[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bc5 6.e3 Qe7 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Be2 Ngxe5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Rxc3 d6 12.Nd4 Re8 13.Bg3 Bd7 14.Nb5 Bf5 15.e4 Bc8
16.f4 Ng6 17.f5 Nf8 18.c5 Rd8 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.f6 gxf6 21.Bh4 Qxe4 22.Bxf6 Rd7
23.Rg3+ Ng6 24.Qd2 Qe8 25.h4  1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 Bb7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh7+ Kh8 12.h4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nc6 14.O-O-O Be7 15.Bg6 e5
16.d5 Nd4 17.Qd3 Ng8 18.f4 Bxg5 19.hxg5 Rxf4 20.gxh6 Nxh6 21.Qe3 Qf6 22.Rdg1 Nf5
23.Qd3 Rf8 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Rh5 Rh4 26.Rhg5 Nd6 27.f3 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Rf7 29.Qe3 d6
30.Qe1 Rh3 31.Kb1 Qf6 32.Rg6 Qh4 33.Qf1 Rh2 34.a3 a5 35.Re6 Rf8 36.Qc1 Qd8
37.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Qc7
9.Re1 Nd7 10.a4 bxa4 11.Rxa4 Ngf6 12.Nb3 Rc8 13.Na5 Nc5 14.Ra1 Ba8 15.Bf4 Nfd7
16.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bf4 Bxc5 7.Nf3 d5 8.Rd1 Nc6
9.a3 e5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Nd5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e3 dxe3 14.fxe3 e4 15.Nd2 Bg4
16.Be2 Bxe2 17.Kxe2 Be5 18.Nxe4 Qh4 19.Nd2 Qg4+ 20.Kf2 Rfe8 21.Nf3 Rac8 22.Rhf1 Bb8
23.Kg1 Re6 24.h3 Qg3 25.Qf5 Rce8 26.Qg5 f6 27.Qf5 b6 28.b4 Ne5 29.Nd4 Rd6
30.Qe4 Qg6 31.Nf5 Nc6 32.Qc2 Rde6 33.b5 Ne5 34.Nf4 Qf7 35.c5 bxc5 36.Nxe6 Qxe6
37.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 O-O 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nb5 d5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.Qc4 Qc8 15.e4 Nc5
16.e5 Nd5 17.b4 Nd7 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qh4 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Qe8 21.Re1 h6 22.Qg4 Qe7
23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Nh4 Qe6 25.Nf5 g6 26.Nxh6+ Kg7 27.Qg5 Rh8 28.Rxc6 Rxc6 29.Bxd5 Qxd5
30.Nf5+  1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Kh8 7.Bb2 d5 8.Nbd2 c6
9.c4 Be6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.a3 Bg8 14.Rfd1 Qe8 15.Ne5 Be6
16.Nd3 Nd6 17.a4 Bg8 18.Ne5 Nf6 19.Qc3 Nfe4 20.Qb4 Rb8 21.Ndf3 g5 22.Nd3 dxc4
23.bxc4 b5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.a5 Nc4 26.Ba1 Bd5 27.Nc5 Bf6 28.Ne5 Rd8 29.a6 e6
30.Rb1 Ned6 31.Nxc4 bxc4 32.Nb7 Bxg2 33.Nxd8 Bd5 34.Qxd6 Be7 35.Qe5+ Bf6
36.Qd6 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.e3 Rc8 11.Qe2 c5 12.e4 Bg4 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.h3 Bh5
16.g4 Bg6 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.Be3 Qb4 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.e5 Ne8 21.Nb5 a6 22.Nd4 Na4
23.Rd2 Rc7 24.a3 Qa5 25.Qd1 Nb6 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.Qxd8 Kf8 29.Rd1 Nc4
30.b4 Qa4 31.Bc5+ Kg8 32.f4 b6 33.Bf2 Rf7 34.Rd4 Nxa3 35.Rd6 Rxf4 36.Rxe6 Rf8
37.Bxb6 Nc4 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Utasi, Tamas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "D04"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Be2 h6 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 Be7 8.c4 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Rc1 c6 12.a3 a5 13.Nd2 Bh7 14.Bf3 Bd6 15.Re1 Qe7
16.Ra1 f5 17.g3 Nf6 18.Bg2 Bg6 19.Nf3 Bh5 20.Qc2 Ne4 21.Rf1 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Qg5
23.Qe2 Rf6 24.a4 Bc7 25.Ba3 Rf7 26.Bh1 h5 27.f3 Nf6 28.Qe1 h4 29.f4 Qg6 30.Ra2 Nh5
31.Rg2 hxg3 32.hxg3 Nf6 33.Rh2 Rd7 34.Bf3 b6 35.Kf2 Re8 36.Rfh1 Kf7 37.Bh5 Nxh5
38.Rxh5 Bd8 39.Qe2 Bf6 40.Rg1 c5 41.g4 fxg4 42.Rxg4 Qb1 43.Bb2 Ke7 44.Rg1 Qe4
45.cxd5 Rxd5 46.Rxd5 exd5 47.dxc5 bxc5 48.Bxf6+ Kxf6 49.Rg5 Re6 50.Rg3 d4
51.Qd2 Rd6 52.Qe2 g6 53.exd4 Qxd4+ 54.Re3 Qa1 55.Re8 Qd4+ 56.Kf3 Qd5+ 57.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bf4 e6
9.Bd3 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Qe2 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Qd2 Nh5
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Nd4 19.Re3 Bd7 20.Kh1 Qh4 21.Kg1 Rf8 22.Ne2 Nxf3+
23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.Ng3 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 26.Ke3 Qxg3+ 27.Kd2 e5 28.Rf1 Nf4
29.Rh1 Bh3 30.Kc1 e4 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Rd1 Ne6 33.Kb1 Nf8 34.Rd8 Qe1+ 35.Ka2 Be6+
36.b3 Qf2 37.Rd2 Qf3 38.Qg5 Qc3 39.Re2 Bf5 40.Kb1 h5 41.Rg2 Qf3 42.Rg3 Ne6  0-1

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d5 h6 10.Nd4 a6 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Re1 Bc5 13.Nb3 Bb4 14.Re3 exd5 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Qh5 Be4 19.Qe2 f5 20.f3 d5 21.fxe4 fxe4 22.Rd1 Qf8
23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Nd7  1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Rc4 Ba3 14.Ba1 Rad8 15.Re1 b5 16.Rh4 a6
17.Qb1 h6 18.e4 Ndb4 19.Rg4 e5 20.Nf1 Bc8 21.Rg3 f5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.f4 Nbc6
24.b4 Bxb4 25.Rc1 Nd4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.fxe5 Rxe4 28.Bf3 Rxe5 29.Rc6 Re1 30.Qd3 Bc5+
31.Kh1 Rd8 32.Bd5+ Kh8 33.Rf3 Bb7 34.Rxh6+ gxh6 35.Qc3+ Kh7 36.Bxb7 Rdd1  0-1

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.a4 Qa5 8.Nd2 Na6
9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Rd8 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Qc1 Qe7 14.Rd1 Rxd1+ 15.Qxd1 Ne8
16.Qd2 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yap, Andronico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Re8
9.Qc2 c6 10.e4 a6 11.Rd1 b5 12.c5 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxc5 14.Nxc6 Qc7 15.Nb4 Bb7
16.Bf4 Rad8 17.Nbd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qb8 19.Rac1 Ne6 20.Be3 Rc8 21.Qb1 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 Nc5
23.Qc2 Na4 24.b3 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Nc3 26.Rd2 b4 27.Qd3 Nb5 28.Qc4 Rc8 29.Qd5 Bc3
30.Rc2 Be5 31.Rxc8+ Qxc8 32.Bf1 Nc3 33.Qa5 h5 34.Qb6 Nxa2 35.f4 Bg7 36.Bc4 Nc3
37.Qxd6 Qxh3 38.Qxg6 Qd7 39.e5 Nd5 40.Qd3 Qg4 41.Bxd5 Qxg3+ 42.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ozolinsh, Aris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qb8 12.Ba3 Nc5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qxe5 Qa7 15.Bxc5 bxc5
16.Ne1 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 O-O 18.Rd3 Rad8 19.Rad1 Rxd3 20.Rxd3 Nd7 21.Qe4 Bf6 22.Nf4 Ne5
23.Rd6 g6 24.Na4 Rc8 25.h3 Rc7 26.Nb6 Nd7 27.Nxe6 Be7 28.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutsko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 e5 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Ne7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Rb8 10.Qa4 d6 11.Rd1 c5 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Qd2 Bg4 14.h3 Be6 15.b3 d5 16.cxd5 Nxd5
17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Qc2 c6 19.Bb2 Qd6 20.e4 Bd4 21.Ne2 Be6 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Qc7
24.Rad1 Qa5 25.Ba1 Bxh3 26.Rd6 Qh5 27.Qc3 f6 28.R1d2 Qb5 29.Kh2 Qf1 30.f3 Bc8
31.Rxf6 Rxf6 32.Qxf6 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Qxg3+ 34.Rg2 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Rb7 36.Qh8+ Kf7
37.Qxh7+ Kf8 38.Qh8+ Kf7 39.Qf6+ Ke8 40.Qxg6+  1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petkevich, Jusefs"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Rad1 Re8 13.a3 Nf8 14.Bc1 Ng6 15.b4 Qc7
16.a4 Bf8 17.Bg5 Nh5 18.g3 Nf6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.h4 Bg7 21.h5 Nf8 22.Qe3 h6
23.Nh4 f5 24.Nb5 Qc6 25.Kh2 Ra8 26.Qf4 Red8 27.d5 Qd7 28.Nxf5 Bc8 29.Nxh6+ Bxh6
30.Qxh6 exd5 31.Qg5+ Kh8 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.h6 Qg4 34.Re7  1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.g4 Nf6 6.g5 Nxe4 7.Bg2 Qa5+ 8.b4 Qxb4+
9.c3 Nxc3 10.Qd2 Nxa2 11.Rxa2 Qxb1 12.Rb2 Qa1 13.O-O Qa4 14.Bxb7 Bxb7 15.Rxb7 Nc6
16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Qb2 f5 18.Bf4 Qd5 19.Re1 Rc8 20.Rbxe7+ Bxe7 21.Qxg7 Qf7 22.Qxh8+ Kd7
23.Qd4 Qc4 24.Qg7 Re8 25.Bg3 f4 26.Bh4 Qb4 27.f3 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Qd5 29.Kg2 Qd2+
30.Bf2 Qc2 31.Qd4 Qc5 32.Qe4 Qxg5+ 33.Kh1 Rc8 34.Qe6+ Kd8 35.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Polishchuk, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.a4 b4 6.a5 c5 7.c4 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxg2
10.Kxg2 O-O 11.Nd2 d5 12.Kg1 Bc5 13.N4b3 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Ng4+ 15.Kg1 Ne3 16.Qe1 dxc4
17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Qxb4 Ne5 19.Bf4 Nbc6 20.Qc5 f6 21.Rad1 Qe8 22.Rd6 Rd8 23.Bxe5 Nxe5
24.Rfd1 Rb8 25.Nd4 Qh5 26.b4 Rbc8 27.Qxa7 Ng4 28.Nf3 e5 29.Qd7 Rce8 30.Rc1 e4
31.Rc7 Qg6 32.Nh4 Qg5 33.Nf5 Kh8 34.h4 Qg6 35.h5 Qg5 36.Qxg7+ Qxg7 37.Rxg7 Nh6
38.Rdd7 Nxf5 39.Rxh7+ Kg8 40.g4  1-0

[Event "Kaliningrad"]
[Site "Kaliningrad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E95"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 c6
9.Rb1 Re8 10.Bf1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ng4 12.h3 Qb6 13.hxg4 Qxd4 14.Qc2 Qe5 15.f3 f5
16.gxf5 gxf5 17.Be3 f4 18.Bf2 Re6 19.c5 Rh6 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Ne2 Qg5 22.Red1 Ne5
23.Qb3 Bh3 24.g3 Qh5 25.Bd4 Nxf3+ 26.Kf2 Nxd4 27.Nxd4 Bg4  0-1

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Ndb5 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 Be7 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Nab1 Rfd8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.a3 e4 17.b4 Qf5 18.Qc2 Bxc3 19.Nxc3 Ne5 20.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Nxc4
23.a4 f5 24.Nc3 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk tt"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Nbd2 b5
9.Ng5 Ra7 10.b3 cxb3 11.Nxb3 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Rxb7 13.e4 Nfd7 14.Nf3 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Nxc5 Qc8 17.Be3 Rc7 18.Qb3 Bxc5 19.Bf4 Rb7 20.Rac1 Nd7 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Rb6
23.Rc3 Rc6 24.Rfc1 g5 25.Qc2 f6 26.Bd4 Bxd4 27.Rxc6 Qd7 28.Rc7 Qe8 29.Qc6 Qxc6
30.R1xc6 f5 31.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk tt"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.c4 a6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.g3 b6 8.b3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Qc7
10.Bb2 Ngf6 11.O-O Be7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rad1 Rfe8 14.h3 Bf8 15.f4 Rad8 16.Nc2 Qb8
17.Kh2 g6 18.Ne3 Bg7 19.Ng4 Nxg4+ 20.hxg4 Bc6 21.Qd2 b5 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Rde1 Qa8
24.a3 Qa7 25.g5 Nc5 26.b4 Nd7 27.Nd1 Bxb2 28.Qxb2 Ra8 29.Rf3 Nb6 30.Nf2 Nc4
31.Qf6 d5 32.Ng4 dxe4 33.Rc3 Bd5 34.Bxe4 Bxe4 35.Rxe4 Red8 36.Nh6+ Kf8 37.Rxe6 Qf2+
38.Kh3 Qf1+ 39.Kg4 Qd1+ 40.Rf3  1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qf4 O-O 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Qb8 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 a6 15.h3 Qb7
16.a4 Rfc8 17.Qe3 Rc6 18.f4 Ned7 19.Qf3 Rac8 20.Ne3 R6c7 21.Qxb7 Rxb7 22.Kg2 Nc5
23.b4 Nce4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.g4 b5 26.Kf3 Nf6 27.cxb5 axb5 28.a5 d5 29.a6 Ra7
30.Bd4 Raa8 31.a7 Ne4 32.Ra5 Bf6 33.Bb6 Rc6 34.Bc5 Nxc5 35.Rc1 Nb3 36.Rxc6 Nd4+  0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shulman, Vladlen"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Ne4 4.Nce2 d4 5.c3 Nc6 6.cxd4 Ng5 7.h4 Ne6 8.Nf3 a6
9.d5 Qxd5 10.d4 Ned8 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.d5 Na7 13.e6 Qd6 14.Qd4 c5 15.Qa4+ b5
16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Bxb5+ Nxb5 18.Qxb5+ Nc6 19.Qxc6+ Qxc6 20.exf7+ Kd7 21.dxc6+ Kxc6
22.b3 Kb5 23.Bb2 Be6 24.Ne5 h5 25.O-O Rh6 26.Rfc1 Rc8 27.a4+ Ka6 28.b4 cxb4
29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Rd1 Rd6 31.Rxd6+ exd6 32.Ng6 Be6 33.Nxf8 Bxf7 34.Bxg7 Ka5
35.Kf1 Kxa4 36.Ke2 Kb3 37.Kd2 Kc4 38.Nd7 b3 39.Bb2 Kd5 40.Nf6+ Ke6 41.Ke3 Kf5
42.f3 Kg6 43.g4 hxg4 44.fxg4 Bc4 45.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A81"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Bg2 Qa5+ 8.Nfd2 Qc7
9.Nc4 d6 10.a4 b6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Qd3 Bb7 14.f4 Rad8 15.Rae1 Rfe8
16.e4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bxb2 19.Nxb2 Nf6 20.f5 c4 21.bxc4 gxf5 22.Rxf5 Nxe4
23.Rxe4 e5 24.Qf3 Rd7 25.Qh5 Rde7 26.Nd3 b5 27.Nf4 bxc4 28.Rg5+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ Rg7
30.Rxg7 Qxg7 31.Ne6+ Rxe6 32.Qxe6 Qc7 33.Re2 Kg7 34.Rf2  1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.d5 Ne5 14.Bb3 e6 15.Bg5 f6
16.c4 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 b6 18.f4 Nf7 19.Ng3 Nd6 20.Ba4 Rb8 21.Rfe1 Nf7 22.dxe6 Bxe6
23.f5 Bd7 24.Bc2 Bc6 25.Bf4 Rb7 26.Nf1 gxf5 27.Ng3 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 Rbd7
30.Nf5 Ne5 31.Bxe5 fxe5 32.Rf1 Re8 33.Rf3 Re6 34.h4 h6 35.Rg3 Kh7 36.Reg4 Bf8
37.h5 Rf6 38.Ne3 Rd4 39.Rg6 Rxg6 40.hxg6+ Kg8 41.Nd5 Rxc4 42.Rf3 Rd4 43.Nf6+ Kg7
44.Ne8+ Kxg6 45.Rxf8 Rd8 46.Rf6+ Kg5 47.Re6 Rd1+ 48.Kh2 Kf4 49.Nd6 h5 50.Rf6+ Ke3
51.Nf5+ Kd2 52.Rd6+ Kc1 53.Re6 Re1 54.Kg3 Kb2 55.Kf2 Re4 56.Nd6 Rf4+ 57.Ke3 Rg4
58.Rxe5 Rxg2 59.Rxh5 Kxa2 60.Rh7 a5 61.Nc4 Rg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sygulski, Artur"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 f5 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Bf4 Bxf4 8.gxf4 O-O
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.h4 a5 12.a3 a4 13.Qb4 Qxb4 14.axb4 dxc4 15.Nd2 Nb6
16.b5 Bd7 17.bxc6 Bxc6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Ke2 Rfc8 20.Ra3 Nfd5 21.Rc1 c5 22.Nb5 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Kf7 24.N4f3 Kf6 25.Ne5 Ra5 26.Ndxc4 Rb5 27.Kd2 Nxc4+ 28.Rxc4 Rxb2+
29.Kc1 Rxc4+ 30.Kxb2 Rb4+ 31.Ka2 Nxf4 32.exf4 Rxf4 33.Nf3 e5 34.Rc3 e4 35.Rc6+ Ke7
36.Nd4 Rxf2+ 37.Ka3 Kf7 38.Kxa4 e3 39.Kb3 e2 40.Re6 Rf4 41.Nxe2 Rxh4 42.Re5 Kf6
43.Re8 Kg5 44.Kc3 Kg4 45.Kd3 g5 46.Ke3 Rh2 47.Rg8 Rg2 48.Nd4 f4+ 49.Ke4 Ra2
50.Rg7 h5 51.Ne6 Ra5 52.Rf7 Kg3 53.Rf5 Rxf5 54.Kxf5 f3 55.Nxg5 h4 56.Ne4+ Kg2
57.Kf4 h3 58.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.Qc2 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Be5 f6 10.d5 fxe5 11.Qxe4 Qf6 12.h4 gxh4 13.Qxe5 Qxe5 14.Nxe5 exd5 15.O-O-O Bxc3
16.bxc3 d6 17.Ng6 Rg8 18.Nf4 dxc4 19.e3 b5 20.Rxh4 Nc6 21.a4 a6 22.Rh5 Ne5
23.Ne6 Ke7 24.Nxc7 Rac8 25.Nd5+ Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Nd3+ 27.Bxd3 cxd3 28.Kd2 Rxg2
29.Rxh6 Rxf2+ 30.Kxd3 Rc6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Rxb5 Rf6 33.Rh7+ Ke6 34.Rbb7 Ke5
35.Rh5+ Ke6 36.Kd4 Rc8 37.Rhh7 Re8 38.c4 Rg6 39.Ra7 Kf6 40.Rhf7+ Ke6 41.Rf4 Rb8
42.Re4+ Kf6 43.Rae7 Kf5 44.Rf7+ Kg5 45.Rff4 Kh6 46.Rh4+ Kg7 47.Rhg4 Rxg4
48.Rxg4+ Kf7 49.Kd5 Rb3 50.Kxd6 Rxe3 51.c5 Rd3+ 52.Kc7 Ke6 53.Rg6+ Ke7 54.Rd6 Rc3
55.c6  1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Qf3 Qxd4 11.Qxf7+ Kd8 12.Bxc4 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Bxc3+ 14.Ke2 Ng3+
15.Kf2 Ne4+ 16.Ke2 Ng3+ 17.Kf2 Ne4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 d6 10.Qb3 a5 11.a3 Na6 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Rac1 Ba6 15.Na2 Nxa2
16.Qxa2 d5 17.c5 Ne4 18.Qa3 bxc5 19.dxc5 Qc7 20.Rc2 Rb8 21.Nd4 Rb4 22.e3 Rfb8
23.Ra1 a4 24.Rac1 e5 25.Nf5 Rb3 26.Qxa4 Bd3 27.Qc6 Qxc6 28.Ne7+ Kf8 29.Nxc6 Rc8
30.Nxe5 Bxc2 31.Rxc2 Ke7 32.c6 Rb6 33.f3 Nd6 34.Bh3 Rc7 35.Bd7 Rb3 36.Rc3 Rxc3
37.bxc3 Nc4 38.Nd3 Nb6 39.Nb4 Kd6 40.Bh3 f6 41.Kf2 Ra7 42.Ke2 Ra3 43.Kd2 Nc4+
44.Kc2 Ra7 45.f4 Nxe3+ 46.Kd3 Re7 47.Kd4 f5 48.c7 Kxc7 49.Nxd5+ Nxd5 50.Kxd5 g6
51.Bf1 Re1 52.Bc4 Rh1 53.h4 Rh3 54.Ke5 Rxg3 55.Bg8 h5 56.Bf7 Rg4 57.Kf6 Rxh4
58.Bxg6 Rxf4 59.Kg5 Rg4+  0-1

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.b3 cxb3
9.Qxb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Nc3 c6 12.Ne4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 c5 14.Bb2 Be7 15.Qf3 O-O
16.Qh5 Qb6 17.Nf6+ Nxf6 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Bxf6 gxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxf3 6.exf3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Be2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rfd1 Nce7 13.Rac1 Qd7 14.f4 Rfd8 15.Nb5 c6
16.Na3 Nf5 17.Nc4 Nde7 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.Nf3 Nd5 20.a3 Rac8 21.Bd3 g6 22.Qe2 Rc7
23.b4 Nde7 24.Be4 Rcd7 25.Rd3 Qc7 26.b5 c5 27.dxc5 Rxd3 28.Bxd3 bxc5 29.Qe5 Qb7
30.Be2 Rd5 31.Qf6 Nc8 32.g4 Nfd6 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qa5 Ne4 35.Qa6 Qc7 36.Ne5 Nb6
37.Qa5 f6 38.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O h6 13.a3 a6 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Bd2 g5 16.dxc5 bxa3
17.b4 Bg7 18.h3 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxa3 Rd8 21.Qh5 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Bf4 e5
9.Be3 d6 10.Na3 Kh8 11.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.c4 a6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Re1 Rc8 10.a4 Ne5 11.a5 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Nf6 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.b3 Be7 15.Ba3 Nd7
16.Na4 Qc7 17.Qg3 O-O 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 b6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.d5 exd5 13.exd5 Nf5 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.Rc1 a6
16.Qd2 b5 17.Ne4 Qb6 18.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Toshkov, Tihomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bg7 8.e3 d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7
10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Rhe1 c6 13.g4 b5 14.e4 bxc4 15.Bxc4 c5 16.d5 e5
17.g5 Nh5 18.Rg1 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Ndf6 20.Nh4 Qd7 21.Ne2 Nh7 22.Bd2 Bc8 23.Ng3 Nxg3
24.Rxg3 Bf6 25.Nf3 Bg7 26.Rdg1 Nf6 27.Nh4 Nh5 28.Rg5 Qh3 29.Nf5 Bxf5 30.exf5 Nf4
31.fxg6 f5 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.Bf1 Qxh2 34.Bd3 Rab8 35.Bxf5 Bxb2+ 36.Kd1 Kg7
37.Re1 Bf6 38.Rg4 Qh3 39.Rxf4 Qxa3 40.Ra4 Qf3+ 41.Re2 Qh1+ 42.Re1 Qxd5+ 43.Bd3 Rb7
44.Re3 Qh1+ 45.Re1 Qf3+ 46.Qe2 Qd5 47.Qe4 Rb1+ 48.Ke2 Qxe4+ 49.Bxe4 Rxe1+
50.Kxe1 Bc3+ 51.Ke2 a5 52.Kd3 Bb4 53.f3 Kf6 54.Ra1 Rg8 55.Kc4 Ke5 56.Rd1 a4
57.Rd5+ Ke6 58.Rh5 Rg7 59.Rh8 a3 60.Bd5+ Kf6 61.Bf7 Rxf7 62.gxf7 Kxf7 63.Kd5 Bc3
64.Ra8 Bb2 65.Ra5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nc2 Be6
9.O-O Rc8 10.Ne3 O-O 11.Bd2 Nd4 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.b3 Nc5 14.Ned5 f5 15.Be3 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Rcd1 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Rf5 20.Rfd1 Rxd5 21.cxd5 Qc7
22.Qg4 Qc2 23.h4 Rf8 24.Rc1 Qxa2 25.Qe6+ Kh8 26.Qxe7 Qb2 27.Qxd6 a5 28.g3 Qxb3
29.Kg2 a4 30.Rc7 a3 31.g4 Qd1 32.Rxg7 Qxg4+ 33.Kf1 Kxg7 34.Bd4+ Kg8 35.Qe5 Qd7
36.d6 Rf5 37.Qh8+ Kf7 38.Qxh7+ Ke6 39.Qxg6+ Kd5 40.Ba1 Qf7 41.Qg3 b5 42.Ke1 b4
43.Qe3 Kc6 44.Qd4 Qd5 45.Qh8 Kxd6 46.Bd4 Kc7 47.Qg7+ Kc6 48.Qa7 Kb5 49.Qb6+ Kc4  0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.a4 b4 7.a5 O-O 8.Nbd2 Na6
9.Re1 d5 10.c4 bxc3 11.bxc3 c5 12.c4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Rfc8 17.Ne5 Bb4 18.Rd1 Bc3 19.Rb1 Rc5 20.Nec6 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Rxa5 22.Nc6 Rc5
23.Rb8+ Rxb8 24.Nxb8 Nc7 25.Rd8+ Nfe8 26.Na6 Rxc1 27.Nxc7 f6 28.Nxe8 Kf7
29.Nd6+ Ke7 30.Rc8  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 d5 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Nd2 Rac8 14.Bg3 Rfd8 15.cxd5 exd5
16.e4 c4 17.e5 Nh7 18.Nf3 d4 19.Rxd4 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Nxe5 21.Bd5 Bf6 22.Bxe5 Bxe5
23.Qf5 Qc7 24.Rxc4 Qb8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Nd5 Bxh2+ 28.Kh1 Bd6
29.Re1 Rf8 30.Qd7 Rd8 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Bxe8 Bc5 33.Qc6 Bxf2 34.Ne7 Nf6 35.Ng6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.O-O a5 7.c4 b6 8.Ne5 Ra7
9.Nb1 Be7 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.d5 Qc8 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Na6 14.Be3 Qe8 15.Nc3 exd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5+ Kh8 18.Re1 Bb4 19.Bd2 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Bxd2 21.Qxd2 Qd8
22.Rac1 Nc5 23.Rc4 Ra8 24.Rh4 Kg8 25.Qc2 h6 26.Ng4 Rf7 27.Qg6 Kf8 28.Rxh6 gxh6
29.Nxh6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Bg7
8.Be3 O-O 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.Kc2 Na5 11.Be2 b6 12.b4 Nb7 13.Rhd1 Nd6 14.e5 Nf5
15.Bf4 Bb7 16.g4 Nh6 17.h3 f6 18.e6 g5 19.Bg3 a5 20.b5 Be4+ 21.Kb2 c6 22.bxc6 Bxc6
23.Nd4 Ba4 24.Rf1 f5 25.f4 gxf4 26.Bxf4 fxg4 27.hxg4 b5 28.Be3 b4 29.Rh1 bxc3+
30.Ka3 Bxd4 31.Bxd4 Rf4 32.Be3 Rb4 33.Bc5 Rab8 34.Bxb4 Rxb4 35.Rac1 Kg7 36.Rxc3 Be8
37.Rc5 Re4 38.Bb5 Bg6 39.g5 Nf5 40.Bc4 Nd4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.Rc1 Bxa2 15.d5 Bb3
16.Qe1 e6 17.Bc5 exd5 18.Bxf8 Bxf8 19.e5 Bc4 20.Rd1 Nc6 21.f4 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Nb4
23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Qg3 Nd3 25.f5 Qc7 26.Nc3 Bg7 27.f6 Bf8 28.Ne4 Re8 29.Nd6 Rd8
30.Qe3 Bxd6 31.exd6 Qxd6 32.Rd2 a6 33.Rf3 h5 34.h3 Kh7 35.g4 Qd5 36.gxh5 Qxh5
37.Kg2 Rd5 38.Qe7 Ne1+ 39.Qxe1 Qg5+ 40.Kf1 Rxd2 41.Qe7 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg2 f5 4.O-O Nf6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 c6 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.c4 Qe7 10.d4 Bd6 11.Ne5 a5 12.Qc2 a4 13.Rab1 Ne4 14.Nd3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 b6
16.Rfc1 Bb7 17.Rc2 Nf6 18.Qc1 axb3 19.axb3 Nd7 20.Qd1 Rfd8 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.Bg5 h6
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.c5 bxc5 25.Nxc5 Ba6 26.Nxa6 Rxa6 27.Qc1 Qf7 28.Bf1 Kg7 29.e3 Ba3
30.Qd2 Rb6 31.Ra2 Ra8 32.g4 Qe7 33.Qd1 Rg8 34.gxf5 Bd6 35.Kh1 Kh8 36.fxe6 Qxe6
37.Qf3 Rb7 38.Bh3 Qe7 39.Raa1 Bb8 40.Rg1 Qd6 41.Rxg8+ Kxg8 42.Rg1+ Rg7 43.Rxg7+ Kxg7
44.Qg2+ Kf8 45.Bf5 Qc7 46.Qh3 Qg7 47.Bd3 Ke7 48.Qc8 Qf8 49.Qxc6 Qd8 50.Bb5 Kf7
51.Kg2 Qd6 52.Qe8+ Kg7 53.f4 Bc7 54.Bd3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O Re8 9.h3 e5
10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Nh2 a6 13.a4 Nh5 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.g4 Nf4 16.Nxf4 exf4
17.Bxf4 Ne5 18.Rae1 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.b3 bxc4 22.Bxc4 h5 23.f4 Bd4+
24.Kg2 hxg4 25.hxg4 Bd7 26.Nf3 Bg7 27.f5 Bb5 28.Qg5 Bxc4 29.bxc4 Qe7 30.Qxe7 Rxe7
31.g5 Bc3 32.f6 Bxe1 33.fxe7 Ba5 34.Ne5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kiik, Kalle"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.c4 d4 8.Ne4 Nd7
9.Ne1 f5 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Qb3 Bc3 15.Rb1 Kh8
16.Nc2 e4 17.dxe4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bh3 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Bg2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rxe2
23.Qxb7 Na5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.e4 Qc7 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Qd3 d6
9.Nc2 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 O-O 11.f3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 e5 13.Be3 Nh5 14.g3 g6 15.Nb4 Nb6
16.Qb3 Bd7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Rac8 19.Rc1 Qa5+ 20.Kf2 b5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1
23.Bxc1 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Qe3 Nf6 26.Qa7 f4 27.Qb8+ Kf7 28.a3 Qa4 29.gxf4 e4
30.Be3 Qc2 31.Qa7 exf3 32.Kxf3 Kg6 33.Bf1 Bf5 34.h3 Be4+ 35.Kg3 Nh5+ 36.Kh4 Qh2
37.f5+ Bxf5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.Nf3 O-O
10.O-O Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Ne5 13.b4 Nh5 14.Bb2 f5 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Ba1 Bd7
17.Nb5 Nf7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nc4 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Rb8 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.Qa1+ Nf6
23.Rb1 Qa8 24.e3 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.a4 Re7 27.a5 Kf7 28.a6 Qc8 29.Qa4 Rc7
30.Qc4 Nd7 31.Qh4 Nf6 32.Qf4 Qxa6 33.Bf1 c4 34.Rc1 Rc5 35.Qd4 Ke7 36.Rxc4 Rxc4
37.Bxc4 Qa5 38.Qb2 Qc7 39.Qa2 Qb6 40.Kg2 a5 41.Bb3 Qc5 42.h3 Qc3 43.Qa4 Ne4
44.Bc2 Nf6 45.Bd1 Qd2 46.Bf3 Qb4 47.Qc2 a4 48.g4 a3 49.gxf5 Qc5 50.Qb1 Qa7
51.Qa2 gxf5 52.Bd1 Qc5 53.Bb3 Qc1 54.Bc2 Qd2 55.Qxa3 Qxc2 56.Qa7+ Nd7  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strauts, A."]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nd7 12.g5 Nc5 13.Kb1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.Qh5 Bb7
16.Rhg1 Nxb3 17.axb3 b4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 e5 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.Rd2 a5 22.Rg4 g6
23.Qh3 Qd8 24.Rd3 Rcb8 25.Qh4 h5 26.Rc4 Qd7 27.Qe4 Qh3 28.f4 a4 29.Rxb4 axb3
30.Rxb8+ Rxb8 31.Rxb3 Rxb3 32.cxb3 Qxh2 33.b4 Qe2 34.fxe5 Bxg5 35.e6 f5 36.e7 Qd1+
37.Ka2 Qa4+ 38.Kb1 fxe4  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Katishonok, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e4 g5 8.Nge2 Nc6
9.e5 Qe7 10.Ng3 O-O-O 11.Nge4 Bg7 12.c5 f6 13.Qa4 Kb8 14.Rc1 fxe5 15.cxb6 axb6
16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Qe6 18.Bc4 Qg4 19.Be2 Qxg2 20.Kd2 Na5 21.Rhg1 Qxh2 22.Rh1 Qg2
23.Rcg1 Nb3+ 24.Ke1 Nc5 25.Nxc5 Qxd5  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 Na6 7.Bxc4 Nb4 8.O-O e6
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxd2 11.Bxd2 Bg6 12.Rad1 a6 13.e4 Nc2 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qb6
16.f4 Bh5 17.Rd2 O-O-O 18.Kh1 Bb4 19.Qh3 Rxd4 20.Bxe6+ fxe6 21.Qxe6+ Kd8
22.Nd5 Qc5 23.Qe5 Rxd2 24.Qc7+ Ke8 25.Qxg7 cxd5 26.Qxh8+ Ke7 27.Qe5+ Kd7
28.Qxh5 dxe4 29.Qxh7+ Qe7 30.Qh3+ Kc6 31.f5 e3 32.f6 Qe4 33.f7 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhuravliov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nb1 d5
9.Qa4 Bd6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bf4 Ne4 12.Rac1 Bxf4 13.gxf4 Rf6 14.Ne5 Rh6 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Rc3 b5 18.Qb3 Nd7 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 Rh5 21.e3 Qh4 22.h3 Nb6
23.Qxb5 Nc4 24.Rc1 Rf8 25.Rc7 Qf6 26.R1xc4 dxc4 27.Qxh5  1-0

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Nb3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Qxd2
16.Rxd2 Be6 17.Nb6 Bg5 18.Rd3 Rxc2 19.Bd1 Rac8 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc3 Rc5 22.Be2 Kf8
23.g3 Bf6 24.Rxc5 dxc5 25.Rc1 Bd4 26.a5 Bd7 27.b4 Bc6 28.bxc5 Bxe4 29.c6 bxc6
30.Bxa6 Ke8 31.Bc4 f5 32.a6 Kd7 33.Rd1 c5 34.a7 Kc7 35.Rb1  1-0

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Re1 Rxe1+
16.Qxe1 Bf5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Nd5 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qf5 Qb6 21.Rc8+ Rxc8
22.Qxc8+ Kh7 23.Qf5+ Kg8 24.Qxd5 Qxb2 25.g4 Qb6 26.Qe4 Kf8 27.Kg2 g6 28.Qd3 a6
29.d5 Ke7 30.Qe4+ Kd7 31.h4 Qd6 32.h5 gxh5 33.gxh5 b5 34.Nh2 Qe5 35.Qf3 Ke7
36.Ng4 Qg5 37.a4 Be5 38.Qe4 Kd6 39.axb5 axb5 40.Qb4+ Kc7 41.Qc5+ Kd7 42.Qxb5+ Kd6
43.Qc6+ Ke7 44.Qc5+ Kd7 45.f3 Bf4 46.Kf1 Qf5 47.Ke2 Kd8 48.Qa5+ Kd7 49.Qa4+ Ke7
50.Qe4+ Qxe4+ 51.fxe4 Kd6 52.Kf3 Bg5 53.Ne3 Ke5 54.Nc4+ Kd4 55.Nd6 f6 56.Nf7 Kc5
57.Kg4  1-0

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kirpichnikov, Vladimir S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.e3 c4
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qa5 11.Rc1 Bf5 12.b3 b5 13.bxc4 bxc4 14.Nh4 Be6 15.f4 f6
16.Na4 Bf7 17.Rf2 Rab8 18.Bf1 Rfe8 19.Nc5 Qa3 20.Qd2 Rb4 21.e4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Rd8
23.Rc3 Qa5 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.f5 Kh8 26.Rh3 Rb1 27.Qf4 Rxd4 28.Qh6 Ng8 29.Qf8 Rdd1  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.c3 Bg5 14.g3 Nc5 15.Nxc5 Rxc5
16.b4 Rc8 17.h4 Bh6 18.g4 g6 19.g5 Bg7 20.Qg3 a5 21.h5 Bxd5 22.exd5 e4 23.hxg6 hxg6
24.Bb5 Qe7 25.c4 axb4 26.Qh4 f5 27.gxf6 Bxf6 28.Qg3 Kg7 29.Ke2 Ra8 30.a4 bxa3
31.Rdg1 g5 32.c5 a2 33.cxd6 Qe5 34.Qg4 Qb2+ 35.Ke3 Ra3+ 36.Kxe4  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petkevich, Jusefs"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Nbd7 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Nh4 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Nd5 11.Nf3 Bg6 12.Re1 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Be4 15.Qc1 O-O
16.Bf1 Bxf3 17.exf3 b5 18.a4 a6 19.f4 c5 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Bg2 Rad8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Rb1 Rb8 25.f5 Qc6 26.Qa3 Ra8 27.Qb2 Rfb8 28.Qd2 Rb7 29.Rec1 Ra3
30.dxc5 Ne5 31.Qd1 b4 32.Bd4 Nd3 33.Rc2 b3 34.Rd2 b2 35.f6 gxf6 36.Re2 Rb8
37.Rd2 Qa6 38.Qf3 Ra1 39.Rdd1 Nc1 40.Qf4 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lutsko, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.g3 e5 6.Ne2 Bb7 7.Bg2 f5 8.Nbc3 h6
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.Qxd5 Nc6 11.exf5 Nf6 12.Qd1 Bc5 13.O-O b5 14.Nc3 Qb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Qh5+ Kd8 17.Bxd5 Rf8 18.c3 a5 19.a4 Rc8 20.Qe2 bxa4 21.g4 h5 22.Bg5+ Kc7
23.Rxa4 hxg4 24.b4 axb4 25.Ra6 Qb7 26.Bxc6 dxc6 27.Qxe5+ Bd6 28.Qa5+  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Re1 a5
16.a3 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qd2 a4 19.Ba2 Qd7 20.Re1 Rd8 21.Qe3 Kh7 22.Rd1 Bc2
23.Rd2 Bg6 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4+ g6 26.Qc2 Kg7 27.Qc5 Nd5 28.Qa5 b5 29.Ne5 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Qe8 31.Rd1 h5 32.h4 Qd7 33.g3 Re8 34.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Qc3 Qe6 36.Re1 Rc8
37.Qb4 Qd7 38.Qd4 Qe6 39.Qb4 Qd7 40.Rd1 Rc2 41.Qd4 Qe6 42.Rd3 Kg8 43.Kg2 Re2
44.Rc3 Re4 45.Qc5 Rxe5 46.b3 Re1 47.bxa4 Qe4+ 48.Rf3 bxa4 49.Qa7 Qe8 50.Qc5 Rd1
51.Qc7 d4 52.Rf4 d3 53.Rb4 Kh7 54.Rf4 Kg7 55.Qc3+ Kg8 56.Rc4 Kh7  0-1

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bf4 Bxf4
9.gxf4 Nbd7 10.Ne5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.e3 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Bd7 14.Qb3 b6 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Rac1 Qg5 17.Rc7 Be8 18.Kh1 Bh5 19.Qa3 Be2 20.Rg1 Rxf2 21.Bxe4 Rf1 22.Rxf1 Bxf1
23.Qd6 Qg4  0-1

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bd3 g6 15.Be4 Rb8
16.Rfd1 Bg7 17.Qb5 Bd7 18.Qa5 Na4 19.Qb4 Qb6 20.Qe7 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Bc6 22.Bxc6 Qxb2
23.Rb3 Qc2 24.Rdb1 Qxc6 25.Rxb7 Bf6 26.Qb4 a5 27.Rb6 Rxb6 28.Qxb6 Qxb6 29.Rxb6 Rd8
30.Kf1 Bxd4 31.Rb5 Bc3 32.Ke2 Kg7 33.a3 Rd5 34.Rxd5 exd5 35.Kd3 Bb2 36.a4 Kf6
37.Nd2 Ba3 38.Nb3 Bb4 39.f3 Ke5 40.Nd4 Kd6 41.Nb3 h5 42.Kd4 Be1 43.Kd3 Ke5
44.Nd4 Bb4 45.Nb3 Ke6 46.Nd4+ Kd6 47.Nb3 Ke5 48.Nd4 h4 49.Nb3 g5 50.Nd4 Bc5
51.Nc6+ Kf4 52.Nd8 Bg1 53.Nxf7 Bxh2 54.Ke2 Bg1 55.Nd8 Kg3 56.Kf1 Bb6 57.Nf7 Kf4
58.Ke2 Kg3 59.Kf1 Be3 60.Ne5 d4 61.Nc4 h3 62.gxh3 Kxf3 63.Nxa5 Kg3 64.Nc4 Kxh3
65.Ke2 g4 66.a5 g3 67.Ne5 g2 68.Nf3 Bf4 69.Kf2 Bb8 70.Kg1 d3 71.Ng5+ Kh4
72.Ne4 d2  0-1

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Bd7
16.f3 Rfd8 17.Kf2 Kf8 18.Rfd1 Ke7 19.e4 c5 20.Ne2 b6 21.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7
9.Qa4 Rc8 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Rxc6 12.Rfc1 Be7 13.Nd1 b5 14.Qb3 Qc8 15.e4 Bxe4
16.Rxc6 Qxc6 17.Rc1 Qa8 18.a4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 O-O 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rc7 Qd8 22.Qxb5 Nf6
23.Qc6 Nh5 24.Bd2 Bg5 25.Bb4 Bf4 26.Ra7 Qg5+ 27.Kf1 Rb8 28.Ra8 Qd8 29.Ba5 Qf8
30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.b4 Bd2 32.Bc7 Qc8 33.b5 Nf4 34.Qa6  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 f6 8.Be3 e5
9.Bc4 Nd7 10.Nd2 Bc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Ne6 13.Kc2 Ke7 14.a4 Rd8 15.Nb3 Nf4
16.g3 Be6 17.Bxe6 Nxe6 18.Rhd1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Bf4 Bxf4 8.gxf4 O-O
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.e3 Ne4 11.f3 Nd6 12.c5 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Nf7 14.Nc3 g5 15.Ne2 Nh8
16.f4 g4 17.h3 h5 18.Ng3 Qe8 19.hxg4 hxg4 20.Kf2 Bd7 21.Rh1 Qe7 22.Rh6 Rf7
23.Qb3 Rh7 24.Rxh7 Kxh7 25.Qxb7 Qd8 26.Nh5 Kg6 27.Nf6 Rb8 28.Qxd7 Rxb2+ 29.Kf1 Qxd7
30.Nxd7 Kf7 31.Rc1 g3 32.Bh3 Rf2+ 33.Ke1 Ng6 34.Bf1 Nh4 35.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.c5 Nd5
9.Bc4 c6 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Nf3 a5 12.O-O Be6 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Qxb7 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 Na6
16.Ne2 Nb4 17.Bg5 f6 18.exf6 exf6 19.Bf4 Re8 20.Kf1 Re7 21.Qb6 Qe8 22.Nc3 Qc8
23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Kxe1 g5 25.Bg3 f5 26.a3 Nc2+ 27.Kd2 Nxd4 28.Rd3 f4 29.Bf2 Ra6
30.Bxd4 Rxb6 31.cxb6 Bxd4 32.Rxd4 Qb7 33.Na4 c5 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Kc3 Qc6 36.b3 Qf6+  0-1

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O Ng4 10.h3 Ne5 11.Bc2 Na6 12.f4 Nc4 13.b3 Na5 14.Be3 b5 15.e5 dxe5 16.f5 e4
17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qd2 Qe8 20.Rf1 Bb7 21.d6 Rd8 22.Ng3 Nb4 23.Bxe4 Qe5
24.Bxb7 Qxg3 25.Bd5+ Kh8 26.Bg5 Qxc3 27.Qxc3 Bxc3 28.Be6 Ra8 29.d7 Bd4+ 30.Kh1 Nac6
31.a3 h6 32.axb4 hxg5 33.Bd5 Rd8 34.Bxc6 cxb4 35.Bxb5 Kg7 36.Re1 Kf6 37.Re8 Bb6
38.g4 Bc7 39.Kg2 Bb6 40.Kf3 Kf7 41.Ke4 Kf6 42.Kd5 Kf7 43.Bc6 Kf6 44.Kc4 Ba5
45.Kb5 Bc7 46.Kxb4 Bd6+ 47.Kc4 Be7 48.Kd5 a5 49.Bb5 Kf7 50.Ke5  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 Bg7
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 b5 11.Bxd6 b4 12.e5 bxc3 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.bxc3 Bf5 15.Bf4 O-O
16.Be2 Re8 17.Be3 Qa5 18.O-O Nd7 19.Rfc1 Rab8 20.Qc4 Nb6 21.Qxa6 Qxa6 22.Bxa6 Nxd5
23.Bd2 Rb2 24.Bc4 Nb6 25.Bf1 Ra8 26.Bg5 Bg7 27.a4 Rxa4 28.Be3 Bf8 29.Rxa4 Nxa4
30.h3 Bg7 31.Ra1 Bd7 32.Rd1 Be8 33.Rd8 Kf8 34.c4 Ke7 35.Ra8 Rb1 36.Bg5+ f6
37.Be3 f5 38.Ra7+ Bd7 39.g3 Bf6 40.h4 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 b5 11.Bxd6 b4 12.Na4 Nxe4 13.Qe3 Bxa4 14.Qxe4+ Kd7 15.Be5 Re8
16.b3 Qc7 17.d6 Qc6 18.Qe3 Bb5 19.Rc1 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Qb6 21.Qf4 f6 22.Kd1 Re6
23.Nd2 Rxe5 24.Nc4 Qa7 25.Nxe5+ fxe5 26.Qh4 Kxd6 27.f4 Nc6 28.Qxh7 Qd7 29.Rf2 Kc7+
30.Rd2 Qf7 31.Qh3 Rh8 32.Qe3 exf4 33.Qxc5 Bc3 34.Rd4 Qe6  0-1

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 Na6 7.Bxc4 Nb4 8.O-O e6
9.Ne5 Be7 10.Qe2 Bc2 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Rfc1 h6 13.Na2 Nxa2 14.Rxc2 Nb4 15.Rcc1 Rc8
16.a5 a6 17.Ra3 c5 18.Rb3 Qxa5 19.Ng6 fxg6 20.Bxe6+ Kh7 21.Bxc8 Ne4 22.Be1 Rxc8
23.Rxb4 b5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Rbc4 Qa2 26.R4c2 Rh5 27.f3 Nf6 28.Bg3 Nd5 29.e4 Nb4
30.Rc7 Bf6 31.e5 Bd8 32.Rd7 Bb6+ 33.Kh1 Qb3 34.e6 Be3 35.e7 Qe6  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Ne4 5.Nc3 Na6 6.Nxe4 Nb4 7.Qb1 dxe4 8.Qxe4 g6
9.Qb1 c5 10.Bd2 Bg7 11.Bxb4 cxb4 12.e3 O-O 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Qd1 Qc7 15.Qb3 a5
16.O-O Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 e5 19.Rfd1 exd4 20.exd4 Rfd8 21.Bd5 Rd7 22.a3 Re8
23.axb4 axb4 24.Qxb4 Rde7 25.Bf3 Qf4 26.Qd2 Qh4 27.Ra3 Bh6 28.Qb4 Bf8 29.Qd2 Bh6
30.Qb4 Bf8 31.Qc3 Rd7 32.Ra7 Bg7 33.Bd5 Rb8 34.b3 Qf6 35.Qb4 Qf4 36.g3 Qf5
37.Kg2 Qc2  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O h6
9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.Nd4 Nc6 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nxe7 Nxe7 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.Re1 Rc6 17.Qa4 g5 18.Bg3 O-O 19.Qxa7 f5 20.f3 Rc5 21.Bf2 Nc6 22.Qa3 Ra5
23.Qc3 b5 24.a3 g4 25.b4 Ra8 26.Qc5 Bb3 27.f4 Qf6 28.Bxb5 Rfc8 29.Bd3 Be6
30.Qd6 Qc3 31.Rac1 Qb3 32.Bc4 Bxc4 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Re7  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfc1 Rfb8 12.Be1 Nd7 13.Na4 Qd8 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.a3 Rc7
16.b4 Rac8 17.Rc3 Ncb8 18.Rac1 b6 19.Qb3 Bg4 20.b5 Nf6 21.h3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Kf8
23.Nb2 Bd6 24.Nd3 Ke8 25.a4 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Qc7 28.Qxc7 Bxc7 29.Nb4 Kd7
30.Be2 Ne4 31.g4 Nd6 32.Kf1 Bd8 33.f3 Bg5 34.Bd2 g6 35.Bd3 Nb7 36.Ke2 Na5
37.Bc2 Nc4 38.Bc1 Kc7 39.Bb3 Na5 40.Ba2 Kb7 41.f4 Be7 42.Nxd5 exd5 43.Bxd5+ Kc7
44.Bxf7 Kd7 45.e4 Bb4 46.e5 Nb7 47.Bd5 Nd8 48.f5 Be7 49.Bf4  1-0

[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Nbd2 a6 5.c3 h6 6.Bxf6 exf6 7.e4 g6 8.a4 b4
9.Bc4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nh4 Kh7 12.Qg4 d5 13.exd5 f5 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Bd3 Bc8
16.Bxf5+ Bxf5 17.Qxf5+ Kg7 18.Nc4 Nd7 19.Rae1 Nf6 20.Na5 Bd6 21.c4 Qc8 22.Qf3 Qg4
23.Qxg4+ Nxg4 24.g3 Rfe8 25.b3 Nf6 26.f3 h5 27.Nc6 h4 28.Kg2 Kh7 29.Ne5 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Nd7 31.f4 hxg3 32.hxg3 Nc5 33.Re3 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kishnev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.O-O Bb7 14.fxg7 Bxg7 15.Bf4 O-O
16.Re1 Bd5 17.h4 Kh8 18.Rc1 Ra7 19.Be4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Rxa2 21.Bc7 Qb7 22.Rxd4 Nb6
23.Qd3 h6 24.Qxb5 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Qe4 26.Qxb6 Rg8 27.g3 Ra4 28.Rd1 Qd5 29.Qd6 Qxd6
30.Bxd6 Rd8 31.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Be3 a5 10.b3 d5 11.c5 N6d7 12.Qd2 c6 13.a3 f6 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.Rae1 h6 16.Bf4 Qf8
17.Bg3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qf7 19.Bg4 h5 20.Bd1 Na6 21.Na4 Rf8 22.h3 Bd8 23.Bd6 Re8
24.Nb2 b6 25.Qe2 Nc7 26.Nd3 Nb5 27.Qxh5 Nxd4 28.cxb6 Bxb6 29.Ne5 Nxe5 30.Bxe5 Rg6
31.Kh1 Nf5 32.Bc2 Rh6 33.Qg4 Rh4 34.Qg5 Bd8 35.Qd2 Rf8 36.Bd3 Qd7 37.Rc1 Bb6
38.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nadyrhanov, S."]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bg5 O-O
9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bxb5 Qa5 13.Rb1 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Qe2 Re8
16.Nd2 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxa2 18.Qe3 Nd7 19.O-O Nf6 20.Ra1 Qb2 21.Rfb1 Qc2 22.Rc1 Qb2
23.Qf4 a5 24.Rab1 Qa2 25.f3 g5 26.Qxf6 Qxd2 27.Qxd6 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 a4 29.Re1 Qxc3
30.Rbc1 Qd2 31.Rcd1 Qc3 32.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Asanov, Bolat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Nf3 c6 9.Nd2 Nh5
10.g3 Bd7 11.Be2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Bxh5 f4 14.Nde4 fxe3 15.fxe3 Qb6 16.Qe2 Bh6
17.Bg4 Rad8 18.Bxd7 Rxd7 19.Rf1 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Rf7+ 21.Kg2 Qxe3 22.Nxd6 Qxe2+
23.Nxe2 Rd7 24.Ne4 Bg7 25.N2c3 Kf7 26.g4 Ke7 27.Rd1 cxd5 28.cxd5 Kd8 29.g5 b6
30.h4 Ke8 31.h5 Ke7 32.Rf1 Nb4 33.h6 Bf8 34.d6+ Ke6 35.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Nbd2 b5
9.Ng5 c6 10.b3 cxb3 11.Nxb3 a5 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Nc5 h6 14.Nf3 Be8 15.Bb2 Na6
16.Rac1 Qc8 17.Qb1 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Nd7 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Ra7 21.Qb2 f6 22.Bd6 e5
23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Rd6 e4 25.Qd4 Bg6 26.Rd1 Rfe8 27.Qc3 a4 28.Qa5 Bf7 29.Qb6 Bxa2
30.Rd8 Qe6 31.R1d6 Qe5 32.Qxc6 Bc4 33.f4 exf3 34.Bxf3 a3 35.R6d7 a2 36.Qc8 a1=Q+
37.Kg2 Bf7 38.c6 Qac3 39.Qb7 Qxf3+ 40.exf3 Qe2+ 41.Kg1 Qe1+ 42.Kg2 Re2+ 43.Kh3 Qf1+
44.Kg4 h5+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 b6 7.Qg4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.Ne2 b5 10.O-O Qb6 11.Nf3 c4 12.a3 Nc7 13.h4 a5 14.Bd2 h6 15.Ne1 O-O-O 16.h5 Be7
17.Qxg7 Rdf8 18.Nf3 Ne8 19.Qg3 Rfg8 20.Qh3 Rh7 21.Rae1 Bg5 22.Nxg5 hxg5 23.g4 f6
24.exf6 e5 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Nd4 Qxf6 27.Qg3 Nd3 28.Re6 Qf7 29.Rb6 Nf4 30.Re1 Ng7
31.Nxb5 Nf5 32.Nd6+ Nxd6 33.Rxd6 Qc7 34.Bxf4 gxf4 35.Qxf4 Rhg7 36.Qf5+ Kb8
37.Rg6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bf4 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Rd1 b6
9.e4 Bb7 10.Be2 Nh5 11.Bc1 e5 12.a3 Nf6 13.b4 Nd4 14.Qd3 Nxe2 15.Qxe2 Be7
16.Nxe5 a5 17.c5 axb4 18.axb4 Re8 19.Qc4 Rf8 20.c6 Rc8 21.b5 Qe8 22.O-O dxc6
23.bxc6 Bxc6 24.Nxc6 Rxc6 25.Qb3 Bc5 26.Rde1 Qe5 27.Nd5 Nxe4 28.Be3 Rd8 29.Bxc5 bxc5
30.Nb6 Re6 31.Nc4 Qc3 32.Rd1 Ree8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Qb6 Qd4 35.h3 h6 36.Ne3 Qd6
37.Qb7 Qe6 38.Ra1 Qf6 39.Ra2 Nd6 40.Qb6 Ne4 41.Qb7 Qe6 42.Ra4 Nf6 43.Ra6 Qe8
44.Qc6 Rc8 45.Qxe8+ Nxe8 46.Kf1 Kf8 47.Ke2 Ke7 48.Nd5+ Kd8 49.Kd3 Rb8 50.Kc4 Rb2
51.Ra8+ Kd7 52.Ra7+ Kc6 53.Ne7+ Kd6 54.Nc8+ Kc6 55.Ne7+ Kd6 56.Nc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nh5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 f5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O-O Qe8 10.h3 f4 11.Bd2 Na6 12.e3 Bf5 13.e4 Bd7 14.c5 dxc5 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.dxc5 Rb8 17.Rhe1 e5 18.Nd5 c6 19.Nb4 Be6 20.Qa4 Rb5 21.Nd3 Nf6 22.Bc3 Nd7
23.Qxa6 Bc4 24.Qxc6 Kh7 25.Nb4 Rf7 26.Na6 Qe7 27.b3 Nxc5 28.bxc4 Nd3+ 29.Kd2 Rb6
30.Qa4 Nxf2 31.c5 Qd7+ 32.Qxd7 Rxd7+ 33.Ke2 Nxd1 34.Rxd1 Rxd1 35.cxb6 Rd7
36.Nc5 Rd8 37.b7 Bf8 38.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Barnaul"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 g6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.h3 b5 10.Nxb5 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Re8 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.a4 Qa5 14.Nxd6 Nd7 15.f3 Be5
16.Kf2 Bxd6 17.Re1 c4 18.Nf1 Nc5 19.Be3 Nxe4+ 20.fxe4 Rxe4 21.Nd2 Re5 22.Nf3 Rxd5
23.Qc2 Rd3 24.Rad1 Qd5 25.Bd4 Rc8 26.Re3 Bf4 27.Rdxd3 Qd6 28.Rc3 Bb7 29.Qe2 Qc6
30.Re7 Rd8 31.Be3 Bb8 32.Rxc4 Qd6 33.Rxb7 Qg3+ 34.Kf1 Re8 35.Bf2  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.f3 Bc8 6.Bd3 g6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bd2 Nbd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.Rg1 O-O 10.Rg3 Re8 11.f4 Bf8 12.Qd2 a6 13.O-O-O Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.a3 Bb7
16.Kb1 Nc5 17.Qe1 Qe7 18.Rh3 e5 19.fxe5 Qxg5 20.Rg3 Qh5 21.exd6 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4
23.Qd2 Rad8 24.Rg5 Qh6 25.Bc5 Bf3 26.Rg1 Re6 27.Qxh6 Rxh6 28.Rd3 Be4 29.Rd4 f5
30.h3 Bxd6 31.a4 Bc7 32.axb5 axb5 33.Bxb5 Rxd4 34.Bxd4 g6 35.Rd1 Bf4 36.Bc4+ Kf8
37.Bc5+ Ke8 38.Bb6 g5 39.Bb5+ Bc6 40.Bd3 Be4 41.Bb5+ Ke7 42.Bc5+ Kf6 43.Bd4+ Be5
44.Bb6 Rxh3 45.Bd8+ Kg6 46.Be8+ Kh6 47.Be7 g4 48.Bf8+ Kg5 49.Be7+ Bf6 50.Bc5 g3
51.Bb5 g2 52.Bd3 Rh1 53.Rg1 Rxg1+ 54.Bxg1 Bxd3 55.cxd3 h5 56.Kc2 h4 57.d4 h3
58.Kd3 Kg4  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.Re1 Rc8
16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh3 Be7 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Nxe6 Qa5 20.Bxd7+ Kxd7 21.Nec5+ Ke8
22.Qd7+ Kf7 23.Nxb7 Rc7 24.Nd6+ Kg7 25.Qe6 Rf8 26.Bd2 Nf6 27.b3 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Nxd5
29.Nc4 Bf6 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Be1 Rdd7 32.Rc1 Nf4 33.Kf1 Nd3 34.Rd1 Nxe1 35.Rxe1 Rd5
36.g3 Re7 37.Rc1 Red7 38.Rc2 g5 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.h3 h5 41.Nab2 Rd8 42.Re2 R5d7
43.Rc2 Rc7 44.Re2 Re7 45.Ne3 a5 46.Nbc4 Ra7 47.Nc2 Ra6 48.Re3 Rd1 49.a3 Rc1
50.Re2 a4  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 O-O
10.Qd2 h5 11.a4 Re8 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.Nd1 Ne5 14.Nec3 Nh7 15.Be2 f5 16.O-O Nf7
17.Nf2 g5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Rae1 a6 20.Kh1 Rb8 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Nxd3 b5 23.axb5 axb5
24.Ne4 b4 25.Ng3 c4 26.Nf2 c3 27.Qc2 b3 28.Qg6 Ne5 29.Qxh5 Nf6 30.Qh3 Nxd5
31.Nf5 Nxe3 32.Rxe3 cxb2 33.Ng4 Nxg4 34.fxg4 Rxe3 35.Qxe3 Qf6 36.Qd3 Qe5
37.Nxd6 Qd4 38.Qg6 b1=Q 39.Rxb1 Rd8 40.Qe6+ Kh7 41.Qf5+ Kg8 42.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bakic, Rados"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nge2 exd5
9.cxd5 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ng3 Nc7 13.a4 a6 14.f4 b5 15.Qf3 b4
16.Nd1 Re8 17.Nf2 a5 18.f5 Qe7 19.Bg5 Qf8 20.Rad1 Nd7 21.f6 Bh6 22.h4 Ne5
23.Qf4 Bxg5 24.hxg5 c4 25.Kh2 Na6 26.Rh1 Kh8 27.Ne2 Nc5 28.Kg3 Qg8 29.Nc1 h5
30.Rh4 b3 31.Qd2 Nxa4 32.Ne2 Nd3 33.Rdh1 Qh7 34.Nxd3 cxd3 35.Qxd3 Nc5 36.Qf3 Re5
37.Qe3 Rae8 38.Nc3 a4 39.Kf2 Kg8 40.Re1 a3 41.bxa3 Rb8 42.Kg1 Kh8 43.Rb1 b2
44.Qd2 Qg8 45.Rxb2 Rxb2 46.Qxb2 Qe8 47.Qb5 Qxb5 48.Nxb5 Nxe4 49.a4 Nxg5 50.Rd4 Ne4
51.a5 Nxf6 52.a6 Re1+ 53.Kf2 Ra1 54.a7 Kg7 55.Rd3 Nd7 56.Ra3 Rxa3 57.Nxa3 Nb6
58.Nc4 Na8 59.Nxd6 f5 60.Nb5 Kf8 61.d6 Nb6 62.Nc7 g5 63.Nd5  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.g3 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O c5 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bb2 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qe3 Nc5 15.h3 Rad8
16.Rad1 Nh5 17.b4 Ne6 18.Ne1 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 Qc7 20.Qf3 g6 21.Qb3 Qc8 22.f4 exf4
23.gxf4 Neg7 24.e4 Qe6 25.Rd5 f5 26.e5 dxe5 27.Rxe5 Qf7 28.Rfe1 Rd7 29.Qc2 Rfd8
30.c5 Rd2 31.Qc3 Qa2 32.R5e2 R2d3 33.Qe5 bxc5 34.bxc5 Qc4 35.Rc1 Rd1+ 36.Re1 Rxe1+
37.Qxe1 Qb5 38.Qc3 Qc6 39.Re1 Rd5 40.Qb3 Ne6 41.Ne3 Rxc5 42.Nxf5 Rxf5 43.Rxe6 Qd5
44.Qxd5 Rxd5 45.Be5 Ra5 46.Bd6 Ra6 47.Re8+ Kf7 48.Rf8+ Kg7 49.Rd8 Kf6 50.Rf8+ Ke6
51.Bb4 Rc6 52.Kg2 Rc2+ 53.Kf3 Rh2 54.Re8+ Kf6 55.Rf8+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.Nge2 h5
10.f3 Nc5 11.Qd2 Nh7 12.O-O-O h4 13.Rg1 a4 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.Nc1 Bf6 16.g5 Be7
17.Nd3 Nxd3 18.Bxd3 c5 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Re8 21.Rde1 a3 22.b3 Bf8 23.Kc2 Bg7
24.Bxd6 Bd4 25.e5 Ra6 26.Ne4 Bxg1 27.Rxg1 Rxd6 28.exd6 Bf5 29.Qf4 Bxe4 30.Bxe4 Qd7
31.Rg4 Rd8 32.Rxh4 Qe8 33.Rg4 Qf8 34.Qe5 Rxd6 35.Rf4 Qd8 36.h4 Nf8 37.Bf3 Rd7
38.Re4 b5 39.Bg4 Rd6 40.Qe7 Qb8 41.Qe8 Rd8 42.Qe5 Qb7 43.Be2 Rd7 44.Bd3 Rd8
45.Re2 Qd7 46.Qe7 bxc4 47.Bxc4 Qf5+ 48.Kc3 Qh3+ 49.Kc2 Qf5+ 50.Kc3 Qh3+ 51.Kd2 Rd7
52.Qxc5 Ne6 53.Qf2 Ng7 54.Qf4 Nh5 55.Qe3 Ng3 56.Rf2 Kh7 57.h5 Qh4 58.hxg6+ fxg6
59.Rf3 Qh2+ 60.Kd3 Nh5 61.Qe8 Rg7 62.Rf8 Qg3+ 63.Qe3 Qd6 64.Re8 Qh2 65.b4 Qd6
66.Kc3 Qh2 67.Kb3 Ng3 68.Re7 Nf5 69.Rxg7+ Kxg7 70.Qa7+ Kh8 71.Qa8+ Kh7 72.Qb7+ Ng7
73.Kxa3 Qg3+ 74.Ka4 Qxg5 75.d6 Kh6 76.d7 Qd2 77.Qd5  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Nc4 Be6 8.Ne3 Bd7
9.c4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.c5 Ne8 12.Nc4 f5 13.Qb3 e4 14.Ng5 h6 15.c6 bxc6 16.dxc6 Rb8
17.Nb6+ d5 18.cxd7 Rxb6 19.dxe8=Q Qxe8 20.Qc2 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Nc6 22.Rab1 Nd4
23.Qd1 Qb5 24.e3 Ne6 25.Be7 Rf7 26.a4 Qb3 27.Ba3 c5 28.Re1 d4 29.f3 Qxd1
30.Rbxd1 dxe3 31.fxe4 f4 32.gxf4 Nxf4 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.a5 Rb3 35.e5 Rf5 36.Bd5 Nxd5
37.Rxd5 Bxe5 38.Rxc5 e2 39.Rc4 Bxb2 40.Bxb2 Rxb2 41.Rc7+ Kh6 42.Rxa7 Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 c5 4.b4 Ne7 5.Nf3 Nbc6 6.bxc5 dxc5 7.Nc3 Ng6 8.Rb1 Bd6
9.d3 O-O 10.Nd2 f5 11.Ba3 e4 12.dxe4 f4 13.Nf3 Be6 14.O-O Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxb7 Bxc4 17.Nb5 Be7 18.Qxd8 Bxd8 19.Bxc5 f3 20.exf3 Rf7 21.Rxf7 Nxf7
22.Rb1 a6 23.Na7 Bxa2 24.Rb2 Bc4 25.f4 Bc7 26.e5 Rd8 27.h4 a5 28.Rb7 Rd7
29.Nc6 Nd8 30.Nxd8 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Bxd8 32.Bd6  1-0

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Naberezhnie Chelni"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasjanov, V."]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 f5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng1 cxd4 7.exd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.f3 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.O-O-O a6 13.a3 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Bxb5 Na7
16.Ba4 d5 17.Nge2 Be6 18.Nf4 Bf7 19.h4 Qa5 20.Kb1 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Qxa4
23.Qc2 Qa6 24.Qb3 Bd6 25.Rc2 Nc6 26.Rhc1 Na5 27.Qa2 Nc4 28.fxe4 fxe4 29.g3 Qb5
30.Rc3 Nxa3+ 31.Ka1 Nc2+ 32.R1xc2 Rxa2+ 33.Kxa2 Ng4 34.Bg1 e3 35.Rc8+ Kh7
36.Ra8 Bxf4 37.gxf4 e2  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Naberezhnie Chelni"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A94"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Ba3 Bxa3
9.Nxa3 b6 10.Nc2 Na6 11.Nce1 Bb7 12.Nd3 Rc8 13.Rc1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nf4 Qd6
16.h4 Ne4 17.e3 Nc7 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Ng5 Nxg5 20.hxg5 Rfd8 21.Qc2 Ba6 22.Rfd1 Qe5
23.Qxc5 Nb5 24.Bxd5+ Kh8 25.Qb4 Qd6 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Qxd6 Nxd6 28.Be6 Rc6
29.Ng6+ hxg6 30.Kg2 Be2 31.Rd2 Bh5 32.f3 Kh7 33.Bd7 Ra6 34.a4 Nf7 35.g4 fxg4
36.fxg4 Nxg5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.b4 Kh6 39.Rc2 g6 40.a5 Rd6 41.Bc6 Rd3 42.Kf2 Ra3
43.Rc4 Ra2+ 44.Ke1 Nf7 45.Re4 Nd6 46.Re6 Nf5 47.Be8 Rg2 48.b5 h4 49.b6 axb6
50.axb6 Rb2 51.Rxg6+ Kh7 52.Rf6 Nxe3 53.Rf7+ Kh6 54.b7 Nc4 55.Bc6 Na5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Naberezhnie Chelni"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Ne7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Rb8 10.Qc2 Nf5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.e3 Qb4 13.Na4 Nd6 14.Bf1 Ne4 15.a3 Qe7
16.Bd2 d6 17.Be1 Re8 18.Rac1 h5 19.Nc3 Bg4 20.Be2 Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Bxe2
23.Qxe2 c5 24.Re1 Qe4 25.f3 Qc6 26.e4 Rb3 27.f4 Re6 28.f5 gxf5 29.Qxh5 fxe4
30.Re2 Re5 31.Qg4+ Kf8 32.Qc8+ Ke7 33.Rf2 Qb7 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.Qd7+ Kg6 36.Rf1 Rb1
37.Qf7+ Kh6 38.Qf6+ Kh7 39.Qf7+ Kh6 40.Qf6+ Kh7 41.Qf7+ Kh8 42.Qf8+ Kh7 43.Qf7+ Kh6
44.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Naberezhnie Chelni"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.g5 exf4 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Ne7
16.Rhg1 Kh8 17.Nxf6 gxf6 18.Qe4 Ng6 19.Rd5 Qc7 20.Qd4 Be6 21.Rc5 Qe7 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Kb1 e5 24.Qc3 fxe3 25.fxe3 Qe6 26.Ka1 Rac8 27.Rc1 Ne7 28.Qb4 Rxc5 29.Rxc5 Rd8
30.Rc1 b6 31.Qa4 Qd7 32.Qh4 Qf5 33.Ne1 Qe6 34.Qa4 Qd7 35.Qh4 Kg7 36.Qg3+ Kh8
37.Qh4 Qd6 38.Nc2 Ng6 39.Qa4 Qd7 40.Qa6 Rc8 41.Kb1 Rc6 42.Qf1 Rd6 43.Nb4 a5
44.Na2 f5 45.Qa6 Kg7 46.Nc3 Kh6 47.Rc2 f4 48.Qe2 Rd3 49.exf4 exf4 50.h4 Re3
51.Qg2 Rg3 52.Qf2 Qd3 53.Ne2 Rg4 54.h5 Kxh5 55.Qxb6 f3 56.Nc1 Qf5 57.Qd6 Rg2
58.Nd3 Rxc2 59.Kxc2 Ne5  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Naberezhnie Chelni"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.h3 h6 11.a3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Nh4 Nf8 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Nf3 Bc7
16.b4 N6h7 17.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Naberezhnie Chelni"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rodin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qxb5
16.Nxf8 Kxf8 17.a4 Qxb2 18.O-O h5 19.Bf4 Kg8 20.Be5 Qb4 21.h3 Rh6 22.Qxd4 Qxd4
23.Bxd4 Nd5 24.Rfd1 Ra5 25.Rdb1 e5 26.Bxe5 Rha6 27.Rb8+ Kh7 28.Rb5 f6 29.Bd4 Kg6
30.Rxa5 Rxa5 31.f3 h4 32.Bf2 Kh5 33.Be1 Ra6 34.a5 g5 35.Rb1 Kg6 36.Rb5 Rd6
37.a6 Nc7 38.a7 Ra6 39.Ra5 Re6 40.Bf2  1-0

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Naberezhnie Chelni"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6 5.b3 Be7 6.c4 b4 7.d4 O-O 8.a3 a5 9.axb4 Bxb4
10.Bb2 d6 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Nc3 Rfb8 14.Ne1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 c5 16.e3 d5
17.Nd3 dxc4 18.bxc4 cxd4 19.exd4 Nb6 20.Na4 Qb7+ 21.Kg1 Nxa4 22.Rxa4 Be7
23.Ba3 Bd8 24.Bd6 Rc8 25.c5 Qd5 26.Bf4 Qh5 27.Kg2 Nd5 28.Bd2 Qe2 29.Kg1 Bc7
30.Re1 Qf3 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.dxe5 h5 33.Bxa5 h4 34.Rxh4 g6 35.Qd2 Kf8 36.c6 Qf5
37.Rh8+ Ke7 38.Bb4+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 bxc4 6.Nc3 Qb6 7.e4 Qxb2 8.Bd2 Ba6
9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Ne5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 exd5 12.Qh5 g6 13.Nf6+ Ke7 14.Nxd5+ Ke6 15.Nxc4 Bxc4
16.Qg4+ Kxd5 17.Bxc4+ Kd6 18.Qf4+ Kc6 19.Qe4+ Kc7 20.Qb7+ Kd6 21.Rd1 Qa4
22.Bg5+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fokin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 Bb7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 a6 10.bxa6 Rxa6 11.O-O Nc6 12.b3 Qa8 13.a3 Nd4 14.Bb2 Ng4 15.Bh3 h5
16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Bxd4 e5 18.Bxg4 hxg4 19.Bxe5 Qe8 20.Bd4 Qh5 21.f3 Rd6 22.e3 Rh6
23.Rf2 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Rxf3 25.Rg2 Bd6 26.Raa2 Bxg3 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qxd7+ Rf7
29.Qd4+ Be5 30.Qxg4+ Qxg4 31.Rxg4+ Kf8 32.b4 Rh3 33.Re4 Rg7+ 34.Kf1 Bxh2
35.Rf2+ Kg8 36.Ke2 Bg1 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Rff8 Rh2+ 39.Kf1 Ra2 40.Rh8+ Kg6 41.Rhg8 Ra1+
42.Ke2 Rxa3 43.Re6+ Kh7 44.Rge8 Rb3 45.Re4 Bxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.e3 Bf5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.Nf4 c6 14.Be2 Qe7 15.O-O Nf6
16.b4 g6 17.Rfe1 h5 18.Bf1 Rc7 19.Rc1 a6 20.Qc5 Qd8 21.a4 Rcc8 22.f3 b6 23.Qc3 a5
24.bxa5 Rxa5 25.Qb3 Kg7 26.Red1 Ne8 27.Rd2 Nf6 28.Rb2 c5 29.dxc5 Rcxc5 30.Rd1 Bd7
31.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levin, Felix"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Nbd2 d5 8.c3 Nbd7
9.Qb3 a5 10.Qxb5 Ba6 11.Qa4 Bxe2 12.Rfe1 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 c5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.dxe5 c4 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qc2 Ra6 19.Rad1 Qb6 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.Rd2 Qc5 22.h4 Rab6
23.Rc1 Bg7 24.Kh2 Rd6 25.f4 Rbd8 26.Rdd1 Qb5 27.Rc2 Qa4 28.a3 Qb5 29.Rcc1 d4
30.cxd4 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Rxd4 32.Rc3 Qa4 33.b3 Qxa3 34.Rxc4 Rd8 35.Qc2 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.O-O h6
16.a3 bxa3 17.Rxa3 a6 18.Be2 g6 19.Nd2 Nf4 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Nd5 22.Nc4 Nd7
23.Qd4 Qc7 24.b3 Qa7 25.Qh4 Kg8 26.Rd1 N7b6 27.Nd6 Rh7 28.Bxh6 Qe7 29.Qxe7 Nxe7
30.Bg5 Ned5 31.Ne4 Nd7 32.Nf6+ N7xf6 33.exf6 Kf8 34.h4 Ke8 35.g4 Kd7 36.Kg2 Kc6
37.Rc1+ Kb5 38.Rd3 Rhh8 39.Kf3 Rac8 40.Rxc8 Rxc8 41.Kg3 Rh8 42.Rd4 Kc6 43.Ra4 Kb7
44.Kf3 Ka7 45.Rd4 a5 46.Ke4 Rb8 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 Rxb3 49.Ke5 Rf3 50.Kd6 Rxf2
51.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nenashev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bxb4 Qxb4+
9.Nc3 c5 10.a3 Qa5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.Rc1 f5 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.Nb5 Qxd2+
16.Nxd2 Bd7 17.Be2 Rdc8 18.Nf3 Ne4 19.Nd6 Rc7 20.cxd5 exd5 21.O-O Nf6 22.b4 Bg4
23.Rfd1 Re7 24.Rc2 a6 25.h3 Bh5 26.Rb2 h6 27.g4 Bg6 28.Nh4 Bh7 29.Nhf5 Bxf5
30.Nxf5 Rd7 31.Bf3 Kf8 32.Bg2 Rad8 33.Rbd2 a5 34.b5 Ne5 35.Rc2 Rc8 36.f4 Nc4
37.g5 Nxa3 38.Ra2 Nxb5 39.gxf6 g6 40.Ne7 Nc3 41.Nxc8  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 b6 7.a4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.Ndf3 Ndb8 10.Nh3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Qe2 Nab4 14.f5 exf5 15.Nf4 O-O-O
16.Bd2 Kb7 17.a5 Nxa5 18.e6 fxe6 19.Ne5 Qe8 20.Rfc1 Bd6 21.Bxb4 Bxb4 22.Nfd3 Bd6
23.b4 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Nc4 25.Rxc4 dxc4 26.Qxc4 b5 27.Qc3 Rc8 28.Qf3+ Kb8 29.Ra6 Rc1+
30.Kf2 Qc8 31.Nc6+ Rxc6 32.Rxc6 Qd7 33.Qf4+ Kb7 34.Rd6 Qc7 35.Qe5 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Rc8
37.Qxe6 Rc3+ 38.Kh4 Qe4+ 39.Qxe4+ fxe4 40.Rd7+ Rc7 41.Rd5 Re7 42.Rxb5+ Kc6
43.Rc5+ Kd6 44.Kg3 e3 45.Rc1 Kd5 46.Kf3 e2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 c6 9.a4 Na6
10.Nge2 h5 11.f3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Nh7 13.gxh5 Qh4+ 14.Bf2 Qxh5 15.Ng3 Qg5 16.h4 Qf4
17.h5 Nb4 18.Be2 Bd7 19.Kf1 Bh6 20.Kg2 Bg5 21.Rh2 Kg7 22.Qh1 Rh8 23.Nf1 Nc2
24.Rd1 Rag8 25.Bd3 Nd4 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Ne2 Qe5 28.Nfg3 Be3 29.Rf1 Nf6 30.f4 Qe8
31.Rh4 gxh5 32.f5 Kf8 33.Rf3 Bg5 34.Nxd4 Qe5 35.Ne6+ fxe6 36.fxe6 Be8 37.Rf5 Qxb2+
38.Kf3 Qd2 39.Bb5 Bg6 40.Rxg5 Qxg5 41.Rf4 h4 42.Ne2 Ke7 43.Qa1 Bh5+ 44.Ke3 Bxe2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kozlov, Vladimir N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 a5 5.e4 Be7 6.h3 O-O 7.g4 Na6 8.Nge2 Ne8 9.Ng3 Bg5
10.Be2 Nc5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.h4 Qe7 13.Qd2 g6 14.O-O-O Qf6 15.Rh2 Qf4 16.g5 Qxd2+
17.Kxd2 f6 18.gxf6 Bd7 19.Rg1 Nxf6 20.f3 Kf7 21.Nd1 Rg8 22.Ne3 Raf8 23.b3 Ke8
24.Rb1 Ke7 25.Bd1 Ra8 26.Bc2 Na6 27.a3 c5 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.h5 Rab8 30.hxg6 hxg6
31.Kc3 Rgc8 32.Rd1 Be6 33.Kb2 Nc5 34.Ka2 Rh8 35.Rxh8 Rxh8 36.Rh1 Rb8 37.Rd1 Nh5
38.Nxh5 gxh5 39.Rh1 Rh8 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 Na6 42.Kb3 Rb8 43.Rxh5 Nxb4 44.Rh7+ Kf6
45.Kc3 Nxc2 46.Kxc2 Ra8 47.Rh6+ Ke7 48.Rh7+ Kf6 49.Rh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd6 Nc6
9.Rd1 Bxd6 10.cxd6 Rd8 11.e3 Rxd6 12.Be2 Rd8 13.O-O Bd7 14.a3 dxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Semeniuk, Alexander A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[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 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e5 11.d5 Bb4 12.Qd3 Ne7 13.Rfd1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nexd5 15.Qf5+ Kb8
16.Qxe5 Qxc3 17.Bd4 Qxc2 18.Rac1 Qa4 19.Qg3 Rc8 20.Qxg7 Rhg8 21.Qxf7 Rcf8
22.Qe6 c6 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Rxc6 Qf4 25.Rc4 Qxf3 26.Qd6+ Ka8 27.Qxf8+ Rxf8
28.gxf3 a6 29.Rf4 Rg8+ 30.Kf1 Nh5 31.Rf5 Ng7 32.Rg5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[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 Kf8
9.h4 c5 10.Rh3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Nxd2 12.Kxd2 c4 13.Be2 b5 14.Rg3 Rg8 15.Qf4 a5
16.Bh5 Qe7 17.Rf3 Nd8 18.Ne2 b4 19.Rb1 Bd7 20.g4 Rb8 21.cxb4 axb4 22.a3 Ke8
23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 g6 25.Bg4 b3 26.Nc3 Qxa3 27.Nxd5 exd5 28.e6 Qa5+ 29.Rc3 Bxe6
30.Qxb8 Bxg4 31.Re1+ Kd7 32.cxb3 Qa2+ 33.Rc2 Qxb3 34.Qa7+ Qb7 35.Qa3 Nc6
36.Rb2 Qc7 37.Kc1 Rb8 38.Rxb8 Qxb8 39.Qe3 Be6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 Be6 6.b3 Qd7 7.Bb2 h5 8.e4 O-O-O
9.Bd3 h4 10.h3 g5 11.Nb5 Rh7 12.Nf3 Bh6 13.Nfd4 g4 14.Qc3 gxh3 15.gxh3 Nge7
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Be2 Ng6 18.Rd1 Nf4 19.Bg4 Rf8 20.Rh2 Bg7 21.Qd2 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 a6
23.Nd4 Ne5 24.Qc3 Qg7 25.f3 Nxg4 26.hxg4 h3 27.c5 Ng2+ 28.Ke2 Qe5 29.Rxg2 hxg2
30.c6 Rh1 31.cxb7+ Kxb7 32.Qc6+ Kb8 33.Qxa6 Re1+ 34.Rxe1 Qxd4 35.Qb5+ Kc8
36.Qa6+  0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.Nc3 d5 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Nb6 14.a4 a5 15.Nf4 Rb8
16.e3 Qd7 17.Bd2 Bc6 18.Be1 Rfd8 19.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Bxf6 Bxd3 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Nb3 c4 15.Nbd4 Nxd4
16.exd4 Bf5 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.b4 cxb3 19.axb3 Rxb3 20.Rxa7 Re8 21.Qe3 Rb1 22.Rxb1 Bxb1
23.h4 Qd6 24.Ne5 Qe6 25.Qc1 f6 26.Nd7 Bf5 27.Nc5 Qe2 28.Qe3 Qxe3 29.fxe3 Kf7
30.Kf2 Rb8 31.Nb7 Kf8 32.Kf3 Be4+ 33.Kg3 Bf5 34.Kf4 h5 35.g3 Ke8 36.Kf3 Bc8
37.Nc5 Bg4+ 38.Kf4 Rb1 39.e4 Rf1+ 40.Ke3 Rf3+ 41.Kd2 dxe4 42.Nxe4 Bf5 43.Nc5 Rxg3
44.d5 Rg2+ 45.Ke1 Rg4 46.Ra8+ Kf7 47.Ra7 Rc4 48.Nb7 Rxc3 49.Nd6+ Kf8 50.Nxf5 gxf5
51.d6 exd6 52.Rh7 Rc5 53.Kf2 Re5 54.Kf3 d5 55.Kf4 d4 56.Rd7 Ke8 57.Rxd4 Re4+
58.Rxe4+ fxe4 59.Kxe4 Ke7 60.Kf5 Kf7 61.Ke4 Ke6 62.Kf4 f5  0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.a3 dxc3
9.axb4 cxb2 10.Bxb2 Ne8 11.Bd3 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh7 Nxh7 15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.O-O Nc6 17.b5 Ne7 18.Ra3 Qc7 19.Re1 d6 20.Be4 Rb8 21.Rea1 e5 22.Rxa7 Bb7
23.Qd2 Nf5 24.Rd1 Qc8 25.Qd3 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Qe6 27.h3 Rbc8 28.Rc1 Qf6 29.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bd3 Qc3 7.O-O d5 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.e4 c4 10.Be2 Be7 11.Re1 Nc6 12.exd5 exd5 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Ne4 Qa5 15.d5 Ne5
16.d6 Bd8 17.Nxe5 fxe5 18.d7+ Bxd7 19.Nd6+ Kf8 20.Nxf7 Qc7 21.Qf3 Kg7 22.Nxd8 Raxd8
23.Qg3+ Kf6 24.Qh4+ Kg6 25.Qg3+ Kf6 26.Qh4+ Kg6 27.Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D55"]

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

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O a5
9.Re1 c4 10.Bc2 b5 11.Nf1 Nb6 12.Ng3 h5 13.h4 Bxh4 14.Nxh4 Qxh4 15.Be3 Kd7
16.Qd2 Qd8 17.Bg5 Qf8 18.Re3 Ne7 19.Rf3 g6 20.Ne2 Kc6 21.Nf4 Rg8 22.Re1 Kb7
23.b3 Bd7 24.Rb1 Rc8 25.bxc4 Nxc4 26.Qc1 Ka7 27.Bd3 Nf5 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Nxh5 Bc6
30.Nf6 Rg6 31.Rh3 Qa3 32.Rh7 Rc7 33.Nh5 a4 34.Ra1 Rb7 35.Qxa3 Nxa3 36.Bh6 Rg8
37.Rd1 Rc8 38.Rd3 Nb1 39.Kh2 Ka6 40.Rg3 Ka5 41.Nf4 b4 42.cxb4+ Kxb4 43.Nd3+ Kc4
44.Nc5 Rb2 45.Rxf7 Rxa2 46.Nxe6 Rxf2 47.Rf8 Rxf8 48.Bxf8 f4 49.Rg6 a3 50.Nc7 Bb7
51.e6 a2 52.e7 Re2 53.Ne6 a1=Q 54.e8=Q Nd2 55.Kh3 Qh1+ 56.Kg4 Rxg2+ 57.Kxf4 Rf2+  0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 b6
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.d4 Rc8 11.Rab1 Rc7 12.Rfe1 h6 13.a3 Qa8 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Rxe4 Nf6 17.Ree1 Be7 18.Ne5 Nd7 19.Nd3 Rd8 20.Qe2 Nf6 21.Nf4 Rcd7 22.Bh3 Rd6
23.b4 Ba6 24.Qc2 b5 25.c5 R6d7 26.Rxe6 Bc8 27.Re5 Rc7 28.Bg2 Bg4 29.Rbe1 Bf8
30.Qb3 Qc8 31.d5 cxd5 32.Nxd5 Nxd5 33.Bxd5 Bh3 34.Qf3 Rcd7 35.Qh5 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Qc6
37.Ree5 f6 38.f3 Ra8 39.Re3 Be6 40.Rd2 a5 41.Qg6  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 O-O
15.Qe3 f6 16.Nxc4 Na6 17.Be2 Qf5+ 18.Kb3 Nc5+ 19.Ka2 Nxa4 20.Rhd1 Qb5 21.b3 Nb6
22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Nd6 Qc5 24.Rac1 Qf2 25.Rc2 g6 26.Qe7 Qxg2 27.Nf7+ Kg8 28.Nd8 Qg5
29.Ne6 Qa5+ 30.Kb1  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.h4 O-O 10.Qd2 Nde5 11.Be2 Na5 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Nb3 Nac4 14.Bxc4 Nxc4 15.Qd4 b5
16.Nd2 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qc7 18.Nf3 Rfc8 19.h5 Be8 20.h6 Bf8 21.Rd2 g6 22.Kb1 Qb7
23.Rh4 b4 24.Nd1 a5 25.Qf6 a4 26.Nd4 e5 27.Ne2 Rab8 28.Nc1 Qc6 29.Qf2 Bd7
30.Ka1 Be6 31.Qg2 b3 32.Rh2 a3 33.axb3 Bxb3 34.Nxb3 Rxb3 35.c3 Qa4 36.Kb1 Ra8
37.Qe2 Qxe4+ 38.Qd3 axb2 39.Nxb2 Qa4 40.Kc1 Qa1+  0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qb6 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.O-O O-O
16.d5 e6 17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Rd2 Rcd8 19.Rfd1 Rd7 20.Nh2 Rfd8 21.f4 Re7 22.f5 Bc8
23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.Bxg4 Re5 25.Nd5 Qc6 26.Rf1 Qe8 27.f6 Bxg4 28.fxg7 Rxd5 29.cxd5 Qxe3+
30.Rdf2 Bh5 31.Kh2 Kxg7 32.Qc3+ Qxc3 33.bxc3 Re8 34.Rf6 Rd8 35.R6f2 Re8 36.Rf6 Rd8
37.a4 Rd7 38.R6f2 Re7 39.a5 Bg6 40.Rd1 c4 41.Rb2 Bd3 42.g4 Kf6 43.Rf2+ Kg7
44.Rb2 Kf6 45.Rf2+ Kg7 46.Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O b5 10.f4 g6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.g4 h5 13.h3 Qb6 14.Kg2 b4 15.Bd2 Qb5 16.Ng3 Nb6
17.gxh5 gxh5 18.h4 Nc4 19.Qc2 bxc3 20.bxc3 Rb8 21.Rf2 Qa5 22.Qd3 Qa3 23.Bc1 Qa5
24.f5 cxd4 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Qg6+ Kd7 27.Nxd4 Nc5 28.Rf7 Rbe8 29.Bg5 Nxe5 30.Rxe7+ Rxe7
31.Qf6 Rf7 32.Qxh8 Ncd3 33.Rb1 Rf2+ 34.Kh3 Nc6 35.Rb7+ Kd6 36.Be7+  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.c3 Be7 8.Be2 Rb8
9.O-O b5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Ne4 13.Bd3 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 f5 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Be3 O-O 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Rac1 g6 19.Rc2 Qb6 20.Be2 Rbc8 21.Rfc1 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rc8
23.Rc5 Be7 24.b4 Qa6 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.a3 a5 27.bxa5 Bxa3 28.Qa2 Qc3 29.Qd2 Qa1+
30.Kf2 Bd6 31.Qe1 Qa3 32.Bd2 Qa4 33.Bg4 Kf7 34.Qd1 Qxd4+ 35.Be3 Qb2+ 36.Qd2 Qa3
37.f5 gxf5 38.Bh5+ Kg8 39.Bd4 f4  0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Qg4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.Ne2 b5 10.Nf4 Qb6 11.Nf3 h6 12.O-O c4 13.Nh5 Rh7 14.Bd2 Nc7 15.b3 Qc6 16.Rfb1 a5
17.Nf4 Nb6 18.Ng6 Ba3 19.Ne1 b4 20.Nc2 cxb3 21.Rxb3 Nc4 22.Be1 Bb2 23.Rb1 bxc3
24.Bxc3 a4 25.Rb4 a3 26.Nxa3 Bxa3 27.Rb8+ Rxb8 28.Rxb8+ Kd7 29.Qf3 fxg6 30.Qf7+ Be7
31.g3 Nxe5 32.dxe5 Qxc3 33.Qg8 Qxe5 34.Qc8+ Kc6 35.Qb7+ Kd7 36.Qc8+ Kd6 37.Rb6+ Kc5
38.Qb7 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kg1 Kd4 43.Qxc7 Qe1+ 44.Kg2 Qe4+
45.Kg1 Qe1+ 46.Kg2 Bb4 47.Qa7 Qe4+ 48.Kg1 Qe1+ 49.Kg2 Qe4+ 50.Kg1 Kd3 51.Qa4 Bd2
52.Qb5+ Qc4 53.Qb1+ Qc2 54.Qb5+ Qc4 55.Qb1+ Kd4 56.Qxg6 Qd3 57.Qxe6 Qe4 58.Qd7 Qe1+
59.Kg2 Qe4+ 60.Kg1 g5 61.Qa4+ Kd3 62.Qb5+ Qc4 63.Qb1+ Qc2 64.Qb5+ Ke4 65.Qe2+ Kd4
66.Rb4+ Kc5 67.Rb5+ Kd4 68.Rb4+ Kc5 69.Rb5+ Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4
10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.g3 Bg7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.Nxb5 Nd7 14.Nxc6 Bb7 15.O-O Bxc6 16.Bxc6 Rad8
17.Qa4 Nb8 18.Bg2 a6 19.Na3 hxg3 20.hxg3 Qg5 21.Nxc4 Bxd4 22.Rad1 Rd7 23.Qb3 Rfd8
24.Rd2 Qc5 25.Rc2 Qf5 26.Nd2 a5 27.Nf3 Bf6 28.Rc4 Rd3 29.Qc2 Qb5 30.Rb1 Na6
31.Bf1 Nb4 32.Bxd3 Rxd3 33.Rg4+ Kh7 34.Qc8 Bg7 35.Rf4 Qd5 36.Nh4 f5 37.Re1 Rd1
38.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39.Kh2 Qe2 40.Qe8 Nd3 41.Qg6+ Kg8 42.Rc4 Nc5 43.b3 Qxf2+ 44.Ng2 Kf8
45.b4 axb4 46.Rxb4 Bd4 47.Rb1 Ke7 48.Qxh6 Ne4 49.Qf4 Qxa2 50.Rb7+ Kf6 51.Qc7 Kg5
52.Qd8+ Kg4 53.Qxd4 Qe2 54.Qe3  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 a6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b5 5.b3 Qb6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Nf6 8.cxb5 axb5
9.d4 d5 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 c4 12.bxc4 b4 13.Nd1 dxc4 14.d5 Bc5 15.dxe6 fxe6
16.Rb1 Be4 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Rxb4 Nd5 19.Rb7 c3 20.Qg5 c2 21.Nb2 Nc3 22.Qxc5 Nxc5
23.Rc7 Nxe2+ 24.Kh1 O-O 25.Rxc5 Rac8 26.Na4 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Rxc5  0-1

[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Qb3 N8d7 13.Qb5 Bg6 14.c5 Nc8 15.Rfd1 Qc7
16.Bf4 b6 17.cxd6 Bxd6 18.Be3 a4 19.Rac1 Ra5 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Bxc4 Na7 22.Be2 f5
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxa4 Rxe5 27.Bf1 Nc8 28.Ba6 Be8 29.Bxc8 Bxa4
30.Rd6 Kf7 31.Rxb6 Rd8 32.b3 Be8 33.a4 Rd2 34.Ba6 Kf6 35.Bc4 Bh5 36.Bf1 Be2
37.b4 Bxf1 38.Rxf1 Ree2 39.a5 Ra2 40.a6 f4 41.b5 g5 42.Rb7 h5 43.a7 g4 44.b6 g3
45.Rb8 gxf2+ 46.Kh2 Re1 47.Rxf2 Rxf2 48.a8=Q Rff1 49.Rf8+ Kg7 50.Rg8+ Kf6
51.Qf8+ Ke5 52.Qc5+ Ke4 53.Qc4+ Ke5 54.Qxf1  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vepkhvishvili, Varlam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Nf3 a5 9.Nd2 Nc5
10.g4 Bd7 11.Be2 a4 12.h4 Bxg4 13.Bxg4 Nd3+ 14.Ke2 Nxb2 15.Qc2 Nxc4 16.Nxc4 Nxg4
17.h5 Qd7 18.Qb2 Nf6 19.h6 Bh8 20.Qxb7 Rfb8 21.Qc6 Qxc6 22.dxc6 Ra6 23.Rab1 Re8
24.Rb4 Rxc6 25.Rxa4 Ng4 26.Nd5 f5 27.Bg5 Kf7 28.Rc1 Ke6 29.Ra7 fxe4 30.Nxc7+ Rxc7
31.Rxc7 Ra8 32.Rc2 d5 33.Nb6 Ra6 34.R7c6+ Kf5 35.Nxd5 Rxc6 36.Rxc6 Kxg5 37.a4 Nxh6
38.Ne3 Nf5 39.Nxf5 Kxf5 40.a5  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bc4 d6 7.c3 c6 8.d3 Ne7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qh5 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qg4 e5 13.Nd2 dxc3 14.bxc3 Rf7 15.Nf3 Qc8
16.Qxc8+ Rxc8 17.a4 Ng6 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 Bb4 20.a5 c5 21.dxc5 dxc5 22.a6 Re8
23.Bd2 Ne5 24.Bxb4 cxb4 25.Rfb1 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.b3 d5 12.c5 N6d7 13.a3 c6 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.Na4 Na6 16.f4 b6
17.g4 f6 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.cxb6 Ra8 21.Rc1 Nxb6 22.Nc5 Qe8 23.a4 Nd7
24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Nf3 Be4 26.g5 Be7 27.Ne5 Qb7 28.Nxc6 Ba3 29.Ra1 Bd6 30.Rc1 Rfc8
31.Ne5 Rxc1 32.Bxc1 Rc8 33.Qh5 Qxb3 34.Qg4 Bf5 35.Qf3 Qxa4 36.Be3 Qb3 37.Re1 a4
38.Qh5 Bxe5 39.dxe5 d4 40.Bf2 d3 41.Be3 a3  0-1

[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meister, Yakov"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb3 Na6
9.g4 Nc5 10.Qf3 b5 11.Nc6 Qc7 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.e5 Qb7 14.Qxb7 Bxb7 15.Rg1 Nxb3
16.axb3 dxe5 17.Nxb5 Be4 18.c4 Rfd8 19.Ke2 Bc2 20.Rgc1 Bd3+ 21.Kf3 a6 22.Nc7 Rab8
23.Ra3 Be4+ 24.Kg3 Bb7 25.Nxa6 Ne4+ 26.Kh3 Bxa6 27.Rxa6 Rxb3 28.Kg2 Rxb2
29.c5 Nf6 30.c6 Kf8 31.Bg5 Rc8 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Ra7 Kg7 34.Rd1 Rc2 35.Rdd7 Rf8
36.c7 Kg6 37.Kf3 Rc4 38.Ke3 h5 39.gxh5+ Kxh5 40.Kd3 Rc5 41.Ke2 Kg6 42.Ra3 Rc8
43.Rg3+ Kf5 44.Rf3+ Kg6 45.Rg3+ Kf5 46.Rxf7 e4 47.h4 Ke5 48.Rg6 f5 49.Re7 Kf4
50.Rexe6 R8xc7 51.Kf1 Rc2 52.h5 R7c3 53.Kg1 Rf3 54.Rg2 Rh3 55.Rh2 Rxh2 56.Kxh2 Rxf2+
57.Kg1 Kf3 58.Rf6 Rg2+ 59.Kf1 Rg5 60.h6 e3 61.Re6 f4  0-1

[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Purgin, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.f3 a5
9.e4 O-O 10.Be3 b6 11.Ne2 Bb7 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.Be2 Nfxe4 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Qc2 Qh4+
16.Kf1 Ng3+ 17.Kg1 Nxh1 18.Kxh1 d5 19.Nf3 Qe7 20.Bxb6 dxc4 21.Bxa5 Qf6 22.Bc3 Qg6
23.Qa4 Qe4 24.Re1 Rfd8 25.Qb5 Bd5 26.Qb6 f6 27.Bf1 Qg4 28.Qe3 e5 29.a4 e4
30.Ng1 Qe6 31.a5 Bb7 32.Nh3 Qc6 33.Nf4 Re8 34.Be2 Qc5 35.Qxc5 Rxc5 36.Rd1 Rc7
37.Rd4 Rec8 38.Nd5 Bxd5 39.Rxd5 Rc6 40.g4 g6 41.Rd7 f5 42.g5 f4 43.Re7 e3
44.Kg2 Rc5 45.h4 Rf5 46.Kf3 Rd8 47.Bxc4+ Kf8 48.Bb4  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Basin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[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 O-O
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5 15.g4 a5
16.gxh5 Nxh5 17.f4 Nc4 18.Qd3 a4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Nd5 Rxd5 22.exd5 Rb8
23.c3 a3 24.b4 cxb3 25.axb3 Bxd4 26.cxd4 Bf5+ 27.Ka1 Qxb3 28.Rh2 a2 29.Rhh1 Bc2  0-1

[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Titov, German"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.b3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ng5 Rf8 13.Nce4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bb4 15.a3 Ba5
16.Bb2 exd4 17.Bxd4 Re8 18.Bd3 Bc7 19.Nc5 Nf8 20.b4 Qh4 21.g3 Qh6 22.e4 b6
23.Be3 Qh5 24.Nb3 Bg4 25.Re1 Rad8 26.f4 Re6 27.e5 g5 28.Nd4 gxf4 29.gxf4 Kh8
30.Be4 Rh6 31.Rf1 Ng6 32.Rf2 Nh4 33.Kh1 c5 34.bxc5 bxc5 35.Qxc5 Bb6 36.Qe7 Nf5
37.Nxf5 Bxf5 38.Bf3 Bg4 39.Bxg4 Qxg4 40.Rg2 Rxh2+ 41.Rxh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[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 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.Kb1 b4 15.e5 dxe5
16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Ne4 Nf4 18.Qf3 Nxd3 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.Qxb7 O-O 21.exf6 b3 22.Qxb3 Nf4
23.fxg7 Rfc8 24.Rhf1 e5 25.Bb6 Qb5 26.g3 Qxb3 27.axb3 Rab8 28.Be3 Ne6 29.Rd7 Nd8  1-0

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lukianov, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 g5 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Nf3 Qa5 14.Qd2 Nh7 15.Kb1 Be7
16.Rh1 Nf8 17.Rh5 f6 18.Be2 Bd7 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.Nf5 exf5 21.Nd5 Qb8 22.gxf5 b5
23.Rh6 g4 24.Rxf6 Qb7 25.Nxe7 Nxe7 26.Rxd6 Bc6 27.f6 Neg6 28.Qd4 Kf7 29.Bc4+ bxc4
30.Qxc4+ Ke8 31.f7+  1-0

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Rd8 13.e4 Nxg4 14.Rhg1 Rxd1+ 15.Qxd1 Nxf2
16.Qf1 Bxa3 17.Bd2 Bc5 18.Kb1 b5 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Rxg7+ Kxg7 21.Qg2+ Kh8 22.Bc3+ Nd4
23.Nxd4 Nd1 24.Qg3 Nxc3+ 25.bxc3 Bxd4 26.cxd4 f6  0-1

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Be4 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 O-O 7.Bd3 f5 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.Nf3 c5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.Qe2 Bxc5 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Kb1 a6 14.h5 Qe7 15.Nh4 Qf7
16.Bg6 Qe7 17.h6 gxh6 18.Bxh6 hxg6 19.Nxg6 Qf7 20.Nh8 Qe7 21.Rd3 Bd6 22.f4 Nh7
23.Ng6 Qf6 24.Rg3 Kf7 25.Qh5 Rg8 26.Nf8+ Ke7 27.Rxg8 Rxf8 28.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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 Be6
9.d4 Bxb3 10.axb3 O-O 11.d5 Nb8 12.Nbd2 c6 13.c4 Qc7 14.Nf1 Nbd7 15.Bg5 bxc4
16.bxc4 Rfb8 17.Re2 cxd5 18.cxd5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rc2 Nc5 21.N3d2 Qd7 22.Ra3 Rb4
23.Nc4 Rab8 24.Nfe3 Rb3 25.Rxb3 Rxb3 26.Nxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxc5 Rxb2 28.Rc8+ Kh7
29.Nc4 Qd7 30.Nxb2 Qxc8 31.g3 Qc3 32.Na4 Qc4 33.d6 Qxe4 34.d7 Qc6 35.Qb1+ g6
36.Qb6 Qxb6 37.Nxb6 Kg8 38.Nc4 Kf8 39.Nxe5 Ke7 40.Nc6+ Kxd7 41.Nb8+ Kc8 42.Nxa6 Be7  0-1

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O d6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.e3 Qc7 10.Ng5 Nb6 11.c4 h6 12.Ngf3 Be6 13.Rc1 Bf7 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Rfe1 e5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.e4 f4 18.gxf4 Nh5 19.f5 Nf4 20.Bf1 Rae8 21.Re3 Nf6 22.h3 Kh8
23.Kh1 c5 24.Rce1 Nd7 25.Nb1 Nb8 26.Nc3 Nc6 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.exd5 Nd4 29.Qd2 g5
30.Bg2 Bh5 31.Qd3 Bxf3 32.Bxf3 Nxf5 33.d6 Qxd6 34.Qxd6 Nxd6 35.Bh5 Rxf2 36.Bxe8 Rxb2
37.Bg6 Rxa2 38.Rd3 Ra6 39.Rd5 Bf8 40.Rdxe5 Kg7 41.Re6 Ra2 42.Rf1 Rd2 43.Bh5 Kg8
44.Rff6 Rd3 45.Bf3 Kg7 46.Bd5 Rxh3+ 47.Kg2 g4 48.Rg6+ Kh7 49.Rxg4 Rh5 50.Rf6 Be7
51.Be4+ Kh8 52.Rfg6 Rg5 53.Rxh6+ Kg7 54.Rxg5+ Kxh6 55.Rg6+ Kh5 56.Bd3 a6
57.Re6 Nc8 58.Be4  1-0

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malevinsky, Alexander A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 gxf6
8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Qd3 b6 10.Qb5+ Qxb5 11.Bxb5+ Ke7 12.Nh4 Bb7 13.f3 Rc8 14.O-O-O Kf8
15.Bd3 c5 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.fxe4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rc4 19.Rhf1 Ke7 20.Rf3 Nd7 21.Ra3 a5
22.Rb3 a4 23.Rb5 Rg8 24.g3 Rg5 25.Rb2 Ra5 26.Rd3 Ra8 27.Kd2 Rac8 28.c3 Kf8
29.Ng2 e5 30.Ne3 R4c7 31.Rb4 exd4 32.cxd4 Rc1 33.Rxa4 Rh1 34.Nf5 Rxh2+ 35.Ke3 b5
36.Ra6 Rb8 37.Rc3 Ke8 38.Rc7 b4 39.Raa7 Rd8 40.Nd6+ Ke7 41.Nb7 Rg8 42.Nc5 Rxg3+
43.Kf4 Rg6 44.Rxd7+ Kf8 45.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levin, Felix"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.Nf4 e6 6.c3 c6 7.Nd2 d6 8.Nd3 Qc7 9.e4 e5
10.dxe5 dxe5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nc5 Nbd7 13.Nce4 O-O-O 14.O-O h5 15.h4 Bh6 16.Qe2 Bxd2
17.Bxd2 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc5 19.Bxf5+ gxf5 20.Bg5 Rde8 21.Qe3 b6 22.a4 Ne4 23.a5 b5
24.f4 Rhg8 25.Kh2 exf4 26.Bxf4 Qf7 27.Qd4 Rg4 28.Rf3 Qe7 29.Raf1 Rd8 30.Qe5 Qxe5
31.Bxe5 Nd2 32.Rxf5 Nxf1+ 33.Rxf1 Re4 34.Rf5 Rd5 35.Rf8+ Kb7 36.Bf4 Re2+
37.Kh3 Rxb2 38.Rf6 Rd1  0-1

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.e3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bf3 a6 11.Re1 Ra7 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.c5 bxc5 15.dxc5 Qc7
16.Bf4 g5 17.Bxg5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Nc4 Qxc5 20.Be3 Qxc4 21.Bxa7 Nc6 22.Rxe4  1-0

[Event "Leningrad-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3 h6 9.Bb2 Na6
10.Re1 g5 11.a3 Qf7 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Rxe4 Nc5 15.Re2 Bg4 16.Re3 Rae8
17.h3 Bh5 18.Qe2 e5 19.g4 e4 20.Nxg5 hxg5 21.dxc5 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Bg6 23.cxd6 cxd6
24.Rd1 Re6 25.Rd2 Rf6 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Rf3 28.Rde2 Qg6 29.Re7 R3f7 30.Rxf7 Qxf7
31.Qd4 Qf3 32.Re7 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.Qd5+ Qxd5 35.cxd5 Kf6 36.h4 gxh4 37.f4  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Qe8 8.b3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.e4 Nc6 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.exf5 e4 13.Ng5 gxf5 14.Bf4 h6 15.Nh3 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Ne7
17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Qxe8 Rxe8 19.Rad1 c6 20.dxc6 Nxc6 21.Be3 Nb4 22.Rd2 Bc3 23.Rd6 Nxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Bd2 Qe7 10.Rad1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nb5 Bg4 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Bc3 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qe6 18.Kh1 Qh3 19.Qe2 Nh5 20.Rg1 Rad8 21.f4 g6 22.Qf1 Qe6
23.Qd3 d4 24.Bxd4 Qd5+ 25.Rg2 Nxf4 26.exf4 Re4 27.f5 Qxf5 28.Rg5 Re1+ 29.Rg1 Rxg1+
30.Kxg1 Qg4+ 31.Kh1 h5 32.f3 Qf4 33.Qe4 Qd6 34.Rd2 Qa6 35.Kg2 Qb5 36.Qf4 Qb4
37.Bc3  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.Rg1 Ne5 10.Qe2 b5 11.f4 Nc4 12.O-O-O Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Qb6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Bg2 Ra7 17.Qf4 Be7 18.Kb1 Rc7 19.Ne4 O-O 20.g5 hxg5 21.Nxg5 Nxe5 22.Be4 Ng6
23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Qe4 Bxg5 25.Rxg5 Rf6 26.Rxg6 e5 27.Nf3 Rc4 28.Qd5+ Be6 29.Qd8+ Qxd8
30.Rxd8+ Kh7 31.Rg3 Rg4 32.Rh3+ Kg6 33.b3 Re4 34.Rg3+ Kf5 35.Nh4+ Rxh4  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Ngf6 8.d3 Bc5
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 O-O 13.Re1 Bb4 14.Bg5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5
16.Qd4 Rfe8 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bd2 N5b6 19.Qb4 Qc5 20.a4 a5 21.Qb2 Nc4 22.Qxb7 Nxd2
23.Qxd7 Rad8 24.Qc7 Rc8 25.Qd6 Nxf3+ 26.Bxf3 Qxc3 27.Bg2 Red8 28.Qe7 Qb4
29.Qg5 c5 30.e6 fxe6 31.Rxe6 Qd4 32.Qe5 c4 33.Qxd4 Rxd4 34.Rc1 c3 35.Kf1 c2
36.Bf3 Rxa4 37.h4 Rb4 38.Bd5 Kf8 39.Ke2 Rb1 40.Kd2 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 Qa5 13.Kb1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.h5 Rxc3
16.h6 Rfc8 17.hxg7 R3c5 18.c3 Qa4 19.Bg5 Rxg5 20.Qxg5 Rc5 21.Qd2 Kxg7 22.g4 Re5
23.Rdg1 Kg8 24.Qh6 Ra5 25.a3 Qc4 26.Rd1 Re5 27.g5 Nh5 28.Rxh5 gxh5 29.Qxh5 f6
30.f4 Ra5 31.Rg1 Kh8 32.Qh6 Qf7 33.g6 Qg7 34.Qh2 h6 35.f5 Re5 36.Rg4 Kg8
37.Rh4 e6 38.Rxh6 exf5 39.Rh7 Qxg6 40.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bd2 f5 9.a3 Nf6
10.Rb1 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 Rb8 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.Nh4 Ne7 15.Nf3 Nc6 16.Ne1 Bd7
17.Nc2 f4 18.Nd5 g5 19.e3 Kh8 20.Bc3 Bg4 21.f3 Be6 22.e4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 exd4
24.Be1 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Bd7 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Kh1 b5 28.Bf2 Qf6 29.Qe2 Rfe8 30.Rg1 Qf7
31.Qf1 Rbc8 32.Bh3 Be5 33.Bxd7 Qxd7 34.Rg6 Kh7 35.Qg2 Rg8 36.Rg1 Qf7 37.Qh3 Rxg6
38.Rxg6 Kxg6 39.Qxc8 Qc7 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qxb5 Qc8 42.Kg2 a6 43.Qc6 Qxc6 44.dxc6 Kg6
45.Bh4 Kf7 46.Bd8 Ke6 47.Bb6 c4 48.dxc4 d3 49.Kf1 Bc3 50.Bc5 a5 51.c7 Kd7
52.Bd6  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Nbd7 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 h6 10.Nc4 Re8 11.a4 N5b6 12.Nfd2 a5 13.Nxb6 Nxb6 14.Nb3 c6 15.Bd2 Nd5
16.c3 f5 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.gxf4 Be6 20.Qc2 Bf7 21.Re1 Qb8 22.Rf1 Qd6
23.d4 b6 24.Nc1 Rd8 25.Nd3 Nb4 26.Nxb4 axb4 27.Be1 b3 28.Qc1 Ra8 29.Bh4 Rxa4
30.Re1 Bf8 31.Qe3 c5 32.d5 g5 33.Bf2 Qxf4 34.Qxf4 gxf4 35.Bf3 Ra2 36.Re2 Ra1+
37.Re1 Rxe1+ 38.Bxe1 c4 39.Kf2 Ba3  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g4 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.g5 Nh5 12.Nge2 e5 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng3 Nf4+ 15.Bxf4 Rxf4
16.Qb3 Qe8 17.Rhd1 Nc6 18.Nce2 Rf7 19.Rxd6 Rxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Qf8+ 21.Nf5 Nd8
22.Rad1 gxf5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.exf5 Bxb2 27.f6 Bd4+
28.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 29.Qe3 Qh4+ 30.Qg3 Qd4+ 31.Kg2 Qd5+ 32.Kh3 Qe6+ 33.Kh4 Qe4+
34.Kh5 Qe8+ 35.Kg4 Qe6+ 36.Kf3 Qd5+ 37.Ke3 Qd4+ 38.Ke2 Qc4+ 39.Kd1 Qd5+ 40.Kc1 Qc4+
41.Kb2 Qb4+ 42.Kc2 Qc4+ 43.Qc3 Qxa2+ 44.Kc1 Qf7 45.h4 Kg8 46.Qxc5 h6 47.Qc8+ Kh7
48.Qf5+ Kh8 49.g6 Qc7+ 50.Kd1 Qd6+ 51.Ke1 Qb4+ 52.Kf1 Qc4+ 53.Kg1 Qd4+ 54.Kg2 Qd2+
55.Kg3 Qe1+ 56.Kg4 Qd1+ 57.Qf3 Qd7+ 58.Kg3 Qd6+ 59.Kg2 Qd2+ 60.Kf1 Qc1+ 61.Ke2 Qc2+
62.Ke3 Qc3+ 63.Kf2 Qc2+ 64.Kf1 Qb1+ 65.Kg2 Qxg6+ 66.Kh3 h5 67.Qa8+ Qg8 68.Qe4 Qb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nge2 Nge7 8.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Qe3 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Qb8 14.Qxb8+ Rxb8 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Ne4 Bg7 17.Rd6 Bc8 18.Be2 f5 19.Nc5 Bf8 20.Rc6 Bxc5 21.Rxc5 Bb7 22.Rc7 O-O
23.Rd1 Bd5 24.Bf3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rb6 26.c3 Kg7 27.Kc2 e5 28.b3 Kf6 29.Rd5 Rg8
30.c4 bxc4 31.bxc4 Rg2 32.Rd2 Rxh2 33.c5 Rb4 34.a3 Rf4 35.c6 Ke6 36.Rc8 Rc4+
37.Kb3 Rhh4 38.Re8+ Kf6 39.Rd6+ Kg7 40.Rxe5 Rc1 41.Rxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O Ne7 6.d4 Nbc6 7.e3 O-O 8.Nbd2 a5
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Ba6 11.Qb1 Qd7 12.Rd1 Rfd8 13.e4 Qe8 14.exd5 exd5 15.Re1 Qf8
16.Ne5 Rab8 17.cxd5 Nb4 18.Ne4 f6 19.Nc6 Nbxc6 20.dxc6 Bb5 21.Nc3 Bxc6 22.Bxc6 Nxc6
23.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bilunov, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Na6 4.Nc3 Nc7 5.Be3 Bf5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Nge2 f6 8.Nf4 Bf7
9.Nd3 e6 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Qf3 e5 12.dxe5 d4 13.Ne4 dxe3 14.O-O-O Qd5 15.Qxe3 O-O-O
16.Nc3 Qd4 17.Qxd4 Rxd4 18.Bh3 Be6 19.Ne2 Ra4 20.b3 Re4 21.Ng3 Bh6+ 22.Kb1 Rxe5
23.Nxe5 fxe5 24.Rd6 Bf8 25.Rdd1 Nf6 26.Rde1 h5 27.g5 Bxh3 28.gxf6 h4 29.Ne4 Bg2
30.Rhg1 h3 31.Ng5 e4 32.Nxe4 Rh5 33.f7 Rf5 34.Ng5 Kd7 35.Rd1+ Nd5 36.f4 Ke7
37.Rge1+ Kf6 38.Re8 Bc5 39.f8=Q+ Bxf8 40.Rxf8+ Kg6 41.Rg8+ Kh6 42.Re1 Nxf4
43.Ne6 Ng6 44.Re3 Rf6 45.Kb2 b6 46.a4 a5 47.Rb8 Kh5 48.Rxb6 Nh4 49.Nd4 Rf2
50.Ra6 Bf1 51.Rxa5+ Kg4 52.Rg3+ Kf4 53.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Qe3 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Qb8 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Ne4 Be7 17.Rxd7 Kxd7 18.Qd4+ Ke8 19.Qxg7 Qf4+ 20.Kb1 Rf8 21.Bd3 Rd8 22.Re1 Rd5
23.Qc3 Kd7 24.g3 Qc7 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.Qxf6 Qc5 27.a3 h5 28.f4 Qd4 29.Rxe6 Qxf6
30.Rxf6 Rd6 31.Rf5 h4 32.g4 Ke7 33.Re5+ Kd8 34.Rh5 Rd4 35.Rf5 Ke7 36.g5 Rfd8
37.Re5+ Kd6 38.Rf5 Ke7 39.Re5+ Kd6 40.Rf5 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ne7 4.Nf3 b6 5.Nc3 Ba6 6.Nb5 Nc8 7.Ng5 h6 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qh3 Qd7
10.c4 Bxb5 11.cxb5 Bb4+ 12.Kd1 Bf8 13.Bd3 Bg7 14.Nf3 a6 15.a4 axb5 16.Bxb5 c6
17.Bd3 c5 18.Bb5 Nc6 19.Bd2 N8a7 20.Bd3 cxd4 21.Re1 Na5 22.Nxd4 Nc4 23.Bc3 O-O
24.f4 b5 25.b3 Rab8 26.Re2 Rfc8 27.Rc2 Bf8 28.Ke2 Na3 29.Rcc1 bxa4 30.bxa4 Nc6
31.Nb5 Nxb5 32.Bxb5 d4 33.Bd2 Qd5 34.Kf1 Bb4 35.Qd3 Bxd2 36.Qxd2 Ne7 37.Bd3 Rc3
38.Bb5 Qc5 39.Rxc3 dxc3 40.Qd6 Qa7 41.Qd3 Nd5 42.g3 Ne3+ 43.Ke2 Ng4 44.Qf3 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Bg5 O-O
9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.Bf3 Rfe8 13.Qe1 Bc4 14.Rf2 h6 15.Bh4 e5
16.f5 g5 17.Bg3 b5 18.h3 b4 19.Nd1 a5 20.Nd2 Ba6 21.c4 bxc3 22.Nxc3 Rab8
23.Nb3 Rb4 24.Rc1 Qb6 25.Rd2 Bb7 26.Bf2 Qa6 27.Rdc2 h5 28.Nd2 g4 29.hxg4 hxg4
30.Be2 Qa8 31.a3 Rxe4 32.Ndxe4 Nxe4 33.Bxg4 Nxc3 34.Rxc3 Bxg2+ 35.Kh2 Nf6
36.Rg3 Bc6 37.Bh3 Kf8 38.Qe3 Bh8 39.Qb6 Rc8 40.Bg2 e4 41.Qe3 Ke7 42.Kg1 Qb7
43.b3 Qb5 44.Qa7+ Nd7 45.Bxe4 Be5 46.Bxc6 Rxc6 47.Re1 Rc8 48.Rg2 Rh8 49.Bg3 Kf6
50.Qe3 Qc5 51.Bxe5+ dxe5 52.Rd2 Qc6 53.Qe4 Qxe4 54.Rxe4 Kxf5 55.Rc4 Nf6 56.Rf2+ Kg5
57.Rc5 Ng4 58.Rxf7 Rh3 59.Rg7+ Kf5 60.Rf7+ Kg5 61.Rb5 Rc3 62.Kg2 Kh4 63.Rh7+ Kg5
64.a4 Rc2+ 65.Kf3 Rc3+ 66.Ke2 Kf4 67.Kd2 Rg3 68.Rf7+ Ke4 69.Rc7 Rg2+ 70.Kc1 Nf2
71.Rc4+ Kf3 72.Rc3+ Kf4 73.Rxa5 e4 74.Ra8 Nd3+ 75.Kb1 Ke3 76.Rac8 Rg1+ 77.Ka2 Kd2
78.Rc2+ Kd1 79.Ka3 Rg5 80.Ra2 Rg3 81.Rh8 Ne1 82.Rhh2  1-0

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Kh1 O-O
9.f4 b5 10.Qe1 Bb7 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.a3 Rc8 13.Bd2 Nc5 14.b4 Ncd7 15.a4 bxa4
16.Nxa4 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Be3 g5 19.fxg5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rd1 Qc7 22.Nc5 Qc6
23.Qh4 f5 24.gxf6 Bxf6 25.Qh5 Rc7 26.Bf4 e5 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Bxe5 e3 29.Nxb7 Rg7
30.Rg1 Bxe5 31.Qxe5 Rxb7 32.Qxe3 Qxc2 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Qe5+ Rg7 35.h3 Qc6 36.Rd6 Qb7
37.Qd4 Rb8 38.Qc4 Qb5 39.Qd4 Qb7 40.Rd5 Re8 41.Rg5 h6 42.Rg3 Kh7 43.Rxg7+ Qxg7
44.Qd3+ Qg6 45.Qd7+ Kh8 46.Rc1 Rg8 47.Qd5 Qf6 48.Qe4 Qg6 49.Qe5+ Rg7 50.Qd5 Qg3
51.Rc8+ Kh7 52.Qe4+ Qg6 53.Qa8 Qe6 54.Rh8+ Kg6 55.Re8 Qc4 56.Re1 Kh7 57.Qf3 Rf7
58.Qa3 Rf1+ 59.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 60.Kh2 Qf4+ 61.Kg1 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bg6 6.O-O e6 7.Bxg6 hxg6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.Ne5 Be7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk GMA-qual"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrienko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.Bf4 a5 11.Rc1 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nxc4 13.Bxb7 Ra7 14.Bf3 d5 15.Na4 c6
16.Be2 Nb6 17.Rc3 Nxa4 18.Qxa4 Rb7 19.Qc2 Rb4 20.Be3 Qb6 21.b3 a4 22.Rb1 a3
23.Bd3 g6 24.Rc1 Qa7 25.Be2 Rd8 26.Qd1 c5 27.dxc5 Nc6 28.Bd2 Rd4 29.R3c2 Nb4
30.Bxb4 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Bg5 32.Rb1 Bf4 33.c6 Bxe5 34.Bc5 Qa6 35.b4 Bb2 36.b5 Qa5
37.Be2 Qa4 38.Bd3 e5 39.b6 e4 40.b7 Qxc6 41.b8=Q Qc8 42.Bxa3 Bc3 43.Rxc3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Qe3 b4 12.e5 Ng4 13.Qf3 bxc3 14.Qxa8 cxb2+ 15.Kb1 dxe5
16.Bxa6 exd4 17.Bxc8 Nf6 18.Qa4+ Ke7 19.Qa7+ Ke8 20.Bb7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Rg1 Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.b3 d5 12.c5 N6d7 13.Qd2 c6 14.a3 Qe8 15.b4 f6 16.exf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.d3 d6 6.e4 Nd7 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 Ngf6
9.Na3 Qb6 10.c4 a6 11.Nh4 O-O 12.f4 Rad8 13.Qe2 Nb8 14.g4 Nc6 15.g5 Nd7 16.Nc2 Rfe8
17.Rf3 bxc4 18.dxc4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Kh1 g6 21.Rh3 Bf8 22.Qf2 Bg7 23.Re1 Qa5
24.Ba1 Nc5 25.e5 Bxg2+ 26.Nxg2 dxe5 27.fxe5 d3 28.Rf1 Rd7 29.Qh4 h5 30.gxh6 Bf8
31.Ne3 Qd8 32.b4 Qa8+ 33.Kg1 Ne4 34.Nd5 Rxd5 35.cxd5 Qxd5 36.Qf4 Re7 37.Rd1 d2
38.Re3 Rc7 39.h7+ Kh8 40.Bb2 Qxa2 41.Rxe4 Qxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 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.Nh3 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bb5 Ne4 14.Bxd8 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rfxd8
16.Kd2 Nf6 17.Bd3 Ne8 18.Nf4 Nd6 19.h4 Rac8 20.Rhf1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nc4+ 22.Bxc4 Rxc4
23.g4 Rdc8 24.Ra2 g5 25.Nd3 R4c7 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Nxc1 Kg7 29.Rc2 Rxc2+
30.Kxc2 Kf6 31.Ne2 Ke6 32.Ng3 a5 33.Kc3 f6 34.f4 Bc6 35.Kd2 Kf7 36.f5 Ke7
37.Ne2 Bb5 38.Ng3 Bc4 39.Kc3 b5 40.Kc2 b4 41.axb4 axb4 42.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B77"]

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.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.O-O a5 13.a3 a4 14.Ba2 Qa5 15.Qf2 Rab8
16.e5 dxe5 17.Bc5 Rfe8 18.Ne4 Bc6 19.Rad1 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Qc7 21.c3 Ng4 22.Qxf7+ Kh8
23.Rd5 Nf6 24.Bd6 Qb6+ 25.Bc5 Qc6 26.Rxe5 Ng4 27.Rg5 Rf8 28.Qe6 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nxh2+
30.Kg1 Qc7 31.Qxe7 Qf4 32.Bd6 Nf3+ 33.gxf3 Qe3+ 34.Kh2 Qd2+ 35.Rg2 Qh6+ 36.Kg3 g5
37.Rh2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 f5 8.Ng3 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.d5 exd5 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.O-O-O f4 14.Nh5 Qg4 15.Qxd5 Rd8
16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Ng7+ Kf8 18.Nxf5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rg8 20.g3 Ke8 21.Rd5 fxg3 22.fxg3 Bf8
23.c3 Rg6 24.Kd2 h6 25.Kd3 Re6 26.g4 f6 27.h3 Nb8 28.N3h4 Re1 29.Ng6 Nc6
30.Nxf8 Kxf8 31.Rd6 Kf7 32.Rd7+ Ke6 33.Rxb7 Ne5+ 34.Kc2 c4 35.a4 Rh1 36.Rxa7 Rxh3
37.Re7+ Kd5 38.a5 Rh2+ 39.Kb1 Nd3 40.Rb7 Rh1+ 41.Ka2 Nc1+ 42.Ka3 Nd3 43.Rb5+ Kc6
44.Nd4+ Kc7 45.Nc2 Rg1 46.a6 Rxg4 47.Rb7+ Kc8 48.Rh7 Rg5 49.b4 cxb3 50.a7 Ra5+
51.Kxb3 Ne5 52.Nd4 Nd7 53.Nc6 Ra6 54.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Qe3 e5 12.Bb6 Qd7 13.f4 exf4 14.Qe1 Qb7 15.Bd4 Be7
16.Bd3 Bg4 17.Rd2 O-O 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qxe5 Rad8 20.Qxf4 Be6 21.h4 b4 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Ne4 Be7 24.g4 Qd5 25.b3 Qd4 26.Kb1 Bd6 27.Qf2 Be5 28.Qxd4 Rxd4 29.g5 Bd5
30.Re2 h5 31.Rg1 g6 32.Nc3 Rxd3 33.Rxe5 Rxc3 34.Rxd5 Re8 35.Rd4 Re2 36.Rc1 a5
37.Kb2 Rc5 38.Rf4 Kg7 39.Rd4 Rf2 40.Re4 Rg2 41.Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.Qxd7 Nxd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf4 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[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.Bc2 c5 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Nf1 h6 15.Bh4 Rc8
16.Ne3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qb6 18.d5 Nf8 19.Nf5 Bd8 20.g4 N6h7 21.Bg3 Ng5 22.Kg2 Nxf3
23.Kxf3 g6 24.Nxh6+ Kg7 25.Nf5+ gxf5 26.gxf5 Nh7 27.Rg1 Kh8 28.Kg2 Rg8 29.Kh2 Bg5
30.Qe2 Qa5 31.Rad1 Qxa2 32.Bd3 Qb3 33.Qh5 Rg7 34.h4 Bf6 35.Qe2 Qb4 36.Rc1 Qa5
37.Rxc8+ Bxc8 38.Rc1 Bb7 39.Kh3 Bd8 40.f4 Bf6 41.Qf2 Qd8 42.Qa7 exf4 43.Bxf4 Bxh4
44.Rg1 Ng5+ 45.Bxg5 Bxg5 46.Rg4 Bf6 47.Be2 Rxg4 48.Bxg4 Be5 49.b4 Qc8 50.Qf2 Qc3+
51.Bf3 Bf6 52.Kg4 Kg7 53.Kh3 Kf8  0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Nh4 Be4
9.Bd3 g6 10.Be2 Nh5 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bd6 13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Nxe4 Qxe4 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.O-O-O Qe7 17.Rh4 Nf6 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.Rdh1 Kd8 20.g4 c5 21.dxc5 Rxc5+ 22.Kb1 Ne4
23.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 24.Ka1 Kd7 25.g5 Qc2 26.Qxc2 Rxc2 27.Rf1 Rc4 28.Rh3 f6 29.Rfh1 Ke6
30.Nd4+ Ke5 31.Kb1 Rc7 32.Rh6 fxg5 33.Rxg6 hxg6 34.Rxh8 g4 35.Rh4 Bc5 36.Rxg4 Bxd4
37.Rxd4 g5 38.b3 Rf7 39.Rd2 Rc7 40.Kb2 a6 41.Rc2 Rf7 42.Kc3 Ke4 43.Rd2 Rc7+
44.Kb2 Ke5 45.f3 g4 46.fxg4 Rf7 47.Kc3 a5 48.a4 Rf1 49.g5 Rf5 50.g4 Rxg5
51.Rg2 Ke4 52.Rg3 b6 53.Kc2 d4 54.exd4 Kxd4 55.Kd2 Ke4 56.Kc3 Rc5+ 57.Kb2 Rg5
58.Rc3 Rg6 59.Rc4+ Kd3 60.Ka3 Rg5 61.Rc6 b5 62.axb5 Rxb5 63.Rc4 Kd2 64.Ka4 Rg5
65.Rc8 Kd3 66.Ra8 Kc3 67.Rxa5 Rxg4+ 68.Ka3 Rg1 69.Rc5+ Kd4 70.b4 Ra1+ 71.Kb3 Rb1+
72.Ka4 Ra1+ 73.Kb5 Ra8 74.Rh5 Rb8+ 75.Ka4 Kc4 76.Rc5+ Kd4 77.Kb3 Ra8 78.Rh5 Rc8
79.b5 Rc5 80.Rh4+ Kd5 81.Kb4 Rc1 82.Rh6 Rb1+ 83.Ka5 Kc5 84.Rc6+ Kd5 85.Ka6 Rb2
86.Rh6 Kc5 87.b6 Ra2+ 88.Kb7 Rg2 89.Ka7 Kb5 90.b7 Ra2+ 91.Kb8 Rc2 92.Rh1 Rg2
93.Ra1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.f4 Neg4 15.Rhe1 Qa5
16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Nd5 Qxd2+ 18.Rxd2 Re8 19.c3 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1 Rfc8 13.Nd2 Ne7 14.Ne2 Rxc1 15.Rxc1 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D11"]

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

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Nfd2 Qxb5 13.Nxd6 Qa6 14.N2c4 Nd7 15.O-O Nb6
16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Qb3 Bd7 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bf4 f5 20.Rfe1 Bf6 21.a4 Bxa4 22.Qe3 c4
23.Qe6+ Kg7 24.Be5 Bxe5 25.Qxe5+ Kg8 26.Qd4 Ra7 27.Nxc4 Qb7 28.d6 Qf7 29.Re7 Rxe7
30.dxe7 Qxe7 31.Rxa4 Rd8 32.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Babic, Drasko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 Bf6 10.a4 O-O 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.a5 Qd6 15.d3 Nf8
16.Ra4 Bg4 17.Qe3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Ne6 19.Qe3 Rab8 20.Rfa1 Nf4 21.g3 Qg6 22.Kf1 Nh3
23.Rc4 Re6 24.Kg2 Qh5 25.Rxc5 Rbe8 26.f4 Qh6 27.Qf3 f5 28.exf5  1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Cruz Lopez Claret, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.d4 Bg7
9.dxe5 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e6 Re8 12.O-O Rxe6 13.Qd3 c5 14.Bf4 Ba6 15.Qf5 Qd7
16.Nh4 Bxf1 17.Rxf1 Rae8 18.h3 R6e7 19.Qh5 Re1 20.Nf5 Qf7 21.Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.Bxc7 R8e2
23.Ne3 d4 24.Ba5 dxe3 25.Bxe1 exf2+ 26.Bxf2 Rxc2 27.b3 f5 28.Re1 Bd4 29.Bxd4 cxd4
30.Rd1 Rxa2 31.Rxd4 Rb2 32.Rb4 Kf6 33.Kh2 Ke5 34.Kg3 a5 35.Rb5+ Ke4 36.Rxa5 f4+
37.Kh2 f3 38.Kg1 Rxg2+ 39.Kf1 Rb2 40.h4 Ke3 41.Re5+ Kf4 42.Re7 h5 43.Rg7 Rxb3
44.Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daudzvardis, Janis"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Be3 c5 6.f3 Nd6 7.c3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 Nc6
9.Bf2 e6 10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 h5 12.g5 Qc7 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc2 Nf5 15.e3 Ng3 16.Rh3 Bd6
17.Ne2 Nxe2 18.Qxe2 Ne5 19.Rd1 Qc4 20.e4 O-O-O 21.f4 Qxe2+ 22.Kxe2 Ng4 23.f5 exf5
24.exd5 Rhe8+ 25.Kf1 f4 26.Nd4 Bc5 27.b4 Ba7 28.c4 Be4 29.Bg1 Ne3+ 30.Bxe3 fxe3
31.Ne2 Bxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Re4 33.Rc1 Rg4+ 34.Kf3 f6 35.gxf6 Rd6 36.c5 Rxd5 37.fxg7 Rxg7
38.Ke4 Rd2 39.Rxe3 Rxa2 40.Rf1 Re7+ 41.Kf3 Rf7+ 42.Kg2 Rg7+ 43.Kh3 Rb2 44.Rf8+ Kd7
45.Ra8 Rxb4 46.Rxa7 Rgg4 47.Ra8 Rxh4+ 48.Kg3 Rhc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zagema, Wieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.O-O Nxe4 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7
8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qd5+ Kg7 10.Qxe4 Qf6 11.d3 c6 12.Qf4 h6 13.Re1 g5 14.Qg3 d5 15.f4 g4
16.f5 Kh7 17.Bf4 Rg8 18.Be5 Qxf5 19.Bxd4 Bd7 20.Nd2 Re8 21.Rf1 Qh5 22.Qc7 Re7
23.Bc5 g3 24.hxg3 Qe8 25.Bxe7 Bxe7 26.Nf3 Bd8 27.Qf4 Rg4 28.Rae1 Qg6 29.Qf8 Bf6
30.Ng5+ Qxg5 31.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steinbacher, Matthias"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxd3 a5 11.O-O O-O 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Rfc1 Be7 14.a3 Bd6 15.b4 axb4
16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Rcb1 b5 19.Qxb4 Qxb4 20.Rxb4 Nb6 21.Ne5 Rfc8 22.Kf1 Rxa4
23.Rbxa4 Nxa4 24.Rc1 c5 25.dxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 Nxc5 27.Nc6 Kf8 28.Ke2 Ke8 29.Nb4 Kd7
30.Nxd5 Kd6 31.Nb4 Nd7 32.Kd2 Ne5 33.Kc3 h5 34.h3 h4 35.Nc2 Kc5 36.Nb4 g6
37.Na6+ Kb6 38.Nb4 Kc5 39.Na6+ Kd5 40.Nc7+ Kc6 41.Na6 g5 42.Nb4+ Kc5 43.Na6+ Kd6
44.Nb4 Nc6 45.Nd3 Kd5 46.f3 f5 47.Nf2 b4+ 48.Kb3 Kc5 49.Nd3+ Kb5 50.e4 f4
51.e5 Nd4+ 52.Kb2 Kc4 53.Nf2 Kd5 54.Ne4 Kxe5 55.Nxg5 Kd5 56.Nf7 Nf5 57.Kb3 Ne3
58.Kxb4 Kd4 59.Nh8 Nxg2 60.Ng6 Ke3 61.Kc3 Kxf3 62.Kd2 Kg3  0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Ne2 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.O-O c5 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.dxc5 dxc5
16.Ng3 h5 17.h3 h4 18.Nf1 Rcd8 19.Bc2 Ne4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.f3 Bc6 22.Qe1 Ba4
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Rc3 f5 25.b3 Bc6 26.Qe2 e5 27.Rd3 Qg5 28.Rd6 Rf6 29.Rxf6 Qxf6
30.Qd2 Qe7 31.b4 Be8 32.bxc5 bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B82"]

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

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Qc2 Nf6 4.g3 Bg4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.d4 e6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.e4 Bc7 10.b3 Ba5 11.Ba3 Re8 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bb2 h6 14.Rfe1 Bc7 15.Nh4 Rc8
16.e5 Nh7 17.c5 g5 18.Nhf3 Bf5 19.Qc3 f6 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Re2 Qg6 22.Rae1 Nhf6
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Nd7 25.Nb3 Rf8 26.Nd4 Bg4 27.Re3 Qf7 28.f3 Bh5 29.Bh3 Rce8
30.Nf5 Kh7 31.Nd6 Bxd6 32.exd6 e5 33.Bxd7 Qxd7 34.Rxe5 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 Rf7 36.Re7 Rxe7
37.Qh8+ Kg6 38.Qf6+ Kh7 39.dxe7 d4 40.Bxd4  1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volke, Karsten"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 e4 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Nf4 Bb4
9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Bd7 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Qb3 Ne7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Bb4 Rfd8
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.h3 g6 19.Ne2 Kg7 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Nxc1 h5
23.Ne2 h4 24.Nc3 a6 25.Qa4 Qd6 26.Qa5 g5 27.b3 b5 28.Ne2 Nh5 29.Qc3 Qa3 30.Qc2 Qa5
31.Kf1 Nf6 32.Nc1 Qa3 33.Ne2 a5 34.Nc3 Qd6 35.Nxb5 Qh2 36.Qc7 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Qxg2
38.Nd6 Qf3+ 39.Ke1 Nh5 40.Qe7 Kg6 41.Qf8 Ng7 42.Qg8 Qh1+ 43.Ke2 Qf3+ 44.Ke1 Qh1+
45.Ke2 Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[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.Nxd4 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.Re1 Rc8
16.Qh5 g6 17.Qe5 Qf6 18.Nf3 Be7 19.Bh6 Rg8 20.Rac1 Kd8 21.Qe2 Nb8 22.h4 a6
23.Bc4 Re8 24.Red1 Rc7 25.Bg5 Qg7 26.Bxd5 Rxc1 27.Bxb7+ Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1+ Kc7
29.Be4 Bxg5 30.hxg5 f5 31.gxf6 Qxf6 32.Qd2 Qe7 33.Ne5 Qd6 34.Qc2+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qc2 Nf6 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 Re8 6.a3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 a5 8.a4 d6
9.e4 Na6 10.Ne2 Nc5 11.h3 Be6 12.b3 b5 13.b4 axb4 14.cxb4 Rxa4 15.Rb1 Ncd7
16.Nc3 Ra8 17.Nxb5 Nb6 18.Na3 Qc8 19.c5 Na4 20.Bf1 Qb7 21.f3 dxc5 22.bxc5 Qa7
23.Be3 Qa5+ 24.Kf2 Nc3 25.Nc4 Bxc4 26.Bxc4 Nxb1 27.Rxb1 Rab8 28.Bb3 Qa6 29.Qc3 Nd7
30.g4 Nf8 31.h4 Ng6 32.h5 Nf4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.g5 Red8 35.Bc4 Qc6 36.Bd5 Qa6
37.Rxb8 Rxb8 38.Qe5 Qb5 39.Qxf4 Qxc5+ 40.Kg3 Rf8 41.Qe5 Qg1+ 42.Kh3 Qh1+
43.Kg4 Qg2+ 44.Kh4 Qxf3 45.Qxc7 g6 46.hxg6 hxg6 47.Qe5 Rd8 48.Qf6 Qxf6 49.gxf6 Rd6
50.Kg5 Kf8 51.Bc4 Rd4 52.Bd5 Rd1 53.Kg4 Rg1+ 54.Kf4 g5+ 55.Kf3 Kg8 56.e5 Re1
57.Be4 Kf8 58.Bf5 Ke8 59.Kg4 Rxe5 60.Kxg5 Kd8 61.Kf4 Ra5 62.Bc2 Rb5 63.Bd3 Rb4+
64.Ke5 Rh4 65.Be4 Rh5+ 66.Kd4 Ke8 67.Bc6+ Kf8 68.Be4 Kg8 69.Bb1 Ra5 70.Bd3 Kf8
71.Be4 Ra6 72.Ke5 Re6+ 73.Kf5 Ke8 74.Bd5 Ra6 75.Ke5 Ra7 76.Bc6+ Kd8 77.Bd5 Rc7
78.Bb3 Rd7 79.Bd5 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Bb4 7.h4 h6 8.Bg2 Nd7 9.h5 Bh7
10.Be3 Ne7 11.O-O g6 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.Nce2 O-O-O 14.c3 Ba5 15.Bxh6 gxh5 16.Bg5 Rdg8
17.Bxe7 Rxg4 18.f3 Rg6 19.Bh4 Rhg8 20.Qe1 Bb6 21.Nf4 Rh6 22.Kh2 Nf8 23.Qe3 Qd7
24.Nfxh5 Rhg6 25.Nf6 Qd8 26.Bh3 Rh8 27.Bg5 Bg8 28.f4 Qc7 29.Kg2 c5 30.Rh1 cxd4
31.cxd4 Qc2+ 32.Qe2 Qa4 33.Rac1+ Kb8 34.Qc2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.g5 exf4 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Ne7
16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Nd4 Qe5 18.Kb1 b5 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.exf4 Qh5 22.Be4 Rac8
23.Qd3 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Ng6 25.f5 Ne5 26.Nxb5 Rc4 27.Rd4 Nf3 28.Qe7 Qxf5+ 29.Ka1 Rcc8
30.Nd6 Qe6 31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.Rf4 Rcd8 33.Rxf3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 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.Nh3 c5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd8 Nxc3 14.Be7 Rfe8 15.Bh4 Nd5
16.Bb5 g5 17.Bf2 Red8 18.e4 N5f6 19.O-O-O Rac8 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Bxc5 Rc8 23.b4 bxc5 24.Kb2 cxb4 25.axb4 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Bxe4 27.Nf2 Bxg2
28.Rb1 f5 29.Nd3 Kf7 30.Ra1 Rc7 31.Nc5 Bd5 32.Kc3 f4 33.Kd4 Kf6 34.Bd3 g4
35.Be4 Re7 36.Re1 h5 37.Nd3 Rd7 38.Nc5 Re7 39.Nd3 Rd7 40.Nc5 Re7 41.h4 g3
42.Rf1 g2 43.Rxf4+ Kg7 44.Bxg2 Bxg2 45.Ke5 Bd5 46.b5 Rf7 47.Ra4 Kg6 48.Kd6 Rf1
49.Rxa7 Rb1 50.Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bd3 Bc6 8.Nf3 Nf6
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Ne5 Bxg2 11.Rg1 Bc6 12.Qg4 O-O 13.Qh5 g6 14.O-O-O Be8 15.Rg4 Nc6
16.Rdg1 Rd8 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Qh6 Qg7 19.Qe3 Rd5 20.h4 Rfd8 21.c3 e5 22.h5 exd4
23.Qe7 Re8 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qb4 dxc3 26.Rxg6 cxb2+ 27.Kb1 fxg6 28.Rxg6 Rxd3
29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Qg4+ Kf6 31.Qh4+ Ke5 32.Kxb2 Rf3 33.Qh1 Rf5 34.Qh2+ Kd5
35.f4 Ref8 36.Qd2+ Ke6 37.Qe3+ Kd7 38.Qd4+ Kc8 39.Qxa7 b6 40.Qa6+ Kb8  0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piskov, Yury"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.a3 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.e3 d6 9.Be2 Ne4
10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rc1 h6 13.Bh2 Qe7 14.Qa4 Bb7 15.b4 a5 16.c5 dxc5
17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Qc2 c4 19.Rb1 Nb6 20.Nd2 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Be2 dxc4
9.bxc4 e5 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rae1 Bd6 13.Bc1 a6 14.c5 Bc7 15.h3 e4
16.Nd2 Nf8 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 Ne6 19.Nb3 Ng5 20.e4 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Nd5 22.Ref1 Nxc3
23.Rxf7 Qxf7 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Qxc3 Kg8 26.Nd2 Be6 27.Bb2 Re7 28.a4 Kh8 29.Nf3 Rd8
30.Bc1 Rdd7 31.Bg5 Re8 32.Bh4 h6 33.Bf2 Bg8 34.e5 Bd5 35.Nh4 Rf7 36.Ng6+ Kg8
37.Be3 Be4 38.Nf4 Bd8 39.Qb3 Bg5 40.Ne2 Bd5 41.Qd3 Bxe3+ 42.Qxe3 Ref8 43.Nc3 Rf1+
44.Kh2 Be6 45.Qd3 Rc1 46.Nd1 Bf5 47.Qb3+ Kh7 48.Qf3 Rf7 49.Ne3 Bg6 50.Qe2 Rf4
51.Qd2 Ra1 52.Nc4 Re4 53.Qb2 Rxa4 54.Nd6 Rexd4 55.Qe2 Ra5 56.Qf2 Rd5 57.e6 Raxc5
58.Qf8 Rc2 59.Nf7 Be4 60.Kg3 Rf5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3 exd5
9.cxd5 c4 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxc4 13.Qa4+ Nd7 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qb5+ Qd7
16.Qxd7+ Bxd7 17.d6 Rc8 18.Be3 Rxc3 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.Kd2 Rc5 21.Rhb1 b5 22.a4 O-O
23.axb5 f6 24.Ra7 Bf5 25.Rb3 fxe5 26.Rxb7 Rc2+ 27.Ke3 Be6 28.Rd3 Bc4 29.Nxe5 Bxd3
30.Kxd3 Rxg2 31.d7 Rxh2 32.Rc7 Rh1 33.b6 h5 34.Rc8 Rd1+ 35.Kc2 Rxd7 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8
37.Nxd7+ Ke7 38.b7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.h3 Nh5 12.Nde4 Ndf6 13.g4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.gxh5 f4 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Qb3 g5 19.Re1 g4 20.hxg4 Bxg4 21.Qc4 Bd4 22.Bd2 Qg6
23.d6+ Kh8 24.Bc3 Bh3 25.Bxd4+ cxd4 26.Qxd4+ Kh7 27.Qd3 Qxd3 28.exd3 Rg8
29.Re7+ Kh6 30.Kh2 Bxg2 31.Rae1 Bc6 32.b4 Rg6 33.b5 Bd5 34.d7 Rd8 35.Rc1 Rd6
36.Rc7 Kg5 37.Kg1 Kf6 38.Rh7 Rg8+ 39.Kf1 Bg2+ 40.Ke2 Rd8 41.f3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpman, Vadim"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nh5 14.Be3 Nd7 15.a5 Bd4
16.Ra4 Qf6 17.Qd3 Ne5 18.Bxd4 Nxd3 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Rb1 Rad8 21.Nd1 Nb4 22.f3 Nh5
23.Ne3 Nf4 24.Ra3 h5 25.Rd1 Ne2+ 26.Kf2 Nd4 27.Ndf1 Kg7 28.Rc3 Re7 29.Rc4 Nb5
30.h4 Na7 31.Nc2 Nxc2 32.Rxc2 Nb5 33.Ne3 Rf8 34.b4 cxb4 35.Rc4 b3 36.Rb4 f5
37.exf5 gxf5 38.Rxb3 f4 39.Nc4 Rc8 40.Rb4 Rc5 41.Rd2 Rec7 42.Nb6 Nc3 43.Rxf4 Rxa5
44.Nc4 Ra4 45.Nxd6 Rxf4 46.Ne8+ Kf7 47.Nxc7 Ke7 48.Ke3 Rxh4 49.d6+ Kd7 50.Ne6 Rc4
51.Nf8+ Kd8 52.Ne6+ Kd7 53.Nf8+ Kd8 54.Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.b3 h6 9.Ba3 g5
10.e3 c6 11.Rc1 Na6 12.Re1 Qh5 13.Nd2 Qxd1 14.Rcxd1 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 h6 14.Nfd2 Be7 15.Nc4 O-O 16.Ncd6 Bc6
17.Nxc5 Bxd6 18.exd6 Nb8 19.Ne4 a5 20.Re1 Nd7 21.Bd3 Qb6 22.Bc2 Rac8 23.Qd3 N7f6
24.Nxf6+ Nxf6 25.Bf4 b3 26.Bxb3 Be4 27.Qb5 Qa7 28.d7 Ra8 29.Bd6 Rfd8 30.Be7 Rxd7
31.Bxf6 Bd5 32.Be5 Rb7 33.Bxd5 Rxb5 34.Bxa8 Rxb2 35.Bf3 f6 36.Bg3 Qxd4 37.Rad1 Rd2
38.Rc1 e5 39.Bc6 h5 40.h4 Kh7 41.Kh2 Kh6 42.Be4 Qxa4 43.Rc8 g6 44.Rg8 f5
45.Rh8+ Kg7 46.Bxe5+ Kf7 47.Rh7+ Kg8 48.Rc1  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 e4 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nf4 Nc6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Be2 g5 10.Nh5 Nxh5 11.Bxh5 g4 12.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gertler, David"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Bg4 8.Nbd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Nd7 12.Bf1 Qb6 13.Be3 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qxa2 15.Rxb7 Nf6
16.d5 Nb8 17.Qb1 Qxb1 18.Rexb1 a5 19.Rxe7 a4 20.Nd4 a3 21.Ra1 Nfd7 22.Bb5 Bf6
23.Rxd7 Nxd7 24.Bxd7 Rfb8 25.Bc6 a2  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pohl Kuemmel, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Bd7 11.Nf3 cxd4 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.O-O dxc3 14.Rfe1 Rh8 15.Qg7 Rdg8
16.Qf6 Qd8 17.Ng5 Ng6 18.Qxd8+ Nxd8 19.Bg3 Nh4 20.f4 Bc6 21.Rab1 a5 22.Bf2 d4
23.Be4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Nf5 25.Bxd4 Rh4 26.Bf2 Rh5 27.Rc4+ Nc6 28.Nxf7 Rh7 29.Ng5 Rhg7
30.Rxc3 Rd7 31.Nxe6 Rd2 32.g3 Ne7 33.Nc5 Nd5 34.Rc4 Rg7 35.Ne4 Re2 36.Nd6+ Kb8
37.Rxc6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 f5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng1 cxd4 7.exd4 Nf6 8.Nh3 Nc6
9.Nf4 g6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nb5 Be7 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.b3 g5 14.Nfe6 Nfg4 15.h3 Bxe6
16.hxg4 Nd3+ 17.Bxd3 Qxd4 18.Be3 Qc3+ 19.Kf1 Bd7 20.Bxe4 Bf6 21.Rc1 Qe5 22.Bxf5 Bxf5
23.gxf5 O-O 24.Qd3 g4 25.g3 Rae8 26.Kg2 Qe7 27.Rh5 a6 28.Rch1 Rf7 29.Re1 Qd7
30.Bd2 Rxe1 31.Bxe1 Qe8 32.Bd2 Re7 33.Rh6 Kg7 34.Rh1 Re2 35.Kf1 Re4 36.Bc3 Bxc3
37.Qxc3+ Kg8 38.Rh6 b5 39.Qc1 bxc4 40.bxc4 Qa4 41.Rxd6 Kf7 42.Rc6 Qxa2 43.Rc7+ Ke8
44.f6 Kd8 45.f7 Qe2+ 46.Kg1 Qf3 47.Ra7  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4
10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Be2 h3 13.g3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bf3 b4 16.Ne4 Qe7
17.Qe2 c5 18.Nxc5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Bxe5 20.Rad1 Na6 21.Nxa6 Bg7 22.Rfe1 Rad8
23.d5 c3 24.bxc3 bxc3 25.Re4 c2 26.Rc1 Rxd5 27.Nb4 Rd2 28.Rxc2 Qf6  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wharton, William"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.O-O c6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 Ngf6 8.d3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Be5 12.Qc2 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e5 15.b4 c5
16.a3 Qc7 17.Bg2 Nf8 18.Bh3 Rad8 19.Rac1 Rd3 20.Rfe1 Red8 21.Nb3 b6 22.Bf1 R3d7
23.Bh3 Re7 24.Qc3 h6 25.Qe3 cxb4 26.axb4 N8h7 27.c5 Ng5 28.Bg2 bxc5 29.Qxc5 Qxc5
30.Rxc5 Rb8 31.b5 Nd7 32.Rd5 Nb6 33.Rdd1 Na4 34.Ra1 Rxb5 35.Rxa4 Rxb3 36.Rea1 Rbb7
37.Bf1 Red7 38.h4 Nf3+ 39.Kg2 Nd2 40.Bc4 Nxc4 41.Rxc4 Rd2 42.Ra3 Kh7 43.Rca4 Rbb2
44.Rf3 Rd7 45.Rfa3 Rdd2 46.Rf3 Rb7 47.Rfa3 Rdd7 48.h5 Kg8 49.Ra5 f6 50.f3 Kf7
51.Kh3 g6 52.Kg4 Kg7 53.Ra6 Rf7 54.hxg6 Kxg6 55.f4 exf4 56.Kxf4 Rfe7 57.R3a4 h5
58.R6a5 Rec7 59.Ra3 Rh7 60.Kf3 Rbe7 61.R3a4 Ref7 62.Ra6 Kg5 63.R4a5+ f5 64.exf5 Rxf5+
65.Rxf5+ Kxf5 66.Ra5+ Ke6 67.Ke4 Kd6 68.Kd4 Kc6 69.Kc4 Kb7 70.Rg5 Kb6 71.Kb4 Rh6
72.Re5 a6 73.Rg5 Kc7 74.Kc5 Kd7 75.Re5 Rh8 76.Kb6 Kd6 77.Rg5 Ke6 78.Kxa6 Kf6
79.Rd5 Kg6 80.Kb5 Rc8 81.Kb4 Rc1 82.Kb3 Kh6 83.Kb2 Rc8 84.Kb3 Rc6 85.Kb2 Rg6
86.Kc2 Rxg3 87.Kd2 h4 88.Ke2 h3 89.Kf2 Rg2+ 90.Kf1 Rg4 91.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8
9.h3 c6 10.a4 a5 11.Bf4 Nbd7 12.Re1 Ne5 13.b3 g6 14.Qd2 Bg7 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Bg5 Qf8
17.f4 Ned7 18.Nde2 Nh5 19.g4 h6 20.Bh4 Nxf4 21.Nxf4 g5 22.Bg3 gxf4 23.Bxf4 Re6
24.Ne2 Ne5 25.Ng3 Rg6 26.Nf5 Kh7 27.Rf1  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.e3 e4 6.Qb3 Nf6 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Bb5 Be7
9.Nge2 O-O 10.Nf4 Na5 11.Qd1 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Rc8 14.O-O Nc4 15.Rab1 Qd7
16.Rfc1 g5 17.Nh3 h6 18.Be1 a6 19.b3 Nd6 20.Na4 Nf5 21.Kh1 Rc6 22.Rxc6 Qxc6
23.Ng1 Rc8 24.Bd2 Qb5 25.h3 h5 26.Nc5 b6 27.Nxa6 Qd3 28.Qxd3 exd3 29.Be1 Ne4
30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Nh4 32.f3 d2 33.fxe4 Rc1  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Qe3 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Rc8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bc6
16.Qe3 Qa5 17.Kb1 Bd5 18.b3 Rxc2 19.Kxc2 Qxa2+ 20.Bb2 Ba3 21.Rxd5 Bxb2 22.Kd1 Qb1+
23.Ke2 Bc1 24.Qe5 Qc2+ 25.Kf3 Qc6 26.Qb8+ Ke7 27.Qa7+ Ke8 28.Bxb5 axb5 29.Rxc1 Qxd5+
30.Ke2  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bb3 Qc7 11.h3 b5 12.Ng5 Bb7 13.Rd1 Rad8 14.a4 a6 15.Nce4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Be7 17.axb5 axb5 18.d5 Nb6 19.Ra7 Nc8 20.Ra1 c5 21.Ng3 c4 22.e4 Bc5
23.Ba2 Nd6 24.Qe2 Ra8 25.Be3 b4 26.b3 c3 27.Rac1 Ra3 28.Bxc5 Qxc5 29.Nh5 Bc8
30.Rd3 Qb5 31.Rc2 f6 32.f4 Rf7 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Qe3 Qa6 35.Kh2 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 Qxa2
37.Qb6 Qe2 38.Qd8+ Rf8 39.Nf6+ gxf6 40.Rg3+ Bg4 41.Qxd6 h5 42.Qxb4 c2 43.Qc5 Qd1
44.hxg4 c1=Q 45.gxh5+ Qg5 46.Rxg5+ fxg5 47.d6 Qxh5+ 48.Kg1 Qd1+ 49.Kh2 Rd8
50.Qc4+ Kf8 51.Qe6 Qxd6 52.Qf5+ Ke7 53.Qh7+ Ke8 54.Qg8+ Kd7 55.Qf7+ Kc6 56.Qc4+ Kb6
57.b4 Qh6+  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 dxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nge2 Ne4
9.f3 Nd6 10.c5 Nf7 11.g4 b6 12.b4 a5 13.Na4 Na6 14.a3 e5 15.dxe5 Bh4+ 16.Kd2 axb4
17.Nxb6 b3 18.Qc3 Nxc5 19.Qxc5 Be7 20.Qxc6 Rb8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Qa4 fxg4 23.Nd4 Ng5
24.fxg4 Ne4+ 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qxb3+ Kh8 27.Rhc1 Bc5 28.Rc4 Rxf4 29.exf4 Bxd4
30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Rc1 Qd8 32.Ke2 h5 33.Rd1 Qd7 34.e6 Qa7 35.e7 Qa6+ 36.Ke1 Qa5+
37.Rd2  1-0

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.a5 O-O
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nb3 Nd7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Na4 Nxa4 13.Rxa4 Bd7 14.Be2 Ne5 15.Rd4 Bb5
16.c4 Bc6 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.Nc1 Nd7 19.f3 Nc5 20.Qe1 Bf6 21.Rd2 Qxa5 22.Rxd6 Qxe1
23.Rxe1 Na4 24.b3 Nc3 25.Bf1 a5 26.Bd4 Bxd4+ 27.Rxd4 Rfd8 28.Rd3 Rxd3 29.Nxd3 a4
30.bxa4 Rxa4 31.Ne5 Be8 32.Re3 Nb1 33.Rd3 f6 34.Ng4 Bc6 35.Ne3 Ra2 36.Rd8+ Kf7
37.Rd1 Nc3 38.Re1 Rd2 39.h4 Na4 40.h5 Ke7 41.Nd5+ Kf7 42.Nb4 Be8 43.Nd3 Ke7
44.Rb1 Bc6 45.Nb4 Nc5 46.Nxc6+ bxc6 47.Rb6 Rd6 48.Kf2 e5 49.g3 h6 50.Ke3 Kd7
51.Rb8 Kc7 52.Rg8 Rd7 53.Bh3 Re7 54.Rc8+ Kb6 55.Rb8+ Rb7 56.Rg8 Nb3 57.f4 Na5
58.Bf1 Kc5 59.fxe5 fxe5 60.Re8 Rb3+ 61.Kf2 Kd4 62.Rd8+ Kxe4 63.Bg2+ Kf5 64.Bh3+ Kg5
65.Rf8 Rb2+ 66.Kg1 Kxh5 67.Rf5+ g5 68.Rxe5 Nxc4 69.Re4 Rb1+ 70.Kg2 Rb2+ 71.Kg1 Na5
72.Bd7 Kg6 73.Re6+ Kf7 74.Rxh6 c5 75.Ra6 Nb7 76.Bf5 Rd2 77.Rc6 Nd6 78.Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3 d6
9.e3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meister, Yakov"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.d5 f5 5.exf5 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 exd5 8.cxd5 Qe7+
9.Be2 Nh6 10.Nf3 Nxf5 11.O-O O-O 12.Nc3 h6 13.Rfe1 Qf7 14.Bc4 Nd6 15.Bd3 Qf4
16.Qe2 Nf7 17.Rad1 a5 18.Bb1 Nd6 19.Rd4 Qf6 20.Ne5 Ba6 21.Qc2 Qf5 22.Qd2 Qf6
23.Ng6 Rf7 24.Rf4 Qd8 25.Rxf7 Nxf7 26.Ne7+ Kf8 27.Bg6 Qxe7 28.Rxe7 Kxe7 29.Qf4 Nd6
30.Qh4+  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4
10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Be2 h3 13.Bf3 hxg2 14.Rg1 b4 15.Ne4 Qf4 16.Rxg2 Nd7
17.Rg4 Qxh2 18.Rg3 Qh4 19.Nxc4 Qf4 20.Na5 O-O-O 21.Qe2 Nb6 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.Bxc6 Bxc6
24.dxc5 Qe4 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Qxe4 Bxe4 27.Rc1+ Kd7 28.Nc4 Rb8 29.Ne5+ Ke7
30.Re3 Bd5 31.Rc7+ Kd6 32.Rd7+ Kc5 33.Rxf7 Rb7 34.Rf4 Rg7 35.Nd3+ Kd6 36.Rxb4 Rb7
37.Nf4 h5 38.Nxd5 exd5 39.Rh3 Re8+ 40.Kd2 Rf8 41.f4 Rf5 42.a5 Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 e6 8.g3 Bxa3
9.bxa3 Qc5 10.Bb2 b5 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.Rb1 Na5 13.O-O e5 14.Kh1 O-O 15.Qd3 Rac8
16.h3 Rfe8 17.f4 Nc4 18.Ba1 d5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Ne3 21.Rf2 Nxg2 22.Kxg2 Bxd5+
23.Kg1 exf4 24.gxf4 Re3 25.Qf1 Rg3+ 26.Kh2 Qe3 27.Bd4 Qxd4 28.Kxg3 Rc3+ 29.Kh2 Qe3
30.Rg2 Qxh3+ 31.Kg1 Rg3  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Matychenkov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Bb7 8.Nc3 Ne7
9.Bg5 Nxb3 10.axb3 Nc6 11.Qe3 Be7 12.h4 O-O 13.Rh3 Re8 14.O-O-O f6 15.Bf4 Bf8
16.h5 d6 17.Nh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Werfen op"]
[Site "Werfen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krachler, Guenther"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.Be3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 a6
16.exd7+ Bxd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Nxf3 Rhe8 20.Kf2 Re4 21.Bxc5 Rae8
22.Re1 Rxe1 23.Nxe1 b6 24.Bd4 Kd6 25.c4 Rc8 26.Bxb6 Rxc4 27.a3 Kxd5 28.Bd8 Ke4
29.Bf6 Rc6 30.Be7 Rc3 31.Bb4 Rb3 32.Bd6 h5 33.Kg2 g5 34.Kh3 f5 35.Be7 f4  0-1

[Event "Werfen op"]
[Site "Werfen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Priedite, Ingrida"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6
9.b3 Bd7 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Nce2 O-O 12.c4 Rac8 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.a4 Rfd8 15.Qd2 b6
16.h3 Rc7 17.Qe3 Be8 18.f4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Nd7 20.g4 Nc5 21.g5 Bf8 22.h4 b5
23.cxb5 axb5 24.a5 b4 25.h5 Bb5 26.Rf3 d5 27.g6 dxe4 28.Rg3 h6 29.f5 e5 30.Nxb5 Qxb5
31.Bf1 Rd3 32.Bxd3 exd3 33.Qxe5 Qd7 34.Rd1 f6 35.Qf4 Bd6 36.Qc4+ Kh8 37.Re3 Qc6
38.Rdxd3 Rc8  1-0

[Event "Werfen op"]
[Site "Werfen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duer, Werner"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.dxc5 d4 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.e3 e5
9.exd4 e4 10.Nfd2 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nb3 Qe5 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Rd1 Be7 15.h3 O-O
16.Be2 Rfe8 17.g4 Be6 18.Rd4 a5 19.a4 Qc7 20.O-O h6 21.Rxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qc6
23.Qb1 Qxa4 24.Nd4 Bxc5 25.b3 Qd7 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Bf3 Bd7 28.Qc1 Qb6 29.Bd5 Bc6
30.Nf5 Bxe3 31.Qc3 Bxf2+ 32.Kf1 Bd4 33.Rxd4 Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Qg6 35.Qf3 Qe6 36.Rd1 Rad8  0-1

[Event "Werfen op"]
[Site "Werfen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 exd5 6.Qf3 Be6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Ne2 h6
9.Bh4 c6 10.Nf4 Bg4 11.Qe3+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.f3 Be6 14.O-O-O g5 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Bf2 Raf8 17.Ne2 Nh5 18.c3 Bd6 19.Rde1 Rf6 20.Kc2 Kf7 21.Nc1 Rg8 22.Be2 Nf4
23.Bf1 g4 24.g3 Nh3 25.Bxh3 Rxf3 26.Bxg4 Rxg4 27.Re2 Nf6 28.Be3 h5 29.Nd3 Re4
30.Rhe1 Ng4 31.Bf4 Bxf4 32.Nxf4 Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Werfen op"]
[Site "Werfen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Klinger, Josef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.Bf4 Ng6 5.Bg3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bc5 8.e5 Qe7
9.Qe2 Nd5 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Nd2 g5 12.Ne4 Bb6 13.O-O-O Nf4 14.Bxf4 gxf4 15.Nf3 Qe6
16.c4 O-O 17.Rd5 d6 18.Rhd1 Qh6 19.exd6 cxd6 20.Rxd6 Be6 21.Neg5 Bxc4 22.Qe4 Rac8
23.Kb1 Qh5 24.b3 Bb5 25.g4 fxg3 26.hxg3 Bc6 27.Qd3 Bc5 28.g4 Qh8 29.Rxc6 Rxc6
30.Qf5 g6 31.Qf4 Ba3 32.Ne5 Rc7 33.Ngf3 Rfc8 34.Nc4 Rxc4  0-1

[Event "Werfen op"]
[Site "Werfen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.c3 O-O 10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Werfen op"]
[Site "Werfen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 dxc4 5.Bxc4 c5 6.d5 a6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.d6 Ng6 9.f4 Nxe5
10.Bxe6 Bxe6 11.fxe5 Qh4+ 12.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjelmaas, Lars"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Ne4 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nd7 8.Qb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Qb6 11.Qa2 Qa5 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Qxa3 dxc4 14.Nd2 Nb6 15.f4 Rd8
16.Rfc1 Bd7 17.Qc5 Qxc5 18.dxc5 Be8 19.cxb6 Rxd2 20.a5 axb6 21.axb6 Rxa1
22.Rxa1 Rb2 23.Ra4 Rxb6 24.Rxc4 Kf8 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Ke3 Rb3 27.Kd3 b5 28.Rb4 Ra3
29.Rb2 Kd6 30.Be4 h6 31.g4 c5 32.Rd2 Bc6 33.Kc2+ Bd5 34.Bd3 c4 35.Bh7 Ra2+
36.Kc1 Rxd2 37.Kxd2 g6 38.Ke3 Ke7 39.f5 Kf6 40.fxg6 fxg6  0-1

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Svensson, Bengt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxc4 Rxg5
23.Qd4 Kb8 24.Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25.fxg3 Qxc6 26.Rd1 Bh6 27.Nc5 Ka8 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Be3+
30.Kg2 a5 31.h4 Kb8 32.b3 Kc7 33.Kf3 Bb6 34.Ke2 Kc6 35.Rd6+ Kc7 36.Rd3 Kc6
37.Nd6 Bc7 38.Nxf7 Rf8 39.g4 Rxf7 40.g5 Bf4 41.Kf3 Be5 42.Ke4 Bxf6 43.Rf3 Bxg5
44.Rxf7 Bxh4 45.Kd4 Bg3 46.Kc4 Bc7 47.Rf6 Kd6 48.Kb5 Kd5 49.Rf7 Bd6 50.Rf1 Be5
51.Kxa5 Bc3 52.Kb5 e5 53.Rf8 Kd4 54.Rd8+ Ke3 55.Kc4 e4 56.Re8 Kf3 57.Re7 Bd2
58.Rh7 e3 59.Kd3 Kf4 60.Re7 Kf5 61.Re4 Kf6 62.Ke2 Kf5 63.Kf3 Kf6 64.Kg4 Kg6
65.Re6+ Kf7 66.Kf5 Kg7 67.Re8 Kf7 68.Re4 Kg7 69.Ke6 Kh6 70.Kf6 Kh5 71.Kf5 Kh6
72.Re7 Bc1 73.Re6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bergstrom, Rolf"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.f3 Nbd7 5.Be3 g6 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.a4 Bg7 8.Na3 O-O
9.Nh3 Qc7 10.Be2 Ne5 11.Nf2 Be6 12.O-O Rfd8 13.Qc2 b6 14.b3 Nc6 15.f4 Bh6
16.g3 Qb7 17.Rab1 Rac8 18.Rfe1 Nd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.c4 Bd7 21.e5 Ne8 22.Bd3 Ng7
23.Be4 Qb8 24.Qd3 Ne6 25.b4 Bf8 26.h4 Ng7 27.g4 Bc6 28.Bxc6 Rxc6 29.Qe4 Qc8
30.Rb3 f5 31.exf6 Rxf6 32.Rg3 a5 33.bxa5 bxa5 34.Nd3 e6 35.c5 Rd5 36.Nb5 h5
37.g5 Rff5 38.Rc1 Bxc5 39.Rg2 Qf8 40.Rgc2 Bb6 41.Rc8 Bd8 42.R1c7 Kh7 43.Ra7 Qe8
44.Raa8 Rd7 45.Qc6 Qe7 46.Qxd7  1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fant, Goran"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Qa5+ 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.a3 g5
9.Bg3 g4 10.Ne5 Nxd4 11.e3 Nf5 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4 Bg7 14.O-O-O h5 15.Nb3 hxg4
16.Nxa5 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Ke7 18.h4 Be5 19.Be2 Bxg3 20.Bxg4 Rxh4 21.Bf3 Rb8 22.Rxh4 Bxh4
23.Rh1 Bg5 24.Kd2 b6 25.Nb3 Bb7 26.Rc1 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Bf6 28.Rc7 a5 29.Nd4 Bxd4
30.exd4 Kd6 31.Rc2 Rh8 32.Ke3 Rh5 33.a4 Rh1 34.b3 Rb1 35.Rc3 Rb2 36.Rd3 Kd5
37.Kf4 f6 38.Ke3 f5 39.Kf4 Rh2 40.Kg3 Rh8 41.Rd1 Rc8 42.Rd3 b5 43.axb5 Rb8
44.Kf4 Rxb5 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.f4 d6  0-1

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nge2 Bf5 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.d4 e6 8.O-O c6
9.f4 Bb4 10.f5 exf5 11.Qe2+ Kf8 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.Nxf5 Nbd7 14.Nb5 Bxd2 15.Qe7+ Kg8
16.Nbd6 Rf8 17.Qxd7 h5 18.Nxf7 Rxf7 19.Bxf7+ Bxf7 20.Ne7+ Kf8 21.Qd6 Bb4
22.Ng6+ Kg8 23.Qb8+ Kh7 24.Nxh8 Qxd4+ 25.Kh1 Bd5 26.Qg3 Bd6 27.Rad1 Qc5 28.Qg6+ Kxh8
29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.Qxf6+ Kh7 31.c4 Qxc4 32.Qxd6 Qe2 33.Qc7+ Kh8 34.Qb8+ Kh7
35.Qc7+ Kh8 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kh6 38.Qf6+ Kh7 39.Qf5+ Kh6 40.Qf4+ Kh7 41.Qd2 Bxg2+
42.Kg1 Qxd2 43.Rxd2 Bd5 44.Re2 Kg6 45.Re7 c5 46.Kf2 Kf6 47.Rc7 Bc6 48.Kg3 Ke5
49.Rh7 Kd4 50.Rxh5 c4 51.h4 b5 52.Rh6 Bd5 53.h5 b4 54.Rd6 c3 55.bxc3+ bxc3
56.h6  1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 g6 6.c5 Nd5 7.Bc4 Nxc3 8.Qf3 e6
9.bxc3 Nd7 10.h4 h6 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Be5 Bg7 13.h5 g5 14.Nh3 Rg8 15.g4 Nd5 16.Bxg7 Rxg7
17.O-O-O c6 18.Rhe1 a5 19.Bf1 b5 20.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lindgren, Fredrik"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O e5 7.c3 Nge7 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 h6
10.Bb2 Be6 11.Nbd2 a6 12.Nb3 c4 13.dxc4 Bxc4 14.Re1 f5 15.Nfd2 Bf7 16.c4 Qd7
17.Qe2 Rad8 18.Red1 Rfe8 19.Rab1 Qe6 20.Ba1 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Qd3 fxe4
23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.Nxe4 Nf5 25.c5 dxc5 26.Nxc5 b6 27.Nxa6 Re2 28.Bf1 Ra2 29.Bb2 Rc8
30.Rdc1 Rc3 31.Bxc3 dxc3 32.Bd3 Rd2 33.Rd1 Ra2 34.Rbc1 Bb3 35.Re1 Rd2 36.Bf1 Kh7
37.g4 Nh4 38.Re7 c2 39.Re2 Bb2 40.Rxc2 Bxc2 41.Rxd2 Nf3+ 42.Kg2 Nxd2 43.Be2 Bxa3
44.b5 Bd6  0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.a3 h6
16.Bh4 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Qa4 Qxa4 19.Rxa4 a5 20.Bb5 g5 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Kf1 gxh4
23.Rxa5 h3 24.Ne1 Rg8 25.g3 Rg4 26.Nd3 Bg2+ 27.Kg1 Bc6 28.Bxc6 Rxc6 29.b4 Bxf2+
30.Kxf2 Rxc1 31.Nxc1 Rxb4 32.Nd3 Rb3 33.Nf4 Rb2+ 34.Kg1 Rb1+ 35.Kf2 Rh1 36.g4 Rxh2+
37.Kg3 Rh1 38.Nxh3 Re1 39.Kf4 Rf1+ 40.Ke4 Re1+ 41.Kf4 Rf1+ 42.Ke4 Re1+ 43.Kf4 Rd1
44.g5 Rd3 45.Nf2 hxg5+ 46.Kxg5 Rf3 47.Ng4 Kf8 48.Kh6 Rh3+ 49.Kg5 Kg7 50.Nf6 Rd3
51.Nxd7 Rxd7 52.Kf4 Kg6 53.Ra1 Rd4+ 54.Ke3 Rg4 55.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 Nh6
8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qe7 10.Qc2 Be6 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.Nfxd4 Qb6 13.Rac1 Na6 14.h3 Rfe8
15.a3 Re7 16.Rfe1 Rae8 17.Re3 f5 18.Rce1 fxe4 19.Rxe4 Qf6 20.Na5 b6 21.Nac6 Rxe4
22.Rxe4 Rxe4 23.Qxe4 Qf8 24.b4 Nf7 25.Nf5 Nb8 26.Nce7+ Kh8 27.Qh4  1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Silseth, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.Nbd2 c6 8.O-O Kh8
9.a4 a5 10.e3 Be6 11.Qe2 Na6 12.Rfe1 Nb4 13.Rac1 Qd7 14.e4 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Bd5 17.Qe3 Qg4 18.h3 Qf5 19.Nh4 Qf6 20.f4 Bxg2 21.Nxg2 Nd5 22.Qd2 Rf7
23.Re2 c5 24.Rce1 Nc7 25.Re4 d5 26.Re5 Qd6 27.dxc5 Qxc5+ 28.Bd4 Qb4 29.c3 Qxb3
30.Rxe7 Raf8 31.f5 Kg8 32.Kh2 Qxa4 33.f6 Bxf6 34.Bxf6 Rxf6 35.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Nh6 7.Nf3 Nf5 8.a3 Nd7
9.g4 Ne3 10.b4 Nxd1 11.bxa5 Nc3 12.Nxd4 Nxe5 13.h3 a6 14.a4 Be6 15.Ba3 O-O-O
16.e3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 c5 18.Rxc3 cxd4 19.exd4 Rxd4 20.Be2 Rhd8 21.Nf3 Nxf3+
22.Rxf3 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 Rd1+ 24.Ke2 Rxh1 25.Rxf7 Rc1 26.Be6+ Kb8 27.Rxg7 Re8
28.Kd2 Rc7 29.Rxc7 Kxc7 30.Bf5 h6 31.f4 Rd8+ 32.Ke3 Rd5 33.h4 Rxa5 34.Be4 Rxa4
35.g5 Ra3+ 36.Bd3 Kd6 37.gxh6 Rc3 38.h7 Rc8 39.Bc4 Rh8 40.Bg8 Ke7 41.Kd4 b6
42.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fant, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.Bd2 Ng6 10.h4 h5 11.Qg5 Nd7 12.c4 Qa4 13.cxd5 Ndxe5 14.Rh3 exd5 15.Re3 O-O
16.Be2 f6 17.Qg3 Nxh4 18.Rc3 Nf5 19.Qf4 Qe8 20.O-O-O g5 21.Qh2 Ng4 22.Bxg4 hxg4
23.Rd3 Qf7 24.Ne2 Be6 25.Rh1 Qg7 26.Bc3 Rac8 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.Bxd4 Kf7 29.Re1 Rc6
30.Rb3 b6 31.cxb6 axb6 32.Rxb6 Rxb6 33.Bxb6 Re8 34.a4 f5 35.Qh5+ Qg6 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6
37.a5 Bd7 38.Rd1 Bc6 39.a6 Re4 40.Bd4 g3 41.fxg3 Re2 42.Rd3 Re4 43.Kb2 Kf7
44.Kc3 Ke6 45.Rd1 Kd6 46.Rh1 Kc7 47.Rh7+ Kb8 48.Rg7 g4 49.Rf7 Re2 50.Rxf5 Bb5
51.a7+ Ka8 52.Rxd5 Bd7 53.Rg5 Re8 54.Kd3 Be6 55.Re5 Bd7 56.Rg5 Be6 57.c3 Rg8
58.Ra5 Bc8 59.Kc4 Bb7 60.Ra2 Rd8 61.Rf2 Rg8 62.Kb5 Rg5+ 63.Bc5 Rg8 64.Bd4 Rg5+
65.Kb6 Rg6+ 66.Kc7 Rc6+ 67.Kd7 Rc8 68.Ke7 Bd5 69.Rb2 Rc7+ 70.Kd6 Rb7 71.Rf2 Bf7
72.Rf4 Rb5 73.Bc5 Ra5 74.Rxf7 Ra6+ 75.Kd7  1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.Rd3 b5 13.Rg3 bxc4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qxf6 g6
16.Rd1 Bc6 17.Qd4 Rac8 18.Rg5 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Ne4 f5 21.Nc3 Rfd8 22.Qf6 Qb6
23.Re1 Qf2 24.Rxg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bd7 8.O-O Qc7
9.Nf3 h6 10.Be3 c4 11.Bc2 O-O-O 12.b3 Na5 13.Nd2 f6 14.Nf4 Ne7 15.exf6 gxf6
16.Nh5 Ng8 17.Bf4 e5 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.bxc4 Nxc4 21.Nxc4 dxc4 22.Re1 Ne7
23.Nf6 h5 24.Qe2 Bc6 25.Qxc4 h4 26.Bxe5 Kb8 27.Qe6 Nc8 28.h3 Rh6 29.Bd4 Ka8
30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Qxh6 Qc6 32.Qxh4 Rg8 33.Be4 Rxg2+ 34.Kxg2  1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 dxc4 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 exd5 8.Bxd5 Nge7
9.Bb3 Qxd1+ 10.Bxd1 Ng6 11.O-O Bg4 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Ng5 Bxd1 14.Nxd1 Ncxe5
15.f4 h6 16.fxe5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Rd7 18.Rf5 Rd5 19.Rxf7 Nxe5 20.Rf5 Nf3+ 21.Rxf3 Rxg5
22.Nc3 Bd6 23.h3 Re8 24.Kf1 Kd7 25.g4 Kc6 26.Re1 Rge5 27.Rxe5 Bxe5 28.h4 b5
29.h5 b4 30.Nd1 c4 31.Ne3 Kc5 32.b3 c3 33.Rf5 a5 34.Ke2 Kd4 35.Nc2+ Ke4 36.Rf3 Rd8
37.Re3+ Kf4 38.Rf3+ Kxg4 39.Ne3+ Kh4 40.Rf5 Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Bd4 42.Ng2+ Rxg2  0-1

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3 Qb6 8.Nb3 Qc7
9.a4 Nc6 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.Be3 e5 12.f5 d5 13.exd5 Nxd3+ 14.cxd3 Bb4 15.O-O Bxc3
16.bxc3 Qxc3 17.Nc5 O-O 18.Rac1 Qa5 19.Bg5 Qb6 20.Kh1 Qd6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Ne4 Qh4
23.Rc7 Rd8 24.a5 Rb8 25.g3 Qh6 26.Rfc1 Bd7 27.g4 Rbc8 28.g5 Qh4 29.R7c4 h6
30.Rg1 Rxc4 31.dxc4 Ba4 32.Rg4 Qe1+ 33.Rg1 Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qc7
9.Ra2 Nf5 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.Bd3 Qb1 12.O-O Qxa2 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Qxg7 Rf8 15.Ng5 Be6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxb7 Qxc2 18.Qxa8 Kd7 19.Qxa7+ Qc7 20.Qa4+ Nc6 21.Qd1 Ke8
22.Qd3 Na5 23.Bg5 Qc4 24.Qh3 Rf7 25.Qh6 Qa6 26.Rb1 Qc8 27.Rb6 Nc6 28.h3 Kd7
29.Qh5 Ke8 30.Bf6 Qc7 31.Qg5 Nxd4 32.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fossan, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Bd3 Bg5 10.Bxg5 Qxg5 11.O-O Nge7 12.Nc2 O-O 13.Nd5 Rac8 14.b4 Ng6 15.Qc1 Qd8
16.Qe3 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Nce7 18.g3 Kh8 19.Rfc1 f5 20.Na3 f4 21.Qd2 Qd7 22.b5 axb5
23.Nxb5 Rf6 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Bf1 Nh4 26.Kh1 Qg4 27.h3 Qf3+ 28.Kh2 Qxg3+ 29.fxg3 Nf3+
30.Kg2 Nxd2 31.gxf4 Nxf1 32.Rxf1 exf4 33.Nd4 Ng6 34.Rb1 Nh4+ 35.Kf2 h5 36.Rxb7 g5
37.Nf3 Nxf3 38.Kxf3 Rf8 39.a4 Rc8 40.e5 dxe5 41.d6 Rg8 42.Re7 g4+ 43.hxg4 hxg4+
44.Ke4 f3 45.Rf7 g3 46.Rxf3 g2 47.Rh3+ Kg7 48.Rg3+ Kf7 49.Rxg8 Kxg8 50.d7 g1=Q
51.d8=Q+ Kf7 52.Qd7+ Kf6 53.Qc6+ Ke7 54.Kxe5 Kd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Bb2 Qa5 12.Rac1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nb6 15.Qb5 Qxb5
16.Nxb5 Nc4 17.Rc2 Rac8 18.dxc5 N6e5 19.Be2 Rxc5 20.Nd4 Rfc8 21.Rb1 b6 22.Bc1 Nd6
23.Ba6 R8c7 24.Ba3 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.Bxd6 exd6 27.Nb5 Rc2 28.a3 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Nd2
30.Rb4 d5 31.Bb7 a5 32.Rg4 Nc4 33.Kf1 h5 34.Rf4 Be5 35.Rh4 Nd2+ 36.Kg2 Ne4
37.Bxd5 Nxf2 38.Kf3 Nd3 39.Rc4 Rb2 40.Nd4 Ne1+ 41.Ke4 Bxg3 42.Rc6 Kg7 43.Bc4 Ng2
44.Kd3 Rb1 45.Ke4 Nh4 46.Nb5 Nf5 47.Kf3 Rc1 48.Bd5 Rf1+ 49.Ke4 Re1 50.Rc3 Bf2
51.Kf3 Bxe3 52.Rc7 Nh6 53.Re7 Bf2 54.Rxe1 Bxe1 55.Nd6 Bh4 56.Ke4 Be7 57.Ke5 Bxd6+
58.Kxd6 Nf5+ 59.Kc7 b5 60.Kb6 Ne3 61.Be4 Nc4+ 62.Kxb5 Nd6+ 63.Kxa5 Nxe4 64.Kb4 Kf6  0-1

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.a3 Nbd7 7.f4 Nb6 8.Bxf6 exf6
9.d5 c5 10.Bxb5+ Bd7 11.a4 Bh6 12.Nf3 Bxb5 13.axb5 O-O 14.O-O Re8 15.g3 f5
16.exf5 Nc4 17.Qc1 Qd7 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Nd2 Nb6 20.Nce4 Bg7 21.c4 Re7 22.f5 gxf5
23.Nf2 Rae8 24.Nf3 Re3 25.Ra3 f4 26.Ng5 Qf5 27.gxf4 Qxf4 28.Ne6 R8xe6 29.dxe6 Be5
30.Re1 Re2 31.Rg3+ Kf8 32.Rg2 Nxc4 33.Qd1 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Bd4 35.Qe2 Ne5 36.Kf1 Bxf2
37.e7+ Ke8 38.Kg2 Bd4 39.Rf1 Qg5+ 40.Kh1 Qg6 41.b4 cxb4 42.Rc1 Kxe7 43.Rc7+ Kd8  0-1

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Groenn, Atle"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Qxe4 c5 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Qh4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Qe3 O-O 14.h3 Qc7 15.Be2 b6
16.O-O Bb7 17.Qb3 Ne4 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qc2 a5 20.Rad1 f5 21.Nd2 Ne6 22.Qb3 Bc5
23.Nb1 Qc6 24.f3 Nd4 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Bd3 Rae8 27.Rfe1 Qg6 28.Bf1 Re3 29.Rxe3 dxe3
30.Be2 Qg3 31.Nc3 Bxf3  0-1

