| ECO A06 in 2001 play it! popov valerij defeats white's grebionkin vladi in 88 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 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 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. a5 f6 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Nd6 Nb4+ 20. Kb3 Nc6 21. Ka4 Rfd8 22. Nb5 Kf7 23. Rc1 Rbc8 24. Be2 a6 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Rhd1 e5 27. Bf1 Ke6 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Re1+ Kf7 30. Ne2 d3 31. Nc3 d4 32. Na2 Rc2 33. Nb4 Rxb2 34. Bxd3 Kf8 35. Be4 Re8 36. Nd3 Rb5 37. Bxh7 Rxe1 38. Nxe1 f5 39. Nf3 d3 40. Bg6 Ke7 41. g4 fxg4 42. Nd2 Rb2 43. Nc4 Rxh2 44. Bxd3 g3 |
| ECO A06 in 2001 play it! popov valerij defeats white's torbin kirill in 74 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nh6 8. Ne1 g5 9. Qb3 Nf7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f3 Qf6 12. Nc2 f4 13. e4 fxg3 14. exd5 Qh6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Ne3 Qh4 17. Rd1 cxd5 18. hxg3 Bxg3 19. Nf5 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Nf6 21. Qd3 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Kg7 23. Nb3 b6 24. Bxg5 Nxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kf7 26. Qf5 Rae8 27. Rd3 Re6 28. Qh3 Rhe8 29. Rad1 Qxh3 30. Bxh3 Re3 31. Kg2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rg8 33. Kh1 h5 34. Bg2 h4 35. Rc3 Nh5 36. Bh3 Nf4 37. Bg4 Kf6 |
| ECO A07 in 2000 play it! popov valerij defeats white's zimin vladimir in 72 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 c5 9. e4 Bh5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. h3 a5 13. a4 Na6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Rfe1 Nb4 16. Nf1 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Red1 cxd3 19. cxd3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Nc5 22. d4 Nxa4 23. Qe3 Nd5 24. Qe1 Nac3 25. Rd2 Bb4 26. Ng3 Nb1 27. Qd1 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 b5 29. h4 Qc7 30. Ne1 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 Qc3 32. Qe2 Qxd4 33. h5 Nc3 34. Qb2 Bd3 35. Nf3 Qb4 36. Qd2 Ne2+ |
| ECO A04 in 2007 play it! popov valerij defeats white's vunder a in 68 moves | 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 d5 4. d3 Qd6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 Qxf4 7. Qh5+ Kd7 8. Nf7 Nf6 9. Qg6 e3 10. fxe3 Qxe3+ 11. Be2 Rg8 12. Kd1 c6 13. Bf3 Kc7 14. Re1 Qf4 15. Ne2 Qf5 16. Qg3+ e5 17. d4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxf7 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Bh7 Rh8 21. e6+ Kd8 22. Nf4 Qg5 23. Bg6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Be7 25. Bf7 g5 26. Ng6 Rh7 27. Kd2 Na6 28. Rh1 Nc5 29. Rae1 Ne4+ 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Ke3 Bd6 32. Kxe4 Kc7 33. g4 Bd7 34. Ne5 Bxe6 |
| ECO A07 in 2002 play it! popov valerij defeats white's andreasson ingva in 95 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nfd2 c6 9. Qe1 Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 h5 12. Nc4 h4 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Qe2 hxg3 15. hxg3 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Rh7 17. Rfd1 Kc7 18. Nd5+ cxd5 19. exd5 Bh3 20. Ne4 Qa6 21. d6+ Bxd6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Bxh3 Rxh3 24. Nxd6 Rdh8 25. Nxf7 Rh1+ 26. Kg2 R1h2+ 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. b3 e4 29. Kg1 Rh5 30. Nd6 Nf6 31. Rd4 Rbh8 32. Nxe4 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 R8h2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa1 35. Nc5 Rxa2 36. Ne6+ Kc6 37. Rc4+ Kd5 38. Nxg7 Nd7 39. Ke3 Ne5 40. Rd4+ Kc5 41. Re4 Nf7 42. Nf5 Rh1 43. Kf4 Nd6 44. Re6 Rd1 45. Ne3 Rd4+ 46. Kf3 a5 47. g4 a4 48. g5 |
| ECO A09 in 1998 play it! popov valerij defeats white's kulikov aleksand in 80 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 f6 6. axb4 e5 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. b5 e4 10. Ng1 Na6 11. Ba3 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg2 f5 14. Nh3 Nf6 15. O-O h5 16. d3 h4 17. Nd2 hxg3 18. fxg3 O-O-O 19. Qa4 Ng4 20. Nb3 Ne3 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rf4 Rh5 23. dxe4 g5 24. Nxg5 Rxg5 25. Qxa7 Qxa7 26. Rxa7 Kb8 27. Ra4 Re8 28. Bf3 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Rg4 30. Bf3 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Nd1+ 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Nc3 35. Ra5 Bf5 36. e3 Rf1 37. exd4 Rxf3 38. d5 Ne4+ 39. Ke2 Bg4 40. Ke1 Re3+ |
