51.Nc3 Kd6
52.g4 b4 53.Nd5 Bc8 54.gxh5 gxh5 55.f4 f5 56.Nf6 fxe4 57.Nxe4+ Ke7 58.Bxh5 Be6
59.Nc5 Bg8 60.Bd1 Na5 61.h5 Kd6 62.Ne4+ Ke7 63.h6 Kf8 64.Nc5 Bh7 65.Kd4 Kf7
66.Bh5+ Kf6 67.Nd7+ Ke7 68.Nc5 Kf6 69.Bd1 Bb1 70.Bh5 Bc2 71.Nd7+ Ke7 72.Ne5 Nxb3+
73.Kc4 Nd2+ 74.Kxb4 Bh7 75.Bg6 c5+ 76.Kxc5 Ne4+ 77.Bxe4 Bxe4 78.Kd4 Bh7 79.Nf3 Kf6
80.Ng5 Bc2 81.h7 Kg7 82.Ke5 Bg6 83.Ke6 Bd3 84.Ke5 Bc2 85.Ke6 Bb1 86.Ke7 Bc2
87.Ke6 Bb1 88.Ke5 Bc2 89.f5 Bxf5 90.Kxf5 Kh8 91.Kg4 Kg7 92.Kh5 Kh8 93.Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.O-O c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 Re8 14.Rfd1 Nh5 15.Bg3 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Bf8 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Ne5 a6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Bd6 22.Qf3 Qe7
23.Rc6 Rab8 24.Nxf7 Qxf7 25.Rxd6 Qxf3 26.gxf3 e5 27.d5 e4 28.fxe4 Rxe4 29.Rd2 Kf7
30.Rc6 Re7 31.Kg2 Rd7 32.b4 a5 33.b5 a4 34.Rd4 a3 35.Rd3 Ke7 36.d6+ Ke6 37.Re3+ Kd5
38.Rxa3 Rf8 39.Rd3+ Ke4 40.Rd2 Rb8 41.a4 g5 42.Rc7 Rdd8 43.d7 Ke5 44.Rc6 Rb7
45.Rxh6 Rdxd7 46.Rxd7 Rxd7 47.Rxb6 Ra7 48.Ra6 Rb7 49.Rc6 Ra7 50.Rc4 Kd5 51.Rg4  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Be3 d6 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.c3 e5
9.Nc2 Bxe3 10.Nxe3 Be6 11.c4 O-O 12.O-O Nc6 13.Rc1 Nd4 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 b5
16.Rfd1 Qa5 17.Qc3 Qxc3 18.Rxc3 Rfc8 19.f3 Kf8 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8
22.Bxb5 Bxa2 23.Rxd6 Rb8 24.Ra6 Be6 25.Bc4 Rxb2 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Rxe6 Rb5
28.Nc4 Rc5 29.Ne3 Kf7 30.Rd6 Ra5 31.Nc4 Rc5 32.Rc6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kashlinskaya,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Qc7 21.Rea1 Rab8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Qd1 Nfd7 24.Ng5 Bg7 25.Ra5 Bc8 26.Ra7 Rb7 27.Ra8 Nf6 28.Qf3 Bd7 29.Nf1 Rbb8
30.R8a7 Rb7 31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.Rxb7 Qxb7 33.Ne3 Rf8 34.Qg3 Ne8 35.Nf3 Qc7 36.Ra6 Qb7
37.Ra1 Qb8 38.Nh4 Nd6 39.Ra6 Bc8 40.Rc6 Bb7 41.Rxc5 Qa7 42.Rc7 Qb6 43.Re7 Bf6
44.Nxg6 Bxe7 45.Nxe7+ Kh7 46.Qxe5 f5 47.exf5 Nf7 48.f6+ Kh6 49.N3f5+ Kh7
50.Ng7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kashlinskaya,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.h3 a6 11.b3 d4 12.Na4 Ba7 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Bb2 Ne6 15.Rc1 b5
16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Bc2 Nf4 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Nh4 b4 20.Na4 Ne2+ 21.Kh2 Nxc1 22.Bxc1 Ne4
23.Nf5 g6 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Ng4 Rac8 26.Bb1 Bb8+ 27.Kg1 h5 28.Bb2+ Nc3 29.Ne3 Be5
30.Kh1 Bd4 31.Nc2 Bf6 32.Nb6 Rc6 33.Nc4 Nxb1 34.Rxb1 a5 35.Bxf6+ Kxf6 36.N2e3 Rc5
37.Re1 Bc6 38.Kg1 a4 39.Nc2 axb3 40.axb3 Ba4 41.Nxb4 Bxb3 42.Ne3 Rd4 43.Na6 Rc6
44.Ra1 Ra4 45.Nd5+ Ke5 46.Rxa4 Bxa4 47.Nab4 Rc1+ 48.Kh2 Bb5 49.f4+ Kd4 50.Nf6 Rc5
51.g4 h4 52.g5 Kc4 53.Nc2 Kd3 54.Ne1+ Kd4 55.Nf3+ Ke3 56.Nxh4 Kxf4 57.Ng2+ Kf5
58.Ne3+ Ke6 59.h4 Rc3 60.Ng2 Bc6 61.Nf4+ Kf5 62.Nh3 Rc2+ 63.Kg3 Rg2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Harika,D"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 e6 3.Bb2 b6 4.c4 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O c5 9.Nbd2 dxc4
10.bxc4 Nc6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Qe2 Rc7 13.Rfd1 Rd7 14.Nf1 Nb4 15.Bb1 Ne4 16.a3 Na6
17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Ng5 19.e4 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Bg5 21.Ne3 Nc7 22.Qg3 g6 23.f4 Bh4
24.Ng4 h5 25.Qc3 f6 26.Qh3 f5 27.Ne5 Rg7 28.Qc3 Bf6 29.d6 Na6 30.Rd2 Nb8
31.exf5 gxf5 32.Bxf5 Nc6 33.Qc4+ Kh8 34.Ng6+ Rxg6 35.Bxg6 Kg7 36.Bb1 Nd4
37.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 38.Rxd4 cxd4 39.Qxd4+ Kh6 40.Rc7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 f6 10.Qe2 e6 11.O-O c5 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5
16.Nb5 Rab8 17.c3 e5 18.Nd6 Qe6 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Rae1 Rxf1+ 21.Qxf1 b6 22.c6 Qxd6
