| ECO D24 in 1998 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's gabriel christia in 41 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Qc2 O-O-O 17. Qg6 Bb3 18. a5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nc5 20. Ra3 a6 21. Rxb3 |
| ECO D02 in 2007 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's wolski thomas in 63 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nd7 8. b4 f6 9. b5 Ne7 10. e3 e5 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Kd8 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 e4 15. Nd2 Nb8 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Bd7 18. Bd3 Nbc6 19. e4 Nb4 20. Bb1 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Nexc6 23. Ke2 Kc8 24. Rd1 a5 25. d5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Ne4 Nc2 28. Ra2 Nd4+ 29. Kd3 Be7 30. Be3 Rd8 31. Kc4 Nc6 32. Rb1 |
| ECO D10 in 2005 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's kobalia mikhail in 75 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. a4 a6 18. Qd2 Bh6 19. Qd6 Bf8 20. Qe5 Be7 21. Bf4 Rg8 22. Bg5 g3 23. Qxg3 Nh7 24. a5 Qa7 25. Bxh5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf3 Rg7 28. Qf4 Qb8 29. e5 Rh7 30. Bf3 f5 31. Ne2 c5 32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Nf4 Rg7 34. Qh3 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qxe5 36. Re1 Qb8 37. Rxe6 Rg4 38. Qd5 |
| ECO D30 in 1985 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's novikov igor a u in 79 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. a4 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. e4 Nf6 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. e5 h6 16. Bh4 Nbd7 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Ra1 Rh7 21. Ne2 Bd6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. Ra8 Qd7 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bxd5 Qd7 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Qxh6+ Rh7 31. Qxd6 Rg7 32. Qh6+ Rh7 33. Qf6+ Rg7 34. h4 Qe8 35. Be6 Qe7 36. Qe5 Qb7 37. Qh5+ Rh7 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. Bd5 |
| ECO D11 in 1995 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's bareev evgeny in 71 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 g6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 a6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Be6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Nd5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qb7 16. c6 Qa7 17. c7 Bxd5 18. c8=Q Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Qg4 Be6 21. Qh4 Bf6 22. Qf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Rac8 24. Qd2 Rfd8 25. Qh6 Bg7 26. Qh4 h6 27. Rff1 g5 28. Qf2 Bxb2 29. Rad1 Ne5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Qxb2 Bc4 33. Nxe5 Bxf1 34. Kg1 Rd1 35. Kf2 e6 36. Qc2 |
| ECO D07 in 1997 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's kaftan thorsten by checkmate in 43 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. d5 Ne5 9. f4 Ned7 10. a4 c6 11. a5 Nc8 12. a6 Qc7 13. axb7 Qxb7 14. Ba6 Qc7 15. Qa4 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Bb7 Rb8 18. e5 Nb6 19. Qxa7 Rxb7 20. Qxb7 Qxd5 21. Ra8+ Nxa8 22. Qc8# |
| ECO D15 in 1996 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's hodgson julian m in 35 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 dxc4 13. exf6 Qxd3 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Qf3 Rxg7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Ng3 |
| ECO D15 in 2007 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's ivanchuk vassily in 117 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 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Nd3 24. h4 b3 25. Kg2 Kb7 26. Ra4 Bb4 27. Bd2 Bc5 28. Be3 Rg8 29. Bg5 Qd4 30. Rb1 Kc6 31. Qd2 Bb6 32. Kh3 e5 33. Be3 Qxe3 34. Rxc4+ Kd5 35. Qxe3 Bxe3 36. Rc3 e4 37. Ra1 Ke5 38. Ra5+ Kxf6 39. fxe4 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Ng4 41. Rc6+ Kg7 42. Kf3 Kh7 43. Rc7 Bb6 44. Rh5+ Nh6 45. Rc6 Rg6 46. Rxg6 fxg6 47. Rb5 Kg7 48. g4 Nf7 49. e5 Nd8 50. Rxb3 Ne6 51. Rb4 Kf7 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Rc4 Bf2 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Kf7 56. Kd5 Bb6 57. h6 Nc7+ 58. Rxc7+ Bxc7 59. e6+ |
