| ECO B12 in 2002 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's dreev alexey in 81 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. dxc5 Nec6 9. h4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Bg2 Qxe5+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Ncxe2 Na6 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. f3 h6 16. Bc3 Nc4 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Nf4 Kf7 19. Nxe6 Ne3 20. Nxf8 Rhxf8 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Bh3 Nxc5 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. g5 Rc7 25. Bd4 Nf5 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Be5 Rf7 28. Rxd5 Nd7 29. h5 gxh5 30. g6 Re7 31. Bc3 Ne3 32. Rxh5 Nb6 33. b3 Nbd5 34. Be5 Kd8 35. Kd2 b5 36. Bd6 Re8 37. Re5 b4 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. Be6 h5 40. Kd3 h4 41. Ke4 |
| ECO B12 in 1997 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's kachiani gersins in 109 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 h5 6. Qg3 h4 7. Qg4 Nh6 8. Bxh6 Rxh6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bb5 Rg6 11. Qh3 a6 12. Bd3 Rh6 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15. Nb3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Ba4 17. Qg4 Bb5 18. Rad1 a5 19. h3 Qb6 20. Nxh4 Qa6 21. Nc1 O-O-O 22. Nf3 f5 23. Qg5 a4 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. b3 a3 28. Qe3 Bc5 29. d4 Be7 30. Rc1 Rhh8 31. Nf4 g5 32. Ng6 f4 33. Qf3 Rhe8 34. Nxe7 Rxe7 35. Qh5 Qb4 36. Rxc8 Kxc8 37. Qh8+ Kc7 38. Rc1+ Kb6 39. Qd8+ Ka6 40. Qa8+ Kb6 41. Qd8+ Ka6 42. Rc8 g4 43. Qd6+ Qxd6 44. exd6 Rd7 45. hxg4 Rxd6 46. Kf1 Kb5 47. Ke2 Kb4 48. Kf3 Rd7 49. Kxf4 e5+ 50. dxe5 Rf7+ 51. Kg3 b5 52. f4 d4 53. e6 Re7 54. f5 d3 55. Kf3 |
| ECO B12 in 2000 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's adianto utut in 75 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 Nf6 10. f4 Ned7 11. f5 exf5 12. c6 bxc6 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Ba4 f4 17. Bxf4+ Qe6 18. g5 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Nh5 20. Be3 Bf5 21. Nxd5 Bd6 22. Kf2 Bh3 23. Rad1 f6 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 O-O 26. Rxd6 fxg5+ 27. Ke3 Rae8+ 28. Kd2 Nf6 29. Rd8 h5 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Bc5 Rf4 32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Bb3+ Be6 34. Bxe6+ Kxe6 35. Re1+ Kd7 36. Ng6 Rf5 37. Re7+ Kc6 38. Rxe8 |
| ECO B09 in 1989 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's popchev milko bu in 45 moves | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Qxg4 Bf6 13. Qxe6 Na6 14. Nf7 Qb6 15. Nxh8 cxd4 16. O-O Nc7 17. Qh3 dxc3+ 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 Qc4 21. Rfb1 Bxh8 22. Rb8+ Kf7 23. Qxh7+ |
| ECO B08 in 1985 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's azmaiparashvili in 119 moves | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. Be2 c6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Ra3 O-O 12. Be3 Rfc8 13. Rb3 Rab8 14. Qd4 c5 15. Qd1 a6 16. f4 Ned7 17. g4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 c4 20. Ra3 Qb4 21. Bd4 Rxb5 22. Na2 Nxd5 23. Nxb4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Nxb4 25. Rf2 d5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Qc3 Rb5 28. Ra4 Nd5 29. Rxc4 Nxc3 30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. bxc3 Nf6 32. h3 h5 33. g5 Ne4 34. Re2 Nd6 35. Ra8 Nf5 36. Rd2 f6 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Ra6+ Nd6 39. c4 Rc5 40. Rd4 Kf7 41. Ra4 Rc6 42. Kf2 Ne8 43. Ra5 Rf6 44. Re5 Ng7 45. Rde4 Nf5 46. c5 Rc6 47. Ra4 Rc7 48. c3 Ng7 49. Ra6 Rc8 50. c6 Ne6 51. Ke3 Nc7 52. Ra7 Kf6 53. c4 h4 54. Kf3 g5 55. Rxg5 Ne6 56. Rh5 Rxc6 57. Kg4 Rxc4 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rxe7 Re4 60. Rf8 |
| ECO B07 in 1986 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's piket marcel in 99 moves | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Bf1 b5 11. a3 a6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qf8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe3 h6 17. Bh4 Qc5 18. Qc1 Bc8 19. Nd2 Nh5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Be2 Nf4 22. Bg4 Ne6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rd3 a5 25. a4 b4 26. Nd1 Nc5 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Ne3 Bb7 30. Rd7 Ba6 31. Rxf7 Rf8 32. Rxf8 Qxf8 33. Bg3 h5 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. b3 Rd4 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Nf1 Qc5 38. Qd1 Qe7 39. Nd2 c5 40. Qf3 Qd7 41. Qf4 Be2 42. e5 Qf5 43. Ne4 c4 44. e6 Qxf4 45. Bxf4 Bf8 46. Bg5 d3 47. e7 Bxe7 48. Bxe7 dxc2 49. Bg5 c3 50. Nc5 |