23.cxd7 Qxd7 24.Qd3 Bg7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Bd4 Qe7 27.Bf2 Qe6 28.Re1 Qf7 29.Bh4 Rd7
30.Qa6 h6 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qc6 d4 33.cxd4 Bxd4+ 34.Kh1 Bg7 35.b3 Rc7 36.Qe4 Rd7
37.Qe2 Qd5 38.Bg3 Qd3 39.Kh2 Qd5 40.Qg4 h5 41.Qf4 Bh6 42.Qf6 Qf7 43.Qc6 Bg7
44.Qe4 b5 45.Rc1 a5 46.Rc5 Bd4 47.Rxh5+ Kg8 48.Rxb5 Kh7 49.Qh4+ Kg7 50.Rb8 Qf1
51.Qh8+ Kf7 52.Qf8+ Ke6 53.Qxf1  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Kosintseva,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 h6 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.Bb2 Bf6 16.Ne3 Nc5
17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Na7 19.d4 exd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Qd8 22.Qf3 Qg5 23.Nf5 Rfe8
24.h4 Qf6 25.Qg4 Kh7 26.Ng3 Qg6 27.Qf4 Kg8 28.Qd2 Qf6 29.h5 Qg5 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8
31.Qxb4 Qe5 32.Rd1 Nc8 33.Kf1 Qf4 34.Re1 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 Kf8 36.Qe3 Qxe3 37.fxe3 Ne7
38.b4 Na4 39.e4 c6 40.Bxa6 cxd5 41.Bb7 Nc3 42.a6 Nb5 43.exd5 Ke8 44.c4 Na7
45.c5 dxc5 46.bxc5 Kd7 47.d6 Nec6 48.Nf5 g6 49.hxg6 fxg6 50.Nxh6 Ne5 51.Ng8 Nd3
52.Nf6+ Ke6 53.d7 Ke7 54.c6 Nb5 55.a7 Nxa7 56.c7 Ne5 57.d8=Q+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kosintseva,T"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 a6 8.Be3 Na5
9.f4 Qc7 10.f5 e5 11.Nf3 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc4 13.Nd2 Qc6 14.Qf3 b5 15.a3 Bb7
16.O-O Be7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nb3 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Rc8 21.Rad1 O-O 22.Qe2 Rc4
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rfc8 25.c3 a5 26.Rfd1 Be7 27.Nd2 R4c5 28.Nf3 b4 29.axb4 axb4
30.Rxc5 Rxc5 31.c4 b3 32.Qd3 Ra5 33.h3 Ra2 34.Qc3 Qf2 35.Rd2 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Ra4
37.Qxb3 Qxc4 38.Qxc4 Rxc4 39.Re2 Rb4 40.Kg3 Bd8 41.Kf2 Bb6+ 42.Ke1 Kf8 43.Kd1 Ke7
44.Kc2 Bc5 45.b3 Kd7 46.Nd2 Kc6 47.Nc4 Rb8 48.g4 Ra8 49.Kb1 Bd4 50.Ra2 Rxa2
51.Kxa2 d5 52.exd5+ Kxd5 53.Kb1 Ke4 54.Kc2 Kf3 55.Kd3 f6 56.b4 Ba7 57.Nd6 Kg3
58.b5 Kxh3 59.Nc8 Bc5 60.b6 Bxb6 61.Nxb6 Kxg4 62.Ke4 h5 63.Nd5 h4 64.Ne3+ Kg3
65.Nf1+ Kg2 66.Ne3+ Kg3 67.Nf1+ Kf2 68.Nh2 Kg2 69.Nf3 h3 70.Nh4+ Kg3 71.Nf3 h2
72.Nxh2 Kxh2 73.Kd5 Kg3 74.Ke6 Kf4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Nb5 Na6 6.h3 Be7 7.Nf3 Ne4 8.c3 c4 9.a4 Bd7
10.Nd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 O-O 12.b3 cxb3 13.Qb2 Qa5 14.Be2 Rfc8 15.O-O Nb8 16.Qxb3 Qb6
17.a5 Qc6 18.Rfc1 Na6 19.c4 h6 20.c5 Be8 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.Bxd6 Nc7 23.Rab1 Rab8
24.Qd3 a6 25.Rb6 Qd7 26.Rcb1 Na8 27.R6b2 Nc7 28.Rxb7 Rxb7 29.Rxb7 Qc6 30.Rxc7 Rxc7
31.Bxc7 Qxc7 32.Qxa6 Qb8 33.Qb6 Qa8 34.a6 Kh7 35.Qb7 Bc6 36.Qxa8 Bxa8 37.Bb5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd6 5.d3 h6 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7.exd5 Ne7 8.d4 exd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Qg4 f5 12.Qh4 Ng6 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bd3 Rf8 15.Re1 b6
16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Nc4 Be7 18.Ne3 Nh4 19.f4 Rae8 20.Kf2 g5 21.g3 gxf4 22.Nc4 Ng6
23.d6 Bg5 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Bxf5 fxg3+ 26.Kxg3 Re1 27.Bxg5 Rxa1 28.Bxh6 Bc6
29.h4 Rg1+ 30.Kh3 Rh1+ 31.Kg3 Rxh4 32.Bg5 Rxc4 33.Bxg6 Rd4 34.Bf4 Rd1 35.Bh5 Rg1+
36.Kh4 Rg2 37.Be5 Rxc2 38.Kg5 Rg2+ 39.Kf6 Rf2+ 40.Kg5 Bd5 41.Bg4 Be6 42.Bxe6+ dxe6
43.Bf6 Rd2 44.Be7 Kf7 45.Kf4 Ke8 46.Bf6 Kd7 47.Be5 Rd5 48.Ke4 b5 49.b3 a5
50.a4 bxa4 51.bxa4 c4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gaponenko,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Rc8 11.Kh1 a6 12.Qe1 b5 13.f5 Bd7 14.Qh4 Ne5 15.Nd4 Nc4 16.Bc1 Qb6
17.Nf3 Ne3 18.Bxe3 Qxe3 19.Bd3 b4 20.Rae1 Qc5 21.Ne2 Bb5 22.Nf4 a5 23.Ng5 h6
24.Nf3 g5 25.Nxg5 hxg5 26.Qxg5 Nh7 27.Qg4 Bxd3 28.cxd3 Nf6 29.Qh4 Qc2 30.Re2 Qc5
31.g4 Qe5 32.g5 Nh7 33.Rg2 Rc5 34.Nd5 Rxd5 35.exd5 Qxd5 36.f6 Bh8 37.fxe7 Re8
