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Главная страница Шахматисты Шахматисты России Сергей Волков

Сергей Волков

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Volkov, Sergey
ФИО: Волков Сергей Викторович
Звание ФИДЕ: GM (Гроссмейстер)
Федерация: Россия
Дата рождения: 07.02.1974
Рейтинг стандарт: 2439
Рейтинг рапид: 2442
Рейтинг блиц: 2340
ФИДЕ ID
Чемпион России (2000)

События

02.12.2017 - 15.12.2017 Суперфинал чемпионата России 2017
19.12.2005 - 30.12.2005 Суперфинал чемпионата России 2005

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nc6
8. O-O Qf6 9. b4 Nge7 10. b5 Nd8 11. e5 Qg6 12. Nxd4 Ne6 13. N2b3 (13. Nxe6
Bxe6 14. Bxe6 (14. Rc1 Rd8 (14... O-O $5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxc7 Nd5 $44) 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Romanishin,O/Barcelona 1992/
Inf 54/[Gurevich,M] (41)}) 14... fxe6 15. Nc4 Nd5 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18.
Qe2 O-O 19. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Rublevsky,S/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS
1998 (19)}) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Rae1 $1 {
[%cal Ge5e6]} (17. Rad1 c6 $1 18. e6 (18. bxc6 Nxc6 $11) 18... Bxe6 19. Nf4 Qf6
20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. bxc6 (22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. bxc6 Nxc6 24. Bd5 b6
$11) 22... Nxc6 23. Qxb7 Na5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Rublevsky,S/St. Petersburg
1999/CBM 71_07 (28)}) 17... Qh6 $6 {[%cal Yh6f4]} (17... c6 18. Nf4 Qg5 19. e6
$1 f6 20. g3 $16) (17... Bxe2 $5 18. Bxe2 (18. Rxe2 Nf5) 18... Nf5 (18... Nd5
19. Bf3 Qe6 20. Rc1 $5 (20. Re4 Rfe8 21. Rc1 $14) 20... Qxe5 21. Rfe1 Qf5 22.
Red1 c6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 $14) (18... Rfe8 19. Bc4 c6 20. e6 $36) 19. Bd3
Qh5 20. Qc2 $16) (17... Nf5 $5 18. e6 $140 Bxe2 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Bxe2 Rxf7 $14
) 18. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ga4g4,Ga4a7]} Ng6 (18... Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qf4 20. Re4 $1 (20.
e6 $5) 20... Qf5 21. f3 Nc8 22. Qc2 $36 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Re4 $1
$16 g5 $5 (20... Rd2 21. Qxa7 $16) (20... a6 $5 21. bxa6 (21. Bb3 axb5 22. Qxb5
(22. Qb4 Be6 $1 23. Rxf4 $140 c5 $19) 22... Bd7 $1 {[%cal Yd7c6,Yc6g2]} 23. Qc4
Ne6 (23... Nxg2 24. Kxg2 (24. e6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Bxe6+
Kh8 28. Kxg2 Rfe8 $15) 24... Bh3+ 25. Kg1 Bxf1 26. Nxf1 $16) 24. f4 $36) 21...
Bd7 22. Qb3 (22. Qb4 Bc6 (22... bxa6 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Bxf7+ $1 $18) 23. axb7 $1
Rb8 24. Bb5 $1 Nd5 $1 (24... Rxb7 25. Rxf4 Rxb5 26. Nf5 $1 $18) (24... Bxe4 25.
Qxe4 Rfd8 26. Bc4 $16) 25. Qc5 (25. Nf5 Qe6 (25... Qg5 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Bxc6
Nc3 28. e6 (28. Re3 Qxf5 29. Rxc3 $16) 28... Nxe4 (28... fxe6 29. Nd4 $1) 29.
e7+ Kg8 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Bxe8 Qd8 32. Rb1 $18) 26. Qc5 Bxb5 27. Nd4 Qg6 $19)
25... Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Nc3 27. Qd3 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qa6 29. Rb1 $44) 22... bxa6 (
22... Bc6 23. axb7 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Qf3 Qf5 26. g3 $1 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qxf3+
28. Kxf3 $16) 23. Qe3 g5 24. Rd4 $14) 21. Qxa7 Bh3 $1 22. gxh3 (22. Rxf4 gxf4
23. gxh3 fxg3 24. hxg3 $44) 22... Qxh3 23. Rxf4 gxf4 24. Qxb7 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rd4
$2 (25... Qf5 $1 26. e6 (26. f4 Rd2 27. Qf3 Rfd8 $36) 26... fxe6 27. Qc6 Kh8
28. Bxe6 Qe5 $132 {[%cal Yd8d2]}) 26. Qc6 (26. Qxc7 $2 Rh4 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28.
gxh4 Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qxh4+ $11) 26... Qg4 (26... Qd7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. e6 $18) (
26... Qf5 27. e6 $1 $18) 27. Bb3 $18 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Qe2 $2 (27... Qg5 28. Qxc7
Re4 29. b6 $18) 28. e6 $1 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Qc5 $18 Rdf4 31. gxf4 Rg8+ 32.