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cladouras, Panagiotis"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3 Qb6 8.Nb3 Qc7
9.a4 b6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Bb7 12.Nd4 g6 13.Qh3 Nc5 14.Bd2 Bg7 15.Rae1 O-O
16.Nf3 d5 17.e5 Nfe4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Nd4 Qd7 20.Be3 Nxa4 21.Nxa4 Qxa4 22.b3 Qb4
23.Rd1 b5 24.Qg3 Qe7 25.Qe1 Rac8 26.b4 Rc4 27.Nb3 Rxc2 28.Rd6 Qc7 29.Nc5 Bc8
30.Qb1 Rc4 31.Rc1 f6 32.Rxc4 fxe5 33.Rc1 Qxd6 34.Nxe4 Qb8 35.Bc5 Rxf4 36.g3 Rf7
37.Nd6 Rf8 38.Rd1 Qa8 39.Nxc8 Rxc8 40.Qb3 Re8 41.Rd6 h6 42.Qa2 Kh7 43.Qxa6 Qe4
44.Qxb5 Ra8 45.Rd1 Ra2 46.Qf1 Qc2 47.Bf2 Rb2 48.Rc1 Qb3 49.b5 e4 50.Re1 Qc2
51.Rc1 Qd2 52.Qe1 Qd3 53.b6 Rb3 54.Rd1 Qf3 55.Bd4 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 Ne6 13.Rf1 Nd4 14.Qd1 f5 15.Nxf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 Nxf5 17.d4 Bg5 18.Rf3 Be3+ 19.Kh1 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Nc3 Rae8 22.Rd3 Qe5
23.Qd2 Re6 24.Rd1 Rh6 25.g4 Nd6 26.Rg1 Rhf6 27.Re3 Qg5 28.Qd3 Rf2 29.Ne4 Nxe4
30.Qxe4 Qh4 31.h3 Qf6 32.a4 Qd6 33.Rg2 Rf1+ 34.Rg1 R1f2 35.Rg2 Rf1+ 36.Rg1 h6
37.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 38.Kg2 Rf8 39.Qc4+ Qd5+ 40.Qxd5+ cxd5 41.Re7 Rf7 42.Re8+ Kh7
43.Kg3 Rf6 44.Re3 Kg6 45.h4 Kf7 46.h5 b6 47.Rc3 c6 48.b4 Ke7 49.b5 axb5 50.axb5 c5
51.Ra3 Kd6 52.Ra6 Ke5 53.g5 hxg5 54.Ra7 Rh6  0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Qb6 Qxb6 7.Bxb6 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Nd5 Kf8 10.O-O-O Nf6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Rhe1 Rc8 13.c3 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Ne5
16.Be2 f5 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Kc2 Kf7 19.a4 a5 20.Bb5 Nc5 21.Kb1 Bf6 22.Re2 g5
23.Rc2 h5 24.h3 Rc7 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Bd7 Kg6 27.c4 Be5 28.b3 Rc7 29.Be6 b6
30.Re2 Ra7 31.Kc2 Raa8 32.Kd3 Rh6 33.Rg1 Kf6 34.Bd7 Rd8 35.f4 gxf4 36.Be6 f3
37.Re3 Rg6 38.Rxg6+ Kxg6 39.Rxf3 Rf8 40.Ke2 Kg5 41.Kf1 h4 42.Ke2 Rf6 43.Bd7 Bd4
44.Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.e5 f6 8.Bh4 Nh6 9.Bd3 O-O
10.Qe2 c5 11.O-O-O c4 12.Be4 Rb8 13.Nd5 Nb6 14.exf6 exf6 15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.Bd5+ Kh8
17.h3 Qa5 18.Kb1 c3 19.g4 Bb7 20.Bb3 Rbe8 21.Qf2 Be4 22.d5 f5 23.Rhe1 Bxf3
24.Qxf3 cxb2 25.Re6 fxg4 26.hxg4 Rc8 27.Be7 Rfe8 28.Bxd6 Nf7 29.Be7 Rxe7
30.Rxe7 Nd6 31.Qe2 Qc3 32.Qe6 Qf3 33.Re1 Qxf4 34.Rd7 Bc3 35.Rh1 Qc1+ 36.Rxc1 bxc1=Q+
37.Kxc1 Rf8 38.Kd1  1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nc3 d5 11.c5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nc4 13.Bc1 Bg5 14.b3 Bxc1 15.Rxc1 Na5
16.Bg4 Nbc6 17.f4 g6 18.Qd2 b6 19.Na4 Ne7 20.Be2 Nf5 21.g4 Ng3 22.Rf3 Nxe2+
23.Qxe2 f6 24.cxb6 cxb6 25.Nb2 Qe7 26.Rfc3 Qg7 27.Nd3 Rae8 28.Rc7 Re7 29.exf6 Qxf6
30.Rxe7 Qxe7 31.Qe5 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Rxf6 33.Kf2 Rf7 34.Ke3 Nb7 35.Ne5  1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nd7 5.Bb2 Ngf6 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.c4 a5 10.a3 Qb6 11.Rc1 Rfd8 12.h3 Bf5 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Qc2 Rac8 15.Kh2 Qa6
16.f4 a4 17.b4 dxc4 18.e4 b5 19.g4 Bxg4 20.e5 Be2 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Ne4 Bxf1
23.Nxf6+ Nxf6 24.Rxf1 Nd5 25.Bc1 Qa7 26.f5 Qc7+ 27.Kh1 Qg3 28.fxg6 Qxh4 29.gxf7+ Kf8
30.Qe4 Qh5 31.Qe2 Qh4 32.Qe6 Nf6 33.Rg1 Qh5 34.Bxc6 Ng4 35.Rxg4 Qxh3+ 36.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hanreck, Alan E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.a4  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 a6 7.Qf3 Qb6 8.a3 Be7
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Bb2 Qh5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5 14.O-O e5 15.Ne2 exf4
16.Nxf4 Nxf4 17.Rxf4 O-O 18.a4 Be6 19.a5 Rfb8 20.Rff1 Bg5 21.Bd4 Bd2 22.Rfd1 Bf4
23.g3 Be5 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Ra4 Kf8 26.Kf2 Ke7 27.Ke3 Ra7 28.Be2 f6 29.Rd2 Bd7
30.Bc4 c5 31.Ra1 Bb5 32.Bd5 Rc7 33.Rad1 Rd8 34.Bc4 Rxd2 35.Rxd2 Bd7 36.Rd3 Rb7
37.Rd5 Be6 38.Rxc5 Kd6 39.Bd5 Kxc5 40.Bxb7 Kb5 41.Kd3 Kxa5 42.Bd5 Bd7 43.Kc4 Kb6
44.b4 h6 45.Kb3 a5 46.bxa5+ Kxa5 47.Kc4 Kb6 48.Kb4 Bh3 49.c4 Bg2 50.c5+ Kc7
51.Kc4 Bh1 52.h4 Bg2 53.Kd3 f5 54.Ke3 g5 55.hxg5 hxg5 56.Kf2 Bh1 57.Ke3 f4+
58.Kf2 Kc8 59.Kg1 Bf3 60.Kf2 Bg4 61.Kg2 Kb8 62.Kf2 Ka7 63.Bc4 Kb7 64.gxf4 gxf4
65.Bb5 Kc7 66.Ba4 Bd7 67.Bb3 Kb7 68.Kf3 Ka6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 exd4
8.e5 Ng4 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Nh6 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qe7 14.Rfd1 Be6
15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Qd7 Rf7 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.Rd3 Nf7 19.Rad1 Kf8 20.Kf1 Ke8 21.Ke2 Rd8
22.Ke3 Red7 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 25.Ke4 c5 26.Nd2 b5 27.f4 g6 28.g4 Nd8
29.Ke3 Ke7 30.Ne4 Nb7 31.b3 h6 32.Kd3 a6 33.Kc3 Kd7 34.h4 Kc6 35.Nf6 Nd8
36.h5 gxh5 37.Nxh5 Kd7 38.Nf6+ Ke7 39.Ne4 Nb7 40.Kd3 Kf8 41.Kc3 Ke7 42.b4 cxb4+
43.Kxb4 Nd8 44.Kc5 Nf7 45.Kb6 Nh8 46.Nc5 Ng6 47.Nd3 Kd7 48.Kxa6 Kc6 49.f5 Ne7
50.fxe6 Nd5 51.Ka5 Ne3 52.Nb4+ Kc7 53.Kxb5 Nxg4 54.Nd5+ Kd8 55.a4  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.g3 Ngf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b3 Re8
9.Qc2 Bf8 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bb2 a6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 f6 15.Qc2 a5
16.Bc3 Nc5 17.e3 Be6 18.Ne1 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.Nf3 Nf5
9.a3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Qc7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxc5 13.Nxc5 Qa5+ 14.b4 Qxb5 15.Qd6 a5
16.Kf2 Ne7 17.Rhd1 Nd5 18.c4 Qxc4 19.Rac1 Qa2+ 20.Kg3 axb4 21.Na6 bxa6 22.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 Ng4 10.Qxg4 Nxd4 11.Qd1 Nxb3 12.cxb3 d6 13.O-O Be6 14.Ra3 Ra6 15.Qd2 f5
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Re1 Bf7 18.Bg5 Qb6 19.Rxe7 d5 20.Nb5 Bf8 21.Rc7 Bb4 22.Qe3 Qxe3
23.Bxe3 Bxa3 24.bxa3 d4 25.Rc8+ Kg7 26.Bxd4+ Kh6 27.Be3+ Kg7 28.Rc7 Rd5 29.h3 Ra8
30.Rxb7 Rd3 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Rxa4 33.Bd4+ Kf8 34.Rb8+ Ke7 35.Bc5+ Kf6 36.Nd6 Ra6
37.Nxf7 Kxf7 38.Rb7+ Kg8 39.b5 Ra1+ 40.Kh2 Rb1 41.b6 Rd5 42.Be3 Rf5 43.g4 Rf7
44.Ra7 Rf6 45.Ra6 Rb5 46.Kg3 Kf7 47.Ra7+ Kg8 48.Rb7 h5 49.Kg2 Rb3 50.Kg3 hxg4
51.hxg4 Rb5 52.Kh4 Re6 53.Bd4 Rd6 54.Rb8+ Kf7 55.Be3 Re6 56.Kg3 Ke7 57.Kf3 Kd7
58.Rb7+ Ke8 59.Kf4 Kf8 60.Rc7 Rf6+ 61.Kg3 Rbxb6 62.Bxb6 Rxb6 63.Kf4 Rb5 64.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 f6 10.Nh4 O-O 11.Nc3 g6 12.f4 exf4 13.Nd5 Bd6 14.Nxf4 Ne5 15.Qg3 g5
16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Nc6 18.h4 h6 19.Qg4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Qd7 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Re4 Rf7
23.Rae1 Raf8 24.R1e3 Rh7 25.Rd3 Qg7 26.Qe2 Rh6 27.Re8 Qf7 28.Rde3 Rxe8 29.Rxe8+ Kh7
30.Re6 Qh5 31.Qxh5 Rxh5 32.Rxf6 g4 33.Rf7+ Kh6 34.d3 Kg5 35.g3 Rh3 36.Bc1+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Nc4 Nd5
9.a4 Nb6 10.d5 Nxc4 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.dxc6 Na5 13.Nd4 Rf6 14.f4 Nxc6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bxc6 Rb8 17.O-O Bb7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.e4 fxe4 20.Re1 c6 21.Rxe4 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 e5
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Qd3 Rbf7 25.Rae1 Rf3 26.Qc4 Rf2 27.Rxe5 Qd8 28.R5e2 Qf6 29.Rxf2 Qxf2
30.Qe2 h5 31.a5 a6 32.c4 Qxe2 33.Rxe2 Rf3 34.Re7+ Kh6 35.Rc7 Rxb3 36.Rxc6 Rc3
37.Kg2 Kg5 38.Kf2 Kf5 39.Ke2 Rc2+ 40.Ke3 Rxh2 41.Rxa6 Ra2 42.c5 g5 43.Ra8 Ke5
44.Rg8 Ra3+ 45.Kf2 Ra2+ 46.Ke1 g4 47.Rg5+ Kf6 48.Rxh5 Rxa5 49.Rd5 Ra3 50.Kf2 Rf3+
51.Kg2 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.e5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Qe2+ Be7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bg3 Qg6
16.gxh6 Bg4 17.Qe5 Qxc2 18.Bh4 f6 19.Bxf6 Rh7 20.Qe3 Kd7 21.Bd3 Qxg2 22.Rg1 Bb4+
23.Bc3 Qxb2 24.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 25.Kf2 Rf7+ 26.Kg2 Qb2+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O b5
9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Bc2 O-O 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.a3 Qc7 15.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Qa5+ 6.Qd2 Qd8 7.e3 Bf5 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Qd1 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Nh5 11.Be5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 O-O 13.Be2 c5 14.g4 cxd4 15.exd4 f6
16.Nxg6 Bxg6 17.gxh5 dxc4 18.Bxc4+ Bf7 19.Bxf7+ Rxf7 20.O-O-O Qd7 21.Kb1 Rd8
22.Ka1 b6 23.Rhe1 Kf8 24.d5 Qh3 25.Qc4 Rc8 26.Qd3 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 f5 28.Kb1 a6
29.Ne2 Rc4 30.Rc1 Rxc1+ 31.Kxc1 Be5 32.Nd4 Bxd4 33.Rxd4 Rf6 34.Rc4 Ke8 35.Rc7 Rd6
36.Rb7 b5 37.Ra7 Kf7 38.Kc2 Kf6 39.f4 Rxd5 40.Rxa6+ e6 41.Ra7 Rd4 42.Rxh7 Rxf4
43.Rb7 Rf2+ 44.Kc3 f4 45.Rxb5 e5 46.Kd3 Kf5 47.a4 Rxh2 48.a5 Rh1 49.b4 f3
50.Ke3 Kg4 51.Rb8 Re1+ 52.Kf2 Re2+ 53.Kf1 e4 54.a6 Ra2 55.Re8 Kf4 56.h6 e3
57.Kg1 Kg3 58.Rg8+ Kh3 59.Kh1 f2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 c5 8.b3 Bd6
9.Bb2 Qe7 10.d3 O-O 11.Nbd2 b5 12.a4 Bd7 13.Nh4 Nh5 14.g3 Rae8 15.Qe2 g6
16.Ng2 Bh3 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra5 Qd7 19.Rfa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frolov, Artur"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qxd5 Rb8 11.Bc4 O-O 12.O-O-O d6 13.Bxa7 Rb4 14.Bb3 Qc7 15.exd6 Qxa7
16.d7 Rxb3 17.dxc8=Q Bxb2+ 18.Kb1 Rb8 19.Qh3 Bg7+ 20.Kc1 Bb2+ 21.Kb1 Bg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.Be3 Qd8 7.N1c3 a6 8.Nd4 e6
9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.g3 Be5 12.Qd2 Ng4 13.Bf4 d6 14.Bxe5 Ngxe5 15.O-O-O O-O
16.Be2 Rd8 17.f4 Ng6 18.h4 Nge7 19.h5 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.h6 d4 22.Ne4 Bf5
23.Nec5 b6 24.g4 bxc5 25.gxf5 Nxf5 26.hxg7 Nce7 27.Bc4 Rd6 28.Rde1 Ne3 29.Qd3 Rg6
30.Qe4 Rd8 31.Rxe3 dxe3 32.f5 Qc6 33.Bxf7+ Kxg7 34.Rxh7+ Kxh7 35.Bxg6+ Kg8
36.Qh4 Qd5 37.Qh7+ Kf8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Qh7+ Kf8 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Qh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.e4 dxe4 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.dxe5 Nc6 8.Bf4 Nge7
9.Nge2 Ng6 10.Qd5 Bb4 11.Qxe4 Qh4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Rad1 Ngxe5 15.g3 Qh5
16.Bxe5 Rae8 17.Rxd7 Rxe5 18.Nf4 Qg4 19.Qd3 Rxb5 20.h3 Qg5 21.Re1 Ne5 22.Qd1 Nxd7
23.Qxd7 Qf5 24.Qd1 h6 25.Kg2 Rb2 26.Qd4 Rxa2 27.Re5 Qf6 28.Qe3 Qb6 29.Qf3 Qd6
30.Re3 Qc6 31.Nd5 Kh8 32.Re5 Rd2 33.Qe4 Qg6 34.Rf5 Rd8 35.Ne7 Qe6 36.Re5 Qb6
37.Qf4 Qf6 38.Nf5 R2d5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Magerramov, Elmar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[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.Nb3 Be7
9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Qg3 b5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bxb5 axb5
16.Nxb5 Qb6 17.Qxg7 Rf8 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.exd6 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Qxc5 21.Qf6 Ra7
22.Rhe1 Rd7 23.Qf4 Bb7 24.Re5 Qc6 25.Qb4 Qxg2 26.Rc5 Rg8 27.Qb5 f6 28.h4 Rg7
29.a4 Kf8 30.a5 Qe4 31.Kb1 Rd8 32.d7 Qg4 33.Rf1 Rgxd7 34.Rxf6+ Ke7 35.Rh6 Be4
36.Ka2 Bf5 37.Rc6 Rb8 38.Qc5+ Kf7 39.b3 Kg7 40.Rhxe6 Bxe6 41.Qe5+ Kf7 42.Rc3 Re8
43.Qc5 Rd5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D46"]

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

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.c3 Re8 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Bh7+ Kf8 13.Bf5 Bxf5 14.Bxe7+ Qxe7 15.Qxf5 Nhf6
16.Rae1 Qd6 17.Ne5 g6 18.Qf4 Kg7 19.Re3 Re7 20.Rfe1 Rae8 21.h4 Nh5 22.Qh2 f6
23.Nxd7 Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Rxe3 25.fxe3 Qxd7 26.e4 dxe4 27.Nxe4 Kf7 28.Kf2 f5 29.Nc5 Qe7
30.Nd3 Nf6 31.Qf4 Ng4+ 32.Kf3 Ke8 33.d5 Qxh4 34.Qxc7 Nh2+ 35.Ke2 Qe4+ 36.Kd2 Nf1+
37.Kc1 Qxd5 38.Qb8+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[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.Nh3 c5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd8 Nxc3 14.Be7 Rfe8 15.Bh4 Nd5
16.Bb5 g5 17.Bf2 Red8 18.e4 N5f6 19.b4 cxb4 20.axb4 a6 21.Be2 Nb8 22.b5 axb5
23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Bxb5 Nc6 25.Bxc6 Bxc6 26.O-O Ra8 27.Bg3 Nd7 28.Nf2 f5 29.Bd6 fxe4
30.Nxe4 Ra4 31.Rd1 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Nf6 33.Bc7 b5 34.d5 Rxe4 35.d6 Nd7 36.Rb1 Re5
37.Ra1 Rd5 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Rh8 Nf6 40.h3 h5 41.Kf1 h4 42.Ke2 e5 43.Ke3 Ke6
44.Rh6 Kf5 45.Rh8 Rd4 46.Rb8 b4 47.Rb5 Nd5+ 48.Kf2 Ke6 49.Bb8 e4 50.Ba7 Rd3
51.Bc5 e3+ 52.Kf3 Nc3 53.Rb8 e2+ 54.Kg4 Kd7 55.Rb7+ Kc6 56.Rc7+ Kb5 57.Bf2 Ne4
58.Be1 b3 59.Re7 Nxd6 60.Rxe2 Nc4  0-1

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.h3 O-O 8.g4 Qe7
9.g5 Nh5 10.Bd3 g6 11.Bd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Ne4 c5 15.Rg1 Rac8
16.Qd3 Bb8 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Rc1 Qe7 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qxb5 Bd5
22.a3 Bd6 23.Qa4 Qb7 24.Nd4 Qxb2 25.Qd7 Rc1+ 26.Bxc1 Qxc1+ 27.Bd1 Qc3+ 28.Kf1 Qd3+
29.Ke1 Qc3+ 30.Kf1 Qd3+ 31.Ke1 Bxa3 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qa5 Bb2 34.Ne2 Bf3 35.Qd2 Qa3
36.Kf1 e5 37.Rg4 e4 38.Nd4 Bc3 39.Qc2 Bxg4 40.hxg4 Bxd4 41.gxh5 Bc5 42.h6+ Kg8
43.Qxe4 Bf8 44.f4 Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Elseth, Roar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Bf6 10.a4 Re8 11.d3 Nf8 12.Qe3 a5 13.Nbd2 Ng6 14.Rfe1 b6 15.d4 exd4
16.Bxd4 c5 17.Bc3 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Nf4 19.Nf1 Bg4 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qg5 22.Ne3 Rad8
23.h4 Qxh4 24.g3 Nh3+ 25.Kg2 Qh6 26.Nf5 Qe6 27.Kxh3  1-0

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Ne4 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nd7 8.Nd2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Nf6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Qa5 14.Qc2 h6 15.Re1 Bf6
16.Ba3 Rd8 17.f4 Qc7 18.a5 Bd7 19.Kh1 Rab8 20.Bb4 c5 21.Bxc5 b6 22.axb6 axb6
23.Bb4 Qxc4 24.Qa2 Rbc8 25.Qxc4 Rxc4 26.Reb1 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Ra7 Rd5
29.Rb7 Rb5 30.Rd1 Rc8 31.Kg2 Ra8 32.Rd2 Ra1 33.Kf3 g5 34.fxg5 hxg5 35.Ke4 e5
36.d5 Re1+ 37.Kf5 Rf1+ 38.Kg4 e4 39.Rd7 Kg7 40.Re2 Kg6 41.Rd6 Rf5 42.Rxe4 Rfxd5
43.Rxd5 Rxd5 44.Rc4 Bd8 45.Rc6+ f6 46.h4 gxh4 47.Kxh4 Kf5 48.Rd6 Rxd6 49.Bxd6 Ke4
50.g4 Kd3 51.Bb4 f5+ 52.Kg3 fxg4 53.Kxg4 Bf6 54.Kf3 Bxc3 55.Be7 Bd4 56.Bd8 b5
57.Be7 Kc4 58.Ke2 Bc5 59.Bf6 b4 60.Kd2 Kb3  0-1

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Bb2 b6
10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc4 b5 12.Nxd6 Qxd6 13.Na3 Bd7 14.Nc2 a5 15.Ne1 Rc8 16.Nd3 Na6
17.Qd2 b4 18.f3 Bb5 19.Rfc1 Qb6 20.Bf1 Nd7 21.Rc2 Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Ra7 23.Qd2 Rc7
24.Nf2 Nf6 25.a4 bxa3 26.Rxa3 Nb4 27.Bc3 Ba6 28.Ra4 Bb5 29.Bxb4 axb4 30.Qxb4 Rb7
31.Ra3 h6 32.e3 Qc6 33.Qc5 Qd7 34.Bxb5 Rxb5 35.Qc3 Qb7 36.Nd3 Kh7 37.Nc5 Qb6
38.Qd3 Qc6 39.Ra6 Rb6 40.b4 Qc7 41.b5 Rxa6 42.bxa6 Qb6 43.Qc2 Qa5 44.Kf2 Kg8
45.Ke2 Qa1 46.Qa4 Qb2+ 47.Kd1 Qb1+ 48.Kd2 Qb2+ 49.Qc2 Qa1 50.Na4 Qf1 51.a7 Qf2+
52.Kc1 Qxe3+ 53.Kb1 Qe1+ 54.Ka2  1-0

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.g4 Rfc8 12.h4 b5 13.cxb5 Ne7 14.Kb1 Bxa3 15.Qa4 Bb4
16.Qxa5 Bxa5 17.Bd6 Bxc3 18.Bxe7 Nxg4 19.bxc3 Nxf2 20.Be2 Nxh1 21.Rxh1 Rxc3
22.Rh2 Bxb5 23.Bxb5 Rb3+ 24.Kc2 Rxb5 25.Nd4 Rc8+ 26.Kd3 Rb7 27.Bd6 Rb6 28.Bg3 f6
29.Ra2 e5 30.Nf5 Rc7 31.Ra5 Rd7 32.Rc5 Kf7 33.Be1 Ke6 34.Ng3 f5 35.Rc8 Rb3+
36.Kd2 g6 37.Rc6+ Rd6 38.Rc7 Rd7 39.Rc6+ Kf7 40.Ne2 Rb6 41.Rc8 a5 42.Kd3 Ra6
43.Bc3 Re7 44.Bb2 a4 45.Ba3 Rb7 46.Nc1 f4 47.exf4 exf4 48.Kd4 Rf6 49.Nd3 f3
50.Rc2 Rb3 51.Bc5 a3 52.Rf2 h6 53.Rd2 f2  0-1

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 Ng4 10.Qxg4 Nxd4 11.Qh4 Nxb3 12.cxb3 Ra6 13.O-O Re6 14.Rad1 Bf6 15.Qg3 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Rxe4 17.Rd3 d6 18.f3 Re5 19.Qf2 Qd7 20.Bd4 Re6 21.Bb6 Qc6 22.c4 Re5
23.Bd4 Rf5 24.Qd2 e5 25.Be3 Rf6 26.Rd5 Re8 27.Rd1 e4 28.f4 Bg4 29.Rf1 Qc8
30.Qf2 Qd8 31.Qh4 Rxf4 32.Qxd8 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Rxd8 34.Bg5 Rd7 35.Bf6 h6 36.h3 Be6
37.Rxa5 g5 38.Kf2 Kh7 39.h4 Kg6 40.hxg5 d5 41.cxd5 Bxd5 42.Ra8 hxg5 43.Rd8 Rc7
44.Bd4 Be6 45.Ke3 Kf5 46.b4 Rc2 47.Rb8 Rxg2 48.Rxb7 Rg3+ 49.Kf2 Rf3+ 50.Kg2 Kg4
51.Rb5 f5 52.Re5 Rd3 53.Bc5 Bd5 54.Kf2 f4 55.Ke2 Bc4 56.Kf2 e3+  0-1

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Groenn, Atle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Qe3 e5 12.Bb6 Qd7 13.f4 exf4 14.Qxf4 Be7 15.h4 Qb7
16.Bd4 O-O 17.Be2 Be6 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.e5 d5 20.Be3 Nb6 21.Bxb6 Qxb6 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Bxd5 Bc5 24.Kb1 Rae8 25.h5 Qc7 26.Rhe1 Qe7 27.g4 Qg5 28.Qxg5 hxg5 29.e6 fxe6
30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Bxe6+ Kh7 32.a4 Rf6 33.Rd5 Rxe6 34.Rxc5 bxa4 35.Rxg5 Re4
36.Ka2 Rf4 37.Ka3 Re4 38.c3 Rf4 39.Ra5 Rxg4 40.Rxa6 Rh4 41.Rxa4 Rxh5 42.b4 g5
43.b5 Kg6 44.b6 Rh8 45.Kb4 Kf5 46.Kb5 g4 47.b7 Rb8 48.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg4 8.Nc3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Bf4 Rc6 12.Rd3 f6 13.Qb4 Qb6 14.Qa4 Kf7 15.Rad1 g5
16.Be3 Qxb2 17.Rb1 b5 18.Rxb2 bxa4 19.Nxa4 Ne7 20.Rb6 Rxc2 21.Rdxd6 Nc8 22.Rb7+ Be7
23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Rd8 25.Be3 Rd3 26.Rc7 Nd6 27.Bc5 Ke8 28.Kg2 Rd2 29.a3 h5
30.Nb6 Bd8 31.Rc6 Rc2 32.Na4 Nb7 33.Rxe6+ Kd7 34.Rxa6 Nxc5 35.Ra7+ Ke6 36.Ra8 Bc7
37.Nxc5+ Rxc5 38.Rh8 h4 39.Re8+ Kd7 40.Ra8 Rc2 41.Ra6 Be5 42.Ra5 Ke6 43.Ra6+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Nc5
9.Nd2 a5 10.g4 c6 11.Be2 a4 12.b4 axb3 13.axb3 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Na6 15.Nf1 Ne8
16.Ng3 Bf6 17.Qc1 Bh4 18.Bd3 Ng7 19.Rg1 Nb4 20.Bb1 cxd5 21.cxd5 Qa5 22.Bd2 Bd7
23.Na4 Bg5 24.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 25.Qc3 Qxc3+ 26.Nxc3 Rc8 27.Nge2 Bd8 28.Kd2 Bb6
29.Nd1 Ba5+ 30.Nec3 f5 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.exf5 Kf7 33.Rg3 Nh5 34.Rf3 Nf4 35.Be4 Bb5
36.Re3 Be2 37.Nb2 b5 38.h4 Kf6 39.Rg3 Bh5 40.Re3 Bf7 41.Nd1 Bxd5 42.Bc2 Bc6
43.Kc1 d5 44.Kb2 d4 45.Ne4+ Bxe4 46.Rxe4 d3 47.Bb1 Bb6  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lombardy, William James"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 e5 8.O-O Be7
9.d3 O-O 10.Nh4 g6 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Nf5 Nxf4 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Rxf4 Bb7
16.Qf2 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Nd2 Rae8 19.d4 f5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Rd4 Ba8 22.b4 Nd7
23.Bb3+ Kg7 24.Nf3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Ne5 26.Qf4 g5 27.Qd2 f4 28.Rf1 f3 29.gxf3 Rxf3
30.Bd5 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Rd8 32.Qe3 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Qf7+ 34.Ke2 Qxd5 35.Qxg5+ Ng6
36.Qxd5 Nf4+ 37.Ke3 Nxd5+ 38.Kd4 Nb6 39.a3 Kg6 40.Kc5 Na4+ 41.Kd4 Nb2 42.Kc5 Kg5
43.Kb6 Na4+ 44.Kxa6 Nxc3  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allen, Edward J"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be2 Qb6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Bf3 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Be3 Qc7 12.a4 b6 13.O-O Rb8 14.g4 Re8 15.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2 Na5
17.Nd2 Bf8 18.Kh1 g6 19.Bg1 Bb7 20.Qg4 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nxb5 Qxc2 23.Rf2 Nb3
24.Nxb3 Qxb3 25.Nc3 Nc5 26.Rd2 Qb4 27.Re1 Bg7 28.Qd1 Rbc8 29.Rxd6 Qxb2 30.Na4 Nxa4
31.Qxa4 Qc3 32.Rb1 Ba8 33.Bd4 Bxd4 34.Qxd4 Qxd4 35.Rxd4 e5 36.fxe5 Rxe5 37.h4 h6
38.gxh6 Rh5 39.Bf3 Rxh4+ 40.Kg2 Rxh6 41.Rbd1 Kg7 42.Rd8 Rh8 43.Rxh8 Rxh8
44.Kg3 Rb8 45.Kf4 Rb5 46.Rd8 Ra5 47.Rd6 Bb7 48.Rd8 Rc5 49.Re8 g5+ 50.Ke3 Rc3+
51.Kf2 Bc8 52.Re5 Kg6 53.Rb5 Be6 54.Ra5 Rb3 55.Rc5 Ra3 56.Rb5 Kf6 57.Rc5 Bh3
58.Bh5 Be6 59.Bf3 Rb3 60.Ra5 g4 61.Be2 Rh3 62.Bd1 Rh4 63.Be2 Rh2+ 64.Ke3 g3
65.Ra1 Kg5 66.Ra5+ Kf6 67.Ra1 g2 68.Rg1 Bh3 69.Bf3 Kg5 70.Rc1 Bg4 71.Kf2 Kf4
72.Bxg4 Rh1 73.Rg1 Rxg1 74.Kxg1 Kxg4 75.Kxg2 f6 76.Kf2 Kf4 77.Ke2 Kxe4 78.Kf1  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tataev, Manach"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5
9.fxe5 Qc7 10.exf6 Qe5+ 11.Be2 Qxg5 12.Qd3 Ra7 13.Ne4 Qe5 14.Nf3 Qxb2 15.O-O Rd7
16.Qe3 Bb7 17.Kh1 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 gxf6 19.c4 b4 20.c5 Bxc5 21.Rab1 Qc3 22.Rb3 f5
23.Qa8 Qf6 24.Qxb8+ Ke7 25.Qf4 Bd6 26.Qe3 a5 27.Nd4 Kf8 28.Bb5 Rc7 29.Qd2 Be5
30.Nc6 Bc3 31.Qd6+ Re7 32.h3 h5 33.Rxc3 bxc3 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Qxe7 Qxe7 36.Nxe7 Rd8
37.Rc1 Rd2 38.Bc4 Kf6 39.Nc6 e5 40.Rxc3 e4 41.Nxa5 f4 42.Nc6 e3 43.a4 Kf5
44.Bb5 f6 45.Rc5+ Ke4 46.Rc4+ Kd5 47.Rxf4  1-0

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.f3 Nbd7 5.Be3 g6 6.Na3 Bg7 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e5 Nxe5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bxc5 Be6 11.Nb5 b6 12.Bd4 Nc6 13.Bf2 Nd7 14.Ne2 a6 15.Na3 b5
16.Nc2 b4 17.Ncd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 bxc3 20.Nxe6+ fxe6 21.bxc3 Kc7
22.h4 Nc5 23.O-O-O Rad8 24.h5 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 g5 26.h6 Kd6 27.Rh5 Rg8 28.Kd2 a5
29.Be2 Nd7 30.Bd3 Nf6 31.Rh1 Rb8 32.Kc2 Rc8 33.c4 g4 34.Rb1 gxf3 35.gxf3 Rc5
36.Rb6+ Kd7 37.Rb5 Kd6 38.Kb3 Ng8 39.Ka4 Nxh6 40.Kxa5 Nf7 41.Kb4 Ne5 42.Rb6+ Nc6+
43.Kc3 h5 44.Kd2 h4 45.Ke3 h3 46.Kf2 h2 47.Kg2 Rh5 48.Kh1 Kc7 49.Rb2 Rh3
50.Rf2 Kd6 51.Bf1 Rh8 52.Rxh2 Ra8 53.f4 Nb4 54.Rd2+ Kc5 55.Bh3 Rxa2 56.Rxa2 Nxa2
57.Bxe6 Nc3 58.Kg2 Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Delaune, Richard K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Qe3 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bb6 Qe7 14.Nxb5 Nd5 15.Rxd5 exd5
16.Nc7+ Kd7 17.Qh3+ Kc6 18.Nxa8 Bxa8 19.Ba5 Bb7 20.Qb3 Qg5+ 21.Bd2 Qf6 22.f4 exf4
23.c4 dxc4 24.Bxc4 Qf5 25.Re1 Bd6 26.Bd3 Qc8 27.Kb1 Bc5 28.Be4+  1-0

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.d4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Nd5 O-O 13.O-O Rae8 14.b3 Bd8 15.f3 f5
16.exf5 Qxf5 17.Bb2 Ne5 18.Rad1 c6 19.f4 Ng6 20.Qd4 Rf7 21.Ne3 Qe4 22.f5 Nh4
23.Bc1 Bg5 24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.g3 Bxe3+ 26.Bxe3 Nxf5 27.Bf4 Rf6 28.Bg5 Rf7 29.Rf4 Re2
30.Rdf1 h6 31.Bd8 Re8 32.Bb6 Ref8 33.Rd1 h5 34.b4 Re8 35.Rdf1 Nh6 36.a4 Re2
37.b5 c5 38.bxa6 bxa6 39.a5 Rxf4 40.Rxf4 Nf7 41.Bc7 Re7 42.Bb6 g5 43.Rf1 Kg7
44.Rd1 Kf6 45.Kg2 Re2+ 46.Kg1 Ke6 47.Rb1 Ne5 48.Bd8 Nxc4 49.Rb7 Ne5 50.Rb6 c4
51.Bxg5 c3 52.Rb3 Nf3+ 53.Kf1 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Feller, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qe7 8.Qd1 f5
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.O-O Qc5 13.Bd5 Ne7 14.Bb3 fxe4 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Nxe4 Qc6 17.Qd6 Ng6 18.Rfe1 f5 19.Bd5 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 e4 21.Rad1 Ra7 22.f3 exf3
23.Bxf3 b6 24.Rd5 Rc7 25.Rxf5 Rg8 26.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 h6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O h5 10.Nf4 Ne7 11.Na4 Qc7 12.Nxg6 Nxg6 13.Bd3 Nh4 14.h3 b5 15.Nc3 b4
16.Nb1 Qa5 17.f4 c5 18.Qf2 Be7 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Qg3 g5 22.f5 hxg4
23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Qxg4 Rh6 25.Nd2 O-O-O 26.Rhf1 Qb6 27.Rf7 Bc5 28.Qxg5 Be3
29.Qg4 Rhh8 30.Qe2 Rdf8 31.Ba6+ Kd8 32.Rb7 Qc5 33.Rb5 Bxd2+ 34.Qxd2 Qc6 35.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Ne4 7.Bb2 Bf6 8.Nbd2 d5
9.c4 Nc6 10.e3 a5 11.a3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Be8 13.Ne1 Bf7 14.Nd3 Ne7 15.Nf3 Bh5 16.Qc2 Bxf3
17.Bxf3 c6 18.Bg2 Bg5 19.Qe2 Nc8 20.f3 Ned6 21.Rce1 a4 22.c5 Nb5 23.b4 Bf6
24.Kh1 Ne7 25.Nf4 Qd7 26.Bh3 g5 27.Nh5 Bh8 28.g4 Ng6 29.f4 Qe7 30.Rg1 h6
31.Qc2 Nh4 32.Rg3 Qh7 33.gxf5 Nxf5 34.Rg2 Qg6 35.Ng3 Kh7 36.fxg5 hxg5 37.Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.h3 O-O 8.g4 e5 9.g5 Ne4
10.cxd5 Nxc3 11.dxc6 Nd5 12.cxd7 Bxd7 13.dxe5 Nb4 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.Be2 Bb8 16.Kf1 Qe7
17.Bd2 Rfd8 18.Bxb4 Qxb4 19.Qb3 Qe7 20.h4 Bc6 21.h5 Bxe5 22.g6 Bd5 23.Qa4 Bxb2
24.Rd1 Bf6 25.Rg1 Qe6 26.gxf7+ Qxf7 27.Ng5 Bxg5 28.Rxg5 Bxa2 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8
30.h6 g6 31.Ra5 Bb3 32.Qh4 Rc8 33.Rxa7 Bd5 34.Qd4 Qd7 35.Ra1 Be6 36.Qe5 Re8
37.Kg1 Qf7 38.Rc1 Bc4 39.Bxc4 Rxe5 40.Bxf7+ Kxf7 41.Rc7+ Re7 42.Rc5 Ke6 43.Kf1 Kd6
44.Rc8 Rc7 45.Rb8 Ke6 46.Ke2 Kf6 47.f4 g5 48.Rf8+ Ke7 49.Rh8 Kf6 50.Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 e4 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nf4 Nc6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Nxe4 Re8 11.Bxb4 Rxe4 12.Bc3 Rxf4 13.exf4 Qe7+ 14.Be2 Bf5 15.Qd1 Re8
16.f3 b5 17.a3 a5 18.b4 Nh5 19.O-O Qe3+ 20.Rf2 Nxf4 21.Bxb5 Qxc3 22.Rc1 Qxa3
23.Bxc6 Re6 24.Bb5 h5 25.Qd2 Ne2+ 26.Qxe2 Qxc1+ 27.Rf1 Qa3 28.Qd2 Qxb4 29.Qf4 Rf6
30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qe8 Qxd4+ 32.Kh1 Qb2 33.h3 d4 34.Qe5 Bg6 35.Rd1 Rf5  0-1

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.O-O-O b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Ne4 b4 15.Bf4 Qb6
16.Nd6 Nc5 17.Bc4 Bxd6 18.exd6 Bd7 19.Rhe1 Rac8 20.Kb1 a5 21.Bg5 Na4 22.Be7 Qxd4
23.Rxd4 Rfe8 24.Re5 Rc5 25.Rxc5 Nxc5 26.g4 f6 27.g5 f5 28.h4 Kf7 29.Rf4 Kg6
30.h5+ Kxh5 31.Be2+ Kg6 32.Rh4 Rxe7 33.dxe7 Ne4 34.Bh5+ Kxg5 35.Rh1 g6 36.Rd1 Bc6
37.Bf3 Kf6 38.Bxe4 fxe4 39.Kc1 e3 40.Rd6 Be8 41.Kd1 Kxe7 42.Ra6 h5 43.Ra7+ Kf6
44.Ke2 g5 45.Kxe3 Bc6 46.c4 bxc3 47.bxc3 Bd5 48.Rxa5 h4 49.Rb5 h3 50.Rb2 Kf5
51.Rh2 Kg4 52.Kf2 Kh4 53.Kg1 g4 54.Rd2 g3 55.Rxd5 exd5 56.a4 Kg4  0-1

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovacevic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bg4 3.c3 Nf6 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.e3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 c6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Rfe1 Nb6 15.Nc1 Re8
16.Nd3 Bf8 17.Ne5 f6 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Re2 Qf7 20.Rae1 Nc4 21.Qc2 a5 22.a4 Rac8
23.Bh2 Nd6 24.Bxd6 Bxd6 25.e4 dxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rd8 28.Ne1 Qd5 29.Nf3 b5
30.axb5 cxb5 31.Re3 a4 32.Rc3 b4 33.Rc8 Rxc8 34.Qxc8+ Bf8 35.Qa6 a3 36.bxa3 bxa3
37.Qa4 h5 38.Ne1 h4 39.Nc2 Qa2 40.Kf1 Qb1+ 41.Ke2 a2 42.Kd3 Kh7 43.Kc3 Bd6
44.Qa5 Kh6 45.Qa4 Bf4 46.Qa8 Bc1 47.Qh8+ Kg6 48.Qe8+ Kg5 49.Qa4 Bb2+ 50.Kc4 Qf1+
51.Kc5 Qxf2 52.Kd6 Qxc2 53.Qxc2 a1=Q 54.Qd2+ Kg6 55.Qd3+ f5 56.d5 Qa3+ 57.Qxa3 Bxa3+
58.Ke6 Kg5 59.Kf7 g6 60.Kg7 Bb2+ 61.Kf7 Be5 62.Ke6 Kf4 63.Kf7 g5 64.Kg6 g4
65.Kh5 gxh3 66.gxh3 Ke4 67.Kxh4 f4  0-1

[Event "Torcy op"]
[Site "Torcy"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Be7 8.O-O Ngf6
9.Bg5 Nxe4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Qxe4 c6 13.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Haas, Carmi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qa4 Nf6 7.Ne5 Qc7 8.f3 Qxc1+
9.Kf2 Qxb2 10.Nxg4 Nxg4+ 11.fxg4 e6 12.Qb3 Bc5+ 13.e3 Qf6+ 14.Ke2 O-O 15.Nc3 Rac8
16.Rac1 Qe5 17.Qa4 Qd6 18.d4 Bb6 19.Nb5 Qb8 20.Qa3 a6 21.Qe7 Nf6 22.g5 Ne8
23.Na3 Nd6 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qd7 Rc3 26.Qa4 Qd8 27.Rb1 Ba5  0-1

[Event "Zuerich op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d4 e6 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bh4 Qb8 14.Bg3 Nbd7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nb6 19.Qf3 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qd6 21.Bxb7 Rab8
22.Rad1 Qb4 23.Be4 Qxb2 24.Kg2 Qxa2 25.Rh1 f5 26.Ra1 Qc4 27.gxf5 exf5 28.Bb1 Qxd4
29.Ba2+ Rf7 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qxf5+  1-0

[Event "Zuerich op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tanner, Heinrich"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Be3 d6 8.Qd2 Nd4
9.Ne2 Bh3 10.Bxd4 Bxg2  0-1

[Event "Zuerich op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Huss, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 a5 8.Bb3 Ba6
9.Nd1 Qd7 10.c3 c5 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.Ba4 b5 13.Bc2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rc8 15.Ne3 Nh6
16.Qf4 Be7 17.Qg3 Bb4+ 18.Nc3 Bf8 19.Bd3 Nxd4 20.O-O Qb7 21.Rd1 g6 22.a4 b4
23.Bxa6 Qxa6 24.Rxd4 bxc3 25.bxc3 Bc5 26.Rd2 O-O 27.Nf1 Nf5 28.Qf3 d4 29.Bb2 dxc3
30.Bxc3 Rfd8 31.Rad1 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Bb4 33.Bxb4 axb4 34.g4 Rc1 35.Rd8+ Kg7
36.Rd3 Ne7 37.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Laub, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Nd7 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bd3 c6
9.g4 Bg6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Bf7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.Rhe1 Bb4 15.e5 Rxd3
16.Qxd3 Bg6 17.Qd4 Bc5 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Qf4 Bd6 20.Rxe7 Bxf4 21.Rg7 Bd6 22.Nh4 Ne7
23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Ne4  1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Breyther, Ruediger"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.f3 Re8 12.Rfd1 Ne5 13.b3 a6 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Rac1 Be7 17.f4 Nc6 18.Nf3 Nb8 19.Qe1 Bc6 20.e5 Qc7 21.Qf2 Nd7 22.Rf1 Bf8
23.Rcd1 b6 24.exd6 Bxd6 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.fxe5 Qe7 28.Bxb6 Be4
29.c5 Ra8 30.Qf4 Bc6 31.Rd1 Bd5 32.Bf3 Bxf3 33.Qxf3 Qg5 34.Bc7 f6 35.Qxf6 Qxf6
36.exf6 Kf7 37.Be5 Red8 38.Rxd8 Rxd8 39.c6 Rd1+ 40.Kf2 Rd2+ 41.Ke3 Rxa2 42.Kd3  1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Warren, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nh5
10.Nd2 Qe8 11.Nb3 f5 12.c5 f4 13.Bd2 f3 14.gxf3 Qf7 15.Be3 Qxf3 16.Qxf3 Rxf3
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nd2 Rf6 19.Rc1 Bd7 20.Bb5 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Nf4 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.f3 Bf8
24.Ke2 Rf7 25.a3 Rd7 26.b4 Bg7 27.Rc2 b6 28.Rhc1 Rad8 29.Rc8 Kf7 30.Rxd8 Rxd8
31.Nc4 Be5 32.Nxa7  1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Ne5 Bd7
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Kd8 11.b3 Qe6 12.Bb2 f6 13.Qf3 Bd6 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Nc3 Nh6
16.Na4 Qf5 17.Qc3 Ng4 18.Nc5+ Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Rhe8 20.Rac1 Re6 21.h3 Ne5 22.Bxe5 fxe5
23.b4 Qd3 24.Rfe1 Qa6 25.a4 Qb7 26.b5 cxb5 27.axb5 Rc8 28.Qa3 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Ke8
30.Rc5 Rb6 31.Qc3 d4 32.Rxe5+  1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qd8 7.Bf4 Na6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Qb3 Nb4 10.Qxb4 e5 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qxc6+ Bd7 13.Qxf6 Qxf6 14.Bxe5 Qb6 15.b3 Bb4+
16.Nbd2 O-O 17.Bxb8 Rxb8 18.cxd5 Qa5 19.Bc4 Bg4 20.Rd1 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qxa2
22.Ke2 a5 23.d6 Kg7 24.d7 Rd8 25.Bb5 Bxd2 26.Rxd2 Qxb3 27.Bd3 Rxd7 28.Rb1 Qe6
29.Ra1 Rxd4 30.Rxa5 Rh4 31.Rb2 Qe7 32.f4 Rxf4 33.Rab5 Rf6 34.h4 h5 35.R2b4 Qe6
36.Ra5 Qh3 37.Raa4 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hedke, Fred"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.exd6 cxd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nc4 14.b3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Nc6
16.a3 b6 17.b4 bxc5 18.dxc5 Bf6 19.Qc2 Be5 20.Rad1 Qg5 21.Rfe1 Bg3 22.b5 Ne5
23.Qe2 Qe7 24.Na4 Bxe1 25.Qxe1 Rfc8 26.Qb4 Qg5 27.Kf2 Nc4 28.Rd3 Rab8 29.Rb3 Qf6
30.Qe1 Nd6 31.cxd6 Qh4+ 32.g3 Rc2+ 33.Be2 Qxa4 34.Rc3 d4 35.Rd3 dxe3+ 36.Kxe3 Qxb5
37.d7 Rd8 38.Qd1 Qc5+ 39.Kf3 Rc3 40.Kg2 Rxd3  0-1

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Heinbuch, Detlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Kf8
9.h3 a6 10.a4 Bf5 11.Nf3 h6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Be3 g5 14.Bd3 Bg6 15.Nd2 Kg7 16.Nc4 Qc7
17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.f4 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 g4 20.hxg4 Nxg4 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Bd2 Rhe8 23.Qg3 f5
24.Rae1 Qf8 25.Bc3+ Kh7 26.Qh3 Qg8 27.Ng5+ Kg6 28.Ne6 Nb6 29.Ng7 Rf8 30.Re6+  1-0

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qb6 12.exf6 c5 13.d5 Bb7 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxc4 Kd7 23.Rac1 Rxg5
24.Qe4 Nd8 25.Qd4+ Ke8 26.Rc7 Rh6 27.Re7+ Bxe7 28.fxe7 Nc6 29.Rxc6 Rd5 30.Rc8+ Kxe7
31.Qxa7+ Kf6 32.Rc1 Qe2 33.h4 Rxh4 34.Nc5 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Anka, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5
10.Nd2 a5 11.g4 c6 12.Be2 a4 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Nxa4 Nd7 15.Nc3 f5 16.gxf5 gxf5
17.Qc2 Qh4 18.O-O-O Nf6 19.Kb1 Nxe4 20.Ndxe4 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Rf4 22.Bg4 Bxg4
23.hxg4 Qxg4 24.Rhe1 Rd8 25.a3 h5 26.f3 Rxf3 27.Rg1 Qf5 28.Rg5 Qf4 29.Ka2 cxd5
30.cxd5 h4 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Nxc5 Kh6 33.Ne6 Qf6 34.Nxd8 Qxd8 35.d6 Rf8 36.d7 Qg5
37.Qc4 Rd8 38.Rh1 Kh5 39.Qf7+ Kh6 40.Qe6+ Kh5 41.Re1  1-0

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C82"]

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 Bg4 11.Bc2 Be7 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Nf1 Rd8 14.Ne3 Bh5 15.b4 Ne6
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nf5 O-O 18.a4 Rfe8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd3 Rb8 21.Qe2 Ncd8 22.Ra7 d4
23.cxd4 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Qxd4 26.Rxc7 Bxb4 27.Bb2 Qf4 28.Bc3 Bxc3
29.Rxc3 b4 30.Rc4 Qh6 31.Rg4 b3 32.Qb2 Nc6 33.Re3 Kh8 34.Kg2 Qh5 35.Rxg7 Kxg7
36.e6+ Kg8 37.exf7+ Qxf7 38.Rg3+ Kf8 39.Bc4 Re2 40.Qxe2 b2 41.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Re8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.b3 e5 13.h3 a6 14.Bb2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bb7
16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Re6 19.Rad1 Nb6 20.R5d2 c5 21.Bg4 Rae8 22.Nd4 Rg6
23.Nf3 Be4 24.Qc3 b4 25.Qc1 h5 26.Bxh5 Rh6 27.Bg4 f5 28.Nh2 fxg4 29.Nxg4 Rc6
30.f3 Bf5 31.e4 Bxg4 32.hxg4 c4 33.bxc4 Rxc4 34.Qb1 Bc5+ 35.Kf1 Qh2  0-1

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Nd7 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Bxd7+ Kxd7
16.O-O Bc6 17.b3 h6 18.Be3 Bxa4 19.bxa4 Be7 20.Nd4 Rhc8 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qf3 Ke8
23.Nb5 Qxa4 24.Nd6+ Bxd6 25.exd6 Qd7 26.Bxh6 Qxd6 27.Rad1 Rc3 28.Qe4 Kd7
29.Bd2 Rac8 30.Bxc3 bxc3 31.Rd4 c2 32.Rc1 Qa3 33.Rxd5+ exd5 34.Qxd5+ Ke8
35.Qe5+ Kf8 36.Qh8+ Ke7 37.Qe5+ Kf8 38.Qh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 h5
9.Nf4 Nf8 10.gxh5 Bxh5 11.Nxh5 Rxh5 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Be2 Rh8 14.Rdg1 g6 15.h4 Rxh4
16.Rxh4 Bxh4 17.Rh1 Qd8 18.Bd3 f5 19.Ne2 Qe7 20.Nf4 g5 21.Ng2 Nh7 22.f4 O-O-O
23.Kd1 Rd7 24.Rh3 Qg7 25.fxg5 Nxg5 26.Rh1 f4 27.Nxf4 Rf7 28.Qe2  1-0

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golubev, Mihail"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 Bd7 10.O-O b5 11.Nxb5 Nxe4 12.Na3 Re8 13.Re1 Nf6 14.Rxe8+ Bxe8 15.Nc4 Bb5
16.Bf4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Nbd7 18.Bb5 Rb8 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.Rd1 Nfxd5 21.Bg3 Bf8 22.a4 Nc7
23.a5 Nc8 24.Bc4 Qe7 25.Qd2 h6 26.Re1 Qf6 27.Ne5 dxe5 28.Bxe5 Qc6 29.Qf4 Ne6
30.Bxe6 Qxe6 31.Bc3 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sher, Miron N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[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 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 11.h3 b5 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Be3 Qa5
16.Kb1 O-O 17.g4 exf4 18.Nxf4 Bc6 19.Bd4 Nxe4 20.Qe3 d5 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.h4 f6
23.Rdg1 Rf7 24.Ng6 Bd6 25.g5 Kh7 26.Rg2 Qf5 27.gxf6 Qf3 28.Rhg1 Qxe3 29.Bxe3 gxf6
30.Nf4 Re8 31.Nh5 Bf8 32.Rg6 Re6 33.Bd4 e3 34.Rxf6 Rexf6 35.Nxf6+ Rxf6 36.Bxf6 e2
37.Kc1 h5 38.Kd2 Bf3 39.Bd4 Bh6+ 40.Be3 Bg7 41.c3 bxc3+ 42.bxc3 Bg4 43.Bf2 Kg6
44.Rb1 Kf5 45.Rb4 Bh6+ 46.Kd3 Bf8 47.Ra4 Be7 48.Bg3 Bd8 49.Rxa6 Bc7 50.Be1 Bf3
51.Ra7 Bd8 52.Rd7 Bf6 53.Ke3 Bg4 54.a4 Ke5 55.Rb7 Kd5 56.a5 Bd8 57.a6 Kc6
58.Rh7 Bb6+ 59.Kd2 Kb5 60.a7 Bf3 61.Rxh5+  1-0

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horn, Pascal"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Qc7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Qe2 g6 8.Nd6+ Kd7
9.Bxb7 exd6 10.Bxa8 Nf6 11.Bf3 Bg7 12.Qb5+ Kc8 13.d3 a6 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.c3 Re8+
16.Ne2 g5 17.Qa4 d5 18.h3 h5 19.Rf1 Kb7 20.Bd2 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Bg2 Nh7
23.Kf2 b5 24.Qd1 f5 25.Bxd5 Kb6 26.a4 Qd7 27.a5+ Kc7 28.c4 Nf6 29.Bc3 Nxd5
30.cxd5 Bxc3 31.Nxc3 Nd4 32.Re1 Qh7 33.Rxe8 Qh2+ 34.Ke3 Qxg3+ 35.Kd2 Qxf4+
36.Re3 b4 37.Ne2 Nf3+ 38.Kc2 Qxe3 39.Rc1 Kd6 40.Kb1 Nd2+ 41.Ka1 Qxd3 42.Ka2 Qxd5+
43.b3 c4 44.bxc4 Qd3 45.Kb2 Ke5 46.Qa4 Kf6 47.Qxb4 Qxe2 48.Qc3+ Kg5 49.Rc2 Nxc4+
50.Kb3 Nxa5+ 51.Qxa5 Qd3+ 52.Kb2 g3 53.Qe1 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chachere, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Nbd7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Be7 13.Rae1 O-O 14.Qh3 e5 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Rfe8 17.Nd2 g6 18.f5 Qd8 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Re3 Nf8 21.Ref3 N6d7 22.Bh6 Nf6
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Qc8 25.Qg3 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 Qd4 27.Qg4 Qxb2 28.Rf7 Qd4 29.Rg7+ Kh8
30.Rxf8+  1-0

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jukic, Mirko"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.a4 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Rxe4 12.Bg5 Qf8 13.Nd2 Rb4 14.Ra2 h6 15.Be3 Nd7
16.Qc1 b6 17.Ne4 Ba6 18.Nc3 Re8 19.Nb5 Ne5 20.Bd2 Bxb5 21.axb5 Rxb5 22.Qc2 Re7
23.Rb1 Qe8 24.Qa4 a5 25.h3 f5 26.Bf1 c4 27.f4 Rxd5 28.Qxe8+ Rxe8 29.b3 cxb3
30.Rxb3 Nc4 31.Bc3  0-1

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.g4 Bd7
10.Nd2 c6 11.Qf3 Qd8 12.a3 h6 13.Be3 Nc7 14.Be2 a6 15.Bb6 a5 16.c5 Qb8 17.cxd6 Nce8
18.Nc4 Nxd6 19.Bc5 Nfxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Bxf8 Qxf8 22.Nb6 Ng5 23.Qe3 Rd8
24.h4 Nh7 25.Nxd7 Rxd7 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Rc1 Rd6 28.h5 gxh5 29.Rxh5 Ng5 30.Qb6 Qe8
31.Qc7 Bf8 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 e4 34.Qxa5 Bg7 35.Qd2 c5 36.Kf1 Qb8 37.b3 Qe5
38.a4 Qa1 39.Kg2 Bc3 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qd6 Bf6 42.Qd2 Be5 43.Be2 Bf6 44.Bc4 Bd4
45.Rxg5+ hxg5 46.Qxg5+ Kf8 47.Qh5 Ke7 48.Qxf7+ Kd6 49.Qe6+ Kc7 50.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gerber, Richard"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nd5
10.h4 Qa5 11.Rc1 Bb4 12.Qc2 gxh4 13.Bxh4 Qxa2 14.Nd2 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qxc2 16.Rxc2 Bf8
17.Be2 Bb7 18.Rb2 a6 19.Nxc4 c5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.exd6 Nd7 23.c4 Bxg2
24.Rg1 Bc6 25.cxb5 Bxb5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Ke2 Rb8 28.Rc1 f6 29.Rc7 Rh7 30.Rb3 Rb6
31.Rd3 e5 32.f4 exf4 33.Rd4 b4 34.Re4+ Kd8 35.Re6 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Kxc7 37.Rd4 Re7+
38.Kd1 b3 39.Rxf4 Re6 40.Kc1 Nc5 41.Rf3 Ne4 42.Rxb3 Kd6 43.Rb5 Re5 44.Rb6+ Ke7
45.Kc2 Kf7 46.Kd3 Ng5 47.Bg3 Re6 48.Rb8 Kg6 49.Rb4 h5 50.Ra4 Nf3 51.Rf4 Ne5+
52.Ke2 Ra6 53.Bh4 Ra2+ 54.Ke3 Ra3+ 55.Ke2 Ng4 56.Rb4 Rh3 57.Be1 Rh2+ 58.Kf3 Ne5+
59.Ke3 Rh1 60.Bd2 h4 61.Ra4 h3 62.Rh4 Kg5  0-1

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nb4
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe2 a6 13.Kh1 Rac8 14.a3 Nc6 15.e5 Ne8
16.Be3 Qc7 17.Bf2 dxe5 18.fxe5 Na5 19.Bg3 Nc4 20.Nd1 Na5 21.Be1 Qc4 22.Rf2 Qxe2
23.Rxe2 Nc6 24.Nc3 Nc7 25.Rd1 Rfd8 26.Red2 f6 27.exf6 gxf6 28.Rd7 Kf7 29.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Bf5 6.Qf3 e6 7.Qxb7 d5 8.Nc3 Bb4
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.a4 Rc8 13.Na7 Re8 14.Nb5 Na6 15.Na7 Rxa7
16.Qxa7 Qc8 17.Nc3 Re7 18.Nb5 Na8 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.exd6 Rd7 21.Bd2 c5 22.Qxa6 Qxa6
23.dxc5 Qc6 24.Be3 e5 25.c3 Rb7 26.Ra3 Be6 27.Rd1 f5 28.f4 exf4 29.Bd4 g5
30.Rd2 Kf7 31.Bd1 g4 32.Be2 Bd7 33.Bd3 Rb8 34.Ra1 Re8 35.b4 f3 36.b5 Qc8
37.c6 Bxc6 38.bxc6 Qxc6 39.Bb5 Qxd6 40.Bxe8+ Kxe8 41.Re1+ Kf7 42.Rf2 Kg6
43.gxf3 h5 44.fxg4 hxg4 45.Re5 Qd7 46.h3 gxh3 47.Re3 Qd6 48.Rxh3 f4 49.Rfh2 Kf5
50.Rh6 Qb8 51.Re2 f3 52.Re5+ Kg4 53.Rg6+ Kf4 54.Rf6+ Kg4 55.Rg6+ Kf4 56.Rf6+ Kg4
57.Rg6+ Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O b5
9.a4 Bb7 10.Qf3 Nbd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "IRL-op"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Na4 Qd8 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Rc3 Bd6 13.O-O Be4 14.Rfc1 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Ndb8
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 Qe7 18.f4 O-O 19.R5c2 Rfd8 20.Be2 Qd7 21.a4 Ne7 22.Bb5 Nbc6
23.a5 a6 24.Ba4 Nf5 25.f3 Nd6 26.Qd3 Rc7 27.Qe2 Rdc8 28.b3 Nf5 29.Rc5 Qd6
30.Qd3 g6 31.Qc3 Nh4 32.Rf1 Nf5 33.b4 Qe7 34.Qd3 Nd6 35.e4 Qf6 36.Bxc6 bxc6
37.f5 Nb5 38.Bf4 Rd7 39.Be5 Qg5+ 40.Kh1 exf5 41.exf5 f6 42.Rg1 Qh4 43.fxg6 h6
44.Qf5  1-0

[Event "IRL-op"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Moynihan, Kieran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 f6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Nd2 Bb4 13.Rd1 c5 14.Ne2 c4 15.Bxe5 fxe5
16.c3 Bc5 17.Nxc4 Qg5 18.Qd2 Qe7 19.Qd5+ Be6 20.Qxe5 b5 21.Ne3 Bd6 22.Qd4 Qg5
23.Nd5 Bxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Qh5+ 25.Kg1 Qxe2 26.Rd2 Qh5 27.Nxc7 Rad8 28.Qe3 Bc8
29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Nd5 Re8 31.Qc5 Qe5 32.Re1 Bb7 33.Re3 h5 34.Qb6 Bc8 35.f4 Qe6
36.Qxe6+ Rxe6 37.f5 Re5 38.c4 Kf7 39.Kf2 g6 40.cxb5 axb5 41.fxg6+ Kxg6 42.Rg3+ Kf7
43.Ke3 h4 44.Rf3+ Kg7 45.Kf4 Rh5 46.Rc3 h3 47.Rc7+ Kh6 48.gxh3 Bxh3 49.Nf6 Rg5
50.Rh7+ Kg6 51.Rxh3 Kxf6 52.Rh6+  1-0

[Event "IRL-op"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.d3 Nd7 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Bd6 8.e4 Ne7
9.d4 O-O 10.c4 Bc7 11.a3 Bb6 12.c5 Bc7 13.e5 f6 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.Re1 Qf8 16.g4 Bg6
17.Qe2 h6 18.h4 e5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Re6 21.Nf3 h5 22.Bg5 hxg4 23.Nd4 Rxe5
24.Qxg4 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IRL-op"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Buchanan, Walter F"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 d5 12.c5 Nd7 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Qb3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nc6
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qxb7 Ncxe5 18.dxe5 Rb8 19.Qxd5 Rxb2 20.c6 Nc5 21.Rad1 Qxd5
22.Bxd5 Rd8 23.f4 Kf8 24.g3 a5 25.Rfe1 a4 26.Re3 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "IRL-op"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Adelman, Charles D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 a5
9.h3 Qe8 10.Ba2 Bd8 11.Bg5 Bb6 12.Qd2 Kh8 13.Rad1 Ng8 14.Ne2 f6 15.Be3 Bc7
16.Nh4 g6 17.f4 exf4 18.Nxf4 Nb6 19.Nd3 Nxa4 20.Bh6 Rf7 21.e5 fxe5 22.Bxf7 Qxf7
23.dxe5 Qd5 24.exd6 Qxd6 25.Ne5 Qf6 26.Bg5 Qg7 27.Qd4 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 c5 29.Qf4 Bf5
30.Nxf5 gxf5 31.Rxf5 Nxb2 32.Rd6 Ra6 33.Rxa6 bxa6 34.Rf6  1-0

[Event "IRL-op"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.e3 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nf1 Bf8 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.Nh4 Be4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.g4 h6
16.Ng2 Qe7 17.Bg3 e5 18.Qb3 exd4 19.cxd4 Nb6 20.Nf4 Qd7 21.a4 Bd6 22.a5 Nbd5
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Bc4 h5 26.gxh5 Re6 27.Kg2 Rh6 28.Be2 Qe7 29.Rg1 Qh4
30.Raf1 Rf6 31.Bg4 Re8 32.Qxb7 Rxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Nxe3+ 34.Kh1 Qxf2 35.Qxc6 Rb8
36.h6 Nxg4  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Na4 Qd8 15.O-O Bd7
16.Nc3 b5 17.Rfd1 Be8 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qxd8 Rxd8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Nxb5 h6
23.Be3 Nd5 24.Bf2 Nf4 25.Bc4 Rd2 26.a4 Bc6 27.Kf1 Rb2 28.Nc3 e4 29.Nxe4 Kh7
30.a5 f5 31.Nc3 e5 32.Nd1 Rd2 33.Be3 Rxg2 34.Bxf4 Bxf3 35.Be3 f4 36.Bg1 e4
37.Nc3 Rd2 38.Be2 Bh1 39.a6 e3 40.a7 Rb2 41.Nd1 Rxb3 42.Rc7 Ra3 43.h4 g5
44.Bg4 h5 45.Bf5+ Kh6 46.Re7 gxh4 47.Nxe3 Bf6 48.Rh7+ Kg5 49.Nc2 Rc3 50.Bd4 Rxc2
51.Bxc2 Bxd4 52.Rd7 Be3 53.Rg7+ Kf6 54.Rg6+ Ke5 55.Rg5+ Kd6 56.Ra5 f3 57.Bd3 Bg2+
58.Ke1 f2+ 59.Kd1 h3 60.Rxh5 Bxa7 61.Rh6+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Qh5 h6 11.g4 Qf8 12.Bg5 Nd7 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qh3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxg4
16.Qg3 c4 17.Be2 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Qf3 Nxe5 20.Qxf8+ Kxf8 21.Nf3 N5g6 22.O-O-O Kf7
23.Rd4 Kf6 24.Nxh4 Nc6 25.Rg1 Nxh4 26.Rxh4 Bf5 27.Bf3 Rd8 28.Rd1 Be6 29.Rg1 b5
30.Bg4 Bg8 31.Bd1 Ne7 32.Rf4+ Ke5 33.Rfg4 Nf5 34.f4+ Kf6 35.Rg6+ Kf7 36.Ra6 d4
37.Rxa7+ Kf6 38.Ra6+ Kf7 39.Bh5+ Kf8 40.cxd4 Nxd4 41.Re1 Nf5 42.Rb6 Ng3 43.Bg6 c3
44.Rxb5 Bc4 45.Rbe5  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 a6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bf5 7.Qc3 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 b5
9.g3 c5 10.Bg2 Rc8 11.O-O e6 12.a4 Qb6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Ne5 c4 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Qf3 Bd6 17.Qb7 Qxb7 18.Bxb7 Bxf4 19.gxf4 Rb8 20.Bc6 Ke7 21.Ra5 b4 22.Ra7 e5
23.Nxc4 exd4 24.Rd1 f6 25.Rxd4 Rhd8 26.Ne3 Bh3 27.f5 Rbc8 28.Raxd7+ Rxd7
29.Rxd7+ Kf8 30.Be4  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rahman, Jamilur"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.d4 c6 7.e3 Bd6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.Ne1 Bg6 13.Bd3 Ne4 14.Ne2 f5 15.f4 Bh5
16.Nf3 g5 17.g3 h6 18.Kh2 Ndf6 19.Ne5 Kh7 20.c5 Bc7 21.Qe1 Rg8 22.Rg1 Rg7
23.Nc3 Rag8 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Ne2 Bf3 26.Qf2 gxf4 27.exf4 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Nh5
29.f5 exf5 30.Nd4 Nxg3 31.Nxf3 exf3 32.Qxf3 Qe6 33.Rc2 Ne4 34.Rf1 Rf7 35.Rg2 Rg5
36.Rfg1 Rfg7  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.c3 c5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qc2 c4 12.Bf5 Bg6 13.Rae1 Re8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Bd6
16.f4 Qc7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rxd5 Qc6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Ra5 b6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Ra6 f5
23.Nd2 Qb7 24.Qa4 b5 25.Qa5 Bd8 26.Qa3 Re2 27.Nf3 Be7 28.Qa5 Rxb2 29.Re1 Kg7
30.Re5 Bd8 31.Qa3 Rb1+ 32.Kh2 b4 33.cxb4 Bc7 34.d5 Bxe5 35.Nxe5 c3 36.Nd3 Rc8
37.Qa5 Qc7 38.Qb5 Qc4 39.Qb7 Qc7 40.Qxc7 Rxc7 41.d6 Rc4 42.Rxa7 c2  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Castro Rojas, Oscar Humberto"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Qf3 e6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.a4 a5 15.Rfe1 Ra6
16.Nb5 h6 17.c3 Qc5 18.Qg3 c6 19.Re5 Qe7 20.Nd4 Qf6 21.Re4 Nd5 22.Rd3 Ne7
23.Bc4 Ra8 24.h3 Nf5 25.Nxf5 exf5 26.Rd6 Qxd6 27.Qxd6 fxe4 28.g4 Re8 29.Qc7 Be6
30.Bxe6 Rxe6 31.Qxb7 Rd8 32.b4 Rd1+ 33.Kg2 Rd2 34.Kf1 Rf6 35.Qb6 Rf3 36.Kg2 Rfxf2+
37.Kg1 Rfe2 38.Kf1 Rh2 39.Kg1 Rdg2+ 40.Kf1 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Asanov, Bolat"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.Qb3 Qb8
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qa4 f5 12.Bf4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bxf4 14.gxf4 b5 15.Qd4 b4
16.Na4 Rf6 17.Kh1 Ng6 18.Rac1 Kh8 19.e3 a5 20.Rg1 Qd8 21.Bh5 Ndf8 22.Nc5 Qe7
23.Bd1 Rd8 24.Bh5 Rc8 25.Rg3 Rb8 26.Bd1 Qd7 27.Ba4 Qd8 28.Bd1 Ne7 29.Bf3 Nfg6
30.Bd1 Qd6 31.Ba4 Qd8 32.Rcg1 Qd6 33.Rh3 Ng8 34.Rh5 Rbf8 35.Rg3 R8f7 36.Rg1 Nf8
37.Rc1 Rg6 38.Rg1 Rxg1+ 39.Kxg1 Nf6 40.Rxf5 h6 41.e4 N8d7 42.Nxd7 Qxd7 43.f3 Qd6
44.Kf1 c5 45.Qe3 Re7 46.Bc2 Re8 47.Qg1 dxe4 48.fxe4 c4 49.Qc5 Qd8 50.d4 b3
51.axb3 cxb3 52.Bd3 Rg8 53.e5 Ng4 54.Rh5 Rf8 55.f5 Qa8 56.Kg1 Rc8 57.Be4 Qa6
58.Bd3 Qb7 59.Be4 Qa6 60.Bd3 Qxd3 61.Qxc8+ Kh7 62.Qc1 Qxd4+ 63.Kg2 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Rc8
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Be3 Bg5 11.Bb6 Qd7 12.c5 dxc5 13.Bxc5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4
16.Qxd4 Bf6 17.Qd2 Ne7 18.Rd1 O-O 19.Be2 Rfd8 20.Bf3 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Qf5 22.O-O Rc5
23.Rfe1 h6 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qe3 Re5 26.Qb3+ Kg6 27.Nc4 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 b5 29.Nd6 Qf4
30.Qc2+ Kh5 31.Ne4 Kg6 32.h3 Qf5 33.g4 Qc8 34.Nc5+ Kf7 35.Qb3+ Kg6 36.Ne6 Rd6
37.Nf4+ Kh7 38.Qf7 Bg5 39.Ne6 Bf6 40.Nf8+ Kh8 41.Ng6+ Kh7 42.Re8 Rd8 43.Rxd8 Qxd8
44.Nf8+ Kh8 45.b3 Qd2 46.Kg2 Qxa2 47.Nd7 Qb2 48.h4 Bd4 49.h5 Qe2 50.Qf8+ Kh7
51.Qf5+ Kh8 52.Nf8 Qxf2+ 53.Qxf2 Bxf2 54.Kxf2 a5 55.Ne6 a4 56.b4 a3 57.Nd4 a2
58.Nb3  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.b3 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.O-O Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Nd2 Nbd7
10.Ndf3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Ndf6 12.Nd3 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 b6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.c5 Nd7
17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Nd3 Nf6 19.Rc2 Qe7 20.Qd2 Nd7 21.Rfc1 Rfe8 22.a4 Rb8 23.b4 a6
24.cxb6 Nxb6 25.Nc5 Nc4 26.Qc3 Bc8 27.e3 e5 28.Bf1 exd4 29.exd4 Nd6 30.Re2 Ne4
31.Qe1 Qf6 32.f3 Qxd4+ 33.Kh1 Qxb4 34.fxe4 fxe4 35.Qxb4 Rxb4 36.Re3 a5 37.Rb3 Rd4
38.Rb5 Rf8 39.Kg1 Bf5 40.Rcb1 Rb8 41.Rxb8+ Kf7 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Ke3 Rxh2 44.Ra8 Kf6
45.Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Ng5 Nd5 11.h4 N7b6 12.Bd3 h6 13.Qc2 Nxe3 14.fxe3 hxg5 15.hxg5 Bxg5
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Bg8+ Bh4+ 18.g3 Kxg8 19.Rxh4 f5 20.O-O-O Be6 21.e4 Qg5+ 22.Kb1 f4
23.Qc1 Qxg3 24.Rdh1 f3 25.Rh8+ Kf7 26.Rg1 Qd6 27.Qg5 Qxd4 28.Rh7 Rg8 29.Qh5+ Ke7
30.Rg6 Raf8 31.Qg5+ Kd7 32.Rgxg7+ Rxg7 33.Rxg7+ Kc8 34.Qe7 Nd7  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 Nc6 5.e4 O-O 6.Ne2 b6 7.a3 Be7 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be3 Nd7
10.d5 Nce5 11.Be2 Ng6 12.f4 e5 13.f5 Nf4 14.Bf3 Nc5 15.b4 Ncd3+ 16.Kd2 Bd7
17.Nf1 c6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.g3 b5 20.gxf4 Nb2 21.Qb3 Nxc4+ 22.Ke2 a5 23.bxa5 exf4
24.Bxf4 Bf6 25.Ne3 Re8 26.Rad1 Qxa5 27.Ncd5 Be5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Kf2 Qd8 30.Nxc4 bxc4
31.Qe3 Qh4+ 32.Kg2 g6 33.Rhg1 Rae8 34.Qf2 Qd8 35.Kh1 Rxe4 36.fxg6 hxg6 37.Bg2 Bxd5
38.Rxd5 R4e5 39.Rf1 f5 40.Qd4 Re1 41.Rxd6 Qg5 42.Qxc4+ Kh7 43.Rd7+ Kh6 44.Qc3 Rxf1+
45.Bxf1 Qf4 46.Qh3+ Kg5 47.Qg3+ Qxg3 48.hxg3 Re3 49.Rd3 Re1 50.Kg2 Ra1 51.Rc3 f4
52.Rc5+ Kf6 53.Ra5 g5 54.g4 Ra2+ 55.Kf3 Rc2 56.Rf5+ Kg6 57.a4  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 h6 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 a6 12.Be2 Qa5 13.Bf3 Rd8 14.g4 Bd7 15.Bxh6 gxh6
16.g5 Ne8 17.Rdg1 h5 18.Bxh5 Bf8 19.f5 Qe5 20.Qd2 exf5 21.g6 fxg6 22.Rxg6+ Kh7
23.Rhg1 fxe4 24.Rh6+ Bxh6 25.Bg6+ Kg7 26.Bxe8+ Kh7 27.Bg6+ Kg7 28.Bxe4+ Kf7
29.Qxh6 Rh8 30.Bd5+ Ke8 31.Qd2 Kd8 32.Re1 Qh5 33.Ne4 Qh6 34.Ng5 Kc7 35.Re7 Rae8
36.Qa5+ b6 37.Qc3+ Kd8 38.Rxd7+ Kxd7 39.Qc6+ Ke7 40.Qc7+ Kf6 41.Qxd6+ Kf5
42.Qd7+ Ke5 43.Bf7 Qf8 44.Qd5+ Kf6 45.Qf3+ Ke7 46.Qb7+ Kf6 47.Qxb6+ Kf5 48.Qf2+ Ke5
49.Qg3+ Kf6 50.Qf4+ Ke7 51.Qc7+ Kf6 52.Qc6+ Ke5 53.Qd5+ Kf6 54.Qf3+ Ke7 55.Qb7+ Kd8
56.Qb8+ Ke7 57.Qa7+ Kd8 58.Qa8+ Ke7 59.Qa7+ Kd8 60.Qb6+ Ke7 61.Qe6+ Kd8 62.Qb6+ Ke7
63.Qxa6 Rb8 64.Qa7+ Kd6 65.Qd4+ Kc6 66.Bd5+ Kd7 67.Nf7 Rh6 68.Qg4+ Kc7 69.Qf4+ Rd6
70.Qxd6+ Qxd6 71.Nxd6 Kxd6 72.Bf7 Rf8 73.Bg6 Rf1+ 74.Kd2 Rf2+ 75.Ke3 Rh2
76.h5 Ke5 77.Kd3 Kd5 78.Kc3  1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shure, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc2 d6 7.Be2 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5
9.O-O Nh6 10.Ne3 Be6 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.Ned5 Nhf5 13.Bg4 O-O 14.Bg5 Rf7 15.Re1 Qd7
16.Re4 Rc8 17.Nf4 Bxc4 18.Rxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 e5 20.Qd2 exf4 21.Ne4 Rcf8 22.Qc3 Bd5
23.Nf6+ Rxf6 24.Bxf6 Qe6 25.Bh8 Qc8 26.Qxc8 Rxc8 27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.Bc3 f3 29.Rd1 Bxa2
30.Rxd6 Rc6 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rd7+ Ke6 33.Rxh7 Rd6 34.gxf3 Rd7 35.Rh6+ Kd5 36.h4 Kc4
37.h5 Bb1 38.Rh8 b5 39.f4 Be4 40.f3 Bxf3 41.h6 Bb7 42.Bf6 a5 43.Rd8 Rh7 44.Bg7 b4
45.Rh8 Rxg7+ 46.hxg7 Bd5 47.Rf8 a4 48.Rxf5 Be6 49.Rf8 a3 50.bxa3 bxa3 51.g8=Q  1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krant, Roman"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d3 e6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.h3 Bh5 7.b3 Ne7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.O-O c5 10.e4 Nc6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Re1 Bc7 13.c3 Nde5 14.Bf1 Qf6 15.Be2 Rae8
16.Kg2 Ng6 17.Ng1 Rxe2 18.Rxe2 Nce5 19.Qc2 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 Qf5 21.Rf1 Nxd3 22.Qb1 Re8
23.Ng1 Re1 24.Qxe1 Nxe1+ 25.Rxe1 h6 26.Ngf3 Qc2 27.Ba1 Qxa2 28.h4 f6 29.b4 c4
30.Nf1 Bb6 31.Nd4 Ne5 32.Ne3 Nd3 33.Rf1 Nxf2 34.Rxf2 Qxa1 35.Nef5 Qxc3 36.Rc2 Qd3  0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[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.Nbd2 Bf8 11.a3 d6 12.Ba2 Nb8 13.b4 Nbd7 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Na5 Ba8
16.Ng5 Re7 17.f4 c5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Bb2 c4 20.dxc4 h6 21.Nf3 Nxe4 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.Qxd8 Rxd8 24.Rad1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ng3 26.c5 e4 27.Rd8 e3 28.Rxa8 Rd7 29.h4 Rd1+
30.Kh2 e2 31.Re8 Nf1+ 32.Kh3 e1=Q 33.Rxe1 Rxe1 34.Nc6 Re3+ 35.Kg4 h5+ 36.Kg5 Rg3+
37.Kf4 Rxg2 38.Ne5 Rf2+ 39.Ke4 Rxc2 40.Bxf7+ Kh7 41.Bd4 Be7 42.Kd5 Rd2 43.Bg6+ Kg8
44.c6 Bd8 45.Nf3 Rd1 46.Kc5 Bc7 47.Bf5 Ng3 48.Bg6 Ne2 49.Be5 Rc1+ 50.Kd5 Nf4+
51.Bxf4 Bxf4 52.Nd4 Rd1 53.Bc2 Rd2 54.Bb3 Kf8 55.Ke4 Rxd4+ 56.Kxd4 Ke7 57.Kd5 Kd8
58.a4 bxa4 59.Bxa4 Kc7 60.Bd1 Bd2 61.Bxh5 Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Bf5 6.Qf3 e6 7.Qxb7 d5 8.Ne2 Bb4+
9.Bd2 a5 10.Ba4+ N8d7 11.Bb5 O-O 12.O-O f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Bxb4 axb4 15.Nd2 Ra5
16.Bd3 Qd6 17.Nb3 Raa8 18.Bb5 Ng4 19.Ng3 Qf4 20.Be2 Qd6 21.Bb5 Rf6 22.a4 bxa3
23.Rxa3 Raf8 24.Be2 Qf4 25.Ra7 R6f7 26.c3 Nc4 27.Bxc4 dxc4 28.Nc5 Bd3 29.Nxd3 cxd3
30.Qf3 Qg5 31.Qxd3 Nxf2 32.Qe2 Qh4 33.Qxe6 Ng4 34.Qxf7+  1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vulicevic, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Ne2 b5 8.Ng3 bxc4 9.Bxc4 Qa5
10.Bd2 Ba6 11.Be2 exd5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd8 14.exd5 Re8 15.O-O Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Nbd7
17.Nf4 Qb6 18.Qa4 Re7 19.Rad1 Rae8 20.Nh3 h6 21.Nf2 Ne5 22.h3 Kf8 23.Qc2 Kg8
24.Qf5 Qb7 25.f4 Ned7 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Nf8 28.Qh5 Qd7 29.Rd3 Re3 30.Rf3 Rxd3
31.Rxd3 Ng6 32.Rf3 Re4 33.g3 Qe8 34.g5 hxg5 35.Qxg5 Re3 36.Rf2 f6 37.Qg4 Qe4
38.Kh2 Kf7 39.Qh5 Kg8 40.Qg4 Kf7 41.Qh5 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Edelman, Daniel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bb5 Nc6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.O-O Bg7
9.c4 Nb4 10.Na3 d6 11.c5 Nd5 12.cxd6 exd6 13.Bg5 dxe5 14.Qc5 Qb6 15.Qd6 f6
16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Qa3 fxg5 18.Nd6+ Kd7 19.Nf7 Re8 20.Rac1 Re7 21.N3xg5 h6 22.Rfd1 hxg5
23.Rxd5+ Ke8 24.Nd6+ Kf8 25.Nb5 Qb6 26.Rxc6 Qxc6 27.Rd8+ Kf7 28.Nd6+ Kf6
29.h4 gxh4 30.Qe3 Bf5 31.f4 Rxd8  0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Moskow, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.f3 d5
9.cxd5 b6 10.b4 Na4 11.Qc2 b5 12.e4 a6 13.Be3 exd5 14.e5 O-O 15.Bd4 Re8 16.Bd3 Nd7
17.f4 Nf6 18.Nf3 Bb7 19.O-O Rc8 20.Qe2 Ne4 21.Qe3 f5 22.exf6 Nxf6 23.Ne5 Ne4
24.f5 Rc3 25.f6 g6 26.Ng4 Rc6 27.Nh6+ Kf8 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Qg5  1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.c3 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.dxc5 a5 8.a4 Bxc5
9.Nb3 Ba7 10.h4 Nge7 11.h5 h6 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bc2 f6
16.Qd3 Nf5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.g4 Qg3+ 19.Kh1 Qxg4 20.Nh2 Qh4 21.Nd2 Ne5 22.Qe2 Bc6  0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bxc6+ Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.c3 Nf6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Rc8
10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nd2 b5 13.a3 a5 14.Qf2 b4 15.axb4 axb4 16.Rfc1 Qb6
17.Nf3 Ra8 18.d4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 bxc3 20.bxc3 Qb3 21.Qe1 Rb8 22.e5 cxd4 23.cxd4 d5
24.Nd2 Qb5 25.Bf1 Qb6 26.Ra6 Qb7 27.Qa1 e6 28.Qa4 Nb6 29.Qb5 Bf8 30.Ra1 Qc7
31.Qe2 Nb4 32.Bf2 Qc3 33.Rb1 Ra8 34.Nf3 Ra2 35.Be1 Qa3 36.Bxb4 Bxb4 37.Qd3 Nc4
38.Qxa3 Bxa3 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Bxc4 dxc4 41.Rc8 Rc2 42.Ng5 c3 43.Rc7 Kg8 44.Rc8+ Kg7
45.Rc7 Kf8 46.Rc8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[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.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qd8
16.h4 Bf6 17.fxe6 O-O 18.Bh3 fxe6 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Nd5 Ra7 21.Rdf1 g6 22.Qe2 Bg7
23.h5 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Bxe6 25.Nxe6 Qe8 26.Nec7 Qf7 27.Qxf7 Nxf7 28.hxg6 Ng5
29.gxh7 Be5 30.c3 Nxh7 31.Kc2 Kg7 32.Ne6+ Kg6 33.Rg1+ Kf7 34.Nd8+ Kf8 35.Rf1+ Kg7
36.Nc6 Rd7 37.Nxe5 dxe5 38.Rf5 Kg6 39.Rxe5 Ng5 40.Nf4+ Kh6 41.Re8 Rf7 42.Nd3 Kg7
43.e5 Rf3 44.Ra8 Re3 45.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 Qe7 15.Be3 Rfe8
16.Rae1 a6 17.Ne2 Bd6 18.Nd4 g6 19.Nb3 Nd7 20.Na5 Ne5 21.Nxb7 Qxb7 22.Be2 Rac8
23.f4 Nd7 24.Bg4 Rc7 25.e5 Bb4 26.Rd1 Nf8 27.Bf3 Rcc8 28.Rc1 Re6 29.Bd5 Re7
30.Bxc6 Qb8 31.Qb3 Ba5 32.Bd5 Rd8 33.Rc6 Red7 34.Rd1 Qb7 35.Rd6 Rxd6 36.exd6 Qd7
37.Qa3 Re8 38.Bf2 Qd8 39.Kf1 h5 40.d7 Re7 41.Bh4  1-0

[Event "Oberwart op"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vavra, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.Be3 Qd8 7.N1c3 a6 8.Nd4 d6
9.f3 e6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.g4 Qc7 12.O-O-O b5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.h4 Bb7 15.Ne2 O-O
16.g5 Nd7 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.g6 hxg6 19.h5 gxh5 20.Rxh5 g6 21.Bd3 Bf6 22.Rdh1 Rfc8
23.Rh7 Nc5 24.Kb1 d5 25.Bf4 e5 26.Bg5 Bg7 27.Nf5 gxf5 28.Qg2  1-0

[Event "Oberwart op"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qb6 12.exf6 c5 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.d5 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qc6+ 19.f3 Qxe6 20.h4 Bh6 21.Qc1 Bxg5 22.Qxg5 Rhg8 23.Qf4 Qc6
24.b3 c3 25.Rad1 Rde8 26.Rfe1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Qc7 28.Re4 Qxf4 29.Rxf4 Kb8 30.Re4 Rd8
31.f4 Nxf6 32.Rc4 Rd2+ 33.Kh3 Nd7 34.Nxc5 Nb6 35.Na6+ Kb7 36.Rc7+ Kxa6 37.h5 Rd7  0-1

[Event "Oberwart op"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D79"]

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

[Event "Oberwart op"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morawietz, Dieter"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O Bd7
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bc6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Kh1 b5 13.a3 Qb8 14.Qg3 Qb7 15.Bd3 b4
16.axb4 Qxb4 17.Ne2 g6 18.Qg5 Nd5 19.Qh6 Nf6 20.Bc3 Qb7 21.Ng3 d5 22.Rad1 Rad8
23.Be5 Rfe8 24.f5 Bf8 25.Qh3 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nh5 Be7 28.fxg6 f5 29.gxh7+ Kf7
30.Rxf5+  1-0

[Event "Oberwart op"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5
10.Nd2 a5 11.g4 Nh7 12.Rg1 Kh8 13.Qf3 f5 14.gxf5 gxf5 15.O-O-O f4 16.Bxc5 dxc5
17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Qxe8 Rxe8 19.Nb5 Re7 20.Nf3 Nf8 21.Nh4 Bf6 22.Ng6+ Nxg6 23.Rxg6 Bg5
24.d6 cxd6 25.Rdxd6 f3+ 26.Kc2 Bd7 27.h4 Bf4 28.Nc3 Be8 29.Rgf6 Rg7 30.Bh3 Bc6
31.Kd3 Rg1 32.Rf7 Rg7 33.Rxg7 Kxg7 34.Nd5 Rf8 35.h5 Rf7 36.Rg6+ Kf8 37.Nxf4 Rxf4
38.Bf5 Rh4 39.Rxh6 Rh1 40.Ke3 Be8 41.Rh8+ Ke7 42.h6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arnett, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.a3 Qb6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Qa5 15.exf6 b4
16.Ne4 Rd8 17.fxe7  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reichstein, Boris"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bh5 4.d4 Nd7 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O e6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Nd3 Ngf6
9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Qe1 Qb6 12.c3 Qa6 13.c4 Rad8 14.Bc7 Rc8 15.Be5 Rfd8
16.a3 Bg6 17.Nb4 Qa5 18.Nf3 Kh8 19.Nh4 dxc4 20.Nxg6+ hxg6 21.Qc3 cxb3 22.Bf4 Nb6
23.Be3 Qb5 24.Qd3 Nc4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Getz, Shelby D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e3 Nxe5 5.Nh3 Ng6 6.Qh5 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 d6
9.Be2 Qf6 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bb6 12.O-O Qf5 13.Qxf5 Bxf5 14.Ng5 O-O 15.Nd5 Rfe8
16.Nf3 Nce7 17.Nc3 Rad8 18.Rfd1 c6 19.Be1 Ne5 20.Nd4 Bc8 21.a4 Bc7 22.a5 d5
23.cxd5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.a6 Bb6 26.axb7 Bxb7 27.Nf5 Re6 28.Bc3 Kf8 29.Bd4 g6
30.Ng3 h5 31.Ne4 Bc8 32.Bxb6 axb6 33.Ra8 Rxd1+ 34.Bxd1 Re8 35.Nd6 Bd7 36.Nxe8 Bxe8
37.Be2 Ke7 38.f4 Nd7 39.Bf3 Nf6 40.Ra6 Kd6 41.Rxb6 Kc7 42.Ra6 Nd5 43.Bxd5 cxd5
44.Rf6 Kd7 45.b5  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 d6 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Nh3 Nb6 10.Nf2 Qa4 11.Qb3 Bd7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Rfc8 14.Nd1 Qa6 15.Qb1 Ba4
16.Ne3 Nbd7 17.f4 Re8 18.g4 exd5 19.exd5 Rxe3 20.Bxe3 Nxg4 21.Bd2 Nf8 22.Qe1 Nf6
23.Qg3 b5 24.Rae1 bxc4 25.Bb1 Kh8 26.Re7 Be8 27.f5 Nxd5 28.f6 gxf6 29.Qf3 Bc6
30.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bd6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 c5
10.Nge2 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nc6 13.O-O b6 14.Qd3 Bb7 15.Rad1 Nd5 16.Bf2 Bf6
17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Ba2 g6 19.Rfe1 Re8 20.g4 Rc8 21.Kg2 Na5 22.Nf4 Nc4 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8
24.Re1 Qd7 25.Re2 Bg5 26.Bg3 Re8 27.h4 Rxe2+ 28.Nxe2 Bf6 29.h5 g5 30.Bb1 Kf8
31.Bf2 Qb5 32.Bc2 Qxb2 33.Qh7 Bg7 34.Qf5 Qxa3 35.Bd3 Qe7 36.Kh3 Nd6 37.Qh7 Bc8
38.Ng3 a5 39.Bc2 b5 40.Qd3 Nc4 41.Qb3 b4 42.Qa2 Qc7 43.Ba4 Qf4 44.Qe2 Be6
45.Nf5 Qd2 46.Qf1 Bxf5 47.gxf5 Bxd4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rowley, Robert"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Qf3 e6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.O-O Kh8 10.Qh5 Nd7 11.Ne4 Nf6 12.Nxf6 Bxf6 13.f4 a5 14.a4 b6 15.f5 exf5
16.Bxf7 Ne5 17.Bb3 g6 18.Qh3 Re8 19.Qg3 Ng4 20.Qf3 Rb8 21.Nf4 Bb7 22.Qd1 Bd4+
23.Kh1 Qh4 24.h3 Qg3 25.Qxg4 fxg4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.f4 Qb6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Bb3 d5 7.e5 Ng8 8.h3 h5 9.Nf3 Nh6
10.Be3 Nf5 11.Bf2 h4 12.O-O e6 13.Ne2 Na6 14.a4 Be7 15.c3 Bd7 16.Bc2 Qd8
17.Bd3 Nc7 18.b4 Kf8 19.Qb3 Kg7 20.b5 cxb5 21.axb5 a6 22.b6 Nb5 23.c4 dxc4
24.Bxc4 Bc6 25.d5 Bxd5 26.Rfd1 Bxc4 27.Qxc4 Qc8 28.Qxc8 Rhxc8 29.Rd7 Rab8
30.Ned4 Nbxd4 31.Nxd4 Nxd4 32.Bxd4 Bc5 33.Rd1 a5 34.Bxc5 Rxc5 35.Re7 Rc4
36.f5 gxf5 37.Rdd7 Rf8 38.Rxe6 a4 39.Red6 a3 40.Rd2 Re8 41.Rxb7 Ra4 42.Ra2 Rxe5
43.Rc7 Re1+ 44.Kf2 Rb1 45.b7 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reefschlaeger, Helmut"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Ne4 4.Nce2 d4 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.cxd4 Ng5 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.d3 Ne6 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Ne2 b5 14.Bb3 e6 15.Rc1 Kd7
16.Nf4 Be7 17.Ke2 a5 18.a4 g5 19.Nh3 h6 20.f3 Nd5 21.Nf2 Nb6 22.axb5 cxb5
23.Ne4 Rhb8 24.Nc5+ Ke8 25.g4 Bg6 26.h4 gxh4 27.f4 a4 28.Ba2 b4 29.Rcf1 a3
30.Bb3 axb2 31.Rb1 h5 32.d5 hxg4 33.dxe6 g3 34.exf7+ Bxf7 35.Bxf7+ Kxf7 36.Ne4 Ke6
37.Bxb6 Rxb6 38.Nxg3 hxg3 39.Rh6+ Kf5 40.Rxb6 Ra1  0-1

[Event "Reno op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "McGuire, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.f3 Ne6 12.Be3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 Nc5 15.Qe1 a5
16.Rd1 b6 17.Bf3 Bb7 18.Nd4 Rc8 19.a3 a4 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Ne6 Nxe6 22.Bxe6 Ra8
23.Qf2 Ra6 24.Nd5 Qe8 25.Nc7 Qg6 26.Bd5 Rfa8 27.Nxa6 Rxa6 28.Rfe1 Bf6 29.Rd3 h5
30.Bd2 Nd8 31.Rg3 Qh7 32.Rg8+ Qxg8 33.Bxg8 Kxg8 34.Bc3 Bxc3 35.bxc3  1-0

[Event "Reno op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perez, Emmanuel R"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 e5 5.e4 dxe4 6.d5 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Qa4 Qb6
9.O-O-O Bc5 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Bb5 a6 12.Nge2 Qxf2 13.a3 Qxg2 14.Ng3 Rb8 15.Bc6 bxc6  0-1

[Event "Reno op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bd3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Kh1 Re8 13.Rad1 e6 14.Bb1 Qc7 15.f4 Rad8
16.Nf3 Nh5 17.Qd2 Ndf6 18.Ng5 Ng4 19.Rde1 h6 20.Nf3 d5 21.e5 dxc4 22.Nd4 Qe7
23.Ne4 Qh4 24.h3 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Ng3+ 26.Kg1 Nxf1 27.Kxf1 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Bxe5
29.Kg1 Bxd4+  0-1

[Event "Reno op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kelson, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.h3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Qe7 10.e3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Bh2 Ng7 14.Be2 f5 15.Rd1 O-O
16.O-O f4 17.Rfe1 Nf5 18.Bd3 Qg7 19.Be4 Nfe7 20.Kh1 Bf5 21.exf4 exf4 22.Nd4 Nxd4
23.Rxd4 Bxe4 24.Rdxe4 Nf5 25.Re5 Qf7 26.Bg1 Rad8 27.f3 b6 28.c5 Rd5 29.Bf2 Ne3
30.Qe4 Rxe5 31.Qxe5 Re8 32.Qd4 Qxa2 33.Bxe3 fxe3 34.Rxe3 Rxe3 35.Qxe3 Qd5
36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Kg6 38.Qxc7 bxc5 39.Kh2 a5 40.Qb6+ Kg7 41.Qc7+ Qf7 42.Qxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Suhr op"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ambroz, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 e5 10.Ne2 c5 11.O-O g5 12.Bg3 Re8 13.f3 Nf8 14.Bf2 Kg7 15.Ng3 Ng6
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Bf5 Ne7 18.Bxc8 Raxc8 19.Rfe1 Qc6 20.h3 b6 21.f4 e4 22.fxg5 hxg5
23.Rf1 Rh8 24.Be1 Rh6 25.Rd2 cxd4 26.cxd4 d5 27.Rdf2 Kh8 28.Bb4 Neg8 29.Nf5 Rg6
30.Bd6 Nd7 31.c5 Nf8 32.Be5+ f6 33.Ne7 Nxe7 34.Rxf6 Rxf6 35.Rxf6 Kh7 36.Qf2 Ne6
37.Rf7+ Ng7 38.Rxg7+ Kh6 39.Rxe7 Rg8 40.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Suhr op"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jurek, Josef"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 e5 4.e3 e4 5.Bd2 Nf6 6.Nge2 Na6 7.cxd5 Nb4 8.Nf4 g5
9.a3 gxf4 10.axb4 fxe3 11.fxe3 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Ra5 b5 15.Ra6 Kd7
16.g3 Bd6 17.Bg2 f5 18.O-O Rhc8 19.g4 Rc7 20.Be1 Rg8 21.gxf5 Bxf5 22.Kh1 Kc8
23.Bh4 Kb8 24.Bf6 Qe6 25.Be5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rxg2 27.Qxg2 Bh3 28.Qf2 Bxf1 29.Qxf1 Qxe5
30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.exf4 Kb7 32.Ra3 Rf7 33.Rh3 Kb6 34.Rh4 e3 35.Kg2 e2 36.Kf2 Re7
37.Ke1 Re4 38.Rxh7 Rxf4 39.Re7 Rxb4 40.Rxe2 a5 41.h3 a4 42.Kd1 Rh4 43.Re3 b4
44.Kc2 Kb5 45.Rg3 c5 46.Rf3 Rc4+ 47.Kb1 Re4 48.Rf1 Kc4 49.Rh1 Kb3 50.h4 c4
51.h5 Re2 52.h6 Rxb2+ 53.Ka1 Ra2+ 54.Kb1 c3 55.Rh3 Rb2+ 56.Ka1 Rg2 57.Rh1 Ra2+  0-1

[Event "Suhr op"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.e4 d6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 Bd7 10.O-O b5 11.Re1 c4 12.Bc2 b4 13.Ne2 Na6 14.Ned4 Rc8 15.Bf4 Qb6
16.b3 c3 17.Ne2 Rfd8 18.Ng3 Nc5 19.Be3 a5 20.Bd4 Bb5 21.Qc1 Re8 22.a4 Ba6
23.Qf4 Qd8 24.Rad1 Qe7 25.Nh4 Nxd5 26.exd5 Qxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28.Kh2 Bxd4
29.Qxd4 Bd3 30.Bxd3 Nxd3 31.Qf6 Rh1+ 32.Kxh1 c2 33.Ne2 Re8 34.Nf5 gxf5 35.Qg5+ Kf8
36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Suhr op"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 O-O
9.e3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Rd8 12.Rxd8+ Nxd8 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Ke2 Rc8 15.Rd1 Ba4
16.Rc1 Be7 17.g4 Bc6 18.Ne5 Be8 19.f4 Nc6 20.Nf3 f6 21.Rg1 Bg6 22.e4 Rd8
23.b4 a6 24.Rb1 Bd6 25.Bd2 Bf7 26.a4 e5 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Ne7 29.fxe5 Bxe5
30.Nxe5 fxe5 31.Bg5 Rd7 32.Rc1 Be6 33.h3 Ng6 34.Rc8+ Kf7 35.Rb8 h6 36.Bd2 Nf4+
37.Bxf4 exf4 38.b6 Kf6 39.Bb5 Re7 40.Kf3 Ke5 41.Ba4 g5 42.Rh8 Ba2 43.Rxh6 Bb1
44.Kf2 Bxe4 45.Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Suhr op"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ciric, Dragoljub M"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.h3 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Be6 11.Rb1 Qa5 12.b4 Qd8 13.Qe3 Rc8 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Nde5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Bc3 Nd4 18.Bd3 Kh8 19.Rbc1 Bd7 20.c5 f5 21.f3 Rc6 22.exf5 Be8
23.Nb6 gxf5 24.Nc4 f4 25.Qe1 Qd5 26.Qe4 Qxe4 27.Bxe4 Ne2+ 28.Kf2 Nxc1 29.Rxc1 Rc7
30.Na5 Bc6 31.Nxc6 bxc6 32.Rb1 h6 33.Rb3 Ra8 34.Ra3 Raa7 35.Bd3 e4 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7
37.fxe4 Kf6 38.Ra5 Ke5 39.Kf3 Rd7 40.Ke2 Rd4 41.b5 cxb5 42.Bxb5 Rxe4+ 43.Kf2 Rb7
44.Bxa6 Rb2+ 45.Kf3 Re3+  0-1

[Event "Suhr op"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Georges, Sacha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 O-O 8.Nf3 c6
9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.e3 e5 11.d5 e4 12.Nxe4 Nb4 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rc1 Bxb2 15.Rc4 Ba3
16.Qc3 Bf5 17.Nfd2 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 b5 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Rh4 Nd3+ 21.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Suhr op"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Walti, Rolf"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 e4 6.Nc4 Be7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Ne2 O-O
9.Ng3 d5 10.Ne5 Qd6 11.f4 Ne8 12.O-O g6 13.f5 Bf6 14.d4 exd3 15.Nxd3 Bxb2
16.Nxb2 Ng7 17.e4 dxe4 18.Qxd6 cxd6 19.f6 Ne6 20.Nxe4 d5 21.Ng3 Ba6 22.Rfe1 h5
23.h4 Rab8 24.c3 Nc5 25.Re7 Rfe8 26.Rae1 Kf8 27.b4 Nd7 28.Rxd7 Rxe1+ 29.Kh2 Rb7
30.Rd8+ Re8 31.Rd6 Rc7 32.Na4 Bc4 33.a3 Ra8 34.Nc5 Ke8 35.Nh1 a5 36.a4 axb4
37.cxb4 Rb8 38.b5 cxb5 39.Na6 Rcb7 40.Nxb8 Rxb8 41.axb5 Rxb5 42.Nf2 Rb7 43.Kg3 Rd7
44.Rc6 Kd8 45.Kf3 Rb7 46.Kf4 Kd7 47.Rc5 Rb2 48.Nh3 Rxg2 49.Ng5 Rf2+ 50.Ke3 Rxf6
51.Ra5 Rf1 52.Ra7+ Kd6 53.Nf3 Kc5 54.Rc7+ Kb4  0-1

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chehayeb, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qe2 Bxb5
9.Qxb5+ Qd7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Nb3 Ne5 12.f4 Neg4 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.h3 h6 15.Bh4 g5
16.Be1 d5 17.e5 gxf4 18.hxg4 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Bc3 Qc6 21.Nd4 Qg6 22.Nf5  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haessler, Carl"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.c3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Nc4 a5 13.Ne3 c6 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Rd2 Na6
16.Rfd1 Nc5 17.Bc2 b5 18.b4 axb4 19.cxb4 Na4 20.Bxa4 Rxa4 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.Rd6 Be6
23.h3 Rxa2 24.Qd3 Ra6 25.Qc3 Rc8 26.Rcd1 c5 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kh7 29.Qxc5 Qxe4
30.Qxb5 Ra1+ 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Nxd1 Qb1 33.Qf1 Qxb4 34.Ne3 e4 35.Ne1 Qd2 36.g3 Bxh3
37.Qxh3 Qxe1+ 38.Kg2 Qe2 39.Qd7 Qf3+ 40.Kg1 h5  0-1

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Watson, John L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.e4 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Nh2 a5 9.Be2 Nf4
10.Bf3 Na6 11.Be3 Nb4 12.O-O Nbd3 13.Qc2 f5 14.Kh1 b6 15.a3 Nc5 16.b4 Nxe4
17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Qh4 19.c5 bxc5 20.bxc5 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qe4 Qe7 23.Rad1 Qf7
24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Qc4 e4 26.Qc6 Re8 27.Qxd6 Nxd5 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 h5 30.Re1 e3
31.fxe3 Nxe3 32.Qc6 Rf6 33.Qc3 Rfe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Russell, Richard"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.Nbd2 f5 7.c4 c6 8.b3 Nh6
9.Ne1 f4 10.Ndf3 O-O 11.Nd3 fxg3 12.hxg3 Qf6 13.Bg5 Qg6 14.Qd2 Bxf3 15.exf3 Nf5
16.Bf4 Qf6 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Rfe1 Qf6 21.f4 dxc4 22.bxc4 Rad8
23.Qa5 Nd4 24.Re5 b6 25.Qxa7 Ne2+ 26.Rxe2 Qxa1+ 27.Kh2 Rf6 28.Qxb6 Rh6+ 29.Bh3 Rxh3+
30.Kxh3 Qh1+ 31.Kg4 h5+ 32.Kg5 Qf3 33.Qxd8+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sutovskij, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[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.f4 Bd7 11.h3 b5 12.Bxb5 axb5 13.Ndxb5 Qb8 14.Nxd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Qxd6
16.Rxd6 Na5 17.b3 Rc8 18.Bd2 Nb7 19.Rd4 Nc5 20.e5 Nd5 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Rxd5 Be6
23.Rd6 Bf5 24.g4 Be4 25.Rh2 h5 26.Be3 hxg4 27.Bxc5 Rxh3 28.Rhd2 Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.e4 d6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.Be3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 a6
16.exd7+ Bxd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Qa4+ b5 19.Qf4 Rhe8 20.O-O-O Qe4 21.Bxc5 Qxf4+
22.gxf4 Rac8 23.Bd4 Re4 24.Nf3 Rxf4 25.Ne5+ Kd6 26.Nc6 Re4 27.Bg1 f5 28.Kc2 h5
29.Kb3 f4 30.Na5 g5 31.Nb7+ Kd7 32.Nc5+ Rxc5 33.Bxc5 g4 34.Rh1 Re5 35.c4 g3
36.Rf1 Re4 37.cxb5 axb5 38.a4 g2 39.Rg1 bxa4+ 40.Kc3 f3 41.Rb1 a3 42.Rb7+ Kc8
43.Ra7 Re1 44.d6 Rc1+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Na4 c5 11.a3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 bxa3 13.bxa3 Be7 14.Bb2 O-O 15.Rc1 Rb8
16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Rxc6 Qa5 18.Ra6 Qc7 19.Qa1 Ng4 20.f4 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Ndxf6 22.Qc1 Qd7
23.Nc5 Qd5 24.Ra4 Rbc8 25.Rc4 Rxc5 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.Rxc5 Qe4 28.Rf3 Rb8 29.Rh3+ Nh6
30.Rc2 Rb3 31.Rb2 Rxa3 32.Rb5 Qa4 33.Rb1 Ra2 34.Rf3 Ne4 35.Rb2 Qa3 36.Rb1 Nd2  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5
9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Nf3 c6 11.g3 Be6 12.Bg2 Nd7 13.O-O Bf6 14.Qh6+ Bg7 15.Qd2 Bf6
16.Rfe1 Kg7 17.e4 dxe4 18.Rxe4 Qa5 19.Qf4 Rad8 20.h4 h6 21.Rae1 Nb6 22.Ne5 Bf5
23.R4e2 Qb4 24.Rd1 h5 25.a3 Qb3 26.Kh2 Rhe8 27.Rde1 Nc4 28.Ng4 hxg4 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.Rxe8 Qxb2 31.Ne2 Bd7 32.h5 gxh5 33.Rh8 Kxh8 34.Qxf6+ Kg8 35.Qg5+ Kh7 36.Qxh5+ Kg7
37.Qg5+ Kh7 38.Be4+ f5 39.Qe7+ Kh6 40.Qf8+ Kh7 41.Qf7+ Kh6 42.Nf4 Qxf2+ 43.Bg2  1-0

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berkovich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bd6 7.Qc2 Be6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Bg3 a6 12.O-O Rae8 13.b4 Bg4 14.Nd2 Bh5 15.a4 Bg6
16.Rfc1 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Qd6 18.b5 axb5 19.axb5 c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxg6 hxg6
22.Ne2 b6 23.Nb3 Nce4 24.Qc7 Qb4 25.Ned4 Ng4 26.Ra2 Kh7 27.Qxb6 Rc8 28.Qa5 Rxc1+
29.Nxc1 Rc8 30.Ncb3 Qe7 31.Qe1 Rc3 32.f3 Nxg3 33.Qxg3 Qxe3+ 34.Kf1 Rxb3 35.Nxb3 Qxb3
36.Qh4+ Nh6 37.Qa4 Qb1+ 38.Kf2 Nf5 39.Rd2 Qc1 40.Qb4 Qc7 41.b6 Qg3+ 42.Kf1 Ne3+
43.Ke2 Nc4 44.Kd3 Nxd2 45.Qxd2 Qh4 46.Qb2 Qc4+ 47.Kd2 Qf4+ 48.Ke2 Qc4+ 49.Ke1 Qh4+
50.Kf1 Qh1+ 51.Kf2 Qh4+ 52.Ke3 f6 53.b7 Qe1+ 54.Kf4 g5+ 55.Kf5 Qe7 56.Kg4 Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bf4 Bxf4
9.gxf4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e3 Kh8 12.Ne2 b6 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.Ne5 Rac8 15.Rfd1 c5
16.Qb2 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Rfd8 18.Qb2 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Ne4 20.f3 Nc5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Nf4 Bb7
23.Rac1 a5 24.Rd4 Rxd4 25.exd4 Qg5 26.Qd2 Rd8 27.Rc3 Na6 28.a3 Qe7 29.Bf1 Qg5+
30.Kf2 Qh4+ 31.Kg1 Qg5+ 32.Kf2 Qh4+ 33.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C82"]

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 Bg4 11.Bc2 Be7 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.Ne3 Rd8 15.b4 Ne6
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nf5 O-O 18.a4 Rfe8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd3 Rb8 21.Qe2 Ncd8 22.Ra7 d4
23.cxd4 Bxb4 24.Rd1 Qc6 25.Be3 Bc3 26.h3 Qd5 27.Bg5 Nxg5 28.Nxg5 Ne6 29.Nxe6 fxe6
30.Rxc7 Bxf5 31.gxf5 Qxd4 32.f6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chow, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[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 Nd7 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Bf1 Be6 12.Nd5 a5 13.Rb1 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bg5 Rf7
16.Nde3 Bd7 17.Nd5 Bf5 18.a3 a4 19.Ncb4 Ne6 20.Bh4 g5 21.Bd3 Be5 22.Bg3 Ned4
23.Ne3 Bxd3 24.Nxd3 Bg7 25.c5 d5 26.Ng4 Qd7 27.Nde5 Qf5 28.Nxf7 Qxf7 29.Be5 Bxe5
30.Nh6+ Kf8  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Qf3 e6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.d4 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bg3 O-O 12.Rd1 Qc5 13.Ne4 Qa5+ 14.c3 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qe5
16.Kf1 Bd7 17.Rh5 f5 18.Ng5 Bb5+ 19.Kg1 Rae8 20.Rxh7 Be2 21.Re1 Bxf3 22.Rxe5 Bd5
23.Rh4 c5 24.c4 Nd7 25.Re1 Bc6 26.f3 Rf6 27.Kf2 Rg6 28.f4 Nf6 29.Bc2 Rh6
30.Rxh6 gxh6 31.Nxe6 Be4 32.Nc7 Rd8 33.Bxe4 Nxe4+ 34.Ke3 Kf7 35.g4 Nd6 36.b3 fxg4
37.Kf2 Rd7 38.Nd5 b5 39.cxb5 c4 40.bxc4 Nxc4 41.Ne3 Rd4 42.Nxg4 h5 43.Ne5+ Nxe5
44.fxe5 Ke6 45.a3 Ra4 46.Re3 Ra5 47.Rb3 Kxe5 48.Kg3 Ra4 49.Kh3 Kf5 50.g3 Kg5
51.Rc3 Ra5 52.Rb3 Ra4 53.Kg2 h4 54.Kf2 hxg3+ 55.Rxg3+ Kf5 56.Ke2 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moskow, Eric"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.g3 Bxf3 4.exf3 c5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd2 e6 8.Bg2 Bb4
9.Nc3 Qf6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nge7 12.c5 bxc5 13.Ba3 O-O 14.Bxc5 Rfd8 15.Rab1 d6
16.Be3 h6 17.f4 d5 18.Rb7 Nf5 19.Bc5 Rac8 20.c4 dxc4 21.Rd7 Ncd4 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Qb4 c3 24.g4 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 c2  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 a6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Be2 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Rd1 Be6 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.h3 Rfd8 16.Rc1 Nc6
17.Qd3 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Bb8 19.Na4 Ne4 20.Nb6 Rc7 21.Na8 Rcc8 22.Nb6 Rc7 23.Na8 Rcc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolin, Leonid M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Bd6 11.Rad1 e5 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bd6
16.f5 Qg5 17.Rf3 a6 18.Qf2 b5 19.Bb3 Bb7 20.h4 Qd8 21.f6 g6 22.e4 Qe8 23.h5 g5
24.Ne7+ Bxe7 25.fxe7 Qxe7 26.Rf1 Rad8 27.Bxf7+ Kg7 28.Bg6 Rxf3 29.Qxf3 Qc5+
30.Kh1 Rf8 31.Qd3 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Qc4 33.Qe1 Bc8 34.b3 Qd4 35.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Bf4 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e3 c6 8.Be2 Ne8
9.O-O Nc7 10.Qc2 e5 11.Bh2 Qe7 12.Rad1 f5 13.Rfe1 g5 14.b4 g4 15.hxg4 fxg4
16.Nd2 exd4 17.exd4 Bxd4 18.Nde4 Be5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Rxd6 Bf5 21.Qd2 Rae8
22.Bf1 Bg6 23.Re3 Ne6 24.c5 Qg7 25.Qe1 Nf4 26.Nf6+ Rxf6 27.Rxe5 Rff8 28.Rxe8 Rxe8
29.Qd2 Qe5 30.Rd4 Rf8 31.Qe3 Qf5 32.Bc4+ Kh8 33.Rd6 h5 34.Qd4+ Kh7 35.Rd7+ Kh6
36.Re7 Qf6 37.Qxf6 Rxf6 38.Rxb7 h4 39.Rd7 h3 40.g3 h2+ 41.Kxh2 Nh3 42.f4 gxf3
43.Rd6 Nf2 44.Rxf6 Ng4+ 45.Kg1 Nxf6 46.Be6 Kg5 47.Kf2 Bh5 48.a4 Bg4 49.Bxg4 Kxg4
50.b5 Kf5 51.bxc6 Ng4+ 52.Kg1 Ke6 53.Nb5 Ke7 54.Nxa7 Kd8 55.Nb5 Ne5 56.c7+ Kc8
57.a5  1-0

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.d5 e5 13.Qb3 N8d7 14.Nxe5 Bxe2 15.Nxd7 Bxc4
16.Bxb6 Bxb3 17.Bxd8 Rfxd8 18.axb3 Rxd7 19.b4 Bd8 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.Rxa5 Bxa5
22.Ra1 Bd8 23.Ra8 g6 24.Ne4 Kg7 25.Rb8 Bb6 26.g4 f5 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Ng3 f4
29.Nh5+ Kg6 30.Nxf4+ Kf5 31.Rf8+ Ke4 32.Nh5 Rc7 33.Nf6+ Kd3 34.Kg2 Rc2 35.Nxh7 Rxb2
36.h4 Bd4 37.h5 b5 38.h6 b4 39.Ng5 b3 40.Ne6 Be5 41.Nd8 Re2 42.Nf7 Bf6 43.h7 b2
44.Rb8 Re1 45.Nxd6 b1=Q 46.Rxb1 Rxb1 47.Nf7 Rb7 48.Ng5 Kd4 49.Kg3 Ke5 50.Kg4 Rb4+
51.Kg3 Kf5 52.Nf7 Kg6  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Edelman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.Bd3 e5
9.O-O Nh5 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nd5 f6 12.Bc1 c6 13.Nf4 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 Qd8 15.Nxd4 f5
16.Nf3 fxe4 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Bxe4 Nc5 20.Qd2 Bxh3 21.Ng5 Bf5 22.Bxf5 gxf5
23.b4 Ne4 24.Nxe4 fxe4 25.Rad1 Rae8 26.Qd4 Re5 27.Rd2 d5 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Qxa7 Rh5
30.Qe3 Qh4 31.Qh3 Qxh3 32.gxh3 Kf7 33.Rc1 Ke6 34.Rc7 Rf7 35.Rc8 Rd7 36.Kg2 d4
37.a4 d3 38.f3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 Rxh3+ 40.Kg4 Rh1 41.Re8+ Kf6 42.a5 h5+ 43.Kf3 Rf1+
44.Kg2 Rf5 45.Re3 Rfd5 46.Kh3 R7d6 47.Rf2+ Kg6 48.Rg2+ Kh6 49.Rd2 h4 50.Rf3 Kh5
51.Re3 Kg5 52.Rf3 Rd8 53.Rg2+ Kh6 54.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frias, Victor J"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 c6
9.Nbd2 Qb8 10.Re1 a5 11.a3 b5 12.Qc1 Bf5 13.Nh4 Be4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.d5 cxd5 17.cxd5 Ra6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Rd1 Rf7 20.Ng2 Qf8 21.Bd4 Nf6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6
23.Rf1 Ra7 24.e3 Raf7 25.Ra2 Qa8 26.a4 Qb7 27.Rc2 Bf8 28.Nf4 e5 29.Ne2 Rh6
30.axb5 Qxb5 31.Nc3 Qb7 32.Rd1 Rb6 33.Na4 Rbf6 34.Nc5 Bxc5 35.Rxc5 Rxf2 36.Rd8+ Rf8
37.Qc4+ Kh8 38.Rcc8 Qe7 39.Rxf8+ Rxf8 40.Rxf8+ Qxf8 41.Qxe4 Qg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 c5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.dxc5 Bg4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc3 12.Qe1 Qxd3 13.Nxc3+ Be6 14.Qe3 Rd8 15.Rb1 O-O
16.Rxb7 Qa6 17.Rc7 Nd4 18.Bb2 Rfe8 19.h3 Qa5 20.Qg3 Nf5 21.Qf4 Rd4 22.Qe5 f6
23.Qh2 Bc4 24.Rc1 Qb4 25.Ba1 Qa3 26.Rb1 Bxa2 27.Nxa2 Qd3  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[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 Re8 10.d4 h6 11.a3 Bf8 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Ba2 Qd7 14.b4 a5 15.d5 Ne7 16.c4 axb4
17.cxb5 Qxb5 18.Rb1 c5 19.Bc4 Qa5 20.axb4 cxb4 21.Qb3 Reb8 22.Qxb4 Qxb4 23.Rxb4 Nd7
24.g4 Ng6 25.Nf1 Bc8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Be3 Nf4 28.Kh2 Be7 29.Ng3 g6 30.Rc1 Nf6
31.Bf1 Bd7 32.Rc7 Bd8 33.Ra7 Bb6 34.Ra6 Bxg4 35.Bxb6 Bxf3 36.Bc7 Rb2 37.Bxd6 Rxf2+
38.Kg1 Nxe4 39.Bxe5 Rxf1+ 40.Nxf1 g5 41.d6 Nc5 42.Bxf4 gxf4 43.Nd2 Be2 44.Ra7 Kf8
45.Rc7  1-0

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leveille, Francois"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 c6
9.Nbd2 Qb8 10.Re1 h6 11.e4 Bb4 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe1 14.Qxe1 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 a5 17.Ba3 Re8 18.Bd6 Qd8 19.Be2 Qb6 20.Bd3 f5 21.Qe3 Rad8 22.g4 fxg4
23.c5 Qa7 24.Kh1 Nf8 25.Rg1 b6 26.Rxg4 bxc5 27.dxc5 Kh8 28.Qe4 g5 29.Rg3 Qg7
30.Rf3 Rxd6 31.exd6 Nd7 32.Qxc6 g4 33.Rg3 Rf8 34.Bb5 Qa1+ 35.Rg1 Qd4 36.Bf1 Ne5
37.Qa4 Qxf2 38.Bg2 Qxc5 39.d7 Nd3 40.Rf1 Nf2+ 41.Rxf2 Qxf2 42.Qxa5 Qd4 43.Qe1 Qxd7
44.h3 gxh3 45.Bxh3 Qd5+ 46.Bg2 Qh5+ 47.Kg1 e5  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nf4 a6 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Bg2 Nexg4 13.Nfxd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5
15.Qxg4 O-O 16.Bxd5 Qc7 17.f4 Rad8 18.Rhe1 Qa5 19.Bf2 Bxc5 20.Re5 Qa4 21.Bb3 Rxd1+
22.Kxd1 Rd8+ 23.Kc1 Qb4 24.Be1 Qd4 25.a3 Bxa3 26.c3 Qb6 27.Qh4 Bd6 28.Rd5 Re8
29.f5 Qxb3 30.Rxd6 Bxf5 31.Rd2 Qa2  0-1

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.g5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.a3 Qb6 13.b4 a5 14.Nc5 axb4 15.Nxd7 Kxd7
16.e4 Nc7 17.O-O Kc8 18.Rb1 bxa3 19.Be3 a2 20.Ra1 Qa5 21.Rfc1 Qa4 22.Qd2 c5
23.Rc2 c4 24.Rcxa2 Qb4 25.Rxa8+ Bxa8 26.Qc1 f6 27.d5 exd5 28.Nd4 Bb7 29.Bf1 dxe4
30.Bh3+ Kb8 31.Nc2 Qb3 32.Qd2 Bc8 33.Nd4 Qd3 34.Nc6+ Kb7 35.Nxe7 Qxd2 36.Ra7+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Qxc4 Rd1+
23.Kg2 Qxc4 24.Rxc4 Rxa1 25.Nc3 Kb7 26.Ne4 Ne5 27.Rc2 Nd3 28.Bd2 Rb1 29.Ng5 Rxb2
30.Rxb2 Nxb2 31.Nxf7 Nc4 32.Bxb4 Bxb4 33.Nxh8 a5 34.Nf7 a4 35.Nd8+ Kc8 36.Nxe6 a3
37.Nd4 a2 38.Nc2 Kd7 39.g4 Bc3 40.g5 Na3  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bf5
9.Nd2 e6 10.a3 Be7 11.Ba2 O-O 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Bb1 Qb6 15.Qf3 f6
16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qe2 Bh4 18.Bd2 Bxf2+ 19.Qxf2 Bd3 20.Ba5 Qe3 21.Bd2 Qb6 22.Ba5 Qa6
23.cxd3 Rxf2 24.Rxf2 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.a3 Nd7 10.O-O b6 11.b4 Bb7 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Qe1 a5 14.Nb5 e5 15.Rd1 axb4 16.axb4 exf4
17.Be2 Ncb8 18.c4 Bxe4 19.Nxd6 Bxd6 20.Rxd6 Qe7 21.Qc3 f6 22.Rfd1 Rfe8 23.Qd2 Ba8
24.Bf1 Ne5 25.Qxf4 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Nbc6 27.b5 Ng6 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.fxe4 Nce5 30.Bh3 Ra8
31.Be6+ Kh8 32.Ra1 Rab8 33.Ra7 Nf3+ 34.Kf1 Ng5 35.Bf5 Nh4 36.Rdd7 Nxf5 37.exf5 Rbd8
38.c5 bxc5 39.b6 Rb8 40.Rab7 Ra8 41.Rxg7 Ne4 42.Rxh7+ Kg8 43.Rbg7+ Kf8 44.b7 Ra2
45.Rg2  1-0

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 c5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.dxc5 Bg4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc3 12.Qc2 Bxe2 13.Re1 Qd4 14.Bb2 O-O-O 15.Bf5+ Kc7
16.Bxc3 Bd3 17.Qc1 Qc4 18.Re4 Nd4 19.Qf4+ Kc6 20.Bxd4 Rd5 21.Bxg7 Qxc5 22.Rc1  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[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.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qe7
16.fxe6 g6 17.exf7+ Kxf7 18.Qe2 Bg4 19.Qf2+ Qf6 20.Qxf6+ Bxf6 21.Be2 Bc8
22.Rhf1 Kg7 23.Nd5 Bd8 24.Rf4 Ra7 25.h4 h5 26.Rdf1 Rf7 27.Rxf7+ Nxf7 28.a4 Bxh4
29.axb5 axb5 30.Bxb5 Bg3 31.Nc7 Ng5 32.Rg1 h4 33.Ne2 Nf3 34.Rd1 Be5 35.Ne8+ Kh7
36.c4 h3 37.Nxd6 Be6 38.c5 h2 39.Rh1 Kg7 40.Ne8+ Kf8 41.Nc1 Bh3 42.Nd3 Bg2
43.Rxh2 Bxh2  0-1

[Event "New York Enhance"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[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 Qb6 11.e5 Nxd4 12.exf6 Nf5 13.Bd3 g6 14.Rhe1 Bc6 15.g4 Nd4
16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf3 18.Qg2 Nxe1 19.Nxd6+ Bxd6 20.Qxa8+ Bb8 21.Bh6 Qc7
22.Rxe1 Kd7 23.Rd1+ Kc8 24.Qxa6+ Qb7 25.Qxb7+ Kxb7 26.Rd7+ Kc6 27.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Kh1 O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.Bf3 Bc6 12.a4 Qc7 13.Be3 Rfd8 14.a5 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qc4 Rac8 18.Qe2 Bb4 19.Bxa7 Bxa5 20.Qe3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qd7
22.Bd4 Ba4 23.Rf2 b5 24.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 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 Be7 14.Nxd4 Qa5 15.Bd2 Rd8
16.a3 N5b6 17.Bb5 Nxa4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.axb4 Qb6 20.Bxd7+ Rxd7 21.Qxa4 Ke7
22.Nb3 Bc6 23.Qa3 Bd5 24.Nc5 Rc7 25.Qg3 Kf8 26.Qh4 Ke8 27.Rec1 h6 28.Na4 Rxc1+
29.Rxc1 Qb7 30.f3 g5 31.Qd4 Kf8 32.Nc5 Qb5 33.Ne4 Kg7 34.Nd6 Qb6 35.Qxb6 axb6
36.Rc7 Rf8 37.Kf2 Kg6 38.Rc8 Rxc8 39.Nxc8 Kf5 40.Nd6+ Kxe5 41.Nxf7+ Kd4 42.Nxh6 e5
43.Nf5+ Kd3 44.Ne3 Be6 45.g3 e4 46.f4 gxf4 47.gxf4 b5 48.h4 Bf7 49.Ng4 Kd2
50.f5 Bh5 51.Ne3 Kd3 52.f6 Bg6 53.Nf1 Kd4 54.Ng3 e3+ 55.Ke2 Bd3+ 56.Kf3  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nh3 d5 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Be7
9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxb8 Rxb8 11.Nf4 Qe8 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Be7
16.Bf3 g6 17.h4 Bd8 18.cxd5 exd5 19.h5 g5 20.Ng6 Rf7 21.e6 Rg7 22.e4 dxe4
23.e7 Bxe7 24.Rfe1 Rxg6 25.hxg6 Qxg6 26.Rad1 Qf6 27.Qa5 Be6 28.Qxa7 Qe5 29.Qd4 Qxd4
30.Rxd4 Bc5 31.Rdd1 Bxa2 32.Bh5 Bd5 33.Re2 Kg7 34.Rc2 Bb6 35.Be2 Kf6 36.Bc4 Ke5
37.b3 f4 38.gxf4+ gxf4 39.Kf1 Rg8 40.Rcd2 Bxc4+ 41.bxc4 f3 42.Rb2 e3 43.fxe3 Bxe3
44.Rf2 Bxf2 45.Kxf2 Ke4 46.Rd7 Rg2+ 47.Kf1 Rb2  0-1

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Covington, Charles"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.Nbd2 f5 7.e3 Ngf6 8.b3 O-O
9.c4 c6 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Qc2 Qf6 12.Kh1 Rae8 13.Rae1 Qh6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bb4
16.Bc1 dxc4 17.bxc4 Rd8 18.Nb3 Bxe1 19.Rxe1 Rd1 20.Rxd1 Bxd1 21.Qb2 Rd8 22.Nd4 c5
23.Nf3 Qh5 24.Ng1 Rd2 25.Qxd2 Nxd2 26.Bxd2 Qf7 27.e4 Bc2 28.exf5 Qxf5 29.Bf4 Be4
30.f3 Bc6 31.Bh3 Bxf3+  0-1

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rutitski, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.d4 exd3 6.Bxd3 Bb4+ 7.Nd2 O-O 8.O-O Qxd5
9.Ndf3 Nc6 10.Bf4 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Qd8 12.Ng5 g6 13.Bc4 Be7 14.Qf3 Bg4 15.Qb3 Qe8
16.Rae1 Qc6 17.Bxf7+ Kg7 18.Be6 h6 19.Bxg4 hxg5 20.Bf3 Qb6 21.Bxb7 Qxb3 22.axb3 Rab8
23.Bxc7 Bb4 24.Bxb8 Rxb8 25.c3 Rxb7 26.cxb4 Kh6 27.Re6 Nd5 28.Rd1 Nxb4 29.Rdd6 Rg7
30.h3  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vicary, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.O-O-O Qa5 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bg4 14.Qd3 Qd8 15.Nxf6+ exf6
16.Rd2 Re8 17.h3 Be6 18.Nd4 Rc8 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.f5 Bxa2 21.Qa6 Re5 22.Nxc6 Rxc6
23.Qxc6 Qa5 24.Qxd6 Bd5 25.Qa3 Qxa3 26.bxa3 Bxe4 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Re1 f5 29.Rd7 Ra5
30.Re3 Rc5 31.Re2 Ra5 32.Rc7 a6 33.Rd2 Rd5 34.Rxd5 Bxd5 35.g3 Bf7 36.c4 Kg7
37.c5 Kf6 38.c6  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.Nxd5 Nxe5 5.Ne3 Nbc6 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 Bc5 8.Qh5 Bd4
9.c3 Bxe3 10.dxe3 Nd3+ 11.Bxd3 Qxd3 12.Rd1 Qc2 13.Qe2 Qg6 14.Nf3 e5 15.Ba3 Bd7
16.e4 O-O-O 17.O-O Bg4 18.Qe3 f5 19.Rd5 f4 20.Qe2 Rxd5 21.exd5 e4 22.Nh4 Bxe2
23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Re1 f3 25.dxc6 b6 26.Bc1 Re8 27.h4 Re6 28.Be3 Rxc6 29.Bd4 Rd6
30.g4 Rd7 31.Kh2 c5 32.Be3 Rd3 33.Kg3 Rxc3 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 Kd7 36.Kf4 Ke6
37.h6 gxh6 38.Rh1 Rc2 39.Rxh6+ Kd5 40.a4 Rc3 41.a5  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.e3 c6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Qd6 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.b4 a6 14.a4 b5 15.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kyawin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Qc7
9.O-O a6 10.a3 Nd7 11.Qe1 Bf6 12.Be3 b6 13.Qg3 Bb7 14.Rad1 Nc5 15.Kh1 h5
16.Qh3 Rd8 17.f5 Qe7 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.e5 dxe5 20.Bg6+ Kf8 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8 22.Nxe5 Kg8
23.Rd1 Bc8 24.Nc4 Qc7 25.Nd6 Bd7 26.Nce4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Kf8 28.Qf3 Bc6 29.Bf4 Bxe4
30.Qxe4 e5 31.Bxe5 Bxe5 32.Qb4+ Kg8 33.Rxd8+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.d5 e5 8.dxe6 Nc6
9.Ng5 Qe7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne5 12.h4 c6 13.Nh3 cxd5 14.Nf4 d4 15.Nd5 Qe8
16.e7 Rf7 17.Bg5 Bd7 18.Nc7 Qb8 19.Nxa8 h6 20.Qb3 hxg5 21.Bxb7 Qe8 22.Rc1 d3
23.Bd5 dxe2 24.hxg5 Qxe7 25.f4 Kf8 26.fxe5 Qxg5 27.Kxe2 Re7 28.e6 Qg4+ 29.Kf1 Bf6
30.Rc3 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Qxg3 32.Qb4 Qd3+ 33.Kf2 Qd2+ 34.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Bb5 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 a6 12.Bd3 b5 13.h4 Bb7 14.O-O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kelleher, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5
9.fxe5 Qc7 10.exf6 Qe5+ 11.Be2 Qxg5 12.Qd3 Qxf6 13.Rd1 Ra7 14.Qg3 Nd7 15.Nc6 Rb7
16.Ne4 Qxb2 17.O-O  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rao, Vivek"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.d6 Qb6 7.Bf4 Qxb2 8.Be5 Ne4
9.Rc1 f6 10.Nxe4 Qxe5 11.Rxc5 Qxe4 12.Rxc8+ Kf7 13.Qb3+ Kg7 14.Rc4 Qd5 15.e4 Qa5+
16.Kd1 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Rc2 Bxd6 19.Bc4 Bc5 20.f3 Nc6 21.Ne2 Ra3 22.Rc3 Ra5
23.Kc1 Nb4 24.Kb1 Rha8 25.Rd1 d5 26.Bxd5 Nxa2 27.Bxa2 Rxa2 28.Rd7+ Kh6 29.Rc2 Ra1+
30.Kb2 R8a2+ 31.Kc3 Ra4 32.Rxb7 Rb4 33.Rb2 Ra3+ 34.Kc2 Rc4+ 35.Kd1 Be3 36.Ng3 Rc1+
37.Ke2 Rg1 38.R7xb6 Bxb6 39.Rxb6 Rxg2+ 40.Kf1 Rxh2  0-1

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Nd7
9.Re1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Ngf6 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 exd5 13.exd5+ Ne5 14.f4 Nxd5 15.Nf5 Qc5+
16.Kh1 f6 17.fxe5 fxg5 18.exd6+ Kd7 19.Nd4 Qxd6 20.Re6 Qc5 21.Re5 Ne3 22.Rxe3 Bxg2+
23.Kxg2 Qd5+ 24.Nf3 Qxd1 25.Rxd1+ Kc7 26.Nxg5 Rc8 27.c4 Kb8 28.Rd5 Bc5 29.Re6 Rhf8
30.Ne4 Ba7 31.Rxa6 Rxc4 32.Nd6 Rc2+ 33.Kh3 Rf6 34.Rb5+ Ka8 35.Rba5 Rh6+ 36.Kg4 Rg6+
37.Kf3 Rf2+ 38.Ke4 Rg4+ 39.Kd5 Rg5+ 40.Kc4 Rxa5 41.Rxa5 Kb8 42.Rf5 Rxb2 43.Rf8+ Kc7
44.Nb5+ Kb6 45.Ra8 b3 46.Rxa7 Rxh2 47.a5+  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Qf3 Qb6 8.Nb3 Qc7
9.Bd3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd1 Bb7 12.Nf2 Nc6 13.O-O g6 14.Bd2 Bg7 15.c3 bxc3 16.Bxc3 O-O
17.Qe3 e5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rac1 Qb8 21.Na5 Bc8 22.Nc4 Be6 23.a5  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[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.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.h4 b4 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Nce2 g6 17.Kb1 e5 18.Nb3 Rf8 19.Qe3 Bb7 20.Ng3 Ne6 21.Rh2 a5 22.Bb5+ Bc6
23.Bc4 Bd7 24.Bd5 Rc8 25.c4 Nf4 26.Rc2 Bd8 27.Ne2 Nxd5 28.Rxd5 a4 29.Nd2 Bc6
30.c5 Bxd5 31.exd5 dxc5 32.Nc4 Rf1+ 33.Nc1 Be7 34.Qd3 Rf4 35.d6 Qd8 36.Qh3 Bf8
37.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 h6
10.Be3 Nc5 11.b4 Na6 12.a3 c5 13.b5 Nb8 14.g4 Ne8 15.Bd3 Nd7 16.Nf1 Qh4 17.Qd2 Ndf6
18.Ng3 Nh7 19.Kf1 Nef6 20.Kg2 Kh8 21.Raf1 Ng8 22.Nce2 Qe7 23.a4 Bf6 24.a5  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.b3 d5 12.c5 N6d7 13.a3 Nc6 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1
16.Qxa1 f6 17.b5 Bxf3 18.bxc6 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 bxc6 20.f4 fxe5 21.fxe5 Rxf1+
22.Qxf1 Nf8 23.Qc1 h6 24.Nf4 Qe8 25.Qd2 Qb8 26.Kh2 Qb5 27.Qf2 Qb1 28.Nh5 Qg6
29.Qf3 Nh7 30.Ng3 Bh4 31.Ne2 Nf8 32.Bd2 Qf5 33.Qxf5 exf5 34.g3 Be7 35.g4 fxg4
36.hxg4 Kf7 37.Kg2 Ne6 38.Be3 Bh4 39.Ng1 Be7 40.Nf3 Ke8 41.Kf2 Kd7 42.Ke2 g6
43.Kd3 h5 44.g5 Ke8 45.Ke2 Kf7 46.Kf2 Bd8 47.Kg3 Ng7 48.Nh4 Be7 49.Kf2 Ne6
50.Nf3 Nf8 51.Kg3 Ke6 52.Nh4 Bd8 53.Kf3 Kf7 54.Kg3 Be7 55.Nf3 Ne6 56.Kf2 Ke8
57.Ke2 Kf8 58.Kf2 Kf7 59.Kg3 Ng7 60.Kf2 Ne6 61.Ke2 Bd8 62.Kf2 Nf8 63.Kg3 Nh7
64.Kf4 Ke6 65.Bd2 Kd7 66.Kg3 Be7 67.Be3 Kc8 68.Kf2 Nf8 69.Nh4 Kb7 70.Ke2 Kc8
71.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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.g5 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Ne5
16.Qe2 Nc4 17.f4 b4 18.Nb1 e5 19.Nf5 h5 20.Nd2 Nxe3 21.Nxe3 exf4 22.Nd5 Qc6
23.Nf3 Bg4 24.e5 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Rc8 26.Qe4 Qc4 27.Rd4  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scotto, Marco"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Qe2 b6 7.Nc3 e6 8.cxb6 axb6
9.d4 Ba6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne4 f5 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Re1 Be7 15.Ne5 Nf4
16.Qg4 Bxc4 17.Bxf4 Bd5 18.Re3 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Rf5 20.Nd3 Qf8 21.a3 c5 22.dxc5 bxc5
23.Rc1 Nc6 24.Be3 Rb8 25.f4 Qf6 26.Ra4 Rd5 27.Qe2 Qf5 28.Nf2 Bf6 29.g4 Qg6
30.Rc2 Bd4 31.Rd2 h5 32.h3 Rb3 33.Ra8+ Kh7 34.Bxd4 Nxd4  0-1

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gamboa, Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.O-O c6 6.c4 Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Nd2 b6
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ndf3 Ne4 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Nd3 Nd7 14.Bf4 Rac8 15.Bxd6 Nxd6 16.Rac1 Kh8
17.Rfd1 Rfe8 18.e3 Rf8 19.Qb2 Ne4 20.Rc2 Rf6 21.Nfe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Re6 23.Rdc1 Qe8
24.a4 a5 25.f4 Qe7 26.Rb1 Qb4 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Qc3 Ba6 29.Qxb4 axb4 30.Rbc1 Bd3
31.Rd2 c5 32.dxc5 bxc5 33.Nxd3 exd3 34.Rxd3 h6 35.Kf2 Rd6 36.e4 d4 37.e5 Rdd8
38.Kf3 Kg8 39.Ke4 Kf7 40.Rd2 Ke7 41.Rc4 Rc7 42.Rdc2 Rdc8 43.g4 Kf7 44.h4 g6
45.h5 gxh5 46.gxh5 Ke6 47.Rg2 Kf7 48.f5 Rg8 49.Rg6 Rxg6 50.hxg6+ Kg7 51.Rc1 Rc8
52.Rg1  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qb3 Bxb5
9.Qxb5+ Qd7 10.Ne5 Qxb5 11.Nxb5 Na6 12.d4 Bb4+ 13.Ke2 O-O 14.Be3 Ne4 15.Rhc1 Nd6
16.a4 Rfd8 17.Rc2 Ba5 18.Nc6 bxc6 19.Rxc6 Nxb5 20.Rxa6 Bb6 21.axb5 Rac8 22.Kd3 Rc4
23.R6a4 Rdc8 24.R1a3 f5 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Rb4 Kf7 27.Rc3 R8xc3+ 28.bxc3 Ra2 29.Rb1 Kf6
30.h4 h6 31.h5 Bc7 32.g3 Ba5 33.f3 Bc7 34.Bf4 Ba5 35.Re1 Rb2 36.Re8 Rxb5
37.Rf8+ Ke6 38.Be5 Rb3 39.Rc8 Ra3 40.Bxg7 Kd7 41.Rc5 Bb4 42.Rxd5+ Ke6 43.Kc4 Ba5
44.Re5+ Kf7 45.Bxh6 Rxc3+ 46.Kb5 Bb6 47.Rxf5+ Ke6 48.Re5+ Kf7 49.Be3 Bc7
50.Rc5  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.b3 b6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Ra7 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.e4 d6 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Qa8 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.h3 Bf8
16.Kh2 Qb8 17.f4 g6 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nh5 20.Bc6 Nxg3 21.Qf2 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 Qxe5
23.Qxg3 Qxd4 24.Rd1 Bd6 25.Qxd6 Qf2+ 26.Kh1 Qxb2 27.Ne4 Bxc6 28.Qxc6 Raa8
29.Rf1 f5 30.Nd6 Qe2 31.Rg1 Qe3 32.Kh2 Red8 33.Nxf5 exf5  0-1

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Berset, Philippe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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 Ne7 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Nc2 d5 14.a4 bxa4 15.Ne3 dxe4
16.Qxa4+ Qd7 17.Bb5 axb5 18.Qxa8 f5 19.O-O O-O 20.Rfd1 Qe6 21.Nd5 Ng6 22.Qa7 Nf4
23.Nxf4 exf4 24.Qc7 f3 25.Rd8 Rxd8 26.Qxd8+ Kg7 27.gxf3 Bb7 28.Kh1  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Friedman, Aviv"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Na4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Bd2 a5 15.Qe2 Qb6
16.Rfd1 Nfe4 17.Be1 Rhd8 18.Nd4 Nd6 19.Bd3 Kf8 20.Qh5 Nxd3 21.Rxd3 Be4 22.Rdd1 Bg6
23.Qe2 e5 24.Nf3 f6 25.Nh4 Bf7 26.a3 b3 27.Qg4 g5 28.Nf3 h5 29.Qg3 Nf5  0-1

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Werner, Dimo"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.d5 e5 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Na6 15.b3 Nd7
16.Rab1 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.f4 g6 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Na4 Nh5 21.Bb6 Qd6 22.Nf3 e4
23.Nd4 Ng3 24.Qd2 f4 25.Ne6 f3 26.Rf2 Rf6 27.Rd1 Nf5 28.Ng5 Qe5 29.Qxa5 Bd6
30.gxf3 Nh4 31.Qd2 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 exf3 33.Kh1 Rf8 34.Bd4 f2 35.Qxf2 Qxg5 36.Qe2 Nf5
37.Qe6+ Rf7 38.Qc8+ Bf8 39.Be5 Qe3  0-1

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d3 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Nf1 Bb7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Be7
16.Ne3 Nh7 17.Bg3 Ng5 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Nh2 g6 20.Ne3 Ne6 21.Nf3 Bg7 22.Qd2 Nc6
23.Bb3 Na5 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Nc7 26.Nxc7 Qxc7 27.Nh2 f5 28.f4 Nc6 29.Nf3 exf4
30.Qxf4 Ne5 31.exf5 Nxd3 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Qg4 gxf5 34.Qxf5 Nxb2 35.Rf1 Qc8
36.Qh5 Re2 37.Nh4 Qe6 38.Nf5 Kh7 39.Nxg7 Kxg7 40.Bf4 Kg8 41.Bxh6 Re5  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.exd6 cxd6 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 a6 12.b3 d5 13.c5 Nc8 14.b4 Nc6 15.Rb1 Bf6 16.a4 Bxf3
17.Bxf3 N8e7 18.b5 axb5 19.axb5 Na5 20.Be2 Nf5 21.Bd3 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7
24.Qxd4 Qf6 25.Qd3+ Kg8 26.Rfc1 Nc4 27.Ra1 Ne5 28.Qg3 Rxa1 29.Rxa1 Ng6 30.c6 bxc6
31.bxc6 Nf4 32.Kh2 e5 33.Ra6 Rc8 34.Qg4 Rxc6 35.Ra8+ Kh7 36.Nd1 Qg6 37.Qh4+ Qh5
38.Qd8 Qxd1 39.Qh8+ Kg6 40.Rg8 Ne6 41.g4 Qf3 42.Qh5+ Kf6 43.Qh4+ Ng5 44.Ra8 Qf4+
45.Kg2 Ke6 46.Ra2 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Qc7 12.Rac1 Rad8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Rxc5 Qd6 17.Rcc1 Nb4 18.Nb1 d4 19.Nxd4 Qd5 20.Qg4 h5 21.Qh3 Nxd3 22.Rxd3 Qg5
23.Nd2 Qg6 24.Rdc3 Bxd4 25.exd4 Rxd4 26.Nf1 Rfd8 27.Rg3 Qh6 28.Re3 Rd1 29.Re8+ Rxe8
30.Rxd1 Qg6 31.Ne3 Re5 32.Qg3 Qe6 33.h3 f6 34.Qg6 Qc8 35.Qd3 Qc6 36.Qc4+ Kh7
37.Qxc6 Bxc6 38.Rc1 Be4 39.Rc7 Ra5 40.f3 Bb1 41.a4 Ba2 42.Rb7 Rc5 43.b4 Re5
44.Kf2 a5 45.Rb5 axb4 46.Rxb4 Ra5 47.Nc4 Rc5 48.Nd2 Bf7 49.Rb7 Be8 50.Ra7 Rc2
51.Ke3 h4 52.a5 Kg6 53.f4 Kh6 54.Ra8 Bg6 55.a6 Kh7 56.Nf3 Rxg2 57.f5 Bf7
58.Rf8 Bd5 59.Nxh4 Ra2 60.Ng6 Kh6 61.h4 Kh5 62.Nf4+ Kxh4 63.Nxd5 Rxa6 64.Rg8 Kg4
65.Ne7 g5 66.Rd8 Ra3+ 67.Ke4 Ra4+ 68.Kd5 Kf3 69.Ke6 Ra6+ 70.Kf7 g4 71.Rd3+ Kf2
72.Ng6 Kg2 73.Nf4+ Kh2 74.Nh5 Rb6 75.Rg3 Rb7+ 76.Kxf6 Rh7 77.Rxg4  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bc4 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.Qe2 Qa5+ 11.c3 a6 12.d5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxh4 14.Nxh4 Qd8 15.Nf5 Qxd5
16.Nxg7+ Ke7 17.f4 Rd8 18.O-O Bd7 19.Rad1 Bb5 20.Qg4 Bd3 21.f5 c4 22.fxe6 fxe6
23.Nxe6 Rg8 24.Qh4+ Kxe6 25.Rde1+ Kd7 26.Qe7+ Kc8 27.Rf8+ Rxf8 28.Qxf8+ Kc7
29.Qxa8  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 h6 7.Be3 b5 8.Bg2 Nd7 9.O-O h5
10.Nf4 Qh4 11.g5 Ne7 12.Nce2 Nf5 13.Bd2 Be7 14.Bf3 Bxg5 15.Ng2 Qh3 16.Ng3 Bxd2
17.Qxd2 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.a4 bxa4 20.Rxa4 Nxe5 21.Bg2 O-O 22.b3 Ng4 23.h3 Nh6
24.Ne2 Be4 25.f3 Bf5 26.Kh2 Qe7 27.Rg1 Kh8 28.Nf4 h4 29.Bf1 Bh7 30.Nh5 Qd6+
31.Kh1 Nf5 32.Bd3 g6 33.Qg5 Qd8 34.Nf6 Ng3+ 35.Rxg3 hxg3 36.Rb4 Rg8 37.Rb7 Rg7
38.Qe5 Qa5 39.Kg2 Qd2+ 40.Kxg3 Qc1 41.Kg2 Qd2+ 42.Kg3 Qc1 43.Kg2 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.f4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Be1 Ne4 13.a4 b4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Bc4 Rfc8 17.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.c4 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 b6 9.cxd5 exd5
10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Qc2 g6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Rac1 c5 14.Ndf3 Na6 15.Rfd1 Rac8 16.Qb1 Nc7
17.e3 Ne6 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Nd3 Ne4 20.Ba1 c4 21.Nf4 Nxf4 22.gxf4 Ba3 23.Rc2 c3
24.Re1 d4 25.Nxd4 g5 26.f3 Nd2 27.Qd1 gxf4 28.Rxc3 fxe3 29.Rexe3 Qxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Rc1
31.Qxc1 Bxc1 32.Re1 Ba3 33.Rd1 Rc8 34.Kf2 Rc1 35.Rxc1 Bxc1 36.Nxf5 Nb1 37.Bf1 Nd2
38.Be2 Ba8 39.Bd4 a5 40.Be3 Kf7 41.Ke1 Kf6 42.Bxd2 Bxd2+ 43.Kxd2 Kxf5 44.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B12"]

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

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nf3 h5 10.Bg2 hxg4 11.Nxd4 Nd7 12.e6 Ne5 13.exf7+ Bxf7 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Ne4 Nxc4
16.Bg5 Bd5 17.Qd4 Bb4+ 18.Kf1 Ne7 19.hxg4 Rxh1+ 20.Bxh1 O-O-O 21.Bf3 Qh2
22.Rd1 Ne5 23.Bg2 Nf7 24.Qxb4 Nxg5 25.Qxe7 Nh3 26.Ke1 Qxg2 27.Nd6+ Rxd6 28.Qxd6 Qxf2+
29.Kd2 Ng5 30.Kc1 Ne4 31.Qe7 Qe3+ 32.Nd2 g5 33.Qf8+ Kc7 34.Qe7+ Kb6 35.Qb4+ Kc7
36.Qe7+ Kb6 37.Qa3 Qxe2 38.Qb4+ Kc7 39.Nxe4 Qxe4 40.Qxe4 Bxe4 41.Rf1 Kd6
42.Rf7 b5 43.Rxa7 Ke5 44.Rf7 Kd4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.Ne2 dxc3 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Nbc6 12.Bf4 Bd7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Rfe1 Nxe5
15.Bg3 Rxg3 16.Nxg3 Bc6 17.Rad1 N7g6 18.Qg7 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Nf4 20.Rxc3 d4 21.Rc4 Qa5
22.Re4 Qxa3 23.Nf1 Qd6 24.Ng3 Qa3 25.h4 d3 26.cxd3 Nxd3 27.Red4 Rd5 28.Rxd5 exd5
29.Rc3 Qa1+ 30.Kh2  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Nd5 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.h4 Be7 12.g3 O-O 13.Bb3 a5 14.Bc2 Qb6 15.Qe4 Nf6
16.Qe2 Kh8 17.g4 Nd5 18.g5 f5 19.gxf6 Nxf6 20.Qd3 e5 21.f3 exd4 22.Bg5 Qb5
23.Qxb5 cxb5 24.cxd4 Bb4+ 25.Kf2 Rac8 26.Bd3 Rcd8 27.Bxf6 Rxf6 28.Rad1 Rxd4
29.Bxb5 Bd2 30.a4 g6 31.Rh3 Kg7 32.Kf1 Rfd6 33.b3 Kf6 34.h5 g5 35.Rh2 Bf4
36.Rxd4 Rxd4 37.Re2 Be5 38.Re4 Rxe4 39.fxe4 g4 40.Kg2 Kg5 41.Be8 Kf4 42.Bd7 g3
43.Bf5 h6 44.Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Bd6
9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Qe7 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Qc2 e5 15.a4 Rfe8
16.Rad1 e4 17.Nd2 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nc4 Nf8 20.Rde1 Ng6 21.f4 exf3 22.Bxf3 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Bb4 24.Rd1 Rd5 25.Kh1 Rh5 26.e4 Qd7 27.Rg1 Rh3 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Qe6
30.Qg2 g6 31.f4 Bc5 32.Rgf1 Qb3 33.f5 Rd3 34.Rde1 Bb4 35.e6 fxe6 36.fxg6 e5
37.gxh7+ Kxh7 38.Rf5 Bd2 39.Rh5+ Bh6 40.Bc1 Rd6 41.Bxh6 Rxh6 42.Rxh6+ Kxh6
43.Rg1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 e6 8.O-O-O b5
9.e5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Nxd8 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.Bxb5+ Bd7 13.Rxd7 Nxd7 14.Rd1 Ra5
15.Bxd7+ Ke7 16.Bb6 Rd5 17.Rxd5 exd5 18.Nxe5 Ne6 19.Bb5 g6 20.a4 Bg7 21.Nc6+ Kd6
22.a5 Rc8 23.Na7 Ra8 24.Ba4 Nc5 25.Nb5+ Kc6 26.Nd4+ Kd6 27.Nb5+ Kc6 28.Na7+ Kd6
29.Nb5+ Kc6 30.Na7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 Nf6
9.f3 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Re8 12.Rfe1 Qb8 13.b3 Qb4 14.a3 Qa5 15.Qd3 d5
16.b4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Qh5 18.Nc5 Nd5 19.Bf2 Nf4 20.Qf1 Re5 21.Nxd7 Rg5 22.Rad1 Rxg2+
23.Qxg2 Nxg2 24.Kxg2 Qg5+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Qb3 b6 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 dxc4 9.Qxc4 b5
10.Qb3 b4 11.Nb1 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Nbd2 Rc8 15.Rac1 c5 16.Ne5 cxd4
17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Nxd4 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bg4 20.Qc4 h6 21.Be3 Nd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Qxd5 Bf6
24.b3 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Bxe2 26.Bf4 Qe6 27.Re1 Re8 28.Rxe2 Qxe2 29.Qxd7 Qd1+ 30.Kg2 Re1
31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qf5+ Kg8 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Kg8 35.Nf3 Re8 36.Qg4 Qxb3 37.Bxh6 g6
38.Qd4 Qc3 39.Qd7 Rc8 40.Bd2 Qc6 41.Qd4 Qc4 42.Qb6 b3 43.Qb7 Rd8 44.Bg5 Qd5
45.Qb4 Rd6 46.Qb8+ Kh7 47.Qf8 Qb7 48.Bh6 f6 49.Bc1 Rd1 50.Qh6+ Kg8 51.Qxg6+ Qg7
52.Qe8+ Qf8 53.Qe6+ Qf7 54.Qc8+ Kh7 55.Bb2 Rd3 56.Qxa6 Rxf3 57.Kxf3 Qd5+
58.Ke3 Qc5+ 59.Bd4 Qc1+ 60.Ke4 Qh1+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[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.a4 Be7 10.Be2 h6 11.Bh4 Nxe4 12.Bxe7 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Kxe7 14.O-O Re8 15.g4 Qc5
16.Rf2 Kf8 17.Rd1 Kg8 18.h4 e5 19.Nb3 Qc6 20.Qxc6 bxc6 21.Rxd6 Nf6 22.Bf3 e4
23.g5 Nd5 24.Bg2 Nxc3 25.gxh6 gxh6 26.Rxh6 Bg4 27.Rxc6 Rac8 28.Rxc8 Rxc8
29.Bf1 Rd8 30.Bc4 Kf8 31.Rd2 Re8 32.Kf1 e3 33.Rd4 Ne4 34.Ke1 Ng3 35.Nc5 Rc8
36.Rd5 Bf3 37.Re5 e2 38.Nd7+ Kg7 39.Rg5+ Kh6 40.Rxg3  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nbd7 4.Bg2 e5 5.c4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.c5 d5
9.dxe5 Ne4 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc5 12.Nd4 Re8 13.h4 Bf8 14.Bf4 Qa5 15.Rac1 Be6
16.Rb1 Rad8 17.e4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Qxe4 b6 21.Rfd1 Rxd1+
22.Rxd1 Qxc3 23.Rd8 Qa1+ 24.Kg2 Qxa2 25.Bd2 a5 26.Qd4 f6 27.Qxb6 fxe5 28.Qc5 Rf6
29.Bg5 Rf7 30.Be7 Qe2 31.Bxf8 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 Rxf8 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.Qxc6 Kh8
35.Qa6 Qd8 36.g4 h6 37.Kg2 Qd5+ 38.Kg3 e4 39.Kf4 g5+ 40.Kg3 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e6 7.a3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bb5+ Bc6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.O-O Be7 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Re3 g6
16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Re1 Bxa3 18.Ng5 Nf8 19.h4 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.h5 Qf4 22.Re5 Rac8
23.g3 Qf6 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Nxe4 Qe7 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.d5 f6 28.Rxe6 Nxe6 29.d6 Qf8
30.d7 Rcd8 31.dxe8=Q Rxe8 32.Qa2 Kh8 33.Rd1 Re7 34.c4 Kg7 35.Qb2 Nc5 36.Nc3 Qe8
37.Rd6 Re1+ 38.Kg2 Qh8  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Nb6 8.Qc2 Bg4
9.Ne5 Bh5 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Bg5 Bg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.O-O Nfd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.a4 a5 17.e4 dxe4 18.Qxe4+ Kf8 19.Rfe1 Rd8 20.Qf4 Rh5 21.Re4 Nd5 22.Qf3 Qd6
23.h3 Rf5 24.Qe2 Nf6 25.Rh4 Rh5 26.Rxh5 Nxh5 27.Rd1 Nf4 28.Qf3 Kg8 29.Kf1 Re8
30.d5 Nxd5 31.Nxd5 cxd5 32.Qxd5 Qh2 33.f3 Rc8 34.Qd2 Kh7 35.Kf2 Qe5 36.Re1 Qc5+
37.Re3 Rc6 38.Qc3 Qg5 39.Qd2 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 Qxa4 41.Re4 Rc4 42.Rxc4 Qxc4 43.Qxa5 Qc1+
44.Kh2 Qxb2 45.Qd5 f6 46.f4 b5 47.h4 Qe2 48.Kh3 Qc4 49.Qd7 Qc5 50.Qb7 b4
51.Kh2 Qc4 52.Qf3 b3 53.h5 Qb5 54.hxg6+ Kxg6 55.f5+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Bf1 a6 10.a3 Qc7 11.b4 b6 12.Bb2 Nf8 13.h3 Ng6 14.Rc1 Bf8 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.d5 c5
17.Na4 Bc8 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Bc3 Bd7 20.Nb2 Bd6 21.Nd3 h6 22.Qd1 Nh7 23.Nd2 Rf8
24.f4 f6 25.f5 Ne7 26.Be2 g6 27.fxg6 Nxg6 28.Bh5 Be8 29.Bg4 Kh8 30.Nf1 Rg8
31.Ne3 Nh4 32.Rf1 h5 33.Be6 Rg3 34.Be1 Rxe3 35.Bxh4 Rxe4 36.Bxf6+ Nxf6 37.Rxf6 Qg7
38.Bf5 Qxf6 39.Bxe4 Ra7 40.Qe2 Rg7 41.Rf1 Qh4 42.Nf2 Bd7 43.a4 Bxa4 44.Bf5 Be7
45.Ne4 Bg5 46.Qb2 Be3+ 47.Kh1 Bd7 48.Bxd7 Qxe4 49.Be6 Bf4 50.Qf2 Rg6 51.Re1 Qxc4
52.Qh4 Rg5 53.Qf2 Qd4 54.Qf3 Kg7 55.h4 Rg6 56.Bf5 Rg3 57.Qxh5 Qf2 58.Qh7+ Kf6
59.Qh8+ Kxf5 60.Qf8+ Kg4 61.Qg7+ Kxh4 62.Qh7+ Kg5 63.Qg7+ Kh5 64.Qf7+ Kh6  0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Nbd7 4.Bg2 e5 5.c4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nc3 Re8
9.Rd1 Bf8 10.b3 a6 11.e4 Qa5 12.h3 b5 13.cxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[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.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.exd4 Qd5 12.Bc4 Qe4+ 13.Be3 O-O 14.O-O Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bd7
16.Rae1 Qf5 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Qd2 Rac8 19.Bg5 Nd5 20.Re4 f5 21.Rh4 Qf7 22.Kh1 h6
23.Bxh6 gxh6 24.Rxh6 Qg7 25.g4 fxg4 26.Rg6 Rxf3 27.Qg5 Rf7 28.Qxg4 Nce7 29.Rxg7+ Rxg7
30.Qh4 Bc6 31.f3 Ne3 32.Bh7+ Rxh7 33.Qg5+ Kf7 34.Qxe3 Nf5 35.Qe5 Bd5 36.Kg1 Rc2
37.Rf2 Rc1+ 38.Rf1 Rc2 39.Rf2 Rc1+ 40.Rf1 Rc4 41.Kf2 Rc2+  0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Re1 c5 11.c3 h6 12.Ne4 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Bf4 Qd5
16.f3 cxd4 17.Be4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Qd6 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.cxd4 f6 22.Bg3 Qf7
23.Rf1 Rd7 24.Rfe1 Rfd8 25.Qc4 Kh8 26.Rd3 b5 27.Qxb5 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.Qc5 Rd2
30.Qb4 Qd7 31.Bf2 a5 32.Qc3 e5 33.h4 a4 34.Qb4 Rc2 35.Qa3 Qd2 36.Qf3 Rc1
37.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 38.Kh2 Qxb2 39.a3 Qc2 40.Be1 Bxe4 41.Qf2 Qd1 42.Bb4 Kh7 43.Qg3 Qc2
44.Bf8 g6 45.Qh3 Bc6 46.Qg3 f5 47.Kg1 f4 48.Qg4 Qd3 49.Kh2 Be4 50.Qh3 Qd8
51.Bb4 Bf5 52.Qc3 Qxh4+ 53.Kg1 Qf6 54.Qc7+ Qg7 55.Qb8 g5 56.Bc3 Qe7 57.Bxe5 Kg6
58.Kh2 Kh5 59.Qb5 Qe6 60.Qc5 Be4 61.Qd4 Qf5 62.Bd6 Bc6 63.Qc4 Qd7 64.Qc5 Qe8
65.Qc2 Be4 66.Qd1+ Kg6 67.Bb4 Kf5 68.Qd6 h5 69.g3 fxg3+ 70.Kxg3 h4+ 71.Kh3 g4+
72.Kxh4 Qh8+ 73.Kg3 Qh3+ 74.Kf2 Qf3+ 75.Ke1 Qe3+ 76.Kd1 Bf3+ 77.Kc2 Be4+
78.Kd1 Bf3+ 79.Kc2 Be4+ 80.Kd1 Qb3+ 81.Ke1 g3 82.Qf8+ Kg4 83.Qg7+ Kh3 84.Qh6+ Kg2
85.Qd2+ Kh1 86.Qh6+ Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd2 a6 7.Qc2 b5 8.b3 Bd6 9.e4 e5
10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Bb7 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.d5 Rc8 14.Qb1 g5 15.h3 Rg8 16.Bd3 h5
17.Ke2 Bc5 18.Qe1 g4 19.hxg4 Rxg4 20.Kf1 Ke7 21.Rc1 Rcg8 22.Rxc5 Nxc5 23.Bb4 Kd6
24.Bxc5+ Kxc5 25.Qe3+ Kb4 26.a3+ Kxa3 27.Qc5+ Kb2 28.Ke2 Rc8 29.Rb1+ Ka2
30.Ra1+  1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gawehns, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 O-O 5.Be2 Re8 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.O-O d6
9.Nf4 Nc6 10.c4 a5 11.a4 b6 12.Ra3 Bb7 13.Rh3 Ne5 14.Nd5 Nc5 15.b3 Ng6 16.Bg4 Bc8
17.Bb2 Ne4 18.Re3 c6 19.Qd4 Re5 20.Bxc8 cxd5 21.Bb7 Ra7 22.Bxd5 Nf6 23.Rxe5 Nxe5
24.f4 Ned7 25.g4 Nc5 26.f5 h6 27.h4 Re7 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 Ne8 30.g6 Nf6
31.Qh4  1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5 5.d5 e4 6.g4 Nxg4 7.fxg4 Qh4+ 8.Kd2 e3+
9.Kxe3 Qg5+ 10.Kd4 c5+ 11.dxc6 Nxc6+ 12.Kd5 Qe7 13.gxf5 Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sieglen, Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[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.h3 d6
9.c3 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.Qe2 Nh7 21.Nd2 Qd7 22.Qf1 Bg7
23.Rad1 Rac8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ne2 Ra8 26.Nc1 Na4 27.Bxa4 Rxa4 28.f4 exf4 29.Qxf4 Qe7
30.Bd4 Bxd4+ 31.cxd4 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Nxf6 33.Ne2 Rb4 34.Rb1 Nxe4 35.Nc3 Nf6 36.Rxe8+ Nxe8
37.Na2 Ra4 38.Nc3 Ra5 39.b4 cxb3 40.Nxb3 Ra8 41.Nd2 Ba6 42.Nxb5 Rb8 43.Na7 Rxb1+
44.Nxb1 Nf6 45.Nc3 Kf8 46.Nc6 Bc4 47.Nb4 h4 48.Kf2 Kg7 49.Kf3 g5 50.Ke3 Kh6
51.Kf2 Kg7 52.Ke3 Kh7 53.Kf2 Kh6 54.Nc6 Nxd5 55.Ne4 Nf4 56.Nxd6 Bd5 57.Ne5 Bxg2
58.Ndxf7+ Kh5 59.Nd3 Bxh3 60.Nxf4+ gxf4 61.Kf3 Be6 62.Nd8 Bc4 63.d5 h3  0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bd7 8.O-O Qc7
9.f4 Nh6 10.Nf3 c4 11.Bc2 O-O-O 12.b3 Na5 13.h3 f6 14.f5 Nxf5 15.Bxf5 exf5
16.Nf4 fxe5 17.Nxe5 cxb3 18.axb3 Qxc3 19.Ra2 Nc6 20.Rc2 Qa5 21.Nf7 Be7 22.Nxh8 Rxh8
23.Qf3 Kd8 24.Bb2 Bf6 25.Qxd5 Qxd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd4+ 27.Bxd4 Nxd4 28.Ra2 Nb5
29.Rd2 Rf8 30.Nf4 Rf7 31.Ne6+ Kc8 32.Rc1+ Kb8 33.Ng5 Re7 34.Nxh7 Bc6 35.Kf2 Re4
36.Ng5 Rf4+ 37.Kg1 Rb4 38.Ne6 a6 39.Nc5 Ka7 40.Rd3 Nd4 41.Kf2 b6 42.Nd7 Kb7
43.Ne5 Be4 44.Rg3 Ne6 45.Rc4 Rb5 46.Nf7 Rd5 47.Rg6 b5 48.Rc3 Nf4 49.Rxg7 Kb6
50.b4 Rd4 51.g3 Nxh3+ 52.Ke3 Rxb4 53.Ne5 Ka5 54.Nd7 Rb2 55.Ra3+ Kb4 56.Rxa6 Rb3+
57.Kd4 Ng1 58.Ke5 Ne2 59.g4 Re3 60.Rf6 Bd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Qc2 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 Bxd2+
9.Nbxd2 Qe7 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qc3 a4 12.Rad1 Na5 13.Ne5 c5 14.cxd5 Rxd5 15.Ne4 cxd4
16.exd4 Bd7 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh3+ Kg7 20.Rd3 Qe8 21.Qh4 Qd8
22.Ng4 Kf8 23.Nxf6 Rf5 24.Nxd7+ Ke8 25.Qxd8+ Rxd8 26.Nb6 Nc6 27.Nxa4 Nxd4
28.Rfd1 e5 29.Nc3 Rc8 30.Kf1 Rc6 31.Ne2 Ne6 32.Rc3 Rb6 33.b4 Ke7 34.h4 Rh5
35.Ng3 Rh8 36.Rd5 Kf6 37.Ne4+ Ke7 38.g3 f6 39.Nc5 Nxc5 40.Rdxc5 Ra8 41.Rc8 Rxc8
42.Rxc8 Kf7 43.Ke2 Kg6 44.Ke3 Ra6 45.Rc3 f5 46.Ke2 Kf6 47.Kd3 Rd6+ 48.Kc2 Ra6
49.Kb3 f4 50.a4 Kf5 51.gxf4 exf4 52.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp MChess Pro 3.85"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3 exd5
9.cxd5 c4 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxc4 13.Qa4+ Nd7 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qb5+ Qd7
16.Qxd7+ Bxd7 17.d6 Rc8 18.Bd2 Bb5 19.Nd4 Bd3 20.Kf2 Kd7 21.Rhe1 Rhe8 22.a4 Bg6
23.Ra2 Rc5 24.Nf3 Nc4 25.Bf4 Bh5 26.Rae2 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Ra5 28.Rg1 g6 29.Rb1 b6
30.Rb4 Nxe5 31.Rd4 f6 32.Bc1 Rc5 33.Re3 Rc4 34.Rxe5 Rxd4 35.Rxe8 Rxa4 36.Rf8 f5
37.Rf6 Rc4 38.Ba3 Rxc3 39.Rf7+ Kd8 40.Rxa7 f4 41.h4 h5 42.Ra6 Rb3 43.Ra8+ Kd7
44.Ra7+ Kd8 45.Bc1 Rb4 46.Rf7 Ke8 47.d7+  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Comp Hiarcs Master 3.0"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.a3 d5 10.e5 Ng4 11.Qe2 f5 12.Bd2 Bc5 13.Rf1 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.g3 Bd7
16.h3 Nh6 17.Be3 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Qa5 19.Bd4 Rac8 20.Kd2 Rc7 21.Rfb1 Rfc8 22.Rb4 b6
23.a4 Bc6 24.Rg1 Be8 25.Qe3 Kh8 26.Ke2 Ng8 27.Kf2 Ne7 28.Ra1 Kg8 29.Kg2 Ng6
30.Kh2 h5 31.Rg1 Ne7 32.Rg2 Nc6 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Nxb4 35.cxb4 Qxb4 36.gxf5 Bxa4
37.c3 Qa5 38.fxe6 Bb5 39.Bg6 Be8 40.Bxe8 Rxe8 41.f5 Qb5 42.Qh3 Qc6 43.Rg6 Ree7
44.Qg2 Qb7 45.Qg4 Rc6 46.Qh4 Rcc7 47.Qh5 Qc8 48.Rg3 Qe8 49.Qg4 b5 50.Qh4 Rxe6
51.fxe6 Qe7 52.Qg4 Rc6 53.Be3 Rxc3 54.Rf3 Rc2+ 55.Kh3 Rc4 56.Bd4 Rc7 57.Rf7 Qa3+
58.Kh4 Rxf7 59.exf7+ Kxf7 60.e6+ Ke7 61.Bxg7 Qe3 62.Bf8+ Kxf8 63.Qf5+ Ke7
64.Qf7+ Kd6 65.Qd7+ Ke5 66.e7 Qf2+ 67.Kg4 Qf4+ 68.Kh3 Qf3+ 69.Kh2 Qe2+ 70.Kg1 Qe1+
71.Kg2 Qd2+ 72.Kg1 Qe3+ 73.Kg2 Qe4+ 74.Kg1 Qd4+ 75.Kg2 Qb2+ 76.Kg1 Qc1+ 77.Kg2 Qc2+
78.Kg1 Qg6+ 79.Kf2 Qc2+ 80.Kg1 Qb1+ 81.Kf2 Qa2+ 82.Kg1 Qa1+ 83.Kf2 Qa2+ 84.Kg1 Qa1+
85.Kf2 Qb2+ 86.Kg1 Qd4+ 87.Kg2 Qb2+ 88.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Comp Chessmaster 4000"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.a3 a6 10.O-O c5 11.Bc2 Qb8 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.b4 Bd6 14.Bb2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bxh2+
16.Kg2 Be5 17.Bd3 Nd5 18.Qb3 Qd8 19.f4 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Rc8 22.Qxg7 Nf8
23.Rfd1 Qd5+ 24.f3 Ke7 25.Qxh8 Ng6 26.Qxc8 Nh4+ 27.Kg3 Qxf3+ 28.Kxh4 Qf2+
29.Kg5 h6+ 30.Kxh6 Qh4+ 31.Kg7 Qg4+ 32.Kh8 Qh4+ 33.Bh7 Qxh7+ 34.Kxh7 Kf6
35.Qc5  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Comp Socrates 4.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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.Qe3 Ba5 11.f3 Rg6 12.h4 Bb6 13.Qe1 d6 14.h5 Nxh5 15.Rxh5 Bxg1
16.Bd3 Bc5 17.Qh1 h6 18.Ne4 Bb6 19.Kb1 Ne5 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Rxh6 Rxh6 22.Qxh6 Ng6
23.Bc4 Bf5 24.Rh1 Qe7 25.g4 Be6 26.Bd3 Bd4 27.Ng5 Bg7 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Rh5 Bd7
30.Bxg6 Qf6  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Comp Rebel 6.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nf4 a6 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.O-O-O Nfxg4 12.Nfxd5 exd5 13.Rxd5 Qe7 14.Bf4 Rd8 15.f3 Nxf3
16.Qxf3 Rxd5 17.Qxd5 Ne3 18.Qd2 Nxc2 19.Bc4 Qd7 20.Qe2+ Be7 21.Rd1 Qf5 22.Nd5 Qe4
23.Nc7+ Kf8 24.Qxe4 Bxe4 25.Bd5 Bf5 26.a3 Bxc5 27.Bxb7 Nd4 28.b4 Ne2+ 29.Kb2 Bd4+
30.Kb3 Nxf4 31.Rxd4 Ne6 32.Nxe6+ Bxe6+ 33.Ka4 Ke7 34.Bxa6 Ra8 35.Kb5 g5 36.Kb6 f5
37.Kb7 Rd8 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.b5 f4 40.b6 Bd5+ 41.Ka7 Ke7 42.a4 g4 43.b7 Bxb7
44.Kxb7 g3 45.hxg3 fxg3 46.Bf1 Ke6 47.a5 Kf5 48.a6 Kg4 49.a7 h5 50.a8=Q  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Comp WChess"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C22"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.Bd2 d6 8.O-O-O Ne5
9.Bb3 Be6 10.f4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 Bxc4 12.Nf3 Re8 13.h3 b5 14.b3 b4 15.bxc4 bxc3
16.Bxc3 Bf8 17.e5 Rb8 18.c5 Qc8 19.Qd3 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nh5 21.Ng5 g6 22.Qf3 Re7
23.g4 Ng7 24.Rhf1 Qa6 25.Nxf7 Ne6 26.Qf6 Qa3+ 27.Kd2 Rd7+ 28.Nd6 Nxc5 29.Qf3 Qxa2
30.Ke1 cxd6 31.Rf2 dxe5 32.Rxd7 Nxd7 33.Qc6 Nc5 34.Bxe5 Rb1+ 35.Kd2 Bh6+
36.Ke2 Qxc2+ 37.Kf3 Qd1+ 38.Kg3 Qg1+ 39.Rg2 Rb3+ 40.Kh4 g5+  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Comp Zarkov"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qb6 12.exf6 c5 13.d5 Bb7 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Nxc5 Qc6 20.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.Qxd7+ Qxd7 22.Nxd7 Kxd7
23.Rxf1 Kc6 24.Rc1 Kb5 25.h4 a5 26.Kg2 a4 27.Kf3 Bc5 28.Re1 Bd4 29.Re2 b3
30.axb3 cxb3 31.g4 Kc4 32.Re4 a3 33.bxa3 b2 34.Re1 Ra8 35.Be3 Rxa3 36.Rb1 Bxf6
37.h5 Ra1 38.Rxb2 Bxb2 39.Ke4 Ra5 40.Bf4 f5+ 41.gxf5 Bf6 42.h6 Ra1 43.Be3 Rh1
44.Bf4 Rh4 45.Ke3 Kd5 46.Kf3 Kd4 47.Kg3 Ke4 48.Be3 Kxf5 49.Bd2 Bg5 50.Bxg5 Kxg5
51.h7 Rxh7  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Comp Now"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Be2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Nb8 9.Nbd2 e6
10.Re1 exd5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ne4 Be6 13.c4 Nb4 14.a3 N4c6 15.Nxd6 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4
17.Nxb7 Qb6 18.Bf3 Nc6 19.Nd6 Rad8 20.c5 Qxc5 21.Nb7 Qb6 22.Nxd8 Rxd8 23.Bg5 Rf8
24.Be4 Ne5 25.Be7 Re8 26.Bb4 a5 27.Qa4 Qb8 28.Bxa5 Re7 29.Bb4 Ra7 30.Bd6 Qxd6
31.Qxa7 h5 32.Rac1 Kh7 33.b4 d3 34.Qc5 Qd8 35.Rb1 d2 36.Rf1 Qh4 37.f4 Ng4
38.h3 Nf6 39.Bc6 Bf5 40.Rbd1 Bd3 41.Qf2  1-0

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Nd2 Nbd7
10.Bb2 a5 11.e3 a4 12.Qc2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Nf6 16.Ne5 Bd7
17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.e4 axb3 19.axb3 Rxa1 20.Bxa1 Nxe4 21.Rxf8+ Bxf8 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.Qxe4 Be7 24.Bc3 Bf6 25.c5 h6 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Ke2 Qd8 28.Kf3 Qa8 29.Qe2 Ke7
30.Kf2 Qe8 31.Qg4 Qa8 32.Qe2 Qa3 33.Qb2 Qa6 34.Qe2 Qa8 35.Ke1 Kd7 36.Kd1 Qe8
37.Qe4 g5 38.Qf3 Bd8 39.g4 Qg6 40.Kc1 Bc7 41.h3 Bf4+ 42.Kb2 Ke7 43.Qe2 Kd7
44.Qf3 Qf7 45.Kc2 Ke7 46.Qf1 h5 47.Qd3 hxg4 48.hxg4 Kd7 49.Qe4 Bc7 50.Bd2 Bd8
51.Qe5 Kc8 52.Qh8 Qe7 53.Ba5 Kd7 54.Bxd8 Qxd8 55.Qe5 Qg8 56.Kc3 Kc8 57.Qf6 Kb8
58.Kb4 Ka7 59.Kc3 Ka8 60.b4 Ka7 61.Qe7 Qg6 62.b5 Qb1 63.b6+ Ka6 64.Qxe6 Qc1+
65.Kd3 Qb1+ 66.Ke2 Kb5 67.Kf2 Kb4 68.Qe2 Qh1 69.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bono, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6
9.Ba2 a6 10.Bg5 Ne8 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.Ne2 c5 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Ng3 Ndf6 17.Qc3 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Bxe4 20.Nxe5 Bf6 21.f4 a5 22.Qb3 Nd6
23.h3 h5 24.Bf2 Ba8 25.Qe3 Nf5 26.Qe2 Nd4 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.Nxf7 g6 29.Ne5+ Kg7
30.Rxd4 Qc5 31.c3 Re8 32.h4 Rxe5 33.fxe5 Bxe5 34.Qc4 Bxd4+ 35.cxd4 Qxc4 36.Bxc4 Kf6
37.Kf2 Bc6 38.b3 g5 39.g3 gxh4 40.gxh4 Kf5 41.Ke3 Kg4 42.Be6+  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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 h6 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Be2 e5 13.Qg1 Be6 14.f5 Bxa2 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Rh3 Rac8 17.Nxa2 d5 18.Kb1 Rxc2 19.Kxc2 Qxa2 20.Ra1 Rc8+ 21.Rc3 Rxc3+
22.Kxc3 Bb4+ 23.Kc2  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manion, Josh"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e4 Bb4 5.f3 f5 6.exf5 Nh6 7.fxe6 Nf5 8.Bf4 dxe6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.Qd2 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh5 12.Bg2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qxf3 14.O-O-O Nd7 15.Rhe1 Nf6
16.a3 Bd6 17.Qd3 Qxd3 18.Rxd3 Ng4 19.h3 Nf2 20.Rf3 Nxh3 21.Bxd6 cxd6 22.g4 Ng5
23.Rd3 Nh4 24.Nb5 Rac8 25.Nxa7 Rxc4+ 26.Rc3 Rxc3+ 27.Nxc3 Ng2 28.Rg1 Ne3
29.a4 Nf3 30.Rg3 Nf1 31.Rxf3 Rxf3 32.Nc8 Ne3 33.Nxb6 d5 34.a5 Nc4 35.Nxc4 dxc4
36.Nb5 Rb3 37.Nd6 c3 38.bxc3 Rxc3+ 39.Kd2 Rc6 40.Nb7 Ra6 41.Ke3 Kf7 42.Ke4 Ke7
43.d5 exd5+ 44.Kxd5 Rg6 45.Nc5 Rxg4 46.a6 Rg2 47.Kc6 Ra2 48.Kb6 g5 49.a7 Rxa7
50.Kxa7 g4 51.Ne4 Ke6 52.Kb6 h5 53.Kc5 Ke5 54.Nf2 g3 55.Nh3 g2 56.Kc4 Ke4
57.Ng1 h4 58.Nh3 Kf3 59.Kd3 Kg3 60.Ng1 h3  0-1

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kittilson, G."]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.a3 Bd7 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qb3 Bc6
16.Bf4 a5 17.Be5 Be7 18.Bf4 f6 19.Qd3 Rf7 20.Bg3 Bf8 21.Nh4 g6 22.Nf3 a4
23.b4 axb3 24.Qxb3 Re7 25.Rxe7 Qxe7 26.a4 Qb4 27.Qxb4 Bxb4 28.Ne1 Bc3 29.Rd1 Bxa4
30.Rb1 b5 31.Nf3 b4  0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Olesen, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.Na4 Bb6 8.Nxb6 axb6
9.O-O Qe7 10.c3 Na5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.b4 Nc6 14.Qe1 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nce5
16.Qg3 Ng6 17.Bd2 O-O 18.Nd4 Qh4 19.Qe3 Nde5 20.Nf5 Qh5 21.h3 Nh4 22.Ng3 Qg6
23.Qf4 Qf6 24.Qxf6 gxf6 25.Bh6 Rfc8 26.Nh5 Nxd3 27.Nxf6+ Kh8 28.Ng4 Ne5 29.Nxe5 dxe5
30.g3 Ng6 31.Rxf7 Ra3 32.Rd1  1-0

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rydberg, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Rd8 12.Rd3 Qc5 13.Qxc5 dxc5 14.e5 Rxd3 15.Bxd3 Nd5
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Rd1 Nc6 18.Be4 Nd4 19.Nb5 Ne2+ 20.Kb1 Kf8 21.Rd8+ Ke7 22.Rh8 Nxf4
23.Nd6 Kd7 24.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 Ne4 7.Bd3 f5 8.a4 a5 9.O-O b6
10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Rxa3 O-O 12.Qc1 Ba6 13.Ra2 c5 14.Rc2 Qf6 15.Rd1 Rad8 16.Bf1 Bb7
17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bb5 Bc6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Ne1 Qf6 21.Ndf3 Nb8 22.Ne5 Na6 23.f3 Nb4
24.Rb2 cxd4 25.exd4 Rc8 26.Qa1 Qg5 27.fxe4 fxe4 28.g3 Qe3+ 29.Kg2 Nc2 30.Ng4 Qe2+
31.Kh3 Rf5 32.Ng2 Rg5  0-1

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marovic, Mato"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3 exd5
9.cxd5 c4 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxc4 13.Qa4+ Nd7 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qb5+ Qd7
16.Qxd7+ Bxd7 17.d6 Rc8 18.Bf4 Rxc3 19.O-O O-O 20.Rfc1 Rd3 21.Rd1 Ra3 22.Bc1 Ra4
23.Rd4 Rxd4 24.Nxd4 Rc8 25.Bg5 h6 26.Bf4 Rc4 27.Rd1 Nd5 28.Bg3 Nc3 29.Rc1 Rxd4
30.Rxc3 Bc6 31.Rc2 Kf8 32.Kf2 Ke8 33.Ke3 Ra4 34.Rd2 Kd7 35.Rf2 Ke6 36.Rd2 a5
37.h3 Rb4 38.Kf2 a4 39.a3 Rb3 40.Ra2 g5 41.h4 Rd3 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Bh2 Rc3
44.Bg3 Kd7 45.Bh2 Bd5 46.Rd2 Bc4 47.Rd4 b5 48.Rg4 Rxa3 49.Rxg5 Be6 50.Bf4 Ra1  0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[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 Bc6 13.Rg3 e5 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.Qxe5 dxe5
16.Rf1 Kh8 17.Bd5 Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 a4 12.a3 Qa5 13.Qd2 e6 14.Ba2 Rd8 15.e5 Ng4
16.O-O-O Bxe5 17.Ne2 Bxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Ne3 20.g3 Ra6 21.Re1 Nd5
22.Nb5 Kg7 23.Nc7 Ra5 24.Red1 h5 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Raxd5 27.Bxd5 h4 28.Be4 Rh8
29.Rd4 hxg3 30.hxg3 b5 31.g4 Be6 32.Kd2 Rh3 33.Bc6 Bc4 34.g5 Kf8 35.Kc3 Rg3
36.Rg4 Rh3 37.Kb4 Rh2 38.Bxb5 Be6 39.Re4 Rxc2 40.Re2 Rc1 41.Kxa4 Ke7 42.Rd2 Bf5
43.Kb4 Ke6 44.f4 Be4 45.Bd7+ Ke7 46.Rd4 Bc2 47.Ba4 Bf5 48.Bb5 Bc2 49.Rc4  1-0

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.g3 Na6 7.Bg2 Nb4 8.O-O Bc2
9.Qd2 e6 10.Na2 Ne4 11.Qf4 Nd5 12.Qe5 Nef6 13.Nc3 Bf5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Nh4 Bc2
16.Bf4 h6 17.Rfc1 Bh7 18.a5 g5 19.a6 b5 20.e4 Rg8 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Re1 Be7
23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Qf6 Rc8 25.Re5 gxf4 26.Rae1 Rc7 27.Qxh6 Bd3 28.Qxf4 b4 29.Rxd5 Qc8
30.Rde5 Qxa6 31.Rg5  1-0