38.Re1 Bg7 39.Qc4 Qxc4 40.dxc4 Be5 41.c5 Rxe7 42.cxd6 Bxd6 43.Rxe7 Bxe7 44.h4 Nf8
45.Rd2 a4 46.Rd5 a3 47.bxa3 bxa3 48.Kg2 Kg7 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Kg4 Kg7 51.h5 Ne6
52.g6 fxg6 53.Rd7 Kf6 54.h6 Nf8 55.Ra7 Nh7 56.Ra6+ Kf7 57.Ra7 Kf6 58.Ra8 Kf7
59.Ra7 Nf8 60.Ra6 Nh7 61.Ra7 Nf6+ 62.Kg5 Ng8+ 63.Kf4 Nxh6 64.Ke5 Ng8 65.Ra6 Nf6
66.Ra7 Nh5 67.Rb7 Ng7 68.Ra7 g5 69.Ke4 Kf6 70.Ra6+ Kf7 71.Ra7 Ne8 72.Kf5 Nd6+
73.Ke5 Nb5 74.Rb7 Nc3 75.Rb3 Nxa2 76.Rf3+ Kg6 77.Ke6 Bb4 78.Kd5 Nc3+ 79.Kc4 a2
80.Rf1 Nb1 81.Kd4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Gaponenko,I"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Be7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 Bf6 13.Rac1 a5 14.Bb1 g6 15.Bh6 Re8
16.h3 a4 17.Qd3 Bf5 18.Qd2 Be4 19.Ng5 Bxb1 20.Rxb1 Nxd4 21.Rfe1 Nf5 22.Nf3 Nxh6
23.Qxh6 Bg7 24.Qf4 Qd7 25.Red1 Rad8 26.Rd2 Re4 27.Qg3 h6 28.Rbd1 d4 29.Ne1 Qd5
30.a3 b5 31.Nc2 Be5 32.Qd3 Bc7 33.g3 Qe6 34.Kh2 Qe5 35.Qf3 Bb6 36.Nb4 Qe6
37.Nd3 Qf5 38.Qg2 Re7 39.Nf4 Red7 40.Nd3 Bc7 41.Qc6 Bb8 42.Qg2 Qd5 43.Qf1 Qf3
44.Ne1 Qf5 45.Nd3 Rd5 46.Nb4 R5d6 47.Nd3 Qe6 48.Re2 Qc4 49.Red2 Qc6 50.Qe2 Re8
51.Qf1 Red8 52.Qe2 Re8 53.Qf1 h5 54.h4 Red8 55.Qe2 Re6 56.Qf1 Re4 57.Qg2 Rxh4+
58.Kg1 Qxg2+ 59.Kxg2 Re4 60.Nc5 Re5 61.Rxd4 Rxd4 62.Rxd4 Ba7 63.Rd8+ Kg7
64.Nd3 Re2 65.Rd7 Rd2 66.Rxa7 Rxd3 67.Rc7 Rb3 68.Rc2 Kf6 69.Re2 Kf5 70.Kg1 Kg4
71.Kg2 f5 72.Rd2 f4 73.gxf4 Kxf4 74.Re2 h4 75.Rd2 g5 76.Rd4+ Ke5 77.Rd2 Ke4
78.Re2+ Kd4 79.Rd2+ Rd3 80.Re2 Kc4 81.Rc2+ Kd4 82.Re2 g4 83.Rc2 Ke4 84.Re2+ Kf4
85.Rc2 h3+ 86.Kh2 Kf3 87.Kg1 Rd1+ 88.Kh2 Rf1 89.Rc3+ Kf4 90.Rc2 Kf3 91.Rc3+ Ke2
92.Kg3 Rg1+ 93.Kh2 Rg2+ 94.Kh1 Rxf2 95.Rc5 g3 96.Rc2+ Kd3 97.Rc3+ Kd4 98.Rxg3 Rxb2
99.Rxh3 Rb3 100.Rh5 Kc3 101.Kg2 Kb2 102.Kf2 Kxa3 103.Ke2 Kb2 104.Kd1 a3 105.Rh2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Cramling,P"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Re1 g6 8.Bf4 Qc7 9.Nbd2 e5
10.Bg3 Bg7 11.Bb5 O-O-O 12.Qa4 Kb8 13.Bxd7 Rxd7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxd7 Nf6 18.Qh3 Nh5 19.Nc4 Qe7 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.Qd7 Qg5 22.g3 Ne6
23.Nd6 Nd8 24.Nxf7 Nxf7 25.Qxf7 Qe5 26.Rd7 Bc6 27.Re7 Qd6 28.Qf4 Qxf4 29.gxf4 h5
30.Rf7 Re8 31.e5 Rd8 32.e6 Be8 33.Rg7 a5 34.f3 a4 35.a3 h4 36.Kf2 Rd2+ 37.Re2 Rd8
38.Rh7 b5 39.Rxh4 Kc7 40.Rh7+ Kc6 41.Ra7 Rb8 42.Rg7 b4 43.cxb4 cxb4 44.axb4 Rxb4
45.Rg8 Rb8 46.Rd2 Kc5 47.h4 Kc6 48.h5 gxh5 49.f5 h4 50.f6 h3 51.Kg3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Be7 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.g3 Qc7
9.Qe2 b6 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Nc6 13.a5 Nxa5 14.Nxa5 bxa5 15.b3 O-O
16.Bb2 Nd7 17.Na4 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rd4 Rab8 21.Nc3 Bc6 22.Ra3 Qb6
23.Rd1 Qb4 24.Qb2 e5 25.Rda1 Qxc4 26.bxc4 Rxb2 27.Rxa5 Bb7 28.Rd1 Rd7 29.Bh3 Rd8
30.c5 Rc2 31.Ra3 Ne8 32.Bf1 Kf8 33.Bd3 Rb2 34.Bxa6 Ra8 35.Rda1 Rxa6 36.Rxa6 Bxa6
37.Rxa6 dxc5 38.Nd5 Rb8 39.Rc6 c4 40.h4 h5 41.Kg2 Nf6 42.Nxf6 gxf6 43.Rxc4 Kg7
44.Rc7 Rb3 45.Rd7 Ra3 46.f3 Ra2+ 47.Kh3 Rf2 48.Rd3 Kg6 49.g4 Ra2 50.Rd6 hxg4+
51.fxg4 Ra3+ 52.Kg2 Re3 53.g5 Rxe4 54.Rxf6+ Kg7 55.Rh6 Re3 56.Rd6 Re4 57.Kg3 Ra4
58.Rd7 Kg6 59.Rd6+ Kg7 60.h5 Rb4 61.Rd7 Kg8 62.Re7 Re4 63.h6 Kf8 64.h7 Kg7
65.Rxf7+ Kh8 66.g6 Ra4 67.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.f4 O-O 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Nd7 13.Rd1 Bh4 14.Bf2 Be7 15.Bf3 Bb7
16.Kh1 Qc7 17.Bd4 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Be3 Bc5 20.Bg5 Bd4 21.Qg3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 f6
23.Bh6 Nc5 24.Rfe1 Rad8 25.Rd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Qf7 27.Bh5 Qd7 28.Bf3 e4 29.Bxe4 Rfe8
30.Bf3 Rxe1+ 31.Qxe1 gxh6 32.Qe3 Nb7 33.Qxh6 Qg7 34.Qe3 Nd6 35.h3 Re8 36.Qf2 Qe7
37.Qg3+ Kh8 38.Kh2 Qe5 39.Bg4 Qxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Re3+ 41.Kf4 Rxc3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be3 Nd7
9.Qd2 Re8 10.a3 b6 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 Bb7 13.d4 Nf8 14.O-O Qd6 15.Ne2 Red8
