[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Bf6
15. Rad1 Na5 16. Rfe1 (16. h3 $5) 16... Re8 17. h3 (17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Ba6 Ba4 19.
Bxc8 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Qc2 h6 $10 {Dreev,A-Ehlvest,J/New York/
1989/}) 17... Bc6 (17... Rc7 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qc8
22. e5 Be7 $6 (22... Nc4 $5) 23. Nd4 Rc5 24. e6 $1 $16 {Dreev,A-Sokolov,A/URS
(ch)/1989/0,5/32/}) 18. d5 exd5 (18... Ba4 19. e5 $1 exd5 20. Bf5 $1 Bxd1 21.
Qxd1 Nc4 22. Ba1 Be7 23. e6 $1 $16 {Aseev,K-Komarov,D/URS/1989/0:1/40/}) 19.
Bxf6 (19. e5 g6 20. exf6 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Ba4 22. Rde1 Nc4 23. Bd4 Nd6 $17) 19...
Qxf6 20. e5 Qe7 21. Nd4 (21. Qe3 g6 22. h4 $44) 21... Bd7 22. Bf5 $6 (22. Nf5
Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rcd8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qh5 $13) 22... Nc6 $1 (22...
g6 23. Qg4 Rcd8 24. e6 $36) 23. Nxc6 (23. Qg4 Be6 $1 $17) 23... Rxc6 24. Qb5
Rc7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxa3 28. e6 Rxe6 $1 29. Rxe6 Qc1+ 30.
Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 fxe6 32. Qa8+ (32. Qxe6+ $5 Qf7 33. Qc8+ Qf8 34. Qb7) 32...
Qf8 33. Qxa7 Qd6 (33... Qd8 $32 34. Qb7 h6 35. Qc6 Qb8 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 $15) 34.
Qa8+ Qf8 35. Qc6 Qb8 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qc4 b5 38. Qb4 h6 39. h4 $6 (39. f4 Qb6+
40. Kf1 $10) 39... Qe5 $1 40. Qd2 Qe7 (40... Qe4 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qb6 b4 43. h5
Qc4 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ Qg8 46. Qb5 b3 $15) 41. Qc3 Qe4 (41... Qxh4 42. Qc8+
Kh7 43. Qf5+ $10) 42. g3 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 b4 44. Qe5 Kh7 (44... b3 $5 45. g4 $1 (
45. f4 Kh7 $1 (45... Qc2+ 46. Kh3 b2 47. f5 Qb3 48. Qe8+ Qg8 49. Qb5 $10) 46.
Qe6 (46. f5 Qa2+ 47. Kh3 b2 $19) 46... Qc2+ 47. Kh3 b2 48. f5 Qc5 49. Qg6+ Kg8
50. Qe8+ (50. f6 Qf8) 50... Qf8 51. Qb5 Qf6 52. h5 $15) 45... Qc2 46. g5 b2 47.
h5 (47. gxh6 Qg6+) 47... b1=Q 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. g6+ Qxg6+ 50. hxg6+ Qxg6+ $19)
45. g4 b3 46. g5 b2 (46... Qc2 47. gxh6 Qg6+ (47... Kxh6 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Qh5+
$10) 48. Kh3 gxh6 49. h5) 47. Qe2 $1 $10 Kg6 (47... hxg5 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qe8+
$10) (47... Qc1 48. Qe4+ $10) (47... Qa2 48. Qe4+ Kh8 49. Qe8+ Qg8 50. Qb5 $10)
48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qe2 Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kf5 51. Qf7+ Kg4 $6 (51... Ke4 $4 52. Qg6+
$18) (51... Ke5 52. Qxg7+ Kd5 53. Qf7+ $10) 52. gxh6 $1 gxh6 $4 (52... Kxh4 $8
53. Qf4+ Kh5 54. hxg7 Qg6+ 55. Qg3 $10) 53. f3+ Kxh4 54. Qf4+ (54. Qf4+ Kh5 55.
Qg4#) 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nbd7 11. h4 Ke7 12. Rh2 Qg8 13. Bd3 Qg7 14. Qe2 Rag8
15. O-O-O Ne8 16. e4 e5 17. Nf1 Kf8 18. Ne3 Qf6 19. Bc2 Qe6 20. Nf5 Ng7 21.
hxg5 hxg5 22. Rdh1 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Nxf5 24. exf5 Qe7 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. dxe5 dxe5
27. f3 e4 28. Qd4 exf3 29. gxf3 Bxf3 30. Rf2 Bb7 31. Bxc7 Qxc7 32. Qxf6 Qe7 33.