Kh2 Qxf1 33. Qd4+ (33. Qd4+ Rg7 34. Qd8+ Rg8 35. Qxg8#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 b6 9. Ra2 c5 10. g4 Ne8 11. Ne2 Qh4+ 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd6 14. Qb3 Be6
15. Rc2 Nd7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. O-O h5 18. Qb4 Rfd8 19. Rc6 Nc4 20. e4 hxg4 21.
exd5 gxf3 22. dxe6 Ng4 23. exf7+ Kh8 24. Rxf3 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke1 Rf8
27. Qxc4 Qg2 28. Qd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "02"]
[BlackTeam "01"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
a3 Be7 9. g3 Bb7 10. d5 d6 11. Bg2 e5 12. O-O Nd7 13. f4 g6 14. Rae1 Bf6 15. g4
Bg7 16. g5 Qe7 17. Ng3 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5
22. Rxf5 Nd7 23. Rh5 Rf6 24. Bf5 Rh6 25. Rxh6 Bxh6 26. Qg2+ Bg7 27. Ne4 Nf8 28.
Qg4 a6 29. Re2 b5 30. Rg2 Kh8 31. Qh5 Bf6 32. cxb5 axb5 33. h3 Rb8 34. Kh2 Ra8
35. Rc2 Ra7 36. Rf2 b4 37. axb4 Rb7 38. Bc8 Rb8 39. Rxf6 Rxb4 40. Rf7 Rxb2+ 41.
Kg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Nf3 Qd7 5. c4 $5 (5. Be2 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. O-O
Ne7 8. Qe2 Nb8 9. Rd1 Nbc6 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Nf1 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,G-Vaganian,R/
Yerevan zt 1982}) (5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qe2 Nc7 10.
b3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 $144 {0-1 Dlauchy,
P-Portisch,F/Harkany Tenkes Kupa 2000/ (43)}) 5... Ne7 (5... Bb7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7.
cxd5 Bxd5 8. Be2 Ne7 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbc6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 h6
14. Bd2 g5 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Rg8 17. Rab1 Nce7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc6 20.
Qxc6+ Nxc6 21. Be3 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Zeller,F-Vaganian,R/BL 1995/ChessBase (45)})
(5... Bb4+ $5 {N} 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ba6 $5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxa6
Nxa6 11. O-O (11. Qa4+ Qc6 12. Qxa6 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 Qxa1 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Qb3 Nd5
$17) 11... Nb8 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. c4 Qd7 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qe4 { >>g5, d5} Na5 16.
Qg4 (16. d5 Qa4 17. Bg5 Rxd5 $1 $17) 16... Nb3 $5 (16... O-O 17. Bh6 Ng6 18.
Bg5 Rc8 19. d5 $14) 17. Rb1 (17. Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qxh7 Nxa1 19. Ng5 Qc6 $17) 17...
Nxc1 18. Rbxc1 O-O 19. Ng5 f5 $5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qe4 (21. h4) 21... Ng6 22.
d5 (22. h4 $14 {~~ Kupreichik,V}) 22... Nf8 23. h4 Qa4 $1 $11 {Kupreichik,
V-Vaganian,R/Berlin 1991 /ChessBase}) 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be3 (7. Bd3 Nbc6 8. Be3 Nb4
9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ned5 11. O-O Be7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 Ba6 14. Ne2 O-O 15. a3
Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nd5 17. Qd2 b5 18. Bc2 c5 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. dxc5 Bxc5
{Karklins,E-Kyaw,W/Chicago op 1996/EXT 2001/0-1 (42)}) (7. Be2 Nbc6 8. O-O dxc4
(8... Na5 9. c5 $5 Nec6 10. Be3) 9. Bxc4 Na5 $2 (9... O-O-O $1 10. Be3 Nf5 11.
d5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Na5 13. Bb5 Qe7 $1 14. d6 cxd6 15. b4 $13) 10. Bb5 Bc6 11. Bd3
Nd5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Ne4 (13. Rc1 $142 {#C5 #CDd5, #CCa5#A2}) 13... Bb4 (13...
Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. a3 Ba4 16. Bc2 $1 $16) 14. Rc1 Bb5 15. Bxb4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Nxb4 17. Qd2 Nd5 (17... Nxa2 18. Rc2 Nb3 19. Qe3 $16) 18. Qg5 Kf8 (18... O-O $2
19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. exf6 g6 21. Qh6 $18) 19. Nc3 $1 $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Short,N/
London 1980/ChessBase/ (33)}) 7... h6 $146 (7... Nbc6 8. Rc1 O-O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Rd7 13. Qe2 g5 14. h3 Rg8 15. a3 h5 16. Bd2
g4 17. Bxa5 gxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Qe3 Nxf3 20. Be2 Nd4 21. Rh2 bxa5 22. f4 {
Opl,K-Jurek,J/AUT-chT 1991/0-1 (38)}) 8. Rc1 Nbc6 9. a3 dxc4 (9... O-O-O 10. c5
$1 bxc5 $140 11. Na4) 10. Bxc4 Nf5 11. Qe2 Nxe3 $6 (11... Be7 12. d5 exd5 13.
Nxd5) (11... Nce7 $5) 12. fxe3 Na5 13. Bb5 $1 {We can consider that the
opening result is very favourable for White.} c6 {Black's light-squared bishop
is very passive, which determines White's clear and stable advantage.} (13...
Bc6 14. b4 $5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Nc6 16. O-O $16) 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2 (15. Nxb5 cxb5
16. Bxb5 Bc6 $13) 15... Nc4 16. Bd3 Be7 17. O-O (17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 $16)
17... O-O 18. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Od3c4,Ge4f6]} a5 {A very slow approach, and
White gets a very strong initiative on the kingside, but it is a good question
whether Black already could find a better plan.} (18... c5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20.
dxc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qc7 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxe5 24. b4 $18) 19. Rf2 {
[%cal Od3c4,Gc1f1]} Ba6 20. h3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h2,Gh2g4] White finds the most
unpleasant moves. The position of the king is still the main problem for Black.