16.c3 Qe6 17.Ng3 Qc4 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.Nd2 Qe6 20.Qb3 Qxb3 21.Nxb3 h5 22.Ne2 c5
23.bxc5 Bxe4 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Nf4 Rdc8 26.Nd2 Bb7 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Rb1 e6 29.Nc4 Be4
30.Rb2 Ra6 31.Nd6 Bc6 32.Nc8 Bf8 33.d5 exd5 34.Nxb6 Nxb6 35.Rxb6 Rxb6 36.Bxb6 Bd6
37.Ne2 Kg7 38.Bd4+ f6 39.f3 Kf7 40.Kf2 Bb5 41.Ke3 g5 42.Kf2 Bc4 43.Be3 Kg6
44.Nd4 Be5 45.g3 h4 46.g4 Kf7 47.Bc1 Ke8 48.Ba3 Kd7 49.Bb4 Bg3+ 50.Kg2 Be5
51.Kf2 Bd3 52.Ba3 Bf4 53.Bb4 Bg6 54.Ne2 Be5 55.Ke3 Kc6 56.f4 Bc7 57.fxg5 fxg5
58.Be7 Bb6+ 59.Kd2 Be4 60.Nd4+ Bxd4 61.cxd4 Bg2 62.Bxg5 Bxh3 63.Bxh4 Bxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Ushenina,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.Nh3 Nf6 6.f3 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Qe8 9.O-O d6
10.Nf4 Bd8 11.d5 exd5 12.cxd5 Bc8 13.Nb5 g5 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qxe6 16.Nd4 Qd7
17.Qc2 Ne8 18.Bc4+ d5 19.Bd3 Ng7 20.b4 Be7 21.Bb5 Qd6 22.Nc6 Nxc6 23.Bxc6 Rad8
24.Rd1 Qe5 25.Ra2 Bf6 26.Kh1 d4 27.exd4 Rxd4 28.Bb2 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qd6 30.Bd5+ Kh8
31.Bxf6 Qxf6 32.Rd2 Re8 33.a4 h6 34.b5 Qe5 35.g3 Qe1+ 36.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 37.Kg2 Ra1
38.Bb3 Ra3 39.Bd1 Kh7 40.Rd7 Rc3 41.Rd8 Ne6 42.Ra8 Rd3 43.Be2 Rd2 44.Kf1 Nd4
45.Bc4 Nxf3 46.Rxa7 Nxh2+ 47.Ke1 Nf3+ 48.Kf1 Kg6 49.Rxc7 Kh5 50.Be2 g4 51.Rc6 Nd4
52.Rd6 Rxe2 53.Rxd4 Ra2 54.Rd6 Rxa4 55.Rxb6 Rb4 56.Kg2 Rb2+ 57.Kg1 f4 58.gxf4 g3
59.f5 Kg4 60.Rxh6 Kf3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "16.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Ushenina,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B92"]

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.Bf3 b6 10.a4 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Nd2 Qc7
16.Nf1 Nf8 17.Ng3 Ne6 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Rad1 Kh7 20.Qd2 Red8 21.h3 Nc5 22.Ng3 Bc6
23.Ra1 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.b4 Ncd7 26.Ra7 Qb8 27.Rea1 Rc7 28.R7a5 Nb6 29.Be2 d5
30.Bxb6 Qxb6 31.Nxb5 Rb7 32.Ra6 dxe4 33.Qc3 Bxb5 34.Rxb6 Rxb6 35.Qc7 Rdb8
36.Qxf7 Bxe2 37.Nxe2 Rxb4 38.Kh2 Rc8 39.Ng3 Rbc4 40.Ra2 R4c7 41.Qe6 Rc5 42.Ra7 R5c6
43.Qf5+ Kh8 44.Qxe5 Rxc2 45.Qf5 R2c5 46.Qg6 R5c6 47.Qf7 Rc5 48.Rb7 Re5 49.Ra7 Rce8
50.Nf1 R5e6 51.Ne3 Re5 52.Qb7 Rg5 53.h4 Rh5 54.g3 Rhe5 55.Qf7 Rc5 56.Qg6 Rce5
57.Rf7 R5e6 58.Qf5 Re5 59.Qg6 R5e6 60.Qf5 Kg8 61.Ra7 Rd6 62.Kg2 Rd2 63.g4 Rd6
64.g5 hxg5 65.hxg5 Nh5 66.Qf7+ Kh7 67.Qxh5+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 f5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nce3 Be6
16.Qh5 f5 17.Bd3 e4 18.Bc2 Ne5 19.O-O-O a5 20.g4 Nd3+ 21.Bxd3 exd3 22.gxf5 Bf7
23.Qg4 h5 24.Qg2 Kh7 25.Rxd3 Bh6 26.Kb1 b4 27.c4 Qh4 28.Nc7 Rac8 29.Ne6 Bxe6
30.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Muzychuk,M"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.h3 Bd6 6.c4 O-O 7.c5 Re8+ 8.Be2 Bf8
9.O-O b6 10.cxb6 axb6 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bf4 c5 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Ne5 Qb7
16.Nb5 Na6 17.Re1 Re6 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Rxe6 Nxf2 20.Qe2 Nxh3+ 21.gxh3 fxe6
22.Qxe6+ Qf7 23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.Rf1 Kg8 25.Be5 Nb4 26.a3 Nc6 27.Nc7 Rc8 28.Nxd5 cxd4
29.Nxb6 Re8 30.Bf4 Bc5 31.Nc4 d3+ 32.Kg2 Re2+ 33.Kg3 Nd4 34.Rd1 Nf5+ 35.Kg4 Ne7
36.Rxd3 g5 37.Be3 Rc2 38.Rc3 Rxc3 39.bxc3 Bxe3 40.Nxe3 Kf7 41.Nf5 Nd5 42.Nxh6+ Kg6
43.Ng8 Kf7 44.Kxg5 Kxg8 45.c4 Nc3 46.Kf6 Ne4+ 47.Ke5 Nf2 48.c5 Kf8 49.c6 Ke8
50.Kd6 Kd8 51.h4 Ne4+ 52.Ke5 Ng3 53.Kd6 Nf5+ 54.Kc5 Nxh4 55.Kb6 Kc8 56.a4 Nf5
57.a5 Ne7 58.a6 Nxc6 59.Kxc6 Kb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "19.1"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 h5 7.h3 e5 8.Nf3 Nge7 9.O-O exf4
10.Bxf4 O-O 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.Rae1 a6 13.Kh2 f6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Ne5 16.d4 cxd4
