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103 Winning Chess Games of POPOV VALERIJ playing as BLACK

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ECO B53 in 2004 play it! popov valerij defeats white's ishkov oleg in 36 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg3 Be6 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. Qe3 Nc5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bc4 b5 15. Be2 Qa5 16. c3 Bf5+ 17. Kc1 Qxa2 18. Kd2 Qxd5+
ECO B53 in 2002 play it! popov valerij defeats white's arzumanian georg in 132 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Nd2 d5 15. exd5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg1 Rfd8 19. c4 Nb4 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. b3 Rd3 22. Rab1 Rcd8 23. Ne4 f5 24. Ng3 Rd2 25. Qe3 f4 26. Qxb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 fxg3 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. hxg3 Rd6 30. Rfd1 Rh6+ 31. Kg1 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Rh1+ 33. Ke2 Rh2 34. Kf1 Nc2 35. Rdc1 Kf7 36. b4 Nxb4 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Rb2 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Rh2 40. Kf1 g5 41. a5 Nc6 42. Rd5 Be3 43. Rd3 Bd4 44. Rb7 Nxa5 45. Rc7 Kd6 46. Rc8 Nc6 47. f4 Kd7 48. Ra8 e4 49. Rd1 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Rxd1 51. Kxd1 a5 52. fxg5 Be3 53. Rh8 Bxg5 54. Rxh7+ Be7 55. Ke2 a4 56. Ke3 a3 57. Kxe4 a2 58. Rh1 Bf6 59. Kf5 Bg7 60. g4 Ne7+ 61. Ke4 Kd6 62. g5 Kc5 63. g6 Nc6 64. Kf5 Nd4+ 65. Ke4 Nc2 66. Rh5+ Kb6
ECO B22 in 2001 play it! popov valerij defeats white's sivokho sergey in 52 moves	1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Nxg6 Nxf4 16. Nxf8 Nxd4 17. Bf3 Nxh3+ 18. Kh1 Rxf8 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bg2 Qf4 21. Qc1 Nxf2+ 22. Kg1 Nf3+ 23. Kxf2 Bc5+ 24. Ke2 Rxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Qe3+ 26. Kd1 Qd3+
ECO B53 in 2000 play it! popov valerij defeats white's hnydiuk aleksand in 38 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nd5 b5 11. c3 b4 12. cxb4 Nxb4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Nc2 17. Rab1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxb2 19. e5 Bxe5
ECO B97 in 2001 play it! popov valerij defeats white's kurnosov igor in 79 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Bf3 Be7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Kb1 O-O 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. g4 a5 20. h4 f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Be4 Bg4 23. Qg2 Bxd1 24. Qg6 Bh5 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Qf5+ Ke7 29. Qxh5 a4 30. Nd2 a3 31. Bd3 axb2 32. Qg4 Rf7 33. Ne4 Qa5 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qxd6+ Kg8 36. Nc3 Qxc3 37. Rxe5 b4 38. Qc6 Raf8 39. Qe6 b3 40. Re1
ECO B53 in 2002 play it! popov valerij defeats white's kokarev dmitry in 54 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Bf2 Rc8 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Qe2 e5 17. f5 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rhe1 Rfd8 21. Bg3 f6 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nb6 24. Nd4 Qc4 25. Qb7 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 Bxa3
ECO B23 in 2000 play it! popov valerij defeats white's novitzkij dmitri in 74 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 Rb8 7. Nf3 b5 8. e5 b4 9. Ne4 Nh6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a5 12. axb4 axb4 13. c3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Nxc5 Qb6 17. Be3 dxc5 18. cxb4 Nxe5 19. Qa7 Qxa7 20. Rxa7 Neg4 21. Bxc5 Bb5 22. h3 Nf6 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 24. Bd6 Rbd8 25. Be5 Nh5 26. g4 Ng3 27. Re1 f6 28. Bc3 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxf4 31. Bc3 Nxd3+ 32. Ke3 Nf7 33. Ra5 Bc4 34. b5 Bh6+ 35. Kf3 Bg5 36. Kg3 Bf4+ 37. Kf3 Re8
ECO B53 in 2000 play it! popov valerij defeats white's khayrullin denis in 76 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g3 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 g6 17. Nd2 b5 18. h4 a5 19. Ne4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. b3 Rc8 22. Bd2 f5 23. Ng5 Bd8 24. Ne6 Bb6 25. Rh2 Kf7 26. Re2 Nf6 27. Be3 Rb8 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Ng5+ Ke7 30. c3 Rc8 31. Kb2 Rb7 32. Re3 Nd7 33. Rd2 a4 34. Rd1 Nb6 35. Red3 axb3 36. axb3 Ra7 37. Ra1 Rxa1 38. Kxa1 Rc5
