[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[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 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Kh2 Ne5 14. b3 c5 15.
Nde2 b5 16. Qxd6 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qxc5 Nd3 20. Qd6 Nxe1 21.
Rxe1 Qb7 22. Nf4 Rad8 23. Qc5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nd5 h5 26. Rd1 Rde8 27.
Qxb4 Qc8 28. Qc5 Qf5 29. Nf4 R4e5 30. Rd5 h4 31. Nd3 hxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rxd5 33.
Qxd5 Qf6 34. Kg2 Qa1 35. Qd7 Ra8 36. Nf4 Rb8 37. Nd5 Qxa2 38. Ne7+ Kh7 39. Qg4
Qa5 40. Bg5 Bh6 41. Bxh6 Kxh6 42. Nc6 Qc7 43. Qh4+ Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Nxb8
Qxb8 46. Qe3 Qd6 47. Qc3 Kf8 48. b4 Ke7 49. Qe3+ Kd8 50. c5 Qd5+ 51. Qf3 Qc4
52. Qb7 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 f5 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. e3 O-O
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 a6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. g4 h6 13. gxf5 hxg5 14. fxe6 Nb6 15.
Nxg5 Qe7 16. Qb3 Bc7 17. Qa3 Bd6 18. Qb3 Ng4 19. Qxb6 Nxf2 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Rg1
Bxe6 22. Kd2 Ng4 23. Rae1 Rf2+ 24. Kc1 Rc8 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Rxg4 Qxg4 27. Qxd6
Kxh7 28. Qxd5 Qg6 29. Qb3 Rc6 30. d5 Rb6 31. Qa4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e4
d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. f4 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rf3
Rfe8 16. Rh3 g6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Rf1 d5 19. Qf2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bd4 e3
22. Qg3 h5 23. gxh6 Kh7 24. f5 Bd6 25. fxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxe3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 e5 28.
Bxb6 Qxc2+ 29. Rf2 Qc4 30. Qf3 Rab8 31. Nd2 Qd5 32. Ne4 Rf8 33. Qg4 Be7 34. Rd2
Qc6 35. Rc3 Qxb6 36. Rd6 Rf2+ 37. Kg3 Bxd6 38. Qd7+ Kxh6 39. Nxf2 Rb7 40. Ng4+
Kh5 41. Nf6+ Kg5 42. h4+ Kh6 43. Ng8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 {Black wants to fianchetto his
dark-squared B, but first he has to defend against Ng5.} 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7.
d4 Qe7 {Black has to keep his stronghold on e5.} 8. dxe5 (8. Re1 Bg7 9. dxe5 (
9. d5 {- Illescas-Efimov, Escaldes zt 1998 CBM 68}) (9. Nbd2 O-O {
Sadvakasov-Bacrot, Lausanne 1999 CBM 71}) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 {-
Karasev-Yemelin, St.Petersburg-ch 2001 CBM 83}) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 (9...
Qxe5 $5 {brings the Q early into action, but if Black can finish his
development he can put pressure on e4 and use the long /^.} 10. Nd2 (10. Qb3
Qe7 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rae1 c6 14. a4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bxh6 Qf5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 d5 19. Bd3 Qf6 $11 {Rubery-Godena, Elista ol (Men) 1998})
10... Bg7 (10... Be6 $2 11. Qa4+ $1 $16 {Short-Fridman, FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999 CBM
72}) 11. Nf3 Qc5 12. Qd4 (12. Bd3 {1/2:1/2 Gipslis-Razuvaev, Jurmala 1987})
12... Qxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Re1 f5 15. Nd2 Kd8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 c6 18.
d5 Bf5 19. Re1 Re8 $11 {Eingorn-E.Vladimirov, Riga 1980}) 10. Be3 $5 (10. Qe2
Bg7 (10... Bd7 $5 {is not so useful here.} 11. a4 Bg7 12. b3 {/\ Ba3} Nh5 13.
g3 O-O-O {Now the situation has been changed and White will advance on the <<
with opposite castled kings.} 14. b4 Be6 15. Na3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd7 17. Be3 Qd3
18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Rfc1 {Black's light pieces are very badly placed, and the
pressure on the d <-> can easily be neutralized.} Kb8 20. Kf1 $14 {Diaz-Davies,
Vrnjacka Banja 1988}) 11. a4 $5 {- Movsesian-Akopian, FIDE-Wch k.o. CBM 72} (
11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. Bc1 {The best square for the B is on e3, but this
manoeuvre takes time.} (13. b4 $6 {ruins mostly his own P structure.} Bd7 (
13... Be6 $5 14. bxc5 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 16. f3 Qc7 17. Qb5 Bf8 $44 {M.