} a4 21. Nh2 f5 (21... c5 $142 $5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 g6 24. Qg4 $1 (24. Ng4
h5 25. Nh6+ Kh8) 24... Nxe3 25. Qf4 Nd5 26. Qxh6 Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxd4+ 28. Rf2
$18 Qxd3 $140 29. Ng4 f6 30. Rd2 $1) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6
25. Ng4 {Volkov got a clear initiative on the kingside and Black finds himself
in deep trouble.} Kg7 (25... Qg7 26. Qf3 {[%cal Rf3f6,Rf3c6]}) 26. Nxf6 $1 $18
{[%mdl 128]} Kxf6 27. Rf1+ Ke7 (27... Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Rf6 Qg7 30. Qxe6 $18
) 28. Qh5 (28. Qg4 $5) (28. Qf3 $1 $18 Qd5 29. Qf6+ Kd6 30. Rf5 $1) 28... Qd5 (
28... Qe8 29. Bg6 Qg8 30. Qc5+) 29. Rf7+ Kd6 30. Qxh6 Re8 (30... Ne5 31. Qf4)
31. Qf4+ {This is the beginning of the end!} e5 32. Qh6+ Qe6 (32... Re6 33.
Qf8+) 33. Rf6 exd4 34. exd4 Bc8 35. Bf5 Nxb2 36. Bxe6 Bxe6 37. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 {About this line
- see annotations by GM L.Ftacnik in CBM85 (game Kazhgaleev-Konguvel) and
CBM93 (Bareev-Van Wely).} e6 (13... Bd5 14. Qe3 Nc6 (14... Bxb2 $6) 15. Rad1 e6
{leads to the same position.}) 14. Rad1 Bd5 15. Qe3 Nc6 16. Bd6 {GM Sergey
Volkov improves his play on the following game:} (16. Rd2 $6 Qa5 17. a3 b4 18.
Rc1 Ra7 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxf3 22. Rc4 (22. Bxf3 Nd4 {
[%cal Rd4f3,Rd4b3]}) 22... Qa5 23. gxf3 Rb8 24. Rh4 f6 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. Bxe6+
Kh8 $36 {0-1 Volkov,S-Timofeev,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 098 (64)}) 16... Re8 17.
Ne5 Qa5 $6 {This is less efficient now than after 16.Rd2.} (17... Ne7 $5 {
[%cal Re7f5,Re7c8] e.g.} 18. Bg4 Nc8 19. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qf3+
Bf6 22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. Qxa8 Nxd6 24. Qxa6 Nc4 25. Qxb5 Nxb2 $13) 18. Nd7 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Cg7b2,Yd7b6]} Qxa2 19. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Cg7b2]} (19. Nb6 $143 Qxb2
) 19... Bc4 (19... Rad8 20. Nb6 Bxb2 21. Bc7 {[%csl Rb2]}) 20. Nb6 Rad8 (20...
Bxe2 $6 21. Rxe2 {[%cal Ob6a8,Rb2b4]} Nd4 22. Rd2 Nf5 23. Qd3 Nxd6 24. cxd6 $18
) 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qf4 Ne5 23. Rfd1 Nd3 $6 {A positional capitulation.} (23...
Qa5 $5) 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. b4 Qa4 26. Rxd3 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6] As a result of
the knight manoeuvre, White has obtained a clear positional advantage.} a5 27.
bxa5 Qxa5 28. h4 {As usually in such positions, White must open a "second
front" on the kingside.} h5 29. Rf3 Qa7 30. Rb1 Qd7 31. Qe4 {[%cal Cf7f5,Cf5e4,
Rb1b7]} f5 $8 {Alas, this suicidal weakening is forced. Now White must regroup
his pieces to attack the e6 pawn (in combination with threatening to invade
the 7th rank or push his passed pawn, of course).} 32. Qc4 Qf7 33. Ra3 Bf6 34.
Ra6 Rd7 35. Qb4 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Red8 36. Re1 {[%csl Re6]} Bg7 37. g3 Bf6 38. Kh2
Be7 39. Bf4 Rd4 40. Qc3 Rd3 41. Qc4 R8d4 42. Qxe6 Qxe6 43. Rexe6 Kf7 44. Rxg6
Rd5 45. c6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Na4 Bd6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qc4
Be6 22. Qc2 Rxa3 23. Be4 Ra2 24. Qc1 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Rdd2 26. Qc7 Rxf2 27. Bxb7
Rac2 28. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 {A rare move, instead of the common} (10... Bb7) 11.
O-O {Other options for White:} (11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qc2 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. O-O Qf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,A-Nevostrujev,V/Smolensk 2000/CBM 077 
(86)}) (11. e5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qc1 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O
Nd3 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Rd1 Qd4 19. Be3 Qc4 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Rfd8 22. Qe3
Rac8 23. Rac1 e5 24. Qxe5 Qxc5 25. Nd5 Qxc1 26. Ne7+ {1/2-1/2 Kovacs,G-Dvoirys,
S/Oberwart 2004/EXT 2005}) (11. Bg5 Be6 (11... b4 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Nd5 Be6 14.
Rd1 Qa5 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Qc2 $16 {0-1 Umezinwa,G-Aseem,M/Chicago 1989/EXT 99 
(76)}) 12. Qc2 b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 (14. Na4 $5) 14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5
16. O-O Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Bd4 $13 {1-0 Al Khateeb,A-Hakki,I/Doha 1992/EXT 97 (36)})
11... Be6 (11... b4 $5 12. Na4 (12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Qc4 Be6 14. Rd1 Nd4 $1 15.
Nxd4 Bxd5 16. Qxb4 e6 (16... Rb8 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. b4 Qb7 19. Rb1 Nxc5 20. Be3
Ne4 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bxa6 Qa8 23. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Conquest,S/Ostend
1987/EXT 97 (41)}) 17. f3 Rb8 18. Qe1 Nxc5 19. Nc6 Nd3 $1 20. Nxd8 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon 1992/CBM 031/[Ftacnik]} (20. Nxd8 Nxe1 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxe1 Bxb2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 24. Bxa6 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 $10)) 12...