ECO B53 in 2000 play it! popov valerij defeats white's sharapov evgeny in 129 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. a4 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Rg1 g6 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nh5 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Kb1 Qd7 19. Nb3 Bg7 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ke7 22. Qd2 e5 23. Rb4 Qc7 24. a5 b5 25. Bxb5 Nxb3 26. Rxb3 axb5 27. Nxb5 Qc5 28. Qxd6+ Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Kxd6 30. Rxb7 Kc6 31. Rb6+ Kc7 32. c3 Nf4 33. Rd1 Rh2 34. Rdd6 Ne6 35. a6 Nd8 36. a7 Rh8 37. Ra6 Ra8 38. Rd5 Re8 39. Rad6 Nc6 40. Rd7+ Kb6 41. Rxf7 Re6 42. Rdd7 Rxa7 43. Rxa7 Nxa7 44. Rf6 Rc6 45. Kc2 Nb5 46. Kd3 Kc7 47. f4 exf4 48. Rxf4 Rc5 49. Rf7+ Kd8 50. c4 Nd6 51. Rf6 Ke7 52. Rxg6 Nxc4 53. Kd4 Rc8 54. b3 Nd2 55. Kd5 Nxb3 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57. Ra7 Rc5+ 58. Ke6 Nd4+ 59. Kf6 Rc6+ 60. Ke5 Nb5 61. Rd7 Ra6 62. Kf4 Ke8 63. Rh7 Nd4 64. Ke5 Nc6+ 65. Kf4
ECO B51 in 2004 play it! popov valerij defeats white's etmans maarten d in 122 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. a4 Rfe8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Qf2 Nb4 19. Rae1 Nc6 20. Re3 Nd4 21. Ng3 Qd7 22. b3 g6 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. Qd2 f6 26. Qd1 Qd7 27. c3 Nc6 28. Qg4 Kf7 29. Qe2 Re7 30. h3 Rde8 31. Rf1 Qd5 32. Qb2 Rd8 33. Rfe1 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ne4 f5 36. Nd2 Qd6 37. g3 e5 38. Nf3 Rde8 39. fxe5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5+ Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Qxe5 43. Qg2 Kf6 44. Qc6+ Kg5 45. Qf3 f4 46. h4+ Kf5 47. g4+ Kf6 48. Qc6+ Qe6 49. Qxc5 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qg3+ 51. Kf1 Qh3+ 52. Ke1 Qxh4+ 53. Kd2 Qxg4 54. d4 Qg2+ 55. Kd3 Qf3+ 56. Kd2 Qe3+ 57. Kd1 f3 58. Qc6+ Kg5 59. Qxb5+ Kh4 60. Qe5 Qxe5 61. dxe5 Kg3
ECO B97 in 2001 play it! popov valerij defeats white's rodin mihail in 84 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 d5 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. exd5 Bb4 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Nd5 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. Qxe6+ Ne7 17. Qe3 Qb4 18. Bxh7 Nf6 19. a3 Qc4 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. Nc5 Nd5 22. Bg6+ Kf8 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Qxe6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Nxg6 26. Qf5+ Bf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxg6 Qc6 29. Rbe1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. h3 Ne7 33. f5 Qd5 34. Qxd5 Nxd5 35. Rd1 Ne3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Rxb7 Rc8 39. Rb6 Kg5 40. Rxa6 Rxc2 41. g3 Nf1 42. g4 Kf4
ECO B52 in 1999 play it! popov valerij defeats white's okrugin sergey in 114 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Rfd8 12. Nf1 Rac8 13. Qe2 Ne8 14. Rad1 d5 15. e5 b5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng3 Rb8 18. d4 c4 19. a3 a5 20. Nh5 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. g4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb3 24. Rc1 Ra8 25. Nd2 Ra2 26. Red1 Rbb2 27. Rb1 Rc2 28. Rbc1 Rcb2 29. Rb1 Rc2 30. Rbc1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Na5 32. Qe3 Qg5 33. Qxg5 hxg5 34. Nf3 f6 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Re1 Kf7 37. h4 gxh4 38. g5 fxg5 39. Re5 g4 40. Ng5+ Ke7 41. Rxe6+ Kd7 42. Re5 Nc7 43. Nf6+ Kc6 44. Ne6 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Nb3 46. Nxc7 Nd2 47. Re6+ Kxc7 48. Nxg4 Ne4 49. f4 Nxc3 50. f5 Rf1 51. f6 Rf4 52. Ne3 Kd7 53. Re5 Rxf6 54. Nxd5 Nxd5 55. Rxd5+ Rd6 56. Ra5 Rxd4 57. Rc5 Rf4
ECO B23 in 2003 play it! popov valerij defeats white's konstantinov vas in 54 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nd5 e6 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 O-O 13. g4 Qb6 14. c3 Rae8 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Qf2 gxf5 17. g5 f6 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rg6+ 23. Kh1 Bxd4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Reg8 26. Rad1 f4 27. Nc2 Rg1+