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Nc5
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.Qe1 Be7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxd3 15.cxd3 f5
16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Neg5 Qd6 18.Ne5 b5 19.Bf4 Qd5 20.Qh4 Bb7 21.Rf3 Rac8 22.Rg3 Bd6
23.Ngf3 Rc7 24.Rg5 h6 25.Qxh6 Nh7 26.Rg3 Rf5 27.Re1 Nf6 28.Qh4 Qxa2 29.Ng4 Bxf4
30.Nxf6+ Kf7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Ne8+ Kf8 33.Nxc7 Bxc7 34.Nd4 Rf7 35.Qh6+ Kg8
36.Qg6+ Rg7 37.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.f4 O-O 7.g3 c5 8.Bd2 cxd4
9.Nb5 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Qb6 11.Nexd4 a6 12.Nd6 Qxb2 13.Rd1 Nc6 14.c4 Qxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Nb6
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Bg2 Bd7 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nxb7 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 f6 21.exf6 Rab8
22.Nc5 Rfe8+ 23.Kd2 Bg4 24.Re1 Rxe1 25.Kxe1 Rb1+ 26.Kd2 gxf6 27.Nxa6 Rb2+
28.Kc3 Rxa2 29.Nb4 Rxh2 30.Nxd5 Kf7 31.Rd3 Bf5 32.Re3 Be6 33.Nc7 Ba2 34.f5 Bb1
35.Nd5 Bxf5 36.Rf3 Ke6 37.Nxf6 Rc2+ 38.Kd4 Rd2+ 39.Kc3 Rc2+ 40.Kd4 Kxf6 41.g4 Rd2+
42.Kc3 Rg2 43.gxf5 h5 44.Kd3 h4 45.Ke3 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxe5 7.Ng3 c5 8.Nf3 Qc7
9.e3 dxe3 10.fxe3 Nf6 11.Qc2 g6 12.Bc3 Bg7 13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Bd3 O-O 15.O-O Nc6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Be4 Qe7 19.Nd2 Bd7 20.Rae1 Nb4 21.Qb1 Bc6 22.a3 Rad8
23.Bxc6 Nxc6 24.Ne4 f5 25.Nc3 Qe5 26.Qc2 Rd7 27.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Martin, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 c4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nf3 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Bg5 Rf5 13.Qg3 Qxg3 14.hxg3 Ng6 15.Be3 Nc6
16.O-O-O Bd7 17.Rh2 Nf8 18.Rdh1 Be8 19.g4 Rf6 20.g5 Rf5 21.Nh4 Rf7 22.g6 hxg6
23.Nf3 Rxf3 24.Bxf3 Kf7 25.Bg5 Nd7 26.Rh8 Nf6 27.Bxf6 Kxf6 28.Rg8 Rd8 29.Rhh8 Kf7
30.Bg4  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.h3 Bh5 5.d3 e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Qe1 Ne7 8.e4 c6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.b3 c5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.c3 a5 13.a4 Kh8 14.d4 f5 15.exd5 exd5 16.c4 Nb4
17.cxd5 Nc2 18.Qc1 Nxa1 19.Qxa1 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Be5 22.Ne6 Bxb2
23.Qxb2 Qf6 24.Qxf6 Rxf6 25.Rc1 Nf8 26.Nd4 Rf7 27.d6 Rd8 28.Nb5 Rfd7 29.Bd5 g6
30.Rc7 Rb8 31.f4 b6 32.Kf2 Rg7 33.Kf3 Rd8 34.Rc6 Nd7 35.Nd4 Nc5 36.Rxb6 Rgd7
37.Nb5 Kg7 38.Ke3 Kf6 39.Kd4 Rc8 40.Nc7  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yakovlev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 h6 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Nd7
9.Ng3 Qa5 10.Bd2 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Qa6 13.f4 Ne7 14.f5 exf5 15.gxf5 Nxf5
16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Bxd5 Be6 18.Qf3 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Qc6 20.Qxc6 bxc6 21.O-O-O O-O-O
22.d5 cxd5 23.Rxd5 Rhe8 24.Ba5 Nb6 25.Rxc5+ Kb7 26.b3 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Kxc8 28.Rf1 Rxe5
29.Bc3 Rh5 30.Rxf7 g5 31.Be5 Nd7 32.Bg3 g4 33.Rh7 a6 34.Kb2 Nf6 35.Ra7 a5
36.Ra6 Ne4 37.Bf4 Rh3 38.Rxh6 Rxh6 39.Bxh6 Kd7 40.Bf4 Ke6 41.c4 Kf5 42.Bg3 a4
43.bxa4 Nc5 44.Kc3 Nxa4+ 45.Kb4 Nb2 46.a4 Ke4 47.a5 Kd4 48.a6  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dysing, Mats"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Ngf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bd7 8.O-O Qc8
9.Kh2 Rd8 10.Qe2 e6 11.Re1 c5 12.Ne5 Be8 13.f4 a5 14.a4 Ra6 15.Ndf3 Nfd7
16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.e5 f6 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Rb1 Bf7 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Bg7 22.Bg5 Rf8
23.Rf1 Qc7 24.Rbe1 Be8 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Rf1+ Kg8 27.Bf6 Bxa4 28.h4 Be8 29.Bh3 a4
30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Rf6 Bf7 32.c4 dxc4 33.dxc4 Rb6 34.Rf2 Rb3 35.Qe4 Qe7 36.Bg4 b5
37.cxb5 Rb4 38.Qe2 Qb7 39.Bf3 Qxb5 40.Qxb5 Rxb5 41.Bc6 Rb4 42.Kg1 g5 43.Rc2 c4
44.hxg5 Bg6 45.Rf2 a3 46.bxa3 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Ng1 Qe8 9.Be2 f5
10.exf5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.fxg6 Qxg6 13.Bg4 Na6 14.Nf3 Bxg4 15.hxg4 Qxg4
16.Kf1 Nc5 17.Kg1 Rae8 18.Nb5 Rf7 19.Nbd4 Re4 20.Rh3 Bf6 21.b4 Rg7 22.Rh2 Nd7
23.Rc1 Bxd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Ne5 26.Rh3 f3 27.Nxf3 Rxc4 28.Nd4 Rxb4
29.Ne6 Rg6 30.Nxc7 Rbg4 31.g3 Rc4 32.Ne6 Rc2 33.Rh5 Rf6 34.f4 Nf3+ 35.Kh1 Rg6
36.Rh3 Kh8 37.Rf1 Nd2 38.Rf2 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Ne4 40.Rb2 Rc3 41.Rxb7 Rcxg3+ 42.Rxg3 Rxg3+
43.Kh2 h6 44.Rxa7 Rd3 45.a4 Rxd5 46.a5 Nc5 47.Nxc5 dxc5 48.a6 Rd6 49.Ra8+ Kg7
50.a7 Ra6 51.f5 c4 52.f6+ Kxf6 53.Rf8+ Ke5 54.a8=Q Rxa8 55.Rxa8 c3 56.Kg2 Kd4
57.Kf2 c2 58.Ra1 Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Re8 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Bb7 13.b3 Rb8 14.Bb2 c5 15.Qh4 Qxh4
16.Nxh4 c4 17.Nf3 Rec8 18.Rfc1 Bd5 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Bc3 Nb6 21.a4 Be4 22.Ba5 Bd3
23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Bxb6 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rxb6 26.Kf1 f6 27.Rd1 Rb4 28.a5 Ra4 29.Rxd3 Rxa5
30.Rb3 Ra1+ 31.Ke2 Ra2+ 32.Kf1 Bf8 33.e4 a5 34.Rb6 a4 35.Rxe6 a3 36.Ra6 Rb2
37.g4 Bb4 38.e5 Rc2 39.d5 fxe5 40.Nxe5 g6 41.Nd3 a2 42.Nxb4 Rc1+ 43.Kg2 a1=Q
44.Rxa1 Rxa1 45.Nc2 Ra2 46.Ne3 Kf7 47.Kg3 Kf6 48.f4 Ra3 49.g5+ Ke7 50.Kf3 Kd6
51.h4 Rb3 52.Ke4 Rb4+ 53.Kf3 Kc5 54.h5 gxh5 55.f5 Kd6 56.g6 hxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7
9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 b6 11.d3 Bb7 12.h4 h6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.Qf3 Bg7 15.Qh3 e4
16.Ne2 exd3 17.cxd3 Re8 18.Bd1 f4 19.Bxf4 Nf5 20.O-O Nxh4 21.Nc3 Nd4 22.Ne4 Bxe4
23.dxe4 g5 24.Bg3 Qxe4 25.Rc1 Re6 26.Bg4 Nhf5 27.Bc7+ Ke7 28.Bxb6 h5 29.Bxh5 Qf4
30.Qa3+ Nd6 31.Rce1 Be5 32.g3 Qd2 33.Qa8  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4
10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Be2 h3 13.Bh5 hxg2 14.Rg1 Rh7 15.Bf3 Qe7 16.Rxg2 Rg7
17.Ne4 a6 18.Nc5 Rxg2 19.Bxg2 Bg7 20.Qg4 Kf8 21.O-O-O Bc8 22.f4 Kg8 23.Bxc6 Nxc6
24.Nxc6 Qf8 25.Rg1 Kh8 26.Qh5 f6 27.Qg6 e5 28.f5 c3 29.Ne6 cxb2+ 30.Kb1 Bxe6
31.fxe6 Re8 32.d5 bxa4 33.e7 Rxe7 34.Nxe7 Qxe7 35.d6 Qd7 36.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Webster, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O Bf8
10.Bf2 Nf5 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.b3 b5 13.Nd1 b4 14.c4 bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qb6 16.Nb2 c5
17.Na4 Qb4 18.Qxb4 cxb4 19.Rfc1 Bh6 20.Bb5 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Kd8 22.Rc6 Bxf4 23.a3 Rb8
24.Ba6 Ne7 25.Rc2 Rf8 26.axb4 Rxb4 27.Nb2 Rxb3 28.Nd3 Bh6 29.Kg2 f6 30.Ra5 Nf5
31.Rc8+ Ke7 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Bb5 Bd2 34.Raxa7 Rxb5 35.Nc5 fxe5 36.Nxd7 Ba5 37.Nb6+ Kf8
38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Na4 exd4 40.Rf6 Re8 41.Rxg6+ Kh8 42.Bxd4+ e5 43.Rf6 Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.g3 f5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.c4 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 b6 9.Nbd2 O-O
10.Ne5 Bb7 11.e3 a5 12.Ndf3 Na6 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Qe2 Ne4 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Qb5 Nb4
17.Qxb6 Nxa2 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Ra1 Nac3 20.Qxa5 Ne2+ 21.Kf1 Rc2 22.Nd3 Bc7
23.Qa7 Bc6 24.Nfe5 Be8 25.Qb7 h5 26.Ra8 Kh7 27.Ba3 N2xg3+ 28.hxg3 Nxg3+ 29.fxg3 Qg5
30.Ne1 Rd2 31.N1f3  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "De Villiers, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Nh2 c6 9.Be2 cxd5
10.Nxd5 Nf4 11.Nxf4 exf4 12.O-O g5 13.Rb1 Re8 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.b3 Qa5 16.h4 h6
17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Qh5 Ne5 19.Qxg5 Re6 20.Be2 Rg6 21.Qh4 Bf6 22.Qh5 Rg5 23.Qh6 Rg6
24.Qh5 Rg5 25.Qh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[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 d6 10.a3 h6 11.c4 Na5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Ba2 c5 14.Nc3 b4 15.axb4 cxb4
16.Ne2 d5 17.Nxe5 dxe4 18.Nf4 b3 19.Bxb3 Nxb3 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.Qxb3 Qa5 22.Re2 Qxe5
23.Ng6 Rb8 24.Nxe7+ Kf8 25.d4 Rxb3 26.dxe5 Kxe7 27.exf6+ Kxf6 28.Bd2 Ke6
29.Bc3 g6 30.Re1 Bd5 31.Ra1 Bc4 32.Ra8 Bd3 33.g4 Rb5 34.Kh2 h5 35.Kg3 hxg4
36.hxg4 Rb7 37.Kf4 Rb6 38.Kg5 f5 39.Rg8 Kf7 40.Rg7+ Ke8 41.gxf5 Rb5 42.Rg8+ Kd7
43.Rg7+ Kc8 44.Rxg6 Rxf5+ 45.Kxf5 e3+ 46.Ke6 Bc4+ 47.Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agdestein, Espen"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A86"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nh3 Nc6 7.d5 Ne5 8.Qb3 c5
9.Bd2 h6 10.O-O d6 11.Rae1 e6 12.Nf4 exd5 13.Nfxd5 Nc6 14.Rb1 Kh7 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Nd5 Qf7 17.Bc3 Be6 18.Bxg7 Qxg7 19.e3 Rae8 20.Rbd1 Bg8 21.Rd2 Ne5 22.Qc2 Kh8
23.b3 g5 24.Kh1 h5 25.h3 h4 26.f4 Ng6 27.fxg5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Re5 29.Rxd6 hxg3
30.Qe2 Ne7 31.h4 Kg8 32.Qf3 Re4 33.Qxg3 Rg4 34.Qh2 Ng6 35.Rxg6 Qxg6 36.Bf3 Re8
37.Bxg4 fxg4 38.Qf4 Qe6 39.Kg2 Qxe3 40.Qxe3 Rxe3 41.Rf4 Kg7 42.h5 Rh3 43.h6+ Kg6
44.Rxg4 Rd3 45.Rh4 Rd8 46.h7 Rh8 47.Kf3 Kxg5 48.Rh2 Kf5 49.Rh1 a6 50.a4 a5
51.Rh2 b6 52.Rh3 Ke5 53.Kg4  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rogozenko, Dorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg5 Qb6 4.Qc1 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Nd7 8.Bd3 Ngf6
9.O-O Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.c4 c5 12.b4 Qxb4 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Rb3 Rc8 18.dxc5 Rxc5 19.Qb2 Rc3 20.e4 Rxb3 21.Qxb3 Nb6 22.Rc1 e5
23.a4 Ke7 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Qa3+ Ke6 26.Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Imanaliev, Taalaibek"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nf6
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.b3 Qa5 13.g3 Rad8 14.Bg2 a6 15.Rfe1 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nd5 Ra8 18.b4 Qa7 19.Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Re2 Qa3 22.Qb2 Kf8
23.Qxa3 Rxa3 24.Rc2 Ra6 25.Rd6 Re6 26.Rd3 Ne8 27.Rcd2 Re7 28.Bh3 Rea7 29.Rd8 Rxa2
30.Bd7 Rxd7 31.R2xd7  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Nc6 8.g5 hxg5
9.Bxg5 Qb6 10.Nb3 a6 11.Bg2 Bd7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.f4 Kb8 15.Kb1 Rc8
16.h5 Be8 17.Bf3 Nd7 18.Bh4 b5 19.a4 b4 20.Na2 Nc5 21.Nxc5 dxc5 22.Qxa6 Nd4
23.Bg2 Bc6 24.Bf2 Bb7 25.Qc4 Qxf4 26.Rhf1 Qg4 27.Bh1 Rxh5 28.Rg1 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 b3
30.Bxd4 bxc2+ 31.Qxc2 Bxe4 32.Be5+ Ka8 33.Rd3 Qf5 34.Qc3 Bxd3+ 35.Ka1 Ba6
36.Rd1 Qg4 37.Rd7 f6 38.Bg3 e5 39.Rd2 Qxa4 40.b3 Qc6 41.Kb2 Be7 42.Bf2 f5
43.Qh3 Qe6 44.Nc3 e4 45.Nd5 Bf6+ 46.Ka2 Bd3 47.Nxf6 Qa6+  0-1

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dumitrache, Dragos"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Bd6 6.e4 Ne7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nc3 c6
9.d4 O-O 10.e5 Bc7 11.Ne2 f6 12.Nf4 Bf7 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Nh4 Ng6 15.Nhxg6 hxg6
16.h4 Re8 17.h5 Bxf4 18.hxg6 Bxg6 19.Bxf4 Kf7 20.Re1 b5 21.a4 b4 22.a5 Rc8
23.Bd6 c5 24.Ra4 cxd4 25.Qxd4 Bxc2 26.Rxb4 Qxa5 27.b3 Qa6 28.Bf4 Nb6 29.Ra1 Qb7
30.Be3 Rc7 31.Qh4 Qc6 32.Bd4 e5 33.Rxa7 Nd7 34.Rc4 dxc4 35.Bxc6 Rxc6 36.bxc4 exd4
37.Qxd4 Re5 38.Qd5+ Rce6 39.Ra6 Bf5 40.f4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.Bb5 exd4 6.exd4 a6 7.Bd3 Nxd4 8.Nc3 Ne7
9.Nge2 Ne6 10.O-O c6 11.Re1 Qb6 12.Bg3 Kf7 13.Na4 Qa5 14.c4 b5 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Nac3 b4 17.Qa4 Qc5 18.Nd1 Qb6 19.Rc1 g6 20.Nf4 Bh6 21.Rxc8 Bxf4 22.Rxh8 Rxh8
23.Rxe6 Qxe6 24.Bxf4 Qe1+ 25.Bf1 Rc8 26.h4 Rc4 27.Be3 Rxh4 28.g3 Re4 29.Kg2 Re6
30.Bd3 Rc6 31.Qb3 Kf8 32.a3 bxa3 33.bxa3 Qa5 34.Bd4 Re6 35.Ne3 Kf7 36.Qb2 h5
37.Be2 Qc7 38.Bf3 Qc6 39.Qb8 Qa4 40.Bc5 d4 41.Nd5 Qb5 42.Qxb5 axb5 43.Bxe7 d3
44.Bb4 g5 45.Bxh5+ Kg7 46.Ne3  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marquez, Raul"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 b5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.e4 e6 10.e5 Nfd7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Be3 g6 13.O-O Bg7 14.Rad1 O-O 15.Qg4 Ra7
16.f4 Nb6 17.b3 Nc8 18.Qf3 f6 19.Qg4 Re7 20.a4 Qb6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bf2 N8a7
23.Bb1 f5 24.Qf3 Rd7 25.g4 Ne7 26.Bh4 Nac6 27.Qd3 Rb7 28.Ne2 Rc7 29.Rc1 Rfc8
30.Kg2 Bf8 31.Qd2 Qa5 32.Qe3 Nb4 33.Rc5 Rxc5 34.dxc5 Na6 35.Rc1 Qa3 36.Bxe7 Bxe7
37.gxf5 gxf5 38.c6 Kh8 39.Kh1 Bc5 40.Qg3 Rg8 41.Qh4 Be7 42.Qh5 Qxb3 43.Rg1 Nc7
44.Rf1 b4 45.Qf3 Qxf3+ 46.Rxf3 Ra8 47.Kg2 Kg7 48.Nd4 Bc5 49.Nb3 Bb6 50.h4 Kf7
51.h5 Rg8+ 52.Kh2 Nb5 53.Bd3 Na7 54.Rf1 Nxc6 55.Ra1 Be3  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Nf6
9.Nbc3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ng3 Re8 12.Re1 Rb8 13.b3 Bf8 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Qd2 Rb4
16.f3 g6 17.Qf2 Bc6 18.a3 Rb8 19.Rad1 Nd7 20.Nd5 Bg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.f4 Nf6
23.Nc3 Ng4 24.Qf3 Qh4 25.h3 Nf6 26.Qf2 Kg8 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5 Nd7 29.Rxd7 Bxd7
30.Nd5 Bc6 31.Re4 Qg5 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.h4 Qc1+ 34.Re1 Qxa3 35.Rf1 c4 36.Nfh5+ gxh5
37.Nxh5+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6
9.N5f3 c5 10.Bf4 Nbd5 11.Be5 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 cxd4 13.Nf3 Be7 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.O-O-O Rd8
16.Kb1 Nd7 17.Bg3 Nc5 18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.N2b3 Nxb3 20.Nxb3 Qd8 21.f4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bd7
23.Nd4 Bf6 24.Nf3 Qb6 25.Ne5 Bb5 26.c4 Ba4 27.b3 Be8 28.Bf2 Qc7 29.Qe4 Be7
30.g4 a6 31.h4 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Qxd8 33.Kc2 Bxh4 34.Bxh4 Qxh4 35.Qxb7 Qf2+ 36.Kd3 Qxf4
37.Qb8 Kh7 38.Qxe8 Qxe5 39.Qxf7 Qg3+ 40.Ke4 Qxg4+ 41.Qf4 Qg2+ 42.Ke5 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 g5 6.d5 Ne5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7
9.Qd4 Ngf6 10.Nxg5 Rg8 11.Nf3 Rxg2 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Bd2 Bg7 14.Qe3 Ne5 15.O-O-O Nc4
16.Qd3 Nxd2 17.Nxd2 Qd7 18.Nc4 O-O-O 19.Rdf1 Rg6 20.Na5 Re8 21.Nb5 a6 22.Na7+ Kb8
23.Qb3 b6 24.N7c6+ Ka8 25.Qd3 Qc8 26.Rxf7 Nf4 27.Qf1 Bh6 28.Kb1 Rg7 29.Rxg7 Bxg7
30.Qxf4 bxa5 31.Qf7 Bh8 32.Qxh7 a4 33.Rf1 a3 34.b3 Kb7 35.Na5+ Kb6 36.Nc4+ Kc5
37.Nxa3 Bd4 38.c3 Bxc3 39.Rc1 Kb4 40.Nc2+ Ka5 41.Ne3 Kb4 42.e5 Bxe5 43.Qe4+ Kb5
44.Rc6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Frias, Victor J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3 a6
9.a3 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 b5 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Ne2 g6 15.Ned4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Re8 17.Qg4 Bf8 18.h4 f5 19.Qg3 Kh8 20.h5 gxh5 21.Qh2 Nc5 22.Rf3 Ne4
23.Rh3 Rc8 24.Rxh5 Rc7 25.g4 fxg4 26.Kg2 Rg7 27.Rh1 Qd7 28.f5 g3 29.Qh3 exf5
30.e6 Rxe6 31.Qxf5 Nf6 32.Nxe6 d4+ 33.Kg1 Qc6 34.Rxh7+ Kg8 35.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Ne4 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 g6
9.Bb5 Bg7 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4 Bf5 14.O-O Qb6 15.Qb4 Rfe8
16.h3 f6 17.Bg3 Rac8 18.a4 Kf7 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.a5 bxa5 21.Rxa5 c5 22.Rfa1 cxd4
23.cxd4 Red8 24.Ra7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Ra7 Ke6 27.Bc7 Bc6 28.g4 Ra8 29.Rxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Nge2 Nxc4 6.dxc4 Bc5 7.Qd3 d6 8.O-O Be6
9.b3 O-O 10.Na4 Nd7 11.Ng3 a5 12.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Be7
9.e3 a6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Rc1 Qa5+ 13.Nfd2 Bb7 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.O-O c5
16.dxc5 Ne5 17.Rc3 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 b4 19.f4 bxc3 20.fxe5 Rxd3 21.Qb7 Rd7 22.Qc8+ Qd8
23.Qxa6 cxb2 24.c6 Rc7  0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 d6 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 a6 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Rac1 Qc7 14.Bf1 Qb8 15.g4 Ne5
16.g5 Nfd7 17.b3 Rfe8 18.Bg2 Bf8 19.h3 Nc5 20.Qe2 Qa8 21.Rc2 Rc7 22.Rcd2 Ng6
23.Qf2 Qb8 24.h4 b5 25.cxb5 Nxb3 26.Nxb3 Rxc3 27.bxa6 Bxa6 28.f4 Nxh4 29.Bd4 Rxb3
30.axb3 Nxg2 31.Kxg2 Qxb3 32.Qf3 Qb5 33.Rh1 Bb7 34.Kg3 e5 35.fxe5 Rxe5 36.Bxe5 Qxe5+
37.Qf4 Qc3+ 38.Kf2 Bxe4 39.Rf1 Bg6 40.Re2 Qc6 41.Rfe1 d5 42.Re8 Be4 43.R1xe4 dxe4
44.Qxe4 Qd6 45.Kf3 h5 46.gxh6 Qxh6 47.Kg2 Qd6 48.Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saint Amand, Paul"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Be3 a5 10.b3 d5 11.c5 N6d7 12.a3 Nc6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.b5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 fxe5 19.Nxd5 exd4 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Qxd4 Nxc5
22.Re1 h6 23.h3 b6 24.Bg4 Rf6 25.Ra1 Nb3 26.Ra8+ Rf8 27.Qe4 Nc5 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8
29.Qf4+ Kg8 30.Bf3 Qd6 31.Qg4 Qe5 32.Qh4 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 Qd2 34.Qh5 Qf4+ 35.Kg1 Kf8
36.Bc6 Qf7 37.Qh4 Qf6 38.Qh5 Qd8 39.Qg6 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qd6+ 41.Kg1 Nd7 42.Qh5 Nf6
43.Qf3 Ke7 44.Qe2 Qd4 45.Qf3 Ne8 46.Qd3 Qc5 47.Qg3 Qc1+ 48.Kh2 Qg5 49.Qd3 Nd6
50.Kg1 e5 51.Qa3 Qf5 52.Qb2 Kf6 53.Qb3 Ne4 54.Qe3 Nc5 55.Qa3 Qb1+ 56.Kh2 Qd3
57.Qa7 Ne6 58.Qa2 Qd6 59.Bd5 Nd4 60.Bc4 h5 61.Qa8 Nf5 62.Qg8 e4+ 63.Kg1 Qe7
64.Qd5 e3 65.fxe3 Qxe3+ 66.Kh1 Qe1+ 67.Kh2 Qe5+ 68.Qxe5+ Kxe5 69.g4 Ne3 70.Be2 h4
71.Kg1 Nc2 72.Kf2 Nd4 73.Bd3 Kf4 74.Bc4 g5 75.Ba2 c6 76.bxc6 Nxc6 77.Bc4 Nd4
78.Bd3 b5  0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.O-O Nge7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Re1 Be7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qe8 12.Bc2 Rd8 13.a4 Nh4 14.Nxh4 Bxh4 15.b4 Be6
16.Qe2 h6 17.b5 Nb8 18.Nf3 Bg4 19.Reb1 a5 20.Bb3 Nd7 21.Bd5 b6 22.Qc4 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Qe7 24.Qxc7 Rc8 25.Qb7 Rxc3 26.Bc6 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Qg5+ 28.Kh1 Qxe3
29.Rf1 Nf6 30.Qe7 Qf4 31.Qc7 Qe3 32.Qd6 Bf2 33.Ra3 Qc5 34.Qxc5 Bxc5 35.Rd3 g5
36.Rc1 Bd4 37.Bb7 Nd7 38.Rc8 Rxc8 39.Bxc8 Nc5 40.Ra3 Kg7 41.Kg2 h5 42.Kg3 Bb2
43.Ra2 Bd4 44.Bh3 Kg6 45.Bf5+ Kh6 46.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Littke, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.Rd3 Rad8 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qxe5 Qb4 15.Rg3 Kh8
16.Bd3 Bc6 17.Rh3 Rxd3 18.Rxd3 Ng4 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Qe2 Nf6 21.Rhd1 Qc7 22.g3 b5
23.Qe3 h6 24.Qc5 Rc8 25.Nxb5 Qa5 26.b4 Qxb5 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kh7 29.Qxb5 Bxb5
30.Rd4 Kg6 31.c4 Be8 32.Rd6 Kf5 33.Ra6 g5 34.Rxa7 gxf4 35.gxf4 Kxf4 36.b5 Ke5
37.b6 Kd6 38.Rc7  1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.b3 c6 6.Bb2 Ngf6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 O-O
9.Nbd2 a5 10.Re1 a4 11.bxa4 Qa5 12.c5 Bc7 13.Qb3 Qxa4 14.Bc3 Rfb8 15.Qxa4 Rxa4
16.Reb1 e5 17.dxe5 Bxf3 18.exf6 Bxe2 19.Re1 Bg4 20.Re7 gxf6 21.Bf3 Be6 22.Re1 Be5  0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4 Be6
9.Be3 g6 10.O-O-O Bg7 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.Rxd4 Qe7 14.Bd3 O-O-O 15.Re1 c6
16.Rd1 Rhe8 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Rxd6 Rxd6 19.Rxd6 Bd5 20.g3 Qe1+ 21.Nd1 Re6 22.Rxe6 Bxe6
23.h4 b6 24.a3 Kb7 25.Qe3 Qh1 26.Kd2 Qd5+ 27.Qd3 Qg2 28.Qd4 c5 29.Qf4 Qd5+
30.Ke2 Qa2 31.g4 Ka6 32.Qa4+ Kb7 33.Qe4+ Bd5 34.Qe7+ Ka6 35.Ne3 Be6 36.Qf6 Qb1
37.Kf3 Qg1 38.Qd8 Kb7 39.Qe7+ Ka6 40.Qd8 Kb7 41.Qg5 a5 42.Ke2 Ka6 43.Qf4 Qc1
44.h5 gxh5 45.gxh5 Qh1 46.Qf3 Qh4 47.Qa8+ Kb5 48.a4+ Kb4 49.Qf3 c4 50.Nf5  1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nf5 a6 6.Be3 Qd8 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 e5
9.Nf5 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Ng3 Nbxd5 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O Qc7 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 g6 18.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3 e5 8.Nb3 Be6
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Ne7 11.c4 g6 12.Bd3 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.Nd2 Nh5 15.Re1 b5
16.b3 Rb8 17.a4 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Nf4 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.Bf2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.g3 Nh5
23.Ra2 a5 24.f4 Qb6 25.Kg2 Nf6 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Rae2 Qb4 28.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 Rb8 10.g4 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Qe1 Kh8 13.g5 Bd4+ 14.Kh1 g6 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Ne2 Nf5 17.Ng3 Re8 18.b3 b6 19.Bb2+ Kg8 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Qh4 d4 22.c3 Nf8
23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Qf2 Bb7 25.Bxd4 Bxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Rc8 27.Kg1 Qd5 28.Rad1 Rc6
29.Ba1 Rec8 30.Qd4 Qxd4+ 31.Bxd4 Rc2 32.Rf2 Ng6 33.Be3 Ne7 34.Rxc2 Rxc2 35.Rd2 Rc1+
36.Kf2 Nd5 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.h4 Nb4 39.h5 Rh1 40.h6 Rh3+ 41.Kf2 e5 42.fxe5 f4
43.Bd4 Ke6 44.Kg1 Nc6 45.Bb2 Ne7 46.d4 Kd5 47.Re2 f3 48.Rh2 Rxh2 49.Kxh2 Ke4
50.Kg1 Ke3 51.Kf1 f2 52.g6 Nxg6 53.Bc1+ Kxd4 54.e6 Kd5 55.Kxf2 Kxe6 56.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "C25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4 gxf3 7.Qxf3 d5 8.Bxd5 Nxd4
9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qh5+ Kg7 11.O-O Nf6 12.Qg5+ Kf7 13.Bxf4 Rg8 14.Qh4 Rg4 15.Qf2 Ne6
16.Be3 Kg7 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Rd5 Kg8 19.Rf5 Bg7 20.h3 Nxe4 21.Nd5 Qd6 22.Qe1 Rg6
23.Qh4 N6g5 24.Bf4 Nxh3+ 25.Kh1 Nxf4 26.Ne7+ Qxe7  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Andrews, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.d5 e5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Bd3 Na6
9.b3 Bg5 10.Nge2 Bxc1 11.Rxc1 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.O-O Qg5 14.Ne4 Qe3+ 15.Kh1 Rd8
16.N2g3 Bg6 17.f4 f6 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.c5 Nc8 20.c6 Qb6 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.Nc5 Qb6
23.Ne6 Kf7 24.cxb7 Ne7 25.Qg4 Qxb7 26.Nxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qe6+ Kf8 28.d6 Nc8 29.Rc7 Qa6
30.Rxf6+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.h4 O-O 10.Qd2 a6 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.f4 b4 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Ng3 Qa5
16.Kb1 Rfe8 17.h5 e5 18.Bh3 Nf8 19.Be3 exf4 20.Bxf4 Rad8 21.Bf5 Qc5 22.Be3 Qb5
23.Rdf1 g6 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Bg4 Rd7 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Qxb4 Ne6 28.Qd2 Bf8 29.Qh2 d5
30.exd5 Nc7 31.Bc1 Nxd5 32.Rd1 Bd6 33.c4 Bxg3 34.Qxg3 Qf5+ 35.Ka1 Nb4 36.a3 Nc2+
37.Ka2 Bxh1 38.Rxh1 Re4 39.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bg4
9.a3 Bd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b4 Ba7 12.b5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Bb8 14.Nfd4 Bd7 15.a4 O-O
16.Bb2 Re8 17.Nb3 Ne5 18.Qd4 Neg4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Nd2 Ra6 21.Rfc1 Rae6 22.Nf1 h5
23.Qd3 Rc6 24.Qb3 Ne4 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Nd4 Qf6 27.Qc2 c5 28.Nb3 Qg6 29.Nbd2 h4
30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.Qc3 Be5 32.Qb3 Rb8 33.Qd5 Bxb2 34.Re1 Bf3 35.g3 Qe6  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon G"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.exd6 cxd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 a6 12.b3 d5 13.c5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nc8 15.b4 Nc6
16.Rb1 Bf6 17.a4 N8e7 18.b5 axb5 19.axb5 Na5 20.Be2 Nf5 21.Qd2 g6 22.Rb4 Qe7
23.Rfb1 Rfd8 24.Na4 Nc4 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Rxc4 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 e5 28.Re1 Qe8 29.Nb6 Nxd4
30.Qg5 Rab8 31.Qxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxe5 Nxb5 33.Re7 Nd4 34.Rc1 Re8 35.Rxe8+ Rxe8
36.Rc4 Rd8 37.Kh2 Kf8 38.Rc3 Ke7 39.Re3+ Ne6 40.Rc3 Rd2 41.Kg3 f5 42.f4 Rd4
43.c6 bxc6 44.Rxc6 Nxf4 45.Rc7+ Ke6 46.Rxh7 g5 47.Rh6+ Ke5 48.Rc6 Rd3+ 49.Kh2 g4
50.hxg4 fxg4 51.Rc5+ Kf6 52.g3 Rd2+ 53.Kg1 Nh3+ 54.Kf1 Rf2+ 55.Ke1 Rf3 56.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arnason, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.Ne2 dxc3 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Qxe5 12.Bf4 Qf6 13.h4 Rxg2 14.Kf1 e5 15.Kxg2 exf4
16.Kf1 Bg4 17.Rg1 Bh3+ 18.Ke1 f3 19.Rg3 fxe2 20.Rxh3 Nbc6 21.Bxe2 O-O-O 22.Rd1 Ng6
23.Qh5 d4 24.Bg4+ Kb8 25.Qg5 Qd6 26.Rxc3 f5 27.Bxf5 Rf8 28.Rxc6 Qe5+ 29.Kf1 bxc6
30.Bxg6 Qh2 31.Bf5 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Qd5 33.Rb1+ Ka8 34.Qe7 Qc4+ 35.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 b5 7.axb5 cxb5 8.Nxb5 Qb6
9.Nc3 Qxb2 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Rb1 Qa3 13.e4 Bd6 14.e5 Bc7 15.Be2 Nc6
16.O-O O-O 17.Rb5 Be6 18.Rc5 Qa6 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.d5 Bb6 21.Rxc6 Bxd5 22.Rd6 Rfd8
23.Bc3 Qb7 24.Nh4 Be6 25.Qb1 Rab8 26.Qc2 Bc7 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rc1 Rd3 29.Qe2 Qd5
30.h3 Bb6 31.Kh2 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Qd4  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O O-O
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Rc1 f5 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Ne5 c5 14.f3 Ng5 15.Ng3 cxd4
16.exd4 g6 17.f4 Ne6 18.Qe2 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Be7 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Bxf5 Ng7 22.Bb1 Bc8
23.Qd3 Bf5 24.Rxf5 Rxf5 25.g4 Rg5 26.Qxh7+ Kf7 27.Kh1 Qh8 28.Rf1+ Ke6 29.Qc2 Rc8
30.Qg2 Rf8 31.Rc1 Rc8 32.Rf1 Qh4 33.Rf4 Rf8 34.Bf5+ Rfxf5  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.Bc2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ng6 14.Rb1 b6 15.Rb5 Bb7
16.Ng5 Qc7 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rh5 Rad8 19.Rh3 Rd5 20.Bb3 Rf5 21.Ng3 Ra5 22.c4 Bg5
23.Ne4 Bxc1 24.Qxc1 Rd8 25.d5 Qf4 26.Rhe3 Nf8 27.g3 Qb8 28.Ng5 Rc8 29.Rf3 f6
30.Nxe6 Nxe6 31.Rxe6 Bxd5 32.c5 Raxc5 33.Qe3 Bxb3 34.Qxb3 Kh8 35.Rfe3 Rc1+
36.Kg2 Qb7+ 37.Kh3 Rf8 38.Qa3 Qc8 39.Kg2 Rc7 40.Re7  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bjarnason, Saevar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 Nf5 8.Bd3 h5
9.Qh3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.O-O cxd4 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.Qg3 Be6 14.cxd4 O-O-O 15.h4 g6
16.Bd2 Kb8 17.Rfb1 Ka8 18.Rb5 Rb8 19.Rab1 b6 20.Qf4 a6 21.R5b2 Rhc8 22.Ne1 Ka7
23.Nd3 a5 24.Qe3 Nd8 25.Nf4 Qc4 26.Qe1 Nc6 27.Ne2 Bd7 28.Bc3 Qa4 29.Rb3 Ka6
30.Qd2 Qc4 31.Ng3 Na7 32.Bxa5 Nb5 33.Bb4 Qxc2 34.Qe3 Rc4 35.R3b2 Qa4 36.Ne2 Rbc8
37.Be1 Ka7 38.Qg5 R8c7 39.Qf6 Be8 40.Qd8 Bc6 41.Nc3 Rxc3 42.Bxc3 Rd7 43.Qf8 Qc4
44.Bd2 Qxd4 45.Rb4 Qxd2 46.Ra4+ Kb7 47.Ra8  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O g6 8.Kh1 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Nf3 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qe1 h6 14.Bh4 e5 15.f5 g5 16.Bf2 Rfe8
17.Nd2 Rac8 18.Rc1 Qb8 19.Qd1 Qa8 20.Re1 d5 21.Qf3 d4 22.Ncb1 g4 23.Qe2 h5
24.b4 Bh6 25.c3 Kh7 26.Rc2 dxc3 27.Nxc3 Rc7 28.Be3 Bxe3 29.Qxe3 Qd8 30.a4 bxa4
31.Nxa4 Rxc2 32.Bxc2 Qc7 33.Bb3 Kg7 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Nc5 Nxc5 36.bxc5 Ke7 37.Bxf7 Rf8
38.Be6  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.a3 Rc8 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd7 14.Rc2 Re8 15.Rfc1 Bf8
16.Ncb1 h6 17.h3 Nb6 18.Bg3 Qd7 19.Qd3 Na4 20.b3 Nb6 21.Nf3 f6 22.Nh4 e5
23.dxe5 fxe5 24.e4 Rcd8 25.Ng6 Qf7 26.Nxf8 Rxf8 27.Nd2 Qg6 28.Qe3 Nd4 29.Rc7 dxe4
30.Bxe5 Nf5 31.Qxe4 Nd7 32.Nf3 Nxe5 33.Nxe5 Qd6 34.Qc4+ Qd5 35.Rxb7 Nd4 36.Ng6 Qxc4
37.Rxc4 Ne2+ 38.Kh2 Rf6 39.Ne5 Rd5 40.Ng4 Re6 41.Rc8+ Kh7 42.Rcc7 Rg5 43.Rf7 h5
44.Ne3 Re4 45.Nf5 Nd4 46.Nxd4 Rxd4 47.f4  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O a6 7.Nbd2 dxc4 8.Nxc4 c5
9.Bd2 Be7 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bc2 b5 12.Na5 Bd7 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Ba5 Qe8
16.Qb1 g6 17.Rd1 Bc6 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Bc3 Bb7 20.Bb3 Qe7 21.Qd3 Ne4 22.Nd7 b4
23.Nxc5 Rfd8 24.Qxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Nxb7 Qb6 27.Be5 Qb5 28.f4 Qb6
29.Re1 Kf8 30.g4 Nd2 31.Bd6+ Kg7 32.Re2 Nxb3 33.axb3 Qxb7 34.g5 Qf3 35.Be5+ Kf8
36.Re1 Ke7 37.Bd4 Kd6 38.Be5+ Kc6 39.Rc1+ Kd5 40.Bd4 Ke4 41.Bc5 Qe2 42.Bd4 a5
43.Ra1 Qc2 44.Kh1 Qxb3 45.Rxa5 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.e4 c5 14.dxc5 Rc8 15.a3 a5
16.axb4 axb4 17.Bd2 Bxc5 18.e5 Ng4 19.Be4 Qb6 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Qxg4 Rfd8
23.Qh5 Rxd2 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Qh5+ Kg8 28.Qh7+ Kf8
29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qxg7+ Kd8 31.Rad1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1+ Bd5 33.Qf7 Bd4 34.h4 Rc7 35.Qf8+ Kd7
36.Qf4 Bxb2 37.h5 Qa6 38.Qxb4 Bxe5 39.Nf7 Qe2 40.Re1 Bh2+ 41.Kxh2 Qxh5+ 42.Kg1 Qxf7
43.Qb5+ Kc8 44.Qa6+ Kd8 45.Qd6+ Rd7 46.Qb8+ Ke7 47.Qb4+ Ke8 48.Qb8+ Rd8 49.Qg3 Rc8
50.Qg5 Rc2 51.f3 Bxf3 52.Qb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[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 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.h4 e5 15.Be3 Be6
16.Qg2 g6 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rxh1 19.Qxh1 Nh5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Bf8 22.Qh2 Bg7
23.Qd2 Rd8 24.a4 Nf4 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bxb5+ Ke7 28.Qxf4 Qb6 29.c3 Rh8
30.Kc2 Rc8 31.Qd2 Rc5 32.Rxc5 Qxc5 33.Ba4 f6 34.gxf6+ Bxf6 35.Qh2 Qh5 36.Qxh5 gxh5
37.f4 h4 38.Bb5 h3 39.Bf1 h2 40.Bg2 Bg7 41.Kd3 Bh6 42.Ke3 Kd7 43.Kf3 Ke6
44.Kg4 Bg7 45.Kg3 Bh6 46.c4  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Ne2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.O-O Qd8
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 O-O 11.Qe1 Ne7 12.Qh4 c6 13.Bg5 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Nf5 15.Qe4 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Qa5 17.Rab1 Qxa2 18.c4 Qa5 19.Bf4 Qd8 20.Qf3 Re8 21.Nc3 Qe7 22.Ne4 f6
23.Qf2 h5 24.Bd2 b6 25.c5 bxc5 26.Rfe1 Qf7 27.Qxc5 Re5 28.Qf2 Bd7 29.Bc3 Ree8
30.Rf1 Be6 31.Nc5 Nh6 32.Qg3 Kh7 33.Rb7 Re7 34.Rxe7 Qxe7 35.Qe3 Ng4 36.Qe4+ f5
37.Rxf5 Kg8 38.Qxe6+ Qxe6 39.Nxe6 Re8 40.Ng5 Re2 41.h3  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Bc4 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qc6 14.Bf4 a6 15.Nd4 Qe8
16.a4 Nxa4 17.c3 b5 18.Bd3 Bb7 19.Nh5 Nc5 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg8
23.Qxc5 Qc8 24.Qh5 Qc4 25.Be3 Rfd8 26.Rac1 Rd5 27.Qg4 Rad8 28.f4 b4 29.Rf1 bxc3
30.bxc3 Ra5 31.Bf2 Ra2 32.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 a6 8.e4 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.Qh4 Be7 13.O-O cxd4 14.Rad1 b6 15.Bg5 Bb7
16.Be2 h6 17.Rxd4 Qc7 18.Qh3 Bd6 19.Rfd1 O-O-O 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qh5 Rhg8 22.Rg4 Rxg4
23.Qxg4 Bc5 24.Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.b3 Ke7 26.Qg3 Qd7 27.Qf4 e5 28.Qc1 Qf5 29.Qd1 a5
30.a4 Be4 31.Qd2 Bc2 32.Bd1 Be4 33.Ne1 Bc6 34.Bc2 Qg4 35.Bd1 Qg6 36.Bc2 f5
37.Qe2 f6 38.g3 Qg5 39.Nd3 Bd4 40.Nf4 Kf7 41.Nd5 Bd7 42.Qd1 Be6 43.Kg2 Qg4
44.Qd3 Bc5 45.Nc7 e4 46.Qd8 Qf3+ 47.Kh3 Qh5+ 48.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.a3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.g4 Rb8 11.g5 Nd7 12.h4 b5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Qd4 Rg8 15.O-O h6 16.Bf3 hxg5
17.hxg5 Bb7 18.a4 e5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qd2 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Nd5 Qc5+ 23.Kg2 Rh8
24.Be2 Rc8 25.b4 Qxc2 26.Bxb5+ Kf8 27.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 28.Rf2 Rxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Bd8
30.Kg3 g6 31.Nf6 Bxf6 32.gxf6 Kg8 33.Rd1 Bxe4 34.Rxd6 Rh5 35.Be2 Rf5 36.Bh6 Kh7
37.Bg7 Bf3 38.Rd8 Rg5+ 39.Kf2 Rg2+ 40.Kf1 Bxe2+ 41.Kxg2  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxd2 7.Bxd2 exd5 8.Qb3 a5
9.e4 a4 10.Qe3 dxe4 11.Ng5 Be7 12.Qxe4 h6 13.Nf3 Be6 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.O-O Nf6
16.Qe3 O-O 17.Ne5 Re8 18.Bc2 Bf8 19.a3 Qb6 20.Bc3 Bb3 21.Bd3 Rad8 22.Qd2 Rd5
23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Ba5 b6 25.Bc3 c5 26.Ne3 Rd7 27.Nf5 cxd4 28.Bb4 Ne4 29.Qf4 Nc5
30.Bb5 Re4 31.Qf3 Rd5 32.Bxc5 Ree5 33.Nxh6+ gxh6 34.Bxf8 Rxb5 35.Bxh6 Re6
36.Bd2 Rg6 37.Qf4 Bc4 38.Rfe1 Rxb2 39.Rad1 Bb3 40.Bc1 Bxd1 41.Bxb2 Rg4 42.Qf5 Qa8
43.g3 Bf3 44.Rc1 Qe4 45.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6
9.N5f3 c5 10.Bf4 Nbd5 11.Be5 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 b5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O-O Bb7 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Bxd6 Rd8 18.Be5 O-O 19.Nf3 Nd7 20.Bd6 Rfe8 21.Nd4 a6 22.Qf3 Qb6
23.Qg3 Rc8 24.Rhe1 N5f6 25.f3 Bd5 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Re4 Kh7 28.Rh4 Rc4 29.b3 Rc3
30.Bf4 Nxf4 31.Qxf4 Nf6 32.Re1 Rd8 33.Re5 Qc7 34.Kb1 Nd5 35.Qg3 Ne3 36.Qe1 Nxg2
37.Qe4+ Kg8 38.Rg4 Re3 39.Rxg7+ Kxg7 40.Qg4+ Kf8  0-1

[Event "US National op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Re8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.h3 e5 13.b3 a6 14.Bb2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bb7
16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Re6 19.Rad1 Nb6 20.R5d4 c5 21.Rg4 Rg6 22.a4 Bc6
23.axb5 axb5 24.Bf3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qc6 26.Bxg7 Qxf3 27.Bxf8 Rxg4+ 28.hxg4 Rxf8
29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.Rd6 Nc8 31.Ra6 Ne7 32.Qxc5 Ng6 33.Qd4+ f6 34.Nf5 Kg8 35.Rxf6 Qb7
36.Nh6+  1-0

[Event "US National op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dorr, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.d5 e5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nge2 f5 10.b3 Na6 11.O-O Nc5 12.Bc2 a5 13.f4 e4 14.Be3 Nbd7 15.Nd4 Nf6
16.h3 h5 17.a3 Bd7 18.Ndb5 Rc8 19.Qe2 Na6 20.Rad1 g6 21.Qf2 Bxb5 22.Nxb5 Qd7
23.Na7 Ra8 24.Qd2 Bd8 25.Nb5 Rc8 26.Nd4 a4 27.Ne6 Re8 28.Bd4 axb3 29.Bxb3 Nc5
30.Nxc5 dxc5 31.Be5 Ra8 32.Rb1 Rxa3 33.Qb2 Ra6 34.Ra1 Rf8 35.Rxa6 bxa6 36.Qa3 Qa7
37.Ba4 Ba5 38.Rd1 Bb4 39.Qg3 Kh7 40.d6 Nd7 41.Qg5 Rf7 42.g4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.e3 g6 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nb6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Qb3 Ne4 13.Rfc1 Nc5 14.dxc5 d4 15.Qb5 dxc3
16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qc7 19.Nf3 Qxc5 20.Qxb7 Nxe3 21.Nd4 Bd5 22.Qb5 Nxg2
23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Nb3 Rc7 25.c4 Bf3 26.Nd4 Nf4 27.Bf1 Be4 28.Rc3 Rfc8 29.Rac1 Rd7
30.Nb3 Bd3 31.c5 Rd5 32.c6 Rg5+ 33.Kh2 Bxf1 34.Rxf1 Rc7 35.Rc4 Ne6 36.Rd1 Re5
37.Rd2 Kf8 38.Kg2 f5 39.a4 Ke8 40.Rdc2 g5 41.Nd2 Rd5 42.Nf1 Rd4 43.Ne3 Rxc4
44.Rxc4 Nf4+ 45.Kf3 e6 46.h4 Ng6 47.Rc5 Nxh4+ 48.Ke2 Ng6 49.Nc4 Ke7 50.Na3 a6
51.Rc1 h5 52.Rc4 h4 53.Kf1 Ne5 54.Rc5 Kd6 55.Rc3 Rxc6 56.Rb3 g4 57.Rb8 Nf3
58.Rb1 Rc3 59.Ra1 Ke5 60.Kg2 Kf4 61.Ra2 Rc1  0-1

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.e4 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.O-O a6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Nd5 exd5 12.exd5+ Ne5 13.f4 O-O-O 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nf5 Bc5+
16.Be3 g6 17.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18.Ne3 h5 19.Qd2 h4 20.b4 Qd4 21.Rad1 hxg3 22.hxg3 Qxd2
23.Rxd2 Nh5 24.c5 Kb8 25.Nc4 b5 26.Nxe5 Rhe8 27.Nd7+ Kc7 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Nb6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.h3 Bh5
9.d3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Be7 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.b4 O-O 13.Rb1 Rad8 14.Nf4 Bg6 15.Re1 Rfe8
16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Nh4 g5 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Ne6 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kg7 21.Qxf5 h6 22.Bc3 Nf8
23.Re3 Rd6 24.Rbe1 Kg8 25.h4 N6h7 26.Qe5 Nf6 27.hxg5 Bd8 28.Qf5 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 hxg5
30.Qxg5+ Qg7 31.Qf5 Rd7 32.Bh3 Rf7 33.Qc8 Bb6 34.Rf3 Nd7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bd6 7.Qc2 Be6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Rc1 a6 11.a3 O-O 12.Bh4 Rae8 13.Bg3 Bg4 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh7 Nxh7
16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.O-O Bc8 20.h3 Rg8 21.Bf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[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 Bd6 10.f4 Re8 11.Nf3 Bc5 12.Bd3 d5 13.Rde1 Rxe1+ 14.Rxe1 Ne7 15.Nh4 Ng6
16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Ne5 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Qd3 Ne7 20.g4 c6 21.g5 Nd7 22.Ng4 Nb6
23.f5 Qd7 24.Rf1 Bd6 25.Qh3 Kh8 26.f6 gxf6 27.gxf6 Ng6 28.Bh6 Bf8 29.Bg7+ Bxg7
30.fxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qh6+ Kh8 32.Nf6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd2 a6 7.a4 Bd6 8.Bd3 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.a5 O-O 13.Na4 Re8 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Nxc8 Rxc8 16.Bf5 Rc7
17.Qb1 g6 18.Bd3 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ra4 Qd5 21.Bc3 Qc6 22.Qa1 Qb5 23.Rb4 Qd3
24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Qd1 Rd5 26.Qxd3 exd3 27.e4 Rd6 28.e5 Rd5 29.Kd2 Rc2+ 30.Ke3 Re2+
31.Kf3 Rdxe5 32.g4 Rc2 33.Kf4 Ree2 34.Rxb7 d2 35.Rd7 Re1 36.Rxd2 Rc4+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.Nb3 Be6 10.g4 Na5 11.g5 Nd7 12.Bd4 f6 13.gxf6 Nxf6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.f5 Bf7
16.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Ne7 6.Nc3 Nbc6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 f5
9.Nc5 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxb7 Rb8 12.Na5 Kf7 13.Nb3 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Ba6 15.c3 Be2
16.Rd7 Rhd8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Be3 a6 19.Bc5 Bc4 20.Na5 Bd5 21.Rd1 Ke8 22.Bf1 Bxa2
23.Re1 Bd5 24.c4 Be4 25.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.Rxe4 fxe4 27.Nc6+ Kd7 28.Nxd8 Kxd8 29.b3 Kd7
30.Bg2 Kd6 31.Bxe4 Kc5 32.Kf1 Kb4 33.Bc2 Kc3 34.Bd1 Kd2 35.Bf3 Kc3 36.Bd1 c5
37.Ke1 Bh6 38.f4 Bg7 39.Ke2 Bd4 40.h3 a5 41.Ke1 e5 42.fxe5 Bxe5 43.g4 g5
44.Ke2 Bf4 45.Ke1 h6 46.Ke2 Bc1 47.Ke1 Be3 48.Ke2 Bf4 49.Ke1 Kd3 50.Bf3 Kc2
51.Bd1+ Kc1 52.Ke2 Bd2 53.b4 axb4 54.Ba4 Bf4 55.Kf3 Kb2 56.Ke4 Kc3 57.Kd5 Be3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc2 Rc8 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Nce3 Nc5 13.O-O Bg5 14.Bb1 a5 15.g3 Bxe3
16.Bxe3 O-O 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Nb4 19.Bd4 Qh4 20.Ne3 Bh3 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Rfe8
23.Kh1 f6 24.a3 Nc6 25.Bf2 Qh3 26.a4 Qb3 27.Qd5+ Kh8 28.Ra3 Qxb2 29.Rg3 Re7
30.Qxd6 Qe2 31.Re1 Qxf2 32.Rxe7 Nxe7 33.Qxe7 Rg8 34.Qc7 b6 35.Rg2 Qf1+ 36.Rg1 Qf3+
37.Rg2 Nxa4 38.Bc2 Nc5 39.h4 Qh3+ 40.Kg1 Qe3+ 41.Kh2 a4 42.Qxb6 Qxf4+ 43.Kh3 Qxc4
44.Qa7 Nd3 45.Rd2 Nf4+ 46.Kh2 Qc3 47.Qf2 a3 48.Bb1 Qh3+ 49.Kg1 Qg4+ 50.Kh2 Re8
51.Be4 h6  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 e4 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Nh3 Bd6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Nxd5 O-O 10.Bc4 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Rc8 12.Rc1 Kh8 13.Be2 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 f5 15.h4 Qe7
16.Kd1 Rcd8 17.h5 h6 18.Qb3 f4 19.h3 fxe3 20.fxe3 Rf2 21.Rf1 Rh2 22.Qf7 Rxh3
23.Bg4 Rg3 24.Qxe7 Nxe7 25.Be6 Rg5 26.Kc2 Rxh5 27.Rf7 Rg5 28.Bc3 Nd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5
30.Rxb7 a5 31.Rg1 Bf8 32.Ra7 Rf5 33.d5 Rdxd5 34.Bxg7+ Bxg7 35.Rgxg7 Rd3 36.Rh7+ Kg8
37.Rag7+ Kf8 38.Rc7 Rf2+ 39.Kc1 Rf1+ 40.Kc2 Rf2+ 41.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.dxc5 Ne4 4.Be3 e6 5.g3 Nxc5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Nc3 d6 10.O-O a6 11.a3 Qc7 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Rfd1 b6 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Bb7 17.Ne4 d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Bf4 Nce5 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.Qf5 Re8 22.Nf3 Nxf3+
23.Bxf3 Qa7 24.Rc7 Rac8 25.Rdc1 Qa8 26.Be5 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Bc8 28.Qf4 Nd7 29.Bd4 Rf8
30.Qg5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.h5 cxd4
9.hxg6 hxg6 10.Rxh8+ Bxh8 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.e3 Qd5 14.Be2 O-O-O 15.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 h5 6.b3 h4 7.Bb2 Be6 8.e4 Qd7
9.Nf3 O-O-O 10.Be2 Be7 11.Nd5 Nf6 12.Ng5 Rde8 13.O-O-O Bd8 14.f4 Kb8 15.Rhe1 Nh5
16.Nf3 Bg4 17.h3 Be6 18.f5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bg4 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.e5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Bd3 hxg5 14.Bf2 Qxb2 15.O-O Qxe5
16.Bg3 Qd4+ 17.Kh1 f5 18.c3 Nxc3 19.Nxc3 Qxc3 20.Rc1 Qa5 21.Qe2 Be7 22.Bxf5 exf5
23.Bxd6 Qd8 24.Rcd1 Rh6 25.Be5 Qa5 26.Bg7 Rh7 27.Rfe1 Ra7 28.Bf6 g4 29.Qc4 Kf8
30.Bxe7+ Raxe7 31.Rf1 Qc7 32.Qf4 Rhf7 33.Rd4 Rd7 34.Qc1 Qe5 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Rxd7 Bxd7
37.Qg5+ Rg7 38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.h3 Qe7 40.Qc7 gxh3 41.Qh2 Qh4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 O-O 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Nh4 Nh5 13.Nf5 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Nb6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Bf6 18.Rad1 Qa5 19.Nd6 Rad8 20.e4 Bxb2 21.e5 Bd4 22.e6 Qc7
23.exf7+ Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Rxf7 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Kg2 Rd6 27.Re2 Ra6 28.Rb1 Kg6
29.Rb7 Ra3 30.Rb3 Ra4 31.Kg3 c4 32.Rb5 Bf6 33.Rc5 c3 34.Re6 Ra3 35.f3 h5
36.f5+ Kh7 37.Re8 Ra4 38.f4 Rxa2 39.Rcc8 g6 40.Re6 h4+ 41.Kh3  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.c3 e5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.b4 exd4 11.exd4 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nf3 a5 14.b5 Nf8 15.Re1 Qa3
16.Qc2 Bg4 17.Ne5 Bxe2 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Rxe2 f6 20.Nc4 Qe7 21.Rae1 Qf7 22.Qb3 a4
23.Qb4 f5 24.Ne5 Qd5 25.f3 exf3 26.Nxf3 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Ng6 28.Qc5 Qf7 29.c4 b6
30.Qc6 Rd8 31.d5 Nf4 32.Re3 Kh7 33.g3 Rd6 34.Qe8 Qxe8 35.Rxe8 Nxd5 36.cxd5 Rxd5
37.Re5 Rd3 38.Kf2 Ra3 39.Re2 Rc3 40.Nd4 Rd3 41.Nf3 Rc3 42.Rd2 Kg6 43.Nd4 Kf6
44.Rc2 Rxc2+ 45.Nxc2 Ke5 46.Ke3 Kd5 47.Kd3 g5 48.Nd4 Ke5 49.a3 f4 50.g4 f3
51.Nxf3+ Kf4 52.Ng1 Kxg4 53.Ke4 h5 54.Kd5 Kf4 55.Nh3+ Ke3 56.Nxg5 Kd3 57.Ne4 h4
58.Kc6 Kc4 59.Nd2+ Kd4 60.h3  1-0

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kadimova, Ilaha"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.h3 d6 10.Bd2 Nh5 11.Ne2 h6 12.b4 Ba7 13.Rc1 Qf6 14.Ne1 c6 15.c5 Rd8 16.Qb3 Nhf4
17.Nxf4 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Rc3 a5 20.a3 a4 21.Qa2 cxd5 22.Qxd5 Qf6 23.c6 Be6
24.Qb5 bxc6  0-1

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kirov, Nino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.e4 e5 14.Na2 Be7 15.b4 Qc7
16.Bb2 exd4 17.Rxd4 Ne5 18.Bb3 g5 19.Rc1 Rad8 20.h3 Rxd4 21.Bxd4 Rd8 22.Ba1 Bd6
23.Rd1 Qe7 24.Qe3 g4 25.Qg5 Re8 26.hxg4 Nexg4 27.f3 Bh2+ 28.Kf1 Be5 29.fxg4 Bxa1
30.Rxa1 Qxe4 31.Rd1 Nxg4 32.Kg1 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dausch, Rene"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nbd7 4.Bg2 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.O-O c6 7.b3 Qc7 8.a4 Bc5
9.Na3 O-O 10.Nc4 Rd8 11.Bb2 e4 12.Ng5 Re8 13.e3 h6 14.Nh3 b5 15.Nd2 Ne5 16.Nf4 Bg4
17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Qc1 g5 19.h3 gxf4 20.gxf4 Qh5 21.hxg4 Nxg4 22.Re1 Qh2+ 23.Kf1 Rad8
24.Re2 f5 25.axb5 Rd7 26.bxc6 Rg7 27.Qb2 Ne5 28.fxe5 Rxg2 29.Ke1 Rg1+ 30.Nf1 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[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 Rb8 13.Qd3 Bg5 14.Rd1 Bb7 15.h4 Bh6
16.g4 Bf4 17.Bg2 Re8 18.Qf3 Na5 19.b3 Rc8 20.Rh3 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Nc6 22.Kf1 b4
23.c4 Ne7 24.Rd3 Qa5 25.Qd1 Red8 26.Qe1 Nc6 27.Qb1 h6 28.Kg1 Qc7 29.Rd5 a5
30.Qd1 Ne7 31.Rb5 Rb8 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.Rd3 Rb6 34.a3 Ng6 35.h5 Nf8 36.Rd5 a4
37.Nxb4 axb3 38.Qxb3 Ne6 39.Qd3 Nd4 40.Ra5 Rb8 41.Rd5 Ra8 42.Rxd4 exd4 43.Nd5 Qc5
44.Nxf4 Rxa3 45.Qb1 d3 46.Nxd3 Qd4 47.Qb8+ Kh7 48.Nf4 Ra1+ 49.Kh2 Qxf2 50.Qxd6 Qg1+
51.Kh3 Qe3+ 52.Kh2 Qg1+ 53.Kh3 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Medghoul, Sherif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Qd6 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bf4 Qg6
9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 c6 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Bg3 O-O 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O Nxg3 15.hxg3 Qd6
16.c4 Nf6 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Ne5 Be6 20.Qb2 Qb4 21.Qxb4 Nxb4 22.Rb1 Nxa2
23.Rxb7 Nc3 24.Bf3 Reb8 25.Rxb8+ Rxb8 26.Nxc6 Rb7 27.Ra1 Na2 28.d5  1-0

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.Nbd2 f5 7.c4 c6 8.Qb3 Rb8
9.Re1 Qf6 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Qd8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Qa3 a6 14.Nb3 Qe7 15.Qa4 Rc8
16.Na5 b5 17.Qd4 Nb8 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Bd2 Qd7 21.Rac1 Ne7 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8
23.Bb4 Kf7 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.Qc5 fxg4 26.hxg4 Be4 27.Nc6 Nxc6 28.Qxc6 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Ne7
30.Qxa6 d4 31.Bd6 Nd5 32.Rc5 Kg8 33.Qxb5 Qf7 34.Rxd5 exd5 35.Qc5 d3 36.exd3 Qe6
37.Qd4 Re8 38.Qf4 h6 39.b4 Ra8 40.b5 Rxa2 41.Qf8+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ Qxf5 43.gxf5 Rb2
44.e6 Kg8 45.d4 Rxb5 46.f4 Ra5 47.Kg3 Ra6 48.Be5 Ra8 49.Kg4 Rf8 50.Bd6 h5+
51.Kg5 h4 52.e7 Re8 53.Kxh4 Kf7 54.Kg5 Rh8 55.Be5 Rg8 56.Bd6 Re8 57.Kg4 Kf6
58.Bc5 Ra8 59.Bd6 Rh8 60.Be5+ Kf7 61.Bd6 Rh1 62.Kf3 Rh6 63.Be5 Rh8 64.Bd6 Ke8
65.Be5 Kf7 66.Bd6 Rh1 67.Be5 Rh7 68.Bd6 Ke8 69.Kg4 Kf7 70.Kf3 Rh1 71.Be5 Rh8
72.Bd6 Rc8 73.Be5 Ra8 74.Bd6 Kf6 75.Kg4 Rc8 76.Be5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[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.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Bb7 15.Bc4 Na5
16.Ba2 Bc6 17.Ra3 Bb5 18.b3 Nb7 19.b4 a5 20.Bb3 Bh6 21.Ra1 Qg5 22.g3 Rab8
23.Na3 Bd7 24.O-O Kh8 25.Ne3 Qg6 26.Bd5 axb4 27.cxb4 Bxe3 28.fxe3 Nd8 29.Nc4 Bb5
30.Rc1 Nc6 31.Bxc6 Bxc6 32.Nxd6 Bxe4 33.Rc7 f6 34.Qb3 h6 35.b5 Rbd8 36.Qb4 Bd3
37.Rd1 e4 38.b6 Qh5 39.Re1 Qf3 40.b7 Be2 41.Nxe4 Qxe3+ 42.Nf2 Rfe8 43.Rc2 Qf3
44.Qb2 Rb8 45.Rexe2 Rxe2 46.Rxe2 Rxb7 47.Re8+ Kh7 48.Qc2+ g6 49.Qa2 Rg7 50.Qe6 Qb7
51.Ne4 Qa7+ 52.Kg2 Qb7 53.Kh3 Rf7 54.Nxf6+ Kg7 55.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Cappelle op"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolovs, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.d5 e5 5.dxe6 Bxe6 6.e4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Nc5 8.Qc2 Be7
9.Nd4 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O a5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rad8 14.h3 Bc8 15.a3 g6
16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Ne6 18.Nb3 Ng7 19.Qa2 Rde8 20.Qa7 Bd8 21.Bf3 Qe7 22.Na5 Nd7
23.Be2 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martinovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 d4 4.b4 Nf6 5.Qb3 a5 6.b5 Nbd7 7.d3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Nc5
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Nh3 e4 11.O-O exd3 12.exd3 Bf5 13.Nf4 g5 14.Bh3 Qd7 15.Bxf5 Qxf5
16.Ne2 Rad8 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.a3 Bc3 19.Ra2 Ng4 20.Nbxc3 dxc3 21.d4 Nd3 22.Bxg5 Qf3
23.Nf4 Ndxf2 24.Qxf2 Nxf2 25.Raxf2 Qe3 26.Bxd8 Rxd8 27.Nd5 Rxd5  0-1

[Event "Mid-America Class op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dandridge, Marvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Nf3 Be7 10.Nc3 f5 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 Qd8 13.Bd3 Nb6 14.Rg1 Bd7 15.g4 Rc8 16.Qb3 Kh8
17.Ra2 Be8 18.Rag2 Bg6 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Ne2 a5 21.b5 a4 22.Qb1 Na5 23.Ng5 Bxg5
24.Rxg5 Nb3 25.Kf2 Nc4 26.h4 Ncd2 27.Bxd2 Nxd2 28.Qb4 Ne4+ 29.Bxe4 fxe4 30.h5 h6
31.Rxg6 Qh4+ 32.Ke3 Qxh5 33.R6g3 Rf7 34.R1g2 Rc4 35.Qd6 g5 36.e6  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rfe1 O-O-O 14.a5 Ndf6 15.Qb2 Ng4
16.Re2 h5 17.h3 Bf5 18.Qc1 g5 19.Qe1 Ngf6 20.Ne5 h4 21.Rb2 Nd6 22.Bc5 Nd5
23.Bxa7 Nxc4 24.Nxc4 Kd7 25.Ne5+ Ke8 26.c4 Ra8 27.cxd5 Rxa7 28.dxc6 bxc6
29.Qb4 Ra8 30.Qc5 g4 31.a6 Rg8 32.hxg4 Bxg4 33.Rb7 Qd8 34.Nxf7  1-0

[Event "Mid-America Class op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 Ne4
9.Nxe4 fxe4 10.Ng5 d5 11.Be3 h6 12.Nh3 g5 13.f3 exf3 14.exf3 dxc4 15.f4 g4
16.Nf2 h5 17.h3 gxh3 18.Be4 Qe8 19.Bf3 Qg6 20.Kh2 Rf5 21.g4 hxg4 22.Rg1 Rh5
23.Bxg4 Bxg4 24.Rxg4 Qh7 25.Qe2 Nd7 26.Rag1 Nf6 27.Qxc4+ Nd5 28.Bc1 Rf8 29.Qe2 Rf6
30.Ne4 Re6 31.f5  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 b5 7.axb5 cxb5 8.Nxb5 Qb6
9.Nc3 Qxb2 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Rb1 Qa3 13.e4 Bd6 14.Rb5 O-O 15.Rxd5 c3
16.Bc1 Qb4 17.Bd3 c2+ 18.Qd2 Ba6 19.Ke2 Rc8 20.Qxb4 Bxd3+ 21.Kxd3 Bxb4 22.Bd2 Ba3
23.Bc1 Bf8 24.Bd2 Na6 25.Rc1 Rab8 26.Ne1 Rb3+ 27.Ke2 Rb1 28.Ra5 Nb4 29.Rxa7 g6
30.Ra1 Nc6 31.Nxc2 Nxd4+ 32.Nxd4 Rcxc1 33.Rxb1 Rxb1 34.Be3 Bc5 35.h4 Rb4
36.Kd3 Ra4 37.g3 Ra2 38.Kc3 Bb6 39.Kb3 Ra1 40.Kc4 Rd1 41.Kc3 Ba7 42.Nc2 Rd7
43.Bxa7 Rxa7 44.Nb4 Kg7 45.Nd3 Ra4 46.Nc5 Ra2 47.Nd3 Re2 48.Kd4 f6 49.Kd5 Kf7
50.Kd4 Ke8 51.Kd5 Ke7 52.Kd4 Kd6 53.g4 Ke7 54.g5 Kf7 55.Kd5 Rd2 56.Kd4 Rd1
57.Ke3 Rh1 58.e5 f5 59.f4 Rh3+ 60.Kd4 Rxh4 61.Kd5 Rh2 62.Kd4 Re2 63.Nc5 Ke7
64.Kd3 Ra2 65.Ke3 Ra3+  0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6
9.e4 Ne8 10.Be3 Ba6 11.Ng3 Na5 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.d5 f6 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.O-O Nd6
16.dxe6 Qxe6 17.Bf4 Nf7 18.e5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 fxe5 20.Ne4 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4
22.Qc2 Qe6 23.Rd6 Qf5 24.Rfd1 Rf7 25.Qe2 Rcf8 26.f3 h6 27.Ng3 Qf4 28.Rxd7 Nc4
29.Ne4 Qe3+ 30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Kf2 Ng4+ 34.Ke2 Nf6
35.Nd6 Rd7 36.Rxd7 Nxd7 37.Ke3 Nf6 38.c4 Kg6 39.Nc8 Kf5 40.Nxa7 Ke6 41.Nc8 Nd7
42.h4 h5 43.g4 g5 44.hxg5 h4 45.f4 exf4+ 46.Kxf4 Kf7 47.Nd6+ Ke6 48.Nf5 Ne5
49.Ne3 Ng6+ 50.Kf3 Ke5 51.Nf5 Ke6 52.Kg2 Nf4+ 53.Kh2 h3 54.Kg3 Ke5 55.Nh4 Ne6
56.Nf3+ Ke4 57.g6 h2 58.Nxh2 Kd3 59.Nf3 Kxc4  *

[Event "Mid-America Class op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 O-O
10.Qd2 h5 11.Nge2 a6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Nc1 Ne5 14.Be2 Nh7 15.O-O Re8 16.N1a2 Bd7
17.b3 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nbd2 Qxc5 6.Bd3 g6 7.a3 Bg7 8.b4 Qc7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.c4 Rd8 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.O-O a5 13.Rac1 axb4 14.axb4 Bg4 15.Rfe1 Bxf3
16.Nxf3 Qb6 17.b5 Ng4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qb2+ Kg8 20.Bf1 Rdc8 21.c5 dxc5 22.h3 Nf6
23.e5 Ne8 24.Qc3 Nd8 25.Red1 Ne6 26.Bc4 N8g7 27.Qe3 Nf5 28.Qe4 Nfd4 29.Nh2 Ra4
30.Ng4 Rd8 31.Kh2 Rb4 32.Ne3 Nc7 33.Qh4 Nce6 34.Qxe7 Qc7 35.Qf6 Rb2 36.Ng4 h5
37.Nh6+ Kh7 38.Nxf7 Re8 39.Bd3 Rg8 40.f4  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3 exd5
9.cxd5 c4 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxc4 13.Qa4+ Nd7 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qb5+ Qd7
16.Qxd7+ Bxd7 17.d6 Rc8 18.O-O Rxc3 19.Bd2 Rd3 20.Ba5 Nc4 21.Bc7 h6 22.Rfc1 Nd2
23.Nxd2 Rxd2 24.Rab1 b6 25.Bb8 O-O 26.Bxa7 Re8 27.Rc7 Bf5 28.Re7 Rc8 29.Rc7 Re8
30.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 d5 8.Nbd2 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 Nb4 11.Rfc1 Rc8 12.a3 Nc6 13.c4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 dxc4
16.Rxc4 Rxc4 17.Nxc4 b5 18.Ne5 Qd5 19.Qc2 Bd6 20.Qc6 a6 21.Qxd5 Nxd5 22.a4 Nb4
23.axb5 axb5 24.g3 f6 25.Nd7 Rc8 26.Nb6 Rc2 27.Ra8+ Kf7 28.Nc8 Bf8 29.Na7 e5
30.Bb6 Nd3 31.e4 b4 32.Rb8 h5 33.Rb7+ Kg6 34.h4 Rc3 35.Nb5 Rxb3 36.Nc7 Bc5
37.Ne6 Bxb6 38.Rxb6 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 Rb2 40.Rb7 Nxf2 41.Rxg7+ Kh6 42.Rf7 Nxe4+
43.Kf3 Kg6 44.Rg7+ Kf5  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valvo, Michael J"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Be3 h5 8.Nf4 hxg4
9.Nxg6 Nxg6 10.Qxg4 c5 11.Bd3 Qh4 12.Qg2 cxd4 13.Bxg6 dxe3 14.O-O-O e2 15.Rxd5 exd5
16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.Qxd5+ Ke8 18.Qxb7 Qh6+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C22"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.Bd2 d6 8.O-O-O Ne5
9.Bb3 Be6 10.f4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 Bxc4 12.Nf3 c6 13.Nd4 Re8 14.Qg3 Bf8 15.Rhe1 Qc7
16.b3 Ba6 17.Nf5 Qd7 18.Qg5 Re6 19.Re3 Kh8 20.Rh3 Rae8 21.Be3 Ng8 22.Bd4 Rg6
23.Qh4 h6 24.g4 Be7 25.g5 Qe6 26.Nxg7 Rxg7 27.f5 Qd7 28.gxh6 Bxh4 29.hxg7+ Kh7
30.Rxh4+ Nh6 31.Rg1 Rg8 32.Bf6 d5 33.Rxh6+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sheppard, D."]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bb5 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d3 O-O 11.Qg3 Ne8 12.e4 Qb8 13.Qxb8 Rxb8 14.Nd2 Bf6 15.e5 Be7
16.Ba3 Nc7 17.c4 Na6 18.Rac1 Rb7 19.Rc2 Rd8 20.Nb1 Kf8 21.Nc3 Nb4 22.Bxb4 cxb4
23.Ne2 dxc4 24.Rxc4 Rxd3 25.Rxc6 g6 26.Rfc1 Rd2 27.R1c2 Rbd7 28.Ng3 Bg5 29.Rxd2 Rxd2
30.Ra6 Bf4 31.Rxa7 Bxe5 32.Rb7 Bd6 33.Ra7 Kg7 34.Kf1 Rxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Bc5+ 36.Ke2 Bxa7
37.Ne4 f5 38.Nd6 Bc5 39.Nb7 Be7 40.Kd3 e5 41.Kc4 e4 42.Na5 Bf6 43.Nc6 f4
44.Nxb4 f3 45.gxf3 exf3 46.Nd3 Bh4 47.a4 f2 48.Nxf2 Bxf2 49.Kd5 Kf6 50.Kc6 g5
51.b4 h5 52.b5 g4 53.hxg4 hxg4 54.a5 g3 55.b6 g2 56.b7 Ba7  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chavira, Wilmer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+
10.Be3 Nh5 11.O-O Ng3 12.Re1 Nf5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Na6 16.Qd2 Bd7
17.Re1 Nc7 18.g4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Ne2 f5 21.gxf5 Bxf5 22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Nxd4 Qh4
24.Nxf5 Qxh3 25.Nxg7 Qg4+ 26.Kf1 Qh3+ 27.Ke2 Qg4+ 28.f3 Qxg7 29.Kf2 Qf6 30.Bg5 Qf5
31.Rg1 Ne8 32.Bh4+ Ng7 33.Qc3  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 f5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.f4 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.d4 c6 8.O-O Ne4 9.Nxe4 fxe4
10.Ng5 d5 11.e3 h6 12.Nh3 Nd7 13.Qb3 Nf6 14.Bd2 a5 15.Rac1 Rf7 16.Rc2 Bf8
17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Rfc1 e6 19.Nf2 Bd7 20.Qxb7 Bd6 21.Bh3 Kg7 22.Qb3 Rb8 23.Qxb8 Bxb8
24.Rc5 a4 25.Ba5 Qf8 26.a3 Bd6 27.R5c2 Qb8 28.Bc3 Kh7 29.Kh1 g5 30.Rg1 gxf4
31.gxf4 Rg7 32.Nd1 Qe8  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Ng3 Re8
9.Bd3 g6 10.h4 h5 11.e4 d5 12.e5 Nc6 13.Nxh5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bb7 15.Nf6+ Kg7
16.Nxe8+ Qxe8 17.h5 Qh8 18.O-O-O gxh5 19.Qg5+ Kf8 20.Rxh5 Qg8 21.Qh4 Be7
22.Qh2 f5 23.Bxe6 Bg5+ 24.f4  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 c6 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Bg4 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.c3 Qc7 13.Bc2 Nh5 14.g3 Kh8 15.Nh4 Bf6
16.Ng2 Be7 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.b4 Nce6 20.Bb3 Bg5 21.Bxg7+ Nxg7 22.Qg4 f6
23.Rd7 Qb6 24.h4 Bh6 25.Bf7 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Qe2 e4 28.Ne3 Rad8 29.Nc4 Rxd7
30.Nxb6 axb6 31.Bb3 Rd2 32.Qc4 e3 33.f4 Rd7 34.Re1 Re7 35.Qd4 Rfe8 36.Qf6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fang, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C22"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Qf6 4.Qe3 Qb6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Qg3 Ne7 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Na4 Qc6
9.Nxc5 Qxc5 10.O-O-O d6 11.Nf3 Nbc6 12.Kb1 Kh8 13.a3 b5 14.Ng5 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4
16.Qc3 Qxc3 17.Bxc3 h6 18.Bxb4 hxg5 19.Ba5 Bb7 20.Bxc7 Bxe4 21.Bxd6 Rfd8
22.Bd3 Rxd6 23.Bxe4 Rad8 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Kc1 g6 26.c3 Kg7 27.Kc2 f5 28.Bd3 Kf6
29.Ra1 Rd7 30.Ra6+ Ke5 31.b4 Rc7 32.c4 g4 33.Kb3 g5 34.c5 Nd5 35.Bc4 Nf4
36.g3 Nh3 37.Kc3 Ke4 38.Ra2 Ng1 39.Bd3+ Ke5 40.Kc4 f4 41.b5 Nf3 42.Be2 Nxh2
43.c6 fxg3 44.fxg3 Nf3 45.Kc5 Nd4 46.Bc4 Rh7 47.Rd2  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 b6 8.Qf3 e6
9.cxb6 axb6 10.Qg3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Be3 Nc5 13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.O-O Qxb2
16.Ng5 Be7 17.Ne4 O-O 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Rd2 Qb6 20.Rfd1 Kf8 21.Qf4 Ra4 22.Rd3 Kg8
23.h3 h6 24.Rg3 Bg5 25.Qf3 Qb2 26.Nxg5 hxg5 27.Rxg5  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[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.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 Be6 13.Kb1 b5 14.g4 Rb8 15.h4 Qa5
16.Be2 Kd7 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 b4 19.Na4 Qxa4 20.b3 Qc6 21.Rxh8 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Rxh8
23.Qxb4 Rh4 24.Bd3 Bf5 25.Qe1 Rxe4 26.Qf2 Bg6 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Bc1 Ke6 29.Rf1 Bg6
30.Qh2 Qe4 31.Rf2 d5 32.Re2 Qf5 33.Qh8 Bxg5 34.Qc8+ Kf6 35.Qxa6+ Qe6 36.Qxe6+ fxe6
37.Rg2 Bf4 38.Rxg6+ Kxg6 39.a4  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6
9.Be3 Bg7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h4 Be6 12.h5 Qf6 13.Qh2 Rfe8 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Bg5 Qf5
16.Rxd6 cxd6 17.Bd3 Qa5 18.Ne4 Nb4 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Qh8+ Bxh8 21.Rxh8+  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 f5 6.Bg5 Nf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 d6
9.O-O-O Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.d5 exd5 12.Bxf5 Qe8 13.Bxd7 Nxd7 14.cxd5 Nc5
15.Rd4 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Kb1 Be4+ 19.Ka1 d5 20.Qa3 Ne6 21.Rdd1 Nxf4
22.exf4 Rxf4 23.Rc1 Rf8 24.Rc3 Qg6 25.Rhc1 Rxc3 26.Qxc3 h6 27.a3 Kh7 28.Qb4 Rf6
29.Qd4 Qxg2 30.Ne5 Rxf2 31.Ng4 Rf1 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Qxd1 d4  0-1

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boesveld, Marco"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxf3 6.exf3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Nd7 12.f4 Nf6 13.Rac1 Qd7 14.Qc2 Rac8 15.Nb1 c5
16.Nd2 cxd4 17.Qd3 Qa4 18.a3 Nc6 19.Nb3 Ne4 20.Rfd1 g6 21.Bf3 Nc3 22.bxc3 Qxb3
23.f5 Ne5 24.Qe2 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Rxc3 26.Qf4 Rf3 27.Qxd4 Rxf5 28.f4 h5 29.Rd3 Qa2
30.Re3 g5 31.Qd3 Qb2 32.Qxf5 Qxc1+ 33.Kf2 Qb2+ 34.Kf1 Qg7 35.fxg5 Qb2 36.Qxd5 Rc8
37.Re2 Qxa3 38.g6 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 Qc6 40.Re8+ Qxe8 41.gxf7+ Qxf7  0-1

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Be6 8.a3 Ne7
9.b4 c4 10.Bb2 cxd3 11.Nxe5 dxc2 12.Qxc2 O-O 13.Nd2 a5 14.Ndf3 axb4 15.axb4 Qd6
16.Bd4 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 Qc7 18.Qc3 Nc8 19.Nd3 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 Re8 21.Nc5 Bd7 22.h4 h5
23.f4 Bg4 24.e5 Rd8 25.Re1 Ne7 26.e6 Nd5 27.Qd2 b6 28.exf7+ Qxf7 29.Nxc6 Rd6
30.Ne7+ Kf8 31.f5 bxc5 32.fxg6 Qf4 33.Rf1 Qxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Kxe7 35.Qg5+ Nf6
36.Qxc5 Ke6 37.Qe3+ Kf5 38.Qg5+ Ke6 39.Qe3+ Kd7 40.g7 Rd1+ 41.Kf2 Be6 42.Qf3 Ng4+
43.Ke2 Rd5 44.Qf4 Rd6 45.b5 Nf6 46.Qb4 Nd5 47.Qc5 Ke7 48.Kf2 Nf6 49.Kg1 Bd5
50.b6 Ng4 51.b7  1-0

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[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 d5
9.Bxd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.axb5 Bd6 13.Ra4 Bf5 14.d3 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8
16.Qf3 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Kf1 Qe5 19.Nd2 Bg6 20.g3 Bf5 21.g4 Bc8 22.Qe4 Qxe4
23.Nxe4 Bxg4 24.Nxd6 cxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 b6 8.h4 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.h5 h6 11.O-O Ne7 12.Nh4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.Ra2 Nb8 15.Qg4 Rg8
16.Be3 Qc4 17.Rb2 Nbc6 18.Qd1 Qa4 19.f4 Na5 20.f5 Nc4 21.Rb3 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Qxc2
23.Qg4 exf5 24.Nxf5 Nxf5 25.Re2 Qc6 26.e6 f6 27.Qg6+ Kd8 28.Rxf5 Rc7 29.Rxf6 gxf6
30.Qxg8+ Qe8 31.Qg4 Ke7 32.Qg7+ Kd8 33.Qxf6+ Kc8 34.e7  1-0

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.Rg1 O-O 10.Rg3 Re8 11.Qd2 a6 12.O-O-O Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b5 14.h4 Qa5 15.h5 b4
16.Nb1 Nc5 17.Qc4 Qc7 18.Qxb4 Bb7 19.Qc3 Rac8 20.h6 Bf8 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Nd2 Rcd8
23.e5 Rd4 24.Nb3 Rf4 25.Bg2 Bxg2 26.Rxg2 c4 27.Rgg1 Rb8 28.a3 Qb6 29.Rd4 Rxd4
30.Nxd4 Bxa3 31.Qxa3 Qxd4 32.Re1 Qxf2 33.Qe3 Qxe3+ 34.Rxe3 Rb5 35.Re4 Kf8
36.Kd2 gxh6 37.gxh6 Rxb2 38.Kc3 Rb5 39.Kxc4 Ke7 40.Kd4 a5 41.c4 Rb8 42.Re3 f6
43.exf6+ Kxf6 44.Rf3+ Kg5 45.c5 Rc8 46.Kc4 Kxh6 47.Rf6+ Kg5 48.Rxe6 h5 49.Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Bd7 8.f5 b5
9.Qf3 Be7 10.O-O-O e5 11.Nb3 Bc6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.g4 O-O 14.Kb1 h6 15.a3 Be7
16.Be2 Ra7 17.Qf2 Rb7 18.h4 b4 19.axb4 Rxb4 20.g5 Nd7 21.f6 Nxf6 22.gxf6 Bxf6
23.Bxa6 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 25.h5 Qe7 26.Qb6 Rd8 27.Na5 d5 28.Nc6 Qd6 29.Qb7 Rd7
30.Qa8+ Qf8 31.Qxf8+ Kxf8 32.Rh3 Kg8 33.Rb3 Rh4 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Nb4 d4 36.Bc8 Rd6
37.c4 Be7 38.Nd5 Bd8 39.Bf5+ g6 40.hxg6+ fxg6 41.Rb7+ Kh8 42.Bc2 d3 43.Bxd3 Rd4
44.Rf1 Kg8 45.Kc2 e4 46.Be2 Bg5 47.Kc3 Rd2 48.Nf6+ Bxf6+ 49.Rxf6 Rxf6 50.Kxd2 h5
51.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.a3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 Be7 8.b4 a5 9.Rb1 axb4
10.axb4 O-O 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Ra2 14.Bd3 f5 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.Qe3 f4
17.Qe4 Nf6 18.Qxf4 Ng4 19.Qe4 Bf5 20.Qxf5 Rxf5 21.Bxf5 Bxb4+ 22.Kf1 Rxf2+  0-1

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.c4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbc6 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.Qxd8 Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 d6 7.e4 e6 8.Be2 a6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 bxa5 13.Nb3 Rb8 14.Nxa5 Ba8 15.Qd2 Re8
16.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Bd2 c5 12.Qg4 Kf8 13.O-O c4 14.Be2 b5 15.a4 g5
16.Qh3 Kg8 17.axb5 e5 18.Ba5 Qb8 19.Nd2 exd4 20.Nxc4 Ne5 21.Qh5 Bf5 22.Rad1 Bg6
23.Qh3 Nxc4 24.Bxc4 Qc8 25.Qb3 Qg4 26.Bd3 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 Re8 28.Qd5 Be5 29.Re1 Qe6
30.Rxd4 Kg7 31.Qxe6 Rxe6 32.Rde4 Bxb2 33.Rxe6 fxe6 34.Rxe6 Bd4 35.Rd6 Be5
36.Rd5 Bf6 37.Rd7+ Kg6 38.Rxa7 Bd4 39.Ra6+ Kf5 40.Bb6 Be5 41.Be3 h5 42.c4 g4
43.Rh6  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tan, Oscar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Be3 Bg4 8.Nh4 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Rfd1 c4 14.Nf1 b5 15.Ng3 a5
16.Nd2 Nb6 17.f4 g6 18.Rf1 b4 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.Nf3 Na4 21.f5 exf5 22.Nxf5 gxf5
23.Qxf5 Rg8 24.Qxf7 Nxb2  0-1

[Event "Chess.net m3 blitz"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Na3 Be7
9.Nb5 Na6 10.c4 Qd8 11.Bf4 O-O 12.O-O cxd4 13.Qxd4 Nc5 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Nd6 Qa5
16.b4 Qxb4 17.Rab1 Qa5 18.Nxb7 Nxb7 19.Rxb7 Qxa2 20.Kf1 Rfd8 21.Qa1 Rxd1+
22.Qxd1 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Bf8 24.Be5 a5 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Qd7  1-0

[Event "Chess.net Comp"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp Ferret P6"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Bf3 Rb8 12.Qe1 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nc6 Bd6 15.fxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxb8 Qxb8 17.Be2 Bb7 18.Rd1 Ng6 19.Bg1 Rc8 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Be5 22.a3 h6
23.Qd2 Kh7 24.Bd4 Rc4 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Qd6 Qh5 27.Kg1 a5 28.Rd4 Rc5 29.a4 b4
30.Ne4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4 Rxc2 32.Rxf7 Rc1+ 33.Kf2 Rc2+ 34.Kf1 Ne5 35.Rxg7+ Kxg7
36.Qxe5+ Qxe5 37.Rxe5 Rxb2 38.Rxa5 Ra2 39.Rb5 Rxa4 40.h4 Kf6 41.Kf2 e5 42.Rb6+ Kf5
43.Rxh6 Ra2+ 44.Kg3 Ra3+ 45.Kf2 b3 46.Rb6 Kf4 47.Rb4+ e4 48.g3+ Kf5 49.Rb5+ Kg4
50.Ke3 Kxg3 51.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess.net Comp"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Comp Lonnie P6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 Bd6 10.d3 O-O 11.Nbd2 b5 12.a4 Bb7 13.Qe2 Qf6 14.g3 Rfd8 15.Nh4 Qe6
16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 Be7 18.Ndf3 Bf6 19.Ng5 Qe8 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Nf5 Bc8 22.Ne3 h6
23.Nf3 Bh3 24.Rf2 c4 25.Ne5 cxb3 26.cxb3 c5 27.Rf3 Nh5 28.N5g4 Bxg4 29.Nxg4 f5
30.Nf2 Nxf4 31.Qb2 Qh5 32.Re3 bxa4 33.Rxa4 Nxd3 34.Nxd3 f4  0-1

[Event "Chess.net Comp"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comp Crazy Knight P5"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd2 Rb8
9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Qe1 b4 12.axb4 axb4 13.Nd1 Bb7 14.Ne3 e6 15.f5 exf5 16.exf5 Re8
17.Qf2 Nh5 18.Nh4 Nf6 19.Nf3 Qd7 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.Nc4 d5 22.Na5 Re7 23.Nxb7 Qxb7
24.Bf4 Rbe8 25.Bd1 Nd7 26.Bd6 Rf7 27.Qh4 Nd4 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Nf5 30.Qe8+ Bf8
31.Bxf8 Nxf8 32.Ng5 Re7 33.Qd8 Qd7 34.Qxd7 Nxd7 35.Bg4 h6 36.Nf3 Ne3 37.Bxd7 Rxd7
38.Ra6 Nxc2 39.Rxg6+ Kh7 40.Rc6 c4 41.dxc4 d4 42.Ne5 Re7 43.Ng4 Re1+ 44.Kf2 Rb1
45.Rxh6+ Kg7 46.Rd6 Rxb2 47.Rd7+ Kg6 48.Ne5+ Kf5 49.Nd3 Ra2 50.g4+ Ke4 51.Nc5+ Kf4
52.Rf7+ Ke5 53.Nd3+ Ke4 54.Nc1 b3 55.Kg3 Ke5 56.Rf5+ Ke6 57.Nxb3  1-0

[Event "Chess.net Comp"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Comp Aardwolf P5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6
16.f3 Ng5 17.Bxg5 Bxg5 18.f4 Bd8 19.a4 Bb6 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Qe2 c4 22.axb5 axb5
23.g4 fxg4 24.f5 Qe7 25.Rae1 Qh4 26.f6 gxf6 27.Rf4 Kh8 28.Ref1 Rde8 29.Re1 Qh6
30.Ref1 g3  0-1

[Event "Chess.net Comp"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Comp Crafty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Bxd5 11.O-O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 Ba3+ 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.h4 Qe7 15.e4 g4
16.Nd4 Bxe4 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Rxd3 O-O 19.Nf5 Qe6 20.Re3 Qc6 21.Ka1 Bc5 22.Re4 h5
23.Rhe1 Kh8 24.Be5+ f6 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Qc5 27.Qd2 Kg8 28.Re7 Qxe7 29.Nxe7+ Kh7
30.Nf5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.Bc4 Qd7 8.Qb3 e6
9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Ndc4 Bc5 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.h3 Bf5 15.Ng6 e5
16.Bxe5 Rfe8 17.O-O Qd7 18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Rad1 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e6 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.d4 Rd8 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.g4 d3 15.cxd3 Bg6
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Qd6 18.Bxb7 Be7 19.Bd2 O-O 20.Bb4 Qxb4 21.Rxb4 Bxb4 22.f4 f6
23.Qxe6+ Bf7 24.Qa6 Rxd4 25.Be4 Bc5 26.Kg2 Rb4 27.Kg3 Rb2 28.Qc6 Bb6 29.a4 Rd8
30.g5 Kh8 31.h4 f5 32.Bxf5 Bd5 33.Qc3 Rg2+ 34.Kh3 Re2 35.Re1 Rf2 36.Re7 Rg8
37.Qe5 Bg2+ 38.Kg3 Bf1 39.Be4 Re2 40.Re8 Re3+ 41.Kg4 Be2+ 42.Kf5 Bh5 43.Rxg8+ Kxg8
44.Ke6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 b5 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 Nxe4 9.Be5 O-O
10.Qh5 d6 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Qxh6 Ne4+ 13.Kf1 dxe5 14.Bxe4 f5 15.Qg6+ Kh8 16.Qh6+ Kg8
17.Qg6+ Kh8 18.h4 g4 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ Ke7 6.Bd5 Rf8 7.O-O d6 8.c3 Bg4
9.Qe1 h6 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 hxg5 12.hxg4 Qd7 13.Na3 Qxg4 14.f3 Qh5 15.Nc4 g4
16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Qg3 exd4 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.cxd4 gxf3 20.gxf3 g5 21.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Nc4 Nfe8 12.Bf4 f5 13.a4 b6 14.Rc1 Ba6 15.b3 b5 16.axb5 Nxb5
17.Nxb5 Bxb5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Bxe4 a5 20.Re1 a4 21.bxa4 Rxa4 22.Bd3 Bd4 23.Re2 Ng7
24.Be3 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Qf6 27.Re2 Ra3 28.Bd3 Nh5 29.Rb1 Qg5 30.Rd2 Nf6
31.f4 Qxd5 32.Bxg6 Qe6 33.Re2 Re3 34.Bd3 Re8 35.Rd2 d5 36.Bf1 c4 37.Rc1 Qb6
38.Kh1 Ne4 39.Ra2 c3 40.Qxd5+ Kh8 41.Ra8 Rxa8 42.Qxa8+ Kg7 43.Ra1 Nf6 44.Ra7+ Kg6
45.Ra6 Qb3 46.Qc6 Qf7 47.Qc5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.O-O Nf6 12.Qh4 cxd4 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Rad1 O-O-O
16.Qxd4 Qc5 17.Be3 Qxd4 18.Bxd4 a6 19.Bxa6 bxa6 20.Bxf6 Bxh2+ 21.Nxh2 gxf6
22.Ng4 f5 23.Ne5 Be8 24.f4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 f6 26.Nd3 Bc6 27.Kf2 Rg8 28.g3 Rd8
29.Re1 Rd6 30.Nc5 Bd5 31.c4 Bxc4 32.Rc1 Bb5 33.Ne4+ Rc6 34.Rxc6+ Bxc6 35.Nxf6 Kd8
36.Ng8 h5 37.Nf6 Ke7 38.Nh7 e5 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Ng5+ Kd5 41.fxe5 Kxe5 42.Nh3 Be8
43.Nf4 Kf6 44.Nh3 Ke5 45.Nf2 Bb5 46.b3 a5 47.Nh3 Be8 48.Ng1 f4+ 49.gxf4+ Kf5
50.a3 h4 51.b4 axb4 52.axb4 Bd7 53.Nh3 Bc6 54.Nf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.Qd3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Qc7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 a6
16.Bd3 g6 17.Qf3 Bf8 18.c3 c5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Bc2 a5 21.Bf4 Qb6 22.b3 Rac8
23.Be5 Bg7 24.Rd6 Qc7 25.Bg3 Qe7 26.Red1 Rf8 27.a3 h5 28.b4 h4 29.Bh2 Na6
30.Rd7 Qf6 31.Qxf6 Bxf6 32.Bd6 Rfe8 33.Rxb7 Rxc3 34.Bd3 Rd8 35.Bxa6 Rc6 36.Be2 Rcxd6
37.Rxd6 Rxd6 38.bxa5 Rd2 39.Bf1 Bd4 40.a6 Bxf2+ 41.Kh1 Rd1 42.g4 hxg3 43.Kg2 Rd2
44.a7 Bxa7+ 45.Kxg3 Bf2+ 46.Kf3 Bc5 47.Bb5 Rh2 48.a4 Rxh3+ 49.Kg4 Rb3 50.Rc7 Bd6
51.Rd7 Be5 52.Ra7 Kg7 53.Be8 Kh6  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 d5 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Nb3 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Bc5 Re8 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Qd4 Qg5 17.Qc3 Re4 18.Nd2 Bh3 19.g3 Re2 20.Nf3 Qg6 21.Rfe1 Rxc2 22.Qb3 Qf6
23.Qe3 h6 24.Ne5 d4 25.Qxd4 Rd8 26.Qf4 Rdd2 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Nf3 Rxf2 29.Nh4 Rxb2
30.Rac1 Bg2 31.Rb1 Bd5 32.Rxb2 Rxb2 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.Ra8 Rb6 35.a4 c5 36.Rd8 Be6
37.Kg2 Rb4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Na6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nb4 8.Qxb4 e5
9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qxc6+ Bd7 11.Qxf6 Qxf6 12.Bxe5 Qb6 13.b3 Bb4+ 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Bxb8 Rxb8
16.cxd5 Qa5 17.Bc4 Bg4 18.O-O Bxd2 19.Ne5 Bf5 20.a3 Qc3 21.d6 Kg7 22.Nxf7 Rb6
23.e4 Bc8 24.Rfd1 Bf4 25.e5 Rxb3 26.Bxb3 Qxb3 27.Nd8 Qb6 28.g3 Qxd8 29.gxf4 Qh4
30.f3 Qxf4 31.Kf2 Bb7 32.Rd3 Ba6 33.d7 Qxh2+ 34.Ke3 Qh6+ 35.Ke2 Qh4 36.Kd2 Kf7
37.d5 Ke7 38.e6 Qf2+ 39.Kc3 Qc5+ 40.Kd2 Bxd3 41.Rc1 Qd4 42.Rc8 Bb5+ 43.Kc2 Bxd7  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bf1 Nd4 7.c3 Nxd5 8.cxd4 Qxg5
9.Bxb5+ Kd8 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Qg3 Qxg3 13.hxg3 exd4 14.d3 Nb6 15.Nd2 f6
16.Bc4 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Bd5 18.b3 Kd7 19.Na3 a5 20.Nc2 c5 21.Bf4 Rb7 22.Rfe1 Be7
23.Na3 Ra8 24.Nc4 a4 25.Rab1 g5 26.Bd2 Rab8 27.Na5 Rb5 28.Ra1 Ra8 29.Nc4 axb3
30.axb3 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Rxb3 32.Ra7+ Ke6 33.Ra6+ Kf7 34.Ra7 Bxc4 35.dxc4 Rb1+
36.Kh2 Rb2 37.Ba5 Ra2 38.f4 d3 39.fxg5 fxg5 40.Rd7 Rxa5 41.Rxd3 Ra4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bb7 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nf6
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Ng3 d6 11.Be2 Bxg2 12.Rg1 Bc6 13.Nh5 Nxh5 14.Bxh5 Rg8 15.Bxg7 Qh4
16.Qxd6 Qxc4 17.Rd1 Bd5 18.Rg4 Qa6 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qc7+ Ke8 21.Bf6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7
9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Qg3 b5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bxb5 axb5
16.Nxb5 Qb6 17.Qxg7 Rf8 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.exd6 Rxa2 20.Kb1 Ra7 21.Rhe1 Nb8
22.Qxh7 Nc6 23.Qg7 Bd7 24.h4 Na5 25.Nd4 Nc6 26.Nb3 Na5 27.Nd4 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Be7 10.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Huczek, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 e5 8.d5 h6 9.Be3 Nh7
10.g4 f5 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.exf5 Rxf5 13.Rg1 Kh8 14.Bd3 Rf7 15.Ne4 Ndf6 16.Nh4 Nf8
17.Nxf6 Qxf6 18.Qh5 e4 19.Bxe4 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qc3+ 21.Kd1 Qf6 22.Ng6+ Nxg6 23.Rxg6 Qe5
24.Qxe5 dxe5 25.Ke2 h5 26.Rg5  1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huber, Gregory"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.d4 c5 5.Nxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 Nc5 8.Qc4 e6
9.Nc3 Nxe5 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.g3 b5 13.Bg2 b4 14.Ne5 Nd4 15.Qd1 Ba6
16.Be3 bxc3 17.Bxd4 cxb2 18.Bc6+ Kf8 19.Rb1 Qa5+ 20.c3 Rd8 21.Qf3 Nd3+ 22.Nxd3 Rxd4
23.Nf4 Qxa2 24.Be4 Bb7 25.cxd4 Qxb1+ 26.Bxb1 Bxf3 27.Rg1 Bb4+  0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.a3 Nf6 8.f4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 d6 11.Bf3 Bd7 12.g4 h6 13.g5 hxg5 14.fxg5 Nh5 15.g6 fxg6
16.Bg5 O-O 17.O-O-O Nf4 18.Bxf4 Rxf4 19.h4 Raf8 20.Be2 Be8 21.Kb1 a5 22.Qh3 Qe7
23.Bg4 R8f6 24.Rhe1 Bc6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxg4 27.Qxg4 Bf3 28.Qc4 Bd6 29.Rxd6 Qxd6
30.Rxa5 Kh7 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.Qxe4 b6 33.Re5 Kg8 34.Ka2 Kf7 35.Qb7+ Kg8 36.Qe4 Kf7
37.Rb5 Kg8 38.Qe3 Qc6 39.Qb3 Qh1 40.Rxb6 Rf1 41.Qxe6+ Kh7 42.Qxg6+  1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Nf3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nd4 Nbd7 11.N2f3 a6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.a4 Bb6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Rxa8
16.Qd3 e5 17.Nxb5 Rd8 18.c4 e4 19.Qc3 dxc4 20.Nd2 e3 21.Bxb7 exd2 22.Qxf6 gxf6
23.Be4 Ne5 24.Nc3 Ng4 25.e3 Ba5 26.Rd1 Kg7 27.h3 Ne5 28.Kf1 Nd3 29.Bxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.e4 cxd4 14.e5 Na5 15.exf6 Qxc4
16.Qe5 Qd3 17.Nh4 Be4 18.Bh6 gxh6 19.Rfd1 Qc4 20.Rxd4 Qxc3 21.Rad1 Kh8 22.Qxe4 Qxa3
23.Nf3 Nb3 24.R4d3  1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bd2 Qc7 8.Ne5 e6
9.g4 Bg6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bd3 Bb4 12.f4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nbd7 14.Ne2 a5 15.O-O-O O-O
16.Kb1 Rfd8 17.Bc1 c5 18.Qxb5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Nxg4 20.c3 Ba3 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rb8
23.Qd7 Qxd7 24.Rxd7 c4 25.Nd4 h5 26.Nc6 Rb5 27.Kc2 Bc5 28.a4 Rb6 29.Nxa5 Nxh2
30.Nxc4 Rc6 31.Nd6 h4 32.Nxf7 Nf3 33.Ng5 Nxg5 34.fxg5 h3 35.Rd3 h2 36.Rh3  1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kapstan, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 h6 6.Bh4 b5 7.f4 a6 8.e5 d5 9.a4 b4
10.Nd1 a5 11.Ne3 e6  1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5
9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Kh8 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Ne4 14.Qc1 Bf6 15.N1c3 Nxc3
16.Nxc3 Be5 17.Rf3 Qa5 18.Bf4 Nd4 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rf2 Bg6 21.Bf3 e4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4
23.Bxe4 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Rf8+ 25.Bf3 Qh5 26.Qc3 Nxf3 27.gxf3 Qxh2+ 28.Kf1 Qg3
29.Ke2 Qg2+  0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 c4 7.Bf4 Qb6 8.Qc2 f6 9.Nbd2 g5
10.Bg3 g4 11.Nh4 fxe5 12.dxe5 O-O-O 13.h3 Bg7 14.hxg4 Nxe5 15.Nhf3 Nxg4 16.Bxc4 Ne7
17.Bd3 Nc6 18.Rxh7 Rxh7 19.Bxh7 Rh8 20.O-O-O Nf6 21.Bg6 Ng4 22.Bh7 Bh6 23.Kb1 Bf8
24.Ka2 Bc5 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.cxd4 Qxd4 27.Ne4 Qg7 28.Nd6+ Kd8 29.Nxb7+ Ke8 30.Bg6+ Kf8
31.Nc5 Nge5 32.Bd3 Bc8 33.Bb5 Qg4 34.Bxe5 Nxe5 35.Nd3 Nc4 36.Bxc4 Qxc4+ 37.Qxc4 dxc4
38.Ne5 Kg7 39.Nxc4 Kf6 40.Nd6 Ba6 41.b4 Be2 42.Rd2 Bf1 43.Ne4+ Ke5 44.Nc5 Bc4+
45.Kb2 Bd5 46.g3 Rh1 47.Nd3+ Kf5 48.Nf4 Be4 49.Ne2 e5 50.Nc3 Bf3 51.Nb5 a6
52.Nd6+ Ke6 53.Nc4 Kf5 54.Rd8 Be2 55.Nxe5  1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yoos, John C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Bg5 e5 8.d5 Qe8 9.g4 c6
10.Nd2 h6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.a3 c5 13.Be2 Qc8 14.Nf1 Ne8 15.Ng3 Nac7 16.b4 b6
17.h4 a5 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.h5 f5 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Qxf5 23.Bd3 e4
24.Nxe4 Qe5 25.Rg1 Kh8 26.Rb1 Nf6 27.Nxf6 Rxf6 28.Qg4 Qe7 29.Rb7 Re8 30.Qxg7+ Qxg7
31.Rxg7 Kxg7 32.Rxc7+ Kf8 33.Bg6 Re7 34.Rxe7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 e6
9.d4 Qe7 10.Nd2 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 d5 12.a4 Rd8 13.e3 c5 14.Qe2 Nc6 15.Nf3 Rac8
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Ba3 Ne4 18.Rac1 Nxc3 19.Rxc3 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Rd3 Qe4+
22.f3 Qe6 23.Rfd1 Bf6 24.Bb2 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Rd6 26.Kf2 a5 27.Qc3 Rcd8 28.Qb2 Kf7
29.Qc3 Qf6 30.Qc2 Kg7 31.Kg2 h5 32.h4 Qe5 33.Kf2 d4 34.exd4 Rxd4 35.Rxd4 Rxd4
36.Rxd4 cxd4 37.Qc6 f4 38.Qd7+ Kh6 39.gxf4 Qxf4 40.Qd8 Qe3+ 41.Kg2 Qe2+ 42.Kg1 Qe5
43.Kg2 Kh7 44.Qd7+ Kh6 45.Qd8 Kg7 46.Qd7+ Kf6 47.Qd8+ Ke6 48.Qe8+ Kd6 49.Qb8+ Kd5
50.Qxb6 Qe2+ 51.Kg3 Qe1+ 52.Kg2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Qe2 c5 12.O-O-O cxd4 13.Rxd4 e5 14.Rd2 a6 15.Re1 Re8
16.Qe4 Nc5 17.Qe3 Na4 18.Nxe5 Be6 19.Rd6 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qb3 Rd5
23.Qxb7 Nc5 24.Qa8+ Kh7 25.Nf3 Qd7 26.b3 Qd6 27.Qe8 Qf6 28.Kb1 a5 29.Qe3 a4
30.b4 a3 31.Ne5 Qxh4 32.c4 Na4 33.cxd5 Qxb4+ 34.Kc2 Qb2+ 35.Kd3 Qb5+ 36.Ke4 f6
37.Kf3 fxe5 38.Qe4+ Kh8 39.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 bxa3 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bxa3 O-O
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.d3 Re8 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Rfb1 Bf8 14.Bc1 h6 15.Nd2 a6
16.Qb6 Qc8 17.Nde4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Be7 19.Ba3 Bg4 20.Ra2 Bd8 21.Qe3 Qd7 22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.Qe4 Qd7 24.Bxd6 Bf5 25.Qf3 Bg4 26.Qe4 Bf5 27.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[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 d5 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.Nb3 dxe4 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Rxd8+ Nxd8 14.Bxa7 Ra8
15.Bb6 Bf5 16.Be2 Nc6 17.Rd1 exf3 18.gxf3 Nd7 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Ne4 Be5 21.Ng3 Be6
22.f4 Bb8 23.Bd3 f5 24.Ne2 Nb4 25.Bb5 Nf6 26.c4 Na6 27.Na5 Nc7 28.Ba4 Nce8
29.c5 Bd5 30.Nc3 Bf3 31.Bb3+ Kf8 32.Be6 Bxd1 33.Bxc8 Bf3 34.h3 Nh5 35.Bxb7 Bxb7
36.Nxb7 Nxf4 37.Bxf4 Bxf4 38.b4 g5 39.Nd5 Be5 40.Ne3 e6 41.b5 Bf4 42.Ng2 Bg3
43.b6 Nf6 44.a4 Nd7 45.Kc2 h5 46.Kd2 h4 47.a5 Nb8 48.Ne3 Ke7 49.c6 Na6 50.Ke2 Bf4
51.Kf3 Bg3 52.Nc2 e5 53.Ne3 e4+ 54.Ke2 Ke6 55.Nc2 Be5 56.Ne3 Bf4 57.Nc2 Be5
58.Ke3 Bf4+ 59.Kd4 Be5+ 60.Kc4 g4 61.Kb5 g3 62.Kxa6 g2 63.Nd8+ Ke7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[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.Rg3 Kh8 17.Rf1 Ne7 18.f5 exf5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Qe1 Be6 21.Ne4 Qb2 22.Nxd6 Rxc2
23.Nxf7+ Bxf7 24.Qxe7 Rf2 25.Re1 Qe5 26.Kg1 Rxg2+ 27.Rxg2 Qxh5 28.Qxb7 Bh6
29.Qxa6 Bd5 30.Qe2 Bf3 31.Qd3 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Bf4 33.Rh1 Rg8+ 34.Kf2 Qh4+ 35.Kf1 Qg4
36.Qe2 Qh3+ 37.Ke1 Qc3+ 38.Kf2 Be5 39.Rc1 Qh3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Be2 e5
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.O-O h6 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qd5+ Kh8 15.Nh4 f4
16.Bc1 Bf6 17.Nf3 Rg8 18.Nh2 Nb4 19.Qf3 Nc2 20.Rb1 Nc5 21.Be3 Ne6 22.Qe4 Nb4
23.c5 Nc6 24.Ng4 Ng5 25.Nxf6 Nxe4 26.Nxe8 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Bxh3 28.Kh2 Bxg2 29.Rg1 Raxe8
30.Rxg2 fxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 c5 7.c3 Ne7 8.Nf3 Nec6 9.O-O h6
10.Be3 Nd7 11.Nbd2 c4 12.Bc2 b4 13.Ba4 Qc7 14.cxb4 Nxb4 15.a3 Nd3 16.Qc2 Ba6
17.b3 Be7 18.bxc4 dxc4 19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.d5 exd5 21.Nd4 Kc8 22.f4 Rb8 23.Rab1 Rb6
24.Kh1 Bc5 25.N2f3 Kb7 26.e6 Ka8 27.f5 Rhb8 28.Rxb6 Rxb6 29.Qa4 f6 30.h3 c3
31.Qa5 Ne5 32.Re1 Nxf3 33.Nxf3 Bxe3 34.Qxd5+ Rb7 35.Nd4 Qg3 36.Nf3 Qc7 37.Nd4 c2
38.Nxc2 Bc5 39.Nb4 Bxb4 40.axb4 Qe7 41.Rd1 Bb5 42.Qf3 Kb8 43.Qf4+ Rc7 44.Rd6 Kc8
45.Qd2 Rc4 46.Qd5 Rc1+ 47.Kh2 Kc7  0-1

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Western States"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Ne5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.e3 h5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bc4 Qe7 14.h4 Rg8 15.O-O-O Bxe5
16.dxe5 Nd7 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qxe4 g4 19.Rd6 O-O-O 20.Rhd1 Nb6 21.Qb4 Rde8
22.e4 Rg7 23.Qb3 Qf7 24.a4 Na8 25.Qe3 Nb6 26.a5 Nc4 27.Qxa7 Kc7 28.R6d4  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mote, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Nh2 Nf4 9.g3 Nh5
10.Be2 Nf6 11.g4 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Ng3 a5 14.h4 c6 15.h5 cxd5 16.cxd5 Bd7
17.Be3 Ne8 18.Qd2 f6 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Kf1 Rb8 21.Kg2 b5 22.Rag1 b4 23.Nd1 Bb5
24.Bxb5 Rxb5 25.Rh3 Qc8 26.f3 Rb7 27.Nf2 Rc7 28.Rgh1 Na4 29.b3 Rc2 30.Rc1 Rxc1
31.Qxc1 Qxc1 32.Bxc1 Nc3 33.a3 Nc7 34.axb4 axb4 35.Nd3 Ra8 36.Rh1 Bf8 37.Kh3 Rb8
38.Be3 Ra8 39.Bc1 N7b5 40.g5 Kg7 41.gxf6+ Kxf6 42.Kg4 Bg7 43.Nxb4 Nd4 44.f4 Nxb3
45.fxe5+ dxe5 46.Bb2 Nb5 47.Nc6 Kf7 48.Rf1+ Ke8 49.Bxe5 Bxe5 50.Nxe5 Ra6
51.Kg5 Nd2 52.Rf2 Ra3 53.Rxd2 Rxg3+ 54.Kf4 Rg1 55.d6 Rf1+ 56.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delaune, Richard K"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bc2 f5 8.Re1 Nbc6
9.b3 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.a3 Be7 14.b4 Kh8 15.Bb3 Qd8
16.Bb2 Bf6 17.d4 Ne7 18.Ne5 Nd5 19.Qf3 g6 20.Rac1 Qd6 21.b5 a6 22.Nc6 Nf4
23.g3 Nh3+ 24.Kg2 Ng5 25.Qd5 Qxd5+ 26.Bxd5 Rad8 27.Bc4 Bxd4 28.Bxd4+ Rxd4
29.h4 Bxc6+ 30.bxc6 Ne4 31.Bxa6 Ra8 32.Bf1 Rxa3 33.Rcd1 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Nd6
35.Be2 Kg7 36.f4 Kf6 37.Bf3 Ra2+ 38.Kg1 Rc2 39.Rd3 Ne4 40.Rd7 Rxc6 41.Rxh7 b5
42.g4 b4 43.gxf5 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 gxf5  0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[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 Nb8
9.c4 a6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O f5 13.f4 e4 14.Be2 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Bf6 16.Qc2 Bd7
17.Rb1 a5 18.b3 Na6 19.a3 Rfc8 20.g4 Re8 21.g5 Bd4 22.Rd1 Bc5 23.Bb2 Re7
24.h4 Bf2 25.Bc1 Bxh4 26.Rf1 Bf2 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Bd4 29.Rd1 h6 30.Qd2 Bxc3
31.Qxc3 Qf2 32.Qe3 Qh4+ 33.Kg2 hxg5 34.Rh1 gxf4 35.Qxf4 Qf6 36.Bb2 Qg6+ 37.Kf1 Nxb4
38.Qh4 Qh6 39.Qxh6 gxh6 40.Bf6 Rh7 41.Rxb4 f4 42.Bh5 Bf5 43.Rh4 Rf8 44.Bd4 e3
45.Ke2 Rc7 46.Bf3 b5 47.Rxb5 Rxc4 48.Rxf4 Re8 49.Rb7 Rc2+ 50.Ke1 Rc1+ 51.Bd1 Re4
52.Rg7+ Kf8 53.Rxf5+ Ke8 54.Bxe3  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.d5 exd5 4.Qxd5 d6 5.Ng5 Qe7 6.Nxh7 c6 7.Qb3 Be6 8.Qg3 Nd7
9.Nxf8 Nxf8 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Nc3 N8h7 12.e3 Nxg5 13.Qxg5 O-O-O 14.Be2 Qf7 15.Qf4 a6
16.O-O-O Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.f3 Qf6 19.c4 Bf7 20.g4 fxg4 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.fxg4 Rh3
23.e4 Be6 24.Rhf1 Rxh2 25.Rxf6 Kd7 26.Rd2 Ke7 27.Rg6 Rf8 28.Rg7+ Rf7 29.Rxf7+ Bxf7
30.b3 Bg6 31.Bd3 Rh1+ 32.Kb2 Ke6 33.e5 Bxd3 34.exd6 Kxd6 35.Rxd3+ Kc5 36.Rg3 Rh2+
37.Kc3 Rxa2 38.g5 Rf2 39.g6 Rf8 40.Rg5+ Kb6 41.g7 Rg8 42.Kd4 a5 43.Rg6 a4
44.bxa4 Ka5 45.Kc5 Ka6 46.Rg4 Ka5 47.Rg5 Kxa4 48.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Balandin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Na6 4.c3 Nc7 5.Bd3 g6 6.h3 h5 7.Nf3 Nh6 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Be2 Qd7
10.b4 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.a4 Bg7 13.Nb3 Ra7 14.a5 Qc8 15.Nc5 Ne6 16.Na4 Be4
17.Nb6 Qd8 18.Nh4 Nf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Be3 Nc7 21.O-O O-O 22.g4 hxg4 23.hxg4 Be6
24.f4 f5 25.exf6 exf6 26.f5 Bf7 27.Bd3 g5 28.Qf3 Na8 29.Nxa8 Rxa8 30.a6 bxa6
31.Ra2 Re8 32.Bc1 Qe7 33.Qh3 a5 34.Rh2 a4 35.Bxg5 a3 36.Bd2 a2 37.Ra1 Qa3
38.g5 Qb2 39.Qf1  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giardelli, Sergio C"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 b6 2.b3 Bb7 3.Bb2 e6 4.Nf3 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 d5
10.e4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Qxd3 12.Nxe6 Nc6 13.Nxf8 Rxf8 14.Re1 Qd6 15.Nf1 Qc5 16.Qe2 Nb4
17.Red1 Re8 18.Ba3 Ng4 19.Rab1 Ne5 20.Ne3 a5 21.Nd5 h5 22.Rd2 h4 23.gxh4 Ng4
24.Rbd1 Qd6 25.h3 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Nxd5 27.cxd5 Nf6 28.d6 f4 29.d7 f3 30.dxe8=Q+ Nxe8
31.Bxf3 exf3 32.Qc4+ Kh7 33.Qg4 Qh1+ 34.Qg1 Qxh3+ 35.Ke1 Qe6+ 36.Kf1 Ba6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Be4 Nf6 12.Bd5 Bf5 13.Be3 Qd7 14.Nc2 Bd8 15.O-O Ne7
16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Bg5 Nexd5 18.cxd5 O-O 19.a4 Bb6 20.Ne3 Bg6 21.b3 Rxc3 22.Rxc3 Ne4
23.Nc4 Nxc3 24.Nxb6 Qc7 25.Qe1 Bd3 26.Be3 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Ne4 28.a5 Qc2 29.b4 Nc3
30.Qd2 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Bd7 8.O-O Qc7
9.dxc5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Re1 Qc7 12.b4 Nf6 13.Bb2 Be7 14.c4 O-O 15.Be5 Qd8
16.Rc1 g6 17.Qf3 dxc4 18.Nxc4 Bc6 19.Qh3 Nd7 20.Bd6 Bxd6 21.Nxd6 a5 22.a3 axb4
23.axb4 Ra3 24.Re3 Qf6 25.Bf1 Ra2 26.Qg3 Qb2 27.Re2 Qxc1 28.Rxa2 b6 29.cxb6 Qb1
30.Qa3 Ra8 31.Qxa8+ Bxa8 32.Rxa8+ Kg7 33.b7 Qxb4 34.Rd8 Qxd6 35.Rxd7 Qb6
36.g3 e5 37.h4 e4 38.Bg2 e3 39.fxe3 g5 40.Re7 gxh4 41.Re8 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 hxg3+
43.Kxg3 Qg6+ 44.Kh2 Qd6+ 45.Kg1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O b5 10.a4 b4 11.c4 Nc7 12.Nf4 Be7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nb3 O-O
16.Be3 N5e6 17.Nxe6 Nxe6 18.f4 g6 19.f5 Bg5 20.Bxg5 Nxg5 21.Kh1 Rc8 22.Qd4 Ne4
23.f6 h5 24.Qe3 Kh7 25.Qxa7 Rc7 26.Qe3 Re8 27.Qf4 Rc4 28.Rad1 Qa8 29.Nd4 Qa7
30.Nb5 Qxa4 31.Rxd5 Qc2 32.Nd4 Qd3 33.Qf3 Qxf3 34.gxf3 Nc5 35.f4 Kh6 36.f5 g5
37.e6 Ne4 38.b3 Rc7 39.Nb5 Rc2 40.Nd6 Nxd6 41.Rxd6 g4 42.e7 Kg5 43.Rfd1 Rcc8
44.Kg2 h4 45.Kf2 h3 46.Ke3 g3 47.hxg3 h2 48.Kf3 Rh8 49.Rh1 Kxf5 50.Ke3 Kg4
51.Ke4 Kxg3 52.Rd2 Rc6 53.Rd8 Rc8 54.Rxc8 Rxc8 55.Kd5  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[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.Kb1 Ne5 12.Bd3 b4 13.Nce2 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nf4 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 Bd6 17.Nfxe6 Bxe6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.f4 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Qe7 21.Qb6 Rd8
22.Rhd1 Qc7 23.Qxa6 Ke7 24.Re3 Rhe8 25.f5 Kf7 26.fxe6+ Rxe6 27.Rxe6 Kxe6
28.Qd3 Be7 29.Qg6+ Bf6 30.Re1+ Kd6 31.a3 Qc5 32.Qf7 Kc6 33.Re6+ Rd6 34.Rxd6+ Qxd6
35.Qc4+ Qc5 36.Qxb4 Qg1+ 37.Ka2 Qxg2 38.Qc4+ Kd6 39.Qb4+ Kc6 40.Qc4+ Kd6
41.Qb4+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O f5 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Re1 O-O
9.e4 fxe4 10.dxe4 Nc6 11.Bf4 Ng4 12.Qd2 d6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Qe2 Nge5 15.Be3 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne5 18.Bg2 Ba6 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Qd2 Bxc4 21.Bg5 Qg7 22.f4 Nd3
23.e5 Nxe1 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Qxe1 Bxa2 26.Qe4 Rf8 27.exd6 cxd6 28.c4 h6 29.Qxe6+ Kh8
30.Qh3 Kh7 31.Rxd6 Bxc4 32.Rd7 Rf7 33.Rd8 h5 34.Qg2 Rd7 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Qe4 b5
37.Qe7+ Qxe7 38.Bxe7 Kg7 39.Kf2 Kf7 40.Bc5 a5 41.Ke3 Ke6 42.Ke4 Bf1 43.Bb6 a4
44.Bc5 Bg2+ 45.Kd4 Kf5 46.Ke3 Kg4 47.Kf2 Kh3 48.Kg1 Be4 49.Be7 Bb1 50.Bd6 Kg4
51.Kf2 Kf5 52.Ke3 Ke6 53.Bf8 Kd5 54.h3 Kc4 55.g4 b4 56.f5 gxf5 57.gxh5 f4+
58.Kxf4 b3 59.Ke3 b2  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bc2 f5 8.e5 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Ng6 10.d4 Qh4 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.f4 Qg4+ 13.Ng3 Qh3 14.f3 Nxd4 15.Be3 Nh4
16.Rf2 Be1 17.Bxd4 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 19.Ke3 Qxg3 20.Qe2 c5 21.Bc3 d5 22.exd6 Ng2+
23.Kd2  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[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 Qc7 10.f5 Bc4 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.a4 O-O 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Kh1 Rfc8
16.Na5 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Nc4 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Nxc4 Rxc4 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6
22.Rfd1 Rb8 23.Ra2 d5 24.exd5 e4 25.Ra4 Rxa4 26.Nxa4 Rb4 27.Nc5 Rc4 28.Nxa6 Rxc2
29.g3 e3 30.Re1 Bd4 31.d6 Rc6 32.Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f4 Qb6 7.e5 d5 8.h3 h5 9.Nf3 Nh6
10.Bh4 a5 11.Bf2 Na6 12.Be2 Nc7 13.O-O Bf5 14.Nh2 Qb7 15.g4 hxg4 16.hxg4 Be6
17.Nd1 a4 18.Ne3 Rd8 19.Bg3 Bc8 20.Kg2 c5 21.c3 e6 22.Nf3 Bd7 23.Rh1 cxd4
24.cxd4 Na6 25.Rh2 Ng8 26.Rxh8 Bxh8 27.Rh1 Bg7 28.Bd3 Bc6 29.Rh7 Bf8 30.f5 gxf5
31.gxf5 Rd7 32.Ng5 Nc5 33.Rh8 Ne7 34.Nh7  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jacobs, RM."]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 fxe6 5.d4 c5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.Bg5 g6
9.Nh3 Bg7 10.Nf4 d4 11.Ne4 e5 12.Bxf6 exf6 13.Nd6+ Kf8 14.Ne2 Qa5+ 15.Qd2 Qxc5
16.Nxc8 Rxc8 17.O-O Kf7 18.a3 Rhe8 19.f3 Kg8 20.Ng3 f5 21.Rae1 Nd8 22.Qb4 Qxb4
23.axb4 Nc6 24.c3 dxc3 25.bxc3 e4 26.fxe4 Bxc3 27.Rd1 f4 28.Rxf4 Nxb4 29.Bb5 Be5
30.Rf3 Re7 31.Bd7 Rb8 32.Ba4 Kg7 33.Ne2 b5 34.Bb3 a5 35.Nd4 a4 36.Ne6+ Kh8
37.Bd5 Nxd5 38.exd5 Bd6 39.Rc1 Bb4 40.Rc6 Rd7  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Roper, David C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Re1 Nh5
9.h3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.e4 Re8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Ba3 Bf8 15.Bb2 Bc5
16.Na4 Bb4 17.Re2 f4 18.g4 Ng7 19.Rd1 Ba5 20.Bf1 Bc7 21.c5 Ne6 22.Rc2 Kf8
23.b4 b5 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Nc3 Nd4 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Nb5 Be5 28.Nxd4 c5 29.Nf3 Rxa2
30.Nxe5 Nxe5 31.Bb5 Nf3+ 32.Kg2 Nd4 33.Rxd4 cxd4 34.Bxe8 Bb7 35.Kf3 Kxe8
36.Kxf4 Kd7 37.Ke5 d3 38.Rd2 Ke7 39.f4 Ba6 40.f5 gxf5 41.gxf5 Bc4 42.Kf4 Ra8
43.Bd4 b5 44.e5 Ra2 45.Be3 Rxd2 46.Bxd2 Bd5 47.Ke3 Bg2 48.h4 Bh3 49.Ke4 h5
50.e6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 a6 7.b3 b5 8.O-O Bd6 9.Qc2 O-O
10.e4 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.Ne2 Qc7 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bb2 exd4 15.Nexd4 Ne5 16.Rfc1 Nfg4
17.h3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bh2+ 19.Kf1 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Rc2 b4 22.Nxc6 Qg5 23.Nxb4 Rd8
24.Qc3 h5 25.Re1 h4 26.Qc5 Qg6 27.Qc6 Bd7 28.Qxg6 Bb5+ 29.Rce2 fxg6 30.a3 Rd2
31.Bc1 Rd4 32.Nd5 Rxe4 33.Nc3 Bxe2+ 34.Rxe2 Rd4 35.Ra2 Rc8 36.Bb2 Rd2 37.Ne4 Rdc2
38.a4 Rb8 39.a5 Rbxb2 40.Rxb2 Rxb2  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[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.Kb1 Ne5 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Rhe1 Qb7 14.g4 g6 15.h4 b4 16.Nce2 Nxd3
17.cxd3 e5 18.Nb3 Be6 19.d4 Bxb3 20.axb3 Nd7 21.Rc1 Be7 22.h5 d5 23.hxg6 fxg6
24.f4 Nf6 25.exd5 e4 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.f5 g5 28.Ng3 Rad8 29.Qc2 Nxd5 30.Qc4 Qb5
31.Nxe4 Rhe8 32.Rxh6 Qxc4 33.bxc4 Nxe3 34.Rh7+ Kf8 35.Reh1  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Qh5 Nf5 10.Nf3 c4 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Bxf5 Qxc3+ 13.Bd2 Qxa1+ 14.Ke2 g6 15.Qh4 Qxh1
16.Qf6 Qxg2 17.Bh6 Nxd4+ 18.Nxd4 gxf5 19.Bxf8 Bd7 20.Bh6 Qg6 21.Nf3 Ba4 22.Nd4 Re8
23.f4 a5 24.c3 Bd7 25.Nf3 b5 26.Qh4 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.cxb4 c3 29.Kd3 Rc8
30.Nd4 c2 31.Nxc2 Bb5+ 32.Ke3 Qg1+ 33.Kd2 Qg2+  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.f4 c5 8.d5 Qa5
9.Nf3 Qb4 10.Bd3 c4 11.Be2 Qxb2 12.O-O Ng4 13.Nd4 Qb6 14.Rfd1 Ngf6 15.Rab1 Qa5
16.Bf3 O-O 17.Re1 Qc7 18.Ncb5 c3 19.Qd3 Qc5 20.Bf2 a6 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Nxd5
23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Nc7 Nxe5 25.Qg3 Qd8 26.Nxa8 Ng4 27.Nf3 Nxf2 28.Qxf2 Bg4 29.Ne5 Bxe5
30.Rxe5 Qxa8 31.Rxe7 b5 32.Qg3 Qd8 33.Ree1 Bf5 34.Kh1 Qb6 35.Rb3 Bxc2 36.Rxc3 Bf5
37.h3 b4 38.Rcc1 h5 39.Red1 a5 40.Qe5 a4 41.Rd6 Qb8 42.Rc5 b3 43.axb3 axb3
44.Rb5 Qc8 45.Qd5 Be6 46.Qd2 Qa8 47.Qd4 Qc8 48.Rdb6 Qc2 49.Rc5 Qb1+ 50.Kh2 Qf1
51.Rcb5 Rc8 52.Rxb3 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nh6 8.h3 f5
9.c5 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Be3 f4 12.Bd2 dxc5 13.g3 O-O 14.gxf4 exf4 15.Bc4+ Kg7
16.Ne2 Nf7 17.Bc3+ Nfe5 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Bd5 Kh6 20.O-O-O f3 21.Nf4 Nd4 22.Kb1 g5
23.b4 gxf4 24.bxc5 Ndc6 25.Rhg1 Rb8 26.Kc2 Re8 27.h4 Ng4 28.Bf7 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Nxd8
30.Bd5 Kh5 31.Rb1 Bd7 32.Ba5 Ne6 33.c6 Nd4+ 34.Kc3 Nxc6 35.Bf7+ Kh6 36.Bc7 Rf8
37.Bd5 b6 38.Rb5 Ne7  0-1

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 Ng6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Be7 8.Ne4 f6
9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 O-O 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Qxg5 Qb6 15.Qc5 d5
16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Nd2 e5 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.c4 Kf7 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nf3 Kf6 22.Rac1 Bg4
23.Rc6+ Re6 24.Nxe5 Rxc6 25.Nxc6 Rxa2 26.Nb4 Ra5 27.f3 Bd7 28.Rd1 Ke5 29.Nd3+ Kd6
30.h4 Bb5 31.Nf4 Bc4 32.Kf2 Rb5 33.Rd2 Ke5 34.g3 Rb3 35.h5 d4 36.Kg2 Ba6
37.Kf2 h6 38.Ng6+ Kd5 39.Ne7+ Kc5 40.Nf5 Bd3 41.Nxg7 Kd6 42.g4 Ke7 43.Nf5+ Bxf5
44.gxf5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4
9.Qd1 e5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.a4 a6 13.a5 Be6 14.Qa4 Rc8 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Rc5
17.Rfc1 Qe7 18.Rxc5 dxc5 19.Rc1 Rd8 20.Qc4 Bf8 21.f4 Qf6 22.b4 exf4 23.Rf1 b5
24.axb6 Qxb6 25.Bxf4 Qxb4 26.Qxa6 Nb3 27.Be5 Be7 28.Qa7 c4 29.d6 Re8 30.Qd7 Qb6+
31.Kh1 Qd8 32.Bxc4  1-0

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bf4 Bxf4
9.gxf4 Nbd7 10.e3 Qe7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.f3 exf3 15.Rxf3 Bd7
16.Rxf8+ Rxf8 17.Qe2 Qg5 18.b3 Be8 19.Qe1 Rf3 20.e4 dxe4 21.Qxe4 Rf4  0-1

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.b3 c5 6.O-O Bb7 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.e3 Be7 9.Qe2 O-O
10.Bb2 d5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Qxb5 Qc7 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Rfc1 Ba6 15.Qd1 e5 16.d4 e4
17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Na4 Qf5 20.Nxc5 Ng4 21.Qd2 Bc8 22.Rc2 h5 23.b4 h4
24.a4 hxg3 25.fxg3 Qh5 26.h3 Ne5 27.g4 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Nxg4 29.Bf1 Rad8 30.Qd1 Bd6
31.Bd4 Bh2+ 32.Kh1 Bg3+ 33.Kg1 Rd6 34.Raa2 Rh6 35.Bg2 Bh2+  0-1

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bd2 cxd4
9.exd4 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 b6 11.b3 Bb7 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.bxc4 Re8 14.Re1 Qc7 15.h3 Rac8
16.a4 a5 17.Re3 h6 18.Qe2 Nh5 19.Qd2 Nf4 20.Bf1 Red8 21.Rce1 Ng6 22.Qb2 Bxf3
23.Rxf3 Nh4 24.Rd3 Qxc4 25.d5 e5 26.Rg3 Qxd5 27.Bxe5 Nf5 28.Rd3 Qe6 29.Qd2 Qc6
30.Rd5 Ne7 31.Rd6 Qxa4 32.Bxg7 Nf5 33.Ba1 Rc2 34.Qd3 Qf4 35.Qxc2 Nxd6 36.Qc7  1-0

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Nc2 Ng4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.h3 Nh6
16.Ne3 Rad8 17.Be4 Kh8 18.Qd3 Qh4 19.Ncd5 Rf7 20.Rad1 Rdf8 21.Rd2 Nd4 22.Nc2 Nhf5
23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.f3 Qg3 25.f4 Qxd3 26.Bxd3 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Rxf4 28.Rxf4 Rxf4
29.Rd1 g6 30.g3 Rf7 31.Rc1 Rf3 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Rc7+ Kf6 34.Be4 Re3 35.Bg2 e4
36.Rxb7 Re1+ 37.Kf2 Re2+ 38.Kf1 e3 39.Be4 g5 40.Rb8 h5 41.Rf8+ Ke7 42.Rb8 Rd2
43.Ke1 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Rb4 Kd8 46.Rb8+ Kc7 47.Rf8 Rxb2 48.Rf4 Rxa2 49.Bb1 Re2+  0-1

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Peptan, Corina"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be2 a6 5.Be3 b5 6.Bf3 Nd7 7.e5 Rb8 8.Bc6 Nh6
9.d5 O-O 10.exd6 Ne5 11.Ba7 Nxc6 12.dxc6 Ra8 13.d7 Rxa7 14.Nge2 Bxd7 15.Qxd7 Qxd7
16.cxd7 c6 17.O-O-O Rd8 18.Ne4 Raxd7 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.Nc5 Rd6 21.Nxa6 Ng4
22.f3 Bh6+ 23.Kb1 Ne3 24.g3 Nxc2 25.Nc3 Rd2 26.Nb8 Ne3 27.Nxc6 Nc4 28.Rd1 Rxb2+
29.Ka1 f5 30.Nxe7+ Kf8 31.Nc6 Rxh2 32.f4 b4 33.Nxb4 Bg7 34.Rd8+ Ke7 35.Nc6+ Ke6
36.Nd4+ Bxd4 37.Rxd4 Rh1+ 38.Rd1 Rxd1+ 39.Nxd1 Kd5 40.Kb1 Ke4 41.Kc2 Kf3
42.a4 Kxg3 43.Kd3 Na5 44.Ke3 h5 45.Nc3 h4 46.Nd1 h3 47.Nf2 Kg2 48.Ke2 h2
49.Nh1 Nc4 50.Ke1 Nb2 51.a5 Nd3+ 52.Ke2 Nxf4+ 53.Ke1  0-1

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[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.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 a4 12.Qd3 e6 13.Bc4 a3 14.b4 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qc6
16.Qc3 Bd7 17.Bd3 e5 18.Be3 Qxc3+ 19.Nxc3 Rfc8 20.Ne2 Nd5 21.exd5 e4 22.fxe4 Bxa1
23.c4 Ra4 24.Bd2 Be5 25.O-O b6 26.Rb1 f5 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Rc1 Kf7
30.g3 Bd6 31.Nd4 Bxb4 32.Bxb4 Rxb4 33.Nxf5 Kf6 34.Nd6 Rd8 35.Nb5 Ra8 36.Rc3 Rb2
37.Rxa3 Rxa3 38.Nxa3 Ke5 39.Nb5 Rxa2 40.h3 Rc2  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.N5c3 O-O 8.e3 e4
9.Be2 Qe7 10.a3 Rd8 11.O-O a5 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.Qb3 h5 14.Nc4 Ra6 15.Rd1 Ng4
16.h3 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 Bxh3 18.Bf1 Qh4+ 19.Kg1 Rf6 20.Qc2 Bg4 21.Nxe4 Rf4 22.Nxa5 Bxd1
23.Qxd1 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Qxe4 25.Nxb7 Rxd5 26.Nxc5 Qc2 27.Qf4 Nc6 28.Ne4 Qd1+
29.Kh2 Ne5 30.Nf2 Qf1 31.e4 Rd3 32.Nxd3 Ng4+ 33.Kg3 Qxd3+ 34.Qf3 Qd8 35.Bf4 g5
36.Rf1 f6 37.Kh3 Qd7 38.Bxg5 Ne3+ 39.Kh2 Nxf1+ 40.Qxf1 fxg5 41.Qf5 Qd6+ 42.e5 Qd2
43.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7
10.Ne5 O-O 11.Rc1 a5 12.a4 Na6 13.Ndf3 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nd3 Nb4 16.Re1 Rac8
17.e3 Ne4 18.Nfe5 Rfd8 19.f3 Nxd3 20.Nxd3 c4 21.bxc4 dxc4 22.fxe4 cxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxe4
24.Bxe4 Qxe4 25.Qxe4 fxe4 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Ke2 g6 28.d5 Bb4 29.Rf1+ Ke8 30.Rf4 Rxc1
31.Rxe4+ Kf7 32.Bxc1 Rxd5 33.Rd4 Ke6 34.Kd3 b5 35.Rxd5 Kxd5 36.e4+ Kc6 37.axb5+ Kxb5
38.Bb2 a4 39.g4 Be7 40.h3 Kb4 41.Kd4 Kb3 42.Ba1 Ka2 43.Bc3 Kb1 44.e5 a3 45.Kd5 a2
46.e6 Bb4 47.Be5 Kc2 48.Kc4 Ba3 49.Bg7 h5 50.gxh5 gxh5 51.Ba1 Kb1 52.Bd4 Bb2
53.Bxb2 Kxb2 54.e7 a1=Q 55.e8=Q Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O b4
9.Nd5 exd5 10.exd5 Bc5 11.Re1+ Kf8 12.Nf5 d6 13.Bf4 Bc8 14.Nd4 Qb6 15.Nc6 h6
16.Qd2 Bb7 17.a3 a5 18.axb4 axb4 19.Rxa8 Bxa8 20.Ra1 Nxc6 21.Bxd6+ Bxd6 22.dxc6 Qb8
23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Qxd6+ Kg8 25.c7 Qc8 26.Bf1 Ne8 27.Qd8 Qxc7 28.Qxe8+ Kh7 29.Qe4+ g6
30.Bc4 Rd8 31.Bb3 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Rd2 33.Qf3 Kg7 34.h4 Rd6 35.Kh2 Qa7 36.Qe2 Rf6
37.Kg1 Qd4 38.c3 bxc3 39.bxc3 Qxc3 40.Bd5 Rd6 41.Qa2 Qe5 42.Bf3 Qe1+ 43.Kg2 Rd2
44.Qa7 Qe5 45.Qa6 Qd4 46.Qf1 Ra2 47.Qe1 Kf6 48.Qf1 Qd2 49.Kg1 Ke7 50.Kg2 Kf8
51.Bg4 Rc2 52.Bf3 Kg8 53.Be4 Rc1 54.Qb5 Qe1 55.Qe8+ Kg7 56.Qe5+ Kh7 57.Kf3 Qc3+
58.Qxc3 Rxc3+ 59.Kf4 Kg7 60.g4 Rh3  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolin, Leonid M"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 b6 2.e4 e6 3.Qe2 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.d3 O-O 9.O-O d6
10.Nc3 Rb8 11.Kh1 a6 12.Be3 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.g4 b4 15.Nd1 f5 16.gxf5 exf5
17.Nf2 Ba6 18.Ng5 Qd7 19.Qc2 h6 20.Nf3 fxe4 21.dxe4 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Nd4 23.Nxd4 cxd4
24.Bd2 Qb5 25.Qb3+ Kh7 26.Re1 Nc6 27.Qh3 b3 28.a3 Qc4 29.Nd3 Qc2 30.Bc1 Rbe8
31.Rg1 Rf6 32.Qg3 Ne7 33.h4 Rb8 34.h5 Qe2 35.hxg6+ Rxg6 36.Qh3 Rg8 37.f5 Rxg2
38.Rxg2 Qxe4 39.f6 Nf5 40.Kh2 Bxf6 41.Rxg8 Kxg8 42.Qg2+ Qxg2+ 43.Kxg2 Kf7
44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Ke4 d5+ 46.Kf3 Kd6 47.Bd2 h5 48.a4 Kc6 49.Nc1 Nd6 50.Nxb3 Nc4
51.Na5+ Kb6 52.Nb3 d3 53.Bf4 Bxb2 54.Bg3 Ba3 55.Bf2+ Kc6 56.Bg3 d2  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.b4 Qc7 8.O-O e6
9.Rb1 Be7 10.b5 O-O 11.d3 Nbd7 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.Nd4 Bg4 14.Qe1 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.h3 Bf6 17.Nb5 Qxc2 18.Na3 Qxa2 19.hxg4 Rfc8 20.Qa5 Nc5 21.g5 Be5 22.Be3 Nxd3
23.Rfd1 Bc3 24.Qa6 Nb4 25.Qa4 a5 26.Rb3 Nc2 27.Rc1 Nxe3 28.fxe3 Qd2 29.Rc2 Qxe3+
30.Kh2 Qe5 31.Qg4 Bb4 32.Re2 Qd6 33.Nb5 Qb6 34.Na3 Rc3 35.Rxc3 Bxc3 36.Qf3 Rc8
37.Rc2 Rc7 38.Bf1 Bd4 39.Nc4 Qb4 40.Rd2 Rxc4  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 f5 8.Ba3 Nf6
9.Nxd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qxd6 11.Bxd6 Nxe4 12.Ba3 Nd4 13.Bd3 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rc1 O-O-O
16.Bf1 Kb8 17.f3 Nc5 18.b4 Nce6 19.Nc3 e4 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Nd1 Nf4 22.Kh1 Nd3
23.Rc3 Nf5 24.c5 bxc5 25.bxc5 Bc6 26.Kg1 Rhe8 27.g4 Nd4 28.Ne3 h5 29.Rb1+ Ka8
30.Bc1 Nf3+ 31.Kg2 Nxc1 32.Rbxc1 Rd2+ 33.Kg3 h4+ 34.Kf4 Rf8+  0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Djerkovic, Miladin"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.h3 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.b4 Qe7 13.Rb1 Rfd8 14.Bf3 Nf8 15.Qc1 Ne6
16.g3 Nd4 17.Bg2 a5 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.Nb3 Rxb4 20.Qe3 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Ne8
23.Bf1 Nd6 24.f3 h5 25.Nb5 h4 26.Nxd6 cxd6 27.Bb5 hxg3 28.Qxb6 Qh4 29.Kg2 Bxe4
30.fxe4 Qxe4+ 31.Kxg3 Qxc2 32.Qxd6 Rxb3+ 33.Rd3 Rb2 34.Qd8+ Bf8 35.Qf6 Qg2+  0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hasanov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 Ndf6 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Qxe4 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.Ne5 Qb4+ 15.Qc3 Qxc3+
16.bxc3 Nf6 17.Kd2 Ke7 18.Rab1 Ne8 19.e4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Nd6 21.Rhe1 Be6 22.Bd3 f6
23.Nc4 b6 24.Re3 Kd7 25.Nxd6 Kxd6 26.Rbe1 Rae8 27.Bf5 Bd7 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Rxe8 Bxe8
30.Bxh7 Bf7 31.Bb1 c5 32.Ke3 b5 33.a3 a5 34.Bd3 Kc6 35.dxc5 Kxc5 36.h4 Be6
37.f3 Bf7 38.g4 Be8 39.g5 fxg5 40.hxg5 Kd5 41.f4 Bd7 42.Kd2 Kc5 43.Ke3 Kd5
44.Kf3 Be8 45.Kg4 Bd7+ 46.Kh4 Kc5 47.f5 b4 48.axb4+ axb4 49.cxb4+ Kxb4 50.f6 gxf6
51.g6 Kc5 52.g7 Be6 53.Kh5 Kd6 54.Bf5 Bf7+ 55.Kh6 Ke5 56.Bd7 f5 57.Be8 Bg8
58.Kg6 Ke6 59.Bb5 Bf7+ 60.Kg5 f4 61.Bc4+ Ke7 62.Be2 Bd5 63.Bh5 Bf7 64.Bg4 Bd5
65.Bf3 Kf7 66.Kh6 Bc4 67.Kh7 Kf6 68.Kh8 Bb3 69.Be4 Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 O-O-O 6.c4 Qf5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6
9.Qa4 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Rxd4 12.Qxa7 Qe5+ 13.Ne2 Rxc4 14.Qxb7+ Kd7
15.Rd1+ Bd6 16.Rxd6+ Qxd6 17.Qb5+ Rc6 18.O-O Qc5 19.Rd1+ Nd5 20.Bxd5 Qxb5
21.Bxc6+ Kxc6 22.Nd4+ Kc5 23.Nxb5 Kxb5 24.Rd7 Kc6 25.Rxf7 Rd8 26.g4 Rd2 27.Rxg7 Rxb2
28.Rxh7 Kd6 29.g5 c5 30.g6 Rb8 31.Rh3 Ke7 32.Rf3 c4 33.Kf1 Rc8 34.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chow, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[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.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Bd3 Bf7 21.Be4 Bxe3 22.Nxe3 Ne7
23.c4 Qb6 24.Ra3 Rfc8 25.Qg4 h6 26.Rd1 Rc7 27.h4 Qb4 28.Ra4 Qc5 29.Rda1 Ra7
30.Qd1 Be8 31.R4a2 Nc6 32.Nf5 Nd4 33.Nxd4 exd4 34.Rd2 a4 35.bxa4 Rb4 36.Rxd4 Raxa4
37.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gardner, Robert"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Be3 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Nge2 Nc6 10.O-O e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b3 Be6 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Be4 Qh4 15.f3 Rad8
16.Qe1 Qh6 17.Nb5 Nd4 18.Nexd4 exd4 19.Nxa7 Nd7 20.Bb4 d3 21.Nb5 Be5 22.g3 Bxa1
23.Qxa1 f5 24.Bxb7 Qe3+ 25.Rf2 Qb6 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.Nxd4 Rb8 28.Nxe6 Rxb7 29.Nc5 Nxc5
30.Bxc5 Re1+ 31.Kg2 Rc1 32.f4 Rc2 33.Be3 Rd7 34.Rd2 Rxd2+ 35.Bxd2 Re7 36.Kf3 Re2
37.Bb4 Rxh2 38.Ke3 Rxa2 39.Kxd3 Kf7 40.Bc3 Ke6 41.b4 Rg2 42.Be1 Kd6 43.Kd4 Re2
44.Bc3 Re4+ 45.Kd3 g5 46.Bd2 g4 47.Bc3 Ke6 48.Be5 Re1 49.b5 Rg1 50.b6 Rb1
51.Bd4 Kd7 52.Bf2 Rb2 53.Bd4 Rg2 54.Bf6 Rxg3+ 55.Kd4 Kc6 56.Ke5 Rd3 57.Kxf5 g3
58.Bh4 g2 59.Bf2 Rd1  0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Teodoro, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b6 7.f4 Bb7 8.Bf3 Nc6
9.Be3 Na5 10.O-O Bc5 11.Qd3 b5 12.Kh1 Nc4 13.Bc1 Nb6 14.Nb3 Be7 15.Na5 Bc6
16.a4 b4 17.Nxc6 dxc6 18.a5 Nd7 19.Na4 Ngf6 20.Be3 O-O 21.Nb6 Nxb6 22.axb6 Qb7
23.Rfd1 Rfd8 24.Qc4 Nd7 25.e5 Nxb6 26.Qxc6 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Qxc6 28.Bxc6 Rd8
29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Bc5 a5 31.Kg1 f6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.b3 f5 35.Ke3 Nd5+
36.Bxd5 exd5 37.Kd4 Ke6 38.Ba7 Bc7 39.g3 Kd6 40.Bc5+ Ke6 41.h3 h5 42.h4 Bd8
43.Ba7 Bf6+ 44.Kd3 Bd8 45.Kd4 Bf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.Nf1 Bxc1 8.Rxc1 Nh6
9.Ne3 O-O 10.Qh5 Kh8 11.O-O f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Ne4 Nh6 14.c3 Ne7 15.Nd5 b5
16.Nxe7 Bg4 17.Qg5 bxc4 18.f3 Be6 19.dxc4 Nf7 20.Qh4 g5 21.Ng6+ Kg8 22.Qh5 Re8
23.Rcd1 Bxc4 24.h4 Kg7 25.Nxg5 Nxg5 26.hxg5 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Re6 28.Nh4 Kh8 29.Qg4 Qg8
30.Nf5 Qg6 31.Qe4 Rd8 32.Kf2 d5 33.Qg4 d4 34.cxd4 exd4 35.b4 Re5 36.Nh6 Rf8
37.bxc5 Qc2+ 38.Kg3 Qxd1 39.c6 Re7 40.g6 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qe5+ 42.g3 hxg6  0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[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.dxc5 Bc6 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Bd2 Rd8 12.a3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bxc5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Nd7
16.Bc3 Qh4 17.f3 Qg5+ 18.Kh1 Qxe3 19.Qg2 Qh6 20.f4 Nb6 21.Bb3 Bd4 22.Bb4 Qg6
23.Qe2 a5 24.Be1 a4 25.Ba2 Rd7 26.Rd1 Rad8 27.Ba5 Ra8 28.Bxb6  1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nge2 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O e5
9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 b6 11.g4 h5 12.f3 Bb7 13.Bg5 Qc8 14.Qd2 hxg4 15.hxg4 exd4
16.Nxd4 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nf5 gxf5 20.Qxd5 Nc5 21.f4 Rb8 22.gxf5 c6
23.Qxc6 Qxf5 24.c3 Nd3 25.Qd5 Qg6 26.Rf3 Nxb2 27.Rg3 Rbd8 28.Qb3 Rd3 29.Rxd3 Qxd3
30.Rf1 Nc4 31.Rf3 Qe2 32.Qb1 Re3 33.Rxe3 Nxe3 34.Ba8 b5 35.axb5 Ng4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karklins, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4 h6 5.Rg1 c5 6.h4 Nc6 7.g5 hxg5 8.hxg5 Ng8
9.g6 f5 10.a3 Ba5 11.e4 Nf6 12.Ng5 Ng4 13.Nf7 Qh4 14.Rxg4 fxg4 15.Nxh8 Nd4
16.Nf7 Nf3+ 17.Ke2 Nd4+ 18.Ke3 Bc7 19.Nb5 Nxb5 20.cxb5 d5 21.Bg2 Bd7 22.a4 c4
23.Qh1 Bb6+ 24.d4 cxd3 25.Kxd3 Qxf2 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Bg5+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Qg4 O-O 7.h4 f5 8.Qh3 c5 9.O-O-O cxd4
10.Nb5 Bxd2+ 11.Rxd2 Ba6 12.Nf3 Bxb5 13.Bxb5 a6 14.Bd3 Nbc6 15.h5 b5 16.Ng5 Qa5
17.Nxe6 Qxa2 18.Kd1 Nxe5 19.Nxf8 Rxf8 20.Re1 N7c6 21.Ke2 Qxb2 22.Kf1 Nxd3
23.Qxd3 Nb4 24.Qe2 h6 25.Qe6+ Kh8 26.Rde2 d3 27.cxd3 Qa3 28.Qe7 Rg8 29.Qf7  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rogers, Norman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 c6 8.Bd3 e5
9.d5 cxd5 10.exd5 a6 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Bc2 Qb6 13.Rb1 a5 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qe3 Rfc8
16.Nd2 Qa6 17.f4 Nh5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Be7 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Nf3 Qd6 22.Qh6+ Ke7
23.Ng5 Be8 24.Qxh7 Nf6 25.Qh4 b5 26.Nh7 Nd7 27.Kh1 Rab8 28.Bd3 Rc5 29.a4 bxa4
30.Nxa4 Rcc8 31.Be2 Rb3 32.Bg4 g5 33.Qxg5 Nf8 34.Nxf6 Bxa4 35.Nh5+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[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.cxd5 Nf6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Be3 Be7 14.Qd2 O-O 15.Nc2 Nh5
16.g3 g6 17.O-O-O a5 18.Kb1 b4 19.f4 b3 20.axb3 Qb8 21.Bc4 Nf6 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.d6 Bd8 24.Bh6 Re8 25.Rhf1 Re6 26.Rf3 a4 27.b4 Qb6 28.Rdf1 Rxd6 29.Rxf6 Bxf6
30.Rxf6 Rxf6 31.Qxd7 Qg1+ 32.Bc1 Kg7 33.Ne3 a3 34.bxa3 Rxa3 35.Nc2 Rc3 36.Qd5 Qxh2
37.Bb3 Qxg3 38.Kb2 h5 39.b5 h4  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c4 O-O 8.Nc3 Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.b3 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nh6 12.Bb2 Nf5 13.d5 b5 14.cxb5 Qa5 15.Na4 Bxb2
16.Nxb2 Qxb5 17.Re1 Re8 18.Qd2 Bb7 19.Rac1 a5 20.Rc4 e5 21.Ra4 Rac8 22.Rxa5 Qb6
23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Ra7 Ba8 25.Qa5 Qf6 26.Nb6 Rc2 27.Nd7 Qe7 28.Nxe5 Bb7 29.Nd3 Re2
30.Rxe2 Qxe2 31.Bf1 Qe4 32.Rxb7 Nd4 33.Ne1 Qf5 34.Qc3 Qxd5 35.Rb4 Re4 36.Rb8+ Kg7
37.Nc2  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 Na6
9.a5 Bg4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.e4 Nd7 12.f4 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Qd7 14.Bf4 Bg4 15.Qd2 Rad8
16.d5 Nc5 17.Qe3 Nd3 18.h3 Bxh3 19.e6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Qxe6 21.Qe2 b5 22.axb6 axb6
23.Kh2 Nxf4 24.gxf4 Rd3 25.Ra6 g5 26.Qh5 gxf4 27.Rxb6 Bd4 28.Ra6 Qg6 29.Qxg6+ hxg6
30.Rxc6 Rb8 31.Nd1 Kg7  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ghorbani, Mohsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Rfxc8 13.Bxa6 Rf8 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.f4 e5
16.f5 Be7 17.b3 d5 18.Qf3 Rfe8 19.g4 h6 20.h4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Bxh4
23.Rad1 Rbd8 24.a4 Bg5 25.Bf2 Rd5 26.c4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qe2 Qe7
30.a5 Qa3 31.Qxe5 Qxb3 32.a6 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 Qxg4+ 34.Qg3 Qxc4 35.a7 Qa4 36.Qb8+ Kh7
37.a8=Q Qe4+ 38.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[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.Nd2 a5 10.g3 Qe6 11.b3 a4 12.Bb2 Bb4 13.Bg2 O-O 14.O-O a3 15.Bd4 c5 16.Be3 Qxe5
17.Bxa8 Nxa8 18.Qf3 Nb6 19.Bf4 Qe6 20.Rfe1 Qg6 21.Bxc7 Bxd2 22.Red1 Nxc4
23.bxc4 Bb4 24.Bd6 Re8 25.Qd5 Qe4 26.Rd3 Bb7 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Bf4 Bc6 29.Re3 Rxe3
30.Bxe3 Kf8 31.Kf1 Ke7 32.Ke2 Ke6 33.Bd2 d5 34.Bxb4 cxb4 35.Kd3 Ke5 36.f4+ Kf5
37.Kd4 dxc4 38.Kxc4 Kg4 39.Kxb4 Kh3 40.Rc1 Bd5 41.Rc2 h5 42.Kxa3 Bg2 43.Rxg2 Kxg2
44.Kb4  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Re1 Bd7 8.Na3 Ng6
9.Bc4 Qh5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nb5 Rc8 12.Be2 Qd5 13.Nfxd4 a6 14.Bf3 Qc5 15.Be3 Nce5
16.Bxb7 axb5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.Be4 Be7 20.Qd4 Rf8 21.Rad1 Bc8
22.b4 Rc4 23.Qb6 Kf7 24.Qxb5 Rxc3 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bd7 27.Bxg6+ Kf6 28.Qb7 hxg6
29.f4 Nd3 30.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 f5 5.Nh3 Nf6 6.f3 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 Nc6
10.d5 Ne5 11.Be2 fxe4 12.fxe4 Qe7 13.Kh1 Rae8 14.Bf4 exd5 15.cxd5 c6 16.Bg3 cxd5
17.exd5 Qc5 18.Bf2 Qc8 19.Nf4 Kh8 20.Rc1 Qa8 21.Bh4 a6 22.a4 h6 23.Bxf6 Rxf6
24.Qd2 Qb8 25.Rcd1 Ref8 26.h3 Qc7 27.Ne4 R6f7 28.b3 Kh7 29.Qe3 Qb8 30.Rf2 Ng4
31.Bxg4 Rxf4 32.Rxf4 Rxf4 33.Bf3 Qe5 34.Qxb6 Bxd5 35.Ng5+ hxg5 36.Rxd5 Qe7
37.Qa7 g4 38.Bxg4 Rf1+ 39.Kh2 Qe1  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[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.Be2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Qc7 11.Bf3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.O-O-O e5 14.f5 b5 15.a3 h5
16.g3 Bb7 17.Kb1 Rc8 18.h3 Nd7 19.g4 Nb6 20.Na5 Ba8 21.Qd2 Qd8 22.Rhg1 hxg4
23.Bxg4 Nc4 24.Nxc4 Rxc4 25.Be2 Rd4 26.Bd3 Bf6 27.Qe3 Qc7 28.b3 Qc5 29.Rg3 Qxc3  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.c5 bxc5 8.a3 c4
9.Bxc4 Ba5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Bxa5 Nxa5 13.Ba2 Ne4 14.b4 Rxf5 15.bxa5 Nxf2
16.Kxf2 Qh4+ 17.Kf1 Ba6+ 18.Kg1 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Rf8 20.Nd2 Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 c4 7.d4 cxd3 8.Qxd3 Ng6
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Be3 c5 13.Rad1 O-O 14.Rd2 f6 15.Rfd1 Rf7
16.Qc2 Bf8 17.Qa4 Rb8 18.a3 Ne7 19.Ne1 Nc6 20.Nd3 Na5 21.Nc1 d6 22.N3e2 e5
23.Qc2 Be6 24.b3 Nc6 25.Nc3 Nd4 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.cxd5 Qa5 29.Qa2 Rc8
30.b4 Qb5 31.Nd3 f5 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.a4 Qd7 34.Re1 Rc3 35.Qb1 Qf7 36.b5 axb5
37.Qxb5 Rg5 38.Kh1 Qg6 39.f3 Rh5 40.h3 Qg3 41.Rf1 Rf5 42.Re2 Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 Nc6 7.g4 e6 8.g5 Nd7
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 b5 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Qd4 Bb7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 e5 15.Qd1 exf4
16.Rc4 Nc5 17.Bxf4 Qb6 18.Be3 Qxb2 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Rd8 21.Rxc5 dxc5 22.Qc6+ Rd7
23.Bxa6 c4 24.Ke2 Bb4 25.Bb5 Qxc2+ 26.Kf3 Qd3 27.Ba4 f5 28.Rd1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.Bd3 f4 10.Nc2 Nf6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Kh8 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.O-O-O b5
16.Kb1 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Na5 18.Bxa6 Ra8 19.f3 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bf7 21.b4 Bf6 22.Bb5 Qb6
23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.a4 Bg6 25.Qc4 Raa8 26.Rd2 Rfc8 27.Qb3 Rc7 28.Rc1 Rac8 29.Ka2 Qa5
30.Re2 h6 31.Bc6 Bf7 32.Nb4 Rb8 33.Ka3 Bd8 34.Re4 Ra7 35.Bc3 Bb6 36.Kb2 Be3
37.Rb1 Rc7 38.Kc2 Rb6 39.Qc4 Qa7 40.Qd3 Bg6 41.Rb3 Rc8 42.Kb2 Qe7 43.Rxe5 dxe5
44.Qxg6 Bd4 45.Bxd4 exd4 46.Qe4 Qc5 47.Qc2 Qe7 48.Nd3 Rxb3+ 49.Kxb3 Rb8+
50.Bb5 Rd8 51.Nxf4 Qe3+ 52.Nd3 Rxd5 53.Qc8+ Kh7 54.Qe8 Rg5 55.Qxe3 dxe3 56.Nf4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 a6 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Ba2 Bb7 11.O-O c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.exd4 Rc8 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.h4 h6
16.Bf4 b4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Nd7 20.Bg3 Qa5 21.d5 Bxc3 22.dxe6 Rxe6
23.Bxe6 Bxe1 24.Rd1 fxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kh8 26.Rxd7 Qb5 27.Be5 Bxf2+ 28.Kh2 Bg1+
29.Kxg1 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Rh1+ 31.Kg3  1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Be2 a6 9.O-O b5
10.b4 a5 11.a3 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bg4 13.Be2 Nbd7 14.h3 Be6 15.b5 cxb5 16.d5 Bf5
17.Nd4 b4 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.axb4 g5 20.Bg3 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Bxa1 22.Qxa1 Bxe4 23.Qd4 Bg6
24.bxa5 Nc5 25.f4 Ne4 26.Be1 gxf4 27.exf4 e6 28.Bh4 f6 29.Bf3 e5 30.fxe5 fxe5
31.Qe3 Ng5 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.Qxg5 Kh7 34.Re1 Rf5 35.Qh4+ Kg7 36.Nd4 Rf7 37.Ne6+ Kg8
38.Be4 Rb7 39.Qg5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 d6
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bf6 11.Nd4 e5 12.Nc6 Nxc6 13.dxc6 Bc8 14.b4 Bf5 15.Rc1 Re8
16.Qd5 g6 17.Be4 Be6 18.Qd3 Qe7 19.a4 Bg7 20.f3 f5 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5+ Qf7
23.Rfd1 Bh6 24.Ra1 Be3+ 25.Kg2 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Kf7 27.a5 Ke6 28.Ra3 f4 29.gxf4 Bxf4
30.Be1 Bc1 31.Rad3 Bg5 32.Bf2 Be7 33.Ra3 Rf8 34.Be3 g5 35.b5 h5 36.Rd1 Rg8
37.Rda1 Rac8 38.axb6 axb6 39.Ra7 g4 40.f4 exf4 41.Bxf4 h4 42.R7a3 Bf6 43.Re3+ Kf5
44.Rf1 Kg6 45.Rd3 Rge8 46.e3 Re6 47.Rd5 Ra8 48.Rfd1 Ra2+ 49.Kg1 Rb2 50.Bxd6 Rxe3
51.Bxc7 Ree2 52.Bf4 g3 53.Bd2 Rc2 54.hxg3 hxg3 55.Rd6 Rxc4 56.Rf1 Rf2 57.Rxf2 gxf2+
58.Kxf2 Kf5 59.Be3 Be5 60.Rh6 Rb4 61.Kf3 Rb3 62.Rh5+ Ke6 63.Ke4 Rb4+ 64.Kd3 Rb3+
65.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd2 Rb8
9.Qc1 Bg4 10.d5 Bxf3 11.exf3 Nd4 12.Bh6 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Re1 c5
16.f4 e6 17.Ne2 Qb6 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.f5 e5 21.h3 a5 22.Rb1 Qc5
23.Qd2 Re8 24.g4 h6 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Rbd1 a4 27.Qd3 axb3 28.axb3 Qb4 29.Ra1 Re7
30.Reb1 Qc5 31.Rd1 Rf8 32.Ra6 Qb4 33.Ra4 Qb6 34.b4 h5 35.g5 Nh7 36.c5 dxc5
37.Ra6 Qxb4 38.Qxg6+ Kh8 39.Qxh5 Rg7 40.Rh6 Qb2 41.g6 Qxf2+ 42.Kh1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Bxe4 Qxe5 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Bf4 Qc5 15.a3 Qxc2
16.Bxc2 Bc5 17.b4 Bb6 18.Bd3 Be6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Bg3 a5 21.b5 Ne7 22.Nf4 Nd5
23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Re1 Rc8 26.Kf1 Rc3 27.Bg6 d3 28.Rd1 Rxa3 29.Bxd3 Kg8
30.Bg6 Bc5 31.Re1 Bb4 32.Rd1 Bc5 33.Bh5 Bb4 34.Bf3 a4 35.Be5 Bc3 36.Bxd5 exd5
37.Bxc3 Rxc3 38.Rxd5 a3 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Ke2 a2 41.Ra8 Rc2+ 42.Kf3 Ke6  0-1

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.Ne3 Be6 13.c3 Qd7 14.Qf3 Ne7 15.Qg3 O-O
16.O-O f5 17.f4 fxe4 18.dxe4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Qe6 20.b3 exf4 21.Rxf4 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5
23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Re1 Qf6 25.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.c3 Be6 13.Ne3 Qd7 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qh5+ Kd8
16.a3 Kc7 17.b4 Raf8 18.b5 Na5 19.a4 Rf4 20.g3 Qf7 21.Qxf7+ Rxf7 22.Nc4 Nxc4
23.dxc4 Rf3 24.Rc1 Rhf8 25.O-O Rd3 26.Rc2 Rff3 27.Rfc1 h5 28.Kg2 g6 29.a5 b6
30.Kf1 d5 31.cxd5 exd5 32.exd5 c4 33.Re1 Kd6 34.Rce2 Rxd5 35.Kg2 Rxc3 36.f4 exf4
37.gxf4 Kc5 38.Re7 Rd2+ 39.Kg1 Rg3+ 40.Kf1 Rf3+ 41.Kg1 c3 42.Rg7 Kxb5 43.Re5+ Kb4
44.Rb7 c2 45.Rxb6+ Ka4 46.Rc5 Ra3 47.Rxc2 Ra1+  1-0

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Be3 e6 7.f4 Nc5 8.Qf3 Qa5
9.O-O-O Be7 10.g4 O-O 11.g5 Nfxe4 12.Nxe4 Qxa2 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Bd3 b6
16.Rhe1 Bb7 17.Qh3 g6 18.Bd2 c4 19.Bxc4 Rbc8 20.Rxe6 Ba3 21.Bc3 Rxc4 22.Rxg6+ fxg6
23.Qe6+ Rf7 24.Qxc4  1-0

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meyer, Eugene B"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe7
9.c5 exd4 10.cxd6 cxd6 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Bf3 h6 14.Bh4 a6 15.Nf5 gxf5
16.exf5 Qc7 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.Na4 Nxa4 20.Qxa4 d5 21.Bg4 Rae8 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Qd7 Be7 24.Rxe6 Qxf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 Qb6 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.O-O Ne5 15.dxe5 Rxd1 16.Raxd1 b4
17.Ne4 c5 18.Bf4 a5 19.Rd2 a4 20.Rfd1 Bd5 21.Rxd5 exd5 22.Ng5 d4 23.Nxf7 Rg8
24.Bh3+ Kb7 25.e6 b3 26.axb3 cxb3 27.e7 Bxe7 28.fxe7 Qg6 29.Nd6+ Kc6 30.Re1 a3
31.Nc4  1-0

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6
9.f4 Bc5 10.Nf5 Bxe3+ 11.Nxe3 d6 12.Kh1 b6 13.Qf3 Bb7 14.Qg3 O-O 15.Qh4 Rfd8
16.Rf3 Ne7 17.f5 exf5 18.Nxf5 Nxf5 19.Rxf5 Nd7 20.Qe7 Rf8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Ra7
23.Qxd6 Nc5 24.b4 Nxd3 25.cxd3 Rc8 26.h3 h6 27.a4 Rb7 28.Ra2 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rc1+
30.Kh2 Rb1 31.Rd4 Rc7 32.Rf2 Ra1 33.b5 axb5 34.axb5 Rb1 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Rd5 f6
37.d4 Re1 38.e5 fxe5 39.dxe5 Rc5 40.Rxc5 bxc5 41.Rc2 Rxe5 42.Rc4 Kg6 43.Kg3 Kf5
44.b6 Ke6 45.b7 Re3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aboudi, Marwan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[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 Bb7 12.Nc2 Ne7 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Bd3 d5 15.exd5 Qxd5
16.Ne3 Qe6 17.Qh5 e4 18.Bc2 f5 19.O-O-O Rc8 20.Bb3 Qf6 21.Rd6 Qg7 22.Rhd1 b4
23.Ba4+ Bc6 24.Bxc6+ Nxc6 25.Nxf5 Qxg2 26.Re6+ Kf8 27.Rxc6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qd2 Qxb2 7.Rb1 Qa3 8.exd5 Nf6
9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Bc4 Ba6 11.Rb3 Qa5 12.Bxa6 Qxa6 13.Bh6 O-O 14.h4 Nbd7 15.h5 e5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nge2 exd4 18.Nxd4 Rfe8+ 19.Kf2 Rad8 20.Qf4 Qa5 21.hxg6 fxg6
22.Kg3 Re5 23.Rb7 Kg8 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Ne4 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Qg5+ 27.Kf2 Qd2+ 28.Ne2 Nf8
29.Qxc6 Rd6 30.Qc4+ Kg7 31.Rh4 Qa5 32.Re4 Qb6+ 33.Kg3 Ne6 34.Nf4 Ng5 35.Re7+ Kf8
36.Rc7 Rf6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Blocker, Calvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.Rb1 b6 10.Nd2 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.e4 h6 13.g3 g5 14.Re1 Nh7 15.Nf1 f5 16.f4 exf4
17.gxf4 fxe4 18.Bxe4 gxf4 19.Rb2 Kh8 20.Qh5 Rg8+ 21.Rg2 Qf8 22.Bxh7 Kxh7
23.Bxf4 Rxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Qg7+ 25.Ng3 Nf5 26.Kf2 Nxg3 27.hxg3 Bg4 28.Qh4 Rf8  1-0

[Event "Atlantic op"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allen, David"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Qe7
10.Qc2 d6 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.Rfe1 a6 13.d5 e5 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.b4 h6 16.bxc5 hxg5
17.cxb6 cxb6 18.Qb3 Nd7 19.Ba3 Rab8 20.Rb1 e4 21.Na4 f4 22.Bh3 Bc8 23.Be6+ Kh7
24.Nc3 Nf6 25.c5 dxc5 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Na4 Bxe6 28.dxe6 e3 29.fxe3 Ng4 30.exf4 Bd4+
31.Kh1 Rxf4 32.Rf1 Qb7+ 33.Rf3 Nf2+ 34.Kg2 Rg4+ 35.Kf1 Nd3 36.e4 Rg1+ 37.Ke2 Qxe4+
38.Kd2 Rg2+  0-1

[Event "Atlantic op"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O d6
9.h4 f5 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.h5 Ne5 14.Bb3 Nf7 15.Bf4 fxe4
16.h6 Nxh6 17.Nd5 Nf7 18.Rh5 Qg4 19.Rdh1 Bf5 20.f3 exf3 21.gxf3 Qxf3 22.Qh2 Qe4
23.Bd2 Rae8 24.Nc3 Qxh1+ 25.Qxh1 Bg6 26.Rh3 c6 27.Bc4 Ne5 28.Be2 d5 29.Bh5 d4
30.Bxg6 Nxg6 31.Ne4 Re5 32.Rxh7+ Kg8 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qh6+ Kf7 35.Qh7+ Ke6  1-0

[Event "Atlantic op"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meyer, Eugene B"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.d4 c6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 f5 8.Nbd2 Qf6
9.Qc2 Nh6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Kb1 a5 12.a3 Rfc8 13.Ka2 Bh5 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.h3 Bg6
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 f4 18.Qd1 Bc5 19.gxf4 Bxf2 20.e4 Be3 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.exd5 Rxc1
23.Bxc1 Rc8 24.Nc4 Bxc1 25.Qxc1 b5 26.Nd6 Rc2+ 27.Qxc2 Bxc2 28.Rc1 Nf5 29.Rxc2 Nxd6
30.dxe6 Nf5 31.Bb7 Ne7 32.f5 Qb8 33.f6 gxf6 34.exf6 Qxb7 35.Rd2 Nd5 36.f7+ Kf8
37.Rg2 Nb4+  0-1

[Event "Atlantic op"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Qd6 8.e3 Ne4
9.Rc1 O-O 10.Bd3 c6 11.O-O Bf5 12.Bxe4 Bxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ne5 Qe6 15.Nc4 Be7
16.Bg3 Nd7 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.Na5 Qd7 19.Rfd1 Bd8 20.h3 Re8 21.Rc5 Re7 22.Re5 Bc7
23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Bxc7 Qxc7 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Rc5 Rd5 27.Rxd5 cxd5 28.Qb5 Qc1+
29.Kh2 Qc7+ 30.g3 Kh7 31.b3 h5 32.Kg2 Qe7 33.h4 g6 34.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Atlantic op"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Nd5 Nh5 10.Bb2 e6 11.Nc3 b5 12.d5 Ne7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.c5 dxc5 15.Qc2 Nc6
16.Ne4 Nd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Rad1 e5 19.e3 Rf7 20.exd4 exd4 21.Rd2 Bf5 22.Rfd1 Rd7
23.b4 Rb6 24.Qb3+ Be6 25.Qa3 Bc4 26.Nc5 Re7 27.Bxd4 Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nova Gorica op"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ciglic, Boris"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.d4 Bb7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Nc3 Rc8 10.Qb3 Bd6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rfc1 h6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.gxf4 Qe7 15.e3 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ne5 Nf6 18.a4 Nd5 19.a5 Nb4 20.axb6 axb6 21.Rc3 Bd5 22.Qd1 Na2
23.Ra3 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Qb1 Qb7 26.b3 Nb4 27.Ra4 Na6 28.Bf1 f6 29.Nc4 Nc7
30.Rxa8+ Nxa8 31.Qa1 Nc7 32.Qa3 Qc6 33.Qe7 Kh7 34.h4 b5 35.Nd6 Bxb3 36.Bg2 Bd5
37.f5 exf5 38.Bh3 Be6 39.Bxf5+ Bxf5 40.Nxf5 Ne6 41.Qf7 Qc1+ 42.Kg2 Qc8 43.Ne7 Nf4+
44.exf4 Qg4+ 45.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nova Gorica op"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Harej, Bor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Bxf3 10.Bxf3 h6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.f4 Ned7 15.Bd3 a6
16.Qe2 Ne8 17.Bd2 e6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Qg4 Nef6 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Qh3 Qc7 22.Qg3 Nh7
23.Nd5 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Qd8 25.Qxg6 Rg8 26.Qxh6 Qe8 27.e5 Rg7 28.e6 Nf8 29.f5  1-0

[Event "Nova Gorica op"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O a6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Ba7 12.Ne5 Ne7 13.Bf3 h6 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Rfd1 Qa5
16.h3 Rfd8 17.Bh2 Rac8 18.Nd3 Bf5 19.Nf4 Kf8 20.a3 Be4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Rd1 Ke8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Nh5 Nxh5 26.Qxh5 Qd2 27.Qd1 Qxd1+ 28.Nxd1 Nd5
29.Kf1 Ke7 30.Ke2 Ke6 31.Kd2 Bb6 32.Nc3 Nxc3 33.Kxc3 Kd5 34.a4 f5 35.b3 g5
36.Kd2 Ba5+ 37.Kd1 h5 38.Bb8 Bd8 39.Kd2 Kc5 40.Kc2 Ba5 41.Be5 Be1 42.Bf6 Bxf2
43.Bxg5 Bg3 44.Bh6 Kd5 45.Kd2 Ke5 46.Bg7+ Ke6 47.Ke2 Bd6 48.Bc3 Kd5 49.Bd2 Kc6
50.Bc3 b5 51.axb5+ Kxb5 52.Be1 Bc5 53.Bc3 Bb4 54.Be5 Bc5 55.Bc3 Bb6 56.Be1 Bc7
57.Kd1 Bd8 58.Bg3 Bg5 59.Bf2 Kc5 60.Kc2 Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nova Gorica op"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nf3 f6
9.a3 cxd4 10.Nexd4 fxe5 11.Nxe6 e4 12.Nfd4 Nf6 13.Be2 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.O-O O-O
16.Kh1 Bd7 17.a4 Bxd4 18.a5 Qc5 19.cxd4 Qb4 20.b3 Rf7 21.f5 Bb5 22.Bxb5 Qxb5
23.h3 Rc8 24.Bg5 Rc3 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.Qg4 h6 27.Qf4 Kh7 28.Rfc1 Qxb3 29.Rcb1 Qc4
30.Rxb7 Qxd4 31.Rf1 Qe3 32.Rd7 Qxf4 33.Rxf4 e3 34.Rg4 Kh8 35.Rgxg7 Rxf5 36.Rh7+ Kg8
37.Rdg7+ Kf8 38.Rxa7 Kg8 39.Rag7+ Kf8 40.Rd7 Kg8 41.Rhe7 Ra3 42.Rd8+ Rf8
43.Rxd5 Rf7 44.Re6 Ra7 45.Kh2 R3xa5 46.Rdd6 Rg5 47.Rxe3 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nova Gorica op"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Srebrnic, Vojko"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[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.cxd5 Nf6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nc2 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.Be3 Nh5
16.Qd2 a5 17.Na3 Rb8 18.Rfc1 Nf4 19.Bf1 f5 20.g3 Ng6 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Bg2 Bg5
23.Nc2 Bxe3+ 24.Nxe3 Qb6 25.Qf2 Rff8 26.Nd1 Qb7 27.Nc3 Rbd8 28.Qd2 Ne7 29.Rd1 Nf5
30.Kh1 Qb6 31.Re1 Nd4 32.Rf1 b4 33.Ne4 Bb5 34.Rf2 Bc4 35.f4 Bxd5 36.Nf6+ gxf6
37.Bxd5+ Kh8 38.fxe5 dxe5 39.Qh6 Qd6 40.Be4 f5 41.Qxd6 Rxd6 42.Raf1 Rdf6
43.a3 Kg7 44.Bd5 Kg6 45.Rd1 Rd6 46.Bc4 Rc8 47.Bf1 Rc2 48.Kg1 e4 49.Rdd2  0-1

[Event "Nova Gorica op"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Grosar, Kiti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[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 h5 11.Kb1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qa5 13.f4 Qc5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qd2 Bc6
16.Rh3 b5 17.Re3 a5 18.Nxb5 Bxb5 19.Rc3 Qb4 20.Rb3 Qxe4 21.Bxb5+ Kf8 22.Re1 Qf5
23.Bd3 Qg4 24.f5 d5 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Rb6 e5 27.Qf2 e4 28.Bb5 Rh6 29.a3 Rg6
30.Rb7 Qg3 31.Qd2 Rc8 32.Qxa5 Qxg2 33.Rc7 Rxc7 34.Qxc7 Qg3 35.Qc8+ Kg7 36.Rf1 e3
37.Bd3 Rg4 38.Qf5 Qe5 39.Qh7+ Kf8 40.Bg6 Rxg6 41.Qxg6 d4 42.Rf5 Qe6 43.Rxh5 Qg8
44.Qxg8+ Kxg8 45.Kc1  1-0

[Event "Nova Gorica op"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laketic, Gojko"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bh6 8.Qc1 Bg4
9.Bxh6 Nxh6 10.Qxh6 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nc6 12.Nc3 Qxf3 13.Rg1 Nxd4 14.Be2 Qf6 15.Rc1 Rd8
16.Qg5 Qb6 17.Bb5+ Kf8 18.Rg3 a6 19.Bc4 Nf5 20.Rd3 Kg7 21.Qd2 Rxd3 22.Bxd3 Rd8
23.Ne2 e5 24.Qc3 Nd4 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Be2 Qe6 27.Qb3 Qf5 28.Rd1 Rf4 29.Qe3 Rh4
30.Qf3 Rf4 31.Qe3 Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nova Gorica op"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Bb7 13.Nc2 Ne7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Bd3 d5
16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Ne3 Qe6 18.Qh5 O-O-O 19.Bc2 f5 20.Rd1 f4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Nf5 Ng6
23.O-O Qxa2 24.Qxh7 Kb8 25.Nh6 Qd5 26.f3 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 Rd2 28.Nxf7 Rxc2 29.Qxg6 Qf2
30.Rg1 Bxf3 31.Nxe5 Bb7 32.Qg8+ Kc7 33.Qg7+ Kb8 34.Qg8+ Ka7 35.Qg7 Kb8 36.Qg8+ Ka7
37.Nd7 a5 38.b4 f3 39.Qb8+ Ka6 40.Qd6+ Ka7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "1999.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Beltre, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.g4 Be6 13.h4 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.h5 Nxe5
16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Qe2 Bf7 18.a3 Nc6 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qh2 Rh8 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Bd3 b5
23.f4 b4 24.f5 Ne5 25.fxg6 Nxg6 26.Bxg6 Bxg6 27.Nxd5 Qc5 28.Qg5 Qxc2+ 29.Ka1 e6
30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Kf7 32.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filatov, Leonid"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.h3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 f5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bc4+ e6 8.Qb3 Qe7
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qc2 Kh8 11.Bh2 e5 12.Na3 a6 13.Rad1 Bd7 14.b4 e4 15.Nd2 g5 16.Rde1 Rae8
17.Nab1 Bh6 18.Kh1 d5 19.Be2 f4 20.a3 b5 21.a4 Nd8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nb3 Nf7
24.Nc5 Nd6 25.Nxd7 Qxd7 26.Nd2 Nf5 27.exf4 gxf4 28.Nb3 f3 29.gxf3 Nh4 30.Rg1 exf3
31.Bd3 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Qxh3 33.Rg1 Bf4 34.Rg3 Bxg3 35.fxg3 Ng4  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.Nge2 a6 6.Qd2 b5 7.f3 Bd7 8.g4 h5 9.gxh5 Rxh5
10.h4 Qc8 11.O-O-O Rh8 12.Kb1 Qb7 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.Rc1 Kb8 15.Bg2 Nf6 16.Nd1 d5
17.Nf2 e6 18.Nd3 Qb6 19.c3 Bc8 20.Bg5 Rdf8 21.Nef4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Nh7 23.e5 Nxg5
24.hxg5 Rd8 25.Rxh8 Rxh8 26.Qe3 Na5 27.Nc5 Nc4 28.Qf2 c6 29.Nfd3 Rf8  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 b6 10.Ng3 Ba6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Ng4 14.h3 Ne5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 Kh7 18.Rae1 a6 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nd7 21.e6 Ne5 22.Qe4 Qd6
23.Nf5 gxf5 24.Qxf5+ Kg8 25.Ne4 fxe6 26.Nf6+ Rxf6 27.Qxf6 Ra7 28.dxe6 Rg7
29.Qxh6 Qe7 30.Re4 Rh7 31.Qf4 Rh5 32.Qf6 Qxf6 33.Rxf6 Rh7 34.Rf5 Nc6 35.Rg4+ Rg7
36.Rxg7+ Bxg7 37.Rf7 Bf8 38.Rb7 b5 39.Rc7 Ne7 40.Rxc5 Kg7 41.Rc7 Kf6 42.Ra7 Kxe6
43.Rxa6+  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[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 Qg6
9.Nd2 Bxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Nf3 Nbxd5 13.Ne5 Qb6 14.Qh5 Be6 15.Bd3 Nf6
16.Qh4 Bf5 17.Bc4 Rad8 18.Bb3 Nfd5 19.Rac1 c6 20.Rfe1 f6 21.Nc4 Qc7 22.Bd2 Kh8
23.Ba5 b6 24.Bd2 Bg6 25.Ne3 Nf4 26.Qg3 Rxd4 27.Nf1 Nf5 28.Bxf4 Qxf4 29.Qxf4 Rxf4
30.Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zaremba, Andre"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.a4 b4 7.c4 O-O 8.b3 c5 9.Bb2 cxd4
10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Nd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Rc1 Qb7
17.e4 Nf6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qe2 Bc3 20.Nc4 f5 21.f3 h6 22.Rcd1 Rad8 23.exf5 exf5
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rf8 26.Rd6 Kh7 27.Re6 Qd5 28.Rd6 Qb7 29.Re6 Bf6 30.Qd3 Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[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 Ne8
9.O-O Nc7 10.Rc1 b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Ne6 13.Nb3 d6 14.f4 Rc8 15.Bf3 Re8
16.Qf2 Qc7 17.Bg4 Rcd8 18.Nd5 Qb8 19.Qh4 Bxb2 20.e5 Bxc1 21.Bxc1 dxe5 22.f5 Nf4
23.f6 Nxd5 24.cxd5 exf6 25.Rd3 Bc8 26.Bxc8 Qxc8 27.Qxf6 Ne7 28.Rf3 Nf5 29.g4 Rd6
30.Qg5 Nd4 31.Nxd4 exd4 32.Ba3 Rd7 33.Qf6 Qc4 34.Bb2 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Re2+ 36.Kh3 Rxb2
37.Qe5 Qc8  0-1

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Ng6 6.c3 a6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Nb3 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Qd5 14.Qxd5 cxd5 15.Na5 Rb8
16.g3 Kd7 17.Bd2 Bc6 18.Rec1 Rhc8 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Rxc6 Kxc6 21.Bc3 Bd6 22.Ne1 f6
23.Rc1 Kd7 24.Rd1 Rb5 25.Nd3 Ne7 26.Kf1 Nc6 27.a3 a5 28.Nc1 Rb8 29.Ke2 a4
30.Na2 g5 31.Nc1 Rb5 32.Ke3 e5 33.Ne2 Ke6 34.f3 Rb3 35.Kf2 Bb8 36.Nc1 Rb5
37.Ne2 Ba7 38.Ke1 Rb8 39.h3 h5 40.Kf1 Ne7 41.Kg1 Nf5 42.g4 hxg4 43.hxg4 Ne3
44.Rc1 Kd6 45.Kh2 Nc4 46.Ng3 Bxd4 47.Nf5+ Kc5 48.Bb4+ Rxb4 49.axb4+ Kxb4
50.Nxd4 exd4 51.Rd1 Nxb2 52.Rxd4+ Kc5  0-1

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 a6 7.N5c3 Bc5 8.h3 b5
9.g4 Qb6 10.e3 O-O 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.O-O Rd8 13.e4 Nbd7 14.Nd2 Ne8 15.Nb3 Nd6
16.a4 Rdc8 17.a5 Qd8 18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Na2 Rc4 20.Qe1 Nc5 21.Qe3 Rd4 22.b3 Rc8
23.Bb2 Rd3 24.Qe2 Rxb3 25.Bxe5 Ndxe4 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Bxd5 28.Qf5 Rxh3
29.f3 Be6 30.Qe4 Qh4 31.Rfc1 Rd8 32.Nc3 b4 33.Rd1 Re8 34.Ne2 f6 35.Bc7 Bf7
36.Qd3 h5 37.gxh5 Bc4  0-1

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalantarian, Norik"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.d5 f5 4.a3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Ba6 6.e3 g6 7.b4 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qb3 Qe7
10.Nge2 c5 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.b5 Na5 13.Qa2 Bb7 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.a4 Rfd8 16.Ba3 Qf7
17.Bb4 e5 18.Nf3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nxc4 20.e4 fxe4 21.fxe4 Kh8 22.Bg2 Bf8 23.Bxf8 Qxf8
24.O-O Qb4 25.Rfc1 Qb2 26.Nd1 Qxa2 27.Rxa2 Nd6 28.Rac2 Rxc2 29.Rxc2 Rc8 30.Rxc8+ Nxc8
31.Nb2 Nd6 32.f3 Kg7 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke3 Nh5 35.Bf1 Nf4 36.Bc4+ Ke7 37.Bg8 h6
38.Bb3 Nb7 39.Nc4 Kf6 40.Ba2 g5 41.Kd2 h5 42.Ke3 Ne6 43.Bb1 Nd4 44.Kf2 Nc5
45.Nb2 Nde6 46.Bc2 Nc7 47.Nc4 Ke6 48.Kg3 d5 49.Nd2 Kf6 50.exd5 Nxd5 51.h4 Ne3
52.Bb1 Nf5+ 53.Kf2 Nxh4  0-1

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Friedman, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qh5+ Qf7
9.Qd1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Nh3 Bd7 12.Bb5 O-O-O 13.O-O h6 14.Ba3 g5 15.Bxc6 Bxc6
16.Bxc5 Qa5 17.f3 Qxc3 18.Bxa7 Ne7 19.Bc5 Ng6 20.Ra3 Qa5 21.Qb1 Rdg8 22.Rb3 Nf4
23.Nxf4 gxf4 24.Rf2 Rh7 25.c3 Rhg7 26.Kh1 h5 27.Rfb2 h4 28.h3 Qc7 29.Bd6 Qd7
30.a5 Kd8 31.a6  1-0

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Ng6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 c4 8.d4 cxd3
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 b5 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.a3 Na5
16.Ng5 h6 17.Nh3 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Qh5 Qb7 20.Bxh6 Bxg2 21.Bxg6 Rc5 22.Re5 fxg6
23.Qxg6 Rf7 24.Rxc5 Bxh3 25.Rh5 Bf5 26.Qg3 Qd5 27.Re1 Nc6 28.Nf1 Bd6 29.Bf4 e5
30.Qh4 Rf6 31.Bg3 Bc5 32.Rh8+ Kf7 33.Qh5+ Bg6 34.Qg4 Ne7 35.Rd1 Qc6 36.Rhd8 Rf5
37.R1d2 Bh5 38.Qh3 Qe4 39.b4 Bb6 40.R8d7 Bg4 41.Qh4 Rf6 42.h3  1-0

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nge2 Ne7 8.O-O Nd7
9.Nf4 c5 10.Na4 Qb4 11.Nxc5 Nxc5 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Nh5 Rc8 14.c3 Qc4 15.Qh3 Qe4
16.Be3 Qxe5 17.Bxa7 Qf5 18.g4 Qg6 19.Rae1 Nc6 20.Bb6 Bd6 21.f4 O-O 22.Kh1 Qc2
23.Rf2 Qa4 24.f5 Qb5 25.Be3 d4 26.cxd4 Qd5+ 27.Kg1 Nxd4 28.Nxg7 Be5 29.Nh5 Nc2
30.Rd2 Qe4 31.Ree2 Nd4  0-1

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.h4 Nbc6 8.h5 Qa5
9.Bd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa4 11.h6 Qxd4 12.Nf3 Qe4+ 13.Be2 Nxe5 14.Bc3 f6 15.hxg7 Rg8
16.Nxe5 fxe5 17.Qd3 Qxd3 18.Bxd3 d4 19.Bb4 Rxg7 20.Rxh7 Rxh7 21.Bxh7 Nc6
22.Bg6+ Kd7 23.O-O-O Nxb4 24.axb4 Ke7 25.f4 Kf6 26.Be4 exf4 27.Rxd4 Ke5 28.c3 a5
29.b5 a4 30.Kb2 a3+ 31.Ka2 Kf6 32.Rd8 Ke7 33.Rh8 Kd6 34.Bf3 Kc5 35.Bg4 Kxb5
36.Ka1 b6 37.Bxe6 Bb7 38.Rh5+ Ka6 39.Bc4+ Ka7 40.Bd5 Bxd5 41.Rxd5 Rg8 42.Rd2 Rg3
43.Rc2 Ka6 44.Ka2 Kb5 45.Kxa3 Kc4 46.Kb2 Kd3 47.Rf2 Ke3 48.Rc2 b5 49.Kb3 Rg4
50.Ra2 Rh4 51.Rb2 Rh1 52.Kb4 Rc1 53.Ra2 Rb1+ 54.Kc5 Rb3 55.Rc2 Ke4 56.Re2+ Kd3
57.Rf2 Ke3 58.Rc2 Rb1 59.Ra2 Rb3 60.Rc2 Kd3 61.Rf2 Rxc3+ 62.Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salman, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.Nf3 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d5 O-O 9.dxe6 dxe6
10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Ng5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nc5 14.Bxc7 Rd2 15.Rab1 Nfe4
16.Nf3 Bxc3 17.Nxd2 Bxd2 18.Rfd1 Bh6 19.f3 Nf6 20.Rd8+ Rxd8 21.Bxd8 Kf7 22.b4 Nb7
23.Bxf6 Kxf6 24.Rb3 Bf8 25.Ra3 a5 26.c5 axb4 27.Ra7 Nxc5 28.Rxh7 Na4  0-1