17.Nxd4 Qe7 18.c4 Bd7 19.b3 Rac8 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 b5 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Qd7 Rfe8
24.Bc6 Rcd8 25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.Bd7 f5 27.c5 e4 28.c6 Be5 29.Kg2 Kg7 30.g4 hxg4
31.hxg4 Kf6 32.Rxe4 Bc7 33.Rd4 Rh8 34.Rh1 Rxh1 35.Kxh1 Ke5 36.Rd1 fxg4 37.Kg2 Kf6
38.Rf1+ Kg7 39.a4 b4 40.Re1 a5 41.Rd1 Kf6 42.Rf1+ Kg7 43.Rf2 Kg8 44.Re2 Kf8
45.Re4 g3 46.Rh4 Kg7 47.Rg4 Kf6 48.Rh4 Kg7 49.Rh3 Bd6 50.Rxg3 Bc7 51.Rh3 Bd6
52.Rd3 Bc7 53.Rd5 Kf6 54.Rb5 Rh7 55.Rb7 Bd6 56.c7 Bxc7 57.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "20.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.Nce3 Ne7 15.Nxe7 Qxe7
16.g3 O-O 17.Bg2 Rab8 18.O-O f5 19.Nd5 Qd7 20.Qd2 Kh8 21.Rfd1 a5 22.Qe3 b4
23.cxb4 axb4 24.Rac1 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 e4 26.Qd2 Qf7 27.Rc4 Be5 28.b3 Rfc8 29.Bf1 Rg8
30.Ra5 f4 31.Rxe4 fxg3 32.hxg3 Rbf8 33.Bc4 Qf3 34.Rexe5 Rxg3+ 35.fxg3 Qxg3+
36.Qg2 Qf4 37.Rf5 Qd4+ 38.Kh2 Qh4+ 39.Qh3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6
9.Ba2 Bb7 10.Bg5 a6 11.Qd3 b5 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Nh4 Rfe8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Qg3 Nh5 17.Qh4 g6 18.Nh6+ Kg7 19.Nf5+ Kg8 20.f4 Nc4 21.Nh6+ Bxh6 22.Bxh6 Qd8
23.Bg5 f6 24.Bh6 Qe7 25.b3 Na3 26.Rd2 b4 27.Nd1 Qf7 28.Rxd6 Rad8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.Nf2 Nxc2 31.Rc1 Nd4 32.Kh1 Ne2 33.Re1 Nc3 34.Bb1 c5 35.Bc2 Rd2 36.Bd3 Qd7
37.Bc4+ Kh8 38.e5 Qc6 39.Rg1 Ne2 40.Bxe2 Rxe2 41.exf6 Qxf6 42.Bg5 Qd4 43.Rf1 Qd5
44.Rg1 Qd2 45.f5 Qd5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "22.3"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 f5 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bf4 O-O
9.Qc2 Be7 10.Nc3 h6 11.d5 Na6 12.Rad1 Qc8 13.Ne5 Bc5 14.e4 exd5 15.exd5 d6
16.Ng6 Re8 17.Rde1 Qd7 18.Re6 Qf7 19.Qxf5 Bc8 20.Rfe1 Bd7 21.Qb1 Ng4 22.Nd1 Rad8
23.h3 Nf6 24.Re7 Rxe7 25.Rxe7 Re8 26.Rxf7 Kxf7 27.Nh4 Kg8 28.Ne3 Rf8 29.Nhf5 Re8
30.Nxh6+ Kf8 31.Qg6 Re7 32.Nef5 Be8 33.Nxe7 Bxg6 34.Nxg6+ Ke8 35.Nf5 Nb4
36.Ngh4 Nd3 37.Be3 Nxb2 38.Bxc5 dxc5 39.Nxg7+ Kf7 40.Ne6 Nxc4 41.Nxc7 Nd6
42.Bf1 c4 43.g4 c3 44.Bd3 b5 45.Nf5 Nc4 46.Nxb5 Ne5 47.Bc2 Nxd5 48.Bb3 Kf6
49.Kf1 Nf3 50.Ke2 Ng1+ 51.Kf1 Nxh3 52.Nbd4 Nb4 53.Nc2 Nd3 54.f3 Ke5 55.Ke2 Nc1+
56.Ke3 Nf4 57.Nfd4 Ng2+ 58.Kf2 Nh4 59.Kg3 Ng6 60.Nc6+ Kd6 61.Nxa5 Ne2+ 62.Kf2 Nef4
63.Nc4+ Kc5 64.N4e3 Nd3+ 65.Kg3 Nc1 66.Nd1 Ne2+ 67.Kf2 Ngf4 68.Ke3 Kd6 69.Nxc3 Nxc3
70.Kxf4 Ne2+ 71.Ke3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "23.2"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 c6 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qc2 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.f3 O-O 10.a3 Bd6 11.g4 Bxf4 12.exf4 Re8+ 13.Nge2 Bc8 14.h3 Nbd7 15.Kf2 Nb6
16.Ng3 a5 17.Bd3 Qd6 18.Rae1 Bd7 19.Re5 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Rhe1 Red8 22.Nce4 Nxe4+
23.Nxe4 Qf8 24.g5 Be6 25.Nf6+ Kh8 26.d5 cxd5 27.Qd4 Qg7 28.h4 h5 29.f5 Bxf5
30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Re5 Qg6 32.Re7 f4 33.Nxh5+ Kg8 34.Nf6+ Kf8 35.Rxb7 Qc2+ 36.Kg1 Qc1+
37.Kg2 Qe3 38.Nh7+ Ke8 39.Nf6+ Kf8 40.Nh7+ Kg8 41.Nf6+ Kh8 42.Rxf7 Qe2+ 43.Qf2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "24.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Rd1 b6 12.h3 Bb7 13.Bf4 Nfd7 14.Rac1 Ne5 15.b3 Nbc6
16.Bb1 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Nd4 18.Qe3 e5 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Qe7 21.Qe3 Bc6 22.Ne2 Nxe2+
23.Qxe2 f5 24.Qd2 Rad8 25.Qe3 Qb7 26.exf5 Bxg2 27.Qg3 Bf3 28.Re1 Kh8 29.fxg6 Rg8
30.Qh4 Rdf8 31.Kh2 e4 32.Rg1 Qg7 33.Qxh7+ Qxh7 34.gxh7 Kxh7 35.Rg3 Rxg3 36.Kxg3 Rg8+
37.Kf4 Rg2 38.Ke3 Rh2 39.Rg1 Rxh3 40.Bxe4+ Bxe4+ 41.Kxe4 Rc3 42.f4 Rc2 43.Kd5 Rxa2
44.Kxd6 Rb2 45.Rg3 b5 46.cxb5 axb5 47.Kc5 Rf2 48.Rg4 Kh6 49.Kxb5 Kh5 50.Rg5+ Kh4
51.Rg8 Rxf4 52.b4 Re4 53.Ka5 Re1 54.b5 Ra1+ 55.Kb6 Rb1 56.Kc6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "26.7"]