Nxe4 13. Be3 Be6 (13... Rb8 14. Nb6 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Rac1
Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qa4 Bxb2 20. Qxa6 Qxa6 21. Bxa6 Rc7 22. Rc5 b3 23. axb3 Ba3
24. Rc2 Bf5 25. Rc4 Be6 26. Ra4 Bd6 27. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Sosonko,G-Fernandez
Garcia,J/Linares 1995/CBM 051 (35)}) (13... Bb7 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16.
Qc4 $1 Nf6 17. Qh4 a5 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. Bxf6 Nf5 21. Qc4 Bxf6 22. Nd7
Qc6 23. Qb5 $1 $16 {1-0 Lalic,B-Rowson,J/Walsall 1997/EXT 98 (36)}) 14. Qc2 Nf6
15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. g3 Bf5 18. Qc4 Ng4 $13 {1-0 Mann,G-Juhasz,L/
Hungary 2002/EXT 2004 (40)}) 12. Qc2 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6b4,Rf6g4]} (12... b4 13. Na4
Qa5 14. Bf4 $16) 13. h3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A simple prophylactical move. White
prevents ...Ng4, gives up the c5 pawn but obtains a very active position.} (13.
Be3 b4 (13... Ng4 14. Nd5) 14. Nd1 (14. Na4 Ng4) 14... Ng4 15. g3 Qa5 16. Bc4
Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Nb6 Rfd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Hort,V/Moscow 1999/CBM 072 (30)}) 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 Qxc5 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Rd1 Qb8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 {This exchange is unfavorable
for Black. Patience was required:} (18... Rd8 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. a4 $14) 19. exd5
Na5 $6 {[%csl Ra5] This knight will get into trouble.} (19... Ne5 $142 20. a4
$1 $36) 20. Qa2 Rd8 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. d6 exd6 25. Qxc4
$16 {White's chances are clearly better, due to his queenside pawn advantage
and Black's pawn weaknesses. Still, it is hard to believe that Black is about
to lose in three moves!} Ne4 26. Nd4 Rac8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Re8 $16) 27.
Nc6 Re8 28. Ne7+ $1 {Black resigns in view of 28...Qxe7 29.Qxc8 Rxc8 30.Rxc8+
Bf8 31.Bh6.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxe2 9. Bxe2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Rd1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7
15. Rb1 Rfb8 16. Rb3 Rxb3 17. axb3 Rb8 18. Bf3 a5 19. Be3 h6 20. Nc3 e5 21. Na4
Qb7 22. Ra1 Bd6 23. Re1 Bb4 24. Re2 Bf8 25. Rd2 exd4 26. Bxd4 Qxb3 27. Bxc6
Qb1+ 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Bb5 Bb4 30. Re2 Nf8 31. Re5 Qg6 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Rg3 Qf5
34. Qa1 Nh5 35. Rf3 Qc2 36. Nb6 Ne6 37. Ba4 Qg6 38. Nd5 Qe4 39. Bb6 Rb8 40. Bb5
Nhf4 41. Nxf4 Rxb6 42. Nd3 Rd6 43. Re3 Qf5 44. Qf1 Nc5 45. g4 Qf6 46. Kg2 Ne6
47. Rf3 Qd4 48. Qe2 Rd8 49. Qe5 Qa7 50. c5 Nd4 51. c6 Nxf3 52. Kxf3 Bd6 53. Qe4
Qb6 54. Qc4 Bb8 55. Nc5 Ba7 56. Ne4 Rd4 57. Qc2 Bb8 58. Ba4 Qc7 59. Nc3 Qf4+
60. Ke2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Bb5 Nb8 19. Bd3 Be8 20. Rac1 Nc6 21.
Bb1 Bh5 22. f3 Bg6 23. Rc3 Rad8 24. Kh1 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 e5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Rd3
d4 28. b4 Rfe8 29. Ng3 Qd5 30. f4 a5 31. a3 axb4 32. axb4 Ra8 33. h3 Ra2 34.
Rb2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 b5 36. Qb1 Qd6 37. Qa2+ Qe6 38. Qa3 Qc4 39. Rd1 Qxb4 40. Qxb4
Nxb4 41. Rxd4 Nc6 42. Rd6 Rc8 43. Ne4 b4 44. Nd2 Kf8 45. Kg1 Ke7 46. Rd3 Rd8
47. Re3+ Kd6 48. Kf2 Kc5 49. Ke1 Ra8 50. Rg3 Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Ra2 52. Ke1 g6 53. f5
gxf5 54. Rg5 Nd4 55. Rg7 b3 56. Rxh7 b2 57. Rc7+ Kd6 58. Rb7 Kc6 59. Rb8 Kc7
0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 Be7 12. Bh3 Nf8 13. O-O b6 14. Bg2 Bd8 15. Nb2
Ne7 16. a4 a6 17. Nd2 Ra7 18. Qe2 b5 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. g4 h5 21. gxh5 a5 22. axb5
Bxb5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rfb1 Nf5 25. Nd1 g6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Bg3 Nxd4 28. cxd4
c3 29. Qf2 c2 30. Nb3 Ra2 31. Qf3 cxb1=Q 32. Rxb1 Be2 33. Qe3 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 Qc2
35. Rd2 Qb1+ 36. Bf1 Ra3 37. Rd3 Ne7 38. Nd2 Rxd3 39. Qxd3 Qxd3 40. Bxd3 Bb6
41. Nf3 O-O 42. f5 exf5 43. Kg2 Ra8 44. Bh4 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ra3 46. Bxe7 Rxd3 47.
Kf4 Bxd4 48. h4 Bb2 49. Ng5 Rd1 50. Bf6 Rf1+ 51. Ke3 Bc1+ 52. Ke2 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 15th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2006.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. a4 Bd7 14. h4 Qe7 15. h5
b6 16. Nh4 Qg5+ 17. f4 Qxg4 18. Bxg4 Ne7 19. a5 b5 20. Bf3 g5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22.