[Event "World op Champions"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 Ng6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Be7 8.Ne4 f6
9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 O-O 13.Be3 d5 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Bd4 Rf7
16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Qc7 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Bc5 Rb7 20.b3 Rb5 21.b4 a5 22.a3 Rbb8
23.Ra1 Ba6 24.Rfc1 Bc4 25.Bd6 Re8 26.Bc7 axb4 27.axb4 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 e5 29.Re1 e4
30.Bb6 Ra8 31.Bd4 Ra2 32.c3 Kf7 33.h4 g6 34.Kh2 Ke6 35.Kg3 Kf5 36.f3 Bd3
37.f4 h5 38.Bh8 Bc4 39.Bd4 Rd2 40.Ra1 Rd3+ 41.Kh2 e3 42.Ra8 e2 43.Re8 Rd1
44.Bf2 Kxf4 45.Bg3+ Kf5 46.Re5+ Kf6 47.Re8 Rf1 48.Re3 g5 49.Rf3+ Kg6 50.Re3 gxh4
51.Bxh4 Kf5 52.Re8 Rc1 53.Re3 Kg4 54.Bf2 Rf1 55.Rg3+ Kf5 56.Rf3+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "World op Champions"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 Qd7 5.Be2 f6 6.O-O e6 7.c3 Nge7 8.b4 Ng6
9.b5 Na5 10.Qa4 b6 11.Be3 a6 12.Nbd2 h5 13.Rfe1 Kf7 14.Nf1 Be7 15.N3d2 h4
16.g4 hxg3 17.fxg3 Bh3 18.Rab1 fxe5 19.dxe5 Bf5 20.Rbc1 axb5 21.Qd1 Nxe5
22.Bd4 Nec4 23.Bh5+ Kg8 24.g4 Rxh5 25.gxh5 c5 26.Bf2 Nb2  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dean, Jim H"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O d5
9.a4 a6 10.a5 N6d7 11.Na4 Nc6 12.Bg5 Qb8 13.c4 Nb4 14.Nc3 h6 15.Be3 Be7 16.cxd5 Nxd5
17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Qd2 c6 19.Rfe1 Nf8 20.Nh2 Bxe2 21.Rxe2 Qc7 22.f4 f5 23.exf6 gxf6
24.f5 O-O-O 25.Bxh6 Bd6 26.Ng4 Qh7 27.Rf1 Nd7 28.Bf4 Bxf4 29.Qxf4 Qf7 30.Rfe1 Qf8
31.Re7 Rg8 32.R1e6 Rg7 33.Qd6 Qg8 34.Rxg7 Qxg7 35.Re7 Qg5 36.Ne3 Qh4 37.Ng4 Qg5
38.Ne3 Qh4 39.Ng4 Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op Champions"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rubenchik, Rodion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5
9.Nf4 Ne7 10.Bb5+ N7c6 11.Qe2 d4 12.O-O-O Bxc5 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.f4 Qb6 15.Bxd4 Bxd4
16.Na4 Qc7 17.Rxd4 O-O 18.Rd2 a6 19.fxe5 axb5 20.Qxb5 Ra5 21.Qb3 Rfa8 22.Nc3 b5
23.Re1 b4 24.Nb1 Rxa2 25.Qc4 Ra1 26.c3 Qa5 27.Qxc6 Rxb1+ 28.Kxb1 b3 29.Qxa8+ Qxa8
30.Rde2 Qa2+ 31.Kc1 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Qxb2+ 33.Kd3 Qa3 34.Rb1 Qa6+ 35.c4 Qb7 36.Re3 Qb4
37.Rb2 g5 38.Rf3 Qe1 39.Rxb3 Qxe5 40.Rc3 f5 41.gxf5 exf5 42.c5 g4 43.Re3 Qd5+
44.Kc2 f4 45.Re1 f3 46.c6 f2 47.Rf1 Qa2+ 48.Kd3 Qd5+ 49.Kc2 Qa2+ 50.Kd3 Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op Champions"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barash, Danny"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.Be2 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5
9.Bg5 Bxg5 10.Nxd6+ Kf8 11.Nxf5 Qxd1+ 12.Bxd1 Bc1 13.a3 g6 14.Nd6 Bxb2 15.Ra2 Bd4
16.Bf3 Nge7 17.Nd2 Rd8 18.Nb5 Bb6 19.O-O Kg7 20.Ne4 Rhf8 21.c5 Ba5 22.Ng5 Rf6
23.Ne4 Rf4 24.Ng5 Rf6 25.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op Champions"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qc5 10.Qd3 Qa5 11.Nb5 O-O 12.a3 Be7 13.b4 Qd8 14.c5 Ne8 15.Bf4 a6
16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Bxd6 Nxd6 18.Qxd6 Re8 19.f4 Qe7 20.Rad1 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Kf8 22.a4 Ke7
23.a5 Rb8 24.e4  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Manning, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.d5 Bxc3
9.bxc3 exd5 10.Nh4 Na6 11.cxd5 d6 12.e4 Re8 13.Re1 Nc7 14.Bf4 Bc8 15.e5 dxe5
16.d6 exf4 17.dxc7 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Bg4 19.Bxa8 Bxd1 20.Rxe8+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bereolos, P."]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.fxe6 O-O 8.Be3 dxe6
9.a3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Qe8 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Be7 14.Qe2 Rd8 15.Re1 Kh8
16.Ng3 c5 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Qxe7 Qxe7
22.Rxe7 Nf6 23.Be2 a5 24.f3 Bb3 25.Ke1 Nd5 26.Re6 Rf6 27.Rxf6 Nxf6 28.Ne4 Nxe4
29.fxe4 Rd4 30.Rf1 Rxe4 31.Kd2 Kg7 32.Rf3 Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Segovia, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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.d3 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 h6 15.d4 cxd4
16.cxd4 Qc7 17.b3 Nc6 18.Bb2 Bd7 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.Qd2 Rbd8 21.a3 Qb8 22.b4 Na7
23.Qe3 Nc6 24.Bb3 Qa8 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Rc7 Be6 28.Bxe5 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Bxb3
30.Qxb3 Rxe5 31.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turgut, Tansel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Ne5 Bb7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.c3 c5 10.Qf3 a5 11.g4 Nfd7 12.g5 Bxg5 13.Qh3 f5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.f4 Qe7
16.Ndf3 Rf6 17.Rg1 Nf8 18.Kf2 Bc6 19.Rg5 Be8 20.Rag1 g6 21.Qg2 Nbd7 22.h4 Nxe5
23.fxe5 Rf7 24.h5 Rg7 25.h6 Rf7 26.Nh4 Kh8 27.Kf3 Ra7 28.Kf4 Qd8 29.Qh2 Rfc7
30.Nf3 b5 31.R5g2 b4 32.Rd1 cxd4 33.exd4 a4 34.a3 bxa3 35.bxa3  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bc5 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 exf4 7.Bxf4 Be6 8.Bb5 d5
9.e5 Nd7 10.d4 Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.O-O f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qd2 a6 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Rae1 Bf5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Bg6 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Na4 Qf6
22.Nc5 Rf8 23.Qe1 Be4 24.h3 Bxg2 25.Nd7 Qf3 26.Re8  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Ba6 6.b3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O c6
10.a4 d5 11.Ba3 Re8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 c5 14.f4 Ne4 15.Rc1 cxd4 16.Nb5 Bxb5
17.axb5 Nd7 18.Nc6 Qf6 19.Bb2 Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nb5 Qb8 6.N1c3 a6 7.Nd4 e6 8.g3 Nf6
9.Bg2 Qc7 10.O-O Bc5 11.Nb3 Ba7 12.a4 d6 13.a5 Ne5 14.h3 h5 15.Na4 Nc4 16.Qd3 Bd7
17.Qc3 Rc8 18.Rd1 O-O 19.Qe1 Rfe8 20.Nc3 d5 21.Nd4 e5 22.Nf3 d4 23.Nd5 Nxd5
24.exd5 Bf5 25.Qe2 Nxa5 26.d6 Qd8 27.Ng5 Rxc2 28.Qxh5 Bg6 29.Qxg6 fxg6 30.Bd5+ Re6
31.Bxe6+  1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nge2 Ne7 8.O-O Na6
9.Nf4 c5 10.Na4 Qc7 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.c4 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Qxe5 14.Be3 O-O-O 15.a3 Be7
16.b4 Rd4 17.Qc1 Re4 18.Ne2 Nc7 19.Nac3 Rg4 20.f4 Qh5 21.Ng3 Qg6 22.Ra2 a6
23.Rd2 f5 24.Na4 Nd5 25.Nb6+ Nxb6 26.cxb6 Kb8 27.Rd7 Rc8 28.Rfd1 e5 29.fxe5 Qe6
30.Qd2 Nxe5 31.Bf4 Bf6 32.Kh1 g5 33.Rd6 Qc4 34.Rxf6 gxf4 35.Nxf5 f3 36.Qd6+ Ka8
37.Qxe5 Rxg2 38.Ne3 Qe2 39.Qf4 f2 40.h3 Re8 41.Nxg2 Qxd1+ 42.Kh2 Qg1+ 43.Kg3  1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bobrowska, Monika"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5 6.h4 Nf6 7.h5 Rg8 8.hxg6 hxg6
9.Nf3 d6 10.Ng5 Qa5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.f4 Nb6 13.e3 Bd7 14.Bd2 O-O-O 15.Be2 Rde8
16.Qd3 Qa4 17.O-O Kc7 18.Rfd1 e6 19.Be1 exd5 20.cxd5 Ne4 21.c4 Nxg5 22.fxg5 Re4
23.Rdc1 Rge8 24.Bf2 f4 25.Bd1 Qa6 26.exf4 Bf5 27.Qc3 Rxc4 28.Qg7+ Nd7 29.Bf3 Rxf4
30.Bg3 Qa4 31.Bxf4 Qxf4 32.Re1 Re3 33.Rf1 Qxg5 34.Rae1 Qf4 35.Rd1 Re5 36.Rfe1 Kb6
37.Rb1+ Kc7 38.Rbd1 Bc2 39.Rc1 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 Bd7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bb3 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 b5 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Qe3 a5 13.a3 Na6 14.Rfe1 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Bg3 Ng4 17.Qd2 Ne5 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.Bf4 g5 20.Be3 Ng4 21.Nxe6 Nxb3 22.Bxb6 Nxd2
23.Nxg7 Nc4 24.Bd4 Nxb2 25.Ra1 Nc4 26.Nf5 Kh7 27.h4 gxh4 28.f3 Nge5 29.Kf2 Rac8
30.Rh1 Bxf5 31.exf5 Nxa3 32.Rxh4 Nxc2 33.Rah1 Nxd4 34.Rxh6+ Kg8 35.g4 Nexf3
36.Rh8+ Kg7 37.R8h7+ Kf6 38.Nd5+ Kg5 39.Kg3  1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.c5 bxc5
9.a3 Ba5 10.dxc5 Ne4 11.b4 Qf6 12.Ra2 Bd5 13.Rb2 Nc6 14.Nf3 Rab8 15.fxe6 dxe6
16.h4 Nxc5 17.Qc2 Ne4 18.bxa5 Nd4 19.Qd3 Nb3 20.Rc2 Nbc5 21.Rxc5 Nxc5 22.Qc2 Be4
23.Qxc5 Rxb1  0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb4 7.d5 c6 8.a3 Qa5
9.Nc3 cxd5 10.Bf4 N4a6 11.Ne2 dxe4 12.b4 Qf5 13.O-O Nd7 14.b5 Nac5 15.Nd5 Ne6
16.Rc1 Nb6 17.Rc5 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Qf6 19.Be5 Qxe5 20.Rxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxe4 O-O 22.Bg2 Rb8
23.a4 b6 24.Qd5 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.a4 Bc8 15.Qc2 Be6
16.Rfd1 c5 17.Bb5 Na6 18.Rac1 Qa8 19.e4 Nb4 20.Qb1 Rc8 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.exd5 Nxd5
23.Ne4 Be7 24.Ne5 Nf4 25.Nc4 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Nxc1 27.Nb6 Rd8 28.Rxc1 Qb7 29.Nc4 Raa8
30.Ne3 Rd4 31.Nc3 Bg5 32.Re1 Rad8  0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5
10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.O-O Nxc3 15.Rxc3 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Bg1 Nc5 15.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nc3 Nbc6 7.Bf4 Nf5 8.e4 Nfxd4
9.exd5 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.Bg2 O-O 12.Re1 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Ne2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Qb6
16.Be5 Ba6 17.Qe3 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Bc4 19.h4 Rad8 20.Rad1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Qc5 Qd1+ 24.Kh2 Qxc2 25.Qxc6 Qe2 26.Qa8+ Kg7 27.b3 Bd5 28.Qxa7 g5 29.Qd4+ Kg8
30.hxg5 Qxa2 31.b4 Bc4 32.Bc6 Qe2 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qd4+ Kg8
37.Bg2 e5 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Qf3 Qb2 43.Qa8+ Kg7
44.Qe4 Qc3 45.Bf3 Kg8 46.Bg2 Kg7 47.f4 exf4 48.gxf4 h6 49.Qf5 hxg5 50.Qxg5+ Kf8
51.Qd8+ Kg7 52.Qg5+ Kf8 53.Qc5+ Kg8 54.Qc8+ Kg7 55.Qd8 Qb3 56.Qg5+ Kf8 57.Qd8+ Kg7
58.Qd4+ Kg8 59.Qd8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 e4 5.d4 Bf8 6.Nd2 c6 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bf4 Nf6 11.e3 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 a6 14.O-O Be7 15.f3 O-O
16.Bg5 Re8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.fxe4 dxe4 19.Qg4 Bg5 20.Rae1 g6 21.Nxe4 f5 22.Qxg5 Rxe4
23.Rxf5 Qxg5 24.Rxg5 Rae8 25.d5 Nb4 26.d6 b6 27.Nd2 R4e6 28.Nc4 b5 29.d7 Rd8
30.Re5 Kf7 31.Rf1+ Ke7 32.Rxe6+ Kxe6 33.Nb6 Nxa2 34.Rf4 Kd6 35.Rf6+ Kc5 36.e4 Nb4
37.e5 Nc6 38.e6 Ne7 39.Rf7 Kd6 40.Rxh7 Kxe6 41.h4 a5 42.Kf2 a4 43.Ke2 Kd6
44.Rg7 Nc6 45.Rxg6+ Kc5 46.Nc8 Rxd7 47.h5 Ne5 48.Rg5 Kd4 49.h6 Rc7 50.Nd6 Rc2+
51.Kd1 Rxb2 52.h7 Rb1+ 53.Kc2 Rh1 54.Nxb5+ Kd5 55.Nc7+ Ke4 56.Ne8 Kf4 57.Rg7 Kf5
58.Kc3 Ke6 59.g3 Nf7 60.Rg6+ Ke5 61.Rg7 Ke6 62.g4 Ke7 63.g5 Kxe8 64.g6 Nd6
65.Ra7 Rh3+ 66.Kc2 Nf5 67.g7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.O-O Nde7 13.Be3 Bg4 14.Qc2 Qc8 15.Rfd1 Bh3
16.Bh1 Qc7 17.Nc5 Rad8 18.Qa4 b6 19.Ne4 Na5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 h6 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Qc2 f5 24.Nd2 Qc8 25.Nf1 Nc4 26.Bc1 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 e4 28.g4 Nd5 29.gxf5 Qxf5
30.Qxe4 Qxe4 31.Bxe4 Nxc3 32.Bc2 b5 33.Bb3 Kf8 34.Ke1 g5 35.Bd2 Nxd2 36.Kxd2 Ne4+
37.Ke3 Nf6 38.Kd4 Ng4 39.Kc5 Ke7 40.Kxb5 Kd6 41.Ka6 Nxf2 42.Kxa7 h5 43.Kb6 g4
44.Bf7 h4 45.Bh5 g3 46.hxg3 hxg3 47.Bf3 Ng4 48.a4 Ne5 49.Bh1 Nc4+ 50.Kb5 Ne3
51.a5 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O b5 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.a4 c4 12.axb5 Qxb5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh3 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.g4 Nc6 11.g5 Nd7 12.f4 Nc5 13.Bc2 Bd7 14.Nb3 h6 15.g6 O-O-O
16.gxf7 Rhf8 17.Be3 Rxf7 18.e5 Be8 19.exd6 Rxd6 20.Qg4 Nxb3 21.axb3 Ne7 22.c5 Rc6
23.b4 Nf5 24.Bd4 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Qd8 26.Rad1 Kb8 27.Rfe1 g5 28.f5 exf5 29.Bxf5 Rcf6
30.Qg3+ Ka7 31.Be6 Rf8 32.d5 Ba4 33.Rc1 Rf3 34.Qe5 g4 35.Qg7 Qh4 36.c6 Qf2+
37.Kh1 R8f7 38.Qxg4 Bb3 39.Qg2 Qd4 40.c7 Rf2 41.c8=Q Rxg2 42.Bxf7 Rxh2+ 43.Kxh2 Qf2+
44.Kh3 Qf3+ 45.Kh4 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 Be7 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.g3 exd5 11.Qxd5 Nc6 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.O-O Bxg5 14.Nxg5 Nd4 15.Qxc5 Nxe2+
16.Kh1 Bxg2+ 17.Kxg2 Qf6 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Qd5 Rce8 20.Rd2 Re5 21.Qd3 Rxg5
22.Qxe2 Qc6+ 23.Kg1 Rc5 24.b3 d6 25.Rfd1 Re5 26.Qf1 Re6 27.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb4 7.d5 c6 8.a3 N4a6
9.Ne2 cxd5 10.exd5 O-O 11.O-O Nc7 12.Nbc3 Ne8 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Nd4 Nd6 15.Bg5 Bf6
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Re3 Bd7 18.Qe2 Re8 19.Re1 Qb6 20.Nf3 Ng4 21.Rd3 Rac8 22.Rd4 a5
23.Red1 Nf6 24.Ne5 Rc7 25.Bf3 Bc8 26.Rf4 h5 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.h3 Rh8 29.a4 Qb3
30.Rd3 Qb6 31.Rd2 Bd7 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Be8 34.Rfd4 Nd7 35.Nxd7 Rxd7 36.Rd1 Rc7
37.R4d3 Qb4 38.Re3 Bxa4 39.Ra1 Bb3 40.Rxe7 Rxe7 41.Qxe7 Qf4 42.Qe3 Qh2+ 43.Kf1 Bc4+
44.Ne2 Re8 45.Qc3+ Kg8 46.Re1 a4 47.Qf6 b5 48.Qc3 Ne4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bd7 8.Nf3 Qc7
9.O-O c4 10.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knopp, Ingmar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e3 f5 5.Qc2 Nf6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bd2 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O-O c5 10.d5 Na6 11.a3 exd5 12.cxd5 Nc7 13.Bc4 d6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Ng5 Qe7
16.e4 fxe4 17.Rhe1 b5 18.Nxb5 Nxb5 19.Qxb5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5+ Nxd5 21.Qc4 Qe5
22.Bc3 Qxg5+ 23.Re3 Rxf2 24.Qxd5+ Qxd5  0-1

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Andersen, Lars Even"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Re1 Nd7 8.Nbd2 Rb8
9.a4 a6 10.Nc4 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Ne3 O-O 13.h4 h5 14.Ng5 Nde5 15.f4 Ng4
16.e5 Nd4 17.c3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 Bg4 19.Qb1 Ne6 20.d4 Nxg5 21.hxg5 dxe5 22.dxe5 Qc7
23.Ra6 Rfc8 24.Qa2 Bf8 25.Rxg6+ Bg7 26.Ra6 e6 27.Be4 b4 28.Ra7 Qd8 29.c4 Rc7
30.b3 Qe7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Qf2 Bf8 33.Bf3 Rd8 34.Bxg4 hxg4 35.Qe2 Qd7 36.Qxg4 Qd3
37.Bf2 Qxb3 38.g6 Bg7 39.gxf7+ Kxf7 40.f5 exf5 41.Qxf5+ Kg8 42.Qe6+ Kh7 43.Kg2 Rd1
44.Re4 Rd4 45.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Joecks, Christian"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.Qd3 Rc8 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.Rfe1 Nh5 14.Be3 Bg5 15.Bxd4 Nf4
16.Qg3 exd4 17.Qxg4 dxc3 18.bxc3 Nxg2 19.Red1 Nf4 20.Nf3 h5 21.Qf5 g6  0-1

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.g4 Nc6 11.Nb3 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh3 Nb6 15.Rd1 b4 16.Ne2 d5
17.f5 exf5 18.exd5 Ne5 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.O-O O-O 21.c3 Nbc4 22.cxb4 Nxb2 23.Rd4 Rb8
24.Rc1 Qe7 25.Qe3 Re8 26.Na5 Bd7 27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.dxc6 Qc7 29.Qd2 Nbc4 30.Rcxc4 Nxc4
31.Rxc4 Qb6+ 32.Qd4 Bxf4 33.Qxb6 Bxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Rxb6 35.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O b5 10.a4 b4 11.c4 Nc7 12.Nf4 Nb6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Qg4 g6 15.cxd5 Nbxd5
16.Ne4 h5 17.Qf3 Be7 18.Rd1 a5 19.Be3 Ra6 20.Rac1 Qa8 21.Nd6+ Kd7 22.Nxf7 Rg8
23.Nd6 Rf8 24.Nb5  1-0

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.Rac1 Qc7
16.Bb5 a6 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.c4 Nf6 19.Ne5 Qa4 20.Rb1 b5 21.Be1 Be4 22.Rb4 Qc2
23.Rd2 Qc1 24.c5 Qa3 25.Rb3 Qa4 26.g4 Bd5 27.g5 Ne4 28.Rdd3 b4 29.Rxb4 Qe8
30.Qg4 Nxg5 31.Nc4 f6 32.Nd6 Qg6 33.Qg3 Rcd8 34.Kf1 a5 35.Ra4 Qh5 36.Raa3 f5
37.h4 Ne4 38.Nxe4 fxe4 39.Rdc3 Rf6 40.Qg5 Qf7 41.Rg3 Rf8 42.Kg1 h6 43.Qd2 Qh5
44.Rxa5 Qxh4 45.Ra7 Qxg3+ 46.fxg3 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hermesmann, Hans"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d5 Ba6 6.b3 g6 7.Bb2 Bg7 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 Bb7
10.Nh3 e5 11.O-O h6 12.e4 d6 13.f4 Ng4 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.Rae1 Rf7 16.fxe5 dxe5
17.b4 a6 18.Nd1 Qf8 19.Bc1 Qd6 20.Qc2 Raf8 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.Bxe3 c5 23.Qd2 Kh7
24.Re2 Bc8 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Ref2 Kh8 27.Kh1 Rf6 28.Qc2 cxb4 29.axb4 Qxb4 30.Bd2 Qc5
31.Rxf5 Rxf5 32.Rxf5 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 Qxc4 34.Ng5 Nf8 35.Nf7+ Kg8 36.Nxe5 Qc7
37.d6 Bxf5  0-1

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Breyther, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Nf3 b4 11.Nd1 Nc5 12.Nf2 Be7 13.Kh1 h5 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Ng5 h4
16.Nfh3 Nfd7 17.Nf3 O-O-O 18.a3 b3 19.Be3 Kb8 20.cxb3 Qxb3 21.Bc4 Qa4 22.b3 Qc6
23.b4 Nxe4 24.Nd4 Qc7 25.Rac1 Rc8 26.Bxa6 Nc3 27.Qd3 Bxa6 28.Qxa6 Qb7 29.Qd3 Ne4
30.b5 Ndc5 31.Qe2 Ka8 32.Nc6 Rxc6 33.bxc6 Qxc6 34.f5 e5 35.Qg4 Bf6 36.Rc2 Rb8
37.Rfc1 Rb3 38.Bg1 Qa6 39.Nf2 Nxf2+ 40.Bxf2 h3 41.Bxc5  1-0

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Bb7 6.d5 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nh3 O-O 9.O-O a5
10.Rb1 Na6 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 Qc8 13.Qb3 c6 14.dxe6 dxe6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Nf4 Rfe8
17.Na4 e5 18.Bxb6 Qf7 19.Nd3 e4 20.Ndc5 Bc8 21.Nxa6 Bxa6 22.Rfc1 Ng4 23.f3 Ne5
24.b5 Bc8 25.f4 cxb5 26.Qxb5 Bd7 27.Qd5 Be6 28.Qb5 Nxc4 29.Bc5 Nd2  0-1

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 Qb6 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bg4
9.b4 Qb6 10.Be3 Qd8 11.Ra2 Nf6 12.Nc3 a5 13.b5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Ne5 15.Be2 O-O
16.c5 Rc8 17.Bd4 Ned7 18.Na4 dxc5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.e5 Nd5 21.Rd2 e6 22.Bf3 Bh6
23.Bxd5 Bxd2 24.Bxb7 Rb8 25.Nxc5 Qd4 26.Nb3 Qc3 27.Bc6 Rfd8 28.Nxd2 Rxd2
29.Qf3 Qxe5 30.g3 Qd4 31.Re1 Rd3 32.Qe2 Rxa3 33.Kg2 Rd3 34.Qe4 a4 35.Qxd4 Rxd4
36.Re3 Kf8 37.Kf3 Ke7 38.Rc3 Rb4 39.Ke2 Rd8 40.b6 Rb2+ 41.Ke1 Rb3  0-1

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Qa5
9.Ne2 cxd4 10.Bg5 Ng6 11.f4 Nd7 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.h4 f5 14.Qh3 Nc5 15.h5 gxh5
16.Qxh5 Ne4 17.Be7 Bd7 18.Qg6 Qb5 19.Rh7 Rf7 20.Bf6  1-0

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C39"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.d4 d6 7.Nd3 Nh5 8.Bxf4 Bg7
9.c3 O-O 10.Nd2 f5 11.exf5 Qe8+ 12.Kf2 Bxf5 13.g3 Qg6 14.Nc4 Nc6 15.Kg1 Be4
16.Rh2 Nxg3 17.Qb3 d5 18.Bxg3 Bxd3 19.Nd2 Bxf1 20.Qxd5+ Kh8 21.Rxf1 Qd3 22.Rg2 Rxf1+
23.Nxf1 Rf8 24.Rf2 Re8 25.Qd7 Qe4 26.Rf7 Re7 27.Qc8+ Re8 28.Qxc7 Ne7 29.Qd7 Nd5
30.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "Bayern-ch Bank Hofmann 3rd"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O a6 10.Ne5 cxd4 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.Qxd4 Be6 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.a3 Qd7 15.Be5 Rfd8
16.h3 b5 17.Qf4 Qb7 18.Qg3 g6 19.Bf3 a5 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Qb8
23.Qxb8 Rxb8 24.Ba7 Rbc8 25.Nxb5 Nc5 26.Bf3 Na4 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Nd4 Rd7
29.Nxe6 Rxa7 30.Nd4 Bf6 31.Nc6 Ra6 32.Rd1 Bxb2 33.g4 Rb6 34.Rb1 Bf6 35.Rxb6 Nxb6
36.Nxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rosario,Sal"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.a4 Be7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.N1c3 a6
9.Na3 Be6 10.O-O Rc8 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bg5 14.c3 Kh8 15.Kh1 Bh6
16.Qe2 Qh4 17.Rad1 Rcd8 18.Nc7 Bc8 19.Nc2 Ne7 20.g3 Qh3 21.Ne3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 f5
23.f4 exf4 24.Rxf4 Ng6 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.Bxe6 Nxf4 27.Qxf4 Qh5 28.Rd5 Rde8 29.Rxd6 fxe4
30.Qxe4 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schneider,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 f5 8.Ba3 Nf6
9.Bxd6 Nxe4 10.Bxe7 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Kxe7 12.Ke1 Be6 13.N1c3 Nxc3 14.Nxc3 Rhd8
15.Be2 e4 16.g4 g6 17.gxf5 gxf5 18.Rg1 Kf6 19.Rd1 Nb4 20.Rd2 a6 21.Nd1 Ke5
22.a3 Nc6 23.Rg7 b5 24.Rc7 Nd4 25.Rc5+ Kf4 26.Nc3 Nxb3 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rc7 bxc4
29.Bxc4 Bxc4 30.Rxc4 Nd4 31.Ne2+ Nxe2 32.Kxe2 Rd3 33.Ra4 Rb3 34.Rxa6 Rb2+
35.Ke1 Kf3 36.Rh6 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shapiro,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nb3 Ba7 10.a4 Ne5 11.h3 h5 12.Qe2 h4 13.g4 Ng6 14.Kh1 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4
16.e5 Bb8 17.Rfe1 Nh7 18.Nc5 Qxe5 19.Qxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 d6 21.Rh5 dxc5 22.Rxc5 O-O
23.Rd1 f5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.Nd5 Nf6 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Rc7 Be6 28.Rd6 Rf7 29.Rxb7 Re8
30.Rbb6 Bc4 31.b3 Re1+ 32.Kh2  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sevillano,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5 4.O-O d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.Re1 Nf6 7.h3 Be7 8.d4 O-O
9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.Qc2 Nh5 13.Be3 a6 14.Bf1 h6 15.Rad1 Be6
16.a4 Na5 17.b3 Rd7 18.Qb1 Nc6 19.Nc4 Rfd8 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21.Rc1 Qb8 22.Nb6 Rd8
23.Nd5 Bf8 24.Rd1 Nf4 25.Nb6 Qc7 26.Nc4 Ng6 27.Rd2 Rb8 28.Ra2 Qd8 29.Ncd2 Na5
30.Rb2 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ne1 Rb7 33.Nc2 Nc6 34.Ra2 b4 35.cxb4 cxb4 36.Qa1 Rd7
37.Ra8 Qf6 38.Bb5 Rd6 39.Nc4 Bxc4 40.Bxc4 Nf4 41.Rc8 Qg5 42.Bxf4 exf4 43.Bd5 Ne5
44.Qa8 Ng6 45.Ne1 Qf6 46.Nf3 Ra6 47.Qb8 Ra1+ 48.Kh2 Rd1 49.Qa7 Rd3 50.Rc6 Qe7
51.Rc7 Qd6 52.Rd7 Rxd5 53.exd5 Qf6 54.Qd4 Qxd4 55.Nxd4 Bc5 56.Nc6 Bxf2 57.Rd8+ Kh7
58.d6 Nh4 59.d7 Nf5 60.Rh8+ Kxh8 61.d8=Q+ Kh7 62.Ne7  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goldin,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.dxc5 Be6 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nxc5 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Nd4 a6 13.a3 b5 14.Bf3 Qd6 15.Nde2 Rfd8
16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Be5 b4 18.axb4 Qxb4 19.Nd4 Nfd7 20.Bg3 Nb6 21.Qe2 Bf6 22.Na2 Qa4
23.Nc3 Qc4 24.Rfd1 Kf8 25.Qd2 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jimenez Villena,F"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qa5+ 6.c3 cxd4 7.Bd3 dxc3 8.bxc3 d4
9.O-O dxc3 10.Na3 Nh6 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.Nc4 Qc5 13.Rab1 Nb4 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Nd6+ Bxd6
16.exd6 Nd5 17.Rxb7 c2 18.Rc1 Qa3 19.Rxc2 Qxd3 20.Rd2 Qc3 21.h3 Qc1+ 22.Kh2 Qc6
23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Qb2 Qxd6+  0-1

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Touzane,O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[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 b5 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.h4 a5
16.Qe2 Be7 17.Qb5+ Qxb5 18.Bxb5+ Kd8 19.Kb1 Kc7 20.Bc6 Ra6 21.Rhe1 Nd7 22.h5 Bg5
23.Bb5 Ra7 24.Re4 Nb6 25.Rd3 Kb8 26.Bc6 f5 27.gxf5 Rf8 28.c3 bxc3 29.Rxc3 Rxf5
30.a4 Bd8 31.Nd2 Rxh5 32.Re1 e4 33.Rb3 exf3 34.Re8 Kc7 35.Rf8 Nxd5 36.Bxd5 Rxd5
37.Rf7+ Kc6 38.Rxa7 f2 39.Ra6+ Kd7 40.Ra7+ Kc6 41.Ra6+ Kd7 42.Ra7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero,Ern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6 4.h3 h5 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nh2 h4 9.Re1 c5
10.c3 Nc6 11.Be3 Bxb1 12.Rxb1 Nh6 13.dxc5 Nf5 14.Bd4 a5 15.Nf3 Qb8 16.Bd3 Qa7
17.Bxf5 gxf5 18.b4 axb4 19.cxb4 Qa4 20.Qd3 Nxb4 21.Qc3 Nc2 22.Rec1 Nxd4 23.Nxd4 Qd7
24.Nxf5 Rg8 25.Nd6+ Bxd6 26.cxd6  1-0

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vokarev,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nc2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.Ne3 Be6 14.Bf3 Kh8 15.Bd5 Bd7
16.b3 b5 17.Bb2 Nb4 18.Qe2 Qe8 19.Rad1 Qg6 20.Ba3 a5 21.Bxb4 axb4 22.Nxb5 Nh5
23.Qd3 Qg5 24.Be4 Nf4 25.Qd2 Qh5 26.Nxd6 Rcd8 27.c5 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Rf4 29.g4 Rxg4
30.Qxe2 Rg1+ 31.Rxg1 Qxe2 32.Nf7+ Kg8 33.Nxd8 Bc8 34.Nc6 Bf6 35.Nxe5 g6 36.Bxg6 Kf8
37.Bd3 Qh5 38.f4 Bxe5 39.fxe5 Qf3+ 40.Ng2 Ke7 41.Rgf1 Qg4 42.c6  1-0

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Manolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.f4 d6
9.Be2 Bd7 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.O-O Rfd8 12.Bf3 Rac8 13.Qe2 Be8 14.Rad1 Qb8 15.g4 Nd7
16.g5 a6 17.Bg4 Bf8 18.Bh3 b5 19.f5 exf5 20.exf5 Nce5 21.Nd5 Rc4 22.Nd4 Rc5
23.Ne6 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 fxe6 25.fxe6 Bg6 26.exd7 Nxd7 27.Bf5 Ne5 28.Bxg6 Nxg6
29.Bd4 Re8 30.Qf3 Ne7 31.Qf7+ Kh8 32.Re1 Qc8 33.Rf5 Qxf5 34.Qxf5 Nxf5 35.Rxe8 Kg8
36.Bf2  1-0

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ippolito,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.c5 bxc5
9.a3 Ba5 10.dxc5 Ne4 11.b4 Qf6 12.Ra2 Bd5 13.Rb2 Nc6 14.bxa5 Rab8 15.Rxb8 Rxb8
16.Bd3 Qa1 17.Ne2 Bb3 18.Qe1 Nxc5 19.Qd2 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Ne5 21.Qc3 Qxb1 22.Qxe5 Bc4
23.Qc3 Qa2 24.Qd2 Qxd2 25.Bxd2 Rb1+ 26.Be1 Rb2 27.fxe6 Bxe2+ 28.Kg1 Rb1  0-1

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Halkias,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[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 Bb7 13.h4 Ne7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Bd3 Kh8
16.Ne3 f5 17.exf5 f6 18.Qb3 d5 19.O-O-O Qc7 20.Kb1 Qc5 21.Rhe1 Bc6 22.g4 a5
23.g5 e4 24.Be2 b4 25.gxf6 Rxf6 26.Rc1 Qd6 27.Red1 Rb8 28.Qc2 a4 29.Qd2 Nxf5
30.cxb4 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Qxb4 32.Rc3 Rb6 33.a3 Qe7 34.Qd4 Bb7 35.Rdc1 Qd6 36.Rc7 h6
37.Qxa4 Qe5 38.R1c2 Qe6 39.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qb3 c6
9.Rd1 Nd7 10.Bd3 Rb8 11.O-O b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Ne2 Re8 14.Bb1 b4 15.Nf4 Ba6
16.Bd3 Qa5 17.Rc1 Rb7 18.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "VII Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Dolmatov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.Be2 Nh6 8.b4 cxd4 9.b5 Ne7
10.a4 dxc3 11.Nxc3 Ng6 12.O-O Ng4 13.a5 Qc7 14.Bb2 N4xe5 15.b6 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 axb6
17.Nxd5 exd5 18.axb6 Qd8 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Bxd5 Be7 21.Qd4 Be6 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Qxg7 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Portsmouth USA"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sevillano,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.d3 d6 7.h3 e5 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 f5 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Re1 h6 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Ba5 Qd7 15.Qe2 Rf7
16.Rad1 Raf8 17.b4 Bxc4 18.dxc4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Rf4 21.Qd3 Qxh3
22.Re4 Rf5 23.f4 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Portsmouth USA"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tate,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.b3 Nge7 5.Bb2 Ng6 6.O-O f6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Kh1 O-O 10.c3 a6 11.Bxc6 dxc6 12.b4 Ba7 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.Qc2 e5
16.Nf5 Nf4 17.f3 Be6 18.Na3 g6 19.Ng3 c5 20.Rd6 c4 21.Rf1 Nd3 22.Ba1 Qe7
23.Rxd3 cxd3 24.Qxd3 Rad8 25.Qe2 Qd7 26.Nc4 Qb5 27.Nb2 Qxe2 28.Nxe2  0-1

[Event "Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Portsmouth USA"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaufman,La"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 f6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 fxe5
9.dxe5 Nh6 10.Bd3 Nf7 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.O-O g5 13.h3 h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.hxg4 Bg7
16.Re1 Qe7 17.Nbd2 Nh6 18.Nh2 O-O 19.Ndf3 Rf4 20.Bc1 Rcf8 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.b5 Nd8
23.Rc1 Nxg4 24.Rc7 Nf7 25.b6 axb6 26.Bb5 Nxh2 27.Nxh2 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Bxe5 29.Rxd7 Qc5
30.Ng4 Bg7 31.Qe2 Re4 32.Rd8+ Kf7 33.Qf3+ Rf4 34.Ne5+ Bxe5 35.Qh5+ Kf6 36.Qh6+ Kf5
37.Bd3+ Kg4  1-0

[Event "Frisco Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2000.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stearns,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.Bd3 f4 10.Nc2 Nf6 11.Nd5 O-O 12.b4 Kh8 13.a4 Qe8 14.f3 Bd8 15.Ba3 Ne7 16.O-O Nexd5
17.exd5 b5 18.c5 Nxd5 19.Be4 Nc3 20.Qxd6 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Bb7 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bb2 Rxa1
24.Nxa1 Bf6 25.Re1 f3 26.gxf3 Qg6+ 27.Kf1 Rd8 28.Qc7 Bc8 29.Nb3 Bh3+  0-1

[Event "Frisco Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ivanov,IV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 Bd7 8.O-O-O Rc8
9.Kb1 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.g4 Ne5 12.h4 b5 13.h5 b4 14.Nd5 Nexg4 15.fxg4 Nxe4
16.Qg2 e6 17.Qxe4 exd5 18.Qf3 Re8 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Ba6 Rc7 21.Qh3 Re5 22.Qh7+ Kf8
23.Bh6 Bxh6 24.Qxh6+ Ke7 25.Nf3  1-0

[Event "Frisco Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Bd7
9.Nb3 a6 10.a4 Na5 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.f4 Rc8 13.Qe1 O-O 14.Qf2 Qb8 15.Ba7 Qa8
16.Bb6 Nc6 17.Rad1 Nb4 18.Nc4 d5 19.e5 Ng4 20.Qg3 Nh6 21.Bf2 Rcd8 22.Nb6 Qb8
23.Ne4 Nf5 24.Qc3 Be8 25.g4 d4 26.Qc4 Ne3 27.Bxe3 dxe3 28.Nd6 Nd5 29.Nf5 Bh4
30.Nxd5 exd5 31.Qc3 Bf2+ 32.Kg2 Bc6 33.Qd4 Qc7 34.b4 Bxa4 35.Rd3 Bxc2 36.Rc1 Rc8
37.e6 fxe6 38.Rxc2 Qd7 39.Rxc8 Rxc8 40.Nxe3 Be1 41.f5 Qf7 42.Bf3 Qe7 43.fxe6 Qh4
44.Qb2 Rf8 45.Nf5  1-0

[Event "Frisco Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ziatdinov,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O Nf6 8.N1c3 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bd5 Bb7 11.b4 O-O 12.Rb1 Qd7 13.Be3 Rfc8 14.Qd2 a5 15.bxa5 b4
16.Na4 bxa3 17.Nb6 Qe8 18.Nxa8 Bxa8 19.a6 Bd8 20.Qd3 Nxd5 21.exd5 Ne7 22.c4 Qa4
23.a7 f5 24.f3 Bc7 25.Qb3 Qe8 26.Qb5 Kf7 27.Qa6 f4 28.Bf2 Nf5 29.Rb4 Nd4
30.Rfb1 Ne2+ 31.Kh1 Nc3 32.R1b3 Nxa2 33.Rb8 Bxb8 34.Qxc8 Qxc8 35.axb8=Q Qxc4
36.Rxa3 Qc1+ 37.Bg1 Qxa3 38.Qc7+ Kg6 39.h4 Bxd5 40.h5+ Kh6 41.Qe7 Nc3 42.Bf2 Ne2
43.Kh2 Ng3 44.Kh3 Nf5 45.Qf8 Bxf3  0-1

[Event "Frisco Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[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.Bxf6 gxf6 12.e5 d5 13.f5 O-O 14.Bd3 fxe5 15.Qg4+ Kh8
16.Qh3 exf5 17.Bxf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 d4 19.Qxe5+ Bf6 20.Qf5 Bg7 21.Ne4 Qc8 22.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frisco Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2000.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barcenilla,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.b4 Bf8 5.Qa4 Ne7 6.Bb2 Nxd5 7.cxd5 Bd6 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 c6 10.Nf3 Re8 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.O-O a5 13.b5 Bb7 14.Rab1 cxb5 15.Qxb5 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koenig,Da"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.Qd2 Nd4 8.Nd5 Be6
9.c3 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nf5 11.Nh3 Nge7 12.O-O O-O 13.f4 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Qb6 15.Rf2 Rae8
16.Qd2 h6 17.Re1 Qa6 18.Rff1 b5 19.Be4 f5 20.Bf3 Kh7 21.Kh1 c4 22.g4 cxd3
23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Bh5 Rd8 25.Qxd3 Qxa2 26.Ra1 Qxd5+ 27.Qxd5 Nxd5 28.Rxa7 Ra8
29.Rb7 Rab8 30.Ra7 Nf6 31.Be2 e4 32.Rd1 d5 33.Rd4 Rfc8 34.Rb4 Kg6 35.Ra5 Ng4
36.Kg2 d4 37.cxd4 Rc2 38.Ng1 Ne3+ 39.Kg3 Rc1 40.Nh3 Nc2 41.Rbxb5 Rxb5 42.Bxb5 Nxd4
43.Be8+ Kf6 44.Ra3 Bf8 45.Ra6+ Ke7 46.Bh5 Kd7 47.Ra5 Bc5 48.b4 Rc3+ 49.Kg2 Rc2+
50.Kg3 Bxb4  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "McIntyre,Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C32"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Bg4
9.dxe4 Bxe2 10.exd5 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 Nxd5 12.Bxg7 Rg8 13.Rd1 Kd7 14.Be5 f6 15.c4 fxe5
16.cxd5 exf4 17.Nh3 Rg4 18.Kf2 Na6 19.Kf3 Rag8 20.Nxf4 Nb4 21.Rd4 a5 22.a3 Na6
23.Re1 Rh4 24.h3 Rh6 25.Re6 Rxe6 26.dxe6+ Ke7 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Rxd8 Kxd8 29.Ke4 Ke7
30.Ke5 c6 31.g4  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Ng5 f6 7.Nh3 g6 8.f4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nf2 d6 11.Nd2 a5 12.a4 f5 13.Nf3 Rb8 14.Rb1 c4 15.dxc4 fxe4
16.Nxe4 d5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Nf2 Qb6 19.Re1 Nf5 20.Ne5 Rb7 21.b3 Rd8 22.Bb2 c5
23.Qd2 Be6 24.Bc3 Ra8 25.Ned3 c4 26.Bxg7 cxd3 27.Be5 dxc2 28.Qxc2 Rc8 29.Qd3 h5
30.h3 h4 31.Rb2 Qb4 32.Reb1 Qc5 33.Qa6 Qb6 34.Qe2 Qe3 35.Qxe3 Nxe3 36.Re1 Nf5
37.Nd3 d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Furdzik,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nge2 Qa6 8.Qh3 b5
9.Nf4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.a4 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ne7 14.Ba3 Nbc6 15.axb5 Qxb5
16.Rfb1 Qc4 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qxe6 Qxc3 19.Bxe7 Nd4 20.Qxd5 Rc8 21.Bb4 Qc4
22.Qxc4 Rxc4 23.Rxa7  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Annakov,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 f5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 Ba6 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bg2 d5 8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O
10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Qb3 Qe7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Rxc6 Bc4 16.Nxc4 Rxc6
17.Ne3 Rc7 18.Qxd5+ Qf7 19.Qb5 Kh8 20.Qd3 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.b3 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Bb2 dxc4 14.Nxc4 b5 15.d5 Nxd5
16.Nce5 N7f6 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nexf7 Rxf7 19.Nxf7 Kxf7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxd5 Bxd5
22.Rd1 Bd4 23.Qf5+ Kg8 24.Bxd5+ Kh8 25.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nd7 7.g4 Bb7 8.Nge2 c5 9.h4 h6
10.O-O-O b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Qa5 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Nf4 Nf6 15.dxc5 Na4 16.cxd6 Nxb2
17.Bd4 Nxd1 18.Qxd1 exd6 19.Bc4 Kf8 20.Qd3 Re8 21.Rd1 Re7 22.h5 g5 23.Qf5 gxf4
24.Bxf6 Qc7 25.Qxf4 Rg8 26.Bxa6 Qc5 27.Bxe7+ Kxe7 28.Re1+ Kf8 29.Bb5 Be5
30.Qxh6+ Rg7 31.f4 Qc3 32.Qxd6+  1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mayer,Stev"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Qd2 Ng4
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd4 Bh6 11.Qe2 d6 12.f3 c5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.fxg4 Qd4 15.h3 Bg5
16.Rd1 Bh4+ 17.Kf1 Qe5 18.Rd3 Be6 19.Bd5 Rab8 20.g3 Bxg3 21.Kg2 Bh4 22.b3 Rb4
23.Rf1 Rd4 24.Qf3 Bf6 25.Nb5 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Rd8 27.Rd1 Bd7 28.Nxa7 e6 29.Bc4 Qb8
30.Qf3 Be7 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Nc6 Rd2+ 33.Kf1 Qd6 34.Nxe7+ Qxe7 35.Bd3 Qg5 36.a4 Qe5
37.a5  0-1

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ippolito,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+ 3.g3 Qe7 4.fxe5 d6 5.Nc3 dxe5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.h3 Be6
9.Bb3 Nd7 10.d3 Nc5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.O-O-O Nxb3+ 14.axb3 Bb4 15.Ng5 Qa5
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Nb1 Qa1 18.d4 O-O-O 19.Qc4 exd4 20.Rxd4 Rxd4 21.Bxd4 e5 22.Bxe5 Bd2+
23.Kxd2 Qa5+ 24.Bc3 Qg5+ 25.Kd1 Rd8+ 26.Nd2 Qxg3 27.Kc1 Qg2 28.Qf1  1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thorhallsson,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.Be2 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5
9.Be3 Nf6 10.N1c3 a6 11.Na3 O-O 12.O-O Qd7 13.Nc2 Rae8 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.Nxf6+ gxf6
16.Bh6 Rf7 17.Ne3 Bg6 18.c5 dxc5 19.Bc4 Nd4 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.Bxf4 Bc7
23.Bxc7 Rxe3 24.Bg3 Qd5 25.Rf2 Qe6 26.Kh1 h5 27.Qd2 Kg7 28.Raf1 Rd3 29.Qf4 Nf5
30.Rf3 Rd7 31.b3 h4 32.Bf2 b6 33.Re1 Qc6 34.Qg4 Rd5 35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Re7+  1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ardaman,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nd7 5.e6 fxe6 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 e6 8.Bf4 Be7
9.g3 O-O 10.Bh3 Nb6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Qe2 a6 13.Rad1 Qe8 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Ne7 17.Bg4 Rc8 18.f4 c5 19.a4 h6 20.Bh5 Ng6 21.a5 Na4 22.Nxd5 exd5
23.e6 Bb5 24.Qg4 hxg5 25.f5 Ne7 26.Bxe8 Rcxe8 27.Re5 d4 28.Qxg5 Nxb2 29.Rde1 d3
30.Rxc5 dxc2 31.Rc1 Nd3 32.R1xc2 Nxc5 33.Rxc5 Bc6 34.g4 Nd5 35.Rc1 Nf6 36.Re1 Re7
37.Qf4 Rd8 38.g5 Nd5 39.Qe5 Rf8 40.Rd1 Nc7 41.h4 Rfe8 42.Rd6 Nb5 43.Rd3 Nc7
44.f6 Rxe6 45.Qxc7 Re1+ 46.Kf2 R8e2+ 47.Kg3 Rg2+ 48.Kf4 Re4+ 49.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koskinen,Hen"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.a3 b6
9.Rb1 a5 10.b3 d5 11.e3 Ra7 12.Bb2 Bxb2 13.Rxb2 Rd7 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rfb1 e5
16.Ne1 f5 17.Nc2 dxc4 18.bxc4 e4 19.d4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.exd4 Rxd4 22.Nb3 Rd6
23.c5 bxc5 24.Nxc5 Bd5 25.Nb7 Bxb7 26.Rxb7 Nc6 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Qc5 Rdf6 29.h3 Qc8
30.R1b6 g5 31.Qc3 h6 32.Bf1 f4 33.g4 e3 34.Qc2 Ne7 35.Qb2 exf2+ 36.Qxf2 Nd5
37.Rxf6 Nxf6 38.Qb6 f3 39.Rc7 Qd8 40.Qc5 f2+ 41.Kh2 a4 42.Rb7 Re8 43.Qxf2 Qd6+
44.Kh1 Qd5+ 45.Bg2 Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qd6+ 47.Kh1 Qd1+ 48.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gamboa,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[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 Ne7 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Nc2 Bb7 14.Bd3 d5 15.exd5 Qxd5
16.Ne3 Qe6 17.a4 Rd8 18.Qc2 b4 19.Bc4 Qb6 20.a5 Qc6 21.Qb3 O-O 22.Qxb4 Ng6
23.O-O Nf4 24.f3 Rd2 25.Rfd1 Qd7 26.Qb6 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Qc6 28.Qxc6 Bxc6 29.Nf5  1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matikozian,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.Bb3 Ng4 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Nd5 e6 12.Ne3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.c3 Qc7 15.h4 h6
16.Qe2 b6 17.h5 g5 18.Bd2 Bb7 19.Rad1 Kh8 20.Bc1 a6 21.Rd2 Na5 22.Bc2 Bc6
23.Red1 Nb7 24.b4 a5 25.b5 Be8 26.Ba3 Rg8 27.Qc4 Rc8 28.Qxc7 Rxc7 29.c4 Bf8
30.Bxf8 Rxf8 31.g4 Kg7 32.a4 Nc5 33.Rd8 Bd7 34.Rxf8 Kxf8 35.f3 Ke7 36.Kf2 Nb7
37.Ke2 Nd6 38.Bd3 Bc8 39.Rd2 Bb7 40.Rc2 Ba8 41.Rd2 Rc8 42.Rc2 Nb7 43.Rd2 Rd8
44.Bc2 Rd4 45.Bd1 Nc5 46.Bc2 Kd6 47.Rd1 Rxd1 48.Kxd1 Nb7 49.Kd2 Kc5 50.Kc3 Nd6
51.Bd3 f5 52.Nf1 fxe4 53.Nd2 Nxb5+ 54.cxb5 exd3 55.Nb3+ Kd6 56.Nd2 e4 57.Nc4+ Kc5
58.fxe4 Bxe4 59.Ne5 d2 60.Kxd2 Kb4 61.Nf7 Kxa4 62.Nxh6 Kb3 63.Nf7 a4 64.Nxg5 a3  0-1

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "David,Alb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 Nf6 11.f4 O-O 12.g4 Bc8 13.g5 Nd7 14.Qh5 Re8 15.Be3 b6 16.Rad1 Rb8
17.Rf3 g6 18.Qh4 Bf8 19.Rh3 h6 20.e5 d5 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Qd8 23.Qg3 h5
24.f5 exf5 25.Nxd5 Bb7 26.Rxh5 f4 27.e6 gxh5 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Qxf4+ Kg8 30.Qf5 Re7
31.Qg6+ Bg7 32.Be4 Nf8 33.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov,AV"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.a4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc4 Rc8 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nb8 12.a5 Nd7 13.Be2 Ngf6 14.Be3 O-O 15.O-O h6
16.Kh1 Ne4 17.f3 Ng5 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qd7 20.c4 Bd8 21.Bg1 f5 22.b4 h5
23.c5 h4 24.c6 Qf7 25.b5 h3 26.g3 f4 27.b6 Bf6 28.Rc1 e4 29.gxf4 Qg6 30.Be3 exf3
31.Bd3 Qh5 32.fxg5 Bxg5 33.Bxg5 Qxg5 34.Rf2 Kh8 35.Qd2 Qxd5 36.c7 Rce8 37.Bf1 Qf5
38.Qxd6 Qg5 39.Qd2 Qg4 40.Rc4 Qh5 41.Rf4  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[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.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qf2 Qc7 14.g4 b5 15.Kb1 Bb7
16.h4 Bc6 17.Nd5 Qb7 18.Nxe7 Qxe7 19.Bh3 O-O 20.g5 Nh5 21.Bg4 g6 22.Rd2 Rad8
23.Rhd1 Bb7 24.Bxh5 gxh5 25.gxh6 Kh7 26.Bb6 Rd7 27.Rg1 Qe6 28.Rg7+ Kh8 29.Qg1 Qxh6
30.Rdg2  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashley,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Qxc3+
8.Bd2 Qxc5 9.Rb1 a6 10.O-O d6 11.Be3 Qh5 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Nd2 Qh4 14.f3 O-O
15.Nc4 Nd7 16.Qd2 Qf6 17.a4 Re8 18.a5 Rb8 19.f4 Qg7 20.Bf3 Nc5 21.e5 Be6
22.Nb6 Rbd8 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Qc3 Qh6 26.Rf2 Qh5 27.Qxc5 Rd1+
28.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29.Rf1 Qe2 30.Qf2 Qe4 31.Qd2 g5 32.fxg5 Qxe5 33.h4 Qc7 34.h5 Rd8
35.Qe3 Qd6 36.c3 Qd3 37.Qe5 Qb5 38.Re1 Rd6 39.h6 Qxe5 40.Rxe5 f6 41.gxf6 exf6
42.Rc5 Kf7 43.Nc4 Rd1+ 44.Kf2 Bd7 45.Ke2 Rh1 46.Nb6 Ke7 47.Nxd7 Kxd7 48.Rc4 Rxh6
49.Rb4 Rh5 50.Rb7+ Kd6 51.g4 Re5+ 52.Kf3 h5 53.gxh5 Rxh5 54.Rf7 Rd5 55.Ke3 f5
56.c4 Rxa5 57.Rf6+ Kc5 58.Rxf5+ Kb4 59.Rf1 Kc3 60.Rd1 Kb2 61.Rh1 Kc3 62.Rg1 Kb4
63.Re1 Kc5 64.Rh1 Ra4 65.Rh5+ Kb4 66.Kd2 c5 67.Kc2 Ra2+ 68.Kb1 Rg2 69.Rh6 a5
70.Rb6+ Kxc4 71.Ra6 Kb5 72.Ra8 a4 73.Rb8+ Kc4 74.Ra8 Kb4 75.Rh8 c4 76.Rh3 Rd2
77.Rf3 Rd3 78.Rf8 Kc3 79.Rh8 Re3 80.Rd8 Re1+ 81.Ka2 Kc2 82.Rd4 c3 83.Rxa4 Kd3  0-1

[Event "Continental Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2000.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Qb8
9.e5 Nge7 10.Bf4 f5 11.h4 Nb4 12.Bh2 Bb7 13.Be2 Nbd5 14.Nd4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5
16.Qd3 Qc7 17.Bf3 Rc8 18.a4 b4 19.Nxf5 Qxc3 20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.Bxb7 Nxf1 22.Bxc8 Qxc8
23.Kxf1 Bc5 24.Bf4 O-O 25.g3 Qc6 26.Kg1 Rc8 27.a5 Rc7 28.Rd1 Ba7 29.Qd2 Qb5
30.Qd6 Qb7 31.Bd2 Qc8 32.Qxb4 Rxc2  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Furdzik,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d6
9.a4 e5 10.c3 h6 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Nfd2 Qd7 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 f5 15.Nf3 Rae8
16.Bd2 Kh7 17.Rae1 Ng8 18.e5 Bxc4 19.dxc4 dxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Rxe5
22.Qf2 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Nf6 24.Bf4 b6 25.a5 g5 26.Be5 Ng4 27.Bxg7 Nxf2 28.Bxf8 Ne4
29.axb6 axb6 30.Rxe4 fxe4 31.Bxe4+ Kh8 32.Bd5 Qd8  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Schwartz,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 a5 6.Nc3 Ba6 7.b7 Ra7 8.e4 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 e5
10.dxe6 dxe6 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf3 Rxb7 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Be3 Nbd7
16.Rd1 Kc8 17.f3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Na4 Bd4 20.Ke2 e5 21.b3 Nd7 22.Rc1 Kb8
23.Nxc5 Nxc5 24.Bxd4 Nd7 25.Bc3 a4 26.bxa4 f6 27.a3 Nf8 28.g3 Ne6 29.Ke3 Rd8
30.Rhd1 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Rb3 32.Kd3 Rxa3 33.Ra1 Rxa4 34.Rxa4 Nc5+ 35.Kc4 Nxa4
36.Bb4 Kc7 37.Kb5 Nb2 38.Bf8 Kd7 39.Bxg7 Ke6 40.Bh6 f5 41.exf5+ Kxf5 42.Bd2 h5
43.Kc5 e4 44.fxe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B98"]

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 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7
16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Qf6 18.Rxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Bd3 Nc5 21.Rf1 Bd7 22.h4 Nc6
23.h5 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Rf8 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Ne4 Ne7 27.g4 Ke8 28.Nxd6+ Kf8 29.Ne4 Bc6
30.Qe3 Bxb2 31.Qf2+  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bauer,Ri"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 Qe8 8.Nbd2 Nc6
9.Nc4 e6 10.a4 Bd7 11.e3 h6 12.h4 Qf7 13.Qe2 a6 14.a5 Rae8 15.Rfd1 Kh7 16.Rab1 Ng4
17.Ba3 Rg8 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Nxd6 Qe7 20.Nxe8 Rxe8 21.Qd2 Rd8 22.c4 Nb4 23.Ne5 Nxe5
24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxb7 Bc7 26.Qb2 Rb8 27.Bg2 Be8 28.Ra1 e5 29.e4 f4 30.Bh3 Nc6
31.Qa3 Qg7 32.Rd3 Nd4 33.Rad1 Rd8 34.b4 Bc6 35.Re1 Nc2 36.Qc3 Rxd3 37.Qxc2 Rd4
38.Rd1 Qe7 39.b5 Bxe4 40.Rxd4 exd4 41.Qd2 fxg3 42.Qxd4 gxf2+ 43.Qxf2 Bd6  0-1

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Bb4 7.Be3 Nd7 8.h4 h6 9.h5 Bh7
10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Qd2 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Ra3 15.Bg2 Qa8 16.O-O Qa7
17.f4 Ne7 18.Ng3 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 Bxd4 20.Bf2 Bxf2+ 21.Rxf2 Qe3 22.Nge2 O-O 23.Nd1 Qa7
24.Qd2 Ra8 25.Nd4 Nb6 26.f5 Nc4 27.Qf4 exf5 28.Nxf5 Nxf5 29.Qxf5 b5 30.g5 hxg5
31.Qxg5 Qb8 32.Re2 Qd8 33.Qg4 Qe7 34.h6 f6 35.exf6 Qxf6 36.Re6 Rg3 37.Qxg3  1-0

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Notter,Justin"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 Ne7 6.O-O Ng6 7.Bb2 f6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.d3 O-O 10.Re1 e5 11.Ne2 d6 12.Ng3 Be6 13.Bc1 Qd7 14.Be3 Rfd8 15.Nd2 d5
16.Ndf1 a5 17.h3 a4 18.Qh5 Bf8 19.Nf5 c4 20.bxc4 dxe4 21.dxe4 Bxc4 22.Nh2 a3
23.Qf3 Qe6 24.h4 Ne7 25.h5 Nxf5 26.exf5 Qf7 27.h6 Bxa2 28.hxg7 Bxg7 29.Ng4 Bd5
30.Qg3 Kh8 31.Qh4 a2 32.f3 Qf8 33.Kh2 Bg8 34.Rh1 Rd7 35.Kg3 Ra4 36.Qh3 e4
37.fxe4 Rxe4 38.Rxa2 Qd6+ 39.Kf3 Qe5  0-1

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gradsky,Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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.g4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.h4 Rc8 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.a3 Bc4 14.Kb1 b5 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Nxf6+ exf6 17.Bxa7 Qc7 18.Be3 Rfd8 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Qc3 Qc6 21.Rd5 f5 22.Bd4 Bxd4
23.Qxd4 fxe4 24.fxe4 Qa6 25.h5 c3 26.h6 Kf8 27.Qg7+ Ke8 28.Qf6 cxb2 29.Re5+ Kd7
30.Re7+ Kc6 31.Rh3 Rb8 32.Rc3+ Kb6 33.Rb3+  1-0

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Felber,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bc5
9.Qe2 Ng4 10.O-O-O Nxf2 11.Na4 Qc7 12.Nxc5 Nxh1 13.g3 d6 14.Nb3 a5 15.a4 O-O
16.Bg2 Be6 17.Kb1 Nb4 18.Bc3 Qc6 19.Bxh1 Qxa4 20.Nc1 Rfc8 21.Qe1  0-1

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.b3 Nc6
9.Be2 O-O 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O dxc4 12.bxc4 Na5 13.Nb5 c6 14.Na3 e5 15.Bb2 exd4
16.exd4 Nd5 17.Re1 Nf4 18.Bf1 Qg5 19.Qf3 Ne6 20.Re5 Qf6 21.Qe3 Nc7 22.d5 Qd8
23.Rd1 cxd5 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Rxd5 Qc7 26.Re5 Qc6 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.axb5 Qc8
29.c5 bxc5 30.Qc3 Nb7  1-0

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb5 a6 6.Be3 Qd8 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 e5
9.Nf5 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Ng3 Nfxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Bd2 Nb4 15.Kd1 Be6
16.a3 Nc6 17.Bd3 g6 18.Re1 f5 19.Bc3 O-O-O 20.f3 Bh6 21.Ke2 Rhf8 22.Kf2 e4
23.Bf1 Nd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.fxe4 Bd2 26.Red1 fxe4+ 27.Kg1 Bg4 28.Rdb1 Be3+
29.Kh1 Bf2 30.c3 Rdd8 31.Nxe4 Bf5 32.Bd3 Rxd3 33.Nxf2 Rd2 34.Rf1 Rxb2 35.Kg1 Rd8
36.g4 Bd7 37.Rab1 Rxb1 38.Rxb1 Bc6 39.Rd1 Re8 40.h4 Re2 41.Rd4 Ra2 42.Rf4 Rxa3
43.Rf7 h5 44.g5 Rxc3 45.Rf6 a5 46.Rxg6 a4 47.Rd6 a3 48.Rd2 Rg3+ 49.Kh2 Rg2+
50.Kh3 b5  0-1

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ritvin,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.a4 Rb8 8.a5 b5 9.axb6 cxb6
10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Ne5 Ne7 12.Nxc4 Bxf4 13.gxf4 O-O 14.e3 b5 15.Ne5 Nfd5 16.Qh5 g6
17.Qh4 f6 18.Nd3 Nf5 19.Qh3 e5 20.Qf3 Bb7 21.Qg4 Ndxe3 22.fxe3 Nxe3 23.Qe6+ Kh8
24.Bxb7 Qxd4 25.Rf2 Rxb7 26.Ra3 e4 27.Qc6 Rd7 28.Ne1 Ng4 29.Qc2 Nxf2 30.Qxf2 Qd1
31.Nc3 Qg4+ 32.Qg3 Qf5 33.Qe3 Re8 34.Rxa6 g5 35.fxg5 Rg7 36.Ng2 Rxg5 37.Ne2 Qf3  0-1

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mulyar,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 b5
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 Be4 11.Bg5 Qd5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Qd2 Rfb8 15.Qf4 Rxb5
16.Qxc7 a5 17.Nh4 Nb6 18.f3 Bg6 19.e4 Qd8 20.Qf4 a4 21.Qd2 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5
23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.Rfb1 Raa5 25.f4 Rfb5 26.Rxb5 Rxb5 27.Bc6 Ra5 28.Qb2 Qc7 29.Qb4 Ra7
30.Qc5 h6 31.f5 a3 32.fxe6 fxe6 33.Rf1 Qb8 34.Qh5 Rg7 35.Qxh6 Qd6 36.Be8 Qe7
37.Bb5 a2 38.Ra1 Rg5 39.Be8 Rb5 40.Qg6+ Kf8 41.Bxb5  1-0

[Event "101st US Open"]
[Site "Saint Paul USA"]
[Date "2000.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kiewra,Keaton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Ne5 12.h4 b5 13.h5 b4 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.g5 Bh8 17.Qxb4 Rb8 18.Qxd6 Nxf3 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Bc4 Rb6 21.Nxe6 Rxb2+
22.Kc1 Qc8 23.Nc5+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 a5 8.c3 a4
9.O-O O-O 10.e5 Nd7 11.b4 axb3 12.Nxb3 Na5 13.Bf4 Nxb3 14.axb3 Rxa1 15.Rxa1 Nxc5
16.Bc2 Qc7 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxc3 21.Rc1 Qxb3
22.Bf6 h5 23.Be7 Re8 24.Bd6 Bd7 25.h3 Bc6 26.Qh4 Qb2 27.Qg5 Ra8 28.Be7 Ra2
29.Bc5 Qd2 30.Be3 Qd5 31.Kh2 Ra5 32.Bf4 Ra4 33.f3 Qd3 34.Be3 Ra2 35.Kg1 Re2
36.Bf2 Qd2 37.Qxd2 Rxd2 38.h4 Kh7 39.Be3 Re2 40.Bf4 Kg6 41.Rb1 Ra2 42.Rb6 Kf5
43.Bg3 Ra5 44.Kh2 Rb5 45.Rxb5 Bxb5 46.Be1 g6 47.Bc3 Kf4 48.Bd4 Bc6 49.Kg1 Bxf3
50.gxf3 Kxf3 51.Kh2 b5 52.Bc3 Ke3 53.Kg3 Ke4 54.Kf2 Kf4 55.Kg2 b4 56.Bxb4 Kxe5
57.Kf3 Kf5 58.Bd2 f6 59.Bc1 e5 60.Be3 g5 61.hxg5 fxg5 62.Kg3 g4 63.Bc5 Ke4
64.Bb6 Kd3 65.Kh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ivanov,AV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "C37"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h6 4.d4 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bc4 d6 7.g3 fxg3 8.hxg3 Bg4
9.Rf1 Qd7 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.Be3 a6 12.O-O-O Bh5 13.e5 Nge7 14.exd6 cxd6 15.d5 Na5
16.Bd4 f6 17.Rde1 O-O 18.Nd2 Rae8 19.Nce4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Nc8 21.Qc3 b5 22.Na5 f5
23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Bxf6 b4 25.Qd4 Be2 26.Rh1 Re4 27.Rxh6 Rxd4 28.Bxd4 Qb5 29.Nc6 f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.O-O Bxc5 12.Rc1 d4 13.Nce4 Be7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Bxf5 Qa5 17.Bb1 Rad8 18.Qb3 Rd7 19.exd4 Rfd8 20.d5 Nd4 21.Qd3 g6 22.Rfe1 Qxd5
23.b3 Qa5 24.Qf1 Nb5 25.Rcd1 Nc3 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Bh6 Qd8 28.a4 Bg5 29.Bxg5 Qxg5
30.Bd3 a6 31.g3 Qd2 32.Bc4 Kg7 33.Re3 Qxe3 34.fxe3 Rd1 35.a5 Rxf1+ 36.Bxf1 Ne4
37.Bg2 Nd6 38.Kf2 Kf6 39.Ke2 Ke6 40.Kd3 Kd7 41.Kd4 f6 42.g4 Kc7 43.Kd5 Kd7
44.h4 h6 45.Kc5 Kc7 46.Kd5 Kd7 47.Bf3 Nc8 48.Be4 Ne7+ 49.Kc5 Kc7 50.b4 g5
51.hxg5 hxg5 52.Bd3 Ng8 53.Bf5 Ne7 54.Bd3 Ng8 55.Bf5 Ne7 56.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O a6
9.Kh1 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Qf3 Qc7 12.Bd2 Nb4 13.Nb5 axb5 14.Bxb4 d5 15.e5 Bxb4
16.exf6 g6 17.Qg4 Bd6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.f5 exf5 20.Bxf5 Rfe8 21.Bxd7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Bd3 Ng6 13.Be3 Bc7 14.Nbd2 Qd6 15.Qa4 h5
16.h3 Bd7 17.Qc2 Rae8 18.Bf5 h4 19.Rad1 Re7 20.Nc4 Qf6 21.Rxd5 Nce5 22.Rxe5 Nxe5
23.Bh7+ Kh8 24.Ncxe5 Bxe5 25.Bg5 Bh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qd6+ 27.Ne5 Rxe5 28.Bf4 Rfe8
29.Rxe5 Rxe5 30.Be4 g5 31.Qd3 Qe7 32.Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 33.Kg1 Bb5 34.Qd5 Qf4 35.Qd4+ Kg8
36.Bxb7 Qxd4 37.cxd4 f5 38.f4 g4 39.g3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Nb3 e6 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O b5 10.a3 Be7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rad1 Ne5 13.f4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Nd4 h6
16.Bh4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxh4 18.f5 d5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nf5 exf5 21.Qxd5 Qa7+ 22.Kh1 Be7
23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.Qxd6 O-O-O 25.Rd5 Kb7 26.Rfd1 Qe3 27.Re5 Qb6 28.Qe7 Qc7 29.Qb4+ Bb5
30.Rde1 Qd6 31.Rxb5+ axb5 32.Qxb5+ Kc8 33.h3 Rd7 34.Qxc4+ Rc7 35.Qa4 Qc6
36.Qa5 g6 37.Re3 Rd8  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7
9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 f5 12.Nf2 Ba6 13.Kf3 Ne7 14.Qa4 c5 15.h4 O-O 16.Be3 Rab8
17.a3 Bd2 18.Bxd2 Qxb2 19.Bd3 Qxd2 20.Qxa6 Nc6 21.Rae1 Rb3 22.Kg3 Nd4 23.Qd6 Ne2+
24.Rxe2 Qxe2 25.Qxc5 Rxd3+ 26.Nxd3 Qxd3+ 27.Kh2 Rb8 28.Re1 h6 29.Re3 Qd2
30.Qxa7 Rc8 31.h5 Rxc4 32.Qa8+ Kf7 33.Qf3 Rd4 34.Kg3 Qc2 35.Kh2 Rd1 36.Kg3 Qd2
37.a4 Ra1 38.Rd3 Qe1+ 39.Kh3 Qh1+ 40.Kg3 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.Bg2 Qc8 7.h3 h5 8.gxh5 Bf5 9.Be3 e6
10.Nge2 Nh6 11.Ng3 Bh7 12.Nce2 Nd7 13.O-O Nb6 14.b3 Qd7 15.a4 Nc8 16.c4 Ne7
17.a5 Nef5 18.a6 Be7 19.Nf4 O-O 20.b4 b5 21.cxb5 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rab8 23.bxc6 Qxc6
24.e4 dxe4 25.d5 Qc3 26.d6 Bg5 27.Nfe2 Qxe5 28.Ra5 Be3+ 29.Kh1 Qb2 30.d7 f5
31.Qd6 Qxb4 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Qe5 Rbd8 34.Rd5 Qa4 35.Qc3 f4 36.Ra1 Qxa1+ 37.Qxa1 f3
38.Qc3 fxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Rf2+ 40.Kh1 Bb6 41.Nd4 e3 42.Ne6 Rf6 43.Re5 Rg8 44.Nxg7 Kxg7
45.Re7+ Nf7 46.Qe5 Bg6 47.h6+ Kxh6 48.Qxf6 Ng5 49.Rg7 Rxg7 50.Nf5+ Kh5 51.Nxg7+ Kh4
52.Qxg6 e2 53.Nf5+ Kxh3 54.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 a6 7.Be2 c5 8.d5 h5 9.a4 e5
10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Qd2 Nh7 12.Bh6 Nd7 13.Bxh5 gxh5 14.Nf5 Bf6 15.Qe2 Nb6 16.Nxd6 Qd8
17.Nxc8 Nxc8 18.Bxf8 Qxf8 19.Qxh5 Nd6 20.b3 Qg7 21.O-O Bg5 22.Rad1 Nf6 23.Qe2 Qg6
24.Rfe1 Kg7 25.g3 Rh8 26.Rd3 Bf4 27.Qf3 Rh5 28.Qg2 Bh6 29.Kf1 Rg5 30.Qf3 Ng4
31.Kg2 Nf5 32.h3 Nge3+ 33.Kh2 Nd4 34.Qxe3 Rh5 35.f4 Qg4 36.h4 Bxf4 37.gxf4 Rxh4+
38.Qh3 Rxh3+ 39.Rxh3 Nf3+ 40.Rxf3 Qxf3 41.Nd1 exf4 42.Kg1 Qxb3 43.e5 Kf8
44.d6 Ke8 45.a5 Qg3+ 46.Kf1 f3 47.Ne3 f2  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[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 Rc8 10.Kb1 Be7 11.h4 h5 12.Nxc6 Rxc6 13.Bd3 b5 14.Rhe1 b4 15.Ne2 Qb6
16.Nf4 a5 17.e5 dxe5 18.Ng6 fxg6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Bxg6+ Kf8 21.Qxd7 Kg7 22.Qxe7+ Kxg6
23.Rd7 Qc5 24.Qg7+ Kf5 25.g4+ Kf4 26.Qxf6+ Kg3 27.Rd2  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7
9.d5 Nb4 10.Ne5 exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.a3 Nd3 13.Nxc4 Nxc1 14.Rxc1 O-O 15.Qd4 Ne8
16.Ne3 Bd7 17.Ne4 Nd6 18.Nc5 Bb5 19.Rfe1 Bf6 20.Qd2 b6 21.Nb3 Qd7 22.Nd4 Rbe8
23.b3 a5 24.Nxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b5 7.cxb5 c6 8.Bg5 cxb5
9.e3 Bb7 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Be2 a6 13.Rc1 Qg6 14.O-O Nc6 15.Qc5 Na5
16.Qc7 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nb3 18.Bxa8 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Rxa8 20.Qxd7 Qd3 21.g3 a5 22.h4 b4
23.axb4 axb4 24.Qb7 Ra4 25.Rc8+ Kh7 26.Qxf7 Ra1+ 27.Kh2 Qe4 28.f3 Qxe3 29.Qg8+ Kg6
30.h5+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.Bf4 Ng6 5.Bg3 Nf6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bxe4 dxe4
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.O-O-O+ Kc8 12.Nge2 h5 13.h4 Bc5 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.Rd2 Re8
16.e6 Bxe6 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.Rhd1 b6 19.Nb5 Re7 20.Nxc7 Rxc7 21.Rd8+ Kb7 22.Bxc7 Rxd8
23.Bxd8 Bxf2 24.Rd7+ Kc8 25.Rxf7 e3 26.Bg5 e2 27.Bd2 Be3  0-1

[Event "ch-USA Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Qc8 5.h3 h6 6.g4 Bh7 7.Bg2 e6 8.Nge2 c5 9.O-O Nc6
10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Ne7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Qa4 Be7 15.f5 exf5 16.Nxd5 Bd8
17.Bc5 Bb6 18.Bxb6 axb6 19.Qxa8 Qxa8 20.Nc7+ Ke7 21.Nxa8 Rxa8 22.Bxc6 bxc6
23.gxf5 g6 24.f6+ Ke6 25.Rfe1 g5 26.Rad1 Bxc2 27.Rd6+ Kf5 28.Rd2 Be4 29.e6 Bd5
30.e7 Re8 31.Rf2+ Kg6 32.Kh2 Bxa2 33.Ra1 Be6 34.Ra6 h5 35.Rxb6 Bd5 36.Rb7 Be6
37.Rc7 h4 38.Rxc6 Bf5 39.Rd6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Nf6 7.Nb3 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.c3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qc7 11.O-O Rad8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nfd4 Bg6 14.Re1 Ne4 15.Nb5 Qe5
16.Qc1 Bh4 17.N5d4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Be7 19.Nf3 Qe6 20.b4 a5 21.a3 f5 22.Nd4 Qf6
23.Bf4 Be8 24.f3 Ng5 25.Bd3 Nxh3+ 26.gxh3 Qg6+ 27.Kh2  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Soylu,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[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 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 O-O
16.f4 Qc7 17.Rhe1 exf4 18.Bxf4 Bf6 19.c3 Be5 20.Bc1 Nc5 21.Qc2 Nxb3 22.axb3 Qd7
23.h3 f5 24.Qe2 Qf7 25.Be3 Rce8 26.Qd3 f4 27.Bb6 Qf5 28.Qxf5 Rxf5 29.c4 Re7
30.b4 f3 31.gxf3 Rxf3 32.c5 Rb3 33.cxd6 Bxd6 34.Rxe7 Bxe7 35.d6 Bxd6 36.Rxd6 Rxh3
37.Ka2 Rg3 38.Bd8 Rg4 39.Ka3 h4 40.Ka4 h3 41.Rd3 h2 42.Rh3 Rg2 43.Bc7 Rxb2
44.Bxh2 Ra2+ 45.Kb3 Rf2 46.Be5 Rf5 47.Re3 Kf7 48.Kc4 g5 49.Kd5 Kg6 50.Rc3 g4
51.Rc7 b5 52.Rc6+ Kh5 53.Rxa6 g3 54.Ra3 Kh4 55.Ke4 g2 56.Kxf5  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meijers,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nc2 O-O 12.O-O Qd7 13.Ne3 Be6 14.Bf3 Nd4 15.Bd5 Nxd5
16.Ncxd5 Bd8 17.b3 b5 18.Bb2 Nf5 19.Nxf5 Rxf5 20.Ba3 bxc4 21.bxc4 e4 22.Ne3 Ra5
23.Bxd6 Bf6 24.Qd2 Ra3 25.Rad1 Rd3 26.Qb4 a5 27.Qb6 Bd4 28.Bc5 Bxe3 29.Rxd3 Bxf2+
30.Rxf2 exd3 31.Qxa5 Qc6 32.Qb6 Qe4 33.Qd6 h6 34.h3 Bxc4 35.a3 Bd5 36.Qe7 Qg6
37.Qe5 Rd8 38.Bb4 Bc6 39.Bd2 Rd5 40.Qb8+ Kh7 41.Qf8 Re5 42.Qf7 Qe4 43.Qf4 Qd5
44.Qf7 Qd4 45.Kh2 Bd5 46.Qf4 Be4 47.Qg3 Re6 48.Rf4 Qb2 49.Qe3 Bf5 50.Qc5 Bg6
51.Rf2 Qb8+ 52.Kg1 Be4 53.Qc4 Qe8 54.Rf4 Bg6 55.Rf2 Rc6 56.Qd4 Qc8 57.Bb4 Qc7
58.Bd2 Re6 59.Bb4 Re4 60.Qd6 Qc1+ 61.Kh2 Rc4 62.Rf8 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 a6 4.c4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.g3 h5 7.Bg2 d6 8.h3 Nh6 9.d3 O-O
10.Qd2 Bd7 11.Nge2 Rb8 12.Rc1 Nf5 13.Nd5 Nce7 14.O-O c6 15.Ndc3 Be6 16.Ne4 d5
17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Ng5 Bc8 19.h4 Nc6 20.Rc5 d4 21.exd4 Ncxd4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Re1 Bg4
24.Rexe5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Rc8 26.Rd5 Ne2+ 27.Kh2 Qc7 28.Ne4 f5 29.Qh6  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ganbold,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.Nb5 Na6 8.N1c3 Qe6
9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Nxc7+ Nxc7 11.Bxc7 O-O 12.O-O-O Bb4 13.Qxe6 Bxe6 14.Bd6 Bxd6
15.Rxd6 Ng4 16.Rd2 a6 17.h3 Ne5 18.b3 Rfc8 19.Kb2 Rc7 20.Be2 Rac8 21.Rhd1 g5
22.Rd8+ Rxd8 23.Rxd8+ Kg7 24.Nd5 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Kc3 Bc6 27.Kd4 Nd7 28.c4 Nf8
29.Bf3 Ne6+ 30.Ke5 Nc5 31.Kd6 Nd3 32.Ne3 Bxf3 33.gxf3 Kf6 34.Kc7 b5 35.Kd6 bxc4
36.bxc4 h5 37.c5 Ne5 38.a3 Nxf3 39.c6 Nd4 40.a4 Nxc6 41.Kxc6 Ke5 42.Kb6  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilincic,Z"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7
9.d5 exd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.a3 Nd3 13.Nxc4 Nxc1 14.Rxc1 O-O 15.Qd4 Ne8
16.Rfe1 Nd6 17.Ne5 Re8 18.h3 Bf8 19.Kh2 Qf6 20.f4 h5 21.h4 Rbd8 22.Ne2 Bh7
23.Qa4 Nf5 24.Rxc7 Nxg3 25.Nxg3 Qxh4+ 26.Bh3 Bf5 27.Nxf5 Qxe1 28.Qd4 f6 29.Nf3 Re2+
30.Bg2 Qb1 31.N3h4 Rde8 32.Ng3 Qxb2 33.Nxe2 Qxe2 34.d6 Qg4 35.Nf3 h4 36.Ng1 Re1
37.Qc4+ Kh7 38.Qd3+ Kh6 39.Qf3 Qg3+ 40.Qxg3 hxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Bxd6 42.Nf3 Re4
43.Rxb7 Rxf4 44.Rd7 Rd4+ 45.Kh3 Rd3 46.Bh1 a5 47.Kg2 Rd1 48.Ne1 Rxe1 49.Rxd6 Re3
50.Kf2 Rxa3 51.Be4 Rb3 52.Ra6 Rb5 53.Ke3 Kg5 54.Bc6 Rb3+ 55.Kd2 Ra3 56.Kc2 f5
57.Kb2 Rd3 58.Rxa5 Kf4 59.Kc2 Rd8 60.Bd5 Ke3 61.Bc4 f4 62.Ra7 g5 63.Re7+ Kf3
64.Be2+ Kg3 65.Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilincic,Z"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7
9.d5 exd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.a3 Nd3 13.Nxc4 Nxc1 14.Rxc1 O-O 15.Qd4 Ne8
16.Rfe1 Nd6 17.Ne5 Re8 18.h3 Bf8 19.Kh2 Qf6 20.f4 h5 21.h4 Rbd8 22.Ne2 Bh7
23.Qa4 Nf5 24.Rxc7 Nxg3 25.Nxg3 Qxh4+ 26.Bh3 Bf5 27.Nxf5 Qxe1 28.Qd4 f6 29.Nf3 Re2+
30.Bg2 Qb1 31.N3h4 Rde8 32.Ng3 Qxb2 33.Nxe2 Qxe2 34.d6 Qg4 35.Nf3 h4 36.Ng1 Re1
37.Qc4+ Kh7 38.Qd3+ Kh6 39.Qf3 Qg3+ 40.Qxg3 hxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Bxd6 42.Nf3 Re4
43.Rxb7 Rxf4 44.Rd7 Rd4+ 45.Kh3 Rd3 46.Bh1 a5 47.Kg2 Rd1 48.Ne1 Rxe1 49.Rxd6 Re3
50.Kf2 Rxa3 51.Be4 Rb3 52.Ra6 Rb5 53.Ke3 Kg5 54.Bc6 Rb3+ 55.Kd2 Ra3 56.Kc2 f5
57.Kb2 Rd3 58.Rxa5 Kf4 59.Kc2 Rd8 60.Bd5 Ke3 61.Bc4 f4 62.Ra7 g5 63.Re7+ Kf3
64.Be2+ Kg3 65.Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f3 Nc6 7.Be3 d5 8.Qe2 e5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 f6 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Qe4 O-O 19.Bd3 g6 20.Bc4 a5 21.Bb3 Kh8 22.g4 a4
23.Qxa4 Nb6 24.Ba5 Qa7 25.Bxb6 Qxb6 26.Bxe6 Qxb2+ 27.Kd2 Rfd8+ 28.Ke2 Qc3
29.Rd1 Rd4 30.Rxd4 exd4 31.Re1 Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Rb1 33.Qa8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.O-O Qc7 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Rc1 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.e5 b6 15.Be4 Bb7
16.f5 Nxe5 17.fxe6 Bxe4 18.exf7+ Nxf7 19.Nxe4 O-O 20.Bf4 Qc6 21.Nc3 Bf6 22.Nd5 Rae8
23.b3 Bb2 24.Rb1 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Nd6 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Qd3 b5 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Re1 bxc4
30.bxc4 Qd7 31.h3 Qf7 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[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 Bd6 18.Bg3 c4 19.Bxc4 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qc5 21.Bd3 Nxg3 22.Qf3 Ke7
23.Rfe1 Rg5 24.Rad1 a5 25.Bxh7 Rb8 26.Qd3 d6 27.Re3 Nh5 28.Be4 Nf6 29.Bf3 Rbg8
30.Qd2 Qb6 31.g3 Nd7 32.Bg2 Ne5 33.Qd4 Qxd4 34.Rxd4 Rg4 35.Rd2 Rb4 36.Rc3 Rd8
37.Rc7+ Rd7 38.Rc8 d5 39.c3 Rb6 40.Rd4 Ra7 41.Ra4 Nd3 42.Bf1 Kd7 43.Rh8 Nc5
44.Rf4 Kd6 45.Rd8+ Ke7 46.Rc8 Ne4 47.Bd3 e5 48.Rh4 Nd6 49.Rc5 e4 50.Be2 a4
51.b4 d4 52.Rh6 dxc3 53.a3 Rxb4 54.axb4 a3 55.Kg2 a2 56.Rh1 a1=Q 57.Rxa1 Rxa1
58.Rc7+ Kd8 59.Rxc3 Rb1 60.Rc6 Ke7 61.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Nogueiras,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Rc8 7.O-O Nh6 8.Na3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxa3 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.bxa3 O-O 12.Qd2 Kg7 13.Rac1 Ne7 14.h4 Rxc1 15.Rxc1 Qb6
16.Bd3 Rc8 17.Rxc8 Bxc8 18.Qf4 Ng8 19.g4 Qd8 20.g5 Qe7 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.gxh6 Nxh6
23.Qf4 Kg7 24.Qc1 Bd7 25.Ng5 Nf5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Qc7 h6 28.e6 hxg5 29.exd7 Qe1+
30.Kg2 Qe4+ 31.Kh2 Qxd4 32.Qg3 f4 33.Qxg5+ Kh7 34.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kovalev,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Ne5 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stamnov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[ECO "C30"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Na4 exf4 8.Nxc5 dxc5
9.Bxf4 Qe7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd4 12.Qf2 b5 13.Bb3 O-O 14.O-O Ne6 15.Be5 Nxe4
16.dxe4 c4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Rae1 c5 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.Qxc4 Rad8 21.Bc3 Qh4 22.Re3 Rd7
23.Qb5 Qe7 24.Ref3 Qd8 25.Rf5 h6 26.Rd5 Ree7 27.Qa4 Rxd5 28.exd5 Qxd5 29.Re1 Rd7
30.Qg4 Qg5 31.Qe2 Rd8 32.a4 Qg6 33.Rf1 Rd5 34.Qf3 Rd7 35.Qc6 Rd8 36.Qb7 Ng5
37.Qe7 Rd5 38.h4 Ne6 39.Qxa7 Rh5 40.Be1 Nd4 41.Qe7 f6 42.c3 Nc2 43.Bf2 Re5
44.Qd8+ Kh7 45.Qd2 Qe4 46.Rc1 Ne3 47.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 48.Qxe3 Rxe3 49.a5 c4 50.Ra1 Re7
51.a6 Ra7 52.Kf2 g5 53.hxg5 fxg5 54.Ke3  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sales,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.h4 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc6 13.Ne2 Re8 14.Kf1 Qd6 15.Qc2 h6
16.Rd1 Rac8 17.Qb1 Rc7 18.Bb5 a6 19.Bd3 Rce7 20.b4 Bc8 21.b5 Na5 22.Ng3 Qxa3
23.bxa6 Nc4 24.Qa1 Qxa6 25.Nh5 Nd2+ 26.Kg1 Qxd3 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Rxd2 Qe4
29.Qc3 Bg4 30.Rd1 h5 31.Re1 Qf5 32.Rd1 Re2 33.Qb3 Kg7  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rubenchik,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Bb3 Nbd7
9.Re1 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bf4 b5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Ra7
16.Rad1 Bc5 17.Ne5 Qb6 18.Nd3 Bd4 19.Re4 Bxf2+ 20.Nxf2 Bb7 21.Be3  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zaitshik,Gennadi"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Nd5 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 f5 13.exf5 exf5 14.Ne1 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Nb6
16.a4 a5 17.Re1 Rf7 18.Nf4 Qd7 19.Qb1 Qc6 20.Qb3 Bd6 21.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.Bf4 exd5
9.exd5 Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Nc4 b5 12.Nxd6 b4 13.Na4 Nfxd5 14.Bg3 Bd7 15.Nxc5 Bxb2
16.Bf3 Bc6 17.Rb1 Nc3 18.Bxc6 Nxd1 19.Rfxd1 Qf6 20.Nd7 Qc3 21.Bxa8  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goldin,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bc3 d5 8.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Elbow Beach BER"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lesiege,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 c5 6.d5 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bxc4 exd5
9.Nxd5 Nc6 10.O-O Bd6 11.b3 Be4 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Be5 14.Bb2 Qd2 15.Nd1 Bxb2
16.Ra2 O-O 17.Rxb2 Qb4 18.Rc2 Na5 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.Nb2 Ne4 21.Nd3 Qb6 22.Bb5 Red8
23.f3 Nf6 24.Nxc5 Nd5 25.Rfc1 a6 26.Bd3 Qh6 27.Be4 Nxe3 28.Rc3 Nd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5
30.b4 b6 31.Nxa6 Nb3 32.Re1 g6 33.Rxb3 Rd2 34.Qe3 Qxe3+ 35.Rbxe3 Rxa6 36.Ra3 Rb2
37.a5 h5 38.h4 Rxb4 39.axb6 Raxb6 40.Re2 Rxh4 41.Ra7 Kg7 42.Kf2 Rf4 43.Rae7 Rbb4
44.Rc7 Rf5 45.Rce7 Rbb5 46.Rc2 g5 47.Kg3 Rb4 48.Rce2 Kg6 49.R7e4 Rbb5 50.Kh2 Rfd5
51.Re8 f6 52.R8e6 Kf5 53.g4+ hxg4 54.fxg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Elbow Beach BER"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gershon,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nf3 Qxd5 5.Be2 Nc6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Qd7 8.c3 e5
9.O-O O-O-O 10.Bg5 exd4 11.Bg4 Nxg4 12.Bxd8 Nxf2 13.Rxf2 Kxd8 14.cxd4 Bc5
15.Kh1 Kc8 16.Nc3 Bxd4 17.Rd2 Re8 18.Ne2 Re4 19.Rc1 Qd6 20.Rxc6 Qxc6 21.Nxd4 Qe8
22.Nf3 g5 23.Rd5 g4 24.hxg4 Rxg4 25.Re5 Qc6 26.Qd2 Rc4 27.Qg5 b6 28.Qg8+ Kb7
29.Qxf7 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Rc2 31.b4 a6 32.Kh3 Qh6+ 33.Rh5 Qc1 34.Kh2 Qd1 35.Qf4 Qe2
36.Qg3 Qd3 37.a4 Rc1 38.a5 Qb1 39.Kh3 Qxb4 40.axb6 Qxb6 41.Qe5 Rh1+ 42.Nh2 Qg6
43.Rh4 Qd3+ 44.g3 Qf1+ 45.Kg4 Qd1+ 46.Nf3 Qd7+ 47.Kg5 Qd8+ 48.Qf6 Qg8+ 49.Kh5 Rb1
50.Ng5 Rb5 51.Re4 Qb3 52.Kh4 Qc2 53.Qf3 Qh2+ 54.Nh3 Ka7 55.Qc3 Qb2 56.Qxc7+ Rb7
57.Qc5+ Qb6 58.Qxb6+ Kxb6 59.Nf4 a5 60.g4 Rd7 61.Kh5 Kb5 62.Re5+ Kb4 63.Nd5+ Kb3
64.Nb6 Rd6 65.Rb5+ Kc3 66.g5 Kd4 67.Na4 Ra6 68.Rb7  1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Paget Parish BER"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Nd7 11.Qh4 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.dxc5 e5 14.f3 b6 15.c6 Qd6
16.Ne2 Qxc6 17.O-O Nf5 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.h3 Bg6 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.Qxe5 Re8
23.Nd4 Qxc3 24.Qf4 Nh5 25.Qh4 Re5 26.Rd1 Qc5 27.Rd2 Rg5 28.a4 Qd6 29.Qe1 Qf6
30.Rad1 Nf4 31.Kh1 Bh5 32.h4 Rg6 33.Kh2 Qd6 34.g3 Ne6 35.Nxe6 Rxe6 36.Qf2 Qe7
37.g4 Be8 38.Kg3 Bxa4 39.Rxd5 Bc6 40.R5d3 Bb5 41.Rc3 h5 42.g5 Be2 43.Rd2 Bb5
44.Qd4 Re1 45.g6+ Kxg6 46.Qd6+ Kh7 47.Qxe7 Rxe7 48.Kf2 Ba6 49.Rd5 g6 50.Rd6 Bb7
51.Re3 Rc7 52.Rde6 Rxc2+ 53.Re2 Rxe2+ 54.Rxe2 Kh6 55.Re7 Bd5 56.Rd7 Bc4 57.Rxa7 b5
58.Rb7 Bd3 59.Ke3 Bc4 60.f4 Bf1 61.Kd4 Be2 62.Ke5 Bd3 63.Kf6 Bc4 64.Rd7 Bb3
65.Rd2 Bc4 66.Rd8 Kh7 67.Kg5 Kg7 68.Rd7+ Kf8 69.Kxg6 b4 70.Rd4  1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Paget Parish BER"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[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.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Na3 exd4 12.cxd4 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Bd5 Ra7 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rc1 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Nxb5 Bxd5 19.Nxa7 Bxe4 20.Rxc7 Bb6 21.Rc4 d5
22.Ra4 Ra8 23.Kh1 Rxa7 24.Rxa7 Bxa7 25.f3 Bg6 26.Qxd5 Qxb2 27.Rd1 Be3 28.Qc4 Kh7
29.Re1 Bb6 30.Qe2 Qc3 31.Rd1 Bc7 32.Qf2 Qe5 33.Qg1 Bf5 34.Rd2 h5 35.Rd1 Kg8
36.Rc1 Qf4 37.Rd1 Be5 38.Re1 h4 39.Rd1 Bg6 40.Re1 Kh7 41.Rd1 h3 42.Rd5 Bh5
43.Rd3 f5 44.Rb3 Qd2  0-1

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Paget Parish BER"]
[Date "2001.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.a4 a6 8.Na3 Bg4
9.f3 Be6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bc4 O-O 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bh4+ 14.g3 Bg5 15.O-O Kh8
16.Kg2 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Bd3 Be6 19.Be4 Rc8 20.c3 Na5 21.Qc2 Qe8 22.Rad1 Bd8
23.b4 Nc6 24.Qd3 Ne7 25.Nc4 Nf5 26.Nce3 g6 27.a5 Bg5 28.Rfe1 Qf7 29.Nc4 Rcd8
30.Rh1 h5 31.h4 Bh6 32.Ncb6 Rg8 33.Kf2 g5 34.hxg5 Rxg5 35.Rdg1 Qg7 36.f4 Rf8
37.fxg5 Qxg5 38.Kg2 Nxg3 39.Qe3 Nxe4+  0-1

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Paget Parish BER"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lesiege,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 d6
9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Bc6 15.Rae1 Qb7
16.Bd3 b4 17.Nd1 bxa3 18.bxa3 Rad8 19.Nf2 d5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Ng4 Bc3 22.e5 f5
23.exf6 Bxe1 24.Rxe1 g6 25.Qh4 Rd7 26.h3 d4 27.Rxe6 Bxg2+ 28.Kh2 Bh1 29.Re2 Bf3
30.Re7  1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Paget Parish BER"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gershon,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Rb8
9.h3 d5 10.g4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Qc7 12.e5 Rd8 13.Qe2 Ne8 14.Be3 a6 15.Ne4 Nd4
16.Qf2 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 b6 18.Rad1 Bb7 19.c4 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.b3 Be7 22.Ng5 Bxg5
23.fxg5 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Nd6 25.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Paget Parish BER"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[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 Bd6 18.Bg3 Nxg3 19.fxg3 Ke7 20.Qd3 Qf8 21.Qxh7 Qg7 22.Qh5 f5
23.Qh4+ Qg5 24.Rad1 a5 25.Rf3 Qxh4 26.gxh4 Be5 27.h5 d5 28.Rh3 Kd6 29.Kf1 Rb7
30.Bf3 Ra7 31.Rh4 Bf6 32.Ra4 d4 33.a3 Rgg7 34.Rc4 Rac7 35.Be2 e5 36.Ra4 Ra7
37.Rd3 e4 38.Rh3 Ke5 39.h6 Rg8 40.Bc4 Rf8 41.Rh5 Be7 42.g4 Kf4 43.h7 Raa8
44.Rxa5 Rxa5 45.Rxf5+ Rxf5 46.h8=Q Rf6 47.g5 Rf8 48.Qh4+ Ke3+ 49.Kg2 Kd2
50.Qxe4 Ra7 51.h4 Bd6 52.Qe6 Rd8 53.g6 Kxc2 54.Qe2+ Kc3 55.Bd3 Kxb3 56.Qc2+ Kxa3
57.Bc4 Rb8 58.Qa2+ Kb4 59.Qxa7 Kxc4 60.Qxb8 Bxb8 61.g7  1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Paget Parish BER"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[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 Ne7 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Bd3 d5 14.Nc2 Bb7 15.exd5 Qxd5
16.Ne3 Qe6 17.Qh5 O-O-O 18.Bc2 f5 19.Nxf5 Ng6 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.Qf5 Qe7 22.Rd1 Nh4
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Qg4 f5 25.Bxf5 h5 26.Qg3 Qf6 27.Bc2 Rd7 28.f3 Rg7 29.Qf2 Qf4
30.Bd1 Qxe3+ 31.Qxe3 Nxg2+ 32.Kf2 Nxe3 33.Kxe3 Rg2 34.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GMA"]
[Site "Paget Parish BER"]
[Date "2001.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7
9.c4 Nb4 10.c5 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Nxc5 13.Ng3 h5 14.Be3 h4 15.Nh5 Nd3
16.f4 Nb4 17.Qg4 Rxh5 18.Qxh5 Nc2 19.f5 Qc7 20.fxe6 dxe6 21.Rac1 Nxe3 22.Rxc6 Qe7
23.Rfc1 Nd5 24.a3 g6 25.Qg4 Rd8 26.Qa4 Qd7 27.Qxh4 Qb7 28.h3 Bg7 29.Rd6 Rc8
30.Qa4+ Kf8 31.Rf1 Ne3 32.Rf3 Rc1+ 33.Kf2 Qxb2+  0-1

[Event "Millennium II Open"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2001.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boudreaux,F"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nxe5 Bxe5 8.Bd2 e6
9.f4 Bg7 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.O-O exd5 12.cxd5 O-O 13.h3 a6 14.a4 Rb8 15.a5 Re8
16.Qf3 b5 17.axb6 Qxb6 18.Na4 Qb3 19.Nc3 c4 20.Be2 Bf5 21.Bc1 Ne4 22.Ra3 Qc2
23.Bd1 Qxc1  0-1

[Event "Millennium II Open"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2001.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Smith,BG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Nec6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 a5 9.Re1 a4
10.Bc2 Nb6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Qe2 f5 16.exf6 Rxf6
17.Qe3 Nd7 18.c4 Qc5 19.Ng5 Qxe3 20.Bxh7+ Kf8 21.Rxe3 Nc5 22.cxd5 exd5 23.Rae1 Bd7
24.Bb1 d4 25.Nh7+ Kf7 26.Rg3  1-0

[Event "Millennium II Open"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2001.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Ne7 6.b3 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 8.Ba3 O-O
9.d4 Ba6 10.Re1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bxa3 12.Nxa3 d5 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Qb6 15.Rc5 dxe4
16.Rxe4 Rfd8 17.Qc3 Rd5 18.h4 h6 19.Nc2 Ne7 20.Ne3 Rdd8 21.Ne5 Qb8 22.g4 Nd5
23.Qa5 Qb6 24.N3c4 Qb7 25.Nxc6 Nb6 26.Nxd8 Qxe4 27.Rxc8 Qxg4+ 28.Kf1 Bxc8
29.Nxb6 axb6 30.Qa8 e5 31.Nc6 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium II Open"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Negulescu,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Bb5 7.c4 Bxc4 8.Bxc4 dxc4
9.d5 Qb3 10.Qxb3 cxb3 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nxb3 h6 14.Be3 b6 15.Ke2 Nge7
16.Nbd2 Ng6 17.Nc4 Be7 18.Rhd1 O-O 19.Rd7 Rad8 20.Rc7 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rd1 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Kd3 Bc7 25.Ke4 Kf7 26.h4 Nf8 27.a4 Nd7 28.h5 a6 29.b3 Nb4
30.Nfd2 Nc2 31.f4 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Nb2 Ba5 34.Nb1 Bb6 35.Bf2 c4 36.Bxb6 Nxb6
37.bxc4 bxc4 38.Nc3 Nd5 39.Nxd5 exd5+ 40.Kxd5 Ne3+ 41.Kd6 Nxg2 42.Nxc4 Nxf4
43.Kd7 g6 44.Nd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium II Open"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Figler,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.g3 Qc7
9.Qd3 Nc6 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Bd7 12.b4 Rac8 13.c5 dxc5 14.bxc5 Rfd8 15.Rb1 Be8
16.Nb5 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qa6 18.Rfc1 e5 19.d5 e4 20.Bxe4 Ne5 21.Qe3 Bxb5 22.d6 Nxe4
23.Qxe4 Bf6 24.Nf4 Bd3  0-1

[Event "US-China Summit"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2001.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[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.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.c4 Be6 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.Bc3 Bf6 20.Bc2 Ke7 21.g4 g6 22.Rd5 hxg4
23.Rxe5 g3 24.Re1 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 gxh2 26.Bxc7 h1=Q 27.Be5 Qh4 28.Bxg6 Rhg8
29.Bc2 Qxc4 30.Qh2 Rcd8 31.b3 Qb4 32.Re2 c4 33.Kb2 cxb3 34.Bc3 Qb5 35.axb3 Rc8
36.Qh4+ Ke8 37.Rd2 Qg5 38.Qa4+ Qb5 39.Qf4 Qg5 40.Qe4 Rxc3 41.Kxc3 Qa5+ 42.Qb4 Qa1+
43.Kd3 Qf1+ 44.Kc3 Qxf3+ 45.Kb2 Rg2  0-1

[Event "US-China Summit"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Qe2 d5
9.e5 d4 10.Be4 Ng6 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.d3 Be7 13.g3 O-O 14.h4 Re8 15.h5 Nf8 16.h6 g6
17.Nbd2 Nd7 18.Nb3 Qb6 19.Bf4 Rab8 20.Rfc1 a5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Nbd2 Nc5 23.Nc4 Qd8
24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Bxc6 Be7 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.Rc4 Qb8 28.Rc2 Rb4 29.Bg5 Bf8 30.Nh2 Qb5
31.Ng4 Rb8 32.Nf6+ Kh8 33.Rxc5 Qxc5 34.Nd7 Qc8 35.Nxb8 Qxb8 36.Qf3 Kg8 37.Qe4 Rxb2
38.Rxa4 Qb3 39.Rxa5 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Rb1 41.Kh3 Qh5+ 42.Bh4 Rb8 43.Qf4 Qxh6 44.Qxh6 Bxh6
45.Be7 Bf8 46.Bxf8 Kxf8 47.Ra4 Rd8 48.f4 Kg7 49.Kg4 Rd5 50.Kf3 g5 51.Ke4 gxf4
52.gxf4 Rd8 53.Ra1 h5 54.Rh1 Kg6 55.Rh2 Rh8 56.Rh4 Rd8 57.Rh1 Kh6 58.f5 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US-China Summit"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2001.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[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.O-O-O Bd7 10.f5 Be7 11.Qh3 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 b5 13.Be2 Rc8 14.a3 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 Bxg5+
16.Kb1 O-O 17.Rg4 Bf6 18.Bd3 exf5 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Rf1 g6 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Bg7
23.Rf1 f5 24.Rb4 Re8 25.g4 fxg4 26.Qxg4 Re5 27.Re4 Kh8 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Rf7 Qe8
30.Ra7 Qf8 31.Rxa6 Rd8 32.Qg2 Qc5 33.Nb4 Kg8 34.Ra8 Rxa8 35.Qxa8+ Bf8 36.Nd3 Qg1+
37.Ka2 Qd4 38.Qc6 Bd6 39.Qxb5 e4 40.Nc1 Bxh2 41.Ne2 Qe5 42.Qd7 Qf5 43.Qd8+ Kg7
44.a4 h5 45.a5 Be5 46.Qa8 Qf7+ 47.b3 Qf1 48.Qa7+ Kg8 49.Nd4 Qd1 50.c3 Qd2+
51.Ka3 Qxc3 52.Nb5 Qc1+ 53.Ka4 e3 54.Qa8+ Kh7 55.Qe4 Qa1+ 56.Kb4 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Privman,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.a3 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Bg4 10.Qc2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 c5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Qa4 Qd6 14.Ba6 Nd8 15.Kh1 Qe6
16.Rg1 Qf5 17.Rg3 Ne6 18.Rag1 cxd4 19.exd4 Bd6 20.f4 Nh5 21.Bd3 Nxg3+ 22.Rxg3 Qh5
23.Be2 Qh4 24.f5 Bxg3 25.fxg3 Qxd4 26.fxe6 Qxd2  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Pixton,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[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 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.h5 Nxh5 13.g4 Nf6 14.O-O-O Rac8 15.Kb1 Rxc3
16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Rc8 18.Bd2 b5 19.Rhe1 a5 20.a3 a4 21.Ba2 Rc5 22.Kb2 Kf8
23.Rf1 Ke8 24.Be3 Rc7 25.Ne2 Be6 26.g5 Nh5 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Ka2 Nc4 29.Bg1 Kd7
30.f4 h6 31.gxh6 Bxh6 32.Rd3 e5 33.fxe5 Nxe5 34.Rh3 Bg7 35.Bd4 Nf6 36.Nf4 Nxe4
37.Nd5 Rb7 38.Rh7 Ng3 39.Rxg7 Nxf1 40.Rxe7+ Kc8 41.Nb6+ Rxb6 42.Bxb6 Nd2
43.Bc5 Nec4 44.Bb4 Kb8 45.Rg7 Kc8 46.Rxg6 Kc7 47.Rg3 Kc6 48.Rd3 Ne4 49.Kb1 Nf6
50.Kc1 Nd5 51.Rd4 Nde3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paschall,W"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 Rc8
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nb4 11.Bb3 Rxc1 12.Qxc1 Nd3 13.Qe3 Nxe1 14.Qxe1 Ng6 15.a4 b4
16.Qe3 Be7 17.Nbd2 O-O 18.Rd1 Qa8 19.Bc2 Rc8 20.Bb1 Qb8 21.g3 Qc7 22.Nb3 Qc6
23.h4 h6 24.h5 Nf8 25.d5 Qxa4 26.Nfd4 Bf6 27.Re1 d6 28.dxe6 fxe6 29.Rc1 Qe8
30.Rxc8 Bxc8 31.Qe2 a5 32.Nb5 Qd8 33.Qd2 a4 34.N3d4 Qb6 35.Qe3  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Finegold,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1 d6 8.Be3 exd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Be2 Qd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 f6 16.Nxg6 hxg6
17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Qb3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Raf8 20.a4 Na5 21.Qc2 c6 22.g5 Qxh3 23.gxf6 Bc7
24.Bd3 Bh2+ 25.Kh1 Bf4+ 26.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Foygel,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bd2 O-O 7.e4 Nb6 8.h3 Nc6
9.Be3 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bg7 15.g4 Bd7
16.O-O-O Qe8 17.Bg2 c6 18.Rhe1 cxd5 19.Bxd5 Rc8 20.Kb1 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Ba4 22.Qb4 Bxd1
23.Rxd1 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Qc6 25.Qc5 Qe6 26.Bd4 Rc8 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Qd4+ Kf7
29.Re5 Qc4 30.Qe3 e6 31.Qd2 Qc7 32.Re4 Rd8 33.Rd4 Qb6+ 34.Kc2 Rxd4 35.Qxd4 Qxd4
36.cxd4 Ke7 37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Kc4 a6 39.a4 b6 40.h4 Kc6 41.d5+ exd5+ 42.Kd4 Kd6  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Times,Jerald W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.f4 h5 8.f5 exf5 9.g5 Na6
10.Nf4 Nc7 11.h4 Qd7 12.Bg2 Ne6 13.Nce2 c5 14.c3 O-O-O 15.Be3 Kb8 16.O-O Nc7
17.dxc5 Nc6 18.Bd4 Re8 19.Nd3 Nxd4 20.cxd4 f6 21.Nef4 Bf7 22.g6 Bg8 23.Rc1 Ne6
24.exf6 gxf6 25.Nxd5 Nc7 26.c6 bxc6 27.g7 Bxg7 28.Nc5 Qxd5 29.Bxd5 Bxd5 30.Rxf5 Bh6
31.Rxd5 Nxd5 32.Qb3+ Nb6 33.Qf7 Reg8+ 34.Kh1 Rg7 35.Na6+ Ka8 36.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adianto,U"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 Bf5 8.Nh4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Be6 10.Be2 Bd5 11.e6 Bxe6 12.O-O Bd5 13.axb5 e6 14.b6 Nd7 15.Rxa7 Nxb6
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Ne5 O-O 19.Bf4 c5 20.g3 Rd8 21.Re1 Qa3 22.Bh5 g6
23.Bg5 Ra8 24.Bf6 Bxe5 25.Bxe5  0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dlugy,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 c5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 O-O 10.e3 Qc8 11.b3 d5 12.cxd5 Bc3 13.Rb1 Bxd4 14.exd4 Nxd5 15.Qf3 Nc6
16.Bb2 Qa6 17.a3 Rac8 18.Rbc1 Nce7 19.Rc4 Nf5 20.Rfc1 Nd6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8
23.Qd3 b5 24.a4 bxa4 25.Ba3 Qc6 26.Kg1 axb3 27.Qxb3 Nb5 28.Bc5 h6 29.Nc4 Ndc3
30.Bxa7 Qf3 31.Nd2 Qd3 32.Qb2 Nxa7 33.Qb8+ Kh7 34.Qxa7 Qxd2 35.Qxf7 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.Kh1 a4 14.b4 axb3 15.axb3 Nd7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.b4 Nf6 18.Qd4 Kg8 19.f4 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 e5 21.Qe3 exf4 22.Qxf4 Qe7
23.Bf3 Re8 24.b5 Nxe4 25.bxc6 Nxc3 26.Rf1 bxc6 27.Bxc6 Rc8 28.Bf3 Qe6 29.Bg4 f5
30.Bf3 Rxc4 31.Qg5 Nb5 32.Ra1  0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kveinys,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4 d6 8.O-O Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kengis,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.b3 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[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.c4 c6
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Re8 12.Qd3 Qh4 13.h3 Re4 14.Bg5 Rxd4 15.Qc3 Qxg5
16.Qxd4 Bxh3 17.Qe4 f5 18.Qf3 Bg4 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.Qxb7 Rd8 21.Qxc6 Qf6 22.Qb7 Qh6
23.g3 f4 24.Qh1 Bh3 25.Nc3 fxg3 26.Qf3 Bg4  0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.d3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6
9.fxe6 Qd6 10.dxe4 Qxe6 11.O-O dxe4 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Nd4 Qe5 14.g3 O-O 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Bf4 Qe8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.c4 Qd7 19.Qe2 Rae8 20.Rad1 Qh3 21.g4 c5  0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.N1d2 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Bf4 Rac8 12.Ne3 Qh5 13.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Magem Badals,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.e5 Ng4 8.h3 Nxf2
9.Qxf2 dxc3 10.Qxf5 Qh4+ 11.Kd1 c6 12.Bd3 cxd2 13.Bxd2 Be7 14.Re1 d5 15.exd6 Qd4
16.Qe4 Qxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxd6 18.Rf1 Be6 19.Bf4 Bc4 20.Rf3 Kd7 21.b3 Be6 22.Bd2  0-1

[Event "Rapidplay"]
[Site "Liepaja LAT"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.Be5 f6
9.Bd3 Kf7 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.fxg3 d6 12.O-O Be7 13.Qe2 Qg8 14.Rf2 Ke8 15.e4 Nd7
16.a4 c5 17.c3 h5 18.a5 h4 19.g4 Kd8 20.Bb5 Nf8 21.axb6 axb6 22.Rxa8+ Bxa8
23.Nc4 Kc7 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.b4 Nd7 26.Qa2 Qb8 27.Qa5+ Nb6 28.bxc5 dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lorenzana,W"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.a5 Kh8 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Qb3 Nf4 13.Qxb7 Rf6 14.Qb5 Rb8 15.Qa4 Rg6
16.g3 Nxh3+ 17.Kh2 Rh6 18.Kg2 Qd6 19.Re1 Qc5 20.Re3 e4 21.dxe4 f4 22.Nb3 Rxb3
23.Qxb3 fxe3 24.Bxe3 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Echavarria,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[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.a3 Ne8
9.b4 Nc7 10.Bf1 d6 11.d3 Ne6 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Rc1 b6 15.Nc4 f5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.d4 exd4 18.b5 dxc3 19.Rxc3 Ncd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Rg3 Bxb5 22.Ne3 Bxf1 23.Nd5 Qd8
24.Re7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.Kxf1 Qf8 29.Nc7 f4 30.Qd5+ Kh8
31.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leyva,H"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Bd3 Re8
9.Ne2 Qe7 10.f3 c5 11.d5 Nbd7 12.Be3 Nf8 13.h4 h5 14.Kd2 Qc7 15.Rag1 b5 16.Ng3 bxc4
17.Bxc4 Qa5 18.Rb1 g6 19.Rb2 N8d7 20.Bb5 Ba6 21.Qa4 Qxa4 22.Bxa4 Nb6 23.Bb5 Bxb5
24.Rxb5 Nfd7 25.Kc2 Nc4 26.Bc1 Reb8 27.Rxb8+ Rxb8 28.Nf1 Ndb6 29.g4 hxg4
30.fxg4 Nd7 31.g5 Kg7 32.Ng3 a5 33.Kd3 Ncb6 34.h5 c4+ 35.Kc2 Na4 36.h6+ Kg8
37.Rf1 Ndc5 38.Rf6 Rb3 39.Rf3 Rb7 40.Rf6 Rb3 41.Rf3 Rb7 42.Rf6 Rb3 43.Rf3 Rb6
44.h7+ Kxh7 45.Rxf7+ Kg8 46.Rf6 Kg7 47.Nf5+ gxf5 48.exf5 Rb3 49.Rxd6 Rxc3+
50.Kd1 Rd3+ 51.Ke1 Nc3 52.Bd2 Nxd5 53.Bxa5 c3 54.Bxc3 Re3+ 55.Kf1 Nxc3 56.Rc6 N5e4
57.Rc7+ Kf8 58.Rc8+ Ke7 59.f6+ Nxf6 60.gxf6+ Kxf6 61.Rc4 Ke6 62.a4 Kd5 63.Rb4 Re4
64.Rb3 Nxa4 65.Kf2 Nc5  0-1

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lima,Da"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.h3 Nf6 10.Bc2 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Nf3 Bc7 15.Qd2 Qe7
16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Qe3 a5 18.a3 b5 19.Kh1 a4 20.Kg1 Bb3 21.Bxb3 axb3 22.d5 cxd5
23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Rxd5 Rb8 25.Qe2 Bb6 26.Rxb5 Bc5 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Rd1 g6 29.Kf1 Kg7
30.Ne1 Qe6 31.Nd3 Bb6 32.Nb4 h5 33.Rd2 Rf8 34.Qa6 d5 35.exd5 Qd6 36.Qc4 Qf6
37.d6 Rd8 38.Qd5 e4 39.Qxe4 Rxd6 40.Nd5 Qe6 41.Qxe6 fxe6 42.Nxb6 Rxd2 43.Nc4 Rc2
44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Kf6 46.Kg2 e5 47.a4 Rc1 48.Nd2 Ra1 49.Nxb3 Rxa4 50.Kg3 Ra2
51.Nc5 Rxb2 52.Ne4+ Ke7 53.Kf3 Rb1 54.Ke3 Rd1 55.Ke2 Rd8 56.Ke3 Ke6 57.f3 Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sunye Neto,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.Rb1 a5
9.d3 d6 10.Bd2 h6 11.Ne1 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Nd5 a4 14.e3 b5 15.Kh2 Rb8 16.b4 axb3
17.Rxb3 bxc4 18.dxc4 Qc8 19.Rxb8 Qxb8 20.Bc3 Qa7 21.Nc2 Qa6 22.Qd3 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 e4  0-1

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goldin,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.d5 a5 8.Ng3 Na6
9.Bd3 Nc5 10.Bc2 exd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.O-O b5 13.e4 Ba6 14.b4 Na4 15.Nxa4 bxa4
16.Re1 axb4 17.Bxa4 cxd5 18.e5 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Rxe4 Bb7 21.Rd4 Rxe5 22.axb4 Qe7
23.Be3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Qxe3+ 25.Kh1 Qf2 26.Qg1 Bxg2+ 27.Qxg2 Qxd4 28.Rd1 Qa7
29.Bb3 Re8 30.Rf1 Re7 31.b5 Qe3 32.Qf3 g6 33.b6 Qxf3+ 34.Rxf3 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Rb1
36.Bxf7+ Kh8 37.Bxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Dominguez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B98"]

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 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.Bf2 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Bd3 Nc5 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Rhe1 O-O
16.Qh3 d5 17.e5 Nfe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bf1 Rfd8 20.Rc1 Bd5 21.Qg3 Bf8 22.f5 Nd7
23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Qh3 Qxe5 25.Be2 Nf6 26.c3 Qd6 27.Bg3 e5 28.Nf5 Qe6 29.Bh4 Kh7
30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Bg4 Rb8 32.Ne3 Bg8 33.Rf1 Qc6 34.Qh4 Bc5 35.Bf5+ Kh8 36.Ng4 Qd5
37.c4 bxc4 38.Rcd1 Rxb2+ 39.Kc1 Rd2  0-1

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Abreu,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Bc5
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Qc2 Qd8 11.Rb1 a5 12.e4 O-O 13.Bf4 Re8 14.Rbe1 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nh5
16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Kh1 h6 18.Bc1 Rad8 19.a3 Nf8 20.h3 Bc8 21.e5 f5 22.Na4 Ba7
23.Nc5 Qf7 24.b4 Ne6 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.bxa5 Bc4 27.e6 Bxe6 28.Ne5 Qc7 29.a6 Bd4
30.Nf3 Ba7 31.axb7 Qxb7 32.Ne5 Qb3 33.Qe2 Nf6 34.Qa6 Bd4 35.Nxc6 Bc4 36.Rxe8+ Rxe8
37.Nxd4 Qa2 38.Qd6 Bxf1 39.Bxf1 Qxf2 40.Qf4 Qxf4 41.Bxf4 Re1 42.Kg2 Ra1 43.Nc2 Rb1
44.Bd3 Ne4 45.Kf3 Rb3 46.Ke2 Kh7 47.Be5 g6 48.Bxe4 fxe4 49.a4 h5 50.a5 Rb5
51.Bc3 Rc5 52.Kd2 h4 53.g4 Rc6 54.Nb4 e3+ 55.Kd3 Rc5 56.Nc2 e2 57.Be1 Kh6
58.a6  1-0

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.a3 O-O 7.b4 Be7 8.Bb2 d5
9.Nbd2 a5 10.b5 b6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Bc4 Qh5 13.Ne5 Qxd1+ 14.Rxd1 Bb7 15.Ndf3 Ne4
16.O-O Nc5 17.Rd4 Rc8 18.Rfd1 h6 19.h4 Bf6 20.Ba2 Nbd7 21.Rxd7 Nxd7 22.Rxd7 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Rc2 24.Nxf7 Rxb2 25.Bxe6 Bxh4 26.Nxh6+ Kh7 27.Nf5 Bf6 28.Rd5 g6 29.Rd7+ Kh8
30.Nd6 Rf8 31.Nf7+ Rxf7 32.Bxf7 Bh4 33.Rd3 Kg7 34.Be8 a4 35.f4 g5 36.fxg5 Bxf2+
37.Kf1 Bh4 38.g6 Bf6 39.Rd7+ Kg8 40.Bf7+ Kg7 41.Be8+ Kg8 42.Rf7 Bg7 43.Rb7  1-0

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Cabrera,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nh3 Nxe5 5.Nf4 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 a6
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Qd2 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Ncd5 c6 14.Ne3 Re8 15.Nf5 Nf6
16.Nd4 Qc7 17.Nd3 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 c5 19.Bb2 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Rad1 Ne4 22.Qe3 Ng4
23.Qf3 Qc8 24.Nf4 Rc7 25.h3 Nh6 26.Nd5 Ra7 27.h4 Qe6 28.Nf4 Qc8 29.Rd5 Rae7
30.Rd3 c4 31.bxc4 Qxc4 32.Nd5 Re6 33.Nf4 R6e7 34.Nd5 Re6 35.Ne3 Qa2 36.Bd4 Qxa4
37.Qf4 Qc6 38.Ra1 Rb8 39.Ra5 Rb5 40.Rxb5 Qxb5 41.f3 Nxg3 42.Qxg3 Rg6 43.Ng4 Nf5
44.Qf4 h5 45.Bf2 Qe5 46.Qc4 hxg4 47.h5 Qa1+ 48.Kh2 g3+ 49.Bxg3 Rg5 50.f4 Rxh5+
51.Kg2 g6 52.Qxb4 Rh1  0-1

[Event "I American Continental"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cuartas,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Re8 8.Re1 Bf8
9.Bb3 g6 10.d4 d6 11.h3 Bg7 12.a3 a6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Bc4 Nb6 16.Bf1 Be6
17.b4 Nb8 18.Bb2 c5 19.bxc5 N6d7 20.Nc4 Nxc5 21.a4 Qe7 22.Nfd2 Nbd7 23.Ne3 Nf6
24.c4 Rac8 25.Nd5  0-1

[Event "5th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponater,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.h4 h5 8.Bg5 Nc6
9.Nb3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.a4 Nb4 12.Nd4 d5 13.exd5 Nfxd5 14.Ncb5 Nf6 15.Qe3 Nbd5
16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Bf3 Nxg5 18.Bxd5 e6 19.hxg5 exd5 20.Qg3 Re8+ 21.Kf1 Re4 22.Qc7 Qxg5
23.c3 Bg4 24.Qxb7 Rae8 25.Nc7 Re1+  0-1

[Event "5th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramesh,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.d3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6
9.fxe6 Qd6 10.dxe4 Qxe6 11.O-O dxe4 12.Qd4 a6 13.Bxc6+ Qxc6 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 O-O-O
16.Qa7 cxd6 17.Rad1 Rhe8 18.Rd4 Qc5 19.Qxc5+ dxc5 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rd1+ Kc7
22.Nd5+ Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Kc6 24.Rd2 e3 25.fxe3 Rxe3 26.Kf2 Re4 27.Kf3 Rc4 28.c3 b5
29.Rd8 a5 30.a3 b4 31.cxb4 axb4 32.Rg8 bxa3 33.bxa3 Rh4 34.Rxg7 Rxh2 35.Ke4 Rh4+
36.Kd3 Ra4 37.Rg6+ Kb5 38.Rxh6 Rxa3+ 39.Kc2 Kb4 40.Rb6+ Kc4 41.Rb2 Kd4 42.Rb3 Ra2+
43.Rb2 Ra8 44.Rb3 Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2001.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Pirrot,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 Bd6 6.O-O Bxf4 7.exf4 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qf6
9.c4 Nxd4 10.cxd5 Qxf4 11.dxe6 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 fxe6 13.Re1 Ne7 14.Qb3 Qg5+
15.Kf1 Qd5 16.Rxe6 Qxb3 17.axb3 Kf7 18.Re4 Rhd8 19.Nc3 Rd2 20.Rb4 b6 21.Rc4 c5
22.b4 Rd4 23.Rxd4 cxd4 24.Ne2 Nf5 25.Nf4 g6 26.Nd5 Rb8 27.Rxa7+ Ke6 28.Nf4+ Ke5
29.Nd3+ Kd5 30.b3 Rc8 31.Rd7+ Ke6 32.Rxh7 Rc3 33.Ke2 Rc2+ 34.Kd1 Rc3 35.Kd2 Rxb3
36.Rb7 Nd6 37.Rxb6 Kd5 38.Nf4+ Ke5 39.Nxg6+ Kd5 40.Ne7+ Ke5 41.f4+  1-0

[Event "5th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lerner,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.a3 Bd6
9.b4 c6 10.h3 a5 11.Rb1 axb4 12.axb4 b5 13.O-O Qe7 14.Qb3 Na6 15.Na2 Nc7
16.Nac3 Na6 17.Na2 Bb8 18.Nac3 h5 19.Re1 Bd6 20.Ba3 Nc7 21.Ng3 Bxg3 22.fxg3 Ne6
23.Rf1 Nxd4 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.exd4 Be6 26.Bc2 g6 27.Bc1 Ra6 28.Bd2 Rfa8 29.Qf3 Ra2
30.Rfc1 Nb6 31.Bh6 Bd5 32.Qf1 Kh7 33.Bf4 Nc4 34.Re1 Qf6 35.Re2 Na3 36.Rc1 Bc4
37.Bd1 h4 38.Qf3 Bxe2 39.Bxe2 Qxd4+ 40.Kh2 Re8 41.Bf1 Qd5 42.Qg4 hxg3+ 43.Qxg3 Nc4
44.Rc3 Nd2 45.Bd3 Kg7 46.Bxd2 Rxd2 47.Bf1 Qd6 48.Qxd6 Rxd6  0-1

[Event "5th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2001.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.Nbc3 e5
9.d5 c6 10.O-O Na6 11.b3 cxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.a4 Qd7 14.Ba3 Rfd8 15.Qd2 Bh3
16.Bxh3 Qxh3 17.Rfd1 Nc7 18.d6 Ne6 19.a5 Nd7 20.Nd5 e4 21.Bb2 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5
23.Ra4 Bxd6 24.Rxe4 Bf8 25.Nef4 Qf5 26.Qe2 Rac8 27.h4 Rc5 28.g4 Nxf4 29.Rxf4 Qc8
30.Nf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nd2 Qd8 11.Rd1 h6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nde4 Bf5 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Qxc5 Bxg2 18.Rg1 Bf3 19.Rc1 Rfe8 20.Qf5 Qxf5 21.Bxf5 Nd4
22.Bd3 Bh5 23.Kf1 Nf3 24.Rg3 Rad8 25.Bb5 Re6 26.Rh3 Bg4 27.Rg3 Bh5 28.Rh3 Nd2+
29.Kg2 Bg6 30.Be2 Bf5 31.Rh5 g5 32.Bg3 Bg6 33.Rc7 Rf6 34.Rxb7 Be4+ 35.f3 Bxb7  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 e5 12.Rc1 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Bb1 Be5 15.Nf3 Bc7
16.Ne2 Qb8 17.Ng3 Ne5 18.Nd4 Qd8 19.Qc2 Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Qe7 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Bd3 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Bc4  1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.a3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O b6 12.e4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.a4 a6 15.Be3 b5 16.Rfb1 Bc6
17.Nd2 bxa4 18.e5 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bb5 20.Nc4 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Nb6 22.Nd6 Bxd6 23.Rxc7 Bxc7
24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Qxb5 Rcb8 26.Qc6 Nd5 27.Bc1 Rc8 28.Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B75"]

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

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vucic,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Nc3 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf2 f6 13.Nd3 f5 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.b3 Qe7
16.Qd2 Rfd8 17.Rfc1 Be8 18.a4 Nc8 19.a5 Nb4 20.Na4 Bxa4 21.Rxa4 Na6 22.Qd3 Nd6
23.Nc6 Qc7 24.Be3 Rdc8 25.Nxa7 Qxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 27.Kf2 Rxa7 28.Qe3 Rc6
29.Qxe6+ Kf8 30.Qd7 Nc7 31.a6 Nxa6 32.Bxd5 b5 33.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ambarcumjan,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O c5 7.b3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Re1 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Ne7 15.Ne5 Ng6
16.f3 Qc7 17.Bb4 Rfd8 18.c5 a5 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Bd2 Ba6 21.c6 Ne8 22.a4 Nd6
23.Bf4 g5 24.Bg3 Nf5 25.Bf2 Qd6 26.g4 Ne7 27.Bg3 Qb4 28.c7 Re8 29.Kg2 f5
30.Nc6 Nxc6 31.Rxc6 f4 32.Bf2 Kf7 33.Qc2 Bb7 34.Rc3 Qe7 35.Re5 Qf6 36.Qc1 Re7
37.h4 gxh4 38.g5 Qg6 39.Qxf4+ Kg8 40.Qg4 Rf8 41.Bxh4 Bc8 42.Bg3 Ref7 43.f4 Re7
44.Qd1 Rff7 45.Qc1 Qh5 46.Rc6 Qg4 47.g6 Qxg6 48.Rd6 Rf8 49.f5 Qf7 50.fxe6 Qf3+
51.Kh2 g6 52.Qh6 Rh7 53.Qxh7+ Kxh7 54.Rd8 g5 55.e7 Qh5+ 56.Kg1 Re8 57.Rxe8 Qxe8
58.Kf2 Kg6 59.Ke3 Kf7 60.Kd2 Be6 61.Rxg5 Qxe7 62.Re5 Qb4+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fishbein,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[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.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Nb5 Rd7 12.Qe1 a5 13.a4 Nb4 14.Kb1 e5 15.c3 Na6 16.Bc4 Nc7
17.Be3 Qc6 18.Qe2 d5 19.Nxc7 Rxc7 20.Bb5 Qe6 21.Qd3 dxe4 22.Qd8+ Bxd8 23.Rxd8+ Ne8
24.Nc5 Qe7 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Bxe8 exf3 27.Bb5 fxg2 28.Rg1 Bf5+ 29.Kc1 Rac8
30.Nd3 Bd7 31.Kc2 Bxb5 32.axb5 a4 33.Rxg2 a3 34.Bb6 Rc4 35.Nxe5 a2 36.Rg1 Re4
37.Nd3 Ra8 38.Ra1 Re2+ 39.Kb3 Rxh2 40.Bd4 h5 41.Nc5 Rg2 42.Nxb7 Rg6 43.Kb4 h4
44.Na5 h3 45.Be5 Rg2 46.b3 h2 47.Bxh2 Rxh2 48.c4 f5 49.b6 Rb8 50.c5 f4 51.b7 Rc2
52.Kb5 g5 53.c6 g4 54.Nc4 Re2 55.Nd6 Re7 56.Kb6 g3 57.Nf5 Rh7 58.Rxa2 Rf8
59.Ra8 Rf7 60.Nh4 f3 61.Rxf8+ Rxf8 62.Nxf3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Ba2 b6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.c4 Rfd8 14.Re1 Rac8 15.d5 exd5
16.cxd5 c4 17.e4 b5 18.Nd4 Qe5 19.Qf3 Re8 20.Rab1 Nxe4 21.Nxb5 Qxd5 22.Nxa7 Rb8
23.Red1 Qe6 24.Nb5 Qg6 25.Qh3 Ndc5 26.Nc3 Nd2 27.Rbc1 Bc8 28.Bb1 Nxb1 29.Qe3 Bb7  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 Bd6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 Bxf4 11.gxf4 c5 12.e3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Ne2 Qe7 15.Ng3 Rfd8
16.Bh3 Rc7 17.Qe2 Nf8 18.Rfd1 Bc8 19.Bg2 Bg4 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Qc2 Rd6 22.Re1 Ng6
23.b4 h6 24.Nd4 Nh4 25.bxc5 Rxc5 26.Qd3 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 Qh4 28.Kg1 Nxf2 29.Qf1 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Ne4 31.Nxe4 dxe4 32.Qf2 Qh5 33.f5 Kh7 34.Qf4 Rf6 35.Rf1 Bh3 36.Rc1 Bxf5
37.Nxf5 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kreiman,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nb1 Ba6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O Be7
10.Qc2 O-O 11.Bxc4 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Qd5 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.b3 c5 15.Bb2 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Rfc8
17.Qe2 Nc5 18.f3 Rd8 19.e4 Qb7 20.Kh1 Rd7 21.Nc4 Qa6 22.Qe3 Rc8 23.Rac1 Rdd8
24.Rc2 Nfd7 25.Rfc1 Bf6 26.e5 Be7 27.Nb5 Nb6 28.Ncd6 Nd5 29.Qg1 Nxb3 30.Rxc8 Nxc1
31.Qxc1 Qxa4 32.Bd4 h6 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Qc8 Qa5 35.Qd7 b3 36.Bg1 Kh7 37.Qxf7 Qe1
38.Ne8 Qxe5 39.f4 Nxf4 40.Nxg7 Qf6 41.Qxf6 Bxf6 42.Ne8 Be5 43.Bxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.Qa4 Bxf4 13.Qxf4 d4 14.O-O-O Qd5 15.exd4 Be6
16.Qe4 Rfc8 17.Qxd5 Bxd5 18.Kb1 Rd8 19.Rhe1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.h3 Ba7
9.Re1 Be6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Nf1 Qf6 12.Be3 Nf4 13.d4 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.Bc1 c5
16.b3 Na5 17.d5 Bd7 18.N1h2 h5 19.h4 b5 20.Ng5 c4 21.Be3 Qg6 22.Bxf4 exf4
23.b4 Nb7 24.e5 Bf5 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Qxh5 Nd8 27.Ng4 a5 28.e6 fxe6 29.dxe6 Nc6
30.e7 Rfe8 31.Re6 Nxe7 32.Nf6+ gxf6 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Rxf6 Bxf2+ 35.Kh1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Serper,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Nd2 Nxg3 10.hxg3 c5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.e4 Be6 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Qe2+ Kf8 15.Nc4 Nd4
16.Qd2 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Qe7+ 18.Kf1 Qxc5 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Rc1 Kg7 21.Kg1 Rhd8 22.Kh2 Qd6
23.Rhd1 Qf6 24.Qe3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Nc6 26.Qe4 Ne5 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Be2 b6 29.Bh5 Rxd1
30.Rxd1 Re8 31.Rd4 Re6 32.f3 Rd6 33.f4 gxf4 34.Rxf4 Qg7 35.Qe4 Rd8 36.Qb7 Rd7
37.Qb8+ Ke7 38.Bxf7 Ng4+ 39.Kh3 Nf6 40.Be8 Rd5 41.Qb7+ Kf8 42.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Podgaets,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Ba4 Bg7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rc1 Na6 12.b4 Rc8 13.O-O c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.b5 Nb8
16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Ng3 e5 18.Ba5 Nd7 19.Nd2 N7b6 20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Qc2 f5 22.Rfe1 e4
23.Qa2 f4 24.Ngxe4 fxe3 25.fxe3 c4 26.Bxc4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 28.Qxc4 Qxa3
29.Nb3 Qa2 30.Ned2 Rc8 31.Qg4 Nf6 32.Qh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rashkovsky,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Bg7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.b4 O-O 10.a4 c6 11.b5 c5 12.a5 Re8 13.Ne5 bxa5 14.Bd2 a6 15.b6 Nbd7 16.f4 cxd4
17.exd4 Qxb6 18.Ne2 Qa7 19.Rb1 Bc8 20.Nc6 Qc7 21.Qc2 Qd6 22.h3 Ne4 23.Bxa5 Ndc5
24.Rb6 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Bd7 26.Rc1 Qf6 27.Ne5 Bb5 28.Qe3 Qe7 29.Nc3 Nxc3 30.Qxc3 f6
31.Nf3 Bh6 32.Qc5 Qf7 33.Qd6 Bc4 34.Qxf6 Bxf4 35.Bd2 Qxf6 36.Rxf6 Bg3 37.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Miton,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Qxb6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Nd2 Bg7
9.e4 O-O 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Ne3 Bb7 14.O-O Rad8 15.a4 Kh8
16.a5 Nc8 17.Nc4 Nd7 18.Qd2 Na7 19.Ne3 Rb8 20.Bg5 Rfe8 21.f4 Bc8 22.e5 f6
23.Bh4 dxe5 24.Nc4 exf4 25.d6 exd6 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.Nxd6 Rf8 28.Nxf4 Ne5 29.Bf2 Nb5
30.Bxb5 Rxb5 31.Rfd1 Rb8 32.Bxc5 Bg4 33.Re1 Qd7 34.h3 Bf3 35.b4 Bc6 36.Rad1 Ba4
37.Rc1 Bc6 38.Qe3 Rg8 39.Rcd1 g5 40.Nh5 g4 41.h4 Rbd8 42.Qf4 Rgf8 43.Rd4 Ng6
44.Qf2 f5 45.Nxg7 Qxg7 46.Nxf5 g3 47.Qe3  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Markowski,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Qa4 e6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 O-O 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Qb3 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.c5 Rfc8 13.Rac1 h6 14.Re1 g5 15.Bd2 Rab8
16.cxb6 axb6 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Rxe4 c5 20.Ree1 cxd4 21.Qb5 Nc5 22.h4 Bxf3
23.Bxf3 gxh4 24.Bf4 e5 25.b4 Ne6 26.Bxe5 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qg5 28.Rc5 hxg3 29.Bxb8 gxf2+
30.Kxf2 bxc5 31.bxc5 Nxc5 32.Qe8+ Bf8 33.Qe2 Ne6 34.Kf1 Bg7 35.Bh2  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.a3 bxa3 13.bxa3 O-O 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qa4 Rfb8
16.Bd2 c5 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Rbc1 Qb6 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Qg4 Nd7 21.a4 Nf6 22.Qc4 Qb3
23.Qc6 Qd5 24.Nd4 Qxc6 25.Nxc6 Bf8 26.Rfd1 h6 27.Be1 a6 28.f3 Nd5 29.e4 Nb4
30.Na5 Rbb8 31.Rc4 Rc8 32.Kf1 Nc2 33.Bf2 Na3 34.Rcc1 Nc2 35.Rd7 Ba3 36.Rb1 Bb4
37.Nb7 a5 38.Rbd1 Na3 39.Nd8 Nc4 40.Nxf7 Nb2 41.Rb1 Nxa4 42.Ne5 Nc3 43.Ra1 Nxe4
44.fxe4 Bc3 45.Ra3 Bxe5 46.Bg3 Bb2 47.Rb3 Rc2 48.Bd6 Bd4 49.Rbb7 Rac8 50.Bg3 Rb2
51.Rxb2 Bxb2 52.Ra7 Rc4 53.Rxa5 Rxe4 54.Kf2 Bf6 55.Kf3 Rc4 56.Ra7 h5 57.Ra5 h4
58.Bf4 Kf7 59.h3 Kg6 60.Rb5 Rc3+ 61.Kg4 Rd3 62.Rb6 Kf7 63.Rb7+ Ke8 64.Ra7 e5
65.Bh2 e4 66.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rychagov,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O cxd4
10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nce2 Nd7 14.Rc1 Nc5 15.Bb1 a5 16.Nf4 g6
17.Qg4 Bg7 18.Rfd1 Qg5 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.g3 Rad8 21.h4 Qf6 22.a3 Ba6 23.Qg4 Bc4
24.b4 Nb3 25.Nxb3 Bxb3 26.Bc2 a4 27.Bxb3 axb3 28.Rb1 b2 29.Nxd5 Qe5 30.Qc4 Kh7
31.Qb3 Qe4 32.Nf4 b5 33.Rd3 Rc8 34.Ne2 Red8 35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Qa2 Rd2 37.Nd4 Bxd4
38.exd4 Qf5 39.f4 Qe6  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 Qe7
9.Be2 d6 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.Nb5 O-O 13.Nd6 Bc6 14.e4 e5 15.Nf5 Qe8
16.Bh6 g6 17.Nd6 Qe7 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Qc2 Nh5 20.g3 Ndf6 21.Ng5 h6 22.Bxh5 Nxh5
23.Nf3 Nf6 24.Nh4 Rd8 25.Ndf5 gxf5 26.Nxf5 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Qf8 28.f3 Bd7 29.g4 Bxf5
30.exf5 Qg7 31.h4 e4 32.g5 hxg5 33.fxe4 gxh4 34.e5 Ng4 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.f6+ Qg6
37.e6 b5 38.Qxg6+ fxg6 39.e7 Nxf6 40.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yemelin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 Qe7
9.Be2 d6 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.Nb5 O-O 13.Nd6 Bc6  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d6 8.Nc3 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Millennium"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco,Richard"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C39"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 c6
9.Qf3 Bh6 10.g4 Bg7 11.g5 Qe7 12.d4 Bxd4 13.Bxf4 Be5 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Bxe5 dxe5
16.Nd5 cxd5 17.exd5 Bd7 18.d6 Qe6 19.Bh3 Qxa2 20.g6 f5 21.Bxf5 Nc6 22.g7 Rg8
23.Bxd7+ Kxd7 24.Rd5 Ke6 25.Rd3 Rxg7 26.Rf1 Kd7 27.Rb3 Qa1+ 28.Kd2 Qa5+ 29.Kd1 Rd8
30.Qf6 Rg2 31.Rxb7+ Kc8 32.Rc7+ Qxc7  0-1

[Event "III Millennium"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Miller,Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Be7 14.Ng5 Qc6 15.Qf3 h6
16.Qh3 hxg5 17.Qxh8+ Kf7 18.Qh3 g4 19.Qe3 Ne5 20.Ne2 Nc4 21.Qg3 Nxe4 22.Qxg4 Rh8
23.Nf4 Ne5 24.Qe2 Bf6 25.f3 Nd6 26.Bd2 c4 27.Rae1 g5 28.Nxe6 Kxe6 29.Bxg5 Kf7
30.f4 Nd7 31.Rf2 Ne8 32.Qg4 Bd4 33.Bg6+ Kxg6 34.f5+ Kf7 35.Re7+ Kf8 36.Qxd4 Ndf6
37.Bxf6 Nxf6 38.Re6  1-0

[Event "III Millennium"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[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 c4 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 Ne8 15.Bd3 g6 16.Bh6 Ng7
17.Re2 f5 18.Rea2 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Nb7 20.b4 a5 21.Qd3 Bd7 22.Na3 Qb6 23.Nc2 a4
24.Na3 Rac8 25.Rc2 Nd8 26.Rac1 Nf7 27.Be3 Qb7 28.c4 bxc4 29.Rxc4 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 Nf5
31.Bd2 Bd8 32.b5 Qa7 33.g4 Nd4 34.Nxd4 exd4 35.f4 Re8 36.Kg2 Bb6 37.Qc2 Bc5
38.Rxa4 Qb7 39.Qd3 Kf8 40.Bf3 Rb8 41.Ra5 Kg8 42.Be1 g5 43.Bd2 gxf4 44.Bxf4 Qb6
45.Nc4 Bxb5 46.Nxb6 Bxd3 47.Rxc5 Rxb6 48.Rc8+ Kg7 49.Rc7 Kf6 50.Be5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Millennium"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rohde,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Qd6 Bb7 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Bb5 Rd8 15.Bb2 a6
16.Be2 b5 17.c4 bxc4 18.Qd4 Qc7 19.Rdc1 Nb6 20.Qh4 Nfd5 21.Be5 Qe7 22.Qxe7 Nxe7
23.Bc7 Ned5 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Bxc4 Nxb4 26.Bf1 N6d5 27.Rc4 Nc6 28.Rb1 Ba8 29.Rbc1 Nde7
30.Rc5 a5 31.Bb5 g6 32.h3 Nb4 33.Rc7 Kf8 34.Ne5 Rd5 35.Nd7+ Kg7 36.Bf1 Rd6
37.Ne5 Rd5 38.f4  1-0

[Event "III Millennium"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov,AV"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Qf3 Rf7 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.Be3 Ne6 14.h4 b5 15.Nd2 c5 16.Qg3 Kh8
17.h5 Rd7 18.Nf3 Qe8 19.Qh4 Bb7 20.Nh2 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.c3 Rad8 23.f3 Qf7
24.Ng4 Bc6 25.Nf2 Rb8 26.Rfb1 Nc5 27.g4 h6 28.Qh2 Na4 29.Nd1 Rbd8 30.b3 Nc5
31.Qc2 a5 32.Nf2 Kg8 33.Kg2 Bb5 34.b4 axb4 35.Rxb4 c6 36.Rbb1 Ra8 37.Bxc5 Bxc5
38.a4 Rda7 39.a5 Rxa5 40.Rxa5 Rxa5 41.Rd1 Ra8 42.Rd2 Qe8 43.Nh1 Ba4 44.Qc1 Bb3
45.Nhg3 Kh7 46.Kh3 Ra7 47.Qe1 Rd7 48.Rxd7 Qxd7 49.Qa1 Bd1 50.Nh4 Qd2 51.Nf1 Qe2
52.Ng3 Qc2 53.Nf1 Bg1  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gagnon,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b5 2.e4 a6 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.dxe6 fxe6
10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Ng6 12.c4 Nh5 13.g3 h6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nh4  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chase,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.d3 f6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Qe2 Ng6 10.h3 Bd7 11.c3 Be7 12.d4 O-O 13.Rfd1 Rad8 14.Nb3 Qe6 15.Qc2 Qf7
16.Qe2 h6 17.Rd2 exd4 18.Nfxd4 Rfe8 19.Na5 Bc8 20.Nf5 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 Bf8 22.f3 Ne5
23.Bf2 c5 24.Ne3 b6 25.Nb3 Be6 26.Qc2 Bd6 27.Nd2 Ng6 28.Ndf1 Nf4 29.Bg3 Qg6
30.Kh2 Qh5 31.Bxf4 Bxf4+ 32.g3 Bd6 33.f4 Bd7  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Benen,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 Qe7
9.b4 e5 10.b5 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Bb2 Ne4 13.Qxd4 f5 14.a4 a5 15.Ra3 b6
16.g4 Bb7 17.Re3 Qg5 18.h4 Qf6 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.gxf5 Rae8 21.Re1 Kf7 22.Bf3 Rg8+
23.Kh2 Re7 24.Bd4 Ba8 25.Rg1 Rxg1 26.Kxg1 Bb7 27.Kh2 Ba8 28.Ra3 Bb7 29.Kh3 Bc8
30.Kg4 d5 31.Kf4 Bb7 32.cxd5 Bxd5 33.Re3  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sarkar,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Bd6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.d4 f6 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rad1 Nf8 14.dxe5 fxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Bxe5 Rxe5 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Rd8 Bb7 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.f4 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 c5
23.e5 Ng6 24.e6 Kf8 25.c3 Qf6 26.Qh5 Qxe6 27.Qxc5+ Ne7 28.f5 Qd5 29.Qxd5 Nxd5
30.Rf3 Kf7 31.Kg1 Kf6 32.c4 Nb4 33.Rf2 Be4 34.Rd2 Nd3 35.cxb5 axb5 36.b4 Kxf5
37.a3 h5 38.Kf1 Ke5 39.Rc2 c6 40.Rd2 g5 41.g3 Kd4 42.Ke2 g4 43.Kd1 Kc3 44.Ke2 Bf3+
45.Ke3 Ne5 46.Rd8 Nc4+ 47.Kf4 Nxa3 48.h4 Kxb4 49.Rh8 c5 50.Rxh5 c4 51.Ke3 c3
52.Kd3  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vovsha,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.Nge2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Qe3 e6 11.h4 Qf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Qe7 14.Bh2 Qb4 15.g4 Qxg4
16.Nb5 O-O-O 17.Ned4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Nf4 19.Nxa7+ Kb8 20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.Rxf4 Qh5
22.Rc4 f5 23.Rf4 Qe8 24.Bg2 Bf8 25.Rd1 Rg8 26.Bf3 Bc8 27.Re1 c5 28.Nxc8 Rxc8
29.Qb3 Rg7 30.Ra4 c4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Qxc4 Rc7 33.Qb3 Bc5 34.Rd1 Qg8 35.a4 Bxf2
36.a5 Ka7 37.Kb1 Qg3 38.a6  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.e3 b6
9.Nh3 c5 10.f3 Nd6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Be2 Qh4+ 13.Nf2 Nc6 14.O-O a5 15.Nd3 Qxc4
16.Qxc4 Nxc4 17.Nxc5 Nb6 18.Rd1 a4 19.Rd6 Rb8 20.Bd2 Ne5 21.Bc3 Nf7 22.Rd4 Nd5
23.Nxa4 Nxe3 24.Rd2 d6 25.Bd4 f4 26.b4 Nd5 27.Bc4 Ne3 28.Bb3 Nf5 29.Bf2 d5
30.Bc5 N7d6 31.Nb6 Rd8 32.Re1 Kf7 33.a4 Ne3 34.a5 Ba6 35.Bxe3 fxe3 36.Rxe3 Nc8
37.Nxc8 Rdxc8 38.Rd4 Bc4 39.Bxc4 dxc4 40.Rd7+ Kf6 41.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bd3 g6
9.Be4 Qd6 10.b4 Bg7 11.bxc5 Qxc5 12.Ba3 Qa5 13.c3 Qc7 14.d4 O-O 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Ne5 Bb7 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.Bc5 Nd5 19.Qf3 Rab8 20.c4 Nf6 21.Rab1 Ba8 22.Qa3 Ne8
23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Rb1 Qc8 25.Ne4 f6 26.Nf3 e5 27.dxe5 Qf5 28.Re1 fxe5 29.Qxa6 Nc7
30.Qa7 Ne6 31.Be7 c5 32.Nd6 Qf4 33.Bxd8 Bxf3 34.Qb8 Bf8 35.gxf3 Nd4 36.Be7 Ne6
37.Bxf8 Qg5+ 38.Kf1 Nxf8 39.Qe8 Qf6 40.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "11th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bustamante Montoni,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 a6 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Nd5 b5 15.Bg5 Ne5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nd4 c6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Nf4 Re8 20.Qxd6 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rbd8 22.Qb4 h6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qb3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Nh3 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Nc4 28.b3 Ne3 29.Qc1 Bd4
30.b4 Qa7 31.a3 Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Owens,Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 cxd4
9.cxd4 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Re1 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Rfd8 17.Rb4 b5 18.Rxb5 e6 19.d6 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Rc5 Qb4 22.e5 h6
23.Qe2 Qb7 24.Rec1 Rac8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.Qb5 Bf8 28.Kg2 Qd8
29.Qc5 Kg7 30.Qc7 Qa8 31.Bc5 a5 32.d7 Bxc5 33.d8=Q Qxd8 34.Qxd8 a4 35.Qa5 Bd4
36.f4  1-0

[Event "11th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mitkov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Nd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Rc1 Bb2 12.Bxc7 Qe7 13.Bd6 Qe6 14.Rb1 Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[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 b6 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Bb4 Ra8 13.a4 Re8 14.Qd3 Bf8 15.Nb5 Bb7
16.a5 c5 17.Bc3 Nh5 18.g3 bxa5 19.Ra4 f5 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.f3 h5 22.f4 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe4
24.Qxe4 Nf5 25.Bxh5 exf4 26.Qxf4 Bh6 27.Qg4 Be3+ 28.Kh1 Bg5 29.Bxg6 Nh6 30.Qh5 Rf8
31.Bf7+ Rxf7 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.Bg7+ Ke8 34.Bxh6 Bf6  1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen Anh Dung"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.Nh3 d6
9.f3 Nf6 10.e3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be2 c5 13.O-O Nc6 14.Nf2 Be6 15.b3 Qe7
16.Bb2 a5 17.Rfd1 a4 18.bxa4 Nd7 19.Rab1 f4 20.exf4 Rxf4 21.Bd3 Rh4 22.Re1 Rh5
23.Be4 Rf8 24.Ng4 Kh8 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Rbd1 Qh4 27.h3 Qg3 28.Qf2 Qf4 29.Re4 Qg5
30.Bxe5 Bf5 31.Ree1 Bxg4 32.hxg4 Nxe5 33.gxh5 h6 34.f4 Rxf4 35.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liang Chong"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bg7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Na6 10.O-O Nc5 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bd4 a5 13.Nd2 a4 14.Qc2 d6 15.Rad1 Qd7
16.Nde4 Nfxe4 17.Nxe4 Qf5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.g4 Qf4 20.e3 Qe5 21.f4 Qe7 22.Qc3+ f6
23.Rd4 Kg8 24.Nxc5 bxc5 25.Re4 Qg7 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Re1 Qe7 28.h3 g5 29.Kf2 Bc8
30.f5 Bd7 31.Qa5 Rb8 32.Re2 Bb5 33.Rd2 Be8 34.e4 Rb3 35.Kg1 Kg7 36.Rf2 Rb6
37.Qa7 h5 38.gxh5 Kh6 39.Bf3 Rb3 40.Kg2 Re3 41.Qb8 Qd7 42.Qa8 Rb3 43.Bd1 Re3
44.Bf3 Rd3 45.Be2 Rb3 46.Bd1 Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.a4 b4 12.a5 Nxa5 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Bxb4 Bxb4 15.Ne5 Qb6
16.Rfc1 Rc8 17.Bxa6 Bxa6 18.Qxa6 Qxa6 19.Rxa6 Ne7 20.Nd3 Bd2 21.Rxc8+ Nxc8
22.Ng3 Ne4 23.Nf1 Kd8 24.f3 Bxe3+ 25.Nxe3 Ned6 26.Nc2 Re8 27.Ncb4 Nb5 28.Nc6+ Kc7
29.Ndb4 Ne7 30.Kf2 Nxc6 31.Rxc6+ Kb7 32.Ke3 Ra8 33.Rc5 Nd6 34.Kd3 Ra1 35.Nc6 Rd1+
36.Ke2 Rb1 37.Nd8+ Kb8 38.Rc2 Nb5 39.Rd2 Nd6 40.Rc2 h5 41.Kf2 h4 42.g4 Rd1
43.Kg2 Nb5 44.Nxf7 Nxd4 45.Rc3 Ne2 46.Rb3+ Kc7 47.Kh3 d4 48.Kxh4 Nc1 49.Ra3 d3
50.Ne5 Kd6 51.f4 Kd5 52.Kg5 d2 53.Ra5+ Ke4 54.Ra4+ Ke3 55.Ra6 Re1 56.Nc4+ Kd3
57.Nxd2 Kxd2 58.Ra7 Nd3 59.Rxg7 Ke3 60.f5 exf5 61.Re7+ Kd4 62.Rxe1 Nxe1 63.Kxf5 Nf3
64.g5  1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Bc4 Kb8 14.Bb3 Bc8 15.Rhf1 h5
16.g3 Qc5 17.Nh4 b5 18.f5 Bh6 19.Qe2 Be3 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Ng6 Rhe8 22.e5 f5
23.exd6 Bd4 24.Qxh5 a5 25.a4 Bxc3 26.bxc3 bxa4 27.Bxa4 Rd7 28.Bxc6 Qxc6 29.Ne5 Qb5+
30.Kc1 Qxe5 31.Qxe8 Qxc3 32.Rfe1 f4 33.Qh5 Qa3+ 34.Kd2 Rxd6+ 35.Ke2 Qe3+
36.Kf1 Ba6+ 37.Rd3 Bxd3+ 38.cxd3 Qxd3+ 39.Kg2 fxg3 40.hxg3 Qd5+ 41.Qxd5 exd5
42.Ra1 Ra6 43.Rd1 a4 44.Rxd5 a3 45.Rd1 Kb7 46.Kf3 Ra4 47.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 h5
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Kb1 a6 11.Nd5 O-O 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.h4 Qb6 14.c3 Qa5 15.Nb3 Qa4
16.g4 hxg4 17.h5 Ne5 18.Nd4 gxf3 19.b3 Qa5 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.Bf4 Rac8 22.Bxe5 Qxe5
23.Bc4+ Rxc4 24.bxc4 Bc6 25.Kb2 Bxe4 26.Rde1 Bg5 27.Qf2 Rf4 28.Rh3 Bf6 29.Re3 Qc5
30.Nb3 Qxc4 31.Qh2 f2  0-1

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.Nf3 e6 8.Nh4 Be4 9.a5 Nbd7
10.cxd5 Bxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Qe7 15.Ra4 Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4
17.Nd2 f5 18.Nc4 Nf6 19.g3 Bc7 20.Bd2 Qf7 21.Bb4 Re8 22.Bd6 Qd7 23.Bxc7 Qxc7
24.Nb6 Qf7 25.Rc4 Qh5 26.Rc8 Kf7 27.Rxe8 Nxe8 28.d5  1-0

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[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.Nbd2 Rd8 13.d5 c4 14.Nf1 Nb7 15.Ng3 a5 16.Be3 Nc5
17.Nd2 Rb8 18.Rc1 g6 19.Rf1 Nfd7 20.b4 cxb3 21.axb3 b4 22.cxb4 Rxb4 23.Nc4 Ba6
24.Bd2 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Rxc4 26.Qe2 Nb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[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 c6 10.Nd2 cxd5 11.cxd5 Ne8 12.Nc4 f5 13.b5 Kh8 14.a4 Ng8 15.Ba3 f4 16.a5 h5
17.a6 b6 18.Na2 Ngf6 19.f3 g5 20.Nb4 Nd7 21.Nc6 Qf6 22.Qe1 Rg8 23.Qf2 Bh6
24.h3 Bf8 25.Rfc1 Qg6 26.Rc3 Ndf6 27.Nxa7 Rxa7 28.Nxb6 Bxh3 29.Nc8 Rag7 30.gxh3 g4
31.hxg4 hxg4 32.fxg4 Nxg4 33.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 34.Kf1 Rh7  0-1

[Event "6th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Reiter,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[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 Bb7 10.e5 Ng8 11.O-O c5 12.d5 exd5 13.e6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Ndf6 15.Nxe6 Qb6
16.Re1 Ne7 17.Bg5 Bc8 18.Nf4 Bg4 19.Ncxd5 Bxd1 20.Nxb6 Rb8 21.Nbd5 Bg4 22.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "6th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jaeschke,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 d5 5.e3 Bb7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Qe7 10.Ne5 Rfd8 11.Nd2 c5 12.Qe1 Rac8 13.f4 Ne8 14.Qg3 f6 15.Nef3 Bb8
16.Bd3 Nd6 17.Qh3 Nf8 18.Rad1 Ne4 19.Nh4 Nxd2 20.Rxd2 b5 21.Rc2 bxc4 22.bxc4 Ba6
23.dxc5 dxc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc5 25.Rfc1 Rxc4  0-1

[Event "6th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wippermann,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Qd5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qd3 d6 11.g3 b6 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.O-O Na5 14.Rfe1 O-O 15.e4 Nh5
16.Bc1 Qf7 17.c5 dxc5 18.Qc2 h6 19.Ne5 Qe6 20.f4 Rfe8 21.Qe2 Nf6 22.Qf1 Rad8
23.Bh3 Qe7 24.Bf5 Qf8 25.Rb1 Bc8 26.Bg6 Re7 27.Rb2 Bb7 28.Rf2 Rd6 29.Bf5 Qa8
30.Qg2 Rd8 31.g4 Bc8 32.g5 hxg5 33.fxg5 Ne8 34.Ng6 Rf7 35.Qh3  1-0

[Event "6th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hertneck,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Rb8 8.Nc3 Be7
9.e3 Nd5 10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Be3 Na5 13.Ra2 Bd7 14.Qe2 Qe8 15.Qc2 Nb3
16.a5 Rd8 17.Rb1 Bb5 18.e5 c5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Nd4 Ba4 21.Qe2 Bb3 22.Nxb3 cxb3
23.Ra3 Rd7 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Raxb3 Qd8 26.R3b2 Qxa5 27.Bxb7 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Womacka,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Qa4 a6 13.Bxe4 Bd7 14.Bd3 Qb6 15.Qh4 Bxb5
16.Bxb5 axb5 17.Bh6 Nd7 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Rae1 c4 20.Re3 Rxe3 21.Bxg7 Rxh3 22.Qxh3 Kxg7
23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.Qe6+ Kg7 25.Qe7+ Kg8 26.Qe6+ Kg7 27.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Farago,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.e3 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Rc1 Bf5 12.Be2 Nd7 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxb3 15.axb3 h5
16.Rfd1 h4 17.Bc7 Rc8 18.Ba5 g4 19.Nd2 Ndf6 20.c4 Kd7 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Be1 h3
23.cxd5 cxd5 24.f3 gxf3 25.gxf3 Rhg8+ 26.Kf1 Nd6 27.Rc5 Bc2 28.Ra1 Bxb3 29.Rxa7 Ra8
30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.e4 Ra2 32.exd5 Nf5 33.Bb5+ Kd8 34.d6 Be6 35.Bd3 Nxd4 36.Bh4+ Ke8
37.Bg3 Nxf3 38.Bb5+ Kf8 39.d7 Bxd7 40.Bxd7 Nd2+ 41.Ke1 Nf3+ 42.Kf1 Nd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2002.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naumann,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 h5
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.O-O-O Na5 12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Rc8 18.Qg5 a6 19.e5 dxe5 20.Rxe5 Bf5 21.Rxf5 Nh7 22.Qe3 Rxc3
23.Qxc3 gxf5 24.Qd3 e6 25.g3 b5 26.c3 Qc4 27.Qxc4 bxc4 28.Na5 Ng5 29.f4 Nf3
30.h3 f6 31.Rd6 Kf7 32.Rxa6 e5 33.Rc6 Rxc6 34.Nxc6 Ke6 35.Kc2 Ng1 36.a4 Kd6
37.Nd8 Nxh3 38.a5 Kc5 39.a6 Kb6 40.fxe5 fxe5 41.a7 Kxa7 42.Nc6+ Ka6 43.Nxe5 Nf2
44.Nxc4 Ne4 45.Ne3 Nxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "33rd NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Chiong,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[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 Nh5 11.bxa5 Nf4 12.Bb4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Qd7 15.Ne1 Nxh3+
16.Kh2 Nf4 17.Rc1 c5 18.Ba3 Rxa5 19.Bb2 Qh3+ 20.Kg1 Qh4 21.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "33rd NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bengtson,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bg5 Bg4
9.O-O-O Nd7 10.e5 Nb6 11.Qc5 f6 12.Be3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 e6 14.f4 Ne7 15.h4 Qd7
16.h5 Ned5 17.Bd3 Qc6 18.Qa3 a6 19.Kb1 f5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bd2 Kf7 22.Be2 a5
23.Qg3 Ne7 24.Bc3 Qe4+ 25.Bd3 Qd5 26.Qg5 Rh8 27.h6 Bf8 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Bb5 c6
30.Bc4 Qxc4 31.d5 Bxh6 32.Qxe7  1-0

[Event "33rd NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gersov,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.O-O Ne7 7.b3 Ng6 8.Bb2 e5
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Ng3 d6 12.Nf5 Bf6 13.Nd2 Be6 14.g3 Qd7 15.f4 d5 16.fxe5 Bxe5
17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Qe2 f6 19.Rf2 a5 20.Nf1 a4 21.Rc1 axb3 22.axb3 Ra2 23.Qd2 g6
24.N5e3 dxe4 25.dxe4 Qd4 26.Qxd4 cxd4 27.Ng2 Bxb3 28.Nf4 Bf7 29.Nd3 Bc4 30.Nxe5 fxe5
31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Nd2 Be2 33.Kf2 Bd3 34.Nf3 Bxc2 35.Nxe5 Bxe4+ 36.Ke1 d3 37.Rc3 Re2+
38.Kd1 Bf5 39.Nxc6 Bg4 40.Rxd3 Re6+ 41.Kd2 Rxc6  0-1

[Event "33rd NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Qc7 6.g3 Nd7 7.Bg2 Ngf6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Nd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 b5 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.e4 O-O 13.Bd6 Rd8 14.e5 Nd5 15.Ne4 c5
16.dxc5 Qc6 17.Qh5 h6 18.Nf6+ gxf6 19.Qxh6 Bb7 20.exf6 N7xf6 21.Be5 Qd7 22.Rfd1 Nxc3
23.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Armagnac,Raymond"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 b6 8.Bd2 Bb7
9.Rb1 e6 10.Re1 d5 11.Bf1 dxc4 12.dxc4 Ng4 13.Bg5 Qb8 14.h3 Nge5 15.a3 h6
16.Bf4 Rd8 17.Qe2 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Nd1 Rac8 21.Qd2 d3 22.b3 Qd4
23.Re3 Bxe4 24.f3 Bb7 25.Nf2 Qf4 26.Nxd3 Qxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Bd4 28.Kf2 Bxe3+ 29.Kxe3 e5
30.Nf2 f5 31.Rd1 Kf7 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Bd3 Kf6 34.Bc2 h5 35.h4 Rd4 36.g3 f4+
37.gxf4 Rxf4 38.Ne4+ Bxe4 39.Bxe4 Rxh4 40.b4 g5 41.c5 bxc5 42.bxc5 Ke6  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Adamson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6
9.Nf3 Rb8 10.Ne5 Qf6 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.Qf3 Be7 13.Bd2 Qxb2 14.Bc3 Qc2 15.Bxg7 c4
16.Qc3 Qa4 17.Rb1 Rg8 18.Be5 Rb7 19.e4 Be6 20.Be2 Qxa2 21.Ra1 Qb3 22.O-O Qxc3
23.Bxc3 Rxb6 24.Rfc1 Kd7 25.Bd4 c5 26.Be3 Rgb8 27.f4 f6 28.h3 R8b7 29.Kf2 Bf7
30.Ra4 Rc6 31.Rc2 Rb4 32.Ra5 Rb5 33.Ra1 Rb4 34.Bd2 Rb3 35.Ba5 Be6 36.Bc3 Rcb6
37.Ra4 Bf7 38.g4 Be6 39.g5 fxg5 40.f5 Bf7 41.e5 Bd5 42.Bxc4 Bxc4 43.Rxc4 h5
44.Re2 Ra3 45.e6+ Ke8 46.f6 Rbb3 47.f7+ Kf8 48.Re3 a5 49.Ke2 a4 50.Rd3 Ra2+
51.Kf3 Rc2 52.Rxc5 Bxc5 53.Rd8+ Ke7 54.f8=Q+ Kxe6 55.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barcenilla,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Ne8 8.d3 Nc7
9.Be3 Ne6 10.Qd2 Ned4 11.Bh6 d6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 e5 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Ne2 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 Bd7 17.f5 f6 18.h4 Qe7 19.Bh3 Rg8 20.Kh2 Raf8 21.Rf2 Kh8 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Raf1 Kg7 24.Bg4 Rh8 25.Kh3 Bc6 26.Kh2 a5 27.Bh3 Bd7 28.Kg2 Rf7 29.Bg4 Bc6
30.Kg1 Bd7 31.b3 Be6 32.a4 Qd7 33.Bf5 gxf5 34.exf5 Bd5 35.cxd5 Kf8 36.Rg2 Rg7
37.Qf3 Qc7 38.Kh2 Qb6 39.Rb1 Qb4 40.Kh3 Qc3 41.Qe4 Rc7 42.Qc4 Qd4 43.Qxd4 cxd4
44.b4 axb4 45.Rxb4 Rhh7 46.Rgb2 Rc3 47.a5 Ra3 48.Rb5 Rc7 49.Rxb7 Rxb7 50.Rxb7 Rxa5
51.h5 Ra3 52.h6 Kg8 53.Kh4 Rxd3 54.g4 Rd1 55.Kh5 Ra1 56.Kg6 Ra8 57.g5 d3
58.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Baker,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.b4 c6 7.c4 O-O 8.Bb2 d5 9.Nbd2 Be6
10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.a4 Bf7 12.e3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Ng5 Nb6 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.a5 Nc4
17.Rxc4 dxc4 18.Nxf7 Rxf7 19.Bxe4 Rc8 20.Bxb7 Rc7 21.Be4 a6 22.Bc3 e6 23.h4 Rfd7
24.Qg4 Qe8 25.Rb1 Rd6 26.Qf4 Qd8 27.Qg4 Qe8 28.Kg2 Kh8 29.Rh1 Bf6 30.h5 g5
31.h6 Qa4 32.Rc1 Qe8 33.Qf3 Rf7 34.Qe2 Rc7 35.Qb2 Kg8 36.Rf1 Qb5 37.f4 Re7
38.Qe2 gxf4 39.Rxf4 Bg5 40.Qg4  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sevillano,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Nc3 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.O-O c6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Re1 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.h3 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qb4
16.Bg3 Nh7 17.a3 Qb7 18.b4 Ng5 19.Na4 Ne6 20.Be5 Qc8 21.Qh5 Qd8 22.Re3 Bg5
23.Rf3 f6 24.Bc3 Nf4 25.Rxf4 Bxf4 26.Nc5 Be5 27.Bd2 f5 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 29.Bxf5 Qd6
30.Qg4 Re7 31.Be3 d4 32.Bd2 Rf8 33.Rf1 Qf6 34.Bd3 Kh8 35.f4 Bc7 36.Qh5 Qd6
37.Rf3 Rf6 38.Rf1 Ref7 39.Qg4 g5 40.g3 gxf4 41.Rxf4 Rg7 42.Rxf6 Rxg4 43.Rxh6+ Qxh6
44.Bxh6 Rxg3+ 45.Kf2 Rxh3 46.Bf8 Kg8 47.Bc5 Bb6 48.Bd6 Kf7 49.Ke2 Ke6 50.Bb8 Rh8
51.Bf4 Rf8 52.Bh6 Rh8 53.Bf4 Rh1 54.a4 a5 55.b5 c5 56.Bc4+ Kf5 57.Bd6 Ra1
58.Bb3 Ke4 59.Kd2 Rg1 60.Bc4 Rh1 61.Be7 Rh3 62.Bf7 Rg3 63.Bf8 Rf3 64.Bg6+ Kd5
65.Be7 c4 66.Kc1 Ke6 67.Bh4 Ra3 68.Bh7 Rxa4 69.Bg8+ Kd6  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ippolito,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.b4 a5 12.Bb2 Ng5 13.Nd2 f5 14.f3 Qe7 15.c5 dxc5 16.dxc5 bxc5
17.bxa5 Nf7 18.e4 Nd6 19.exf5 Nxf5 20.Rf2 Rxa5 21.Re1 Bd5 22.Bd3 Nd4 23.Bxh7+ Kh8
24.Qc3 Raa8 25.Bb1 Qh4 26.Re3 Rf6 27.Ne4 Rh6 28.g3 Qe7 29.Nxc5 Nb5 30.Qxg7+ Qxg7
31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Nxd7 Nxa3 33.Ba2 Nc4 34.Bxc4 Bxc4 35.Rc3 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 Bd5
37.Rxc7 Kg6 38.Ne5+ Kf5 39.Re2 Ra2 40.Rf7+ Kg5 41.Rxa2 Bxa2 42.f4+ Kh5 43.Kh3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bd6
9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.Nxd6+ Qxd6 11.Kg1 Nc6 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nf3 Nde7 15.Qe1 f6
16.h3 e5 17.e3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Ne5 19.Kh2 c5 20.Nf3 Nd3 21.Qd2 Qc7 22.Qc2 Nb4
23.Qc1 h5 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Rd8 26.Qc1 Nf5 27.e4 Nd3 28.Qc2 Nd6 29.e5 Ne4
30.Nd4 Nxb2 31.Ne6 Qxe5 32.Nxd8 Nd3 33.Bxe4 Qxe4 34.b4 h4 35.Rg1 Qe8 36.bxc5 Qxd8
37.Rd1 Qc7 38.Qb3+ Kh8 39.Rxd3 Bxd3 40.Qxd3 bxc5 41.Qc4 hxg3+ 42.fxg3 Qc6
43.h4 Qd6 44.Kg2 Qe5 45.a4 Kh7 46.a5 Kg6 47.Qd3+ f5 48.Kf3 Kh5 49.Qc4 g6
50.Qf7 Qe4+ 51.Kf2 c4 52.Qxa7 Qc2+ 53.Kf3 Qe4+ 54.Kf2 Qc2+ 55.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Nd2 O-O
10.Be2 a5 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Bg5 a4 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Ne3 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6
17.f4 Qb8 18.Kh1 Ra7 19.Rae1 Qb7 20.Qd2 Qa6 21.e5 Ne8 22.Bh4 f6 23.exf6 exf6
24.f5 Nc4 25.Nxc4 Qxc4 26.Bg3 Re7 27.Rf4 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Qa6 29.Rxa4 Qb7 30.Qe6+ Kh8
31.b3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3 exd5
9.cxd5 c4 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxc4 13.Qa4+ Nd7 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qb5+ Qd7
16.Qxd7+ Bxd7 17.e6 fxe6 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.O-O O-O 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Bd4 Nf4 22.Rfe1 Bc4
23.Bc5 Rf6 24.Re3 b6 25.Ba3 h6 26.Be7 Rg6 27.Nh4 Re6 28.Rxe6 Bxe6 29.Re1 Bxa2
30.Bd6 Ne6 31.Nf5 a5 32.Ba3 Rd8 33.Nd6 a4 34.Rd1 Bb3 35.Rd2 Rd7 36.h3 Nc5
37.Rd4 Re7 38.Kf2 Re5 39.Bb4 Bc2 40.Nc4 Re6 41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.Bxc5 bxc5 43.Ra8 Bd1
44.Rd8 Bb3 45.Na3 h5 46.h4 Kg6 47.Rc8 Re5 48.Rc7 Kf6 49.Nb5 Rd5 50.Ke3 Bc2
51.Kf4 Rf5+ 52.Ke3 Re5+ 53.Kf3 Be4+ 54.Kg3 Bd3 55.Na3 Re3+ 56.Kf4 Re4+ 57.Kf3 Rxh4
58.Rxc5 Be4+ 59.Kf2 Rh2 60.Kf1 Rxg2 61.Rxh5 Ra2 62.Nb5 a3 63.Nd4 Rb2 64.Ra5 a2
65.Ra6+ Kg5 66.Ra5+ Kg4 67.Nb3 Rxb3 68.Rxa2 Rxc3 69.Ra5 g5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Qxc4 a6
9.e3 b5 10.Qb3 c5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.a3 O-O 14.Rad1 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qb4 Qb7 19.Rc1 Nb3 20.Rcd1 Rc2 21.Bd3 Rc5 22.e4 a5
23.Qe1 Bc4 24.Qe3 Rfc8 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.h3 a4 27.Rfe1 c3 28.bxc3 Rxc3 29.Rd3 Rxd3
30.Qxd3 Qc6 31.e5 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.dxc5 Na5 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Nd4 Rfd8 15.Qe2 e6
16.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fishbein,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6 8.d5 Na6 9.Be3 Ng4
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 Nh6 13.f3 Bd7 14.Nd3 g5 15.Bf2 f5 16.Rb1 g4 17.fxg4 Nxg4
18.exf5 Nxf2 19.Nxf2 Bxf5 20.Bd3 Nc7 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qb3 Rb8 23.Nfe4 Rxf1+
24.Rxf1 b5 25.cxb5 a6 26.b6 Nb5 27.Nxb5 axb5 28.Qh3 h6 29.Qe6+ Kh7 30.Rf7 Qh4
31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.g3 Qxe4 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qxe4 Rxb6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C99"]

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.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rd8 14.d5 Bd7 15.Nf1 Rdc8
16.Re2 Nb7 17.Ng3 Nc5 18.Be3 b4 19.Rc1 Bb5 20.Re1 g6 21.Bb1 Nfd7 22.Nh2 Qd8
23.Ng4 Bg5 24.Qd2 Bxe3 25.Rxe3 Qg5 26.Qxb4 h5 27.Nh2 h4 28.Ngf1 Nf6 29.Rce1 Nh5
30.Nf3 Qe7 31.N1h2 Nf4 32.Qd2 a5 33.Kh1 a4 34.Ng1 Rab8 35.g3 Nh5 36.Rc3 Ba6
37.Ree3 Rb4 38.b3 Qb7 39.Bc2 f5 40.exf5 Rd4 41.Qe1 Qxd5+ 42.Nhf3 gxf5 43.Kh2 f4
44.Nxd4 Qxd4 45.Ne2 Bxe2 46.Rxe2 hxg3+ 47.fxg3 Rf8 48.Be4 d5 49.Bxd5+ Kh8
50.Rxe5 fxg3+ 51.Rxg3 Nxg3 52.Qxg3 Qf2+ 53.Bg2 Qxg3+ 54.Kxg3 Rc8 55.b4 Nd3
56.Rh5+ Kg7 57.b5 Kg6 58.Rd5 Nb4 59.Rd6+ Kf5 60.b6 Ke5 61.Rd2  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Be7 10.h4 h5 11.Bd3 g6 12.Bxf5 gxf5 13.Nc3 Rg8 14.g3 Bd7 15.Bc1 Rc8
16.Ne2 a5 17.b5 Qxb5 18.Bg5 a4 19.Rb1 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 Bxa3 21.Ra1 Qb4 22.Nf4 Rh8
23.Kg2 b5 24.Bf6 Rh6 25.Re1 Qf8 26.Qe2 Be7 27.Bg5 Rh8 28.Rec1 Rb8 29.Rab1 Bxg5
30.hxg5 Qa3 31.g6 fxg6 32.Nxe6 Bxe6 33.Rxc6 Qe7 34.Rxb5 Kf7 35.Ng5+ Qxg5
36.Rc7+ Qe7 37.Rxe7+ Kxe7 38.Rc5 Rhc8 39.Qa6 Rxc5 40.Qa7+ Ke8 41.dxc5 Rc8
42.Qxa4+ Bd7 43.Qd4 Be6 44.f4 Ke7 45.Qb4 Rc6 46.Kh3 Bd7 47.Kh4 Kf7 48.Kg5 Ke7
49.Qb3 Re6 50.Qxd5 Bc6 51.Qa2 Bd7 52.Kh6 Be8 53.Kg7 Bd7 54.Qh2 Rc6 55.Qh4+ Ke8
56.Qf6 Rxf6 57.exf6 Be6 58.c6 g5 59.fxg5 f4 60.g6 fxg3 61.f7+  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 Bg4 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Qb3 Ra7
9.e4 Nf6 10.Bg5 dxe4 11.Bc4 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 b5 13.Qe2 Qxd4 14.Ng4 Qd3 15.Nxf6+ gxf6
16.Bxf6 Qxe2+ 17.Kxe2 Rg8 18.Nxe4 Nd7 19.Rac1 Rg4 20.f3 Rxe4+ 21.fxe4 Nxf6
22.Rxc6 Nxe4 23.a4 b4 24.Rd1 Ng5 25.Rc8+ Ke7 26.Rdd8 Bg7 27.Ra8 Rc7 28.Re8+ Kd7
29.Red8+ Ke7 30.Re8+ Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 c6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Kb1 Rac8 15.Rc1 b6
16.g4 N6d7 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.h4 c5 20.Ba6 Rcd8 21.Rcd1 cxd4 22.exd4 Ndf8
23.Rh3 Nc7 24.Bd3 Nfe6 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Nxg5 27.Rh5 Qf6 28.f4 Qxf4 29.Rdh1 Kf8
30.Qg2 Nge6 31.Rf1 Qe3 32.Bg6 Nf4 33.Rh8+ Ke7 34.Qg5+ Kd6 35.Rxf4 Rxh8 36.Bc2 Rh1+
37.Nd1 Ne6  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 c6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.O-O-O Be6 14.Kb1 Rac8 15.Rc1 b6
16.g4 N6d7 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.h4 c5 20.Ba6 Rcd8 21.Rcd1 cxd4 22.exd4 Ndf8
23.Rh3 Nc7 24.Bd3 Nfe6 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Nxg5 27.Rh5 Qf6 28.f4 Qxf4 29.Rdh1 Kf8
30.Qg2 Nge6 31.Rf1 Qe3 32.Bg6 Nf4 33.Rh8+ Ke7 34.Qg5+ Kd6 35.Rxf4 Rxh8 36.Bc2 Rh1+
37.Bd1 Ne6  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[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.Nbd2 Rd8 13.b3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Bb2 exd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Be6 18.Rc1 Qa5 19.Nf1 d5 20.e5 Ne4 21.f3 Rac8 22.fxe4 Ba3
23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Qc2+ g6 27.Bf2 Qd8 28.Qe4 Bb2
29.Qf4 Be6 30.Kh2 Kg8 31.Re2 Bc3 32.Bh4 Rd4 33.Bxd8 Rxf4 34.Ng3 Rd4 35.Ne4 Ba1
36.Bf6 Rd5 37.Kg3 Rd4 38.Nc5 a5 39.Nxe6 fxe6 40.Rc2 a4 41.bxa4 Rxa4 42.h4 b4
43.Kf3 Bc3 44.Ke3 Ra5 45.Kd3 Kh7 46.Kc4 Kh6 47.Be7 Ra8 48.Re2 Kh5 49.Bxb4 Bxb4
50.Kxb4 Rb8+ 51.Kc5 Ra8 52.Kb5 Rb8+ 53.Kc6 Ra8 54.Kd7 Ra6 55.Re4  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[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 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.c5 c6 14.Bxa6 bxa6 15.Qa4 Nf7
16.Rad1 Kh8 17.Rfe1 Rg8 18.Be3 Rb8 19.b3 Rb7 20.Nd2 f5 21.f4 g5 22.exf5 gxf4
23.Bxf4 Bxf5 24.Be3 Qe6 25.Qh4 Bf6 26.Qc4 Qc8 27.Nde4 Be6 28.Qf1 Bh4 29.Bf2 Bxf2+
30.Qxf2 Bxh3 31.Qf6+ Rg7 32.Ng5 h6 33.Nxh3 Qg4 34.Re2 Rb5 35.Rd3 Rxc5 36.Qf2 Qb4
37.Re4 Qa3 38.Kh2 Ra5 39.Rd7 Qf8 40.Qf6 Rc5 41.Rg4 Rxc3 42.Rd8  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gershon,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.e4 Qa5
9.e5 Rd8 10.Bd2 Ng4 11.Bxc4 Qxc5 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Nfg5+ Ke8 15.Rxc8 Rxc8
16.Qxg4 Nd7 17.Nd6+  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Al Modiahki,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[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 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.Qe2 h6 17.Nf3 Bxf4 18.e5 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Bxe5 20.a4 Ng4 21.g3 Bd4+ 22.Kg2 Qe5
23.Be4 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Rd4 25.Bf3 Qxe2+ 26.Bxe2 bxa4 27.h3 Nf6 28.Be3 Kd7 29.Bxd4 cxd4
30.Rc5 Kd6 31.Ra5 N8d7 32.R5xa4 e5 33.Rxa6+ Ke7 34.Bc4 Rb8 35.Re6+ Kd8 36.b3 Rb7
37.g4 Ne4 38.Bd5 Nec5 39.Ra8+ Rb8 40.Rxb8+ Nxb8 41.Rxe5 Nbd7 42.Rf5 Nf6 43.Bc4 Nce4
44.Bd3  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[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 Rb4
16.Bd2 Nxd5 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.Qd2 Nc6 19.Ne3 Nd4 20.Bc4 Bg5 21.Qd3 Qb6 22.a5 Qa7
23.Kh1 h6 24.b4 Kh8 25.Rad1 Qb7 26.Qc3 Bd7 27.Bd5 Qb8 28.Qb2 f5 29.Nc4 Ba4
30.Ra1 Bb5 31.Rfe1 Rc8 32.Na3 Be8 33.Rad1 Ba4 34.Rd3 Nc2 35.Nxc2 Rxc2 36.Qa3 Qb5
37.Rf3 Bd2 38.Rxf5 Rc8 39.Qf3 Bf4 40.Rg1 Qxb4 41.Rf7  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qb3 O-O 10.Rd1 Re8 11.g3 c5 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.dxc5 Ba6 14.e3 bxc5 15.Nxd5 Qa5+
16.Rd2 Rab8 17.Qc2 Nd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.b3 Qxa3 20.Bf1 Bb7 21.Bc4 Rbd8 22.O-O Bxd5
23.exd4 Bxc4 24.Qxc4 Re4 25.dxc5 Rxd2 26.Qxe4 Qxc5 27.Qa8+ Qf8 28.Qxa7 g6
29.Rc1 Rd8 30.Qc7 Rb8 31.Rc3 Qe8 32.Re3 Qb5 33.h4 h5 34.Rf3 Rb7 35.Qc8+ Kg7
36.Qc3+ Kg8 37.Re3 Kh7 38.Kh2 Qf5 39.Rf3 Qd5 40.Rd3 Qf5 41.Kg1 Rb8 42.Re3 Qb5
43.Qd4 Qb7 44.Qc4 Kg8 45.Kh2 Kg7 46.Qd4+ Kh7 47.Qf6 Kg8 48.Rd3 Rf8 49.Qf4 Re8
50.Re3 Rd8 51.Qf6 Rb8 52.Rd3 Rf8 53.Qc3 Rc8 54.Qd2 Qb6 55.b4 Rb8 56.Rd4 Kg7
57.Rf4 Rb7 58.Qd5 Kg8 59.Kg2 Kf8 60.Rc4 Kg7 61.Rc6 Qxb4 62.Qe5+ Kh7 63.Rc8 f6
64.Qe8 Kh6 65.Qh8+ Rh7 66.Qxf6 Qb7+ 67.Rc6 Rg7 68.Kg1 Kh7 69.Re6 Qd7 70.Qe5 Qd1+
71.Kg2 Rd7 72.Qf6 Qd5+ 73.Kg1 Qf5 74.Qxf5 gxf5 75.Kg2 Kg7 76.Kf3 Rd4 77.Ke3 Ra4
78.Rd6 Re4+ 79.Kd3 Ra4 80.Re6 Rb4 81.Rc6 f4 82.Rc4 Rxc4 83.Kxc4 fxg3 84.fxg3 Kf6
85.Kd4 Kf5 86.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.c4 a5 12.Qd2 b6 13.Nc1 O-O 14.Be2 Na6 15.O-O Nc5
16.b3 Nfd7 17.a3 f5 18.Rb1 f4 19.Bf2 e4 20.Bd4 Bf6 21.b4 e3 22.Qd1 axb4 23.axb4 Na4
24.Nb3 Nc3 25.Bxc3 Bxc3 26.Nd4 Qh4 27.Ne6 Rf6 28.Qc2 Be5 29.Bd3 Rh6 30.h3 Qg3
31.Bf5 Nf6 32.Nc7 Rf8 33.c5 dxc5 34.bxc5 Bxc7 35.d6 Bb8 36.Rxb6 Nd5 37.Rb7 Bxd6
38.cxd6 Rxd6 39.Bxh7+ Kh8 40.Bd3 Rfd8 41.Rb5 Qh4 42.Qc4 Nf6 43.Rb3 Rd4 44.Qa6 Nd5
45.Qa5 Nf6 46.Qa6 Qg5 47.Rfb1 Qd5 48.Rb5 Qd7 49.Bf5 Qe8 50.Kh2 e2 51.Re1 Rd2
52.Rb4 Qe3 53.Qb6 Qxb6 54.Rxb6 Nd5 55.Rb3 Ne3 56.Bg6 R2d6 57.Be4 Rd1 58.Rb1 Rxb1
59.Rxb1 Nd1  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Miton,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Na5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qxa5 a6 10.Ne2 Nxe4 11.O-O-O c3 12.b4 b6 13.Qa3 a5 14.Qb3 axb4 15.Ng3 Ra3
16.Qxa3 bxa3 17.Nxe4 O-O 18.Nxc3 f5 19.Bc4 b5 20.Bb3 b4 21.Ne2 f4 22.Nxf4 exf4
23.Bd4 Qa8 24.Rd2 Qa6 25.Rc2 Ba4  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Markowski,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Qa4 e6 5.Bg2 Nd7 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.O-O Ne7 8.d4 O-O
9.Nc3 a5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rd1 Nb6 12.Bg5 Re8 13.e4 h6 14.Bxe7 Rxe7 15.e5 Bf5
16.Ne2 Nc4 17.Qc3 a4 18.b3 Nd6 19.Qb4 Ne4 20.Nh4 Bc8 21.bxa4 Re8 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.Nc3 Bg4 24.Re1 Bf8 25.Qb3 Be6 26.Qxb7 Qxd4 27.Nxe4 Qxe5 28.Nf3 Qb8 29.Qxc6 Rc8
30.Qb5 Bg7 31.Qxb8 Rcxb8 32.Rac1 Bg4 33.Kg2 Rxa4 34.h3 Bxf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kulaots,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[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 Nd7
9.e4 c5 10.Bb5 Bd6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.O-O Qc7 13.Rd1 Bc6 14.c4 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Qa4 Bxb5 17.Qxb5+ Ke7 18.Bg5+ f6 19.Be3 Rhc8 20.Rab1 Rab8 21.Qa4 Bxh2+
22.Kh1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Bd6 24.Qd1 Rb8 25.Rc1 a6 26.Qg4 Kf7 27.Qh4 h5 28.f4 f5
29.exf5 exf5 30.Qf2 Be7 31.Rd1 Qc6 32.Rd5 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Qf6 34.Rd7 Qa1 35.Qd2 Rh1+
36.Kg3 h4+ 37.Kf3 Qf1+ 38.Bf2 Qxc4 39.Qe3 Qe6 40.Qxe6+ Kxe6 41.Ra7 Ra1 42.a4 Ra3+
43.Ke2 Ra2+ 44.Kf3 Bd6 45.Rxa6 Kd5 46.Be3 Ra3 47.Ra8 g5  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yandemirov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Bg5 b6 13.Qh4 h6 14.Bxh6 Nbxd5 15.Rad1 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Qe7 17.Bc4 Qe4 18.Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.Rd8+ Bf8 20.Bxf8 Qxh4 21.Bd6+ Kh7
22.Nxh4 Bb7 23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.f4 Rd7 25.Bb8 Rd2 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Rd1 Nd5 28.c4 Ne3
29.Rd7+ Kg8 30.Be5 Be4 31.g4 Nxc4 32.Bf6 Rd2 33.Rg7+ Kf8 34.f5 gxf5 35.Ng6+ Ke8
36.Re7+ Kd8 37.Rxe4+ Kd7 38.Rxc4 fxg4 39.hxg4 a5 40.g5 Ke6 41.Ne7 Rd8 42.Re4+ Kf7
43.Bc3  1-0

[Event "4th Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Timmel,John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 h6 6.Bc4 Qf6 7.O-O Ne7 8.a5 g5 9.d5 c5
10.Nb5 Kd8 11.a6 b6 12.b4 Ng6 13.Be3 Be7 14.bxc5 Nxc5 15.Bxc5 bxc5 16.Qd2 Kd7
17.Nxa7  1-0