[White "Khotenashvili,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.b3 Bb7 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nbd2 d5 8.O-O c5
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 Ne4 11.c4 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Bg5 13.Qe2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 dxc4 15.Bxc4 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Be4 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qb7 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.h3 h6 22.a4 Qd5
23.b4 Rfd8 24.Qa6 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qb3 26.Re1 Qxb4 27.Re2 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Qf1 29.Qc4 Bh4
30.Qc2 g6 31.Qb2 Rc8 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Qxc2 Bf2 34.h4 Qg1+ 35.Kh3 Qh1+ 36.Kg4 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "27.3"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 f5 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 Nf6
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.Rad1 Be4 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 Na6 15.d6 c6
16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qe8 18.Nc4 Rb8 19.Rd3 Rf6 20.Rf3 Kh8 21.e4 Qxe4 22.Re1 Qd5
23.Nxb6 Qxd6 24.Rd3 Qc7 25.Nxd7 Nb4 26.Nxb8 Qxb8 27.Rde3 Rf8 28.Qc5 Nd5 29.Re5 Rg8
30.Qxc6 Nb4 31.Qc4 Qd8 32.Qxg8+ Qxg8 33.Re8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "28.3"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Qe2 g6 8.Rd1 Qc7
9.c4 Bg7 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.h3 b6 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Rac1 Nde5 15.Bb1 Qe7
16.Be3 Rb8 17.Nd4 Na5 18.b3 Bb7 19.f4 Nd7 20.Nf3 Rfd8 21.b4 Nc6 22.a3 Ba8
23.Qd2 Nf8 24.Na4 b5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Nb6 Bb7 27.Qe2 d5 28.e5 Qe8 29.Bc5 Ba6
30.a4 Ne7 31.Bd3 Nd7 32.axb5 Bb7 33.Nxd7 Qxd7 34.Bd6 Rbc8 35.Qe3 d4 36.Nxd4 Nd5
37.Qf2 Rxc1 38.Rxc1 Bh6 39.g3 f6 40.Nc6 fxe5 41.Bxe5 Ne7 42.Be4 Nf5 43.Bf3 Qd3
44.Rd1 Qxd1+ 45.Bxd1 Rxd1+ 46.Kh2 Bf8 47.Qa2 Bc8 48.Qe2 Rd5 49.g4 Ne7 50.Qc4 Bd7
51.Nxe7+ Bxe7 52.b6 Rd2+ 53.Kg3 h5 54.gxh5 gxh5 55.b7 h4+ 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.b8=Q Ba4
58.Ke3 Rg2 59.Qbc8 Rg3+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "29.5"]
[White "Paehtz,E"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.e3 b6 4.f4 Bb7 5.Nf3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.Qe2 d5
10.d3 a5 11.a4 Nc6 12.Na3 Re8 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Rae1 Na7 15.Nxa7 Rxa7 16.Be5 Ba6
17.Nd2 b5 18.axb5 Bxb5 19.Ra1 a4 20.c4 Bc6 21.bxa4 Rxa4 22.Rxa4 Bxa4 23.Ra1 Qd7
24.Nb1 dxc4 25.dxc4 Bc6 26.Nc3 Bxg2 27.Qxg2 Qd3 28.Qe2 Qxe2 29.Nxe2 Ne4 30.Rc1 Bxe5
31.fxe5 Rd8 32.Kg2 g5 33.g4 Kg7 34.Kf3 Nd2+ 35.Kf2 Rb8 36.Rc2 Nb1 37.Ng3 Rb4
38.Ne4 Na3 39.Rc3 Rxc4 40.Rxc4 Nxc4 41.Nxc5 Nxe5 42.h3 Kg6 43.Kg3 h5 44.gxh5+ Kxh5
45.Ne4 Kg6 46.Nd6 Nd7 47.Nc4 f6 48.h4 gxh4+ 49.Kxh4 Kf5 50.Nd2 Nc5 51.Kh3 Ne4
52.Nc4 Ng5+ 53.Kg3 Ke4 54.Kf2 Kd3 55.Nb6 Ne4+ 56.Kf3 Nd2+ 57.Kf2 Nc4 58.Nd7 Nxe3
59.Nxf6 Nd1+ 60.Ke1 Nc3 61.Nd7 Kd4 62.Kd2 Ne4+ 63.Ke1 Ng5 64.Kd2 Nf3+ 65.Ke2 Nh4
66.Ke1 Ng6 67.Kd2 Kd5 68.Ke1 Kd6 69.Nf6 Ke5 70.Nd7+ Kd4 71.Ke2 Nf4+ 72.Ke1 Nd5
73.Kd2 Kc4 74.Ke1 Kb5 75.Kd2 Kc6 76.Ne5+ Kd6 77.Nf7+ Ke7 78.Ne5 Kf6 79.Nd7+ Kf5
80.Ke1 Nf6 81.Nc5 e5 82.Nd3 e4 83.Nf2 e3 84.Nd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Women 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "30.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qh5 12.c3 Bd7 13.Rd1 Rad8 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bf4 Bb6
16.Bd6 Rfe8 17.b4 f5 18.Bc2 e5 19.Bb3+ Kh8 20.b5 e4 21.Nd4 Qxe2 22.Nxe2 Ne5
23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.a4 Ree8 25.a5 Bc5 26.c4 Be6 27.Kf1 g5 28.a6 b6 29.g3 Rd3
30.Rxd3 exd3 31.Ng1 g4 32.Rd1 Rd8 33.h3 h5 34.hxg4 hxg4 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Ba2 Kf6
37.Kf1 Bb4 38.f3 Bc5 39.Rd2 Be3 40.Rd1 Ke5 41.Kg2 Bf7 42.f4+ Kf6 43.Re1 Bc5
44.Rd1 Be6 45.Bb3 Rd7 46.Ba2 Rd4 47.Bb3 Ke7 48.Ba2 Kd6 49.Kf1 Bb4 50.Rb1 Kc5
51.Kf2 Bxc4 52.Bxc4 Kxc4 53.Rc1+ Bc3 54.Ke3 Re4+ 55.Kf2 Kb3  0-1