| ECO D15 in 1994 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's seul george in 87 moves | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg2 cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bb6 Qd6 16. e4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Rc2 22. b3 Rb2 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Ree3 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Rcc2 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rb8 Rc3 29. Rxb7+ Ke6 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Be3 Kd5 32. Kf3 a5 33. Rb5+ Kd6 34. Bb6 Ke6 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Bxa5 Bxa5 37. Rxa5 Rxb3 38. Rb5 Ra3 39. a5 Ra2 40. h4 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kf7 42. a6 h6 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 |
| ECO A40 in 1989 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's luther thomas in 61 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Re1 Ne8 13. a4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qe5 17. Qe3 g5 18. Nb1 Rb8 19. Nd2 f6 20. b4 Qe7 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. a5 Bd7 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. Rac1 c4 25. Bxc4 Nd6 26. Bd3 Bb5 27. Nc5 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qe5 29. Nd7 Qf4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. g3 |
| ECO A40 in 1999 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's chernyshov konst in 39 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. a3 a4 10. Qc2 Ba5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nb5 d5 13. cxd5 Na6 14. dxe6 Rc8 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Bc4+ Rxc4 17. Qxc4+ Bd5 18. Ne5+ Ke6 19. Nxd4+ Kd6 20. Ndc6 |
| ECO A40 in 2007 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's knaak rainer ger in 73 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. Bb2 Qh5 14. Rfe1 Qh6 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Bf1 g6 18. Rad1 Qg7 19. Re3 h5 20. Ne2 g5 21. Nxf4 gxf4 22. Ree1 Bd7 23. Kh1 Rad8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf6 26. Rxh5 Be8 27. Rh3 Bg6 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Rhxd3 c5 30. Qe2 Rfe8 31. Bc1 dxc4 32. bxc4 Rxd4 33. Bxf4 Kf7 34. Be3 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Bd4 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Qh5+ |
| ECO A40 in 1993 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's pla ismael in 39 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Kf8 7. Nf3 f5 8. Qf4 Nge7 9. h4 Ng6 10. Qe3 h5 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. Ne2 Nce7 13. a4 Ng8 14. a5 Bxa5+ 15. Rxa5 Nh6 16. b3 c6 17. Ra1 Ke8 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Nf7 20. Qg3 |
| ECO A80 in 1987 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's legky nikolay a in 89 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. e3 Be6 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. h5 Nbd7 9. h6 Bf8 10. Qd2 Bf7 11. Ne5 e6 12. f3 Be7 13. g4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 fxg4 15. fxg4 O-O 16. Be2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. O-O-O e5 19. g5 Nd7 20. e4 b5 21. exd5 b4 22. Ne4 Qxd5 23. Bg4 Qxe4 24. Bxd7 Rad8 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Rhe1 Qa5 27. b3 c5 28. Kb1 Qc7 29. c4 Qg3 30. Qb2 Qc3 31. Qxc3 bxc3 32. Kc2 Kh8 33. Rf1 Bg8 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Kxc3 Rd8 36. Bg4 Re8 37. Rd7 a5 38. Ra7 Re5 39. Rxa5 Rxg5 40. Bd7 Rg3+ 41. Kd2 Rg2+ 42. Ke3 Rg5 43. Ra8 Re5+ 44. Kd2 g5 45. Bc6 |