[Event "4th Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fink,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bd2 Nb6 7.Qc1 h6 8.e4 Bg4
9.Ne5 Be6 10.d5 Bxe5 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Bb5+ c6 13.Be2 N8d7 14.O-O Qc7 15.h3 Nf6
16.a4 a5 17.Be3 g5 18.Qc2 Nbd7 19.Rfd1 Bh2+ 20.Kh1 Bf4 21.e5 Nxe5 22.Nb5 Qc8
23.Bxf4 gxf4 24.Nd4 Kf7 25.Re1 c5 26.Nf3 Nxf3 27.Bxf3 Rd8 28.Re5 Rd6 29.Rxc5 Qd8
30.Re1 Kg7 31.Qc4 Qb6 32.Rc7 Re8 33.Rxb7 Qxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Privman,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6
9.d5 Bb7 10.dxc6 Bxc6 11.Bg5 Qc8 12.Ba2 a6 13.Nh4 g6 14.Qf3 Kg7 15.Rad1 h6
16.Bc1 Nc5 17.h3 Nfxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 f5 21.Qb4 a5 22.Qb5 Bxh4
23.Rxd6 Rd8 24.Qxe5+ Kh7 25.Bf7 Qc7 26.Bxg6+ Kg8 27.Qe6+ Kg7 28.Bxh6+  1-0

[Event "4th Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 h5
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Na5 11.O-O Rc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Qc7 14.Qd3 Nc4 15.Ne6 fxe6
16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Qxg6+ Kd7 18.Qxg7 Rhg8 19.Qd4 a6 20.Rf2 h4 21.Qxh4  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bartholomew,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[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.cxd5 Be7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.Nc2 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Be3 O-O 15.O-O a5
16.b4 Nh5 17.g3 g6 18.Qe2 Bg5 19.Bf2 Rb8 20.Rab1 a4 21.Na3 Qe8 22.Be3 Bd8
23.Bh6 Ng7 24.f4 Bh3 25.Rfe1 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.fxe5 Bg4 28.Qg2 dxe5 29.Be3 Qh5
30.Bc5 Rf7 31.Bxb5 f4 32.Bc4 Bf3 33.Be2 fxg3 34.hxg3 Qg4 35.Nc4 e4 36.Ne5 Qf5
37.Nxf7 Qxf7 38.Bxf3 exf3 39.Qf2 Bg5 40.Rf1  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Langer,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Bc4 Qb6 12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Qe1 Kb8 14.Qh4 Be7 15.f5 h5
16.Rhe1 Rdg8 17.Re2 Rg4 18.Qe1 Rhg8 19.Qd2 Qc5 20.Bb3 Bc8 21.g3 Rh8 22.Kb1 Qa5
23.Qe3 Bf8 24.Qf2 Qc5 25.Nh4 Bh6 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.Qxf6 Bg7 28.Qf2 Bd4 29.Qf7 Rgg8
30.Qf1 b5 31.Qe1 Rh7 32.Nf3 Bh8 33.Qd2 Ne5 34.Nxe5 Bxe5 35.Rf1 h4 36.gxh4 Rxh4
37.Nd1 Rgh8 38.Nf2 Rxh2 39.Nd3 Qd4 40.c3 Qxe4 41.Rxe4 Rxd2 42.Nxe5 dxe5 43.Rxe5 Rhh2
44.Bxe6 Rxb2+ 45.Ka1 Bxe6 46.Rxe6 Rxa2+ 47.Kb1 Rhb2+ 48.Kc1 Re2 49.Rf8+ Kc7
50.Rf7+ Kd8 51.Rxe2 Rxe2 52.Ra7 Re6 53.Kc2 Kc8 54.Kb3 Kb8 55.Rh7 Rc6 56.Kb4 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ippolito,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Be3 Rd8
16.Qe2 e5 17.Nf5 Ne6 18.Rad1 g6 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rd1+ Kc8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Nc5
23.Bxc5 gxf5 24.Bxf5+ Kb8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Be6 Rd8 27.h3 Ka8 28.Qe4 Qa5 29.Qxe5 Qxa2
30.d6 Qb3 31.Bg4 Qb4 32.d7 Qa5 33.Rd6 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 Qa5 35.Rf6 Qb4 36.Qc7 Qe7
37.Rxa6+ Bxa6 38.Bf3+  1-0

[Event "12th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 O-O 8.Bxc4 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Rfd1 Qb6 13.Nf3 Rfd8 14.e4 Be8 15.e5 Nh7
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Ne4 Bc6 18.Nd6 Ng6 19.Nd4 Nhf8 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Bb3 Qc5 22.Nc4 Rd5
23.Rac1 Rad8 24.Re1 Nf4 25.Qe3 Nd3 26.Qxc5 Rxc5 27.Rcd1 Rdd5 28.Re3 Nf4 29.Re4 g5
30.g3 N4g6 31.Rde1 Nd7 32.f4 gxf4 33.gxf4 Rd3 34.Nd6 Rd2 35.Nc4 Rd3 36.Rf1 Nh4
37.Re3 Rcd5 38.Rg3+ Rxg3+ 39.hxg3 Nf5 40.Nd6 Rd3 41.Nxf5 exf5 42.Rd1 Nc5
43.Rxd3 Nxd3 44.Kf1 Kf8 45.Ba4 Nxb2 46.Bxc6 Nd1 47.Ke1 Nc3 48.a4 Ke7 49.Kd2 Na2
50.Bf3 f6 51.exf6+ Kxf6 52.Kd3 Ke6 53.Kc4 Kd6 54.Be2 Ke6 55.Bf1 a5 56.Kb5 Kd6
57.Kxa5 Nc3 58.Bd3 Kc5 59.Bxf5 Ne2 60.Bd3 Nxg3 61.f5 h5 62.f6 Kd6 63.Kb6 h4
64.a5 h3 65.Bb5 Ne4 66.Bc6 Nd2 67.f7 Ke7 68.a6 Nc4+ 69.Kc5  1-0

[Event "12th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 c4 7.h4 Nc6 8.g3 O-O-O 9.Bh3 f5
10.Ng5 Nh6 11.Nd2 Na5 12.O-O Be7 13.Ndf3 Nb3 14.Rb1 Nxc1 15.Qxc1 Kb8 16.Bg2 Rc8
17.Re1 a5 18.Nd2 a4 19.Nf1 Rcf8 20.Qf4 Ka7 21.Ne3 Qc6 22.Re2 Nf7 23.Nxf7 Rxf7
24.g4 g6 25.Rbe1 Rff8 26.g5 Qb6 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Nxd5 Qe6 29.Nxe7 Qxe7 30.d5 Bb5
31.e6 Rd8 32.Qd4+ Ka8 33.Rd2 Qd6 34.e7 Rde8 35.Re6 Qd7 36.Rde2 h6 37.Qb6 Kb8
38.gxh6 f4 39.f3 Ba6 40.Qd4 Ka8 41.Qb6 Kb8 42.R2e4 Kc8 43.Qc5+ Kb8 44.Rxa6 bxa6
45.Re6 Qc8 46.Rc6 Qb7 47.Rb6 Rxe7 48.Rxb7+ Rxb7 49.Kg2 Rd8 50.Qxc4 Rc7 51.Qxf4 Rxd5
52.h7 Rh5 53.Qb4+  1-0

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.c5 Nxc5 14.Qc1 Nf7 15.Nd5 Ne6
16.Bb4 c6 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Ne3 Nd6 19.Qc2 f5 20.Nc4 fxe4 21.Nfxe5 Nd4 22.Qd2 c5
23.f4 Be6 24.Ne3 Rd8 25.Qe1 N6f5 26.Bc4 Bxc4 27.N5xc4 Ng3 28.Rf2 Bf6 29.Kh2 Bh4
30.Qa5 Nge2 31.Raf1 b6 32.Qxa7 Bxf2 33.Rxf2 Nf3+ 34.gxf3 Qxf4+ 35.Kh1 exf3
36.Qe7 Rf8 37.Qe6+ Rf7 38.Nd6 Ng3+ 39.Kg1 Ne2+ 40.Kf1 Ng3+  1-0

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adamson,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[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.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O Qa5 15.Kh1 Qd8
16.Bd3 O-O 17.e5 dxe5 18.Qe1 Rf7 19.Qxe5 Qd6 20.Qe2 Bd7 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Rxf1+
23.Rxf1 g6 24.Bf4 Qd5 25.Qe2 Qh5 26.Qd2 Rf8 27.Bxa6 Qd5 28.Qe2 Qd4 29.Bg3 Rxf1+
30.Qxf1 Qb2 31.Qd1 Qxa2 32.h3 Be8 33.Qe2 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 Bc5 35.Be5 Qc1 36.Bc4 Bg1+
37.Kg3 Qg5+ 38.Kf3 Bf7 39.Bf4 Qc5 40.Kg3 g5 41.Be5 h5 42.Kf3 h4 43.g3 hxg3
44.Kxg3 Be3 45.Bc3 Kf8 46.Qd3 Ke7 47.Bb2 Ke8 48.Kg2 Bf4 49.Bf6 Bc7 50.Qe4 Bb6
51.h4 g4 52.Kg3 Qg1+ 53.Kf4 Bc7+ 54.Kg5 Qc1+ 55.Kxg4 Qg1+  0-1

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f4 Nd7 7.Nf3 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.e5 Bb7 10.O-O-O f6 11.Bh4 dxe5 12.Qf2 Qc7 13.fxe5 f5 14.Bg3 Nh6 15.Nxb5 axb5
16.Bxb5+ Kf8 17.Ng5 Rc8 18.b4 Nf7 19.Qxc5 Nxg5 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.Rd8+ Kf7 22.Rxh8 Bxh8
23.e6+ Nxe6 24.Bxc7 Nxc7 25.Bc4+ Ke8 26.Rd1 Bxg2 27.b5 Na8 28.Be6 Bc3 29.Rd3 Bb4
30.Rd4 Bd6 31.a4 f4 32.a5 Nc7 33.Bc4 Bc5 34.Rd1 Bb4 35.b6 Bxa5 36.bxc7 Bxc7
37.Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firman,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 d6 6.Bf1 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 dxe4 12.Nxe4 b6 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.d5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Nd4 Bb7 17.Nf5 Bc5 18.Bd4 Qg5 19.Nxg7 Rad8 20.Re3 Bc8 21.Rg3 Qh4 22.Bxc5 bxc5
23.Nh5 Rfe8 24.f4 Kf8 25.Rc1 c4 26.Qf3 Re4 27.Qa3+ Qe7 28.Qc3 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 Qd4
30.Qb4+ Kg8 31.Qa5 Ree8 32.Re1 Bf5 33.h3 Be4 34.Kh2 Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Andrianov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Ne2 O-O 11.a4 b4 12.a5 Ne4 13.Qa4 Bc6 14.Qc2 Bb5 15.Rfc1 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Ra7 17.Ne5 Rc7 18.Be1 Rxc1 19.Nxc1 f6 20.Ng4 Nd6 21.Ne2 Nb5 22.e4 Nc6
23.exd5 Qxd5 24.Ne3 Qd7 25.d5 exd5 26.Nxd5 Bd6 27.Rd1 Qf7 28.Ng3 Re8 29.Nf5 Bf8
30.Qc4 Qe6 31.Nde7+ Kf7 32.Qxc6 Bxe7 33.Qxe6+ Kxe6 34.Nxg7+ Kf7 35.Nxe8 Kxe8
36.Rd5 Kf7 37.Rxb5 axb5 38.a6 Bc5 39.Bxb4 Ba7 40.Bd6  1-0

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.O-O f5 10.c4 Ne7 11.Nc3 Ng6 12.Be3 d4 13.Na4 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qxe5 15.Re1 Qf6
16.c5 Be7 17.Qb3 Bc8 18.f4 Bd8 19.Bc4 Kf7 20.Re2 Re8 21.Rae1 Bc7 22.Qf3 Bd7
23.b4 Kf8 24.b5 e5 25.b6 e4 26.Qh5 axb6 27.Nxb6 Bxb6 28.cxb6 Be6 29.Bxe6 Rxe6
30.a4 Kg8 31.a5 c5 32.Rc1 e3 33.Qf3 Re4 34.Rxc5 Nxf4 35.b7 Rf8 36.Rc8 Nxe2+
37.Qxe2 exd2 38.Qxd2 Ree8 39.b8=Q Rxc8 40.Qb3+ Kh8 41.Qa4 Rfd8 42.a6 d3  0-1

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Karklins,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[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 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d6 12.Qd2 a6 13.Rfd1 Nd7 14.Rac1 b5 15.cxb5 axb5
16.b4 Qb8 17.Rc2 Nf6 18.Rdc1 Bd7 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Qe2 Ra3 21.Nb1 Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Ra8
23.Nc3 Ra3 24.Qd2 h5 25.Rc2 Kh7 26.h3 Ne8 27.Nd5 Nf6 28.Nc3 Ng8 29.Bf1 Ra8
30.Nd5 Ra6 31.Qc1 e6 32.Nc3 Ra8 33.Qd2 Ne7 34.Kh1 Be8 35.Bg5 Nc8 36.f4 Qb7
37.Bd3 Ra3 38.Qc1 Ra8 39.f5 Be5 40.fxe6 fxe6 41.Nd5 Qf7 42.Rc7 Bd7 43.Bxb5 Ra7
44.Rxd7 Rxd7 45.Bxd7 Qxd7 46.Qc7 Qg7 47.Qxg7+ Kxg7 48.Nc7 Kf7 49.Bd8 Bc3
50.b5 Bd4 51.Na6 d5 52.exd5 exd5 53.g3 Nd6 54.b6 Nb7 55.Bc7 Bc3 56.Kg2 Ke6
57.Kf3 Ba5 58.Ke3 Be1 59.Ke2 Ba5 60.Kf3 Be1 61.Bf4 Ba5 62.Nc7+ Kd7 63.Nxd5 Ke6
64.Ke4 Be1 65.Bc7 Bf2 66.Nf4+ Kf6 67.Nd3 Bg1 68.Kd5 Na5 69.Ne5  1-0

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Jonkman,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Bb7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Be4 11.a4 c6 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Rfc1 Rfc8 14.Bf1 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.Nd2 Bg6 17.Bg2 c5 18.dxc5 Raxc5 19.Qb4 Ng4 20.Bf3 Nge5 21.Bb7 R8c7 22.Ba6 Nc6
23.Qb2 Ra5 24.Bb5 Nc5 25.Rd1 Ra8 26.Nf3 e5 27.Be3 Na5 28.Ra3 Bf5 29.Qd2 Rd8
30.Ra2 f6 31.Qb4 Be6 32.Rad2 Nab7 33.Ne1 h6 34.Nd3 Rcc8 35.Qa3 Qf7 36.Nb4 Bxc4
37.Bxc4 Qxc4 38.Nd5 Qxa4 39.Qxa4 Nxa4 40.Ne7+ Kf7 41.Nxc8 Rxc8 42.Bxb6 Ke6
43.Be3 d5 44.Ra1 Nc3 45.Ra6+ Nd6 46.Ba7 Kd7 47.Rb2 Ndb5 48.Ra5 Kc6 49.Be3 d4
50.Bc1 Kb6 51.Ra1 e4 52.Kf1 Kc5 53.Bd2 Nd6 54.e3 Nc4 55.exd4+ Kxd4 56.Bxc3+ Kxc3
57.Rb7 g5 58.Ra6 f5 59.h4 Rc5 60.Rd6 Ra5 61.Rxh6 Ra1+ 62.Kg2 e3 63.Re7 Ra2
64.g4 e2 65.Rc6 Rd2 66.Rc5 Kd4 67.Rb5 Nd6 68.Rbe5 Kd3 69.Re3+  1-0

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bd6 10.f4 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Bb7 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Nb5 Qf4
16.Bc1 Qb8 17.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "65th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bercys,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 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.Qe2 c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Nd4 Nc5
16.f4 e5 17.Nf5 O-O 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qe6 21.e5 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Bg3 Qc6 24.Rfd1 Rad8 25.Rd2 Be4 26.Rd6 Rxd6 27.exd6 Bxc2 28.Qxc2 Nd3 29.Qe2 Re8
30.Qg4 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 Qxd6 32.Qxc4+ bxc4 33.Bxd6 Re2 34.Ba3 Kf7 35.Rf1+ Ke6
36.Kg1 Nxb2 37.Rf2 Re1+ 38.Rf1 Rxf1+ 39.Kxf1 c3 40.Ke2 Kd5 41.Bf8 g6 42.Ba3 Ke4
43.Bb4 c2 44.Ba3 c1=Q  0-1

[Event "65th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 h5 4.Bg2 h4 5.g4 h3 6.Nxh3 e5 7.Ng1 Nge7 8.d3 Ng6
9.h3 d6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Nd5 Qd7 13.c3 O-O-O 14.Nf3 Kb8 15.O-O-O Rc8
16.Kb1 Bd8 17.Rc1 Ba5 18.Qe2 Rhe8 19.Rhd1 Nd4 20.Qf1 Nb5 21.Nd2 Bd8 22.f4 Bxd5
23.exd5 exf4 24.Bxf4 Nxf4 25.Qxf4 Bf6 26.Be4 Qd8 27.Rc2 Ka8 28.Nc4 Qe7 29.Rf1 Rf8
30.a4 Be5 31.Qf2 Nc7 32.Re2 Qe8 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Qxc5 Qxa4 35.d6 Nb5 36.Qd5 Rc6
37.Qa2 Qxa2+ 38.Kxa2 Rxd6 39.g5 Kb8 40.h4 Nc7 41.Ref2 Rd7 42.h5 Ne6 43.Bf5 Re8
44.Bxe6 fxe6 45.Rf8 Rxf8 46.Rxf8+ Kc7 47.g6 Kd6 48.Ra8 a6 49.Kb3 e4 50.dxe4 Ke5
51.Rf8 Kxe4 52.Rf7 Rd5 53.Rxg7 Rxh5 54.Rxb7 Rg5 55.g7 e5 56.Rd7 Kf3 57.c4 e4
58.Rf7+ Kg3 59.Re7 Kf2 60.c5 e3 61.c6 e2 62.c7  1-0

[Event "Curacao Sedreko Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Rfe1 Ne4 13.Ne5 Nd6 14.Nxc6 Nxc4 15.Nxd8 Rfxd8
16.e3 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Karklins,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[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 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d6 12.Qd2 Qd7 13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.Bf1 Qe8 15.a4 Nd7
16.a5 bxa5 17.Rxa5 a6 18.Nd5 Bb7 19.b4 Rab8 20.Ba7 Ra8 21.Bf2 Rab8 22.c5 Rc6
23.cxd6 exd6 24.b5 axb5 25.Bxb5 Ne5 26.Bxc6 Bxc6 27.Qg5 Kh8 28.Qe7 Qc8 29.Nb6 Qg8
30.Qxd6 f5 31.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 O-O 8.O-O f5
9.Qe2 Qe8 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.Nd4 Nc6 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Bf4 Qg6 14.Qf3 d6 15.Rfe1 Kh8
16.Qh3 Rad8 17.Be2 Ne5 18.Rad1 Qf6 19.Qg3 h6 20.h4 Ng6 21.h5 Nh4 22.Bf1 g5
23.hxg6 Rg8 24.Re6 Qxe6 25.Qxh4 Qxg6 26.Bxh6 Qg4 27.Rd4 Qxh4 28.Rxh4 Rd7
29.Be3+ Kg7 30.Bd3 Rf7 31.f3 Kf6 32.Kf2 c5 33.Bf4 Rfg7 34.g3 Bc8 35.Rh6+ Rg6
36.Rh5 R6g7 37.Rh6+ Rg6 38.Rh5 R6g7  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goletiani,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.g3 Nd7 4.Bb2 e6 5.Bg2 Ngf6 6.d3 Bc5 7.Nbd2 Qe7 8.a3 e5
9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 O-O 11.O-O a5 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qe2 Ne8 14.Nc4 f6 15.Qd2 Bf7
16.Nxa5 Nd6 17.Nh4 g6 18.b4 Ba7 19.a4 Rfd8 20.Qc1 c5 21.Rd1 cxb4 22.Rxd6 Bxf2+
23.Kh2 Rxa5 24.Qd1 Bd4 25.Rxd4 exd4 26.Qxd4 Ne5 27.Qf2 Rd6 28.Nf3 b6 29.Nxe5 fxe5
30.Rf1 Rc5 31.Bc1 Qc7 32.Bh6 Rxc2 33.Qf3 b3 34.Kh1 b2 35.Qa3 Qd8 36.Qf3 Rf6  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Altounian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Bb5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bf8 10.O-O Ne7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Na3 a6 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.Rac1 Nb6
16.Nd4 Qd7 17.a5 Nc4 18.Nxc4 Rxc4 19.Qg3 g6 20.Bg5 Bg7 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Rcd1 O-O
23.h4 Bh6 24.Rd3 Rfc8 25.Qh3 Qc7 26.h5 Kg7 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Qf3 Kg8 29.Qh3 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Qb5 Qxb5 14.Bxb5 Nc7 15.Bc4 b5
16.Nxb5 Nxb5 17.Bxb5 Nxd5 18.Bxc5 Bxb2 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Bc6 Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gonzales,Jay"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.h3 Ne7 10.Qb3 c6 11.O-O Nh5 12.Rfe1 h6 13.Bf4 Nxf4 14.exf4 Qd6 15.Re2 Nf5
16.Bxf5 Bxf5 17.Ne5 f6 18.Nf3 Rf7 19.Rae1 Bf8 20.g3 Bxh3 21.Nh4 g5 22.Ng6 Bf5
23.Nxf8 Raxf8 24.fxg5 fxg5 25.Re8 Qf6 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Qb4+ Kg7 28.Nd1 Be4
29.Re3 Bc2  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Saidy,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Bg4 8.Nc3 Ne7
9.Bg5 Qd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O-O Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qg5+ 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Rhg1 Qf6
15.Qa4 O-O 16.Qxc6 Qxf3 17.Nd5 Bf6 18.e5  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Minasian,Art"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.b3 Nge7 5.Bb2 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.O-O b6 8.c4 Bb7
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Qg4 f6 15.a3 a5
16.Rfe1 Rf7 17.Nf3 b5 18.Rad1 bxc4 19.bxc4 Ba6 20.Qg3 Rc8 21.e5 f5 22.Ng5 Rff8
23.Rd6 Qb7 24.Bd4 h6 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Nh3 Bxc4 27.Nf4 Rxe5 28.Red1 Rf7 29.h3 Qb3
30.Qg6 Qb8 31.R6d2 Rb5 32.Nh5 Rd5 33.Rxd5 Bxd5 34.Rc1 Bc6 35.f4 Qb2 36.Re1 Qxa3
37.Rb1 Qd6 38.Qg3 Qc5+ 39.Kh2 Kh7 40.Rb8 a4 41.Qe1 Qc2 42.Qg3 Qe2  0-1

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sosa Harrison,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Ngf6 6.O-O Bc5 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 c5 10.e4 cxd4 11.exd5 e5 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 Re8 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.c3 dxc3 17.Bxc3 b5 18.b4 Nb6 19.Nb3 Rc8 20.Qd3 e4 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Rxe4 Rxe4
23.Qxe4 Rc4 24.Qe8+ Kh7 25.Re1 Bxb4 26.Re3 a5 27.Rf3 Qd6 28.Qxb5 a4 29.Bf1 Rc7
30.Nd4 Nxd5 31.Qxa4 Nc3 32.Rxc3 Rxc3 33.Nb5 Rg3+ 34.fxg3 Qxg3+ 35.Kh1 Qe1
36.Kg2 Qe4+ 37.Kh2 Bd6+ 38.Nxd6 Qxa4 39.Nc4 Qxa2+ 40.Kg3 Qa7 41.Kf3 Qb7+
42.Kf2 Qe4 43.Ne3 Qf4+ 44.Ke2 f5 45.Bg2 Qg3 46.Bf1 f4 47.Nd1 f3+ 48.Kd2 Qf4+
49.Ke1 Qc1 50.Bd3 f2+ 51.Kxf2 Qxd1  0-1

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Escobedo Tinajero,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Be3 Rd8
16.Qe2 e5 17.Nf5 g6 18.Bg5 Qf7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rxd5 21.Ne3 Rd7 22.a4 Be7
23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra5 Ne6 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Ng4 Nd4 27.Qe4 Qe6 28.Nxf6+ Qxf6
29.Ra8+ Ke7 30.Rxh8 Qxh8 31.Bd1 Ne6 32.Bg4 Rd4 33.Qb7+ Kf6 34.h3 h5 35.Bxe6 Kxe6
36.Qc6+ Kf5 37.Qxb5 Qd8 38.Qc6 Qd6 39.Qc8+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolezal,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bh4 Nxe4
9.Qf4 Nf6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qa4 Qb6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Bg3 d5 14.Be2 O-O 15.Rhe1 Bb7
16.f4 c5 17.f5 d4 18.Nb5 Nd5 19.Bf3 a6 20.Nxd4 Bg5+  0-1

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rodriguez,And URU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.O-O-O+ Nd7
8.Bc4 Nh6 9.h3 c6 10.g4 Ke8 11.Nf3 f6 12.Rd2 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nf7 14.Rhd1 h5 15.g5 Bxh3
16.gxf6 Bxf6 17.Rg1 Rg8 18.Bg5 Bh8 19.Rd3 Bg4 20.Nh2 Bd7 21.Be3 Rg7 22.a4 Rd8
23.a5 Nc8 24.Rgd1 Rh7 25.Na4 Bf6 26.Nc5 Bh3 27.Nxb7 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Ng5 29.Nc5 Be7
30.Ba4 Bxc5 31.Bxg5 Bd7 32.Nf3 Bd6 33.Bh4 c5 34.Bxd7+ Rxd7 35.Bg3 Rf7 36.Kd1 Bc7
37.Ke2 Bxa5 38.Nxe5 Re7 39.f4 Re6 40.Kf3 Bd8 41.Rc3 Be7 42.b4 Nb6 43.bxc5 Na4
44.Rb3 Bxc5 45.Rb8+ Ke7 46.Bh4+ Kd6 47.Rc8 Rxe5 48.fxe5+ Kd7 49.Rg8 Ke6 50.Rxg6+ Kxe5
51.c3 Nxc3 52.Bf6+  1-0

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramirez,Al"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[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.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 O-O 17.Rae1 Re8 18.f3 Nxd5 19.fxe4 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Ne3 21.Rf3 Nxc2 22.Nxc2 fxe4
23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Rg3 Rg8 25.Rh3 Qa7 26.Qf5 Be5 27.Qxe4 Qg7 28.Nd4 Rae8 29.Nf5 Qg6
30.Rh6 Qf7 31.Rf1 Rgf8 32.Qd3 Qc4 33.Qxc4 bxc4 34.g4 Rb8 35.Rf2 Rb6 36.Re6 Rfb8
37.h4 a5 38.a4 h5 39.Rh6+ Kg8 40.Ne7+ Kg7 41.Rg6+ Kh8 42.Rf5  1-0

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Garcia,Gild"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.e5 Bb7 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Qe3 Be5 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Rhe1 Nbd7 15.Kb1 Rfe8
16.a3 Rac8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bxe6+ Kf8 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Bxd7 Rxe3
22.Rxe3 Rd8 23.Bh3 Rd2 24.f3 Rf2 25.Re1 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Bd5 27.Kc1 Bc4 28.Rd1 Ke7
29.Rd2 Rf1+ 30.Kb2 Rh1 31.g3 g5 32.Bc8 a5 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.Rxh7 Rf1 35.Bb7 Rf2
36.Be4 Ke5 37.Rg7 Rxh2 38.Rxg5+ Kd6 39.Rg6+ Ke5 40.a4  1-0

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campora,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O a6 10.Be2 h5 11.Kb1 Bd7 12.f4 Qb6 13.Nb3 O-O-O 14.Bf3 h4 15.Rhe1 Kb8
16.Re3 Bc8 17.Rd3 Qc7 18.Ne2 Bh6 19.Nbd4 Ne5 20.Rc3 Nxf3 21.Nxf3 Qe7 22.Rd3 Rhg8
23.Nxh4 f5 24.g3 fxe4 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Qxd6+ Qxd6 27.Rxd6 Bf8 28.Rd1 Kc7 29.Ng2 Rh8
30.h4 Bc5 31.Rh1 Bd7 32.Kc1 f5 33.c3 Be8 34.Nd4 Kd6 35.Ne3 Bh5 36.b4 Ba7
37.Kd2 Ke7 38.Nec2 Kf6 39.a4 Rg8 40.Rh3 a5 41.bxa5 Bc5 42.Ne3 Rd8 43.Nc2 Bd6
44.Ne3 Bc5 45.Nc2 Rd7 46.Rh1 Rg7 47.Rh3 Be8 48.h5 Bxa4 49.h6 Rh7 50.Ne3 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sagalchik,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "D09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Be6 6.Nbd2 Bb4 7.Bg2 Bxc4 8.O-O Bxd2
9.Qxd2 Nge7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxe2 13.Qxd8 Raxd8 14.Rxd8 Rxd8
15.Bg5 Kf8 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Be4 Rxb2 18.Be3 a6 19.Rc1 c6 20.a3 Ke8 21.Bc5 Ra2
22.Kg2 g6 23.h3 Kd7 24.Bd6 Bb5 25.Rc3 Nf5 26.Bb4 Nd4 27.Bc5 Rd2 28.g4 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Felgaer,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Ng6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.c4 Bb4 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nc2 Be7 12.Be3 b6 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.g3 Bb7 15.Qe2 Ba8
16.Red1 Bf6 17.Nd4 Rfc8 18.Nb3 Nce5 19.Nd2 d6 20.f4 Nd7 21.Bg2 Ne7 22.Ndb1 Nc6
23.Qd2 Na5 24.b3 Be7 25.Qf2 Qd8 26.Qe2 Qe8 27.Nd2 Nf6 28.b4 Nc6 29.a3 Bf8
30.h3 a5 31.b5 Nd8 32.Na4 Nd7 33.Nb3 d5 34.cxd5 Rxc1 35.Bxc1 exd5 36.e5 Nc5
37.Naxc5 bxc5 38.a4 Qe6 39.Kh2 Rc8 40.Nxa5 c4 41.Nc6 Nxc6 42.Bxd5 Qe8 43.bxc6 Bxc6
44.Qxc4 Bxd5 45.Qxd5 Rc2+ 46.Bd2 Qxa4 47.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gonzalez Garcia,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[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 a6 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qc7 12.Kb1 b5 13.Qd2 b4 14.Ne2 Rd8 15.g4 a5 16.Nd4 e5
17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Ne8 19.Bb5 Rac8 20.Qe2 d5 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.Rxd5 f6 23.Bc1 a4
24.b3 axb3 25.cxb3 Red8 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Qxd1 Qc6 29.Qd3 Kf8
30.Bd2 Qc5 31.Be3 Qc6 32.Qe4 Qb5 33.Bd2 Qf1+ 34.Kb2 Qf2 35.Kc2 Qa7 36.Kb1 Qg1+
37.Bc1 h6 38.Qe2 Qh1 39.h5 Kg8 40.f4 e4 41.Kb2 Kh7 42.Be3 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Flores,Di"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb3 Bb6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.h3 c6 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Nf1 Nh5 12.d4 Nhf4 13.Ng3 Qf6 14.Nh5 Qe7 15.Nxf4 exf4
16.e5 Bc7 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.Ng5 h6 19.Ne4 Qd8 20.Qh5 Kh7 21.Nc5 Nh4 22.Nd3 g6
23.Qe2 Qg5 24.g3 Bxh3 25.Nxf4 Rfe8 26.Ne6 Qf6 27.gxh4 Bxe6 28.Be3 Qxh4 29.Qf3 Bf5
30.Qh1 Bh3 31.Bd1 Re4  0-1

[Event "Levy mem"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Karklins,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Nc3 Qg6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Kb1 Nb6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.f3 d5 15.Be2 c6
16.Rdf1 Be6 17.Be5 b5 18.f4 b4 19.Nd1 b3 20.Ne3 bxc2+ 21.Qxc2 Qg3 22.f5 Qxe3
23.fxe6 Ra7 24.Bd1 Rfa8 25.Qe2 Qxe2 26.Bxe2 Rxa2 27.g4 Ra1+ 28.Kc2 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 h6
30.h4 Rf8 31.Ra1 Ne8 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 Bxg5 34.Bh5 Rf2+ 35.Kb3 Nf6 36.Ra8+ Kh7
37.e7  1-0

[Event "Levy mem"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 a6 8.d4 Ba7 9.h3 exd4
10.exd4 Re8+ 11.Be3 Na5 12.b3 b5 13.O-O bxc4 14.Nd2 Be6 15.b4 Nb3 16.Nxb3 cxb3
17.d5 Bxh3 18.Bxh3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Rxe3 20.Qd4 Qe7 21.Kh2 Re8 22.Rad1 Qe5 23.Qxe5 R8xe5
24.Rc1 Rd3 25.Rf2 h5 26.a4 h4 27.Rb2 Ree3 28.Ne2 g6 29.Rxc7 Nxd5 30.Rc8+ Kg7
31.b5 axb5 32.a5 hxg3+ 33.Nxg3 Rxg3 34.Bf1 Rc3 35.Rb8 Rge3 36.a6 Rc2+  1-0

[Event "Levy mem"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.O-O f5 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.Nf3 c5 12.Re1 a5 13.Rb1 h6 14.b3 g5 15.a3 Bg7 16.b4 c4
17.Bc2 Qc7 18.b5 O-O 19.a4 Ng6 20.Ba3 Rf7 21.Bd6 Qb7 22.Nd4 Bf8 23.g4 Bxd6
24.exd6 Nf4 25.gxf5 exf5 26.Qf3 Qb6 27.Ne2 Qxd6 28.Nxf4 gxf4 29.Rbd1 Kh8
30.Rxd5 Rg8+ 31.Kf1 Qg6 32.Rde5 Bc8 33.Qxf4 Bb7 34.R1e3 Qg2+ 35.Ke2 Rf6 36.Rg3 Qh1
37.Rxg8+ Kxg8 38.Qxc4+ Kg7 39.Re3  1-0

[Event "Levy mem"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.e5 Nd7
9.Na3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Re1 Kh8 12.Bd2 Nb8 13.c4 dxc3 14.Bxc3 Nc6 15.Nc2 Qb6
16.Rab1 a5 17.h4 Bd7 18.h5 h6 19.a3 Rac8 20.Qg4 f5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.d4 Qd8
23.Qe2 b5 24.Qd2 Qb6 25.Rbd1 Qb8 26.b3 Qd6 27.Bb2 a4 28.bxa4 bxa4 29.Ne3 Be8
30.Qe2 Rb8 31.Bc1 Nxd4 32.Qg4 Nc6 33.Nxd5 exd5 34.Bf4 Qxa3 35.Bxb8 Nxb8 36.Bxd5 Qc5
37.Bf3 a3 38.Rc1 Qa5 39.Qc8 Be5 40.Kg2 Nd7 41.Red1 Bb2 42.Rd5 Qb4 43.Rc4 Qe7
44.Re4 Ne5  0-1

[Event "Levy mem"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Firman,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.a4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 e5
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qd2 Re8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Be2 Ned7 13.Bf4 Nc5 14.Bxd6 Nfxe4 15.Bxc7 Nxd2
16.Nxd2 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Rxe2 18.Bf4 Bf5 19.Be3 Bxc2 20.a5 Ne6 21.Rfc1 Bd3 22.Nf3 c5
23.Ne5 Ba6 24.Rd1 f5 25.Nd7 Rc8 26.Rd6 f4 27.Rxe6 fxe3 28.fxe3 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Neumann,Ha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 Bb7 7.Qc2 d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O e5 10.b4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ng4 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Be2 Nge5 14.Nf5 g5 15.Rad1 Ng6
16.c5 bxc5 17.Bb5  1-0

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Metz,Ha"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[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 Nb8
9.c4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Qa4 Bf5 13.Qa3 Bg6 14.Be3 b6 15.f4 Nd7 16.Nxd6 exf4
17.Bxf4 Nf6 18.Rad1 Rc8 19.Kh1 Qd7 20.c5 Rxc5 21.Nc4 Rxd5 22.Qxa6 Qe6 23.Nxb6 Rxd1
24.Rxd1 Ne4 25.Rf1 Rd8 26.Na4 Qd7 27.Nc3 Bf6 28.Nd1 h5 29.Qb5 Qxb5 30.Bxb5 Rxd1
31.Rxd1 Nf2+ 32.Kg1 Nxd1 33.b4 Be4 34.a4 Nc3 35.Bc4 Bd4+ 36.Kf1 Nxa4 37.g4 hxg4
38.h4  0-1

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Van der Weide,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8 8.f4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.e5 Rxc3 11.bxc3 Nd5 12.exd6 f6 13.Bc4 Nxc3 14.O-O fxg5 15.Rae1 Qb6
16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Rf3 Ne4 18.Rxe4 Bc6 19.Bb5 Bxb5 20.dxe7  1-0

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 c3 6.bxc3 Bxc3 7.Rb1 exd4 8.Bc4 Nh6
9.O-O O-O 10.e5 Bf5 11.Rxb7 Nc6 12.Nb3 Re8 13.Rb5 Ng4 14.Ng5 Ngxe5 15.Bd5 Nb4
16.Bxa8 Qxa8 17.Nxd4 Bd3 18.Qh5 Bxd4 19.Rxb4 c5 20.Rb3 Bg6 21.Qh4 Qd5 22.Nh3 Bc2
23.Nf4 Qc4 24.Rh3 Qxa2 25.Be3 a5 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Nh5 Qc4 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.f4 Qc5
30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.f5 d3+ 32.Kh1 Ng4 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Qxg4 d2 35.Rxh7 Qxf5 36.Rh8+ Ke7
37.Rxe8+  1-0

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Qc7 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.Rac1 a6 13.b4 Rfe8 14.h3 Rac8 15.Qb1 e5
16.Bd3 exd4 17.exd4 Bf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Ne2 Qd6 20.a3 Ra8 21.Rfe1 a5 22.Nc3 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 axb4 24.axb4 Nf8 25.Rd1 Ne6 26.Be4 Nf4 27.Ne5 Re8 28.Bf3 Re7 29.Ng4 h5
30.Ne3 g6 31.h4 Bc8 32.d5 Qe5 33.Qc2 Bg4 34.Bxg4 hxg4 35.Kf1 N4xd5 36.Ncxd5 cxd5
37.Qc5 g3 38.Qd4 Qe6 39.Ra1 Re8 40.Ra3 gxf2 41.Kxf2 Qc6 42.Ra2 Re4 43.Qc5 Qe8
44.Qb6 Rf4+ 45.Kg1 d4 46.Nf1 Nd5 47.Qb7 Qe4 48.Qc8+ Kg7 49.Ra8 Rxf1+ 50.Kxf1 Ne3+
51.Ke1 Nc4+ 52.Kf1 Ne3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 Be6 13.Qd2 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Bc4 15.Rfe1 Qa5
16.Rc2 Rfe8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Qa4 20.Rb2 Bd5 21.h3 a5 22.Qe3 Qa3
23.Rb7 e6 24.Bh6 f6 25.Rg7+ Kh8 26.Qf4 Qf8 27.Rxg6  1-0

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Bb4 8.f3 Qc7
9.a3 Be7 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Nxc6 dxc6 13.f4 Bb7 14.Qf2 c5 15.Be2 g6 16.O-O O-O-O
17.f5 Bd6 18.Bg4 Kb8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Bxe6 Rhf8 21.Qh4 Bf4 22.Bxf4 Nxf4 23.Bg4 b4
24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Rxd5 27.Bf3 Rd4 28.Qe1 Bxf3 29.Rxf3 Qd7
30.Qe5+ Kb7 31.Qxc5 Re4 32.Kf2 Qd2+ 33.Kg3 Qe1+ 34.Qf2 bxa3 35.Rb3+ Kc7 36.Qxe1 Rxe1
37.Rxa3 Rg1+ 38.Kf4 Rg2 39.Rh3 Rxc2 40.Rxh7+ Kd6 41.b3 a5 42.h4 Rf2+ 43.Ke4 Rh2
44.Rh6 Ke7 45.Rxg6 Rxh4+ 46.Kf5 Kf7 47.Rb6 Rd4 48.Rb7+ Kg8 49.Kg6 Rd6+ 50.Kh5 Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[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.h3 d6
9.c3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Curacao Open"]
[Site "Willemstad AHO"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gallegos,Ca"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qe2 e6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a5
9.Re1 a4 10.a3 b5 11.e5 Nd7 12.Nf1 b4 13.h4 Ba6 14.axb4 cxb4 15.Rxa4 Nc5
16.Rxa6 Nxa6 17.d4 Qb6 18.Qd3 Nc7 19.Bg5 Qb5 20.Qd2 Ra2 21.b3 Qb6 22.Bxe7 Nxe7
23.Ne3 Nb5 24.Qxb4 Nc6 25.Qc5 Qxc5 26.dxc5 Nc3 27.Bf1 Rfa8 28.Bd3 Ra1 29.Rxa1 Rxa1+
30.Kg2 Ra5 31.h5 h6 32.Kf1 Kf8 33.Ke1 d4 34.Nd1 Ra1 35.Be2 Rc1 36.Kd2 Nxe2
37.Ne1 Rxd1+ 38.Kxd1 Nc3+ 39.Kc1 Nxe5 40.Kb2 Nd1+ 41.Ka3 Nxf2 42.b4 Ne4  0-1

[Event "34th NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kis,BL"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.f4 Qd7 15.Rfc1 Be7
16.Rc2 Bd6 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Nd1 f6 19.Qg4 Qe7 20.Nc3 Bb8 21.Qf3 Qd7 22.b3 e5
23.Na4 exf4 24.exf4 Qf5 25.g3 g5 26.Nc5 Rde8 27.Re2 Kh8 28.Rce1 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 gxf4
30.g4 Rg8 31.h3 h5 32.Rg2 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 hxg4 34.Rxg4 Qxa2+ 35.Kh1 Qb1+ 36.Kh2 Qb2+
37.Kh1 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qd2+ 39.Kh1 Qe1+ 40.Kg2 Re8  0-1

[Event "34th NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lymar,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.f4 Nd7
9.Bf3 Rc8 10.O-O Rxc4 11.Be3 Be7 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.g4 h6 15.h4 g5
16.Rc1 Qb8 17.Nd5 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 exd5 19.exd5 gxf4 20.Bxf4 Ne5 21.Nf5 Kf8 22.Bg2 Bc8
23.Rc3 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Nf6 25.Qd2 Kg7 26.Rg3+ Kh7 27.Bxh6 Rg8 28.Bg5 Qc8 29.Qe2 Rg7
30.Kh1 Qc4 31.Qxc4 Nxc4 32.Rc3 Ne5 33.Rc7 Bd8 34.Rc8 Rg8 35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Bxf6 Rd7
37.Kg1 b5 38.b3 Rc7 39.Be4 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogers,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 Bxd5 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6
15.Rxd8+ Kxd8 16.Bb6+ Kd7 17.Rd1+ Ke6 18.Rd8 g6 19.Kd1 Bg7 20.Nc5+ Kf5 21.Ke2 Rxd8
22.Bxd8 h5 23.h3 Bf8 24.g4+ Kf4 25.Nd3+ Kg3 26.Nxe5 Bd5 27.gxh5 gxh5 28.h4 Bg7
29.Bc7 Kxh4 30.b3 Kg5 31.Nd3 Bd4 32.Nf4 Bc6 33.Kd3 Bc5 34.Ke2 Be7 35.c4 Bf8
36.Ke3 h4 37.Kf2 Kf5 38.Kg2 Bg7 39.Nd5 Bd7 40.Bd8 f6 41.a4 Be6 42.Bc7 Bh6
43.b4 Bc1 44.b5 Bb2 45.Ne3+ Kg5 46.f4+ Kh5 47.Kf3 Bd4 48.bxa6 bxa6 49.f5 Bd7
50.a5 Bc6+ 51.Nd5 Kg5 52.Ke2 Be5 53.Bxe5 fxe5 54.Ne3 h3 55.Nf1 Bg2 56.Nh2 Kxf5  0-1

[Event "34th NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Ne4 9.Bd2 b6
10.Be1 Ba6 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.a4 Bb7 13.a5 c5 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.Ne5 cxd4 16.exd4 Nxe5
17.fxe5 Bb4 18.a6 Bc6 19.Rac1 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Qd7 21.Rfd1 Rac8 22.Na2 Be7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7
24.Nb4 Ba4 25.b3 Bd7 26.Qe1 Kh8 27.Bf1 Rfd8 28.Rc4 Be8 29.Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th NCC"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Novikov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.a3 a5 13.e4 O-O 14.e5 Nd7 15.Qc2 h6
16.Be4 Qb6 17.Be3 c5 18.axb4 axb4 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Rad1 Bxe3 21.Rxd7 Bxf2+
22.Kh1 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qb5 24.Rdd1 Bc5 25.Nd2 Rad8 26.Nc4 Rd7 27.b3 Rfd8 28.Rc1 Rd4
29.Qf3 Qd7 30.Na5 Rd3 31.Qh5 Be3 32.Rb1 Bd4 33.Nc4 Bc3 34.h3 Qc7 35.Rf4 f5
36.Rbf1 Bxe5 37.Nxe5 Qxe5 38.Rxb4 Qd5 39.Rc4 Rxb3 40.Rc7 Rg3  0-1

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Privman,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb7 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 d6
9.e4 cxd4 10.cxd4 e5 11.Bg3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nh5 13.N2f3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Nd7 15.Re1 Nc5
16.b4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Re8 18.Rac1 a6 19.b5 Qd7 20.bxa6 Bxa6 21.Qb1 Bb7 22.Nb5 Rac8
23.Rcd1 Re6 24.Nbd4 Re7 25.e5 dxe5 26.Nb5 Qe6 27.Nd6 Ra8 28.Ng5 Qxa2 29.Qxb6 h6
30.Ngxf7 Rxf7 31.Nxb7 Ra6 32.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 b6 2.b3 Bb7 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.f4 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.f5 exf5 11.Nh4 g6 12.Nxf5 gxf5 13.Rxf5 Be4 14.Qf1 b5 15.Bxb5 Bxf5
16.Qxf5 Qd5 17.Qf4 Qe4 18.Qg5+ Qg6 19.Qe5 a6 20.Qxe7 axb5 21.Qxf6 Qxf6 22.Bxf6 b4
23.Kf2 Ra6 24.Bb2 Nc6 25.d3 Rfa8 26.a4 bxa3 27.Rxa3 Nb4 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Rxa6 Rxa6
30.Ba3 Rg6 31.g3 Rh6 32.h4 Rg6 33.d4 Rxg3 34.dxc5 Nd5 35.Kd3 Nxe3 36.b4 Ke7
37.b5 Kd7 38.c6+ Kc7 39.Ke4 Nc4 40.Bb4 Rg4+ 41.Kd3 Kb6 42.Nc3 Ne5+ 43.Kc2 f5
44.Be7 Rg2+ 45.Kb3 Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Simon,Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Qb4
9.Qd2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qxd4 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.a3 Qb6 13.Bc4 Qc7 14.Kb1 Nb6 15.Bb3 O-O-O
16.h4 Rd7 17.h5 h6 18.Qh2 Qd8 19.Qh3 Kb8 20.Rd2 Ka8 21.Rhd1 Qe8 22.a4 a5
23.Qf5 d5 24.exd5 Bb4 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.Rxd7 Nbxd7 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Rxd7 Nc5
29.Rxf7 Nxb3 30.cxb3 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Qxf8 32.Qxf8+ Bxf8 33.Kc2 Kb7 34.Kd3 Kb6
35.Kc4 Ka6 36.Be5 Kb6 37.Bc3  1-0

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 Ne5
9.O-O-O b5 10.Kb1 Bb7 11.g4 h6 12.h4 b4 13.Na4 d5 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.Qxb4 Bd6 17.Qb6 dxe4 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 exf3 21.Rxe6+ Kf8
22.Bd3 Bc8 23.Rb6 Bxg4 24.Nc5 a5 25.Kc1 Rc8 26.Rb5 Kf7 27.Rxa5 Rhd8 28.b4 Kg8
29.a3 Re8 30.Rf1 Rcd8 31.Ra6 Re5 32.Nb7 Rxd3 33.cxd3 Re2 34.Nc5 f2 35.Rxf2 Rxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bonin,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 b4 15.Na4 Bd4
16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Nd7 18.e5 h6 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bc4 Qe7 21.Qg6 Rf6 22.Rxf6 Nxf6
23.Rc1 Rd8 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Nd3 Rf8 26.Nf4 Bd7 27.Qd3 Rf7 28.Ng6 Qc5 29.Qd4 Qg5
30.Ne5 Re7 31.h4 Qg3 32.Rf1 Nd5 33.Rf3 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Be8 35.Rg3 h5 36.Qc5 Rb7
37.Qd6 Nf6 38.Bxe6+ Kh7 39.Bf5+ Kg8 40.Nd3  1-0

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shapiro,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.a4 a6 13.h3 e4 14.Nd2 Nf8 15.Qa2 Bb8
16.Ba3 Qc7 17.Nf1 Ng6 18.d5 Qe5 19.d6 Qxc3 20.Bb2 Qb4 21.Bxf6 Bxd6 22.Rab1 Qc5
23.Qd2 Bc7 24.Qd4 Qf8 25.Bg5 h6 26.Bf4 Nxf4 27.exf4 Bxf4 28.c5 Qe7 29.Bc4 Rb8
30.Re1 Bf5 31.Rb3 Bg6  0-1

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yudasin,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O e6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd5 12.g4 Bg6 13.f4 O-O-O 14.Rhf1 h5 15.f5 Bh7
16.h3 Be7 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bd3 hxg4 19.hxg4 Rhe8 20.Rh1 Bg8 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.g5 Rf8
23.g6 Bc5 24.Bg5 Rde8 25.Bb5 Rf2 26.Qxf2 Bxf2 27.Bxe8 Qxe5 28.Bd2 d4 29.Bf7 d3
30.Bxg8 dxc2 31.Rde1 Bxe1 32.Rxe1 Qg3 33.Bxe6+ Kc7 34.Bf5  1-0

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Be7
9.Ne4 b6 10.b3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.a3 a6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qe2 Rxc1
16.Rxc1 Qa8 17.Nd2 Re8 18.b4 Bf8 19.N4f3 g6 20.Nc4 Rc8 21.Qd2 N5f6 22.Be2 b5
23.Nce5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Ne4 25.Qe1 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Qd8 27.Bb2 Qd5 28.Ne1 Qd2 29.Qxd2 Nxd2
30.f3 Bd5 31.Kf2 f5 32.Nd3 Nc4 33.Bc1 Kf7 34.Nf4 Bg7 35.Nd3 Bf8 36.Nf4 Bd6
37.Nxd5 exd5 38.f4 Ke6 39.Bf3 Be7 40.Ke2 Bf6 41.Kd3 h5 42.Kc2 Kd6 43.g3 Kc6
44.h3 Kd6 45.Kd3 Ke6 46.g4 h4 47.gxf5+ gxf5 48.Kc2 Bd8 49.Bh5 Nd6 50.Kd3 Bb6
51.Bd2 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "87th Marshall CCC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[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 Nc6
9.O-O-O Be6 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.h4 b5 12.Ng5 b4 13.c4 Qd7 14.Bd3 h6 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Qe3 Bf6 17.Qe4 Kf7 18.g4 Ke8 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Be5 21.Be3 d5 22.cxd5 exd5
23.Qh7 Kd8 24.Be4 Rb5 25.f4 Bc3 26.Qh3 Qd6 27.Qf1 a6 28.bxc3  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rensch,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Qf3 h6 10.Bh4 Qb6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe7 Kxe7
16.Qxe4 Rab8 17.Rhe1 c5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.Rxe5 c4 20.Nd4 Kf6 21.f4 Rb7 22.h4 Rhb8
23.b3 Rc7 24.Kd2 Rb6 25.Ra5 Rd6 26.Ke3 cxb3 27.cxb3 Rb6 28.Rd2 a6 29.Rc2 Rxc2
30.Nxc2 Bc6 31.g3 Bd5 32.Kd4 Rd6 33.Nb4 Bb7+ 34.Ke3 Ke7 35.Nd3 f6 36.a4 Kd8
37.b4 Bc8 38.Nb2 Rb6 39.b5 axb5 40.Rxb5 Rc6 41.Kd4 Rc2 42.a5 Ba6 43.Rb6 Bf1
44.Rb3 Kd7 45.Rb4 Kd6 46.Rb6+ Kd7 47.Rb4 Kd6 48.Rb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gallegos,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O Ne7
10.g3 Ng6 11.h4 f5 12.Rb1 Be7 13.h5 Nf8 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Re1 g5 16.b4 cxb3 17.Nxb3 Ba4
18.Nfd2 Qc7 19.Qa2 Nxb3 20.Nxb3 Nd7 21.c4 dxc4 22.Nd2 b5 23.Nf3 h6 24.d5 exd5
25.Nd4 Qa5 26.Bd2 Qb6 27.Nxf5 Bc5 28.Bf3 Rf8 29.e6 Nf6 30.Bb4 g4 31.Bg2 Nxh5
32.Re5 Bxb4 33.axb4 d4 34.Qe2 Rxf5 35.Rxf5 Nxg3 36.Qxg4 Nxf5 37.Qg8+ Ke7
38.Qf7+ Kd6 39.Qd7+ Ke5 40.Re1+ Ne3 41.Qxc8 Qxe6 42.Qc5+  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 O-O 8.a4 Rb8
9.Nc3 h6 10.Be3 d6 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nd5 Be6 13.c3 Bxd5 14.exd5 Bxe3 15.dxc6 Bb6
16.d4 Qe8 17.Re1 Qxc6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Qc5 20.Qf3 Rbd8 21.Re2 Qd6 22.Rae1 c5
23.Nc6 Bc7 24.g3 c4 25.Nxd8 cxb3 26.Nc6  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.c3 Nf5 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.Qc2 g6
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Bg3 e5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Bg7 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Rd1 Be6
16.O-O Rac8 17.Qb1 Nce7 18.Bc2 h5 19.Nbd2 g5 20.Ne4 h4 21.Bxe5 fxe5 22.Nexg5 Kh8
23.Rfe1 Bg8 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Qf6 26.Nf3 h3 27.Rd7 Rc4 28.Qe1 Rg4 29.g3 Rg7
30.Qe4 Bh7 31.Re6 Qf7 32.Qe5 Nh4 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Izoria,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Qb6 6.Nb3 a5 7.a4 Nd7 8.Nf3 Bg6 9.Be2 Ne7
10.Nh4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qxh4 13.O-O b6 14.Re1 Nc8 15.c4 Na7 16.cxd5 exd5
17.Bg4 Bb4 18.Bxb4 axb4 19.g3 Qe7 20.a5 bxa5 21.Rxa5 O-O 22.Qa1 f5 23.Bh3 f4
24.Nd4 fxg3 25.hxg3 Be4 26.Ne6 Qf7 27.Nxf8 Rxf8 28.f4 Qg6 29.Kh2 Nc8 30.Qd1 Bf5
31.Bxf5 Qxf5 32.e6 Ne7 33.Ra7 Qf6 34.Qe2 c5 35.Rc7 Ng6 36.e7 Re8 37.Qb5  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Nxb4
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.e3 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.Nc3 c6 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Qxc4 Be6
16.Qb5 Rb8 17.O-O a6 18.Qc5 Qe7 19.Qxe7 Nxe7 20.Rfd1 Rfc8 21.Rd6 Kf8 22.Ne4 h6
23.b4 b6 24.a3 Nd5 25.Re1 Ke7 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Rc6 f5 28.Nd2 e4 29.Bf1 Bd7 30.Rcc1 Ba4
31.Re1 b5 32.f3 Nf6 33.Rc7+ Kf8 34.Re2 Rbc8 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.fxe4 fxe4 37.Rf2 Bc2
38.Bg2 Ke7 39.Rf5 Bd3 40.h3 g6 41.Rf4 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Ra1 43.Bf1 Nd5 44.Rh4 Rd1  0-1

[Event "86th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Blatny,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nd7 8.a4 Be7
9.d5 Ncb8 10.a5 bxa5 11.Be3 c6 12.c4 Na6 13.Nbd2 Nac5 14.Ra3 f5 15.exf5 O-O
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 cxd5 18.cxd5 Nf6 19.Bb1 Nxd5 20.Rd1 Kh8 21.Bd2 Bf6 22.Rb3 Bc6
23.Rc1 Rc8 24.h4 a4 25.Ra3 Qb6 26.Ng5 Qxb2 27.Ra2 Nf4 28.Qg4 Qd4 29.Be3 h5
30.Qg3 Qd5 31.Rac2 Bb7 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.Kh2 Ne2 35.Qh3 Qd1 36.Nf7+ Kh7
37.f4 Qxb1 38.Ng5+ Kg8 39.Qf3 Bxg5 40.fxg5 Nf4 41.Bxf4 Qxf5 42.Qd5+ Qf7 43.Qxf7+ Kxf7
44.Bc1 Bg4 45.Kg3 g6 46.Kf2 Ke6 47.Ke3 d5  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Iordachescu,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Ngf3 h6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.O-O Bh7
9.g4 f6 10.c4 Ng6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb3 Be7 13.Qxb7 O-O 14.Qc6 Kh8 15.Qxe6 fxe5
16.Qxd5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Rxf4 18.dxe5 Bg8 19.Qd3 Bh7 20.Qd5 Bg8 21.e6 Nf8 22.Qxd8 Rxg4+
23.Kh1 Rxd8 24.Bc4 Rf4 25.Rae1 g5 26.Re2 Kg7 27.Bb3 a5 28.Ne5 a4 29.Bc4 Rd6
30.Ne4 Rd4 31.f3 Nxe6 32.b3 Ba3 33.Nc6 Rd7 34.Ng3 Rxc4 35.bxc4 Nf4 36.Re4 Rd2
37.Nf5+ Kf6 38.Ne3 Rxa2 39.h4 Bc5 40.hxg5+ hxg5 41.Ng4+ Kg6 42.Nce5+ Kg7
43.Nd7 Ba3 44.Re5 Kg6 45.c5 Rd2 46.Re7 Bb2 47.c6 a3 48.c7 Rc2 49.Ne3 Rc6
50.Ng4 Rc2 51.Re8 Be6 52.c8=Q Rxc8 53.Rxc8 Bxd7 54.Ra8 Kh5 55.Ne3 Bb5 56.Rf2 Nd3
57.Rd2 Kg6 58.Ra5 Bc1 59.Rc2 Bxe3 60.Rxb5  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 c5 11.exf6 Bxf3 12.fxg7 Rg8 13.Qxh7 Nf6 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.Bg5 Bf4
16.Qh3 Bxh1 17.Bxf4 Qxd4 18.Qg3 Ne4 19.Qh4+ Qf6 20.g5 Qf5 21.O-O-O Rad8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.Bd3 Rxg7 24.Nxe4 Rh7 25.Bc7+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.b3 Nbd7 14.d5 c6 15.c4 Qc7 16.Nf1 Rec8
17.Ne3 a5 18.Bd2 bxc4 19.bxc4 Ba6 20.Rc1 Nc5 21.dxc6 Qxc6 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Qd7
24.Bxa5 Bxc4 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Rxc4 Rxa5 27.Ng5+ Kg6 28.Rg4 Qf5 29.Re3 Ra4
30.Rf3 Rf4 31.Ne6+ Kh7 32.Nxf4 exf4 33.Rgxf4 Qg6 34.Rxf7 Kg8 35.R7f4 Be7
36.Rg3 Qh6 37.Qg4 Rb8 38.Kh2 Bf6 39.Rf5 Rf8 40.f4 Qh7 41.a4 Kf7 42.Re3 Ra8
43.a5 Qh8 44.Rg3 Rxa5 45.Qg6+ Ke7 46.Re3+ Kd8 47.Qf7 Nd7 48.Rxf6 gxf6 49.Re7 Ra7
50.Qe6 Rb7 51.Qxd6 Qh6 52.Re4 Qf8 53.Qa6 Rb6 54.Qa8+ Nb8 55.Qa7 Nd7 56.Qa8+ Nb8
57.Qa4 Nd7 58.Re6 Qc5 59.Qe4 Rb4  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 d6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Be2 b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.f3 Rc8 12.O-O Qb8 13.Qd2 Be7 14.b4 O-O 15.Kh1 Rfe8
16.Rc2 h5 17.Bf2 h4 18.h3 Nh5 19.f4 Ng3+ 20.Bxg3 hxg3 21.f5 Bf6 22.Bh5 e5
23.Nde2 Bh4 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Re7 26.Qd3 Nf6 27.Bf3 Qc7 28.Rc3 Qc6 29.Rfc1 Rec7
30.R1c2 Kf8 31.Qe3 Ke7 32.Nf4 Kf8 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.exd5 Qb7 35.Be4 a5 36.Qe2 axb4
37.axb4 Ra8 38.Qg4 Ra1+ 39.Rc1 Rxc1+ 40.Rxc1 Bf6 41.Qxg3 Qa6 42.Kh2 Qa2 43.Qe3 Kg8
44.Rc2 Qa6 45.Qc3 Be7 46.g3 Qc8 47.Qd3 Qa6 48.Qe2 Rc8 49.h4 Bf6 50.Kh3 Qa3
51.Qd2 Qa1 52.Kg2 Qd4 53.Qe2 Kf8 54.Kh3 Ra8 55.c5 bxc5 56.bxc5 dxc5 57.Rd2 Qa4
58.d6 Rd8 59.Qh5 Kg8 60.Bd5 Qd7 61.Rb2 Rf8 62.Rb7 Qe8 63.g4 Qa8 64.Bxf7+ Rxf7
65.Qxf7+ Kh7 66.g5 Qa3+ 67.Rb3 Qa8 68.Kg3  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g3 g6 7.Nde2 b6 8.Bg2 Ba6
9.O-O Bg7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rab1 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Rfd1 Re8
16.a4 d4 17.Nb5 Ne4 18.Qf4 g5 19.Qf3 g4 20.Qxg4 Nf6 21.Qf3 Ne5 22.Qf5 d3
23.Bxe5 Qd7 24.Qxd3 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Rxe5 26.Ned4 Ne4 27.c4 Rd8 28.Nxa7 Bb7 29.Nab5 Rxb5
30.axb5 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Bxd4 32.Rd1 Bxf2+ 33.Kf1 Be3 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.Rb8 Nd2+
36.Ke2 Bxg2 37.Kxe3 Nxb3 38.Rxb6 Bf1 39.Rb8 Bxc4 40.b6 Kf6 41.Ra8 Bd5 42.Ra3  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iordachescu,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[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.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 a5
16.Bb5 Bb7 17.Nce3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Qb6 19.Qd3 Ne7 20.O-O Kh8 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.c4 f5
23.exf5 d5 24.Qa3 d4 25.Qxe7 dxe3 26.Raa1 exf2+ 27.Kf1 Be4 28.Rd7 Rg8 29.Rad1 Rdf8
30.Qxe5 Bxf5 31.R7d6 Qb7 32.Bc6 Qf7 33.Bd5 Qh5 34.Be4 Qg4 35.Bf3 Qxh4 36.Qd4 Qh2
37.Qxf2 Be4 38.R6d4 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Qh3+ 40.Ke2 Rf6 41.Re4 Rgf8 42.Rd3 h6 43.b3 Qh1
44.Qg3 Rf5 45.Re5 Qc1 46.Rxf5 Re8+ 47.Re5 Qb2+ 48.Kd1 Rxe5 49.f4 Re8 50.c5 a4
51.bxa4 Qb1+ 52.Kd2 Qb4+ 53.Rc3 Qb2+ 54.Kd1 Qa1+ 55.Kd2 Qa2+ 56.Kd1 Qxa4+
57.Kd2 Qa2+ 58.Kd1 Qe2+ 59.Kc1 Rd8 60.Rc2 Rd1+ 61.Kb2 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[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.Qh5 Rxa2 19.Qxb5 Bh6 20.e5 fxe5 21.Qxb7 Bxf4+
22.Kb1 Rha8 23.g3 R2a7 24.Qc6 Ra6 25.Qc3 Bh6 26.Re4 d5 27.Rh4 d4 28.Qb2 Bg5
29.Rxh7 Nf6 30.h4 Nd5 31.Rd3 Bd2 32.Rxd2 Nc3+ 33.Kc1 Ra1+ 34.Qxa1 Rxa1+ 35.Kb2 Rb1+
36.Ka3 e4 37.Rf2 e3 38.Rfxf7+ Kd6 39.Rd7+ Kc6 40.Rc7+ Kd5 41.Rcd7+ Ke4 42.Rde7 Kf3
43.Rxe6 Ke2 44.Rd7 Kd2 45.Rxe3 Kxe3 46.Rf7 Nd5 47.b5 Kd2  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qe2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nd7
9.c4 Nb6 10.b3 a5 11.Na3 a4 12.h4 Bd7 13.Bf4 Nb4 14.Nc2 Nxc2 15.Qxc2 Bc6
16.Nh2 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rae1 Bxh4 19.Rxe6 axb3 20.axb3 Qc8 21.Rfe1 Bf6
22.Bd6 Rf7 23.Bxc5 Nd7 24.Bd6 Nf8 25.R6e2 d4 26.Bxf8 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Qc6+ 28.Kg1 Raxf8
29.Re6 Qd7 30.Qe2 Bd8 31.f4 Ba5 32.Ra1 Bd2 33.Qe4 Be3+ 34.Kg2 h5 35.Rf1 b5
36.Re5 bxc4 37.bxc4 h4 38.Rh5 Rf5 39.Rxf5 Rxf5 40.Ng4 Ra5 41.Rb1  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[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 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.c5 Nxc5 14.Qc1 Nf7 15.Nd5 Ne6
16.Bb4 c6 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Ne3 Nd6 19.Qc2 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.Bxe6 Bxe6
23.Rad1 Re8 24.Rfe1 Nb5 25.a4 Nd4 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Nc4 Bd5 28.Qd3 Be4 29.Qg3 Bc2
30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Rf1 h6 32.Nd2 Qe2 33.Nf3 Be4 34.Ne5 d3 35.Ng6+ Kh7 36.Nf4 Qxb2
37.f3 Qd4+ 38.Kh2 d2 39.Ne6 Qe5 40.fxe4 Qxe6 41.exf5 Qe5 42.Rd1 Qxf5 43.Kh1 Be5
44.Qe3 Bf4 45.Qe7+ Kg6 46.Qe8+ Kg7 47.Qe7+ Kg6 48.Qe2 h5 49.Rf1 Qd5 50.Qd1 Qe4
51.Qb3 c5 52.Qg8+ Kf6 53.Qf8+ Kg6 54.Qg8+ Kf6 55.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 h5
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Bc4 Rc8 11.Bb3 a6 12.Rhe1 O-O 13.Kb1 Re8 14.h3 Qa5 15.g4 Ne5
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.f4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Nb3 Qd8 20.e5 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.exd6 Kh7
23.Bg5 f6 24.Qd5 Rxc3 25.Qf7+ Bg7 26.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Santa Torres,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O e6 8.c3 Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Re1 a5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bg6 13.Bf3 Qb6 14.Qb3 Qa6 15.e4 a4
16.Qd1 Rfd8 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Nf1 a3 20.b3 Rac8 21.Rac1 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.Bf4 Rc6 24.Nd2 f5 25.Nc4 Qa6 26.Ne5 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 Rcc8 28.Nxg6 hxg6 29.Bd2 Kf7
30.Kf1 b5 31.Ke1 b4 32.cxb4 Rxc1+ 33.Bxc1 Bxb4+ 34.Bd2 Be7 35.Bc3 Bf6 36.Rc2 Rc8
37.Kd2 Bh4 38.g3 Be7 39.Kd1 g5 40.Bd2 Ra8 41.Rc4 Bf6 42.Ke2 Rh8 43.Ra4 Kg6
44.Rxa3 Bxd4 45.Ra4 Be5 46.Ra5 Ba1 47.b4 Rxh3 48.b5 Rh1 49.Ra4 Be5 50.b6 Rh2
51.Kf1 f4 52.gxf4 gxf4 53.Rxe4 Kf5 54.Kg1 Kxe4 55.Kxh2 Kf3 56.b7 Kxf2 57.Bc3 Bb8
58.Bd4+ Ke2 59.a4 f3+ 60.Kg1 e5 61.Bb6 e4 62.a5 e3  0-1

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[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 Qc7 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.h4 h6 14.g4 Nd7 15.Be3 Kh7
16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Be2 Qc8 18.Rdg1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.b3 Qc7 21.f4 Rac8 22.c4 b5
23.h5 bxc4 24.hxg6+ Kg8 25.f5 Qb7 26.fxe6 fxg6 27.Re1 cxb3 28.axb3 Qxe4+
29.Ka2 Rf3 30.Ka3 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 Qxe3 32.Rxe3 Bxd4 33.Rf3 Bf6 34.Rxh6 Kg7 35.Rh2 Rc5
36.Re2 Rg5 37.Rf4 Rd5 38.Ka4 a5 39.Ree4 Rg5 40.Rc4 Re5 41.Rfe4 Rg5 42.Rc7 d5
43.Rf4 Re5 44.Rd7 Rxe6 45.Kxa5 Bc3+ 46.Kb5 d4 47.b4 Kh6 48.Kc5 Re1 49.b5 e5
50.Rf8 e4 51.b6 Rb1 52.Re8 e3 53.b7 Kg5 54.Re6  1-0

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.h3 O-O 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Be3 b5 14.a4 b4 15.Na2 Na5
16.b3 Nb7 17.Nc1 Nd6 18.Nd3 Ne4 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Rc1 f5 21.Nd3 Bd6 22.Nde5 Bb7
23.Bd3 f4 24.Bd2 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Be7 26.Re2 Qb6 27.Be1 Kh8 28.Rec2 a5 29.Bb5 Bc5
30.e6 Qd6 31.Bd7 Rab8 32.Nd4 f3 33.Nxf3 d4 34.Ng5 Nxg5 35.Rxc5 Ne4 36.R5c4 d3
37.e7 Qxe7 38.Qxd3 Rfd8 39.Rc7 Qg5 40.Qb5 Nc5 41.Rxb7 Qxc1 42.Rxb8 Qxe1+
43.Kh2 Qe5+  0-1

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[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 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.c5 c6 14.Bxa6 bxa6 15.Qa4 Rb8
16.Rad1 Nf7 17.Bc1 Nd8 18.Rd6 Rf7 19.Rfd1 Be6 20.Be3 a5 21.R6d3 Nb7 22.Qc2 Bf8
23.Na4 g5 24.Nd2 Rg7 25.Nf1 Rd8 26.Ng3 Rgd7 27.b3 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Rxd3 29.Qxd3 Bc8
30.Kh2 h5 31.Nf5 Qd7 32.Qc4+ Qe6 33.Qc3 h4 34.Bc1 Qd7 35.Ba3 Qh7 36.Qc4+ Qf7
37.Nd6 Bxd6 38.cxd6 Qxc4 39.bxc4 c5 40.d7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Be3 Be6 13.Rc1 Na5 14.Qd2 h6 15.Bd3 Nc4
16.Qc2 Nh4 17.Nxh4 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Bxh4 19.Rd1 Rc8 20.Bf5 Qb6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.g3 Bf6
23.Red3 Rc4 24.Qd2 Rfc8 25.Qe3 R8c6 26.R1d2 a5 27.h4 a4 28.a3 Qa6 29.h5 Rc8
30.f4 Qd6 31.Kg2 Qd7 32.Qf3 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ibragimov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[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.Nbd2 Bd7 13.d5 g6 14.Nf1 Nc4 15.N3h2 Nh5
16.b3 Nb6 17.Ne3 c4 18.Bd2 a5 19.Nhg4 Kh8 20.Qf3 f6 21.Nh6 Ng7 22.h4 cxb3
23.axb3 a4 24.b4 Nc4 25.Nxc4 Qxc4 26.g4 f5 27.Bd3 Qc8 28.exf5 gxf5 29.g5 Qe8
30.Qg2 f4 31.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.a4 Qc7 6.Bd2 Bf5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Rc1 Nc6 10.g5 Ne4 11.Nxd5 Qd8 12.Nc3 e5 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.f3 Bg6 15.Qb3 Na5
16.Qc3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milman,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[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.Nxb5 Bg7 15.Nc3 e4
16.Bc4 Ng6 17.Qh5 Qf6 18.Rae1 O-O 19.Kh1 Rab8 20.Bb3 Rb4 21.f4 Re8 22.Re3 a5
23.a4 Nf8 24.g4 fxg4 25.Qxg4 Qg6 26.Qh3 f5 27.Rg1 Qf6 28.Rg5 Ng6 29.Qxf5 Qxf5
30.Rxf5 Rd4 31.Rh5 Nxf4 32.Rh4 Ng6 33.Rhxe4 Rexe4 34.Nxe4 Rd1+ 35.Kg2 Be5
36.Nf2 Rd2 37.Kf1 Bxb2 38.Re2 Rxe2 39.Kxe2 Kf7 40.Kd3 Ne5+ 41.Ke4 Kf6 42.Nd1 Ba3
43.Ne3 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Garcia,Gild"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 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 Be6
16.Bd3 f5 17.O-O Ra7 18.Qh5 Raf7 19.Rad1 Ne7 20.Bc2 Ng6 21.Kh1 f4 22.Ng4 Bf5
23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Nh6+ Bxh6 25.Qxh6 e4 26.g3 Qa8 27.Qh3 R8f7 28.c4 bxc4 29.Nc3 e3+
30.Kg1 f3 31.Rxd6 Qf8 32.Rxg6+ hxg6 33.fxe3 Qc5 34.Qh6 Rg5 35.Rd1 Qe7 36.Ne4 Rg4
37.Nf2 Rh7 38.Nxg4 Rxh6 39.Nxh6+ Kf8 40.Ng4 Qe4 41.Rd8+ Kf7 42.Rd4 Qb1+ 43.Kf2 Qxb2+
44.Kxf3 c3 45.a4 c2  1/2-1/2

[Event "100th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kriventsov,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.Bb5 Na7 12.Be2 b5 13.Bxa7 a4 14.Be3 axb3 15.cxb3 b4
16.Na4 d5 17.Kb1 d4 18.Bf2 Nd7 19.f4 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Bb5 Rxa2 22.Kxa2 Qa5+
23.Kb1 Bxb3 24.Qd3 Qa2+ 25.Kc1 Rc8 26.Qb1 Qa5 27.Bd3 Ba2 28.Qc2 b3 29.Qc4 Rc7
30.Be1 Bb4 31.Bxb4 Rxc4+ 32.Bxc4 Qc7 33.fxe5 Qxc4+ 34.Bc3 Qe2 35.Rd2 Qxe4
36.Kd1 h5 37.Re1 Qg4+ 38.Ree2 dxc3 39.bxc3 Bb1 40.Rd4 Bc2+ 41.Kd2 Qg5+ 42.Re3 Qxg2+
43.Kc1 Qg1+ 44.Kd2 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "100th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Rhe1 O-O 12.Qg3 Nc5 13.f4 Bb7 14.Bh6 Ne8 15.f5 e5
16.f6 Bxf6 17.Nf5 Nxb3+ 18.axb3 Rd8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Kh8 21.Bg5 Bxg5+
22.Qxg5 f6 23.Qd2 Rf7 24.Rd1 Rfd7 25.g4 g6 26.Ne3 Nc7 27.Rd3 Qc6 28.Nd5 Nxd5
29.Rxd5 Kg7 30.Kb1 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "100th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.c4 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 a5 11.b3 d5 12.c5 N6d7 13.a3 Nc6 14.Ne1 Bg6 15.f4 Nxc5 16.dxc5 d4
17.g4 f5 18.Bc4 dxe3 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.gxf5 Bxc5 21.Kh2 Bd4 22.Rc1 Bxc3 23.Qxd8 Raxd8
24.Rxc3 Rd2+ 25.Kg3 e2 26.Rff3 Bh5 27.Rfd3 Rd1 28.Kf2 Nd4 29.Rxc7 h6 30.Bd7 Kh7
31.f6 Rf7 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.Bf5+ Kg8 34.Be6 Rxf4+ 35.Ke3 g5 36.Rxb7 Bg6 37.Bxf7+ Bxf7
38.Kxe2 Re4+ 39.Kf2 Rxe5 40.a4 Rf5+ 41.Kg3 Rxf6 42.b4 Re6 43.Kf2 Re4 44.Nd3 Bc4
45.Nc5 Re2+ 46.Kf3 Rc2 47.Ke4 Bf7 48.Kd3 Rc1 49.Ne4 Ra1 50.Nc5 Ra3+ 51.Kd4 axb4
52.Rxb4 Rxh3 53.Ke5 Kg7 54.a5 Ra3 55.a6 h5 56.Ra4 Rxa4 57.Nxa4 Be8 58.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Betaneli,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 c5 8.Qd3 Be7
9.O-O Nf6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Rad1 Bc6 13.Rfe1 Qb8 14.e5 Nh5 15.Bc1 g6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc8 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.Ne5 Ng7 20.Nc4 Qf5 21.c3 Rfe8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Qxf5 Nxf5 24.Kf1 h5 25.h3 Kf8 26.f3 Re6 27.Kf2 Ke8 28.b3 Be7 29.Bf4 Nd6
30.Ne3 g5 31.Bxd6 cxd6 32.Nf5 Kd7 33.Ng7 Rh6 34.Rd5 Rh7 35.Nf5 f6 36.h4 Ke6
37.c4 Bf8 38.f4 g4 39.Ke2 a5 40.Kd3 a4 41.b4 cxb4 42.Nd4+ Kf7 43.Rb5 Kg6
44.Ne6 Bg7 45.f5+ Kh6 46.Rxb4 Rh8 47.Rxa4 Rb8 48.Ra7 Rb2 49.Nxg7  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kiewra,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[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 d5 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.e5 Nf5 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 Nxe3 15.Qd2 Nxd1
16.Qxd1 Bf5 17.Bc4 Rfd8 18.Qe2 Bg5 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Rc8 21.Bb3 Rc6 22.Qd5 e6
23.Qe5 h5 24.g4  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Smetankin,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Nc5
9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qf3 Nxb3 13.axb3 Qb6 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Kh1 h6
16.Bh4 Bc6 17.f5 Nd7 18.Bf2 e5 19.Ndb5 Qxb5 20.Nxb5 Bxb5 21.c4 Bc6 22.b4 b5
23.b3 Reb8 24.Qc3 a5 25.cxb5 Bxb5 26.bxa5 Ra6 27.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ibragimov,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.e4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 cxd4 14.e5 Nh5 15.Bc1 Nc5
16.Nxd4 Nxd3 17.Rxd3 g6 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.exd6 Qxd6 20.Nf5 Qc7 21.Nh6+ Kg7 22.Ng4 Rfd8
23.Bh6+ Kg8 24.Rfd1 Qe7 25.Qe5 Rxd3 26.Rxd3 f6 27.Qd6 Kf7 28.Qd7 Rc8 29.h4 Rc7
30.Qd8 Qxd8 31.Rxd8 e5 32.Ne3 Ke6 33.f3 Bc6 34.Kf2 b5 35.Rd2 Bb7 36.Rd8 Nf4
37.Rd2 a6 38.g3 Nh5 39.Bf8 f5 40.Bb4 Nf6 41.Rd6+ Kf7 42.Ba5 Rc6 43.Rxc6 Bxc6
44.Ke2 Ke6 45.Bc7 h6 46.f4 Ne4 47.Bxe5 Nxg3+ 48.Kd3 g5 49.hxg5 h5 50.Nd1 h4
51.Nf2 Bg2 52.Kc3 h3 53.Nxh3 Bxh3 54.Kb4 Ne4 55.g6 Bf1 56.Bd4 Bd3 57.Ka5 Bb1
58.Kxa6 Bxa2 59.Kxb5 Bxb3 60.Kb4 Bc2 61.g7 Kf7 62.Kc4 Nd6+ 63.Kd5 Ne8 64.g8=Q+ Kxg8
65.Ke6 Be4 66.Be5 Ng7+ 67.Kf6 Nh5+ 68.Ke7 Kh7 69.Kf7 Ng3 70.Bf6 Kh6 71.Bd8 Kh5
72.Ke6 Bb1  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be3 Qb6 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Rad1 Ng4 15.Bd2 Rad8
16.Rfe1 Bd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Na4 Qc7 19.Bxg4 Qxc4 20.bxc4 Bxg4 21.f3 Bd7 22.Nb2 b5
23.Ba5 Rxe1+ 24.Bxe1 bxc4 25.Nxc4 Bb5 26.Rxd4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 Rxd5 28.Bc3 Rd8
29.Bf6 Re8 30.Bd4 Nb8 31.Bxa7 Nd7 32.Bd4 Ra8 33.Rc7 Nf8 34.Ra7 Rd8 35.Be3 Kg7
36.a4 Ne6 37.a5 Rd3 38.Kf2 Ra3 39.Bb6 Rb3 40.Ke2 Kf8 41.Kd2 Ke8 42.Kc2 Rb4
43.Kc3 Rb1 44.Be3 Ra1 45.Kb2 Ra4 46.a6 Kd8 47.Ra8+ Kd7 48.a7 h5 49.Rb8 Nc7
50.Kb3 Ra1 51.h4 Ra6 52.Bf2 Ra1 53.Bb6 Kc6 54.Bxc7 Rxa7 55.Bf4 Kd7 56.Rb6 Ra1
57.Kc3 Rg1 58.Rb2 f6 59.Kd3 Rh1 60.g3 Ke6 61.Rb6+ Kf5 62.Bd2 Rd1 63.Ke2  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Bb4 8.f3 d5
9.a3 Ba5 10.Nb3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 dxe4 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.fxe4 O-O 14.Bd3 e5 15.O-O Bg4
16.Rd2 Bh5 17.Rxf6 gxf6 18.Rf2 Rfc8 19.Rxf6 Bg6 20.Qe1 Nd8 21.h4 Ne6 22.Qg3 Qe7
23.Qxe5 Re8 24.h5 Bxh5 25.Rxe6 Qxe6 26.Qxh5 Qg6 27.Qh4 Rad8 28.Nd4 Rd7 29.Nf5 f6
30.Bd2 Rc8 31.Bb4 Rcc7 32.e5 Rxd3 33.Nh6+ Kh8 34.cxd3 Rc2 35.Ng4 h5 36.Qxf6+ Qxf6
37.Nxf6 Re2 38.d4 h4 39.Bc3 Kg7 40.d5 Kf7 41.e6+ Ke7 42.Kf1 Rc2 43.Be5 Rd2
44.Ng8+ Kf8 45.Nh6 Rxd5 46.Bc3 Ke7 47.Ng4 Kxe6 48.Nh2 Kf5 49.Nf3 Kg4 50.Kf2 Rd1
51.Be5 Rb1 52.Nh2+ Kf5 53.Nf3 Kg4 54.Nh2+ Kf5 55.Nf3 Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harika,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.b3 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Qe7 15.e4 Rfd8
16.Qe2 a5 17.Rad1 a4 18.Ne3 axb3 19.axb3 Ra2 20.Rd2 Bb4 21.Rc2 Nc5 22.Nc4 b5
23.Ne5 Qb7 24.f3 f6 25.Ng4 Nxb3 26.Rd1 Bc5+ 27.Kg2 Nd4 28.Bxd4 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Bxd4
30.e5 f5 31.Nf2 b4 32.Qb3 Qb6 33.Nd3 Bc3 34.Nf4 Rxd1 35.Qxd1 Bxe5 36.Qd7 h6
37.Nxe6 Qb8 38.Nd8 Bf6 39.Qe6+ Kh7 40.Qxf5+ Kg8 41.Qe6+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.Qe6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Berg,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nh6
9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Bg5 Qg6 11.h4 Nf7 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Qb3 h6 14.Be3 Na5 15.Qd1 a6
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 h5 18.f4 Nc6 19.Bc5 Qg3 20.Na4 Qxh4 21.Nb6 Rd8 22.f5 Nfxe5
23.Nxd7 Nxd7 24.Bf2 Qg5 25.fxe6 Nf6 26.Bc5 Ne4 27.Qc2 Nxc5 28.Qxc5 Qe7 29.Qe3 d4
30.Qe4 Rd6 31.Rae1 Kd8 32.Bc4 h4 33.Rf7 Qg5 34.e7+ Kc8 35.Rf8+ Kc7 36.e8=Q h3
37.Rxh8 hxg2 38.Qxg2 Qc5 39.Bf1 Kb6 40.Rh5 Qc4 41.Bxc4 Ka7 42.Rd5  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5
9.Bd3 Be6 10.Nd5 Rc8 11.Be4 a6 12.Nxe7 Kxe7 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.O-O Bxc4 15.Re1 Re8
16.Bg5 Kf8 17.Bxh7 d5 18.Bg6 Re7 19.Qf3 Qd6 20.Qh3 Rec7 21.Rad1 Ne7 22.Ne4 Nxe4
23.Bxe4 Qd7 24.Bxe7+ Kxe7 25.Bf5 Qc6 26.Rxe5+ Kf8 27.Qh8+ Kf7 28.Qh5+ Kf8
29.Be6 Re8 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Bxd5+  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hoffman,Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo ""]
[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 d5 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.Qe1 Qa5 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.exd5 Nb4 14.Bc5 a5 15.d6  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mecking,H"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Bb7 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Rfe1 Qf4
16.Neg5 Bb4 17.Rf1 Bc5 18.Bb1 h6 19.Nh3 Qg4 20.Kh1 e5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Nhg1 e4
23.Nd4 Qf4 24.Qe3 Qe5 25.h3 Rfe8 26.Nge2 Nd3 27.Kg1 Qc5 28.Rd2 a6 29.Rfd1 b5
30.cxb5 axb5 31.Bxd3 exd3 32.Qxd3 Ne4 33.Rc2 Qg5 34.Qe3 Qg6 35.Nf4 Qf6 36.Nfe2 b4
37.Qc1 Qxf2+ 38.Kh2 Nd2 39.Rg1 Rxe2 40.Nxe2 Qxe2 41.Kh1 Rd3 42.Rc8+ Kh7 43.Kh2 Qe5+  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Polaczek,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.exd6 cxd6 5.c4 Nb6 6.d5 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 N8d7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Be3 Bf6 13.Nd4 Re8 14.b3 Nbd7 15.Rc1 a6
16.Qc2 Qa5 17.Rb1 Qb4 18.a3 Qxa3 19.b4 Na4 20.Rb3  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.a3 Qc7 11.b4 a5 12.b5 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bb2 e5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bg4 17.Ng5 g6 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Ne4 Bf5 20.Qc4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Rac8 22.Qa4 Rxc1
23.Bxc1 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Rc8 25.h3 b6 26.a4 Qe6 27.Bb2 Rc4 28.Qa8+ Kg7 29.Qb7 Rc2
30.Ba1 Bc7 31.Qe4 Rc4 32.Qb7 h5 33.Rd1 Rc2 34.Qe4 f6 35.Qb7 Qf5 36.Qf3 Qxf3
37.gxf3 Kh6 38.Kg2 f5 39.Rd7 Kg5 40.Rf7 Bd6 41.Rb7 Bc7 42.Ra7 Kf6 43.f4 Ke6
44.fxe5 Bxe5 45.Bxe5 Kxe5 46.Rb7 Kd5 47.Rxb6 Ra2 48.Rxg6 Rxa4 49.Rg5 Ke6
50.Rxh5 Rb4 51.b6 a4 52.Rh6+ Ke5 53.h4 a3 54.Rh8 Rxb6 55.Ra8 Rb3 56.Kf3 Kf6
57.Ra5 Kg6 58.Kf4 Rb4+ 59.Kg3 Rg4+ 60.Kh3 Re4 61.Rxa3 Kh5 62.Ra5 Rxh4+ 63.Kg3 Rg4+
64.Kf3 Kg5 65.Ra8 Rb4 66.Rf8 Kg6 67.Kg3 Kg5 68.f3 Kg6 69.Re8 Kg5 70.Rd8 Kf6
71.Rd5 Ke6 72.Rc5 Kf6 73.Rc6+ Kg5 74.f4+ Kh5 75.Rf6 Rb5 76.Kf3 Rc5 77.e4 Rc3+
78.Ke2 fxe4 79.Re6 Kg4 80.Rxe4 Rb3 81.Rd4 Ra3 82.Kf2 Rb3 83.Ke2 Ra3 84.Rc4 Rb3
85.Re4 Ra3 86.Re3 Ra2+ 87.Kd3 Kxf4 88.Re4+ Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Bb5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.O-O Nc6 11.a4 Rc8 12.Na3 Qd8 13.Be3 Nh6 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Qe3 Bf8
16.c4 d4 17.Qf4 Bxb4 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nd6+ Bxd6 20.exd6 O-O 21.Rad1 f6 22.Nxd4 Nxd4
23.Rxd4 e5 24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.Rd5 f5 26.Qe2 e4 27.d7 Rc7 28.Rfd1 Rf7 29.Qb2+ Kg8
30.Qe5 Rf8 31.Qe6+ Kg7 32.Rd6 h5 33.h3 h4 34.Qe5+ Kg8 35.c5 Rf7 36.Qe8+ Rf8
37.Qe6+ Kg7 38.R1d5 Rf7 39.Qe5+ Kg8 40.Re6 Rf8 41.Re7 Qc8 42.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O a6 10.Kb1 Bd7 11.f4 Qb6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 fxe5 14.fxe5 d5 15.Ne4 O-O-O
16.Nf6 c5 17.h4 Bc6 18.Rh3 c4 19.Rg3 Bc5 20.Rg7 Qb7 21.h5 Kb8 22.g4 Ka8 23.Ka1 Rb8
24.c3 Be3 25.Qe2 Bf4 26.Rb1 Qc7 27.Re1 Bg3 28.Bh3 Bxe1 29.Qxe1 Qb6 30.Qc1 Rb7
31.g5 Rhb8 32.gxh6 Qf2 33.Rg2 Qf3 34.h7 d4 35.Rg8 dxc3 36.Rxb8+ Rxb8 37.bxc3 Qxh3
38.Qe1 Qd3 39.Qc1 Be4 40.h6 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O h6 13.Re1 a6 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Qe2 Qa5
17.b3 Rd8 18.Qe4 cxd4 19.Qg4 Kf8 20.Nxd4 h5 21.Qf3 Kg8 22.Qh3 Nf8 23.Nc6 Bxc6
24.Rxc6 Nc3 25.Nxc3 bxc3 26.Bxc3 Qxa2 27.Bc4 Qc2 28.Qf3 h4 29.h3 g6 30.Rxa6 Rh5
31.Ra7 Rf5 32.Qe3 Bg5 33.Qb6 Qxc3 34.Rf1 Rd2 35.Ra8 Rdxf2 36.Rxf2 Qe1+ 37.Bf1 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[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.Nxb5 axb5 13.Bxb5 Bd7 14.exf5 Rb8 15.a4 O-O
16.Qg4 Kh8 17.O-O Ne7 18.Bxd7 Nxd5 19.Bb5 Bf6 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.g3 Rg8 22.Qf3 Nh3+
23.Kg2 Nf4+ 24.Kh1 Nh3 25.Qd5 Qc8 26.Qd3 Ng5 27.f3 Be7 28.Qe3 Qf8 29.f4 exf4
30.gxf4 Bf6 31.fxg5 Rxg5 32.Rg1 Rh5 33.Be2 Rh4 34.b4 Be5 35.Rg2 f6 36.Rdg1 Qf7
37.a5 d5 38.a6 d4 39.Qf3 Rf4 40.Qc6 Qc7 41.Qd5 Qd8 42.Bc4 h5 43.Qf7 Rh4 44.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Berg,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5
9.Nd5 Nf6 10.Be3 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Bd3 Qa5+ 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 O-O
16.Rhf1 Bd7 17.f4 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Rae8 19.g3 Bd8 20.Kd3 Ba5 21.Rf2 Re7 22.Nc4 Bb5
23.b3 Rfe8 24.Re2 Bc3 25.Rf1 Kf8 26.a4 Bxc4+ 27.bxc4 Rc7 28.Rb1 g6 29.Rb6 Rd7
30.f5 gxf5 31.Bxf5 Rxe2 32.Kxe2 Rc7 33.Rxd6 Rxc4 34.Rd7 Ba5 35.Rxb7 Rxa4
36.d6 Ra3 37.d7 Re3+ 38.Kf2 Ke7 39.Rb8 Bd8 40.Ra8 a5 41.g4 Re5 42.Kf3 d3
43.Bxd3 Kxd7 44.Bxh7 Rc5 45.Bf5+ Ke7 46.Ra6 Rc4 47.h4 Kf7 48.g5 Kg7 49.Ra7+ Kf8
50.Be4 Bb6 51.Ra8+ Kg7 52.Ra6 Rb4 53.Kf4 Bc7+ 54.Kf5 Rb5+ 55.Kg4 Rb4 56.Kf5 Rb5+
57.Kg4 Rb4 58.Kf3 Rb3+ 59.Ke2 Rb2+ 60.Ke3 Rb6 61.Ra7 Rb3+ 62.Bd3 Rc3 63.Kd4 Rc1
64.Bc4 Kf8 65.Rxc7 a4 66.Ra7 Rd1+ 67.Kc5 Re1 68.Rxa4 Re5+ 69.Bd5  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[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 Kh8
16.O-O Rb8 17.b3 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Bd3 Bf7 21.Be4 Bg8 22.Ra3 Rb5
23.Qd3 Qb8 24.Nc7 Rb6 25.Ned5 Rxb3 26.Ra4 Rb2 27.Rc4 Qa7 28.Qg3 Bf4 29.Qh4 Nd8
30.Qe7 Ne6 31.Qxd6 Rd8 32.Qe7 a4 33.g3 Bh6 34.Rc6 Nxc7 35.Qxd8 Nxd5 36.Bxd5 Rb8
37.Rc8 Rxc8 38.Qxc8  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Hoffman,Paul"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.O-O-O Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Be7 11.Kb1 a6 12.Be2 O-O 13.f4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 b5 15.Bf3 Bb7
16.Qf2 Rc8 17.g4 Rc4 18.Qg2 Qa5 19.Rd2 Rfc8 20.g5 hxg5 21.fxg5 b4 22.Nd1 Qxg5
23.Qxg5 Bxg5 24.Rg2 Bh6 25.Re1 a5 26.Ne3 Bxe3 27.Rxe3 a4 28.h4 Rd4 29.Rd3 Rxd3
30.cxd3 Ba6 31.Be2 e5 32.h5 Kh7 33.Bf1 Kh6 34.Be2 b3 35.axb3 axb3 36.Bf1 Bb5
37.Rf2 f6 38.Rg2 Be8 39.Rh2 Rc7 40.Rh4 Kg5 41.Rh2 Bxh5 42.Rg2+ Kf4 43.Rf2+ Ke3
44.Rh2 Bf3 45.Rh7 Kd2 46.Rh2+ Kd1  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mecking,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.e5 Bb7 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Qe3 O-O 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ne4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Nd7
16.Qh4 Kh8 17.O-O-O Rg8 18.g3 Be7 19.c3 Ne5 20.Bc2 f5 21.Qh5 b4 22.cxb4 Rac8
23.Kb1 Bxb4 24.Qh6 Bf8 25.Qh4 Bg7 26.Bb3 Ng6 27.Qh5 Rgd8 28.Nf3 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Kg8
30.Ng5 Qe5 31.Rd2 Qe1+ 32.Qd1 Qxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Nf8 34.Nf3 Bf6 35.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Polaczek,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.a3 e6 6.e3 Nge7 7.h3 g5 8.Bg3 h5 9.c4 Bg7
10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rc1 a6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Qd7 14.Na4 b6 15.Qc2 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nf5
17.O-O Nxg3 18.fxg3 Ne7 19.Nc3 Nf5 20.e4 Nxg3 21.Nxd5 Nxf1 22.Rxc7 Qd6 23.Rc6 Qd8
24.Kxf1 b5 25.Qb3 Kh8 26.Kg1 Rc8 27.Qc2 Qd7 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qe2 Rc1+ 30.Kf2 f5
31.Ne5 Qa7 32.Qxh5+ Kg8 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Qh5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shipov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.g4 b5
9.g5 Nfd7 10.f4 Bb7 11.f5 e5 12.Nb3 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Qc6
16.O-O-O Be7 17.f6 gxf6 18.gxf6 Qxd5 19.Rxd5 Bf8 20.a4 bxa4 21.Na5 Nd7 22.Nc4 Nxf6
23.Nxd6+ Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Ke7 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Bxa6 Nxe4 27.Re1 Nc5 28.Bc4 e4
29.Rf1 f6 30.Rf5 Rc8 31.Kd2 Nd7 32.Bd5 e3+ 33.Kxe3 Rxc2 34.Rh5 Rxb2 35.Bc6 a3
36.Ra5 Ne5 37.Bd5 Rxh2 38.Ke4 Rh4+ 39.Kf5 Rh5+ 40.Ke4 Kd6 41.Ra6+ Kc5 42.Bg8 Nc4
43.Ra4 Rh4+  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[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  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6
9.Bb3 O-O 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Na5 12.g5 Nd7 13.f4 b5 14.f5 b4 15.Na4 Nc5 16.Kb1 Naxb3
17.axb3 Nxe4 18.f6 Bd8 19.fxg7 Re8 20.Rhg1 d5 21.h4 e5 22.Nf3 Bf5 23.Rxd5 Rc8
24.Rc1 Ng3 25.Qe1 Be4 26.Rc5 Qb7 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qxg3 Qf5 29.Nd2 Bc6 30.Rf1 Qg6
31.Nc5 Bc7 32.Rf6 Qh5 33.Rxc6  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 Qc7
9.O-O Ne5 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Rc1 Nxg3 13.hxg3 b6 14.Nf4 h5 15.Be2 h4
16.gxh4 Rxh4 17.g3 Rh6 18.a3 Bb7 19.b4 O-O-O 20.Ncd5 Rdh8 21.Nh5 exd5 22.cxd5 Bc6
23.dxc6 dxc6 24.f4 g6 25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.Qa4 gxh5 27.b5 Rg8 28.Rf3 c5 29.bxa6 Bd4+
30.Kh1 Kb8 31.Rcf1 f6 32.a7+ Qxa7 33.Qb3 Rhg6  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gustafsson,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[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 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Nc5 14.Ba2 Ne6 15.Nf5 Bf8
16.Ng5 Bc8 17.Qf3 h6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.c3 Bxa2 20.Rxa2 Kh7 21.d4 g6 22.Ng3 Bg7
23.b3 Qe7 24.Rae2 Qe6 25.d5 Qd7 26.c4 bxc4 27.bxc4 Rab8 28.Qc3 Qa4 29.Rb2 Nd7
30.Rb4 Rxb4 31.axb4 Rb8 32.Bd2 a5 33.b5 Nb6 34.Rc1 Ra8 35.Nf1 Qa2 36.c5 Na4
37.Qf3 Nxc5 38.Qxf7 a4 39.Qxc7 Nxe4 40.Be3 a3 41.b6 Qb2 42.b7 Rf8 43.Qb6 Qxb6
44.Bxb6 Rb8 45.f3 Rxb7 46.fxe4 Rxb6 47.Ra1 Rb3 48.Nd2 Rc3 49.Kf2 h5 50.Ra2 Bh6
51.Nb1 Re3 52.Nxa3 Rxe4 53.Nb5 Rf4+ 54.Ke2 Bf8 55.Ra7+ Kh6 56.Rd7 Rf6 57.Nc7 Kg5
58.Ne6+ Kf5 59.Kf3 e4+ 60.Ke2 Ke5 61.Nc7 Bh6 62.Re7+ Kd4 63.Re6 Rxe6 64.dxe6 Bg5
65.g3 Ke5 66.g4 Bd8 67.gxh5 gxh5 68.Kf2 d5 69.Kg3 d4 70.Kf2 d3  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Ne4 Nc6 6.Bb5 f5 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Qe2 Be7
9.d3 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Rb8 12.b3 Nxe4 13.dxe4 d6 14.e5 d5 15.Ba3 Qa5
16.Bb2 Bd7 17.Ne1 Be8 18.Qg4 Rf5 19.Nd3 Bh5 20.Qg3 c4 21.Nf4 Bf7 22.Rfd1 h5
23.h4 Qd8 24.Ng6 Bc5 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Qb6 27.Rad1 Bxg6 28.Qxg6 c5 29.Rxd5 cxb3
30.axb3 c4 31.Kh1 Rbf8 32.Rd6 Qxf2 33.Qxe6+ Kh8 34.R6d4 Qe3 35.Qxc4 Qxe5
36.Rd8 Kh7 37.Rxf8 Rxf8 38.Qd5 Qf4 39.Qxh5+ Kg8 40.Qg5 Qf7 41.Qd5  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gustafsson,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Nxb4
9.a3 b5 10.Qxb5 Nc2+ 11.Kd2 Bd7 12.Kxc2 Nxd4+ 13.Nxd4 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Rb8 15.N1c3 O-O
16.Rhd1 Qf6 17.f4 Rxb5 18.Nxb5 Qf5+ 19.e4 Qxb5 20.Rd2 Qb3+ 21.Kc1 c3 22.Rc2 cxb2+
23.Rxb2 Qe3+ 24.Kb1 Qd3+ 25.Ka2 Qc4+ 26.Rb3 Rd8 27.Rb1 Rd2+ 28.Ka1 h5 29.R1b2 Rd1+
30.Ka2 a5 31.Bf3 Re1  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.h3 Bg6 8.g4 c5 9.c3 cxd4
10.cxd4 Rc8 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Bb5 Nc6 13.O-O Be7 14.Rac1 O-O 15.a4 a6 16.Bxc6 bxc6
17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.a5 Nd7 19.Nb3 Bd3 20.Rfe1 Rb8 21.Nfd2 Rfc8 22.Rc3 Bb5 23.Nc5 Bxc5
24.dxc5 f6 25.exf6 gxf6 26.g5 e5 27.f4 d4 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Rg3 f5 30.Re7 Nf8
31.Nf3 d3 32.Kf2 Ng6  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Landa,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 Qc7
9.O-O Ne5 10.h3 b6 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rc1 h6 14.Be3 g5 15.a3 Bc5 16.Qd2 Rg8
17.b4 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 g4 19.h4 Nf3+ 20.gxf3 gxf3+ 21.Kh1 fxe2 22.Bxe2 Ng4 23.Qh3 Qf4
24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.fxg3 f5 26.Rf4 Nf6 27.Bf3 Rxg3 28.Kh2 Rxf3 29.Rxf3 Ke7 30.Rg1 Rc8
31.Rg7+ Kf8 32.Rfg3 Ng4+ 33.R3xg4 fxg4 34.Rxd7 Rxc4 35.Rxb7 Rxc3 36.Rxb6 Rxa3
37.Rxe6 Kg7 38.Kg2 h5 39.Re5 Kg6 40.Re6+ Kg7 41.Re5 Kg6 42.Rg5+ Kh6 43.Rc5 Ra4
44.e5 Rxb4 45.Rc6+ Kg7 46.Rxa6 Rb3 47.Rf6 Re3 48.Rf5 Kg6 49.Rg5+ Kh6 50.Kf2 Re4
51.Rf5 Kg6 52.Rg5+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 a6 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Qb3 N8d7 13.a4 Qc7 14.a5 Nc8 15.g4 Bg6
16.d5 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Qd1 Na7 20.Qd2 Nc6 21.Qe3 Rae8 22.Bd3 Rxf3
23.Qxf3 Nd4 24.Qe3 Bg5 25.f4 Bf6 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Qe4 Nb3 28.Rae1 g5 29.Re2 Qxa5
30.f5 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Qxc3 32.fxe6 Nd4 33.Re3 Qxc4 34.e7 a5 35.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gustafsson,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[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 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.Ng5 d5 15.exd5 h6
16.Ne6 fxe6 17.dxe6 Kh7 18.exd7 Qxd7 19.Qe2 e4 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.dxe4 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 Rxe4 24.Qd3 Qg6 25.f3 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qxd3 27.cxd3 Rd8 28.Re7 Bd5 29.Bc2 c6
30.Kf2 a5 31.Ke3 a4 32.d4+ Kg8 33.Be4 Rb8 34.Ra7 Kf8 35.h4 Rb6 36.Kf4 Bf7
37.Ke5 Be8 38.Kd6 b4 39.Kc7 Rb5 40.Ra8 bxa3 41.bxa3  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landa,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Bg5 dxe5 5.dxe5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bb5 Nb4 8.Na3 a6
9.Be2 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 e6 11.c3 Nd5 12.Nc4 Bc5 13.Nd4 Bxe2 14.Kxe2 h6 15.Bc1 Bxd4
16.cxd4 O-O-O 17.a3 Nde7 18.Be3 Nf5 19.g4 Nfxd4+ 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Ke3 Rhd8
22.b3 Rxd1  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gustafsson,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O Nf8 12.h3 Ng6 13.Bg3 Be6 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nd4 Rc8
16.Qb3 Qd7 17.Rfd1 Ba7 18.a5 Qe7 19.Na4 Bxd4 20.exd4 Ne4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.d5 Bd7
23.Nb6 Rc5 24.d6 Qd8 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 e3 27.fxe3 Qg5 28.Nxd7 Qxg3 29.Nf6+ gxf6
30.d7 Rf8 31.Rc8 Qd6 32.Qxb7 Kg7 33.Re8 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Qd6+ 35.Kg1 Qd1+ 36.Kf2 Qd2+
37.Kg1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP Blitz Octofinal"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4
9.f4 Be4 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Ne7 13.f5 O-O 14.f6 Ng6 15.fxg7 Kxg7
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Bg5 Rfc8 18.Qd2 Kg8 19.Bf6 Qe8 20.h4 h6 21.h5 Qf8 22.hxg6 Bxg6
23.Kf2  1-0

[Event "CCA/ICC"]
[Site "Stratton Mt USA"]
[Date "2004.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ross,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 a6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Be2 Qa5+ 8.c3 e5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Bd6 11.c4 O-O 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.Qa5 Bb7
16.Qe1 d4 17.Nd2 Rfe8 18.a3 Rad8 19.b4 Bb8 20.Bc4 d3 21.f3 Ba7 22.Kh1 Nh5
23.Bb3 Kh8 24.Ba4 Rf8 25.Rd1 Qg5 26.Nf1 Rd6 27.Rac1 Rg6 28.Qf2 e4 29.f4 Qg4
30.Rd2 Nxf4 31.Rc5 Bxc5 32.bxc5 Ne2 33.h3 Qh5  0-1

[Event "CCA/ICC"]
[Site "Stratton Mt USA"]
[Date "2004.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.g5 Nd5
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Qa4 O-O 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bxd7 Rc4
16.Qb3 Qxd7 17.Qxb6 Bc6 18.b3 Rb8 19.Qa5 Rb5 20.Qxa6 Bb7 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Qa7 Rc2
23.dxe5 d4 24.e4 Rc8 25.a4 Rxe5 26.f3 Ra8  0-1

[Event "CCA/ICC"]
[Site "Stratton Mt USA"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fridman,D2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 d5 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.e5 h6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O Qh4 12.Ne2 Bf8 13.a3 g6 14.c4 dxc4 15.Be4 Na5 16.Bxb7 Rb8
17.Bc6 Qd8 18.Nc3 Bg7 19.Bxd7+ Qxd7 20.Ne4 Qd8 21.Rad1 Rb5 22.d5 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 Qxd5
24.Rd1 Qxe5 25.Bc5 f5 26.Nf6+ Kf7 27.Rd7+ Kxf6 28.Be7+ Kf7 29.Bd6+ Ke8 30.Re7+  1-0

[Event "CCA/ICC"]
[Site "Stratton Mt USA"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Browne,W"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5
9.g5 Nd5 10.Bxd5 cxd5 11.Nxd5 O-O 12.Bd2 Re8 13.Bb4 Bxb4+ 14.Nxb4 e4 15.Nd2 Nb6
16.a3 Bd7 17.Na2 Ba4 18.Qc5 Rc8 19.Qa5 Rc2 20.b3 Bd7 21.Rg1 Qc7 22.Rg3 Qc6
23.Nb4 Qc3 24.Rd1 Rc8 25.Qxa7 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Qa1+ 27.Rd1 Rc1 28.Qb8+ Nc8  0-1

[Event "CCA/ICC"]
[Site "Stratton Mt USA"]
[Date "2004.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.a3 Nd7
9.Nd5 Nb6 10.Ba2 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Bf6 12.Be3 Ne7 13.Ba2 Ng6 14.c3 Bd7 15.Re1 Bc6
16.Rc1 a5 17.Qd2 a4 18.Bb1 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA/ICC"]
[Site "Stratton Mt USA"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[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.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.d5 Na5 13.Bc2 c6 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Nbd2 Nb7
16.b4 a5 17.Qe2 bxa4 18.Bxa4 Bxa4 19.Rxa4 Qd7 20.Rfa1 Nh5 21.Nc4 Nf4 22.Qa2 Bc7
23.Bg3 Rfe8 24.Ne3 Rac8 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.Nd5 Bd8 27.bxa5 Nc5 28.Ra3 Rxe4 29.a6 Ra8
30.a7 Qc6 31.h3 Bf6 32.Rb1 Nd7 33.Ra6 Qc8 34.Rxd6 Re8 35.Qa4 Ne5 36.Rxf6 Nxf3+
37.gxf3 Re5 38.Qd4 Rg5+ 39.Kh2 Qd8 40.Ne7+ Qxe7 41.Rb8+  1-0

[Event "CCA/ICC"]
[Site "Stratton Mt USA"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ivanov,AV USA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[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.N3h2 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Bg5 20.Rad1 g6 21.Rd3 Ra7 22.Red1 Rd7
23.Ng3 Kf8 24.c4 h5 25.Qf3 bxc4 26.Bxc4 Kg7 27.Ne2 f5 28.Nc3 fxe4 29.Nxe4 Rf8
30.Qe2 Bxe4 31.Qxe4 Qb6 32.Rf3 Rxf3 33.Qxf3 Qxb2 34.Qd5 Qb8 35.Bxa6 Bd8 36.Bd3 Rf7
37.Qe4 Rf6 38.Rb1 Bb6 39.Kh1 Qd8 40.Qb7+ Bc7 41.Rc1 Rf7 42.Bc4 Re7 43.Qd5 e4
44.Rc3 Qf8 45.Rg3 Qf6 46.Re3 Re5 47.Qb7 Re7 48.Bd5 Kh6 49.Qb1 Qxf2 50.Rxe4 Rxe4
51.Bxe4 Qf4 52.Bd5 Bd8 53.Qe4 Qc1+ 54.Kh2 Bf6 55.Kg3 Be5+ 56.Kf3 Qd1+ 57.Kf2 g5
58.Bb3 Bd4+  0-1

[Event "CCA/ICC"]
[Site "Stratton Mt USA"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hebert,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Nge2 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nge7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Ne5 10.b3 Bg4 11.Qc2 c5 12.Nde2 Nf3+ 13.Bxf3 Bxf3 14.Rg1 Nc6 15.O-O-O Qa5
16.Kb1 Nb4 17.Qd2 Rfe8 18.Rc1 Rxe4 19.Rge1 Ree8 20.h3 a6 21.a4 Qb6 22.Ng1 Bc6
23.Qd1 Nd3 24.a5 Qb4  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gross,RJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8
8.Nd4 O-O 9.Bf4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Rd4 f5 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Rxe4 Bd5
15.Bc4 Kh8 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Ra4 Rab8 18.b3 Rb7 19.Re1 Kg8 20.Re6 c5 21.Be3 Rc8
22.Rea6 Rcc7 23.R4a5 Be7 24.b4 Rxb4 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Rxa7 Bd6 27.Rd7 Rb6 28.c3 Ra6
29.Kb2 Rb6+ 30.Kc2 Ra6 31.Kb3 Rb6+ 32.Ka4 Bxh2 33.Bxc5 Rg6 34.g3 Rg5 35.Bd4  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hernandez,Alb"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Nd4 7.Be2 f5 8.O-O fxe4
9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Nb5 Nf6 11.Bxd4 Be7 12.Bh5+ g6 13.f5 exf5 14.Rxf5 O-O 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.Rg5 Kh7 17.Qe2 Ng8 18.Rg3 Bf6 19.Be3 Be5 20.Rxg6 Kxg6 21.Qg4+ Kh7 22.Qh5+ Nh6
23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Qg6+ Bg7 25.Bd4 Rf6 26.Qg4 Qe7 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Rf1 Qe6 29.Qg5 Qc6
30.Kh1 Qc5 31.Rf5 Qxc2 32.h4 e3 33.Qg6 Qxf5 34.Qxf5 e2 35.Qb1 Rf8 36.Kg1 Ba6
37.a4 Bxb5 38.axb5 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Rac8 12.Rc1 Rfd8 13.Re1 b6 14.Qd3 a6 15.Rcd1 Nxd4
16.Qxd4 Qb7 17.a4 Ne8 18.Re2 Bf6 19.Qe3 Rc6 20.h3 h6 21.Rd3 Rc5 22.Red2 Rdc8
23.Ba3 R5c6 24.Bb4 Be5 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Ne2 Qb8 27.Nd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 b5 29.cxb5 axb5
30.a5 Qa8 31.Kh2 Rc2 32.Qg3 e5 33.R4d3 Qxe4 34.Bxd6 Nxd6 35.Rxd6 R8c3 36.R1d3 Rxd3
37.Rxd3 Ra2 38.Re3 Qc2 39.Qxe5 Qxf2 40.Rg3 g6 41.Qxb5 Qf4 42.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sevillano,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4 O-O 8.Nf3 b6
9.Bd3 h6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.O-O Ba6 12.Nh4 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Nd7 14.f4 f5 15.exf6 Rxf6
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.a5 Raf8 18.Qa4 e5 19.g3 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qc8 21.Rfe1 R8f7 22.Ng2 g5
23.Bd2 Nc6 24.d4 Nf8 25.Be3 Qf5 26.Qb5 c4 27.Kh1 Ng6 28.Bg1 Nge7 29.Qb2 Qf3
30.Re3 Qh5 31.Qe2 Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Rf1 33.Ne1 Rf8 34.Kg2 R1f6 35.Rb2 Re6 36.Bf2 Nf5
37.Kg1 Nd6 38.Ng2 Ne4 39.Be1 Rf3 40.Rb5 Ref6 41.h4 Rf1+ 42.Kh2 Nd2 43.hxg5 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rfe1 h6 12.h3 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nf6 18.Bf3 Be5 19.Bc3 Qb6 20.Rad1 Bd7 21.Qd2 Bc7 22.Bb4 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 a5 24.Be7 Re8 25.Re2 Bd8 26.Ba3 Rxe2 27.Nxe2 Bc6 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Qd6 Ne4
30.Qf4 Nc5 31.Nd4 Bf6 32.Nf5 Ne6 33.Qg4 Kh8 34.Nd6 Kg8 35.Qh5 Qa7 36.Qf3 a4
37.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.b3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb2 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Bb7 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Qc7 14.Nb5 Qc6 15.Nd4 Qc7
16.Nb5 Qf4 17.g3 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Nxg4 19.Ned6 Nde5 20.Be2 Nf3+ 21.Kg2 Nh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aramil,W"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bc4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 O-O 10.a3 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Nf6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bd3 h6 14.Nc4 Bb8 15.h3 Qe7
16.Qe2 Rfd8 17.Be3 Be8 18.Rad1 Rd5 19.Bb1 Qd8 20.Ba2 Ne7 21.Nce5 Bb5 22.Nd3 Rf5
23.Nfe5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Nfd5 25.Bc1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nf4 27.Qe4 Nxd3 28.Rcd1 Qb6
29.Qe3 Nxe1  0-1

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Figler,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e6 6.c4 Bxb1 7.Rxb1 Bb4+ 8.Kd1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd7 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Ke2 Ne7 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rd1 Nb6 14.Bd3 Nbd5 15.Qc2 h6
16.Kf1 Bb6 17.Rbc1 a5 18.Kg1 O-O-O 19.Kh1 f5 20.Qa4 g5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 f4
23.Bd2 g4 24.Ng1 Bxd4 25.b5 c5 26.Ne2 Bxf2 27.Be4 Nb6 28.Qa2 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Be3
30.Rd6 c4 31.Rxb6 Qxb6 32.Qa8+  1-0

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberstein,Dm"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Ne4 7.Nfd2 f5 8.f3 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 Bd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be1 Qf6 12.Qe2 b6 13.Rd1 Bb7 14.f4 Rae8 15.Qh5 g6
16.Qh3 Rf7 17.Ne2 Qg7 18.b4 Ba6 19.c5 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Bb8 21.a4 Nf6 22.Bh4 Ne4
23.Nc3 bxc5 24.bxc5 Rb7 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Ra3 Bc7 27.Be1 Reb8 28.Bc3 Rb3 29.Rxb3 Rxb3
30.Rc1 Bd8 31.g3 Qb7 32.Qf1 Bf6 33.Qc4 Kf7 34.Kf2 h6 35.Ke2 Ra3 36.Kd2 Qb3
37.Qxb3 Rxb3 38.Kc2 Rb8 39.Rb1 Rxb1 40.Kxb1 g5 41.Kc2 Kg6 42.Kd1 Kh5 43.h3 g4
44.h4 Bxh4 45.Be1 Bd8 46.Ke2 Kg6 47.Kf1 h5 48.Kg2 Kf7 49.Kf1 Ke8 50.Kg2 Kd7
51.a5 a6 52.Kf1 e5 53.fxe5 Ke6 54.Ke2 Kd5 55.Kd1 Kc4 56.Kc2 f4 57.exf4 Kxd4
58.Bc3+ Kc4 59.e6 h4 60.gxh4 g3 61.Be1 g2 62.Bf2 Bxh4 63.Bg1 Kd5 64.f5 Ke5
65.Kc3 Bg5 66.Kc4 Bf6  0-1

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milman,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Bf5 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Nc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Qa4 Bd3 15.Rfd1 Qe8
16.Qb5 e5 17.d5 e4 18.Ne1 Nd4 19.Qxe8 Rfxe8 20.d6 Rad8 21.Rac1 b6 22.Bxd4 Bxd4
23.c6 Bxc3 24.d7 Bxe1 25.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 26.Rxe1 Rc8 27.f3 f5 28.fxe4 fxe4 29.Kf2 Rxc6
30.Ke3 b5 31.a3 Kg7 32.Red1 h5 33.Rd2 a5 34.Rf2 Rc7 35.Rf4 b4 36.axb4 axb4
37.Kd2 Ra7 38.Ke3 Ra2 39.g4 hxg4 40.Rxg4 Rxb2 41.Rcg1 Re2+ 42.Kd4 e3 43.Ra1 Bf5
44.Rgg1 b3 45.Kc3 b2 46.Ra7+ Kh6 47.Rb7 Rc2+ 48.Kd4 e2 49.Re1 Rc1 50.Rxe2 b1=Q
51.Rxb1 Rxb1  0-1

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.g3 Bg4 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O e6
9.a4 a5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Be7 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Rad1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nd7
16.c4 Re8 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.h4 Qb6 19.Rd3 Bf6 20.Rfd1 e5 21.Bh3 exf4 22.Bxd7 fxg3
23.fxg3 h6 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Kg2 Rd8 26.d5 cxd5 27.cxd5 Qb4 28.Re3 Bd4 29.Re2 Bf6
30.d6  1-0

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 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 h6 16.Nh3 O-O-O
17.Qe2 e5 18.f5 N8d7 19.Be3 Nb8 20.a4 b4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Bd3 Kb7
24.Nf2 Qc6 25.Qg4 h5 26.Qg5 Nd7 27.Rfc1 h4 28.h3 Nf6 29.Be2 Rd7 30.Bc4 Be7
31.Nd3 Rh5 32.Qxg7 Rxf5 33.Bxd5 Qxd5 34.Rd1 Bd6 35.Qh6 Qc6 36.Rac1 c4 37.Qg6 Nd5
38.Qxf5 Nxe3 39.Qxd7+ Qxd7 40.Nc5+ Bxc5 41.Rxd7+ Kc6 42.Rd2 Bd4 43.Kf2 Kc5
44.Kf3 b3 45.g4 hxg3 46.Kxg3 Nd5 47.Kf3 Kb4 48.Ke4 c3 49.bxc3+ Nxc3+ 50.Kd3 Nxa4
51.Rc4+ Ka3 52.Rxd4 exd4 53.Kxd4 b2 54.Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stocek,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[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.N3h2 h6 15.Ng4 Nxg4
16.hxg4 Be7 17.Bc2 Bg5 18.Ne3 Nf6 19.a4 c6 20.c4 Qd7 21.Nf5 Bxc1 22.Qxc1 cxd5
23.Ra3 dxe4 24.Rd1 Re6 25.c5 Ne8 26.axb5 axb5 27.Rxa8 Bxa8 28.cxd6 g6 29.Nxh6+ Kg7
30.Nxf7 Kxf7 31.Bb3 Bb7 32.Qg5 Nxd6 33.Qxe5 Ke7 34.Qg7+ Kd8 35.Qg8+ Ke7 36.g5 e3
37.fxe3 Rxe3 38.Rf1 Qc6 39.Rf2 Qe4 40.Qg7+ Kd8  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kveinys,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 d6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Be2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd2 Rac8 14.b4 Qb8 15.Rc2 Bd8
16.Kh1 Bc7 17.Bg1 Kh8 18.Rb1 Rg8 19.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 e4 6.Nh4 g5 7.fxg6 d5 8.d3 Bg4
9.Qd2 Qe7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qg5 Kb7 13.dxe4 dxe4 14.Be3 c5 15.b3 Bc8
16.Rad1 Re8 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Qxe7 Bxe7 19.Nf5 Kc6 20.g7 Rhg8 21.f3 Nb6 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7
23.Nxc5 Rexg7 24.g4 exf3 25.Rxf3 Bxg4 26.Rf6+ Kb5 27.a4+ Nxa4 28.bxa4+  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[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 Re8 10.d4 Bf8 11.Nbd2 h6 12.a3 Nb8 13.Ba2 Nbd7 14.b4 Bb7 15.d5 c6 16.c4 Rc8
17.Bb2 bxc4 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Bxc4 Bb5 20.Bb3 Qb6 21.a4 Bc6 22.Nc4 Qb8 23.Na5 Ba8
24.Nd2 d5 25.b5 dxe4 26.Nxe4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.Qxd7 Re7 29.Qd5 Qb6 30.Qxe4 Qxa5
31.Qf5 Rd8 32.Bxe5 axb5 33.f4 bxa4 34.Ba2 Qb6+  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zapolskis,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O Ne7 6.a4 bxa4 7.c4 Ng6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Qxa4 O-O 10.d5 c6 11.Be3 a5 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Bf1 cxd5 14.cxd5 Bc5 15.Nd4 exd5
16.exd5 d6 17.Ndb5 Qb6 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.Nbxd6 f5 21.Nc4 Qc7 22.d6 Qf7
23.Nb6 Ne5 24.Ng5 Qh5 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Nxa8 Bxa8 27.f4 Ned7 28.Rxa5 Bc6 29.Bd3 h6
30.Qe6  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sveshnikov,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.d4 b6 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Be3 bxc5
9.dxc5 c6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bd3 Ba6 13.O-O Bxd3 14.Qxd3 a5 15.Rac1 Na6
16.Bd4 Nc7 17.g3 Qb8 18.h4 Qb5 19.Qe3 Ne6 20.h5 h6 21.Rc2 Rab8 22.Kg2 Qa4
23.b3 Qb4 24.Rfc1 Bg5 25.Qd3 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 a4 27.bxa4 Qxa4 28.Rd1 Qxa2 29.Qf5 Rb3
30.g4 Qe2  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sveshnikov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[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.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Bd3 Qg6 11.O-O Be7 12.c3 Bh3 13.Qf3 Bg4 14.Qg3 Be6 15.Nc2 O-O
16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 a5 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Bc4 Rfb8 20.Ne3 Bg5 21.Nd5 Bxc1 22.Rxc1 Rxb2
23.Nc7 Rab8 24.Nxe6 Rb1 25.Rf1 fxe6 26.Bxe6+ Kf8 27.h4 R8b5 28.Bd7 Rxf1+
29.Kxf1 Rc5 30.Bxc6 Rxc6 31.Rxa5 Rxc3 32.Ra7 Rc4 33.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 O-O 13.Nc2 Bg5 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 a5
16.Bc4 Rb8 17.b3 Kh8 18.O-O f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Re1 Bg6 21.Ra2 Bh4 22.Re2 Bh5
23.f3 Qg5 24.Re3 e4 25.Be2 exf3 26.Bxf3 Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.Qxf3 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Neiksans,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4 Nf5
9.Nb5 Bd6 10.Nxd6+ Qxd6 11.Qxd6 Nxd6 12.Bf4 Bf5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Be2 Rhe8
15.Rhe1 h6 16.c3 a6 17.h3 Be6 18.Nd2 Bd5 19.Bg4+ f5 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Ne4
22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Re2 g5 24.Be3 Re8 25.Nd4 f4 26.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luckans,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Nbd7 7.c4 Bd6 8.Bb2 Qb8
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Rd8 13.Qc1 b5 14.h3 a5 15.a4 Qb6
16.g4 Bg6 17.axb5 cxb5 18.g5 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.c5 Qc7 21.f3 Bg6 22.Bd2 Nb8
23.Bf4 Qb7 24.Bxb8 Rdxb8 25.Re1 b4 26.e4 Rd8 27.Qe3 Qd7 28.Ra4 dxe4 29.fxe4 Qxd4
30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.e5 Rc8 32.Rxa5 h6 33.Rc1 Be4  1-0

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kengis,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.O-O f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.a4 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[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.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.O-O-O Qd6 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bb7
16.Qc3 Nb4 17.Bb1 c5  0-1

[Event "Liepajas Rokade"]
[Site "Liepaya LAT"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fridman,D2"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "113th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarkar,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bg5 Qb6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bh4 Ne7 8.f3 Nf5
9.Bf2 Nc6 10.e3 Bb4 11.Bd3 Na5 12.Nge2 Nd6 13.O-O O-O 14.b3 Bd7 15.Qb2 Nb5
16.Na4 Qd6 17.Nc5 Bc6 18.a4 Nc7 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Be1 Bxe1 21.Rxe1 b6 22.Na6 Bb7
23.Nxc7 Rxc7 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qb4 26.Rc3 Rc8 27.Bc2 Nc4 28.Qc1 Nd6 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8
30.Kf2 Ba6 31.Qe1 Qa3 32.Qc1 Qb4 33.Qe1 Qxe1+ 34.Kxe1 Bxe2 35.Kxe2 a5 36.e4 dxe4
37.fxe4 f6 38.Ke3 e5 39.dxe5 fxe5 40.Bd3 Kf7 41.Ba6 Ke7 42.h4 Kd7 43.Be2 Kc6
44.g4 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Kd3 Kc5 47.Bf3 Kb4 48.Kc2 Nb7  0-1

[Event "35th Atlantic Open"]
[Site "Washington DC USA"]
[Date "2004.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lu Yu Zhong"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qb3 g6 7.Bg5 Na5 8.Qd1 Bg7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 a6 11.O-O b5 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.f4 Nc4 15.Nb3 Bc6 16.Rac1 b4
17.Nb1 Bb5 18.N1d2 Nxb2 19.Bxb5 axb5 20.Qxb5 Rc3 21.Rxc3 bxc3 22.Nc5 Ng4
23.f5 cxd2 24.Qxb2 Qc7 25.Bf4 Qxc5 26.h3 Qc4 27.hxg4 Qxf1+  0-1

[Event "35th Atlantic Open"]
[Site "Washington DC USA"]
[Date "2004.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Privman,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Bb5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bf8 10.O-O Nd7 11.Na3 a6 12.c4 Ne7 13.Bd2 g6 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Rac1 Bg7
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Be3 Qxb4 18.Bd2 Qg4 19.Rc7 O-O 20.e6  1-0

[Event "35th Atlantic Open"]
[Site "Washington DC USA"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schneider,Ig"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 e5 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.exd5 d6 10.c3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Be7 12.d4 O-O 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bf6 15.dxe5 Bxe5
16.Be3 Qa5 17.Red1 Qb4 18.Rd2 Bg4 19.Qc4 Qxc4 20.Bxc4 Rac8 21.Bd3 Rfe8 22.h3 Bd7
23.Kf1 f5 24.Bb6 Kf7 25.g3 g5 26.Kg2 h5 27.f3 h4 28.g4 Bf4 29.Rf2 Re5 30.Rd1 fxg4
31.fxg4 Ke7 32.Bg6 Rc4 33.a3 Ba4 34.Rb1 Bb3 35.Bf5 Ra4 36.Be6 Rae4 37.Rbf1 Bxd5
38.Bxd5 Rxd5 39.Rc2 Rb5 40.Bg1 a5 41.Rff2 Ke6 42.Bh2 Bxh2 43.Kxh2 Re3 44.Rfe2 Rxe2+
45.Rxe2+ Kd5 46.Kg2 Rb3 47.Rd2+ Ke4 48.Rxd6 Rxb2+ 49.Kf1 Rb3 50.Rd7 Rxh3  0-1

[Event "35th Atlantic Open"]
[Site "Washington DC USA"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 c5 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Re8 14.Qf3 Rb8 15.b3 Nd7
16.Bd2 Ne5 17.Qg3 Qd7 18.Bh6 Bf6 19.Bxg7 Bxg7 20.Rxe5 Kh8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qf3 Qe7
23.Rf1 c6 24.Nd1 Qe4 25.Qh5 Kg8 26.Ne3 Re5 27.Qg5 f6 28.Qg3 h5 29.h3 d5 30.cxd5 cxd5
31.Qg6 Qh4 32.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "35th Atlantic Open"]
[Site "Washington DC USA"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Enhbat,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D95"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Ne5 e6 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Rac1 Rfe8 14.Rfd1 h5 15.a4 h4 16.h3 Bf8
17.a5 b5 18.Na2 Ne4 19.Nb4 a6 20.Nd3 Qf5 21.Bf3 Rad8 22.Bb4 Bh6 23.Bxe4 dxe4
24.Ne5 Qe6 25.Qxe6 Rxe6 26.Rd2 c5 27.Ng4 Bg7 28.Bxc5 f5 29.Nh2 Rc8 30.Rdc2 Bd5
31.Bb4 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Rc6 33.Rxc6 Bxc6 34.Kf1 Kf7 35.Ke1 Bf6 36.Nf1 Bd8 37.Nd2 Bd5
38.Ke2 Ke6 39.f3 Bc7 40.f4 Kf6 41.Kf2 g5 42.fxg5+ Kxg5 43.Nf1 Bc4 44.Nd2 Bd3
45.Be7+ Kh5 46.d5 Bg3+ 47.Kg1 f4 48.exf4 e3 49.Nf3 Bf2+ 50.Kh1 Be4 51.d6 Bc6
52.Nd4 Bd7 53.Bd8 Be1 54.Nf3 Bg3 55.Bxh4 Bxf4 56.g4+ Kg6 57.Kg2 e2 58.Kf2 Bxd6
59.Kxe2 b4 60.Be1 Bb5+ 61.Ke3 Bc5+ 62.Kd2 Bd6 63.Nd4 Bf1 64.h4 Bh3 65.g5 Be5
66.Ne2 Bg4 67.b3 Bc7 68.Nd4 Bxa5 69.Kd3 Bb6 70.Bxb4 Bxd4 71.Kxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[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.N3h2 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6
16.Ng4 Bxe4 17.Bg5 Bg6 18.a4 Be7 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.axb5 axb5
22.Rxa8 Qxa8 23.Qxd6 Qb8 24.Qc6 Rc8 25.Qa6 Rd8 26.Ne3 Rd2 27.Ra1 Be4 28.Ra5 Bh4
29.Ng4 h5 30.Rxb5 Qd8 31.Qa7 Rd7 32.Qe3 hxg4 33.Qxe4 g3 34.fxg3 Bxg3 35.Qg4 Bf4
36.h4 Qc7 37.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mahjoob,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.a3 O-O 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 dxe5
16.dxe5 h6 17.Nf3 d4 18.Ne4 Bg4 19.Nd6 Rad8 20.Nc4 Qb5 21.Rac1 Rfe8 22.Qd3 Bxf3
23.Qxf3 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Rc7 Rd7 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.Qd3 a5 28.Kf1 Rd5 29.Rc1 g6
30.h3 Kg7 31.Rc4 a4 32.Rb4 b5 33.b3 Qc6 34.bxa4 Qc1+ 35.Ke2 Re5+ 36.Kf3 Qc6+
37.Kg3 Rg5+ 38.Kh4 Qxg2 39.Qxd4+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 c5
16.c4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Bb7 18.e5 Nd5 19.Qf2 Rfd8 20.Ba3 Rac8 21.e6 fxe6 22.Rae1 Qc6
23.f5 Nf4 24.Re3 Kh8 25.Bb2 Rd4 26.Bxe6 Nxg2 27.f6 g5 28.f7 Nf4 29.Bd5 Qxd5
30.Bxd4+ cxd4 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.f8=Q+ Kg6 33.Qf3 Qxf3 34.Qg8+ Kh6 35.Re6+ Kh5
36.Qxh7+ Kg4 37.Rxf3 Bxf3 38.Qd7  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kozul,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[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 O-O 11.h4 Qb8 12.g4 Rc8 13.Be3 Ne5 14.g5 Nh5 15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4
17.f5 b5 18.Rhg1 g6 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nb3 Be8 21.Rdf1 Qd8 22.Rf3 Bc6 23.Nd4 Qd7
24.Qd3 Bb7 25.Nb3 Rac8 26.Na5 Rxc3 27.bxc3 Ba8 28.Rgf1 e5 29.Nb3 Qe6 30.Nd2 d5
31.R1f2 Rd8 32.Nb3 Nf4 33.Nc5 Qc8 34.Bxf4 dxe4 35.Qe2 Bxc5 36.Rg3 Bxf2  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7
9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 f5 12.Nf2 Ba6 13.Kf3 Ne7 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Qd6 Qa5 17.Rd1 Kf7 18.b4 Qa3+ 19.Rd3 Qxa2 20.b5 Bb7 21.Qc7 Bc8 22.bxc6 Nxc6
23.Rd6 Rb8 24.Kg3 Qb3+ 25.Rd3 Qc2 26.Rd6 Rb3+ 27.Bd3 Qd2 28.Kf3 Ne7 29.Qc5 g5
30.Qd4 gxf4 31.c5 Bb7+ 32.c6 Bxc6+ 33.Rxc6 Nxc6 34.Qxd7+ Ne7 35.g4 Qe3+ 36.Kg2 f3+
37.Kg3 f4+ 38.Kh3 Qxf2 39.Bc4 Rb6 40.Bf1 Rg8 41.Qd3 Rg6 42.g5 h6  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.Be2 h6 8.O-O Bh7
9.Nb3 Rc8 10.Bd2 Ng6 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Be7 13.Ba5 b6 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Re1 c5
16.Rc1 Rc7 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nbd4 Nh4 19.Be3 Rd7 20.Nxh4 Bxh4 21.b4 Ne4 22.g3 Bg5
23.f4 Be7 24.Bb5 Rc7 25.Nc6 Qxd1 26.Rexd1 f6 27.Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.Rd7 Rxd7 29.Bxd7 Bf5
30.Bd4 fxe5 31.Bxe5 Nf6 32.Bxf6 Rxf6 33.Rc7 a5 34.b5 Be4 35.Bc6 Bb1 36.Rb7 Bxa2
37.Rxb6 e5 38.fxe5 Re6 39.Ra6 Bc4 40.Rxa5 Rxe5 41.Ra8+ Kh7 42.b6 Bb5 43.Bf3 Re1+
44.Kg2 Rf1 45.Be4+ g6 46.Ra7+  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[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.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.c4 O-O 13.cxb5 f5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.bxa6 Qh4
16.Nc2 d5 17.Qxd5 Be6 18.Qxe5 Rad8 19.Bb5 Bc4 20.Bc6 Qh6 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.Qg3+ Kh8
23.Qe5+ Kg8 24.Qg3+ Kh8 25.Qe5+ f6 26.Qxe3 Qh5 27.a7 Qa5+ 28.Qc3 Rfe8+ 29.Bxe8 Rxe8+
30.Kd1 Be2+ 31.Kc2 Qf5+ 32.Kb3 Qb5+ 33.Qb4 Qd3+ 34.Qc3 Qb5+ 35.Kc2 Qf5+ 36.Kb3 Qb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[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.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Bf5 14.d4 Qd7 15.Be3 Rae8
16.Nd2 Bg4 17.Qb1 Bf5 18.Qc1 Re6 19.Nf3 Bg4 20.Ng5 Rg6 21.f3 Bxf3 22.Nxf3 Bxg3
23.hxg3 Rxg3+ 24.Kf2 Qh3 25.Ke2 Qg2+ 26.Kd3 Qxf3 27.Bxd5 cxd5 28.Kc2 Re8
29.Bd2 Qd3+ 30.Kb3 Rb8 31.a3 Rg2 32.Rd1 Re8 33.Qb1 Qc4+ 34.Kc2 Ree2 35.b3 Qc8
36.Qb2 h5 37.a4 h4 38.axb5 axb5 39.Qa3 Qf5+ 40.Kc1 h3 41.Qa8+ Kh7 42.Qd8 h2
43.Ra8 Rg1 44.Qh8+ Kg6 45.Ra6+ f6 46.Ra7 Rxd1+ 47.Kxd1 h1=Q+  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 d6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O Rb8 11.a3 Nd4 12.Ncd5 b5 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bd5 Bg5 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.c3 Nc6 17.Nc2 a5 18.Kh1 d5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Qe2 Rf4 22.Rae1 Rbf8
23.d4 cxd4 24.Qxb5 Qg6 25.cxd4 exd4 26.Qxd5+ Kh8 27.Re6 Qxc2 28.Rxc6 Qxb2
29.Qxa5 d3 30.Qc3 Qe2 31.Rg1 Rxf3 32.Rc7 Rg8 33.Rxg7 Rxg7 34.Qc8+ Rg8 35.Qc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Agdestein,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 c5 6.d5 Bf5 7.Nh4 e6 8.Nxf5 exf5
9.e3 Bd6 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.Qd3 g6 12.f4 Na6 13.Bxa6 bxa6 14.O-O Qb6 15.a5 Qb3
16.Qxa6 Rfd8 17.Ra3 Qc2 18.Qc4 Rab8 19.Qa4 Qxa4 20.Rxa4 Rb4 21.Ra2 c4 22.Rd1 Bc5
23.h3 a6 24.Kf1 Rb3 25.Ra4 Bb4 26.d6 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Rxc3 28.Bb2 Ne4 29.Bxc3 Nxc3
30.Raa1 Nxd1 31.Rxd1 c3 32.g4 c2 33.Rc1 Rxd6 34.Rxc2 Rd5 35.Ra2 g5 36.Kf2 gxf4
37.exf4 Rd3 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.Re2 Rd5 40.Re5 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zatonskih,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.O-O Nbc6
9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.Qe2 h6 11.b4 g6 12.Nd2 Bg7 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.Re1 Ne7 15.Be3 O-O
16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Bc5 Rfe8 18.h4 Qd8 19.h5 b6 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Qf4 Be8 22.Nd4 Rc8
23.Re3 Kh8 24.hxg6 Rxc3 25.gxf7 Bxf7 26.b5 Rec7 27.Nc6 Qf8 28.Rf3 Qa3 29.Rd1 Bh5
30.Rh3 Rf7 31.Qg3 Bxd1 32.Nd8 Re7 33.Qg6 Rxd3 34.Rxh6+ Bxh6 35.Qxh6+ Kg8
36.Nxe6 Rxe6 37.Qxe6+ Kf8 38.Qf6+ Ke8 39.Qe6+ Kf8 40.Qf6+ Ke8 41.Qg6+ Kd8
42.Qg8+ Kd7 43.Qf7+ Qe7 44.Qf5+ Qe6 45.Qxd3 Bh5 46.Qh7+ Bf7 47.f4 Qg6 48.Qh3+ Be6
49.Qa3 Qb1+ 50.Kf2 Ke8 51.Qd6 Qc2+ 52.Kg3 Qf5 53.Qc6+ Kf7 54.Qb7+ Kg6 55.Qxa7 Qg4+
56.Kh2 Qxf4+ 57.Kh1 Qh4+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epstein,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Re1 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qc7 12.a3 Rd8 13.Qe2 b6 14.b4 Bb7 15.Bb2 Rd7
16.Rac1 Qd8 17.Qe4 Nc7 18.Qf4 g5 19.Qg4 Rxd2 20.Nxd2 Qxd2 21.Bc3 Qf4 22.Qxf4 gxf4
23.Rcd1 Rc8 24.Rd7 Kf8 25.Red1 Nb8 26.R7d4 b5 27.Bb3 f3 28.gxf3 Bxf3 29.R1d3 Bh5
30.Rg3 Bg6 31.Rd1 Na8 32.Bd2 Nb6 33.Bh6+ Ke8 34.Rc1 Rxc1+ 35.Bxc1 Nc6 36.f4 Nd4
37.Bd1 Nd5 38.Bb2 Nf5 39.Rf3 Bd8 40.Bb3 Bb6+ 41.Kf1 Nfe3+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[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.Bd3 f5
16.Qh5 e4 17.Bc2 Ne7 18.Nf4 Bf7 19.Bb3 Qd7 20.Rd1 Be5 21.g3 Kg7 22.Bxf7 Rxf7
23.Nh3 Kg8 24.O-O Rg7 25.f4 exf3 26.Qxf3 Rf8 27.Nf4 Kh8 28.Kh1 Ng6 29.Neg2 Bxf4
30.Nxf4 Nxf4 31.Qxf4 Rf6 32.Rd5 Qc6 33.Qd4 f4 34.Kg1 Qc4 35.Qxf6 Qxd5 36.Rxf4 Qxa2
37.Qxd6 h5 38.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nd7
9.c4 Nb6 10.h4 a5 11.a4 Nb4 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.b3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Rfd8 16.h5 h6
17.Nh2 Bf8 18.Na2 Nc8 19.Nxb4 axb4 20.Ng4 Ne7 21.Ne3 dxc4 22.dxc4 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Nc6
24.Nc2 Na5 25.Qf3 Qc6 26.Qxc6 Nxc6 27.g4 Na5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rb1 Rd3 30.Na1 Be7
31.Be3 Nc6 32.Kf3 Nxe5+ 33.Ke4 Bd6 34.Re1 Rc3 35.Rd1 Bc7 36.Rg1 Nxg4  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Ba3 e5 10.Nb3 Be6 11.Bc2 Bxc4 12.Bxd6 Nc6 13.Qd2 Nd4 14.cxd4 Qxd6 15.Qc3 Qc7
16.dxe5 Ng4 17.f4 Qb6 18.Nd4 O-O 19.h3 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Qh6 21.Nf5 Qxf4 22.hxg4 Rxd1+
23.Bxd1 Rd8 24.Bf3 Rd3 25.Qxc4 Qd2+ 26.Kf1 Rc3 27.Qe2 Rc1+ 28.Kf2 Qxe2+ 29.Bxe2 Rxh1
30.Bf1 g6 31.Nd6 b5 32.Ne8 g5 33.e6 fxe6 34.Nc7 a5 35.Nxb5 e5 36.Nd6 Rh6
37.Nc4 Rf6+ 38.Kg1 Rf4 39.Bd3 Rxg4 40.Nxe5 Rf4 41.a4 Kg7 42.Nc4 Rf8 43.Bc2 h5
44.Nxa5 Rc8 45.Bb3 Rc3 46.Bd5 g4 47.Nc4 h4 48.e5 g3 49.Kf1 Rc1+ 50.Ke2 h3
51.Ne3 h2 52.Nf5+ Kg6 53.Nxg3 h1=Q 54.Nxh1 Rxh1 55.g4 Ra1 56.Bc6 Kf7 57.Bd7 Ke7
58.e6 Ra3 59.Kf2 Rc3 60.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.b4 Nf7 15.Bf2 Ng5
16.Nb3 Ne6 17.g3 f5 18.Qd2 fxe4 19.fxe4 a5 20.bxa5 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Rxf2 22.Nf3 Rg2
23.Nh4 Rxe2+ 24.Nxe2 Be6 25.Rc1 c5 26.O-O Nc6 27.Rfd1 Nd4 28.Nxd4 exd4 29.Nf3 Rxa5
30.Ng5 Bg4 31.Rf1 Ra8 32.Rb1 Bh6 33.h4 Qe7 34.Rb6 Re8 35.Qf4 Be2 36.Rfb1 Bxg5
37.hxg5 Bd3 38.Rb7 Qe6 39.Qf6 Qxf6 40.gxf6 Kf8 41.R1b6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[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 Nc6
9.Bc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 O-O 12.e5 Qd5 13.Rb1 Be7 14.h4 Ba6 15.Bg5 f6
16.Qc2 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Be3 Qe5 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Qe4 Rad8
22.Kg1 b4 23.Rh3 Bd3 24.Qxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Bxa7 Rxh3 27.gxh3 Ra8 28.Bc5 Bc3
29.Bxb4 Bxb4 30.Rxb4 Rxa2 31.Re4 Ra6 32.Kg2 Kh7 33.Kg3 Kg6 34.Kg4 Kf7 35.Rf4+ Kg6
36.h5+ Kh6 37.Rf8 Ra4+ 38.f4 Kh7 39.Re8 Ra6 40.h4 Rb6 41.Kf3 Rb3+ 42.Kg4 Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bercys,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.b3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb2 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Ne5 Rad8 13.f4 cxd4 14.exd4 Bb4 15.a3 Bd6
16.Rfe1 g6 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.Qe3 dxc4 19.bxc4 Rfe8 20.Ndf3 Bf8 21.Ng5 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Ng4
23.Qg3 Nh6 24.Qh3 Bg7 25.Rf1 Re7 26.Rf6 Rdd7 27.Rcf1 Qd8 28.R1f4 b5 29.Rh4 Qf8
30.Bc3 bxc4 31.Bc2 a5 32.Bxa5 Qa8 33.Bb4 Qa7 34.Bc5 Qa5 35.Bb4 Qb6 36.Bc3 Re8
37.Rxh6 Rxd4 38.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 39.Rf2 Qxe5 40.Nf3 Qe3 41.Rxh7 Ra8 42.a4 c3 43.Rh4 Rd8
44.Rb4 Bf8 45.Rb5 Bc5 46.Rxc5 Qxc5 47.Qh4 Rd5 48.h3 Qe3 49.Kh2 Kg7 50.Qg3 Bc6
51.Nh4 Qxg3+ 52.Kxg3 Ra5 53.Rf4 g5 54.Rg4 f5 55.Rxg5+ Kf7 56.Rh5 Kg7 57.Rg5+ Kf7
58.Rh5 Kg7 59.Kf2 Bxa4 60.Bxa4 Rxa4 61.Ke2 Rd4 62.Nxf5+ exf5 63.Rxf5 Rd2+
64.Kf3 Rd3+ 65.Kf2 Rd2+ 66.Kg3 Rd3+ 67.Kh2 c2 68.Rc5 Rd2 69.h4 Kg6 70.Kh3 Kh6
71.g4 Rd3+ 72.Kg2 Rd2+ 73.Kf3 Rd3+ 74.Ke4 Rd2 75.Rc6+ Kg7 76.h5 Rf2 77.g5 Rh2
78.Rc7+ Kf8 79.h6 Rd2 80.h7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nb3 b5
9.Qd2 Ne5 10.Be2 N7c6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Kb1 O-O
16.g5 Bd7 17.Ka1 Rfb8 18.h4 Qb7 19.Rb1 Na7 20.g6 Nb5 21.gxf7+ Kxf7 22.f5 e5
23.Nde2 Bc6 24.Rhg1 Bxe4 25.Bg5 Bf8 26.f6 g6 27.Bh6 Nxc3 28.bxc3 Qd5 29.Qe3 Rxb1+
30.Kxb1 Rb8+ 31.Kc1 Qb7 32.Bxf8 Qb2+ 33.Kd2 Qxc2+ 34.Ke1 Rxf8 35.Qh6 Bf3
36.Qg7+ Ke6 37.Qe7+ Kf5 38.Nd4+ exd4 39.Rg5+ Kf4 40.Qxd6+ Ke3 41.Qxd4+  1-0

[Event "128th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Maltese,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 g6 6.c5 Nd5 7.Bc4 c6 8.Qb3 e6
9.Ne4 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.cxd6 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Qa3 Ne4 15.Bf4 Qf6
16.Ne2 g5 17.Bg3 b5 18.Bd3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 a5 20.Qc5 Bd7 21.f4 gxf4 22.O-O Na6
23.Qh5 Nb4 24.Rxf4 Qg7 25.Raf1 Rf8 26.Bxh7 O-O-O 27.Rxf7 Rxf7 28.Rxf7 Qh8
29.Qc5 Qe8 30.Qa7  1-0

[Event "128th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lenderman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.d4 b6 7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.cxb6 Qxb6
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Qb3 e6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Bc3 b5 14.b3 f6 15.f4 O-O
16.g3 Ba6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.b4 Rfc8 19.Kd2 Ne7 20.Nc1 Rxc3 21.Kxc3 Rc8+ 22.Kd2 Bxd4
23.Rb1 Nf5 24.Bd3 Bc3+ 25.Ke2 d4 26.Nb3 Bb7 27.Rhc1 Ra8 28.Na5 Bd5 29.Bxb5 Bxa2
30.Bxd7 Rd8 31.Bb5 Nd6 32.Bd3 Bxb1 33.Rxb1 Ra8 34.Nc4 Nb5 35.Na5 Nd6 36.Nc4 Ra2+
37.Kf3 Nb5 38.Ne5 Na3 39.Rb3 Nc2 40.Bxc2 Rxc2 41.b5 Ba5 42.b6 Rc3+ 43.Rxc3 dxc3
44.b7 Bc7 45.Ke2 g5 46.Kd3 Kg7 47.Kxc3 gxf4 48.gxf4 Kf6 49.Kd4 Kf5 50.Ke3 h5
51.h4 Bd6 52.Kf3 Bc7 53.Nc6  1-0

[Event "132nd NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bonin,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nc3 f5 8.Qf3 Nd7
9.Nge2 Nf6 10.h3 Qe7 11.O-O-O c6 12.Rdg1 b5 13.Bd3 b4 14.Na4 Be6 15.Bxf5 Bd5
16.e4 Nxe4 17.Qe3 Rfe8 18.f3 Ng3 19.Qxe7 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Rxe2 21.Bd3 Rf2 22.Kb1 g6
23.Be4 Re8 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Kf8 27.Nc5 Rxg2 28.Nd7+ Kg7
29.Re8 Rg3 30.Ra8 Rxh3 31.Rxa7 Rxf3 32.Nc5 g5 33.Rd7 Rf6 34.Nb7 Bf4 35.Rxd5 g4
36.Rh5 g3  0-1

[Event "132nd NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 c5 8.b3 Nd7
9.Bb2 Bd6 10.d3 O-O 11.Nbd2 f6 12.Nc4 Nb8 13.a4 b6 14.Nh4 Nc6 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 Qd7 17.Qe4 Ne7 18.Ne3 Qc6 19.Rfe1 Qxe4 20.dxe4 Nc6 21.f3 Rfd8 22.Kf2 Kf7
23.Nc4 Be7 24.Ke2 Rd7 25.Red1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.Ne3 Be7 29.Kd3 Bd6
30.h3 h6 31.c3 Na5 32.Kc2 Ke8 33.Bc1 Kf7 34.Bd2 Nc6 35.Be1 Ke8 36.Nd5 Kf7
37.Bf2 Ke8 38.Ne3 Kf7 39.Nc4 Ke7 40.Ne3 Kf7 41.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Ndb5 Qb8 8.f4 d6
9.Bd3 Be7 10.Qf3 a6 11.Nd4 O-O 12.O-O e5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Rd8 15.Bc4 exf4
16.Bb6 Rd7 17.Rad1 Bd8 18.Bf2 Ne5 19.Qxf4 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Qc8 21.Qb3 Qc6 22.Rd3 b5
23.a4 Rc8 24.axb5 axb5 25.h3 h6 26.Bd4 Bb6 27.Rf2 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Qc5 29.Qb4 Re7
30.Qxc5 dxc5 31.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 Re8
9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 Bg4 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qa5 14.Kb1 Be7 15.Rhg1 Rad8
16.Rg2 Kh8 17.Rdg1 Rg8 18.e4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Nf8 20.Bc4 g5 21.f4 Ng6 22.Be1 Nxf4
23.Nd5 Qxe1+ 24.Rxe1 cxd5 25.exd5 Bb4 26.Rf1 Rge8 27.a3 Bd6 28.Qf5 N6h5 29.Rgg1 Kg7
30.h4  1-0

[Event "7th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quan Zhe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.a4 e4 13.Nd2 Nf8 14.Nf1 h5 15.Qb3 Ng4
16.h3 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 Bxh3 18.Ba3 Qf6+ 19.Ke1 Bxg2 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Kd2 h4 22.Rdb1 Rad8
23.Qd1 h3 24.Qe1 h2 25.Ng3 Qf6 26.Kc2 Ne6 27.Nh5 Qh6 28.Qf2 Bf3 29.Ng3 f5
30.Bxf3 exf3 31.Qxf3 f4 32.Nf5 Qg6 33.e4 Qxf5 34.Qf2 Qg6 35.Qxh2 Nxd4+ 36.Kb2 Nf3
37.Qxf4 Rf8 38.Qe3 Nd2 39.Qe2 Nxb1 40.Rxb1 Qg3 41.Qh5 Rd2+ 42.Kb3 Rd3 43.Rc1 Qe3
44.Rc2 Qb6+ 45.Ka2 Qb4 46.Qe5 Qxc4+ 47.Kb2 Qb4+ 48.Ka2 Qd6 49.Qh5 Rd2 50.Rxd2 Qxd2+
51.Kb3 Qd7 52.Qh2 Rf3 53.Kb2 Qh3 54.Qb8+ Kh7 55.Nd1 Qg2+ 56.Kc1 Qg5+ 57.Kb1 Qd2
58.Nb2 Rb3  0-1

[Event "7th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Novikov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.gxf6 d4 12.Bc4 Qc7 13.Qd3 dxe3 14.O-O-O exf2 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7
16.Qd5+ Kxf6 17.Ne4+ Ke7 18.f6+ Ke8 19.f7+ Ke7 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Qg5+ Kxf7 22.Rhf1 Bh6
23.Rxf2+ Ke8 24.Rd8+ Qxd8 25.Qxh6 Qe7 26.Nf6+ Kd8 27.Nd5 Qe6 28.Qg5+ Kd7
29.Qg7+ Kc6 30.Rf6 Kxd5 31.Rxe6 Kxe6 32.Qxh8 Nc6 33.h4 Ne7 34.h5 Nf5 35.Qxh7 Bd7
36.h6 Nxh6 37.Qxh6+ Ke7 38.Qh4+ Ke6 39.Qg4+ Kd6 40.Qb4+ Kc6 41.Qe4+ Kb6 42.Qe3+ Kc6
43.b4 Kd6 44.Qb6+ Bc6 45.a4 Kd7 46.b5 axb5 47.axb5 Bh1 48.c4 Re8 49.Qg6 Re7
50.Qh5 Bc6 51.Qf5+ Kd6 52.bxc6 Kxc6 53.Qc8+ Kd6 54.c5+ Kd5 55.Qd8+ Ke6 56.Qd6+ Kf7
57.Kd2 e4 58.Ke3 Ke8 59.Qb8+ Kf7 60.Qc8 Kg7 61.Qf5  1-0

[Event "7th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldin,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4
10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 c5 12.Be2 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Nd7 14.Qe4 Qxe5 15.Qxa8 Bb4 16.O-O Ke7
17.Qf3 Bd6 18.Qh3 b4 19.Nb5 Qxe2 20.Qxh4+ f6 21.Rfe1 Qxb2 22.Rab1 Qd2 23.Qg4 Kf8
24.Qxe6 Bc5 25.Re2 Qd3 26.Rbe1 Rg8 27.Re4 h5 28.Nc7 Kg7 29.Ne8+ Kh8 30.Nxf6 Rf8
31.Nxd7 Bxf2+ 32.Kh1 Bxd7 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Qxh5+ Kg8 36.Qg6+ Kh8
37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Re7 Bd4 39.Qg5+ Kh8 40.Qh5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "B63"]

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.f3 O-O 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Bd3 Rfd8 15.Qe1 b4
16.Ne2 a5 17.Nd4 Ba6 18.g4 a4 19.h5 a3 20.b3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Rac8 22.Rh2 Qc5
23.Bd2 d5 24.e5 Nd7 25.Bc1 Qc7 26.Re2 Bc5 27.Qg3 Qb6 28.Be3 Qb8 29.g5 Nxe5
30.Bf4 Nxd3 31.Bxb8 Bxd4 32.Bd6 e5 33.Qg4 Nf4 34.Rxe5 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Ne6 36.g6 hxg6
37.hxg6 Rc6 38.gxf7+ Kxf7 39.f4 Rh8 40.Qg2 Rhc8 41.f5 Rxc2 42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Bd6+ Kg8
44.Qxe6+ Kh8 45.Qe1 Rb2+ 46.Ka1 Rcc2 47.Be5 Rxa2+ 48.Kb1 Rg2 49.Qxb4 d4 50.Bxg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA-ICC Open"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rizzitano,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.Kb1 O-O 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.h4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4
16.h5 Re8 17.Rhe1 Bf8 18.h6 g6 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.Be5 f6 21.Bxf6 Rxe1 22.Qxe1 Qf7
23.Qh4 Bd7 24.Be5 Re8 25.f4 Be7 26.Qg3 Bf8 27.Rh1 b5 28.Qf3 b4 29.Qb7 a5
30.Nf3 Bf5 31.Qb5 Rd8 32.Nd4 Be4 33.Re1 Qd5 34.Qb6 Rd7 35.Qf6 b3 36.Qh8+ Kf7
37.Qxh7+ Ke8 38.Bg7 bxc2+ 39.Kc1 Qxd4 40.Qxg6+ Kd8 41.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "CCA-ICC Open"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gonzales,Jay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nge2 e5 5.d5 Nb8 6.Ng3 g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.Be2 c5
9.h5 a6 10.a4 b6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Qc7 13.Ne3 h6 14.Bh4 O-O 15.Qd2 Rb8 16.Bg4 b5
17.axb5 axb5 18.hxg6 b4 19.gxf7+ Rxf7 20.Ne2 Nxe4 21.Qd3 Ndf6 22.Be6 Bxe6
23.dxe6 Re7 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Qxe4 Nf6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxh6 Rf8 28.Ra8  1-0

[Event "CCA-ICC Open"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nb4 6.O-O Nxd3 7.Qxd3 Ne7 8.Re1 Ng6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rad1 d6 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.d5 Rae8  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA-ICC Open"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Izoria,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bg4 7.c4 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qxd4
9.Nc3 Qb6 10.b4 Nh6 11.Be3 Qd8 12.Rd1 Be7 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.O-O O-O 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.f5 Nxe5 17.Qh3 Nxd3 18.fxe6 Qd6 19.exf7+ Nxf7 20.Rxd3 Ng5 21.Qg4 Rxf1+
22.Kxf1 Rf8+ 23.Ke2 Qe5 24.Nxd5 Bd8 25.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA-ICC Open"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[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 Kh8 12.Bc2 f5 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Ng5 Bg8 15.Nb3 Ne5
16.Bd4 Nfd7 17.Nxh7 Rf4 18.Nf8 Rh4 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.g3 Rh6 21.Be3 Bg5 22.f4 Be7
23.Nd4 Bh7 24.Bxh7 Rxh7 25.Nc6 Qe8 26.Qxd5 Ba3 27.Bd4 Bxb2 28.Rae1 Qh5 29.Qg2 Ba3
30.Ne5 Nf8 31.f5 Rc8 32.f6 gxf6 33.Rxf6 c5 34.Nf7+ Kg7 35.Be5 Re8 36.Rf5+ Rxe5
37.Rexe5 Qd1+ 38.Rf1 Qd3 39.Ng5 Nd7  1-0

[Event "CCA-ICC Open"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 b5 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.e4 e6 8.Nc3 b4
9.e5 bxc3 10.exf6 cxb2 11.Qxb2 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 Bc8 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.Bd3 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Qxa6
16.Rb1 O-O 17.Qb7 Qxb7 18.Rxb7 Na6 19.Nf3 Rfb8 20.Rxb8+ Rxb8 21.Ke2 Nb4 22.a4 Nc2
23.Bf4 Rb4 24.Rc1 Nxd4+ 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Be3 Rxa4 27.Rxc6 Bf8 28.f4 a5 29.g4 Rb4
30.f5 Kg7 31.Kf3 Kf6 32.fxe6 fxe6 33.h4 Ke5 34.Ra6 Ra4 35.Ra7 h5 36.g5 Ra3
37.Rc7 Rb3 38.g6 Bh6 39.g7 Rxe3+ 40.Kf2 Bxg7 41.Kxe3 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA-ICC Open"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.f4 Qb6 7.Nb3 a5 8.a4 Bb4+ 9.c3 Be7
10.Nf3 h5 11.Be2 Nh6 12.O-O h4 13.Nfd2 Qd8 14.c4 Nb6 15.Nc5 Rb8 16.b3 Bg6
17.Bf2 Nf5 18.Nf3 Bh5 19.Rc1 Kf8 20.Rc2 g6 21.Qa1 Kg7 22.Qc3 Nd7 23.cxd5 exd5
24.Re1 Nf8 25.e6 b6 26.Ne5 bxc5 27.Nxc6 Qc7 28.Nxb8 Qxb8 29.Bxh5 Rxh5 30.exf7 c4
31.Re5 Bf6 32.bxc4 Bxe5 33.fxe5 Qa8 34.Qf3 Qb8 35.Re2 Ne6 36.cxd5 Ng5 37.Qc3 Nxf7
38.Rb2 Qd8 39.d6 h3 40.d5 Qg5 41.Ba7 Kh7 42.d7 Nh4 43.Rf2 Nxe5 44.g3 Nef3+
45.Rxf3 Nxf3+ 46.Qxf3 Qc1+ 47.Kf2 Qd2+  0-1

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stein,Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.d5 c6 16.c4 Rc8
17.a4 cxd5 18.cxd5 Qe8 19.Qe3 Nbd7 20.a5 Nh5 21.Nf1 Rc7 22.Qa3 Nc5 23.Bd2 Rac8
24.Rad1 Qd8 25.g4 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.e5 dxe5 28.Nxe5 Bd6 29.Qf3 Qf6 30.Nc6 Qxb2
31.Rd2 Qf6 32.Rde2 g6 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Nh2 Nd7 36.Qd1 Bxc6 37.dxc6 Ne5
38.Nf3 Rxc6 39.Nxe5 Bxe5 40.Bxf7 Rd6 41.Bd5 Bc3 42.Re8 Qd4 43.Qe2 Qxd5 44.Qe7+ Qf7
45.Qxd6 Qxe8 46.Qc7+ Qf7 47.Qxc3+ Kh7 48.Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taylor,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 a6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nc3 e6 8.e4 Nge7 9.Qe1 O-O
10.Qh4 Nd4 11.Bd1 b5 12.f5 exf5 13.Bh6 Ne6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qg3 f4 16.Qh4 h6
17.Ne2 g5 18.Qh5 dxe4 19.dxe4 Bb7 20.g3 Ng6 21.e5 c4 22.gxf4 Nexf4 23.Nxf4 Nxf4
24.Qg4 Qb6+ 25.Rf2 Bc8  0-1

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[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.h3 Bh5 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Na5
16.Bc2 Nc4 17.Bf4 Ba3 18.Rb1 f5 19.Qd3 c6 20.Ng5 Qe8 21.e6 Ra7 22.Qg3 h6
23.Nf3 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Re7 25.g4 Rxe6 26.Kf1 fxg4 27.Qxg4 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Qf7
29.Bg3 Bd6 30.Bg6 Qf3 31.Qxf3 Rxf3 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Bxd6 Nxd6 34.Bh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muhammad,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 b4
9.Na4 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.O-O Ne4 13.Qc2 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nf3 Qd5 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Qxc5 19.Rxc5 Nd7 20.Rc2 Rfd8 21.Rd1 Kf8 22.Rcd2 Ke7
23.Ng5 Nc5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.Nxf7+ Ke7 27.Ne5 Na4 28.Nd3 Ba6 29.Bd1 Bxd3
30.Bxa4 c5 31.f3 c4 32.Kf2 Bb1 33.Ke2 Bxa2 34.Kd2 Kd6 35.Kc2 a5 36.h4 Ke5
37.g4 h6 38.h5 Kd5 39.e4+ Ke5 40.Kd2 Kf4 41.Kc2 Ke5 42.Kd2 Bb1 43.Ke3 c3
44.f4+ Kd6 45.e5+ Kc5 46.bxc3 bxc3 47.e6 Kd6 48.f5 Ke7 49.Bb3 Kf6 50.Ba4 Ke7
51.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[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.Qd3 Bd7 12.Na3 O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Nxg5 hxg5
16.Bxg5 exd4 17.Rae1 Kg7 18.f4 Be6 19.Kh1 Rh8 20.h3 Qd7 21.e5 Nh5 22.f5 Bxf5
23.Bf6+ Kf8 24.Rxf5 Qxf5 25.Qxf5 Ng3+ 26.Kh2 Nxf5 27.Bxh8 dxe5 28.Nxb5 Nd6
29.Ba4 Nc4 30.Na3 N6a5 31.Nxc4 Nxc4 32.b3 Ne3 33.cxd4 exd4 34.Bf6 Ba5 35.Re2 c5
36.Bg5 Bc7+ 37.g3 Nf1+ 38.Kg2 Nxg3 39.Re7 Bd6 40.Rd7 Nf5 41.Kf3 Be7 42.Bf4 Rb6
43.Rc7 Re6 44.Bd7 Nh4+ 45.Kg4 Re4 46.Rc8+ Kg7 47.Bc6 f5+ 48.Kg3 Re1 49.Kf2 Re6
50.Bd5 Ra6 51.Be5+ Bf6 52.Rc7+ Kg6 53.Bf4 Bg5 54.Be5 d3 55.Bf7+ Kh6 56.Bg7+ Kh7
57.Bc4 Ra2+ 58.Kf1 Kg6 59.Bxd3 Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mahesh Chandran,P"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 f5 8.Qb3 Rb8
9.Ne5 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Bxe2 11.Re1 Bh5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Qa3 Ne7 14.Qd6 Rc8 15.Qxe6 Rc6
16.Qd6 Rxd6 17.exd6 Ne5 18.dxe7 Qc7 19.Nb3 Nd3 20.Re6 Qc2 21.Be3 Kd7 22.Bf1 Rc8
23.Bxa7 Ke8 24.Be3 Rc4 25.Rd6 Kxe7 26.Rxd5 Be2 27.Nd4 Rxd4 28.Bxd4 Qc4 29.Bc5+ Ke8
30.Bg2 Nxc5 31.Re1 Kf7 32.Re5 Nd3 33.Bd5+ Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Nxe1 35.f4 Bc4 36.Rxf5+ Kg6
37.Rg5+ Kf6 38.b3 Bxb3 39.Kf2 Nd3+ 40.Ke3 Bc4 41.a3 b5 42.a4 h6 43.Rxb5 Bxb5
44.axb5 Nb2 45.Kd4 Na4 46.Kd5 Kf5 47.Kd6 g6 48.Ke7 Nc3 49.Kf7 Nxb5 50.g4+ Kxg4
51.Kxg6 h5 52.h3+ Kh4 53.f5 Nd4 54.f6 Ne6 55.f7 Nf8+ 56.Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kustar,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 d6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Rc1 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.f3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.b4 Rac8 14.Qd2 Rfe8 15.Rc2 Qb8
16.Kh1 Ne5 17.Na4 Bd8 18.Nb2 Kh8 19.a4 Rg8 20.Qc1 Bc7 21.Nd1 Ned7 22.Nf2 Ne5
23.Qa1 Rge8 24.a5 bxa5 25.c5 Nc6 26.Nxc6 Bxc6 27.Bxa6 Bb5 28.Bxc8 Bxf1 29.Qxf1 Rxc8
30.cxd6 Bxd6 31.Ba7 Qb7 32.Rxc8+ Qxc8 33.bxa5 Nd7 34.g3 Kg8 35.Qb5 Kf8 36.Be3 Nc5
37.e5 Be7 38.Bxc5 Bxc5 39.Qc4  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kraai,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qa5 8.Qc2 Nf6
9.e5 Nfd7 10.exd6 Bxf3 11.gxf3 exd6 12.Rb1 O-O 13.Rxb7 Re8+ 14.Kd1 Qa6 15.Qb3 Nb6
16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.cxb5 N8d7 18.h4 Ne5 19.h5 Reb8 20.Rxb8+ Rxb8 21.Kc2 Nxd5 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.f4 Ng4 24.c4 Nxf2 25.Rh2 Ng4 26.Rh3 Nb4+ 27.Kd2 Nf2 28.Re3 Nxa2 29.Bb2 Nb4
30.Bc3 Kf8 31.Bg2 Rd8 32.Bxb4 cxb4 33.Rb3 Re8 34.Rxb4 Ne4+ 35.Kd3 Nc5+ 36.Kd4 Re2
37.Bd5 Rf2 38.Rb1 Rxf4+ 39.Kc3 Ne4+ 40.Kd3 Nf6 41.Ba8 Nd7 42.Ra1 Ne5+ 43.Ke3 Rxc4
44.Rxa7 Rb4 45.Bc6 Nxc6 46.bxc6 Rc4 47.c7 Kg7  0-1

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sandipan,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bc1 Nf6
9.f4 e5 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Be7 12.Bc4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qc5 14.Qe2 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Be3 Qb4 18.O-O Bc5 19.Nd5 Bxe3+ 20.Nxe3 Qxb2 21.Rad1 Qb6
22.a5 Qc5 23.Kh1 Be6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Ng4 Nd7 26.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Goletiani,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 Bc5
9.Nb3 Ba7 10.O-O d6 11.Kh1 e5 12.Qf3 h6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4
16.Qg3 g5 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 O-O 19.Rf2 Qe7 20.Raf1 f6 21.e4 Bd7 22.Qe3 b5
23.cxb5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Rc2 Rac8 26.Rc6 Rxc6 27.dxc6 Rc8 28.Qb3+ Kg7
29.Qxb5 Qc7 30.Rc1 Rb8 31.Qe2 Rb6 32.Qc2 Rb5 33.b4 d5 34.Qd3  1-0

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.b3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb2 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rac1 Re8 12.Rfd1 cxd4 13.cxd5 e5 14.e4 a6 15.a3 Bf8
16.b4 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Bb5 Qa8 19.Nb3 Ra7 20.Rc7 Rd8 21.a4 Bd6 22.Rc4 Nc5
23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.Ba3 Rc8 25.Rdc1 Ba6 26.Bxa6 Rxa6 27.Bxc5 Rxa4 28.Rxa4 Qxa4
29.Ba3 Rxc1+ 30.Bxc1 Qa1 31.Qc2 Nxe4 32.Nxe5 Nc5 33.Nc4 Bf4  0-1

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mahesh Chandran,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Re1 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Nbd2 c5 13.d5 Nc4 14.Nxc4 bxc4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Rb8 17.Reb1 Bg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.b4 cxb4 21.Rxb4 Rfc8 22.Rab1 Nd7
23.Ba4 a5 24.h4 Qd8 25.Rxb8 Nxb8 26.Qg4 Na6 27.Rb6 h5 28.Qh3 Ra8 29.Bb5 Nc5
30.Rc6 Rb8 31.a4 Nxe4 32.Rxc4 Nc5 33.g4 e4 34.gxh5 Qf6 35.Qg3 Rf8 36.Rd4 Qh6
37.Qg5 f6 38.Qxh6 gxh6 39.f3 exf3 40.Kf2 f5 41.Kxf3 Kf7 42.Bd3 Kf6 43.Bc2 Ke5
44.Rd1 Ne4 45.Re1 Kxd5 46.Rd1+ Ke5 47.c4 Rc8 48.Rd5+ Ke6 49.Bxe4 fxe4+ 50.Kf4 Rxc4
51.Rxa5 Rb4 52.Ke3 d5 53.Kf4 Rb3 54.Ra6+ Kd7 55.Rxh6 Rf3+ 56.Ke5 e3 57.Kxd5 Rf5+
58.Ke4 e2 59.Kxf5 e1=Q 60.Rg6 Qa5+ 61.Kg4 Qxa4+ 62.Kg5 Qb5+ 63.Kh6 Ke7 64.Rg7+ Kf8
65.Rg6 Qe5 66.Rg5 Qe4 67.Rf5+ Ke7 68.Kg5 Qg2+ 69.Kh6 Qg4 70.Rg5 Qxh4 71.Rg6 Kf7
72.Rg7+ Kf8 73.Rg6 Qf4+ 74.Kh7 Qe5 75.Kh6 Kf7 76.Ra6 Qe3+ 77.Kh7 Qe5 78.Ra7+ Kf6
79.Ra6+ Kg5 80.Rg6+ Kxh5 81.Rg7 Qf6 82.Kg8 Qe6+ 83.Kh7 Qe4+ 84.Kg8 Kh6  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gardner,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.Nge2 Nc6
9.O-O-O e6 10.Qe3 Qf6 11.h4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Ne4 Nd3+
16.Rxd3 Qxb2+ 17.Kd1 Bb5 18.Bxc7 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qxa2 20.Qb5+ Kf8 21.N2c3 Qa1+
22.Kd2 Rc8 23.Qxb7 Bxc3+ 24.Nxc3 Kg7 25.Be5+ Nf6 26.Rxh8 Rxh8 27.Qf3 Rh6
28.Bd3 Qa5 29.Qe3 Kf8 30.Qxg5 Rh5 31.Bd6+ Ke8 32.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.c4 d6 8.e6 Bxe6
9.cxb5 Ne5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qf3 Be7 13.Qxb7 O-O 14.Nc3 Bf6 15.Be3 Re8
16.Qf3 a6 17.a4 Nh4 18.Qf2 axb5 19.axb5 Rb8 20.Rfe1 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Nf5
23.Ba7 Rc8 24.Bf2 h5 25.Qe2 h4 26.h3 Rb8 27.Qd3 Be6 28.Ra7 Ra8 29.Ra6 Rb8
30.Ra7 d5 31.Bc5 Ra8 32.Ra6 Rc8 33.Ne2 Qf6 34.Qc3 Qg6 35.Qd3 Re8 36.Kh2 f6
37.Bf2 Bf7 38.Ra7 Qh5 39.Ng1 Nd6 40.Rxc7 Bg6 41.f5 Ne4 42.Qxd5+ Bf7 43.Qd7 Nxf2
44.b6 g5 45.b7 g4 46.Nf3 gxf3 47.Rc8 fxg2 48.Rxe8+ Bxe8 49.Qd5+ Kh7 50.Qxg2 Nxh3
51.b8=Q Ng5 52.Qf4 h3 53.Qgf1 Bf7 54.Qd3 Qh6 55.b4 Qf8 56.Qh4+ Kg8 57.b5 Qa8
58.Qf2 Ne4 59.Qg1+ Ng5 60.Qf2 Qb8+ 61.Kg1 Qe5 62.Qfe2 Qc5+ 63.Qee3 Qb4 64.b6 Qb2
65.Qde2 Qb1+ 66.Kh2 Qb4 67.Qc2 Qd6+ 68.Kg1 Qb4 69.Qc8+ Kh7 70.Qc7 Qb1+ 71.Qcc1 Qa2
72.Qg3 Kg7 73.Qcc3 h2+ 74.Qxh2 Qb1+ 75.Kg2 Bd5+ 76.Kf2 Qa2+  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ganguly,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[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.Qd3 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxb5 Na5 15.Bd5 Bg4
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Be6 18.Nd7 Bxd7 19.Qxd7 Rfd8 20.Qg4 c6 21.Ba2 Ra8 22.Na3 Rd2
23.e5 Rxf2 24.exf6 Rf4+ 25.Kh1 Rxg4 26.h3 Rg6 27.fxg7 Rxg7 28.Rf6 Re8 29.b4 Bd8
30.Rd6 Bc7 31.Rd7 Re2 32.g4 Rh2+ 33.Kg1 Rxh3 34.Rxc7 Rxg4+ 35.Kf2 Rf4+ 36.Ke2 Rxc3
37.bxa5  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc2 Qb6 10.O-O Na5 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nfe1 Bb5 13.Nd3 h5 14.gxh5 Nf5 15.Be3 Nc6
16.a4 Bc4 17.b4 Qd8 18.Bg4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qg5 20.h3 Rxh5 21.Qf3 O-O-O 22.Qxf7 Rxh3
23.Qxe6+ Kb8 24.Rxf8 Rg3+ 25.Kf2 Rxg4 26.Qd6+ Ka8 27.Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.Qd7 Rg2+
29.Ke1 Qg3+ 30.Kd1 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ripari,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Be3 a5 10.exd6 cxd6 11.c5 dxc5 12.dxc5 N6d7 13.Na4 Nc6 14.Rc1 Qc7 15.h3 Bh5
16.a3 Rad8 17.Nd2 Bg6 18.Qb3 Nf6 19.Nb6 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.g3 Bf6 22.Bf3 Rfe8
23.Bg2 a4 24.Qb5 Be5 25.Nf3 Bxg3 26.Bg5 f6 27.fxg3 fxg5 28.g4 h6 29.Qxa4 Re2
30.Rf2 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Be4 32.Rf1 Rf8 33.Kg1 Qg3  0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Labollita,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Be3 h5 7.Be2 Nh6 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.h3 h4 10.O-O Bg6 11.Bf2 Nf5 12.b3 Ba3 13.Bd3 Qa5 14.Bxf5 Bxf5 15.Nxh4 Bh7
16.Ndf3 Qc3 17.f5 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Qe2 Qb4 20.e6 Nf8 21.Ng5 f6 22.Nf7 Rh7
23.c4 Ke7 24.c5 g6 25.Rad1 Nxe6 26.Ng5 fxg5 27.Rfe1 Kf8 28.Qxe6 Rg7 29.Qf6+ Kg8
30.Qxg5 Rf8 31.Bg3 f4 32.Bxf4 Bb2 33.Be5 Rf5 34.Qg4 Bc3 35.Re2 Rxe5 36.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sorin,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c6 8.Nf3 Nc7
9.Bh4 b5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Qd2 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bg4 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.fxe5 Qd7
16.h3 Be6 17.Be2 Ng7 18.O-O-O Rab8 19.b3 Bd5 20.Bg4 Nce6 21.Rhf1 Qb7 22.Rf2 Rfe8
23.Kb1 Red8 24.Qb2 Qb4 25.Rfd2 a5 26.Be1 Ng5 27.Rc2 Qb6 28.Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Rdc1 N7e6
30.Bxe6 Nxe6 31.Rxc6 Qd8 32.R6c4 Nxd4 33.Bxa5 Qxa5 34.Rxd4 Rxe5 35.Rdc4 f6
36.Qc3 Qd5 37.Rc5 Qe4+ 38.Qc2 Qe3 39.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Garcia,Gild"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[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.Be3 Bc5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Ne7 13.c3 Nf5 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.Bc2 Nh4
16.Nxh4 Qxh4 17.Rd4 Qh6 18.Nd2 Rae8 19.b4 Nd7 20.Nf3 g6 21.a4 f6 22.axb5 axb5
23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Qxb5 Nh5 25.Re1 Nf4 26.Re3 Ra8 27.Qf1 Ra2 28.Bb1 Ra3 29.g3 Bh3
30.Qd1 Ng2 31.Red3 c6 32.Ne5 Re8 33.f4 Ra1 34.c4 g5 35.cxd5 cxd5 36.Qb3 gxf4
37.Rxd5 Rxb1+ 38.Qxb1 Qb6+ 39.Kh1 Ne3 40.Nd7 Bxd7 41.Rxd7 Qc6+ 42.R3d5 Re7
43.b5 Qf6 44.R5d6 Qg5 45.Qa2+ Kg7 46.Qe6  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nogueiras,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.O-O a6 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Nbd2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Ne5 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Ke7 17.Rfc1 Nd5 18.Nb3 Na4 19.Nd3 f5 20.Na5 Kf6 21.b3 Nac3 22.Rc2 Rc7
23.Kf1 Rhc8 24.a3 Ne4 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Nd2+ 28.Ke1 Nb1 29.Kd1 Nxa3
30.Na2 Ke5 31.Kc1 Kd4 32.Kb2 b4 33.Nxb4 Nxb4 34.Kxa3 Kc3 35.Nb7 e5 36.Nc5 Nc6
37.Nxa6 Kd2 38.b4 Kxe2 39.b5 Nd8 40.Nc5 e4 41.g4 g6 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Kb4 Kxf2
44.Kc4 e3 45.Kd4 e2 46.Nd3+ Kf1 47.Ke5 Nb7 48.b6 Nc5 49.Kxf5 Nxd3 50.b7 e1=Q
51.b8=Q Qe7 52.Qb5 Ke2 53.Kg4 Qe6+ 54.Kh4 Qe4+ 55.Kg3 Qf4+ 56.Kh3 Qh6+ 57.Kg3 Ke3
58.Qe8+ Kd2 59.Qd8 Qf4+ 60.Kh3 Qe3+ 61.Kh4 Ke2 62.Qg5 Qf2+ 63.Qg3 Ne5 64.Kh5 Qf5+
65.Kh6 Ng4+ 66.Kg7 Qg5+ 67.Kh8 h5 68.Qg2+ Kd3 69.Qf1+ Ke4 70.Qg2+ Ke5 71.Qb2+ Ke6
72.Qb6+ Kf7 73.Qb3+ Kg6 74.Qg8+ Kf5 75.Qc8+ Ke4 76.Qc2+ Kf3 77.Qb3+ Ne3 78.Kh7 h4
79.Qb7+ Qd5 80.Qe7 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[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 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.f4 Bg7 11.Qf2 Nf6 12.Ba3 Ng4 13.Qe2 Qe6 14.Nc3 O-O-O 15.h3 Nh6
16.O-O-O d6 17.Ne4 Qf5 18.exd6 Qxf4+ 19.Rd2 Nf5 20.g3 Nxg3 21.Nxg3 Qxg3 22.Qg4+ Qxg4
23.hxg4 Be5 24.Rf2 cxd6 25.Rxf7 Rd7 26.Rxd7 Kxd7 27.Bb2 Ke6 28.Bg2 c5 29.Rf1 Bxb2+
30.Kxb2 Bc8 31.a3 Ke5 32.g5 h6 33.gxh6 Rxh6 34.Bd5 Rh2+ 35.Kc3 Rh3+ 36.Kb2 Bf5
37.b4 Kd4 38.Rf2 Re3 39.b5 Re1 40.a4 Rb1+ 41.Ka2 Rb4 42.Ka3 Bd3 43.Rf4+ Kc3
44.a5 Rb3+ 45.Ka2 Rb2+ 46.Ka3 Rb3+ 47.Ka2 Kb4 48.a6 g5 49.Rg4 Ra3+ 50.Kb2 Rb3+
51.Ka2 Bb1+ 52.Ka1 Ka3 53.Rxg5 Bd3  0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodriguez,And URU"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 a6 7.Na3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Nd5 b5 10.c3 Bb7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Nce3 Bg5
16.Nf5 g6 17.h4 Be7 18.Nh6+ Kg7 19.Qd2 Bc8 20.Rc4 Bd7 21.Nxe7 Qxe7 22.h5 Rac8
23.Be2 Be6 24.Ra4 g5 25.Nf5+ Bxf5 26.h6+ Kh8 27.exf5 Rfd8 28.Bf3 d5 29.Bxd5 Nd4
30.O-O Nxf5 31.Rxa5 Rd6 32.Rfa1 Nxh6 33.Ra8 Rxa8 34.Rxa8+ Kg7 35.c4 Nf5 36.c5 Rd7
37.c6 Rd6 38.Qa5 Nd4 39.c7 Rxd5 40.Rg8+ Kf6 41.Qa6+ Rd6 42.c8=Q Rxa6 43.Qxa6+ Ne6
44.Qc6 Qb4 45.Qf3+ Nf4 46.g3 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 e4 48.Qc3+ Qxc3 49.bxc3 Nd3 50.Kg2 h5
51.Rh8 h4 52.gxh4 gxh4 53.Rxh4 Ke5 54.Rh8 f5 55.Rd8 f4 56.c4 Ke6 57.Re8+ Kf5
58.Re7 f3+ 59.Kg3 Nc1 60.c5 Ne2+ 61.Kh4 Nd4 62.Re8 Kf4 63.Kh5 Kf5 64.Kh4 Ne6
65.c6 e3 66.c7 e2 67.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mieles Palau,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[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 Nb8
9.c4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Nc3 f5 13.a3 Nd7 14.Qc2 Bg5 15.b4 b6 16.Na4 e4
17.Rd1 Bb7 18.c5 bxc5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.d6 Kh8 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.Qxc5 e3 23.Bxe3 f4
24.Bd2 Rc8 25.Qb4 Rb8 26.Rab1 f3 27.Bxf3 Bxf3 28.Qxb8 Qxb8 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.gxf3 Bxd2
31.Rxd2 Kg8 32.d7 Rd8 33.Kg2 Kf7 34.Kg3 Ke6 35.Kf4 Rxd7 36.Rxd7 Kxd7 37.Ke5 Kc6
38.f4 Kb5 39.f5  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flores,Di"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.g4 h6
9.Qc2 a6 10.O-O-O b5 11.d4 e4 12.Nxd5 Ra7 13.g5 Nxd5 14.Qxe4+ Qe7 15.Qxe7+ Bxe7
16.g6 fxg6 17.Kb1 O-O 18.Bg2 Bb7 19.Rhg1 Ba8  0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Needleman,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[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.Kh1 b5
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.f4 Bb7 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Qe1 c5 14.Bf3 O-O 15.Bd2 Nb4
16.Qf2 Rfd8 17.Be3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nd5 19.Bd2 g6 20.Rae1 Bf8 21.g4 Bg7 22.Bg2 Rd7
23.Qg3 Re8 24.Re2 c4 25.a3 c3 26.bxc3 Nb6 27.f5 exf5 28.gxf5 Bxe5 29.Bf4 Rde7
30.f6 Bxf4 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Qxf4 Qe3 33.Qc7 h5 34.Qb7 Nc4 35.Bd5 Ne5 36.Qxa6 Qc5
37.Qb7 Rd8 38.Bb3 Rd7 39.Qe4 Kh7 40.a4 Ng4 41.Qf4 Ne3 42.axb5 Qxb5  0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vera,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Nb6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.h4 d5 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.g5 Nh5
16.exd5 Rfd8 17.Qe1 Bd7 18.Qxe5 Bf8 19.d6 Rac8 20.Ne4 g6 21.Qa5 Qe3 22.Bc4 Bf5
23.Qd5 Rxc4 24.Qxc4 Qxf3 25.Rhe1 b5 26.Qc7 Rc8 27.Qb7 Qg4 28.Nbc5  1-0

[Event "14th Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Radovanovic,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Re8
16.Bb2 Nfd7 17.h3 Bh5 18.a4 Nf8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd3 b4 21.Bb5 Nbd7 22.dxc5 dxc5
23.g4 Bg6 24.Nc4 Qc7 25.Nfe5 Rxa1 26.Bxa1 Rb8 27.Nc6 Re8 28.e5 Bg5 29.Nd6 Ra8
30.f4 Bh4 31.Rf1 Rxa1 32.Qxa1 Bd3 33.Bxd3 Qxc6 34.Bc4 Ne6 35.Qa4 Qc7 36.Qa8+ Ndf8
37.Qb7 Qxb7 38.Nxb7 Bg3 39.f5 Nd4 40.e6 fxe6 41.fxe6  1-0

[Event "14th Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greet,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bf4 a6 13.Nc2 Qb7+ 14.f3 Rc8 15.Rd2 b5
16.cxb5 d5 17.Nd4 Nbd7 18.Nc6 Bf8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Nd7 21.Bd4 e5 22.Bf2 d4
23.bxa6 Rxa6 24.Qd1 Nc5 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Qxe4+ 27.Kg1 g6 28.Rd3 Rac6 29.Qb3 Qxe2
30.Rf1 Rf6  0-1

[Event "14th Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sundararajan,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Ng5 Bb7 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Rc1 a6 13.Nce4 Be7 14.O-O Rad8 15.b4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 f5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.bxc5 e5 19.Bc2 Bc8 20.Bb3+ Kh8 21.Bc3 e4 22.Qg3 Qxg3
23.hxg3 Bf6 24.Ba5 Rde8 25.d5 cxd5 26.Bxd5 Bd8 27.Bb6 Rf6 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.Rfd1 Rff8
30.c6 g6 31.c7 Rd6 32.Bb3 Rff6 33.a4 Kg7 34.axb5 axb5 35.Rd5 Rxd5 36.Bxd5 Rd6
37.Rc5 b4 38.Rb5 Rd7 39.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ulibin,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 O-O 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Ne2 Qb6 14.Bc3 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6
16.Ng3 Rcf8 17.Re3 Rf4 18.Nh5 R4f7 19.Bd3 e5 20.dxe5 Bg4 21.e6 Rxf3 22.Rxf3 Bxf3
23.gxf3 d4 24.Be1 Nce5 25.Be4 Qxe6 26.Qb3 Nxf3+ 27.Kf1 Qxb3 28.axb3 Bh4 29.Ng3 Nxh2+
30.Kg2 Ng4 31.Bd5+ Kh8 32.Bxb7 Nf4+ 33.Kf3 h5 34.Ke4 d3 35.Nf5 Bg5 36.Ne3 Re8+
37.Kf3 Ng6 38.Bd2 Rf8+ 39.Ke4 Nxf2+ 40.Kd4 Bf6+ 41.Kc5 Rb8 42.Bd5 Nf4 43.Bf3 Ne6+
44.Kc4 Nd4  0-1