Qh6+ Ke8 34. Qh2 Kd7 35. f6 Qa3+ 36. Kb1 Qxc3 37. Rd2+ Kc6 38. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 11th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Re1 Nc5 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. b4 Ne6 11. b5 Ncd8 12. Nbd2 Bb4 13. Rb1 c5 14. Rxb4 cxb4
15. Ne4 O-O 16. Bd2 a5 17. Qb1 b6 18. Neg5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 d3 20. Bxd3 h6 21. Nh7
Re8 22. Bxh6 Bb7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Re3 Ne6 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Qc1 Qxd3 27. Rxd3
Kxh7 28. Rh3+ Kg6 29. Qh6+ Kf5 30. Qh5+ Ng5 31. Rg3 f6 32. h4 Rh8 33. Qg4+ Kxe5
34. hxg5 f5 35. Re3+ Be4 36. Qe2 Rac8 37. f3 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rhc8 39. Qb2+ Kf4 40.
g3+ Kxg5 41. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 11th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. a4 Bd7 14. Ne3 Rb7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. g3 Ne7 17. Nh4 Qc8 18. f4 Rb6 19. Rf1 c5 20. Bc2 Ng4 21. Nhg2
exf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. Qd2 N7g6 24. Rf2 Bh3 25. Raf1 Rb7 26. Nf5 Qd8 27. Nfe3
Qc8 28. b4 cxb4 29. cxb4 Kh7 30. d4 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Qxc4 32. Ne3 Qc8 33. Nf5 Qd8
34. Re1 Rc7 35. Bd3 Rb7 36. Qb2 Bxf5 37. Rxf5 Qb6 38. Qf2 Qa7 39. h4 Kg8 40. h5
Nf8 41. Rf1 Ne6 42. Bxb5 Ree7 43. Bc4 Ng5 44. Rxg5 hxg5 45. h6 Rxb4 46. Bxf7+
Rxf7 47. Qxf7+ Qxf7 48. h7+ Kxh7 49. Rxf7 Rxd4 50. Re7 Kg6 51. e5 d5 52. Rd7
Kf5 53. Rxg7 g4 54. Kf2 Re4 55. Rg8 Kxe5 56. Re8+ Kd4 57. Ra8 Kc3 58. Rc8+ Kd3
59. Ra8 d4 60. Rc8 Kd2 61. Rc4 Re2+ 62. Kf1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. a3 Qb8 13. b4 axb4 14. Rxb4 $5 (14.
axb4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 16. Bb2 Bh6 (16... b5 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Nb3 Bh6 19. Na5
Rc7 $13 {Nemet,I-Gallagher,J/SWE/1994/}) 17. Nc4 b5 18. Na5 Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxe4
$44 {Van Wely,L-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal/1993/1:0/41/}) 14... Bh6 (14... Ra7 $32 15.
Qc2 Ne8 $13) 15. Qb3 (15. Ndb1 $1 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Ne8 17. Qb2 Ra7 18. Nd2 $14)
15... Ra7 16. Qb2 Qc7 $2 (16... Ne8 17. Ndb1 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 f5 19. Nd2 Nf6 $14)
17. f4 $1 c5 (17... Bxf4 18. Rxf4 exf4 19. Nb5 cxb5 20. Qxf6 {/\Bb2+-/}) (17...
exf4 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. Qxf6 Bg7 20. Qxe7 f6 (20... Bd4+ 21. Kh1 f6 22. Bg4 Rf7
23. Be6 $18) 21. c5 $1 dxc5 (21... Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 $18) 22. d6 Qc8 23. Rxb5 $18)
18. Nb5 (18. Rb3 $6 exf4 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Qxf6 Bg7 21. Qxf4 Ba4 22. Rh3 Bd7 23.
Rhf3 f5 $15) 18... Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nd7 20. f5 Nf6 21. Qc2 Kh8 (21... Bxd2 $2 22.