g4 Kf7 23. f5 exf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rab1 a6 27. Rh3 Rac8 28. Rg1
Rcg8 29. Rgh1 Kg7 30. Ke3 Rf8 31. Rg1+ Kh7 32. Kf4 Rhg8 33. Rhg3 Rxg3 34. Rxg3
Ng6+ 35. Rxg6 Kxg6 36. Bxd5 h5 37. Bg2 h4 38. Bh3 Kf7 39. Kxf5 Ke8+ 40. Ke4 Rf2
41. d5 Rxc2 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc5 b4 44. d6 bxc3 45. Bg4 c2 46. e6 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Rd1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Bc3 Bg4 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. O-O a6 16. h3 b5 17. Qa5 Bh5 18. Rd2 Ne4 19. Rc2 Nc5 20. Nf4 Nb7 21.
Qb4 c5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 bxc4 24. Nxh5 Nd6 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. Ng3 g6 27. Rc2
Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke1 Rab8 30. Ne2 f5 31. Nc3 Rdc8 32. Rd5 Rc6 33. Kd1 Ke6
34. Rcd2 Rb7 35. f3 Rb8 36. Kc1 Rb7 37. g4 Rb8 38. g5 Nf7 39. f4 Rb7 40. h4 Rd6
41. Kc2 Rbd7 42. Rxd6+ Rxd6 43. Na4 Rc6 44. Rd1 Nd6 45. Nc3 Rc8 46. h5 Nb5 47.
h6 Rb8 48. Na4 Rc8 49. Nb6 Rc6 50. Nxc4 Nc7 51. Ne5 Rb6 52. Nd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 Nf7 13. a3 Bh6 14. Nb3 c5 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. c5 Rb8 17. Bc4 Rxb3 18. Qxb3 Nxc5 19. Qa2 Qe7 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5 g5 22.
Bf2 cxb5 23. Nxb5 Nf4 24. O-O g4 25. Nxa7 Bd7 26. fxg4 Kh8 27. Rab1 Bxg4 28.
Nc6 Qe8 29. Bb5 Ng5 30. Be3 Nxe4 31. Qc2 Ne2+ 32. Bxe2 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Nd2 34.
Rb8 Qf7 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Re1 Bd7 37. Bb5 Bg5 38. Qg6 e4 39. Qxh5+ Bh6 40. Nd4
Bxb5 41. Nxb5 d5 42. Nd4 Kh7 43. a4 e3 44. Rxe3 Ne4 45. Nf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 62nd"]
[Site "Ulan-Ude"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Re8 9. Nc2 b5 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 a5 12. Be2 e5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. d5 Nb8 15. c5
dxc5 16. Bxc5 c6 17. d6 Bh4+ 18. g3 Bg5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Ra7 21. O-O-O Be6
22. Bc4 Qf6 23. Ng4 Qxf3 24. Be2 Qxg4 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Qe3 Rb7 27. Rd2 Nd7 28.
Kb1 Rc8 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. Rhf1 Be6 31. g4 c5 32. h4 h6 33. g5 h5 34. Rf6 Nxf6 35.
gxf6+ Kh7 36. Rg1 Rd7 37. Rg5 Bg4 38. Qd2 Rc6 39. Rxe5 Rcxd6 40. Rd5 Rxd5 41.
exd5 Rd6 42. Qe3 Rxf6 43. Qxc5 Rf4 44. Kc1 a4 45. Kd2 b3 46. axb3 axb3 47. Kc3
Rf3+ 48. Kc4 Bf5 49. Qf8 Bg4 50. Kb4 Bh3 51. Qe7 Kg7 52. Qe4 Bg4 53. d6 Rh3 54.
Ka3 Be6 55. d7 Bxd7 56. Qd4+ Kg8 57. Qxd7 Rf3 58. Qe8+ Kg7 59. Qe4 Rh3 60. Qd4+
Kg8 61. Kb4 Rf3 62. Kc4 Kf8 63. Kd5 Kg8 64. Kd6 Rh3 65. Qe4 Kf8 66. Kd7 Kg8 67.
Ke7 Rh2 68. Qf3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 a5 9.
a3 Qc7 10. Be2 Be6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. O-O f5 14. Be1 Ndf6 15. Ne5
Nxc3 16. bxc3 a4 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Qe2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qd7 20. Rb1 O-O 21. Rb2 Rf7
22. Qd1 Raf8 23. Rc2 Qe8 24. Kh1 Rg7 25. Rb2 g5 26. Qf3 Qg6 27. g3 Rgf7 28. Rg2
Kh8 29. Bc2 Qh6 30. Rgg1 f4 31. exf4 gxf4 32. g4 Ng3+ 33. Kg2 Nxf1 34. Kxf1
Qxh2 35. Bf2 Rg7 36. Ke1 Rfg8 37. g5 Rxg5 38. Rh1 Rg1+ 39. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 40. Bxg1
Qxg1+ 41. Kd2 Qh2+ 42. Kc1 Kg7 43. Kb1 Kh6 44. c4 bxc4 45. Bxa4 Bf5+ 46. Kc1
Kg5 47. Bd1 h5 48. Qc3 Qg3 49. Kd2 Qxc3+ 50. Kxc3 h4 0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 40th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Na4 12. O-O Nb2 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Bxd2 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. c3 e5 18. Qg3 Bf5 19. Rae1 exd4 20. c4 d3 21.