[Event "14th Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 c4 6.Bc2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5
9.h3 Bg7 10.O-O Nxe5 11.Nxg5 d5 12.a4 Bd7 13.a5 Nc8 14.d4 cxd3 15.Bxd3 Nd6
16.Re1 O-O-O 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.a6 b6 19.Na3 e5 20.Nb5 Nxb5 21.Bxb5 Rhg8 22.Bg5 Rde8
23.Qd2 e4 24.Nh2 h5 25.c4 d4 26.Bf4 e3 27.fxe3 Be5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Kh1 Reg5
30.Rg1 Bf5 31.exd4 Be4 32.Rae1 Rxg2 33.Rxg2 Rxg2 34.Qxg2 Bxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Qd6
36.Nf3 Ne7 37.Re5 Qg6+ 38.Kf2 Nf5 39.Bc6 Qg3+ 40.Kf1 Qxh3+ 41.Ke1 Kc7 42.Bd5 h4
43.Kd2 Qg4 44.Re4 Qg3 45.Nxh4 Qg5+ 46.Kc3 Nxh4 47.Bxf7 Nf3 48.Bd5 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "14th Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Na6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O
10.Qb3 Nb4 11.Rfd1 b6 12.Na2 Nxa2 13.Rxa2 Nd7 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Raa1 Bb4
17.Qc2 Re8 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Qf5 Ba6 20.Bd3 Nf8 21.Ne5 Rac8 22.Qh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Areshchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5
16.f5 Bxf5 17.Rxb7 Qf6 18.g4 Bxc3 19.Bb2 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 c4 21.Bxc4 Qh4 22.Rf4 Bxg4
23.Qd4 h5 24.d6 Rac8 25.Qe5 Qd8 26.Rb7 Bf5 27.Qe7 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 Qa5 29.d7 Qd2
30.d8=Q Qxd8 31.Qxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxa7 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Rd2+ 34.Kg3 Be6 35.Rca4 Kg7
36.h4 Rd3+ 37.Kf2 Rd2+ 38.Kf3 Rd3+ 39.Kg2 Rd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Monarch Assurance"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kritz,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 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.Qb5 Qxb5 16.Bxb5 Rb8 17.Bc4 Bxb2+ 18.Kd2 a5 19.Bh6 Re8 20.c3 Bd7 21.Kc2 Bf5+
22.Bd3 Rec8 23.Bd2 Bd7 24.Bf4 Rxc3+ 25.Kd2 Rb4 26.Be3 Be6 27.Ke2 Rc8 28.Bb1 Bc3  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rouleau,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Be7 10.h4 a5 11.b5 a4 12.g4 Nh6 13.Rg1 Na5 14.Qxa4 Bd7 15.Nbd2 O-O
16.Rc1 Nc4 17.Nxc4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Rfc8 19.Qb3 Rxc1+ 20.Bxc1 Bc6 21.Be2 Bxf3
22.Qxf3 Qxd4 23.Qxb7 Qc3+ 24.Bd2 Qxa3 25.Rg3 Qa1+ 26.Bd1 Bxh4 27.Rc3 Rd8
28.Qe4 Bxf2+ 29.Ke2 Bb6 30.Bc2 Qg1 31.Bd3 Qxg4+ 32.Qxg4 Nxg4 33.Rc6 Rb8 34.Bc3 h5
35.Kf3 g5 36.Be2 Nh6 37.Bd3 Nf5 38.Bxf5 exf5 39.e6 Bd8 40.b6 fxe6 41.Be5 Rxb6
42.Rc8 Rb3+ 43.Kf2 Kf7 44.Rxd8 f4 45.Rh8 Re3 46.Bd4 Rd3 47.Ba1 Ra3 48.Be5 Kg6
49.Rf8 h4 50.Rf6+ Kh5 51.Rxe6 Kg4 52.Rc6 Ra2+ 53.Kg1 h3 54.Rc3 Re2 55.Bd4 Rg2+
56.Kh1 Rd2 57.Bb6 Kh4 58.Bc7 Rg2 59.Bd8 Rg3 60.Rxg3 fxg3 61.Bc7 Kg4 62.Kg1 Kf3
63.Bb8 g4 64.Bc7 g2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Ne5 a6 13.a4 dxc4 14.Ndxc4 b5 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.axb5 axb5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Rab8 19.f4 Bd5 20.Bc2 c4 21.f5 cxb3 22.Bb1 Qc4
23.Bd3 Qh4 24.Rf4 Qh6 25.f6 Bc5 26.Kh1 g6 27.Rdf1 Rfd8 28.e4 Bc4 29.R4f3 Bd4
30.Rh3 Bxd3 31.Rxd3 Bxb2 32.Rxd8+ Rxd8 33.Qxb2 Qf4 34.Qb1 Qxe5 35.Qxb3 h5
36.h3 Qg5 37.Qa3 Rd2 38.Qa8+ Kh7 39.e5 Re2 40.Qb7 Kh6 41.Rg1 Qe3 42.Qxf7 Re1
43.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 44.Kh2 Qxe5+ 45.g3 Kg5 46.h4+ Kf5 47.Qe7 Qxf6 48.Qb4 Qe5 49.Qd2 Kf6
50.Qd8+ Kg7 51.Qe7+ Kh6 52.Qf8+ Qg7 53.Qb8 Qb2+ 54.Kh3 Qf6 55.Kg2 g5 56.hxg5+ Qxg5
57.Qh8+ Kg6 58.Qe8+ Kg7 59.Qd7+ Kf8 60.Qc8+ Ke7 61.Qc7+ Ke8 62.Qc8+ Kf7 63.Qd7+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.Bb3 Be6
9.Nbd2 Bxb3 10.Qxb3 Rb8 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 h6 15.Bd2 d5
16.e5 Nh7 17.Ne2 Qd7 18.Nf4 Ng5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Qxd5 Rbd8 21.Qxd7 Rxd7 22.Ne2 Nxe5
23.Ng3 Rxd4 24.Bxg5 f6 25.Be3 Rd5 26.Rec1 c6 27.h3 Nd3 28.Rc2 Bd6 29.Ne2 Be5
30.Nc3 Rdd8 31.Bb6 Nb4 32.Re2 Bxc3 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.bxc3 Nd5 35.Bd4 Re2 36.c4 Nb4
37.Rb1 Nc2 38.Bc5 Re1+ 39.Rxe1 Nxe1 40.Kf1 Nd3 41.Bd4 b5 42.cxb5 axb5 43.Ke2 Nf4+
44.Kf3 Nd5 45.Ke4 Kf7 46.f4 Ke6 47.g4 Kd6 48.h4 c5 49.Bb2 c4 50.h5 Ke6 51.f5+ Kd6
52.Kd4 Kc6 53.Bc1 c3 54.a3 Kd6 55.Ke4 Kc5 56.Kd3 b4 57.axb4+ Kxb4 58.Kd4 Ne7
59.Ke4 Ng8 60.g5 fxg5 61.Bxg5 c2 62.Bc1 Nf6+ 63.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.f3 Be6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Qc7 12.h4 b5 13.h5 b4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Rfc8
16.Rh2 a5 17.g5 a4 18.Na1 a3 19.Nb3 axb2+ 20.Kxb2 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Qc3+ 22.Kb1 Qxe3
23.g6 Qf4 24.Rhd2 Rab8 25.Bh3 Nb6 26.Qxf7+ Qxf7 27.gxf7+ Kxf7 28.Bxc8 Rxc8
29.Re1 Nc4 30.Rg2 h6 31.Nc1 Bg5 32.Nd3 Bd2 33.Rd1 Bc3 34.Rdg1 g5 35.hxg6+ Kg7
36.Rh1 Ra8 37.Rhh2 Rf8 38.Rh4 Bd4 39.Nxb4 Rxf3 40.c3 Rxc3 41.Nc2 Rf3 42.a4 Rb3+
43.Kc1 Bb2+ 44.Kd1 d5 45.a5 Rd3+ 46.Ke2 Rd2+ 47.Kf3 e4+ 48.Kg3 Be5+ 49.Kh3 Rd3+
50.Kg4 Nxa5 51.Nb4 Rd1 52.Kf5 Bf6 53.Rh5 Nb3 54.Ke6 Nd4+ 55.Kd7 Bg5 56.Nxd5 Kxg6
57.Rh3 Kf5 58.Nc3 Ra1 59.Kd6 Ra6+ 60.Kd5 Ne6 61.Rf2+ Nf4+ 62.Kc4 Rc6+ 63.Kb5 Re6
64.Re3 h5 65.Ne2 Re5+ 66.Kc4 h4 67.Rf1 Re8 68.Nd4+ Kg6 69.Rg1 Kh5 70.Nf5 Re5
71.Nd6 Ng6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[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 Be7 10.f3 b5 11.g4 Nb6 12.Qf2 Nfd7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 O-O 15.h4 Nc4
16.Bd3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 Nxb6 19.Na5 Rac8 20.Be4 g6 21.Nc6 Bd8 22.g5 Nd7
23.c3 Kg7 24.Rhg1 f5 25.gxf6+ Nxf6 26.Bf5 Ra8 27.a4 Bb6 28.Rg2 Nh5 29.Be4 bxa4
30.Kc2 Rf4 31.Ra1 Nf6 32.h5 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Rxe4 34.hxg6 h6 35.b4 axb3+ 36.Kxb3 a5
37.Rb1 Rf4 38.Kc2 Rf2+ 39.Rxf2 Bxf2 40.Ne7 Bc5 41.Rf1 Rf8 42.Ra1 Re8 43.Nc6 Ra8
44.Kd3 Kxg6 45.Kc4 Be3 46.Kd3 Bb6 47.Kc4 a4 48.Kb5 Bf2 49.Ra2 a3 50.Na5 Bc5
51.Nb3 Rc8  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[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 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Re1 Ndxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bd4 Nc6 15.Bxg7 Rg8
16.Qh5 Kd7 17.Bh6 Bc5 18.Be3 Bd6 19.f4 Kc8 20.Nd2 Qf6 21.f5 Bd7 22.Nf3 Qg7
23.Re2 Kb7 24.Bh6 Qg4 25.Qxg4 Rxg4 26.Rd1 d4 27.cxd4 f6 28.h3 Rg3 29.d5 Nb4
30.Bb1 Rag8 31.Kf1 Rxf3+ 32.gxf3 Rg3 33.a3 Rxf3+ 34.Kg2 Rg3+ 35.Kf2 Rxh3
36.Be3 Be8 37.Bf4 Bh5 38.Bxd6 Bxe2 39.Kxe2 cxd6 40.axb4 Rh4 41.Kd2 Rxb4 42.Kc3 Rc4+
43.Kb3 Kb6 44.Re1 Kc5 45.Re6 Rc1 46.Ka2 b4 47.b3 Rf1 48.Rxf6 Rf2+ 49.Ka1 Kxd5
50.Rh6 a5 51.Rxh7 Kd4 52.Rc7 d5 53.Bc2 Ke5 54.Kb1 Rf3 55.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Predojevic,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.exd6 cxd6 10.a4 O-O 11.a5 N6d7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qa4 Rc8 15.Rfc1 Qd8
16.Qa2 Nf6 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Nbd7 19.b4 Bg6 20.Qb3 Rc7 21.Nh4 Ne8 22.Nxg6 hxg6
23.Na4 Bg5 24.f4 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Bh6 26.Nb6 Nxb6 27.Bxb6 Qh4 28.g3 Qxh3 29.Qd3 Nf6
30.Bf1 Qh5 31.Be2 Ng4 32.Qf3 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 f5 34.Qg2 Qh5 35.Kg1 g5 36.Rf1 Rc8
37.fxg5 Bxg5 38.Bxg4 Qxg4 39.Qf3 Rc4 40.Qxg4 fxg4 41.Re1 Kf7 42.Re6 Be7 43.Kf1 Rxb4
44.Bc7 Rb5 45.Bxd6 Bd8 46.Re5 Rxa5 47.Rf5+ Kg6 48.Rf8 Bf6 49.Rb8 Rxd5 50.Bf4 Rb5
51.Ke2 Be5 52.Bxe5 Rxe5+ 53.Kd3 Rb5 54.Ke4 a5 55.Ra8 Rb4+ 56.Ke5 a4 57.Ra7 b6
58.Ke6 b5 59.Ke5 Rb3 60.Kf4 a3  0-1

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ippolito,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4
10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.g3 Bg7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O a6 14.a4 b4 15.Ne4 Qd8 16.a5 f5 17.Nc5 Ra7
18.Re1 hxg3 19.hxg3 Kh7 20.Ra4 Qd6 21.Rxb4 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Rd8 23.Qe2 Re7 24.Qxc4 Rg8
25.Rb6 Rg4 26.Rb4 Kg7 27.Nd3 Nd7 28.Re3 e5 29.Qxc6 Qxc6 30.Bxc6 e4 31.Bxd7 Bxd7
32.Ne5 Rxe5 33.dxe5 Bb5 34.Rc3 Kf7 35.Rd4 e3 36.Rxg4 e2 37.e6+ Kf6 38.Re3 fxg4
39.e7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Qc1 Nbd7 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.O-O Rc8 12.Re1 b5 13.Bf1 c5 14.Qd1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bg4
16.N4f3 Nd5 17.h3 Be6 18.Rb1 Nxf4 19.exf4 Qb6 20.Nb3 Nc5 21.Nxc5 Rxc5 22.b3 Rfc8
23.Bd3 Qd6 24.f5 gxf5 25.Ng5 h6 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Qe2 Re5 28.Qf1 a6 29.Rxe5 Bxe5
30.a4 Bd4 31.axb5 axb5 32.Qe2 Rc5 33.Rd1 Re5 34.Qf3 Rd5 35.g3 Rc5 36.Kg2 Rc3
37.Qa8+ Kg7 38.Qb7 Rxb3 39.Bxf5 Kf6 40.Bxe6 Rb2 41.Qf3+ Kxe6 42.Qg4+ Ke5
43.Qf4+ Ke6 44.Qg4+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[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.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Ng5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Rf8
15.a4 b4 16.Bh4 Rf5 17.Bg3 h5 18.h4 g6 19.Rd2 e3 20.fxe3 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8
22.b3 Ke8 23.c3 bxc3 24.Rc1 Kd7 25.Rxc3 Rf8 26.Rd3+ Ke7 27.Bf4 Rb8 28.Kf2 Na5
29.Bg5+ Ke8 30.Kf3 Nxb3 31.Bf6 Na5 32.Kf4 Rb4+ 33.Kg5 Rg4+ 34.Kh6 Nc6 35.Rd2 Ne7
36.a5 c5 37.Bxe7 Kxe7 38.Rd6 c4 39.Rxa6 Kd7 40.Rd6+ Kc7 41.a6 Rxg2 42.a7 Ra2
43.Rd4 Rxa7 44.Rxc4+ Kd7 45.Kxg6 Ke7 46.Rb4 Rc7 47.Ra4 Rb7 48.Ra5 Rb3 49.Ra7+ Kd8
50.Kf6 Rxe3 51.Rh7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.g3 Bg7
10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 f5 15.Ng5 f4 16.Ne6 fxg3
17.f4 Rf7 18.e4 Bd4+ 19.Kh1 Ndf6 20.f5 Ng7 21.Bg5 Be5 22.Qb3 Qe8 23.Ne2 Nxe4
24.Bxe4 gxf5 25.Bg2 Nxe6 26.dxe6 Bxe6 27.Qc2 Rg7 28.Bh6 Rg6 29.Be3 Qf7 30.Nf4 Bb3
31.Qd2 Rg7 32.Nd3 Re8 33.Rae1 Bc4 34.Bf4 Qf6 35.Rf3 Ree7 36.Nxe5 dxe5 37.Bh6 Rg6
38.Qd8+ Kf7 39.Qf8+ Ke6 40.Qc8+ Rd7 41.Rfe3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fishbein,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5
9.Bd3 Be6 10.O-O Nf6 11.N1c3 a6 12.Na3 O-O 13.Nc2 Qd7 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Be4 Ne7 17.Ne3 Bg5 18.Qd3 h6 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.Ba3 Nc8 21.Rd2 Kh8 22.Rad1 Qc7
23.Qe2 b5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Bb4 Qa7 26.Bf3 Rf4 27.Bxd6 Nxd6 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 Qe7
30.Ra6 e4 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Qc2 Bf7 33.Bg4 h5 34.Be2 b4 35.Qc8 Kg6 36.h4 Bh6
37.g3 Rxf2 38.Bxh5+ Kf6 39.Ng4+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novikov,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 a6 6.Ng3 h5 7.Be2 c5 8.d5 b5 9.cxb5 O-O
10.Bg5 Nh7 11.Bd2 h4 12.Nf1 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 axb5 15.Bxb5 e5 16.dxe6 Bxe6
17.Qe2 Rf6 18.Ne3 Kh8 19.Ned5 Rg6 20.a4 Ra7 21.O-O-O Qg8 22.Qf3 Nf6 23.Nxf6 Bxf6
24.Be1 Rxg2 25.Rxd6 Rag7 26.Bg3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Qf7 28.Bf1 h3 29.Bxg2 hxg2 30.Rg1 Bd5
31.Qe5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kreiman,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 Nge7 8.Nb3 Ng6
9.Qe2 Be7 10.O-O-O b5 11.f4 Bd7 12.h4 Nxh4 13.Rxh4 Bxh4 14.g5 e5 15.Qh2 exf4
16.Qxf4 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 f6 19.Be3 Ke7 20.Nd5+ Kf7 21.Nc7 Bg4 22.Rd2 Rac8
23.Nxa6 Rhe8 24.Bxb5 Rxe4 25.Bf2 Ne5 26.Nd4 h5 27.b3 g5 28.Bf1 Nf3 29.Nxf3 Bxf3
30.Rxd6 h4 31.Kb2 Rh8 32.Nc5 h3 33.Nxe4 Bxe4 34.Bxh3 Rxh3 35.Bd4 f5 36.Rf6+ Ke7
37.Rg6 g4 38.Be5 Re3 39.c4 Re2+ 40.Kc3 Rxa2 41.b4 Kf7 42.Rf6+ Ke7 43.b5 g3
44.Rg6 g2 45.b6 Ra1 46.Bd4 Rc1+ 47.Kb4 Rd1 48.Kc5 f4 49.Rg4 Ke6 50.Bf2 Kf5
51.Rg7 Rd2 52.Bg1 f3 53.Rg8 Rd1 54.Be3 Re1 55.Kd4 Rd1+ 56.Kc5 Bb7 57.Rg7 Ke4
58.Bf2 Rd2 59.Bg1 f2 60.Bxf2 Rxf2 61.Kd6 Rc2 62.Kc7 Ba6 63.b7 Bxb7 64.Kxb7 Kf3
65.Rf7+ Ke3 66.Rg7 Kf2 67.Rf7+ Kg1 68.Rc7 Kf2 69.Rf7+ Kg3 70.Rg7+ Kf3 71.Rf7+ Ke2
72.Rg7 Kf1 73.Rf7+ Kg1 74.Rc7 Rc3 75.c5 Rb3+ 76.Ka8 Ra3+ 77.Kb7 Rb3+ 78.Ka8 Kf2
79.Rf7+ Rf3 80.Rxf3+ Kxf3 81.c6 g1=Q 82.c7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[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.Kb1 Qc7 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Ng3 a4 16.Nh5 b3
17.Rh2 bxa2+ 18.Ka1 e5 19.Qc4 Qb6 20.Qb5 Rb8 21.Qxb6 Rxb6 22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Be3 Rb4
24.Bd2 Rb7 25.Bh6 Rd8 26.Bc4 Be6 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Bf8 29.Bc1 h5 30.g5 Be7
31.Kxa2 Kh7 32.gxf6 Bxf6 33.Bd2 Rc8 34.Bc3 Be7 35.Ba5 Rc4 36.c3 f5 37.exf5 Rf4
38.Rh3 Rxh4 39.Rxh4 Bxh4 40.Rxd6 Bg3 41.c4 h4 42.Bd2 Bf4 43.c5 h3 44.c6 Rb5
45.c7 Rc5 46.Rd7+ Kh6 47.Bb4 Rxc7 48.Rxc7 h2 49.Bf8+ Kg5 50.Rh7 Kxf5 51.Rh5+ Ke6
52.Ka3 Kd5 53.Kxa4 Kd4 54.b4 Ke3 55.Bh6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B73"]

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.Qd2 Bd7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Rfd1 Qd7 13.a4 Rfc8 14.a5 Qe6 15.Ra3 Nd7
16.Bf2 a6 17.Rb3 Rc7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Qe5 20.Bf1 Rac8 21.c3 Qf5 22.Rb4 Bf6
23.g4 Qg5 24.Be3 Qh4 25.g5 Qh5 26.gxf6 Ne5 27.Bg2 exf6 28.Qf2 Re7 29.Rh4 Qf5
30.Rf4 Qh5 31.Bd4 f5 32.Rh4 Qg5 33.Qg3  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Santalla,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Rb8 8.Nge2 b5
9.O-O b4 10.Nd1 Nge7 11.Bh6 O-O 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Ne3 e5 14.g4 Nd4 15.f4 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 exf4 17.Rxf4 g5 18.Rf2 Ng6 19.Nf5+ Kh8 20.Qe3 f6 21.d4 Qb6 22.Rd1 Bxf5
23.Rxf5 cxd4 24.Qxd4 Ne5 25.h3 Kg7 26.Rf2 Qxd4 27.Rxd4 Rb6 28.Rfd2 Rc8 29.b3 Rcc6
30.Kf2 Kf7 31.Bf1 Ke7 32.Rd5 Rc7 33.a3 bxa3 34.Ra5 Rb4 35.Ke3 Rc3+ 36.Bd3 Rb7
37.Rxa3 Nc4+  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Enhbat,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Ngf3 Bg6 7.Be2 Qb6 8.Nb3 Ne7
9.O-O Nf5 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Na5 Rb8 12.b4 Be7 13.h3 O-O 14.a4 Qc7 15.c4 dxc4
16.Nxc4 Nb6 17.Rc1 Nxc4 18.Rxc4 Qd7 19.Qc1 Bd8 20.Rd1 Ne7 21.Qb2 Nd5 22.Qb3 Be7
23.Rcc1 Rbc8 24.b5 h6 25.a5 c5 26.Bc4 Rfd8 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.Bf4 Be4 29.Bg3 Qe8
30.Nd2 Bg6 31.Be2 Ne7 32.Nc4 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Nd5 34.Bf3 Qd8 35.Kh2 Be7 36.Ne3 Qxa5
37.Nxd5 exd5 38.Qxd5 Rd8 39.Qxb7 Rxd1 40.Bxd1 Qd8 41.Bb3 Bd3 42.Bd5 Kf8 43.Bc6 Bc5
44.Bd5 Qe8 45.Bc6 Qd8 46.Bd7 Be4 47.Qxe4 Qxd7 48.Qh7 Qxb5 49.Qh8+ Ke7 50.Qxg7 Qb6
51.Bh4+ Ke8 52.Qg8+ Bf8 53.Qg4 Be7 54.Qc8+ Qd8 55.Qc6+ Qd7 56.Qxh6 Bxh4 57.Qxh4 a5
58.Qh8+ Ke7 59.Qf6+ Ke8 60.h4 a4 61.h5 Qg4 62.h6 a3 63.Qc6+ Ke7 64.Qb7+ Kd8
65.Qa8+ Kc7 66.Qxa3 Qf4+ 67.Kg1 Qxh6 68.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Qc7 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.a3 a6 13.b4 a5 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Bd2 Qe7 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Bc3 Qg5 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.Bxh7+ Kh8 24.Bd3 Ra3 25.Qb2 Qxb2 26.Rxb2 Rfa8 27.Kf1 Bc8 28.Ke2 g6 29.Bb1 Kg7
30.Rd3 Ra1 31.Rd4 Be6 32.h4 Kf6 33.g4 Rh8 34.g5+ Ke5 35.Kf3 Rha8 36.Kg3 Kd6
37.f4 R8a3 38.h5 Rxe3+ 39.Kg2 gxh5 40.f5 Rxb1 41.Rxb1 Bxf5  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nbd2 Nc6 15.Qe2 Qc7
16.Rac1 Nd7 17.Bb1 c4 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Nf1 Nc5 21.Ng3 Rad8 22.b3 Nd3
23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Qb2 Qb7 25.a3 Rfe8 26.Bd2 b4 27.a4 Bf6 28.e5 Be7 29.Re3 Na5
30.h4 h6 31.h5 Bh7 32.g5 hxg5 33.h6 Qd5 34.Nh5 Qxb3 35.Qa1 Qe6 36.Nxg7 Qg4+
37.Kf1 Nb3 38.Qb2 Nxc1 39.Nxe8 Ne2 40.Bxb4 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Bb2 e4 13.Nd2 Nf8 14.Nf1 h5 15.a4 Ng4
16.c5 Bc7 17.d5 Be5 18.d6 Qh4 19.g3 Qd8 20.Nxe4 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Rxe4 22.f3 Rxe3
23.fxg4 Rxe2 24.Qxe2 Bxg4 25.Qb2 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 Qg5 27.Qxb7 Qxc5+ 28.Kg2 Rd8
29.Qa6 Nd7 30.Qd3 Nb6 31.Ne3 a6 32.Qd4 Qxd4 33.Rxd4 c5 34.Rd1 Nxa4 35.Nd5 Kf8
36.Ne7 Nc3 37.Nc6 Nxd1 38.Nxd8 Ke8 39.Nc6 Kd7 40.Ne5+ Kxd6 41.Nxf7+  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.e4 c6 7.Be2 Na6 8.Be3 e6 9.dxc6 bxc6
10.O-O Ng4 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Qc2 h6 13.Bd2 e5 14.Na4 Nf6 15.b4 Rb8 16.a3 d5 17.cxd5 cxd5
18.Rac1 Qxc2 19.Rxc2 Nxe4 20.Rxc8 Rfxc8 21.Bxa6 Nxd2 22.Nxd2 Rc2 23.Nb3 e4
24.Nac5 Ra2 25.Rd1 Rxa3 26.b5 d4 27.Kf1 d3 28.f3 f5 29.fxe4 fxe4 30.Kf2 Ra2+
31.Kg3 Rb2 32.Kf4 Re2 33.Ne6 Kf7 34.Nbc5 d2 35.b6 Re1 36.Rxd2 axb6 37.Rd7+ Kf6  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smith,Bry"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Be3 a6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Na4 Bd6 10.g3 O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Nc4 Be7 14.Bf4 Qa7 15.Bxb8 Qxb8
16.e5 Nd5 17.c3 Bc5 18.Bd3 f6 19.Qh5 f5 20.b4 Be7 21.Rac1 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.cxb4 Bb7
24.Qe2 Ba8 25.Qd2 c5 26.bxc5 Bxc5 27.Rb1 Qc8 28.Nd6 Bxd6 29.exd6 Qc6 30.Rfc1 Nc3
31.f3 Nxb1  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 Nd7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qf5 11.Bd3 Qa5+ 12.Nc3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15.Qc2 Nf6
16.c5 Qc7 17.a5 Bd7 18.Na4 Be8 19.Nb6 Rab8 20.Rad1 Nh5 21.Bc4 Bf6 22.Ba2 g6
23.Nc4 Ng7 24.Qc3 Nf5 25.Bb1 Rd5 26.Nb6 Rdd8 27.Bxf5 exf5 28.Ne5 Bg7 29.d5 cxd5
30.Nxd5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 Bc6 32.Rd6 Be4 33.f4 g5 34.Qc4 Rc8 35.b4 gxf4 36.Red1 Qe7
37.Nf3 Rc7 38.Kh1 Kh7 39.Qc1 Be5 40.Rd8 Qe6 41.Qd2 Re7 42.Qe2 Kg7 43.Qf2 Qf6
44.Nxe5 Qxe5 45.Kg1 Bc6 46.R8d4 f3 47.gxf3 Kh7 48.f4 Qe6 49.h3 Qb3 50.R4d3 Qxb4
51.Qd4 Re4 52.Qxb4 Rxb4 53.Rg3 Rxf4 54.Rd8 h5 55.Rdg8 h4 56.R3g7+ Kh6 57.Rxf7 Rf3
58.Rf6+ Kh5 59.Rfg6 Rxh3 60.Rg5+ Kh6 61.R5g6+ Kh7 62.R6g7+ Kh6 63.Rg6+ Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[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 Be7
9.f3 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.Nbd4 exd4
17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Na3 Ne5 22.h4 Ra4 23.h5 Qa8
24.h6 Qxe4+ 25.Bd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 f6 27.g6 hxg6 28.fxg6 f5 29.Nb5 Qxd3+ 30.Rxd3 Rg4
31.Nc3 Rxg6 32.Nd5 Bf6 33.Rxb3 gxh6 34.Bxh6 Ng7 35.Bf4 Bd8 36.Rb7 Re8 37.Rd7 Rge6
38.b4 Bf6 39.Kc2 Be5 40.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Karklins,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Ng5 Re7 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.f4 Nd3
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Bc5 Be8 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Ndf3 Qc5+ 21.Qd4 Nd3 22.Rxe8 Nxe8
23.Nxf7 Qxd4+ 24.cxd4 Nxb2 25.Bd5 Rb8 26.N3e5 Ba3 27.Nh6+ Kf8 28.Nd7+ Ke7
29.Nxb8 gxh6 30.Re1+ Kd6 31.Bg8 Ng7 32.Re3 Nc4 33.Bxc4 Bb2 34.Bd3 Bxd4 35.Kf2 Ne6
36.Nxa6 c5 37.Bxb5 Nf4 38.Kf3 Bxe3 39.Kxe3 Nxg2+ 40.Ke4 Nh4 41.Nb8 Ng6 42.Nc6 Nf8
43.Nd8 Kc7 44.Nf7 h5 45.Kd5 Kb6 46.Bd3 Nd7 47.Ne5 Nb8 48.h4 h6 49.Be2 Ka5
50.Kxc5 Ka4 51.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Florean,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O e5
9.f4 Bd6 10.f5 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 h5 13.Qf3 b3 14.cxb3 Ng4 15.Kh1 Bc5 16.Bg5 Qd7
17.Nc3 f6 18.Bh4 Ne3 19.Rfe1 Qxd3 20.Bf2 Rb8 21.Bxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Bd7 10.Ra2 Rc8 11.Ba1 Be7 12.Be2 h5 13.O-O g5 14.Rd2 g4 15.Ne1 Bg5
16.b5 Na5 17.Rc2 Rxc2 18.Nxc2 Bxb5 19.Nc3 Bd7 20.Bd3 Nh4 21.Qe2 a6 22.Rb1 Qd8
23.Ne3 Rg8 24.Kh1 b5 25.a4 bxa4 26.Bxa6 Nb3 27.Qd3 Qa5 28.Ne2 Nxa1 29.Rxa1 Bxe3
30.fxe3 Nf5 31.Nc3 Ke7 32.e4 dxe4 33.Nxe4 Bc6 34.Rc1 Bxe4 35.Qxe4 Qxa6 36.d5 Rc8
37.d6+ Kd8 38.Rd1 Qc4 39.Qe1 Qc3  0-1

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Scekic,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Be3 Nh6
9.h3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 Nf7 12.Nh2 Rb8 13.b3 exd4 14.Bxd4 c5 15.Be3 f5
16.Rad1 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bb7 18.Ng5 Nxg5 19.Bxg5 Qd7 20.Bh6 Qc6 21.f3 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Rfe8
23.Ng4 Re6 24.Qf4 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Qc1 h5 27.Qb2+ Kh7 28.Nf6+ Kh6 29.c4 Rf8
30.Nd5 Qd7 31.Qd2+ Kg7 32.Qa5 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Re2 34.Rde1 Rxe1 35.Qxe1 Rf7 36.a4 Qe7
37.Qa5 Qe3 38.Qxa6 Qxb3 39.Qc6 Re7 40.a5  0-1

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 e6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.h5 a5 14.a4 bxa4 15.Nxa4 Rb8
16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Bc3 Qe7 18.Bxa5 d5 19.e5 Nh5 20.Bc7 Ra8 21.Bd6 Qe8 22.Bxf8 Qxf8
23.Bxd5 Rxa4 24.Rxa4 Bxa4 25.Bxe6+ Kh8 26.Rh4 Be8 27.Qd6 h6 28.Rc4 Kh7 29.Rc7 Qf4
30.Ke2 Qg3 31.Kf1 Qf4 32.Ke2 Qc1 33.Kf2 Bb5 34.Bc4 Qxc2+ 35.Kg1 Qc1+ 36.Kf2 Bxc4
37.g4 Qxb2+ 38.Kg1 Qb1+ 39.Kh2 Qa2+ 40.Kg1 Qa1+ 41.Kf2 Qa2+ 42.Ke3 Qb3+ 43.Kf2 Nf4
44.Rxg7+ Kxg7 45.Qf6+ Kh7 46.Qxf4 Bd5 47.Qf6 Qb7 48.Qf4 Qb6+ 49.Kg2 Kg7 50.Qd2 Qc6
51.Qe3 g5 52.Kg3 Be6 53.Qd4 Qd5 54.Qc3 Kf7 55.Qe3 Bd7 56.f4 Kg6 57.Qb6+ Kh7
58.Qe3 gxf4+ 59.Qxf4 Qe6 60.Kh4 Kg7 61.Kh5 Qg6+ 62.Kh4 Qf7 63.Qxf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Curacao Chess Festival"]
[Site "Willemstad CUR"]
[Date "2006.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Goletiani,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d3 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Be3 b6 8.Qc2 Nf6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.h3 O-O 11.Nf3 a5 12.O-O Ba6 13.Rfe1 Rad8 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb7
16.Bf4 c5 17.d5 Rc8 18.b3 b5 19.Ne5 Nh5 20.Bh2 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 c4 22.Qb1 Qd7
23.bxc4 b4 24.Nc2 Rxc4 25.Ne3 Rcc8 26.d6 e6 27.g4 f6 28.Bh2 Ng7 29.g5 f5
30.Be5 Bb7 31.f3 Nh5 32.Qd3 Rc5 33.Qd4 Rfc8 34.h4 Kf7 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Nxf5 exf5
37.Bh2 Rd5 38.Qa1 Rxd1 39.Qxd1 Re8 40.Qb3+ Kg6 41.Rd1 Bc6 42.Rd2 Qa7+ 43.Kg2 Bd7
44.Bg1 Nf4+ 45.Kh2 Qa6 46.Be3 Nh5 47.Qd5 Ng7 48.Qd4 Nh5 49.Qd5 Re6 50.Bf2 Qf1
51.Qd4 Re2 52.Rxe2 Qxe2 53.Kg2 Bc6  0-1

[Event "Curacao Chess Festival"]
[Site "Willemstad CUR"]
[Date "2006.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tate,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Nce2 a5 12.Bh6 O-O 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.h4 e5 15.Nb5 d5
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.h5 Rh8 18.h6+ Kf8 19.Be4 Nc6 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Qg5 Ne8 22.Rd1 Qe6
23.O-O Ne7 24.f4 Nf5 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Rf2 Qe7 27.Qf4 Qe3 28.Qc4 Nxh6 29.Rd3 Qe5
30.Rdf3 Qe7 31.Ned4 Kg8 32.Nc6 Qe1+ 33.Rf1 Qe6 34.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Curacao Chess Festival"]
[Site "Willemstad CUR"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Werle,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qc7 13.exf6 c5 14.O-O Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qb7+ 16.f3 O-O-O
17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Qe2 Nd3 19.Rad1 Bc5 20.Ne4 Bb6 21.b3 Qd5 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.Be3 Rh5
24.Rb1 Qc6 25.Rfd1 Re5 26.Bg1 Rdd5 27.h4 Ra5 28.Rd2 Ra3 29.Rc2 Kb7 30.Bxb6 axb6
31.Qe3 b5 32.Rb3 Qa6 33.Qd4 Rd5 34.Qxc4 Ne1+ 35.Kh3 Nxc2 36.Qxc2 Rxb3 37.Qxb3 Qc6
38.a4 Qc4 39.Qxb5+ Rxb5 40.Nd6+ Kc6 41.Nxc4 Rc5 42.Nd2 Kd5 43.Kg4 Rc8 44.Kf4 Ra8
45.Ne4 Rxa4 46.g4 Ra3 47.g5 e5+ 48.Kg4 Ke6 49.h5 Ra1 50.Nc5+ Kd6 51.g6  1-0

[Event "Curacao Chess Festival"]
[Site "Willemstad CUR"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qd3 g6 5.Bg5 Bg7 6.f3 Qb6 7.O-O-O d6 8.Nh3 Nbd7
9.e3 Ne5 10.Qb5+ Qxb5 11.Nxb5 Kf7 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Be2 h6 14.Nf2 a6 15.Nc3 b5
16.e4 Bd7 17.Nb1 a5 18.Bd2 Kf8 19.f4 Nf7 20.Bc3 Nc7 21.Bf3 a4 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7
23.e5 Be8 24.e6 Nd8 25.h3 Nb7 26.Rdg1 a3 27.b3 h5 28.c3 h4 29.Nd1 Na5 30.Nd2 Kf6
31.Ne3 g5 32.fxg5+ Kxg5 33.Rf1 Bg6 34.Rf2 Raf8 35.Nc2 b4 36.c4 Ne8 37.Rhf1 Ng7
38.Be2 Bh5 39.Bd3 Kf6 40.Rf4 Bg6 41.Be2 Bh5 42.Bd3 Bg6 43.R4f2 Bh5 44.Ne1 Kg6
45.Rf4 Kg5 46.R4f2 Kg6 47.Bc2 Kg5 48.Nd3 Nb7 49.Nf4 Be8 50.Bd1 Rfg8 51.Rg1 Kf6
52.Rgf1 Kg5 53.Kc2 Na5 54.Kd3 Nb7 55.Ke3 Na5 56.Bc2 Nb7 57.Ne2 Bh5 58.Ng1 Bg6
59.Ndf3+ Kf6 60.Kd2 Nh5 61.Ne2 Ng3 62.Re1 Bh5 63.Nxg3 hxg3 64.Rff1 f4 65.Ng1 Kg5
66.Bd1 Bg6 67.Bg4 Na5 68.Nf3+ Kf6 69.Re2 Nb7 70.Ne1 Kg5 71.Kc1 Na5 72.Bf3 Ra8
73.Be4 Nxb3+ 74.Kd1 Bh5 75.h4+ Kh6 76.Bf3 Na5  0-1

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Seitzer,Phillip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 g6 5.Nxd4 cxd4 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3 a6 8.Bc4 e6
9.Nc2 Qc7 10.Bb3 dxc3 11.bxc3 Ne7 12.Ba3 d6 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Ne3 Rd8 15.d4 b6
16.f4 Bb7 17.f5 Bxe4 18.f6 Bxf6 19.Rxf6 Nf5 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.Qe1 Kg7 22.Qh4 Qe7
23.Rxg6+  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simonse,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bd6 7.Qc2 Be6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Bg3 Bg4 13.Nd2 Rfe8 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.O-O a5
16.Rfe1 Nf8 17.Nf1 Re7 18.f3 Bd7 19.Qf2 b6 20.h3 c5 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Rad1 Qb6
23.Bb1 Bc6 24.Re2 Qb4 25.Ba2 Rd7 26.Red2 Rad8 27.Ng3 Bxa4 28.Nxa4 Qxa4 29.Bb1 g6
30.Ne2 Ne6 31.Nc3 Qb4 32.Ba2 c4 33.Qh4 Kg7 34.Ne2 a4 35.Nd4 a3 36.Nc6 Qc5
37.Nxd8 Rxd8 38.bxa3 Qxe3+ 39.Qf2 Qf4 40.g3 Qc7 41.Rc2 Ra8 42.Rc3 Qe5 43.Re3 Qf5
44.Kg2 Rb8 45.Rde1 Nd7 46.Qd2 Ndc5 47.Re5 Qf6 48.Qxd5 Nd3 49.Rxe6 fxe6 50.Qd7+ Kh6  0-1

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Homa,Seth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.O-O Bd7 10.h3 Rc8 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Qb3 Qa6 13.Rfe1 Na5 14.Qb4 Nc6 15.Qd2 b5
16.Nc2 Rc7 17.b3 Qc8 18.Kh2 a5 19.Rac1 b4 20.d5 Ne5 21.Ncd4 e6 22.f4 exd5
23.exd5 Neg4+ 24.hxg4 Nxg4+ 25.Kh1 Re8 26.Bg1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qd8 28.Nf3  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheng,X"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[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.Qh5 Rg8 13.g3 Rc8 14.c3 Rg6 15.Nc2 fxe4
16.Bxe4 Bg4 17.Qh4 Qxh4 18.gxh4 f5 19.h5 Rg7 20.Nce3 fxe4 21.Nxg4 Kf7 22.Ngf6 Ke6
23.O-O-O Ne7 24.Nxe7 Bxe7 25.Nxe4 d5 26.Ng3 Rf7 27.Rhf1 b4 28.Kc2 bxc3 29.bxc3 Bb4
30.Ne2 Bxc3 31.Nxc3 d4 32.Rd3 Rfc7 33.Kb2 Rxc3 34.Rd2 Kd5 35.Rfd1 Rf8 36.Rg1 Rcf3
37.Rg2 R8f5 38.h6 Rf6 39.Rg7 Rxf2 40.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 41.Kb3 Rxh2 42.Rxh7 Ke4 43.Rh8 Kd3
44.Re8 e4 45.Re6 e3 46.Rxa6 e2 47.Re6 Rxh6  0-1

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Cordova,Em"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d5 4.Qe2 dxe4 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.Qxe4 Qd5 7.f3 Nf6 8.Qa4 e5
9.Ne2 Be7 10.d3 O-O 11.Nc4 Bd7 12.b3 Nh5 13.O-O g5 14.Bb2 f6 15.Rae1 Be6
16.Nc3 Qd7 17.Ne4 h6 18.Qa5 Bxc4 19.bxc4 Nf4 20.Kh1 Ne6 21.Ba3 Qd8 22.Qa4 Qc7
23.Ng3 f5 24.c3 Bd6 25.Qc2 Ng7 26.Rf2 Rad8 27.Nf1 h5 28.Bb2 Be7 29.Rfe2 Bf6
30.Ba3 Qa5 31.Bc1 Rd7 32.Nd2 Qd8 33.Nb3 Rxd3 34.Nxc5 e4 35.fxe4 Rxc3 36.Qa4 Qd4
37.e5 Be7 38.Bb2 Bxc5 39.Qa5 Qxc4 40.Qxc3 Qxc3 41.Bxc3 Ne6 42.g3 Kf7 43.Rc1 f4
44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Be1 f3 46.Rec2 Be3 47.Bd2 Bb6 48.Rxc6 Rg8 49.Rf1 f2 50.Rxb6 Rg1+
51.Rxg1 fxg1=Q+ 52.Kxg1 axb6 53.Kf2 Kg6 54.Ke3 Kf5 55.Bc3 h4 56.Be1 h3 57.Kf3 Ng5+
58.Kg3 Kxe5 59.Kg4 Ne4 60.Kxh3 Kf5 61.Kg2 Kf4 62.Bb4 b5 63.Ba5 Nc5 64.Bc7+ Kg4
65.a3 Nd3 66.Bd6 Ne1+ 67.Kf2 Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kleiman,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[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 g6 15.Qd3 Bg7
16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.a3 bxa3 18.Qxa3 Rb8 19.Rab1 Ba8 20.Bf3 f5 21.Qd3 Kh8 22.b4 axb4
23.Ndxb4 Nxb4 24.Rxb4 Rxb4 25.Nxb4 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Qb6 27.Bxa8 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Rxa8
29.Qf3 Qxf3 30.gxf3 Bf8 31.Rd2 Kg7 32.Nd5 Kf7 33.Kg2 Ra4 34.Rc2 Ke6 35.Kf2 Bh6
36.Kg3 Bg5 37.Kg2 Ra1 38.Nc3 Be3 39.Ne4 Rg1+ 40.Kh3 Rf1 41.Kg2 Rg1+ 42.Kh3 Bc5
43.Ng3 Kf6 44.Kh4 Rd1 45.Rc3 Rd4+ 46.Kh3 Kg5 47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Kh3 Kf4 49.Ne4 Rb2
50.Nf6 Bg1 51.Nd5+ Kg5  0-1

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Be2 Ne7 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.O-O Qxb2
9.Rb1 Qxa2 10.Rxb7 Nc8 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qa3 13.d5 exd5 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Nb5 cxb5
16.Bxb5+ Bd7 17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.Bxd7+ Kf8 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Nxc5 Qxc5
22.Qf3 f6 23.Qh5  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 dxc4 8.a5 c5 9.Bxf6 Qxf6
10.d5 Qd8 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Nxc4 Be7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.g3 b5 15.axb6 Bb7 16.e4 O-O
17.Bh3 Rf6 18.Qb3 Nb8 19.Rd1 Qf8 20.Ne5 Rxf2 21.Qxe6+ Kh7 22.Qg6+ Kh8 23.Qg4 Kh7
24.Ng6 Qf6 25.Nxe7 Nc6 26.Ned5 Qf7 27.Nf4 Bc8 28.Rd7 Bxd7 29.Qxd7 Qxd7 30.Bxd7  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 Ng6 8.h4 h5
9.Qg3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.a4 Qd7 12.Ne2 Qc6 13.Bg5 Qc4 14.Qf3 c5 15.O-O Nb8
16.Ng3 cxd4 17.Nxh5 O-O 18.Bh6 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Qxc3 20.Qg4 Rfc8 21.Qg5  1-0

[Event "38th Atlantic Open"]
[Site "Washington DC USA"]
[Date "2006.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Samuelson,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[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.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Bd7
16.Ra2 a4 17.O-O Na5 18.Bd3 Nb3 19.Nce3 Nc5 20.Bc2 Be6 21.Nc4 Ra6 22.Qe2 Qb8
23.Qh5 h6 24.Rfa1 Qb5 25.Na3 Qb7 26.c4 Nb3 27.Rd1 Nd4 28.Rxd4 exd4 29.f4 Bxd5
30.fxg5 Bxe4 31.gxh6 Bg6 32.Bxg6 fxg6 33.Qxg6 d5 34.Qxg7+ Qxg7 35.hxg7 Rc8
36.cxd5 d3 37.Kf2 Re8 38.Nc4 Re2+ 39.Kf3 Rf6+ 40.Kg3 d2 41.Nxd2 Rxd2 42.Rxa4 Rxd5
43.Rg4 Rb5 44.h4 Rf7 45.b4 Rxg7  0-1

[Event "38th Atlantic Open"]
[Site "Washington DC USA"]
[Date "2006.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adu,O"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 e6
9.c3 a5 10.a4 b6 11.Nf1 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Ba6 14.Re1 Rac8 15.h3 Nd7
16.Bf4 h6 17.Bd6 Rfd8 18.e5 c4 19.g4 Nc5 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Re4 Rb8 22.Rb1 Rd3
23.N1d2 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxd2 25.Nxc4 Rc2 26.Bf1 Rxc3 27.Rd1 Rc2 28.Bd3 Bxc4
29.Bxc2 Bd5 30.Ree1 Rxb2 31.Bd3 Bd4 32.Re2 Rb4 33.Bb5 Rb3 34.Kh2 Bf3 35.Rdd2 Rb1
36.Kg3 Bd5 37.f3 Rf1 38.Rd3 e5 39.Rxe5 Bxe5+ 40.Kg2 Rc1 41.Rxd5 Rc2+ 42.Kf1 Bd4
43.Ke1 Rc3 44.Bc6 Kg7 45.Rd7 Kf6 46.h4 Ra3 47.Ke2 g5 48.hxg5+ hxg5 49.Rd6+ Ke7
50.Rd5 f6 51.Kd1 Ke6 52.Rd8 Ke5 53.Kc2 Kf4 54.Kd2 Be5 55.Ke2 c4 56.Ra8 Ra2+
57.Kd1 c3 58.Rxa5 c2+ 59.Kd2 Bc3+  0-1

[Event "38th Atlantic Open"]
[Site "Washington DC USA"]
[Date "2006.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rohonyan,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.O-O Rb8
9.h3 b5 10.g4 b4 11.cxb4 Rxb4 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.Ng3 Qb6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Na4
16.Be3 Qa6 17.Re1 Bd7 18.e5 dxe5 19.g5 Rfd8 20.gxf6 exf6 21.Qf3 f5 22.Bg5 Rdc8
23.Rad1 Be6 24.Bf1 Qb6 25.Rd2 Qc7 26.Ba6 Re8 27.Na3 Rxb4 28.Bb5 Rb8 29.Rc2 Qxc2
30.Nxc2 R4xb5 31.Be7 Rb2 32.Nb4 e4 33.Qa3 Bc3 34.Rd1 Bxb4 35.Bxb4 R2xb4 36.Ne2 a5
37.Nf4 Bxa2 38.Qe3 Bb3 39.Rd7 Nb2 40.Nh5 gxh5 41.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dworakowska,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[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.c3 Nf5 10.a4 g6 11.Be2 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qb3 Re8 14.Na3 Nh6 15.a5 f5 16.Bb5 Rf8
17.a6 f4 18.axb7 Bxb7 19.Bd3 Rb8 20.Qa2 f3 21.g3 e4 22.Bc4 Qd7 23.Re1 Ng4
24.Nc2 Nxf2 25.Kxf2 Qh3 26.Nd4 Qg2+ 27.Ke3 Bh6+  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 g6 5.Qe2 Bg7 6.f4 Nc6 7.c3 d6 8.Nh3 Qd7 9.O-O O-O-O
10.d3 Kb8 11.Be3 f5 12.Rad1 Nf6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nb4 16.Bxb7 Qxb7
17.Ng5 Rhg8 18.d5 Nfxd5 19.Bd4 Bxd4+ 20.Rxd4 e5 21.Rc4 exf4 22.Ne6 Rde8 23.Nb5 Qd7
24.Nbd4 fxg3 25.h3 Rc8 26.a3 Nc6 27.Nxc6+ Rxc6 28.Nd4 Rxc4 29.Qxc4 Ne7 30.Qf7 Rc8
31.Re1 Qa4 32.Qf6 Nc6 33.Qxd6+ Ka8 34.Rc1 Ne7 35.Rxc8+ Nxc8 36.Qd5+ Kb8 37.Nc6+ Kc7
38.Qd8+ Kb7 39.Qd7+ Ka6 40.Nb8+  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bartel,Mat"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O a6
9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 b6 11.f4 O-O 12.g4 Be8 13.g5 Nd7 14.Qg4 Nc5 15.f5 Kh8 16.Qh4 Nxb3
17.cxb3 d5 18.Rf3 exf5 19.Rh3 h6 20.Nxd5 fxe4 21.Nxe7 Qxe7 22.gxh6 g6 23.Qxe7 Nxe7
24.Bg5 f6 25.Rf1 Bd7 26.Bxf6+ Rxf6 27.Rxf6 Bxh3 28.Bxh3 Nd5 29.Rc6 Kh7 30.Rc8 Ra7
31.Re8 Rc7 32.Rxe4 Rc1+ 33.Bf1 Rb1 34.Re2 Kxh6 35.Kf2 a5 36.Rd2 Nf6 37.Bg2 Kg5
38.Ke3 Kf5 39.Kd4 Rc1 40.Bh3+ Kf4 41.Rf2+ Kg5 42.Rg2+ Kh5 43.Be6 Kh6 44.Ke5 Kg7
45.Kd6 Rc5 46.Re2 g5 47.Bc4 Kg6 48.Re6 g4 49.Ke7 Rc7+ 50.Kd8 Rd7+ 51.Kc8 Rd2
52.Re2 Rd7 53.Bb5 Rg7 54.Re5  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Cox,JJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 Nxd4
9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 dxe4 12.Bxe4 O-O 13.O-O c6 14.Qb3 b5 15.a4 Be6
16.Qb1 Bf5 17.axb5 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 cxb5 19.Rfb1 a6 20.Rxb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Qe6
22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Qxh7 Nf5 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qh5 Qe4 26.h3 Kf8 27.Qg5 f6 28.Qf4 Qd3
29.Kg2 g5 30.Qf3 Kg7 31.h4 Kg6 32.hxg5 fxg5 33.Qc6+ Kh5 34.g4+  1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greenfeld,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Ne4 7.Nfd2 f5 8.f3 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Qb3 O-O 12.Bb4 Bxb4 13.Qxb4 f4 14.Nc3 Nb8 15.exf4 Nc6
16.Qc5 Rxf4 17.Ne2 Rf6 18.b4 Bd7 19.b5 Na5 20.Rac1 Be8 21.Rfe1 Qb6 22.a4 Bg6
23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Areshchenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[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.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Bb5 hxg5 14.Rb3 Qxa2 15.Qc3 axb5
16.Qxc8+ Ke7 17.O-O Qa7 18.Rd3 Nxe5 19.Nc5 Nbd7 20.Nf5+ exf5 21.Rxd7+ Kf6
22.Rxf7+ Kg6 23.Qxf5+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.h3 Qa6
9.b3 b5 10.cxb5 cxb5 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bg5 b4 13.Na4 Nbd7 14.Bf1 Be4 15.Nd2 Bc6
16.e4 Bb5 17.Bg2 e5 18.Nb2 exd4 19.Ndc4 Ne5 20.Qxd4 Nfd7 21.Qd2 Bxc4 22.bxc4 Nc5
23.Be7 Rfe8 24.Qxd6 Rac8 25.Qxa6 Nxa6 26.Bd6 Nxc4 27.e5 Nxb2 28.Bb7 Nc5 29.Bxc8 Rxc8
30.Rec1 Nbd3 31.Rc2 Bxe5 32.Bxe5 Nxe5 33.Rd1 Rc6 34.f4 Ne6 35.Rf2 Nc4 36.Rc2 Rd6
37.Rxd6 Nxd6 38.Rc6 Ne4 39.Kg2 N4c5 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.Rb8 Nd3 42.Ra8 h5 43.h4 Nd4
44.Rxa7 Kf6 45.Rd7 Ne1+ 46.Kf2 Nec2 47.Rd6+ Kf5 48.Rd7 Ke6 49.Rb7 Nc6 50.Rc7 N2d4
51.Ke3 Nf5+ 52.Kf3 Ncd4+ 53.Kf2 Nd6 54.Rc5  0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[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.Qh5 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.c3 O-O 17.Nc2 f4 18.f3 f5 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Bg4 Qc7 21.Rad1 Kh8 22.Nd4 Qc5
23.Kh1 Qxd5 24.Nf5 Qe5 25.Nxd6 Qxh5 26.Bxh5 e3 27.g3 Be5 28.Ne4 fxg3 29.hxg3 Rf5
30.Be2 Rg8 31.Kh2 h5 32.Kh3 Bb8 33.Rd7 Re5 34.Nf6 Rf8 35.Kg2 h4 36.Ng4 Rxf1
37.Kxf1 Rf5+ 38.Kg2 Ng6 39.Rd8+ Rf8 40.Rxf8+ Nxf8 41.gxh4 Ng6 42.h5 Nf4+
43.Kf3 Nxh5 44.Kxe3 Kg7 45.Bf3 Nf6 46.Kd4 Ba7+ 47.Ke5 Bb8+ 48.Ke6 Nxg4 49.Bxg4 Bf4
50.Kd5 Kf6 51.Bc8 a5 52.Kc5 b4 53.cxb4 axb4 54.Kxb4 Ke7 55.Kb5 Kd8 56.Bg4 Kc7
57.b4 Bd2 58.a4 Kd6 59.a5 Be1 60.Bf3 Bd2 61.Ka4 Be1 62.b5 Kc5 63.b6 Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance Isle of Man"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2006.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yakovich,Yur"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2 Be7
16.Nc4 O-O 17.Qg4 Ne3 18.Bxe3 Qxd3 19.Bxh6 Qh7 20.Be3 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Rxd1+
22.Rxd1 Bd5 23.h3 Bf8 24.Nd6 Qc2 25.Rd2 Qb1+ 26.Kh2 a5 27.Nxf7 Bxa2 28.Rd7 Qh7
29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Qf3 Rb8 32.Nh6+ gxh6 33.Rxh7 Kxh7 34.Ba7  1-0

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beckers,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Qa4+ Kf8 15.Qb5 Qb6
16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Ke2 h6 18.Be3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bd5 20.Rhc1 Ke7 21.a3 bxa3 22.bxa3 Ra4
23.Bb5 Rg4 24.g3 h5 25.Nd4 Re4 26.Rxc5 bxc5 27.Nc6+ Bxc6 28.Bxc6 Rxe5 29.a4 Rc8
30.Bf3 c4 31.a5 Rcc5 32.a6 Ra5 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Bb7 Ra2+ 35.Kd1 Kd6 36.Kc1 Kc5
37.Kb1 Ra3 38.Kb2 Kb4 39.h4 c3+ 40.Kc2 Ra2+  0-1

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Haas,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd2 c6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.f3 Bh5 8.Nge2 e6
9.Ne4 Qb6 10.c3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh3 Nf8 15.Nhf4 g5
16.Nxh5 Nxh5 17.g4 Nf6 18.h3 Nd5 19.a3 Qc7 20.Kb1 Rg8 21.Rhe1 Ng6 22.Bxg6 Rxg6
23.c4 Nf4 24.Nxf4 gxf4 25.Re4 Bg5 26.Bc1 Rgg8 27.Qh2 e5 28.Rxe5 Qxe5 29.dxe5 Rxd1
30.h4 Be7 31.Qxf4 Bxh4 32.Qxf7 Rgd8 33.Kc2 Re1 34.Qf5+ Kb8 35.Bxh6 Re2+ 36.Kb3 Bg3
37.Bg7 Rdd2 38.e6 Re3+ 39.Ka2 Bd6 40.c5 Rd5 41.cxd6 Rxf5 42.gxf5  1-0

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heinig,Wo"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Bf4 b6
10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Nd3 Bxf4 12.Nxf4 a5 13.a3 Na6 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.e3 Ne4 16.Nf3 c5
17.cxd5 exd5 18.Rac1 Rf6 19.Qb2 Nc7 20.Rfd1 g5 21.Nd3 Ne6 22.Nfe5 a4 23.f3 Nd6
24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.Rxc5 axb3 27.f4 gxf4 28.exf4 Nc4 29.Qd4 Nxa3
30.Rxd5 Bxd5 31.Bxd5+ Kf8 32.Nc6 Nc2 33.Qc3 Rc8 34.Kh1 Kg7 35.Rc1 Rxc6 36.Bxc6 Qc7
37.Qxb3 Qxc6+ 38.Kg1 Qc5+ 39.Kh1 Rc6 40.Rd1 Rc7 41.Rd8 Qc4 42.Rd7+ Rxd7  0-1

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Velimirovic,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Nf3 a6 5.h3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nc4 b5 8.Ne3 Qd7
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Qb3 Bc6 13.Bxb5 Bxb5 14.c4 e6 15.cxb5 Ne7
16.O-O O-O 17.Qc4 Qd6 18.Ng5 Nd7 19.Qh4 Nf6 20.b3 h6 21.Nf3 Nfd5 22.Qc4 Ra8
23.Nc2 Nb6 24.Qe4 f5 25.Qe2 e5 26.Ba3 e4 27.Nfe1 Ned5 28.g3 Nc7 29.Qe3 Ne6
30.Kh1 Rd8 31.d3 Nd5 32.Qc1 exd3 33.Nxd3 Nc3 34.Qe3 Nd4 35.Nxd4 cxd4 36.Qe7 Qxe7
37.Bxe7 Rb8 38.Ra1 Rxb5 39.b4 Rb7 40.Bd6 Ne4 41.Ra6 Kf7 42.Kg2 Nxd6 43.Rxd6 Bf6
44.Ra6 Kg7 45.Kf3 Be7 46.Nf4 Bg5 47.Rxg6+ Kf7 48.Rd6 Rxb4 49.Nd3 Ke7 50.Rd5 Rb3
51.Ke2 f4 52.gxf4 Bf6 53.Ra5 Rc3 54.f5 Rc7 55.Kf3 Kf7 56.Ra6 Rd7 57.Re6 Rd8
58.Ke4 Ra8 59.f4 Rd8 60.Ra6 Kg7 61.Ra7+ Kg8 62.Ra2 Rb8 63.Ra3 Rc8 64.Ra6 Kg7
65.Ne5 Rd8 66.Ra7+ Kg8 67.Ra3 d3 68.Nxd3 Rd4+ 69.Kf3 Rd5 70.Kg4 Kg7 71.Ra7+ Kf8
72.Nf2 Rd4 73.Kf3 Rb4 74.Ne4 Rb3+ 75.Kg4  1-0

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Al Modiahki,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 b6 8.c4 Bb7
9.Re1 Qc7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qh5 Kf8 14.Nd2 f6 15.Rad1 Be7
16.Re3 Qb8 17.Nf3 Qe8 18.Qh3 Qg6 19.Nd4 Bb7 20.Ne2 Ke8 21.Nf4 Qf7 22.Red3 Rd8
23.Qe3 Bc5 24.Qe2 h5 25.h4 Rh6 26.Rh3 Rc8 27.a4 Rc6 28.Nd5 a5 29.Bd4 Kd8
30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.Nc3 Rb6 32.Nb5 Bc6 33.Qd2 Ra6 34.Qd6 f5 35.Qb8+ Ke7 36.Nc7  1-0

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Buchal,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.c4 O-O 6.b4 Nc6 7.b5 Na5 8.Nbd2 a6
9.a4 b6 10.Bb2 d5 11.Qc2 e6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rfc1 axb5 14.cxb5 Rc8 15.Ba3 Re8
16.Bb4 c6 17.Bxa5 cxb5 18.Bc3 b4 19.Qb3 bxc3 20.Rxc3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Qb8 22.e3 Qd6
23.Bf1 Ra8 24.Bb5 Ne4 25.Nxe4 fxe4 26.Ne5 Bxb5 27.axb5 Rxa1+ 28.Qxa1 Bxe5
29.dxe5 Qb4 30.Qa8+ Kg7 31.Qe8 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2 33.Qe7+ Kh6 34.Qf8+ Kh5 35.h3 Qf3+
36.Qxf3+ exf3+ 37.Kxf3 Kg5 38.e4 dxe4+ 39.Kxe4 h5 40.f4+ Kh6 41.g4  1-0

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoffmann,Mi1"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[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 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 Rb8
16.O-O a5 17.Qh5 Qd7 18.Nce3 f5 19.f4 b4 20.Rad1 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rb2 22.fxe5 Nxe5
23.Nxf5 Kh8 24.Be4 Bf7 25.Qg5 Bg6 26.Nde7 Rb5 27.Nxg6+ Nxg6 28.Rd5 Rxd5 29.Bxd5 Bxc3
30.Qe3 Be5 31.Nh6 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Pavlovic,Milo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nxd4 dxc4 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 bxc6
9.Bxc4 Bf5 10.Nd2 e6 11.f3 Bc5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Re1 Ne7 14.Be3 O-O-O+ 15.Ke2 Nd5
16.Bd2 Bc2 17.Rac1 Bxb3 18.Bxb3 Kb7 19.Rc4 Ne7 20.Bg5 Rd7 21.Ba4 Rc8 22.Bxe7 Rxe7
23.Rd1 c5 24.Bc2 h6 25.h4 Kb8 26.h5 Bc7 27.f4 Bb6 28.Rd3 Rf8 29.Rb3 Rd8 30.a4 Kc8
31.Rb5 Rd4 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.a5 Bd8 34.a6 Bb6 35.Be4 Rc7 36.Rb3 d3+ 37.Kxd3 Rd7+
38.Ke2 Rd4 39.Kf3 Ra4 40.Bb7+ Kc7 41.Rc3+ Kd8 42.Rc8+ Kd7 43.Rg8 Rb4 44.Rxg7 Rb3+
45.Kg4 Ke7 46.Rg8 Bf2 47.Bf3 Rb6 48.Rh8 Bd4 49.Rxh6 Rxa6 50.b3 Ra1 51.Rh8 f6
52.Rh7+ Kf8 53.exf6 Bxf6 54.Be4 a5 55.Bg6 Bb2 56.Rf7+ Kg8 57.Ra7 e5 58.h6  1-0

[Event "10th OIBM"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee GER"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khenkin,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Ne5 dxc4 13.Ndxc4 cxd4 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bxd4 Rfd8
16.Rc1 Qb8 17.f4 Bf6 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.fxe5 g6 20.Qf2 Rf8 21.Qf4 Ba6 22.Be4 Nc5
23.Bxa8 Nd3 24.Qf6 Nxc1 25.Rxc1 Bxc4 26.Be4 Bb5 27.a4 Be2 28.Kf2 Bg4 29.h3 Bf5
30.Bf3 Bd3 31.h4 h5 32.g4 hxg4 33.Bxg4 Be4 34.h5 Qd8 35.Rd1 Qxf6+ 36.exf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zhao,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 Nxb5 5.Nxb5 a6 6.Nc3 e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 b5
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Ne7 12.Rad1 Nc6 13.Qd3 Be7 14.Rfe1 d6 15.a4 b4
16.Ne2 Ne5 17.Qe3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 f5 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Ng3 O-O 21.Qb3 f4 22.Nf5 Qf6
23.Nxd6 Rab8 24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Rd6 Re7 26.e5 Qg6 27.f3 a5 28.Re4 h5 29.Qc4 Qf5
30.Qc5 g5 31.Rdd4 Rg7 32.Qc4 Kh8 33.Kf1 Rfg8 34.Qd3 Rc7 35.Rd8 Rc5 36.Rxg8+ Kxg8
37.Qd8+ Kf7 38.Rd4 Rd5 39.Rxd5 exd5 40.Qxd5+ Ke8 41.Qc6+ Kf7 42.Qc7+ Ke8
43.h3 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Qc6+ Ke7 46.Qf6+ Qxf6 47.exf6+ Kxf6 48.Ke2 gxf3+
49.gxf3 Ke5 50.Kd3 Kd6 51.b3 Ke5 52.Kc4 Kf5 53.Kd4  1-0

[Event "37th National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Heimann,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Be7 10.h4 c5 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Bd3 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Qf4 Qb4 15.Qe3 Qc5
16.Qe4 f5 17.Qe2 Bf6 18.Bc4 b5 19.Bxe6+ Bxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Ng5 Rac8 22.Rd2 h6
23.Qb3 Qc6 24.f4 a5 25.Kb1 a4 26.Qd5 Qc4 27.Qxc4 bxc4 28.c3 a3 29.Nf3 Rb8
30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.fxe5 axb2 32.Re1 Rfe8 33.Rd5 Rb6 34.Re2 Rg6 35.a4 Rg3 36.Kxb2 Rb8+
37.Rb5  1-0

[Event "37th National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[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 Be6 14.a4 O-O 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nce3 Qb7 18.g4 Ne7 19.Bg2 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Qd7 21.Qf3 Bh6 22.g5 Bg7
23.O-O Kh8 24.Ra1 f5 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.Kh1 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Bg5 28.Ra8 Kg7 29.Rxf8 Kxf8
30.Qf3+ Qf7 31.Kg2 Bf4 32.Nd5 Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Izoria,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nb6 8.Qh4 h6
9.Bf4 d5 10.exd6 g5 11.Qg3 O-O 12.Bd2 f5 13.Nd4 f4 14.Qf3 exd6 15.O-O-O d5
16.Bd3 Nc6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qh5 Nd7 19.Qg6 Ne5 20.Qh7+ Kf7 21.Bb1 Qf6 22.Rde1 Rh8
23.Qc2 Re8 24.h4 Ba6 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Qa4 Nd3+ 27.Bxd3 Bxd3 28.Nc2 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Bh7
30.Qb4 Kg8 31.Qb7 Rf8 32.Qxa7 Qg6 33.Na3 Re8 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.b4 Bg6 36.Qa6 Kh7
37.f3 d4 38.cxd4 Bxd4 39.Qc4 Bg7 40.Nb1 Kh6 41.Nc3 Bf7 42.Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ibragimov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[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 g6 13.Ba2 Bg7 14.b4 a5 15.d5 Ne7 16.Nb3 axb4
17.cxb4 Bc8 18.Na5 h6 19.Bd2 Rf8 20.Rc1 Ne8 21.Nh2 Kh7 22.f4 f5 23.fxe5 dxe5
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Bc3 Qd6 26.Ng4 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Nf5 28.Qe2 Qb6+ 29.Qf2 Nd4 30.Qe3 Nd6
31.Bxd4 exd4 32.Qd3 Rae8 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Bb1 Nc4 35.Nc6 Kh8 36.Kh1 Ne5 37.Qe4 d3
38.Bxd3 Qf2 39.Rf1 Qg3 40.Bxb5 Kh7 41.Nd4 Rf8 42.Ne6 Rxf1+ 43.Bxf1 Qxa3 44.Nxg7 Qa1
45.Ne8 Qxf1+ 46.Kh2  1-0

[Event "16th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onyekwere,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[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.Qh5 Rg8 13.O-O f4 14.h3 Rg6 15.c3 Rc8
16.Be2 Rh6 17.Qf3 Qg5 18.Kh2 Ne7 19.Nxe7 Bxe7 20.Nc2 d5 21.Rfe1 f5 22.exf5 Qxf5
23.Bd3 Qg5 24.Nb4 e4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qxe4 Kf7 27.Rad1 Qf5 28.Qf3 Qg4 29.Qxg4 Bxg4
30.Rd4 Bf5 31.Kg1 Rc4 32.Nd5 Bd6 33.Rdd1 Re6 34.Rxe6 Kxe6 35.Nb4 Bxb4 36.cxb4 Rxb4
37.b3 a5 38.Kf1 a4 39.bxa4 Rxa4 40.Rd2 Bb1  0-1

[Event "16th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Cheng,X"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qxa8 a5 15.Nxb5 Qb6
16.Nd6 Bd7 17.Nc4 Qxf2 18.Qxa5 Qxg2 19.Kb1 e4 20.Qb6 Bc6 21.a4 Qe2 22.Nd6 Bd7
23.Rhe1 Qg4 24.Nxe4 Bh4 25.Rf1  1-0

[Event "16th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qc7 13.exf6 c5 14.d5 b4 15.d6 Qb6 16.Ne4 O-O-O
17.O-O Bd5 18.Qe2 Qc6 19.b3 Nb6 20.Bf4 Bh6 21.Be5 Bd2 22.f4 c3 23.Nxd2 cxd2
24.Qxd2 Kb7 25.Rac1 Rc8 26.Rf2 a5 27.Qe3 Rhd8 28.h4 c4 29.Bxd5 Nxd5 30.Qf3 c3
31.g4 a4 32.g5 axb3 33.axb3 Qa6 34.Rcc2 Qa3 35.f5 Qxb3 36.fxe6 fxe6 37.f7 Qb1+
38.Kh2 Qe1 39.Rce2 Qb1 40.d7 Ra8 41.f8=Q Rxf8 42.Qxf8 Rxf8 43.Rxf8 Qd3 44.Ref2 Nf4
45.R8xf4  1-0

[Event "16th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Aigner,M USA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nd2 Ne4 11.Ndf3 g5 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Ne5 Be8 14.f3 Nf6 15.Qd2 Qg7
16.e4 fxe4 17.fxe4 Nxe4 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Rf1+ Kg8 20.Bxe4 Bxe5 21.cxd5 cxd5
22.Bxd5 Rd8 23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Qb4 Bf6 25.d5  1-0

[Event "16th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mulyar,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[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.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.Qd3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Bg5 b4 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Be3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Na5
16.Ba2 Ng4 17.h3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qe7 19.Qe2 Be6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Nh4 g6 22.Rf3 exd4
23.cxd4 c5 24.Kh1 cxd4 25.exd4 d5 26.Qd3 Qe7 27.Rf4 Nc6 28.exd5 Nb4 29.Nxg6 Qd6
30.Qg3 fxg6 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Rf1 Qe8 33.d6 Qe6 34.Re1 Qf5 35.Qb3+ Nd5 36.Re5 Qf7
37.Qxd5 Qxd5 38.Rxd5 Kf7 39.Nc4 Bd8 40.Rc5 Ke6 41.d5+ Kd7 42.Rc6 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 Re1
44.Kg3 g5 45.Kg4 Ke8 46.Kh5 Rd1 47.Rc5 Rg1 48.Rc8 Rxg2 49.Ne5 Rd2 50.Kg6 Rxd5
51.Nf7  1-0

[Event "16th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d6
9.a3 h6 10.b4 a6 11.Rb1 Be6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bb2 Rad8 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4
16.Nb3 Bxb3 17.Qxb3 d5 18.Rbd1 dxe4 19.Rxe4 Rd6 20.a4 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bc1 Nd5
23.Bf4 Nxf4 24.gxf4 Rdd8 25.Bf1 Qd6 26.Bxb5 Rb8 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Qd3 Rxb4
29.Ne5 Qe6 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Qxd4 g5 32.Qd7 gxf4 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.Re1 Rf5 35.Nf3 Kf7
36.Re4 Bf6 37.Kg2 Bg7 38.Kh3 Bf6 39.Kg4 h5+ 40.Kh3 Bd8 41.Re5 Rxe5 42.Nxe5+ Kf6
43.Nc4 Be7 44.f3 Kf5 45.Nd2 Ke5 46.Kg2 Kd4 47.Ne4 Ke3 48.h3 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Aldama,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Qf3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.O-O-O d6
9.Qg3 Nbd7 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Bxb5 axb5 15.Ndxb5 Qc5
16.Qxg7 Rf8 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.exd6 Bb7 19.Rhe1 O-O-O 20.Kb1 Kb8 21.g3 h5 22.Qh6 Rc8
23.Qf4 Rc6 24.a3 Qa5 25.Re3 Rb6 26.Na2 f5 27.Nb4 e5 28.Qh6 Qb5 29.Qxh5 f4
30.gxf4 exf4 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Qxe8+ Ka7 33.Rd4 f3 34.Nd3 Bc6 35.Qe3 Qh5 36.h4 Kb7
37.b3 Qa5 38.Kb2 Ra6 39.Rb4+ Ka8 40.a4 Rb6 41.Rc4 Qd5 42.Rd4 Qf5 43.Rf4 Qg6
44.Qd4 Qh5 45.Qc3 Bb7 46.Qc7 Qh8+ 47.Kb1 Qg7 48.Rf5 Qd4 49.Ra5+ Ba6 50.Qxd7 Rxb3+
51.Ka2 Rb6 52.Qc8+ Ka7 53.Qc7+ Ka8 54.d7  1-0

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Altschuter,Jason"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[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.Be2 Rb8 14.O-O a5 15.Na3 Na7
16.Qd3 Kh8 17.Rad1 Be6 18.Kh1 Bh6 19.g3 Bh3 20.Rg1 f5 21.f4 fxe4 22.Qxe4 exf4
23.Nxf4 Bf5 24.Qg2 Qd7 25.Bd3 Bxf4 26.gxf4 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 Rf6 28.Nc2 Rg8 29.Rf3 Nc6
30.Ne3 Qf7 31.Ng4 Rf5 32.b3 Ne7 33.Qd2 Ng6 34.Qxd6 Qb7 35.Rf1 Rxf4  0-1

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Doibani,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 a6 3.c3 Nc6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nc4 Bg4 7.Ne3 Bxf3 8.Nxd5 Bxd1
9.Nc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 Bh5 11.Nb6 Nf6 12.Be2 Bxe2 13.Kxe2 Kc7 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 e6
16.d3 Be7 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Bd2 Ne5 19.Be1 Nc6 20.f3 g6 21.Bf2 e5 22.a4 Kb7 23.axb5 axb5
24.Ra2 Nh5 25.g3 f5 26.Rda1 Nf6 27.Nf1 Nd5 28.Nd2 Nc7 29.Nb3 Ne6 30.Na5+ Nxa5
31.Rxa5 Nc7 32.c4 bxc4 33.dxc4 Kc6 34.Be1 Rd4 35.Bc3 Rxc4 36.Kd3 Kd5 37.Bxe5 Ne8
38.Bc3 Bf6 39.Ra8 Bxc3 40.bxc3 Nd6 41.Rd8  1-0

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ortiz,Na"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 a5 11.a4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nxc4 13.Bxb7 Ra7 14.exd6 cxd6 15.Be4 d5
16.Bb1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 f5 18.Nb5 Rb7 19.Bd3 Nc6 20.Rc1 Nb4 21.Rc3 Bg5 22.Qf3 Qf6
23.Bb1 Qh6 24.e4 Bd2 25.Rb3 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Rbb8 27.Bb1 Nd5 28.Rd3 Nb4 29.Rb3 f4
30.Rd1 Be3+ 31.Kh2 Rbd8 32.Rc3 Rd5 33.Be4 Rg5 34.Rf1 Rg3 35.Qe2 g5 36.Bf3 Nd5
37.Rc6 Nf6 38.Rxe6 Qh4 39.Rxe3 fxe3 40.Qc4+ Kh8 41.Be2 g4 42.Qe6 gxh3 43.gxh3 Qg5
44.Qe5 Rg2+ 45.Kh1 Qxe5 46.dxe5 Rxe2 47.exf6 Rf2 48.Re1 e2  0-1

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Rd8 11.Rae1 a6 12.Re3 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rg3 Kf8 15.Kh1 Qc7
16.f4 b5 17.Nd1 Bb7 18.Ne3 Ne7 19.Ng4 Ng8 20.Qe3 Bxb2 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Rxd3
23.cxd3 h5 24.Qf2 Bc3 25.d4 b4 26.Ne3 Nh6 27.Qf4 Qe7 28.Nc5 Bc6 29.Ne4 h4
30.Rh3 Bxe4 31.Qxe4 Rd8 32.d5 Kg8 33.Rxh4 Nf5 34.Rh3 Qg5 35.dxe6 fxe6 36.Nxf5 Qxf5
37.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aveskulov,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.Qe2 Ne7 7.Nh4 g6 8.e5 Bg7
9.f4 O-O 10.Nf3 f6 11.Nbd2 fxe5 12.fxe5 Nf5 13.c3 Ba6 14.Ne4 Qa5 15.O-O Rab8
16.g4 Ne7 17.c4 Kh8 18.Be3 Ng8 19.Bxc5 d5 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Nd6 dxc4 22.dxc4  1-0

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Brooks,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Nc5
9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.f5 O-O 12.O-O Nxb3 13.axb3 Bd7 14.Kh1 Rae8 15.Qh3 Bd8
16.Rad1 b5 17.b4 Bc8 18.Rf4 exf5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Nc6 Qd7 22.Nxf6+ gxf6
23.Rd3  1-0

[Event "OCF Winter NAO FIDE Op"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charbonneau,P"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nc6 7.O-O g6 8.Bb3 Bg7
9.c3 O-O 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Be3 Na5 12.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Strenzwilk,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Qe2 Qxd4 7.Nf3 Qd8 8.Qxe5+ Qe7
9.Bf4 c6 10.O-O-O Qxe5 11.Bxe5 Be6 12.Nd4 N8d7 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bg3 O-O-O
15.Be2 Nf6 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.a3 a5 18.Kc2 Be7 19.Rb1 Kd7 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Ra8
22.Kb3 Ke8 23.Bf3 Kf7 24.Re1 h6 25.h4 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Be2 Bf8 28.Bc7 Nbd7
29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Bg3 Nb6 31.f4 gxf4 32.Bxf4 Be7 33.g4 Rg8 34.g5 Nfd7 35.Bh5+ Kg7
36.Be3 c5 37.Bg4 cxb4 38.Bxe6 Rd8 39.Ne4 Nc5+ 40.Bxc5 Rxd1 41.Bxe7 Rb1+ 42.Kc2 Re1
43.Kd3 b3 44.Bf5 Na4 45.Bf6+ Kf8 46.g6 b2 47.g7+ Kf7 48.Be6+ Kxe6 49.g8=Q+  1-0

[Event "Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaufman,La"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.O-O Be7 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Ne4 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Qe2 b6 12.Neg5 N7f6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Re1 Bb4 15.Rd1 Ne7
16.a3 Bd6 17.Bf4 Bd5 18.Rac1 Nf5 19.Bc4 h6 20.Ngf3 Rc8 21.h3 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 Nd5
23.Bc1 Qe7 24.Re1 Rxc4 25.Qxc4 Nh4 26.Qd3 Nxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Rc8
29.Qg3 Kf8 30.Qd3 Kg8 31.Bd2 a5 32.Re4 Qc7 33.Qg3 Ne7 34.Bc3 Rd8 35.Kh2 Qc6
36.Rg4 Nf5 37.Qf4 Qc5 38.h4 Rd1 39.Qf3 Rc1 40.Rf4 Qb5 41.g4 Nxh4 42.Qa8+ Kh7
43.Rxf7 Qe2 44.Rf8 Ng6 45.Qf3 Qxf3 46.Rxf3 Ne7 47.Rf7 Nd5 48.Rb7 Kg6 49.Bd4 Rc2
50.Kg3 Rd2 51.Bc3 Rc2 52.f3 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rouleau,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[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.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Bg5 Bg4 13.Nbd2 exd4 14.cxd4 h6 15.Bh4 g5
16.Bg3 Bh5 17.d5 Ne7 18.Nd4 Nd7 19.Ba2 Bg6 20.Nf5 Kh7 21.b4 Re8 22.Kh1 Nf6
23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Nf5 h5 25.f4 gxf4 26.Bxf4 Ng4 27.Nd4 f5 28.h3 Nf6 29.exf5 Nxf5
30.Nxf5 Bxf5 31.Qf3 Bd4 32.Rad1 Rb6 33.Bg5 Kg6 34.Bxf6 Bxf6 35.Bb1 Re5 36.Rde1 Bxb1
37.Nxb1 Qe7 38.Qg3+ Kh6 39.Nd2 Bg5 40.Nf3  1-0

[Event "Millennium Festival"]
[Site "Virginia Beach USA"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[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 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.O-O e4 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Nh3 Kh8 20.f4 Bf6 21.Nxf5 d5 22.Nh6 Be8
23.Ng5 Ne7 24.Qe1 Qb6+ 25.Kh1 Bg7 26.Ng4 h6 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.Bxe4 Rc8 29.f5 Ng8
30.Qh4 Nf6 31.Nxf6 Qxf6 32.Qg3 Bf7 33.a3 Rc4 34.Rae1 Qg5 35.Qf3 Bf6 36.Bd5 Bxd5
37.Qxd5 Rh4 38.Qf3 Rg8 39.g3 Rg4 40.Re6 h5 41.Rxa6 h4 42.Ra8 hxg3 43.Rg1 g2+
44.Qxg2 Rxg2 45.Rxg8+ Qxg8  0-1

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Figler,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bd6
9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.e4 Ne7 11.Bb2 Nbc6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Kg1 f6 14.Nf3 Bxc4 15.bxc4 e5
16.d5 Na5 17.Rc1 Nb7 18.h4 Nc5 19.Qe2 Qe8 20.h5 Qa4 21.Rc2 c6 22.Nh4 cxd5
23.cxd5 f5 24.Nxf5 Nxf5 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.h6 g6 27.Rh4 Qxa2 28.Bh3 Rf7 29.Rhc4 Re8
30.f4 Qb3 31.Kh2 Rfe7 32.f5 Rf8 33.R2c3 Qb5 34.Re3 Qe8 35.fxg6 hxg6 36.h7+ Rxh7
37.Bxe5 Qd7 38.Rh4 Rxh4 39.gxh4 Bxe5+ 40.Rxe5 Qd6 41.Kh1 Qf6 42.Rg5 Kh7 43.Bf5 gxf5
44.Rh5+ Kg6 45.Rg5+ Kf7 46.Qh5+ Ke7 47.d6+ Kd7 48.Rg6 Qf7 49.Qg5 Ne4 50.Qg2 Qc4  0-1

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sorkin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 h6 8.f3 b5 9.Qd2 Bb7
10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.h4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Nfd7 13.Qf2 Rc8 14.Nce2 Qc7 15.Kb1 Na4 16.Bc1 Ne5
17.Ng3 g6 18.g5 Nxd3 19.cxd3 hxg5 20.h5 Bg7 21.Be3 Qe7 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Rhg1 Be5
24.Rd2 Kd7 25.Nb3 Rhf8 26.Ne2 Qf6 27.Nbd4 Rh8 28.Bxg5 Qf7 29.f4 Bg7 30.f5 exf5
31.exf5 gxf5 32.Nf4 Be5 33.Nde6 Nc5 34.Nxc5+ dxc5 35.d4 Be4+ 36.Ka1 Bc7 37.dxc5+ Kc6
38.Nd3 Rh2 39.Qe1 Rxd2 40.Qxd2 a5 41.Bf4 Rg8 42.Rc1 Rg2 43.Qc3 b4 44.Qd4 Qg7
45.Be5 Qd7 46.Bd6 Bxd3 47.Qxd3 Kb7 48.c6+ Qxc6 49.Qd1 Qxd6 50.Qf3+ Kb8 51.Qxg2 Qe5
52.Qc6 f4 53.Kb1 Qf5+ 54.Rc2 Qe5 55.Rc5 Qe1+ 56.Kc2 Qe2+ 57.Kb3 Qd1+ 58.Rc2 Bd8
59.Ka4 f3 60.b3 Ka7 61.Rf2  1-0

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rensch,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[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.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Be2 O-O 17.Nc2 Re8 18.f4 b4 19.Nxb4 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 a5 21.Nc6 Qxb2 22.Rab1 Qxa2
23.Rb7 Kf8 24.c4 a4 25.Ne5 dxe5 26.fxe5 Kg8 27.d6 Ng6 28.Qxf5 Nxe5 29.Qxe4 Qd2
30.c5 a3 31.Re7 a2 32.d7 Qxd7 33.Rxd7 Nxd7 34.Qc4 a1=Q 35.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 36.Bf1 Rxf1+  0-1

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 Qe7
9.h4 dxc4 10.e4 e5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Bxc4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nb6 14.Be2 Nf4 15.Be3 h5
16.O-O-O g6 17.Kb1 Bd7 18.Qd2 Nxe2 19.Ndxe2 Be5 20.f4 Nc4 21.Qd3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bc7
23.Qd4 Rf8 24.Rge1 Bb6 25.Qc4 Qe6 26.Qxe6+ Bxe6 27.f5 Bd7 28.Nf4 Bc7 29.Nce2 Rg8
30.Nd3 b6 31.Nef4 O-O-O 32.b4 Kb7 33.a3 Bc8 34.Kc2 gxf5 35.e5 Rd4 36.Re3 Rgd8
37.Rh1 a5 38.bxa5 b5 39.Nxh5 f4 40.Ndxf4 Bf5+ 41.Kb3 c5 42.Rc1 c4+ 43.Kb2 Bxa5
44.Ne2 Rd2+  0-1

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 c5 8.e3 d5 9.Qc2 Nbd7
10.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Izoria,Z"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 dxc4 5.Bxc4 c5 6.d5 a6 7.Qf3 Ne7 8.dxe6 fxe6
9.Qe2 Nbc6 10.Nf3 Nf5 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.a4 O-O 14.Qe4 Rb8 15.Na3 Na5
16.Bf4 Bd7 17.Qd3 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Bc6 19.Bg3 h5 20.Nd6 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 h4 22.Bf4 Nd4
23.Rxd4 cxd4 24.Rc1 Qxc1+  0-1

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Nc3 Qc7 8.f4 Bb4
9.Qd3 Nc6 10.Nb3 Nge7 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 O-O 13.f5 exf5 14.Bf4 d6 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Rd5 Nfe7 18.Rg5 f6 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Rh5 Qc8 21.Rf3 d5 22.Bd3 g6
23.Rh4 d4 24.Qe1 Nf5 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Bh6 Qxc2 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Rfh3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.h5 Be7 12.g4 Nh6 13.Rg1 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Nc3 Nf7
16.Na4 Qd8 17.Nc5 a5 18.g5 fxg5 19.Bh3 axb4 20.Nxe6 Qa5 21.Nd2 bxa3 22.Ng7+ Kd8
23.Bxd7 Kxd7 24.Qg4+ Kc7 25.Bxa3 Qc3 26.Qd1 Bb4 27.Bxb4 Nxb4 28.Kf1 Nc2 29.Ra4 Kb8
30.Rg3 Qxg3  0-1

[Event "9th Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods USA"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[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.g3 h5 12.Bg2 f4 13.c3 h4 14.g4 h3 15.Bf3 Bg7 16.Nc2 Kf8
17.Ncb4 Bd7 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Qd3 Rh6 20.O-O Rg6 21.Bd1 f3 22.Qxf3 Bxd5 23.exd5 Qg5
24.a4 b4 25.cxb4 Qd2 26.Ra3 Re8 27.Qe4 Rb8 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Rf6 30.Qc4 e4
31.Rxh3 Rf4 32.Be2 Be5 33.Re3 Re8 34.Rd1 Qa5 35.Kg2 Qa7 36.Rf1 f5 37.gxf5 Qh7
38.h3 Qxf5 39.Bg4 Qh7 40.f3 exf3+ 41.Rexf3 Rxf3 42.Rxf3+ Kg8 43.b6 Kh8 44.Qf1 Qh6
45.Qf2 Rb8 46.Rf7 Bg7 47.Rf5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[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.Kh1 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 h5 12.e5 Ng4 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Ne4 Rc8
16.Bd2 Be7 17.Rae1 g6 18.a3 Nh6 19.Bb4 Nf5 20.c3 Bxb4 21.axb4 Ke7 22.Nd6 Nxd6
23.exd6+ Kf8 24.Re5 f5 25.Qg3 Kg7 26.Qg5 Rhf8 27.Re3 Rf6 28.Rd1 Rc4 29.Rh3 Kf7
30.Qh6 Kg8 31.Rxh5 gxh5 32.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 f5 15.Qc2 c5
16.Rfe1 Be4 17.Qd2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 19.Bc3 Nc5 20.Qb2 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 e4 22.g3 Qg5
23.h4 Qg6 24.h5 Qg5 25.Bg2 f4 26.Rd5 Qg4 27.Bxe4 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 Bc5 29.Qd2 Qxg3+
30.Kf1 Qh4 31.Rxf4 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Rfe8+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ibragimov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[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.g3 Nge7 12.Bh3 Bd7 13.Ne2 O-O-O 14.Nf4 Kb8 15.O-O Nc8
16.Kh2 Nb6 17.Ng2 Qa5 18.Qd1 Na4 19.f4 Ne7 20.Ne3 g6 21.Qf3 Rdf8 22.g4 Qd8
23.Be1 Rhg8 24.Rb1 b5 25.f5 g5 26.Bg2 Kc8 27.Rb4 Nb6 28.a4 a5 29.Rb1 Kc7
30.Bd2 Qa8 31.Bc1 Nxa4 32.Ba3 Re8 33.fxe6 fxe6 34.Bd6+ Kb6 35.Bxe7 Rxe7 36.Qf6 Rh7
37.Nxd5+ Ka7 38.Ne7 Qb8 39.Nxg8 Qxg8 40.Be4 Nxc3 41.Bxh7 Qxh7 42.Qg6 Qh8
43.Rf7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Be3 g6 7.d5 Bg7 8.Bd4 Bxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.h4 e5 11.Qd2 f5 12.Nf3 Qf6 13.Nc3 Na6 14.Qh6 Qg7 15.Qd2 h6
16.Nb5 Rf6 17.Qa5 Nd7 18.Qa3 Qe7 19.Be2 e4 20.Nd2 Ne5 21.O-O-O Nc5 22.Kb1 Ncd3
23.Bxd3 Nxd3 24.Rhf1 Bd7 25.Nd4 Qe5 26.Qc3 b5 27.cxb5 Rf7 28.f3 Rc8 29.Nc4 Qxd5
30.fxe4 Qxc4 31.Qxd3 Qxd3+ 32.Rxd3 fxe4 33.Rxf7 exd3 34.Rf1 Rc4 35.Nc6 d2
36.Ne7+ Kg7 37.Rd1 Kf7 38.b3 Rc1+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.a4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Bf4 Qc6 15.Bf1 Nce4
16.Ne5 Qc8 17.Nc4 Qc5 18.Be5 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Ne4 20.Qd4 f6 21.Qxc5 Bxc5 22.Bd4 b5
23.Nb6 Rad8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bxc5 Nxc5 26.Bxb5 Nb3 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Re1 Kf7
29.f3 Ke7 30.Na4 Rd2 31.Re2 Rxe2 32.Bxe2 Kd6 33.Kf2 Bc6 34.Nc3 Kc5 35.Ke1 h6
36.Kd1 Bb7 37.Na2 Bd5 38.Nc3 Bb7 39.Bd3 f5 40.Ne2 g5 41.Kc2 Kb4 42.Nc3 Nc5
43.Na2+ Ka4 44.Bc4 g4 45.fxg4 fxg4 46.g3 e5 47.Bd5 Ba6 48.Bc6+ Ka5 49.b4+ Kb6
50.bxc5+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Qa5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Qc1 c5 15.Rd1 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Bc5
17.b4 Qxb4 18.Rb1 Qxb1 19.Qxb1 Bxd4 20.Nxb5 Ne5 21.Bf4 Nc6 22.Nd6+ Rxd6 23.Bxd6 c3
24.Bf3 Bb6 25.Bb4 Bd4 26.Bxc3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[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.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 h6 11.Bh4 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Ne4 Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3 Qxe5
16.Be2 Bc5 17.Bg3 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Qa5+ 19.Rd2 O-O 20.Bd6 Re8 21.O-O f5 22.Qg3 Nc6
23.Qg6 Qd8 24.c4 Ne7 25.Qg3 fxe4 26.Bc7 Nf5 27.Rxf5 Qe7 28.Bd6 Qd8 29.Bc7 Qe7
30.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rc1 d4 13.Nb5 Bb6 14.e4 Ng4 15.Nd6 Nge5
16.Ngf5 g6 17.Nxb7 Qf6 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Nfd6 Qf4 20.g3 Qh6 21.f4 Bg4 22.Qb3 Nxd3
23.Qxd3 Be2 24.Qd2 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Qh3 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.e5 Rac8 28.Nxc8 Rxc8 29.Nd6 d3+
30.Kg2 Rxc1 31.Qxc1 Qg4 32.Qc4 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kudrin,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 g6
9.c3 Bg7 10.Na3 Nf6 11.Nc2 Nd7 12.Rb1 Qb6 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Rac8 15.Qd1 Rfe8
16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nf8 18.Qd2 Na7 19.Ne3 Nb5 20.Rbd1 Ne6 21.Nc4 Qa7 22.d5 Nf8
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.a4 Nc7 25.a5 f6 26.Kh1 Na8 27.f4 Qb8 28.e5 Nd7 29.exd6 exd6
30.Re6 Nc5 31.Nxd6 Nxe6 32.Nxe8+ Rxe8 33.dxe6 Re7 34.Qb4 Qe8 35.Bc4 Nc7 36.Re1 Nb5
37.Qc5 h5 38.f5 gxf5 39.Bxb5 axb5 40.Qxf5 Qg6 41.Qxb5 Qg3 42.Qe2 Qxb3 43.Qxh5 Qg3
44.Re4  1-0

[Event "16th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2007.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Pasalic,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[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.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Re1 h6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Na3 Re8 15.d5 Ne7
16.h3 Nexd5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e4 19.Qxb5 exf3 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Nc4 Ba7
22.gxf3 Qe7 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Nxe3 Nf6 25.Qc4 h5 26.b4 g6 27.Kf1 Qd7 28.Ke2 Kf8
29.Qc6 Qxc6 30.dxc6 Ke7 31.c4 Kd8 32.Kd3 h4 33.f4 Nh5 34.Ng2 Ke7 35.b5 f6
36.Ke4 g5 37.fxg5 fxg5 38.Kf5  1-0

[Event "16th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2007.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Qc5
9.c4 dxc3 10.Qb3 a6 11.Be2 c2 12.d4 Qd6 13.g3 e6 14.Bf3 Qb4 15.Qxc2 Bd6 16.Rd1 O-O
17.a4 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qd8 19.a5 Rb8 20.dxe6 dxe6 21.Be3 Qe7 22.Qb3 Bd7 23.Qb6 Bb5
24.Rac1 Rfd8 25.Bg2 Rd7 26.d5 Rbd8 27.dxe6 Qxe6 28.Rd4 h6 29.Bxb7 Rb8 30.Rc8+ Rxc8
31.Bxc8 Qh3 32.Qxb5 axb5 33.Rxd6 Qf5 34.Bxd7 Qb1+ 35.Kg2 Qe4+ 36.Kh3 g5 37.a6 f5
38.Be6+ Kf8 39.a7 Ke7 40.Bd5  1-0

[Event "16th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Simutowe,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Qb6 6.Nb3 Nd7 7.Nf3 a5 8.a4 h6 9.Be2 Ne7
10.O-O Bh7 11.g4 Qc7 12.Nh4 c5 13.dxc5 Nc6 14.f4 g5 15.Nf3 gxf4 16.Bxf4 Nxc5
17.Nbd4 Qb6 18.c3 Ne4 19.Bb5 Rg8 20.h3 h5 21.g5 h4 22.Kh2 O-O-O 23.b4 Be7
24.Qc1 Nxd4 25.cxd4+ Kb8 26.bxa5 Qxa5 27.Qe3 Rc8 28.Rfc1 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Qb4
30.Nxh4 Bxg5 31.Bxg5 Rxg5 32.Rg1 Qb2+ 33.Rg2 Rxg2+ 34.Nxg2 Nc3 35.Bf1 Nd1
36.Qh6 Be4 37.Qf8+ Ka7 38.Qc5+ Ka8 39.Qa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adamson,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.c4 Nb6 7.exd6 cxd6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 O-O 11.d5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 e5 13.Qd2 N8d7 14.O-O-O f5 15.Kb1 Rc8
16.b3 a5 17.f4 a4 18.Rhg1 axb3 19.axb3 Bf6 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Bd4 Nc5
23.Kb2 Nbd7 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Ra1 Re8 26.Nb5 g6 27.Rg2 Kf7 28.Ra7 Rb8 29.Qa5 Qe7
30.Qc7 Qxc7 31.Nxc7 Re3 32.Ra3 Rxh3 33.b4 Rxa3 34.Kxa3 Nce4 35.Bf3 Rc8  0-1

[Event "16th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Almeida Saenz,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[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 Qc7 12.Nb5 Qc6 13.Be3 a6 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.g4 b5
16.h4 Bc4 17.Bh3 Qb7 18.h5 Nd7 19.g5 Nc5 20.Bg4 Rfd8 21.Qh2 e6 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.e5 Bxe5 24.f4 Bg7 25.f5 exf5 26.Bxf5 Re8 27.Bf4 Re5 28.Bg4 Rae8 29.Nf3 Bd5
30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Nxe5 dxe5 32.Rhe1 b4 33.Be3 Na4 34.Rd3 e4 35.Bd4 Nc3+ 36.Ka1 Bxd4
37.Rxd4 Qc7 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "16th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aveskulov,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.Qe2 Ne7 7.Nh4 h6 8.g3 c4
9.dxc4 Ba6 10.b3 Qe5 11.c3 d5 12.Nd2 Qxc3 13.Rb1 dxc4 14.bxc4 Rd8 15.Nf3 Nc8
16.Bb2 Qc2 17.Nd4 Qa4 18.O-O Be7 19.Qg4 Bf6 20.e5 h5 21.Qd1 Qxd1 22.Rfxd1 Bg5
23.Ne4 c5 24.Nb5 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bxb5 26.cxb5 Be7 27.Ba3 c4 28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.Rc1 Nb6
30.a4 Rb8 31.Nd6 f6 32.f4 fxe5 33.fxe5 Nd7 34.Rxc4 Nxe5 35.Rc8 Rb6 36.Ne4 a6
37.Rc5 Nf3+ 38.Kf2 Nd4 39.Ke3 Nf5+ 40.Kf4 axb5 41.Rxb5 Ra6 42.Rb7+ Kf8 43.Nc5 Rc6
44.Rc7  1-0

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bartell,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Qe7 9.Bb2 b6
10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Rac1 a5 12.Ne1 Na6 13.Nd3 Nb4 14.Qb1 Ne4 15.Nf3 c5 16.Rfd1 f4
17.g4 Rad8 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Nde5 a4 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.a3 Na6 22.b4 cxb4 23.axb4 Nxb4
24.Nd2 Rb8 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Nc4 Bc7 27.Ba3 f3 28.exf3 exf3 29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.Rxd6 Qxd6
31.Bxb4 Qe6  0-1

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bartholomew,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6
9.e4 Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nf3 Rb8 12.O-O Rxb6 13.Qh5 d6 14.b3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Qg4 Qc8 17.Bb2 e5 18.Qxc8 Rxc8 19.Nd2 Nd4 20.Nc4 Rb5 21.Rae1 a5 22.Bc3 Ra8
23.Nb2 Bg5 24.Kh1 Rb7 25.Rd1 Nb5 26.Be1 Kf7 27.f4 exf4 28.Rd5 Bf6 29.Nc4 a4
30.b4 Rc8 31.bxc5 dxc5 32.Bd2 Ke6 33.Bxf4 Rd8 34.Rxc5 Rd4 35.Na5 Rb6 36.e5 Be7
37.Rcc1 Rxf4 38.Rxf4 Bg5 39.g3 Bxf4 40.gxf4 Nd4 41.Rc4 Kd5 42.Rxa4 Ra6 43.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smith,Bry"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 g6 8.Bf4 Bg7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qd2 e6 11.O-O-O exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.Re1 Na6 14.Nf3 Nb4 15.Bg5 f6
16.Bh4 Bf5 17.Bb5 a6 18.exf6 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bxf6 20.Re8+ Qxe8 21.Bxe8 Nc4
22.Bf7+ Kxf7 23.Qh6 Nd3+ 24.Kd1 Bg7 25.Ng5+ Kf8 26.Nxh7+ Kg8 27.Nf6+ Kf7
28.Qg5 Rh8 29.Nfe4 Re8 30.d6 Ndxb2+ 31.Kc2 Nxd6 32.Qxf5+  0-1

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abramovic,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.h3 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Qb1 Qd7
16.Rc1 Rac8 17.a4 b4 18.a5 Rfd8 19.Ra2 e6 20.Bc4 Ne7 21.Ra1 Nd5 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.Bxe5 Nc3 24.Qxb4 Qc6 25.d5 Rxd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Qxb7 Qxb7 28.Rxc3 Rxc3
29.Bxc3 Qb3 30.Bf6 Qc2 31.f4 Kf8 32.Kh2 Ke8 33.Bd4 h6 34.Ra3 Qf5 35.Bb6 g5
36.Ra4 e5 37.fxe5 Qxe5+ 38.Kg1 f5 39.Rc4 Kf7 40.Rc7+ Kg6 41.Rc6+ Kh5 42.Bd4 Qb5
43.Re6 Qc4 44.Rd6 Qc1+ 45.Kf2 Qd2+ 46.Kf1 f4 47.Rb6 fxe3 48.g4+ Kh4 49.Rxh6+ Kg3
50.Be5+ Kf3 51.Rf6+ Ke4 52.Bg3 e2+ 53.Kg1 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Be2 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Nd1 b4 12.Nf2 a5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bb5 Qb6 15.Bxc5 Nxc5
16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd4 Qb6 18.Qe3 Bd7 19.g4 Rae8 20.Rad1 f6 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Rfe1 e5
23.fxe5 Rxe5 24.Qf4 Rfe8 25.Rf1 Ne4 26.h3 Ng5 27.Kg2 Bb5 28.Nxb5 Qxb5 29.h4 Ne4
30.Nd3 R5e7 31.Rde1 Qc6 32.Re2 Rg7 33.Kh2 Kh8 34.Nf2 Rge7 35.Rfe1 Re6 36.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nh3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Nf4 Na6
9.Rb1 Nc7 10.h4 b5 11.a3 b4 12.axb4 cxb4 13.Na4 Ne4 14.c4 bxc3 15.Nxc3 Nxc3
16.bxc3 a5 17.Be3 Qe8 18.Bd4 Bh6 19.c4 Ra6 20.Rb8 Qf7 21.Qa1 Bg7 22.e3 h6
23.Rc1 g5 24.Bxg7 Qxg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Nh3 g4 28.Nf4 Ra7 29.Ra1 Bd7
30.Rb6 Rc8 31.Bf1 a4 32.Bd3 Kf6 33.Ne2 Na6 34.Nd4 Nc5 35.Bc2 Raa8 36.Kf1 Rcb8
37.Rbb1 Bc8 38.Bd1 Ba6 39.Be2 Rh8 40.Kg2 Rh6 41.Rh1 Rxh1 42.Kxh1 Rb8 43.Kg1 Rb4
44.Bf1 Rb2 45.Be2 Bc8 46.Kf1 Bd7 47.Ke1 Ne4 48.Kf1 Kf7 49.Ke1 Ke8 50.Bd1 Rb4
51.Be2 Kd8 52.Bd3 Kc7 53.Nc2 Rb3 54.Bxe4 fxe4 55.Kd2 Rd3+ 56.Ke2 Rc3 57.Na3 Kb6
58.Kd2 Rd3+ 59.Kc2 Kc5 60.Ra2 Kb4 61.Nb1 Kxc4 62.Ra1 Kb4 63.Nd2 Rc3+ 64.Kd1 a3
65.Rb1+ Ka5 66.Nxe4 Ba4+ 67.Kd2 Rc2+ 68.Kd3 Rb2 69.Ra1 Kb4 70.Nc3 Rb3 71.Rc1 a2  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubsamen,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Qf3 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.O-O Qa5 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.h3 Rb8 15.Bg5 Qc7
16.Rf2 Ng4 17.hxg4 Bxg5 18.Raf1 f6 19.b3 Bd7 20.Nd1 Qb6 21.Re2 Rbd8 22.Nf2 Qc7
23.Ree1 Bc8 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.a4 Bd2 26.g3 Ba5 27.Kg2 Bb6 28.Nd3 g6 29.Rh1 Kg7
30.Rdf1 Qd7 31.Rh4 g5 32.Rh2 Qxg4 33.Rfh1 Rh8 34.Rh6 Qxf3+ 35.Kxf3 g4+ 36.Ke2 Ba5
37.b4 Rd4 38.bxa5 Rxe4+ 39.Kd2 Rxc4 40.R6h2 Rxa4 41.Nc5 Rxa5 42.Ne4 Bf5 43.Ke3 Ra3+
44.c3 Rd8 45.Rh6 Rd4 46.Nxf6 Rd3+  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hecht,HJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 a6 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.d3 Re8 8.Bg5 Bf8
9.Nbd2 d6 10.h3 b5 11.Bc2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Nb8 13.Ng3 Nbd7 14.O-O h6 15.Be3 d5
16.Rad1 c5 17.Nh2 Qc7 18.f3 c4 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.fxg4 cxd3 21.Qxd3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5+
23.Kh1 d4 24.cxd4 Bxd4 25.Bb3 Rf8 26.Nf5 Rad8 27.Qg3 Bxb2 28.g5 Kh7 29.gxh6 g6
30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Nh4 Bxe4 32.Bxf7 Qd3 33.Qxd3 Bxd3 34.Bxg6+ Bxg6 35.Rxf8 Bd3
36.Nf5 e4 37.Re8 Kg6 38.g4 Be2 39.Kh2  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[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.g3 h5 13.Bg2 f4 14.Nc2 Kf8 15.Qe2 Qg5
16.Bf3 Rb8 17.h4 Qh6 18.O-O-O fxg3+ 19.Kb1 gxf2 20.Qxf2 a5 21.a3 Be6 22.Rhg1 Rb7
23.Rg5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Ne7 25.Bxh5 Qf6 26.Qg2 Bh6 27.Rf1 Bxg5 28.hxg5 Qxf1+
29.Qxf1 Rxh5 30.Qf6 Rd7 31.Ne3 Rh7 32.Ka2 Ke8 33.Qf1 Rb7 34.Nf5 Rd7 35.Ng3 b4
36.Ne4 Ng8 37.Qb5 Ke7 38.Nf6 Nxf6 39.gxf6+ Ke8 40.Qb8+ Rd8 41.Qc7 Rd7 42.Qc8+ Rd8
43.Qc6+ Rd7 44.cxb4 axb4 45.axb4 Rh4 46.b5 Ra4+ 47.Kb3 Ra5 48.b6  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kretchetov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 d5 4.e5 h5 5.c4 Nh6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Be3 Nf5 9.Bf2 Be7
10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Bb7 13.O-O Na6 14.Qe2 Nc7 15.Rad1 Nd5 16.Nxd5 exd5
17.Bd3 Qd7 18.e6 Qxe6 19.Qc2 Kf8 20.Rde1 Qf6 21.Re5 Bd6 22.Rxf5 gxf5 23.Bh4 Qg7
24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rh6 26.Bxf5 c5 27.Bg5 Rg6 28.h4 d4 29.Qe2 Rh6 30.Bd7 Re8
31.Bb5 Bc6 32.Bxh6 Qxh6 33.Bxc6 Qxc6 34.Qxh5 Qe4 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.h5 Qh7 37.Qc6 Re6
38.Qa8+ Kg7 39.Rf3 Qxh5 40.f5 Rxe5 41.f6+ Kh7 42.Rh3 Qxh3 43.gxh3 d3  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 12.exf6 b4 13.Ne4 Ba6 14.Qf3 Rd8 15.Be2 Nb6 16.Nc5 Rd5
17.Nxa6 Qxa6 18.Be3 b3 19.O-O bxa2 20.b3 Kd7 21.bxc4 Rf5 22.Qe4 Qa4 23.Rfc1 Ra5
24.Bd1 Qa3 25.Bf3  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Steinfl,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Bg4 7.Nge2 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.f3 Bf5 10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 h6 12.Bf4 Qd8 13.Bg3 Bh7 14.Qd2 Nbd7 15.Rad1 Nb6
16.b3 g5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.fxe4 Nxg4 20.c4 e5 21.Qc3 exd4 22.Nxd4 Bc5
23.Rf5 Qe7 24.Qf3 Rd8 25.Qxg4 Rxd4 26.Kf1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Nd7 28.a3 a5 29.Qd2 f6
30.Qxa5 O-O 31.Qc7 Ne5 32.Qxe7 Bxe7 33.Ke2 Bd6 34.c5 Bxc5 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.Rxg5+ Kf7
37.Rf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludwig,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[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.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Bd7
16.h4 Bh6 17.Nce3 Kh8 18.Ng4 Ne7 19.Ra3 Rc8 20.Ba2 Bxg4 21.Qxg4 f5 22.exf5 Nxf5
23.Bb1 Rc5 24.Be4 Ne7 25.Nxe7 Qxe7 26.g3 d5 27.Bg2 d4 28.O-O d3 29.b4 Rcc8
30.Rxa5 Rxc3 31.Qe4 d2 32.Rxe5 Qf7 33.Re7 Qh5 34.Rd7 Rc1 35.Bf3 Qb5 36.Qd3 Qxd3
37.Rxd3 g6 38.Bd1 Re8 39.f4 Rxd1 40.Rxd1 Re1+ 41.Kf2 Rxd1 42.Ke2 Rb1 43.Rxd2 Rxb4
44.Rd5 Rb3 45.Kf2 Bf8 46.h5 Kg7 47.hxg6 hxg6 48.Kg2 Kf6 49.Kh3 Rc3 50.Kg4 Bc5
51.Rd2 Re3 52.Rb2 Bd4 53.Ra2 Bc3 54.Ra6+ Re6 55.Ra3 Be1 56.Rb3 Bf2 57.Kf3 Be1
58.Kg4 Rc6 59.Re3 Rc1 60.Re2 Rd1 61.Re3 Bf2 62.Rf3 Bc5 63.Rc3 Rd5 64.Rc4 Bd6
65.Rc3 Ra5 66.Rc6 Ke6 67.Rb6 Ra3 68.Rc6 Rd3 69.Ra6 Kf7 70.Ra7+ Be7 71.Rb7 Re3
72.Rc7 Kf6 73.Rc6+ Re6 74.Rc3 Bb4 75.Rb3 Re4 76.Rf3 Rc4 77.Rb3 Bc5 78.Rd3 Bd4
79.Rd2 Be3 80.Rd3 Bf2 81.Rd6+ Kg7 82.Rd2 Be1 83.Rd1 Re4 84.Rd3 Kh6 85.Kf3 Rc4
86.g4 Kg7 87.Rd7+ Kf8 88.Rd6 Kf7 89.Rd7+ Kf8 90.Rd6 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Arnold,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.g4 h6
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Qe2 O-O 14.O-O-O Re8 15.Qd3 Bh4
16.Kb1 Ne5 17.Qc3 Bf6 18.Bf4 Ng6 19.Bc7 Qd7 20.Bg3 b5 21.h4 Bb7 22.Qd2 Bxd4
23.Qxd4 Nf8 24.c3 Ne6 25.Qf2 Rac8 26.Rhe1 a5 27.Be5 b4 28.cxb4 axb4 29.Bc2 d4
30.Bxd4 Bd5 31.f4 b3 32.axb3 Qb7 33.f5 Nxd4 34.Rxe8+ Rxe8 35.Qxd4 Bxb3 36.Bxb3 Qxb3
37.g5 hxg5 38.hxg5 Ra8 39.Qd5 Qa4 40.Rd3 Qa1+ 41.Kc2 Qa4+ 42.Rb3 Ra5 43.Qd3 Qc6+
44.Rc3 Qg2+ 45.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Cherry Hill USA"]
[Date "2007.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wright,Polly"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 e5 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.Qd2 c6 10.Bh6 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 Qe7 12.Rac1 Nc5 13.Qd2 Ne6 14.e3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Rad8
16.Qe2 g5 17.Nd2 Be8 18.Rf1 Bh5 19.Qe1 Nc5 20.Rc2 Nxd3 21.Qb1 e4 22.b3 Ne5
23.Qb2 Bf3 24.Qa3 a6 25.h3 h5 26.Re1 h4 27.Qc1 g4 28.hxg4 Nfxg4 29.Bxf3 exf3
30.Qd1 hxg3 31.Nxf3 gxf2+ 32.Rxf2 Nxf2 33.Kxf2 Ng4+  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Cherry Hill USA"]
[Date "2007.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mashland,James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.g3 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qf6 15.Qb4 Nb6
16.a4 Nd7 17.Bg2 Rd8 18.Kb1 Qf8 19.Qd4 Qc5 20.Bh3 Qc6 21.Rhe1 Nf8 22.Bg2 Kh8
23.h4 Bd7 24.h5 h6 25.f5 Qc4 26.Qxc4 dxc4 27.Bxb7 Rab8 28.Ba6 exf5 29.Bxc4 Rdc8
30.Bb3 Re8 31.Nd5 Re4 32.Nf4 Rbe8 33.Rxe4 fxe4 34.Kc1 Bg4 35.Re1 Nd7 36.Bf7 Rd8
37.Be6 Bf3 38.Ng6+  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Cherry Hill USA"]
[Date "2007.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogers,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 e6 8.d3 Bg7
9.h4 h6 10.Nf3 e5 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Qd2 Qd7 13.Nh2 Bf5 14.Ne4 O-O-O 15.Nc5 Qe7
16.g4 Bd7 17.O-O-O f5 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.h5 Nd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.f3 e4 22.Kb1 exd3
23.c4 Re5 24.Rhe1 Re8 25.Nf1 f4 26.Bf2 Re2 27.Qxd3 Rxb2+ 28.Kc1 Nb4 29.Qa3 Nxa2+  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Cherry Hill USA"]
[Date "2007.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Friedman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qh5+ Qf7
9.Qh3 Qc7 10.Qh5+ Qf7 11.Qd1 Qc7 12.a4 Nc6 13.Nf3 Nh6 14.Be2 cxd4 15.cxd4 O-O
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.O-O Kh8 18.Qd2 Qg7 19.Ra3 Nd8 20.Ne1 Qg5 21.Qb4 Re8 22.Rg3 Qe7
23.Qd2 Qf8 24.Nd3 Nf7 25.Nf4 Ng5 26.f3 Qe7 27.Nh5 Rg8 28.Nf6 Rg6 29.h4 Nf7
30.Rxg6 hxg6 31.g4 Bd7 32.Bd3 Bxa4 33.Qg2 Qb4 34.Qf2 Bb5 35.c3 Qa5 36.Bxb5 Qxb5
37.gxf5 exf5 38.Kh1 Kg7 39.Rg1 Qd3 40.Nh5+ Kh7 41.Rxg6 Rg8 42.Rxg8 Kxg8 43.e6 Ng5
44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Nf6+ Kf8 46.Nxd5 Qc4 47.e7+ Ke8 48.Ne3 Qe6 49.Qe2 Qxe7 50.Qb5+ Kd8
51.Nxf5 Qe1+ 52.Kg2 Qd2+ 53.Kh3 Qxc3 54.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Cherry Hill USA"]
[Date "2007.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melekhina,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nf3 g6 7.a4 a5 8.d4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 e6 11.O-O Ne7 12.Qd2 Nf5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 g5 15.Bh2 c6 16.Rfe1 Nd5
17.Ne4 h5 18.Ng3 Nxg3 19.Bxg3 b5 20.Qd3 Qd7 21.Qg6 Qf7 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.Nd2 h4
24.Bd6 Rd8 25.Bh2 Bf8 26.Ne4 Ra7 27.axb5 cxb5 28.Bxd5 Rxd5 29.Nc3 Rf5 30.Ne4 Ra6
31.c3 Rd5 32.Red1 Kg6 33.f4 gxf4 34.Nd2 Bd6 35.Ne4 Bc7 36.Nc5 Rc6 37.Nb3 b4
38.cxb4 Rg5 39.bxa5 Rc2 40.Rd2 Rxd2 41.Nxd2 Bb7 42.Rc1 Rxg2+ 43.Kf1 Bxa5
44.b4 Rxh2 45.bxa5 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Cherry Hill USA"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Simutowe,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 a5 7.a4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Be7 9.Be2 Qb6
10.O-O h5 11.c4 dxc4 12.Nbd2 Bd3 13.Bxd3 cxd3 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.b3 Nb6 16.Qxd3 Nh6
17.Bg5 Nf5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Rac1 Kf8 20.Qe4 Nd5 21.Ng5 Rd8 22.Qf3 Rd7 23.Rfd1 Kg8
24.Ne3 Nde7 25.Nxf5 Nxf5 26.d5 Nh4 27.Qh3 Qe2 28.Qxh4 exd5 29.Re1 Qg4 30.Qxg4 hxg4  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Cherry Hill USA"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kudrin,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.g4 d5
9.Nb3 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.O-O-O+ Kc7 13.a4 b6 14.a5 bxa5 15.Rd5 Nc6
16.Rc5 Rb8 17.Rd1 a4 18.Bf4+ e5 19.Na5 Bb7 20.Be3 Ba8 21.g5 Rhd8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Bc4 Bf8 24.Nxc6 Bxc6 25.Ra5 Ra8 26.Rxa6 Rxa6 27.Bxa6 Be7 28.Bc4 f5 29.gxf6 Bxf6
30.Bg8 h6 31.Bxh6 g5 32.Bf8 Kb6 33.Bc4 g4 34.Bh6 Bd7 35.Bd5 Bf5 36.Be3+ Kb5
37.c4+ Kb4 38.Kc2 Be7 39.Bd2+ Kc5 40.b4+ axb3+ 41.Kxb3 Kd4 42.Be3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Figler,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Bxc5
9.Ne4 Bb6 10.Nd6+ Kf8 11.Nxc4 Bxf2 12.Bd3 f5 13.Bd2 Nge7 14.b4 a6 15.Rf1 Ba7
16.Rc1 Ng6 17.g4 Bd7 18.gxf5 exf5 19.Nd6 Ngxe5 20.Bxf5 Nxf3 21.Bxd7 Ke7 22.Bxc6 Nxd2
23.Nf5+ Kd8 24.Kxd2 bxc6 25.Nxg7 Kc7 26.Rf7+ Kb6 27.Ne6 Bb8 28.a4 a5 29.Nd4 Rc8
30.b5 Bxh2 31.Rf6 Be5 32.Rcxc6+ Rxc6 33.Rxc6+ Kb7 34.Ne6 Re8 35.Kd3 Bg3 36.Nc5+ Kb8
37.Rb6+ Kc8 38.Rh6 Re7 39.Kc4 Bf2 40.Ne6 Be3 41.Rf6 h5 42.Kd5 Kb7 43.Kd6 Rh7
44.Nd8+ Kb6 45.Kd5+ Kc7 46.Ne6+ Kb7 47.Nf8 Rc7 48.Ne6 Rd7+ 49.Ke4 Bb6 50.Rh6 Rd1
51.Rh7+ Kc8 52.Rxh5 Kd7 53.Rd5+  1-0

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hess,Ro"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Qe2 d5
9.e5 d4 10.Be4 Nd5 11.d3 dxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 13.Rd1 Qd7 14.c4 Rd8 15.Qb2 f5
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Qxb5 O-O 19.Nc3 Ba8 20.Bf4 Qe6 21.Rab1 h6 22.Na4 g5
23.Be3 d4 24.Bd2 g4 25.Ne1 Qxe5 26.Nb6 Bd6 27.g3 f4 28.Nxa8 fxg3 29.fxg3 Qe2
30.Ng2 Ne5 31.Bxh6 Rf2 32.Qb7 Nf3+ 33.Kh1 Qe5 34.Qb3+ Kh8 35.Rb2 Rxb2 36.Qxb2 Qh5
37.Ne1 Qxh6 38.Nb6 Bxg3 39.Nxf3 gxf3 40.Qd2 Qh3  0-1

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kritz,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bd6 5.c3 O-O 6.d3 Re8 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Ba4 Bf8
9.Nf1 b5 10.Bc2 d5 11.Ng3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Be6 13.Ng5 Bc4 14.Qd1 h6 15.Nf3 Qxd1+
16.Bxd1 Bd3 17.Nd2 Rad8 18.f3 b4 19.Be2 bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Ne4 7.Nfd2 f5 8.f3 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nb5 Be7 13.Rc1 Nf6 14.Qb3 Ne8 15.Bb4 Bxb4
16.Qxb4 Bd7 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.Ne2 Nd6 19.Nf4 Qe7 20.h4 Rad8 21.g3 Rfe8 22.Rfe1 Rd7
23.b3 e5 24.dxe5 Qxe5 25.Qd4 a5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Kf2 Rde7 28.Re2 a4 29.Rc5 axb3
30.axb3 Nc8 31.Bb5 Na7 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.Ra2 Kf8 34.Ra6 Rb7 35.Ne2 g6 36.Nd4 Ree7
37.h5 Ke8 38.h6 Rec7 39.Nxc6 Nxc6 40.Rcxc6 Rxc6 41.Rxc6 Kf7 42.f4 Rxb3 43.Rc7+ Kf6
44.Rxh7 Rb2+ 45.Kf1 Rh2 46.Rh8 Rh5 47.Ke2 g5 48.Kd3 gxf4 49.gxf4 Rh1 50.Kd4 Rd1+
51.Kc5 Kg6 52.Rf8 Rd3 53.h7 Kxh7 54.Rxf5 Rxe3 55.Kxd5 Kg6 56.Re5 Ra3 57.Ke4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Bd6 10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Nf8 12.Nc4 Ng6 13.a4 Qf6 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Qf4
16.Nxd6 cxd6 17.f3 Qg5 18.Qg3 Qxg3 19.hxg3 f6 20.Rad1 d5 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Rf2 Bd7
23.Rfd2 Rac8 24.Ba3 Kf7 25.g4 Ne5 26.Kf2 h6 27.Kg3 g5 28.Nf5 Bxf5 29.gxf5 h5
30.Bb2 Rc6 31.Rh1 h4+ 32.Kh3 Rg8 33.Re1 g4+ 34.fxg4 Nxg4 35.Rxd5 Nf2+ 36.Kh2 Ng4+
37.Kh1 Ne5 38.Re2 Rg5 39.Bxe5 Rxf5 40.Rd7+ Ke6 41.Rxb7 Rxe5 42.Rf2 Re3 43.Kh2 Rec3
44.a5 h3 45.g4 Rxc2 46.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 47.Kxh3 Ke5 48.Rb6 Rb2 49.b4 Rb1 50.Kg3 Rb3+
51.Kf2 Kf4 52.Ke2 Kxg4 53.Kd2 f5 54.Kc2 Re3 55.Rg6+ Kf3 56.Rxa6 f4 57.b5 Re5
58.Rb6 Ke2 59.Kc3 f3 60.Kc4 Rf5 61.Rh6 f2 62.Rh2 Ke3 63.Rxf2 Rxf2 64.b6 Ke4
65.b7 Rf1 66.a6 Rc1+ 67.Kb3  1-0

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarkar,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.d5 a5 9.Nd4 Na6
10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Bxe4 Nc5 13.Bg2 Qf7 14.Rb1 Bd7 15.b3 Rab8 16.Be3 e5
17.dxe6 Nxe6 18.Qd2 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Bc6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rbe1 c5
23.Qc3 a4 24.f4 axb3 25.axb3 Rfe8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Critelli,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Qa5
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O Nc5 11.f4 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Kh1 O-O 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.f5 Bd7
16.Nde2 Be5 17.f6 Bxf6 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Qxh6 Qa5 20.Nf4  1-0

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ippolito,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 b6 9.Nc3 O-O
10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Qd3 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Rac1 Rad8 14.Rfd1 h5 15.e3 h4 16.Ne2 Qe8
17.cxd5 exd5 18.Qxf5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Rxf5 20.Bxf5 Bc8 21.Bxc8 Rxc8 22.Re1 Qe4
23.gxh4 Qxh4 24.Ng3 Rf8 25.Re2 Qg4 26.f4 c5 27.Rg2 Qe6 28.Nf1 Rf7 29.Rcc2 Qe4
30.Rcd2 a5 31.Rg3 cxd4 32.Bxd4 Bc5 33.Rg5 Rc7 34.Bxc5 Rxc5 35.Rdg2 Rc7 36.Re5 Qf3
37.Rf2 Qd1 38.Rd2 Qe1 39.Rexd5 Rc1 40.Rf2 Qxe3 41.Rg5 Qd4 42.Kg2 Qe4+ 43.Kg1 Qd4
44.Kg2 Rb1 45.Rg3 b5 46.Rgf3 a4 47.bxa4 bxa4 48.Re2 Qc5 49.Rff2 Qd5+ 50.Kg1 a3
51.Re5 Qc6 52.Ree2 Kf7 53.Rd2 Qg6+ 54.Rg2 Qe4 55.Rgf2 Kf6 56.Rd6+ Kf5 57.Rdd2 Kg4
58.Rg2+ Kh4 59.Rdf2 Qd4 60.Kh1 Rb2 61.Nd2 Kh5 62.Rf3 g5 63.Rxg5+ Kh4 64.Rh3+ Kxh3
65.Rg3+ Kh4 66.Nf3+ Kh5 67.Nxd4 Rxa2 68.Nf5  1-0

[Event "New England Masters"]
[Site "Peabody USA"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milman,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[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.O-O f5 14.c4 O-O 15.Qe2 Bb7
16.f3 fxe4 17.fxe4 f5 18.exf5 e4 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Bxb5 d5 21.Kh1 Qe5 22.Bd7 Kh8
23.Rab1 Rf6 24.Qg4 Rh6 25.h3 Qe7 26.Be6 d4 27.Rf4 Bf6 28.Nc4 Qc7 29.Qg3 e3
30.Rg4 Qxg3 31.Rxg3 Bh4 32.Rg4 Bf2 33.Kh2 Rh4 34.Ne5 Rxg4 35.Nxg4 Be4 36.Rc1 Bh4
37.g3 Bg5 38.h4 d3 39.Rg1 e2 40.Bc4 Bd2 41.Nf2 Be3  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[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 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.h4 a6 11.f3 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Bd3 Qc7 15.g4 Rfd8
16.Qe1 b4 17.Ne2 a5 18.Nd4 e5 19.Nf5 d5 20.h5 dxe4 21.fxe4 Nd5 22.Nxe7+ Nxe7
23.h6 f6 24.Be3 b3 25.Rh2 bxa2+ 26.Ka1 g6 27.Qf1 Rd6 28.Bc4+ Qxc4 29.Qxc4+ Rxc4
30.Rxd6 Rxe4 31.Bc5 Bd5 32.b3 a4 33.Kxa2 axb3+ 34.cxb3 Ra4+ 35.Ba3 Rxg4 36.Rd8+ Kf7
37.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martinez,Marce"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 Rc8
9.Qe2 d5 10.e5 d4 11.Be4 Nd5 12.d3 dxc3 13.bxc3 Be7 14.c4 Nb6 15.Na3 b4 16.Nc2 O-O
17.g3 Na4 18.Bd2 Rc7 19.Rab1 Rd7 20.Red1 a5 21.a3 Ba8 22.h4 bxa3 23.Nxa3 Nb4
24.Nb5 Rxd3 25.Bxd3 Qxd3 26.Qxd3 Nxd3 27.Bxa5 Nab2 28.Ne1 Nxd1 29.Nxd3 Bf3
30.Kf1 Ra8 31.Ra1 Bd8 32.Ne1 Bh5 33.Bc3 Be2+ 34.Kg1 Rxa1 35.Bxa1 Ba5 36.Ng2 Bxc4
37.Na3 Bb3 38.Nf4 c4 39.Ne2 c3 40.Nc1 Bd5 41.Kf1 Bb4 42.Nc2 Bc5 43.Ke2 Nb2
44.Ne3 Bc6 45.Na2 Bd4 46.f4 f6 47.exf6 gxf6 48.Nb4 Be4 49.Nbc2 Bc5 50.Ne1 Kf7
51.h5 Ke7 52.Ng4 Bd4 53.Ne3 Bc6 54.N3c2 Bc5 55.Ne3 e5 56.fxe5 fxe5 57.Nf5+ Ke6
58.g4 e4 59.Nc2 Bb5+ 60.Ke1 Ke5 61.Nfe3 Bd3 62.g5 Be7 63.Ng4+ Kf5 64.Nf6 Kxg5
65.Nd5 Bd6 66.Nxc3 Bg3+ 67.Kd2 Bf4+ 68.Ke1 Bg3+ 69.Kd2 Nc4+ 70.Kd1 Kxh5 71.Nd5 Kg5
72.Ne1 Bf1 73.Nf6 e3 74.Nf3+ Kg6 75.Ng1 h5 76.Nd5 Kf5 77.Ne2 h4 78.Nxg3+ hxg3
79.Ke1 g2 80.Nxe3+ Nxe3 81.Kf2 Ng4+ 82.Kg1 Ne5  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qg3 Nh5 13.Qh4 Bxg5 14.Qxg5 Nhf6 15.Rfe1 Bb7
16.Re3 Ne5 17.Rg3 Ng6 18.Nf5 b4 19.Rxd6 Qc7 20.e5 exf5 21.h4 bxc3 22.Rxf6 Qxe5
23.Rxf5 Qe1+ 24.Kh2 cxb2  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bachmann,Ax"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O Ng6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e5 O-O
9.Ne4 Qc7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 c5 12.Qc3 Bb7 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Nexg5 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6
16.Ne4 Rf5 17.Rad1 Raf8 18.Nd6 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nh4 20.Re3 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Bxf3
22.Rd3 Bh5 23.Rg3 Bg6 24.Qe5 Qa5 25.h4 Qd2 26.Qxc5 Bxc2 27.f3 Qf4 28.Kg2 Bd1
29.Qc3 Bxf3+ 30.Rxf3 Qxd6 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Qf3+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Panchanathan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.h3 Bh5 12.a4 Rb8 13.axb5 axb5 14.d5 Nd8 15.Ra7 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Bg6 17.Qb4 Bxb1 18.Nxe5 c5 19.Qa3 dxe5 20.Rxe7 c4 21.Be3 Ra8 22.Ra7 Rxa7
23.Qxa7 Bd3 24.Qe7 e4 25.Bc5 Nb7 26.Qxf8+ Qxf8 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Ra1 Nd6 29.Bd1 Ke7
30.Ra6 g6 31.g4 f5 32.g5 f4 33.Ra7+ Kf8 34.Bg4 e3 35.fxe3 fxe3 36.Rd7 Ne4
37.d6 Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Qf3 Be7 11.Rad1 Qb6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Qg3 g6 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Rfe1 c5
16.c4 d4 17.b3 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Qg4 O-O-O 20.Be4 Rh5 21.Bxb7+ Kxb7 22.Nb2 Nb8
23.Nd3 Nc6 24.a3 Ka7 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.Bd2 Rb7 27.Qe4 a5 28.b4 cxb4 29.axb4 axb4
30.c5 b3 31.Ra1+ Kb8 32.Ra6 Nxe5 33.Ba5  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qc1 Rh6 14.Qxg5 b4 15.Na4 Nxe4 16.Qe3 Nxg3
17.hxg3 O-O-O 18.Rfd1 h4 19.Nc5 Qc7 20.g4 Rf6 21.Rac1 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Qf4 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Rxd4 Ba6 26.Bxc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 a5 28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 Kd7
30.Ra4 e5 31.f3 Ke6 32.Kh2 Rf4 33.Rxa5 Rc4 34.Kh3 e4 35.Kxh4 e3 36.Ra8 Ke5
37.Kg5 Rc2 38.Re8+ Kd4 39.Kf4 e2 40.Kg3 Kxc5 41.g5 Kd4 42.f4 c5 43.f5 Ra2
44.f6 Rxa3+ 45.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Nfd7 8.Nge2 a6
9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 10.Be3 Nc6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.Rac1 b5 15.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Pavasovic,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Qh5 g6 12.Nxg6 fxg6 13.Qe5+ Qe7 14.Qxh8 Nd7 15.h4 O-O-O
16.Bg5 Qf7 17.Bxd8 Bg7 18.Qxh7 Nf8 19.Qxg7 Qxg7 20.Bg5 Ne6 21.Bh3 Bd5 22.Rad1 Kb7
23.Be3 Qf8 24.Rd2 Nd8 25.Bg2 Nc6 26.a3 Na5 27.Rdd1 Nb3 28.Rfe1 Qf6 29.Bg5 Qc6
30.g4 a5 31.Re2 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Be3 Qd7 34.g5 Qg4 35.Rde1 Qxh4 36.Rc2 Qg4
37.Kh2 Kb8 38.Kg1 Na5 39.Ra1 Nc6 40.Rd2 Ne7 41.Ra4 Nf5 42.Rxb4+ Kc8  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pavasovic,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.c5 N6d7 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.Bc4 Na5 15.Be2 b6
16.Na4 bxc5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Rxc5 e4 19.Nd2 Nb7 20.Rc1 Nd6 21.O-O Bb7 22.Rc7 Bd5
23.Ba6 Bf8 24.Rfc1 Nf5 25.Nc4 Bb4 26.Bg5 Re8 27.Ne3 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[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 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f3 Qa5 11.h4 Bd7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Qd2 Kh8 14.Qe1 Bc6 15.g4 a6
16.Bd2 Qc7 17.h5 b5 18.Rc1 Nd7 19.g5 Ne5 20.Rh3 Bb7 21.b3 Nd7 22.Nd1 d5 23.exd5 Bxd5
24.Ne3 Ba3 25.Rd1 Qe5 26.c3 Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Qe4+ 28.Nc2 Qxf3 29.Nxa3 Qxh5 30.Bg2 Ra7
31.Nc2 Nc5 32.Be3 Rac7 33.Rd4 Qg6 34.Qd2 Re8 35.Rd8 f5 36.Qd6  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adamson,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Be2 e6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O h5 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.f4 O-O-O 13.Kh1 Kb8 14.a4 Be8 15.a5 h4 16.Bf3 Bh6
17.Ne2 Ne7 18.Qb4 f5 19.c4 h3 20.g3 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Bc6 22.Bf3 Bg7 23.Nd2 d5
24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Ne4 Rhd8 26.N2c3 Rd3 27.Ng5 Bxc3 28.bxc3 Bxf3+ 29.Nxf3 Rxf3
30.Rxf3 Qc6  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Garcia,Gild"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[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 Qc7 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 O-O 12.Kh1 b5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.Na5 exf4 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Ne4 17.Qe1 Rfe8 18.Nc4 Qd4 19.Bxf4 Qxd5 20.Bf3 Qxc4 21.Qxe4 Rac8
22.c3 Qb5 23.Qc2 Bf8 24.Be4 Qh5 25.g4 Qh4 26.Bg3 Qh3 27.g5 Rc7 28.Rae1 Ne5
29.Bd5 g6 30.Qf2 Ree7 31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.c4 Qd7 33.Qf3 Qd6 34.Qe4 Bg7 35.Re2 h6
36.gxh6 Bxh6 37.Ref2 Bf4 38.Rg2 Kg7 39.Re2 Rc8 40.Rxf4  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.g3 Bb4
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.Qb3 Nd7 12.e4 dxc4 13.Qxc4 e5 14.d5 Nb6 15.Qb3 Rd8
16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Kh1 Rac8 18.h3 Qg6 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Kh2 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 e4
23.Nd4 Qe5 24.Nc2 Bc5 25.f4 exf3 26.Rxf3 Bf5 27.Re1 Be4 28.Rc3 f5 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Ne3 Bd6 31.Nc4 Qd4 32.Qc2 Bb4 33.Rxe4 Qxd5 34.Rce3 Rf8 35.b3 Qf5 36.Qg2 Bc5
37.Re1 Qg6 38.R1e2 Qg5 39.Re5 Qc1 40.Re1 Qc3 41.Qd5+ Kh8 42.R1e2 Rf2+ 43.Rxf2 Bxf2
44.Qg2 Qxb3 45.Qxf2 Qxc4 46.Rxa5 Re8 47.Rc5 Qxa4 48.Qb2 Qd1 49.Rc2 b5 50.Rf2 Qe1
51.h4 b4 52.Rc2 Qe4 53.Rf2 Rc8 54.Qb3 Kh7 55.Qd1 Rc3 56.Qd2 Re3 57.Qb2 b3
58.Rg2 Qd3 59.Rd2 Qf1 60.Rf2 Qe1 61.Kg2 Rc3 62.Qa3 Qe5 63.Rf4 Qe3  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ibragimov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[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.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Nc4 14.Ng3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rac8
16.Re2 exd4 17.Nxd4 g6 18.b3 Ne5 19.Bb2 Rfe8 20.Qd2 Rcd8 21.Rc1 Qb6 22.Kh1 b4
23.Bb1 Rc8 24.Rd1 Rcd8 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Rf1 Nc6 27.Ndf5 Bxf5 28.exf5 d5 29.fxg6 hxg6
30.Nf5 d4 31.Qg5 Nh7 32.Qg4 Bf8 33.Nxd4 Nxd4 34.Rxe8 Rxe8 35.Bxd4 Bc5 36.Bb2 Rd8
37.Qf4 Bd4 38.Bc1 Nf6 39.Bd3 Nd5 40.Qg3  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[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 Be4 10.Ne5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 c6 12.Bf4 d6 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.e4 Rc8 15.Rad1 d5
16.Rfe1 a5 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.e5 Nd7 20.Rc1 h6 21.Qb5 Rc7 22.h4 Qb8
23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.Rc1 Qb7 25.Qc6 Rb8 26.Qxb7 Rxb7 27.Rc8+ Kh7 28.h5 Nb8 29.Bd2 Na6
30.a3 Nc7 31.Kf1 Nb5 32.Ke2 Na7 33.Ra8 Nc6 34.Rc8 Na7 35.Re8 Nc6 36.Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.Bc2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 e5
9.a3 Ne8 10.b4 Nc7 11.d3 b6 12.Nbd2 Kh8 13.Rb1 Ne6 14.Bb3 Rb8 15.Bd5 Qc7
16.b5 Ne7 17.Ba2 Nf4 18.Nc4 Be6 19.Ng5 Rbd8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Ne3 d5 22.Qc2 c4
23.dxc4 d4 24.Nf1 d3 25.Qd1 Ne2+ 26.Rxe2 dxe2 27.Qxe2 Ng8 28.a4 Rfe8 29.Bg5 Bf6
30.Be3 Be7 31.Nd2 Nf6 32.Rf1 Nd7 33.c5 Nxc5 34.Qc4 Rc8 35.Nf3 Bf6 36.Rc1 Qb7
37.Bb1 Red8 38.Qb4 Kg7 39.Rf1 Qc7 40.Ng5 h6 41.Nf3 Nd3 42.Qb3 Qc4 43.Qxc4 Rxc4
44.a5 Nc5 45.Rc1 Na4 46.axb6 axb6 47.Bd2 Nxc3 48.Bxc3 Rdc8 49.Rd1 Rxc3 50.Rd7+ Kf8
51.Ba2 Rd8 52.Bxe6 Rxd7 53.Bxd7 Ke7 54.Bc6 Bg7 55.Kf1 Kf6 56.Ne1 Bf8 57.Ke2 Bb4
58.h4 Rc1 59.Nd3 Rc2+ 60.Kf3 Bc3 61.g3 Bd4 62.Bd5 Rd2 63.Bc4 h5 64.Kg2 Rc2
65.Bd5 Rc3 66.Ne1 Rc5 67.Bc6 Rc1 68.Nd3 Rd1 69.Nb4 Rd2 70.Nd5+ Kg7 71.g4 hxg4
72.Kg3 Bxf2+ 73.Kxg4 Rd3  0-1

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Ngf3 Nbd7 8.O-O Nxc5
9.Bc4 Qh5 10.Re1 Ncd7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 b5 13.Be2 Qc5 14.c4 b4 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Qc2 h6 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Ne5 Qc5 22.Qe2 Rd6
23.Bc2 Rfd8 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Nd3 Qg5 26.f3 Nd7 27.Qe3 Qa5 28.Bb1 e5 29.h3 f6
30.Kh1 Rd4 31.Nc1 Qc5 32.Bf5 Qd6 33.Ne2 Rd2 34.Be6+ Kh7 35.Bd5 Rxd5 36.cxd5 Qxd5
37.Rc1 a5 38.Ng3  1-0

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bg5 e6 8.e3 Bg7
9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Nf4 Qe7 14.Nd3 Rfc8 15.Qd2 b6
16.f4 Na5 17.b3 Nb7 18.Ne5 Nd6 19.Qd3 Be8 20.Rc2 Rc7 21.Rfc1 Rac8 22.a4 Nf5
23.Kf2 f6 24.Nf3 Nd6 25.Nd2 f5 26.Ne2 Ne4+ 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Rxc7 Qxc7
30.Qc3 Qd8 31.Nc1 Bf8 32.Na2 Bd6 33.Qc2 g5 34.Nc1 Qc7 35.Qxc7 Bxc7 36.Ne2 Bd6
37.Nb1 a6 38.Nec3 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Na2 b4 41.Nc1 Kg7 42.Nd2 Bb5 43.Kg2 Be7
44.Na2 Kf6 45.h3 Kf5  0-1

[Event "10th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2008.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Williams,C USA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.Bb3 d6
9.Bd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Ne5 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Be3 Qc8 15.b4 Qb7
16.Nb3 Rae8 17.Na5 Qa8 18.Qd2 Bf6 19.Rad1 Be5 20.Ne2 Nh4 21.Bg5 Nf5 22.Qd3 h6
23.Bc1 Ne7 24.Ng3 Nxd5 25.a3 Nf4 26.Qf1 Ng6 27.f4 Bc3 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.h3 Nh4
30.Kh2 Be6 31.Bd2 Bxd2 32.Rxd2 Bd5 33.Nh5 Bf3 34.Qf2 Nxg2 35.Qd4 Bxh5 36.Rxg2 g6
37.c4 Qf3 38.Rf2 Qxa3 39.f5 Re3 40.Qh4 Rf3 41.Rg2 Qe3  0-1

[Event "10th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Esserman,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Nge7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Ng6
9.O-O Be7 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 O-O 12.f4 Qc7 13.Bb3 Nxf4 14.Kh1 Ng6 15.Rc1 Qd8
16.Nd5 exd5 17.Bxd5+ Kh8 18.Qh5 d6 19.Rc3 Ne5 20.Rf4 g6 21.Qh6 Rg8 22.Bxg8 Qxg8
23.Rc7 Qf7 24.g4 Kg8 25.g5 f5 26.b3 Be6 27.Rxb7 Bxg5  0-1

[Event "10th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Charbonneau,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Kh1 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bf3 b4 13.e5 bxc3 14.exf6 cxb2 15.Bxb2 g6
16.Be5 d6 17.Rab1 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Ra7 19.Bc3 Kd7 20.Rfe1 Qc6 21.Qg3 Kc8 22.Bb4 Bxb4
23.Rxb4 Rb7 24.Rd4 Rd8 25.Qd3 Rb5 26.h3 Rc5 27.c4 d5 28.cxd5 Rcxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5
30.Qa3 Qd6 31.Qa4 Kb7 32.Re4 Rb5 33.Rd4 Qc6 34.Kh2 Ka7 35.Rd8 Qc5 36.Qe4 Rb7
37.Qd3 Qb4 38.Rd4 Qc5 39.Rd6 Qb5 40.Qd4+ Ka8 41.a4 Qa5  1-0

[Event "10th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Bxb8 Rxb8 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bxe2 10.Qxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paragua,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "A78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qc2 Rb8 13.a4 b6 14.Nc4 Ba6 15.Bf4 Bxc4
16.Bxc4 a6 17.Qd3 Ng4 18.Qg3 Ne5 19.Bf1 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bg5 Qc8 22.Ra5 c4
23.Na2 Na6 24.Nc3 Nc7 25.Be3 Rb7 26.Na2 Ng4 27.Qxd6 Bxb2 28.Qc5 Qd8 29.Qc6 Rb8
30.Bf4 Ne5 31.Bxe5 Bxe5 32.Ra7 Qd6 33.Qxd6 Bxd6 34.g3 f6 35.Kg2 Ra8 36.Rxa8 Rxa8
37.Nc3 g5 38.Rb1 b4 39.Nd1 c3 40.Ne3 Bc5 41.Bc4 Kf8 42.Nc2 Ne8 43.f3 Nd6
44.Bb3 g4 45.h3 gxf3+ 46.Kxf3 Re8 47.Re1 Re5 48.g4 Ke7 49.Re2 Kd8 50.Re1 Kc7
51.h4 h6 52.Re2 Kb6 53.Ne1 Kb5 54.Nd3 Nc4 55.Nxe5 Nxe5+ 56.Kg3 Nd3 57.Rc2 Bd6+  0-1

[Event "10th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d6 8.Nc3 a6
9.f4 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Rae1 O-O 14.Rf3 g6 15.Rh3 Ne8
16.Kh1 Bf6 17.Nd1 Bg7 18.Nf2 Qc6 19.a5 b5 20.c3 e5 21.c4 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Nef6
23.Rc3 Nc5 24.fxe5 Nfxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Bxf7+ Rxf7 27.Rxc6 Bxc6 28.Qc4 Bb7
29.e6 Rf5 30.Be3 Bd5 31.Qd3 Re8 32.Nd4 Bxd4 33.Qxd4 Rxe6 34.Kg1 h5 35.Rf1 Rxf1+
36.Kxf1 Bc6 37.Kg1 Nf6 38.h3 Bb5 39.Qa7 Nd7 40.Bd4 Kf7 41.Qa8 Ne5 42.Kh2 Nc6
43.Bc3 d5 44.Qh8 Ke7 45.Qg7+ Kd6 46.Qf8+ Kd7 47.Bf6 Bd3 48.Bg5 d4 49.Qf7+ Kd6
50.Bf4+ Ne5 51.Qa7 Kd5 52.Qb7+ Kd6 53.Qb8+ Kd5 54.Qb3+ Bc4 55.Qb7+ Kd6 56.Qe4  1-0

[Event "10th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Bxe4 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.dxc5 Be7 8.Nd4 O-O
9.Be2 Ne5 10.O-O Bxc5 11.Ne6 fxe6 12.Bxc5 Rf7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Bf3 Qa5 15.Bf2 Bd7
16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Rad1 Rff8 18.a3 Ne7  1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaufman,La"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.e3 Bb7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Rac8 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Rac1 Qe8
16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qb1 c5 18.h4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.h5 Bd5
23.e4 Bc4 24.Bd1 Ba6 25.d5 Qc3 26.Qc2 Bc4 27.Bb8 a6 28.Bc7 Bxa2 29.Bxb6 Qxc2
30.Bxc2 Nc4 31.Bc5 Kf8 32.Nd4 Nd6 33.Nc6 Bc4 34.f3 Ke8 35.Kf2 Bc3 36.hxg6 hxg6
37.Ba4 Bb5 38.Bxb5 axb5 39.Bxd6 exd6 40.Ke3 Kd7 41.Kd3 Bg7 42.Na7 Be5 43.Nxb5 Ke7
44.Nd4 Kd7 45.Ke3 Bg7 46.f4 Bf6 47.Nf3 Bb2 48.Ne1 Bc1+ 49.Kf3 Bb2 50.Nd3 Bd4
51.Nb4 Bc3 52.Nc6 Bb2 53.Kg4 Bc3 54.Kf3 Bb2 55.e5 g5 56.fxg5 dxe5 57.Ke4 Kd6
58.Na5 Bc1 59.Nc4+ Ke7 60.g6 fxg6 61.Kxe5 Bg5 62.d6+ Kd8 63.Ke6 Bf4 64.Ne5 Bxe5
65.Kxe5 Kd7 66.g4 g5 67.Kd5 Kd8 68.Ke6 Ke8 69.Kf6  1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig,Dan"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nb3 Bb6 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Nbc6 10.c3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qd6 13.Re1 Rfe8 14.Be3 Bc7 15.g3 Qg6
16.Bh5 Qf6 17.Qf3 Nf5 18.Bd4 Be5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxd5 g6 21.Be2 a5 22.Nd4 Rad8
23.Qxa5 Nxd4 24.cxd4 Rxd4 25.Qc3 Re4 26.Kg2 Re6 27.f4 Qe7 28.Bf1 Nc6 29.Rxe4 Rxe4
30.Rd1 h5 31.h4 Qe6 32.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Qf2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Rhe1 Rc8
16.Kb1 Nc5 17.Ne2 Qc7 18.g4 Ne4 19.Qe3 Rfd8 20.Nd4 b4 21.h4 a5 22.Nb5 Qc5
23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Re2 a4 25.a3 bxa3 26.Nxa3 Rcc8 27.Nb5 Ba6 28.Na7 Rc7 29.Bxa6 Rxa7
30.Rxe4 Rxa6 31.Rb4 Rc8 32.Rd3 h5 33.gxh5 Kh7 34.Rb7 Rf8 35.f5 Kh6 36.fxe6 Rxe6
37.Rxd5 Kxh5 38.Rb4 Rfe8 39.Re4 Kg6 40.Rg4+ Kh6 41.Rxa4 Rxe5 42.Rxe5 Rxe5
43.Kc1 f5 44.Kd2 Kh5 45.Rd4 g5 46.hxg5 Kxg5 47.Rd8 f4 48.Rf8 Kg4 49.c4 f3
50.Kd3 Kg3 51.b4 f2 52.c5 Re8 53.Rf7 Re7 54.Rf8 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.b3 f5 10.Nh3 Nc6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O Nf6 14.f4 Nf7 15.Nf2 h5 16.h3 a6
17.Na4 e5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Bf3 Rb8 20.Ba7 Ra8 21.Bb6 Qd7 22.Bd4 Rae8 23.Qd2 Nd8
24.Nb6 Qf7 25.Bb2 Nc6 26.Rfe1 Bh6 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Qxd6 Ne4 29.Nxe4 fxe4 30.Qd4 Kh7
31.Rxe4 Rd8 32.Qc3 Bf5 33.Re2 Bxf4 34.Rce1 Bg5 35.Qg3 Bd3 36.Qxg5 Bxe2 37.Kh2 Rde8
38.Bc1 Qg7 39.Qd2 Re4 40.Bb2 Qc7+ 41.Kh1 Rf7 42.Qc3 Re8 43.c5 Qd8 44.a4 Qh4
45.Kh2 Qf4+ 46.Kh1 Bf1  0-1

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Finegold,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.O-O Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 Nb4 12.a5 Nc6 13.Qf4 Nxa5 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Qh4 g6
16.Rad1 Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.f4 Rc8 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Ba2 Na5 14.Rad1 Nc4 15.Bc1 Rfd8
16.g4 Qc5 17.g5 Ne8 18.f5 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Qf3 Nf6 22.gxf6 Bxf6
23.Qd3 Kh8 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Qe3 Rf8 26.Nf3 Qc6 27.Ne2 Rce8 28.Ng3 e5 29.Bd2 Bh3
30.Bb4 Bxf1 31.Nxf1 Be7 32.Ng3 Qa4 33.Qc3 Rxf3 34.Qxf3 Qxb4 35.Qf7 Qa4 36.Nf5  1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[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.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5
16.a3 Na6 17.b4 Nb6 18.Bd3 axb4 19.Bxb5 Bd7 20.Qe2 Nc5 21.Bxd7 Nbxd7 22.Bb2 Na4
23.Nc4 Nxb2 24.Qxb2 Nc5 25.Re3 bxa3 26.Raxa3 Rxa3 27.Qxa3 Qc7 28.Qa5 Qxa5
29.Nxa5 Ra8 30.Nc6 Bf8 31.Ne1 Ra4 32.f3 g6 33.Rc3 Bh6 34.Nc2 Bd2 35.Ra3 Rc4
36.Ra2 Nd3 37.Kf1 Bg5 38.g3 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 c5 8.dxc5 a5
9.Na4 Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxc5 11.Nxc5 Bxc5 12.dxe6 Qxd1+ 13.Kxd1 Bxe6 14.Bb5 h5
15.h3 a4 16.Ke2 Bd6 17.Rd1 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Ne4 19.Bd2 Bb3 20.Rdc1 Nxg3+ 21.Kf3 Nf5
22.Rc5 Nd6 23.Bd3 f5 24.Bc3 Rf7 25.Kf4 Rd8 26.Be5 b6 27.Rc6 Ne4 28.Bxe4 fxe4+
29.Kg3 Rd5 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Re8 Bc4 32.Bd4 Rg5+ 33.Kh2 Bf1 34.Re5 Rxg2+ 35.Kh1 Rg3
36.Rxh5+ Kg6 37.Rh4 Kg5 38.Rf4 Rxh3+ 39.Kg1 Bc4 40.Rc1 Bb3 41.Rxf7 Bxf7 42.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Karklins,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 d4 5.e3 dxe3 6.fxe3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.d4 Be7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Bb2 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Ne4 14.Qc2 f5 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.d5 c5 17.Nh4 Ndf6 18.dxe6 g6 19.g4 Nxg4 20.Rd7 Qxh4 21.Rg7+ Kh8 22.Rxb7+ Nef6
23.h3 Nxe3 24.Qf2 Nxg2 25.e7 Qxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Nh4 27.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 28.Bxf6+ Rxf6
29.Re2  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quan Zhe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.a3 b6 6.Bd3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e4 d4 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ng3 Bg4 15.Re1 Qc7
16.Qe2 g6 17.Qe4 Qd7 18.h3 Be6 19.Ng5 Nc7 20.Qh4 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 f5 22.exf6 c4
23.Bf1 d3 24.Re4 Rf7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Bh6 Qd5 27.Qf4 Nb5 28.h4 Nbd4 29.Bg5 Qd6
30.Qe3 Qd5 31.h5 Rb8 32.Rd2 Rb5 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.f4 Rf8 35.Bxd3 cxd3 36.Rxd3 Rxb2
37.Rdxd4 Nxd4 38.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 39.Rxd4 Rc8 40.Nf1 Re2 41.Ng3 Ra2 42.Rd6 Bf7
43.Kh2 Rxa3 44.f5 Rc7 45.Bf4 Kh7 46.fxg6+ Kxg6 47.Rxa6 Rxa6 48.Bxc7 Ra2 49.Nf1 Re2
50.Bb6 Kxf6 51.Ng3 Ra2 52.Kg1 Bd5 53.Bf2 Kg5 54.Nh1 Kg4 55.Kh2 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Ng8 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 axb4
16.axb4 c6 17.Kh1 Ndf6 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.c5 exf4 20.Nc4 d5 21.Nb6 Ra7 22.Bd3 Ne4
23.Ne2 Ngf6 24.Bxf4 Ng4 25.Ng1 Ra3 26.Nh3 Be6 27.Rf3 Ra7 28.Rbf1 Bf6 29.Bc1 Rg7
30.Nf4 Bf7 31.Bb2 Rfg8 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rg3 h6 34.Nh3 Be6 35.Nf4 Bf7 36.Nh3 Be6
37.Rd1 Qe7 38.Nf4 Bxb2 39.Qxb2 Kh7 40.Kg1 e3 41.Rf1 Rd8 42.h3 Rd2 43.Qc3 e2
44.Re1 Rd1 45.hxg4 Qh4 46.Nxe2 Rxe1+ 47.Qxe1 Rxg4 48.Qc3 Rxg3 49.Nxg3 f4
50.Ne2 Bf5 51.Qd2  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zapata,Alo"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[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.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bb5 Ne7
16.Ncb4 Bh3 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Bc6 Bxg2 19.Rg1 Rac8 20.Rxa5 Bh3 21.Bd5 Kh8
22.Qf3 Bd7 23.Ra7 f6 24.Qh3 Rfd8 25.Nc6 Bxh3 26.Nxe7 Rc5 27.Nc6 Rf8 28.c4 Be6
29.b3 g6 30.Ke2 Rc8 31.Rga1 R5xc6 32.Bxc6 Rxc6 33.Re7  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Van de Mortel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O Qa5 8.Nc4 Qa6
9.Ne3 c4 10.Nf4 Nc6 11.Qe2 b5 12.a4 Rb8 13.Rd1 Ne5 14.a5 Bb7 15.Nc2 Ba8 16.Nb4 Qc8
17.Nfd5 Re8 18.f4 Nc6 19.d4 cxd3 20.Nxd3 e6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Be3 a6 23.Nf2 Rd8
24.Rd3 b4 25.Bb6 bxc3 26.bxc3 Rd7 27.Rad1 Bd8 28.e5 Bxb6 29.axb6 d5 30.Ne4 Kg7
31.Qf2 Qd8 32.Nc5 Re7 33.Rb1 Na5 34.Nxa6 Rc8 35.g4 Nc4 36.Rh3 Rb7 37.f5 Rxb6
38.Rf1 Rb2 39.Qf4 g5 40.f6+ Kh8 41.Qxg5 Qg8 42.Qh5 Re2 43.Rg3 Ne3 44.Rc1 Rxg2+
45.Rxg2 Nxg2 46.Kxg2 d4+ 47.Kg3 dxc3 48.Nb4 Be4 49.Nc2 Rc5 50.Qh6 Bg6 51.Nd4 c2
52.h4 Bf5 53.Qg7+ Qxg7 54.fxg7+ Kxg7 55.gxf5 exf5 56.Kf4 Rc4 57.Ke3 Rc5 58.Nxf5+ Kg6
59.Kd4 Rc7 60.Ne3 Kh5 61.Ke4 Kxh4 62.Kf4 Kh5 63.Kf5 Kh4 64.Rxc2 Rxc2 65.Nxc2 Kg3
66.Kf6 Kf4 67.Ne3 h6 68.Nc4 h5 69.Kxf7 h4 70.e6 h3 71.e7 h2 72.e8=Q h1=Q
73.Qe5+ Kg4 74.Ne3+ Kf3 75.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bc3 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nd2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Rc1 Bg4 13.N2f3 Rc8 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Ne5 Qe6 17.Nxg4 Nxg4 18.Qa4 Nf6 19.e3 Nd7 20.e4 dxe4 21.Qxe4 Qxe4 22.Bxe4 Nb6
23.Rfe1 Bf8 24.Bxc6 Rxe1+ 25.Bxe1 Na4 26.b4 Nb2 27.b5 Nd3 28.Rd1 Nxe1 29.Rxe1 Rd8
30.a4 Bb4 31.Re4 Ba5 32.Re7 Bb6 33.Bd5 Kf8 34.Rxf7+ Ke8 35.a5 Bxa5 36.Rxa7 Bb6
37.Bc6+ Kf8 38.Ra6 Rb8 39.Kg2 Ke7 40.f4  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bc2 e6 8.d3 Be7
9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.Qe1 O-O-O 11.a3 Kb8 12.b4 h6 13.b5 Na5 14.c4 g5 15.Bb2 Rhg8
16.Nh2 g4 17.Qe3 gxh3 18.Qxh3 Be2 19.Rfe1 Bg4 20.Nxg4 Nxg4 21.Bd1 Ne5 22.Nf1 Bf6
23.Ra2 Qe7 24.Bc1 h5 25.Nh2 h4 26.Nf1 Ng6 27.f4 Bc3 28.Ree2 Qf6 29.Qf3 h3
30.Nh2 hxg2 31.Be3 Bd4 32.Rf2 Bxe3 33.Qxe3 Qh4 34.Bg4 e5 35.fxe5 Nxe5  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arun Prasad,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Rb1 Nh5 13.Qc2 f5 14.e3 Ba6 15.Re1 Qf6 16.Nd1 Qf7
17.e4 Rae8 18.Nc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Nxd5 20.e5 Nc7  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ganguly,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 c4
9.Be2 Nf5 10.Bd1 Bd7 11.a4 Nc6 12.Ne2 O-O-O 13.O-O Rdg8 14.Ng3 f6 15.Nxf5 exf5
16.Qf3 Be6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Bg3 h5 20.h3 f4 21.Qxf4 h4 22.Bh2 Bxh3
23.Bf3 Bxg2 24.Bxg2 h3 25.Rfe1 hxg2 26.f3 Rh5 27.Re2 Rf5 28.Qe3 b6 29.Rae1 Kb7
30.Rf2 Ka6 31.Qe6 Qh7 32.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Rg5+ 34.Bg3 Qg7 35.Qc8+ Qb7 36.Qxb7+ Kxb7
37.Re6 Rg6 38.Rd6 Rg5 39.Rxf6 a5 40.f4 Rg7 41.f5 Na7 42.Rf8 Rd7 43.f6 Nc6
44.Kf3 Nd8 45.Bf4 Kc8 46.Kg4 Rh7 47.Kf5 Kd7 48.Kg6 Rh4 49.Bg5 Rg4 50.Rxd8+  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Negi,P"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Be7 8.c3 f6 9.Be3 O-O
10.g3 cxd4 11.Nexd4 Qb6 12.Qe2 fxe5 13.Nxe6 Nc5 14.Nxf8 e4 15.Qd2 Kxf8 16.Nd4 Bg4
17.b4 Na4 18.f5 Ne5 19.Qc2 Kg8 20.Qxa4 Bf3 21.Rg1 Ng4 22.Bf4 Bf6 23.Qb5 Rc8
24.Qxb6 axb6 25.Kd2  1-0

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Pechenkin,Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 g6 6.c5 N6d7 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 h6 11.Be3 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.Qd2 Nf5 14.Rad1 Kh7 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Nxe3
17.Qxe3 f5 18.d6 e4 19.c6 bxc6 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.Nxc6 Nxc4 22.Qe2 Qd7 23.Qxc4 cxd6
24.Nd5 Qf7 25.Qc2 Be6 26.Nb6 Rae8 27.Rxd6 Bxa2 28.Nd7 Bb3 29.Qd2 Rg8 30.b6 a4
31.b7 a3 32.b8=Q Rxb8 33.Ndxb8 a2 34.Rd7 Qf6 35.Ra7 f4 36.Qb4  1-0

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panjwani,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.O-O Be6 8.h3 h6 9.Be3 Bxe3
10.fxe3 Ne7 11.Nh4 c6 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.Kh2 Nh7 14.Rf2 Ng5 15.Qf1 g6 16.d4 Qc7
17.Rd1 O-O 18.d5 cxd5 19.exd5 Bd7 20.Rf6 Kg7 21.Qf2 Bb5 22.Nxb5 axb5 23.Rf1 Qd8
24.Qe2 b4 25.Qb5 Ng8 26.R6f2 Rxa2 27.Qxb4 Qd7 28.Qb3 Ra4 29.Qd3 e4 30.Qc3+ f6
31.b3 Raa8 32.Qd4 b5 33.Rf4 Rac8 34.c4 bxc4 35.bxc4 h5 36.g4 hxg4 37.Rxg4 Kh7
38.Bxe4 Nxe4 39.Rxe4 Nh6 40.Re6 Qg7 41.Qd3 f5 42.Rg1 g5 43.Ng6 Rf6 44.Nf4 Rf7
45.Rg6 Qb2+ 46.Rg2 Qc1 47.R2xg5 Rxc4 48.Rg2 Rxf4 49.exf4 Qxf4+ 50.Kh1 Rc7
51.Qg3 Qxg3 52.R6xg3 f4 53.Rg5 f3 54.R2g3 Rc1+ 55.Rg1 Rc3 56.Kh2 Rd3 57.Kg3 Nf7
58.Rf5 Ne5 59.Kf4 Rd4+ 60.Ke3 Rh4 61.Rxe5 dxe5 62.Rd1 Kg7 63.d6 Rd4 64.Rxd4 exd4+
65.Kxf3  1-0

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hansen,Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.a4 b4 6.Nbd2 d6 7.e4 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O
10.a5 Nbd7 11.h3 e6 12.a6 Bc8 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Ng5 Qb6 16.Qa4 Nb8
17.Nde4 Nc6 18.Qd1 Nd4 19.Be3 Bd7 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.h4 Rd8 22.h5 Be8 23.Ne4 Rf5
24.h6 Bh8 25.Qg4 Bc6 26.Rad1 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Rf7 28.Rd3 Bf6 29.Bb7 Kh8 30.Qe4 Rdf8
31.Kh2 Qd8 32.g3 Kg8 33.Kg2 Bg5 34.Qxe5 Bf6 35.Qxc5 Rd7 36.Rfd1 e5 37.Qxa7  1-0

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kraai,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 Nh6 8.O-O O-O
9.Ne5 Be6 10.f4 Nd7 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Ndf3 c5 13.Qe2 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Be7 15.Bd2 c4
16.Bc2 g5 17.Kh1 Qe8 18.Ng1 Qg6 19.a3 Rf7 20.Bb4 Bd8 21.g3 Qg7 22.Qg2 a5
23.Bd6 b5 24.Ne2 Ng4 25.Rf3 Bc7 26.Bxc7 Rfxc7 27.h3 Nh6 28.h4 Kh8 29.hxg5 Qxg5
30.Nf4 Bg8 31.Nh3 Qg7 32.Nf4 b4 33.axb4 axb4 34.Rf2 b3 35.Bd1 c3 36.Bxb3 Ng4
37.bxc3 Qh6+ 38.Kg1 Rxc3 39.Bd1 Nxe3 40.Qh2 Qg5 41.Be2 Rc1+ 42.Rxc1 Rxc1+
43.Bf1 Ng4 44.Qh4 Qxh4 45.gxh4 Rd1 46.Ne2 Nxf2 47.Kxf2 Rd3 48.Bg2 Bf7 49.Bf3 Kg7
50.Ng3 Kf8 51.Ne2 Ke7 52.Ng3 Kd7 53.Nxf5 Be6 54.Bg4 h5 55.Be2 Bxf5 56.Bxd3 Bxd3
57.Ke3 Bf5 58.Kf4 Ke6 59.Kg5 Bg4 60.Kg6 Bd1 61.Kg5 Kf7 62.Kf5 Bg4+ 63.Kg5 Kg7
64.e6 Bxe6 65.Kxh5 Kf6 66.Kh6 Bg4  0-1

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[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.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nh2 Ng6
16.g3 Nf6 17.h4 Qd7 18.a4 Qh3 19.Bd3 Ng4 20.Ndf3 Nxh2 21.Nxh2 c4 22.Bf1 Qd7
23.axb5 Qxb5 24.Re3 Bf6 25.f4 Qc5 26.Qe1 Bd4 27.h5 Ne7 28.Nf3 Bxe3+ 29.Bxe3 Qc7
30.h6 f5 31.hxg7 Re8 32.Qc3 fxe4 33.Nd4 Nf5 34.Nxf5 Bxf5 35.Bd4 Qf7 36.Bxc4 Qh5
37.b3 e3 38.Re1 e2 39.Bf6 Be4 40.Bh4 Bxd5 41.Qa5 Rac8 42.Bxd5+ Kxg7 43.Qa1+  1-0

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[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.Qh5 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.c3 O-O 17.Nc2 f4 18.f3 f5 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Bg4 Kh8 21.Rae1 Be5 22.Be6 e3
23.g3 Qb6 24.Kh1 fxg3 25.hxg3 e2 26.Rf3 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Ng6 28.Ne3 Rf8 29.Nf5 b4
30.c4 Qa5 31.Qb3 Ne7 32.g4 Qd8 33.Qh3 Ng6 34.Qh6 Nf4 35.Kg1 Qf6 36.Qxf6+ Rxf6
37.Kf2 Bxb2 38.Kf3 Bc3 39.Kxf4 Bxe1 40.Ke3 Bg3 41.Kxe2 Be5 42.Kd3 a5 43.Kc2 Rg6
44.Nh4 Rh6 45.Nf3 Bf4 46.g5 Rh1 47.Kb3 Rc1 48.Ka4 Rc3 49.Nd4 Ra3+ 50.Kb5 Rxa2
51.c5 dxc5 52.Kxc5 Be3  0-1

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gerzhoy,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Be6 6.c5 Be7 7.Nc3 b6 8.cxb6 axb6
9.Bd3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.Ng5 Bg4 13.f3 Bc8 14.dxc5 h6 15.Nh3 bxc5
16.Nf4 Bb7 17.Bc2 Na6 18.a3 d4 19.Nce2 Bd6 20.Bb3 Qc7 21.Bc4 Nb4 22.Bd2 Nc6
23.Rc1 Ne5 24.Ba2 Bxf3 25.Rf1 Bc6 26.Ng3 Qd7 27.Nfh5 Nxh5 28.Qxh5 Qg4 29.Qxg4 Nxg4
30.Nf5 Bxh2+ 31.Kh1 Bb5 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Rxf7 c4 34.Rcf1 Rxf7 35.Rxf7 Be5 36.Nd5 Rd8
37.a4 Ba6 38.Nb4 c3 39.Bc1 d3 40.Bb1 c2 41.Nxc2 Rc8 42.b4 dxc2 43.Ba2 Rd8  0-1

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[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.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kd2 f5
23.Rh2 Bg3 24.Rh6 fxe4 25.Qg1 Kg7 26.Rh1 Bh4 27.Kc1 Bf6 28.Ra2 Rh8 29.Rg2 Rb7
30.f5 Ne5 31.Rxh7+ Rxh7 32.Rxg6+ Nxg6 33.Qxg6+ Kh8 34.Nxf6 Rbg7 35.Qe8+ Qxe8
36.Nxe8 Rg1+ 37.Kd2 Rh2+ 38.Be2 Ra1  0-1

[Event "3rd Int Open"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Be5 O-O 13.Nd4 Nd7 14.Nxf5 Nxe5 15.Ne7+ Kg7
16.Nxd5 Bxc3+ 17.Nxc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rac8 19.Be2 Rxc5 20.O-O Qxc3 21.Qe4 b6
22.Qd4 Rcc8 23.Qa4 Qc2 24.Qa6 Rfd8 25.Bd1 Qc3 26.Bb3 Rc7 27.Qb5 Rc5 28.Qa4 a5
29.Qe4 b5 30.f4 a4 31.fxe5 axb3 32.e6 f5 33.Qb7+ Rc7 34.Qxb5 Qxe3+ 35.Kh1 Qxe6
36.axb3 Qd5 37.Rxf5 Qxb5 38.Rxb5 Rcd7 39.h3 Rd1+ 40.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 41.Kh2 Rd3
42.Rb8 Kg6 43.b4 Rb3 44.Rb6+ Kg7 45.b5 Kh7 46.Rb8 Kg7 47.b6 Kh7 48.Kg1 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Landaw,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 Nh5 7.Nh3 f5 8.Bg5 Qe8
9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 e5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.Kh1 Bd7 14.Rae1 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bf2 Qe7
17.Ng1 Rae8 18.g4 Ng7 19.gxf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.e4 Rf7 22.Be3 Ref8 23.Qg2 Na5
24.h4 Ne6 25.Qh2 Nxc4 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Bc1 Kg8 28.Qe2 b5 29.Nh3 Rg7 30.Rg1 g4
31.Bxh6 Qxh4 32.Bxg7 Qxh3+ 33.Qh2 Qxf3+ 34.Qg2 Nxg7 35.Ref1 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Ne3+  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dejmek,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4
9.f3 Ne7 10.Nde2 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.f4 b5 13.Qe1 Ba5 14.Qf2 Bb7 15.Bd4 Rc8 16.Ng3 Nc6
17.Bxb5 axb5 18.Nxb5 Qb8 19.Nd6+ Ke7 20.Nh5 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bb6 22.Qh4+ Kf8
23.Rb4 Qc7 24.c3 Rg8 25.Nxc8 Bxc8 26.Kb1 Bc5 27.f5 Nxe5 28.fxe6 g5 29.Qg3 Bxe6
30.Ra4 Ke7 31.Rf1 Rg6 32.h4 h6 33.hxg5 Rxg5 34.Qh2 Qb6 35.Nf6 Qb5 36.Raf4 Nd3
37.b3 Nxf4 38.Qxf4 Qd3+ 39.Ka1 Qxc3+  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kuderinov,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Nc4 Rc8 10.Ne3 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.h4 Qa5 14.Bg2 Qb4 15.O-O Qxb2
16.Ncd5 Bxd5 17.Nxd5 Bd8 18.Qg4 Rb8 19.c3 Kh8 20.Rfb1 Qa3 21.Qd7 Ba5 22.Rxb7 Rxb7
23.Qxb7 Bxc3 24.Rd1 Nd4 25.Kh2 Ba5 26.Qxa6 Qc5 27.Rb1 f5 28.exf5 Nxf5 29.Qd3 Nd4
30.Rb7 Qc8 31.Ra7 Be1 32.Ne7 Qe6 33.Qe3 Bb4 34.Qg5 Bc5 35.Rb7 Qxa2 36.Nd5 Rg8  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mulyar,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Bxf4
9.gxf4 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Bd7
16.Ne5 Be8 17.Qb3 Bh5 18.h3 Kh8 19.Qa3 Qe8 20.Rf2 Bg6 21.Kh2 Bf5 22.Rg1 Nd7
23.Nf3 dxc4 24.Nd2 Bd3 25.Be4 e5 26.Bxd3 cxd3 27.dxe5 Nxe5 28.Rfg2 Ng6 29.Qxd3 Qe7
30.Nf3 Rae8 31.Rxg6 hxg6 32.Ne5 Kg8 33.Rxg6 Rf6 34.Rg5 Qe6 35.Ng4 Rff8 36.Qd4 Re7
37.f5 Rxf5 38.Nh6+ Qxh6 39.Rxf5 Rxe3 40.Qc4+ Kh7 41.Qg4 Qd6+ 42.Kg2 Qd2+
43.Rf2 Qd5+ 44.Kh2 Qd6+ 45.Kg2 Re6 46.Qf5+ Rg6+ 47.Kh1 Qg3  0-1

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sammour Hasbun,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6 16.Qc2 Qxd4
17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Qg6 Bxe5 19.Bg4 Nf8 20.Qf7+ Kxd6 21.Bxe5+ Kxe5 22.Qg7+ Kd6
23.Qxh8 Qc7 24.Qxh6 Qe7 25.Rfe1 Rd8 26.f4 gxf4 27.Qxf4+ Kd7 28.Qf2 Kc7 29.Qxa7 Ra8
30.Qd4 Rxa2 31.Rf1 Nd7 32.Kh1 c5 33.Qf2 N7f6 34.Bf3 c3 35.Qg3+ e5 36.bxc3 Ne3
37.Bxb7 Nxd1 38.Qf3 Nf2+ 39.Rxf2 Ra1+ 40.Rf1 Rxf1+ 41.Qxf1 Kxb7 42.Qxb5+ Kc7
43.Qa5+ Kd7 44.Qb5+ Ke6 45.Qc4+ Kf5 46.h3 e4 47.Kg1 e3 48.Kf1 Qd6 49.Qe2 Qf4+
50.Ke1 Qg3+ 51.Kd1 Qf2 52.Qd3+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2008.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Prilleltensky,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 exd4
9.e5 Ne8 10.cxd4 d5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Bf4 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Na3
16.Bd3 b4 17.Na4 Nb5 18.Qe3 Bf5 19.Rac1 Ra7 20.Rfe1 Qe6 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 Qc8
23.Nb6 Qb7  1-0