[Event "TCh-SUI 2014"]
[Site "Switzerland SUI"]
[Date "2014.06.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Huebner,R"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxc3
9.Bxc3 Be4 10.d5 Bf6 11.Rc1 c6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 exd5 14.cxd5 Qe7 15.Nf3 c5
16.Re1 d6 17.e4 Nd7 18.Qd3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bxc3 21.bxc3 f6 22.Rc2 Rae8
23.Rce2 Qc7 24.c4 Rf7 25.h4 Rfe7 26.Qc3 Qd7 27.e5 fxe5 28.fxe5 dxe5 29.Rxe5 Qd6
30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Qd3 Kf7 33.Qf5+ Ke8 34.Kf3 a6 35.Qc8+ Kf7 36.Qxa6 Qf6+
37.Kg2 Qb2+ 38.Kh3 Qb1 39.Qb7+ Kf8 40.Qb8+ Ke7 41.Qe5+ Kd8 42.Qf4 Ke8 43.a4 h5
44.Qf3 Kd7 45.g4 hxg4+ 46.Qxg4+ Kd8 47.Qf4 g6 48.Kg4 Qg1+ 49.Qg3 Qd4+ 50.Kg5 Qxc4
51.Qd6+ Kc8 52.Qc6+ Kb8 53.Qxb6+ Kc8 54.Qc6+ Kd8 55.Qd6+ Kc8 56.a5 Qc1+ 57.Qf4 Qa1
58.Qf8+ Kd7 59.Qf7+ Kc8 60.Qe8+ Kb7 61.Qc6+ Kb8 62.Qb6+ Ka8 63.Qxc5 Qe5+
64.Kxg6 Qg3+ 65.Kf5 Qh3+ 66.Ke5 Qg3+ 67.Ke6 Qg6+ 68.Kd7 Qf7+ 69.Qe7 Qxd5+
70.Ke8 Qh5+ 71.Kd7 Qd5+ 72.Qd6 Qf7+ 73.Kd8 Qg8+ 74.Kc7 Qf7+ 75.Qd7 Qf4+ 76.Kb6 Qf2+
77.Kc7 Qf4+ 78.Qd6 Qf7+ 79.Kc6 Qc4+ 80.Qc5 Qe6+ 81.Kb5 Qb3+ 82.Qb4 Qd5+ 83.Kb6 Qd6+
84.Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Be6 7.e4 Nde7 8.b4 Ng6
9.Bb5 Qd6 10.Bb2 a6 11.Ba4 Nf4 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Nd3 15.Rfc1 f6
16.Ne1 Nxc1 17.Rxc1 Qd7 18.d4 exd4 19.Nd3 c5 20.Ndxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxc5 d3 22.Nxd3 Bb3
23.Qc5 Kb8 24.Bd4 Qxd4 25.Qxc7+ Ka8 26.Qc6+ Ka7 27.Qc7+ Ka8 28.Qc6+ Ka7 29.Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nge7 8.Qh5 Be6
9.Nf3 Qd7 10.Ng5 O-O-O 11.Nxe6 Qxe6+ 12.Be3 g6 13.Qe2 Nf5 14.O-O Rhe8 15.Rfe1 Nxe3
16.fxe3 f5 17.c4 Re7 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.c3 Rde8 20.Bc4 Qe4 21.Qa2 Qh4 22.g3 Qf6
23.Qf2 Qg5 24.Bb5 Rxe3 25.Reb1 a6 26.Bf1 Na5 27.Re1 f4 28.Rxe3 fxe3 29.Qf7 Qe7
30.Qxe7 Rxe7 31.Rb1 e2 32.Bh3+ Kb8 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Re1 Nxa3 35.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Nc4
37.Kd3 b5 38.Be6 Nd6 39.Bg8 h6 40.Bh7 g5 41.Ke3 a5 42.Kf3 a4 43.Bb1 Ka7 44.h4 Kb6
45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Ba2 Ka5 47.Kg4 Ne4 48.Be6 a3 49.Bb3 c6 50.Be6 Nxc3  0-1

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rxb7 Nb6 15.Ba6 Qf6
16.c4 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxd4 18.g3 Qc5 19.Rd1 Qa5 20.Rxd6 Qxa6 21.Rc7 Qxa2 22.Rcxc6 Rae8
23.Rd1 Re6 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Qe3 e5 26.c5 Nc4 27.Qe1 Qc2 28.c6 Nb6 29.Ba3 Rc8
30.Rc1 Qa4 31.Qc3 Kf7 32.Bb2 Qb5 33.c7 Qd5 34.Qb4 Na8 35.Qg4 Rxc7 36.Qf5+ Ke8
37.Re1 Re7 38.Ba3 Qd7 39.Qxh7 Qd2 40.Qh5+ g6 41.Qxg6+ Kd7 42.Qb1  1-0

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.c4 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Nd7
9.e4 Nb4 10.Be2 a5 11.O-O Be7 12.a3 Na6 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Re1 Re8 15.e5 Nf8 16.Ne4 Ng6
17.Bg3 Nc7 18.Qd2 Nd5 19.Rac1 a4 20.Bd3 Nf8 21.h4 Ra5 22.Bb1 c5 23.dxc5 Bxc5
24.Nxc5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 bxc5 26.Qc2 Qa5 27.Rc1 Qa8 28.Ng5 Ne7 29.f3 Nf5 30.Bf2 Ng6
31.Qe2 Ba6 32.Qe1 Nf4 33.Rxc5 Bd3 34.Qd2 Ne2+ 35.Kh2 Bxb1 36.Qxe2 Qb8 37.Rb5 Qc7
38.Rc5 Qb8 39.Qb5 f6 40.Ne4 Qxb5 41.Rxb5 fxe5 42.Nc5 Bc2 43.Rb4 Rd8 44.Nxe6 Rd2
45.Ng5 g6 46.Bc5 Rd8 47.Rb7 Rc8 48.Bb4 h6 49.Nh7 Rc6 50.Bc3 Nd4 51.f4 g5
52.fxe5 Bxh7 53.Bxd4 Rc2 54.Rb8+ Kf7 55.hxg5 hxg5 56.Rb7+ Kg8 57.Kh3 Be4
58.Rb8+ Kf7 59.g4 Rd2 60.Rb4 Bc2 61.Bc3 Rd3+ 62.Kg2 Re3 63.Rb7+ Ke6 64.Rb6+ Kf7
65.Rf6+ Ke8 66.Kf2 Re4 67.Kf3 Rc4 68.Bb4 Bd1+ 69.Ke3 Bxg4 70.e6 Rf4 71.Rh6 Rf3+
72.Ke4 Rh3 73.Rg6 Rh8 74.Ke5 Bd1 75.Rg7 Bf3 76.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Danielian,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.a3 a6 10.Ba2 b5 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.e4 Re8 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.Nxe7+ Nxe7
17.g4 Bg6 18.Ne5 c4 19.Qxd8 Rexd8 20.h4 h5 21.Bg5 Re8 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Nd7 Kg7