Bxd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 d4 23. Re4 Kg8 24. Rf4 Qd6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. c5 Qxc5 27. Qg6
Qg5 28. Rf8+ Kxf8 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. f4 g4 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qf5+
Kg8 34. Rb1 d3 35. Rd1 Nd4 36. Qe4 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Nxf4 38. Qc4+ Kh7 39. g3 Nh3+
40. Kg2 Rhf8 41. Qxg4 Nf2 42. Qh4+ Kg8 43. Qc4+ Kh8 44. Rd2 Rd7 45. Qb4 Rdf7
46. Qxb7 c5 47. Qd5 Rf5 48. Qc4 R8f6 49. Rb2 Kh7 50. Rb8 d2 51. Qg8+ Kg6 52.
Qe8+ Rf7 53. g4 R5f6 54. Qe5 Nxg4 55. Qe4+ Rf5 56. Rd8 Nf2 57. Rd6+ R7f6 58.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 59. Qc6+ Kg5 60. Kg3 d1=Q 61. h4+ Kh5 62. Qe8+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 e6 {This old way is quite sufficient
for equality.} 12. d5 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16.
Be2 c4 17. f4 Nd7 18. O-O {0-1 Van Kooten,H-Davies,N (2515)/Vlissingen 1998/
EXT 1999 (25)} Nf6 19. Bxc4 Rad8 $11) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 $6 (13... Bxf3
14. Bxf3 c4 15. O-O Nd7 16. d6 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Rad8 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Rb1 $1 f6 20.
Bf4 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 $16 {1/2 Kasparov,G (2630)-Kouatly,B/Graz 1981/EXT 1999 (26)}
) (13... c4 $1 {is classic and good:} 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 $5 (15... Rac8
16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. Bxg7 Bxe2 18. Bxf8 Bxd1 19. Bb4 Qd8 20. Rxd1 Ne5 $11 {1/2
Petran,P (2400)-Kouatly,B (2470)/Budapest 1987/CBM 005 (62)}) 16. Bg5 $6 (16.
h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 Rad8 $11) 16... Bf6 $6 (16... Nc5 $1 $15) 17. Bxf6
Nxf6 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rac8 21. g4 Qc5 22. d6 $14 {Horvath
T-Banas J/Satu Mare 1980}) 14. c4 {This structure is already inferior for
Black, and GM Emil Sutovsky fails to prove the opposite.} Qa3 (14... Qxd2+ 15.
Kxd2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 b6 18. Bc2 $6 (18. a4 $14) 18... b5 19. cxb5
Nxd5 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 22. Ke2 Bd4 $11 {1/2 Melkumyan,H (2530)
-Malisauskas,V (2489)/Warsaw 2009/CBM 131 Extra (35)}) 15. O-O Rae8 16. Rfe1 (
16. Rb1 $5) 16... f5 $6 {A wrong idea. Black fails to push ...f5-f4 and just
weakens his position.} (16... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rg7b2]} 17. Nh4 Be4) 17. d6 $1 Kh8
18. h3 Bxf3 $6 (18... Bh5 $142 19. Bg5 {[%cal Rg5e7]} (19. Bh6 Qb4 $1) 19...
Nf6 $14) 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5e7,Rf3b7]} (20. Bxb7 $143 Nd3) 20...
h6 (20... Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 $18 {[%cal Rd6d7]}) 21. Be7 Kh7 22. Bxb7 Nd3 23. d7
Nxc1 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Re8 Rf7 26. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Nakhchivan op"]
[Site "Nakhchivan"]
[Date "2011.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. O-O g6 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nb3 Bg7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qe7
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bg5 Qc5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 O-O 19. h4 Rfb8 20. h5 Qc4 21.
Rfe1 c5 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bf6 Bf8 24. Nh2 h6 25. b3 Qxb3 26. Ng4 Kh7 27. Re3 Qc4
28. hxg6+ fxg6 29. Nxh6 Qf4 30. Nf7 Kg8 31. Nh8 d4 32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Qd3 Qf5
34. Qxd4 Bc6 35. Rg3 Be4 36. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 64th"]
[Site "Taganrog"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 Bh6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 a5 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. b3
Qe7 16. a3 Nfd7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ne6 20. Nce2 Ng7 21. Ra7 Ne5
22. b5 Qf8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qc3 c5 25. Nb5 Ne6 26. Qb3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28.
Nec3 Nc6 29. Ra8 Bd7 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Qd1 Ncd4 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Nb5 Bxb5 34.
cxb5 Qe7 35. Bc4+ Kg7 36. b6 Be3 37. Bd5 c4 38. b7 c3 39. b8=Q c2 40. Qg8+ Kh6
41. Qf8+ Kg6 42. Bf7+ Qxf7 43. Qxd6+ Kh5 44. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 15th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Edouard,Romain"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:32:13"]
[BlackClock "0:10:50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 $5 {
Quite a recent move.} 8. d5 (8. Qb5 Bd7 9. Qc5 b6 10. Qg5 c5 11. dxc5 Bc6 12.
Qh4 bxc5 13. Be2 e6 14. Bg5 h6 $1 15. Bxh6 Nxe4 {0-1 (50) Morozevich,A (2770)
-Giri,A (2696)/SUI 2012 (50)}) (8. Qd3 c5 9. d5 Bc8 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 e6 12.
dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Nc6 {0-1 (50) Jakovenko,D (2722)-Svidler,P 
(2749)/Moscow RUS 2012 (50)}) 8... Bc8 9. Be2 e6 $5 $146 (9... c6 10. O-O cxd5
11. exd5 $14 {was the old theory.}) 10. Bg5 $5 (10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 c6 12.
dxc6 Nxc6 13. Rd1 Qa5 {is OK for Black.}) (10. dxe6 Bxe6 $132) 10... exd5 11.