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milman,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe2 Bf5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nxe5 Qxd4 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nc3 f5 12.Bf4 Kf7 13.Nxe4 Qxe4 14.Qxe4 fxe4 15.Rad1 Re8
16.Kg2 g5 17.Bxc7 Rh6 18.Rd7+ Re7 19.Rfd1 b5 20.Bb6 Re6 21.Be3 Kg6 22.R1d6 Re8
23.Rd1 a5 24.b3 Bb4 25.a4 bxa4 26.bxa4 R8e7 27.Rd8 Re5 28.Rc8 R5e6 29.Rdd8 Rb7
30.Rb8 Rxb8 31.Rxb8 Rd6 32.Re8 Bd2 33.Ba7 e3 34.fxe3 Bb4 35.Kf3 c5 36.Ke4 Rd7
37.Bb6 Rd6 38.Bc7 Rd2 39.c4 Ra2 40.Be5 Rxa4 41.Re7 Ra2 42.Rxg7+ Kh6 43.h4  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.e4 Nc7 11.a4 Bg4 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Qd3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Qf6 17.Bg2 Bd4 18.Rf1 a6 19.a5 Rab8 20.Ra2 b5 21.h3 b4 22.Nd1 b3
23.Ra3 Rb4 24.Rxb3 c4 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.Rxb4 Nb5 27.Ne3 Rc8 28.Rc1 Qd2 29.Rcxc4 Rxc4
30.Rxc4 Qxb2 31.Rc6 Qa1+ 32.Bf1 Nc3 33.Rxd6 Nxe4 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.Re8 f5 36.Kg2 Qe1
37.Rxe4 fxe4 38.Bxa6 Qxa5 39.Bb7 Qb4 40.Bc6 Kf6 41.d6 Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 Qc7 8.O-O-O b5
9.f4 b4 10.Nd5 exd5 11.exd5+ Be7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qh5 Nd7 14.Ne6 Qa5 15.Ng7+ Kd8
16.Qxf7 Nc5 17.Bc4 b3 18.Rhe1 Ra7 19.cxb3 Bg4 20.Rxe7 Rxe7 21.Qxf6 Qxa2 22.Qxd6+ Nd7
23.Ne6+ Rxe6  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fier,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[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.O-O f5 14.c4 O-O 15.Qf3 f4
16.cxb5 Qg5 17.Be2 d5 18.exd5 f5 19.Qh5 Qf6 20.bxa6 e4 21.Rab1 Bxa6 22.Nc4 Kh8
23.Rfd1 Rg8 24.Bf1 Bf8 25.Qh3 f3 26.g3 Bc5 27.b4 Bxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Bxc4 29.Bxc4 Qb6+
30.Kf1 e3 31.Qh4 e2+ 32.Bxe2 fxe2+ 33.Kxe2 Rg4 34.Qh5 Rxa2+ 35.Rd2 Re4+ 36.Kf1 Rxd2
37.Qxf5 Re8 38.Rb3 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Adianto,U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 h6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O Ne7
9.a4 a6 10.a5 Bh7 11.Bf4 Nf5 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Be7 14.Rc1 O-O 15.d5 exd5
16.Bxd5 Rad8 17.Qe2 Kh8 18.Be4 g5 19.Bd2 Rfe8 20.Bc3 Ng7 21.e6 fxe6 22.Bxh7 Kxh7
23.Qe4+ Kg8 24.Qg6 e5 25.Rcd1 Nf8 26.Qxh6 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Re1 Rd6 29.Bxe5 Rxh6
30.Bxc7 Bb4 31.Rd1 g4 32.Ne5 Nge6 33.Bb6 c5 34.Nxg4 Rg6 35.h3 c4 36.Nd4 Nf4
37.Nf5 N8e6 38.Rd7 Kf8 39.Kh2 Rg5 40.Nfe3 c3 41.bxc3 Bxc3 42.Rxb7 Bxa5 43.g3 Bxb6
44.Rxb6 Nd5 45.Nxd5 Rxd5 46.Rxe6 a5 47.Ra6  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Be2 Qb6
10.a3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Bf3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 a5 15.Ne2 b4 16.a4 Ba6
17.b3 Bxe2 18.Bxe2 Rac8 19.Bb5 Rfd8 20.Bxc5 Nxc5 21.Qd4 Rc7 22.O-O Rb8 23.f5 Nd7
24.fxe6 Qxd4+ 25.Rxd4 fxe6 26.Rd2 Nc5 27.Re2 Rf8 28.Rd1 Ne4 29.Rd3 Nc3 30.Rf2 Rxf2
31.Kxf2 Rc5 32.Ke3 Rxb5 33.Kd4 Nxa4 34.bxa4 Rc5 35.Kxc5 b3 36.Kd6 Kf7 37.h3 d4
38.g4  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 a6 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.Bg2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 e5 12.Na4 Bg4 13.Bb6 Qc8 14.Rfd1 Qe6 15.Nc5 Bxc5
16.Bxc5 Rfe8 17.b3 h5 18.Qe3 h4 19.Rd6 Qf5 20.f3 hxg3 21.fxg4 gxh2+ 22.Kh1 Nxg4
23.Qg3 e4 24.Bd4 Rad8 25.Rf1 Qh5 26.c5 f5 27.Bh3 e3 28.Bxg4 fxg4 29.Rf4 Rxd6
30.cxd6 Qd5+ 31.Qg2 Qxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rd8 33.Be5 Re8 34.d7 Rd8 35.Rd4  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 Rc8
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nb4 11.Bb3 Rxc1 12.Qxc1 Nd3 13.Qe3 Nxe1 14.Nxe1 Ng6 15.Nc3 Be7
16.Nd3 O-O 17.d5 Re8 18.Qd4 Bf8 19.a4 bxa4 20.Bxa4 exd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Qf6
23.Bb3 Ne5 24.g3 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Bc5 26.Qe2 g6 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Bd5 Qe5 29.Qf3 f5
30.Rxa6 fxe4 31.Qf7+ Kh6 32.Qf4+ Qxf4 33.gxf4 e3 34.fxe3 Rxe3 35.b3 Rd3 36.Bc4 Rd2+
37.Kg3 d5 38.Bb5 Rb2 39.Ba4 d4 40.Rc6 Bb4 41.Rc4 Bc3 42.Rc7 Be1+ 43.Kf3 d3
44.Rd7 Rf2+ 45.Ke3 d2 46.b4 Rxh2 47.b5 Rh3+ 48.Ke2 Ra3 49.Bc2 Rc3 50.Bd1 Rc4
51.Ke3 Rb4 52.Be2 Rb3+ 53.Ke4 Rb4+ 54.Ke3 Rb3+ 55.Ke4 Rb4+ 56.Ke3 Rb3+ 57.Ke4 Rb4+
58.Ke3 Rb3+ 59.Ke4 Rb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Socko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.a4 Qc7
9.Bd2 b6 10.Nf3 Ba6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.cxd3 c4 13.O-O cxd3 14.Ng5 h6 15.Qh5 g6
16.Qh3 Kg7 17.Nf3 Nbc6 18.Ne1 Na5 19.Nxd3 Nb3 20.Qe3 Nf5 21.Qe2 Nxa1 22.Rxa1 Qc4
23.g4 Ne7 24.Qf3 Ng8 25.Re1 Qxa4 26.h4 h5 27.Bg5 hxg4 28.Qxg4 Qc2 29.Re3 Rc8
30.Rf3 Qxc3 31.Qf4 Qc7 32.Kg2 Rh5 33.Qg3 Rxg5 34.Qxg5 Qd8 35.Qf4 Nh6 36.h5 g5
37.Qg3 Rc3 38.Rf6 Kh7 39.Qxg5 Qf8 40.Nf4 Qg7 41.Rxh6+ Qxh6 42.Qg4 Rc8 43.Ng6 Rg8
44.Kh3 fxg6  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reinderman,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O a5 8.b5 d5 9.d3 Kh8
10.a4 Be6 11.Nbd2 Bg8 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.Rfc1 Qb8 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Rab1 Qd6 16.cxd5 cxd5
17.Qc6 Qxc6 18.Rxc6 Rfc8 19.Rbc1 Rcb8 20.Bc3 Nb6 21.Ra1 Nfd7 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7
23.d4 Bf7 24.e3 Be8 25.Rc7 Kf6 26.Bf1 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Nb3 Nb8 29.Nxa5 Nxa4
30.Ne5 Nc3 31.Nb7 Nc6 32.Ra6 Kg7 33.Nxc6 Rxc6 34.Rxc6 Bxc6 35.Nc5 Kf6 36.Bd3 e5
37.Kf1 exd4 38.exd4 Bb5 39.Bxb5 Nxb5 40.Nb3 f4 41.Ke2 Kf5 42.Kf3 g5 43.g4+ Ke6
44.Ke2 Nc3+ 45.Kd3 Ne4 46.f3 Nd6 47.Nc5+ Ke7 48.Na4 Nc4 49.Nc3 Ke6 50.Ke2 Ne3
51.Kd3 Kd6 52.h3 Ke6 53.Nb5 Kf6 54.Nd6 Kg6 55.Nc8 h5 56.Nb6 h4 57.Na4 Kf6
58.Nc5 Nd1 59.Ke2 Nc3+ 60.Kd3 Nd1 61.Ke2 Ne3 62.Nd3 Nc4 63.Nc5 Ke7 64.Kd3 Kd6
65.Nb3 Nb2+ 66.Kc2 Nc4 67.Kd3 Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nce2 Nc6 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.Nf3 fxe5 10.fxe5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Bxb4 Nxb4 13.Qd2 a5 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.Be2 Nc4
16.Bxc4 dxc4 17.O-O Nd3 18.b3 b5 19.Nxb5 Bb7 20.bxc4 Nf4 21.Nd6 Bc6 22.Rae1 Qb6
23.Kh1 Rab8 24.d5 exd5 25.Nd4 Ng6 26.Nxc6 Qxc6 27.cxd5 Qc5 28.Ne4 Qc4 29.Ng3 Nxe5
30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.d6 Nd3 32.Rf1 Rd8 33.Qg5 Rd7 34.Qf5 Rd8 35.d7 h6 36.h3 Nc5
37.Nh5 Nxd7 38.Qg6 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2 Qf7 40.Qg4 Nf6  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Livshits,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[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.Bg2 a5
16.a3 Ne7 17.Nce3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Be6 19.O-O Qb6 20.Qd2 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 h6 22.Qd3 Qc5
23.Nf5 Nxf5 24.exf5 Bb3 25.Re1 Qc4 26.Qe3 f6 27.Qa7 a4 28.Qe3 d5 29.Rac1 Rd7
30.Bf1 Qc8 31.f4 Re7 32.g4 h5 33.fxe5 Rxe5 34.Qg3 Qc5+ 35.Kh2 Rbe8 36.gxh5 Re3
37.Rxe3 Rxe3 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.Qf4 d4 40.Qxd4 Qc7+ 41.Kh1 Qg3 42.h6 Kxh6 43.Bg2 Re2
44.Rg1 Bd5  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 b6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qa4 a6 13.Qb3 b5 14.Rfc1 Nb6 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Qc2 f5 17.Qe2 Bd6 18.Rc2 Qe7 19.a4 Nxa4 20.Nxa4 bxa4 21.Rxa4 Rxc2 22.Bxc2 Rc8
23.g3 Rc6 24.Bd3 Qc7 25.Kg2 a5 26.Ra1 Kg7 27.h4 h6 28.h5 Rc1 29.Rxc1 Qxc1
30.Nh4 Be7 31.Nf3 Bd6 32.Nh4 Be7 33.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.b3 f5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.f3 Nbd7
9.O-O b5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qc2 Qf6 13.Bd2 Bb7 14.e4 c5 15.Bxb5 dxe4
16.fxe4 Bxe4 17.Qc4+ Kh8 18.Bxd7 Rad8 19.Qe6 Rxd7 20.Qxd7 Bc6 21.Qxa7 Bxh2+
22.Kxh2 Qh4+ 23.Kg1 Bxg2 24.Qxc5 Re8 25.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[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 Bxb5
9.exf7+ Kxf7 10.Ng5+ Ke8 11.Ne6 Bxd4 12.Nxd8 Bf2+ 13.Kd2 Be3+ 14.Ke1 Bf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kravtsiv,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[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.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Bd7
16.Ra2 a4 17.O-O Na5 18.Bd3 Nb3 19.Nce3 Nc5 20.Re1 g6 21.Bc2 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Nc4 Be6 24.Ncb6 Ra5 25.c4 Rf7 26.Nxa4 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Na6 28.Nc3 Rxa2 29.Nxa2 Qb6
30.Qh5 Qd8 31.Nc3 e4 32.Ne2 Nb4 33.Bb1 Nd3 34.Rf1 Qf6 35.b3 h6 36.f4 exf3
37.Qxf3 Ne5 38.Qxf5 Be3+ 39.Kh1 Qxf5 40.Bxf5 Kg7 41.Ng3 Rc7 42.Nh5+ Kf7 43.Be6+ Ke7
44.Ng3 Bc5 45.Nf5+ Kf6 46.Nxh6+ Kg6 47.Nf5 Rb7 48.Rb1 Nd3 49.h3 Nf2+ 50.Kh2 Ne4
51.Nh4+ Kf6 52.Nf3 Nc3 53.Rb2 Be3 54.b4 Rb5 55.Rb3  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.e5 cxd4 7.a3 Qa5 8.axb4 Qxa1
9.exf6 dxc3 10.fxg7 Re8 11.bxc3 a5 12.b5 a4 13.Bd3 a3 14.Nf3 f5 15.Nd4 a2
16.O-O Qb1 17.Qxb1 axb1=Q 18.Bxb1 Kxg7 19.Bf4 b6 20.Bc7 Bb7 21.Bxb6 d5 22.Nf3 dxc4
23.Ne5 Bd5 24.f3 Re7 25.Bd4 Kg8 26.g4 fxg4 27.fxg4 Nd7 28.Nc6 Rf7 29.Re1 Rc8
30.Nb4 Rb8 31.Nxd5 exd5 32.Bf5 Rxb5 33.Re8+ Nf8 34.Be6 Ra5 35.Kg2 Rb5 36.Kg3 Ra5
37.h4 Rb5 38.g5 Ra5 39.Rd8 Ra6 40.Bxd5 h6 41.Bc5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Banikas,H"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bg5 O-O
9.Nd2 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Be2 Qe7 12.O-O h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Ne5 15.a5 Bd7 16.Qb1 h5
17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Nc4 h4 19.h3 g4 20.hxg4 Bh6 21.d6 Qe6 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Qf6
24.Qe4 Rfe8 25.Bd3 Rad8 26.Rae1 Bb5 27.b3 Qg7 28.Re2 Bf4 29.f3 Bxc4 30.bxc4 Rf8
31.Rb2 f5 32.gxf5 Rxd6 33.f6 Rfxf6 34.Rfb1 Rf7 35.Rb6 Rfd7 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Qf5 Rf6
38.Qc8+ Rf8 39.Qxb7 Qh6 40.Rb6 Bh2+ 41.Kf1  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Aveskulov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.f4 Qc7
9.O-O-O Be7 10.g3 h6 11.Bh4 Nb6 12.Bg2 Ng8 13.f5 e5 14.Nb3 Bxh4 15.gxh4 Nf6
16.Rd3 Bd7 17.Rhd1 O-O-O 18.Rxd6 Bc6 19.R6d3 Rhe8 20.Bf3 Rxd3 21.cxd3 Ba4
22.Kb1 Bxb3 23.axb3 Qd6 24.Qg2 Rg8 25.Qg1 Kb8 26.d4 exd4 27.Rxd4 Qf4 28.Qd1 Rc8
29.Ka2 Qxh2 30.Rb4 Nfd7 31.Qd4 Qe5 32.Qd2 Rc6 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.exd5 Rb6 35.Re4 Qxf5
36.Qe3 Qf6 37.Re7 Rd6 38.Re8+ Kc7 39.Be4 Qf1 40.Qc3+ Kb6 41.Rc8 Qf4 42.Qd4+ Ka5
43.b4+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[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.b3 Qc7 17.Bb2 Rad8 18.c4 bxc4 19.bxc4 exd4 20.Nxd4 Ne5 21.Ndf5 d5 22.Qc1 dxe4
23.Qg5 Re6 24.Nd4 Ree8 25.Qxf6 Bg7 26.Qg5 Nxc4 27.Nb5 cxb5 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Nh5+ Kg8
30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nh5+ Kg8 32.Nf6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Batchuluun,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.g3 cxd4 10.cxd4 f6 11.Bh3 O-O 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nb6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Bd2 f5
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Ne1 Nb4 18.Rxc8+ Nxc8 19.Kf2 Nb6 20.Nc1 a6 21.Ncd3 Nxd3+
22.Nxd3 Bb5 23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Nd7 25.Be3 h5 26.Bg2 Kf7 27.Bf3 g6 28.h3 Rh8
29.Rd1 Nb8 30.Kg2 Nc6 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Ne7 33.Bf2 Rh7 34.Bg3 Rh8 35.Bf2 Rh7
36.Bg3 fxg4 37.Bxg4 Nf5 38.Bxf5 gxf5 39.Rh1 Rxh1 40.Kxh1 Kg6 41.Kg2 Kh5 42.Kf3 Bd3
43.Bf2 Bc2 44.b4 Be4+ 45.Kg3 Bd3 46.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 d6
9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Rae1 g6 15.Bf3 Bc6
16.Kh1 a5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Qb7 19.Qh3 Ra3 20.Qh6 Ne8 21.Nb1 Ra2 22.f5 e5
23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Bc3 Bf6 25.h4 Qe7 26.g3 Rxc2 27.Bg2 Bg7 28.Qe3 Nf6 29.Nd2 d5
30.Qd3 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 Nxe4 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Qe3 Rd8 34.Rd1 Rd3 35.Rxd3 exd3+
36.Kh2 Qd6 37.Qf2 Qd5 38.Ra1 Bh6 39.Re1 f6 40.Bd2 Bxd2 41.Qxd2 Qf3 42.Rc1 Kg7
43.Ra1 Bb7 44.Rc1 Bc6 45.Ra1 g5 46.Ra7+ Kg6 47.h5+ Qxh5+ 48.Kg1 Qh1+ 49.Kf2 Qh2+
50.Ke3 Qg1+ 51.Qf2 Qc1+ 52.Kxd3 Bd5 53.Qc5 Bc4+ 54.Ke4 Qh1+ 55.Ke3 Qe1+ 56.Kf3 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Paragua,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.f4 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g3 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.Bg2 Rb8 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Nd5 exd5 15.Nf5 Nb6
16.Nxe7 Qxe7 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 g5 19.exf6 Qxe2 20.Rxe2+ Be6 21.Bxd5 Nxd5
22.Rxd5 gxh4 23.gxh4 Rd8 24.Rde5 Rg8 25.c4 Rg4 26.b3 Rxh4 27.Ra5 Rd6 28.a3 bxa3
29.Rxa3 Rf4 30.Kc2 Rxf6 31.Kc3 Rf3+ 32.Kb4 Rb6+ 33.Kc5 Rfxb3 34.Ra1 Kd7 35.Kd4 Rd6+
36.Ke5 Rc3 37.Re4 Rxc4 38.Rxc4 Bxc4 39.h4 Ke7 40.Rc1 Rd5+ 41.Ke4 f5+ 42.Kf4 Bb5
43.Rc7+ Kd6 44.Rh7 a5 45.Rxh6+ Kc5 46.Rh8 a4 47.Ra8 Rd4+ 48.Kg5 Rg4+ 49.Kh5 Be2
50.Kh6 Rxh4+ 51.Kg5 Rb4 52.Kxf5 Kd4  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kulaots,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nd4 Qc7 5.f3 a6 6.Nde2 Nce7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 e6 4.g3 a6 5.Bg2 b5 6.Nd4 Bb7 7.O-O Nce7 8.Re1 Nc6
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.a4 b4 12.a5 Rc8 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.b3 Rb8 15.Bf1 Bxe4
16.Rxe4 Rc8 17.Rxb4 e5 18.Rc4 f6 19.b4 Rc7 20.Bd3 Kf7 21.Ra4 Ke6  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[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 Nxc3 14.Nxf5 Ne4+ 15.Kd1 Nc6
16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 Rfe8 18.Bd3 Rac8 19.f3 Bxc5 20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Bc4 Bf8 22.Rf1 Qb4
23.Rc1 e3 24.Ke2 Rxc4 25.Qxc4 Qd2+ 26.Kf3 e2  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Slapikas,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nd2 dxc5 6.Ngf3 g6 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Qc7 10.h3 b6 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Re1 Nde5 13.Ba2 a5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bc4 Rd8
16.Bb5 Bd7 17.Bxd7 Rxd7 18.Nf3 Nd3 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bh4 c4 22.Bg3 Qc6
23.e5 Qc5 24.e6 fxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kh7 26.Qe2 b5 27.axb5 Qxb5 28.Rd2 e5 29.Rad1 Qd5  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,M1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.a3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Nhf6 11.O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.h3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Ba2 Ng6
16.Qf3 Qe5 17.Na4 Ne4 18.Rfd1 c5 19.Ne2 Be6 20.Nac3 Bxa2 21.Nxe4 b6 22.N2c3 Be6
23.Qg3 Rad8 24.f4 Qb8 25.Qf2 Ne7 26.Ng5 Bb3 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.f5 Nc6 29.Qf4 Re8
30.Nce4 f6 31.Ne6 Bxe6 32.fxe6 Rxe6 33.Ng3 g6 34.e4 Ne5 35.Rf1 Kg7 36.Kh2 Rd6
37.Qc1 Rd3 38.Qc2 Qd6 39.b4 h5  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Likavsky,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Bf4 Nd5
9.Bg3 Ba6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Nf3 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.e4 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Nf6 15.Bh4 Qb6
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.g3 Nc6 18.Kg2 Nd4 19.Qc3 a5 20.Rhd1 Rfd8 21.Rab1 a4 22.Rd2 e5
23.Rbd1 Rdc8 24.Nh4 Qe6 25.Qe3 Kg7 26.Rd3 Rab8 27.R1d2 Rb3 28.Rxb3 axb3 29.Rd3 c4
30.Rc3 Qd7 31.h3 Qe6 32.g4 Kh8 33.Nf5 Nxf5 34.exf5 Qd5+ 35.Qf3 e4 36.Qe3 Qe5
37.Qd2 Qc7 38.Qd4 Qc6 39.Re3 Re8 40.h4 Kg8 41.Kh3 Re5 42.h5 Kg7 43.Kh4 h6
44.Rc3 Rc5 45.Re3 Qc7 46.Kh3 Qc6 47.Qd8 c3 48.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 49.bxc3  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Slapikas,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Be2 Ne7 8.O-O Bh7
9.Ne1 Nf5 10.c3 Be7 11.f4 Qc7 12.Nd3 O-O-O 13.Kh1 f6 14.Bd2 g5 15.Rc1 fxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Rdf8 18.c4 Nh4 19.Be1 Be4 20.Bxh4 gxh4 21.Bg4 Qd7 22.Qe2 Kb8
23.Nd2 Bg6 24.Nf3 Rf4 25.Bh3 Rhf8 26.c5 Bh5 27.Qd3 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Rxf3 29.gxf3 Bg5
30.Rf1 Qf7 31.b4 Bf4 32.Qe2 Rg8 33.a4 a6 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 cxb5 36.Ra1 Qg6
37.c6 Rg7 38.Qa2 Kc7 39.cxb7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Likavsky,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Ne4 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 f5 9.Ba3 Bxa3
10.Nxa3 Qe7 11.Qb2 b6 12.Nc2 Nd7 13.b4 Ba6 14.b5 dxc4 15.Bxc4 cxb5 16.Bxb5 Bxb5
17.Qxb5 Rac8 18.Rfc1 Rc7 19.Nce1 Nc3 20.Qb2 Rfc8 21.Nd3 Nf6 22.Nfe5 Nfd5
23.Kh1 Qe8 24.Qb3 Ne4 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.a4 Qc8 27.g3 a6 28.Kg1 h6 29.Qa3 Kh7
30.h4 Rc3 31.Qb2 a5 32.Qb5 Nd2 33.Qb2 Ne4 34.Qe2 Ndf6 35.Rb1 Rc2 36.Qe1 Nd5
37.Qd1 Nef6 38.Qe1 Qc7 39.Ra1 Nc3 40.Qf1 Nfe4 41.Qg2 Nd5 42.Qf3 Ndf6 43.Rd1 Ra2
44.Rc1 Qd8 45.Nc6 Qe8 46.Nce5 Rxa4 47.Rc7 Ra1+ 48.Kg2 Ra2 49.Rb7 Nd2 50.Qe2 Qa8
51.d5 Qxb7  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 b5
9.Qb3 a5 10.e5 a4 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Qd2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Be2 a3 15.b3 c5 16.dxc5 Qxd2+
17.Kxd2 Na6 18.Ke3 Bb7 19.Bxb5 Nxc5 20.Rac1 Ne6 21.Bc6 Nxf4 22.Bxb7 Rab8
23.Kxf4 Bh6+ 24.Ng5 Rxb7 25.Kg4 f6 26.Ne6 Bxc1 27.Nxf8 Bb2 28.Ne6 Bxe5 29.f4 Bd6
30.Kf3 Rb8 31.Rc1 Kf7 32.Nd4 h5 33.Rc4 f5 34.h3 Kf6 35.Nc2 h4 36.Ke2 Bc5
37.Rxc5 e6 38.Nd4 Rb6  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.e5 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd5 7.Qe4 Ndb4 8.Bb5 a6
9.Bxc6 Nxc6 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.Rad1 Bf5 14.Qe3 Bxc2 15.Rd2 Bf5
16.exd6 exd6 17.Bxd6 Re8 18.Qf4 Qa5 19.Rd5 Qb6 20.Na4 Qd8 21.Nc5 b6 22.Nb3 Qd7
23.h3 Rad8 24.Rd2 Re4 25.Qg3 Qb7 26.Rfd1 a5 27.Ba3 Rde8 28.Rd5 Ne5 29.Ng5 Re1+
30.Rxe1 Qxd5 31.f4 h6 32.fxe5 hxg5 33.Bd6 a4 34.Nc1 Qd2 35.b3 Rc8 36.Ne2 Rc2
37.bxa4 Rxa2 38.Nc3 Rc2 39.Ne4 Qd4+ 40.Qe3 Bxe5 41.Bxe5 Qxe5 42.Nxg5 Qd5
43.Nf3 Ra2 44.Qxb6 Bxh3 45.Qf6 Rxg2+ 46.Kh1 Qa8 47.Rd1 Kh7 48.Rd8  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Ne2 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Na4 c5 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Bg5 Qe5 15.Bh4 Nh5
16.f3 Nf4 17.Rfd1 Nxd3 18.Rxd3 f5 19.b4 fxe4 20.Rd5 Qe8 21.Re1 Bb7 22.bxa5 Bxd5
23.cxd5 Qh5 24.Qxe4 Rfe8 25.Qc4 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Qe5 27.Kf2 Qd4+ 28.Qxd4 cxd4
29.Ke2 Rb3 30.Bd2 Kf7 31.Kd1 Rxa3 32.Nb2 d3 33.Nc4 Ra1+ 34.Bc1 Ra4 35.Ne3 Rxa5
36.Kd2 Ra2+ 37.Kxd3 a5 38.Nc2 Ra4 39.Bd2 Ke7 40.Bc3 g6 41.g3 Kd7 42.h4 Ra2
43.Bf6 a4 44.Kc3 Ke8 45.g4 Kd7 46.f4 Ke8 47.f5 gxf5 48.gxf5 Kf7 49.Bd8 a3
50.Bxc7 Rb2 51.Bxd6 Rb5 52.Bxa3 Rxd5 53.Ne3 Rd8 54.Bc5 Ra8 55.Kd3 Ra1 56.Ke4 Rh1
57.Ng2 Rh2 58.Kf3 Kf6 59.Kg3 Rh1 60.Ne3 Ke5 61.Be7 Re1 62.Kf3 Rh1 63.Kg4 Rg1+
64.Kh5 Re1 65.f6 Ke6 66.Ng4 Ra1 67.Nf2 Ra4 68.Nh3 h6 69.Nf2 Kf7 70.Ng4 Ra5+
71.Kxh6 Ra4 72.Kg5 Ra5+ 73.Kf4 Ra4+ 74.Kf5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nguyen Anh Dung"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[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.g3 f5
16.Bg2 Rc8 17.O-O Kh8 18.Qh5 Ne7 19.Rad1 Rc5 20.Rd2 Ng6 21.Rfd1 f4 22.Be4 fxe3
23.Bxg6 exf2+ 24.Rxf2 Bg8 25.Rxf8 Qxf8 26.Be4 a5 27.a3 Rc4 28.Bd3 Rc5 29.Be4 Rc4
30.Rf1 Qd8 31.Qf5 Rc5 32.Rd1 Rc4 33.Kg2 Rc5 34.Ne3 Bh6 35.Ng4 Bg7 36.Ne3 Bh6
37.Qf3 Qg5 38.Nf5 d5 39.Nxh6 dxe4 40.Qf8 Rc7 41.Rd8 Rg7 42.Qxg8+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[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 Bb6
9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nf1 Ng6 12.Ng3 O-O 13.O-O h6 14.Be3 Rb8 15.a5 Bxe3
16.fxe3 c6 17.h3 d5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.d4 Re8 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nd4 Nc4 22.Rf3 Nh7
23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Raf1 Ng5 25.Rf4 f6 26.Ngf5 Kh7 27.Qh5 Re5 28.h4 Bxf5 29.Nxf5 Ne6
30.Rg4 Rb7 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Nxh6 gxh6 33.Rxf6 Ng7 34.Rgf4 Kg8 35.Rf7 Rxf7 36.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miezis,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.d3 Nge7 7.Be2 O-O 8.h4 h5 9.Be3 b6
10.d4 d5 11.e5 Nf5 12.Bf2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ncxd4 14.Bxd4 dxc4 15.Bf2 Bb7 16.O-O Qe7
17.Qc2 Rfd8 18.Bxc4 Nxh4 19.Bxh4 Qxh4 20.Bd3 Bf8 21.Na4 Rac8 22.Qb3 Qg3  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 Nge7 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 f5 12.Nde2 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.N2c3 h6
16.Bd2 Ncd4 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Qg4 Qf7 19.b3 Rae8 20.Rae1 c6 21.Qd1 b5 22.Be3 b4
23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.Na4 d5 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Nec5 Kh7 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Nxa6 Ng3
29.Nxb4 Ne2+ 30.Kh2 Bxf2 31.Nxd5 Qf5 32.Nf6+ Qxf6 33.Rxf2 Qe5+ 34.Kh1 Ng3+
35.Kg1 Ne2+ 36.Kh1 Ng3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Qe7 13.Ng3 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Rb1 Rfb8
16.a4 Bc6 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nd5 19.e4 N5b6 20.Bb3 c4 21.Bc2 Qc5 22.Bd4 Qa5
23.Nh5 g6 24.Nf6+ Nxf6 25.exf6 Nd7 26.f4 Rxb1 27.Qxb1 Qd2 28.Qd1 Qb4 29.Qf3 Nc5
30.f5 exf5 31.Bc3 Qb8 32.Rb1 Qe8 33.Qe3 Bxe4 34.Qxc5 Bxc2 35.Re1 Be4 36.Qe3 Qf8
37.Rd1 Re8 38.Rd7 h5 39.h4 Bxg2 40.Re7 Be4 41.Qd4 Rd8 42.Qe5 Qh6 43.Re8+ Rxe8
44.Qxe8+ Qf8 45.Qe7 Qb8 46.Be5 Qb1+ 47.Kf2 Qc2+ 48.Ke1 Qc1+ 49.Ke2 Bd3+ 50.Kf3 Qf1+
51.Ke3 Qe1+ 52.Kd4 Qe4+ 53.Kc3 Qa8 54.a5 Bf1 55.Bd4 f4 56.Qe5 f3 57.Qf4 Qf8
58.Kd2 Qb4+ 59.Bc3 Qf8 60.Qxf3 Bd3 61.Qf4 Kh7 62.Qc7 g5 63.Qe7 Qg8 64.Qe5 Qg6
65.hxg5 h4 66.Qf4 Qh5 67.Be5 h3 68.Kc3 Qe2 69.Qh4+ Kg6 70.Qh6+ Kf5 71.Bc7 Qe1+
72.Kd4 Qg1+ 73.Kc3 Qa1+ 74.Kb4 Qb2+ 75.Kc5 Qf2+ 76.Kd6 Qd4+ 77.Ke7 Qe3+ 78.Kxf7 c3
79.Kg7 c2 80.f7 c1=Q 81.f8=Q+ Kg4 82.Qfd6 Qc3+ 83.Kf8 Qf3+ 84.Ke8 Bb5+ 85.Ke7 Qe4+
86.Qde6+ Qxe6+ 87.Qxe6+ Kxg5 88.Qe5+ Qxe5+ 89.Bxe5 Kg4 90.Kd6 Kf3 91.Kc5 Kg2
92.Kd4 h2 93.Bxh2 Kxh2 94.Kc3 Kg3 95.Kb2 Kf3 96.Ka1 Ke3 97.Kb2 Kd3 98.Ka1  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 d6
9.O-O Bg4 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.h3 Bh5 12.a4 Na5 13.Bc2 b4 14.Bd2 bxc3 15.Bxc3 Nc6
16.d5 Nd4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Nbd2 Rb8 19.Nc4 Re8 20.Rxd4 Nd7 21.Rb1 Bf6 22.Rdd1 Rb4
23.b3 Nc5 24.Qe3 Nxa4 25.e5 dxe5 26.d6 Rd8 27.d7 Qa8 28.Be4 c6 29.Rbc1 Bxf3
30.gxf3 Rxc4 31.Rxc4 Nb2 32.Rd6 Nxc4 33.bxc4 Qb8 34.Rxf6 Rxd7 35.Rxc6 g6
36.Rxa6 Kg7 37.Kg2 Qd8 38.Bd5 Qe7 39.f4 exf4 40.Qd4+ Kh6 41.Qxf4+ Kg7 42.Qd4+ Kh6
43.Qe3+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Team KO"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 h6 10.Rc1 a6 11.Bf4 Be6 12.Ne5 Ra7 13.Qd2 c5 14.b3 Bd6 15.Rfd1 Rc7
16.Na4 Rc8 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Nd3 c4 19.bxc4 dxc4 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Ndc5 Qe5 22.Nxe6 Qxe6
23.Nc3 Nbd7 24.Qd6 Nc5 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Rd4 Ncd7 27.Bb7 Rc5 28.Bxa6 Nb6 29.Rd6 Nbd5
30.Rxe6 Nc7 31.Rb6 Re8 32.Bb7 Kf8 33.Rc6 Rxc6 34.Bxc6 Re6 35.Bf3 g5 36.h3 h5
37.e3  1-0

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Margulis,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.a4 b4 6.c4 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 g6 9.O-O Bg7
10.cxd5 O-O 11.e4 d6 12.Re1 a5 13.Nd2 Nbd7 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Bf1 Re8 16.f3 Nxc4
17.Bxc4 Nd7 18.Ra2 Ba6 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.b3 Nb6 21.Qd3 Ra8 22.Ng2 Bc3 23.Bd2 c4
24.bxc4 Bxd2 25.Rxd2 Nxa4 26.Ne3 Nc5 27.Qb1 Qf6 28.Qd1 a4 29.Ng4 Qg7 30.e5 dxe5
31.d6 h5 32.Rd5 Nd7 33.Ne3 e4 34.c5 Rec8 35.Nc2 b3 36.Na3 Qc3 37.Nb5 Qc4
38.Nc7 Rab8 39.Rxe4 Qc3 40.Rxa4 b2 41.Qb1 Qc1+ 42.Rd1 Qxd1+ 43.Qxd1 b1=Q  0-1

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Barrientos,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4
9.f3 Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Qf2 Nc4 12.Bd4 Bb7 13.Qg3 Bd6 14.Qe1 Be7 15.Kb1 Rc8
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nc1 O-O 18.g4 Rb8 19.N1e2 Bc6 20.Ka1 e5 21.Be3 d5 22.g5 d4
23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Bc1 dxc3 25.Nxc3 Be7 26.Qe2 Rfc8 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 c3 29.b3 a5
30.a4 Bc5 31.Rhd1 Bd4 32.f4 f6 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Qg4 Rd8 35.Ba3 Qc6 36.Qf3  1-0

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lima,Da"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Nxe5 Re8 7.Nf3 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Rxe4
9.d3 Re8 10.d4 Bf8 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Rxe5 13.Bf4 Rf5 14.Bg3 c6 15.Bc4 b5
16.Bb3 Bb7 17.c4 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Qb6 19.Qd3 g6 20.d6 Bg7 21.Rae1 Bd4 22.b4 c5
23.b5 a6 24.a4 axb5 25.axb5 Rf8 26.Re7 Qd8 27.Qa3 Qc8 28.Qa2 Kg7 29.Rfe1 h5
30.h4 Ba8 31.Qa7 Bb7 32.Bd3 Rf6 33.Be4 Bxe4 34.R1xe4 Qa8 35.Qxa8 Rxa8 36.Rxd7 Ra1+
37.Kh2 Rf5 38.Re2 c4 39.b6 Rb5 40.b7 Kf6 41.Rc7 Rbb1 42.Bf4 Rh1+ 43.Kg3 Ra3+
44.Re3 Bxe3 45.fxe3  1-0

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Aldama Degurnay,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.Qe1 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nfd7 14.Bf4 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Nc6
16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Ne4 Nb4 18.Nf6 Qxc2 19.Nxd7 Rfd8 20.Nb6 Ra7 21.Rac1 Qd3 22.Nc8 Nxa2
23.Nxa7 Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Ra8 25.Nc6 Bf8  1-0

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Nxc5
10.Qf2 Na4 11.Nxa4 bxa4 12.c3 Be7 13.Bd3 a3 14.b4 O-O 15.O-O f6 16.Qc2 h6
17.Nh4 f5 18.Ng6 Rf7 19.Nxe7+ Rxe7 20.Bc5 Rd7 21.Qa4 Bb7 22.Qxa3 g5 23.Qc1 Rg7
24.Bd4 Rc8 25.Qb2 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Qb6 27.Rac1 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 gxf4 29.Rc5 f3 30.g3 f4
31.Kf2 h5 32.Qd2 fxg3+ 33.hxg3 h4 34.g4 Qd8 35.Qh6 Qe7 36.Qh5 h3 37.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Figler,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Na6
10.Qb3 Nb4 11.Rfd1 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.c5 b6 17.cxb6 Qd8 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.Rc5 Rxb6 20.Ne5 Ba6 21.Bf3 Nd3 22.Qa3 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Qb8 24.Rxc6 Rxc6 25.Bxc6 Qxe5 26.h3 Qe2 27.Bf3 Qc2 28.b4 axb4 29.Qxb4 Be2
30.Bxe2 Qxe2 31.Rd6 h6 32.a5 Rc8 33.Qf4 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qxa5 35.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pena,Alf"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nb3 O-O 8.Be3 b6
9.Nc3 e6 10.Be2 Re8 11.O-O d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Bg5 d4 14.Nb5 h6 15.Bh4 g5
16.Bf2 Nh5 17.Bd3 a6 18.Be4 Rxe4 19.fxe4 axb5 20.cxb5 Ne5 21.Nxd4 Bg4 22.Qb3 Nf4
23.h3 Ne2+ 24.Nxe2 Bxe2 25.Rfe1 Bc4 26.Qe3 Bxb5 27.Qxb6 Qe8 28.a4 Ba6 29.Qe3 Nc4
30.Qf3 Nxb2 31.e5 Nd3 32.e6 Rc8 33.Red1 Bxa1  0-1

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Arenas,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 d6 6.O-O Bd7 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf6
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Nc4 dxc4 14.Bxe4 Rfd8 15.Be3 Qxb2
16.Rb1 Qxa2 17.Rxb7 Qa6 18.Qb1 Rac8 19.Re2 Na5 20.Ra2 c3 21.Qb4 c2 22.Rxa5 Qe2
23.Ra1 c1=Q+ 24.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25.Bxc1 Qxe4 26.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "Pan-American Continental"]
[Site "Boca Raton USA"]
[Date "2008.11.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.Bb2 b5 10.Rb1 e6 11.d4 Qe8 12.Nf4 g5 13.Nd3 d6 14.Rc1 bxc4 15.bxc4 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5
17.Ba1 c6 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Qd6 Bd7 20.Rfd1 Qh5 21.Na4 Rbe8 22.Nb6 Be6 23.Qxe5 Rf7
24.Qc5 Ng4 25.h3 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 f4 27.Qxc6 fxe3+ 28.Kg1 Rf2 29.g4 Qf7 30.Bxg7 Kxg7
31.Qe4 Bc8 32.Qd4+ Kh6 33.Rf1 Bb7 34.Nd5 Bxd5 35.cxd5  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Barnett,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be3 Be7 8.g4 Qc7
9.g5 Nfd7 10.a4 Nc6 11.f4 b6 12.h4 Bb7 13.h5 Nc5 14.Bf3 Nb4 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.O-O d5
17.e5 g6 18.Qg2 O-O-O 19.Nce2 Nxa4 20.c3 Nd3 21.b3 Nac5 22.h6 Ne4 23.Rfd1 Ndc5
24.b4 Na4 25.c4 Kb8 26.b5 axb5 27.cxb5 Nac3 28.Nxc3 Nxc3 29.Rdc1 Nxb5 30.Nxb5 Qxb5
31.Qa2 Qa5 32.Qf2 Ba3 33.Bxb6  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bonin,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.b3 Ne7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.c4 a5 10.a3 Qb8 11.d4 f5 12.Ng5 f4 13.f3 Bf5 14.g4 h6 15.gxf5 hxg5 16.fxe6 Nf6
17.Bh3 Qe8 18.Rf2 Qh5 19.Qf1 g4 20.fxg4 Nxg4 21.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 22.Qg2 Qxe6 23.Kh1 Nf5
24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rg1 Rf6 26.Nf1 g6 27.Qf3 Kg7 28.Rg5 Rc8 29.Qd3 Ng3+ 30.hxg3 fxg3
31.Rf3 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Rh8 33.Nxg3 Bxg3 34.Rgxg3 Qh2+  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kuderinov,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[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 e5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Be6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6
15.Bg5 Qf5 16.g4 Qxf3 17.Bg2 Qxg4 18.Bxa8 h6 19.Bxh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Rxa8 21.Rhg1 Qh3
22.Qg5 e4 23.b3 Re8 24.Rd8 Rxd8 25.Qxd8+ Kh7 26.Qd2 Qf5 27.Qd4 Qf4 28.Re1 Bf5
29.Qxa7 Qd2 30.Re3 Kh6 31.Kb2 Qd5 32.Rc3 Bg4 33.Qe3+ Kg7 34.a4 Bf3 35.Rc5 Qd6
36.Qc3+ Kh7 37.a5 f5 38.h4 Qf8 39.Rc8  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erenburg,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[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.Bd2 Bd7 13.Ba5 Qb8 14.Nb6 Ra7 15.Qb3 Be7
16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Qxb8+ Nxb8 18.Be2 Bd8 19.Bd2 Bb6 20.Rc1 Ke7 21.h4 Nd7 22.Rh3 Bd4
23.b4 Nb6 24.Rc6 Rb8 25.Rb3 Nxd5 26.Rxa6 Rc7 27.b5 f5 28.Rc6 Rxc6 29.bxc6 Rxb3
30.axb3 Bc3 31.Bxc3 Nxc3 32.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Bg5 Qd7
9.c4 Nbc6 10.Bxe7 Bxe7 11.Nxf5 exf5 12.cxd5 Nxe5 13.O-O O-O 14.Nc3 a6 15.Qd4 Bd6
16.a4 Qe7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Bf1 Qg5 20.Be2 Rc8 21.a5 Rc4 22.Qb6 Qh6
23.h3 Rb4 24.Qa7 Rxb2 25.Rc1 g6 26.Qd4 Rb4 27.Qd1 Rc8 28.Bf1 Kg7 29.Re3 Qh4
30.Ne2 Rxc1 31.Qxc1 Qf6 32.Rc3 Rb5 33.Nf4 Rxa5 34.Rg3 Qh4 35.Qe3 Ra3  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lenderman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Na5 7.Qe2 Nxb3 8.axb3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1 e6 11.d4 O-O 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qe7 Be6 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Ng5 Bxd4 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rxe6 Rf8 19.g3 g5 20.Be3 Kf7 21.Rh6 Kg7 22.Re6 Bxb2
23.Rd1 Kf7 24.Rh6 Kg7 25.Re6 Kf7 26.Rh6 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Qf2 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Na4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qa5
16.b3 Bb7 17.Be2 Bc6 18.Nb2 Qc5 19.Bf3 a5 20.Qxc5 Nxc5 21.Rd4 Rac8 22.Rc1 f6
23.exf6 Rxf6 24.c3 Be8 25.c4 Bg6+ 26.Ka1 Be4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.g3 g5 29.fxg5 Rf2
30.Na4 Nxa4 31.bxa4 Rxh2 32.Rxe4 Rd8 33.Rxe6 Rdd2 34.Rce1 Rxa2+ 35.Kb1 Rhb2+
36.Kc1 Rc2+ 37.Kb1 Rab2+ 38.Ka1 Ra2+ 39.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mezentsev,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Nb3 Ng6 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Nce5 14.Bd6 Qb6 15.b4 Nc4
16.Bg3 O-O 17.a4 f5 18.exf5 exf5 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.cxd4 f4 21.Bxg6 fxg3 22.axb5 Ne3
23.hxg3 Nxf1 24.Bd3 Rc1 25.Bxf1 Re8 26.bxa6 Bxa6 27.Rxa6 Rxb1  0-1

[Event "18th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bryant,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "B98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.f4 h6
9.Bh4 Nxe4 10.Bxe7 Nxc3 11.Qc4 Kxe7 12.Qxc3 Re8 13.O-O-O Kf8 14.Be2 Qb6 15.Nf3 d5
16.g4 Nc6 17.a3 Qc7 18.Ne5 Re7 19.Qe3 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Bd7 21.g5 Rc8 22.Rd2 Qc5
23.Qh3 Ke8 24.gxh6 gxh6 25.Qxh6 Kd8 26.h4 b5 27.Qf4 a5 28.Rh3 b4 29.Qd4 Bb5
30.Qxc5 Rxc5 31.Bd1 Rc4 32.h5 Re8 33.Rf2 Ke7 34.Rhf3 Rf8 35.Be2 Rc5 36.Bxb5 Rxb5
37.h6 bxa3 38.bxa3 Rb7 39.h7 Ke8 40.Rc3 Ke7 41.Rg2 Rh8 42.Rg7 Rd7 43.Kd2 d4
44.Rc5 Rdd8 45.Rc7+ Rd7 46.Rxf7+ Kxf7 47.Rxd7+ Kg6 48.Kd3 Rf8 49.Kxd4 Rf4+
50.Kc5 Rh4 51.Kd6 Kf5 52.Rf7+ Ke4 53.c4  1-0

[Event "Eastern Class Ch"]
[Site "Sturbridge USA"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prawira,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Nb6 8.Ng5 e6
9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O d5 11.Be3 Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Na5 15.Qd3 Bxg5
16.fxg5 a6 17.b4 axb5 18.bxa5 Nc4 19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Qc3 Ra8 21.Bd2 Be2 22.Rf4 Bd3
23.Qb4 Qd5 24.Qc5 Qd7 25.a3 Ra6 26.h4 Rc8 27.Qb4 Rca8 28.Qb2 b6 29.axb6 Rxa3
30.Bb4 Ra2 31.Qc3 Qc6 32.Rg4 Qxb6 33.h5 Qb7 34.h6 Bf5 35.Rg3 Qe4 36.hxg7 Qh4
37.Bc5 Be4 38.Qe3 Bxg2 39.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Ra2+ 41.Kf3 Qh3+ 42.Kf4 Qh2+
43.Qg3 Rf2+ 44.Kg4 Rg2 45.Rc3 Kxg7 46.Be7 Kg6 47.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 48.Rg3 Qe4+ 49.Kh3 Qxd4
50.Bd6 c3 51.Rf3 c2 52.Rf6+ Kg7 53.g6 hxg6 54.Rf3 c1=Q  0-1

[Event "Eastern Class Ch"]
[Site "Sturbridge USA"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shmeliov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Nbc6 13.Nf3 Qf8 14.O-O c4 15.Be2 h6
16.Bc1 Qg7 17.a4 Bd7 18.Qd2 Kh7 19.Ba3 g5 20.Bd6 Qg6 21.Qd1 g4 22.Nh4 Qf6
23.Bg3 Nf5 24.Nxf5 exf5 25.f3 f4 26.fxg4 Qd6 27.h3 Raf8 28.Bh2 Nd8 29.Bf3 Ne6
30.h4 Ng7 31.Qd2 Bc6 32.Rfe1 Qf6 33.Qf2 Re8 34.a5 Re4 35.Rad1 Qe6 36.Bxe4+ dxe4
37.d5 Bxd5 38.Bxf4 Qxg4 39.Rxd5 Rxf4 40.Qe2 Qg3 41.Qe3 Qxh4 42.Rf1 Rxf1+
43.Kxf1 Qh1+ 44.Kf2 Qh4+ 45.Kg1 Ne6 46.Qf2 Qg4 47.Qf7+ Ng7 48.Rd8 Qg3 49.Rd7 Qe1+
50.Qf1 Qe3+ 51.Qf2 Qc1+ 52.Kh2 Qg5 53.Rd4 Qe5+ 54.g3 e3 55.Qf3 Kg8 56.Qd5+ Qxd5
57.Rxd5 Ne6 58.Re5 Kf7 59.Rxe3 b6 60.axb6 axb6 61.Re4  1-0

[Event "Eastern Class Ch"]
[Site "Sturbridge USA"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esserman,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 b5 9.cxb5 c5
10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nd4 Bb8 14.Rd1 O-O 15.Bd2 Qd6 16.Be1 Rfd8
17.Rac1 e5 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.Ne2 e4 20.Ned4 Qe5 21.f4 exf3 22.Nxf3 Qe8 23.Bb4 Na6
24.Bc3 d4 25.N3xd4 Nb4 26.Qe2 Bxg2 27.Qxg2 Nxa2 28.Nc6 Nxc1 29.Rxc1 Nd5 30.Bd4 g6
31.Nxh6+ Kh7 32.Qf2 f6 33.g5 Be5 34.Bxe5 fxe5 35.Nf7 Nf4 36.Qh4+ Kg7 37.Nfxd8 Ne2+
38.Kf2 Nxc1 39.Qh6+ Kg8 40.Ne7+ Qxe7 41.Qxg6+  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karklins,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qf3 Nbd7 7.Be3 g6 8.O-O-O Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.Qg3 Qc7 11.h4 h5 12.Bg5 e6 13.Nb3 b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.Qxd6 Rac8
16.f3 Ne5 17.Qxc7 Rxc7 18.Rd2 Nfd7 19.Rhd1 f6 20.Be3 Bc8 21.Kb1 Re8 22.a4 b4
23.Na2 Bf8 24.c3 bxc3 25.Rc2 Rb7 26.Rxc3 Rb8 27.Rdc1 f5 28.f4 Ng4 29.Bxg4 hxg4
30.Na5 Nf6 31.Nc6 Ra8 32.Ne5 Bb7 33.exf5 gxf5 34.g3 Be4+ 35.Ka1 Nd5 36.Rb3 Rac8
37.a5 Bc2 38.Rc3 Rxc3 39.bxc3 Nxe3 40.Nd7 Rd8 41.Nxf8 Kxf8 42.Nb4 Be4 43.c4 Rb8
44.Nxa6 Ra8 45.Nc7 Rxa5+ 46.Kb2 Ke7 47.Kb3 Rc5 48.Nb5 Bc2+ 49.Rxc2 Nxc2 50.Kxc2 Rxc4+
51.Kd3 Re4 52.Nc3 Re1 53.Ne2 Kd6 54.Kd2 Rf1 55.Ke3 Kd5 56.Nc3+ Kc4 57.Ne2 Rf3+
58.Kd2 Ra3 59.Ke1 Kd3  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Betaneli,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nd2 Be7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Ndxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Bf4 Be8 14.Qb3 b6 15.Rad1 Bd6
16.Be5 Rc8 17.Rfe1 Qc7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.d5 Be5 20.f4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qe7 22.d6 Qd8
23.b4 c5 24.b5 Bd7 25.g4  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qa5 15.f4 Rb8
16.Rd3 Be6 17.b3 c5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Ne8 20.Ne4 f6 21.Rf1 Rf7 22.exf6 exf6
23.Qf4 Rb4 24.Qd2 Qxa2 25.Qc3 Rd4 26.Nxc5 Rxd3 27.Nxd3 Rc7 28.Qb2 Qxb3 29.Qxb3 Bxb3
30.Nb4 Kg7 31.Re1 Nd6 32.Rd1 Nf7 33.Rd3 Ba4 34.Ra3 Bb5 35.Ra5 Nd6 36.Bd5 g5
37.Ra2 Bf1 38.Ra3 Nb5 39.Re3 Nd4 40.Be4 Ne2+ 41.Kb2 Nf4 42.Nd5 Rc4 43.Bh1 Rd4
44.Ne7 Kf7 45.Nf5 Rb4+ 46.Ka3 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Bd7 10.g4 Nfe7 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Qc2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Qc6
16.Ne4 b5 17.Ncd6+ Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Ke7 19.Qxc6 Bxc6 20.Rg1 Nf4 21.Kd2 f6 22.Rgc1 Bd7
23.a4 a6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ra5 Nd5 26.Rca1 Nb6 27.d5 exd5 28.Re1 Rhf8 29.Bd4 Na4
30.Nf5+  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov,AV USA"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 a5 13.Re1 Ba6 14.f4 Qc7 15.Bd2 Bf6
16.f5 Rac8 17.Bc3 Bg5 18.Kh1 Bb7 19.h4 Bh6 20.g4 Bf4 21.g5 f6 22.g6 hxg6
23.fxg6 f5 24.Qh5 Bh6 25.Rad1 Kh8 26.Rf1 f4 27.Qe2 Qd8 28.Be1 Nf6 29.c4 e4
30.Nd4 f3 31.Bxf3 exf3 32.Rxf3 Nxd5 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.cxd5 Bxd5+ 35.Kh2 Re8
36.Qg4 Rxe1 37.Rxe1 Qf2+ 38.Kh3 Qxe1  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nd7 5.Bb2 e6 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 a5 10.a3 Qb6 11.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 a5 8.e4 a4
9.Qc2 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb4+ 11.Kd1 Qd8 12.c5 O-O 13.a3 Ba5 14.Qxa4 b5 15.cxb6 Bb7
16.Nc5 Qc8 17.Qb3 Nd7 18.Bd3 Rb8 19.Ke2 Ba8 20.Qc2 Bxb6 21.Rhd1 Bc7 22.Kf1 Nxc5
23.dxc5 e5 24.Bf5 Qe8 25.Rd7 Bd8 26.Rad1 g6 27.Be4 f5 28.Qc4+ Kh8 29.Qc1 g5
30.R1d6 Be7 31.Rxh6+ Kg8 32.Qc4+ Qf7 33.Qxf7+ Rxf7 34.Nxe5 Rf6 35.Rg6+ Kf8
36.Rxf6+ Bxf6  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vigorito,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Bg4
9.d5 Nc5 10.Qc2 a5 11.Be3 Nh5 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.g3 Nf6 14.Qd1 h5 15.f3 h4 16.f4 hxg3
17.hxg3 Qe7 18.Bf3 Nd3 19.Rf1 Bh6 20.Be2 exf4 21.gxf4 Ne5 22.Kg2 Neg4 23.Bd4 c5
24.dxc6 bxc6 25.c5 dxc5 26.Bg1 Rad8 27.e5 Nh5 28.Bxg4 Bxg4 29.Qxg4 Rxd2+
30.Kh3 Rfd8 31.Rae1 R8d3+ 32.Re3 Nxf4+ 33.Rxf4 Rxe3+ 34.Bxe3 Rd3 35.Qe2 c4
36.Rf3 Qxe5 37.Nd1 Rxd1 38.Qxd1 Bxe3 39.Qd7 Bf4 40.Qxc6 Qh5+ 41.Kg2 Qh2+
42.Kf1 Qh1+ 43.Kf2 Qc1 44.Qf6 Qd2+ 45.Kf1 Qd1+ 46.Kf2 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[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 O-O 13.Be2 a5 14.Qd3 Bg5 15.O-O Bb7
16.Rfd1 Ne7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.a3 b3 19.Ne3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 a4 21.Rd2 Qc7 22.Rad1 Rfd8
23.f3 Ra5 24.Qc3 Kf8 25.Qb4 Ke7 26.Kf1 Ra6 27.Rd3 f6 28.c5 dxc5 29.Rc1 Qb6
30.Rxc5 Qxb4 31.Rc7+ Ke8 32.axb4 a3 33.bxa3 Rxa3 34.Rd1 Rxd1+ 35.Bxd1 b2
36.Bc2 Ra1+ 37.Ke2 Rc1  0-1

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bluvshtein,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[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.Qh5 Qc5 10.Qxc5 dxc5 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.g3 Ke7 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.Bg2 Rb8 15.Rhe1 Bc7
16.Nd5+ exd5 17.exd5+ Kf8 18.d6 Bd8 19.Re2 Kg7 20.Rde1 Rf8 21.Re8 b6 22.Bc6 f5
23.a4 Nf6 24.R8e5 Be6 25.Nd2 Ne8 26.Bxe8 Rxe8 27.Rxf5 Bf6  0-1

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zenyuk,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 e5 7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.Nbd2 dxe5
9.Nc4 Nc6 10.O-O Re8 11.a4 a5 12.Qd2 h6 13.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khoudgarian,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Nc6 10.d3 Rc8 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Qd1 b5 13.d4 b4 14.a3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Rb8
16.Ra2 Qc7 17.a4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Nb4 19.Rb2 a5 20.Na3 Nb6 21.Nb5 Qd7 22.Qb3 d5
23.e5 Rfc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Rc8 26.Bg5 Nc4 27.Rb1 Qf5 28.Bc1 f6 29.exf6 Bxf6
30.Be2 h5 31.Na7 Bxd4 32.Be3 Bxa7 33.Bxa7 Nd2  0-1

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Milicevic,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.h4 Bd7 9.h5 f5
10.exf6 gxf6 11.g3 Nh6 12.Bh3 O-O-O 13.O-O Rg8 14.Re1 e5 15.Bxd7+ Rxd7 16.Nh4 e4
17.Rb1 f5 18.b4 Qf6 19.Ng2 Nc6 20.Nf1 Bd6 21.Bf4 Ng4 22.Qa4 Bxf4 23.Nxf4 b6
24.Qa6+ Kb8 25.a4 Qd6 26.a5 Nxf2 27.Kxf2 Rxg3 28.Nxd5 Rf3+ 29.Ke2 Qxd5 30.Ne3 Nxd4+  0-1

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaufman,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[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.Ke2 Raxb8 17.f3 Nf6 18.Kf2 Bxc5 19.Bd3 Rbc8 20.Qd1 Qb6 21.Re1 Qxb2+ 22.Kg1 b6
23.Qb3 Qxb3 24.axb3 a5 25.Nxh6+ Kf8 26.Nf5 Re5 27.g4 Ng8 28.Kf2 Ne7 29.Re2 Rc6
30.Rae1 Bb4 31.Rd1 Rc3 32.Nd4 Bc5 33.Bc2 Nc6 34.Nxc6 Bxe3+ 35.Kg2 Rxc6 36.Bf5 d4
37.Rc2 Rxc2+ 38.Bxc2 Rc5  0-1

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paikidze,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 Be6 13.Ng5 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxa2 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Qa4 Qd5 17.Rfe1 Bb3 18.Qb4 c5 19.dxc5 a5 20.Qa3 e5 21.c4 Bxc4 22.Red1 Qc6
23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rxc4 Rfd8 25.Re1 Qd5 26.Qc1 a4 27.c6 Bb2 28.Qf4 h6 29.c7 Rf8
30.Rxa4 hxg5 31.Rxa8 Rxa8 32.Qb4 Be5 33.Qe7 Qd6  0-1

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zapata,Alo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Qf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Ne8 12.Nf5 exf5 13.exf5 Qa5 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.a3 b4
16.Nxb4 Nc7 17.c3 Bb7 18.f6 Re8 19.Rxd7 Nxb4 20.Qh5 Na2+ 21.Kd2 g6 22.Qh6 Ne6
23.Bc4 Be7 24.fxe7 Bxh1 25.Bxa2 Rxe7 26.Bxe6 fxe6  0-1

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Buhmann,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qc1 Ne4
10.Ba3 Nd7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Nc3 b6 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qb2 a5 16.a3 Rae8
17.b4 a4 18.Rac1 b5 19.Bb1 Rf6 20.Nf4 Rh6 21.g3 Qe7 22.h4 Nb6 23.Ne5 Nc4
24.Rxc4 bxc4 25.Bc2 Ba6 26.Bxa4 c3 27.Qa2 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Kh8 29.Bxc6 Rxc6 30.Nxc6 Nd2+
31.Ke2 Qe4 32.Ne5 Qh1 33.Kd3 Ne4 34.Nxd5 Qf1+ 35.Kc2 Qe2+ 36.Kb3 Nd2+ 37.Kxc3 Rc8+  0-1

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Pitterson,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe8
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nb4 11.Be2 a5 12.Bg5 Kh8 13.a3 Na6 14.Nd2 Bd7 15.b3 b6 16.Rb1 Nc5
17.Qc2 Ng8 18.b4 Nb7 19.Nb5 Qc8 20.Nb3 f5 21.c5 bxc5 22.bxc5 a4 23.Nd2 c6
24.Nc4 cxb5 25.c6 Ra6 26.cxd7 Qxd7 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Bxb5 Qd6 29.Bxa6 Qxa6
30.Qc6 Qxc6 31.dxc6 Nc5 32.Rec1 Ne6 33.c7 Rc8 34.Bd8 Nxd8 35.Rb8 Rxc7 36.Rxc7 Ne6
37.Rcc8 Nf8 38.exf5 Nf6 39.Rxf8+  1-0

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neubauer,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.Nbd2 f5 7.c4 c6 8.Qb3 Rb8
9.Re1 Nh6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.h3 Bh5 12.e4 fxe4 13.Ng5 Bf7 14.Ndxe4 dxe4 15.Nxe6 Bxe6
16.Qxe6+ Be7 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Rxe4 Rf8 19.Bf1 b5 20.Rc1 Rf7 21.d5 Kf8 22.d6 Bf6
23.Qd5 Qb6 24.Be2 Be5 25.Bh5 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Rf5 27.Qe6 Rxh5 28.Qxd7 Qf3+ 29.Kg1 Qxg3+
30.Kf1 Qf3+ 31.Kg1 Rg5+ 32.Rg4 Bd4+ 33.Kh2 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Denny,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.dxc5 dxc5 6.e5 Nh5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.c4 Be6 11.Be3 Bxc4 12.g4 Ng7 13.Bxc5 h5 14.g5 Ne6 15.Be3 Bd5
16.f3 Bg7 17.Nc3 Bxe5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.O-O-O Nc7 20.Ne2 e6 21.Nd4 Kd7 22.f4 Bxd4
23.Bxd4 Rhc8 24.Kb1 Nb5 25.Be5 Nd6 26.Rhe1 a5 27.Rd3 a4 28.Bxd6 Kxd6 29.Rd4 a3
30.Re3 axb2 31.Kxb2 Rc6 32.Rb3 Rac8 33.Ra4 R8c7 34.h3 Rc2+ 35.Ka3 Rf2 36.Ra6+ Ke7
37.Ra4 Rcc2 38.Ra7+ Kf8 39.Kb4 Rxa2 40.Rxa2 Rxa2 41.Kc5 Ra4 42.Rf3 Ke7 43.Kc6 Rc4+
44.Kb6 h4 45.Kb5 Kd6 46.Kb6 d4 47.Ra3 Rc3 48.Ra4 Rb3+ 49.Ka7 Kd5 50.Ka8 Rxh3
51.Ra7 Rh1 52.Rxf7 h3 53.Ra7 h2 54.Ra2 d3 55.Ka7 Kc4  0-1

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Moran Nuque,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.a4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.Qd3 Nb8 10.Qg3 f5 11.a5 Nc6 12.axb6 cxb6 13.Ne2 Kf7 14.h4 Nge7 15.Nf4 Rhc8
16.Nh5 Rg8 17.Rh3 Rac8 18.Qf3 Ng6 19.g4 Ncxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Qg3 Nxg4 22.f3 Nf6
23.Nf4 e5 24.Nd3 Rge8 25.Rh2 f4 26.Qh3 Qc7 27.Kd1 e4 28.Bxf4 Qxc3 29.Rxa7+ Kg8
30.Be5 Rxe5 31.Nxe5 Qd4+ 32.Kc1 Qg1+ 33.Kb2 Qd4+ 34.Ka2 Re8 35.f4 e3 36.Rg2 Rxe5
37.Rgxg7+ Kh8 38.Rxh7+  1-0

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harper,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 g6 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Bg7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Nb3 Nbd7 11.Bd4 Bb7 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Qf2 O-O 14.h3 e5 15.Be3 b4
16.Na4 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bc5 Nxc5 19.Nbxc5 Qe7 20.Bc4 Nf6 21.Nxb7 Rxc4 22.Qe2 Rc6
23.Na5 Re6 24.Nb3 Rc8 25.Rhe1 h4 26.Qd3 e4 27.fxe4 Nxe4 28.Re2 Re8 29.Qd5 Kh7
30.Qd3 Qg5 31.Nd4 Bxd4 32.Qxd4 Qb5 33.Rf1 Qxe2  0-1

[Event "Heroes Day Cup Masters"]
[Site "Bridgetown BAR"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Uribe,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.g3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.Nxc4 Nb6 10.Ne5 Ne4 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxc3 13.Ra3 Qxd4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bxc6+ Ke7
16.Qb3 Rac8 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.Rxc3 Be4 19.Ba3+ Kf6 20.Bb2 Bxc6 21.Rxc6+ Kg6
22.Rxc8 Rxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[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 O-O
9.f4 Qc7 10.Be3 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nb3 Nbd7 14.g4 h6 15.h4 d5 16.exd5 e4
17.Bg2 Qg3 18.Qe1 Qxe1 19.Rfxe1 Nxg4 20.Bxb6 Nxb6 21.Rxe4 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Rxe7 Rfd8 24.Bf1 Kf8 25.Ree1 Rdb8 26.Ra3 Nf6 27.Rd1 Ra7 28.Rd2 Be4 29.Rf2 Ng4
30.Rf4 Nf6 31.Nc5 Bxc2 32.Rf2 Bd1 33.Nxa6 Rb6 34.b4 Rbxa6 35.Bxa6 Rxa6 36.a5 Ne4
37.b5 Rd6 38.a6 Nxf2 39.a7 Nh3+ 40.Rxh3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Brooks,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.g4 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Rb1 O-O 14.Rxb7 Qc8 15.Rb1 Rd8
16.Qe1 h5 17.f3 Na5 18.Ng3 hxg4 19.fxg4 Qxc3 20.Bd2 Qd4+ 21.Kh1 Nc4 22.Bg5 Nce3
23.c3 Qa7 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Nh5 Qc7 26.Rf3 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 e4 28.Rf2 e3 29.Rf3 Nxc3
30.Rb2 Bd5 31.Qxe3 Nd1 32.Qg5 Bxf3+ 33.Kg1 Qa7+ 34.Kh2 Qd4 35.Rc2 Ne3 36.Qxe3  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lawton,Charles"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Be2 d5 10.b3 dxc4 11.bxc4 Nc6 12.d5 Na5 13.Bd4 Bh6 14.h4 Bxc1 15.Qxc1 Naxc4
16.h5 e5 17.Bc5 g5 18.Ne4 Bf5 19.Ng3 Rc8 20.Bxf8 Nd6 21.Qa3 Qxf8 22.Nf3 Nxd5
23.O-O Nc3 24.Nxg5 Qh6 25.Bf3 e4 26.Nxf5 Qxg5 27.Qxd6 exf3  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O b5 9.e5 Ne8
10.c5 Nc7 11.cxd6 exd6 12.Ne4 Ne8 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Bf2 Be6 15.Nfg5 Nd7 16.Nxe6 fxe6
17.g3 d5 18.Ng5 Bh6 19.Nf3 Ng7 20.a4 b4 21.Rc1 Rfc8 22.Qd2 a5 23.g4 Ne8 24.Bh4 Qf8
25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.Nxg5 Ng7 27.Bd3 c5 28.Qe3 Qe7 29.Qh3 Nf8 30.Rf3 c4 31.Bc2 Rc7
32.Qh4 b3 33.Bxg6 hxg6 34.Rh3 Nh5 35.gxh5 c3 36.Rhxc3 Rac8 37.Qg3 Rc4 38.hxg6 Qa7
39.Qe3 Nxg6 40.Nxe6 Qf7 41.Rxc4 Rxc4 42.Rxc4 dxc4 43.d5 Qf5 44.Qa7 Qg4+ 45.Kf2 Nxf4
46.Qb8+ Kh7 47.Qa7+ Kg8 48.Qb8+ Kh7 49.Qa7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sevillano,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.e4 Re8 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 b5 12.a3 Be7 13.Bg5 Nf8 14.Nd6 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Re7
16.b3 cxb3 17.Qxb3 Bd7 18.Rfc1 f5 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Nge4 Qb8 21.g4 Kh8 22.Qg3 Ng6
23.Nc3 Ngf4 24.Bxd5 Qxd6 25.Bf3 Qxd4 26.Rc2 Rg8 27.Re1 f5 28.Rd1 Qe5 29.Kf1 fxg4
30.Bxg4 h5 31.Re1 Qd6 32.Rd1 Qe5 33.Re1 Qg5 34.Re4 e5 35.Bxd7 Rxd7 36.Qxg5 Rxg5
37.h4 Rg4 38.Rxe5 Rxh4 39.Rg5 Rd3  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Eckert,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.g4 Nc6 8.g5 Nd7
9.h4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.f4 Qa5 13.a3 Rc8 14.Kb1 e5 15.fxe5 Nxe5
16.Qa7 Qc7 17.Bh3 Ra8 18.Nd5 Qb8 19.Qd4 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Be7 21.h5 O-O 22.g6 Kh8
23.Bf5 Nc4 24.h6 Nxe3 25.hxg7+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.b3 Be7 8.O-O b6
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.bxc4 cxd4 12.exd4 Bb7 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.a4 g6 15.Ndf3 Qc7
16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Rfe1 Nh5 18.Qe3 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Rfd8 21.Bf1 Ng7 22.a5 Nf5
23.axb6 axb6 24.Qf4 Qc6 25.Red1 h6 26.Qg4 Qc5 27.Qe2 Kg7 28.Rd2 h5 29.Rad1 Rxd2
30.Qxd2 Qe7 31.Bc3 Qh4 32.Qd7 Qe4 33.Re1 Qc6 34.Qxc6 Rxc6 35.Bd2 Ba6 36.Rc1 Rc5
37.f3 h4 38.Kf2 Kg8 39.Bf4 Kf8 40.g4 hxg3+ 41.hxg3 Ra5 42.Rd1 Ke8 43.g4 Ra2+
44.Rd2 Rxd2+ 45.Bxd2 Nd4 46.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd3 Qxb2
9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Be7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Bh5+ Kf8 17.O-O f5 18.Kh1 Rg8 19.Qc4 Kg7 20.Na4 a5 21.Rfd1 Ba6 22.Qxe6 Rad8
23.Rb3 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 Qc7 7.O-O c4 8.Bc2 e6
9.b3 b5 10.bxc4 bxc4 11.Na3 Nb6 12.Rb1 Be7 13.d4 cxd3 14.Qxd3 O-O 15.Bg5 Rd8
16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Qe3 Nbd7 18.Nc4 Rab8 19.Qe2 a5 20.Na3 h6 21.Nb5 Ba6 22.Bd2 Nc5
23.c4 Bxb5 24.cxb5 e5 25.a4 Rd7 26.Rbc1 Bd8 27.Be3 Rc8 28.Bb1 Qa7 29.Nd2 Qb8
30.Bxc5 dxc5 31.Nc4 Rd4 32.Bc2 Nd7 33.g3 Nf8 34.Bb3 Ne6 35.f3 Qc7 36.Kg2 Bg5
37.Rb1 Rcd8 38.Qa2 R8d7 39.Qe2 Qd8 40.Kf1 Rxd1+ 41.Rxd1 Nd4 42.Nxe5 Qc7 43.f4 Bf6
44.Qh5 Bxe5 45.Qxe5 Qc8 46.Bd5 Rxd5 47.Qxd5 Qh3+ 48.Kg1 Ne2+ 49.Kf2 Qxh2+
50.Kf3 Nxg3 51.Qxc5 Qe2+ 52.Kxg3 Qxd1 53.b6 Qd3+ 54.Kf2 Qd2+ 55.Kf3 Qd1+
56.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Melekhina,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nd7 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 Be7
10.Nc2 Bf6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nd2 Qc8 13.f4 Ne7 14.Qg4 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Rf3 exf4
17.Rxf4 Ng6 18.Rf2 c5 19.Na3 Nb8 20.Qe2 Qd8 21.Nb5 Re8 22.Rd1 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4
24.cxd4 d5 25.e5 Ra8 26.Qf3 Qd7 27.Nd6 Nc6 28.Qxd5 Rf8 29.Rdf1 Ra7 30.Rxf7 Rxf7
31.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Molner,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B98"]

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 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Qh5 Ne5 12.Bf2 Bxg5 13.h4 Be7 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.g4 Nbc6
16.Nb3 Qc7 17.g5 Bd7 18.gxh6 O-O-O 19.Na4 Rdg8 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Be3 Be8 22.Nb6+ Kc7
23.Bh3 Rg3 24.Qe2 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Qa7 26.Nd5+ exd5 27.Qf4 d4 28.Bf5 a5 29.Qf2 Rxh6
30.Nxd4 Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Qxd4 32.Rxd4 Nf3 33.Rc4+ Bc6 34.h5 Bg5+ 35.Kd1 Bf6  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Antal,Ge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 a6 8.Be3 b5
9.Qb3 Bb7 10.f3 e6 11.Nh3 Qe7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Rac1 Rfc8 14.a4 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Qa3 Bf8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qb4 Na4 19.Qxb5 Ba6 20.Qg5 Rxc3 21.Rxc3 Bxe2 22.Ra1 Qd8
23.Rcc1 Be7 24.Qe5 Nd7 25.Qd4 Ndc5 26.Qxd8+ Rxd8 27.b4 Nb3 28.Rxa4 Nxc1 29.Bxc1 Bb5
30.Ra5 Bc4 31.Be3 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Bxb4 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.Kg3 Bd6+ 35.Bf4 e5 36.Be3 Rd3
37.Kf2 h6 38.Ra1 f5 39.exf5 gxf5 40.Rc1 Bd5 41.f4 Ra3 42.Rc2 Be4 43.Re2 exf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.e5 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd5 7.Qe4 Nb6 8.Bf4 d5
9.exd6 Bf5 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Be5 f6 12.Bg3 Qa5+ 13.c3 O-O-O 14.Nbd2 exd6 15.Nc4 Qc7
16.Qd2 Be6 17.Be2 h5 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc5 20.Rd1 Rh7 21.h3 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 Rhd7
23.O-O Nc7 24.Nd2 d5 25.Nb3 Bd6 26.Bxd6 Rxd6 27.Rfd1 Bf7 28.Bf3 Ra6 29.a3 Rb6
30.Rb4 Rbd6 31.h4 Na6 32.Rf4 Nc7 33.Rfd4 Rb6 34.Rb4 Rbd6 35.a4 g5 36.a5 Re8
37.g3 Bg6 38.Rd2 b6 39.c4 Na6 40.Ra4 Be4 41.Bxh5 Rh8 42.cxd5 Rxh5 43.Rxe4 gxh4
44.Rxh4 Rhxd5 45.Rh8+ Kb7 46.Rh7+ Nc7 47.Rc2 Rd7 48.Rxd7 Rxd7 49.axb6 axb6
50.Rd2 Re7 51.Nd4 Na6 52.Kg2 Nc5 53.Kf3 Nd7 54.Kf4 Rh7 55.Kf5 Kc7 56.Kg6 Rh1
57.Nf5 Re1 58.Ne3 Kc6 59.Ng4 Ne5+ 60.Nxe5+ fxe5 61.Kf5  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.a3 h6 12.Bd2 a6 13.b4 Bb7 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ng3 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Rad8
17.Rac1 Qb8 18.Bc3 exd4 19.exd4 Nd5 20.Bd2 N7f6 21.Nf5 Nf4 22.Nxd6 Rxe1+
23.Bxe1 Qxd6 24.Bf1 Ne6 25.Bc3 Qf4 26.Bd2 Qd6 27.Bc3 Qf4 28.Bd2 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Qg4 Qf6 6.Ne2 Qg6 7.Qh3 Ne7 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 f5 10.Qg3 Qxg3 11.hxg3 Nbc6 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.O-O-O h6 14.f3 d5 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Bf2 Rhf8 17.exf5 d4 18.Ne4 Nxf5 19.Re1 Na5 20.g4 Nd6 21.Nd2 c5 22.Rh5 Rf7
23.Bg3 Kd7 24.b3 Re8 25.Rxe8 Nxe8 26.b4 Nf6 27.Rh1 cxb4 28.axb4 Nc6 29.b5 Nd8
30.Nc4 Re7 31.Nd6 Ke6 32.Nf5 Rd7 33.Bf2 Ke5 34.Be2 g6 35.Bg3+ Kd5 36.Nxh6 Kc5
37.Kd2 Ne6 38.Be5 Nd5 39.Ng8 Nef4 40.Nf6 Nxf6 41.Bxf4 Nd5 42.Be5 Nc3 43.Rh6 Kxb5
44.Rxg6 Nxe2 45.Kxe2 a5 46.Rg7 Rxg7 47.Bxg7 Kc5 48.g5 Kd5 49.g6 b5 50.Bf6 Bc8
51.Bd8 a4 52.g7 Be6 53.Be7 Bg8 54.g4 Ke5 55.Kf2 Ke6 56.Bf8 Kf6 57.f4 Bd5
58.Bc5 Kxg7 59.Bxd4+ Kg6 60.Bc5 Bb3 61.d4 Bd1 62.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yang,Dar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O b6 8.b3 O-O
9.Qc2 Ba6 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bf4 Bb4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Nb1 Qc7
16.bxc4 Be7 17.Qc3 Rfd8 18.Nd2 g5 19.Be3 Nxe5 20.c5 Bf6 21.Qa3 Be2 22.Re1 Bb5
23.Rab1 Rd3 24.Qc1 Ng4 25.cxb6 axb6 26.e5 Qxe5 27.Bxb6 Qc3 28.Ne4 Qxc1 29.Rexc1 Rb8
30.Be3 Be5 31.Bxg5 h6 32.Bf4 Bxf4 33.gxf4 Rdd8 34.h3 f5 35.hxg4 fxe4 36.Bxe4 Ra8
37.Rb2 Ra4 38.f3 Rda8 39.Rcc2 Kg7 40.Kf2 R8a6 41.Kg3 Bc4 42.Rb7+ Kf8 43.Rh2 Ra7
44.Rb8+ Kg7 45.g5  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Melekhina,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.e4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.Be3 Nge7
9.h4 h5 10.O-O d6 11.Nf3 Qd7 12.Qb3 O-O-O 13.Rfd1 f5 14.c5 fxe4 15.Nxe4 d5
16.cxb6 axb6 17.Rac1 Qf5 18.Neg5 Rd6 19.Qa3 Rhd8 20.Bd3 Qf6 21.b4 Nf5 22.Bf4 R6d7
23.Rxc6 Qxc6 24.Rc1 Qf6 25.Qa7 Nd6 26.Ba6 Re7 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Qxb7+ Kd8 29.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rensch,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 g6 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Bg7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Kb1 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bb7 13.Nc6 Bxc6 14.dxc6 Ne5 15.Bd4 O-O
16.f4 Ng4 17.Be2 Nf6 18.Bf3 Rc8 19.Rhe1 e6 20.Bc3 d5 21.Ba5 Qd6 22.Bb4 Qxc6
23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Re2 Ne8 25.c3 Nd6 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Qxd5 Qxd5 28.Rxd5 Rc6 29.a4 Bf6
30.axb5 axb5 31.g3 Be7 32.h3 Rc4 33.Red2 Ne4 34.R2d3 b4 35.cxb4 Rxb4 36.Kc2 Bf6
37.b3 Rb8 38.Re3 Rc8+ 39.Kd3 Nf2+ 40.Ke2 Nxh3 41.Kf1 g5 42.fxg5 Nxg5 43.b4 Rc1+
44.Kg2 Rb1 45.b5 Rb2+ 46.Kf1 Kg7 47.Ke1 Kg6 48.Kd1 Ne6 49.Rf3 Bg5 50.Rc3 Ng7
51.Rc2 Rb1+ 52.Ke2 Nf5 53.Rc3 f6 54.Kd3 Rd1+ 55.Kc4 Nd6+  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O b5 9.a3 Nbd7
10.Qc2 bxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Rfd1 Bb7 13.Rac1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Nc5
16.Rdd1 a5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Ncd7 19.f4 Rc8 20.Qb3 Rb8 21.Bb5 Kh8 22.Bc6 Nb6
23.Nb5 Nc8 24.Nc3 e6 25.b5 Qb6 26.Qa3 Kg8 27.h3 d5 28.f5 Nh5 29.e4 h6 30.fxe6 fxe6
31.Be3 d4 32.Na4 Qa7 33.Bd2 Nb6 34.Bb4 Qxa4 35.Bxf8 Rxf8 36.Qc5 Nf4 37.Rd2 Qa5
38.Rcd1 Qc3 39.Qxc3 dxc3 40.Rc2 Nc4 41.Kf1 Nxh3  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qa4 Bg4 11.Rd1 Qe8 12.Qc2 Bxe2 13.Ngxe2 Qc6 14.O-O Rad8 15.h3 Qa6
16.Bf4 Qe6 17.b3 c5 18.Bh2 Nc6 19.Nf4 Qc8 20.Ncd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Rfe8 22.Qxc5 Rxe4
23.b4 Bd4 24.Qc2 Qf5 25.Ne3 Qe6 26.b5 Ne7 27.Qc7 Rd7 28.Qb8+ Kg7 29.Nc2 Bxf2+
30.Kxf2 Re2+ 31.Kg1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Rxc2 33.Qe5+ Qxe5 34.Bxe5+ f6 35.Bd6 Kf7
36.Bb8 Rxa2 37.Rd7 b6 38.Bxa7 Ke6 39.Rb7 Nd5 40.Bxb6 h5 41.Bf2 Ra1+ 42.Kh2 Ra2
43.Kg1 Ra1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.c3 d6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.dxc5 d5
9.Nbd2 a5 10.a4 Nd7 11.Nb3 Ndb8 12.Nbd4 e5 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Bh2 Be6 15.Bb5 f6
16.Rb1 Qc8 17.b4 Rd8 18.O-O Bf5 19.Rb2 axb4 20.cxb4 d4 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.exd4 Be4
23.b5 Qd5 24.Re1 Bf8 25.c6 bxc6 26.b6 Bxf3 27.Qxf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Rxd4 29.f4 exf4
30.b7 Rb8 31.a5 Ra4 32.a6 g5 33.Rb6  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O f6
9.Bf4 Ng6 10.Bg3 fxe5 11.dxe5 Ngxe5 12.Nh4 O-O-O 13.Nd4 Re8 14.Nhxf5 exf5
15.c4 dxc4 16.Nxf5 g6 17.Ne3 Bd6 18.Kh1 Nb6 19.a4 a5 20.Qd2 Bb4 21.Qd4 h5
22.Rfd1 Kb8 23.h3 Rh7 24.Bxc4 Rd7 25.Qe4 Rde7 26.Bb3 Ka7 27.Rac1 Qc8 28.Qd4 Nd7
29.Bc2 Nc5 30.Bd6 Rd7 31.Nc4 Re6 32.Qxc5 Bxc5 33.Bxc5 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Qe8 35.Bxb6+ Ka6
36.Rd8  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 g6 7.f3 h5 8.Qd2 Bg7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Nd5 Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Kb1 Nd7 13.c4 bxc4 14.Bxc4 Rb8 15.Rc1 O-O
16.Rhd1 Ne5 17.Bb3 a5 18.Bg5 Bh8 19.Bh6 Qb6 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Rc3 Nd7 22.Bd5 Nc5
23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Rc2 a4 25.Qc3 Bf6 26.Qc4 Kg7 27.Qd5 Qb6 28.f4 Nd7 29.e5 dxe5
30.Nc6 exf4 31.Qxd7 Bxb2 32.Nxb8 Bc3+ 33.Kc1 Qe3+ 34.Rcd2 Qc5 35.Na6 Qc4
36.Rc2  1-0

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bispo,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O a6 7.b3 b5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bb2 Nbd7
10.cxb5 axb5 11.Ng5 Ra6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Qa8 15.Rfd1 c5 16.Bf3 cxd4
17.Bxd4 Rc8 18.Qd3 e5 19.Bb2 d5 20.Bg2 b4 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nh3 d4 23.Bxb7 Qxb7
24.f3 Nc5 25.Qb1 d3 26.e4 f5 27.Nf2 fxe4 28.fxe4 Rd6 29.Nxd3 Nxe4 30.Nf2 Nxf2
31.Kxf2 Rf6+ 32.Kg1 Qb6+ 33.Kh1 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Espinoza Palomino,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "C99"]

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.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Nb3 Rfc8
16.Bd3 exd4 17.Nbxd4 Ne5 18.Bf4 Re8 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Bb1 h6 21.Ba2 Bd8 22.Bg3 Bb6
23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.Rxc6 Ra7 26.Qf3 Bd4 27.Rec1 b4 28.Bh4 Nh7 29.axb4 Nf8
30.R1c2 Rd7 31.Qg4 Rd6 32.Bf6 g6 33.Qh4 Kh7 34.Bxf7 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Rc8 36.Bg5  1-0

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prasca Sosa,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[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 Nd4 12.cxb5 Be6 13.Bc4 axb5 14.Bxb5+ Kf8 15.Bc4 Qa5+
16.Qd2 Bd8 17.Qxa5 Bxa5+ 18.Kf1 g6 19.Ne3 Kg7 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.g3 Bb4 22.Nac2 Bc5
23.Kg2 Ra4 24.b3 Nxc2 25.Nxc2 Rxe4 26.Rhe1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rc8 28.Re2 Ba7 29.Nb4 Kf6
30.Rc2 Rxc2 31.Nxc2 e4 32.Nb4 e3 33.fxe3 Bxe3 34.Nc6 g5 35.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Espinosa Flores,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "A78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Re1 Re8 13.h3 a6 14.Bf1 Rb8 15.Rb1 b5 16.axb5 axb5
17.b4 Nd7 18.Bb2 cxb4 19.Na2 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 Qf6 21.Rb1 Nc5 22.Nxb4 Bd7 23.Qc2 N7a6
24.Nxa6 Nxa6 25.Nb3 Rec8 26.Qd2 Nc5 27.Nd4 Re8 28.f3 Rb6 29.Nxb5 Reb8 30.Nc3 Rxb1
31.Rxb1 Rb3 32.Rxb3 Nxb3 33.Qe3 Nc5 34.f4 h5 35.g3 h4 36.e5 Qe7 37.gxh4 Qxh4
38.exd6 Nb7 39.Bb5 Bxh3 40.d7 Qg4+ 41.Kf2 Qg2+ 42.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perez Rodriguez,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[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 d5 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.e5 Nf5 12.exf6 exf6 13.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "El Debs,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 a6 8.Be3 b5
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Kb1 Qc5 12.Rhe1 Qxd4 13.Bxd4 Ne7 14.a4 Nc6 15.Bf2 bxa4
16.Nxa4 Nb4 17.Nb6 Nxd3 18.Rxd3 Rc7 19.f5 Bc6 20.Bg3 Rb7 21.Nc4 Bb5 22.Rb3 Bc6
23.Rf3 Bb4 24.c3 Be7 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Na5 Rb5 27.Nxc6 dxc6 28.Kc2 Ra5 29.Rd1 Rf8
30.Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.b4 Ra2+ 32.Kb3 Rxg2 33.Ra1 Be7 34.Rxa6 Kd7 35.Ra7+ Kd8 36.Bc7+ Kc8
37.Be5 Kd8 38.Kc4 h5 39.Kd4 Rd2+ 40.Ke3 Bg5+ 41.Bf4 Bxf4+ 42.Kxf4 Rxh2 43.Rxg7 Rc2
44.Rg3 h4 45.Rh3 Ke7 46.Ke5 Rc1 47.Rxh4 Rxc3 48.Rh7+ Kf8 49.Rb7 Rh3 50.Kd6 e5
51.Kxc6 Rd3 52.b5 Ke8 53.b6  1-0

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cori,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.d3 Bb7 8.Nbd2 g6
9.c3 Bg7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.b3 e5 13.Bb2 exd4 14.Bxd4 Re8 15.Qc2 Nc5
16.e5 Ng4 17.exd6 Bxd4 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Nxd4 Qe5  0-1

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[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 Bh3 21.Qe2 Rae8 22.Qh5 Qxh5
23.Bxh5 Re6 24.Bd2 Be7 25.g4 f3 26.Nxg5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 b4 29.cxb4 Nf4
30.Bxf4 Rxf4 31.g5 Bg4 32.Bxg4 Rxg4+ 33.Kf1 Rxd4 34.a3 Kf7 35.Rc1 Rd2 36.Kg1 Kg6
37.Rxc6+ Kxg5 38.h3 Rxb2 39.Rxa6 h5 40.Rc6 Rb3 41.Rc5+ Kg6 42.h4 Rxa3 43.Kh2 Rb3
44.Rg5+ Kh6 45.b5 Rd3 46.Rg8 Rd4 47.Kh3 Ra4 48.b6 Rb4 49.Kg3 Kh7 50.Rb8 Kg7
51.Kxf3 Rxh4 52.b7  1-0

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milos,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 Re8 13.Bh6 Bh8 14.h4 Nc4 15.Qd3 b5
16.h5 Qb6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.g4 e6 19.Qf1 Nd5 20.exd5 Bxd4 21.Qh3 Nxb2 22.Rxd4 Qxd4
23.Bc1 Rxc3 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Bh6+ Ke7 26.Bg5+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gant,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo ""]


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Qb6 12.Nb3 Qb4 13.Rd4 Qb7 14.exf6 exf6 15.Bf4 Rfe8
16.Qd2 c5 17.Rxd6 Qxg2 18.Qd1 Bg4 19.Rg1 Bxd1 20.Rxg2 Bf3 21.Rg3 Bh5 22.Nxc5 f5
23.Re3 Bf8 24.Rc6 Red8 25.Rd3 Bg7 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Nd3 Bf3 28.Rc7 Ra8 29.Ne5 Bh5
30.Nxf7 Re8 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Nd5 h6 33.Ne7+ Kf8 34.Nc6 Ra8 35.Be5 Bxe5 36.Nxe5 Rd8
37.Rf7+ Kg8 38.Nd7  1-0

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O f6
9.Bf4 Ng6 10.Bg3 fxe5 11.dxe5 c5 12.c4 d4 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Be7 15.Qe4 O-O
16.Ne1 Nb8 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.h4 Qd7 19.Rae1 Rf5 20.Qg4 Nh8 21.Bf4 Raf8 22.Re4 b6
23.Rfe1 a5 24.a3 Qe8 25.Qh3 h5 26.Bg5 Bxg5 27.Nxg5 Nd8 28.R4e2 Qe7 29.Ne4 Ng6
30.Ng3 R5f7 31.Ne4 Rf4 32.Ng5 Nf7  1-0

[Event "Continental ch-Americas"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2009.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3  1/2-1/2

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Boas,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2183"]


1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 Nfd7 13.e4 Nxe5 14.exf5 Ned7 15.fxe6 fxe6
16.Na2 Bd6 17.Qb3 Qf6 18.Bd2 Qf7 19.Bh3 Rfe8 20.Rad1 e5 21.Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.Be3 Rad8
23.Nc3 e4 24.d5 c5 25.Be6+ Kg6 26.Nxe4 Be5 27.f4  1-0

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tuhrim,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2580"]


1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.d4 c5 5.f4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bb4
9.Nf3 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.a3 Ba5 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.Rhg1 Rc8 15.g4 d4
16.Nxd4 Nd5 17.Nde2 Nce7 18.Bd4 Rf7 19.Rg3 Qf8 20.Rf1 g6 21.Be4 Bc6 22.Bd3 Bc7
23.Be3 Rd8 24.Nd4 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Rxf4 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Re1 Rfxd4 28.Qxe7 Qxe7
29.Rxe7 Bxg3 30.hxg3 Rxg4 31.Ne2 Re8 32.Rf7 Be4 33.Bxe4 Rgxe4 34.Nf4 R4e7
35.Rf6 Rd7 36.Ne6 Rd6  0-1

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wasiluk,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2580"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.exf5 Ndf6 14.Qc2 Kh8 15.Kh1 Ng8
16.Bd3 Nh6 17.Rg1 Nxf5 18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Nf3 Qf7 20.Be4 h6 21.Bh4 Qh5 22.Bg3 Nf6
23.Rg2 Nd4 24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Bg6 Qf3 26.Nb5 Bh3 27.Rg1 Rfd8 28.Nc7 Rac8 29.Ne6 Rd7
30.Bh4 Nxd5 31.Be4 Bxg2+ 32.Rxg2 d3 33.Qxd3 Qxd3 34.Bxd3 e4 35.Be2 Bf6 36.Bxf6+ Nxf6
37.Rg6 Ng8 38.Nf4 Rf7 39.Rg4 Nf6 40.Rg6 Kh7  0-1

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2485"]


1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mulyar,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2580"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O a6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nd5 Nh5
9.Be3 e6 10.Nc3 f5 11.d5 exd5 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.cxd5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bh6 Rf7
16.e3 Qe7 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Re1 Re8 19.f4 Bg7 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.Qd4 g5 22.Re2 h6
23.Bf3 Bc8 24.b4 h5 25.Rce1 Qd8 26.fxg5 Qxg5 27.Nd1 Bd7 28.Nf2 Qh6 29.Nh3 f4
30.Nxf4 h4 31.e4 Re5 32.Qd2 Ne8 33.Rg2 Kh7 34.Bd1 Nf6 35.Bc2 Kh8 36.Qc3 hxg3
37.Qxg3 Ng4 38.Nd3 Re8 39.e5 dxe5 40.h3  1-0

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rupel,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2108"]


1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Na6 4.Be3 Bf5 5.c3 Nc7 6.Nd2 Qd7 7.Be2 h6 8.Ngf3 e6
9.O-O Ne7 10.Nb3 Bh7 11.g4 b6 12.a4 g5 13.Ne1 Ng6 14.Ng2 Be7 15.Qd2 a5 16.Nc1 f5
17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nd3 Qg7 19.f4 Nh4 20.Nxh4 Bxd3 21.Bxd3 gxh4 22.h3 Kd7 23.Rf2 Raf8
24.Rb1 Ne8 25.f5 exf5 26.Bxf5+ Kc7 27.Bf4+ Kb7 28.Qd3 Bg5 29.Be5 Nf6 30.b4 axb4
31.cxb4 h5 32.b5 Qh6 33.bxc6+ Ka7 34.a5 b5 35.Qxb5 Rh7 36.Qb6+  1-0

[Event "110th US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis USA"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lugo,Bl"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2580"]


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Re1 b5 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 O-O-O 14.c4 Bc5 15.Rc1 Rhe8
16.Qd2 a5 17.Nc7 g5 18.Bg3 f5 19.Nxe8 f4 20.Nf6 Rf8 21.Bxf4 gxf4 22.Qxd7+ Qxd7
23.Nxd7 Kxd7 24.Rcd1+ Kc7 25.Rd3 Bc6 26.b3 e5 27.Kf1 Bd4 28.f3 Kb6 29.g4 Kc5
30.h4 Rb8 31.Ke2 Bxa4 32.bxa4 b3 33.Rb1 Kxc4 34.g5 Rb4 35.h5 Rxa4 36.Rdxb3 Ra2+
37.Kd1 Rg2 38.g6 hxg6 39.Ra3 gxh5 40.Rxa5 Rg1+ 41.Kc2 Rxb1 42.Kxb1 Kd3 43.Ra8 Ke2
44.Kc2 Kxf3 45.Kd3 h4 46.Rh8 Bf2 47.Rh5 Bg3 48.Rxe5 Kg2 49.Rb5 f3 50.Rb1 h3
51.Ke3 h2 52.Rd1 Bf2+  0-1

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 b5 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.h4 Qg7 17.Qg5 Qe5 18.Ne2 Bc6 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rhd1 Nb7 21.Nf4 a5 22.a3 Re8
23.Nd3 Qxg5 24.hxg5 Kg7 25.e5 Red8 26.exd6 Rxd6 27.Ne5 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Be8 29.Ba2 h6
30.gxh6+ Kxh6 31.Kd1 Kg7 32.Ke2 Rc8 33.c3 g5 34.Ke3 Nc5 35.g3 Kf6 36.f4 gxf4+
37.gxf4 Ke7 38.Nf3 Nb7 39.Nd4 Nd6 40.Rg2 Bd7 41.Kd3 Rh8 42.Re2 Kf6 43.Nb3 Rh3+
44.Kc2 Bc6 45.Nxa5 Be4+ 46.Kd2 Kf5 47.Bb3 Kxf4 48.a4 Rh5 49.axb5 Bf3 50.Re1 Rxb5
51.Ra1 e5 52.c4 Rb8 53.Kc2 Ne4 54.c5 f5 55.c6 Nd6 56.Be6 Nb5 57.Bd7 e4 58.Ra4 Be2
59.Nc4 Bd3+ 60.Kd2 Rh8 61.Na3 Rh2+ 62.Ke1 Ke3  0-1

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mikhailuk,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "B61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8 8.f4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 e6 12.O-O-O Bc6 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.exf6 Bc6 15.h4 g6
16.Bc4 Bc5 17.Qg4 h5 18.Qg3 Be4 19.Rhe1 Bf5 20.Rd5 Qb6 21.Rxf5 gxf5 22.Bf4 Bd4
23.Bb3 Bxf6 24.c3 Ke7 25.Qd3 Qc5 26.g3 a5 27.Qf3 Qb5 28.Bc2 a4 29.a3 Rc6
30.Re2 Rd8 31.Be3 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.Bxa4 Rc8 34.Bf4 Ra5 35.Bd1 e5 36.Re1 Kd6
37.Bd2 Rg8 38.Rf1 Rxg3 39.Rxf5 Bxh4 40.Rxf7 Rg1 41.c4 Bg5 42.Rxb7 e4 43.Rb6+ Kc5
44.Bxg5 Rxg5 45.Re6 Kd4 46.Kd2 Rae5 47.Rd6+ Kxc4 48.Be2+ Kc5 49.Rh6 Kd4 50.Rd6+ Rd5
51.Re6 Rg3 52.a4 e3+ 53.Kc2 Rg2 54.Kd1 Kc5+  0-1

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bercys,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Nc6 4.e4 e5 5.Ne2 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Be2 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.exd5 Bb7 12.O-O Nxd5 13.Ne4 c5 14.Kh1 Bd4 15.Bg5 Qb6
16.Bc4 Ne3 17.Bxe3 Bxe3 18.Qe1 Bd4 19.Rb1 a5 20.Qh4 Kg7 21.a3 Rae8 22.Qf4 Re5
23.Rbd1 f6 24.b3 Rfe8 25.Ng3 R8e7 26.Qd2 Qc7 27.Rfe1 Be3 28.Qc3 Bf4 29.Nf1 h5
30.Rxe5 Bxe5 31.Qd2 Bc6 32.Re1 a4 33.bxa4 Bxa4 34.Qd5 Re8 35.Rb1 Rd8 36.Qe6 Bc6
37.Ba2 Qd7 38.Qc4 Bd4 39.Rd1 Qe7 40.Qd3 Rb8 41.Nd2 Qe3 42.Qxe3 Bxe3 43.Nc4 Bd4
44.Na5 Ba4 45.Re1 Rb2 46.Bd5 Bc3 47.Nc4 Rc2 48.Rb1 Bd4 49.h4 Bf2 50.Kh2 f5
51.Rb7+ Kh6 52.Bg8 g5 53.Ne5 gxh4 54.f4 Bg3+ 55.Kh3 Bxf4 56.Rh7+ Kg5 57.Nf3+ Kg6
58.Nxh4+ Kf6 59.Rf7+ Ke5 60.Ng6+  1-0

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Felecan,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.f4 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.c3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.O-O Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 Be6 15.Rd4 Rfb8
16.b3 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bc4 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 a5 20.Rc1 a4 21.b4 Rd8 22.Kf2 Rd6
23.Rxe4 Rad8 24.Ke2 a3 25.g4 Kf7 26.Rc4 Re6 27.Rc5 Rdd6 28.Rc2 Re4 29.Kf3 Rde6
30.Bf2 Ke8 31.Rxc6 Rxf4+ 32.Kxf4 Rxc6 33.c4 g5+ 34.Kf3 Rd6 35.b5 Rd1 36.c5 Rb1
37.c6 Rb2 38.Rc4 Kd8 39.Bb6+ Kc8 40.Ra4 Kb8 41.c7+ Kb7 42.Ra8  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Ne5 12.Bxf4 Nxf3 13.gxf3 Kh8 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Rg1 Nh5
16.Bd2 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nd5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Bf6 20.Rg4 Rc8 21.Rag1 Qe8 22.Nxf6 Rxf6
23.Bc3 Rf7 24.Rg5 Rc5 25.Qxd6 Rxg5 26.Rxg5 Rd7 27.Qe5 Qxe5 28.Rxe5 Nf6 29.Re6 Kg8
30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Rxf6 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Rd2+ 33.Kg3 Rxc2 34.Rb6 Rc7 35.f4 Kf7 36.Kg4 Rd7
37.h4 Rc7 38.b3 Rd7 39.Kg5 Rc7 40.Kf5 Rd7 41.Ke5 Re7+ 42.Kd5 Rd7+ 43.Rd6 Rc7
44.a5 Ke7 45.Re6+ Kd7 46.f5 Rc3 47.Rb6 Rc7 48.f6 Ke8 49.Ke6 h5 50.b4 Re7+
51.Kf5 Rd7 52.Kg6 Kf8 53.b5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.Kb1 a4 12.Nc1 Ra5 13.Qf2 Nbd7 14.a3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bd2 Ra8 18.Bc3 Nb6 19.Qe2 Re8 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.Nb4 Be6 22.Qe4 Qc7
23.Bb5 Red8 24.Rhe1 Ra5 25.Bd3 f5 26.Qe2 Rc5 27.Bd4 Ra5 28.Bxb6 Qxb6 29.Bc4 Bc7
30.Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.Qd3 Be7 32.Qxf5 Bxc4 33.Qc8+ Kf7 34.Qxc4+ Qe6 35.Qe4 Rb5
36.f4 g6 37.Nd3  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.Kb1 a4 12.Nc1 a3 13.b3 Ra5 14.Bc4 Nbd7 15.Qd3 Nb6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.b4 Ra8 18.Nb3 Rc8 19.Nb5 Nc4 20.Bc1 d5 21.c3 Qe8 22.Nxa3 Qa4
23.exd5 Nxa3+ 24.Bxa3 Qxa3 25.dxe6 Rc6 26.Rhe1 Rfc8 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.Qe2 Nd5
29.Qxe5 Bf6 30.e7 Nxe7 31.Qa5 Qxa5 32.Nxa5 Rc7 33.a3 Nd5 34.c4 Nc3+ 35.Kc2 b6
36.Kb3 bxa5 37.Rxc3 Bxc3 38.Kxc3 Rcd7 39.bxa5 Rd3+ 40.Kb4 Rb8+ 41.Ka4 Rd6
42.Re5 Rc6 43.Rb5 Rbc8 44.c5 Kf8 45.Rb7 h5 46.h4 g6 47.g4 Ke8 48.gxh5 gxh5
49.Rh7 Kd8 50.Kb4 R8c7 51.Rxh5 Kc8 52.Kb5 Kb7 53.Rf5 Rd7 54.h5 Rd1 55.a6+ Kc7
56.Rf7+ Rd7 57.Rxd7+ Kxd7 58.a7 Rc8 59.Kb6 Rc6+ 60.Kb7 Rc7+ 61.Ka6 Rc8 62.Kb7 Rc7+
63.Kb6 Rc6+ 64.Kb5 Rc8 65.Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 d3 5.Bxd3 Nc6 6.O-O g6 7.c4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.h3 Nf6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.b3 Nh5 13.Bb2 e6 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Bf1 Rd8
16.a3 Qc7 17.b4 Qe7 18.Na4 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 b6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Bb7 22.Ng4 Ng7
23.Nxb6 f5 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Nfd7 Rbc8 26.Nxc8 Bxc8 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.Qxe5 Bb7 30.b5 h6 31.bxa6 Bxa6 32.c5 Bb7 33.Qd6 Qa5 34.Rb1 Be4 35.Rb8+ Kh7
36.c6  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 h6 8.Bh4 Be7
9.O-O-O Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxh4 11.Nxe6 Bxe6 12.Nxd6+ Kf8 13.Nxf7 Bg5+ 14.Kb1 Kxf7
15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Qf3+ Bf6 17.Bd3 Nc6 18.Re1 Bd5 19.Qg4 Kf8 20.a3 Re8 21.Rd1 Bf7
22.f4 Rad8 23.Qh3 Rd4 24.Qf3 h5 25.g3 Na5 26.h3 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Bxc4
29.Kc1 Bf7 30.g4 Bh4 31.Qd6+ Kg8 32.g5 g6 33.b3 Bg3 34.Kb2 h4 35.a4 a5 36.Ka3 Be1
37.Kb2 Bb4 38.Qb6 Rc8 39.Qxb7 Bc3+ 40.Ka3 Re8 41.Qc7 Bd2 42.Kb2 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[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.Bd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Qb6 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Rb8
16.a3 Bf5 17.g4 Be6 18.Bc4 Rfd8 19.Qe5 Rd6 20.Rhe1 Rbd8 21.Kb2 f6 22.Qg3 Kf8
23.Rd3 Bf7 24.Qf2 Nf4 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Qe3 e5 27.Bxf7 Kxf7 28.Rc1 Qd2 29.Qxd2 Rxd2
30.Nc5 Rxh2 31.Rd1 Nd5 32.b4 Ke8 33.Kb3 Rh3 34.Rd3 h5 35.gxh5 gxh5 36.Ne4 Ke7
37.a4 Nf4 38.Re3 h4 39.b5 cxb5 40.axb5 Rh1 41.Kc4 Ra1 42.Nf2 h3 43.Nxh3 Nxh3
44.Kd5 Nf4+ 45.Kc6 Ra4 46.Rc3 Ne2 47.Rc5 Nd4+ 48.Kb7 Kd6 49.Rc8 Nxb5  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 h6 8.Bh4 Be7
9.O-O-O Nxe4 10.Bxe7 Nxc3 11.Qc4 Nxa2+ 12.Qxa2 Qxe7  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5
9.h3 Bg7 10.O-O h5 11.Nxg5 Qxe5 12.Qxe5 Nxe5 13.Na3 d5 14.f4 Nd3 15.Nb5 Kf8
16.Bxd3 cxd3 17.b3 f6 18.Nf3 a6 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Ba3 Bf5 21.Rae1 Be4 22.f5 Kf7
23.c4 Rbc8 24.cxd5 Rxc7 25.Rxe4 Nxd5 26.Rd4 Rd8 27.Rxd3 Rc2 28.Nd4 Nc7 29.Rc3 Rxc3
30.dxc3 Bh6 31.Re1 Nd5 32.Ne6 Rc8 33.c4 Ne3 34.Bc1 Nxf5 35.Bxh6 Nxh6 36.Nf4 h4
37.Rd1 Rc7 38.Kf2 Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[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.a4 c5
16.b3 d5 17.Nxe5 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8
22.dxc5 Qxd1 23.Rxd1 Bxc5 24.b4 Be7 25.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Qc1 Nd7 11.Nhg5 Ndf6 12.Ne5 Nh5 13.Nxe4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 fxe4 15.Qe3 Bd6
16.f3 Bxe5 17.fxe5 exf3 18.Rxf3 Rxf3 19.Qxf3 Bd7 20.Rf1 Qe7 21.Qb3 Be8 22.e4 dxc4
23.Qxc4 Bf7 24.b4 Rd8 25.a4 h6 26.b5 Kh7 27.h3 Bg6 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Kh2 a5
30.Rf2 Qh4 31.Rf1 Qe7 32.Rd1 c5 33.d5 exd5 34.Rxd5 Rc8 35.Qc3 Bf7 36.Rd6 c4
37.Ra6 Rc5 38.Rxa5 Rc7 39.Ra6 Rb7 40.e6 Bg6 41.e5 Rb1 42.Qxc4 Rb2 43.Qg4 Qc5
44.Rd6 h5 45.Qf3 Qxe5+ 46.Qg3 Qxg3+ 47.Kxg3 h4+ 48.Kf4 Rxg2 49.a5 Rf2+ 50.Ke3 Rh2
51.Kf4 Rxh3 52.e7 Bf7 53.Rd8 Rg3 54.a6 g5+ 55.Kf5 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.e3 a6 5.c4 Ne4 6.cxb5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 axb5 8.Bxb5 c6
9.Qf3 f6 10.Nh3 Qb6 11.Bc4 Qxb2 12.O-O Qxa1 13.Nf4 g6 14.Qd1 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Nxa6
16.Qc2 Rb8 17.Nd3 Nb4  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.a3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 c6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Bb7
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 Ne4 12.Ne5 Bf6 13.b4 Qe7 14.b5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 c5 16.Bxe4 fxe4
17.Qa2 Qf7 18.Rad1 c4 19.Qd2 Nd7 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qxd7 Rae8 22.Qd4 Kh8 23.Bd2 Qh5
24.Bb4 Rg8 25.Qxc4 Rxe5 26.Bc3 Rg5 27.Rd7 Bd5 28.Qc7 h6 29.Rd1 Bb3 30.R1d6 e3
31.f4 Rg6 32.Rxg6 Qxg6 33.Qe5 Bc2 34.Rd6 Qh7 35.Qh5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[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.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Qc2 Rc8
17.Ba3 Nh5 18.g3 Ng7 19.Bf1 Ne6 20.h4 Qb6 21.Bh3 Rcd8 22.Nf1 exd4 23.Bxe6 Rxe6
24.cxd4 Ree8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bb4 Ra8 27.Rad1 c5 28.Bc3 cxd4 29.Bxd4 Qc6 30.Qxc6 Bxc6
31.N3d2 Nc5 32.f3 Ne6 33.Bf2 d5 34.exd5 Bxd5 35.Ne4 Bxe4 36.Rxe4 Ra3 37.Rb1 Rd8
38.f4 b4 39.Ne3 Rd3 40.f5 gxf5 41.Nxf5 Raxb3 42.Rg4+ Kh8 43.Rxb3 Rxb3 44.Nd4 h5
45.Re4 Nxd4 46.Rxd4 Bg7 47.Rd5 Rc3 48.Rxh5+ Kg8 49.Rg5 Rd3 50.Bc5 b3 51.Ba3 Rd2
52.Rb5 b2 53.Bxb2 Bxb2 54.Rf5 Kg7 55.Kf1 Kg6 56.Rf3 Be5 57.Re3 Kf5 58.Rf3+ Ke6
59.Re3 Rc2 60.Rf3 Rc3 61.Rxc3 Bxc3 62.Ke2 Kf5 63.Kf3 Be1  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[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.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Qc2 Rc8
17.Ba3 Nh5 18.g3 Ng7 19.Bf1 Ne6 20.Rad1 Qb6 21.Qa2 exd4 22.cxd4 Bg7 23.Bxd6 Nxd4
24.a5 Qa7 25.Nxd4 Bxd4 26.Nf3 Bg7 27.b4 c5 28.Bf4 Bxe4 29.Ng5 Nf6 30.Be3 Ba8
31.bxc5 Qb7 32.c6 Qxc6 33.Qxf7+ Kh8 34.f3 h6 35.Rc1 Qd7 36.Qxd7 Nxd7 37.Nf7+ Kh7
38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Rd1 Rc3 40.Kf2 Nf6 41.Rd8 Bc6 42.Be2 Nd5 43.Bd2 Ra3 44.Rd6 Bd4+
45.Ke1 Ra1+ 46.Bd1 Nc3 47.Rxd4 Rxd1+ 48.Kf2 Nb1 49.Be3 Rxd4 50.Bxd4 Nd2 51.Ne5 Bb7
52.Bc3 Nc4 53.Nd7 g5 54.Nc5 Bc8 55.g4 Kg6 56.Ke2 Nd6 57.Ke3 Nb7 58.Ne4 Be6
59.Kd4 Bc4 60.Nd2 Be2 61.Kd5 Nd8 62.Bb4 Nf7 63.Ke6 Nd8+ 64.Kd7 Nf7 65.Bc3 b4
66.Bd4 Bb5+ 67.Kc7 h5 68.Bb2 Nh6 69.Kb6 Ng8 70.Kc5 Ne7 71.Nc4 Nc6 72.Ne3 Nxa5
73.Kxb4 Nb7 74.Nf5 Be2 75.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brownscombe,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Qh5 O-O 14.exf5 Bxd5 15.f6 e4
16.fxg7 Re8 17.Be2 Re5 18.Qh6 Rg5 19.O-O Ne5 20.Kh1 e3 21.f3 Ng6 22.Bd3 Qf6
23.Be4 e2 24.Rg1 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Re8 26.Qh3 Rxe4 27.Rae1 Qe5 28.Qf3 Rf5 29.Qd3 Re3  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rubsamen,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5
10.Nd2 a5 11.g4 Bd7 12.Be2 c6 13.h4 Ne8 14.h5 g5 15.O-O Nc7 16.a3 cxd5 17.cxd5 Qb8
18.Nc4 Nb5 19.Nb6 Nd4 20.Nxa8 Qxa8 21.a4 Qa7 22.Bb5 Bc8 23.f3 Bf6 24.Ne2 Nxe2+
25.Qxe2 Bd8 26.Kg2 Bb6 27.Ra3 f6 28.Rc1 Kf7 29.Qd2 Ke7 30.b4 axb4 31.Qxb4 Ba5
32.Bxc5 Qxc5 33.Qxc5 dxc5 34.d6+ Kxd6 35.Rd3+ Ke7 36.Rxc5 Bb6 37.Rc2 Be6
38.Bc4 Rc8 39.Bb3 Rxc2+ 40.Bxc2 Bd4 41.a5 Bc4 42.Rd1 Bc3 43.Ba4 Be6 44.Rb1 Bxa5
45.Rxb7+ Kf8 46.Bb3  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lee,Micha"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.dxc3 f5
9.exf5 Nxf5 10.Nd4 Nc6 11.Be4 Na5 12.Nxf5 Bxe4 13.Nxg7 Qf6 14.Nh5 Qg6 15.Ng3 Bc2
16.Qxd7 Rf7 17.Qb5 Nb3 18.Be3 Nxa1 19.Rxa1 Rd8 20.Qe5 Rfd7 21.h4 Rf8 22.Re1 Bf5
23.c5 Qg7 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.Bd4+ Kg8 26.Nxf5 exf5 27.c6 Rd6 28.Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Naroditsky,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[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 Qc7 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Na5 Nc4 15.Nxc4 Bxc4
16.Bd2 Rfc8 17.b3 Be6 18.Ra2 Qb7 19.Qe2 Bd8 20.Rea1 Bb6 21.Na4 Bd4 22.Rd1 d5
23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Qf3 Rab8 26.Be1 Rd8 27.Nb2 Qa7 28.Nc4 e4 29.Qe2 Nf4
30.Qg4 Ne6 31.Kf1 Qb7 32.Na5 Qc7 33.g3 e3 34.fxe3 Bxe3 35.Rxd8+ Rxd8 36.Nc4 Ba7
37.Ba5 Qc5  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kelley,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7
9.Bc4 Ng6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Ng5 Bxb3 13.axb3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.c4 Qd7
16.Bb2 a6 17.Qf3 h6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 c5 20.Qg3 f5 21.Re2 Re6 22.Rae1 Rae8
23.Qf3 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.g3 f4 26.Re4 Rce6 27.Kg2 h5 28.h4 Kf7 29.Bc3 b6
30.Kh3 fxg3 31.fxg3 Rf6 32.Kg2 Rfe6 33.b4 cxb4 34.Bxb4 Rd8 35.Rf1+ Rf6 36.Ra1 a5
37.Ba3 Rc8 38.Rb1 Rcc6 39.Rb5 Rf5 40.Re2 Nxh4+ 41.gxh4 Rg6+ 42.Kh2 Rf4 43.Rg2  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tate,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Nh6 8.c3 e5
9.d3 O-O 10.Bc4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qe7 13.fxe5 Qxe5 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.h3 Kh8
16.Qd2 Ng8 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.h4 h5 19.g4 d5 20.Bxd5 Bxg4 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22.Bd5 Kh7
23.Nd4 Rb6 24.O-O Nf6 25.Bb3 Nd7 26.Ba4 Qb8 27.Bf4 Ne5 28.Bb3 Qd8 29.Bg5 Qd7
30.Rf2 Rd6 31.Raf1 Bh3 32.Re1 f6 33.Bf4 Qg4+ 34.Kh1 Qxh4 35.Rh2 Rxd4 36.cxd4 Nf3
37.Qe3 f5 38.e5 Nxh2 39.Kxh2 Bf1+ 40.Kg1 Bxd3 41.Qg3 Qg4 42.d5 h4 43.Qxg4 fxg4
44.Bg5 Rf5 45.d6 Bb5 46.Bxh4 Bxe5 47.Be6 Bd4+ 48.Kh2 Rh5 49.Kg3 Rxh4 50.d7 Bf6
51.Rb1 a6 52.a4 Bxa4 53.Rf1 Bg5 54.Rf8 Rh1 55.d8=Q Bxd8 56.Rxd8 Re1 57.Bxg4 Kh6
58.Rd5 Bb5 59.Kf2 Re4 60.Bf3 Rb4 61.Rc5 a5 62.Be2 Bxe2 63.Kxe2 a4 64.Ra5 g5
65.Kf3 Kh5 66.Ra8 Rb3+ 67.Ke4 a3 68.Kf5 Rf3+ 69.Ke4 g4 70.Rh8+ Kg5 71.Ra8 Kh4  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Amanov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 Qc7
9.g4 h6 10.g5 hxg5 11.fxg5 Nfd7 12.Bg4 Nb6 13.g6 Be7 14.O-O N8d7 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Qg4 Qc4 17.Be3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Nd2 Qb5 20.Rf7 Nf6 21.Qe6 Qd7 22.Rxf6 d4
23.Nc4 Qxe6 24.Rxe6 dxe3 25.Nb6 Rd8 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Rxe3 Bg5 28.Rf3+ Bf4 29.Nd5 Rh4
30.h3 Rc8 31.c3 Rd8 32.Kf2 a5 33.Re7 Rh6 34.Re6 Kg8 35.Ne7+ Kf8 36.Nf5 Rh5
37.h4 d5 38.Rd3 Bc1 39.c4 d4 40.Kf3 Bxb2 41.Kg4 Rh8 42.Rb6 Bc1 43.Rxb7 Bh6
44.c5 Ke8 45.c6  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc5 6.a3 a5 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Nf1 Bf5 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Be3 a4 14.Ng3 Nbd7 15.c4 Nb6
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.Qg4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qe7 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.Ndf5 Bxf5
22.Nxf5 Qe4 23.Qxe4 Rxe4 24.Bd5 Re5 25.Ng3 Rd8 26.e4 Ree8 27.e5 Rxe5  0-1

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[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 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Be3 Kh8 14.b5 Ne8 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.Rb1 Nc7 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bh5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Kg8 20.f4 h6 21.Nh3 e4 22.Bd4 Bxd4+
23.Qxd4 Kh7 24.Re3 Ng8 25.Bg6+ Kxg6 26.Rg3+ Kf7 27.Rg7+ Ke8 28.Rb7 Ne7 29.Qa4+ Bd7
30.Qc4 Rc8 31.Qe2 Rf6 32.Rh7 Kf8 33.Ng5 hxg5 34.fxg5 Rg6 35.Qh5 Be8 36.Nxe4 Ng8
37.Nf6 Rxf6 38.Qf3 Bg6  0-1

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bd2 b5 9.axb5 Bxc3
10.bxc3 cxb5 11.Ng5 Nc6 12.Qh5 Qe7 13.Be2 b4 14.O-O bxc3 15.Be3 Ncb4 16.Ne4 O-O
17.Bg5 f6 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Bxc4 Qf7 20.Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Bf4 a5
23.Rfc1 c2 24.Bd6 Rb7 25.Kf1 Bd7 26.Ke2 Rc8 27.Bc5 Bb5 28.Bxb5 Rxb5 29.Kd2 Na6
30.Ba3 Rd5 31.Rxc2 Rxd4+ 32.Kc1 Rxc2+ 33.Kxc2 Kf7 34.Bb2 Nb4+ 35.Kc3 Rd3+
36.Kc4 Rd2 37.Bc1 Rxf2 38.Rxa5 Nc6 39.Rc5 Rc2+  0-1

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khusnutdinov,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[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 Nd7 12.h4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Qa5 14.h5 Rac8 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nf6 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.g3 Rc5 19.Bh3 Kf7 20.Be6+ Ke8 21.g4 Qb5 22.Rhe1 Qc4
23.Qd2 Kd8 24.a3 Ne8 25.Re4 Qa6 26.Qe3 Nc7 27.Rf4 Rxf4 28.Qxf4 Qb5 29.Qf7 h5
30.Qxg6 hxg4 31.fxg4 Nxe6 32.Qg8+ Qe8 33.Qxe6 Qa4 34.Qf5 Qd7 35.Qe4 b5 36.g5 Rc4
37.Rd4 Rxd4 38.Qxd4 Qf5 39.g6 Ke8 40.b3 Qxg6 41.Qxa7  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Novikov,St1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.h3 d6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 e5
9.c3 Qc7 10.Na3 b6 11.Nc4 Bb7 12.b3 b5 13.axb5 cxb5 14.Na5 Qxc3 15.Bd2 Qxd3
16.Nxb7 exd4 17.Nxd6 Nc5 18.e5 Nd5 19.b4 Na4 20.Qc1 Ndc3 21.Kh1 a5 22.Bh6 Nb6
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.e6 Nc4 25.Nxf7 a4 26.Qh6+ Kf6 27.N7g5 Rg8 28.Nxh7+ Ke7 29.Qg5+ Ke8
30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Qc5+  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 Nf6
9.Ne3 O-O 10.g3 Be6 11.Bg2 Rc8 12.O-O Na5 13.Qd3 b5 14.b3 Nb7 15.a3 Qd7 16.Bb2 Bd8
17.f4 Bh3 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Bb6+ 20.Kh1 Bd4 21.Rab1 Rxc3 22.Bxc3 Nc5 23.Qf3 e4
24.Qe2 Bxc3 25.g4 d5 26.Rbd1 Qc6 27.g5 Ne8 28.Qg4 Kh8 29.Rg1 a5 30.h4 b4
31.a4 d4 32.Bf1 d3 33.cxd3 Nxd3 34.Rg2 Qd5 35.Kh2 Nd6 36.f6 Nf5 37.fxg7+ Bxg7
38.Qh3 Nd4 39.Bxd3 Nf3+ 40.Kg3 exd3 41.Rf2 Qxb3 42.Qf1 Nd4 43.Rxd3 Qxa4 44.Rfd2 b3
45.f5 Be5+ 46.Kh3 Qb4 47.Qf2 Nc6 48.Rd1 b2 49.Qf1 a4 50.Qh1 Qc4 51.f6 b1=Q  0-1

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Safarli,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Bd6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.Rd1 c5 14.Ne2 Qh4 15.Ng3 Nc6
16.f4 Bg4 17.Rb1 f6 18.e5 fxe5 19.f5 Rf8 20.Qe4 h5 21.Nc4 Rf7 22.Rf2 Raf8
23.Rbf1 Kh8 24.Ne3 Be7 25.Nd5 Bd8 26.Ba3 b6 27.Ne3 Nd4 28.Bc1 Bg5 29.c3 Nb5
30.Nxg4 hxg4 31.Bxg5 Qxg5 32.c4 Nd6 33.Qxe5 a5 34.Kh1 Re7 35.Qb2 Ne4 36.Nxe4 Rxe4
37.g3 Rf6 38.Qc2 Qe3 39.Rd2 Rh6 40.Rd8+ Kh7 41.Rd2 Rd6 42.Rdf2 Kg8 43.Qb2 Qd4
44.Qc1 Qe3 45.Qb2 Red4 46.Re2 Qg5 47.Re8+ Kh7 48.Qb1 Rf6 49.Re2 Kg8 50.Qc2 Rf8
51.Rff2 Qd8 52.Kg1 Rd1+ 53.Kg2 Rd4 54.Re1 Re8 55.Rxe8+ Qxe8 56.f6 gxf6 57.Rxf6 Re4
58.Qd3 Rd4 59.Qc2 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kobalia,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 Ng6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Be3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Nd2 Be7 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Qd4 Rb8 15.Red1 f5
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Qa7 Rb7 18.Qa8 Kf7 19.Nd2 Rc7 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.Bd3 Rh5 22.Nc4 Bc5
23.g4 Ne5 24.gxh5 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 Bxe3 26.Bxe6+ Kxe6 27.fxe3 Bb7 28.Rd2 Rc5
29.h6 gxh6 30.Rf1 Rg5+ 31.Kf2 a5 32.Rg1 Rh5 33.Ke1 Be4 34.Rg7 d6 35.Rg8 Kd7
36.Rg4 Re5 37.Rf4 Ke7 38.Kf2 Re6 39.Rh4 d5 40.Rg4 Kd6 41.Rg8 Kc7 42.Ra8 Kb6
43.Rb8+ Ka6 44.c3 Rg6 45.Kf1 bxc3 46.bxc3 Rc6 47.Rdb2 Ka7 48.Kf2 Rg6 49.R2b7+ Ka6
50.Rb5 Ka7 51.Rf8 Rg2+ 52.Ke1 Rg1+ 53.Kf2 Rg2+ 54.Kf1 Rxh2 55.Rf7+ Ka6 56.Rf6+ Ka7
57.Rxa5+ Kb7 58.Rb5+ Kc7 59.Rc5+  1-0

[Event "9th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ajrapetjan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Ba5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 e5 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.f3 b6 14.Bf2 Na5 15.h4 c5
16.hxg5 Qxg5+ 17.Qd2 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Nf6 19.Rxh6 Kg7 20.Rdh1 Be6 21.d5 Bd7
22.g4 Rh8 23.g5 Rxh6 24.Rxh6 Ng8 25.Rxd6 Ba4 26.f4 exf4 27.Nxf4 Nb7 28.Nh5+ Kh8
29.Bg3 Nxd6 30.Bxd6 Bd7 31.e5 Bg4 32.Nf6 Nxf6 33.exf6 b5 34.Ke3 a6 35.Be7 Bd7
36.Kf4 bxc4 37.Bxc4 Bb5 38.Bb3 c4 39.Bc2 Be8 40.Bf5 Rb8 41.d6 Rb5 42.Bc8 Rd5
43.Bxa6 Rd3 44.Bxc4 Rxc3 45.Bd5 Kg8 46.g6 Rd3 47.d7  1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wu,Christopher"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O a6 6.c3 Ba7 7.Bb3 d6 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Bxa7 Rxa7 11.d4 Ng6 12.Bc2 Be6 13.Re1 Ra8 14.Nf1 c6 15.h3 Qb6
16.Bb3 Rfe8 17.Ng3 Rad8 18.Qc2 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.e5 Nd7 21.Rac1 f6 22.h4 fxe5
23.h5 Ngf8 24.dxe5 Qb4 25.Qd2 Qxd2 26.Nxd2 g5 27.Nf3 g4 28.Nd4 Bf7 29.Ndf5 Nxe5
30.Nh6+ Kg7 31.Ngf5+ Kf6 32.Ng3 Nfd7 33.Bc2 Be6 34.Nhf5 Bxf5 35.Nxf5 Nc5
36.Rcd1 Ne6 37.Kh2 Nf4 38.Nh6 Nxh5 39.Rxe5 Kxe5 40.Nf7+ Kf6 41.Nxd8 Rxd8
42.Bxh7 Re8 43.Rd2 Nf4 44.Kg3 Kg5 45.f3 Nh5+ 46.Kf2 g3+ 47.Kf1 Nf4 48.Bc2 Rh8
49.Kg1 Rh2 50.b4 Nh3+ 51.Kf1 Rh1+ 52.Ke2 Nf4+ 53.Ke3 Rg1 54.a4 Nxg2+ 55.Kd4 Nh4
56.Kc5 g2 57.Kb6 Rc1 58.Rxg2+ Nxg2 59.Bd3 Nh4 60.Bxa6 bxa6 61.Kxa6 d4  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Thaler,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.c4 Nf6 7.O-O d6 8.b3 g6
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Bg7 11.Rc1 b6 12.Kh1 Bb7 13.b4 O-O 14.f4 Rac8 15.Nb3 Qb8
16.a4 Ba8 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Bh4 Nd5 19.cxd5 Rxc3 20.dxe6 Rxe6 21.Nd2 Qc7 22.Qd1 a5
23.bxa5 bxa5 24.Bc4 Re8 25.Rxc3 Bxc3 26.Qc2 d5 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Re2 29.Be1 Qc5
30.Qd1 Qe3 31.Nf3 Bxe1 32.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33.Nxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bartholomew,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nb1 Ba6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f3 e6 9.Ne2 c5
10.Nd2 Nc6 11.dxc5 Nd7 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxc5 14.Nxc4 O-O 15.Be2 Qg5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5
17.O-O Rfd8 18.Qc2 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 Nb3  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Simutowe,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Nb3 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 b5 13.h4 Qc7 14.Kb1 Nb6 15.Nd4 b4
16.Nce2 Nc4 17.Qg3 Ne7 18.h5 f6 19.h6 g6 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Qh4 Rf7 22.Qe1 a5
23.Nc1 Qxf4 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Qxe6 Nf5 27.Ne2 Qg5 28.Rd7 Rf8 29.Rxf7 Rxf7
30.Qc8+ Rf8 31.Qxc4+ Kh8 32.Qd5 Qe3 33.Nc1 Rc8 34.Qxa5 Nxh6 35.Qxb4 Nf7 36.Re1 Qg3
37.Re2 Kg8 38.Nd3 Qh2 39.b3 Qc7 40.Qe7 Qc3 41.Rf2 Rc7 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Nf4 Ra7  1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov,AV USA"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Nbd7 8.a4 b6
9.Bg2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Ne3 g6 15.Ned5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Rxc2 18.Qd3 Qc8 19.Bf1 a5 20.Qb3 Rc7 21.Be3 Rf8 22.Bh3 Nc5
23.Qxb6 Rb7 24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.Re2 Rd8 27.Bf1 Rd4 28.f3 Rbb4 29.Rc2 c4
30.Be2 Bg5 31.Kf1 Kg7 32.Rd1 Be3 33.Rxd4 exd4 34.Bxc4 Rxa4 35.b3 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 g5
37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 Kf6 39.Kh3 Ke5 40.Rg2 h5 41.Rc2 Kf4 42.Be2 Bf2 43.e5 Bg3
44.Kg2 Bxh4 45.Bc4 Kxe5 46.Re2+ Kf5 47.Bxf7 Bg5 48.f4 Bxf4 49.Bxh5 d3 50.Re7 d2
51.Rd7 Ke4 52.Bf3+ Ke3 53.Rd5 Bc7 54.Rc5 Bb6 55.Rb5 Rg1+  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.O-O a6
9.Ba4 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Re1 Nxg3 13.hxg3 e6 14.Nf1 Ne7 15.Bb3 c5
16.dxc5 dxc5 17.N3h2 Be8 18.Qh5 Kh7 19.Nf3 Nc6 20.Qh3 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Nh2 Bg7
23.e5 Rh8 24.f4 Qe7 25.f5 c4 26.Bc2 exf5 27.Qxf5+ Kg8 28.Rad1 Qe6 29.Qf2 Bd7
30.Qd4 Bc8 31.Nf3 Bf8 32.Nd2 b6 33.Ne4 b5 34.Nd6 Qe7 35.Be4 Rb8 36.Bd5 Be6
37.Rf1 Rd8 38.Bxe6 Qxe6 39.Rf6 Qxf6 40.exf6 Rxd6 41.Qxd6 Bxd6 42.Rxd6 Kh7
43.Rxa6 Rd8 44.Rb6 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Rd5 46.g4 Kg6 47.b3 cxb3 48.axb3 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[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.Rd1 O-O 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.h3 Nd7 13.Be3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 f6 15.Bc2 Nd8
16.Rd2 Nf7 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Nh2 e5 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Be6 21.Bxd6 Nxd6 22.Rxd6 Rad8
23.e5 Rxd6 24.exd6 Qd7 25.Rd4 b6 26.Qe3 Qe8 27.Qg3 Bd7 28.Nf3 Qe3+ 29.Kh2 Rf7
30.Rf4 Kf8 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.Qg3 Qxc3 33.Qf2 Ne6 34.Rh4 Ng5 35.Nxg5 Qe5+ 36.Kg1 Qxg5
37.Be4 Qc5 38.Bd5 Rf8 39.Qxc5 bxc5 40.Re4 Rd8 41.Re7+ Kh6 42.Kf2 f5 43.Ke3 g5
44.h4 Kg6 45.hxg5 Kxg5 46.Rxh7 f4+ 47.Kf2 Bg4 48.Rg7+ Kh5 49.d7 Bxd7 50.Kf3 Kh6
51.Rf7 Kg5 52.Rxf4 Bf5 53.Kg3 Re8 54.Rf3 Re2 55.Ra3 Be4 56.Bxe4 Rxe4 57.Ra4 Kf5
58.Kf3 Rf4+ 59.Ke3 Re4+ 60.Kd3 Rg4 61.Rxa6 Ke5 62.Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kraai,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E99"]

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.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Nd3 c6 13.Be3 Kh8 14.a4 a5 15.Kh1 b6 16.b4 cxd5
17.cxd5 Bb7 18.bxa5 fxe4 19.Bxb6 exd3 20.Bxd8 dxe2 21.Qxe2 Rfxd8 22.Rab1 Ba6
23.Nb5 Nfxd5 24.Qd2 Rd7 25.Rfc1 h6 26.Nc3 Nf4 27.Rb6 Nc8 28.Rb3 Kh7 29.Nd5 Ne6
30.Rbc3 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Finegold,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Bd2 Ba3 9.Nh4 Be4
10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Be1 a5 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Nd2 f5 16.Nb1 Bd6
17.f3 Nef6 18.Nc3 Kh8 19.Bf2 Rac8 20.Rad1 Qf7 21.Bd3 Qh5 22.Bg3 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Qg5
24.Qf2 Nh5 25.g4 fxg4 26.f4 Qf6 27.g3 c5 28.cxd5 cxd4 29.Ne4 dxe3 30.Qxe3 Qh6
31.Nd6 exd5 32.Nxc8 Rxc8 33.Bf5 Qd6 34.Qe6 Qc5+ 35.Kh2 Nhf6 36.Rc1 Qf8 37.Rxc8 Qxc8
38.Qe7 h5 39.Re1 h4 40.Bxd7 hxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Qc3+ 42.Re3 Qc2 43.Bxg4 Qb1 44.Re1 Qd3+
45.Qe3 Ne4+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O exd4
9.Bxd4 Re8 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 c5 13.Be3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Qxe4 15.Qxe4 Rxe4
16.Rxd6 Bxb2 17.Kf1 Bg7 18.Red1 Re7 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nh3 g5 21.Bf3 Bf8 22.Ng1 Nb6
23.Rd8 Rc7 24.Bd5 Bg4 25.Rxa8 Nxa8 26.f3 Bd7 27.h4 Ba4 28.Re1 Nb6 29.hxg5 Nxd5
30.cxd5 hxg5 31.Bxg5 Rd7 32.Re5 Bb5+ 33.Kf2 Bg7 34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Be3 Rxd5 36.Re7 Bd7
37.Rxf7 Kg8 38.Rf4 b5 39.Ne2 a5 40.Re4 Bf8 41.Nf4 Rd1 42.Nh5 c4 43.Nf6+ Kf7
44.Nxd7 Rxd7 45.a4 bxa4 46.Rf4+ Kg8 47.Rg4+ Rg7 48.Rxc4 Bb4 49.Rc8+ Kh7 50.g4 Rd7
51.Rc2 Rd3 52.Ke2 Rb3 53.Bd4 a3 54.f4 Rg3 55.Rc8 Kg6 56.Rc6+ Kf7 57.g5 a2
58.Kf2 Rd3 59.g6+ Ke7 60.g7 Rxd4 61.g8=Q Rxf4+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.Be3 O-O
9.g3 Nd6 10.c5 Nc4 11.Bc1 Qf6 12.Qd1 e5 13.b3 e4 14.Bg5 Qf5 15.bxc4 exf3
16.Be3 dxc4 17.exf3 Be6 18.Bg2 Rfd8 19.O-O Bd5 20.h4 b5 21.cxb6 cxb6 22.a4 Nb4
23.Rb1 Nd3 24.Rb5 Qe6 25.Qc2 Rac8 26.Rfb1 Qc6 27.Qe2 Re8 28.a5 Nc1 29.Qc2 Nb3
30.Rxd5 Qxd5 31.axb6 axb6 32.f4 Qd6 33.d5 b5 34.f5 Rcd8 35.Bf4 Qb6 36.Kh2 Nd4
37.Qxc4 bxc4 38.Rxb6 c3 39.d6 c2 40.Rb7 Rxd6 41.Rc7 Rdd8 42.Rc4 Re2 43.g4 h5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Rc8
9.Nc3 e5 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bg3 Nf6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.h4 Rg8 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Nd2 b5
16.a3 Be6 17.Kb1 Qb7 18.f3 b4 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Bd7 22.Ne4 Be7
23.Be1 Qb5 24.Qxb5 Bxb5 25.Rh6 g4 26.Bh4 gxf3 27.gxf3 Be2 28.Re1 Bxf3 29.Nxd6+ Bxd6
30.Rxd6 Kf8 31.Bf6 Rg2 32.Re3 Bd1 33.c4 Rb8 34.Bxe5 Bb3 35.Rxb3 Rxb3 36.Bf6 Rb8
37.c5 Rc8 38.c6 Rf2 39.Ka2 Rf4 40.Kb3 Ke8 41.Kc3 a5 42.Kd3 a4 43.Ke3 Rf1
44.Kd4 Rf3 45.Ke4 Rf2 46.Bd4 Rh2 47.Rd7 Ra8 48.Bf6 Rf2 49.Bd4 Rh2 50.Bc5 Ra5
51.Bb6 Rh4+ 52.Kd3 Rb5 53.Rd8+ Ke7 54.d6+ Ke6 55.c7 Rb3+ 56.Ke2 Rxb2+ 57.Kf3 Rc4
58.d7 Rc3+ 59.Kg4 f5+ 60.Kh5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6
9.a3 Qd7 10.Nge2 O-O-O 11.O-O f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Qf3 Be7 15.Rad1 Na5
16.Ba2 Bc2 17.Rc1 Bb3 18.Bb1 f5 19.d5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Qe2 Nc6 22.b4 Kb8
23.Ba2 Qe5 24.f4 Qf6 25.Qf2 Rd3 26.b5 Nd4 27.Nh5 Qg6 28.Bxd4 Rd8 29.Be5 Bd6
30.Qh4 Rg8 31.Ng3 Rxa3 32.Rf2 Qf7 33.Qh5 Qd7 34.Qe2 Re8 35.Nh5 Qf7 36.Nf6 Rd8
37.Rf3 Bxe5 38.fxe5 Qe7 39.h3 Na4 40.Rc2 Rxf3 41.Qxf3 Nc5 42.Bc4 Rd4 43.Bf1 b6
44.Be2 Qd8 45.Qc6 Rb4 46.Kh2  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.h3 a6 8.Qc2 Qe8
9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Nh5 12.Rfe1 Kh8 13.Nc4 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Qd2 f4
16.Rad1 Bf5 17.Bh4 Qg6 18.Nfxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxh5 Qxh5 21.Rxe5 Qxh4
22.Qd4 Bg6 23.Re8+ Kg8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Qd5+ Bf7 26.Qxb7 Re8 27.Qxa6 Qh5 28.Rd4 Qe5
29.Qh6 f3 30.gxf3 Bg6 31.Kg2 Rf8 32.Qe3 Qf5 33.Rg4 Rf7 34.b4 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Ng3 Nf6 8.Be2 Ba6
9.e4 Qa5 10.Nf3 e6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Rc1 c3 15.bxc3 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Qxa4 17.e5 Nd7 18.Ra1 Qb5 19.c4 Qb7 20.c5 a5 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Ra4 O-O
23.Rfa1 b3 24.Nfd2 Rfb8 25.Nc4 f5 26.Nc3 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.Rb1 Qc7 29.Nd2 b2
30.Rc4 Ba3 31.Qe3 Be7 32.Na4 Rb5 33.Nf3 Rab8 34.Qc3 Rb3 35.Qc2 Qd7 36.Nd4 R3b4
37.Nxc6 Rxc4 38.Qxc4 Rb7 39.Nxe7+ Qxe7 40.Rxb2 Rc7 41.Qf4 Qh4 42.g3 Qxf4
43.gxf4 Rc4 44.Rb8+ Kf7 45.Nb2 Rxf4 46.Rb7+ Kg6 47.Re7 Re4 48.Nd3 f4 49.Rxe6+ Kf5
50.Rd6 f3 51.h3 h5 52.Rd7 Kg6 53.Kf1 a4 54.Ra7 Kg5 55.Rxg7+ Kh4 56.Ne1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Be3 d6 8.N1d2 Nf6
9.f4 Nc6 10.c3 b6 11.Qf3 Qc7 12.O-O Bb7 13.a4 O-O 14.Nd4 Nd7 15.Qh3 Rae8
16.Rf3 Nc5 17.Bc2 e5 18.Nf5 Bc8 19.Qh5 Bxf5 20.exf5 e4 21.Rh3 h6 22.Bxc5 bxc5
23.Nxe4 Qd8 24.f6 Bxf6 25.Qf5  1-0

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Haskel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6
9.a4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Bb2 Qd6 12.a5 Ba7 13.Na3 Rd8 14.Qa4 Ne7 15.Rfd1 Bg4
16.Nc4 Qe6 17.Nce5 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 d3 19.Bxg7 Rg8 20.Be5 Qh3 21.Bg3 Rxg3 22.hxg3 Qxg3
23.Ra2 Rd6 24.Qb3 Rg6 25.Ne1 d2 26.Raxd2 Bxf2+ 27.Kf1 Kf8 28.Qxg3 Bxg3 29.Rd8+ Kg7
30.Nf3 Bd6 31.Rd4  1-0

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kekelidze,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.O-O e5 8.Nd2 Ne7
9.Nc4 Ng6 10.Qh5 Bc5 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.a4 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Ne3 Rfd8 15.Rad1 f6
16.Qe2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.h4 Qf7 19.Kh2 Ne7 20.Ng2 Qg6 21.Be3 Bd4 22.c3 Bxe3
23.Qxe3 Qf7 24.Qc5 Bb3 25.Ra1 Qe6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Be2 Rd8 28.Qb4 Rd2 29.Bg4 Qxg4
30.Qxb3+ Kf8 31.Ra1 Rxf2 32.Ra8+ Nc8 33.Kg1 Rd2 34.c4 Qe2 35.Rxc8+ Ke7 36.Qa3+ Kd7
37.Qa7+ Kxc8 38.Qa8+ Kd7 39.Qb7+ Kd6 40.Qb8+ Kc5 41.Qa7+ Kxc4  0-1

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.Kb1 a4 12.Nc1 a3 13.b3 Ra5 14.g4 d5 15.g5 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 dxe4
17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.fxe4 Nc6 20.c3 Kf8 21.Nd3 b6 22.h4 Ra8 23.Bh3 Ke7
24.Ne1 Na7 25.Nd3 Nb5 26.c4 Nc3+ 27.Kc2 Nxe4 28.Nxe5 Bxh3 29.Rxh3 Bc7 30.Nc6+ Kd7
31.Nb4 Bd8 32.Nd5 Kc6 33.Bd4 g6 34.Be5 b5 35.Nb4+ Kc5 36.Nd3+ Kc6 37.Rf3 bxc4
38.bxc4 Ra4 39.Bc3 Bc7 40.Kb3 Ra7 41.Rxf7 Rb7+ 42.Nb4+ Kd6 43.Be1 Ke5  1-0

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.g4 Bd7
10.Nd2 Kh8 11.Be2 Ng8 12.h4 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 Nc5 15.Nde4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxf5
17.Bd3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf6 19.Bc2 e4 20.h5 h6 21.Be3 b5 22.cxb5 Qxb5 23.Bb3 a5
24.Rc1 a4 25.Bc4 Qxb2 26.Bd4 Qb4+ 27.Ke2 c5 28.dxc6 d5 29.a3 Qxa3 30.Rc3 Qb4
31.Rg1 dxc4 32.Rcg3 c3 33.Rxg7 Qb2+ 34.Ke1 Rad8 35.Rf7 Rxf7 36.Bxf6+ Kh7
37.Qxd8 Qd2+ 38.Kf1 Qd3+ 39.Qxd3 exd3 40.Bxc3 a3 41.Be5 a2 42.Kg2 Re7 43.f4 Re6
44.Kf3  1-0

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Young,An"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bf4 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.h3 c5 9.a4 Nc6
10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.a5 Nd8 13.Nc4 Ne6 14.Bh2 Rab8 15.Nfd2 Ng5 16.f3 Ne6
17.Qc2 Rbd8 18.e4 Qc8 19.Ne3 Qa8 20.a6 Bc6 21.Nec4 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Rfe1 Qc8
24.Bf1 Ndc7 25.Ne5 Ba8 26.Bc4 Nd5 27.Bf1 Kh8 28.Ndc4 Nef4 29.Qf2 f6 30.Ng4 e5
31.Qc2 Rf7 32.Nf2 Rfd7 33.Ne4 Ne6 34.Qf2 Qc7 35.Ned2 Ndf4 36.Bxf4 Nxf4 37.Ne4 Ne6
38.Ra5 Rd5 39.Qh4 Rf8 40.Raa1 f5 41.Ng5 Nxg5 42.Qxg5 e4 43.Ne3 Rdd8 44.Rad1 Bf6
45.Rxd8 Qxd8 46.Qf4 g5 47.Qh2 f4 48.Rd1 Qb8 49.Ng4 Bd8 50.h4 gxh4 51.fxe4 Bxe4
52.Re1 Bf5 53.Ne5 Bg5 54.Nf3 Qd8 55.Re5 h3 56.Kh1 Bh6 57.Qg1 Bg7 58.Rxc5 Be4
59.Rh5 hxg2+ 60.Bxg2 Qd3 61.Rh3 Qxa6 62.Qe1 Re8 63.Qd2 Qf6 64.Qe2 Bg6 65.Qf2 a6
66.Nh4 Bh5 67.Qc5 Bg4 68.Nf3 Bxh3 69.Bxh3 Qg6 70.Ng5 h6 71.Nf3 Qb1+ 72.Ng1 Qxb2
73.Qc6 Qb5 74.Qg6 Qd5+ 75.Bg2 Qe6 76.Qh5 Rd8 77.Nf3 Qf6 78.Kh2 Rc8 79.c4 Rxc4
80.Qe8+ Qf8 81.Qg6 Rc8 82.Qxa6 Qf5 83.Nh4 Qg4 84.Ng6+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Macak,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "E30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 b6 6.f3 O-O 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Bd3 e5 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.O-O Ba6 12.f4 exf4 13.Nxf4 g5 14.Nh5 Nxh5 15.Qxh5 gxh4
16.Rf4 Kg7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Rg4+ Kf6 19.Re1 Qd6 20.dxe5+ Nxe5 21.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korley,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.e4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Be3 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Bg2 c5 14.Ne2 b5 15.cxb5 axb5
16.h4 Qe7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bd2 f5 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Qe2 f4 21.b4 Ra3 22.Qxb5 Rb8
23.Qe2 fxg3 24.fxg3 Rxg3 25.a4 Nf6 26.Rf3 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Nh5 28.Qg4 Nf4 29.Bxf4 exf4
30.b5 d3 31.Rd1 Qa7+ 32.Kh1 Qe3 33.Qf3 d2 34.Qf1 Bc3 35.Rb1 Qe1 36.Bf3 Ba5
37.Kg2 Rc8 38.b6 Rc1  0-1

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nf4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bb2 e6 12.c5 g5 13.O-O-O g6 14.Kb1 Bg7 15.g3 Qc7
16.Bg2 Kf8 17.g4 Re8 18.f3 e5 19.Qf2 Kg8 20.Rhf1 exd4 21.exd4 Nf8 22.Bc1 Ne6
23.Ne2 Nd7 24.f4 gxf4 25.Nxf4 Nf6 26.Nxe6 Rxe6 27.Bf4 Qe7 28.Be5 Ne8 29.Bg3 Nf6
30.Be5 Rxe5 31.dxe5 Qxe5 32.Rd4 Rh6 33.Rfd1 Nd7 34.b4 g5 35.a3 Rf6 36.Qa2 Rf4
37.Rxf4 gxf4 38.Qb3 Nf6 39.Ka2 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bh4 Na6 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.O-O Nf7 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rb1 Bh6 16.Bf2 f5
17.b4 b6 18.Nb5 Bf4 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.Nb3 fxe4 21.Nxc5 dxc5 22.fxe4 Bxb5 23.cxb5 Nd6
24.Bf3 Nc4 25.Ra1 Nd2 26.Re1 c4 27.Ra2 c3 28.Rc2 Rc8 29.Qe2 Qg5 30.Bg4 Rc4
31.h4 Qf6 32.Qd3 Bh2+ 33.Kxh2 Qxf2 34.Qg3 Qxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Rxe4 36.Rec1 Nb3
37.Bf3 Rd4 38.Re1 Rd3  0-1

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[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.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.a4 b4 13.Qxb4 Nc6 14.Qa3 Qd6 15.Be2 Nb4
16.Rc1 Bb7 17.O-O Ng4 18.h3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bh6 20.Nd1 Nd5 21.Qb3 Qg3 22.Qxb7 Bxe3+
23.Nxe3 Nxe3 24.Rf2 Nd5 25.Qc6 Nf4 26.Kf1 Rab8 27.Bc4  1-0

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 e6 7.Nc3 exd5 8.cxd5 d6
9.O-O Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Nc4 Nfe8 12.a4 b6 13.Bd2 Ba6 14.b3 f5 15.Qc2 Nf6
16.Rae1 Qd7 17.Bf4 Bxc4 18.bxc4 Nh5 19.Bd2 f4 20.Bf3 fxg3 21.fxg3 Nf6 22.e4 Ng4
23.Bxg4 Qxg4 24.Bf4 Qh3 25.Ne2 Qd7 26.Kg2 a6 27.Nc1 b5 28.Nd3 Rae8 29.e5 dxe5
30.Nxc5 Qd8 31.Be3 bxc4 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Rd1 Qf6 34.Qe4 Qf7 35.d6 Ne6 36.Nxe6 Qxe6
37.d7 Bf6 38.Bc5 Rb8 39.Rd6 Qf7 40.Bb6 Bd8 41.a5 c3 42.Qxe5 c2 43.Qe8+ Qf8
44.Bd4  1-0

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bercys,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Bd7 5.Nf3 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.O-O Bb5
9.b4 Be7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Bxb5+ axb5 12.Nd4 Qxe5 13.Nxb5 Na6 14.Bd4 Qg5 15.f4 Qh6
16.Qa4 Kf8 17.Qd1 Qg6 18.Nd2 h5 19.Nf3 Nh6 20.Ne5 Qf5 21.Qd2 Kg8 22.Rae1 h4
23.h3 Qh5 24.Rf3 Kh7 25.Ng4 Rhe8 26.Nxh6 Qxh6 27.Qd3+ g6 28.Be5 Kg8 29.a4 Rac8
30.a5 Qh5 31.Nd6 Bxd6 32.Bxd6 Red8 33.Be5 Rc4 34.Bf6 Rdc8 35.Re5 Qh7 36.Rg5 Nc7
37.Rg4 Ne8 38.Rxh4 Nxf6 39.Rxh7 Kxh7 40.Qe3 d4 41.cxd4 Rxb4 42.Qe5 Rc1+ 43.Rf1 Rxf1+
44.Kxf1 Nd5 45.h4 Kg8 46.h5 gxh5 47.f5 Rb1+ 48.Kf2 Rb2+ 49.Kg1  1-0

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 b5
9.Bh6 Bxh6 10.Qxh6 Bb7 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.f3 Rxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.c4 bxc4
16.c3 Nb6 17.Ka1 d5 18.Be2 Na4 19.Rc1 dxe4 20.fxe4 Nxe4 21.Qg7 Rf8 22.Rhf1 Bd5
23.Bf3 Qd6 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Nc2 f5 26.Rfd1 Qf6 27.Qxf6 Rxf6 28.Ne1 Rd6 29.Rd4 Rxd4
30.cxd4 c3 31.a3 Kd7 32.Ka2 Kc6 33.Kb3 Kb5 34.Nf3 Bd5+ 35.Kc2 Kc4 36.Ne5+ Kxd4
37.Nf3+ Kc4 38.Ne5+ Kd4 39.Nf3+ Ke3 40.Re1+ Kf2 41.Rxe7 Kxg2 42.Nd4 f4 43.Ne2 Kf3
44.Nd4+ Kf2 45.Rxh7 Ke3  0-1

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Re1 Bb7
9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.Nf1 Rc8 11.Ng3 Ne5 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.d4 Ng6 14.Bd2 cxd4 15.cxd4 d5
16.e5 Ne4 17.Rc1 Qd7 18.Ba4 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Qc7 20.Bb5 f5 21.Ne2 f4 22.Rf1 Qc8
23.Qa4 Qa8 24.Ne1 a6 25.Bd3 Bc6 26.Qd1 Qe8 27.f3 Ng5 28.Bc2 a5 29.Nd3 Bb5
30.Rf2 Qc6 31.Ndxf4 Nh4 32.Kh1 Bc4 33.a3 Ba6 34.Bb1 g6 35.Ng3 Qd7 36.Be3 Bc4
37.Nfe2 Nf7 38.Qd2 Qd8 39.Bc2 b5 40.Nf4 Ng5 41.b3  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gusev,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.Bf3 Nbd7 13.Nb3 Rac8 14.Qe1 Qb8 15.Rd1 Rfe8
16.Qf2 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Rde1 Qb7 20.Bxb6 Bh4 21.Na5 Qd5
22.c4 Bxf2 23.cxd5 Bxe1 24.Rxe1 Bxd5 25.Bc7 Rc8 26.c4 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Rxc7
28.Rd1 Nc5 29.Rxd6 g6 30.Kf3 Kg7 31.Rb6 Nxa4 32.Rxa6 Nb2 33.Rb6 Nxc4 34.Nxc4 Rxc4
35.Rb5 Rc3+ 36.Kg2 Kf6 37.Ra5 h6 38.h4 Rd3 39.Rb5 Rd5 40.Rb7 g5 41.hxg5+ hxg5
42.fxg5+ Rxg5+ 43.Kf3 Ra5 44.Ke3 Ra4 45.Kf3 e5 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Rb6+ Kf5 48.Rb3 f6
49.Kf3 Rh4 50.Rb6 Rh3+ 51.Ke2 e4 52.Kf2 Ke5 53.Ke2 f5 54.Rb8 Rh2+ 55.Kf1 Kf4
56.Rf8 e3 57.Ke1 Ke4  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Puri,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.d3 h6
9.h3 d6 10.g4 Nh7 11.Bd5 Bd7 12.Rg1 g5 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Nbd2 Rab8 15.Nf1 b4
16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.c4 b3 18.a3 f6 19.Ng3 Bd7 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.gxf5 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Kh8
23.Nh2 Rfd8 24.Qh5 c6 25.Ng4 d5 26.Nxh6 Rb7 27.Ke2 dxc4 28.dxc4 Rbd7 29.Kf3 a5
30.h4 Qe8 31.Qxe8+ Rxe8 32.Rad1 Ree7 33.h5 g4+ 34.Nxg4 Ng5+ 35.Ke2 Nxe4 36.a4 Rg7
37.Rxd7 Rxd7 38.Rd1 Ng3+ 39.Ke1 Rxd1+ 40.Kxd1 Nxf5 41.Kd2 Kg7 42.Kc3 Nh6
43.Nh2 f5 44.c5 Ng4 45.Nf1 Nf2 46.Kxb3 Nd3 47.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Semianiuk,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.Qc2 Qe8
9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 Nh5 11.Be3 dxe5 12.Bc4 Kh8 13.Qb3 Nc6 14.Bd5 f5 15.Nc4 Rd8
16.Rad1 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Na5 18.Qc2 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nf6 21.Qh4 e4 22.Nxa5 exf3
23.Nb3 fxg2 24.Kxg2 c5 25.Nd2 Qe6 26.Nc4 Ne4 27.b3 b5 28.Nb2 g5 29.Qh5 Nxc3  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ashton,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.f3 Nf8 11.Bh4 Be6 12.Bf2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nbd4 Rc8
16.Rc1 Bd7 17.Rc3 Ng6 18.Bb1 Ba7 19.Qb3 Rxc3 20.Nxc3 Bxd4 21.exd4 Bc6 22.Qd1 Nh5
23.g3 Nf6 24.Qd2 Nd7 25.h4 Nb6 26.b3 Nc8 27.a4 Nd6 28.Kg2 Qf6 29.Rh1 Nf8
30.Na2 a5 31.Qxa5 Re2 32.Re1 Rxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Qxd4+ 34.Kf1 Qb2 35.Qc5 d4 36.Qc2 Qxc2
37.Bxc2 Bxf3 38.Kf2 Bg4 39.Nb4 Ne6 40.Nd5 h5 41.b4 Kf8 42.Bd3 Ke8 43.a5 Kd8
44.Rc1 Nf8 45.b5 Nd7 46.a6 bxa6 47.bxa6 Ne5 48.a7 Nxd3+ 49.Kg2 Nxc1 50.a8=Q+ Nc8
51.Qa5+ Ke8 52.Qa4+ Kf8  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Preotu,Razvan"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Nd5 Nh5
9.Be3 e6 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Qd2 Nf5 12.Rfd1 Nxe3 13.fxe3 d5 14.Rac1 f5 15.b3 Nf6
16.Ne5 c6 17.Nd3 h5 18.h3 Kh7 19.Kh2 Bh6 20.Ne5 Bd7 21.c5 Be8 22.Bf3 Rc8
23.g4 fxg4 24.hxg4 Nxg4+ 25.Nxg4 hxg4 26.Bg2 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 g3  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 Ne8 10.O-O c5 11.a3 Bd7 12.Qe1 Qe7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Nd6 15.Rb1 Rfc8
16.Qh4 b6 17.Kh1 Nf7 18.Nd2 Nc7 19.b4 Na6 20.d6 Qxd6 21.Nd5 Rf8 22.Rf3 Nc7
23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Rbf1 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Rac8 26.Qf2 Qe7 27.Rc1 Bh6 28.Bxc5 Rxc5
29.Qxc5 Qxc5 30.Rxc5 Bxd2 31.Rc7 Rd8 32.Rxf6 Kg7 33.Rf1 Nd6 34.Rxa7 h5 35.Ra6 Nb7
36.Ra7 Nd6 37.a4 Be3 38.Ra6 Nb7 39.Bb5 Nc5 40.Ra7 Kh6 41.Bxd7 Nxd7 42.Rc7 h4
43.Rc3 Bd4 44.Rh3 Kg7 45.Rb1 g5 46.g3 Nc5 47.gxh4 Nxe4 48.Rf3 gxh4 49.Kg2 Kh6
50.Rd3 Rg8+ 51.Kf3 Rf8+  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Betaneli,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Nc6 6.h3 Nf6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Be2 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.Bc5 Re8 11.a5 Qxd1+ 12.Bxd1 Be6 13.Ng5 Bc4 14.b3 Bb5 15.Be3 Nd4 16.Nf3 Bf8
17.Nxb5 Nxb5 18.Nd2 Bb4 19.Ra4 c5 20.O-O Rad8 21.Nb1 Nxe4 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Rxe4 Bd4
24.c4 Nd6 25.Re2 e4 26.Bc2 f5 27.Rd1 Nf7 28.Red2 e3 29.Re2 f4 30.fxe3 fxe3
31.b4 Kg7 32.c5 Ne5 33.Be4 Re7 34.Na3 Nf7 35.Bf3 Bc3 36.Rxd8 Nxd8 37.Nc2 Bd2
38.g3 Kf6 39.Kg2 Re5 40.h4 Ke7 41.Bg4 Nc6 42.Bc8 Nxb4 43.Nxb4 Bxb4 44.Bxb7 Bd2
45.c6 Kd6 46.Bxa6 Kxc6 47.Bc4 Rxa5 48.Bg8 Ra7 49.Kf3 Kc5 50.Ke4 Rg7 51.Bb3 Re7+
52.Kd3 Rd7+ 53.Ke4 Kb4 54.Bd5 Kc3 55.Bc6 Rd6 56.Bb7 Re6+ 57.Kd5 Rb6 58.Bc8 Kd3
59.Bg4 h5 60.Bf3 Rf6  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mulyar,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a6 12.b4 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Qe7 15.e4 e5 16.Ne2 Bxb4
17.Ng3 g6 18.dxe5 Ng4 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bg5 Qd6 21.Be2 Rf7 22.e5 Ngxe5 23.Ne4 Nxf3+
24.Bxf3 Qf8 25.Bg4 Re8 26.Rfd1 Ne5 27.Bh3 Nc4 28.Nf6+ Rxf6 29.Bxf6 Qxf6 30.Rxb4 c5
31.Rxb5 Na3 32.Qb2 Qxb2 33.Rxb2 Bd5 34.Rc1 Nc4 35.Rb5 Rc8 36.f4 Kg7 37.g3 g5
38.f5 exf5 39.Bxf5 Rc7 40.Bd3 Ne3 41.Rbxc5  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2010.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bf5 8.b3 e5
9.dxe5 Nd7 10.Bb2 dxe5 11.Qc1 Re8 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Nd5 h6 14.Qe3 a5 15.Rd2 Kh7
16.Rad1 Nd4 17.Qc3 c6 18.Ne3 Be4 19.Qc1 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21.exf3 Nc5 22.Kg2 Kg8
23.h4 h5 24.Qc2 Ne6 25.Qd3 Qc7 26.Qf1 Nd4 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Nc2 c5 29.Ne1 a4
30.Nd3 axb3 31.axb3 Ra3 32.Rb1 Qa5 33.Rdb2 b6 34.Qd1 Rc8 35.f4 b5 36.Rc1 Qb6
37.Qc2 Qb7+ 38.Kg1 Bf8 39.cxb5 Qxb5 40.Qc4 Rb8 41.Nxc5 Qxc4 42.Rxc4 Bxc5
43.Rxc5 Raxb3 44.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bastian,John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Ba5 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Be2 h6
9.O-O Ne7 10.Ne1 b5 11.a4 a6 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.g4 Bh7 14.Ng2 Qb6 15.axb5 cxb5
16.Be3 Qb7 17.Qd2 Nb6 18.b3 Rc8 19.Nf4 Bg6 20.Ra3 Kd7 21.Rfa1 Ra8 22.Rxa6 Nc4
23.Qa2 Rxa6 24.Qxa6 Qxa6 25.Rxa6 Nxe3 26.Ra7+ Kd8 27.fxe3  1-0

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Faber,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.b4 Bg7 6.Bb2 Ne4 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nbd2 Ndf6
9.c4 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Rad1 Ne4 12.Qc2 e6 13.Ne1 d5 14.Nd3 c6 15.a4 Qe7
16.b5 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Nd6 18.Qb4 cxb5 19.axb5 Qd7 20.d5 e5 21.Bxe5 Nxb5 22.d6 Rd8
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Nc5 Qe8 25.Qb2+  1-0

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huang,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Bf4 g6 8.Nbd2 Bg7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bf1 Re8 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Nc5
16.Bb5 Re7 17.Re3 g5 18.Bg3 Nfxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qe1 Nxg3 21.Rd1 Qc8 22.fxg3 e4
23.Re2 Qc5+ 24.Qf2 Qxb5 25.Nd4 Bxd4  0-1

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arnold,Jeff"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Bb3 O-O
9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qd2 a5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Qb6 14.h3 Qb4 15.Rfe1 Qc5
16.Re3 Qh5 17.Qf4 Nd7 18.Rg3 Nc5 19.Re1 a4 20.Bc4 Qe5 21.Qxe5 dxe5 22.Rg5 Nd7
23.Rd1 Nb6 24.Be2 f6 25.Rg3 Be6 26.b3 Kg7 27.Rgd3 h5 28.h4 Rfc8 29.R3d2 Kf7
30.g3 Rcb8 31.f3 c5 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 Nc8 34.Rb1 Nd6 35.Rdd1 f5 36.Bd3 Kf6
37.Re1 Ra5 38.Rbd1 Rb4 39.Re2 axb3 40.axb3 e4 41.fxe4 fxe4 42.Bc4 Ke5 43.c3 Rb8
44.Rde1 Rba8 45.Kf2 Ra1 46.Rxa1 Rxa1 47.Re1 Ra8 48.Re2 Rf8+ 49.Kg2 Rf3 50.Ra2 Rxc3
51.Ra7 Nf5 52.Ra6 Rxg3+ 53.Kh2 Rg4 54.Re6+ Kd4 55.Be2 Rxh4+ 56.Kg1 Ke3 57.Bd1 Kd2  0-1

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stopa,Ja"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Bg5 Rc8 8.Nc3 h6
9.Bh4 e5 10.Qb4 g5 11.Bg3 b5 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Rxd5 Qc7 15.Qd2 Be6
16.Rd3 b4 17.Kb1 Be7 18.b3 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Re1 O-O 21.h4 e4 22.Rxd6 Bxd6
23.Bxd6 Qxc2+ 24.Qxc2 exf3 25.Qxf5 Rxf5 26.gxf3 a5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Bg3 Kf7
29.Re3 Rd5 30.Re2 Rf5 31.Re3 Re8 32.Rd3 Re2 33.Rd7+ Ke6 34.Rd6+ Ke7 35.Rd3 Ke8
36.Ka1 Rc5 37.Kb1 Kf7 38.f4 g4 39.Rd7+ Kg6 40.Rd6+ Kf5 41.Rd4 Ke6 42.Rd8 Rcc2
43.f5+ Kxf5 44.Rd5+ Ke4 45.Rxa5 Rb2+ 46.Ka1 Rbd2 47.Re5+ Kf3 48.Rxe2 Kxe2
49.Bh4 Kf3 50.a4 bxa3 51.b4 Rb2 52.b5 Rxb5 53.Ka2 Rb2+ 54.Kxa3 Re2  0-1

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaufman,La"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[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.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.h4 Nc6 13.h5 Rxf3 14.gxf3 Nxd4 15.Rd1 c5
16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.hxg6 h6 18.Rh4 Nd5 19.Rhxd4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Bb7 21.Bh3 Qd6 22.Re4 Nf4
23.Rxf4 Qxf4 24.Qxe6+ Kf8 25.Bf5 Qc1+ 26.Nd1 Qc4 27.g7+ Kxg7 28.Qg6+ Kf8
29.Be6 Qb4+ 30.Nc3  1-0

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.b3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Rad1 Ba7 14.Qb1 Bg4 15.Rfe1 Bh5
16.Nh4 Bxe2 17.Nf5 Qe6 18.Nxe2 Ne7 19.Ned4 Qd7 20.Ng3 Rac8 21.Nf3 Qc6 22.Ba3 Qe6
23.Ng5 Qe5 24.h4 g6 25.Bb2 d4 26.Nf3 Qc7 27.Nxd4 Ned5 28.Nf3 Ng4 29.Rc1 Qe7
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Qd3 Nb4 32.Qe4 Qxe4 33.Nxe4 Nd3 34.Nh2 Nxh2 35.Nf6+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bryant,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e4 Bb4 5.Qc2 Ne7 6.Bd3 f5 7.f3 O-O 8.Ne2 fxe4
9.fxe4 e5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Ng6 12.d5 c6 13.h4 h6 14.h5 Nf4 15.Nxf4 exf4
16.Bd2 cxd5 17.exd5 Qe7+ 18.Kd1 Na6 19.Kc2 Rac8 20.Rae1 Qd6 21.Kb1 b5 22.Qd4 bxc4
23.Bc3 Rf6 24.Bxc4 Nc5 25.Bb4 a5 26.Bxa5 f3 27.Rh4 f2 28.Rf1 Ba6 29.Rxf2 Rxf2
30.Qxf2 Nd3 31.Qc2 Ne5 32.b3 Bxc4 33.bxc4 Qxa3 34.Bc3 Rb8+ 35.Bb2 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aaron,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 b5
9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Qd2 h5 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Rhe1 O-O 14.Bh6 Rc5 15.g4 hxg4
16.Rg1 Ne5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.f4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.f5 Re5 22.Rxg4 Nxg4
23.Qxg4 Qc8 24.Rg1 Rh8 25.Qf4 Rh6 26.Rf1 f6 27.Rg1 Qc5 28.Rd1 g5 29.Qf3 Rh4
30.Ne6+ Rxe6 31.fxe6 Qe5 32.Nd5 Rxh2 33.Qa3 Qxe4 34.Nb4 Rh1 35.Rxh1 Qxh1+  0-1

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Ng3 Nf6 8.Be2 h5 9.e4 Nxe4
10.Bf3 Bf5 11.Nh3 h4 12.Bxe4 Bxe4 13.Nf4 hxg3 14.Nxd5 gxf2+ 15.Kxf2 cxd5
16.Re1  1-0

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaufman,La"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[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.c4 c6 12.Nc3 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Bc2 Qc7
16.b3 Nb8 17.Qe2 Nc6 18.Be3 Nd7 19.Rad1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 a6 8.Rb1 Rb8
9.b4 d5 10.b5 axb5 11.cxb5 Na5 12.b6 cxb6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Bxb6 Qe8 15.Nb5 Bg4
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qd7 18.Bg2 Ra8 19.Qb3 Rfc8 20.Rfc1 e6 21.e4 Ra6 22.Bc5 Na5
23.Qb4 Nc6 24.Qb3 Na5 25.Qb4 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 a5 6.Qg4 h5 7.Qf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Nf3 f6
10.Qg3 Kf8 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.Nh4 Nge7 13.O-O e5 14.Nc3 Bg4 15.h3 g5 16.Ng6+ Nxg6
17.Nxd5 Qd6 18.Bxg6 Be2 19.Be4 Bxf1 20.Kxf1 g4 21.Bg5 Kg8 22.Rd1 Qf8 23.Nf6+ Kg7
24.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Nb6 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.cxd4 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Bb5 Be7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Bf4 a6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6
16.Rac1 b5 17.Ne4 Qb7 18.Rfd1 Nb6 19.Bg5 Nd5 20.Rd4 Bxg5 21.Nfxg5 h6 22.Nc5 Qc7
23.Nb3 Qb8 24.Nh3 Ra7 25.Nf4 Nxf4 26.Rxf4 Bb7 27.Qh5 f5 28.Qe2 Be4 29.Rh4 Qxe5
30.f3 Qf6 31.Qf2 Bd5 32.Rd4 Raa8 33.Nc5 Rfc8 34.a3 Bxf3 35.Rc3 Bd5 36.b4 Rd8
37.Rcd3 Bc4 38.Rd2 Rxd4 39.Rxd4 Rd8 40.Rxd8+ Qxd8  0-1

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Ng3 Nf6 8.Be2 h5 9.h4 Bg4
10.f3 Be6 11.e4 Qa5 12.f4 g6 13.Nf3 Nbd7 14.O-O Rd8 15.Qe1 Bh6 16.Kh1 Qc7
17.f5 gxf5 18.d5 Bxc1 19.dxe6 Bxb2 20.exd7+ Rxd7 21.Nxf5 Bc3 22.Qc1 Ng4 23.e5 Nxe5
24.Ng5 Kd8 25.Qf4 e6 26.Ng3 Kc8 27.Rad1 Rhd8 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.N5e4 Bb2 30.Nxh5 c3
31.Nc5 Rd2 32.Ba6+ Kb8 33.Nf6 Ba3 34.Ne8 Rd5 35.Nxc7 Rxc5 36.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Continental Class Ch"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2010.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.e3 a6 6.Nge2 Ba7 7.O-O d6 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Bf5 10.f4 Bd3 11.h3 Re8 12.Rf2 h6 13.g4 Nd4 14.Nc1 Bc2 15.Qf1 Ne6 16.f5 Ng5
17.Nd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 c6 19.h4 Ngh7 20.Qe2 d5 21.Raf1 e4 22.Bh3 d4 23.Nd1 c5
24.Rg2 Nd7 25.f6 g5 26.Rh2 Ndxf6 27.Bg2 Rc8 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.d3 Qd7 30.Rf5 Bb8
31.Rxh7 Nxh7 32.exd4 exd3 33.Qxd3 Qd6 34.Bd5 Nf6 35.dxc5 Re1+ 36.Kf2 Rxd1
37.Bxf7+ Kf8 38.Qxd6+ Bxd6 39.Rxf6 Be7 40.Rf5 Rxc5 41.Bd5+ Ke8 42.Ke2 Rb1
43.Bd4 b6 44.Bxc5 Rb2+ 45.Kd3 bxc5 46.Bc6+ Kd8 47.Rd5+ Kc8 48.Rd7 Bd8 49.Rd5 Be7
50.Bd7+ Kc7 51.Ba4 Kc8 52.Bd7+ Kc7 53.Be6 Kc6 54.Rd7 Bd6 55.Rg7 Bf4 56.Bd5+ Kb6
57.Rb7+ Ka5 58.a3 Ra2 59.b4+ cxb4 60.axb4+ Ka4 61.Ke4 Rb2 62.Rb6 Rxb4 63.Rxa6+ Kb3
64.Rf6 Bd2 65.Kd3 Be1 66.Rg6 Bh4 67.c5+ Ka4 68.c6 Bg3 69.Rxg5 Kb5 70.Be4+ Kb6
71.Rg7 Rb3+ 72.Kc4 Ra3 73.Rb7+ Ka6 74.g5 Ra4+ 75.Rb4  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Reichstein,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[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 Na5 11.Bc2 Nc4 12.Bc1 Nd7 13.b3 Ncb6 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nbd2 c5
16.g4 Bg6 17.d5 b4 18.Nf1 bxc3 19.Ng3 h6 20.Kh2 Nf6 21.Re3 Nbxd5 22.exd5 Bxc2
23.Qxc2 Nxd5 24.Re1 Qa5 25.Nf5 Bf6 26.Nxd6 Nb4 27.Qe4 Qc7 28.Nf5 Rad8 29.g5 hxg5
30.Bxg5 Qb6 31.Rg1  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rosenberg,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.cxd5 cxd5 11.f4 O-O 12.Bd2 e6 13.Qf3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Qd6 15.a3 Rfc8 16.O-O Qd7
17.Ng3 Ne7 18.Bb4 Nf5 19.Nxf5 exf5 20.Qe2 Qd8 21.Rfc1 Ne4 22.Kh2 h6 23.Be1 Qd6
24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.f3 Nf6 26.a4 Nh5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Bxb5 g5 29.Ra6 Qe7 30.fxg5 hxg5
31.f4 Nf6 32.fxg5 Ne4 33.h4 f4 34.g6 fxe3 35.Qh5 fxg6 36.Rxg6 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 Qf7
38.Be8 Qf4 39.Qxd5+ Kh7 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shvartsman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[ECO "E77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 b5
10.e5 Nfd7 11.e6 Nb6 12.exf7+ Rxf7 13.Nxb5 Bb7 14.a4 a5 15.Ra3 Na6 16.Ng5 Re7
17.O-O Nb4 18.Ne6 Qb8 19.f5 Bxd5 20.Nxg7 Rxg7 21.Bh6 Qd8 22.Rg3 Nc6 23.Bxg7 Kxg7
24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Rxg6+ Kxg6 26.Bd3+ Kh6 27.Qg4  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sarkar,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 g6
9.h3 Bg7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.e3 b6 12.cxb6 Qxb6 13.Bd3 c5 14.O-O c4 15.Na4 Qa5
16.Bc2 Bb7 17.b3 Rac8 18.Ne5 Ba8 19.Qe1 Qd8 20.Bd1 Re8 21.bxc4 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 dxc4
23.Be2 Bf8 24.Rxc4 Qd5 25.f3 Nd7 26.e4 Qe6 27.Bc7 Bg7 28.d5 Qf6 29.f4 Rxc7
30.e5 Nxe5 31.Rxc7 Qd6 32.Qc1 Qxd5 33.Rf2 Nd3 34.Bxd3 Bd4 35.Bf1 Bxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qd4+
37.Kg3 Qxa4 38.Bc4 Qa5 39.Bb3 Qf5 40.Qe3 e6 41.Bc4 Qc2 42.Qf2 Qc3+ 43.Kh2 Rd8
44.Qc5 Qd2 45.Bf1 Qxf4+ 46.Kg1 Bxg2 47.Rxf7 Kxf7 48.Qf5+ gxf5  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ostrovskiy,Al"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O g6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Kh1 Rd8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bc8 15.b4 Nd7
16.Rfc1 f5 17.Bg5 Nf6 18.c4 b6 19.Qb2 Kg7 20.f3 h6 21.Bd2 h5 22.Bg5 h4 23.Nf1 Rh8
24.f4 Bb7 25.Nd2 Rae8 26.Nf3 Ne4 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.Bd3 h3 29.Re1 hxg2+ 30.Kg1 b5
31.fxe5 dxe5 32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.Rxe4 Qf6 34.Rae1 Qxf3 35.Rxe5 Rxe5 36.Qxe5+ Qf6
37.Qe7+ Qf7 38.Qg5 Re8  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Markovits,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.Re1 Bc6 12.Bd3 a5 13.b3 h5 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Re3 Nc5 17.Bf1 Qc7 18.f4 Qb6 19.Rae1 a4 20.Qb2 a3 21.Qf2 Na6 22.Kh1 Nb4
23.Qd2 Ra5 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Re8 26.f5 e5 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.Rxe6 Ra8
30.Qg5 Rf8 31.Rxg6+ Kf7 32.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sharma,Arun1"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Na4 Nd7 12.a3 Bh5 13.f3 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.b4 Rc8
16.Bg3 b5 17.Nc5 a5 18.Qb3 axb4 19.axb4 Nb6 20.Nc3 Nc4 21.Rfe1 Ra8 22.Nxb5 Qb6
23.Rxc4 dxc4 24.Qxc4 Rfc8 25.Rb1 Qd8 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Qxe6+ Kh7 28.Qh3+ Kg8
29.Qe6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Landaw,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "C99"]

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.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rd8 14.b3 Nc6 15.Bb2 Bb7
16.Rc1 Rac8 17.d5 Nb8 18.Nf1 Nbd7 19.Ng3 g6 20.Qd2 a5 21.Nh2 Qb6 22.Kh1 Bf8
23.Rf1 b4 24.Rfe1 Ba6 25.Ng4 h5 26.Nxf6+ Nxf6 27.Rb1 Rd7 28.Bd3 Rdc7 29.Bxa6 Qxa6
30.Qe3 h4 31.Nf1 Nh5 32.Nd2 Qa7 33.Qxa7 Rxa7 34.Nc4 Nf4 35.Rbd1 f6 36.Bc1 g5
37.Be3 Ra6 38.Kh2 Kf7 39.Rd2 Rb8 40.Rc1 Be7 41.Nb2 Bd8 42.Rc4 Ng6 43.Rdc2 Ne7
44.Kg1 Kg6 45.Kf1 Rb7 46.Ke2 Rb8 47.Rc1 Rb5 48.Ra1 Ra8 49.Kd3 Kf7 50.Rc2 Ke8
51.Nc4 Kd7 52.Rb2 Nc8 53.a3 Rab8 54.axb4 Rxb4 55.Kc2 Nb6 56.Nxa5 Ra8 57.Nc6 Rxa1
58.Nxb4 Rg1 59.Ra2 Nc8 60.Kd2 Rxg2 61.Ke2 Rg1 62.Nc2 g4 63.Ra1 Rxa1 64.Nxa1 f5
65.hxg4 fxg4 66.Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liu,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Qf3 Nh6 8.d3 Qa5
9.Bxh6 Bxh6 10.Qxf7+ Kd8 11.Qd5 Qxd5 12.Nxd5 e6 13.Nf6 Bg7 14.e5 Bxf6 15.exf6 Rf8
16.f4 b6 17.g3 Bb7 18.Rf1 Rxf6 19.O-O-O Ke7 20.Rde1 Raf8 21.h4 Rf5 22.Rf2 h6
23.Rh2 R8f7 24.Bb3 Kd6 25.Rf2 Ke7 26.Rh2 Bc6 27.c3 dxc3 28.bxc3 g5 29.fxg5 hxg5
30.Bd1 Rf2 31.Rxf2 Rxf2 32.hxg5 Rxa2 33.d4 Bd5 34.Kb1 Rf2 35.Bc2 Rg2 36.Re3 a5
37.Bd3 Rg1+ 38.Kb2 Rg2+ 39.Kb1 Rg1+ 40.Kb2 Rg2+ 41.Kc1 Bb3 42.Be4 Rh2 43.Rf3 a4
44.Rf1 a3 45.Kb1 Re2 46.Bh7 Rg2 47.Be4 Rxg3 48.g6 d5 49.Bc2 a2+  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Amanov,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.g4 Nbd7
9.Rg1 Bb7 10.g5 Ne4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bb5 g6 13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.gxh6 Bxh4 15.Nxh4 Qh3
16.Qh5 Nxf2 17.Rxg6+ Kh8 18.Rg3 Nd3+ 19.Kd2  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Bb4+ 10.Ke2 Qd8 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Nd7 13.Qb3 a5 14.Rhd1 Qe7 15.Kf1 e5
16.d5 f5 17.Nc3 Nc5 18.Qc2 f4 19.Nh4 g5 20.d6 Qh7 21.Qxh7+ Kxh7 22.Ne4 gxh4
23.Nxc5 f3  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Stocek,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.e3 a5 8.b3 Ba6
9.Be2 d5 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Ba3 c5 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Qb2 Rc7
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nh7 18.f4 Rd7 19.Rd2 dxc4 20.Rcd1 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Qc7 22.Qc3 Rd8
23.Rb2 Nf8 24.bxc4 Bb7 25.Qb3 Nd7 26.Rd2 Nf8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Qxb7 Qd7
30.Qb3 Qd2 31.Kf2 Nd7 32.Qb7 Kf8 33.h4 h5 34.Qc7 Ke7 35.Qc6 g6 36.Qc7 Ke8
37.Qc8+ Ke7 38.Qa6 Kd8 39.Qa8+ Ke7 40.Qc6 Kd8 41.Qa8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bercys,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.b3 c5
9.O-O Rc8 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Ne5 Bh5 12.f4 Bg6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Rac1 Qb6
16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.f5 exf5 18.cxd5 Qd6 19.e4 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Nf6 21.Qe2 Qxd5 22.Nc4 Rce8
23.Qe5 cxd4 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd4 Rd8 26.Rcd1 Rfe8 27.Rfe1 Nb4 28.Bb6 Rxd1
29.Rxd1 Nxa2 30.Rd7 Nc1 31.Rxb7 Nxb3 32.Be3 Nc5 33.Rc7 Nd3 34.g3 Bb4 35.Ra7 Re4
36.Ra8+ Kh7 37.Rc8 Bc5  0-1

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wang Puchen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "E77"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4
10.O-O Re8 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nbd7 13.g4 Nb6 14.h4 Nfd7 15.g5 a6 16.Qe2 Rc8
17.Be3 Bd4 18.Rae1 Qe7 19.Qd3 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Qf8 21.Bg4 Rcd8 22.Qe2 Qg7 23.e5 dxe5
24.f5 e4 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Bxd7 Nxd7 27.Nxe4 Rf8 28.Rf4 f5 29.gxf6 Nxf6 30.Nxf6+ Rxf6
31.Re7 Qf8 32.Re6 Rf5 33.Rxg6+ Kh7 34.Rxf5 Qxf5 35.Rg5 Qf7 36.Rh5+ Kg8 37.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sadorra,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.a3 Ne5 12.Ba2 Qd8 13.f4 Ng6 14.e5 Qxd4 15.axb4 Nd5
16.g3 Nge7 17.Bb1 g6 18.Qe4 Qxb4 19.Qxb4 Nxb4 20.Be3 b6 21.O-O Bb7 22.Bf2 Rfd8
23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Rd8 25.Nc3 Ned5 26.Be4 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Bxe4 28.cxb4 Rd7
29.Kf1 Kg7 30.Ke2 Rc7 31.Be3 h5 32.h4 Bf5 33.Bd2 f6 34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.Ra3 Ke7
36.Bc3 Kd8 37.Ke3 Rd7 38.Be5 Kc8 39.Rc3+ Kb7 40.b5 Bh3 41.Kf2 a6 42.bxa6+ Kxa6
43.Ke3 Bf5 44.Bd4 Kb5 45.Rc1 Rd6 46.Ra1 Bc2 47.Ra8 Bb3 48.Rb8 Bc4 49.Rb7 Ba2
50.Be5 Rc6 51.Rc7 Rxc7 52.Bxc7 Kc5 53.Bd8 b5 54.Kd2 b4 55.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chirila,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 b5
9.Bb3 O-O 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Bc2 d6 12.h3 c5 13.Re1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bb7 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Nce2 d5 18.e5 Nc4 19.e6 Nxb2 20.Qb1 Nc4 21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.a4 Qb6
23.axb5 Bxd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Bxh6 axb5 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Qxb5 Bc6 28.Qb4 Re8
29.Ra3 Qd2 30.Rxe7+ Rxe7 31.Rf3+ Ke8 32.Bxg6+ Kd7 33.Bf5+ Re6 34.Bxe6+ Kxe6
35.Re3+ Kd7 36.Qe7+ Kc8 37.Rf3 Bd7 38.Rf8+ Kc7 39.Qd8+ Kc6 40.Rf6+ Kc5 41.Qe7+ Kd4
42.Rf3 Bb5 43.Qa7+ Ke4 44.Qc5 Qb2 45.Rg3 d4 46.Kh2 Ne5 47.Rg5  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Zivanic,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.Rd1 Be6 12.O-O a4 13.Bd4 Qa5 14.f4 Rfc8 15.b3 axb3
16.axb3 Qb4 17.f5 gxf5 18.exf5 Bd7 19.Rf3 Kh8 20.Qe3 Rf8 21.Qxe7  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Qe8 7.Be3 Na6 8.Rc1 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.c5 b6 11.Bc4 Nxc5 12.Bxc5 bxc5 13.O-O Rb8 14.Qd2 Kh8 15.b3 Nh5
16.Qe3 f5 17.Qxc5 Nf4 18.Rcd1 Bb7 19.Qxc7 Ne6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Rd6 Qc8 22.Qxc8 Rfxc8
23.Nd5 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Ne3 Rf8 26.Ng5 Bc8 27.Rc1 Kg8 28.Nd5 Bb7 29.Ne7+ Kh8
30.Rc7 Bxe4 31.Rc8 Bh6 32.Nxe4 fxe4 33.Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.Nc6 Bc5 35.b4 Bb6 36.a4 e3
37.fxe3 Bxe3+ 38.Kf1 Kg7 39.Ke2 Bg1 40.b5 Kf6 41.a5 Ke6 42.Nxa7  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bd2 e6 7.Nh4 Bg4 8.Qb3 b5 9.cxd5 exd5
10.Qc2 Bb4 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Nbd7 13.O-O Re8 14.a3 Bf8 15.f4 Nb6 16.f5 Bd6
17.Rae1 Rc8 18.Kh1 Nh5 19.f6 Nxf6 20.e4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Nbd5 22.Bg5 Be7 23.Qf2 Be6
24.Bd2 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Nf6 26.Ree1 Ng4 27.Qf4 Bd6 28.Qe4 Nxh2 29.Kxh2 Bd7 30.Qf3 Qxh4+  0-1

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zivanic,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bh4 Na6 11.O-O h5 12.h3 Nh6 13.Ne1 c5 14.Nd3 g5 15.Bg3 g4 16.f4 f5 17.fxe5 gxh3
18.Qd2 hxg2 19.Kxg2 dxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Qxh6 Bg7 22.Qxh5 Rf6 23.Qg5 Qb6
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Rg6 26.Nf4 Rxg5+ 27.Rxg5 Nc7 28.Nh5 Ne8 29.Rf1 Qxb2
30.Rf3 Rd8 31.Re3 Kf8 32.Rf5+ Kg8 33.Rg5 Kf8 34.Rf5+ Kg8 35.Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Chirila,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.d3 d6 7.e3 Nf6 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.Re1 Bh3 12.Bh1 h5 13.Bd2 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Ne7 15.Nc3 f5
16.Qa4 c6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5+ Kh7 20.Qxc6 Qe7 21.Rbc1 Rab8
22.b3 g5 23.Qc7 Qf6 24.Qd7 Rfe8 25.Rc7 h4 26.Bxa5 hxg3 27.hxg3 Qh6 28.Rc6 f4
29.Qxd6 Qh5 30.Be4+ Kh8 31.Qg6 Qxg6  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sadorra,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.a4 a5 8.Na3 Qd5
9.Ne1 Qe6 10.d3 cxd3 11.Nxd3 Nfd5 12.Nf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 g6 14.Qc3 f6 15.Rfd1 Bg7
16.Qd4 Nd7 17.Rac1 Ne5 18.Bxe5 fxe5 19.Qd8+ Kf7 20.Qc7 Rf8 21.Nc4 e4 22.Rd8 Rxd8
23.Qxd8 Be5 24.Bh3 Qxh3 25.Nxe5+ Ke6 26.f4 exf3 27.exf3  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang Puchen"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 c6 10.O-O Qd6 11.a3 Nc5 12.b4 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 cxd5 14.cxd5 Bd7 15.Be3 b6
16.Kh1 Rac8 17.Rac1 Ng4 18.Bg1 f5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bh2 Rfe8 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Nh4 f4
23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.Qxf5 Rc4 25.Bg1 a6 26.Qd3 b5 27.Bc5 Qd7 28.d6 e4 29.Qd1 f3
30.Nd5 Nh5 31.Nb6 Ng3+ 32.Kg1 Qe6 33.Nxc4 Ne2+ 34.Kh1 bxc4 35.Rc2 Ng3+ 36.Kg1 Nxf1
37.Qxf1 e3 38.d7 f2+ 39.Kh1 Qxd7  0-1

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson USA"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bercys,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 c5 10.O-O Ne8 11.a3 f5 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Bc2 h6 14.Ba4 Qf7 15.d6 hxg5 16.d7 Bxd7
17.Qxd7 Qxd7 18.Bxd7 Nac7 19.exf5 g4 20.Ng5 Bh6 21.Nge4 Rd8 22.Bxe8 gxf5
23.Bh5 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Be3+ 25.Kh1 Rf4 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Nxg4 Bd4 28.Rxf4 exf4
29.Re1 Rd7 30.b3 Bc3 31.Rf1 Bb2 32.h4 Ne6 33.Re1 Nd4 34.Be8 Rc7 35.h5 Nxb3
36.Rb1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.O-O a5 13.a3 Bc6 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Qf2 Nd7
16.Ne2 Bb7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.e5 d5 20.f4 e6 21.Kh1 Ba6 22.Rfe1 Nc5
23.Re3 Qd8 24.h3 Qe7 25.c3 Ne4 26.Qe1 Rc5 27.Bc2 Rfc8 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.b4 Rc4
30.Qg3 Kh8 31.Nb3 axb4 32.axb4 Bb7 33.Rd6 R4c7 34.Nd4 Bc6 35.Kh2 Be8 36.Qe1 Rd8
37.Rxd8 Qxd8 38.Rxe4 Qd5 39.Re3 Bc6 40.Qg3 Bb7 41.Qg5 Rc8 42.Rg3 Kg8 43.h4 h6
44.Qxh6 Rxc3 45.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[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.f4 d6 11.c5 Nd7 12.exd6 Nxc5 13.Qxe6+ Nxe6 14.dxc7 Nxc7 15.Be2 Bc5
16.Bd2 Nd5 17.Ne4 Bd4 18.Nd6+ Ke7 19.Nc4 Rb8 20.O-O-O c5 21.Rhe1 Kf6 22.b3 Nb4
23.Bxb4 Rxb4 24.Bf3 Be6 25.Nd6 g6 26.Ne4+ Kg7 27.Ng5 Rb6 28.Nxe6+ Rxe6 29.Rxe6 fxe6
30.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O a6 7.e3 O-O 8.d4 Ba7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.b3 h6 12.h3 Bf5 13.Ba3 e4 14.Nh2 Rd3 15.Rfc1 Re8
16.Bf1 Rd7 17.g4 Bg6 18.Rd1 Ne5 19.Rxd7 Nexd7 20.Rd1 c6 21.Bg2 Ne5 22.Nf1 b5
23.Ng3 bxc4 24.Ngxe4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 cxb3 26.axb3 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Bxe4 28.Rd7 Bxg2
29.Kxg2 Ra8 30.Rb7 Bb8 31.f4 g5 32.Kf3 gxf4 33.exf4 Ba7 34.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hess,Ro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[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 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.f4 Nb6 11.g3 O-O-O 12.Bb2 Bg7 13.Nc3 d5 14.Bg2 Rhe8 15.O-O f6
16.a4 fxe5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Rxf5 Kb8 19.Qf2 e4 20.a5 e3 21.Qe1 Nc8 22.cxd5 e2
23.Kh1 Rf8 24.g4 Nd6 25.Qf2 Nxf5 26.gxf5 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 b4
9.Ne5 Qxd4 10.Bxa8 Qxe5 11.Bf3 Ba6 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.Nd2 b3 14.Qc1 Qb4 15.Nb1 Nd5
16.Bd2 Qc5 17.Nc3 Nc6 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.a5 Qb8 21.Be3 Bb5 22.Bc5 Bxc5
23.Nxc5 a6 24.Rd2 Qa7 25.Ne4 Nd4 26.Bg2 Nc2 27.Rb1 c6 28.Qd1 Qc7 29.Nc3 Rf8
30.Be4 Ncb4 31.Bxd5 cxd5 32.e4 dxe4 33.Nxe4 Nd3 34.Qh5 Qxa5 35.Rbd1 Qb6 36.Nc3 Bc6
37.Ra1 Bb7 38.Re2 Qc6 39.f3 g6  0-1

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e3 exd5 7.cxd5 Nbd7 8.Bb5 Qa5
9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.Ne2 f6 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.O-O O-O 13.Qc2 Qd8 14.a3 Ba5 15.Ne4 Qe7
16.N4g3 g6 17.h4 Bd7 18.h5 g5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.e4 f5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Rxf5
23.Ng3 Rf4 24.Rad1 Raf8 25.b3 c4 26.bxc4 Bb6 27.Nh1 g4 28.Rd2 Qxh5 29.Re2 R4f6
30.Re6 Rxe6 31.dxe6 Qe5 32.Qd3 Qxe6 33.Ng3 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Bxf2
36.Ne2 Bc5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA GpB"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.O-O g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Ng5 Bb7 12.Bc4 e6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nxe6 Qf6 15.Qb3 Qf5
16.Nc7+ Kd8 17.Ne6+ Ke8 18.Nc7+ Kd8 19.Ne6+ Ke7 20.Re1 Kf7 21.Nd8+ Kg7 22.Ne6+ Kg8
23.Nc7+ Qf7 24.Nxa8 Bxa8 25.Bg5 Bd5 26.Qg3 h6 27.Bf4 Qf6 28.Rac1 g5 29.Bd2 Rh7
30.Rc8 Rf7 31.Be3 a5 32.b3 Kh7 33.Rec1 Qf5 34.h3 Nf6 35.R1c7 Be7 36.Rb8 Be6
37.Rc1 Nd5 38.Rb7 Qd3 39.Re1 Qa6 40.Rxe7 Rxe7 41.h4 g4 42.Bc1 Qb5 43.Ba3 Bd7
44.Rxe7+ Nxe7 45.Qxd6 Nf5 46.Qf6 Qd5 47.Qxb6 Nxh4 48.f3 gxf3 49.Qf6 Nf5 50.Qe5 Qxd4+
51.Qxd4 Nxd4 52.Bc5 Ne6 53.Bb6 fxg2 54.Kxg2 a4 55.bxa4 Bxa4 56.Ba7 Kg6 57.Bb8 Kg5
58.Kg3 h5 59.Bd6 h4+ 60.Kh3 Kh5 61.Bb8 Ng5+ 62.Kg2 Kg4 63.a3 Bc6+ 64.Kf2 Ne4+
65.Kg1 Nd2 66.Kf2 Nc4 67.a4 Bxa4 68.Bc7 Bc6 69.Bb8 Nb2 70.Bc7 Nd3+ 71.Ke3 Nb4
72.Kf2 Nd5 73.Bd6 Nf6 74.Kg1 Ne4 75.Bc7 Bb5 76.Kg2 Be2 77.Kg1 Bc4 78.Kg2 h3+
79.Kg1 Ng5 80.Bb8 Nf3+ 81.Kf2 h2 82.Bxh2 Nxh2 83.Ke3 Nf3 84.Ke4 Be6 85.Kd3 Kf4
86.Kc2 Ke3 87.Kc3 Nd2 88.Kc2 Ne4 89.Kc1 Kd3 90.Kb2 Kd2 91.Ka3 Kc3 92.Ka4 Nd6
93.Ka5 Kc4 94.Kb6 Ne8 95.Kc6  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2011.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adu,O"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.O-O d6
9.Re1 Nbd7 10.a4 a6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Rc7 14.Qb3 Qa8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Bc4 d5 17.Be2 Bc6 18.Ra1 Qb7 19.Qa3 Ra8 20.b4 Qc8 21.Rec1 e5 22.a5 e4
23.Ne1 c4 24.Bg4 Rb7 25.Rcb1 Be7 26.Qc1 Bd6 27.f4 exf3 28.Bxf3 f5 29.axb6 Nf6
30.g3 Rxb6 31.Nc2 h5 32.Qf1 Kg7 33.Qg2 Qe8 34.Ra5 Rd8 35.Rba1 Bb5 36.Qf2 Bc7
37.R5a2 Re6 38.Nf1 Qe7 39.Na3 Bc6 40.Nc2 Bb7 41.Nd2 h4 42.Nf1 Rf8 43.Qg2 hxg3
44.Nxg3 Kf7 45.Qh3 Kg7 46.Qg2 Kh8 47.Qh3+ Nh7 48.Qg2 Qd8 49.Qh3 Ref6 50.Na3 f4
51.exf4 Rxf4 52.Bh1 Rh4 53.Qe6 Ng5 54.Qe1 Nh3+ 55.Kg2 Bc8 56.Qe3 Re8 57.Qc1 Bf4
58.Qf1 Be3  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2011.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Matsenko,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Rc1 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Re8
9.h3 Nbd7 10.Nge2 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bb1 Nf6 13.Nc3 h5 14.f3 Bg3+ 15.Kf1 exf3
16.Qxf3 Bc7 17.g4 hxg4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Qf2 Nh5 20.Kg1 Re6 21.d5 Rf6 22.Qh4 Rf3
23.Ne2 f5 24.Rc4 Qxh4 25.Rxh4 Ng3 26.Nxg3 Bxg3 27.Rhxg4 fxg4 28.Be4 Rd8 29.Kg2 Rf2+
30.Kxg3 Rxd2 31.dxc6 bxc6 32.Rxc6 Rxb2 33.Bc2 Rdb8 34.Bb3+ R8xb3 35.axb3 Rxb3
36.Kf4 g3 37.Rc2 a5 38.Ra2 g2 39.Rxg2 Rb8 40.Ra2 Ra8 41.Ra4 Kf7 42.Ke5 Kg6
43.e4 Kg5 44.Ke6 g6 45.Kd6 Re8 46.Rxa5+ Kf4 47.e5 Kf5 48.e6+ Kf6 49.Kd5 Rxe6
50.Ra1 Re5+ 51.Kd4 g5 52.Rg1 Re8 53.Kd3 Kg6 54.Kd4 Re2 55.Kd3 Re7 56.Kd4 Rf7
57.Ke3 Rf4 58.Rh1 Kf5 59.Ra1 Kg6 60.Rg1 Rf5 61.Ke4 Kf6 62.Ke3 Kg6 63.Ke4 Rf2
64.Ke3 Rf4 65.Rh1 Rf5 66.Ke2 Rf8 67.Rg1 Rf4 68.Ke3 Rf7 69.Ke2 Rf5 70.Rh1 Kf6
71.Rg1 Rf4 72.Ke3 Kf5 73.Ra1 Kg4 74.Rg1+ Kh5 75.Rh1+ Rh4 76.Rg1 Rf4 77.Rh1+ Kg6
78.Rg1 Rf8 79.Ke4 Rf5 80.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mo,Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 a6 3.c3 b5 4.d4 Bb7 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.f3 d6 7.Nc2 Nbd7 8.Nh3 g6 9.O-O e5
10.a4 c4 11.Be2 Bg7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Na3 Qa5 15.b3 O-O 16.bxc4 exd4
17.cxd4 b4 18.Nb5 Ne8 19.Be3 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Bd3 Rf7 22.Bf2 Nb6 23.Ng5 Rd7
24.Qe2  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iwu,O"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qc2 Qe8 11.O-O Nh5 12.Rfd1 f5 13.Ne1 g5  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gerzhoy,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 Qxf3 7.gxf3 bxc6
8.Rg1 Ne7 9.Nd2 Ng6 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.h3 Be5 12.Nc5 O-O 13.Nd3 Bf6 14.Bg5 Bxg5
15.Rxg5 d6 16.Ra5 c5 17.O-O-O f5 18.e5 Bb7 19.exd6 cxd6 20.Ne1 Rfe8 21.Ba6 Bxa6
22.Rxa6 Nf4 23.h4 d5 24.Nd3 Ne2+ 25.Kd2 c4 26.Nb4 d4 27.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stopa,Ja"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 e5
9.d5 Na5 10.e4 Bd7 11.b3 a6 12.Nc2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nb4 Kh8 15.Kh1 Qe8
16.Bb2 h5 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Rae1 Qe7 19.h3 Nh6 20.f4 h4 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Ne2 hxg3
23.Rf3 c5 24.Nd3 Kh7 25.Nxg3 b4 26.Nf1 Nb7 27.Ra1 Ra5 28.a3 Rfa8 29.Qc1 f5
30.Nd2 Nf7 31.axb4 Rxa1 32.Bxa1 cxb4 33.Rf1 f4 34.Qc7 Ra2 35.Qxb7 Rxd2 36.Qxb4 Qxb4
37.Nxb4 Ng5 38.Bc3 Rxg2 39.Kxg2 Bxh3+ 40.Kg1 Bxf1 41.Kxf1 Nxe4 42.Bb2 Nd2+
43.Ke1 Nxb3 44.Nd3 e4 45.Bxg7 exd3 46.Bf6 d2+ 47.Kd1 f3 48.Bh4 g5 49.Bg3 Kg6
50.d6 Kf7 51.Kc2 Ke6 52.Kd1 g4  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2011.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[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.b3 Kc8 11.Bb2 b6 12.Rad1 Be7 13.h3 h5 14.Ne2 c5 15.Rfe1 Bc6
16.Nh2 a5 17.a4 Kb7 18.c4 Bg5 19.g3 Rad8 20.f4 Be7 21.Kf2 Be4 22.Rc1 Rd2
23.Ba1 Rhd8 24.Rc3 g5 25.Nf3 gxf4 26.gxf4 Ra2 27.Kf1 Bd3  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2011.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sundararajan,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.g3 Ba6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bg2 d5 9.O-O c6
10.a4 O-O 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Rc1 a5 14.e3 Na6 15.Ne2 Ne4 16.f3 Nd6
17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Nf4 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nf7 20.Qd4 Nb8 21.e4 dxe4 22.Qxd8 Nxd8 23.fxe4 fxe4
24.Rfd1 Nbc6 25.Bd6 Ne7 26.Bf1 Nec6 27.Bb5 Rc8 28.Rc4 Nf7 29.Rxe4 Red8 30.Nxe6 Ncxe5
31.Nxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxe5 Nxe5 33.Be2 Bf3 34.Kf2 Bxe2 35.Kxe2 Re8 36.Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Troff,Kayden W"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.b3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bb2 Bd6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qc2 Qb8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Ng5 Bg6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.e4 Bh2+ 15.Kh1 Bf4
16.Ngf3 Rd8 17.e5 Nh7 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.g3 Bh6 20.Ba3 Rc8 21.Qd3 Qc7 22.Bd6 Qc2
23.Qxc2 Rxc2 24.Rfd1 Rac8 25.Bb4 b6 26.Kg2 a5 27.Be7 f6 28.Nf1 Kf7 29.Bd6 R8c3
30.N1h2 Ng5 31.Ne1 Rb2 32.Ba3 Re2 33.Kf1 Re4 34.h4 Nh7 35.Bb2 Rc8 36.f3 Rxe1+
37.Rxe1 fxe5 38.Ng4 exd4 39.f4 Nhf6 40.Nf2 d3 41.Nxd3 Ne4 42.Kg2 Rc2+ 43.Kf3 Ndf6
44.Re2 Rxe2 45.Kxe2 Nxg3+ 46.Kf3 Nf5 47.Ne5+ Ke8 48.Rc1 Nxh4+ 49.Ke2 Ke7
50.Rc8 Ne4 51.Ba3+ Nc5 52.Rc6 Bxf4 53.Nd3 Kd7 54.Rxc5 bxc5 55.Nxf4 c4 56.bxc4 dxc4
57.Bb2 Kd6 58.Bxg7 e5 59.Bf8+ Kc6 60.Ne6 Nf5 61.Ba3 Kd5 62.Nf8 Kd4 63.Nxg6 c3
64.Bc1 Ke4 65.Nxe5 Nd4+ 66.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rosen,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 Qxc6 8.Bd3 b5
9.Qe2 Bb4 10.Bd2 Ne7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Kb1 Ba5 13.Qh5 Qc7 14.Rhf1 g6 15.Qg5 Rf8
16.f5 f6 17.Qh4 gxf5 18.exf5 Bxc3 19.Qh5+ Kd8 20.Qh6 Rf7 21.Bxc3 e5 22.Qd2 Qc6
23.Ba5+ Ke8 24.Be2 Rg7 25.Bh5+ Kf8 26.g4 d5 27.h4 Kg8 28.g5 Kh8 29.Bf3 Rf8
30.Bb4 Rd8 31.Bg2 Ng8 32.Rfe1 Rdd7 33.Bc3 Rge7 34.Qe2 e4 35.Qe3 Rg7 36.Bh3 Rd6
37.Rg1 Bc8 38.Bd4 Qe8 39.gxf6 Rf7 40.Qg3 Rdd7 41.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "39th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holt,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.g4 e5 9.d5 Nd7
10.Rg1 Kh8 11.Be2 Ndc5 12.a3 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nh4 Qd7 16.Nxf5 Qxf5
17.Be3 Bf6 18.Kd2 Rg8 19.Qc2 e4 20.b4 Nd3 21.Bxd3 Rxg1 22.Rxg1 exd3 23.Qxd3 Qxh3
24.Ne4  1-0