Bxd2 Rxa3 23. Bh6) 22. Rb3 Neg8 23. Rh3 $2 (23. g4 Bf4 (23... Rfa8 24. h4 Bxd2
25. Qxd2 Nxe4 26. Qe3 Nef6 27. g5 Ne8 28. h5 $16) (23... Bg5 24. Kg2 $1 $16 Qe7
25. h4 $1 Bxh4 26. Nf3 Nxg4 27. Nxh4 Qxh4 28. Rh3 $18) 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Bb2 g5
26. h4 h6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Rh3+ Kg7 29. Nf3 $18) 23... Qe7 24. Kh1 $6 (24. g4
Bg5 25. Bd3 Rfa8 26. Nb1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Nh5 $13) 24... Rfa8 25. Bf3 Ra4 26. Nb1
$8 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 gxf5 28. Bd1 (28. exf5 e4 $17) 28... f4 $1 (28... R4a5 29.
Rxf5 Nxe4 $2 30. Bc2 Nef6 31. Qg5 $18) 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 30. Qc2 Qd7 31. Rb3 Ng4
32. Rb5 Ra8 (32... Ra7 $32 33. Qe2 Ne3 34. Rc1 Nf6 35. Nd2 Rxa3 36. Rcb1 Ra2 $5
37. Rxb7 Qxb7 $1 38. Rxb7 Nxe4 39. Qh5 Rxd2 40. Rb1 Rxg2 41. Rf1 Rg5) 33. Qb2
$5 Ne3 34. Rxb7 (34. Rxf4 Nxc4 35. Qb3 exf4 36. Qxc4 Ne7 $17) 34... Qg4 35. Rf3
Nf6 (35... Nxc4 36. Qe2 f5 37. exf5 Nf6 38. Nc3 $13) 36. Rxf7 Qg6 (36... Nxe4
$2 37. R7xf4) 37. Rb7 Rg8 38. Rb8 Qxe4 (38... Nxc4 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qb8+ $10)
39. Nd2 Qg6 (39... Qd3 $5 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Nf1 Qd1 42. Qd2 Qa1 43. Qe2 Ne4
44. Kg1 $13) 40. Rxg8+ Nxg8 $2 (40... Kxg8 $13) 41. Nf1 Nxc4 42. Qb3 Qe4 43. a4
Nf6 (43... Qd4 44. Qb5) 44. a5 $1 Nxa5 (44... Nxd5 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qb7+ {
/\a6+-/}) 45. Qb8+ Ng8 (45... Kg7 46. Qc7+ $18) 46. Qxd6 c4 47. Qe6 Nb3 (47...
Nb7 48. Qc6 Na5 49. Qb5 Nb3 50. d6) 48. d6 Nc5 49. Qf7 Qd4 50. Rh3 h6 51. Qf8
Kh7 52. Ra3 $1 Ne4 53. h3 $18 f3 (53... Nxd6 54. Ra8 Qd5 55. Ra7+ $18) 54. Rxf3
Ng5 55. Ra3 c3 56. Ra8 Qc4 57. Ra7+ Kg6 58. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. f4 $2 (15. Qa4 $5) 15... a6 16. f5 b5 17. e5 Bb3 $2 (17... Nc4 18. Bg5
(18. Bxc4 Bxc4 $17) 18... Nb2 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc4 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Qd7 $15) 18. Qe1 Bc4 19. Be4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Rf3 Qa5 22. Rd2 $2 (22. Bd2
Qc7 (22... Qb6 23. Be3 $10) 23. f6 $2 exf6 24. exf6 Rfe8 $17) 22... Rfd8 23.
Rh3 (23. e6 Nxd4 $1) 23... Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qb4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. e6 f5 $1 (26...
Nxd4 27. exf7+ Kf8 28. Qd1 Rd6 (28... Ne2+ 29. Qxe2 Qxe4 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.
Rh8+ $18)) 27. Bxf5 $5 Nxd4 (27... gxf5 28. Qh5 $18) 28. Qg4 (28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29.
Bxg6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rd2+ $19) 28... Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Qxg6
Rxf5+ 31. Rf3 (31. Kg3 Qd6+ 32. Kg4 Rc4 $19) 31... Rf1+ $1 (31... Nxf3 $4 32.
