Russian Championship Playoff

(1) Alekseev,Evgeny (2708) - Jakovenko,D (2709) [A07] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bf5 5.0-0 e6 6.Nfd2 Bc5 7.e4 Bg6 8.Qe2 dxe4 9.dxe4 e5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.N1d2 Qe7 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.a4 0-0 14.Be3 Nbd7 15.f3 b6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Bh3 Bh5 18.Qf2 Nf8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.a5 c5 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.Bxc5 Qe8 23.Bxa7 Ne6 24.Bf1 Ng5 25.g4 Bg6 26.Be3 Nxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Bxe4 28.Qe2 Qe6 29.h3 h5 30.g5 Nd5 31.a6 Nxe3 32.Qxe3 Bd5 33.a7 Ra8 34.Qc5 Bd8 35.Rd1 Bxc4 36.Qxc4 Qb6+ 37.Kh1 Bxg5 38.Rd7 Qf2 39.Bg2 Rxa7 40.Rxa7 Qxa7 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ Kh6 43.Qf1 Bf4 44.b4 Qd4 45.b5 g6 46.c4 f5 47.Qb1 Be3 48.Bf1 e4 49.Qe1 Bf2 50.Qb1 Qe3 51.Qc2 Qg3 52.Bg2 Bc5 53.Qd2+ Qe3 54.Qxe3+ Bxe3 55.h4 Kg7 56.Bf1 Kf6 0-1

(2) Svidler,P (2738) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2708) [A33] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6 8.Qf4 Bb7 9.e4 d6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Qg3 0-0 12.Bh6 Ne8 13.Be3 Rc8 14.0-0 Nf6 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.Bh6 Ne8 17.Bf4 Qc5 18.Nb5 a6 19.b4 Qh5 20.Nxd6 Bh4 21.Qh3 Nxd6 22.Bxd6 Rfd8 23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 g6 25.g3 Bf6 26.Qxh5 gxh5 27.Rab1 1-0

(3) Jakovenko,D (2709) - Svidler,P (2738) [C95] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Ba3 Nh5 18.Bf1 Nf4 19.Rad1 Ne6 20.Bb2 Bg7 21.b4 bxa4 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.Nc4 c5 25.Qxa4 Bc6 26.Qa2 Bf8 27.Ne3 cxb4 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.exd5 Nf4 30.cxb4 Bxb4 31.Rc1 Qd6 32.Rc6 Qxd5 33.Qxd5 Nxd5 34.Rxe5 Rxe5 35.Bxe5 a5 36.Bc4 Re8 1/2-1/2

(4) Jakovenko,D (2709) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2708) [B48] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4 8.Ndb5 Qa5 9.e5 Nd5 10.Bd2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bc5 12.Bd3 Qd8 13.Qe2 0-0 14.Qe4 g6 15.h4 f5 16.exf6 d5 17.Qe2 a6 18.h5 axb5 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Bxg6 Qxf6 21.Rh6 Qg7 22.Qh5 Rf6 23.f5 exf5 24.Bh7+ Kf8 25.Rxf6+ Qxf6 26.Bh6+ Ke7 27.Bg5 Be6 28.Bxf6+ Kxf6 29.0-0-0 Be3+ 30.Kb1 d4 31.cxd4 Bxa2+ 32.Kb2 1-0

(5) Alekseev,Evgeny (2708) - Svidler,P (2738) [B76] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Bh6+ 14.Be3 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Qb6 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.a3 Be6 1/2-1/2

(6) Svidler,P (2738) - Jakovenko,D (2709) [C84] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Re1 h6 13.Nh4 Kh7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Nc6 16.g4 Kg8 17.h4 Nh7 18.Bd5 Rc8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qf3 Nb8 21.g5 hxg5 22.Ne4 Nd7 23.hxg5 Nxg5 24.Bxg5 Bxg5 25.Ra6 Qe7 26.Ra7 Rfd8 27.Qh5 Bh6 28.Kh1 Kh8 29.Rg1 Nf6 30.Nxf6 Qxa7 31.Ng4 Kh7 32.Nxh6 gxh6 33.f6 Rg8 34.Be4+ Rg6 35.Rxg6 1-0