| ECO B09 in 2005 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's tseshkovsky vita in 63 moves | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 Na6 8. Qd2 b5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 Nb4 11. h3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Nh6 13. O-O-O b4 14. Ne4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Ba6 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. Ned2 Qxb3 18. axb3 d5 19. Be3 Bc8 20. Ne1 f6 21. Nd3 a5 22. Nf3 Nf7 23. Nc5 Nd8 24. Ne1 Ne6 25. Ned3 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bf5 28. Bg5 Rfe8 29. Kc1 h6 30. Be3 Be4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Rhg1 |
| ECO B09 in 1989 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's schlosser michae in 57 moves | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. a4 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc6 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Rxa6 Rfd8 22. Qe2 Qd5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne4 c4 25. Ra3 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Nd5 27. Rg3 Kh7 28. Nd6 Rb4 29. Qg4 |
| ECO B04 in 1989 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's marinkovic ivan in 83 moves | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 d5 8. a5 Nc4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Bb4 Re8 15. Ba4 c6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Bd2 f5 19. c3 a6 20. g4 Qh4 21. Kg2 c5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Rg1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rac8 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. Rg2 Nb8 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rag1 Rg8 29. Qh5 Nc6 30. Be3 Qe8 31. Qh4 Nxa5 32. Bd1 Nc4 33. Bf2 Rc7 34. Bh5 Qe7 35. Qf6 h6 36. Bh4 Qf8 37. Qxe6 Ne3 38. Re2 Qb4 39. Rxe3 Qxd4 40. Reg3 Qxf4 41. Bf6 Rc2+ 42. Kh1 |
| ECO B05 in 1986 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's shabalov alexand in 85 moves | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a5 11. b3 d5 12. c5 N6d7 13. Rc1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Be2 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. f4 g6 18. g4 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nb1 Qe7 21. Nd2 a4 22. Nf3 axb3 23. axb3 N6d7 24. Ne1 Rc8 25. Nd3 Ra2 26. Bf3 Rc7 27. Rf2 Rca7 28. b4 Nb6 29. g5 Bg7 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Bg4 Nc4 32. Bf2 Nd7 33. Ra1 Rd2 34. Qf3 Nf8 35. Ra8 Qb7 36. Bxe6+ Kh8 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Rxf8+ Bxf8 39. fxe5 Bxb4 40. Be1 Rb2 41. Bxb4 Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 |
| ECO D30 in 1996 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's sveshnikov evgen in 51 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. Ne5 Qb6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nbd7 11. Be3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. d5 bxa4 14. Qxa4 exd5 15. Nc3 d4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rd8 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Qb5 Bd6 20. Ra6 Rb8 21. Bb7 Bxf4 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. gxf4 f5 24. Qc6 Kd8 25. Qd5 Kc7 26. Bc6 |
| ECO D15 in 1994 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's shirov alexei in 57 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Rh8 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa3 18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Rd1 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Qb2+ 21. Rd2 Qb4 22. Qxe6 c3 23. a3 Qxa3 24. Rc2 Kc7 25. Rh7 b4 26. Ra2 b3 27. Rxa3 c2 28. Ra4 c1=Q 29. Rc4 |
| ECO D10 in 1994 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's vidoniak roman u in 63 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Qb3 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qb6 f5 15. Nb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Rf7 17. Ra5 Qf8 18. Na4 Qc8 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Na4 b5 22. Nc5 Nd7 23. Rc1 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 g6 25. Ra1 Kf7 26. Rac1 Rac8 27. h3 Ke7 28. b4 Kd6 29. Kh2 Rf8 30. R1c2 Rff7 31. g4 h6 32. Kg3 |