[Event "39th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Plotkin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.Bg5 Qf5 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Be2 Qa5 13.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14.Qd2 Ke7 15.Qxb4+ Nxb4
16.Kd2 Rd8 17.Rab1 Nc6 18.Ke3 b6 19.c5 Bd7 20.Rhc1 bxc5 21.dxc5 Rab8 22.Bb5 f6
23.Nd2 e5 24.Ne4 Nd4 25.Bd3 Nf5+ 26.Ke2 Bc6 27.f3 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Nh4 29.Nd6 Nxg2
30.Be4 Nf4+ 31.Ke3 Nd5+ 32.Bxd5 Bxd5 33.Rb5 Kd7 34.Ra5 Kc6 35.Rxa7 Kxc5 36.Ne4+ Bxe4
37.Kxe4 Rd4+ 38.Ke3 Rh4 39.Rxg7 Rxh2 40.Rf7 Rxa2 41.Rxh7 Kd5 42.Rd7+ Ke6
43.Rb7 f5 44.Rb6+ Kd5 45.Rb5+ Ke6 46.Rb6+ Kf7 47.Rc6 Ra4 48.Rb6 f4+ 49.Kf2 Ra2+
50.Kf1 Ke7 51.Rh6 Rd2 52.Ra6 Rd6 53.Ra8 Ke6 54.Ra2 Kd5 55.Ke2 Rh6 56.Ra5+ Kd4
57.Ra4+ Kc3 58.Re4 Rh5 59.Kf1 Kd3 60.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Getz,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rad1 Rc4 15.b3 Rc5
16.Be3 Rc7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Qa8 19.f4 Bf6 20.f5 Rfc8 21.c3 e4 22.Bxe4 Re8
23.Bg2 Nc5 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.b4 Rc4 26.Rf3 Re5 27.Rd3 Qe8 28.Nd4 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5
30.Re1 Qc8 31.Re4 Bxd4+ 32.Rdxd4 Rdxd4 33.Rxd4 Rxc3 34.Rxd6 Qc7 35.Qf4 h4
36.Rd4 Rxg3+ 37.Kh2 Qxf4 38.Rxf4 Rxa3 39.Rxh4 Rf3 40.Rd4 Rxf5 41.Kg3 Rf6
42.Rd8+ Kh7 43.Ra8 g6  0-1

[Event "39th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2011.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kleiman,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.c4 cxd4
9.exd4 d5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.a3 dxc4 13.bxc4 Qd6 14.Qe2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Qf4
16.Nf1 Bf8 17.Bb1 Na5 18.Rc3 Ne4 19.Re3 Nd6 20.Ne5 Naxc4 21.Rh3 g6 22.Bc1 Qf6
23.Rg3 Qg7 24.Bg5 Re8 25.Rh3 f5 26.Ng3 Nf7 27.Bf4 Nfxe5 28.dxe5 Qf7 29.a4 Red8
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Ba2 Na5 32.Bg5 Rd4 33.Bf6 Qd7 34.Nf1 Bd5 35.Bxd5 Qxd5 36.Rc3 Bc5
37.Qb5 Nc6 38.Qa6 Qd7 39.h4 Nb4 40.Qe2 Nd5 41.Rg3 Nxf6 42.exf6 Rxh4  0-1

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frilles,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.e4 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.d3 h6 8.Nge2 a6 9.O-O b5
10.a3 bxc4 11.dxc4 a5 12.Kh2 Rb8 13.f4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Nb5 c5 16.Rb1 Ba6
17.a4 exf4 18.gxf4 Bxb5 19.axb5 Re8 20.Qd3 Qe7 21.Re1 Ng4+ 22.hxg4 Qh4+ 23.Qh3 Qxe1
24.Qd3 Qh4+ 25.Qh3 Qf2 26.Qf3 Qc2 27.Ra1 Qxc4 28.Bd2 Qxb5 29.Bc3 Bxc3 30.bxc3 a4
31.g5 hxg5 32.Rf1 gxf4 33.Qxf4 Qd7 34.Rf2 Qe6 35.Kg1 Rb1+ 36.Bf1 a3 37.Qd2 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Melekhina,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[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.f4 g6 11.Qc2 d6 12.Bd3 dxe5 13.O-O Bc5+ 14.Kh1 f5 15.fxe5 O-O
16.Bh6 Rf7 17.Rae1 Ba6 18.Ne2 Qxe5 19.Nf4 Qd6 20.a3 Qd7 21.Ne6 Be7 22.Re3 c5
23.Rxf5 gxf5 24.Rg3+ Kh8 25.Bxf5 Rd8 26.Nxd8 Qxd8 27.h3 Bxc4 28.b3 Qd6 29.Qc3+ Bf6
30.Qf3 Be5 31.Qe4 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Bxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Qd6+ 34.Bf4 Rg7+ 35.Kh2 Qd5 36.bxc4 Qxe4
37.Bxe4 Nxc4 38.Bd5 Nxa3 39.Be3 c4 40.Bc5 Rg5 41.Bd4+ Rg7 42.Bb2 Nb5 43.Bxc4 Nd6
44.Bd5 h6 45.g4 Kh7 46.Bxg7 Kxg7 47.Kg3 a5 48.Bc6 Nc4 49.Kf4 Kf6 50.h4 Ne5
51.g5+ hxg5+ 52.hxg5+ Ke6 53.Be4 a4 54.Bc2 a3 55.Bb3+ Kd6 56.Ke4 c5 57.Ba2 c4
58.Kd4 Ke6 59.Kc3 Kf5 60.Kb4 Kxg5 61.Kxa3 c3 62.Kb3 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barron,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.c4 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 a5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Bg6 12.Re1 Nc6 13.exd6 cxd6 14.a3 Bf6 15.Bf1 d5
16.c5 Nd7 17.Qc1 b6 18.Bb5 Na7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Rfc8 22.Re1 Nc6
23.Nf3 f6 24.Qe3 bxc5 25.Qxe6+ Qxe6 26.Rxe6 Rab8 27.dxc5 Be4 28.Nd4 Ne5 29.f3 Bg6
30.Rb6 Nd3 31.Bc3 Nxc5 32.Bxa5 Rxb6 33.Bxb6 Nxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaufman,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.Bd3 Nd7
9.h3 a6 10.Nf3 Ngf6 11.Ng5 Nf8 12.Qb3 b5 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nf3 N8d7 15.g5 Nh5
16.gxh6 g5 17.Be5 Rxh6 18.Bf5 Qa5 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Rg1 O-O-O 21.O-O-O Rg8
22.Kb1 Kb7 23.Rc1 c5 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.a3 b4 26.axb4 Qxb4 27.Rg4 Qb3 28.Na4  1-0

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hambleton,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Bd7
9.Nc1 Nh5 10.Nb3 a5 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nd4 c5 13.Ndb5 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 Ng4
16.O-O-O a4 17.Be2 a3 18.b3 Qa5 19.Kc2 Nhf6 20.Bd3 Rae8 21.Bg1 Nh5 22.g3 Qb4
23.Nc7 Rc8 24.N3b5 Nhf6 25.Qxb4 cxb4 26.h3 Nh6 27.Kd2 Ne4+ 28.Bxe4 fxe4 29.Be3 Nf5
30.g4 Bc3+ 31.Ke2 Ng3+ 32.Kf2 Nxh1+ 33.Rxh1 Kf7 34.Kg3 h5 35.g5 Kg6 36.Rh2 Be1+
37.Kg2 h4 38.Rh1 Bg3 39.Rf1 Rf5 40.Bd2 Bxb5 41.Nxb5 Rxd5 42.Bxb4 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hebert,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 a5 7.O-O e5 8.e3 exd4
9.exd4 d5 10.Ne5 Nxd4 11.cxd5 O-O 12.Ndc4 Nf5 13.Qf3 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nf5 15.a3 Bc5
16.Nd3 Be7 17.Nf4 Nd6 18.Ne3 Nf5 19.Nc4 Nd6 20.Ne5 Nd7 21.Ned3 Nf6 22.Ne5 Nd7
23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Ne6 Qe8 25.Nxc7 Qd8 26.Nxa8 b6 27.Qc2 Ba6 28.Nc7 Bxf1 29.Ne6 Qa8
30.Kxf1 Ne5 31.Bf4 Qa6+ 32.Kg1 Qd3 33.Rc1 Qxc2 34.Rxc2 Nec4 35.a4 h6 36.h4 Rf5
37.b3 Ne5 38.Nd4 Rxf4 39.gxf4 Nd3 40.Rc6 Nxf4 41.Rxb6 Kf7 42.Bf3 g6 43.Ra6 h5
44.Ra7 Ke8 45.Ne6 Nd3 46.Be2 Nb4 47.Bb5+ Kf7 48.Bc4 Kf6 49.Rxa5 Ke5 50.Ra8 Bxh4
51.a5 Nxd5 52.Bxd5 Kxd5 53.Nf4+ Kc6 54.Ra6+ Kd7 55.Nxg6 Bf6 56.Nf8+ Ke7 57.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Samsonkin,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 Nbd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O b5 12.axb6 Nxb6 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nc4 Qc7
16.Qd3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.Nc3 dxc4 19.Qxc4 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Cheng,Bi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nge2 e6 8.h3 Na6 9.O-O Nc7
10.Ng3 exd5 11.cxd5 Rb8 12.a4 a6 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Rxb6 15.Ra2 Bd7 16.Bg5 Qe7
17.Qd2 Rfb8 18.f4 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.e5 dxe5 21.f5 e4 22.Ngxe4 Bxf5 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6
24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Kh1 Qd4 26.Qe1 Nxd5 27.Qg3+ Kf8 28.Nxd5 Qxd5 29.Rxa6 Rxa6
30.Qxb8+ Kg7 31.Qf4 Rf6 32.Rf3 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Qd4 34.b3 Qxf4+ 35.Rxf4 Kg6 36.Rc4 Rb6
37.Rxc5 Rxb3 38.Kg1 Rb2 39.Rc6+ f6 40.Ra6 Rd2 41.Ra4 Kg5 42.Ra5 h5 43.Rb5 Rd4
44.Rb6 Re4 45.Kf2 Re5 46.Ra6 Rd5 47.Ra4 h4 48.Rb4 Rd2+ 49.Kf3 Rd3+ 50.Kf2 f4
51.Rb8 Rg3 52.Rg8+ Kf5 53.Rh8 f3 54.gxf3 Rxh3 55.Kg2 Rg3+ 56.Kf2 Kg5 57.Rh7 f5
58.Rh8 Rh3 59.Kg2 Rg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krnan,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[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.b3 Nb6 14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 Nc8 16.Nbd2 g6
17.Nf1 Nh5 18.Bh6 Ng7 19.Ng3 f6 20.Nh2 Rf7 21.f4 c4 22.Qd2 cxb3 23.Bxb3 Na7
24.Rf1 Rc8 25.Rf3 exf4 26.Bxf4 f5 27.Re1 fxe4 28.Nxe4 Rcf8 29.Ng5 Bxg5 30.Bxg5 Qxa5
31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Nf3 Qa3 33.Ba2 b4 34.cxb4 Nf5 35.Bf4 Nb5 36.Bc4 Rf8 37.Ne5 Be8
38.Ng4 Bd7 39.Bg5 Rc8 40.Nf6+ Kf7 41.Nxd7 Rxc4 42.Qe2 Rc8 43.Bf6 Nc7 44.Qc2 Re8
45.Rxe8 Nxe8 46.Bc3 Nc7 47.Qd2 Nb5 48.Bb2 Qe3+ 49.Qf2 Qxf2+ 50.Kxf2 Nc7 51.Nf6 Ne7
52.Nxh7 Nexd5 53.Ng5+ Ke7 54.g4 Nxb4 55.Ke2 Ne6 56.Nxe6 Kxe6 57.h4 Nd5 58.Kf3 a5
59.h5 gxh5 60.gxh5 Kf5 61.h6 Kg6 62.Ke4 Nb4 63.Kd4 d5 64.Bc1 a4 65.Bd2 a3
66.Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gardner,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 e5 8.d5 a5 9.Nd2 Nc5
10.g4 Bd7 11.Rg1 Kh8 12.h4 h6 13.Be3 Nh7 14.g5 h5 15.Nf3 a4 16.Be2 c6 17.Qd2 cxd5
18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qxd5 a3 20.Rd1 Bg4 21.Qxc5 Qe8 22.b3 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 f6 24.Bxh5 fxg5
25.Bg4 gxh4 26.Rd7 Rf7 27.Qd5 Rxd7 28.Bxd7 Qe7 29.Qxb7 Rf8 30.Bc6 Qf6 31.Rf1 Ng5
32.Nd5 Nf3+ 33.Kd1 Qg5 34.Qb4 h3 35.Ne3 h2 36.Qxa3 Ng1  0-1

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Porper,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd2 Nbd7 6.Rc1 a6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.f3 c5 12.Bb1 Nb6 13.b3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qe7 15.a4 Ba3
16.Rc2 Bb4 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Qe2 Rac8 19.Qd3 Qe5 20.Rcc1 g6 21.Re2 Qh5 22.Rf1 Bd6
23.g4 Bxg4 24.fxg4 Nxg4 25.Nf3 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.e4 Bb4 28.Rg2 a5 29.Kh1 Rc6
30.Qg3 dxe4 31.Nxe4 Bxd2 32.Nxd2 Rce6 33.Qf2 f6 34.Bd3 Re3 35.Bf5 Re7 36.Be4 Nd5
37.Bxd5+ Qxd5 38.Qxf6 Re8 39.Kg1 Qc5 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Rgf2 Re2
43.Qf4 Rxf2 44.Rxf2 Re1+ 45.Kg2 Qd5+ 46.Nf3 Re4 47.Qb8+ Kg7 48.Qc7+ Kh6 49.h3 Qxb3
50.Nd2 Qxa4 51.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 52.Kh2  1-0

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valencia,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O Bf5 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.b3 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Rb1 Qc8 13.e4 Bh3 14.Bb2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rd8
16.Qe2 Rb8 17.Rfd1 Qa6 18.Nf3 e5 19.Rd2 c5 20.Rbd1 Ne8 21.Nb5 Qb6 22.Bc3 Nb7
23.Bb2 Bh6 24.Rd3 Ng7 25.Nc3 Ne6 26.Nd5 Qa6 27.Bc1 Bxc1 28.Rxc1 Rf8 29.Nf6+ Kg7
30.Nd7 Qc6 31.Nxb8 Rxb8 32.Rd5 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nd7 5.O-O e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.a4 Ngf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bc4 h6 10.b3 Re8 11.Qe2 c6 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rd1 Nc5 14.Ba3 Bf8 15.Qe3 Ng4 16.Qc1 b5
17.Bf1 Rb8 18.Bb4 f5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Nh4 Qg7 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Qe3 f4 23.Qf3 Qg5
24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Qxc6 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Bb7 27.Qxb5 Rec8 28.Qd3 e4 29.Qd4 Qxh4+
30.Kg1 e3 31.Ne2 Ne4 32.Qe5 f3 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Qe5+ Nf6 35.Nf4 Qg5 36.Qxe3 Rxc2
37.Rd2 Re8 38.Qd4 Re4 39.Qd8+ Re8 40.Qd4 Rxd2 41.Qxd2 fxg2 42.Bc4 Kh7 43.Qf2 Ne4
44.Ne6 Rxe6 45.Qf7+ Kh8 46.Qf8+ Kh7 47.Qf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wang,Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 e5 5.dxe5 Qxd1+ 6.Nxd1 b5 7.f4 g6 8.Nf3 Be6
9.Be2 Bc5 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O f6 12.Bxc5 Nxc5 13.Nf2 O-O-O 14.g4 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.b4 Nd3 17.Bxd3 cxd3 18.Ng5 Bc4 19.gxf5 Ne7 20.f6 Ng6 21.Nfe4 h6 22.Nf3 Nxf4
23.Kf2 Rhg8 24.Ke3 Nd5+ 25.Kd2 Rg2+ 26.Rf2 Rxf2+ 27.Nxf2 Nxb4 28.Ne4 Bxa2
29.Rxa2 Nxa2 30.e6 Rh8 31.Ne5 Nb4 32.Ng6 Na6 33.Nxh8 Nc7 34.Nc5 Kd8 35.f7 Ke7
36.Ng6+  1-0

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melekhina,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Rb1 Rad8 13.Qc2 Ne5 14.Bd5 Ng4 15.Bf4 Qxc5
16.h3 Nf6 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bf4 e5 20.Bg5 Ba4 21.Qd2 Bb5 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Bd5 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 Qxc3 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Qa6 Bd8 27.Qxa7 Qc7 28.Qxc7 Bxc7
29.Rc1 Bb6 30.Rc6 Kg7 31.Rd6 f5 32.Rd7+ Kh6 33.Rb7 Rxb7 34.Bxb7 Kg5 35.Kf1 fxe4
36.Bxe4 Kf4 37.f3 Kg3 38.a4 Bc7 39.Bd5 g5 40.Be4 h6 41.Bd5 Bd8 42.Be6 Bb6
43.Bg4 Kf4 44.Ke2 e4 45.fxe4 Kxe4 46.Bh5 Kd4 47.Kf3 Ke5 48.Be8 Bc5 49.Ke2 Kd4
50.Bf7 Bb6 51.Kd2 Ba5+ 52.Kc2 Ke3 53.Kb3 Kd4 54.Bg6 Be1 55.Kc2 Ba5 56.Kd1 Ke3
57.Be8 Bb4 58.Kc2 Kd4 59.Kb3 Ba5 60.Bg6 Be1 61.Bf7 Ba5 62.Kc2 Ke3 63.Kb3 Kd4
64.Kc2 Ke3 65.Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.Bxh6 gxh6
9.cxd4 Bd7 10.Ra2 Bg7 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Rac8 14.Qd2 Ng6 15.Rc2 f6
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Ne5 Rd8 19.h4 Be8 20.Re1 Rf5 21.Qd3 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Rxe5
23.dxe5 Qc7 24.Qd4 Rc8 25.Rc1 Qc4 26.Qxa7 Qb3 27.Qe3 Qxa3 28.Ne2 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 Qxb4
30.Nf4 Qc4 31.Qd2 Bf7 32.g3 Qe4 33.Qc3 Kg7 34.Qc7 Qf5 35.Qxb7 Qxe5 36.Qb4 Qf6
37.Qc5 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Nd3 e5 40.Qc7 e4 41.Ne5 Qe6 42.Kg2 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pechenkin,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Ne7 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 c6 7.Nge2 d6 8.O-O a6 9.Be3 b5
10.Qd2 Be6 11.cxb5 axb5 12.b4 Nd7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Rb8 15.Rb1 d5 16.exd5 cxd5
17.Ba7 Rb7 18.Rba1 Nb6 19.Ra6 Nec8 20.Bxb6 Nxb6 21.R1a5 Rb8 22.Nb5 Bc8 23.Ra7 Bb7
24.Nec3 e4 25.dxe4 Nc4 26.Qa2 Nxa5 27.exd5 Bxc3 28.Nxc3 Qc7 29.Ne4 Bxd5 30.Nf6+ Kh8
31.Qd2 Qe5 32.Rxa5 Qxf6 33.Rxd5 Rfd8 34.b5 Kg7 35.h4 Rxd5 36.Qxd5 Rd8 37.Qc5 Rd1+
38.Kh2 Rd2 39.Kg1 Qa1+ 40.Bf1 Rd1 41.Qc4 Rc1 42.Qd3 Qe5 43.Kg2 Rc3 44.Qd2 Rb3
45.Qc2 Rc3 46.Qd2 Qe4+ 47.Kg1 Rb3 48.Kh2 Qe5 49.Kg1 Rb2 50.Qd3 Qc5 51.Qf3 Qd4
52.Kg2 Rc2 53.Be2 Rc3 54.Qb7 Rc5 55.Qa7 Qe5 56.Bf1 Qe4+ 57.Kh2 Qd4 58.Kg1 h6
59.Qe7 Rc3 60.Kg2 Qd5+ 61.Kg1 Qd4 62.Kg2 Rb3 63.Qe2 h5 64.Qe1 Rb2 65.Kg1 Rd2
66.Kg2 Qd5+ 67.Kg1 Rd1 68.Qe2 Kh7 69.Kh2 Rb1 70.Kg1 Kg7 71.Kh2 Qd4 72.Kg1 Rb2
73.Qf3 Rb1 74.Qe2 Qd1 75.Qxd1 Rxd1 76.Kg2 Kf6 77.Be2 Rb1 78.Kf3 Ke5 79.Bc4 f6
80.Bf7 Kf5 81.Be8 Rb3+ 82.Ke2 g5 83.hxg5 Kxg5 84.Bd7 f5 85.Kf1 Rb4 86.Bc6 f4
87.gxf4+ Kxf4 88.Kg2 Rb3 89.Be8 h4 90.Bd7 Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Haessel,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a3 a4 7.Ba2 Bd6 8.Nc3 Be6 9.Ng5 O-O
10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Bd2 Nc5 14.Rae1 Nfd7 15.Kh1 h6 16.Qg4 Kh7
17.g3 Rf6 18.Qe2 Raf8 19.f3 Kh8 20.Nd1 R6f7 21.Ne3 Qb6 22.Bc1 Qa6 23.Kg2 Bc7
24.Ng4 Kh7 25.h3 Kh8 26.h4 Ba5 27.Rd1 h5 28.Nh2 Bc7 29.Be3 Bd6 30.c3 Nb3
31.Qc2 d4 32.cxd4 exd4 33.Bg5 Ndc5 34.f4 g6 35.Qe2 Kh7 36.Rf3 Qb6 37.Rdf1 Qc7
38.e5 Be7 39.g4 Qa5 40.R3f2 hxg4 41.Nxg4 Qb5 42.Rf3 Qa5 43.Bxb3 Nxb3 44.R1f2 Nc5
45.Bxe7 Rxe7 46.Nf6+ Kg7 47.Rg3  1-0

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "High,David L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Rg1 Rc8 12.Kb1 b5 13.h3 h4 14.Ne2 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.g4 Qc7 17.c3 a5 18.f4 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 a4 20.Nbd4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Nc5 22.Bxb5+ Kf8
23.f5 Bd5 24.Rge1 Rh6 25.g5 Rb6 26.f6 gxf6 27.g6 Be4+ 28.Ka1 Kg7 29.gxf7 Rxb5
30.Nxb5 Qb6 31.Nd4 Kxf7 32.Qh6 Rb8 33.Rd2 Rg8 34.Qh5+ Kf8 35.Qh6+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Howe,Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Qe2 e6
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.a3 Be7 11.h3 Qc7 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd5 15.f4 O-O-O
16.Rdf1 h6 17.f5 exf5 18.gxf5 Bh7 19.Rhg1 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Bg5+ 21.Kb1 Rhe8 22.Rg4 Bg8
23.h4 Bf6 24.Re4 Be7 25.f6 gxf6 26.exf6 Bf8 27.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Viswanadha,Kesav"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[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 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.h3 h4 13.f4 b5 14.f5 Bc4 15.Bd3 Qc7
16.Rhg1 b4 17.Ne2 a5 18.g4 hxg3 19.Rxg3 Bf8 20.Nbc1 Qb7 21.b3 Bb5 22.Bxb5 Qxb5
23.Qd3 Qc6 24.Bg1 Nxe4 25.Re3 Ndf6 26.Re1 d5 27.Ng3 Nc3+ 28.Kb2 e4 29.Qd2 Bd6
30.Nge2 Be5 31.Nd4 Nb5 32.Ne2 Bxd4+ 33.Nxd4 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barnett,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.O-O Be7
9.Kh1 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Be3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Rfe8 14.Nd4 Ne5 15.Bxe5 dxe5
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qd3 Bb4 18.Na2 Bc5 19.Qc4 Rac8 20.b3 Qc6 21.Rae1 Qxe4 22.Bd3 Qd4
23.Qxd4 Bxd4 24.Nc1 Ng4 25.h3 Nf2+ 26.Kh2 Nxd3 27.Nxd3 Rxc2 28.Nxe5 Rc3 29.Nf3 Be3
30.Ne5 Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Rf1+ Ke8 33.Rf3 Bd4 34.Nc4 Kd7 35.Rf7+ Kc6 36.Na5+ Kd5
37.Rxb7 Be5+ 38.Kg1 Bc7 39.b4 Ke4 40.Kf2 Rc2+ 41.Ke1 Bxa5 42.bxa5 Rxg2 43.Rb6 e5
44.Rxa6 Ke3 45.Kf1 Ra2 46.Ra7 g5 47.Rxh7 Rxa4 48.Rg7 Kf3 49.Rf7+ Ke4 50.Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Melekhina,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.a4 b6
9.h3 Ba6 10.Re1 Qc8 11.Be3 b5 12.axb5 cxb5 13.Qd3 Rb8 14.g4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nc5
16.Qd1 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bf6 19.Nc6 Rb6 20.Bd4 Rxc6 21.dxc6 Nd3 22.Bxf6 Nxe1
23.Qxe1 gxf6 24.Qxb4 Re8 25.Qxd6 Re6 26.Qd7 Qb8 27.Rxa6 Re1+ 28.Bf1 Qe5 29.c7 Qe2
30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shvartsman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "E77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4
10.O-O Re8 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nbd7 13.g4 h6 14.h4 Nh7 15.g5 f6 16.h5 fxg5
17.hxg6 Nhf8 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Bg4 Ne5 20.Rf5 Bf6 21.Bh5 Kg7 22.Ne2 Nfxg6 23.Ng3 Rh8
24.Qe2 Nh4 25.Rf2 Qe7 26.Bd2 Raf8 27.Raf1 Neg6 28.Bxg6 Kxg6 29.Be3 Qd7 30.e5 dxe5
31.Bxc5 Be7 32.d6 Rxf2 33.Qxf2 Bd8 34.Qe2 Qc6 35.Ne4 Nf5 36.Qd3 Rh4 37.Ng3 Qxc5+
38.Rf2 Qc1+ 39.Nf1 Rg4+  0-1

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Finegold,Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Nc6
9.Be3 h6 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Rfc1 e5 12.a4 a5 13.Nb5 f5 14.Ne1 e4 15.Rc2 Be6 16.Ra3 exd3
17.Rxd3 Qf6 18.Nxc7 Nc4 19.Qc1 N6e5 20.Nxa8 Nxd3 21.Nxd3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Rxa8
23.Bxb7 Rd8 24.Rc6  1-0

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boas,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Nd2 f5 8.f3 Bd6
9.g3 exf3 10.Nxf3 O-O 11.c5 Bc7 12.Bc4 b6 13.Qe2 bxc5 14.dxc5 Qe7 15.Bd2 Kh8
16.O-O e5 17.b4 Nd7 18.Nh4 g6 19.e4 f4 20.Nf3 g5 21.gxf4 gxf4 22.Bc3 Nf6
23.Kh1 Bg4 24.Rg1 a5 25.a3 Qe8 26.Raf1 axb4 27.axb4 Qh5 28.Bb2 h6 29.Qg2 Rae8
30.h3 Qxh3+ 31.Qxh3 Bxh3 32.Re1 Kh7 33.Ra1 Bb8 34.Rgd1 Bg4 35.Kg2 Re7 36.Ra6 Rg7
37.Kf2 Nxe4+ 38.Ke2 Ng5 39.Bd3+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rodriguez,Er"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.Bb3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qf3 f5
9.exd5 Na5 10.d6 Qxd6 11.Nf7 Qf6 12.Bg5 Qg7 13.Nxh8 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qxh8 15.O-O  1-0

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Coleman,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.e4 d6 7.Ne2 Rg8 8.O-O g5
9.c5 dxc5 10.d4 Na6 11.Rb1 c6 12.Qa4 Nd7 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.a4 Be6 15.a5 Nc4 16.d5 Bd7
17.Rxb7 Nd6 18.Rb2 cxd5 19.exd5 c4 20.Be3 h5 21.Re1 Kf8 22.Nc1 h4 23.Na2 hxg3
24.fxg3 Rh8 25.Nb4 Nxb4 26.cxb4 a6 27.Qc3 f6 28.Rf2 Kg8 29.Bc5 Bb5 30.Be4 Rh6
31.Bf5 Kg7 32.Be6 Bd7 33.Rxe5 Kh7 34.Bg8+  1-0

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nagle,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bf4 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.h3 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.a4 a6 9.Be2 Nbd7
10.O-O Qe8 11.Bh2 e5 12.a5 b5 13.c4 exd4 14.exd4 bxc4 15.Nxc4 Qb8 16.Qa4 Qa7
17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Rfe8 19.Ne3 Nf8 20.Qc4 Ne4 21.Rc2 h6 22.Nd5 Qa8 23.Nf4 Ng5
24.d5 c6 25.Qb3 cxd5 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.h4 Ne4 28.Nxd5 Ne6 29.Bc4 Qc5 30.Ne3 Bc6
31.Qa3 Bb5 32.Qxc5 dxc5 33.Be5 f6 34.Bc3 Nxc3 35.bxc3 f5 36.Bxb5 axb5 37.Nd5 Ra8
38.Re1 Ra6 39.h5 gxh5 40.Nh4 f4 41.Nf5 Bf8 42.Re5 Kf7 43.Nh4 Ng7 44.Nc7 Rxa5
45.Rd5 b4 46.cxb4 Ra1+ 47.Kh2 cxb4 48.Nf3 Ra7 49.Rd7+ Kg8 50.Ne5 Ne6 51.Nd5 Rxd7
52.Nxd7 b3 53.N7f6+ Kf7 54.Ne4 b2 55.Nd2 Bd6 56.Kg1 Nc5 57.Nc3 Ke6 58.Kf1 Be5
59.Ncb1 Kd5 60.Ke2 Ne4 61.Nxe4 Kxe4 62.f3+ Kd4 63.Kd2 Bc7 64.Na3 Bd6 65.Nb1 Bb4+
66.Ke2 Kc4  0-1

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shahade,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.b4 a5
9.b5 c5 10.Bb2 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Nc5 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O b6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Re1 Bb7
16.Bb2 Rc8 17.Bf1 Ne6 18.Nb3 Ndc5 19.Nbd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Ne6 21.Qg4 Bc5 22.Rad1 Qg5
23.Qh3 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Rc7 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.e6 Rc7 27.exf7+ Rcxf7 28.Qe6 Qd8
29.f3 Kh8 30.Bd3 Bc8 31.Qe5 Bf5 32.Bc4 Rd7 33.Rxd5 h6 34.Red1 Rxd5 35.Rxd5 Qc8
36.Bf1 Qc1 37.Qe7 Rf6 38.Kf2 Kh7 39.Qe3 Qb2+ 40.Rd2 Qa1 41.Bc4 Qc1 42.Bg8+ Kh8
43.Bd5 Rf8 44.Bc6 Bg6 45.h4 Qh1 46.Rd4 Kh7 47.Qe7 Rf7 48.Qd8 Qa1 49.h5 Bxh5
50.Be4+ Bg6 51.Bxg6+ Kxg6 52.Qxb6+ Kh7 53.Qc5 Qb2+ 54.Kg3 Qb1 55.Re4 Rf6
56.Kh2 Qb2 57.Kh3 Qb1 58.Rg4 h5 59.Rg5 Qh1+ 60.Kg3 Qe1+ 61.Kh3 Qh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kekelidze,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bb7 10.Qh5 g6 11.Nxg6 fxg6 12.Qe5 Nd7 13.Qxh8 Qe7 14.d5 exd5 15.O-O dxe4
16.Bxe4 O-O-O 17.Bg2 c5 18.Bxb7+ Kxb7 19.Bf4 Qf7 20.Rad1 Rc8 21.Rfe1 Nf6
22.Bg5 Bg7 23.Qxg7 Qxg7 24.Re6 Ng8 25.a4 h6 26.Be3 Nf6 27.a5 Rc6 28.a6+ Rxa6
29.Rxa6 Kxa6 30.Bxc5 Kb7 31.Re1 Nd5 32.Bd4 Qf7  0-1

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 Be7 5.g3 c6 6.a4 b6 7.Bg2 a6 8.h3 h5 9.f4 Nbd7
10.O-O Bb7 11.b4 a5 12.b5 cxb5 13.axb5 Rc8 14.Bb2 Rc4 15.Qd3 Qc7 16.Na4 O-O
17.fxe5 dxe5 18.dxe5 Nxe4 19.Bd4 Rxa4 20.Rxa4 Nec5 21.Rc4 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Qxe5
23.Qc3 Qxe2 24.Bxb7 Nxb7 25.Re1 Bc5+ 26.Rxc5 Qxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Nxc5 28.Qe5 Ra8
29.Qxh5 Re8 30.Qd5 g6 31.Kg2 Re6 32.h4 Kg7 33.g4 Re4 34.Kf3 Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanenko,Vl"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O g6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.a4 O-O 10.Qd2 Ne5 11.h3 Bd7 12.f4 Nc6 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Nb3 Nb4
16.a5 Be6 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Nd5 Nbxd5 19.exd5 Bf5 20.c3 Be4 21.Qe2 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Rfe8
23.Re3 Bf8 24.c4 Nd7 25.Nd4 Nxb6 26.axb6 Rcd8 27.h4 Qc8 28.b4 Bg7 29.h5 Qd7
30.hxg6 hxg6 31.f5 Bxd4 32.Rxd4 Qxf5 33.Rde4 Qf6 34.Rxe7 Rxe7 35.Rxe7 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lapshun,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Ba2 Rc8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.Rac1 Qa5
16.h3 a6 17.Bf4 b5 18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bf6 21.Bg5 b4 22.Qe4 bxa3
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.bxa3 Kh8 25.Rd3 Ne7 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Ng5  1-0

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gustafsson,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Rfd1 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qf4 Qe7 13.Qxd6 Qxd6 14.Rxd6 Na6 15.Rc1 Rfd8
16.Rcd1 Rxd6 17.Rxd6 Rc8 18.Nb5 Rxc4 19.Nxa7 Rc1+ 20.Bf1 Rc2 21.Rxb6 Rxb2
22.Rxb2 Bxb2 23.Nd2 Nc5 24.Nc4 Bf6 25.e3 Kf8 26.Nd6 Bf3 27.Bb5 Ke7 28.Nac8+ Kf8
29.a4 Bc3 30.Nc4 Nb3 31.N4b6 g6 32.Nd7+ Kg7 33.Nd6 g5 34.Ne8+ Kg8 35.h3 h5
36.h4 gxh4 37.gxh4 Nd2 38.Kh2 Bd1 39.Kg2 Kh7 40.Nd6 Kg7 41.Bc6 Bc2 42.Nb7 Nc4
43.Nbc5 Nd6 44.Bf3 Kh6 45.Be2 Bb4 46.Bd3 Bd1 47.Bb1 Nc4 48.Bd3 Nd6 49.Kg3 Be1
50.e4 Kg7 51.e5 Nc8 52.Be4 Ne7 53.Nd3 Bc3 54.N7c5 Kh6 55.f4 Ng6 56.Nf2 Be1
57.Nd3 Bxf2+ 58.Nxf2 Bxa4 59.Nh3 Bd1 60.Ng5 Kg7 61.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bg4 4.g3 Nd7 5.Bb2 e6 6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Nbd2 b5 10.Rc1 Qb6 11.Rc2 Qa6 12.Qa1 Ba3 13.Bc3 Rfc8 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6
16.Nh4 Be7 17.e4 bxc4 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.dxc4 dxe4 20.g5 Nd5 21.Bxg7 Nb4 22.Bh6 Bf8
23.Rcc1 f5 24.Rcd1 Qxa2 25.Qxa2 Nxa2 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.Rxd7 Nc3 28.Re1 Rd8
29.Rc7 Rd2 30.Bxe4 Bc5 31.Bxg6 Bxf2+ 32.Kf1 Bd4 33.Rxe6 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 Rg1+
35.Kh2 Rf1 36.Rce7 Bc5 37.Bh7+ Kh8 38.Bg7+ Kxh7 39.Rh6+ Kg8 40.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Black "Potapova,Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bh2 b6 12.b4 a5 13.a3 Bb7 14.c5 axb4 15.axb4 bxc5 16.Rxa8 Bxa8
17.bxc5 Qa5 18.Na4 dxc5 19.dxe5 Nd5 20.e4 N5b6 21.Nxb6 Nxb6 22.Qb3 Qb4 23.Qc2 Nd7
24.Rd1 Nb6 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Bf4 Nd7 27.Bc4 Qd8 28.Ng5 Nxe5 29.Rd1 Qf6 30.Bxe5 Qxg5
31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.Qa2+ Ke7 33.Qa7+ Ke6 34.Qd7+ Kxe5 35.Qd6+  1-0

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pridorozhni,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[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 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Qb6 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Na5 12.Rd1 Nb3 13.Qe3 Qa5+ 14.Kf2 Qa4 15.Rd3 Na5
16.Ne2 Nb6 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.Qc1 a6 19.Nd1 Qe7 20.Ne3 Bd7 21.Rc3 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Qc3 Nac4 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.Qxc4 Bd7 27.Qc5 Bc6 28.Rd1 f6 29.exf6 Qxc5
30.f7+ Kxf7 31.dxc5 Bxf3 32.Kxf3 Ke7 33.Rd6 Rc8 34.b4 a5 35.Rb6 Rc7 36.Ke4 axb4
37.axb4 Kf6 38.f5 Rc6 39.Rxc6 bxc6 40.fxe6  1-0

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Black "Skurikhin,Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qxb3 7.axb3 Nbd7 8.b4 g6
9.Bf4 Bg7 10.e3 O-O 11.b5 Nh5 12.Bc7 Rac8 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Rxa7 Ra8 15.Ra5 Rxa5
16.Bxa5 e5 17.Be2 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.exd4 Nf4 20.Bf1 Bd3 21.g3 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Nd3
23.Nd1 Rb8 24.Bc3 f5 25.Ke2 Nb4 26.Kd2 Rb5 27.Ne3 Nf6 28.f3 Na2 29.Ra1 Nxc3
30.Kxc3 Rb8 31.Ra7 Ne8 32.b4 Rc8 33.b5 Nc7 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Nxd5 cxd5 36.b6 Rb7
37.Kb4 Kf8 38.Kb5 Ke8 39.c6 Rb8 40.c7 Rxb6+ 41.Kxb6 Kd7 42.Kb7  1-0

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akselrod,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Bxc4 exd5 6.exd5 Bd6 7.Nc3 a6 8.a4 Qh4
9.Qe2+ Ne7 10.Nf3 Qg4 11.Ne4 Qd7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bxf6 O-O 14.Nxd6 Rxf6 15.Ne4  1-0

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Black "Musin,Az"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.cxd5 Nxc3
9.bxc3 exd5 10.Qb3 c6 11.e3 O-O 12.c4 Be6 13.Rb1 b6 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.c5 bxc5
16.Qb7 Nd7 17.Qxc6 Qxc6 18.Nxc6 cxd4 19.exd4 Rfe8 20.Kd2 Nb6 21.Ba6 Nc4+
22.Kc3 Nd6 23.f3 Bc8 24.Bd3 Bf5 25.Rhe1 Rec8 26.Bxf5 Nxf5 27.Re5 Rxc6+ 28.Kd3 Nh4
29.Rb2 Rd8 30.Re7 a6 31.Rbb7 Rf6 32.Re2 Rg6 33.Rbb2 Kf8 34.f4 Re8 35.Rxe8+ Kxe8
36.g3 Nf5 37.Rb8+ Kd7 38.Rb7+ Kc6 39.Rxf7 Rf6 40.Ra7 Kb6 41.Rd7 Rd6 42.Rf7 g6
43.g4 Nh4 44.Rh7 Ng2 45.Rxh6 Nxf4+ 46.Ke3 Rf6 47.h4 Ng2+ 48.Ke2 Kb5 49.h5 Nh4
50.Rh8 Kc4 51.Rc8+ Kxd4 52.h6 Rf7 53.g5 Ke4 54.Rc1 Nf5 55.Rg1 Nd4+ 56.Kd1 Ke3
57.Re1+ Kd3 58.Rh1 Rh7 59.Rh3+ Ke4 60.Ra3 Nf3 61.Rxa6 Ne5 62.Rd6 d4 63.a4 d3
64.a5 Rf7 65.Re6 Kf5 66.Rf6+ Rxf6 67.gxf6 Kxf6 68.a6 Nd7 69.Kd2 g5 70.Kxd3 Kg6
71.a7 Nb6 72.Kd4 Kxh6 73.Kc5 Na8 74.Kc6 g4 75.Kb7 g3 76.Kxa8 g2 77.Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erbaktanov,Togar"]
[Black "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Kh1 Ne7 12.f4 Nc6 13.Bd2 Be7 14.Qg4 g6 15.Rac1 a6
16.b3 Qd4 17.Qe2 Nb4 18.Bb1 Qb6 19.Rfd1 O-O 20.Be3 Qa5 21.f5 exf5 22.Bh6 Rfe8
23.e6 Bxe6 24.Qe5 Bf8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Ne2 Nc6 27.Qg3 Rad8 28.Nf4 d4 29.Qg5 Rd7
30.Nh5 Qd8 31.Nf6+ Kg7 32.Nh5+ Kh8 33.Nf6 Ne5 34.Qh6  1-0

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Black "Pavlova,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 a6 5.Nf3 g6 6.a4 b4 7.O-O Bg7 8.e5 Nd5 9.c4 bxc3
10.bxc3 c5 11.Be4 Qc7 12.c4 Nb4 13.d5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Bb2 Qd6 16.Bxh8 f6
17.Bg7  1-0

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pilkevich,Maxim"]
[Black "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qf4 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6
10.O-O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ndxe5 12.Re1 Ng6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qg3 f4 15.Bxf4 Bxh4
16.Qf3 O-O 17.g3 e5 18.gxh4 Rxf4 19.Qg3 Rg4 20.Qd3 Be6 21.h5 Nf4 22.Qf3 e4
23.Qd1 Qg5 24.Kb1 Rh4 25.Be2 Bg4 26.Bxg4 Qxg4 27.Qd4 Rxh5 28.Rhg1 Ne6  0-1

[Event "VII Ugra Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,Andrei"]
[Black "Kalmachevskikh,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.Nf3 d6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 f5 7.h4 Nf6 8.Bh6 Nbd7
9.e3 Qa5 10.Qc2 Ng4 11.Bf4 Ndf6 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nf3 b5 15.O-O bxc4
16.Bxc4 O-O 17.Nd2 Kg7 18.Rab1 Rab8 19.Rb2 Rb6 20.Bb3 Bb5 21.c4 Bd7 22.Rfb1 Rfb8
23.e4 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bf5 25.f3 Ne5 26.Bd2 Qa6 27.Bc3 Qc8 28.Qe2 Bxe4 29.fxe4 Qg4
30.Bxe5 dxe5 31.Qxg4 Nxg4 32.Rd2 Rf8 33.Rf1 Rxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Rf6+ 35.Kg1 Rf4
36.g3 Rxe4 37.d6 exd6 38.Rxd6 Re1+ 39.Kg2 e4 40.Rc6 Re2+ 41.Kf1 Rf2+ 42.Ke1 Rg2
43.Re6 Rxg3 44.Bd1 h5 45.Be2 e3 46.Kd1 Nf2+ 47.Kc2 Nh3 48.Bd3 Nf4 49.Re7+ Kf6
50.Re4 Ne6 51.Be2 Rg2 52.Kd3 Kf5 53.Bf3 Rg3 54.Kxe3 Nd4 55.Rf4+ Ke5 56.Re4+ Kd6
57.Rf4 Rxf3+ 58.Rxf3 Nxf3 59.Kxf3 Ke5 60.a3 Kd4 61.Kf4 Kxc4 62.Kg5  0-1

[Event "Continental Class Ch."]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yanayt,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Nd7
9.dxe5 Ncxe5 10.Bb2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 f5 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Rad1 Qd7 15.f4 Nc6
16.Bf3 Qf7 17.g3 Rab8 18.Rfe1 h6 19.Nd5 Kh7 20.b4 Rfc8 21.e4 Bxd5 22.cxd5 fxe4
23.Bg4 Re8 24.Bxg7 Qxg7 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.Qd4 Qe7 27.a3 d5 28.Qxa7  1-0

[Event "Continental Class Ch."]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burnett,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.d4 Bb6 11.b3 Re8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Raxd8 14.Rd1 Rxd1+ 15.Nxd1 h5
16.g5 Ne4 17.Nh4 Nxg5 18.Nxg6 fxg6 19.Ba3 e4 20.Nc3 Ba5 21.Nd5 Ne5 22.Rd1 c6
23.Nf4 Kf7 24.Kf1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Ne2 Nef3 27.Nc3 Ba5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental Class Ch."]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Adu,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.f4 Bc5 8.Nb3 Bb4
9.O-O d6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 b6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Rae1 Qc6 15.Rf3 e5
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Bb4 Qa4 18.Ba3 Qc6 19.Qf1 Qc7 20.Rf5 b5 21.c4 b4 22.Bxb4 a5
23.Ba3 a4 24.Nd2 Nc5 25.Nf3 Ng4 26.Bc2 f6 27.Qg1 Ne6 28.Nh4 Nd4 29.Bd1 Nh6
30.Rff1 Qxc4 31.Qe3 Nf7 32.Qg3 Ng5 33.Bh5+ Kd8 34.Nf5 Nxf5 35.exf5  1-0

[Event "Continental Class Ch."]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.f4 e5 8.Nb3 b5
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qd3 Be7 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.a5 Qc7 15.Be3 Rac8
16.Rac1 Nf6 17.Bb6 Qd7 18.Bf3 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 Bd8 20.Bf2 Ng4 21.Bg3 Bf6 22.Be4 g6
23.f5 Bg5 24.Rcd1 Bf4 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Bxg6 Ne3 28.Bh7+ Kg7 29.Nd4 Nxd1
30.Rxd1 Rc5 31.Nf5+ Kf8 32.Qh3 Re5 33.Bg6  1-0

[Event "Continental Class Ch."]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Coleman,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd2 Nbd7 6.Rc1 Bd6 7.c5 Bc7 8.f4 h6 9.Nf3 g5
10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Ne5 Ndf6 12.O-O gxf4 13.exf4 Ng7 14.Qf3 Nf5 15.Ne2 h5 16.Be1 Qe7
17.b4 Bd7 18.a4 O-O-O 19.b5 Rdg8 20.a5 Ng4 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.a6 cxb5 23.axb7+ Kb8
24.Ra1 Rh6 25.Qa3  1-0

[Event "Continental Class Ch."]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarkar,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.f3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 Ne7 10.e4 fxe4 11.fxe4 e5 12.c5 bxc5 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.Qxa7 exd4
16.Nb5 Nc6 17.Qa4 Bxh2+ 18.Kxh2 Ng4+ 19.Kg1 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Qh4 21.g3 Qh1+
22.Ng1 Rf8+ 23.Bf4 Ne3+ 24.Ke2 Qg2+ 25.Ke1 Qxg1+ 26.Kd2 Qxa1 27.Bxe3 dxe3+
28.Kc3 e2 29.Bxe2 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "Continental Class Ch."]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shahade,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[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 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Na4 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Nd7
16.g4 Rf8 17.h3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 Rad8 20.Ke1 d5 21.gxf5 Rxf5 22.Rg1 Rf6
23.Rd1 Rg6 24.Bg4 Bxg4 25.Rxg4 b5 26.Rxg6 hxg6 27.Nb6 Bc3+ 28.Ke2 Nxb6 29.Bxb6 Rd6
30.c5 Re6+ 31.Kf3 d4 32.a3 a5 33.a4 bxa4 34.bxa4 Kf7 35.Rd3 Ke8 36.c6 Rxc6
37.Bxd4 Bb4 38.Re3 Rc4 39.Bb6 Rc6 40.Bd4 Rc4 41.Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental Class Ch."]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.Bxf4 Bg4 13.Qe1 Bh5 14.Nh4 Ne6 15.Bg3 Re8
16.Nf5 h6 17.Bxd6 Bxd6 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.e5 Qd4 20.exf6 Nc5 21.Qg3 g5 22.Qh3 Nxd3
23.cxd3 Qg4 24.Qxg4 Bxg4 25.d4 Rad8 26.d5 Kh7 27.h3 Bd7 28.Rad1 Kg6 29.Rd4 a5
30.Kh2 Re5 31.Rc4 Rc8 32.Rxc8 Bxc8 33.d6 Bd7 34.g4 h5 35.Rd1 hxg4 36.hxg4 Kxf6
37.Nd5+ Ke6 38.Nc7+ Kf6 39.Nd5+ Ke6 40.Nc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Aray,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.g3 c5
9.Be3 e5 10.d5 b4 11.Ne4 Nxd5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Nd7 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Qb3 a5
16.Bh3 a4 17.Qc4 O-O 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bd2 e4 20.Nh4 Ne5 21.Qxe4 Nf4 22.Qe3 Nxh3
23.Rf1 Rfe8 24.Nf5 Qd7  0-1

[Event "Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Aris,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.Rfe1 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Re3 Qa5
16.Rh3 h5 17.a3 Nf6 18.Re1 Rh8 19.Bf1 h4 20.b4 Qe5 21.f4 Qe6 22.b5 Bd7 23.c5 dxc5
24.e5 Nh7 25.Ne4 c4 26.Bxc4 Qb6+ 27.Rhe3 Bf5 28.Nf2 Rac8 29.Bf1 Rhd8 30.Qb4 Rc7
31.g3 Rd4 32.Qb3 Nf8 33.Bd3 Be6 34.Qb1 Rc3 35.f5 gxf5 36.Bxf5 Rd2 37.Ng4 hxg3
38.hxg3 Qd4 39.Qe4 Qxe4 40.Bxe4 Rc5 41.Nh2 Rxb5 42.Nf3 Ra2 43.Nd4 Rxe5 44.Bxb7 Ra5
45.Nc6 R5xa3 46.Nxe7 Rxe3 47.Rxe3 a5 48.Bd5 Bxd5 49.Nxd5 Ne6 50.Re4 Rd2 51.Nb6 Rb2
52.Nd5 Rb5 53.Nc3 Rb3 54.Rc4 Nd4 55.Kg2 Nb5 56.Nd5 Nd6 57.Ra4 Rb5 58.Ne3 Kf6
59.Kf3 Ke5 60.Ke2 Nb7 61.g4 Nc5 62.Rxa5 Rxa5 63.Nc4+ Kf4 64.Nxa5 Kxg4 65.Nc4 Kg3
66.Nd6 f6 67.Ne8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Jafar,Sofyan"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bb7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Qe7 13.b4 a5 14.Bd2 axb4 15.axb4 Nf6
16.Bd3 Bxb4 17.Bxb4 Qxb4 18.Qc2 h6 19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Rfc1 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Rc8 22.Ra7 Rc7
23.Qb1 Nd5 24.h4 f6 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Nd3 Kxh7 27.Nc5+ f5 28.Rxb7 Rxb7 29.Nxb7 Qe7
30.Nc5 Qxh4 31.Nxe6 Qe4 32.Qxe4 fxe4 33.Nc5 Nc3 34.Na6 Na4 35.Kh2 Kg6 36.Kg3 Kf5
37.Kh4 g6 38.Kg3 g5 39.f3 h5 40.Nb4 c5 41.dxc5 Nxc5 42.Nc2 Ne6 43.Kf2 Ke5
44.Na3 b4 45.Nc4+ Kd5 46.Nd2 Nc5 47.Ke2 h4 48.Kf1 exf3 49.gxf3 b3 50.Kg2 b2
51.Kh3 Nd3 52.f4 Nf2+ 53.Kg2 Ne4 54.Nb1 g4 55.Na3 Nd2  0-1

[Event "Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Paragua,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.e5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Qe2+ Kd7 14.O-O-O hxg5
15.Bg3 Qf6 16.Nb3 Kc7 17.Bxd6+ Qxd6 18.g3 Be6 19.Bg2 Rad8 20.Kb1 Kb8 21.Ka1 g4
22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.Rxd4 Rh5 24.c4 Rdh8 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5
28.Rf1 f5 29.a3 Ka8 30.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Purnama,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.h4 h5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.O-O Nc6
9.d3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.a4 a5 12.Nb5 Bf6 13.Bf4 e5 14.Be3 c6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6
16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Nc4 Qc5 18.Rc1 Be6 19.Nd2 Qb4 20.Qc2 Rhd8 21.Ne4 Ra6 22.f4 Rb6
23.e3 Bg7 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.d4 Bg7 26.Ng5 Rd6 27.d5 Bf5 28.Rxf5 gxf5 29.Qxf5 Bf6
30.Ne4 Qxb2 31.Nxd6 Qxc1+ 32.Kh2 Rb4 33.Nc8+ Kd8 34.Qxf6+ Kxc8 35.d6 Qd2
36.Qe7 Kb8 37.d7  1-0

[Event "Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2011.10.17"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Bitoon,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.h3 d6 10.O-O Qe8 11.Bh2 Rd8 12.Nc4 e5 13.Qb3 e4 14.Nxd6 Na5 15.Qd1 Qe7
16.Nxb7 exf3 17.Nxd8 fxe2 18.Qxe2 Rxd8 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Rad1 Re8 21.Qa6 Nc4
22.b4 Qc6 23.Qxa7 Nd5 24.b5 Qe6 25.Rd3 Qe4 26.Qd7 Nxc3 27.f3 Qa8 28.Qc6 Qc8
29.Kh1 Nxa4 30.Rc1 Nab2 31.Rd7 Bf8 32.Qd5 Re7 33.Rd8 Qe6 34.Qa8 Nd3 35.Rxf8+ Kg7
36.Rg8+ Kf6 37.Qa1+ Kf5 38.e4+ Kg5 39.h4+ Kh5 40.Rxc4 Qxc4 41.Qf6 Nf2+ 42.Kg1 Qc5
43.Bd6 Qe3 44.Kh2 Rxe4 45.Bg3 Ng4+ 46.fxg4+ Rxg4 47.Qf2 Qxf2 48.Bxf2 Rb4
49.Rg7 h6 50.Rxf7 Rxb5 51.Kh3 Rb3+ 52.Rf3 Rxf3+ 53.gxf3 b5 54.Be1 g5 55.hxg5 hxg5
56.Bd2  1-0

[Event "Indonesia Open"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Dimakiling,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 b5 6.Nf3 a6 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.O-O Bb7 9.a4 Qc7
10.axb5 cxb5 11.Re1 e6 12.Qd2 Ne7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh6 O-O 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nd1 Rae8
17.Ne3 Nb6 18.b3 f5 19.Ng5 Qd7 20.d5 exd5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Qc3+ Kg8 23.Ng4  1-0

[Event "2nd Thanksgiving Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schneider,Thomas G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.Rxc3 e5 10.Nxe5 Bb4 11.Bd3 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Qh5 h6 15.Bf4 Qd7
16.O-O Qe6 17.c4 dxc4 18.d5 Qg4 19.Qxg4 Bxg4 20.Bxc4 Rac8 21.Bb3 Be2 22.Re1 Bc4
23.d6 Rfd8 24.Rd1 b5 25.f3 Bxb3 26.axb3 f6 27.b4 Kf7 28.Kf2 Ke6 29.Rd2 Rc4
30.e4 Rdc8  0-1

[Event "2nd Thanksgiving Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ferber,Mark J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.d3 Nf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 d6
9.a3 Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.h3 Bxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.Nc3 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.O-O Rab8
16.Bd2 Qa7 17.Qa4 Qa6 18.Rfd1 Nd7 19.b4 Qc8 20.bxa5 Qa6 21.Qc2 Nc5 22.Ne4 Qxd3
23.Qxd3 Nxd3 24.Nxd6 Nf5 25.Rf1 Rfd8 26.Nc4  1-0

[Event "2nd Thanksgiving Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[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.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe3 Qe7 13.Bd3 Qa7 14.Qh3 Qc5 15.f5 b4
16.Ne2 e5 17.Ng3 a5 18.Nh5 Be7 19.Ng7+ Kd7 20.Qh5 Rhf8 21.Qe2 a4 22.Bc4 b3
23.cxb3 axb3 24.axb3 Rfc8 25.Rhe1 Ba4 26.Kb1 Bxb3 27.Bxb3 Qa5 28.Bc4 Qa1+
29.Kc2 Qa2 30.Kd2 Rxc4 31.Ke3 Rb8 32.Rd2 Bf8 33.Qh5 Ra4 34.Rd4 exd4+ 35.Kf4 Bxg7
36.Ra1  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kavutskiy,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 b6 9.Qb3 e6
10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rfc1 a5 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.Rab1 Qe7 15.b3 Rfc8 16.Qb2 c5
17.Bb5 Nf8 18.Ne2 Ne6 19.Rd1 Ne4 20.Qa3 Rc7 21.Be1 h6 22.Rbc1 Kh7 23.Ng3 f5
24.Ne2 g5 25.Ne5 g4 26.Nf4 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Rd8 28.Qb2 Qf7 29.Bd3 Rcd7 30.Qe2 N4g5
31.Qxg4 Rf8 32.h4 Nxf4 33.exf4 Ne6 34.h5 Kh8 35.Qh4 Qg8 36.Be2 d4 37.f3 Bd5
38.Bc4 Bxf3 39.Rd2 Bd5 40.Qh2 Qg4 41.Bg3 Bxc4 42.bxc4 d3 43.Rb1 Rb8 44.Rb3 Rd4
45.Rbxd3 Rxc4 46.Rd6 Re8 47.Qh4 Qxh4 48.Bxh4 Rxf4 49.Bf6+ Kg8 50.Rxb6 Rxa4
51.Rdd6 Nf4 52.Rd7 Nxh5 53.Rbb7 Rg4 54.Rh7 Nxf6 55.exf6 Rf8 56.Rxh6 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "De Guzman,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 gxf6 7.d4 Nd7 8.Nf3 c6
9.Bd3 Qa5 10.O-O Qh5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.a4 Nf8 13.Re1 Ng6 14.Bg3 O-O 15.a5 Rd8
16.Qb1 Bd6 17.c5 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Rb8 19.Nd2 e5 20.Ne4 Kg7 21.Nd6 Be6 22.Ra4 b5
23.axb6 axb6 24.Rb4 b5 25.dxe5 fxe5 26.c4 e4 27.Nxe4 Qe5 28.cxb5 cxb5 29.Bf1 Bf5
30.Qc1 Bxe4 31.Rexe4 Qf6 32.Rxb5 Rbc8 33.Re3 Rc6 34.Rf3 Qe5 35.Rb7 Rf8 36.Qc4 Qe6
37.Qd4+ Kh6 38.g4 Qe5 39.Qd2+ Kg7 40.Rf5 Qa1 41.g5 Re6 42.Qd5 Qe1 43.Rb6 Re4
44.Rbf6 Ne5 45.Rf4 Re2 46.Rd4 Ng6 47.Rd1 Re5 48.Qb3 Qe4 49.Rd7 Ne7 50.Rf3 Qg4
51.Qc3 Qxd7 52.Qxe5+ Kg8 53.Bd3 Ng6 54.Bxg6 hxg6 55.Rh3  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sevillano,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.f4 Rb8 13.Kh1 b6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Rb1 Bb7
16.Bd3 h5 17.b3 Ng4 18.Nf3 Bd4 19.h3 Ne3 20.Bxe3 Bxe3 21.e5 Nf8 22.Ne4 Bxf4
23.Nxd6 Bxd5 24.Bc4 Bxc4 25.Qxc4 Ne6 26.Nxe8 Rxe8 27.Qxa6 Qc7 28.Rbd1 Ng7
29.Qc4 Bxe5 30.Rfe1 Bg3 31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Qd5 Nd6 33.Ne5 Nf5 34.Qd8+ Qxd8
35.Rxd8+ Kg7 36.Nc4 h4 37.Rd3 Bc7 38.Rd7 Bf4 39.Kg1 Nd4 40.b4 Ne2+ 41.Kf2 Nc3
42.bxc5  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Nec3 Nc6 12.Ne3 g6 13.Ncd5 Bh6 14.c3 O-O 15.Bc4 Rc8
16.O-O Nb8 17.Bb3 Nd7 18.Qe2 Qh4 19.Rad1 Kg7 20.Nc4 Nc5 21.Ncb6 Rcd8 22.Bc2 f5
23.exf5 gxf5 24.f4 e4 25.Kh2 Rb8 26.g3 Qd8 27.Qxh5 Rh8 28.Qe2 Kf8 29.b4 Nd7
30.Nc4  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mezentsev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nh6 8.Be2 O-O
9.Nb3 f5 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bxg4 fxg4 12.Rc1 Rf7 13.O-O b6 14.Nd5 Ba6 15.Nd4 Qd7
16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bd4 Raf8 18.Bxg7 Rxg7 19.Qg5 Qd7 20.e5 Bb7 21.e6 Qxe6 22.Rce1 Bxd5
23.Rxe6 Bxe6 24.b3 Rgf7 25.Qe3 Bf5 26.a4 Rc8 27.a5 bxa5 28.Qxa7 Rc5 29.Re1 Kf8
30.Qa8+ Bc8 31.Re3 Rff5 32.h3 gxh3 33.Rxh3 Kg7 34.Re3 Kf7 35.f3 h5 36.Kf2 Kf6
37.Re4 g5 38.Qb8 Rfe5 39.Rd4 Ke6 40.Qa7 Kf7 41.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yankovsky,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Ng3 Nbd7 10.Be2 g6 11.Nf1 Rc8 12.Ne3 Qa5 13.O-O Rxc3 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.bxc3 Nxe4
16.Bf3 d5 17.c4 Nc3 18.Qe1 d4 19.Nd5 Bg7 20.Nxc3 dxc3 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.cxd5 O-O
23.Qe4 Bh6 24.Qxe5 Rd8 25.Rfd1 Bd2 26.Rdb1 b6 27.Qc7 Qxd5 28.Rxb6 Rf8 29.Qc6 Qf5
30.Qa4 Rd8 31.Rxa6 Kg7 32.Ra7 Rd6 33.Re7 Bg5 34.Re2 Rd2 35.Qe4 Qxe4 36.Rxe4 Rxc2
37.Rc4 Bf6 38.f4 Rd2 39.Kh2 g5 40.Kg3 Rd3+ 41.Kf2 gxf4 42.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.05"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Troff,Kayden W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 Nc6
9.Qe2 g6 10.O-O-O gxf5 11.exf5 h5 12.f3 hxg4 13.fxg4 Qa5 14.Bg2 Bd7 15.g5 Rc8
16.a3 Nh5 17.Qf2 Nd4 18.Rxd4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Bg7 20.Nd5 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Rxc2+ 22.Kxc2 Bxf5+
23.Kd1 Rg8 24.Re1+ Be6 25.h4 Kd7 26.Re3 Re8 27.Rc3 Qb5 28.a4 Qa5 29.Nb6+ Ke7
30.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Bxg4 Rg8 13.Bf3 Rxg3 14.fxg3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Bh5 Nxe5
17.O-O Bc5+ 18.Kh2 Qxd1 19.Raxd1 Ke7 20.b3 cxb3 21.axb3 Rg8 22.Kh3 Rg7 23.Rd2 a6
24.Rfd1 Rg8 25.Ne2 Be3 26.Rc2 Bf2 27.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gelashvili,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.b3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Bf4 O-O 12.e4 c5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Rad1 dxc4 15.d5 cxb3
16.axb3 Re8 17.Ng5 Bf8 18.Bh3 c4 19.Ne6 fxe6 20.dxe6 Bc6 21.bxc4 Bb4 22.exd7 Nxd7
23.Nd5 Bc5 24.Bf5 h6 25.Bxh6 gxh6 26.Bxd7 Qg5 27.Bxc8 Rxc8 28.Qe4 Kh8 29.Qe6 Bb7
30.Qd7 Ba6 31.Nc7 Rxc7 32.Qxc7 Bxc4 33.Qxa7 Bxf1 34.Kxf1 Qf6 35.Qa1  1-0

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bh4 Na6 11.O-O h5 12.Nd2 c5 13.h3 Nh6 14.g4 hxg4 15.hxg4 Nf7 16.Kg2 Bh6
17.Rh1 Kg7 18.Nf1 Rh8 19.Ne3 Bd7 20.Qd2 Qe7 21.Bg3 Bf4 22.Rag1 Ng5 23.f3 Nf7
24.a3 Rag8 25.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.a4 e6 9.O-O Nd5
10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.f4 Be7 13.Ng4 O-O 14.e5 Nb6 15.f5 exf5 16.Ne3 g6
17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Rxf5 f6 19.Bh6 Kh8 20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Qf3 Nd5 23.Rf1 b4
24.cxb4 c3 25.Kh1 Re8 26.Qd3 Bc8 27.Re5 Be6 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Qg8 30.Re2 cxb5
31.Qxb5 Rc8 32.Qa6 Nc7 33.Qd6 Bg7 34.Rc1 Bc4 35.Re7 Nb5 36.Qf4 Bd5 37.Qg4 Bxg2+
38.Kxg2 Bf6 39.Rxh7+ Kxh7 40.Qh5+ Kg7 41.Re1 Nd6  0-1

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Kekelidze,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.e3 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Ka1 g6 15.h4 h5
16.Qd2 Bg7 17.Ng5 f5 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Ne4 Qxd2 20.Nxd2 Ke7 21.f4 Rhc8 22.Nf3 Kf6
23.Rc2 Bf8 24.Rhc1 Rc7 25.Kb1 Bd6 26.Bf1 Rac8 27.g3 Bf7 28.Ne5 Be8 29.Bg2 Ke6
30.a3 a5 31.Rc3 c5 32.Nf3 Be7 33.dxc5 Rxc5 34.Nd4+ Kd6 35.Rxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc5 Kxc5
37.Kc2 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.d3 a5 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nd2 Qc8 13.e3 Nf5 14.Bb2 a4 15.Ne2 f6 16.d4 exd4
17.e4 Nd6 18.Nxd4 Bd7 19.Re1 Nxb5 20.Nf5 Rf7 21.Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.Rc1 Bc6 23.Qc2 Qe8
24.Re3 Rd8 25.Nc4 Nd4 26.Qc3 Bb5 27.Nxb6 cxb6 28.Rce1 Qc6 29.Qb4 Qc5 30.Qxc5 bxc5
31.Rb1 Nb3 32.e5 fxe5 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.Bxe5 Bc6 35.Bxc6 bxc6 36.Kg2 Rd5 37.Re1 Kf7
38.Re4 c4 39.Rf4+ Kg6 40.Bc3 Rd3 41.Rxc4 c5 42.Be5 Rd5 43.f4 Rd2+ 44.Kh3 Nd4
45.Rxc5 Nf3 46.f5+ Kh5 47.g4+ Kg5 48.f6 Nxe5 49.fxg7 Rd3+ 50.Kg2 Rd8 51.Rxe5+ Kf6
52.Re4 Kxg7 53.Rxa4 Rd3 54.h4 h6 55.Ra6 Rc3 56.h5 Kh7 57.a4 Rc2+ 58.Kf3 Rc3+
59.Kf4 Rc4+ 60.Kf5 Rc5+ 61.Ke6 Rc4 62.a5 Re4+ 63.Kd6 Rxg4 64.Rc6 Kg7 65.Kc7  1-0

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.b3 f5 10.Nf3 f4 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.d5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Be2 e6 15.dxe6 Bxe6
16.O-O Qh4 17.Bf3 g5 18.Nb5 Be5 19.Nc7 g4 20.Nxe6 gxf3 21.Qxf3 Rf7 22.c5 Nd7
23.cxd6 Bxd6 24.Bc3 Be5 25.Rfe1 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Re8 27.Rc4 Qf6 28.Rce4 Rfe7
29.Qg4+ Kh8 30.h4 f3 31.Ng5 fxg2 32.Rxe7 Rxe7 33.Rxe7 Qxe7 34.Qd4+ Nf6 35.Qxa7 h6
36.Qb8+ Kg7 37.Nf3 Qe4 38.Kxg2 b5 39.Qe5 Qc6 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.Nd4 Qh1 42.Qf5+ Kg7
43.Ne6+ Kf7 44.Nd8+ Kg7 45.Ne6+ Kf7 46.Nf4 Qg1+ 47.Kf3 Qh1+ 48.Ke2 Qxh4 49.a4 bxa4
50.bxa4 Qg4+ 51.Qxg4 Nxg4 52.a5 Ne5 53.a6 Nc6 54.Ke3 Ke7 55.Ke4 Kd6 56.Nd5 h5
57.f4 h4 58.Nb4 Na7 59.Kf3 Kc5 60.f5 Kd6 61.f6 Ke6 62.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Calgary International 2012"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yam,Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.a3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Qb3 a6 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Qb6 Rd7
16.g4 Bg6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Rxd7 Nxd7 20.Qxb7 Rd8 21.Rd1 Bd6 22.Kf1 Nf8
23.Bb6 Rd7 24.Qc6 Bc2 25.Rd4 Qh2 26.Bxa6 Qxh3+ 27.Ke1 Qh2 28.Bc8 Rc7 29.Bxc7 Bxc7
30.Ne2 Bb3 31.Qc5 Be5 32.Rd8 Qh1+ 33.Ng1 Qxg1+ 34.Ke2 Qxg4+ 35.Kd2 Qd1+ 36.Ke3 Qxd8
37.Qxe5 Qxc8  0-1

[Event "Calgary International 2012"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaufman,La"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 O-O 6.d5 d6 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 Na6 10.Re1 Nc7 11.a4 Re8 12.Bf1 Rb8 13.h3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Nd2 Re8
16.Nc4 b6 17.Ra2 Bf5 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 a6 20.Bd2 b5 21.Na5 c4 22.Qc2 Qh4
23.axb5 axb5 24.Nc6 Ra8 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.e4 Re8 27.Ba5 Na6 28.Bb6 f5 29.Ra1 Rxe4
30.Qd2 Qf6 31.Rxa6 Qxb2 32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.Ra7+ Kg8 34.Ra8+ Kf7 35.Nd8+ Ke7 36.Qg5+ Qf6
37.Qg3 c3 38.Ne6 Rxe6 39.Bd8+ Kf7 40.Ra7+ Kg8 41.Bxf6 Re1+ 42.Kh2 Bxf6 43.f4 Re4
44.Qd3  1-0

[Event "Calgary International 2012"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kovalyov,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.d3 Rb8
9.e4 a6 10.Nd5 b5 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bg5 Nexd5 13.cxd5 h6 14.Bd2 c6 15.dxc6 dxc6
16.Be3 Qd6 17.Qc2 Be6 18.b4 Rbc8 19.Rfd1 Nd7 20.d4 Bg4 21.Qd2 Qf6 22.Nxe5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.f3 Bxf3 25.Rf1 Rd8 26.Qe1 Rxe4 27.Bxf3 Re7 28.Qf2 Qxa1 29.Rxa1 Bxa1
30.Bc5 Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary International 2012"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B39"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4
9.Qd1 Ne6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Be2 d6 12.O-O Nc5 13.f3 a5 14.b3 Be6 15.Kh1 Qd7 16.Qd2 Rfc8
17.Rfd1 Qe8 18.Bf1 Qf8 19.Re1 Bf6 20.Bh6 Bg7 21.Bg5 Kh8 22.f4 f6 23.Bh4 Bh6
24.Bf2 g5 25.e5 dxe5 26.fxe5 f5 27.Qb2 Bg7 28.Bd4 Ra6 29.Qa3 Rac6 30.Nb5 Ne4
31.Na7 Rd8 32.Nxc6 bxc6 33.Rcd1 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Bxe5 35.Rdxe4 fxe4 36.Qxa5 Bd4
37.Be2 Qf2 38.Rf1 Qe3 39.Qd8+ Bg8 40.Bg4 Bb6 41.Qxe7 Bd4 42.Qd8 Kg7 43.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Calgary International 2012"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Pechenkin,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.h3 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Bf6 11.Re1 Bf5 12.a3 h6 13.Bf4 a6 14.Rc1 d5 15.c5 Nc8 16.b4 N8e7
17.Bf1 Qd7 18.Qd2 Be6 19.g4 g5 20.Bg3 Bg7 21.Bg2 f5 22.Bxc7 fxg4 23.hxg4 Bxg4
24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Bh3 26.Bxh3 Qxh3 27.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary International 2012"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gardner,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c4
9.Ne2 Nc6 10.g4 O-O 11.Bg2 Na5 12.O-O Nb3 13.Ra2 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.e4 Nb6 16.e5 Bf5
17.f4 Na4 18.Rf3 Bb1 19.Rc2 a5 20.Rh3 b4 21.Be3 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 g6 23.axb4 axb4
24.cxb4 Nb6 25.f5 Qd7 26.Ng3 Ra1+ 27.Bf1 Nc8 28.Rh6 Ne7 29.Qg2 Nxf5 30.Qh3 Rfa8
31.Rxh7 Kf8 32.Ne2 Nxe3 33.Qxe3 Qg4+ 34.Ng3 R8a2 35.e6 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qd1+
37.Qe1 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "Calgary International 2012"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Porper,E"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nc3 f5 8.Nf3 Nd7
9.O-O c6 10.Re1 Nf6 11.Ne5 a6 12.f4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Bf3 Rc8 15.a3 Nd7 16.b4 Rc7
17.e4 a5 18.Qb3 axb4 19.axb4 Nb6 20.Rad1 Be7 21.d5 cxd5 22.exd5 Bh4 23.g3 Bf6
24.Nxb5 Rc8 25.d6 Nc4 26.Bxb7 Qb6+ 27.Nd4 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Qxb7 29.Nxf5 Qb6+
30.Kg2 Rc5 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nd5 Qb7 33.Qf3 Rb5 34.Rd4 Qa8 35.Rxc4 Rxd5 36.Re2 h6
37.Rc5 Rd4 38.Qxa8 Rxa8 39.b5 Rb8 40.Rb2  1-0

[Event "Calgary International 2012"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wang,Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 e6 6.e4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.Ba3 Rd8 12.Re1 e5 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.h3 b6 15.Rad1 Be6
16.Bc1 Nd7 17.Qg3 Nf8 18.Bf1 f6 19.f4 Qf7 20.Ba3 Bxc4 21.Bxd6 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Qe6
23.f5 Qc4 24.Qe3 Rac8 25.Rd3 Rd7 26.Rfd1 Rcd8 27.Rd5 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Korley,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nh4 Ng6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Nf4 14.Bc2 Qa5 15.Bd2 g5
16.g3 Nh3+ 17.Kg2 g4 18.Qe2 e4 19.Qe3 Rae8 20.Qh6 Qd8 21.Rae1 Re5 22.Bd1 Rxf5
23.Bxg4 Nxg4 24.Qxh3 h5 25.Rxe4 Qf6 26.f3 Qg6 27.Qh4 Re5 28.Rfe1 Rfe8 29.Rxe5 Rxe5
30.fxg4 Qc2 31.Rxe5 Qxd2+ 32.Kh3 dxe5 33.gxh5 Qxa2 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.h6 Qc2
36.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Be7 8.Ne5 Nd7
9.Nf3 a6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Bd3 Re8 12.O-O Bf6 13.Bb1 Nb6 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Rc8
16.e4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 e5 18.Qd3 g6 19.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Troff,Kayden W"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 g6 8.Bf4 Bg7
9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Qe7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Nh5 13.Bh2 f5 14.O-O g5 15.Nd2 g4 16.hxg4 fxg4
17.Nce4 Be5 18.f4 gxf3 19.Nxf3 Bxh2+ 20.Nxh2 Ndf6 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.Rxf6 Nxf6
23.e4 Bg4 24.Rf1 Bh5 25.Bc2 Rf8 26.Qg3+ Bg6 27.Ng4 Nxg4 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qxg4 Kg7
30.b3 Qe5 31.Qd7+ Kh6 32.Qg4 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Qh3+ Kg5 35.Qe3+ Qf4 36.Qe2 h5
37.Bd3 b4 38.Qe1 h4 39.Kh1 Bh5 40.Qa1 h3 41.Qg7+ Bg6 42.Qb2 Qe3 43.Bb1 Qc3
44.Qa2 Qe1+ 45.Kh2 Kh4  0-1

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 Qxc6 8.Bd3 b5
9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Rc8 11.a3 Bc5 12.O-O-O b4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Qg4 Kf8 15.Rhf1 Nf6
16.Qg3 h5 17.f5 h4 18.Qf4 Qc7 19.fxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Qc2 b6 8.O-O-O Nc6
9.e4 Nb4 10.Qe2 Ba6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Ne5 dxc4 13.Qf3 Qc8 14.Re1 Re8 15.a3 Nd3+
16.Bxd3 cxd3 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Qxf7+ Kh8 19.Qxd5 Bxh4 20.Ng6+ Kh7 21.Nxh4 Qg4
22.Qf5+ Qxf5 23.Nxf5 Rf8 24.g4 Rae8 25.Kd2 Rxe1 26.Kxe1 Rd8 27.Kd2 g6 28.Ng3 Rxd4
29.Re1 Rf4 30.Re7+ Kg8 31.Ke3 Rf7 32.Re6 Kg7 33.b4 d2 34.Kxd2 Rxf2+ 35.Ke3 Rf6
36.Re7+ Rf7 37.Re8 Bb7 38.Ne4 Bc6 39.Re5 Rf1 40.Re7+ Rf7 41.Re5 Bd7 42.g5 Bh3
43.Re8 Bg2 44.h4 hxg5 45.Nxg5 Rd7 46.Kf4 Bd5 47.Ke5 Bb3 48.Rc8 c5 49.bxc5 Rd5+
50.Ke4 Rxc5 51.Rxc5 bxc5 52.Ke5 c4 53.Ne4 Kf7 54.Nc3 Ke7 55.Nd5+ Kd7 56.Kd4 Ke6
57.h5 g5 58.Ne3 Kf6 59.Ng4+ Kg7 60.Kc3 Bd1 61.h6+ Kh7 62.Nf6+ Kxh6 63.Kxc4 Kg6
64.Ne4 g4 65.Kd4 Bf3 66.Ng3 Kg5 67.Ke3 Bb7 68.Ne2 Kf5 69.Ng3+ Ke5 70.Nh5 Bc6
71.Ng3 Kd5 72.Kd3 Bb5+ 73.Ke3 Kc4 74.Kf4 Kb3 75.Kxg4 Kxa3 76.Kf4 a5 77.Ne4 Kb4
78.Ke3 a4 79.Kd2 a3 80.Nc3 Be8 81.Na2+ Kb3 82.Nc1+ Kb2 83.Nd3+ Kb1 84.Nb4 Bf7
85.Kc3 Be6 86.Kd2 Bg4 87.Kc3 Bd1 88.Kd2 Bb3 89.Kc3 Ba4 90.Kd2 Bd7 91.Kc3 Be6
92.Kd2 Bg8 93.Kc3 Bf7 94.Kd2 Kb2 95.Nd3+ Kb3 96.Nc1+ Kc4 97.Na2 Bg6 98.Nc1 Bf5
99.Na2 Kb3 100.Nc1+ Kb2 101.Kd1 Be6 102.Kd2 Bc4  0-1

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Managadze,N"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Qc7 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.O-O a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.d3 g6
9.h3 Bg7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 b5 12.Bg5 Qb7 13.b3 Rae8 14.Rae1 Nh5 15.Nd5 Bc6
16.g4 Nf6 17.Qd2 Bxd5 18.exd5 e5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.g5 Bd8 21.Re4 Qd7 22.Kg2 h6
23.h4 f5 24.gxf6 Qh7 25.Rg4 Rxf6 26.Rh1 Ref8 27.Rh3 Qd7 28.Rhg3 Kh7 29.Re4 Qf7
30.Qe2 Rf5 31.a4 bxa4 32.bxa4 Kh8 33.Rh3 Kg7 34.Rg3 g5 35.hxg5 Bxg5 36.Qd1 Kh8
37.Reg4 Bf4 38.Rh3 Rg8 39.Rxg8+ Qxg8+ 40.Kh1 Rf7 41.Nd2 Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bartholomew,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Be6 7.e3 a6 8.b4 Nxc3
9.dxc3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.c4 Bf6 12.Bd3 g6 13.Be4 Re8 14.O-O Qe7 15.Rac1 Bd7
16.Rfd1 Nd8 17.Nd2 Bg7 18.Nb3 Ba4 19.Rd2 a5 20.Qc3 axb4 21.axb4 Bc6 22.Bd5 b6
23.h3 Ra4 24.b5 Ba8 25.Qc2 Ra2 26.Rcd1 Ne6 27.Qb1 Ra4 28.Bc3 Bxd5 29.cxd5 Nc5
30.Nxc5 Qxc5 31.Rc1 Rc4 32.Qb3 Ra8 33.Rdc2 Qxd5 34.Bb2 Rc5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.Rxc7 Ra2
37.Bc3 Bf8 38.Rc8 Rxb5 39.Rd1 Kg7 40.Re8 Bb4 41.Bxe5+ Kh6 42.Rd7 Rd2 43.Bd4 Bc3
44.Rxf7 Bxd4 45.exd4 Rf5 46.Rxf5 gxf5 47.Re5 Kg6 48.Rd5 b5 49.Rxb5 Rxd4 50.Kh2 Rd3
51.f3 Rd2 52.Rb4 Rc2 53.Kg3 Rd2 54.Rb6+ Kg7 55.h4 Rc2 56.h5 Rc4 57.Kh3 Ra4
58.Rb5 Kf6 59.Rb7 h6 60.Rh7 Kg5 61.Rg7+ Kxh5 62.g4+ fxg4+ 63.fxg4+ Rxg4 64.Rxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Fikiet,Alex M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 e5 6.Nb5 Bb4+ 7.N1c3 O-O 8.a3 Be7
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.e3 Nf5 13.Bg2 Nd6 14.O-O f5 15.e4 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 d6 18.Qd3 h6 19.Be3 Qd8 20.Rfc1 Bg4 21.Rc3 Qe8 22.Rc7 b6
23.Rac1 Bd8 24.Bg6 Qa4 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Rxg7 Bf5 27.Bxf5 Kxg7 28.Rc4 Qe8 29.Bxh6+ Kxh6
30.Qe3+ Bg5 31.Rh4+ Qh5 32.Rxh5+ Kxh5 33.g4+ Kh6 34.Qh3+  1-0

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coleman,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c4
9.g3 O-O 10.Nh3 Nc6 11.Nf2 Na5 12.Bg2 Nb3 13.Ra2 Qa5 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.O-O Ba4
16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.Rb1 Rac8 18.Be1 Bc6 19.g4 Qd8 20.Nd1 Nd7 21.Bg3 b5 22.e4 dxe4
23.fxe4 a5 24.Nf2 Nb6 25.Qf3 Bb7 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.d5 Nd7 28.d6 Qd8 29.Qf5 Rc5
30.Qf4 Re6 31.g5 Rxg5 32.Bh4 Rxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Qa8 34.Re2 Nbc5 35.Bg3 Nxe4 36.Nxe4 Bxe4+
37.Kg1 h6 38.Rf1 Qe8 39.Rfe1 f5 40.Qf2 h5 41.Qf4 Nc5 42.Rf1 Qg6 43.Rxe4 fxe4
44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Qc8 Qg5 46.Rf8 Qd5 47.Rh8+ Kg6 48.Qg8 Qd1+ 49.Kg2 Qe2+ 50.Kg1 Qd1+
51.Kg2 Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O Na6 9.a3 cxd4
10.exd4 b6 11.Re1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nc7 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Ba2 Qd6 16.Ne5 Ncd5
17.Qa4 Nxc3 18.bxc3 a6 19.Qb3 e6 20.c4 Qxd4 21.Rcd1 Qc5 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Nd7 Qg5
24.g3 Be7 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.Qxb6 Bf3 27.Rd3 Bc5 28.Qc7 Qf5 29.Rxf3  1-0

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harmon,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Qe8 7.f3 d6 8.e4 e5
9.d5 a5 10.b3 c6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Bg5 bxc4 13.bxc4 Nfd7 14.Ne2 Nc5 15.O-O Ba6
16.Be3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 cxd5 18.Qxd5 Qc6 19.Qxa5 Bxc4 20.Qd2 Qa6 21.Rfe1 Nc6
22.Nc3 Na5 23.Qf2 Nb3 24.Rad1 Qxa3 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rfc8 27.Red1 Rc6 28.f4 f6
29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Rxd8+ Kf7 32.Qf5 Qa1+ 33.Kf2 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 Qe1+
35.Bf2 Qc3+ 36.Kh4 Qc6 37.Rd7+ Kf8 38.Rd8+ Ke7 39.Rg8 g6 40.Qf3 Rc3 41.Qg4 Rc4
42.Qf3 Kf7 43.Rd8 Qxe4+ 44.Qxe4 Rxe4+ 45.Kg3 h5 46.Kf3 Rc4 47.Rd6 g5 48.h3 Rc2
49.Be3 Na5 50.g4 Nc4 51.Rd3 h4 52.Bg1 Ke6 53.Rd8 Nd6 54.Ra8 e4+ 55.Ke3 Rg2  0-1

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sethuraman,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[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.d3 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Nc6 15.Nh2 Be6
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 d5 18.e5 Nd7 19.Nf3 d4 20.a4 Nb6 21.Ne4 Nd5 22.Qd2 dxc3
23.bxc3 b4 24.Bg3 bxc3 25.Nxc3 Ndb4 26.Bb1 Na5 27.Qd1 Bf5 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 c4
30.Kh2 cxd3 31.Rd4 Qb6 32.Bxd3 Nac6 33.Rd7 Nxd3 34.Qxd3 Rad8 35.Rxd8 Rxd8
36.Rb1 Nb4 37.Qc4 a5 38.Bh4 Re8 39.Rc1 Qb7 40.Rc3 Qd7 41.Qb3 Re6 42.Rc4 Rc6
43.Rd4 Qf5 44.Rd8 Rc8 45.Qe3 Rxd8 46.Bxd8 Nc6 47.Nd4 Nxd4 48.Qxd4 Bb4 49.Bc7 Be1
50.Qe3 Bb4 51.Bd6 Qc2 52.Bxb4 axb4 53.a5 b3 54.a6 b2 55.a7 Qa4 56.e6 b1=Q
57.exf7+ Kxf7 58.Qf3+ Kg6 59.a8=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Evdokimov,Alexa"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 a5 13.Nc2 a4 14.Bf2 Ne5 15.Na3 Be6 16.Nxa4 Qa5
17.Nb6 Ra6 18.Qe1 Nh5 19.Qxa5 Rxa5 20.Rfd1 f5 21.Be1 Ra7 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.c5 Nf4
24.Bf1 d5 25.Bg3 Ned3 26.Bxd3 Nxd3 27.Nxd5 Nxb2 28.Nc7 Rf8  0-1

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gupta,Ab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Be2 c5 11.e6 cxd4 12.exf7+ Kh8 13.Ne4 Nc6 14.h4 h6 15.h5 g5
16.Bxg5 Nde5 17.Bf4 Bf5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Qf3 Qd5 20.Ng3 Be6 21.Rc1 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 Rxf7
23.Qxh6+ Rh7 24.Qf4 Qe5 25.Rh4 Qxf4 26.Rxf4 Bd5 27.Rc5 Rd8 28.Bf3 Ne5 29.Rxd4 Nxf3+
30.gxf3 e6 31.f4 Rf8 32.b3 Rhf7 33.f5 Rf6 34.Kd2 Kh7 35.Kc3 Kh6 36.Kb4  1-0

[Event "40th Annual World Open Playoff"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 Re8 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Bh2 f5 12.Be2 f4 13.O-O fxe3 14.fxe3 Qg5 15.Bxh5 Qxe3+
16.Kh1 gxh5 17.Nc4 Qh6 18.Nxd6 Rd8 19.Nf7  1-0

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.e4 Nbd7
9.Bd3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.O-O e5 12.a4 Rc8 13.Rc1 Be7 14.axb5 O-O 15.Qd2 cxb5
16.Rxc8 Rxc8 17.Bxb5 Nf8 18.d5 g5 19.Nc3 g4 20.Ne1 Qb6 21.Be2 h5 22.Nd3 Nd7
23.Kh1 Rc4 24.f3 gxf3 25.gxf3 Kf8 26.f4 exf4 27.Qxf4 Rd4 28.Rf1 Bf6 29.Qf5 Ke8
30.b4 Rxd3 31.Bxd3 Bxc3 32.Qxf7+ Kd8 33.Qg8+ Kc7 34.Rc1 Qd4 35.Qg3+ Kd8 36.Bb1 Bb2
37.Qg8+ Ke7 38.Qe6+ Kd8 39.Qg8+ Ke7 40.Rf1 Kd6 41.Qg3+ Qe5 42.Qg6+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Bg3 Ngf6
9.Nf4 O-O 10.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Black,James A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[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.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.O-O Rg8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.d5 O-O-O
17.a4 a6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.axb5 axb5 20.b3 cxb3 21.Qxb3 Nc5 22.Qb4 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Nxe4
24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Qg7 Nxg3 26.hxg3 Rd7 27.Qxh6 Qc5 28.Qh8+ Kc7 29.Bf3 Bxf3
30.gxf3 b4 31.Qa1 Kb7 32.Rc1 Qb6 33.Qb2 Qd4 34.Qc2 Qd6 35.Qa4 Kb8 36.Ra1 Rb7
37.Qe8+ Kc7 38.Qxf7+ Kb6 39.Qf6 b3 40.Qc3 Qd5 41.Ra3 b2 42.Qxb2+ Kc7 43.Qg7+ Kb6
44.Qc3  1-0

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schuyler,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.h3 Bb7 8.c4 c5 9.Nc3 cxd4
10.exd4 Nbd7 11.d5 Rc8 12.Re1 a6 13.a4 Nc5 14.Nd4 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Be3 d5
17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.b4 Ne4 20.Bxa6 Nxf2 21.Qe2 Qh4  0-1

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Herman,Ma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Nbd7
9.g4 Rc8 10.Qd2 b5 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1 Be7 13.Rh2 O-O 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5
16.Qe3 Rfe8 17.Nd4 Bf8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Rhd2 Nfd7 20.g5 Qc6 21.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O g6 8.f4 Bg7
9.a4 Qc7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Be3 Re8 12.Nb3 b6 13.g4 Bb7 14.Bf3 Nc5 15.Nxc5 bxc5
16.g5 Nd7 17.Bg2 Rab8 18.Qd3 Bc6 19.Ra2 Qb7 20.Bd2 e6 21.Raa1 Rbd8 22.b3 d5
23.e5 c4 24.bxc4 Nc5 25.Qf3 Ne4 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Qe2 Bf8 28.Be3 Bb4 29.a5 Qe7
30.h4 Bc3 31.Rad1 Bxa5 32.c5 Qb7 33.Rb1 Qc8 34.Ra1 Bc3 35.Rxa6 Bd4 36.Rb6 Ba8
37.Bxd4 Rxd4 38.Qb5 e3 39.c6 Red8 40.Kg1 Kg7 41.Bh1 Rd2 42.Be4 Qc7 43.Ra6 R2d4
44.Bh1 Rd1 45.Bf3 R1d2 46.Qc5 Rc8 47.Qxe3 Rxc2 48.Rc1 Rxc1+ 49.Qxc1 Bb7 50.Ra3 Bxc6
51.Qxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 b5 9.cxd5 exd5
10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Bd2 Nb6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Bxe4 Qxe4 15.Qxe4+ dxe4 16.Ne5 Bxe5
17.dxe5 Nc4 18.Bc3 b4 19.e6 Bxe6 20.Bxg7 Rg8 21.Bf6 Rg6 22.Bd4 c5 23.Bxc5 Ne5
24.Nf4 Bc4 25.Nxg6 fxg6 26.O-O-O Bxa2 27.Bxb4 Nd3+ 28.Rxd3 exd3 29.Kd2 a5
30.Bc3 Bc4 31.Rc1 Bb5 32.Bg7 h5 33.Rc5 Rb8 34.gxh5 gxh5 35.Rxh5 Kd7 36.h4 a4
37.Rg5 Bc4 38.Rg4 Rc8 39.Bc3  1-0

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.O-O Bd6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Bd6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.b5 Ne7 13.c4 Ng6 14.g3 Qb6 15.a4 a5
16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Rc1 Qa7 18.Bd3 dxc4 19.Nxc4 Bc5 20.Qe2 Ng4 21.Be4 Bc8 22.Kg2 b6
23.Ng5 Nf6 24.Bc6 Qe7 25.Kh1 h6 26.Nf3 Nd5 27.Nfe5 Nxe5 28.Nxe5 Rf5 29.Rcd1 Nb4
30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Be4 Rf8 32.h4 Qc7 33.Kh2 Bb7 34.Bb1 Qd8 35.Nc6 Qd7 36.Qe4 Rf5
37.Qg4 Rf7 38.Bg6 Rf8 39.Be4 Bxf2 40.Qg6 Bxg3+ 41.Kxg3  1-0

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 Bf5 6.Qb3 b5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rac1 O-O 13.a4 Nxe5 14.dxe5 bxa4 15.Qxa4 Nd7
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qxa6 Nxe5 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Rb8 20.Qa3 Qb4 21.Rc5 Bxe4 22.Rxe5 Bf5
23.Rfe1 Qxb2 24.Qxb2 Rxb2 25.Be4 Bxe4 26.R5xe4 Rd8 27.R1e2 Rb7 28.h4 g6 29.Kg2 Kg7
30.R4e3 h6 31.Re4 Rd6 32.R2e3 Rbb6 33.Re2 f5 34.Ra4 Rd7 35.Ra8 Re7 36.Rd2 e5
37.Rad8 e4 38.R8d6 Re6 39.Rd8 Rb7 40.R2d6 Rbe7 41.Rd5 Rf7 42.R8d6 Kf6 43.Rd8 Kg7
44.R5d6 Ree7 45.Rc6 Rc7 46.Ra6 f4 47.gxf4 Rxf4 48.h5 gxh5 49.Rdd6 Rg4+ 50.Kf1 h4
51.Rxh6 Rc1+ 52.Ke2 Rc2+ 53.Ke3 h3 54.Rh5 Rc3+ 55.Ke2 e3 56.Rah6 exf2 57.Rh7+ Kf6
58.R7h6+ Rg6 59.Rxh3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Klinova,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 O-O
10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 h6 12.b5 Ne7 13.c5 Be6 14.Bb2 g5 15.b6 c6 16.cxd6 Qxd6
17.e4 Ng6 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Qb3+ Be6 20.Qc2 Rfd8 21.d4 exd4 22.Nxd4 Qxd4 23.Nd5 Qxb2
24.Rxb2 Nxd5 25.Qxg6 Bf7 26.Qc2 Bxb2 27.Qxb2 Re8 28.h3 Ra6 29.Qd4 Ra5 30.h4 Rb5
31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rc1 Nxb6 33.Bf1 Rb3 34.Qf6 Nd5 35.Qxg5+ Kf8 36.Bh3 Ne7 37.Qh6+ Kg8
38.Be6 Rb5 39.Rc4  1-0

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kekelidze,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.Bd2 Be6
10.a3 Qd7 11.Rb1 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.O-O b6 15.b4 cxb4 16.axb4 O-O
17.Qa4 Rad8 18.e4 Be6 19.b5 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Qxd4 21.Qxa7 Ra8 22.Qe7 Rfe8 23.Qb4 Qxd3
24.Be3 Bf8 25.Qb2 Ba3 26.Qd2 Qxd2 27.Bxd2 Bc5 28.Bxh6 Ra3 29.Rfc1 Rea8 30.Rc2 R8a4
31.Kh2 Bc4 32.Bc1 Ra2 33.Rxa2 Rxa2 34.Rb2 Rxb2 35.Bxb2 Bd4 36.Ba3 Bxf2 37.Bf3 Bxb5
38.Kg2 Bd4 39.Bd1 Bc6 40.Kf3 Kg7 41.Bb4 Bb5 42.g4 Bc4 43.Ba4 Bc5 44.Bxc5 bxc5
45.g5 f5 46.gxf6+ Kxf6 47.Bc6 Kg7 48.Bd7 Kh6 49.Bg4 Kg7 50.Ke3 Kf6 51.Bc8 Be6
52.Ba6 Bg4 53.Bc4 Kg7 54.Kf2 Kh6 55.Kg3 Bd1 56.Bd5 Bc2 57.Kg4 Bd3 58.Kf3 Kh5
59.Ke3 Bf1 60.Bf7 c4 61.Kd2 Bg2 62.Ke3 c3 63.Bd5 Kxh4 64.Kd3 Kg4 65.Kxc3 Kf4
66.Kd3 g5 67.Ke2 Bxe4 68.Bc4 Kg3 69.Ke3 Bf3 70.Be6 Bg4 71.Bc4 Bf5 72.Bb5 g4
73.Be2 Kh3 74.Kf2 Kh2  0-1

[Event "113th US Open 2012"]
[Site "Vancouver USA"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Viswanathan,Abinav"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 O-O 5.b3 d6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.O-O b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7
9.c4 e6 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Rc2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qa1 Rfe8 14.c5 bxc5 15.Nc4 Ne4
16.Na5 Bd5 17.Rd1 c6 18.Bb5 Qe6 19.Bd3 h6 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Rcd2 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Nf6
23.Rd6 Qf5 24.Kg2 Qg5+ 25.Kf1 Qh5 26.Kg2 Nh7 27.Nxc6 Ng5 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Bxe5 Qh3+
30.Kh1 Qxf3+  0-1

[Event "113th US Open 2012"]
[Site "Vancouver USA"]
[Date "2012.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Omori,Michael"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.O-O Qc7 8.Re1 e5 9.Be3 b6
10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc4 Bb7 13.b4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Nc6 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.a3 Rad8
17.Rad1 h6 18.Nb1 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Bd5 Nf4 21.a4 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Rxe7 Bxb3
24.Rc1 Bxa4 25.Rxa7 b5 26.Nbd2 Rc8 27.Rcc7 Rxc7 28.Rxc7 Rd8 29.Ne4 d3 30.Nfd2 Bb2
31.Kf1 Ba3  0-1

[Event "113th US Open 2012"]
[Site "Vancouver USA"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Schmakel,Sam A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.e3 g6 7.b3 Nc6 8.Nge2 Nb4
9.O-O Nd3 10.f4 exf4 11.Nxf4 Nxc1 12.Qxc1 Bg7 13.Qa3 Bxc3 14.dxc3 Qe7 15.Qa5 O-O
16.e4 Re8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bf5 19.c4 Qe3+ 20.Rf2 Qd4 21.Rf1 Bd3 22.Re1 b6
23.Qd2 Kf8 24.Rd1 Re3 25.d6 Rae8 26.dxc7 Qc5 27.Qc3 Bf5 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Qxh7 Qxc7
30.Bd5 Kf8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qg7 Rf8 33.Rxf5 Rxg3+ 34.Kh1  1-0

[Event "113th US Open 2012"]
[Site "Vancouver USA"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.e4 Be7
9.e5 Nd5 10.Ne4 h6 11.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "113th US Open 2012"]
[Site "Vancouver USA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldberg,Mi"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 d4 7.Ne4 Nd5 8.O-O O-O
9.e3 Nxe3 10.Bxe3 dxe3 11.c3 Qb6 12.Qe2 Na6 13.a4 Nc7 14.a5 Qb5 15.Qxe3 Qxb2
16.Ne5 Qb3 17.c4 Ne6 18.Qd2 Rd8 19.Rab1 Qa3 20.Ra1 Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "113th US Open 2012"]
[Site "Vancouver USA"]
[Date "2012.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Haessler,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.Bc4 Qe7 6.O-O d6 7.c3 dxc3 8.Nxc3 c6
9.d4 g6 10.Re1 Bg7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rc1 b5 13.e5 d5 14.Bxd5 Bb7 15.Bf3 Nh6 16.Ne4 O-O
17.Bg5 Qb4 18.Nd6 Ra7 19.Nxb7 Rxb7 20.Bxc6 Rbb8 21.Qd2 Qxd2 22.Bxd2 Nf5 23.d5  1-0

[Event "113th US Open 2012"]
[Site "Vancouver USA"]
[Date "2012.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shvartsman,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.Be3 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5
9.Bd3 Be6 10.O-O Nf6 11.N5c3 Rc8 12.Nd5 O-O 13.Nbc3 Qd7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bd8
16.Be4 Nd4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Qxd4 b5 19.Rac1 bxc4 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 21.Qxc4 Kh8
22.Qd3 Bg8 23.Rd1 Qc8 24.b4 Re8 25.a3 Re5 26.f4 Re8 27.a4 Qc6 28.a5 Qa4 29.Rb1 Bxa5
30.bxa5 Rxe4 31.Rb8 Re1+ 32.Kf2 Rd1 33.Ne7 Qxf4+ 34.Qf3 Qd4+ 35.Qe3 Qxe3+
36.Kxe3 Re1+  0-1

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Brown,Michael William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.a3 f5 8.d3 Nf6 9.O-O O-O
10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 h6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bb2 Be6 14.c5 Nd7 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Ra1 Qb6
17.Nd2 d5 18.e4 fxe4 19.dxe4 d4 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Bf5 22.Ba3 Rfc8 23.Ne4 Bf8
24.Bxf8 Rxa1 25.Qxa1 Rxf8 26.Qa3 Qxb5 27.Qe7 Qb6 28.Nd6 Qd8 29.Qxd8 Rxd8
30.f4 d3 31.h3 exf4 32.Rxf4 Nc5 33.Nxf5 gxf5 34.Rxf5 d2 35.Rf1 Re8 36.Bf3 Nd3
37.d6 Rd8 38.Rd1 Ne5 39.Bd5+ Kg7 40.Rxd2 Rxd6 41.Kf2 b5 42.Ke3 b4 43.Rd4 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nbd2 Qd7
9.Qc2 O-O-O 10.O-O-O Kb8 11.Kb1 h6 12.h3 Be6 13.Rhe1 f6 14.Ka1 g5 15.b4 Bf5
16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Nb3 b6 18.b5 Nce7 19.c4 Bb4 20.Bd2 Bxd2 21.Rxd2 dxc4 22.Qxc4 Nd6
23.Qe6 Qxe6 24.Rxe6 Nd5 25.a4 Rde8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.g3 h5 28.Rc2 g4 29.hxg4 hxg4
30.Nh4 Re1+ 31.Rc1 Re2 32.Rf1 Nc3 33.Nc1 Rc2 34.Ng2 Nc4 35.Ne3 Rb2  0-1

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Aldama Degurnay,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O a6 11.a4 b6 12.Ra3 Ra7 13.f3 Nh5 14.f4 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Nf6 16.Bf3 h5
17.Ne2 a5 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Nc4 Nxe4 20.Qxd4 Nc5 21.Bd2 f6 22.b4 axb4 23.Bxb4 Bg4
24.a5 Bxf3 25.gxf3 bxa5 26.Bxa5 Qe7 27.Re3 Qf8 28.Rxe8 Qxe8 29.Nxd6 Qe2 30.Rf2 Qa6
31.Qxc5 Nd7 32.Qc2 Qxd6 33.Qxg6+ Kf8 34.Re2 Ra8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Rg2+  1-0

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shytaj,L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Ng3 Nbd7 10.Be2 g6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O h4 13.Nge2 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.b3 Rc8
16.Rb1 Ndf6 17.Qd2 g5 18.Bc4 Bxc4 19.bxc4 Rxc4 20.Rb6 Nf4 21.Rfb1 O-O 22.Rxb7 Qe6
23.Nxf4 gxf4 24.Qd3 Kg7 25.Nd5 Rd4 26.Nxf4 Qxa2 27.Qe3 Kh7 28.Ne2 Rxe4 29.Qf3 Qe6
30.R7b6 Kg6 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.Rxa6 Qf5 33.Qd3 Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sevillano,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O
9.Bg5 Qe7 10.e3 h6 11.Bh4 b6 12.Be2 Ba6 13.a4 Nbd7 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Re1 Nf8
16.Qc2 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 g5 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.Ne2 a6 20.Rab1 Qe8 21.Qb3 Nxg3 22.Nxg3 Rdb8
23.Bd3 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bc2 Qe5 26.Nf5 Ng6 27.h3 c4 28.Qb4 Qxd5 29.Nxg7 Kxg7
30.Bxg6 fxg6 31.Rbd1 Qc5 32.Qc3+ Qe5 33.Rd4 Kh7 34.Red1 Rb6 35.Qc2 Ra7 36.b3 cxb3
37.Qxb3 Rab7 38.Rd5 Qf6 39.Qb4 Qe7 40.e4 Rc7 41.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yang,Dar"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 a6 9.a4 Nbd7
10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Be2 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Ng7 15.O-O O-O 16.Qd2 Rb8
17.Rfb1 Be5 18.b4 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.bxc5 Bxb1 21.Rxb1 Nf5 22.Ne4 Qe8 23.cxd6 Qxa4
24.Nc5 Qa3 25.Nd7 Bxd6 26.Nxf8 Rxf8 27.Bd4 Nxd4 28.Qxd4 Rc8 29.Rd1 Rc1 30.Qf6 Rxd1+
31.Bxd1 Qc5 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qd7+ Kh6 34.Qxb7 Qc3 35.Be2 a5 36.Qb1 a4 37.g3 a3
38.Qa2 Bc5 39.Kg2 Qe1 40.Bc4 Qe4+ 41.Kh2 Qf3 42.Qd2+ Kg7 43.Qf4 Qxf2+ 44.Qxf2 Bxf2
45.Kg2 Be1 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.h4 Ke5 48.Ba2 Bb4 49.h5 g5 50.Bb3 h6 51.Ba2 Kd4
52.d6 Bxd6 53.g4 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Liou,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.Re1 Na6
10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Nb4 13.h4 Bf6 14.Qe2 b6 15.Bf4 Ba6 16.Rd1 Rc8
17.b3 Qe7 18.Ne5 Qd8 19.Bh3 Nd5 20.Bd2 Ne7 21.Ng4 Bxd4 22.Bg5 c5 23.Rexd4 cxd4
24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Qh5 h6 26.Bxh6 g6 27.Qe5 Rc5 28.Bg7+ Kxg7 29.Nh5+  1-0

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Matikozian,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be2 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 Nbd7 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 bxa5 13.Nb3 Rb8 14.Nxa5 Ba8 15.Qd2 Ne5
16.Kh1 Qd7 17.Na4 Bd8 18.Rfd1 Bc7 19.b4 Nc6 20.c5 d5 21.Nb6 Bxb6 22.cxb6 Rfd8
23.Bxa6 d4 24.Nxc6 Qxc6 25.Bf4 Rxb6 26.b5 Qd7 27.Ra4 Bxe4 28.fxe4 Nxe4 29.Qe1 Nc3
30.Raxd4 Nxd1 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.h3  1-0

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 Bc6
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Chiari,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bf4 Nd7
9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.Nb5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 e5 13.dxe5 Qh4 14.Bg3 Qh5 15.Be2 Nxe5
16.Qe3 Nec4 17.Qb3 c6 18.Nc3 Nxb2 19.Qxb2 Qa5 20.O-O Qxc3 21.Qb1 Qb2 22.Qxb2 Bxb2
23.Rb1 Bd4 24.a4 Nxa4 25.Rxb7 Bb6 26.Rc1 Nc5 27.Re7 Bd8 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Rxc5 h5
30.Kg2 Bc7 31.Bh4 Bd8 32.Bg3 Bc7 33.Bh4 Bf4 34.Rxc6 Rc7 35.Ra6 Rb8 36.Bf6 Rc5
37.Ra7 Be5 38.Bxe5 Rxe5 39.Bc4 Rf8 40.Bd5 Rg5+ 41.Kf1 Kg7 42.h3 Re5 43.Kg2 Rfe8
44.Kg3 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Cortes Orihuela,Javier"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 e5 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.Bg5 f6
9.Be3 O-O 10.a3 Bg4 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.Ne1 h6 13.b4 b6 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Nc2 Kh7
16.Bd2 Qd7 17.Ne3 Bh3 18.Qa4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 f5 20.Ned5 Rf7 21.f3 Rcf8 22.Qb5 Nc8
23.a4 Nd6 24.Qb2 e4 25.f4 Re8 26.Rfe1 Qb7 27.Qb3 Re6 28.dxe4 Na5 29.Qa2 Ndxc4
30.Rec1 Rxe4 31.Kf1 Bxc3 32.Nxc3 Rd4 33.Rc2 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 Qxh2+ 35.Kf3 g5 36.fxg5 Ne5+  0-1

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Umetsubo,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.g3 c5 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.O-O Re8 12.dxc5 Bf6 13.Qc2 Ba6 14.Rfe1 bxc5 15.Qxc5 Qb6
16.Rac1 Na5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qh6 Bg7 20.Qh4 Rd7 21.b4 Nc4 22.Bh6 Nxa3
23.Ng5 Rd4 24.Qh3 Bf6 25.Bc6 Rxe2 26.Nxh7 Qxc6 27.Rxe2 Qxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Rd1+
29.Kg2  1-0

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Kanefsck,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Bf4 c5 10.Be5 Bxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc7 13.Rc1 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Julia,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[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.a3 Bd7 13.Bc2 a5 14.d5 Nb8 15.a4 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.axb5 Bxb5 18.Ba4 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 Nbd7 20.Nb3 Qc7 21.Be3 Reb8 22.Re2 Be7 23.Nfd2 Bd8
24.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Viana,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 Nd4
9.O-O e6 10.Nd1 b4 11.Nc1 Ne7 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 h6 14.f4 Ndc6 15.Nb3 Na5
16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Rc1 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.d4 c4 20.d5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Bd4 Bxd4+
23.Qxd4 Qc5 24.Re1+ Kd7 25.Qxc5 dxc5 26.Re5 Kc6 27.Ne3 Rd8 28.Rd1 d4 29.cxd4 Rxd4
30.Rxd4 cxd4 31.Nxc4  0-1

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Soppe,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nbc3 d6 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 Nf6
9.h3 Nbd7 10.f4 Nb6 11.b3 b4 12.Nb1 O-O 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.c3 bxc3 15.Nxc3 a5
16.Rc1 Qd8 17.a4 Ba6 18.Rf2 Rb8 19.g4 Nfd7 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Qxf1 e6 22.f5 exf5
23.gxf5 Re8 24.Qg2 Nc8 25.e5 dxe5 26.d5 cxd5 27.Nxd5 Ndb6 28.Nc7 Rf8 29.Ne4 Qd3
30.Bc5 Nd7 31.Bxf8 Nxf8 32.Nd5 Nb6 33.Ne7+ Kh8 34.Ng5  1-0

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nb3 b6 7.O-O Ba6 8.Re1 Nf6
9.e4 O-O 10.f4 Rc8 11.Nc3 d6 12.h3 Nd7 13.Re3 b5 14.Kh2 Nb6 15.a3 Nc4 16.Rf3 e6
17.Qe1 Re8 18.Nd1 Bb7 19.c3 f5 20.Rd3 e5 21.Nc5 Ba8 22.b3 N6a5 23.b4 fxe4
24.Nxe4 Nb3 25.fxe5 Nxe5  0-1

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ortiz Suarez,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[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.O-O-O b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Rhe1 Rc8 15.Qh3 Nc5
16.Kb1 O-O 17.g4 d5 18.g5 hxg5 19.fxg5 Nh7 20.exd5 Nxg5 21.Qh5 Nxd3 22.Rxd3 Bxd5
23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Rg3 Rfe8 25.Rxe7 Qxe7 26.Rxg5 Qe4 27.Rg4 g6 28.Qh3 Qe5 29.Rh4 Rc4
30.b3 Rcc8 31.Nf3 Qc3 32.Nd4 Qxh3 33.Rxh3 Re4 34.Rd3 f6 35.b4 Kf7 36.Bg3 Rh8
37.Kc1 g5 38.Kd2 Kg6 39.Nf3 Rd8 40.Rc3 Rde8 41.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Leitao,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7
9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Ne8 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Qc2 Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.Rab1 Nd6
16.Nd2 Qh4 17.b3 Rb8 18.Nce4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Rd8 20.Nc3 Bf8 21.Bc4 Bd6 22.Qe2 Ra8
23.e4 Ra7 24.Rbe1 Rf8 25.Qd3 f6 26.Qe3 Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Americas Continental Playoff 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O b6 14.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Americas Continental Playoff 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Flores,Di"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.O-O d6 7.Ne1 h5 8.Nc2 Nbc6
9.a3 h4 10.b4 hxg3 11.fxg3 Nf5 12.d3 Ncd4 13.Rb1 cxb4 14.Rxb4 O-O 15.Bxb7 Bxb7
16.Rxb7 Ne6 17.Nd5 Qc8 18.Rb1 Qc5+ 19.e3 Nc7 20.Ncb4 Rfe8 21.Nxc7 Qxc7 22.e4 Ne7
23.Bg5 a5 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 Ra7 27.Qc1 Qxc1 28.Rfxc1 Bf8 29.a4 Raa8
30.Rc6 Kg7 31.Bc1 Reb8 32.Rb5 Rxb5 33.axb5 Rb8 34.b6 Be7 35.Ba3 Kf8 36.Kg2 Ke8
37.Bxd6 Bxd6 38.Rxd6 a4 39.Rc6 a3 40.Rc3 a2 41.Ra3 Rxb6 42.Rxa2 Rb3 43.Rd2 f5
44.exf5 gxf5 45.Re2 Kf7 46.Rxe5 Kf6 47.Re6+ Kg5 48.h4+ Kh5 49.Rf6  1-0

[Event "7th Americas Continental Playoff 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hansen,Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.f4 d6
9.N1d2 Nf6 10.c3 e5 11.f5 d5 12.Qe2 d4 13.Bf2 dxc3 14.bxc3 b5 15.O-O O-O
16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.h3 b4 18.Rac1 bxc3 19.Rxc3 Bb4 20.Rcc1 Qe7 21.Nc4 a5 22.a3 a4
23.axb4 axb3 24.Bc5 Qd8 25.Bb1 Qb8 26.Qe3 Rd8 27.Qxb3 Nd4 28.Qe3 Ba6 29.Bd3 Nb3
30.Rb1 Bxc4 31.Bxc4 Rxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Nxc5 33.bxc5 Qc7 34.Bd5 Ra5 35.c6 h6 36.Qb3 Qa7+
37.Kh2 Rc5 38.Bxf7+ Kf8 39.Rd8+ Ke7 40.Rb8  1-0

[Event "7th Americas Continental Playoff 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Americas Continental 2012"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bacallao Alonso,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Be6 7.Qc2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be3 Bc4 10.Be2 N8d7 11.Rd1 c6 12.O-O Qc7 13.a4 a5 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.Bg5 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Rfe8 17.Bh4 Nf6 18.Bg3 Qd8 19.h3 Nh5 20.Bh2 Bh6 21.Ne5 Nd7 22.Nc4 b5
23.axb5 cxb5 24.Nxb5 Nf4 25.Qf1 Rb8 26.Nc3 Qc8 27.d5 Rb4 28.Nxa5 Ne5 29.Nc6 Nxc6
30.dxc6 e6 31.Rd6 Qc7 32.Red1 Reb8 33.Qa6 R8b6 34.Qa5 Rxb2 35.Rd7 Qxc6 36.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Barnett,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 g6 7.f3 Qb6 8.Bb3 Nbd7
9.Be3 Nc5 10.Qd2 h5 11.O-O-O Bg7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Nxc5 exd4 15.Qxd4 O-O
16.Bf4 Qc6 17.Be5 Bf5 18.Rhe1 Rfc8 19.Ne4 a5 20.a4 b5 21.Rd3 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Qa6
23.Bb3 a4 24.Ba2 Nxe4 25.Bxg7 Rxc2+ 26.Kxc2 Rc8+ 27.Kb1 Nd2+  0-1

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.26"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Liou,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nc4 Qc7 8.Bd3 b5
9.Ne3 Bb7 10.O-O e6 11.Qf3 a6 12.Re1 O-O-O 13.Qh3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nf1 Ne5
16.Be2 h5 17.Be3 Neg4 18.Bf3 Nxe3 19.Nxe3 Qf4 20.Ne2 Qe5 21.Nc3 Qf4 22.Ne2 Qe5
23.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[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 f5
9.Nc3 b5 10.Bb3 c5 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bb7 13.a4 b4 14.Ne2 Nd7 15.Rxd7 Kxd7
16.Ne5+ Ke8 17.c6 Bc8 18.f4 Bd6 19.Nc4 Ke7 20.a5 Rd8 21.Ba4 Bc7 22.Rf1 Rb8
23.Rf3 Rd5 24.Rh3 Bxa5 25.Ne5 b3+ 26.c3 Bc7 27.Nxf7 Ra5 28.Rxh7 Rxa4 29.c4 Kf6
30.Nh8 Ba5+ 31.Kf2 e5 32.fxe5+ Kxe5 33.c7 Rb7 34.Nf7+ Kf6 35.Nd6 Rxc7 36.Ne8+ Kg6
37.Rxc7 Bxc7 38.Nxc7 Rxc4 39.Nd5 Bb7 40.Ne3 Rc5 41.Nf4+ Kf6 42.Nd3 Rc8 43.Ke2 a5
44.Kd2 a4 45.g3 Be4 46.Nb4 a3  0-1

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mitkov,N1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bc5 6.b4 Bb6 7.e3 Nge7 8.c5 dxc5
9.b5 Bf5 10.Qa4 Nd4 11.exd4 exd4 12.Ne2 Nd5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Be2 d3 15.Bd1 Qe7+
16.Kf1 O-O-O 17.Bb2 Rhe8 18.Bb3 f6 19.h4 h5 20.Qc4 Qf8 21.Kg1 Kb8 22.Kh2 Bf7
23.Rhe1 g5 24.hxg5 h4 25.Ne4 fxg5 26.Nexg5 Bg8 27.Kg1 Re2 28.Be5 Nf6 29.Ne6 Qe7
30.Rxe2 dxe2 31.Qxh4 c4 32.Nxd8 cxb3 33.Qxf6 Qe8 34.Re1 Bc4 35.Bd4  1-0

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.O-O O-O 8.b4 Nc6
9.b5 Na5 10.Qc2 c6 11.Rb1 Bf5 12.d3 Qd7 13.bxc6 Nxc6 14.Bb2 Nc4 15.g4 Nxb2
16.gxf5 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Na4 18.Qa3 Nb6 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Rfc1 Rfd8 21.Rc5 Qd6
22.Qc1 Rac8 23.Rbb5 Qf6 24.h4 Na4 25.Rc4 Nb6 26.Rc2 e6 27.Rbc5 Ne7 28.Qg5 Kg7
29.Qxf6+ Kxf6 30.Ng5 Ned5 31.Bxd5 exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Tate,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 h5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Nd2 Nc5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bxh5 f5 14.exf5 d5 15.Bg4 Bb7
16.O-O d4 17.Ne2 Qd5 18.Bf3 e4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Ng3 Qe5 21.Re1 O-O-O 22.Bxe4 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 Qf6 24.Qe2 d3 25.cxd3 Bd6 26.Rc1+ Kb8 27.Rc6 Ka7 28.a5 Rc8  1-0

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5
9.Ne5 Nd5 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Nac4 Be6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Rb8 15.Qc2 Qa5
16.c4 Nb4 17.Qc3 Qa4 18.Qb3 Qa6 19.Rfc1 Rfd8 20.Ba3 Nd3 21.exd3 Rxb3 22.axb3 Qb6
23.Rc3 Rd7 24.Bc1 Bf5 25.Bf1 Kg7 26.Be3 Qb4 27.Bd2 h6 28.h4 Qb8 29.Ra5 Qxe5
30.b4 Qb8 31.b5 Qd8 32.Rb3 cxb5 33.Raxb5 Bxd3 34.Ba5 Qa8 35.Bxd3 a6 36.Rb6 Qf3
37.Bf1 Qe4 38.Re3 Qf5 39.Rxa6 g5 40.Bc3+ f6 41.h5 Kf7 42.Be2 g4 43.Rae6 Qxe6
44.Rxe6 Kxe6 45.Bxg4+ f5 46.Be2 Rd6 47.Kg2 Rb6 48.Bf3 Kf7 49.Bd2  1-0

[Event "22nd North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bryant,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Re1 Be7 8.c4 O-O
9.Nc3 Re8 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Bf4 h6 12.h3 Nh7 13.Qf3 Bf6 14.Rad1 Ng5 15.Bxg5 hxg5
16.c5 dxc5 17.Nb3 Be7 18.Na4 Qc8 19.Naxc5 Be6 20.Qc3 Rb8 21.Nd4 Bxc5 22.Qxc5 Rxb2
23.Nxc6 Qa6 24.Ne7+ Kh7 25.Qxg5 Bxa2 26.Re3 Qh6 27.Qf5+ g6 28.Qd7 Qh4  0-1

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hua,D"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6 8.a4 f5
9.Ng3 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bxc5 13.Bd3 h5 14.b4 Be7 15.O-O Bf6
16.b5 Ne7 17.Rfe1 Bxc3 18.Re2 h4 19.Nf1 Bf6 20.Bc4 O-O 21.Ne5 axb5 22.Bxb5 Nd5
23.Rc1 Rd8 24.g3 b6 25.Ne3 Ba6 26.Bxa6 Rxa6 27.Nc6 Rd6 28.Nxd5 exd5 29.Ne7+ Bxe7
30.Rxe7 Rxa4 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Rcc7 Rf6 33.Rcd7 h3 34.Kf1 f4 35.Rxd5 fxg3 36.hxg3 Ra1+  0-1

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bartell,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.c5 g6 8.h3 Bg7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Be2 Nh5 11.Bh2 Bh6 12.Qb3 e6 13.O-O Bf4 14.Rfe1 f6 15.Rad1 Rb8
16.Na4 Bd7 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Bf1 g5 19.Nb6 Rf7 20.Qe3 Re7 21.h4 h6 22.g3 Ng6
23.Nh2 Be8 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Bd3 Kg7 26.f4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Bf7 28.Rd2 Qh8 29.Nf3 Qh6
30.Bxg6 Bxg6 31.Rh2 Bh5 32.Kf2 Qh7 33.Reh1 Qc2+ 34.Kg3 Qg6+ 35.Kf2 Qc2+ 36.Kf1 Qd1+
37.Ne1 Rh8 38.Rd2 Qb1 39.Rh3 Bg4 40.Rxh8 Kxh8 41.Rg2 Qf5 42.Kg1 Rh7 43.Nc8 Rh3
44.Qd2 Qh5 45.Nd6 Rh1+ 46.Kf2 Qh4+ 47.Rg3 Bh3 48.Nf7+ Kh7 49.Qd3+ Bf5 50.Qe3 Rh2+
51.Kf1 Nxd4 52.Ng2 Bh3 53.Nd6 Bxg2+ 54.Rxg2 Rh1+ 55.Rg1 Rxg1+ 56.Kxg1 Qg4+
57.Kf2 Nf5 58.Qf3 Qh4+ 59.Kg2 Kg6 60.Nxb7 d4 61.Nd6 Ne3+ 62.Kg1 Qe1+ 63.Kh2 f5
64.c6 Ng4+ 65.Kg2 Qd2+ 66.Kg1 Qc1+ 67.Kg2 Qxb2+ 68.Kg1 Qc1+ 69.Kg2 Qc2+ 70.Kf1 d3
71.c7 d2  0-1

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balakrishnan,Praveen"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nb6 8.d3 Nc6
9.Be3 Bg4 10.h3 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc8 12.Kh2 Rd8 13.Qc1 Be8 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Bxc3
16.Qxc3 Nxa4 17.Qc4 Nb6 18.Qh4 f6 19.Rfc1 Qe6 20.Rc5 Bf7 21.b5 axb5 22.Rcxb5 Ra4
23.Qh6 Nc8 24.Rxb7 Qd7 25.Bf4 e5 26.Ng5 Nd6 27.Qxh7+ Kf8 28.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Leon Magallanes,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E76"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.d5 c6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O cxd5 11.cxd5 Ne8 12.Kh1 Nc5 13.Bc2 Nd6 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.b4 Na6
16.a3 Bd7 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Rc1 Nb8 19.Nd2 f5 20.Qe2 f4 21.Nc4 Nf7 22.Bh4 g5
23.Bf2 b6 24.d6 Qe6 25.Rfd1 Kh8 26.b5 g4 27.g3 Ng5 28.Nd5 Nh3 29.Ne7 Rce8
30.Nf5 Rxf5 31.Nxb6 axb6 32.Bc4 Qh6 33.exf5 Bxf5 34.Bd5 f3 35.Qe3 Qxe3 36.Bxe3 Nd7
37.Rc7 Bf8 38.Bc6 Rd8 39.a4 Be6  1-0

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Song,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bf4 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.f3 Kh7 11.Nh3 Ne5 12.Nf2 e6 13.O-O exd5 14.cxd5 a6 15.a3 Nfd7 16.Bg3 Nb6
17.Nfd1 Nec4 18.Qc2 f5 19.Be1 Ne5 20.f4 Nf7 21.b3 Nd7 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Ne3 Bd4
24.Kh1 Bxe3 25.Nd1 Qd8 26.Nxe3 Nf6 27.Nxf5 Kh8 28.Bc3  1-0

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mena Crespo,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.d3 Bc5
9.a3 O-O 10.b4 Bd6 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Rfe1 a6 14.Na4 b6 15.Nc3 c5 16.bxc5 bxc5
17.h3 Bf5 18.e4 dxe4 19.dxe4 Bg6 20.Nh4 c4 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.f4 Nh5 23.Kh2 g5
24.e5 Nxe5 25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Be1 Qd3 28.Qf2 Rce8 29.Rd1 Qg6 30.Bd2 Rd8
31.Bf1 Qe6 32.Rb1 Rf5 33.Qe1 Qxe1  0-1

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shen,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 Be7
9.Qf3 O-O 10.g4 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Kb1 Rxc3 14.bxc3 d5 15.Bg2 Qc7
16.exd5 e4 17.Qe2 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Bxd5 19.Qb5 Bc4 20.Qxa5 b6 21.Qxb6 Qd7 22.Bxe4 Qxa4
23.Bc6 Qa3 24.Qa5 Qd6 25.Bb7 Rb8 26.Bxa6 Bxa6 27.Bd4 Qc6 28.Re1 Bf8 29.Qe5 Ra8
30.Qe4 Qc8 31.Qf5 Qc6 32.Qe4 Qc8 33.Kc1 Bc4 34.Kd2 Be6 35.Nc1 Qd8 36.Nd3 Ra2
37.Rb1 Bd6 38.Rb6 h6 39.f4 Bc4 40.Ne5 Bxe5 41.Qxe5 f6 42.Rb8 fxe5 43.Rxd8+ Kf7
44.Bxe5 Ra7 45.Ke3 h5 46.gxh5 Be6 47.Rh8  1-0

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yang,Dar"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.Ng3 d5 8.Be2 dxc4
9.O-O b6 10.Bxc4 Bb7 11.e4 c5 12.Bb5 Nfd7 13.Be3 a6 14.Be2 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6
16.Be3 Qc7 17.b4 Rac8 18.Rc1 Red8 19.Qb3 a5 20.Na4 axb4 21.axb4 Qd6 22.Nxb6 Nxb6
23.Bxb6 Nd4 24.Bxd4 Qxd4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.b5 g6 27.Rd1 Qb6 28.Qf3 Rc7 29.Qf4 Be7
30.e5 Kg7 31.h4 h6 32.h5 g5 33.Qd2 Qc5 34.Qd4 Qc2 35.b6 Rc3 36.Qd7 Bc5 37.Qxb7 Rxg3
38.Kf1 Qf5 39.Bf3 Qc2 40.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hambleton,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Na5
9.Nc1 Nd7 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5 13.b3 Nac6 14.Be3 Qa5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Be7 8.dxc5 a5
9.Nb3 a4 10.Nbd4 Nxc5 11.Be3 O-O 12.a3 Na5 13.Qc2 Nc4 14.Bf2 Ra6 15.Be2 f5
16.exf6 Rxf6 17.g3 Rb6 18.Rb1 Bd7 19.O-O Be8 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Ne5 Qd5 22.Ndf3 Rd6
23.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24.Kg2 Rf5 25.h4 Bf6 26.Rbd1 Bxe5 27.Nxe5 Bc6+ 28.Kh2 b5 29.Rxd6 Qxd6
30.Qe2 Rf8 31.Rd1 Bd5 32.Rd4 Qc7 33.h5 Qd8 34.Kh3 Qc7 35.Qe3 Qa7 36.g4 Re8
37.Kg3 Ba8 38.g5 Qb7 39.Rd2 Qh1 40.h6 Be4 41.Rh2 Qb1 42.Re2 Bb7 43.hxg7 Rd8
44.Qb6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sammour Hasbun,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 dxc4
9.e4 Re8 10.Qc2 b5 11.Rad1 Bb7 12.Rfe1 a6 13.h3 Qb6 14.g4 c5 15.d5 exd5 16.e5 d4
17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Nb1 Nd5 19.Bg3 Nb4 20.Qf5 g6 21.Qf4 Qf6 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.Bh4 Qe2
24.Re1 Nd5 25.Qc1 Qd3 26.Ne5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 c3 28.bxc3 dxc3 29.Nxc3 Nxc3 30.Bxb7 Rb8
31.Qf4 f6 32.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Kh1 O-O
9.Be3 e5 10.Nb3 Be6 11.Bf3 a5 12.Nd5 a4 13.Nd2 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb4 15.c4 Nd7
16.Be2 f5 17.Nb1 e4 18.Nc3 Ne5 19.Bd4 Bf6 20.Nxa4 Nbd3 21.c5 Ng4 22.Bxf6 Ngxf2+
23.Kg1 Qxf6 24.Rxf2 Nxf2 25.Kxf2 f4 26.Nc3 Rae8 27.Bg4 Re5 28.Be6+ Kh8 29.Qd4 f3
30.Nxe4 Qh4+ 31.Ke3 fxg2 32.cxd6 Rf1 33.Rxf1 gxf1=Q 34.Qxe5 Qhe1+ 35.Kd4 Qb4+
36.Ke3 Qb6+ 37.Kd2 Qg2+ 38.Kd3 Qf3+ 39.Kc2 Qe2+ 40.Nd2 Qxe5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 Be7
9.Qe2 b5 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.b3 cxb3 12.d5 exd5 13.e5 O-O 14.a3 Nc6 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Bb2 Re8 17.Qd2 d4 18.Ne2 Bg4 19.Qd3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Be4 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 c5
23.a4 Qb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Qd3 c4 26.Bxh7+ Kh8 27.Qb1 Re2 28.Qf5 Rxb2 29.Qh5 Bg5
30.Be4+ Bh6 31.Qf5 g6 32.Qxf7 Bg7 33.Qf4 Rd8 34.Qh4+ Kg8 35.Bxg6 Qf6 36.Qh7+ Kf8
37.Rf1 d3 38.Ra7 d2 39.Rf7+ Qxf7 40.Bxf7 Kxf7 41.Qh5+ Kg8 42.Qg4 Ra2 43.Qe6+ Kf8
44.Qf5+ Ke7 45.Qc5+ Rd6 46.Qc7+ Rd7 47.Qc5+ Ke6 48.Qc6+ Rd6 49.Qe4+ Kf7 50.Qb7+ Ke6
51.Qe4+ Be5 52.Rd1 c3 53.f4 Rd5 54.Qg6+ Bf6 55.Qg8+ Kd6 56.Qf8+ Kc7 57.Qf7+ Rd7
58.Qxf6 c2 59.Qe5+ Rd6 60.Qe7+ Kc6 61.Qe8+ Kc5 62.Qe5+ Kc4 63.Qe4+ Rd4 64.Qe6+ Kc5
65.Qe5+ Rd5 66.Qe7+ Kb6  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qb3 b5 10.Bxd6 Qb6 11.Be5 O-O 12.e3 b4 13.Nb1 Bf5 14.Nbd2 Nbd7 15.Bd3 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Qd6 17.Ndc4 Qxd5 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.O-O Rfd8 20.Rad1 Qe6 21.Nd3 Qe7
22.Nf4 Bh6 23.Ne2 Qe6 24.Qc2 Rd5 25.Ng3 f4 26.exf4 Bxf4 27.Rde1 Qg4 28.Ne3 Bxe3
29.fxe3 Qe6 30.Qc4 Re5 31.Qh4 Ne8 32.Nh5 Qg6 33.Nf4 Qg5 34.Qf2 Ng7 35.e4 Rc8
36.Re3 Kh8 37.Rg3 Qd8 38.Nd5 f6 39.Rh3 f5 40.Qf4 Qd6 41.Rh6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hess,Ro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.a4 Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Na3 a5 10.Nxc4 h6 11.Rd1 Ra6 12.e4 Qe7 13.Bf4 b5 14.Nce5 Bb7 15.Nd3 bxa4
16.Rxa4 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Nfe5 Bb6 19.Nc4 Rc8 20.Qe2 Bc6 21.Ra3 Raa8 22.Nd6 Rd8
23.Rc3 Nb8 24.Rdc1 Bd7 25.Rb3 Ra6 26.Nc4 Ba7 27.Rb7 Rc8 28.Rc3 Qd8 29.Nde5 g5
30.Nxf7 Kxf7 31.Nd6+ Rxd6 32.Bxd6 Bd4 33.Rxc8 Qxc8 34.Rxb8 Qc1+ 35.Bf1 e5
36.Rf8+ Ke6 37.Ba3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nbd7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 e5
9.Nf3 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Qe7 12.b4 Nb6 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Nd2 Qe6 15.Rac1 Rb8
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Nb3 Na4 18.Qd2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 b6 20.Nd2 Qe7 21.Bd5 a5 22.Qb3 Kh8
23.Nf3 f5 24.Nh4 Rf8 25.Rd2 e4 26.Rcd1 axb4 27.axb4 Be8 28.Ng2 Qe5 29.Nf4 Nc3
30.Qb2 Qf6 31.Rc1 Na4 32.Qa3 Qe7 33.h4 Rf6 34.c5 bxc5 35.bxc5 Rd8 36.Ra2 Qe5
37.Bb3 e3 38.Bxa4 exf2+ 39.Kxf2 Rd4 40.Qe3 Re4 41.Qd2 Rxa4 42.Rxa4 Bxa4 43.Qd8+ Qe8
44.Qxc7 Rc6 45.Qb7 h6 46.Rc4 Rf6 47.Rd4 Kh7 48.Rd6 Bc6 49.Qc7 Qe4 50.Rd8 Rf8
51.Rd6 Rf6 52.Rd8 Rf8 53.Rd1 Re8 54.Rd3 Bb5 55.Qd6 Bxd3 56.exd3 Qe1+ 57.Kg2 Re3
58.Qg6+ Kh8 59.h5 Qd1 60.Qc6 Qg4 61.Ng6+ Kh7 62.Nf8+ Kg8 63.Qd5+ Kxf8  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 Qxc6 8.Bd3 b5
9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bc5 11.a3 Nf6 12.O-O-O b4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.g4 Rfc8
16.g5 Ne8 17.f5 Rab8 18.g6 fxg6 19.fxg6 Qb6 20.Bc4 Qa5 21.Kb1 hxg6 22.Qd3 Nd6
23.Bb3 Bc6 24.Rg1 Qh5 25.Rde1 Nf7 26.Qg3 a5 27.Bc4 g5 28.h4 Qxh4 29.Qg2 Qh6
30.Re3 Bc5 31.Rh3 Qxh3 32.Qxh3 Bxg1 33.Bd3 Bd4 34.e5 Bxe5 35.Nd1 a4 36.Bg6 Kf8
37.Qh5 Nh6 38.Bxg5 a3 39.Bxh6 Bxb2 40.Nxb2 Rxb2+ 41.Kc1 gxh6 42.Qxh6+ Ke7
43.Qg5+ Kd6 44.Qg3+ Kd5 45.Qxa3 Rcb8 46.Qe3 R2b4 47.Bd3 Kd6 48.Kd2 Bd5 49.Qg3+ e5
50.Qg6+ Be6 51.Qg1 Rd4 52.Qa1 Ke7 53.Ke3 Rh8 54.Qg1 Rg4 55.Qf2 Rh3+ 56.Kd2 e4
57.Qc5+ Kf7 58.Bf1 e3+ 59.Ke2 Rc4 60.Qg5 Rxc2+ 61.Kd1 Rd2+ 62.Ke1 Rd5 63.Qf4+ Rf5
64.Qe4 Rg3 65.Bd3 d5 66.Qb4 Rf2  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nd7 5.Bd3 e5 6.O-O Ne7 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Na3 Nc6 11.Bb5 Qe7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nd2 f5 14.f3 Nc5 15.Nb3 Ne6
16.Qd2 Ba6 17.c4 fxe4 18.fxe4 Qh4 19.Qd7 Nf4 20.Rf2 Rad8 21.Qxc6 Bc8 22.Raf1 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Betaneli,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.a3 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Ba6 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qa4 Be7 8.Bf4 Qc8 9.d5 O-O
10.Nf3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Nd2 b5 13.cxb5 Bxb5 14.Qb3 exd5 15.Bxe4 Qa6 16.Bf3 Qa4
17.Qxa4 Bxa4 18.Be5 Bg5 19.h4 Bh6 20.e3 Na6 21.Be2 Rae8 22.f4 Rxe5 23.fxe5 Nc5
24.b3 Bxb3 25.Rc1 Bxe3 26.Rf1 Ba4 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Rb1 Ke7 29.Rb8 Bd4 30.Nf3 Bc3+
31.Kf1 d4 32.Bc4 Bd1 33.Ne1 Ne4 34.Bd3 Nxg3+ 35.Kf2 Nh5 36.Ng2 g6 37.Rh8 Ke6
38.Rxh7 Kxe5 39.Rxd7 Nf6 40.Re7+ Kd6 41.Rg7 Ng4+ 42.Kf1 Nh2+ 43.Kf2 Ng4+
44.Kf1 Nh2+ 45.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Griggs,Walker K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O e5 6.Bc2 a6 7.h3 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5
9.d3 Be7 10.Nbd2 b5 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.Re1 O-O 15.Nf1 Rd8
16.Qe2 Re8 17.Ng3 h6 18.Qf1 Bf8 19.Ne4 Nd7 20.Nfd2 Na5 21.Bd1 f5 22.Ng3 Qf7
23.f4 exf4 24.Rxe8 Qxe8 25.Nxf5 Qe5 26.Nh4 Qe3+ 27.Qf2 g5 28.Nhf3 Qxd3 29.Qe1 Qg6
30.Nf1 Be4 31.h4 Nf6 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.N1d2 Bd5 34.Qe5 Bh6 35.Qe7 Nb7 36.c4 bxc4
37.Ne5 Qg7 38.Qxg7+ Bxg7 39.Ndxc4 Nd7 40.Bf3 Bxf3 41.Nxf3 Bf6 42.g3 Kf7 43.gxf4 gxf4
44.Bxf4 Ke6 45.Kf2 Kd5 46.Nfd2 Nd8 47.Ke2 Ne6 48.Be3 Nd4+ 49.Kd3 Ne5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Chandra,Akshat"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C03"]

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.Bb5 O-O 12.Nb1 Nb6 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.b3 Rc8 15.Bd2 Bc6
16.Qe2 Na8 17.Rfc1 Qb6 18.h4 Nc7 19.h5 h6 20.Be3 Rfd8 21.Nh2 Nxb5 22.Nxb5 Be8
23.f4 Rc6 24.g4 Rdc8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.g5 Rc2 27.Qg4 hxg5 28.fxg5 Bxb5 29.axb5 Qxb5
30.g6 Qe2 31.gxf7+ Kf8 32.Qg3 Bh4 33.Qh3 Bf2+ 34.Bxf2 Qxf2+ 35.Kh1 Qxd4 36.Rf1 Nd3
37.Ng4 Qe4+ 38.Qf3 Rc1 39.Qxe4 dxe4 40.Kg2 Rxf1 41.Kxf1 Nc5 42.h6 gxh6  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Xiong,Jeffrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 Be7 7.a4 cxd4 8.cxd4 b4
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 a5 11.Bf4 d6 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nfd2 d5
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Qe7 18.Nb3 Rfc8 19.Qd4 Bc6 20.Ra2 e5 21.Qd3 Bb7 22.Raa1 Ba6
23.Qe3 Bc4 24.Nd4 Rxc5 25.Nf5 Qc7 26.b3 Ba6 27.Rac1 Rc3 28.f4 Re8 29.Rxc3 bxc3
30.fxe5 Rxe5 31.Qf4 Qc5+ 32.Kf1 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 c2 34.Qc1 Ng4 35.Ke1 Qc3+ 36.Kf1 Qd3  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Adamson,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nd7 6.Qd2 e5 7.Nge2 Ngf6 8.h3 exd4
9.Bxd4 O-O 10.Ng3 Re8 11.Be2 h5 12.Qf4 Nc5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.O-O c6
16.Rfe1 Nh7 17.Bf1 Ng5 18.e5 Ne6 19.Qd2 h4 20.Nh1 Nd4 21.Ne4 Bxh3 22.c3 Nb3
23.Qc2 Be6 24.f4 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Qf2 c4 27.Ng5 Qc5 28.Re3 Bf5 29.Nf3 Bg4
30.Rde1 Ra1 31.Nxh4 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 g5 33.Qxc5 Nxc5 34.Nf2 Bd7 35.fxg5 Rxe5
36.Nf3 Rxe1 37.Nxe1 Be5 38.Nd1 Bf4 39.Be2 Bxg5 40.Nf3 Bf4 41.Nd4 Na4 42.Bf3 c5
43.Bc6 cxd4 44.Bxd7 Nxb2  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Mulyar,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.e4 Be7
9.a4 a6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Bg5 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd6 Rfb8 15.Nd2 c5
16.Nxb7 Rxb7 17.axb5 Rxb5 18.Nxc4 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc5 20.Qd3 Rc8 21.Nd6 Nxe5
22.Qa3 Nb4 23.Nxc8 Qxc8 24.Rac1 Qb8 25.Rfd1 h6 26.Rd2 Kh7 27.Qe3 Nd5 28.Be4+ g6
29.Qe2 Nf6 30.Bg2 Kg7 31.h3 g5 32.Rcc2 Qb6 33.Qd1 Rb3 34.Rd6 Qb4 35.Qd2 Qb5
36.Rd8 Nc4 37.Qd4 Nxb2 38.Rc7 Qb6 39.Qxb6 Rxb6 40.Bf1 a5 41.Ra8 Nd5 42.Rd7 Nf6
43.Rdd8 a4 44.Rdb8 Nd5 45.Bg2 Rxb8 46.Rxb8 a3 47.Bxd5 exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Denton,Bradley J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxb4 axb4
9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nd2 Qxd4 12.Qc2 Ba6 13.e3 Qd3 14.Rfc1 Qxc2 15.Rxc2 Bb5
16.Rcc1 Ra6 17.Nxc4 Rfa8 18.Ne5 Nd5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Rc5 f6 21.Nf3 Rxa2 22.Rac1 Rxb2
23.Nd4 Bc4 24.Rxc6 Raa2 25.Rxc7 Rxf2 26.R1xc4 dxc4 27.Rxc4 Rg2+  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gerzhoy,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[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.a4 c5 10.a5 Qc7 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Bb5 a6 13.Ba4 f5 14.Ne2 Kf7 15.Qf4 Qxa5 16.d5 e5
17.Bxd7 Bxd7 18.Qxf5+ Bxf5 19.Rxa5 b6 20.Ra3 Nf6 21.Ng3 Bg6 22.c4 b5 23.f3 bxc4
24.O-O e3 25.f4 exf4 26.Rxf4 Bxc2 27.Bb2 Rg6 28.Rxe3 Rb8 29.Bc3 Rb1+ 30.Kf2 Rd1
31.Nh5 Rxd5 32.Nxf6 Rf5 33.Rxf5 Bxf5 34.Nxh7 Bd3 35.h4 Rb6 36.Ng5+ Kf8 37.Ne6+ Kf7
38.Nxc5 Bf5 39.Rf3 Kg6 40.h5+ Kg5 41.h6 Bh7 42.Nd7  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 d5
9.O-O Nf6 10.Kh1 Be7 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Rae1 c4 15.bxc4 dxc4
16.Be2 Rfd8 17.Qg3 Bf8 18.Bf3 Nd7 19.Nd1 Kh8 20.Bc3 Nc5 21.Nf2 f6 22.Bg4 a5
23.Qh3 Ra6 24.Bh5 Kg8 25.Qg4 Qe7 26.Qg3 Na4 27.Ba1 Rd2 28.Rb1 Kh8 29.Qh4 Rxc2
30.Bg6 h6 31.e5 Rxa2 32.exf6 Qd7 33.Be5 Re2 34.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Adamson,R"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 Bf8
9.Bf1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 c6 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.f3 Ng6 14.Bf2 Bd7 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Nde2 Rad8 17.Bd4 Nh7 18.Ng3 b5 19.Nh5 Qb7 20.Qf2 Be6 21.Ne2 Bc8 22.Neg3 Ne7
23.c4 bxc4 24.Bxc4 Be6 25.Bf1 f6 26.a3 Bb3 27.Rd2 a5 28.Kh1 a4 29.Bd3 c5
30.Be3 c4 31.Bb1 d5 32.Bc5 Qc8 33.exd5 Rxd5 34.Rxd5 Nxd5 35.Bxf8 Nxf8 36.Be4 c3
37.Bxd5+ Bxd5 38.Rxe8 Qxe8 39.bxc3 Qe5 40.Qd2 Bf7 41.Nf4 Qb5 42.h3 Nd7 43.Kh2 Ne5
44.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Korley,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "E51"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O h6 8.h3 a6 9.a3 dxc4
10.Bxc4 Bd6 11.e4 e5 12.Be3 b5 13.Ba2 Bb7 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd2 Nd3 16.f4 Bc5
17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.e5 Nd5 19.Nde4 Nxe4 20.Nxd5 c6 21.Ne3 Qb6 22.Qe1 Rad8 23.Kh2 c5
24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 c4 26.Nf5 Qe6 27.Qg4 g6 28.Ne3 Qxg4 29.hxg4 Rd8 30.Rd1 Rxd1
31.Nxd1 g5 32.f5 Nc5 33.Kg3 Nd3 34.e6 fxe6 35.fxe6 Kf8 36.Bb1 Nf4 37.Ne3 Ke7
38.Kf2 Kxe6 39.g3 Nd3+ 40.Bxd3 cxd3 41.Nf1 Ke5 42.Ke3 Bc8 43.Nh2 d2 44.Nf3+ Kd5
45.Nxd2 Bxg4 46.Kd3 h5 47.Ke3 h4 48.Ne4 Ke5 49.Nc5 Bc8 50.a4 Kd5 51.Ne4 h3  0-1

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Jayakumar,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.g3 Bxf3 4.exf3 Nf6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.f4 Nbd7 10.Qc2 e6 11.d5 cxd5 12.cxd5 e5 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.b3 Rc8 15.Bb2 Qa5
16.Rac1 Bh6 17.Rcd1 b5 18.a3 b4 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Ba1 Rc5 21.Na2 Qb8 22.Qb1 Rfc8
23.Bd4 Rb5 24.Qa1 Rxb3 25.f4 Neg4 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.Qxf6 Bg7 28.Qh4 Rb2 29.Nc1 Rcc2
30.Be4 Qb6+ 31.Kh1 Bf6 32.Qh3 Rxh2+ 33.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Qb2+ 35.Kh1 a5
36.Nd3 Qb6 37.Nf2 a4 38.Bb1 a3 39.Ne4 Bb2 40.f5 Qb4 41.Nf2 Qc4 42.Kg2 a2
43.Bxa2 Qxa2 44.Rd2 Qa3 45.fxg6 hxg6 46.Rfd1 Be5 47.Rd3 Qb4 48.R1d2 Kg7 49.Kf3 f5
50.Kg2 g5 51.Rd1 Kg6 52.R3d2 Qc4 53.Rd3 g4 54.R1d2 Kg5 55.Rd1 Qa4 56.Re1 Bd4
57.Red1 Bc5 58.R1d2 f4 59.gxf4+ Qxf4 60.Nxg4 Kxg4 61.Re2 Qc1 62.Rg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Rosen,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 Qxc6 8.Bd3 b5
9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Rc8 11.a3 Bc5 12.O-O-O Ne7 13.Rhf1 O-O 14.f5 exf5 15.exf5 Qxg2
16.Qh5 f6 17.Rde1 Bd6 18.h3 Rf7 19.Rg1 Qf3 20.Rg4 Rc5 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Bh6+ Kg8
23.Rg1+ Ng6 24.fxg6 Bf4+ 25.Kb1 Qxh5 26.gxh7+ Kh8 27.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Shetty,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O Ne8 8.d3 Nc7
9.f4 Ne6 10.f5 Ned4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ne2 Ne5 13.Kh1 b5 14.b3 bxc4 15.bxc4 Qa5
16.Qc2 Ba6 17.Nxd4 Nxc4 18.Nb3 Qc3 19.Qxc3 Bxc3 20.Bh6 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 Nb2 22.Bxf8 Rxf8
23.d4 d6 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Bf3 Na4 28.Kg2 Nc3 29.a3 Bd7
30.e5 Nb1 31.Na5 Nxa3 32.Kf2 Nc2 33.exd6 exd6 34.d5 Kf8 35.h4 Bb5 36.g4 Na3
37.h5 Nc4 38.Nc6 a5 39.Nd4 Bd7 40.Be2 Nb6 41.Bf3 a4 42.Nc2 Nc4 43.Be2 Ne5
44.Kg3 Kg7 45.Kf4 gxh5 46.gxh5 Kh6 47.Na3 Bc8 48.Bb5 Bd7 49.Be2 f6 50.Nc2 Be8
51.Na3 Bxh5 52.Bb5 Bf7 53.Ke4 Kg5 54.Bxa4 f5+ 55.Kd4 Kf4 56.Bd1 Be8 57.Nb1 Kg3
58.Nd2 Kf2 59.Bc2 Bd7 60.Kc3 Ke1 61.Bb1 f4 62.Be4 Bg4 63.Nb3 f3 64.Nd4 f2
65.Bg2 Ng6 66.Nc2+ Ke2 67.Nd4+ Ke3 68.Nc2+ Kf4 69.Bf1 Ne7 70.Nb4 Bf3 71.Kd4 Nf5+
72.Kc3 Ne3 73.Nd3+ Kg3 74.Nxf2 Kxf2 75.Bb5 Kg3 76.Kd4 Kf4 77.Bc6 Nf5+ 78.Kd3 Ke5
79.Bd7 Bxd5 80.Be8 Be4+ 81.Kd2 d5 82.Bc6 d4 83.Bb5 Nd6 84.Ba6 Kd5 85.Be2 Nc4+
86.Kd1 Kc5 87.Bh5 Kb4 88.Be2 Kc3 89.Kc1 Nb2 90.Bf1 Bc2  0-1

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vioreanu,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O Bb7 8.a4 a6 9.e4 Nbd7
10.e5 Nd5 11.Ng5 Be7 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qh6 Bf8 14.Qh3 N7b6 15.Nce4 Qd7 16.a5 Na4
17.Ra3 Bxa3 18.bxa3 Kd8 19.Nd6 Rf8 20.Qxh7 Kc7 21.Ndxf7 Nac3 22.Re1 c5 23.dxc5 Ne7
24.Nxe6+ Qxe6 25.Ng5 Qd7 26.e6 Qe8 27.Nf7 Bxg2 28.Bf4+ Kc6 29.Kxg2 Kxc5 30.Qg7 Ned5
31.Bd6+ Kc6 32.Bxf8 Qxf8 33.Ne5+ Kd6 34.Qd7+ Kc5 35.Qc6+ Kd4 36.e7 Nxe7 37.Qb6+ Kd5
38.Nd7  1-0

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Negi,P"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bf4 Qf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 8.Bxe5 c6
9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Bc7 Be7 12.Bc4 Ngf6 13.Rhe1 Kf8 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Ne8 18.Nf3 Rd8 19.Rxd8 Bxd8 20.Bd4 Be7 21.Ne5 Nd6 22.Bc5 Nc8
23.f4 f6 24.Nd7+ Ke8 25.Nb6 Kd8 26.Rd1+ Kc7 27.Rd7+ Kb8 28.Rxe7 Nxe7 29.Bxe7 Kc7
30.Bc5 h5 31.b4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Rh1+ 33.Kb2 Be4 34.Be6 Rh2 35.Nc4 Rxc2+ 36.Kb3 Re2
37.f5 Bb1 38.Kc3 Bxa2 39.Ne3 Bb1 40.Bc4 Rh2 41.Bf8 Rh3 42.Kd4 g6 43.g5 Rh4+
44.Kc3 Re4 45.Kd2 gxf5 46.gxf6 f4 47.Nf5 Kd7 48.f7 Re5 49.Nh4 Re7 50.Bh6 Rxf7
51.Bxf7 b6 52.Bxf4 a5 53.bxa5 bxa5 54.Bb3  1-0

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yang,Dar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Be3 Nd5 8.Bd2 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.c4 Nb6 12.Rc1 Be7 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.b4 Be7 15.c5 Nd5
16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Qa4+ Kf8 18.Nc4 h6 19.O-O g6 20.Ne3 Nf6 21.b5 Kg7 22.Ba5 Qc8
23.c6 Re8 24.Rfd1 bxc6 25.bxc6 Qa6 26.c7 Rac8 27.h3 h5 28.Rc6 Qb7 29.Qc4 Kg8
30.Bc3 a6 31.a4 Nh7 32.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bg6 7.a4 Nh6 8.a5 a6 9.Bf4 Be7
10.c4 Nf5 11.h3 O-O 12.Nc3 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Be3 dxc4 15.Bxc4 c5 16.f4 cxd4
17.Qxd4 Rc8 18.Rfd1 Nb8 19.Be2 Qxd4 20.Bxd4 Nc6 21.Bb6 f6 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Rd7 Rf7
24.Rad1 Re8 25.Rxf7 Bxf7 26.Bf3 Re7 27.Rd6 Be8 28.Bg4 Bf7 29.Bf3 Be8 30.Kf1 h6
31.Ke1 Kf7 32.Bg4 Bxc3+ 33.bxc3 e5 34.f5 Rd7 35.Re6 Re7 36.Rd6 Rd7 37.Rg6 Rd3
38.Be2 Rxc3 39.Kd2  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 d5
9.O-O Nf6 10.Kh1 Be7 11.b3 Bb7 12.Bb2 c5 13.Qe2 O-O 14.e5 Nd7 15.Rae1 c4
16.bxc4 dxc4 17.Be4 Nc5 18.Qxc4 Rfc8 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.Qe4 Rab8 21.Ba1 Nc5
22.Qe2 Qc6 23.f5 exf5 24.Rxf5 Ne6 25.Ne4 Qxc2 26.Qf1 Qxa2 27.Nd6 Rf8 28.Nxf7 Qc2
29.h3 Rb3 30.Kh2 Qd3 31.Qxd3 Rxd3 32.Ref1 a5 33.Nd6 a4 34.Rxf8+ Bxf8 35.Nc4 a3
36.Rc1 Bc5 37.Rc2 h5 38.h4 Rd1  0-1

[Event "US Masters 2013"]
[Site "Greensboro USA"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Abreu Delgado,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 fxe4 7.dxe4 Nc6 8.Nge2 d6
9.O-O e5 10.Nd5 Be6 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Rc1 Nh5 13.Be3 Rf7 14.Qd2 Raf8 15.f3 b6
16.b4 Nd8 17.Qd3 Nb7 18.a3 Qe8 19.Ndc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Continental Class 2013"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Yanayt,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c5 8.d5 Qa5 9.Qd2 e6
10.Nf3 exd5 11.cxd5 Re8 12.O-O Bd7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 Qd8 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6
17.fxe5 Qg7 18.Bxa6 bxa6 19.Rae1 Rad8 20.Ng5 Be6 21.d6 Bxa2 22.Ne4 Kh8 23.Nf6 Re6
24.Qa5  1-0

[Event "4th Continental Class 2013"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kaufman,La"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 e6 8.f4 Ned7 9.Nh3 exd5
10.cxd5 O-O 11.Nf2 Re8 12.O-O Nc5 13.Qc2 a5 14.Re1 Bd7 15.Bd2 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.Bf3 Rc8 18.Rad1 b5 19.Qb1 b4 20.Nd5 Ncxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxd5 22.f5 Re5 23.Bg5 Qb6+
24.Kh1 Ba8 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Bh4 f5 27.Bf2 Qd8 28.Ng3 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Nf6 30.Bxa8 Rxa8
31.h3 d5 32.Rd1 Qd6 33.Qc2 Re8 34.Nf1 Ne4 35.Bg1 Kh7 36.Qa4 Rc8 37.Qxa5 Rc2
38.Qxd5 Qxd5 39.Rxd5 Rxb2 40.Rd7 Rb1 41.Ne3 Kh6 42.Nc4 Rc1 43.Nd6 Nxd6 44.Rxd6 Ra1
45.g3 Be5 46.Rd3 Rxa2 47.Be3+ Kg7 48.Bc5 Bc3 49.Rd7+ Kf6 50.Rd6+ Ke5 51.Bxb4 Bxb4
52.Rxg6 Ke4 53.Rf6 Bc3 54.Rf7 Be5 55.Re7 Re2 56.h4 Kf3 57.Rf7 Re1+  0-1

[Event "4th Continental Class 2013"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rakhmanov,Ale"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 f5 4.h4 Nf6 5.h5 Nxh5 6.e4 fxe4 7.Rxh5 gxh5 8.Qxh5+ Kf8
9.Nh3 Qe8 10.Qh4 Nc6 11.Nc3 d6 12.Nd5 Bxh3 13.Qxh3 Nd4 14.Bxe4 c6 15.Nf4 e5
16.Ne2 Qe6 17.Qh4 d5 18.Bg2 Nc2+ 19.Kd1 Nxa1 20.cxd5 cxd5  0-1

[Event "4th Continental Class 2013"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Nxh5 Nc6
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg2 Nd4 12.Bg5 Nxc2+ 13.Kf1 Qb6 14.Rc1 Qxb2 15.Rh3 Rc8 16.Nxg7+ Kf8
17.Nf5 Na3 18.Ne4 Qb5+ 19.Kg1 dxe4 20.Rxc5 Rxc5 21.Rc3 Rxc3 22.Qd6+ Ne7 23.Bh6+  1-0

[Event "4th Continental Class 2013"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.h4 Bd7 13.Bg5 Bc6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Rac1 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Ne7 18.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Continental Class 2013"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gerzhoy,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 Bg4 10.O-O e6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Rfc1 Ne4 13.Ng5 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Nxg5 15.hxg5 Rfc8
16.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Continental Class 2013"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Reis,Renan do Carmo"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Nd5
9.Bb5 f6 10.Ke2 e5 11.b4 Bxb1 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Raxb1 Nxc3+ 14.Kd3 Nxb1 15.Rxb1 Be7
16.a4 a6 17.Nd2 Kf7 18.Nc4 Rhd8+ 19.Kc3 Ke6 20.Na5 Rac8 21.Kc4 f5 22.f4 Rd5
23.g3 h6 24.Nb3 g5 25.Rf1 Rc7 26.Re1 Bf6 27.Bd4 Rcd7 28.Bc3 Rd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1
30.fxe5 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Kxe5 32.b5 axb5+ 33.axb5 cxb5+ 34.Kxb5 Kd5 35.c6 Rb1
36.Kb4 Kxc6 37.Kc4 Rxb3  0-1

[Event "4th Continental Class 2013"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Cheng,Bi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.h4 Rad8 13.h5 Bg4 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.f3 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.15"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Li,Ruifeng"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 Nf6
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd6 Be6 12.O-O-O Bg5+ 13.Kb1 Qf6 14.Qc5 Rad8 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 b5 17.Nd2 Bxd2 18.Rxd2 Nd4 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Qa3 a5 21.Be4 b4 22.Qe3 g6
23.Rhd1 Qd6 24.g3 a4 25.f4 Nb5 26.Ka1 a3 27.bxa3 Nc3 28.fxe5 Qa6 29.Rd3 Qxa3
30.Rxc3 bxc3 31.Qc1 Qa4  0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Bf5 4.Bb2 e6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Qb6 8.d3 dxc4
9.e4 Bg4 10.e5 c3 11.Bxc3 Nd5 12.Bb2 Nc5 13.Na3 Qa6 14.Nc4 Bf5 15.Ba3 b5
16.d4 bxc4 17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Bd3 19.Re1 Nb4 20.Nd4 Rd8 21.a3 Nd5 22.bxc4 Bxc4
23.Qg4 Ne7 24.Qxg7 Rf8 25.Red1 Bd5 26.Qxh7 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Qc4 28.Rac1 Qd5+
29.Nf3 Qxd1 30.Rxd1 Rxd1 31.Ng5 Rd4 32.Ne4 Nf5 33.Nd6+ Nxd6 34.cxd6 Rd5 35.Qg7 Rb5
36.d7+ Ke7 37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.d8=Q+  1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ipatov,Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.e3 Ba6 8.Qa4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Qe7 15.e4 c5
16.d5 b5 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Ba2 c4 19.Bb1 Ng4 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Rd2 Nde5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5
23.Rfd1 Rxd2 24.Qxd2 Bc8 25.Qd4 Qg5 26.Ne2 Nc6 27.Qb6 Qf6 28.Nc3 Ne5 29.Qd4 g5
30.Bc2 h5 31.Ne2 Qg7 32.b3 h4 33.bxc4 hxg3 34.Nxg3 Nxc4 35.a4 Nb2 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7
37.Rd4 Nxa4 38.Bxa4 bxa4 39.Rxa4 Rd8 40.f3 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Bd7 10.O-O Bc6 11.Ne3 Bxc5 12.Nxc4 Nbd7 13.Rd1 Ke7 14.Bf4 Bd5 15.Ne3 Be4
16.Nd2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rhc8 18.Nb3 Nh5 19.Nc4 Nxf4+ 20.gxf4 Ba7 21.Rac1 Nb6
22.Nba5 Nxc4 23.Nxc4 Bc5 24.Rd3 Rc7 25.Ne5 Rac8 26.Rcd1 f6 27.Nc4 b5 28.axb5 axb5
29.Nd2 Bd6 30.e3 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Ne4 Bb4 33.Rb3 Rc4 34.Kf3 Kd7 35.Rd3+ Kc7
36.h4 Be7 37.Nc3 Kc6 38.h5 Rc5 39.Ne2 e5 40.Rd1 Rc2 41.fxe5 fxe5 42.Ng3 Rxb2
43.Nf5 Bc5 44.Nxg7 b4 45.Ne6 b3 46.Nxc5 Kxc5 47.Rd7 h6 48.Rb7 Kc4 49.Rb6 Rd2
50.Rxh6 b2 51.Rb6 Kc3 52.Rc6+ Kd3 53.Rd6+ Kc2 54.Rc6+ Kd1 55.Rb6 Kc1 56.Ke4 Rxf2
57.Kxe5 Rh2 58.e4 Rxh5+ 59.Kd4 b1=Q 60.Rxb1+ Kxb1 61.e5 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Xiong,Jeffrey"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Na3 Ne7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Bd6 Bf8 14.e5 Bxd6 15.exd6 O-O
16.f4 b5 17.f5 Bb7 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.fxg6 Qxg6 20.Qf4 Rae8 21.Rc5 f5 22.Nc2 Qg7
23.Rxf5 Rxf5 24.Qxf5 Kh8 25.Qd3 Re6 26.Bxc6 Bxc6 27.Nxd4 Rxd6 28.Rf4 Qe5
29.Qc3 Rd5 30.Kf2 h6 31.Qf3 Qe7 32.Nxc6 dxc6 33.Re4 Qc5+ 34.Kg2 Rf5 35.Re8+ Kh7
36.Qe4 Qd5 37.Re7+ Kg8 38.Qxd5+ Rxd5 39.Ra7 Rd2+ 40.Kh3 Rxb2 41.Rxa6 c5 42.Rc6 c4
43.a4 bxa4 44.Rxc4 a3 45.Ra4 a2 46.Ra7 h5 47.g4 hxg4+ 48.Kxg4 Rxh2 49.Kf3 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Molner,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 b6 12.h4 Bb7 13.h5 Rad8 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.f4 Na5
16.Bd3 f5 17.d5 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc4 19.Bf2 e6 20.Qd3 Bxd5 21.Bxg6 Bf6 22.Ng3 Qxf4
23.Bxc5 Qd2 24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Qxd2 Nxd2 26.Rxf6 Rxf6 27.Bd4 Kxh7 28.Bxf6 Rg8
29.Rc2 Nf3+ 30.gxf3 Rxg3+ 31.Rg2 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Bxa2 33.f4 Kg6 34.Be5 a5 35.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.18"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d4 g6 4.dxc5 Bg7 5.Nbd2 Qc7 6.Nb3 O-O 7.Bg5 Na6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.Qd5 Rb8 10.e3 b6 11.cxb6 Rxb6 12.Qd2 Nc5 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Be2 a5
16.O-O a4 17.b4 axb3 18.axb3 Rxb3 19.Qxd7 Rb2 20.Qd3 e5 21.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bf4 d6 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bg3 Ne5 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.b4 Qb8
16.f4 Ned7 17.Bf3 a6 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Ne8 20.Qe2 a5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 axb4 24.dxe6 fxe6 25.Qc4 Nc5 26.axb4 Qd8 27.Rd1 b5 28.Qxb5 Qd3 29.Qc4 Qxc4
30.Nxc4 Na4 31.Be1 Rf4 32.Rc1 Nc7 33.Bc6 Nc5 34.Bd2 Nd3 35.Bxf4 Nxf4 36.Rb1 Ne2+
37.Kf1 Nc3 38.Rb3  1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup Open 2013"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.10.19"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bf6 11.Re1 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Qxd4 Nxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.26"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gurevich,Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 h6 9.Bf4 Qa5
10.Bd2 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.O-O Ng4 14.Qc1 Kh7 15.Ra3 Qd8 16.Nd5 Nge5
17.Bd1 Nxf3+ 18.Rxf3 Nd4 19.Rg3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.cxb5 Re8 22.b6 Bxd5 23.exd5 Re5
24.Rh3 Qf8 25.f4 Rxd5 26.Qc4 Rf5 27.g4 d5 28.Qd3 Rf6 29.f5 gxf5 30.gxf5 Rb8
31.Bg5 Rbxb6 32.Bxf6 Bxf6 33.Kh1 Rxb2 34.Rg1 Rb6 35.Qg3 Bh8 36.Qg2 Rd6 37.Rg3 Rd8
38.Rg6 Be5 39.Rg4 Bf6 40.Ba4 Kh8 41.Bd7 Nf3 42.Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.26"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Boor,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.g3 Nc6
9.Bg2 e5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Rad1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Qc7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rfe1 Rfe8 15.g4 Bg6
16.Qc1 e4 17.Nh4 e3 18.fxe3 Qg3 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Rf1 Rxe3 21.Rf3 Rxf3 22.exf3 Re8
23.Re1 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Qd2 g5 27.Kf2 Nh7 28.b3 Nf8 29.Qe3 Qb2+
30.Qe2 Qd4+ 31.Qe3 Qa1 32.Qxg5 Qxa2+ 33.Kg3 Qxb3 34.Qxc5 b6 35.Qc8 a5 36.c5 bxc5
37.Qxc5 a4 38.Bf1 Qb8+ 39.Kf2 Ne6 40.Qe7 Qb2+ 41.Kg3 Qe5+ 42.Kf2 Qd4+ 43.Kg2 g5
44.Qa3 Nf4+ 45.Kh1 Qd1 46.Kg1 Nxh3+ 47.Kg2 Nf4+ 48.Kg1 Qe1  0-1

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Banawa,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 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.d4 exd4 12.Bg5 Qe6 13.Re1 Qxc4 14.cxd4 Bg4 15.d5 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Nb4 17.a3 f5 18.Rc1 Qb5 19.axb4 fxe4 20.fxe4 Rae8 21.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Ruiz C,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nde2 Nc6
9.Nf4 Re8 10.Nfd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bf6 12.c3 Rb8 13.a4 a6 14.Qh5 Ne5 15.Bc2 Bg4
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 Be2 19.Rfe1 Bd3 20.Bb3 c4 21.Bd1 f6 22.Bd2 Re7
23.f3 Kf7 24.b3 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra6 cxb3 27.Bxb3+ Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Wang,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.Nde2 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Be3 Bd7 12.O-O-O Ke8 13.Bg2 Bc6 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.Bxe4 Nf6
16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.c4 Rd8 18.g5 Nd7 19.Ne4 Ne5 20.b3 Ba3+ 21.Kc2 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Ke7
23.Bd4 f6 24.Rg1 Kf7 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.Bxe5 fxe5 27.Rg5 Rg8 28.Rxe5 Bb4 29.Rh5 Rg1
30.Rxh7+ Kg6 31.Rh4 Ra1 32.Rg4+ Kf5 33.Kb2 Re1 34.Ng3+ Ke5 35.a3 Bc5 36.f3 Re3
37.Re4+ Rxe4 38.Nxe4 Be7 39.b4 Kf4 40.Nd2 Ke3 41.Kc2 Ke2 42.c5 e5 43.a4 Bd8
44.Nc4 Bc7 45.h4 Kxf3 46.h5 e4 47.h6 e3 48.Nxe3 Kxe3 49.h7 Be5 50.b5 axb5
51.axb5 cxb5 52.c6  1-0

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Gao Rui"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 g6 8.Qe2 Bg7
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.f4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Rhe1 Nc5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nfe4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.e6 f5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Rd7 Nxb3+ 19.axb3 Qc5 20.Bxe7 Qc6 21.g4 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Rc8
23.Qxc6 Rxc6+ 24.Kd1 Rxe6 25.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.29"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Samsonkin,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 c6 11.a3 Qe7 12.b4 Rd8 13.Qc1 Nf8 14.Nb3 Ne6 15.Bxh6 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Nd4 17.Bd1 Be6 18.h4 Bxc4 19.Nd2 Ba6 20.Rc1 Ne6 21.g3 Qd6 22.Nb3 Bd3
23.h5 Qf8 24.Qe3 Bc4 25.hxg6 Rd3 26.gxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qh6 Qxh6 28.Rxh6 Rxd1+
29.Nxd1 Bxb3 30.Ne3 Nd4 31.Kf1 Nxe4 32.Rh7+ Kg6 33.Rxb7 Rf8 34.Ng4 Kh5 35.Re1 Nd2+
36.Kg2 Kxg4 37.Rxe5 Bd5+ 38.f3+ N2xf3  0-1

[Event "12th Foxwoods Open 2014"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2014.01.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bonin,J"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.e3 Bf5 5.a3 Qd7 6.Nf3 g5 7.Bg3 h5 8.h4 g4 9.Ng1 e5
10.Bb5 a6 11.Ba4 exd4 12.exd4 b5 13.Bb3 Na5 14.Ne2 Nc4 15.Ra2 Ne7 16.a4 Nc6
17.c3 Qh7 18.O-O N6a5 19.Nf4 Nxb3 20.Nxd5 O-O-O 21.Nxf6 Qg6 22.axb5 Nca5
23.Nd2 Be6 24.Rxa5 Nxa5 25.Qa4 Qxf6 26.Qxa5 Bd6 27.Ne4 Qf5 28.Nc5 Rdf8 29.Qxa6+ Kd8
30.Bxd6 Bc8 31.Qa5  1-0

[Event "12th Foxwoods Open 2014"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Juac,Majur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bd3 b5 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 dxe5
9.fxe5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.c3 Qd8 13.h3 Be6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Nd7
16.Ng5 Bd5 17.e6 Nb6 18.exf7+ Bxf7 19.Ra1 Qd7 20.Bd2 Bb3 21.Nxh7 Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg8
23.Bxg6 Bxd4+ 24.cxd4 Qxd4+ 25.Kh1 Qg7 26.Bc3 Rf6 27.Bxf6 exf6 28.Rf4 Rd8
29.Raf1 Rd5 30.Bh7+ Qxh7 31.Qe8+ Kg7 32.Qe7+ Kh8 33.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "12th Foxwoods Open 2014"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Chandra,Akshat"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be7 8.Nc4 Nf6
9.Ne3 O-O 10.g3 Be6 11.Bg2 Rc8 12.O-O Nd4 13.Ne2 Qb6 14.c3 Nb5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bg4 17.a4 Nc7 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4 Bg6 20.b3 Ne8 21.Be3 Qd8 22.Qd2 f5
23.f4 fxg4 24.hxg4 Nf6 25.f5 Be8 26.Bh3 Ne4 27.Qd3 Nc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.b4 Rc8
30.Ng3 Bg5 31.Ne4 Bf4 32.Kh1 Rf7 33.g5 Rfc7 34.Rg1 Rc4 35.Raf1 R8c7 36.Rg4 Rxe4
37.Qxe4 Rxc3 38.Rgxf4 Rxh3+ 39.Kg2 Rh5 40.Rg4 Rxg5 41.Kh2 Rxg4 42.Qxg4 Qf6
43.Rg1 Bxa4 44.Qc4 Bd7 45.Qc7 Qxf5 46.Qd8+ Kf7 47.Rf1 Qxf1 48.Qxd7+ Kg6 49.Qxd6+ Qf6
50.Qd7 Qf2+ 51.Kh1 Qf3+ 52.Kh2 Qf7 53.Qg4+ Kf6 54.Qh4+ g5 55.Qh6+ Kf5 56.d6 Qa2+
57.Kg3 Qb3+ 58.Kg2 Kg4 59.d7 Qd5+ 60.Kh2 Qd2+ 61.Kg1 Kg3  0-1

[Event "12th Foxwoods Open 2014"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2014.01.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Shmeliov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rad8 14.h4 Na5 15.Bd3 e5
16.h5 Qb8 17.Qe1 b6 18.Qh4 Qd6 19.h6 Bf6 20.Qg3 Qe7 21.f4 Bc8 22.fxe5 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Rxd3 24.Bg5 Rxg3 25.Bxe7 Re3 26.Nf4 Bb7 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Nxg6+ Ke8
29.Nh8  1-0

[Event "12th Foxwoods Open 2014"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2014.01.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kekelidze,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.d5 e6 9.Qd2 exd5
10.cxd5 Re8 11.f3 a6 12.Bxh6 b5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.a4 bxa4 15.Bd1 Nbd7 16.Bxa4 Rb8
17.Nge2 Rh8 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Nd1 Ne5 20.f4 Qh4+ 21.Nf2 Ng4 22.Qc3+ f6 23.g3 Qh5
24.Nxg4 Bxg4 25.Rxa6 Rb7 26.Ng1 Re8 27.Rxd6 Rxe4+ 28.Kf1 Rd4 29.h3 Qf5 30.hxg4 Qb1+
31.Kf2 Rxb2+ 32.Ne2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 Qxh1 34.Kf2 Qd1 35.Rd7+ Kg8 36.Rd8+ Kf7
37.Rd7+ Kg8 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Rd7+ Kg8 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Foxwoods Open 2014"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kovalyov,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.dxc5 d4 10.Na4 Bf5 11.a3 Be4 12.b4 Qd5 13.Bf4 h6 14.Rc1 g5 15.Bd6 b5 16.Bxe7 Nxe7
17.Nb2 Nc6 18.Nd3 Rfe8 19.Qd2 Rad8 20.h4 Nh7 21.a4 a6 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ra1 Re6
24.Ra6 Qf5 25.Rb6 Bd5 26.Ra1 Rde8 27.Re1 Qg6 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Rxb5 Bxf3 30.Bxf3 g4
31.Nf4 Qh6 32.Bxc6 Rxc6 33.Kg2 Ng5 34.Rh1 Qg7 35.Rb6 Rxb6 36.cxb6 Qf6 37.b7 Ne4
38.Qc2  1-0

[Event "12th Foxwoods Open 2014"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Vibbert,Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.g3 Nd5 6.Bg2 Nd7 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.Qc2 g6 10.a4 Bg7 11.Ba3 c5 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nxc4 Qa6 14.Ne3 Rb8 15.Rfd1 Kh8
16.a5 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nf6 18.Bxe7 Re8 19.Bc5 Bd7 20.Nc4 Bf5 21.Qa2 Nd7 22.Nd6 Be6
23.d5 Nxc5 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.dxe6 Nxe6 26.Qa4 Re7 27.Ra2 Bf6 28.e3 Kg7 29.Bf1 Qc6
30.Qxc6 bxc6 31.a6 c5 32.Rad2 Nf8 33.Rb1 Bc3 34.Rb7 Kf6 35.Rd6+ Ne6 36.Rdd7 Re8
37.Rxf7+ Kg5 38.f4+  1-0

[Event "12th Foxwoods Open 2014"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.b3 f5 10.Qd2 e6 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.c5 dxc5 15.dxc5 Nd5
16.Bc4 b6 17.O-O bxc5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rxc5 d4 20.Rfc1 Bb7 21.Bf4 Rad8 22.Qc2 Ne7
23.Ne5 Qe6 24.Nc7 Qf6 25.Qc4+ Kh8 26.Nd3 Qh4 27.f3 Bf6 28.Re1 Rd7 29.Bg3 Qh6
30.Ne5 f4 31.Nxd7 fxg3 32.hxg3 Bxf3 33.Nxf6 Qd2 34.Qf1 Nf5 35.gxf3 Rxf6 36.Qf2 Qb4
37.Rc4 Qb7 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Ne6+ Kf7 40.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hughes,John L"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 b5 8.Re1 Bb7
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Nf1 Bf8 12.Ng3 e5 13.d4 d5 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Nxe5 18.Bf4 Ng6 19.Rxe8 Qxe8 20.Be3 Rd8 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.a4 a6
23.axb5 axb5 24.h3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Hilby,Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bf4 Ne8 11.h4 b6 12.a4 Ba6 13.Nb5 Nd7 14.Qd2 Bxb5 15.axb5 Kh7
16.e4 Qe7 17.Bd3 f5 18.O-O fxe4 19.Rfe1 Ndf6 20.Bg3 Rd8 21.Bc2 Rd7 22.Ra3 h5
23.Qd1 Bh6 24.f3 Ng7 25.fxe4 Ng4 26.e5 Bf4 27.Qd3 Nf5 28.Bxf4 Qxh4 29.Rf1 Rdf7
30.Nxd6 Ng3 31.Qxg3 Rxf4 32.Rxf4  1-0

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shetty,A"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.b3 Na5 10.Bb2 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 c6 12.Rc1 Nb7 13.Qd2 Nd6 14.d4 Qe8 15.d5 c5
16.Qc2 e5 17.dxe6 dxe6 18.Rfd1 Qc6+ 19.Kg1 Ng4 20.Nf4 Nf7 21.Qd3 g5 22.Nh3 Nfe5
23.Qd6 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Qe8 25.Kg2 Nge5 26.Nb5 Nf7 27.Bxg7 Nxd6 28.Bxf8 Nxb5 29.cxb5 Kxf8  0-1

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qc2 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.g3 g6
9.Bg2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Qd8 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.c5 e5 15.Nd6 exd4
16.Nxd4 Nf6 17.h3 Ne8 18.Ne2 Be5 19.Qd2 Be6 20.Nf4 Bxa2 21.Rfe1 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 Rd8
23.Rd4 Nxd6 24.cxd6 Qb6 25.b4 c5 26.bxc5 Qxc5 27.Re5 Qb6 28.Re7 Qc5 29.Re5 Qb6
30.Qd2 Be6 31.Rh4 h5 32.Rhxh5 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 gxh5 34.Be4 Qxe4 35.Rxe4 Bf5 36.Re7 b5
37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Bh7 39.f4 b4 40.Qxb4 Rb8 41.Rb7 a5 42.Qb5 Rbd8 43.Qg5+ Bg6
44.d7 a4 45.f5 Kg7 46.f6+ Kh8 47.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oleksienko,M"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Be6 10.Re1 a5 11.Ne4 Qc8 12.Nc5 Bg4 13.Qc2 Rd8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nge4 e5
16.f3 Bf5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Qe2 a4 19.f4 Nec4 20.Nf2 a3 21.Bxb7 Qb8 22.Bxa8 Qxa8
23.e4 axb2 24.Bxb2 Rd2 25.Bxg7 Rxe2 26.Rxe2 Kxg7 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Rae1 Nd5
29.Ncd3 Qa7 30.Ne5 Nce3 31.a4 h5 32.h4 Qc5 33.a5 Qa3 34.Kh2 c5 35.Nd1 Ng4+
36.Nxg4 hxg4 37.Ne3 Nxe3 38.Rxe3 Qxa5 39.R1e2 Kg6 40.Rc2 f6 41.Rec3 Qd8 42.Rxc5 Qd3
43.Rg2 Qd7 44.Ra5 Qd3 45.Rga2  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Ne2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bc2 Bb4 13.a3 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Re8 15.O-O Nxc4
16.Qc3 d5 17.b3 Nd6 18.e5 Nde4 19.Qb2 g5 20.f3 gxh4 21.fxe4 Nxe4 22.Nf4 Qg5
23.e6 fxe6 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Rac1 Re7 26.Nh3 Qg7 27.Qe2 e5 28.Nf2 Rf8 29.Ng4 Rf4
30.h3 e3 31.Rcd1 Qf8 32.Nxe3 Ref7 33.Rxf4 exf4 34.Ng4 h5 35.Ne5 Rg7 36.Nf3 Qe7
37.Qc4+ Kh7 38.Re1 Qd6 39.Nxh4 f3 40.Qc2+ Kg8 41.Re8+ Kf7 42.Re3 Qf4 43.Qd2 f2+
44.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 45.Kxf2 Kf6 46.Rd3 Be4 47.Rd8 c5 48.Nf3 Bxf3 49.gxf3 Kg5 50.Kg3 Kf5+
51.Kf2 Kg5 52.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Panchanathan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.Bh4 a5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 Ne4 10.Qe3 f6 11.Nd2 Nd6 12.Qd3 Nf5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 f5 15.g4 Nc6
16.gxf5 exf5 17.d5 Ne5 18.Qxf5 O-O-O 19.f4 Nf7 20.O-O-O Rde8 21.e4 Nd6 22.Qh3 Nxe4
23.Re1 Bxd5 24.Bd3 Qf7 25.cxd5 Nf2 26.Qf3 Nxh1 27.Rxh1 Qf6 28.Ne4 Qd4 29.Rd1 Kb8
30.Bc2 Qc4 31.b3 Qb5 32.Kb2 Rhf8 33.Rd4 Qa6 34.g3 h6 35.b4 axb4 36.Rxb4 Qa5
37.Qb3  1-0

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chirila,I"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c6 8.Qd2 Nc7
9.Bf3 Rb8 10.Nge2 b5 11.e5 Nfe8 12.cxb5 cxb5 13.Rc1 Ne6 14.Bh4 g5 15.fxg5 dxe5
16.d5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Ne2 Nd6 19.b3 e5 20.dxe6 Bxe6 21.O-O Nf5 22.Bf2 Qe7
23.Be4 Rfd8 24.Qd3 Ne3 25.Bxe3 dxe3 26.Qxe3 Qb4 27.Rfd1 Qa5 28.Nf4 Rxd1+
29.Rxd1 Rd8 30.Bd5 Bg4 31.Rf1 Qc7 32.h3 Bf5 33.Nh5 Rxd5 34.Qe8+ Bf8 35.Nf6+ Kg7
36.Nxd5 Qc5+ 37.Ne3 Be6 38.Rf3 Qc1+ 39.Nf1 Bc5+ 40.Kh1 Qd1 41.Qxb5 Qd4 42.Ne3  1-0

[Event "8th Philadelphia Open 2014"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 a6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qd3 Nd7
9.e4 e5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Ng5 Nd4 15.c5 Nxc5
16.Qc4+ Nce6 17.Bd5 Re8 18.Bxd4 Qxg5 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxg7 Qxg7 21.Rae1 Qf7
22.Ne4 c6 23.Nd6 cxd5 24.Qd3 Qe7 25.Nxe8 Bd7 26.Qxd5 Rxe8 27.Rxf4 Qd8 28.Rd4  1-0

[Event "23rd Chicago Open 2014"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2014.05.22"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Liang,Awonder"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bd3 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.a4 b4 9.Na2 a5
10.c3 Ngf6 11.Nd2 c5 12.Nc1 O-O 13.Ncb3 bxc3 14.bxc3 c4 15.Bxc4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4
17.Bb5 d5 18.Qd2 Nb6 19.Nc5 Bf5 20.Bf4 Nc4 21.Qe2 e5 22.dxe5 Qc7 23.Bxc4 dxc4
24.Ne4 Rae8 25.Qf3 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Qf4 Rfe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd Chicago Open 2014"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2014.05.23"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Ni,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.Re1 Bg4 8.c3 Be7
9.Na3 O-O 10.Nc2 d5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Bb5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 e4 14.Qe2 Ne5 15.d4 Ng6
16.Rad1 a6 17.Bc4 Qf5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Ne3 Qg5 20.Bc1 Nf4 21.Qc2 b5 22.Bf1 Bxe3
23.Bxe3 Ng4 24.Bc1 Rac8 25.Rxe4 Qf5 26.Bxf4 Nf6 27.Rde1 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxc3
29.Qxc3 Qxe4 30.g3 h6 31.Qd2 Rc8 32.h4 Qb1 33.Kg2 Qe4+ 34.Kg1 Qb1 35.h5 Re8
36.Be3 Qf5 37.Be2 Qh3 38.Qd5 Rxe3 39.fxe3 Qxg3+ 40.Kf1 Qh3+ 41.Kf2 Qh2+ 42.Ke1 Qg1+
43.Kd2  1-0

[Event "23rd Chicago Open 2014"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2014.05.23"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Mena Crespo,C"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.e3 a6 4.c4 d4 5.exd4 cxd4 6.g3 g6 7.b4 Bg7 8.d3 Nc6 9.Qb3 Nf6
10.Bg2 Qd6 11.Ba3 Qe6+ 12.Kf1 O-O 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Re1 Qf5 15.Bb2 e5 16.h3 h5
17.Kg1 Bd7 18.Kh2 b5 19.Re2 Rab8 20.a3 Na5 21.Qd1 bxc4 22.dxc4 Nc6 23.Nh4 Qe6
24.Rhe1 e4 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Qxc4 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.Nf3 Bd7
30.Qc1 Qe2 31.Qd2 d3 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qc3+ Kg8 34.Ng1 Qc2 35.Qxc2 dxc2 36.Ne2 Nd4
37.Nc1 Bb5 38.Be4 f5 39.Bd3 Kf7 40.g4 h4 41.gxf5 gxf5  0-1

[Event "23rd Chicago Open 2014"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2014.05.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.Nc3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.e4 Bc5
16.exd5 cxd5 17.Ne4 dxe4 18.Rxd8 Raxd8 19.Bg5 Rd3 20.Rf1 h6 21.Bf4 Rfd8 22.b4 Bxf2+
23.Rxf2 e3 24.Re2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Rd2 26.Kf3 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Rd2 28.Rc3 h5 29.h3 Rf2+
30.Ke4 e2 31.Bd2 Nh6 32.Ke3 Rh2 33.c5 bxc5 34.bxc5 Nf5+ 35.Kd3 Rxh3 36.Kxe2 Rxg3
37.Rc1 Nd4+  0-1

[Event "23rd Chicago Open 2014"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2014.05.24"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Gauri,S"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.Nf3 e5 8.d3 Nge7 9.O-O h6
10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nd5 Rb8 12.a4 O-O 13.Nc2 f5 14.f4 Nb4 15.Ncxb4 axb4 16.b3 Nxd5
17.cxd5 Bd7 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Rc1 b6 21.a5 f4 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Bxf4 bxa5
24.e4 Qh4 25.Bg3 Qg5 26.Qe2 Bg4 27.Qc2 h5 28.Bd6 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 h4
31.Bf4 Qe2 32.Qxe2 Bxe2 33.Re1 Bxd3 34.e5 Rf8 35.Bg5 Rf5 36.Be7 Rxe5 37.Rxe5 Bxe5
38.d6 Bf5 39.Bc6 Kf7 40.Bd5+ Be6 41.Be4 Bf6  0-1

[Event "23rd Chicago Open 2014"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2014.05.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Be6 6.e3 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 Ne4
9.Bd3 Qa5 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Qc2 Bf6 12.Qxe4 Na6 13.a3 O-O 14.b4 Qa4 15.Rc1 b5
16.Nhf3 c5 17.Qc2 cxb4 18.Qxa4 bxa4 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.Ke2 Rfc8 21.Nfd2 Rab8 22.Rc2 h6
23.f4 Bg4+ 24.Kf2 Bf5 25.Ra1 g5 26.g3 Rb6 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Rcc1 Rh6 29.h3 Rxh3
30.Kg2 Rh6 31.Nxg5 Rh5 32.Ngf3 Nc5 33.axb4 Nd3 34.Rcb1 Nxb4 35.e4 Bh3+ 36.Kf2 Bd7
37.Bc3 Nd3+ 38.Ke3 Nc5 39.Ra3 Bh6+ 40.Ke2 Nb3 41.Nxb3 axb3 42.Rxa7 Rxc4 43.Rxb3 Rb5
44.Kd3 Rc8 45.Rba3 Bh3 46.Ra8 Bf1+ 47.Kc2 Rbb8 48.Rxb8 Rxb8 49.Bd2 Rc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd Chicago Open 2014"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2014.05.25"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Priyadharshan,K"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bd3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.b3 e6
9.Bb2 Nd7 10.a4 b6 11.Na3 Be7 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Qh5 g6 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxe5
16.Nxe5 Bf6 17.Nc4 Bxa1 18.Nxb6 Bf6 19.Nxa8 Bd8 20.a5 Bxa5 21.Ra1 Bxd2 22.Bxa6 Bc3
23.Bb5+ Bd7 24.Ra7  1-0