Petrov-Yemelin, Bratislava 1993}) 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. bxc5 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. f3
Bf8 18. Nf1 Qa5 19. Bb4 Bxc5+ $15 {Rabiega-R.Mainka, Bremen 1998}) 13... Nh5 {
/\ Nf4} 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Kh7 {/\ f5 in some cases.} 16. Na3 Rad8 17. Bd3 Qe8
18. Be3 b6 19. Rad1 f5 $132 {Vallejo Poins-Lima, Leon 1996}) (11. f3 O-O 12.
Be3 Nh5 13. Nd2 (13. Na3 $5) (13. g3 $5) 13... Nf4 14. Qf2 Rd8 15. Nb3 b6 {
The N on b3 has no perspectives.} 16. Rad1 Bb7 $13 {J.Nun-Malaniuk, Pardubice})
) (10. Re1 Bg7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nd2 (13. b4 $2 {is again an
anti-strategical move.} Rd8 14. Qc2 cxb4 15. cxb4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc3
Rac8 $17 {Lutikov-Beliavsky, USSR 1981})) (10. Qc2 Bg7 11. b3 O-O (11... Be6
12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. c4 Bf8 {The exchange of the
dark-squared B helps for Black.} 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Rd2 Rfd8 $11 {
B.Ivanovic-Godena, Erevan 1996}) 12. Ba3 c5 {It is far from easy to exploit
the weakness of d5.} 13. Nd2 a6 (13... Nh5 $5) 14. Be2 b5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. a4
Bc6 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Nh7 19. g3 Ng5 $13 {B.Ivanovic-Popovic, Vrsac 1987})
10... Nxe4 $5 {Black takes up the gauntlet.} (10... Bg7 $13) 11. Qa4+ (11.
Bxf7+ $5 Qxf7 (11... Kxf7 12. Qd5+ Kg7 13. Qxe4 $14) 12. Qa4+ c6 (12... Bd7 {
- 11.Qa4}) 13. Qxe4 Bg7 14. Bc5 Bf5 {Black's ^^ is of great importance.} 15.
Qa4 Qd5 16. b4 Bd3 17. Re1 e4 $13) 11... Bd7 (11... c6 12. Bd5 (12. Bxf7+ Qxf7
{- 11.Bxf7}) 12... Nd6 13. Bxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rd1 Kc6
{This _|_ cannot be worse for Black at all.} 17. Na3 f5 18. f3 Be7 19. Re1 Bf6
$11) 12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (12... Kxf7 13. Qxe4 Bc6 14. Qc4+ Qe6 15. Nd2 Bg7 $13 {
and it is not so easy to blockade >< e4.}) 13. Qxe4 O-O-O $1 {Development
first!} 14. Qxe5 Bd6 $44 15. Qd4 Bc6 {Black is not bothering himself with
pawns. His ^^ in an open position is a real power.} (15... Bb5 16. Qg4+ Bd7 17.
Qe2) 16. Qg4+ (16. Qxa7 {is met by the aggressive} Qd5 17. f3 Rhe8 18. Bd4 (18.
Bf2 Qe5 19. g3 Qe2 {with penetration on the second rank.}) 18... Re2 {Now the
R penetrates on e2, White has problems with his development.} 19. Na3 Rxb2 $13)
16... Kb8 17. Nd2 h5 18. Qc4 Qf5 {Black has to avoid the exchange of queens in
an attacking position like that.} 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Nf1 h4 21. h3 g4 $1 {
otherwise White can consolidate his position.} (21... Rdg8 22. f3 $16) 22. hxg4
(22. Qxg4 $4 {founders on the witty} Rhg8 $1 $19) 22... Qh7 (22... Qg6 {
desrved attention as well:} 23. Nh2 h3 (23... Bd5 24. Qe2 h3 25. g3 Rde8 26.
Rad1) 24. g3 Rde8 $44 {with a strong pressure for the pawns, the opened long /
^ poses a lot of tactical threats.}) 23. Nh2 Rhg8 24. Bf4 (24. Rad1) 24... Bxf4
25. Qxf4 h3 26. g3 {The first wawe of -> is repelled, but Black has still
pressure on the long /^.} a6 27. Rad1 (27. Qf5 Qh6 28. Rad1) 27... Rc8 (27...