| ECO A80 in 1993 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's topalov veselin in 45 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Ne4 9. c4 Kh8 10. Be5 e6 11. b4 Nd6 12. Bxg7+ Kxg7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. a4 Qf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b5 Ne4 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Qc2 Rf6 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Nf4 h6 21. Qb2 Kh7 22. Ne5 Nec5 23. Rxc5 |
| ECO A81 in 1992 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's piskov yury in 81 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 Qb6 11. Be3 Rd8 12. h4 a5 13. Qd2 c6 14. Rac1 Qb5 15. h5 Bd7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Na6 18. e4 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Rcd1 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Nc4 22. Qe2 Qa6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rbc1 Nb6 25. Qa2 c5 26. dxc5 Na4 27. cxd6 exd6 28. Qb3 Nb2 29. Ne6 Nd3 30. Rc7 Bf6 31. Nxd8 Bxd8 32. Rc4 a4 33. Qa2 Bb6 34. Be4 Nxf4 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Rxf4 Qd3 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Rf3 Qe4 39. Qd2 Qg4 40. Rh1 Rf8 41. Rh4 |
| ECO A80 in 1986 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's lerner konstanti in 127 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 Be6 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. h5 Nxh5 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10. Ng5 Bg8 11. Qxh5+ Kf8 12. Bd3 e6 13. g4 h6 14. Nf3 Bf7 15. Qh3 fxg4 16. Qxg4 Nd7 17. Bd6+ Kg8 18. O-O-O Nf6 19. Qf4 Bh5 20. Be5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qe7 22. Rg1 Rf8 23. Qg3 h5 24. Bd6 h4 25. Qe5 Qd7 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Ne2 Nh5 28. Qb8+ Kf7 29. Bg6+ Ke7 30. Bxh5 Rxb8 31. Rxg7+ Kd6 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Bg4 Kd6 34. Kd2 Rg8 35. f3 e5 36. dxe5+ Kxe5 37. Ke1 Rh8 38. Bh3 c5 39. Kf2 b5 40. Nf4 Rh6 41. Nd3+ Kd6 42. f4 b4 43. f5 c4 44. Nf4 Ke5 45. Kf3 Rd6 46. Nh5 d4 47. exd4+ Rxd4 48. f6 Rd8 49. Bf1 Kf5 50. Bxc4 Kg5 51. Nf4 Kxf6 52. Nd5+ Kg5 53. Nxb4 Rd2 54. Ke3 Rd1 55. Nd3 h3 56. Nf2 h2 57. b3 h1=Q 58. Nxh1 Rxh1 59. Kd4 Rh4+ 60. Ke5 Kg4 61. Be6+ Kf3 62. c4 Rh2 63. c5 Rxa2 64. c6 |
| ECO A81 in 2006 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's ahn martin in 51 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Qe8 9. Nbd2 Qh5 10. Qc2 g5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 N7b6 14. a4 c5 15. a5 cxd4 16. axb6 Qf7 17. Rxa7 Rb8 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Rc4 22. b5 h6 23. Qd2 Rb4 24. Ba1 Rxb5 25. Qd4 Kh7 26. Qd3 |
| ECO A80 in 1993 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's topalov veselin in 45 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Ne4 9. c4 Kh8 10. Be5 e6 11. b4 Nd6 12. Bxg7+ Kxg7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. a4 Qf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b5 Ne4 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Qc2 Rf6 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Nf4 h6 21. Qb2 Kh7 22. Ne5 Ndc5 23. Rxc5 |
| ECO A40 in 1992 play it! khalifman alexan defeats black's todorcevic miodr in 68 moves | 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Be3 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7 7. c5 f5 8. Bb5+ Kf7 9. f4 fxe4 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. Nxe4 Nf5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bd2 Bh4+ 15. g3 Nf6 16. O-O Nxe4 17. Nxh4 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Kg7 19. Nxf5+ gxf5 20. Rac1 Rf8 21. Rf4 a6 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Qb4 Qf6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Qxb7 Rd8 27. Bxf5 Qe5 28. Rxd7 Rdxd7 29. Bxd7 Rxf4 30. gxf4 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Qe3+ 33. Kh4 Qf2+ 34. Kh5 Kf6 |