24.g5 fxg5 25.hxg5 Nc6 26.Nf6 Red8 27.Red1 Nd4 28.Kg2 Ne6 29.f3 Nxg5 30.e5 Ne6
31.Kg3 Nc5 32.Rh1 Rh8 33.Rag1 Nd3 34.f4 c3 35.f5 Bxf5 36.bxc3 Bg6 37.Nd5 Nxe5
38.Kf4 Nd3+ 39.Kf3 Rhe8 40.Rxh5 Re1 41.Rhh1 Rce8 42.Bb1 Ne5+ 43.Kf4 Re2 44.Rh7+ Kxh7
45.Nf6+ Kg7 46.Nxe8+ Kf8 47.Nc7 Nd3+ 48.Bxd3 Bxd3 49.Nxa6 Re4+ 50.Kf3 Rc4
51.Rc1 Be4+ 52.Ke3 f5 53.Nb4 Kf7 54.Nd3 Kf6 55.Nb2 Rc7 56.c4 bxc4 57.Rxc4 Re7
58.Kf4 Rg7 59.Ra4 Rg4+ 60.Ke3 Rg2 61.Nc4 Bd5 62.Nd2 Rg3+ 63.Kf2 Rh3 64.Ra5 Ke6
65.Ra4 Rh2+ 66.Ke3 Rh3+ 67.Kf2 Rc3 68.Nf1 Bc6 69.Rb4 Ke5 70.Ne3 f4 71.Ng4+ Kf5
72.Nh6+ Kg5 73.Nf7+ Kf5 74.Rc4 Rf3+ 75.Ke2 Re3+ 76.Kd2 Bg2 77.Rc5+ Kf6 78.Nh6 Bh3
79.Rc6+ Kg7 80.Rc4 Rf3 81.Ke2 Rxa3 82.Rxf4 Kxh6 83.Kf2 Kg5 84.Rf3 Ra2+ 85.Kg3 Bf5
86.Re3 Ra1 87.Rc3 Rg1+ 88.Kf2 Rh1 89.Ke3 Rh4 90.Rc5 Kf6 91.Rc6+ Ke5 92.Rc5+ Ke6
93.Kd2 Rh3 94.Rc3 Rh2+ 95.Ke3 Kd5 96.Kf4 Be4 97.Ke3 Ke5 98.Rc5+ Bd5 99.Rc3 Rh1
100.Kd3 Rh4 101.Ke3 Bc4 102.Kf2 Kd4 103.Kg3 Rh8 104.Rf3 Rg8+ 105.Kf4 Bb5
106.Rf2 Bd3 107.Kf3 Ke5 108.Ke3 Be4 109.Kd2 Kd4 110.Rh2 Rb8 111.Rf2 Rb7 112.Ke2 Bd3+
113.Kd2 Rb2+ 114.Ke1 Rb3 115.Kd2 Be4 116.Ke2 Ra3 117.Kd2 Bf3 118.Kc1 Rc3+
119.Kd2 Rb3 120.Kc2 Ra3 121.Kd2 Ke4 122.Kc1 Ke3 123.Kb2 Ra7 124.Rc2 Be4 125.Rc3+ Kd2
126.Rc2+ Kd3 127.Rc3+ Kd4 128.Ra3 Rb7+ 129.Rb3 Rh7 130.Rb4+ Kd3 131.Kb3 Bd5+
132.Ka3 Kc3 133.Rb3+ Bxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Muminova,N"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Be3 Re8
9.f3 d6 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Nc5 Bxc5 12.Bxc5 Qb8 13.Be3 a6 14.g4 b5 15.g5 Nd7
16.f4 Bc4 17.Qf3 Bxf1 18.Rhxf1 b4 19.Nd5 Ne7 20.Nf6+ gxf6 21.gxf6 Ng6 22.f5 Re5
23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Bh6 Rh5 25.Be3 Ne5 26.Qg3 Qc8 27.Bf4 Qe6 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Rd5 Re8
30.Rxe5 Qxe5 31.Rf4 Qd4 32.Qh4 Re6 33.a3 bxa3 34.bxa3 c5 35.Kb1 d5 36.exd5 Rb6+
37.Kc1 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Khotenashvili,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Bh6 Bxh6 8.Qxh6 Qb6
9.Nf3 Be6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.h3 a6 12.a4 b4 13.a5 Qc7 14.Na4 Qxa5 15.Nc5 Qb6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.e5 dxe5 18.dxe5 Nd5 19.Ng5 Nf4 20.Qg7 O-O-O 21.Bxa6+ Kb8
22.Nf7 Rhg8 23.Qh6 Rdf8 24.Qxf4 Rg7 25.Qd2 Nc5 26.Ng5 h6 27.Nxe6 Nxe6 28.Bc4 Ng5
29.Ra6 Qc5 30.Qd7 Ne4 31.Rfa1 Qxf2+ 32.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Koneru,H"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.b4 Nxc3
9.dxc3 Qd6 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.Be2 f5 12.b5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nd8 14.c4 c6 15.c5 Qg6
16.Bxe5 cxb5 17.Bxb5 Rc8 18.Ke2 Rxc5 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Bd4 Rc7 21.Rag1 Bg5 22.h4 Ne6
23.Be5 Rc5 24.Bd6 Nf4+ 25.Bxf4 Qc6 26.hxg5 Rxc4 27.Qb3 Qa6 28.Ke1 Rfc8 29.e4 fxe4
30.fxe4 Qg6 31.Qxb7 Rxe4+ 32.Kf1 Rf8 33.Bg3 Qe6 34.Kg2 Rxf2+ 35.Bxf2 Qg4+
36.Kh2 Qh5+ 37.Kg2 Qg4+ 38.Kh2 Qh5+ 39.Kg2 Qg4+ 40.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota WGP 2014"]
[Site "Lopota GEO"]
[Date "2014.06.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 c5 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.e4 Na5 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.Ne5 Bd6 17.f4 Rf8 18.Ng4 c4 19.Bc2 f5 20.exf5 exf5 21.Ne5 Rf6 22.a4 Bd5
23.h3 Raf8 24.Rf2 Nb7 25.Bc1 Rh6 26.Kh2 a6 27.Rg1 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rff1 Be7
30.Re1 Bh4 31.g3 Bd8 32.g4 Qd6 33.Qe3 fxg4 34.Rxg4 Re6 35.f5 Ree8 36.Qg3 Bf6
37.Bf4 Qd8 38.h4 Re7 39.h5 Qe8 40.h6 Qh5+ 41.Qh3 Qxh3+ 42.Kxh3 Ra8 43.hxg7 Nd6
44.Rg3 h5 45.Rg6 Ne8 46.Bd1 Ra3 47.Re3 b4 48.cxb4 Rxe3+ 49.Bxe3 Be4 50.Kh2 Bxf5
51.Rh6 h4 52.Nxc4 Kxg7 53.Rh5 Be6 54.Ne5 Ra7 55.Bg4 Ra2+ 56.Kg1 Bd5 57.Nf3 Bf7
58.Ra5 Rb2 59.Ra7 Kg8 60.Rb7 Nd6 61.Rb8+ Kg7 62.Ne5 Bd5 63.Rb6 Bxe5 64.dxe5 Nc4
65.Bh6+ Kh8 66.Rb5 Nxe5 67.Rxd5 Nxg4 68.Bd2 Kh7 69.Rh5+ Kg6 70.Rg5+ Kf6 71.Bc3+ Kxg5
72.Bxb2 Kf5 73.b5 Ke6 74.b6 Kd7 75.Kg2 Ne3+ 76.Kh3 Nc4 77.Bd4 Nxb6  1/2-1/2