Qc2 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44) 28. Rf1 Rge8 29. Qf5 Qg8 30. b3 Rf8 31. Qc5 Rfe8 32.
Qd4 Qg6 (32... Re2 $44 {The penetration was interesting again.}) 33. Qd2 b6 34.
f3 Kb7 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Qd3 Qf7 37. Rde1 Rd6 38. Qe3 Qd5 39. g5 Rg6 40. c4 Qa5
41. a4 Rd6 (41... Re8 $1 {was more precise:} 42. Qc1 Qc5+ 43. Re3 Rd6 $44) 42.
g4 (42. Ng4 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Qf5 45. Qe5 Qc2 46. Ne3 Rh2+ 47. Kg1 Rg2+
$11 {with only a draw by perpetual checks.}) 42... Rdd8 43. Re2 (43. Kg1 Re8
44. Qf2 Qxg5 $44) 43... Re8 44. Qd4 (44. Qd2 Qc5+ 45. Kg3 Rcd8 $13) 44... Rxe2+
45. Kxe2 Qxg5 46. f4 $2 {This unnecessarily opens the long /^ and weakens the
>>.} (46. Rd1 $1 Re8+ 47. Kf2 (47. Kf1 Re3 $17) 47... Qh4+ 48. Kf1 Qg3 49. Qf2
Qf4 $17) 46... Qe7+ (46... Re8+ 47. Kd1 Qe7 48. Kc2 Rd8 $19 {was also tempting.
}) 47. Qe3 $1 Qa3 $1 $19 48. Kf2 Qb2+ 49. Qe2 Qxb3 50. f5 Qxa4 {White has lost
his <<. A race between the passed pawns begins.} 51. Kg3 Qb3+ 52. Kh4 Qc3 53.
g5 a5 54. f6 a4 (54... Rh8+ 55. Kg4 Bd7+ $19) 55. f7 Qh8+ $2 (55... Rh8+ 56.
Kg4 Bd7+ $19 {was the simple win.}) 56. Kg3 a3 57. Qf2 Qc3+ 58. Nf3 a2 59. f8=Q
a1=Q {This is a rare occasion with four queens on the board!} 60. g6 (60. Qxc8+
Kxc8 61. Rxa1 Qxa1 62. Kxh3 Qc3 $17 {and the B clearly dominates the N.}) 60...
Qf6 $2 (60... Rxf8 61. Rxa1 Rxf3+ $19) 61. Qxf6 (61. Qxc8+ $1 Kxc8 62. Rxa1
Qxa1 $17) 61... Qxf6 62. Nh4 Qxf2+ 63. Kxf2 h2 64. g7 h1=Q 65. g8=Q Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. b3 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bb2 Qc8 13. Qd2 Bh3 14. Rad1 Rb8 15.
Ba1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb7 17. e4 Nc5 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qe2 e5 20. Nc2 a5 21. Bb2 Qe6
22. Ba3 Nfd7 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. f4 exf4 25. Nd4 Qe8 26. Nxc6 Nxe4 27. Qc2 Nxc3 28.
Qxc3 fxg3 29. hxg3 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 Bg7 31. Qd2 Qe6 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Qxd6 Qe3+ 34.
Rf2 Nf8 35. Qxd8 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40.
Kd2 Qg3 41. Rdf1 Qc3+ 42. Kd1 Qa1+ 43. Bc1 Bh6 44. Rc2 Bxc1 45. Rxc1 Qxa2 46.
Rf3 Qg2 47. Qf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[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 "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. Qxg4 Bxd4 12. Qd1 Bg7 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. b3 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Bb2 c6 17. h3 Qb6 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Qe2 f5 20. Qd2 Qa7 21. Qxd6
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxb2 24. Ng5 Bxh3 25. Re7 Qa3 26. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. e3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bg6 14. e4 Nb6 15.
Qb3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. Bxb6 bxc3 19. bxc3 f5 20. e5 Bh5 21. a5
Rfc8 22. Rfb1 Be2 23. Rb2 Bc4 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Bf1 Kf7 26. c4 Be4 27. Rd7 c5 28.
Bg2 Ke8 29. Rxb7 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rcb8 31. a6 1-0