Nxd5 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. h4 Nd7 ({I considered} 13... Bg4 {but then noticed
that after} 14. e5 (14. Rd1 $5) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf6 Qa5+ 16. b4 Bxe2 {White has
} 17. Qf4 $1 $18) 14. O-O-O Qe7 (14... Qb6 $5 {should be alright for Black:}
15. Bxf6 (15. Rd2 Qa5 $132) 15... Nxf6 16. Ng5 h6 $5 (16... Qxf2 17. Kb1 $44)
17. Rd6 Qxf2 18. Rf1 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 b5 $5 $13 (19... Nd5 $5)) 15. Kb1 Re8 $6 {
Just trying to make the position sharper without a reason.} (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5
(16. Qc1 Ng4 17. Qf4 h6 $11) 16... Qxe5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h5 $5 (18. Qd4 Qxd4
19. Rxd4 Be6 $11) 18... Be6 19. Qc5 $1 {and White seems to have some slight
pressure.}) 16. Bd3 Ne5 (16... h5 $5) 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qc1 $1 {The only move
to keep up the pressure.} h5 $4 {I suggest that just for this special move
ChessBase creates a new annotation, with five question marks. Immediatly after
playing it I noticed that it was losing at once.} (18... Be6 19. f4 Bxg5 20.
hxg5 Qa5 21. a3 (21. b3 Bg4 $132) 21... Bg4 {was alright for Black.}) 19. f4
Qe7 (19... Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qa5 21. f5 $18) 20. f5 $1 $18 {Now I cannot move any
of my pieces anymore. Crazy how fast things can go wrong! And then people
claim chess is too calm to be a sport :-) Anyway, the next 12 moves or the
game were desperation!} Bd7 21. g4 hxg4 22. Bxf6 (22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rdf1 Bxg5
24. hxg5 Qe5 25. Rh6 $18) 22... Qxf6 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qf4 Qf6 (24... Kh7 25. Bc2
$18) 25. Qxg4 (25. Bc2 Rad8 26. Rd6 Qe5 27. Qd2 $18) 25... Kf8 26. Bc2 (26. h5
$18) 26... Rad8 27. h5 gxh5 (27... gxf5 28. exf5 $18) 28. Rxh5 Re5 29. Qf4 (29.
Rd6 $5 Qxd6 30. Qg5 $18) 29... Rb5 30. e5 $1 Rxe5 (30... Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32.
Rh8+ Ke7 33. f6+ $18) 31. Rh6 Bxf5 32. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 c6 12. Qb3 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 b5
15. O-O Qd8 16. Rfe1 Ra7 17. e4 Rae7 18. e5 Nfd7 19. Qc2 g6 20. f4 f6 21. Qf2
Qb6 22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Bxb5 fxe5 25. dxe5 Rf8 26. e6 Nf6 27. Bd3 Na6
28. f5 Nb4 29. Bb1 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Ne4 31. Nxe4 Nd3 32. Qe3 dxe4 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Qxe7 Rxf5 35. Rb1 Nb2 36. Rxe4 Qd2 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup-A 9th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. Bb2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ne1 Nd6 14. f3 Bh5 15. Ng3
Bg6 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 O-O 18. Nf3 Nb7 19. Rb1 Na5 20. Ba1 Kh8 21. Kh1 Qb6
22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. Qd2 Kg8 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Qd2 Rfe8 28.
Qe2 Rf8 29. Nf5 Bf6 30. Ne3 Rfe8 31. e5 Be7 32. d5 Bc5 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Nc4
Nxc4 35. bxc4 Rac8 36. Ng5 Be7 37. Ne4 exd5 38. cxd5 Bf8 39. Ng5 Nxe5 40. Bxe5
f6 41. d6 Rxe5 42. Qg4 Rxe1+ 43. Rxe1 Qe3 44. Qd1 Qxg5 45. Qb3+ Kh7 46. Qh3+
Qh6 47. Qxc8 Bxd6 48. Qh3 Qxh3 49. gxh3 Be5 50. Kg2 b3 51. Kf3 g5 52. Ke4 b2
53. Kd3 Bxh2 54. Kc2 Be5 55. Re4 g6 56. Rc4 f5 57. Rc6 g4 58. hxg4 fxg4 59. Re6
Bf4 60. Kxb2 g3 61. Re1 Kh6 62. Kc2 Kg5 63. Kd3 Kg4 64. Ke4 Bb8 65. Re2 Ba7 0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 43rd"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2014.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. g4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Nf6 12. Qe1 Qh6 13. Nf4 c5 14. Bd3 b6 15.
h4 Nfd7 16. Bg6 hxg6 17. g5 Qh7 18. h5 Kf8 19. hxg6 Qg8 20. Qg3 Bb7 21. Nxd5
Ne5 22. gxf7 Nxf7 23. Nc7 g6 24. d5 Nd7 25. e4 Nde5 26. Kc2 Rac8 27. Ne6+ Ke7
28. Bf4 Nc4 29. Rh4 Red8 30. a4 Qe8 31. Bc7 Ne3+ 32. Kc1 Rxd5 33. exd5 Bxd5 34.
Nf4 Kd7 35. Nxd5 Nxd5 36. Re4 Qh8 37. Be5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 Nxc3 39. Kd2 Re8 40.
Rxe8 Qxe8 41. Re1 Qh8 42. Qg4+ Kd8 43. Qf4 Kc8 44. Qf6 Qh4 45. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 22nd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O a5 17. Bb5 Nce4 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Qc4 Na4 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. d6
exd6 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Bc6 Qc8 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Nd4 Qxa2 27. Rc2 Nfd5
28. b3 Qa3 29. Bc1 Bxd4 30. Bxa3 bxa3 31. Rd2 Nc3 32. Qa6 Be5 33. Qxa5 Rfc8 34.