ECO B53 in 2000 play it! popov valerij defeats white's kiselev gennady in 58 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Rb1 Nb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Bxe7 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Bh4 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Rxe1 21. Bxe1 Re8 22. Bf2 Qd8 23. Kg1 Qc8 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Re4 26. g3 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Qg4+ 28. Qg2 Rxf4 29. Qxg4 Rxg4+
ECO B51 in 2004 play it! popov valerij defeats white's nadeev sergey in 76 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. a4 e6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxc5 Be7 15. a5 Nxc5 16. b4 Nd7 17. c5 f5 18. f3 Bf6 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. Nc4 Nc6 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qe7 24. Rfd1 Nxa5 25. Qa2 Nc6 26. Nd6 Kh7 27. Ndxc8 Rfxc8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd6 Re8 30. Rb1 e4 31. f4 Qf7 32. Qb3 Re7 33. Qc4 Qg6 34. Rdd1 e5 35. Rd6 Qg4 36. Qf1 exf4 37. Qxf4 Bg5 38. Qf2 f4
ECO B53 in 1999 play it! popov valerij defeats white's nikanorov andrej in 94 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. f3 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. O-O Bg5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg6 15. c4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 O-O 17. Nd4 Re8 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. b4 Ne4 21. Qb2 a5 22. b5 Nc5 23. Raf1 Re5 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Rd1 a4 26. Bf1 h6 27. Nf3 R5e7 28. Qf2 Qa5 29. Qd4 Bh5 30. g4 Re4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Nxd2 Rxg4 34. Be2 Rh4 35. Bxh5 Rxh5 36. Nf3 Rf5 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. Rd4 Rxd4 39. Nxd4 g6 40. Kf3 Nd7 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. Ne6 Kf6 44. h4 Ne5 45. Nd8 g5+ 46. hxg5+ hxg5+ 47. Ke3 f4+
ECO B53 in 2001 play it! popov valerij defeats white's salinnikov denis in 44 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. O-O h5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bxe4 hxg4 13. Qxg4 e5 14. Bf5 exd4 15. Bxc8 Nc6 16. Bf5 dxe3 17. Rad1 exf2+ 18. Kg2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rxf2 Bc5 21. Re2+ Kf8 22. Bd7 Rh6
ECO B53 in 1999 play it! popov valerij defeats white's voitsekhovsky st in 78 moves	1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. Kh1 Nc4 12. f5 Nxb2 13. Qc1 Bc4 14. e5 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Ne4 16. f6 exf6 17. exf6 Re8 18. Nc3 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Re5 20. Qh4 Rc8 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. Nd4 Rc4 23. c3 Na4 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ngf3 Nxc3 26. Rae1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Nd5 28. Qe4 Nxf6 29. Qxb7 Qb6 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Rb1 Nd7 32. g3 d5 33. Re1 Bc5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Nb5 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rxa2 38. Rc8 Nf6 39. Rc7 Rf2
ECO C67 in 2005 play it! popov valerij defeats white's airapetian gor in 104 moves	1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3 Ke8 11. Rad1 Bg4 12. Rd3 Ng6 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Be7 15. f4 Rd8 16. Red1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 f6 18. e6 Nf8 19. f5 g6 20. Ne2 gxf5 21. Nd4 c5 22. Nxf5 Nxe6 23. c4 b6 24. Bd2 Bd8 25. Rg3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rg7 Be7 28. Kf1 h5 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. h4 Kf8 31. Rd7 Ke8 32. Rg7 Be7 33. Kd3 Kf8 34. Rg2 c5 35. Bf4 Kf7 36. Ke4 Re8 37. Kf5 Bf8 38. f3 Re1 39. b3 Rh1 40. Rg6 Bg7 41. Bh6 Bh8 42. Bf4 Rxh4 43. Rg1 Rh3 44. Rf1 Bg7 45. a4 Bf8 46. Bb8 d3 47. Ke4 Rh4+ 48. f4 Rh3 49. Rd1 Ke6 50. f5+ Kd7 51. Kd5 Bh6 52. Bxa7 d2
ECO C00 in 1999 play it! popov valerij defeats white's bachin vitaly in 76 moves	1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 f6 8. Nh4 Be6 9. f4 Qd7 10. f5 Bf7 11. g4 g5 12. Nf3 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Ng3 Rh7 15. h4 g4 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 c4 19. g6 Bxg6 20. fxg6 Qe6 21. dxc4 Qxg6 22. a3 Nf6 23. Qd3 Nh5 24. Bd2 Nf4 25. Qf1 Bh6 26. O-O-O O-O-O 27. Kb1 d3 28. Be3 Nh5 29. Nf5 dxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Bxe3 32. Nxe3 Nf4 33. Qg1 g3 34. Bg2 Qh5+ 35. Kc2 Qe2+ 36. Kb3 Nd4+ 37. Ka2 Nd3 38. Bh3+ Kb8