| ECO A04 in 2002 play it! popov valerij defeats white's huzman alexander in 108 moves | 1. Nf3 b5 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 d5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. e4 d4 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. f4 e5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bc1 Rc8 15. Bh3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Rc6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. f5 g5 22. f6 h6 23. Qh5 Kh7 24. Rae1 c4 25. Rf5 cxd3 26. cxd3 Qb4 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Rxg5 Qxf6 29. Rf5 Qe6 30. Rcf1 f6 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. R1f3 Be8 33. Rg3+ Kh7 34. Rf4 Qc6 35. Qg4 Qc7 36. h4 h5 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Rf2 Qxg3+ 39. Rg2 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qxh4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Rg8 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. Qe6+ Bf7 46. Qd6 Qg5+ 47. Kf2 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Qxd3 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qd6 Qxe4+ 51. Kf2 d3 52. Qd8 Qe2+ 53. Kg3 d2 54. Qd4 d1=Q |
| ECO A06 in 2002 play it! popov valerij defeats white's sargsjan vardges in 64 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e3 c6 10. Qe2 a5 11. e4 Bh7 12. Rfe1 a4 13. h4 a3 14. Bc1 Qa5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nf1 Bb4 17. Bd2 h5 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. N1h2 Bf5 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Ra5 23. Rac1 Rd8 24. f3 Bf5 25. f4 Ra7 26. Bf3 g6 27. Nf1 d4 28. Nd2 Nc5 29. Ra1 Na6 30. Rec1 Nb4 31. Kf1 Nxc2 32. Rab1 Bxd3+ |
| ECO A07 in 1999 play it! popov valerij defeats white's gorbatow alexej in 56 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Rc8 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. d4 Ne6 15. Be3 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 dxe4 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. g4 Bg6 20. h4 h5 21. gxh5 Bxh5 22. Bxe4 Nd5 23. Qd2 Rcd8 24. Bf5 c5 25. dxc5 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Nd4 27. Bd3 Qf6 28. Be4 Qxe5 |
| ECO A13 in 2002 play it! popov valerij defeats white's golcman evgeny in 68 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. g3 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Ne1 Nd5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. h4 e5 23. Nfd2 Nxe3 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxe3 Nb6 26. a5 Nd5 27. Qe4 Rc7 28. Nc4 Qc6 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qd5 31. h5 g6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. a6 Kf7 34. Ra5 Qd1+ |
| ECO A13 in 2003 play it! popov valerij defeats white's chernyshov konst in 106 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. e4 e5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 b5 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. Bg5 exd4 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rd2 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. b4 Bxb4 20. Nd5 Qa5 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. e5 Qe7 23. Bd3 g6 24. Re1 c5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 c4 27. Qe3 Nc5 28. Qh6 f6 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Rc2 Nd3 31. Re4 Rde8 32. Rd4 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. a4 Re7 35. Rd6 Rf6 36. Rd8 Nb4 37. Rc1 Nc6 38. Rc8 Na7 39. Rd8 Nc6 40. Rc8 Rd6 41. Kh2 h6 42. h4 Nd4 43. Nxd4 Rxd4 44. Kg3 Rb7 45. Rc6 h5 46. axb5 axb5 47. f3 Kf7 48. Ra1 b4 49. Raa6 b3 50. Rf6+ Ke8 51. Rae6+ Kd8 52. Rf8+ Kc7 53. Rf7+ Kb8 |
| ECO A11 in 2001 play it! popov valerij defeats white's taimanov mark e in 62 moves | 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bxh6 Qf6 13. Nbd2 Nc3 14. Qe1 Qxh6 15. Rc1 Bh3 16. g3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 O-O-O 19. Ne4 Be7 20. b4 Nf6 21. b5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qg6 23. Qe3 Qd3 24. Qf4 Qf5 25. Qe3 Bc5 26. Qe2 Qd3 27. Qe5 Qxf3 28. Qxc5 b6 29. Qe5 c5 30. a4 Rd4 31. a5 Rgd8 |
| ECO A20 in 2006 play it! popov valerij defeats white's foisor ovidiu do in 50 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nd2 h5 11. b4 h4 12. Nb3 Nd4 13. Na5 c6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Re1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qf5 17. Rb1 Qh5 18. b5 c5 19. Be3 Kf8 20. a4 Kg7 21. Rc1 Be6 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Ne4 Bb4 24. Nxb7 Bd5 25. Rc7 Rac8 |