| ECO D30 in 1987 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's petrosian a in 57 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nd5 9. Qe2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Rd1 b5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qh5 Nd3 15. Ba3 Rb8 16. Be4 b4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. cxb4 Rb5 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. a3 c5 21. Qxc4 Qc7 22. Rac1 O-O 23. bxc5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Rd6 Qf3 26. c6 g5 27. c7 Rb2 28. Qf1 Qb7 29. Rd8 |
| ECO D02 in 2001 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's ganguly surya sh in 137 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. a4 Nb6 8. axb5 Bb7 9. Be2 e6 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Re1 Nb4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc6 18. Bf1 Rd8 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rd1 h6 22. h3 Qa8 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Qe2 Kf8 26. Rd1 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Rc1 Rb7 29. Rc3 Bb4 30. Rc2 Be7 31. Qa6 Kg8 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Qa4 Bb4 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Ba5 36. Rc5 Bb6 37. Rc3 Rb8 38. Kg3 Rd8 39. Rc4 Rd5 40. Kf3 Kg6 41. Ke4 f6 42. f4 f5+ 43. Kd3 Rb5 44. b4 Kf7 45. g4 g6 46. Bd2 Rd5 47. Bc3 Rd8 48. Bb2 Ra8 49. Rc3 Rd8 50. Rc1 Ra8 51. Kc4 Rd8 52. Ra1 Ke7 53. Bc3 Kf7 54. Rd1 Rd5 55. b5 Kg7 56. Bb4 Kf7 57. Rd3 fxg4 58. hxg4 h5 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. f5 h4 61. Bc3 Rd8 62. Rh3 exf5 63. Rxh4 Rg8 64. Rh5 Kg6 65. Rh1 f4 66. Rg1+ Kf7 67. Rxg8 Kxg8 68. Kd3 Kf7 69. Ke4 |
| ECO D30 in 1986 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's ivanchuk vassily in 63 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 b5 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qb7 15. Rad1 Bh3 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Qe5 Bd6 18. Qxg7 Kd7 19. Nf6+ Kc6 20. Ne4 Qc8 21. Qd4 Qd7 22. Nf6 Qc8 23. Be3 b4 24. a3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Rb3 26. Qe4+ Kb5 27. Rd5+ Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ c5 29. a4+ Kb6 30. Qxd6+ Kb7 31. Qd5+ Qc6 32. Qxc4 |
| ECO D30 in 1985 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's basin leonid rus in 45 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Qe2 b5 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd4+ 14. Be3 Bc6 15. e5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxe3 17. exf6 Qd2 18. Rf2 O-O-O 19. Qg4+ Qd7 20. Qf3 Qd4 21. Re2 Qxf6 22. Rxe3 Kb8 23. Rae1 |
| ECO D43 in 1999 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's barua dibyendu in 63 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg3 Re8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Nf8 15. Ne2 c5 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Bh4 19. Be4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 dxe4 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Rd1 Ne6 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. exd6 Rd8 25. Qd1 b5 26. Nd5 Kf8 27. Nb6 g6 28. g4 Bc6 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Nd4 31. exd4 Rxd6 32. Qc1 |
| ECO D15 in 2007 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's galkin alexander in 49 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Rb1 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. b3 bxc3 19. bxc4 Qa6 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. dxe6 Qb2 22. e7 Re8 23. Bc6 Qd2 24. Qb3 Qb2 25. Bxd7+ |
| ECO D18 in 1999 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's pelletier yannic in 105 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. f3 Qa5 12. Qc2 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Nb5 Rad8 15. e4 a6 16. Na3 Rfe8 17. Bg5 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 cxb4 21. Re3 h6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rd1 Re5 24. Kf2 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Rexd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxb4 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ke3 h5 30. Rd4 Rc5 31. Kd3 Kg7 32. b4 Re5 33. f4 Re1 34. Rd5 Kg6 35. Rxb5 Rg1 36. Rc5 Rxg2 37. Rc2 Rg1 38. Rb2 Kf5 39. b5 Kxf4 40. b6 Rg8 41. Kd4 Rd8+ 42. Kc5 f5 43. b7 Rb8 44. Kc6 Ke3 45. Kc7 Rf8 46. b8=Q Rxb8 47. Rxb8 f4 48. Rh8 f3 49. Rxh5 Kf4 50. Ra5 f2 51. Ra1 Kg4 52. Rf1 Kf3 53. h4 |