Bf3 a2 35. Rxa2 Nxa2 36. Qxa2 Bc3 37. Bg4 Rc7 38. Rd1 d5 39. Qc2 Rd8 40. b4 h5
41. Bf3 d4 42. b5 Rc5 43. Qb3 Kg7 44. g3 Re5 45. Kg2 Rd6 46. Rc1 Rf6 47. Rc2
Rc5 48. Be2 Nd5 49. h4 Rb6 50. Bc4 Rd6 51. Qa3 Bb4 52. Qa7 Rf6 53. Qd7 Nb6 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup 12th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2016.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxd2+
15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 f5 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Rag1 Rh6 20. h5 g5 21.
Rg3 Rg8 22. Rhg1 Nb6 23. Kc3 Nc8 24. f4 exf3 25. Bxf3 Nd6 26. e4 Rd8 27. b4 Ke7
28. a4 Nf7 29. Bg4 Rhh8 30. Re3 Nh6 31. Be2 Rhg8 32. d5 g4 33. c5 cxd5 34. exd5
Rxd5 35. Bc4 Re5 36. Rxe5 fxe5 37. Bd3 Kd7 38. Be4 Kc7 39. b5 b6 40. a5 bxc5
41. Kc4 Rd8 42. Kxc5 Rd4 43. b6+ Kb8 44. Bc6 Rd2 45. Bh1 Ra2 46. Rd1 axb6+ 47.
axb6 Rc2+ 48. Kd6 g3 49. Rg1 Rb2 50. b7 Nf5+ 51. Kxe5 Re2+ 52. Kf6 Rh2 53. Kg5
Nd4 54. Be4 Re2 55. Bg2 Re5+ 56. Kg4 Nf5 57. Ra1 Ne3+ 58. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup 12th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. Bh3
Ng4 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Ke2 a5 17. Kf3 Nh6 18. Bf1 Ng8 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. h3 Kd7 21.
Rag1 Rhg8 22. Bb1 Rg7 23. g4 fxg4+ 24. hxg4 Rag8 25. Rg3 Bxf4 26. Kxf4 Bxb1 27.
Rxb1 Ng6+ 28. Nxg6 Rxg6 29. Kf3 Rf6+ 30. Ke2 Rfg6 31. Rbg1 Ke7 32. a4 h6 33.
Kf3 Rf6+ 34. Kg2 Ra8 35. Rc1 Ra6 36. b3 Rb6 37. Rc3 Rb4 38. f4 b5 39. axb5 cxb5
40. Kf3 Ra6 41. g5 hxg5 42. Rxg5 a4 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Rf5 f6 46.
Rxd5 Rb8 47. Rh5 Kg8 48. Rhh7 Rba8 49. Rhg7+ Kh8 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rcg7+ Kf8 52.
Rg6 f5 53. Rg5 a3 54. Rxf5+ Kg8 55. Rh1 a2 56. Ra1 Rh6 57. Rg5+ Kf7 58. Rg2
Rha6 59. f5 Ra4 60. Kf4 Ke7 61. e4 Kd6 62. Rg6+ Kd7 63. Rg7+ Kd6 64. e5+ Kc6
65. Rg6+ Kc7 66. Ke3 Rh8 67. f6 Rh3+ 68. Ke4 Rh4+ 69. Kf5 Rhxd4 70. Rg2 Rf4+
71. Ke6 Ra6+ 72. Kf7 Ra5 73. e6 Raf5 74. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 46th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2017.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. Nh3 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Ba6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Kf2 Bb7 13. Qf5 Na6 14. Rhd1 c4+
15. Kf1 f6 16. Bh4 g6 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 d5 19. a3 Ba5 20. Nd6 Bc6 21. exd5
Ba4 22. Rd4 Bb6 23. Rxc4 Bb3 24. Rc3 Bxd5 25. Nf4 Nc7 26. Rd1 Ba2 27. Bf2 Ne6
28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Beirut op 9th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nh5 9. h4 h6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Ndf6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Re1
O-O-O 15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Kb1 Bc8 17. a3 g6 18. Na2 Rhe8 19. Nb4 Qd6 20. Ka1 Re7
21. Qa4 Ng7 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Rc3 Ne6 24. Rhc1 Bd7 25. Qb3 Ka8 26. Be2 h5 27. g3
Be8 28. Bf3 f6 29. Bg2 Rdd7 30. Bh3 Bf7 31. Qc2 Re7 32. Nd3 Be8 33. b4 Kb8 34.
a4 g5 35. Nc5 g4 36. Bf1 Nxc5 37. bxc5 Qe6 38. a5 a6 39. Bd3 Qg8 40. Rb3 Kc8
41. Rcb1 Kd8 42. R1b2 Qg7 43. Qb1 Qf7 44. Rb4 Red7 45. Rb6 Re7 46. Bf5 Bd7 47.
Bg6 Qg7 48. Rxb7 Rxb7 49. Rxb7 Bc8 50. Qb6+ Rc7 51. Ra7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 8. e4
fxe4 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O d6 11. Ng5 exf3 12. Bxf3 h6 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Qe8
15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Rae1 Qg6 17. c5 e5 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Bg3 Kh8 20. Bh4 Rf8 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Bh5 Qh7 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Bd7 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27.
Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5
9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bb2 Qb6 15.
h4 Qd6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qd4 h5 18. gxh5 Bxh5 19. e4 Qf4 20. Bxh5+ Rxh5 21. Ne2
Qf3 22. Ng3 Ne5 23. Rc3 Qg4 24. Qd1 Rxh4 25. Rxh4 Qxh4 26. exd5 exd5 27. Re3
Ng4 28. Rf3 Nf6 29. Qc2 Qg4 30. Re3 d4 31. Qc6+ Kf7 32. Rd3 e5 33. Qxa6 e4 34.
Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Bb4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxd4 38. Qxb5 Bc5 39. Qe2 Qd3 40.
a4 Qxe2 41. Nxe2 Ke6 42. a5 Nd5 43. Kg3 Ke5 0-1