Rd8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf7#) 32. Kg3 (32. Kxf1 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Rxf3+ 34. gxf3
Qxg6 $19) 32... Qd6+ 33. Kg4 Nxf3 $1 34. gxf3 (34. Rxd6 Ne5+ $19) 34... Rg1+ $1
35. Kxf5 (35. Bxg1 Qf4+ 36. Kh3 Qxf3+ 37. Kh4 (37. Qg3 Rh5#) 37... Rf4+ 38. Kg5
Qg4#) 35... Qe5# 0-1

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 f5 14.
e5 Nd5 15. Kc1 Be7 16. h4 Re8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. f3 b5 19. Bg3 Bd8 20. Nc3 Bc6
21. Nd1 Rf8 22. Bf4 Kd7 23. c4 Ke6 24. b3 Be7 25. Nb2 Rd8 26. Kc2 Rd4 27. Bg3
bxc4 28. bxc4 f4 29. Bf2 Rd8 30. Nd3 Kf5 31. Re1 h6 32. h5 Ba4+ 33. Kc3 Be8 34.
Re4 Bg5 35. Nxc5 Bxh5 36. Nxa6 Ra8 37. Nb4 Bf7 38. Bc5 Ra5 39. Bf8 Ra3+ 40. Kd4
Ra4 41. Re2 Be6 42. Rc2 Ra8 43. Bc5 Kg6 44. Kc3 Ra3+ 45. Kb2 Ra5 46. Bf2 Rxe5
47. Nc6 Rf5 48. Kb3 Rb5+ 49. Ka4 Rb1 50. Ka5 Bf6 51. Bd4 Bh4 52. Re2 Be1+ 53.
Ka4 Bd7 54. Ka3 Kh5 55. Re5+ g5 56. Rc5 Bd2 57. Bb2 Be3 58. Nd4 Rxb2 59. Rxc7
Rxg2 60. Rxd7 Rd2 61. c5 Rxd4 62. Rc7 Rc4 63. c6 Kh4 64. Kb3 Rc1 65. a4 Kg3 66.
a5 Kxf3 67. Kb2 Rc5 68. a6 Ra5 69. a7 Bxa7 70. Rh7 Bd4+ 71. Kb3 Rc5 72. Rxh6 g4
73. Rd6 Be3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4
9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bb2 b6 13. Re3 Ne7 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qc2
Qc8 16. Rc1 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Na2 Bd6 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 d4 21. Bxd4 f4
22. Rc3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qc6 24. f3 Nd5 25. Bd6 Rfe8 26. Rd3 a5 27. Qd2 Re3 28.
Nc3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Re8 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. c6 Bxb3 33. c7 Rc8 34.
Rc5 Bxa4 35. Rxa5 Bd7 36. Bxf4 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. g4 Bc6 39. Re5+ Kd7 40. Rh5
h6 41. Rc5 Ra8 42. Rc3 Bd5 43. Ke3 Kc8 44. Kd4 Ra4+ 45. Kxd5 Rxf4 46. Kd6 g6
47. Ke5 g5 48. h3 h5 49. gxh5 Rh4 50. Kf5 Rxh5 51. Kg4 Rh4+ 52. Kxg5 Rxh3 53.
Kf6 Rh4 54. Kxf7 Rf4+ 55. Ke6 Rf8 56. Ke5 Re8+ 57. Kd4 Rf8 58. Ke3 Re8+ 59. Kf2
Rf8 60. Rc4 Rf7 61. f4 Rxc7 62. Rxc7+ Kxc7 63. Kg3 Kd7 64. Kg4 Ke7 65. Kg5 Kf7
66. Kf5 Ke7 67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Ra8 12. a4 c5 13. Nb5 Ne8 14. Bb2 Bh6 15.
Qc2 f6 16. Nb3 Rf7 17. a5 f5 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 exf4 20. Qc3 Nf6 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. e5 Ne4 23. exd6 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 g5 25. dxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd3 Re3 27. Nxc5 b6
28. axb6 Rxa1+ 29. Bxa1 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Rxa1 31. b7 Bxb7 32. Nxb7 Ra2+ 33. Be2 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 c5 7. Rc1 Nxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. e3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14.