| ECO A22 in 2004 play it! popov valerij defeats white's provotorov ivan in 68 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 a5 7. a3 Bc5 8. Ng5 g6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Ba7 14. O-O f6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 g5 20. Rff1 f4 21. Ne2 Bg4 22. Rfe1 fxe3 23. Nd4 e2 24. Kh1 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Rf7 26. h3 Bh5 27. d3 Re8 28. Bb2 h6 29. Qc3 Kh7 30. Rac1 g4 31. d4 Qe4 32. Qg3 gxh3 33. Qxh3 Rg8 34. Rg1 Rf4 |
| ECO A25 in 2002 play it! popov valerij defeats white's zhuravlev vladim in 93 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. a3 a6 7. e3 d6 8. Nge2 Ba7 9. d4 O-O 10. b4 Bd7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Rb1 Kh8 13. a4 Qe8 14. Ba3 e4 15. c5 dxc5 16. bxc5 Ne7 17. Qb3 c6 18. Bb4 Nfd5 19. Ba5 g5 20. Qc2 g4 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bc7 Bxa4 23. Qa2 Bc6 24. Be5+ Kg8 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Ne6 Rf7 27. Ng5 Rf8 28. Ne6 Ng6 29. Nxf8 Nxe5 30. Nxh7 Kxh7 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Rfc1 Kg6 33. Bf1 Qe7 34. Qa3 Rh8 35. Qc3 Qh7 36. h4 gxh3 37. Kh2 Re8 38. Rc2 Bb8 39. Ra2 Be5 40. Qd2 Kf6 41. Rb6 Re6 42. Be2 Qe7 43. Rc2 Bc7 44. Rb1 Qd7 45. Bd1 Re7 46. Qe2 Rg7 47. Qh5 |
| ECO A13 in 1999 play it! popov valerij defeats white's bataev evgeny in 82 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Qb1 Nb6 15. Qb3 Nc4 16. Ra2 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfa1 Qd6 19. Ne2 h6 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nc5 Ndb6 23. Qd3 Re7 24. Qf5 Rbe8 25. h4 g6 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. g3 Nd7 28. Qg4 Nf6 29. Qf4 Qd8 30. Ra7 Nh5 31. Qg4 Nf6 32. Qf4 Nh5 33. Qg4 Qb8 34. Nd7 Qd6 35. Nfe5 Rd8 36. R1a6 Qxb4 37. Nxc6 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Rxe3 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Nde5+ Kf5 |
| ECO A13 in 1997 play it! popov valerij defeats white's gabdushev ruslan in 62 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 dxc4 5. bxc4 Qd4 6. Nc3 Qxc4 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. Rc1 Qb4 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Rd8 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Qc1 b5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Bxa8 bxc4 18. Bf3 Ba6 19. Qc3 Qc5 20. dxc4 Bxc4 21. Rfd1 Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Ba3 Nfd5 24. Qc1 Qa5 25. e4 Bxa2 26. Ra1 Nc3 27. Qd2 Nc4 28. Qd7 h6 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Kg2 Ne5 31. Bh5 Bc4 |
| ECO A13 in 1999 play it! popov valerij defeats white's szczepaniec stan in 74 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qc2 b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Rd1 Na6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qb2 Qb6 11. a5 Qc7 12. Qxb3 Bb4 13. d4 O-O 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. e4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Rad8 18. Nc3 f6 19. Ng4 Kh8 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. Ng3 Qc7 22. f5 Bc8 23. Ne3 e5 24. d5 c5 25. Ng4 c4 26. Qe3 Rd6 27. h4 Bxa5 28. h5 Bb6 29. Qc1 Nc5 30. h6 Nb3 31. Qb2 Nxa1 32. Qxb5 Bd7 33. hxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qb4 Ba5 35. Qb2 Nb3 36. Qe2 c3 37. Qe3 c2 |
| ECO A22 in 2005 play it! popov valerij defeats white's astashov gleb in 80 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 h6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. d3 Nh7 8. Be3 Ng5 9. h4 Ne6 10. Bh3 Ned4 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 12. Nd5 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qe2 h5 16. f4 Qd7 17. f5 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Kb8 19. Kb1 a6 20. Nb4 Rdg8 21. Nc2 Bc5 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Re8 24. Qf3 Qa4 25. b3 Qd7 26. Ne2 g6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Nf4 Qg7 29. Rd5 Ba3 30. Rh2 Re7 31. Re2 Rhe8 32. Rdd2 a5 33. Qd3 g5 34. hxg5 Qxg5 35. Qf3 h4 36. gxh4 Qg1+ 37. Kc2 Qc1+ 38. Kd3 Bb4 39. Nd5 Rxe4 40. Nxb4 Rxe2 |
| ECO A13 in 2000 play it! popov valerij defeats white's shinkevich vital in 64 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qc2 Nh6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Nge2 Kh8 9. h3 Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. g4 Nb6 14. Rdg1 Bd7 15. Kb1 a5 16. Nce2 Nc4 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Bc1 a4 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. h4 b4 21. Qd3 Rab8 22. Rg5 Qf6 23. Rhg1 b3 24. axb3 Ba3 25. Nh5 Qf7 26. Nef4 Rb7 27. f3 Bxb2 28. Bxb2 a3 29. e4 Nxb2 30. Qc3 dxe4 31. Qxc6 Nxd4 32. Qa6 Nc4 |