Ke2 a6 15. Bc4 Bf5 16. Rhd1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rc1 Na5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nxf5+
gxf5 21. Kd3 b5 22. b3 e5 23. Rc3 bxc4+ 24. bxc4 Rc5 25. Ra3 Nxc4 26. Rxa6 Nb2+
27. Kd2 e4 28. f3 Rd5+ 29. Ke2 Nc4 30. Rc6 Rd2+ 31. Ke1 Rc2 32. a4 Nxe3 33.
Rxc2 Nxc2+ 34. Kd2 Nb4 35. Ke3 Nd5+ 36. Kd4 e3 37. Kd3 e2 38. Kd2 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 (10... a6 11. O-O-O (11. g4 h6 12. O-O-O g5 13. h4
Rg8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Bxg5 Rxg5 17. f4 Nfd7 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Ka2
Rc8 20. Qa4 Kd8 21. Rh5 Qg6 22. Rh8 Qg7 23. Rh5 Qg6 {Line Notkin,M-Yemelin,V/
Russia (ch) 1996}) 11... Qc7 12. f3 Be7 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Nd5 exd5
16. cxd5 O-O 17. dxc6 Bc8 18. Bc4 d5 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Nf5 Nxd5 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7
22. Bd4 Nb4 23. axb4 Rxd4 24. Rhd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 b5 26. c7 Bb7 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28.
c8=Q+ {1-0 Madsen,J-Neumann,J/Lyngby op 1988}) 11. O-O Qc7 12. f3 Be7 13. a4 $1
{Thematic advancement. This pawn march along the a-file creates serious
weaknesses on Black's queenside.} O-O 14. a5 a6 15. Kh1 d5 $2 {Premature
advancement. Better was 15...Rfe8.} 16. exd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qe5 ({Black
apparently counted on this queen thrust.} 17... Nxd5 {loses after} 18. Nxd5
Bxd5 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nf5 $18) 18. Nf5 $1 {The refutation. After this move
Black's position is unbearable.} Bc5 (18... Nxd5 19. Bd4 Qe6 20. Nxg7 $18) (
18... Bxd5 19. Bd4 Qe6 20. Bxa6 $18) 19. f4 $1 Qc7 20. Bf3 Bxe3 21. d6 $1 ({
An important itermediate move.Much weaker was} 21. Nxe3 Qxf4) 21... Qb8 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Nxe3 b5 24. Qd1 {Black is lost. The strong extra pawn d6 in the
better position is the result of White's refutation of Black's tactical
operation on move 15.} Rc5 25. Qd4 b4 (25... Re8 {is strongly met by} 26. b4)
26. Ne2 Re8 27. Ng3 {Just in time! Now the threat is Nef5.} g6 28. f5 $1 {
Decisive advancement. Now the kingside is defenseless.} Ne4 29. Ng4 $1 (29. Ng4
{The threat is 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Qh8 mate.} f6 {loses after} 30. Nxe4 {followed
by Nf6+.}) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Qe2
(15. Be3 O-O-O (15... e5) 16. Qe2) 15... O-O-O (15... e5 16. Nf5 Ne6 17. Rd1 {
1-0 Kozul,Z-Polajzer,D/Bled op 1995 (34)}) (15... Bd6 16. f4 e5 17. Nf5 O-O {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Akopian,V/Erevan olm 1996 (26)}) 16. Be3 (16. Ndxb5 $2 axb5
17. Nxb5 Qa5 18. a4 Nd3 $17 {0-1 Camara,H-Dorfman,J/Sao Paulo 1978 (25)}) 16...
e5 {M.E. ist die vorliegende Stellung unangenehm fьr Schwarz, daher sollte
Schwarz nach Abweichungen suchen. Dazu verdient 15...Bd6 (Kasparov,G-Akopian,V/
Erevan ol 1996) Beachtung. Nach 15.Be3 sollte Schwarz nicht mittels 15...
0-0-0 16.Qe2 ьberleiten, sondern 15...e5 versuchen.} 17. Nf3 Ne6 (17... Bd6 {
Schandorff,L-Hansen,C/Nordic Grand Prix 1997/EXP 56/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 18. Rad1 Bc5
$146 (18... Bd6 {Gelfand,B-Akopian,V/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2/[Gelfand]/1/2-1/
2 (67)}) 19. Nd5 (19. a4 $2 Nd4) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Nd4 (20... Bxd5 $2 21. Bf5
Rhf8 22. Bh3 {/\ Rxd5}) (20... Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Bf5+ Kb8 23. Be6 $14 {
Notkin}) 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd5 (22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd5 (23... Rxd5 24.
Qe6+ Qd7 25. Bf5 Rxd4 26. Qe5 $16 {Gligoric,S-Kosic,D/Belgrade 1996}) 24. Rfd1
Bc6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxh7 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qe5 28. Qd2 $16 {Notkin}) 23. Bxc5
Qxc5 (23... Rxc5 24. Qe6+ Kb8 25. Rd7 $16) 24. Qg4+ Kb8 25. Qxg7 Re8 {/\ ...Rg5
} 26. h4 $1 $16 Rde5 27. Qg3 Qc7 28. Rd2 R8e7 29. f3 Bc6 30. Rfd1 Kb7 31. Qf2
Qa5 32. a3 $2 (32. f4 $16 {Notkin}) 32... c3 33. bxc3 Qxc3 34. Be4 Bxe4 35.
fxe4 Qc7 36. Rc2 Qb6 37. Qxb6+ Kxb6 38. Rd6+ Kb7 $2 (38... Ka5 39. Rcc6 Ra7 40.
Rd4 Rae7 $11 {Notkin}) 39. Rcc6 Rxe4 40. Rxa6 Rxh4 41. Rdb6+ Kc7 42. Rxb5 Re2
43. Rg5 Kb7 44. Rf6 Re7 45. Rgf5 Re3 46. Rg5 Re7 47. Rg3 Ra4 48. Rh6 Kc7 49.
Rd3 Kc8 50. Kh2 Rae4 51. g3 Re1 52. Kg2 Rc1 53. Rh4 Rc5 54. Rdd4 Rec7 55. a4 h5
56. Kh3 Kb7 57. Rb4+ Ka7 58. Rhf4 Rc3 59. Rf5 R7c5 60. Rxc5 Rxc5 61. Rb5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Bf1 Be6 14. Nb3 Nc4
15. Nbd2 Na5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 g5 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Qc6 22. Qa4 Qe6 23. Rad1 b6 24. Rd5 Ra7 25. Nd2 f5 26. Rd1 f4 27. gxf4
gxf4 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. Qd1 a4 31. Rf5 a3 32. bxa3 Rxa3 33. Qd5 Qxd5
34. exd5 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Ne5 Rxc3 37. Re4 Bg7 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Nxf4 Bf6
40. Nh5 Bd4 41. Rxe7+ Kg6 42. g4 Rxc4 43. d6 Bf6 44. Nxf6 Kxf6 45. f3 b5 46.
Re2 Rd4 47. Rh2 b4 48. Rxh6+ Kg7 49. Rh5 b3 50. Kf2 b2 51. Rh1 c4 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. a4 axb5 10. Bxb5 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bh6
Nc7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. exd6 exd6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Rad1 Qc4 20. Nh2 Qh4 21. Ng4
f5 22. Nh2 Qh6 23. f4 Kg8 24. Nf3 Qg7 25. Kh2 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Qf6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Nb5 Ncxd5 29. Nc3 Ne3 30. Qxd6 Qf7 31. Re1 Re6 32. Qb8+ Re8 33. Qd6 Re6 34.
Ng5 Rxd6 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Rxe3 c4 37. Nb5 Rc6 38. Rc3 Nd3 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40.
Nd6+ Ke6 41. Nxc4 Kd5 42. a5 Nxf4 43. Ne3+ Kc6 44. b4 Kb5 45. h4 Ne6 46. Nc2 f4
47. Kg1 g5 48. hxg5 Nxg5 49. Nd4+ Ka6 50. Kf2 h5 51. Ne2 h4 52. Nxf4 Nf7 53.
Kg1 Kb5 54. Kh2 Ng5 55. Nd5 Ka6 56. Nc3 Ne6 57. Nd5 Ng5 58. Ne3 Kb5 59. Nc2 Ne6
60. Kg1 Ka6 61. Kh1 Kb5 62. Kh2 Ka6 63. Ne1 Nf4 64. Nc2 Ne6 65. Ne3 Nf4 66. Kg1
Kb5 67. Nc2 Ka6 68. Kh1 Ne6 69. Kh2 Kb5 70. Ne3 Nf4 71. Nf5 Nd5 72. Nd4+ Ka6
73. Nb3 Kb5 1-0

